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A MIDNIGHT RECOGNITION.
TrasBudueiuyft»a a eij«lin the wWbj
the sound of footsteps m her bedroom,
.and the next moment the light of a
dark lantern flooded her face so near that
she could almost feel the heat and hear
the suppressed breathing of the intend
er. Her husband was from home, and
tho only other person in the house ex
cept herself was a servant girl, who slept
in the story beneath. Her presence of
mind did not, however, forsake her It
doubtless requires a great amount of
resignation and fortitude m a woman to
listen to i “ rea H ‘ ‘
sacking of liq e.. re o«
au< the appi^ination of her jewelry
but fbe lady , very rationa
Hi f w,r world, l ‘ £lU qui , tJy )“ c.ose c . 1 ; “f h STv .• e8 * ^nd -
‘”15 l withdrawn from l.er
<;«, the picking emUhe of heard locks, the and ^ occasionally of djk. a
low whisper o there surjii silence ; < - for •j P full -
m. nt. Then was a
mmutc-it seemed an hour to hoi—and
Shwe. To 'UESJ Si ;u“»
Through the closed lids of
her eves she saw' the light, but remained
calm and motionless in its scrutinizing
rays, fearful that the least movement
might imperil her life. What a moment
of suspense! The light was removed
from her face and she felt that some one
was leaning against the bed. Still she
remained motionless, nor did she stir
when the warm breath of the burglar
fanned her cheek. Not until his lips
pressed her forehead did she spring up
ami half shriek:
“Who is in this room?”
“Hush!” responded a voice in a
hoarse whisper, while a rough hand was
laid on her shoulder: “Speak nothing
mul fear nothing.” heard the sound
The next moment she
of retreating footsteps and the creaking
of a shutter, then all was still again.
Satisfied that she was alone she sprang
from the bed and touched a lighted
match to the burner, then sank into a
chair, completely prostrated had with the
danger through which she passed.
Recovering she looked round to ascer¬
tain of what she had been plunderd.
The drawers were all in the utmost
confusion, but, strange to sav, little or
nothing was missing. A casket of jew¬
elry was open on the bureau, but the
diamonds and gold were ali there. Be¬
side the casket she discovered a little
roll ot paper containing a ring which had
been given to her many years before,
and which had been in her possession
ever since. Half bewildered at tho sin¬
gular proceeding she was about to cast
the paper from her when her eye caught
the marks ot a pencil upon it. She care¬
fully opened it and read:
“This ring, which once was mine,
tells me in whose house I am. You
know I am an outlaw—the world knows
it, and I do not care to deny it; but,
fallen us I am, I cannot rob you, Maria,
Forgive mo and God bless you.
“Henry.”
This explained all. Falling on her
knees, she prayed for him who had
written the scroll. And who was
“Henry?” lie loved that
Ten years ago same
Maria, and he would have made her his
wife—for she had promised and to be his—
had lie not taken to drink gambling
and finally forged tbe name of his em¬
ployer, for which lie was given a home
in a convict prison. When he was
worthy of h r love lie gave her that ring,
and she had kept it in remembrance of
what he bad been. This is the story
of the ring. tho husband tho
On the return of wife
related to him the adventure and showed
him Iho note; but ho never attempted
to arrest the burglar .—Chicago Tri¬
bune.
The Causes of Blushing.
The physiology of blushing has long
presented a difficult problem to solve.
Many unsatisfactory explanations have
been given of tho causes of that inter¬
esting phenomenon. The British
Medical Journal lately received an in¬
quiry as to the measures to be taken tov
the cure of a chronic tendency to blush,
and one of its correspondents takes up
the matter in a very practical way.
Among other causes of blushing lie
gives prominence “to the wearing of
too thick underclothing, and especially
of too thick socks.” Ho adds that long
sleeved woolen sacks or jerseys are often
a cause of blushing, and, in fact, warm
clothing in general. He does not fail
to remark that the blusher must choose
in this matter between the risk of rheu¬
matism and the annoyance of blushing.
As collateral evidence in support of his
views he says : An aunt of mine had
habitually a red nose from this cause
alone, which disappeared when she took
to thinner stockings.”
Regarding tlie matter from a social
standpoint, the writer ways : “The best
plan for an habitual blusher is to laugh
and be very gushing, as, for instance,
on meeting an acquaintance in the
Btreet, when he colors up; and he will
feel more at liis ease than if he looks
sheepish and reserved. ”
An obvious cause for blushing is
over-sensitiveness and self-conscious¬
ness, which will wear away as the person
becomes more used to society and
itrengtliens his character by adopting
wise principles of thought and action.
