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TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE: “EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL MEN AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO NOME.”
YL IX. Number 15
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TwraiAB caught.
hogan breaks IK TO G- p.
WILL _ IS GADGET
ELLIOTT’S ST0|E AID
TBOBSDiY M0BNIKG.
over to tie September Term of the
Botrn d
Superior Court.
j f Thursday morning at 2 o’clock
, c JM-i
Dell; store rooms Smith ot fr'rp' Mi. fa. J a •
tilt in the
iBott On a close examination Air.
Smith discovered that the party was
the store for the purpose of steal
in removed his shoes
jut J Mr. Smith
went dose to the door where he
could get a good look of the party
through the glass in the door. Y hen
discovered he was taking watches
from the show case.
Mr. Smith ran for Marshal Austin,
Tsho arrived cn the scene in a few
minutes. Mr. Austin made some
Lise in the rush and the party in the
store heard it and blew out tine light
Bud made for the rear of the store.
Mr. Austin made for the rear of the
store, but did not see the party escape.
The marshals at this time gave the
alarm thinking that they had their
bird cooped. Several parties re¬
sponded and the store was thoroughly
searched but the party could not be
Eound.
In the store they found his coat
Bud stick, also liis sack of watches,
consisting of fourteen fine watches,
chains, etc. He also bad cabbaged a
valise and filled it with a suit of
cloths and other valuable goods.
In all his “booty” was worth about
ire hundred dollars.
When they discovered that the
thief had eluded them the next thing
lo be done was to make an effort to
overtake, him. Sheriff Austin went
lo Atlanta and Mr. Henry Stewart
lo Covington. Mr. Stewart went sev¬
eral fed miles beyond town and had turn
to come back when he met his
Pan. He recognized Mr. Steward at
luce and refused to be arrested, draw
Pg his pistol on Air. Stewart. How
l Ter > Mr. Stewart soon secured help
pd disarmed his prisoner and brought
feim back to town. The negro when
found had no coat and was barefooted,
having left the store in such haste
pat he did not secure these. The
Nt left in the store corresponded
p’*th Fore the negro’s pants and the shoes
a fit.
A warrant was issued for Wille
°S a2j , the name given by the negro,
be was tried before ’Squires
and Almand. The circum
totial evidence against the negro is
'“elusive, but this is not all. Mar
“1 Smith swears positively that he
man who was in the store of
J ' k- L Elliott on Thursday morn
about 2 o’clock stealing watches.
I jl * ^is evidence he was held to
1S r 4 the September term of the
* kdaIe Superior Court. The bond
as placed at five hundred dollars
^ Be negro failing to give it
emitted was
fie to jail.
is a bad character and should
at least 20 years in Brown’s coal
eg.
JU Rented Ninth Col. Georgia W. Regiment has
F. Jones with a
Elb saddle, costing $100.
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w, ‘ ,,
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w ,D America,
ie wton are said to live in
^aty among the number
bas Kitchens. ’
Conyers, Georgia, Saturday, May 9, 189P
On A Neglected Line
The Rev. George R. Stewart, of
Chattanoogo, preached a sermon on
a line which to a great extent is
neglected by the majority of preach¬
ers.
An extract is as follows:
“A young man of this age can take
a young lady to the ball room, and
turn her into her fatbei’s residence
and go back by the saloon and drink
and drink, and play billiards, and
drink, and God only knows where he
goes and bow he spends the night
until daylight. He goes to his room
at the dawning of the morning,
sleeps til! dinneq gets up and goes
down to the barbershop to be shaved
and perfume his breath, and dresses
up in uis fine clothes, and at half¬
past seven in the evening he 19 sit¬
ting on a sofa in the best parlor in
the".town, talking to one of the pur¬
est girls of your society. If a girl
pursued a path like that a hundred
yards, she would be ostracised; she
would never stand on her feet as a
patron for social honors again.
Why are our girls better than our
hoys'? Because the young man says
to the young girl, “If you go in
path like that, I will put my foot on
you,” and the young girl says to the.
young man, “Come from your wal
lowing in the mire, and I will deck
myself and welcome you with tny
sweetest smiles and give my most
vivacious entertainments.” God
grant that tune may swiftly come
when our girls will erect a standard
as high as our boys have erected.
