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ATLANTA. GA* TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17 1886
PBIOE FIVE CENTS
III THE SAD LANDS,
BV A, A. ALLSTOS.
Copyr ; --'f 1330, by S. S. McCIuro. All rights re
wired.
Yes, a man bits tome queer characters and
husomo c ild adventures in knocking around
as I’ve done for tbe last ton years. Sometimes
it takes a smart shake to bring me back to re
alities when I sit smoking and in thoughts am
again cut on tho prairie, dying across the
brown waste on a broncho, the fresh wind fan
sing my cheeks, sleeping with my saddle for
a pillow and with an appetite that would
make the ordinary city denisenshndder.
I jilt night at the H’s ball a waits, I’ve for
gotten its name, some German thing, carried
me back like a lightning Saah to the ranch in
the Bad I-anda, where I heard it drat, and the
same woman was beside me then and last
night. It's a long story, but it may interest
you.
I went with a prospecting party ont through
thatcountiy. 1 wanted smooth's hunting
and change; anything that Was distant from
patients and medical practice; with me went
an old fiiend, ah ertpy officer. I had been
treating him for a'gunabot in the left hand.
The wound had nearly heated and I pro
nounced him well enough to go If tbe doetor
went. Each took a horse, cowboy's ssddle, a
ride and s brace of revolvers, a slicker or oil-
coat, a garment rather more useful than orna
mental, and a heavy blanket. Fred and I
also took our shotguns,and the party carried
.tents, supplies, etc., and several of tho boys
proved adepts at camp cooking. Yon
don’t know that country, do yon? Weil
for wild, rough country in places girs the
medal to the Bad Lands Probably most of It
will be uvelsss for settling. It’s rough and
sandr. but wo came one evening to a ranch on
a creek teat must flow into the White river,
that I never wish to forget. Tho house stood
on a raise on the east side of tbe creek, com
manding a beautiful view, the long creek val
ley curving ontof sight behind a bold bluff at
the couth. It was a wooden building, evi
dently bnlit of materials used before, and boro
marks that the creek must bavo left whllo on
n raise. For that country it was a rarely com
fortable looking building, with flowers at tho
windows aud a well kept air refreshing to
eastern ejes. On the porch, as we halted
stood several men. two evidently hunters,
both whit* men;' tbe third 1 judged at once
had Indian blood in bis voins. To an in
quiry, or rather tho remark, “I suppose we
can stay over night," ho nuswered.CYes,” and
turned away in tho calm wny characteristic
of au Indian, though he may bo devoured.
-ffirtik •Ut^Ujo*' I ia wwwll-d fvsm •
butWlcr I 'nnnd Mm-te *>v» ooij rdeWbirtV
Sion* blood Ufa natno 1 found to bo Araoi
Boss, that bting tho name given by tho mis
alosarlc' at bis baptism, an English name
having been given them if thoy have only
been known by an Indian cognomon
before. Wo sat around tho storo
chatting with the hunters, who
hid been there sometime already hunting an-
telopo. Our boat took no-part in ths eonvar.
ration, but art on a bench in one corner, in-
specting the party. His dress wss pictur
esque, a blue fltnnel shirt, gsyly embroidered
sum beaded ss were bis mocctsini, buckskin
breeches fringdd down tbe outside of the log
end a pink ribbon finished hie grey sombrero.
Dressed like a white man ha would have
looked like onebnt for a watchful (linking
look about the eyes, In his half-clvlltawd dress
he was the Indian chief of romance. One of
onr men had bruised his hand and asked onr
host for a cotton bandage. Born turned
to tbo door and called ‘Titoe.’’ Expecting
to act a squaw respond to the sammons ana
knowing that a squaw is not usually an object
of beauty, I glanced carelessly at tho door. A
white woman stood there, yonng, pretty, In
telligent, so rar from civilisation and no other
woman, asp afterward learned within thirty
miles. She could not be the wife of either of
tbe hunters, 1 knew, by the information thay
had already givan na. She came to tho door
bis aeen much of Indian life.
Bis wife was watering ponies at tho creek.
From a wicked desire to sea h[m move, *
asked for a piece ofoord. To my disgust 1
called his wife to bring it, and, without
word aho obeyed. Thanking her I added,?
am sorry to have troubled yon,"to which aha
replied ’’it ia no trouble,” with a sharp glance at
me, a glance of mingled diatrnit ana inquiry.
Voice and word* ware those of a cultivated
woman. Why eras she here?
Well we hnnted and Ashed, and lounged
and enjoyed ourselves in a quiet kind of way.
Bnt none of nseonld aayho had more then ex
changed greetings with Irene Rose. Oar boot
seemed to bar* more than the ahare of
Indian stoicism, whloh soemod to belong
to him by vlrtno of his compare
lively falrekin. Ho seemed to doze and smoko
sway existence, content to let her do tbo work
and arrange matters for Mm. I rarely heard
them speak to na or each other. Occasionally,
when a question of horse-racing or wrestling
arose ha would taka part, bnt usnslly ho ap
peered lees intellectual than did my horse.
One evening aho cams to me on the porch
where I eat smoking and watohtng the love
liest of snnsets, and asked If I "would coma
with her and look at ths baby, the wee favor-
iib and oeemed to bo growing worse.’,* "I
understand you are a physician," sho said as
1 rose. On tho threshold I paused an Instant.
Hy wife’s sitting room, at home, was not mor*
elegant or comfortable. In a hammock,
swung In the corner, lay the little girl Hand.
