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T.TF, WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1K84. FROM ATLANTA. «-- e,nC „S Un,,i ' ThePft “' I [jwnAlCOEBBPOSDBICE.1 . September 15.-For quite a pc- • ^ T betore’tliJ P warit was claimed of Cobb 116,1 “ that in agricultural matterejlt was c03 “;' e r county of the State. The coun- “‘'Tneteil with its neighbors and almost '? c0 ,“h» carried home the premiums that .offered. Since the war it has not. per ^ been so conspicuous, but its former ^See is yet a matter of pride in the .ntv and there is a movement now in method and growing in «S22b which promises to restore to it ■ireogto. aey. A | I( tte over a year ^ife* substantial, progressive farmers s? 0 .*associated together as the Jf tbe conn y. Rural Club." It had for SfeSt an improvement of the agricnl- it* abetter cultivation of the Si ths rsUlng of fine stock, and a derl-e fSoTtberoselvei ahead of and above the methods The club was a success Bel ,he start, and it has just Jffi-ted Us anniversary by iolulng ? dr and distributing preminma for spe- *, i r ,..llenee—such as for the beat acre Uhe best cattle, colts, butter, h «d etc. Farmer Ed wards was awarded the nr'emium for the best acre of wheat, n.n nrre of land, which a few years ago ^.’UY’el.micht It, yielded him only five * k a n » k halfbushels, tliis year lie netted Slrtv*tbree » nd tt ba , lf bushel ? of cle “ n Seat Numerous other premiums were awarded tor excellence in other special de- P Thfexample of the “Phoenix Club" has heln followed in other militia districts of iklVm ntv and now several clubs are in S organisation and extending their ,nc 5.k!r>Mn very rapidly. This member- SgfS3S&iX and gentlemen. These clubs have come together and f „Srf what might be termed a central n.santrition. to be known as the “Cobb Sty Agricultural Society ” and through- OTt the county it has stirred up great inter- ”(’obb evide U ntly means business. I un- , j it WS s this county that carried off t"it» (W offered by the State fair at “con, and its POWP 1 * beginning to •ndid county T L t and intelligent, prosperous. IU oste a unsurpassed, and one travelling irivate conveyance may see on all sides nv evidences of blooded cattle and ■ses, and improved agriculture. , Ither counties ol the State will lose otbing byemnlatingCobb. lithe same evstem should bo adopted of forming dis trict clubs joining them in a county club, and al! the county clnbs meeting on a roaraisn ground at the annual State lair, inch a system, and the inspiration it will rive, would result in making Georgia toe foremost agricnltural State in the Union. It is worth the experiment. IHX CONYERS HORROB. According to the reports, Conyers is entitled to the sympathy oi the whole State. On Friday night a young boy, Tom Marston, went into the cemetery, tore down a number of tombstones, pulled np Cowers and shrubbery, and otherwise dese crated the graves. Tho citizens the fol lowing day wero in a high state o( excite ment, but had no cine to the guilty parties. On Batnrday night the same fiend applied tbs torch to the Methodiat church and it was burned to the ground. The incendiary assisted with the others in efforts to extinguish the flames. Last night he set fire to a number of dwellings which, however, wero saved from any great dtmace. The fire fiend was discovered in the set ot setting tire to a fence. A posse started for him and he fled. A volley was fired on him, which brought him to the ground. Ho rose almost immediately, cursing his pursuers, and fired twice. He was captured before he could doany harm. Several Of the shots fired at him had taken effect, one entering the stomach, which will probably prove fatal. Two theories have been advanced to ex plain this devilish conduct: one that the boy is a tool in the hands of a set of vil lains. another that he Is crAy. The latter is evidently correct, which the evidence leems to corroborate. The boy’s parents are respectable people, ami the boy him self has heretofore always borne an excel lent character. Much desecration ol eacred places and such incendiarism has no par allel in the history of the State. The crop of Independent* over the State, already large, is slid on the increase. In the litth Senatorial district it is understood, in advance of tin- regular nomination, that Judge William Gibson will be an Indepen dent candidate. The Atlanta bar has made another acqui sition in the removal hero of Hubert B'ack- bum, Kiqof Madison. Uaii a younger brothcrof Mr. II. M. J’.larkbttrn, of tbe Jtadieonian. nnd prepared for the bar in Louisville, Ky. lie is a young man of bright promise and a determination which Wifi win him success in dais profession. Atlanta, September p;.