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JHE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY. AUGUST 30. 1887. LINCOLN’S DREAM. Startling Incidents In the Life of the President. PRESENTMENTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Victor Hugo wa# not f.»r wrong in declaring that ‘‘every man has within him his own Pat- mo*. Revery,” oaya the great French thinker, “llxc» its gaze npon the shadow until there U- anen from it light. Borne power that is very high ha* ordained it thus." Mr. Lincoln had hit Patinos, his “kinsmen with the shade#;” ami this is, perhaps, the strangest feature of Lm character. That nt* intellect was mighty and of exquisite mould; that it was of a se verely logical cast; and that bis reasoning powers were employed, in the main, on mat ters eminently practical, all men know who know anything about the real Lincoln. The father of modern philosophy tells us that “the master of mijieratition Is the people; and in all superstitions wise men follow fools.'* Lord Bacon, however, was not unwilling to believe that storms might lie dispersed by the ringing of bells, a superstition that is not yet wholly dead, even in countries most distin guished by modem fenlightenment. Those whom the great Englishman designated “mas- lam of superstition—fools," were the common people t^liose collective wimtorn Mr. Lincoln esteemed above the highest gifts ot cultured met). That the “Patinos” of the plain people, as Mr. yncolii called them, was his, in a large measure, he freelyacknowledged; and this pe culiarity < f his nature U shown in his strange dreams and prt-scntlintnt* which sometimes •lau d, and sometimes disturbed him in a very astonishing degree. From early youth he seemed conscious of a high, mission. Long before his admission to tho bar, or bis entrance into politics, lie believ ed that he was destined Co raise to a great height; that from a lolty station to which he should be called he would be able to confer lawtiug benefit* on his fellow-men. He believ ed. also, that from a lofty station he should fall. It was a vision of grandeur and of gloom which was confirmed in Ids mind by the dreams of his childhood, of bU youthful Jays, and of his rnatnrer years. The plain people with whom hit life was spent and with whom bo was in cordial sympathy, believed also In the marvelous as revealed in presentiments and dferam*: and so Mr. Lincoln drifted on through yean of toil and exceptional hardships, strug gling with a noble spirit for t promotion — meditative, aspiring, certain of his star, but ••{•ailed at times by its malignant aspect. Many times prior to his election to the presi dency be was both elated and alarmed by what seemed to him a rent in the veil which hides from mortal view what the future hold*. Jle saw, or thought he saw. a vision of glory and of blond, himself the c-ntrsl figure m s scene which hi* fan'*y trait*formed from g'Udy m- eliantment to the m«at appalling tragedy. But it is my porpow in this paper to confine Oeneaif, which relates to the wonderful dream Jacob had. I turned to other passages and seemed to enoounter a dream or a vision wher ever 1 looked. I kept on turning the leaves of the old book and everywhere my eye fell upon passages recording matters strangely in keep ing with my own thoughts—supernatural visi tation*. dreams, visions, etc.’* He now looked so serious and disturbed that Mr*. Lincoln exclaimed: “You frighten me! TVhat is the matter?" “I am afraid," said Mr. Lincoln, observing the effect hi* word* had upon hi* wife, “tbs* I have done wrong to mention the subject at all; but somehpw the thing has got possession of me, and like Banquo’a ghott, it will not down." Thl* only Inflamed Mrs. Lincoln's curiosity the more, and while bravely disclaiming any belief in dreams, *he strongly urged him to tell the dream which seemed to have such a hold upon him. being seconded In this by another listener. Mr. Lincoln hesitated, but at length commenced, very deliberately, his brow over eat! with a shade of melancholy. “About ten days ago,” said he, “X retired very late. I had been up waiting for Import ant dispatches from the front. I coaid not have been long in bed when I fell into a slum ber, for I was weary. I soon began to dream. There seemed to bo a death-like stlllne**about me. Then I heard subdued sobs, as if a num ber of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and wandered down stain. There the silence was broken by the same pitifnl sobbing, but the mourners were Invisible. I went from room to room. No living person was in sight, but the same mournful *uunda of distress met me as I passed along. It was light in all the rooms; every object wai familiar to me; but where were all the people who were grieving as if their hearts would break ? I waa puzzled and alarmed. What could be the meaning of all this? Determined to find the cause of a state of things so mysterious and so shocking, I kept on until I arrived at the ‘End Boom* which I entered. There I met with a sicken* ing surprise. Before me was a catafalque on which rested a corpse wrapped in funeral vest ments. Around it were stationed soldiers who were acting as guards; and there was a throng of people, some gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whoso lace was covered; others weep ing pitifully. ‘Who is dead in tho white house V I demanded of one of the soldiers. ‘The president.* was his answer. He was killed by an aana-fcdn!’ Then came a loud burst of grief from the crowd which awoko me from my dream. I slept no more that night; and although it was only a dream. I have been strangely annoyed by it ever since." That is horrid!" Mid Mr*. Lincoln. "* wish you had not told It. I am glad I don't belie* e In dream*, or I should be in from this time forth. Well," responded Mr. Lincoln, thought fully, “it is only a dream, Mary. Let us My no more about it, and try to forget all about It.” being natural occurrences, In the strictest sense, he held that their best Interpreters are tne common people; and this accounts in a large measure for the profound respect he al ways had for the collective wisdom of plain people, “the children of nature," he called them, touching matters belonging to the do main of psychical mysteries. There wia some basis of truth, he believed, for whatever ob tained general credence among these “children of nature ;** and as he esteemed himself one of their nnraber, having passed the greater part of hfs life among them, we can easily account for the strength of hi* convictions on matters about which they and he were in cordial agree ment. The natural bent of Mr. Lincoln’s mind, aid ed by early associations, inclined him to read books which tended to strengthen his early con victions on occult subjects. Byron’s “Dream" was a favorite poem, and I have often heard him repeat the XoRowhig line*: “Sleep hath ft* own world, A boundary between the thing* misnamed Deathqnd existence: Bleep hath its owrn world. And a wide realm of wild reality. And dreams In their development have breath. And tears, and torture*, and tbe touch ofjojr- UXBULT HU memo which Mr. Lincoln had while he occa- E ied the white house. 