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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA* GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 22, 1885.
CHRISTMASTIDE.
THE CHILDREN AND THEIR OLD
FRIEND SANTA.
Arp Writ*# of the Bup??ntltlotui of People???The Art c
Making Mouey-TUe Cbaractera of Hendrfoka
??? and Vanderbilt Compered???BUI'* Bod
??h rlat mu???Other Win Strings.
* It is almost Christmas, and while sitting
hero watching and waiting for tho morning
I got to thinking of that wonderful supersti
tion about Santa Clans and how long it had
lasted and how^rajiturotiAly the children u <d
to believe it, and how willingly tho parents
let them and wonld not undcccivo them. Hut
the children are smart now, too smart to be
fooled, and they soon find out that Sant* Claus
la papa or mamma; but still they wait anxioue*
j for the presents and humor tho supersti
tion. It is just human to have a shadowy
faith in rome great and good being who has
immense store houses of good thing*,
whose touch can turn things
into gold and diamonds, and
beautiful gems. In ages post tho men of
Acicnee have tried and tried again to discover
the philosophers??? stone that would enable them
to make gold and diamonds by the hushel, hut
It was not so intended. Indeed it would itot
do any good for then gold would he cheaper
than iron and diamonds would have no more
Value than colored glass. If nobody know tho
ttCTet hut one man, of course he could get as
rich as Crccsus, but that wouldn???t do the world
Any good nor him cither. Lots of men are
richer than Croesus nowand are not happy.
Bkbts are a curious thing. Everybody wants
them and atrivea to get them hut nobody ad
mires the man who ftucceod* in getting them.
Vanderbilt and Hendrick* have just died???
nobody cares for Vanderbilt and everybody
grieves, more or less, for Hendricks. How is
that! One was a great statesman and a patriot
Who sought, by precept and example, to bene
fit his country. The other worked for himielf
Alone, and Tidies wero hi.i Oo.l,
and hit methods of acquiring them
wreie qnrstionable, Neither his precepts
nor bis example* were good. Selfishness is it
twit in human nature that is never forgiven.
Bieh nu n are most always selfish. Therefore,
We do not like rich men. The nubile haven
tilt nt contempt for the Vanderbilts and Aston
and Jay Goulds and all their sort. I have.
The selfish greed of these millionaires is to mo
disgusting and I look upon them not only
with contempt hut with nn apprehension of great
'lunger to our country. Where is tho limit
to flieir ambition. If Vanderbilt had lived
twenty years longer lie could have easily been
worth a thousand millions, for money makes
money and will double itself-in ten years.
These men would take it ull if they could get
It???every dollar???and then where would wo
be and our children? Slave* to a few tyrants.
It alarfits mo to think of it. How the rich nro
Coiict-tit rating and getting richer and tho
poor are increasing and getting poorer.
This thing has got to stop or wo will
all he communists. It Is legalised robbery.
No man acquires property and a go's!, honest
title to It except by producing it himself or
Inheriting It from -somebody who did produro
It. Tho other way is by theft, swindling or
robbery. Tho Nobles and Tylers, nt Anniston,
have made a million by honest toll, and added
a million to the products of the country. They
gave value received for what they have
acquired. llut neither Vanderbilt
nor Jny Gould got their
money that way. They made some of it by
adding to values, but most of their immense
fortunes have been made by speculating???by
ttick and strategy and using tho power of vast
wealth to break down others urnl build u;
themselves. They crushed tho weak, an<
11n ir victim* nro numbered by thousands.
They played bull and they played
bear and now the newspapers\ tell
anecdotes of how this dead Vanderbilt got tho
apodal favor of hia Cither hy catching otto of
Jria father???s tricks. Like (Miter like son. It is
All trick ami robbery. Wlint they have got
they did not cam or produce. They gave no
value received, but wliat was their gain was
somebody???s loos. What a contcmptlblo thing
U is to get property that way 1 Loaa and pin
???like the gambler???nothing produced. Wlicr*
the farmer sells his cotton ho feels that th
money ho received for it is honest
money, And so with tho mechanic or the
working man of any class or profession, and
the public are willing for them to havo and
enjoy the proceeds of their labor. Hat Van
derbilt rays dntn the public. Ho makes his Will
and throws a little sop hero and there, about
one per rent of his ill gotum gam*, ami that
mint satisfy. That la tho nttoucmcnf,
and ho held on to that until
the hot minute. Well, ho died norm too soon.
1 wish they would ail die before they count
their million* made hy such methods. I am
getting to believe that tho rich men of this
country have no limit to (heir lovo of money,
and they would take it all if they could got it.
It is the method* and tho greed of iu< h hum
that causes trade union* and labor orgauku-
tlons ami strikes for wages, ami arrays labor
against capital and the poor against the
rich. If this government goeft
pieces that will ho tho enuuo
of it. Money Is power now. Nobody respects it,
and yet everybody fears it. Millionaire* go to
congress now, mm tho tlmo la not far oft* wlron
nobody but millionaire* can go there. Do
Tocqueville wrote years ago that our great
danger would be the vast wealth of tho rich
and tho poverty of tho poor In largo cities, for,
said he, mammon is not men lAil, and when
the poor are utterly helpless they will rise liko
??? tornado and sweep the rich away.
