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THE WEEKLY COiNSTlTOtlOtf. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24 1885. ???SIXTEEN P jM
STORIES OF THE WAR.
A Mtn Who m??aml Cow.rdlrc-A ??inw ??????-
???w oi Iwni Mu-Ill run amto-ctc
HUM Of -KIUOO- oM HU OaB-Otklf
IntoroouoisooldoBUoftbo War.
Hoar Ho no cm mo Oiara.
General Comly twill tbo otorj ofm mu who
came to him at the beffnntnf of a battle to
aay that he warn eonttitutionally a coward and
that be conld not go Into the fight. "He
Baled that ha be aealgaed to eome duty that
would keep him clear o( the change ofdtagra-
cing himaelf by cowardice. He waa aaiigned
to carry water to the men, and through the
light waa u much expoood aa any
man in the regiment, but baring hie
mind occupied with the bualneea of
carrying water, he forgot hie fear. Title call*
to miadicoreeof inetancee in which men who
hollered themaelree cowarda, diacorered that
their dialruat orthemaelree waa not warranted
At one time, when we were about to eroae ???
deep, repid flowing rirer, on treea that had
keen cut down, one on the lelt bank and the
other on the right, ao that their tope fell to.
aether and formed an unateady aort of foot,
bridge, one mu came to me, gare me bia
motuer'a picture, hia pocket diary, in which
he bad kept a hut
r iatory of hia peraonal lile
ike army, told me that he had nerer been able
to welk a foollog, that he waa lure he could
not do It, but he waa going acroaa that rirer In
hia proper place with the aame feeling that
he would eherge a battery. He preferred ???
be drowned rather than be accueel
timidity or cowardice on acco unt of any
plenatlnn he would make in regard to hit
abilily to walk a feot-Iog- He gare me mca-
eagre to hia mother andmeada, and took hia
place in the reuka with that deeperate look
aeon on men'a faeea when thay know that the
next Inatant they are to be ordered forward to
certain death. A rough, recklaaa fellow, who
had beard what my comrade had aaid,
laughed at the Idea or any man???e Inability to
walk a rail or a foot log, and he took hie
E lece beelde the man who waa ready
i be drowned. I don't know what be aaid,
but when my friend'a foot touched the log be
elralgbtened up, looked acroaa to the othi
chore, and with ea true and firm a atop aa
practiced If mural, mured along the fallen
treea until be touched the other chore. Then
be threw bia cep high in the air and cheated
???Uloiy I* For the fleet time In hie life be hid
conquered whet he had hollered an incurable
pbycical weakneee."
A Story Ukeihe Abere.
A reteran cpeaklng of fear in battle laid
???Jfeny men made dlicorerfea ae totheinielrce
In time of battle. On one orcetion my file
lecder, or the man who etood la front of me la
the reuka,turned and aaidi ???If you aee meat*
tempt to run, or if I abow the white feather,
knock me down. 1 feel now ae though I waa
going to bolt, and I beliera if 1 hare a ohanec
T wlQ go like lightning. If 1 atari grab me.
kirk me, pound me, but (don't let me run.
The fight came on. and the line at the lltuka
bent back and bark, and the center began to
falter. The man in front of me, the man who
had bean In front of me, waa bealde me. Aa
the cweaplng federal line came down on ui be
raid, with ghaatly lace, 'I.rt'a meet them half
way.??? He epraeg forward with a whoop,
and that part of the line went with hiui.
There waa an awkwerd and lurloua atrugglc,
but in fire minulee we wore panning
the ledireii through the eornflehl, tail in
rare r xhllaratioo ol epirita the men who bed
hem efraid that he would bolt we. conduct,
lug himaelf niter the manner of n frollr.ome
.leg. He fold me afterwnrda that haepant in
f hut cornfield with the bullets whirling about
him Ibe heppieet minutes ol hie life. He
wee heppy ooonuae he had prorau himaelf
a biller men then he thought ho war.
Ho waa hyatarically happy beeauie
ho dlacorared, after all, ha waa
not a coward, and after that ha norar had a
doubt of himaelf. He hud none of tbo dariog
that made men rejoice In a fight, but he had
that aort of Mil-control that made a good
aharpcheoter,lbat made a man to bo depend-
cd on Id the crisis ol battle, that made u good
roiuuleer to charge a battery, and he made a
reputaliou aea man ofrara and indomitable
rootage,"
And Halil Another Story.
"1 remember u time, loo,??????eeya an oideol.
ditr, "when deneral Wlw opened suddenly
withlrfbortbreo batteries on a union camp
and threw a whola brigade into a panio. Tito
cannon belli and homo shatta dropped hert
and there among the tents, and with their ex
epHslid idea of the deelruntlveneea of such
ruiiellM the man thought they ought to leave
the locality at a full run. Instead of this tbu
??????.'amending general ordered that note taut ha
situ.It aid not a man loave the camp. The
buyitbcughtthla a species of brutal rocklasa.
n????i, end many ol the men considered the pro.
prlety of disobeying orders and running up
intolba mountains. Hut In an hour they bad
loot tbair fear and wart watching tho points
whirs cannon balls struck that thay might dig
themupaarallou. At tho and of too first day
they paid little attention to tho bombardment.
At the end of tbu second day they bad a
fair Idea of tbu ooniparatlTa harm*
Iciaaate of caunon firing at long
range, and they wart prepared
to agree with tbo general wbaa ha explained
that he bed hop! team in their tenia elmply
for the rurnoM of giving thorn their lint lei-
ion In artillery practice. Ha wanted them to
gel cloaa grip oa tbemaelvea, so that when
they were thrown Into an nciuel engagement
tbev would ho cool-headed and be able to do
tbair full part aa soldiers. It oo happened
that hia brigade formed a part of the division
of Haell'a army that orrsead tha Tennoaaaa on
tho aveaing of April ?? at Shiloh. Tbair
en'endld bearing under tiro dated from tbo
lime that Wlee bombarded their camp.???
