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Newspaper Page TextKSTA BlilSlI K» 182G. 1 | Th* Teller*!** 1 1‘rlnUnsCo. Publisher*, f *■' a 0gk7f MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1890. lay— ^ wifeto-frora the knrp- A r!ty those woods were shelled.” Silent the Orderly, watch!nr with tears in his eyes ah the oftlrers “canned how to a"*' u ' />M lriiifwi. Four Hh< ta’Visik sh»H [ •ease* was dulj •}.<• Orderly rode down the slope of Kmr ^Tuc^ra-rtcl'l- scarml and forlorn. h.„, , iv-violrnt wheels nncl scathed by the i Horn in the daughter, that tx>nnd her still (.j, h t bad plowed it in scorn, I closer and closer to him ae his wife, jH»td burning with wrath for the sight - • •• * k,. comrade* crashed at a blow. j/tsbrokrnshapes on the ground like Jim fi* »»»*» «;<;»> 1,re » k lic *»» , w mp ^ain could know. * i.ike ntlsc. where mots outthrust, .•JiwWrfbnumbMBftiy*. . , , 4 ih. hill like clewing lion., Arm their M to sclM. mi’, TOtir report?" end the grim Colonel mill'd when tho Ottierlj- c.lne beck et the Midler penacd. “'Veil, thrr Jrrr punished." And str.DX.lr hi. feco lS , 'Kfd on them; knocked orer y Ilid out In linn of nerede. MARTHY VIRGINIA’S HAND. smss«» ss^ss ®i!r bullets. I’ll be“t my butteries sent ‘ih«n something ss good* .la explore* and report (a m then, and v.c%k- many were killed. ,t| i sleep till I know oar ven- duly fulfilled.” Srave fellows. Colonel, to star aa they did. Hut one L 'mo«t wish badu f t htsyed. Mortally wounded, ho’d torn off hia knapsack; and then, at the end, he prayed— This to sec, by hia haudsthat were clai an,l the dull, dead Angers yet held little letter-bit wi/eto-frora the k r short nuges of.writing. “What’s this about ’Marthy \ I ginia * hand!-”’ ft from his honeymoon be. the dead soldier, had gone from hia bride to the strife: er twy n»»t eewin.bat she had written him, telling of that new Iifik,HHH|i^H “ ‘ ’ ighf ~ “If you would kiss the bal*y,” she wrote, “you must kiss this outllna of mine.” There was the shape of the hand on the page, , 'rith the small, chnbby Angers outspread. “Marthy Virginia s hand, for her pa,” word on the little palm said. Newer a wink slept the Colonel that night, for „„ the vengeance so blindly fulfilled. Never again awoke the ojd battle glow when the bullets their C!37 uotet&uLx.. Ix>ng. ago ended the straggle, in union of _ brotherhood happily bulled; let from the Acid of Antietum, in warning . and token of love’s command, See! there Is lifted tho band of ababy—Marthy A Very Young Couple. CHAPTER IH. Tbsnb, then, to Mr. Haughley and llv Ward, some of the difficulties are and sway, or rsthsr the obstacles. And rrt t clear themselves away. But, as — as? of days draws nearer and n-^rer, dr Up«ll f « heart grows fain Ur and j 0 , f . principally because Hell is so cool, ladiflereot, . Ptir me, grandma, you do nothing but From the Family Library. tegrsphi to begin with, coloured and coloured and two lockets, one with hit hair in it, and one larger, with her minia ture, and a enakeridg anp a Mt of diamond studs; a new prayer-book and bible, with "from Isabella Baker to her hatband, John Baker,” inscribed therein in her neatest, stillest writing, and a copy of Ten* nyton’s Poems, with ’‘Front Bell to Jack” "wiriur n««uu.-,,v- „ op the fly-leaf; a small illuminated “In- slli’i not as thongb I were going away, fant riamuel,” illuminated by Bell’s own fa know. Indeed one can’t call it a mar- •t at all, can one, as I shan’t be with gk, hot with you ? It’a only a sort of «*ln we’re making becauic of the i*. Do you know what Jack says? , says, ‘Well, this marriage ton’t going to ■ade in Heaven! It’s going to be mode • lawyer 1 ! office.” “It’s horribly profane of Jack r cries dy Lepell. feeliag to her heart the truth tks remark. “Ob, my darling—my dar- r, am I going to make you miserable7* Tsars, regrete, conflict*, awell poor Lady rpell’a heart to overflowing, bnt ibe mcs. feet calm reigns in Bell's. Dear me, no 1” she returns quietly. “I'm .ins to think that it’s all very nice, IVI kpesV«, Lady lepell turns *'i? • epell-1 pfmjw fauhMy * l inexperienced fingers, with red paint run ning iuto the blue, the bine into the yel low. the yellow into the violet, and the cola running into everything in turns. Finally the has braided him a smoking- cap, and worited-wcrked him a pair of •!<;■; -m. But be baa no precions eoiled white gloves, no faded knot of ribbon, no broken tsc. no such useless, valueless trifles— ao ardently begged lor, so fondly, passionately ■ hemhed- so rtverenily held, while life le life, that, when that life ia past and other ♦yea behold, U still speaks eloquently— and they are fain to fill with pitying tears for all the yearning love that has stenoses, and that it silence pirn. It will b, ,uch tun'to bej The; c-jne th. f»r,well». L«dj L.p.11 p. John Baker, nnd to here It on my i Ukrt Jack . llt'l. .put from th.mt,.cd .J.. --dihefi Ii„.rp'«iha mf.n-1 bumbles herself before I Hfl then e! coarv, - tod all that! And, do you know, grand- 1, that Jack and I have settled that when coaes back in three or four years’ time, 'll take a house near here, so aa to be nrjoo and Captain Baker? It’a more aacnisfemeoi this, you know; only afraid it s rather a mean way of getting i him. Should ah# never see him egain, will