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among the mountains.
TITE TPLEOttAPn AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY, APRIL
188.’
A Character Sketch.
BY OTIS A. MORPHY.
FIRST PART—CHAPTER I.
In 18—, fresh from Yale, where I had
■trnggled with Blackstc-ne, the code and
all the other horrors that a young aspirant
lor legal honors has to encounter, I came
to Georgia, and, after hiring an apartment,
hang out the following legend to the pub-
gs:e:
CA.RL CARROLL,
ATTORNEY AT*LAW.
Collections a Specialty,
And while the worthy widow was «rjov- ions ot myaell! seated on the beck of on# of
* • *-*»—those so'endld Arnblaus that the Major
spoke of came across my mind, I closed
with the off.T and accepted it on the spot
It was now about 8 o’clock and I began to
get a litttM hungry, eo I ask?d the Major
bow long It would be before he would *o
out to his tuburban residence.
He said that he could never think of
carrying me away ro early, as the Bar; e«-
viliians intended dropping in aft**r supier
and wanted to see me. 1 began to real ze
that the Major intended to exhibit me a»a
curiosity to his friends and neighbors Bj
I leaned back against the wall and heroic
ally nerved myself for the coming ordeal
by taking a cbewof tobacco. After awhile
Hum n/iiiiniiini-iil “si PIlDItl 111? i II* flllli COII*
ing the sleep of the just, I slipped this note
under her door, plucked down my sign,
and “when the suu tipped the eastern
hills with gold,” l was on my way to
BarnesvlUe, in the company of Major
Jones. Our conveyance was a large cov
ered wsgondrav. il by two oxen. But the
Major, in the course of the night's conver
sation, gave me to understand that he had
a fine phaeton at home, and also was the
happy possessor of three or four splendid
Arabian steeds, on the backs of which he
•pent the greater portion of bis existence,
“just romping around for fun,” But that
he had been iu a fesble state of health of
late, and he drove the oxeu to Atlanta, on
account of the benefit of the exercise to be
derived from the use of au immense cart-
whip with which he was armed. He gave
ITEMS OF IN 'EREST.l
TIIR FEMALE MIND.
At noon she really does not know,
At evening nhe is doubting still,
At night she ftn-ls quite positive.
And sleeps upon “I surely will.”
The morning dawns upon the plan;
8be rubs hi r eyes; »ne hardly knows
If, after all, 'Us wlie and best.
Her troubled hesitancy grows.
By noon her doubts havo multiplied,
She’s where i*he was the day before!
She hardly knows at 12 o’clock
1 final it is i
And f
b not best at four.
Thirty
Years
HUMS
WDNtY.a^!;
Remedy.
HEVEWWf
‘■%Tq FA) li'/c
At the time I speak of. Atlanta showed me a description of Barneaville and the
no signs of becoming the busy mart of aurroundiag country, and also kindly vol-
trade she now is, but was simply a village unteered to steer me through the intricate
where ihefarmeTS for ten or iwrlte mile* maxes ot Its upper ten. to which I acqm-
around came for their supplies. The esced. After two or three hours’ steady
drummer, with bis air of brass and cheek, going, during wh*ch time, on account of
was then unknown; but in his *h» m tatrirw “exercise
teak, going, d _ 1 . . ,
_ it.id the Major’, persistently taking “exerene
we saw the gawky farmer's lad italking witWtie ’ “ *'
along the street, gezingnt the signs»
they swung creakily on their hinges, or
staring in open and uodiagniied astonish
ment and pleasure at the treasures that
were diipiayed in the shop windows.
Greedily aid he devour these wonder, with
his eyes, and no doubt many a long win
ter’s night aid be enliven by a recital ol
their splendor when he returned to hia
country home and was surrounded by bis
brothers and ilaters. After doing my duty
by duly informing these people wbat a
blessed privilege they enjoyed in having
aArpportunity oi employing the brighter
IWS' talent on the shortest notice, I en
gaged board nt Mrs. Bradys. Mrs. Brady
was a lone widow women with numerous
children and two boarder,.
While walling tor further developments
I confess 1 was for a time aurprised that
the Atlantians did not take advantage of
my oiler and engage my aervic.a; bat 1
founu consolation in continuing to board
at the atoresaid Widow Brady's and relig
iously devouring alt the rare beef that was
placed before na. The bref,understand,was
rare from any peculiarity in theoooklng
tlotbefact of its not appearing on the
notrare
but to tl
table more than ones a week. In the
meantime my only collections were a nice
assortment ot “duns" tram obliging tradea-
men who had accommodated me to differ
ent arii.lea of apparel on time and a note
of hand. On the arrival ot each oneof these
missives, I went around to the ptrty com
plaining and mildly remonstrated. I held
np the fallacy ot expecting me to pay be
fore my numerous clients paid me, and
generally managed in this way to induce
the party or parties to consent to wait un
til that time.
Thia much accomplished, I went to my
olllce, and, after taking the document out
of its special pigeon-hole, inscribed npon
its hack these words:
“Staved off Indefinitely.”
But i:i case tbe party would only wait a
limited length of time, 1 labelled it:
‘’Flung sand in his eyes—two weeks,
etc., etc.”
