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Newspaper Page TextVolume XLI.—No. 47. ALBANY, GA.. SATURDAY. AUGUST 6, 1887. Price $2.00 Pei* Year. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This t\iw<ier ne v crvanes. Mn»n el of pui ity. strength ana «cn«>tetomcnest. Moree.mu Ouical Uuui (nc onluurr kind*, and cannot be •old m eempfiltiaB wit]i the multitude of low kst^ahort weight, alum or phoeohata powders. ’ °!j|»p8,BAKlXO poWDEB CO., !« WAU. oTEEl.T. hot4.UI.Jt *•*» Vo»I. POE SALE BY A. STERNE. -S" PURELY VEGETABLE II Kb with KtnordiMfy elEcicy M tho jiver, kidneys, -1 AND Bowels. Ah EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR Malaria, Bowel Complaints, THERE IS BUT ONE SIMONS UVER REGULATOR See that yen flst the genuine with red “Z” •■• front ef Wrapper. Prepared only by J.H.ZEILIN 6k CO.iSol#Preprletara, PbiUdelphia, Pa. FRIG*, RLOO. » Over 9,000,000 worn during the past sis rears. 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L T acybodynaada»Dchamadi^« The Hanaewife needs is forsaaaralfamny uaa The Cannier needs is for hla Seams and hlaasaa The Mechanic needs IS always oa s: eeh —.««•» w»—• “• KiahU.tocijrKd. ■ It IK BKKlKPPly^KtWl^KKb Th. B.t^r.Kl.r M. 44 ** “ ‘"i b— . it—it jnqwrj t*. Km.lh44bl.Ih.IIi KMp.BKtl.fK 4h.F«ct.rT. M. K mi of BC.UM4 KW. I>Km U» KM. s Ibtlb hlnxb th. St .hie f« Tanner&Db13MJ E r nine Coij’y RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. Business eatabliahed 196k The most « EDITORIAL NOTES. If every dog would have his day, Jog days would lap over time into eternity^ . Tub New York Starts Grant mono- menu fund hangs fire at about $6,000, and that paper confesses!ts “mortifica tion at the popular indifference to the memory of the great soldier. 5 ’ Neither Cleveland nor Blaine “fit in tlie .war/’ Both of them put in sub stitutes, and it Is said that neither sub stitute made a creditable soldier, but that both *of them are now drawing {tensions from the government. While we are having raiu and en joying fall-like weather In these parts. Use dispacbes from New York, Phila delphia and Chicago report great suf fering in those cities from the effects of the sweltering rays of the sun. It is said that the Sisterhood of the iron Hall pays each member $15 per week in sickness, and $ GO for each new baby. Now,here is a secret mutual aid society that seems to fill a long-felt want. Can’t we have one in Albany? “Buffalo BUI’’is to have a rival in the Wild West show business in Lon don. Lured by his brilliant social success over there, “Mexican Joe,*’ otherwise Capt. Joe Shelley, sailed on the National Line steamer Italy, from New York for Liverpool, on Thursday morning, with a good-sized party of Texas cowboys. The Atlanta Journal says: “For the c lillcatiou of the thousands of Geor- 'inns justly disgruntled over the Brady bill, the Journal Lakes pleas ure in saying that the bill lias not ret lx’coine a law. It has passed the House, but the Senate is waiting for it with a club as big and as deadly as that of Hercules. Let the people Uke com- I'brt and keep an eye on the Senate.’’ The New York World is responsible »‘nr the foil wing: “Gilbert Ball Is a prominent Negro politician of Phila- hdphia. He recently entered a res- aurant at Atlantic City kept by a man nuch blacker than he. Ball ordered sirloin steak. ‘You can’t gut It •••re.’ said the dusky proprietor, ‘we tvc* only white people.* Ball left the place in a rage, sought a lawyer and will bring suitagaiust the proprietor.” The Macon Telegraph and Atlanta Constitution are both us mum as oys ters over the Ohio Republican platform adopted at Toledo on Thursday. The principles of protection arc strongly set forth in that platform in a style that Is doubtless pleasing to our es teemed Georgia contemporaries, but they dasueut point to it with pride and commend it to the democracy of the Empire State of the South as it comes from this Republican source in Ohio; but next week, or as soon as the wind changes, they will be preaching this same Republican doctrine all the same. This New York Times is authority for this bit of cheering intelligence: While all the loud talk goes on nboui an approaching danger of a right market, brokers are making time loans •n easy terms. One of the biggest money lenders in Wall street, giving reasons why he expected no squeeze in the money rate this summer or fall, said that he was lending on long time at and 5 per cent, a good mauy millions that he would certainly keep locked up if there was any “hope” of getting better pay for its use at any time soon. The Ohio Republican Convention has labored, and its platform is, ol course, on the bloody shirt order, and embraces a protective tariff plank. It demands that the Government take charge of the Siuthern elections, abuses President Cleveland for veto ing the pauper pension bill, and for his “false pretense” of the administra tion of the civil service law, and en dorses Sherman for the presidency. The balance of the platform is nothing more nor less than a succotash of the Mine old Republican chestnuts, with which the country is so familiar, warm ed over again. Relative to the failure to invite Negro soldiers to the International dilitary Encampment at Chicago, Grcn. C. S. Bentley, the General Man ager, says: “Because it is desirable that perfect harmony should prevail, and that would not be the case if col ored companies were allowed to parti cipate. I made the order entirely on my own judgment, and adhere to it be came I did not, and do not now, think it wise to bring uncongenial flemeuts together. The occurrences at the military encampment last May show that the admission of colored organi zations would cause bail feeling.’ Now, let’s see if Fairchild and Tuttle “go for’* Gen Bentley. The liiUiauapolis New takes a fair id sensible view of President Cleve land's proposed Southern visit. It ■lays: “It isn’t a bad move that the President has made agaiu in the mat ter of his St. Louis visit. lie will go there in October—fair time—which is always an extraordinary time in St. Louis. He will also make bis Atlanta trip, and coming across the South he would be a hardy speculator who would say that in the next Democratic convention the South would not be solid and “red-hot” for Cleveland’s renomiuation. The visit will do good. Cleveland is the first President since Buchanan whom the South really feels that It had au interest in; and with the new meaning which now, since the war, attaches to his office, the man and office thus meet to give the South a chance to honor them. For Cleve land himself to go to St. Louis, after having declined to go, in September, is not a bad move. He flanked the G. A. R., so to speak, and yet doesn't give up any advantage which Ids visit may be to him.” The editors of two rival papers published atMinden,La., the Tribune, nllted by Col. Moses Forr, and the Monitor, by Col. T. R. Boyle, have bceu waging a bitter war tor some time {last, but the war is over, and it is refieshiug to read the brief story ot Its happy ending. A New Orleans dis patch says It had been evident for sev eral w eeks that a persoual encounter between tlic editors was Inevitable. Sccouds w ere chosen between them on last Saturday, who met, and various plans ot compromise and settlement were proposed, but none could be agreed to. Finally, however, it was igreed to knock it oat in the old fisti cuff manner, ,nd tha partita* each »e- e tmpanietl by two friends, went out- dde the corporation limit, and had a *oo<l, hearty fight. Both of the gen tlemen being email and accustomed to loiug their fighting with the pen, neither was seriously hurt, bat they did their best. The fight is said to base lasted for an hoar, and, both edit tors being if. expected. CARS FOR THE NEGROES. COUNCIL GOES TO THE INTER STATE COMMISSION. Julias I.. Brown Questions the Cammlftslon?* Jurisdiction Over the Complaint—Briefs Submitted by Both Sides. Washington, Joly 23.