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y THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.' TUajDAY JANUARY 19. lftfi.-TWELVE PAGES, HYSTERIA OR RELIGION. The llemarkable Epidemic Which lU|cd la Non Salvador. 8sa Salvador, Bahama*,letter to London Timm. A remarkable outbreak of religious hallu cination occurred on this island this year. About January last a report was out that a young girl had Men visions and was under aome influence not belonging to this world. Her excitement soon communicated itself to others, snd in tho course of a few weeks some twenty young girls wero affected. They then organized religions meetingsand much excitement was caused. I went once to see what took place at these meetings. About fifty people sat around in a room singing, clapping hands and stamping their feet, keeping time to a few who have not heard of her three beauti- kind of monotonic, chant, Ure girls who fnl aunts, known as tho American Graces, „ visions were standing in the centre, sometimes walking up and down. They had a vacant kind of stare. Gradually the singing quickened, until at last it became fast and furious. Then the girls would dance, shout and bark like dogs. After twenty minutes of this they would fall down with a shriek. Their struggles, cries and foaming at the mouth were dread ful to see, and in many cases it took four nr five men to bold them still. After the fit was over they would lie exhausted for about one hour; tlicn, when they came to, tboy gave vety detailed accounts of the visions they hail seen. A great deal of these vis ions was, of eonrse, nonsense, but one thing was remarkable-they spoke of peo ple doing things many miles nwny from the place. Upon inquiry it was found in some eoseB that what they bad seen corresponded exactly with tho events. One most remnrkable feature in this out break wns that it was not confined to one spot. Almort simultaneously in every set- tfement on tho island (the island is forty- five miles long and twelve broad in places) similar outbreaks occurred. Girls living at distances of five or tun miles from the scene of tho ‘‘shouting meetings,” ns they were called, would be seized. Iteing seized with a kind of frenzy, they would run, as if by inspiration, to the apot where tho rest were assembled, no matter how far, Up and down the island about -10l> or EDO people were aeized, and it wns at first thought it was a kind of epidemic of hysteria. In a few cosea girm of highly respectable charac ter were seized, snd although they did not acem vicious, yet for weeks they would havo fits daily, and such was their superhnmnn strength that I have seen a young girl of sixteen straggle out of the grasp of four strong men. The outbreak lasted from January to July, and at one time it was feared that it would lead to serious conse- 3 unices, for all the people who gave cre- ence to the visions neglected work nnd abandoned themselves to holding meetings day and night for singing, shouting, bark ing and listening to accounts of tho visions seen. A DEAD MAN’S BLOOD. Old The Hemaraabte Verification of Superstition. Nsshvll e American. A remarkable thing occurred last Wednes day. On that morning, Adnms, who was recently mnrdered was hauled home on n wagon, three miles. His extremities were frozen still, and dnring the trip not a drop of blood flowed from a single one of the nine ghastly wounds upon his bead, face and throat. When he was carried into his house the coroner ordered his clothing taken off without being cut. To do this with bis arms frozen in a semi circular position required no little effort Sometimes be was turned on one side, then on the other, then in a sitting position, and during all this time still no blood exuded. When bis clothes were removed and he was lying on bis back, no one touching him, Wash fiimmona enmo np and asked mission to come in and see him, which request was granted by the acting coroner, lie came in, bnt did not look upon the corpse, but walked to the Are, took a aeat, resting bis head on bis hands, and did not speak to any one. Now fur the strange part in the drama. As soon as be came into the room the wounds on Adams' face and neck com mcnced to bleed profnscly, and this not withstanding tho fact thut bo wns still fro zen, and his arms standing up from hiH body in a circular shape. This fact is vouched for by T. A. Turner, county clerk; John J, Lee, clerk and master, and acting coroner; M. Tomlin, trustee; W. A. Eat bur ly, jailer, and others of equal credibility, who were present and saw it. Does the old superstition bold good to the effect that if the mnrderer come about or touches his vic tim after death, the latter will bleed afresh? That Simmons killed Adams there cun be no donbt in the mind of any one who heard the testimony before the coroner's jury. That the circumstances of Adams' bleeding occurred as