1 shall give them as I rard them from hiaowti lips, together with saeh cautious comment* as he ebuse to make. As one story reminds him of another, so any thing belonging to the occult, or of a charac ter which placed it within the domain of mys tery, always recalled to liis mind something •like remarkable, if e»«mected in anyway with hisownextieri nc«. On the day of Mr. Lincoln's renomination •t Baltimore, ho was engaged at the war de partment in constant telegraphic communica tion with General firont, then In front of Richmond. Throughout tho day ho seemed wholly unconscious that anything was going on at Baltimore in which his interests were in any way concerned. At lnm-lraon time ho went to tho wldto house, swallowed a hasty lnncli, and without entering his privato office hurried back to the war office. On arriving at the war department the first dispatch that was abowu him announced the nomination of An drew Johnston for vice-president. **Tlifs Is atrange," said he reflectively; “I thought It was usual to nominate tho candidate for urtsi dent first." HU informant was astonished. “Mr. President," said he, “have you not heard •f your renomlnatton? It was telegraphed to you at tho whito house two hours ago. Mr. Lincoln had not seen tho dispatch—had mad* ■o inquiry about It—had not so much n* thought about it. On reflection Mr. Lincoln attached great Im portance to this singular occurrence. It re minded him, ho Mid, of an ominous inci.Int el mvsterioiu character which occurred just after his election iu WHO. It was tho double imago of hiwsolf iu a looking-glare, which he Mw while lying ou a lounge in his own cham ber at Springfield. There wm Abraham Lin coln's fa<w reflecting Ibo full glow of health and hopeful life, and in the same mirror, at tho same moment of time, was the face of Abraham Lincoln showing a ghostly pale nee*. On trying the experiment at other times, as •onfmnatory tret*, the illusion reappeared and then vanished as before. Mr. Lincoln more than once told me that be •oaid not explain the phenomenon! that he bad tried to reprmhtre the double reflection at •ha executive mansion but without Nttceeae; that it bail worried hiut not a little; and that the mysteiy had iu moaning, which was clear •nough to him. To hi* mind tho allusion waa • >ign—the tife-like imago betokening a safe PMMgo through his find term as president; «he rbcstly one that death would overtake him before the close of the second. Wholly unmindful of the sceua transpiring at BalU- .which would have engrossed the thought* Tliis dream was so horrible, so real, and so in keeping with other dreams and threatening presentiment* of hi* that Mr. Lincoln was profoundly disturbed by it. Daring its recital he was grave, gloomy, and at times visibly pale, but perfectly calm. He spoke slowly, with measured accents and deep feeling, in conversation* with me he referred to it after wards. closing oue with this quotation from, Hamlet:- “To sleep; perekawre to dream !-*r, there's the nfb!” With a strong accenton the last three word*. Once he alluded to this terrible dream with oomo show of playful (minor. “11111,'’ Mid he, “your apprehension of harm to me from some hidden enemy is downright foolishness. Fora long time you have been trying to keep some body—tho Lord knows whom—from killing me. Don’t you *c© how it will turnout? In ttiis dream it was not me. but some other fcl- comes that thev low, tlml w»4 killed. It seems that this ghost- ranches. They** ly assoosiu tried his hand on some one else. - And this reminds uio of an old fanner in Illinois whose family was inode sick by eating greens. Some poisonous herb had got into the mere, and members of the. family were in danger of dying. There was a half-witted boy In the family called Jake, and always after wards when they had greens the old man would My, “Now, aforo we risk these green* Deputy Sheriff Wood Loom HU Life Inaa Encounter With tbe Bedsklns. Dkxvkr, August 25.—A courier arrived this morning at Glen wood Springs with the follow ing message for Governor Adams: Major Lr*!le ha* Oilorow coralled with two hun dred braves. They want to see the “big white man, won’t Ulk to cowboys,” Say whites want little fight and soldiers must go hack or have a little fight. Kendall haa only A2 men. This Is positive. All other information on this point is false. J. 11 Keaedov, Brlgadier-GcneraL Dkxvs«, August 27.—A Glen wood Spring* special says: Bernstein, who lives four miles below Meeker, is just in. A battle has taken place between Kendall's men and a hand of Indian*. a Deputy Sheriff Jack Wood is killed and several wounded. A number of Indians were reported killed, as some were seen to fall and were carried off tho field. So far as known the fight waa stopped by darkness, and will certainly be resumed by daylight. A special from Rangly, Col., dated 10 a. to., August 2d, by courier to Glenwood springs via Meeker says: The fight occurred at a placo six miles west of Rangly in a little canon be tween tbe mountains. Tbe Indians had planned an ambush, but the scouts discovered it and retreated in time. The Indians then opened fire and Major Leslie, who commanded the scouts, which were augumented by Major Hooper’s Aspen Volunteers, returned the fire from behind the rocks. The Indians showed themselves and fought desperately. Upon the first concentrated fixe of tho troops two Indians fell and one white man, Dr. Dumnont, of Meeker, with Kendall’s hand, was wonnded. for two hours tho battle raged