—The Inter state Commerce Commission to-day gave a bearing in the case of W. H. Connell against the Western and Atlan tic railroad. Connell is a colored man who having purchased a first class ticket charges that be was refused per mission to ride in a first class ear and was forced to go into a smoking car. The railroad company was represented by Julias L. Brown, of Atlanta, and the complainant by John D. Brandon and Oscar R. Handley, of Huntsville. Mr. Brown interposed some objections to the admission of certain depositions, during a brief discussion which ensued Mr. Brows stated his purpose to enter a motion to throw out -the complaint upon the ground of lack of jurisdiction this being, he asserted, merely a claim for damage. discrimination charged. The chairman, in reply, said the commission would not sit here to try any mere question of damages, bat chat this was much more. Here were charges of unjust discrimination against a class of citizens. If there were such a case It ought to arise upon facts which are open, public ami noto rious, and there ought to be no difficul ty in regard to them. The objection being overruled, the charges and res ponses were read. The gist of the railroad’s reply is that the complainant went into the ladies’ car in defiance of the rules of the company and refused to go into another car, and it was the passengers and not the train men who assaulted him. The answer admits the duty of the company to fur nish equal accommodations for all first- class passengers, but it claims the right to classify passengers either by color- line or otherwise. COrNCIL’S STORY. After the reading of a number of depositions Council was sworn. He is an intelligent looking colored man, well dressed, self-possessed and of good address. He is a minister of the gospel and principal of the State nor mal school at Huntsville. In reply to inquiries by the counsel he told the story of his ejection front a car in which lie had taken his seat. He en tered the car without objection on the part of any one. He was told by some one whom he did not recognize as a trainman that he must go forward, to which he paid no attention. He was finally approached by two men, one of whom carried a lantern, and tile other had Ills hand hi his hip pocket. The man with the lantern seized the witness, lilt him over the head several times with the lantern, cutting his head badly and breaking the glass. The witness appealed to the passen gers, but without avail. His assail ants then seized and carried him into die forward car. This car was very filthy and was full of smoke. As he was being passed from one car to the other a brakeman told him this was what he got for not moving when t quest. THE MAN wno STRUCK THE BLOW'. The. counsel for the respondent opened his side of the case by reading a series of de|tositions from one of the tassettgem. named Whitsett. The fol- owlng appears to have been the style of Council's Invitation to change cars i “I walked forward to the front of the car and tnM Burns, the flagman, that [ wanted Id* lantern a minute. I took it out ot his hand, then turned and walked lwiek to where Council was slt- ring mid mid him there w*os to be no more foolishness, that I Uhl not want ro hurt him, hut that he had to go. He replied very insolently that lie would not go, and I grabbed him and s;ruck him over the head with the lant ern. I knocked hint out of his seat and pulled him out together. He fell to the floor and as he raised up he caute toward me, and I let hint have it again with the lantern. ! hit him several times before 1 conquered hint, and then rushed him right out of the white car into the darkey’s car. He was wil ling to go by the time I got through with him. THE USAGES OF THE ROAD. Several depositions taken at Hunts ville regarding complaint’s political and social record were thrown out as irrelevant. The conductor of the train was sworn, and testified in sub stance that the colored car on that trip was similar in construction and ap pointments to the ladles' car. except that one end was partitioned off for smokers and was in a little better con dition. If a white man should enter the colored car, the witness would re quest him to go ont, and if he refosed he would make him go. A white man unaccompanied by ladles would be compelled to enter the smoker, but after the train started he might go into the ladies’ car if there were vacant seat*. This practice was in compli ance with the bulletin order of the road, bnt the orders were not printed. The witness never did put a white man out of the ladies' car if lie be haved himself, and never heard of its being done. No lady on the train had requested it. The counsel did not question the witness regarding the sault, as they understood from the commission that that was not essential to the matter of discrimination. The flagman of the tralu was sworn and eorrobqj-reted the conductor. BRIEFS SUBMITTED. Mr. Brown submitted a motion to discuss the case, both sides submitted no further trouble • - #•;! Y v - printed briers, and the hearing ended. The defendent’s briefs are twoin num- lier, the first maintaining the right of the rniliond to classify its passengers on the color line; the second discus sing the question of jurisdiction. The -omplainant’s brief, admitting the right of classification, maintains that it is the dutv of the railroad to furnish equal facilities and conveniences for the two races. The commission has now cleared its docket of cases assigned for hearing •1 tiring the present month. Commis sioner Schoonmaker left the city this evening for his home in New York, and his colleagues will probably leave Washington next week. It Is their present purpose to take a recess during the month or August and to resume public duties on September 10th, at which date they have assigned a hear ing at Rutland, Vt. SHE LOYED THE NEGRO And Declared that she Would Re True to Hint Until Dentil. Greenville. S. C., Jnly 23.—There is no little possibility of a lynching to take place soon in the Marietta section, just above this city. For sometime i he people ot that neighborhood have been in a state of great excitement over smothered reports relating to Mrs. Jewel, the wife of Win. Jewel, a respectable farmer. To-day, however, the smoke cleared away and news reached here from a perfectly reliable source that Mrs, Jewel has been 1 tar ing improper relation* with a hurley black Negro named Win. Williams, who lives close by with Ms family. The two have been seen otton together under very indecent circumstances. Correspondence was knowu to be going on between them, and last Tues day a note written by Mrs. Jewel to Williams was intercepted by those in terested, the purport of which was soon in every ones month, revealing the .startling facts that she would accom pany Iter infatuator anywhere, amfalways be true to him. This was more than the good moral neighbors could stand and caused a consul o be held by twenty-five or more of the male sex, a goodly number of whom were men of advanced a This meeting resulted In a vigilant search being instituted, but which proved fruitless, become alarmed and made good his escape. The enraged men arc still scouring the woods and are as one in favor of lynching if their efforts are successful. Upon some of the searchers returning they found thst Jlfs, Jewel THE GREAT FRESHET. THE OCMULGEE AND SAVANNAH BITERS HIGHER TUAN EVER BEFORE. The Damage to Crops and Ball- roads—The Ktvrr a« IHacon—The State Fall Grounds Flooded—An- gnsta Under Water—Flood TCotes From Ollier Points. Condensed from the Macon Telegraph of Sna- .dmy. The rain which set in early Monday morning, ami which has continued al most without intermission ever since, have given rise to one of the most ex tensive freshets known in the history or this section of the country. As stated yesterday, the Ocmulgee river began its rise Friday morning, and gradually the angry waters have striven to reach the iron spikes in the abutment on the west side of the city bridge. Thousands of people went down yesterday, beginning with the first streak of day to watch the water as it swept by swiftly, carrying on its bosom trees, logs, fence-rails aud such trash as the outreaebing waters could gather up from rite fields and through the country through which the little tributary streams traversed. There was not an hour in the day that found the bridge empty. The street cars went down loaded with people, and hundred* picked their way over the streets and risked the mnd and rain to catch a glimpse of the Ocmulgee when at its highest. There were many who remained in the bridge all day and al lowed nothing to escape them. Trees that seemed to have been pulled up by the roots were special objects of Inter est as they came floating dow n. Now and then a watermelon or pumpkin came bobbing along, showing that the waters had invaded the fields of the farmers and stolen the fruit of the vine. During the morning a horse came floating down, and the crowd rushed to the centre of the bridge to see it, thinking it might yet be alive. The crowd did not tire of watching the waters whirl down on their swift flight to the deeper waters, and the dav was not without incident. During tiie morning a kitten was seen endea voring to preserve its equilibrium upon a floating log, out the roar of the waters was too great to hear its plain tive mew. A gentleman on the bridge, w’ho had his dog with him, spied