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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY JANUARY , 1886.
“WITHOUT A COUNTRY."
STRANGE STORY OF A UNITED
STATES OFFICER.
Tk< Story of Philip Nolan. • Ton*# O«eo» lath*
**1X1 OB of (too Wort-- Aaroa Bart’s Opinion of
■ Sto-NeJan CourtiBsrtJolsd snd What
Secant of *lm-A Sketch, Ste.
From the Cincinnati Commercial Oacetto.
On the 13th of August, 1W3. the Sew York
Herald contained the following announoe*
meat:
“NOLAN—Died on board U. H. Corvette Le
vant, I At. 2° 11" 8., Long., 131° \V., on the
11th of May, Philip Nolan."
This of itself would attract no special atten
tion.
*T happened to observe it,” aaya Edward
Everett Hale, "as my memory for names and
people arc good, and the reader will see, aa ho
goes on, that 1 had reason enough to remem
ber Philip Nolan.
“Philip Nolan was as fine a young officer as
there was in the 'Legion of the West,'as the
western division of the army was called, dur
ing Jefferson's administration. When Aaron
Burr made his first dashing expedition down to
New Orleans In 1805, at Fort Massac, or some
where above on the river he met, as the devil
Would have It, this gay, dashing, bright young
fellow at some dinner party, I think. Bttrr
marked him, talked to him, walked with him,
took him a day or two’a voyage in his fiatboat,
and In short fascinated him. For tbo next
year barrack life was very tame to poor Nolan.
Be occasionally availed himself of tho permis
sion the great man had given him to writo to
him. Long, high-worded, stilted letters tho
poor boy wroto and rewrote and copied. But
never a line did he havo in reply from tbo guy
deceiver.
The next time Burr came down tho river not
aa an attorney seeking a place for his office, but
as a disguised conqueror. He bad defeated I
know not how many district attorneys; he hud
dined at I know not how many public dinuersi
be had been heralded in I know not how many
Weekly Arguses, and it was rumored ho had an
army behind him and nn empire before him. It
Was a great day for poor Nolan. Burr had not
been nt the fort an hour before he sent for him
That evening Nolan took him out in his skiff:
before tho sail wm over Nolan was enlisted
body and soul.
"What Burr meant to do T know no inoro
tban you, dear reader. It Is none of our busi
ness Just now. Only when the grand catastro
phe came. and Jefferson and tho House of Vir
ginia of that day undertook to break on tho
Wheel all the possible Clarences of tho then
house of York, by tho great treason-trial at
Richmond, some of the lessor-fry in that dis
tant Mississippi valley, which was farther from
ns than Puget's sound is today, introduced tho
like novelty on their provincial stage, and, to
while away tho monotony of tho summer at
Fort Adams, got up for spectacles a string of
court-martials on the officers there. One and
another of tho colonels and majors wore tried,
and to fill out tho list little Nolan, against
whom. Heaven knows, there was evidence
enough. Nolan was proved guilty enough, ns I
■ay; yet you and I would never havo heard of
him but that, when tho president of tho court
asked him at the close whether ho wished to
■ay anything to show that ho had always been
feithfnl to tho United States, ho cried out in n
fit of frenzy.
“'D— n tho United States! I wish I may
never hear of the United States again.'
*T suppose ho did not know how tho words
shocked old Colonel Morgan, who was holding
the court. Ho had been fed by tho'United
States' for all the years since ho had been In tho
army. Ho had sworn on his faith as it Chris
tian to ho tmo to tbo ‘Uulted States.' U was
the'United States'which gave him the uni
form he wore, and tho sword by his sido. Nay,
any poor Nolsu, it was only because 'United
Ntatrs* had picked you out first, sa ono of her
own confidential men of honor, that 'Aarou
Burr*cared for you a straw more than for tho
fiatboat meu who sailed his ark for him. Ho
damned his country,
never hear her name sgi
“Ho never did hear her name but once again.
From that moment. September 33, ISO?, till tho
day he died, May 11, lbtk't. he never heard her
name again. For that half century or more, ho
Wat a man without a country.’
“Old 31 organ, ns I said, was terribly shocked.
If Nohm had compared (leorgo Washington to
Benedict Arnold, or cried God save King
George,’ Morgan would not havo felt worse,
lie called the court Into his private room and
returned In fifteen minutes, with a face Uko
sheet, to say:
“'Prisoner, hear tho sentence of tbo court.
The court decides, subject to tho approval of
the president, that you uever hoar tbo name of
Him United Htates again.'
“Ntohm laughed. But nobody else Uugltod.
Then Morgan added:
'* *Mr. Marshs), take the prisuuer to Orleans
lu au armed host snd deliver him to the naval
commander there.’
“Nolan waa taken to New Orleans. Colonel
Morgan took the proceedings of the court to
Washington and explained them to Mr. Jcffor-
aon. They were a ppm veil by tho president.
Before the nautilus got round from New Or
leans lotto Northern Atlantic coast with tho
prisoner on board the sentence had been ap
proved, nud Nolan was a man without a
country."
Mr. lisle here writes as follows: “When I
was second officer of the Intrepid, some thirty
years after, I saw the original psj*cr of instruc
tions," and ho then give* it as closely as his
memory will permit. It ia as follows:
"Wtmixoiex,-, ixo?.
