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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - . ATLANTA, GA« TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1886
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TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.
FLOICIDA SNAKES.
Some Mansions Stone. Told l.f tho tr.ttrH
—A mark Hnsks’a It.roUu,
From the Philadelphia Time..
Iin-TDi, FIs , September When I first
came to Florida,".aid the major, “the old re*
identen told mo there were hardly any snakes
in the ttate. Well, Fvobeen here twenty-fire
year., aid I have teen more enalcee la Flori
da than I erer lew anywhere botore. (You
needn't grin, profenor, yon drink more in one
lay than I do In a month.) I’ee seen rattle
make., ground rattlers,motxtsins In three dif
ferent atyle., and many other! too ha nolens to
mention. J're got uied to ’em,and hare a eort
of sneaking fancy for ’em, too, Snakes ain't
near aa dangerous as people imagine they are.
They make splendid pets, being very latelli.
the geaeroalty and good feeling of the cron*
tua. didn’t ltr
"What becamoof Fit!?" inquired the major,
filling up a second mate'*drink an he spoke.
"Died of the measles lastsprlng," was the
"Rfcsr. ell right enough,” laid the Judge,
"hut when I take a snake tor a pet I want a
snake that ia a snake. I bad a big .lx foot
rattler once, and I don't want no better watch
dog than he was. I called him Hoeee, andhl ni
and me eteyed all alone in my big houie one
whole month, while my wife and thn kids were
it the springs. One hot night la July f had
S ene to bed, with all the windows up and the
oors between the rooms open. Moaei was
lying at the foot of the bed, eouad asleep. All
atoncelheardanolseaslf some one waa try
ing to get In the window of tho cost room.
I started up, and woke Moee* Be seemed to
comprehend the situation In aa instant. Be
fore I could get out ol bed be bad taken off
his rattlre, left them on the bed so u to not
make any noise and wu In n coll near the
suey iubko spionuiu pern, Doing very intoin- 1 nj.ko any uuiao sou was io 0 con near tae 1 arouna sit toe nine more dangerously drunk
gsnt and susceptible of s high degree of cul- I door. Jost then n Wg back negro ontered | lien erer, and with his pockets full of money,
around, poshed blindly through tho gloom,
and ilaaptd hia arms around the at.lir.rt
UKunt.lneer, and the big baud of the hunter
patted Ms lead as gently as a mother.
“ho (bey stood for a wbilo. and then the boy
went on ins nay alone, courageous to tho last,
while the big mountaineer turned homeward
with a heavy heart. The lad was firm ia tight*
log it out. but he had agreed to meet his Cham*
plot) again ivithlu sis days.
"hfcGurh went to the tavern for tfco money
the follon ing day drunk an 1 qua; ro gnus, sod
when it wni withheld by the order of his mas
Ur he nts goaded to furr. Therewusa savage
fight there, and then he put off for hia cabin
vowing that be would kill tho boy. But thn
hoy redo up to the tiToratke next day calm and
serene, took the money and departed. His
manner was the same as ever.
"Four days later the big mountaineer ctme
down from the nob. Bo bad been restleu, he
raid. No one bad aeon the boy, on: MrO irk.
with two or three outcast companions, wis
•round all the time more dangerously drunk
ture and education. They are very affection
ate by nature, hare 1 qnlet Tela of humor
running through them, and form very strong
•ttfrhmenta for person* plsces and things.
They can reason, too, assure as yon an born,
for 1 have wen instences of it that would pas.
sle any disciple of Buffon, including old Bon
Butler.
A 11 LACK KICAKX'I DZVOTION.
'When I was living down to Punts Baas I
bad a black snsko tbit wu treated just aa If It
was one of the family. It had growod up with
ns. you might say, for my boye had caught it
' '■ ly ubvuta foot long audit got
rnd Moses fraud bio. Yon never heard
rnrh jelling in your life. I lit the lamp
and celled the snsko off. Tbo coon's
ryes stuck out so fir yon could have
bong your bst on ’em. Be wu yelling, ‘Take
am off bae>; oh, Maas Cnnnel, don’ lo* mo die!
Fo' Gawd I docs swar I mistook do honae.' I
burnt the woond with caustic, made him dead
drunk and the next morning landed him in
the Jail. That snake wu u gentle u a kitten
to onr family. He often took hia rattleo off
ard gave them to tho bob/ to play with.”
Tbo professor rubbed his eyes drowiily.
laid he: "Fveseentoskesofalfklnditod—'”
"You'll too 'em egain too," wu tho triple
cry, “If ytu don't let that whisky alone."