She seemed half - asleep, and teased and
moaned restlessly, bnt was net diagonally
II, and, after I bad given her a elm pie reme
dy, she slept quietly. Knowing that it was
near supper time, I offered to sit by tbs little
one till us was at liberty. She accepted grate,
fully, end loft me to watch, with my thoughts
lasy, first with tbe patient and then to gaze
around and think of tho woman whose life I
could seo bnt coold not understand, Flowers,
easy chairs, a cabinet organ with stacks of
music on It, seveial good pictures and a couch,
Another door opened into a smaller room, evi
dently a sleeping'apartment. What in nature
could have brought inch a woman to this? I
confess, freely, that my opluion lost thon was
not very favorable. The baby’e
stirring woke me from my reverie,
•nd, as I took it in my arms, I noticed
sgaln tho strong likeness ic boro to
Boss. “It must be bis daughter,’’ I decided
It grew worse that night, and the next week I
spent a good deal of my tlmo with the littlo
sufferer. Even tho moat distant people got
•cquainted and even friendly at the bedside of ,
an invalid, and I found Irene Bosi a most do-
Ilghtfnl conversationalist, qnick and sympa
thetic. 1 told her of the litue bluaoyod wo.
man waiting-for me east of the Alleghenies,
while 1 was eloso to tho Bockles. Neither
overipokc of her husband, and the novor
spoke of ary other life than tho ono sho tvs-
leading, except one- when ahespoko accident
ally ofher tliter,_33ta-USA
' —' ■ —’’“•^WiUho '
bowing in answer to Wilson's thanks, and
cooly disregarding tbe stare of nearly a score
of men she went back into the other
room saying quietly, "Amos, come her* a mo
ment.’’ He followed, leaving the door open,
when still lower came the qnlet voice, “Shot
the door, plus*,’’ and be obeyed. “Yes, aha is
bia wife, "ssid Campbell, one of tho boaters,
in answc r to a question from ono of the men.
“I stepped with them first two years ago. Soma
of bar frlendi hire them to keep the ranch.
Her family have disowned her, I am told.
High toned lot. they are, and of coarse, not at
all proud of tho ooanection. She is a clever
woman, and rnna the ranch in good shape.
Hu to, 1 reckon, for he Is about as useful u a
baby. Lazy! Too Izzy to breathe fast.”
The call to upper came prceentlyand our
boetess waited on the table, serving the meal
that she bad to doubt cooked with a calmness
that stuck me u being too calm to be natural.
Supposing myself to be unobserved. 1 watched
ber keenly until, as tbe brought me the sec
ond cup of tke best coffeo 1 had drank In tke
welt, I noticed that her hand (hook, and
bulily turned my attention to tho table talk.
After supper Fred and I stood a moment on
tbe porch, and I proposed to walk down to tho
creek.
"Well, Fred,” I began, “even your matter-
of-fact mind most bo impressed. { never wu
more surprised.” “Nor I, when ahe stood in
that doer. I expected a sqnxw, of coarae.
Jove, bnt the it gracefal and almoet hand
some." “A city air about her, too, who can
-aba be?". A little more discussion, nseloos be
cause neither knew anything of either hoot or
bosteis, and wo wandered back and soon re-
- tired, tint process consisting of rolling oneself
In a blanket nod, with a saddle for a pillow,
stretching cut on the doer. Early next
mcrulcg I get np and walked ont to on*
end cf the porch, where unnoticed myself,
i saw my beateae. She was pluruportban I
had thought, trimly bnlit, and looked wall in
the calico dress the wore. Brown hair, rather
dark, blue eyes, the expression of which waa
more noticeable than the color, black lashes
and a lair complexion. Sho stood petting t
pony in an evidently happy reverie, and the
axprtl' t n on btr face would have made a
plain woman handsome. The pony whined,
•be turned end saw me, when, like a dash, a
cold capnsiion crossed her fiscs, aad she die-
, 1fter'*break!hit 0 Frtd" and I debated the
question whither we had better go on or atay;
banting wu good in the creek valley, and
it anlted me, but Fred bang ont. Finally,
we decided to stay, u Fred seemed to lack
uy tangible reason, and the programme for
tbe day wu settled on. We watched ths train
ont ef light, and then toned to cleaning onr
gnu and fixing op onrtrape generally,. Boss
gat on tba torch with a long pipe, saying little
and sucking considerable. A child, some
what fairer than himself, us eo ths robe at
Ms teat, and be occasionally glanced down at
itfand give a low guttural grant, that
ia bmliiar to any one who
sfigmt
hold her swlill
won etlll holding her when I proposed a walk
to the creek. Still holding her ho walked
with me down to a favorite seat, und wj s.rt
down and talked of.homo, and friends, and
finally of Mrs, Boss. Ho had always
treated her with the perfect cour-
ttsy that-good-women invariably received
from Fred, bat he seemed to hare nothing to
aay in reply to my frank admiration of nor
-womanly qualities. Seeing him still silent
and abtorbed, I rat silently smoking, and wa
soon retraced our step*. For nearly a week
Fred’s vagaries alternately amused and wor
ried me, and then ho foil really III, and ao ill
that for two weeks 1 staid at this bedside
eighteen hours ant of twenty-four. It I had
not Uktd and respected Irene ltou before this,
1 must have now. All that a most devout
alitor could have done she dk'
sitting-room and watching by
permit bar to. She wu one of those ran littlo
women who combine exocutlve ability with
an extrema gentleoew of manner. Ono conld
not tee her as 1 saw her and not belioro in ber
perfect truth aud purity.
