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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY JANUARY 26 1886.
NEWS BY WIRE.
Hfipptnfnps of tlie Work All Over the
Country*
Minneapolis. Minn., January 18.—Hon. W.
(!. Saunders, of Helena, Montana, who is in
the city, was last evening interviewed and
si,id that the residents of Moutaua are quite
enthusiastic over the prospects for it« admission
as a state. “We hone,” he continued, “to step
into the union with Dakota. It is generally
resided as a dcinocrntie territory, the demo*
erotic majority ranging from 500 to l.ouO, and
©n that score we believe that we will 1>© ad*
mitted as an offset to republican Dakota. A
large majority of the people of the territory
are in favor of admission.”
Bamjo*, January 1H.—The clergy and other
morally inclined people are making a great
kick against the roller skating rinks la this
state, especially in Portland and Bangor. In
Portland and over on the Kennebec tho young
people have got themselves Into lota of trouble
by going band m glove with everybody they
met at the rink, and larcenies, elopements, the
ruin of young girls and various other evils are
directly traceable to the roller erase.
Woodstoc k, Ont. January 18.—Recently a
girl named Collins died, a# It was supposed
here, very suddenly. A day or two ago the
body was exhumed prior to Its removal to an
other burial place, when the horrildo discovery
was made that the girl had been buried alive,
llcr shroud had been tom into shreds, her
knees were drawn up to her chin, one of her
arms was twisted under her head, and here
features bore evidence of dreadful torture.
Pittsbi ro, Pa., January 18.—Five mem
bers of the Housemcyer family, at Tarcntum,
have died of trichinosis. The fifth, George
aged 30. died today. The remaining members
of the family, (three persons) are not expected
to live.
Ns.w Brunswick. N. J., January 18.—The
child of W« ard Applegate of Hpotliwood, N. J.,
ablch was bitten by a mad dog twenty-one-day*
ago, went into convulsions la*t Thursday, and died
«>f hydophobla In lt» moat horrible form, requiring
two men to hold It In Its struggles. The child was
six yearn old
fitHKMKCTADY, N. Y„ January 18.—Tho
bamaof a fnrmer named Hovet, In (Jlenville,
this comity, was set on flro by a discharged
employe Saturday night, and together with
the contents was entirely destroyed. Tho
Incendiary was discovered, and on being pur-
surd rau to the Mohawk river, which ho at
tempted to cross on the ice. When near the
middle of the stream ho ran into an openiug in
the ice and was drowned.
Itiii(irijKf.i» Park, N. J., January 10.—The
marriage of Peter MerholTs charming daugh
ter to < baric* O. Fcitner, a well-known young
man and tho son of a wealthy farmer living
near he re, occurred a fortnight ago.
Now the sccno was changed. Many of tho
same company assembled in tho lutmo room
where the wedding took place*, but tl^eir fives
told plainly tlio tale of sorrow that acted as a
sequel to the wedding. Tluy met to attend tho
funeral of the strong young bridegroom who
bad betn the jolliest of tho jolly but a few
nights before. The scene was impressive and
solemn. The minister who bad officiated at tho
inner Inge stood at the bead of the casket con
taining the youg man's renutins, and delivered
the funeral service almost ou the same spot
where ho hsel married him.
Every one present ivns deeply moved and at
times there was scarcely one In the room who
was not weening. Mr. Fcitncr’s death was
caused by lockjaw. Afte r returning from his
wedding tour ho slipped and fell upon a nail
which penetrated fits hand, causing a slight
wound. It hrnlcd up almost immediately aud
nothing more was thought of the mntter until
several days later, when ho discovered he had
the lockjaw. Ills death followed after a terri-
' blc and palnftil illness. *
Niw York, January 10.—Four surgeons
have performed an operation on Miss Catha
rine tutzar In otdrr to aavo her life. She is
tbc twenty-yrar-ohl daughter of Felix Ratxar,
a dealer in brewery grains, and some time ago
sued her step-mother In Jersey City tor $10,*
OCO damages for cruel treatment and got a
verdict of <8.000. It was testltlcd that on ono
cccssion she was stiuek by her stepmother on
the side of the head with the rung of a chair
and that the never recovered from the effects
of the blow.
The young woman waa said* to' ho also on
the verge or insanity. The operation was tin '<
dertahtn nt her uncle's homo, No. .’152 West
Forty-third street, whore ahr is stopping. It
roroisted in removing a portion of tho skull on
the top of the head which had been affected
by the blow. Antiseptic dressing was used. Jt
will bo two weeks, nt least, before tho
n HicccMful or not.
