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gYMANTOIllS PISTOL!
iSPIABY
0TTKBANCE8 OB'
OCKED-OUr LABORERS.
. r.nn!A Slriker. Blake » Ho.liio
,he Work, and EndesYorto
Intindda*® Worker*.
March l.-The McCormick
works resumed operations this
*L J5U men reporting for duty,
.itwds were in the vicinity of tho
* ^ly ju the morning, and to their
‘ Suaacribed the tact that the larger
Li did not apply for work through
i ntimidation. A large force of po-
c«e on hand to preserve order, and ar-
Ld three or four men who were noisy
.fifthe great bell sennded at the works.
L te rceeii one hundred and fifty men
...red the yards. A large number of
"en appeared, currying their dinner
,. w |. r e taken in charge by strikers,
V-reat many were prevailed upon to
ioutside. Great crowds of strikers
Rh,e Island avenue, near the works,
me evident intention of intimidating
upecting to go to work, and finally
,0 ice ordered them back. Tbey were
m move at first, but when the order
JLse came the second time and the
rs advanced they turned and ran
;*o prairie, scattering in all direo-
The dispersal of the crowd restored
»3emo to the minds of tho wavering
-hr, ha 1 been prevented from enter-
t first, and the/ started hurriedly for
rorks 'u five minutes there wero, ac
ini' to Mr McCormick's count, 350 men
o,k in the various departments,
nerintendant Avenll said a number of
had refrained from returning, owing
-vine received threatening notes last
t By to morrow it is expected the
a would be in fall operation. Mr. Mc-
lick opened the yards in person and
lured he would not abut down now if ho
a dozen men to do work,
ter the first dispersal of the man they
,n assembling again in little groups in
laboring streets. When requested to
eve on" they refused to do so, aDd about
ntr of them were put into a patrol
on and taken to the Kinmnn street ata-
i. Fifty had gathered in front of 10G7
e Island avenue. None of them were
belligerent except Stamfroff tiengor,
is described as a ringleader. He got
:1 i doorstep aud shouted In Polish:
i.v is the time to net. Every man to
pistol, and let ua live or dio in tho
THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, MARCH 1), 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
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cer Mirks was standing near by. Ho
liliar with the Polish , language, and
be beard this incendiary outburts, ho
«d Geugor and took him to tho ata-
When searched there, a forty-eight-
bre revolver was found in Gengor’s pos-
Most of the others hud pistols,
who were arrested wero taken to
gale last night the entire roof of the Rock
land county almshouse at Mochanieaville
was blown off. The buildiug contained
aulteil mmilteS ’ b0t D ° iD ^ Ury 10 per8on * r »-
Costoocook, N. H„ March 2.-The hli/,
zard has broken doors and smashed mauv
buildings hero. A sharp shock of eurth-
qnake was reported in this vicinity between
12 «uid 1 o clock yeaterday.
Quebec, March 2.—The Grand Trnnk
railway between Port Levi and Richmond
is so blocked with snow that nil endeavors
to get the road in working order have failed
and east bound trains to-night have been
cancelled.
lliviRRB Dulouf, Quebec, March 2 —
Despite the strenuous efforts that huve
been wade to relieve them, the Inter-Colo-
Dial railway trains are in almost tho same
position they were in Friday last. The
storm has scarcely modified its violence for
a moment since Friday. The
work of each day has had
to be recoinmencejaron the morrow.
There are cuttings ctfGt&ining eighteen feet
of snow, some of them half a mile in
length. Owing to the height of the drifts
on Die mountain each shovel full of snow
must pats through the bands of four men
before it can be got clear of
the tracks. Besides this, avalanches come
down occasionally. Many trains aro buried
out of sight. Fortunately all passenger
trains are at stations and the company is
looking after the passengers' comfort. If
the storm would ceaBe, the army of men
employed bv tho railroad company, would
soon clear the tracks.
A MYSTIFIED WIFE.
She I>oe. not Know Whether her Uu.bend
la Alive or Not.
Imdusapolis, March 1.—Mra. Weaver,
who went to Atlanta, Ga., to obtain the
body of her husband, whom she believed
was killed there a few weeks ago under the
name of Fierce, has returned home utterly
broken down physically, having failed to
satisfy tho authorities that Pierce was
Weaver. She is positive that Weaver, if
alive, has plenty of means, and if dead
he left a considerable estate. She is sure
that he is not now living with Mrs. Eden
in Texas, as stated, since he has been gone.
Weaver has kept up a correspondence with
friends and relations in Indiana, and noth
ing has been heard of him since the acci.
dent. Mrs. Weaver also thinks that after
ho was hurt in the accident, Weaver gave
(1,000 in money to some person to send to
her with his enrd and papers, bnt that only
the latter was sent to her. She thinks that
possibly part of the money in the (GOO
which is now in the hands of the ndminis
tration.
WORK AND WAGES.
WHAT SAM SAYS HE SAID
WHEN HE SPOKE FOR PROHIBITION
IN MILLEDGKVILLE.