Incessantly. Then the Utes retreated to the timber and only skirmish shots were fired during tbe dey. ■ This continued until 11 o'clock last night, but jm> one was injured. Jack Ward, one of et any other statesman In his place that forgetful. In fact, of all earthly things except the tremendous events of the wsr—this cir cumstance on reflection, he wove into a vol ume of prophecy, a snre proaagr of hb re flection. Ills mind then instantly traveled back to the autumn of HMD, ami the van ished wraith— llw ghostly face iu tho luir- ver. mock lug its h«*itliy and hopeful follow— told him plainly that although certain of re-election to lira exalted office lie then held be would »ure)y hear the fatal summons from the silent shore during hb second term. With that firm conviction which uu philosophy •sold shake. Mr. Lincoln moved on through the maze of mighty events, calmly awaiting the Inevitable hour of Id* fall by a murderous •and. How, it may be asked, could he make life tolerable, burdened os he waa with that •acriiu i.il horror which, though visionary, and •f trifling import in our ryes, waa bv Hb lutcr- prctafhm a premonition of impuiidlug doom? 1 answer in a word: His renal of duly to hb •euntry; hb belief that the inevitable b right, •fid h Li lunate and Irrepressible humor. But tire most atari ling Incident in the life of Mr. Lincoln waa a dream he had only a few 4aya before hb aa-asaiuetinn. To lilm it was • thing of deadly Import, and certainly no wisioQ was ever fashioned more exactly like a tread realty. Coupled with other dreams With the mirror ■cetre and with other inchlenta wbkb I have not spare for reourding here, there was something about It so amazingly realistic, so truo to the actual tragedy which •ccum-d icon after, that more than moral strength and wisdom would have heau required to let it pass without a shudder or a pang. After worrying over it lor some days Mr. Un join seemed no longer able to keep the secret. X give it as m arly in hb own wuHs as Yean tern notes which I reads immediately after iu . Thoew ware only two ot three listen**#. Mr. to a melancholy, meditative mood, •md had been slbnt lor so ate time. Mis. Lin- •Bln, who wm present, rallied him on hb •Mjrenvbace and want of spirit. Thb seemed b arouse him, and without seaming to notice tier sally, be said in slow and measured kswr “Harem* atteng. how much there b In the Bible about dleauia. There are, I think, some Mxtoeti chapter* to tire Old Testament. and four or five in the New, in which dreams are JBrwfoncd; and there are many other canvas us •rattm.l throughout u„ U.* which refrriu Ttotoiw. Jf nMn, il,c im.lt wc muu or. •*(• the hwt that in the i>l.l da,, (id and 111, «M«U came to men In their .lttp, and made ttlem.hn kina it, dreama. N w-,vdar« «—um.wce ytT h-llah. aud ate aeldmn u.ld “lirinn In l‘‘ wiHtuu and by young iiM-n and Mm. IdiuMln hem remarked: -Wh» *mt JmkjImadfuUy edema; do yuu toiL/cta let's try Vui an Jake. If he stand* 'em we're all ripht." Just so with me. As long as thb Imaginary a*saasin continue* to exercise him self on other* I con stand it." Mr. Lincoln then became serious and said, “Well, let it go. I think tire Lord In hb own good time and way will work thb oat all right. God knows what b best." Three words ho spoke with a sigh, and rather in a tone of soliloquy, as If hardly not ing tuy presence. Mr. Lincoln bad another remarkable dream which waa repeated so frequently daring hb occupancy of tho white house that he came to regard it as a welcome visitor. It was of a pleading and promising character, having nothing of the horrible iu its texture. D was always sn omen of a union victory and came with unerring certainty just before every mil itary or naval engagement where our arms were crowned with success. In this dream he saw • ship sailing away rapidly, badly dam aged, and our victorious vessels to close pur suit. He law, also, tho closo of a battle on land, the enemy routed, and our forces iu poe- aeasicn of vanuigo ground of incalculable im- portuip. Mr. Lincoln stated it as a fact that hr bud 11.b dream just before the battles of Antietatn,' Gettysburg, and other signal cn- gageuicnta Ihrunglmnt tho war. The lest time ire had this dream woe the. night before hb areaseiuotioo. On the morn ing of that mournful day there wus a cabinet meeting at Which General Grant was present. Turning to Geneml Grant during an interval of general discussion, Mr. Lincoln asked him if he (red any news from General tthennan, who was then confronting Johnston. Tho renly was in the negative, bnt the general added that ho woe to hourly expectation of a dbpatch announcing Johnston’s surrender. Mr. Lincoln then, with great totprexeivoueae, said: “We shall hear very soon, and the news will be important.” General Grant asked him why be thought so. “Because,” said Mr. Llucolu, “I had a dream last night; and ever since thb war be- gau I have bad the same dream just bofora every event of great national Importance. It portends some Important event that will hap pen very soon." After thb Mr Lincoln became unusually cheerful. In tire afternoon he ordered a car riage for a drive. Mrs. Lincoln asked him if ha wished any one to accompany them. “No, Mary," Skid he, “I prefer that we ride by our- aclvcs today.” Mrs. Lincoln said afterwards that she never u« him look happirjr than ho did duriug that drive. In reply to a remark of hers to that effect, mode during that butt drive, Mr. Lincoln said. “And veil may 1 feel so, Mary; for I consider that thb day tire war has come to a do»e. Now we must try to be more cheerful in the future; for between thb terri ble war aud the Ions of our darling son we have suffered much misery. Let us U4li try to lie happy.” History will record no censors against Mr. Lincoln lor believing, like tho first Napoleoo, that ho was a man of destiny, for such he surely wo*, if the term is et ail admissible in a philosophic sense. And our estimate of his greelneM most be lisigbtencd by conceding the fact that ho waa a believer to certain phaooa of tbe supernatural. Assured as ha undoubtedly was. bj omens which to hb mind were con clusive, that he would rise to greatne* and power, Ira wae as firmly oonvineed. by tire renre tokens, that he would be suddenly cut off, et tho height ot hie career aad tire raltoeaa of hb fame. He always believed that