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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. c.utb, 2 yards wide, at uare yard, worth 50 cents! Pcitiere Curtains, Etc. !l pairs fine turcomsns at $0 per pair, re duced from $8 50! SPECIAL OFFER—100 pairs turcoman and raw silk curtains, with brass trimmed pole, chains and hooks, at $1.25 per pair, 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 tures, at 45 cents each! wk M. RICH A RB04. 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 one to t«n yem Tobacco, Fruit, alt Grain., Grama stows. 020,000 In two months; low prices- Bessons—Interest only for five years. Communi ties, roads, schools, markets on Western N. C. Rail- road. Addreaa for circulsrs r. WHITTIER, Whit- ^ Jan?2—irky y * t,ua P* Mention this paper. jStHssfeaa ntOB SALE—KOLB GEM MELON SEED, KltOM V selected stock bv J. H. Perkins & Oi.. Perkins mictton, Oa., andE. A. Perkins A Co., Milieu, Ga. su tu thu—wk LADIES! «,...uSS!i!a 53S8 F ii: ^.u.i-tvK!.!. iHTAm.iHiTfcTnViloi.KjALti eoti nihrioncd bn? I ness, with-good line of ship 's aud chance to make mom-y for the right par- Cjeiwl Hand to deal In grain,hay, etc. Address h full name, “R r un* UoustJtutJon. lau -Jl—tint -su tu wky 2w •t Pictures, 1 pretty Ring. !2 largo ! •• n Name, or 50new ChiomoOARDS name on 10c. outfit, 4e. N*»xtti Card , Co.. Nassau, N. Y. jon'JD—wkyiteow Ohio Improved Chester S The beat Ilo: in the world. Not V ? ^%806lbt| iptfonef this t Si. ClmGad, O. I A« lion’s ironclad note books. The notea waive all Dipt of GO cento, c e t-onstitutton. HOOSIER AUGE! HILL DYSPEPSIA. PRETEST OF MANY YEARS AND THE last year I could not take a driuk of cold water nor eat any fat meat, pickles or similar food! without vomiting it up. My life was a misery, and affer our homo physicians failed to benefit me they advhed removal to Colorado or Califor nia in hope of relief. 1 thought of leaving my family, and would have gone to tho mountains this summer, if you had not recommended SIm-l Twon’s Liver Regulator, which I took, and I run j ft now Ink ing the reeond bottle, nml tho fact Lsft) that words cannot express the relief I feel. Myra appetite is very good, and 1 digest everything thoroughly, where I used to have a passage every four or flro days, now I have regular daily evacuations of tho bowels. I sleep weilj now, snd I used to be restless. I am fleshing up 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 E. 8. BALLOU^Syracuse, Nebraska <THERE I* HUTONK SUWON* ** \ LlVF.lt 1COOULATOIU fire that you get the genuine with tho red Z ou front of wrapper. Prepared only by .V. It. ZE1L1N A CO., Sole Proprietors. PHILADELPHIA, PA. wky cow no2 HOW TO SPECULATE Aim MAKE MONEY. J.EDWARDG0VE4C0., BANKERS AND BROKERS, r<0 1331 f iltEiT, N. W, Washington, D. C. Stocks, Grain, Revisions and Petroleum. IVTER, Manager. R ELPHiMil Grecertesor Kavcltlem, or fgS^monthOMd sznuzjSn gaa.wCTwWlH CLIRkCraAN’S rOBACCO g REMEDIES urntu “J.MMA ANNA KXHTINCi COTTON J. R. St woman, Macon, Gu. For stockings an*l Caoriiarexo. ALL STORES KEEP IT. Pound Box by Mail, Vte. KSKjBfc SPtiSJWiSffMri wunus. l-imphe* bevw *ul IUm*. triett o«l the cuhomln lessen cake NATI'URm OWN IJK.IUPY. li-„. m KtwS IltuoraiUs. Stdz urnr CsnU-» klU X*« rir.-\ c! Ic - U A.- to La t all ifh 4l- Lcii lafl'iunstinc tom vbatcrmr mdi> p, (or- gf» tin. THE CLIN01MN TCWCCO Vrerttmi nrmiiinr t C/rap W-rdt* Pit.- lSi«D vi t *- at irnUitt or ♦..£.• *» null i fcUi-nx fnm ioo U*4foat« • rain of too to «n«. la n. b*.\r the ■tronrerr - «•{!»»* sfthrl.iUcoutASia. i\.r ^uVt u«m acd Filer, it U Price !aT.'o A*k rear dmrtM for thnom rmodlA or rrito to tra CLiNGffiAN TOBACCO CURE CO. OUHHAM. N. O.. U. S. A. f}£ VALENTINES SiW _ FRBBl' v 1 bt.i. Kr\RY a>RO.,u cu-wi.at,x.r„ai im.ua! forWncf Im German Valentines MSTejra Is Oitacunify, 1 •Jtilrls* «o clems •*! tlutf ilGckprrfWss to iXrir masting it Ivnr •tuftftart, Ur* toU s* st Imuio tks eo*t t* import, 60,000 his- ysst VsUeUs**, which ws t* strs nwsT te tnerrue tbs rirrolslU-sofesrsugatls*, s* fsllsw*: S*s4 m 8*0. f*r a ae*« subscription to Fur m nnd lien sc held, ssr Ism, lllsstrv ^BSaSsSBStm J OHN TODD VS. MISSOURI TODD, IJBKL FOR divorce, Fayette fuperl**r court, September term. It appearing to the c ourt by the return of the rticiifl iu the above stated cose that the defend ant doer not retide In said couuty. and it further ap pearing tl:o decs not reside In sola state, i; U there fore ordered l>y the court that the servioo b« per fected on the defendant by the publication of thh order once a month for four months before the next It nr. of tills court In The At’.&ut* Constitution. T. V. LESTER. Plaintiffs attorney. to it so. T. J.triMMONS. J.8.C. I do certify that the above and foregoing U a true * rnourt. i tho minutes of Fayette rov Jlw tnm 4m .. town and county in the South, to introduce an article of genuine merit, recommended by — —every lady values her big two cent itsmp for partlcuUnT"and"address D. A. Gomicb, Oty and Front Streets, Baltimore, Maryland. Jaul.t-d.*t wkylt an arucie or genuine merit, recommended all rhyiiciau*. aud needed by every who has a Sewing Machine, and values HEALTH and COMFORT. Rare chance. PEIINYBOYAL PILLS* Can liana*.Kdu4Mbat ■ —aria ■L.K.Y. 9M Pack Fun Card*. New Sample book and ocmpicte outfit, 4 cents. Star Card Co. Ohio. sepl wCm eounofl SHORT-HAND BY MAIL. t .cm^patrnruanoRriuNuM ^S&SiJ'S&iaiSk. (£&££8S ''LOBS IT PATI logue tells w iU Is il._ afe: —Tests ; <-r»U _ or eMark— imM • <« with woi..ierii.| in too?« « r :o ■itef Ito -e cr *» power 'iA'i''.".® MAE CANCERS Cured without thekmfe or TUMOR# AND ITLCERA loss of blood. Vastly superior to all other methods. Hundred* of cue* jmred. Descriptive pamphlet sent free. A tdrera Dr. E. H. Green, 71 Peachtree street, Atlanta. Go. Mention this paper. wk 6m BEST TRUSS EVER USED 11 Improred ■ lailii Pro circulars to tJ NEW YORK ELASTIC TRUSS CC., 744 Sroadway, Jf.Y, We nrga our readers when they answer advertisements to tm-ntton that they saw them In the Constitution. This will help all