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Newspaper Page TextT--~ -‘•rkHiiperio, Conn ' Voiiirafe XXXIX. “No: 22. GA.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1885. Price $2,00 Per Year. EDITORIAL ROTES. •>cAlt>e WMshdi can give Grant a job, it be really wants to work. Tni Chronicle and tbe Constitution shojild. not pull each other’s hair. | will be hope for the country lie' high tariff cranks turn on “THEBE WERE SIX BOSES OX A THEE.*? There were six roses on a tree; Each row had its own destiny; One to the bridal went. Another, wet with many a tear, Exhaled npon the lifeless bier - Its beauty and Its scent. One went up to the Queen of Song, One faded in the ball room’s throng, And one on Beauty’s breast; The last sweet bud, with holy praver, Was laid npon the altar stair— . O, Rose, so pure, so blest! paying is not as fashionable as it might be. “Society’* fails to do its duty in that particular.. W. Waldorf Astor, U. S. Minis ter Italy, has resigned. What will Italy do, now, poor thing! It is a poor contemptible fellow that would sacrifice honestly entertarned opidfog g»£the sake of money. S&ator Bayard fa an honest man and-an uncompromising reformer. He would dairy dignity and weight to tbe Cabinet. Papers that favored Blaine for the Presidency ought to he decent enough to leave-MrJCieveland unobstructed by their advice. HP s at Massowah have already begun to make attacks on the straggling bands of Osman Digna, in the neighborhood. Senator ?rOWn is a protectionist and Emory Speer naturally gets the beneftgof 'doctrine. The design of it# Coster evils. Mr. Cleveland shows wisdom in keeping his cbunsels. He is a much wiser man than his newspaper critics, and a much better Democrat. Flowers symbol life, as all things do, plain, and some of splendid hu< Some. , . ...... • Some fall of virtue sweet Some hiding poison in their heart. Some of royal life a part. Some flung upon tbe street. hue, No chance or change of human fate Bnt on the sinless roses wait: And yet. whate’er their lot. With equal loveliness they spring Within the garden of a king Or by a peasant’s cot. MADEMOISELLE PAPA. fui ftUfi small,matter what States may irnisb the Cabinet timber, just so it Is of honest, tariff reform characteristics. All Pig Iron Kelly material should be rejecl aine and assistant Blaine pa- ffre"?till*agonizing over the Cabi net. The Democrats are resting con tent, in the belief that tbe Pig Iron Kelley' Democrats are.going to be left. If patent medicine men are to be be lieved, there is no necessity for any body’s dying of disease. There area half 'dozen “infallible” remedies for every known disease under the sun. Says the Balnbridge Democrat: “The.State press fa almost unanimous in its advocacy of* the passage of a State registration law. Something is needed to reform the present state of affairs in Georgia.” ~ It is said that Gov. Cameron and staff, of Virginia, “received little or no attention” while stopping in Atlanta: on their way to the Exposition. The statement has a very “fishy” ap pea rah cel* The so-called statesman that glories in “the balance of trade,” in favor of the United States, such as that which now exists, could serve his State better in some asylum than in the United States Senate. The late snow in some Southern cit ies is said to have been the heaviestever known. In some places in Mississippi it is said to have fallen to the depth of nine inches, while at Vicksburg trains wer<Tdelayed by it. The French forces in Tonquin have defeated the Chinese and captured Lang Sou. The operations in and around ^Khartoum have almost com pletely- overshadowed the French campaign against the Chinese. President Cleveland has favorably impressed every sensible Democrat in the country. Dissatisfaction.with him is confined to a few chronic soreheads, whose friendship would really be dan gerous and discreditable to liim. In some English quarters, hope is still entertained that General Gordon is alive. There is nothing for the hope to rfestftipoii except the previous g^od forluug-aiul rare escapes of that singu lar man. There is no good ground for a belief in bis safety. It is said that the first bale of cotton shipped from ttys country to Great Britain was on the 12th day of Febru ary, 1785. This was two years before the formation of the Federal constitu tion. The Centennial of the event was appropriately celebrated at the New Orleans Exposition. Tifie.dfed ieatory services of the Wash ington monument will take place in the hall of the House of. Representa tives on Saturday. The ofotors of the occasion are Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusettes, and John W. Daniel, of Virginia. President Arthur will be present, with his hair parted iu the mf&dil. An English balloon corps has start ed for the scene of operations in Egypt The balloon, as a means of gathering definite knowledge of the movements pf an enemy, has come into very gen eral use. It ^iji be of vast assistance to tbe British troops in their campaign iu the desert, where there are no trees to obstruct tlie vision. The London Standard discredits the fall of Khartoum and the death ofGor- dou. Late dispatches from Korti tend to encourage the hope that the city has not fallen and that its gallant com mander ts still safe. Whether or not their be any foundation for the hope, the fact of its existence shows tiie great uncertainty foat hangs oyer campaign ing in that desert region. Jsj deciding thqt the President of the Senate acts in a merely ministerial ca pacity in declaring the result of the counting of.the vote for President and Vice-president, Senator Edmunds stands upqn a safe and patriotic plat form. It is thp view of the question {hap has been maintained by Democrat ic statesmen,-tyl through the debates that have followed the crisis of 1S76. Osman DiqnA is said to be arming the Arab women, to resist the advance of the British forces from Suakim. Col, Susan B; Anthony will see in this movement the dawii of woman’s right, even in Africa, to stand in man’s lot-, and take a hand in ruling or ruining the world. Osman would no doubt cheer fully accept the services of a regiment of the 1 strong-minded, led by gallant- Cof. Susan. It wouIAnot.be surprising if the-dis solution of the Turkish Empire were at IpficK ‘ Its hold iaslipping from its possessions in Northern Africa. It has lost control of the Danubian Principal ities. The standard of the Malidi may at a^-momeut be unfurled in Arabia. Even’ in" Constdntiaople, tiie people would greet the banner of the False Prophet “with wild enthusiasm. The :e of the Turk as a politf- ~ i would qe a step p great march of the irogress. Prize Story in Tid-Bits. Every morning when the miners collected around the entrance to