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rpn ri I? TO TTTQ TP TTQ P laid out, with the button* and cuff* all ad- 1 ann”*’
TRUE 10 HIb i RU b 1 .• justed but no. no -hirU do I find.” j of the
I Well, that 6 tern , y P I Sixth district, held at Macon on last Thtirs-
m^ly assented. . * - t t pnt day, nominated Hon. James H. Blount
j But that am t t . for his ninth conecutive term in Congress,
pn?th*MippM^on*he^able? "‘Sup^r/she by acclamation. This action of the con-
j laid*‘why^Sere rent no supper: you neb- vent.on was a graceful tribute to one of
saiu, any, uer 7 I . the best Congressmen ever sent from the
UNDONE BY HIS HATED RIVAL. M, r WD , U U.^e fed bad." y ’ I South. .
I HereUpred into another tit of sullen I There .a no man in Congress who .a
despondency, but we stirred him up again “ore farmliar will, the working.i of our
“ i | . government than Mr. Blount. He is a
I “The house ain’t swept, the air smells 1 >'■»■> of fine ability and untiring industry.
' mustv, the cat has left home, my dog is A. chairman of the committee on nost-
| getting poor, the cow won’t give any milk, ofhees and postroads, a* a member of the
1 the vegetable* in the garden are all going ways and means committee, and as a mem-
to seed) and what I do get cooked don’t her of the House, he has rendered s gnal
B i . i » . _ enrr inn fn hiu rtarfv nnn hlR WlllflfPV. I
How a Faithful Slave Saved
His Master’s Money.
Largent in the World—A Perry Heroine
A Strong Coml Illation-Plowing Up
Sn&kes-IIe Looked Down the
Darrel—To De Pitied.
THE DEPTHS OF WOE.
From the Marietta Journal. 110 seeu, auu wutn i uu get ««« • . ... • A . • w u A
We had related to us this week an inci- _ tasW right I can’Mnd my clothes and, to S^^^i' Xdyed imthe.woSuSfl^
dont illustrative of the fidelity of the col- . crown ft ^ j Jwsa Wng foTne” 11 form-Clevelind-Democrat and in all the
ored people, during the late war to their , w j |lter » j struggles that have taken place in Con-
Southern masters. He paused, walked the office floor ner- K ress > bas bfen a member, he has
Our informant is a citizen of Cobb coun-j vously a few moments, and then blurted fought the^ht °fJhe^o^le. 4
tv and knows personally of the truth of.outi , ,, , ,
; . * ti: „„„ 0 ,i .. And the sheets on the bed have been
the statement. Hu fall . * j getting dirtier and dirtier ever since my
ored man, named Charlie who was raised , w j[ e , vent 0 g; ; did no t know what to do
from bovhood in his father’s family, about it: they have been on three weeks
Charlie was one-fourth Indian and three- j now. I knew something must be done, so
. . .. . tt a ,„,t 1 I met my married daughter just now, on
fourths African. He romped and played (he and £ aske d lter J what t0 do
with him and lus brothers, worked side a | )oll[ j t ‘Why, father,’ she said, ‘mother
by side in the corn-field, and, as a conse-, always keeps the sheets in the washstand
ouence, a strong attachment cemented drawer.’ \Vhy, bless you, I didn’t know
iLt. o„,i ,i.„„ „„ „„„.;,i. the washsiand li»d a drawer. I’m going
home to hunt for it, but I think the best
their friendship, and there was no consid'
eration that could be held out that could
make this colored man disloyal to his
kind old master.
The war came on, and Federal armies
were sweeping down upon the f-'outhland
thing I can do is to go after the old lady.”
He went off to look for it and we heaved
a sigh of sympathy, for we have been in
his fix exactly.
And now the people will want to know
who this unfortunate individual is, but we
His splendid constitution gives good
ground for the hope that lie will long con
tinue to be one of Georgia’s most faithful,
most trusted and most efficient servants.
The Sixth district has done well.
