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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, .JANUARY JO, 188G.~fWELVE PAGES.
thetexan vendetta.
»n Amateur Detective Romance That May
Drove to be Founded on Fact
BT KEITVillD FHILF.
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iCv*r<tU) 1885-
THI FACT!.
> n„ rhrletmae day, 1881. a UtOe over tads*
I'JhlafiO 1 the body Of Mollie Brown, a colored
inonthA *«0;.TT^ B m Texae. waa found
"’•’.‘I'tiulsce. la the yard about a hundred feet
Her bunlrr. which had been
STmS***® a i.ri“ht moonlight night had been
"ItaWM 1 ? lwS. b Ua°a”J r 1S»>>. annuthur col-
„ "d domeatic. waa murdered under precUelyaim-
U ni' l to , SetoUowlng month. Jane Credent. atUl
another colored aervant. waa found hacked and
nuitdaied and dead in her own room.
IV On Auguet 30. little Mary Cullen'a bodv.
i.'u.ted in the eatne way. vu found in a «table
? 1 i .Sue from her mothirt houae. whither ahe
hadbeentlraggpdMeedlnBalltheway. The child
in hereof age. Her mother, who lay in
Sd with her on thS total night waa horilbly
h™ .... head with an aae bnt recovered.
’ r r D l 'n^nUmb.TMcime the net t Mr,. Oracle
JefTeraon. colored.lived aa man
1*3 Si ta’acabtn. Lucinda Wllaon ana Fancy
“d wife in a_centn. boarfed with them.
Sfl.n andwoman alept in one apartment the
^*Ihi other On the date mentioned. atnightF
n* hammered into inaeneibility and
morning; Oracio Lee waa taken from
f* 1 *' “JmJdout of the window, dragged along
bia .Ido. p™na . , >r da and had her brain,
the road eerenty av^ » the tw0 girl, were beaten
I^BMu out witb a to , n d when they recov-
P^SJfoSSa SSld nothing about the af-
in October Jennie Page, another colored
,'J.‘ .5, found dead in the naual way. and af-
domestic, w». .miliar horrora.
to vn*'on Chriatmae eve, l»e®. Juat one year from
' 4' ?.,,;,,,lertwo white married women were
the 6 ?!.Md r4 aud dragged from their beda to the
™wide thelrhottaea. The body of one
(.round, out, heavy log acroaa it Both had
wlthan are. The huaband of one of
!Cm w« found w'lWrtng to blood from tho
ored. Perhapa thane tMordawUl lead ua to detrer-
min® whn thaw arm ”
mine who they i
An hour or so passed in searching, end the coron-
ner again came into tho little
■ ••Doctor” Iaaid, suspending the Inreatigatian of
the recorda for a moment, “the newspaper declare
that immediately after one of these murders a 0U8 .
pected man waa traced (these are the very words)
J*°® the «toble across the city to where he took a
hack. The wheel marka led up to an alley back of
the cabin in which the murder was committed.
There back and man disappeared, la that so?"
Then there must have been somebody to drive
the hack. This was the fourth or fifth murder,
and^of course was made public next dayr
“Were the hackmen investigated, or did sny of
them volunteer a statement that he, or any friend
n w * — any other hackman, waa the person
of hia,
hired?”
"The hackmen were investigated, All proved it
‘mpo.-lble that they could have been Implicated,
Nobody came forward to say a word aa to hia being
hundred peraonahave been ar-
” 'for these crimes, but none of them
? ,t> U!?iilield 1 Northern and Southern detectives.
& toSTlSSi blcSdhoundaand all theparapher-
th S!fsmlitv could devise have been used in tho
SaSrSSS be murderer*. but to no pur-
P"®' TUX THIOBT.
• .... .aaon; -t midnlehi. leading the de>
XoftblBlni'ot horror*. more frightful than
Ii.mi or numw ever conjured up from ro-
m'HnUcbrBln-.Ittlug there with nothing alas In my
maoMc br.ln-.uu a tried to think tbl» mutter
( r ,r, T " “ .W *'“r ( aUghted ,t toentflwu .U-
"i"„ the «ceno of thin remurkuhle aerie* of
Tocrdd Bhanly, a New York new.peper man. had
theory concerning them. So .trong bad the con-
, ,,,,t (t waa the correct one grown upon mo
that I felt it to be my bounden duty to teit It.
“mv .tew were wme Aral bent tothoollloof tho
principal new,paper in the town, whore I naked tc
fee the editor. I found him acceaaible and ready
crept an interview to a Northern confrere at a
mX *. noth'e. A young tody, however mt at a
bc.k iu another part of the room, and, glancing at
her. I auggested that our interview moat be Private.
The editor looked Inquiringly at me. bnt gracefully
rid ol the young lady, nevertheleaa.
"•I have come, Mr. ilank," Iaaidto the editor.
10 try and ,ulvo tho myitcry of there terrible
“ plain at once that he took mo for a
•'Well,” he au*wered, "everybody in B baa been,
trying to do that for a year paaf
••I know It, hut don t ho diecouraged became thoy
have failed."
Well have yon any clue!"
I think I have—lmtlet me aak you one qne.tion.
