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THE TEL^,GRAPH AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY* JULY 3, 1885.
what my lover said.
O .k. merrtt obtnco In the twllltht gloom,
B»themem>‘ mh< m ^ mc -
In v lll ..u SretAWiTwith lti faint perfume,
10 if?,Sd topi*,Tut he nude no room;
^uwid M'fhln'lhS’un toe Br e ««f|rew red,
SS’bsrsKK'w™.
ft htVo«,!°
^“-^"i'h'Viried,
ildh'held'me toJ “.^d’he r°«5SId mjhCAd,
he cloted toe peth before me;
. "Ja. looked down into mT eyes and »eld-
{i”i h ttie le»re* bent down from too bough*
_ ...in fo in' that mrlorer .aid I
T 0h!toVl°»ve» hanging lowlr o erme!
_ _ _ 1ir#( that he knew when he held me fait,
I Thilmo*tbeaU unwilling;
- T , ,\i.5 to so and would have pawed,
IS the eight wa* come with IU dew* at ia*t,
A, . no iheWy with it* *tar* wa* filling.
Btf hec'wpet mocloiewhen I would have
And hu'ioo* came ouUront hi* lip* and latd-
Howthe*'"* cre P‘ out w 1)0,1 Ute -h 11 ® 1000,1
To listen to all my lover **ld I
Oh, too moon aud star* In glorjl
I gnow that the gras* and the leave* will not
AndTm lure that the wind, precion* rover,
wm carry hi* *eeret so *afcljr aud wel'
Tha^no being *h«II everdlKover
nine word of the many that rapidly fell
From toe eager Ups of my lover;
ASdihe moon and toe .Ur* that looked over
thin never reveal what a fairy like rpeU
They wove round about ue that night In the
rti the oath through the dew-laden clover,
Kor echo toe whisper* that made my heart
Aj toev'fell from too llpaot my lover.
OVER fHt ST Alt.
Paving NalRhborly Col!
jtfaa Nora Fagc, of Turin, is visiting
Mrs. Howell, in Newnan
Miss Sudie Ilale, of Griffin, is on a
•visit to Miss Fannie Morse, oi Forsyth,
Mill StiUio Acree, oi Camilla, is in
Albany, the gucstoi tho Misses Brooks
Misses Minnio and Addle Moore, oi
Macon, are spending tho week in For-
Misses Wilson, daughters of Col,
Wilson, of Fineville, are in Buena
Vista.
Miss Minnio Drano and Miss Park
of Draneville, aro visiting in Buena
Miss Dormer Simms, of Grantvlllo
neighborhood, is visiting relatives in
Nevrnan.
Miss Dora Griggs, of Hogansvilie, is
visiting tho family of her brother, in
Newnan.
Mr. Abner Wellborn, of! Atlanta, is
visiting the family of his uncle, Colonel
L. R.
Miss Mary Freeman, of Columbns,
is visiting tho fnmily of Mrs. High
tower in Forsyth.
Miss Gennie Jordan, of Cnllodcn,
spending n fotr days with Mrs. R. if
Banks, of Forsyth.^^^^^^^|^H
Mrs. E. F. Herrington, of Damascus,
is spending some time with Mrs. High
tower in Forsyth.
Miss Mattie Glen Tigner, of Mori
wether county, is visiting Miss Mary
Clarke, in Newnan.
Miss Helen Roddy, of Atlanta,
spending somo days with Miss Greta
Thomas, in Forsytl
Mrs. Forrester, of Atlanta, is spond
ing a lew weeks with tier sister,Mrs. '■
Olmstead, in Mown ail.
Mrs. E. J. Bradly, of Carrollton,
visiting the family o( her brother, Mr.
B. 8. Askew, in Newnan.
Miss Fannio]Cubbedge, oi Macon,
the guest during commencement
Mrs. 0. B. Alexander in Forsyth.
Miss Hattie L. Collins, oi Smarr’s,
spending tho commencement occasion
with Mbs Katie Napier in Forsyth.
Mrs. Frank Mallary lias returned
her homo in Macon, alter a pleasant
week’s visit to her mother and friends
in Marietta.
Mrs. G. Hymes, Miss Paulina Grce
wood and Miss Nettie Ilapp, of Macon,
nr.- visiting Mr. M. Greenwood ate
family, in Forsyth.
Mrs. Georgia Watkins and her littl
daughter. Miss Nettie, of Macon, are
visiting the family of Col. A. D. Ham
mond, in Forsyth.
Mrs. Mack Reeso who has been vis
iting in Buena Vista, accompanied by
Miss Idlla Reese, has returned
her homo in Thomaaville.
Mr. Will Stanfield, forinerlyof Amer-
icus, is now sergeant in un Illin ’
company of United States troops, and
is quartered in Washington, D. 0.
Miss Lillie Mitchell, of Macon, and
Miss Essie Winn, of LawrencevillOj
aro in attendance upon tho Monroo Fe
male college commencement at Forsyth
and tho guests of Mrs. D. J. Proctor.
Items About Crops.
Crops aro in good growing condition,
bat aro small for this time of year.-
SamitnvUk Mercury.
