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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 15 1885.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SOCfl STUFF AS DREAMS,
A STORY.
By Julian Hawthorne.
cnapnss vi.
At dinner, nnder the Influence of the claret,|
which was good, Austen became more than
ever vivacious, and told many anecdotes about
his earl; adventures in the town. ???If I dldnM
learn Lathi,??? said he, ???I learnt a good deal
abont some of thedhlngs that Horace and Ovid
and those other old chaps used to writo of.
You're such a confounded saint, Ferris, that
to hear of somo of my goings-on would mako
you blush. I don???t supposo you ever spoko to
a pretty woman in your life except upon com
pulsion; I???m sure the Diva, the other night,
must hare thought you had vocal paralysis.
But as for me, I was always'just as bad the
other way. I lose my heart at sight; and the
worst of it ia the girls don't help me out a bit;
the best thing that could happen to mo would
be to And a handsome woman who could say
no I Now, there was a girl???never mind her
name, poor soul???call her Mary for convenience
???elie was as pretty a creature as ever stepped
in slippers and as demure as pie-crust.^But
really, my dear fellow, it takes a cleverer man
than I am to see through a woman, let her ap
pear as simple as sho may. And they all want
to get married???that'a.thd doueo of it. Why
enu???t they be content to havo a little fun and
done with it? Well,??? it was a pretty close
thiDg for me as regarded Mary; if she had
held out a little longer I believe I should have
given in; sud you might liave been sitting In
a two-pair back lodgings with ,ma?? and Mrs.
Austen at this moment. But denoo take it! it's
better as it is. My conscience both
ered me a little for a time; but she's all right
now, and everything???s for the beat. Heigho!
Have another glass???????
Lund refused. He was a moderate drinker,
and the condition of his friend, who had obvi
ously bad quite as much as was good lor him,
w as in itself enough to prompt him to abstain.
???You teem to think,??? he said, rather severely,
. tuuoiTui gw iuitijg, udhiu, ramcr Dovuruiy,
???tbit a thing is good only sa for as there is
ftm in it. 1 have never had much to do with I
women, it is true; bat I havo bad thoughts of
what a woman might bo to a man. If I had
talked to tho Diva, as you call hor, la the way
you and the others did, there might havo been
some fun iu it, bat when tho tltns came that I]
loved a woman, and wished to make her m;
wtfo. the recollection of tho fan I had wltL
tln* Diva would not beplcasant; or, If I didn???t
mind it, so much tho worse for mo. Thore aro
certain kinds of feelings thst a man can havo
only once; if ho plays fast and loose with
them, ho will havo to do without them over
Afterwards. If you degrado yourself with ono
woman you can never do justice to any
??? Jv. ??????Lun<I,HI. *???., j
the way it ought to
"I am only talking common sense/' re
turned the other, reddening a little; ???and I
/ as woll tell you,??? ho added after a mol
went, ??????that this Journey of ours has boon to
mo something more than a mere series of veri-
licit ions of things I liaddreampt. I saw in that
dream tho face of a woman; it is as clear to
my memory now as if sho wero standing be
fore ns; and fifty years hcnco, if I live so long,
I aboil not have forgotten it. I have novor
seen her actual self; I don???t know who sho Is,
or what she is, or where she is; but, be that as
it may, she Is tho woman that I lovo, and i
shall never love any other. That she does ex
ist, I am certain; and I belfevo that I Iiaco
< ome to this town to meet her. But if I had
lived the port of life you seem to And ??o at
tractive, then, instead of feeling it a delight
and a blessing to meet her, it would be a dis
mal and wretched catastrophe. For, if I had
fetill reverence enough left for woaian to ap-
predate her, I would show It by taking my
self out of tho way; and, if tho rcvoronce was
gone, then everything would be gone that Is
woith keeping!???
I ??? Ton honor, my dear boy, I???vo not an Idea
what you???re so touchy about.??? observod Austen,
taking out a cigar and lighting it over a limn.
???Of course, you know, ono respects respectable
women, and all that; but then, you know,
there???s moat os big a difference between ono
woman and another os there is between her
and a man 1??? *
???In ono sense that may be true; but what I
nay is, that whoever has had a hand in bring
ing a woman down, looses the power of think
ing honestly of any woman whatever.???
???Oh, well, I don???t intend to keep np with
your confounded high-flying notions,??? ex
claimed Austen, becoming impatient. ???If you
w ant to moralize, yon can get some woman to
listen to you, I sntiposc; men don???t care for it.
1 came here to oyoy myself, and all your talk
has made roe os dry os a fish!??? So saying, he
stepped, somewhat unsteadily, to tho boll-ropo
and gave it a vigorous pnll.
* Presently the door opened. Lund was sit
ting with his back toward It, and Austen, at
the moment, was itooping over the fire light
ing bis cigar, which had gone out, at a rod-hot
coal be had picked up with the tongs.
- ??????Another bottle of wine, Korkins,??? said he,
turning round; and ask Mr. Lam hullo l
Fhidon me ; I thought I was speaking to???
Allas Lambert, I declare!???
Lund also turned; but as soon as he caught
sight of the youthful and comely figure stand
ing in the doorway he started to hla feet, and
the blood rushed to bis cheeks and forehead.
It was she, yes, it was she! ??? ??? ??? It
was she, yes, it was she!
VII.
??? . The three persons of this little tableau main
tained their position* unchanged for several
moments. The girl???s quiet glance had passed
firm Austen to Land, when the latter started
up. and she continued to look straight at bin.