7, , 1 -i . .i ,i. i. „/ „.i.„ who mis unioriuuaie inuivmuai is, out we
w ‘‘'if 1*. ^ayf .nejf».be fl ralry wU , nQt The nex , elderiy gentleman
swords, the sh at j who takes himself to the mountains mav
the torch of conflagration. Those were . .
times that tried men’s souls and tested the ue lut uut ‘
metai in their composition. It was enough ! Undone by Hi. Rival,
to bring dismay to the stoutest heart, as From the Eastman Journal,
the Confederate forces fell hack before the ! On Friday evening last, a young man
overwhelming hosts of the invader. | living not a thousand miles f om this
Marietta had been burned and people J charming little “burg,” procured a con-
were refugeeing and carrving off and se-1 veyance and with his best girl started for
creting their valuables. The master of the Baptist Church at this place to hear
this colored man had $1,00 ' in gold and he 1 the eloquent divine, Kev. A. J, Battle ex- Massachusetts,
was apprehensive that the Federal soldiers ! pound the gospel. Arriving at their desti-
would ransack his house and get it. So he j nation, the young man after seating his
called his trusted servant and said: j fair one in the house of worship, fastened
“Charlie, you have always been faithful his horse securely >o a rack near by, and
to me. I hav.e here in this tin box one | returning to the church was soon deeply
thousand dollars iu gold. I want you to | engrossed in the sermon, oblivious to all
take it and hide it for me. If I keep it the | earthly afiairs, and especially so of the
Yankees will search my house and force I schemes of his bold and unscrupulous ri
me to give it up; but if you take charge of val, who was there also with a conveyance
it I can truthfully tell them that I know and the full determination of escorting the
‘ ‘ “ young lady to her domicile.
A New Campaign Story,
From the Boston Herald.
Campaign orators who are hard up for
stories to illustrate their points can scarcely
do better than borrow some from Leoniuas
Ciesar Houk, who represents a Republican
district of Tennessee in Congress by virtue
of his capacity for seasoning his speeches
with clever anecdotes. At a ratification
meeting in Washington recently, he endeav
ored to impress upon his hearers the im
portance of supplementing their campaign
speeches with work, and he told them of
an old Tennessee darkey who- had con
ceived a longing for a fat turkey in a
neighboring roost. “I prayed de Lord to
send me dat turkey,” said Sambo; “I
prayctl eb’ry night and eb’ry mawnin’, but
somehow ’twant no use. De Lord be jest
done nullin'. So I jes’ changed tho prayer,
and one dark night I prayed de Lord to
of no money about the house.”
So Charlie took the box of gold and
went off down the public road, alongside
of wh’ch was a footpath, and with his
spade he cut out a square sod of grass, dug
a hole and put the tin box down into it,
replaced the sod, removed all fresh dirt,
trod down the gress, and went back to his
work at his master’s house.
The Federal forces came marching over
the path and the gold, but no discovery
was made. At the house they ordered
Charlie iu bring utti two of his masiei’s
horses, to saddle and mount one of them
and follow “the hoys in blue.” The col
ored man positively refused to comply,
esylng that it had been his home from
childhood, and he wasn’t going to leave
his old master and mistress. The cavalry
officer pulled out his pistol and pointed it
at Charlie and exclaimed.
“Get on that uurse and move on with
the army, or I’ll shoot you dead in your
tracks 1”
Charlie was undaunted, and his reply
was characteristic of his courage and love.
He looked the officer square in the face
and said:
“You may be mean enough to shoot and
'kill a negro like me, hut before I will leave
my old master and mistress, my best friends,
you can kill me, but at best you can
shorten my life but a few years.”
The cavalry officer saw the fixed pur
pose of the colored man to reiuaiu, and lie
put up his pistol and rode off.
Some weeks after Sherman had “marched
on to the sea.” the old master said: “Well,
Charly, the Yankees are gone, and if you
know where that gold is you had better
get it for me."
“All right,” responded Charlie; “I know
where it is, for I’vo walked over it nearly
every day since I buried it.”
Chnilie went off’, and soon returned with
the box- of gold, nut a dollar missing. Yet,
if he had been of a dishonest and treacher
ous turn of mind, he could have unearthed
the hidden gold und rode off' with it when
commanded to go along with the cavaly
regiment; but .lie exhibited true mail-
ho,id, unswerving honesty, and faithful de.
Notion to his trust, and gold could not
tempt him to play the Judas and abandon
and betray his old, confiding master.
