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THE FIEND WAS HUNG
JIXD THEY THE BODY WAS MUTILA
TED i:r the mob.
The Fiend Who Murdered the Rny Girls
Captured at Cairo, 111., Brocght Back
and Executed—The Story in Full.
Louisville, Ky., July s.—Near Bardswell,
Er., this morning, llubie and Mary Ray,
aged twelve and sixteen respectively,
daughters of John S- Ray, were murdered
l>v an unknown man. '1 he two girls went
to a thicket a short distace front the house
to pick berries, in about halt an hour a
pet dog came running to the house, juts,
jiav thought, something was wrong and
followed tiie dog back to th<‘ thicket whole
she found the body of Mary- Her throat
•was cut from ear to ear. lhe horrified
mother ran back to the house, as she saw
nothing of Ruby, and gave the alarm, 'let
boh hurried to the thicket and about fifty
feet from where the first body' was dis
covered, found the corpse of his younger
sister. Her throat, too, was cut from ear
to ear. Both bodies were horribiy man
gled, plainly showing that the young girls
had been outraged before murdered. I here
is no definite clue to Hr* identity of the 1
brute who committed the crime, but tne
manner of the work points to one man and
the use of a razor indie:it"S a negro- I here
is great excitement and' large posses are
in the woods and if the culprit is caugiit
there will be lynching.
< aptureo in a • ur at Cairo, 111.
Cairo. Ills., July <>. A negro answering
the description es the murderer of the two
Hay girls near Bardwell. Ky.. was caught
nmi iailed at Sykeston today at noon. He
was found hiding in a box . -tr on the Iron
Nlountain train by a brakeman, and when
the train reached Sykeston Deputy Marshal
Ingraham w is notified, and. after a struggle
The negro was overpowered. ,
In his possession was found a I‘iooiiy
-razor and five H,lif«’ gold rings, one of
wbL-’i worn by one »i 'he iriris
rr .ruing of the murder. He was id‘ntijiod
f»v > trties who had traek"d him tram Ken
tveky A sp.--i.il Train will bo made tin h -r<>
r.:id br’ng him tonight to Kentucky,
it is thought he will be speoddy dealt
with.
Two Parties After Him.
Cairo. 111.. Jidy •>. A special train bearing
2'i » o' th * pursuing party "1 armed nii’ii
ft mi K-:.:-" ky departed from her - for
Svk-ston. at l> o'clock o.night and er
riv-l at Sykeston at H o'clock Ihe plan
i, to bring the prisoner It k to Bird s I oint.
■which i> across the river, on tne special
♦rain In the meantime a party oi some
Caiioites h ive chartered the ferry boat.
Three States, and gone to Bird s Point to
mee’ the Kentuckians when they- return.
Jr is li'.-ly the parties will combine and
take the prisoner from Bird's Point to v tek
liffe. Ky. . , ,
How He Was Piini.-lieU.
Bardwell. Ky.. July 7—Say J. Nliller,
th.- negro charged with the outrage and
murder of Mary and Ruby Ray. was hang
ed at 3:27 o'clock this afternoon and the
bodv burned after being horribly mutilated.
The negro made a sj.ee. h proclaiming hi*
innocence but it is said he afterward made
a partial confession. .
The steamer 'three States wdh ove ot.e
hundred men from Cairo on board,
special train from Sykeston at Ba id s
I'oint. The prisoner was put on .bo boat
and taken to Wickliffe at o dock hi>
morning. 'There 1-rank Guidon, L-> ■
erman. who rowed the murderer across tin
Mississippi river Wednesday night ideiiti
tied Miller as the same man. Mill ■ Mt I< r
pleaded his innocence and John th
father of the murdered girls, counseled
Tho iiiob boarded a train at Wickliffe
and brought th" prisoner in this ’it.i. ai
riving at 11 o clock. 1 aero wii not
less than SJMHI men at the depot and the
train, consisting of five coaches, was crowd
ed. Previous to this, an agreement was
r.role bv the people to allow the tat tier <o
one after another.
q'p.-v I’l.V, was th'mglit l.v ••
y-m , >mb. Al las qin-’f "as restore*
and all went to a verv high scaffold- <‘>n
sirnctod of brdge timber. Sb-Tt I Hutson,
the prisoner ;i!! ,j a-r of the guards
mounted th,- -••mi-
the : a. lie. Hn»t.<l Him Burned
John Ray. th" father of the murdered
Kiris. made a talk, in which he said:
* "This is th" man who killed my children,
but lot us keep quiet now, and at the
proper time burn him.”
