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TI1E MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH; TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES. -tJ>- BATTLE OF KETTLE CREEK. A BOTTLE OF WHISKY. A Leaf fvom the lllatory of the llevolu- tloimry War. Washington (Ga.) Chronicle. Many of the younger people of old Wilkes do not know that an important battle of the Revolutionary war was fought only a few miles from Washington. The battle of Ket tle Creek took place on the creek of that name in the year 1779, and many^Wilkes county people took part in it The battle field is now owned by Mr. H. T. Slaton, and is about ten miles from Washington and about tw > miles Loin the Greensboro rood. Col. Boyd was in command of a British force at Ninety-Six, iu South Carolina, and was ordered to inarch his comnmud to Savannah. IIo decided to move across the country until he could strike the old Ogee- ckee road, near the river of that name in Taliaferro county, and follow that road to Savannah. His intention probably was to march through Washington, which w as then nothing hut a rude fort and a few log houses, hut this design was frustrated at old Petersburg. Eight American soldiers dug rifle pi's at the ferry, and when Boyds army of about nine hundred men marched down the hill on the Carolinn side of the Savannah river, boldly opened lire on them. These pickets kept up such a lively tire that the British commander supposed there must be a con siderable body of troops ready to oppo-c his passage, and he decided to select an other point for crossing. He turned away from the river and marched up to Bow man's ferry, only a few miles above. At this point there was no resistance, and his command crossed into Elbert county. Colonel Elijah Clarke and Colonel Pickeus of South Carolina, who commanded the nearest American troops, then operating near Augusta, bad been notified that Boyd had started in this direction, and they took up the line of march to meet him, the troops under their command consisting of the State forces of Georgia and South Carolinn to the nnmber’of aboutGuO. About the timo Boyd reached Ballard’s ferry on Brood river, Pickens pud Clarke were on Fishing creek, and had struck camp not far from the old Heard's mill, now owned by John L. Anderson. Col. Boyd sent out a number of scouts to bunt for the enemy, and these scouts came upon six men of Clark's army in the old mill house, very busy grinding, for the command. The British at once opened fi and killed three of the Americans, while the other three escaped, one of them jump ing out of the mill window, and bolding on to a bag of bullets, which were then con sidered almost as valuable as gold. The army which was in camp about a mile from the mill was alarmed by the fir ing, but the British scouts escaped before auy detachment of Clarke's army reached them. The three Americans were buried near tlie creek, and in 1840 their skeletons were washed up by a freshet. All the coun try for miles around met and reinterred their bones on a hill neurby with grcAt cer emony. When Col. Boyd, the British commander, learned from his scouts that the American • army was lying on Fishing creek, lie left the neighborhood of Bullard’s ferry and cross ing Long’s creek near the mouth of Dry Fork, p issed near w here Sardis church and Centerville now stand, on towards Kettle creek where tho battle took place. The American forces were commanded by Clarke, and the officers under him were Dooly, Twiggs and Pickens. Colonel Ste phen Heard of thiscnnntv had command of a part of the American troops. When Boyd broke caiup and took up his line of march to reach tho Ogeechee road, Colonel Clarke moved his array to strike tho enemy, and it is quite likely passed over the ground upon which Washington stxnda. as this route would be a direct one from his camp ou the Danhurgroud to the battle ground. Col. Boyd camped on u hill near Kettle creek, known as War hill, and was entirely unsuspicious of any danger near, so much /to, that his men w ere eugnged in sports of various kinds, and many of them were skinning beeves for the use of tho com mand. None of his men were ready for battle, and when C'ark's men made a sud den and determined attack, Boyds Indians, Tories and British regulars were routed at once, and tho battle was a mere slaughter. The defeat was complete, and of the force men. not ©ore tbun DUO men found their way, fn small squads, to the British post in Augusta. The remaining 000 were either killed or captured, hud but little quarter was shown by the Americans, on accouut of the brutalities which had been practiced by the Indians and Tories. Col Boyd fell mortally wounded, and when tho battle was over requested an in terview with Col. Clarke. He desired Ciarke to give him decent burial, and for warded his watch and papers, with an ac count of his death, to tiis family in Eng land. This request was complied with, aud liis laat hours made comfortable. It is be lieved by historians that this was the turn i ng point of the revolution in the South. Its Travels A mens the Ice Fields In Search of Arctic Heroes. On the 4th of February, 1882, Lieutenant Bchuetz started to the Leua in search of De Long and his comrades. Just before his departure several of his friends jnet in the paymaster’s office, 29 Broadway, New York, to bid him godspeed on his journey. • One of them, Henry 