Lund was, indeed, a man of striking aspect???
daik, with dark, deep-set eyes, delicate feat
ure a and bis hair long, as was the custom at
that period. His habitual expression was
marked by a'sensitive reserve, but, at this
juncture, it was vivid and fall of repressed ex
citement. There was something in his appear-
tie modesty of her Ups, the dear purity of her
complexion, and a certain simple, unconscious
dignity of girlish grace, mode her sweet to
look upon. Her earlier years had been spent
in seclusion; her father had been almost her
only friend and companion ; the had lived in
a world of books, or country walks, of quiet
household duties. The change from this serene
solitude to the bustle and publicity of an inn
would have beci&oo trying to anyone but a
sincere and well-balanced nature, apart from
the social sacrifice involved: but Mary had not
cui/iai oawiuvc iuiuiu.il ??? uuv turn uuii
only submitted to it uncomplainingly, she had
even, by her arguments and quiet urgency,
overcome her father's reluctanco to the stop.
Hor had she overestimated her power of adapt
ing herself to tho new circumstances. She
had at once assumed, the main burden of the
management, and, by dint of her transparent
good sense and unobtrusive firmness, the lat
ter state of the Inn was made better than the
fltst. Mary Lambert was not afraid of her
guests, nor did she allow her servants to get
tho upper hand of her; sho was unaffected,
economical and liberal, and her affairs pros
pered.
It was only a few moments that she stood
there; then sho said, addressing Aosten with
some appearance of effort, ???I am glad to see
you here, sir. I had sent Korkins on an er
rand, so I answered the bell myself. You
shall have the wino immediately.??? And hav
ing spoken, she began to blush, retrospective*
ly as it were, until her face was pink all over.
???Wait a moment, Miss Lambert???Mary!???
exclaimed Austen, as she turned to retire.
???Don???t run away from an old friend like that.
I introduce my friend, Ferris, to you???Ferris
Lund???capital fellow???brought him down hero
to see you. How Is the old gentleman T Ask
him to como in and fiuish tho evening with
us???you and ho together???or if he's bashful,
come yourself and bo sociablo ! we???ll bo eter
nally indebted, by Jove!???
there with Lund???s eyes fixed upon his face,
he felt that there was no escape; ho must say
either one thing or the other. There was still
a chance for him to be man onough, by accent
ing the lesser shame, to be free from the
greater, but he was not equal to the test."
???Well,??? Eaid ho at last, *slnce you will 1
it-no!???
There was a silence. Lund was very pale,
his eyes became doll and contracted and ho
turned Ids head vaguely first ono way and
then another. Finally, however, ho eontrivod
to mile in a manner which Would have been
ludicrous if it had not been ghastly, and
stretching out his hand caught that of Auston
in a hard gripe.
???I???m much indebted to you,??? ho said; ???great
ly indebted, and I???ve hou a lesson I shan???t
forget. I was certaluly a great fool, not only
as regards that woman in particular, but all
the superstition and sentiment, and silly
credulity about signs and omens, which I???m
afraid I???ve been cramming *
???That Is Impossible???you must excuse me,
;entlemcD,??? wild Mary Lai ???
, ??? mbert, with a sparkle
tn her honest eyes: and the color left her face
as Quickly as it had come.
???Do not includo me, Miss Lambert,??? inter*
posed Lund auickly. ???I shopld not have pre
sumed to make such a request of you. But I
shall ask permission to meet your father and
you tomorrow.???
Her eyes met his once mofe, for an instant,
she sold ???Thank you,??? just audibly, aud the
next instant sho was gone.
As the door closed tuo two men confronted
each other. Both wero angry, but Auston dls-
{ uised his Irritation in order, perhaps, to givo
tthe fuller vent when opportunity offered.
He put on a laughing demeanor. ???Isn???t sho a
little peach ???? he said. ???Why the douce, my
dear fellow, couldn???t you have stopped Into
tho next room Tor five minutes ? She had
she???d
???Nono
ijjB nuvuv you, uuv u i u mm msr mono
ive dropped all that directly.???
o of that!??? exclaimed Luna imperious
ly. The tone startled Austen, bnt ho passed it
over with a sneer. After a moment???s silcnco
Lund continued, keening his roico down. ???I
don???t want to quarrel with you, Austen, and I
can???t explain mycclf in a way you would un-1
dei.si and. But I will tell you this much???that
youbg lady who has just guno out has my love,
and with her own cuiutciik mid God???s hie
I Vuc**n to mako licr u>y Vtfr. It i
incredible to you, but you must take JBBI
for it; at all events you must oblige mo by not
referring to her again in tho tone you uso to-
wards other wornon.???
Ansten???a first, and best, impulse had boon to
resent this speech in somo overt and practical
manner; but before Lund had fluishoa speak
ing another Idea had crept into his mind???a
jwo-met Just oppoftw the room
door; she was about to pass on ono side, with
n slight how of recognition, but Lund, sudden
ly relinquishing lilt friend???s arm, placed him-
??? self In front of her.
haze, unmanly hlcn, which, wo may hope, ho
would have discarded had he been sober and
in a good humor. Bnt there was a. knavish,
depraved streak in the man, and???as will
sometimes happen with what is worst with us???
it obtained the mastery of him now.