Tile negro was called upon to make a
spec. i. rl iid respond'd promptly and with
wonderful nerve, considering the eir.-tim
stances under which he was placed. Il is
v "\was char, and he s"emcd almost i
oblivious to the surroundings. His exact '
words Were as follows:
"My name is Seay .1. Miller, and 1 am i
from Springfield. 111. Jly wife lives at 7111 '
North See i : 1 street. ] am here among I
you a< a stranger, and looked on by you j
tis the most brutal map that ever stood on !
God's green earth. 1 am standing here an j
innocent man among excit-ed men. who du
not propo-e to h t the law take its course.
I have committed no crime to be deprived
of my liberty or life. 1 am not guilty.”
At this time he was disturbed by several
questions, ami many called him to go on;
HOUSEKEEPERS FIND |
Royal Baking Powder
Will Keep While Others Spoil. |
g Some baking powders are so imperfectly t
8 made from cheap and inferior materials that
T they spoil or lose their strength. During the
» last year thousands of cases of a new brand, y
|i soid or commissioned upon a “ guarantee,” $
el ha\ c been returned to the manufacturer caked 8
& or spoiled, and useless.
I powders, it used in baking, are a vexation.
•j 1 hey do not make nice bread, biscuit or cake, but i®
[ spoil good flour, butter ami eggs, and produce im- ?
pure, unwholesome food. * h
i’ Royal Baking Powder makes perfect food; $
t never wastes good materials; never spoils or g
fl loses its strength; the last spoonful in the can (S>
p is as good as the first; the housekeeper never |
b has cause to return it to the grocer and beg for |
r' the return of her money. Its invaluable quali- $
:j ties are familiar to all American housewives, $
; who have found its use a reliable guarantee of 8
j light, sweet, pure and wholesome food.
It is unwise, if not dangerous, to take chances ®
- with other baking powders.
i
II R'
but Sheriff Hutson begged to be permitted
to put him in jail and get some rest lor
himself, which he needed so badly-
At this time Mr. Ray, the father of the
children, appeared on the stand and talked
onty a few moments, carrying on a con
versation vrtth several persons on the
ground. Mr. Ray repeated the charge
against the negro, and said he was willing
to set a time and place for the execution,
which was soon agreed between him anti
several by-standers, should be at 3 o.doek,
it was then a few minutes past 12 o’clock,
and the negro was placed in jail to await
the time When he would be called for.
lhe Hom-of the Execution.
At 2:30 o’clock, the negro was brought
from the jail to the principal street. A
chain was around his neck, and many men
were pulling and surging at it. The crowd
was wild, and no one could guess the late
of the negro. He was almost suffocated
when the ground was reached, and here
the father of the girls relented a little
and suggested that he be hanged rather
than burnt. . ~ . .
At 3:27 o’clock this afternoon, the body
was swung to a tall pole and as he was
dragged up his clothes were torn from
his Tody by the maddened mob. He was
heard to say just as they drew him up:
“I am an innocent man!'’
Had He a Partner.
But there is an authentic report that
I he made at least a partial confession
I as the mob took him from the jail, but
this confession implicated a partner in some
way and nothing positive can be learned.
He was drawn up with his face toward
the pole and when his feet WetT two or
three feet from the ground some one shot
him from the front, the ball passing through
his body. li> a very few minutes life was
extinct." it being ascertained that he was
dead at 3:15 o’clock.
The body was left hanging until 4:2;»
o’clock, during which time sortie of the
toes and lingers were cut off.
The body was finally taken down and
carried about 300 yards to the rear of
Towns & Harlan's mill. At that place
the ears were cut off; nearly all the re
maining toes and fingers were severed and
the body' otherwise mutilated.
Burninir the Body.
The body was then placed between two
logs and kindling piled upon it and
then rough wood to complete the job of
burning. The crowd n-mained orderly' to
the last, but very determined. Tin* man
who did the hanging are from Kentucky,
Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri, but the
work was done in such a manner and the
throng was so great, that no man can name
an individual who participated.
EXCITEMENT AT SYKESTON.
Threat, to Bun the Negroes Out of That Lo
cality.