These inscription! were of a purely per
sonal nature, and not due to the advice ol
Biackstono or no; other legel authority as
tbe reader may imagine. 1 was occupied
in adorning my last ”<iun” with the elab
orate inscription of, “Can be ataved off
only one week longer,” and bad jnat
stopped to examine the willing with n
critical eye, when the door suddenly
oi ened and in walked the firat man who
ba.1 visited me at my office ootaide of the
obligdig tradesmen whom I have above
mentioned. On tbia account bla visit was
naturally viewed with lome interest and I
vacated the chair—tba only chair—and
asked tbe visitor to take a seat. Now this
was easier said than done, aa tba cbalr,
owing to the loss of one leg, required n
great amount o( persuasion to be induced
to stand up wltbout lending tbe would-be
sitter to a duible somersault. I had viewed
this evil habit on its part with great tor-
row and had cmleavoredjto correct its pro
pensity by nailing a shingle on the wound
ed side, which rendered It somewhat safer,
but still a little uncertain. While my vis
itor was fiercely contending with the chair
for mastery and endeavoring to maintain
hla equilibrium, I bailed myseif in taking
a personal inventory. He was a tall,
spate man, with a wealth of beard and
a boundless expanteof bias frock coat that
fitted bis figure with a buttonless freedom.
No doubt lie had come to employ me In a
amt involving thousands ot dollars and In
truded paying me the tee in advance. I
there (ore did not with to ae* him ktlted
before my ej cs, at least not before he bad
paid me the lee. Bo I caught him just aa ha
was about to describe a parabola m the air
and descend on tbe cold, bard floor. I
lnanagtdto extricate him from thearma
chair with the ion
cart-whip, we hsd accomplished
about five miles of our jonrneyj I began
to get lleepy. and ths Major began to show
symptoms of drowainesr, such as app ymg
his head with terrific force to the aide ol
tbe wagon, es if to test its solidity, from
each of which testa he arose talking volu
bly, aa it to preclude the possibility
of his being sleepy. Bat on one ot these
rapid descents on the wsgonbody he hap
pened to miss hie aim and fell on a pile of
blanket, instead, and not befog awakened
by the force of tba blow, he sunk to rest
and, instead of talkiog, be indulged fn some
of the loudest snoring that I havo ever
heard. As 1 bad no one to talk to. I, also,
fell asleep, and from that time nntfi we
reached Barneaville we both attempted to
outdo each other in tbe matter of slerp.
Occasionally one of na, after pitening vto.
lently about on bis eeat. would fall off in
tbe road, and, after indulging in a nice re
freshing nap in tbe mud, would set out and
overuke tbe cart In a fifteen minutes' walk
and again repeat the performance. Dming
all this time tbe oxen were steadi y plod
ding towards home, and abont dark we
reached out destination.
CHAPTER It.
Barnesville, at the lime we visited it,
waa composed of one afore anil eight or ten
houses. Tbe store wes kept ny Moss
Bcuduer, and waa headquarters for dry
:oode, groceries, whisky a d medicine.
5 o , „ , -
lose particularly prided him-elf nn
bis skill aa a doctor, and I have
frequently heard him aay, when he w is In
a good humor (which waa when he was
drunc), that he “would not give in ter no
gallivantin' doctor that ever lived." In
this opinion of himself be was npbeld by
all who knew him, and whenever any one
got sick, Mose was sent for and tbe whole
town awaited bis decision with confidence,
and would, when they beard it, sbaae
their heads and. matter, “I knew that
Moae Bcndder would git tbar." But
Mose, on one occasion, failed to “git thar”
in tbe following manner: He waa called
to tbe bedside of Deacon Skinner's child
and gave it, through mistake, a large dose
of strychnia instead of calomel, as waa in
tended. Tbe little child died and the peo
ple were very much excited by the occur
rence. Not only Mose’e professional repu
tation was at stake, but also hia very life,
for threats were made of taking him and
banging him. But Mose spread oil on tbe
troobled waters by addreratng tbe people
in a neat little speech in Unr.; of hia store,
in which he Informed them that the child
nad contracted a severe case of cock-a-loo-
rnm-e-pluribaa'Unnm, and Ihst it could
not possibly have recovered if tbe mistake
had not been made, and concluded by in-
vitlng the crowd to come in end take e
drink of whisky. Popnler indignation
was pacified with this itstement, espsciel
ly the conclusion, and tbe crowd
drank hia brandy with enthu-
alasm and a little ingar and water.
Bat Squire Bedbone, more camions
than the rut, called Mose aside and. alter
carrying him behind the door, asked him
if “that tarnal disease wna ketchin’?”
“Now Squire,” laid Mose, “I don’t warnt
ter alarm yer, but" and here he
•book bii head so long and vigorously I hat
he threatened to dislocate bla neck, “wbat
wna it namedf” the Squire asked faintly.
