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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION', ATLANTA, GAi TUESDAY DECEMBER 15 1885.
ARP???S CHILDREN.
HE THINKS OK THEM IN HIS AB
SENCE FROM HOME.
And wUbf* That He Could Creep Up Ud Take a
Pc??P at Tkem-Tbo Little yellow* Tokina Core
of the House, A Misted by the Watch-
doa-Tbs Htary of a Loom.
I wonder what these chape of oun are doing?
They write os frequently and toy they are
getting along well and that we most not worry
hut I wonld like to leuk in upon them tonight.
I would tiptoe to the verandah window and
peep in awhile and ace them sitting around
the big log fire???three Kill* *??d onc hoy???all
reading or writing, writing to their mother or
sue or maybe looking dreamily into tho glow
ing embers and wondering bow long we will
yet be gone. G??r! they aay puts on the alra of
a protector and talk* about. his gun being
loaded and ln??agln?? ??? how lie could Just shoot a
robber's head oft if he came. It waa a big
thing with them nit for a while to be alone
and run the machine and have all the respoc-
nihility and nobody to scold them or to
direct them. The horses and the big buggy
and the little buggy are at their own command
now and Nod, the dociio and willing darkey,
is on hand to keep up the fires and bring wa
ter from the spring and milk tho cows and
feels his responsibility about the stock and tho
com and the sheep and the chickens and ev
erything. Carl road* to him sometimes at
night or shows him tho picture papers aud
maybe lit* is at that now. The dogs have n
good time now for th?? y aro protectors too and
are stretched in front of the fire and nobody
there to order them out. Carl andJesifo
tickle their feet sometimes with a straw as
they lie sleeping and it tickles them to sen tho
dogs Jump. Carl drojw tho cat some*
times ou Fido's hack and that maker
fun, splendid fun, and his mother scolds him
and ho doesn't dsn- to do it again until tho
next time. Children get a good deal of scold
ing that is not meant and they know it.
Scolding dimes so habitual and so handy. It is
* just as natural to a mother as swooning tho
nearth or punching tho firo or knitting tho
atocklngs. 1 know u couple of fond parents
who have hut oue child, a bright little throe-
year old, who is always into mischief and his
mother spanks him about our* a day and re
proves him all tho rest of the timo nretty
ninth, aud he is getting use to it and fattens
on it, hut his fond father laid down the law
the other day and solemnly declared that that
boy was no ordinary child and was
high toned and spirited and he didn't
want bis spirit broken bv tho humiliating pro
test of tho laying on of hands or slippers or
paddles nr any other relic of barbarisnistn, and
that for the next five years he wanted that
boy to have a lease of perfect freedom and bo
controlled only by appeals to liis reason aud
his a flections.
And so tho good mother assented, with a
knowing wink of her left eye, and tho flvo
years' lime began, and tho boy found (tout be
fore night. At tho supper-table, while sitting
In bis high chair, ho took a notion that it
would he Am to pour his milk Into his pinto
and see it run over onto tho table
cloth. His gcntlo mother respect fully
requested him not to do that and as her re
quest was not heeded, she called the paternal
attention to him and the paternal appealed to
the boy's reason and was???discounting to him on
the impre-priety of such conduct, when sud
denly the l??oy seised Ids littlo fork and lot fly
at the paternal and only missed Ills car a quar
ter of an inch. "My dear," said ho to hia wife,
"what has got into that boy ? He might bavo
hit me In tho eye.??? "Nothing,??? said sho;
"nothing at all. It is tho lease he has got, and
it is beginning to break out like the measles.???
The next day there was a little dining and
the boy had his little diunor one sido and
soon gut through and was taken dowu
and went foraging around for Am and frolic,
for the beautiful and the esthetic, aa they call
it. I don't know what they have done, but
I'll wager that their mother will hardly know
her old home when she gets back. God grant
that she may go back wtth a heart to eqjojr it.
Her boy lies lingering still. His forty days
are out and the crisis U not reached, and the
doctor says "be patient.'' This fever is Uke
a vampire and will feed and suck upon
his vitals as long as there Is bad blood or taint
ed flesh to feed upon and then Uko a vampire
it will flop Its wing and fly away to bant an
other victim. The boy is almost a skeleton
now. His circumference has gone and bis di
ameter too, and there is nothing bat a radios
left. I can lift him about now easier than I
could. He is patient and long suffer
ing and never complains. Sometimes when
I lean over him and ne pulls me down to have
my old check rest on his and puts his withered
aim around my neck, I almost break down???
J do, and it does me good to know that I still
have some tears hidden away in the pure foun
tain of parental love. On such occasions I get
an inkling of what Solomon meant when he
said: "It is better to go to the house of mourn
ing than to the boufce of feasting.???