Nr.w Yokk» January 111,—Andrea Apolti, hi-
borer, shot and killed hi* wife, J.qcxs no, nt
their home nt an early hot r yesterday morn
ing. A|*olti went homo intoxicated and atones
begun to quarrel with his wife. He became so
violent that the people in the front room eli
te! rd aud tried to quiet him mid he commenc
ed to quarrel with them. At 5 o'clock he was
rmuaded to go into a room which was used by
him and Ida wife nsu sleeping room, aud tho
nrighbots locked him In. Nothing was heard
until they were awakened by the report of
tlm pistol, On entering tho rear rooms they
found Mrs. Afolti lying ill the middle of tho
floordead.
The murderer had forced ojien tho door of
the room in which bo bad 1m on locked, aud
putting out tho lights, bad taken his revolver,
idiit-rd it to the left breast of his wifound tired.
Ha then broke down the door, leading iuto tho
bslJ, and flourishing his revolver and swearing
that he would kill sonic oiic else, made hisway
to the street hefoio any person attempted to
tl» tain him, and disappeared.
The murdered woman and her husband
bare ono child «l*ottt eight years old.
8t. 1'ai’L January lb.—At North Bond, Ne
braska, oil December 23d, a brilliant wedding
took place, tlio couple being H. Hayes Claire,
a lawyer, and Mb* Nettle Dorsey, age nineteen,
the daughter ef J. E. Dorsey, a wealthy grain
dealer. On Thursday last the hrhlo returned
from a wedding trip to the east alone, a heart
broken woman, her huthwnd being a fugitive
from justice, a homo-thief, bigamist aud forger.
lu July lost, aa has sinco boeul learned, be
wmt to Kichuiond, Wayuo county, 1ml., fogged
a cheek on hla own mother for $000 aud got
it rathed. Hiring a homo and a buggy from
n livery stable, ho drovo through Illinois and
into Iowa, where he told the outfit and nook*
etrd the proceeds. Returning to North Bend
in Frptrmher.tTaire boldly resumed his position
in society there. Almost on the day of hU mar
riage Sheriff t ionium, of Wayne county, who
had just discovered where he was, started for
Nebraska to arrest him. lie arrived at North
Bend too late to eapture Claire, hut he caught
him tu company with his bride in an Iowa
town sud secured from him a lull confeosiou.
Claire, however, romped from the officer.
It is said that Claim has a wife and two
children in Indiana Ad that he bat commit
ted many crimes.
rirtLAM:t.PHtA, January ID.—Mrs. Sarah K
Baigutl, of d!7 North Thirteenth street, re
ported to the i«olice authorities that her daugh
ter Valerio, aged fifteen years, had eloped with
a nineteen-year-old youth named Milton Leff-
ler. She said that Lc flier had come from Potto-
ville, boarded at her house and had became en
amored of her daughter. She did not resent the
attentions (aid to the young lady to long os
they were circumspect. A lew days ago Miss
Valeria went out fora walk and did not re
turn. The mother searched for her but with
out avail, and when ulght came and Lcffier
giro failed to put in an appearance she con
cluded that the pair had lied together.
On Saturday Mr*. Kaiguel received a letter
item her daughter, postmarked Philadelphia,
and stating that the young lady was married
and happy with her Milton. It closed with
the request that a letter be sent to the post-
office saying that the eloping pair were for
given. But, instead of mildly submitting. Mrs.
Baiguel st once sought the aid of the police to
recover her daughter. A telegram was sent to
nil the statlonhouses ordering Che arrest of the
girl, and her honeymoon will probab'y he
ruthlessly broken.
Beloit, Wis., January If).—The bog plague
which has prevailed in this locality this last
•eason, and is still causing great loss, is proba
bly the most disastrous disease which ever af
flicted stock In this vicinity. Scores of hogs
are dying every dsy, and it is estimated that
dully JO,COO have died witLn a radius of AS-
tren miles of this city. Tho best authority
uf on the matter docs not name the disease to
the general satisfaction of stock men, but many
are satisfied that it is measles and not cholera.
Jztjtr.y Oty, N. J., January 10.—A well-
dretred young man entered Jarvis's oyster
saloon, Hoboken, and after writing a short
note swallowed the contents of a vial. He
opened the door aud started to, go out, when
he paused and said:
“If this don't kill me, I'll shoot myself.’