the Berard pit to answer to the roll-call, the last to appear always was a tall, jovial fellow who led by the hand a little girl of seven or eight years. It was" Michel' Perron " ancT * Kls^litfle daughter. Before setting foot on the the platform to descend into the pit, the man raised the child in his arms, imprinted a kiss on each cheek and set her down again. The child cried; “Au revoir, papa!” At the soundTof bell, the signal for descent,*she clasped her little hands together, twisted her little fingers, and repeated again and again the word “Papa,” till the mo ment when, very sure that papa could hear her no more, she went' to the. school-room to pass there the day. Evening came, she was the first at the entrance to the pit, whence Michel Perron came out first always. As , ip leaving her, he raised the child in his j\rms and shd clung closely to-him, cry ing “Papa!” **And all the brightness of Her little soul beamed forth bril liantly in her smile and in her glad ness. The miners had’ heard her re peat so often these two syllables, and they had been so struck by the strange passion that she, unknown to herself, put in them, that they had named her “Mademoiselle Papa. And surely never was a name more appropriate. Her father lived only for her. Her mother was dead long, long since. She had hardly known her. She had known only him. In all the rec ollections of her earliest childhood, it was he, he only that was remembered. For her his rough hands had been gen tle; for her his face was always smil ing and tender; for her the man had become woman and child at once. Ah! but how much also she loved her fath er, and how fearful she was every morning when she saw him go down into that yawning hole, the bottom of which she could not see. A miner had taken a fancy one day to hold her close to the edge of the pit, when, recoiling from the obscure gulf, black as far as the eye could see, she had sprang back, with a cry of terror. “Papa goes down there,” she thought, “suppose he should not come back.” And on this day, when Michel had taken her in his arms, as he always did for the farewell caress, she clung more closely than ever to his neck, and said tremblingly, in a half whisper: “You will come back, will you not?” “As always, little one.” “Is there any danger? Say, papa?” “Of course not, pet.” “Coukl any one—could you—die down there?” “Be tranquil,” said Michel, smiling. I will not die without telling thee of it.” “Ah!—Au revoir, papa!” It was gospel truth since her father had said so, and she went away to school almost reassured. But the* re collection of the black gulf into which her eyes had glanced, was not wholly effaced, and afterward she was fearful every morning, "she trembled every evening; she feared always lest from those mysterious depths into which she had seen him descend, her father would come back no more. A presentiment. Who knows ? Oue day the rumor spread suddenly that au explosion of fire-damp had just AY EXCITING SCENE. • weary. At e^ery human _3>rm that appeared at the entrance she | _______ started nprand -not- recognizing the ! duri.\g u la hurst?: occurred. In less time than it takes to tell it the entrance to the Berard pit was thronged. Excited crowds rush ed from every direction. Of all the miners down there how many would be seen again. The daughter of Michel was at school. She knew’ nothing of it, and indeed if any one had spoken of it be fore her, could she have understood ? Could she know’, poor little thing, what an explosion of fire-damp was ? No. But at her age one understands already what death is; oue under stands at her age, when one sees stretched on the earth, inanimate, life less bodies; and the approach to the Berard pit was strewn with them when she came at night to meet her father. She was stupefied for a moment; then ic dawned upon her. She-had seen these men descend living. She knew them very well. Many a time had they caressed her. They were brought up dead. Wbqld her father be brought up so—like them? The thought terri fied her. She ran about, her hair streaming in the wind, in the midst of the debris which had been brought up from the mine, crying: “Papa! papa! papa!” There were many others certainly who cried, and who called “Papa!” but no other with such an accent of despair. The others were sent away. Nobody could send her" away. She ran, poor child, from one body to another, stopping sometimes, as if in a disfigured face, she might recognize the one she sought. Her father was not among the fiend. Confidence re turned to tier. She grew calm and sought him among the living. Nobo dy had seen her father. Of the sixty miners who had gone down in the morning, forty-five ascended, fourteen were dead. There was one missing. It was Michel. All this was explained to her. She comprehended it, and she clapped lief hands as if they had said to her: “Yon will see him again,” In truth she expected to see blip again. She recalled that suddenly ope .morn ing her father had said to her: **I will not die without telling thee.” And nothing else was needed to give her the assurance that her father was still living, Chpdren have the most tenacious . faith. One does not drive easily from their minds an idea which has onoe taken root there. So, when the next morning—she had spent the whole night there—they tried to make her understand that It was all over, that she would never see her father again, that they had explored all the galleries and searched everywhere, she shook her head and said, weeping: Look for papa!” They gave her little Attention. : In forty hours had they not exhausted every means? >iTithout^ doubt there was something strange in his disap pearance. Living or dead, they ought to have found Michel, and they had not found him. His plan's in' <, hisnand, the.chief-engineer had himself directed the researches. They had carefully examined even the smallest recesses in the galleries. It»was the opinion of all, that in the caused by the explosion the unfortu nate miner had been swallowed up without it being possible to say Where or how. Industry, , like war, has.its battles and its soldiers missing, as as its soldiers dead, For forty-eight had waited, fe’ one she awaited; sat flown again with a profound sigh. Tin*;- tried to lead her away, and she wept s j bitterly that it ended in their leaving her there. They thought that fatigue would con quer her. But Whence comes to the feeble such strength in the grievious crisis of their lives? Ask .God; ,it is The third dayXhe dhad .wh still at the entrance to the pit. “We must put ah end to this,” said the chicf-ehgineer, and approaching her he said: “Be reasonable, little one.” “Papa! Seek papa!” “Alas! He fa dead.” “No!” She uttered this “No!” with such energy that the engineer was struck by it.. * ' “Why not?” he said. “He would have ttfl{fnie.T r ' O-t J .fi * ‘Poor little thing!” murmured the engineer. ATid he made a sign that she should be taken away. But she clung desperately to him, crying: “‘Papa fa not dead! 1 want to go down ! 