Oaa at Bia Xarrow Karapea.
One ol General Graat???a remarkably narrow
cecapaa from probably inatant death,waa while
on n transport with troops at Uta battle ol Hai
ti,out. Ho writes:
"The UlMiaeippi river was lowon the 7!h
of September, leil.ao that tha banka ware
higher than tha heads of man standing on
tha upper decks of tke atsauon. The
ratals ware toms distance back from tho
river, so that their Ira ana high and
did ua hut little harm. Our auokaataak
waa riddled with ballets, but there ware
enlytbraa men wounded on tha boats, and
but one ot those was n soldier. IThen I
lire t want on deck I entered tha captain???s
roam, enjoining tha pilot house, and threw
myself ua a sofa. 1 did not hoop In that
position * moment, bat rose to go onion the
deck to observe what was going oa. I had
scarcely left vi sa a mnihat ball enured the
mom, a truck tha hand of the cola, passed
through it and lodged la tha hot.???
ns new tiraamarn raarinanoa.
On oaa occasion haaeknowtwdgsaaxperlesr.
log trepidation upon confronting aa enemy.
It was at the opening ot tha war. Ha wrttoa:
"We halted at night oa the road, aad pro-
carded the nest mossing al an early hoar.
Harris (tha confederate commander,) had
beea encamped in a creak hot
tom for the take of being near
water. Tha hills oa a liber aids of the creak
(aland to a considerable height, pmslbly more
than one hundred feel. Ae we npproaehcd the
brow ol Ibe hill from which it Wat exported
oe eeuld sen Harris???s camp and posaiblyfnd
hia man ready formed to meet ns, my heart
heps gelling higher and higher, until if fell to
me aa though it wee in my throat. I weald have
aiatn anything then to have baas back ia
1111??? i??. not I had net tha moral courage to
l a'l and conaidor what to do: I kept rich
os. Whra wa reached a poiol from which
Ue valley below wee la full view, 1 halted.
The piece where Harris had beea encamped
a few days before wee el ill there, aad the
matkeora recent oaeampmaat warn plainly
vitlh e. hut lbs troops were gone, Me heart
retained its place. 11 oeeerred to me at oaca
that Harris had been aa much afraid of meat
I had baea of him. Thin waa a view of tha
qaettton 1 had never taken be toes; bat it waa
??? I never forgot afterwards. From that
event to the cloaa of the war I never expern
enced trepidation upon confronting an on
emy.???
Charley draco's Shot.
Frcm tbo Irwlaton, Ge, Appeal
In e recent iiiue of Tut A??i.aht* CoxiTirr
Tinxjl read a clipping fromyoor paper hevlel
???Kifdcc,??? tbo firat paragraph of wnieh Is a<
follows: . ..
"Geneiairiee waa pretented by one ol hi.
maUawllb fifteen fine anna for aharpibootera.
and iher were drawn for by ble jcnerala. Ore-
aral bolci drew ope ol them, and oeleetod Jgr.
John Win to takeobarxto! It. end ho proved him-
itlt worthy ol thodlaunctlon. HeissUUauolsd
' *My recollection is that General Ddea drew
two of tbr.se Whitworth rifles, usd tbit "Kit-
dee" waa put in porteaalon ol on# and that
Charley Grace, of La Grange, who ia now a
practicing lawyer in Sherman, Tex., and I
think, n member of too elate senate, was gives
the other. Mr. Grace wee n brave and
(Sclent aoldier, ae many of the
members of the gallant fourth
regiment, Georgia volunteers, can testify.
It is claimed that he killed General Stdgewicb
at ope of the batUas of the Wilderncti. I
think (IT was May Mb.lMI. lie. like"Kildee,???
proved himself worthy of the honor conferred
upon him In being selected ae the recipient
of one of tbo two rifles drawn by General
Doles. Itather an amnaing Incident occurred
at tha baltio of Gattyabnrg, when in tho ooa
luaion of battle Charley Grace bocamo aspire
ted from his own regiment and found himaoll
among another regiment of the brigade, f'
color bearer of which had boon killed
wounded, and Grace seised tha colors aad ad-
vanccd to tha front, waving thorn aa ha want.
Of course then wore mombara of thla regiment
who wore both willing and anxious to carry
their rrglmenUl colors, and demanded ol
Grace that bo relinquish them. Graee flatly
refused, and eurriad ibe colors until the battto
waa over, when hn gave fham np to tho proper
partita. Tbo above waa told to mo by my
brother, who waa aacond lieutenant ot Com
pany A, Fourth regiment, Georgia Volun
teers.
A Howltser Up la tha Ale.
In bis memoirs, General Grant aaye of bia fa
mous txpioll during Urn Mexican war, ol taklnfi
a howllser Into the belfry of a cliurch:
"This took lie over eeveral ditches, breast deep
In water and grown np wllb water plants. Them
ditches, hoaever, were not over eight or ten feet
In width The howitzer wea taken toplecaninil
carried by Ibe men to He deetineUon. Wuen J
knocked for admlaalon a piled came to the door,
wbo, while extremely polite, declined to ad-
mil ua I explained to blm that ho might aavo
property by opening tbo door, and bo certainly
would MVeblmMlf from becoming n prisoner, for
n time at if ear. and besides. I Intended to enter,
door. Iborgh ho
*11 pleasure lonoso. loiiuavucamruHi
belfry and put togeUMr. Ho wore not
than two or three hundred
aide from 0aa Gome. The ahoti
i our little gnn, dropped in upon the enemy
errsted irrat coufunion. Why they did not
moro
J aids
rom i
end!
a> nd onl n smell party and capture in I do not
Snow. Wo bed no Infantry or other defense! he-
elds onr one gnn. The effect of this gun upon
the troopi about tho gates ol tbo city waa ao
e jf nth n
merited, thatfienotai Viinui me ??? I luu,
lion. He was so pleased that be sent n stall olfi'
cci--Lieutenant Pemhertou, later llcutenaut-geii
eral commanding the defenses of Vicksburg???la
bring mo to him.???
