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THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12,1884. THU D£i*OCR*TIC COMMITTEE. A Primary for Nominating County OfTI- o«r>. to bn Held. At a meeting of the Democratic Executive Com ml* tee of Mibb county, held yesterday, the chairman, Robert A. Khbct, called tbo committee to order and ttntcd the object ol the meeting to be that of consultation, wheth- eror not the committee should nrd'r a pri mary* election for Democratic nominees for county officers. After discussion, It was de- cl Jed and so ordered that a primary election bo bold for tho various county officers on Sat urday, Deoember^Oth, to bo conducUd after tho nfual manner. Thu following maniam wur» »i.polnt«d! Court Houjii-A. I*. Colllui, W. A. Poe, C.E. H WuT Engine IIou«e-A MOth.*., John 8 Ean'&Mn Ja jLBuim*. L. J. Bedding, D. "aodfrey^-W. A. Jenklm, C. H. John,on, Mor- *'hu C uIu<1-A. Moffett, J. J. Tinlejr, WlUi.m II iv«rrlbr-g^ulre Parker, Prenlc Parker, W. Hazard-Bun ch.mbllii, A. J. Blohudwn, W. L. Hughe. Hr. Niatiut then offered tho following re«o- lotion. whluh were adopted t,v the committee gud ordered publUhcd, with the proceeding. ■ of the committee: "Tothe Democrats or Bibb courty: The Democratic party of the United States, through Ita deh gates, met in convention at Chicago in July last aud nominated Its candidate* for the offices of President and vlpe-PresIdent of the United 8tates. At the election iu Novem ber these candidates were triumphantly elect- be wlsuly/nonestly and economically admin- **^he*Democratlc party of the Btate of Geor gia met In convention aud named ita candi dates for Governor and State House officers, and these Candidates have been elected by overwhelming majorities and are already con ducting the affairs of the 8tate In the Interests and for the good of all the people of the 8tate "The election to dll the various county offices takes place In January, and every clttii n of the county is interested In havimetheso offlees filled by .competent, honest, true m*n. .uch men can only be found in the democratic party, and m the Democratic cou ty of Bibb • «... nmmn thp nS&A&JoMuSmw dut^to‘too the stauM thafon'December30. 1870. after csndl^ft** whoshiSrbeelectell to these varl- Tneodore Tilton had visited him and made "Youre^cudve committee has decided to order a primary electio n, to be held on 8atur- dip, theJJih of December, lor the purpMeol selecting Democratic candidates lo be voted for at the election in January, and every Dem ocrat in the county is urged to go to the polls on that day and assist lu the selection o $ood The to major the various county offlees. e meeting then adjourned. THREE LITTLE TRAMPS. Some Llttlo Olrls Attempt a Long Jour ney on Foot. When the children at the Appleton Church Home were summoned to prayers at 0 o’clock yesterday morning, it was found that three little girls were misting. The premises were searched but they could not he found high nor low. Sister Margaret, who has charge of the institution was (nfcreat distress and sent to the barracks at once for officers to look for the waifs. Every search was made bat proved fruitless # About half past 8 o’clock Mr. John Skin ner, llvlug about three miles from the city on the Atlanta road and whose wife *As formerly au inmate of the Home, came in and reported that early iu the morning three little gtrla stopped at his house to warm. They were bareheaded and very cold. He thought they were from the Bibb County Orphan Home, and went there to re port the fact, which caused his delay in going to the Appleton Home. . On receiving this information. Sister Marxa- / Yet secured a hack and went after the chil- ' dren. 8he heard from them along the way, and when she reaohed Summerflcld she told the. conductor of a freight train that was on Us way north to have the children stopped if he saw anythin/ of them. 8he then proceeded on her way, and when Bollngbroke, eighteen . miles from Macon, was reached, there she I * found the children crying and sorry they had l attempted the journey. The conductor had left word at Bollngbroke. and when they reached there tuey were detained. They had tramped through the red mud All the way. Sister Margaret aoon placed them in tha hack and brought them back, reaching Macon at 8 o’clock. t It seems that little Emma Reynolds, aged ten years, who hu been in tho Home a long time, recently paid a visit to her mother, who live* In Atlani a. She came hack last Wednes day, and cried ever since to go back home, and Sister Margaret would have returned her Death Of the “Mutual Friend." N. Y.Snn. Mr. Francfe D. Moulton died at hit resi dence, 680 Lexington Avenue, at 6 o'olock yesterday afternoon of paralysis of the heart, aged 49 year* and 6 months. There werepreaeutathls death his wife.Fraok- liu w. Moulton, hie eon, W. A. Hazard, his partner, and Dr. F. A. Thomas. Six weeks ago Mr. Moulton was taken sick with Inflammation of the stomach. At first he did not suffer much inoonvenlence and was able to leave the house occasion ally and to ri ?• out. But three weeks ago he grew rapidly worse end steadily weak ened until yesterday morning, when the attack of paralysis of the heart ended his Bufferings. Daring the day his physician gave uu all hope. Mr. Moulton leaves a widow and jone son, Franklin W., a student in Columbia Law School and a graduate of Harvard College. His only other child, 8evern D. Moulton, died in infancy. Francis 1). Moulton was born in this city iu 1836, aud was the second son of 8evern D. Moulton, formerly a New York mer chant, who died several years sgo when nearly 80 years old. Mr. Moulton came of a hardy race of men, of English and New England descent One of nis ancestors rai-ed a regiment and fought with honor at Bunker Hill. He lived to pass his ninety-fifth birthday, and then walked two miles to dine with a son. He died af ter eating a good dinner. Hie son lived to be 104 years old, and his son died at the age of 95. Francis Moulton received his early instruction from his mother. In 1849 he entered the college now known os the