If the- .newer ia negative my theory falla at the vory
outect. and 1 tako tho next train tor Sew
York"
’Do yon have mixed Juriee in yonr town?"
’Well, aome of them are very much mixed occa
eionilly." he auewered, laughing. "But you mean
Juries composed of both white and colored citi-
••Certainly we do.”
••For how long have you had them?”
••Why. ever since the principle of the civil rights
bill waa imbedded iu the constitution of tho
State."
For more than five year*?”
.Now, Mr. Blank,” I said 'Tam thoroughly In
earnest in the belief that these dreadful mysteries
can be solved. You can help me if yon will, by pre
tending to employ me as an outside reporter on
ysorpsiwr, so that lehsli have some apparent rea
son for being here, and also can gain access to of
ficials, documents, etc.”
The editor thought the matter over.
“Why do you not go to the chief of police?” he
asked. “To the detectives?”
For answer I asked him whether the police had
not already announced their belief that these mur
ders were the work of one man?
“Yes, they have,” be replied; and upon the
grounds of the similarity of recta in all the cases,
aiid that every suspicious or suspected person iu
about before this.”
“Is that your theory, too?”
•Tea.”
shall have the honor of disproving it.”
An hour later 1 had taken » neat room near the
other, and had made the acquaintance of the re
porters for tho paper, who were very Jolly and
hospitable to their new coleague, aa they thought
Uiuj.
of course we could not talk long without getting
upon the subject of the murder*. Vigilance com
mittees had been formed, ward associations patroll
ed the streets at night, no woman ventured out after
suut'.own.and every man in B slept with a load
ed revoher rca ly to hia hand. The negroes were
iu an agony of terror, every one of them wearing a
vouiiou charm.
Thai Bight', paper said; "So there to bo theory
wav but that one inhuman monater has aecriflced a
life every time be wished to gratify a ghastly pas
sion.'
Thinking over this sentenee In my
r quarters.
that night, I said to myself: “Both! These murders
are not committed for the sake of theft, for no
property has ever been disturbed in the victims'
homes. Lust, strong se It is ns a motive to crime,
“ h ot pj>werful enough In thee# cases as an incen
tive. There is hut one human passion develiah
enough tofurulah the motive for this horrible series
oferimea-reveuge.
"Hut can it be poaalble that one man can enter-
, iD *1®*1 feeling* of revenge against nine persons,
” n 'J apart, sonic white nnd earns colored? Ami
t "till ii. 'ii* Incredible that two pontons (if
! y I Direct that more than one has en-
1 »*• ' - murders) should have precisely the
»*ujc fi l ling of vetigance against precisely the earns
persons, and should take precisely the earns means
i»f wreaking them?”
shall see.
I put my revolver on the table by my side, turned
down the lamp and went to sleep.
The editor had promised to assist me in any
l 0Uld * 1 waa not alow to aak his assistance
the next morning. The first favor I asked of
u me next morning. The first favor I asked of
.waVf * not * introduction to the coroner. From
J ,*t 1 f»*l learned of him from the reporters I had
Lb'nulned to make him my only confidant ae to
the real mission 1 had come on. After telling him,
therefore ! asked whether I might be allowed to see
he records of the office for aome few years back.
*• wUlimdy complied, givingme a private room In
t*> investigate them, when we were alone,
did yon conduct the inquest in the case
■••l 1 lug ‘ ■8gB den,r —
j.’^bt victims out of the nine were killed by the
..I IU - *•" they not?”
r»«*i frontal bone crushed in. In eech case?"
"Then the blow, no matter how sharp the axe,
% , iir‘" rih “' ,ro " r
docunr. pleare try and Ihlnk vbether tho
Denton tua.te hj the axe waa deeper at one point
A to any or In all caae.r'
The d'K'tor reflected,
II wa^ ha replied.
11 »°t deeper toward, the lower part of the
~ than toward, tha upper?”
all caaaa, if f renumber aright. Bui
*bat doea that pro,.?" he aakac.
f th * t U >* theory of the police Uut
\ /^, mar d p re are Ike work of one man la wrong.
,L«I llwbu * noticed that to aulkinga log of
retei ^ tocteion la deapret at the
to. axe etnkea flret. White th. beet of
* W1 T really, the atrlker baa
w^ other end of It two or threw
.t..? l 'r" it la re tea red. Buppoainw a m,n to be
-Xriir bt axe. |aa be moot necea-
tk. rr^T. a bl °* ofmeh force re to cruah
t“5 AojjtthjtonWon would bedewpret at
iSiSrL' , I m ¥“■ « 0“ deapret in-
the to!? '.r***?**** baa been at the lower nut of
^***" wh ® wteldedtheete
"f hi. ,i5I? tn S5. whu * otondlng behind the head
«.eT—•?*:. Thlwprorre that two nereouw at tenet
toa —h-dto, th.
. •'•A taame to be eo," wig the doctor, reflectlre*
■“A ^‘^^^jourpolic. u, reconrtte
n!iPbBte# of blood and outrage,
y b *M,«me was e white uau, ths other col-
*‘Precise! v. Do you know why? Simply because
this hack the auapected man took waa not a regular
hack—but hia own. The hack of a white man dUw-
en bv a negro; each having his revenge to wreak.