he—ob. will he promise that he will be true and good to her le.’oved one? Will be be not only juat, but mertiful? Will h*, in tho year* to come, nat only be her lover ana Lt buibaca—will be be her friend? And Jack looks straight into her eyes, aa he takes her in bt« arms and aiyi Guo of h«r leiurau from Jack; ue ni.pH to her by every tuail—kind, many ?tt*ra; but th .a oue i> different, inunuudi 1 i » it i-. eometh<ng more. “My dear Led, 1 have no particular for y. «j t and only write Locauso 1 have something serious to sav to you. Every day I think of job inure ;Ind niore. nnd wonder why «« »l»ould live* spirt like th a any lon ;i*r. And aotneiimea I fancy that perhaia I am never to tee your dear little face again, U cause 1 want to aee it so mu. h. and it so far, fir off! The something serious ia to o*k you, Bel!, i you w‘il —me cut to me here? “1 nm »iot good m letter-writing, and 1 don’t want to iatluecoo you even oy tell ing you of all the tender love that is grown so strong in my heart for you. It wns part of the bargain that 1 was no; to take you from your grandmamma until you were 18. and I will not break my word to her. But, dear Beil^she has been taken fruin you. Y\>u are alone now, and 1 cannot help feeliuz that your place U with tue. “I cun aay no more, and. indeed, if you feel aa 1 do, half what i have said will be enough. Remember that it will be to your own old Jack ttmt you would come. I atn afraid of saying too rnucii. But it is ah to) little to please me. Only remember that I want you to please { ourself until you are 18. Then, darling, think 1 will claim you. Youra, dear Bell, Jacse.” And this ia tha other letter, anent whuas writer it may be remarked that he vra* not the tdraogor to the lady, with whom he danced the evening before, that the three commentators on that Terpnichorean per orinauco had sup- •Siosed, having followed Mre, linker and Mrs. and Miss Comyugs from Paris to SwiUerlsud, stopping win re they •topped, staying where they atayed, an j at every place and in every manner making himself conspicuous by his at tentions to all three impartially. “Dear Mrs. Baker: 1 hear you have a difficulty about a carriage for tomorrow. Do pray make use oi the one l have en gaged. Mrs. Comyngs will find it very comfortable, and, Iu any case, 1 should ride and send the carriage on empty. Bo J ou ate, if you use it, it v. ill Le very ind of you; becaute then I ahull bo sure of getting it there iu proper time. Other* wise— ”1 have taken th* liberty of leaving a bunch—or a LundL -of Alpiue roses fot you. I gathered thutft yesterday in mar* velous places. The sunrise was very lovely, and that clear fsr-uff louk in tie sky reminded me irre»i*til>ly o<— wt(L*( come sort of eyes. 1 won t specify, became I dare not. The ro/o» are Iras like other roses than some tilings cn«could think of; but you expressed a wish fer scs:c. \Y;!i yes he kina enough to give jcur orders to ths carriage ntau? Ho has mine, Youra very faith tolly, • George Bccxley. After a little while Bell gets up. puts away Jack’s letter alih a sigh, bathes her fA<*e. smooths her hair, and walk— very slowly—a!ung the corriuor of i! fuse mat iarrug'% 1-n’t tliei grt •r and is, com in baa been stole, tti many liurvir I ( I. UIOVS. id Tr of a in*- lying at the supposed to i here in g too. But why, LIU' \i -B^ ausa of the cnau: ’ ’’Noi.jeuat! V.by, Lilia—can’t you gue**?” ”B* aaso of the cooking?" soys I.illa promptly, in tbs vain hope that, one# an wercJ, Bell wi.i let her doze olf Bell I write t r her k*it*-rs v. rule on i *.*r tr*\ei-i -only sno furg-ts to do it—perhaps pur- 1 poselj, f«>r eh«- has l>3zy not ooa of tn^ , time required f«. : . •. >n • l* t bUd from India, ami sbo rather | Thu •The ccok ng! A* if “Becausv of—good worao thanoconunli up—b«ciu.*-o those thn iranywho e but borne, Mrs. Corny: hieka; let lilb. who is -ener;!!y r-rt- tss. an 1 Bell, who. b tag *n moot i not gn ng ou> auywi c e, Uav# th* litlsrenilv; and tht-v nave ati ill ovar. Bell has never* had any I I ’ . ytoapand asd, cn the ttresgth of' “Heavenhelping, murmurs Capt. Ba* twsnty-fiv# thomand pounds, she has ... c lt n«ive troMneau. ! ' if**, Iteavtn helping. So may Heaven that the love o: help me' adds Jack. .’dv tk-cpkss laid strong hold on hsr. | Between Ja k and Bdl there is a fear- dUui .he bu become very cn-dona o! | fnloea* of gitm* <*««•»•«• on the one rxd The whole arra.rctnient, | and abyoesa oo tae other ;> I rr Be’!, with her ini '■--n. ; l.'H r- ,nu i*< .iv *»ivomti?: , p.lh^s. p*W. ns.tfng them Int.. »n*1 fl..t of 1 ‘ “K's* I trunks, settling, as it were, the vsri ncr, Abu uc luidi MrTwj thvlthcra *.r» iwitrcao ihoir mriucnu jd the I cared for tha’.!'’ [racious, B *11, It’a til, ai.vt I gi*n it t- vulgar English- when i id what Jack will 1,1*.a heitt! [lO HI COXTINUFP.l to thi oi tof fi itr.Mix rmor, “Do th^y? *1 didn't ncffice ” i poli-ho ”lf you’ve anythi: g to aay. do ray it'." nun •» i ay a Lilia impatiently. , ur«- o:.i And Bell say* at la' — jlUkt-i “I w ant to get away ir< m Sir George.” ' Toe .la “Good gracious'. tVhv; ! H»t, I. "Oughtn't I, Lilia: Dot. lime; you' ’’ -'!'