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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY APRIL* 6 1886
IT CURED HIS COUGH.
And It Will Cure Any’ •xly', Cong*.
Red the following teitlmonlel of a prominent
Booth Carolinian about Ihylot’t Sweet Oum and
llulkln:
Wxnmm B.C.. March 4.—Dr. Walter A. Taylor,
Hear Hr: I waa attacked during the month of
14or ember with .'a acre re cold ana cough. After
- ’■ ■—-Wlthont tucceaa, I waa recom-
-f poor Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
i. After ualngouelhoule and. a
ahouid adriae any <
to uae It at once. T
remain eery reapectllilly,
TAYLOR’S
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Of fwnt Gam and Mullein.
The sweet gum, esinthered from » tm of the
mine name, growing along the small streams In th«
Boo them States, contains a stimulating expectorant
throw off the false membrane In croup and whoop.
Ingcongh. When combined with the healing mo*
dfaglnoua principle in the Mullein plant of the
Helds, presents in Tayloe's Ciizborkr Remedy ov
Bwrrt Ccn inn Muj.lkik the flnert known remedy
**Ask your dnigglsst for It. 25c and 81.00 size*.
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SPRING
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MALARIA.
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Aro cguied by the tact that in the winter, to
maintain heat against the cold, the diet la
largely of itch, fat, aubctanUal food, ;
When winter bruin up, the blood la thick
and alugylah, and pan KEELS DUMPIS1I
and all out of aorta. v .
Thai', natnrnl, hot matt bo corrected. To
do thla, ALTEK the condition of tha blood,
BTIUULATE tha Mention., ronao the heavily
leaded I-lrcr, and get the boat oat or the
Blood through tha heat generating organa, tha
Liver and Bow.lt, by a week't faithful uae ol
Schenck's Mandrake Pills.
STORIES OF THE WAR-
Olimpees or the Campflro, March and
Battlefield.
The following atlrring account of one of the
battles of the seven days around Richmond
fought June 27tb, 1862, is republlahcd by re
quest. It originally appeared in the Richmond
Dispatch
The fight began early in the afternoon and
was raging with great fury, while Hood's brig
ade was yet at a considerable distanco from
the scene. Marching rapidly through the
woods and fields, apparently with a view to
turn the enemy's extreme right, the whole
brigade was halted about four o'clock and
formed in line of battle, in the following or
den 18th Georgia, 1st Texas, 4th Texas, 5th
Texas. The position of 4tb Texas was subse
quently changed to the right of tlio 18th Geor
gia. In this order tbo brigade advanced
through the woods which, bcingso very thick,
we soon Joat sight of all, except our own regi
ment. Advancing across a deep, muddy
swamp, aud tip a steep ascent, they were plac
ed in a position to support a bittery and or
dered to lay down. Hero they were just In
rango of a heavy battery of the onemy, and
the missiles fell so thick that our battery soon
Locarno disabled and hod to withdraw. An
other came, but was also compelled to retire
after a few rounds. Aftor which, the regi
ment was ordered to change position, moving
by the light fiank at double quick. Tlioy re
mained behind this battery about thirty min-
nfes ami lust some twenty or thirty men in
killed end wounded. After marching by tho
flank for a half mile they wore halted in an
open space to tho right of a piece of woods, in
rear of an apple orchard and formed in lino o'*
battle. Then advancing under a shower of
shot and shell down a long slope, which was
completely commanded by a body of tho ene
my's infantry on their loft, and ported on a
wooded eminence on tho opposite side of tho
ravine, at the foot of the slope. Here we lost
many more men, but passed on without re
turning the Are of tho enemy poured into our
ranks, and crossing tbo ravino at. tho point
where tho 4th Texas had w gallantly driven
tho steep hill on
for the first time,
1o work that then
remained for them to do. Sevoral regiments
claim to have taken batteries, and no doubt
Justly, too, for there were enongh for all to
have a showing. Several had boon taken np
to the moment the 18th Georgia reached tho
crest of tho hill, but tho main battery
on the hill, in tho field, said to bo
the Hoboken battery of fourteen splen
did brass pieces, which was filling
the air, with ita deadly missiles, and doaling
destruction all around, tho one, whoso posi
tion, la said, to have been chosen, by General
McClellan, himself, aud whoso guns, according
to the accouut of numerous prisoners and*
wounded men, had heen directed by him, was
still playing with terrible effect. It was sup
ported by a large body of infantry in the rear,
and a detachment of the second regular cav
alry on the left, besides tho approach to It was
completely commanded by his othor batter
ies. Bo Admirable was this disposition of tho
forcea and the natural conformation of tho
ground that McClellan is said to hayo assured
the men it was imprcgtmblo. In front of the
Eighteenth, at the moment it came insight
of tbo battory, lav a long sloping hill, at the
foot of which somo throe hundred
yards distant waa a deep, and in somo pieces
an impassable ditch, then a quick rise, which
afforded some protection from tho guns abovo.