Heiisu street police station, and from
rote the Twelfth-street station, where
f were arraigned before Jnstico lager-
on a ikarge of carrying concealed weap
. No 'Intense was made in any of tho
s, and the prisoners wero fined (5 oa k.
he reaper works are distant ftom the
irt house shout five utiles, but police
idquarters are kept fully advised of the
muon. Chief of Folico Ekersud was
a this morning, and euid: “Although
apprehensive of any serious tronble,
I sui prepued tor the receipt of the
j worst news from the McCormick quar-
t I sincerely hope thero will be no dis-
Iwnce, and from reports already re
ed I am constrained to believe that the
will pa<» quietly liy without an out-
ak er a disturbance of any sort, I have
adequate force on the ground for imme-
9 iiecei-iti-s, and I have arranged mut-
ao that within an hoar from the time
|alarm is given I can swarm the McCor-
ck premises with policemen. ‘In time of
eeprepare for war," yon know."
til o'clock about five hundred of the
Ikrd outmen formed a prooession, headed
a bran* band, and started for the work-
imea'a hall, comer of Twelth and WoUer
iU, to attend a meeting there. Up to 1
ek thirty-three arrests had been made
•11 by the police. All those were made
oncers in citizen's dress, who wero
pmg with the crowd. The greater
aber Of those taken in charge were
uksd for currying concealed weapons, re-
vera hsviug been found on them. The
•aiader were charged with violating seo-
n'Aid of the Criminal Code, which refers
nOtoUM A8N«Dlblag« t l|.
iVxi’hbijiwi, Va., March 1.—A strike has
“ imugursted at the Old Dominion Iren
" >4l Works in this city, and the mills
l'»iioppedwork. A compromise is prob-
’• An arbitration committee of the
gats of Labor and tho stockholders are
•Moon. The str.ke was caused by a tio-
* w */ tH ' ,lct ion of wages on the 1st of
,** fifty cents a ton.
a “' 4, j 0 ’ -'lurch 1.—The strikers of Ml
'muck»factory are aakiug financial aid.
* “Voting to-day the strikers condemned
l»uce for clubbing and soatchiug citi-
c.u “*® streets. A number of men ro-
"1 to work tn the af-
“on- McCormick says that if 5UD
“ , P° r ‘ for duty iu the next three or
cay» he will be satisfied, and can run
»uop« very well. Under the most fa
ke circumstances, he says, he cannot
•orne time qi vo employment to more
. -c . tD ' •*« f“*d given a great deal
*erk to outside parties.
WINTER AT THE NORTH
*' n fro,on tn Death In the Street'
« hew York—A Ulisurd In Ual-
Wuiore-Tb* Ragland Coast
. Hotted With Ire.
el* Yo \*' March 2. -Michael McCabe,
'"'l B “‘f ®u unknown man were found
" ?«dh in the streets of Now York
ptnorning.
he recent Cold snap has elosed the Httd-
I uxl all the local steamboats
Rwnb 1 "bu'.ed to ran from PeeksktU
■ " ,* J>»d to stop. Home of them «
kar’w t0 tbetr ilocke- The river
U.. i", i ? n ucroa* at Tarrytown. The
ha,,',? jr ? l “‘ u He ico up and piled it high
Lu„. *“'> ‘he channel U full of
k.iJ ! ."' , .A 1,orderwl ‘c® blocks, ao that
»v BM 8tor “‘oomeia to break their
Wth rough it.
uk ^f Rrc h L —East Roston shore
Em.,**, lh At the dock* business is
Ey*** Standstill No vessels hare ar-
m ,'“ r The steamship Fe
L V ln K ‘ighteJ Pilot boat No. S
rn blown 1111 So. 011 ■ tor ®' *R*Uter it hod
Lam*r JSr morning the Savannah
k forel^* C L‘»' *>^® entering her dock,
wiod ®ud 11 os tit g ice into
kllatin revsoue cutter Albert
<m “*A on hex twit quarter
kCw?. h V?‘ ! * im,t th *& mh r
Pbaii,YJ* c , k,r “*' rtatUngher platee
‘^'fug h«r davite. The Gate
w was not injured.
L.^s°^ heavy wind
KroS h ®ra all day, with in-
Several houses wen unroofed
* dona. Mo veeeel*
p : *zj~:^K , ?s. , Si , s
| • * Tf-, March 2.- During a heavy
Cmcioo, March 8.- A telegram from
Milledgeville, Ga., which appeals here to
day says: “The killing of Marshal Hay-
;ooil, by Ham Ennis, Saturday, has given a
Moody culmination to ono of the bitterest
contents over prohibition yet conducted in
Georgia. As explaining tbe feeling
which led to this state of
things, both parties charge the other
with inciting to riot and bloodshed. The
‘ ‘prohibitionists brought Ham Jones here and
he delivered a speech and preached a ser
mon. The anti-prohibitionists allege that'
he advised the prohibitionists to be ready
to fight if it should be found necessary in
order to secure the polling of their votes,
and that he even recommended that they
should go to the polls armed with
pistols. The prohibitionists admit that
Jones made nse of some such expression,
but they insist that he meant that the pro
hibitionists should stand firm for tnoir
rights and nothing more. Immediately
after the terrible, tragedy such expressions
as these werccommon: “It was 8am Jones's
work," and "How will Ham Jones feel when
he hears to what his incendiary utterances
have led?”
Jones was to-day asked what he bad to
say about these statements. He replied
“I think my name is connected with
that affair In order that it might he more
sensational. I never made an incendiary
speech in my life in the town of Milledge-
ville. I said: You men who ore prohibi
tionist, be prndent, but stand to your
convictions. If these liquor men try to
frighten you by cursing yon and drawing
their weapons on you, tell them yoa have
been bnlited as long as yon intend to be,
and if they can die for their in
fernal traffic you can die in
defonse of the helpless women and child-
dren of this country, and if they want to
ran that game of guns and pistols on yon,
tell them they must strike the first licks,and
then you will feed the buzzards with them
if you can, hut don t you ever strike tho
first blow." Continuing, Jones said: “A
man literally takes his life in his hands
when he goes out to talk prohibition down
there. They blew up my stable with dyna
mite, and sent me threatening letters* not
to come to Atlanta to talk prohibition."
Another Strike ot Hallruad Laborers—Alt
Uutet at McCormick's— Firing Out
the Knlfhts.
Fobt Wokth, Tex., March 2.—Thorowns
universal surprise in this city last night at
a great railroad strike which began at 5 p.
