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STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Astronomical View of the Leg ends of Its Appearance. WERE THE PLANETS IN CONJUNCTION From the Siderrnl Messenger. Intelligent people have been frequently ask ing during the past summer where the Star of Bethlehem could be found. The impression •Seems to have been general that there was now to be seen somewhere in the heavens a very bright star which should properly be called tho Star of Bethlehem, meaning that notable sta Gpoken of in the Bible as the "Star of the East,” which the wise men saw and followed, £n search of the birthplace of the King of tho Jews, and which “went before them till it came and stood over the place where the young Child was." In 1884 very much was said about this star in newspapers and various periodicals in popu lar and rewgious lines of thought, awakening an interest in the minds of the uninstructed in the astronomy and the history of it, which was sometimes very intense with well-meant devo tion and sometimes very ludicrous and fanciful. What lent peculiar zest to these popular fancies in the summer of that year was the appearance of the planet Venus, for a considerable time, as a bright and most beautiful object to look up on, in the western evening sky, and from this circumstance alone it was believed by many at that time that this queen of the starry host (unknown by name) was the real Star of Beth lehem. THEORIES OF THE STAR. In view of this, an article was prepared for the Messenger giving the substance of all that •was known to the writer about the history of the memorable star, arranged under lour heads, as follows: 1. Tho star may have been a miraculous light of gome kind. 2. The conjunction of the planets Jupiter and (Saturn first, and finally Jupiter and Mats, 8, A comet; and, 4. A new or temporary star. On the first point, astronomy, as such, could •Stave nothing to say, because wholly beyond its province of investigation. Regarding tho second point, scholars and astronomers in the early part of the century thought and wrote much. In this Professor Encke took the lead, and his conclusions that tho conjunctions Jof the great planets •which took place at the time of the birth of Christ must have been the star seen by the Magi. This opinion prevailed quite generally among astronomers, including so high authori ty as that of George B. Airy, astronomer royal ■of England. Within the last few years, however, astrono flters have been less confident that the theory of the conjunction of the planets is really - sound. As determined by Encke in 1831, the distance of these planets apart, at conjunction, tnust have been one degree at least, and hence -Could not have appeared to an ordinary ob server as one star at any time. On the other hand it is easy to see how such a striking phe nomenon would arrest the attention of those interested in, or acquainted with, the Hebrew prophecy or astrology. The teachingof astrology interpreted the conjunctions of planets as fore shadowing great national events, and the sign of Zodiac called Pisces was known to belong to the Jewish nation, hence a conjunction in this sign (not only one, but three) was signifi cant of the birth of Christ the expected king. A trace of this same belief is found in Kepler’s ■Writing, in which he holds that the conjunc tions of great planets coincides with tlio ap proach of climaxes in human affairs, and gives as examples, tho birth of Enoch, tho Deluge, the births, of Moses, Cyrus, Jesus Christ, Charlemagne and Luther. A COMET OR A NEW STAR. Regarding the theory that the star seen may Slave been a comet whose change of place might hate answered the description given in the New Testament, nothing can be said by the astronomer, for he has no historical evi dence to support such a claim, and he probably Would not offer any other. In the matter of the appearance of a new or temporary star at this time, as the object seen ■* by the Magi, the records contain something of interest. By a new or temporary star is meant one that suddenly flashes out where none lias been noticed before and as suddenly dwindles away to a telescopic star or disappears altogether. The important stars spoken of in connection With this subject are Tycho Brahe’s star and the star in Coma Berenices. There is proba bly not another new or known variable star that has so wonderful a record as that which bears the name of Tycho Brahe. Brahe speaks of its brightness as greater than that of Sirius, Vega or Jupiter. For splendor it was only comparable to Venus when nearest to the earth and was seen by some at noonday. After a few weeks it began to decline, and in sixteen months became invisible to the naked eye (the telescope being invented thirty-seven years later). In waning the star passed through changes Os color, from white toyellow and red and then to white again. These phenomena interested ’Tycho Brahe so much that he wrote a large book describing the appearance of the star as Been by himself and others, and gave theories to account for those wonderful changes. It has since been thought