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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 1885. OUR OHIO VISITORS. DR. |ESTABROOK'S EXCURSION OF lOO FARMERS ARRIVE. They VMt Georgia for the Purpose of laepeeftor the Farming Lands of the Bute With tha Viow'of Lo- e*Uog Hero???Their Vi#It to AmerictU and Other Cities Throughout the BUto. chpitol. The cxcursionlste Were Invited take aeata in them by Alderman Meeaxlin, who did the honors for tne city, in the absence , Major Hillyer. The following ronlinanimation has been handed This, Ooxstiti tion for publication by a rommlttee front the excursion party: We. a portion of the former*' excursion to Atlanta, I Ca., dime to ray to our many newly mado friends in Georg fa. that we are not only wd Wled, but highly i pleased with our trip. It 1* true, we did not gy to h of rJchJ)tnning hums along the Western About a month ago Dr. C. A. Esttbrook left Atlanta for Ohio, for the purpose of organizing an excursion and bringing it to Atlanta. He wtu quite mcceimful, Mud through hi* energies * about one hundred tickets were wild. A large majority of the excursionists - ARK FARMKIW, while a few mill men are along and sev eral ladies. The exenrsiouists arc from Ham Jlton, Sidney, Piqua,Carlisle,Troy, Miawisburg, and Middletown. They expressed themselves highly pleased with the section of country that they had seen along the lines of the rowl* l>c tween rHATTAXOOOA AND ATLANTA. Some of them said that tbcy H knew exactly how to woik red clay land* to make them grow richer and richer every year, wbilo??ot!|erMx pressed a desire to lie located on > sandy Jand Dr. Erftabrook was kept busily engaged ???wering questions and giving information re lative to the varied resources of tho state and the cHuate of the various section?. Some of tho excursionists wanted one kind of climate and some another, wbilo the same differ ences were expressed as regards noil. Threw or four of the party expraw <*>a dcsiro to go into the milling business* and wanted all the information they could, geta* to water power. Others said that they wanted to purchase lumber land! and. go into tlic lumber business, while tlurce or four young men who aro along sny that they would come to Georgia if they could get a Ororgia girl for a wife. In February ho calculates upon bringing another and amuck larger one. mid will then take his Jiarty to mid dle Georgia.* This morning tho excursionist* will meet at 0 (/cluck at tho state agrioiijtnrnl department for the purpose of inspecting the display of Ik Id mid farm products to lie seen there. Dr. Eaiabrook says that n number of farmers from various portions of the state have prom ised to meet him hero and assist him in enter taining .OUR VISITORS FROM OHIO. .He hope* that these gentlemen will crime in and meet the visiting farmer* to our state. LooLsight the following delegation of citizen* frtan Amcrirtt.H reached Atlanta for tho prec of calling upon the excursionist* m viting tin hi to visit A merlons and the vicinity be fore they leave: W. M. Hiisvks, J. II. Scott, J. II. Black, I). it. Harrell, ttaorgo Htnpleton, Ji. N. A. Bay, W: 8. Olrwsncr,* of tho AiAarieus Recorder, and Dr. W. 1*. Burt. ThkConstitition singled out one of our visitorsand i]rcw from him the following: ??????We are here for tho purposes of looking at the fknainff lands of Georgia. I believe that with and Atlantic railroad, because we oouM not look of former* of Ohio, ami good one* at that, when I say good ones 1 mean men who hare wiien j say good ones l mcau men wno nave mad* n good living and some money to tax'up by,forming. Ho far they aro moat favorably SECm* ?? wltli wlwt tlifijr lmvn men nnil bcert .nil It would net eurpHne >ni?? It???itcMl; , rborne in tBo nextelx months ??l??1 thcli- rowing will lirlnx hundred* cfntbirr Yoitr fclhraUo'WOOld given fanner neatly the entire year In hi. Add., whomu in Ohio we orinrdder onr^lvn In Itick if ns got more (lien five month,. . The visitors e>|irrMod n dmlro TO CAI.L ON UOVKBNOR M'DANIMI. dillod ill (bo exooutlvo ofHoo, that IliMrevennprcould roe.lv. thorn In Judge Hon defton???s otBeo. In vrideomlnc them to the ??Uta Governor Url'anlel nidi . 11 ailbNI. me plewnn lo ndeomc lhl?? cVleuiuiou omg.Amner, in OwnO. .There liuonctlon.l feeliev to prevent your comlnK ainonxvt n>, and yon will flii.1, ahtrever you may no in your lour of ImpecUnu, a warm, gcnciwu Uvortia weleomc. I1ili.li. of a common codnlry, the nMM eullxht- enM republic at tho world, theto .honld bo nothing bottvwn m but *wd will ami fellow ship. When we mingle Kic thrr mono freely and know each other better wo will learn to esteem eAob other more highly. Gecrgisu* lire inaluly an agricultural people. You will find here a variety of soil and climate and a rorn*i*)iu1lug diversity of production*, and fruits unequalled In any rlmllnr extent of country in tho world. One leading product, cotton, Is, in Georgia, the most certain crop diiringa series of years known to the agriculture of any country. The grain crops #>f India fuul Egypt wmrllmc* fa 11,but tho cot ton crop of fi corgi a has novel Iwcn known to fail entirely. 1 ant suro thnt a candid examination of tho homes and f??,nns of our people will MtWy ypn thnt no sfafe hi the union nfiord* superior advantage* for ??i.c?? osht)TitiuiiiiH: or silted* ii.warmer welcome to Hurifrant* from other dates.** (???n|**ln & J. Redding, of Dtp. depgrtmont, vr.s (hen calico for. 1 n response no Mbit I i.m ** fkhner myndf.' MyTlW hii* Ik???cu detract! to bolding am) driving- tho plow and tha lux*. J r.tu (vu> of }<m. A* 1 ru??t my cyo around upoti yowf fart* I ??eo thnt aonio of you are old chough 1o bate borne annslnthowar.