—Mnjor Thomas H. Hayes, of Kentucky, arrived In the city to-day for the purposo of removing the body of General Hen Harden Helm, who was killed in the battle of Cbickainsnga in September, 1803, and burled in Oakland. By tbe side ol this gallant officer reit the remains oi his adjutant-general, McCau ley, who was killed in the battles around Atlanta. General Helm, whose body, alter resting for twenty-one years in the aoil ol Georgia, Is to be carried to tho home of ills jreojde, was the son of Governor Heim, of Ken tucky, who married the daughter . f Benjamin Harden, of Western Kentucky, who was one of the most distinguished lawyers of his day. It is worthy of note that Gen ; Helm nnil Abraham Lincoln were brothen-ln-law. they having rnai ried the Todd listen. At the breaking out of the war Lincoln need every effort and argu ment and appeal to induce Helm to cast his lot with the Union government, but the gallant Kentuckian could not be pre vailed on to take up arms sgsinet the South, and entered the Conferate army, where he won rank and distinction, and at last laid down hie life. To morrow Major liayes, who wai on bis slid!, B nd a brother-in-htw, will bear the remains to Elisabethtown in (line for tbe reunion ot the Helm brigade, Scff. tender 19th and ‘JOth, ^OhffiLL'b I 1.1,11. (RATION. Hon. J. H. Polhili, chairman oi the State Democratic executive committee, baa is sued the following, which i* cainniiwied to the attention of county executive emu- nmteea over the State and wb cb, it is hoped, will have the desired effect: Headquarters Democratic Executive Committee, Atlanta, Oa., September 13, —TotiieCiiairman or tiibCounty Democrat ic roMMimiE—Dear Bir: At no time in the hixtory ot our party ha* there been more necexNity for organization aud the polling of the entire Democratic rote in Georgia than now. in order that tho ume may be done, we **k you to have tickets provided for the peo ple, that they may vote in the October election for Governor, members of the General Aiacm* Wy ami state house officers. We would especially ask that you confer with the chairman of each CongTenlonal Democratic committee and with the Democratic nominees for Congress in such districts, and make Ar rangements to provide tickets »«*r the Novem ber election. Great care should be had to hRve them prtqrcrly printed with correct names of elector*, and every means used to |«t the same into the hands of the people be fore and on the day of election. J. II. POLHILL, Chmn. Btaie Rx. Com.. , Jefferson county, Ga. A CONYER’S CRANK. He Desecrates a Cemetery and Promts cuously Applies the Torch. Conyers, Sept 15.—Onr town has been in r fever of excitement since Saturday morn ing. On last Friday right some one on tered the “Rockdale Cemetery” and de molished several monuments, breaking them off and removing them from their accustomed place. The excitement ran high Saturday and every effort was made to cet some due os to who the perpetra tor was, but no discovery was made. About 9 o’clock Saturday night the Methodist church was discovered to be on fire, the alarm way sounded aud every effort was made to extinguish the flames and failed. It required the combined ef forts of the entire town to save the resi dences of Mr. M. W. Ewings and E. Thorn, adjoining the church lot. Our mayor then put out ten or twelve extra watch men. We had no more fires until Sunday morning about 11 o’dock. While services were being held at the first Baptist church, the fire alarm was again sounded, and it was discovered that tbe residence of Mr. James D. Winburu had been fired. This fire was extinguished, as i» was dis-ov* red in time to >:ive not niilv Mr. Winburn’s resiaence but the entire town, &9 it is in tbe most thickly settled portion of our town, and if the fire had gotten under way the entire business por- HOD of tbe dty would bate been lost, to gether with many residences. An hour later Johnson & Co.’s ginnery was discov- erhd to be on fire, ana was extinguished. W<* 1jh«1 no more alarms until Sunday night about 9 o'clock, when three or four houses in the southern part of town were set on fire. Tbe fires last night enabled our people to get on track of tbe fiend who did the work, and about 9;30 o’clock Thomas Marston was discovered by about fifteen young men, who were pur suing him. putting the torch to tbe barn of Mr. B. O. Wallace. They fired on him and be ran, and waa pursued and lost. Later he was found hid in the weeds near the Christian church. He ran again and was shot down and captartd. He has sev- ••ml I'iunful wound' urn* pis’., hot n ’ * bowels, also one in the temple, one in the side and three in his breast. He has a load of bird shot in hia right arm and side, * * ' ‘ in his * ~ reer for more of tfie same sort It^is a and several shot in bfs head. Drs. Stewart Si conntv nAw. Its people are bos- and Rosser attended him. and say tbat.kis " wounds are not necessarily dangerous,'Lint are very painful. He is now Ur charge of Sheriff Mitchell. Marston admits firing tbe church, .and other houses, and says he did the mischief at the cemetery. He is thought by some to be crazy. He says the Lord was with him and assisted him in tho work. Marston is a son of Mr. Jos. F. Marston, a carpenter whobas lived here for many years, aod enjoyed the respect of the entire community. Is nineteen or twenty years of age, about six feet tall, and very strong. Hejfias never been considered very bright, yet no one tbonght him craxy. He would assist in patting ont the fires he had kindled, and would talk about catch ing and hanging the man who did it. The Metbodlstslmet this morning and ap pointed committees to solicit subscriptions to build them another bonse ol worship. They propose building a fine church. Tbe house burned cost $4,500. Later.