that this star appeared also in 047 and 1264. If it be a variable star With period of about 314 years, it would make Its time of appearance about the beginning of the Christian area and also its reappearance probable, in some slight degree, in 1886. In . con c luenco of this latter supposition astrono mers in Europe have, been watching its place £n Cassiopeia, which is now closely marked by a faint star, with special attention', for the last ten years. In Tycho Brahe’s it was claimed by one that this was the star which the The star of Coma Berenices is spoken of as appearing immediately preceding the birth of Christ, and was so bright as to bo visible by day. Hipparchus and I’tolemy speak of this star, and Ignatius says that “it sparkled in brilliancy above all stars.” Chinese records also mention a new, bright star at this time, but none of these statements have we been able to verify from the best authority. In Dr. Sims's view of the divine origin of the con stellations the theory of this last named tem porary star is certainly very suggestive and possibly not too fanciful to be true, So uncer tain is all our knowledgeof the Star of Bethle hem from records within cur reach at the pres ent time. AN OLD-TIME MVKDEIt. How a Ghosts ppearance Led to Some Im portant Discoveries, ffront th ■ Globe-Demo. :-it. The death of Lem Mercer, a farmer who for many years had been a resident of Pleasants coun •ty, Ids demise occurring abu.it ten daysago, has had the effect of reviving, in a most decided manner, local interest in a must I o-rlble and unprovok. d murder, which, some thirty live years ago. produced a tremendous sensation all ah,ng the upper Ohio valley, liom Wheeling to Parkersburg, a distance of Dearly one hundred miles. The crime in question w s committed in W. z.l •County, and the victim ass John Gamble, apv - ■Ous citizen, who resided with hi- faulty n few mile-, from ti e town of Nev. Mu Insvilfe, then at now, the county scat. C'am'.fewiwofa epc-ulaC' C t urn •of mind, and frequently visited New Mnrtlns-iife to •dispose of livestock < r whatever else lie had to real ize upon. At such times, after finding a <.u>toucr. damble would have several hundred doilr. ■, :>i I. s posse a'.on, and there were treq lent prel'etlou*, from the careless manner in whfeii he displayed "is ’iaoney when under the in .u •:cc of liquor, that ■Come'lay there would be a It.:; e !y, and that he Nvoul l be the victim. One day lab; in the summer of 1V,3. Garni le. who lived on the river t >ore. h. -t dire.-tly oppus.t. tins iittie town of Smdi«. ein up to Now M o . ,:.e Vrith soruu portable prop ,r yof •:«.• o t <,- t er, Vhl-h lie di-p 1 of, t 1 .; ti .-cli nt >. S2W. Jiercer was in tu ~ay. .-.-rd b two men. t'-lng well known to c. eh other, soon got to dr:,together. T !.-. dark tltV-i; A'uded l. at !,c would Mat tor borne, aid, as route also lay along ti e .. - ■ lor ant. ■: or o bes to he turned off to go i.i ugh the h I:-, i.ctolJ Ga:: I:■ lie would ace iiipziiiy i..m .. < :. .*. c Jourmv. The me:. :■ <• • ...note . k , and t 1 ;?;: started o:l ai :i.: ' river io id, Gamble being mart timlcr the lut •ett'-c of liquor th.m 'is Companion. Gamble c ver -cen a’iveof'a.rwani. Sa not arriving at Ida h >u,e that night, idsfaim.y And Irk uus the tier! day ?••■•> e I »n ejito’id- i search V; he made, bm altou > | u oso. No trm cos the tnls«'n< man could le found. Mercer v. as e.ucs tlentu, but be iusi. el th it -i* left bls compotii-Bt "iou may think there is no use hoping for one of our presents, and thus neglect to subscribe. When you see your neighbor get 5 500 in gold, without a cent’s cost.yoti will regret you didn't subscribe. Especially when you do not pay a cent more than you hare always paid for your paper, and get the best and cheapest in America. Subscribe at once. a: "’e point tl e r i ".i s diverged,and that he had no knowledge whatever of his fate. finding gamble’s body. Thus matters rested fora week or two, when the body of the missing man was found lodged against some rocks, in the channel of the river, twenty miles or more below the point where Mercer claimed to have left him. No one could account for his death, and it was urged by some that, being intoxi cated, he had simply fallen over tho precipitous bank of the stream, and that death by drowning had resulted. Others, however, iusisted that a crime had been committed, basing their claim mainly upon the fact that the remains were par tially disrobed and had been stripped of everything of value. Thus matters went on for two or three months, when events of a rather unusual and sensational nature transpired. After the custom of the country, there was a great corndiuskiug bee given, about the first of November, at the barn of John Travis, a few miles from New Martinsville, and the boys and girls from all the surrounding farms were there, together with not a few of elder years. Among others a crowd of fifteen or twenty young men went out from New Martinsville, and after a night spent in mingled work, kissing and cider drinking the town boys started to return home. The party kept together until they came to the