Farmers from different parts of our
county roport that tho prospect for
good corn crop Is flattering.—Fortyth
Advertiser.
Nothing has occurred the past week
to mar tho fair prospects of excellent
crops. Our farmers put in a good
week's work and have many reasons
to ho thankful.—M&edgeviUe Union
Cotton Blco
Mr. Ilenry Amall brought us yester
day the first cotton bloom we have
seen this season. He is ono of our
model farmers, as well as merchant.
Metcnan Herald.
Cant. W. E. Ilaygood showed
last Tuesday, a cotton bloom from 1
farm near the city. By tho way, the
Captain’s crop of cotton and corn is far
in advance of many planted earlier.—
Milledgaille Union.
Queer Place for a Stone.
Mr. A. 0. Lvndon showed us yester
day a stone 4)4 inches long and IX
inches broad which was taken from tho
stomach o( a bullfrog.—Jfewntm Herald,
A Ne.t of Widow..
Mr. Wm. Hammett has been taking
the census of Newnan. His operations
have so far resulted in tho discovery oi
thirty-one widows, six oi whom aro in
REDUCED TO WHITE CUST,
A Craohlo Description of the Process of
Cremation.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The body ot Orson B. Marrsy, thst was
taken on Tbnreday last from tbls city to
the crematorium at Lancaster, Fa., by the
eon and friends of the deceased, arrived
there Friday. One of the Cincinnati gen
tlemen who accompanied the remains,
gives the following graphic seconnt of the
cremation:
Mr, Piatt, one of the officers of the Lan
caster Cremation Society, took charge of
the body on its arrival. It was immedi
ately conveyed to the crematorium, where
a large number of people of all age* and
sexes bad congregated to witness the oper
ation. The Cincinnati party, consisting of
Mr. Charles B. Murray, eon of the dece
dent, and C. M. Lotze, Albert
Melning.r and Major Henry
Oliver, officers ot the Cincinnati Cremation
Society, reached the scene a short time
altrr r . I wre re, civet by the trust. ot
the local society In a body. After a short
pause and conversation in ttie reception
room, the gentlemen were led into the
nditorinm, which was filled with visitors
furnace, with the son of the deceased In
the center. The view presented wee novel
and striking. The’small bnUding.jresem-
bling m many respects a oonntry meeting-
home, built of pressed brick, was too little
for the purpose, end the heat from the
fnrnacewas intense. In front ot Ibespec-
tators were tonr doors, opening Into Ihe
reception, the preparing and I he two retort
tho warm
comrades
A Ceorala cinnt and Ills Pretty Plamr. lit is assured. What is true of tho
Mr. Levi Ellison, oi Paulding conn-1 Salem district applies with equal
’, is 10 years old, seven feet high and force and appropriateness to the
eighs 100 pounds, and goes to see a young farmers of the western
pretty young lady 13 years old and and northwestern portions of the
weighs 00 pounds. county. In the territory bounded by
the old Macon road, the Putnam and
A wife’s Dying Request. Jones lines, and the Oconee river, there
Mrs. Tuck, of Winterville, died last are settled as thriving and intelligent
Wednesday and was buried yester- a number of young farmers as can bo
day. She requested that elio be kept found in Georgia in a day’s ride. Tho
out of the grave for three days, and her moot of them “live at homo,” and live
hnBband complied with her request. mighty well. They have fine planta-
tions, and have got the mnscie and
Encouraging It.m for Clerks. brains to manage them successfully.
Hugh T. Inman was a clerk in Me- Some of the most prosperous of our
Donough during the fall and winter of negro fanners live in this settlement.
1866-0, his salary being about $25 per One or two thrifty young farmers in a
month and board. He is now worth a locality put life and energy into an en-
quarter of a million.—McDonough tire district. This is notably seen in
iVeekly. the Meriwether district: seeing, they
see; hearing, they hear; and under-
A Spttt In the Church. standing, they apply their knowledge
The colored Baptist church of this can 7 a I 101 " 1 ??.?
place is split in twain by internal dis- ? e , art that watches and receives.—J/ii-
turbances. Both factions claim the ‘ eil 3 e,,, " e Union.
right to govern church affairs, and
neither side will accede to the demands fourth ceorci a reunion.
of the other.—McDonough Weekly. Tho survivors to Most nt Mm«dg«vIMe on
the Second Wednesday In August.
Where Painters Never Keep 8obsr. To the Survivors: In common with from the «own. The officers of both soci-
It looks like a hard matter to get a all who love our country, the cause for etlea formed » semi-circle in front of the
sober painter in Lumpkin. Several which we struggled, and those who
efforts have been made lately and in manfully did their duty in time of our
every instance the painter would get country's peril, we desire to perpetuate
drunk before he could get his paint their memory and to commemorate
mixed in order to begin a job.—Jntfe- their heroism.
pendent. To that end we desire to bring to-
gether the survivors of the Fourth
A Fatal Freak of Lightning. Georgia (Doles) Regiment, and renew
, ,»..j miles from Draketown in Pauld- the association formed a quarter o'
ng county, Inst Thursday, a man named century ago.