- As It Is usual on aurh occasions, to allude to the Into uuphwMuit- Jtcw, 1 will only say that doubtless 1 havo looked Into sonic of your fares In-fore. Wo havo peopod under the head logs; wo have glanced along tho deadly* rifle at each other, perhaps. After the bq??e ????f twenty years yon Como among u* a* friends; we welcome you to warm heart*#and cheerAil fln'sUlcs; wo will \i with you Sn the ptin-uit of tho arts of peace. feme with your skill andindustry.yourthrill and cuten-rl-e. your money and your brains and make your heiues among us. Uriug your young men ami let them catch our lovely daughters If they can. We be brethren amt bid yon welcome. You will find still some remains of war aud tho ruins of our enea peeullai- liU??>r njvtcut.-btg our soil still abounds In the elrmentsof ft-rtillty, and our southern sun fttill beams l>cutguly upon our crops atul herd*.. Wo Invite )i>u too>ruc iiml look *1 our farms and fire- sklfa, go ah??ux tho Hues of rail- road* radiating from our cities. You are wete??tne everywhere. Wo want no ]*upcr lat>or free* Euro|a* or eke where to tako the place of thu ??egrc*??-we want men like yourselves, who are able,or will l??come able,to buy land for yt um-tvea mwl K'rotne our neighbor* atul social rquaIx;Phow ua how you wrench a Mibalstence out of tbvfroftu soil of the north-how to make beef and lu4ter^b??e??u and lard, w heat ami hay, aud,we will m n Warn ymi how to make vottou, for that is our principal bwintMu (o-tnU men. In behalf of tho formers of tlcswgia, I b>d you wckomo. JtllUBIkB. HARWELL^ ??f ???Attcricns, spoke next, lie said : "YtU have )*wscd through and observed tiro ttriUtcni part of (our Mate; seen its ntKgvd Uotm- tain* ri?? h in valuable mineral*, and It* fertile val- lryfomklng with the products of imlustrUl labor. Yew an* now In tho middle |*ortionof our state, amid the rolling hills and t*eumlfol meadows, whtie on 1UU top and valley nature resp??wtds cheer fully to the efforts of the husbandman for strlwist- ??uCB and ease. Btrt you have not yet seen south- wt??t#rtr Georgia, the garden spot of the Mate. ; Wo desire you to *ee it. Weiuvttt you to come and ln- ayectlL We w Mr you to look apootu gently odl. lag yralrtea and level plaiat-dtotieut from your ??wn Ohio, by bring covered with magnificent for tsts???the Mildy yellow pine amQhardy oak, and rm with If us pid M its ms frtuprd with magnolia and wild Atrwers ind botmtifol to tire pr\>lnotion of all the xrccttvarlMuf life aud adonuacata of beamy. Ttif Uanseous scene, Ughted an with a genial sun. iiinnirr. ciiuugu lias iiiillions of urn* farming lands. ??? When! . .. ??? I txfljjfJjiil Uttle city of fartersvllJe we werp treated I to one of the qroat enjoyable surprise* of our lives. A largo numlicr of the leading formers of that aee- 'lion came on board of our train, hoadad by the live ly arid genial Mr.Ttaker, - and wc it-mre you w<* were made to fe<-l that We were welcome to their hospifaliUfianAhoinMbl Foronee we were made to reallM* that tlreac.wliolo touted sons of Georgia were our brother*. Wd On ctir return trip w?? will stop and visit them, wc knmv that all arc ready to receive ns mid xbflH 7er their country???. Wo And that, ixaMen the landa being n inarkably.eheaiv they arc capable of heiiia brought to the, hfgheftt. surte of qMllMiiMW Middle and north nrth (ff-orgl* f* Just the place for north- When we arrived in Atlanta, we were again taken by aurprlsc. in*. Kstabrook, who seemed to lie . everywhere at the *4mc time. ??oon arranged for a welcome, aa royal as was ever given any one. We arc new ready to sarr to all that wo met brothers at every turn: and so long a* such generous welcome, rich lahd# and splendid warketa arc- open to us wc will never gr?? wegt-' Htepften Miller. Ifomifion. o.; A. M. Ankuey, Daykirt. <).: J.Ji. Iialmon. roniteautville. I???a.;J. F. Bennett, Fiona, o.; J. T. Kvemole. Brookvfile. O.; L* A. Moore. Trotwood, O.; George t'sermann, Flqua, O.jtieorge Kversole, Bach maun, O.; Jerall iMiriln- per, Dayton, <>.; J. .'f. Dntillnger. Dayton, O. : Dr. J. Brower Johnsvllie, 0.;irank-l KUrer, Kpanker, O.; James D. Anderson, Dayton, O.; George Kushner, Hpankner, ().: W. If. Murray, Dayton.O.; J. F. Reed, Hulphur Grove, O.; A. Darn* Htilphur Grove, o.; Jlarry Jantz, Dayton, O.; W. V. Weber, Dayton, O., ft. D. Grce.. - , . .wife, Troy,Ohio: M. Jmcksou. Grayson. O.; Joseph Dftnore, Haney Boyer, l.lftlo York, O.; A. L. Molcr, J. I* Monday, Dayton, O.t Wilber Bvensrle, Brook- ville, CJ., C. L'eveugatb, llnmiltun, U.; John Hussey, Aenfi. <>??? Moiidny morning tho Americas delegation Will return home, accompanied by twenty-five pr thirty of the excursion 1st* who desire to see tho middle portion of the state. The fare for the round trip will l>e $0.45, and nt Americas t ho party will bo n met by tho citizens of Amerl- sand taken in charge. reived by Thh Constitution from Mlllodg- ville: Messrs. BarauM Evan* and J. Carakcrwlll be in Atlanta in the morning to represent MllledgvUle before the cxcundonkts D. JI. Haxfoicd. WHAT THEY BAY. In renvenation with some of tbo leading members of tlm excursion party, The Consti tution picked up tho rOLLOWDCO SHORT INTERVIEWS. i Deorgo Eversold, Hackman, O.: ???I am very much pleased with whafJ havg seen of.Ocor- ia. I don???t think that wo could have been rested better In arty state. Two young men who came with tho excur sion havo told ine thnt they like tho country so tvell thnt they are not going hack. I itm so avorably improved with (icorgia that I ntn 'onilng hero to live, if I can get my wife to agree to eonre. I am coming luck in February Kcrshncr, of Spanker. O.: ???I am nroro than pleased with Georgia, ns fur as I Imvo seen tho state, i am surprised, too, nt tho size ami character of your hotels and husiuessUotwe*. This must bo a good state, or .von would not have such a * prosperous city, going down lower in your state. ?? Israel Dtinlinger, of'Dayton: ???'nils state suits me ho far ns 1 havo seen it. From what have learned the climnto that you have here s such thnt our people will ???liko it. My cousin 1. At. Runlingcr, Is also fovorably impressed with Georgia: In Ohio wo nro : in lurk if wo ??? get six months in tho year in which to mako our crop,while liore, as 1 nnderstiml it, wo can havo nearly tiro en tire year. This gives tho formers or. Georgia n big advantage over those of Ohio. I think that this excursion will result in a good many people coming from Ob Jo to Georgia to settle.' Stephen Mills, Hamilton, O:??????I am well pleased with the country.