Hamilton Jav.
whtn it was onlj.
to bo over four feet. When the cl
out In the yatdforn frolic or off hooting or
fiibloi they alweyt took Ben—whleh ins the
name of the saeke— eleng. Be wu vrry use
lnl In oTiry way, too. Homo dayi the boys
wonld go out after berries or wild grapes and
take a bushel basket with 'am. Ben would
coil up In tbo baaket, and go, too. Well if
they filled tho bosket, which tho,
did, it made a pretty hefty load
carry; to Ihty'il just show tuo enue 1 ”»s la upicai now 1 oncer. 110 wu | It was tho first time inch tcstlmonv had ever
what was wsntedsnd he'd fasten his heed I oomfortably clad ins bnslneu suit, and lookei I beta introduced in tho iriadatl^ history of
iall J&sImL. JSJF'aSS? - ^ ^ ^ U ex^rtprov “dthat tb.ofdw
nil on the tother, making another handle, | Hetajd # _ ... I afmiiaon the wall wero made lij harnin blovd.
Waddell ffalppcd him back to New York with
maledictions oa bis bead. Then the old m«n
went Lack to Brooklyn himself, proclaiming
A aiUIOlKKED BOY.
The Wilderness Where IIo Met Hia Death-
Charred Bulns of the Homo.
A group of men who htd been dialog oh the i
rear pltzu of perbtpa the moot widely kno vn
boosting of bow be bad ‘fixed’ hia master.
* Old .! im started for the Waddell boas* at
once and the others followed. The door lay
broken from its hinges, blood covered the fdr-
nitora and walls, and a pig, with its throat cut,
wsa in the middle of the floor. There bad been
a great fire on the hearth. There was the olor
of bunt flesh. Near a corner of the house
were found tome human bones, half burned,
and buried lose than a foot in the ground.
Tbo frttb blooi of tbe efsngbtered pig w*s
arrested in plucim over othor blood on the
walls that was several days old.
AfcGtrrk was arrested and <eut to Mitfor l to
be tried. Old Waddell came on from Brooklyn,
poob-yoohed tbe idea that bis son bad been
murdered, and, instead of assisting t ho sUte’i
attorneys lo convict HcGurk. actually lent his
money and assistance to the latter. Thou Me-
Gnrk confected that be bad killed the boy—
who fought bravely to the laat^choppod him
to pic res and burned his body piece by piece.
Wrtdell refused to believo tbe confession, and
it was withdrawn. * -
wo. wen 11 1 pcrn»ps wjo mosi wtaeiyxnovn it was withdrawn A famous auninon wax
MahtSaTwaa^SiLl M^sf w ,U> 7 U,t •>«««»*■ Naw York by WatldtllMooalyu
1 u * r *•*£ .A. t .n‘. t "a , . r *. l *j^.. b L?t* v 1>0 ? t ~» tho corpuscles of tho blood found oa tho wall.
. ? 8 *“ It WM.tho first tlmo such testimony had over
so to rpesk, sad, well, four of my boye would I "A aea been looking for woodcock ell the
carry tho load hotne without swostlog anyone morning over a stretch of wild country in the
of'em too much. If It wu brler-bertiee they I hurt of tho Pennsylvania mountains yester-
had, Ben would help stem and pick oat the
frier, snd sticks ana dirt from 'em. In that
kind of wotk he wu as handy u a ten-year
•’* tl. When the boys went fishing Ban
I lay down In the host snd go fut asleep,
hat when they got through ana palled for
•bote he'd wake up, yawn a little and then
stretch out straight, for he knsw his place in
the profession wu waiting for him. The boys
always used him to string theli fish on, and
thru one wonld talto him by tho head and
the other by the tall and they had aa nico a
fish cart u you’d want to
day, when tba dogs foil to anlfflog about the
oed of a charted noot that was embedded In
tbe ground. Within a rod etood a gnarled old
apple tree, twisted snd rent by a thonund
•turms, but still bearing up bravely. Tho dogs
stretched themselves In the shade, with their
tonrues out and their eyee begging a rut. Tho
suu biased tad the wind dropped so low that
it scarcely moved the tops of the long grast of
the bog meadow we had Just crossed, ft wu
near noon.
“I MJ»« wondering how It earn, that tho
pc»t and the apple tnesrero there. The spot
loudly that hia aoo wonld torn up within tho
year. McGurk ssrved a sentence of six years
and then went to California, and the Waddell
house wu burned to tbe grouud by 1110a who
are still unknown,
"Thin wu wu thirty years ago. The old
man still wait* for bis son’s return, and has
made provision for tho boy—now a man, of
course—la his will, Fvrn jot ho takoe tho
local papers of Pike county, firmly bsllovlns
that they will somo day carry the news of his
son’s return to him."
‘Don't yon know whathocimo of McGirk
They proterly belonged to the geneyusf red!
Ins itupperlbns—ebttn.”
“They did bare big months, professor," re
ined tho major, tarcutlcsUy.
g as the one under that rod ni
I hanks, colonel, I believe I will take a leetle
mote, for U's real good, and (a this dry tows
it's pleasant and very soothing to run across a
ties a qoart duk la each
yyeat
Philadelphia.
“No, I never heard,” uid the host.