The war ended, and Charlio still, re
mained steadfast and true to his old mas-
la order to further his purpose the dar
ing schemer quietly unfastened his rival’s
horse, removed him to the rear ot the
academy, and returning awaited results.
Services being over young man No. 1
was dumbfounded by the nonappearance
of his horse, and there being no other al
ternative, was obliged to accept the terms
of No. 2, who carried the young lady off
in triumph, quelling his' conscience by
s' Illy murmuring “every thing is fair iu
love and war.”
It is needless to add the lost horse was
found by the owner, who returned home
much crest-fallen and vowing vengence
upon the perpetrator of so vile an outrage.
Ho Looked Down the Barrel.
From the Brunswick News.
Yesterday afternoon, 12:43, Chief Clerk
Daniel, while sitting in his office at the
Hotel St. Simop’s, was startled by the
sudden report of a gun going off in the
small check room near the office, that
leads from the staircase out to the front
piazza. Rushing out of his office to the
room, which lie reached a few seconds
Inter than William Kelly, chief of the
bell boys, and who had just picked up a
Colts 23-calibre riile that only a short
while before been given to the chief porter,
William Gaines, by Mr. William Kelly,
one of the guests of the house, to be clean-
ep, while Gaines lay prone upon the floor
in a great crimson pool of blood with the
top of his head horribly shattered, the
brains being blown out. The body was
convulsed aud quivered for a few moments,
and became still—a corpse—before it was
lifted from the floor.
No one will ever know how the acci
dent occurred, but the snppositionB are
that lie was looking down the barrel when
it fired, the ball passing through his left
eye into his brain;
llavint- tils Fun While Ho May
From the Wrightsvlile Headlight.
Tom Barge, the funny man of Wrights-
ville, who has his headquarters’at A. K.
Clark's, pavuled our streets the other day
harnessed up in bran new saddle, bridle,
martingal, etc. The ludicrous part of
Tom’s nature predominates, and be is nil
the while inaugurating some little in
nocent scheme with which to have some
fun.himself, and at the same time excite
maineu birthuimi biiu uuc iu ihb uiu . • .. / i • t • i
ter and mistress, and when chillv death ‘ lle . rUlbilUle* of his numerous friends,
came and stilled their hearts in eternal 1 and he always succeeds. Tom says he is
fileet), none wept around their graves with j tlle fo01 for . tl, . e *?.*" »<>** b . ul ‘ h '“ he
more sincere sorrow tl.an Charlie. ’' I an '» ,0 ‘» k « ,n . ll, « f ““ n, . ,d privileges
The old colored mania still living, i» that can be Used; for he is going to marry
now seventy years old, and resides in . a,ld Ko.iutqslavery soon, and that will be
Gwinnett county, Georgia, and all who
know Charlie Medlock, speak well and
kindly of him. lie tills his farm with in
dustry, and when any of the turns of his
old master meet him, they invariably give
him money to help make his declining
years comfortable.
We know of another instance like this,
f J - \ i i -
the end of it.
iid me after dat turkey, Au’, bre&s ue
Lord, dat fetched it.” The moral of Sam
bo’s story might be applied right here in
A Prince of Tronp.
From the LaGrauge Grapntc.
Wednesday last Colonel J. M. Truitt
brought two large wagon loads of corn in
the ear to town and sold it, getting a good
price. He also brought a large load of
fodder. This coru is a part of the crop of
1876, which was grown by the Colonel, and
which he lias not been able to use up. He
still has ou his place several cribs full ol
corn of his own raising, and it is said of
him that he has not seen the bottom of his
cribs for a number of years. He is the
kind of farmer that alwa s makes money
and each year lias a surplus of such crops
to sell.
A Perry Heroine.
From the Ferry Home Journal. ;
Miss Katie Felder, of 1’erry^ is a true
heroine. On last Sunday afternoon, while
at home alone, she discovered that the
roof of the dwelling was on fire. She ran
to the front door and gave the alarm, but
no one responded. With a courage and
presence of mind lareiy exhibited, she
rushed upstairs and through a window on
to the roof of the veranda, thence to the
roof and, nnaided, extinguished the fire.
Her coolness and bravery cannot be too
highly praised.
Too Strong n Combination.
From the J. rsey Sentinel.