The husband; there you are sitting
down by your wife, you can go down
to the saloons; you can go about
gambling hells, you can go to places
that I dare not mention in this pres¬
ence and come back to your homes
and demand the sweet honors ot
your pure wife.
But if your wife steps an inch from
the path of recititude they will find
out at 9 o’clock the next day in civil
courts, and when they ask what you
want the answer will be a divorce; a
knife to cut the cord that binds me
I say the husband ought to be as
pure and noble as his wife,”
Lincoln's Humor.
In an article on the “Humor of Abra
ham Lincoln” we are told that his
humor was* often unconscious, and that
his wit was illustrative. He used it be¬
cause at times he could say more in this
way and better illustrate an idea. He
never cared how he made a point so
that he made it, and he never told a
story for the mere sake of telling it.
“In one interview,” says the writer of
the article, “the name came up of a de¬
ceased politician of Illinois whose merit
was blemished by an overweening van¬
ity. His funeral was largely attended.
‘If,’ said Mr. Lincoln, ‘General -
had known how big a funeral he would
have had he would have died years
ago. > 5 >
Ladies’ Figure Forms.
Ladies who can afford it now pur¬
chase wooden models, built exactly
upon the measurements of their own
bodies to save themselves from the
weariness of “trying dresses on."
dresses are successfully draped upon
the “figure forms,” as they are called.
—Dry Goods Chronicle.
Coming It a Little Too Fine.
Madison Squeers—It has got so now
that you can’t ask a policeman a ques¬
tion without you have a permit.
Upson Downes—What kind of a per
mit?
Madison Squeers—A permit to live!
—Puck.
The Point Was Hidden.
“That is a very poor joke, boys,”
said the schoolmaster, rising suddenly
from the bent pin. “I fail to see the
point.”
“It’s there just the same,” said the
bud boy of the class, sotto voce.—Bar¬
P^ 3 Hazar.
JOHN BENTLEY
A DESPERATE CHARACTER iS ARREST¬
ED BY SHERIFF AUSTIN.
He is Wanted in Alabama for Murder,
Train Wrecking, Bobbery and many
Other Crimes.
Sheriff Austin went to Henry
county Thursday night to arrest
John Bentley, a young roan about,
eighteen years of afge, who was
wanted in Alabama for murder, rob
bing, etc. Bentley was one of a
desperate gang that had been rob¬
bing the people far and near in the
country about Attalla, Gadsden and
other places.
Thev were notorious and bold in
their depredations, even robbing
trains.
Marshal Franklin accompanied
Sheriff Austin to Henry county
where they caught their man. They
returned to the city yesterday roorn
ing with John Bentley, and the
Marshal left for Gadsden with his
prisoner on the early express.
Most all of the gang have been
captured, only one or two now being
at large*
Sheriff Chandler, of Gadsden,
arrived in'the city- Thursday night
and returned with the marshal ot
Attalla yesterday.
l:rea;«ient for Poisoning.
The principal narcotic poisons are
laudanum, morphine and opium. Of
laudanum the fatal dose is at least two
drams. Two graias.and a half of the
extract are said by Tanner to be equal
to four grains of crude opium, while De
Quincy could take sixteen ounces
the tincture of opium daily. Infants
have been killed by a single drop of
laudanum, which is equal to about the
twelfth of a grain of opium. No one
should use laudanum, opium or mor
phine without the express orders and
daily watchful care of a physician, for
all these drugs have an entirely different
action in health and sickness.
'When an excessive. dose of any of
these narcotics is suspected, a physician
should be immediately called, and,
pending liis arrival, every effort should
be made, to keep the patient awake.
The symptoms of poisoning are gradu¬
ally increasing giddiness, drowsiness,
stupor, slow, heavy breathing, weak
pulse, pallor and final coma. There
may be nausea and even convulsions.