he would fall tqr the hand of an assassin: and yet, with that appalling doom clouding hb life—a doom fixed and irreversible, aa Ire was firmly convinced—bb couroge never for n moment forsook him, even in tire most trying emer gencies. Can greatnere, courage, constancy to the pursuit of exalted alms, be tried tqr • severer*'test? lie believed with Tennyson that "Because rtabt U right, to follow right Wnn to ths scorn of anasequrate.” Concerning presentiments, and dreams, Mr. Lincoln hod a philosophy of hb own which, strange as it may appear, waa to perfect har mony with hb character In all other respects. He wa* no dabbler In divination—astrology, Uoruscopy, propheev. ghostly lore cr witch- criss of any sort. With Goetho he liehl that eternally.'' Dream* and | utlments. . they procr* bring superhuman, but not above nature. The moviug power of dreama and vbions of au ex traordinary ehasocter he ascribed as did the Patriarch* of old, to the Almighty Intelligence ,i .vim . thntgov*-rnstheunlveree,thelr|»rt*'e-m^eim- Mil, U.» Mr * 1,111 fuming strictly to natural law*. “Nature.” jgSjKiS:* t,W! night which has i said I.-, ••«* the w.-rkafe.p of the Almighty: »Mn«ed iy rmH rwnrn-d, Hi, an* «ro form but link, in it,. K riwr»l cb.m of ?!?-"**?. 1 T-If tfc* M u■», I uiU’llis-tnai wa m.i.,l.i l.fe." •* “*• of I 111. Lutoout ii«i ikUfas'.licrn iwn. IIHI4IVVHW illJUUU. U.K» 1, wu, UU« Ul Kindall's men, was oliot down daring the fins part of tho fight. The whites saw eight In dians dragged behind the line. The Indians were dead. There were five whites wounded. Their names ore not yet known. Three of them were members of Hooper’s company. Oue man wa* a scout, and two are believed, although not known, to be soldiers. After the light the Indians retreated, and a report r were going to pillage the . were not heading for the res ervation. The men of tbe National Guard, in fact all tho whites, are almost on foot, their horses being exhausted. A courier passed here thb morning bound for Meeker, after provisions and hospital supplies. There Is an immediate demand for them. The men have barely had enough to eat. A telegram received at six p. m. from Rangly, via Glenwood, says the only man known to have been killed in the fight Thurs day was Jack Ward, who was buried today. Tbe wounded on our side are: Lieutenant Folsom, of Aspen; Ed Folts> of Aspen; IJ. Stewart, of Leadrille ; Dick Coffey, of Lcad- rllle, the hitter mortally. Courier* who left this rooming report 700 Indians in the field. 3.U0 p. in.—The Utes are on the reservatldh and the commander of the forces at Fort Duchesne has agreed to ajvUt the United ? fates marshal to restraining Colorow and udtans wanted hr Sheriff Kendall. Lcslio and Kendall aud a conriervo ha been dis patched to headquarter* for an endorsement there. The war b virtually over. Blind Tom's Transfer. From ths Washington Republican. A very exciting yet pathetic scene was wit nessed In tbe United states court iO>m in Alexan dria on Tuesday, when Blind Tom, the in gro plan- id, was formally turned oxer to Mr. A. J. torch*, the ooumel for hb new guardian, Mrs. Elsie Bethur.s of Saw York. Mr. . a net Bethupe ap peared in court, bringing Turn wuu him, and deliv ered btotiwe* to United Mates Marshal Scott, say- ted* 4a he did ■>: ttbUfi ss* deliver yon to tbe court and to that teftf.r tedkaUag Mr. torch#, who also represented foods itethee. ”1 don't went any reflections," commenced Mr. to robe, when Mr. Betbune contlnt • 1: “But, Turn, if tbe people who you are going wit i pet tired of yrt> ami turn you off, come back to your old home and you shall to provided Tor." While these remarks were being made Tow was protecting baldly against being handed over against hb will, declaring with nnby vehemence, that if he was |4aotd la hb mother s charge be would never play again for any one. After tho sightless muxiehui «as formally tiantferred, and the papers in the case signed, Tom refitted to to governed by any but hb old guardian. lie would uot go out of .the court room, and when at last be was gotten out be declined to enter the carriage which was waiting for him ontskle. Then Mr. Bethune, with lean welling from hb dark eyes and rolling down his face, talked kindly to Uie scml idlo:i .• pianist, and tbe stubborn will was tout, for Tom took bb scat in lira vehicle, amid a shower of promises that to should return if to didn't like It. Re was drlxen to the depot, and left oa the 3 3) train for New York. Boulanger'S Fortune Told. Furls pbpatoh to the London Standard. The Figaro vouches for tho truth of the fol lowing story, of which, of course, General Boulang er b tho hero: About eh-ht or ten weeks before tho tell of tbe Goblet cabinet Mine. Iteiva), a fortune teller, was summoned to the home of a lady to ex en.be her art of palmlrty. Among others tho min- fetor of war asked tor to tell hb fortune, and It b affirmed that, wltboot baring any ilea who be was, she examined lib hand and declared that he wss a soldier who had served hb country on the battle field, and would again to engsgod Iu war. Gcneial Boulanger {ratendsd that she was mistaken, where- upoit tbs fortune teller said: ”1 am only telling you wbat I see In your ton L” She proceeded with her examination, and added: "You ore in on unhojed- for duration, but you will not keep it. a teU b await • i you shortly. Bat do not despair. Later on yea will obtain an even hlgtor pusiUoa. Tbe Uars of your baud indicate that you will almost reach a throne." A iiuie latce Mmsi Beivsi was told that It was General Boulanger low horn she had made the atom predation*. “Ob," she replied, “in that c**> I oa glad I did not tell feba ail. Jt b written In hH bond that be will die• violent death.'' “WATCH THAT BOX!" Startling Adventure of a Lady Telegrapher. STRANGE WARNING OF THE WIRES. From the Plibbnrg Msyoirb. Telegraph operators are often very common- piece people. They listen daily to the click, click of the instrument, and, beyond this monotonous repetition of sound, nothing very often happens to disturb the tranquil surface of their every-day existence. Occasionally one is found, however, who has had a thrilling ex perience. In fact it requires no small amount of corn we to sit in a lonel / watch tower at night away oat in the country along a railroad, It takes considerable tact to handle tramps