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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, JANUARY 5,18Efi.—TWELVE PAGES.
AN ELECTRICAL RAILWAY
M Aon Under Hrnndway by an Entirely
New System.
New York Sun.
To-day articles of incorporatiqn of the
Fourteenth and T went.v-tnird Street District
Bailway Company will be filed in Albany.
Among the directors are Calvin Goddard,
Marvelle Cooper. George F. Seward and
William J. Campbell. This company is to
bo a branch of tne New York company, and
will operate cross-town roads at Fourteenth
and Twenty-third atreeta in connection
with the New York company.
The system by which tho new companies
propose to operate their roads is known as
the Haznrd system. It is the patented in-
Tcntion of Mr. Rowland It. Hazard, and
has been recommended by M. de Montgol
fier, the French engineer, and adopted by
the Paris municipality. Mr. Hazard was
aeen last evening at the office of the New
York District Railway Company nt I4G
Broadway.
“The Son is entitled to tho honor of cull
ing the attention of the public to the ‘scien
tific street,"by its article of August 2.18M4,"
■aid Mr. Hazard. “The great difficulty
with the schemes hitherto proposed for a
railway beneath Broadway, has been the
necessity of seeking legislation to give the
right to take the vaults under the street.
^Ve have adapted our plans to meet the re
quirements of the present law. The essen
tial features of our plan are: 1. A unit
foundation of concrete two feet thick, car
rying the external vault walls at the curb
line os well. 2. The minimum of excava
tion and the maximum of capacity. The ex
cavation will bo on the average only 15 l-f»
feet deep, and we shall have room for four
four tracks, standard gauge, and two side
tunnels, in which all electric wires, all wa
ter and gas pipes and all sewers will ho
placed. Them: side tunnels will be accessi
ble from the vaults, and when our road is
once completed there will bo no necessity
of breaking up the street again. On the
concrete foundation will be placed granite
blocks to carry the vault walls and the pil
lars to support the street roadbed above.
The pillars will be of anglo iron, four feet
apart, and instead of brick walls to divide
the tracks one from another, which the nar
rowness of tho excavation will not permit,
wo shall use ‘ferfiax,’ an invention of my
•own.
“Ferfiax is a wire netting, interwoven in
which is flax, tar, asphalt or asbestos. The
whole is covered with linseed oil, and chem
ically treated, so that it becomes water
proof, as strong as steel, and less liable to
fracture. It is also non-resonant. Tne
cars will ho on steel frames, covered with
ferfiax. They will have no windows, the
only glass in them being the globes of the
electric lamps. A continuous deflecting
rail will run along on either side of each
tunnel, so that if a car is derailed it can not
be overturned. Tho trains will be pro
pelled by electricity.
“We nave ex(>eniiiented, and are satisfied
that we have coinpleto mastery of tho sub
ject of running trains by electricity, and
can produce a thoroughly perfect system of
electric propulsion capablo of carrying
trains of seven heavy cars forty mile s an
hour. We propose to run through trains
on the two mner tracks i:« the morning and
evening hours, and way trains on the outer
tracks. Our capita! is fixed ftt $3,000,000 A
mile, and negotiations aro complete for
placing stock in Europe in case we con not
place ft here.’*
8NATC1IKD FROMTHEGRAVES.
A Seemingly Drml Mint Restored to Life by
Hypodermic Injections of llrundy.
Galons, Ill.. Special.
John F. Monger, a prominent citizen of
Platteville, Win., has been a sufferer for
some time past with rheumatism iu his feet
Two days n^o, to relievo tho intense pain,
he applied unctuie of aconite freely to the
skin, and soon after put his feet into a bath
of hot water. A tingling sensation in the
hands and feet followed almost immediately,
extending ultimately nil over the
body. Mr. Munger's pulse became weaker,
his skin became moist and clammy,
and vomiting and retching set in severely.
The family pbysiciAn, Dr. Hermann Gasser,
was at onoe seat for, but on his arrival he
found his pitiiont apparently dead, the
ucnrl having Censt-Cl to heat Another
medical man was called in and eon firmed the
opinion of the family physician that Mr.
Mungrr was dead, and that his death was
caused by the absorption of aconite, a rank
poison, in the system through the pores ot
the skiu. While the family were mourn
ing over the demise of their f .ther and the
undertaker was preparing to perfurui his duty
Dr. Gasser, as an experiment, with a hypo
dermic) syringe injected sonic brandy and
digitalis close to the heart, and in about
two minutes, to the surprise of all present,
31 r, M. began to gasp for air, which was
toon repeated. Putting his ear to the pa
tient's chest, the doctor heard the heart
heat, and, encouraged by the prospect of
■uccohs, hypodermic medication was given
in rapid succession. The death pallor rap
idly gave way to a suffused redness, te
muscles resumed their natural positions,
tho cold, clammy skin was warniet up, and
was followed up by perpirntiou, and no im
proved every minute, although it tasked the
resources of the doctors to pilot him back
to consciousness an i life. Mr. Mnnger is
now entirely out of danger. His resuscita
tion is pronounced by physicians here
abouts as the most wonderful ia the annals
of medical practice.