0. Ellis, of New York, pre sented him with a bottle of brandy and a bottle of whisky for his cold journey. Then Ellis h indedSchnctze a bottle of fine whisky and said: T want you to take this to my old ship mate and friend, George Melville.” Melville was already iu Russia, on his way to the Lena outhe same errand as Schuetze, and it was very probable that they would meet in the Arctic regions. In the presence of half a dozen witnesses the bottle was sealed and labeled to protect Scheutze from temptation and to bear to Melville the names of the friends who hud sent it. On Monday, March 20, Schuetze and Har bor, whom he had joined in London, left Irkutsk to proceed on their mission. They met Melville between Irkutsk aud Yakutsk. When their friends saw this statement in the New York papers they discussed the probable fate of the bottle of w hisky and tho slim chance that Melville bad ever seen It was unanimously agreed that long before they hud met Melville, Schuetze and Harher had in all probability broken the seal and devoted the contents to—the cause of science On February 20, 1883, over a year after their departure, Scuuetze and Harbor re turned to America on the Trisia. A few daya after their return Mr. Ellis, who was then in Florida, received a letter from Mel- •file, who had also returned, saving: “lam a receipt of the bottle of whisky you sent to Siberia for me. Schuetze, true to bis trust, delivered the bottle containing the iginal whisky to ine aboard of the Trisia Immediately on his return home. EUii was s^Ul skeptical on one pc ini It was evident that Schuetzelmd delivered the original bottle, filled with some sort of whisky, but In- had no idea that it was the llnid ho had sent to Melville. One month later Melville, Shuetze aud Harbor met in Ellis' office in New York. Tho bottle was trodueed, and beyond doubt it hud never >cen disturbed. The seal and label we intact. Schuetze then loomed up and as a tiero In fore his friends. He bad curri“' that bottle G,0*M) mil°s by the sea, over 15, 000 miles by tail nn l sledge, luui he migt] deliver it intact fo Melville. What should bo the fate of this already historic bottle of whisky? Melville sug gested that it be sent to the Pennsylvania Historical Society. Ellis a moment late made a suggestion which was at once adopted, it was that Melville should take the i.ottlu with him on the Grcoly relief ex pedition, and that if Greely wore found Mclvilk* should draw the cork and giv« Greely a dratu to warm up his frozen heart. Again the bottle started on its travels. At last Greclev was found, but tho poor fel low was so near to death’s door that it was many weeks before ho c jald hear anything of home or friends. When, at last, Mel ville could have an old time chut with him the bottle of whisky was produced and its history related, ft brought a smile an * then a tear from the Arctic hero in the u) preciation of the thoughtfulness of his f away friends. Sobuttze proposed to lira the cork. “Stop,” said Greely. “It the bottle is mine, I want to keep it until my youngest daughter is married. Then I will open it and drink to the health aud memory ot the friends who started it ou its remark able career.” A bottle was then and there enclosed in second covering over the original wrapper. On tho outside the main facts of its history’ were recorded. When Greely reached New York he placed the bottle in a safe deposit vault, anil there it is now. As the youngest Miss Greely is yet a mere child, the prospective bouquet of that bottle of whisky when it is opened is enough to torment the dreams of an epicure.—*Boston Post. “BLIND TIGERS.* 1 GOUGH'S TRIBUTE TO COLD WATER. The Mysterious Way* of the Moonshiners of Kentucky. Correspondence Louisville Courier-Journal. The country through which Marshal Gross has recently traveled is full of interest to those unacquainted with mountain life and the ways of the moonshiner. It is charac terized by steep and ragged mountains on every side, running precipitously to the streams, making it a fit home for illicit dis tillers. The gorges and ravines are hedged in by a dense grow th of cedar, pine and laurel, impossible to all except those who know the blind paths which penetrate these hidden recesses. It is up among these thickets that the stills are all hidden on the headwaters of the little mountain creeks that rush dow n their steep beds to the upper waters of the Cumberland river. The homes of the people are situated on the shelving portions ot the mountains or at the entrance of a creek into the river, where a little bot tom of u few ncresgives space to till thefcorn that goes largely to making the moonshine whisky, which costs the government so dearly in life and money to suppress. The manner of disposing of their illicit products shows decided iugeuuity in concealing the identity of the seller to the buyer of the whisky. TUB BLIND TIGER. I was no little surprised, as I rode along by the side of a deputy marshal, when he •ointed to the side of tho road and said: ‘There is a blind tiger.” I looked for the animal, and asked “Where?” when he pointed to a square hole in the end of a small, tight log hut that stood near by. This so-called “blind tiger” is constructed of an oblong box without ends, which is fastened into a hole through the side of the house. Fitting closely into this is a drawer of the same length. The buyer knocks on the