stated, no bne can doubt who knows tho men who saw and reported it. Wbatof it? BLOWING Ul* A MOUNTAIN. Fifty Thousand Tons of Solid Itock bis lodged by Dynamite. A Pottsville, Pa., special says tho greatest piece of blasting on tho Pennsylvania Scfanylkill Valley road was successfully accomplished to-day. Tho people of this town hail felt some alarm in reference to it, aa it was known that over a ton of dynamite andJndsonpowderwereto bensed. Crowds gathered on the river bank and hillsides op posite the point to witness it, and u number of photographers took views at the instant of the explosion. One of the most serious difficulties en countered in the construction of the new railroad was Capo Horn, a apnr of the monntain a mile below town. It waa solid rock, and the drilling ot twenty-two holes into it to a depth of twenty-two fe<t each has occupied many months. It was feared thud the shock would be so great as to do damage in town, and many nervous people waited for its coming until long after it hail passed without knowing that it was all over. The holes were all fired at once by elec tricity and were touched off by contractor Oaynor, who hod personally superintended tho drilling and charging oi them. At 4:30 o'clock he poshed the lever, and in an in stant the whole rocky mass rose several feet and then fell back into place with a lond rumbling noise, shaking the ground in the xxeighbood, but neither heard nor felt in town. Immediately following the first ex plosion there was aqotber, which filled the air with rocks, some weighing a quarter of a ton. It is believed that the mass dis lodged weight 60,000 tons. The explosion was witnessed by thoussnds of people. A Golden Circlet In the Rond. Hartford Times. Mrs. Henry Pardee, wife of the chief clerk of the New Haven Havings Bank, while bathing at flavin Rock aboro twenty years ago lost a gold wedding ring. It con tained her name npon the inside. A day or two ago a gentleman Bring at tho shore, while poking in the sand, nneartbed the ring. A bucket of Gold bast for a brink. Virginia City (N«.) Chronicle. Harrison Fox, of Beno, says that he once saw a miner in a California camp give a bucket of gold dust for a drink of whisky. The supply of Uqnor hid ran ont two days before, and that was the last drink in the ‘ * hole camp. DEAD TO THE WORLD. A Baltimore correspondent of the Phila delphia Times gives an interesting sketch of Miss Emily MacTavish, the lady who, after many years' reign as one of the social at tractions and beauties of Baltimore, has withdrawn from the world and taken the fi nal vows and veil as a nun. Her family connections are of the most distinguished character. Hhe is, on her father’s side, the granddaughter of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, the signer of the Declaration of Independence, and on her mother's side the granddaughter of the once com mander of tlie army of the United Stales, General Winfield Scott There are who were the Misses Caton, Charles Carroll's ;randdaughtcrs. These ladles, after flonr- shing aa belles in Baltimore, went to Eng land, where the Duke of Wellington pre sented them to the Court of the Pnnce Regent, npon whom their beauty mode a great impression. They all became peer esses. Mary, tho oldest, married the Mar quis of Wellesley, the elder brother of the Duke of Wellington; Elizabeth married Baron Stafioril and Louisa became the Duchess of Leeds. Tho MacTavish family, whoso possessions com« from the Carrolls, tho Calverts, and the Catons, has given nearly, if not all, its property to the Church. It is interesting to know that the first House of the Good Shepherd iu tho United States was estab lished in Baltimore by Mra. Emily Moc- Tavish, the mother of the young lady who, after the UHual preliminary period, has taken the black veil. Mra. MacTavish, who died about twelve yeara ago, was a grand daughter of the Lady Georgiannn, the Duchess of Leeds. It was ahe who gave tlie house and grounds to tho Sisters of the Ocod Shepherd. The old mansion is now a part of the modem institution, and its broad front, wide porch, nnd an gled wiuga look out upon the gnrden, planted in tho last century by the dead and gone beauties of the MacTavish fam ily. Hanging on the walls of the reception room is a life-size picture of a lovely woman in the bloom of youth. Her abundant black hair is combed and puffed at the sides, in the style of forty years ago. Her dress is cut low nnd the splendid neck nnd arms are in full view. The picture is that of Marga ret MacTavish, who hecamo the famous Mrs. Howard, tho confidant and intimato friend of Napoleon III, the only woman of whom the Empress E genie wns ever jealous. Margaret MacTavish went with some of her family to England about tho yenr 1850 and married a Captain Howard, an officer in the British army nnd a connection of the Cntholio branch of that noble