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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY JANUARY 5 1886 A NOBLE LIFE, 'AND ITS RECORD OF GOOD WILL TP WARDS MEN. A Pketeh of William Wilson Cpreoran. of Washing, ton City, and of Same of Ilia Many CUaritles- iA Monnmaat Bonded in the Hearts of Hen by His Many Good Deals. VahiingtoN, January 1.—[Special ‘ Corrci- lK>udeuce.]—About eighty years ago iu a** tendance at the same .school in tho then busy city of Georgetown were two lads whose sanies were destined to occupy* high and Bimiler places in the history of the youug re* public.' Ofie of these boys was Georgo Peabody; the other, a finely featured, well proportioued lad. was Win.Wilson Corcoran. Friendship lmtireen the boys developed into lifelong intimacy be tween the men. When old ami honored they, spent the winter of 1803-4 in Italy together. For many years before the death of Mr.* Pea- IkmIvJhey seemed to vie with each other in the variety and magnificence of their public cliariiics. Tbe truth is that Sir. Corcoran begau life aud* embarked in bis business career under MOST AU8PICIOU8 CIRCUMSTANCES. At the early age of nineteen ho made .his first venture by engaging in*the dry goods trade at the corner o( First an&High streets in Georgetown. His strict business methods ''and his enterprising spirit t.old at w***- He was soon able to eropk 11 warehouse at the corner- Congress and Bridge streets, wh#*vwfth his brother Thomas, he carried on an extensive commission and auction business, success crowning every 'effort of these young jpcrchants, when there canio the great financial stringency of 1833. Beneath its pressure the firm of Corcoran Brothers col lapsed. To his failure Mr. Corcoran owes liU suc cess. By it his attention and energy were di verted to a business which had millions* in ■tore for a man of hit nerve and execu tive capacity. The practical,; finan cial knowledge thus acquired formed the ground * work for tho accumulation of HI8 IMMENSE FORTUNE. About the close of bis connection with those banks, iu fact in 1835, Mr. Corcoran married. Ho was then in the prime of life, tall, hand some, finely formed, and fastidious in dress to nffnult. Louise Amory Morris was then nine teen, a beautiful and accomplished woman. -A ion and u d iught- ter was bom to them*, but, after five happy years of married life and ’before her husband had made any remarkable progress town id success, Mrs.- Corcoran died of con sumption. Both children have since been laid in tlio grave beside her, and lfr. Corcohin has remained a childless widower. . ; Shortly after his .marriago Mr. Corcoran moved from Georgetown into Washington, and ongagid in the brokerage business nrfr Wil- hud's hotel. In 1841. the year after his wife's death, lie became, the financial agent of tho state department under Daniel Webster. About this time he formed a partnership with Mr. George W. Riggs, and organized the banking house of Corcoran A Riggs, afterwards famous in the great financial centers of the world. It was in this firm that Mr. Corcoran made his great wealth. At the timo tho house be gan business the government was undertaking to negotiate a loan of five million dollars. American credit had been almost ruinod abroad by the disgraceful conduct of some of tho repudiating . states. Mr* Corcoran* was then..worth individually not more than $50,000: but. with tho nerve,* that aloue commands great success, and with patri otic confidence in the government’s good faith, the new firm engaged to place tho ontire loan. Without serious difficulty they disposed of the government securities in the home market and Came out of the yenture with wide reputation j^coonnou# profits. in afteryears the firtu of Corcoran & Riggs sue ces&fully arranged several j£ber governmental loans. Their last and most successful venture was in 1848. Tbe government had been com pelled to negotiate a loan of a vast amount for the further prosecution ot tbb. Mcxitou war. Corcoran A Riggs took the entire loan and went t<» New-York and Philadelphia to'pnt the government securities on the market. At that time newr was coming slowly from Mexico and the condition of our forces there wgs but vaguely known. Distressing rumors were afloat and United States Cecuritlea were lar from being in brisk demand. Prospects for tbe new loan werebad indeed*, and if it fail ed Corcoran A Riggs were mined. Failing to find any encouragement in New York, Mr.. Corcoran took the first ateamer for Knglaud to try his last hope oi placing the securities. Think of a trip across the Atlantic under such a harrowing suspense l Happily the first newt .that’ greeted him on his arrival in England was that the Mexican war bad ended. American securities had taken a big rise and tb» fortune of Corcoran ST Riggs*had.sfl'cllcd to millions. Mr# .Corcoran returned to the United 8tates, after disposing df the government bonds; invested largely in real estate in New- Yqrjc and Washington, and continued actively engaged In Imsinem nntil in 1854, he withdrew from the banking Him which hod become famous on two contl* £ The large amount of realeatkto vflilch he pur; chased in Washington years ago ha* apprecia ted so as to. double his original investment over and ovor and over-v again. Though he ho. oivnr’away million., evon tbe approximate amount of tho vert wealth be still pwan is probably known to no one bnt himself. 