box. and the drawer is pushed outside. When the money and bottle are placed in it it is drawn back, the bottle tilled and returned and tho money taken out, neither party recognizing the other in the transaction. These little hunts are generally situated at a convenient point to command the road both ways. 1 observed three of them from Barbonrsville to Harlan Court House. Be sides these I saw GOOD AS A NOVEL. The Introduction of a Bride to » Myterloua Lady* A tnmantic story cotitfs winging its way from the frontier, says tho City of Mexico Two Republics, which would give a substan tial plot for a dime novel. A Cuban lady, giving her name as Juana Guzman, passed through Laredo about the 1st inst. She came from the Mexican side, and she said she was going to visit her brother, Jose Guzman, who was connected with the custom house in Mief, Tmnnnlipa*, Sho appeared to be uneasy, and made many in- . in r. I In I I in nntltltrv llllll till- THE CILXBBATKD LIVE “BUND TIGER in Bell county. We had just crossed a beau tiful little stream at the foot of Laurens mountain, and rounded a point on the Cum berland river opposite the “Sovc-n Pillars” —seven light-gray abutments that project out of the side of Rfdoping mountain rising severnl hundred feet perpendicularly from the deep emerald waters of the Cumberland, fringed at their top with evergreens. I was drinking in tho beauty of the scene when we entered a ravine hedged in on both sides by a dense growth of laurel, full-leafed and as verdant as in May. Well up in this lonely part of tho rood we discovered him crouching on a moss-covered log. As we approached nearer his blank white eyes turned fixedly upon us. We stopped opposite him, a pitiful look ing blind boy. In front of him, between his knees, he held a little gallon mulct; be- fcidc him on tho log were several tin meas ures much used and a glass. He was much agitated when ho found lie was talking to the Marshal of Kentucky, but his dread and heart-rending appearance were too much lor tho big-hearted Gross, who spoke assuring!}- to him and told him ho had not como after him. Curiosity induced the party to pur chase a pint of his moonshine whisky, which was as clear as the translucent water that dashed through tho rocks at the road side. It was rank and new and a taste sat isfied all of tlio party. On our return we found him agninat the same place, when the Marsel told him on his next trip bo would demand tho names of those who furnished him with the whisky, and that its sale must bo stopped. The boy said he knew it was wrong and wished it could be stopped in a tone that betrayed a force behind tho possibilities of which arc sail to contemplate. With the tops of the mountains covered with snow, no fire to warm him, no sound to cheer him save the rush of tho waters down the gorge, a lonely, cheerless watch is that of the “Blind Tiger.” A Fugitive Gem from tlie Great Orator In Wlifvli Ruin la Severely Denounced. A Wooster, Ohio, correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette writes: Of all of the powt rful execrations on rum de livered by the late John B. Gough, the most powerful has never been published. I came acrois it to-day. It is in Gough’s own hand writing, and was delivered by him twenty- six years ago. After its delivery a young law student in the audience, Air. T. S. Shep herd. now a resident of this city, asked the lecturer for his words in writing. Mr. Gough consented, oil condition that the manuscript should never bo pub lished while lie was on the lecture plat form. Tho conditions were assented to, and Mr. Gough jotted down the following apos trophe on water and execration on rum as he had delivered them, while holding a glass of water in his hand: “There is no poison in that cup; no fiendish spirit dwells beneath those crystal drops to lure you and mo and oil of us to ruin; no spectral shadows play upon its waveless surface; no widow’s groans or or phan’s tears rise to God from those placid fountains; miser}’, crime, wretchedness, woe, want and rags come not within tho hallowed precincts where cold water reigns supreme. Pure now us when it left its na tive heaven, giving vigor to our youth* strength to our manhood, and solace to our old age. Cold water is beautiful aud bright, and pure everywhere. Iu the moonlight fountains and the sunny rills; in the war- bliug brook ana the giant river; in the deep, tangled wild wood and the cataract’s spray; in the hand of beauty or on the lips of manhood—cold water is beautiful every where.” Now follows the execration on rum: “Rum! There is a poison in that cup. There is a serpent in that etip whose sting is madness and whose embrace is death. There dwells beneath that smiling surface a fiendish spirit which for centuries has been wandering over the earth, carrying on a war of desolation aud destruction against man nuil blighting and mildewing the noblest affections of tho heart and corrupting with its foul breath the tide of human life and chunging tho glad, green earth into a lazar-house. Gaze on it! But shudder as. you gaze! Those sparkling drops are murder in disguise; so quiet now, WORK OF THE FRESHET. frank Humphries ll>t> Hirer North of lie I. Hotter, MuTwtu Not STRANGE STORY OF THE SEA. A CO Wilt )Y AT THE MIKADO. Unit. (M. T.) Miner. The following is a description of the Japanese opera by a Montana cowboy: “Laat evening I went to see ‘The