Further, the newspap< m again aay. and the police
corroborate it, that on another occasion a carriage
waa used; that Its tracks were followed for some
miles from the scene of the murder, and were
found to lead back precisely to the acene of the
crime. Is that sc?”
“Yes.”
“And that when bloodhounds were put on the
track they followed the trail for some instance but
suddenly were at fault?”
'Doea not that prove to your mind that the old
slave methods of coufusiug the scent had been
adopted, and that in all probability a colored man
drove the hack?"
The doctor admitted that it looked like it
Turning to the records I said:
that about six yearaagothe body a
well known hackman, John Hmith. was found in
the suburbs of your town with a bullet iu his head.
Do you remember that case?"
“Oh. yes, perfectly; although I waa not coroner
l that limn ••
at that time.
"Had he ever been engaged in litigation?”
“No; but he waa an important wltnoss for the
prosecution in a murder trial a year or
•Mr. White Johnson, a well known member of
the bar.”
“Your records here show that this lawyer, after
the hackman's murder, waa found on a suburban
highway with his head crushed in by a stone—as in
the esse of Oracle Lee last year. Is that ao?”
•Ye*’
'And that shortly afterwards his father was found
murdered?”
“Yes.”
“And then thst his brother was found murdered?”
“Yes.”
“In this murder trial. In which the mnnlered
hackman appeared as an important witness and in
which the murdered lawyer was slso a figure, what
was the verdict?”
“Guilty.”
Was the sentence carried out?"
“Yes.”
"Now, doctor, can you tell me by your Jury lists*
so fsr back, what was the composition of that Jury?”
“Not by the lists—they are not accessible easily.
But I peifectly remember the case. It was a mixed
Jury—some white, some black.”
“What was the criminal?”
•' There were two—* white man and a colored
man, equally concerned in the crime—the double
crime of outrage and murder.”
I shut the book, and the caroner and I walked
out together.
“Now, doctor,” I said after a pause, “you have
lived all your life iu this town. You know every
body in it Will you, without saying a word to
anybody, get the uames of the persona who com
posed that Jury about six years ago?”
“Uf what use, my dear sir?”
“I want to see whether any person, white or
black, who has been a victim or these fiends dar
ing the lust year waa iu any way related to any of
those Jurors.
The aml ible doctor waa thoroughly startled.
“I see now exactly what you are driving at,” he
said. “If there should have been upon that jury
relatives of both colored and white victims of the re
cent murders, the motive Is established.”
“Precisely.”
Two days passed and I did not see the coroner.
In the meantime I visited the scenes of the differ
ent murders, but gained nothing new from my in
quiries. On tho third day 1 again went to the coro
ner’s office. I found him there, pale and almost
trembling.
He took me silently into tho inner room and we
sat down.
• “You were right,” he said almost breathlessly.
“In five of the cases, at all events, the persons
who were murdered were related in some degree to
those who served on thst jury. I have not had
time to invetlgate the others, but will do ao at once."
“Among these five cases Is there one of a white
man?”. -
••Yes."
I confess that the revelation startled me, even
though I half expected it.
•The next nnestion Is," I said, “who are likely to
feel interested enough In this vendetta to be the in
stigators of it? Naturally the relatives or friends
of the men who were hanged.”
The doctor nodded
PVie did not. The trial had occurred a long
timn ago, and he could not aav as to that.
“Thun wo must find out,” 1 said. “And, depend
upon it when you have located them you are not
far from the aaeasslns of tho past terrible year." I
Two days were spent in Investigation which had
to be conducted with the utmost ?*utton. not only
to prevent auspicion on the part of those of whom i
we were in search, but to bailie the police, who, I
with their usual fatuity, choae to consider me a
WIUl lueir usual maun/, lUVW iu louniuci uau re
suspicious p.non, and dogged my footsteps peril-
naciouspr until I chose to elude them, which was a
comparatively easy matter.
On the third day the doctor triumphed.
This second discovery seemed nearly to paralyse
him.
“If whst yon suspected is true, my dear sir,” he
said, breathlessly, “it is awful—terrible?”
*“You bare found them?”
»*rio only one."
“Whits or black?”
“White.”
“Precisely! He is the man who wielded the axe.
The white man dominated all through. The colore 1
man'* canning baffled the bloodboundi; the white
man's Intelligence befogged the police. What is
is hia name?”
“John Doe."
“Ia he in good circumstances?”
“Yes, a sort of a gentleman farmer.”
••What relation waa ha to ths man that was
hanged?”
“Brother."
“And where la bia place! ”
The doctor told me It was at a distance of some
three miles. I buttoned my cost and prepared to
leave.
"You will not whisper* word of this?" Isaked,
•until all is reads*?”
“Not a word—bat where are you going?”
To the rest lence of John Doe.'
•Man alive!” cried the good doctor; you must
not?” You will be slaughtered! Just think a mo
ment! You cannot be so rash!”
“My good doctor.” I replied, “I am not going
there to tell Mr. Doe that he la discovered. We are
sure to be even now on the wrong scent unless two
things are cleared up: First—Does Mr. Doe keep a
private hack? Hecond—Has he In his employ a con
fidential colored man? 1 am going to Just casually
fllnd out those two things. I shall see you in
the morning.”