** kuow thioga-vou'te Lm. n cat four aca- •*■••■ »*■(" sons. Oughtn r t I? Isn’t he—too po-i^cthv liter tie Itov ‘Too polite! I wish you w uldn’t in- J a»>out alnua'e things against ruy pmugon. Do ( u-’en, 1 recollect that 1 have been oni four s.a- agv-d eons, aa you kindly remind me. an 1 l to wnii > yet to aettle myself in life. V«eU. wbot I* J*Q nr* you a aring at: Do you is to caro for me tveiY* ”1 g Lilia! Do you think Sir Geor/e aoon u means—you!” Bell say*slowly, at.d with j tha.m ■Uddeuly enmton cUveks. * • 1 *«*in i *'l never think,” anc tera Lilia. “But fcundn I should trust he doesn't tucao yc( , be- cause that would le very a* k«ard. ^.We d* ...i don’t want logo fri-kh g about Sw t » i nights land with such a thorough rai.-..l l o on «.i** would be then.’’ *i th*-r “I wish,” begins Bel), with great in-' to th* ercy; but after that LiUa can get to* vvasu mote from her. perhtip* because sV?; Uute a hardly kuows heraeif wnat it ii that sib ’ ’•*»»• oi do<s wLh. With Iaiiit however, it * tne w different. She don know but toowei il.rkni what she wishes; oni she knows, too.j it Lr i- that what she wishes will surely never It lie r:^ come to pa<% An l wh-nBrd has gone fro. I to her own room to wr.te a pretty note (\he ca o! acsceptance of Sir George's carrtagr, | tame •he locks her door and paers ner room, Aim i with dry eyes and a Uwil-itted brain. »t»u. i wondenng whether she should warn Mrs. itW; Comyngs at once, and stir i.cr up to ini- \l *• mediate actioD, l.reuk eutirrlv with tho 1 " too-iascinat.nK S.r George, withdraw tho t4M>-suacejrtiol« Bell an i s-ivehtrself from all the uatarc«f sn uorctarned devotion, o: w i.* ;n. r h ti.rr bh» »1mii .*: u a.I ..•n. A:, i -mi .1' u i.ai h** \ • *• . t •• only resour e ol maav amoretewildetcd ur.»in than hers—she lets it alone. . believer,'’ said (lie colonel, i hair and rrstin;; lus p«r!ettlv juts un one of ua rung*, "in ira) go-Mnr*-**. 1 had the ideas- t knowing an bonr>; gimbltr. ). (o», ior be was a peutlouMh. of this cu sof gamolers are o senw.n for pneumonia, re* Has era C''-tnp rary. The ii/e* of »■ I’lperauiro and the I of people generally who are use themselves tinueceisarily cuid are iruiliui imlu jeuivu s *e. the siat titic* of which 6 .oki a fata itr of aimut thirty in 100 Ci* <• 1 he malady was formerly known as long fever. It ia an iafl*mmation or cungv-t cn of the lung*, and there are four distinct ct.t«»cs-tne looar, lobtt ar, Aureus and caseous or tn’Kirculx? pneu monia. - Tbs tKodiMii last mention’d not infrequently tarmimue in plithisi* or consumption. The Hu>; stsje is known as that of “engorgements;” tun second as "red hepatirailo '," when the lungs Is;- t Is Itaptdly Beinz ed. opted Ii From the Bsltinu Florida has already acquired great dU- ti iction for Us large products of iruits and eafly Vegetables, Florida oranges be ing awe* test of any that era mark-la. Xi u»o mi*o uecoiuo faiiiou# as u w- nter ealth remit. But its great- est distinction of all will be the vast crea of arable Lads which it will be able to offer to enterprising ruen in the course of a few yeara. A very oonsid’rable portion of Bouth- ern Florida consists of lands overflow el or subject to overflow—swamp land-, in short, for th« mo*t part, that at <iq« time were the fastnesses of the India.m, who were not driven ou; of them until after several long* and bloody wan The At M III ICO 162 You recent m to ting of tho British i the color of the livtr. When this massacre oi Dade and his command, t rownish color gives way to gray the malady bus reach* I the third sta;e, that of "gray hepathsation.” Tula i* the atage uf *'ab*orpilou” iu favorable ca'M’J, when convalescence ensues; iu unfavor able cases the aUease pastes into the purulent stage, wiiin death is lik iyto ensue within a very few days, sometime* few hours. tu I knew him, was a Mia- gambler. He traveled, in tu* Lig river ueatn Oita. mn:ed to con cal tha truth lt was simply. *Ueotl«- cinating pain within a circumtcribed apace at or near the nipph on the af fected aide. A racking cough and expec toration toon follow, ihia is the staze iu which the ova! bacteria is found in tho sputum. Then follows high fever, pain in the head, loee ot appetite, severe thirst, prostration, inerra- vd respiration and pulse varying (roai 80 to 120. In the etcond bijge p.iin uiny cease,but th* cough may coutmue, tin painiul. In tlie third dKk.u>d iiooii! «•!““•* “ *- Tn T' : "■-n.M»f» , u.ll., » know Moore very weii and I rered that when playing with a man, luck being equal, lie ninety n no train cut of a I never to h oc I cards, but 1 a bta society, lie was A ««• -ri«io!ug talker. Un summer 't «... i I. .1 ; ' 11 • diiu.i i r ;!. >..j w i, ( . pi • , :n- 1 to i..,\i* A ter ditner wo would go ui> ‘ ’ M*“ tight in an ambush, rivaled tb t of the massacre of Custer and his com • mai d by the Mioux at a later data Ihtsa overflowed lauds, with their lakes, of which Lako v keechot.ee alone covere no atea of 1,(XX) square miles, were reuardod aa practicnliy worth- lets, nnd efforss were made by tbe state to aell a part* of th«m to capi- talLta who would drain snd improve tinm l’uur millions c.f acres wore Offered to au English syndicate at 25 cents per acre, but before the papers were drawn up there we* a rbangi. of administration an t the contract was repudiated. These 4,(100,000 of acres were subsequently bought by Mr. Hamilton Disston of i’hif- adt-lphia. and other capiwdints, who joined with him in the purchase. They w. tr not the men to let their property lio idle. .Surveys were made and a scheme of draiiago adopted which has bem in _ pro:re** for the past ten yeara What peaas, bag Awocistion E. O. Ravenstc... , an elaborate set of statist * , ■ . si, * that ■■■ | the wodd will, in the ordinary coarse of d in East- j things, be fully inhabited in about 182 years, which estimate considerably ex tends the period at which some learned men believe humanity will be crowded nut. Having previously swept away tha Arctic and Antartlc rrHun, ;i« iu*t being eimntial for his argum. u», he parceled out the remainder of the earth into: Cul- (•-.