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4 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, Gj.., TUESDAY DECEMBER 15, 1885. WAR WITH MORMONS. lindg Timet la the City of Many Wirtt-Threitt of A<Mwtn*??ton-THc Mormons Bsld to be cow ard*, tad Afraid to Ftf ht-A Full Ao- cotmt of the Rxtstin* Trouble. St. LovifV Missouri, December 12.???Tho threatened war with tbo Mormon* seems to rest on about tbis basis, A United States marshal killed a rocralwr of the Mormon church, and the fury -of the saints, at hut breaking the bonds.of restraint, sought re venge lu the life of the marshal. On a of tho officers who his been conspicuous in the pun- iahment of tho polygamists was Deputy Mar shal Collin. -Every effort had been made to imt him out of the way by imprisonment, hut the attempts bad failed; finally it was deter mined, that he should be assassinated, and a rllllanous churchman named McMurrin vrm assigned the work. At half-past seven o???clocic Deputy Marshal Collin called at tho (iardo house, and on entering was met by McMurrin 4tad three men whom ho hod selected. They undertook to provoke a chance for killing Collin, hut the deputy entered tho hotel and refused to quar rel with them. Tho men mained shout the entrance of the hotel until the marshal was about to start home, when they took a position under cover In an alley joining the hotel. Burroislng their' in tentions, the deputy changed hit weapon to his overcoat racket on starting home. As' ho THE SHOCHETS BLADE. A Talk With the Hebrew Hotelier or Atlanta on the Fresli Meat Vluelnea*; It was at a slaughterhouse In the outskirts of the. city, A byef of unusual sleekness was led out, There was not a blemish from the points of the boms to the tip of the dangling tail,' Jt was a gentle mild-cycd creature led to tho slaughter. A ropo was attached to the left hind leg, in spite of two or three vigorous kicks that seemed to rebuke the bystanders for what they were about to do. Around stood men and - boys in their sliirt sleeve*,, engaged one way or another in preparations for tho work in hand. Foremost among them eras a benevolent looking old gentleman, whoso dross showed lie was not of the butcher fraternity. He was evidently sixty years old. Ho wore a tall black Leaver, and thick, iron*gray whis kers covered Ills faeo. Ho was tho ???shochet,??? the slaughterer of animals and fowls for the Hebrew congrega tion of Atlanta, In his right hand he held a long, kecn- bladed knife. The edge was like tbo edge of a razor. Tito smoothness of. the blade was wonderful and tho edge did not vary tho thousandth part oT ft hair???s breadth from per fection itself. The rope attached to tlie beef???s hind leg was also attached to a great windhiss god slowly it was wound up mid the doomed animal was partially lifted from the floor. TUB KIIfXTHKT'H STROKE. The ???ahocket??? drew the long blade across his thumb nail to try its edge. He was satis fied with tlie inspection. He then stepped to the side of the beef, passed his left band under the throat* ns if. feeling for somo particular spot, and thou with ft steady hand > create alarm by firing n pistol, I nc drew the long blade through tho vein and lfcMu rrin Yelled tho marshal with a chib. The | tender flesh. Just ope stroke! Tho surprised animal hardly felt the knife's edgo until tho rctl blood wm running out. Jn four minutes every possibility of life lmd gou&out from tho beef and it was dressed. Mcantimo tho ???sherbet??? stood by and when the animal was dressed he made a careful examination of tho lungs and other internal organs, oven going "so fur us to blow into the lungs, and when ho had satisfied himself that the nnimal was without sjiot or blemish, ho took a marking pot and brush and wrote on the Wfin Hebrew char acters the word ???kosher.??? The task of the ???shochet??? was -ended and that href was ready'to bo oaten by the Jews. mRrii ,iv tin??? 1'njr wuwf*, nhu mu Mvriii'iiuii | A f-ONSTJTUTJON reporter who witnessed tho OQlHn hastened to surrender to the foder.il slaughter asked tho* ???shochet??? why ho had authorities, lie was placed in tho penitentiary | been selected to slaughter animals. Ho said, officer at once regained his feet and drawing fcix gun, began ft fusillade at close quarters. JleMnrrin received two wounds lu tho breast j and ftlidomen and. though more than a dozen shots were fired, Collin was not hit beyond having hla coal slecvo punctured by bullets . and his hat shot off hU???hfod. McMurrin fell, with the ro* mark that ho was killed. Two of his com- K nions ran through the alley back of the (Jar- house, and one bareheaded, with a revolver protruding from his hip pocket, escaped direct ly across tho street. A crowd at once collected, and, knowing it would mean Ids death to bo