AN UNPLEASANT JOKE.
How a Mite of Limburger Cheese Caused
Sensation.
Toronto Globe.
When a citizen of Toronto left Berlin the
other day some kind friend secretly placetl
a piece of cheese in his valise iu case he
should get hungry before he got to Toronto
—Limburger cheese. He liought a paper
and read an article headed “Ventilation in
Railway Curs." This made him nervous
and it aeemed to him that there was n curi
ous smell somewhere iu the car. When the
conductor came up the passenger told him
that there were 4,.'44 decimal cubic feet in
the car when empty, and that if occupied
by fifty ixutrteugers it would be reduced to
4,1(4 decimal 88 f.et, and that tho air
ought to be changed eighteen time« an
hour, and he didn't believe this was being
done, because there was u queer smell
■round there. The conductor said he did
amell a kind of funny smell—didn't know
anything about the decimals or cubic 'eet,
but thought maybe some of the truck peo
ple carried arouud wanted to be changed
instead of the sir. As he said this
he glanced darkly at the passen
K r's valise, but the passenger
d not the slightest idea that the arti
cle wou suspected. However, thinking that
the smell wa* perhaps localized in bis part
of the car he moved himself and his savory
▼alise to another seat. Now, by this time
the limburger bsd begun to feel the effects
c£ the heat, was emitting sn entirely
new and stilt more pungent variety of
■melt The man who occupied the sent with
him intimated that he waa a commercial
traveller.
“Travel for a drug store? ’ asked the To
ronto man .harply.
“Well, yes, I do; how did you find oat?"
■aid the traveller.
“I don’t think drug samples ought to be
carried in passenger cars, said the owner
of the valise with considerable severity,
if you are referring tome, sir," said the
traveller, “I haven't got any samples on
this car. But there are goods that smell
worse than drugs," and he left tho seat,
carrying his satchel in one hand and hold
ing nis nose with the other.
The puzzled passenger leaned over to the
scat in front and said to a thin man with a
long face, “I think there must be a skunk
outside."
“I wish it was outside," said the long-
faced msn, with gloomy emphasis, moving
over to the other side of the car.
Ard now for the first time the owner of
the fragrant valise noticed that he was sur
rounded by a quarantine of empty seats,
and that the people were casting most indig
nant glances at him. All at once the horri
ble truth flashed upon him that he was sus
pected. His face Durned so that it seemed
to singe his whiskers, and he was the most
relieved man on the train when the Union
station was reached.
As he walked np York street the dreadful
smell fo.lowed him. Heized by a sudden
inspiration, he opened tho valise, and
turned the contents out on the sidewalk,
small boy, who with great courage stood
close by and watched the operation, states
that the man did not laugh when he found
tho cheese; probably his sense of humor
was deficient, ns there is no doubt the joke
was an excellent one. He is also willing to
dc|MJHe that the man left the cheese behind;
which is another strango thing, and it is
not likely that he forgot it.
COMING AFTER ROBERTS.
A Veteran Official Charged with Hypothe
cating Worth of HomU.
New York World.
Detective Philip Reilly, of tho district-
attorney's office, will go South in a few
days to bring to this city William S. Roberts,
formerly president of the now defunct bank
of Augusta, Ga. ( who is under indictment
by tbo grand jury of this county for al
leged grand larceny. Mr. Roberts, a well-
preserved gentleman of seventy, was
charged with hypothecating nt tho Mercan
tilo Bank $145,000 worth of bonds of the
Georgetown and Lane Railroad Company,
which had been deposited in the Bank ’of
Augusta by the Bcthleham (Pa.) Iron Com
pany. The indictment was found on April
10, but Detective Reilly was unable to bring
Roberts North on account af tho habeas
corpus proceedings in three Southern
courts, but which wero of no avail.
The Supreme Court of the United States
decided on December PI that Roberts must
be extradited. Detective Reilly’s journey
has been delayed until a copy of the print
ed opinion lias been served on the defend
ant’s counsel. Then the mandate will be
issimd from Washington, and Reilly will
take his Southern trip. This will probably
be the first of next week.
Mr. Roberts has a beautiful home and an
interesting family in Augusta, where he is
highly esteemed. The r disgrace of his ar
rest so preyed upon his mind that last
spring he cut his throat from ear to eAr
while he was shaving himself. Ho missed
the jugular vein, and his life was saved by
the prompt arrival of a physician. “I’m
afraid bo ll commit suicide before I get him
there," said Detective Reilly yesterday.
The trial of Roberts in the Court of Gen
eral Sessions will be conducted for the pris
oner by the best legal talent ho can procure.