"Cock-a-loo-rura-e-pluiibusiinum," said
Moaa in a doleful voice, “en theouly tiling
that will Iraan har n(T la lliska* *’ Thai
they commenced “dropping iu and con’
tinned to drop until there were eight
assembled. During all ibis time not
a word was spoken. Each man. as
he arrived, went in the back room
and brought oat a dry goods
box, on which he perched himself and
commenced looking at the fire. Ther« was
a slight deviation from this on the srrival
of No. 8. He went in the back room, prob-
ab.y in quest of a box, but soon returned
and. after minutely examining each per
son’s perch, he darted towards No. 3 and
said: * Lookee yeah, Bill Smith, you jest
git up otf«sn my box/’ Bill, thus addressed,
promptly “got” and took a seat in the win
dow-sill. But af er a little, the dethroned
Bill turned and said, “MoaeBcudder, ef I
has got ter trade wid you, yer he* got ter
git me a box, fur becaae I hes jes’ teeto-
tAlly weared out my new jeans paota on
this yere ole winder-sill, eu mam, ah#
lows, es how shell quit tradin’
wid yer ef yer don’t give me
a seat lur ter save the ware #n tare uv my
c othes.” And the injured B<1. wiped his
nose on the back ot b'S hand and squirted
a volume of tooacco juice in the fire tiat
threatened to put it entirely out. Mose
pacified him by promising to get him a
box and order was once more restored in
tbe assembly. As they fat in silence
around the room, perched on tnirs in va
rious attitude*, with the ruddy glow of the
pine knots illuminating their rough faces,
I don’t think I ever saw a more pictur
esque group. Profound silence prevailed,
broken only by an occaslonsl“splash” as a
huge volume of tobacco juic^ was hurled
into the fire, and each m«»n appeared lost
in profound meditation. Bon e writers
dwell upon th* grave and decorous silence
of the red man. Bat, for a look of intense
thought and habitual silence, 1 will tuck
the mountaineer Georgian of 1830
against any thing except au owl. Even 1
was affected by the silence, and my
thoughts had strayed back to Atlanta, and
I wta wondering bow the Widow Brady
got along without her clo*hes rope, whan
By candle light she can not tell, '
”1 wouldn’t wonder if I should.”
It’s won't and will, and can not tell,
"1 hardly know—I mar -I mayn’t.”
Until aom« firm and sturdy will
Decides it for the pretty saint.
Melbourne is putting her telegraph
and telephone «irea underground.
Strawberries aTe becoming more
plentiful, but maintain a high price.
Tub total number of recognized
sp-cies of Australian fishes now reaches
1291
Four vernacular newspapers in Ja
pan have sent special correspondents to
port on the war in China.
It is said that a buzzard will not eat
a dead Mexican because hla body is so
thoroughly saturated with red pepper.
A Bible society agent called on
3 210 families in Concord, N. H.. recently,
and found twenty-niue only with copies of
the Bible.
In one New Hampshire school dis
trict there la but oue pupil, four districts
have b it two pupils each, and two have
only six between tnem.
In the “keys” south of Day ton, Fin.,'
there are trees called machineels, which
are said to be poisonous to any one stand
ing beneath them when the dew is falling.
A chemical analysis of Alpine air
shows that an entirely pure condition is
not fonnd until nn altitude is reached of
from 6,000 to 13 000 feet above the level of
the sea -a result by no means in accord
with common opinion.
Prof. Jules E. LoisEAu,of Columbia
College, committed suicide in New York a
few days ago, because bis sou, an artist
studying iu Paris, failed in his examine
tion ami was returned to a lower class.
Toe deceased was in comfortable circum
stances, and his domestic life It said to
Kidney Diseases.
Few people are aware of the alarming pre
valence of kidney diseases, especially among
those who have arrived at,or are past the mid-
dlesge. It Is declared on good authority that
fully one-hslf the deaths in this coantry aro
cither directly or Indirectly the result of kid
ney disease of tome sort.
A great majority of tho men above forty years
ol age are afflicted with some sort ol alT ction
of the kidneys or bladder and these diseases
are on tho increase. Persons are often seri
ously affected before they know of it them-
■elves, and thus these Insidious disorders get
a good foothold before anything is done to dls
lodge them.
Dropsy, gravel, diabetes, Bright’s disease,
incontinence, debility, catarrh of the bladder,
albumenurla, etc., are among tbe many forms
of these diseases. Most of these are very diffi
cult to cure, defying the poweis oftentimes of
the best physicians obtainable, and are pro-
nounoed by many to be incurable.
Physicians state that many forms of kidney
disease aro very difficult to detect, as, in dis
eases of this form, oftentimes there are no
symptoms of a marked nature. This Is one ol
the reasons why they are so difficult to cure.
Hunt’s [Kidney and Ltver] Remedy Is a spe
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and all of that classes of disorders.
It cures biliousness, headache, jaundice,
liver and atomach troubles, dyspepsia, consti
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It cures intemperance, nenroua diseases,
general debility, female weakness and ex
cesses.
It Is thoroughly reliable, highly recom
mended, works promptly, relieves at oncc.and
was never known to fall. USB IT AT ONCE.
Sold by all druggists. Price $1.25.
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my attvntioi was arrested by No. 1 ex- have been without a flaw,
cUImii g. “Look yeab, boys, lets have eooie Horse flesh is so common in the
fun. MossScudder, spose y«[ put up I butcheri » stalls st Manchester, England,
gallon er lickw en the man an ^ j 8 BO 0 f^ n gold as beef for food to the
of
only about half a yard of bis coat-tail. I
ap jloglzcd (or the leemlng rudeness with
which be had been treated and .aeured
him tint he had made a Tallent fight and
would, undoubtedly, hate conquered it he
hail been left alone.