i taken by the city officers, who are Mormons. MOUNTAIN MOONSHINERS. fit range Scenes In One of Alabama** Wlfd- r??t Spot*. From the Birmingham Age. *v fine of the wildest places in Alafami Is Brock's pocket in Be Kelb county. It is here illicit distillers hold carnival and defy the authorities and well rati they do so, for fid* ???Ingulor' etx.de of lawlessness is not acccsiibU to tho outride world except Ly onc wey, and that n narrow, precipitous mountain path which Is duo ce*fully guarded by the most desperate of flat* lawIcm mountaineers. Brock's pocket U afcingu Jar locality and derived I is name fronj tho poor linrily of Its location. It is situated twenty mile* Horn Fort Pnyiie on the top'of Sand mountain Acr l.KiO feet from the level. There arc 200 acre! In the enclosure. In which 'arc five Urge cmringv !*> the aide of which aroos many largo Illicitt stills, that arc being operated daily, and the blue curling smoke can be plainly seen from the valley below, on the top of this mountain la this inaccessible place lives seven fanrfHes. Tficy are the terror* of the revenue men, and time and again unsuccessful attempts have been made toeaptare their illicit associations. The pocket Is surrounded on each side by high bluffs, over which It is impossible to climb. The only point of access being a road Unit has teen cut through the sandstone, which Is guarded ns well as the rock of Gibraltar. The men who Jive Jn tho pocket" swear never to bo aken alive audit is not safe for the revenue men to try It. A raid will be made on the place some time fu January and will be lod by t utted States deputy marshalf A. A. McCorkle, a fearless young officer who never as yet falls at what he attempts! Some stirring tales have come from the "Pocket??? it la headquarters for whisky, which Is rolled down the mountain, barrel after barrel, and wot uilto ho dares allude to it. There wax a doneo well known detective who told an Age reporter of romc of tho fun. The dance "fftfs nt I of ???Tom Williams.??? Th'j for safe keeping, and when this became known the fury of the Mormons attained desperation. The halt Lako Herald at onco issued o4tra editions, calling upon tho church toavengo tho snttrdcr of a saint, and used overy moans of in citing mob violence. In quick responso td its lashing the faithful of thcohurcb assembled at their political headquarters, the city hall, and organized for tho murder of Collin. The tpoU at once mode a rush for the penitentiary, where they found that lu. a very short timo United Htatcs Marshal Ireland had prejsimlto receive them. Keeing an attack at that time would be . noelrM, the mob fell hark, and'the strategy of Iho Mormon officers was brought into requisi tion, City Marshal Phillips willed upon Manhal Ireland and demanded tho W, of Collin, uylatt; ???1'Jio effreu. wm committal within my Jnriwltrllon mud you will aurremlortho prlwnor at unco." Ireland refried, and tint city innnhml annglit United Ktatci Attorney Varhtn, with whom li j iva* rquuUy uoaiicrcMrul.tlio attorney awiriutt him tut l-olllii would remain in the cuttody of tho United Mateo. A crowd gathered at Smith???, corner in tho evening of that day and laid their plana for tho capture of the deputy. At an early hour ymterday morning armed men entered the city from tho wuth to direct tho attack noon the prison for tho capture and execution uCCollln. Thoaituatlon wan rapidly ???awning a oeriona aspect, and Ciovomoa Mur ray wa* informed of. tho turn affairs were to, king, It wu ntnnce concluded, In nnlor.to tomrathorifle*. f Mranwhllo tho embers of violence ??? were being fanned Into tome, and at but o'clock, on the death of McMurrin, tho mob advanced ???upon the fort. They wont hooting and howl- lug liko demons, and their approach wm con veyed in advance to the post. At thoentnam of the fort a sentry was posted, with strong picket line of soldiers with loaded guns in tho rear. As the inob reached the gate they were halted forthe countersign, being tumble to ???One of tho laws handed down to tho Jews from Mount Sinai wan that wo should not the Moot!, for tho blood is the life, and after that tho custom was established which is still observed in tills method slaughter. The object is twofold; first to OKT PJCHPJ5CT MI!AT, If tho animal in life has anyblcmlsh.it rejected and if after tHo slaughter, 1 find ov so much ns tho hundredth part of a lung othef organ affected the meat is rejected and _ decline to put my indorsement upon it. Hut even without my indorsement it is easy to tell tho difference in meat slaughtered a$ 1 slaugh ter it aipl that slaughtered in tho usual way. A beef iu usually knocked on tho head and then stabbed. * It is impossible bv that method to get oil the blood out of-tbu body, and tho difierenco begins right