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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. BfTABU8IiED1820. ) |TJ»f Trlcara|»l» l'rlnllug C©. IMtbllsticra. | MACON, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1890. gg.iae.iM ol upp hlre »U < h « •» «vSI"w??'*n<l there, nbore 1U hrcut in n«ny ss/** ctand ** in wi - th.aorlal car- T«U PU» lt th, f,r horlwn'i llnc.whcrc.earth and SSSteSSfe moantain. Tell their ttS'St'Se .”h.n-r. rr-oada with ami!- ‘JiSSjSfl!w& o' after ninth in all their .eutedwaji. Ui row the cow» Itamp Mir in «>• *t°ar nJaSjyiK IIOT b*h“" ! »< lha e ,.,^°d7n'!”'ted letre. gleam °-.t, flr.t hint . JoaK?8?PWl® clu,tc " crow ‘ I low * lit rflcrina Tinea- , in lilitart ioreat nialci. (treat nuta aro Sfifp mS'ioub*** globe, ol green upon n^SShloW^ogllW among oak cJS’Sf'ripentog Son! 'crop, with harah. V u'uWPD' ‘ ound * SEPTEMBER. BY MAUD MEREDITH. Alooc the blue green cabbage fields, in merry flattering arrow. The dainty white wingfil butterflies their aim- And heavy seeded suhilowors hang their sober fv • « ' irtliward. While katydi Is and crickets loud their reedy mualc make, The shrill cicada pipes again his treble noto ol While robin* rail disconsolate. In quiet lessen ing numbers. And rlceblrd* veer from southward in uneven columns led. Slow on the wings of zephyrs cool, come lightly flouting, Palo gooses oi purple thistledowns, of summer w-whltc sails, in Along the highways’ weedy wastes the golden n. 1- v .•xiril t-: And all the pasture steps are bright where su tpae lancet blaze; While Orct heaps her golden born, half lost In idle dreaming, i soft the sunshine September days. A FAMILY FAILING. rmathaBoatoo Herald. CHAPTER V. ■ The data went bf only too quiMr now. w .t° irbed a great deal too much ol Mr. Aa- W. time, had called upon the conea- kceot and made hia acquainUnce H, came back full of the talk he had bd eilh Mr. Cadogan about Roland. “Do yon knowtlhat K’i* that'/onng fel la. .ho has been lending Cadogan the money that enabled him to come to Swita- nl.cd!" he said, excitedly to hia daugnter -The poor fellow had tear; in hUetea aa he .poke about all that Roland had done lor him in hi. need. It la no wonder Ro- Uod’a coat ia ahabby them alwara think- ing about otkeis and forgetting biroself. * Yes,” assented Amoret, so qntelly that Mr. Dobson fired up a little .indignantly st her want of enthusiasm. t “You have never done Roland Aakam justice from the first,” he declared. Then Amoret laughed kissed him, and whispered in hia ear that he would be a dear old dad if he would go back to the Beau gits before Roland—Mr. Askam—returned from C'larens that eveniujr, and induce Mr Cadogan to come to the vitia. “Tell him I will take the greatest care of him and that he shall go home aa soon u hs feels tiled ” Mr. Dobton obeyed. —,The distance was oot too great for the convalescent to walk, Amoral declared. Papa would give him kis arm. She would have tea ready on the torracejher foot wm now nearly well again sad she was able, to her own unspeakable ■ n<l rNiims her ordi* ^Soland^arTivtoK at the villa towards timing, was delighted and touched by the friendly group that awaited him on the rose Utilised terra'* where Miss Dobson held her afternoon festivals of tea and strawberries auu ne»ni—John Cscojss, rsunt and unshorn as vet after hia illness, in - large heeded back* eb.lrwtih »tailf striped rug over his knees; Mr. U * •« ••IV «tth Mm about In* | “Oh,never mind old Jack’s twaddle! ' said lloiaad, coloring. “Jest foot «f that barge there—how picturesque it ia!” Amoret tnrned her eyes aWntly toward the lake, above the blue-green waters of which swallows were circling. The boat in question was paasing by,laden with yellow- brown earth; it was large and flat, and had scarred and pointed prow. The two brown iateen sails were furled and slant ing across the masts. A man in a scarlet cap was steering. “Yes,” rejoined Amoret obediently, “it ia very pretty; but I won't be put oil in that way, Mr. Aakam; and I will talk abont Mr. Cadogan’s story if I like. It ia very rude to interrupt people—did no one ever teach you that, pray V* “Bnt—” “You see,” she went on,her voice soften- big, “papa and I, when wt aaksd Mr. Cad* ogan to come to us. were only thinking of making the day a little shorter to an inva lid ; we did not know that wc were going to hear a hundred nrooftof the uaelfisbness and generosity of that absurd person called Roland Aakam. Oh, very well”—she stopped making a certain little grimace that Roland never could resist—“it you are going to quarrel with me again about Ouiuiug “I don’t want toqnarrel at all,” declared Roland; “bnt ” “Then please let me be proud of my big brother if I like,” pleaded the girl gently, “and—and don’t scold me to-day because’' —was it hia fancy, or did she turn a little pale?—“because to-morrow Tom will be here.” “Ah,” exclaimed Roland abruptly, “you expect Mr. Churchill so aeon?” “Yea; we had a letter this morning—he is coming to-morrow. And so—and so you won’t scold me any more, will you? and you will stay and dine, so that we may have one last evening together—papa and you and 1?” “Vn” replied Rnland. in a rsthr-v con strained tone. “I’m afraid I can a do that I ” “Oh,Roland,’’said Amoret reproachfully and calling the young man by his chris- dis; Franciue, in her white-winged cap, I tian name as unconsciously as he had once kovering in attendance on the round tea j called her by hers, “are you in a had tern- table, where were heaps of strawberries per etill? And do you care so little abont and of blood-red cherries, piled in old ns thet you won’t give — #M - " di-bee of cream colored china, and a fan- *•— w tas’.ic profusion of fall-brown pale-pink rows with crumpled hearts,of which Amo ret had fattened a great poaey in the belt of her dove-colored gown. “What, Jack, you rascal!” cried Boland, ai he stepped out from the open window of the studio on the terrace. “This is where you are ia it? I went to the hotel sod found my bird flown.” Mias Amoret gave him a mischievous ood and smile. “You see,” iaiij John Cadogan, his wan sbeeka flushing, “the good fairies found me out and insisted on carrying me off." “Yon couldn't have come to a better place to be nursed, old fellow.” declared Koland heartily, aa he shook hands with Mr. Dobson and contrived to catch Amu let's busy fingers for a moment as they bovered over the table; “and Mies Dobson i* never so happy as when she ia ordering people about her and making them obey "Don't mfncf him Mr. Cadogan," re turned Amoret disdainfully, “lie is nat urally perverse because he will be com pelled henceforth to invent some new ex cuse for evading the Bean Kejour hospi talities. The old one—*1 promised Jack get back’—will henceforth be useless. Where have you Leen, you poor hoy?” she dded. turning with pretty sisterly* aolici- tude to Roland.and pulling fora aril an easy chair, into which, with * nml of thank*!, he dropped nothing loath. “Y’ou look so tired and so warm! Open your mouth— wider than that!