???My dear air,??? said he, ???I havo no desire to
meddle with your property, or with anything
that you intend to make yours. You may
many the queen of tho Cannibal islands, for
all I care, only, you know, considering what I
know about???well, about the pcoplo iu this
neighborhood; and considering what I was
telling you tho minute before???we wero inter
rupt* a, yon understand???you must cxcuso mo
for being a bit astonished. A fallow doesn???t
like to seo n man lie has called hla friend
making such a confounded fool???howevor, os
you say, it???s no affulr of mine. If that???s your
taste, enjoy it in tho dovil???a name J???
Had Lund only been content to let tho mat
ter stop here all might have been well. But
there was a vague flavor of insinuation In
way Into his secret consciousness, injecting a
cold misgiving into tho hot current of fits
thoughts. Ho struggled against it for awhile,
but, after all, It is difficult to stand firm upon
a mere intaliiou???to make one???s future pivot
upon a dream. On the other hand tho more
couvinccd ho was of being in tho right the
lees danger was there that anything could
{ trove him wrung. Was it not wiser to dare to
dee the worst that could bo said against It?
???I am not aware that ???there hml been any
talk between ns about Miss Lambert,??? said bo.
???I tell you,??? cxcl timed Austen, towing his
half-smoked cigar in the fire and thrusting his
hands in his pockets, ???I wash my hands of It!
If you???re tho aort of fallow who has an nppo-
tite for other ucu???s leavings???well, it's noth
ing to mo l???
Lund stepped np to him with his eyes glow
ing. ???You will either swallow those words or
explain them!??? said lie.
??????I'll iIa nnltlinr mO
I???ll do neither!??? retorted Austen, dogged
ly. ???J know better than to try to save a mad
man. Manage the business to suit yourself,
aud don???t blame me for it???
???You said something about 'other men???s
leavings' ???
til! what if I did T My leavings if that
/Well * WAMMr .
suits you better
???Now???bo carefal!??? said Lund in a whis
per.
Austen laughed. ???This is all very tragic,???
he said, ???but, upon my word, it???s more absurd
than tragic to see two sensible men like you
and me, who were good friends fivo minutes
???go, glaring at each other???s throats because of
good-for-nothing little coquette like Mollle
Lambert! _As soon os you come to^yourproper
never met him before; and yet there
idling not altogther unfamiliar in tho
,i* somo vague anticipa
tion of her nature; perhaps, in her secret
meditation**, she had figured to her Imagina
tion a roan like this. Such a vague Idea would
no doubt he stimulated, if wero not alto
gether created, by the ^hjtensity and expecta
tion of the regard he bent upon her. It was a
look that deeply called upon her for response
???that penetrated through formalities, and
touched oil in her that was human and femi
nine. It drew her towards him; and it was
only by n conscious effort that she restrained
herself from physical compliance with this
nnterounUble summons.
Mary Lambert was In the prime of her fresh
and comely youth. Classically beautiful she
was not; but the softness of her eyes, the gea-
senses you???ll ?t??ugh as much as
wars, mah! Can???t yon tell a hawk from
bandsaw ? Of course, I wouldn???t betray the
girl???s eecret without ??? good reason for it; there
are five hundred Marys in this town, "and the
gtory I told you just now might have applied
as well to one as another, so far as yon could
over have known. But you have taken, as
luck would have it, the one single method pos
sible of compelling me to identify her; and I
only wish I???d taken you to Land s End or the
middle of the English channel, instead of
bringing you here!???
Lund drew a deep breath and moistened his
Bps. ???Austen,??? mid he, ???you are either tell
ing me the troth, or you are telling the moit
dastardly lie that ever man uttered; because,
if it is a lie, 1 can never know it???I can never
prove it on you. 8o I ask you once more???and
remember, that what you my I slim'd believe???
I e*k you to tell roe yes or no???is Mary Lim-
bert an honest girl or notf
Austen began to dislike his position. He
hed not supposed that Lund wasjn such dead
ly earnest. He had intended merely to throw
out an iuuendo which would answer all pur
poses and do no particular barm. To be farced
to define bis meaning so literally was both un
expected and disagreeable. Bat standing
_ down your throat
for the last few days. But I'm cured. I'm
cured finally and completely, and I owe * It to
you. So I Propose, my boy, that wo celobrate
roy return to sanity by emptying another bot
tle, and then I shall put myself under yonr
experienced guidance and wo???ll find what aort
of fan the old town can give us.???
???I???m vour man,??? replied Austen, who, in
deed, felt the need of somo sort of activity to
recupcrato his spirits ; ???but don???t wait to drink
the wino here. Put on your hat and come
with me. I know a place where wo eon let
ourselves out. and meet half a dozen other
jolly fellows, too. Como on???I???ll show you
how to enjoy yourself l???
The next day, about tho middle of the fore
noon, Austen and Lund re-entered the court
yard of the inn arm In arm. The former was
a trifle unsteady on hla legs, but Lund, to-all
appearance, waa in the fall potsession of hia
Mnscs, though there was a peculiar dry
brightness in his eves, and a nervousness of
movement that indicated his having passed a
sleepless night. Both men looked rather dis
heveled, and Austen, at least, was obviously
very sleepy.
The suave and unexceptional Horkins met
them at the entrance witn an indulgent smile.
???Ah, gentlemen, that was ???ardly treating us
aufgcuiivuivu. iua, dm iiuy iroauuj( ua
right to be hoff in such an ???urry and mo on my
way to the cellar after that bottle of Volnay.