Those chaps at my house would have a
splendid time if it were not for their anxiety,
i don???t mean to say they are glad we are gone.
They were for awhile, hut not now, for Its
getting monotonous and they begin to feel
lonely aud broken up. They have plenty to
do and plenty to cat. I expect they have a
higfat turkey every Sunday. If they don't
Mrs.Freriran does,for rho is Just liko a girl and
when they aro not at her house alio is
down at ours, and Nabor Freemtu now
atiuta round like he was the patriarch of two
plantations and the godfather of myebiidreu.
That is all right. They are not going to want
for anything if he knows what they do want,
and if he don't hia good wife will find It out
and toll him. It was a blessed thing for her
when my wife moved into the settlement. Hue
wo* young and inexperienced and didn't know
how to manage a husband when he got in one of
his mulish ways Rut sho was au apt scholar,
and observed my wife closely, and she sirs
that now she has no trouble ut all. Well, I <lo
I tel it ve he is much more sulslued than
he used to be. That???s a fact. Hut still
there is room for improvement. Ho lias not
pet attained to that state of swoet humility
Tor which 1 pride myself. Rut he will cornc
to it by and by. Timo and training will work
cn a man. Anno Domini and a discerning
wife will tell. My nabor talkod a! tot it moving
cut of tho naborhood for awhile just to get rid
of my example, but ho don't now. Ho has got
reconciled and is realising what a good thing
it is to be calm and serene. Bill Arp.
THE TKIUtOIt.
SOUTHERN SCENES.
Ufa and Scenes fa the Old Plantation
Time,
[Written for the Constitution.]
The son was sinking low and the straying
winds swept over the undulating expanse of
the old broomsedge field,and the long dry stalks
of the brown grass scraped and rattled against
each other and the light winged arrowy seeds
of the poppy heads went sailing off on the
wings of the December wind. Along through
the old field ran a deep worn path that led
acme cultivated land in the river bottom.
Uncle Mentor bad some traps set there for
partridges, and be hod allowed me, as a great
favor, to go with him on his rounds to visit
the pens and traps.
"Uncle Mentor, why do the birds get in the
tramps???? I asked. "It looks like they would
know better.???
"Yes, hit do look lock dey orter have bettah
sense, but I tell yo', de ole ronstah pateridge
ia a funny <qe fellow. All froagh de lovy June
dsys ????? set on do co???ner av de fence, an' 'o
w'istlean???e say, 'Ole Bob White: go' peas
moa* ripe?' Dende udder lole patridgn w???at
set on er stump on ter side uv de fid', 'e
w???istlc back rrgin, an' 'e toy, 'No, not quite, no
not quite.' An' bimeby de peas al' git ripe, an???
all little patridges git grown, an' doy dcs tek
to d?? pea ficl' twcl dey des es fit es buttah,
an???juicy???u-tn-m! Rut w???en de fatnin hogs
cat all de peas up. den olo patridgn got lion]
au??? do w???istta mighty lonesome late uv
min'. So doy scrapes and scratches errouu'
in de fid' to git emun to cat,an* biemhy Uaclo
Menth,???e cornu cr long.au??? 'oHcattah some c'on un
peas in er good wnoove place, an???*e scattah
plenty itv it, too, fo* w???en yo??? gwinc ter bait
rekindled and we weie off for home in a jiffy.
Uncle Mentor bad enough of the hunt, and
Jake waa dying to get back to the quarter
where be could relax his gravity and laugh as
ranch as he liked atjthe gander and Uncle
Mentor.
"Now, honey,??? said the old man when he
left us at the door, "I spec's yo??? better not say
nothin' bout de gander. Hit mought mek yo'
tnnx* m*??? mad.??? M. M. FOLSOX.
nnyflng, alius put cr plenty or track dar de
fus??? time, an??? den dey???ll bo sho tor com'o ergin
Bimeby der patridges gfts use ter cornin'ter
dis place, an' den ae olo man set 'e trap, if 'e
awino ter sot or trap, hut ef 'o hain't, den 'o
bull'er pen. ???K mek de men good'n'strong,
on??? 'c grabble er hole un???er do aidge, an' de olo
fcol patridges dey come crawlin' in, an???won
dey all gits in an' gobbles up ho co'n, den
some ole cunnin??? feller, 'o raise de 'larm, an???
yo* des ortcr see how dey flutter an'Jump up
'n 1 itnan lint taint, tin lliu> FtilA (IpvHnnnfn'ffiit
and while we were enjoying tho dinner the boy
crawled under tho table aud booamo vory quiet
audwell behaved. We wero about through
ffSZ$IM<Hc<N>d mother said she had a nicp cran
berry pie for ua ami sho just turueft and
reached back to the side table for tho pie and
It was gone. 1 saw the color mount to her
cheeks as sho looked around for tho bay, and
suddenly hearing him under tho table sho liRed
the banging cloth and discovered him with tho
pie, and his bands were full, and his face, and
the carpet, and he was nit* uli over. Bhe palled
out the plate, and showing it to the paternal
anrestor, remarked: "Tho lease is at work???he
lias got It bad.???