Fear iu n lliaMHitiiii Kiwiil,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Doctor, does it not sicken the students,
or do they not loso all feeling und venera
tion for the dead?" “Some may sicken for
a while, but they gradually grow accustom
ed to it, and then they pive it ns little
thought as you in your daily avocation. I
have seen things iu a dissecting room that
havo made me tremble -case-hardenod as I
am. In my second year cf student life,
one evening we were all iu the dissecting
room, waiting for the demonstrator to call
oar numbers, nppnrtion us in squads of
four or five around tho room. Tliero were
some twenty bodies lying on the tables;
some were covered, and othors wero not;
tliero wero white and black, male and
female, old and young. We wero assigned
to one of the covered tables, and drew lots
for choice of position. I r v oso the head,
and then we uncovered the body; it wns that
of a girl not more tlmn seventeen, and she
could not have been dead more than a week.
Her long blondo hair was clean and in two
braids, tied with light bluo ribbon. Bhe
must have been handled very gently, for
the ghouls' hook had left no marks on her
fair white skin, and the ribbons in her hair
were another proof of thnt. The boys all
paused. I saw n nil* band on her nock,
and on touching it found a locket, which I
opened. In it WM au old Uufy'f fsc*
which aoemed to chide me with her
kindly eyes. On the other side was the
inscription: ‘May God so deal with them as
they deal with you, my child. Mother.’
Well, we did not dissect that night. Nor
was that hotly dissected in our college."
Nhe LI vet! In Hyracnae.
Rochester Express.
Just heforo the arrivnl of the “flyer" lust
evening an elegantly clad young lady, who
was also quite pretty, was noticed sitting
near a window in the station. She occa
sionally cast her eyes in a modest way at a
fascinating traveling man who strolled past
with noticeable Regularity. The traveling
man also gazed, and bis glances were full
of udmimtion He finally stopped, and
they entered into conversation. As they
chatted the young man's hand unconscious
ly stole under the wrap und clasped in u
lender embrace the shapely fingers it con
cealed. The young lady turned her head
leisurely toward the captivating drummer
and said, in a dignified manner: *T am
surprised nt your action, sir, and presume
I should call an officer. But 1 live iu Syra
cuse—I have been absorbing its culture for
years, and hate a scene. So I shall just
give you twenty minutes to remove your
hand from under tbut wrap."
By the Way. ~~
Jokes are like nuts-the dryer they are
the better they crack.- Chi* ago Telegram.
Solomon was very wise, ^he owl is very
wise because he is a soleuiu'un.—Lynu
Union.
We may not liko hotel keepers, but we
have to put up with them.—Burlington
Free Press.
When a man has been married three times
it is drivelling idiocy to doubt his courage.
Fall River Advance.
A dude in one of tho new cape coats has
the general appearance of a perambulating
pen wiper.—Boston Bulletin.
The dogs of New Jersey seem to be as
dangerous as the lightning of the same
State.—Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
There is an unfailing recipe for making
anv woman beautiful. You have only to
fall in love with her.—Somerville Journal
It will be a mean htiftbend who will pnt a
live mouse in the stocking which his wife
hangs up on Christmas eve.—Burlington
Free Press.
Mr. Tennyson’s new poem says the black
birds have their wills. The lawyers will all
now go hunting for blackbirds.—Courier-
Journal.
Vain amusements, with the possible ex
ception of roller skating, do not fit a man
for the hard knocks of this world.—New
Orleans Picayune.
A street cor bring# haughtiest man
down to a common level. Particularly if it
starts suddenly before the hkoghty one has
bad time to pick out his seat.—Fall River
Herald.
NOT SO GREEN AS HE LOOKED.
A Well Planned Bank Robbery That Mis
carried,
New York Son.
“It ain’t no use in saying that I haven't
been a crooked man in my time," be re
marked as. he leaned back against the door
and pulled his hat down. “You all know
that I’m just out of the Ohio penitentiary
after serving 10 long years for try ing to
work a bank, and it's no use in mo denying
it. Howsomever, there was more in that
case than the papers ever got hold of, and
it will be no harm to yarn it off.
“To'bejjin with, I was knocking around
Cincinnati, hard up and discouraged, when
an old pal of mine comes along one day
with a soft snap. He had Htruck something
to gladden our hearts. In a village
about 50 miles away was
bank. That wasn’t ho very
curious, ns you may think, but it was a new
bank, and tho officials were a set of green
horns. The president was an old farmer,
the bookkeeper a former miller, and the
cashier—well, lie was described a* just the
greenest specimen ever brought in from the
corn fields.
“My pal had ‘piped’ the bank until he
knew how everything went When noon
came the president and bookkeeper went to
dinner, leaving the greenhorn alone. In
deed, he ate a cold lunchaon at his desk.
It was a chance if any one came in between
12 and 1:30, and the two of us could do
that cashier up ns slick as groase with any
of the old tricks.