'll iru a- phiianthropisf,n man of (teat heart and large human sympathies, that Mr. Corcoran will., be - known and lovtd>y posterity. 'Hi* private |>enclactlon, over and above the’ public one. that I shall 'mention have been greater, probably, than those of any living man.' Still he has been no profligate giver.’ Ai; bis’benefaction* pp)>IIc and private, though prinecly, have been pru dent. His gifts to this city havo been as.esre- fal investments as thongh he had staked his fortune upon their success. As a consequence f he property given fur.varlont public purposes here Is now worth In some instances twenty- fold the amount of the priginal gift. In 1847, while still In the banking business, he presented to hit native city, Georgetown, “Oak Hill cemetery.” The gmnnde at .that time were valued at $130,000. and Mr. Corcoran spent $70,000 mote In beautifying them. Their terraced hilla and deeply shaded walks com-' plcte ss lovely a ecene.of artificial landscape as can be found fn this .country. Here, upon a hillside, beneath a monument of plain marble pillars, rest the remains of Mr. Corcoran's wits mil children. In this cemetery, too, at bouse at last, repose the ashes of JOHN HOWARD I-AYSE, the author of “Home, Sweet-Home.” -The. Irani pcrUti-m of tho poet’s rymains from Nortoitfrica to hii native land and bit Inter ment here witb'long deferred honors, was Mr. Corroran's list public benefaction. Tbe tender memory of bis wife and daughter inspired one'of his greatest guts and mingled itself forever with one of bis most beautiful charities. In 186# he granted163,000 aguare feet of ground in the heart of Washington and erected thereon a handsome and trinraodiuui atrnc'.uve which should be d home for gentle wcnicu in reduced circumstances. Ho called it tbe "Louise Home,” in memory ofthe name borne by his wffe .. and daoghtrr. The grounds and buildings were, originally wo'rth <300,000. ne. endowed the home with 1325,000 finely Invested, and has added <180,000 since. The faonie is elegantly furnished. It la provided with a magnificent library and ii designed as a home for.oilucated and refitted women. The only restrictions to ihe admission of women of that class are tint they shall be over fifty yean of age and shall have sufficient means to supply their own clothing. Three old ladlerara treated aa gocsU nr the home; ' do what they please. and enjoy aheolnte freedom.. On each New Tear’s day Mr. Corcoran dine, there, and acts tbe hostqf the oceoponts of the home. This gift, made soon after the close of tbe War, when death and devastation had left many refined women helpless and needy, was a noble expression ot sympathy. Mr. Corcoran began building THE ( OHCOBAK abt oai-lkby . in 1857, but the war delayed its donation to the public [for nearly fifteen years. During tbe war it was used ts a Storehouse by the gov- eminent. The original cost of the "buildings and grounds wns SJ.’iO.BOO, and the object of tbe institution was to eiieagmge American ark Subsequent donations from its founder have increased the valuo Of the gallery and its en dowment to ihoic than a million dollars. Tbe collection thus . given to tbo public ' was valued at $109,000. A great many other works on canvas, in marble and-bronze have since been added to tbe gallery, until now it stands iu tho front rank of tbe art institutions of tliix.couu- try. Reminders ot Mr. Corcoran’s munificence are to be seen cvctywhcro In Washington. He gave the Washington orplriu asylum its spacious and beautiful grounds. He endowed Columbia college, of which his father was one of the original corporators, with a magnificent estate. Ho added a medical school to the same institution ,, He contributed 180,0C0 .to complete the beautiful Ascension (Episcopal) church which he attends. Even tno stas have not bounded bis benevolence. When in 1810 Ireland was furnishing,and England was ag taring herself over Sir Itold. Peel's converahm to free trade, rather than over the „„ her sister isle, tlic open ip.’”* '" ,s American philanthropist."«*» *° THK STARVING IBtSH. Later, when KosSntli was traveling through America imploriug aid for his bclovod Hun gary, Mr. Corcoran «ave substantial assist ance to over two hundred Hungarian exiles who had lauded in destitution on our shores There is perhaps no wau uuder the sun who by public aud 'private benefaction has rendered such valuable aid to the paoplo of tho south as bat‘Mr. Corcoran. .His sympathies are bound by no sectonal lines, but tuoy havo CYCJ been especially quick aud tender toward the south. ‘ When the war closed aud old William and Mary college was lying in nshca j<e was the first , man to hold out to her a helping hand. He did not overlook the fact that other south ern Institutions were inaorc need. He made a rich donation to Washington gnd Leo univer sity. He aided the Virginia military institute. Ho helped the University of Virginia in its financial distress, aud made liberal donations to several other southern schools*. BIr. Corcoran still lives iu Washington. Though he has lust passed his cighty-seveuth year, he is a lisle, hearty handsome old man. His largo form, his thick white hair, ai]d his noble, benevolent face are