“Bib— 1 You will receive from l.ieutcnaut
Neale the neraou of Philip Nolan, late a lieu
tenant in tne United States army.
'This person, on his trial by court-martial
expressed with au oath the wish that ho might
•never hear of the United States again.’
•The court souteuoed him to havo hit wish
fulfilled.
“For the present tho execution of tho order
is intrusted by the president to this depart-
asrnt.
"You will take the primmer on board of your
shin ami keep him there with such precautions
as shall prevent hia escape.
“You will provide him with such quarters,
ntious and clothing as would be proper for an
officer of his lato rank if he were a passenger
on your vessel on tho business of hi* govern
ment.
The gentlemen on board will make any
arrangements agreeable to themselves regard*
the invitation in its turn. Hia breakfast he
always ate in bis state-room, which was located
where n^cntiuel or somebody on watch could
see tbo door.
"Ho waa called 'Plain Buttons’ because
while he always chose to wears regulation
aimy uniform ho was not permitted to wear
the army button, for the reason that it bore
cither the initials or tho insignia of the coun
try he hail disowned.
"He wss allowed to read foreign papers after
somebody went over them and «nt out any ad-
vestlsement or stray paragraph that alluded to
America.
''Nolan was permitted to Join the circle one
afternoon, when a lot of officcrl sat on deck
smoking and reading aloml. They were read
ing tne'Lay of the Last Minstrel.’ Nolan’s
turn to n-ad came. Nobody in the circle knew
a line of the poem. Poor Nolan read steadily
throngb the fifth canto, stopped a moment and
drank something and then began without a
thought of what waa com Jug:
"Breathes there the man, with «oul m dead,
" ho never to himself hath said—
“It seems impossible to us that anybody ever
heard this for the first time; but all those fel
lows did then, and poor Nolan blmaelf went
on, still unconsciously or mechanically,—
“Tk/« Is my own, my native laud f
Then thev all saw something wa* topsy; jmt
W eajwcted to get through, I suppose, turned a
little pole, but plunged on,—
"Whose heart hath ne’er within him burned,
A* home hi* footstep* he hath turned
From wandering on a foreign strand ?
If such there breathe, go, mark him well.
Ho gagged a little, colored crimson, nud stag
gered on,—
"Ft* him no minstrel rapture* well:
High though hia titles, proud hi* name,
houudli *a hH wealth a* wish can claim,
Despite those titles, power and pelf,
The wretch, centered all Jn *cJr—
“And here tho poor fellow choked, could not
go on; but Started up, swung the talk into the
ret, vanished into his stateroom, and *we did
not rce him for two month* again.”
Many incident* in the life of this man Nor
inn 1 would Uko to give, hut my articlo is al
ready too long. A few extracth from a letter
written by Danforth, commander, I presume,
of the Levant, will close my lcttor. Nolan lay
ill hi* stateroom never to coiue forth ugain.
He sends for Danforth, and the latter'* letter
will explain Nolan's la*t hour*. “Well. I went
in, and there to to sure, the poor fellow lay
in his berth, smllllng pleasantly a* he gave mo
hi* hand, but taking very frail. Tho stars
snd stripe* were triced up above and around a
picture of Washington, and he had painted a
majestic eagle, with his foot Just elaisping tho
whole globe, which hia wing* overshadowed.
Tho dear, old toy saw my glance, and said,
with n /uni smile, "Here you *oo l have a coun
try?" llo bad a great map of tho United
Btatt*, n» ho had drown it from memory.
Quaint, queer old names were on it. in large
letter*. 'Indian territory,’ 'Mhwiasippi terri
tory,’ etc., ‘O, Danforth,' he said, 'I know I
am dying. I esnuot livo long. Surely you will
tell ino something now. There is not la this
ship, there is not in America—God hies* her!
a more loyal man tbnn I. There can not bo a
man who loves tho old flag ns I do. There
aro thirty-four stars in It now, Danforth. 1
thank God for that, though 1 do not know
whnt their name* are. There ha* never been
one taken away, I thank God for that. I know
l»y that that there never has been any kucccs*-
ful Burr. But tell mo, toll mo HOinething, Dcin-
foitb, tofofo I die!"
"Mr. Nolan,’’ said 1, "I will tell you every
thing you ask ubout; only, whore shall I be
gin?”
Nolan then for the first time in fifty-three
year* heard something of his country. Dan-
forth saya ho was wild with Joy, and alternate
ly laughed and wept in hysterical delirium.
After snending more than an hour with him,
Danforth went away, with this Injunction
from Nolan, tho very Inst words ho over hoard
from tho Bps of tho poor exile:
“talk iu my Bible, Danforth, when I am
gone.”
“In an hour,” says Danforth, "when tho
doctor went In goittly, he found that Nolan
bad breathed hia lifo nwny with s smile. lie
fisd something pressed eloso to hi* lips. It was
his father’s badge of the outer of Cincinnati.
"Wo looked in his Bible, nud there was a
slip of papor. On it was written:
•'Bury mo in tho sea; it has tan my Jiomo
and I lovn it. But will not some ono sot up u
itons for my memory at Fort Adams or at
Oihara, that my disgrace may not bo more
than I ought to bear? Say on it:
In memory of
PHILIP NOLAN.
