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Newnan, Oa., Friday, May 23, 1890.
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THE GHOST OF A SHARK.
Tb* Fantastic Vision Which Foretold a
Ihllor'i Death.
Five years ago lust summer, when
J ellow juck phtyed such havoc in Rio
aheiro, it wo* almost impossible to
get men to ship for that port, and
ipany vowels went out short handed,
amoitg tticm the good ship Clio, of
Baltimore, of which I shipped bout-
sw&iii and acting second mate, said an
old skipper to a reporter.
There waR nothing remarkable about
the voyage out We hud a good run,
arrived safely, discharged our Hour
and took in our coffee without hnving
a man sick with the fever or anything
else.
Jn Dio wo nicked up a young Kng
lishman, Ned Ilalpiu by name, a
thorough sailor, who soon became a
prime favorite with all hands.
We passed Cu|mj St. Roque on (he
homeward voyage, ono dark, squully
nigh t with now and then a (lush of
rain. The wind was southeast, and 1
walked the quarter deck, impatiently
wasting for eight bells, llulpin was
just coining down the uiizzen rigging,
when 1 saw him swing fur over the
side and peer earnestly into the sea.
When ho dropped to deck 1 asked what
ho was looking at
He replied;
“Well, Mr. Shelby, 1 either saw my
twin brother swallowed by a shark, or
I saw my own ghost and the ghost of
a shark, und 1 never had a brother, so
it must be uio.”
I charged him with having rum in
the forecastle and with drinking more
than was good for him, and 'ordered
him forward. Ho started, but as he
reached the break of Iho half deek ho
called me.
“Thoro it is now,” ho said, pointing
into tho water clear'longside. I looked,
but saw nothing but the rushing phos
phorescent foam as tho sous broke
against tho vessel's side.
I admit that I was somowhul im
pressed by the man's earnestness, hut
ordered him forward roughly, and,
eight hells striking soon after, tho in
cident pussod my mind.
Tho nights for about two weeks were
alternately squally und flue, uml
every squally night Nod would see
that iinuge. Wo madu a quick run
with good weather from latitude 10
north to the C-upesof Chesapeake and
would have forgotten all about tho
matter had not Ned often said: “Boys,
I’ll never see Baltimore." Whon tho
white tower of Cape Henry oiimo in
sight many n joke was passed regard
ing Noil’s shark, but tho poor fellow
■hook his heud sadly and muttered:
“I’ll never see Baltimore."
A tugboat took us in tow and tho
men wero aloft furling gullunt sails,
when there was a cry und u splash of
water, then a shriek of mortal anguish,
and as tho cry of "Man overboard I"
rang through the ship poor Ned’waa
seen to sink beneath tho cdlm surface
of tho bay, his lifo blood staining tho
water around him, while tho dorsal
fin of tho shark that for twenty years
baa haunted tho Virginia cupes told
the horritlod witnesses that Ned’s vis
ion was true, and added but another
chapter to the psychological mysteries
that happen from time to time, and
which no mnn can expluin.—Philadel
phia Times.
A Co mn for a Couch.
The girl has at once courted aud de
fied superstition, for while her toilet
appointments, paper knives, etc., are
all in horseshoe shape or have for
handles the left hind foot'of rabbits,
she has a weird, moon shaped clock
from which tho ill omonedcuckoo an
nounces the hours. Tho most horrible
comer of the room sho rurely shows,
for it represents an unfulfilled pur
pose.
When sho furnished tho room, sho
decided to have a coffin in it, a la
Bernhardt She went to an undertaker,
was measured, selected the stylo of
oasket and then told the undertaker to
have it sent to her boxed so that no
one would know its contents. The
poor man was ns scared as Turn
o’ Shanter when ho saw the witches at
Allowuy kirk. His fair patroness be
longed to a largo family, and ho knew
he would lose all chance of future pa
tronage if tho father got wind of it, so
he went to him and told him of his
daughter's strange freak.. Thero was a
breeze in the house that night whon
the father gave his daughter the choice
of his money or her coffin.
That is the reason ono corner of her
room hat no tenant save a skeleton
and a black draped dais which was
to have held the coffin. The girl who
designed this horror breeding room
has been a belle for two seasons, and
people seeing her childlike face would
take her for an artless debutante.—Miss
Grundy's Washington Letter.