—The commitment trial of Thomas Marston. tbe incendiary, has been postponed until he either gets better or dies. His condition is somewhat worse. The wound in his stomach may prove fatal. Hr is kept under a strong guard at the court bouse. A Bit ot Wit b, a Noted Stutterer, llanford Times. W. It. Travers, it I- said, recently tendwiapartvln Newport and was a by a lady when it v He replied: “It-il yet, I,nt It will be b-b-by can s-s say it." An End to Bone Scraping. Edward Shepherd, ot Harrisburg, III.. •Ml: “Havingreceived ro much Mnafit from Electric lii t.-rH, I 0-el it my doty to let suffering humanity know it. llava had a running sore on my leg for eight years; tay doctor, told me I would have to ire*" the bone scraped or tho leg amputated. Jaed, instead, three bottles ' •er, and seven boxes Bt Halve, and my leg Is now It . Electric Bittern are sold bottle, and Huckien’s Arnica ca:ve at - --. per box by Lamar, BtnkinA I.smar UPHEAVAL IN LOUISIANA, The Hast Delegation In Congreii to Stand Nenrly Unanimous for Protection. New Orleans, September 15.—The work ot nominating Congressmen in this State is nearly completed. There has been a general upheaval, and a nearly entirely new delegation will be sent to Washing ton, this change being due to the tariff. All except one oi the present Democratic Congressmen from this State voted for tbe Morrison bill. The new delegation to be elected in November may vote differently, for it will be nearly unanimous in (avor of E rotection, this result being brought about y the tariff agitation oi 'he planter,. In tbe Second district, represented at pretent by E. John Kilts, whose nomina tion was rendered Impossible on account of bis tariff views, W. T. Houston, a strong nrotectionist, was nominated to-day, and bonnd by a very strong resolution pledging him to vote for protection. In the Third district E. J. Gay, the rich est sugar planter in tbe State, and worth probably ten millions, to-day accepted tbe nomination tendered him by tbe the Dem ocratic convention. He is, of coarse, an extreme protectionist, and, as be is willlug to spend some money, may succeed in de feating Kellogg. In the Sixth district E. T. Lewis, the sit ting member, waa defeated entirely on the Morrison issue. Mr. Blanchard, ol the Fourth district, is the only member of the p resent delegation likely to return to Con gress. In the Fifth district there is an ugly split, and in the First no nomination has yet been made, bat the contest lies be tween three protectionists. The delegation, therefore, will stand nearly unanimously in favor of protection, whereas in the last Congress Mr. Hunt was the only Democrat who voted against Use Morrison bill. Patent Office Decision on Trnde>Ma,ka. The first decision of the Patent Office under the new trade-mark law was ren dered by Assistant Commissioner Dyren- fortb in the case of Lyon, Dupay & Co.. ' parte, on appeal from the Exam’ Trade-Marks. A sjUsbus of tb< ... appear, in tb. Patent Office Of ' Q J Me as follows: baa the right to us® it ubilsb, first, that he registered or knowr°t' idlSJal sJuh £reon and beyo trade-mark of another ihlt he is using <IFM this bo must show soown.tnconfir*trade-mark which he orjmllan tribe, «ce with foreign nations I 4%-ate tloea not provide that the trade mark sought to be registered shall be used in foreign commerce; but ft does not in terras provide, nor in fair intend ment convey the idea that a party may ac quire the right to use somebody else s trade mark merely by using it in such trade. 3. Where the rcoords of this office dis close that certain parties registered a trade mark under the law of 1870, that such trade mark was their property, that they bad been using it in this country for ten years next preceding the date of their ap plication for relstration, and there is no evidence that they have ever abandoned such trade-mark: Held that section 3 of the act of 1881 and the spirit of the whole statute authorise the patent office to take notice of the facta recited in said record in determining “the presumptive lawfulness of claims to the alleged trademark” by subsequent applicants for reglstratien, and the examiner waa justified in rejecting tbe application fur registration on the facta duchned in said record. A Tramp's Momant of Misery* New York 8un. A genteel-looking tramp, with a fair load for Monday morning, stood on a Chatham street corner in a meditative mood. He nervously twirled a dime in hia fingers and finally tossed up the coin, saying:'‘Heads for a breakfast; tails for a cocktail 1” He looked at the coin after it fell to the side walk and sorrowfully exclaimed: 1 'Heads 1 that’s for breakfast/’ Flipping it again in the air, he said: “Twiceout of three times.” It fell tails. The tramp’s thirst waa neck and neck with bis hunger. “I mush’ give tbe breakfast a chance, ot here goes zerd and last time,” he said* He tossed the coin again in the air. It fell in the guitcr and bounded into the sewer througtl a bole in the rounded curb-stone. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. “He s got’em on! He’s got ’em < triumphantly exclaimed youn-j Johnnie Jarphfy at the breakfast table. ' Got wot on?” otked his mother in sur prise. “What ails yon, Johnnie? What are you a peeking under tbe table so for? Wbv don’t you sit up straight and eatyour meal?” “Pah's got ’em on! I see ’em!” emphat ically asserted tbe Jarnhlys’ heir, " Cut w« I i !i. sir'/ \v*i't im* v«.u talk r about / Mernly 'i>k<d liis futht r ‘Why, you’ve got yoor pants on, and l heard Mr. Smiff say ne thought rnah wore ’em.” Choosing a Profession. New York Mail. "I shall enter journalism on leaving col- 'ege,” he said; “I lwk upon journalism as : :k blent of tin* prob '-ioii'. ' "i trn li journalism when I was of your age,” re marked an old gentleman, “but I couldn’t mum* it jmy. I strug/iMi along t ,r nv* years; at the end of that time I was worse off than When I began.” “And did yon give it np?” “1 had to give it up or starve.” “What did yon dothen?’^ “I pulled myself together and went into the newspaper business and did will. I wouldn't advise you to enter fonnurilsm, young man. Try the newspaper business, there’s money fn it.” The Diary of a Dollar. San Francisco Truth. I was once $1. Subscribed bv a barber for the Home of the Hungry. But in get ting to the hungry, I have got very lean myself, thus: Cta. Expense of being collected-.-.^ ill Salary of President of Home for the Hungry.. 20 Kent of Home of the Hungry *“ Falaiy pf Hungry Secretary Yearly report Home of the Hungry Yearly banquet celebrating lfome of the Hungry 5 Current expenses Home of tbe Hungry...... 15 Table bill for officers of Hungry... 10 Polishing knocker big front liungty door... Insurance on Home of the Hungry . 90 . 10 Totol expense Balance in Treasury Home of Hungry “Oath" Whirligig end Rich Mr. Bonner, w York letter in tbe Troy Times. :r went to Hartford accompanied Bit-1 by Maud 8. and a half-doxen grooms, hia Arnica I oojec id and well.” ! still g* fifty cents^ a j «.tUce, the I iter speed. Passii kmner could easily vrai a printers’ 3 tbe racer to Attends the Tammany Feast. New York Tribune. I sat at the Tammany crow-supper last Friday and found myself among friends. Everybody around me was for Blaine. The more Celtic the countenance the more determined it was for Blaine. “We talk Bntler and we vote Biaine,” whispered a stranger in n*y ear. “They say Grady won’t speak,” said the car-driver aa I got off. “Faith, I bet you he speaks!” The great body of that audience never moved either to applaud or to hiss. The Cleve land huzzaers Trere about 200 in number, the Grady applauders nearly as many. All the rest were like John Kelly, still as death. He never moved his bands. Old Splnola’s speech was the best acted thing of the whole. “I believe we can rescue victory from the jaws of defeat,” he said. “I think it can still be done: but you must do it. Without you this ticket can’t be elect ed.” If ho had said in terms, “you stay at home and this ticket will be defeated/’ it would have meant tbe same thing. Bourke Cochran does not mean to vote for Cleve land unless he has been talking for nanght ever since the convention. When the Hon. Pat Walsh, of Georgia, told him and others only u month ago that Cleveland’s defeat meant an end of tbe Solid South, he said aside he thought that wduld be a good thing. He Wonted the Same. Chicago Herald. A man, whose linen duster looked as though it had been used lor a bed sheet, reclined against the Grand Pacific bar and uttered a couch. •What is it?” asked big Jimmy. ‘Do you re-kogmze me—do you know me?” •I don’t think I have the pleasure.” ‘1 was in here Ia*t night-last thing be fore you closed up—remember ?” I believe I do.” Yes; I thought so. Do you romember what it was that you dealt out last night.” “I do not. Perhaps whatever you asked me for.” “Perhape; very likely. But say—it was a corker. 1 want some of tbe same kind of stuff right away.” As be poured out of the flask into the large glass, be continued: “That’s it. I never got earthing awey from home that made me feel as much at home in my life as this. You know how much I took last night—I wasn’t diunk when I left here, was I? Well, I went right to bed—right to {bed with that last deal of of youm, and say—when I woke up. what do you think? 