"Let us rest on the mountain top,” sings
the light-hearted Sentinel man. Aha, ha,
ha—happy place to rest, Brother Stone, es
pecially in the company of a dark-eyed
girl with chestnut curls.—Willacoochee
News.
Now Brother Newbem, don’t try to
frighten us. We can stand anything in
reason, but a dark-eyed girl with, chest
nut curls is more than we care to tackle.
PlonltiB Up Knaass.
From too Monroe News.
One day last week Mr. Dan Everett was
at work in the field when his plow hung on
something he stiffened to be a root. Lift
ing the plow from the ground, he pushed
it off with bis foot, and as he did so dis
covered it to he a moccasin snake of enor
mous size. He says he has plowed up
many, but this was the first one he ever
knew to interfere with the plow.
Seventy, anil Still nt Work.
From the Washington Chronicle.
Yesterday Judge Reese walked into
Judge Barnett’s office and said: “Sain, I
am seventy years old to-day, atid have
worked steadily from 8 o’clock this morn
ing until now, 1 o’clock.” Judge Reese
works as hard ns any man in town, not
withstanding his ago, and has just finished
a book on law.
A Sore Disappointment
From the ThomasTille Enterprise.
Some of the boys who are fond of a joke
tried an empty imrtmoniae to a string, in
front of L. F. Thompson A Co.’s, on Satur
day. More than one darkey matte a grab
at it. One colored man was meandering
of a colored woman, named Maria, now along when his eye caught the purse, lle
living in Marietta, who buried some $300 made a dive for it, and then with quick-
infold for her mUtreBS, during the advent ened step moved on. The expression on
ofThe Federal army, and when peace was his face when he reached the end of the
declared, she went to the woods_ and un- string, and the glittering prize was jerked
earthed the coin and returned it to her from iiis grasp, would have been a study
mistress, whom she refused to leave dur-! f 0 r an artist. It was mingled with ear
ing all that time. prise, disappointment and disgust. He
Such instances of fidelity, confidence and never looked back.
affection, between servant and master, I
wnr. fmin.nl dnrimr that eventful period ' Largest in the World,
of our country's history, aud it is to the from the Decatnr Chronicle,
credit of these two representatives of the I ^ *‘ el | e 18 8,1 lte 5* ? oln 8 * ke rounds of the
colored race, that notwithstanding the de- press that Hon. I riwus Jones, of Raker
moralization that then existed, filthy lucre ; county, raised a watermelon last year that
could not bribe them to betray a trust. weighed eighty-five pounds, and that it
was the “largest that was ever raised in
A MAN TO HE PITIED. Georgia.” Tho youth who wrote tliat item
The World Doe. Not^eo. Jojoa. .0 urn., has certainly never read much. Mr. John
and Sorrow ami Vexation are HI. Portion. «■ MMer, of tins count; raised several
From the Brunswick Appeal. melons last year that weighed overeighty-
He sauntered into our office and Hung five pounds, and raised one that weighed
himself into our most luxurious chair. , one hundred and twenty-five pounds. Mr.
“Oh, I’m sick." » Miller received the premium, fiftv dollars,
We glanred at the dejected countenance for the largest melon raised in Inc world,
and tenderly asked, “what’s the matter?” i but year.
“Well, I don’t know, but I feel bad—and 1
I’m low spirited, and I’ve been so ever
since my wife went away for her summer
Dip, and if she doesn't come beck pfetty
soon I’m going to her,”
him enough to subsist upon until persim
mon-gets ripe. If you wish the Head
light to continue to flicker, give Jim Free
man a good share of |>ot licker.
HANDS OFF.
An Inferno In the Heart of the Great Metro-
. polls.
New York cor. CiUclnuatl Tlmes-Star.
Follow the candle’s flickering light; pick
your steps carefully amid the filth and
pollution that sicken and weaken you; as
l you value your life don’t lose touch with
your companions—those sullen faces and
scintillant eyes bode danger.
“It is a mission of mercy,” your guide
explains in Piedmont) z t i the groups of
half-clad men who attempt to bar the ad
vance of the party. He tells them that a
committee from tiie great American con
tinent lias come to help them punish the
f adroni, who have brought them from
laly to drag out their days in these hovels
of horror. It is the house at No. 116Mul
berry Btreet. It was to this place thaf the
Congressional i ommiltee, guarded by de
tectives, was first taken in order that the
ineffable hideousness of life in the Italian
quarter might be presented to them.