Hut 1 havo strayi doff from my first thoughts,
which were about Christmas and superstitions.
1 was thlnkingabout how wo all worshipped
great nun, liko Mr. Hendricks, and thou I
thought of what Mr. Carlylo wrote about wor
shipping heroes:
Mr. Carlyle said that every nation should
havo a heto nud should worship him???not
.Worship him m a god or In placo of tho true
God-but the next thing to it. l(o sty* it
cements the people together, and makes them
proud of their country and content with their
government. Every man. woman and child
thru has a reverence for tho b&uio great man
who fought for them, or died for thorn,
or was tho founder of their Institution*
or their law* or their religion. It makes no
difference whether ho was a good man or x
so they U-llcvc that he was, but ho must be
great man and love his country. Indeed It
not nvirs.-arv that ho jdiould be a man at all,
but ho may be a myth???a spirit???an tm tgiinry
Ideal God who is a hero who rules and protects
and is to lw reverenced hy tho people.
Mr. Gsrlyle illustrates ni* idea o?? hero wor
ship with Odin aud Thor of the ancient Nor-
armen. These divinities for whom Wed nos J y
and Thursday were named, had the worship of
that people for centuries and was only spplant-
mI liv I'lirl.fi-iiill v .ii.l Otn w.iruMi, ???????* l*K?????
In courec of time tho oracles got corrupt and
ttld lira and gave had advice and the people
lost faith, and tho empire went to decay.
Then there has Mahomet a no
table hero whom tho Moslems
vvoiihiprcd and worship still, for he gave them
laws and government nud religion. Great is
AH: li and Mahomet is his prophet. That hero
has unbind the teat of ages and is a hero still
and ho???dsan immense nation in unity. Then
there I* Ireland that hasitagod Bt. Patrick,
m <1 her people* worship him still and celebrate
his Mrt}. dnv every year. I liko Sr. Patrick
for he bated makes and made war on them
r o do I. Then came heroes in later day* ???Calvin
and Luther and John Knox and Wesley, Mr.
t???nriyle even speaks well of Napoleon aa a
hero, for he rays he unified the French nation
and it in Utter to have a hud hero than none
r.ut the time has passed for enlightened nations
to have a single hero. Our republic has pros-
pored and become great without lieing confined
to a single hero. We havo had lota of them,
and wo honor their memories and
their heroic deeds, lmt wo do
idolize any man. Heroes are
common for that. But we still honorsuch men
ns Washington uml Webster and Clay and Cal-
htnn and General Lee and Lincoln and Hen-
<1 rick??,a ml wc have no respect for those who lovo
gold more than their country or their follow
in' n. Our people arc all after money, but no
body likes the fellers who get there first and
gobble up the pile. Bill Arp.
THE GOOD WIFE KNEW IT.
BETSY HAMILTON.
ed by Christianity and the worship of Christ
greater hero. Before Christianity came to
limn they did the best they could for a hero,
for human nature lias got to haveone.amlso they
began gently with Odin and os genera
tion followed generation. Koch added to
Odin'* womUrfrtl powers, and they gave hint
wonderful company, such as Thor, the god of
Industry nud thunder,and Jotnm and Skryiuir,
and they had us many wonderful tales abo.it
Ibimasthe Pcndans had about their genii a*
found in the Arabian Nights. Thor wm a glo
rious eld ft llow. He hod a servant named
Tbtalfl, width mrat-'s laW-??????manual labor,???
and he thought the world of him. Thor was
always fighting for him. lie fought Ice and
anew and fru>t all winter, and drove them
away into tho dark caverns, so tliat hummer
and sunshine and seed time and harvest might
retr.c and blew* labor. Thor had a big
long*handled hammer that ho called
hia thunder bolt, aud whenever he got mad
with the weather and wanted to make it rain
bci hurled hi* hammer at a cloud and hit it ??o
hard the fire fit w and made a big noise, and
then the rain came down nnon the thirsty
land. But Christianity brought a hero who
they raid created Odin and Thor and all the
giants, and who wo* a better frieud to labor
and tho Iour man than ever Thor wa?? or
C)d??n. And so the Noircum prospered and
foiinrd kingdon* that prospered.
The Homans tad a lut of heroes with Jupi
ter at the!r bead and they vrorahippad thorn
And counseled with them through oracles, but
Tlie Experience* of a Drunkard Who One
Day Broke the Ffnfift That Enslaved Iffin,
Angelica, N. Y., December 8.???There is a
retired cobbler living in this place who de
serves the respect of hia countrymen for moral
courage.
Ten years ago he was. and had been for a
long time,'a eonflrmca inebriate???not a pn-
liodirnl spreer, hut a genuine soaker, warrant-
i d not to draw a sober breath from sun to sun.
Ocrcf-innally the fumes of tho whisky with
w hich he plied himself would clear away frbm
his befogged brain, and at such times his men
f??I equilibrium would wrcstlo with tho proh-
It ni of tots 1 or even partial abstinence, to be
utterly wrecked nt the sight of his haunts or
the first faint call of his system for tiro stlrnu-
bait which long use had rendered peremptory.