and unruly persons who may be passing, and are always willing, it seems, to create trouble at any cost. Jt is surprising bow many of tho fair sex, weak, delicate creatures, as man has seen fit to call women, have taken to tele graphy as a means of obtaining a livelihood, and what a degree ot nerve and firmness they display under trying and dangerous circum stances. Men have not ceased to recount the one daring exploit of Grace Darling or to speak with pride of the manly heroism displayed by Florence Nightingale. “Not long ago," sold a gentleman recently In conversation with a Dispatch reporter, “I met a most singular and daring woman in a little town in the west. 8he was a telegraph operator, and a very good one, too. Though fifty years old, she was still fresh and FULL OF VIGOR. Her piercing black eyes, closely shut lips and fine grey hair, brushed bock from a low brow, bespoke very plainly to a close observer that this woman at least was not one of the kind that shrinks and faints away in emer- gency. “She related to me an adventure she had with a robber in her early days, which, con nected with a strange freak of the telegraphic instrument, is worth relating. “ *In my early days,* she said, *a number of years ago, I was the railroad operator in a lit tle western town in an entirely new and unset tled country. It was during tho gold excite ment and people were coming and going all the time. It was no uncommon occurrence for a box of gold to be sent by express, and the greatest diligence and care were required the port of the trainmen to see that they were not robbed of their precious burden. One afternoon an express train arrived and left at the station in my eore a box of money, the amount I do not remember. Later in the day a rough box containing the body of a man who had been killed was landed on the flat- form, and It was found It could not be removed until the next day. Well, both boxes w#re carried in, and I must confess that it waa not very pleasant to sleep with » golden treasury on one side and a lifeless body on the other; There was no remedy ^however, and I bad to put up with the arrangement. As the money had been forwarded very quietly, I felt confi dent that no one knew anything about It, and so was not troubled with any serious appre hensions. A WARNING ME5SAGK. “Tho night proved to be very dark and it began to rain. I had been lying awake for some time watching the bright scintilations of the lightning from the wires when clearly and distinctly across the lino camo the startling message: “Watch that box, watch that box." I sprang np at ouce and tried to find oat from whom the message came. I telegraphed to a number of points, hat no one knew anything about it. Finally I came to the conclusion I had been dreaming, and retired. I bad scarcely got into bed when the strange message waa heard again. This time it was more distinct, and the instrument began to click at a lively rate, repeating the words over and over again: “Watch that box, watch that box.'* At onca I got np and pulled out a heavy ColUs revolver that bod been rusting in tho office, and fonnd to my horror It wouldn't work. I was afraid to go noar the box con taining the dead man; for I now felt sure that a live one was in it. Tits treasure was too heavy for me to carry, and to go out and loave it for a moment would have given the villain in tbe box an opportunity to tako it. What to do I scarcely knew. The instrument clicked, clieked, and the same short-line message was repeated over and over again. By aid of a low flickering light, I could see the rough box very plainly at tbe other end of the station. It gave no signs of life. Finally I secreted my self behind a dry goods box where 1 oonld see and not be seen, and IN FEAR OF IMMINENT DEATH. MISS RHETT MYRON. A Strange Story of the War from South Carolina. A SOLDIER'S PARTING FROM HIS FAMILY Edgpfield, 8. C., August 24.—[Special.]— The death of Colonel W. R. Smith which took place in New York a few weeks since,;has brought to light a very remarkable incident. A Great Bastion Novelist*• Description of a Dying Man** Thought*. From an Exduuwe. Count Leo Tolstoi in “Sebastopol” thus de scribe* the tell of a shell: “To earth:'' ihoutel a voice. Mikhoiloffaad Pnukoukiao o' eved. The latter, with *hut eyif, heard the shell fall ?o ne* where on the ha:d cr.rth very near him. A second, which appear* to him an hour, pastel, and the shell did not bant PrMgkooklne wa* frightened, then to naked himself what causa he had for fear. Per haps It hod fallen farther away and he wrongly _ imagined that be had heard the fU*o hissing near Miss Kliett Myron, the principal figure in tho him. Opening hi* eye* to was satisfied to see MIk- j drama, is a personal friend of your correspon- hall off stretched motionless at his feet, but dent, aud from her the following facte have at the »tae time to perceived, a yard off \ J0en obtained, with permission for their pub- the lighted ftise of the shell epiuins around j |, c „ ? j on y thought, every**entine >t, took possession of hi* j Haync Myron, the father of thlayoung lady,, •oal. He bid hi* face Ir. hi* hand*. Another see- j was a planter in South Carolina. His homo oujl rased, during which a whole world of t was a typical southern home, spacious and * L —*-*- -**- * * — f '“ hospitable, surrounded by broad acres, and faithful slaves. His family consisted of Ids wife and Khett. who was then a little child, am! tho idol of her father, as well as the pet ot the plantation. At the breaking out of tha war, in the fall of 18G1 Hayne Myron joined • volunteer Sonth Carolina regiment. Before leaving houie he had a picture ot bis little girl painted in miniature and • incased it in a locket that he placed next to his heart, saying, "My dar ling, this will be papa’s shield when he* is in danger, and his sunshine when he restsand with eyes filled with tears, he smothered the face and sunny head of his child with farewell kjsses and hurried away from bis peaceful home out to the world of danger. Six months later, in a skirmish in Virginia, Hayne Myron was killed, In close combat, hy a federal officer. Only a few words were sent to the old home to tell the sad story. During General Sherman’s invasion into South Carolina tho Jlyron homestead was de stroyed. The widow and daughter ccminued to live