recogliized ou tho streets by cvery.cbUd in the city. Immediately otter bis friend, DANIEL WEBSTER* left Tyler's cabinet, BIr. Corcorhn purchased the home. which had been occupied by tho statesman*, on IxaFayette square near the whito Imuce, anil there he has resided.over since. Before the war lie was the prince of hosts, ar.d many a jtraud • dinuer was * giyou .in the old mansion. Down .either side, of his table were to be seen tjio fucos of .tho foremost men of the time, men like Webster, Clay and C'ollibuu. lie has with him in this homo a grand daughter, the only offspring of the marriage of his only daughter to tlie sou of Senator Bust is, of Louisiana. In the ordinary course of human events BIr. Corcoran will not have many more years to live in the world whicli ho has* dono so much to make happier and better, and'the saddest rcfiection suggested by this thought is that "wo may not look upon his like again." a F. H. R. Gold In the Olil Fields. Tho stories or tho profits ortobafeo arocertaluly marvelous and ex plain tho tobacco prajre that has cgqght the farm ers. In Nqrth .Carolina esses are reported where one- year’s tebrfoco crops .paid for the land lb was grpwnon. But tobacco culture Is a delicate busi ness. The si ightest mistake ruins everything. * Wo shall print two series of papers ou this subject from -practical tobacco raker* that will answer every * question, and Instruct every beginner. . f* THE AUSTIN TRAOEDIES. The Arrest of an Old Mexican Supposed to he tho Criminal. Galveston, Tex., December 31.—A sped* to the newt from Austin says: EtAfacIo Mar- tines,* k Mexican about forty yean old, was nr rested last night on suspicion of being impli cated in the mysterious murders which recent ly staHled the citiscni of Austin. He ltf ed in a secluded spot near the river; and a search -of- the premises resulted in the discovery of bloody garments •and sevcyil aitides pt female apparel. Martinez haa no family. ’ Among the articles found was an ice * hook, filch as experts testified might have been used in murder by Mrs. Ramey and hor daugh ter several months ago; a prayer book with, came "Ella R. Ramey," written on the title page, wns also found, together with two hand kerchief*, ohb of which .bore tho initials "J. R." worked in silk: The other was ’marked? ‘‘A.’* Detectives think the arrest of ’Marti nez will clfcar away the mystery of the out- and mnrder of the Ramey women. Jcnce la ».also discovered eon- nccting the prisoner with th recent murder- of Bin. Hancock and BIrs. Phillips and an as sault upon the Jitter's husking. Wounds in flicted on Mrs. Phillips’s head are very jimllaj. tp* fho wounds on the Ramey girl, and wore probably inflicted with the same instrument. Martinos shows signs of being a crank. He admits that be was imprisoned for ten years in Brownsville, for ggaaultiug a woman. Old Mood /tains no his Nothing are being examined ’ by soientists. Fear In » UlMMtlng Room. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. “ • Doctor, dock it not sicken the student*, ojrdo ...jr ndt loose • all feeling «W1 veneration for tho dead?” "Borne may sicken- for i gwulually trow accustomed to it, c it as little thbucht sp yotnn. uon. I have scenthmjrs In a dissecting have made me tremblc—case-hlplened as I am. In my second year of student lift.-otu* evening we were all in the diverting room, waiting for the black, male aud female, old and rouhg.. We were a»irncd to-one of tho revered tables, and drew lou for choice of position. I chose the head, and then wc uncovered elhcbndy; It was that of a girl not more than seventeen, and-she could out havo been dead more than a week. Her long hlou<lc liair was clean and In two braids, tied with light bine ribbon. She must have been handled, very gently, for the ghoul's hook had left no marks on her fair white skin, aud tbe ribbons in her hair were another proof of that, The Iwys hi) panted. X saw ftrilk band on herneclc, and on touching It found a locket, which I opened. It was an old lady's sweet face.Which seemed to chide me with her kindly eyes. On the. other side was tbe inscription: ‘May God so. deal with them as they deal with «M, my child. Mother.’ "Well, we did not dissect that night. Nor wax that body dissected In our college." ; lemoxYi-ixik. • An Old Citlrin of Atlanta, Oa. i-nnMOMDdatlMi of ter. C. C. Dari, taxed Dr. Hozl.jr’x umnn.Elixir for a tevem cow of indi- intiqq, palpitation ot the heart, eomtlpdtlon and Mlbxuneai I ilKrxnflkrM tieetl;- with grant amt great twin. In th. hack and kldnc?., unable u •unit lime. I we, tented t-r euqj, pht-'rlett, end taed Bear merdle.. I.nt got no .relief tt. Mozley'. Lemon Elixir elon.' be- ne-le a.p ieet nreo4ellt<eN dixeawK Uy <rtfe hi. mi .“red A, C. AOXOLB, n nu xtreet, Atlxnfo, Ox. Lemon Itot Dcopx. DR. H. MoxiRT.