Mason, and a boy named Hesterlie, .We desire to meet face to face in
were at work on a house. Lightning cial converse and again feel ”
struck a tree in tho yard, and thence clasp of tho hands ot our old
to the porch, killing Mason and Hes- in arms.
terlie and prostrating two ladies who We desire to meet near the hallowed
were in the house. | s P°t where rests the body of our be
loved commander, Gen. George Doles,
Junto. |and by onr presence at his tomb,
T. Z. Lanier, of McDonough, who evince our admiration for his deeds and
claims to have been injured in the col- veneration for his memory,
lisionattbat place last February, has We desire, all who can, to join us.
sued tho East Tennessee, Virginia and The citizens of MillcdgeviUo extend a
Georgia railroad for $15,000 damages, cordial invitation and desire a full rep-
He jumped from the top of a freight I resentation. It being impossible to
car when the crash occurred, and says I communicate with each survivor, all
ho sustained serious injuries. who read this call and will attend are
requested to forward their names to
A’Fnmilv of H«a*y walght*. Capt. Sam. Walker, Millegeville, Ga.
There is in the city of Americus a I Capt. Fletcher T. Snead, of Ogro-
familv of eight persons whose com- thorpe, Ga., has consented to act as
b ned weight is 1,365 pounds. The I historian of the regiment and will call
lightest weighs 44 and there aro two Hio roll. It is urged upon every one
others weighing 124 and 141. The av- who has in his possession any rosters
erago weight of the eight persons is c f companies or other matter of inter-
1 704a pounds, and taking off the three est relative to anycompaby or member
light weights” the other five weigh thereof, to forward the same to Capt.
,034 pounds or an average 210 4-5 Snead at o ncfi - , , ,
pounds. Reduced rates have been secured on
all railroads for members and. their
A Head Full of Stories. families, at four cents per mile, round
Wes. Lyons, who was recently blown trip-
up in a well near here, has nearly re- , The order of exercises will be as fol-
covered. It will bo remembered that lows; Prayer, by Rev. Wm. Flynn,
the left side of his head was crushed former chaplain. An address of wel
in by the shattered stones, and that o?melin behalf of the city of Milledge-
his condition was considered critical lyilleby——. Response Dy . Call-
for some time. He showed us to-day ln K of roll.
a dozen or more small stones, ranging P en - Phil Cook, whom every one ad-
from the sizo of a pea to that of a smafl “ires and who was universally loved
marble, which had, worked out at dif- by his soldtera. will deliver anaddress,
forent times from the wound in his to be f ollowed by any comrade desiring
head. His recovery is remarkable.— to relate interesting incidents of the
Dallae Era. war - , ,,
The undersigned will gladly
Frustrating an Ambition. I “tmicate with any ono desiring f I
M. M. Folsom in Valdosta Times: ‘‘°Al?
I have heard a good story of an old m^rSLdiv to thJLua^nnaaeit-
jettler in tbi. region who had never “ t L‘cireX. ‘
killed ri il(*(,r lint wu. fnrtnnata nnnmrh I SAM WaLKEK
however, and the heavy iron door protect
ing tbe opening to It was about to be
removed. A deathly silence prevailed.
A knock at the preparing-room door ass
the signal to begin. The preparlng-table
moved 1.0-M 1 :, y into the auditorium
bearing its as; red burden, covered attli n
heavy dark cloth, and was wheeled into
po-i.'imi in from "I the retort. The rlntli
was removed and the corpse, enveloped in
a largo white muslin sheet, soaked in alum
water, lay there but for a moment. The
door o' 1 he rel in («u' r open Rt.d the rosy
light of 2 200 degrees ot beat filled the
auditorium. No fire or fiame was visible.
Simply the incandescent light thrown
by the beat from the brick tiling com-
>osing the retort was to be teen, and It
ike unto the pictnre of tbe setting sun on
summer evening. The iron cradle upon
which lay Ihe body was rolled fromtbetop
of the tsble nolslessly throngh the mouth
of tbe retort end it disappeared in the light
within. The door swung to and all was
over. No noise, no fire, no odor, nothing
of an unpleasant nature marred the oper
ation. No dull round of the clod npon the
coffln-Ild sent a shudder throngh the nervea
‘ the beholder.
The auditorium was gradually vacated,
and no one remained bat the eon of the
deceased and tbe officers of the two socie
ties before mentioned. A view of the pro-
ceta going on behind that large iron door
was to be taken. A delay of half an hour
was necessary before the gases being con
sumed within the retort had sufficiently
dispelled themselves to adm't of it. Then
a small openlBg, two Inches In diameter,
was made by pnealng a email knob in the
wall, and the Incineration was to be seen.
The cradle was plainly visible, and there
lay the body enveloped as before, in its
white sheet to all appearances unscathed.
One might have supposed it was the habi
tation of a human soul, so pure and heav-
Thr
killed a deer, bat was fortunate enough
to entrapone in a snare. “Now,” said
he to his wife, “I’ll have it to say that
I’vo killed ono deer.” So he tied n
rope about the animal’s horns and fast
ened it to a tree. Carefully loading his
big-bored rifle, he stepped off a few
’arils and aimed deliberately at tho
luck’s head. Bang! went the gon,
the dust flew from the rope, and the
deer bounded off, free and unfettered,
J. Carakkb,
MilfodgeviUe, Ga.