The physiological explanation of blush¬
ing given by tbe writer just quoted is
that it is due to paralysis of surround¬ the sym¬
pathetic circles of the nerves
ing the arteries, which, not contracting
properly, allow a freer flow of blood to
the surface.
“I am so alarmed, Lizzie,” exclaimed
ft St. Louis girl, who was engaged to be
married to a young army officer. “He
hasn’t written mo in three days.”
4, There is no occasion to get excited,"
<Was the reassuring reply; “he is out of
fhe reach of the Indians, there is no ep¬
idemic prevailing where he is stationed,
ftud when he last wrote ho was in per¬
fect health." “Oh, yes, I know all that,
Lizzie," said the timid, agitated cren
Jure, “but then there’s the army worm.”
Deference is the most delicate, the
jnost indirect, and the most elegant of all
compliments.
Asleep on a Telegraph Wire.
on
j M1 rar e occasions in a steeping car, but
, b)lb] f tho first casc of any one select
i telem-anh Hole
K ^ 'nrred as a
. ccc 'the other night,
mi(luight Jack Donegan,
- linemen employed by the tel
; ^ ® Appeared,
;*« 4 forking 'fully
-lj * in uniform, in¬
* : dimbe at W ood Brothers’ ice
h ft( . the foot of Hoimcs street, and
, a the men in charge fc for the loan of
t Rljort of 1 lank Supposing ing that
he to use it in mak some re
pairs () f the telephone lines, a large
number of which ; pass directly in front
jf {|ie ic0 ll0Use they gave him the
plank, !*rise but were unprepared for the sur
which awaked tin m, for Donegan,
taking the board under liis arm, climbed
to the top of • high pole ne»r be, trod
= « ViffgZ
ai , ( ., ( , hing j, inisel f on the plank, corn
j b j msc ]f f 0 r a snooze and was soon
as peacefully as a babe in its
: anas Tbe employees L, of tho
.
So........ exported tore,, fell ever,
moment, but were afraid to make any
'Attempt to wake him lest it should
an
officer came along and, being made ac¬
quainted with the individual situation, yelled at
the high-minded roosting at
the top of the fiole, and endeavored to
persuade him to come down from liis
toffy perch. Donegan woke up in good
order, but failed to recognize the Finding officer’s
•/uthority to order him down.
persuasion of no avail, the officer, not to
be outdone, and being something of a
*,limber himself, “shinned” up the pole,
uid by the application Safely ot a little force
brought his man down to terra
firm a, and Donegan was taken to the
station. A few hours afterward he was
irraigned in the police court and fined
:55 for drunkenness. He said that sleep¬
ing on the top of telegraph poles is one
if his favorite pastimes, and he is unable
o see any reason why he should bo dis
urbed in his repose. — Kansas City
fmrnai.
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A Seal’s Affection for Her Young.
An interesting incident, illustrating
the maternal affection of the animal for
its young, was brought to notice during
the visit of an excursion party to Ana
capa Island. A young seal pup, only' a
few months old, was brought away from
the island by little Ernest Whitehead,
who desired to take it home for
a pet. The little animal was secured by
a rope around one of its fins, and tied
within a Shortly small yawl belonging to the
sloop. before sailing a large
seal was noticed swimming around the
sloop anchored off the cove where the
capture was made, uttering loud barks
and at times howling piteously. No
particular attention was paid to the ani
mal at the time or to the little captive,
which at times barked in response to
the old dam’s plaints. The boat sailed
away, making for Ventura shore. When
off San Buenaventura a calm in the wind
decreased the speed in the boat, wlic-n a
large seal was noticed near by.
On reaching the wharf at Santa Bar
I>ara at two o’clock the next morning a
seal was again discovered swimming
about the boat. It was Hot supposed
that this was the mother of the captive,
or out of pity for its misery the pup
would have been thrown overboard.
tho rope was taken nom u fi i ai it
was tied up in a jute sack and let loose
on
chor the seal responded to its mother’s
invitation by casting itself overboard,
all tied up as it was vvithiu a sack. It is
asserted by the man on deck that the
mother seized the sack and wit h her
sharp teeth tore open the prison of her
offspring. This, however, is a mere
conjecture. If it did, the little pup was
saved; otherwise it would drown tied up
in the sack. The incident was more in
miles ovm b tn , ocmi m 1 ‘ Crfnl on }
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Couldn’t Help it.