There was no intimation that it wrh
coming. When the whistle blowcd evei
machinist, car repairer, section hate ,
baggage handler—in fact, every man who
belongs to the Knights of Labor Assembly,
stopped work. The business of the Texas
Paciec and the Missouri Pacific
was greatly retarded for a time.
Throe hundred men have stopped
work tho instant orders came from Hedalia.
The causes are said to he numerous, but
the chief oue is that (1.00 per day is de
manded as a day's wages for skilled labor
ers, who now receive (1.10 per day. Other
masons aro the refusal to make eight hours
a day's work, and the discharge of the men
at Marshall. No railroad work of any de
scription was done last night, except the
movement of passenger trains.
Chicago, March 2.—The McCormick
works opened as usual this morning. There
were large crowds of idle men ibont the
works, but tbe presence of the police pre
vented any outbreaks on their part, even
thoogh they had contemplated one. Five
hundred and forty men reported for work,
an increase ot two hundred over yesterday.
The managers of the works expect the num
ber will be increased to S00 to-morrow. The
officers think the strike is practically ended.
Hr. Louis, March 2.—A dispatch from
Crystal City, on the Iron Mountain road,
thirty miles below St. Louis, says tronble
is brewing in the glassworks there. It ie
said that the president of tho company no
tified tho employes several days ago that
all Knighta of Lubor in the works mast
leave the order or the works. In compli
ance with that notice, twenty-aix of the
men were discharged yesterday,
and notice was served on the
remaining Knights that they wonld be
given two morn days in which to make up
their minds. The action ot the company
has created a great deal of excitement at
Crystal City, and it may spread to St. Louis,
where the headquarters of the Knighta of
Ijabor for the district nre located. Tbe
ttal City Works employ GOO men.
tLWAi xKE, March 2.—The Bay View
nail mill started up yesterday momiug with
a force of abont 200 men. Four hundred
men in addition will, it is thought, resume
work.
Fall River, Mass., March 2.—The Bor.
naby gingham mill entirely elostd yester
day, owing to tbe weavers'strike, and the
operatives are onL
Williamaxtiu, Corn., March 2.—The
Williamantio Thread Company, employing
1,400 bands, is preparing to adopt the
weekly iwy meat system.
New York, March 2.—A'strike occurred
to-day among the employes of the Dry
Dock, East Broadway aud Battery Railroad
Company and all cam stopped running.
They held that the company has not treat'sl
them properly. Tbe entire system of tbe
company is affected. This includes the
Canal and Conrtlandt street railway, the
avenne Unis and thn Grand street ferry
brauch. One of the drivers stated that the
striko was ordered by their association on
account of the company trying to
indirectly injure the drivers and
finally to dispose of them. Tho company
took on a number of new men lately and
intended when they were broken tn to
““ discharge the employes who look part in
tbe late troubles, and give the new men
their places. Hearing of this, tbe employes
struck.
Worn‘Estes, Mass , March 2. The
Aetna woolen company boa raised the
wages of its 300 employes ten per cent.
‘Fecit the Buzzards With Them if Yon Can,
Hut Don't Yoa Ever Strike the First
Blow"—The Telegraph's Re
port Sieitalueil.
most sacred to the followers of Buddha, |
who seem to have worshipped here from the
earliest times. The iron chains fastened to
the rocky wall to assist the pilgrims in the
most dangerous part of the ascent are said
to have been placed there by the orders of
Alexander of Macedon. IIow many trem
bling hands have citing to them in all these
centuries! How many timid eyeB, shrink
ing from the fathomless gulf beneath, have
turned toward the far distant peak Gau
tama trod, and caught new courage from
the sight! How many ears, ilulled by the
terror of the dizzy climb, have heard tho
sweet sound of the holy bells in the shrine
whicli covers Gnntamnii footstep, and car
ried the celestial music into pious hearts!
If the petitions of these hearts could sssnmo
visible shape Ssmanala would be wrapped
iu a perpetual cloud of prayer from huso to
summit. All the year round tho pilgrims
come and go; there is not a single day with
out its few or many; and in January, Feb
ruary anil March—the dry seuson—they are
here in thousands and tt ns of thousands.
Men and women so old that they have to be
carried in choirs and on the bucks of others;
children so yonug that they are carried in
mothers' arms; the sick and the crippled
who must be assisted at every step—all
dressed in white robes, all chanting tbe
solemn songs of creeds that know not
Christ. A day aud a night are required for
the toilsome and perilous journey ; and at
night the pilgrims earn' torches, which, seen
from above or below, look like a winding,
wavering stream of fire, Hashing hither and
thithtr through the darkness. If possible
BAM JONES IN CHICAGO.
The Wickedness of the People or That
Wicked City Causes the Georgia
Evangelist to Gasp for llreath.
Chicaoo, March 2.—At the First Baptist
church yesterday the Rev. Ham Jones
Haid:
"Now I want all those who got down on
their knees and prayed before they came to
this meeting to rise in their seats. ’
About twenty persons arose. The even
gelist leaned against the pulpit and seemed
to gasp for breath.
“You may he seated now," he said,
“Why, brethren, you wonld find more
prayerful Christians in Hong Kong than
thero are in this meeting to-day. It you
can't pray I want you to take your carcasses
out of here. I don't wantyou to come here
if you can't pray."
An old man sitting in one of the front
pews leuped to his feet and in a faltering
voice said:
Mr. Jones, I don't think it is necessary
for persons to get down on their knees tc
pray. I consider myself a good Christian,
and I don't like to hear such talk.”
I wss shout to say something,"exclaimed
the Rev, Mr. Kcudder.of Plymouth Church.
“I prayed wbilo on my way to church. God
does not demand that a man shall gat down
on bin knees before his prayers aro heard."
' 'Any moro exculpatory remarks?" drawled
th* evangelist.
Dr. Hcuddsr—“These ore not exculpatory
remarks."