This se ined to encourage him and be in
traduced himseif by saylug, “This la Co).
Carroll, 1 presume; ’apon my mildly hint
ing that he waa not far from wrong in his
coujectnre.be continued. “My name ta
Major Jones and, although I am a native
of New Vork, 1 am now a citizen of the
enterprising ui.nof Da ne.vilie. In foot
—tobe confidential with yon—I am one of
tbe first men of the to.n,”
HerebttCon.Uerat.ly paused to allow
me time todigeet to important an array of
(acta, but preaendy returned;
“And, Col. Carroll,)I have called npon
you to see whether yon could not (pare
enough of your valuable time to go down
to Barneavllte with me and defend my In-
tere.'e in a case abont tome land."
While he spoke these last word,, I ,pat
on die hands of my memory and wsihed
my former inventory of him from the
black board of my brain and anbatltaled
in its stead—“Rich man—case Inrolvlog
thousands of acres of land—batter not
suve him off,” After completing
tills little niece of mental nssiu-
tics, I replied, “Major Jones, I will
accept your offer and, iu fact," I continued,
wluie looking np at the formidable pile ot
“dans" that had accumulated, a sodden
longing to change tbe acenery came over
me as I said, “1 have long been contain,
plating., tnpont ol town for the benefit
of my health; for, during my stay here,
1 have been eo occupied Willi business that
1 fesr it has been somewhat impaled. So
your proposition comes in good time and 1
•hall most certainly acceptin''
i glad to bear yon aay It," uid tba
’■ ’ i be of any aasiatance
l will
that will keep her off is ticker." That
night tbe Bqntre was carried home on a
stretcher—dead drank. And whatever
might be the virtues of whisky as an anti
dote, he never bad the dreadful disease
Mose took hla cue from this occurrence
and, after that, the simplest disease that
Invaded tbe town wee rerapig-ou.-ramhl-
Ileus tempas-foglt, which, translated,
means whooping-cough. Alter aar arrival
Major Jones introduced me to this re-
doubtsb-e individual, whom wo found an-
g.ged in the peaceful operation of making
a toddy for along, lank, fellow who. I aft
erwards discovered, waa Bqnlre lie 1-bone.
“Well, Kernel,” laid Mote, in answer to
my inqnlries in regard to bis health, “1
air party well u it goes, bat the health of
the commnnity. air, la Dot es good es 1
could wish.” Hera ha picked np a
bottle of whlaky and, and after look
ing through tt intently for some little
Ume, be pat It down with a thump and
said: "No, air. hit air not ea good eal
could wish." Thia lut announcement ap
peared to be tb- result ol careln) thinking,
and wt accep'edit u such. Now Mr. Boun
der was by no means tbrongb Miking; in
fact be bad Just started and was in the act
of opening hla month lo apeak sgsin whan
his attention was attracted by 'Bquire It-il-
bone, who had retreated lo the door Imme
diately alter taking hia toddy,and waa now
furiously gesticulating and pointing to
ward! Major Jonta. who was seated with
his back towards him. Mosa called tbe
Major's attention to the 'Sonin's move-
menu, greatly to my •aUafactioa, for I was
afraid he might bnrat a blood Teasel in his
frantic attempts to attract tbe Majur'e at-
tention. The Major went to him and was
carried behind the door, tram behind
which, after an absence of eereral minutes.
ing, Mose took thecnalr and told No. 1 to
proceed. No. 1 spit out his tobacco and,
after clearing up his throat, began: “Now
boys, they ain't no use en talkin' 'boat this
yer thing, cat I’m gwine to tell yer do
truth. This ntornin' me en my brother
Ben tuk our rifles en welt huntin'. We
walked on Jen ou far three or lour home
en neveraeed a thing. But, arter awhile.'
we cum across an' ole squirrel e; aettiu’
way oat on er hlckery limb. So I
sez ter Ben, sez I, ‘now Ben go
on t'other tide en wheu I count three we
both ’ll shoot at the ole sinner at the same
time en see ef if we can't git him enybow.’
An’ Ben sez, tez he, 1‘A'right,' an' he went
'round to the t’other tide of the tree, an’
when he said he wat ready, I J-ounted
three, en we both shot at the tiuis time.
En geni’men, what yer think happened?
Well sir, et the crack ut our ritie«, thet
ole squirrel felly ria up en busted Yes sir,
busted. Kn whut yer reckin made him
bust? Why sir, our rifle balls hed bit
each other in tbet ole ainuer'a body, en
they jes’ simply caused en hexplosion.
Thet's what they uid. En thet ain’t all.
No air, thet ain’t all by er jug full. It
knocked thet equirrel’s hea I utl so hard
thet it fl-w in er tree er hundred en fifty
yards off en killed er Jaybird er if tin' thar
on er limb. Y.a, air; u'eer fac,'" And
number one leant back on hla box and
triumphantly looked eronnd as if to defy
competition. After this there wae a alight
interlude in the programme, dnrng
which number two carried on a whispered
coiiTeiestion with Mr. Bcndder, and the
rest of the company amnsed tbemaelTea
by extinguishing tbe fires with well-di
rected dischargee of tobacco Joloa, fired
with remarkable precision and by regl-
menta. But Mr. Bcndder caused a tempo
rary cessation of tbe attack on the fire
by rapping Tlgorously on bis box with
hit knack let and aeyltigi "It la the wish
ut the company prestnt ter hear Kernel
Carroll next, ef he will be lo kind."