I was visiting a magistrate in Kerry
county, stalwart says fellow an English brought writer, when a
was in a pris
oner, charged with nearly killing an old,
bald-headed man, whose head was a
bloody mass. Being asked to swear in
formation against the accused who had
wounded him, the injured man was si
lent, and on being pressed, absolutely
refused. “What was it this fellow did
to you ?” asked the magistrate. “Noth
ing,” was the answer. The magistrate
turned to the culprit. “Are you not
ashamed,” he said, “to have liaif killed
this old man, who will not even give in
formation against you ? Had you any
ill-will to lnm?” “Oh, none at all, your
Honor; I never saw him before to-day.”
“Then what made you do it ?” “Well,
I’ll tell your Honor God’s truth. Ye
see, I came late into the fair; luck M as
agin me, for all the fighting wan over;
so, as I was strutting about, looking for
a boy to cross a stick wid, I saw this
poor man’s bald head poked out of a slit
ct a tent that he might cool it, and it
looked so inviting that, for the sowl o’
me, I couldn’t help hittiug the blow.”
Hasn’t the Chance of a Dog.
“Wliv don’t you feed the dog ?” was
asked of an old negro.
“Why doan I feed him ?”
“Yes, why don’t you feed him ?”
“Why doan I feed mvse’f? I’se as
hungry as de dog is, an’ ’sides dat he’s
got de ’vantage ob me. He ken go out
an’ pick up a piece ob meat an’ go ’bout
bis business, an’ de white foks doan say
nuthin’, but ef I picks up in suthin’ ter
eat, da wants ter slap me jail, sail.
A nigger ain’t got de chance ob a dog,
nohow. ”— Arkansaw Traveler.
W hat He Earned. —Jim Smith, who
was released «from the Tennessee State
prison the other day, is a master me¬
chanic and toolmaker, who can earn $4
per day. He worked in the machine
shop 2,836 years' days, and his good behavior
cut two and eleven montlis off his
term of ten years for robbery on the
highway. Deducting the cost of his
support, estimated at eighteen cents per
day, he earned net for the
State,
THE HOY AND THE EXTINGUISH*:!!.
A manufacturing establishment down
Fort street was moving its office the
other day, and had called in all the ap
urentice boys to assist in the operation.
The desks and chairs and books and
maps and patterns were all safely loaded
nod transported, and by-and-by nothing
was left but the fire extinguisher. One
of the boys was ordered to place this on
a wheelbarrow and carefully wheel it
iver, but he knew a plan twice as good
as that. There were straps on it, and
he was big enough to carry it slung on
iiia back. With the help of another
boy he load d it up. and when he found
it snugly fitted to his back, he pranced
out and wished from the bottom^ of his
soul that he had been a fireman instead
of an apprentice boy in a foundry. He
was stumping along in a melancholy way
when his foot struck the end of a plank
and he went sprawling. The nearest
person was an old woman with a basket
on her arm, and right behind was a
chap with a white vest and yellow kids
on. Both started forward as the boy
yelled out, and the next minute a circus
was in progress. The fall set off the
machine, and it w'as impossible to doubt
that it was in fine working order. There
Wits a distant rumbling and groaning as
if old Vesuvius was on a bender. Then
name a z-z-z-z-tizz ! as if somebody’s
da fountain had concluded to quit
business. The boy rolled over and over,
the liose flew around like a whip-lash,
and such of the chemicals as didn’t till
the boy’s ears and eyes and pockets
were pretty evenly divided be tween the
old woman and the man with the white
vest. The man would have got across
the street had he not run into a hitch
icg-post and got a set-back, and the old
woman would have escaped with a mouth
ful or two had she not stumbled over
him. There was a screaming and jaw
ing and.whooping among the three as
the terrified hoy kept rolling around and
calling for some one to put him out, but
nothing could be done until wild-looking the charge
was exhausted. Then the
object which had once been a man got
up and kicked at an apple-peddler hand and
made off with his hat in his at a
run, and an object which had once been
a good-natured old woman with four
cucumbers in a basket, rose up and
grabbed a handy club and whaled away
at the hoy and the extinguisher, hitting elbow
one as often as the other, until her
grease gave out. Then she panted and
gasped, generally and announced: known peaceful
“I’m as a
woman, but when any boy jumps at me
with an infernal maslieen and throws
corrosive sublimate and skunk s grear.e
all over my best bonnet, I’m bound to
let’em know that. I’ve spunk enough to
resent it .”—Detroit Free Press.