brow of the immense hill which bounds the town on the east, where a halt was called. The hillside was very steep, and as there were two paths leading down to the river bot tom, one direct, but difficult and dangerous, and tho other, while a little longer, comparatively easy, a dispute arose as to which should be taken. The dispute waxed warm, and finally the party separa ted into two rival factions, each agreeing to take one of the routes, and a wager being made condi tioned that the party last arriving on the courthouse Squae should buy a gallon of whisky. A CURIOUS ADVENTURE. The party which took the longest but less precipi tous route came out on the river bottom about a mile below the town, and just south of the location of a swampy piece of land. The owner of this land had cut a deep ditch through the high bank of the river to drain a hollow behind, and the depression thus formed had assumed the shape of a small ravine, full of brush and small tiees, A path ran along the river bank, parallel with the stream, and thus crossed this ravine at right angles. This path was the one taken by Mercer and Gamble on the night when the latter met his death, and the spot about the little ravine was an extremely lonely one at the hour when tho belated party of cornhuskers arrived upon the scene. The young men had lon traveling at their utmost speed to avoid having to buy the jug of whisky, and by the time they came to the ravine one of their number, John Hineman, who was the proprietor of a tavern and a saloon in town, was so badly blown that he could no longer keep up. He told his companions not to risk losing the wager on his aeccunt, but to hurry on to the appointed rendezvous and thus win the bet, and he would follow after he had become rested a bit, and help to drain the jug the others would have to till. Hineman sat down upon the edge of the little'ra vine to rest, and the rt m tinder of the party hurried on to town. The had barely got beyond hearing, when Hineman was startled by a slight noise be hind him, and on looking around he was horrified at seeing a tall figure, robed from neck to heels in white, standing within a few feet of him. The frightened man managed to call out, "Who’s there?” to which a muffled voice made answer that it was the spirit of John Gamble who lad been murdered close by. Hineman managed to screw up courage enough to ask who committed the crime, when the "spirit” replied: "Lem Mercer.” The white-clad figure then stole softly and silently away, and Hineman lost no time in getting upon his legs and hurrying to town. He made his ap pearance upon the public square more dead than alive, but after a pull or two at the jug, managed to relate to his companions what had occurred. The next morning a party visited the ravine, and after a thorough search of the locality succeeded in dis covering some articles which were recognized as belonging to the murdered man. MERCER’S TRIAL. The day following this Mercer came up to New Martinsville, and it was agreed that Hineman should be given an oppotunity to talk to him alone. Hineman, accordingly, called Mercer into the little la k parlor of his house, and was proceeding to question him, when Mrs. Hineman, who was cogni zant of her husband's aim, broke open the door of the apartment, and brought the inquisition to an abrupt termination. Mercer was arrested and brought to trial, he be ing defended by the present Judge Alphcus F. Hay mond, while the venerable Judge G. W. Thompson, of Ohio county, now eighty-two yearn of age, sat upon the bench. The prosecuting attorney was the father of Sep. Hall, of New Martinsville, now deceased. A long and closely-contested legal battle was fought, but, despite the utmost endeavors of the state, it was impossible to obtain a direct proof of tub guilt of the accused, and a verdict of “not guilty” was returned by the jury. Mercer continued to live in the vicinity of New Martinsville for many years, but led a blasted life, with no friends. The little ravine where John Hineman saw the “ghost” is known to this day as Gamble Hollow, from the belongings of the murder ed man so peculiarly revealed therein. Northern Men in the South. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The notices of the sudden death of Judge Ellet, after having made the speech of welcome at the Cleveland reception in Memphis, recall a very singular fact. It is that piany of those who liave been regarded i.s the most typical southerners were men of northern birth. Ellet was a northern man of great ability, and even in his youth a man re marked among such intellectual giants as Prentiss and Quitman, also men of northern birth. Curious anecdotes are told of Prentiss. A native of New England be migrate Ito the west early in life. Coin n j down the Ohio river be determined to locate at Cim t.maii, but was so disgusted at the amouiit of apples given him lor 25 cents that he re tuiielto the boat and vent down the river to Vicksburg. Prentiss was a great hand to spree. During one of the?c drinking bouts in New Orleans he threw eleven empty champagne bottles, one after i nother, through a hole made in the wall fur ?. stove pipe. He then told his negro boy who was attending upon him to get upon the table and set the punch bo .vlonhis hetkl, and if he failed to knock it off with an empty bottle he would deed him his free dom. 1 i.e ne\;o boy declidi d upon the ground that ho was airaM Prentiss might miss the bowl and stiiko his head -the very thing that would have set him fice. This v. a always a favorite anecdote with I'l j Ui’S illustrating to his mind that the negro was hardly capable of freedom. In Arican a- Albert Pike ard C. W. Adams were in iihe.' . m- a, b < w> c cousDlered typical south ern.