-bcxr Sin I hxre xnSenxt for fire yean with hVerere fonxb and lung trouble, •aw your adrertl-em-id of Lrmon riot Dropm .ml procured a mall bottld. haring tHod etynr cough ■ynip and loeefige that 1 could bear at with Utile tcnefil, I had imalj faith In U. To my xurpriw. I derired benefit ftprn the firxtdo^. My cough left me, alxo the anrenew of my luert, by the uw of four mail bottle* only. Mycough wax ao rerere aa to produce alight he montage at the time I began to me it, anti tbe relief wwao great and to audlen that 1 .bail ever feel grateful to yon for thU great A VERY ANCIENT RACE. A Curious Cave In tlie Mountains—Skullsaml Skeletons of ti Prehistoric People. "Who lived in America before the Indiaus?" This question lms been nxked a million times and never answered. Wliat (ho curious people were or who they were. Infs ncyer been settled aud barely guessed. Tho fallowing from the St. Louis Republican gives some in- tcresting facts about the burying places of the people who were in California bcforcthc faint est glimmer of history. An ofd settler says: "Some of the most interesting finds have been taken from the neighborhood of Santa Barbara. I own a ranch about six miles out of town,aud one day I was asked by a party to holp them DIO FOR RONES, nrrow heads, aud other things, aud I reckon •before they got through they.aboutcleauodout the place. ,f Abcut ten years ago there lived in one of the canyons an old colored man by tho uarno of Paxey, and bo told me a yamjthatcould hardly be believed if I did not know- tho man usn!** He was very fond of nianihuwwTrrTVf,,- 1 * 1 ® mountains, and oftoK~-*v”v l£S i f °? Ihn One ilny ho kiu! : ‘1 had i„... bftunpiuK in tho direction of old Baldy, and I reckoned 1"waanliout ton mitafoff, wlicu fight came on ; to I liad to turn to and camp on the ground. As I was hunting around for a good plate • . • • FA*\V A HOLE in the rock,' nnd putting my fuco up to it I felt a cold wind. I alwayx carried a wood axe with me, nnd th< iirat blow 1 struck tho rotdt If tunihlcd iii-nnd left n place ns big os a man’s body. Af that ntoiucHh tho sun. that witSJiist going down, flarhcil fnto tho hole, ami for a minute I thoAglitTd struck a regular volcano, for tlipcc'came n regular blazp pi fiery light— red, yellow, Iduo nnd goid—and streamed out so it fairly dazzled me, hut its a miuuto more tho sun went down aud tlio light stopped.. I then got a lot of* brush and made a torch, lighted it, nod threw it iu, and saw by tho light Hint it was a comfortable cave like; so, lighting a ramlle I bail,-1 crawled 1n. If I thought I had found a volcano before I. won sure l*d struck a*gold mine now, • ns tlio walls and floors shone liko diamonds, and beautiful gleittun of light cniuu sparkling from every part of tlio rave, but after a few minutes uiy eyes got kind of used to it, anil I see tho walls wore oil covered with thoso alba-' lone sncllr, stuck on just ns you would put ou wall paper, and, as tlio Cave wns about fifty feet loug apd"twenty.wide, I Judged there were thousaniTa of them. They were all put on l ack, tod, so tlio slilujng, pearly part was out and caught every gleam of light, pinking the finest allow you ever heard of or ' Saw, I reckon. In soma piaees tlio ahclls had fallen down, and the floor was covered with a flno chalk * with pipcos of rhells, bnt nearly the wlioja wall was covered. Tbe i)htguce from the water was about fifty niilrs, I reckoned, and every ono of those shells was packed np, on liorac, mule, or man, and there was enough to load a dozen hurras. After I had taken in the general appearance of the cave I began to.cximlno it more carefully, nnd ou ana, side I .found u regular, nltar—A series of layers of stono rising up,' ‘artificially made, and covered with pieces of cut nibaiono shell, anil ou-itwerc the remnius of half a dozen shells that looked ‘ id boon made' into vessels of might have been )i. lamp, .for the holes were pasted up so that it would Save held water or oil; This struck mo os being rather enrious, hut wheu I looked up on tho wall over the raised ilias, or whatever you call it, thcro wns a cross in .shells against the wall, nnd then ft Came across me that the Catholics had hnilt it, but tlicu it must hato iwen a long time ago,as . • • A VOLCANO OK KAimiqUAKE had filled up tlio entnmeo, leaving only tlio small hole, fur I could see that at ono timo. there had been a hly;opening on.tin 1 side, and It had lie* n filled in with a big rock that must have weighed tous. After* looking tho cross and othtf tilings .over I follqwcd along thq wails, holding tbe raudle before me, and all at once 1 saw a skeleton, a, whito as bleached hones can iqnke one, sitting ouarock. U wns a big, flat ‘rock,’ ’evidently taken in as a seat, and tbe man- or woman had evidently died slttingon It, as the head waijeaning against the wall. I tell you |t giro mo a (tart,dint I knew a deed ms wauMdn’t do mo any harm, so I soon got over it. I touched it and it fell all to piecee—all moat went to dust—hat* at the bands and feet-was something that looked. to me like rope, or whet-bad been hemp, and It occurred to ma that perhapsaomo poor fellow had been put Iu here - as a punishment for sonte crime or nmethiug 'of the kind .and left to starve. Hut as they wouldn’t very likely provide a man with tbcshellal didn’t know what to think. Any way, I aft-pt in the cavo all night’as It oaroe (ia to rain, end the next morning I went oyer tho niece again, but didn't find a thing that ’would tell the history of the min, and I left blfir'thcro.’ “That's (hi story tho old man told as near as lean.remember it,”(aid my informant, aud It affords abundant material for A first-class ro mance. Tlio mysterious hermit may havo been a ntpnk or religious recluse, who'had mado his home in the mountains oe a penanco of some kind, or be may have been entombed there by the Inillans.wlio thought lie woe n witch*. Any way,' it arts a curious fitul, and would pay ton ' one to hunt up the ploco again. I don’t know' where the. old man Ts now. He left' tho country aomo timo ago, and - has never been heatd of slucc,. bpt ho was a very trutbhil and intelligent man and firmly believed that ho hail, found ovidence that tho Catholic religion was known on this coast long before tho year i Dr. lloth- wick hat mede aomo of the most valuable dis coveries near Santa Barbara. In one locality not for from the rlift were founi) evidence* of quite a settlement—tho investigations were nude by digging trenches, and at two feet from the surface his men found a large atretam of broken bones of various kinds, whale being veiyprominent, mixed with plecqsof redqrooa. Digging downward they csfiaenpon an ' , RNTIBR SKKLRTON . of a man it about five foet from the surface, ui.tl in lfce miiordinto vicinity several .Mhcr. were subsequently found. Tile position of these skeletons eras different from that of tho othen described, the bod lex having been buried head downward, and north and south. Itwui, evident thut the custom of burying a mans goods with him prevailed to tome extent here, u upon one of (he bodies we, found a flat plate, of ttoue of iteatlte, that was used evi dently ■* a . dish to cook ’ on. They are qnite common "In- collections; and ■ are generally pierced at one end. Behind this skeleton Vfis unearthed e Jar of the mm (tone. It was damaged pdr- bane by tho nick, but contained a numbtfr of objects, probably the Jewelry of the deceased, consisting mainly of human teeth and beads. Nefor It wua found a- stone pestle, evidently need to pound or griud grain, and some large Jars or olios that woo id hold four or five gal- Ir ns of wajer. They seemed to be-placedln regular order for mne’ymrpbee, thfc mouth feeing to the north, and Jett over litem a sin. ^ skull or crxnlnm end a thigh bone. Near t acme skeletons wen found, In t&any cases tke fihgers having b«,n removed and placed fh the mouth, or the fingers bent np and placed’ in that position at buntl. One of the skele tons wss evidently that of a ehildr-tlurt had been wrapped In a matting u a coffin: heads, jars and various objects were found near at hand. In one of' tlio jam was the cranium of n child ami a great num ber of the seeds of salvia cnlumbariie. These seeds ere still used by the' Yuma Indians it's the preparation of a medieine, TKe native name is chi,. The fact that Iron Implement* were found in home of these trenches or graves •hszwa that they *re uotaoveryhhcient. tuone trenrbzet a depth df font foet, two skoietous were found, beneath which a long, sharp piece of iron rested. In. othen iron knives were discovered, aud one iron *x was taken out that, wcsusdouhtidiy ofHpanisb make.; and that copper was known to thru is ehoum by the fort of copper dishes being found. * AKGOBTUBA BITTERS is known as the greet regulator of tbe digestive organ* nil over the world. Have it in_your hoaxes. Ask year ALMOST TWO MILLIONS. oetr hr druggist for the genuine article, y Dr. J. G. B, Biegert ft Sons. The Destruction Caused by it Fire In Dot rolt -Mon Killed. Dktroit, January 1.—Shortly after 9 o'clock this morning, smoko was observed issuing from I). M. Ferry & Co.'s mammoth building on Brush street, lietween Croglian and Lafay ette street*. An alarm was quickly turned, the second nnd third alarms following in quick succession, there being prom'ie r - a big eon- flagrstiou iu the heart of the business part of the cliy, Tlio fire department turned out iu force, and soon surrounded the bitrulug build ing with hosdi Tlic flames had started in the packing department, on the corner of La Fayette and Brush streets, and soon enveloped tlio whole building, whloh was a mere shell, having but one solid wall inside of the outoe walls. Brave ly nnd intelligently tbo firemen kept at their work, bnt all efforts seemed fotlle, the flame, spreading rapidly until, nt one time, there' was n probability or tho whole district, j- the hurtling luilldlug iijr.-.’.'CiJSk .EXlli dooms,1 T,.e bnUdlpr” ’Mar". limes, but liur'.’ ,i mui's, mis the department Miilimgcd to keep tlio flames from’ totally destroying them. Across tho nUoy from D. M. Ferry & Co.'s building, In tho same square, and facing oirBandolph street, nro White's grand ■theater and Wesson’s Mock, and a small ’Bund ing used as u restaurant. The flaniies leaped across the alley, and began do cat into tlio theater. First tho roof caught, and soon fell In with a crash, firing the whole interior.-of tiro ImlMlng, after driving away toInen who had been working ou the Ferry block through tho windows of tlio then-. ter. The crashing dindoW glass was a signal for the increased ftry of tho flames, which seemed to laugh nt tlio ctforts of tho firotudu. An immense crowd blocked tlic streets IneVory direction,, and at time,, wero. In tlio way of tbo firemen. By ten . 