“Well, in a day or two we went up there,
and it worked like the biggest layout I ever
came across. As you entered the bank
there was an enclosed space to the right,
with a gate to enter. This was the presi
dent and book-keeper’s quarters, while far
ther along, on the same side, was the cash
ier’s place, but not divided from the other
by any railing. When the cashier was nt
tne pay window his back was toward the
other space, and also to the big safe. The
latter stood at least twelve feet from him,
against the outer wall, with all the doors
wide open.
Why, when I come to enter that bank
and seen how easy it was to ‘sneak’ that
safe, I wns laid out with astonishment.
And then the greenness of that cashier!
Why, gents, he didn’t seem to know no
more about a draft on New York than about
the complexion of the man in
the moon, and nftcr I had detained him at
the window fully ten minutes on one pre
text and another, just to see if it could be
done, we went out feeling thnt we had the
boodlo in the safe dead to rights.
“The time appointed was the next day
noon, and when we had seen the president
and book-keeper out of the way, my pal
entered, walked to the pay win
dow and got n bill changed, and
then began to dicker about a draft.
entered the bank on tiptoe soon
after him. The gato was open, as also the
doors of the safe, and the cashier, with his
beck to me, was feeding himself ns he
talked. Why, sirs, it makes my mouth
water to think of what a glorious opportu
nity was before roel I had on rubbers, and
I slipped half way to tho safe as softly as
tho serpent creeps. Then there was a growl
and a rush, and a dog about the size of a
yearling steer flung himself upon me. I
went down with a crash, and the dog held
mo there, but while it was happening i
heard the click! click! of a revolver and
the greeuhorn of a cashier coolly saying to
my pal;
' Tm on to you, my friend! If yon move
hand or foot I’ll let daylight through you!
Tiger, hold that fellow fast!’
‘His left hand slid down to a button,
and next moment a bell outside was ring
ing a fire alarm and collecting n crowd of
leople. They came rushing into the bunk
>y tho dozen, and, of course our cake was
dono for. I got 10 years for thnt little op
eration, and my pal took seven for his
share. It turned out that tho bank was
guarded in all sorts of ways, including dogs
and spring guns, and that the seeming
I (reenuorn of a cashier had been imported
from a Philadelphia bank. He bail spotted
us at first siftht, and has given us rope to
hong ourselves."
COCAINE.
What It la Made of—Strange KfTect* of
Chewing Coca.
Nineteenth Contury.
In the valleys east of the Andes in tropical South
America them are. ami have been from time imttro-
mortal, oxtcnslve plantation* of the coca shrub. xt
la iudigcuou* iu tue*e region*, but the native* of
Tern ami Bolivia cultivate the plaut in terrace*
bich ate likened to (he vineyards of Tuscany and
the lloly Land. Krythroxylon coca in allied to the
r«in»nion Has. and forms, ny* Dr. Johnson, a ahrub
of alx or eight foet r*»mbUog our blackthorn, with
small whlto dower* and green leave*. Thousaud*
of acre* aro devoted in 1'uru aud Bolivia to it*
growth. Tho leaven, of which there may be three
or four cron* in the year, are collected by tbc
women ami children, and dried In the *un. after
which they are ready for two, and form, indeed, ac
cording to traveller*, the uaual money exchange in
Romu dUtrict*, the workmen being paid iu coca
leaf, The connumption of thi* leaf, almost tinker-
*al in the countriea named, ho* extended oemn*
the continent to Brazil; but here it ia powdered and
chewed with tho aahea of plaut*. Among the
Peruviana and Bolivian* tho coca leave* aro rolled
with a little unslakrd line into a ball (accullico),
and chewed In the mouth. We shall presently llml
a wonderfully similar procem among the betel-
chewer* far away to the east.
Coca chewing rcoeinblea In lome reaped* the
■rooking of opium. Both mu*t be taken apart and
with deliberation. The coca chewer three or four
time* iu the day retire* to a secluded spot, lay*
down hi* burden, and stretches himnelf perhaps
beneath a tree. Slowly from thr ch<oq*, or llitle
{touch, which is ever at his girdle, the leave* and
the lime are brought forth. The ball is formed and
chewed for perhaps fifteen or thirty miuute*, and
then the toiler rises refreshed a* quietly a* he lay-
down. and return* to that monotonous round of
labor, In which the coca l* hi* only and murb-prixed
distraction. Horae take it to excess, and to these
the name of coquero 1* given. Thi* 1* particu
larly common among white Peruvians of good
family, and hence the nanio "White Coquero” m
that country in a term of reproach equivalent to
our '‘irreclaimable drunkard/' The Indian* regard
the coca with extreme reverence. Yon Tochudi.