1 was tied to the foot of tbe bed. I'd got up in ray sleep and took tbe bed-sheet and made a rope of it and tied myself. Thought I was home, you know, in Texas. Wei), here's looking at you. Jes drive the cork in that bottle till I come in again.” The Macon “Telegraph and Meaaenter.” Chattanooga Democrat. The above is as emphatic and declared in its advocacy of all the Democratic can didates and principles as any paper in the land. Not a word of political heterodoxy or infidelity is ever found in its columns, and yet, became forsooth it does not look as hopefullv at the aituatioL as some other journals, it is denounced by many of the small fry newspapers as leaning to Repub licanism. Now the Tii.v^ A pii red Messenger is at error * laboring t hwe K ! °oroy tore- I**"- "Hi 1 many d %patvloU of ‘^revolution In Mi.vin* L* can.a of American independence would be unitar cessfuL But wfiue they looked with pain ful apprehension to the result, Uiey * ealed their devotion to the cause w»tu thc*r b.ood and treasure. TUo«e who claim that the Telegram U itepuDlican became it doubt* tbe auccen of tho Democrats party have eqnallv as much reason to tharRO a minister of the Got ml with infidelity, who believes that Hatan’s cause woild.opon a full vote and a fair count, carry a majority of mankind. The Telegraph a no Messenger will be among tbe proudest and happiest of tbe great joumsliatic throng, when its gloom i* dissipated, and its mistake corrected by ihe glorious triumph in tbe November election. Opportune Remarks, Arkansas Traveller. Among the first Confederate troops that went out from Arkansas was Parson Greesmore. who enlisted as a chaplain. He was a devoted Christian and hia pruy- era were regard**! by the arena, utter- and from a liigbo* po.er. Just before the battle of Jenkins', Ferry, tbe old man laa sermon said: ., . "My dear boys I liavo decided to go into the next fight wltb you. I don't: think a man can properly preach about the ev Is and sensations of war unless be baa expe rienced tbe feeling of going into battle. Now, tbe next fighting we engage in sbali have me numbered among it, partlcl |ia Tbeold gentleman rod, a large gray home and when preparation! for the'bat tle ot Jenkins', Ferry being made he appeared on tbe ,nowy charger. Borne of tbe officer, begged him to keep ont ot dan ger. but with an expression of heroism lie replied that be would engage in tbe battle. Tbe lint artillery fire from the enemy shot tbe horae from under the old gentleman, nnd by the lime he eettied himself on bis feet a bullet came along and carried off one oi bis ffnxers. He attempted to be calm, but jo.t then a bullet carried away the right thumb, and wheeling around the old man struck a determined trot for the rear. "Hold on, pereonl" called ume one. “Hold on. h—H” he replied. “Aek a man to bold on when the whole uni verse Is spooling at him. Take care of yoor body and the Lord will take care of your eonft” He was Engaged- Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Enter aspirant for reportorial honors end emolument,: __ , ... Managing Editor—"What can you do?” Applicant—“Everything, air.'* Managing Editor—"Can yon tell the truth?” . ... Applicant— I can, elf: but In, • - _X__ r.lito* •if'nn.Ue* A PHANTOM FOX. How a President's Widow Is Interested In an Anlm.il Impenetrable to Bullets. Nashville American. It is not generally known that fox- chases frequently occur in the heart of this city. These chases do not partake of tbe nature of the regular meets, but occur spasmodically, and depend entirely upon the willingness of Reynard to leave hie ark of safety, which is no less a place than the spacious lawn and grounds by which the Polk mansion is surrounded. All the fox-cha*es—and they are not fre quent—occur whenever the animal is dis covered on the streets by boys or young men, and some of them have proved very exciting. Tbe history of this fox is quite interest ing. He was presented to Mayor Phil lips by Mr. Thomas Ballew on the night ot the last city election. A party that went around early the next morning sere nading Mayor Phillips and the fen coun- cilmen who were elected carried the fox with them. The animal had a collar around its neck, to which was attached a chain, the other end of which was made fast to Mr. BalJew’a saddle. The fox rode on tbe horse’s back behind Mr. Ballew. and being very tame, frequently climbed on his shoulders. When the party were in West Nashville, near the residence of President J. B. Byrne, of the city coun cil. some of the serenading party cut the collar on llif* f-.\'s lie k, and tiu* aniniitl jumped off tbe horse and ran away. This was literally running the “Red Fox” out of town. It was next seen at the Fair Grounds wl .-II Dr. « 'irvcr had hN "Wild WV-t" ex hibition there, and was frequently run in to the woods during that week by the In- ■ iiMii-'ot Dr. Carver's company, who took great delight in firing at it. Dr. Carver h**ard on** of tin* ch'cfs s'iv that tin* fox - ! t!.