The first remedial action is to free the
stomach by the means of emetics or
the stomach pump; then rouse the pa¬
tient by slapping the chest and neck
with a wet towel, dashing cold water
about the head and face, walking up
and down—«ut of doors if that is neces¬
sary-giving electric shocks, and even
artificial respiration when other means
fail to rouse from the stupor which pre¬
cedes death. Strong coffee may be use¬
ful as an adjunct. The case should be
in the hands of a competent physician.
In a word, keep the patient awake
until the doctor arrives, loosen the
clothing and keep the head cool.—
Harper’s Bazar.
Does the Moon Cause Earthquakes?
With regard to the phases of the
moon’s motions, M. Brisco found that
in four years, 1886 toJL890, the number
of earthquakes near new and full
moons exceeded the number at the
quarters very nearly in the proportion
of six to four. In a number of exceed¬
ingly elaborate calculations M. Brisco
has endeavored to show that, however
the figures were handled, they always
present the same general conclusions,
but there are not as yet sufficient facts
to justify more than a passing allusion
to this curious speculation.
It does, however, appear to be an in¬
evitable deduction from the evidence,
not only that earthquakes occur more
frequently at the, periods of new and
full moon, but that their frequency in
creases at the time when the moon is
nearest the earth and diminish when it
is most distant, and, moreover, that
earthquake shocks are more frequent
when the moon is near the meridian
than when she is ninety degreesfrom.it.
M. Perrey, the French scientist, tried
to figure out some connection between
moon phases and earthquakes as long
ago as 1844.—St. Louis Republic.
THE NATION'S LIBRARY.
Something About Its Thousands and Thou
sands of Books of Every Kind.
Our national library is a huge triple,
room in the west front of the Capitol
building, and holds more than 600,000
volumes in its capacious shelves.
Imagine an immense chamber, along
each side of which large alcoves o* -
run
ironwork. Within these alcoves, which
are large enough to contain two peo¬
ple, are four walls of books. Above
these small chambers are iron galleries,
one rising above the other until the
roof is reached. And each one is load
ed down with thousands upon thou
sands of volumes.
Every available space is occupied by
dusty tomes, yet in this .seeming confu
sion there is admirable order. The
Iocatiofll*>f every book is kept, and a
visitor calling for a certain author is
kept waiting only a few moments.
Children under sixteen are not al
lowed in the library, yet part of it is
devoted solely to children’s literature
and fairy tales.
Many are the quaint and carious
books preserved on these shelves. One
can see the Bibles of all nations—the
Zend-Avesta and the Klioran side by
side with the text book of the Mormons
and the Scriptures of the Christians.
Then there are volumes in the quaint
old English type, books published three
or four hundred years ago; “Pilgrim’s
Progress” in Chinese, huge dictionaries,
an old Bible printed in the Sixteenth
century, and the first newspaper that
ever appeared.
The largest book in existence is in
this library, a huge volume nearly two
yards long and containing life size col
ored illustrations of birds of all nations.
This book is called “The Audubon Book
on Birds,” and is worth a fabulous sum.
Audubon, remember, is the man for
w j iom j s named the society for the pre
ven tion of cruely to birds. Its aim is
away with the useless slaughter
u f birds, for millinery purposes,
Many are the cranks that visit this
great library. Some come day after
day to search out some pet hobby, and
never weary of their useless efforts.
One old lady is said to haunt the place
and search volume after volume to dis¬
cover something about herself which
she imagines to have been written. She
declares her intention of destroying the
page as soon as found. Another crank
is reading all the Bibles and from them
compiling one of his own. lie will
probably end in the lunatic asylum or
the poorhouse.
Hypnotism is a subject that is much
investigated, and palmistry comes next.
There is no subject upon which some
book cannot be found. Science, art,
medicine, law, literature, poetry, re¬
ligion—everything known to the human
mind that has been written upon by
the human pen can here be had.—Phil¬
adelphia Times.
Well Satisfied.
When the late Archbishop Tait was
passing some time in a little village of
Perthshire he received an unexpected
and no doubt a pleasing expression of
appreciation. As far as it went
tribute to his ability as a preacher was
sincere. He had given instructions for
his letters to be sent to the local post
office to be called for.