College of the City of New York, where he graduated in 1854. A medal for Latin and oue for mathe uatica were awarded to him, but he insisted that he was not entitled to either of them. H* said that Edward Bel- four, now a Lutheran clergyman, was en titled to the flr»t, and that Prof. Rodney Kimball, of the Brooklyn Polytechnic In stitute, was entitled to the other. Mr. Moulton's connection with the Brecher-TIlton scandal began on Decern- ber 30, 1870, when Tilton confided his trouble to him and sought bis friendly aid. In his testimony belore the jury in the suit for 3100,000 damages for crim.con, instituted by Theodore Tilton against Henry Warn Beecher, he testified in sub- the revelations, afterward made in public, he called on Henry Ward Beecher aud brought him and Tilton together, promis ing to act between hem as a mutual friend, and henceforth became the repository of secrets and documents. The letters that accumulated in Mr. Moulton’s hands from Beecher were full of extravagant praises of bitt efforts to “tie up the storm.” He was called "priest in the. sanctuary.' He was told that his kindness could never be repaid even by love, which I (Beecher) give to you freely.” Again he wrote to Moulton: "I should have fallen by the way but for the courage which you inspired and the hope which you breathed.” Mr, Mouiton managed this social com- 6 1 ication with such skill that the scandal »its entirety was repressed for more than four years. When it broke forth through Theodore Tilton, Mr. Moulton endeavored to maintain neutrality, and as he refused to return to Mr Beecher the letters hs held us a mutual friend, he was put upon the defensive by aspersions upon his mo tives, and when at length he broke the silence his utterances were in corroboration of TUton’a serious charges. In one of his statements prepared by Gen. B F. Butler, Mr. Moulton related a sepa rate confession by Beecher, leaving blank th« plaoe for the woman’s name. This re sulted in a salt for libel by Miss Edna Dean Proctor, the settlement of which cost Mrs. Moulton about $9 000. He was the chief witness against Henry Ward Beecher in Theodore Tilton’s suit, his tes timony covering 485 pages of the official report oi the trial. He was indicted at the instance of Beecher, but a nolle was entered to tne indictment. Mr. Moulton, after the scandal died out, actively resum ed business for nimaelf with, great finan cial success, and in connection with the importation of salt, became active in the promotion of dairy farming. LEGAL NEWS AND NOTES. Prepared lor the Telegraph and Messen ger by w. B. Hill, of the Macon Bai BUSINESS LAW. Under this heeding, the lew of proposal and acceptance has been stated. Where contraeta are made by letter or telegram, •pedal rales apply. If an offer la made by letter, the acceptance dates from the mail- log of tho reply, not from ita reception. So II • proposal la wired, the acceptance dates from the moment of sending the reply. The propoaer 1, bound from time of accep tance and cannot oanoel It by a letter or telegram crossing the reply In the' post or on the wire. Bat in order to g'et the ben- eflt of binding a proposition, tho receiv- 1 erollt mast reply by return mail. If he delays and the other sarty retracts and communicates the retraction before the re ply la mailed, the retraction la good. The rule a< to replying by return mall applies a'so where the proposer by negligence mis directs the letter. Llndsell offered Adams wool at a certain deuce, requiring reply by return post, bat directed it to the wrong county, although to the right town. The letter arrlred four days late, and LtndseU supposing Adam, didn't want the wool, sold it. But Adam, wrote the same day he got the let ter accepting the offer, and on LindseU'a refusal, he taught Mr. Llndsell the im portance of directing tetters properly; he got tbe value of tho wool. A reply to an offer ol Insurance, although the offer was delayed twenty days In the mail,, by the sender', fault, bind, the bargain and se cures tbe lniurance, although the house was burned the night after mailing the re ply. aud the reply itself did not reach the — pany until ten days after the fire. (9 card 390.) A party who wrote for share, of stoclc and to whom the oompany replied agreeing to give them I, bound although the reply miscarried and he didn't dad out la three yeare that the company accepted his offer. He author- Ired the company to reply by mall, and thus made the pm*-offlee hla agent. It was therefore more hla business than that of tbe company to Hod out what became of the reply. me arracr or guenon ysaxs. On this subject, the Albany Law Jour nal thus discourses: “Tnere is oomparai lively little law bulnen in the year of tt<* presidential election, aud tho lawyer* are running after office for themselves, or others, or both. These election, come too frequently for the good of the country. Either In county. State or Federal politics there la some political turmoil nearly all the time. . It would be much better, it seems to us, 11 the presidential term were •lz years instead of four, and if the gu bernatorial term were twice ns long, or half as long again as it la. Onr canvasses are constantly becoming more corrupt, more virulent, more tainted by betting, more unscrupulous in every way. As the legal profession are notoriously addicted to politics It must follow that they are pe- c dlarly subject to all these unhappy In- fluencet, and prone to all these uudesira- ble practices. It Is psrbsps titling that tho lawyer should be frequently represented in politics, although we feel bound to say that he is not always well represented, but there is a craze among lawyers for politi- cal campaigning that unfits them for their business, and takes their business away from them. It is to be feared that much of the vituperation and Blander of the campaigns is attributable to the license of the bar, which is regarded by those who are gnilty of it in a merely Pickwickian sense, but which degrades tnCrji more than it hurts its object. PRACTICAL commekckmkkt address is that delivered