One day, however, a halt was called, aud
this is the way lie tolls of it:
???J was nn my way to tho Imm when I saw a
f mall make in niy path, 1 kicked it with uiy
hoot and 1 turned to n hit of crooked twig
wldeh 1 snapjicd in my hand and threw away.
I thought nothing more of the matter until 1
reached the barn, when directly before nro a
second make twisted aeror?? the hoard*. With
a quit k spring I seized it and it proved to bo a
whip Hsii. A sudden horrible rear made mo
faint and weak. I sat down on tho lower
rung of the ladder lending to the loft and
Wiped the cold sweat from my forehead.
*' ???Hnskcs, by Jericho!??? I exclaimed, ???that
tnes us Inslncs,???
???Then I stated straight ahead at a corn stalk
tl at rcon l egnn slowly to wiggle and curve.
With bursting eyeballs nud all the strength of
luind Iroormd 1 forced that corn stalk hack
fioin thl animal to the vegetable kingdom,and
tin n 1 staggered feebly out into the open air.
I Nam???d against a fence, and for fear I should
ecu more of 1 hose terrible twisting things, I
clung to n nost and closed my eyes.
*??????Time Is called, Jim,??? i said to myself
whisky nud you part company today;??? and
soberer than I lmd been for many months,
though with no more strength than a baby, I
managed to get back to the house.
'There was a fight, though! I didn???t tell
my wife, for I had made a good many pro mis'*
that hadn???t held water, and 1 thought I???d go it
alone for awhile. 1 got up In tho morninj*
after a terrible night, with the thirst of tF
chased fox upon me. Water wouldn???t quench
It, all'll tried milk. I crept into tho milk
room, slipped a straw Into the edge of a cream-
rov'rcdpan, uml sucked out tho milk until
only tho cream was left, lowered smooth and
unbroken to the bottom. Then I tackled an
other and another, until the flcrco craving was
somewhat dulled. It was ?? household mystery
* H??t became of the milk. Noott could lap It,
y wife Sfltd, and leave tho sidoa and cream
??? untouched, and where did It go?
"I let them talk, tot the efnigvl* was too
tore and fearful to bo apoken^of, and I went on
drinking the milk.
* The rend from my house to my shop lay hy
the gropgery. When I left my gate tho morn
ing 1 took tho road, aud on a dead run, as if
j tmtird, 1 made the distance. I ran hard all
the wny home to dinner, and back after that
mini, never, in fact, trusting myself to walk,
or oven take to tho sidewalk for months. Tho
cure was slow. I keep all the brakes hard sot
yet. A single gin * of hard cider would undo
the work of all these year*, but you can bet
that gluss doesn't touch my lip* while tho
memory of there little crawling black reptiles
Slavs with me.???
???And did your wife finally learn what be
came of the milk???? he was asked.
???Yes,??? mid his voice broke. ???I told her
on her deathbed.
"Mini, dear,??? she said, when 1 had finished,
with her hand clapped in mino??????Jim, dear, I
knew it all the time.*
IN A ltt.17.ZA Itl>.
Ectay Ha* Been to One, end Bu Invitations to B
era 1 Here The QulHtae* sed Cind/ PttHfaga???
Til* Kachers and Their Pumpkins-
Scent a in Rural Lite, Etc., Etc.
A Hough Experience In n Storm of Sleet
Vratrle.
v tho Chicago New*.
ever miw a bllz/ard on?" win tho query of
William Orvla, from Minnesota, yesterday. ???Well,
if you never raw one you don't know anything
about it. Only those having |uwvd through
genuine one con appreciate it. I was once caught
>ut in one aud I know how it look* and foci*. 1
left my hourc to go to a neighbor's, about half a
~away, one morning when the iky r~
loud* but them wu* no wind,
look* that there
returned,
knew
would be mow before
and put on my hutlhlo rout,
after 1 hud started on the return trip the mow Ik-.
pan to fall and the wind to blow. In lot time
than it takes to tell it a mixture of hail uml snow
*?? line n??* meal came Watlng In uiy face, nlmo>t
blinding me. 1 buckled up my coot
cloa
could ami pulled my cap over my earn, hut all to
no purpose. The Meet sifted through :ho front of
(lie coat, inside the collar, and down my hack
until 1 us* nearly wild. 1 couldn't keep my
eymopena second, turn which way I would. I
bad only a short dbtuucu to so to reach my
m\ lut it might a* well have beau
lie. 1 staggered on until I must have tramped
.... miles, but whether 1 was going in a ???traixht
line or In a circle 1 knew not. I was very nearly dis
content d u hen 1 stepped in a hole and down I w ent.
- - ,a* a relief to land anywhere out of the tvanh of
. . t elling tdcct.nud as i did not fall far, 1 felt per
fectly satisfied. On examining my quarter* J found
them to U n culvert, aud knew Iff could keep a
bole large enough to admit a little air 1 would tx*
letter eff Hum I would be outside: Ainl po t
self ltd down. llow many hour* I stayed
there 1 can???t ray. but I
finally aroused l??y hearing voices near me and
.... next moment the cold ntr from the out>ide
murk me and 1 knew no more, l had fainted. My
t'.vigld-or* hod mimd
nanhforme *'*
after being k
They carried me to the hi
i! had organized
???l a few hours in hot blankets. I came
to AM was III right. I never want another ex
perience like that, imagine the snow fhrnr a bll*
??? *---. | - - nail-hole m *
the velocity of it
1>???? Yon Mean Itudnesn?