Pester. Mo.. July 8.- News was brought
here on flu- afternoon train tiiat great excite--
rii-nt prevailed in the vicinity of Sykeston,
twenty Hillis east, of here, in Scott county,
wiu-re tin- tn-gfo Milter, who murdered the
1, ij- girls, near Brmlweil. Ky.. was captur
ed.'ami that an i-tT'it' would Im- made tonight
to run tiie negroes <>*q of that locality, 1 here
will probably 1"' "is trouble, as many ot
i lie b- id citizens farmers of that part of
S-ott •-.unity in. eigiib-u-lng comities em
ploy a large num, of laborers and will de
fend the m _ti i -• wiilie there tire also many ot
tile good citizens who favor moving tlmill. it
is impossible now to secure continuation of
the news from Sykeston.
HE IS AN IMBECILE.
Tommy Fagains, the Matricide, Adjudged
to bo Irresponsible.
The trial of Tommy Fagains Friday
morning on a writ of lunacy, which re
sulted in his being found of an irresponsible
condition of mind, was one of tin* most
pathetic incidents that has occurred in the
courthouse in many' days.
Silting in a chair by the side of Bailiff
Mel 'ttllough tin? Imbecile matricide rocked
backwards and forwards- in his chair in
idiotic delight. Occasionally lie would break
out. into a wild, wordless song ami as
quickly quiet down. He called for his
father with the pitiful request that, he be
taken home.
During the trial while his father was
testifying the bo f Y,..sura.pg,'Yhuftmirml
Words .and sentences that .awA' im-mbi-rs
i ... v,. j.-imdy. Once <>r twice he
clamored m be allowed to sit down bv his
father. Ihe sight was a sad one. The
three sisters of the unfortunate bov and
the boy s father were all in tears and Im
seemed to lake no notice of it.
The horrible murder has been told in
del a:I and hanlly needs and recapitulation,
t he imbecile was suddenly seized with an
irresistible desire to kill 'th.- mother who
bad loved and protected him all bis life
despite the frailties of both his body and
brain. Just at the very time when hie;
mother was nimble to protect or defend
herself in the least, this insane idea took
entire possession of the idiot's feeble and
diseased mind. When h» was met at the
door of the home by his little sister ho had
the ax in his hand. He made no .attempt
to strike her down. She asked him what
lie was going to do with it. lie replied
in his mumbling way that he was going to
put it up in the house. Suspicioning noth
ing. the little sister wont out into the varj
and the unfortunate attacked his sick moth
er, who was lying asleep on a pallet on the
floor. His mania for murdering his mother
had such complete possession of him that
up diu not stop his bloody, murderous work
after killing her. He kept: hacking away
with the bloody ax until ho had succeeded
fHE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: /fLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. JULY 11,1893
in severing the head from the body, g ’t
was not until then that he ceased ti. se
the weapon. . , , *— ..
In the testimony of the boy s fatltfi B
was brought out that the boy loved his
mother 'better than he did any one else
in the family; that lie'.always did everything
he could for her ami would pot allow her
to even draw a bucket of water if he was
anywhere 'about; It seems, too, that the
boy' nursed’ his mother with the tenderest
care during her illness. Ho went errands
for her and whenever her fever brought on
thirwt it was the weak-minded boy that was
always the one to go and bring her water.
But all this only serves to intensify the deed
—4he repulsiveness of it, the horror and
sadness surrounding it.
“He was kind to his mother,’’ said Mr.
Fagains, "and Wouldn't even let her draw'
a bucket of water. He can remember
things that happened, but he didn’t appear
to have much forethought at any' time.
If anybody told him to pick up a rattle
snake or catch hold of a mule he would di
it. 1 noticed a slight change in him about
a month ago. Usually' ho liked to sit about
and hear others talk, but about a month ago
he began to go into another room and was
unwilling to stay in thi*- room when a
stranger came in. Since lhe tragedy I
have learned that he choked one of his
brothers pretty severely.’’
At this juncture Tommy' jumped up and
went towards his father .exclaiming. “L'-’
me si’ b.v my’ par. Par ta' mo ho’.” His
father ordered him to remain quiet and ho
did so for a short.' while, but soon began
to sing a mumbling sound at the top of his
voice, rocking backwards and forwards
violently.
Mr. Fagains concluded his testimony by
stating that his br d'her-in la w had called
on •Tommy while in jail and that lhe boy
remembered having killed his mother, but
showed no remorse or regret.