Tag riLUKO STABS.
aw It from hia poal.
H< rcllaeitoaa ot a Wonderful Night la
1883
From the Blarkahear, Ua., Georilan,
1 have teed many descriptions ol what waa called
the falling etars or metorlc shower of 1S3], and
ra orally tbo account of an old man who saw the
shower or metorlc rain In Alabama, an account of
which waa coplad from tho Birmingham Agt, by
tbo News 1 do not Mil inyafll old, yet I was five
yc am of age whan the event alluded to occurred,
and wltntued U aal remember, without foar. Tho
Impress Is still fresh on my mind, thouth I bar#
never read a dracrlotlon that agrees with what I
saw, ??? leapt when spoken ol at sublimely grand I
t wilt hr to dreeitbe It aa aeon by ua
In Bmulorl dlafrlct. Booth Carolina???loo
miles up tho Cavannah river, and about six miles
from Matthews bum. At the rfltldanco ol my
HOWAWITCH WASCAUSHT,
By Joel Ohandlor Harris (???Uncle Romas,
(Copyrighted 18K.]
The litilo boy set in a high chair and used
hia lap aa drumsticks, much to tbo confusion
of Uncle Remus, as it appeared. After
while tho old man exclaimed:
"Well, my goodness en (le gracious! how
yon ever in do roan??? worl' or any where???s else
speck me for ter make any headway in tollin???
a tala wile* all disk yer racket gwina onf
don't want ter call nobody???s pa, kaao ha mos'
alters talks too load, en if I call der ma
twon't make ao mighty much difference, kaao
she done got ao nson ter It dat aha dunner wen
day er makin* any fuss. I believe dat
everytblng wot tar git right good en still ???
dfse premiere des one time, you ma would in
about diowid da headache. Anyway, abo'd
be mighty aiek, bakaaa aha ain't naan tor nut
bavin??? no loss, on aha des couldn't git Tong
bldout it.
"I tell yon right now, I???d bo afoard for tor
tell any tale roun* yer, kazede hilt news '
know'll I'd git my aye* put out, or my 1<
broke, er aump???n??? n???er. I knows dozo y
w'te Chilian, mon I dat I docaj I knows um.
Day???ll git fie upper hand er da niggers or do
Lord spar's um. Hn Ho mot??? ioglaner'lly
Imagine n rain of moutten iron striking the earth,
each drop bunting into iparkr. Nothing elan will
compare. 1 could not now desorlbe It
If rxpeitinre wUhlonndryaandamlth'aahopi had
not afforded the comparison. Tho Are fall In
alrtima like lbs heaviest Ora min I evar wltumud
and awayrd toand fro Jail u lira water!* by the
motion of ino cloudier wind. Tbo only stare I
anw wrta inat auoh mono secs when moullen Iron
to moiling Into or tram tha ladle,or whan Iran
with a weldlrg brat la withdrawn from Iba forts,
or such aa rern when the liquid msul drops up 111
cailb, or auab as Man In tho wekeot an exploited
rocket Tbo atraagart features tome waa.no Utah
tor Man appeared except at Ua endot tbs
'I flic rain, which slopped about firs
frit Irom tbs earth, aa near I oaa Judas.
Tbo plain had thro# atepi from .tha
no. 1 could not huva bean mors than thras
.. high and tha itua of firs rain bant tato
apsrki on n level wlU my ayes. Nona that I as*
???track tha earth, but altar aparkllng on tnlaltne
dlnppearcd, to bo anomedad by othere In quick
???nctatiion. 1 recaUicl distinctly ohaarviug ma
irtnsarcurd tha yard, and Ua road lead directly
from the sate, and wandering why none of the
fiio or spaikt reached tha earth. It was ant at
lllht aa day, but a land light greater than I hies
my vtoloa???such aa
and houses Tho fire
tops
ram
oowftDwmd Ihtmtteoilo shower or (,
???nd whoa# account tallied more neatly with mint
any Uan 1 have sear road or Uaard Hadldaot
ban my upcrleorewlth molten metal,but *
ir heard my comparisons with tha apt!
Irom a imlU???a forge, haartlly Indewcd ms .
PBBMONH AND THINGS.
Tar queen of Italy ia called tha bMt dressed
woman la Furops
Taa word "moonshiner??? wat originally
'mooDihuaner?????? Ua Tannraanani any.
Maixa hu four railroads of only two loot
gangs Thay are laid Urongh Ua wlldirareswith
sharp itaaca and corns and at limes tralniare
run over them at Item twenty to forty mum an
bcui. Tun ran real thirty fin paawngen each.
Attains???Now detail mo, dear, why yon
broke your (reset hint with Br. Golden. Julia
Wall, I found ha waa too fond ol drawing and
palnllng. Aiabclla-Wby, I should think thtt
would Jutt anil you, with your arttotlc tutos
Jolla-Bui b to lute ran In drawing ehecka and
painting Ua town.-1 ??? < r'aSaiar.
PaniBBXTCuvitaa. .. until euitla ol black
broadcloth, wlU Uaaaat double-braanud aad
tlkhlly buttoned about Uo body. Bis linen la
always white, aad ha pots ao a new tnroorer cal-
???artvuydax. Utoiavoilicnackilciaonaolb'.ack,
very quiet and modest in lu tic. Tha proildoul
u?? It hfautll aad dons not require tho asauuace
ol a valtt in making hit lottab
Tea lightning rods for tha Washington mon
ument bavo arrived and are being placed upon
Ue monument Therein TTt fret of triangular
rod pint*. _ _
Up. male :C0 points, enough, It U thought,' to
kerp the??truciure tuloct.
Ait ia a woidarful thtnf* Tha painter,
Ruben*. eeuld change the leoeot a UoxMng cbflJ
Into that otn crying child by a coupleol dithos
with bis bruah,??? Mid to Austrian Udy to ?? pro*'
faa*or ol Ibe University of Texu ?????? Thera* la uom-
trg wonderful about that. I can do tnat with
ote veil directed col el a wadi lelirb; i're d int
it uaesud again." replied tie protestor o( u<
Tixs* kindergarten.
