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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA. , TUESDAY DECEMBER 8 astRi.
WOMEN.
/STORY OF MME.
'IAGO, CHILL
D NUlIons-Tto# Park*, Mice*,
fenaiatt, Bbipt 1 rad Manufactories of tb#
Wealthiest I+*7 tn South Amtrlca-
Hor Cost!/ Faucis*. Xto- Xtc.
BantiaoO, Chili, Nov. 25.???The crce.ias of
fmuth A merit* Is * woman, Donna Isadora
Cousino of Santiago, ChiU, and there aro few
men or women in the world richer than she.
The re is no end to her money, and no limit to
her extravagance, and people call her the
countess of Monte t???risto. She traces her an-
cef-try back to the days of tbo conquest, and
lias the record of the first of her father who
land< d in the New World. HIa family was al
ready famous, for his uncles and sire fought
Under the ensign of the Arragons before the
Alliance with Castile. But tho Spanish branch
Like liers, the ancestors of her late husband
came over early, and In the partition of the
lands and spoils of the conquest both got a
large share, which they kept and increased by
adding the portions given to their lew thrifty
And less enterprising assoc iates, until the two
estates became tbo largest, most productive,
and most valuable of ail tbo haciendas of Chill,
and wetc finally uultcd into one by tho mar-
tisae tnruty-four years agoof the 1.c/e don and
ana hi* surviving widow. While lie lived he
Iras ccnsUlcnd the richest man in Chili and
she (he richest woman, for their property was
kept separate, tho huslauid managing his estates
and the wife her own, and people auy she was
altogether the hotter administrator of the two.
This fact be acknowledged in his will, when
he bequeathed all of his |>oascmions to her,
and piled iris Vcllon u[kju her Ossa, so that
she bus millions of acres of land, millions of
dollars in money, flocks and herds that are
tittiuLcnd by tho hundreds of thouiands.
ccttl, copper, nnd silver mines, acres of real
estate in the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso,
a fleet of iron steamships, smelting works, a
nulruid, and various other trifles in tho way
of productive property, which yield her an
iureme of several millions a year, that she
tiies very hard to spend, and under the cir
cumstances succeeds as well as could bo ex
pected.
Fiorn the coal mines alone Honors Cousino
bus nn Income of $80,000 a month, and tlioro is
no reason why this should not be perpetual, m
they are the only sourco from widen fuel can
be obtained in all South America, and
these who do not buy of her have to import
their coal from Great Britain. It is said that
it c osts only $1.3T?? a ton to mine uml deliver
this teal on shipboard, and sho will not sell an
ounce of it at a price less than $7.50 a ton. Just
a shade lower than the cost of imported Car
diff
Hbe bar. a fleet of eight iron steamships, of
capacities varying from 2,000 to 3,000 tons, built
in England, and used to carry tho coal tip tho
coast us far as Panama, and around tho straits
of Magellan toBnonoa Ayres and Montovidio.
At Lota she has copper and silver smelting
works, In sides tho coal mines, and her coaling
ships bring ore down tko coast as a return
cargo from upper Chili, IVru and Ecuador,
while these tlmt go to Bueuos Ayrat bring
back beef and flour aud merchandise
for the < onsumption of her people. Mmc. (Am-
siuo owns every house in the town of LaU.
and every one of its six or seven thousand in
habitants ia dependent upon her for support.
has lirh k kilns and potteries, as well as smelt
ers, aud makes all the tiles and earthenware
used on tho west coast. It to said that aho
pays out from $100,000 to $120,000 a month as
wage / in theso two towns, most of which comes
back into her pocket through the supply stores,
Who o sho soils food and clothing to her own
l>con*c.
Alt hough Lota ia only a mining town, as dir
ty and tmuky as any of Its counterparts in
Fenway 1 vanlu. It Is the widow's favorite. pU??
Of residence, and aho is now buffding a man
sion that will cost a million dollars at least.
This mansion stands in tho centre of what is
undoubtedly tho fiucat private nark in the
world, including 250 acres of land, laid out in
the most elaborate manner, Ailed with statu-
my, fountains, grottos, caves, cascades, and no
end of ht-autiftil trees anil plants. Tho Ini-
plow nu nt of the natural beauty of the place is
mid to havo coat Honors Cousino nearly a mil
lion dollars, nnd sho haa a force of thirty gar-
dcnci a constantly at work.
Her ability as a manager is remarkable, and
she directs every detail, receiving weekly re
port!* from the ten or twclvo superintendents
who Lave immediate, charge or her uflair*.
While tho U generous to profligacy, tho ro-
quiic i u strict aecouut of every dollar earned
or spent upon her vast estates, aud to very
???harp at driving a bargain.