1 will find him!” They took her away and sent her un der good caret® the school: An hour later she was at the Berard ' pit, and clinging to the engineer she, repeated: “I _want to go down! I. wBJ ff fipd him!” ’The engineer was a kind-hearted fel low. .He took, pity on her. “After all,” he said to himself, “per haps that would be best. When she has seen with her awn eyesshe will be lieve. This condition, If it lasts, will perhaps kill her.” And taking her In his arms he step ped on the platform and gave the signal ltor descent! They went down. At eight years to descend into this yawning gulf the thought of which terrifies! ;How she loved him, her father! She shivered, nevertheless, when she found herself In the obscuri ty, descending into the awful depths, whence rose an unsavory air that suf focated her. The ; engineer felt the trembling little hands tighten their elasp, the blonde head pressed closer to his own and tears - fell on his neck. When they were down she disengaged herself and ran away crying, “Papa * FOII.TLUCE IN ATLANTA. A LA DY IN TOE AFDIENCE LOSES HER REASON AXE CREATES A SENSATION. l<? Tbe Unfortunate Lady a Meter of Rev- Z. B. Graves, Formerly of Albany. Miss Lula Hurst gave one of her wonderful performances before a large audience in DeGive’s Opera- House, Atlanta, on Monday night, and dur ing the performance a most exciting scene which was not down on the pro gramme was enacted. - It seems that the Rev. Z. B. Graves, late pastor of the Presbyterian church in Albany, was in the audience, accompanied by hfa mother and sister, and that tbe youngs lily’s reason gave way under the excitement of the occasion. The scene is described as follows by yes terday’s Atlanta Constitution, and it PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT- SESSION. Sectoring tbe Rpyilt of tbe Late Election. On motion of Mr. Kcifer, the clerk of the House was directed to inform the Senate that at 12 o’clock the House wonld be prepared to receive that body, in conformityTwith the provis ions of the concurrent resolution relat ing to counting tiie electoral votes! At a few moments before 12 o’clock the Speaker pro tern, requested the mem bers to clear tbe two first rows of seats for the accommodation of the Senators. At precisely 12 o’clock the Senate of the United States was announced, and headed by Hr. Edmonds and the offi cers of that body the Senators filed in and took the seats assigned them, the President of the Senate seating himself beside Acting Speaker Blackburn. - Mr. Edmunds, in calling the assem bly to order, said: “The two hopses of THE AGBICCLTfRAL CONVEX. TION. Growth of Camilla—Schools, Etc. Xeics and Advertiser: The Agricultural Convention had an “easy-going time of it” at Brunswick, in that there was a notable absence of politicians and the time was devoted to business, and we trust it is more than “probable” that something good was accomplished. President Livingstone, though so often a member of the Geor gia Legislature, that body so prolific in filling the land with sticklers for prim parliamentary ways, by exercise of a sound common sense, did not fatigue the assembly with his parliamentary attainments. The cold wave strnck the convention at Brunswick, and a cold time of it we had. Brunswick is rebuilding her burnt places rapidly. Her future is assured. GEORGIA SEWS. —Two inches of snow fell in Wash-1 Ington, Ga., last week. —General Toombs was sick enough last week to be confined to his bed. j —Mr. 3. S. Stricklin is editing the local department of the T aldosta News. —Pneumonia has been unusually prevalent all over the State, for the past six weeks. —The Telephone reports the Liberty countyiarmers behind with their work, owing to the bad weather. —ibe Sylvania academy has about sixty pqpik in attendance, with the prospect of an increase. This is a favorable indication. —Says the Dalton Argus: “Sweet potatoes are worth one dollar a bushel in this place, and oar soil will produce 200 bushels to the acre.” —The Augusta Chronicle makes this leruav 3 .Atlanta ^nnsuiuuun, aim it - ' — Til™ ill—.t. , , . - a ... — will be read with sympathetic interest Congress nave metin pursuance of the *:, *•“*“"* j*® “ abund *" cc . grim dig at Atlanta: “The Atlanta bv Mr. Graves’s many friends in this constitotfoo and concurrent resolutions p . L 77 s * ater * ' ® custom house has been on duty for sev-. U) jmj. uiaicae U.UJUWUUOM.UU3 _ , Diace is so flat and the trees, though . . . . city. or two hours she traversed the gal leries, questioning the men whom she knew, striking with her little fists the- black wall, pressing her ear close to it, peeping into the least cleft, and thrust ing her hands, and calling, always, “Papa! papa!” The engineer—himself a father— who had followed her with difficulty, grew weary of explaining what he had twenty times explained already, of showing her what he had. shown her what had been done to find the victims. The child questioned still and repeated still, “He is living! Look for him!” Here, at the entrance - of the pit, she would have remained three days, if he had not taken her by force, and re mounted with her. The engineer gave orders that she should be taken back to the school- house and kept there, orders also that if she appeared at the Berard. pit she should not be allowed to descend into the-mine. All his directions were scru pulously followed; and the hext day,' without thinking at all of her, he was inspecting the working of the mine, when he felt himself suddenly seized by his coat. It was Mile. Papa. She had for the second time escaped from the school-house. Repulsed at the entrance to the pit, finding nobody who, for her sake, would disobey the orders ..given, she had slipped under an empty cart and thus descended.Into, the mine. She soon narrated that and obtained pardon for it. Five minutes later she commenced her search. With ardent faith she sounded, as on the evening before, the wall of coal, pass ing ana repassing in the same place, without growing weary. The men no longer gave her any attention. They merely glanced at her with-a look of pity, shrugging their shoulders^ and saying: “Poor little ‘papa!’ ” The little ?papa” sought always. Suddenly they saw her run, pale, trembling, choked. She cried, “There! there! papa!” “What! there?” said the miner. “His blouse!” “Bah! Where is it?” She retraced her steps, followed by everybody, hesitated, stopped, turned again. She could not find the place again. All the blocks of coal looked alike, all the hollows were the same, all the gal leries similar. And yet she was sure she had seen it, that bit of blue cloth. Where his blouse was he must be—liv ing, no doubt—her father, and she could'not find him again. One by one, weary of this useless search, persuaded that the poor little girl was distracted by her grief, the men turned away and went back to their work. But hardly had they had time to take up the pick or the hattock, than a despairing cry recalled them. The little girl, panting, her eye fixed, her hand in a hollow of the wall, cried, “I hold it! I hold it!” They moved her aside, they looked. Yes it was a bit of cloth—of blue cloth. It was a blouse. Was there a man there? They sat to work, and what blows of the mattock they gave! In a twinkle the wall was thrown down, and in a deep excavation they saw a man extended; it was Michel Perron. He had been there three days and four nights. Confused cries arose on all sibes, and more piercing than all others a cry es caped from the lip3 of the little girl. She sprang upon the body, clasped it with both arms, half wild, weeping, and reaping again and again, “Papa! papa!” He was very low, the poor Michel. Weakened by the deprivation of air and nourishment, he recovered his senses only to faint away again; but he lived. She had spoken truly, Mile. Papa. The man would not die with out having told the child, and the thought of her w hom he had left living above him, had increased tenfold his strength. He had conquered death ! A week later he w’as up, then, but well and ready to commence work. The evening before he was to go down in the mine for the first time, a grand b:\nquet was given by the miners to “Mile. Papa.” The place of honor was reserved for her. A formidable cheering and frantic clapping of hands greeted her when she entered, cling ing tts Michel’s hand. There were kisses and embraces given, and many a huzza in honor of the little .Queen, Acud would you know what she re. plied to all that, stnUingquff oltpjnng her hands, the little Queen ? 1 She said, ‘ 4 Papa.” How should she reply to it? It were difficult to say. But more than one brave fellow^ who was not in the habit of weeping, you are to understand, brushed away the tears from hfa eyes on that occasion. AN EXCITING SCENE. Dr. Catching was doue up in short order, and Mias Hurst was giving Olb’cer Reetf a severe shaking up. c Suddenly a beautifuf* young lady, petite in figure and tastefully dressed in black, arose from lier seat in the centre of the parquet and, wavingher hat above her head, shouted at the top of her voice: “Glory to God! Glory to God! Woman i;ules the world!” Rev. Z. B. Graves sat next to her, and, rising in his seat, he caught hold of the lady and said: “Sit down, my sister!—sit down! sit dow’n!” “Glory to God! the Great Jehovah! I’ll go to Lula Hurst!” The audience at first thought that some spiritualist had become over wrought, ami at first there was consid erable laughter. “Glory! Glory!” shouted the lady. Mr. Graves endeavored to quiet her, but without avail, and as he appeared about to speak the audience hissed down the disorder, and he said: “Ladies and gentlemen, this is my poor6fater. Give her your sympathy and Diot: your laughter." Think of her unfortunate condition. By that time the house was in a fe ver of excitement. The ladies were shaking with fright and the nerves of the men were at a tension, for the lady sprang into the aisle, and exclaiming: “I’ll come to you Lula! I’ll go to Lula Hurst! God bless you, Lula! God bless vou!“ . - w. . - , » . n By that time a number of gentlemen twenty times, how the explosion had. were around her, among them Mr. Pat taken place; where it hail taken place; Calhoun - , 3Ir. Ollie Fuller, Mr. W. A. Osborn, Mr. J. T. White, Mr. Burton Smith and Dr. Love. She passed through the crowd with the frenzy of a maniac and started for the door leading to the stage. She was frantic, aud thinking it best to let her f o on the stage, the door was opened, Ut she- refused to enter. Springing away from those who held her, pale as death and trembling with emotion, she ran across the aisle in front of the stage, but Miss Hurst bad been taken away, seeing which the lady turned, and humming a tune, began to DANCE ALONG THE FRONT AISLE and then up* the center aisle .to her seat. As she approached her brother she threw her arms about his neck and said: “Kiss me, brother, kiss me on my lips! Oh, God bless Lula Hurst, she . has set woman free!” “She is my sister. I cannot use force with her,” said Mr. Graves. “Will you give me your seat?” asked the lady of another lady. The seat was tendered and the young lady "was seated. “Sister, let’s go home,” said her brother. “I’ll go with you” if you’ll take your hands off me,” she said. Left to herself, she again got into the aisle, and started out, followed by an elderly lady and her brother and sev eral othor gentlemen. Dr. Love had sent for whisky and had made a hyper- dermic injection of morphine. * The lady grew quieter, but soon began call- iig: ‘Water! water! water!” By that time.the whisky arrived, and with it a glass of water, which some one handed her. “Let my mother give me water,” she exclaimed. “I’ll trust no human being on caith but my mother!” The water was handed her by the elderly lady. She took the glass, and 'With a shaking haud pressed it to her trembling lips, drank two or three swallows, handed it back, took two or three swallows of the whisky, then a little more water and was then calm. She was taken out, placed in a carriage and driven home. Mr. Graves then ascended a platform in front of the stage aud stated to the audience that the lady was his sister. She had often manifested strange emo tions b'nt had never been so frantic be fore. At last she had publicly demon strated the weak state of her nerves and his worst fears were realized. He asked for the sympathy and prayers of the audience in the sad trial and the A Hoy?* Biography, Kansas Gity Journal. - Following fa the biography of a 10- year-old youngster of this city’s public school, written by himself: First—When and where? were you born? Of what descent? Third—How have you spent your life? Fourth—What , . remarkable things nave happened to you? Fifth—What should you like to be come? Cil ■jayfjmttenrl^ 46at mL5Bh?re 1 oW" “Once I tumbled down a well, and was fjshed out with clothes line. ‘I fell down steps two or three times, and my fingers once when I was a [e kid. I-got in some jam that had “I want to become an angel. ! .