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Newspaper Page TextATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 2t> 1888 PRICE FT V M CENTS Our Story Corner BliTtle miss moonshee, Prom the Chamber* Journal. I Picture to yourself a nest little figure, hah- ! itod In a rustling brown silk gown, point laco [ cap and collar, and black mttteus; a small elderly lady, with wild wandoring bluo eyes and stremulous month, whoso aoccrtain ghneo and shrinking wanner told of some terrlblo shock sustained by tho nervnns system in days gone by. Eoch waa Miss Moonshee when l| first mads her acquaintance. I ■ I waa the daoihter of a Melbourne merchant I and born and brought up In that city, but at j . tho date of my story (1872) wo had romoredtoj Blclmond, a suburb of the Vietorlan capital! A strong, active girl, of 17, I was dally In the] jb habit of walking up to town to attend cl^M at a school in street. During my walktol | and from Melbourne I was more than once kick by the appearance of one of the cotta-l ges which I passed. It was a neat littlo place, [ painted white, with green veranda posts. Tho ■Hndowa which faced the road were full of] rare geraniums and forns, and tho trimly kept : garden plat waa planted with all manner of fragiant oid-fashionrd (lowers and herbs. It H was thelady of tho cottago, however, who, oven moro than hor pleaaaot aurroandinga, Into rotted I . me. When the sun thono the sras always to | •S bo acen, drtaaed In tho fashion I havo always . i dercribedt irated under the veranda In a low chair busily engaged in netting. Llk* Pene lope's web, her task acemed endless, and she seldom raised her eyes from her work, wbieh engrcgzrd all her attention. An old Irish wo-1 rstn, who wee oontlnnally hovenng about, either weeding or watering the garden, ap peared to ba her only domeetio. But I was ■ toon to become better aoqualntod with both ' lady and servant. ’ One hot January afternoon I was plodding S elowly homeward, my mind full of a certain ertilT Gt: n ,tu exerolae required by Horr H. on » them enow. In my pro-oocupatlon I waa In I | the act of patting tho whlto cottage with the green veranda poets without looking, as I usually did, to tee If tha old lady waa in har accustomed place, when a cry of unmistakable anguish from the Interior arrested my atapi. t To unlatch the garden gate and hurry up to tho front door wee the work of a moment. There, however, I paused oudeelded whether to knock and offer my services or reiraoe my . eteps. While I hesitated the door was opened . from wltbln,and the old Irishwoman presented it herself, beckoning me to enter. Silently I fol lowed her into a prettily fomlshodltulng room, bright with pletoree, hooka and flowers. This much I took In at the first glanoe; my second rested on the evident cease of the old Irish- . women's distress—tho pile, insnlmste form of her mistress, which ley stretched on a couch . near the window. 'Y*te pean Met was is a ■' dcadsniat, a phase of .miiaposltffilFralH-.lcntly alarming to her falthfnl domestic, who, in agony of tears, asked If it was any tin to sond for tho doctor. Now, I had had considerable experience in tho treating of fainting fin, my mother being .more, until, from on ecaetenal caller at the white eotmge with the green veranda paste, I became the dally visitor and Intimate frienl of its mistress. I had learned to love pesr lit tle Miss Moonshee with a protecting (ondn-se ■ueb ss the young and strong sometimes enter tain for tho old and weak. More over, to me tho seemed the embodiment of that old world re finement that, essertlvo young colonial as I was, I could thoroughly appreciate. And she clang to me, this gentle Irish lady, lookini for my coming, and following me witl glances when I took my leave. She a; seldom of her pest, end althengh adverting at times to her long-expeoted friend, seemed, on the whole.to prefer drawing moon to talk of my echool friends and studies. Then, on a Saturday afternoon, aha would wirble plain tive Irish ballads to her harp in a wondefutly clear, true voice, the eonnd of which always drew old Mally from the kitchen. I was ac customed on thooe occasions to alng “The Wcerin’ o' the Green" to a plane aceompanl- meet; and when Molly’s national enthusiasm was sufficiently stirred by Its irresistible pas sion end pathos to dash in to a j Ig, thereby set- ting the old lady to capering Uke a true daugh ter of Erin. Hally Invariably apologized to her mistress for “shaking hor foot," as she termed the an tics she Indulged in; then bestowing on admi ring glance on me, usually added insinuating ly: “Eure, Miss, nobody as hadn’t a drop of the real euld blood oould lift the tene at you do." “Yon think the hit Kerry blood In her veins, Hally!" Hits Hoonthee would aay, with a smile. “Sorra a doubt of It; and if Haather Shane heard her play The Bocky Hoads to Dublin,’ he’d aay the tame," The little lady'a face alweye reddened at the mention of the foregoing name, end I noticed that immediately afterward the became rest- lets, making frequent excursions to the win dow. from which the retnraod sighing heavily, I had long ago identified “Mir.hor Shane" with the dear friend whose advent tho antici pated. “Some old lover," I aald to myaoif, 'knocking about