by I. E. 8humate, of Dal ton, a leading lawyer of North Georgia, at Emory and Henry College and now pub lished. Its sound senseis indicited by a brief extract: “Year after year have suc cessive generation! of college boys beei addressed as though they were all Burkes and Websters. Whltefields and Edwardses, in their possibilities; whereas the oentu- ; induced two little phan sisters, Nellie. aged nine, and Flora, axed eleven, to go with her. A bout 5 :30 o clock yesterday morning the children slipped out through »he side gate and took the railroad. They are now safe at the Home, truly peni tent and were glad enough to get back. THE. EX-CHIEF OF THE N*CMJBBA8. Some Interesting Visitors from tho Desert of KulahL N. Y. Sun. One of the strangest groups of human be : m togs that has ever reached these shores &S concluded*to ‘SM SnTSS J*"** «!t«moon on the floor In tho • — — Castle Garden office. These people were reprerontative, ol.the N'Chubba tribe, which reside In tbe Kulahl Desert, in the interior ot Africa, at about latitude 18 de grees and longitude 20 degree,. The Af rican, wore barely anything except blankets of great warmth and remarkable gaudlnesa. Tbe leader of the party, which mastered six strong, is Conqut. Ho was the chief of the N’Chnbba tribe before be abandoned that constituency fer the show business. He is 35 years of age and has a light mustache and imperial. Hi, hr.ir, like that of the others, grows in bnnehes more than a quarter ol an inch in length and suggests small, shrubbery which spring, np unevenly on poor land. Con- rial is only 4 feet flinches in height, bathe was the tallest man in hla tribe. On each side of his brow a small sea shell la fas tened to tho hair by, way of ornament The ex-obiet carries a long bow, bat lest be should do some harm with this, the string has been taken away from him. He use. the bow stick as a staff and also as a corrector lor the young of his party. The N'Chuboas are not nearly aa dark as ordinary Africans. Their color, in (act, is almost as light aa that of the In dian. They have flat, small features, with high check bones and little dark eyes. Mrs- Conqul, nee Arbecv, is 42 yearsi of age and has an ugly, wrinkled face. Un der her gaudy blanket, however, the wear* more clothing than do tbe other visitors from the Desert of Kulahl. Her arms are bare, and arc quite shapely. The pair have a bright lookmr immature l»y, named Arby. This Interesting child, like the restol bis tribe, baa a strong passion for tobscco. He will, when nursing aban don hi, mother for a pipe or a cigar. But, although the N'Chubba, are all smokers, they are strict teoto talers. Nothing stronger than coffee ever passes their lips. In addition to bis own child, Conntu has three young people whom he probably i»r- rowedfrom former neighbors with the privilege of not returning. These are Min Icy, an interesting maiden o( 12 Co. a stripling ol 19. and Fimuon, the dude of his tribe. Finmon, altbough 21 years old, does not appear to.bomore than Compllmontlnac a Macon Fireman. ( During his recent trip North, Mr. James H. Campbell took a run over from New York to Morristown, where he has somo relatives. Some of the members of the Independent Hose Company, who visited Mscon last April and who were the guests of Protection No. 1 of M* oon, heard of Mr. Campbell’s presence In the city, and he was at once tafcen In charge. About 9 o’clock the Independents, with Mr. Campbell as their guest, sat down to a dinner which lasted until 1 o'clock uext morning. The time was spent In toasting, eattug, inter change of anecdote aud flremnnlc experiences and must have been an enjoyable affair throughout While Mr. Campbell was tho rep resentative of Macon, the occasion was one In compliment to the Macon fire department. Macon appreciates the kind treatment of her —m -*»*— •»- v -” —* **'*rh favor 1 by the which her Ore department is Independents. The following bill of fare was printed on gilt-edge cards with a pheasant in natural colors embossed thereon: Complimentary dinner to Mr. James H. Campbell, of the Macon, Ga., fire department; given by Independent Hobo Company No 1, of Morristown, N. J., Friday oveuing, Novem ber 28,1884. Menu-Blue points, on shell, mock turtle, julienne, boiled salmon, egg sauce, potato cro quettes, roast Umb, mint sauce, French peas, roast saddle venison, currant jelly, fried sweet potatoes, mallard duck, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, quail on toast, Ssratoga po tatoes. deviled crabs, dressed celery, lobster croquettes, chicken salad, plum pudding, brandy sauce, wine jelly, Charlotte de Russe, Bisque Glace, fancy mixed cake, grapes, or- , anges, bananas, paper shell almonds, pecan nuts, English walnuts, retains, tea, coffee, Chocolate, cigars. the bodies - - - -.— things, hold fast that which Is good’’ has as much to do with th* practical aide of life as it has with the moral side. Our readers will be»r testimony that In all questions discussed in the Index, tho prac tical has been duly set forth. In this para graph. therefore, we only seek to present an article worthy of commendation. After sub- jeering it to the above test, webavetried Swift's Specific, and round It good-good as a blood purifier, good aa a health tonic. Iu this opinion we arc sustained by some of the best men in the church. Rev. Jesse H. Campbell, Nestor of the Baptlsi denomination In "It is my delioerate ‘ “ fle is the grandest rered. Its effects »mp treble to it.” Dr. H. C. I the nest known ministers In our c says: "Swift’s Specific 1* one of lb blood purifiers lncxlstenCe.” These . ren speak advisedly. Few preparations how before the public can bring forward such indorsements. The Index desires only to 1 indorse these statements. We have witnessed tho beneficial effects of this medicine, not only in our own households, but in* eev-‘ era! other cates, where, seemingly, all other* remedies ha-l foiled, it is purely a vcgetabll compound, scientifically prepared, and per fectly harmless in **• composition. It renews the blood..and imllda up broksn-down systpms —give*loneandvlgor to the constitution, as. well as restores theo.oom of health to the suf fering. Therefore, we do not deem it incon sistent with the dignity of a religious Journal to .