Lieutenant In tho army of tho United State*.
lie loved his country a.*uo other man has
loved her, but no man deserved low tit her
hands.’”
THIS TEXAS COW HOY OCT.
lag to hu society. Ho is to to exposed to no
indignity of any kind, nor ia he ever unncccs*
Mwily to to reminded that he U a prisoner.
“But under no circumstance* ia to ever to
hear of hia country or to ace any information
rewarding it; and yon will specially cautiou
ail the officers under your command to take
care, that In the various indulgences which
may be grantdkl, this rule, in which hi* punish
ment ia involved, shall not to broken.
"It i* the intention of tha government that
ho shall never again see tho country ho has
disowned.
"Before the end of your cruise you will re-
eclve orders which will give effect to this in-
tentlou. Respectfully yours,
“W. SorniAKD, for secretary of the nary.”
The author of this sketch thinks Cfcputn
Niaw was the commander of the ship, and that
thcaa instructions pamed from one commander
to another, as from time to time ho was
f ham red from one ship to another, each hold
ing thD paper aa authority for keeping Nolan
ia custody If it was Contain Shaw, to then
regulated the etiquette and the precautions of
the aflhir, and according to his scheme thev
were carried out till Nolan died.
This now brings us to the day-some time
late la 1807—wheu rhilip Nolan touched hia
feet to mother earth for the last time.
I will give a few touching anecdotes 0 f hia
life on board of ship f»r fifty-three rears.
Mr. Halo says? “No men liked to have him
pmrmanantly, txoausc his presence cut off all
talk «f home or of the prospect* of return, of
jMlfths or letters, of peace or of war—cut oflf
mere-than half the talk mm like to have at
•ra. The captain alpnjs asked him to dinner
•n Monday. Every mm in laceeasion took np
Mr. C. W. Helton, Who Was In the Horrible
ColIUIon, Ou the Streets.
U. W. Belton, tho Texas cowboy who was so
dearcrutcly and dangerously Injured in the
collision at the seven teen-in lie water tank, was
out yesterday on tho streets.
Mr. Bolton presented a woo-be-gono appear
ance, but wa* extremely happy. Hia eye
brow* have not yet returned and his face is
still sore In place*. His hands aro so tender
that he is compelled to wear gloves, but de
spite all this. Mr. Bolton smokos an occasional
cigarette and gets np a tolerable smile.
“You can tot,” he said to s -
friends, "that that nig]
tbo longest and most horrid chapter
in tho book of my life, i havo roped in tbo
Texas ateer. broke tho buckiug broncho, been
teased nearly to tho moon by the rough Mex
ican pony, and chased for miles by tho hair
lifting Comanche, but none of them, nay all
of them combined, weren’t a marker to that
night."
"Were you asleep when it happened?" asked
a friend.
"Well, I guess uot. I was sitting on one
side of tho aisle, next to the partition, and my
old friend 1’iereo was right across. When wo
stooped at the tank I thought it waa to let a
train pom us. Home ono mid, "Here she
conics.” We could see the light from tho en
gine, snd 1 leaned np against tho window to
see her go by. Just then the crash came. Tho
scat I waa on was lifted clear
up, and in an lustant the lights
were out and tha car waa filled with smoke
and steam. I felt it strike me and knew what
it was, 1 had presence of mind enough to
throw my free down ou my breast—this I
could easily do iu the position I was cramped
in—and quit breathing. I never wanted •
breath so bad in my life, but I knew it was
dangerous and took » little gasp like. That
was enough.”
"Havo you suffered much ?”
^"Suffered ? Yea, I have suffered. I would
not endure the same thing again for 833.000.
1 was literally cooked. My head was boiled,
and I could uot lay down In ease, turn as 1
would.”
“When will yon go home ?”
“I expect to take the trail in a few
days, but I ain't going on tho
rauroad. You bet I don't waut any more rail
roads In miue. 1 will either walk, ride a hone
or a bicycle; you can tot on that”
"Did your people know abont the trouble?"
"I think not. By mistako my namo went
in as Felton. Then 1 wroto home and told
them I was sick in bed. My fettor ia a Bap
tist minister and quite old. He has been a
minister for a long time and is a good ono, if I
do say it myself. I am getting anxious to see
them once more, you can took on that.”
The Broadway Squad.
Police Officer James OVonnor, 330 Mulberry
!!*•*!» JF^lXork vity, writes that a half hot
tie of Red 8tar Cough Cure permanently re
moved a severe cold. The price is ouly twen
ty-five cent* a tatle. Police Officer Thomas
FUnnagan, 353d Bank street Louisville, Ky.,
who waa desperately wounded iu the late war.
was entirely cured of pains and spasms by St.
FOUND GOLD IN CAROLINA.
A Cornloli Miner Strikes It Rich In tho Old
North State*
From the New York gun.
Down by the river at No.2 Front street there
is S little old-fiishioned building made more
than one hundred years ago of imported Dutch
biick. For more than half a century a big
sign has swung outsido the door telling that
that was the Miners' Arms, and during that
titno the old Inn has sheltered many hundred*
of stalwart adventurer* on their way from Eng
land to the west.