©a ttarnftMfiF-tmaK severe affliction. Mr. Atkinson also made a few ap propriate remarks. The lady is Miss Graves, a sister of -Rev. Z; B. Graves. She .fa a mnsic teacher, and she has been boarding with Mr. W. A. Cochran at 169 Jackson street. She is a most estimable lady, and the unfortunate state of her health is most deplorable. It was easy to see that she had a frail constitution. KISS GRAVES RECOVERS. She is Fully Recovered from Her Nervous Shock, of Monday Night at EcGive?s. Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, February 17. Tuesday’s Constitution contained an account of the painful scene at DeGive’s Opera House on the pre vious night in which Miss Zella Graves' attempted to go on the stage to meet Lula Hurst. Mis^ Graves was taken home and very soon recovered from the nervous state into which she had gotten. She realized what had hap-, pened and was deeply mortified. Yes terday and last night she was herself again, having been fully restored to her normal state of nerves. It appears that there was a misunderstanding of wliat Miss Graves said and the position she took in reference to Miss Hurst. The reporter who wrote the article was on the stage when the excitement be gan, and the uproar was so great that he was prevented from hearing Miss Graves's exact words at first. He did not understand her to use all the ex pressions attributed to her yesterday, but took the, statement of a gentleman who sat near Miss Graves when she first arose in her seat. The exclama tions of Miss Graves were directed against Lula Hurst. She ivas opposed to Miss Hurst. She said on rising: ■‘•Woman shall not rule the world! That is man’s province, and woman shall^ot.Tuie the world.’; public. ^ * P * A fuller inquiry into the matter and Second—Where have you lived? ? the statements of the friends of Miss ^ Graves, shows tnat the lady acted under complete nervous prostration, and not through any hallucination. Of intense nature, with vivid emotions, it happens occasionally that she loses complete control of, her nerves, and is swept, to and fro by them as a leaf in a ack- i storm. These occasions do not bring 'even temporary aberration of the mind. On the confrary, she is perfectly con scious of every word she speaks and of n*innvt>ii^ ^ do^ b^t fa’impelled —- particular pleas ure by witnesses of the thrilling scene, for the whole audience was moved with- profoundest sympathy for. the made me' lady and her brother and mother, who; brick. in Such admirable spirit, met the emer gency. , for the purposes of executing the duty required by the constitution and laws in the matter of counting tbe electoral j vote for President and Vice-President of the United States cast by the electo ral of the several States for the term commencing the 4th of March, 1885. The tellers appointed by the two Houses will please take their places.” Senators Hoar and Pendleton and Representatives Clay and Keifer hav ing taken their places at the clerk’s desk, Mr. Edmunds said: “The Presi dent of the Senate will open the certifi cates of the several States in alphabeti cal order, and now opens the certifi cate for the State of Alabama; he hands to the chairman of the tellers on the part of the Seuate the certificate from Alabama received by mail and to the chairman of the tellers on the part of the House of Representatives the certificate received by messenger.” The certificate was read by Senator Hoar and announced 10 electoral votes for Grover Cleveland for President and 10 electoral votes for Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice-President. Mr. Sherman asked unanimous con sent that only the operative part of cer tificates be read, the formal parts being inspected by the tellers. This was agreed to, aud only the statements of the votes cast were read. The certificate from Arkansas an nounced that the votes of that State had been east for Cleveland and Hen dricks. The certificate from Califor nia announced that the eight votes of that State had been cast for Blaine and Logan. The certificate from Col orado announced that tiie thi^ee votes of that State had been cast for Blaine and Logan. The certificate from Con nection c announced that the six votes from that State had been cast for Cleveland and Hendricks. The certifi cate from Delaware announced -that the three votes of that State had been east for Cleveland and Hendricks. The certificate from Florida announced that her four votes had beeu cast for Cleveland and Hendricks. The certfi- cate from Georgia announced that the twelve votes of that State had been cast for Cleveland and Hendricks. The reading of the certificates was continued and the votes were recorded as follows: Illinois, Blaine aud Logan 22; Indiana, Cleveland and Hendricks 15; Iowa,' Blaine and Logan 13; Kau- sas, Blaine and Logan »; Kentucky, Cleveland and Hendricks 13; Louisia na, Cleveland and Hendricks 8; Maine, Blaine aud Logan 6; Maryland, Cleve land and Hendricks 8: Massachusetts,' Blaine and Logan 14; Michigan, Blaine and Logon 13; Minnesota Blaine and Logan 7; Mississippi, Cleveland and Hennricks9; Missouri, Cleveland aud Hendnicks 16.; Nebras ka, Blaine and Logan 5; Nevada, Blaine aud Logau 3: New Hampshire, Blaine and Logan 4; New Jersey, Cleveland and Hendricks 9. The certificate from New York an nounced that' the thirty-six.votes of that State had been cast for Cleveland and Hendricks. This certificate was read by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, and as some vague rumors were in the air this morning that trouble would be made over the counting of the vote of New-York, a murmur of relief went up when Mr. Clay finished the reading and announced that the certificate of the electors was certified to by Grover Cleveland, Governor. The manifesta tions of applanse was promptly sup pressed by Mr. Edmunds, who ordered the sergeant-at-arms to arrest any gen tleman or other person who disturbed the order of these proceedings by ap plause or other manifestations. The certificate from the State of North Carolina announced 11 votes for Cleveland and Hendricks; Ohio, 23 for Blaine and Logan; Oregon, 3 for Blaine and Logan; Pennsylvania, 30 tor Blaine and Logan; South Carolina, 9 for Cleveland and Hendricks; Ten nessee, 12 for Cleveland and Hen dricks; Texas, 13 for Cleveland and Hendricks; Vermont 4 for Blaine aud Logan; Virginia, 12 for Cleveland and Hendricks; West Virginia,6 for Cleve land and Hendricks; Wisconsin, 11 for Blaine and Logan. Mr. Edmunds then rose and said: “I have now opened the certificates of electors of all the States and their votes have been reported.. The tellers will now’make their computation and re port the state of the vote.” After the tellers had devoted them selves to figuring for several minutes, Senator Hoar read and handed the re sult of their computation to the presid ing officer, who said: DECLARATION OF THE RESULT. “Senators and Gentlemen of the House of llepresentatives: The tellers have re ported to the