1 protested that I was perfectly unable to
compete with rumber one’s • lie." That
besides I was a lawyer, and must maintain
Use professional regard for tbe truth. But
iu Tain. Mr. Souduer was inexorable, and
finally, in a fit ot desperation, 1 deter
mined to tell them tometbing about tbe
remarkable experiments 1 had witnessed
In chemistry. Bo 1 began: .
"Gentlemen, It is not compatible with
my well earned reputation for truthfulness
to degrade myself by felling a lie. I haw
always endeavored to be a aecood
Maj-ir."«ml if I can . _
in helping you to pack,up 11
render It '■
1 be glad to
they emerged, the 'Squire going out of the
Major beckoning to me after
room End tho
the 'Squire's moat approved style. I went
to him and was in turn carried behind the
door. TbaMajorpeepedcantlouily through
the keyhole to see that no cne waa listen
ing, and then said: “Colonel Car-
roll, don’t mention it, bat the fact ta—
’Bqulra Itedbone wants to be Introduced to
you and has employed me to conduct the
ceremony if you are agreeable. He will be
back in the course of half an hour, when,
If yon aro agreeable, I am to Inform him
by winking at him; and, I might add,
Colonel, you ahouid gratify him, for it la
N ow.Ma j or, don’t mention It,” replied I. 'b* wish ot.hle heart.". I told the Major
as I thought ot my creditor!; •‘but lhA *h*t I would be delighted to meet the
fact i*. I have obtained each a hold on the *° •'“b at him hr all means.
Deci le's hearts in thia city that 1 am We then came out from behind the door
afraid I Will have to slip on from them and resumed onr original poeitloni around
mid i .had reqSrat you £,°iti??t!SSt <»>• A™- Alder a little while the 'ffqffir.
1“ n'c'ock to-night, to that 1 may be able fame jit and looked very hard at tho Ma
to avoid all the lormallUea of leave-taking, wh »2“?°“. H" M * lor f cd ,' *“*1
-. taking off hia hat, gate one of the largest
rir.” .aid the Mejor.wlth the air of a doable-barreled, back-action kind of winks
making a great sect idea to the feel '» baa ever been mr fortune to ice.
cl auoiner: “it shall be done " And U* then asamued the office of muter of
wfth them words he took hie departure ceremonlee and totradundtha'Squire to
But ere many minute, had elapsed and wjjoflMw
rid e we were busy packing up our library JW*. , oq“Jr». /<« ••• before you
_J:,1 perip!email, previous tomak- °p*: Carroll, and—tire new. Imrnedi-
lng a descent on the good people of Barnes, eteiy efterthaorramony the’dqolr. heaved
„f,e,he returned .and, poking hi. hudln
'ou for that have been catnedby the removalol a greet
>g to bla lok d of anxiety off bit mind, and took rtf-
eoaVtalt ’which bur chair had ruthlessly “*• on a dry goods tax, where he re-
d.prtvr<l him of, end, after rolbn,, It np malnedeppersnliy l<*t inedeep study,
carefully, and placing it in an enormous The Malar now retreated behind the coua-
- ■'?— - -■ . ter end wu Boon engaged in an an
imated conversation with Mow. But
always „
who,° you all remember, dlatlnguiihed
himself in the cherrytree boslnua. Bo J
hops you will excos® me 11 1 refrain from
telling you a Ue and tell you Instead aome
of the remarkable experiment. I have wit
nessed In chemistry and tome awful truths
I have learned thereby. Here I MW the
Major nudge the Hnnlre end aay, "I II bet
yon it’s a good nn * But I goored the In
terruption end continued: "No doubt you
have frequently eaten Roiwlrope end have
thought them to be made oat of sugar;
bat, gentlemen, you were never worse mls-
tftken. They are made oat of old P'f***
ot cows' horns and horses' hoofs,
haw seen It made. And wbat do you
think sugar Is made of. Why, of
sugar cane, of eourse, you will say, but not
ao” No, gentlemen. I grieve to lay that
such is tbe depravity of our inannfacturara
that sugar la now made out of gluouce and
old rags and other pieces of dirty cloth
that Is picked up on the etreeti. And—
hot I was here Interrupted by M r. Boudder,
who had been .bowing symptoms ol ex
citement elnce the gum-drop development,
and now stood np on bla tax and ex-
claimed:
That ie enough. Kernel, jest at present,
WlllVe U* WWravu “*•> MW
the door, Mid, with an air of great secrecy
"Colonel, I will trouble — * “
pocket-book, be again departed.
Having completed all my preparation!
for leaving, I aatdown and wrote the
stay at year home, I wes afraid that, be
ing > > right, I might not sink. I have
ih. rrfore attached the track to my neck
hy meins of your clothes rope, which per
haps you wili miaa, In order to sink myself
te|| | •walesy grave. Yoor affectionate
lover. Csrl Carroll.”