Well, if von have strength to push your bus-
ice *#, it U well. But many a mxu???s business
bn* broken down because the nuin was broken
down, am! had no mu-h in him. If yon want
to make a rutvcM, build up your system hv tho
use of Brown???s Iron Bitters. Mr. W. M. Win-
free, of Petersburg, Vn , gays: "Then* ia no
tr-??d<cinc rcual to Brown???* Iron Ritters for
general debility.??? It cures dyspepsia, en
riches the blood and strengthens the muscles.
Tlie Old Spinning Jinny,
mm the Katuoton, Ha., Chronicle.
There is a spinning wheel in Midway, n^vr
this city, that Mr*. Martha Thomas spun upon
18ft years ago, aud it U in good order, all hut
the ftdndle, which has been lost, Mrs. Thomas
Was toe mother of Colonel John 8. Thornt??,
Who lived to a great age himself, and died a
fr w years ago.
The Nurse at the llnlddr of the Mck
will find a safeguard and purifier in Darhv???s
Trophylsitic Fluid. It will thoroughly purify
the air of the room and destroy all dtsue
germs arising from the patient, tho bed. ni ??Ut
???hairs, etc. The patlcut will obtain refreshing
relief by being sponged with a small quantity
of the Fluid diluted with water. For safety,
cleanliness And comfort in the sick room the
Hu id i?? indispensable.
Christmas frolics is done sot in yearncot in
this settlement now, aud you wont hear noth
ing Lut fiddlin and danciu plum on tel new
yew's day. Our gang???s l>cen axed to so many
it makes my Lead swim to mind ???em all, wero
done been,to one and got u invite to six
We was axeil to Miss Hasher to tho "punkin
dry in???.???
I never beam of a pnnkin dryin afore.
We'un allers dried onrpnnkins every year but
never thought about axin help.
Wife* Hasher she lowed her gals
was a fixin' up for a quiltin??? and as long an so
much vittlcs had to bo cooked, any how, she
would ax Koine of the old folks to come and
help fix her punkins to dry.
The Hashers riz a powerful chance of big
valler punkins in ther new goun'fiel??? ami the
biggest un taken the silver cup and blue rib-
bin at the fair; and Miss Hnehcr she got tho
news from town that dried punkins was a
gwine to fetch a whalin price this year, and
she aimed to fix a chance of ???em to sell. Ho
the invite went all around the settlement. She
rent it by a little nigger and it was black and
grcaj-y time it got to we???uns. It read: ???Cura
tu mi hows tu tbee punkfu drine on a chose*
dy nite marthy an hasher at hom her party.???
Hhe lowed that night "Fin a powerful nun*l
to mix work longer piav and I gits a right
unart chance er woik done that way. too,"
nmlOmn maw Lnftis she 'lowed ???you air right
Mia Hasher, if ther wa* more work an i less
play ther???d he more work done.???
I*be Goodens on tothe r side er the creek
most ingintnerly opens up the frolics this
timo a year with a quiltin' or a eviuly
pullin??? or lump???n or other, and it
takes tho rounds, ever bodv else
has to give a party or some sorter to do, and
penr* like they don???t know when to stop. But
the Hashers got ahead of the Goodens this
year. They ie<l off with a punkin dryin.
We???uns nil went. I???um and Bunch Bcroggins
was lure from town and B-ineh she was most
ravin distracted to go to a quilt in. hadn't never
hem to no quiltin in her lire, and they both
liken to a tuck a fit when they Itcarn about the
punkin dryin,
Buddy lie???s allers high up for gwine to tho
Ifnahere???he lows they feed so good over tin
lie axed Mis* Bunch for tho pleasure of h<
company end lowed they???d go whether Any
body else went or not.
Cousin l???ink she lowed it was mostly for ot
folks, and she didn???t keer nothin??? about gwin<
hut when sho seed some of tho settlement
hoys ride up and hitch ther crittors to tho
ft nee, she taken a notion all of a suddent she
believed she???d go. They come to ax the pleas
ure of our company to tho pumpkin dryin*,
Cousin Jake, Iky Itohenon, Cap Dewberry and
Jack Singleton. 1 knowed in reason (.'up he
aim to ax me for my company.
Zftck Singleton, ho didn???t keer no more
about gwine longer tne, than tethers, but ho
loves to torment Cap, and whiio Cap???s little
hob tail mule was a ratin??? around and Cap ho
was a tryiu??? to hitch him, Zauk
hurried in the houso and
ask'd me for my company to tho purakin
dryin; and when Cap got in he taken the dry
grins aud lowed it wasnt fair.
The dry grins hurts???most all of us has had
cm icmc time or other and can guest how poor
Cap felt. And what rondo It wnsrer on C??p, hu
turned around and axed Miss Bunch for her
company and alio had done promised Buddy,
then he axed Cousin Pink and mIio had prom-
ired to go longer Iky Roberson???and by that
time tothcr boys was all ahead of him. Fiur-
rfdy Trnnysy had slipped nut when she seed
the boys a comin to put on her tothcr rout i>nd
come back in good time to get Cap???* inviW,U|ji I???
don???t know what Cop would \r done fr Finr-
rldy hadn???t er tuck pity on him, for tho dry
grina wns n jqlttin* the upper hand of him dret-
fril. Cousin Jnkc. he aimed to go longer Miss
Push, lut Jim Wiggin* was ahead of him, and
so Ctusin Jake ho taken the pleasure of Cule*
deny'a company.