But I know how it is. pleasure Is pleasure, won
J oung gentlemen will bo young gentlemen all
fa world hover. Whitt will you ???ave to your
breakfast, gcutlcmcn???soft-boiled eggs???toast
???coflce???chops??????
"Bring some strong coffee tor Mr. Austen
and a pint of champagne for roe,??? ???Interrupted
Lund. ???We supped rather Uto and are not
hungry. Bo lively, now!??? ho added in a sharp
tone, ???and keep your grins and observations
??? 111 nql???i???il fnrV*
till they???re asked for
Poor Horkins retreated in discomfiture, and
astonished that the quiet gentleman should
???ave took him hup so sharp. The two boon
companions went up stairs.
As they entered tho long and rather dark
passage which led to tholr room, a young wo-
[man appeared advancing towards them from
I *site ind-< snd before .ahe hod mad*!
himself to his fret, nml looked down on hi*
late antagonist.
???You aro witness that it was no fault of
mint,"'panted he.
???Yt??, aid Mary Lambert; ???land yet you are
guilty of two mnrdora I???
[Concluded.]
SOME GREAT JtAUIUT DO01.
It has always seemed to me that fox-
hunter. air too particular with their dogi
in this terror?. It 1* hardly possible to demorallie
a thrtoughbred fox hound by ehailng rabbits. At
any fide it didn???t damorellzo Harvey Deanli???a, for
howerer much they might follow rabbit*, they
were always on hand when a red was
to Ucxun down, and Rowan was usually at tho
front, v ith IJrilo and her daughter Ruth not far
away. During tho war, Pam Retd, of Jasper, car
ried his rack to Tumwold In Putnamconniy, and
hardly a day reared that they were not running
rabUtfl but they were none the worse fortbls when
the hem sounded to saddle . In tho crisp air of
morning. A rabbit could run right under their
noacs and get away unmolested.
It Is true, nevertheless, that a fox hound Is out of
his element when he Is hunting rabbits. Thogamo
teems hardly worth the candle. At tho same time,
the boys must hare their fon. The rabbits must bo
caught, tad there must be dogs tocslch them. Real
Ithig this fret, Mr. Joseph A. Turner, of I???mtiam!
who Is welt-remembered hi Georgia as a literary
man, a lawyer and a politician, and whore strong
Individuality was the delight of hla friends and the
depatr ofhls enemies, made an effort to secure a
rack of dogs fitted for hunting the rabbit.
Malt Kilpatrick had among his foxhounds a very
pretty specimen of the English harrier, known
asjeir. Jolfwas unable to top a fenco with such
dogs as Tim and Whalebone,but In a *1 might flight
across Iho country for twenty minutes or re ho was
as fleet as tho wind. Ifo was small, with short
laiiandabuahylall.Jiistinchadogu would at
tract the attention of a boy. Mr. Tumor bred Jell
to a small, black, bench-legged fleo
named Betsey, and tho result was Jewel, More
and Diamond. later Betsey was bred to Dill
Luck???s ???nigger dog?????? Sound, a dog whore non was
to "told" (list It was saJd ho could follow a reent
thirty MX hours old. This Is] doubtless an exag
geration, but thervls no doubt that Sound had a
phenomenal now. On one occasion a ninaway
ncjib whom ha mi pursuing took refuge In a ne
gro church and mingled with the congre
gation is It was dispersing. Sound
alro mingled with tho conngregallon,
railed Iho manway through all Iho langlod
marcs, and finally brought him to bay. llo was a
small yellow dog, gaunt and hungry looking.
No furthor without toll, Miss Mary Lino
bert!?????? tald be, with a gay air; ???you wouldn???t
drink claret with Austen last night, but you
morning, and leave shire in tho cup, too!??? 1
???Look here, Lund, wha??? tho devil tho nut-
tor wl??? you 1??? Interpret'd Auston, catching hold
of tho other arm. "Miss Lambert, you must
scute this roan; he don???t kuow what he???s talk
ing???bout !???
But Lund hid thrown his arm round Mary
Lambert's waist, and with hi* other hand lie
opened the door of tho room and drew her In,
Austen following. Then Lund set hla hack
against thodoorand contemplated hit captlvo
with a smile,
"Come, now, bit dear, ho as obliging aa you
're all among friends; you know;
no concealment: am not I as good looking a
fellow os your old admirer hero ? and Isn't va
riety tho mice of llfo r???
Mary did not (cream, nor did aha visibly
jHiry uiu uut Ecrenui, itur urn iuu visiuijr
tremble. Sho stood in tho center of tho room,
with her hands preat arreased one another on
her boeom, and her eyes resting upon Lund.
She teemed to Ire searching bit am for tome-
thing tbatihouldbe In It, but waa mining.
???feme out hat robbed yon, sir,??? the aid at
length In a ud and penetrating tone. ???You
have lost what you baa when you tpoke to mo
yesterday.???
???Why, yet; I have loit folly and galnod
wisdom,??? returned I-und with a laugh; ???and
to make up for it I thought, yesterday, that
yon had lost something, too.??? .
She stood more erect at this, and, for the
tint time, looked at Austen, who leanod
against a chair with hla chin on hit breast,
biting his lips.