- I was not looking , 'dr the hnsplfoblo treotsaMit that no bavu **>. reived, and tn eonsequenco fool surprised nt tho way that we linvo been treated* 1 expect to go homo and cotno back-to Georgia to live. I can???t say that i have determined where I will locate, but it will be in this section of tho state. I tlripk that 1 havo already found tho place that 1 want, and am going to see It to morrow. It is near Cartcrsvillu. 1 believe thnt two-tliirdH of tho pcoplu.ou this ex- urn-ion aro coming t<t Georgia to live as soon as they eau decide ' upon a location. Tho opportunities -here are so good that we cau???t keep away. We can bettor ourselves by coming hero, and that is tho reason wo nro Coming. There nro maqy reason* why I * liko Georgia. The main one is the climnto. You invo an earlier spring and a later fall than wo :llu that hr minuter coaxes from old mother -orth her rkheM gift#, and iu winter watda offihs cold and wiow* that lock up both nature and men???s cucrfte* funher north. Come and see u??, and you wtM not rrfret It Ocsne to A merle w, the center' ri tfci* g*??dly land, and when you ???each this place, upon a raUraad built hy ua own i*w*ple. uke yonr course west want threnfh the eounUcs of Sumter,* Webster a??! Btowwrt, and wt wtll show you the garden spot of ??? *na this without foe or com. We , wlUwekeme you.to oar borne* and hospitalities and Oowjou that we are indy brethren and frl- tow eiUua* cf a eomsson go\ enunem, and that tberek^ficthlcg between tu but good fooling amt Atfi oVJoek a long line of carriages, somber- Sag twtnty *five or mom, stood ia from of the mvo iu Ohio, and in coitscquonco the or making u cron here is longer than H ia iu pur state.??? : W. 8. Holman, OonucntvHle, Fa,: 4 T don???t know those pcoplo any bcttOT than yon do. 1 *ive four hundred miles from their' section, mt! am aa well idmard withr Georgia'as lu y arc, and think thnt it is a good state for j???eimsylvnma form era aud when J go homo I am going to tell them so. If a man can???t get suited in Georgia, he Is hard to please. After seeing yotir state, Itliiuk it folly to talk of going west. Our people know how to handle this soil Iwttcr t Iran tiro people from Ohio. Clay soil will bold fertilizers until vegetation takca it out.. 1 know exactly how to work it to mako it pay. I am going to get tip an excursion to Georgia from our aeetioii, and 1 am going to do it just because 1 think our people can mako money by coming to this state. In my opin ion people are coming here in preference to going wcat.?????? THE OLD GOVERNOR. BY- Xt*??.BSB Hf l-D, Everybody wasafipid of-the old governor, beeaure he was ??o cross and surly. And one morn- ing he was cro#*cr and surlier thhn ever, because he had been troubled for several days with a nut ter which he had already decided, but which many people wished to have reversed. A tnan, foiind guilty of a crime, bad been imprisoned < end thorp were Jlioee who,- eonvinced of his penitenco' and know ing that his family needed his support, oar*, nestly nought hi* pardon. To all these solicitations the old governor replied *???no,??? and, having made ???up hi* mind, the old governor had no patience with those who pefoisied in their intereeodoB#. Ho the old governor was in high dudgeon one morning, aud when he came to his office he said to his secre tary: ???Admit no one to see me; I urn weary of there' constant and renselere importunities." Now, the Mrcretary hod a discreet, regard for the . old governor's feel ings, and it was Veld oro that I itm nee of n ind "so itr dcrericd him as to admit his MifTering the old governor???s wishes to disre garded. Ho !>oltcd the door and sot him>c!f down at bin modest desk and simulated Intense enthusi asm in hJs work. His simulation was more intense (ban usual, for never before bad tbenecretcry seen the old governor in such a harsh mood. ???Has the mail come??~where are the papers and the letters:?????? demanded the old governor; in a gruff oiee, GREAT 31 EM ON TE.WERANCK. Frem the Dio l.ew U???s Nugget*. General Taylor gave tho weight of hU. ex ample in fovor of total abstinence. A traveler in the wret met nn emigrant on his way with bia family to tho fertilo regions beyond tho Mississippi. On one wagon was hung - a huge jug. with tho bottom broken out. The emigrant wnsnkeUhis reason for carrying that with him. ???Why,??? lie said, ???That ia my Taylor Jug,* ???Aiul what ia a Taylor jug???? required tire friend. ?????? ???1 had a ion in General Thylor???a anuy lu Mexirov" said the emigrant, ???turd tho old gen eral told him to carry bis whisky jug with a hole in thu bottom. Ever since that I have curried my juglthat way aud I find it is the best irtveutUm lever met with.??? Admiral Farregut was asked by one of* hit officers the night liefore a great battle, ???Won???t yon consent to give Jack a glass of grog in the morning; not enough to make him drunki but cuougk to mako him cheerful???? ??????