“I*. S.: Yon will find in my room,
ti..,t:i oru.h and a copy of Qrier’e Alma-
n» The former yon can keep In remem-
bnnee ef in> knt pleraa aali the latter and
wild the money to the poor heathen In the
kV<-;-e I ties Tell them to pray forth,
vinim of unrequited lore who hia thox re
membered them "
. slaughtered
purpose in tbe one city.
Small men can take encouragement
from tbe fact that bemuel Sherwood
Smith, ot Cincinnati, recently dead, a
brother ot “Mol Smith,” who delighted 'he
pltygoeca of the last generation, was the
smallest of eleven brothers and survived
them all, attaining the ege 82, His death
waa hastened by s severe fall.
A leading brewer of Cincinnati says
that itwo-tb!rds of the beer product ot
that city ie sent to points Sontb. He thinks
that the day la not far distant when tbe
South will mannfaotnre all the beer needed
for Its consumption. Southern brewer
ies, be contends, can get material aa cheap
ly as they can be procmed in Cincinnati.
—A quick-witted druggist recently
extinguished a tire iu an lows Church in
a novel manner. The fire wm raging in
the Boor under the joists, and no water
was at band. He quickly mixed np a pail-
full of common soda lo a lot of salpharlc
acid and ponred It down. Sufficient gas
was generated to Immediately extinguish
the flames.
In Switzerland, antler the compulso
ry laws, out of 485,700 children of school
age, 471 878 or Ot 8-10 per cent, attended
the elementary schools in 1883. Ooe-fifth
of tba whole population of Switzerland te
In the azhoote. Over 8.000 teachers are
employed in the elementary schools, and
of these 83 per cent, have had special nor.
mal school training.
Ever since Garfield's burial a lieu
tenant and sixteen men of tbe regnlar
army bare guarded hte grave. Garfield's
friends fn Cleveland are to be Mked by the
War Department how tnnch longer they
desire the gnard to remain. They are ex
pected by tho friends of Garfield to reply
that they would like tbe guard continued
nntll tbe proposed monument shall have
been erected over the remains.
Secretary Bayard writes a very
hasty, half illegible band. Secretary Kn-
dicott writes a firm, clear, rapid legal
script. Postmaster-General Vilas writes
like a bank bookkeeper who liM learned
to write at a business college. Attorney-
General Garland writes a literary hand,
like that ota majority ot editors, decreto
ry Whitney writes a bold, heavy, vigorous,
freehand. Secretary Manning baa a fine,
narrow, aomawhat feminine band. Secre
tary Lamar writes like Italian copper
plate. though not eo accurate.
Mmz. Pohlain, the young vrifo of a
well-to-do French merchant, was seen by
her hnsband to secret a paper when he en
tered the room, and as aha refused to ea;
what it waa, ha levelled a revolver (whlcl
•very one seems nowadays to carry in
Pari.) at her, and, she being >1111 obdurate,
he at length fired, wounding her in tbe
hip. Then, horrified, he threw hlmaeir
from tbe third atory, breaking one arm and
two legs. Madame It likely to recover. It
Oily a
whip
ter Ue over yer.” And Moae
down mopping hte Iare with hla handker
chief and confidenUaUy whispered to
Major Jones, “Mejer theta the blageet lie
thet I hea ever beam. Sugar made outer
ole rage, Weil I dew declart" I must
confess that I was eurprised at the turn
things hod token, for I had no IntenUoo
after
Utile
hi returned ana
worthy Mrs'. Brady the following tetter: informed me that Mr. Scudder
•War ilrt. Brily: When yon receive bad ooneentod to let me have e room to
tliis letter 1 shaU he no more. Unable to toe rear of the .tor. tor an office, wnUt t
Ojnnuer the attachment thet hie sprang remained to tba city, (or the pecuniary
EffiSehSMuSrfWLAndknSwtoithet consideration of 24 par moothVbntthat
I could not dare hop* for e return of*almt-
lar affection, 1 have drowned mjacit. Do Mfuaed to rent lt to seveiel parties, al-
not wonder at tbe ebatnee of my trank ae,
hating become ao very lean dming my
— • “ that, b
though he bad been offered ea high aa HO
K month for It. and be had consented to
me have tt only because tbe Major and
be were good friends. “Pot you see, Col
ouel." add tba Major, to eondtuiao, “you
wlU be here aome week, attending to my
buetoaei, and you wUI naturally wanton
office while here." “Bat where am I to
board," said I. “Why, yon can atop with
me, U you don't mind residing a little oat
of the city. For the feet te"—bnatha Me
jorooce more became confidential—"Isold
my town residence last year and now live
to what Ie known aa tho mountainous sec
tions of the etty: distance lome two miles
from here. Hpiendld breeee fine scenery
—and a way to ride to the dty." Aa Tie-
destroyed It. In tbe tost engagement wii
the enemy I aoddenUy awa'lowed about
quart of toe whlaky, after which I remem
bend no more. I sank peacelully to sleep
while visions of being carried behind toe
door by tome one and having aeverel
pounds of old rage rammed down my
throat with a horse's hoof end then bring
banted two miles through toe mod In a dry
good, tax which wm attached to Major
Jone.’ coat tall, floated dreamily through
my brain. Each was my first night in
BarnaaviUe.