???IIu Hr, Anston anything against mo????
aid she,
???Apeak up, man, and put the busy to
shame!?????? cried Lund, savagely-
???It's all a piece of confounded nonsense 1???
muttered tho unhappy creature between bit
teeth. ???Fact ia, Mire Lambert???I don???t half
remember what happened???but I was drunk
and last my temper, and I told him a pack of
Ilea, and he???like a fool u he la???awallowod
the whole of It I Awfully sorry???beg every
body's pardon???but "
At this moment his glance happened to fail
. /on Land, and he instantly sprang back,
raising the chair u he did eo to defend him
self. Yet Lnnd bad not as yet stirred from
hia place, bnt the expression that had sudden
ly stamped itself npon bis features might hare
frightened a braver man than Austen. It wu
an expression so utterly savage, lost and des
perate as to seem scarcely human; and yet It
wu the human quality in It that gave It Its
meat appalling horror,
???You bare rained me, yon accursed devil,
la this world and the next,??? said Lund, in a
strange, Ugh voice. ???My dream wu true,
while I' wu pare. Now that I???m polluted,
ftlrc???the dream???God???everything! and 1
can never And herl But?????? and there hit
voice broke Into a wild rear??????I can tear yonr
fabo heart out of vour body 1??? and In the same
moment he made hla spring.
Ansten struck at him with a chair; hut he
might es well have struck at an avalanche.
For a breath or two there was an indescribable,
furious struggle; one coaid only see that It
was In ISJnil's favor. They had whirled
themselves Into tho vicinity of the fireplace.
Just then Austen's foot (Upped; he gave him-
keif up for lost, and a cry of terror bmko
from him : but It wu that slip that saved hla
life. He fell backward*. Lund stumbled and
fell over and beyond him with a force that
ehcok the bouse; hla hood atruck the iron
i orner of the grate, and there he lay, whoso
life an Instant before wu so fierce and fran
tic, matrclcusly still. It did not seem pus-
ilbie be wts deed. Surely he most bo alive
somew here I
Maty Lambert drew the body hack from
where U had fallen, and, kneeling on one
knee, raised hla bead until it rested upon the
other. At. Ilia same time Austen dragged
Ills progeny In Tumwold wero Bello and Jenny.
BcllowoMlie Imago of her sire, while Jenny was a
black and Itu. Thus ,tho Tumwold pack of bar
Here was made np of Betsey, Jewel, Mare,Diamond
Belle and Jenny, and It was an Ideal pack or rub
bit dog-. Their nose, were ax kerm j flmaTgimFimMflT~ li- r~r? 'TT
nn there ot any houn<l, and they gave volcftr lf <???|Y jj r . jj,, u mil, the district ntu>yro>-, sald^hc wt
urn $???:* jn the relation rij&fc Mosc ba^Aiiy * J JtaJlltf??uvill qffoc
luv:, i losing ifitfVi/, n.i tfiu*i??uo2 noart cVJ-1 n Jow criminal jumTim Jnll a siting trUl.
far. Mote niu! Diamond wero small And black a* J Judgo McGny???Where nro lilt the |??v oji'
WET OR DRY?
Tks Cm* Comes Up Bofors Judas XoCdjr la tho
Uhiud States Court and tho Argamoat Begun
Ite Points st Issue Sot Vorth-Ths Cuss
Continued Until Yesterday, Xto.
Pcrliapatho beat looking crowd that aver
gathered In tho United States courtroom ntscra*
bled there Tuesday morning to hear the argument
iu the Injunction case, by which the liquor dealers
Kck to prevent the announcement of tho result of
the recent election on prohibition.
The moonshiner took a backseat far the time be
ing, and home-made clothes and wool hats were
in the minority.
Mr. Jullns L. Brown, whose papers on the cam
paign did so much to enliven tho monotony of that
period, was present, neatly attired in a dark salt of
clothes, with a dainty bouquet on tbc left lappel or
his coat. Just before ten o???clock the "tall syca
more??? of the campaign???Rev. J. a Hawthorne???
entered than the lobby and took a seat among tho
spectators. Judge Loch rone aroso and leaving tho
group of banisters with whom he was chatting,
walked out to where Dr. Hawthorne waa sitting
aud led him Into the bar, provided him a good
chair and saw to It that the doctor was made com
fortable amongst the members of the bar.
THK MUSIC BKUlXft.
After differing of two or threo matters Judge
Met???ay stated that ho was then engaged on a case
which would occupy about an hour, and as soon as
It was concluded he would call the election case.
Judge McCsy said he had received a tele-,
gram from Judge WUHs Hawkins that very unox*-
proudly Judge Bpeer hod set some of his cases so
tbet they conflicted with the election case. IIo
could not be present and asked for a continuance;
on (hat account. Colonel Albert Cox had also been
compelled to go to Heard superior court to attond a
special session.
A MOTION FOn A CONTINUANCE.
Judge Tbompklns, of counsel for tlie liquor deal
ers, more, and mentioning tho facts in referenbQ to
Colonel Cox and Judge Hawkins, said It Wts true
also that Mr. Tom tilenu was engaged In a com Iu
the superior court.
Colonel Mynatt, of counsel against tho hill, said
he did not consider the absence of the counsel on
the other ??ldo a good exetise. The restraining order
waslmicd at their Instance, and they had the
cote set. If it conflicts with their busIneMelse
where it Is well known that other courts are liberal
toward the federal courts. But tho great reason
???gainst a continuance Is that the statutes of
Georgia, relative to tho Introduction of certain
evidence In election contests, require that ft shall
be Introduced within a certain time, which makes
It (mbanasslng If the tlme;la run against tho pnK
hlbltlonlsts, and they aro In effect deprived of tho
right to Introduce evidence.