- TujG l!!':'.'.Jk- family, originally from .Xcw En'Zand, but‘•ettling in South Carolina, has furZsin <1 the Lcn h and Lar of Alabama and Texas with some of it- al lest end most typical men. Dan iel V- cl tor on • rcmarki <1 that hi- ■ i I not sec why Fou!hern men disliked him, ns he hud all their vh-’ S. Ihe ' o'-lthwaite family were very Webster i. nin t’d )• rard. ; IMcll, who, as senator from J.O’L- i'.na. al the charleston convertton was s> ac tive in laying ] rcdicfttes fi r the dissolution of the union, nnd who il I i rot das one of the commh .oners to England. v.n*a northern man. /u. tin. the .j-' Culonist c-C Tckcs, was a northern man. Jhe brilliar t and polished minister of the y ■•.•. gr.-public to the court of St James, Dr. C. Ash- U; ...th, was a New Englander. He was a won ders uly erudite man and a pc rson of sin u nr cour a_-i. Durin ’c o administration of Governor Kob <. . it Ci cash balance and the )*ay-as-y*)ii-go yo’i< y of the executive were the cynosures, Dr. ■ • ••-!• 1 1 • - :. n .- < .d iy while he vn- writing at his ’Oik be was disturbed by the apparition of a big black spider, which consldera -1 !\ - .. • e-l Mm, until he d co* ue<l that it whs be m •! : ' 1 by a waggish number sitting by hi - ’.c, who a’, orieo got up a <1 tied down the a '> r. >• pursued him. and after planting ' r. ; v '.-o.kh nS n Lis ;e«r, returned, and will. i. c ~-u-c end poltc that always characterized hi’ h ‘ i b M her lon, ’resident; 1 was but . vii.g t p Ley ;ay , y ( , tJ i-o ” • -ou h fn-n; Denison en tCentral railway, the x -.i: -of the all n!un< to II aistnn will be found to re gincrab.y tl borne by distinguished < lt.'u.. lorn !n the north. Lui loxn 'ih- i In t’ae hCbth h»Lg p»; >i t i e -a ar. And vv : yuh< :o in the *O';t|« it in u, a ent that t > no more t ; pi i 1 o’th-.ru xrn-. ;i..iu the a•I v?. j New Li. I.* uuur. z Tlio mail effuae" •. * *• tin<.'l: n'-. ii i-xiqtc the appetite .re A NGO'JIN JiA BITTERS, pre pared Gy IDr. J. G. B. clfck.rt A Nuns. Be ivar" of coiutarlcit.. A>l; y > ;r gtuctr or druje gi.t fur tho article. Dili GLLKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1887. HAYNES SHOT DOWN. During A Pistol Duel Between Two Men. BLALOCK AND M’CANTS AT WAR. Gainesville, Ga., October 22.—[Special.]— A tragedy took place at Hoschton, Jackson county, a station on the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern railroad, about 8-a. m., in front of lloscli Bros.’s store, tho parties engaged in tho affair being William B. Mel’ants, a mer chant of Hoschton, and Joe Blalock, Bahnour & Smith’s bookkeeper, of Gainesville. Your correspondent, after some inquiries as to tlio cause of tlie difficulty, was put in possession of the following facts: THE CAUSE STATED. Nir. Blalock owns a farm in Jackson county, about one mile from Hoschton, which ho ren«- cd to a man by tlio name of Kilgore for tlio year 1887, and furnished him rations to enable him to make his crop. Kilgore refused to pay for tlie advancement, and Blalock sued and obtained a judgment. Some cotton belonging to Kilgore was levied upon, and he filed an illegality to the execution. Being justice court day, Mr. Blalock, with his counsel, cx-Judgo J. B. Estes and Mr. W. F. Findlay, went down on tlio early train to Hoschton, arriving there about 8 o’clock. Judge Estes had took breakfast before leaving home, lint Blalock and Findlay left without eating, Blalock tak ing a lunch witli him. On their arrival at Hoschton, Blalock and Findlay repaired to the store of Ilosch Bros., whore they lunched, during which time Mr. W. B. McCants walked into tlio store, and passing bv Blalock and Findlay, halted a few steps beyond them, and was engaged in looking at something when Mr. Blalock advanced to where ho stood and said; THE CHALLENGE TO FIGHT. “Bill, I understand that you said that I was no better than a d—d rogue. Did yousay it?” Nir. McCants made some reply to thoquerry, which was not satisfactory, and, turning around, walked toward the front door. When about thirty or forty feet from Blalock, ho stopped, faced about and walked up directly in front of Blalock, and said : “Joe, you are armed, and I am not.” Blalock, pulling out two Smith & Wesson double-acting revolvers, one thirty-eight and one thirty-two calibre, said: “That shall not bo in tlio way. Here are two pistols. Take your choice, and wo will shoot it out.” McCants made noreply, but soon disappeared out of tlio front door. ‘Blalock put tlio two revolvers away and returned to his lunch. In about five minutes