Taa consumption ol eofite has greatly fallen
off ia KatUud, while that ol ten baa anormoatly
ir errand. aad rrOMb used aiuob mon ibao tor
rlf. The Imports of oodee. which In 1MI were
00 tone, bad fallen off last Tear to 41.000 tone
Ftmoti lor tbla remark sole chance In the
ropwlsr mete are sot apparent, though It le be
llroed that the more ease preparation 1 tee than
cedes hu something to Jo with tt
???psr???s ???em.
"Well, now, ei you
w'at I bin ta*nin* over in my min* you
dea toi ter coma en lot right yer in front er
me wbar I kin keep my two eyea on you; ktzs
I ain't gwine ter take no reaka er no foaliih*
nets. Now, den, you des belter behave, be-
kasa bit don't cost ma nothin* far ter out die
tale right abort off.
''One time der wux a miller man w???at live
by a river en bad a mill. He wux a mighty
smart man. He tuck 10 much toll dat he
tuck???n buyed *im a bouse, en bo want ter rent
dat *ar bouie out ter folka, but de folks dey
*Jowed dat de bouse wus ba???nted. Dey*d eome
en rent de bouse, dey would, en move in der,
en den go up??ta*rs ea go ter bed. Dey'd go
ter bed, dey would, but dey couldn't sleep, en
time it got day dey'd git out er dat house.
???De miller man, he ax'd um w'at de raattor
wux, but dey dea abuek der bead en *low de
bouco wux ba'ntcd. Den be tuek???n try tor flue
out w'at kinder ba???nt the wuz dat akeor
folka. He ileep in de house, but be ain't see
nothin', en do moi' w'at ho year wuz a big ole
ray cat a??promenadia* roun* en honorin',
limeby bit got ao dat dey wan't no fun in
bavin' da ba'ntcd houio, en we'en folks'd
eome long de miller-man, he'd dee up en tell
um dat de bottae 'uz ha'nted. Some 'ud go up
???n some wouldn't, but dem w'at went up oidt/l
???lay, kase dea 'bout bedtime dey'y fetch a yell
en dee eome a rutbin* down, en all de money
in de Nunited Stales er Georgy wouldn't git
um far to go beck up dar.
???Hit went on die away twel one time a
preacher man com??? long dar an* aay bo waatod
eomc???rs tor stay. He was a great, big man
an* ha look like be wuz gmd accordin', lb
miller man eay be hate mighty bad for to die
commerdate *im, but ha deipintedly ain???t got
noplace wbar he kin put *m 'cip* dat ar ban*-
ted bouie. De preacher man say he des eoin
???tay dar ex anywbar???s, kaao he bin livin???
In doze loW'groun???s er aorrer t jo long far tar
bo aotback by any ona hose ha???nte. Da mil*
ler man 'low???d dat bo 'us afoard de ha'nts 'ud
worry him might'ly, but do prcnchor mau
???low, he did, dat be use ter boin* worried, an*
be op *n tell de miller man dat he'd a hoop
rather stay in de houio wid de ha'nt, no mat*
Ur bow big aba is, dan tar stay out doors in de
rain.
So de miller man, he 'low he ain't got no
mo 'pology fer ter make, bekaze ef de preachor
man wus ready fer ter face do ha'nte and let
up dar an out blink um, day wouldn't bs no*
body in de roun* worl* no gladder dan him.
Dm de miliar man abowed de preacher man
how ler
Her bui!
S cat, de preacher man drawed a cheer up tor
e ficr an* waited far de ha'nts, but dey ain't
BO ha'nts come. l>rn w??'n 4*7 alnt no ha'nts
come, de preacher man tuck'n opan up he
satchel cn got 'im out aomo ipar* ribs on sot
um by de tier fer ter cook, en den he got down
en said be pra'rs, an den he got up en road ho
Bible. Ho wuz a mighty good man, mon, en
be prayad en reed a Tong time. Bimeby,w'ea
bis spar* riba git done, begot eome bread
out'n be satehel. cn fixed far ter eat bia sup
per.
"By de timo be got all de meat ofl'n ono or
da ribe, de preacher me a listened, ea he
S ear'd a monetue tcramblin' en scratch!n' on
e wall. Ha look aroun*, ho did, en dar wus
a gieat big black eat a sharpenin' 'er claws oa
de door facin'. Folks, don't talk! dat ar oat
wus a eight! Great, long w'ita toofe en groit
big jailer eye-balla a shinin' like doy wus lit
up way back In *er bead. She stood dar a
minlt. dat ole black cat did, en den the 'gun
ter sidle up like she wus gidoa ter mount dat
preaebar man right dar an done But da
preacher man, be dea shoo'd at 'er, en U aeem
like die eortar ekeer'd 'er, kaxe eba want ud.
???But de preacher roan, ha kep* bia eye open,
an belt on ter bis spar'* rib. rresent'y he year
de ole black cat cornin' back, en' die time aha
fetch wld 'er a great big gang er esta. Dey
wus all black des like she wuz, en der eyeballi
rhinttfrd an der lathes wus long an w'ite. Hit
blaek oat made a pis* <le preacher maa like
ehawuz a gwine te??- ????? r ??;?? eyea out. Da
preacher tt-n dodge* . but de ucx pus ahe
made de pr* scher man fetch 7r wipe wld hit
rpat' rib cn cut of! ono er her too*. Wid dat
de ole black cat fotch a yell dat you might a
jeard a mile, en den aba gin 'ereelf a aort uv
stwia'an mads her disappearance up de
chimbley, en w*en aha do detail de yuther
cats made der dir appearance up de chimbloy.
l>e preacher man be got up, be did, an looked
una' de bed fer to see ef be kin Ana any mo*
cats, but dey wus all dona cone.