The youth struggled up in hit chair, knock-
.—t -r-- r- I ed the athu from hia Cigar, and said;
. ^y t l ?? t * 1 .! n i lfd .» , . lll F» t * rt «* *“ the his- "i „„ him hanged in Philadelphia tot a
iwi “tadwlth I murder u revolting u that of young Waddell,
inch distinctness ODd force that I fancied I It wu about six rears 11m ”
could almost see tbo victim oflcstsndlog there “ wu anout ojxyeataogo.
c *! v . F.t 11 ' inlllal.lettorofhlS name—Waddoll | TITTWORTH'S TRICKERY.
teg at the apple tree closely I saw far op on
tho trunk the traces of tho letter ’W’ that had
been rat In tbe tree mors than thirty yean .
ago. Then I knew I wu on the spot of one of
the nr—" — 1
gentleman who carri , f „ ..
pocket. As l waa aajinve that anake wu one I —into tbe tiee. Ha waa a lad theop bold and f
of the meat uieful pels I over saw and the I ktiong, a daring horseman, a food ahot* and a u * a wife in Taxna ami another in
hatei.at reptjle aUut a houao I over board I prime favorite with tho rough mountaineers. I AUimnm.
teBof. Kvenmy srlfogottoh* Tory foodof HI. father, who is now and wu then a well- Mobil*,Ala.,Saptomberl.t.-J.L. Tittworth
bint, bha d sometimes bang him aorou two known cltlsen of Brooklyn, wu fond of is a man who hu two wives, with neither of
chore, making a rack to dry towels on. She the hoy, hot was some whs: concerned about whom he seems disposed to live. One of tho
hit wlldneie. Tho elder Waddell ms a man of “
ittmt wealth, and among hia possessions was a
tract of wood land out In Pika county. A small
hooao stood on it. Occutoaally bo wont thorn
to shoot deer and other big game, hot it wu at
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PARKER’S
AIR BAL8AM
ajgsaagayag
PW-U f'H.Wie Uaadi
h-nfftUag.u4bmwl.el,
used him to clwn ont tho etovoplpo with and
ho kept tho pantry and closet clear of all kind
of vermin. 1'vo aeon him take 0 pin b.-twosn
his Roth and run It through an ant, a fly or a
roach quicker than you could say Jack Bob-
lnsea.
“lint the ratoat thing ho overdid was to
toko rare of a flimlly 01 young mloo. Oaedsy
my wlfowuaittlug In the kitchen reading,
when eba uw Bon come In kind of sneaking
like, and the knowed he wu nftereomo mean
ness. Bhe let on not to see him, and after
loafing aruund a little he crawled Into the
peatiy, and In a few minutes camo out and
want in the direction of tbo barn. Sha follow
ed him, sad looking through a -knot koto la
oao of the boards saw tho strangest sight. In
one corner of the biro, behind some old fod
der, wu a nest with four little mice In It, aud
the snake wu a-fcedlog thou with milk. Bow
did he retry the milky Why, he drawed tho
skin up over hie beard, forming U Into a eort
of cop, and carried It fall of milk to tho mice,
letting each one stp it in turn. When my wife
hollered at him ho was sort of angry at first
and tpinng hts rattle, hot—"
"Bold on, major,” said tho jndgo. "You
are getting a little bit mixed now. Yon uld
it wu a black eamke, and I never hutd of
oao of that species having a rattle.’’
"Well, 1 gueu he could bavo borrowed oao
from somo other usko," replied the major,
huffily, Mhouuk back in hia chair, ptiffiog
vigorously at bit cigar.
THk OOLOtlKI.'S SHARK.
"Talk lag about black tinker,'' uld tha
colonel, gracefully uncoiling hit legs and
spitting a plat of ulootino over hie right
shoulder out of tho window, “I believo that
yarn of tho major’* for I know a black snake
can Isko Us skin entirely off snd put It on
again, for 1'vo seen ’em do it Leastways, to
bo more partlculu, I’ve toon one of 'oat do
it. I was living dowa ia
old Kuwsneo then, u a plus called
l’owotu Trot. I wu aiwsye fond of a pot
anf tho Journey bad to be made by stags
coach part of the way and tha rest of ths dis
tance on horseback.
“Young Waddall went ths pace In town at a
rale that alarmed hit father. Ho wu clover,
usd popular everywhere. Tho efforts of the
fislher to get him to eettlo down wore fruitless.
Tits boy wu bound to have Ills fling. Ooo
night old Weddell thought of hie place out
Iwwrt tho ion , civsnning woo. well tor
®. * j m,n *T fr'J® which ho hu I awhile, bat presently the evidence beesme
never returned. Accompanying him wu tho 1 r - -
family coachman named McGurk. a low-
biowed Irishman with a pair of restless ayes
utd a early nature.