McCants camo to tlie front door of tho store, armed witli a double-barreled shotgun, and asked Nir. Russ Ilosch, one of tho proprietors, if Joe Blalock was in tho store, and added that ho intended to shoot him on the spot. Nir. Hosch hurried to where Blalock and Findley stood, and told Blalock that McCants was at tho front door, armed with a double-barreled gun, and was going TO SHOOT HIM DOWN. Blalock at once stepped to tlio front door, but was detained by Hosch, who took ins arm and insisted upon him not going farther, but Blalock urged Mr. Hosch to let him those, and when Hosch released liis arm, Blalock stopped to tlie front door and down to the ground, and holding his hands up said: "If you are coward enough to shoot mo with a double-barreled shot gun, when you know that I have none, and when you refused to fightme with pistols, go ahead.” McCants was about ten paces from Blalock at this time, and he stepped a few steps to tho rear, his gun still in the position of ready. About this time Mr. Haynes, a section boss on tlio railroad, and Jim Beard ran up and took hold of the gun, Haynes being in front of Mc- Cants and between him and Blalock. Mc- Cants had liis left hand on tho gun, while Haynes held it witli his right, tlio barrels ele vated. McCants drew a revolver and find at Blalock by reaching around Mr. Haynes, but tlie ball failed to hit its mark, and again from his safe position he readied around Mr. Haynes and let drive another leaden messen ger at Blalock, who stood fully exposed to bul lets and with empty hands. McCants still con tinued to throw liis bullets, and Blalock whip ping out his No. 38 began to swap balls with him. After two shots Blalock’s revolver failed to act. He threw it down upon tlie ground, and drew his 32, but before firing some one said that HAYNES WAS 'KILLED, and not to shoot again. When Haynes fell to the ground, McCants got down behind him, and hero the shooting ceased. Blalock went to Hoschton on business, and did not expect to see McCants, but from threats that Kilgore had made, he thought it likely that he might have a difficulty with him. It is uncertain as to who shot Mr. Haynes, as the shooting was general, and while it is hoped that he will re cover, his life hangs by a brittle thread, as the ball passed entirely through his body, having entered below his right shoulder and coming out through his left breast. Mr. Blalock was at his post today, and while ho regrets very much that Mr. Haynes was shot, he says that ho feels JUSTIFIED IN PROTECTING HIMSELF against Mr. McCant’s desperate efforts to kill Ihiu. Mr. Blalock is a brother to Billie Bla lock, now deceased, who was so well and fa vorably known in Atlanta. Ho has a wife and two children, midis one among the host book keepers in the state. His friends concur with him in his opinion that lie is justifiable in act ing as he die, and they will stay with him till tho last day in the morning. • Trapping a Bushwhacker. From Detroit Free Press. During the winter after Burnsides’ attack on Fredericksburg tirj entire front of his camps was beset by spies, gneirillas and bushwhack ers, and cold-blooded murder was a more fre quent occurrence than picket-firing. My regi ment was for a month stationed at a blind ford up the Rappahannock, and while the confed erate soldiers seemed willing enough to leave us alone, the bushwhackers appeared determined to kill us off. These men were not always rebels and farmers. J have no doubt that hundreds of union soldiers were bushwhacked during tho war by tho hangers on of our own army, and for the purpose of robbery. Ono of our river picket-posts was in a thick piece of woods. Hero tiic reserve picket took up its quarters and sent men up and down tho shore for a mile in cither direction. Tlie last post on our right Hauk would liavo connected with the last post on tho left flank of a Now York regiment but for a strip of swamp about a quarter of a mile wide, which thrust it elf down to the river. This swamp was full of water at tiie time, and while no post could be maintained there it was believed no enemy could take advantage of it. We had not been on duty a week, however, when tho man on that post for the middle of the night was found dead, stabbed to tlie heart. Wo had just been paid off before coming down, ami as lie had heed robbed of liis money his death was not laid to the confederates. Two nights later asecoud man was killed and robbed. For tlie next three nights two men were put on tlie post and all was quiet. Then one was taken off, and that same night the single man was killed. I was at this time an orderly for tho colonel of the regiment, and of course heard more or less of tho headquarter talk over the bloody incidents. It was certain that no rebels had crossed the stream fertile sake nt killing the picket on one single post, ami there were no farmers inside our lines. It was reasoned, therefore, that some one about our own camp was the guilty wretch. He did not dare ap proach the jiost when there were two men, and while this doubling up might have prevented further murders the < tonel was anxious to do something to