tiie kitten and hastily running down the bank sent his dog in after it. The kitten, alter having traveled many tulles upon the log,'was saved. In the afternoon the boat house of Mr. Her- bot, the librarian, which was tied with a rope near the foot of Second street, broke loose and started down the stream. The crowd on Lite bridge saw it coining, and there was a rush to get out of the way. It was feared that it would strike the bridge with such force as to knock it off the piers, but when about a hundred yards from the bridge it sank, leaving ouly one end in sight. It passed under safely and then the crowd rushed to the other side of the bridge to watch it move rapidly down the stream. At another time a large tree struck the central pier with great force and tiie noise of the snap ping of branches caused a feeling ot tem»r to seize the crowd and the mid dle of the bridge was cleared In a trice. THE HIGH WATER MARK. The principal point of interest at tiie bridge w«a the high water marks de signated by spikes driven into the abutment. They were several inches ont of water when the day began, and the question was would they be reached. About 1 o’clock the water began lapping the spikes, as if forced to use an effort'to reach them. The w'ater would some time covr them and they would remain hidden for a minute or so; then they would reap pear but to be covered again. By de grees the water edged up and by 3 o’clock the spikes were lost to view al together. The ’86 freshet was eclipsed and the Ocmulgee had reached th* highest point known in its history. Captain Simpson, who was familiar with the rise and fall of the river since 1850, was among the watchers and he gave it as history that in the abutment of the old bridge a spike was driveti to note the height to which the water rose at tiie time of the great Harrhou freshet, lu 1862 the bridge was swept away, and when tiie present bridj was built in 1SG5, lie was cantata of tl police, and was with Mr. DuBois, the engineer when he made his levels for the new abutments and piers. The spike was driven into the new abut ment at the proper height, and to still further preserve the mark, a ledge was made in the central ptet. When the river rose in 1876, the water reach ed a point eight inches above the Har rison freshet mark, and tiie spikes were drawn and placed on the line of the water. In April 1886, when the river was on its great boom, and the houses on the east side swept away, the spikes were again drawn and placed eight inches higher In the abutment, making the rise of that year sixteen inches higher thau at the Harrison freshet. In these markings of tiie water's edge, Capt. A. G. Butts was an observer, one of them was driven by himself. He was an tiie 'the bridge yesterday aftenioofi. and said that hW never saw the river .set high, nor did he ever know freshet,ot any magnitude in midsum mer be&re. He had known a time when the water was very high and the pumpkius came foating down, but it was in the autumn, because lie remem bers that.the., pumpkins; were ripe. Other old citizens were on the bridge watching-tiie usually placid stream spread out into tiie country. The water is over the floors of all the houses in the bottoms on tiie east side, and extends far Into street above. It is feared that daring tiie night the water will gradually undermine the foundations and float them away, sev eral outhouses having already gone. through thr park. Almost a year ago tiie county chaingatig threw up a levee on tiie river side of the park, and since then it was covered with grass, making it anyone supposed sufficiently strong to resist great force. Yesterday morn ing it gave way in three places, the principal break being near the gate, and throngh these openings, growing wider aud wider as the volume* ot water increased, the river ran in enor mous sluices into the park. Standing at the main entrance a queer scene was presented. Within twenty steps of the gate was the water’s edge, and then as far as the eye could see there was water, covering the lake* and the walks and roadways, and leaving noth ing to be seen but the yellow water and occasional patches of green. The people flocked down to see the unusu al sight, and number* of people ven tured into tiie Interior with backs and buggies, the water in tiie roads reach ing o\«r the hubs. Those who made the y venture were well repaid by what the saw. The hippodrome looked like al arge circular bunding rising out of the water, being completely surround ed by tho overflow. The mile back •not bare oonkli i been found out for tiie ole by the top it, whl * of course, to rise, and rail of tiie feuce around it, which pro- trnded above the water. The water seemed to be la merry mood, and the drift wood ran races over the race track. The greatest damage in the fair ground beyond the total destruc tion of the flue crop of corn, etc., of Park keeper Fennell, was to the track, a portion of which had recently been plowed up to be rolled and prepared for the State lair. It Is thought that when tiie waters subside the plowed portion will be badly washed. BEYOND THE PARK. The water did not confine itself to the park. After (covering nearly ev- line dividing the park from the reserve. It seemed to sweep across in a South- « r iK- ilirt-cLioii. swam Diner the fence - ■ — --£» of tEe plants cSuU tiie hundreds of cat tle and horse stalls which stood in one long row, sank until only the roofa were visible. Then the water harried on. and the trqck of the Covington and Mapon railroad, from about opposite the hippodrome to where the connec tion is made with the Macon and Cov- her to marry ington track, was more than a foot — **'“*'* * under water, making travel impossi ble. Then tiie waters tilled up the lower pi . ^ touched the old embankment of *he Macon and Augusta railroad, bnt ■ :y !::i' 1 exit through a large culvert. " Through U Is tiie waters flowed# and submerged all the lands below. The first place to do damage at the Southern Hotel, where it destroyed several acres planted in po tatoes and garden truck. H * t THE RAILROADS. No trains-were ran on the Georgia road, the Covington and Macon or the E. T„ V. A GJ read yesterday. THE RIVER AT ..MIDXIGUT. Tiie Telegraph reporter visited tiie bridge at midnight. The water had till it was the width of six bricks above the highest water mark. The brick* are two inches thick, and allow ing for the mortar between would make the height abont fifteen inches above the spikes, or above tiie highest mark. At that late hour people were on the bridge watching the water and listening to its roar. Drift wood was still floating down, showing that the water had not yet left the outlying streams. Officers Holmes and Golden went down to the park shortly before 12 o'clock and found the water within a few* feet of the eutrace. It bad reached tiie huge iron vases near tiie big gate, and had covered a portion of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia trade near by. ; AUGUSTA UNDER WATER. Augusta, July 30.—A11 yesterday and last night rata.fell in torrents here and throughout all Georgia and Sfiutff Carolina bordering on the Savannah t iver. Tiie signal service office reports over five inches of rainfall. As a nat ural consequei: caused the Savannah river to at noon yesterday the river registered six feet at tiie bridge; at noon to-day it registered thirty feet and at dark this afternoon registered 33>i feet, and varies in widih from one to ten miles. All bottom lands between here and Savannah, wbicli are tbe richest in the State, are completely inundated and crops entirely ruined. Tl»e finest corn in the South is raised on these bottom lands and it is esti mated that the loss will greatly exceed million dollars from crops alone. The rise of waters has rot only ruined the crops, but Augusta is greatly In jured by overflow of the river. One third of the city is inundated, people are moving from their houses in the westrm and. southern portion of the city into tiie eastern part, which Is tbe highest portion of the cltv and is not yet covered, although a rise of three more feet will cover the entire city. Work in all the mammoth cotton tnUls flouring, mill*, foundries, etc, border ing on tiie canals has been stopped. The water is Hp around the Riverside mills fully ten feet ami about the same arouiul the Globe mills. In the north western portion of the city bordering on the river the water is above the first fl.iors of the houses, aud so rapid was its rise that people have to be rescued in boat* at dark. The river is stiU ris ing two inches an hour, and it is feared that before morning tiie city will be flooded. AI rcaily many merchants are moving