In one room there lay stretched on the
floor sixteen men, their swarthy skins lit
erally hidden beneath the dirt that en
crusted their bodies. Some wore strange
looking garments made out of a bag, with
holes cut in to admit neck and arms. Oth
ers sprawled about in stark nakedness,
which they sought to cover up on the en
trance of the visitors in heaps of rags that
were piled about the room. It is hopeless
to seek to describe the odor that pervaded
the den, and could be compared to nothing
that the ordinary human being ever comes
across.
In an adjoining cubbyhole was found
five women. They sprang up from their
rude couch when awakened by the sudden
light, and uttered piteous crooning cries of
surprise. When their fears were quieted,
they gazed about them with wild dismay.
They clasped their babie3 in their arms
wi-fi a fervor that was positively pitiable.
There were three of the "Bambini.” None
of them was over a fortnight old. One of
them had opened its eyes to the light of life
but three days ago. Its mother was a
rarely beautiful woman of seventeen years.
This last child, she told the interpreter,
was her fourtfi. She had married before she
reached her teens.
The committee crossed Mulberry street,
and, descending through a low corridor,
passed under the main building, No. 113,
into a flagging laid yard on the rear. The
walls of the large tenements rose on three
sides to five or six stories, and above could
be seen the dark cloud-swept sky. On
benches about the yard lay several men,
and on the top of a landing, reached by a
short and shivering stairway, lay six boys.
Though the officers walked among them
and flashed the candle glare in their faces,
they slept. Their faces were upturned in
nearly every instance, and want, anxiety
and misery were pictured on their dark
visages. “This is as terrible as the worst
parts of the Chinese quarter in San Fran
cisco,” said Col. Morrow, when he get a
few long breaths after regaining the street.
Now, the line of marcli is down Mulberry
Btreet across Canal, toward what is called
“the Bend.”
“What is this?” anxiously asks a blear-
eyed scavenger on the corner. “It is a
raid ?”
Already the word has preceded the com
mittee, and at each gloomy entry to the
noxious couriwajs stand groups of swarthy
figures, hall dressed aud half asleep,
clutching in their arms all their worldly
goods. The stale beer cellars were aglow
with light anil up the slimy stairways de
bauching on the sidewalks, came the' vilest
tobacco smoke. Then they went into an
old stale beer (live, with greasy walls and
heaps of dirt in the corners. It was hsrdly
eight feet square. On the floor lay two
full grown men, who grunted at being dis
turbed, and then nettled over anu went to
sleep. Not a window or door was open
until Crystal burst in. It was some mo
ments before even Mr. Ford, with his ci
gar was burning furiously, could enter.
A second within was enough. A glance
showed !hai the sleeping “beaulies” were
Italians Of the lowest order.. Right be
hind this stinking room with its eight hu
man being, was one horse in a well zfiuiit
stable twice the size o! the room anu im
measurably cleaner. Close by was another
room filled hith shovels, men, old bones,
women and bundles of dirty rags. It, too,
was closed up so tightly that not a breath
of air could get in. A long row of Ital
ians fnBt asleep on the c >ld stones or on
hags, stretched the whole length of the
two houses. One of them, half awake,
made a kick at the detective as he passed,
but realizing what he had done, got on
his knees and begged for mere;. The tes
timony taken down bv the light of the
detective’s lantern amid 6iich surround
ings, witli a ncore of duped, hungry look
ing Italians grouped about on the stones,
made a deep impression on the committee
men.
THE RUSSIAN Clll'ItCH.
An Injured Poet.
Albany, Ga., Jnly 23, 1888.—Editors
New* and Advertiser—Dear 8ir*: I deem
it n y duty to inform the public, that my
“ Why,” we "asked, “why does your wife’s ' l«*ui.“TU Raven’s Secret,” which ap-
being away make you feel badly ?’’ 11* 8 !^ Suoday’a Constitution, aud was
“Oh, because nothing goes right-the “P led ”> this morning’s News and Adver-
house doesn’t look natural, everything is »« so disfigured by thaw justly de-
topsy lurry, and so ami. You see, I’m nominated “devils” that I can hardly
us-<l to having everything in nice shape, recognize it as mine at ail. Mr. Harris,
and 1 can’t stand the change. Always tt th « Constitution, rent me the proof to
night when I go to bed I find my night correct, which I did, but I suppose the hur-
shirt laid out for me, but new it ain’t there. rie<1 manner in which it was brought out,
and I can’t remember where I put !l And CMised it to be again mutilated,
next morning there is always a clean si »rt 1 Jam* K. Yi bat.
