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TFTF> WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY* SEPTEMBER 18—TWELYE PAGES.
GEORGIA NEWS.
•Fatal Termination of a Family
Quarrel.
I how glad this community was made this
morning to get copies of that ever welcome
| visitor, the Telegraph. .Until this noon
' no mail has reached us since SumUy, ana*
• we were completely shut out from the out-
j side world by Sunday's heavy rains.. But
the prospect is that we shall get copies of
your paper regularly, even if "o northern
! mail come c , so we will make out fairly
tlllJAY TO REMAIN A ORY T0WN.j“u.
The great damage tc the bridge over the
to Dissolve the Ilntclier Attach., Ogeechce river at Mayfield will perhaps
a Dismissed—Dissatisfaction in not be repaired before Friday or Saturday,
thus shutting us oft from northern mail,
much to our inconvenience.
Moll
meats Dismissed
Greene Over the Primary—
Col. N. A. Smith Dead.
Dawson, 6ept. 12.—[Special.]—About
* noon last Sunday Mr. John Kitchens, an
old and respected citizen of this county,
had an altercation with his son Perry, in
which Perry kicked and bruised his father
to such an extent as to produce acute peri
tonitis, from the effects of which he died
Monday evening. Both men were under
the influence of whisky and the difficulty
was brought about by some disagreement
between the old man and his wife, in which
Perry took the part of his mother, with
the result above stated. A coroner's jury
being summoned, governed by the facts de
veloped by the autopsy made bv Prs.
Cheatham and Dean, gave a verdict justi
fying the statement that the death of Mr.
John Kitchins was the result of injuries
received at the hands of his son Perry.
This iscne of the saddest affairs in the
annals of oar county.
FENFIKI.D.
•Damage to Cutton-Dissatlsticd With the
Primary—Negro Nominee—Personal.
iPiNKiELD, Sept. 12.—[Special.]—We
have had continuous rain for the past ten
or twelve days, doing muih damage to cot-
iton in causing it to sprout in the bolls and
"to rot. Since Sunday morning we have
* had 9 terrible northeast gale with heavy
‘ rain, which added much to the damage
already sustained as the crops are all down
' so the mud.
The o ounty is in an unsettled state po
litically. Oa Monday after the late pri
mary, some gentlemen suspected that cer
tain men had voted at their precinct and
repeated in Greensboro. They went over
to investigate it and found that the entire
returns had been burned on Saturday
night. The practice heretofore has been
toleave them with the clerk of the court
/for thirty days. The act of burning,
'whether committed for a purpose or in
'ignorance, has caused many to believe that
fraud was practiced, and if they support
the ticket at all it will not he done heartily.
The negroes met Saturday last and nom
inated one man. Jack Heard, a negro, who
’ has been in the legislature from Greene
once before. If the darkeys vote solidly
for him, he will go again, as they outnurn-
'her the whites several hundred. The pos
sibility is that Judge Park or Capt. Hart
will have a dusky colleague in the next
session. We hope to see it managed in
such a way as will bring a different result.
Pen field has lately enjoyed the presence
of soveial fair visits:: from different par’e
' of the state. Among them are Misses Ilall
and Sullivan from Waynesboro and Miss
'■Woodfin of Athens.
TY-TY.
UICKUKY GROVE.
Bust or Bed Mold—Beligous Sleetings-BIg
Snakes.
Hickory Grove, Sept. 12.—The great
complaint is of too much rain. Old cotton
is throwing off" two-thirds of its fruit, while
late cotton is cut off by the rust. Some
term it red mold, but all the same it is id-
jurious to cotton. Just ten days ago the
cotton crop in this section _ was battering,
but since the excessive rains set in the
prospects at present are looking gloomy.
Mr. William Mullens made 104 gallons
of syrup off' of one-quarter of an acre.
Beat this for sorghum.
The colored people’s association con
vened last Friday near this place. There
were some twenty-five or thirty preachers
from far and near in attendance. Bev.
G. W. White preached to them on Satur
day, notwithstanding that the rains poured
down in torrents all day. Sunday they
had a large attendance.
The association will convene next Friday
at Mount Carmel church, (Primitive), near
this place and a good time is anticipated.