"They arrived in duo time and eettled la the
hciue. The former coachmen took ctre of
wivee lives in Bonham, Texas, and the other
In Mobile. The history of hie affkirs Is a carious
one. Tittworth came hers from Texu about a
year and a half aso, and obtained employment
at Grand Hotel, Point Clear. At tbe hotel wu
a chambermaid named Annie Nettle, between
whom and Tittworth an affostlon wu inspired,
resulting la a wedding.
This season Annie obtained a situation as
hsmbermaid at Howard's hotel. After ewhllo
aba told the proprietor that a lie was married
sad that bar hoaband was a good worker, just
then out of employment, fi'10 suggested that
Tlttwottb bo hired by Mr. Bpotsvooii. Mr.
cpolewood hired tbe man and made him stew-
aid cf the hotel. Evcrtnlng went well for
strong that Tittworth was not houcst. Taerv
farr, Mr, Spouwood dopoHd tho steward.
Finally, the man’s acts forced Mr. Spot* wood
to dispense with the cervices of tbo wife, aud
tbo couple departed for Mobile. Bofore low
ing the two drew their money from tho safe.
Nalther one nad touched tlicir wages duriug
their stay, to they had coming to them about
aevt nty-flvo dollars apiece. Tons nrovldad,
Tittworth proposed that they go to Blrtninham
Mobile tad Ohio train. A few minutes before
time for the train to leave,Tlttworth remarked
that he did not have quite enough mousy to
Born boyhood up, snd, among other things, I I money. For dan afterward he wu drunk,
had a bfaeksaake named File and ho wu a I u k*y and
cveiythlag. and be and vonng Waddell began
•hair lift together burled In the woods through
which not even a path was broken. For a
Icng while they taw no one. It wu a groat , ....wo.,
h!*l!nic.c high-tolrUed and llfe'.oviag toietile. Bhe agreed, aud they wont to the
boy, tut be knew that he would have to re Mobllea ‘
main In the wilds for yura until his father
believed that he had fettled down and becoao . „„ „„„„ „
“ 4 5? his complete the purebafo of hts ticket. HU wife
Sft ■ "f -Ik* Ike proposed to give him some change, hut he said:
1 •“•ksfJwj fiifndofthowiMd. | "No, let me hare yonr pocket-book for a im-
aud gave many an exhibition of bla skill ' —
.hooting tho bear, panther and deer w.ta
which the region abounded la thou dive.
bcmeUmss when hunting night found him far
from homo, and at inch times he wonld make
bit way to tho boon of some of tho hospitable
mountaineers, Be wu a welcome vUltor.
"At quarterly intervals, old Waddall not
money by the stage lo the nunet point on
Ike turnpike, n quaint old tavern that ooustl-
tatsd ths village of Lotd’o Valley. At such
timsaMcGork rode over and nooivad tho
TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
Dauiiisok Gbev Fkki, writing in the New
York Star, glree a pleasing account of tho In-
grrsoll reaideuco and the home life of tho
famous free-thinking family. Colonel Ingsr-
•oil removed bis family from Washington to
New York, shout a year ago, uaibosghta
home in lira pleasant, old-iuhioned lower end
of Fifth avenue. The home is a flue old min
cion, and hu an air of comfort and eiso that
ccrr.es from constant nse, and no look of stiff-
test ard vain show chills a visitor when he
finds himself ushered into tbe handsitne par-
lore. The hangings are dark embroidered in
S old. The fornlture la ebony and gilt op-
olstered In plnsb. A center table holds a
lamp and btlc-i-brac, and on the lower part
arc placed several grotesque squat Idols. Oa a
aland in one corner is n rare and ponderous
volume of Shakspevo with the words, “My
Bible, Robert G. IngersoU” euibUsonaa
oa it in gold. Burns
poet next to Shskspeare, precious
to the heart of the great lecturer. In the
second parlor stands a grand piano, and, many
Lifted musicians being among tho circle of
visitors at tho h *
era often delights the gouts with sweetest
niclcdy. Mrs. Ingenoll is a tall handsome
woman who entertains charmingly and c >n
veisea with good sense and fluency on e-tj
■ ubjtct. The two daughters. KvsaudM rad.
are rharningly unaffected and thoroughly
well informed—read Ing everything from Dir-
win and Baxley to Talmtge and Sam .Toni's.
Their father selects s coarse of reading for
them every week, and on 8undaje gives them
a cross-examination testing their understand*
leg and memory of the boika they rud, while
he makes pertinent comments on the subjects
handled. A future of domutic arraogoinonts
is the family cash drawer to which all have
free acceee. Mr. IngersoU never allows hie
wife or daughters to socennt to him for tho
money they spend. Be is coml.tint in his
daily life with the precepts he utters on the
ettge.