Editor Medill Reads the Riot Act to Me-
I Ktnley & Co. *
From the Chicago Tribune.
McKinley, Bulterworth and Boutelle arc
reported to lie spending most of their time
iti the Senate wing of the capitol button
holing the Senators sml begging or bluff
ing them to abandon the preparation of a
Republican bill to reform certain features
of the tariff. McKinley & Co. hnve done
mis. iiief cumu li already in foirting into
the Republican platform a free whisky
plank which does not represent or accord
with Republican sentiment, and it is de
cidedly impudent in them to be laboring
no* to pluVaUl .lie Geuale 11 util collection
the blunder in the interest of the party.
McKinley and his clique have enough to
do to care for their own records without
attempting to take the Republican Sena
tors under their tutelage. If the Repub
lican ticket is elected it will be in
spite of McKinley and his reckless backers,
and if defeated the responsibility will rest
on the men who betrsyed the Chicago con
vention into the heedless adoption of a
plank offensive to millionsof Republicans.
1 he Republican Senators know what they
are aliout; they understand that a conven
tion exceeding its authority or instruc
tions cannot undertake to compel a party
to adopt strange and immoral doctrines,
and that despite McKinley A CO. tiie Re-
puMican pledge cl 1881 for a correction of
the inequalities of the tariff and a reduc
tion of the surplus still represents actual
Republican sentiment and should be con
sidered binding. I.*t the Republican Sen
ators proceed to frame a sensible tariff bill
and then put it through the Senate. If
McKinley, Kelley and the others who have
dealt the party such a heavy blow already
persist in interfering to prevent the correc
tion of their sorry blunuer, they should he
shown the door of the Senate committee,
and be aided judiciously in their exit.
The Priests nre Unpopular, but the Metro.
polltau •>( Moscow D Fairly Worshipped.
Edmund Noble In August Atlantic.
I must confirm from my own observation
much that has been written concerning
the unpopularity of the priesthood. These
holy men are not beloved of the people.
Their avarice is proverbial, and the pop-
ular epithets which perpetuate the belief in
it do them little injustice. It is still
considered unlucky—even . amongst tho
classes by whom their services are most in
demand—to meet one of them in the
street; impending rencontres are usually
avoided by abrupt crossing of the thor
oughfare. The moral influence exerted by
priests is notoriously small. They
are rarely admitted to the houses of the
nobles snd land-owners; riclt merchants,
on tho other hand, as well as merchants
who hope to become rich, eagerly pur
chase their favors. The frequent com
plaint made of insobriety wiihin the
enureb ta too Weil tuuuiieti. A lew years
ago the Golos drew attention to this vice
of tho clergy It; publishing illustrative
cases, gathered from time to time Iiy its
correspondents in various parts of Russia.
The revelations made were regarded as
“scandalizing,” but it was the Golos that
died a natural death; the evil of clerical
intemperancecame forth from the agitation
unscathed.
Only an unworthy student of Russian
history can sneer at the Greek church, as
only a shallow lover of science can declaim
against religion. When the true nature of
this “quest ot the highest” comes to be un
derstood, there will no longer be room for
doubt regarding the function of ecclesiasti
cal systems like that enthroned at Moscow.
Even cow this Byzantine ceremonial in
Slav surroundings—this faith of the cres
cent dominated by the cross—has aspects
that affect a sensitive nature with a part,
at least, of the charm of its appeal to
the Orthodox mind. I remember
thinking of this, one warm turn
mer afternoon, when, aa I passed through
the southwest comer of the Kretni, a
crowd streamed by me on its wa; to the
Assumption Cathedral. Following the
march, I poshed my way to a position in
the edifice wkence I could command a
fairly unhindered view of the interior,
and learned that only the attractions of a
special service could have so filled the
church an hour in advance of ordinary
vespers. The congregation consisted
largely of peasants and artisans, of both
sexes, as well as of shopkeepers and
merchants, yet all stood shoulder
to shoulder, without the slightest regard
to precedence or place. The t>eople were
packed so closely together that even a
panic could have brought no injury to the
throng, since it was impossible tor any oue
to fall far enough to be trampled upon.