\YhI1 ???? A.ltniml Vm.* Well,??? replied Admiral Kamgut, ???I ha vs beeu to sea considemblo, 1 liAVe seen a battle or two, but 1 never found that 1 wanted mm to make mo do ray duty. 1 will make two cups of coflVe for each man at *4 o'clock, and VU|'?? UimTII'l IMIIIIUHH ??I4UUUI.??| ??IIU at e o'clock 1 wiltpipo all bauds to nroakfost in 3lobilo hay.??? An officer in his array dining with Genera Washington declined the wmo. Tho general requested the officer, by name, to drink a sImm of wine with him. ?????You wtll have the goodness to exensu me. general,??? was the reply, ???as 1 have mads it a rulo uot to tako witie.??? A nmrarer of aurpriM and contsmpt ntn through tho assembled guests. That a person should refuse wine was too Usd, but that ho should refris* it When offered it hy Washington was Intolerable. Washington noticed tho foul ing of hk guests and promptly remarked: "Gentlemen, Mr. is right 1 honor him for his frankness In thru adhering to an established rule which ran never do him harm, aud for the adoption of which I havo no doubt be baa good reasons.??? What Seventy-live Cent* Did. A former in Missouri writes that ho haa had a tough time. The potato bugs got into his bis wifo was crippled with rheumatism, be iavostsd fifty cents In a but tie of a 1 Oil, and twenty-live cents in one of Bed Star Cough Cure, and health and happiness returned The foareus Petit Journals* Parti has a ymr that prints MO^OO espies per hour. ???Here they are, Mr,??? raid the secretary, a* Ire put llie bundle on the old governor's table. "Tlieise i addrtwd lo you privately; the btrsinem letters on.rsy desk. Would you like to see tliem now???? No, not now,??? growled the old governor; ???I will read the papeca.and my private correspondence first.?????? J.???ut the old governor found cause for uneasiness In thlK v niiployitu , nl. The paper* dftcnsned the affair of the impri*oncd man, and these private letter* come from certain of tjio old governor???* friend*, who, strangely enough, exhibited an inter est in the self same prisoner???* affair. The old gov ernor wa* highly dDguMed. They should mind their own botinca*,"mattered the old governor. ???The paper* aro very offieimw, 4 these other ftoople are ???imply impertinent. My mind I* made up???nothing shall change me!??? Then tho old governor turned to his private sec retary and bade ,hJm bring the business letter*, and preiently the private secretory could hear tho gov ernor growling and fumbling over the pile of cor rotpondenco. He knew why the old governor \va* excited; many of these letter* were petition* -nr the people touching the affair of the linpriaon- rnan. Oh, how they angered tho old governor! ???Humph!??? said the old governor at last, -T glad I???m done with them. There aro no more, 1 ???nppoas.??? When the secretary ???made fno reply the old gov ernor waa surprised. He wheeled in hi* chair searching))??? regarded the seeretaryfover liis*poota- cle*. He taw that the,.secretary was strangely cm- harrasHfd. Yon have not shown me nil,,??? laid the old governor, stqrnly. ???What 1* it you havo kept bark?" Then the/eerctary raid: ???I had.???fliought not to thow it to you. It Ih nothing lmt a little child???s letter???1 thought I should not bother yon with It." The old governor was interested. A child's letter to him???what could it bo atxxit? Such a thing hud rcr happened to him before. A child** lotte/; let me see It,??? said the old gov ernor, and, although hi* voice wa* harsh, some what of a lender light came Into hi* eye*. ???Tlx nothing but It scrawl,??? explained the secre tary, ???and Jt comes from the prisoner???* child??? Monckton???* little girl???Monckton, the forger, you know-.. Of course there'* nothing to ft???a niyo ???crawl; for the child I* only four years old. But the gentleman who rend* it says the child brought It to him and asked him to send it to the governor, and then, perhaps, the governor would tend her papa home.??? The old governor took the letter, and he scanned It curiously. What n wonderful letter it was, ad who but a little child could have written it! Such strange hieroglyphic* and ftich crooked line*???oh I It wa* a wondcrAd letter, n* you can imagine. But the old governor raw something more than the strange hieroglyphic* and crooked line* and the rude Knelling*. Hc???conld see in and between the line* of the little child's letter a sweetness aud a pathos he had never seen before, turd on the crumpled sheet he found a Iqye liko the Jove hi* bereaved heart had vainly yv??rued.^r ( olr! so many ??? or seemed lo see, a lluic*b*c.vl bending the crumpled |*tgc, a dimpled haiid tolling nt its rude labor of love, and an earnest little face smiling nt the thought that hi* labor would not be in vain. And how- weaned tho little hand grew ??? ami how sleepy the little head became,*but tho loyal little heart throbbed on and on with with pa tient Joy< mid neither haml|nor head rested till the task was done. Hwret innocence of childhood;! Who would mo lest thee???Who bring thee one shadow of sorrow? Who would not rather brave all dangers,temlure all fatigue*, and bear all burdens to shield thee from the worldly ills thou dream???st notoff So thought the old governor, as ho looked upon ihc crumpled page ami raw and hoard the plead |ng* of tho child's letter; for yon must know that from the crumpled page there stole a thousand utle voice* that murmured In hi* ears so sweetly that hi* heart seemed full of tear*. Aud the old governor thought of hi* own little one???God rest her innocent soul. And It seemed to him as If ho Could hear her dear baby voiceJjolnlng with this Other's In tnntAil plead fug. The secretary was amazed when the old governor caid to.him: ???Ulva me a pardon blank.??? But what most amazed the secretary was the tremulous ten- dernoM In the old governor's voice and tho niixtl nc??