Yot’Kti men who complain that they have
no‘'opportunities" should study tbeesreorof
Rev. W. B. Milbnrn. the blind preacher. In
ctrly childhood Mr. Mtlburn lost tho sight of
cue eye entirely sad coaid barely tee with the
other. Be went to work ladnitriously to edti.
etc lilmself) however, and real a great many
bocks, hut was forced to go very slowly, taking
in one letter at a time. To see even that
much he was compelled to wears eh «4e ovor
his eye and to pteas the eyelids with the finger
to as to form an artificial pupil. For twenty
n avut fo'
_ Be pallet
reus' coarse In college with credit to 1
t now famous for
rat tears dorm bit cheeks. Be pused a four
yeua' course In collega with credit to himself.
Holt: ‘
qnence.
hit learning and do-
quarrelsome. Be had bacon a the
crony of the lawlaea rangers and vagabond
banters who ire always to bo found la an no-
fettled country. During tba rprecs sha boy
lived alone, till it plaatM tho drunken Irish
man to return to him. Fears were often ex-
presoed that McGirk wonld do tho boy harm,
daisy, loo. Ho always sat at tho table with
ns spd got so smart that ha could drink coffee
out of a cup as easy aa the profaeaor there can
drink whisky ont of an old gourd. How did
hs do It? Why, he'd |uit make a loop area ad
the cup, tilt it op and poor tho coffoo right , - , , , X v<aa, >« usstvu
down hts throat. If tho coffee wasn't too I •• he made many threats against hts charge children by him, sad that about eighteen
h)l l..'.t .11, It .Ill 11. i.ll I... ill abn UMitMit anA in )..,k. 1 '—‘'V-** tuav auoui oiguvouu
when bo was drank, and often started tor the
lonely cabin iadrnakeo fury. Tho back-sroodt-
mtn spoke to young Waddall of his dangar, bat
bo wu a courageous boy, and laughed at their
_ and tho I ••*”»• Wctlnrk hated tho lad, bat tho Utter
snsko weto plsylog out In tho yard, and John- apparently uuvor feared him.
niflh usmiltAB mv* t.m tka ..ii ...i »-ii i. I ••Hurt nwnltsw vnnsio Wadil
hot hv il stir it op with his tall first, ao as to
got all tbe sugar dissolved. I wouldn't'have
taken a thonund dollan for that snake, for
hosavrd my little tiro-year-old boy from
drowning once. Yon too, Johnnie and
nie somthow got too near tha woll and rail la.
Thato wu about leu fact of water la tho
well, and bad have bean in Boavon now
If it hadn't been for Fits. Tho backet
wunt on tho rope, bat tho snsko low
ered the ropo dowa and followed it
like a streak.of lightning. Whoa ha got
your pocket-book I
meat." With that ha loft lira train as If to
pnrehue tho ticket, rruentlyhe returned and
gave hts wifo a tlckot auil trunx check* The
train now movod ont of tha station. Tittworth
Jumped from the train, without hU wife being
aware of tbo act, Mn. Tittworth traveled on
to Meridian. Before ehe reached that city she
found that her hoaband wu not oa board, and
that her tranks bud been checked to Birming
ham. She Immediately returned and discov
ered that Tittworth had bought tickets for
snd checked hie trunks to Text* The man
bad retained to tho station In tlmstotskothe
west booed train, while bis wlfo wet epeediog
on her way to Ifsridlan, Then Mr. Hpotawood
received • letter from Mr* Hsry L. Tittworth,
Bonbim, Fannin coonty, Texu, uklnt
whereabouts of John L. Tittworth im
other wlf* Mr* Mary Tittworth statu that
•ho matned tho man in Tosu, and has two
montha ago ho deserted her. Bhe stated lurther
that sbojbis applied for a divorce, and Is seek
lag evidence of hts blgamena conduct. She
therefore writes to Mr, Spottwood for any evi
dence ho may bo able to send her. This letter
wu shown to Mr* Annie Tittworth, who was
Ona evenlng young Waddoll rodo np to the [ mortified at tho disclosures. She'saga thtt
“'McUmk’a been drinking, and ha's uglier
than I ever knsw him to be before,’he itld,
quietly, to tho tavern keeper. 'Please don’t
give him my money when It cot
likea streak of lightning. Whoa ha got giro him my money when It cornu tomorrow,
down ho found my Itltls boy Matching n looot I If ho get'e the money 1 11 have herd work to
plcca of curbing with bis tiny fingers. Wall, I manage him, for there's no Ulltag whan ho'U
to cut my story short, for it makes mo ner
vous evtn now to thing about it, hs brought
Johnnie cut of tho woll, ufs."
'How did ho manage it, colonel?" inquired
the much Interested proftsser.
"Why, he jnet lied himself in o doable
knot around the baby's body under the arms .
sad clHn up the rope hand ovor brad Ilka a
sailor. When I got then be was untying the
knot, and tha tears wu jut a rolling down
•Ion. He briaga his friends to tho house now,
and though I’m able to look oat for him, hit
filsndi are too many for me.'
"Before ths landlord could answor a gawky
man with monstrous hands and an awkwud
manner struggled to hie fort from hie chstr
and went toward tho boy.