(to ■■ coavurean.l
ljmrtft ffla BLOOD*’rero
ute LIVER an«l KIDNEY8.
___IRKATOtu: Tine HKAXiTH
mu VIGOR of YOUTIL Vi*-
pcpsla, Wantof ApjMiUte, In-
dlgefitlon. Lick or htrenirth,
and Tired reellnirabsoiut«l|
cared. Bonos, muscles ana
jenros rccclro now Tores.
Enlivens tho mind ana
n •supplies Brain I’owrr.
„ AD 1E Stsa&EgsARn
<! In DXL HARTER’S HIGH TONIO a safa aod
t tdf core. CHvca a clear, Uealthr complexion,
rcqnent attempts at counterfeUlox only add
•ho popularity of tho original. Do not expert-
•tit—yet the OtUGlMAL AND BUT.
tBBBSssaiBBia
IS THE BEST ITV TJSE.
It Ie very simple and perfect In operation. Drops the unrolled seed with perfect regn-
iarity and to any desired amount. Never akips-opena, drops ami covers. Bendlor
price
A. B. FARQUHAR & CO., Macon, Ca.
SCHOFIELD’S IRON WORKS,
MACON, . . GEORGIA.
J. S. Schofield & Son, Proprietors*
Manufacturer* and dealers in Every Variety of Machinery,
SCHOFIELD’S PREMIUM fiUTTtm PRESSES
To Pack by Korso, Hand. Wator or«Steam Pot*
Schofield’* Empire Engines and Boiler* and Circular Saw Mills.
Onno Mills and Kettles and Castings and Machinery oi Kvery Kin-
“Shafting,” “Pulley*” and “Hanger*” a Specialty.
EeriMATZs FaoarrLT Fnasienio Aim uoaaaeroBDiaca boi.:ciT»r.
WB keep to Mock lUU, Machlntoto* and Bailway fi iqifteB. iron Hat M IMas
Artesian Well Casing and Machinery, Vaivee, Whiutitss, Lubr.nitora, Fucklr.s
Belting. Filet, Oils, Baws, Wrench ea, ate., a to.
Call on or write os. Send for onr new Illustrated Catalogue and Price List.
i rather long miluper'e bill.
A DESPf RATE SUICIDE.
CANCER CURED.
Mrs. Oliver Hardman, an old resident of
Walton county, and a lady of culture and
promlnonce.bastbUto say of the treatment
of cancer with 8wlft'a Socclflc;
Over fifteen years ago a cancer made Us ap
pearance on my face. H was treated with
plaatcrs, and the core came out Tho place
healod up after aome time, and seemingly my
face was well. However, In a few weeks It
returned stain with more violence than ever.
It garetno a grpat deal of pain. The former
remedy aeemtd to do It no good. Knowing
the disease to ran in the family, having had
one sister to die with cancer, I became se
riously apprehensive ot my condition. It con
tinued to increase In site and virulence. 1 al
most gave up all hope of ever being cured.
Tho physicians advised the nse of the knife
and caustic. This waa moro than I could
bear, and refused to have it operated upon in
that way. Al) other remedies were used, but
the cancer continued to grow worse. The pain
was excruciating, and my life wae a harden.
In this extremity my ton. Dr. llardman, rec
ommended me to try Bwlrt'a 8peclfic.lt was the
last resort, hot I was so prejudiced against the
use of patent medicines, and especially this
one, that 1 hesitated some time. At last I gavo
my consenLnot believing there waa any virtue I
In it. The first bottle Increased the size of the 1
sore and the discharge from It, and hence did a
not Inspire me with any hope. On taking the!
second bottle there were signs ot improve I
snent, and my faith strengthened just In pro-1
portion. I used the Bpeclfio as a wash In the >
treatment of my cancer with re mart able suc
cess. I sponged tbe sote with the medicine
diluted with a little water. It softened, the
scab, cooled the face and relieved the itching
senaattoo. The spot on my face began to de
crease, as well as the discharge, and hope
sprang up In my heart. Could it be, l asked
myself, that I was at last to be relieved of this
disease? It has given me so many dark hoars
in tho past the Idea of being well again almost
overpowered me. There was a contest be
tween hope sod fear for a long time. It was a
long night of weeping, but Joy came with the
morning. There u nothing left to mark the
place bat a small scar, and! feel It Is lmpoasl
hie for me me to express my graUtade for this
great deliverance. It Is a wonderful medi
cine. MRS. OLIVER HA RDM AN.
Jan. 9, IttL Monroe, Ga,
WINSHIP & CALLAWAY
LEADERS IN CLOTHING AND HATS,
Hava taken unusual pains in getting np their Sprint! Stock. Most of th-ir FineSnita
were made to order, ot tba best Imported (foods ami by Merchant Tailors. Weguar-
antee to give as good fit aa any Merchant Tallsr to toe conntry can give and will save
yon at least $15 per Suit. Latest styles and best qasllty of
HATS m FUBNISHINGr GOODS.
Boys’ and Children's Clothing. Baits and Shirts made to measure. Givens a call.
ISO SECOND STREET, MACON, GEORGIA.