Mr. John W. Hammack killed a very
large rattlesnake a few days back, having
seven rattles and a button, but that is no
snake at ail compared to the one your cor-
respondent saw Tuesday in Alchahatchec
creek. He was stretched out on a large raft
sunning himself. Having taken a good
view of him and wishing for agun to shoot
him with, he spied me and made a dive
into the water, carrying at leasttwo-thirds
of a la'ge raft witli him. A thousand
thoughts convened in my mind—whether
or not to wait and see if he would not rise
to the surface and then take a better view
of him, but my mind told me to git, and I
got. *
THE TKLP.tIK SHOOTING.
A THRILLING BEAR STORY.
Experlenct of a College Professor In tile
Cincinnati “Zoo."
COME TO MACON.
CLOVES AS AN OLD SYMBOL.
i Among Vario
Professor William Knight, who in addi
tion to enjoying a large practice as a phy-
oician, holds the chair of anatomy at the
Ohio Dental College, met with a mishap at
the Cincinnati Zoological Garden recently,
which, if it does not lose him the use of
his right hand and arm, will leave scars
and the remembrance of a scene that can
never be effaced from his memory. The
Cincinnati Enquirer says: “The Professor
is a great lover of animals ; and for the
past four years has been in the habit of
visiting the zoological garden weekly and
feeding the vanona animals. Many of
them have learned to know him, and
look for his visits. The monkeys raise a
terrible clatter whenever he enters the
monkey house, and scramble for the nuts
and apples he never fails to bring. The
Alaska crane he had taught to jump up
like a French dancing-master and catch
nuts he would throw in its long bill, while
the tongue of the cinnamon bear he had
often taken out and tickled, which seemed
to give bruin a vast amount of pleasure.
The professor visited the Zoo on this occa
sion and was ready to come home, when,
finding a few peanuts in his pocket, he
said to Superintendent Stephen:, whom h:
rill xuvuabivu tw
the North.
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
The Many Carious Notion*
People..
From the New York Star.
It is generally known that the tliree-
leaved clover is an emblem of the trinity,
the legend being that St. Patrick first used
Northern Visitor to Com** Here Be
fore Going Into f lorlda—Our
Climate and Water.
it to illustrate how three separate objects
each as leaves, could vet foim one. But
according to J.B. Friedreich, it was a very
ancient symbol, expressing religion among
Tlio Inducements Oflfired l>y Macon to the , the ancient Germans as setting forth the
In spite of the fact that the yellow fever
hae prevai ed this year in Jacksonville,
and the further fact that every newspaper
in the country has most thoroughly adver
tised it, there will be a large number of
northern people coming south to hover on
the brink, as it were, not knowing whether
to jump into Florida or to turn back.
There are many who have much at stnke.
They have built winter homes or have
orange groves needing looking after, and
there will be some who must have the
benefit of the climate. Of course the fever
will have been conquered by the time the
tide sets in, but the scare will exist. You
three grades of druids, birds, neophytes.
And a. one legend or rnyth or superstition
begets many, so there'grew from this a
number, which, however, all refer 10 the
clover with four leaves, the rarity of which
gave rise to the belief that it would bring
good luck to the one who carried it.
WHITESBUBO,
Crop. Still Bettor Tl. nn 1<Bl ,
ers Indignant—Poltilmi
When sitting in the grass we see
A tittle four-leaved clover,
'Tis luck for thee aud luck for me,
Or luck for any lover,
. . remember die COUpict—“You tit&y break,
well knew: ‘I believe 111 go and feed my y 0U m ay shatter the vase as you will; hut
friends, the bears, before I go.’ Repairing t | le scent of the roses
Two Young Men Wounded In the Affray—
Origin of the Fight.
McRae, Sept. 12.—[Special.]—Owing to
the high waters stopping travel, it has
been impossible to hear the particulars in
regard to the shooting affray reported Mon
day until to-day.
It is now learned that Jack Cameron was
only slightly hurt by one shot grazing his
breast, but John Williams is qnite serious
ly, though not thought to be fatally
wounded. A. W. McDaniel was arrested
under two warrants charged with the
shooting, one of which was dismissed, he
giving bond in the other. Parties who at
tended the trial inform me that McDaniel
will probably prove himself innocent of the
charge, and that it will doubtless be shown
that the shotting was done by Crayion
PniwolI on mnrilnvn rtf AfnDuntoPii u'lwi li«w
Political Meeting—Train# Running on Time
—Whooping Cough.