At present the madam is living In a tempor
ary 6t??ucture, but remains constantly on tho
ground to superintend tho construction of her
new hr mo. Vlio has another park aud paheo
an hour's drive from .Santiago???the finest "es-
lauim" or plantation in Chili, perhaps in all
Honlh America. This Is called ???Macul,??? and
the white stretches from the boundaries of tho
city of Santiago far Into the Cordilleras, whoso
?? listening ca]* as cverhuliug snow mark the
mits of the widows mite, Iu tho valleys are
her tie Ids of grain, her orchards, and her vine*
ycids, while in the foothills of tho mountains
her flocks of sheep and herds of rattlo feed,
licit she gives e mployment to 300 or 400 men,
nil u:puii:ud uiulrr the direction of supertu-
temU uts. moat of whom nn* Scotchmen. She
has otic Amerienu in her employ nt ???Macul,
where I usincfi* is that of a general farmer, hut
his time in uiuetly occupied iu teaching the
natives on the place how to operate labor-saving
agi'.cu tuial mo*hincry.
In addition to her landed prop
erty and her mlucs, she owns much city real
estate, the rental of which brings her several
hundred thousand dollars a year, and she is
the principal atockhohler in the largest l*ank
iu Santiago. Not long ago aho prooiitod a
l*rk of a hundred acres to the people of that
city nr.d a rare cuurac adjoining it.
Tin- inudaiu i?? very fond of young men, and
bps ftem fifteen to twenty young fellows
nnuud lier constantly, to whom she gives all
the money they can spnri. In return she ex-
peels them to entertain her. While (ho Gutted
Staten fleet was at Valparaiso not lung ugo she
iuvittd all tlie officers to *|irnd a week w ith
her at ???Macul" and Santiago, and sent a
???pccSl train to bring them up. Admiral Up
shur and about twenty of his officers accepted
the Invitation, lodged at the widow's houses
rode In her earriajrm, and had a high old time
at her expense. She would not allow one of
them to spend a dollar, and sent word to all
the shop* and restaurants that anything the
Aircilrnn e fficcre ordered was to Ik* charged to
her a> count. There waa a good d. al of scandal
over this affair at Santiago, and the Americans
who were not asked to share the madam's hos
pitality felt at liberty to talk about U as severe
ly aa they pleased. But the officers wore in no
way to blame, for this waa one of the lody'a
freaks, and her method of having a good time*.
Every prison of distinction who routes to Chili
is entertained by her, and her balls are marvels
of mk 1*1 splendor. Lady Brassey, In her story
of the voyage of the Suubcam, gives an account
of her acquaintance with Hcuora Courtuo, aud
thc.fpk-naor in which she lives
Last spring the madam fitted out one of her
coal ships, provisioned It In the most extrava
gant manner, hired an orchestra of twelve
pieces, and invited fifty or more ladies and gen
tlemen to take a cruise. The party visited
Juan Fernandes, the inland that is sacred to
lbsi mi mory of Kobinsou Crusoe, and then sail
ed dti\ n tlie coast of Terra del Fuego, where
several days were spent in search of a good
time. From tho stories that are told the ernsnd
Was lurcewful, and the jruasips of ChlU will
never eras# to talk about it. The eruisc lasted
about three weeks, aud coat the n*ftd | * w i mauy
age to oak her. Not long
since sho took a fancy to a young German.,
with a very blonde beard and
hair,.and insisted that he should give up his
business and make his home with her. The
inducements she offered were sufficient, and
for several months the young man has been
tied to her apron strings, having the ostensi
ble employment of a private secretary. But
the madam is very fickle, and will probably
throw him overboard when the whim seizes
her. as she has many others.
Neither of her girls inherits their mother's
business ability, or at least they have not de
veloped it, but are very popular in society, and
Hcnorita Isidore, the elder, bos a great deal of
musical talent, performing on tho violin and
piano. Both arc very bright and pretty, one
being about seventeen and the other nineteen
years of age. Their brother, a young man of
twenty-three or twenty-four, will share the
property with them; and it is quite an usual
thing for a boy with so much money to develop
t he business capacity and industry that he shows,
lie is to marry a young Indy of rather humble
station, and it is expected that the Bfeiggi man
sion will, be given to the bride by his mother
as a wet ding gift.
GRANT AND SHERMAN.
General Sherman Comment* on a Recent
Article In the North American Review.
Kt. Louis, Bio., December 2.???General Fry'
article* on General Grant in the last number
of The North American Review contains the
following: ???General Sherman goes so far as to
have said since General Grant'sdcath that had
C. F. Smith lived Grant would have di*??p-
!??-arcd to history after Donelson, but that is
conjecture.'??? General Hhcrmau, ia answer,
wrote the following on the bottom of a copy
of the Review: ???I don???t know what General
Fry refers to. Had C. FTHmith boon In good
health he would have commanded at Hhiloh and
history would have been different.???W. T. H.'
???That," he remarked, nr, he shoved the mig
nr.ine along the table, ???is all I am willing to
ray about the matter."