He then threw the vial on the floor and
walked out Subsequently be was found un
conscious. He was taken to the station house
sud restored to consciousness. He had taken
a dose of laudanum. In his pocket was found
the following letter, which Is the one be had
written in the oyster saloon:
My Dear Mother: I for the lost time drop these
few Hues and hoj«that God may help and protect
you, for I will be dead by the time you get this.
Your loving wm, James stone.
On the reverse of the paper was written these
words:
Ood forgive your prodigal non. 1 havcT/rokcmy
pledge and I am ariiamcd to show home.
The young man said he resided with his
mother at No. 38 Thorn street. Jersey City
Heights. He was intoxicated when lie enter
ed the saloon and said he was suffering from a
toothache.
Hazleton, Ps., January 18.—Rev. James C.
Clark, pastor of 8t. Paul’s Methodist Episco
pal church hero has been acquitted by a coin
mitten of investigation composed of nine mlu-
inters of the Danvillle district of the charge
of theft preferred against him by II. E. Suth
erland. a member of his congregation. It was
alleged that at various times between the 10th
and 23d days of lust December Mr. Clark had
been detected in the theft of a dozen eggs and
sundry other urticles from the grocery store of
A. J. Kwalm, who is also a prominent member
of tho Methodist church.
Jersey City, N. J., January 20.—D. W.Lee,
a well to do resident of Ridgewood road, South
Orange, committed suicide by shooting him
celf through the head. He bad been an in
valid for several yeara suffering from kidney
and liver troubles, which had compelled him
to give up his business in this city.
He seemed in good spirits And chatted pleas
antly with his wife about honschold affairs.
About eleven o'clock Mrs. Leo was driven to
tbe village to do some shopping. Her husband
kissed her affectionately before her donartuac
and returned to his study whistling a favorite
air. Au hour afterward a pistol shot was
heard, and a servant, who burst open the door,
found that Mr. Leo had shot himself through
the brain.
The servant had not rccovorcd from the
shock when carriage wheels were heard on the
gravel drive, aud then Mrs. J.ce, Hushed from
her ride in Hie bracing mountain air and with
a imlle on her face to greet her husbaml, came
hustling and cheery into tho house. Slio paused
on the threshold of the study. At iicr feet lay
the corpse of her husband. With a scream sho
threw lursclf H(ro&s the body. The servants
hurried to her aid and found that sho had
swooned away.
Boston, January SO.—Edwin J. llohhs, of
this city, was convicted in the superior court
hist June of mixing arsenic with meal, with
intent to kill Lilian (!. Cram and Elizabeth A
Cram. At the trial exceptions wero taken by
the dtfendent, all of which have been over
ruled by tho supremo court. Tho enso was
then put down for sentence. Iai*t Friday
Hobbs was allowed to shave himself, and ho
then cut his throat with the razor. Ho died
Monday. The suicide was kept secret until
today.
Han Fr vncisco, Cal., January 20.—J. 8.
Mesh, ron of a prominent merchant, was shot
and killed last night l»y Dr. J. H. McDonald
us he was endeavoring to cscapo from Mc<
Donald'n house. McDonald had discovered
Mesh in his wife’s chamber. McDouald stir
reudered.
Washington, January 23.—On© million
young codfish, artificially hatched at stations of
the United States fish eomrolslou, will b.* sent to
Pensacola during the coming-week to Ih> placed In
the waters of tbe gulf.
Jackson, Mich., January 21—The county
fcorhoufto was almost entirely destroyed by
tire this morning. There wero forty inmates,
and all r*cuj»cd hut live, who perished in tho
flam cm. Tho leiuains of tho victims were
brought to the city today, Tho dead are
follows:
DOLLY MARTIN, aged sixty, Insane, an Inmate
AN ALABAMA TRAPPER.
INCIDENTS OF A HUNT IN THE
BLACK WARRIOR SWAMP.
Duck and Deer In Abnndaoeo Jim Larkin, a Trap
per. Nzhtbfts Bla Fora and Relates Adventures
With the Animals They Came Off of-
An interesting Bear Story-Ktc,
Warrior Station, Alt., January 21.—[Spe
cial Correspondence.]—Hunting on Warrior
river. “Glorious fun.plenty of game,romantic
scenery and stories enough to fill the whole
edition of The Constitution.”