Ty-Ty, Sept. 12.-[Special.]—There was
a good-sized political pow-wow here last
nigl '.. The meeting was held in the
academy anu was attended by about as
ninny as there was seating capacity for.
Speeches were made by Col. V) illiam \\.
Corbett, John Morrow, L. K. Perry, L r.
J. II. Pickett and others—in tact, nii thni
‘felt like they had anything to say had the
privilege of saying it. All those in at-
•tendance express themselves as well satis*
fied with the eight’s entertainment, as
thev had lots of fun and gained some in
formation upon the political situation.
Cbi. Corbett u at present the lead horse
in the race for representative, with only
one opponent.
The Brunswick and Western railroad has
repaired all the washouts and trains are
running on regular schedule to-day* Ty-
Ty creek was swollen Sunday afternoon
higher than it has ever heed seen at this
{ lace, Almost the entire town went out to
ook at the raging waters as tsoon as the
vain ceased in the evening.
I have been informed that whooping
cough has broken out in the family of Mr.
James Haron. and the strange part of the
thing is there is none of the family under
18 years of age, unless it may be that he
has some of his grandchildren living with
him.
M r. Grit William and his son Marcus
hvo been here ainie Saturday waterbouud
from their home in Berrien county.
Powell, an employe of McDaniel’s, who has
tied.
The young men were drinking, and rode
by McDaniel’s house, hollering and firing
off their pistols in the direction of the
bouse.
The Dry Town Hrk.t Elected After
Unrd Fight.
Ellijay, Sept. 12.—[Special.]—Quite a
vigorous contest was mide here over the
election of mayor and council. Wet or
dry was the issue, and both sides had a
strong ticket. Barrooms were excluded
from the corporation by electing a dry
council two years ago, but those favoring
the sale under a tax calculated the senti
ment sufficiently changed to restore the
traffic, but after a most determined effort
the result stood in favor of the dry ticket
by three majority.
A. J. Hutchison was elected to succeed
R. T. Pickens as mayor.
GEORGETOWN.
rjuttinuii Superior Court—Tho Hatcher At
tachments—The Sonatotolitp.
Georgetown. Sept. 12.— [Special.]—
Quitman superior court convened Monday
morning, Judge John T. Clarke presiding.
The civil docket was disposed of in one
day. Tuesday morning the criminal
docket was taken up, but all the cases were
for petty offenses. The grand jury has re
turned but a few true bills. Couit will
probably adjourn this afternoon.
The case of the Hatcher Broa. of Daw-
ton wash-ard before Jndge Clarke here
llaot night on a motion to dimolve the at-
•tachraeiits levied by the creditors on the
stock of goods. After hearing all the evi
dence the court overruled the motion.
Politics continue at fever heat in this
county. There are two candidates for the
legislature and the excitement continues.
I wrote yon a few days ago that it was
believed here that Stewart would put our
i candidate fer the Senate from [hi* die
trict. She has done what was predicted,
aud the name of her candidate is W. W.
Fitzgerald. Webster county, which it en
titled to the senator, hasa candidate in the
person of W. M. Sean. Quitman will sup
port Webster’s choice. Your correspon
dent has talked with several influential
• gentlemen from Stewart, and they not only
sty it is Webster’s time, but that they wifi
support her man.
MIDVILLE ISOLATED.
Tbs Central’s Track Cutler Four Feet of
\V;iit r-No Train# Siuce Sunday,
MtOYILLE, Sept. 12.—[Special.]—AH
trains are cut ofl from this point. No
mails hare been received since Sunday,
The Central railroad between Midville and
Herndon in under nhout four feet of water,
The Midville ami Swaiue.boro railroad is
under water for a half mile. The extent
of ihe damage cannot be estimated as yet.
The toli-briuge isaUo shut out. No trains
are running between Midville and Ten-
nille. The road authorities are using
great precaution in preparing for the flood
great precaution in preparing (or ttie tloo
though the water it falling at this point.
Andrew Again Open.
Cuthbeht, Sept. 12.—[Social.]—Presi
dent II. W. Key, president of Andrew
Female college, baa added to hit already
large faculty this Tear Mrs. J. R. Wooten
of this city, an afumnal of the college,
class of ’SO. She will be assistant in the
musical department. Miss Nannie Brown
of this city an alumna: of the college, class
of ’85, will have charge of the chair of elo
cution, belle lettrea and criticism, while
Miss Pauline Dunlap of Covington, a grad
uate of some distinguished northern collegi
and who has had a large experience as i
teacher, will have charge of the art depart'
ment. AH of the above wilt prove valua
ble acquisitions to old Andrew.