All the more remarkable was the activity
Bhown by the congregation, for the hour of
waiting was spent in buying oandl s, and
setting theni up to burn before tiie images
of favorite saints. The candles were dis
played at a tuble near the main exit, and
had each worshiper been obliged to
make the purchase himself, but
few offerings of piety could
have been disposed of. The difficulty was
ingeniously overcome. Money lias passed
from hand to hand until it reached the
table, and the returning candle followed
in the same track, if in a reversed direc
tion. Distinct lines of transmission were
thus set up in the throng, to disappear
and give place to others when one set of
bargains had been consummated, and
when, thanks to the willingness of the peo
ple, the candles ordered had been finally
hung before the icons for which they were
destined.
The service was wholly choral and cere
monial ; boys and men chanted at inter
vals. In the pauses of singing the offici
ating priest read the lessons of the day
from the liturgy. Only once was the mo
notony of three hours’ chanting and read'
ing interrupted A sudden commotion
occurred in the crowd, and then, without
other warning, I became aware of an im
posing figure seated ou the throne of the
cathedral; that is to say, in' the center of
the throng and elevated above it. The
face was thin, and had a somewhat escttic
look; yet it wore an expression of mild
benignity, and was, withal, the most intel
lectual Russian countenance it had ever
been my lot to look upon. The people
acted as if delirious with joy in the pres
ence of their pastor, and when, at the
close of the service, the Metropolitan of
Moscow—for he it was—endeavored to
leave the cathedral, the whole throng
seemed to precipitate itself forward
in an eflort to come near him. I saw him
struggle for a moment with the
crowd, and then surrender unconditionally.
For a time he held out or.e hand : this was
fought for, and, when captured, kissed
with the same aflectionate zeal by women
and men. Two hands soon became neces
sary to meet the demand, and these were
held out rapidly to right aud left, the
scene continuing until the assistant priests
had succeeded in making a lane through
which the Metropolitan could reach the
door of the cathedral.
A Uliiaaniaii’s Will.
From the Fall Mall Gazette.
The following is the translation of a
Chinese will, made in Australia: At this
present moment I am grievously sick.
Therefore I have requested and obtained
both Chinese and English doctors. They
have examined me, and state that I am in
great danger. 1 fear 1 cannot live long.
Therefore I at once ail my business and all
my accounts, goods, clothing, nnd the
whole of mv estate intrust anil deliver over
to Kwan Eng Sloun to receive nnd hold
lor him to entirely manage, instead of me.
1 do this so that neither relatives nor au;
others can dispute. Kwnu Eng Sloun is
one whom I deeply, fully know; his heart
is true and upright, and unlimited
faith may be placed in him. I sin
cerely believe that his heart is careful to
grasp the right, and am happy. Alter my
dratli I desire that he receive all moneys
and close the business; also, that, though
the proceeds be much or little, he call all
my Mellxiurnc creditors together, and con
sult with them; al o to request them to be
liberal-hearted aud kind, aud ask them to
return some money so that it may be sent
to buy the necessaries of life for my wife
ami children. In such case my family
will receive their grace and fav >rj and ( the
act of my creditors will he >outited a work
of virtue done by my creditors. I insti
tute and make this will as a substitutional
i iroof of my wishes. Eye witnesses to it—
I m May, Wong Cho, Hlen Sidney.
The writer of the will is Kwim Eng
Sloun. Will made in the thirteenth year
of the reign of (juong Slucy, eleventh
month, 20 day.
Goon Sam’s X mark.
Mary lDilly’s Terrible ltiile.
From the New York Sun, July 27.
Miss Mary Reilly arrived in this coun
try only two days ago and with a relative,
with whom she is living in Brooklyn, went
to Jersey City last night to visit her*aunt.
On her way back she started to cross the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks at Warren
street, about five blocks from the Jersey
City station. A New York, Susquehanna
and Western express came alot g the tracks
at just that instant, and when she was 1
nearly across the eugine struck her. Miss !