—Here ia the biggest straw- wry ioMontreux for you; and here”— patting a bloom into the buttonhole of his wore tweed coat—“is the sweetest rose. Now is your happiness complete, or ia there anything else I can do for you, mon sieur?” “You can come and 6*it down here and talk to mej” said Roland, gently. “Per- hapt you nave forgotten that I have not Seen you since last night.” “Indeed I have not forgotten it. Was tot my unfinished portrait there to remind *“* of it all day? Wny didn’t yon come this morningr* “I was in a bad temper.” ‘‘Dh.dear!”Amoret arched her eyebrows. But that te not at all nice, Mr. Aakam.” ‘<>f conree It U not nice; that U why I took myself off out of every holy’s way. I h*d a goed tramp in the mountains, and I succeeded in exorcising the demon. As you we. | sm ••bj.-j. -• a last* “Areyon sure?” Amoret inquired, re- garding him with an air of uneasiness. “£ hunk you had belter smoke a cigarette: I •ball leel safer then. Tobacco always has •uch charms to sooth your savage “Titers, then,” said Roland, producing "^cigarette ca-e and beginning to smoke ““ I hops your ladyship is satisfied now.” Amoret drew her low chair a little away Irom the table. Coducan and her father wers sti|| deep in their Indian rrmiois- kou** ’ *' raac * ne k* 1 * gone back to the “What shall we talk abont.” asked Misa ^ '*° n , looking at Roland demurely— * a d cherries T* there are some lovelv ones to be seen,’’ ^wered Roland, hu eyes fixed upon her * r «ty flushed (bee Jut and parted ]jp*t. , looking down and making little . t* i®her gown-“shall I tell you a f 09 f about a—a |.*r«on called Roland A*>- *r.d his friend John Cadogan? \Ys • !• : ft ri.oun that ir.t-r- this one even ihg?” " “You foolish child!” he replied kindly, with a fcrced laugh, '.Of coarse I care, ahd I am in the best at tempers; so when I have taken Jack home, I will come back to dinner, and I will send you all yonr fa vorite songs, and do jost whatever you like for the last time as you say.” “Ob, how kind you are!” cried Amoret. "You are tho very best big brother in the world!” Tho two friends went off arm in arm, Cadogan having promised to come again the next day if he felt strong enough. “What a good fellow Askam is!” said Mr. Dobson looking after them. “If Cad ogan were bis fsther he could not be more devoted to him.” “No. papa.” “Cadogan knows all about him. He comes of a good old family—father ran through everything mother died of a broken heart. Roland gave every penny of his own to pay hi* fnttier'a del t*, and then set to work to earn hia own and hia brother’s living. I call him a tramp.” “Yes, papa.” •‘Yes, papa—No, papa!” echoed Mr. Dobson scornfully. “Amoret, I can’t im agine why you don’t like A»kam better. You do nothing but quarrel with him; and, by the way, why didn’t you aak him to come hack to dinner? We have seen nothing of him all day.” “1 didjpapa,”said Mias Amoret meek- Ivr “he is coming back when he has put Jack to bed and tucked him up for the night.” “Amoret!” The girl began to laugh as usual, and put her arms about her father’s neck. . “You are not going to scold your poor little Amoret to-day?” she said. “You don’t want me to have red eyelids to-mor row, when Cousin Tom arrives?” And so Koland came back and they had one of the happy little dinners together to which they had now grown atniMouud, with music afterward and a long, quiet talk on the terrace. They sat in the gar den until the last gleam of the white- cre^cd Dentdu Hidi had disappeared, un til darkneb* had fallen upon the lake, and t!i. i ii'-*- high above the blat k pint* wood? that clothed the mountain sides. Stars strewed the purple heaves;. n shimmering silver track stretched wide and fair acruss the purple water to the dis tant valley of the. Rhone. Lights were glancing from the little boats that crossed and recrossed each otter on tne lake. From the neighboring hotel came the plaintive refrain of a walla, and the air was heavy with the sweetnesa of roses and magnolias and of unseen beds of migno nette. “Ob,” exclaimed Amoret with a sigh, when at la-t her fsther decided that it ws* getting chilly, and they most go in,“what a pity it se>uu to say good-by to to it all, doesn’t it? ’ “Good-by, child7” queried her father in dulgently. “Why, you will see it all again to-morrow l” “Ah, yes—to-morrow l” said the girl quietly. “W’ell, then, you beautiful en chanted lake and you solemn mountains, and you great white bloaAom of a moon, good-by till to-morrow!” Ou the following afternoon Mr. Church ill arrived. Mr. Dobson insisted on giuur himself to the railway station to meet his nephew, nnd «.n going alone. S».wl.« n tl •* time arrived Amoret told her father to be ufi, and uiasti Lju.c hack, and, having I watched him go and smiled brightly at him • which this fi.m was threatened. And he as he turned at the gate to have a last would like to t<pcak to Amoret, too, alone look at the beloved little face, she went)—he would like to know more about her back in'j the house, shhering a little in fueling.