1'rccedJng regiments had dono their work
well, and gallantly had thoy driven tho enemy
fiom somo of his strongest nooks, and taken
several batteries. Somo hail even advanced
on thla battery, but found their forces so
much scattered after crossing tho ditch that
they became powerless and could do little else
than seek protection under tho crost of tho
hill from the guns above. Down this first
•lone tbo Eighteenth advanced, in aplondid
order, at double quick, under a cross fire from
two batteries on the right and left,,and a ter
rible direct firo from tho battery Jn front.
■Sunt after ehOtlOI
wuero i no it a jcxm wui g
tho enemy back, •d'anced np t
the opposite side, and hero, foi
oLt-*ntd a view of the torriulo
wide gaps, which were quickly rcloMKlnp. Tho
clear, thrill voice, of Major Urlllii ami A
•pel—ir nm v ,,r in «kjr n , u
MW WAR 1
Grant nook. In I to!.. TOO
Ol illuriratlona A tail ami u-
BWS.k-W of Ih. luarv.tou. growth,
o,lt mlltl arhlrram.au anil dartnc dr.it. oi
our KntnIH.ru.. of «v^,nS™t“ouTth.
of lh« Nn»T a. "‘'rani 1 . If .mol r." re.ll*. the
kl*4o*y Of It. Army. Liberal term, ta Ainu.
*ESgSt$t2 k ' m ' m ' "■SSKi& a
•fUr shot tore through the ranks, leaving
closed np. Th«
Adju
tant ration couJd bo distinctly heard amidst
tho bursting of shells and whistling of shots,
coolly commanding "closo up," "dress to tho
right," or "left," wbilo every officer exerted
bimscif to preserve tho line unbroken. I)oad
and wounded men foil on every sido, whilo
tbe living pushed ou to the work before thorn,
lloro Lieutenant L. A. Met hillock foil, terri
bly mangled with a shell. Lieutenant Hitman,
who succeeded him in command of the com
pany, was wounded a few stops further on.
Lieutenant Ollahnu taking command of tho
company. Lieutenant John Graut, command
ing company II, was also wounded and loft
the command devolving on First Sergeant Cot
ton. On rcarhiug tho ditch tho linn war ne
cessarily broken, tbo men being compelled to
get across as best thoy could. Advancing a
short distanco they found therosolves under
coves of the hill, in company with a detach'
ment of various other regiments, who wore in
a broken and disorganized condition. Sotuo had
lost thcirleadcre, somo their regimonts, and
all, for tho timo being, scorned to
have lest their organization. In front of all
these, tho colors of the Eighteenth Georgia
were planted, and tho men quickly rallied
and formed. A short consultation among tho
officers was held to secure concort of action,
aftor which a small detachment of tho 11th
Mississippi, under command of Colonel Lid
dell, formed in support of tho right, and an
other from tho Fourth Texas, under Captain
Townseud.supported the left. Thus supported
at the conimsnd "Forward," the Eighteenth
moved steadily up tho hill, in tho Tory jaws of
death itself. Aa soon as they wore discovorod
tho mcmy'i cavalry mado a dosporato chargo
at the right wing, which might have broken
and ruined tho line had they not boon receivod
with so much coolness and deliberation by tho
gallant men composing companies A, B and
C, commanded respectively by Captains
O'Neal, Stewart and Lieutenant Callahan, who
held their fire until tho onemy were within
good range, and thon poured in a deadly vol
ley thnt broke their (rent and brought down
their leader, and so discomfited thorn that
they changed their direction and endoavored
to make their escape, but before they suc
ceeded In doing so scores of their saddles were
emptied, aud mauy a crippled ateed left hob
bling across the field. Just as this chargo was
made, the left wing had come up within rango
of the guns,when one of them delivered a volley
of grape full into the ranks of company K, in
stantly killing Lieutenant Dowtou and wound
ing several others. Tbe whole lino hatted
to deliver their fire, which they did so effec
tively that for a moment the firing of the bat
tery ceased, and the infantry began to fall
back. 8cizing the opportunity, Colonel ltutf
ordered the charge, and rnshing to the front,
hat in hand, waved tho boys ou ward, and in
less time than It takes to write it niuo ploce*
of the battery were theirs. At this moment
the scene in front was indescribable. Cavalry
men, artillery limbers, caissons and
iufantry, all rushed away in ono wild sea of
confusion, running for dear life. Some few
cannouicrs, however, stood to their guns, and
continued to load. One man waa shot at the
piece while ramming down a cartridge. An-
other, while adjusting a friction primer, was
shot down by Private Monroe Windsor, of
company H, and his hag of friction primers