The lease closed out that day as I knew It
would, for that mother hns got senso she has,and'
was only auflVriug the experiment to prove its
absurdity. There is uo fixed rules by which
to raise children aud never will lx*, for what
will raise uno won't raise anothor, but still
there are notuo landmarks to go by that are as
old aa Adam, and ono of them is that tho child
must he made to fear the psrelit until it is old
enough to I* governed by reason. There is
uo reuse in letting a child got burned to teach
him what fire Is or get drowned to teach him
what water is or get shot to find out the danger
of fooling with n gun. Henson won???t keep a
hum hev mun child from fooling with u bottle of
morphine, ora pistol, if in* can reach it. If
every pun nt was able to have a faithful nurse
to lie with a child every moment It would ho
different, hut they arc not, and when a haul
worked mother sits her rhild down with some
playthings and any snow you must stay there
until l tome hark, the child must know its
duty, even if it takes a spank or two to teach
it. Motlirrn know all about it, and 1 have
always l*??*n willing to risk them, for uature is
their teacher. Nature U kind. Nature tenches
even the brutes how to raise their young, and
nature bus not Wen unmindful of the hum m
rare.
Carl and Jessie runs together. They aro
lustra and companion*. The children
In latgc families must ulwa.vs run in pain.
They didn't come twins nt my house for my
wife was always reasouabto iu everything, hut
they did come along In pairs, and tho naira
seem to know each ether letter and assimilate.
There is a wide gap between tho oldest and
yousigent???nearly m years, and some of our
grandchildren are older than some of onr chil
dren. Tho first that come absorb our hope
and our pride and till us with paren
tal consequence, but tho last ab
sorb nil the love that is K*A!
a love that ia like the last and best milk that
Is diawn from the raw. It is nearly all cream.
Otrl aud Jessie were talking about Christmas
before we left home, and as my corn crib was
pretty full and fat 1 told the buy that money
was scarce and 1 was afraid that Rant* flam
wouldn't come this way, but that if he and
Jessie would shuck two loads of corn they might
have onc and Carl might tako it to town and
sell it, and he and Jess'.o might nave
the money for Christum provided they
wouldn't spend it foolishly but would get
something that would do'them some good.
Well I never saw two little rhspa gel so ex
cited. "A whole load of corn.??? "Yea,??? said 1,
"a whole load???about twenty-rive bushels, and
It is worth about forty cents a bushel, may be
more.???
And new their slstet writes that they shuck
ed the eutu and Cfcrl went to town to feel of
the maiket uml strutted around
among the merchants with his
hat tip|??d up in fruut just Uke a
man who has ram to sell, and he eatno hack
agd said he believed he would haul his com to
Heme, if GsrtersviUo wouldn't do any better.
But KaW Freeman came down and offered
ihrl hia prices and he cW-d a bargain, and ho
and Jcwie will have about five dollars apiece,
and are ever so happy. ALcat that corn shuck
ing business, though, 1 have a suspicion that
Ned was in it, and Ned will have a tUtle share
in that moucy when rhiLdmascoaies.
It is a big thing w ith children to lie trusted
with fnvt M-vtKDaibilitit*. 1 know they are
doing torn thing to snrprt-* us on our return.
They were papering their mother's rootn when
1 left-and I was into that secret, for aha lefr
???evetal d*ya before 1 did ami they had hinted
that they would buy her some new window-
shades st.d paint the front of the house if 1
Was willing, and of cour>?? 1 was willing, fur
they do all the work themselves, aud
so it wouldrat cast much ant
it was all to please their
??????other. Well, not all cither, for they
have got some pride of thejr own???some prid
Ife Was a Hail Man and Hid Not Care to
Hie.
From the Detroit Free Press.
A burly form???a thick neck???faco covered
with bristles???hands covered with hair???a voice
like the bellow of a bull???a natural swagger to hU
gait???eyes like a mad dog's???mouth no cleaner than
a hogb???a blustering, roaring malicious brute t
Buc-h was theSTerror.
A mile away from tho little town he halted his
bone and braced his courage with half a
pint - of w hisky. It was a fluid
which would have killed a dog: he
smacked hi* lips over it Ilo pulled out his revol
vers and saw that they were loaded and in order.