-, poor child! the warm August air, and, to lie prise, burst into a sudden Hood of tears. “What in the world am I crying about?” she said at last, sitting up on the sofa. dusty corner of the deserted salon, there ever such a goose? And a nice face I shall have for poor Tom to t It was a relief when presently Cadogan and Roland Askam arrived. Thfc younger man, at least, detected the reddened eye lid* the girl did her best to hide, and felt the flutter of the little hind she gave him; and in a matter-of-fact way he bade her take her work and sit down and he quiet, He had brought her the “Journal of Marie Bashkerteff”- the wonderful |book about which every one war talking, and if she was a good girl he would read her a passage here ami there. Amoret obeyed without a word, and, when half an hour later, Mr. Dobson re turned from the station, ushering Tom Churchill on to the tcrrrce,Qthe poor child had quite recovered herself, and sit tran quilly at her embroidery by Cadogan’s arm chair, with Roland stretched out at 1: feet, book in band. All three were so ab sorbed in the stoiy of the marvel aian girl, that they wero oot aware of Tom’s presence until Mr. Dob«un spoke, and then Amoret, looking op with a start, •prang from her chair with pretty eager ness, and ran, holding out both hands, welcome her cousin. “Jt was food of tod to coma so Sar to see us!” she said, blushing. And she weuton to a»k affectionately for the news of Ned and Jim, even while ■he gianced anxiously at her father, and noted how pinched and drawn hi* face was looking. “You have not been making him talk too much?”she whispered hurriedly. Tom shook hia head. He could not avert bis eye* from Amorel’s face. She had grown, he thonght, and looked changed. More womanly, v.as it? Rut the smiled at him with ju«t the old smile, and began to order him about in her old,pretty way, though tho flush had died out of her lace, leaving her very pale, and her hand/ were aa cola as ice on that sultry August It was undeniable that a little restraint had fallen upon them all with Tom Church ill’s arrival. He seemed unmoved in any way himself, only a little shy or stiff, Ro land decided, regarding him cnrion&Iy aa he talked to Mr. Dobaoo, and remember ing that this quiet, middle-aged man. with the sensible face was to be Amorel’s future husband. The young fell w sprang up ab ruptly aa he reminded himself of this, and went tc offer his service?to the little t**? maker. “How tired papa locks!”she said to him in an anxious whisper. “I was afraid the excitement wonld be too much for hirn. Do talk about something”—for silence that no one seemed disposed to break had fallen upon the group. “It teems to me we are all very stupid this afternoon!” Then, turning her pale, bright face to Tom, she began to question him about hi* j tunny ana about hi:, iniwriioui of Switzerland. “Confess that Montreux ia prettier than Manchester,” she said, laughing, as she earn <1 hi n his cup of tea am! pnt it a little table at his elbow. “C#n you be lieve now that two days tgo you were at Riisholme, when there”—she pointed to the left-hand shore of the lake—“within :m ii jut s walk, is Uiiiiuu Jivrun's Cuiil- on?” “Ob, Indeed!” answered Tom Churchill. Is that the Castle of Chillon?” “Yes,” Amoret went on, her eyes still fixed upon her father’s haggard face. “We will go and see it some day, of coarse, while you are here.” “My dear Mi«s Dobson,” said < n !• gan, ‘you are aware, I trust that poor Chillon is quite out of fashion nowadays? No body bestows a glance or a thonght U(>on it.” 'Ob, bnt Tom and I shall not be ashamed to admire it and to he duly thrilled ‘iv the dungeon! And I dare say the peo ple who turn up their noses at the dear old castle know nothing about it or about the poem, except the eternal: Xj tuir to white, bat not from years. “Doyon, now, Mr.Cadogan?”—holding up a slender accusing finger. John Cadogan passed hia oand with lavful complacence over his grizzled eard, and began to recite solemnly: “ teuton, thy prison to a holy place. And thy sod floor aa alter -for te aa trod Until hto very step has left a trace, Worm as If the oold permeot were a sad By Bonalvard! May boss I hoar marks«- fT ace, For they appeal from tyranny to Uod*" “Ob, goon—do go on 1" idea Jed ,\m?reL “I have never even reatl it. Isn’t it a shame I” “My darling,” interposed Mr. Dohson, rousing himself from a painful brown study, “1 brought you in a copy the other day from the library. What have you done with it?” ‘fio you did, you darling dad, and here it is.” she rummaged for a moment, or two in her overflowing workbasket, “bur ied among my crowns! Mr. A*kam shall read it to us: it is not long. 1'leaso do.” rged, in a piteous aside to Roland; “it will save us all from having to make talk. Ro!sad at once complied. Tom Church• , was lain to ask himself what he was doing there, and what butines* he had to be sitting in sneaky chair, eating cht r- rie* and li-tening to |*oetry, when there were so many serious interests awaiting hint in Manchester. He looked beyond the lbtsners—Cado- gsn. aaunt and hollow-eyed in his hooded chair, Mr. Dobson with the look on his face that had touched Tom so deeply at the moment of his arrival—to where Amoret sat, a slim white geure, with all the splendor of Lake Leman for background and with thrt handset artist wait his poetry book again stsetched ont on the rug at her feet. If the girl, as he had seen her in the prosaic villa at Rnsholme, h*d seemed to him some creature of a brighter world WU«i U1U *U« liwi, (U Ml!* «(*ul foreign scene, and with the indefinable change that had taken place during the past year in her face and voice and man ner? Tom tried to picture to himself what life at Ivy Bank would he for this deli cate and radiant young .treattire, who *1 for clearer skip* and brigh ter days than had fallen to him and his brothers. He wondered now that be had ver had courage to a»k Amoret to marrv him. Even if all had been well with them at home, lie must have hesitated; He had intended to Apeak to Mr. Dob son fromthe moment of his arrival. He had undertaken a long journey at consi!