the world, but still coni- : be- thu happily apbjaet to frequent lapact into un ' conaeioutnesa, from which, acting under the . doctor's orders, I had generally been eueceesrul In recovering her. I, therefore, spoke rest- .aurlegly to old Hally—she had told ms her open her eyee and fix a bewili maid, who wea on her knee* by the conch, Her glance then rested on me with a pusaled exprefsion. “Yon have been ill,” I explained gently, “and Hally and I hart been trying to moke you better.” "It la very good of you to takeeomueh trouble with a foolish old women, my dear," aha replied In a weak voice: and the ghost of • smile flitted over her pallid fact. “Onid and foolish!'' Indignantly reposted Mally, furtively drying bar eyee on her apron, and tuning e beaming (kce toward her mis tress. “Sara, It’s joking yon are, Him Kath leen. And what would Mesther Shane lay did KMMMt, The el , fhl effect on the Invalid. A feint pink flush uuffused her eheeke, her eyee shone, eo that for the moment she looked elmoat pretty. The change, however, wea but fleeting. The eolor quickly faded, her ayaa resumed their tuual expression; and mermurlng something to the effect that one le always fair to thou who love one, aho elcstd her eyas, as If to shut oat soma disagreeable recollection. Presently she aeld, io a low, entreating voles: Oh, Shane, darling, why do yon linger? Old age la creeping on, and I am weary of watting—oh, so weary!" Andu she spoke the tears trickled slowly down bor thin cjiccki I waa glad whan tha entrance of the maid with tie tea thing! roused bar. Desiring Mally to place the tray on a small table beside har, the little lady sat np and Insisted on pouring ent e Cup of tea for me, apologising while handing me the bread end butter for whit she celled har rudeness. “I was overcome with loir, so I hope you will ex- s was atrooc, and under Its aiimniaung innuenea my hostess became quits talkative. 8ho told me her nemo was Kathleen Moonshee; that she wu by birth a native of County Kerry, Ireland, hot had bun for mere than thirty years resident In Victoria. “But I have aeverqultsAlkad the colony,myHur,"tha uaidlBhergentleway; '‘endMaliyaudlwenld have lift It long ago but for a reason of our own. Thun le a friend, who hat promised to Join ua some day eeoa. It may be today;" and her eyee brightened. “I cannot tell foreartain, however. Bet when ha does coma we shall all go home together to the cool, green Kerry meadows and Its beautiful lakes. Yon have heard. I dare say, of the lakes of KtlUruey?" I admitted I had read of them, bat begged her to describe them, which ehe did In e rather ramb’log fashion, stopping frequently to In quire If aha were wearying me. At last the clock warned me that It waa getting late, and I *"A»?to have the pleasure of aselng you arsis.r asked Him Moonshee, u aba took my proffered hied. “Hally and I are net very •sustain leg, but we should be delighted to see yen if you care to come.” “I shall be very pleased to come,” I replied, ard shaking her hand heartily, took my leave, heir g followed to the gate by the old Irish woman, calling down blessings on my head. Whan I told the story of my adventure at bomr, at the sue time declaring my Intention esf payingHlnHoeaehM an early visit,my Ihtner laaghsd and patted me on the cheek. “Please yoanelf, Polly,” he sold, “but I am Inclined to think your new friend la neither more nor IaaaYhan a harmless lunatic.” My (riba's opinion of Miss Koonsheedti aot greatly mtoolah me. There was decidedly something peculiar shoot her; but, nrgael I, that la no reason why I should aot fulfill my prem ar. So it came about that two day ■ later I again found myself in tha little Indy's parlor. This visit proved the loreranntr of many dvntly expected by the folthfhl heart, tnat I lleved In vowr long since forgotten by t wanderer." Wan this how matters etood, waa the mueh telked-of friend a phantom of poor little Mias Moonshee’* week brain? I nut the question rather abruptly to old Mally one day whan engaged In Interviewing her parrot in the kitchen: “Who is Mr. Shane? And do yon nelly expect him?" The old Irishwoman’! face went aa white aa tha table-napkin she waa Ironing. “What pnt it Into yonr pretty head to ask?" she Inquired, coaxingly, bat with n suspicions glance. “ Well, Mally. I have thought more than once that, as the Sootch any, he la lang In oomtn’." ’ You may wall aay ‘long,’ Miss," returned old Mally, tearfully. “ ’Han’t in this world MldKathlecn will ever set eyee on him." Yon don’t mean to csy he la dead?" lex- e'nlmcd. Tho old woman nodded mournfally, then asEcd In n whisper if I waa quite euro her mli- trns was aslosp. i'cs, I was qalto sure; aha had flfr.rd off while I was playing one of my airoplo lullabies, and whan 11 stoio from the -room had feline intox-profound slumber. “Tit- saints era rWr;iToaik»->)rS7i9tMf Shane!" plonaly ejaculated Mslly, who, litre her mistress, belonged to tho "onld religion;" “for 'lie the only comfort she has, poor dar ling.” “But Mr. Bbnns, who was he?” I put In, eagerly. ‘ One of tho onld O’Connells, of oanrae. Kings they were before the conquest, Miss, and from first to last an open-handed raoe. And by reason of that same generosity Maathor Shane when he eame of ago found that, saving