Nut ■ Burt Mistake.
The editor wrote it: “While this
cold weather lasts he mindful of others
poorer than yourself. Turn not away
in silence from the appeal for charity.
Give the applicant something, if only
tome kindly word.” The iutelligent
compositor made the last clause "if
oiiiy'some kindling wood." and he
builded better than he knew.—New
York Observer.
GOT HI3 OWN SPOONS.
The Experience of n Wealthy Bachelor In
Buying Wert ill ug Present*.
The amount of shopping for wed
ding gifts that is going on is some
thing tremendous, and the man who
at tho club tho other day remarked
that ho had concluded to be married,
so that ho could shift to the shoulders
of his wife the responsibility of mak
ing dinner culls und of buying wed
ding gifts, was answered by a groan of
sympathy from all the bachelors pres
ent. And the mention of wedding
gifts recalls one of the bits of light hut
somewhat amusing gossip floating
here. "The tale tells,” as WiIlium
Morris suys in beginning his new vol
ume, "that in times," not "long past,"
thero was a wealthy and artistic bucli-
elor in Boston who sent to an acquaint
ance as a wedding gift a set of berry
spoons of a fashion pcculiur and
unique. They pleased him much, hut
they did not please the bride at all,
and, sire, therefore, quietly took them
hack to the house where they were
bought and exchanged them. In the
course of the winter the gentleman
went to the same jeweler to procure
a wedding gift for another friend,
saw and recognized tho spoons,
bought and presented them, still un
marked, to the second bride. She liked
them no Ix-tter than did her friend,
und, like her friend, she took thenn
back to the silversmith. But in full
ness of time the original donor of the
spoons took unto himself u wife, aud
then one of his friends who had not
heard of the first repurchase welit to
the jeweler and said to him:
"You know what Mr. J. would like.
Tell mo what to give him as a wedding
present."
"I think," answered the jeweler with
a smile, "that lie must like these
spoons pretty well, for lie lias bought
them twice.”
"Then ho shall have them,’’ was the
reply; "but I really think it will ho
well to liavo them marked this time,
so that they shall not come back
again."
And so it enmo about that Ihouniqun
and most artistically ugly spoons came
into tho possession of Mr. J., who do-
dares tliut they aits tho handsomest
berry spoons that ho oversaw.—Bos
ton Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Employment for tlio Whistling Boy.
Every Saturday morning u crowd
of small boys gather about the door of
a bakery in Columbia street. Tho
temptation is a chunoe to earn fifty
cents for a day’s work offered by tho
baker. Tho small boy is employed to
pick over dried currants and raisins,
to removotho stems from them and cull
out tho utterly worthless. But the
linker does a little culling among the
hoys before he employs them, and his
niodo of selection is original and curi
ous. As each urchin enters tho august
aud aproned presence of the chief cook
lie is usked:
"Do you know how to wliisUe?"
Tho smart little hoy, who is not as
truthful us the Father of his Country
and has not posted himself in regard
to the civil service requirements of the
employment ho seeks, unblttshiugly
suys "Nawl" ho does not whistle, lie
also does not pick ruisins. Tho next
boy is both truthful aud posted. Ho
answers the baker's question with a
bar from tho classical McGinty over
ture, and is immediately introduced to
tho room within where with u score of
others ho is to find engagement. When
all tho boys who have passed the ex
amination satisfactorily arc in their
places the buker brings in tho bags of
raisins and cumuits. Each boy is
given n portion and told to whistle.
The wisdom of the baker’s scheme is
that as long us thero is music floating
out from the lips of tho urchin thero
could exist no opportunity for raisins
and currants to float in. The scheme
works well, at least while the ingen
ious baker is present. Tho concert suf
fers disorganization if ho chances to
leave the room. His sudden reappear
ance ou such infrequent occasions
causes efforts to resume thut are pa
thetic and distressing. If any one fails
to understand tho difficulties that the
emergency presents lot him fill his
mouth full of dried currants and try
to whistle.—Brooklyn Eagle.
The Cermtopkrys.