Fred wu improviog, but wea atitl confined
to the room, when a train of cowboys came to
tbe ranch qnlto late, end uked for upper.
After it wu over ebe came in pale and evi
dently tired, her eyes shining and looking
aa if the pnplle were a biasing bleck. Sho
aekcil me to go oot into th* room, "the men
had liquor aad wen rough,’’ ahe uld, "and
he Is not here.” I knew something unploas-
ant had happened, but made no .comment,
merely telling ber I would go at ono*. Than,
after getting bar a chair and moistening the
cloth on Fred’a head, I went Into the other
room. They had liquor, euro enough, and
a cowboy drunk bu very littlo likeneu to a
sober one, but I managed to keep them peace
able. Soon tbe door opened and Amoa Boat
staggered In, too drank to walk. Ho fell over
a chair, and eank down en tbe floor (tepidly,
end frll asleep.
One ef tho party had bean playing an old
violin, end now attack up tho waltz I spoke of,
I wish 1 coold remember th* name. There
is a soft moaning cadence Ilk# a girl’s sob.
blng cry. Well, while ho wu playing it I
seemed to realize oil the misery and barren-
neu end unlovellneu ef Irene Bou'a life.
Sncli a husband, who, even at his beat mo
ments, could not rullza thathlswife wua
queen among women, not oven faithful to bar,
whom idea of life meant enough to gratify his
low nature, now drank at my foot, bsndsome
•a a statue, but without a redeeralog virtue.
Ha conld not if he loved her understand bar
noble nature and her thonghta were an nn
known tongue to him. 8ncb associates, such a
life ef drudgery and loneliness; of endur
ance and nnccuing pain. Bar only com
fort her baby. I felt savage and, too-
ing that the gacsta had sneenmbad to mnsic's
chums, I went into th* tlttlog room with tho
throbbing and walling of the violin still vi
brating through my brad, and standing befora
her I uked sternly; “Why did yon dolt? You
were never intended for this life." Fer a few
seconds she faced me bravely and thenunk
down with a bitter cry in a hup by tho bad.
My anger subsided rapidly before tbo fierce
iob« that shook her. and raising her hastily, I
begged her pardon for my hard words and
uked to forget them. Stilt tbo wail of the
violin went on, and 1 waited aileolly foe the
stonuof sobeto subside. When finally she
spoke it was quietly, bnt with a little braik
in her voice once in awhile: "Yon shall know.
Sit down. Hush!’’with an imperious wave of
the hand, "Yon must listen. It seems
u if l most toll some out or I
shall go wild. Tonight thou
men were talking of me at the table, and they
were not very careful In their critlriam*. <>,
yon need not be alarmed, nothing impudent
wu said, betides I’ve iearned to take care of
myself and him, too. Bat thair words only
made my petition a little more dietinot for a
mement. How did 1 come to do it? It’s a
more cornu oeplece story than you would
think. My father was a wealthy physician,
and I am the youngest of a family of tlx, two
daughtenand four ions. At fifteen I wu unt
to a beard log school in a western city, to finish
my cdacntton, and shortly after that my
parents moved to the tame city to live. My
aider brothers were in bualnoM then, my
staler married, and living in my native
town. Among the clerka my
blethers employed, wu a boy a year older
than myself. I saw him often and it was not
long before I wu very mnoh in love with my
handsome Mend and we wer
' gaged. ' He wonted to tell mj .
bnt I knew too well what tho eousequenco
would bo and would sot let him. Other*
knew it. however, and told thorn,
not send me swsy, u I expected,
watched, fallowed, and hectored
health broke under the etratn. Adi
waa a constant abuse of my boy lo
wu impouible for me to bollevo thi
was for my good. However, they fl
cteded in breaking it up, and
eentaway. I plunged into mode, and atndied
with a view to ■—
my living by it, Somet
ing tho rammer that I wunlnct
Stewart Clements. I bad gone into
good deal tba winter before and pn
perfect indifference to ail tbo "digit
when I met him he seemed different
rest. Idon’ttbiak I ever loved 1
loved me, bnt, feeling u I felt, It wi
kuowhecaied for me. Another th
ticed was; that from ths first mot he:
on him and ho wss not Invited to th<
learned he wu not wealthy, bnt ha
position u cuhier, in a bank in
town. I forgot to mention that
moved. My father had a governm
tiou on nn Indian agency,and we wer
ing tho rev aud it wu there I met
dementi.
Well, the f(ct that it wu eo dlatgi
both my parents, did tot
no from promising to bo his wife, I
them'of it at once. Of eonne, thoy
Yon can do mash better, Irene: 'yea ought to
merry-money and position, and It la.vonr own
fault yon ore nob now a leader of aoslety.’
Then thoy told mo bo-had’.been wild and
redkltis as a boy, and wu poor and always
would be. I uld nothing, ana aftcr.'the storm
eame a deceitful calm.' Wo planned to olojia,
wad I-waa .ready to kot “UFhoart bed Alt
like Ice 00 long that -fwas very happy In my
trust in him, aid the future seemed to promise
me something to llv# for. I waited for
the note that wu to finish onr plans, ar
ranging tlmo, ate., for I trusted all to him.