This is what Mr. Charles Gillespie said to
your correspondent when ho extended sn in
vitation tojoin him in a day's hunt oo tbe fa
mous Warrior river.
Accepting the kind Invitation, and, armed
with a fine Barker gun, the hunt was taken.
Mr. Gillespie whistled for his dog and a fine
J,cwellyn animal dashed up to receive instruc
tions from bis owner. The intelligence of the
dog took him at once to the boat and he
crouched in the bottom. The start was made
from Big Warrior bridge, and the rou to
tbe southwest portion of Jefferson county. For
some time the trip was uninteresting except
the scenery, orild and picturesque, that was
presented. Gillespie was at the oars and in
stated on my watching my gun—that we were
nearing the game.
“Look out, there arc ducks.’ 1
The warning came too late, and tbe flock
disappeared in the tall reeds. The wsit for
more was not long. A second sight of the
birds was seen, and the result was two of the
finest specimen of Mallard duck were in the
boat in a few minutes.
he returned from the wsr. His father had a
sugar plantation in Louisiana and bad a
neighbor who had a charming daughter who
was away a great deal of her time.
The meeting between tbe two young people
was a chance one, at an entertainment given
in the parish. They became more interested
in each other nnd one day at a picnic the two
strayed eff from the crowd, and while seated
on a hillside on the hanks of a stream, made
vows of constancy. Tho lives of tho two
were happy but the young lady did
not keep her faith in hiui, aud
be drifted away from her. After tho war he
returned* *" '“*' *-
had gone
be has made
We have become fast friends and he has told
me of bis love for the young ladv. I have
watched the course of events carefully. He i
not tbe poor man he thinks he is, aud what i
more interesting, his old sweetheart will so.,a
visit my family and 1 will bring the two to
gether.
“Don’t you call that a genuine romance?”
. W.
BETSY HAMILTON.
Craps was all laid by and it wasn’t hard for
the new writin’marsterto git up a class: the
young folks all jined mostly for the fun of git-
tin’ together.
A right smart chance of old folks tuck les<
eons too. Old man Loftis lowed he had alien
beam it sahl it was never too late to learn, aud
he was a gwinc to larn how to sign bis name if
nothin’ more, ’peared like he had becnamakin
of
his
X
mark
long enough
We'uns seen the writin' marotcr a cornin’,
and maw she jerked the broom quick mud
swept up the hath, and sot a chair iu the entry
‘A capital shot, I thought you wer- ,jing to | and axed hjmto light and^coinejn.
be too slow.'
KA1K A VARY, aged seventy, insane, an Iniuato
r tin yea in,
JANE ATKI.V8, aged seventy, insane, an inmate
< HARM* KLI.lOTf, aged seveuty two, bllud.
3 he building is situated iu a lonely spot
four miles from Hie city. Tho tire, the origin
of which is unknown, broke out iu the kitch
en, and the whole interior was destroyed. The
thermometer nt the time registered ten do-
piers below zero. All tho inmates list their
clothing, nulling out into
mow In » naked condition. Thirty
«»f tho pnuj ois were brought to tho city
nnd housed. Homo of these will die from tho
t fleets of the ex|»oeute they were subjected to.
John Doherty, n hired man, brought three of
the lunatics down the tire escape in his arms,
thus saving their lives. An ituhocilc Imy,
nineteen years of age, was found in bed
aud waa rescind by means of the tire es
cape. There were only two inon
lieridc the iiiiiuites about tho place when the
lire broke out. and they rescued tho itttna? ~
before other help arrived. William Mills,o
of the Inmates, was tho man who flrff issued
Sander’s spelling hook. At ouo time ho was
north a quarter million dollars.
OUR ILLUSTRATED 8TORIE8.
Tint Uo.Nvmiuo.v presents this week, an illus
trated article on
••THE WEATHER BUREAU,”
which will have especial Interest In view of the re
cent tcirible weather we have had. The article
explains eyeloues and gives somo farts aliout the
signal storm*.
Next week we will print tho second ofonr
Illustrated articles, which will be called
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS,
and will be embellished with pictures of twenty of
the most prominent member* of congress, llon't
fall to get It aud see If the picture of your me in
tier Is among (time of the twenty leaden.
We ftlintl continue these Illustrated articles a<
long as vs- And them Interesting. We have civ
gsgodjtho text artist* and writers, and our readers
►ball have theliest that can tie don
He Mitre and n-e next Weeks* picture* of
“Coiigrriftlfiui! Leaders.'