”’I hum dura from the High Knob mount-
tag this morals’, ho uld, dropping his bury
hand on the boys Shoulder tad peering gently
bis cheeks he wu so glad lo think ho had into hia foe* ‘for to make s'mviidts to m
saved bit little playmat* My wifo nude I Wfok'
some hot tea for both or them, so as they
wouldn't take cold, and tho next day I gave
Fits tbreo toads that I went oat and oanght
myself, for I knowed he deferred a reward
for hie bravery.
A KltlD-niAtTIO SHAKE.
“llat to show yon how ouy a snake can take
off his skin, lemma tell yon. Oao day my
daughter Sally went to Lira Oak>o sell some
egg* She was only sixteen and food of flntry,
like ell yoonggnUi* and nothing wonld mt.
laiy her bat eat must have one of them ted
snuhaden which wu Jut coming ta fashion.
When she brought It homo hu man and ms
both laughed at It. but Frits named tickled
almost to death and staid right by It. I reckon
the bright colors sorter ptauod him. Well,
alter a while hu mare said,
ought to have a covufor it
tiled.' Fits understood what , _
know, for I sew him thinking and scratching
bla head with Ms tall At last ho wont nador
tba bed and in beard o reiliig end panting,
and may bo there might of boon a rats
srotd or two. Directly he cute oat
entirely skint and hta skin ta hia head, lie
buded it to my daughter and then looked at
tba surshade, •• if ha wanted her to ase lbs
•kin for a row. Of course aha wouldn't take
it snd made him pat it on again; hat itahewa*
“•Yott've had a good tan mil* tramp, Jim,’
M tho boje
V T 1 ® reinMnnod tho
hunter shifting from one foot to another. T
m' Wen's, bcgtnnln’ wl’ yon.'
, “'No, no,’ mid ths boy u bo nv tho (ntsn-
Tbat he frequently rcccivod letters which he
would tear np and take paint to cd'octually
destroy.
It Astonished tbe rttbllc
To hearoftherealanstlonof Dr, Fierce st
a congressman to devote himself solely to his
tabors u a physician. It tnt because hit tmo
CMUlltoenti wsro ths sick and afflicted every,
when. Tkey will find Dr. Fierce's “Golden
Medical Discovery” a beneficlent use of his
scloatlfle knowledge ta their behalf. Con
sumption, broachiti* rongb, heart d Issue
fever and ague, Intermittent fever, dropsy
neuralgia, goitre, or thick neck, and all die-
rumor the Moon, are cored by this world-
renowned medicine. Its properties are won-
derfol, Its action magical. By druggist*
Jacoby Is tbe beet welter ta the International
league. Us bu gone to lint on balls this season
•Uiy-ievcn times.
1750 in one month's time. It seems like a
big profit for one oonvisaing agent to make,
tlon of tho latter, Tmt jut ye* Jim; he d think *>“* f - Hopkliu. of North CeroUo* who
I wu afraid of him. When he thinks that It'll •» working for the publUhing house of B.F.
Ml bo up with m* WMt a few dajs-a week- ^ \ dtd “ U
then coma mt.' still gotag bravely ahead. This too was dona
"The boy talasd nptdly and narvoosly. It with no capita! worth speaking of.
«“re?o 4 jS^h. h '™3!hrMdlta“«y^ I
Tbo landlotd agreed to keep the mooey for
him,end the boy bade:U>em.all good-by*bonad.
«d on hia hors* snd disappeared up the roil.
At the tame moment tho big mountaineer slid
ont of tho rear door, and took a blind trail
In petfect health ibt< teawn. ties let but one game
in which be bu pitched for Chlcico.
i jibing bet
it one game
■aid to mo today t
d, ’Bally, yon had I ant of the rear door, and took a blind
ibi** 0 !***! I b.n.l^mltb’hiThiv’i Ibl'illfJmt'i?- ^ roa 5'* ••*• I silver mediriue Ihat wbuUt take the place ot
what she uld, I | brash with hia head down sad his cap drawn calomel, pnvtuclnt all Itt good cffiicu and none ol
Ho arrived, after a hard I lta bad, fnjurt-mv constltmlonal ctTecta After a
• clou ovor his eyes.
four tolls ran, its bridle path in the wools
which hs though tho boy would sake on his
nay home. Bo was right, for within a tow
"Is it yon. JimF
• ’Ay. I'm gcdoV visit yu. et I mid.’
“Tho boy atv-ppsl from his. horns to tho
ctsceeesrvMUiosfroseUiww catties that pleased
the people u much u Lemon EUair. Send me
nine don n at once.
T. ALBERT JENNINGS Pmaxim, Jitper, Fta.
To pm. SI. lforur, Allant* n*
Sold by DroggMi. to cents and It W per bottle.