The college opened to-day and the pros'
pects are highly encouraging to the faculty
and friends. The outlook is better for the
college than your correspondent has ever
known it.
to the pit which contains the cinnamon
bear and the black bears, the professor
tossed in a peanut. It fell upon the stone
edge of the pit, and jumping over the
railing or guard he picked the peanut up,
and holding it in his right hand, between
his thumb and forefinger, presented it to a
fine, large black bear. It was the work of
a second. An ugly gleam flashed from the
bear’s eyes, and instead of taking the nut
that was offered the fierce brute inserted
his teeth in the doctor’s wrist, and, burying
its incisors deep into the flesh threw him
down with his face against the cage. It
was a moment of extreme peril. There
were several ladies standing by, and they
screamed and ran, while the gentlemen,
instead of poking the bear with their sticks
or canes, which would have disengaged
the animal’s attention, tied at the top of
their speed, bawling witli might and
main, “The bear! the bear I” “The bear
has got a man I’’ The professor did not
for a moment lose the self-possession for
which he is remarkable, and, realizing that
he must reljr solely upon himself for re
lief, kept his eyes fixed intently on those
of the bear, which snapped fire. He pulled
and tried to loose his wrist, but the bear
only lightened his deadly grip and pulled
his whole arm into the cage. The cinna
mon bear, who had always been friendly
to the professor, either smelling blood or
from innate cussedness, bounded to the side
of the black bear and struck viciously at
the professor’s face. The bars of the cage
alone prevented the blow from reaching
the face of the unfortunate man. The
black bear wasn’t idle. He seemed to re
alize that lie must get his victim into the
cage so os to be able to bring his huge
laws into use. Loosening his grip
: ora moment, he took a fresii and stronger
hold and severed the ulnar artcrv, which
sent the btcod gushing all over the bear’s
snout and the marble floor of the cage.
The other bears sniffed the life-blood of the
doctor. The doctor never lob his aatf-
possession, uttered no cry of pain, gave no
shout for help, hut kept his eyes fixed
intently on the sparkling, snapping orbs,
that looked iike fiery beads in a great hairy
background, and tlio effect was soon per
ceptible. The huge brute, feeling the
superior magnetism of the hitman eye,
gradually and slowly closed ita nan eyes,
and as he did so, apparently sucking the
doctor’s life-blood, slowly let go its hold
and the doctor withdrew his at m. The other
to lap up all the blood that was spattered
about, aud in their fury raised an uproar
that was heard by the animals in the car-
nivora, who echoed back a blood curdling
response. For one instant the doctor, feel
ing faint and exhausted, lay nw#onless
Then nerving himself for a mighty effort
lie managed to crawl out and get upon his
feet. HU wrist and arm were in a horrible
condition. The flesh was so torn away that
the deep muscles and tendons were dis
closed, while the palmans longus muscle,
which supplies the faschia, had been
pulled from its origin at the elbow and
hung down tully twelve inches. The artery
was bleeding profnsely, and the doctor
stopped the flow of blood by torsion.
When the danger was all over, and the
doctor had got upon his feet and stood
holding his bleeding arm, up rushed the
two gentlemen and offered to help him,
hut he wouldn’t have it, while the ladies
peered out from the shrubbery and cried
'Is the man ate up? Accepting the assist
ance of a young man from Conway A Rog
ers’s, he repaired to the hydiant and
bathed his horrible looking arm under the
cool water until all the blood and poison
were washed away, aitd then repairing to a
private room at Herr Schmidt’s dressed the
wound and came home.’’
i roses will cling to it still.’’
Death or an Infant-Ite.e»t»1dDhln* More
Communication-Storm Damage.
Sparta, Sept. 12.—[Special.]—Capt J.
Clarence Simmons’ infant daughter, Lizzie
Harris Simmons, died this morning of
congestion of the brain. She was just one
year old and a most lovable child. Capt.
Simmons U now suffering much with rheu
matism, and he and his family have the
heartfelt sympathy of the whole commu-
’ Wit*.
' Perhaps you have no correct idea az to
GAINESVILLE.