family, the Howards of Norfolk. She was in Paris at tho timo of the coup d'etat nnd attracted tho attention of Napoleon. It is not known where or how she died, ex cept that some mysterious, terrible fate overtook her nnd tho picture (ijjoii the wall in the only relic of her splendid and gnilty life, Aa a measure of expiation Mrs. Mnc- Tavisli has given the old home nnd all her property to the church to establish a sister hood and homes for erring and depraved women, and ont of the mother house here has grown tho one in Philadelphia. Now another, and it is believed the last of the family, has given her lifo to the Church and hidden her bennty behind the Visitation cloister walls. Her wealth and high social position placed her in the front rank of Baltimore soeicty. Stately in her hearing as Tennyson’s Maud nnd calm in her manner ns her grand-aunt, the Duchess of Leeds, whom she resembles, Miss Mnc- Tavish was possessed of that conscious rc- poso and high-born grace seen so often in Vandyck's portraits, representing os they do the transmitted beauty and refinement of n dozen generations. Those who wit nessed tho ceremony of her tint entrance into the nunnery will never forget its so lemnity- When she came to tho altar clad in white satin, like a bride, thero wero many regrets for the loss to society of such beauty and talents thnt were to bo offered in vicarious atonement for the sins of an ancestor. Henceforth the life of this grant belle and bennty, now one of the Sisters of tho Good Shepherd, will bo spent among sinning and fallen women, trying to re claim them to society nnd to the Church. A WILD CHASE. Washington Gazette. On laat Friday thiee gentleman on horse back—Messrs. J. IV. Sanders, Waldo Har ris, nnd Hester Wingfield—happened to meet beyond the lluff residence a negro man who was perfectly wild with excite ment. Ho could scotcely command his tongue to tell the story of the sight he lind seen. Tho unfeigned genuineness of tlio darkey's terror easily excited the three gen tlemen to tho highest pitch. This negro bad met another negro driving a carriage at breakneck sjieed towards Liucoln county, ami in the carriage was tira most nwliil sight the witness nnd ever aeen. Thero was a dead white man all wrapped up iu a sheet, bnt his face was partly showing, nnd nnd there were great spots of blood on the sheet; besides, when he met the carriage the driver turned away out into the woods and would not meet him in the road. This was too mnch for the threo gentle men, who would delight in nothing more than iu bringing so foul a fiend to justice, so, quickly putting spurs into their horse's flunks they shot down the road liko the Light Brigrade on the field of Bnlaklavn, though not in such good order. The gen tleman behind, putting whip nnd spnr to his horse, yelled out: “Ride on, hoys, I'll he with you." On they speed, past Dyson's, past Shuhricks" and turned into the Relio- both road about fifty yards apart The people at these tw o houses ran out to as certain what was tho matter, but Mr. San ders, bringing up tlie rear, merely shook his bend nnd whipped on. These people were left to the conclusion that Waldo Harris was trying to bout Hester Wingfield, and Wilkes Sanders was trying to heat Waldo in a ten mile race. After a four-mile ran tlie negro and car riage appeared in sight, but they were mov ing at a lively rate of speed. This fact would linvo removed all doubt ss to tlie villainy about to ho run up with, if any doubt had existed in the minds of these gentlemen who were so bent on bringing n criminal to justice. A lively sight chase then ensued, the negro haring nearly a mile the start. Finally out near the eight-mile post he wasovertaken; and, 0, my country men, what a hoax! The negro said he was ‘ jes’ cn rayin' somo of Mrs. Watkins' things down to her moth er's in Lincoln conntv, and was in a hurry to get thar' fore night.' Among them were some sheets, red garments and such things. Three disgusted mortals quickly turned in the road, and came hack with the avowed purpoM of ducking the negro who had fooled them, though ever so innocent, in Mr. Jack Dyson's fish pond. But they could not find the negro, so they hound each other to secrecy, bnt the story leaked out, and is verily true. —Pierre LorilUrd, of New York, who sold his large Newport estate to Corneliua Van derbilt, has taken the Cany villa, occupied for many yeara Ira James Coatca, for the coming season. Mr. Vanderbilt will build a new house in the spring. EARTHQUAKES. All We Know About Them—Some Well Ascertained Facts* The only settled facts about earthquakes, says a writer in the Popular Science Monthly, are, that they are the result of some shock imparted to the rocks ot a con siderable dietance beneath the surface, and that this -shock reaches the surface in a series of concentric rings, all on the cir cumference of each ring