Nam done* In Clnrlnnatl.
Ham Jones is waking Cincinnati up. Already
In hi* meetings the local naiier* report that they
eeme to their feel |>y the thousands when he a*k*
all who have determined to try to live bettor lives
to rl*e. The morning papers give columns to the
report of hi* rermons, aud tho outlook l« that he is
about to make the blgfc«t success of his life in
what 1* considered to be the wickedest city in
America.
SfOTTS KUI IAION OF TURK
Cod Liver Ot), Willi IlypophoMphttc*.
Iu rulmenary Affections aud Scrofulous Di-cases
Da. Ira M. 1.av:. ;New York, say*: •*! have pro
scribed Scott's Emulsion aud used it in my family
sod am greatly plca-ed with it. Have found It
very serviceable in ficroffikms .aliases aud Pul
monary A fleet ion*.’*
Canada pays her militia only fifty cent* a
day. Till* l* getting fearful slaughter at a very
low figure.
From m Me liar of Duty;
Home people shrink from making public the
benefit they have received, while others are
Dee to tell it abroad for the good of fellow
mortals. Of the latter kiud is Mr. J. H. fop-
puck, of Mount Holly, N. 8.. who writes: “I
»m one of many who give their rbecrftil ap
preciation of the merits of the efficacy of your
valuable Rrowu’a Iron Bitten, from a sense of
duty. This hitters is doing much good in our
couuty, for which 1 can vouch."
Theodore Rosrvelt say* that tho present
system of furmirg will die out before the end of
the ceutury.
ANGOSTURA BITTERS, the world renown
ed appetizer and invigorator. Used now over
tho whole civilized world. Tty it, but beware
of imitations. A*k your grocer or druggist for
tho genuine article, manufactured by Dr. J. A
b. Bitgtii A Bona.
Suddenly tho bushes on the ride o: .ho bank
crackled nnd a magnificent buck stood on tho
brink of the wntcr. As he stood with splen
did form, his head reared back, and his long
antlers showing grandly, tho picture was a
fine ono for a master-piece. Tho dog was iu
the act of jumping out of the boat in the water
when his master said :
“Steady, Hattie, let roe have him.”
He rested on oars, and as ho did so, a hound
rushed up to tho deer and forced him in tho
water. He sank to his neck and swam to the
middle of the stream. Thcjioat was pulled up
to him snd Olllcsplo reached
his long hunting knife. He leaned
the side of tho boat, and with
long sweep of the blado slushed it into tho
beautiful neck of the animal. Tho crimson
life blood tinged the surface of tho crystal wa
ter. Tho animal’s oyes turned glassy, and ho
wns dead. After somo difficulty, on uccouut of
his size, he was handled into the boat.
After a promiscuous shooting of duck and
snipe on tho water aud as they would fly over,
n point was reached in a dense thicket where a
turn was made in tho river.
My companion said: “1 am going to intro
duce to you a character that is well known ou
this river und who is tho best trapper in tho
south.”
JIM LARKIN, TUB TRAPPER.
(iillcsplo gave a shrill whistlo with his
fingers in his* mouth. Almost instantly an
echo was heard in the depths of tho swamp,
and he pulled the host for tho hank. A
rustling of bushes and cracking of dry twiggs
disclosed the presence of a third
party. It was Larkin, who exchanged famil
iar greetings with my companion, and after
an introduction ho assured mo I was a wel
come visitor to his abode in tho swamp. His
t-yo glistened aa ho caught sight of tho deer in
tho boat and he said, “Charlie, I heard tho
dogs after him about an hour ago, aud I nev
er expected to sco him unless my old
Susie Juno had brought him under.’. The
trapper had not sceu civilization for nearly
six months, and ho was tho worso
for wear and looks. Ho wore
pair of brown jeans pants, patched and torn,
tho legs of which were stuffed in cow leather
boots roughly made. His shirt was of blues
calico, buttoned to tlio throat with white par-
celaue buttons. His coat w.ts a pea jacket of
blue jeans catching him just above tho waist
hand of his pants and showing tho ends of a
pair of ham-knit cotton impendent. His hat
was tho remnants of several old ones saved up
and patched. His face was grizzly with beard
nnd his hair was down to his shoulders.