goods from the lower floors of their stores and piling them on shelves and In tiie second story. At 8 o’clock the water had just risen so much as to overfloor a portion of upper Broad street, and the worst is feared before morning. Later-At 1 o’clock to-night tiie water registered thirty-four feet six inches and is still rising. Fully one- lialf or the city is now under water. AU the stores on upper Broad street above 1 Gumming are covered from one to six inches, and the streets are flood ed from one to ten feet. In many houses north of Broad street the water is three or four feet on tiie first and in some is nearly into the second story. The waters have risen so rapidly that at least twenty boats arc at work re moving people from their houses. The Dublin bridge has been washed away and houses in that neighborhood flood ed. If itcoiittaues to rise till daybreak it is fetired tbe whole city will be inundated. Thousands of people are now on tiie streets and the worst is feared by all. OTHER REMARKABLE FRESHETS. The most remarkable freshet during the last century In Georgia, was near its alose in 1796 and was named the Yazoo freshet, as it was that rear that the State was so ranch exercised over the notorious Yazoo frauds. In 1840 and 1841, two more remarka ble freshets occurred in the State, which were the greatest and produced more damage than any other during the present century. There was chaos reigning in the political elements of the couutry in opposition to the ad ministration of VatiBuren, Many Democrats united with the Whig party to defeat his renomiuation and elec tion. In 1810, in the spring, a large State convention wsis held at Melleugeville and General Harrison was the popnlar candidate, and was nominated. Dur ing the session of the convention the continued rains had swollen all the streams and rivers east of the Ocmul gee. The Oconee and all the streams in and around Baldwin county were raging, carrying away bridges, mills, fences, etc. The delegates to the con vention were waterbonnd so that MH- ledgcville bad an unprecedented pa tronage in her rooms, billiard and card tables, and hotels aud such other et ceteras that accompany such a de tained crowd. At Augusta the Savannah bad Inun dated Broad street as high as the United States Hotel. Cellars were filled with water and the basements of stores and dwellings, bateaus and canoes were in requisition to transport people from residence to and from their places of business. The city of Hamburg was submerged. Singular to say tiie freshet did not extend west of tiie Oconee with the same Intensity. In 1841, when Harrison was In augurated, another great freshet oc curred In Georgia, extending through out that part of the State west of the Oconee and not east of that stream. The Ocmulgee rose to tbe highest point known to the earliest settlers, and the Messrs. Butts, steamboat men, drove a spike in one of the abutments of the city bridge, making the high water mark at that time, March 1841, which remains there unto this day. Great damage was done in the western portion of the State, particularly on the Chattahoochee river. The bridge at Columbus was carried several miles down the river, also a large wooden cotton warehouse. In order to distinguish the two freshets, the oue of 1840 was called the Harrison nominating freshet, and that of 1841, the Harrison inaugurating freshet. The next great freshet occurred In 1876 and was called the centennial freshet, as it was centennial year of the declaration of E Plnribus Unnm, etc. The water rose as high a* the spike in the abutment of the bridge placed there 1841. The fresbe? la>t year was abont two inches higher. But it must be remembered that tbe channel of the river has filled np con siderably since 1841 and while the water spreads ont more and appears higher, it is not believed the volume was greater or as great as is 1841. SHE 1VANTS*A DIVORCE. A Georgia Woman Gives Strong Iteasons for tbe Desire. From tke Jaekaoo Argus. A Mrs. Sbule, living near Hazelburt, in Appling county, has entered suit against her husband for a divorce. She and tier husband are both very old, and have been ihanied bat a short time. She sets ont in her bill that she and Slade were married at a certain time, and that she wants a total divorce on tbe following grounds: Tbe first ground Is, that at tbe time of her mar riage, by reason of her eyesight, she was unable to tell just what kind of looking man Slade was, and that since tlielr marriage she learns that he has a wart on his nose and was even red headed. Tbe second is, he snores in his sleep, and that it is impossible tor her to sleep with him. Tho third ground is, that he fail* to give lier the attention that* good wife should have aud that ha has never kissed her since tho day they were married. The fourth and last ground is, that she wants to marry again, and believes it . will promote the end of good society tc declare the marriage void and allow without a wart on Ills nose, that does not snore in his *leep, and one that will love her just a* long as she can stand it. COMING TO THE POINT. NO. ISSUES IN POLITICS. The S*IIS 8«ath ttcairo Ka*cke4 On* mud tbe Tariff Oalv a By- ward. Select«?d. “If there's one thing more to be de spised than another,” said Miranda | From the New York Herald. Flint, bringing dowu her smoothing- Tiie “observed of all observers” was iron with a decided thump on the i General Daniel E. Sickles as he sat on snowy linen before her, “it’s a man . the piazza of the Oriental hotel, down who courts one-half of his natural life by the ocean’s side, with a red button in tiie lapel of his coat, an unlighted cigar between his lips affording the enjoyment of a “dry smoke,” and the legacy of his bravery at Gettysburg, a pair of cratches held at rest, like a sword a-port, within his folded hands. The General said he had read Mr. Henry Watterson’s interview with much Interest. “Do you agree with Mr. Watterson as to the Issues of 18S8, General ?” was asked, as the soldier placed his re- aining leg in a comfortable position i a chair and rested bis crutches against the piazza railing. “There are no issues,” came the an swer promptly with a shifting of tiie cigar from one side of the mouth to the other. “Mr. Watterson says that the solid South and a high tariff on one the side and the administration a reduction of _ . fJ1 , . . taxes on the other will be the issue,” snbmittliigbertotlieidlegMripofthc <u «ested tbe Interviewer. He wm»»MTin t fellow,ratb- raid before, there are note- without bring matters to a close." . “Very true,” replied her sister, glancing np from her sewing, “and it Is larir opinion that Silas Weeks has been hankering after you quite long enough. I'd have give him his walk ing-papers long ago »f I had been “No you wouldn’t,” replied Miran da, with a toss of her flaxen head. “I ain’t wasted ten years for nothin*, and I mean to bring him to the point, or my name ain’t Miranda Flint.” “Time you did,said Priscilla, “if you don’t want a place on the shelf, as you are nigh on to thirty now.” Silas Weeks, haring obtained the girl’s promise to become his wife, ap peared in no hurry at all to settle down to married life, preferring to keep compauy,” as Mirandah ex pressed it, “one-half his natural life.” To be sure be meant to marry the girl * in his own'good time, never dreaming that by er Inclined to be stingy. It expensive to keep one than two, or perliaps more; for Slim* week was a far seeing roam Tiie spring drifted into rammer, the bright autumu came, the snows of many winters pasted. Miranda *ajr scores of her companions married and setttal, while she remained Miss Flint. Not until site realized that the face her mirror reflected was not quite aa fair as It used to be, that tbe blue eyes were growing dimmer, the roses fading front her cheeks, was she determined to bring her lover to the point. It was a sultry day in Ju’y as Silas Weeks came strolling over tbe dusty country road, a great straw hat shad ing hls bronzed face, on which there was a pleased aud gratified expression. He had sold a yoke of oxen, thereby realizing a goodly sum.. His thoughts turned to Miramfy. “I’ll boy her something stnnnin’,” he said half aloud. “You’ve got to keep these women folks in good hu mor.” An approaching vehicle ii his meditations. Thinking it a bor to whom be might impart hi* good fortune, lie glanced u| lof ge- I up when lo! was he dreaming? Before him, fully equip- ed for a long journey, Ins saw his lady love. Yes, *twas Alirawly, rare enoug i, with a determined look upon her face, while piled up behind her on the wagon were all her worldly pos session*, including household effects and a huge green