When It came, it nid in a few curt
words that he agreed that it was beet to break
an engagement that navar ought to hare been
made, jsnd that it, no doubt, would bo a happy
relcue forme. I think I wu inuoo for
aabllo at least. 1 rarely spoke to ono of them,
and kept in my own room. It was nearly a
month wbon my sister came one day and told
me that Stout had Jut been buried, Ha had
gone out to row on tho river that afternoon
Mid had been found lying near the boat-house
iu tho night by a frieod. He wu ancon-
scions, and l —— —
novor spoke rationally again to
any one, oxcept a day or two before ho died,
llo had gouoto his gravo bclloving that 1
wioto him requesting to bo reloasod, that I
had been deceiving Trim all through, I went
cown to the parlor that day aud told them
wunout anger, inadaaJjtqe 1^ 0 fwvy, the’
01 njy life lo do it. I think ruy quiot,
s'.taoy way and cold tones frightened tuom,
and fur a tlmo they tried to amu30 mo iu
every way possible. Twice thoy lisd como
bitween mosud tho ono 1 loved, and I erred
ao little to live, that I would giro my otru
life io make them suffer a littlo oftbo anguish
i had so suffer.. At 1 told you no wero living
st an Indian move. Amoa; Boss wu then
studying lo be a missionary with a priest
there, llo wu handsome, a pottedjpupll, and
l td acquired very good minnen. My father
had taken a strong aversion to him,and did
uotjfail to (how It.,The idea camo to me to uia
him for my ravage. I need not toil you any
thing mote than that wo wero mantel at a
chapel one evo aud by daylight were far
away. My fkthcr and frtendt dragged tbe
rivrr and searched the vicinity and
the nearest towns before they
found my note. 1 tMnk thoy understood every
word. It must have been an awful blow to his
pride, for he wu very prond of me always,
and 1 knew now he loved me. Bat when I
thought of the forged note, it drove every feel
ing from my heart but hatred, I had some
money and w* staid at a hotel, and then at hli
sisters house, and then I tried to teach school,
for my husband had nothing bnt his share of
tho Indiana had no respect for a wlilto woman
who married ao of themselves, even a half
cute. It surprised me at first, bnt tbit wu
noteobadu ths discovery that Amos had a
similar feeling of contempt for me.
1 toon found, too, that he pre
ferred the yenng aquaw'a society to mint, sod
then 1 thought that my cup of degradation
bad been drained to tho drags. Wo went back
once, and I saw my father and mother near
enough to notice how mnch whiter their hair
bad grown, and how brat ho had
grawn. Well, I lived on, suffering more
than the tortures of the ihqnlaition, and living
red to die. What I suffered I
I yon if I conld, bnt throngh it
all, I said to myself, * Yon deserved It all,’
and I prayed for strength enongh tondnre
till the end of it all shall como. When friends
tipbraified me after I saarried him I aal in il
ls nee, end in silence I have endurod my pun
ishment. It la Just! it ia Just! ’’
How sho told It I can’t describe, bnt those
_.e nearly her words. She had talked rapid
ly and with her hands tightly eluped. Some
times her burning eyes were fixed on my fact,
but matt of th* tuns she talked to no on* in
particular, and she never changed herpoeition
till her story wu dono. I sat
watching her, fascinated bat fearful
lest it should prov* too mnch for
ber strength. Th* cry of tho little Maud
roused hor; and she left the room wilhoatan-
other word, lhad forgotten Fnd-entirely,
hot, glancing ot him now, I saw big ayta fol
low her, ana nw, too, that his eyu were fall
of teen. I bat over Mm and uked how ha
felt. All ha anawond wav, “Poor child.’ I
went out into th* other room and,
on th* littlo tab!*, nw th* violin lying
with two strings broken, and near it
a grotty pack or cards. My entrance routed
two of tho ma, who got ap tad stood by th#
stove, and then one of them want to tho door
and stepped ooL Next I heard a low scream,
•nd then Irene sprang Into tbe doorway, th*
rolilan holding her, or trying to. for aha wu
sgil* u a cat I happened to have a nvotvar
in my bait, and aimed It rapidly, first throw
ing ber behind mo. Just what happened I
cannot tel), she wu nearly behind me, sod
Boh lay half leaning against a chair. Th*
cowboy must have find first, for hit shot
hit Amos Bom In th* temple, and my ball
broke his own arm. The room wu alive in a
moment, and a number ef shot* were Ural.
Tbe candle waa extinguished, and tba dim
moonlight made it worae than darkaeH’
A dozen voices demanded the
cans* of the disturbance, and tho wounded
cowboy groaned pitifully. W* got a light
from tba sitting room, and I half carried Ireee
Into her room, and hastily waking tho
baby laid it beside bar and wat beck to sm
wbnt conld be done for the wounded. Th*
cowboy wu dying, on* of th* accidental shot*
bad bit him and finished Mi earthly esieee.
Boss had aridutly died withoato struggle.
Two others wer* wounded, but, considering
tbe tlze of th* room and the nvmbtr of shots
io few were burl We
its and Uld them ia tho
kitchen and lbs rest settled down for another
nip, while I hurried to get an opiate for my
latest patient. Bhe answered my question
with slow laugh, end bugged the littlo girl
tighter to her, bnt drank the draught without
e murmur, and was soon asleep. In the sit-
t ing-reom Fred wu lying half wild with anx-
It!.'-. Ha had dressed himself, and wav than
compelled to lie down again and wait. He
bed heard Irene’s story, and lay qnlet a few
zMnilea when I finished detailing the events
ef thf night, then gave my hand a hard clasp,
and taking tbe draught I had mixed for him,
sa|>k to sleep. -My own nervesworo too high
ly Muing and I wu too anxious to aleep. Bel
lojc daylight 1 went ont and paoud tho
r^d awhile, thinking of Irene and of the I
tre lives blotted ont si sud
denly, ami my thoughts went from the
ti" moil of hut night to the unchangeable
stoic above mo. My great fear for her wu
brain fever, bnt I hoped that thelong sloop
would calm tho tensely drawn nervos and
relieve tho weary brain, and it proved so.
l-'rcd woke lint, ad lgsve little Hand into
hia charge, and her mother didnotwakon
till nows
We carried Iho bodicsontand covered them
till we oonld bury them, and thu In the af
ternoon burled them tldobyeido on a bluff
ovctloolriug tbo crook. I feared anymore
ixcitcraent for her, oowe burled him that
day. Slid ho passed our of her life forever.