The reptile house at the zoo is pro
vided with an anteroom «sf u cooler
temperature, which is chiefly devoted
to the exhibition of frogs and toads of
many kinds. Among the former none
is more curious than the ceratophrys,
which is perhaps the most truculent
looking frog that has ever made its ap
pearance. Frogs are, as a rule, re
markable for large mouths, but this
creature is decidedly the leader among
frogs in this particular.
It has also a bloated appearance,
which recalls that of a toad, and its
eyes are overshadowed by small horns,
which give it a remarkably evil look.
When at rest it usually buries itself in
the soil, but when annoyed in any
way it swells itself out, like the frog
in Aisop. Ou these occasions it actu
ally harks with rage, and will, we arc
informed, inflict a tolerably severe
bite on any one holding it. This am
phibian comes from South America.
In a state of nature it is cauuibal, or
something very like it, siuce it will de
vour other frog-s without any com
punction.—London Standard.
A Diitiiifulibed Pertioiiage.
Census Taker—Your name, please.
“John Smith."
"Any middle name?"
"No; i>;i't the name I have enough
to distinguish muf"—Yankee Blade.
Th© Walter Stood Agfiftat.
A good story, in which two distin
guished Louisianians and a no less
distinguished Georgian figured some
what conspicuously in a restaurant in
Washington, D. C., was related to a
newspaper man. Tho Louisianians
were Hon. Thomas J. Semtnus and
Mr. James Legendre, of this city, and
the Georgian was Hon. Ben Hill, son
of the late senator, and himself a
prominent Georgia politician. The
purty were en route to New York city
to attend the centennial of the su-
premc court of tho United States.
On the arrival of tho train at Wash
ington, D. C., the usual time for break
fast was announced, and Messrs. Sein-
mes and party, taking advantage of
tlio opportunity thus offered, hastened
to tlio nearest restaurant. Each or
dered as his taste and' inclination
prompted, and settled his own account.
Messrs. Bemmes and Hill attacked the
bill of fare to the extent of $1. and Mr.
Legendre contented himself with a
Bcventy-fivo cent meal.
Breakfast ended, the three gentle
men each handed the waiter a silver
dollar—the exact amount of money
due by Messrs. Sctnmes and Hill.
Twenty-five cents were due Legendre,
however, and this amount the waiter
returned to him on his tray. Mr. Le
gendre had enjoyed his breakfast, and
being in good humor, replaced the
quarter on the tray to "tip” the waiter.
Tho waiter, placing the money in a
gluss on his tray, passed it to Mr.
Bemmes as a gentle reminder of what
was expected of him. Mr. Scrnmes
was, however, busily conversing with
his friend, Mr. Hill, at the time, and
in an absent minded sort of way
quietly appropriated the tip money
under tho impression, no doubt, that
it was his change. The waiter was
dumfounded, and Mr. Legendre, some
what embarrassed, beckoned to him
and dropped an additional quarter on
the tray to soothe his feelings. This
tho waiter passed to Mr. Hill with tho
hope Hint he, at least, hud "caught
on,” and that Mr.Semmes might finally
bo brought to a knowledge of his mis
take. But ho again ftiadc a serious
error. Mr. Hill dealt with tho tip
money just as Mr. Scrnmes had done
in the first instauco and tho conversa
tion proceeded in tlio ordinary way.
Mr. Legendro was already out fifty
cents in tho scheme, und was conse
quently not further inclined in that
direction, und before tho waiter could
recover sufficiently to explain tho
mistake tho three strangers left tho
restaurant und wero on their way to
New York.—Now Orleans Timos-
Democmt.
Trimming Olf Largo Kars.
Modern surgery has not hesitated to
cut a ucw nose out of the cheek, to
loop up a drooping eyelid, or engraft
tho skin of ono person upon another,
hut it bus not until now given a man’s
ears n setback. To Dr. William W.
Keen, of Jefferson college, camo a
brother physician to repair n job that
had been badly done by nature's 'pren
tice bund, so to speak. Tlio young
man, for ho was only 19, was all ears;
that is to say, his ears wero not only
abnormally largo, but they (lapped in
a painfully absurd manner.