Roland B. Hall,
Macon, Ga.,
Committee.
How Southern Women Ride.
Dodge's Fetroclus end Penelope.
a~ aawavw* w .v« „** In this country tho Southerner is tho
to enjoy the pleasures of his haunts in ®«f constantly in tlio (addle, and a
the green wood. The bullet had cut e 0 * 1 rider in tho sunny South U a
tho rope in twain. thoroughly a good rider. Hut I have
often wondered at the number ot
a out er cask. I ones it is possible to find in local
where everybody moves about in the
, saddle. Many men there, who ride all
Knew It at the Time. tlio timo, seem to have acquired tho
Some months since Mr. Alfred Bert- trick of breaking every commandment
ling married Miss Mary Louise Bert- in the decalogue of equitation. Using
ling in Augusta, Ga. She was a rein-1 horses as a mere means of transports-
live of Mr. llcrtllng and bore tho same tion seems sometimes to reduce the
name. Ho married her knowing at steed to a simple beast of harden, and
tho same time of the marriage that her equestrianiam to tho bald ability to sit
mind was not sonnd, she having been in a saddle as yon would in an ox-
discharged from nn asylum in London cart.
uncured. Sinco their marriage Mrs. I think I have soon more graceful
Hurtling has become more unsettled equestriennes in the South than any
in her mind, and has on several oc- where else—than even in England,
cations left home and would stay for Although the Southern woman refuses
several days at tho time. Mr. BertUng to ride the trot, she has a proper tub-
thought nothing of this, as ho al- stituto for It, and her seat is generally
ways know she was with friends admirable. Though I greatly admire I
who would care for her. Saturday square trot well ridden fn a side-saddle,
evening, about 4 o’clock, she left home it is really the rise on this gait which
without leaving word where she was makes so many crooked female riders
going, and stayed away until Monday among ourselves and onr British cous-
morning without giving any cxplana- ins. This ought not to be so; but
tion as to where she bad been. Mr. ladies are apt to resent too mnch ee-
Bertling is greatly troubled over the verity in instruction, and without
actions of his wife, and thinka that strict obedience to her master a lady
some designing persons who know never learns to ride gracefullv and
is of unsound mind have itontlv. In the Sonth ladies ride ha-
taken advantage of her, and by secret bitually, and, moreover, a rack, single-
modes enticed her from home. Mr. I foot and canter are not only graceful
Bertling’s card to tho public, here ap- but straight-sitting paces for a woman
i.lcd, speaks for itself:
I, Alfred Bcrtling, heredeclarethat I oria'n or Moaqulto**
my wife, Marie Louise BertUng, is im
whe has several times left home during I mosquitoes. The legend runs thus:
the hist three months and vteited friends T , 1 j times of old, many
for \iz° r % «*>- tw ° mo i
of her. On Saturday she left her (terg permitted by the Manltou to de
home at 4 o clock in the evening and from the sky and alight on the
returnedMonday morning, and could banlu! o(the gen^ver. Their form
i h.W***? was that of the moaqnito. They were
M. 1 , ‘ h , a ““ so large that they flew toward tho
evil disposed persons have abducted etrth B g tan j inK ot
her away from home with evil designs, .... -i va , .
I will here state that wltnthe Msiat-
z friends, _IwUl | du g, u ^ att
nnce of sympathizing
Standing on either bank they
ching their
of the In-
they attempted to paddle
es out.”—Athens Banner.
BALDWIN COUNTY FARMERS.
Deserved compliment paid to the I Onondaga nations.
;hirtv-one widows
one hou-«\
Come nrd Bring Your Friends.
i w<* will have no fourth of July ,jj«,
Albany,
boys will go up to
in the jp-at celebratic
Newton »ijimty i»roj»«*rty*ho!tleni
pay tax tl is year at thr rate of *
the thousand.
*theU.r* H-w! I alon * 2# stream, gobbled them up as
M £uh ‘he stork king in the fable gobbled up
^S?l MSL’kfi ‘ho frogs. The destruction of life wait
her on the streets, and in future *he I ^ great that not an Indian could pass
WiU ,i£ r “r d Wh ®“ ,h * without beingdevoured in the attempt.
i out. -Athene Banner. I It w „ lp0(? ^fore the monsters could
he exterminated, and then only by the
combined efforts of all the Oayaga and
.Onondaga nations. The battle was
Young soli Titters. terrible, hot the warriors finally tri-
Baldwin county has joat cause to be nmphed and the mammoth mosquitoes
proud of her young farmers. And in were slain and left unburied. For this
giving them their share of praise we neglect the Indians bad to pay dearly,
by no means intend to detract from the The carcasses decomposed and the
eed of pralso duo the middle-aged particles, vivified by the sun, flew off
nl old fanners of the county. They, m clouds of mosquitoes, which have
leserve much for setting so good filled the country ever since.