*• In i i. t. 2-*. •••«'* square niiloq teppe, *cru . |^«r grass, etc., 13,'. <H,- COU square mile arren deei rt*. 1.1'U,- OGO square tm! a total of 10," 0.uuq Square ii. ■ • ; I- p pulation living tipO'i thi* he r» k* i at a liltio over I - i97.CLO.Oc •. di»... . bus: i:.ii<i| •, 10*1,000; Aia. \fr. ». 127,• <0(;i mi. .i h '■■•r pstmmto tL ira most people < \ »i .i IHH); North Aim - .i v, j i<j. .'-o rb America. 30,500,0c*•. 31r. Rixv: stein 11. >wodh nv, suppl ying the standard of life among the v.ti . u* peoples to remain the aame. ' -i . vng the populrGoa J-.-rea^- . t tho rate of 4 per * - at. in every <1 . •• and an; po-.rig there are no »xtraotilinary irm rove- uunts in agricultur . t »* | : ulati.m of tho world in the year 2b7w ill i •• 9'.i i t - OdO,'".). Inipcili.- -O' the PC that the areas 'V'M'I 'err ment.on,n K 207 individuals to the square m.lo as a fair average;, h u*_ *t* it at the pro- ducilvenefis ut tho * anh might « bettor utilized when ; e ( . un*ier«*tooii econ omy. In expressing a gfUeral opinion that t b.rag t his 1 p b>: •• . U ti*-n il.e n*. - an l i 1 .; *v\ .. t!..n I t je *. •:! i ■.. i r, or when tb* boat carving the s swept so clcs* to tho • o o that : t'boi the dark will .waun the bank, rising nod .ailing notes that came . his tn trument we e grn.le inusicto ear. 1 netrr knew him to p.opo%e a • at c:»i*.v 1 '»• w o * i i i • I iv lift »i it some (inesi:zg*-atedagame, when t.e ' ii'i bw ti. tu ' "u "t a ■ r .th t put in an indifferent manner. I -.vt.tched him a: piny oue night, tn saiati seemed to tnrow every card Its calm, re! -possessed man. There -II lot 1. Mi.it'- i ! f.u I WHV ,i..( it him in fri /v ti e »rd.; of ev-ry ,ne e.**e, <*« n y. ung man about 2'» years ohl. iiWay.rw** in ih-iuch, but with Imc*? and lever.s i eye he im 1* he^fuii- tuly.ua■ y to losu ^very tic •ugh h its normal condition, appon'** v ,ll re turn, sod pain will al ?i t. if n : en tirely disop;>ear. One' of th* p cubari- tie* of pneumi-oia :• that thi* third a age in the intern i*rale tu y ,e.. I todrlirium r > n.« is. 'Mie i .mv .* 1 i.-* t i coses of pueumoa s, howeve-, recovery u almost ceruiu. Fatil reU; eea are very inftiq .»nr. Pericarditis, or inflamma tion o. the ra-nri r*noua i*i k wnic i eu- clo-e* the heart, is a very grave eotnpii- cati«n in pneuu.uti a. The cid mil..od of treatment was blood-letting, and s >mo physicians re tort to that now where the i-ati* nt is I lelhoric. Some heii ve that V.r attack « a-, be renaered harml se by a d<wo of (rom forty to sixty gra n« of qul me. The c. urse of tieit i.ent commonly | employ ed is to give quimoe. ; aeon ut and ant l* t.r.rio- in t V-V.i.'v. *‘- v ' ' l, >; i.n.,. .111...lx' KI I o !.*. i So that evrnlnr, when thry go down t< ti.r M le ..'note. T G...r,*g.» s on hi way uucaecxed and unmolested. The tareo Englishmen shire as usna 1 . Ar. .. . -it .. D * rg i one. in, he sea! Mai elf duectly opp u te to the "C mw party,” in someto y rise’s turm J chair, and when that somebody co called a construction pany *n oryapized, which agreed to un :er’.ake tho work of reciamatiou ii then a grant of every alternate square mi e if revl.emvd. Toe undergrowth mu cleared off, the lines of drainage canals matted out and steam dredges set to work. These dredges are excavating us from 8 io 12 feet iu deptu ami 10 to 110 fiet wide, and the work o far progressed I root Charlotte liar* , on the gulf coast, to Khsimmee City, at the head of L. k# Kailga, Ti u* * r, tlu* constiU’tion company, with * working heaiiq tarter* in the •ntrll t , ,:n of the southero half of the :nin»ula, has received deede for 1.150,- W sm s . or the work it bin done. Set- art are already taw ng up tb* Ends that a>o b*en ticlaloied, and many more ul fellow as the «cr« pr >ces », l our i- u*aud i.qti.tre mi.es have alrvwdj been rained. An idra of the mi;i it -de of inted « npie. lit for Et > tht »of Afr of I knovrj hist) theorie* pi gradual tni t in ti may atieewho will be a trorics. OdUs»Iio!<* dors no* d *; air ti nt th ov-rp.p-iii ol, h* auar menu oi.ur now adt found to meet them. I ■* !■'* v. ,1.. n Mar « ■ ■ t’ •* V i c ur»e of tim<-. be *Uii. resident*. J. W. Wen* 8,000 imh s in An«v. thought that tbsre h oi apevwy heart. “Oood-by., n>T B-U!” ‘ lluod.bf, dcu oM Jack.” “Oood-by., d«.r.” “Ocwi-bj,” And ih, p.rtini inn hit «Ue i. or.f! CHAPTER IV. “WboUtlicr "Don’t know. I'm ,ur,. In wcutjr Ob.d.irm.% yen" 'Vh.rminir, ton t iho?* "Cb.rmlnjt- Widow, Isn't ibo! Wbtro »r» htr «Md,r "Widow, ,t b.r *(•? Ho.bud In India, tmoklng bto own ,Md. by him- self.” "Oh, pm afl.irl W.U, then, ,111 cm ut to ibnt b. bad Utiar com* and ■mok. 