••ay this much in Us behalf. Corsets With Pockets to Carry Cash In . i Season. .. In a new traveling corset is a long flat pocket arranged with ttfO divisions trfslde, one for gold and bank notes, the other for silver and small < ash, fastened at the low er edge on one side. Taking Care of the Lndy. Tho following editorial is taken from the Christaln Index, published at Atlanta, Ga., under tho date of December 1,1881: _____ "Too mauvpeoplo seem to think that a re ligions neintoapershould oe confined to the — discussion ol morel and religious lubjecu only f 2 His tastreare deckledlv a'ithcUo. On swwsnsww ^Ijbratgaie'iir.Taa brown string. Finmon shows other evi dences oi giddiness. Instead ol tho con ventional desert smile ot hi3 countrymen, he circles and simpers aa if he were say ing. "Go woy, yon saucy thing.” The N'Chubhas, when at home, wander about in families. Rock's and trees are their only ohelter. They are not nt all oarticular what they cat. Anvhing handy will answer for dinner, no matter whether Itis a quail, a snake, or a few roots. They are not cannibals, and ap parently have not energy enough to be murderous. When invited by his mana ger lo stand up, Conqai rises with evident reluctance, and seems to protest humbly hut earnestly against the unusual exer tion, and as soon a3 possible resumes a sitting posture. The VChubbas do not talk like other Africans. Their language seems to bo a scries ol chcks in the back portion of their months. The words evi dently have no formation. The people hava only mastered two or three E words. They were induced to leave ca and taken to London, where they were exhibited tor months in the We t Aquarium, where they were upon by Oscar Wilde, Mrs. Langtry, an. other celebrities. The party arrived on the Guion steamship Wyoming. Before they were allowed to land the commis sioners of emigration obliged their agent to give bonds that hia cariosities would not become public charges. Adelina Patti, The great aongstress, eavs of Bolon Pal mer's Perfumes, Toilet Soaps and other Toilet articles: "I unhesitatingly pro nounce them superior to any I Principal depot, 374 and 370 J New xork. K ared in all the annals of the Churches America. Those who haye become merchants and manufacturers and agriculturists, and en gaged in other industries, have enjoyed as great distinction and reap ed far richer harvests of wealth than those who have entered the learned professions. But one man In a million can, by accident, or by force of circumstances concurring with the golden opiiortunity, or by force of genius, attract the favorable attention of the better in formed of the fifty-five millions that peo ple this land. But one in ten thousand can attract the attention of a single mil lion. How often have we heard eagle ora tors upon commencement occasions point young gentlemen to the eagle soaring above the storm, gating with steady eye upon the sun, fixing its eyrie and utter ing its scream ainia the beetling crags of the mountain! Imaginary bird with imag inary qualitea! MISCELLANY. In the absence otjproof of negligence, a sleeping-car company is not liable for a diamond pin stolen from the berth of a passenger. A hotel keeper would be, If stolen from a guest; bat the Supreme Court of Kentucky declined to decide that a sleeping-car was an "inn on wheels.” 6 Ky. L. R 279. An inn-keeper’s liability for a guest s baggage is not diminished, bnt rather in creased by the fact that the gneat has got too drunk at his bar to take care of it him self. 21 Eng Rep. 561. A Presbyterian church member who was turned out for false statements made by him against the pastor was tried in hts absence and without notice and turned out. He sued the pastor who read the resolution and the olerk who passed it to the members of the session for their sig nature for libel. The action was defeated. In matters ecclesiastical not affecting property or rights, the decisions of the proper church judicatories made in good faith are conclusive on civil tribunals. The defendants in Jhe case were not liable, unless their conduct was maliciously and colorably made to cover an intended scandal against the plaintiff. 30 Alb. L. J., 435. . A discharged clerk who continued to re ceive letters relating to his employer • business, and who returned them to the senders, who went among the employer s I junction wills ''dishonorable'' in a itatntel authorizing a SUM medical board to relu^ licenses relent-toconduct of tl o latter cha geter and not merely to violations oltbe e rcfcislonal etiquette against advertising. ■>. 714. I THE ADAMS-CwLERIDOE CASE. Points'c> the Letter Which Led to’thel Scandal. ■ The following are extrac ts from the let ter of Bernard Coleridge to hla alatarj which was the canse of the recent Adams- Coleridge trial |n London: ”11 Waataooaxi Btaaar, December U,l 1683.—My Dear Mildred: I write to you not only as your brother, bnt chiefly as my father’! son, because I feel It to be my duty. I write in order that when misery end unbappintss come upon yon—aa come they Will-yon may not hare it to zay that von were not folly warned, and that mat- ten were concealed from yon. Are you aware of the character oi tbe man to whom yon are about to give younelf up? HU family, one and all, will fiave nothin* toaavtonim. Is this all without reason 1 Do you know be has failed thronahout hla life ? Why Is this, for he la a man ot un doubted ability 7 It la because of hla utter want of character and principle Do you know anythin:! of his past history? I>o yon know of his behaviur oo his voyage to I the cape? Dojouknowhe ran away with a girl under age? I)o you know that so i-trong was lha indignation at hla conduct thai the bishop of Cape Town ordered his clergy to refu.e to marry him, aud that consequently he,with his high church pro- teasions. was married by a Presbytarlaa ? “Do you know that Mr. Adams bae a Tiolent temper? Can yoadizguiae from