plo to the young farmers of ■
pectlva districts, who, seeing L**»on from a Ma*todon
mode ami manner,” take bold The tasks of a mastodon recent!
and follow up the successful example found In Illinois weighed 175 pound
f their older and more experienced each. What a gigantic toothache that
neighbors. Notably are the young fann- animal mnst hare been capable of hav-
of the old Salem and Meriwether ing! And such neuralgia! Neuralgia,
trict- to he mentioned. Take the or nerve-ache, generally proceeds from
de of the old Spsda road to the I a disordered condition of the blood,
Washington and Hancock lines, and Brown’s Iron Bitters enriches and pu
an<l pr
And so many industrious rifles this and drives neuralgia out
eroua young farmers in any | Mr. W. W. Redman, Piqua, 0., says k
territory of the saint size? Almost on /Brown’s Iron Bitters permanently
adjoining farms ireach mof asplocky I cured me of neuralgia."
iwb as ever run a furrow or
enly was tbe appearance. The moat of the
gases seemed to have been dispelled, as no
odor of any kind could be detected. That
a dead body could be resolved i to its nat
ural elements so quickly and easily seemed
strange, when one thought of the horrible
processes going on daily in the bnrying
{ rounds. Death bad lost most of its terror,
t seemed beautiful thus tu pass away from
materiality into vapor.
The process was nearly ended, but not
entirely. The opening was closed, and the
little party returned to town,to return after
dark. Leaving, a view of the building was
a.oinhad, and one coaid hardlv suppof
that so important an act had taken place
in so modest a structure. No smoke stack
or anything Indicating its use was visible.
The single word “Crematorium," hewn in
a marble slab and placed above the iron
door, told the story.
At 0 o'cloflc that night the party return
ed to the crematorium, and a complete in
spection of the building was made. An
other view was had of the Interior of the
retort, and now all was passive light No
gaseous flames were visible. The light of
the full moon could not have been milder
or more beautlfal. The cradle with its ap
parent burden was completely visible, and
tho body seemed to rest there unharmed
by the heat or the fire that had raged be
neath the retort for nearly twenty-four
hours. A slight breeza would have de
stroyed this filmy shell of alum and muslin
tissue. But none could reach it until
the large lion door could be opened, which
could not be done until morning. At 7 a.
m. this was done, and a small heap of
white ashes was visible. These were care
fully removed by means of a wire brush
from the bottom of the retort and placed
la a small 6x6 inch metal case. They were
found to weigh four pounds and one
Small fragment* were found
n ..ie ashes, which were the retn-
nanta of the largee bones of the body, but
no organic matter was there. The work
was complete. By exposing tbe ashes
the air for a few hours tbe whole assumed
the appearance of white dost.
fires burning brightly and a fall head of
steam on. About 1 o’clock young Watson
drove to the Adams mansion, carrying in
his light wagon a full suit of ladies' under
clothing, with a black silk dress, hat, veil,
gloves, etc., which his sister prepared for
him. The programme was for him to pass
the clothing to his sweetheart through the
window, and after she had dressed she was
to fly with him to the waiting
engine, by which they were
to reach Luray. When Watson
arrived at the Adams residence about 3
a. nr.., he found to bis dismay that during
the long drive over the rough country
road, the bundle of clothing had bonneed
nt and been lost. In despair, he Eeized
carriage robe which be had brought
slotg and mounted tbe ladder to Miss
Adams's window.
The girl was waiting in fear an l tremb
ling, sitting on a chair near the window
with the bed-clothing wrapped around
her. Watson explained the mishap and
desperately proposed that tho girl should
come with him anyhow. It took a half
hour ot pleadiog to induce her to accede
* the proposal. Tfce lover finally gained
point, and forciogthe window, entered
room. Under Miss Bertie's direction
wrapped her trembling form up in a
blanket. Then he enveloped her in the
CArriage-robe and carried her down tbe
ladder. When near the ground tbe latter
snapped In too and Miss Bertie screamed
as tb*y fell about four feet. They were
unto jured. but as they regained their feet
Mr. AiUm’.s head shot out of the window
and he cried to them to stop. Watson
sprang at the girl, who seemed half inclin
ed to obey, and throwing her across h's
shoulder ran to the waiting wagon.
Ten minutes drive brought them to the
railroad. It was now broad daylight, and
as the lovers olitiihrd into u c»t> they caught
sight of Mr Adams ridir g madly toward
them. He fired a shot-gun and roared at
them to stop. The eDgine wss at once
H’arted a\d wiis soon Hv mg towards Luray
the rate of fbirty-live miles an boar.
They stopped just outside tbe village and
the two It ell took t inis m carrying h**
half unrotmrioiM girl to the hon e of «
friend. Here she was sopplied with proper
cl itbiDg and about 0 o’clock a. m. went
into Luray Caverns with her lover where
they were married. Mr. and Mrs. Wat
son then drove leisurely home.
THE DOLLAR WAS THERE.
The Way a Drummer Proved Negroes
Were Honest.
Detroit Free Press.