’i ho next morning sho told m* of an aunt
in loin of th* HiatUtippl valley cities to whom
she wished to go,and would I arraoga for her.
I uld the eontenU of the houao to one of the
banter*—except a few things —and after
waiting a week for Feed to gun strength, we
suited with two wegons for the nearast rail-
read depot. Tho night before we alerted ahe
cams ont on ths porch and uked where ho
wu buried. I pointed to where the graves
were visible in the mellow moonlight, and
want rwsy. Sho camo in not long after, hor
t ico ghastly whlto iu contrast with her dark
lue drew; hut it wu more poacofal
than I had over toon It, ad taking Mend from
Lev rest In Fred’s arms aha gave hor hand to
etch In tnrn, ad, with "good-nights,” tho
went itlo her room. I got the sleep I Deeded
that night, heavy and dreamless, and was
wakened by a mellow soprano voice, tbst
waa filling tbo house with a melody tho mea
dow.-’ark could not equal. Clear and strong
her earnest tone* rang ont In words that
sounded like a prayer:
“Y»t in my dreams I’d bo
Neamr my God to Time."
■ , 9 reached her destination after a weary
drive ind miles of staging, aud thou two ilay3
on tho nil and I loft her with hor rolatlras.
Pb- vs welcomed like ono from tho dead.
IV, called tho next day aod bade her geod-by,
-- iro wero leaving X said farewell with
deling at my heart that all tlio darknen
Itc-*,.. - wi for her and that sho deserved all
tiw mb/oriuno tiiuo might bring her. Ac
c v_ . q elding eastward un tho night train
iTh - ^c r long silenco by saying! "I oxpoct
i fiSIfv r.f > lr. -neot'f.. pc wilt b
here." meek ng iny oyca eqaarcly. Wo shock
hands heartily, but neither spokoof it again.
Lret night, after greeting our hoitcis, my
wife and I turned to find oursclvci facing
' Fsid and a lovely lady in a bridal robe, who
extended her hAod cordially to mo. Frod was
■ii old acquaintance of my wlft,but, of course,
the ladies bad not met, bnt once lutroduotd
we spent the evening together. While stand-
log in the conservatory with Fred's wife, the
1 and struck up that waits. She turned with
attart.V'Ab, you semoniberit, too? Wu it I
or another woman whoso story I'vo rand? I
am so happy, so content, that I cannot realize
I wu once—.’’ “Hush, giv* ma tbit waltz,
and let tonight lay the fiat tod on th* grave
efthe put.”
THE AUGUSTA STRIKE.
Augusta, (ia., August !>.—[Special.]-
results factory bands rtfnso to goto
ml tilth* mills will shutdown tome
Tba 1’roepert for an Early Settlement Not
at all nattering-
[Special.]—Tho
ito work,
_ tomorrow,
thrr wing 4,000 people bn the city ont of work.
It '.ru rumored yesterday two or thro* times
that Grand Muter Thoe. V. Powderly, ot tha
Knights ol Labor, wu on bis way to A inputs.
A clow canvas*, however, foiled to find Mm.
Yonr reporter met two of the local executive
ecmmlttic and uked them about it. Neither
knew of his presence, although they had
beard that he wu coming, and might bs hers
In a little while. Yuterday a dlanstr.h
wu received here by the Knights of Labor
executive board that the "Grand Mooter” wu
coming. Tbe reference wumade presumably
to Mr. rowdtrly, bnt nothing more wu hoard
of the matter, and no meeting wu ctlted u
Ihsdlipstch suggested. Both rumors of Mr.
PtwderlJ’a coming were wired from South
Carolina. Ha is a man of great power and
bieadtb, aad it ia to be hoped he may come.
"Weald yon go back to work ifMr.Pbw-
dcrly advised yon logo?" wu uked an Au
gusta factory workman yesterday.
"Ha is not going to order ns to do io.”
"Bnt suppose ho did?”
“I would go.”
Tomorrow tbo bolls will ring, but nnlote tbe
recalcitrant weavers at tha Augusta factory
go hack to thsir places tho bands will 1mre
tbe mills this evening not to return tomorrow.
Auousta, G*„ August 10,—Tbo mills all
closed down today, u the Augusta factory
hand* did not return to work. Tho knights,
at their meeting tonight,organized committees
toMetbnnohumwu don* the property of
the mills during tbe lockout.
Augusta, Ga., August 10.—This is the first
day of the lockout In the cotton factories her*.
The following mill) ere In tba tenges: Tho Au
gusts, Enterprise, King, Hibloy, Algtrnoo,
Bbamrock end Biverslde. All is qnlet in ths
factory settlements. Belief eommittsM are
looking after needy ftntIUM and moving
many people into th* country or aondlog thorn
to other cities. .The number of people shut
out ant ia 2,7*8. To thee* art paid in wages
t47.H0 per month, not Including officers and
overseers. These mills connoted 11,737 bales
ofeolten per month. At present there Is no
•ign of a compromise.