presiding officer the state of the vote, from which it appeifrs that Grover Cleveland, of the State of New York, has received 219 votes for the office of President of the United States; that James G. Blaine, of the State of Maine, has received 182 votes for the same office; that Thomas A. Hendricks of the State of Indiana, has received 219 votes for the office of Vice-Presi dent of the United States; that John A. Logan of the State of Illinois, has received 182 votes for the same office. Wherefore I do declare that Grover Cleveland, of the State of New York, has received a majority of the votes of the whole number of electors appoint ed as they appear in the certificates read by the tellers, and so appears to have been elected President of the United States' for the four years com mencing on the 4th day of March, 1885, and that Thomas A. Hendricks, of the State of Indiana, has received a ma jority of the votes of the whole num ber of electors appointed as they ap pear in the certificates read by the tel lers, and so appears to have been elect ed Vice-President of the United States for the four years commencing' on the 4th day of March, 1885, and the Presi dent of the Senate makes this declara tion only as a public statement in the presence of the two Houses of Congress of the contents of the papers opened and read on this occasion, and not as possessing any authority of law to de clare any legal conclusion whatever.” Here the immense audience broke into applause and cheers, which the presiding officer attempted to suppress, but with little success. The Senate at 1:20 then retired to its chamber, and the House took a recess for fifteen minutes. of Fortunes as Prizes Won and Paid New Orleans Picayune, Jan. 8. For account of Thomas Thornton, Of Shelbyvilje, 111., there Ini been cofa leeted $75,0QQ fop the first capital prize fo January Drawing of The Louisiana State Lottery* Thiniel Shutt, of Chica go, a visitor at the Exposition, was the winner of one-fifth of the second capi tal prize of $25,000 in the same draw ing. which also resulted, in an equal pnafe,^** " * collected for account of winner by W. Rolling, of the State National Bank, of New Orleans. The winning parties have all been paid in fall, and should be very happy, about their good fortune. place is so flat and the trees, though grand and beautiful and at places picturesqne, are so thick that the glo rious sunlight, with healing in its wings, is allowed no chance to dance and frolic and chase away the damp ness. Brunswick fed the convention well on everything—except fish and oysters. Prof. H. C. White’s report of exper iments were interesting. Experiments with cotton show that all forms phosphatic manures increase the yield that acid phosphate, cotton seed meal and kainit make a cheap compost, pro ducing better results than the standard fertilizers. Cotton seed meal pays better when used moderately than iu heavy quantities. Experiments further indicate that corn does not need nitrogenous man ures so much as phosphatic fertilizers. The State of Georgia should have an experimental station for field experi mentation. It is very costly to have land analysed and then science seems to fail. But experiments rightly con ducted w’ill tell the truth. How deeply in the dark are the farmers of the State! Who knows what is best to use and what is not? What manures pay best on cotton and when and how ap ply them? -What suits corn best What influence different manures have on lint cotton, how fa tbe staple affect ed, etc.; all these matters are not yet determined. Individuals connot well make these experiments. The State can and ought to do so. The State University offered the State the Rock Farm at Athens, 65 acres. Prof. White estimates that $6000 will be amply sufficient to con duct the annual experiments. This sum can be appropriated from the fees arising from inspection of fertilizers, and thus directly benefit the farmers who pay these fees. The convention will meet at beautiful Marietta next summer. Matters are moving along briskly in our village. Dwelling houses are in demand. The academy, in charge of Rev. J. S. Johnson, has 101 pupils and “more in sight” a-coming. As much guano used as ever. Range cattle ex ceedingly poor and will die like-—sheep or range*cattle. The great drought of last summer ruined the winter pas turage. The contest over the Tax Receiver’s office developed the fact that we have tardy tax payers—over 700 polls yet due for 1884. This collected would have increased the school term one month longer for every pupil in the county. Prol. J. F. Scaife, as you know, re tired from the school room, went into practice law and has stepped right into a paying business. Quondam. Tbe Civil Service Examinations in tbe 8ontb. Washington, Feb. 13.—The civil service commission furnishes the fol lowing information relative to the forthcoming examinations in the South: The civil service examinations will be held in the Southwest and South during the month of March, as fol lows : At Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, 12. Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, 14. Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, 17. Jackson, Miss., Friday. 20. .New Orleans, Monday, 23. Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, 25. Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, 26. Charlotte, N. C., Saturday, 28. These examinations will be for the department service at Washington, and any person living at or near the places named, who desire to be exam ined for that service, and who have ndfc already mad* their application, should at once write to the civil sere vice commission at Washington, for application blanks, which, when re ceived, should be executed and re turned to the commission at once, so that at least an eight days’ notice of the examination may be sent the ap plicants, bnt any persons who do not receive blanks soon enough to enable them t) execute and return them to the commission in time to have such notice sent, may present their applica tions duly executed to the chief exam iner at the time of examination. The examinations will begin at 10 a. m., and will be at the postoffice, unless an other place fa designated in the notice, and applicants should b<2 present at least 15 minutes before the hour nam ed. Tbe commission has an inade quate number of names on its eligible registers from the states of Arkansas. Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, and persons from those „ states who >ass the examination will, therefore, lave a better prospect of an early ap pointment than those of the other states. Tbe Formers?* Congress. New Orleans, February 13.