He drew his bowte knife from Its sheath and tried
the keen edge.
He Vo* going to capture tho tow n and
This thtek-nerked human brute, this swaggering,
drunken, t.ousting, fighting beast, proponed to In-
timidatc, overawe, shoot, slay and kill. The people
had never seen him; ho wonld show himself off.
Home of them had never heard of him; he would
sec that they remembered his name and the date of
Ids visit.
In the town men were at work on tho streets???In
the shops. Women sat In their doors or pawed to
and fro. From tho open windows of the school
house come the voices of the children as lemons
were recited. It wss an hour of peace.
"Ylt Yl! Yt! Shoot I Crack! Bang!"
The Terror had struck the town. In five minutes
he had captured It. Two men lay dead In front of
tho store???another at tho door of tho blacksmith
shop-two more were groaning wlih grievous
wounds.
"Whoop? waugbf Gome out, ye skulks? I???m the
only and original Trrrorl Hundreds imitate me
tre one equals my style! Who owns this bloody
town? Whar hev ycr fightln' men bid away?
Whoop! Hevcn't yo got a woman In this town who
kin aim a gun? Waugh! ye set of babies!???
There was a woman. Her husband was tho first
man shot, and her eyes were upon him a* he fell.
Hlio did tret scream out nor feint away, llerfecc
turned whiter than chalk???sho gasped for breath
two or tlireo times, and then her tcotli shut hard.
The sewing full from her hand, and she rose up,
walked Into the bedroom, and was back Iu a mo
ment with a rlilo. Kneeling down at the wlndowr
the pushed the barrel over tho nil!, aimed straight
at the Terror's head, and pulled the trigger.
??????Whoop! Wangli! They call mo tho Terror!
Conic out and see mo and shake !???
Ho threw up his arms as the rille cracked, and
limhcd out of the saddle to the grotutd, the bullet
raking his skull. Three or four men ran to him at
once, mid finding that lie was wounded and stun
ned they tied him stout aud fest.
??????Hay, men,??? Ire called as his scum*s camo back,
'???W lint does .this mean? Come, untlo me! I was
only In Am, you know. I'm tho best hearted fel
low In the world; wouldn???t harm a chicken.???
"You must d!o!???
It wns the voice of the woman who had fired the
shot, and the still held the rille In her hands.
Twenty feet away was tho lifeless body of lior hus
band. Hire did not oven look at it.
??????You don???t mean it!??? KO??|*d the Terror. You
wouldu'l murder mo for my little Joke I???
"Oct a rope!???
The voice of tho woman had the ring of steel In
it and her eyes lind such a stony, mercllct* look
that men retreated a step. ??? A rope was brought.
???'For God's sake! don't tnurdcr mo???? whined the
Terror. ???Oh! you won???t???you can???t???you don???t
dare to! I???m sorry I took your town???won???t nfevor
do Mich a thing again! Hay! you may have my
horse aud shooters I???
The woman made a noose with her own hands.
??????Throw the free end over that limb!??? she com
manded.
???Oh! have mercy! I???m an innocent maul This
woman is crasy???keep her awray!???
With her own hands she placed the noose over
his head, and then stepped back and sahl:
???Every one tako hold!???
'Oh! you musn't! I'm a bad man! I want time
to repeut! I can???t dlo thia??????
???Tull him up!???
Twenty strong arms walked away with tho rope,
aud the Terror w as pulled ten feet from the ground.
11c kicked???struggled???whirled 'round and 'round
and died the death of a dog.
Not until aU was over did tho woman's stony
gate leave his face. When the body hung limp and
life lore she turned away, walked over to (hat of her
husband, ami sinking dowu beside It she mourned
and wept and could not be comforted. She was a
woman again.
And you have the story Just as they told It to me.
hUU Dooming.
A short time ago Tua CoNstmrnox predicted
[that the ???New Combination Wire and Picket
Fence,??? tnr.de by the Georgia renee company, of
Hits itiy, would become very popular, and that Us
great durability, cheapness and beauty would
eventually bring it Into general use and drive out
al I ot her fetm fences; As to the correctness of this
prediction a call at their factory, 69 Marietta
street, will convince the mod skeptical. They are
I busy all day shlp)4ng machines and fencing. Mr.
I can. the manager, said that the orders for mo-
ehtues had cumem so rapidly that they had bem
l??Htndfhr nearly two months. A party with a
if mail capital, ou the lookout fora paying Invest
ment, should by alt means Investigate this bad-
i:r*??. it's no humbug, but a logitlmav. profitable
limnere. requiring smalt capital and no skilled
labor. A li \ email can buy the right to oue or
more counties and make a handsome Income. A
I farmer, or several together, could buy a machine
??r-d make their own fencing at Icaiort than any
ether grad fencing in tha world. The oxwpaqy
prefer that parties come to Atlanta ami thoroughly
Investigate the bud we** In person, and they keep
iVrite the Georgia Fence Company, At
lanta, Go., for particular*.