A man with an eur-trumpet arose and
pnnetuated his remarks with a vigorous
standing on the rostrum. “Mr. Jones,”
ie began, “I did not have time to get down
ou my knees to pray for this meeting. I
have spent nearly the entire day reading the
Ilihle to a gambler and a drnnkard, and I
think I am entitled to respect here.”
Other men anil several women began to
stand up in various sections of the chnrcb,
but a few explanatory remarks served tt
■till the tempest, and the revivuliat waa
permitted to finish his sermon without fur
ther interruption. In conclusion he said
“Let us take our text to our homee and get
some food out of it.”
he extinguishes his torch and bows to the
ground in silent adoration. Then all stand
motionless, looking toward tbe glowing
eastern sky and waiting the rising sun.
When at last the mighty orb, forever old,
forever young, burets above the horizon in
blaze of dazzling glory, every head is
bowed, every hand lifted and every voice
cries soadn! snadtt! | Amen! Amen.] Then
one after another the white-robed worship
ers, holding their offerings in hands clasped
above their heads, ascend the steps of the
Bhrine, kiss the thrice sacred footprint and
lay their gifts upon tho altar. As each gift
is laid tbe attendant priests strike the
bronze bells suspended from the roof of the
little templo, and afar and near is heard the
cry saadu! saadu!
Bacrod Samanata! Hhall we lnngli nl the
iuperstition” or pity tbe “heathenism"
of those who for so many centuries have
worshipped on the holy mountain. In
tho Persian scriptures we may read this
story:
One night Gabriel from his seut in Para
dise heard the voice of God sweetly re
sponding to a hnman heart. Tim angel
said: "Surely this must bo an eminent ser
vant of tho Most High, whose spirit is dead
to Inst and lives on high," The angel
hastened over land and sen to find tnis
man, bat conid not find him in
the earth or heaven. At last he exclaimed:
'O Lord! Show me tho way to this ob
ject of Thy love.” God answered: “Turn
thy steps to yon village, and in that pagoda
tboa shall behold him.” The angel sped to
the pagoda, and therein found u solitary
man kneeling before an idol. Returning,
he cried: "0 Master of the world! hast
Thou looked with love on a man who in
vokes an idol in a pagoda?” God said: “I
consider not the error of ignorance; this
heart, amid its darkness, hath tbe highest
ID* Financial Failure Teased ID* Iksth.
New Yore, March 2.—William Heath, a
well-known broker, whose failure hut Octo
ber attracted no much attention, died at his
home in this city this morning. His health
htd been failing for a long Urns and tbe
end waa expected. Thera can be no doubt
that anxiety caused by his financial disas
ter* shattered hie constitution and indirectly
led to hia death.
A Final i»klsR r«we.
Daxville. Ya.. 'larch 2.-The new aa-
seasment of property in this city show*
such a bugs [increase in valuation that the City
council to-day reduced tbe rate of l nation
from (L35 to SI on the hundred.
New Oelsaxe, March Anfdemort,
late redemption clerk in tbs **b-lra**nnr,
was to-day sentenced to five '“P j
onment aid to pay a fin# of fits thousand
BACKED BAM AN ALA.
A Klirlne Hewa from tlie Everlasting Rock
—A Mountain Altar.
HI. Iaiula ltepublicaii.
How many of oar readers have ever heard
of Batnanala? Yet to more than half of the
hnman race it is a household word—a name
as familiar and as sacred as Jerusalem is
Jews and Christians. It is at once a mono
mint of nature's tremendous force and
man's transcendent faith; u monument
old us earth and as enduring, which has
seen the beginning of all faiths and will
see thn end of them aU. Compered with
it, the uyrsri'Js ore of yesterday; and,
while ti e pyramids are slowly yielding
to the assaults of timn, the storms
and shoezs of innumerable ages have
bail no perceptible effect upon
Bamanala. There it stands, as strong and
serene in its lonely majesty as “when the
morning stars sang together, and nil the
son* of God shouted for joy." Oat of the
green depths of the primeval forest of
Ceylon it rises 7,000 feet above the level of
the sea; a mountain altar, a shrine hewn
from tho everlasting rock-an altar which
had priests and sacrifices before Bolomon
laid the lint stone of Jehovah's temple; a
shrine « hicb has more pilgrims than the
Kasha of Mecca. Before man hod learned
to “look through nature up to nature's
God/' tbe simple-minded savage*
of Ceylon fancied that the
lightning and tbe thunder were
born among the lofty crags of Bamanala,
and gazed upou the wonaroai mountain
“till wonder grew to worship.” To them
and to their children it became a colossal
idol; every cliff snd gorge, every tree and
stone, every babbling spring and rushing
stream, bad its spirit to be feared and pro
pitiated. To their later descendants,
taught by Buddha and Mohammed a nobler
creed, it bad, and still has a nobler sanctity.
Buddhist* believe that under a certain
cliff Gautama slept; that on a certain
atorm-worm stone he knelt and prayed,
and that tbe gigantic focLprint upon the
topmost peak was made by him when be
stepped bom Ceylon across tbs narrow
to Huun. Mohammedans believe that Eden
waa somewhat near; that Adam, when
A ROMANCE.
A Storjr of Love ami ltavcnce and the Geor
gia Lfghluture.
UY rt'icrriDK io U10 IBBUO or uie iulmoimpii or
October <lth, there will be seen in my report of the
proceedlngti of tbe Houma of the LegUUture for
ilomUy, the 5th of October, thin item:
“Several junior members were much (Detracted
about II o’clock to -day bjr tho appearance in the
gallery of a'handiome lady, whole vlNltiug a well
known eocioty ladjr ou Peachtree itreet."
Prom my Heat at tbe reportera' desk, facing the
gallery, I could are tho lady very plaiuly. Her
beauty did not imprene iteolf ho much on me an did
her grace. Tbe poi*e of her head wae nUtely.