Mikado,’ a kind of singing theater aud n Chinese walk-around. It is what I would call no good. It is acted out by different people, who claim they arc Chinamen, I reckon. They teeter around ou tlie stage and sing in the English language, but their clothes arc peculiar. A homely man who played that he was tho lord high executioner and chairman of the vigilance committee, wore a pair of wide, red bandAua pants which came off during the first act. lie w .s cool and collected, though, and so caught them before it was everlastingly too late. He held them on by one hand while lie snug the rest of his piece, and when he left the stage tlie audience lieartlesslv whooped for him to come back. *The Mikado’ is not fanny or instructive as a general thing, but last night U was accidentally facetious, it has too much singing and not enough vocal mnaic about it. There is alio an overplus of conversation through the thing that seems like talking at a mark for $2 a week. It may be owing to my simple ways, but *The Mikado* is too rich for my blood.” Cashing,’* Manual la Court. Washington Critic. A raw citizen in Idaho was elected a Jus tice of the Peace, and the only law book he had was a Cushing’s Manual. The first case before him was that of a cowboy for steal ing a steer. When the case was called the only lawyer in the little town was there to defend the prisoner. “As there is no counsel for the other side,” he said, **I make a motion that the cane be dismissed.” The Justice looked over bis Manual. “A motion lies to he seconded,” he said. “I second the motion,” promptly respond ed the prisoner. “The motion has been made and second ed that the case be dismissed,” aai.l the court. “All in favor will please say ‘aye.* ** The prisoner and his attorney voted aye. “All opposed say ‘no.’** Nobody voted. “The motion is carried and the case is dismissed," remarked the court “A motion to adjonm is now in order.” Tha prisoner made the motion and the court adjourned. quirks in regard to the country and the people iu the nt ighborbooil of Mier. On tho 2d instant she boarded the train at Pern, Texas. Tho stage had uot pro ceeded Car when they met the incoming stage from Rio Grande city. Among tho 1 lussengors in the incoming st ige was Jose i luzmiui, whom Donna Juana was quick to recognize. She at once drew her pinto! and comtuauded the drivers to halt, which they did. Tho protended brother and sister alighted from their carriages and a stirring scene followed, iu which hot words and pis tol shot* wore exchanged. To complicate matters iu the same stage with Guzman was also his newly-wedded bride. Tho latter, seeing the ul Jen change matter* hail taken, became alarmed and suspicious. In tlie mean time the Cn ban lmly’s wrath cooled down and a com promise was eff* clod between the belliger ents, she concluding to go with the wed ding party and return to Fcru, being intro duced to the bride us a sister-in-law, after which all parties were apparently satisfied. On the next day the trio departed for the City of Mexico. Guzuutn claims that the la’y, Donna Jimna Guzman, is his sister; that they are originally from Cuba, where they inherited a large estate. They being the only sun iv- ing heirs, agreed between themselves that neither should wed while both lived, und that after the death of one the other should claim the entir»* property. Mr. Guzman having grown tired of single life, and meet ing with the object of his affection, married and thus broke tho agreement, hence tlie difficulty with his sister. The sister do«* not corroborate the story, aud it is reported j* (Maying l>y a DlanbUsl Vessel and Refus ing All Help. Baltimore, April 5.—A letter from Capt. G. A. Todd, of tho British steamship Sarah, from Baltimore to Galway, tills a strange story of the sea. Ho reports that on March “ he met tho French brigsntino Dix Frews, from Martinique, wilh sugar for Boston. Tlicv signaled for help and ho sent a boat to their assistance. Four of the crow got into the boat, but tho Captuin and mate refused to come, -lying they would stop and go down w’ith the ship. The eapt-iin also stopped a small boy from getting in tho boat, who was crying to come. The boat by this timo had her gunwale stove in by tho broken chain plates, which were sticking out of the vessel’s side, aud was filling fsst with water, but could not sink on account of tho cork in her. Ho after the others refused to come, and said they did not want anything or help of any sort, they pulled down tho French flag and other signals which lmd been dying, and ent below, taking no moro notice of the bout. “The boat then ran down to lee ward before' the sea,” the captain says, ‘so that we could pick them up. We hail a groat ileal of trouble to take our boat on board again, as she had so mile* water iu her, but uftcr getting all safe on board we proceeded ou our voyage, bring ing the four men with us. How true them nu n’s report is I cannot say, but they in form me that they sailed from Martinique December 3, 1885, and that they lost their uuMis fifti i n days after, no they had been drifting about iu this state for over two months Th*-y also staled tint there was one of the ciew lying dead on board whi we took them off; also that the whole of th cargo had dissolved and been puuiptd overboard as the vessel made so much water. In fact l could see she wj*h swimming very* fight and was rolling very