???Did you ever have conversation with (lea
oral Fry in regard to Grant, in which you
might have mode such an expression ?"
"I don't remember of any. I don???t tbluk I
ever did."
???Have you ever seen Gcucral Fry since Gen
eral (Irani's death????
'Not unless I met him nt tho funeral. No, I
don???t remember seeing him there. If he was
there, I did not speak to him. In my speech
at the reunion of tho army of tho Teuneoee,
in Chicago, in September, I said:
'Then came the news of General Grant'* attack on
the enemjr's camp at llelmoiiton November 7. is.il,
soon followed by the events of Columbus, Padu
cah, Henry and DoneUon???all so simple, so direct.
~ comprehensible, that tholr effect on my mind
..as magical. The???
before bad almost r
and displayed the jofilcy and course of action ne
cessary only to 1* followed with itcrsistcncc to
achieve ultimate success. I found General Grant
at Fort Henry, under orders from General Halleck
to remain then???and to turn over the eommand
army, tlieu flushed with
ictorj
under Ms immediate leader
West Point, and he waa unusually esteemed a
model soldier of bis day. Ho had also acquired
large fame in tbu ('tab expedition and In tho then
recent raid lire of Fort Ixnirlsoii, so tlmt General
Grant actually looked up to hint os the older. If not
the better soldier, though he was at that time the
mtlorby (-ominhslon. General Smith died a few
days Ih fore the battle of Shiloh, nnd Grant made
no changes In Smith's plum, but accepted tlie situ
ation uml fought the buttle.' ???
A RAILWAY KING'S PALACE.
President Garrett's New BIllllon-Dollar Resi
dence In llaltlmore*
Baltimobk, Deceinl*cr3.~The new residence
of Robert Garrett, president of tho naHImoro and
Ohio railroad, on Mount Vernon Flace, which has
been iu course of construction since the early part
of INK, will lx> ready for occupancy about January
1. It is tho most expensive dwelling ever erected
In Ibis city, as I a entire cost, Including furnishings,
all amount to over ft ,000,000. It is In the finest
section of tho city, w 1th the Author a*lvan
luge of a magnificent square beforo it In
which l ave keen placed the celebrated Daryo Stat
ue* ihinnua to tho city by Mr William T. Walters.
Not very fhr to the right of the building are the
ishlngton monument am! the Peabody Institute,
one of tlie architectural beauties of the city, and
scruss the war are tho dwellings of some of Balti
more's itrbest bunker*, broken and lawyer*. Dur
ing Mr. Uarrett's late visit to Kuropo he purchased
In Paris and Imidon unique designs In bric-a-brac
amt du e-radons. It Is ??afd he paid ft.WO a pair for
curtains for the library and parlor, aud for carpets
almost phenomenal prices. The furniture and dec
orations for ihc parlor ami tied-
rooms are of the most original pattern,
luxuriously iipholstmedaud handsomely glided or
broimd. In the chamber* modem art predomi
nates, as well as In the lobby, where the marble
tiling Is most bcautlftil. Hie walls am whltivontod
In tmltutlon of basket-work, with here and there a
(lower of some simple vurlcty intended to relieve
Che monotonous Interlacing of straws. The oMtfng
O thcu.shi hallway is made In cherry panels or
octagonal shape, extending I tack to the grand spiral
stairway, also finished In cherry with eh my trim-
mine*. Overlooking the area Is an atl n* shaped
skylight made of cathedra! stained kIa<m in delicate
tints, all blende*! In the most perfW-i harmony,
??anv, ??? ??? r .....
portion, v.hichls wainscoted In Italian marble, nr.<
snow-while Tho conservatory, immediately Jn
the rear, to already filled with plants and
shrubbery, and space* havo been reserved
for Mr. Gnrrvlt's Him* collection of orelild*.
Majestic chandciion and electric Jot* hi tint
ed glol cs,*by special comrivauia* mode to sh<*.l soft,
???BUG??? WILSON???S LOVE..
A FREE GRASS IDYLL FROM JUMA
T1LLA CREEK.
A Texas Veteran'* Remain bra oca of lean aa They
Used to be-A tagtalatlrt Barbeoue-A School
Houaa Dance, and Its ratal Ead-
A Sad And Terrible Death.
cd him down, be were so astonUhed an' to
| mad. He sprung for Bag like a tiger, an??? a*
he Passed me I clipped him under the ear an???
laid him out. He gathered himself together
and jerked a knife. Bug went down in bi* panto
an' hia pistol begin to work. I weren???t armed
an' hopped over the counter to be out
o??? harm???* way. The smoke were awful thick,
1 hut I could sec the drunken, surgin' crowd an'
I could sec that most o' ???em had knives out. I
see Manuel go down, a dead man, an' I see
Bug catch his six-shooter by the barrel an'
club his way to the door. He flung hlsself on
to his horse an??? split the brush wide open ashe
li nti/d Into It nn* T iiM-nr boa liim nn mnrs.