I Prepared by HTMotWy, M. D„ Atlanta u*
Miss Lizzie Wood, to Eoglith girl without
relatives In this country, defended her good
name by cowhiding the man who alandered
icr. Mue Wood slags la tbe choir of agospel
pavillion In Brooklyn, aud bu to go thus of.
ten at sight. Sha had received attentions
from William Ntrong.bat refused to allow him
to call any more, beesnse he was so jotlous of
itber men who escorted Miss Wood occasion
ally. Bo hectare enraged at thodltmlunl.snd
circulated stories to irjure the character at
tbe chelr-itagcr. She htd the men put under
bonds for good behavior, bat that did not pre
vent him following her aboat and watching
hi rat night whan sho went to the pnvillioa.
The persecuted girl lost patience and fiuslly
resorted to a raw-hide thrashing, which tho
wretch received amid the cbeere of the people
who witnessed it. Ho ran and bogged for
mercy, bnt tbe nirl followed and lathed him
terribly, till he wu allowed refnge la a house
near by.
At Lawrence, Kansu, a day or two ago, ths
sheriff seized MOO bottles of beer which hid
been carried to tbo Western National fair.
Men who had a refreshment stand intended
u sell tbe beer in violation of taw. The sher
iff second a posse with corkscrews and emp
tied the ealiie lot Into a ravine. Flrohun*
dr< d thirsty persooa witnessed the destruction.
They raw bter, beer everywhere, bat not a
drop to drink.
The family of Frank M. Sanborn, raiding
la I'eorta, III., have been troubled with mya*
trriens “haunts" that hnrl bricks and atones
Into the rooms through solid wal'd and closed
a. There miirlles, when they strike a
eecm to eently pu*h Instead of fa
with force. The deors in the house open aed
shat noisily without hnmsa agency. Mrs.
Seaborn Is s spiritualist and her daughter la a
medium. Eeary articles of farolturs fir
about tbe rooms, books leap from the shelf sod
flat irons dance op and down. Specimens uf
the rock thrown by the ghosts are exhibited at
tbe police station. Many nervons wom'su liv
ing near tbe haunted house are prostrated with
fear. Mr. Sanborn la not a spiritualist and ie
almost crazy with apprshonston, believing the
shortly manifestations portend tronhto to hts
family. A girl sru murdered In the bouse
some yesra ego and burled under the front
porch. The mediom declares the trouble Is
erased by tbe nstlcu spirit of the murdered
girl l'ollccmcn are watching the premises
THE ORIGINAL THIRTEEN.
I'niLADELriiA, September 17.—As s result
of the movement on t he part of the chief aug-
irtrates of the thirteen original etate* seven
governors of as many commonwealths met
here teday to arrange for a fitting observance
of the ccnteuelal anniversary of tho promul
gation of the constitution of the United Statu.
This centenasry will occur on September 17th,
lf87. Ten states were represented; New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, and North Caro
lina were not represented, bnt probably will
be by tomorrow. Tbe following governors
were present: Patliion, of Pennsylvania; Lu.
of Mrginia; FJoyd, of Maryland; Stocks
ley, of Delaware; Wettmor, of Rhode Island;
McDaniel, of Georgia, and 8hoppard, of South
Carolina. Now York was represented by
Lieutenant Goreraor Jones, New Jersey by n
committee of tho state legislature aod Con
necticut by cx-Goveraor Bigelow. At ths
Continental hotel Governor Pattlson deliv
ered a brief address of welcome. There were
present alto many dlstlntalshed visit irs from
various states, and tho citizen’s committee of
entertainment. After Governor Patterson’*
speech the party divided Into pairs and march
ed down Chestnut street to tho old state house.
Bere tho party baited in the room whors tho
declaration of independence was signed, and
standing nnder a canopy of rod, whito end
blue, listened to an address of welcome by
Mayer Smith.
Carpenter'll ball, the old hall where, In 1774,
the first colonial congress met, eleven prov*
luces being represented, wu next visited.
Here also a meeting wu bold. The governors
ranged themselves around a lsrgs table near
tbe center of tbe hall. Biebcrd K. Betts, one
if tbe oldest members of tbe Carnenters* compa
ny of tbe city and county of l'biladelphta,
gciccmcd the visitors and briefly reviewed
lira history of the time-worn meeting place.
The l miness meeting of the governors wu
called to order hy Governor Pattlaon. Gov
ernor Lee, of Virgin!* wu invited to take tho
chair. Mr. Carson was elected tec rotary. Let
ters were read from the governors of North
Carolina, New Himpihira and Massachusetts,
regretting their inability lo bo preuat, and
minting the governors they were in sympathy
with the movement.
CtUnel J. E. Payton, who originated ths
Id’s of the celeerstlon, snd who hu charge of
the srrsi'Lemcnte, wu Invited to the stand to
Brake any suggestions which might hsvtoc-
imrtd to him. lie utd It wonld be a good
h is to bsvo every state In the anion repre-
tfttvd at the celebration next September by a
regiment of soldiery. It seemed to him that
the yonng men wonld avsll themselves of this
opportunity to participate.