He was possessed of rare intelligence nnd com
manded a shrewdtiefK characteristic with his
every day life, aud his air was that of a gon-
tleiunii. lie led tho way tc
Ms homo aud opened tho door.
The house was strangely built, ami consisted
of boards and logs nailed r.nd spliced together.
The interior was liued with animal ikius nnd „
was as vvnim nml comfortnMu ns tiie home of I ever fool thiug ns comes along. They buyi
Cousin Pink and me aud Calcdony got bock
in the shed room and peeped through the crack
of tlio door at him.
“What in<night your name be?” says Aunt
Nancy, “cf I mought be so bold as ,to ax?”
“Broom is my name,” says he, and Cal she
I‘snickered, and whispered, “A new broom
sweeps cl enu, ’ says she.
He sot a hit, then uxed:
“Wbar do you’unses keep your drinkin’
water?” nnd went back to tbe water shelf, and
utter he drunk a gourd of water he tuck a
wash: aud long as he was a stranger, Flurridy
sho rjz the chUt led and tuck out a bran new
store bought handtowe), that hadn’t nover
been Idled, and he scrubbed and scrubbed, and
I know in reason he mought have been a
ecrubbiu’ thar tel yit if Aunt Nancy hadn't
tuck pity on him aud gin biiu a old raff
towel.
“Them as never has tried to dry ther faces
on one of these here new stiff storo bought
towels fore hit’s been washed don’t know how
aggrevatin’ it Is,” anys Aunt Nancy, tryin’ to
be civil mannered towards him. “Take a cheer
aud set down and he se vtcd.’-’
The minute the Freshourses sees anybody at
ir house hero they comes. Tho ole ’omau
come in a pullin’ aud a Mowin' to see who the
stranger wns, and tho chiilun come a tcarin’
across the truck patch fetebiu’ in all the mud
on ther bar feet. They stood right afore him
with ther eyes and mouths wide open. Some
chiilun, you know, couldn’t sco a wink lessen
ther mouth was open. \Yc gals had slicked
cur hc&ds aud starched our faces and come out,
nml wns all stand in’ around liko ho was a
monkey show. Ilo had on-tied hisbundle and
was a feiiowiu’ tho spessimcntsofhishatid write
nnd all sorts of little birds in red ink and blue
ink. borne a settin’ up on quill pons and some
with leaves in ther mouths. And ho had a
r se a swiinmin' on tho water that he Mowed
made all at onco’t without takiu’ up his
pen, and Aunt- Nancy she winked at maw—
didn’t believe nair word of it. Flurridy’ lowed
them birds tuck her e; o, and Cousin Pink
lowed the goose took her’u. Tho little Fresh-
ourscs 'poured liko they would jist bardacious-
ly climb all over tho man spite of everything if
ther mammy hadn’t Jerked ’em hick. She gin
Dicky a jerk nnd lowed:
“bet down thar, Dickey, tho stranger don’t
want to mas you. Como here tome, Becky
Ann, you’re too big todo that away, pino blank
like you never bad saw nothin’ aforo in your
life; and you know your Uncle Josiah Fresh-
ours riruwcd a bird and n tarrapln too out’n red
ink and blue ink too—set down ’fore 1 slap you
down, nml quit a gazin’ like you hadn’t never
raw nothin’ afore, aud which vou know you
is.”
He wanted pnp to let him put our names
down, lap ho was about half tight, and
lowed:
“I don’t know ns 1 keer about it. My folks
ken all write toll* rblo fair fists, leastways they
can read it theysclves. But I reekin’ they'll
nil want to lake—they most iuginnnrly takes
Esquimaux. On the walls were rclhsofhU
hunts and traps, nnd adorned with a single
picture of n woman. In tho ccutor of tho coil
ing whs suspended a chandelier of a pair of
tucks horns to which was attached two lan
terns.
After n glorious dinner of fish, deer and hear
meat, Larkin eaid, In response to an inquiry as
to his luck:
have had some fun lately nml some that
wnH not so funny,” lie had twenty-two bear
skins,forty-six heaver skins nnd Ncvcutccn
otter skins. He picked out two skins from
tho lot, one of which was it beaver und tho
other a bearskin. He threw them on tho
floor nml said, “Gentlemen tho animals those
two skins camo off came within au acc of cost-
ing me my life.”
Tho beaver skin waa seven foci in length,
and was the largest he ever killed in his life.
COSTLY SKINS.