parrot. “Why, Miramly 5” gasped the dnm- fou nded lover. “Where be you j sues, and it will require a nius to make new issues—a man racn aa cannot be found within the present range of political vision in either party. Tbe solid South humbug baa been ex ploded, and Hr. Cleveland’s adminis tration baa done more than anything else to give that bugbear its death blow. Everybody was saying that tbe solid South had not hart anybody be cause we bad a succession of Repub lican Presidents. They all cried, Wait until you get a Democrat in the White House, and then yon’ll seel’ Now, then, how is any stamp orator to frighten tbe people with chat scare crow after Cleveland’s four years of judicious administration, with the Sooth growing more and more pros perous every day and tbe race issue being gradually bat rarely obliterated f These bugabooers also cried out that with a Democratic President would appear a host of rebel claims, and that the Confederate brigadiers would he riding about on their chargers ruling the country as they did before the war. We have seen none of these aw ful predictions fulfilled. Tbev tried to make a row over the President's ef forts to return tbe captured flags, and of their bit Iierebeyougoin'?” ‘Going!” And Mirandy Flint's .. es flashed with indignation. “Silas Weeks, I’m going to leave these parts. You aud me’s been keeptn' company quite longeuough. If you don't want me there's some one else as does. I'm in a hurry,” she continued, “to catch tiie train.—If you’ll aliow me, Mr. Weeks, I’ll be gettin’ on.” “But. Mirandy,” he exclaimed, catching hold of tiie horse’s bridle, “don’t do any tiling rash l Listen,” be continued. “What would you have me do? Just you mention It, and 'twill be done in tiie twinkling of an eye.” “Wliat would I have yon do?” said Miss Flint, grasping tighter tbe reins. “Just go to the parson’s with me and get hitched.” He looked dnmfonnded as he re plied : “N-t in these, clothes, Mirandy! You'll let me go home and get these togs off, won’t you! We'll go this evening, sartln’!” “No you don’t!” said Miranda, “It would take you another ten years to make up your mind what colored trousers you’d wear.” Away down deep in his heart this simple couutry fellow loved the girl, and the thought of losing her well nigh drove him mad. He had calcu lated upon marrying after harvest time, but Miranda was determined to hurry matterd up; aud stttiug with a “taktM>r-leave-me” expression upon her fair face be knew that nothing would appease her auger but to go at once to the parson's. Helping the indignant girl from her elevated position and tying tbe horse, to a tree by tbe wayside, they went di rectly to the personage. Now, the clergyman was a slender, meek little follow, a man not Bkely to be attacked with apoplexy; yet be told the deacon (confidentially, of course) that when lie saw Silas and Mi randa coming to be married he thought lie was going to have an attack of that dreadful disease. It took but a few moments .to make them man and wife, and the grootu in sisted upon giving the parson half the amount he had received tor the oxen os a wedding fee. The newly wedded eouple drove home, taking Priscilla completly by surprise as Silas remarked, winking knowingly the while. “Ome, now. sister, and shake hands with Miss Weeks, wout you ?” How* the busy tongues of the village gossips wagged! “Well,” said one, “I never thought that Silas Weeks arouid marry Miran dy Flint!” > They are happy In their little home, he content with tiie Idea that he cap tured Miranda before site went away. “Had I stayed another half hour to clos*> that bargain,” lie would say, “I’ll lost tier, sure’s my name’s Silas Weeks!” The clever little woman laughs to think tiiat she iiadu’l (lie remotest idea of leaving the village. Wkat Wu Found las Her Baatle. St. Loais Sayings. In an op-town mansion an interest ing feature of the household Is tbe dig nified cat, “Jeff Davis,” which in his day has been a mouscr of no mean note. Jeff Davis startles the inmates now* and then by dying with sheer old age, and Is placed in tbe wheelbar row hearse, carried and deposited upon an adjoining lot, only to revive and return without warning to scenes la- miliar and dear. Not many Sundays ago, in tbe quietude of twilight the present mistress of the mansion sat upon the piano stool playing whUe tiie others sang ^‘Nearer, My God, to Davis entered and with stalely step made the rounds of the grand old 100m, pausing In waiting attitude near tbe piano. Those who saw him admired the cat-like devotion and thought no more of it. In a little while tiie petite mistress e an unusual sensation in draperies and became painfully aware that she was wearing an animated bus tle. “Cas*Ie gave me this bustle,” said tiie unsuspecting woman; “and I like to wear it for ber sake; but it doe* manage to get away at times. I suj - pose because It is made ofsplral wire.” And with both bands she adjusted the rear arrangement with tiiat indescrib able grace of movement peculiar to ber sex and proceeded with “Still all my coag shall be. Nearer, my GoL to Tbe.-.” succeeded by a shrill shriek and a pre cipitate flight into the dining room, followed by her startled household. Banishing all but her liege lord, she proceeded with bis assistance to dis robe, and found that her lashiouable wire hump had assumed tiie amateur role of a mouse trap, aud contained the dearest little creature you ever saw, which had sought refuge there from the war-like invasion ot Jeff Davis, the cat. We have heard of many novel ingenuities for catching rats and mice, but it remained to the illustrious namesake of the great ex-confederate chief to convert the modern bustle into the latest patent. The terrified mouse escaped In the confusion, and Jeff| Davis was defrauded of his Sunday supper. A man could borrow money on tiie strength ot hls having a son, but no one would advance him a cent if he ltad a dozen daughters. Tiie former is responsible for the debts of his fa ther for tiie three genet ations. Tiie latter is only responsible for the debt of tier own husband. UI0ITAD0 UDA1I TUP fITV "‘Till in tiie Southern j llMlUllu i HUM lilu uilli Telegraph. em : ur-pil hv I he WikSi n J . Union: or in all. $101.233,f.2 in *tock-‘| ami iMtud*. If tiie Dean MU becomes a law and ! . I \l‘i MY WIFE’S FRIEND. My wife 1* a very Umi-Ii»*arte.l woman and that I* tiie reason, l-sup- Frotn the Dakota licit. 1 wish you won.d give me about at t j |C \v t . >tern an d Atlantic railroad fc’s wuth Of old papers—there s a ^ anJ Uie proceed* appiied tn He whole raft of lolks vl>Itm out n, y : i„g aw ay the State debt, Georgia " iH i Million ilie broker’* wife Mm xfTr place, an they re finding fault and j ^ t m j, a ve, in addition tin* snug Hill- .. * ’ * 1 ' */* ~ turnin’ up their nose* ^* n * e ,hen !l pile alwar* laid,anav lirfilml the bur-r ,Inn headed any charity with ain't no litertnor round the !ioti*e,» glar-proof time lock in the treason;, a I’m lKn | u.l to satisfy eni on that pint, h^qooq mid to I; balrk dozen oilier ‘Friends from the Ea*t. ,j (large public building*, value tint esti- *V-«^a-s—some of my t *nki * rein-1 niaUM i $]01,133,62 worth of b*uds ^n. Her cousta an’husband an firnr L, H , to fa „ lMlck on< Mg children an three littie one* * j nothing «f an annual income of about baby, an* a grown upcotadn who ata t fo||r ginHdit*.' ^ - married an* the felier Hiat * tajOrtta A discussion of tiie State’s propertv her au a leetie dura dog with lots f «] naturally brings up tiie possession of hair found hls head an’ neck, an* hone to sjieak of on the rest of him. 