Nine year* ago a dozen stalwart Cornish men,
fresh from the tin minus of Cornwall, walked
into the Arm* from Castle Garden with their
bundles over their shoulders, and asked where
wss the best place to make s fortune. Among
them waa Frank Williams, a stalwart young
miner with a powerful body, a powerful Corn
ish accent, and powerful little money beyond
what to nckdea to buy a mag of beer and pay
bis car fare to tho west. His clothing was the
clothing of all Cornishmen, made to wear and
not for style, and he put on very few airs in
deed.
When the other miners went west he went
with them, and that waa the last the Miner*'*
Arms saw of him until yesterday.
Then there walked calmly and majestically
up to the bar a being uot easy to recognize as
theawkwark young man from Cornwall. A
very fine and lustrous silk hat decorated the
top of his head. A fierce and very black
mustache curled upward from his lip, and his
speech was full or the poetic freedom of tbb
wild west. But it was Frank B. Williams just
the same. Under bis arm to carried a box of
white pine, such os are ordinarily used to stow
dominoes In. That he laid down on the bar,
and, calling up tho crowd, drew the cover off
and pulled out chunks cf mineral wrapped
up in fragment* of a back number of
somo western newspaper. Ho handed t oso
chunk* around in proud silence, beaming . ith
satisfaction on his old friend, Laud lord ! \tm-
ilton, who was almost too much *urpri 1 to
shake hands. The chunks of mineral .vero
bluish in color, with streaks of yellow ru tiling
through them very plentifully, and here and
there a little nest or yellow stuff all by itself.
Everybody knew that wa* gold quartz, and
admiring eyes gated upon tkaGomfshrnan.
"Sold her fur *50,000," that individual la
conically remarked. "Hhe’s worth a million
easy, but I’m no hog. Tut those rocks iu tbo
safe.”
They were stored sway, nud nn imperative
wave of the stranger’s arm brought every msn
in sight straight up to the bar. Everybody
drank what be considered to be the finest stuff
lord and everybody drank again. Everybody
drank twice more after that.
Then the man, selecting from the bundle a
comfortable handful of cash, stuffed it into his
pocket, stowed the rest in the safe and grati
fied the hungry ears around him. His talc was
short, but frequent waving* of the narrator’s
right arm lengthened it out much.
"When 1 left here,” Frank Williams said, "I
went to Colorado, and knocked around for a
couple of yean getting gold experience,hut not
much gold. 1 tell you, thoso were hard times.”
This part of the tale was carefully mud sol
emnly washed down.
"From Colorado I went just abont every
where, working and prospecting, and getting
along aa well as I could. 1 can tell you youug
fellows, right now before you start out, that
it’s no easy Job making a fortune.”
Beer, porter, half-and-half, whisky, brandy,
nnd even ginger ale are crowded side by side
si our the tor.
"Finally, I drifted down among tho mines of
Tennessee, Alabama and North Carolina. There
is no such thing as picking up money in tho
brooks there, I can tell you. It was hard pick-
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Catarrh and Bronchitis Cured.
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-MJ.lopeto Dr.J.FIiubUCo.,
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ftteeffeharpe. Oeciswtaow
C lml that it wn no us© In roaming arouni
ick hasn't lust nnjr Cornish men, and Isn’t
looking for any. You’ve got to work to get at
her. I thought there waa money and gold in
tho quartz veins of North Carolina, and I
made up my mind to look for It thoro uUU
1 found It. I pioapeitcd nnd prospected, rail
at last I did Hues It, not far from Charlotte, I
got control of a hundred acres of the ground
lhat covered the gold, nud I showed pieces of
the quartz to speculators that were nosing
around all aver. I got a letter tetlfng mo to
come hero to Nowr York, and I came hero with
those chunks amt showed them to the parties
that were backing tho nosers, ] sold the
gtound today for $.V> I 000.”
At tho conclusion of the tala there was _
grand rally, which dispersed only to be sne
ered by more rallies that kept right on.
I.ate last ulght Frank Williams was still cele
brating his good luck with a crowd of Cornish
miner, who work as foremen on tho aqncduct.
Ilia talk was all Cornish then, and only the
glossy silk hat and the llttlo chunks of blue-
stone remained to tell of tho buoyant west.
Host of the men thought that lucky Wit
llama would tako his XI0,000 over to England
and live a nabob all his days. But that is not
Mr. Williams's style. Mo said $’>0,000 was a
good entering wedge. Mo wss going to take
that wedge out west with him, and make hia
million yet.
The fci.OOO In rash which he had stored in
tho safe woo sound enough, and so, the land,
lord said, wero tho guarantees given to Will,
lama for the other $18,000. William, said ho
bad been in town for several days, but hid
stopped at ono of the fashionable uptown
hotels. He wanted to watt until ho had tho
money In bla pocket More coming hack to the
Old Arms, so os to nppear In good condition
before hisCornlsh friends. They told him hi.
condition rould not bo finer, and the jolly time
kept right on. It is well enough to ted confi
dence men right here that Frank William,
weigh, a good deal, and that it really will not
be worth their while to .warm around.
Our High Arm machine is going right along
and giving the highest satlifactlon. So machine
ever pleased better. It’s cost, |2d (with tho paper
one year throw n In), ia Just about one-third tho
ernt of similar machines when bought from menu-
fkrtuters. We guarantee our t-’J machine Is better
than any KO machine. If it Is not, say so, au J wo
will refund your money,
The JJJ ill nl [up for ests.