- j Tri mvenicnce Ih-ciom he had felt riel J be kinder to speak than to The girl looked up at that moment, strained, perhaps, by the magnetism of his steady gaze, and, a* their eyes me!, her pallid face became sod lenly suffused with Was j brightest carnation. For whom ked himself radly. ns Ro- lam! read the last line and closed the book C'adogan awoke as the voice ceated. He hail been dozing comfortably, and Amoret began to te.K't-him. “At any rate, you I and Tom,” she said, “have uu ndtd a hole in our education. And tomorrow, if you like, I will pull you down to Chillon.” Tom crossed over to her as she spoke, seeing which, Cadi gan got up and follow ed Roland, who h^u gone to speak to Mr. Dobson abont his portrait The cousins were thus left alone at ore end of the ter- “Well?” said Amoret, rather witsfully, but trying to smile as she raised her white face to ’ook at him. “Well?” echoed Tom very kindly and gently. “I have come you see, dear.” “Yes, I knew you would. And—and I ; know why papa sent for you. Tcm” — steadily, and smilirg still. “He wants you to marry me, and yon will—won’t you, dear? I was very rude and childish d I only laughed when you asked F. WIN’S V/OIIV OF t«l* ICO Mini a ; bnt r Id Tom ten- •sibla J ab*JJ bevprv He kno » have part. “My deir little derlv. Bat Amoi “Now J am moj glad and very pro will make papa so happy, that then I should alwn/ to take care of me.” “He might be Mire of that as long a* ! !t"«! .Inn n .1 I 1 iv• •,” - .i Mr < tir« b iU quietly, even if you did not marry me dear.” “Yes, but” - quickly—“I would ralhei be married. Tom. Yon don’t mind, dr yon? I sbiuld like to be married food- very soon; and then perhaps papa wil get well. I>oo’i you rt*«* how ill be Jook^ It ia anxiety about me tbit ii killing him “Tom”—in a coaxing tor.e-"if we wer« once married, y need not be in the w.c could come back for liked. I Hmi Tom looked at her at the tweet brown I Callh eyea raised to hia—and he sigh'd. That \vj* was how she hid th ught of their n*ar-! ami riage. Ife might have known— he had known. He had made np his mind only half an hour before that he bad toinske her his wife. “Mr dear,” he said at la<*t ver “I will do whatever is best for y “Oh, I am sttreof it!” declared the girl gratefully. “And the best wny to m;iL* me happy is for us to be married aa boon “Even if it were to make some one else unhappy:" said Tom bravely. She looked at him, uot comprehending Old Dare me her iy at all. You c' Losp«’.\ Sept. 5.— Hie latest develop ment of tho Stanley-Ktnin quarrel, with the snpp sed light thrown on it by Dr. I'etor*, i-1 xetting a good deal ot dis cussion in Lnjdou. ami piuitj tnuCu every be dv v i.uin 1 li. re heard express any opin; >r. in toe matter is standing up for Stanley. It is taken forgrantod that Dr. I’eteiY remarks at Munchen wore int«*nti< r.ally prp-'.M i uau and anti-En glish in .one, and this fact somewhat discoun: his utterances. At the same time, a! that'he may say may be true, and w • have not suilicient informa tion at ban l concerning the present con dition ■ 1 ’gauada Jind the latest pre- douiin ;.t phase »-f opinion in that much- lelieo muitry to form a really sound judget eut on the tricky German ex plorer . tat* merits. That King Mwanga decline British protection, and intends to keej ^ he control of hia realm in his own b isils and weloomo all white men to tra-.** in.it, is reasonable and possible. That b * should give his preference, if to any n.tioii, to (iermany,is only evidence that b»* s id that Dr. Peters, or that the last clover white man who has his ear. h&s Ins t mg lie, too. A L. r, r** serious statement is that Emin outhr ( 'e«l him to urate formally that ho concerned to desert hie equatorial prov ince only on the direct command cf the kliedivo* ana under Stanley's throat that he would take him away by force, if necetciry. Peters says that Kiufu 6aid that i • • oui<l not endure the idea of lightr f against whites, himself a whito min; m ilo prt 'flnco of tho natives of equat* r.al Africa, whom ho had taught to lock up hi tho white man as something grr.it ami indivisible. Stanley, on 1»ih interview just pul>l shed, de- >.ilo tiie.-o and other charges liis behavior at Wa lelai, and ,>::nnu'« craft und diplomacy : Emm's affection and confi- » Stanley and tho English peo- ,iking him suddenly an enemy* ends. This began, says Stan- a letter received by Emin i Baton Wis.mann before the i .i a tho eoa>t, sum is not a gratuity, but L \ Bideration of tho increased < men. Tho amount of tho accident fund cool 1 be fixed in advance by t iking the aver age yearly cost of accidents for the pa*t three years, or for any other number of years (fiat might be agreed upon; orit»j amount could he determined in bo.o) other w ay, Tho only essential feature of this plan 1^ to secure the exercise of greater rare ou the part of employes by* the promise of money reward. I believe that the adoption of this plan would benefit tho traveling pu'-li- b^ greatly lenening the number of atcl- d nuts. lt would benefit tho employes to the amount received by them, and the greater their care the greater their part of tho accident fund would be. It would benefit the railroad com nan y by tending to prevent the acddtnt losses from exceeding the fund agreed upon. QUEER THINGS IN GEORGIA. 2*£V t r UUh t,,u the t them that I am not an A WONDERFUL LAKE WHOSE BOTTOM CAN'T BE FOUND. North tieorgtn Stream* llapl/ll)’ Flll- luc Fp—A Historic Mump— l.lftn! in an UmbriUm Seven Be* mnrk.tldc Old .lion. AN INDIAN FA FI, A IN* A CO.llBI. The Tie Theory of the Null and tlie .Hooii and 'I heir I'roKeiiy. From tli** K*ii*as Cily Star. During the year the last comet was streaming in tho sky I was camping one night in a canoe near the foot of Cook’s Peak, N, M. In tho party was an old The Athens Banner says: Most of our readers will remember a peculiar occur rence in a lake being cause I on tho place of Mrs. Pullilove, in Oconeo coun ty, at the time of the Charleston earth- and the q ua ^ e - At the time, it caused a great deal of wonder, but recently little wj heard of it and many supposed it eitht to liavo dried up, or disaj pcared from some cause. Such was not tho case, however, recently somo investigations were made. I pumpkin vino should, but about six feet to find out something about the curios-! from tho starting point it begins to put rd to inform j man ami can I rovo X If somo on. ilex* not mind how tl.c-y talk about my sanity I will make them try to prove what they have said; and when they fad to do so'l will proso- cuto them for slander. I have boon in- toitsod by soother and brother-in-law people are circulating a report crazy, which charge i deny a that that I a ^ false, and they who started°tlie report have told an infamous lie. They had to my face, if they better not tell t ^ do 1 will niasli their raoutli, knock them down with my fist. If they who ha vo sJ.mderod me do not like this they can call on J. \V. Crawi.f.v, Locust Grove, Ga.’’ A Curious Vine. Tho Ellijay Courier has been recently shown a pumpkin vine by Mr. Brit. Davis that is a curious phenomenon. It starts out liko an ordinary, sensible, cornfield ity. It is only ai»out ton feet in circum-1 on airs and spread itself out” and grow lerence, and the piaeo where it was lo- wido and flat, gradually spreading and catcd was, licfoitj tho earthquake, a fer-j increasing for a length of several feet tile spot in an open field. Tnero was no | until it reaches tho crowing end. Quito indication, whatever, of water being apt to come to the surface. Immediately after tho phenomenon, odu of the* bands working ou the place, a. ; ,-,„ r m,J Ii l Ma ra - r ; | ir ! y- ...t-ll,. .nt SThM £ L t® named Sam. Sam had - n 1 rloaity became aroused and bo attempted with a rail to find tho Lotu.ni. Not suc ceeding in this, he left for tho liouso and I notified them «*f his find. „ I Everybody wns wonJerstruck, and great excitement was caused in ths | to some cavalry troop at Fort Cam min a I ns n scout, but Ins day of leaving tfi* service being reach*d, ho attached him soff to me—for a consideration, ing to tho t ninpt I .1 !;■•.! Sam what fi« could say in its defeneo from tho stard point of n I't \ Snm was. unlike ■i w __ ___ Quite a distance back from tho end it measures 4J inches in width, being as Hat as a pan- lsn- right kindly, ur hap- eehi mean Ned and Jitn? But they have for jjlvru Sam wm jatvj “Do you tfiink Mr. Askam would forgive me as easily?” continu'd Tom. Aruortrt, after staring confusedly and Shilling % li’it *, !*«•."*' Iv ‘ l pretty a ay th-.t he remembered so well. “Uh you gocte of a Tom,” she said, “L that what you have been imagining? You have been thinking that Roland Askam is in iove with mo? Oh, it is too iunny, re ally! Why, we do nothing but quarrel; papa told you how we made his acquain tance?’’ “No.” Then Amoret described her adventure of the Gorge de Chauderon, and explained how kind Mr. Askam had been, and how he had painted her portrait ana had just began Mr. Dobson’s, which was going to be a greater success, every one said, than hers. “Now you undsr/tand all about him,” said the girl, looking at Tom kindly, "and 1 am Mire vou will like him very much when yon know him. Papa does, and so do I, when he is not scloding me—hut that is not often.” [to be costixted.] BWEI1T ANN KITLIDfSK. The Story of Abraliam Lincoln’s Far If Love, From tbe Chicago New*. "Uncle Billv” Green i3 ono of the m*«t interesting of the historical characters of Illinois. He was born in Tenneti^ o m 1M2, in what was then Overton county, lie came to Illinois in lb-0 with hi* pa rents, who settled near Old Salem, in tins (Menard) county. IIo luet Abrahatn Lincoln soon after that awkward young man landed from tho fiatboat which floated down the .Sangamon to Salem on tho high water following tho “Jeep snow” of 1813. Ho wan intimately tu- aociated with Lincolu ever afterward. Ilo says of him: “I thought tho first time I ever met Abe Lincolu that bo wa« tho greatest man living, and I am thank ful 1 lived long enough to know 1 was right,"” IIo was Lincoln's partner in tho gro cery at Salem, and at night, when cut- tcrj*rs were few, ho held the grammar while Lincoln recited hisles-oria. To ins lympfttheticear Lincoln told the story of his lovo for sweet — .... ed whilo the German officer had car during the latter's illness by his fall. Stanley accuses un of vull.'ul misrepresentation. and it a difficult lo tell precisely what the truth is. Th-* point which Dr, Potcrs makos about Emin avoidiug a contention be- ween white men Ins won cordial indorse ment here from tho men acqiiaitcd with Afr.ca. They hold that nothing is more tojollftia to tbs *uli oss cf government sn<i pc: (salient civilization In the dark Coulinciit then the lack of harmony among the whito men, and especially open <1 .-agreement. Stanley himself bus often expressed this convictions, and it is not behoved hore that ho would havo run the rink of an open quarrel with Emin at WadelaL Cousiderablo doubt is felt ua to tbe accuracy of Emin’s story, ulth* gb Peters is credited with having <o« 1 single-handed talk* could Hjcvk English very well. IIo ambition-* to perfect him elf in t 1 c gua^e and readily seized on every chance fora • (aik." Indeed, I discovered him : on one or two occasions all alone and talking vigorously at a mark like a sav age lA-rm.ntheu *aus ti.o |<obtlei. ; •• I. u .1 - V. Jl.ai • -.11-J F.m . } iiiti.ig I towildi tbs coaxt. "Sum do it heap easy, you l>et. 1 hs sun is the man ond ho Lave Dio»n Tor ^quawr. The stars— big man and little -tar* —nil arc their children* ilie sun don’t like’em mid chase ’em. If he catch ouo lie eats it. This makes tho stars heap 'Ira.d and I when the sun has hi. sleep over and comes out the store run ami hide, tho run comes stars must go: creep mto I boles and bide. But the moon U good. I She lores her children, the staid, and when the sun sleeps sbo comes out in the I sky and tho stars aro glul and they como out of the nieces they hide in ami forget to be '/raid and play. But when the sun wakes again they run. Ilo is always alter mem, and no catches them some times "This one,” comioued 8am, again pointing at tho comet, "th i sun catch one time. IIo got away though, but the sun b.t him and hurl him. That h w hy he bleed so. Now bos heap scared, and so he keeps Ins face always toward the place where