there. When you kill an uninml by simply cutting Its throat, tho bleed tlmt, cornea out la bright and red. 1 f yo'.i ???hoot tho animal or knock it on tho head when tho blood comes out it is dark, and great deal of it nover guts out. Go to butcher's stall and aco ???kosher??? beof along side with tho other. The fat will bn fleck od with *hlood if tho bcof is killed in tho ordi nary way, but If killed by simply cutting tho throat tno fat will bo spotless aud tho meat will ho much-whiter thnn if the blood hod not been thoroughly drawn out. Tho other ob ject iff slaughtering a* I slaughter is to cause as little pain ms possible ho animal. Tho knife Is so sharpoiwtygfid the edg Ihtqm*??????????? now.. ill. Without a moment', limitation troop. levelled tholr cttui at tho bn-aito of tho mob, mill I.lmitrmmt Turner attain ordered thorn tuillaponn upon penalty of a volley. Thl?? bolil Man-1 waa unox|wot??l, nml rained tho ntnli to wavor. Tholr hciltatlun wm fatal to their puriKisc, and mouthers of tho mob bfttan to urge a return to the city for reinforce* ??Mi??ts. A long paritiT their ensued between tkc coldiers and tli# leaders of thojuob, Tho ???firrender of Collin* was re fused point blank,* and, swearing they would return in. greater nttmUrs, the mob retraced its ateps. Hn roach* tag tho city scours of the wildest disorder pro- vailed, and the oxHtmient wan very great. Jt.mt* then Genera! McCook saw tho in stt til ??? vlrncy of hla little force of men nud his battery of small cannon. Au orderly Was dispatched vtlth a mewmgo to the war department, ami It was quirk in its execution. General Schofield was commanded to fumiah the troops, and sunt Ike order., As to the cohrage of the Mormons about which so much has been said, the following is the opinion of one who baa spout his lift with them. )lo says: "I left Bolt Lako city nine data ago and trouble was in tho air then. I know very well United State* MarshatCollfti, whoso mur der wm attempted, and havo worked with hi in frequently in making arrests. Ever aim* Me* Murriu's sister, tho wifu of *Hyysl U. Young Brigham Young's adopted son, was in* dieted for pcjjury and put under a $3,000 bond, McMurrin has boon on tho ram page and dangerous. I suspected that ho and several other* meditated a murderous at* took ou Collin, aud before 1 left 1 advised the latter to bo prepared aud shoot them down. McMurrin is a saint, employed In tho Tithing bouse. He Is vindictive, tncau, ami inurdor- mis, liko tho rest. Thn Mormons urn Assassins, Wtnotaoldlera. Their avallablaforr?? iu Silt . ??? .??? nin4VU tHW iAko City at a moment???s warulug will roach J snd aCOXSTlVTiOX reporter asked one of his 3,000. Ihey sro caljed ???alnuto*men,??? and | Jew ish friends yt^tenlny how that dainty bird ??????re a remnant of tho old Nauvoo 1 .egIon. This was usually prepared, ???fho reply was as fol< forte, in ease of au emergency, could come 1 1 forth well equipped, hut. In my oplulon, tt few United Mates troops could defeat them oatiiy. The whole Mormon army numbers ???AktXX). I xnaintaiu that 500 regutsm could {Hit them down. Tho Mormon* aro natural cowanls. Tho concentration of troops iu the tcitftory will keep them iu cheek thoroughly. They would undoubtedly.have mtirderedColUn if he had l>eeti dciivrnd over to them. Taylor, their chief, is in hidiug, hut he is directing ???fairs.??? xcslons care.' ??????How many beeves do you slaughter???? ???About sis every week, betide two or three ralvrs, and several sheep and nu occasional kid.??? CUTTING A PIGEON'S THROAT. ???You slaughter tho fowls for tho Jotriih fninilirs r!|o, do you not ???? ???Yc??i there aro fifteen or twenty families who adhere to strictly to tho custom that they send for me to kill their geese, ducks, chicken* and even pigeon*. They sro killed just as a beef is killed???by cutting thoir throats. Of rnunru I uso a smaller knife, but tho edgo is Just iui keen In ono ease as in the other, and * am just ns particular.w ith a pigeon ns I m with a beef to seo thffiBa unnecessary pain nt- tends tho dcatli. It way secm.alisunl to yon to hear tuo talk about cutting n pigeon??? tliruat-'??? ???>Vbat!W asked tho astonished reporter, ???yon don't cut a pigeon's head ofl'???? ???Nover. I cut tno throat of a fowl just as " do the throat of n beef." ??????What disposition is madoofthe fowl after it is killed???? ???They aro usually killed about six or seven o'clock iu tho morning, and when they uro dead they aro dressed and laid in water for half an hour. They are then takeu out, placed on a board and allowed to lie in salt for au hour, snd then they aro ready for cooking.??? ???Who pays you for slaughtering at t butcher pen???? ???The butcher.??? ???Do you ever reject any animals???? ???Yes, frequently. 