trap the fel low. I heard him and two or three captains talking the matter, and at om e asked to lie detailed to the po-t. ) bad a y lran< ; to work, •ami when il was unfolded to them it was a . ie< <1 that I should have a < banco to carry i out. As a man had been killed the night before by a stab in tiie back, it was arranged to double the po t for two nights and then let me go on alum'. This ga e tne the chance to go over the ground, mid I was not loug in .r-corering tost the supposed iiilpa-si blc swamp cotiid l.a o.isily threaued. Indceil, I found plenty of pi nts that soine one had made liis vay a' io.» it several times in the same Iraek, coming every time from the direction of the Now York o glmimt As every one of our men had t,g. n slabbed. I reasoned that the assa .sin niu-t be a sly nnd nurvy fellow. At the picket-post was a large tree with branches wldch net only grew low down but spread out and made a good shelter from the bleak winds and snow squalls, -is near as I could come at it, all tho men took up their positions under this tree. Tlio river was before them, but they could not have seen ten feet into the dark woods behind. Tlie noise of the wind among tho dead leaves and branches would also sen e to deaden othersounds around them. During the afternoon of the night I was to go on, I got a uniform down into tho woods, stufled it with straw, and when I went on duty 1 tied this sham man to tho trunk of tlio tree with liis back to tlio swamp. Then I climbed into the tree with a revolver in my hand and waited. 1 n ent on at ten o’clock and was not to bo relieved before two. Fortunately for my sit uation it was a mild though cloudy evening, witli tlie wind coming now and again in gusts. At such a time a troop of horso could " have conrn through tlio woods without my hearing them. I did not depend on my sense of hear ing at all, but with cocked revolver in hand sat on a limb seven or eight feet above my dummy and watched him. It was just half past eleven, when I suddenly made out a dark mass on tho ground creeping' upon the dummy. I had hardly seen it before it rose and plunged a knife into tlie man of straw, striking him be tween the shoulders. At tlie same moment I opened tiro, and I kept it up until tlio revolver was empty. Tlio unknown went down with the first bullet, but I meant to kill him stout and sure. Tlio men of tho relief roused out at tho firing and soon came up, and then wo examined my prize by the light of tho lantern. The first bullet had bit him in tho bead and four others were in his body, and bo was stone dead with a big knife clasped in his hand. No one could say that they had over seen him before. Ho was in citizen’s dress and was supposed to bo a rebel, but next day we ascertained that, he was a teamster belonging to tho Now York regiment on our right. Ho had deliberately gone into the work as a means of making mon ey, and a search of his pockets brought to light about §7O of tho funds ho had accumiilvtcd in his three cold-blooded murders. Tlio men were so enraged over tho affair that it was with difficulty the officers could prevent them from jabbing their bayonets into tlio corpse and heaving it upon one of tho camp-fires. The huge, drastic, griping, sickening pills arc fast being superseded by Dr. Pierce’s “Pur gative relicts.” SCRAPS AND CHIPS. Duhdh Paragrapher: The merchant who disposes of his goods below cost may be known as a sub seller. b'ew ffavm Ketrs: Anew color in ladies' dross goods is called "spanked baby.” It is used in bawl dresses. Jturlington Free Press: “Pa,” Saida New Hamp shire farmer’s daughter, "the laziest tramp I ever saw came into the yard today. He stood there'by tlie woodpile and let the dog undress him.” In another column of this issue will bo found an entirely new and novel specimen of attrac tive advertising. It is one of tho neatest ever placed in our paper and wo think our readers will be well repaid for examining tho sup posed display letters in tho advertisement of Prickly Ash Bitters. Killing u Bear. From the Montezuma, Ga., Record. Ono day last week Tom Andrews found a black bear in a hollow gum tree down tlio river at a point called the “Cut Off.” Ho cut tho bear out of the tree and killed him with an ax. Bruin weighed seventy-five pounds. Consumption, Wasting Diseases And General Debility. Doctors disagree as to tho relative value of Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites: the one supplying strength and flesh, tho other giving nerve power, and acting as a tonic to tlie' digestive and entire system. But in Kcott'H Emul sion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites the two are combined, and the effect fs wonderful. Thou sands who have derived no permanent benefit from other preparations have been cured by this. Scott’s Emulsion is perfectly palatable and is easily digest ed by those wl o cannot tolerate plain Cod Liver Oil. Nipped in the Bud. From tho Texas Siftings. Father—-I gave you half a dollar to get your shoes mended. Son—Yes, sir. “You paid 25 cents to have them mended, didn't you?” •‘Yes, sir.” “Where is the change?” “J dunno.” “You don’t