'flie whole caboodle of ’em have been at ont house ’bout two weeks pesterin' its, an* 1*1! be doggoned If I don’t buy me a tin bill an* git down an* pMt gravel with the chicken* 'fore I’ll ’low it to ’car agiu. . . , “Ye*, sec they live In New York, an' they’ve come ont to snehtl the tbe amusing part of their blunder was that, while the President recognized and admitted In a manly way mat be bad made a mistake, it appears that tbe South had not asked to have the flags returned. Surely mere was no evidence of me influences of a solid South In mat. It was the solid South scream that helped to defeat Blaine.” “In regard to me tariff you say—” “That if the New York Herald orany other paper announces mat a great rould make a speech on the tariff question he would not attract an audi ence of 500 people,” answered me gen eral. “The Republicans differ on the question of the tariff as much as do me Democrat*. An increasing majority of Republicans are opposed to a high tariff. The Democrats would favor a reduction of tbe tariff, bat Mr. Ran dall aud others stand in me way. The elements do not exist tor an Issue on the tariff. The word “tariff” has come to be a joke, a badger, mere byword. Some great man is needed to get up something new and frame a policy that will stir up me people to a lively interest in affairs*” “Great men? Whom, for Instance?” “I can’t pick out anybody from among me cloud of locusts who swarm on the political horizon. Gladstone can solve new issues; so can Thiers and Bismarck. Of course they mast have tbe proper occasion, too. In other words, mis country is so tran quil, and tiie really great political is sues are so settled, that it Is bard to see bow any new policy coaid be raised. There are arguments on both sides or the tariff question—iu favor of high tariff and In favor of a low tariff. General Hancock was laugh ed at when be said me tariff was a local issue. Yet no greater truth was ever spoken. The tariff is a personal issue. The South does uot say ‘No* to a high tariff now so loudly as it used to. because it has now be come a manufacturing locality. It Is not a question of principle, but a ques tion of making money. England e free trade if she did not sell more goods to France man France sells to ber, and me same bolds in Great Britain’s case in regard to other countries that obtain their sup plies from her manufactories. So it is with us. Newark wants a high tariff because she makes sewing machines; another city will want a low tariff be cause it has to bay all its sewing ma chines. Calhoun was for protection and Webster for free trade, and men they changed places. You see we have bad tariff discussions for fifty years, and it is less an issue now than it was as far back as 1832. To soothe tiie susceptibilities of Pennsylvania Polk invented honeyed phrases to cir cumscribe the point of the tariff ques tion. and to soothe the susceptibilities of New York Silas Wright called it an ‘incidental tariff,' and tbe politicians have been repeating these phrases ever since, like so many parots.” When me attention ot General Sick les was called to Mr. Watterson’s state ment mat the labor movement eras yet chiefly a local question and me press of New York gave it notice dispropor tionate to its importance, he said mat tbe press of New York rigitly esti mated the magnitude of me laboring men’s agitation to better their condi tion. Even old-fasbioned Belgium, lie said, was stirred to its roots by media- content of the laboring population ,and was obliged to keep a standing army to maintain order. This county suf fers no such necessity. “Tbe United States is a great landed democracy,’’continued General Sickles with emphasis. “There Is a greater proportion of owners of land In mis country than anywhere else in me world, and mere la absolutely no re striction upon Its acquisition or trans fer except me means with which to bay it and Uie prudence and industry necessary to acquire these means Henry George antagonizes me very genius of mis country by saying we must not acquire land. If hls theories are worth anything elect him mayor of a small town and let him try mem, and a ‘ and if they are practicable fit, the country will accept tbegi. The labor movement, therefore, may affect small municipalities, bnt its weight will not be felt by states. How many farmers has George converted? When be has converted a lot of them, then I’ll begin to see the importance of me present labor movement in me presi dents! campaign.” -B«ur Law. From tbe Augusta (Ga.) Chronicled Monday. Tbe antagonism of oar mill interest to Hon. Chas.Z. McCord’* ten-bour bill, now pending before me Georgia Legislature, williie presented by Pres idents Estes, Verdery and Hickman, who leave this morning to appear be fore the committee and speak against tiie same. The bill and another, the minor bill prohibiting the plovment of children under ten years of age, have beem cham pioned by Hon. Cliarles Z. McCord, our youngest member from tills coun ty, who, through hls commanding po sition in that body, has made many friends for it. The mill employes now average abont eleven hours and twenty min utes a day, and should the bill pass, contracts will be necessary to permit the running for that number of hour*. The matter Is the subject of in licit comment among the laboring classes who seem deeply interesteu in its suc cess. A rumor, which lacks confir mation, has it tiiat a committee is to sent from the local district assembly of the Knights of Libor to Atlanta to pre- sent petitions on the subject supple menting the remarks ot 3ir. P. J. Sul- ‘ Iivan. who appeared iu their interest asc week. ASrice I* Ratlien. Mb*. Winslow’s Soothing Surer should always be used for Children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remudy for diar- hna- 25 cents a bottle. anll-ly summer. They let on they think a I leap of us, an* liave been ’hunt dyin* to see us lor year*. I reckon they could never get mouey 'uough to come before. “When they came the boy that’s ’bout twelve got out of. tiie wagon first, an* while I was helpra*; the oth er* out lie weut round and broke the well wtadlas.* an’ throwetl a *toae at a chicken an* killed It, ah’ begun chasin' a calf round tiie yard an’ bangin hold of it* tail. “The next day Em—tiiat’* tiie cous in tiiat ain’t married—raw a *uake in the front yard an’ began to holler, an* shinned up an apple tree. Her feller weut into tiie house lookin’ J.»r a gnu. an* ‘Liza—that’s the married cousin—stood on tiie |iorcli an’ scream ed, an* tiie children got up ou the fence an' yelled. ‘Liza’s husband was out iu tiie garden pluggiii' leetle bits o* watermelon* no higger'n tluor kuoli* to see if they was ripe, and my wife had made hersei* sick waitin’ on ’em all. an’ was iu bed. I heard tbe hullaba loo down in tiie haylleM an* couie up on the jump, an’ went and picked up au old wiii|>-la*h that lay in the gras*, an* they didn't none o' them see any more o’ tiiat suake. Tliey didn’t ’pol ogize tho’, aud Em said I oughter know better’ll to let whip-!a*hes lay ’round where they would be rare to fool folk*. “An’ her feller tried to help her down an* she slipped an’ tell on him au’ spavined Ids arm, an* I had to hook up an* go down after the doctor. “All’ tiie next day tiie baby wa* took with the measles, au’ 1 had to go agaiu. . . “An* In tiie meantime the boy tiiat * ’bout twelve had throwetl stone* down tiie pinup so’s it wouldn't pump,broke tiie winder out’ii the barn, barked all the trees an' killed two hen* with some rubber gum fixin* which I aftei- wardsgot up in the night an' stole ’way from him mu' burned iu the kitchen stove. “An* Liza’s husband finished plug gin* the watermelon-, an’ got a load hi the shotgun that he dasu’t shoot off an* said he guessed he'd sent! fer hi* brother to come out so’s to make a pleasant family party. “Ye orier see ’em stow ’way the meat au garden *ass an' grab, an* one stuff au? toother when they get to the table, though they’re all the time tellin* how delicate they air, an’ how they got the hay disease or something —hay fever mebby it is. I reckon it’* a trouble as kinder stiiu’late* the stomach, an* makes folks hungry. At dinner one day I seed tiie pertaten* meltin' ’way pertty fast, an* begun to swalleriu’ mine sort o’ rapid, so’s to get 'notl er ’fore they w*as all gone, an’ 1 was shovelln’ it with my knife, when Em *|K>ke up an said tiiat some folks site ktiowed would cut their mouths clear round to the back o' their head* some day, an* that it was very funny I low people that lived In the country didn’t .liave table/fixiu’s nohow. Then she speared her fork inter the last pertater in tiie dish and I g'.»t left after all. ' •' “Oue day Em’s feller says to me, ‘Say, Uncle,* (he ai’avs calls me “uncle” fer some reason), "'ju know yer sp itted cow liaint got no teeth in front and aliove?* ‘Ls that so?' say* L ‘Yes, sir,’ say* he, ‘cause I turned up her iqqier lip au* looked. She baint got none nor never ltad none neither. I know a dime museum iiiau in New York ye could sell that cow to for $4,0U0. He'd put her up oil a plat form an* hang an ear o* coni over her head, an* she'd sorter grin at it an’ show her gums, an’ he’d clear a mil lion dollars on her.’ “The- twelve-year-old boy has got tbe lie ft of the liens either killed or disabled, an' the dog that’pears to run to a sharp p’iut behind ha* et most o’ the little chickens. Em’s feller has peeled all the shade tree* iu the front yard tryin' to find some birch bark. He was startin' on the lilac bushes when I told him birch bark didn’t grow on trees, an' be stopped. Em has had twenty-three cryiu’ spells and hysteriticks four times. 