AN INDIAN RAID.
(Jeruuluo's Warriors Attack au American
Wagon Train.
Toxiwtoxe, Arizona, August 0.—Throe dif
ferent reports have been received relative to
an Indian raid near Lice last week. Oca wu
that they killed l* tcamstors, all Americana,
sad 40mole*. Another is that ssrso Meal-
cana and two Americana were killed. The
last and probably more nUabte report is that
they attacked a train of four wagons aod kill
ed the Mexican teamsters, thence raided scar
Miners* Prietu and killed two Moziean
wood chopper*. Then they made another de
tour end raided round hock toward the
Unities mountains, steeling hones
u they want and eame from the
direction of Pnuto Cersja, their old trail. Ths
country is terrorised, and ranches for almost
a hundred miles around will be abandoned.
It ia thought tj be a portion of Ooraetiao’a
band, (eat out by him to divert tbo attention
of Captain Lawton, who hu bean premier tbe
wily chieftain to bio etmoet. Gs rani no is
engineering for time. What hie Beat move
will be no on* can tell, bnt it ia highly prob
able that Lawton’ • pursuit has bun ao hot
that h* bu MU iudtd that tho £i*m Madras
are untenantable.
ARP’S LETTER:
THE BARTOW PHILOSOPHER AND
THE FARMERS.
Tho BUte Agricultural Convention gad Bow Thor
Wero Entertained by tho Good People of Cor*
Urmrtllo-Wt>ot O# Think* of tho Pro
posed Mffxloan War-On tho mag.
Onr people are happy and they are prond.
They (well around and ray: “Wa did this
thing np brown. Wo treated those fiermort
splendid, and thsy appreciated It. There'*
nothing small about CartenvUle.”
Well, our folka did do their beat, and it wu
a fitting tribute to a notable body uf men—
good men, honest men, unpretending men. It
wu an assemblage that would do honor to any
town. It bent the Georgia legislature for tal
ent and sobriety and sincerity. Thom la no
lobbying abontthts convention; no political
strategy, no log-eoUlng; bnt they all oomo to
gether to talk and to act for tho good of tho
state. Whom such man as Judgo liondorson
and Colonel Hardeman and Chancellor Hell I
and Dr. Louie Jones and General Phillip* and
Fannin and Neeblt and Northern and Lirlng-
•tonand Waddell andHarrtU and Waring,
and othara of like ebaraoter, uo teen In aa u-
tcmbly of farmers. you mty
know that tho oountry la eafe,
1 with thoy would coma every year. Bartow
coonty can well afford to play the host to snob
distinguished guests. Their very preeono*
hu a good inflneooe. Onr county le g little
peculiar about politico and iomo other things,
Ibutehe is hospitable end but history to bo I
I prond ofi Old Mark A. Cooper wu ono of the
tslbcn-onoof tho ploneera—end there wu
jCherlcs Wallace Howard, and Dr. Lewie, and
Win. U. Stylo, and the Howlands, and Judge
Trippe, and Warren Akin, and old Judge Un
derwood, and Dr. HtUer and Judgo Wright,
Ull of whom domiciled here and wore men of
■onvlctione, and dared to maintain them,
■'hoy were original thinkers and wan Inda- I
tendrnt in politics and in religion. Judge
Wright and Dr. Miller ue Independent yet.
They follow no multitude just to be on the
popnlarside. In fanttbay run with tho min
ority generally aud uk no favors. Judgo
I Wright hu got a cannon loaded right now with
buckshot and tseksand is ready to demolish ail
iihrnatlonilbanlitat ono snot. There most
bo something in tbo air or tho wator that pro
duct* such sum In llartoH’. Sant Joust wsi
vtty quiet aud eubdurd until ho raovo.1 hero,
lltr. Foltou never fired up lilt engine until ho
ictiled down in Bartow. Bafnro tbo war our
pi.-litvi., lived likekltiKS. They wero rloh and
Their sons and daughters went to col-
Thoy had fine stock and kopl up tholr
1 (nil* and bad lino carriages aud plenty
of ML-MCie. Thf-ye wero a few mortgages re-
-riiitJ st tbo ccuTacoof. Iitn. t.boy didn’t care
r II ni ..... r J.c. . -M ronftv f' a roar
Tbe nlpscrs kept Increasing along
ana inetr exoiott surprised mo
better opinion of them than I hi
to have. Jfwoxetupa fight«
If we force Mexico to releau hi
onr government. She offers more liberal in-
dneementx to onr peopl* to como there and
settle than wu ever offered by any nation.
Mho wu tho largest contributor to tha
New Orleans exposition, and her delegation
wu composed of gentlemen of education and
refinement. Their speech and their mennere
and their exUblt enrerlaed mo and gave mo a
._. * — *■— • had bean taught
lover Cutting or
- to releau himaodbegpar.
don, it will be booanso wo bare the power and
can bulldoze. W* didn’t bulldoze old Eoglaud
much about the flsherteo, aad that was a better
chance than Cutting's. One northern piper
stye that “marching throngh Mexico” will he
u good aaongu “IfarchlngThroughGeoigla.’’
Yea, and it wonld be about u heartless aud
destructive. Bnt I reckon we won’t bavo-a
war. Mr. Cleveland can't afford It. The
country will not itutaln It. The civilized
world will condemn It. Let ns have peace.