Han Antonio, Tex., December 2.???He
owned n small pasture near Lagarto, Live
Oak county. lie had, let us say, about 300
head of the ordinary tough nnd traduced
Texas steers. Ho had owned hls'Iand, every I goo<f horses, but there never lived a better man
foot of it, for forty years, and was consequently * n the brush than Bug, an???they knowed it were
s consequently
down on the free grasser. The absorber of
public lands, the fence cutter and the man
who asserted tho existence
Texas fever were bis especial hatreds.
He was loan aud lank and brown.
He had a wonderful capacity for whisky and
a wonderful vocabulary of oaths. His wife
was a Mexican woman and lialf-brecd children
exhibited the worst characteristics of either
nation. They could steal with Aztec finesse
aud brazen it out with Caucasian effrontery.
They feared nor man nor devil, and held their
parents in light esteem. Possibly the elder of
them recognized that ho was tbo type of a
race that is jmssing away???tho
brave, the cunning, tho brutal, the illiterate,
the non-progressive, the in'many ways bestial-
ized, in others deified, the imperishable Texas
veteran. Let the old man lie. Had he not
lived there for near a half century? Lot him
get diunk and beat his withered wife. Hid
he not fought under Ham Houston ? Lot him
steal or murder. Did he not bear on his body
the scars of Mexic bullets?
He rat on the low gallery of tho house that
as weatherbeaten. He looked over the eud-
1cm* tangle of mcsqulte and chappara!. It was
thorny harrier that had barred his view for
years. He wanted no other. His eldest son
sprawled on the floor, mending his saddle.
Four or five or six of his other progeny???he
never knew exactly how many bo had???were
teasing a captive mocking bird to spasms. He
was weary and disposed to do anything to tesc-fthe-
awaken hIn life. lie had kicked the dogs till I rutted ???
no use.
???People talked about the fight awhile, an
the Mexicans did a lot o??? chinnin??? at Blanuel???s
buryin???, but the officers never paid much
Mention to it???it were election times, you sec???
on??? so Bug faded out o??? everybody's mind but
mine an??? the gal's. Ef they thought about him
at all. they 'sposed he'd made fur the Rio
Grande an' crossed over. He had no parents,
nor In others. He was pretty well off, an???
some cousins moved in an??? took charge o??? his
pnstur an' cattle. I see Blarv movin??? around
|Mtle an' spiritless fur a while, hut she didn't
seem to take no interest iu her work, an* pretty
M.on she an??? her old mammy they moved
aw ay, hoinewheres cast. She were a pretty gal
an* a good gal. She never paid uo tentiou to
me???rnebbe she didn???t kuow lay name???but me
an??? her both loved Bug-
FOUND ON THE PRAIRIE.
???It were about three mouths after the killin'
at Gibbs's store. Borne blasted skunks cut two
panels o??? my fence one night, an??? I had to ride
fur my stock in the brudi. I bed been in the
raddle since roomin' early, an??? I was hot an???
thirrty, nu??? awful tired. I were a-joggin??? along,
dodgin??? a limb here on??? gitten scratched by a
thorn there, when my pony snorted an??? bucked,
sii??? tomi thin??? swung almost iu my face. I
looked up when I got untangled from the limbs
nnd see what made my blood run cold. It
were what uster he a man that hung there bo-
hind an??? blackenin??? in the tlirohbin??? sun. He
looked like these olo empty suits o??? close yon
see hitched in front o??? tho stores in tho cities.
One ghastly, skinny nrm were stretched high
h1k??vc tho head, an??? tho body hung all lopsided.
I moved armin??? in front nu??? it had no eyes, nor
face nor nothin???but teeth that was set close
shinin???. One o??? tho feot had
l,!?? l7?? 1 u?? L.3 , r5vf ao R,S 1 rotted off an???the empty hoot lay nndor its
I ??? Hok.ndcrmovd to ./fro in the
nroutid him half dried in the slow moving air.
He yawned, tooluan extra hitch nthLs overalls,
m.d looked appealingly at tho Globe-Democrat
man.
???How???s the cattle business?"
TIIK C'ATTI.K BUSINESS.
Light flashed Into his histories* eye*, and he
shook himself a* he half rose: ???Gone to h???1.
Just plum gone. Steers ain???t wuth nothin'
Took seventy to Hantoue last week. Had to
, ust give ???em away. Tho cussed froo-grass
inrons is minin??? us in north Texas, an??? they???ve
got us down hero barred off because, they say,
our stock is diM-ascd. Never sec healthier
meat in my life. If them fellers as is g.i.uiu*
about sick cattle would only spend a little
timo in improvin??? their own herds
we???d oil get along a sight hotter,
when a man???s steers ain???t shut down on far
sickness the nippers comes along nnd cut* down
his fences, nn??? turns ???em looso iu the brush, an???