raptured by him. Lieutenant Lanes, of com
pany D, with four men, rushed forward and
abut the men at ono piece, while they were on
the eve cf firing it. Corporal Fpster, of com
pany F, deserves great credit for tho gallantry
with which he bore the battle (lag, to the front
ever foremost. When he reached tho battery
he mounted one of tho pieces, and waved his
flag in triumph, but as soon as tho regiment
was again ordered forward iu pursuit of the
enemy, he took his place and rushed on. At
this point(\doucl Ruff, seeing that his regi
ment had pierced the enemy’s lino to a con
siderable distance, left Major (Griffis in com
mand and stopped to rally stragglers, who were
constantly ootuiug up. and turn their firo to
the left, whence the enemy were pouring a
hot fire on the men about the gnns. Tho reg
iment followed and drove tlio enemy about
fonr hundred yards in the woods, when it was
thought advisable for them to fall back, as
they were entirely unsupported, and had
I reiscd the enemy's line about a mile, and
there was a considerable body of the en»*wy ia
the rear, both on the right aud left. Fortu
nately our forces drove these back about
night, and the 18th Georgia held its position
for the night, aleeping between the pieces and
the enemy. The regiment was under fire
about three hours, and lost 118 in killed and
wounded. Two officers killed and six wound
ed; carried into action 507 men. Every officer
and man acted with great gallaotry and cool
ness. CaptAln Armstrong, seeing one of tho
guns aimed at his company, saved them by an
oblique movement to the right in doable
quick. Captain Maddox led life company
through the fight though so badly wounded aa
to have to retire to the rear immediately after
the engagement was over. Lieutenant 8. V.
Smith, company K, led his comnany with great
coolness, notwithstanding his loss was very
heavy. At the ditch, in front of the battery,
le found fugitive yankern so thick that he
bad to make them get out of the way and al
low bis men topafs. Lieutenant Hardin, c»m-
manding company F, maneuvered his com
pany finely, and did splendid service. Orderly
Ramsons, commanding company G, acted very
gallantly. Tho regimeut took about 2>')
prisoners, among them one colonel and several
captains and lieutenants. The commander of
the cavalry that charged our lines, and who
fell into our hands a wounded prisoner, de
clared he had as leavo charge a wall of fire.
"CiilCKAIIOMlNIR."
John Watson.
Editor* Constitution.—When tho Sixth
Alabama Volunteers were organized, John It.
Wabon of Montgomery, late of South Caroli
na, was appointed sergeant-major. Acquitting
himself well in that office, when in March
18f2, Colonel John It. Gordon reorganized tho
regiment for the;war,John[becamc adjutant,and
well and faithfully discharged tbe duties of
the office till within two days of disbandment
of the aimy.
On tho 7lh of April, 1805, a* tho retreating
army arrived near Farmviile, the enrny mado
d< iiioii&tration for an attack on our rear.
Hie duty of repelling this att&jk devolved
IN REAL LIFE.
on Gordon's corps, or such part of it
* (Battle’s Ala.) brigade.
We wercquickly brought in line firing to tho
eluded our (
Trflr, wild advanced to drlvo back tbo federal
column then inview. Rut jnst as the line com
menced moving, another column of the enemy
appeared, moving directly on our left (l ink
with the evident intention of cutting us off
Though this was the "Stonewall" corps, tho
memory of tho valley campaigns under General
Gariy, was too fresh—" Winchester," "Cedar
Creek” and "Fisher's Hill" had taught ua to
dread "flanking," and the line came to a bait.
Adjutant Watson sprang to the front and
calling the eolor bearer to his *Me moved
juickly forward, waving his hat and calling on
the command to follow him and stand by tho
colors. In hla ardor ho rapidly puihod for*
ward, walking by the color bearer.
Tbe line may have been held back by the
ermmanding officer, in view of tho danger on
the left; bnt tbo adjutant raw that tho work
for oar command lay in our front, whatever
others bad to do on tho flanks thus exposed.
Tbo adjutant and colors wore about eighty
or one bundled yards in front of tho lino of
battle, when tbe blue lino of tho enemy were
observed, crouching or kneeling in tho bashes,
quietly awaiting the attack impending.
Adjutant Watson turned and called to his
command, " hero they are boys, chargo ’em/
and as he turned again to the enemy, they flrc<
a volley, and the gallant adjutant fell dead, a
ball having entered his forehead, whilo the
color bearer stood untouched.