The jury declared him to be a fit sub
ject. for the asylum without leaving the
jury box. Young Fagains will be taken
to Milledgeville as soon as all the arrange
ments are made.
Before returning to tin* jail with the
bailiff the boy kissed all of his relatives
goodby. His last words to them were:
“Par, ta' me -ho'.”
Backache is almost immediately relieved by
wearing cue .of ( nrter’s Smart. Weed and Bel
ladonna 8.-iekac'ne Plasters. Try one and
be free from pain. Price 25 cents.
WITH PISTOLS AT HIS HEAP.
A Young Virgini in Prank Haifa Gallon <>
Whiskey—lhn Funeral Today.
Hdeston.. Va., July 7. iSpr-J.-J.) Bruce
Woodall, a young white man of the'Provi
dence mighbeihood, in this county, has died
from the effects of half a gallon of whisky,
which lie drank within an hour.
The young mini went to Luck’s store and
there met two men named Thompson find
Robie. Tl'.ey invited him to have some beer,
lie replied that hi- did not like be. r, but would
drink all the whisky they would give him.
They bought half a gallon. Woodall drank
a portion of it and then wanted to stop.
Thompson and Robie then drew pistols and
toid him that unless lie drank all 'lie wk-sly
they would blow his brains ont.
Thoroughly frightened Woodall complied
with their commands. He sank into a stupor,
which lasted about two days, when he dieu.
No arrests have been made.
Tried to Chloroform t ho Girin.
Nashville, Tenn., July 2. (Special.) -
There was a sensation on Magnolia street
tliis morning when at attempt, was made
to chloroform two pretty girls about six
teen years old. They were daughter and
niece of Mr. John Lapps, and were asleep
in the same bed alone in the house, except
a little brother of one of the girls. A
large cotton handkerchief saturated with
chloroform was thrown in the 1 ransom of
the door and fell between lhe girls, strik
ing one of them on the arm .-Hid awaking
her. She knew the smell of chloroform,
and by' screaming awoke the neighborhood!
and brought out a large party, who made a
search in vain for the miscreant, and who
had, no doubt, tie,l at. the first outcry.
The house has been robbed before, and
it is supposed llmt robbery' was the ,?nolive
this time, though it may have lie ' ' uler
. .... »„ exactly in t'tie
■ he le-.| and contained enough chloroform
: iw-.'-'nm 1,0,11 « irls 11:1,1 not
I awakened them.
I hose unhappy persons who suffer from ner
vousness am! dyspepsia should use Carter’s
Tittle .serve Pills, which are made expressly
fpr sleepless, nervous, dyspeptic sufferers
1 rice J.» cents.
HIM VETJEKNAS WON’T GO.
That Grand Convention in Birmhi;; i, am,
i Iley Say, Is Postponed
I lie eomederaie veterans are not going to
Birniingliain that’s settled.
There has been a great <hal of interest
aroused among tile old soldiers, not alone of
Georgia, but of the entire sontn. <o<.- the
grand convention of the 1 nite ! <'onfedeiaite
,i I ''ni 1 11, 1 , 1 ’’ ‘ ll ‘ id in Birmingham mi
Hi" ipth ot this month.
The order has recently gone forth r-em
headquarters that me ™t... nte ■ t
l>" held in July, as was at first arranged bin
will be postponed until September.
The o.d soldiers received notice of this In
. .tltima in the following message sent, out from
Aew Orleans;
Adjutant General .Moorman, by order of J.
Gordon, general eoimmtmlng l ulled i'.hi
lederate Veterans, in order ,\o. ;>9. announces
that, m response to an almost universal re
quest, on account of the great neat, th" lin.-n
--cial situation and it being harvest time m
some seetmns, our hosts at Birmingham, and
.Major t.eneral J<din t'. Cnderuood, in charge
ot the excursion and unveiling ceremonies
concurring, that the reunion which was to
have been held at Birmingham. Ala., on Juiv
19th and 2Wtl>, ami General I 'tderwood’s e<-
eursion to northern pris ms, the world’s fair
am! the unveiling al Chicago, have all been
postponed until Trhlay and [Saturday. ,s p.
tember lath and Itlth. 1593. I’his postpono
inent mak".s no change in arrangements or
dispositions already made and all delegates
appointed will remain for the dates of Septem
ber l.ltli and Itlth.”