I was aware, however, that the mlaeton waa a
dangerous one, for I had now been In B long
enough to be spotted by any who took an interne iu
the arrival of a stranger. But my old reporting In
stincts came to my aid. and I aet out to interview
the farming people within the radius of a mils on
ths prospects of ths spring crops, etc. I went to
three houses, made copious notes, was kindly
treated and in all of them waaaaked eagerly, the first
thing, whether there waa anything new in town
about the murders.
Armed with my notes, I unlatched the front gate
of John Doe's and walked up the stoop.
The bouse stood fully hall a mile from the next.
In either direction, and some distance from the
road. It was neither tidy nor dirty; evidently the
home of* bachelor.
The man who opened the door I knew for John
Doe instantly. A steely-grey-eyed man, of pow
erful b lild, sallow complexion, six feet in height,
slow s|>oken. with bushy standing-out black eye-
•Is this Mr. Doe?” I asked.
•It Is."
. told him my alleged errand and ahowed him
the notes I had taken at other houses.
Homewhat ungraciously he pulled the door aside
and bado me come in.
I confess I felt* tremor as I passed the threshold.
Mol another bouI waa about, and 1 vna halplaaa to
tha preetnee of n man whom I belternd tha mur
derer ot nine pe none to one jeer.
Now and aaain. aa I waa taking mjr note#, t caught
hUcoldgUttertogeyee flxed Ina rerr unsomtorD
tog way cn me. But I got through all light. Be
did not aak mate drink. Ha .aid nothing about
anything but what I aehed him. and pneioua little
about that.
Amt not a *or4 about !K« MUnltn.
I hade him good-lay. neither of na proitettog hia
*..ng and got out aa nonchalantly aa I could, bnt
'"SiDtetoMtolddono nothing to torthwiha to-
Tr.tlF.tiim. Coma wbat might, I determined to
ftndootwhat I wanted to know, oy wnyo» too
other baton I left. Bo 1 aanaieiad down the aide
SSTby toVbmua. lighted a cigar, nnd tept n watch-
fnl eye orer lire tonae.
I bad gone bnt thirty or forty pecan whan my
heart atood atiU. aa It •eel-- 1 — —
Bight before mewaea
tha w hoe la of » prlrete torrt
flnium to himself and to tha w - ■ — ——-—— ..
to h!» own way ha waa aa rillatoona looktogaahia
muter. sUentiy I tenxed—ao if thoroughly fright-
with*
ened at the confirmation of all my suspicions—to
the high road, and was soon back in B ■ ■.
No sleep that night. The next morning, all being
in readiness, the coroner and I laid the whole matter
before the chief of police.
‘‘But there Is co direct evidence,” said thst
official.
"No,” I said, “there is not But here Is a para
graph concerning one of the murders, clipped horn
your own local papers, which will give you direct
evidence if you choose to seek it”
I read as follows (which wss printed also in the
New York World): “The criminals did not try to
remove evidence against themselves, for Oracle
Lee's lifeless fingers had a death-clutch ou a chain
attached to a watch with a broken crystal, the frag
ments of which were found near her body."
The coroner, the editor and I, succeeded at last
In convincing the chief of police that the proper
thing to do waa to make a raid on the estate of itr.
Johu Doe and to secure the persons of him and hia
colored servant.
It was done. Much to his surprise, Mr. Doe was
arrested, at the same time that bis coachman was
overpowered in the garden before he could utter a
cry. A long and patient search resulted in the find
ing of the mutilated watch in the barn where the
negro had hidden it. Upon this he-the colored
man. the brother of the man who waa hanged iu
company with Doe's relative, confessed all; and the
secret or the B murders which hsd paralyzed
an entiro State waa out.
A NEW YOitK BELLES BED-ROOM'
IIow ( oinfortably and Composedly a Mil
lionaire's Daughter Sleeps.
Chicago Herald.
Would you like to see how a New York belle of
millionalriam sleeps? I can gratify you, so far as to
describe with literal exactness the bed-room of a
young woman whoso name Is printed as often as l
anybody’s In the society reports. Into it I was con
ducted. quite in the same matter-of-course way that
the little lady of the house did everything that ahe
willed, and there we found the knick-knack which
we were seeking for me to criticise or admire. But
I confess I bad eyes anly for the room. It
was quite as interesting to me as if it had been the
bower of a Princess; more so, in fact, for more per
sons see behind the scenes in a Princess' life than
in those of a yonng American millionaire's. The
theatres endeavor to acquant the masses with th* I
Interior of great mansions, palaces, and abodes of
the wealthy, bnt they show us only the drawing-
rooms cud dining-rooms. I suggest thst they speed
ily vouchsafe to us all a view of the bedroom of a
young lady of fashion. I don’t know how thoy can
do it exactly, but that is for them to flud out.
I never saw a more beautiful, cosy, in every way
delightful place than the sleeping room of thla
young princess of fashion—this eldest chihlof a
fsiut slate color. The gilt bedstead was pushed
against a square of plaited silk of pale gold, with
slate-colored ailk bows at the corner. Just such
another square of plaited silk rose to the celling
above the washstand* On thst were only pitcher, I
bowl, soap dish, and so on, because running water
is presumed to Invite sewer gas. but all of the
choicest ware. A great sheet of beveled looking-
S telass, six feet high, swung on brass rods above the
lour in ouo corner for the young woman to sue her
whole attire in. Hhe had also a folding glass to
reflect her ears, back hair and neck.