Tho surgeon proceeded to lay hare
tho cartilago by removing the skin
from tho posterior surface of the auri
cle, and then excised a long, narrow
pieco of tho cartilage—V shaped in
cross sections, as if lie had run a min
iature plow over the ridge on tho
back of tho ear. Great care was taken
not to cut clear through and thus
causo n scar on tlio anterior surface.
The edges of the eartilugo were then
drawn together by catgut Btitches, iu
addition to those in tho skin. This
was done while the young man was
etherized. Ho wont to sleep with long
ears, aud ho awoke with short ears—
very sore ones, and so intricately fas
tened into position that for some nights
he had to sleep fiat on his back. But
whon tho wound had healed and the
plasters wero removed he found him
self possessed of symmetrical und fair
sized care.—Philadelphia Letter.
Wanted te Trice Tickets.
There was u Hue ten feet long at the
ticket window in the Hudson River
railroad waiting room and tho police
man on duty wn* busy reminding tho
slower travelers to he brisk with their
change, when a tall, thin, elderly wo
man, with spectacles aud with a com
plexion like a halibut, peered in at the
ticket clerk and said:
“What do you ask for a ticket to
Pouehkoepsie?”
"One dollar forty seven.”
“Is that the lowest price?”
"Only ono rate.”
“Eliza Smith went up last month
aud only paid one dollar and thirty
cents."
“There’s been no chauge, madam.
Do you want a ticket?"
"Would I save anything if I went
to Peekskill, got off and bought an
other ticket there!"
“Costs more. Hurry, madam, there
are others waiting."
“Well, I only wanted to priee tick
ets. I never kuowed Eliza Smith to
tell the truth before and I just wanted
to be sure that she hadn't broke no rec
ord.”—New York Tribune.
A N«v Way of Booming.
Many unique devices have been re
sorted to for booming embryo towns,
but that employed by the real estate
pushers of a tledgling ou Puget sound
takes the lead. Two professional
wrestlers wero matched and the result
of the contest telegraphed throughout
the coast. It was not stated whether
the contest was held under a big fir
tree or on the tide flats. —Exchange.
The Defense of Jiulnii.
Every man who is a general readei
has doubtless noticed how often, whei
ho has been reading of a certain sub
ject, lie run across the same subject ir.
an unexpected place, and an incident
of this kind brought to my attention a
very curious fact, which was a revela
tion to me. I had just finished W. W.
Story's poem, “The Letter of a Roman
Lawyer in Jerusalem,” in which Story
presents the legal aspect of the case of
Judas Iscariot, and suggested that in
betraying the Saviour lie was only at
tempting to give Jesus Christ an op
portunity to declare and prove hitnself
God, and that he only accepted Vne
thirty pieces of silver to give his act
the appearance of a betrayal for a
bribe.
I laid aside the pamphlet containing
the noem and picked up a hook, in
which I found uu urtieleon the ancient
coins of the east, aud one of the first
things I reud was that the “piece" of
silver of two thousand years ago was
the name of a coin, and that its value
was thirteen cents. It did not require
much calculation theft for me to see
that the price which was paid Judus
by the Sanhedrim for betraying Christ
was only $3.90.
Do you know this unexpected infor
mation made Story's poem have a
strange effect upon me? Btory points
to the fact that Judus carried the pub
lic purse and could not have been ava
ricious, or else lie would not have been
trusted with this fund for tho poor, for
which he rendered no account to any
one, yet ho betrayed his master for
$3.90. 1 had always thought that
"thirty pieces of silver” meant some
lurge amount, mid the statement aston
ished me when I read it, hut referring
to n work on numismatics I saw that
the “piece of silver” of Jerusalem was
about tlio same value as the “ore
piece" of Denmark, which is just thir
teen cents, so I suppose tho statement
is true.—St. Ixmis Glohc-Democrat.
A VoiKloo That Fulled,
Iii 1881 a criminal trial occurred in
Sumter county, S. C., in which the
defendant was a colored man by the
name of Johnson, who had killed an
other named Davis, the former having
in liis possession a charm which had
been given to him by an aged negro
named Orange Isaacs, n voudoo con
jurer, who assured him that it would
protect him from all danger ns a result
of his crime. The object of the mur
der was to enable the criminal to marry
the widow of tho murdered man. Tho
charm given him by the conjurer was
composed of beeswax, foxes’ hair, a
little sand from the shoe of the person
who was to be killed und a drake's
foot, the whole being sewed up in a
small cotton bag, wliiclr ho was to
wear over his heart next to his skin.