'am OT.r U.r.T "Why? Sh. to with tb, Comyn(MO,' ...i n third rok». "Wall, Urn Comyndi to not of lb. ord«r draRoo!" uy. nnollMr. Tbcr. ar* thn. or four (.nll.m.n .It- ting at Mr*r*l y,rd* of narro. Uhl, cot.icI with a Uk, miuur, of tiU«- cloth. Tm labl, .la.d. in tb,dining room of tho Howl Bonn Kit, .nil th, houl to .itual* iu a mountain .ill.g, in SwitrctUnd. At tb, Mtram. «nd of tb. ublo tb* U*t .M*k,r to «tiog "liift.uk ■u ronmn; and tb* two or tbrao til,.t. ato w, thing him and itnoUng. With tho ComyngM, to .h.? Wbtt', bn twain?" P.hnw! Un .unwto., I m»nn?” How should I know? Tb.y ooiy m yentminy. Poker or Itok.r. Th, ComyngM, cnll bn 'Ball.’" "Sh, took* w,U off " “Sbo wouldn't bo with thn ComyngM* if .bn wn, not." "Sha'n nnfully pinUyf remark, ou smoker, .fin a pnuwi "Quit, uttuly toof return, th, otb.r ••Too'qntotly uttn? rejoin, tb. third gentleman. And th n they tough ;ind mm one itolm to know what "Mr. Bell" to doi.g >ad her inno-enl eolce, ,eeru» to he the met iniquitous this, pontbie. lererybode's withe, ndnotiou have respected. Th.yonng peop.ert to named bec.OM of th. money; that -ly cenoot be suflered to enrich the e> ij lor th. euppreMioei o! the emeVe inceio I-ondon? Then Beil to tore- *ith Lady Lepell untill eho to ei,h- .. end Jack iitn go to Porumootb with lather. Th, only diflenneo It will de .ill he in . men change of name to il.acd the poeeeeeion of t to go inn ol n? euh, to spend how they please. I rnuedi, Lady Lepell thinu now, like be,ioeiog ol n wicked Vreach norcl. this the holy eute ot mtlrlmony Into rh .he to alont to plunge her etxtean ■Mid child? “Ornl He.eto," the exetoime enddeniy, *ould relher you went to India with Bot Bell’e eey of honor, bn drepair at ihooeht of le.Tinc grardma. an eio- ft indeed. Lady I,-pell's reynleion of m, romte all too late, cd Jeck and Bell stand np lids by aid. p»a the holy eitar, and ewear to tore, 'wr r. cberisb, and obey, "in ,inker * d .a health, until death do them part.” tad Bail, whn Jack slipaoo Ibe ring '■h iogen, to frigbtenel and ciiee. “ji* hem hi. lathu'e qnick ecb be- .i him, and hie own roica grawi no. *iy. And Lady I.epell fells upon her r*a and. with claayed band, ao.l dry ptaja—ob, bow ferriJly, how pai- aiuij!-that this eoTatneae of worldly L ? , *, wrcD t in this marriage, the eln ■I«toil er., he oot eisiied upon the chll- ih.t inhnite merry will keep three *Wlee» ionocenu etraigi.t. now taking TUthemwl,eareipoo*U)l.itit* theydietm i I, end making tow, iIm nw ful impoit •hick they cannot know, hlt-r all, it u Captain Biker who to at to be pitUd, tor t. Urn then twenty it* Jack mu.t be on hoard tkatroopabip nriktow lying it Port.anu'.b: and, I “>*T nor raw for » while at part. . Hid ha hai hia youth, hto hope*, hia upaniona, hi. money; nr.l .viu the fact >■ te ., , matrie.1 mao will Uar a aort r<we charm and iutornl. Hot hii dad -ni? Jack;.ml hatoxoiag. ltd rhjo Umy ,u iioee.— it ilow j m»k, a Mnenttoo!" •d .n'ttblongh tb, cbnich- "fnbap. ah. noo t go. Sh.ae-u.itu ■d and Ihe.hmt,«.uw_ l^d. dtot, judging from th. Utti. hotel hop c.f ii« night.". "Oh.that iberpl.jfUiMM! Bbadown t mwn tn? barta._ •They neier do. I uu h I am quit, wilimg to forgiT. bee, though-ah, w no eery me. to took at, nnd LUU Comyoga isn’t i aii.” "Well, you won’t be a Me to look at her foe very long, foc thej’r# goiag ou to Vsnitaisa UutuiS^v. "Ob, ami wb*t will becoma of Sir George then? Didn’t te donee a walls or two with her last night V "A waits or ua, you mean. JapUor, what a strike it wa»r — "Btr George? Ob, ball follow after, oce single sirasger, to lotto the bri- vilh Uitle Ja.k Nag.” eays the beet in* rsny to rtaember that they mast, formed cn*. who ia also evidently Uve wttr they may feel, k«ep up a joyous wag of tb« trio, for Le continue* eating •Jocund wedoiag appearance. ! witn a asvioos lacr and lets the others ■«.•*> Lady Lrpeli does not ausmpt it, ; do the laozbm; ui«a cuptonaly—her face buried in • • Up-ataira the subject c.f this animated scumi n is titting with her bot littic •ad ii-ld i - * in h*r h • Utile ban is, id two o, en Utters on the toilet-L •si:#*.«r. And there are s jlimgt m h-rrj#«,ttd Uuuui. p*rp xy, and °ootdo tha*, E<!’.—oar »e*l*-ir.z r -*•►' con.u« • D in her heart ana twain, h iv 7 } ^*ve it? What’s yuors 1* ru.te r.^ 1 '**n mouths since she was married, A^’lU?** and Je* tola”ill In India. Ca;r. il^k*. ■.'im-in-w u T > Bril eoltiy. “V .u'ie i. m - -ii o l. .nd it i. t.o '•MUdt oto r->u.ri.Wr id. I.r will.- *ine~ Lady I.-. -il l.i 1 to r-e*. th. ollct.urh .,.|.Uaro,i, S D.r, ,.il i!.