1 would not even slsugh ter a beef that was too wrarm or feverish.??? ???Do you always kill the animal at ono stroke???? ???Always. 1 lmve to bo skilled to such n degree tost 1 c;ni kill with one stroke tho largyst beef that falls t lot. 1 daro not make two strokes, for the moment 1 dp I bretik tho law, and 1 ucrer allow the men who are to skin tho suinisl to touch it uutil it is dead.??? There fit a pretty aentiiucut about pigeons, that will notallow the shockct to kill only one. rigroci* lire said to he very affectionate, and the xnajt with the long, keen blado uever kill* less than a pair. In death they aro not divi ded. HOW TO GET A GOOD GOOSE. A goose is a favorite fowl with tho Israelite*, Laboring Under llellgUms Mania. Bt. For is, December 8.???While tlie Sam Jones retlr#! services were in progm* st tVaton ary hall a young Norwegian approached the altar rail and shouted, ???Oh, I am the iamb." Pam Jones shouted back, ???Do you mesn you are 1 Christ r ???Yes, yes.??? ???But people will pot you in the insane asylum if you talk that way.??? ???T tm the limb, the lamb,??? he wplled, dog-??? gfdly. ???But do you mean that your blood can save ???Yef, yes." ???Jot where U your blood? Blood jmust be fpUWd before It can wmh away sin." ?? ???*???*???? In wplrlaihl, letter quollon, but could urt b. hcvCL llinun tbjtk. ku ufWu before ciwtnl . wouha In rtvlrel mminp. Ilf It * mu of .bout U*1I,-ttbthc.pfrerene.ofbftax ot lb?? wutk- Ibfclw. Ur ku tb. blohinre. of hta uOiOD. Ul l ???ctmi to b, .uBfrtn, anrtrr k!??l of . taSu- ??J????liB to wklck bi. tommy .lihCkiMiiUM JktocUtothnau hi. rtUUn* towllreual tr??T ?****1?'?I*??nuibem??Unt?? kt 8b Jov 5KSl?'^ T *? Uo ** i '??**???? Ko*. *wur Jkytnon. h.rr brm nuj??u.kw>fcta. quire, km??? k??rWttto tottldlM hi. u??ukcu Urntny re I lowt^^l ] 'To*get u fat goose we place him in ft tight,! dark place, and let hitu stay there and bo stuflVd three time* a day with corn or prepared mesh. That is kept up for about four weaks, snd then yon have the fattest goose yon ever mot. He i* thru killed and skmued, and th?? skin is rendered, ami you ufteu get a* much a* a quart of ikt from ono goose. That is used for conking, and i* better and healthier than Inrd or butter. The goo*o I* lurked or roasted, and you never tnsted finer meat, for there is nothing better than roost goo*e. Wo don't lmve as many fat gee<e down here ns they have] at the north, because it takes cold weather for the fattening process. I might odd that it 1*1 not every goose that you can ffitteu. -Some of them wou'l digest their stuffing.??? It may be well to state before closinjfthis sutfole that kosher meat does not cost any f??M>re than moat killed tn tho usual way. A Mofttllellntte and V-cAilfllollday Present I* tejoml doubts present eenslstltig of that ex-: quirite, rvitesbiuK and tnvigorstarg perfume, unt- ventaliy kuowu a* Murray A LanmonHi Ftodda. Water, a Coral preparation which admirably com bine* both the qualities of * haudkejvhler extract aud those of a toilet coymetie such as ???Etude UototM??? to which It i* Infinitely superior lu fragrance, softnc** and Intensity of aroma. Such a present noftoa etaganed and teiteement to yed by ramon concerning the menacing atUttwic u Turkish troops oo the ftonttor. A Hotel Man** Good rortnne. Mr. B. E. Deckel, proprietor of the Deckel house. Harrisburg, Ohio, writs* that the Bed Mar C ough Cure removed tseeero cold from which he was suffering, fit. Jacob 1 * OU is equally?? effective in removing pains from wbstsver cause, whether rheumatic or other wise. froh I Pino Hools mid benches were (???liIMicn, nil driuklug aud Indulging in Joke* and noth*. Fndcr the house runs a mountain brook from <inc of the five springs, with water a* clear as crystal, which nature ha* placed there as a con-1 trust mid to help down the sound of the ribald jest-1 ing above. In the room adjoining thin one tho mingled sounds of a violin mid banjo arci heard. The door opens and n voice calls TWrdners far the Ica<I out.??? A rtwh is made Air the muric by the Jmlf??tii(dd crowd. Tho men are lin ked in the rough garti of tho mountain, with huge, broad hats mid high topped boots, in which I their trowfiers are stuffed. The women nro dro-stfd fn coarse garyients, in keeping with their aiale conipdnloiis. Their, clothes hang looseiy about them, and around the neck is usimlly that a red liandkerchief. Their feet arc large, nml arc usu ally Incased In a pair of rough shoes, tied halfway I up with cotton strings, in the mouth of cacti ouo Is n small stick on the end of which is a mop to hold the snuff they use from a small tin box that ???is carried in their hand*. The Ml wn* formed and. a* the tuneof ???gallic Wafers??? was played on tho two in- Miumont* the dance begun. The scene can iwlter tje Iinnglncd than