the onld hall and 200 acres of beg, sorra n foot or the gnat estates of his ancasten belonged to him. And now, Mias, I’ll tell yon the whole story, for It’e yon deserves to be treated like n friend of the family, eo kind you’ve been to my poor ledy.” Then was n solemn look on her wrinkled faeo as she made the promise, end without further preamble, old Mally re lated har tele, somewhat as follows: “Miss Kathleen and Mssthar Shane were eoualns,afid reared together at the Mali by Miss O’Connell, thalrannt, for they were or phan*. Fine children they were, ned they I rew np among the kindly Kerry folks, who oved them for their own fakes as well as for the good blood that showed Itself so plainly in both. For hadn’t Miss Kathleen the bloom of tho role, the eye of the dove, and the awe*teat temper In Ireland? And wasn’t Masther Shane tall and handsome, with curler black hair, the eye of the hawk, and the bould bearing of the O’Connella? Sure they were made for each oth er, everybody laid, and so they uemed to think, the young muter being barely SI and hie cousin hut 18 when they were betrothed. Wlire! bat sorrow waa at band. Kiss O’Con nell, the aunt, died, and her income, that bad kept them ell comfortable, died with her: eo, aa I said before, except the ould Hall, a bit of wet bog and n trifle of money in tho bank, Meether Shane wu left penniless. Aa for Miss Kathleen, her ewcet face wu her fortuuo. * Well, M lea, the poor young muther wu nigh desperate; ha coaldn’t tear himself away from bis cousin; and I f he married her, there wu lit tle bnt starvation before them. Tires mighty ‘ id on the young creatures; but the darker Inga looked, the cloeer they clung to one other; andhomerardupoadeathemlghtbe, the maathor bed always a amlln for Mias Kith- leer; while aho, God bleu har, loved the vary grand he walked on. I bad nursed them both, so It wu quite natural they should confide In onld Mally. “Ocb, but it wu n black day whan Muther Shane made np Me mind to auk his fortune In Autralla. Twu young Edward Doyle pnt itln- to bla head to emigrate. He wutho second un of Squire Doyle, of KUllbog Cutle; and, hav- Ir g n bit of money, he thought hu would make It men by sheep farming In Victoria. Miu Ellrn, his slater, the tout of the county, and n great friend of Miss Kathleen’s, wu wild to th him, and the long and abort of Itwu, icr Shane, Mbs Kathleen end two yoang Doyles made np their minds to try their luck * iielher in the far-away land. “Sort, ’twu bard to leave Kerry, whan I’d bun bora and reared; bnt ’Iwoold have bean hatder to bid good-by to my darlings; ae I up ud uid I would go with them If they would take me, ‘Of coarse well Uke yon, Hotly,’ rays Muther Shane la his Joking way. ‘We’re four giddy yonng creatures, and It’s » qnlet, decent body like yonrself we need to keep ua in order.’ “Soitwu settled.and beforethr.e months had a la peed we had left onld Ireland tr.d utled for Melbourne in n big emigrant abip. Ah, weary ms! bat there wu sweetheart! ng galore aboard. ,‘AI1 tha gentlemen were heed and sun In lore with my yoang ladtu Bat Miss Kith- Iren bed no eyas save for hu cousin, and Mill Elian floated them all to tnelr faces, nil bat • yonng Englleh officer, who hat n eoslle now ud again from bar—Jut to keepny hi Heart, the said. ‘We took clou on five months to make the voyage, ud pleased nil on board were whan the uebor wu dropped la Hobeon’a key. Met- looms wu e smell place in the you *• Undid, day wu long. It hod been arranged that Ula ‘ wu not to Ukoploo* noil yonng Daylo had built tbelr honse on tho lud allotted to them some where In the western district, tho ladle* re- Draining in Melbourne under onld Molly’s charge daring their absence. ’The night before they left I was cooking the sapper In the kitchu. whu Muther Shane called me Into the parlor, “ wore ent, ud he and Miss ting together on th* sofa Her head wu hid den on ble shoulder, ud she wue ' ly, while be, poor boy, a troubled handsome face, wu trying to comfort her, but ’twain’! a bit of nee. ‘Shane,’ ah* sobbed, the first time we’ve been ported, ud my I telle me we shall never moot again.’ “‘Mally,’ enya f - * ‘what can I ny to den thought striking him, he turned to file cousin with a smile, ud ‘Kevoarnean,’ stye he, *you haven’t forgotten th* onld story we ned lug ago of th* breve Sir Boland, who aonndtd hie born In the Fats of Btncesvalle* In the Pyrenees, whu he wu sore bunt by th* Mura, and how Charlemagne, the great emperor, beard tha sonnd when he was bant ing, mare thu * hundred mile* away?’ She ula she remembered the tele. ’Well,' says he, 'em not I your own true knight, ssthore? And, althongh I haven’t a horn Ilk* the gallant Sir Bowlud, I have something jut u good-* •tent stockman’s whip. Bo, If isint befell, I’ll jast fetch n sounding smack with the lub, ud here in this cabin yon'll hear the noise.’ “He wu Broiling all tha time he was speak- ng, bnt HUa Ka’.hlem took it tcrlontly. ‘Yen Won’t forget,’ says aho. ’Sure end I won’t,’ uysbe, 'if yon premise not to fret till yon bur the sonnd or the luh.’ ‘I premise,’ saga she, ud with that Mias Ellen ud her brother rune In et the front door, and I went back to the kitchen. Well, lllss, Muther Shane end hie friend inn they were forced to pnt op at the first night ashore. Next day the gutlemen hired e email foer-reomed cabin, into which w* moved, eni where the yensg things were u happy u the four wagons. ‘Yon'll taka careof Mbs Kath leen,’ add the poor boy wistfully when bid ding me good-by. ‘ana ahonld anything hap- B n to me you’ll never deeert bar, will you, aliy?’ ‘Can you doubt It?’uld I. 'Bat what should happen to ono as la preyed for by a pure mint like my young lady?’ ‘What, fndosd,' muttered be, nod then he wrung my hand ud harried off to take bis lut kiss from th* sweet lipe he loved so well, little thinking ’twu the very lut on thle eld* the grave. ' So we were left alone, the two yonng ladiu ud myself, ini the little cabin in Melbonrns. Miss Kathleen kept her word, and didn't fret, though many a tlmo her heart wu full. She jnat went quietly about th* house, thinking of her eositn sod naught else. Twould have been a dull tlmo but for Mill Ellen Doyle. She wu the on* to be al- WSJs singing, joking or langhtng, ud the days sped rapidly until jhe ninth after th* yonog gentlemen had act ent on their Journey. 'Twu * Friday night—I remember it well, for aorta tit of fish coaid I get for dinner that day; ud Miss Ellen laughed when I came back - empty- handed, and cays aho: “Wo shan’t dlnu today, M llj;wo'llJuit wait till toi time." And so they did. 1'aadog niuo o’clock thqy would hive nu: lilo the pRUTor. Tor,. Hsdly,' say* M"s I’-I’fi, 're crmtyqnto toll o’o-ie of your capital stones. Let It be shoot Kerry.’ We wt resitting round tbs table, our knitting in our hands. I wu botween tho ard had just opened my moui the atoiy I meant to give thorn wu called the Banshee of Gobkillin, when, without a bit of warning, my datling. Miao Kathleen, gave a sudden alait. The etock whip!’ ah* cried. *J heard Itdlstiectly!’ Miss Kathieutrembled like an aspen leaf, ud calling to mind Has tier Shane’s words, my heartunk within me. She lay hack Inker chair without a sign of life, her hlr young face convuleed with rack t lock cf. terror as I never uw before or elnoe, "Wc got her intobed, end then MtaeEllen ran it for n doctor, and chu Webb, tho surgeon of tho ns to Melbourne, brought him hack with her. Ho wu both kind ud skillful, and did his heat for my stricken dultng; but he told uu plump ud plain that her esse wu a mortal bid ons. Twu brain fever she had, and for weeks she lay ’twixt life and death, raving over and nlwnyn of her cousin and th* danger he wu in. ‘The fever WM*t its height, when, late on* night, yonng Edward Doyle knocked et th* door, Ochonel bnt he had the bad news to toll. Muter Shane, the loot and but of his race, wu deed, murdered by th* blood-thirsty blacks. It wu en tha ninth erasing after they left Melbourne that the uvagu act upon them, taking them at unawares u they alt nrnnnd thalr camp fire. Bnt a volley from th* white men’e pistol* sent th* blocks back Into the both howling like fiends. Then It wet that the master, vowing vengeance on the lav- aget, plunged Into the wood In hot pur suit cf them. The others followed, but In th* darkecu lut sight of him; qpr did they dud the poor boy till daybreak. He wu lying un der a tru quite deed, the blood slowly ooaing from a deep wound In bla side. Uo had flung away his empty pistol, but hla right hand still gripped the heavy whip with which he had seemingly defended himself agalntt hla enemies. Thay hurted him where ha fall, un der the ibade of a blue gum, with only a rede cioss at hie head to mark when thu last ol the O’Connell’s lay. “8nch waa the ud tale young Doyle told na, tha tun running down hla face tha while, for he loved Maather Shane like n brother, and hla heart ached for Miu Kathleen. Th* dector shook hla head whan he heard th* ricry. Twonid he * merciful Using, he aeld, provided his patient did recover, that til rec ollection of the pant ahonld have faded from her mind. “She did recover, poor darling, but very •lowly. At fliet we thought her memory wu entirely gene. By degrees, however, ah* he-. gan to remembar, and by usd hr asked (or her reoiln. To please hu w* said he had gent on ouiney npeountry, and when wefonnd cvcd ft Mr. Webb told at to hasp np the delusion. Well, Miia, there Isn’t much more to tall. Mis* Ellen Doyle married th* Eagllah offioer who wu to sweet on hu daring the Toy ago oat, ond went with him to Tasmania. About the urn* time’Squire Doyle’a eldest na having been killed in the banting field, Mlether Ed* wwd wu wiitten for by hie father Bet be fore ho went be had this cottage built and tar nished for Miu Kathleen; and he and Mrs. M*J Oayworthy—Miu Ellen Doyle tbatwu —settled a small pension en my mlstrees that keeps her In comfort. Here we’ve lived for over thirty yurt; end except for th* longing abebeetoaeebercoula, It hasn’t been alto gether tn unhappy tins* for my poor lady. I need to worry myulf, thinking hew Ion aeons abe’d feel Iff were taken first. But aloe* shots ccme to know and love yea, Mies; I’ve been quite easy; for, abooM anything happen to culd Mally, I know yen’ll never Mbit st a kit." The oil Irishwoman bad told her tale with action. Nor coaid I for th* moment kelp crediting the supernatural clamant In the atoiy. Bat at tbla moment Miu Moonshee’) voire wu Lsaid calling me by Must, anil I burrlcd to theiluing roem. Never bed I seen btr more animated. Her eyee were epvrktlag. her ebrekacrimson, and ah* smiled gaily u I emend. .’’My dear,' 1 ah*cried, “I have had arch asweetdream, allaboot tne dear friend jvu bare often heard me mwtlun-my cousin Shane. Bnt I mbit shew yon bit Ukeneie.” And with flngen that trembled Badly the poor ledy opened a locket the alweye wore, disclo sing themlnatoreefaflnelooklngyoath, with a plot sent expression on hit frank, open orant- eaance. “I* he not handsome?’’ aho Inquired, gazing fondly on the smiling faco. “He le Indeed,” I returned, feeling theteara gathering tn my eyee. "Dear Shauo, what a deal he moat have gone throngb! Bnt he la really earning tonight, *b! yea, and than how happy we shall be. I may not tell yen my dream to day,’’ aha added with a little laugh; “but to-morrow, you will look In tomorrow before you go to church? Then, my dur, you shall know nil.” I gave the deelred promise, and shortly after heat my slaps homeward, meditating on poor Him Moonahao’saad history and harmless de lusion. The morrow found me an hour before church time at her door. It ns opened by Hally. “Klsi Kathleen buoverslopt horaolf,” •he raldj’.'bul I’ll Jut tap and uk if aho would see you In bed,, B< posted knocks at hermlatreaa 1 dooreiloit- leg no response, the old Irishwomen turned the bandlennd peeped In. “Sha'seound asleep, poor darling,” the whispered. “Jiul cast your eyes on hor, Miu, and tee how platted the looks,” I did to. The expression on her face wu Indied n hsppy one, bat there wu that about it which caused mo to at ' ~ * and lay my band lightly sleeper. Itwu icy cold! Yea, he bad Dome for hrr at lut, the long expected lover. For, gating on tbe plield countcnanco of the dead, WE SHAKE AGAIN. ■avsreaeooka VsiiThroutbeas ska counter Ysitsr- dor—Orest Consternation Bus Littlo Cm nse-Doretlonof sen vibrations nl Dir. Brent rotate-reople alarmed. sleeper. It waa ley c her at lut, tbe long expected lorer. ■••Ing on tbe plietd countcnanco of tbe u_, who could doubt bnt a vision of the beloved one had gladdened the sent of tho aloepor end left its impna on her railing free ere desth ' claimed its pray? Twonid be * ale to with her back, happy the looke,” walled poor old Mally. “But oh, Mlae Kathleen, duling, why didn’t yon Uke me with you?” Thesor-aratsonwubnt of brief deration, The falthfnl old Irishwomen toon followed poor Min Moonshee to tbe grove, end a’whlte marble crou In a corner of the Melbonreo or lottery marke tbo epot where mlatreuand ms Id sleep thtlr lut sleep, STRApTOB PDB3BNTMBNT Of an Old Oilmen of Folnutt County, trtm the Lillie Bock, Ark., Gazelle. ■‘Talk about presentment," arid n prominent elliatn to a reporter, “I know of a ease coming i lender that head that strikes mo u being tho moat remarkable on record, which ocourred in Fulnselt rouoty in 1855, and wu related by General T. C. Hindman, who wu caavotelngi that part of tbe slate at tbe time le the Interest of hla candidacy for congress. While In Pain- ■ett connty ho stopped at ndonble log cabin 'Itinday morning where ho w*l welcomed . I old gray haired man who war surroundod Iby his wife and a dezonor moro child: grandchildren and great grandchildren, diflV-ient ei/.( h mill hko, who were accompanlod by their parents. The general celled at the heuro for dtoncr,end seeing snoh a large erowd n-ukiou. ini: <■ ’D s of tho women replied by say- Dad’a got it Inter his head that he’s goin 1 lo die at 11 o’clock,and it now lacks nigh onto tn hour of the time. He called na all orer here to ace him go off. Ha’s over 00 yurt eld and ’twont surprise any on naif what he uya don’t ermetruo. Ha’sHred in these parts ever fifty year and they atnt nobody r ronnd hare u c ray aa he urrr told n lit. 1 ’’ ’’About I0-J0 o’clock, 1 "aald donor si Hlndmi “the old man ordered one of hit eons to whi an antiquated lounge in tbe hallway of tha bout, and without nay dlfficnKy be atretohed blmrelf upon It He appeared to ba In psrfeet health, and although the ayes of moat of the women mumbled were red from crying, there wu no ylalble cause for It but the nurer the hour of 11 o’oloek approached tho lender end more general be cam athewteplng ” “ ‘My dear friands,’ mid General Hindman, — a sympathizing ton* of vole*, ‘I don’t tl ‘ ‘ there la any occasion for nil toil sorrow. _ think yon are all borrowing tronhle for your- selvas* Just wait until 11 o’olock comas and I am tan yen trill find oat that—’ ” “ ‘Look hyar, stranger,’ exclaimed one of hla sent, ‘that old man thar never told * lie In hit lift and w* don’t want you to dispute ble word author or yo’U answer for If " “The general concluded that be would uy nothing tad watch th* proeedlng. fully ooud dent taut inn few mlnutu the grief of tne fam ily would be turned into Joy. In n few mlnutu the old man raised hlnutlf In a half sitting position nnd Mid: — " ’Marin, fstch the eld Bible In th* front rcom theft got all your uunu In it nnd pnt It on this chair, nnd John, reach np on that top shelf In the cupboard and bring me that copy cf the Gentle then.’ ” “Thau requests wt recompiled with and than the old naan tamed to Mule end addressing her said: Turn to tha New Taetamant and read me Christ’s sermon on th* Moenf ” ‘ This wu done, and than tha aged man with great deal of earnest fosling, spoke to John and said: ‘Jobe, open th st paptr and read me the dtmoeraUe platform adopted nt th* nation- al convention two years ago.’ ” “Jaha did u he wu dlreeted nnd when ha had concluded read log tha platform laid thu paiwr on tha chair. Tbe old men then placed one hand on the Biblo and tbe other on lb* copy of tbe Ganette, end looking In th* face of ueh member of the family tuocutlT*- excinimi d: 11 ’My children, that’* th* trithl’ ’’ “He then laid down upon th* lounge and without uttering another word breathed hit last tat he oloek In nn adjoining room wu strik ing th* boor of eleven.” THRIB NEOROBS LYNCHED. HoirrciOMinv, Ala., October 2L—{Special.] News wu received here yesterday of th* lynching of three negroes In Pickens county. A tub of seventeen whit* man took th* negroes from th* countyjall at Carrollton, nnd hanged them to a tree nt a graveyard on the suburbs of tha town. Tha negroes ware eap- poeed to hare horned a fine dwelling house, ba property of Mr. Amo* Ball. Tha mob tceompllahrd their terrible purpose, practicing ' ton on Mr. Chapman, tha sheriff They o hla office pretending that thar had * prisoner nt the Jail who had broke Jail a few days before, and bean captured by them. The sheriff went to Jell, u he eoppoeed, to re ceive th* captured prisoner. Once at Jail th* mob seized and forced him to open the doors, than teok th* three negro prieoeon out and at rang than up. Th* nub waa quit* bet did tb-Ir work quickly and la a determined way. The doomed negroes gave no alarm, nnd tho mob did aot allow th* sheriff to apask a work. A number of data*** went out to Ua nnvaynrd whet* aurora were hung and found them all dead. Tlrey wen ent dew* aad a eoreaart Jary held an inquest over the dud bodies. TheaaUarilira foiled to team tbe aaasra of any rate who com posed tbe mob and did th* wicked work. Th* ■nee were maeked. The affair esassd a eonald- i rabis of a wars axeiumeatin th* neighbor hood, end U* only reason why tha bote hare not leaked entbafore now la baeanra Carrollton is a country town and has no railroad or tel* graphic (ciusinklcuflvu -riibtaQ on old* arts Id. Obabldtok, Ootober 22.—'There wu I sharp earthquake shock hare at 5:28 tbla morn- leg. Ita deration wu nbent twelve seconds. Houses were shaken and window) rattled, but no damige done. The shako wu sharp, alto, at Summerville, end wu followed by ureral baby quakes, aa they nn called there. Dis- patches received from all pasta of this and neighboring statu indicate that salamledisturb ances covered * larger area of oountry than any previous acheeks. In Chsrleatou and at other points In 8outh Carolina, th* shocks wrre enough to (bake buildings, bring down loose plastering nnd wldon cracks made In boeaea by previous shocks, but no loss of life la reported from *ny quarter, end no eerloua dtmago to property. The cnitom houie har* wu badly shaken, the western wing of th* building bring cracked and the walle enpportlng the roof on the west giving awey slightly. Tba shock, at 2:15 this afternoon, le uld to have luted thirty arcoeds. If tbla time wu oorraetly taken, the shock tbla morning wu twice u long. The wnvu moved north to tenth. Cbablutob, October 23.—Tho develop ment of geyser's at Summerville by yeitur- day’* a books ls corroborated, bnt the kerosene oil found In tbe water la explained bj tbe fart the! refeae from a croosotlng oil factory bus been emptied into the drains, la which thogeyser'e appeared. II le reported that water was thrown np fully three foot from on* of the gcyior'a near Aahly river. The water is at cold is lo* and clear u a crystal. Nn new dlatotbance* occurred than today. Colonbta, 8. C, Ootober 21.—[Special.]— While the inhabitant* of this city were -lumbering peacefully th* earthquake, Ilka an invading foe, enme in, mighty yower end * n, »K!r canard them to tremble with >ona left tbelr beda end rushed from brute*, while other*, after the ebook bad ceased, turned over nnd enjoyed another nap. Tba disturbance wu deotaedly greater than that of any shock since the big quake. Plaster lug wu thrown down In many homes, and tome chimney* tottered. The whole town wu scared wore* than ever this afternoon at 2:18 o'clock. The urtb’a motion wu ferodou, and buildlngu were m pit) thlnga for the unseen monster. The dura tion of this shock wu nt lout half a minute. Tonight tho inhabitant! of this city will not get mneb sleep, becanso evtrybody appears to havo a prceomlmcnt of an impending calamity. G nKKic villi, B. 0, October 22.—Four shocks of earthquake were felt bore today—ooe very alight at SkSO a m.; one severe a*. 5:25 ai other, even more .oeverr, at 3:51 p. m, and tho last,klihoit linpercejftible, at fi:30 p. WfLNUiaroB, N. C., Octo'oor22.—T*o dlt Hurt shocks of enrthquako were felt boro tbla morning at S o’clock. ODno wti quite severe and shook houses and awakened a great many people. Then wu another distinct ahoek this afusnoon at a quarter to thro* o'oleck. Amii.ville, N. 0., October 22,—JUpoelaM— A alight urtbqnako occurred hare this morn ing at about 5 o’clock. This afternoon at 2:50 o’clock a lovcro shock wu fait. Many pooplo rushed from their houses Into tho strut, and thu impression la general that It was u heavy as that on th* Slat of Aognat. Wasbikqtoi, Octoborka.