„ baat A whole srxtmetat of pho- ' u Qui.e aloueh ihthere Rrs between iiwir gsriiitaia and their available spacca of stows-e of them. "Ub, is that you. Bell? Are you cooler now? Jest fsner wh.t iho.o cutoari hou«* wretclier did! T .ry pal my m *an- ta ntering iiootaon the iou of my wh.le chip Lmnet and feathers ” Hell laughs— nui at th* disaster, but at notion of portly, lazy Mrs iomyogs bavin i mounLlnvering b ots at a!L Bo; •hecoudolea with her and inspects the Lonne:, and then the fluvt c ‘ and bed- fates, say# M 0)*r aud then "Ob, J—” before sbo comes out with the state- meut— "I've just had a note from Sir George. Ue wants you t » take Id* carriage for to morrow to go to Vcrdenfsla. He will riiTe, he saye.” Mrr. Comyngs drops an armful of gor geous troche silk to clasp her hands with fervor. "What au adorable man! Dear, dear, how very attentive he ia, to bo sure! bee what it is to travel about attended by youth and beauty. I am afraid, girls, that the dear creature wnul t ner. r nave dreamed of accommodating me if 1 were by myself. It it LiUa that has done for him, Mrs Comyngs ts intensely selfish. l **dt be shrubbery that finishes Lady P«ll»tiny "grounds.” Mrs. John Ba- s trunks, ready packed, stand ia the J*!Lepeti’s—for shtrily they ?w?P. on northwards, when •a ,l hu Jtlker have gone southwards. •^•Bgement that four i ralbnal way but of uI, 7 mw bow a non obieciion- 'V od w ®»Mly-jrk« proceeding, i* there &ra »&d JsUlcs ~V**PH**- 8j much there is towards ■•sing of a Last—and nothing ssor*. *«• ho bride* staid, flatbed sod • v »* sad gaily decked. There are no 2* ,Bd Ml11 mon ^ occm "r is not even so much s« [ baodktrrhief. The esptain b deep la ;t w - BeU is palling a rose to puces , fy ia hershiug white bravery— snJ E'• etching her do it with a e«Ue of JUderswof, I*r»»«ally Le take, i; fi«?r„ Bir sores'* ministrations are not only pleasant and flattering, but they ara use ful; and, though she fears that it U not so much Lilia as BeU who is the attrac tion, she doc* not Uk« to admit the though! even to Hersdlf, because she feels that if she flora she must end the ac quaintance and the ministrations then and there. ’’Yes,” cries Lilia, energetically, "that U the hateful part of it! 1 should like a man to be tha tame whether oue was old nnd ugly, or not. There is no chivalry nowadays.” "So long as there’s a carriage tomor row, I don’t care,” retorts her exhausted mamma, "but, Mra Comynga," say Hell, with no hub difficulty, "to it right—Imeao, ought I to accept it?” "My iorf, didn't yon say that he of- my h*nti on tho ' young ir&n'a sleeve. ’You d <n*t know 1 l ’ what v o.i are say ing. Fe i» not a coward by aqy tu .inner of u.< afi4' “i'M youog m.a sbo-k off my hand vsheti.eutiy. coward,’ he repeated, ’and I for my wo;b at the brat seen him revulrer in mpagne bottles over the rail, rt|e hto arm swiftly and shatter tLe fa.. g glass with a bul.o . Tt.fic were grave at* r;cs, uo, by far ah< ut hi* deadly aiui iJUlusla. He ■ • « III .in l '.i r, * . l * 1 • i.: «• tiro in I,is €-;.*% 1 was sfi.aii by Lis next wor * ‘Dues the game go on:’ he aged, qui- loading.’ “I looked at Moore. 1^.(1 sic aft on the hurricane deck.% rev I hand, and as a waiter tl.re •* dun philauderiug out in Iudu by himself, fered the carriage to meF* "Why doesn’t she go too? My word, “Yes, I said bj,” answers poor. BelL ... **—*” "And he did—but he wrote me—and— and—1 wish he wouldn't—because, you know— There is the letter, Mrs. Com«nga” B it lira Comyngs waves It away. "Dear ate, my love, I really can t read all the little notes that bappra to come; besides, where are my spectacles? 1 really don't quite know what you can mean, la no ody to be polite, as Lilia uya He doesn't want tho carriage, he tells yon. Was the carriage made exclu •eTs!; fer him ts sit is, do ycz think? ! do trust yon are not going to Le aUrmed at everybody who happens to be polite to you, BeU. It to a most fuoltsh and a v«ry conceited state of mind to be in. Nobody wants to devour you that 1 can see. And it's too bot to srgu% You are certainly the oddest person!” •TU say *Yw,’ then,” says B*l! irreso lutely. "Liiis, there’s some lemon*!* in my room. I)o corns and have some." "Certainly,"return* Lilia promptly; and out teey go. Mrs. Comyngs' ei treaties Lome onward to ti.em cn ibe h< faint air. ••.-cad m? some too—w-nd me some An t t r-- Tl th • v ■?.[,(! li«-r -O'lir, ;»n they drink tfselrw lying i aci* in aru chatM. with tLe r hair |i'.i«hed fru.n the .-I;# icgrds It to. Lilia twea he does r: t allude to her^»*l anu oo the cool, fu»h ; • hot cbvekt aa i the »< n*«a. a i the m > e marked L ■■^■humuuug of the wild be* the lar, far-eff auUkd of f sing w; tmiitr and indui.iact, making the n* oo ol lbs sj ace yet vaster emu silence yet mcr* silent. Then L oils them of great Llack r cks, thou ..n J of Let high, awl of yawn ng abrt-rs thoosands of toot dwwn, ot hornbb gar ieg cha ins and crotuoo-a just wide cnougti to lei a man through—of footnalhs Iru&d enough to walk on, one by on*, on tipios—of rett ing pl-icea n>t two fret square, ar. 1, above them and below and on each siJ», eternity—of leaps and fa.ls sud breathless dim bines, of hurried scrambling and of careful crawling, an ! uf ag-mung mo ments • f supreme and dark unecruiaty. Meanwhile he to peeling ■ p«ur a- d eat ing U in a matter of fact way. But he is also watching Hell; he sees ner face flush and grow pale and her eyes pretently brighten and spark la. She ts lost in won der at his "doughty dec aid marvel* at hto condescension in Le ng thereat alL And he emilca—well pleased with the flattery, and thinks, as do« • every one eluvthat’*ahe’s wonderfully prstty, by Jove!" "BeU, Bell, my love,” cries Mrs. Com yngs **w# ato going!" And Hell wakes, with tin foist con aciousntss of the fact that Mrs. Comyngs has spoken more than once. he h uuM «r u hi* rero! "Oj, 1 beg your pardon " Bat a hush fell over thoM Caairs are pushed bvk; Sir George; tie, an . the (iot-hc * ed young man rises with them, and K *e sen tisly an I aaz.u- »t u j t iv