There waa an open Hreplacegbeside* the hot|alr
register, a dressing stand laden with pretty toilet i
boxes and bottles, an ivory clock like a bird cage, I
in which ivory canaries trilled sweetly as each hour
began; easy chairs and a racking chair to matchi
the wall paper and furniture, a pretty little prio-|
dieu for the young woman to say her prayers upon
as fashionably as possible, aud a wealth wf littlei
elegancies, completing a general effect that was ex
quisite and dainty and inviting beyond computaj
tion. Opening out of this room the young million
airess had another apartment, where she wrote and
painted aud “worked,” ao to speak, but I did not
It was while I was in her sleeping room that I no
ticed that nowhere in the whole nouso during a
whole day's stay had I seen a single hint of disorder
—no shoes in sight, no article of clothing lying on a
chair or bed, no litter of any sort—everything, in
short, as neatly ordered as if I was a critic invited I
to call and see the perfection of home discipline. I
confess that a tiny pair of kid slippers peeping from
under the edge of a bed, or a hat and pair of gloves
thrown upon a cbslr, would have made tho room
more interesting by connecting the maiden with it;
but it was the rule of the house for such things not
to be. Think of it Eight servants to wait upon
four persons.
The room in which the family assembled for con
versation and the entertainment of company was
across the hall from the parlor. It waa quite as
elaborately furnished aa the parlor, but the car
pets, chairs, and various apartments wore not quite
so new; in tact, they were worn just enough to bo
comfortable. The two front windows and one at
the side commanded a general view of Fifth avenue,
and I noticed while I was there that the ladiee
watched what went on in the atreet with the same
curiosity their poorer sisters possess; but they sat
so far back from the space between the curtains
that while they could see everybody, nobody conld
eee them from the street.
I noticed, also, that when a friend called at the
honse, if either mother or daughter saw the visitor
tn time she would go to the door herself before th*
person hsd time to ring the bell. And I observed
another thing. There must have been $10,OUO iu
china, glass, bronze aud marble In this sitting room
distributed over a couple of hundred little things
ornamental. The members of the household would
be glad to talk of any of these beautiful articles:
would say whst they were, where they cam* from,
snd all about them, except the price. Money and
price and cost, subjects so commonly discussed by
those of us who are obliged to think of such trifles,
were never mentioned.
The folding doors between the front room and
the next room were uever drawn together while I
was there. The next room waa the library walled
in by bookcases of carved wood and bevelled plate
glass. Th* man of the house invited me in there to
smoke and read. He had daily papers, all of them,
on the centre table, two or three easy chairs, a drop
light and a grave fire. He went to his room when
ho came in, exchanged his shoes for slippers, and
his coat for a loose Jacket then flung himself In a
chair, lighted a cigar, and tried to read, while eith
er bis wife or bia daughter eat on an ottoman at hie
feet or on the arm of the chair he oocuplod. Wealth
snd happiness are said to be often strangers. These
to be the happiest people Imaginable.
MIDWINTER FASHIONS.
Tasteful Costumes for tha Adornment of
tho Fair.
While the mild weather of early winter proved
moet seductive to those who enjoy open air exercise,
it certainly waa a drawback to in* lovers of skat-
iug on Ice, and even the rinks have not beau so ex
tensively patronized as in past seasons. However,
this exercise has not been abandoned, fur some
exceedingly handsome skating suits have Just been
completed at one of our leading establishments for
pleasure-loving young folks.
The favorite costly materials used for thi
tunic* arc seal plushes, velvets. Astrakhan and
beaver cloths, which should be trimmod with ex
pensive furs. But Just as stylish and becoming
suits are made of fine twill Elberon velveteen, the
twill-back corduroy in flne or broad stripe effects,
the warm Afghan homespun or the lUchmond serge.
These goods r;.p. be made up with or without deco
ration. and wlil prove meat serviceable varment"
for out-of door wear when the skating season ia
over.
A present fancy Is to have costumes In sate; that
is, to have suits made for lads and lassies, of corre-
hponding materials, finished with like trimmings.
A Russian aet stows dibss of brown vslvsteen.wlth
jacket boMered with band of seal, hst to match,
while the boy's suit, also of velveteen, has coat
with collar and cuffs, with cap of the fur.
An exccntric tea gown Is made of red satin and a
brown wool stuff. The skirt is edged with red and
covered with red lace. The front Is of red satin.
Another tea gown has its entire front worked in
gold and brown. Tho back is of plain brown and
with this is worn a brown and gold girdle.
An exceedingly attractive salt is In dark gray
corduroy. The skirt Is arranged in kilts, while the
half-fitting Jacket has no trimming whatever ex
cept the silver buttons fastening the front of the
garment diagonally across. Te boy's suit is of their
same kind or corduroy, with stripes a quarter of an
inch wide.
Among the more elegant suits U one of seal plush
finished with bands of otter, the hat and cap being
of real seal. These suite are worn by young folks
of from twelvs to sixteen years of age.