???Den be tuck'n nick up <le eat toe w'at ho
dona knock off win de spar* rib, an wrop It up
in n piece er paper an put it la be pocket.
Dan no saj hts pra'rs aomo mo???, en went
Ur bed en stop' right straight along twel
broad daylight, en nuthin* ain't diet Ur boi*
der'im.
???Hex' mernin* da praacber man got up, he
did, en say his prar's en eat bis brtkkui, cn
dan ha 'low Ur niase't dat ha'll go by an trll
da miller man dat be mighty much erbligo.
'Fo* ha start, hit coma cross no min' 'bout do
cats wa't pester 'im da night befa', and ha
tuck'n fael in ha pockeU far da big black cat
Ua w'at be done cut off wid da spar' rib. But
U seam like da toe dona grow in tha night, en
bless-goodnesai w'en be unwrop it 'twau't
ncthin' lcea dan a great big Anger wid a r;ag
on it.
???Bo de preacher man tuck'n Ax up all his
contrapments, en den call on de miller mau en
(ol* ???im be us mighty much oblige size he let
'im stay in da house De miller mau was
'stenish* fer Ur see da praachar man, kaxe ha
knew dat w*cn folks eUy all night in dat house
dey ain???t coma down no mo*, lie was 'stoniah'
but be di???n???t say much. Ha dm ??Uu* still aa
wander.
???Buttle preacher uan, ha up'n ax 'biutde
miller man???s wife, an eay ha wanu ter act 'ar
an* tell *er good bva, bain' ax how dey'd all
bin eo good. Bo da miller mau, ha tuck???n kyar
da preacher inter da room wbar bit wife wus
layin'inbed. Da ola'oman bad da counter*
pin drawed up und' *er chin, but ahe look
mighty bad roua* da eyas. Yit, aha tuck???n
howdied da preacher uan an tola 'im ha wux
mighty welcome*
???Dey talk entalk, dey did, aa attar wile da
preacher-man hoi??? out hie ban' far tor tel de
oman good-bve; but tha'oman, aha belt out
'er Urban', she did. like she want dat fer ter
gitshucken. But da nreacher*man wouldn't
snake dat uu. Ua eay that ain't nigh gwine ter
do, bekaie when folks got any perlitenese Uf
dey don't never hoi' out da laf hen', be
'oman ehe eay her right wvx eripple t bat her
ole men 'low he ain't never hear 'bout dat
bafo', cn dan ha tuck'n make bar pull it out
frr m und' da kivrer, an dan day aaad dat ona
of '??? r Angara wux dona dean gone. Da miliar
mstr ke up???n law:
' *Uow comedit?'
Da 'oman aba law, *1 cut It off,'
De miliar*man ha *low, 'How you cut it
oflt*
De 'oman aba law, I knack it off.'
???Do miller-man ha *low, 'Wbarbouts you
knock it eff?*
???Do Vman fbe 'low, *1 broke it offT
???De miller u.an, ha 'low, ???When you break
iteffr
???Den da'oman aba ain't say nothin.' She
dee fay dar, the did, on pent and look ikeerei.
De preacher man be study a little en dan he
asy be speck he kin kyo dat ban???, an he tuck
de Anger out'n be pocket en tried it oa de
'oman???s ban*, en it At! Yasser! it fit in de
piece right etnick amnek emoove. Dea de
preacher men up'n tell de miller man dat de
'cman wuz a witch, en wid dat de 'oman
/(tried a yell en kivered her head wid de
counterpin.
???Yit dia ain???t do her no good, kaze de
S reecber man say he done look in de books en
o cnlicst way fer ter kyo' a witch Is ter bu'n
'er; en it ain???t look so bad, nutber, kaze whoa
dey tied her she tuck???n ta'n ter be a great big
black cat, en dat's da way she wuz w'en aha
wuz burnt."
THE. BODY BUBUSD-
Bfatla Wabb's Body Clrowa Cold aad Aha la
Bald to Baet.
Maria Webb, tha girl whose body remained
warm eo long after ebo quit breathing, was
buried late Saturday afternoon.
Thero is now no doubt about her death.
Her body maintained the same tempera
ture from her death up to three o'clock Sat
urday afternoon. About that time the tem
perature of her body began to change, and in
ins than an bcur
THU JOTXTS WKRE STIFF,
end the body presented tha appearance of
death. The mother of the girl finally bee me
latiefied that life was cMtiuct, and allowed the
undertaker to taka ctilrreof tha body. Late
yesterday afternoon tbo body was interrod in
Westview cemetery. When the girl was
placed in tba coffin her body waa a?? cold and
stiff'as & lump of ico.
Maria Webb was a girl of fourteen years of
age. She lived at 82 Forsyth street, and was
always remarkably healthy and atrong. Two
weeka ago aba was taken sick for
TBB FIRST TIME IK HEP. MFK.
At first nothing waa thought ot her illness,
but within a few days after its inception she
was unable to leave her bed. The physician
wbo attended bar pronounced her disease a
fever, and gave her ovary attention, but not
withstanding tha care given her she died
Tbunday morning about nine o'clock. Soon
after her death her body was shrouded for tha
coffin and then laid upon tho bed. bo one
tbero thought of disputing the girl's (loath,
but later in tha day some one observod that
her lips wore
HOT EHTIRF.I.Y DEVOID OF COLOR,
???nd that there waa a faint tinge of color ou
her cheeks. In looking at theeo unnuutl sc*
compnniamcnts of death, it waa discovered
that the girl's face was warm. Thon it was
found that her body, oven to the tips of her
finger* and the emte of her toes was warm This
ditcorerj created quite a surprise, for the
girl bad then been dead four or five
heura. Later in tho dey the body was again
examined and again/ound to bo warm. The
mother was notified ot this strange circum
stance #pd wea unwilling to boliere her child
dead. Several physicians were sent for and
eviry c no of them agreed in
PROHOCKCIHO THE CTRL DEAD,
but none would venturo an opinion st to tbo
cane* of fb?? warmth ot hor body.