Sympathetic friend (to recently bereaved widow)
?????????My t our KUio. how lonesome you must fire:
" I your hu>bend.??? Mournful relict???"Yea,
ut I have oue consolation. K know wham
ha 1* nights.???
dow n, but taint no use, kase dev done fo'got
bow dey como in, an??? dey can??? fin T de wrajr out
no mo', an' wen Undo Montah come crpubgin
erlong, an* see ali dent patridges, 'o niouf des
watali, kase 'e know 'u ywiuo ter have er good
brack us termorrer.???
Just then wo came In sight of the first trap,
and I could see that there was something in it.
I was all stremble with excitement, but the
old man said: "Now, don??? yo' go runntu' to er
trap. Hit???s bad luck. Kasoef yo* run tode
trap you sea??? all do luck awray. An* yo??? foot
gits hot, an??? de pateridgea kin smell yo' trail,
an??? dey aiut gwlne cr come no wliar bout d it
trapnotno. Don??? yo' know dat w???en do dog
trail de rabbit, an??? do rabbit gwlne In er walk,
dc dog hatter go slow, kase 'c can smell do trail
good? Rut yo' dcs let dat olo rabbit gin ter
run, an* de mus' in 'e foot git hot, an' bean 'e go,
tcr!>nckity,burkity,buck, an' hcjili comedo dog
right orbin??? 'ini, lippity, Uppity, lip, an??? do olo
rabbit lmttcr cloan up den.???
Wc found several partridges in the trap,and
uuc!e Mentor took them out and pulled off
their heads and tossed thorn over iu auother
corn row to flutter out their lives. "Now,
wi-'njyou ketch de pateridgea au pull dey heads
off, yo' mus' klver up all de blood an do fed-
dc.ro, nn'yo??? inns??? bury dem heads underdo
long trigger, fo' dat put good luck on de trap.
W'y de yudderday, I fo'got, an??? lef soma blood
on de groun* close to dat trap w'at I had er set-
tin??? close to olo sweet gum tree, an??? I never
did ketch nary nuddor pateridge iu dat trap
til' I mooved it down close to de big gully.???
The next trap was also down and when wo
reached it I saw that something was wrong from
the look of deep disgust and disappointment on
(he old man's countenance.
"Fo* de Lo'dl Ef dar ain???t dat good fo' no'tln'
ole jay bird In do trap de cussed ole son uv do
debit, 'e des keep er prqjeckin' errouu' an'
er meddlin' win de trap till now 'e Intar it
'ese'f. Ter fink dat I gottcr was' my time an'
my trouble on 'er enssed olo Jay bird, hits des
???ggervatin'. Yero yo' Is, yo??? ole blue tall
dev'l; yo* done got yo* bait now. I hot yof dM
de nex' timeyo' projeck wid anudder prison's
bus???nrss, yo???know it. Yo??? nasty, stlnkiu' ole
???council Come out er dar. Yo 1 neod'n'hole
outer dar trigger wid yo' ole claws. I know
w'at dem ole claws be???n doin'. Woy vo' won'
to las??? Friday on??? Friday fo??? 1m??? on Friday fo???
dat, a??? ev'y Friday sene?? yo"niole ernuff
ter traipse erronn*? Yo fink I don know, hey?
Yes but I does, dough. Yo??? neod???n??? try tor
kill me, sab. Yo* ben ter de ole bod man's
house, au'you ben crdcv'l backin' doni po*
slnmuhs down da, an??? yo* scratch ont de red
hot coals on'em wid nom cussed old blaok
claws o??? yo???n??? but I spec??? yo??? gwlne da fo??? good
dis time. Kase I done g??t ti'd er foolin' wid
yo', and I jerk yo' ole ton knot off an' fling yo'
eiwny,an'nowyo'necdm??? trouble yo???aelf to
keep count uv de days, ao'a to tell w???en Friday
come, fo' yo' gwlno down da' ter livo wid yo
ole boss, now, aho' ???nuff.???
By the time we had visited tho last trap the
shadows were gathering in the low grounds,
aud the bronxo twilight wax deepening into
Jet ou the eastern ridges.
Thu ploughmen wero riding homo from tho
fields, where they had l>ecu sowing oats, with
the trace** jingling merrily, a fitting acooiupa-
uiment to the mellow chorus of Jake's quill-
blow lug.