'o'clock •the Ferry block Was a mass of flames nnd tlir wails liad conimciuv.it.to fall, creating .something ofsi panic among thy throng of Idle spectators'. Numerous narrow escapes occurred among tho firm™, who worked close to tbo fiomo*,' Wrapped in repeatedly soaked, hut rapidly dry ing clothes. By half put ten White's theater had been seized by fire, unit by eleven the firetnen were compeled to turn their atjcntlbu. more to savlug tlio buildings on tlio opposite . side of Randhtpii street; although still kcopingnumcroiisstrcams playing on the bnrnlng building, Atll o'clock tho men of No, 3 fire company raised n ladder in front of tho theater to get n hatter chance nt • tho flnmrn. Finding tho rapidly advancing fire would prevent any effective work nt that point, tljc men were descending tlio ladder and liad about reached tlio ground when several feet of tlio ronilco fell on the ladder wagon. Captain Bleliard Klllilu was struck on the head by tlio bricks mid Instantly killed, nnd Fireman White waiTbndly hut not faintly injured.' Soon n’ftor the flames spread to the wesson block, oil the comer of Ran dolph nnd Croglian .street* nail that build ing wns soon enveloped in flames. Although the buildings ucroas. Croglian street were threatened nnd caught once or, twice, tho de partment managed to kccp.lt within tho square named, and hy twelve o’clock it was fully uu der control. Tonight tho flumes are atlll gaging fiercely, hut have been cimflncd Within the walls of the buildings ulrcady mentioned. Du ring tho worst of Iho tiro the Wind had boon from thp/oujh, and tho building on tho cor ner of i.a Fayette null Randolph streets was not seriously injured, but nil tlio rest of the square was a total loss. Tho'burned ills- trlet UTongcd to wlmt is known ss tlio Brush estate, having l-ccn the kite of tho old homo- stead. D. M. Ferry & Co. built tliolr mammoth establishment six years ago. White's theater was originally - built to uccommodnto tho lienlnshlar Sacngcrbuntl, n ’ • Michi gan off-shoot of tlic north American saengcrlitind. Tho company was organised in 1880, and tills music hall was built at that tffire, being opened with an an- mill feast Augujt 31, 1880. D. M. Forty Sc Co.’s building occupied half a square, bring ono of the Isnrist in tho city- Their Seed business wss probjldy tho largest in the United States,- In the building burned today four hundred peopio are usually employed, betide, four'humlrfd more employed on thclrimmoura • form outaJdo tho city. It was providential that the Are occurred on n holiday, as other* ■wise the liaaof life would hnvo probably been vety grent. tiik Mwn si-stained. Definite figures oftbe lessen cannot bo given, bnt the total will wengli not lets than <1,500- 000. - The stock alonq Jn D. H. Ferry A Co.'s Is estimated to bsvo been worth $1,000,000 to 1,000, and their bnlidlng urns valued at. 00. Asto the origin of the Are, there are no well defined theories. Dome qf the em ployes hint at Incendiarism, claiming that there wss no fire in the part of' the building first attacked by tbe flames, sad that ’same, outside agency must have been responsible for the Are.--Tho officers of tho-company are com- pietriy at a loss toaceount for the origin ef tbe. Are. The Insurance on the Ferry property ’aggregates $100000, one policy In tits I.San of' England It for <30,0QD, Tho remainder Jt die- tributes! in sums front $10,000 down to ‘<1,000. ' THE THORNY PATHS) DksMoikcs, Iowa, January 1.—flic, path of the officers who attempt to enforce the prehlbl- tlou'iawainIoWaIs not always strewa with, doses. Wednesday night Deputy 8herl if Plsrce •went to the saloon.of ,1/rtbnio Tlio, In the lies Moines houw, avith a search warrant.- Not flnding-sny contraband in the bar room, he tried the door leading to tho cellar, hut found .it locked. When the bar keoper defined open the doer, Pierce broke it open. Itcieeiid" ing the stAfr case by a dim light ho raw a beer keg in the cellar and started for It, bnt walked • into a . ptt about nine feet deep, tho . • bottom of which was set with sharpened stakes. He threw out his. •nut und*cuught on the sides of the hole, anil hy theald of Coin tabic Hansen, who secom.. ponied him, he was resrued before foiling on tho atukes. The officers say the pit had been freshly dug, aud btd every appearance of line* irg been especially constructed fora trap. V,ben released, Pierce mired Iho beenkeg and < “tried tt up stairs, and placed R In'tlio hands *( f Constable lUtnscn. Meanwhile- the bar keeper liad sent for the-police. Xt"> offinert -uuie and arrested Pierce on tho chaiKo ofen- .inring -*tho bqlldlng. Lorenzo . Illro also filed a complaint, agnlnit him for malicious injury to the bnllding, The case has not yot been decided. ■ .. • Advlee to Our Farmers. ” In buying your plows for the new yesr don’ •flet your merchants put off on Jrout the old fosMAn steel turn plow ortwldtr and shovel because h* hs> those goods on baud, but call on bun for the well known Johnson Cootbinstlon wings and-the common scooter of bulltqngnes, which Cornu the • pol nt for these srlnfs and makes tho best turn plow and • hovel for Dlowinc in min aud inrlni dk- pnring nnd ( ultivatimi that was ever piit in roe 4 flrld. No MttkbmlUringneeded; aoitop T»ur ex- Irarecfnce in Bering U»e«e tom plow* end •horeU and keeping them np; l*ijr nothing but the com mon scooter and then wingi; yml will find that you need nothing else. The** wings la* for years. They, with the scooter, auUdC and pulverize your . land, and ara cfcri to do the work oTthe alee! acrape, to bear off yooi youtig cotton, ete., cte., when