a: hs c m before p-iitely; ac i the ladies bow generally to t Four ace* lay there—an invincible h each other, ind go U; stair- and lLsi for ttrai^hts'were not played. Th*r • thinks that »he will answer Jack’s toner I a blue cfage in Moore’s white bps * - at oe'.e. And this is wi.at she tea "Dear Jaca,"—first, a UttU besting about tha bosh, in the wav of loe»i news and all kind iaqnn i s, and then— "It to very rood of yuti to wnu? sokiLd.y to me, and I know I don’t deserve it, f. r I am not halt oo goot as you arr. I k o« that quite welL hat, dear Jack, don't ask me to go toludia just yet—it's such a very 1 ng way off- in t p-rh-i;* rn . .. b« riming hom- iaetead. Uy-sni-by. 1 »: it be as d*ar trsnima an*i Cspt. Baker arraogvd. \\ e ar* both v«rv young, an i there'* no eve! io hurry, i* there? t)..!y you mustn't tiunk tiisi'n's L^raute i enjoy mg tny**lf too mu h to w nt to leave, for lam in OKurnin.. as you know, toil nig* a ii v" »• I : t 1 . t w icli you that I dance at the I i le hou-i '•'• it* me jour hand,' I ssUL ’What dac Lut they ar* no; regular Lai... ! m th • u < r . ; 1 v i mean? Yon never t the pul i n:*. ’* hi.e igair .mi.', i a »jiuHy p.ir-, i.re o»o.l to 'he CumL l ie r uIiikii- ir u ..I un ia aco union objective tilt American physinans iu ti e at of paearnon •, sttnou^h they do nut g t so far in the ma i*r us the lirr- mans. A careful «tt*-c ion to rue's health, tiie wearing of warm Olotbin/, keeping too feet from getting wet and ti e avuulance of drafts will enalds one to generally •- ap* an attack of this so- nous nat ui e. • •-’i'. •• ’N. t with yon,* said the you:g man, bend ng ?sr*ard. the v«isa in its forr- head swelling. 'Not until I r rum that you are afraid to bet,* and wait a hdden motion he thruet hU hand* across h- ta ble and, Mixing Moure'* hand, turn'd the car .is fa e upward oo the table. "I was un my feet at that !ni:ait to arre»t Hoc re’s right arm, for 1 felt fliat u- —u — *•”. ——»—r at the inqlt. youn: iti^n looked LewiMereL Tbeyouc*' fellow bur-t m e tears, *”\Ve can't play tojethrr anymore,* beer. J. Yoa thivw rnonry in o my poc-e; leoioM I w as louni too mth'b. I can't taka It,* be uid, arising irom his ** ’You can.' said the gambler in an even voxe. *1 laid down my band. The money s yours. Beeid a,’ he added, hiver, *1 Held out an ace on y°°- Every man at the table knew that >re hid lie.!. We all got Up and tort v. u.ix man sittiug there icfore hto ' «y. I fojn I Moore aburtly after- rd oa df k. looking into the darkly and Mm Comyngs didn't v an.i I o.t* n think 1 iahouid like to c>> sleep snd never wake at a L Hut tha a wrong feeling. The Co- u,*.-* a Tory kind. 1 _ive Mr-. Coui ng* :v err deal of troul le, she says—?r.«l 1 don't ■ how! But I 1 v* Ll.U \try rum b. I to a mistake; 1 have fo .no that out, Ja —and having mocer is another. I i meniher how 1 i.j%««l new hto's wr.rn ' .1 i . . . get th-.,. a law Ii an pa-- abop utoond Out want to 1.< k rojr Don’t be angry, liear Jack. 1 do so w to do my duty to you wh-n the 11: •* i at ranis in your life.’ fv*. with tolaiurh wan -lightly harsh.' *b« it only a an 1 1 loved t.io mother one*'" \ Ha Farts L-tf-r. ».'• r-t. iot ttolbkrhtld. of one ot the rich Ifoths - ty barefooted can bo wtt- vi toge of Wa reebofen. But the sight of gr**at n their bars feet in ti «t son a* to exc.te lit le re- e ot the tsq< Bax the Kithir \V hat wuui ntbout eggnog? And what Ue.gnog? Worcester says: A dri k m»u# ut sp.rii, milk, sugar -nd eggs beaten up together.” Exactly a a, nut he might aa well d«scribe a fascin ating woman m "a c* m »ma Ln of dry goons, skin tod bon*” when lelLng vt tier winuing ways. 1 he eggnog is undoubtedly the succes sor of ibe '*wassail,” as brand* telle u* that "the wam*i1 bowl was carried round ou N*w Y'ur’s ave." Whence the de licious tev* age derives its name to not tear, some insist it l* so calhd because n connecting properly it is necessary to •knock” the egg* with a spoon in beat ing up, and on tha thorough' ese of thb depends the qusli.y of th« "good cbeer." The probabilitv to that the name to from the old English "nog,” which, according to Swift, means "aha” There are doubtless some who would discountenance the u>e uf th* Ua»e-b»n- ored drink. But why should th»y? No where in the world are there more moa- rrate and "teii'twraie” drinkers than Io Virginia. And undoubtedly tb*re will be n.n header ties and croM dyspeptics next Friday due to turkey and plum pudding than to tho nog. But beware of an overdoe* Fur if yon should exceed reasonable bounds, then "woe Le unco you,” for you will find that eggnog can give you a larger head titan was ever dreamed of. One of the Epicurean members of the Wmtmoretona Club gave the fo! owing formula: "To make eggnog in the gm uipe old Virginia sty 1# you must take dry cut ! at ’sugar well ground and mix with the yolks ot ihe egg* fur at Iran half on hour, then stir in your pure cream aud beet t>r«ndy, with ju»t enough rum tu give a gpon flavor. It is Letter nut; to use the white of the egg*. When fin- fshoi Che mixture will te quite thk*k and wUt keep fer week* A little nut meg should i e sprinkled on the lop of each glosaiuL” The owner of this recipe had it handed down to him at one of tue family secrets. It to aaD that many years a*o he spent Cbriatmas In the West Indie* and initi ated the natives into the delights of uog. It nearly »et them wild with ecstasy, and I ad-i.d nra.ii to their alr.ady high opinion cf th* great American repubhi ‘ r. W i. vled is asaului and Centra! Park, New Y of the** elegant roi laid cenienua •ton* , his But u* « nlilvmlns Dlsraata. Pr >bxb!y th* mo»t curLutgrcn in ihe w r d ia supportod at Waal by th* I rtd S'.