Although elender, >be impreiwed me with tbe ido*
of her being very ntroug pbyidcally. Ah her right
bare band vtroked her left gloved baud, there wan
a feline pliancy and prowest iu lb-i Htrokc. The
motion eugge«ted a vindictive cat toying with a
mnuite—her glove waa mouae*colored.
The band that wan baro wrh broad across the
S lim, and rather plu mi) for a woman ho thin, Tbe
ugern wero tuug and Blender. In a prettier hand
one would aay the finger* tapered; her* ran to
point*, where narrow, long, sharp naila, polished
to the finest degree, relieved the enectof tbe fingers
that suggested pliers used by burglars to turn keys
in lock*. The power of the hand lay in the broad
palm.
tier eyes wsre dead looking. They ressmbled fish
eyes. Ui ‘ ~ -*- *■ - ** ■ - - - -
seal
she
:||IL, _ „ r ._
Her no*e was clear cut,' with the slightest tendency
to Roman. Although full and pretty, tbe lip were
sternly compressed in repose. When she smiled,
which she did frequently in conversation, she dis
played beautifully white, long, narrow, sharp teeth.
She was dressed in a short black velvet dress,
made perfects plain. A broad white linen collar,
and broad cuffs turned hack over the sleeve*, g*ve
black
i tbey gleamed aa do fish
Long black lashes, which
e gracefully drooped when talking, softened the
irahness of the expression. She had no color.
the woman, the woman and pin seemed one.
Whether her eye took it* cold glint from the moon
stone or gave it to the moonstone, was. a question
,uy ior Movrrai iiiomenia. *vau.'umg ueriu*
r, I imagined the cold glint of her eyes were
>d serpent tonRues,lapplng angrily at the bride,
r minutes later she left tho hall.
place."
STIMULANTS AND DIGESTION.
pelted from paradise, wandered ben, and
that U is hi* footprints upon th* summit of
the mountain. Bo they call it “Adam's
psak." Bt * '
Ulaefs to
> they Cl
" Brahman's believe tbs footprint
Siva, and Portages* Christiana
Thomas, or th* eunuch of
of Ethiopia.
u, U caered in the traditions
of the four greet religion* of th* world; but
Gin Leu Harmful Thau F-ltliar llrsndy or
Whisky—Wines.
Nineteenth Century.
With respect to the action of ardent spir
its on digestion experiments were mado with
“proof spirits" aud with brandv. Hootch
whisky and gin, and the conclusion is
that eo tar as salivary digestion is con
cerned these spirits when used in mod
eration and well di uted, os they tuually
are wheu employed dicteticolly, rather
promote than retard this part of the diges
tive process, and thia tbey do by earning an
increased flow of aaliva. “A teaspoonful
o( brandy or whiskey introduced into the
mouth can be perceived at once to canoe a
gush of ealiva. Tbe common practice of
adding a tableepoonfal of brandy to a basin
of arrowroot or sago gruel, therefore, pro
motes its digestion. ” Tbs proportion must
not, however, much exceed S per cent, and
gin seeme to be s preferable addition to
either brandy or whiskey.
Paaeiug from the consideration of the
influence of these ardent epirite on diges
tion to the more complex problem of the
influence of snen alcoholic beverages as tbe
various wines and wait liquors, Hir W. Rob.
erts arrives at the following conclusions
Even very small quantities of tbe stronger
and lighter wines—sherry, hock, claret and
port—exercise a powerful retarding influ
ence on salivary digestion. This is wholly
due to tbe acid—not the alcohol—they con
tain, and if this acid lie neutralized, aa it
often U in practice. l>y mixing with tbe
wine some effervescent alkaline water, this
disturbing effect on salivary digestion 1*
completely removed.
The Hltzssr'l In Kofland.
London, March 2.—The snow storm con
tinuca unabated in tlie north. The mails
between Bcotland and London are twelve
horrs behind schedule time. At least
twelve trains are embedded in snow. The
atemner Missouri, ashore at Uolybead, is
completely submerged.
Many vessels ore detained in harbor*
along the coasts. Nnineroas wrecks ar* re
ported. A collision occurred on the rail
way in Linlithgowshire to-day owing to the
clogging of signal* by the snow. One per
son was killed anil several were injured.
Arctic weather prevails in Detimar*. Cot-
tegat Hound and Great Bolt are fnU of ice,
and navigation is inqiossible.
Wholesale Colored Emigration io the West
Chattanooga, March 2.--Agent* who
have been thoroughly canvawing North
aud Booth Carolina for colored emigrants
•ay that the colored exodus from tbe
H mthern State* to tbe extreme West has
only fairly begun. At least 3,0U0 are re
ported to be now making arrangements to
leave daring tho present season, fully as
many having already gone. They etate they
are going because they are offered regular
wages a* farm hands snd are becoming im
poverished in tbe South by high rents and
•mall margins.
The Kdgcfield touchers.
Charleston, March 1—At Edgefield to
day tbs case of the Cnlbreath lynchers wss
called. Thirty-one defendants were pres
ent and many witnesses snd spectators, bnt
on motion of the defendant'* counsel, sup
ported by affidavit* ot the absence of ma
terial witnesses, the cose woe postponed to
the August term.
Killed r?u Wife asd Dims
Charleston, a 01. March 1—At Pied
mont, near Greenville, to-day, James W.
King, a white laborer, slabbed his wife to
dea'b and then killed himself, falling
her boay. They have nine children,
eaoae of th* crime is unknown.
A cubotkan at Uniontown, Penn., has
been compelled to resign because he would
ride a bicycle. It ie enpposed to be the re
mit of iesloacT among his deacons, who
htd tried it and failed ins properly ortho
dox wey.