quoted by Dr. Johnson in hi* ‘‘Chemistry of Com-
•m>n Life," says: "During divine worship the
pricota chewed coca leave#, and unless they
supplied with them it wo* believed that the
of the god* could not be propitiated. It wo*
deemed ucce**ary that the Nuppticator for divine
grace should approach the |jrU-*u with an acullh
in his mouth. It wi.K believed that at
biialues* undertaken without the benedictio
of coca leaves could not prosper, and to the shrub
itself worship wo* rendered. During an interval
of more than three hundred year* Christianity box
not lieen able to subdue thi* deep-rooted idolatry,
for everywhere we And trace* of belief in the my*
terious power of thi* plant. The excavator* in the
mine* of Ccrro de Pasco tnrow chewed c-ca upon
hard veins of metal in the belief that it soften* the
ore and render* it more ea#y to work. The In
dian*. even at the present time, put coca leave*
into the mouth* of dead persons, in order to secure
them a favorable reception on tbeir entrance into
another world, and when a Peruvian Indian
journey falls in with a mummy, be, with timid
reverence, presents to it some coca leaves os hi*
pious offering."
The coca plant resembles tea and hops in the na
ture of its active principles, although differing en
tirely from them in 1U effect*. In the coquerv* tho
latter are not inviting. "Hiey are,” say* the travel
er Just quoted, "a bad breath, pale lip* and ',ura*.
greenish and stumpy teeth, and an ugly bloc* mark
at the angle* of the mouth. 1 be inveterate coqueto
is known at tho tirst glance; hi* unsteady gait, bis
yellow skin, hi* dim eud sunken eye* i-ucireled by
a purple ring, hie quivering Up*, and hie general
apathy all bear evidence of the bane
ful effect of the coca juico when taken
in t’Xreee.” The general influence of moderate
dose* is gently noothing and *tin.ulating; but coca
ha* in addition a special and remarkable power in
enabling tboee who consume it to endure sustained
labor in the absence of other food. TjI* appear*
to be a well-attested fact, and accord* strikingly
with similar effects observed in the consumer* of
opium. B Jtb coca and opium, and to a less occount
alcohol and tobacco, check waste In the body.
Plastrons of velvet edged with lace and finished
with imne of rtbboa have turned-ovtr cdlm cf the
velvet trimmed with gold or silver braid.
WHILE A-SLUMMINGr.
•*Ab,” sold Mre. Prodgitt, "thirg* have changed
cince my dsy! When 1 wae a girl, folks nsod to stay
at home snd help their mother* to do the house
work, and piece bedquilta, and embroider lace veil*,
instead of running about in all the dirty streets and
narrow lane* in creation!”
Mr*. Prodgitt did not take kindly to modern civi
lization.
Hhc had come up from Owl Brook to visit hor
cousin Mary Ann, who had married Ebenezer Har-
K i quarter of a century ago and settled down in
w York: and, a* «he expressed hereelf, “thing*
seemed to be all turned topsy-turvy.
"But, Cousin Prodgy,” said saucy Hattie Hardy,
who was equipping hertelf with basket, bog. para
sol and water-proof cloak, "it is a work of mercy
and charity that we are engaged in.”
“Nonsenac!’' irritably cried Mr*. ProdgitL “I
think you've all gone crazy together! I’m surprised
at you, Mary Ann, to let the child go tramping all
ov<?r the city by hereelf, in my da; it w asn’t con
sidered respectable.”
“You say truly that times have changed rince
then,” mildly uttered Mr*. Hardy, who was knitting
fleecy wool by the Are. "Be sure, Hattie, that you
come early. Tbo new minister is to be to-night to
tea, and Betsey can’t be trusted with tbc new set of
mess-rose china.”
"I wonder wbat be is like?” said Hattie, as she
tied the deep blue string* of her bat into a coquet
tish bow under her round chin. “I do bo(>e he's
young and handsome.”
"My dear!” remonstrated Mre. Prodgitt.
••Of coarse,” added UstUe, “we knew thatold Mr.
Puzzleton wo* a perfect Mint; hut odo don't like
saints with red nose* and spectacle* aud three lay
er* of double chin!”
Mr*. Prodgitt looked a* If *he expected that Hat
tie would be struck by lightning on the spot for that
heretical remark.
“Harriet!” wo* all that she could utter.
While Mr*. Hardy, more accustomed to the auda
cious speeches of her pretty daughter, went on her
purring, slug-song tones:
"Don't forget that poor widow in Cob lane, Hattie.
And if you go to Milo Itenau’*, I think it would be
well to speak a word in season to that great lazy son
of bis, who is always buying lottery ticket*, aud
doe* nothing to support the old folk*/’
“Oh, yes; I'm glad you mentioned that,” said Hat
tie, penciling an entry on her little tablet*.
“ ‘Mem—to give Jona* Itoneau a piece of my mind.’
Dear Mr. Puzzleton always suid that that young man
was a dreadful stumbling block!”
“And 1 think,” went on Mrs. Hardy, “that the
Oray sisters can find work for Alice Jennings now,
if she is still unemployed.”