The Skeleton of a Giant.
DISCOVERY IN INDIANA OP THE BONES OF
A MAN OP GIGANTIC SIZE.
G f r 8 e /mold, . ft Drin „ hand . , in . the
e “P 1 %,f f Franklin Boots who lives
about fifteen miles west of Shelbyvile,
In < l > a d f- C °7 ery haS T
« ted ^spread interest . in that county.
1,H ‘ ?H ect thls mterest “ the sl I eleton
ol wbat otlCl j a mau ot gig a »tic pro
portions, which was uncovered in a
a gravel pit on Mr. Boot s farm, The
skeleton was found in a sitting posture,
facing the east, and about six feet be
neatii the surtace. Some of the bones
fere badly broken by a caving of the
>ank, but the skull and some of the
„ au ti c statue of “Sf the being to whom they
a d
the skull from front to rear the rule
Pf?mg from the eye-socket to the back
the head, shows it to have been about
inches while the breadth of the
ndenor maxillary was eight and one-lialf
mcnes, showing that the bram must have
weighed und from Careful four and one-half to of five the
P“ s ; measurement
other , bones establish the tact that the
man, when a ive was not less than nine
n vorj iSgo ml do not slirav the
slightest ° sign ^ of decav, to’theboims although they thi
ar worn ao vnalmost of
j aw> the man could not have been less
than 100 years old when he died, and of
course he may have been much older,
The bones of the lower jaw are very large
and thick, showing an extent of mus
cular development in that organ which
is far beyond any thing of the present day.
How long ago the body of this giant was
interred w here it was unearthed, or to
what tribe or nation lie belonged when
lie trod the earth in all the majesty of his
strength, it is impossible to say, but it
must have been ages ago, as all the indi
cations show that the soil where the re
mains were discovered had not been dis
turbed for many generations. Steps have
been taken to have casts made of the
bones, and they will be placed either in
the State collection or some of our col
lege museums.
A " Frightened "__ Witness.
Qn one occasion, says Oakev Hall in
[jj s reminiscences, a witness to ail moral
conclusions perjured himself, and yet ho
seemed cool and natural. Presently the
Recorder of the Court turned in his pa¬
C uliar, affable way, and said :
“My friend the room is not hot, the
day is cold, and yet you are in a perspir¬
ation—are you not ?”
There were no signs of this, but the
witness instantly caught out his hand¬
kerchief, his forehead. and began to mechanically
wipe ill; look pale?”
“Are you you so
He responded by turning pale and
gulping down some water.
Here the counsel for the defense
showed signs of wishing to interfere, as
being afraid of his witness breaking
down, but the Recorder interposed wi*k:
“Sorry to have agitated you: but my
duty is like yours” (the Recorder had an
impressive the truth voice) and the “to whole ascertain nothing
but truth.”
Then the witness turned and said •
“Please let me go; I am indeed ill.”
His testimony was withdrawn by con¬
sent.
At the conclusion of the case the Re¬
corder said to me:
“I knew he was committing perjury,
for he had a peculiar tremor of the eye¬
lids which, from my nearness to a wit¬
ness, I can alwavs see. And this tre¬
mor may generally be noticed in men
and women who are lying.”
MODERN WITCHCRAFT.
A Community Dineover«*<l fhnt lias a
vSnbliine Faith in Witchcraft.
a respectable German family named
Boyer, who have lived in Stony Creek
Valley, Pa., for several years, were re
gently compelled to move away. Most
0 f the inhabitants are believers in
witchcraft. For four or five years they
nave annoyed ground and persecuted that old Mrs. the Boyer Boy
era, on the
was a witch, and had bewitched a daugli
xr G f William Kildey. pilot, and Kildey is an in
telligent the river Susquehanna is “Squire.” known all
along believer in witchcraft. as
He is a firm His
daughter Emma was taken sick in 1877.