The Alliance Not to Use Jute HhkkI* K or
Patronize Hunkers—Refugee#* Tralu
Gainesville, Sept. 13 —[Special.]—Th
Farmers’ Alliance of Hall county held
meeting yesterday in the court house. They
ran the thing with closed doors, ami con
•equently outsiders have not learned all
they did, They parsed a resolution, how.
ever, not to use jute bagging on their cot
so conclt
Now, Macon is peculiarly, and, in this in
stance, opportunely situated. She is the
GATEWAY INTO FLORIDA,
that brink upon which the northerners will
hover and settle the question whether they
shall jump or not. Let us see what merits
she possess for such an intermediary sta
tion between the extremes of climate, the
biting blasts of the north and the sun and
sultriness of the south. m Climate is first
and main point. The mean temperature
for Macon for last year was: January 42,
February 55, March 55, April 04, May 74,
June 79, July 81, August 78, September
77, October GO, November 53, December 48.
Can any northerner wish for any better
climate! He can come during any month
llti.ilw yaar tod lad i temperature to his
liking. Now take the water, as that is the
next important item. According to the
analysis, there is no purer water in the
world. It is as clear as crystal and is
pumped from springs direct into the city,
with a large reservoir holding the reserve
Mipi'ly. F.very northerner, when taking
his first draught of
m agon’s wates.
Invariably holds up tlie gablet to admire
it and then drinks it with a mental thank
God for giving such water to mankind.
Health, climate and water are the main
attractions, and next to these come the
people, school and business facilities and
amusements. First, the people are warrn-
hearted, hospitable and law-abiding.
Second, no city on earth present better
school facilities. The oldest female college
in the world is here, and it is one of the
finest in the land; universities for mnles,
a public school system and numerous
private music, commercial, phonographic
and other schools. Third, there aie street
car and dummy lines, national and private
banks, telephone, telegraph, and every
facility known to business. Fourth,
the parks
are large and there are no finer or more
beautiful south of Baltimore. There are
lakes, ponds and streams for fishing, and
the entire city is surrounded by good hunt
ing grounds. There are two or more at
tractions every week during the entwe win
ter at the Academy of Music, and society
gives brilliant entertainments nightly.
Therefore, Macon has everything to make
it the place where the northerner should
lop, whether lie decides to go iuto Florida
or not. The hotels are tirst-class, and
those who desire a winter home can find
must eligible Site* lOX building CCttugCG 5S
the high and dry suburbs.
Every effort should be made to place
these facts before the northerner that he
may have timo to investigate for himself,
and when he starts southward he will buy
his ticket direct to Macon.
COME TO THE FAIR.
October, it is suggested, is one cf the
months in which a stranger should ^it
Macon, especially the people who lives in
the far north aud who comes south for the
benefit of the climate. October in Georgia
is the g andest montli of the year. It is
then that the fruit is mellowed to perfec
tion. when the ground is receiving its an
nual carpeting of russet leaves, when the
brown creeps on the pine needles and the
air is heavy with the sweet breath of the
autumn flowers. It is then that the tem
perature is simply delightful—toned to
deliciousness.
1 he state fair opens on the 10th, and
what better attraction could lie offered for
one’s introduction into middle Georgia.
The visitor sees in artistic and mammoth
arrangement the products of the state in
one vast aggregate. He sees the people
and can learn more about the people and
the country in which they live during fair
week than they could otherwise in a whole
year.
Should this fall under the eye of a
northerner contemplating coming south
ward, let him consider this, weigh it well
and pack bia trunk, buy a ticket for
Macon and come.
It is believed in the Tyrol that if any
one has “a turn” for magic he can acquire
tlie art of working wondeis easily enough
if lie only searches for and finds the four
leaved clover on St. John’B eve. In thq
I’assierthal tlie peasants believe that if a
traveler should at this time fall asleep,
lying on his back by ascertain brook, there
will come flying a white dove bearing a
four-leaved clover, which it lets fall on
the sleeper’s breast. Should he awake be
fore it fades and at once put it iuto ids
mouth ho will acquire the power of be-
becoming invisible at will.
A stranger superstition related in Wolf’s
“Zeitschrift fur Deutsche Mytliologie” is to
the effect that if, while a priest is reading
the service, any one can, unknown to him,
lay a four-leaved clover on his mass book,
the unfortunate clergyman will not be able
to utter a word; he will stand stockstill
and bewildered until tlie . person who
has played the trick pulls his robe. Then
he can proceed. When all is over the man
who regains his “four leaf” will always
have luck at all kinds of gambling. If he
has a tendency to tenpin m America, or to
nitlepins if he be in Germany, he makes a
“ten strike” or “aile neunc’s” every time
he rolls a ball.