It seemed to be tbe general opinion that
tbe Southern negro was naturally light-
fingered, but all at once a drummer for a
Philadelphia saddlery house threw away
bis J^ar stub and said:
Gentlemen, here Is a silver dollar. I’ll
bet it can be left on a table in my room up
stairs for twenty-four hours and no one
will remove It.**
A gentleman tiom Macon said be would
like to wager 15 on that, and the terms
were soon settled. It was agreed that the
drummer sbould go to his room and lay
the dollar on the table, and if it was there
at the same hour next day tne wager was
his. Several marked the coin and record
ed the date, and the drummer was trusted
to leave it as agreed.
Next day, at the same hour, a commit
tee of three visited the room. Several col
ored people bad been in and out while en-
d in their vocations, but the dollar
was there.
"Gentlemen, is tbe cegro honest or is he
not?" queried the drummer, as he pointed
to the coin.
We advanced to make sure it was the
one. There was no mistake. The date-
1870—wss there; the nicks in the edge
were there, but the drummer had taken it
to a machinist to have a hole drilled
through it, and had then screwed it down
to the table. It was there so tight and fast
that only a heavy screw driver could loosen
That** H«r In
Macon is Cflbf h> 1
blow-< Git on her recon
_ fello
chopped a row ofcott
raijs** their borne huo
have to buy anythir
are more than w illin
ihe biggest want or ask for
»n the Fourth I spirit of rivalry
of July.—.VmitAuuS XhUrpritt, |anJ »« predict
Mnst of I
ies, and if they |
our merchant!
ngto furnish all they ■
There in a generous
among them t*« excel,
Ihtir success. Indeed,
A Watch Fr««.
A nickel-silver Waterhury watch
will be sent to any one who w ill send a
club of ten new subscribers to the
Wkcci.v Tzi.t' r.Ai ti. See advertise-
AN ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
A Village Belle. Locked In Her Room
Manages to Escape with her Lever.
A Luray, Va, special says: About
twenty miles from this town, in Page
county, lives a farmer named Charles
Adams, whose daughter, Miss Bertie,
aged seventeen years, has for the put
year been qnite a belle in the neighbor,
hood. Miss Bertie is a graduate of I
Catholic college in Maryland and a fine
musician. In addition to these accox
plishments, she was pretty, intelligent and
rich. Her mother made no secret of her
determination that Bertie should only
marry a rich man.
Alexander Watson, a yonngman living
in the same vicinity, was only a poor
farmer with about 100 acres of land, but
this did not prevent his falling desper
ately in love with Miss Bertie. Watson i:
a handsome fellow of twenty-five, Indus
trions and popular among his acquaint
ances. Mias Bertie gave him encourage
ment and aboat two weeks sgo caused
scene by hiding her head on her father’
shotflder and confe*eing that she loved the
young man and wanted to marry him.
Mr. Adams seems to have given a con
ditional promise to consider the question.
Mrs. Adams, however, proved hard-heart
ed, and when young Watson next called
to take Bertie oot driving Mrs. Adams
turned him oat of doors. 8be supposed
that she bad effectually parted them, but
on Wednesday discovered her daughter
and her lover in conversation abenttwo
hnndred yards from the Adams mansion.
Mrs. Adams thereupon locked Miss Bertie
in a second story bedroom and announced
that the girl phould stay there nntilshe
had promised never to speak to Watson
•gain. Late in the evening Mrs. Adams
discovered Watson assisting Miss Bertie
oat of the window by means of a ladder.
The Intended elopement was Interrupted
sod Miss Bertie recaptured. Watson was
threatened with arrest and his sweetheart
was pat to bed.
lire. Adams removed all her child'
clothing from the room except the night
dress, and locked her In the bedroom after
nailing down the window sash. On Than-
day evening Watson visited the honse
wbils the family slept and interviewed
sweetheait through the closed wind’
Tbe girl wss compelled to rise from
bed wrapped in the bed-clothing, and pi
her ear to a crack in the window in order
to listen to the loving words of her nntire-
■•e admirer, hue plained t > him her
predicament in tbe matter of clothing, and
t:.*-n they arranged tor an elopement last
n:*rht. Wanton's brother in-law is an en
gineer on the Shenandoah Valley radway
and run* an engine north from a little
wa’er station n»ar the Adams man*. >n to
Luray.
At 4 o'clock this morning he had his en
gine in w Li ting at the water
SHE DIEO ALL ALONE.
An Old Lndy In Barnwell Dresses Herself
for the Crnw, Lies Down and Dies,
Barnwell, S. C , Special.
Mrs. 8. A. Spelling, wh03e home was
about si*miles west of Barnwell, died on
the 24th instant, uuderremarkable circuni-
tances. Ever since her husband’s death,
which occurred some years ago, the has
insisted upon living alone, and frequently
said that when she died she wanted to die
alone. Her son, Mr. Jerry 8aeliiog, off. r-
ed her every inducement to live with him
in his comiurtHb'** li-mm wiiuout uvuil.
She lived nv she desired, alone in a hou*.e
m* ir Mr bneb ng'a. who \v.*ut or - -i.t no m-
one to see after her every day. List week
sho told him to go • some candles for her,
that they would have to use them to sit up
by in a iew .Uy* that sh. w.mU not live
long, and she wanted to have them ready.