Either could easily have been.
She had not been seated long before several
younger members left the floor and soon after ap
peared In tbe gallery. Hbe received Uiciu with an
e&se that can only e omo from self-control or great
unconiM'ioUMiteM. Fer nil, she still threw her eye
furtively on the floor. Presently she caught the
Attention of Mr. Malcolm Earnest, who had just
tuken his seat after an able speech for tbe bill cur
tailing the powers of the railroad commission.
He was * man abont forty year* of age, with
black hair, swarthy complexion and au impetuous
nature. The smile of the lady in the gallery, as
she bowed to Mr. Earnest, seemed to be one of ap-
f iroval. Following him came Mr. George Through-
ine. He was a young man. with boundless ambi
tion. He, too. favored the bill. His speech was
adroit, but thero was a confidence of manner iu the
delivery that smacked of brag or bluff. He bad
lately married a very rich daughter of an old Georgia
familv, whose remote ancestors had known the great
Oglethorpe, under who** portrait the new wife was
then sitting, cat-a-cornered from the lady men
tioned, who was immediately beneath that giant
oak of intellect, Den Hill. When Mr. Thmugbline
concluded hin speech, he looked tip at lit* wife,
who was clapping her hands In applause, with the
iry glee of a child.
The strange woman stared at Mrs. Th roughline
steadily foV several moments. Watching her in
tently, " ------
forked
A fewi
That night Mr. Allrich gave a bail to the mem
berv of the Leglnlature. His fine matieion on
Peachtree street, some distance beyond
junction of Ivy street, waa early
crowded. Long lines of carriages blocked
theetreet. Bright lights were In evenr window;
Chinese lanterns lighted np th* lawn. Tbe family
creHt on the glass door wav clearly discernible. To
me It looked as If it were a small sword resting
against a very Urge scabbard. The motto wait
••Heinper Idem." Oue familiar with Atlanta told
roe that the sword was a bradawl, and tbe scab-
hard a No. 1 lady’s D last, and that the motto in
EngllNh meant “Httck to tbe last."
A band was playing on tbe verandah. Three
gentlemen were standing at the parlor door as
entered, and 1 heard one of them say, ‘There she
ow, talking to Throughllne.’* Naturally turnii g
my head, 1 saw the lady who had excited my curi
osity in the morning, walking with Mr. Through
line. To my inquiry, one of tho geutleraeu at
the parlor door told me that she waa Lucretla Htan-
hope, from Thomaavllle. He further volunteered
that she had been engaged to be married to Mr.
Thrmigbline, wbo had deserted her for his hvlress
bride.
Later in the evening 1 sat near enough to Mis*
Htanhope and Mr. Tbroughiint to overhear their
conversation.
•*8o you really are to be appointed president of
thia new road that la to be built by ynnr great
through line system, if you succeed tn passing this
railroad commission blllT" spoke Miss Bun hope, in
a measured, quiet tone, that defied one to tel!
whether she was asking a question, reiterating a re
mark of Mr. Tbroughline’s, or talking In a dream.
Mr. Throughllne. whose ambitious hope was in
his fee*, flushed with pride as be responded:
"Yes, and wban 1 am. old man Allrich, my wife 1
father, promises to buy me 9100,000 worth of stock
in the reed.’*
Yonr marriage hae proven, then, a paying
match." remarked Mis* Stanhope in that same In
definite tone, while her very soul revolted at the
perfidy of this man who had bartered her lot# for
proepective wealth.
Throughllne hesitated before speaking again.
When he did. be eaid: "Yet. 1 hope so."
Mr. Earnest joined the coupl* Just then, to claim
Mias Htanhope for a waits.
As they moved off together In the graceful no-
cannot be quenched by tidal vavoa of honor. It
waa five minutes before ho spoke.. He said:
"The vote will not be reached to-morrow till 4
o'clock In the afternoon. Give me till noou to re-
flocL I’ll send you a note here then."
Finding him yielding, she was willing to give
him more timn. and accepted bla proposition, say
ing. as they separated in the parlor:
"llevengo me, if you wonld marry me."
Tho party di«pen>ed soon after, not before how
ever, Miits Htanhope had gone up to Mrs. Through-
line, and congratulated her ou the able manage
ment of the railroad bill by her husband: aaylng
tba» she hoped to-morrow would crown his brilliant
work with success. Bhe forgot berrelf in bidding
Throughllne good uigbt, and stroked his baud while
he was Inviting her to witness his great victory on
the morrow. I wonder If tigere stroke the game.
Those strokes were poisonous with hate. Thoy f« d
’s vanity, like arsenic that women take to
beautify themselves.
The next day at 12 o'clock Miss Stanhope walked
her room, displaying more agitation than was her
wont, even wheu alone. Hho stroked her left
hand, which was resting on her waist, with an lm-
petuonslty that made the strokes Almost temper
slaps. Frequently she stopped and looked anxious
ly out of the window'. After an hour of this senti
nel guard, the stopped for a long time before a
picture that was stuck in the frame of the looking
;lass. It waa a cabinet photograph of Mr. Through-
>e. A small red heart was paiuted ou the breast
it. Through the heart ran a dagger scarf pin,
which had been a present from her to him, and
which he had returned on the eve of his marriage.
Aa she looked earnestly at the picture, a low
mournful exclamation of regret escaped her lips,
was:
No blood: oh, no blood yeti"
By one o'clock no message had been received
from Mr. Earnest. Miss Htanhope dressed aa coolly
as if arraying herself for a dinner party. Her at
tire wm her most becoming strejt costume. Barring
the bad taste of the train it waa a tasty dress. Bteel
grey velvet was the material, cut princes* eu-
train. The moonstone pin nestled iu a cat-rick-
macros* lace collar. Two bread autiuue silver
bracelet* an if they were outside cuffs clasped the
sleeves to the wrists. Her hat waa a light mouse-
colored alpine man's hat, graced by a long gray
ostrich plume. A fur-lined gray circular waa the
wrap. By two o'clock she entered the carriage to
go to the Btatehowxe, with tlie calmness of a wo
man who was about to make her last will and
testainent-
Arrived at the rapitol, she went to the gallery.