The Williamson and Stnngfoller gals went
l>y er hour by sun, all dike out in ther Suu-
ly>, the red ribhins a Ilyin??? and tho starch
hick on ther faces, (flour enough to make a
hls'uit) and attcr a bit hero went
tlie Crabtrees and Jhikinses aud
Wigginsokers all washed up clean enough to
give ???em a cold, and we???uns knowed then
thcrc???d be a big crowd, that tho wholo settle
ment must er got a invite, and over body and
and the baby and the Bttlo dog would be thar.
Fart of ottr crowd weut in tho ox waggirt,
It was monstrous cold, and maw she taken but
rock*, wo had Vm on the hath for dog irons
aud they was already hot???and sho put ???em in
the wnggin to ther feet, and kWered ther la|??s
w ith a old tore seven star quilt aud a blue and
red checks yarn kivcrlid, and they kep plum
warm, but them of us that ??? *
beast hack lack to cr friz???and whon tv
thar Iky Roberson???s noso was redder???n his
lu nd. 1 know in reason tho Hashers is got tho
biggest fireplace and fliugs on tho biggest hack
logs of any whar ever I seed, and it never
token us uo time to git warm. Kack lowed ho
wosnt cold; ho had laughed enough to keen
iiis-ccf warm; ho most enjoyed his sef to death
over cuttln Cap out.
Miss Hasher and the gals axed us in???and
tho old folks was settiu around the fire la the
shed room, uud had done cut up mighty
nigh all tho nunkios aud struug
???em tip to the jico logs to
dry* and the room was blue with smoke from
ther cob pipes uud homemade ???stingy green???
backer, come was a smokin???and sonic a dippin'
Mint); and all a talkin???. Tho youug folks
never sot down???they was a flying??? around,
some in tho shed room, and some in the
kitchen, and some in the loom ???ouse, and the
gals all a gigglin??? and haviu' a power of fun.
The loom ???ouae is in the yard a few steps
from tho Iioubo aud dancin' was gwino on out
thar. We beam tho fiddle away down tho brier
ruteh road halfa mile fore wo got thar and Jitn
Pinkney's big possum mouth a railin' tho
Ustuc. He's alters tho biggest tuanat ever???
frolic lie goes to. Wauts ever body t*> do hia
\\ ay or none.
Bunch, she wonted to sco ???em dance, Tito
lot m 'cure was so full wo jest peeped in at tho
du>r. ami J in lie was a callin??? ???Fard-ncr* for a
tqund-driU! All git your pord-nens how to
your pard-ners???turn tho same, awing them
corn-ilers???all to your nun-chin???swing them
purd-uers???nil promonaue???every feller to his
j'Uiuhlu- ladies to tho right???awing them
paid-nets???seat the same.??? Then he culled
cut lurtncrs for a reel, and another *ct
came out. ami ho didn't atop callin. uml tho
fiddle and banh* didn't *r-.|?? r* m tinte, only
to tune up. ??? Ting, ting, ting.??? ???Tong, tong,
tong.??? ???Tint Ung-tong-tung.??? ??? Chunky,
chauky, chtnky.??? "All promenade!??? aud a
tet was on the floor all the time. A little sal-
h u face dirl-rnting boy stood and beat on tho
fiddle w ith two straws and kent t me to tho
tune of "Jay bird flew to tho HighL nd waters.???*
Tea-patfh ladies set to your pa*tnew.???
V&ldter???* j?? y" and "Come, haste to tho wed
ding.??? A t ddle string broke, bu??? hey never
sti jped ft r it, and some of ???em hollered out:
"I???ll le tcund for Bill Borkum, he's a gwino
to play that fiddle as long as a t tring???s left.
Bill he ??li n???t let nothing set him back.???
That fct??hed a big laugh from
the crowd, and Bill tried hissef
to rrc tow fAst he could play, and they never
halted a tu nute tel some body hollered out.
Taidncre for supper.???
"I knowd that would stop them fldd'os.???
Hays Cousin Joke, "When ratin' won???t stop
'em nothin??? else won???t.??? Mol Freshoure was
most cut???n breath from dancin', and her panl-
ncr had done axed her comnany to supper,
when up walked one of them big green grin-
nin??? u.ci.th Davis boys from H;turnon Ridge
srd axed her to go in to supper with him.
"Will you Intercept the nlcggcr er my company
to supper???? says he. "No. I thank you, sir;
I???m cncoecn,??? say* she???"I???m done chu-zen,???
and strpned back and made a bow.
The table was loaded with a plenty of Tit-
tier, backbone pie*, punkin pies, died apple
turn over-, gtngervakeo, au*L taler costards,
ard baked taters, bile titer*, aiul fiife tater
pie with sorghum lasses on it, and lye hornony
and cracklin fatty bread, and turnip greens,
ingens, stewed punkins and siromoa beer, and
a big dish of stewed dried apples.