“That beaver.” continued the odd man,“was
in the trap on tnc side of a deep dam that had
been made by the nnimr.l. lie had nearly cut
his leg off to escape, and when ho beam mo
coming ho laid low iu tho water until I got
hold of tho chain aud wrapped it nrouud my
leg to make sure of him. 1 had uo idea ho
was so big, and when I began to
draw him out with the trap, he gave one
plunge and threw me off my balance. Tbo
trap beiug loose, ho dived under tho water,
taking me with him. I grabbed tho stump of
a tree, and by main strength crawled t > tho
surface of the water. 1 was over au hour and
a half trying to get that beaver on tho bank,
aud there is his skin.”
The bear story was an interesting ono, and
he jm>eecdc«l to tell it.
“That bear skin wan very close to me when
he died, I tell you, and a little more and I
would have been his meat instead of his being
mine. 1 heard him in tho swamp and wcut
out with my Winchester rifle. Ilo saw me,
nml started to run. 1 took quick aim and
fired. He fell, as I thought, dead as a door
nail, hut he played possum on me. I weut to
him. and aa I got within ten feet of him he
arose up quickly and started at me. I was
taken otT my guard and was slow in drawing
a bead on him. I fired four times in rapid
succession at his heart as he jura
at me. The bear had a charmed life am. .
could look down the barrel of my trusted rifle
and feel myself rone up. Tbe cartridges cor-
talnly had no balls in them. I was paralyzed
for a second, and felt my day had come. 1
‘id not have my
knew he waa on me, and I did
knife. The agouy of the sccoud
terrible. I. felt the cold perspira-
ooze out my of forehead. I put
ony
felt
tlon ooze out my
my finger on the trigger for tbe fifth shot and
clinched my teeth. A stream of fire met the
animal aa he made a last leap at me. He
tottered and fill in a mass of flit at ray feet. I
trembled for the first time in my life at my
narrow eacnpe. He waa an enormous bear and
weighed 483 pounds and was as fat as a butter-
hall. lie would have crashed me to a jelly if
my rifle had failed me that last shot 1 found
out when 1 skinned him the first four baits
had entered near his heart, and the last one
had pierced It.”
After bidding the trapper good-bye at the
water’s edge, we entered the boat and were
once more alone. The boat was well loa-Jed
with game, and tbe pulling was hard. GiU<*pie
insisted on rowing, and as he pulled he told an
interesting story of tbe trapper.
the story.
“It is not generally known hut his name is
not Larkin, but a more aristocratic on*. He is
member of cue of the first families of the
state but has been lost to it since tbOt. when
from all the peddlers, and nllcra gits cheated;
they tuck cipherin’ lessons from that retinae-
tic innn. and Re was gwinc to larn ’em all so
fast how to do any Mini in tho Fuitcd States in
two minutes nml a half, and he nevor t;o much
us larnt ’em how to count six nigi. Then they
luck ringin’ ftom that ar trout-mouth squeal
in' fiddler that come along here lost year tatcr
diggiu' time. The fact of tho business is this
, whole settlement is about half crazy. Ho
never hunt ’em n dhno's worth as I could seo.
But nevertheless, howsoever, notwithstanding
ringin' you know is one thing and writin’ U
tother, aud while I maintains to tho doctrino
that a pretty hand writ© hainfc no sign of
smartnera, novcrthelcr*. notwithstanding. I
never stands aa no stumblin’ block iu tho way
of my chiilun a lamin’ nothin’. Live and larxx
have allors been my martow, but I’ll tell you
the truth aud stake my afibluvit ou it, that the
biggest fool ever I seed writ tho besutifullest
hand write.”
Then Auut Naimy up nnd lowed:
“It is ‘no him, no puy,’or is you got to plank
up the money aforebaml? Sposon now, for
u'instatice, 1 goes and takes, jist sposen you
know, and sposen 1 don't larn now will you
gimme my money hack or will you keep it?
That's wlmt I desires to cuquirc fore 1 puts my
name dow n, leastways that’s what I'm axin’
aforrhun’. Not ns 1 am a thinkiu’ of puttin'
of it down, mind you, but I wax jist a sposen.’’
Hu laughed uud told her if she'd take he
wouidu't charge her nothin’ aud so ho put her
name down. When old unit) Frcshours beam
that old man Loftis was a gwinc to tike
writin’ lesions he lowed ho wouldn't l>e out-
douc, aud told the writin’ murstcr to put his
name down too. “Aud you ken jixt come over
to my house,” says he. “and eat out the worth
of it in vittics, or you ken wait tel I ken take
some watcrmcllious to town airy oue, odds is
the defronce to me.”