All of the old soidiers of this section bad
arranged to go to Birmingham to the great
convention. They had also arranged to take
the trip to Chicago to be present at the un
veiling of the monument to tin- dead there i
The monument 'mis recently been built bv the
confederate Veterans in ('lticago, and the un
veiling wins to have been a grand event in
the history of the Chicago Confederate Vet
era ns’ Assoeia t ion .
It will be a great disappointment to many
of tit" vets that the tiling has been postponed,
lint they will surely be there in Sejiteinber.
IS Tn I; RE BLOOM ON THE MOON?
A Sensational St(»ry '1 hat Comes from South
Carol in.i.
Columbia, S. July s.—(Special.)—Con
cerning a sensational rumor that was cur
rent at Greenwood yesterday on the occa
sion of the reunion of the confederate sur
vivors. The Evening Journal today publishes
the following:
"There is blood on the moon, ami there
may be blood from the ranks of Ihe reform
ers. It was expected that the morning jia
pers would contain a sensational letter from
one of the state vllicers preferring grave
charges against one of the higher ollie,-rs of
the state, but it did not come. The store
comes from the inner ch:cd circles of the
reformers that there is a little unpleasant
ness existing between Fnite-l States Senator
-L L. M. Irby and Adjutant ami Inspector
General IL L. Parley, ami a letter from ihe
Litter is expected to appear in the public
print within tin- next day or two denouncing
the junior senator a< a liar and applying
oiber equally uncomplimentary terms to him.
"In ease tills is done, a personal encounter
ean hardly be avoided. Il is thought the
trouble arose at the time ~f
the eleelion of Senator Irby by the legislature
and was caused by a remark from Gom-ral
Farley to the effect that he thought a better
selection could have been made. Since that
time it is alleged that the feeling has been
intensified by certain telegrams sent to tin's
state from Washington, alleged to have been
sent my Mr. J. IL Tillman, reflecting upon
General Farley, while in reality they'were
the product of Senator Irby. Tliis is the sit
uation as it is gathered today and interesting
developments are daily expected. General
Farley is not iu the city.”
His Accounts Slightly Incorrect.
Richmond. \ a., -July 7.—(Special.)—.
James I>. Marshall, for many years en
gaged in the wholesale grocery business t
here ami til Petersburg, ami for the last j
two years stor<'kee;»er for the Old Domhi- I
ion Iron aud Nail works at: Belle Jslc, '
commit led suicide at his home on South I
Third street early this morning by shoot
ing himself through the temple.
Killed by Lightning.
Jackson, <>.. July 3. Three men named
I.otis were instantly killed last night while
taking shelter uuder a tree during a heavy
thunder storm.
ARP ON FINANCES.
HE DOESE'T VTDEESYAKD MUCH
ABOUT THE SITUATION,
But Thinks we Need n Statesman to Straigh
ten Out Matters and Untangle the Fi
nancial Skein—Other Matteis.
Silver and gold. I wish that 1 did un
derstand it. 1 have said so much about
biniettallism and demonetizing and tree
coinage and the Sherman act and the pur
chase of bullion and what congress should
do ami shouldn't do that it all makes my ,
head swim and 1 lose coniidence in Mi •
Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle and everybody
else. The whole tiling seems to be in a
tongle. Have •we no great statesmen,
nt) great linanciers to back up to? Are the
editors of the papers to box the thing about
forever and ever and keep lhe people in a
quandary? Is partisan politics to curse the
country while it is suffering from a linau
ciai panic that is paralyzing every industry
and creating a general distrust, 'lhere is
not a republican paper but what would
rather the democrats would make a blun
der limn to bring relief. They are a heart
less set—these politicians. They are ev
erlastingly machining around to keep in
otiice or to get in ami the democrats tire
nearly as bad as the republicans. 1 have
heard' so much in the last two weeks about
machine polities that 1 am sick. 1 never
conceived how many bargains and trades
had to be made to get an otiiee; how many’
traps and triggers and how the patronage
,-jind spoils and perquisites had to be didvided
out to suit tiie congressmen and keep them
in octlie. Not all 'the congressmen, of
course, fur thank heaven we have some there
who have no machine an<L who would not
fear to 'have every act of their political
life laid open to tiie people, but. with some
of them a public office is a private trust.