you commence cultivating. In aomo- of tho Mtai where there plowa are not ao Well known, by ad- drearing the owner*, It. A. .fohnaoa A Co., Atlanta, tin., they will furnUh you with circulani and price, which, conridering their uw»* and saving ufex- peneeand labor makes them thechMpestj>hnrsev«w o01-red. Hence ft Is that the elo* calculating and ,»uctea«ftil planter has dropped the obi Myleapdnow Ufc tbe Johnson plows only. Hexidcs being plows that do better woilt, he has calculal«-d the coil iu buying and keeping up, and undcntamHeconomy. No fanner should. l*v without them. * A man who had attended the performance ot "Hamlet" was a*kad how he liked it* "It** a good play," he rtplicd, "well written, atul all that sort of thing, but it’s full of old jokes." Gold Fluid*,. . That pan ont richly, are not so abundant as in tbe early California days, but tboao who write to Hallett A Co., Portland, Maine, will, by re turn mail, receive, free, fulMnformation about work which they can do, add live at homo, that'will pay them from $5 to per day, and upwards. Either aex, yoong or old. Capital not reqnim!; yon are started in badness free. Those who start at once ara abaolately sure of snug little fortanes. ^ SKIMiBLOOD Diseases from Pimples to 8croiu!a Cured by Cuticura. Hundreds of letters in our possession, copies, of which may bo liad by return of mall, repeat this rioryl have beeu a terrible sufferer for years from DhcaMs of'the Skin and Blood; have been obliged to shun public places by reaiou of my di^nguriug humors: have bad Ihe best physicians; have spent hundreds of dollars, and got no relief uutil I used tlicCt'TicuKA Remedies, which lta\» cured me and left my riciu and blood as puru as a child’s. COVERED WITH SALT RHEUMY^ CmrvRA Remedies are thQ^fflgfflfheiuniii tills an earl hi Had ^^f^irt^A*en™.^d M>* “jNbTJoilcve Cuticura would havo Bfyarms, breast and head wero for three years, whit li nothing relieved or Cured until I ured the (.'cticlra/Rmoi.vkxt, inter nally,and Cuticura antf Cuticura SoArextcmally. Newark, a. J. W. A DAUB. II HAI),. FACE AND BODY RAW. I commenced id use your Ooticura Remedies July. Bly head aud fkce aud some parts of my y were almost raw. My head waa covered wlttt a fearful. I tho east and very had one/*I last July. body win soaby and sorts, and my stifl'ering was had tried everything iXad heard of in tl west. My caw was*considered a very b . have now imm a particle of Skin Humor about me, and my case is considered wonderful. DecaJCR, Micu. MR8. B. E. WIIII’PLE. • ECZEMA FROM HEAD TO VERT. Charles Kajve Hinkle, Jersey City Heights, N.J., writ**; "Myron, a lad of twelve years, waa com pletely cured of a terrible case of Eczema by the Cuticura IlKMzium From tho top of his head to the roles of his feet was one mass of rcahs." Every’ oljtcr remedy aud physicians had been tried lu # . vF*,vvJ»a tuo'u.mrii, •old everywhere. Price, Cuticura, 50c; Resoi.- #1.00; Ho a i*. afie. Prepared by the I’oTTKU r. & Chf.micai. I’#., Boston, Mars. .. CUTICURA REMEDIES; Are sold everywhere. * * VkKT, 9 Ditur. i* 8<nd.for "How to Core Skin Dianasos." HRHPC Ilmplea, Skin Blemishes and Baby wnu DO,Humors cured by Cuticura Soap. , plats. 25c. . CUTIClIli.V ANTM-AIN rtA-L Iffitfe M’htti ?n d . •fiammallon. banishing Rheumatic, tic, Sciatic, Sudden-Sharp and i Pains aa by magic. At drug- The First Sign . Of ftillliiq Koaltli, wiu'Miir in th* form of Night Sweats ami Ncrvonnicssi or In a Stine of General Weariness anil Loos of A|>i>elile,.lH>ulil suggest (lie usoof Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Tills preparation Is most effectlvo lot giving loq& ami strength' to tlio enfeebled system, promoting tho digestion<iml asslnillatlan of lbotl, rcstor : . ing tho h'ervous force, to tllelr nornihi condition;-nnd for purifying, enriching, and vitalizing the blood. • •• Failing Health. , Ten years nzo.my health begau fa fail. I wa, (Aubled with a distressing Cough, . Night Sweats, Weakness, nnd Nervous- ’ ness. I tried various remcdle, prescribed hy different' plirslelnth, hut bceamo so streak.I hat I epnld not go up ttalrs with- ■ft Ut stopplng'ld rest. Ily friends rocoin- ihemled wo tq try Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, • which I did, and I am non ns hcnlihv and ■ strong ns ovor.—Mrs. K,. L. IVllflams, Alexandria, Minn. • • I hnvo used Ayer’s. Sarsaparilla. In my family, for Scrofula, and know, It It fir* taken faithfully, that it’ will thoroughly . eradicate lids tcrrlblo.dlsonso. I !i.avo also - n, n tonic, as well as an niter- that I honestly bclicro nedteme preserlbesVH n, n to fitlvc, and must say -It to bo the heat Idood 111 Facsimile or Bottlo KEYSTONE MALT WHISKY I Specially DIMIIle^ror Media. THE BESTTQIfroi PERFCTS DIGESTION! BEWARE OF ISHTATJOSB "sgsms? 1 JOS.* JAGOBS, Druggist, Atlanta, Go. * . FREE rlilffik "HCIFNCRof nitAFsTII’'fa* fliaspaady cure of Mervoua iMbllity, Lo«i Km- boody Deapondmcy, etc. A copy of thta book Will oa cent fre®, ftMlffid. Addrea® SC’iKNOl •f I1KALTU, ISO W. Sixth IMMaalaa** fo ipia-4Awlqriy*lhtt sal to*. “Tho Cheapest Furniture House in Georgia." Yott will fare money by fending for mr cataloguo and prices before you buy famtturc. Biggest stock owest prices. Every style of fUrnituie. from f Iwdttcail to fl.OOO bureau. Cheaper than ever. F>timatea for fjrnishlng entire hottse. Write to P. 11. Snook, Atlanta, Oa., dcc22 wky ly ATLANTA SAW WORKS.. SUPPLIES Workmanship guaranteed It give perfect aalklactlou. Atlanta, Ga. compounded.