* behind tho old governor's spectacle* a* he folded the erumplcd page reverently and pfit it care fully in tho breast pocket of hi* great coat. ???Humph,??? thought the secretary, "the old gov ernor haa a kinder heart than any of as suspected." HANGING BY WHOLESALE, Fr<m the Chicago News. ???Yea, J-roppoao three at a time ia quite A ip linnomer7* rr-markrd a retired old salt who fair hanging,??? remarked a retired old salt who had circumnavigated tho giobo seven time*, and w hose home had been on the briny for thirty-six years???"quite a fair hanging, that is, In a retail way???but it ain???t a circumstance, to the wholesale send-oft - I witnessed once in China. A cigar? Thankl-don???t care if I do/??? said thd ancient mariner, an(Y???lighting it he took a few pulls at the weed and hi* merAory and settled hfmsplf In hi* chair to relate the following to a Daily News reporter: ???It was along about - ;7 that 1 shipped in the German bark La Mona, bound from Bombay to Shanghai. We stopped ou the way at lino, where we took . on board a party of twenty- three Chinese merchants. They had been to Hue to dispose of their goods, and* were re turning to Hong Kong with -their proceeds. All went well until oil the Island of Hainan, when we got becalmed and lay floating around under the tropical air without a breath of air. * ???Along about 3 in the afternoon onr lookout descried a sail, which soon developed into a fleet of sixteen Chinese, junks, whoso??? decks, upon a nearer approach, could be seen covered with nren, which told us without need of a flag that they' were pirates. Thinking our selves lost, as we were unarmed, but deter mined to hang on to life an long as possible, we all made for between the deck* and stowed ourselves away in tho cargo. Wc. soon heard the junks come alongside, tlic trampling of me JUuKH CUI.lt" aiuiijwiuc. mu kKiilij'KUK feet overhead, the nailing down of the natehes, a dull, grating noise, and all was stilh ???Presently we could hear the rush of water the pirates having scuttled tho bark by boring??? which accounted for the grating???intending to drown us like rats in a trap. We mado a rush for the hatrb, but could uot move it. We suc ceeded, however, in breaking through tho cntini) nuwBHTi iu uica??ing uii'ihrii bulkhead that led to the forecastle, and reached the deck. The pirates had taken the. Chinese passengers and all of our boats except a leaky one, which, after a hasty patching, wo jumped info, lowered awav, arid pulled for tho shore. only a mile off. There wo were met by a howl ing inol??, whocaught, beat us, and, stripping us of every stitch of clothing, drove ns out of tho village, so that we w'ere obliged to tramp, with the rays of.tho burning sun blistering our hacks, about five miles to the town of Hainan, on the other side of the island. Wo went di rectly to the house of the American consul, who received us kindly, furnished us with clothing, listened to our story, and sent for tho captain of the United States steamer Ashcnlot, which was lying in tire harbor. ???He took us on board, steamed up to Hong Kotig, sent ns to the hospital, and in company tvitli the United States steamer Pisonta qua ???vent back to Hainan, raided tho /villugo in ivhielr wc had been so ill-tmrtod, and which turned out to lie the pirates??? stronghold, cap tured about 500 Chinamen and brought them hack to Hong Kong, sent them ashore, airtl had them file past mfc and my mates for identifica tion. We picked out ninety-three of them, who were taken hack on board the vessels. "The next morning, while sitting on hospital piazza, which overlooked tho harbor, wc heard the sunrise gun, fho shrill whistle of the lKMitswain, saw the ensigns fly to thopoaks, and the next morning, as If hy magic, from the yard :irrns.of tlic two mcn-of-war hung tho ninety-three Chinamen. There they hung for half an hour, swaying in the breeze, a tearible example to evil-doers, when they were lowered and .the bodies given to their friends. "There ain???t any such'hangings nowadays,??? concluded the old tar, ???but 1 never want to seo Such a sight again. It makes my* blood creep every time I think of it, aud 1 shall never for- t it till my dying day.' WONDERFUL CURES. G. A. M. in Christian Advocate, November 18th, Since writing ihe articlo'.for the Sunny South, ??????A wonderful Revelation,??? which appeared In that paper April 1st. J have received letter* from pfirtie* altover the south fluff in some of the wes- . muioomlnv Up. J. ???tefn stater, making Inquiries concerning Dr. W. J. Tucker, of Atlanta, Georgia., and his ralraculoas cure of myself and others, related in the article above alluded to. A?? to my own marvelous cure, hundreds whole now me can testify to the absolute truth of everything rfid in the article above men tioned. The same is also true of the others, a* I have the most abundant means of knowing. Dr; Tucker is one of the most conscientious men I ever dealt with, and no man living would scorn more than lie. to act dishonorably with any one. Tho*e who'are disposed to employ him may- of one thing, \ !*: that he will not . Irwwd his under -the* treatment physician*. Jtiu Dr. Tucker???s ainb the old iff Providence, to .raise the mart obsti nate and hopcleM cases from the grasp of. die ease* In addition to Ms-natural power a* a phyaiclaa rentable medical colleges of the city of New York. ..... -I.- Av. ..,..