The federal lino sprang up and advanced,
The color bosrer quickly cat loos© the adju
tant’s haversack of official papors, picked tip
the bat pierced in two placos, and aped to tho
rear to overtake his now rapidly retreating
command—(the flankingcolumn having reach
ed tho wagon train)—almost in timo to cut off
the eutlio command. Tho color bearer made
his escape, tearing the flag from tho staff and
stuffing it in the haversack. . . . After
the surrender tho men commenced tho woarv
tramp through tho desolate regions of North
and South Carolina, and reaching Greenville
(or AbLortUv) wero indulged with a short
rido toward home on an old freight train.
Whilo waiting for the train to start, an old
gentleman approached and asked "If any
member of the Oth Ala. was on board." Learn
ing there was, he continued. " An excellent
widow lady living hero is nearly distracted
with grief and apprehension. Of three sons—
one wus killed early in tlio wsr, another has
recently died with consumption, and tho last
hope aud stay of her widowed life is John
Wsleon of the fith Ala. regiment.
Those were dark davs, and soldier's ne
we to "strung for trouble," but no swldor task
ever fell to tho lot of a corn rede, than camo
before tho man as ho liandod tho old gentle
man tbo hat aud bade him tell, "Thesetwo
holes tell the fate of her son; ho fell by my
side."
If this docs not intercut many of your read
ers, I believe it will bo road with iutereit by
tho retell vis of tho gallant officer who gave
Jiialifoto duty when hope for "the cauao’'
was dead. A. D. Wallace.
An Engineer'll Experience.
I was talking with an old confederate engi
ncer tho othor day. who Is now in comfortable cir
cumstances. Paid fie: "One of tho most exciting
eplrodcaot my life was tbo timo when tho Central
railroad removed all Its rolling stock from Macon
In anticipation of an attack by tho federal troops.
Mine was the last englno left Iu tho shod. For
what to me seemed hours and hours'I sat with my
hand on tho lever, the Arcs burning and everything
ready to mako the race. My train consisted of but
two or tlireo cars, Just enough to carry the confed
erate officers it at loncd in Macon. I knew that the
balance of the boys had their trains scattered along
the line In a itato of tho wildest confusion, and I
might crash into somo of tho trains at any turning.
My wife and children were at my homo In Knst
Macon, and 1 sat with my gazo fixed on tbo hills
beyond tho river, expecting at any moment to
hear the crashing of artillery, and to see tho blaso
of burning buildings. Other families were leaving
in a panic, but 1 instructed my wife to remain at
every hazard."
Contlnulnglhc baU): "It required a good deal of
nerve to sit there and beer that terrible strain, but
1 summoped all my fortitude, and determined to
sacrifice all to my duty. At last the ofllcora sprang
aboard, and cried out, Tull away. Go to Fort
Valley aa quick as steam can carry you.’ In an
instant 1 pulled back tho tover, and with ono heart
breaking glance at the Fast Macon bills, I turned
tny face southward, and with never a backward
look, 1 kept my eyes strained on the long track
ahead of me. The engine sprang off like a well
trained racer, and 1 soon had her nose to tho
ground, and we went ilylng like the wind to Fort
Valley. Wo pawed the little way station* so swift-
ly that the little collection of houses looked like
a confined blur, and the horizon line curved and
bowed and swayed as we dashed up grade, down
grado and went spinning along over tho levels.
U waa an exciting ride, and I hope i may never
be called upon to participate in a similar one.
The strain on tuy nerves was terrible, but in an in
credibly short time 1 pulled the cord, and with a
long, wild servant the engine slowed up at Fort
Valley.
"But the biggest blow I had was the loss off!50,-
000 (confederate money) which I had invested in
tobacco, 1 was airaid to warehouse it about Macon,
for 1 expected Sherman would burn it up. So I
removed it to Butler, little dreamiugthat howonld
ever trouble htmself about that little out of the
way place. But, alas! for human calculations,
Butler was one of the places that he hft the hard
est. The warehouse was burned aud my f£M\ooO
went glimmering in one grand puff or tobacco
t ruche. _
HOBHFORDS ACID PHOSPHATE.
Beware of Imitations.
Imitation* and counterfeits have again ap
peared. Be sure that the word "HoR-tMEii'i”
i< on the wrapper. None arc genuine without
it.
A valuable bird—A gold eagte^
ANGOSTURA BITTERS were prepared by
Pr. J. G. B. Siegert for his private use. Their
reputation is such to-day that they have be
come generally known as the best appetising
tonic. Beware of counterfeits. Ask your gro-
' r genuine article, manufac
tured by Pr. J. G. 13. Siegert A 8ona
Strange Bnt True Stories Clipped from Our
Exchanges.