described. When the dance ended there was n general rush for whisky, and a* It was being poured out for the thirsty crowd the w-oincfi In luifrs stopped out on the floor and sfitif- tied Jrisu Jigs, At the cull for tho second set-two mountaineers rushed fof the same female. A row was the next act. Tho woman stood ns a status and did not utter a word. Simultaneously each men flashed out?? revolver. She stepped between them and in u cool manner said, ???Stop. boj>: let me Mrulghtcn it.??? She took a bowio knife, liurkd it Into tho log* of the wall and said that the roan w ho hit ucarcat the knife should'have the dance. The night???s pleasure was suspended n few moment* and the crowd looked on breathte*s| as the >liots rung out. The one w ho was closest w 1th Ills bullet caught tho female about tht? \yaist j nud t he ilnnce proceeded. The scene was sobtV for gotten. Tlrls is one of the picture* tot* i lie wall* of Broek's Pocket. The nq ???Un will l*i lookiMl foruotd to witli Interest. A VQUDOO SPELL THE BLACK TRICK DOCTOR. BV WALLACE-PUTNAM REED. i capture of this ???Tlio Ffitnnua Daniel Hoys."???Next ConTtTVTtox will contain a full and graphic his tory of the Daniel bojw, tlje famous outlaw* whose desperate fighting In Arkansas willlotig.be remeni- tiered. Mr. 1*. J. Moran, of Tifr. CONSTITUTMS ktftff has spent a werk wJth the outlaw* in their camp, and makes a thrilling and marvellous story.' Don' fail io get next week's Comm tion and refi'l chnj ttrof real advcnturo.that surpasses fictlofi. ford, will Le pi luted lu next week???s Co:??T!Tl r;< You will regret it if you miss this story, wlffeli^ lull of the grace uml kinduoM of the Christmas haeon. Otpcrcapitalr.torles tx.>ldes this. Our ???Morles of the War" grow In interest. 'J hi* week Captain McCurdy give* another version of the Battle of tho Crater which is frill of Interest, erd other itorlos follow. Wo have a thrilling hutch of new atotics for next week. The Hush 1* Great butwc are meeting It. For our How Wig Machines arc new. A great many are inking our High Arm Machluo for fctt, and like II splendidly. Wo now sell machine* by the hun dreds, and we never handled anything that give* such uiiIvvimiI satisfaction. Yon save 130 every tlir.o you buy one of our machines. ???This Week Yon Must decide what paper you will take for next year. Do not bo misled by ???uiraplo copies??? of Inferior paper* sent out to catch strangers. The old reliable CoNsrni Tiox 1* the l*ht finally paj??r In tbo world. Try It for next year and you will never be without It. It 1* tho same nil the year rouud, except that Jt get* better all the time. Head what our old subscriber* say M-oiit It in ???Our .Own Column.??? You can't do bet ter than try The Coxxmt nox. J. Wilkes Ilootli'* Child. Chicago, December ft.???A story telegraphed from Bostou last night start* onco more on ita round the ancient (airy talc .that John WUkes Booth, the murderer of President Lincoln, is still alive. The only living child of Booth is a Mrs. Henderson, nu actress, playing In a burlesque troupe at Grrnier???s Garden, hi this city, under tlie name of "Bitft Booth.??? Mrs. Hcmlcifon said today that though ???ho was but five years old when her father died, she knew that ho was really dead and buried. ??? Her mother, who is now tho widow of a navy officer named Bellows, and lives at Scotlaud, Conn., near Norwich, went to the undertaker'* shop where Booth'* body lay nud examined it closely, a* she bad sonic doubts about it* Identity. Tho head was severed from the hotly, according to hint, llondeison, nml her mother took it Up and examining the teeth wits convinced bv a certain gold filling that it was her husband^ WINi; ClCLLAlt FMPTIKD. Judge LocliratM' will not he a Jug wuwp. This dlstinguhhcd gentleman, It will be remem bered, took a firm and decided stand for prohibi tion tn the late election. U was charged l*y some that he, b>gviher with other wealthy gentlemen, would not be hurt by prohibition, as tlwy could buy it* much liquor an v whirs as they wanted and keep it in their cellar*. JudgeUH'hrane tahl during the campaign that after the clectibn he would toko tho cork* out ot cvi ry Jug iu his cellar and pour tho coutouis on the, ground. Last Friday evening Dr. Hawthorne wasvLMling Judge Lech mm*, and itfter.Mtpt*er the judge onleml tho M-nunti to bring un all tho wines aud llqnora in the cellar aud pour ft front the back much onto the ground. The Judge???s family and Dr. Hawthorne witn-'od tho imiovio-lve revne. Fine Uujioru'd "iMtch whbkfcs, and imi>ortctl wines was poured I ??? i.tiu* ciound, Judge Lochrane says hr wanted to set a good ox ample to hi* children, amt that he wanted to vin dieate hi* consistency In taking such an came* .part in the recent campaign. Judge Lochnsn?????s well-known