—Vt. F. Fowler, D. D. 8., M. D., Greenville, Tenn. Dyspepsia Cured. ’ • It would ho imnoxsTbld for tno to do- «rrlbo wlint f sutibrod front Iinllgestlon nnd Headncho np to tlio timo I began taking Ayerti Sarsaparilla. 1 wax under the care ot various physicians and tried - a great many kind, of medicines, hut ■ nercr obtained znoro than temporary re lief. After taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla for a short timo, tny heodxriin disappeared, and my stomach performed It* duties more perfectly. Today'rty health is ccltt- ^leuilj^ restored;—Mary Ilariey, Spring- I have been'greatly’benefited by.the prermpt use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla... It UUilUISp mill llldllALt IIIU ll|, Ml, I. Without doubt, tho .most reliable blood purifier yet discovered.—II. D. Johnson, 3& AtUptleavc., Brooklyn, N. Y. ■ ’• Ayers Sarsaparilla, Prepared by Dr. J. 0. Ayer k OS., Lowell, Mmi. Frloo |l| alx hn»»lzz, v®< The Globe 'Cotton and Corn Planter Fertilizer Distributor. nithesUward orin* - - e mationalCottonex. A IMUon.Atlsnta, M b., the Arkansas rittl. fair, the Ka- Uonsl Cotton Plan- tets’rejoeladon, tho foiled In any contest, has been still forthcrimprov. od.gnd It now folly etspteit to any ettaraeter of roJi.S|iid n fo« mert unikfllcd labor, two style* aud 1 Iris die n'ort’lufibicnlantjrinade, and will Save its- Cost Three Times Over ilaaa being bow made.- r * . Iris the most durable planter made, and will '■ its- Cost Three Times J" single' season" As II planu from etght’ta ton acre, per day, with- lea than ono anA one half bashebt of «ccd per aere, end open, drops, distribute* rsnlDzcrx and cerers atoae operation, savlnfl TWO HANDS AND ONE TEAM.. Wms. circular giving foil docriptfon and GLOBE PLANTER CO;. Tf A T\T1?Q AN AftT imoUOUT IjjWJX to rkupection. Thcformnuttrnlly gridpermalmntly dev41npod. Tbe face, fhouldera, llmba, etc., all mads iojur* monfm Floh tncrciacd ot r^luccd ten to flftaen pound* a month. The ikln bleached beanUfolly nenllr reoroved. nets, brows, oral lashes restored amt dyed any shade. Clrculogf.ond toUtaionialsC . MADAUE LATOttH, ' tl 16 texlmrton AvF.,' N. Y. city. CWWMTflltt Ma Itratlli ‘ t.to7rttLksoy,itotutosu,caeavkn.o. Hunnicutt’s Rbeamatic Cure! H. R. C. The.Greatest Known Rem edy for . RHEUMATISM! I T 18 rtllBT VKGKTAItbK, AND EFFECTS A pcnnindnt cure In cases ortwcnly yeor.'Muuillug. —-X GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER— Addrcal,' for Trcattso emUestlmontals, '* . . J. It. UVNNICUTT & CO., l'rop'n. Atlanta, Qa. rricc-TiO oanti a bottle. For salo by l)ru*ggUta. | JanlSwSm mm J888.t WOl ** ArtlNVIRK U Ml tpyltoMtU, u< ViniMwt ot «4«IC2 U. U OMUIffi® ffitoot 1M pHM, dlfOWftfttV.lfNt V.VletlirMMC nd rLovrKRiifceDN, iiuLna,«i«. latMofoMffi to foil. MMKIIj id Market Oardartera. Han-1 tor lb Pfo-Ma r«WWY A COa, Patroit, Mtohl—n. ACME HARROW. TXTK nAVE IN ffTORK A LARGE I.OT THESE ff luMly cclchraU-d JlarrowH. * No-farmer ahould bo without one. Frlccc for one homo F. O. A. |J4: two hotko F. O. B. I'/7/i0. Ri'tid for rlrculAr% . 1 .MARK W. JOHNSON & CO., wltyly 27 Marietta St., Atlanta, oa.’ DRUNKENNESS or the Mnnor Habit pmllIvcly cured by administer* ’ ing Dr. Ifidncaf Gtduon Specific, it can ho given In a cup of coffee or tea without tho knowledge of tho penon taking it; la absolutely harmless, and will eltfect a permanent and speedy cure, whether tho r at lent is a moderate drinkcror an alcoholic wreck, t has hccR given in thousands of cases, and Id every instance ft j>erfeet euro lifts fuilowod. It n«’\rr IhHh, 'i he hyMem on< e hii|-r, |f:iat,*d witli the ^I'ccillc. It becomes on- impossibility for«tho liquor appetite to cxl«L For * - nnd testlmo- Hlaif nUdress GOLuKlV 8PKCIFIO CO.. Ot 120wk tf • IH.’J Hum HKJ Cincluimtl, Ohio. OxJLONO^OAgS. Li WKMB Huqtr, PaUca B«UdJu, CUmUmU, Of NEW SAMPLE. BOOK CONTAIN- .vy Card Cios, Knfluid, 1 FOR Abb! li-TO It t'Ktt I. A Jr NO MORE “CHAPPED HANDS.” »p for Toil* _ .rernaed, fan.. . Barter** Bar . r j Imm thisg lur ffiffii-ffii »xl *'ch« i |N-,t lianda" for Uu» MjTPrtni." IoT-wn Mimhuit. Orern- KXQUlHiTK, for ftbfjBf, A.k your druinriMt’ftM *“ s for triit a&iupta. it. oaaeud ico auiapto the tuv Catarrh and RropcliitU Cured. *• A clergyman, after year* of nflhfnc from that loothaoiaedlaease, Catarrh, and vainly trylngcvatr known remedy, at laU touiM ft prasertofloO whlcfi completely cored and saved him from death. Anr tulTbrcr frutn this drcvdiul divenHe tending a self addremed stamped envelope to Dr. J. Flynn & Co.. 117 Ka*t 15th st.. New York, will receive the receipt free of« barge. ...dcel-twkeow . _ -jgMiiiaSiliwkrwftk •WffiSM. hand-to hand itraalM, faltia an<t fc-.l-l-W.li on ferril ffilltSS IhsorffiffilOvB uot3—wk]52t nol T)TT -net 111 >tAnt relief. Final care in 10 days X J 1 JlyO.and never returns. No purgr.no *alre ( no Mtpporiforv. Pufl*:reri will lt-am ofjis rn;.ie remid^Frec, by addrosiny C. J. MASON*. 7N i »»-i A BIG OFFERJinuivicAflAyuS fielfOpcrating Washing Machines. If you want one •end m yoar name, 1*. O. and ex- press office at once. Tha National Co., p i»«*f bt., N. Y# ABgS>wky M.