heavily, and was evidently not in a seaworthy condition. I think their only chance ci nnfety is in their lieisg taken off ■thcr vessel, as 1 redly do not leu yet widows’ groans and orphans tears and maniacs’ yells are in that cun. The worm that dictli not and tho fire that is not quenched are in that cup. “Feace and hope and love and truth dwell not within that liery circle where dwells that desolating monster which men call rum. Corrupt now,ns when it left its native hell, giving tiro to the eye, madness to the brain und ruin to the soul. Rum is yile anil deadly and accursed everywhere. The poet would liken it iu its fiery glow to the tiames that flicker around the abode of tho damned. The theologinn would point you to the drunkard’s doom, while the historian would unfold the dark record of tlio past and point you to the fato of empires and kingdoms lured to ruin by the siren song of the temp ter, anil sleeping now in cold obscurity, the wrecks of whut once were great, grand and glorious. Yes, rum is corrupt and vile and deadly accursed everywhere. Fit type mul semblance of all earthly corruption! “Base art thou yet as when the wise man warned us of thy power and bndo us tloe tliy enchantment Vile art thou yet as when tuou find went on thy unholy mission— filling earth with desolation and madness, woe and anguish. Deadly art thou yet as when thy envenomed tooth first took fast hold on human hearts, and thy serpent tongue first drank up the warm life-blood of immortal souls. Accursed art thou yet as when the bones of thy fin»t victim rotted in a damp grave, und its shriek echoed along the gloomy caverns of hell. Yes, thou in fernal spirit of rum, through ull past time host thou been, us through all coming time thou slialt be, accursed everywhere. “In tho fiery fountains of the still; in the seething bubbles of the caldron; in the kingly palace atul the drunkard’s hovel; iu tho rich man’s ctllur und tho poor man's closet; in tho pestUentul vapor of foul dens, and in the blaze of gilded saloons; in the hand of beauty and ou the lips of manhood —ruin is vile aud deadly, and accursed everywhere. “Rum, we yield not to thy unhallowed influence, and together we have met to plan thy destruction. And by wliut new name shall we call thee, and to what shall we liken thee when we speak of tby attributes. Others ruuy call thee child of perdition, the base born progeny of sin und Katun, the murderer of mankind and the destroyer of immortal souls; but I this night will give thee a new nutno among ua-u aud crow-n thee with a new horror, and that now nume shall be tho sacramental cup of the rum powers, nud I w ill say to all the sons and daughters of earth! -Dash it dawn! And thou, rum, shalt be my next in tuy pilgrim age among men, anil not alone snail my tongue utter it, but the groans of orphans in their agony and the cries of widows in their desolation shall proclaim it the enemy of home, the traduccr of childhood, and the destroyer of manhood, and whose only anti dote is the sacrameutal cup of temperance, cold water!” The Damage Done Macon* The opening of the East Tennessee, Vir ginia and Georgia railroad between Macon and Atlanta, yesterday, permitted informa tion to bo obtained ot the damage done by the freshet north of tlie city. The Ocmulgee river, at Smith’s Mills, is just getting back into its baaks from one of the greatest freshets ever known, even by the oldest inhabitants of that section. The high water murk of 1881 was exceeded by four feet. The damage to land, stock, and all kinds of property on tho river was immense. The ginnery belonging to Smith A Thompson was washed away, c .using a loss of $1,500 or $2,000. The* gin-house was equipped with an eighty-saw giu, condenser, and iron press that were driven by water, and every thing necessary to facilitate work for the public, ull of which w as a complete loss, except the roof of the house, which lodged some distance down the river and remains intact. The ferryboat took its departure Tuesday morning, and if still traveling At the rate it left, is somewhere near the Gulf ot Mexico by this time. All the ferry boats between Smith's Mills and Macon, so far as heard from, are gone. The negro ferryman at Mr. Tom Goodman’s ferry, live or six miles below Smith’s Mills, had his house surrounded by water Wednes day night, and attempted to make his es cape with his wife aud four children in a boat. It capsized with them and his wife and nil the children were drowned. He himself made a narrow escape by swimming to land through the darkness, without knowing where he was going. The bodies of the woman aud children have uot been recovered. A largo flouring mill, ten miles above Smith’s mill and known as tlie “Key mill,” the property of Captain 8. F. Smith of Butts county, was washed away and has not been seen nor heard of since. Bottom land on tho river near Smith’s Mill s,uiid as far up the river ns can be heard from, is completely ruined. Fields that were plowed, manured, anil planted nicely were swept ns dean as a yard, while others were piled waist deep in sand, and still others were washed out in holes, leaving little lakes standing in them as large as an ordinary millpond where the water was never known to be before. One man who had about thirty ncres of river bottom in cultivation nnd parts of his guano in, avows that on the thirty acres not a hat full of soil is left nnd great rocks are standing up out of the ground, where no rocks were visible before. Everybody has the blues nnd business generally is dis organized. At Ocmulgee Mills in Butts county, the river rose five feet over former high water marks. Great damage was done. The wuten was over threo feet deep in the mills, and ruined much of the corn nnd wheat stored ou the floors. . _ Longer. U " I A Telegraph reporter Gulin! yesterday to inquire about phries, Jailor birdaon,. .