“The which?” Mid Mr*. Proditt.
“The Gray sisters,” explained Mr*. Hardy. "One
of our church organizations.”
Mr*. Prodgitt glared.
“Is there any eud to the folly and nonsense of the
present generation?* Mid *lie.
“I suppose," laughed Hattie, “that in your day,
Cousin Prodgy, nobody went slummirg?”
“Went—where?" said Mr*. Prodgitt.
“Slumming!” distinctly repeated Hattie.
“She moans, visiting tbo {»oor and seeking out
case* of destitution,” explained Mrs. Hardy.
:‘Hattie, my child, I do wish you wouldn't
talk slang!”
Hattie dlsoppeared with a little breeze of laughter,
while Mm. Prodgitt resettled her spectacles and ut
tered a deep groau.
"Mark ni* words, Mary Ann,” Mid she, “that girl
will come to no good.”
“Hattie doe* not mean any harm, Cousin Prod
gitt." mildly pleaded Mr*. Hr*. Hardy a* she
knitted on.
While Hattie, on her ertand of mercy, went from
house to houso in the darkling lane* and crowded
tenemeut districts, leaving an ounco of green tea
here and a lecture there, a bottle of beef, wine and
iron bv a sick bed. a little rose scented snuff iu a
poor oM woman’s band, a picture-book on tho
I dllow of some little child, a wooden toy in the de
lighted grasp of a skeleton-like infant, a gentle ad-
monl*' ' “ —
•Past five," she Mid to hersel. “I must make
haste or the dear little mammy will be fretting.”
The dusk of the October evening had already
darkened the little room, where lay tho patieut sur-
from rheumatism. It was always neat and
clan there, but in Hattie’* aye* it seemed more
squalid and poverty stricken than usual to-uiglit.
Ah she came arc und the corner of the door she per-
celved a young man sitting at an nncovered {due
table—a Uguro strongly silhouetted against the
window.
•Ah!” said she, the spirit of righteous exaspera
tion arising up in her heart, "I’ve caught you at
last in tho very midst of your evil practices!’ r
The young man rose hurriedly to his feet.
“I beg your pardon " ho began: but the
tide of Hattie's indignation was not thus easily
med.
m’t beg tny pardon," Mid she; “beg the par-
dsn or society—or public opinion—of everything
else which you are outraging by thi* Rhamefnl be
havior of yours. Apparently you baye neither pride
yourself to earn a decent living. Look mo in the
eye* young m«n>” she added serenoly; “tell uo if
you are not ashamed of yourself?”
To all spj>e*rance, the culprit was stricken dumb.
Involuntarily he raised a pair of clear, honest eyes
olon. I am surprised at yon!" she added aloud, "a
great, able-bouicd fellow like you sitting down as a
disreputable incubus on your friends and relative*.
Don't you know that you are the talk of tbs neigh
borhood? Get up—go to work! Never let mo see
you Idling here again. No, don't answer me. I
never enter into argument with the peoplo in
my district. Logic 1* useless in a case Uke this
Fie."
monologue, aa if it had been a recitation rioi
Shakespeare.
Here’* some extract of beef for you, Mr. Ben-
"he shouted in hi* ear; “and a tumbler of
lemon Jelly! I hope your lumbago i* better. I’m
aorry I can’t stay a little longer to-day, but I’ll come
again very soon.”
And noddiug and amiling good-by to him, sho
Uattie bail to go to work to make
Cousin Prodgitt ha>1 lost her spectacle* and Mre.
Hardy could not And her best lace frill.
Couseoueutly she was only half through arrang
ing her hair when Mr*. Hardy called up the stair-
and fastened them with a shellpiu, tied the Bwisa
muslin how at her throat, and, catching up her
pocket handkerchief, ran down stair*.
Cousin Prodgitt was still adjusting her cap strings
in her own room.
Mrs. llardy had gone to see if the tea wan proper
ly steeping; aud so our heroine walked directly into
the presence of Iteverend Cecil Gray.
“1 am Mis* Hardy,” Mid she, “I beg your pardon,
A cold chUl crept through all her veins aa she rec
ognized the curly brown hair, the clear, hone*t
eye*, the thick mustache.
Don’t beg my pardon!” Mid be, gravely, although
there wo* a roguish sparsle iu hi* eye*. “Beg the
itardon of society—of public opinion. No, Mis*
llardy.” he cried, suddenly dropping hi* solemn
••Oh. dear! oh dear!” gasped Hattie, “I thought it
wa* Gilbert Kenau. I never bsd seen him yon know,
and it wa* so dark, and—and—’’
“And so you scolded the wrong man." naid Mr.
Gray- "">11. I'll !>•** the lectnre on to the genuine
ry Drat opportunity, on
iphasize it half so neatly
, only Ir
offender
afraid I cannot
did.”