It kills a whole cavvyard o???good horses to get
???em back. They???ve won crowdin' mo to death
for five years. This neighborhood's just llllod
up with thieves nn' fool greasers. A Blexican
Is the mcanes??? critter on earth. I ain???t had a
demit man to tulk to since Bug Wilson died,
morc???n two year ago. Ifo were a decent man.
He weru???t more???n thirty years old, hut ha had
some sense. Got a light ?"
???How did Wilson keep off????
???Well, you see this kentry aro tin??? hero. It???i.
good kentry, but might he bettor, I've seen
wutsc.
were,
aforo ho were born. I fcnow???d him when he
were horn. I'm giftin' old, hut I???ve saw a
time when I was as good as the best of'em,
i. ji.i i . ... , ???
JU W.UU7, uiunuvu K) loiwr. in ml limbs n??' wnitrd for him. Tborayote
??? T l ??" rvr d l !\ M ???'???K through the grass tn daytlmo an'
round him at nfght. The rattle move
5 ho were liorn. I know d him when ho ??ni????
little breeze, an??? looked like ho were bowin'
on??? scrapin??? an??? settin' to me in a (lance. ???Did
up by tho fencc-cuttcrs,??? thinks I to myself;
hut I'll cut tho poor thing down; nn' then I see
that he were not hung by a rope, nor by tho
k, hut his quirk were fastened by a loop to
waist an???tue lash was wrapped around tho
mesquite limb over him, an??? I know tho quirk,
for it were Bug's, nnd he were Bug. An??? in a
flash I knowed how it had all happened. You
see, he were drunk when he left the store, an???
wc re tidin??? reckless. He went tearin??? through
the brush, buckin??? over tbo cactus nu??? drivin'
straight through the branchc;
pilin??? it onto bis horse. When ho come to tho
spot o???his death, he raised hi* white hand high to
cut his nony on the neck, the now lash wrapped
round the limb over his head, tho new handle
loop were over his wrist, an??? it jerked him
from the saddle. I found afterward that hi*
w rist was pulled out o??? place by thu snatch.
SLOW, TORTURING DEATH.
Ho just hung there, day an??? night, in the
humin??? Min an??? under the cool stars, iui???starved
an' thirsted to death, lie couldn't help Kissel/.
He had uo knife, he couldn???t reach hi* im
prisoned hand. No use to call for htdp, he
were miles from succor; uo use to pray, God
don???t help men in Texas; no use to struggle, to
try to climb, to jerk, to sob; every motion
were the torture* ???o hell to hi* wrist,
an??? ho just starved to death. Tho
vultures coiuo to him an??? porched on tho
limbs on* waited for him. Tbo coyotes nestled
* * *' n??? barked
od by him
goin??? to that water bo was never to tosto
again, an' looked at him with soft, pitying
eyes. Home of them knowed him, mebbo:
EDWARDS???S EAR.
A TEXAN IN TROUBLE, INVOLVING
HIS EAR AND NOSE.
Webb Cits. Arkansas, Furnlabe# on Intereatln* item
-Tangent Paragraphs From Other States, Con
cerning One of Atlanta's Great Eaterprl-
see-The Gratified People-Ztc.
.n. .it i ..... t . .. , ??? ,i rin. dohiw wi im-iu Kiiowni mm, uiuwju;
InthA^/Vir* y ftSS*J r<K ? l i I*?? Snowed ???era all. Hi* bora?? fed round
^ .1 I him for awhile, and then went off for water,
an* was never found again. Stolen, I reckon,
with the saddlo on. On the third day, when
his tongue being blackened from hi* mouth,
nn??? every speck o??? blood In him was a plcco
o??? fire, when his brain rolled an* beat nu*
the cldrp of tho cicadas saunded like a
trumpet, an??? the carrion crow*
flapped nrarcr an??? nearer, when the sky wore
brass an??? the trees red. an??? the cactus moun
tains high, jin??? tho sigh o??? the breeze brought
the sound o??? rimin' rivulets, an??? tho sweet, palo
face o' his Mary looked nt him umong the
movin??? leaves, ho died. Straugcr, ho were a
flue boy. It were two year* ago, but I can???t
tell it without eryin* now. You won???t stay to
dinner? Stay here a year of yon like. So-
long.??? t
WAR TO TIIK KNIFE.
by Mr. Harrell while abroad. Tlicv
lnudcot inannpany, uion which arc carved cn ir.n--
nr??i f I be >??! ??myy. The one iu the library It
i rrhn|* tho ohh'M. It* shelf Is supported on cither
side by a girl child frowning under her heavy load.
At ove tho ihclf the span Is occupied by a targe
panel tearing fliNliiM'riptloii: ???A llllle place called
rarailto." Overhead u a brass network, with
rpeai head* for a border.