yourself in your vanity that it fa money and position, not you, that ha la scheming to obtain? Are von ignorantthathehaa admitted that in his eyciyonara devoid of personal attractions; that you would notmakeatallagood wife,'and that yon wonld bet white stephanl to him? What would yon think In another case of a man who, while never tired of proclaiming that the lnatlnote of a gentleman were absolute, makes UtaitU at horn, and aocapta hos pitalities In a bouse In tbe absence of the master, when he knows that tbe matter refutes to meet him ? Yon declare to the world that yon are lU-treated at home by my father. Never was thereto glaring an instance of thedangerof allowing a per .on to have no want, wish or whim nugrath fled. Whatever may be my father’s fault*, to you he bu been uniformly iudulgent beyond anything I have ever seen in any instance.” Tbe atatementa In thte letter the plain tiff denounced on the trial aa "unailtigated and unqualified Ilea,” and dwelt seriatim and at great length on all the allegations In it concerning aim. Referring to the charge ot accepttog hospitality In a house In the absence of Its master, he ■aid it was a plain and unqnaliUed lie. He never made himself at home In Lord Coleridge's bouse In tbe absence of Lord Coleridge, and hla lordablp never refused to ,e* urn. He had lunched once In Lord Oolridge'e bonze, bnt be believed not at Lord Coleridge’s expense, as at that time the houeehold waa on board wagez, and Mist Coleridge was paying for herself oat of her pocket-money. Tne sole ho.pl- tallty to which he wae indebted to Lord Coleridge waa a piece of bread and butter which he ate one day to keep Miss Coleridge in countenance while taking her lunch. This, he said, “consisted of fried sole, or what are call ed 'slips'—and while ahe was partaking of that aumptuoue repast, at ber earnest re quest and to keep her In countenance, I did take a piece of bread and ipread upon it a piece of butter.. Thii is the sole hoXV pitality that I have been Indebted to Lord Coleridge from the firet moment of my ac quaintance with him to tbe present mo ment." Told br the Engineer. SL Paul Day. Qadl bnt yon have a cold climate op here! Why, down Booth on the Central Pacific road it la as warm aa rout potatoes, and then to come np here. Whewl It la av good u ether for dental operations.” The speaker wu Wall Smith, one of tbe oldest engine: rs on the Cefltral Pactflc, and noted u the champion prevaricator on a bee line from BL Louie to Ban Francisco, a sort of Mnlhattan on wheete, at the aame time regarded u good an engineer u ever throttled a locomotive. “Come in and get warmed np.” said the Dat reporter be bad accosted, and a tew seconds later tbe ooxy surroundings ol the Meichants'served for a background, as he nfeModed. arant to know about that accident 1 Well, I was then running on a fastl«*s3 train between Salt Lake City andVue coast About 12 o'clock one mocSight night in autumn, just after leaving Kelton, I noticed a white horse running loose alongside my en gine. My eyes became transfixed, and no matter how I tried, I could not take them off that horse. I put on more steam sad went at a forty-mile rate, but the horse went alongside at an easy gait I shoved her up to fifty, and went flying through Motieir, Terrace and Bovine, but whitey held hia own. I yelled to the fire man to shove in more coal, aud in five minutes more we were running lixtv milts an hour. Why, we appeared to fly over the ground, but that horse kept alongside, and I was so excited that I fell in a dead feint in the bottom of the cab ]u«t aa we were going into Moors. Our orders were to run to Elko, but the fireman pulled up, and the conductor came rushing to the front with hts hair on end. I had recov ered by this time, and was ready to an swer all questions. I told the conductor about the horse, but he wouldn’t have it. "Before the train started again we found oat what it was. I’m ashamed every time I think of It. A passenger on the train had the plQture of a horse on canvass be side a window, and the light of a lamp be hind it threw the shadow alongside the engine.'' The Presidential Railway: , Chicago Herald. “What did I tell you last spring?” said Passenger Agent Johnson of the Lake 8hore railroad. “Didn’t I tell you we had the Presidential railway of America7 Well, we have, and we’re a going to keep it so. You remember that I told you we bad had two successive Presidents, Hayes and Garfield, who lived at towns on our road, and that we would have the next one, too- Well, we’ve got him. I told you who the man was, too, bnt you didn’t believe me, did you! Uh, you did 7 Well, you’re the only one that did. Hayes, Garfield, Cleveland, all Lake tihoro men. That isn’t all. The Lake Shore is going to have the next President, too. We're in tbe bus iness to stay. Who is he? Shi Don’t give it away. Romeiss is bis name. Bag gage agent of ours down at Toledo. We have just sent him to Congress in Frank Hard’s place, and he is our candidate for President. He’ll get there, too Who ever heard of Romeiss before, you lay! Well, whoever heard of Cleveland? That’s the beanty of this Democratic country. There’s a chance for all of us, especially all Lake Shore men. You remember what I say. If we can’t get Romeiss In, I’ll go myself.” | Rumored Frustration ot the Sate of tha wacon and Brunswick Railroad. Albany News. A Brunswick special to tha Savannah News says it is rumored in Brunswick that the sslrt of the Brunswick and Western railroad has been fruitrated, and that the Frankfort committee, with certain parties in Alban v and Brunswick, will take charge of the road toon. It has been an open se cret in railroad circles for some time past that the attorneys of the Plant Investment Company, soon after the latter bought the road, discovered some objections to the titles. The Bilixmans, from whom, or through whom, the road was sold, were then asked to guarantee the titles. They refused to do this, but said they thought they oould send an agent to Germany and have the objections that had been found to the titles removed. The rumored frustra tion of tbe sale would, therefore, in view of the faots stated above, indicate that the tieligmans have failed in getting the objec tions referred to removed. In this connection another fact whicH is not generally known may be stated, and that is that the management of the road, as organized under the alleged change of ownership, has never taken charge ol the road or assumed control of its operation. Flshtlnft In Church. Hoivsllsvillb. December 2.