receiving the shock at the same moment, even though they may be hundreds of miles apart. In other words, all points at equal distances from tho centre of the earthquake receive the shock at the same moment. Although this is theoretically the case, according to well known physical laws, still, in practice, the facts are somewhat dif ferent; for the shock is retarded or acceler ated according as the rock opposes or favors the passage of the wave. The severity of the shock in a given place is dependent upon a variety of causes. These are, 1. The strength of the original shock; 2. The distance from the earthquake centre; and 3. The kind of rock on which one is standing, loose gravels greatly diminishing the force of the shock. The distinctiveness of earth quakes depends rather npon the sudden ness of application than the amoimt of mo tion. In that at Rio Bomba, it is reported for a fact that a man was hurled across a stream a distance of a hundred feet, nnd lauded on an elevation fifty feet higher than his original position. It is an un doubted fact that objects nro frequently thrown great distcnces. In the Mississ ippi Valley, during tlie earthquakes of 1811 to 1814, tho tops of trees wi re twihteil mill entangled, and strong log cabins were thrown to the ground. Rivers are some times checked in their flow, and in psst geological ages, some have been completely turned from their courso bv earthquakes. Prohibition Falls* Indiana, I'a., Democrat It in now six months since the hotels in this place were denied license and we have had some experience in prohibition. We have come to tho conclusion that prohibi tion does not prohibit. If it stopped the sate of intoxicating liquors and prevented men from getting drank we would he pre pared to advocate it with all our might. But tho experience in this place is that it docs not. The law is violated every day, and men who want to get drunk, and there nro many of them, find no difficulty iu f ’etting tho necessary intoxicants. Our ittle community here is not different from any other in the State, and wc know whereof wo speak when we say that there is more drankenness to-day than there would be had we one or two high-licensed hotels and certainly the quality of liqnor sold wenld be of a better grade; for a man who takes two drinks of the vile stuff ped dled about our streets to-day is prepared to go home and lick li s grandmother. We do not wish to throw one straw in the way of the good men and women who are striving fur the salvation of their fellows fiom tho fate of the drunkard; but we do think that the best tiling, at this time, is a high license law with strong restrictive provi sions, That will bo open the way and edu cate tho people that wo may in time huve a prohibitory law that will really pro hibit. We know that many enthusiastic temper ance p< ople will differ with us in our views on this subject; but we can’t help it We arc jnst as earnest in favor of temperance as they, but we foil to see the remedy as they do. A BOY IN A PIPE. A COLUMN OFTATCIIWORK. pisnxcsios. •Oh, my tors has cheeks ss red As the rose!" Bo the lover cries, milled. For the Ides that his saint Ever knew tbs use of pslnt Never came into bis heed, I suppose. Hear him t Has ho never chanced to note How hie darling faintly blushed. As with dainty band sue brushed From the lapel of hla coat Powdered chalk! “And her form la Juat dir.ne!” What a fool! Come, fond youth, to me Incline, And I'll whisper in thine ear Softly, so that none can bear Cotton-wool! “Bnt her wealth of golden balr Itlppling down!" All save yon are well aware That the hair within whose mesh she has caught a lover fresh Nightly hangs upon a chair With he- sown. See her flirting now, cloae pressed la the wsltz. Come, forget her! That la best. Trust me. I. too. loved her once, And I learned at last fond dunce, That her heart’s !!ke all the rest— It is falsot A stars cat hit James Gregory, a lad of thirteen years, in Loudon the other day, and aince then Gregory has died ot rabies. rails are made In Bnsshv. They are longer than ordinary rails, and said to have a great* r adhesiveness In contact with locumutlve wheels. IZ, the elder, ss the book of his widow, tells us, used to make his coffee in a machine that was dev rted (luring the day to the soakiug of all sorts of creatures for skeletons. Tuz New Orleans Picayune says: “A good bust •ss man makes a good general. He will advertise, t the enemy know where be Is, and make an effort to be at tho head ot a column." It Is noteworthy," says the Paris News, “that In his Gottingen days Bismarck wagered twenty- live bottles of champagne with an American that Gerutauy would bo united tn twenty years." (Penn.) mother broke up a boys' Sunday card aud beer club by euteriug the place, breaking pldor over her son's bead, demolishing the furniture and ordering the lads to be gone. In England