couvixial uaturoadd* a peculiar fea- tmvto this act. lie always iixxd high, wwokot * Igars, drank tine wines, and U.nl Die bc*t ything. Ha now bids farewell to all kinds of intoxicants, and xx hen he says he xvllt do a thing U will be done. When tht* gentleman held the rotr.mtednn of a judge he never tasted w hie or liquor. He gave U up then and is w illing to give it op now. B The Qucru of Houuuroia has written three articles, giving gtimporx of the country over which she reigns, tor the Youth's Companion. Interesting ami Brilliant. From the Gainesville, Go., Eagle. Wo had a pleasant call from Mr. F. J. Moran, ???f the Atlanta OKwrrruTroN, on SatnnUy task Over the ??om de plane of ???Fra Jay??? Mr. Moran la well known as one of the most fracefal and versatile writers on the Georgia press. He is not only entertaining aud brill- hint with his pen, bat a$nost pleasant and cotnpliahed gentleman aad agreeable compan ion. We hope to have onr oanctum eftwr fight- esed by hi* genial satlkoaad cheered by his sprightly conversation. Copyrighted, J BBS, by g, S. 3fcClure. 1 Was nover wore token back in my life than when Jake came to mo and complained that ho had been voudooed. Jake was a bright mulatto. He was about thirty years old. He could r6ad and write, aud belonged to the creme do la creme of col* ored society in Cottonville. For several years he bad been a sort of factotum about my office, keeping things in order, running on errands and doing odd Jobs. It was unnecessary for Jake to inform mo that bo'was sick. Any one could seo at a glance (hat ho was iu a bad fix. His ill health bad lasted for weeks, and ho seemed to bo growing steadily worse. He was in fact a mere wreck. He could neither cat nor sleep, and .it waspositivelyminM to seo the poor fellow drag himself about as he routine duties. Of course I had beard of voudooism. I knew that tho negroes of CottenviHo were liko tho mats of their rttce all over thewouth, but Jako was no common negro. His frank confessiou angered as much as it surprised me. ???Now, Jake,??? I said, with an air of jndicial severity, ???this sort of thing won???t do. You know that this voudoo business is all a hum bug.??? ???Yas, Margo Boss,??? replied Jake, ???X dcs- ^Well, then, wh'at do you mean???? Tell you what, Marse Boas,"was tbo dogged answer, ???Tmj been tricked, I shorely has.??? ???Go ahead then,??? said I, ???let wo have thp whole story.??? . Tlie victim scratched his head, aud rather slinmo facedlr proceeded to give rae a history of hfs case. The details need not -be related here. It is enough to say that Jako had n rival in tlie person of one Black Bob. Tho two bad come to blows more than onco, but the nretty quadroon who was the cause of tho trouble slioxx-cd her good senso bv sticking to Jake. Fiually there came a change. When Jake's health failed him his girl grexv indifl'T- ent, and one day surprised everybody in her circle by marrying Black Bob. ???Xoxv, Murae BoiS,??? said Jako when ho canto to this part of Ms tale, ???dat makes it stau??? ter reason dat J???se befcn tricked. What fur a spry yallcr gal like dat go nu' take up wld a regular niggr.li???? This was a poser. It was useless for nv discuss the proverbial fickleness of the sex. "Anudder tiug,??? continued Jake, ???I a got no common misery hold uf mg. I'so tried the doctors. J)ey can't tcch do case. I keeps ngittin' wuss and wuss, an??? nt night I s:es Black Boh in dc room all do time, bat when 1 strikes a match nobody's dar.??? ???Oh, you???ll come out all right. You may go Into the country for n mouth. That will help ??u wonderfully.??? For reply Juke drew from his pocket a dirty little bag uml placed It on my desk. ???What do you call thi*???? ???X gotten lilt otitern n crack iu do wall back my bed.??? ???It Is?????? ???Do trick bag!??? shouted the sufferer. ???Look!??? and ho emptied the thing. Just such a condensed museum of horrors I never saw before, aud I hope never to sec n similar ono. I could not help thinking of tbo ingredients of tho witches??? cauldron in ???Mac beth.??? A lizard???s tail, a ???possum???* claw, a tuft of hair from n black <log\tail,a piece of suako* skin, tv lumn of brimstone, tv magnetic rock??? tbeso were some of tbe contents of the bag. J started to blow them away, but the, dupe of voudooism interposed and cargfully ???gathered them up again. ???' ???J???togxvine ter take ???em,??? ho said, ???tar, do tric k doc tor.??? ' ???To t hat old black quack on Yellow CreokF ???JesHo, Morse Boss, un' I wants yer to go wld me. 1 Tbe plot thickened. I began to bo amused. The black trick doctor was not unkuown to me.