It would seem by this that though the
trifolium is a religious symbol, the four
leaf smacks of a darker influence. If the
hearer or wearer of a four-leaved clover
sbonldcome across witch work or any
uncanny performance, he can detect and
spoil it all unharmed.
If a man loves a woman (or vice versa),
and can obtain two four-leaved clovers
and induce her to eat one while he himself
swallows the other, mutual love is sure to
result. NaVj according to a very good
gipsy authority, even a trin-patrini kas, or
three-leaved clover, will have this effect.
Moreover, it is advisable on ail occasions
wfttn you make a gift to anybody, no mat
ter what it is, to conceal it in a clover,
since it will render the gift doubly accept
able.
Also, take a tree or four-leaved clover,
and, making a ho low in the end orlop of
your alpenstock or cane, put the leaf
therein, taking care not to injure it, and
close the opening carefully. Then, so long
as you walk with it, you will be less weary
than if it were wanting and will enjoy luck
in many ways.
A German proverb says of a lucky man:
“Er hat ein vierblattnges Kleebiatt gefun-
den’’—"He his found a tour-leaved
clover.” On this test Dr. Wtlhcim Korte.
in Ins “Sprichworter der Deutschen,
breaches the following homily: “‘This
a,’ yon say, ‘a stupid superstition.’ Did
you ever know a man who was gauz und
gar, utterly and entirely, devoid of super
stition? ir'or if you did, be sure there was
nothing in him.”
........duSu, oept. Ij r, .
Qrops are considerably damaged ?
long rains in this section, but are *
ter than last year this time. Our
are complaining bitterly about
King trust, and are determined not Ll
and sell any more than it will tajj *
their most pressing debts.
Politics are red-hot in the free
Carroll. We have two sets of i
for both houses of the legislator.
Harper and Daniel were a
for the House of Represent,
a primary election held in ’
of an order from the county ,,
committee, and Editor 8harne a
S* ft- for the
Holland and Burns were nominate.) ■
citizens mass meeting, with the Hon
ilton Hogan as their preference
senator, this being Carroll count,'.
As there arc two sets of deleg, J J
senatorial convention to be held p
tin, we are going to have a lirelr ti„
is pretty certain, though, that V!
named candidates will be elec ed it
an open secret that the Farmers’A jj
A
will support them, and the, , om „ ,
majority of the voters of thi, ^ 1
eeiiaiorial district. ° unl '
Prof. A. G. Barron is going to
next week. It is understood he will
up the practice of law there and
gratulate the Clinton bar upon the l
sition of so bright a young man *
For tlie past two or three month,
<iuiet little town has been enlivened
ing the dull summer nights with
and rifle Bhooting and other wars J—
an overflow of animal and ardent ni
Our citizens got no indignant that ?
our apathetic councilraen awoke it
to a sense of their duty in pursus;,
which they held a secret meeting i
days ago, from which loafers ind
scribe were excluded. The proceed]
must have been distinguished for
grav(e]ity, as the meeting was held!
stairs in E. fh Roberts <S Co.’s store, «|J
the last named firm keep a fine usoi,*,
of coffins. It is pretty certain that oorl
fathers and Marshal Porter, a very!
dent young man, who undenttmj|L
duty, will sit down on all offenders snl
the peace of the town. 01
Horsfonl’s Add Phonplmte
Imparts new* energy to the brain, giving the
feeling and sense of increased tutell
power,
dual
Vhe Farmers Gloomy.
*») Sij*# ** [SjHilssl.j—UuUi
yesterday morning we had not seen the
sun in nearly two weeks. The rain has
fallen incessantly noth day and night and
at times poured is torrents. Our farmers
seem gloomy over their prospects, as a
great deal of the unopened cotton has
rotted and the open cotton haa sprouted in
the boll. A great deal of corn Has either
sprouted or soured. -
The boarding houses are all well filled
with summer visitors, but new ones are
•wming in every day and seem to find room
somewhere.
Death ot Col. N. A. Smith of Amerlcu#.
Amkkuth, Sept. 12.—[Special.]—Col.
N. A. Smith, a leading member of the
Americus Imr, died to-day at Salt Springs.