Hath pool* are conveniently pi need on tlie upp?r
fiootn, with aides of Tennessee marble aud nickel-
plaud lining, and fUnddiod with water through
solid brass pit** and gold-plated fixture*. Down
on the bsM-iiieid floor an* Mr. Garrcttv private
unices, laundry, drying room, servant*' dining
room, kin hen, with idckcl-platcd boiler and water
fixtures, pantries, cool and wood cellars, amt other
nccewaiy apartment*. The top floor, with its large,
ally man* and bath, w 111 t??e used by a chef and ItD
corps of arslstnnta, aa welt a* by the other dome*-
ties, numbering fifteen. Many of the Ideas u*ed In
the couitmctlon of tho ImlUlln.-r were those of Mr*.
Garrett, whose flnetaMe i* well known here. At
present, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett are the gtir??t?? of Mr.
Frick, (Mra. Garrett'* father), at hla handsome
couutry place on the Frederick road, a few miles
Item the city limit*.
THE FARMERS IN COUNSEL.
They Take Action In the Propoallion for a
Nerretary of Agrlruttare.
Indian Ai*oi.ta. December 3.???At today's ses
sion ??f the farmers??? national congress,
to make resolutions asking congress
more striugent legislation for the prevention of
the spread of pleuro-pneutnonia In cattle was
dirctDM-d, and asking for a law regulating in
terstate commerce was adopted. A long discus
sion (timed on the following resolution :
When the vote on the resolution was reached,
the rail of states represented: Colorado, lilt-
note, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Kan***, Blln-
nesota, Blisatadppl, Bttaouri, New Jersey, Ten*
uomc and Virginia, showed lt*?? in favor and
fortv-two agaiust. Missouri was the only state
solidly o; loscd to the resolution. A resolution
was uu.it imourty pawed, asking congress to
|??m an act for the office of secretary of agri
culture, and to make it a cabinet office.
Bolwrt Beverly, of The Plains, Va??? was chosen
president of the farmers??? congress. A com
mittee wasrhosen to aid the president in plac
ing the action taken by the body before the
I???nftid Tati's congress. General Charles F.
Hooker, of Jackson, Miss., was chosen to de
liver the next annual address. The next an
nual meeting will be held at St. Paul.
watched him when h boy, an??? ho had tho sot In
the saddle that makes the cowman born. As
he got older there wem???t hU ckal in tho whole
kentry. He???ll git on his big
slashin??? bay, ride full tilt at a
post set in the groun???. place his hand on It an???
swing clear around it without ever chockin???
sjiced fttr a minute. When ho lit out after a
cow in brush or on perary sho were hU???u. Ho
were the straightest shot, tho hardest rider, tho
l??efct lasso, could donee longer, run faster, jump
higher on??? hold more whisky as any living
iu??n I ever see. Alt??? I loved him. Hotter,
lots better, than I keer fur nny o??? these kids,
my own btood, ycr see, lnyin??? nroun??? hero an??? I
ratin??? their heads off. Drop that bird, dura ye;
drop it, I ray," us the mocker???s hoarse note* of
distress sounded pitifully.
TUB I'RKTTY SCIIOOL-TEAi'ltKR.
??????Long about five years ago there moved in
hero a olo woman ns had n mighty spry young
darter. Tlie gul was n nice, modest, quiet gal,
with n rosy face and ldg blue eye*. She start
ed to tcai bin???music to what few o??? the chil
dren hereabouts wanted to learn, an??? behaved
herself like it lmly accordin'. There were a
barbecue givo over iujumutilia ('reek, fur tho
lcgirtut ivc candidates were abroad nn??? wanted to
talk. There were two of him in tho field
that time: Rupert Jones, a straight-
out Amorikin, that run on tho purtoction to
nastur owners??? ticket, an??? Antoae Garza, a
blasted half Blexikin. that got all the support
o??? tbo fence cutters and Mich like cattle. Feed-
in??? was mighty high, aud the boy* had had two
or three little rouud-ups Just at ono place an???
then another iu which tho greasers, a* usual,
come out second lies???. Bug, he met this voung
gal, Mary la-wiswer her name, nt that barbe
cue, u??' ftum that time lie werent uo good any
more. He just hung nroun' her day an??? night,
an??? louder see ???em rillin' along the road in the
CYCuitia*, him almldin??? her music hwk* uud
her n chattering away lightsome an??? juvirt.
lie didn???t have much cddicution, Bug didn't,
hut he were a sprightly young feller, brave
nn??? ntrong, an??? the gul took to him mighty
kind. Well, it all happened some time back,
but 1 hates to talk about it now. There were
a ton-blight speak in' over at Colonel Gibbs'
Hot?? Both candidates were there an??? u
awful mixed crowd of their follow-
era. Garza he got up nn??? made
a talk about the country bein???
swallereil nn by men that didn???t have grit
enough to ride after their cattle, but just wired
'em in, an??? starved the poor people to (loath,
au* our hoys got mad; an??? thou Jones got tip
hcaltortcardown 1 *ohhihl^K^n???'oar^rahlll* I 1 l)e nmrsun * umn i !, na nis man, out to
Desperate Ffght With the Noted Moonshiner,
r. Sanders.