and Wales, as one may learn from the Financial Befor'n Almanac (British) for 18W1, one-fourtli tho eutire country Jimmy Murphy's Peculiar Experience While Searching for a ball. Now York World. Little Jimmy Murphy, of Throop avenue, had an experience on Friday which ho will not soon forget. He nnd a number of com panions wero engaged in throwing n bull back nnd forth through along sewer-pipe which laid uu Flushing'avenue, nenr Broad way. After a time tlie ball in the passage struck against n projection in the interior of tho pipo nnd lodged itself beyond the reach of tho boys. Thero being no sticks or other means available for getting nt the hall, Jim my volunteered to crawl into the pipe and bring it ont. He entered tho opening nnd secured the object desired, but when ho at tempted to return, he found it nil exceed ingly difficult thing to accomplish. He yelled for help, and his mates ndded their cries to his. Finally the attention of one of tho contractora in charge of the sewer work was secured. At his suggestion Jim my alowly and pniufully hitched first one shoulder nnd then tho other, all tlie time bellowing nt tho top of bis voice, nnd movod backward by degrees. At length his feet came uear enough to the exit of tho i *_ for his companions to grasp him. Then, with a long, strong, all-together pull, Jim my was withdrawn fromhis confinement. A Copper-KIvetetl Oatli. A drink of water mnst he taken with the oath administered to public officials in Bur nish and Siam, the latter part of the toko being ns follows; “I, the most puisnntand glorious Lord of the celestial elephant anil of many white elephants, lord of the heav enly weapon, uml sovereign of the wbolo world, declare that if yon M. or N. (Nga Pyoo is the typical Burmese name) obey uud follow my commands, yon will be free from all the ninety-six diseases, and the eight accidents, under the aid of the five thousand nata (sp.rits) that gnard reli gion, the nuts that guard the trees, the nata guard the earth, tho oats that guard the sku s, and nil kinds of nata; the nets that gnard the hills; the nats that guard the five greut rivers, the nats that guard the five hundred little rivers, the Irrawaddy, the 1 Imiawaddy (the Salween) and the Dobtta- waddy, all tho nata that guard the rivera; and the nats that guanl the Pobppa Hill (Shwoy-l’yin Nyee Nonng.) Bnt if you m- iringe your outh, which yon have ratified by drinking this water in which swords nnd spears have been dipped, yon may die by these weapons nnd be afflicted by all the evils above mentioned." •.TOO Not Call'll. For. It seems strsr.ee that it it oeeessrry to persuade men that you cau cure ttelr diseases by offerlns > premium lo the mao who fails to receive heneflt. Aud yet Dr. Heire undoubtedly cured thoitsaude of cseee of obetinete catarrh with bis “Catarrh Item- edy," who would never haveapplied to him, if It had not been for his offer of the shove sum f Incurable case. Who la the next bidder for ci cash ? It is siud that in the small town of Bris tol, Rhode Island, for several years before the war a young man named Cole was in the habit of throwing every silver dollar that came into his possession into a cistern at the side of his honse. After coin get scarce and at a high preminm lie took the silver out and found that he had accumu lated over fo.OUO which ho was able to sell at a large premium. We would not recoin mend that others do likewise, for a cistern is not the safest place for making deposits, bnt we would recommend that a good sav ings Istnk -or dollar bank for instance—be substituted. Nervous, Debilitated Men. You are allowed s free trial of thirty days of the Mo of Dr. Dye's Celebrated Voltaic Belt with elec tric uspeneorT appliances, for the speedy relief snd permanent cure of nervous debility, loss of vitality and manhood, and all kindred trouble*. Also, foe many other diseases. Complete restoration health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No n*L Incnrred. Illustrated pamphlet, with full reforms- c-half. e-fourth; aud in Ire- .Scotlund, 1*2 person* land 714 persons ■A hew clay from tho pen of Davitl Belosco, an- I thorof"M»y BIohkoiu,” will follow "Hcodman IHiml," at Wnllack'M theatre. Mr. Uelasco ban been engaged to tako charge of tlie department of stage business and rehearsals in the New York School of Acting. □ A wise ballet will bo tbe next sensation at Vienna. It baa been written by Huboniteic. and illuatratea the bacchanalian revela of a number of winea let loose from tho casks. Tho ballet eml* with a glori fication of champagne, but which brand is being advertised is not stated. HPkikck Bismarck's idea of tbe freedom of debate during his first period of parliamentary service may be gathered from his suggestion that "half a dozen drummers should be placed on the ministe rial bench, and that all interpellations should be answered with a