Away across the fields the light wreaths of
blue smoke curled bully upward from tha
chimneys of the quarter cabins, and we could
smell the pleasant odor of the oakwood firo
thut burned in the wido brick fireplace in
ginudma???a room. Tho old persimmon
tree that stood on the hill row
withered and leafless against the pale
bluo sky, and dropped Its sugary fruit on the
ground.
"I tell yo' w???at, ef yo??? ax yo' gra'ma can yo'
go wi??? roe, I???ll show yo??? how ter kill birds wid
de brash temight. I see wey dey lightiu'
down, now, an??? we kin des lif 'em tornight.???
This was n new thing to me, and I was not
ng in getting ready for the Ain.
Uncle Mentor and Jake had long, flaming
torches and carh carried a long brush on his
shoulder. They told Al>o and myself to come
along and carry tho game for thorn.
But across the grassy fields wo tramped and
there was a bracing shiveryness in the air and
1 could not keep my eyes off the inky sky
where the ataw, so near and yet so far, glowed
with a cold glitter, as if they were small globes
of frozen light hung away up there m the
dome of thataombre canopy.
"Lock out, now; hoi' yo* light up high so???s
ter tilin' dey eyes.??? Down came the brash
with a swish, and Jake ran forward to secure
his game;
"(lolly, I fought it ???us er partridge, an' taint
nuttn but'n ole fiel-lark.???
Thus we all went tramping along and every
time a bird would flutter up from the grass the
long brashes wonld come sweeping down, and
aa the birds were generally blinded by the
light, they fell an easy prev to the hnutar.
At length we reached a place where the grass
grew rank, and the hunters approach cautions*
jy^a* they expected to scare up a covey of part-
Suddenly there was a great flutter of wings,
a clamorous shrieking and down cams the
heavy brashes, and an old white gander earn??
flapping and quacking out from under the In
terlacing twigs, struck uncle Mentor In the
fere and he staggered hack and tumnled over
a little stump, and his torch waa extinguished
and the hot pitch spattered his face, and the
bewildered gander made a swoop at Jake's
lurch which waa knocked- to the groand and
extinguished, and there we were in the dark.
"Oh, Iio'd!" groaned Uncle Mentor. "Dst
blasted ole fire dcs caused me ter brake my
knee jtnt. Who dat snickerin' dor???? as a sun-
pressed giggle came In answer to the old
man's lsmcut. "Dat yo???, Abe?. Now, ash. ef
yo??? wants ter cut de dance au* go Snickerin'
an' gigglin' erronn wid sensible folkses, yo' is
cut in yo* place. Yo' dea ahet up, ash. dxt
evylnMin??? ole crasy garnish dono put outdo
lights, an' done all de devilment 'c esn, V
now *??? squat in de grass V laf 'hunt it. Kindle
up cr light, Jake, au??? yo' boys, dar, yo* des bs
quiet now er else I mek yo??? go right 'trait
home. Blamed ole fool. I gwlno bs laid up
er whole week now dcs from de capers er* d it
dsdblastcd ole w'itc gamier. Al'ua cr pokin'
ctroun' wey *e got uo bas'uess. do?? lack er olo
fool gocre, auybow."
After a good deal of coaxing Urn light was
gra* ma* mad.'
Macon, Ga.
AN OLD CONFEDERATE ASSENAL.
The Building In Dawson, in Which thslm-
pllmcnU of War Were Manufactured.
People have almost forgotten, or moro cor
rectly speaking, have almost cessed to remember
tbc feet that the modest little city of Dawson, in
routbwest Georgia, was once the place where war-
dogs were born and bred. Wien The Constitution
tnan, with that particular nore for news that smell-
(-th an Item afar off, entered the ample enclosure
that surrounds the property of tho Dawson variety
work*, he bad little Idea of stumbling upon such a
tmisc-um of war relics. It Is a feet that the most in-
torciting items arc those that are very new or very
old.
It wa* in the year 1RCI, according to the best data
that could be gleaned, (hat the firm of Nelson A
Dkkson, having been forced to remove, first from
Tu-'ctimbio, Ala., and then from AdatrsviUe, Ga.,
to Daufon, where they established their armory
nnd gun work*. They owned a flue piece of prop
erty and their foundry and wood shops were pretty
veil equipped for the manufacture of weapons
of war. The material was inferior, fior they wero
forced to mo a great deal ofserAplron in the
manufacture of the barrels, bayonets and finishings
of tho muskets, but the quality of the work was su
perior, as the barrels that are still lying around,
I nbhed and unfinished, will attest. The old bayo
nets are fearful. Very long, rough and ungainly,
they ore enough to turn the stomach of tbc fiercest
warrior that ever reoured the provincial towns In
quert of recruits.