They all et monstrous h -arty and then went
in tothcr Loose and played ??????J???shin for Jove,??????
and one of the gals get mad kase they didn???t
ebeore her aud went off and cried end said she
was slighted. There is er st aJJpr3 one gii in
every crowd to git mid and pout and mako
tethers feci had.
Home of ???em 'lowed It all riz O???Jt'n'possum
mcntli Jim l???inkncy???s smartness a laughin??? at
Me nnd Bunch Hcroggins and Cap and Hack
went in t???other house to see ???em quilt. They
was on tlie la*t row and ready to roll the last
l hue, and the needles was a Ilyin??? fast and the
tt ugucs a keepin??? time???all talkin??? at
???Pro-s me the thread over this way.??? ???Hand
me the zeissors.??? "Lend me the wax a minute.???
"Misslimber, you???ll hadder accommodate mo
with another needle; this yer???uns done broke
n???ready, and the pint???s off'll t???other???n. Them
j oke berry lines got rubbed out and this shell
got started crooked and ???nears like I can???t git it
right.??? ???I wonder who had a frock liko this
ycr yaller piece????
???Miss Hasher???who had a frock like that
flowerdy piece in that stair over thar in the
corndcr? It wonld make a mighty pretty sun
bonnet or waist apron airy oue???laws, laws
here's a speekly niece pine b!ank like my
Becky Ann???s weddin coat.???
???Hold the torch over here, Bill.. I can???t see
to thed niy needle. Gimme a dip ont???n your
box, Sister Strong; my snuff haint got no
staenk in it. I???d drnthcr smoke as to dip, but
Im afeard I raought set this quilt a flro. Thar
that???s a plenty???gimme the scissors agin. *
never seed sieli thed fur knottiu, pass mo tho
wax. Is you???nns beam about that ar thing
in town that talks???? ???What thing???? ???They
call it the???ar-rar???tho what-you-may-call-itV
the ar-rar???telefore I believe is what they
call it. I want to git to town one timo jisfc to
hear it talk. They say Zaek Singleton
make it talk.??? ???I bound fur Zaek.??? says old
Mi's Fnsliours with her mouth full of snuff,
"J hound for Zack???he can do anything he???s a
mind to: he never undertook to do nothin yit
without gwino through with it???I bound you
h<* can make it talk if any body can.???
They divn???t know Zack was listening. Tho
laugh was turned on him, and he run in tothcr
homo.
1 hauc???nt saw so much fun scncc last Christ
mas.
Cap lie never seed much fun that night, ho
was mad at Znek for cutting him out.
Zack he made it &U up with him by lettin
him go home with me that night.
They fay they've both done mode ther
brags that they are agwino with me to tho next
tarty, but they???ll not do it, kaso Iky Roberson
Is done got a head of???e m both.
Betsy Hamilton.
PEKING THE WEEK.
Tnenday, December IS.???The Orville, Ohio,
Farmers??? bank bn* failed Don Carlo* announces
that the reports referring to the marriage* ofhts ??o:t
to the Infant a Mercedes are premature The
South Carolina senate passed the bill repealing the
lien law, atul tho honnv overwhelmingly defeated
the bill to establish the whipping post.
In i hr City.???There men named Young father
and two sou*, have been arrested in Somerville and
brought to Atlanta and lodged in Jail charge,d with
killing Ceptaiu Kellctt, the revenue officer, on
Lookout mountain ..Jew Leach, the little girl
who was run overby a negro???s enrelcsi driving last
ueelr, Is rapidly Improving, and tlie negro who did
the work was fined 9*5 and cost Jn police court, and
ii unnant will bo sworn out agalust him by the
ebild???s parent*.
' Tlmrrdny, December 17.???The work of track
ing and returning prisoner* who escaped from the
Jail nt Yttmns, Arizona, i* Intrusted to Indian*, who,
It is ??aid, succeeded In almost every instance
Hearts! fever of a malignant typo hA* broken out in
Protestant Episcopal home for children In Pitts
burg Bulgaria ha* accepted tho proposal of tho
powers for an International commission to demur-
<nte the Huljmro-Smian frontier under certain
reservation* Severe weather Is bclngexpcrienced
in the south of Italy Eleven European* wero
inuidcrcd by llurmQMO trotips.
IkthkOtv.???OfficerSteftan, whowiushot by a
burglar at the National hotel more than u month
ago, has returned to duty Last night twenty-five
Itnl'nn* r atfiid through Atlanta on their way from
Indiana to charle-ton, where they go to work at the
phosphate bed* In that locality.
Friday, December 18.???At tho River coal
miners???convention In Monongahela it was unani
mously decided to continue tho strike for tha three
cent rate Mrs. Hendricks ho* filed a bond a?? ex
ecutrix of the will of Thomas A. llcudrieks la tho
turn of 217,000 While John MLmkn was feeding a
pair of rollers at the Dnringer coal breaker At
llnzclton, Pn., lie lost his balance and foil between
the rollers, crushing his body to a Jelly.