Hho seated herself again under tbe portrait of Den
llill, where she had a better view or both Mr. Ear-
estand Mr. Tlmiughlinr. Her entrance <*n«*dall
eyes to be turned towards the gallery. Mr. Thr-
oughline fluHued with vain pleasure at her coming
to see his triumph. Bhe smiled at him a* one
might part the lips when trying to hide tho pain of
bitter agony.
Mr. Earnest glanced up, too. When he saw who
had entered, he instantly turned hia eye* on hi*
desk, where he kept them Intently.
tlie railroad bill, contrary to ex pec-
»n being taken, although it waa but a
clock.
A page ran quickly to Mr. Earnest, who handed
him a note. Iu a few minutes I saw the page de
liver it to Miss Htanhope. Thia 1* a copy of the
note;
“1 cannot Malcolm."
His head was buried lo his hands on the dosk
while Mis* Htanhope read the note The House
waa in lutense excitement Bpeaker Little sat with
eager eyes on each voter aa he voted. Tally clerk
Hansell held his left baud to bi* car as he checked
the votes. Tbe repo* tore were at their desks, with
swift pencil snd ready ear. Every member had a
tally sheet on his desk, which he was marking '.rith
eager anxiety. Bcnatora crowded against tbe rear
wait Citizens and friends and opponeut* of the bill
thronged the gallery. Alex. Htephens smiled com
placently from hU handsome frame and through
his canvas window. Den Hill, with his right fotc-
fluger uplifted In oratorical gesture, scorned to
warn the on-looker*. The good Gov. Jenkins,
poiuting at the constitution, called attention to tho
chart of «Ute legislation. Ye auclent Oglethorpe’s
nose and chin met In consultation, so comnrevsed
were his Ups, as fearing to relax them Jest they dis
play his feeling In the case.
Tho throug in the gallery leaned forward. The
members in their seats leaned forward. Bpeaker
Little leaued forward on his marble top stand,
which ho had broken In trying io rap order during
tiona of that most graceful of all dances,
portunity to observe her. As she glided slowly,her
pale face none flushed by the dance, while bar eyre
aver and anon followed Mr. Throoghllno, 1 could
line.
Mr. Earneet, 1 had learned daring the evening,
was now in love with »Is* Htanhope; bat hi* suit
had fonnd no favor. When the waits was over they
went on the verandah for a walk. He again pressed
bis suit. This time he was not repulsed. Mia*
Htabhope reproved him for not loving her saffi-
ciontlv.
"All I can say la, mv dear Lucre tie," humbly
pleated Mr. Earnest "that I wieh I had th* oppor
tunity of proving It more than by words."
"Yon mar have," cams a response as culm as mn-
licions tn ultimate intent
“Nothing could daunt me; I’d give my life; I'*
risk all else, that 1 might only prove my love for
you, deareet Lucretla!"
"Ah, don’t be over anxious for the teat Mr. Ear
nest. When it comes It may dampen your ar
dor."
•*I am sure nothing could," said he. with a deter
mination of manner that only brav* men doing des
perate deeds can have.
Turning quicklv and facing him, aha
right hand, and. in a commanding
•aid
r it!"
; convinced MU* Htan-
measured intonation .
hope of hi* earnestness.
“Corn# with me, then." said she, aa she took his
hand and led him to an arbor to the left of the
gate. It waa too cool for it to be occupied by any
of the company except for anch a* were well wrap
ped. Mb* lead Mr. Ernest to a Mat. 8U11 holding
bis hand she stroked it with that feline motion
that had riveted my attention tn the legislative hall.
It seemed to soothe her lover. Me remained
lent and outwardly calm.
“1 have a test for voa." said Miss Htanhope. 88
morrow a vote will be rearhsd in the House __
that railroad bill Yoa control your vote and twe
other*. Those three control the fate of the bill. ~
want it defeated.”
Mr. Karnret. who waa the soul of honor, quickly
replied: "My darling, you forget; 1 am committed
forth* bill; and to change at this day would be
dishonorable, and you could not love a man who
would besmirch hia own honor, by breaking hi*
word."
“And yon love me!" ehe hissed with a sarcaaL-
air that could not but have.cot Mr. Earnest to the
quick, at the implied lit the reply gave hie protes
tations of affection.
"Yes. )«, t do loss JOS" h* erfsd; "s thousand
times, I loss you."
As b* istd tbsL b* draw bsr hsad on bis
sboutdor. she 1st ttr.At there, in nlloncs. 8oonhs
was rslsi. When b* was, sb* raid:
'•Wbst of aa, honor?"
-Ynnr honor," bo exclaimed; "shat can .on
ha. -Bat wbst
nprtaht.
«p. but
t, sbf
sharp.
Art you conl.nl
than break bis pllebtsd truth
'•I'd kill him.' ssssrlp rsplisd
does all this *"**T** r
Coldly, icily coldly, and sitting t
said, each word being clear and
toned.
"Yoa know Mr. TkroaghUne and 1 were engaged
when mere children, engaged when yon tret met
'"iKibwSir
"Well. 1 did not break the en«
ly deserted me for a rich wife,
to let that go uapnaiebedT
**Ko; by heavens, no! IU 4
<* the scoundrel to-morrow." said this unthinking
leva*, forgetting he was owing all hhi possible hap-
Ptoses to the vary act for which he now was
to seek revenge.