He was reared in Vermont, but had lived
in American thirty-four years, lie has
been identified with many of the impor
tant enterprise, in the city and at the time
of bis death was president of the city
board of education. His remains will
reach the city to-night, in charge of IV. C.
Simmons.
ton: and then they also concluded that they
could do without bankers. How they
arrived at this conclusion is not told.
The Hall County Fair Association also
had a meeting yesterday. Judge Estes ad-
dressed the crowd on the importance of
every farmer in the county having some
thing od exhibition.
I\a-houts on the Richmond and Dan
▼ ill. road ha*, d.lavad A, oontlt I,mini
trains six or eight hours for two days past.
The Georgia road over the G., J. and S.
comet in on time.
The government train for Henderson
ville, N. C., from Florida, passed here
yesterday evening. There were 300 pas
sengers on board. Eight of them got off
here on account of sickness, but not with
yellow fever. They are stopping at the
Hunt House.
Terrible Gen. Banks.
From the Galveston N' ws.
Old Gen, Nathaniel P. Banks is acandi-
date for Congress up in Massachusetts, and
tu his letter of acceptance a few days ago
he said:
The pending election is of the greatest
importance. If it gives the power of the
government to the south, another such vie*
tory would mike it permanent, and an .
appeal to arms sooner or later would be ' this feeling lift. My cv<
Afraid of th. Issue.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dorn.).
The republican politicians and man-
agers in Indiana have refused to discuss
the tariff question witli their opponents.
’Ijsat is what they are doing every where.
While professing faith in tlie virtues of
the tariff they dare not face the issue be
fore the people. They prefer to have
meetings where their sophistries,false asser
tions and humbugs cannot lie challenged
and exposed. Workingmen should take
note of this significant fact.
inevitable.
The old fellow trembles at the idea of
an appeal to arms, no doubt remembering
his experience in that direction on the
Texas coast,when he had a fieetoflgunboats
and an army of about 20,000 wen whipped
by forty-two Irishmen at Sabine pass.
Coffee and lJllmtne##.*
UUl Mir Nisi its A Mac T list Li !wVS«W,
1 am satisfied that defective vision and
blindness will pretty soon be a prominent
characteristic among the American peo*
le, the same as rotten teeth have been
uring the Iasi 200 years. I make this
assertion without having seeu any statis
tics whatever on the subject of blindness.
I found out long ago that a cup of coflce
leaves a night-shadi: on the brain which
continues loDger than an ecliiwe of the
sun. 1 had long noticed that the eyes of
old coff e-drinkers had a dry and shriveled
appearance.
Having discovered some years ago that
my own eyesight wus surely weakening, 1
then ceased to drink coffee as freely as 1
had use-1 it, and became a moderate and
more observant patron of the fragrant
narcotic. But I have learned that moder
ate c-fiee drinking is a hard thing to man
age, being pretty sure to develop into the
regular habit again with some insidious
ease, especially at those times when the
physical system feels to be in need of koine
elixir. Besides, it is quite distressing for
a person to be fighting off a powerful habit
at each meal. 1 now feel free of the coffee
driuking vice, and will nave no more
trouble ui, lest I shall again fall n victim
to some church sup|>er or to tlie magnetic
blandishments of some Ixiuyaut bo less.
Having long worked at a trade which
requires almost as exact a use of the eyr
as the occupation of a jeweler, I made tlie
discovery tliat a single . up of coffee would
have |>erceptible effect on my eyes. This
fact was the more apparent because my
eyesight was originally very good—in fact,
abont the best. After having used coffee
with indifferent frequency und copious
ness for many years my sight became ab
normally weak, and I began to feel a hor
ror of darkness, wishing that the sun
would never set. and Jesiriiig instinct
ively to go to some place where the nights
would be short during the entire year.
Bat now I have quite little of
have regained
FROM X DRUGGIST.
Palatka, Fla., May 31,1887—The de
mand for Botanic Bl^od Balm (B. B. B.)
is such that I now buy in half gross lots,
and I unhesitatingly say that my customers
are all well pleased. R. Keksting.
TEN YEARS WITH RHEUMATISM.
< i-r-oii-- hi..,I r.iurrh imiilii-'i cur-- I by
Dr. Sage’s Remedy.