'Liza au' her husband had throwed dishes at each other twice, an* liave a common row most ev'rr «lay. The children have hail everything but smallpox, an* have made the team nut 'way twice. “Well, gimme them papers—mebby when they git ’em they’ll read an' not bast things quite so much. After tliey go ’way, if they ever do. I’ll come in an' tell ye tiie rest they do.” GEORGIA’* WEALTH. Something About the Property that Is Owned Bj tho Umpire State. rota the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal. The State of Georgia h not tt rich as some folk<«, bnt she could buy out several paupers for all that. How many native Georgians, by the way. have even tiie faintest idea of what belong* In .Georgia’s pocket- book? Ouly a very faint idea can be given. Part of her asset-* are wortli nothing, and no valuation has ever 1n*ui placed upon cite greater part of tin* remair der. She I* the fortunate jawsessor of $183,000 wortli or smek in tiie old Bank ot the State of Georgia; of $80,- 000 wortli of that of the Bank of Au gusta. ami of $1,000,000 worth in tiie Atlantic and Gulf railroad; ami all this pretty property, amounting In the aggregate to au alleged million and a quarter and ro«»re, would bring in the market to-morrow—just nothing. The value of the Western and At lantic railroad, tiie State's greatest cession, luis never licen estimated. tlirr have the public buildings in MiHedgevilie, consisting of the old capital, the executive maosimi aud tiie State penitentiary; nor the present capital and mansion now in use in Atlanta. The new capital, with Iu site, will, when completed, have cost $1,200,000. 'Flic present capital was bought dur ing tiie reign of the carpet bag admin istration for $368,000. and the Atlauta mansion for $100,000; but these’ fig ures are no Index to the present mar ket value ef either. The capital, for Instance, on account of Its supposed unsafe condition, would perhaps only be considered to cumber the land on which it stand, if offered at public ontcry. The mansion was said to have cost its builder $75,000; but recently the Capital City CInb building, which is perhaps an eqnally expensive build ing and occupied tiiat portion of tiie same block nearest tbe business centre of tbe town, sold for less than half tiie money. In 1850 Gov. Brown estimated the cost of building the Western aud At lantic road to have been $4,441,5:12 15 and said that was too mncii to have paid fur the road by $1,500,000. But $8,000,000 is tiie figure most commonly fixed upon by the popular mind In valuing the pro]>erty, and that Is doubtless a low figure. The road would likely be cheap at $500,000 more, or about tiie amount of tiie State debt. So It w'ould be next to impossible to reach a safe approximate estimate ot the great bulk of the State’s wealth her railroads and lier buildings. She lias, however, some possessions wer children, nud here again is great difficulty In fiirnl-liing accurate fig ure*. The taxable property In Georgia, exclusive pf railroads amounts to $306,507,578. Ami including such railroads as are ifalbte to taxation, $22,981,029 more. . The State roads, of course. Is not subject, neither is tiie road bed an out fit of tiie Georgi i railroad; nor that of the Central, nor tiie Southwestern, nor the Augusta and Savannah. Consequently these roads, like tiiat of tiie State, have never been valued, ami their wortli can only beguessetl at. Eight or tail millions each would probably tie no exhorbitatit estimat*- for tiie Central^ the Southwestern ami the Georgia. The Augusta and Sa vannah Is of course much less valua ble. ~ " * P< State, may be rongely estimated* to'lie worth $357,489,505. Of tins $300,507,578 of tiie taxable property In the State. Towns, the Perliaps tiie entire property of Geor- exelnsive of tiiat* owned by the poorest of the counties, furnishes only $329,480, a ml Ecliols $338,651. Richmond has $19,754,150. awl is the third richest county in the State. Chatham is tiie second richest county and returns $23,422,196. Tiie rielie*t couutv by long wills D Fultou, which last year had $32,681.- 740, or more than a tciitii of the entire taxable property ot tiie.State. A WHITE DEMON. Out! of Ike n**r FleudUH Acta •> Al Streeter, Apaeke Cklef. From the San Francisco Examiner. I noticed in tiie Examiner a day or two ago,” said Michael Carlton, who has made his fortune iu Chihuahua silver mines, “an article about Al Streeter, tiie white chief of the Apa che*.' "Many tales of his cruelties liave lieen publislie I, but one, that which I think the most horrible of ail his crimes—I have never seen iu print. About seven years ago John Mans field came to Arizona from San Fran- ci-mo with his wife aiul little boy. I*liey arrived at Clifton safely, and as tliey were iu a hurry to reach a little place called SolomonV/kbout ninety miles away, where Mausfield was to go to work, they took tiie trail over the hill* frbiii Clifton. A young prospector—his name I liave forgotten—undertook to pilot them over tbe trail. Their first day’s travel took them to the Banks off Eagle Creek, a small though rapid stream which flows into the Gila. There they made camp, within a few mile* of tiie San Carlo* ifeservation. TDK COMING or STREETER. Though tiiere were rumors that a band of renegades bad left the, reser vation, there was no positive news of the up-rising, ami tiie liberty jiartv had no fear; A* they were preparing -•upper there siuldeuly came Into«amp a white man on.horseback in the ordi nary garb of a prospector. Mansfield and Id* wife at once recognize tiie new (•bmer a* Al Streeter, who had gone to school with both of them in Sau Fran cisco. They.kuew nothing of his career since lie had left tiie city. “Streeter, though 'known to every one on the frontier by reputatimi, has be**n seen' by few except when dis guised with.war paint, and tiie young man who accompanied the Mansfields ilid no*, connect the 'renegade leader with their visitor. The new comer ate slipper.with them, bnt declined to stop at tiie camp over night. He did, how ever, stay and talk awhile about old time*. “At daybreak Streeter made his ap pearance agalii and shared their break fast. Suddenly he walked a few yards •»i|t of rauipwnd uttered a cry, Imitat ing a wild turkey. Iu a moment the camp was In possesion of a gang of Attaches. “The two men tried to nse their Winchesters, but found tliey had been tampered with aud would not work. “'Hie Indians finally secured the four persons who composed the little party and earned them bound to the "tap of one of the high bluffs tiiat at tiiat point shut in the river. From the edge of tbe bluff to tin* river’s edge is a sheer descent of probably seventy feet. There Streeter left the hapless prisoners to the Apaches and walked away. MURDERING THE CAPTIVE*. ^Over tiie precipice, In plain sight of tiie helpless mother and father, the Indians threw the little boy. The mother was the next victim and site was killed—before her husband—In the horrible manner in which a baud ot Apaches always slay tbe females who fall alive Into tlifir hands. “Tiie next amusement tliey determ ined on was the oid cruelty of nmnlng the gauntlet. The young prospector was the victim chosen. “He, however, knowing that he had no chance to escape, it* soou as hi* bonds were untied made a rash and sprang over tiie cliff, following tiie lit tle boy. Seeing Idiu go over the frightful place tiie A|iaelies gave him tin further concern. But he was not killed outright. He struck fairly iu tiie water and lhe shock was so much lessened that a broken leg was tiie only apparent damage. “With lit* crippled limb tiiat |mor fellow crawled fifteen mile* to the ranch. . “There lie tiled, after telling wliat I have just told you. I was one of the men to wlmtn lie told it. “Several day* later we went to where tiie Indian* had stopped on tap of tins bluff, and fuuud tiie bone* of poor Mansfield aud bis wife. Tiie former wa* lying face-downward on an ant-hill. HI* arms were extended, the wrist* fastened to stake* driven iu the ground. He bad been tied flown anil left to lie eaten alive by the red ants. They had cleaned all tiie flesh from his bone* In those few days.” itemdry Hotter Idol*. Corresnomlesee Iowa State Ke-cbtnr. I will not say any tiling about tiie various religions ot Japan, but that tiie Japanese can not understand tiiat a whole nation should be without a “poosab,” one of the Idols. Many of them believe tiiat we have our deities. There was a friend of mine at iuv home who, while riding down a road, saw an old Buddhist priest out in front of a house calling wildly on an. Idol. Said my friend: “What Is the matter?” “Oh,” said the priest, “tiiere Is a child sick with bilious fever and we are trying to cure him by the use of n new idol, just from America.” “You are mistaken,” said my friend, “our people do not worship idols.” “Well, I was informed that you did, and that this idol I have in the house is the one you bow down to over tiiere.” “Bring it out and let me see it,’ said my friend with a smile. The old priest went up and brought out one of Godey’s fashion plates. 