—Barney Bell and Henry Wadsworth are members of the Zion African Methodist Charoh in Bath. They were rival candidates for the position of leader of the choir. Wads worth was successful. On Sunday even ing he selected a hymn to ba sang which did not salt Brother Bell. Words arose between the two musicians, and Bell knocked Wadsworth down. Wadsworth drew a knife, and Bell took a heavy stick of wood from the wood box. Bell struck Wadsworth over the head with the stiok of wood. Wadsworth stab bed Bell in the breast, inflicting a wound on inch deep and three inches long, near thehearL The two men then aiuched and fell together on the floor. Members ol the congregation tried to separate them, but did not succeed until both men were eeriou.«ly injured. Bell’s wounds were at first thought to be fatal Wadsworth was arrested and held to await the result of Bed's injuries. Hmut is a good one from ihe.Toccoa News: Ax was said of the old Adrian Empire. “It was, bnt it Is not,” may now be said of the Toccoa Reading Club. The fact that the club had disbanded has not become- generally known, especially to some of the married ladies of the town. A prominent citizen had l>een a fnithtul member of the club and only deserted the ahip when it Mink be neath the wave*. Hia wife was in conver sation wiih some ladies a few days ago and one of them regretted the feet that the club had disbanded. Said the good lady iu surprise: “Jlas the club disband ed?” ‘ Oh, yea, over a month ago.” 8aid ahe: “I dever could hare told it by the time my husband comes home at night.” Murder will ouL * THE LOST MEttSAQE. down by the dark flowing river, Mourn, dove, fori never ahall »ee— Hand trembling and dear lipa a quiver, Berne message my darling wrote me. Grieve, loro, for death caught the token. Weep, soul, for tbe sweet words unspoken, Break, hea»t, for tbe message wae broken— What did my darling write me?. you slog ituptherel What? What? So I wonder and ponder— Wood robin, can you tell it me? Down here will I know, or up vnnder? _ How long must I wait ere ft he? Brown bee. in the bioesomlng cl .ver, Wild blrd.m tbe wood and a rover, Whispering wind, as you roam the world over, Bring her lost message to me. —-[Robb J. Burdette. BREVITIES. One old maid. And another o d maid, And another old maidt -that's three— And they were a gossh.ln.. t’m afraid, As they sat sipping their tea. In the usua' gosaf lug way. Until every one was as black as your hat, And the only white ones were they. One old maid, And auothcr old maid— Aud now but one Dame sat all alone, For the others were both away. "I ve never yet met,” she said with s "Such scandalous talkers as they.” tr wuu luiu aaya 10 our uui Is sure to be gossip aud talk.” The laundry bill of the Pullman Palace Car Company amounts to 8120,000 a year. A Frenchman wbo recently died directed In hla will that the Mira of 88,000 should bo given to tbe “wouudod In the uext war with Germany.” Tux Swiss government is taking active steps to suppress tho Mormon missionaries In all the cantons. There are 10.000 teetotalers in .the rail way service of Great Britain, and 13,000 among the sailors in the naval service. Stoke Park, with the churchyard im mortalized by Gray’* elegy, could not find a purebaaer the other day, and was bought in „ men, who were recently dropped from the navy before and after the regular course at Anuanolls, arc try ing to obtain positions In the Cnlnese navy. A single redwood tree in Galifornia fur nished all the timber for one of tho largest churches in that State and 00,0 0 shingles be sides. Complaint is made in England of the carelessuess of parents in sending children to school lu infected clothes. Many cases of diphtheria and scarlet L ver at Canterbury, some fatal, have been tiaced to this. an Arizona editor thus pave bis respects to his neighbor: "The miserable scarecrow who tries to edit our disesteemed contemporary '-lying,as usual. Wodou't want ihepoi-t-offlce, it we are In the hand* of our frleuds; and by the Eternal they’ll see that we get it.” An international exhibition devoted to newspapers will be held at Nice, France, dur ing the latter part of this mouth. The director ot the exhibition has sent out a circular askiug for copies of every journal, especially of every dally paper published. An invention that will be appreciated by men who go home late and tired is the mag netic keyhole. If tho key la placed within a short distance of tho bole. It is gcutlv drawn right iuto It, aud all the man has to do Is to "Rcavensucarth,” or words to that effecL A physician says that a baby must not be allowed to sleep with Us mother. Mu* t not be allowed t Did anybody ever know of a baby that ever slept with its mother, or anybody else? This physician ought to know that a baby never goes to steep until It is tlmo tor everybody else to get up. Youno wire: “Why, Charley, what have you gone and bought a dog for?’ r Young hus band: "Ah—urn, my dear, you know wo can't eat everything that comes on tho tablo—no family can.” Young wife: ”Oh, Charley! (crying) I knew you wouldn’t liko my cooking. Oh, dear, dear!" Young husband: "There, there! don’t cry; I’ll sell the dog.” The knife of the guillotine Marie Antoinette's head was cut l Mme. Tusskud’s exhibition in London. It is in the form of a collar, or circle of Iron, and will weigh twenty-five pounds. The collar Is cut horizontally, each half containing a knife or blade. When used tho upper half waa al lowed to fall between two upright standards, striking tho neck which lay across the blade of tho lowor half. In addition to that of the unfortunate French Queen this guillotine