But odds wasn't the difference to Mr. Broom.
Be eyed old Freshourx a minute, (ho had douc
seed old Mbs Frcshours sud tho chiilun) und
raid he believed he’d druthcr wsit tel ho sold
the watermillions, snd who blamed hint?
Thu writin’ school was belt st the Brier
Patch school ’ousc. In cose me and l’al sot to
gether and kep up a power of gigglin’ and not
much writin’. We sot on a long beuch side of
long desk. I looked away down at tother
fend of tlie liench and seed Iky Roberson a
twistin’ ol his mouth every letter ho writ. I
hum lad Cal aud me aud her got to Uugliin’
“Look at Aunt Nancy,” says 1, and she was
a twistin’ of her lips fust one side then tother
pine blank like she was a cuttln' out a frock
with the scissors. Then we looked down tbe
bench and tothtrs was all screwing thor
mouths too, Cap Dewberry wusser’n au. The
writin’ marster come and axed me snd Cal
hat was the matter. Cal she lowed:
'Hsint tbsr some way to larn a body to
write without writin’ with ther mouths?”
He lowed he didn’t twist his'n, but we
watched him when he sot the next copv, aud
he looked pine blauk like he was a gwine to
whistle.
Me and Cal had a power of fun, but we
never larnt much. Two or three of the gsls
fell in love with Mr. Broom, and was jealonsof
Calcdony. But when he left all of a saddent
betwlx^two days, bekase the lawyers was ut
ter him for steal iu* that fine ridiu'critter, thev
wms monstrous glad he was gone. Pap lowed:
‘The new Broom swept his-sef to parts un
known.”
When old Miss Frcshours beam it she low
ed :
‘Thar now. I knowed it all tho time, fori
drcuup I seed him a cro.-siu’ of muddy water.”
Betsy Hamilton. ,
54 and 56 Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA, CA.
BIG SLAUGHTER SALE
TO BE CONTINUED ONLY UNTIL '
FEBRUARY 10,
We can give prices of only a few articles be
low. Everything else in our big.stojk as
cheap or cheaper.
300 pieces corded pique at 3) cents!
300 piccea checked nainsook at 5 cento!
700 full sized white bed spreads at 50 cents!
500 dozens towels, largest 2 cento!
Men’s shirts at 50 cento worth 75!
Our $1 shirts at 75 ccgto!
500 dozen 18x30 heavy pure Unen towels at
tho unboard of price of 10 cents!
A 75 cent black silk for 50 cento!
Our$l 50 black silk at$l!
Embroideries II, 2\, 5 aud 10 cents a yard!
CARPETS!
100 pieces finest 5 Frame body brnssels with
borders, made up at$l per yard!
25 pieces 2 p!y carpet made up at 38 cents
per yard, reduced from 50 cento!
85 rolls New York ingrain at 15 ecu to per
yard, reduced from 25 cents!
RUGS! RUGS! MATS!
(K) Smyrna rugs C!x5 feet at $3.25, former
price H 50!
•15 dozen tapestry bm- '« unto at 50c each.
OIL Ci
Ir rorix of
<ms.
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uare yard, worth 50 cents!
Pcitiere Curtains, Etc.
!l pairs fine turcomsns at $0 per pair, re
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SPECIAL OFFER—100 pairs turcoman and
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complete!
500 yards double faced figured cantou flannel
lor heavy curtains at 35 ceuts per yard,
reduced from 50 cents!
225 pairs white and ecru Nottingham curtains
at *1 per pair, worth $1.75!
300 brats rrimmed curtain poles at 50c each,
complete!
500 wood curtain poles, with all fixtures, nt
- 30 cento each!
500 dado shadea at 70 cento each, with best
spring fixtures.
1,000 holland shades, all colors, on patent fix
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HOMES WITHOUT CAPITAL
0 WHITTIER IS DIVIDING 80,000 ACRES OF
. LmO In finin count,. N. c., In tbe Into imtll
utcti for actual aettlemont on!, Sold on credit of
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so fast that I might be accused of bloating if tho
people did not know better. 1 have gained 39
pounds In the last Mx weeks, good strong food
to these statements if desired., 1
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T. V. LESTER.
Plaintiffs attorney.
to it so.
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