on tho plantation in an out-building, supported by the rents from the land*. Two A WAIT KG DRVKLOFXXNTI- “ *1 held tn my hand an iron bar and the oUb rusty revolver; the*# were the only weapon** of defense I had. I did not waif befpro I thought I saw the lid of dm'Collin move, I was not mistaken, either. Fretty •nan it was pushed gently aside, and the head of the most villainous-looking man was push ed out. I saw through the whole scheme now, and well it hod been planned. He got oat from his temporary'sepulcher aud lit a dark lantern. He moved cautiously about, evi dently searching for the treasure. As he drew closer and closer to where I was I was afraid my bard breathing wonld reveal my hiding place. He passed me unnoticed, and I knew now Wo* uiy only chance. The man heard me move, and tuined quickly, but not quick enough to ward off a well aimed blow, as It afterwards proved. I struck him near the ear with the bar and with sufficient force to fell him to tbe floor. Almost overcome a ith excitement, I rau to the nearest neighbor's, and returned to fiuil tlio bird had flown. The marks of carriage wheels In the mad could be plainly seen, and while I was gone, his confederates had arrived, found their uuludcy pal, and had taken him away, but had left the box. I never found out who he was, neither could I learn from whom the strange lwtiragr ot warning came. I am not supersti tious, out I never could account for tho occur rence only by ascribing it ^to supernatural &1 “Hcre her story ended,” con tinned the gen tleman, “and 1 believe that every word of it U true. I know a number of people who can thought*, of hopes, of sensation* and of souvenirs paved through hi* mind. “Whom will it kill? Me or Mikhttiloff, or indeed both of us together.* If it is J, where will it hit me? If lu the bead it will be all over; if on the foot they will cut it off. Then I shall insist that they give me chloroform and I may get well. Perhaps Mikhail off alone will to killed and later I will toll bow we w» r j close together and how I was covered with his blood. No, no; it is nearer me; it will to IF’ Then he remembered the twelve rubles hffowed Mikbxiloff and another debt left at Petersburg, which ought to have teen paid long ago. A Bohemian sir that to sang ths even ing before came to his mind. Be also saw in his imagination tbe lady he. wss in love with in her lilac trimmed bonnet; the man who had insulted him five years before, sod whom he had never taken vengeance on. -But in the midst of these and many other sou venirs the present fooling—the expectation of daith —did not leave him. “Perhaps It isn’t going to ex plode!" he thought, aud was on the point of open ing hi* eyes with desperate boldness. But at this Instant s red fire struck his eyelalls through the closed lids, something hit him In the middle of the chest with a terrible crash, lie ran forward at ran dom, entangled hi* ft a; in his sword, stumbled and hi* *:de. “God be praised, I am only bruised.” This wa* his first thought, aud be wanted to feel of his breast, but hi* baud* *:emcd as if they were tied. A vise gripped bis bead, soldier* ran before hi* eyes, and be mechanically counted them: “One, two, three soldiers, and, besides, an officer who 1* losing his cloak." A new light Cashed he wondered what had fired* Wo* it a mortar or a cannon? Doubtless a cannon. Another shot, more soldiers—five, rix, seven. They passed In front of him, ana suddenly to become terribly afraid of being crushed by them. Be wanted to cry out, to say that he was bruited, but his lips were dry, his tongue was glued to the roof of his mouth. Be bad a burning thirst. He felt that h!s breast wa* damp, and tbe sensation of this moist ure made him think of water. He would havo liked to drink that which drenched him. * I xnurt have knocked the skin off in falling," ho said to hint-elf, more and more frightened at the idea of being crushed by the soldiers who were running in crowds before him. Bj tried to cry out: “Tako me!" but instead of that he utlered a groan so terri ble that ho was frightened at bhn*elf. Then rod 'sparks danced before hia eyes—It seemed as If the umdlcn piling stones on him. The sparks danced mote rapidly, the stones piled on him stifled him more and more. Be stretched himself out; he ceased to see, to hear, to think to foe!, lie had been killed instantly by a piece of shell striking him Alii in the breast. _ THE PIEDMONT EXPOSITION. The Greatest Show Ever Been In the Sonth— The President and His Wife Will be Pres ent—A Grand Military Pageant. The Piedmont exposition, grows every day, and it is now assured that it will be the greates* show ever seen In th* south. The buildings covo seven acres, and every foot will be filled with inter eating articles of exhibit. You will see every article of industrial or agricvl ural products, and s great exposition. The sight seeing will to unoqualcd. President Cleveland and his wife will certainly to here, and will si e id two days and three nights in Atlanta, reaching tore October lTth. They will hold recep tions constantly. ro that everybody can see them and get a chance to shake their hand*. Think of this I To see the first democratic president over seen In the south, and the meat popular and bcautl- fol mistress of the white house, only twenty-two yosrsoldanda picture of grace and beauty. The president will make an address in the exposition grounds on Tuesday, and will review tbe troop# on Wcdnotday at 11 o'clock, and will review the torch, light proct Klein Wednesday night, so that every body will see him and hear hint. Tho military pageant will be gorgeous. Over three hundred companies havo been invited, and thousands of soldiers will to in line with at least twenty brass bands. These troops will be reviewed by the president. The torchlight procession will bo grand. Ten thousand torches will to in line under the auspices of the Yt u*»g Men's Democratic league of Atlanta, and all visitor* will to famished torches ^ud fireworks and requested to take part In the pro. cewlon. The whole city, wfit to illuminated with ted fire and fireworks will be discharged 'fl-om all .ImMm .Va lift. nilaY A*!..'. It, L. From the St Louis llrpoteksn. “Wbat does lira president oosttlra country Pit sna—?