^..1 nmCxun- In nnn Jiv; ????????? ???. n for several year* professor In one iff the oldest ??? of our sod them medical col leges, which ration he gave up for the sole pur port of dovotinx himself entirely to the healiuf of mat their most difficult cases for them, and he has to my certain knowledge, at the present time; two physicians from distant states, staying In the city under his professional care.- OUT OF THE JAW* OF DEATH*. ??? Seme two months ago, *Mr. James Osborn, of Milledgc-vllle, Ga., wrote to Dr. Tucker concerning his own critioal condition. Said Sir. Osborn : ^ harve arrived at the para where our home p] Ians can do nothing more for me and thi f iven me up as 1 believe to como.toyou, Although I lone. I am In a terrible lone. I am in a terrible condition, m??Tomach will not retain the simplest food, except#! rare in terval*. It la a mystery hotv I live at ell/my liver is badly dlieascd, my lieart and kidney* terriblv dis ordered. -In consequence of this, I am badly wol le n ,;coti stit ut i n g d ropsy." A Acr ascertaining the vmpfora* of the case, Dr. Tucker began treatment nd Mr. Osborn began to improve, und despite the . crdict of the physicians who had been treating him. the despair of his friends and. Jilsown ml* givings, he is now on the *h!gh ???toad to health. Colonel W. J. Spcaitf, a prominent attorney of Tuck. * ker ha* cured me of a Atlanta, Ga.,say .. j. -ninf. had pronounce . _. do, too much for hat he ha* done forme. Iam perEoimlly acquainted with Mr. Camp, of this city Then, when tho prisoner- was pardoned and came from hi* cell, people grasped him by the hand and said: "Onr rloquenee nnd perseverance ???Avcd you. The old governor could not withstand the pressure wc brought to bear on lilra!" Bvt the secretary knew, aud tho old governor; too-God bless him for his human ???heart! They knew that It waa the sacred influence of a little child???s letter that had done It all???that a dimpled baby-hand had opened those prison doors, New England???* Feast. The rocky bills, half wiled in sleet and ??now * vaguely upward from the slope* Mow, Wliere the brurff homesteads, brave witU mellow Tlic orchards blushed, thu field* were thick with crtlu, ??? A yellow harvest swelled the happy plain, The wows Aim! seaffiiM* filled on every hand. Aud sheep and cuttle gleaned the patient Und. Within, the cloth I* UU, the feast l* spread??? A chccrfti? frost of frasne-growti meat amt bread; Tin* piuau> full thick on youder ru*M t hill; Till* flaming elder babbles of the mill; thir naked hive* are sweet with dripping courts And leafy hairl fills the wood* of home. On cither side the sons and ibraghter* sit. HI ,-JHefr friendly glances. ea??*h to each. In klmlly warmth outrun the lagging apeaclK Tho old-time song, the vo*urd and simpk) Jest, The native com ami wine are counted best; ???Dora Read Goodale, iu Good Housekeeping. FOR 50 CENTS The Great Sam Jones Paper, ??? THE SOUTHERN EVANG CLW," FOR ONE YEAR POR CO CNETS. Marrams and mrrting*; reporte*l by Mr. s*. \\ J Small. The best reUgioua paper primed.' Rev. Sam June* haa rngagement* for the entire im. bear what be my* and tee what be doe*? Tbo hok* trip, taking you lato nearly every atatoIn the Union, will cost jou only M Cents. fo*eember h- readar; jSafrtU report of Ha??-Jopcnhs At- jm Jones tn Birmingham, samJooe- *- Loda Feml 50 Cewta for one y????r; you BwmW "??? artK *???V^! , Sb P mu. laata OMZsUtutkra. FubUfther Atlanta C Mr. Ckvelawd at ehtweh always putt U Qs In 1iMWilwtotirtt kwtv tael la U* mtrikwkm box. Day and RHgltt . During an scuio alluek of .p^ouehltw, a ceaseless tiekiiu^ IiY the thiunti ami au exhausting, dry, li.ickin;; couglr, afillct the sufferer. Sleep !s bnulilicd, and ??reat pros?lralion follow*, TW* dlkea*o I.i also attended with Iloqr.-.euen, hud r.tmieliuna Lo*?? of Voice. It i.?? liable to hironie chronic. Involro tho lung*, ntitj Icnnl'.iato , fatally, Ayer's Cherry Tcctcrti! affords ??? ajiecdy relief and cure' iu eases of ilrou- chills. It coutroi* tho dit|>o*iliou to cough, and induces refreshing sleep. I have been ji practicing phygleiaik for twciity-foiir yrnra, and, .for, iho piwt twelve, have suffered from Aniund .rJtueks of llronchitl*. After cihaustiug a.???i tho usual remedies Without Relief, I tried Ayer???s Cherry Pectoral. It helped . me Immediately, ami effected n afford/ euro.???G.Stovcal), M.D., Carrollton, Mhn. Ayer???s Cherry Pectoral h decided!/ tho best remedy, within my knowledge, for chronic Bronchitis, mid fill lung tli'cmc*. ???M. A. Bust, M. D., Sunlit Far?*, 31c. I sens Attacked, last whiter, with n severe Cold, which, from exposure, urew worse and finally settled on fny J.un;;*, JJy night sweat* 1 wn* redtued almost to a skeleton. My Cough tra* inetw*;mt^ tmd I frequently spit blood.* My phrririnn told me to give up bu*!ucs*< or 1.??? would not live a month. After tnkiivt various reuse* dies without relief, I wa* finally - Cured By Using two bo(ttc?? of Ajcr???s Cherry J???cilonil. I am now (n perfect benlili, m??l itUo to rctumo kiialue.., offer hatiit^ been pro. nouneeil luct>rn!>!<> wllh Coiwumpilon.??? ??? 8. V. llciulci-MHi, Snuisburgb, feiin. For peer* I nn* In o ilotllne. I ImU week Iuiik*, and huffcreil from llrenchiii. oml Calerrlf. Ayer???