* Ho came to town occasionally and tho mingled fear and deference with which ho wm regarded by the negroes had attracted my attention. It was a drive often miles to Yel low Creek, but it was it lino morning. Why not humor Jake and gp? . ???AH right, we???ll ho off.fn ten minutes.??? Tlie faithful fellow???s delight was pleasmt to ???see. Ho limped Out aud in a short time bad a conveyance at tho door. On n grassy lull overlooking Yellow Creek stood n double log cabin In tlie shade ofagrovo of nudcfttic forcat oaks. This was tbo abodo of the black trick doctor, I want forward confidently, but with some curiosity; Jako logged lolliml. Entering the cabin I saw a plainly but neatly furnished room in tho center of which sat tho trick doctor. A blacker negro I nover saw in my Ufc. Ills face did not havo that shiny black ness peculiar to wauy of his race; it re sembled charcoal more than ebony. The doctor rose when wo entered, aud with a certain natural dignity said: ???You aro welcome. Wbafc can I do for T ??Ub ltocfthc negro txvaug, but his Unguago was-far better thau poor Joko???s. Finding that it was but of the question to get a statement from my follower, who ap peared as anxious to get out as he had ouce been to get in, I took???tho matter in hand and related all the circumstances of tho cose. The trick doctor looked gravely at the sick mau. Then he felt his pulse, looked luto hi* eyes aud examined hi* tongue. ???Ho tell* tho truth,??? he said; ???ho has bain tricked.??? ^ ??? ???Heahd?? eoufttr??? bag!??? exclaimed Jake, producing the cause of all hla woe*. The doctor examined it seriously. Then ho went to the shelve* liuing ouo sldo of tbo room, and after hunting about among the bot tles and bundles of roots and herbs, produced n small vial of colorless liquid. ???Swallow this,??? he commanded. Jake stepped outside with tho vial, siying that he wonted a drink of water after taking the medicine. When ho returned the doctor calmly mid: ???You did not take tbo medicine.??? ???XV do Lawcl?????? began Jake. ???Stop.??? said the other, "don???t lie to me. You aro in my hands now. 1 ant going to cure you, but you must obey me.??? ??? Jake???s wool displayed a tendency to stand t end. * . Another vial wr.s placed iu his baud, and this time he obediently swallowed tho con tents without even winking. **fiit down awhile,??? was the next instrui tion. As tbe mysterious physician^ appeared to have the case.off his rniud. for the time being, I tried to engage him in conversation, hut without much success. Seeing a table in the room literally covered wiik gold aud silver coin aud bank notes, I asked the doctor what he would ebargo to cure Jake. ???Nothing,??? was the quiet reply. "Nothing!??? "I mean that I charge nothing. Somo of my patients make me presents,??? and ho looked meaningly at the money on the table. ???Afe you not afraid of being robbed!??? I asked. X'or the first and only time during the visit thi* strange being laughed. ???Bobbed !*??? he repeated; ???no, there is not the least danger. 1 sleep with door* aad win dows open, and hundreds of people know thAt 1 keep my money on thtt table. A robber would as soon face the devil as to en- mr house.??? tried to lead the conversation to medical suWect*, and spoke of the properties of certain hern end their effect in nervous diarae*. The black face showed no animation, no interest, but at last the doctor raid: ???You white people are wise. Yon know a great deal, but some of the blacks, being shut out from books aad tho teachings of science, bare beed driven by necessity to study deeply the secrets of nature- My father came from Africa. At home he was a great min, a wise nun. He taught me many things, snd I have Fpent ray life studying men and boasts and nature, J have picked up some education, but books ore no good.??? By this time Jake gave signs of restlessness. After looking intently at him a moment, tho dcctor handed Irfm the trick bag saying: ???Take that to the creek. Turn round three tiroes and throw it in. Then stop by tbo fpring, null up ft plank, and .you will find a spring lizard. Bring it to me.??? Jake departed on his mission, and presently returned with the lizard. The doctor took Joke's, empty medteiue Vial and held it- under the lizard's mouth., ???Squeeze him,??? he said. The order was obeyed, and a stream of milky looking water gushed into tho vial com pletely filling it. ???Now, kill him,??? was the next direction, and this, too, was carried out. Eoth Jake and myself began to feci some what mystified, but the wonderful black man scaled up the viol and handed it to Jake. ???Make no mistakes,??? lie said, ???and yon aro saved. Iu some way hide this vial in Black Bob???s house, near his bed. Then you will, get well, and the trick will be on him.??? Wc took out departure and made a rapid drive back to Cottonville. ???Why, Jake, yon are looking better,??? I re marked three days later, ???JBlessyo??? soul, -Massa