roll of their drums.” At Cannes the curbstone dealers struggle for pic turesque effects. One of them, who had sunshades and the like for sale, stood under a huge red um brella twenty feet in diameter. Whenever he would sell an umbrella be would hurl it at tbe buyer like la javelin, regardless of tbe eyes of tbe lookers-on. ■OHK of tbe holiday books recently issued in Eng land was printed in blue ink on green paj>er. This done in accordance with tho advice of a Ger man scientist, who says that the short-sightedness of his countrymen is due in part to the German characters, but mainly to tho violent contrast of Usk and paper—black fted whu*, □Mr. Apoi.ph Sutbo. of tunnel fame, proposes to build a large aquarium at Nan Francisco, which will be stocked with every variety of sea anemone and shell fish. It is to be 120 feet in diameter, and will occupy die little bay just north of tho Cliff House. It is to t*e finished in three months, and promises to become a rival attraction to tho aoa lions. □one ol the most novel suits for divorce has just been instituted iu tbs Circuit Court of Tippecauoo 1 county. Ind. John H. O. Kirchoff asks for a di vorce from his lawful wifo on the ground of her sleeping with her feet on the pillow, and as Kirch off is opposed to this reversal of tbe order of thiugs.i he has asked tho court to interfere. The New York Tribune says: "The proposition of the pugilist Mitchell tp fight Hulllvan for the bene fit of cbaritablo institutions opens up a new field of benevolent enterprise. We may presently see "sci entific sparring” replace the raffle at church fairs aud slugging for a knock-out” succeed the ani tediluvan kissing games at Sunday-school picnics. One of tbe best collections of birds and Insects | [in America was that of Charles Buettner. a Ger man, at Burlington. Iowa. There were in tho col lection GO,UN) rare bugs, flies, worms and the like. The fire fiend rolled all these, liko so many dainty morsels, under his tongue of tlame ou Sunday night, and now Naturalist Buettner is disconsolate. ■ Atouno woman at Bingen, on the Rhlue, suf fering from a slight lnpammation of the throat, was I killed through her own carelessness in not looking at the directions for the use of the drug prescribed for her. She swallowed a large dose of chlorate of potassium which waa prescribed for garliug pur poses aud died a few hums later, after terrible [suffering. 1 Tbkbe is some prospect that cocaine, the valua ble anaesthetic, will rot always be as costly a reme dy, and, therefore, as inaccessible to the people in general as heretofore. According to the Vienna Medical Journal, cocaine hsa been successfully pro cured, not from cocoa leaves, but iu a synthetic way from chemicals by W. Merck, in Darmstadt. ( others. I One of the carriers of the Lowell Morning Mail I has a valuable assistant, as that paper relates, in tlie shape of a dog, which for five years has taken the natier from the carrior and delivered itm I the lady of the bouse. If the dog is notH lookout wbeu the boy reaches the honse a whistle speedily brings him, snd he will not allow any one to touch tbe paper until it ia placed in bia mis tress’ hands. Ten thousand there hundred and eighty-three! marriage licenses were issued in Chicago during the year just ended. The big Western town can [afford to be proud of this, for New York’s record is |ouly l,:kMJ larger. New York, however, can boos.*, if she likes, of superiority in the number of blrth» and deaths, the figures being: births. New York, 29,955; Chicago, Is, 137; deaths, New York. 3.1,720; Chicago, 12,527. It should be borne tn mind that tbe record of births in New York is much nearer the true figure than in Chicago, where tho physi cians trouble themselves llttlejto makeftheir reports, as instructed by law. A Chicaoo letter says some disappointment has been expres«ed at the failure of the i>owerful elec tric lights encircling the board of trade tower at a (listance of 300 feet from the ground to )>crfortu their function of lighting the street • below. The closter of lights is pruliably the most powerful col lection ever placed together, yet they east only a slight radiance on the street*. They can lie seen at a great distance, however, and fron* a purely artis tic point of view combine to make one of the hand • somest forms of ornamentation imaginable in re vealing a portion of tbe tower at night and making it to stand out against a dark sky. The latest novelty in championship contests bat been introduced by pancakegluttiiu*. Oliver Wood- son, of Camden, N. J , having convinced bis neigh bors that he could devour more pancakes at a sin-1 |gle meal than any other man, within the memory Medical Men YVIint Two Prominent Physicians Say of a No toil Remedy. Crawfordville, Ga., Democrat B. B. B. is without donbt one of tho most valuable and popular medicines known to the medical