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10 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. =8te-* M. RICH & BROS., 64 and 60 Whitehall St., Atlanta, fla. The greatest you ever saw in Dress Goods. All our Dress Goods, plain as well as fancy, in Woolens, Silks, Plushes and Velvets down to first cost, some even below. It will pay you to see our stock if you want a dress of any kind. Our stock of ladies??? and children???s Wraps is the largest you ever saw. No job lots or auction goods, but we offer them at prime cost. They mustbeclosedoutbefore Christ mas. Don???t miss this chance if you want a Cloak. The largest stock of Handkerchiefs and Gloves forthe holidays you ever saw. Prices low. M. M. Rich & Bros. Carpets were never sold as low in Atlanta as we are selling them now. This will be our ???Banner??? month in the Carpet business. We are selling best goods at your prices. You will never again have such an op portunity to buy Carpets at cut prices as we offer now. The goods are iu our store and must be sold before January ist. If we can???t get our price we will take your???s. The goods must go- We carry Brown???s famous Weather Strips for doors and windows. They will keep the cold out and make your houses comfortable. We are prepared to put them on at short notice. M. Rich & Bros. Virginia Acclimated Jersey Cattle. GET THE BEST. prizes in each class, aa well as the herd prise, at me (Vest Vfigfnfa State fair, 1889, several states competing: a bo a majority of premtnms as well as the herd prtzn for tho present, and also for the past nine yearn, with strong competition. If taken at once (for want of room) will sell at reduced prioes rcgbtcred calves of both sexes, and heifers in eMf. and yearling bulls ready for service; all of the best strains and by Imported and other bulls. ??? * ???->ld and Shropshire 8*-??? Red swine, and tmproi Jersey Red swine, leading varieties. Address, Xervous Debilitated Men. Yon are allowed a free trial of thirty da vs of the n??e of Dr. Dye???s celebrated Volute Belt with E!ee- ??? ireasory Appliance*, forthe s*-*dy relief and __, __rentcnre of nervens debility, lest of vitality and manhood, and all kindred trourdes. Also for manv other diseases. Complete restoration to dealt h, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No risk ti meur- BKNT FREE???Samples of wall paper and book oc Bow to Apply it. M. M. Mai ex. Atlanta, Ga DYSPEPSIA. rilK TEST OF MANY YE AILS AND TIIK EXPERIENCE OF BIANY THOUSANDS 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 arpetiteU very pood, and I digest everything , 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. (THERE IS III TONE SIMMONS 1 LIVER ROGIILATOK! Fee that you get the wnulne with the red Z a front of wrapper. 1 Kcntiin* with tin! Prepared only by ilin * co.; Astonishing! THIRTY YEARS OF RBElXaTDDI P.KLTXVED???TUX CA11 OF Alt AGED MAN (71 TEARS). Macon Medicine CO.???I hare been a great saffhrar from Rheumatism for the part thirty yean, and having been induced to try your Gunn???s Pionres Rpcewxb!- haying .expmynced .great relief after side? ilerftt]Trcmcdlaf agentT"When fcdmmencedtaktni the Blood Rincwer, I could not raise my arm, nor put on my coat, nor bend my knees???now I can do all these things, and am forced to exclaim. It is the thing I long have sought! W. L. WHEELER, Macon, Ga. At Guernsey's Store, hi 81 The above certificates are but s few Instances or thousands in onr posse*ion, showing sudfereos who have been relieved of every form of blodd ???nd skin diseases, female complaints, dyspepsia syphilis mercurial rheumatism, blood poison oaf For foil Information onr free pamphlet on blood and skin diseases will be ftirntshed on application to tbs MACON MEDICINE CO., Macon, Ga. 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