Boss,??? wa* the reply, ??????cc nearly well. But yer j 1st oughter see dat udder feller 1??? I did seo the other feHow a little later, and I saw at once that the spell was working. Day by day I watched the result. Even now I hesitate to pnt it down on paper. In the course of a few woeia Jako regained his former. health and spirits. Black Bob went moping about, lie had racking pains in every joint. He became blind and deaf, aud rent blotches of white and green disfigured is skill. His wife left him in disgust, and all the negroes pointed .him out as a man who wasuuder the voudoo spell, and refused to have anything to do with him. Tho misera ble wretch wandered off in tho xvoods to die. Jake is still hearty and frolicsome, but while lie has if great respect for the trick doctor who J rolled him through his trouble, lie cannot be nduced to visit him. I don???t* much blamo Jake. There is something uncanny about tho whole affair. f % lllctcd with Membranous Croup, and __ cations all seem to prognosticate in dat alrccshun. Mrs. Brown???Foah do lawd, am dat so? I had???n DtJccd dat do poali Ism's brain wax 'tVetcd. Well, yo??? cuali him ob do brntnourocss an??? I'll Just khock dnt Croup higher'n a kite wld a doso ob Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Swke' Gum an' Mullein,foil T alias keep a vial in dc cabin. TAYLOR???S CHEROKEE REMEDY Of Sweet Gum anti Mullein. Tho sweet gum, os (gathered from a tree of tho same name, growing along tho small streams In the Southern .States, contain* u btlmulatingexpcctorant principle that lootens the phlegm producing the early raomlhg cough, and MimuUtcs tho child to throw off the false membrane in croup and xvhoop- ???ng cough. When combinod xrJth the healing mu- Uliginous principle in tlie Mullein plant ot tho ???tlos, presents In Taylor'* rinmoKF.E Revf.dy of Sweet Gum and IfTLECX the finest known remedy for Coughs, Croup, Wbocpinc-Congli and Coimimn- tieu; anrl so palatable?? any child is pleased to lako . - ??? - r ???,03 sizes. If tlrao only, Itching, Burning, Cracked and BleetHngSkinCured by Cuticural scales, and permits rest aud sleep. This repeated daily, with txvo or three doses oL Cuticura Resol vent, the new blood purifier, to keep the blood ptire, the perspiration pure sad' unlrritufing, tho bowel* open, the liver and kidneys active, -will speedily cure eczema, tetter, ringworm, psoriasis, licli.cn, puritus, scald head, dandruff, and every species of itching, scaly anti pimply humor* of tbe skin and scalp, with loss of hair, when tho best physician* ana all known remedies foil. * ' ECZEMA CURED. cured. I think faltbfally usqd they will cure tbo xvorfet hEln diseases known. GEO. ft DICKENSON, Nat. Home for D. V. ???., Hampton, Va, SALT llllKDM CURED. *J was troubled with salt rheumfor a number of yours ro that the skin entirely came off one of my hand* from the finger tips to the wrist. .1 tried remedies ana doctors??? prescriptions to no purpose until I commenced takingCuticura Remedies, and noxv 1 am entirely cured, E.T. PARKER, 370 Northampton St.. Boston, Mass. ITCHING, SCA I??Y, FI3IULY. , For the last year I have had a species of itching, scaly and pimply humor* on my face to which I have npplfcd a great many methods of treatment without tfuecet*. aud vrhieh was speedily and en tirely cured by Cuticura. MRS. IfAAC PHELPS, Ra ve mi a, O. by the Potter Drug and Chemical Co.,Bostou. Mau. (Send for ???How to Cure Skin Diseases.*' PIM^FuB^ckheods. 8kln Blemishes, and r IlfiBaby Humor*. u*e Cuticura Soap. SHARI* AND SHOOTING PAINS, that seem to cut through you liko a knife, are instantly rollovou by placing Cuticura Anti-Pain Plaster over???tho vV spot.xvhere the pain originate*. 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Highest award at in ternational Cotton cx- hibitlon, Atlanta, Os, the Arkansas State fair, tho Na tional cotton Plan ters??? association, Great any part ot receipt or 91.00.- WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Oa. HENRY'S. Carbolic Salve The most Powerful Healing Olntmon ever Discovered. llmrj???s Carbolic Salve cares Sores. Hom'j???s Carbolic Sairn aiiayu Jb:nu. Henry's Carbolic Salvo cures Henry???s Carbolic -J-alvo lu-ali riiu;.lcs Henry's Carbolic Snlrc cares MIck. Henry's Carbolic Salve lirals Crete. Ash (br Henry's, ajtvl.Tatio So Other JW-BEWARE OF COITKTEHPIST3.T5S mev, ??? xve*l thn xvliy" SCROFULA Humors, Erysipelas, Canker, anti Catarrh, Can ba cured by purifying the blood with I t do not hclioro (lint A Tim 's SjoranparlUo bo. nn cnunl ns a rrmcily jfor Scrofulom llu- ntora. It I. pleiunnt to tnko, Riven ntr??? nml .Igor lo tlm nml t>ro.luve3 n pni'iiinncnr, lon'i, suit (linn nay mq I ever usoil.???E. Unlnc, No. Ltmlnle, O. 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