In describing the quinine forests of tho
Andes the Herman traveler, Fritz Ilraunhotr, savs:
The littto town of La Pat Is situated In the state of
Coudenmarea, lfcooo (cot above the level of the »ca.
Ten yean ago it was hardly known by name,
while today it Is to the manufacturer
merchant ol quinine the most
Important paint on the globe. Although but
t small village which cannot even bout of a hotel,
then la’mere life and traffic going on than In many
large cities. The days are eacecdingly hot, while
tha nights aro tvfteshingly cool. Although Ameri
can. tietmin, English and French agents hare had
tuslncsa transactions here for yean, then! la little
racial life among them; they -cm to mistrust each
other, them being a painful myitcrion-ncsa
In their btulura intercourse: but as the heavy
transactions take place mostly In foreita and
mountains, social Intercourse lu the town seems
not to be requited, t'jpon oar arrival at La Par w«
engaged a null dwelling for three months: twenty
wood-choppcra were hired for the same period, and
provided with the necesaqnr provisions, we struck
out for the mouutalns. The chief remained in
town to direct the packing and esport of tlio
cinchona hark. The hart Is sent to La Pas
cither In small rolls stripped from the twigs
or larger branches, or In 1st and thick
stats tram the trunk and mala roots of the lures.
It is graded Into four quainter; first, the brown or
gtay, also called the Peruvian buk; second, the
yellow or Bollela hark: third, the red bark, and
routth, the Imitation or ’'imlnlnoYO." The price of
hark la regulated according
amount
A WOMAN KILLS A PANTHER
Clayton, Gn., January 5.—[Special.]—Tho
people in Tennessee valley have for weeks
been terrified by tho depredations of a wilil
beast, which made its nightly visits from tbo
adjoining mountains. In ptaces the valley
not over Saif a mile wide, with the mountains
rising high on cither side, while the
cottage between, by comparison, seem*
to be but a speck. In such
place stands the house of Marshall Bleckley.
About six weeks ago 3Ir. Bleckley’s family
were alarmed by fierce cries from the moun
tain side, the cries at times softening into t
plaintive moan, as of somo oao in pain,
The movement of feet among the
leaves outside a few moment* later, added
terror to the suspense, for while some members
of the family thought the cries proceeded
from a wild animal, others thought tho
movements outside wero those of a man,
who might be prowliu* around from some
unworthy purpose. A few nights later,
however, as a visitor stepped into the door *
the house, the toft cat-like fall of an anlrn
from the roof to tho ground, proved that.
was an enormous panther, which had evl
dentiy sprung from its lair, only to miss its
P, Th e whole community was at once aroused,
nnd the next night found a dozen uieu, well
armed, at the house of Mar.-bal Bleckley, to
take means for tho extermination of the
beast. They deployed out, some ou
the roof, and other* at convenient places, along
which it was supposed that the animal might
come. Thus for weeks the watch ho* been
kept up, but without success, as the beast was
wilv enough never to come within danger. Ono
night John Long, tho most celebrated hunter
of Rabun county, caught a sight of what ho
supposed to ho the panther, aud taking
aim, fired, only to kill one of Mr.
Blcrkloy's finest calves. Meanwhile women
became terrorized, and parent* would not let
their children go to Kchool, lest they should
be attacked b* the animal on the way.
Ou Saturday night last Mr. George Green
leaf, accompanied by hi* wife, waa returning
home from Clayton. It wts about nino
o'clock, and, as is the custom of the country,
they both walked up one of the hills, while
tho mule* nnd wagon ascended,
their little boy being tho driver.
Suddenly a rustic was heard In the bushes,au«l
peering out In the darkness, could bo seen
what looked like two balls of tiro. As if by
instinct,. Grct-nleaf opened his knife, nnd as
the beast sprang at him he made a lunge, only
to drive the knife into his wife’s arm, she hav
ing thrown herself upon him at tho sight of
danger. He dropped tho knife
nerveless, nnd fell under tho sccoud
spring of tho panther, tho beast
being now maddened by tho scout of blood.
Just ns tho animal was about to insert its teeth
into Mr. Greenlcaf, the wife, who had nicked
up the knife and, acting under the inspiration
of desperation, took a clean cut at tho toast’s
throat. The panther gave ono pitiful cry and
rolled over. Tho ory alarmed the hunter*
at Bleckley’s house, near by,
and almost . instantly n number
of them wero on the spot, only to find that a
woman had accomplished what they had been
six weeks trying to do. They helped to
lift the dead animal into Greenlcaf* wagon,
who carried it home, where ho skinned it.
The hide he intends to use os a coverlet for hi*
habicH, iu order, he *ay*, to impart to them
their mother’* courage.
Selling n Circus.
Moxuoi:, Ga., January 7.—[Special.]—The
show is over, the animals nre all sold aud gone,
and now tho small hoys and darkeys havo re
turned to their normal habits nnd condition.
Ever since the 13th of December, tbo day that
Tho price of
>n)ing to
and other
won
1 M• ’ ■ ■ p. .MV V.MVHVHV |IV, ■ M-f V... 1 UOnft*
©Jtuqja, wbivh roatalni moot of the alkaloid.