P. Panders is an old timo moonshiner, and
lives in the country near Belton, Georgia???
that is he did llvo there, but his present place
of abode Is in the Fulton county jail.
Last June tho old man Sandera was in tho
United Ststes court on a charge of violating tho
ifretmc laws. Ilia sentence wa3 suspended nnd
he rcturmil to his homo iu tlio mountains,
white he coon forgot tho pithy injunctions of
the Judge to ???go aud slu no more,??? and be
fore many moons had waned the corn juice
maker begun his work again.
Panders is so infatuated with tho business of
dealing in the orphan maker, that ho has boon
known to buy it for three dollars n gallon and
rctuil it for $1.50. It was not the money ho
wanted, but tbo fan of giving tho rcvcuuo
men something to occupy their time.
A few weeks ago it fell to Deputy Marshal
D. BI. Haynes's lot to go and arrest Sunders.
When withiu a few miles of Sanders???s house the
marr.hal met an old gray haired, shriveled up
man with his trusty title thrown over hia
shoulders, plodding along the road.
???Cim you tell mo where Mr. P. Sanders
lives???? n*kt d the marshal, not knowing he was
addreshing the noted moonshiners.
???Wall, stranger, I montand I niout not,??? was
the reply, as he refilled his mouth with stingy
green.
???I want to find him nnd will be thankful if
yen can direct me to hU home.???
???Wall, he lives just over the hill, thar,' V ef
he aint at home the ole woman will be thar to
receive yer. Good bye, straugcr,??? aud San
ders walked off leisurely.
The marshal didn???t find his man, but found
Lost Monday Btr. Haynes went hack after
cutters was Just ravin*. Well the whisky was ThU tin'*hXf m??.!hlm
twin???. ????<1 ??Iw .pukin' in (tone th.'V Wm *
Sta^Un" ,h ?? * aA ,urnisl ?? JttT thi^rtS^Sdt'h. old ,
1,110 ??? nance. i , , .. i ??
FHK WOULDN???T DAKCK WITH HIM.
Mary Lewis were there, an??? I see Bug look
in??? at her mighty longin', but he were boldin??? ,
too much liquor nu??? he knowed it. By-au???-by
roan that he
was wanted, mud stepped forward to take hold
of him. Banders sprang up and drawing a nine
iurh dirk raised It above his head and said:
:, D???n you, stand back, or I will kill you!???
???Down with that dirk, or off goes your
he plucked up nerve an???staggered over to her At Af5 r LJ2S??CT* i,??? ??SJnX
*??; o- the hottw, where .Ti the s??Uwm *>t. ??PU??d th. ouiwlral, u lie leveled hU
t in'??nd wUhtu'. ??nd uked her to danee. | p ???J s i oot . I'd rather die than go to jail. I will
never give in.???
hog he eteadietl hluelf ~ . ' mla'SS I
????' looked at her. an' then turned au' tramped 2Sh , ????? < ?utS! th |iI B d!!r!u d Jlhrf ,, hl* t i??th t !nd
out o??? the htuiM* too mad to m*e. I Hover hurt | Imel^Ul^ho c^ht th^
blade with his left hand and succeeded in txk*
CERTIFICATE.
I Jiave been a great sufferer from a terrible form
of nasal catarrh, for something over four years, and
my hearing became very much impaired,especially
in my left ear, and a continual roaring sensation
was prevalent. Having tried most all prominent
local physicians, and several highly recommended
medicines, with but little or no benefit, I chanced
to see a remarkable certificate given by a promi
nent citizen of Athens, Georgia, who seemed to be
afflicted something like myself, and seeing he had
teen permanently cured with eight bottles of Bo-
anlc Blood Balm, I wrote him a letter, and re
ceived a most encouraging answer, to the effect
that he had been cored, and long enough to be
thoroughly satisfied that no return of the
would ensue.
With IbJ* I pureba red B. B. B, from T. E. Fmlt
ii Bro., and began its use toinv utmost surprise aud
satisfaction. I take great pleasure iu making the
announcement that after using only ten bottles of
this most excellent remedy the roaring sensation of
my left car has been entirely stopped, myleftnostral
healed, and upon a whole my general health
greatly restored. I am happy to announce that
B. B. B. Is a good blood purifier and a fine toulc,
aud I believe that a few more bottles will entirely
cure my right nostril,???which Is a great deal better
than ft has been now for years, and which has been
the seat of long, miserable suffering. This remedy,
haring stopped all minor troubles, I can???t believe
otherwise than than in a very short time I can an.
ncuncc to the suffering public who may bo simi
larly afflicted, a positive and permanent euro of
one of the most obstinate cases of nasal catarrh in
this county. N. C. EDWARDS.