This, it was claimed, would obtain for
him tho love of the woman whom he
desired. In addition to this he was to
get a charmed bullet which lie was to
put in his gun and fire at Davis.
Tho negro thus protected shot his
rival, buried him and proceeded to
take possession of the widow, who, as
it appeared, was no wise reluctant.
Tho body was found and various cir
cumstances traced tlio crime to John
ston, who was put on trial. The jury
comprised nine whites and three
blacks, and a vast throng of negroes
surrounded the court house while the
trial was goingon. Curiously enough,
two of tho men composing the jury
were taken violently ill and others
hud to he substituted for them. John
ston wns found guilty, and was sen
tenced to he hanged. Three hours
after the sentence tho shoriff of the
county, whoso business it was to hang
him—a robust man in the prime of
health—dropped dead. The murderer
was, however, executed.—Columbia
Register.
Tile Hudson River Bridge.
The preliminary steps have been ta
ken, and it is reasonably certain that
the monster bridge, with its six rail
way tracks, roadways, foot paths, etc.,
will in due time connect New York
with Jei-scy City, Hoboken, etc. In
structural arrangement it will resem
ble that lesser work of Mr. Lindentlial,
tho Seventh street bridge across the
Allegheny river, but in its mammoth
proportions it will dwarf even the giant
cantilever bridge recently completed
across the River Forth, in Scotland.
It will enable the traveler to depart
from or arrive in tiie great city with
out recocvse to the ferry boats, and, as
a scenic feature of the day, will com
plete. with the Bartholdi Statue of
Liberty and the Brooklyn bridge, an
Iincouipai-a. It- trinity. -Pittsburg Bul
letin.
A Rcmarknbl* Ftco.
Col. John Van Aroian is said to
have been the only lawyer iu America
who, while assuming the guilt of de
fendant at the bar, dared to demand
his acquittal on the ground of public
policy. This was in the stock yards
case, in which Rider was on trial. It
seemed that the stock yards company
lmd sent messengers to the peniten
tiary at Joliet to obtain incriminating
evidence, and had been afforded every
facility for that purpose. In his argu
ment to the jury Col. Van Arman de
voted considerable time to a discussion
of the growth and development of cor
porations and monopolies, and the
power they had acquired over offices
and officers at the expense of the peo
ple.
He inquired if a crime had been
committed against a private citizen
whether such citizen would have been
permitted the privileges exercised by
the prosecution to secure a conviction
as had been done in tho case under
consideration. In concluding he de
manded that though Rider might be
guilty as charged in the indictment,
the jury should find him innocent, as
a lesson to corporations to respect tho
rights of tho people.-—Chicago Jour
nal.
Sulphur for Fumigation.
’It appears that the prevailing meth
od of disinfection by means of burning
sulphur is considered by some of the
leading bacteriologists as of less value
than it has heretofore been considered,
though Dr. Edson strenuously main
tains the contrary. Dr. J. G. John
son, on tho other hand, read a paper
before the Kings county Medical soci
ety in which he stated that he had
proved the present system of fumiga
tion as worthless for tho destruction
of disease germs; that the fumes of
burning sulphur do not penetrate
woolens as disease germs do. He also
stated that ho had propagated diph
theria from the clippings of blankets
after they had undergone a thorough
process of fumigation by burning sul
pliur. Dr. Prudden, of the New' York
city hoard of health, appears to have
come to the same conclusion, aud in
both New York and Brooklyn currents
of steam are to be recommended for
disinfecting purposes instead of burn
ing sulphur.—Medical Record.
Two 04(1 Coincidence*.
Capt. A. E. Anderson of the Hudson
river steamer Mary Powell tells of two
odd coincidences which lie “ran up
against" ono day. His steamer was ly
ing at tho foot of Vestry street, Pough
keepsie, when a man hoarded her and
said to tlio captain: "I have lost my
trunk. I don’t know whether it was
taken off this bout or not.” "What is
your name?" u.skcd Capt. Anderson
quite naturally. “A. E. Anderson,"
was the reply. "My initials and sur
name exactly," returned the captain.