* • g jvfrai. t-at horpi at for dies»-■ l planis, but diflers (rum ordinary Loap.la a in that the in- juriee and dleordeis from ewui.h tb* pa- iunis nifler have b«-*n pur^o*rly infiict-d open fjem by the do* tors in urocr that ib* naiuroot the comi Uinta may be studtod and meibodt of enrieg them di<uver«d. The L)tj art meat uf Agriculture has agents in m*ny parts of the country whose boaiaess to to travel about and colUct spvc- iaens cf diseased plants. These plants are prompHy aeut to \Va«biDgtoa,wi bfnll particolara of the iejurtoa done and the *x:«nt uf the depredation*. Prufresor Oal- lossy, who has chaigs of this department, upon receiving a leaf or a twig exhibiting morbid ay opt*, nr, sets at work to discover what sort ot f jegus to responsible for the mtor hirf. Nearly all di«orders of plants arc can- d by ptraaiue, o! which there trebO.' M kou%n kied*, »nd it to not eiay to ted off I hand, ia any given case, Juat which oat Is thed*»Toyer. Often this mint be titter- i»in ' by a wort to the germ ir< baior. ^ .| ,.js« the pruf t*or kasracelvtda eaf ffectei by some mvaurions d barn- i g it brown. His experi-nc'd eye ^t cm delicts the presence of a fungus.' Hr brkk. ofl a kit of the leaf, anil chope it npin divlilUd wa'er. ^Yhen the ws^r ia fii 4 wl'h the gtram he taken a drop sad letsH fall into a lube which already coo- tainst small quantity of g-l itinoi.a tub- atan«- called “afar/’ derived from a Japsnce ti-h. Tbtosubstaaca has previ ouaiy ben rii o( all germs ly boiling, and the tut i*mw tightly co x-rd up again to prevevt the in^ua* uf otk r ge . lhefup a germs find this agaruv*’ natri-ioMi >d, sadl at unue brgia to f**-f J \Viu.hneilings,*ho'is an ackmowl* ar ii ujnlti*Jy. If thfrw i* ooly ooa to b»- j edi;* i * • nno saeur .o such tut’.trn, s*ig* P* ‘ * u “V** l *°i ani * M » i geaitd the foiiowing: ”ln making egg- on uo il it may hi within a few haunt ; bmj hav.ee th# lk *T* ff* HUIpnuB- | proper quantity ot'each n* redteut “The To be orridh that i n fangtesomdibe j right |.mi ort.ona are a Uutospoonful of di-ortie of the fclxrit n q jeattoa, the pro- | sugar acd a drink o> brandy tueacb egg, lhMr Bahia a me ol them out oa lim end I Break your eggs, putting tue whites and of a ;■ *t:our. •* lie, and lu'ua ih»:a u- . j yoU- in parate ui*lim Beal tha yolks b. a! uy leal of V* tame sou in ui« c.--.. an i t!.« sugar t< ^-ther f* r a good while, reproduced iu the and thm slowly air ra the brandy, and PTyRT’ L*uitd tha sn- add jirnf enough rom Io give ti a Bice *»J. u l '*P »'• - i **t*.»t_-t»p; it I flat Wh-n Ihto to dree pour ia tb |Mr|5FM» something that cream until the mixture to ol Hus proper •rill hi'. I «r i rat* w fj tfu • W< •' • 1 *.t up Cl.* * *».£*• (*U i |Ut .uf> ! t ism. too tup Ecgn g made this way costa _ WastoMn.^nBkmw daring which {aunt II cent* per glam—nx.ee than the is Mr. ground tnignita* SV lift, it i (AO u;on ol bu an • of sb*t be |>r<. stated that hu In the foubdation a uf the Freer Jules Siraoe ia the Form . . r ^ . i» t v**ry i!it**lligenl man; belt vtry i *arn*.l: i* ii t*iav.-; ue U | utriotac; he t», in l.i. pnvat** ui.-, a man of irreproachable bonci Ho > i ^ ne to hr..!.? i rf, hto first polili'-a' *•i, to recall to tbekiug that tie « *■* tue li«*ir l«i hto rights. But this very step only proved the impossibility of tenu-< it.it.m; the Comte deChambocvL I dsaas accuse tb# Count of Baru, u« u too lightly d of Ijivjug bosi,n t L»> royal claiaa of M. Boulaiucr. Ho is t< «* much a Frenchman to take put In MB d’vt-t, too bonoral4e to p'it up with au< Ii n ally had t-• shrew i to have be ;«•'«*! that If. Boul iii^er had a crown to aril. H* simply put money in a "dear* f**r vutes direct d by thr agency of l o thin ger. lie furnished Uw nfflim tad Boulanger the popularity. Ho had stipulated that he would he glv* i ;• r lua mousy the greater part of u»« i r< <iu< t>. that to tossy, aconservalivo in»]ont>. The failure that was sofls-’r i .< i famous paraUrl march Ji" •» btt chances so much t u*. ti e republic ha* • J n *' * r Ur .,, ;»*q t^f* r- It. ■ r. if it has any, tney are reput-i; au sne- mtos, a Blaek Paul. Front th* Pari* (hi hto*. Ih* matu.-r uf * '-temple of th* Muses" at MokeBSoleff found hiota-lf ra an awkward | . i ament. The puMi _ . « i .1 • r.ii. . l who I •? had r »: rape "at.' n*. oil tu* it.,-. On th* v'-r^e . t rura a nappy thought came to bto rn.ef. Ii* n i'^r dtocoverada markable black Bail from root l witcr* rote B*gr»« xt Ik '• . i d" f da 1 have willing Uiftos.ll over th* tor, 1’hav* * u of fthtaky and milk* e * hef of the Commercial Club d *d itw prucese •imply: ”W# ul errant, teal the yula* of the «g| v iltu.iii-ive*; next we etur the »u .. a iLtj cujood un jungtt- .you Just i 1 tn.n a uci o oUtcr vtg-’.aie due*aw.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The weekly telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1885-1899, December 31, 1890, Image 1