BURIED IN A OTONE JAR.
Near Burkcsville, Ky., on tbe Cumberland
river, a man named Raven was one day fishtug off
the bank. Tbia was in 1*66, or a year later. The
tank was of clay, six or eight feet above the water,
anti Raven eat with bis legs hanging over. He had
been sitting there for an hour, swinging his
face:* against the bank, when bis boot struck
K'JiictbJiJR which gave out a curious
round, and be instinctively looked down.
Between his feet be raw a stone ‘ar, or at least a
portion of one, protruding from the bank. It
at least four feet below the surface, and he had
considerable trouble to unearth it. When he had
done to. however, and removed the wooden cover
fastened over the mouth, ho found the contents to
contist of a gold watch, three or four gold ring*,
s/x silver teaspoons. ?500 In Kentucky state baak
bills, fte in gold, 120 in silver half dollars, and
•bout a quart of dimes and five-cent
pieces. Although the jar was tightly
corked, tlio dampness had got in and
mildewed tho bank notes until they fell to
pieces In his hands. Ilod they been all right,
however, they would have been of no intrinsic
value, as all the state bank circulation had given
place to greenbacks. Speculation as to who
planted the jar brought no cluo to tho owjer
fin the r than that It could have been no resident of
tbe county. It had probably been in the ground
many year*, for the river had been eatiug away at
the bank with each freshet, and finally brought a
portion of the Jar to light. It must have been
buried fix or tight feet from the bank at first.
XON/.Y AND WATCHES FROM THE SEA.
Ore of the moat curious finds on record occurred
on Dauphin island, ou the coast of Alabama,
right or nine years ago. A fish boat containing
Warren Miller and Charles Adams, the latter a
colored wan. was upset within a quarter ol a mile
of the south end of the irtand by a sudden gust.
Tbe negro became entangled with the sail, and
* ‘ * id body win carrlea A “ ““ “
.bile Mi:
bis dead body was carried out to sea with tho
beat, while Miller managed, after an exhausting
swiiu, to make bis way to tbe Island. He was so
tired out that he lay on the beach for half an hour
before he could s'and on his feet, lie was about
torhe, when he noticed a wooden box about nine
inches sqare by six deep lying on the beach At
•tout high watermark. The appearance of the
box proved that it hod not long been expose! to
either water or weather, and it was with consider
able curiosity that Miller forced olf the ild.
The person who puckcd tbe box had been meth
odical and in no hurry. Abont a dozen corks from
champagne bottles ban been placed on tho bottom.
and a falser “* * ’ ‘ — *~
give ‘
had |
Isc bottom laid over them. This was to
live increased buoyancy to the box. Tuu packer
had placed on this false bottom a wallet, wrapped
in oil skin, which contained French paper money
toibe value of about SAGOO, with a lady’s gold
watch at one end and a man's at the other. More
cores were ured to chink arouudtho articles
and then came a board Just fitting over them.
Between this board nnd the cover wero corxs
as clorc as they could be wedged. Watches and
wallet were of American manufacture. When tbe
numherr of tne watches came to be traced, it was
found that both had been sold In New Orleans
three years before, but to whom the dealer did not
r the smallcf t bit of paper.
to ferret out tho mystery. 1
bis Lome In Richmond, Va., than he set on foot
the most persistent inqnlrtus, even writing a his-
toiy of Hie ease for the Faria papers, and describing
the articles minutely. Nothing ever came of his
efforts, and so far aa knowu the articles are still in
bis poMculon. That the box was thrown into tho
resell' tho coast waa conceded by all, for tho waves
surely brought it where It was found, but why it
should have l»cen thrown, or from what ship, will
probably ever remain a mystery.
JUST AS HE WAS (UilltO TO UANO HIMSELF.
Not far from Fort Dodge, Iowa, In 1867 or there-
tbouts, lived a man named John Emmerson. Somo
relatives of hla in the cast had put him on a piece
of land to mako a living, but he was sickly, had a
large family to support, and between doctors’ bills
and poor crops was finally ground down until he
was little rhort of starving. Ono morning, after
taking tbe whole night to deliberate, Emmerson
aro»c, took a rope from the shed and started for tho
weeds. He had eome to the conclusion tohanghlm-
self. Indeed, his wife, who waa fretful and fault
finding under her trials, had often fluug outat him
that any man who could not make a living for hla
family had better choke himself to death with a
rope. Emmeram entered a piece of woods on his
own land, and|was looking around him for a con-
I ndent limb, when he saw alrabblt run into a hoi-
iw log. Strange salt may seem to the averago
reader, this trilling incident changed the enrreut
of his thoughts, and he flnng down the rope and
ran and plugged up the end of the log so that tho
rabbit could not escape. It was a pretty old log,
but the iiollowioniy extended half iu length.