has severed the heads from tho bodies of thousand persons. The latest thing In clocks comes from Russia It is a little timepiece about eight inches high, on a baso five inches In diame ter, and covered with a glass globe. All tho works are plainly exposed. The pendulum Is a solid brass wheel, supported at tho centre, or hub, by a slendor wire. It docs not swing, hut revolves from left to right and right to loft. Being a 400-day clock, tho wlmtlng of It is a small item. It will not vary flvo minutes in running 400 days. No temperature affects —Oarsman Clifford, who is to row Han- lan in Australia, weighs 221 pounds, mainly muscle. —The pallium to be worn by Archbialiop Ryan at his investiture lsexnocted from Romo about the middle ot January. —Superintendent MacAlistcr, of the Philadelphia puhlio schools, declares heartily in lavorof industrial education. —It looks very much as though Judge Advocate-Genersl 8walm would have to go. Ilia difficulty seems to have been too muoh poker for tho color of bis chips. —Dr. John Buck,of Bsdminiter,England administered bichloride of methylene as an amcsthctlc to a patient and put him out ot pain and out of exlsteuco in less than one second. —Sensible Hpurgeon says hs finds only Ten Commandments to keep, and not one of ’em agalnat>moklng, so he proposes to smoke and let such of his parlshoners as please con tinue to fume. —Mme. Jenny Lind-Goldsmith Is more than a mere honorary member of tho faculty of the London Collcgo of Euslc. and goes every day to Albert Hall to tea^h her cla», often staying an hour or more longer than tho rules require. —Mies Gertrude McMsster, a daughter of James A. McMaster, of New York, has be come an Inmate of tho Carmelite Convent, in Baltimore Her. sister, now known as Sister Teresa, took the veil at tho same convent two yeare ago. —Nathaniel P. Banks, once Speaker of the House at Washington and a favorite Presi dential candidate with many Repnb leans in the early history of the party, is now a candi date for tho mayoralty ot tho town of Wal tham, Mass. —Representative William R. Morrison with saturnln. solemnity, to an Interviewer: "You can say that I don’t need to bavo my name paraded in newspaper cabinet lists to remind people that I am still in the Demo cratic party.” —A literary man asked a friend who was I cannot say; but I know that If I had lived only a week with her I should have done so.” —The Attorney-General has appointed lexander R. Boteler, of West Virginia, to be upon btl new dull.I Immediately. —Queen Victoria moumz the death of lothet humble favorite. William Blair, who fWStiLASWB at tho advanced age of ninety yeare. lie had dwelt on the royafettate daring the whole pe riod ofits poMesrion byjtbe Qaeen, and was a favorite with the late Prince Consort. , congratulaUog* hini thst he ought to know .jmethlng about tbs difficulties of novel- writing, as hs had himself been guilty of sov- oral. Alexander, Jr., replied in tho same Bplrlt, thanking Ills correspondent for his con- graiu'atlons. of which he felt specially proud aa oom'.ng from ono ot whom he had often heard his lather speak in tho highest terma. —The death of General England, After ninety six years of life aud eighty year* of military aervlce, leaves General Wnlchcoto the note lurvlvlng Peninsular officer named In tho HrltUh army llat. General Englaad made all hla campaigns before lord Albermale —now the only Waterloo officer In the army Ibwecelredbl* first commission. The old- e«t officer her of majesty’s European fore Sir Abraham Clocte, wnohu been In tho vice more than seventy years, but ths oldest officer of the — _iy is General fir Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Welling ton, first went to Spain. TWO UVES FOR A SMALL DEBT. Dying at ths Bids of tha Man H« Rilled, • Oueldst Begs Cod to Forgive Thom Both, Pales ring, Texas, Decs tuber 3.-Partic ulars have biwn received of a double trag. edy at NechesriUe, a thriving town twelve mile* north of here, wherein two promi nent residents, Dr. Cilhoau Lawrence and Lucius V. Simpson were tbe victim*. Dr. Lawrence, meeting Simpson in the even ing on tbe street, asked nim if it was con veuieut for him to pay eleven dollars due on account, tiimpson declared he believed he did uot owe the dootor anything. Hot words eiihued and Lawrence called Simp, son a coward, whereupon the latter drew his revolver aud cai ed upon Ltwreuce to in the breait. By this time a dozen or more people bad gathered to witness the fearful duel. B )th mortally wounded, tbe two men stood within a few paces of one another aud eup led the contents of their revolvers iu o each other, every bullet taking effect. When Simpson had emptied his weapon, with blood streaming iron five fearful wounds, be sprang at Law rence and struck him a terrible blow on the bead with the butt of his revolver. This was 8itupsou’s dying effort, for in stsntly he reeled, threw up his hands and fell dead at the feet of his antagonist Lawrence walked Into a neighbor’s store, laid his pistol ou thecoauter and fell. He was carried to his home, where he ■gged piteously thst 8impson's body tgbt be brought in and laid beside him bis was done, and for five hours the sur viving man lay dying beside the corpsa of his iate antagonist, all the time bemoan ing his rash act and praying to God to for give them both. He died toon afterward. 