tho auu in sleeping.” TIIK OCFA.VS FLOOK. neighborhood. No inv. -titration was made to any extent, though, and nothing much lift* been heard of it re:ently. A few days ago a party of gentlemen got together and decided to see ju*t how doep tho lako was, an l . omo to some difinito conclusion ns to whether it was really causod by tho earthquake or not. They procured about 200 feet of strong twine, thinking that this amount would bo sufficient But they wero mistaken. Foot after fcot was let out with no stopping until the cud was held by the tip end, and still no bottom. From this fact it is supposed that tho lake, or, more properly, well, e xtends into the bowels of tbe earth. Whether this supposition n ta comet or BOt, it certainly extends a Wbt n • P 1 * 1 * Jiatance, and evidently was causod vf emphasis on too Goruian side of ueation. rt.j ort from Zanzibar is also be- '. ■* ib.it Erqin warned Tippooo Tib t-er clear of tlie English, iui.s trying (■troy bin friendly understanding Mr. oian’ioy. LOST I. LTTF.ltS. A I'srlis-r Hrrrlird hjr Coiigrceemaii Wa-tilmrton Corresj nJ nce of CUeagO HsrslA Congressman Elijah Morso of Massa- ehusetta did go to cliurcb to-day, a- be always does on Sunday, and is glad ho did. "In the first place.” said tho Ris ing Sun statesman, *T heard from the lips of I)r, McArthur one of tho most eloquent sermons that 1 ever had tlio pleasure of listening to. But that was not all. At tho cloao of tho services a young man cams up to mo and asked if I were Congressman Morse, and, on my telling him that I was, ho said a package of letters had been placed in his father’s hands by my father many yenrango, and that the letters were now hero in Wash ington ami would be sent to me if 1 de- iired them, In tho JMV 1841 tOJ hither, who was a minister, went to the village of South Be cd, Ind., to j reach. It was a rough, new country then, and my mother diil not like it very well, and im plored my father to return to tho East. This m timo ho decided to do, and, when ready to leave, packed such effects as ho could carry aw’ay in his cartage and drove away us he had come. There were no railroads there in those duys. Before leaving, father took a large package of letters to a friend of his and asked him to keep them. Tho package was marked 'Abner Morse; to ho called for.’ My mother died forty years sgo and my father twenty-five years ago. To-day that package of letters, put in the hands of luy father's friend forty- eight years ago, was returned to me. Some of the letters had*S5 cents (>ostuge on them, and all were written in a fine hand to save weight and (Kistage. Many aro the lovo letters which my father wrote my mother while courting her, and 1 have had a pleasant afternoon reading them. It is almost like a ro mance, isn’t itV” The U’st part of this story is that in A C'llIB FOIft FAHKLKSAN Klfk lovo for .woet Ann Rutlidga. Ho tllU , ack o( leUc „ j|r. Jlorw. lim). ttichappy pair .tiolliug through tho' thatU Uk.ly to clear up wood, about oUhaleiu, or tea .n K on tho lll0 tltl lo 10m0 dUputed property In river, or linscriUK lor.B ovor the buck.t , ho no ^ hbortl ood of Sooth Bend, and of water which Lincoln drove from tl.o „ lako s f M „ r ,o, who i, already a rich well for Ann. lie offered what comfort ^ thousand dolUr. ncher. he could to his friend when pour Ann j died, and Lincoln's great heart nearly broke. "After Ann died," says Undo Billy, >n stormy nights, when the wind blew e rain against the roof, Abe would set ar in the grocery, bis elbows oil his iocs, his faco in his hands, an' tears runnin’ through his fingers 1 hated to feel so bad, an’ I’d say, 'Abe 1 look up and can’t help it, D.1I, r his friend rise with the people, a-faliin’ i ft greatne ntil ho w m. At U .d favi t t ted I’real lent of iltt'a Drat inaugural L , at the table on the President's left, wiih , tho dignified .Secretary >ewaril on his glit. I.mioin pierejiitcd the two n.'.. • each oilier, baying: ".decretory J'* 1 .ird, tins i* Mr. Gre en of Illinois.^’ N- I ard bowed stiffly, when Lincoln ex j A Plait lo LrMfn the > umber ot Hall- road Arcidsut*. From t»>»* Itostc n IlerokL Tbe ricent frightful accident on tbe ».)ld Colony railro.i 1 at Qumccy calls at tention to tlio importance of dovismg some means to 1< wen tho nutnl <*r of such ( accidents in tho future. It follows from . i the very nature of railroading that moat , ;i< < i h-uts are • .mat'd ! y ifi- < uci. i-m s- ^ I of t mpl.-x .• . and. tfii-r* i re*, any p.an wlii' ii will render tho ernnlovts Mil, vful in the disc ha UJ J of thei 'deer iJer It ) the dutio •liake ha thi lgfit c grammer. \ >'»«|iuprr v|mii‘ • look 2 the railstation had I. O him to avoid all exnt nver-atien; and lie had 1 far flic i i tbe snxiou* fattier the difficulties hr I" Joseph Medill, edit ridi'-t r.ew-i>aper in .Slates, bin fortune h from $1,OJO,0<X) to b three daughters, but , him m the large bus uj\ ‘ M day in l ad corporations ■ out enormous sums yearly for acci- .t* and each company is, therefore, iged to appropriate a largo sum of uoy to be u"'l for that purpose,which n constitutes an "accident fund." . uh tire, il lie, ll„ man *'*■• | hm li»r.propa»d ■ .l-ortly, to give each employe a money incentive to the excrci w of greater i are in tbe ilis- charge of hi* dut.ei. ami in this way to remove or less* n tho principal cause of biz. h accident’*—care-1<-»n. Let each com; any agree with its employes to di*- tho United • tribute among tl.eni at t. e end of the estimated at I year the t>imi of money w h;ch has been KJO. lie haa | saved out of the acci.unt fund during i, to succeed that year. To illustrate: If the yearly that he ha* j accident fun 1 teand the acci- years of ag* dents during that year liavo««»-»t tfie 1*» freu.i eight to teii hours aj««n.|ar\ " "* u, th* ro v.i.l Lo Jikll'.i’O) i ItiwUu; office, ilo d.viue urnob^ the* cuiplvyce, Ifiis by tho earthquake, which leads many to believe that the depth is enormous. Another fact adding evidence to tho conclusion of its boitomleuness is that during the cold winter days, when all other bodies of water aro covered with ice, this ons is not only freo from ice, it is positively warm. Another test will bo mado in a few dar-.oad mile, of coed will b.