Thu latter I. the onlv tree of the ©tncboaa fknltr
rthleh erow.tn the vicinity of La Pax. and ta found
at a hrtithl of from 5,300 to n.tvn feet above the
htlla anil mountain, ate covered vlthdenaa
ferotaof three errntroeni Irara, but their denruc-
lien la io rapid that the (oremmeat of .’eadena-
lacn recured It t. dried on the mot and n. qaagtllr
of quinine examined, and If the re-nll n wiiafac-
tonr the telllnf of treea ta proceeded with. While
halt the men are thua ocrapM the ether hair peel
off the huh. and cm? eveniaa the produce of the
dae ta leaded anon mutre and rent to La Pa.-, u hero
It 1a pahrextaadTrewed into htdeaorbare. and inn
mediately tratuperted to the eltioq oa tha coat
Tha infatuation of the people ia wot atrxojte
when Dr. Ball', Cough 6, rap la the vutycvU
Giles’s circus was attached, Monroe has hocti
in a state of ©xeitemeot. Tho stream of vis
itors from tho country, coming td see tho free
show, would lisvo .lono credit to a world’s fair,
Tha circus started from Chctopu, Kansas, lu
April, mortgaged for somo three thousand dol-
lura. Instead of making money to pay these
mortgages,
IT FELL UEIIIXD
each week, and more mortgages wore given.
The laboring men were not paid their wages,
and began to complain nnd threaten to attach.
When they reached here, they could go no
further. The mortgage! were foroclooed, tho
laborers levied laborers’ liens, and who will
get the money? The aixty-flve horses nod
mules wero sold by tho sheriff snd brought
seventy dollars each, npon an average.
THE MESAUEME WAS SOLD
Wore one of tho largest crowds ever seen in
Monroe, hanging days not excepted. All the
leading circus men of tho United States were
here. Adam Fotopaugh, Don Sells, W. W. Colo
arid Jack Itohiusou wero among the number,
Tbn amount of money represented ran up Into
the millions, hut by tome unexplained reason
the bidding was net at all lively. Tho elephant,
which cost *.-.,100, only brought S1..TOO, aud
was bought by E. It. Campbell, of Chicago,
ono of tho mortgagees. Forepittgh boaght
the handsome pair of lions for $100, nnd Mr.
Campbell bought tho camels for $.’N5. Tho
smaller animals went for almost nothing, aud
wero all bought in by tho mortgagees.
Only one amusing Incident occurred during
tho day. The elephant was In tho stable of
Mr. 0. E. Carter, around which was a lot of
about half au nrrr, surrounded by n good
plank fence. Jnst aa tho lot was picked full
of men Mr. Outer came running out of tho
stable and cried out, 'Took out, tho elephant
la loose; you had better get away from here.”
Such a stamp©,lo was rarely ever seen, and
when it waa all over not a panel of the fence
was left ztan line. In somo places even the
posts were knocked down, several men were
Rl’IV OVER AXD BRUISED.
hut no one was seriously hart. Tho elephant
and camels left this morning hy the dirt road,
In charge of their keepero, and will reach At
lanta Friday evening. They will bo ohlppcd
from Atlanta to St. Louis. The lions were
taken front their iron cages and put in strong
wooden boxes and locked np in a box car, oa
Wednesday evening. Thursday morning
when the keeper peeped into tho
box car, there sat tho large lion
ready tojumpoutatthedoor. Mo had broken
ont ef tho box, and only for tho box car would
be free. Wheu it was noised around that the
llou was looae, the people ran wild. Mothers
sent to town for their husbands, called In all
their children, locked tho doors and waited
anxiously to near who would ho the tint msu
killed. The negro keeper, armed with a long
•harp, Iron rod, opened the car door and went
ta. _______
HILL AT A BANQUET.
New Y’ORK, January a—A romplimcntarv
dtnncr given at Delmonlco's tonight to Gov
ernor Mill, by tho business men of New Y'ork,
was a brilliant affair. There were two
hundred subscribers to the ban
quet. The special guests numbered
fifty petrous. Tho toast to the president of the
United States was drunk with great enthusi
asm. Tha next toast waa “Our welcome guest,
©ailed by the voice of hia fellow citizens to the
highest office i _’ho state; he will not disap
point their hop.*.' To this Governor HMI re
sponded eloquently.
Governor Hill raid the party could have
earned the recent election without him, as It
was stronger than any man It It ire summer-
i/ed the leading prindplca of the party, show
ing that democratic supremacy was necessary
to the country. He then said:
Those who expect me to tntasonlze the national
adralut-tratlon will bedtssppotnted. That admin
istration needs uo defease si my hands. It ta od-
minUteiing the government wisely,
--*ty, suceessfitlly snu to tho satisfaction
_ the people. Of President Cleveland's
honesty, course© and true democracy, there esn be
no question. 1 respect hts sincerity of purpose, his
steillng integrity and pony fealty’ 1
Hobbles off the Hygienists.
There were several dozen of tha hygienists
tn council, each with hia individual hobby.
Each thought all the others wen wrong. Each
was sure that his own hobby wss the only cor
rect one. A gentleman present said be had
taken Brown’s Iron Bitters for debility and
dyspepsia, snd, though he didn’t want to make
a Ana about it, he knew the use of this great
tonic to be better than all the notions be hod
heard advanced In the council. One practical
cure is worth thousands of gaosaestnd notions.