£*** i Sunday n.ght quietly, and doubtedly liettir. The atr.r» • “ «*, during the night he tad*j acreamed that he was i„Y,,, l: -MiiiL wanted to be let. alone bv . was tormenting him wns\,t . “‘"fy ti out foundation* H& bSt&^n} pbnes, arrived in the city l ' N and spent the night with him iS, ‘H his home yesterday mornine ’ h "'"tl conversed quietly with his birth 111 ™! not make tho slightest allusion mv"*! hie crime. Apparently he ie (1 Ll ''i making a confession, e ither ,1 b , r fr J directly, than he ever was 1,1tct lj orj The reporter went np to Hum„i, ■ to interview him, but tound hiSfr' e would not disturb him. He the eating shelf in fh« corrider i, ! *N y opposite his cell. U.s f J. he h, d been very Sick and that M frllE D.VTCI Tin* ' Utt*- *r.t let ptaf Lb tbe Xtfh but During the day Humphries’ con,;i.;„ not materially changed. }{ e and talked hut little. walked at,out in the corridYr u^ times expressed the belief th'it u'H die. Those of tho prisoners c.nsf him thought that he would not longer. They ascribed hif235J?fl terrible mental strum under which more thau to any other cause U Ue Previous to the departure of HumsV brother for his home he expressed is? as being much concerned on aecSl the unhappy mans condition. wHfl dnl not say so, he mode the i.upres be thought it would be better for io pries if he should soon die. Humphries’ wife has not yet visited N and it is not thought that she wiffi It appears that J. P. Humphries is th. J of kindred that will have anyth to do with him. J a An effort has been made to secure d W A. Hawkins services in Humph,? defense, hut with what result is notkao" *0fU iloltb laird. Bilk Bkanh! What a fanny name fora n NevertUele.. It 1. ver, .Igot.b.o, article. Bile, according to Webcter, nTrenJj l!',‘.! 1, ' r - Vl " Li ..‘ ■‘•U'OOUi fluid, Hscreted by t LbJ , act properly tt. 0 in tho blood and iioI.hoiim th* ANOTHER FRIEND. Frank Humphrlm* tVlfe Ylalta Him at tho .lull—An Affrctluff Scene. Yesterday morning Frank llumphriox, the Baldwin county imirdetcr, fouad another friend. His wife arrived in the city from Milledgc ville on the <>:45 a. m. train via tho Georgia railroad and spent the day with him in his cell. The meeting between tho murderer and his wife was affecting. He was completely overcome w ith feeling, and her emotion was so violent that it broke forth in sobs. What tho nature of their conversation was during tho day is not known, but it is known that he made no confession. It lias been thought by Homo of his follow’-prisoners for some day* past that he was on the point of making a clean breast of the details of his terrible crime, but they have been ilisap pointed, and are likely to continue so. In the office at the j nil, beforo going up to Humphries’ cell, Mrs. Humphries sain that he had always been a faithful and at tentive husband, and that he wns very kind to all those that were dependent upon him. She said also that she loved him, uotwith- standi:;; di>terribl$ n*vMi«atiou that hrid b*pr. bn ngUt against him, slid that she won iiLxiou* t<> h iv«* a last talk with him. 2*1..'. U'Mi.pbiiis return-i to Miih*Jgt- ville last night. The parting betwevu her anil her husband waa oven more affecting than their mo* ring Atterslm left the jail, Humphries sppi ur« d to be mut-U depressed. NotwiiLf.uuAdiuij tho excitement occu- Wheu l* retatued in the blood and piiimV'Xe VSK tern, and ndlowneiM and misery ia th« » Hmlth’H Dilo Ueaunift a aura cun tor biliot** and liver complaint. Price, 25 cent* per bottiTI A Ghastly Humor. It waa rumored on the atreeta yeat^rday tha I ghaatly spectacle bad been ween by the p*Lm " ““ the south bound train oa tho fcant 'ImumL Juliette. ItJ Virginia and Georgia Railroad aaid that on tbe bank of tho river the dead t f two white men lay tied together with throats cut. It wae found impoeaihle tiale the rumor. It ia probable that itori^h^3| the discovery of Home of the bodies of thepemf who were drowned at Goodman’s ferry UumTi great flood. 8 ^ To DciitUls* Tlie Georgia Stato Dental Soeietv with tlie of Dental Ecumincra for the state of (ieornu meet tn Aiaeou, Ga., M.iy 1 lib aud remain in aioti three days. Applicant* to practice dentistry wl’l be exam in human physiology, anato y. pathol ?• tis peuti m, cbeiuUtry, materia iue<tua, tueullai] ojierative and prosthetic dentistry. Tho law forbids anyone to begin itae pracGce J dentistry in Georgia Hub*e<|ueut to tbn Vm of q her, without a license from tbe Btalsboaidil 8. B. ffAjtriKi.b, D. D. 8., Macon. Ga. Chairman Board of Dental Exaalaw. rt. W. H. Whitaker. D. I). 