*' li q quest tea that fa vary u(teti artted. ■eoshilMiGOI a y*ar aMd “fcuad.” as they u-ed to aiy In tbs west aodacNNh whan thay » arc a man a certain soai and bfa Mvtag expensrs bcoldcn Tha pmtdent's "fin«hng“ is very eomprehanatvc, cover- I teg shout every paadbls requirement of a family. Ills private secretary, the rterfca. doer-beepers, mts- mneere and the steward or totter and three other servants, laetodte# Jtewnm, mat tha nation f a year. Tbris U a “cautlumit fand" it hat to may tne as to pharos aUlOkl WiUngany one bow U was expanded if to docs not wUh u>, of two a yaar. 1 tou In Atninurt and repairs to the white housa toe »tnu of ffifotte ran** la to be tnrd aathe reoldeat huv toe At. provriLd hy the ra* ten and la always LxiVtukd. Vor fust alona Ski J* ta allowed, and for “tuidW' annually amounts to the song Sum uftM.- Mb, or nearly fixate ■rare tl an hts salary, and tbe two nsorrcgau* t ‘ kroMtabertne then that ths pnaUknl'f natilcnce la “found' and runtiotod. that ■n.«J t h. .1 b U Ur. Ml B.IW * BCBIh, .Ten tUiutb U« t-murl—X. luUMntlatt the )»«ly operator', nmnatlre, WOUKINO OS TBE OLD MAX'* TEARS. tar NcgroM Gat an Old Man VaDr TMr fewer. Colcmbm, n» ,' Auruat [Sfwial.}— Linduy l!|«haw, Bill Shay and Tony Tarvrr, three young nrgrne., were arraatrd yretenlay tor obtaining money nndrr tab. pretciure from Ellia liodd, an accj n.lnrcd man, who work, at lire. Lory’, boarding kotue, on Eloyrnth at root. Tho old norm i> familiarly known aa ‘Tnrl. Kl!i»." H« a about sixty nun old, and dar ing thb tang life he haa own induatrinna and economical and baa laid up ^bont (1,000 for * rainy day. II. keep, hia wealth In an old trunk hi hia room nt Ih, hoarding lionao, and about dr. month* ago he wu robnrd by two ot tb. waiter, ot a conaideiablo amount. Ml ore then the three MgroM who were .moled yre- tciday, and their partner, CharlM Tannin, who baa not torn raptured, bar. been ayatetuat- ically working the old man for all ho waa worth. They played on hb auprretition and ■yiapathy. Coder on. pteieix* or another the young raacab burrowed of him from t J to (10 Marly army week. Sometime, one ot them had a money package at the uuw office and ttMded ft or *3 to get it out. Next it waa a trank at the depot that nreded attention. And M they wurked oa the old man', ■ymp.thy, tat .acre, iled in robbing him oat ot nearly (100. Mr. K. II. J.akina, who boaida with Mi*. Lary, dropiwd oa to their lillle game, aad aireared Lindtuy L’nahaw, the aUckcat ou. of Ihtai. anil Ibtaed hfm mar to Chief rainier. OdUwr Wire amsUd the other two lut night. "L'mJ. Ellia" baa aware oat wurenta charg ing them with obtaining atomy under falaa and thMr preliminary trial will be KTuS?. S Uu* along tho line. Triumphal, silica will be rown across the streets, and tto aceae will to one never surpassed in beauty and brilliancy. The fireworks tht mwives will to uncqiwlcd. One of the foaturcs a ill to tto falls of Niagara in fire. A wall of living fire 140 foe* long and fitly foet high, roaring and aparkling, in tbe white light just ss the river roars, and tumble# la the white foam. You have never dreamed of lucb effects in the air as these fireworks will give. Besides these there will bo balloon ascension*, bicycle races, baseball matches, pigeon sbootii g. and all the sports of great fairs. Ten thousand dollars have been offered In {nrse« for n Q ng and two hundred race horse* will to liere to take part fa tho different races, both trotting and running. In short, it will be two weeks ot un 1 alloyed enjoyn • it and aight scelug. It will to a liberal education to your rbildrcu and yourselves, and it will to your first and only chance of soring the democratic president and bis n if.*. Above ail it will to a cheap show. The railroad rates are lower th: n ever b.-forc. They are one cent a mile each way from your nearest roil real station except on the Central railroad where tht-y are three dollar* for the round trip from all pilots above 130 miles from Atlauta, and one. cent a mile on mI 1 point* nearer. ThedlP'rtorsof the exposition will themselves manage th j restaurants at the ground* and will guarantee there shall to no charge greater than fifty cents for breakfast or dinner. Iu no way shall the people to robbed or mistreated. The ad- mhaioti foe Is fat/ cents whieh you }>*y when you get your ticket, it cost* you twenty-fire cents to go to the ground* and back, which you pay when you buy your ticket. If your railroad station is a hun dred mile# from Atlanta, it will cast you two dollars to get your ticket, fifty emu for your admission ticket, and twenty-five cent* for your transfer |teket. making two dollars and cevcnty-firc cents for all. For any other distance from Atlanta Just multi- ply the number of miles by two cents for the round trip, and add seventy-five cents for your admission and transfer. Now do not fail to come to the exposition. It Is a great chance and oue that you will not have again. Beside* set. ing the exi©*ition you will s«e Atlanta, the brightest city In the south, full of interesting rights. The illumination of Keunemw mountain with batteries of Mtillery firing on its crest where the battle was fought, will to a sight long to to re membered. This mountain it twenty miles from Atlanta, and exrurtlon trains wlU to rum to it hr fifty cent* for tbe round trip. The mountain will to illuminated from fop to bittom and three thousand rockets will to fired by electric match from iu crest- Do not fall to come to the l*ledmom exposition Moke your plana at once. Table Furniture. From the New York Sun. Chicago lady (to dealer)—Have you dessert knives? Dealer—Yea, madam, a complete?asaortmenL Chicago Lady—1 want them quite dull, for eat ing pte, you know. influence of friend*. Miss Myron obtaiued a position as govarnesa in the family of Colonel (J. R. .Smith, of New York. She stated to mu that her first meeting with Colonel Smith was pecnliar. That when his wife introduced her to him saying, “This is our new governess from South Carolina, Mi*s Rliett My ron,” his face became deathly white, and ho gavo a sudden start. (He wa* absent from home when Mrs. Smith engaged her.) He mechanically shook bands with her. and tried to speak, but hi* lip* seemed sealed. But later his manner changed to kindness and cordiality, and she was treated more as an honored guest than a salaried teacher. He in sisted on paying her four times the amount