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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- lAlioo*”' CUff * ***** lp0 of beaded Catarrh and Bronchitis Cured. gfcrer tore tWa drewlfol fiiou rendtn* . «©5 -MJ.lopeto Dr.J.FIiubUCo., rntgilMhU-I Jew lorX, willreceiveIt. receipt 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, „ 'Kcuiuurcp “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 M,4iMffk« - ud LoU, Aim XXI-’ RttaWsr MBV&X2 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 &uvX—wks&2i«»-. 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 u Write us Aw design*