<»d,eo u if there is any bottom it will bo found out how deep the lake is. Never Saw n Train. Twico within tho past two weeks havo accounts been given of persona who had not been to Athens or any other town since tho war, an l who lived within a short distance of :ho city. Now, says the Banner, wo are foil that there id a woman residing at ITlncc ton Factory, of abont .10 year.-. .She was d somewhere near her present hem e, and .since, has never been J"'l yarda froi; Till* sound 1 ? ton#h. fist w assured of the truth of rnis by so trrnth-men. Durum this timo sha .VO liCllCtr ■ .vijiirrj, mu m iriiinii- nil)' .ilnppnl Out. From th** St Lo'iik It*-) ublic. lieiu is an end ol all ronmneo about hidden ocean depth*. The while ocean is now mapt*cd out for c.s. The report of tho expedition sent out from L*»n Imi for the purpose of ocean surveys 2i..s re cently been published. Nearly four years « l "- .urea at name uoin K current, ns l the Sow, c l the four p.n(, KU |,, r ,, utcuim. au»- ----- **j hhe Is In perfect fie ith. and her Slav- dra.nci, ‘ a* | ' ll1 " 1 a at-homo propensities cannot be ottrib- ran*. In tl.o nml 1 run,,,.,* a , * k tn< ,, juirallul with our conn. Anuihcr rnum ' , b«M it lr,u„ Newfoundland loir 1 on the top of which lies the sub-marine ( - .. . cable. i q ( Th .' ' railroad track cake. The vine has pumpkins o tho growing end seems to have no idea of (putting its foolishness, but is getting a movement on it and growing faster and broader all tho time, Seven lleniarkalile Old .vien. Pickens County Herald: In tho settle ment near I’rieo Creek church in this county and within a radius of three miles live seven gentlemen who-e combiued .'i.cs.'U'. rey.iii* ru . years. J .Mow wo give ti.* ir namci ami ago*, a Eg Mato whether they are living with their first, set ond or third wife, a, ti t ciso may be. Wo do i t i *-ii*-w lili-. record can l>o beaten within a radius of threo miles in any county in the state: Absalom Wheeler, £2. first wife; Isaac Haynes, DO, second wife; Elias Watkins, 81, first wife; Joseph Vanhorn, 'ju, third wife; John Simmon?, bU, wife dead; GsorgeTomberlin, luy, firet wife; Reuben Emory, 100, first wife. A Lurid Verdict. The Pike County Journal tells tho story of an old negro woman who brought suit against a whito man in ono of the jiuticG courts of that county for tho recovery of the valuo of a half halo of cotton. She alleged that she mado seven bales of cotton and that she was tog t half tho croix Sho had received her pro rata share of six bales only, and *bat tho seventh bale had never I cen accounted f< r lu Ii* r. Tim jury retired an-1 in a few minutes Lrought in the following \i id. : "We. the jury, find ti \t tlio plaintiff made seven bales of cotton." Mrsn-r, If True. Tlio following is vouched for by the Mdledgevillo C hronicle: Winlo a small boy was walking up the railroad, near tho Central ilejwit, a few days since, car rying nn iimbrell.i, ho wan niudunly taken up by a whirlwind and carried over tin* larg" water lank near that placo and sot down cn tlio ottier siuo without tlio slightest injury, lio pre sented quite an i d I ap|v a.runo* sti?|>end- ed from tlie uinbrolla in nn-l uir. \ .rii j truth is often stranger than fiction. rai | ft i ivork and not great basins, no h uger "unfatlitm, d depths." The tops of these sea m umtains nre tiro miles below a sailing ship, and the basins, according to Reclus, alino*t fivo miles. Therm mountains aro whitened for thousands of miles by a tiny, creamy species of shell, lying as thickly on their ■ides as frost crystals on a snow bank. The deepest parts are red in color, heaped with volcanic rmiv-e?. Through tho black, motionless waters of these ubybt.es move gigantic abnormal creatures never seen in upper currents. ‘‘The .Vlamierless flrx.*» This is tho uncomplimentary title which O-car l ay Adams lio.id- an nrtic lo ths Nl rill opening senton reader bluntly that woman is me "-vox referred fo. The writer churg •* woman in her collective relation with being de void of good manners, and divines lna specifications under four beads, viz*; in difference to tho convenience of others, needless delay in welcoming callers, interrupting others whilo sinking, ami failure to recognize the iuqiortanco of an engagement. The ovi .once shows that all these may be ground under the head of rudeue-s. which is another term for lack of good nnnucra. The author claims to have reached his conclusions from personal ob&ervatiou, uu l it wiibt be admitted that identy of instanen art met with in dally lifotocor- ro) orstehis usseriJuns; but thoijL:h wo have all seen a great many women in public places wfinal* behavior was not what would have been expected from men. were these nuim-rous t nougli to justify the assertions that women con stitute a "mannerie-s sex?'' Or were they not rather exceptions to the tule of courteous conduct/ Either of these h* potheaeg might l»e maintained; but it aeein-t to u* than neither u quite correct. Most of tlie. t- noyances to which women subject men in public, such as puniiiug up to a tick *ry- ■ 1 would rather stay in hi rir the i mining of tho trains from t.er home, 1 ut has n train ot cars, an engine or a J yet lives within three miles of Athens, bhe is certainly a curiosity, Tbe Ntrrnms Filling I’p. It i ( said that the I c ! • "f L < I atta- liooclico river un J other North Georgia streams aro gradually filling up. This is notably the ca*>«» at Ftrickland'sferry and the Hutchins plantation. As tbs river is often muddy in • !