The man returned to the house for his ax to chop
the rabbit out, and aa he cut through to tho hollow
he heard the clink of metal against the blade of
the ax. A few more strokes and an Investigation
brought to light enough ten sad twenty dollar
pieces to foot up tbe gross sum of M,900. The coin*
bad once been enclosed in a canvas bag, but only
a few decayed remnants of tho cloth remained.
Emmerson wna an honest man, and let hla find be
I Down, bnt no owner was ever obtained for it. The
invistlgatlon by legal authorities discovered that
an old country immigrant, who J*udedut.Jfilw«tti-
kee three or four years before had complained of
tho )o a of a bkg containing g'l.ooo in gol
tho to a of a bkg containing »r».oo0 in gold, but h >
had long since passed from sight, and no ono could
tell whither ho had gone. If it wa* his money.
the thief had taken out >100 for current expenses
ar.d thon hidden the rest, but an tho robbery oc
curred between Chicago and Milwaukee, and as
lined betwet ,
be gold waa found hundred* of mile* away, ..
.rouid have been difficult to prove the connection.
Emmerson waaleftlnfall poxscislonof his find,
and ho soon removed to a dlrtant state.
The Divining Rod in Crime.
From All the Year Round.
Of tho employment of tho divining rod for
the detection of criminals there are many case* on
record, but the most famous in comparatively re
cent times Is that of Jacquce Ayuixr, of Lyons.
Tho fall details of tho doings of this remarkable
n are given by Mr. Baring Gonld inhla"Cu-
Myths of the Middle Agos;” but the story, as
told there, ia too long for us to repeat. It will do,
to serve our purposes, to quote the following con
densed version by auothcr writer: "On July 6,
1692, a vintner and hla wife were found dead In the
cellar of their shop at Lyons. They had been
killed by blows from a hedging knife, and their
money bad been stolen. The culpri s could not be
discovered, and a neighbor took upon him to bring
to Lyons a peasant out of Pauphine, named Jacques
Aymar, a man noted for his skill with the divining
rod. The Ueutenant-crimlncl and tho procareur
du roJ took Aymar into the cellar, furnishing him
with a rod of the first wood that came to hand. Ac
cording to tho procureur dn rol the rod did not
move till Aymar retched the very spot
where tho crime had been committed. HU
beat and the wand twisted rapidly.
tlou. Aymar
Aymar now pursued tho track of the . _
sins, entered the court of the archbishop*! palace,
left tlic town by tbe bridge over tho Rhone, and
followed tho right bank of the river. He reached
agarduer'* house, which he declared the men had
entered, and some children confessed that three
men—whom they described—had come Into the
• on Sunday morning. Aymar followed the
track up the river, poiuted out all the places where
tbe men had landed, and, to make a long story
khort, itopped at last at the door of the prison of
»matl theft. The hunchback was taken to Lyon*,
and he was recognized on the way by tho people
at all the stages where he had stopped. At Lyons
he was examined in tbe usual manner, and con
fessed that he had been an accomplice in tho crime
and bad guarded the door. Aymar Pursued the
other culprits to tho coast, followed them by sea.
landed where 'boy find landed, mol ouiy desisted
from hlskcnrch when they crowed the frontier. As
for the hunchback, he r—
. Cured by One Dottle.
The Sylvania Telopbone, ot Kebrmry l Jtii,
gathers the following from ouo of its neigh-
Mrs. Arch Oglesby, of thla county, has been
a filleted with rbenmatlam for aboat six years,
and she had become almost a wreck In general
health, and wu unable to do anything, being
entirely helpless. Last fall after trying every
thing that coaid be thought of, without deriv
ing any benefit, she waa Indncod by a friend to
try Swift's Specific. Procuring one large
sized bottle, she commenced according to di
rections, and by tho time half of the bottle
was used her husband said that if he had
been away from home when ahe began its use,
and had returned at tbe end of two week*,
he would not have known her, to great and
rapid had been her Improvement. When she
had finished tho bottle her health was par-
ftctly reftored, and not a trace of rheumatism
lift, na\lug been cured by ono large bottle.
She ia now iu pood health and fully able to do
all her household work. She realties not
many miles from our town. These facta we
gathered from one of her neighbors, and the
one who preented the bottle 8.S. S. for her.
the y are U
Ihobery.
THE GREAT VOLCANO.