Those pleasant social events—afternoon teas—
have created the demand for a distinct style of
dress, which is charming for tie tndivldnvlity ; for,
although presenting some of the feature* ot morn
ing robes, the tea gowns are decidedly more dressy
and some of them are certainly unique.
The only claim these tea gowns now have to the
title of undress ts because of a certain looseness of
fit, for ths majority of them are brighter in color.
richer tn material and more elaborately trimmed
than are many of t be walking costumes. Golden
brown. Gobelin, cardinal, orange, emm d* AVJ, blue
and bronze are the favorite colon In plush, aud
gowns In velvet or plush are usually trimmed with
some one of the fashionable fun or
trimming. The specimens In faille and Marveillaux
are tight fitting at th* back, with ibs gathers or the
skirt sewn round the points In which they terminate
at the waist; either ample rnchingn or finishings of
lac* or ribbon ornament the fronts.
An esthetic gown of amethyst plush has front of
exqlsite lac* wonderfully draped, while edges of
the plash portions are bordered with chinchilla.
The tea Jacket tea convenient and comfortable
novelty. This garment Is after the Louie XV style,
with long basque and fiat pockets, displaying hugs
buhousTbut its peculiarity ia the quantity of lao%
which Is placed on squats at the neck aad fella In
loose folds dtrvn the front and also la square
patches at the back, coming in a point at tha sleeves,
which end midway between tha elbow and wrist.
Soft silk petticoat* trimmed profusely with tecs ere
be worn with the skirt of any drees of appropriate
A Parisian model of very fine Indian cashmere is
in an odd color. It is cat priors** shape and te
tuned hack eu paaler In th* Louis XIV style. The
front ts finished with folds if crepe de chine,
while in center of dress from neck down to lower
edge are double rows of lace, embroidered in roses
and divided by a carious trimming formed of
loops ol satin. Tho demi-traln is edged with pleat
ing of the satin; standing collar also of satin aud
cuffs of lace.
Perhaps one of the most elaborate of these
toilettes is of French blue plush and satin. The
skirt is of pale blue satin, thickly covered with a
rich design in uncut velvet in one of the new yel
low tones. The right front of the upper garment is
cut short to show tne underskirt bnt the left front
falls straight and long to the point The lower
edge is cut in small vaadykeg, each being tipped
with a gold ornament A scarf of gold lace, appear-
pearing from beneath the long left front, drapes
across the short right fron v , concealing the edge.
There was Lively Times on Cherry Street
the Past Week.
—o-
The brightest light ever shown in Ilnlston Hall wan visible on the morning of the
12th, but- for the next thirty days at
1)7 CIIERHY STREET,
.ilk uce finishes neck and sleeves.
A most stylish tea gown is of a haudsome grade
of corduroy in a rich myrtle ehade, combined with
a soft surah in deep red aud finished with bands of
otter fur, creating an odd and pleasing effect
By far the most dainty tea gown ia a princess robe
of white velvet chenille, framed witn sable, and
opens on a straight plastron of tulle and lace, richly
wrought with gold.
THE CONVICT CAMrS.
An Inconsistency to Which tho People's At
tention Is Called.
Lexington Echo.
On our first page thla week will be found a com
munlcation to the Macon Tklxoraph from a prom
inent farmer and uian of fcUoorgla, and one who-
kuows what he is writing about touching the con
dition of certain convict camps in the State. We
remember well that * few months ago Hon. James
M. Smith, owner of the camp in this county, waa
arraigned before the Governor and put to consider
able trouble and expense because he had been
charged with a disregard (?) of the law In regard to
the inmates of his camp, aald charges being pre
ferred by the physician to the peuitcntlary at uuve.
Facta showed that Mr. Smith's camp was in a far
better condition at the time than was this one. and
we are led to ask why the owners
of the camps near Atlanta were not likewise are
ratgned? There should be consistency in all things,
and more especially in the govern moot of the State
and the acts of its officials, but we fall to see the
consistency in arraigning one man for Imaginary
wrongs and ietting another go whon it is or should
be plain that real wrong and disregard of the laws,
both of the State and of humanity, exist This
correspondent is confident that tho bad condition
of Chattahoochee Kiver Brick Company camp and
the Peter's park camp baa continued for more than
twelve months, and yet there has never been a
•r- sIUmJ by
either the penitentiary physicians or the Gov
ernor or any other official with power to
act. Can it be that officers given office by the
votes of the people esn be thus inconsistent and
partial to favorites. Surely we do not elect these
|men to office to have them bring the charges of
breaking the laws agalust tho meu who are not
their favorites, while in truth there are no real
charges to arrign them for, and let other men go I
free who are really deserving of being arraignod
and impeached for a disregard of tho laws? Never
will a State or national government bo accorded
that respect duo it, while this state of affaire exists,
nor will we feel in duty bound to dotend such a
government. Upon whom to lay the blame of this
one inconsistency L is bard to say; but somebody
surely knows where it lies, aud they should feel
bound by their love of pure government
and untarnished officials to toll who is to be
blamed, and then It U the duty of the other officials
of the State to deal with them somewhat as they
wanted Mr, Smith dealt with. We cannot tolerate
officers who are so prejudiced as to bring to trial an
enemy upon imagined charges, and yet let friends
go on in a disregard of the law. In our opinion
there is but one State official who should be made
accountable for the above inconsistency in office,
aud that mau is Dr. J. G, Westmoreland, peniten
tiary physician, a man who blushes not to perse
cute those who do not bow to his every whim, nor
blushes to smooth over the evils of those who are
ready to obey his every wink
LEGENDS OF THE SEA.