"You'D do nothing <* the kind- If yon are
earnest, you’ll defret the railroad hUL That v
rob kirn of 91W.UA. and it will destroy hi* prestige.
It win avenge yonr fetnre wife, and phme yon fore-
■resins a oourageou*!safer. Ton know the people
always vaut a public man to he against tho rall-
roeda. right or wrong."
The siren tongue and the tyrant tore are pew
•rfcl. Then, too, the href light of gWy a* a
leader was lafamtag amtiUoa. which once kindled.
debate on tho bill the day before. Tue clerks
leaned forward. Tbe very portraits on tbe walla
seemed to Icau forward. All were trying to hear
those who bad votml, but it yet needed ten moro
to win. If one of tbe few remaining should vote
against it, the bill was lost There were four
uaiue« yet before Mr. Karnret’s would be reached.
Oue of his colleagues whom he controlled had
voted, and voted for the bill; the other was below
Mr. Earnest on tbe roll. As the name before Mr.
Earnest was being called, a pegs handed him a
note. TremMlug, he opened It. It read:
"O reiver and coward! you have deceived me,
and you are afraid of him I L. H.’’
Theclera readout:
"Mister Earnest.’'
Grasping his desk, he but partly rose from bis
•eat and faintly called:
"No."
Hap, ran, went the speakers gavel until it* noise
druwued the applause of tbe opponents of the bill.
As the roll proceeded, the third member from Mr.
Earnest's county, taking the key from hie leader,
voted “no." Than the first of the three who had
hang* hie vote from aye tone.
Hot two more neuiM were on the rolL It mattered
little now bow they were recorded. A death still-
neae wm on floor and io gallery. The verification
roll la called. AU catch their breath. Bpeaker
Little takes the tally sheet. Happing order, ha
calls clearly:
"The ayM are M and the noM TT. The bill not
having received a constitutional majority, to there
fore lost,"
Those who were there when that announcement
was made will remember for the year* to oome the
adlgnlfled tumult that followed,
liefora the appUtwo wee over Mr. Earneot and
Mr. Thronghline had both left the hall. Hut even
before they were gone had Mtos Htanhope de
parted.
Tho perfidy of Mr. Eanreet wee not generally
known till the next morning. What be read in the
paper* at the nest mornlng’e breakfeet t tble gave
him no consolation. He retired suliat y to hie
room. There he studied hie position eerionsly.
After an hour’s thought, he packed bis vuIIm and
took the train for hie home, whence he hae not re
turned since. Aa he left the hotel, he handed this
note to the clerk, to be delivered at onoe.
"Ml<* Lucretla Htanhope, No. — Peachtree street;
Now I esi a coward and a deceiver—not your de
ceiver, but my own Mlfe betrayer. I leave you for
ever to the misery of your perfidy and the just re-
more* of your own revenge.
“Malcolm Eaumkht.”
When Mr. Throughllne returned to hie father-in-
law** house that evening. Mr. Allrich called him a
fool and a Pinny and many other things notcompU.
uentary. He told him that he bad that day bought
heavily of railroad stock at advanced price*, because
ot the assurance tost tbe bill wonld pare. Hy the
deal he wm a poor man. Upbraiding* tod to a up*
At the n*xt meeting of the road of which Mr.
Throughllne wm a director, a successor to him wm
elected. As a toet resort, he took to braking on the
railroad, where he to to-day. Ilia wife returned to
her father.
That afternoon, after Mis# Htanhope had received
Mr. Earnest's letter, she retained to her home In
Tboruseville. The Northern winter visitor* to that
attractive village, all enjoy the stately grace and
calm manner* of MIm Htanhope; bnt many feel the
polgnard of tree sarcasm. Bhe shows no mercy—
no mercy to friends, ao merev to foes; no mercy to
herself, for eke never tries to forget the pest
As the tall pines sigh and mourn in the dusk,
while the moon, early risen, with tho mountain
high branches, weave* wtont shadow-shape* be
neath, she oft site alone on her cottas* porch, clad
in grey, with tbs moonstone on her throat blinking
Ilk* a voracious bo t constrictor, while her right
band strokes her left with the feline pliancy and
prowem of a few months ago.
In her room to the looking gtoM to tbe photo
graph of Mr. Throughllne. The dagger is still
through the heart; but now, at the end of It, aro
three crimson drops, )iu»t th* number—of votes-
railroad b “
by which tbe r
I bill wm defeated.
Levcl-Ilt-adnl, Though Tipsy.
Boston Courier.
Wife—Thi* It a nice lime of night to
come home—ain’t yon aahamed of yourself?
Husband (palling off hU boots and put>
ting them carefully on the buMAn)—Don’t
—er—scold. Couldn’t get a way - or—mo
ment sooner. Hid a—hie -big argument.
W.—Big fiddlestick!
H.— Fact I’gnre yon. Whad dier think?
All—er- boyg of the lodge in it. Queghati
was, which of ne had—er—moot amiable
and -er- beautiful wife. I beat 'em aU.
Described yon—hio—beautiful eye*, silky
hair, cheek*—hie—roeeo, teeth pearls, lip*
cherries — temper — er ^- - hie—like nungel.
Offered to fight ’em if they wouldn't admit
•t. They gave in, 'n here I am—late, Into—
er-victorious, finest wife in -er -world.
W. (with a aweet * mile Y—You aro a tad
fellow. John. I'm afraid you’ll never be
anything better. Let me help yoa take off
yonr coat, dear.
Jonathan Rktwolm, of Pembroke, Me.,
to an aged man who hag always gloried in
being called an infidel. Last Sunday he
cetreed to be read in the Methodic pulpit
in Pembroke a declaration, signed by him,
in which he said : '*1 de« ;re row to coun
teract the evil that I may have caused. I
behave for a person to live and die happy
they to tret believe in the Lord Jeans Cbrut
u recorded in the Scripture*."