8., HandersvUis, a It. B. Adair, D. I>. H.. Gainesville, Oa. N A. Williams. D.P. 8., Valdosta, Ga. L. D. CARnWTKR, D 1>. H.. Atlanta Ga. 8ec’y Board cf Dental Eiainincil THE INNOCENT CELESTIAL 8am Tries Itotlcr-Skutlng nud >pn sloned by liis wife Y s visit, Humphries’ phy- A WOMAN’S BRAVE ACT. •al condition was much improved, lie still appeared to bo very weak, and his thin face wen still haggard. Hu had gained strength, however, and ate his food with apparent jclMi. Humphries's case L a curious one. His absmuto apathy concerning his horrible crime and its dreadful consequence*, mark him either as a man of wonderful in rve or of an extremely callous nature. He will not tulk about his crime except when forced to do so, but when rot sick will c mv* rse fluently and flippantly on any other subject that may bo presented. As Dr. Etheridge said last week, Humph ries is a maii tj bo studied by the physi cians. I Mol» III * that the woman in the cane is his mistress and not his sinter, and that when she heard of his intended marriage she came to try to break off the match. 8he Got Acquainted. Chicago Inter-Ocean. “Hold on to the young man in front,” said a young lady's eacort, as they seaU-d themselves on the toboggan. “But I don’t know him.'* “Well, take hold of him and get acquainted.” “Sir!” said the Puritani cal miss, with an offended look. Her escort chuckled and dropiied the conversation. The toboggan started. “Oh, my!” squealed the nervous young lady, taking a very fight hold of the blouse of tho young man in front. The escort chuckled a little more and the toboggan flew faster. As the fled struck the level the young lady lioblied into the air. Hhe threw her arms around the neck of the young man iu front und clung to him like a well-licked postage stamp to a letter. When the toboggan came to a stand still the young lady was still tightly clasp ing the stranger. “Well, did you get ac quainted?” inquired the escort, with a grin. - “You horrid thing!” was her only cun g«?t into p«»rt with the vessel in tier t uudmoo. Tlie crew my there wcr< plenty of rum oti boar ), and the master and mate were always the worse for drink. My chief officer, who weut iu the boat, says they looked, talked and at ted us if they wer« iu liquor w hen he was alongside of the vessel. lVrhaps this will account for their in t leaving the vessel with ihe others. Two of the men have very bad feet, aud will have to go to the hospital.” Talleyrand and tha Thin Marquis. Parte Morning New*. Tortoni's, the historical ice house and cafe of thia century, ia aa a piece of Dr*-mien china atnotg the giogerbread establish ments of to-day. For sixty yeaiVit has been tho gathering place of real wits, atul 1 am pleased to chroniele that it has not lost its reputation. It whs atTortoni's that Talley- rand said Lis liest things and they weir nuu.y. One day a marquis of singular thinner, with a court sword hanging from his belt, entered. * My dear Marquis,” said Talleyrand, looking ilowu at the apiu- dlc legs of the old-faahioned aristocrat, “•hen I look at you I ngver know whether you have Lave three swords or three legs.” Au Incident of the Strike—She Holds at Hay. 8t. Loute Globe-Democrat. Mrs. 8. J. Duffy of De Koto, the lady who so gallantly held the mob ut hay and saved the fife of Yurdmaster Tod, who was pursued by the infuriated crowd to her house, is receiving unstint d praise at the hands of the people of Do Soto, who have determined to reward her brave act in substantial manner. A purse has been started and a handsome sum already secured t which will be largely augmented and pre sented to the heroine with appropriate thunks and commeudaiion for lot dating and timely act of unselfish heroism. She is described as a petite brunette, quiet nnd Miring iu disposition, good-looking, and the wife of a locomotive engineer on tlie Iron Mountain. Her husband, S. J. Daffy, had been guarding the company's property at the roundhouse, and short time before the excitement had arrived at home and was asleep. Before retiring he had placed his revolver ou the dressing case, nnd as Mrs. Duffy went t*> meet the mob she saw it and carried it with her to the door. The pursued man w on breathless with tear and exertion as he rubbed past her into the house, lie bur riedly aud briefly told the story, mul the lady was quick to uuderataud aud prompt iu her action. Her appcaruuce, revolver in hand, hnd an electrical effect on the crowd. “Stop where you are!” she cried, raising her weapon. “I wifi kill the first one who attempts to enter this house.” The mob, astonished and aw*ril, was vir tually conquered. “We want that scab,” said a venturesome leader. “If yon mean Mr. Tod, yon cannot touch him. lie belongs in tny house and 1 will notpernnt you to enter it.” Thera was no evidence of bravado in her manner. With flashing eyes and uplifted arm, her weapon pointed directly at the mob, she stood her ground ami k*-ld it ut bay until the mayor of the town arrived ami urged the people to disperse. They did so, and the little woman had triumphed. —King Humbert of Italy disdains court balls and royal fetes. A New Factory. Colonel M. J. ILtrher informal sTkleubai’H porter yesterday afternoon that it waa hte purp to eroct a factory iu Macon for tbe luanufactu re of ■ ^Prohibition Planter” ami hte “Pour Mnle’i Friend” plow. Me n** already ordered a car load of eteel for the manufacture **f tbe latter, lie itaid that he was so firmly convinced of the superiority cuIUvaUjlS of hte plow over a 1 others u*ed in the cultivation of cotton that he would not take ten thooaand doll liars for the patent ritfht for Georgia. Colouel | Hatcher’s factory will he aa important addition to the industries of Macon. An Ancient Italic. Yesterday a party of