JudfcoMcCay raid reflectively: ???It had not oc
curred to me that there (was any limit as to tho
time.
Mr. Julius Brown answered: ???Thcro l-i a priori
fade majority in favor of tho dry ticket and It
time In running at nil It la miming ngnlnM
crow*. Belle was fleet, but unreliable. Jewel was
rather tall and slim, gtnfa'di a btfll terrier, a beau
tlfal tan In color, with white nock aud maxxlo aud
wblto legs. As a rabbit dog ho was tho
most remarkable tho writer
seen, or ever expects to
was a great mnneuverer, but, when put to ItJ
could outrun a rabbit a fair race. Ho norer failed
to catch one that got np before him.
I have seen Jewel gather himself together, mako
a nuh and pick a hare from her form before sho
had moved, bear her off squealing and kicking???
a most remarkable fast. The truth la, that tho Turn
wold barriers were a success, and Bis a pity they
could not liaro been perpetuated. But the war
destroyed much that was more* Important than tho
Tumwold harriers, and the very memory of them
sccmi to be s rclin of a psstsgo.^^^HMH^H
THK STOBY TOLD.
Negro Laborers who Go Wot aud What
Becomes of Them,
It Is a matter of no little curiosity to many
people to know what bccomos of tho hundreds of
negro laborers shipped out of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia every mouth to polnta In
Arkansas and Mtalulppl. Hardly a day passes that
a party of fifty |to two hundred negroes do not
\y Alexander
Thwcst shipped fifty, John Hlotighas many more,
and yesterday two shipments of nearly tho same
number were made from this point. A majority of
there negroes came from 8outh Carolina aud tbe re
mainder from this state.
Last night a CojnrrmrnoN reporter had tho pleas
ure of a short talk w ith Mr. Kldridge, a Mlsstarippi
cotton planter on the line of the river, a short dis
tance below Memphis. Mr. Kldridge was hero
awaiting a shipment of about forty negroes from
North Carolina, which he expected to arrive by tho
i fc lit train over tbe Atlanta and Charlotto Air-
JJnc.
???W kstdoyrudo with all those people???? asked
Tftg CONSTItUTIOK.
??????Well, we work them on farms and plantations
In the Mtadssippl bottoms. 1 plant Individually
and on sftarcs 2,100 acres, ami In addition run a
More. I cultivate about a thousand acres myself,
and the rest Is planted on shares.???
???WbJch is the roost profitable r???
On shares, I believe. Tbe reason of this
that labor la so unreliable.
It Is a common thing'for our hands to walk off
???r.d leave ns when we most need them. They get
to trifling in their habits after they have been with
us a few years, that we can???t do anything with
them, and have to send offend get a new lot A
Uw of them * Co work ott shares save their money
and go to farming for themselves on a small scale.???
"But what oceomes of them? Uo not a good
many of them dlcr
???No, net a great many. The first year or so they
have tbe shakes prety badly, and some of them go
under, after that they become acclimated, and get
???long tolerably well. The main trouble that we
have to contend with is their getting lazy. They
paid off every Katurdsy niijht
and
then they meet aud gamble
that night, Bundsy and Monday nlgTiL As
long ?????? they bare a dollar in Ihs4r pockets they
Woirt work a lick. Why, a short tlmo ??? ???
do any
haven???t
one else, anil
-ou???t work a lick. Why, a abort tlmo ago. when
. bad a hundred acres of cotton on my band* to be
picked, they all left tbe field* and weut to an old
bam on the plantation, where they palled out their
change and commenced gambling. As mjr k I
learned of what had occurred I wont to the bam
and drove them out. They got mad at this and
live when they go off In this
aay, work for a day or two tor some once???.???
then loaf until they ??pc??d their camfags.???
???iro any of them ??*vcr leave yon, and return to
the Ir former b<mtc*r??? . .
???Acase of thst kind is very rare. When we take
them from this rettton to our. plantations .we ad
vance the money for thetr tickets, aud make them
rig u a contract to work out tbe amount advanced,
before we pay them thetr ramilarwegea rreqoent-
ptiS&BKMKaarses?
taBkssm
lUjBUt If
i of tho:
I,*tiding this court to try?
' Mr. Htll-Wc disposed of flfte
Monday.
Judge McCey: You will still havo ton days-and
there Is a great deal of forca lit what Mr. Brown
says. The general understanding la thst tho dry
ticket carried tho day, aud they aro not going to con
test because they whipped tho fight.
1 will pay uo attention to the wishes of tho
people,because U Is a legal question and tho wlshoa
of the people havo nothing to do with it.???
Judge McCay added: There Is anothor thing.
This gum Is not going to be decided In a day.
There are fifteen or tweuty lawyers In tbe case and
they won???t get through talking In awock. There
is no tcJJJng how long Ihcy will talk. J don't cor*
about hearing more than threo on a side. *
???m willing to hear threo and
am willing to glvo a reasonable
time to each one of them, but I can't take up tho
whole time of tho country lu hearing arguments
In a case Ilka this.
Judge McCay then set tho cam far Raturdaylast
ten o???clock*, m., and ordered thatall original
[dsr * -*~ ??????* J
wines (??? a bad tiling to tho community. But
taw becomes shnply
ACOMMi:r.ciAr. iikgulation .