• ,ir weather m.in> I-■ liovo that its condition is cause-l by min ing operations in Hall and Whit**. Tlio creeks are rapidly filling up with sand and alluvium. Mill pr- j*.rty and bot tom land, in a fow years, w ill bocome worthless if something is not done to ar rest theso depo-ilion-s 'ILo pnnci) al ship, <upe. Mil lauhiuiiy y that ha Mlyi ia re paying tlio preacnor, tho poor minister labored ono week daring tho suimnr:,and re ceived for bis services only two hens, twcnty-fivfl pounds of flour, (-no gallotx of syrup, a pair of draw er?, and 3 * cents in money. In a fow days ono of tfie chickens tiled with tho cnolcra. I Western tracks, at the foot of Monk street in Brunswick, to which, about eighteen years ago, .Mr. Frank J t n h was nci u t mod to ti>* bis boat w ii , ii'in - in* i I’riinsw ick. The tu.iip ball 111 it i. 1( it of tlio tree, rather. It icon al- i:’ ? o I' ot fr .m tin* water’s edge, Id tie* [ . le i ! .is I .'on tilled iiu TIIK LL’JIINOI ! KKYIIOLK. lull .Vl«*ii Art* Loud In Their l*ralatfs of II, txn The Chicago Herald. „mv.w. , . .’-•i A few years ago an ingenious chemis American h’oview, the Kfttiso of all this Is undoubtedly tho wash-1 bru^bt out a luminous paint. It met of which informs the mg down the soil from our cleared up i W i*h a r«Mly sale n nd was extensively Is. There being no obstruction, heavy i u y j f or pouting hitching i*o**ts tho ap- dspositiog tho best i*od of the p n n> bridge > nnd other things that rains fnrmers in tlio creeks ami rivers, remedies may bo used. Ixt the land grow up in timber, or terrace it, and plant tho ridges made in bluo gra*-*, bo that tho soil cannot escape to tbs streams. ithout regard to the waiting 1 comes to tl.o front with ti.e lino tofore it, and taking up valuable ■ named—ono that can count, time by asking nuiiitr-mi (piesti. i-s, are* tho custom v itfi u. t doe to their luck of tumm in bii-omt-i to make re.atjl.. affairs and to tho courtei\ a < umvi-r-'dly oxtonded to them in this country tnat thoy are* scarcely to lo Uauicd if they assomeasa rigm what ia not aiways willingly gianto-1 »*s a fuvor. T .<*n n„a n. it wlu desirable to *.oo in tlio night but which wore difficult to render visible by means of ordinary artificial lights. As time passed a great variety of uses was found fur the now invention and the nroprittor of it waxed rich. At last a practical man conceived the idea of covering the sjiaco around the kevholes of doors; with this luminous paint. Ho wont from house to house and obtained an order at uoarly all of them. Ho explained to women that the luminous paint would enable them to find * tbe keyhole when they returned from prayer meeting lato at night. Besides, it was ornamental as well as useful lt “set off” the door and served as a token ol hospitality. Tho advantages of lumin ous keyholes apjieare.l to be so great that many ’ wondered how they over kept liouso without one. But the luminous keyhole was found to have its disadvantages as well as its advantaged. It attracted burglars, and twontv houaee were entered where only one w as before. Married club men, how- over, are loud in their praises of the ths Oglethorpe Echo, j luminous keyhole. It enables them to - . ,;o into a house without alarming the in- 11 * mate*. But their wives op(>o«e the naw } t invention for tbe most obvious reasons, '* 1 ||o\V SlIAKBSFFtHK IS ItJKAD. Phenomenal Fnmpklns. Maj. W. B. Pruitt, Clarko county’s efficient and popular clerk of tlio supe rior court, ono of tho surviving mem bers of the notorious Banks County Guards, owner of the only ruro-blood iioncfi-leg lice, etc., otc., rays ho has tlio finest potoh of pumpkins ho ever saw. Tfioy ora In bii garden, and how they got there he cannot understand. Noth ing has boon planted In it for years, ami a pumpkin never was. The let lias been full oi long rag*weeds for years until re cently, when ho discovered tho fad that it was full of tlio finest pumpkins jet heard of. All of them weigh over forty pounds, and r* ’me of thorn a-> much aa— well, he said 170, but suppose h»* meant seventy. Tbe 3ftjw«sys be ia going to fea^t on pumpkin pie an i wanl-t all bis friends to call and sue him. A Doe that Fouuts. Ruff Lesi woman a mind« that, whilo routine mat- tend to the infinity ol i.t readily i the uglo idea irdinnr md tl.: day fer tl.o table. Tl.o other day it via decided t..at twockicketis v> ff J to su.fi- ciuufc !va ifiatd-7. and when the de^ bid cau ht that auuiLer the cook Uok tl.eui to be cleaned. When she had ri-achtsi the k.tclun "Wade” was not far U .....d with another fowl in bis mouth, making the number be bad been acca,to....d to catch oach day. And so it is that Ruff claims that his'dog can cornu but that .-fio l* afral instant her guiding in tho lam noth of u Of i I A few day I and kfiled a 1 standing, wa l.tmil < ritm*. ICO -Mr. J. li. We uncey. Dodge coc Our Dalljr Lficisnd CxilluasKrflected tu lulcrprclalloiis from Him. ’ Tfie at li I?, our ideas of literature are topped in ti.** colors of our trades; our mt. rj r- tatmr.sof Shakes|)eare reflect our daily lives and callings. The merchant measures bunas his cotton ; the judge in,., bun in bis court of law. Theoro- ti nof Mark Antony, for example, is to the clergyman, a funeral dia« <'ur-e over a departed member of his flock ; the i>ol- itician views it merely as a lino example of political artifice; the rbttoi * > Un 1 ! U» nclu .* figlit otnau * coudm l tow.ud w fi***t, porh.-qnut to say Um i delicate Biibje-1 for an v but ra to handle. Nevertb* I<*ne. l-ipOu indication of iU general tei bo seen in the eteriuliy vexed girl question whi<h, by the w ; Adam* doe* not touch ii|«>n. M iu such trouble in getting and m in »• rvauia a* women have with their owu sex. (head fight feel fro to tip. nil wa eeping i when its i looked a- if it could swallow an ordi nary’ sized pig. Mr. M •■•*ks abut tfiro liu*o bird at J. 0 ,ui ■. with a Unrliii title, He l« No* i rszf. The following "card” was printed in a late Lisue of tfie Henry County Weekly ; "For tfie beaefil ol tko public and my I ot its pr*-mists: tno mm ' i me rking an «jxjch in the u I i .iu l tho act„r, m.t to sj I I behold* it as a rack on wl etreitH.if atili. ’.o and gc- read Miakiai o..i • in tl.- v< cati ns : we « anrict got mental habits of our trad* sp.n. Much bar ler still away from the sp.rit >>i tfi light cf our ih.iv from tfie or uiir profes- * it to break a g «. niih tU« ouiuuu ol ou* «»(*•

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The weekly telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1885-1899, September 10, 1890, Image 1