science, and has relieved more suffering humanity than any other medicine Bince it come into'nse. It has never failed in a single instance to produce the most favorable results where it has been properly used. Physicians everywhere recommend it us doing all it is claimed to do. The fol lowing certificates are from two prominent physicians, who have done a large and suc cessful practice for many years, and npon whose judgment the public can safely rely: CuAMZop.Dvn.LZ, Ga., July 15, 1885. Editor Democrat: For the past ten years I have been suffering wiih rheumatism in the muscles of my right shoulder anil neck. Daring this time I have tried various reme dies, both patent medicines and those pre scribed by physicians. Last summer! com menced using 11. B. B., nndcouM see an im provement by the time I had taken one bot tle. I have been taking it at intervals sine- last summer, and can say it is the best medi cine forrhenmntism I have ever tried. I take pleasure in recommending it to the public. J. W. Rhodes, A. M., M. D, Cbawfoudvili.e, Ga., July 15, 1885. Editor Democrat: About November of last year I had what I supposed to he a cauliflower excrescence on right side of neck. I used local applications, which ef fected no perceptible good. I commenced the use of B. B. B. and took it regularly, twelve bottles, and in dne time the sole healed over, and I now consider it well. I cheerfully recommend it as a fine topic and alterative medicine. S. J. Farmeb, M. D. “Meal Bag- ou a Bean Pole.” Elbebton, Ga., June 1, 1885. My brother has a son that was afflicted with rheumatism in one of his legs until the knee was go badly contracted that he could not touch the ground with his heel anil hod scrofula. He took only two bottles of B. B. B., and scrofula and rheumatism are both gone. Mrs. M. A. Elrod came to my honse the past summer almost covered with car buncles and boils. I got two bottles of B. B. B., nnd before ahe had got through with tho second bottle she wns entirely well. She was also troubled with swollen feet nnd ankles, and hail been for twenty years. All gone—no trouble with swollen tect now. I wns troubled with bleeding piles since 1858. I used one bottle nnd have felt noth ing of tbe kind since taking the medicine. Tho clothing that I wns wearing when I left Atlanta fitted mo abont the same os n meal sack would a bean pole. I have on tho same clothing now, and they are a tight fit. Yon con do na you like with this; as for me and my household, we think three B.’s is fully orthodox, and will do to swear by. Respectfully yours, J. M. Barfield. decl8fri£snnlm Louisiana State Lottery Coi "We do hereby certify that we supervise the ^ rangement* for all the Monthly and Quarterly Drawings of the Louisiana State Lottery Company and in person manage and and control the Draw! ings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness and in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the company to use this certificate, with fac similes of our slgnaturee at Cached in its advertisements.” We, the undersigned Banks and Bankers, wlh pay all Frizes drawn in The Louisiana State Lot- terries which may be presented at our oounten. J. II. OGLKSRT. President Louisiana National Bank. u ff L'L'VVL'IiV 11 a*,,. I.lsnt Qiaia Vailntiol lluhL Incorporated iu 1868 for 25 years by the Legial*. ture for Educational and Charitable purposes—with a capital of 11,000,000—to which a reaerve fund of over $550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote Its franchise was made a part of the present State constitution .adopted December 2d. A. D.. 1879. The only lottery ever voted on and indorsed by the people of any State. It never scales or postpones. Its (iriinil Single Number Drawings take place Monthly, and the Extraordinary Draw ings regularly every three months instead of Senii-Anniinlfy ns heretofore, beginning March. is8». A SPLENDID 01T0RTTMTY Tl> W IN J F0RTTNE. SECOND Olt.VND DliAWINO CLASS D, IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY. FEUKUARV MU 18SB--IKIth Monthly Drawing CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. 100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each, Frac tions in Fifths in Proportion. 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One Henson's Capclne Plaster is worth a dozen of any other kind. Between the numerous varieties of porous plasters there la hut one choice. Benson’s plaster is modern, scientific, prompt in action, safe, pleasant to wear.cleanly.and cures ailments in a few hours which no others are able even to relieve. This fact is testified to by 6,000 physicians, pbsrmscists an ddruggisU, voluntarily, and over their own written signatures. Imitations of Benson’s plaster, uuder the names of "Capsiciu.” ‘■Capsicum, “Capncin," "Capciclne," etc., are offered for sale. These are shameless. Purchasers may protect themselves against imposition by ex amining the artlclo tendered by the dealer. Ask for Benson’s Plaster and see that the "Three Seals” trademark la on the face cloth and the word "Cap- cine” is groused in the middle of the plaster it self. Commissioners’ Rale. GEORGIA. JONE8 COUNTY.