In which citizens of other states nro discrimi
nated Against, If it ta argued that by foreign
wines is meant those grown in
foreign countries then I say
that congress reserves tho oxclusive
power to regulate commerce with foroiga
countries. The brood term oommorco lias boon
defined to mean all Intercourse betweeu the
states and all foreign countries. An unbroken
package coo be imparted Into a state and the
state has no power to tax until the package is
broken. When tho package is broken the
Mato takes control. This bill makos no excep
tions. There Is no prohibition In this bill as
to Georgia wine, but there U prohibition m to
all other wines. Tho courts have held that uo
M one state shall be withheld
from the citizens of another state. And If thn
net Is unconstitutional on that point ft mint
fall, because who can say that without tho
domestic wino feature Die lugirtaturo would
have passed it or the people havo ratified it. .
THK naKWRRY.
As to tho brewery, it bos a charter, which
the state can revoke, but tho law savs It b to
bo revoked in a certain manner, which must
not interfere with tho rights
or intereata of tho corpora-
t ots or creditors and that no nroporty shall bo
taken away or damaged without adequate
compensation being first paid. In tliU c.uo
the daiDAgrjhi conceded.
Of theunromtllutiou.ility of tho Mil mulor
Iho etalc constitution, Colonel Cox Mill tho
bill nti juikv il u , general Uw, but wax in-
operate In certain counties. It was not
uniform in It* operation, u tin- ronxtitutlon
nquire*. That tbo bill f> a local bill In effect,
but wu never wlvertlscd ua rucIi.
Colonel Cox then urgaeil tho HlrgAlltlM of
the election, contending that thc^tbrou ballot
boxes were llleKAl unit llnil Iho registration
oath wu not tho ouo pre-
rcrlbcd by tho oomtitutiun. Ho nlso
urged Unit the rcglatrptlon taw waa Illegal In-
enueo itpreAerilted rendition* and rcatrlctloux
Hint tho constitution does not prcxcrlbo. Co-
Hint tlic constitution nor, not proxenno. < o-
loncl Cox also nrgurd tho Illegality of tho
vote outaldo tho city and In tho dry pavtx of
Iho county.
At two o'clock tho court adjourned until t??u
o'clock ycxtcrdxy morning.
xftidAVftc I e Hied bir lut Thur-liy nt five p. m.,xnd
all counter aflldarlu lie filed by flva p. m. Friday.
ttaturrdny, xt ten o'clock, the confuted elec-
. tlcn CMO came up before Judgo Mct???xy, In tho
United Stale, court. Tbli wxi the hraring of
tbe Injunction granted temporarily by Judgo
McCay, ratralulng Ordinary Calhoun from nn-
Bouncing Iho mult of tho recent local option
election.
Tho bill w??? brought by Simon Wlto u
tr interior the citato or Percy I. Ntraabaum,
hamucl Nuaabaum and Bcrtbold Numbaum
under tbo laat will and teatamont of Lcvl
Nuiabaum, late of Lal???orto county, atato of In
diana, dcccaord, and Paul Jones, of Atlanta,
and Urn. Kate Cox, W. It. Hill and Joiiepb
Thoinpion, mcrchanta doing bualnoaa In At-
l.nln, agalnit W. L. Calhoun, ordinary, and
Iho Atlanta city browing company.
Tbo bill recited tbe btatory of the bill and
the election which ia referred to aa ???a pre
tended election.??? The polnta ralacd were In
reference to tho alleged interference with tho
Intcntato Irado In wlncaaml llquora, and great
(tree, waa laid on tlic fact that wlnea made out-
aide of Georgia are not allowed to bo told while
Georgia wlnea arc allowed to be cold. Polnta
were alao made agaln.t the manner in which
the election waa held, and agaloxt certain of
the regUlrarxwho, It wu alleged, were not le
gal registrar*.
Tbo defence in tbe caae offered no auwer,
Lut presented n general demurrer, which wax
read bjfC.pl.in John Uilledge. The demurrer
urged that tbe federal court nml no Jnrladlc-
llon; that a court could not enjoin a Judicial
ofllccr In aneb a caae; that tbo comnlalnanta
bad perfect remcdic* In another direction;
that the brewery had no rigbta that the cltl-
re da of Georgia did not enjoy.
CO Loner, cox irxAKa.
Colonel Albert II. Cox made the 11 rat argu
ment on tho bill. He would attack tbe local
option bill from three polnta.
FI rat???In ila general forma It wu repugnant
(o the ronatllution of thoUnifod Statu.
Hecond???It wu repugnant to tho conatltatlon
of Ufa state.
Third???The proceeding, under tbe bill were
illegal and contrary to the afotufo.
Tbo bill, ha Mid, wu repugnant to tbe
eooaUtution or tho United State, booaufo
that Irutrumaut provide, that elttaena of the
aeveral alatea aball be entitled to all tbe privl-
e*?? of the citizen* of carh ??tate. Aatatolixx
no right to drawdiathictlonx in favor of itu
own product* and Ila own cltlaeni. Section
eight of tbo local option bill allows tha rata of
???domestic wlnea,??? but tbe bill cxprexdy ex
cludes all other wine*. That lx a plain die-
crimination In favor of domeatic
wlnea, whatever domeatic wine* may
be. In reetlon Wi of tbe
code tbe legislature deflnee domeatic wine* to
be wine* made In Georgia from grape* grown
In Georgia 1* called
In Georg!*. A corporation ...
a domestic corporation and a corporation In
Alabama ia called a foreign corporation.