They say, ‘'This is my otiiee. 1 worked for
it, stooped for it, lied for it, and I’m going
to make all I can out. of it.’’ It has been
that way alwtays 1 reckon and we can t
help it, but 1 du wish we had some great
siatesnii-n like there used to be —some great
thinker.-, and leaders like Calhoun and Web
ster and DeWitt Clinton of the olden times.
1 wish that we had Justice Jackson m
congress, for 1 do believe that a man vyho
could untangle the Central railroad as quick
ly as he d.d could untangle all this money bus
iness and tell the country what lb do to re
store confidence. That is all that is wanted
they say. Conlideuce! I want come my
self. Confidence is a plant of slow growth
in an aged bosom. My old friend Cicero
Strong told me the other day that tiie way’
to settle the trouble was to take the 100,-
000,000 of reserved gold that was in the
treasury and use it, for it had been there
for years and years doing no good and
they might just as well fill up the bags
with iron or lead or copper and nobody
would ever know lhe difference, for it is
never counted, but is weighed twice a
year. It could be fixed up in pho night by'
the treasurer and one or two men to help.
"What is the u.-;e of the gold being locked
up so long when it is needed so bad?”
“Maybe that’s been done already,” said I.
"Maybe the gold isn’t, there, but it is only
bags of lead.” “Maybe them
republicans did change it.” said
Cicero, ami lie looked solemn, like he, too,
had lost confidence.
Durifig the last great political excitement
win ti the people’s party was cavorting
around, a little preacher over in Fast Ten
nessee mounted a wagon body at a justice
court ground and harangued the boys on
’ the silver question. "Free silver!” he cried.
"Free silver! Blessed be the 1 prospect.
When our party- gets in power, my breth
, ren, there will lie no more want, no more
poverty, no more hands to hang down or
| feeble knees to shake, but everybody will
. have* silver. Bless the Lord! We will
■I yi mi its full capacity day' and
. ... mninp ams meh snip
‘'k 11 < ’ u ‘‘ "'tintry. by the carload, and
when our share gets here wo w:'l load it in
y a p,ns and drive out on every road, and as
the wagons imive a iong W e will shovel it
'"it -’"id scatter it far and wide, and even
he women and children will get some, bless
the leno, free silver; come quickly and
buy wii.iout money ami without price <>h
ye ot nth faith,” and the people said
amen.
..’/■''bf v.-isn’t much worse than a speech
G'ht I aeard Georg" Francis Train make at
-Koeiiester about twenty years ago. He
grew sublimely eloquent alji.mt the”<o>vern
inent issuing millions and billions and tril
lions and quintrillions of paper money and
lending everybody just a-s much as‘ > thev
yanteq ’Keep the paper mills running
day and night: and the printing machines
am let the bright m-w bills Hood the land
and then 1 wi't nave a pocketful and feel
Jik" a gentleman, and my country friend
over there will have his saddle bags full,
ami that good old woman will have her
apron lull and we will build docks and ca
nal.- and railroads ami ting houses and
ships and lactones ami everybody will have
plenty to do at. big prices, ami tlie poor will
become rich and those who are now rich
money will be good no more, and we will
atl.be happy as it th,. m'. : enuinm had come.”
Hold on, J ram, said one of his hearers
liohi on a minute.” "What's the matter’''”’
said Irani "Wouldn’t the whole thing
collapse and bust up after a while?” said
Ins hearer. 1 rain looked at him with sov
ertgn contempt, ami said; "Why. of course,
it would; any fool might know that There
would be an awful bust up, but all these ho
tels and canals and railroads ami factories
wouldu t bust up—they would be there.
1 ion t vott see ?
There is some truth in all this, even if a
; crank did say it. Go to Decatur and An
i melon and J’.ovct-s am.' Shellield and Flor-
I eltee and Bridgeport. Go anywhere where
there was a boom a few years ago ami see
I the big houses, amt stores and factories that
are empty. They are ail there, but the col
lapse came and the builders have scattered
to parts unknown.
\ou can't force prosperity bv a boom:
itetiher can it be forced by legislation at
Washington. 'They may grease the wagon
so that it will run easier, but no permanent
ji'iit't will conic iiiiti’ therp is «i dpintmil for
the products of industry, whether thev come
from tile factories, the mills, the furnaces
or the soil. 1 here hits b- Vn an over-produc
tion tn almost everything and there has been
too much extravagance at home. If a man
gormandizes himself he gets sick and has
to take medicine. Just so most everybodi
ha-' been living beyond their means -buying
b>e much on a credit because credit xvas oL
feretl and goods xvere cheap, and now when
the shul-tlown comes we are not prtqtaretl
for it. That's the way it is at my house,
and all I can do is to lay it: on this financial
business and. tell my folks it is lack of con
fidence. It is all right, and xve are taking
our medicine. < hieago has gone up the
spout at my house—thank the u<hhl
BILL ARP.