1 thought tiiere was a good deal of trutli iu whatthe old priest said, although I had never heard of Godey’s fashion plates being used for bilious fever be fore. always headed any charity with tin* largest amount of money ran.i *1- i.v* figured any benefit or fair , among tiie leaders. For in.v part I could not get myself to like her. She was vulgar in dress and a loud and noisy talker, and she made me nervous whenever she came around. Jemima, however, sahl she had a good heart, nud that settled it. My wife wa* out shopping one day when she saw a white-faced voting girl Stagger dmi'ii the step* of a fashiona ble house and fall in the street. *^!ie |ioorly dressed and tiiere was something of refinement about lier manner which took Jemima** fancy. A policeman was about to take tint poor girl in. insisting that she was drunk, bnt my wife interposed' and had her taken home io a carriage. That night we hear-1 her sad story, which she told with tears In her eyes. Stie wrn* thedaug.ilerof Pennington, ■ lie speculator, whom 1 remembered very well. When lie died lie didn’t Vavea cut. ami hi* only daughter, \lioe, had to go out In the wvrld and •rn her own lue.it. She had irh -l everything* even to celling paper*, an I ••-»! -ud'ered every thing. Recently she ha 1 lo-unl a little sewing work for alad}*, which s‘ie had* rorked day and idghis to finkli, She ad railed a number of times for the uoiiey, hut tiie *ena..t always made ii excuse, ..ml at the time uiy wife blind h*-r -he wa* •tying of starvation. “I wish von would tell me the woman’s name,” 1 -aid wtfei! she had Ifni-lied. “I should like to state my opinion ot tier should we ever meet.” “She was called Mis. Million,” said Miss Pennington simply. 1 looked at Jemima and slip looked at me, and then we both groaned. From that day ' the philanthropic Mrs. Million never gained footing in our house. Miss Pennington soon grew to lie an Indispensable part of the household. Jemima Jane and she w ere like sis ters. As for myself, cynic that I am, I saw more to admire in her daily*. One evening, w'liile reading the afternoon paper, I looked up aud said: “Don’t you remember, my dear, talk ing of young Cnlverden a couple of month* hack, and wondering where he was? Well, Id* name is reported here as-having arried by the Scythia to day. I must mint him up to-morrow. How glad I shall be to see him.” I happened at tiiat moment to look toward Mis* Peiiiiigton and was sur prised to.see her turn pale. I rose hastily. I lose with Iiotli hands extended, as my young friend, sun-burned with travel, but handsomer than ever,: en tered the room. I have just landed,” l e said, also extending t oth hands, “and tiie first house I come to is your*, tor 1 can never forget liow kind you and Mrs. Jones were to me in tlie oid days. In- leetl I shall never ” lie stopped suddenly ns if lie had seen:an apparntion. Miss Peniugton had riaen and u*a* standing by the a- ble, supporting herself by leaning one hand heavily on it. Site was trem bling'violently. Her eye* were fixed' in turn on our new* guest, with tiie same varying expression on her coun tenance as on his: ‘•Areyou ill?” I said?” Iu a moment Jemima was at l|er friends side. “Wliat is it, dear?” site asked. “Nothing, nothing,” Kill the girl, fdntly, pining her hand to her side. “Only a stitch that I liave here smur- tiuics. 1 was very fnolDb. It i* ail gone now,” smiling. But 1 noticed tiiat she remained a* pale a* a corp-c. It wa* about a quarter of an hour later, and we had all settled down into • quiet again, 1 to my newspaper • a no the ladies to tin ir fancy work, when, the door wa* tiling <>|mmi. “Mr.'Cnlverden,” said the footman. “Ida!” cried the young man. ‘•Harry !** He went |iaxt me Uke a shot, taking no notice of my outstretched hands. He had clasped those of Miss Pcnin-r- ton the next instant instead The whole beautiful idyl fiarii’*.! on me at once. CtllVerdeu wa* the hero of the roman story about, which we had heard. Jemima June saw it al^o. Sue gave ine a smile and a nod, and we *lip|>ed quietly out of tiie room. “Yes,” said Culverdcu, an hour later, as he sat holding Ida’s hand in his own, after we had been called in to congratulate them “it was an old affair. I was very angry at the time, and eniue off to New York, vowing to shake the dust of my native city from luy feet forever, and a i ou account of this dear girl, to whom you have been so kind. I wanted her to marry me whether or not. But site would Uot disobey her parent. She would never marry anybody else but me, liow ever. she said. 1 hare learned to know tint -lie was right and that 1 was wrong.” Here I am pretty certain I saw the delicate little linger* close iu a. lighter pressure on his hand. •'When fortune smded on me, I went abroad, princi- pally f» try and forget lier. Bur 1 did not succeed. I traveled all over Eu rope; up' the Nile; around tiieDthuiii* to Calculi*; and from there pushe I on to Japan. Everywhere her dear face followed me.” A look ol iuefl'able content at the sweet, blushing counte nance. “It was only tiie other day, it Yokohama, that l saw, in a news paper a year old, that slie was an or phan. 1 took the wry next strainer, iletermiued to ascertain if 1 had any hope now; and lo! fortune brought me here tiie very first evening or my ar rival. God bless you for wliat 3011 did for her.” The wedding that followed al our .louse was a very qu et one. Neither Mr. Cnlverden nor hi* bride nor our selves arc found ofostentation* .lisplay. Only a lew guest* were at tin* festival, and among them, you may I*- -ure, wa* not my wife’* friend .Mrs. Million. IIOUMFIIOUD.HINTS. Iron rust L* removed by salt mixed with leinou juice. U*e a warm knife in cnttiiig warm bread aud tbe like. Egg sited* crtisbed and shaken in glass bottle* halt filled with water will dean them quickly. The luster ol morocco may be re stored by varnishing it with Hie white of au egg. Apply with a sponge. Peach leave* pounded to a pulp and applied to briise or wound from u rusty nail ora simple cut will give immediate relief. Soap is often wasted 011 paint. A little ammonia io tiie cleaning water, or whiting on a damp cloth will clean wood much easier, and leave 110 yel low stain to tell jof iu abuse. Decorat on For a Summer Piazza.— Take a discarded nail keg, paint it bright red, fill it with earth ami plant a hj’drangea In It. Water It occasion ally with water which has been allow ed to stand on fillings of Iron. How to Clean Lace.—Fill a bottle with cold water; draw a stocking rightly over it, securing both end* firmly. Place the lace smoothly over the stocking and tack closely. Put the bottle in a kettle of cold water con taining a few shavings of *oap, and place over tiie Are to boil. Rinse in ■several waters and then drain ami dry. When dry remove and place smoothly iua large book and pres* weight.-. Very nice lace can be made to look like new by this process. A good disinfectant is made -by tHs- -olving half a drachm of nitrate of lead in a pint of boiling water; then dissolve two drachm* of common -:dt in eight or ten qrartaofw: ter. When both are thoroughly dissolved, pour tiie two mixtures together, and when tiie sediment has settled you have seen each other for a long Lime, after the mutual handshaking they w’ouhl rub shoulders until tiie^r would ing the value of which no ques- become tired. Instead of asking each other’s health, they would say: “Have 1 hung up in a room wiilntonct _ a fetid atmosphere. Poured tlon eadstaT * other’s health, they would say: “Have sink, water-closet or drain, or She owns bond* of the Marietta and you eaten your rice? Where are you decaying or ofleiiHVe object, North Georgia railroad wortli $66,- going? What Is vour business when produce the same result. II 233 62. 186 shares of stock in the you get there ? How old are you, ami of lead is very cheap, ar Georgia Railroad and Banking com- how much did you pay for your would make several ha pany, valued at $25,000 and^jO^OOO shoes?” InfecUnt. When a Chinaman meet* another lie shakes and Squeezes hls own hands; iiie(cu.uiw4,.«ra .* — - covers hi* head. If great friends hail pail of clear flu id, which 1* tiie -atnr- . - 1. . a .-nit.ri.U i.r 1.-1.1 ated solution of the chloride of lead. A cloth saturated with the liquid and . • ..... INDSTINCT PRINT of the d

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly news and advertiser. (Albany, Ga.) 1880-1???, August 06, 1887, Image 1