she charged for her *ervices, and made her duties light. One ovoning she was sitting in tho family circle, telling of her past life down in South Carolina, of the spacious house with ft* twenty columns, of the dusky slaves, who used to sit her on their shoulders, calling her their “little queen” as they carried her through tho cotton fields that looked like seas of anowr foam. For tho first time she spoke of her father, how handsome and sad he lpoh*(l as ho went away on that dreadful last day r how bo took her picture with him, and told alt he said* Sho states that she was forced to stop in the midst of her words, for Colonel Smith- turned ghostly palo and left the room. It all seemed strange to me then, she said,, but the meaning is plain now. Miss Myron contined to live with Colonel Smith's family for two years.” “It was a haven and home to mo, "she said, “I had s > long toiled and worked on our plantation, isolated from society and all advantages, it wo* like a fairy life had opened to rao of case and luxury, but mv heart wao- aluiost breaking, as I remembered al! that I had lost in those sad sweet days." Six weeks ago Colonel Smith was taken sod* denly ill. and when he realized that death waa inevitable he expressed a desire to see Miso- Myron alone, she states that as she neared tho toil of the dying man,she saw him holding something convulsively iu one hand, os he ex tended the ot her tq her ami exclaimed, “Rhett Myron, forgi vo me before I die, without your pardon I cannot dio, coine close and listen Ur what 1 havo so tell you. It was I who mode you on orphan, my handh are red with your father's blood. Take this,” lie said,handing mo the package; “I found it on hit dying breast, Itisyoar face; your name and lut name arc upon it. Tako it and forgive one who has tried to expatiate the wrongs done you. Ohl cair you forgive a dying mati?” and the voice be came faint and low. “Olit sir. you both were soldiers; I freely forgive," and tho poor girl who could say no more, as sho fell nnconscioua upon the floor. “Thank God," he murmured, aud all was over. When Rliett Myron recovered, the man who had killed her father, and who wot later tha best friend she ever know, wot dead. In hia will, he bequeathed to her the generous sum of $15^)00. He also loft a letter giving all tha S rticulars of her father’s death. Only a tew ys ago I saw the picture—a eweot child face, in an azure cloud, and on tho little plash case were marks of blood. This is certainly the most remarkable incident it lias ever been my privilege to record. A white female citizen of Rome, who is known by the name of Mis* Maude Tanner, was orrontod under a requisition from the gov ernor of Alabama and signed by the governor of Georgia, under the charge of violating the prohibition laws of the former state. She left In charge ot a bailiff, for Center, Cherokee county, Alabama, where the offences are sold to have been committed. According to the statement ot the bailiff, It seems that slra haa for some timobeen carrying on a profitable business in this line. She would carry from; Rome a ten gallon keg of cheap ^whisky, which sells for about one dollar and fifty cents, and' retailed in Cherokee for cue dollar per quart. Tbe Tanner woman, after crying over her arrest, denies the charge, and says site hat fa largo number of friends in Cherokee county who will see that no liuriu befalls her. rpTTTTt sham battle at the Piedmont exposition X JX Li with thouHund* of soldkr* engaged with be the grandest spectacle ev_r teen south. He Was a “Respectable" Constable. From the Lyons, N. Y., liejMiillean. Thry tel! a good story of a constable up in’ tho town of Huron. 8cveml months ago lie waa given a JiKtgment oftnoagaiurt a “respectable'' dead beat in that town. The constable was ofie.vd more than hts usual foe If he should collect the money* ami ho sj cut weeks tu looking for property upoa which to make a levy. But all in vatu; hb efforts wtrj only ridiculed. Then he resolved to make fa levy anyhow, lie learned that hia man was accus tomed fo go to Sodus bay for a swim with frisnda every Saturday evening, and lie watched hb chance. It came hist Saturday, when he crept stealthily up to the spot where the man’s eh this were lying upon the bank, while their ou tier * as dbportin^ In that water below. An aretfol of the clothing, lut, shoe* aud all uos hastily gathered up by tbe countable,' who shouted to bis victim that he guessed he wx« “onto” him at tot. Protests and threats from the angry man In Uie water wete of no avail. A j-arlcy of an hour etvu *1, during which the ccnssahlai clung to the cl« taing, while the unhappy debtor sat In the tall grass, clad only In Ids Innocence. Finally, one of the man’s companions, a responsible eitia n r : took pity on him on* agreed to pay the debt with costa, whereupon the clothes were delivered over to the shivering defendant. The Florence Nightingale ot tha Nursery,— “MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP.'* A single trial of the Syrup never yet fulled to relieve the baby, and overcome the prejudices of the mother. Twenty-five cents • bottle. No buffet should to without a bcttle of ANGOSTURA BITTERS, the world re nowned appetizer and in\ igorator, of exquiait flavor, indorsed by the medical profession for its wonderful restorative power Baked to Dcnth. From Use New York Telegram. A workman named Reilly was killed In an an mu* l manner on Saturday at Albany. In the stove factory of Mrt John F. Ratbbone, who was tl ondju- tact-grneral of Governor Dix. Braftdti bis n rak aa mechanic, Reilly kept a V-.uroent, bat the Albany dot* dwerito him as “r.lwrys temperate'' frfirerTf Early on stamrdxy morr.Iu ,- L e ohrerved an open ovt n in tbe factory', and it » --> ' io hire a coaiand’ comfortxblc place to take sup xj he crawled into ft and fell asleep Atom uuw •• ch«k a one of hia follow workmen, in the exa-ution of their duty,! closed and locked the oveu «!oor without otncrvinfl or disturbing him. an 1 carted a fire underneath, t J hast it. On Monday murnlng ths doqr was opened and th-* total body disaw cml. TLe horror oftha disco’very *>affected evnytotv In the rtfarivd factory that all work there v.>a raapsnded tlinp^h- l,jon'a Tasteless lyrap af fislNl** fa a# ptoacani as fanou *ytu,». thUdrSa fore It, cents Name this paper. augld—wbytea