<* -j.irit of hi' hrn'h.T. who had died out West a abort UBM wai / him ov.t themuntry. Tin* Do< tor laughed sarcastically at the chief, who told him if he did not believe it was a spirit fox to try to shoot it. Tills nettled the Doctor, who, it is well known, is one of the champion wing-ihots of the world, and he agreed with the chief that he would kill the fox at tbe first shot of tho rifle or set up drinks. The Indian ordered the drinks, the Doctor fired, the fox ran awAy unscratched, and the Indian taunted the Doctor into taking five more chances at the fox on the same terms. The storv goes that the fox appeared five times af terwards, the Doctor shot at him five times, and the big chief took five more drinks of Tennessee fire water, with the usual toast that the great Mauitou was protecting the fox, in which form the spirit of his brother would follow him un til he died. when he would also turn into a fox, and they would cavort around the country after the “Wild West” show to gether. It is a well-authenticated fact that this red fox, which is known as the “spirit fox,” has been shot at hundreds of times by some of the best marksmen in town, and to all appearances has never been bit. As for tbe hairbreadth escapes at the mouths of the innumerable bauds of h§lf- ataiveil dogs that infest the suburbs and prowl around the city, there is no telling now many Reynard has bad. When in Mrs. Polk’s place the fox runs around the grounds apparently as well contented as a dog, and it is stated that the venerable and stately widow of the dead President has become quite interest ed in the now celebrated animal. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. How Small Fingers Harped on the Heart- Strings of One Who Sat In Judgment. Chicago News. “The officer tells me that you were drunk and disorderly, and that you have often been arrested for the same offense,” said Justice Foote yesterday as he frowned through his eyeglassei at a hard looking woman who stood before him. “I have no sympathy for women like you and I will fine you a bun ” “Papa!” interrupted a little voice, clear and sweet, and two soft arms stole around the judicial neck and a soft face was laid against tthejudiclal cheek. Justice Foote’s frown changed to a smile. “Aba, you rascal I” said Be, seizing his little daughter and seating her on his knee. “8o you came to see me just while I am hard at work, did you, and you slipped up behind me and tried to scare your old pap? Ab, you!” and he gave her great hng. Clerk CUngen poised his pen, ready to record the fine; the lawyers took their seats with a smile; the prisoner was left alone before the bar. she looked at the little child and passed her sleeve over her S es. For five minutes the old head and e young head nodded at each other, while from two red lips came a wonderful story of ‘ Oh I such fun at the park! and how funny the deers looked!" Then a bright ten-cent piece waa pvonMftMi the Justice’s pocket and put into a little hand. Then came a long, hard hug, and the little girl skipped away, shouting good bye as she went through the crowd. When Justice Foote turned bis face to ward the court room there was spread over it a smile that would have gra:ed the countenance of a saint. “Where was I ?” he asked, as he rubbed bis g!a«ses and looked down at the sheet. “On, ves, this drunk and disorderly case.” Then be looked at tbe prisoner. “You look like you might have been a decent girl once,” said he; “I will give you onemor*chance, Tbe prisoner is discharged.” Applicant— t mit, urn » do? * nil Managing Editor—“Consider yourself h aged.” I do TO SHOOT THE FALLS. Mr. Wormald Will Try the Experiment on the Inside of a Rubber Ball. Buffalo, N. Y, September 14 —Oliver Wormald, a fresco painter, offers to go over Niagara Falls In a rubber ball fifteen feet in diameter for the sum of 11,000. The matter has been thoroughly canvass ed, and baa enlisted tbe co-operalion of W. G. Graham, of Cleveland, and Peter 8. Grant, a business man of this city. With in tbe ball there will be sufficient space for the'adjustment of an apparatus which be claims will keep him in an upright po sition while the ball is in motion. It will consist of three-fourths inch rubber, cov ered with a close binding of tarred rope, ro as to pH vent Injury to the rubber should tbe sphere strike the rocks; but this precaution is scarcely necessary, as Mr. Wormald claims that the bah will re ceive sufficient momentum to hurl it far from the falls, where he expects to be picked up by boats. After having been inoculated with a quantity of air, to keep the occupant alive for fifteen minutes, the bag will be hermetically closed by means of hot rubber applied by a brush, and the netting fastened by means of snap * P Mr. 8 Wormald is a manoi small stature, weighing about 126 pounds and measur ing about five feet six inches. He is an Englishman and thirty-five years old. He will go to Niagara Falls again to-morrow to perfect arrangements. An Armr in Black on Rustling Wings. Staunton Vindicator. Millions of blackbirds may be seen every afternoon before sunset tlyine in dense flocks eaatw&rdly over the “slabtown’’ «ub- urb of Staunton and over Betsey Bell to their roosting place somewhere beyond. In the morning, about 6 o clock, they make their appearance again, Hying back over the same route to tbe west. The numbers are so great and they fly so close together that at a distance the nock has been mis taken for a heavy black cloud. Nenrly 2,000 Babies In