I am over hare at the pleuant village of
Westminster-a delightful airy town that
■eema to b* away np In tbo land of tho
sky. Westminster to only fire years
old, bnt they laid tho corner stone today of an
institution of learning that an oldsr and larg
er town might well bo prond of. Thoy hsTO
gotten np a boom and - tbelr people am a unit.
General Capers wu the orator of tho day and
lea noblo un of a noted sire. Titobiships
mantle of eloquence and piety is upon hit
shoulders. These people all love him and ha
love* them. Ho is a minister of tho gospel
but Ilka General Ev«n<, took np tho sword
when his country railed him. Thoro was a
basket pienio upon tho grounds and altboagli
there wu a largo ueemblago from tho sur
rounding eountnr nobody war alighted and
tnany hoakote nil or fragments were loft.
Tux Atlanta Constitution wu deposited
in tbo corner stone and will be ftnn.i in ths
mine, If the mine ever ccmo, Tha crops are
good np here and tho people aro protporoua
aad happy. Bill Aitr.
JUSTICE IN CHINA.
j mil wurtn t
tan every ono th
ilt-IUra, ami that won!.I ps,
dibt. But tho war tvaj liko thejuaglchmli
wend. It said 'Trasto change,” and tbo
change carnet Eroiythiug wnup w. The
richer a man wu tho poorer ho became, and
his proud children were nil tho more helpless.
But things aro about straightened out now
and wa aro moving aloog serenely in th* now
channel. Tbe rich mrn’e children and grand
children bavo settled down to bulnoil, and
tbe poor men's children hav* como np along
aide, end wo are all worklog together. Pride
hu had a Ml, bnt I reckon It was all for tho
licit.
Oertcnvltlo is a good, slow town, hut It ia
sure._ H has no boom and don't want any.
The good tMnga of this Ufa aro all around ne
•nd nature is kind and wo are content. Wo
hav* good churches, good schools, good mer
chants, good physicians, good water, para air
and beautiful mountain aconory—and wbat
more do we want. One thing I will mention
epcclally.ua modem phenomenon, wo bad bnt
out bank and it failed Inst a you ago and hu
•Inca resumed and paid every dollar
principal and intonat. Nobody lost
a dollar by Will Howard, and never will, for
bis gore old father trained hia boy that way.
Ha la honest, not ouly from policy, bat from
principle. I mention this by way of contrast
with some of the banka of mor* pretending
citlea that are not far away. Bnt yon ought
to see onr big Uberntcl# that Bam Jones la
building for tho union meetings. Itb IF) foot
long and hOOfoot wide and two stories high,
and hu a bellviderafon top. That If a place
forth* Ml I reckon. Every community
ought to bar* (onto such pleco where all tho
congregations could moot occasionally and
loava sectarianism outride. It makes people
more tolerant aod brotherly; It amothen big-
otnr and fanatic!*™.
And now the talkie about war with Mexi
co. Well, wo don’t want aay war. It will
toko a big thing to provoke a wer now, to
for u th# sooth la concerned. Lot
Cottlsg alone uverely. llo mid* his bod
and lot him II* «n It. W* don’t want a fow
thouund men kilted In defame of on* vaga
bond who got Into tronbl* with malice afore
thought. Wo bavo got Just u bad man on th*
border u Mexico hu and Cutting la ono of
them. When our men catch a groa—r orsr on
our side they make qnick work of Mm and
nothing Ii aaid about it. Mexico hu taken a
good dial from ne tad wa have taken a good
deal of land from her. Bb* hu trauarested
onr people covet them. Wo bavo got people
who wonld steal land from anybody. They
tried to capture Cuba several time*. Thay
have stolen lead from tba Indlaae and have
stolen abont half tbo public lands from Cool*
Bam. We want too mnch. Became wo aro a
g reat nation w* go abont with* chip on tha
at all tba Unto and dare anybody to knock
It off. 1 tMnk that Mr. Bayard wu
in too Mg a burry with bis demands. We
wont tbo respect of til clrillstd nations more
than wowant tbelr foar. Let as quit calcu
lating tba unfits or a wu. When I wu In
Taxu and war teemtd imminent In Ecropo,
the cattle men wore tagar for tbo fight to
come. They didn’t cue a cant abont death
and disease, bad suffering ind wounds, xud
widows and orphans, so the price of cuttle
went op. It sickenod mo to bear them talk
and Hi them road tbo telegrams on th* bttllo
tto boards. They Jast hankered for • war. It
wu a pity they didn’t bare to fight it. I have
no triplet for a man who wants awujnxtfor
hisownpeiunal advantage Mr. Bayard thinks
there Is a gnat principle involved, and uya
w* can try onr own citizens tn onr own courts.
Tbst I* eo, of conns, bat when a bad citizen
gon etrer tba Una to do devilment, lot blm
Batter tbo cut sequence*. Bad man are
tbe affliction ot thle country. They keep onr
court* in eterion end car Jitlo fall and oar
tame blab, and they bring grief to women
and child ten. Bad mom are a enrae, and if
nobody but them would be sent to wu w*
wculdeat care. What a pity that all nation!
conld not do their fighting aritb their vage-
bonds. When onr nation goM to war w* mutt
have seme bigger thing than Catting to fight
atost. He wu offered freedom, but he iwolls
and struts aad rays, "My gorernnunt will
uk* care or me." Well, now, th* bet is tbst
onr boys can't got op any osthuslum over
Cntttef. Ho Is too hard s care. Might u
wolt get n* a fight am Tobe Jackson.
Mexico hu shown gnat consideration for
Cruo! Torture ora Prisoner by tbo Order
of a Mandarin In Canton.