Reilly was thrown on ti e pilot of the lo
comotive. Her body lay with her feet'
dangling within a few' inches of the
ground. Her head rested on the iron liars
of the pilot. The track from Warien
street into the depot is lined withswi cites,
and the engine jolted at eaclt of these.
The girl was lying in such a position that
she could not use her hands to hold herself
tip, and it lixiked every moment as though
she would roll off. When ne»r the en
trance of the depot the train was nearly
stopped nml she tried to get off, nnd was
lor a second time nearly under the wheels.!
Luckily for her, a bystamler^cinped on the •
pilot and held her still until the train j
had come to a full stop. When released
she jumped on Iter knees and thanked God .
for having saved her life. Then she got
up and walked away.
A Pointer for Mrs. F,
From the Ta!button New Era.
Mr. Clarence Foster, the clever hat man
from Baltimore, was with his Talhotion
friends Thursday last. His wife, who is a
subscriber to the New Era, is spending >he
summer in the Virginia mountains. We :
wopAI mention that we overheard Mr.'
Foster talking to some pretty Georgia 1
girls, but we are afraid she might read the
tern. ,
Darkles’ Days.
From the Washington Gazette.
It has lon£ been the custom of the white
people of this place to very peacefully
give up the sidewalks in tiie business part
of town to the colored on Saturday after
noons. This is recognized a« a day for
them to meet and inquire after the health
ot each Ollier’s families.
TTlien You Hear the Whistle or Dell.
From the Tslbottou New Era.
Judge Weekes has lately received some
cheering railroad news from Judge Her
man. Be patient, fellow citizens, and you
will yet hear the whittle of the Atlantic,
Kansas City and Western railroad locomo
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Louisiana State Lottery Co
Incorporated by the Legislature In 1868, for
Educational and Charitable purposes, and Its
franchise was made a partot the present State
nor stltiition In 1879, by an overwhelming pop
ular vote.
Its Grand Extraordinary Drawings take
place semi-annually, (June’ and December),
aud its Graud Single Number Drawings take
place on each of the other ten months in the
year, and are all drawn in public, at the
Academy of Music, New Orleans, La.
We do hereby certlty that we eupervire the
arrangements for all the Monthly andS ml an
nual Drawings of the Luubiaua State Letter;
the pany and in person manage snd control Ue
Drawings themselves, and that the same sre
conducted witli honesty, fslruets, and in good
faith toward all psrtles, and wo authoriie til
Company to ttso this certificate, with fac slm!!«
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manta.”
Mitt
W.ttt
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Commissioners*
We, the undersigned, Banks and Bankere will
pay all prises drawn In The Louisiana State Lot
teries which may be presented at our cminten.
It. M. tv AI. SISLEY, Free. Louisiana Nat. Ilk.
l’lKItlti: LANAUX, I’res. State Nat'l Bk.
A. I1A1.DWIN, l-res. New Orleans Nat’l Bit.
CARL KOUN, Pro.-.. Union National Bank.
ORAND MONTHLY - DRAWING IN THI
ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUES
DAY. August 7, 1HH8.
Capital Prize, $300,000.
100,000 Ticket* at Twenty Dollar* Each
Halve*, SIO; Quarter*, tf.1; Tenth*,
Twentieth*, Hi.
LIST 6f PKIZK8. _ _
1 PRIZE OF 1300,000 if «3W,O0
1 PRIZE OF liO.OUO I*
1 PRIZE OF 60,0001*
1 PRIZE OF 25,0001*
2 PRIZES OF 10,000 are..- 20.«J
6 rtUZES OF 6,000 are.....
25 PRIZES OK 1,(M) nre-..
100 PRIZES OF 500 are....
200 PRIZES OF 300are....
500 PRIZES OK gJOAre....
approximation prizes.
100 Prizes of $500 are
100 Prize* of fiiOO
100 Prize* of I'iuo are
TERMINAL PRIZES.
999 Prize* of f 100 are
999 Prize* of $100 are
8,134 Frlz«■«, amounting to *•*•*{
Note Ticket* '(rawing eHpital prize* *re uoi
entitled to terminal prize*. . . _
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AddrtiNH Keiflitterfd Letter* to
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