They were gotten, and sure enough were
used to sit up with her corpse as she bad
Indicated. She was qoite old, but was ap
parently well at the time of her death.
i fore yesterday a negro living near
rode up to the gate, jast after a very hard
rain and wind, and teeing all the doors and
windows open, suspected that something
was wrong. He called, but no one answer
ing, he went for Mr. BnelUng, who went
and found bis mother lying upon the bed
dead. 8b« was dressed in her barial
clothes. It appeared that she had arrang
ed everything for just such an occasion,
then drr.-scd herie f in th<* burial <*I >tlies
which she had already made up, and gone
t ) t»if- bed. plac’d her**-If in it and died.
Sae died alone as she had desired.
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Quickly ami coir
forma, I lean
•Oil. Ac. It PIl
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^Having used
A Wonderful Fish.
8an Francisco Examiner.
A wonderful fish ic brcomlng numerous
In Goose Laka. It is oilM by MSB Hit
greenback fish, for it certainlv is an infla
tionist. It has tbe power to fill Itself with
air until it becomes very much like a ball.
Ot evenlogs about sundown they may be
seen pUv ing on tbe surface of the water.
They will swell up by taking In the air. and
tbe wind will blow them over tbe lake.
They reflect all the colors of the rainbow,
and when sporting over the lake are n
grand sight. A hunter several weeks ago
saw a crane s wallo * one of these fl«b when
in its normal condition, but before the
crano had got more than fifty feet ap above
the lake the fisn had taken in enough air
to explode the crane, which, at the sonni
of a report like that of agon, flew all to
atoms, and the full came lightly down on
the water, no worse off for the short ride
in tsit* Mir. I'm* ti-h h h gr* tt curios
ity, never having been found, I believe, in
other waters.
BEST TONIC, s
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n> - '• •! r ■’' • ' 1 ' • -1 ’■riti.u.
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HTF.n, ih.> bonorad pastor of th«
n.i.t Sll.My,:
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NEW ENGLAND
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
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(tnimcnul 3iu»lc, Plano nrnl Orpui Tun-
u. Oratory, Utentnir, French, German.
!*attfuate«, English llranchca, (ivmnutlca.
, Sato $ JO; board mid room. $43 to
par term. F»11 Term begin* September 10, Iks.;. $ or
llluttrbUd ('sWixiar, stvtng Aill InAmnatlon. address.
11. TOUIUKE, 1 br., t rimklin bq., BOSTON, m.U.
••-he BEST 18 CHEAPE8T."
ENGINES, fHRESHERSf™
Bene Powers
iime t« an
1 Clover llullcn
DEAD IN THREE STATES.
A Murdered Prospector Whose Bonea
Nobody Will Bury.
El Paso, Tex, Special.
An almost incredible incident peculiar
to life on the Western border can be wit
nessed to-day two miles north of El Faso,
where the Initial monament of the Interna
tional boundary line between the United
States is located. At this point on the Bio
Grande three conntriea join—old Mexico.
New Mexico and Texas. It is a wild anu
desolate spot.
About a mile above Fort Bliss here,
some three months ago, an unknown pros-
>r, who had been trying tbe adjoining
for mineral indications, met his death,
probably by foul means, as the skull shows
signs of having been crushed by a blunt in
strument. Two hunters found tbe corpte
some time afterward, and reported it In K1
Faso. It lay on the very spot where the
three Htates join, but tbe larger portion of
the body lay in Ne w Mexico, in the county
of Dona Ana.
The county seat of that connty, its sher
iff and coroner are forty-five miles distant,
and nobody took any cognizance of tbe
ghastly find. Once or twice casual passers
nave seen the bleached skeleton lying
in in its international position, and it lies
there this vt-rv day. If New Mexico *i
not send down a coroner to take charge of
the remains either Old Mexfco or Texas
ought to do so, and the point ot contact ot
the three sovereign nationalities be reliev
ed of the fearful incumbrance.
Consumption Cured.
An old physician, retired from prac
tice, having had placed in his hands
by an East India missionary the formu
la of a simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent caro of
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh,
lAathma and all throat and Lang affec
tions, also a positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility, and all Nervous
Complaints, after having tested in the
wonderful curative powers in thon-
i-.til ls of c;ist’s, 1 iris felt if lii.s duty to
make it known to his Buffering fellows.
Arluutnl i»y this Iii’div** and a desire
to relieve human suffering, I will send
freo of charge, to all who desiro it-
this recipe in German^ Fronch or En
glish, with fall directions for propar-
ng and using. Sent by mail by ad
dressing with stamp, naming this pa,
per, W. A. Noyes, 119 Power’s Block,
Rochester. N. Y.
Signs aro taxed five cents per letter
every year la Caba, and tbe Ingenious Cu
ban does not put up a sign if he caa help
it, or else paints on it nn emblem, ns a
boot, a trunk ora cigar. If words must be
employed, it Is not an uncommon practice
to dash a daub of paint across the letter
ing, producing a legal obliteration, yet
leaving an inscription that can still be <*e-
declpbered.