"Oh, don’t” mid Hattie, piteously lifting her lit*
e hands. "Please don’t!"
"No, I won’t" mid Mr. Oray. “We’ll forget and
forgive.”
And when Cousin Prodgitt and Mre. Hardy came
in Hattie and the young clergyman were earne*tly
discussing the rival merit* of the geranium* on Mrs.
Hardy'* flower-stand.
Mr*. Prodgitt stayed until spring, and when she
went back home *he told her daughter that Uattie
Hardy wa* engaged to a young minister.
“Or at least I suspicion she is.” she added. “She
won't own nothin’ tor sartin; but things ain’t now
as they used to be. Folks as wu engaged to be
married used to be proud of it. But Hattie's a
Good liesuIt* In Every Case.
Dr. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer of Chat
tanooga, lenn., write*, that he wac seriously af-
fii< ted with a severe cold that settled on hi* lung*:
had tried many remedies without benefit. Being
induced to try Dr. King’* - New Discovery for Con
sumption, did so and wa* ei tirely cured by use of
a few bottle*. Hlfice which tiro-* be hu used it In
hia family for all Coughs and Colds with best
result*. This i* the experience of thousand* whose
have been saved by this Wonderful Discovery.
Perfumed ribbon for millinery purpose* ia one
f the novel tie* of tk* seamm. It must bo used
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
-TO OKB AND ALL —
IS THE GREETING EXTENDED HY
Lyons <fe Cline,
The Leaders and Controllers,
1)7 CHERRY STREET,
Anil return many thanki* for the very bountiful patronage bo generously bestowed upon
ub the pant year, and we promise thaffour greatest effort shall be during the year 1886, to
prove ourselves the Leaders and Masters of Our Own Native Hills in the Retail Dry
Goods Business. We attribute our great business success to the fact that the peoplo
during these stirring times, when the scarcity of the Almighty Dollar tries men’s souls,
have come to the conclusion that the only safe und sure road to happiness and wealth is
to stick closely to the cash system and never allow their wants to go beyond their means,
for well they nave learned that under the shadow of credit big prices and unfair profits
are asked. WHY WE DO THE BUSINESS, is not because we have a corner on the
market, but because our Maxims aro STERLING COMMERCIAL INTEGRITY, STRICT
ADHERENCE TO TRUE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES, never descending to misrepresen
tation, but DEALING FAIRLY AND HONESTLY.
The past week has been a quiet ono in the way of business. We have not been
busy selling goods, but nevertheless we have, had all we could do dusting and arranging
after the Commercial Cyclone which raged with such fury during the post four months
at 37 Cherry Street.
Inductions in every Department.
ReguruIeHti nt cost, will commenc. lo-morrow (MONDAY) morning, January 4th to throw
Dtirgninn to tho people. We hare more atook than wo care to carry, and we know from
experience that there in only one way to unload, and that in by giving sach values aa will
open the eyes of the people and make their hearts glad. A NEW YEAltS PRESENT for
everybody in the way of a liig redaction in all lines of goods will be inaugurated at
IAON8 & CLINE'S during the month of January. Just one month before wo
commence tnking an inventory of stock, and wo must unload during the next thirty day*
*23,0(10 worth of goods regardless of coat or value; the key-noto haa been Hounded,
the worda have gono forth, and all who want $ 1.30 worth of goods for Ijt 1,00 can
rally daring the next thirty dnys to 07 Cherry Street.
Some of the Wondrous Bargains.
Coniliilintion Suits reduced from $111,50, $15, $12.50, down to $6.50, $8.50
and $0. All other DreHH Goode reduced in proportion, regardle.se of valne.
Ladies’ VVrap.s at 6Uc. on the dollar. We have a big line; too many,
OvcrHtockcd on lilunkctN.—We ofteneigb and wish for tho cold winde of
winter, but it broke as if the weather waa against our Rlanket Stock, but wo are going to
aoll Blankets this week if low prices will do it
Carpets.—Not too lute to buy if you will take into consideration tho prices we
are going to offer them at. Listen .' Carpets wo sold last month at 10 and 60c., thi»
week will be 30and 35o., a reduction of lOo. per yard; Carpets we sold last week at 30c.,
this week 20c. The same rato of reduction will extend through oat entire line of Car
pets and Rugs. We have a big lot of remnants made during our great rush and will
offer them at half price. As many know that LYONS X, CLINE carry the hand-
eoinest and best line of Lace Curtains, Serine and Curtain Not, and like many other
Button Hole, at $1.50. Others reduced in proportion. This week LYONS &
CLINE will sell yon a full stock Brogans for SI.25; Woman's Polkas, at 75o.
330 Dozen .Hens’ anil Boys’ Uiiluuuririctl Shirts to be closed
at a great redaction.
Lyons & Cline,
The Leaders and Controllers,
1)7 CHERRY STREET, MACON, OA.