—The National Farmers’s Congress, at their session to-day, adopted the following, prepared by the committee appointed to memorialize congress: The Farmers’s Congress, in called session, in the city of New Orleans, feel it our duty to do all in onr power to elevate and ennoble our calling. We recognize as a first step toward this desirable end, the imperative necessity of full recognition and equal represen tation at the National Capital, and in the Nation’s Council. This we cannot have while we are not recognized as a co-ordinate branch of the general gov ernment, and represented among the President’s advisors. Having long borne the chief burden of taxation, we feel that we have been denied onr just rights, aud now ask that we be no longer ignored. We therefore most respectfully and urgently press upon our Senators the importance of imme diate action daring tbe present session npon the bill now before them, having passed the House for so handsome a majority, providing for a department of agriculture and making the head of foat department a cabinet officer. We jp-e confident that such action on their ] iart wifi meet with the hearty approval of all classes of our people and receive foe enthusiastic indorsement of the great masses who till the soil and fur nish the sinews of war for the mercan tile and commercial world. We. there fore, request that a hearing he granted the committee who will bear this mes sage from us, and in person present it to yonr honorable body. A committee was appointed to pro ceed to Washington to convey the res olutions. A resolution was also ed relative to the Blair bill, the probable adjournment of ^ before final action is taken on this im portant educational measure. eral years and the first invoice of im ported goods has just made its ap pearance.” ’ —Politically speaking, the Quitman Free Press says: “To the casual ob server every thing appears quiet, nev ertheless there is an under current in State politics already in motion looking to the higher places two years hence.” —Many of the Georgia papers are earnestly advocating General Lawton for a Cabinet positiou. They were not so zealous in his interest when, a few years ago, he was a candidate for the Senate, and when their support would have done him some good. —The Conyers Solid South says: “An exchange thiiiks that the prophecy of the late Alexander H. Stephens that Northern capital would capture the South in detail, by acquiring control first of her railroads, second of her trade, and lastly of her real estate, is rapidly becoming an inexorable reality.” —The Dalton Argus thus refers to the effort of the Hancock farmers to break up Saturday loafing on the part of farm hands. Hancock isn’t the only county that is interested in the matter. It says: “The agricultural club of Hancock county has determined to break up this present system of town loafing on Saturday evenings. They will neither pay their hands nor give them orders for trade on Saturdays.” —Here is what the agricultural editor of the Bainbridge Democrat says about planting corn: “Observation has taught every observant farmer that if he wants to make sure of a good corn crop, let him plant early. The tlronght of the summer rarely ever sets in before July, and if the fanner has planted early and cultivates well, he will be pretty sore to make a good corn crop. So don’t wait for your neighbor to begin, but get ready and plaut early. —The Greensboro Herald well states a fact which thoughtful people have noticed with apprehension: “Labor is becoming less reliable every year. The older negroes, who were brought up on the farm and tanght to work, .as a general rule are faithful and reliable but the younger ones, who have grown up since emancipation and have been allowed to vibrate between the street and the school lionse, are trifling. We are decidedly of the opinion that with the negroes ‘a little learning is a dan gerous thing.’ ” In calling attention to the had con dition of the Lownes county roads, the Valdosta Fetes says: “We heard a cit izen of Valdosta say the other day that he occasionally went to Quitman and that he could tell almost the miuute hfa horse struck Brooks county. The reason lies in the roads. He says that while he fa in Lowndes one wheel fa up on dry land while the other fa4n a hole, and very often all of the wheels and the horse too are in a hole, and -when he strikes the Brooks county roads it is almost like driving on a table. This should not be the case. The attention of our County Commissioners is res pectfully called to this matter.” POWDER Absolutely Pure. I This Powder never varies. A marvel of pur ity. strength and wbolesomeness. More econ omical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be tion with the multitude of low sold in competition test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., nov44Awly New Yoke. TUTP8B ■PFlls 25 YEARS IN USE. Hu Greatest MedicalTriunu!i of tluAge! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss of appetite* Bowels costive* Fain ia the head* with a dull sensation In the back part* Fain nnder tho ■boulder- blade, Fullness after eating:* with a dis inclination to exertion of body or mind, Irritability of temper* Low spirits* with a feeling of having: neglected some duty* Weariness* Dizziness* Flattering at the Heart, Dots before the eyes* Headache over tbe right eye* Restlessness* with ~ rbl] fitful dreams. Highly colored Brine* and CONSTIPATION. TDTT’S FILLS ore especially adapted to snob cases* one dose effects such a change of feeling; as toastonish tho sufferer. the l>iireative Organs,ReenlorStools are groduccdj^rlceaSe.j&HsirrajrSL.rLY. TUTT’S EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA Renovates the body, makes healthy flesh, strengthens foe weak, repairs the wastes of the system with pore blood and hard muscle; tones the nervous system, invigorates the brain, and imparts the vigor of manhood J I. Sold by druggists. FFICE 44 Murray St., NewYork CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000«&7 Tickets only 15. Shares in Pro. portion. WOMAN’S BRIGHT DAYS. How She Enjoys the Glamour of Courtship and the Flattery of Men. Clara Belle. There is no period in a woman’s life when she is so happy as when she fa being courted. That accounts for the fact that a great many of them permit themselves to be courted by men who have no right to do such’ a thing. They like the gallantries of courtship, the playful words of a suitor, his con stant animation, his hundreds of small compliments, hfa readiness and agility in extending his hand whether it fa needed or not, his inspirational con versation, his self-sacrifice andTinva- rying devotion. Heavens, what is there that a man will not do when he is iu love? What else will drive him to such lengths of brilliancy and dar ing? It is then that