* Clierry Pectoral re- itorcd me to health, end 1 lave been for n long Unto comparatively vigorous, . In ciwc of ft Mttltlen colil I ulwavs resort to tho Pectoral, nml tlud .neeitr relief.??? . ialwarvl E. Curtis,'ttutiaud, Yt. Two year, .go I siilTcreil from a tevere Bronchitl*. Tho physician nttemllng mo became frarful that the disease would ter minate In Pneumonia, After trying rart- prescrlbed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, whleL relieved mo at once. I continued to tat* this medicine n short time, mid waa cured. ???Krncat Colton, Loganapart, Ind. Ayer???s Cherry Pectoral, Prepared hr Dr. J. C. Ayer It Co., Lo wtll, Mom. Bold by all llruggtMa. l???rkt gl; ??lx LctU??,*X DANGER-SIGNAL.. ??? Pwhenapcreongivca you counterfeit moucy he- itcnwlratv* a crime agaluM the law and your pecu niary interop*, but \vTkii ho gives you au iirforior and ??!ttngcrerw medicine In tiro place of one of rec- ogniml and well knowu curativepropcrtle*hecom- mlt> the hUckcpt eff crime, Coi ho ooiupbv* otfdltut lyonr lu nlth and clea full became they have not tho- experience and api???orutu* uff^ ^ sawo cnnitii have the utmuat Incentive, while they ore protected, to make their medicine as (terfect aud curative as For example, take tho experience of Simmons??? Iver Regulator, prepared by J. II. Zellln A Ckx, of Philadelphia. Their firmhaadevoted year* of time, employed the mo*t eminent chctuW* of the land, atufrpent thousand* oftiollare In brlugirre their med- iclruitothe pcrflvtien U haa attained. They ex pended a large amount of money tn bringing it to the attention of tiro people, and Its ure no* made HmmonV Liver Regulator widely popular. In order to wake money from the great reputation gatnedby thl* company, mix mintloo* a??lventurer* have got ten up corap counterK-itr, dangereu* to heaKb. aud stick on there fraud* a nanus ehaeijr resembling Simmons' Liver Regulator, tn deceive tho .unwary into buying their inferior goods. Ffxkamuxa. Soman Co., Fla. I hare used Dr.Simmons' Liver Rega- latnr and always found it to do what la claimed for it. The la??t bottle and two package* did me no good and were worm than nothing. I ree It h not put up ter J; it. Zcllin A Ox, and Ml genuine, arid a waste of money to buy tt. I would be glad to get the pure and genuine.- Fend nc????M frura honest hands (with red it and ZeilinAOo.???irignatureon wrapper). The fictitious stuff *oid will InJutewwnc badlf. B??J. T. |um. ??? Medkims i i stfiimonY Liver R dniggbt give* von the prauine-not aoraothlng he claims U "jot ??s good,??? and beeaure be make* "SyLI wky ly nx ??d mat ... ?? Dr. Tucker |??erfonne<l micu u wonderful tiirc hot year, an account of which was given in " gunny South of March 14.??? A REMARKABLE C. Rcchc: that I should send from this distant place to At- ianfa. Gu.. for medical advice; yet such is tire ease. ) tried all the prominent physicians in this city to po purpose. 1 was suffering from general debility umi.ncrvous prottrarion. It was very weak and reduced Almost to a skeleton. 1 had it troublesome cough, the heart???s action was very weak and the lower extremities badly swollen. At Jhls time I accidentally heard of Dr. TuckcY, and my daughter wrote to him. Ills answer convinced mo that ho understood ruycnre.nndl placed myself under his treatment. The doctor done more formethaui believe any human being could do, and l owe h^m a debt of gratitude which I feel that 1 can never repay.??? Mr. John I???rotz, Fisk ville, Texas, reports highly satisfactory results flrom Dr. Dicker???s treatmentof his ease, and tho same maybe said of Mr. L. D. Hpurgurs. of Rural Hhade, Texas. Both of these cases had been given up by the home physicians - * incurable, and were successfully treated by I Tucker without his ever seeing them. Tho fatter gentleman was indneed to try Dr Tucker by T. F. Findlay, of Rural Shade; Texas, whore wife the doctor cured two years ago, of a supposed incurable; disease. . A 0HATEFUL ATLANTA LADY. . Mrs. E. C. McCoy, of Atlanta, Ga., says: ???I can truthfully soy that Dr. Tucker has worked amlra- tie In my case. My difficulty waa twofold???turner- ??us trouble and great nervous debility and he has cured me. J have confidence In his ability which nothing can shake. ??? He has nlso done wonders for my husband who hod heart disease, with which r 11 speak ft . wells* from an extended observation of hi* sue- esa with qthbrs. Several of my lady friends havo E ivlth others. Several of my lady friends havo cured by J*r. Tucker** skillful treatment, aud r ???-??? *^-- no opportunity to speak of-him in tho highest terms of praise. Dc. Tucker always tells a patient what )to thinks and therein lie* a part of his pa tient's .unbounded eoufidanee in him. Tie never deceives a putlcnt, but always gives his honest aud candid opinion. Dr. Tucker will visit patient* at ft distance when desired to do so, but moat of his patient.* are treated succcMflilly through the mail, lie it now ably as sisted by Dr. T. J. llallc, a physician of over thirty year* experience. Tho doctor rhay be Addressed or consulted at No. fl. Marietta street, Atlanta, Ga.. In entire confidence free of charge. ATLANTA SAW WORKS, Atlanta, Ga. Notice to Debtor* and Creditor*. leccascd, arc hereby notified to render in their dc- aands to the* uudertlgned according to law, and all ersons Indebted to ???ald**Matc are required to make 0)mediate payment; ibis Novemberissfi. M. K JACKSOS, dec I, dll, why M Administrator. ??? B >??? THE GREAT SOUTHERN vrMSDV for tbo bowels. It i* ur.a of the matt tJctref SS t fficficfcua remedlyfo:- tlf-nmiuer Cpmp???^nrs. a* aj icaton when ffrKrt at treks cf the b v.7??? reM should-be st krt-tl.' Tho rsried lfiptJjff'IoslrF *!eepdnnarringe!,e Ifjtlc one bcLll gc for fti<]jpff??odk. i-.ii.ins, uda ????t>iiiiiVBas;rft^ia3-. ' WiV" A ' T *I l<>r ' G* ylor*. Oirr?? ; t<t* Rcmifty ,( MTrn and nnllr!it ??lll-toj, CooV%, r,"i rad*ton.ti??ptloo. Pn.'??8!a.,iWtsi??tot!i. p Notice to Dcbtorsand CMdUqr*. A unumn havikq demands against the estate of It. A. Browtr, late of Favetto on. y, tleceaacd, are hereby notihed to render tn IhSc feniauds to the underetmed accontln, to Intr; and cawaaBB Tor all i K to ss pe easily mode. Costly outf AddressP. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Malnto^ oct13wki3t f don???t waste tima eanvaumg rorcbeaiv HuCn 19 inferior pictures, but send at ouco foe our new anil elnrant AIRBRUB^PORTR/ifS part'iculars and terms free. MiVilliOAN POMTBA1T CO., Charlotte, Michigan. f ANTED???LIVE SALESMAN IN EVERY CITY aud town iu Georgia.. Salary oc com mission, . ro?s ('harles D. Barker A Co., Atlanta, Uo. Oct Ifl wky tf.??? pijORGIA -RABUN f'OTTNTY???\VILL BE HOLD . U before the courthotuo door in the town of Clay* Inn. Iirsald county, within tho legal liour* of sale, on the find Tuesday in January. 1886. the following parcel of land, tow it; Ono hundred and fifty-ono non s of lot of land No, -10, In the second -li-trlet of siUd county, the portion to bo sold being the north* cm jairt of said lot and bounded a* follows, towit: On the* north by lands of T. N. Honey, on tho cart hy land* of A. Phllyaw, on the west by lan-l* of Jou Ncvill, and oit tho south by lands of Mm. \V. .M, Hunnieutt; which has been levied upon a* tho property of Eugene W. Beck, under ana by virtue ofn mortgage II fa. from the superior court of said comity, iu favor of J. W. and a P: Estes v*. Eugene }'. Beck, and being iu t.he possession of Mr*. V, O. Well the teuarU of sold Eugene W. Beck, notified ?? hi writing of said levy. Also nt the sums time and place one ho;t*e and lot in the town of Clayton, in said county, contain ing four acres more or 1cm??, bounded on th<> north bv lot of D. T. and D, J. Duncan, on this ea-.t by lot or S. W. Dover, on the south by thc-jall lot, on the west by Main street, and now in the no*??>sdou of \V. K. Conley, who I* tiotifiwl of said sale. And one piano, described a* folio we: Manufactured by ( hickcrlUK, Boston. f<Amd in the possenlon of faille Hcruggs, who ft notified of said sale. AU levied upon a* the property of Eugene W. Bcck, olio of t he defendants trader and by virtue of a fl fit ??anlcl, governor, etc., v*. Alvin Jones/ principal. .. D. Jone.*, Sarah Jones. K. W. Beck nn-1 J.Mi. om-s. securities: and said E. W. Beck notified by mail of said levies November 1A&>. . J. F. GODFREY. Dec 1 dij wky fit Sheriff Rabun county. Go. _ Notice to Debtors and Creditor*. tho estato of William M. Riven, late of Fayette 'Ceunty, deceased, are licrcby notified 4o render In their demands to the undersigned according to law: and all persons indebted to laid estato ore required to mako immediate payment this November 27th, HWb B. L. JOHNSON, Executor, dcclwkft ct ?????? 'JH&SSHHBgMr. lit*. Ivy Card Co., Enfield, Ohio. NovlUiv, 4ttt kTr ANTED???LADIES OR GENTLEMEN TO TAKE jW.hi - tork k LrtHORT-HANO BY MAIU ,* ???.jirsnasKTrskiSttk SftMmMffihTFtSlI. J&SJISHV f>hrrHT?? Sale. 5 'll ERE WILL BE HOLD ON THE FIRST TUE8- day In Jsnuarj, i&s, before the oourthouso T7AVF.TTK COUNTY HHE^IFP SALES-WILL i? be >old before tho courthouse door !u the town iff Fayetteville, hi Fajrettrf county, Go., on the Unit Ttif-tTay in Jauuary. ISftd, the following land, to wit: An eighth Of an acre more or less, it being part of lot No. seventy, lying east of Molmoth roaa and north of R. G. & N. A. R. R., commencing at Dunuliar???s Kmthwc??t, running north ono hundred and tin^nlne feet, thenco-west fifty-two feet, thenoo nutth one hundred aud fifty-nine foot to right-of- way. thence east to Duunbar???s comer, a|so onu small tract of land lying west of4ioti*e lot com- mciu ing at southwest comer of house lot running west along the right-of-way forty feet to liqnre lot, thence *outh twenty feet, tneuce east forty feet to homo lot, thence commencing corner twenty feet, all bounded as follows: On east A. C. Dnnnbar, on north by Robert Woods and on wort by J. fl Jones, on the south by 8. G. *fc N. A. R. It., sold as tho prop erty of J. R. Jones, to satisfy * mortgage ft fa haowf from Fayette superior court, In favor of Garnett Stubbs & Co. vi. J. R. Jones, and J. R. Jones notified or sniff levy. J. M. CARLILE, Sheriff, at the same time aud place will be *>ld thO - ???iayettcviiu-, ua., within legal hours of sale, the,following property, to-wlt: I*ot of (and ??? R. ??tie huudred and fifty acre* of lot of number ISA, fifty acres of lot of land number 136, and one acre in a square in southwest corner of lot of land uumber Hh, in seventh district of said comity, known as homestead of L. L. and Lucinda J. Landum, bounded, a* appears by the return of the surveyor, ou the application for homestead. ... of minute* of superior court, except to acres of retd survey to-wit: 50 acres in northwert corner of lot nmabcr tW, and thirty acre* off ef west end of titty teres in tho northwest corner of virtue of a fi fa in fecor of Gbauherliu, Boynton A Co. against L. L. Landum, lamed frem Fayette superior court and returnable to the February term, 1KM, of said court, prope rty??? pointed out by plain- Also, at same lime ami place, the west half of lot of land number 150, tn the upper revtutb dUtrictof layette county, Ga., containing one hundred (100) acres, more or le*?, a* the property of W. M. Lau- fipw- Leriedmlre virtue of a mortgage fl fa, hi Carer of Thomas \V. toh.w agatxuTaaJd XV.M. Landum. issued from *nd aifo returnable to the dlt w ky ct" J.UIES M. CARtiLR gherUt A85MTS temaa ??????irtjCcnirtte.??cuitlwtfiT iv hi cl i David Allrn. now resides, bonnd-xl on J. M. CARULK, Sheriff. satisfy justice court of l county in faron ic same time and place will be sold 50 1 northwest corner of lot of land No. 88 strict of Fayette county. Ga., levied oa V. llendersoo, I- c., and turned ores to me. This November 1.1885. J. U. CARI.ILE. ; dec.l wky.rt. Sheriff IMPOTENT MEN! msmsss of BenrousdcbtMty. c i:tn*t??*r??-:??'r ^smi9cured H. I AW?? P.r* E nxju. IP |. V wjti* ; Fncwpunmciigo $1.00. SixfcrW.OO. j