The puzzle Is, where did theyiproeure such a vast
amount of fine walnut timber? There is a pile of
partly-finished gunstocks lying in an out-building
that must contain several thousand pieces of fine
wood that we know has received at least twenty
years' seasoning. Home of these stocks are Just
roughly blocked out, others are grooved, and there
are a few that are dressed off and ready for the
barrel and the trimmings. It is rather odd that
this valuable material has not been disposed
of long ago, for with a little attention the pieces
would do for the stocks of ordinary guns, and the
pieces of timber are valuable even os relics. In a
dilapidated little old shed are sny number of lock
pistes, roughly forged andpsrtlsllypolished, scraps
of btnv* trimmings, breech pins, bsyoncts and
other things that seem to have been in processor
manufacture when the confederacy went up the
spout.
The moulds nnd dies ore, In some Instances, well
preserved. There 1* hardly any means of deter
mining what the capacity of the establishment
was, but it must have been considerable. The
grounds were well situated near the Southwestern
railroad, a high fence still surrounds tho grounds,
Fcvcral acres in extent, within which Is tho old
foundry, the loug, open building, where tho shops
were located, and tho offices and storage houses.
A railway of tho old fashion still exists, though In
a very dilapidated condition, wtth Its Igreen look
ing rails, laid on stringers, and several car wheels,
relics of another enterprise, the Dawson car works
which succeeded the defend gun factory-
One of the most Interesting relics of these times
is a wretched looking, dismantled and fragmentary
steam engine, that was once tho motive power ef
Joe Brown's "pike factory,??? which lies hors du
combat near tho platform in front of the old wood
rhop. And this is tho fete of tho engine that was
to fernlsb tho power to turn out a bountlAil supply
of those formidable weapons that were
destined to carry terror and confu
sion into tho ranks of tho invaders,
who, according to a favorite expression of stump
oratory, "Mought do very well to stand afar off
yanderan'shoot tberi guns, but they can't stand
cold steel, boys.??? A few years ago there wero still
piled up around an old building in M (Hedgeville a
rust-eaten pile of those some old pikes, filch Is the
fortune of war.
By tho way, another bloodthirsty individual In
vented a dangerous weapon called tho "barbed
pike.??? It bad a broad, flat blade, tho edges of
which were deeply indented, barb favhtou, mo that
when thrust through and drawn back, as
the Inventor sold, "They???d Jest uat???ly fetch tho
gizzards out'n them big Dutch fellers.??? And tho
most rcmarkablo of all U, the inventor of this
terrible weapon was a preacher, who "rid the
circuit??? all through tho war. I guess he failed to
obtalri a patent on his nest little Invention, so his
name shall be nameless now. If yon were to a??k
Judge John T. Clark, of Cuthbcrt, he could tell
you all about the "barbed pike??? and who Invented
it, and he would enjoy a hearty laugh at the ex
pense of this warlike minister of grace.
SWALLOWED AN ODEN KNIFE.
A Young Man Has s Startling Experience,
Hut Cornea Ont AH Eight.
From the Hacrcmento, Cal., Record-Union.
On Thursday last John Ecklcy, a 19 year
old boy, w ho lives at Ecklcy Htatton, about ono
mile this side ol Vallejo Junction, swallowed a
knife with the blade open. He was Immediately
taken to Fan Francisco and placed under charge of
a physician, and, as the knife was In hts stomach,
the rare wns considered of a most serious nature.
W. It. If. Willey, Wells, Forgo A Co.'s agent between
Oil-- city and Han Francisco, Is a particular friend ot
the unfortunate Ud. Mr. Willey, about noon yes
terday, culled at the doctor???s office and saw his
friend sitting upon the sofa. He greeted him with
Urilo, Johnny; how???s the knife???? "Oh, the knife???s
all right,??? replied young Ecklcy; "I have It here
In my poc ket. Po you wish to see It???? and,
reaching Into hts pocket brought forth a small
pearl handled porketknlfe, which, with the blade
extended, measured Inches In length. "I am
all right now; have had considerable pain, and
was almost scared to death.??? The knife was pars
ed over to Mr. Willey for Inspection. The steel In
the bark aud the blade had changed to a dark blue
color, aud the pearl handle had been eaten off one
half by the action of tho gastric Juices of the
stomach, the rivets projecting aboutt the thirty*
record pert of on Inch. ???Til tell you now howl
came to ^wallow it,??? Mid Johnny: "I was talking
to some girls and eating a pear at the same time,
cutting off small portion of it with my
knife, when 1 sold, ???! can completely hide
this knife In my mouth.??? I put
the blade in first, but I could not close my lids
without making tt prick my tonsils. I took It out
and put the nandle In first, and then holding the
point of the made between my teeth closed my lips
and the feat was performed. I Just then swallowed,
and ???presto, change, the knife went down my
throat 1 could reach the point of the blade, but
could not extricate tt and another swallow sent U
Into ray stomach. It's all right now. It went down
handle first and came out point first, but It's out
now, and I don't propose following tho business of
a juggler any more. No nocket-kulfe ever sets
above my lower Up asainf. In fact I don???t Hunk
Jack-knives were made to swallow, anyhow.???