"My full name is Ambrose Eltinge
Anderson." said the stranger,' almost
dumfounded to find the captain's
name the same, letter for letter.
The same afternoon Capt. Anderson
was treated to another surprise. An
elderly lady boarded tlio Mary Powell
at Newburg, remarking to the captain
as sho handed in her ticket that her
name was Mary Powell, and that she
lived in Philadelphia. This was too
much for Anderson, who related to the
lady tho coincidence of the morning,
whereupon the two spent a full hour
discussing coincidences, strange and
otherwise.—St. Louis Republic.
Is Consumption Incurable.
Rend the following: Mr. C. H. Mor
ris, Newark,- Aik., says: “Was down
with Abscess of Lungs, and friends and
physicians pronounced me an Incurable
Consumptive. Began taking Dr. King’s
Neiv Discovery for Consumption: am
now on my third bottle, and able to
oversee the work on my fnnn. It is
the finest medicine ever made.”
Jesse Middleware Decatur. Ohio,
says: “Had it not been tor Dr. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption I
would have died of Lung Troubles.
Was given up by doctors. Am now in
best health.” Try it. Sample bottle free
at A. J. Lyndon’s drug store.
One bushel of cornmeal is worth
nearly t hree bushels of oats as food for
fattening hogs.
« Electric Bitters.
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$1.00 per bottle at A. J. Lyndon’s drug
store.
It is easy and well to giv6 the fnrmer
advice if it is based on tacts and princi
ples, but the farmer himself must judge
as to whether it is applicable to his
case. He must run his own farm.
mumKENNksa-LlQUOR IIABIT—In
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III-. Haines' Golden Specific.
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Wm ■■■ mm i CUSHIONS* Whispers heard. Com*
Aft or Thirty Yours.
Nearly thirty years ago a young
Englishman named Robert Brown left
his native town, Surrey, aud came to
America. For several years ho cor
responded with his sister at home,
then the letters grew infrequent und
finally ceased. When last heard from
ho wus iu Boston. Tne sister wrote,
only to have her letters returned
through the dead letter office marked
“Not found." Finally, us a last re
sort, she addressed a letter to “Presi
dent Harrison, Washington, D. C., U.
S. A.,’’ relating those facts and ini
ploring his aid iu finding her brother.
This letter found its uddrefs. Instead
of going to tho waste basket it was for
warded to Mayor Hart, of Boston,
with a request that he look Mr. Brown
up. In u short time response came
that Robert Brown was dead, and had
left two sons, both prosperous young
business men in Boston, and the news
was sent to their aunt in Surrey.—
Washington Post.
A rciul Inn SI in pi id ty.
At Saint-Oueu isa family of garden
ers. More than a century ago they
leased wide fields of rich landlords.
During tho Reign of Terror, when the
rich had everything to fear and tin-
poor everything to hope for, these
landlords fled. Since that tirno they
have not been heard from.
Until their leases-expired these gar
deners, named ’Compoint, religiously
laid by the rent due, and afterward,
no claimant appearing, found them
selves in possession of large funds.
They have built expensive villas
and on fete days indulge in all the
luxuries winch wealth can buy. On
ordinary days, however, they don
blouses and work as though they had
no penny laid by for a rainy day.
That is to say, a dozen times a year
they dress, in broadcloth and their
wives in expensive costumes; the rest
of the time in the ordinary habits of
workpeople.—Cor. New York Herald.
Instance of iui Earlier Condition.
The Opistho eomus, a bird of the
Island of Marajo, in the Amazon, is
four footed when young. Its wing
has two fingers, each with a claw,
which drops off after a time, and these
are^used in scrambling about. As the
wings of birds are supposed to have
been evolved from prehensile hands,
this is, as Mr. F. E. Beddard states, “a
curious instance of a partial retention
of an earlier condition.”—New Orleans
Picayune.
George Schweich, of the firm of
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still believed to amount to $759,000 u
year.
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