How n 13 Year Old Struck It Rloh.
While wandering around Naw Orleans,
Freddy Scheuermann, a lad of fifteen years
of Mobile, hrw L ittifianR Htnt»* !. it« ry
tick* tiln show window*. He kaid to lii:-.i-
■olf, "I have no nse for this dollar In my
pocket," and atked if he conld bay a tick
et. Freddy had been attracted by the tick
et in the window, and would have no oth
er, whereupon the dealer complied with
the request, giving him ticket No. 5.280.
He awaited the drawing, and ho was aware
that he was worth $1,200. His father col
lected It—HobiU Register, May 22.
New Orleans, July 1.—Tbe 8eaaide Ho
tel, near Bay tit. Louis. Miss., was burned
this morning. Loss $5000; no insurance.
A nickel-silver Waterbary watch
will bo sent to any one who will send a
club of ten now subscribers to tho
Weekly Telegraph. See advertise
ment.
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mch31d3m Agents, Macon, Ga.
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PURSUING A VILLAIN.
Angry Citizens of Greenville Searching for
a City Deceiver.
Greenevtlle, Tenu., Epccial.
Greeneville is enjoying another senia-
tion. Several weeks ago a traveling ocn-
list, giving his name as Dr. R. M. Co
hen, and claiming to hail from Goldsboro,
N. G., came to Greeneville and has been
saccessfnl In swindling hundreds out
of their money. Tbnndsy night he
was secretly married In the parlors of
the Mason house to Miss Annie Patton, a
much-reapected yoong lady of Greeneville.
Her father objected, and the wonder is
how she became infatuated with the doo-
tor, as he is a mos t horrible looking speci
men of humanity. The officers, fearing
that all was not right, telegraphed to
Goldsboro asking If he was a single man.
The reply was that he had a wiie anu fam
ily living there. Ha skipped tbe town yes
terday. A posse left In pursuit this morn
ing, and, if he is canght op with, he may
receive a warm reception in Greeneville.
The Atlanta Poat-offlce.
The statement is made that ex-Treasnrer
John W. Ken froe is applying to be appoint
ed postmaster of Atlanta, G&. Any one
who is acquainted with Mr. Uenfroe’s ca
reer an a public official will be startled t}
ieam that his chances for sncceas are good.
It is equally startling to be told that he
has the m q-ia'.med indorsement of .Sena
tor Colquitt, of Mayor Hillyer.wf Atlanta;
o! Judge William K. Hammond, of Chief
Justice Jackson, and a large number of
others, of Atlanta’s beat citizens. Gov.
McDaniel virtually indorses him. Mr.
Uenfroe is so nnfit a man for the position,
that his name ought not to be considered
at all. The Democratic party in Georgia
will suffer and poesibly be split in two, if
inch men are forced upon it as cccnpanta
of high offices, by Senators Colquitt and
Urown. If President Cleveland cannot
find any Democrats In Georgia with clean
records, to fill the offices, he may as well
leave them to the Republicans. Hon. N.
J. Hammond 1* -aid to be strongly oppos
ing ltenfroe's appointment. The Macon
Tzlegrafh is warring against it. Tbe Con
stitution "wig-wags.” a* usual, in obedi
ence to its ".Simon." How each men as
Colquitt. Ja-kion, McDaniel, Hillyer and
Judge Hammond can indorse Uenfroe, is
a mystery.—(iHjfinb ..
W
SEfy
,t—Dr. SALMON’S
0 ^°G cholera specific,
CHICKEN POWDER. - SHEEP POWDER. '
CATTLE POWDER. - CONDITION POWDER.
J f PREVENT&CURE HOG CHOLERA.
i,. r ~ i DESTROY* PREVENT HOG UCE&WORMS
WE LAN <CURE CATTLE MURRAIN.TEX AS FEVER 8.*
i^UVNut. .CURE CHICKEN CHOLERA ScGAPES.
ICURE SHEEP ROT. TAPE WORM.&*
[ ” Br the VETERINARY MEDICINE C?
NASHVILLE, TENN.
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Cir cular si
te-^RRlCLSi
h• >r.>ai,k FL andERS BROTHERS,
IS WAGONS,GUANOS and FARMERS’ 8UPPLIK J, MACON, (i A. apiltnrtm
JOHNSON & LANE
It would
We arc agents for
The CJelebratc<1
with and without Feodera anil Condenser..
The Thomas
littl*. .mtml.r that I for culti-mtion of Otrn, Cotton an 1 sm.il! grain.
d flomtot^fl-fnto Phc Hons Plow
i Canada, yet hap-1
yesterday w.- j tlio be-* au«! *• 1 .• -.11 ' it | i«tvx nU'l''. W’-
Pral I Grin
Harrow
tario. Many of
North for their
ea there marked to go to On-, ]
people send to theft
and !.*-re is a man ,
cheapest plow made. \V
r. n, Steel, Bobber eud Li
Pistols and a full lin
J OHNSOIV& LANli;
107 and 10’j TIII11U STREET.