—A alight earth- qoako ahoek wu fait bars at 2:50 thin Kltarnoon. Tho tremor lutod but on lnatanl, hot wuaufllelontly strong to “pi” typd on re to posing atones In tbo fourth story of tbo “ritar" effio*. Th* ahoek was to distinct on tbo fourth floor of th* state, war ond navy building that tom* of tho dark) bee am* alarmed and nn out Into tho corridor. Tbo aboek wu fait U tbo signal office build- ig at tilfi o’olock, ud alight tremors won dlcatrd by * actsmosenpo for a period of fiftte* mlnutu, but wore not poreoptlblo to penou In tho room. A painter, who wu nt work on th* cross on tho now atecplo of Amen- tlon chorah, nt a height of on* hundred nnd twenty foot from th* groand, uy* tbo •loopt* I egu to away to and fra n row mlnutu before 3 o’clock today, and b* is confident It wu enured by the urtbqonku. Jacksonville, Fla,, October 22.—A vary ptrcapliblo urtbqnako obook wu foil to mat wrtiona of thla state *1 4:30 a. m„ atandai Jmc. Light vibrations wort hit bora at 1:30 p, m. and 6A5 p. m. C'oLCMUua, O, October 22.—A alight obook f earthquake wu felt lion shortly after 2 r—rfii u a flour fcairel, and u It neared appeared to be rolling over ard over. It wu round in shape, ond when nt about 25 da- gretahiokeluloa hundred fragments, osoh I ne of which took n coarse of Its own nod disappeared—apparently “going out.” When the body broko up It made a report whloh wu distinctly heard, GENERAL HUSKY It .TACKSON. atorir* cf building a, but not o i streets. Throughout Georgia, Savarbab, October 22.—8 area nth wu visited by two derided earthquake ihoekn to day, thaflsatatddiS n. m. local tlmo. This on* wu notable for tho duration of tha tremors, which contiouad 15 or 20 seconds. A good deal of spprahaiialon, but no general alarm wu causal by it Many people, hotel gut its especially, got np and aid - not go bank to had. At 2.20 o’clock thla p. a. another vibration, accompanied by n rambling nolss, was folk Atuers, Go., October 22 —[Spodal.J—Thla afternoon at 2:06 o'clock Athena roost rod quit* a severe shook from another urtbqnako. Ferpl* In houau were mid* aarare of It by tbo rattling of tbo window aaahaa and tbo trembling of th* floors. Thla shock woe gen erally felt throughout th* coaatys but It canted no alarm. For th* nut thru nights there hav* been alight shock) of earthquake fall, but they were not generally noticed un til Thursday night lut whan two Batumi Jars wen folk Htckx Mocrtair, Ga., October 22 —[Spe cial.]—An earthquake wu fait bar* tbla morn ing brtwrm font and flv* o’clock, nnd again this evening between two nnd thru o’clock. I’bsflrtt ono wu almost u strong uth* famous Charleston ’’quake'’ felt ban recently. ILLUMINATING TOE EARTH. A large, brilliant meteor wu lean by At- lentlsne who ware out about twalv* o’clock last r.lpbt. Just before midnight th* darkurarwu more In'tusr than at any other lime daring the nlgbk Clouds ware loitered about premia- rooualy, shutting oat the (tart aid weather prophets who wen abroad were predicting rein. About two to three minutes before twelv* n brilliant strong light appeared directly ovarkud. Th* light waa intent* and of a reddish euk rank u Is ■ode by a pieca of red hetlron. It mole th* •kith perfectly plain to tha ay*, at muck u ■hat» pis could be sun, and attracted th* at tention of all who uw it. New rally whan the light first flashed np every body who noticed began look ing shoot for ik Whan first soon it was directly overhead—at on anil* of 80 da rtres and wu moving at* tarrile anted to wards tbe euk Aa it want * bluing, boiling reund accompanied it. It vrai about u largo Ex-MInlater to Mexico Arrives In Atlanta on Hie Way to lavannab. General Henry B. Jackson reached Atlanta on th* 18th inak, on hla way bom* from tha d<y of Mexloo, In speaking to a Constitution reporter, General Jackson raid: “I desired io go to Mexico U United Statu minister because I sra* utiafied that Mexico waa lo become that portion of the continent which would utraet th* attention of the pao- pit of this country, and tn fact the world gen erally. My expectations were more than re alized. Tba future of Mexico la full of prom ise. It it true tbe habits and customs la Mex ico have bun obstacles to railroad building and Mexico bu not duvelojwd aa rapidly as our western border. In Mexloo the donkey has been the carrier for centuries, nnd even today he is a formidable rival of tbe steam rrglne. It naturally requires time to ehang* ■ bat atoto of affairs. I have no doubt the rail road enterprise* tn Mexico wilt pky finally. With reference to mining, I may aay that the wraith of Muloo la illimitable. Tho silver mlnU hav* always been tho most produotlv* in the world nnd atlll continue eo. In addi tion to that abe hta mines of every kinder ore, and reeenlly vast cut fields were dit- covered upon the line of the Mexican National railroad. If Mexico had bran deficient In anything It waa In ooal, bat the fields recently discovered will more than inpply every wank” “What la tbs politic si situation In Mexico?” “General Diaz, who la st tha bead of th* government, ls a man of singular ability- H* la a r-Idler, bnt h* la more than * soldier—he ■e a man of extraordinary Ability u* statesmen Ho is temperate In his habits,and very cautious In