The intclligftco of tho Etraiige cam sproad
and Patrolman Harris' prcsocco was required
to keep the crowds out of tho Ivniie. Hun
dreds oi curious persons, however, gained
almirsion and looked at tho dead girt. Bhy
did cot look like a ctrpso and but for tie
rloib about her head, would iiavo loVcot liko
seme ono asleep. Oa Friday other pbysiciaas
lcokrd at tho body end agreed with those who
seen it Thursday.
6a'ivday rooming about ten o'closk tbo
GrM ebsugo was noticed in the girl. Tfor
f< ct began to grow cold and about noon they
were as cold as ice but for more than two
hours the coldness did not spread. Finally
about threeAher body generally comracacol
titling coM and rapidly tho temporaturo
chang'd. Kvcry phyafeian who aaw tho girl
ositiva that sbo was dead.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE,
The Bieslpfs enA Xxptnsca of tUe Bar????u
tbo Test Year-a O??orsssi la tse Pro-
Suction of Wbltkv-rus fobstts'
interest- Otber STewi HoM.
BEIL???S LAST LETTER TO HIS MOTHER.
Kfrika, November 20 ???Rial's last letter to
his mother, written s lew hours before his ex
ecution, iaaa follows.
Dear Motiikr-I received jour letter ot hen
cdlctlou, and jesterdnj, Sumhy, 1 s??kcj Per*
Andie to place it upon the aiurditrlog tbecjle*
bratlou of mars lu order that I might ho held ua<
di r tbu shadow of ita bUsilug. 1 naked him after-
w??>d topfsrc hie hands upou zay head that I
mfaht worthily receive It, ns I could not a tern!
at cbutch, and bo ibus bad diffused upon mo the
graces ol mass, with its abundance ot spiritual
nd temporal good. To my spouse, to my cUlt*
ren, ruy brother and slater-lu law aud ottu
tivra, wboare all very dear to me, 1 say fan.
D??sr mother, It Is tho prayer of your eldest son
.jat your prayers und hrhx-cMdr* iu hli behalf
sscttid to the throne of JctusCbmt. to Mary aud
to Kt. Jcs??yh, my good protector, and that the
mercy and abundant consolation ol God fill you
and my wife, cntldten and other rdativos with
all spiritual Dlesaiuvs from generation to gtacra<
espi dally for having been
loud mother to me, that your faith and *
ycur charity and example be as the treoli
with excellent frnit In present acd future,
when your last t'sy arrives that tbo good
shall bo so much tflcasctl with your vlous spirit
Fere Andre has told mo to bo ready for
the srand event. I listened to ntm. aud am pro
pared to do averytUlna according to hia advice
??? ' nnest recommendation God holds u ???
und to keep m peace and sweetness, ai
held In a vessel which caunot bo dhtutbad. I do
wbalfcan to keep myself ready tor any event,
kcepini myself calm, in accordance with the pious
exhortations ol the venerable Archbishop Baur-
you aud seed yon t
X.| |Jj-* .???..to-.-
??ty
withafiectlcn. I embrace you oaa dutiful sou,
and my dear wife 1 embrace you ai a cnrUtlan
husband, according to the conjugal spirit of tha
Catholic union, l embrace you, chtldroo, In tba
breadth of divine wircy. and my brother and
sisters Ir -law and all relatives and friends, I em
brace yen with all the good feeling ot which my
heart U capable.
Dear mother, I am your affectionate, obedient
id snbmirsive ion. Lons David Hizl.
ITlscn de Begins, Kovember 10.
After a Prolonged Struggle.
In 1864 I contracted blood poison. Since
that lima I have suffered tc-rturcs from an af
fection of tha akin, rheumatism and ulcerating
aorta. During those long years of disease l
underwent treatment at tba bauds of leading
physicists in Norwich, IlarttorJ, Trovidoaco,
Boat* n aud Chicago. Failing to get relief at
t.e place I wculd go to another, but met with
fa same treatment and effect everywhere
The qu sit Dies of mercury and potash I have
taken have nut only done me no good,
but 1 believe it baa dona much
harm. 1 have bean taking
8. 8. 8. a>x weeka, aud a (t ia bard to believe
my own feelings, though tha fact that it hai
di iii* more for me in that short lime than all
tdhir medieisaa have in twenty VMra is plain
and undeniable. 8ix weeks ago I waa a total
wreck, without hope. Now that i have tak*n
fourteen bottles cr 8.8. 8. my rheumatism is
among tho thing* of the put, and tha sears
uply show that 1 waa diseased. \Vhen 1 began
taking Swift'S Speci tie there waa a largo eating
ulcer over my right eye, which alarmed me
gr??atly, and no one who aaw it thought I
wculd aver get well. Like the other, it is
gcue, aud I thank God for the creation of tha
ift Specific Co., and their great remedy.
D. 1C. W. Ba:aos,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
November IS, ISSo.
For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed
free.
Tax Swtrr Specific Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
N. Y,, 157 W. 23d street.
asl<??p In tbedaytuaa.
ngclnt
f. have
tha nUhtaure???"
BOIIFOBD'O ACID PBOSPBATB.
Pat Overworked Professional Baa
Dr. CharUaTrmt^ball, Canandaigua, N.Y.,
toys: ???I think U a ,re>4 ractorar o f brain
force cr nervous enarg^*"
A pair of suspenders???A hneeot hongmea. ??? ???
WiBHizRTOH, November 22,???The annual
report of Hon. Joseph 8. Miller, commissioner
of iciercal rtretue, shows thst tha tvta! re
ceipts from all eourcea of Intornal revenue
taxation for tha fiscal year ended Jane SO,
1885, were $112,421,121 at compared with
$121,500,039 lor the joar 1881, $141,553,314
for tho year 1883, and $140,523,278 for tha year
1882. It was estimated that tha receipt for tha
last fiscal year would be about $115,000,000,
end that they fell over $2,000,000 short of the
estimate. The compiMioner says this ro<
suited from tho seven months extension al'
lowed for the exportation ot dlatillad
tplrllt in bon d, on which tax
waa due. He adda: There
low about 7,000,000 gallons of distilled spirits
abroad, which to find a market will have
to be reimported. This, with mora than
10,000,000 gallons that had on June 30, last,
been in bond for three yeaaa or longer, under
the seven months extension, afforded au am
pie margin for assuming that tha receipta tor
the current fiscal year would aggregate at
least $115,000,000.