FoPGHKEypaiK, April 4.—A letter wa» re
ceived today from Charles M. Rowley, vice-
president of tbe Brash electric light company,
frem which ia extracted the following;
•• Mrs. Bow ley, my son Charles and myself, with
reveii other ladle? and gentlemen from Amtralia.
vbited tho great volcano known aa 'Kilanea.’ on
the bland of Hawaii, r>00 miles from Honolulu,
and rcarly 3,000 miles from San Francisco. We
left Honolulu by rteamer, and after a stormy
voyage of two days, landed in Hawaii, and
then went on mules over thirty mile*
of lava beds until wo reached the crater of ’Kite-
uen.’ 7,000 leet above the aea.
live, ct d we »at for hours on the brink
great lake of firo, which was at least three miles
feng by ono and a half wide. The wave* of fire
were running very high, often 100 feet, while erup
tions were of frequent occurrence, throwing molten
lava into the air hundreds of feet, with a noise that
wasdeafeuing. w .
• Now for our narrow escape. The entire lava
area, Including mile* around the lake*, tho very
spot where we sat down and passed hour*, tho
three nnles of pathway across the lava bods upon
which we walked, within forty-eight hours after
we left wok ccmi'letely destroyed, the whole hay
ing fallen in and leaving an open crater mi ■
xlent and apparently fathomless. Till* was fol
lowed by forty-three dittiuct shocks of earth quake,
inning for a period of fourteen hours The whole
OUR LETTER BASKET.
C. T. Roberts writes: “I nominate Bill Arp for
congro*. If the congressmen we already have in
Warhingtonwereas afraid to do wrong as theyfreera
to Lc afraid to do right, the country would bo bet
ter off. Wo need a man there like Bill Arp. I sup
rose be docs not want to run, but I nominate him
anyhow. I hope The Constitution will soon reach
its hundred tbomend, and go five time* that num
ber. If any paper dcfervcaa half mil liou readers,
Thk Constitution Is that paper."
Mr. J. F.fAlright, PinckneyviUe, Ala., writes: "I
am a subKriber to your paper, and prize tbe paper
above all others. I have a friend who is a sub«c i-
her also, and a Georgian too, who stakes so much
upon tho advico given by you that he failed oven
(oknow himself. He was In Qoodwatcr, ho saw a
man Jnst inside tbe door of astoro with a very rag
ged old hat on. He thought that he knew the little
old man. J» trying to locate him, be movod ne tr-
rr. Imagine his surprise when be found he was
tbe bad looking old fellow. Ho passed to the next
hcu*e and bought a hat. So you will please a
the merchants to remove the mirror, if we Ala
fans must net buy on credit. Or, would It be 1
for us to look at the looking glass oftener?
Stranger Than Fiction
Are the records of some of tbe cures of
sumption effected by that most wonderful
remedy—Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
covery." Thousands of grateful men and
women, who have been snatched almost from
tbe very jaws of death, can testify that con<
sumption, in its asrly stages, is no longer in
curable. Tho Discovery has no equal os a
pectoral and alterative, and tho most obstinate
Affections of tho throat and lnngs yield to its
jtower. All druggists.
Most men like to see themselves In "print," bnt
women don’t. They prefer silk or satin.—Texas
Figaro. g
Professor C. A. Bryce, M, D., LL. D., editor Mcdi-
leal Clinic, Richmond,, Va., says: "Liebig Co.*i
Coca Beef Tonic is a wonderful reconstructive
agent, building up the general system and supply
ing lost nervous energy. In all watting diseases
and broken down constitution* it i* the agent.'
Also in female complaints, shattered nerves, dys
pepsia and biliousness.
Parsley is said to bL._
mythology tells ns it was u
THE COTTON MARKETS.
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta. April 3,188
TBI WZEK’S BKYIEW.
ENcw York—There baa been very little chan go In
the cotton market for the past few days; Spots,
middling 9 8-160.
NEW YORK. April 2 - The following Is tfca
comparative cotton statement for tho week ending
Same time last year
BhowlngSan 1
Total receipt....
Same time lastyi
Showing an Increase....
69 4.13
25,772
83.660
4,8-27.HU
27V.2I4
73.919
36 291
20,621
8,272.373
.... 8,841.611
6),231
s
United States ports.
_ jurt year
Showing an Increase
,7.V.™.V.V.V.™ £81,083
Showing an increase :27.263
-*--*•* * 7l3.f
.......1.003,1
GreatBritain.V.’
BhowfngYn inCTwe^^^l , .T.»r.’..»l
New York -Futures dull {prices unchanged. Spots
middling 9 3-l4c.