Dming the session st Carpenters' hall, raw.
lutiens were adopted that each state and ter
ritory l,o Invited to unite In preparation for a
rroptr national celebration of tho
' b of the federal constitution to be held
city in .September of next year, and
that the president be Invited to formally com
municate to cor gross at their next meeting
the fact that his administration closes the first
century of constitutional government, and to
nige upon that body the propriety of taking
mcnsuri r to render tbe celebration worthy of
an occasion of snch dignity and Importance.
That tho executive of every state tad territory
m the union he formally communicated with
and srged to press upon the attention of their
I-cvple the fitness of their hosrty co-oporstlon.
farm”loans.
LOANS NEGOTIATED ON IMPROVED FARMS
in Fallon, IieKslb sod Cobb counties, Interest
a per cent. Commission reasonable.
L. B. NELSON,
Boom 12. dale City Bank, Atlsut*
Perl 21 ivy tt p r m
Tax famous Ganalght mine ta reported to
base been lately dlscnvered after being lost
twenty-five yean. The Gantlght mine was
first discovered by Qoalder many yean age,
and the marvelous richness of the apeclmeos
he Aond tempted many prospectors into the
terrible Death Valley In search of tho golden
placate* So many emigrants snd miners htve
entered the burning desert In tosrch of the
lost treasure that It hu become strewn with
the blesching skeletons of men snd horses
ibst died there of best and starvation. The
Los Angeles Herald gives in
account of tbo trials of ths
successful party from that city which redis
covered the Gunslght mine. Tho party onn-
tilled of A. F. Judsoa, A. D.Spring and Bir-
nry Carter. They followed the nme trail
Gouldcr bad followed snd went into tbe Death
Valley under s horning Aagnst ena. The glare
of the white sand almost blinded them even
through goggle* Their water bairels dried
and fell spar* and when they found inter by
digging la the land it wu ult water and only
increued their thin* At last they reached
the mountains and fonnd grass and a spring of
water. While prospecting they shoveled out
gravel mixed with gold chunks worth from
one to five dollars apiece. They staked oat a
claim and are making preparations for opening
tbe placers* The discoverers are Jubilant
over their smocat*
Gxoar.x Gould, son of Jay Gonld. was mar-
eddaybefo
don, a pretty
tied day before yesterday to Ida Edith King.
■ etty actress, who hu bun a member
of Daly’s company. The maiTtage occurred st
Jay Gould’s houu in Irvington. The report
ers say the yourg folks looked happy.
A man’s wife ehonld always bo the asm*
especially to her husband, bnt if she ta weak
and nervons and uses Carter’s Iron Pill* she
cannot b* for they make hu “feel like a dif
ferent person," at least so they all say, and
thslr husbands say so too I
rntccll la doing some heavy hitting and clever
hue running for the Baltimore* It is uieieu to
y that hia fielding la fine.
Core of Liver Complaint.
Iowa Fall* Habdik Co , Iowa, June 8,
1885.
I have boon using Allcock’s Porous Plsitan
for font year* snd think I could not got along
without them. For Mong tlmo I wu afflicted
with n pstn nnder my right shoulder blade; I
also had considerable difficulty in breathing.
I applied sn Allcock's Porous Piaster on my
hock, and one on my chet* I kept changing
them every four days, snd st the end of three
weeke wu entirely cured. E. 8. Srgvcx*
Philadelphia News: fo
baseman, who receives*
"Do yen catch on?" SMvmtlon Oil. tho great
est pan.- cure on earth, costs only ii coat*
tve Pave made a spcclslty since la;7 of giving
•s I'rrlulunia lo those who (et up Cluha. or pur-
diera vn, end CoflWa in large quantifies. Din
ner aid Ten Sete, Clolil Hand S-is, Nliv-rwars,
• ic. Tfi» nl sit kinds rrom sotn75c-nt» per
roi-nd. We do e very large tee and cofleo bmlnesi,
be,Ido sending out from GO to HO club Order: esoit
doe. Siller l’latcd Castors u premiums, stlih g-,,
S~. and s o order*. White Ten dels with SIO orders.
L’ceointcd Tea Sets with SIS. Gold fti-id or Mau
Rose Pet* of il pieces, or Dinner Sets of 112 pl-css
wiili t.u orders, and e host of other premiums.
Fend us postal and mention The Atlanta Count.
tiitfon and tie will send jou Illustrated Price and
Premium list.
GKI2AT LONDON TBA CO.,
HUT tVusbloglou St, Boston, Alsu.
Pept 21—sky lilt.
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waya Inleaa time than any
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O WHimiR IS DIVIDING SO.OOO ACRES 01
. land in Swain county, N. a, laths Into naan
■recta Ac actual ssulemsM only. Bold ou credit at
one to ten year* Tabacc* Fruit, all Greta*
Grosses growl. rs,W0 In two months; km prtosr
ffmeone—Tntfmet only for fire yean, orauntml*
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