THE YEARS COJIPAXED,
A table giving the receipts during the last
two fiscal years, shows that there wx* a de
crease of $9,394,177 in collections on spirits,
aud an increase of $244,088 on tobacco, an in
crease of $145,827 on fermented liquors,
and an increase of $24^559
from banka and banker*. The
total decrease waa $9,108,919. The largest
collections were ir ado in the stats of Illinois,
???mounting to $23,075,865; Kentucky second;
with $14 842,475; New York third, with $t$
823,645; Ohio fourth, with $12,565,
516; rcunsylvania fifth, with $7,<
371,209 Missouri sixth, with $6,
276,165, and Indiana saventh, with
$4,031,866. The collccliona in Virginia
amount to $3,051,639, The amallaat collection
wasmiidoin Vermont, amounting to $29,890.
Tba total receipts for tha first quarter ot tba
present fiscal year were $28,670,749, being an
increase of $23,866 over the collections ol tha
correspond
fiscal year.
past fucal year was $4,455,430 against $5,076,
914 tho pravious year. The total expenses of
the set vice tho past year were about 3 9 per
cent of tbo amount collected.
THE CONDITION OF THE SKRVICX.
The commisdoner reports the general con
dition of the service to bo good, und tb;it the
collectors and subordinates show commenda
ble zeal-in the performance of their duty. Six
hundred and twenty-four violations of the
internal revenue laws have been reported dur
ing tbo j i nr, 234 persons nrmtod, property to
the value of $171,052 reported for seizure, and
$52,869 for iisiSHiments hr unpaid taxes
aud periiltics. Ha recommend* an increase
iu i tho number of revenue agouti. Tho
estimated exp'nscu of the service for the next
liecal jr??r cro 44,019,195. Thoro was a rod-lo
tion ot 926 in tbo force of etorekoapere, gaugers,
etc, during the year, and a redu-rtioa of 28 in
the c!????ical farce of tbo bureau. Tho nunibsr
of stamps Dam d to tha colhc'.or* during the
year *us 506,508,330, of tho valao of $123,-
388,856.
Tnr TOBACCO INTEREST.
The report of tho tobaccy in tore it for the
ltd fiscal ; car shows gratifying re*alts. Not
(iilyhss thoro been a small increase in tho
imount of taxes collected, but a marked iu-
eretto of manufactured products, and au ua-
utually l??r$o increase of tho quantity of these
products exported to foreign countrioi.
The whole number of grain distilleries ros
istersd the past year was 1,195, oi which only
918 were operated, being a decrease of uinotv-
six of the number registered, and 160 in the
number operated during the pravious fiscal
year. Tho commissioner invites spe
cial attention to tho necessity of
legislation, having for Its object tha
taxing of all fractions of a gallon of dis
tilled spirits, and says tho operation of the
pressnt system of taxation has resulted iu tho
loss uf c very appreciable amount ol rsvoauo.
The corbniieaioner eho recommands that tha
r revision ot tho act of March 3rd,
877, under which grapo brandy
producers sro afforded tho advantage of
three year???s storsgo of their product in ape*
eial bonded warebouaea, which are authorized
to bo established for that purpose, be made
applicable to tho distillers ol brandy from all
iruito. Tho commissioner says ho la informed
that certain manufacturers are successfully
using wood naptha in Ihoir business, to
the detriment of , others employing
tax paid grain alcohol, and tha process ot de
odorizing wood adopted has bean so far
perfected as to ronder it possible to employ It
in many arts and trades in place oi ethyl al
cohol, without detection, and possibly with
equal advantage. Tbo quantity of spirit!
produced and deposited in tha distillery
warehouses during the year is 520,376 gallons
less than the previous year.
Scattered by a Battler.
Fiom the Brunswick, Ga., Appeal.
The rattlers bsvo not ail hibernated yet,
con rrogation passed through a field at a near
cut home. The loader of tha gang being about
twelve feet in advance, waa seen suddenly to
hump himself and spring into the air, at tho
same time tha familiar whir-r-r, made known
to his companions that Adam hsd anconu-
tejed a rattlcsnako. Tho snake was atones
killed with uo other damsga save tha grand???
est display of the white eyes and ivory toeth
thst w??s aver seen among a scared sot of dar
kies. The snaka bad fifteen rattles, was
fourteen inches in circumference, and seven
feut ton inches from tip to tip.
Bmppj Thought In tha Night.
For years Mr. Jsa. 11. Ackley, of 163 West
Fayette street, Baltimore, had sn(Farad with
neuralgia so thst he could hardly slaap. Bat
he writes: ???One night I was suffering vary
much, and tha thought struck mo that B rowa r ??
Iron Bitters wculd do ma soma good, and psr-
baps cure me. It waa a happy thought, and
to my great joy it has entirely cured ms after
using two boitlaa. After three months I have
bed uo return of the symptoms. I cheerfully
recommend it as tha bast tonic I have evar
used." Neuralgia snirerers, take tha hint!
1 br cat Diseases commence with a cough, cop
or sore threat. ??? Brown???s BroDcblsl Troches" glra
immediate relief. Sold only in boxes. Price 25
ceuis-
GBOBG1A
Rubber Stamp Co.
Constitution Building, Atlanta, Oa.
R CBBSB 8TAMPJCO? EVERY DESCRIPTION
made to order cn short notice Type tatting
cone by competent Ijob printers, which Insures
neat and tatty desliut, while oar vulcanizing sad
rrnnnt^uf is done by an expert In tha line, thus
guaranteeing attractive, perfect and reliable
wore. Addese
GEORGIA RUBBER8TAMP OO.,
Room 9. 4th floor, UonstUntion building, At
lanta, Ga.