Stories Tofil by buperstltloue Sailors About
Gho?t1jr Ships ami Crews,
Beboboth Herald.
There la nothing a genuine sailor more firmly be*
llevoa in than haunted ships. Every sailor who has
been long at sea has* atory tc toll of the ships that
he has been in when ghostly and unnatural things
took place. An English !>arlr recently came into
Pernaiubuco ana was immediately deserted by her
entire crew. They declared that on the previous
voyage, while a portion of the crow were on the
upper foretopKail yard one night handling tho sail,
the halyards were let go by the mate and cvegy man
on the yard sbakeu off into the aea. They said that
emy time they went on that yard at ntf ht to take
imsail on tho voyage out to Pernambuco ghostly I
sallois worked alongside of them. No threats npr
promises of extra pay conld make the crew stay by i
the ship, and the story spreading abroad, it was
along time before the vessol got another crew.
There is a story told by the sailors of a haunt
ed ship which used to sail out of Liverpool. The
last voyage she made aa an ordinary ship with no
ghostly accompaniment. 8he had a supercargo
who was a violinist. He used to take his violin aud
go up into the main cross-trees, where he would
sit and play, hia favorite tune being “The Girl I
Left Behind Me.” On the vojage the supercargo
became insane and Jumped ovi*rl»oard. Ever after
that occurrence ou stormy nights, when wind and
waves were high and the ship groaned and creaked
as she struggled through the waves, the sailors,
floundering about on the dark slippery decks,
heard above the howling of the tempest the sound
of a violin playing "The Girl I Lclt Behind Me" in
th" main cross-trees.
Not many years ago there died in a little Cape Cod
town a retired sea captain. Once wben he followed
the sea be came across a sinking bark off Cape Han
llogiie. A gale was blowing at the time and a heavy
sea waa running. Added to this night waa com
ing on, and though the poor wretches begged fran
tically to be taken off, the captin sailed away and
left them to their fate. The memory of the doomed
crew of the sinking bark, stretching their hands
appeslingly and watching the ship sail away with
despairing eyes and ghastly faces, lingered with
the heartless captain all th* rest of hia life, and in
his declining days bs frequently complained that
the crew of the bark were haunting him, sod aald
that some day the vessel Itself would sail into
harbor and take him away. One atormy winter
afternoon the old man lay on bis bed dying. Just
as the ebb tide began to run be sprang up and
shouted: “Don't! don't! I’ll stand by till morn
ing. I’ll take yon all off!” and fell back dead. The
watchers at hit beadside aald afterward that through
the window which overlooked the bay they saw a
bark come sailing into the, harbor at that mo
ment and then vanished before the eyes.
Alfonso's Black l'earl of Death.
Voltaire.
Amongst the presents which Don Alfonso gave to
his first wife. Donna Mercedes, there was a magnif
icent ring, ornamented with a large black pearl en
circled with diamonds. The Queen wore it until
the flay of her death. The young King, after the
death of his nrst wits, presented the ring to his
sister, the Infanta Pilar, who also wore It until she
died. The superstitious may easily have suspected.
in such a land as Hpein, that the ring itself was
not wholly unconnected with the rapidly auc-
Icessive deaths of the two beeutiful young ladiee
who bad worn it The King would not give it to a
third lady, but he wore It himself until he also
died. Queen Christina, who drew the ring from the
finger of the dead monarch, debated for a whllo
whether ahe would herself wear it In memory of
him. or would placs it among the historic family
Jewels. Hh decided to take the Utter coarse. A
satirical »rllow-countryman of Cervantes, in the
Spanish Court is reported to have asked, “Why did
not her Majesty send that rln^to lkm^Cartoar* To
which another courtier repii
*Tb* Pretender
would have marched straight to the pawnbroker’s
with It; and ao it would have failed to produce the
result so desirable for Hpain.”
An Enterprising, ltellabla House.
Lamar, Rankin k Lamar can always be relied
upon, not only to carry in stock the l**t ot every
thing. but to secure the agency for such articles as
have well-known merit, and are popuUr with the
people, thereby sustaining the reputation of being
always enterprising, aud ever reliable. Having
cured the agency for the celebrated Dr. King's New
Discovery tor Consumption, will sell it on a posi
tive guarantee. It will sore y cure any and every
affection of throat, lungs, and chest, and to show
our confidence, w* Invite you to call and get a
trial bottle free.
Lost Faith in Physicians.
Thttn we Inimomble lutance, where con,
ban been effected bp BOSAUALM. toe Oml South-
era remedy tor Ml diMMee of toe blood, when V*-
tlcnta but been (Iren orer bjr pbjr.lclene. II le one
of the beet lemediee erer offered to tot public, end
jo prepered with the xrnllet ewe, ee , epeoifle for.
rerun, die.uce. TB< UOBABALI8 fortUdieordem |
impure blood. II U Indoteed hff lead-
well M bp eminent pbpel-
cUne wid other*. Try it. end be cured.