She was afflicted with convulsions, dur
ing which she barked like a dog, made
noises like a fighting cat, and talked
German, a language she knew nothing
about. Physicians tried for three years
to cure her, but could not. father
One day she told her that a
young man had asked to go home with
per from Sunday school and she would
not let lnm. He told her lie would give
her over to old Mrs. Boyer, who would
bewitch her and she would die. Since
then she has been sick. A witch doctor
named "Wolf told Eiidey that his daugh
tcr was bewitched. He showed her
half sister the likenc-ss of tho witch in a
basin of water. It was old Mrs. Boyer,
s i ie said. Kildey then consulted Arm
strong McClain, a peddler and witch
doctor. He burned some hair on a
shovel, and told Kildey that if he did
uo + meet a brindle cow on his way home
pig daughter would be relieved from the
witch’s spell at sundown. He said that
the witch was Mrs. Boyer,
Kildey said his daughter got better at
sundown. She was well for some time,
put } la d occasional relapses, when it
was charged that Mrs. Boyer was tor
menting her. Two years ago she was
reported as being worse than ever,
McClain was sent for to “lay the
witch.” He placed some roots andherbs
j n a bottle and sprinkled a white powder
on them and filled the bottle with water,
Then he asked for an old hammer,
which was given him. He took it out
doors and remained fifteen minutes. Be -
turning, he walked to the patient’s sided
Drawing the hammer back as if to strike
a powerful blow, he said: “Now I’ll kill
;j ie witch, old Mrs. Boyer.” He brought
ip e hammer down gently against the
girl’s right temple three times. Then
He took the hammer and threw it out
doors, and said to Mrs. Kildey: “If
your spotted cow kicks when you milk
her to-night,be sure and don’t scold her,
because that’s what tho witches want
you to f i 0j and that will break the
c harm. I have settled Mrs. Boyer. She
will die in seven months, and when
they bury her her coffin will burst
open.” Boyer, had
John Boyer, arrested a son finally of Mrs. for defamation
McClain
of character, and lie was bound over to
answer at court. The Kildey still girl con¬
tinued to assert that she was tor¬
mented by Mrs. Boyer, and, being un¬
able to convince they the being superstitious imposed peo¬
ple that were upon,
Slie family decided to move away.
A Boat With a Wooden Boiler.
Some time ago it was announced that
a machinist of this city named Joseph
Sutcliffe was engaged in the construc¬
tion of a steamboat boiler from an ordi¬
nary ale cask. At the time it was men¬
tioned the boiler was not quite com
launched and tested, and has stood a
considerable pressure of steam to tbe
square inch. The wooden boiler was
built to supply a two-horse placed power rotary
engine, and was to bo on a six
teen-foot boat. The boiler was made
from an ale cask, and very little change
has taken place in its exterior. On the
iuside of the barrel has been placed a
fire box which extends well down into
the cask; this has been fitted with tubes
- placed horizontally and vertically to
T other boilers the
te is ouppliod supplied with fuel through from tho top,
draught being a tube
from below. This unique boiler lias
been fairly tested, and is pronounced a
success for the purpose for which it was
constructed. The engine is a two-horse
power rotary, and was also built by Mr.
Sutcliffe.
This novel vessel is a twin screw pro
peller, the screws being ten inches in
diameter. The vessel is not only pro
pelled but is steered by these screws,
which act like the tail of a fish. A trial
trip was made a few days after it was
launched with five persons, and the boat
proceeded about a quarter of a mile up
the river. It was then thought best not
to proceed any further, as it was found
the engine was not in a direct line with
the propeller shaft, which caused con
siderable friction. This trouble lias
since been remedied, and the engine and
boiler are working very successfully, and
trips are made with the boat up the
river every afternoon. The wooden
boiler boat, as it has become known and
spoken of on the river, is the cynosure
U eyes, as it passes up and down the
stream.— Paterson Press.
Accidents to an Imperial Family.
A whole series of unlucky accidents
have lately befallen the Austrian imper¬
ial family. Just as the Empress Eliza¬
beth was passing which on horseback over a
small bridge spans a torrent in
tbe Styrian Alps, near Murzsteg, a plank
gave way under her horse’s hoof. The
animal stumbled and threw his rider
over his head. On the very same day,
at the same hour, Archduke William,
brother of Archduke Albert, while super¬
intending the cavalry exercises at the
camp at Brack, was taken ill, and fell in
a dead faint off his horse; and at the same
moment the Archduchess Cloilda, wife
of Archduke Joseph, who had been to
visit a girls’ school near Buda-Pestb,
having just stepped out of tbe house,
accompanied by the young girls, heard
a frightful noise behind her. She
turned, and found that the roof of the
school-room had just fallen in ! What
interpretation will superstitious people
place upon these coincidences? Ours
would be that the Archduchess Clotilda
is luckier than her relations.
Sin is never at a stay; if we do not re¬
treat from it we shall advance in it; and
the further on we go the more we have
to come back.
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