Do Not Throw Away Old Gins I
I repair any make of Gins aa originally made or change to an improved style, for
much iesa money then the cost of new ones. As an Indrirem-nt I pay frelg t both
ways on repair jobs within 100 mll.a of Macon and halt freight fro a any print in the
, t«j,e. AsyrarGini cannot be properly repaired a 1 homo even bv an exno lenc.d
workman, ao not watte your time and money In the attempt, but .end to M i-on Va-
rlety Works, which are fitpd with eTcryapplIa c. t r making and repairing Gina,
Feeder., Concern.re, e'c. My Condenser dec* n t injure the Simple, and te the beat
f irotection against fire that can be attached *c a Gin. No rxtra powers r.cu'nd to run
lem. A duoonnt from my pnelist wih !■, aUuWed cn repat- job. rtceived before
Jane 15th, 1885. Allwork warranted. Wilt# for prices of niw Gins, Feeders and Con
densers.
mwtetaiwest JAMES T. GANTT, Macon, Georgia.
HO'PE^DEAF
A Youna Man Deliberately Throw, Him.
■ elf Under a Railway Train.
A Cleveland, O., special aaya i Lawrence
Barry, thlrly-two years ot age. threw him-
self In front of a moving engine abont noon
today, receiving fatal Injuries. Barry waa
seen walking at ths aide ol the Lake Bfaore
railroad track, near Alabama street. He
appeared to be walking along letenrely and
no attention wat paid to him. A switch
ing train approached where he had atop
ped for an inatant, hot ha apparently paid
no heed to it. Bnddenly, as it drew
near, he stepped upon tbe track
and walked toward the approaching
train. The trainmen and en-
gineer thought that he was preparing to
croes the track, and consequently did not
check toe train. Aa tbe train drew nearer
and the engineer saw that there waa no
dl-positlon on the part of the man to get
off the track ha aonndrd hie whistle and
Swift's Specific is entirely Tigrish!* sad
Mesa to core cancers hy ^forcing out J the
Impurities from tba blood.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases malted
free.
THS SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawee!. Atlanta, Qa.
•cirnunc ni'-n oi j-.urupo mm Ainenc*. » mo n*r luuttrauii attertptit* Oock i
doctors, Jmlfcra, mioUtt-ra, an<l prtmilnrnt mm and vomrn srlio ha\e bevn r
yUaturo <• rssMMMRllM ttqa. Tbvy am nnwrt whtu te aaa iL»nMJrtn
* permanent cum. addi«u.J* U. NlCllOLHON. 7 Murray Sr. v-~.v or |
(
n<1'4 H
lUlatrrd
timl, ami who t*M
IN JEW MACHINE SHOP
DENNIS & WALKE R,
At Reynold’s Iron Works, Fifth’Street, Macon, Ga.
BUILDERS OF
Iron & Wood Working Machinery
Repairing of Engines. 8aw Mills and Printing Presses a Specialty. All work done
promptly and guaranteed. Get onr prices before placing your orders.
aprl2 Rtintf
TALBOTT & SONS
RICHMOND, VA. MACON, GA.
RELIABLE ENGINES AND BOILERS.
point S 1 *® SK£W18& ruabeSmifioUj £2
SSi.Sf.hrtK .maartoMUhis the engine, throwing binm.lt ecroas toe
wXemta «“£df In* a neaPjUtle
•peecb, I invitedth« crowd to panaksof BiSSftfofSS
faction T *ol**’.Mlne T .“.My atowta ^d b? ?££^d toftralmnen, who hid
SLJTS. 1 * h£n% forth Jumped from the cars to render bimaa-
another jug°and invited tu to* empty tost! itetonta. were horrified to eee.toe victim
tbe rails. Ha wa. take
con'd be aezompitahed. He
wu conedotu end btffan to talk. He laid
he went. I to die end that be wu tired of
living. This te all the exetue he gave. He
cannot recover,
A MAD MILKMAN.
The Milkman at the pump was ate
Ou moraine bright end early;
He wen a ead sad solemn mien.
Hte hate wu thick aad curly.
faff
could tell
Why did he etnteh hte tended hair?
And la wild accent, cry?
Why did ha ytaU todetader *^
jJaa-tha pump wae dry ^
Un.aeaasa'y Trouble.
WelUboto’ Agitator.
Type-writing machine# are coming into
general oaeamoogbu-tioaM men who have
an extmilve correspondence. An amus
ing Incident growing out ot their tun wu
related to ue recently by s gentlemen of
tote borough. He received a business tetter
from a man fn a neighboring connt>. and
tho reply wu smttoi on a tvpe-writar.
In a few days tbe correspondent wrote
again to one friend, prefacing hte letter
wlbtbte: “You needn't go to the expanse
of getting the letters p-tnled that you tend
me; I can read writing."
Adelina Patti 1
the great aongnreaa. aaya of Botem Fat-
mere Perfumes, Toilet Boape and other
Toilet articles; "1 unhesitatingly pro
nounce them «'.;-rior to any I ever used."
Mod pal depot, 374 and 178 .Pearl .street,
New York.
From 6to 250 Horse Power. The demand for these Engines Increases steadily,
showing their superiority over all others. Saw Mills, Grist Mills and general Machinery,
For special Catalogue and prlcesj|address
S. S. PEGRAM Manager. TALBOTT & SONS, Macon, Ga.
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