Lyons <fc Cline,
The Leaders and Controllers,
will continue to throw their red hot bargains to the trade with meh force that competi
tion will continue in their bewildered condition and wonder how
Lyons & (Pine can Sell Their Goods so Cheap
Well, it’s juat as we said laat week—thUia our clearance uale before taking stock,
and same will continue for the next thirty days. When we advertise goods at cost, we
mean what they will coat the customer, end not what they coat Lyona ft Clino in New
York. We are eelling Dress Flannels at 76c. that cost 90c. in New York, original price
$1—64 inches wide.
LYONS & CLINE are sellings line of Diagonal Drest Goods at 60c., coat in
New York 67c., original price, 69c.
LYONS & CLINE have made the same sweeping redaction in their whole
Drees Goods Department. For instance, we will offer to-morrow morning a Blarny
Cloth or Homespun Dress Goods, 61 inches wide, at 50c., former price 87), cost in Now
York 75c. per yard.
Our whole Btock of LADIES’ COVERINGS awsy below New York cost
Our liLANKET STOCK at and below New York oosk
THE ENORMOUS BUSINESS
we are doing proves that the people realize that LYONS ft CLINE are lower than any
competitor.
The reason we sacrifice goods at this season of the year is because we don't care to
cany over any from one season to another, and another very essential reason is that wo
have more goods than money, and what we want just about now is exactly the opposite
—more money than goods.
So LYONS & CLINE have too many goods and must unload, as business is
sorter np-hill this time of the year; people are not going to buy unless yon offer them big
inducements. Well, on o'ir winter stock we don't expect to realize Now York cost; if wu
get 90o. on the dollar, possibly not more than 75o.; bnt even at 75e. we aro satisfiiod to
lot our winter goods slide, as we consider it more profitable to LYONS ft CLINE than to
carry them over to another season.
ISTEN TO WHAT WE WHISPER !
Oar line of Combination Suits at $6.60. cost in New York $9, original price, $10
Oar line of Combination Suits at $8.60, cost in New York $10, original price, $1..60.
Our line of Combination Suits at $9.60, coflt in New York $14, original price, $16.60.
Every Department Meets the Same Fate !
160 pieces of Red and White Flannel at New Y’ork cost, not Including cost of freight.
75 piooes of Opera Flannels in plain and bosket, at New York cost.
96 pieces of Canton Flannels. Will sell you a heavy Canton Flannel at 5o. Something
better at 6) nnd 8o., and very heavy at 10c. per yard.
57 pieces of heavy Cloakingat a reduction of 26 per cent, below New Y’ork cost.
Our iine of Gents's fine Cessimeree wo will offer at a big reduction.
Well, the cold weather has reached these ports and our atock of Lodiea', Gentlemens
and Children's
UNDER "W E A. 33.
a in season, end our prices are reduced to meet the times.
LYONS & CLINE carry the best stock of Towels, Napkins and Table Linena
In Middle Georgia, and our prices are bottom.
LYONS & CLINE will offer you carpets now at such prices that a little money
will buy a good Carpet. Our 60c. Carpet reduced to 37)a. Our 40c. Carpet reduced to
30c. Our 30c. Carpet reduced to 20c.
Our sole will continue for 30 days, and all goods will be offered at and away below
New York cost,
AT 97 CHERRY STREET, MACON, GA.
Lyons <& Cline,
The Leaders and Controllers 5
MACON, - - GEORGIA.
GROCERIES'
The undenigned have opened a large and complete stock of Grocriea at Third
Street, and respectfully invite all in need of Supplies, to call on teem hofore purchasing
elsewhere. The stock includes all the staples used by farmers, and has been selected
with special reference to their wants. It has been marked at
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES,
and planters will find it to their interest to consult them.
WHIG HT & HILL.
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121 Third Street.
Money for Farmers.
A farmer who knows wbat farmers need, comes to the rescue. The great question is
labor and fertilizers. TIIE MERCER CULTIVATOR settles the labor ques
tion. It bars off and dirts up tho cotton at ono furrow to the row, doing four times aa
much work sa the old way. Try it, and if not satisfied, your money will be refunded.
Price, $1(1.00.
STANDARD FERTILIZERS at from 10 to 20 per cent, less than you have
ever bought them. Tho Soluble Pacific is eiqiecially recommended. Acid Phosphates
and Kaimt in any quantity, llohlce th. above A. U. SMALL keepa on hand at all
times, one of the best selected stocks ot
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
in this market, such aa Paeon and Rulk meats. Flour, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Tobacco, Salt,
Potatoes, Mackerel, White Fish, Cheese, etc., for cash oron time. A large lotofTexas Heed
Oats; also a large lot of Georgia Cane Hyrnp, I mean business. Don't fail to send (your
orders, or call in person on
A. B. SMALL,
decl8demftw4m 141 snd 143 Third street, Macon, Ga.
GUANO!
Plow Brand Guano,
Reliance Guano,
XX Acid Phosphate (imported).
The old and popular brands. For sale by
YVALTON & W HANN, Macon, Ga.
FACTORY, WtLMINGTON, DEL.
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