Louisiana State Lottery Co.
“Wo do hereby certify that we *u{>«rvl*e tbe ir-
ranKeraent* for *11 ibe Monthly and Quarterly
Drawing* of the Louisian* State Lottery Cotunany,
and in jiereon manage and and control the Draw-
ins* tlieniM’lvc*. and that the ume are conducted
with honesty, faimeM and in good faith toward all
parties, and we authorize the company to use this
certificate, with fao simile* of our signatures fit
tachcd in Its advertisement*.”
Commissioner*.
We. the undersigned Bank* and Banker*, wifi
pay all Prize* drawn in The Loul*iaua State Lot-
terries which may be presented at our counter*.
J. H. 0GLK8RT, President Louisiana National Hank.
H. H. KENNKDV. President Slate National Bank.
A. BALDWIN, President N. 0. National Bank.
Incorporated In 1«W for 25 yean by the Legtala-
ture for Educational and Charitable purjiose*—with
a capital of f1,000,000—to which a reserve fund of
over $M0,0U0 haa since been added.
By an overwhelming popular voto its frar.cbla*
waa made a part of the present Htate constitution
adopted December 2d, A. D., tl»79.
The only lottery ever voted on and indorsed by
the people of any Htate.
It never scale- cr postpone*.
Its (iraml Single Number Drawings take
place Monthly, uml the Extraordinary Draw
ings regularly eve ry three months instead of
Semi-Annually as heretofore, beginning
March. 1HH6.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FORTUNE
F11WT GitAXD DHAWING CLASH A, IN THE
ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY,
JANUARY OTH. lHHd~!8*th Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000.
100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each, Frac
tions in Fifth* in Proportion.
I CAPITAL PllIZE....
1,000
500
200
100
9 Approximation Prize* of $750..
..$75,000
... -AOOO
... 10,000
... 1‘AOOO
... 10.000
... 10.000
... 10,000
... 20,000
... 30.000
... 25.000
25 25.000
APPROXIMATION PMIZr*.
5,750
4,600
9 •• •• 250 2.520
DM? Prizes, amounting to $265,500
Application* for rates to club* should be mad*
only to the office of the company in New Orleans.
New York Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency
by express (all sums of $5 and upwards at our ex-
pcusc), addressed
M. A. DAL'THIN,
New Orleans, La.
OrM.A. DAUPHIN,
Washington, I). C,
Make 1*. O. Money Orders Paya
ble ami address Registered Let-
tent to
NEW OIU.KANS NATIONAL HANK,
declft wedsatAw Mew Orleans, La*
— T II E
LAMAR COTTON CHOPPER.
Roraetblng Entirely New. It has been Thor
oughly Tried and Is Fnlljr Guaranteed.
Chops H seres a day with on* miue. Pays for itself
in a few days. FUICK ONLY *3011 Send for
descriptive circular. Address,
BLOUNT & IIILL, Atlanta, On
octi2*onttw4t
Announcement.
Kkhuond, Vo., Dec. 30, 1885.
We beg to announce that
wo havo opened a BRANCH
HOUSE at MACON, GA.,
for the walo of our Machinery ,
with Mr. S. S. Pegram as
manager, with tho largest
and most complete works in
the South; fully equipped with
the latent improved tcols and
appliances for tho manufac
ture of ALL KINDS of MA
CHINERY.
Wo aro prepared to offer
tho trade a lino of goods equal
to tiny in tho United States,
ut prices to meet all legitimate
competition. We 1 respectfully
solicit your putronage. CAT
ALOGUE and Special Prices
furnished upon application.
Address,
THE TANNER £ DELANEY
ENGINE COMPANY,
MACON, OEOROIA.
Office nml Warehouses Corner Fourth
and Poplar Streets.
Georgia Chill Remedy
Chill* ami fevers have tor years affected thou
sands, and will continue to do ao until the merits ot
Hail's Georgia chill Remi-dy become known. Thi*
is no pateut humbug nostrum, but ths result of th*
experience of a quarter of a century in compound
ing and manufacturin fdmg tin our Southern cli
mate. I have cured myself and thousand* of oth
ers of chronic chills afte ithey bad fora long Urn*
resisted the effort* of able physician* and quinine
had ceased to have any effect. One bottle in au
cases of lews than six month* standing will effect a
permanent enre. In that time a sufferer would
■pend doable the amount for quinine and yet not tw
cured. I append a few certificate* showing » hat it
has accomplished—thousands could be obtained If
desired.
Judge Thomas J. Simmons, Judge of ths Superior
Court of the Macon circuit, wa* cured of chills and
fever by the use of Uall’e Georgia Chill Remedy.
Mr. Henry It. Feagin. another ntomlnent dtfos*
of th* same county, endorse* it above every othsf
preparation in tha world.
LAMAR, RANK Of k LAMAR,
fold by all druggists. Macon, On.
ang27 sunAwly