One Big Bunch. Puis Letter in the Boston Herald. The International Baby Show, shortly to be held in the beautiful City Pavillion in the Chumps Eiysees. has already ootm its books more than eighteen hundred mlants of all nationalities ami the outpouring oi ladies to see this collection I* likely to t>e lormoin. It Is remarked that the com- FEAST8 FOR DEAD AND LIVINC. | Ceremonies Transplanted from the Flowery Realm to American Graveyards. N. Y. Herald. Tbe period to provide the dead with ser vants and food fell last week among tbe Chinamen. Nearly every Chinese grave in Woodlawn and Greenwood cemetery has been decorated with incense paper, joss sticks, roasted pigs nnd other articles. At one of the graves was laid a whHe pig, roasted beautifully brown and r.icely spiced, the odor of which, when carried past tbe crowd that was looking on. made them hungry. Tbe whole pig thus roasted, was a little over two hundred pounds. After an hour’s exposure before the spirits of the dead, it was brought home in the even ing. Itwascut up!n «h***e pound slices and sent around to tbe different shops on Mott street and eaten up. The moat peculiar of all the ceremonies of the week was tbe sending of servants to the dead. This is done by rnak'ng paper men and women, which in the midst of the jacrifices are burned, the hvstanders say ing: “Here are tbe servant* who will wait upon thee.” If there are any important mewain-s t<* I.** m*iv»*y i t<* th<* d< ,u\ t.Vy are always written anil fa tened upon tbe hands of paper men. This week is tbe feasting week for the living. The five Cbineso restaurants are already overcrowded with profitable or ders. She Raised a Pole. Detroit Free Press. A widow, who keeps a small grocery and saloon on Russel! street, hired a man to bring her in a liberty pole the other day. and ia3t evening it was raised in front of her place. As the pole was elm, and the flag had no name on it. the crowd was anxious to know for which party the pole was raised. When the “tree” had been planted a short, fat man mounted 'a box and b«*gnn : "My frens, dot i. >I«* vlias oop. Dot tlag vhas shireaming oudt oafer a free heoples. Dis vhas a great country, und dot cost more ash eight dollar. \V*> haf a free government, nnd dot flag cost more ash two dollar. In dis coun try w«* can pay rooh* ta\«** und haf some bolitics und a goot time, und dis vidow vhomans sails der werry 1 "*'t lager in Dc.rnit. Knvery mans in America vhas shust as goot ash somebody else, und ft vhas goot to batrouize dfs vid ow vhomans vhen you vants some gro- "Who docs .'he Vote for • c:i! e i a voice. “If dot vhoinan wotes dis fall,” replied the orator, “she puts on der name of<i31eafland und Blaine und Ben Butler una Tom Collins. 8hevhas liberal in boli tics, nnd she gifs you more clothes-pins for ten cents os any odder roan in Detroit. My frens, dis campaign vhas now open, und all der batriots vhas excited like tun- der. Mv speech vhas closed. In closing him oop 1 informs you dot five cents pays a schooner of beer of dis vidow sooch ash you find nowhere else in dis gountry. We vhUl now adjourn.” Sprinter Johnson's Rapid Pace. New York Timex. A large number of persons connected with the New York Athletic Club assem- b ed on their grounds yesterday afternoon to witness a trial of speed by H. M. John son, the professional sprinter, who is to day, it is thought, the fastest man in this country at 109 and 150 vards. Johnson is much heavier than the average sprin ter. He s-t.'imD live f«**t ten inches in height, and weighs 189 pounds, and his massive legs and large chest gave him anything but the appear ance of a “flyer.” Hia first race y»»ierday was seventy-five yards, and ha crossed tbe line with tne fleetness of a deer. The time keepers, F. H. Donahue, A. H. Curtis and T. H N ..in* 'i.iua.L-th** time "7 Wl,. !! they announced it Johnson was the recipi ent of loud applause. This equals the best time ever made for that distance. He next gave an exhibition at 100 yards. In bis first trial be got a bad start, but near the finish regained some of his lost ground and crossed the line in :101-5. In bis sec ond attempt he secured a good start, and ran in fine form all the distance, making it in :10. This is a wonderful performance. The track was carefully measured, and there was not a breath of air to aid tbe runner. Homage to the Oyster* Bal'lmore American. Sweet bird of aqueous habitation, come expand thy hardened wings and pour forth an epicurean song of saline sweet ness. Sport thyself in this milky stew, warm thy esculent form in the ascending clouds of steam—invade the indigestible fry. Take on the robes of soollopea beau ty. Mingle thy succulence with tin* bert for I w 11 * * r«• v * r th mi :1\ :i:i.l wreath** the inner man with smiles of joyons exul tation. Delicious bivalve, we greet thee! The Campaign Liar. Cincinnati Enquirer. The Ohio election is stiff four weeks away. There is hone that the campaign liar may wear himself ont and give us a week or ten days of solid troth. Meanest Sneak In Town. Malarial gases