In- tii r. City.???Judge Met'ay???s decision hai not
earned the nutl-prohihltlonlst* to give up their bet*
on the election, and they say they will wait until
the question is fully deckled Tho United Stal
deputy marshals are making it warm for tlie m.M
ildtiers, and every day orjtwo bring In a prisoner or
a bicckode "still.???
Hntnrduy, December 10.???Hnow to tho depth
of seven JncbesfeJl on the J 1th Inst., In Kansas a
remains on tho ground yet, covering all the ft
from ranee cuttle except on bottom lauds The
business failure* throughout the aountry for the
tint week number for the Untte??l Btates 23ft
( Hr.ada 22 Mr*. M. C. I.ueas has been elected
Jailer of DuvJcs county, Kentucky, to succeed her
huM'snd, who was killed by a mob while In the
ilbehnrge of his duty The government of Monte-
negro. In view of the general military activity on
the border* of that country, hax taken tho precau
tion to arm nnd equip A000 men.
In tiik City.???1. T. Register's resignation ns
sherilf Of Colquitt county was tiled In tho exccu-
ifice yesterday ^Virgil Barnwell, a negro
boy, wns -cutto the rock pile for thirty days hy Re-
???rder Andenon for disturbing public wondilp
George Oaks had hi* left arm hurt while coupling
the En-t Tenticwee, Virginia nnd Georgia
railroad, and Tube Byrd had his right hand mashed
while coupling ears on tho Central railroad.
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Drop a postal at once to B ood
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copy of their
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It contains full information con
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and their speedy cure.
M. RICH & BROS.,
64 aud 56 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
Offer for the holidays the
largest stock of fancy novelties
in plush and leather work
boxes, toilet sets for ladies,
gents and children, music
boxes, plush and felt tidieSj
scarfs, lambrequins, bric-a-brac,
brass ornaments, and thous
ands of good and useful arti
cles. As the time for selling
them is short we are now offer
ing them at great reductions.
All our art goods in embroid
ered plush and felt scarfs, tidies,
lambrequins, etc., we offer to
close out at fifty cents on the
dollar. This is less than the
cost of the material to make
them.
Glass ware,brass ware,bisque
ornaments, music boxes, toilet
sets and thousands of other
fancy articles at M. Rich &
Bros.
Besides our regular carpet
stock we offer for the holiday
trade a fine line of fur robes
and animal skin rugs at one-
half the regular price. They
will be sacrificed this week.
Nothing could be more accept
table to a good housekeeper
than these. Select an elegant
Christmas present for your
friends now.
We guarantee that we will
do carpet work better and sell
carpets cheaper than any house
in Atlanta. We have supplied
uiue-teuths of the fine houses
that have been built in the city
in the past year. Our prices
and goods tell the tale.
M. RICH & BROS.
Rmulay, December 20.???Tim citizen* snti-
l liliioc ofeoclation was organi/fl in Sacramento,
Cal., l*??t night, having for Its object the further
ance of legislation to rltl California of the Chinese
and the displacement of heathen by white labor.
Tho French government has ordered a cessation
of hostilities In Madagascar, rom to facilitate nego
tiations for a treaty of peace Tlie Southern F
retry convention closed Its ???c*don last night at Do
Fuii ink Springs, Via Tlie City bank of lion-
Texas, hat failed I*n??perty to the value of SUfi,-
a* destroyed by fire In Montreal, Canada.
'urollne* qtiretion ha* been settled between
Germany nnd Spain.
In tiik city.???Mr. 11. IL Broomhoad, one of At
lanta's oMcrt and most respected rlHseo*, died lait
night In a fight between William White and
Tsliy Kit???ff. two negroes, la-t night, White received
il??ngtu'in??ai:d probably fatal wound on the head
with a stick The aricdun well 1* still running,
and thousand* of people are carrying away water
daily Governor MePaniel lias offered n reward
f fifty dollars for the arrest and return of Rce^c
Walker to the sheriff of Sumter county.
What a Swarm of Urea Did.
.ran in Minnesota who had rheumatism,
under took the bee remedy. Ho got into bed
with a swarm of young bees aud tho remedy
began to work, it took four men to bring him
back to the faourc and forty could not have put
him into bed again. Uo then did wlut ho
should have done at first, used St. Jacob's Oil
and is now well. A cough which ho caught
from expoMiro waa removed bv Red Stir Cough
Cure, which be says i* a wonderful discovery.
H costs only twenty-five centa a bottle. Sold
by druggists.
MRS. WINSLOW S SOOTHING SYRUP for chil-
dren teething, softens the gums, reduces tnflamma-
tlon, allays all r*ta and cures wind colic. 2 cents
bottle.
A Biw
Into her evt
mortified wl
ulated her upon the improvement c
Tbs ???Exposition Universe!!* do Tart Cal in-
sire??? awarded the hffbett honors to ANGOS
TURA BITTERS u the most efficacious
stimulant to excite the appetite and to keep
the digestive cr^ans in good order. Ask for
the gsuuiLc article, manufactured only by Dr.
J. G. JX flifgcrt Jk Boos, and be were of Unite-
Lets.