The day that he arrived in the vil¬
lage he walked down to the general
shop, which also did duty for the post
office, and asked, “Are there any let¬
ters for the Archbishop qf Canter
bury ?”
The storekeeper had something to
say before fip answered the question.
“Maybe you’ll be that purrsen verse!’?”
“Well,” said the archbishop, “as a
matter of fact, I am.”
"‘Well,” the postmaster continued
earnestly, “I have a son and he is in a
shop in London, and he told me that
lie aince gaed to St. Paul’s cathedral
to hear ye preach, and he was verra
weel satisfied wi’ ye.”—Youth’s Com¬
panion.
Pleasing His Wife.
Jinks—Why do you offer such a large
reward for the return of that contempt¬
ible pug dog? -
Winks—To please my wife.
Jinks—But such a reward will be
sure to bring him back.
“No, it won’t. He’s dead.’’—-New
Yairk Weekly.
Have You Ever Noticed It?
Queer thrng ab*><5t the three cent
piece. You always take it for a dime
with your change; but you can never
induce any one else to do so.—Puck.
Price per Year, $1.00
ARTIFICIAL RAIN.
Experiments Which May Prove of
Value in 'jiik Future.
Regarding the proposed experi¬
ments of the Agricultural depart¬
ment for the production of rain by
means of explosions, Prof. Powers
expresses si me doubt as to the suc¬
cess of explosions in raid au'ss plan¬
ned by the department. He*recom¬
mends that 2U0 of the siege guns in
the Rock Island arsenal be taken
out to some suitable point and fired
rapidly for several hours, but, he
estimates the cost of mounting' and
transporting the guns to Kansas at
$10,000, which is $1,000 in excess of
the appropriation.
Ex Senator Harwell, who has taken
a deep interest in this plan to pro¬
duce a rain fa 1 ! irvarid regions, said:
“T have been fighting for a.congres¬
sional appropriation for this purpose
for the last ten years and succeeded
in getting $9,000 altogether which
will be spent iu experiments this
summer.
“ The facts furnished by Prof.
Powers in his hook, about rains fol¬
lowing battles fought within the last
hund ed years, were the foundation
tor my belief in the success of such
experiments and tor my . efforts to
get a proper appropi ration from the
government for that purpose. In
talking with scientists we decided to
make gas consisting of hydrogen
and oxygen in balloons carrying 1000
cubic feet, send them up attached to
a steel wire, and then explode the
gas with electric ty. We ex peat to
maKe as much noise as if nowder in
guns was used and the expense will
be much less. Secretary Rusk has
employed CYl. Dyrenfortb of Wash-*
ington, formerly ot the Patent, Office,
to carry out the experiments under
my directions, I have been made
responsible for the foolishness if it
turns out to be such, but I have
every confidence in tiie practical sue
cess of the experiments,*
“We will also explode dynamite
on the ground as Prof. Powers would
do with powder in guns. I have no
doubt that arid regions can b< water¬
ed in this way at a small cost. I
have told Col. Dvrenforth and Prof,
Carl Myers, of Frankfort, N. Y., the
balloon-man, to go to Western Kan¬
sas and Colorado next June and
make the experiments. I will go
with them if I have leasuie time. If
under this appropriation rain c un be
p’oduced, it serais to me that con¬
gress, instead of spending millions
for reservoirs of water and bui.dmg
ditches for irrigation, should adopt
this cheaper method of obtaining
water. There is hardly a question
but in the future, a state and even
a county may at a small cost, check
the results of a dry spell, \Vo de¬
cided on the balloon method because
the explosions in the air would re
move the dangei to live stock and
human life.—Chicago Saturday
Blade.
The first commencement of
Mercer University at Macon
occurred in 1841, the year of
Gen. William H. Harrson's in¬
auguration to the presidency of
the United States. The erracL
uates on that occasion, four in
all, are still living: R. M. John¬
son. teachea and author, Balti¬
more, Md*;B, F. Sharps, D D.,
farmer and minister, Perry, Ga.
A. R. Wellborn, M. D., Atlanta
Ga., and P. S. Whitman, teach¬
er and minister, Toccoa, Ga.