know, ch? Winch—you—whack— young—whack—Napoleon— whack— of—finance, — whack—whack—wLack—whack—whack—whack whack—whack, etc., etc. FITS: All Fits stopped free by Dr. Kline’s Great Non e Restorer. No Fits after first day’s use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and &2.00 trial bottle freo to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline,9*3l Arch street. Philadelphia, Pa. Burglarious Elephant. From the Liveri>ool Mercury. About two o’clock on Monday morning an elephant belonging to the Olympic circus, which is travelling through England, broke out of the stables at Rugby and burst open the door of a small cottage adjoining, squeezed in and unfartc ned tie cup board, ami ate n dozen pots of jam, a gallon of pickled onions, a quantity of damsons, a pound of meat, a loaf, a ]>ound of butter and a quantity of sweets. Having demolished everything in the pro vision line, he swallowed the window plants, and then examined some ornaments on the cliimney pioce, laid tb.em c ircftilly on the sofa, nnd enjoyed himself for nearly two hours before Lc was got Not ono in twenty are free from some lit tIo ailment caused by inaetion of the liver. Uso Carter’s Little Liver Pills. The result will bo a pleasant surprise. They give positive relief The Uncertainty of Life. From the Albany Journal, October 12. A. story i.s told concerning the late Congress man Kane Illustrating the uncertainties of life. When Mr. Kane lay r.t the point of death at his home in West Troy, Mr. I Isaac Keith, a furniture dealer of Troy, called upon Lim. Mr. Keith was a large, well buiit, juggod faced man, and as he stoo I at tho bedside of Mr. Kane the bitter remarked: “Jko, I would give all my wealth if I could bo as healthy and rugged as you are.” Mr. Keith re turned to his home, and soon after was stricken down with a mai grant type of typhoid fever. On the day that Cong iceman Kano was buried Mr, Keith died. The Poor Uittle Suffe rorwillbe fnnncdiafe ly relieved by nsing MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP for children teething. 25 cents a bottle. A Breezy Outlook. From Tid Bits. New York editor (to rcj>oiter from the far west)—You're late thus morning, Mr. Mulquecn. Reporter—Don’t My a w< rd, pard, I’m getting up some of the biggest sensations of the day lor ou< ex clusive use. I commence divorce proceedings against my wife tomorrow, I’m going to put arsenic in my mother in law's coffee the next morning, and I’ve buried alox of Counterfeit money in the yard of my n p xt door neighbor, and shall accuse him on Thursday of being the had r of a gang. Tluit'll tide us through tho wcer. Kind of a breezy cut look, eh; 1 or Brom bial, Asthmatic and Pulmonary Complaint*, “Brown's Bronchial 'lro'hc-i ’ l ave remarkable curative properties. Sold only In box< s. Wlkii the Pamphlets Ifowlqjl A certain old lady down in Maine has the genuine p<-’ll us of Mrs I'artington, and may have been the origii uJ of tln.t famous chaiactci for all the JV/rtton Transcript Usb.-m- know. . Nut long ago •he was telling of th'- wild times in the woods down there before the country w»>. k ettlcd. “Why.” said she, “the folks used to be waked up in the night by the buying of the pamphlets in the ft is to be Inferred that she meant “panthers,” though no doubt there have been such things as howling pamphlets. Th* Speed of Heat and Cold. It has been asked which travels faster, heat or cold; and answered heat. Recause any one can catch a cold. It therefore follows every one shonld keep Taylor’s Cherokee rem’ edy <»f Swtr t Gum and Mullein, which will cur<j coux’dm, colds and conHuxaxtio'n TURKISH BANDITS. Increase of Brigandage in the Ot toman Empire. A COUNTRY INFESTED BY MARAUDERS. From the London Telegraph. The dominions of Abdul Hamid is vexed at this moment by two especial evils, not wholly unconnected, and, for different reasons, not easily combatted in tho present condition of affairs—a daily increasing famine of and a violent access of brigandage. It is easy to see how tho latter might be but a consequence of the former, and, as a matter of fact, tlie ter rible scarcity south of tho Taurus has driven many of the ordinary peaceful peasants of tho vilayet of Adana to take the road within the last few mouths, and probably many more will yet follow their example during the bitter interval which must elapse before next year’s harvest. SAFETY IN ASIA MINOR. It is the almost universal impression in the west of Europe that no one with anything to lose can vunturo live miles outside a Turkish town, that an Englishman is marked every where for prey, that the Turkish police is a farce, that the brigand is a bold rover who will snatch his prey at all hazards and against any odds. And yet at least throe-fourths of the Turkish empire is as safe as Hampstead hearth ; throughout the huge central plateau of Asia Minor any crime except tobacco smug gling is almost unknown. Last year only, when the ragged Greek army was demobilized at the instance of tho powers, brigands were said to exist near Angora. Here and there a Circassian or a Kurd sb als a horso or two and gives the zaptiehs temporary