he becomes the cock-bird, puts on his most brilliant plumage, struts about in greatest glory and reaches the most beautiful perfec tion of his nature. He writes long letters, spends hfa money like a prodi gal, is read j- to go here, there or any where, rain or shine, at the beck aiid call of his fair mistress; wears hfa best clothes, walks with the erectness and elasticity of a trained athlete, smiles on all mankind and is a being much beyond and above the common run of the race. All this is to the woman to whom he Is playing the lover. She takes him for what he seems to be—not for what he is. Perhaps he may turn out to be what he seems to be, perhaps —>t—generally not. Most husbands e disappointing to their wives be cause they immediately after marriage collapse—collapse into matter-of-fact, plain, every-day men, who seem to think about as much of one thing as another. Louisiana State Lottery ^Company. “ We do hereby certify that ice super vise the arrangements for all the Month ly and Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, and in person manage and control the Draw ings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness and in good faith toward all parties, and we au thorize the Company to use this certifi cate, with facsimiles of our signatures attacked, in its advertisements.” Commissioners. Incorporated In 1868 for 25 years by the Leg- ia Charitable pUr iel at ure for Educational am poses—with a capital of $L( reserve fund of over 1550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its fran chises was made a part'of the present State •ted October 2d, A. D., 1879. Constitution adopt , The only Lottery ever voted on r 2 endorsed by the people of any State. IT NEVER SCALES OR POSTPONES. Its Grand Single Number Draw, ins* take place Monthly. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FORTUNE. THIRD GRAND DRA WING, CLASS C, IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW ORLEANS, Tuesday, March lOt Ik, 1885-178tk Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000. 100,000 Tickets at $5.00 Each Fractions, in Fifths, in Pro portion. LIST OP PRIZES. 1 CAPITAL PEIZE I7AOOO. } “ “ 25,000 1 ** 10,000 2 PHIZES OF $6,000 liooo .5 “ 2,000 10,000 1,000 10,000 500 10,000 200 30,000 100 .. 30,000 COLUMN. v WHOLESALE&RETAIL AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES AND THE PRICES TO FIT THE 8HOBT CBOP AND LOW PRICE OF COTTON. Dr; Goods Department FULL AND COMPLETE EMBRACING EVERYTHING KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS STORE - SUCH AS j i Prints, Checks, Sheeting, Osnnlmrgs. Notions LADIES’DPESSG'f Fine Silks, Trimmings, Laces of all Kinds, SIIIR l .S LADIES’ AND MISS: DERVESTS, Etc. . ;• .\-vSfa ■- A FULL 8TOCK OF 20 100 300 500 “ so iooo »* 25 irn' iinm APPROXIMATION PRIZES. * 9 Approximation Prizes of |750 9 u “ 500 9 “ “ 250..'... 25,000 25,000 6,750 4,500 2,250 1266,500 1967 Prizes, amounting to.... 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The following are fair samples of Hundreds of testimonials we can produce:— Ecuecosnkk, Houston Co., Ga^ June U Something from Oscoz Sensible Wilde. Oscar Wilde defines fashion in dress as a form of ugliness so unbearable that we have to alter it every six months. Egyptian dress lasted for 2000 years, and Greek dress nearly 1000 years, and wherever dress has been beautiful and rational it has last ed for a long time. The texture and color may have altered, but the dress has remained the same. As to style, he had seen a bonnet composed of noth in® hot a stalled bird flighting on a tulle. That did not strike one as very sensible material of which to make a headdress in a climate such as ours. On a Paris fashion plate he had seen under a bonnet of tbe stuffed-bird-and- tnlle school a note to this effect: “With this kind of bonnet the mouth is worn slightly open.” to Strike. Every family fa constantly in danger from impure water, nnripe fruit, un wholesome food, contagious diseases, cramps, cholera morbus, coughs and colds, indigestion and simple fevers, In such cases a bottle of Parker’s Tonic kept in the house renders it unneces sary to call a physician. Nothing so good for children. feb. I8W.—I take great pleasure iu saying 11 'V for as half s dozen bottles of O. I. C. _ case of scrofula of eight yearb’.standing. and am fully restored to health. I cheerfully recommend it to sufferers from blood dis ease. 8. W. Sxitii. Macon, Ga.—I have known some raarvelon* cures of blood disease by O. I. C. Araoni others I now recall, was a case of Syphilis ot fun wnmu cf.nrlin. fh.f nnmn - i years standing, that come within my per- lal observation. The victim had tried al most every known remedy and made repeated visits to Hot Springs without benefit. O. I. C. effected.a permanent cure. W.H. O’Prt. I had in my family a case of Poison Oak that for ten years defied physicians. O. I. C. mad* a permanent cure. It is without doubt thi “Gem of Blood Purifiers.” S. D. Rodgers. Agent C. R. Perry, Ga. O. I. C. IS A PERFECT BLOOD PURIFIER. It purges tbe liver and all its tributaries and branches, and is s specific, an infallible cure for all diseases for which it is recommended by tbe company. It never fails to make a perfect and permanent cure. Fred A. Toombs. A.B. A.M.andM.D. Price $1.50 per bottle. THE O. I. C. CO. Perry, Ca SOLD IN ALBANY BT WELCH 8z AGAR. aug 23-dly FOR Man and Beast. Mustang Liniment is older than most men, and used more and more every year. WHICH WILL BE SOLD LOW DOWN. Our Stock of Is now complete, and was purchased win i. IIyour-*-*-** * great care. If you wish to buys Nice Suit for a Small Sum of Money come and see us and. we will save you money. m We are prepared to meet all competition. All >ve ask is for yon to come to see ns and p ice mr Shoes, and you will be sure to buy. We bought our Boots and Shoes to se ll and we at <• going to sell them. GROCERIES ! Farmers and tbe public generally will find mr Grocery Department almost overflowing mr Grocery Department almost overflowing with.every thing in the way of FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES. We buy our Groceries in car load lots and can save yon money in the purchase of all kinds of goods. FJLOUK ! We handle tbe Beet Brands of Flour shipped to this market, and only buy by the ear load. FURNITURE! fOne ear load of Bedsteads, Chairs and Fine Bedroom Sets just received. Call and examine quality and prices and be convinced. TOTNKS ! Our assortment of TRUNKS and SATCHELS are complete. Come and see us and yon will receive prompt and polite attention from our Sales- PespectfulTy, VlUti Albany, Ga., September 15,1883.

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The Weekly news and advertiser. (Albany, Ga.) 1880-1???, February 21, 1885, Image 1