Net receipts today 4,579 balsa, against 2,249 baits
last year; exports 9,667 bales; 9,612 last yearbaloa:
stock 889.178 bales; last year 645.038 bales
Below we give the opening and closing quotations
of cotton futures in New York today:
9.1G* 9.20
.... 9.24$ 9.25
fnhe 9.r‘ ~ “
129.000
6,000
I 9.53
har MM .. M . M «.. M «. MM . 9.87<a
\. 9.23'A 9.24
tr. 9.199 9.21
quiet and steady; sales 4\300|bale*.
Local—Cotton qnlet at the following quotations:
Good middling 9^e; middling g^o; strict low mid
dling 8Xo; low middling SMc; strict good ordinary
80s good ordinary TOc; ordinary 7%c; middling
•tains 8c; tinges 8X&
NEW YORK. April 3-The total visible supply
ofTcotton |for the Iworid Is 2,768,65) bale* of which
8,2(9,759 bales are American, against 2,687,7*8 bales
and 2,097,268 respectively last year. Receipts at all
Interior towns 26,136 bales. Receipts from planta
tion* 36,366. Crop In sight G,106,035 bales.
PROVISIONS, GRAIN, KTO,
‘ CONSTITUTION OFFICR,
Atlanta, April 3,1886.
The following quotations Indicate the flnctuAUona
cm the Chicago board of trace today:
WHEAT.
April....
April...
FORK.
9 40 9 40 9 40
CL1AB RIB BIDS*
April 6 37X 6 37K 5 IlK
Iliuill'5. Hones—plug
CINCINNATI, April J—ling, linn; ononwo not
ll£ht W.4j&H SO; j^cklni nnd bntcaci RIOail.S).
Floor—B4*t pntnnt W.eoeSS.75: extm ftucj 18.00
•00.00; fancy *5.M@«.7S: extim Cunllj *5.25; choic
fiunUr 06.00; tamlly »«.34«KOOt extra H0d3K».
Corn—No. 2 white. Tenneraee. 66:No. 2white, mix.
ed, 50c.. Cora Weal—57c. o.o—Rust proof 630.
SMf*
96c; No. 1, small bale*. 11.00. Baas Red 81.10;
day fl.Pfhmlxed fl.00. Wheat Bran fL00dtl.O6.arit>
83.25 fi bbh Coffee—Rio 8# 12c ft 8>; obi govern
ment Java 25c. Sugars—Standard A 6%c; granu
lated 7&c; white extra C 6^0. 8yrup—New
Orleans cnoice 40c: prune 25#S5c. Teas •Black »
#60c; green 354160c. Mackerel—No. L Vbbls.86.6#;
No. 3, bbl., (6 50^ bbls £3.50; kits50c: paU*50«86*
8oap-f2.06ef6.00 fl 100 cake*. Rice-6*®7}#.
BulkMeata-Clear rib aides t%c, Sugarecurad.
hams, large average, 10J$c; MfofcreMMrertiftJ
Ijird—Ttercv*. retim-d, 7c;
xr.nie !.t
bound homes 84.00. m
shovels 19.50; spades 89.60(013. Axe* I7.003I10.0C I
m dozen. Cotton cards 83.00985.OQl Well buckets
84.00. Cotton rope 16c. Bwede iron Sc: rolled. Ol
merchant bar, 2}<irate. Cast-steel 15c. Nails fin
Glblden barhed wire, galvanized, 7c m fe; painted
6o. Powder—Rifle 14.00: blasting W-Vl Bor lead
l?c; shot fl.a& Leather—/?. D. 34#26o; P. D. 214
*40; beat 2S«2Bc; white nak sole 40o: harneaa iaathe*
•Oat*3c: black upper
Eti'Uturl
25t; mutiy
2** '.’V: cock* 20e. Svrevt
ry-8tratm-.l 9-412}+c: l:igl
■11 Fruit—IL'Ufih dried H
pt-avre* *•. rot'4;U dried c; d
msamp to .I’.ali’y. Feanute-l
hute; VirtfLlACSc.
_ r — Strictly
choice TenncsKi
Poultry— Voung
iMn*3
apples 2c; a
a-Ttnn—n
CAPITAL PRIZE, •75.000.*t»
Tickets Only 65, Shares In Fiupaettai]
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drawings of the Louisiana State Lottery Company,
and In person manage and control the drawinn
themtelTe*. and that the same are conducted with
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A SrLKNDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FOR
TUNE. FOURTH GRAND DRAWING, CLAS8 D,
IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC NEW ORLEANS,
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Drawing.
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1 CAPT1AL PRIZE.
1000
29 ao 600
ICO do 200.
800 do 100.
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1000 do 2&„.
AmOXUCATIOK PRIZES.
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