Thousands of happy eonrslcsccnts speak grate
fully of Brown’s Iron Bitter?.
“YOUR HEART’S BLOOD.”
THE FEARFUL FLOW OF HUMAN
CORE
YillAittottft Xofttrnm Dispenser* and Their
Criminal Work-Tho Pitiful Cries of
the Victim*—Startling Develop
ment* Unearthed—The Hor
rible Details In Fall.
0i
The enormity of the crimes committed by v!l*
lair r-u* nostrum dUpcnscn is simply appalling.
T: • evil consist* in the persistent efforts of tho
f iprietors of certain alleged blood poison reme
dies to entrap the unwary by fraudulent certifi
cates, causing the poor victim; of blood poison to
Invest in their worthies* compounds, who finally
awakes to the rad realization that his money is all
gone and the ravage* of the dread disease consum
ing hi* life. These «amc parties also expend thou
sands of dollar* annually in their vain hope of
conrinclngpeople that Iodide of potash, and other
drugs such as enter into the physician'! prescrip
tion nre deadly poison, and it the same time cry
ing aloud "Imitators!” when In fact, none are to be
found. B. B. ll.—Botanic Blood Balm—contain*,
among other valuable ingredients, iodide of pot
ash, and to convince those who may have any
doubt on the subject, we submit the following
original certificate*—not bought—proving its won
derful efficacy. Till* company hold hundreds of
testimonials from thoso who owe their existence
toB. B. B.
Sfat.ta, Go., September 22, To the Constitu
tion, Atlanta; Were I to practice deception iu a
case like this, I would think that my heart had
become seared beyond recognition©
To bo guilty of bearing false testimony, thereby
imperiling the lives of my fellow-men, would
place me beneath the dignity of a gentleman-
The facts which I disclose are Indorsed and
ouchcd for by tho community in whtch I live,
and I trust they may exert the influence Intended.
For twenty long year* I have suffered untold tor
ture* from a terriblo pain and weakness in the
small of my back, which resisted all mode* and
rummer of treatment.
For a long time the horrifying pong* of an eating
cancer of my lower lip ha* added to my misery and
suffering. This encroaching, burning and painihl
core on my lip wa* pronounced Epithelial Cancer
by tho prominent physicians in this section, which
stubbornly re‘i*tc»l the ho.«t medical talent. About
eighteen-month* ago a cutting, piercing pain loca
ted in the breast, which could uot be allayed by
tho use of ordinary mode* of treatment.
Tb€‘C suficrings of misery and prostration be
came *o great that on the 18th of lost July a load
ing physician said that I could not livo longer
than four day*, and I had about given up lu de
spair. The burning aud excruciating ravages of
tho cancer, the pain Ail condition of my back and
breaftt, and the rapid prostration ot my whole sys
tem combined to make me a mere wreck of former
manhood.
While thus seemingly suspended on a thread be
tween life and death, 1 commenced the use ofB.
i. B., the grandest blood xucdlciuc to me and my
household ever used.
The effect waa wonderlhl—it wa* magical. Tho
cxciudatiug pain* which had tormented me bF
day arid by night for twenty years were soon held
lu abeyance, and peace and comfort wero restored
to a suffering man, the cancer commcncod heal
ing, strength vras imparted to my feeble frame, and
when eight bottle* had been used, I was one of the
happiest of men, and felt about as welt a* I ever
did.
All pain* had vnulshcd, tho cancer on my lip
healed, and I wa* pronounced cured. To those
ho arc afflicted aud need a blood remedy, 1 urge
the use of B. B. 15., a* a wonderfully effective,
speedy and cheap blood purifier.
Allk.v Grant.
CLIK&MAWS
5
f!
R* ll
fra?
THE CUMAE TOBACCO Olli i
THE CUHGKm* TCSaSCO CAKE
y*UL~]Uin*feHLf.
jjSmIm “it?jj^^'&fff!?*
} firs «U kuT ln.ratK.il cut
n wl*Tr-rwr canro. |»r*ri-V3cM.
THE CtmaXAN TC3ACCC 'STE*
sssswSsmfs? 0
Ararenrdra a (MfarUw.»a»UM.ii.*ri:.i„in,
CLINGMAH TOBACCO CURE CO.
DURHAM. N. O.. U. 8. A.
DYSPEPSIA.
PHE TEST OF MANY YEARS AND THE
EXPERIENCE OP MANY THOUSAND*
AND TENS OK THOUSANDS ESTAIIIJSH
THE FACT THAT NO ONE WILL KB-
•T have been suffering for over two years with
dyftpcptla lu an aggravating form, and for the
latt year I could not take a drink of tad water
r.or eat any fiit meat, pickles or simitar food
v it bout vomiting it up. My life was a misery,
end after our home pnyddana failed to Ijcncflt
me they advised removal to Colorado or Califor
nia hi hope of relief. I thought of leaving my
family, aud would li “ **
till* summer, If you hmi mn rvi’ummeuui’u mm-
mou’K Liver Regulator, which I took, and I am
(• now taking the second bottle, and the fact is( >
that words cannot exprea the relief I feel. My
appetite is very good, and 1 digest everything
thoroughly, where I used to havo a jui«ago
every four or five d*j>, now I havo regular
daily evacuation* of the bowels. I sleep well
w, snd I med to to re*tkm I am fle*Uitis up
. _ tot that I might to accused of bloating If tho
people did not know better. I have gained 80
pound* lu the tot rix weeks, good strong food
and Simmons Liver Ke^ulator have dotiu it all.