-By virtue of an order granted to the undersigned as commissioners at the regular October term of Jones Huperior Court, 1KH6, to sell certain lots or psrcels of land at Uaddocs's Htation, in said couuty, and whereas, in punuance of said order, said laud was duly adver tised for sale on the first Tuesday In December, lHJifl, when D. D. Bachelor bid off lot number 14 in the plan of said Haddock Station property for the sum of tbmo hunt* red and twenty five dollars; and whereas, tbe said D. D. Bachelor haa failed to com* ply with tho terms of sale, nr to nay said purchase money, for which be bid off said lot, now, ny virtue of tbe order aforesaid, we will sell said lot number 14. containing one-fourth of an acre, at Uaddock'e, on the first Tuesday tn February next, at the risk of the said D. D. Bachelor, between tbe regular hours of sale, for cash. JOHN T. KPEIOHT8. Liver than any o»her can wv l>r Hanford's Liver Invlg- orator Regulate* theltowvls, 1SirUI<*sths Blood, A«i*f* fMHORNSraFLESH Tlie Ureal Southern Kmnancw—4 Southern r lew of (As War. iu rnmsrs and milts. Answers "4 Foote £r. remr* and Tne/s Tom's Oahii».'• It contains /arts (A it tint lie. its the South. S*-lls immensely. |\j Capt. N. J. Floyd, a cousin o» Gun. .1. B. Hnyd. Bend for arcuiars to HUtiiiAiil* BKU&. Atlakta. Oa. will do well to send mo minute descriptions, to gether with lowest prices, both for rash and on time. Don’t write, unless yon are willing to soil at reasonable figures, aa the buyers I have are not the so-called "wealthy northern men.” It. H. KNAPP. Real Estate Agent, Atlanta, Ga. jantfiw-lt. *»*• H. H. f a** L l_ th* DKjjiyy cf "the oldest inbab'.tAnt,” offered a wiger of $600 that he would eat thirteen dozen pancakes, each not less than five inches in diameter, at one sitting. This has stirred up the jealousy of Michael De laney, of Brooklyn, who assumes to be the biggest eater among "Boss” McLaughlin's followers, aud he offers a wager of $600 that he will, on any cold morning, not only eat as many cakes as Woodson, but will beat his record by a dozen larger pancakes. He wants only five days’ notice. Is the beat electric lamps the little homeshoe is made of bamboo, and this material has proved its superiority to its rival, paper, in several ways. The l>arut»oo comes from Japan iu bundles of slips a foot in length. Japanese bamboo is of finer qual ity than the Chinese. It is first split up into little square strips. Girls round these off by running them through dies until they look like little broom straws. The*# are put in crucible* with gmphite and submitted to a white heat for several hours. This carbonizes them thoroughly. The filaments are not all of exactly tho same »lze when taken out of the crucibles, and if used in that state would prenent vary lug resistances to the current, and the lampa would not be even and economical in their ;ing. To make them uniform thejr are put one by one into a glass jar, from which * air can be the products of petroleum, can be admitted, current of electricity Is run through the horseshoe filament, snd it absorbs carbon from the gas until '* operator sees that its resistance has been re ed to' dm/e< i the regulation amount. Itocklen's Amins Halve. The beet salve In the world for Cuts, BraJees Berea. Dicers. Sal* Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter Chapped Hands. Chilblains, Corns, and all Skis Eruptions, and positively cure# Hies, or no pay re quired. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, nr money refunded. Price 23 cents per box. For •It by Lamar; Rankin k Lamar, J. W. RICE Sr CO. In making their weekly annonneement, would call special attention to several drives for tbe ensuing week. UNDERWEAR! UNDERWEAR! In all styles, sizes and grades. An excellent assortment, which we are selling at bottom prices to close out If we can't get cost for them, will take less. BLANKETS ! BLANKETS Were never in greater demnnd, anil a better stock was never offered to the pnblic than I wbat wc ore now offering, and those in need of them would do well to call and examine| our stock. CLOAKS S CLOAKS ! In Newmarkets, Viseites, Dolmans and Bassian Circulars, away down bo ow cost Now is tbe time to bay. Embroideries. Embroideries, Hamburg*, Everlasting Trimming, Fstent burgs and a full line of Trimmings, that will be sol and Insertings, Matched H» r - I*. SCRIM FOR CURTAINS. In Cream nnd Colored—something new for window curtains, from 12)c. per yard We are still slaughtering all classes of Dry Ooods, snd a better opportunity $> e* first-class goods so cheap will not be offered again soon. J. W. RICE & CO