When a date attempt* to exclude an article
mode In another rtate and yet pcrmltr tho
rap.e ai title to be *old If made in Ifo own
burden It tranicendx the police power, and bo
gie, a commercial regulation. The xata of
wine ie ??? topped under the police
power* bcceosc it U alleged that tit, nle of
Tire I**uo Growing,
Washington - , December 13.???[SnectaLl???
IteiHTwutatlvo William T. Price, of Wtaaanmo,
completed n ao-rallcd temporunco bill today,
which ho will introduce during the coming
week, Mr. Price Is probably Iho mo??t ae.tlvo
tctotallrr In tbo hqpae, im II. W???. lllair, of New
llnmptdilrc, Is In tMseiuitc, Both Are republi
cans. Mr. Price???s bill provide* for the nppolnt-
uieut of seven commissioner, by tho president,
to servo three year*, iu an iuvcsUgaUim of the
traffic In Alcoholic liqnors In Its moral, physi
cal, economic and criminal phara. Teamans-
unr speclfle, rthatnot mere than fear of the
Ccmmlairtowei* shall ha problbirioutaamaMfeem*
shall receive no salaries for their services, hut
(he sum of xif),r??)0sh??ll bo set aside for thoir
expenses. Having completed their investiga
tion, tho roininlrsloii Is required to lay their
repot! Before He- president, who is alio re
quired by tho bill to transmit It to congrats.
Mr. l???riie tbink* ll.nt innsiiiiie!i es lonjtrecr
im* Investigated utmost everything else, item
do no better than nppropriiUo thommll sum
of $10,000 for Iho Investigation of ouo of thn
moat Important ioclal and ccouomtc problems
now before the American peoplo.
SXBATOn COI.QUITT SFKAK*.
tbe lecture room of jiount Vernon
church wu filled to overUorviug with all au
dit nco gathered to bear Senator Cluluultt sprak
of Iho recent prohibition campaign In Atlanta,
nt.d wbat It foreshadow*. Tho weather was no
Inclement that tbo senator Itad coneludod that
nobody would bcouLand therefore hail resolvod
not go out. A committee oomo to hla room uud
Informed Mm that a crowd wu waiting at tho
church. He weut aud apokn about an hour In
hi* most rflhctlre manner. Ho gave a gr.tjihlo
account of the recent oxcltod cantp ilgn In At
lanta, and predicted that It* result would
??? the city???* progress. Tho siteoch woo
received ????? with! great cuthuslasm. At
IU conclusion there wu great applause, and
many ladles roan waving their handkerchief*.
People wore prcaaut from Oregon, Maine,
Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, 111),
ttols, Virginia, tllmisslppl, both Carolina! and
Georgia, llcaolutlonswcre unanimously pissed
congratulating Atlanta on tbo result of tho re
cent election, nml extending to her people tho
hearty symjaitlilo* of the friends of prohibition
In Washington. After tbo exorctau wore over
lovcrsl hundreol jieoplo came forward and
.hook banols with Senator Uulqultt, and con
gratulated him on his eflort. Ila will sneak
R ain at the nunn church uext Friday night.
n hu been Invited to speak In Philadelphia
during the holiday* on prohibition, anil may
do so. F.U.IJ.
THE INDIANS ATTACKED.
A Sharp Dash Upon Them by The Federal
Troop*.
Di king, N. JL, December LT???A courier
arrived at Silver City last night,' with Infer-
motion that Captain Fountain, Troop C,
Eighth cavalry, anil hi* scouts, surprised tho
hostile* on tbe r' ??? * ??? ~
o ninth Instant at Lillie???* cabin,
dlana bad
murdered I-lllle and
named Prior, and baol
fire to Lillie???s cabin,
when tho troop* came upon them. The troops
charged and had a lively fight, wounding sev
ere! Indians, and it la belfovad killing two.
Just
They captured fourteen Indian borers,
mule and all
all their supplies of beef, flour and
blanket.. The Indians dispersed In every
direction. Tho mountain* are covered with
anow. and tho weather ta very cold. It lx ho
llered that the hostile* aro endeavoring tu
reach Mexico, wheto thoy will sock winter
quarters.
Heoina, N. W. T., December D.???Tho Blood
Indians luvo a-sumod a threatening attituda
toward tbe official* at Fort MaLood and havo
taken 200 horse*. Reinforcement* on tho way
will enable the police to re-establish their au
thority.
Fourteen Person* Itnrne.l tn Death.
London,December 13.???At Plymouth,today.
??? ttnement house on Love street, In a low and
rqiialld neighborhood, took fire and a lerrihlo
calamity resulted. fteflamM burned rapidly
and fiercely, and when at last subdued twelvo
calcined human bodies were found among tha
ruin*. Two other* are missing, nml m xU
probability they too lixvo been burned to
death. One wu killed by Jumping from ??
high window to the aldcwxlk. A largo
her were Injured by endeavoring to escape.
Death of lb Grata Drown.
hr. Louts, December 13.???Ik (???.rut* Brown,
who run on tbe liberal republican ticket in
1973 with Horace Greeley, died, at hi* resi
dence In Kirkwood, a suburb of this rity. this
???wnenlno nf litianmnllU f frltlli'.lr.'lliul U'ilh ll.llft
rooming, of tmenmonia, complicated with k .???act
dk(M0?? ageu Afty-ulnc years.