sneaked up through the poorly constructed drains and made baby very sick with malarial fe ver. Baby would have died but for timely use of Brown’s Iron Bitters. There is nothing meaner in its way of coming, nor worse in its effects, than this malaria from the underground re gions. Mrs. McDonald, of New Hav en, Conn., says, "For six years I suf fered from the effects of malaria, but Brown’s Iron Bitters cored me entire ly.” Try it when malaria steals in and und ermines your constitution. It will give relief. THE FIELDS ARE WHITE WITH COTTON. HARD TtMES nearly over Af loriitm bikrvfit In nt Imnd. h j<I prnNiifrliy will prevnll. Thou*- niMlnol Iniiiilichwlio h tv<* t»**■•* mint- luir PlnnoM and Orgn »» for ■nttiij' long will HUY THIN f E kR. Auflcl. pul I iik iliedemnod, we imve DOUBLED OUR CONTRACTS with MERS M. J. CHRISTOPHER & CO. Wholesale and Retail deale Fruit and VejehlFs! nu<l 'Hid lit mi Hoci <»r «*n- perli In*uriiinofi'Mfr*»m tin Lenillng Wnkcrn, which w » ithnll offer on onr «im»l • *»*»y irtwinll incut I'crrai. 'onr- comm<mInt* thi»*e who wl«b to hay now,mid hold thflr cotton nntll Inter, we make thin Special offer to Piano and Organ Buyers. Ca*liPim with Three Mouths Time 1 M Cheese, Butter, Florida Oranges. Northern Dressed and Western Live Poultry FLORIDA EC.G8, ETC., No. 32 City Market, : Jacksonville, Fla. Special attention paid to cousign^. . of all kinds. Reference: Florida Havings Bank. Quotations of the Jacksonville wholesale market of Fruit*, Produce, Poultry and Hens per head ..35 to 45c. Roosters per head 30to40c. “Springers” to grown 20 to 30c. Fresh eggs per dozen 20 to 23c. Peaches per crate 50 to 1 GO Grapes per pound *5 to 2itc. Apples per barrel....... 3 00 to 4 00 Snap beans per bushel 150 to 2 00 Tomatoes 1 50 to 2 50 Egg plants per dozen 20 to 35c. Hpecial attention paid to consignments. Ail remittances made same day goods sold M. J. CHRISTOPHER «& CO., sept5w Jacksonville, FJa. SILVERWARE? For Household Use. BIRTHDAY ! »e 1 Pianos and Organa at our Lowest Rock Bottom Ca&h lMcei, requiring only $25 CASH DOWN ON A PIANO. $10 CASH DOWN ON AN ORGAN. And allowing three months time themEclvcs unable to complete payment after the three months will be given furthertirap. by agreeing to pay our regular Installment Prices, and complying with our Installment Terms of payment. Should ttey pay one-half the amount due at three months, or make a large cash pa. ment, an equitable price for the instrument will be arranged. All will be treat’d fairly, and charged prices In accord ance with the time required for thcjmrchaie. All purchasers under this special offer are re quired to sign oar usual form ot lease con tract, and furnish references as to their re- sponslbil’ty. Instruments will do sent on the usual fifteen days trial, when references arc given. LUDDEN & BATES’ SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE, SAVANNAH, GA. j WEDDING PRESENTS ! I Largo stock and Low Prices. £^-8end for Catalogue. i WILLIAMS & STEVENS, I fobH wly Macon. Ga. j M CON GIN REPAIR i WOHHK i r PHE only place in Macon where cotton JL gins arc repaired. JAME8 T. GANTT, Proprietor. Planters will bear in mind that their gins cannot be repaired, even by an expe rienced workman, at their gin houses as well as at a shop fitted especially for the purpose. My prices are guaranteed not to exceed those of first class work done else where. And I pay all freight free of charge within one hundred miles and half freight within two hundred miles of Macon, on all work sent me for repairs. Feeders and Condensers fitted to old gins without ex ra charge. Address JAMES T. GANTT, augl5w8t sun2t MACON, GA. CAMPBELL & JONES COTTON FA< ITOR^. lOO POPLAR STREET. MACON, CEORCIA JDahlot-* in PLAMX&B8* SUPPLIES Generally »epl7wedAsnnaw3m ENGINES, GINS, SAW MILLS, ETC. JBbSkr.-^ PERKINS BROS., DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY. The Largest Dealers in the South. In Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Saws, Shingle, Lath, Planing and Matching Machines, Water Wheels, Grist and Flouring Mills, Cane Mill., Wagons, Separators, Cotton Gins, Presses, Sulky Plows, Rakes, Reapers and Mowers, Shafting and Pulleys, Steam Pumps. Boiler Feeders, Whistles, Gauges, Lubricators, Saw Gummers, Tanite Emery Wheels, Rubber Hose and Belting, Brass Goods, Piping and Engine Fittings of all kinds, Machinery Oil, Etc. •9-Sccond-kAud Machinery at low prices. Look to your Interest and get our prices before buving. PERKINS BROTHERS, 39 and 41 West Alabama Street, - - ATLANTA; CA. THE FOSS & PEVEY COTTON CARD. JN0.M.PEM,' LOWELL Pr prietor. sold;,; Wfttcbaakars. By lull ***• Clrci free. J. & BlitCK 4 CO.. U PkT*T..X. T_ UPWAHU9 or OIA i nuvoAiiw OVER SEVEN HUNDRED IN CEORCIA :MILLS tty Reference, J. F. HA.NSON, Agent Bibb Manufactiiring;C'ompany,'.Macon,Ga. TALBOTT & SONS, K iclimond, Va. ^lacon, Ga, Onr standard Portable Cut oil EiighiC and Boiler on Skids or lied*?*. BB&-TKK. the i j it- jury entirely from among .tors ami patients. S. S. PEGRAM, Manager. TALBOIT & SONS, * Macon, vm