Refer by perm lad on to W.J. Campbell, man
ager ComtltaUon Job office.
BUBM
That farmers cuj coos to know Amel
ia???, best notional farm, garden and home
weeklj without con,
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER
will be eent to ell applicants nn fob
fits tihi, and promptly btoffsd nt
the end of that time. ??H Park Row, N. Y.
M. RICH & BROS.,
54 uf 56 Whitehall Stmt, Hiatts, Georgia
Offer 600 French combi
nation all wool suits, all
of this season???s latest
styles, at GO cents on the
dollar. Thejr have too
many and will not carry
any over to next season if
low prices will sell them.
. Ladies??? aud children???s
knit underwear at such
prices as you have never
bought them before.
Their 60 cent vests sell
all over the city at 75
cents.
Don???t think of buying
your blankets or lap robes
until you have seen
their???s. They guarantee
to save you 20 per cent
on these goods.
Ask your neighbors and
friends where they bought
their cloaks, either long or
short, and they will tell
you that M. Rich & Bros.,
have the largest and best
line in the south, at prices
you never heard of before
for stich goods. New
styles coining in daily.
DON???T FAIL
to get our prices on car-
S ets this coming week.
To such goods have ever
been shown in Atlanta.
We are still cutting prices
for all qualities of carpets
rugs, etc.
Our impoited Kidder
minster art carpets are
"the talk of the town.???
This is the most beauti
ful lino of these goods
ever brought south We
will sell them as cheap as
most of the ordinary do
mestic goods are sold.
M RICH & BROS.
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
An Agresalve Republican Paper for the
Whole Country und all the Pe n ple.
mHE TRIBUNE REPRESENTS MORE AOJU*
J. rstoly sad completely than any oiber osper
tbo MptestloDs and principle! of the republican
party of tha United States.
THE TRIBUNE coa8rM* 00 me*u/ n *whro
Evaits, SbenssD, Lovsn and other brilliant lead
ers begin to s*k questloni hard to answer.
As su ??????rlcnltnr'*
is unexcelled, Tr
one yetrand see.
esrncxuy suvocucx a
IM C protective tariff, and It
self pays the highest prices to its own msn of any
office in New York city.
A SERIES OF WAR STORIES.
TBE TRIBUNE offers a prize of (fcORfl
In esah for the bast story of tha ista wsr,3>4 J U
written by a private oldler or sailor of the union
force, or by an officer under tba rank of colonsl
or navy captain, about 6,0u0 words in length, re-
fating atortiliug inetdeut, raid, light, escape,
adventure, or experience, of which hehlmsalf
m a part or an eye wltueaa. A prize ot
???a for * w
Agent! Wanted Everywhere
ThodaUy,75cantsamonth:fiH50ayaar. Ran
day Trthorv. alone, #1 50. Pent Weekly, 9.??? ia
clubs. Weekly, fl In clubs, tumnleiand agent
outfit free. THE TRIBUNE. New York
ocati
aud January,
Btndcnu jccalrcd at uj Unto
asu" McRnrnOM. Precldcnt
A ROYAL GIFT.
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Hi tot* dona Huiiod
. fbaStaM with which ll
???nr cl hut, brilliant mvhUi*ir. VhlflJUnr la oi
u that My Udy tWMtrtnxIlwU11 iho cnv)o|
Ml her irtanda m it It to Ml *ppcarase*?? ??? mj valuabla
Ma. H??nl a.iip ct papar (ha alia of tha Rlax T???'u wlah.
???agrarianatartUtle tnartt aalr >DtalBaflioi1a??.ah*tcUa,
rut)try, Aaacduaa, Vli and Itfliaor. aaS la laei all that
rnMtornakaupaeotnpIct* family publication. Whararaf
lueooca takoa n (??? unlr-rmir popular a a rar rruawaJa
agBsgsfefeneB
??? ILLl'STUAWD CUXFAMtOX lor Ibm luonthii
t WS ctu.la too iroaral aa offer to bo paaaoS by. Hull
itlaforltnti ??un???nBtc,*U, TTilalaa topt-rlnlMWor
Ky;fc r N u ^^i l Vh > .; , .Y; i .i??a^r,. l &v.
ERRORS OF YOUTH;
ia ol maWrinicrere ud auzczntl dlaecre.
-THK
rzu:
rerefailf tnitca'Thirty yrere expcrichcT??? Co a.
kulutloo, prrenul or by null, fro., and ,anally
cosfld.au.). Dn. Tucker to ??UUc, a M.rldti????,
AUcnu.oc.Mot I7??kr rt
A^JOMTH_AMD i JOAW) t FOB_3- LIVJI
lunin anu ou.\au run a livk
-.WA2???&$i\SJS??S? at ???- ??????
nov2lwky 6tao^
WANTED:!??? 1 ???
F.frflcld, Aikuuu. On. ccpzblc ol minzstoi coo
um ol cotton, corn ud pui. Qcnart Bare a
kccwlcdfcol hay brorretlnc and workinc cotton
asdoorawlthnodcrntiiproTcdlnplamcota Bsl
Pino Bluff, Ark. John!
w*
mai LARGEST STOCK CARRIAGES, BOG.
,. ilea and wagons In the south, will be found at
Mllbura wagon company's repository, Library
bnlldlny, Atlanta sunwky
mhhBahfoodbAAEfc al#aTA OUKaetat
barn weton core*
mitt
wkyo
mm piwianrsiiwTmrfOT
are for iala cheap; bay ona and zar. recocy.
can c???-
???OLD REUABtr' MILBOBM
in why
WAUOM
your nclahbor, ha onl cay 1
. YEAE!
. narr, M hetfor I rare Ol.'
dneuth April. Both ia nil Vila rctlitcred
bau. They era gentle and all riiht, ecd !?? will
Ukc them. G. r. Donne, GaJMcetUe, Ga. nrt