employment, but such a thing as organized brigandage is as un known as in tho Scotch mountains, nnd this is true even in the great trade routes —such as that from Koniato Alioun Kara Ilissar, whore tho wild recesses of tho Sultan Dagh would afford cover enough for any number of enter prising marauders. A more peaceful and law abiding peasantry does not exist than the ordinary villagers of Asia, Minor, and tho traveller of any nation may wander as ho pleases among their \ alleys and plains, and be as sure of his horse, his arms and his money, as anywhere in Europe. Some exception must, however, bo made for Circassians, in spite of frequent favorable experience of them, for a lino horso or a good u <?apon is a sore temptation to these gentry, and they entertain little res pect for constituted authority's wielded by tho Turks, by whom many stories arc told of the persistence and cunning of a people infinitely more enterprising and more handy than them selves. HABITATION OF BIIIGANDAOE. The brigand proper confines his habitat in Asia to the neighborhood of the coast and the railways, lie limits his active operations ns a rule to tho summer months, when tho leaves are on tho trees and ho has tho maximum of cover, and, if not taken by the zaptiehs during the season, subsidies again in winter into tho peaceable agriculturist, unless, like Andnm, lie boos peculiar eminence in the profession. The neighborhood of Smyrna and of the Otto man railway, as far as Aidin, is the most in fested, and long country walks :.ro not much indulged in by residents at Bondja, Rourhabat or Seidikewy. At Ephesus a party is always safe, but a solitary individual might be mo lested once in a bundled visits. As has been said above, it is usually imagined in England that European travelers are in especial danger of being caught and held up for ransom. This is, or was, undoubtedly so in Macedonia for special reasons, but in Asia tho contrary seems to be the case, and natives only seem to be sought after. In the first place Asia is a cul adosac, a largo one doubtless, but still without any such secure exit as the Macedonian bri gand has ready to hand over tho Greek fron tier. if the Turkish authorities would ex pend time and money they could clear every brigand out of Asia Minor in those days of passable roads, of zaptiehs, and, above all, of telegraphs, ami the brigands themselves know the insecurity of their position, (’on sequently they will not willingly provoke the man hunt which can so easily be instituted and which would bo pressed on with far greater resistance and energy at the instance of an irate consul general with a ship-of-war in the Smyrna harbor to back him, than at that of the family of a native merchant. Again, tho suspicious villager probably has many doubts as to the stranger’s ransom being forth coming. Ho knows a native’s moans and belongings, and how to bring the necessary pressure to bear. Net so in the ease of an Eu ropean represented only by bis consul, and it is for this reason that, while European natives of Smyrna and other towns have been capt ured at intervals lor tho last thirty years, Eu ropean strangers (1 speak under correction) have not. NOT DESPERATE MARAUDERS. This constitutes perfect security from any thing beyond highway robbery for a traveller far in the interior. No brigand band can take the risk or afford the time to send to the coast for a problematit <U ransom. Besides, it must be remeanbered that they hr.vc never bad £14,- 0(H) paid for a foreigner, as in Colonel Synge’s case, near Salonica: £I,OOO is, I believe, the “record” in Asia Minor, ami the average does not run above Hie half of that figurv. Still (it may bo objected) there is the unpleasant possibility of highway robbery alike for the stranger and native traveller. Hardly so, once again. Tho Asiatic brigand, if not a coward, is at least a cautious and calculating robber. Like an English burglar he heeds full pre limary information, plenty of time for laying his plans and account and initiating all tho advantages on bis own side, lie has no desire to run up against a bullett if it can be avoided, and European travelers have the reputation of being well armed ami shooting straight. It is never waste pow<l< r ami shot, while traveling in an unsettled neighborhood, to shoot at marks (if you can hit them) when villagers areabout. Most robberrics are committed at night, a time nt which a European explorer does not travel and on people whose move ments arc known long before Land, as for ex ample, a merchant or courier who is on the road at slated periods. Therein nosm h thing as habitual infesting <>f likely spots such, for example, as tho pass above Al aschncr, for tho |zapti<;ths are too active for that; a rob be-y must bo < omplhh ed by a sudden organized d<; a ont such as can seldom or never be affect' d upon vibrant trav ellers, even were they worth the trouble and risk. NV hen a young European was captured about a year ago on his farm ncai Bmyrna, care had been taken first to abstract his re volver. ——- ♦ - An Unchanged Terror. 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