The doctor sold: "When be came to me. saying
he had swallowed an open jack-knife, I could
hardly credit the statement. I asked him what he
had done to remove tt. lie replied some ha t ad-
vtred taking sweet oil, others castor oil, salts, etc.
I said, *WelT. I suppose you took all of them?* ???No.
I did not,' he replied; *1 hare taken nothing.' ???All
right.??? I replied: ???you have sared your life by doing
so.' Well, str. I put hint on a wick wheat diet.
That was all I let him eat or drink???buckwheat
cakes and buckwheat gruel. Buckwheat is not
esrily dlgestrd. aud I knew it would form a ball
arc und the knife, and thus allow it to paw along its
ciuuitous route wlthi-ut doing injury, the blade
and rough edges being completely covered with a
< hick and (tuooth coating ot buck w heat U acted
, n>t as I expected. The 1 ???. ale came fir*, and
although Johnny has lost a few days' time, he did
EDWARDS???S EAR.
A TEXAN IN TROUBLE, INVOLVING
HIS EAR AND NOSE.
Wabb City, Arkansas, Furnishes aa Interesting Item
???Pungent Paragraphs Proa Other States. Con.
eerning One of Atlanta* Orest Xnterpri-
aea???The Oratified Feople-Zto.
CERTIFICATE.
X have been a great sufferer from a terrible form
of nasal catarrh, for something over (bur 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 physician*, and several highly recommended
medicines, with but little or no benefit, I chanced
to seq a remarkable certificate given by a promi
nent citizen of Athens, Georgia, who seemed to be
afflicted something like myself, and seeing he had
been 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 cared, and long enough to be
thoroughly satisfied that no return of the disease
would ensue.
With this I purcha red B. B. B, from T. E. 8m!t
& Bro., and began its use tomy utmost surprise aud
satisfaction. I take great pleasure In making the
announcement that aflor using only ten bottles of
this moat excellent remedy the roaring sensation of
my left ear has been entirely stopped, my left nostral
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 tonic,
and I believe that a few more bottles will entirely
cure my right nostril, which Is a great deal better
than it 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 bcllcro
otherwise than than in a very short time I can an
nounce to the suffering public who may be simi
larly afflicted, a positive and permanent euro of
ono of the most obstinate coses of nasal catarrh in
this county. N. a EDWARDS.
Webb City, Ark., November 23,18*5.
Botanic Blood Balm Co.???Gents: Having tested
your B. B. B. and found It to be all that you repre-
ent, I commend it to any and every one suffering
from blood poison. It has done me moro good In a
short space of time than any blood parlfler that I
hare ever used. I owe my comfort of life to It, for
I have been troubled with blood poison for firo or
six years, and found no relief equal to it. Please
send to my address C. O. D. one-half dozen bottles,
which I think will affect a permanent cure.
Respectfully, W. C. McGAUYIIEY,
Webb City Ark.
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Xervous Debilitated Men.
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DYSPEPSIA.
rilK TEST OF MANY YE AILS AND TIIK
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AND TENS OF THOUSANDS ESTAISLIS)I|
TIIK FACT THAT NO ONE WILL IIR.
MAIN A DYSPEPTIC WHO WILL TAKE
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. Md
and after our home physicians failed to bond.,
me they advised removal to Colorado or Califor
nia In ho|?? of relief. I thought of leaving my
family, and would have pone to the mountain*
this mi miner, if you hod not recomuiendt-ri Him- .
mott???n Liver Regulator, which 1 took, aud I am
(???now taking the second bottle, and the fact US)
that word* cannot express th" relief I feci. My T
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, and I used to be rerile**. I am flushing up
w fast that I might be accused of bloating If tha
people did not know better. I have gained 30
pound* In tho last six weeks, good strong fond
and Flnimon* Liver Regulator have done U alL
I w rite this iu hopej of btrnrfltttng somo ono
who has suffered as I did. and would lake oath
to those statement* if desired.,'
K. h. UALLOt*. Syracuse, Nebraska.
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Astonishing!
THIRTY YEARS OF RBElXaTDDI P.KLTXVED???TUX CA11
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ilerftt]Trcmcdlaf agentT"When fcdmmencedtaktni
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W. L. WHEELER,
Macon, Ga. At Guernsey's Store, hi 81
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