everything that ho dots. Immediately prior lo tho last election ho wu exceedingly popular, TheflratadmlnlatratlonofDluwa* leseaikably successful, and be lefethe finances of Mtiloo In exoallent condition. He wu succeeded by Gdnsalea, whoso administration waa a failure. The treasury via plnndored, and Dias was ro elected with the hopo that h* — uld punish tho pluudereru. MUX ICAR PRIDE. “Aio the Mexican* pround of their coun try?” j -I think Ike Mexican people, generally speaking, are devoted to their own nationali ty. Tba feeling extend* through all classes, even to tha peons. The Mexicans are cspiMo ‘ very great Improvement. In artistic ) they are now quite equal to any pooplo j* world. Tholrmualo is wondorful. I have heard no military binds in tho world equal to Uiolr* except in Vienna, Austria. I think tlint li the opinion of iviropoins who are moro capaldo judgoo than I am, Tha roannorl of tho Moxicans us courtly. TUoy hare the grace eud care of mannor that alwsga distinguished the I.alln races. They of enrmo Ami a natural reocntmuut of our la- vsol.n cf Ihilr country In 1818-7, bnt I be lieve, irom my own personal observation and exjx o, tl.at Ihla /culiiig will al vays sub side U they rrall/uthat tho Americsna appre ciate tho cauia or tho resoutmonk” TBE BEAUTIES OS’ MEXICO. 'The scenery of Mexico,"comlnuod General Jackson, “exceedt anything In tbe world that hu aver come under my obtorratloa, either on thla continent or In Europe, TheCity of Mexico le 7,400 feet above tho level ot tha ten. It Is in whu la called tho cold country. Next to ik toward tbo gulf, la the tempsrat* country, and from tbaro one -uses Inti tba hot country. Tho country about Jalaps, was pronounced by Humboldt tho garden spot of the world. Ill* distinguished from til other grand and beantlfnl scenery in tho world by tho fact tbat at the foot of Mount Orlzavn Ibrto reigns perpotusl summer, while tho moostaln llsrlt rues Into tho region of *t«r. *1 snow. I Lore scon tho miuntains of Hwllasiltnd, hut I cover saw on* that I. thought romparahlo In grandeur and beauty to Orlzava. I hav* watched upon an oraug* Inn tha development of tho fruit from th* hod, through th* Horaom, to tho rlpeorsngo. there In tbe very tight of the snow-covered mountain. I liavs drunk 1st water flowing from Oritava, and at tb* tame time had In reach tpleodld rip* plnupplra." FLAMES FLASH FROM HIS EYE*, flow tVUIle lirougli la Said to liars Nat Fir* to llajstacka, Bar Francisco, C*l„ Oetobtr 20.—In resit- ration of tb* story about Willi* Brough, the buy living nt TurJoek, in tho Bin Joaquin . who war supposed by auporttUioun Moplelo sot fire to object* by merely flitng sit eyes open them, exploded tbat part of it, of conn*. Ho la evidently overcharged with electricity to * rrmarkablo extent. Th* nrpplng of bla Angara cause* sparks to fly. Tb* postmaster of Turlock has him relate glrcfolly howh* set fir* to wall paper by thi* meant. An insurnnoe ngent, U le alleged, bad related to tak* more riant on proparty in tba neighborhoadaolong u the boy remained there. Tb* man, however, denier thla state- mint, bnt condrms tbe story of tho peculiar electric phenomena, nnd declares himself deeply interested from n scientific point of view. Fcpulor nxciU menl has been eo great einoe the story of tbe sinister power of Master Ilroneh was circulated that the father hu felt Impelled tomov* away, bugono to reside on tbo other side of the San Joaquin river, taking rsfoge with hit family In a cottage in tha cot ton wood timber, a long way from village or railroad; Tbe correspondent of tho Herald found him then. He denied tbat his ton had canaod fires, bnt admitted ha had told him that ‘ ' TIP “ ' MW I * whan lying in bad at night ha taw sparks fly ing about him. WUllo la an extremely nervous hoy,*l*vta j*aaold,wttba)irr> !7 dcrolopod hind. In a melancholy way ho told your cor- respondent that ho did not know how th* mysterious fires occurred, but said he taw si arks about hta own body at nlgbk - M A. KublmiD, who keeps a echoed in Mer cer connty, In which tha ulurm first began, dsactlbct how five Area broke oat luMmef- teinoon in diil'erent parts or the ichool^^, being caused by no vlslblo agency. Wb scholars were hastily dismissed, but Willie Brough was detained. A few minutes later ho fixed hit eyes on a bay ahed • few yards distant ud called the teacher’s attention to the fact that smoko Isiaed from the same. Very toon It wu in » blaze. The teacher for- bade him t* am* to I. nool any more. He dera net brltav* him guilty of arson, bnt la in clined to think hr la » victim of aaperoatural agenda*. On th* previous Sunday olevrn mirictit.u* Mazes occurred tn tho horns of William's father. On* broke out at a corner of the roof, another intomo bedding oath* middle of the floor nnd tho third charred ■ome grain rack* in the barn. Willleloiked at a atnw stack near by, and 11 tinea Issued out of tbe top. Tbo mother of tho bsy 1* S r; vtrated with excitement nnd anxiety. [any of thalnhabltantaof tho country arraod Turlock are eplriluilletr, and Impl’ct'lv “ litvo tbat no nalnnl explanation can ac count for there occurrences.

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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, October 26, 1886, Image 1