Frcm the Cortcipondtncc San Frsnclco l'.xemlaer.
Aa I entered tba court room two stalwart
Jailers wero roughly bringing In a prisoner ar-
cuud of thocrimoof piracy. Around tbo neck
of tbo prisoner wu an Iron collar, to which an
Iren chain was attached. Ono ot thu Jailors
was drop plug tho prisoner along by tho uhaln.
and tbo other tvos aiding blm by pushing and
kicking. The sccusod was tokou boforo tho
mandarin's detk, umdn to prostrate himself on
the i'uor, and tbo trial commenced. Tbo aa-
curnllcn charging tho prisoner with piracy was
load, ar.d then tho tzamUrin askod him
thioush tho Interpreters to confess the ebargo.
This the pritbuer refused to do, claiming that
bo wss luuucent. This seemed to auger tho
mandarin, aud ho inatmeted tlm liotors to
hlrikt) tbo prisoner with their leather thongs.
Tills they dkl.atrlklng him a number of tlinM
cn llm Vco with a Itelbcr strap two laches
wide ana a foot lit length. This falling to
In '.ok the desire! answer, tho mandarin then
ordered the jailers to prepare a torture. An
Instrument of torture resembling a rommuu -
tench was then brought in aud placed in po
sition on end. From tho upper legs of tha
bench dangled four stout cords, and netr the
riop of the plsnk forming tho scat was a cloth
band about two luchu in width and attached
to * winch at tha back of tha board. Thoprlx-
ooer viewed theM preparations with a dogged
and sullen look. The llotora then Mixed tho
prisoner and forced him to kuoel with hie
beck against this frame and qnlckly iv.toned a
cord to each of the luge toca of tho foot, and,
bt nding back the arms, futened the other two
loofdeto hie thnmbe. Tho cords were now
■ raised
I placed
around the forehead and tightened with a fow
tarns of tho winch. .Tbo position of tbtbody
naturally threw the weight forward and made
the pressure on tho forehead fearful.
As the cords and banda tightened and tho
weight of tbe body wu thrown on them, tho
victim began to show evidence of oxtremo
pain, nil breath came heavy and labored, end
It deep groan occulonally escaped hit lina. In
this position ha hung for a couple of minutes,
and wu then anin uked by tho mandarin lr
ha wu gouty at th* charge of piracy. Uo re
futed to cooks*. Th* perspiration wu starv
ing entail over bit body, Iho cords were be
ginning to ent Into tbo flesh, and tho mnxclM
were becoming knotted. Tho mendxrin gave
tn Impatient order to tha llctoro, and tha winch
wu given a couple of turns tightening th*
baode around tho forehead until tho prisoner’*
S cs seemed to start from thair sockets and
|o flesh on Mch side of tho band wu puffed
ami discolored. Ageln he wu askod to con Coax
and again refused. Aw,liter tom of tho winch
I wu ordered. Th* eyu of tho suffering tuan
had now rolled beck until only tbo white*
were visible; the mnoelu of bis face began to
twitch and knot, and froth wat collecting
around hia lip*, ills groans and writhing*
were horrible. It eecmed u If human eentox
could eland no more. A few more turseof tho
wfneb end tho band wonld croeb in tho skuU.
Thomneclesof tbo arms and lege stood ont
rigid and knotted from the weight of tho holy.
One* more be wat asked to confou. This
Umt he hesitated and then shrieked out that
I be would confom anything they desired If
they would bat take him from this horrid
rack. The menderim therefore, ordered th*
Before to relctx* him from th* rack. This they
did much inthoeun* manner as t stevedore
bandies ucks of grain. They untied tho cords
aud loosend tho band, allowing tho prisoner to
fall in x benp on'tho floor. Tho tortured man’*
faco had lost tho semblance of a human boinr.
Distorted by tbe pain and agony endured, with
set, (taring eyes and open month, It presented
It grinning, unnatural, hideous upoct. Tho
arms end limbi were rigid and cramped, all
muscular power seeming to hav* loft thorn, and
I tbcjperspiration was rolling front his body In
streams. Tbe Before now hastily throwing *
Icloth on hit faco to hid* Its hideous grinning*,
■i|ly atralgbtend his limb* and aet him np
■pist tho reek from wbleh had Just boon
released. HU tOM end thumb! wore bleeding
from thecuu made by the cords, and tho band
I bad left a deep, red mark around hi i forehead.
Tbo tnfforiag of the man was horr Meand Ms
groaneaenta thrill through my b'.ood.
A Cbild anil * Pot.
iFront the Walton, Ga., Ncwa,
H. II. 0. Freiton made a discovery recently
that la weU worthy of note. Neu hU horn*
U wbat U known u "tho Indian bank,” a
mound recognized in hU grandfather's tlmo at
I tho grave of members of th* Aborigines fami
ly. Hr. I’reston accidentally ran acroest part
of t skeleton therm H* ftnad tho remains of
a child. Thosknil had ftactnred, and, Ilka
th* roof eft dilapidated hoot#, fallen In. An
earthen pot with a red# fitthtglid, bad appa
rently botn placed oo tha breast of tho child,
and white the slender arch that supported'!*
bed crumbled again into dust, the reseol,
Uked in th* fin of mor* than a century ago,
hid remained to blacken and harden with tire
for tha marki of tha first were there, and be
bind the decaying bona could be secu several
loose teeth that had never been “cat.” Tho
pleceeof iknll bone end tbe cart's redstlsg
tot made np the collection that ought to take
lx place in some cabinet of cuelosUtos.
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