8o touching was this scene that it was with tbe greatest effor' thst many friends of both men could restrain their tsars. The men were cousins by marriage, had always lived ou most friendly terms until this meeting, and both leave families. George Coleman, a negro, living in Lin coln county, purchased of Mr. Ben Cade a tract of land, aud agreed to make paymeats upon the same in the fall His crop was short and he felled to meet the payments os promised. He proceeded to repair the situation, however, by stealing enough cotton from his neighbors to cancel the obligation. Three bales were stolen, but not before the oflloers nabbed him, and now George laag Ashes in the Lincoln- ton jail. It is not always safe to do evil tb&t good may come, especially when the evil deed involves a display of total de pravity. Albai watchman Brooks was crossiog the vannah, Florida and Werieru railroad bridge he saw a suspicious looking objec> just peering above the top of the water, it was against the piling of the bridge— about ten feet from the bank. G:dng down to investigate the material he found it to be a sack of fresh pork, consisting of four hams, thiee shoulders ana six feet— about 125 pounds. The meat was proba bly stolen night before last, and was hid den rmt in anticipation of a search of the thief s premises for it r The euprema B .non. A™****'September 23, Mi -Prom experi ence, I thlak Bj 8.8. a very valuable remedy lor cutaneous diseases, and it the tame Um« ~n Invigorating tonic. JAMES Jackson, Chlsf Justice of Ga. AN AQED BAPTIST MINISTER: Two Mora Important Cases. » Your agent bslua In Columbus, Gk., a ton and meeting tbe venerable brother J. H. Campbell, we asked him forthom*w«. Uls reply was: «I hays two more important cures effected br Swift’s Specific to report.” The venerable man Is known far and wMo for his unremitting labors of lor* In the b. i.n)' ,4 the poor of Columbus. It will be rem- that tho Swift 8pcclhc Co. has donated quite an amount of their famous medicine, to be distributed by Mr. Campbell among the poor dl tbe city, hence his remarks. He sold: “I have just seen a lady who has been great ly annoyed by a tetter In one of her hands, it bad given her much trouble and pain. She said she had been treated by several plnal- clans during the past three or four years with fife old remedies, but without giving any re- .sef. I suggested Swift’s 8peelfie, and aha took four bottles and Is now apparently per fectly well.* Her hand Is smooth aud note ■Inwio sign of tho disease left. It is marvel ous how this medicine renovates the system.” ••What about tho other case?” "Well, that was a lady also. She had been affected with the eczema for four yeare. n<-r face, bands and arm*, os well as ber body, was coveted over with sores -nd scabs, it was one of tbe worst eases of this terrible dla- ease that I have over seen. The suffering of the poor creature was beyond expression. Hho tried every remedy at command, Including mercury aud Iodide of potash bat she only grew worse. 8he wu In this condition when I first uw the ease. I soon had her taking Swift’s Specific, and she hu now taken only two bottiex, but overy mark of the disease hu almost entirely disappeared. Her strength and general health have greatly Improved, it is one of tbe most remarxabld cures that has come under my observation.” "Mr. Campbell, you have bad along and va ried expor ouco in mingling with men. and observing their afflictions and tbe re mod lea used—what is your opinion u to the merits of Swift’s 8pei!lflc?” "In a ministry of sixty yeare I hare mingled with every class of society, and havo observed closely the variety of disease* which afflict hu manity. Blood diseases are tbe moct numer ous and the most difficult to remove. It is my deliberate ludgmentthot Swift’s Speelfio Ih tho grandest blooa purifier ever discovered. There u nothing comparable to it. There is nothing too good to say about Swift’s Specific.” # Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed. The 8win Specific Co., Atlanta, Go. A Card. To all who are suffering from errors and iudlscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc., I will send a recipe that will cure you, free of charge. This great remedy was discov ered by a mi-slonary in 8outh America. 8end self-addressed envelope to Rev. Jo seph T. Inman Station D New York.* THE GREAT SKIN CURE moke Its sppearanoe on tbe Ungers hands about tho firet of lut March. Suppoied It wu ivy poison. Several saw it, some diag nosing It as above, others pronouncing it salt rheum. A great many domestic remedies wore used, with no effect. The dlseue steadi ly grew worse. The prescriptions of three or four of our bezt physicians were tried, with bat little bi tter results. The terrible Itching wu so great u almost to deprive her of sleep. After two months of this suffering she began tho use of the Cutlcura Remedies. Whatwu tbe result.? The first application of the Cuti- cure allayed tbe itching, and now after four months’dally use of them her hands aro sound and well. I doubt not If they bad been employed at first a cure would havo been ef fected In a short time. DR. W. II. HALL, Druggist. Frsnkfort, Ky. scaleThead. T. J. Trucsdoll, druggist, Conneat, Ohio, re- parts a case u follows: Tho patient’s head wu almost a solid scab, and the dry scabs constantly felling off hi* head, making his ahouldors white In a few hours. He suffered all tho tormoats imaginable with his head, burning and Itching aud a terrible headache all the time. Took threo bottles of Resolvent, used two boxes of CuUcura^and somo Cutloura Soap, and wu cured. Head Is as entirely freo scabs u it wu the day he wu born No more itching and burning, and no more head ache. It seems almost Incredulous that any thing could cuefixp bad a ease so quickly. Tho gatienUays yoffffo not claim half enough ' ^'""'“'DISFIGURING Cutlcura Resolvi cleanses IT rittes and . moves the cauio. >rs. humiliating eruptions. Itching tor- scrofula, salt rheum and Infantile hu- cured by tho Cutlcura Remedies. “rs Resolvent, the new blood purifier, the blood and perspiration oflrapu- 1 poisonous elements, and thus re- le cauio. Cutlcura, th* great skin cure. Instantly al lays Itching and^Inflammation, clears the skin and scalp, hools ulcere and sore* and restores the hair. Cutlcura Soap, an exqaUlte skin beautlfler and toilet requisite, prepared from Cutlcur*. Is Indlsdenublo in treating skin diseases, baby humors, skin blemishes, cbspi ed aud oily skin. Cutlcura Remedies are absolutely pure, and the only infallible blood purifiers and skin beau tillers. Sold everywhere. Prtce-Catlcara, 80 cents; Soap, 23 oenu; Resolvent, 81-00.] n Pott*r Drug and Ohemloal Co.* Boston BABY .kfohSate. 8 ""' “ "■ su “!" AT THE FAIR NICE CHEAP GOODS. go and ••• B. 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