Webb City, Ark., November 23,18??.
Botanic Blood Balm Co.???Gents: Having tested
your B. B. B. and found It to l>o all that you repro-
ent, I commend It to any and every 0113 suffering
from blood poison. It has done me more good in a
riiort spare of time than any blood purifier that I
have ever used. 1 owe my comfort of life to it, for
1 have been troubled with blood poison for five or
six years, and found no relief equal to it. Please
send to my address C. 0. D. one-half dozen bottles,
which I think will affect a permanent care.
Respectfully, W. C. McGAUYIIEY,
Webb City, Ark.
s
tptn*n agents
??travel & mu 2jg|s
dealers,or $40 a month and cirpraMt
??distribute circulars In jrour vMnlty, All e??.
??? 1 advanced, salary promptly paid. Sam-
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Reduct the Cut of Your Crop I
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ilOSADALIS Cures Scrofula.
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ROSADAUS Cures Syphilis.
. M. RICH a BROS.,
54 and 56 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
Invite you to see their Holiday
Goods, beauties in Bric-abrac,
Glassware, Bohemian Goods,
Dressing Toilet, Work Boxes,
Whisk Broom Cases, Brass
Goods, Music Boxes, Dolls,
besides hundreds of other beau
tiful and other useful articles.
Avoid the rush. Buy your
presents now.
Our big sale of Cloaks is to.
continued this week. We have
the short aud long Wraps for
Ladies and Misses, the largest
stock you ever saw. Prices no
object. We offer them posi
tively at first cost. They must
all be sold before the season is
over.
Our Ladies??? Combination
Wraps can be worn either as
short dress wrap or as a long
cloak.
Terrible slaughter in Blank
ets. We are overstocked. At
least 20 per cent saved at M.
Rich & Bros.
Our special sale of Carpets
for December takes well. In
consequeuce of forced sales
and cut prices we have sold
largely the past week of car
pets, nigs, upholstery goods,
etc. The greatest bargain ever
shown. Every roll of carpet
in our stock will be solddurmg
the sale if low prices and best
goods avail anything.
For Holiday Gifts, Novelties
in Oriental Art Carpets, Pun-
i 'aub Rugs, Smryna Rugs,
Cidderminster Art Squares,
Russian Bear, Siberian Wolf,
Gray and Red Fox Skins, Buf
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Rugs, Turcomon, Chenille aiiil *
Raw Silk Curtains for Portieres,
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ROSADAUS Cures Malaria.
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wron a.ua: py am. druggists.
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torn. Joints nude with It
dared a Ustimi strain of orsid
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??? n> a squibs nat.d
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Is nothing In the world that ahe will out buy
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(wren forty-five and fifty years of are, ahe ??? M ????., ?? tm nrM
***** Msiu.snd Brawn???s Iren Bitten made mo strong and
thereto not ??mas in Chili who has thecoor* I well???-
Royal Wood.
Wc arc all kings am] queens in this country
and wc have a right to os good blood as that
which con rare through tbs veins of emperors. If
the hlotd to poor and the cheek* are pale, tt to
wr 1 known that Brown???s Iron Bit.*??? to the
great tittle which will give co'or. vigor, and
vitality. Hr. M. K. GiUon, ??fWo4 Point,
Mi*., rays. ???1 felt weak and debilitated.
uo more o' him Air a long time, but I knowed
he were over to the grocery, an??? 1 went over
there at lost. He were lu the back room, just
settin??? ???em up to everybody, and. when he could
find nobody, drinkin??? by htaolf. He was t-??o
trad Air the whtokyto hurt him much, hut Just
cot to the stage when he wanted to hart some
body an' staid there all night.
Tho dance had broke up an*
tho gals had cone home, when a troop
of (Sara's crowd come a-hundlin' into the .
store an??? made Air the bock room, where the | bce*\ CUPf d. Send description of
liquor were dfahin*. When thcr opened the
door they let In a rush o' the daylight that was
break in??? clear an??? cool over the mesquite. Tbs
bred man wo* a Mg Mexican named Minuet. I ??4mh?? both ??Kb *. ha?? iuhim
an* he was drunk an??? ugly. He come a-bowin??? j *ka?? of a smceffUl politician.
up to me an* Bug, an* he says: ???Seuora A uteri-
car.oo, your Joncato a dirty fel??? an* a miserable
Yankee. Viva Gam!*
ru* FIGHT.
???Bug he just took a drink, that wa??*t sad In'
on the counter, rolled U round iu hia mouth a
b.t an* *rIt in Manuel???s fiice. It aaaijyknock
ing it away from the moonshiner. Mr. Haynes's
hand was badly cut before he got possession of
the knife. The prisoner was brought to At
lanta and placed in jaiL
The dirk to now in the marshal???s office, and
to an ugly looking implement of war.
Dr. IV. J. Tucker, of Atlanta. Ga., will send free,
?????????- ??? -* trial package
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