boatmen went five miles down the river to recover an organ that the flood washed out of a house in East Macon. They found it In Dead river, at tbe same time ptckiutf up a clock that ha*! also been washed sway. Ou their way back to the rity they discovered an ancient tel ls ju*t below tbe site of the old Georgia railroad bridge. It waa the hull of a steamlx.at. It Uy near the bank, the bottom partly turned up. It was abont sixty feet lone. It was supposed that It waa all that remained of the Goddard, a steamboat sunk than forty live years ago. A Had t'a*e. In East Macon there la a man named Dickson. He farms in tbe bottom land* down the river. Un til recently his children have been employed In mill No. t of the B;bb Mannfacturing Company. A few da>s ago his wife and hte children, nine in number, were all taken sick with the measles. He is a poor iu«u, and fouud it difflcnit to provide for Iheir wants; but he made a mantui struggle to do so, receiving aid. ate >, from sympathetic neighbors. Saturday one of tbe chile r»n died, another died on Hunday. and another yceterday. Last night it was thought that several more would die. aud that hte iwlfe would slM)h>«e her life. I hte is truly a sid case. Frank Humphries's Wife. The wife of Frank Humphries waa in the cityl again yesterday. Kbe w* ut »•* Ihe jail and requs-tedl Jailer Btntsoog to permit her to *)>eiid several days in tbe cell with h*-r btuhand. Jader liir J-i-ng * e- cliaed to grant (be r* <| i»-»t w ithout con erring with Hhertlf Entile of Baldwin county. Uy Mrs ifum- ries's re*|ue«t he iel.-grspbed Sbertrt Ennis, who replied, dire* ting that her requeat be granted. Jailer Kirdtotig then • onautted with HhrrilT West- cot wUu sgrtcl that Sheriff Enntes directions should he r artei out. Mrs Iliunphrtea will there fore speud several daya with her hnaband. lie was much better yesterday. Shenandoah, I'a., Herald. Things have been decidedly dull attht ♦i^uol skutiDg rink the past few weeks,!. ri.-< lovers of tho exorcise who have little do Have suffered a severe attack of ennui < >a Wednesday tin idea struck one of th an l after relating it to the other regi Ue proceeded to put it into force. Sam Lee, the moon-eyed Mongolian keeps n button-hole innugling emporium ‘•*wn, was selected ns an instrument to! 'iish an afternoon’s umnsement. Tbtj •greed that Sam would look well on si Mini wore tiuanimotmly of the opinion th* skates would look amusing on Sam. •y weut around to his establiahn ye.-.Lrdny afternoon and pttnunded Kuu visit the link. He watched the skates gl around the room, and the boys smiM Sam’s eyes became dilated in admiration tbe gracetul sport. When one of ti asked him whether he wouldn't like to on the skates he replied in his inm manner: Me cun sklatee allee same like Md- hoy,” an*l when he saw one of the turn a double somersault he smile! the corners of his month ran into hu and remarked: “Me standee on top side like Mclieonboj' Then the boys strapped the skat* * Sam’s wooden slices uud stood him np/ instructions to strike out with the right first. “Allee lightce. Me knowee,” 8am, and he struck out ns directed, left foot hadn't evidently been notified the time tho prnt*<>»ion was to move, failed to fall into line. The result wai Sura opened out like a pair of scUsow' ing tor a job, und tu n Middeuty sat ou his pig-tad. Nothing daunted, lie tried to regno feet, but win* uii itde to do so withoot histauce. .The getter up of the eutci went was rolling over ou the floor W the partition convulsed with laughter, tbe rest of the boys kept straight fact*, as they stood him updbc seeoud tim«\ of them told him to spread himself thiatii “Me Hplcadce mv*elf verve mucin*, replied, os he hteruliod himself audsur*( the floor, evidently looking for a w>ft on which to sit down next time. Taro of the boys then took hold c! one ut each arm, und after giving him of instructions which he did not d stand, they started off around the rinl Sam between them. After going *’ around they suddenly let go, aud *hoU from him in opposite directions. ehort distance he maintained his e*iP riant, but his oral countenance wore away, sail and tired expression. both feet left him and shot op into th* where liis head onght to be. backbit the floor he grunted and fully five feet into the air, clawed at ing. and then sudd uly aut down on tM of his bionic. He lay tuere motionless for a few and then motioned to one of the be J*/ move the skates. Ife was sodeligb 1 *- the experiment that he could notnna t> express his thanks to the bop**? kindness, and without uttering */ j ►hot out of the door and np the * lT *\ bin clothes looking like a windy When the boys culled on porium la«.t evening 8am was mWJ 0 * limited joint* with liniment, *® a they asked him how he like rolltr he replied: tlt “Me spleudi* mvaelf; one moTt u ’' it.... _l-1. u .ijt MM ^oImuiI.Y' niTS*" 11 Fatuful Accident. T.»**.h»y tuorsiaz John Font of Worrier dtetrU-t. ir.Ut the wood* t-* f«t out po«ta. White at «*>rk be *• ft dentally ibiU hte right foot opra with hi* ax*, ip to the snkl*. He waa tmobte to move, and rttoaioed when be tnjaml bimatlf unto oighr, who* pavttea that went oat to look for him fowad IolIee-*klate«‘ and lue spleadec my^ u now cootcmpLUiM •' on a bicycle f >r Sam, after wuii'“ I>—! iiiiiMtinu biin into the m” ' I the creat American game of b— •Uy Gan. Logan ia to main i** **' addm* at Gen. Grant’* tomb.