I writo this in hop*** of henefltting some one
who has ftuflfered as I did. and would take oath
to there statements if desired.,’
K. 8. BALLOU, Fyracusc, Nebraska.
/THERE IH HUTONE SIMMONS
Mjr \ LIVElt HOOVLATOIl!
See that you get the genuine with the red 35
on front or wrapper. Prepared only by
J. ffEKILffe A COoj
Sole Proprietor*. PHILADFLPBIA, PA.
wky cow no2
WkU.
WAKING.
’DOES IT PAY!
nitalOguetelbMvIiat cu*.
, puci'r*l» TliI*Li lf<- tirrat
tto'iiSlMBPbsaS
■!i.n Mm,* earth ami nnd
ft.mp .-titling., i
ike!—Tc.
tri'dn.'r
-Teat* tin- water
'.jMng or eulnrm t
• nut
• . •- (wring largo*- ell*.
Timv.ciiiu.
POOR MAN’S HOME,
DECATUR COUNTY.
timbered, good land and.very healthy, and can bo
bought for 1300 cash. It adjoin* Mr. Albert llallo.
a Mr. Cook snd other*. Tit to perfect.
FRIERSON it SCOTT,
Real ft-ta.* Agent*, Atlanta, Oa.
Mention this paper. wky It '
NEWSPAPER FOR SALE
sivc towns In Georgia! I -'ainfoiTcasb. ~lVi’ee1oV:
a rare opportunity. Add* m '
Mention this paper
nta,«U
wky It
HOMES WITHOUT CAPITAL.
C VTHITTJIIl IS DIVIDING 80,000 ACRES OI
. Ians in Swain county, N. c., In tho Into small
iractz for actual wulcmcni only Said on credit off
TOO to len Tern. Tobacco, Fruit, all Grains,
Grasse, grow*. 123,000 In two month.; low prices’
Becrona->Int©mt only for live years. Common I-
ttca, road., retool., markets, on Wertrrn N. C. Roll-
rood. Address for circulate ftWHITnRR. wSfc
tier, N. C„ wilt tump. Mention this paper.
Jams—wtyly
LIQUID GLUE
|MENDS EVERYTHING
I Wood, butter. Finer. Irnr y.CUt*.
ir TOC WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT
JOHNSON GRASS
and:
TEXAS BLUE GRASS,
$cnd toEeadquirien for Pamphlet. Address
HERBERT POST.
Salma* Dallaa County. AU.
Mention thl» paper. Jamlt-wkyit
I MILE’S
totttff.
mt puhlbbrd. Over SSJ00 replm al-
You ought (ah aval*. Mod your
janli—wky tfeo w
incorporated 1084,
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“BRADFORD”
P UTABLE KltL,
UHS, WHEAT IS HU.
SU« * MILL KACNUUT,
pUUlf
The That. Bradford Ce.
KM.HAUtobH
CINCINNATI* tt.
RARE BARGAIN!
Mr} and Stock Firm Tro Milts from ttfanla.
W* MAY* AI’IIE FARM IN DEKALB
IV ©Ollii ly on Snap Pluzor Greek, JOOacnM ©loarod.
W ac re* iu cultivation aim 0 acres of bottom laud
In pasture, hermuda gni*>and cane, la acre* of bot
tom land In cultivation. »lx acres In orchard,
mixed unit in fall bearing, choice ncightorhood,
Mihool, f-huruhe*. toj»tofficc and storm from one-
half to one aud a half miles from tho liou*e; eight-
room frame residence, tenant boase*, stable*, corn
ua, Ga.
wky It
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L.M ilre. v>.,«aiutaSn«rSnV.ta
Jan.a-wkyd
GENUINE
OSIER WILLOW GUTTINGS
FOR SALE.
'BOM PLANTS ORIGINALLY PROCURED IN
Switzerland. Grown «»n my Willow, ICay, aud
aiti farm, near Macon, Ga.
Price f5 per thousand when loss than .'i.OJO aro
taken.
l’nre 94 per thousand when more than *.,oot) aro
taken.
Cutting* arc from 12 to lft Inches long. They will
be carefully parked and shipped by rallrmd, or ex-
S remd na desired. Cash must aceomi*tuy all or-
cn to rcceivo attention. J. C PL iST,
Mention tbl* paper. MlM *wkyIt
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UNITAFIAN H*ISTIaNITY;
trTKRATURS Will be shut
h2ffS£
to persons willing to pay po-tage upon them.
tl«c 21 -kwylt
Finest Rolled Gold
RINGS I
•loiPronnd, price ....J 80
Rand, price— m
Seta, price— I 2!
Flni iwo, price l SO
Given with each ring.
Send tUp of paper slat of
finger. Stamp* uaen.
Agents wanted. OnrWjC.
T. U. Lore Pin. aoUd gold,
price |3X0. Y. M. C. Badge.
worn in every state tn the
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