Newton, N. C n June 25, 1887.—Gentle
men: I am pleasured in saying I have
been a great sufferer of rheumatism for ten
years, and I have exhausted almost every
known remedy without relief. I was told
to try B. 11. B., which 1 did after long
procrastination, and with the experience
of three bottles I am almost a healthy
man. I take it as a part of my duty to
make known your wonderful Blood Parmer
to suffering humanity, and respectfully
ask you to mail me one of your books of
wonders. Respectfully,
Mobeiiead.
Tlie Great Eastern Beached.
From tho London Times.
The steamship Great Eastern, whickl
lassed through so many vicissitudes i
ter launch thirty years ago, wss su
fully beached near New Ferry, os I
( In .hi:,- shun- -,f the Mersey,odSaturi
Since last December, when she becam:]
iroperty of Messrs. Henry Bsth & o,
Liverpool, the Great Eastern Las l
moored in the Clyde, between Hell
burg and Greenock, and in the inspedl
which she has undergone un.aepet
value is said to have been
covered. Last Wednesday at
she was got under way,
started on what is intended to be’ her|
voyage. With her own steam she i
make a speed of font to five knots, bail
was towed bv tlie powerful stria I
Stormcock. Tlie weather was bright i
the vessel started, but next mornuq j
wind fri-sln in-,I, while ,1 irk : I
i ll«!1,1h pr> .aged tin- dirty w,r •• 1
lowed. Tin-gale was at its hizbalil
the vessel, were oil' the I •!•■ ■ ! .'I I
0 o’clock on Thursday evening. Tie I
cast ioose tile hawser, which —,-: ... 1
pediment to navigation, and while till
glnes of the big ship were it p(el r
awhile she her•ame |,ra tie.illy . g
bit. the gale, having fall play egiiatj
bull, which was very high ootoithe*
For four hours she wsi r
about at tin- mercy of tlie sets. I!ey|
goed: cs beard were dnbed aro-A ■
while the funnels swayed asifsbouttol
ii.lodged. Deeplte jier forty feet cut|
water sonic of tlie great seas swept tl
her, end i irge gangwav was tom lir
its chains and carried away. The I
men, principally “runners,” who lord
the crew, were much alarmed at the r|
ous reports about the damage dose,
length she was got to the windward, I
the course was directed to the Irish eo
but.the gale moderated, and on Fnl
morning the Stormcock (which hid >|
near) resumed the living of the i
which reached the bar of the Mewy i
o’clock on Friday evening. It bt-iug I
late for the tide, she was sm-hornl cl
about 10 o’clock on Saturdsy nww
when the passage was resumed, »M|
the early alternoou her P'T
up the ’ river was watch"!
many thousands of spectators. Al»tJ
yards from the New-rerry shore tin '
(the Pathfinder as well as the Store*
cast off and in a few minutes the
grounded without any perceptible-s. <
much shallower water than wss MP*
She nppeared to become more ughuJI
bedded at the after part of the kyAI
after she had discontinued going
her bow was carried several yards
northward by tin- ide. The tires! ra>l
now lies about 200 yards to the soon I
of the New-Ferry stage. It «*
the ship will now be broken up
material sold, but there, are penj>"J
believe • hat some use will yet b* 10
the vessel designed bv Brunei.
to a curious extent, their former range and
s|xmtaneitv. I again enjoy the long pano
ramic views ot nature which.are ‘afforded
from the baby mountains that skirt Coun
cil Bluffs on the east like an encampment
I cau lake tnese long telex-epic sweeps of
visions again without blinking or feeling
the weakening relaxation which alarme-l
me a year ago. I have no doubt but what
this weakness of the eye* which results
from coffee drinking is due -o the sym
pathy which the optic nerve has for
the nasal cavity (the latter being
continuous with the membrane of *he
mouth). The nasal cavity, with its
first pair . of brain ’ uerv.es, is
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natural)v ■ prir cipsl place to be ’affected T* r
by any drinking habit. For instance, to V vv > ^
partake of a dish of soup will sometimes
cause a person's breathing to become thick
and decidedly labored. All of the sensory
nerves are much afiected by coffee drink
ing—those gentle and highly n lined
threads of sympathetic force which enter
largely into the sense of smell, taste, sight
and hearing. The entire sympathetic sys
tem is likewise involved immediately in
the cofiee-drinking habit. The hrair..
again, is intensely affected thereby, be-
p'l-e '-he pri:i, ipa! nerve-, of tin-'brain
branch ofi from the nasal cavity.
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