Curoa Consumption, CoMa, Pneumonia,
Influenza, Bronchial DtfBculttan, Bronchi
tis, Honraones8, Asthma, Cror.p. Whoop-
luff Couffh, and till Diseases of the Rrentn-
Inff Organa. It acoihcs unci Laale tho
Mcmbrano of tho Lungs, Inflamed i.r.d
poinoned by tho dlseaeo and prevents the
night sweats and tho tiffhtnoeB pcross tho
chest which accompany It. CONSUMP
TION Is not an iucurablo malady.
HALL???J5 BALSAM will euro you, even
though professional aid falls.
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Webster???Jt has 110,000Words,
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fTTIffJf TPt Standard In Gov???t 1'rinting office.
JL JKLJSd - { ???*000 copies in I???uMIe Schools.
P;??! ^ 20 to 1 of euy other i cries.
BEST Holiday Gift
It Is an intaluai! ??? companion In ??vcryCuhooL
mil ??.t every Fireside.
frAC. MERRIAr 1 f. CO., i???ub???rs, Springfield, Maas.
tEECATALOGUE OF BOOKS OF
*, fiitcakers. Dialogues. Gymnastics,
i, I>r> nm nooks, Debates, Letter
Fortnno Tellers,
decH-wky 4teow.
mlTOR 18Q6^m
Win bs Burned FURR la all kpslWMta. u4 UcuMi
IK, 1 .?.*". '?????????W" 1 ??*??tes w ft eonUIo* ibMl ISO t
#00 lUjiaUttloM, prlcts, ??ce??r%U OmctIbUmu m4 ??U
???dieted with Membranous Croup, aud do prognostU
utfoneailscem to prognosticate in dat alrecshnn.
| Mb. Brown???Foah de Utwd, am dat so? I had???n
noticed dat Uo imli lum'a brain was 'fected. Well,
yo??? euali him ob de brainouMiess an??? 1???It just knock
aat Croup hfgher???u a kite wfd a dose of) Taylor's
CHKROKKS BLMEDY OF SWKK??? GUM AN??? MULLEIN,foh
1 alias keep a vial in dc cabin.
TAYLOR???S
CHEROKEE REMEDY
rvuiumi r-micr*, luuuuiis ??? ruiuuikiuiKCspeuiumiu
principle that loosens the phlegm producing the
early morning cough, and stimulates the child to
|throw off the fabe membrane In croup and whoop
ing cough. When combined with the healing mu
cilaginous principle in the Mullein plant of the
fields, presents in Taylor???s Cuirokes Remedy of
Sweet Grx and Mullein tee finest known remedy
for Coughs. Croup. Whooping-Cough and Consump
tion; and so paUtablce any child u pleased to take
it Axk your drueglm for IL 2k* aud 91.00 sites. If
he does not keep It, we will pay, for one time only,
express charges on-large vtze bottle to any pirt oi
LTEH A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Ga.
SHORT-HAND BY MAIL,
. Cncima O*ro
UN;TA? IAN CHRISTIANITr.
TTNITARIAN LITERATURE WILL BE SENT
dec 2t???kwylt
rack I???m! Cards. New Sample book and
A BIG OFFER win 1 give away???,om
Self-OpcratiiiK Washing Machines. If you
want one send ns your name. P. O. and ex*
E rcss office at once. Ttu* Nuiiouat Co., 23 Dew
y. Amrawkyaftt
ill beat old fiporta. Addroca IL O*
irwcsThttfS^'S
FOR ALL! fS TO 38 l???ER DAY
-???fldly made. Costly outfit FREE;
CKtRY, Augusta, Maine.
axk your uelghl??or t h.- will ray buy tho Mllbura.
W E HAVE A FEW ROAD CARTS LEFT:
they are for rule cheap; buy one and save
ana wky
Reduct the Cott of Yout Crop I
THE LAMAR COTTON CHOPPER.
t RINTAIXABLE MACHINE FOR PLASTERS,
A chops eight acres a day with one mole. Lighn
simple, strong, thoroughly efficient and very cheap.
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Now is the time to secure it Send for illustrated
circular. Addrm BLOUNT A HILL,
dtcd-dliu-wR Atlanta, <4 a.
mmfs
lessfcsae.'tta:
Itcturrr of Sb* toii* t ,otps
I lo BWks Us follow tog3-
IbeanUroffcri OaNtB
I of ;o cfi.t* !<>t JMwo-ctai
IwsSSmI
??at r*w?? if HW
ws.arc anxiou* to Inrrvut our lid rmpUlv we will md 4 mm-
a-rpdooi and s*??n in-.i, ???* ??U>r?? for only ft. >:??? rolcrt oil
???retprrpsM- trirtiditohAayo#re4??natll??6r
mSEF&gvxriB&iSiw^iJssr.
mill: BEST GOODS ARE ALWAYS CnEAPEST.???
icck at the ???
tun wky
ax.???Mtrad you tU tlr.* r , p*4 erne ea???? of Er,
fflHE LARGEST STOCK CARRIAGES. BV03
1 glea and w*g??gi?? In the sooth, will be round at
MTOwm Won rtnnpany???s repository, Library
building. Atlanta. son wky
IfiCUTC don???t watte time canvassing fort
RUCniO inferior pictures, but asnd at oa<
catalogn* and detcripuon of oor nsw and el
AIR BRUSH PORTRAY
and double y??Mir|>r>m??. Any owe can
show yonr
'free.
Charlotte,