N(7J//; GEORGIA STORIES.
A drummer who recently made a tour of
north Georgia tells a strange story.
Night overtaking him on the road, hejiut tip
at a little cabin in the woods. This cabin
was occupied !>y a man, presumably a farmer,
and his wife.
The drummer retired on a pallet on the
tloor and was soon in the land of dreams.
He was awakened, however, by voices in
conversation and be saw. standing over him
two men -ids landlord ami a stranger.
One ot the men stooped down, and shaking
l.im roughly, said:
"Get up here and get onto’ this, and d—n
quick, too!”
It was in vain the drummer expostulated
and asked for an explanation; but he “stood
not upon the order of his goiug,” for he saw
that tlie men meant business.
As he rude oil' in the darkness, one of them
shouted:
"Tell yer folks thar ain’t no moonlight li
quor in these here diggins, butthar ’s some
mighty trusty rifles!”
It was plain to him then. They had taken
him for one of Uncle Sam's deputies.
A story which rivals Poe’s “Black Cat”
conies from Fannin county.
A negro there was greatly annoyed by a
brindle cat that followed him to aud from i
the fields awl. indeed, wherever h e
Even in his dreams tae cat was
and it was nothing unusual to awake u
morning and find the feline on bls bieast.
The negro became “simerslitiou>, *
decided that he was “conjured.” Then
the cat’s death seemed necessary to the man s
peace of mind. .
He caught it. by the hind legs, dashed its
head against a tree, and left it dead by a
bl i;"l, l, 'th..it night, while the negro was ad
dressing himself to sleep, he was enconnle 1-
ed bv two glittering eyes at. the loot oi hi.
bed. Then he heard a familiar wiiine-uwl a
reproachful whine tit that!
It was the cat the briudle cat—come to life
”lle leaped from the bed, and ilod shrieking
, from his cabin; ami now there is one negro
missing from Fannin county, and at mgnt,
around his welling, above the wail-
in" of the wind, can be' heard the rasping
"mew” of that eat of the briudle color, momii
ing for its cruel master, with eight lives still
left it!
There is a little black hero in Liberty coun
ty black as a Georgia midnight, but a hero
for all that.
lie is ten years old. and a few days a„o a
little White child, while playing near a deep
pond, rolled down a bank into the watel.
Now the black boy couldn't swim a stroke,
but quick as a Hash he dashed Ids hat on the
bank and plunged in to save the child.
But for the timely appearance of a negro
num both would have been drowend; but it
didn't make the little "African” any less a
hero.
The death of Anthony Remsen, colored, of
Wilkes county, was one of I lie most, horrible
on record. A few weeks ago he was bitten
by a cat, but thought nothing of it.
A few days afterward it was evident that
he had hydrophobia, and it became necessuty
to chain him to the floor.
His ravings were terrible, and finally’, with
a rock he smashed Hie lock on his chain and
tied screaming to the woods, where lie died
in the greatest agony. His deatli was wit
nessed by quite a number of people.
Mr. Nathan White, who lives near Coosa,
in Floyd county, attended the Sardis Presby
terian church last. Simday morning, three
miles from his home, walking all the way to
church ami back to his home after the ser
vice. He is ninety-eight years old. He not
unfrequeiitly handles the plow during rue
week days. His hearing is good, but his
eyesight is begiunin£jto fail.
A'Air-s yoj/:s.
Hundreds of people are leaving Florida every
day bound for the cooler climes of lhe north
and west.
It is rumored that a republican newspaper
will be started in lialeigli soon.
Near Cisco, Tex., a farmer plowed up three
human skulls and a quantity of Indian redes.
A Tennessee man, who was struck by light
ning, lay unconscious three days, and then
recovered.
Among the wedding presents received by a
Green county, Arkansnn, bride were lour
chickens, two geese and a pig.
I Ij Standish, of Morristown. Tenn., has
mysteriously disappeared from his home, no
tr-u’c of his w• hereabouts having been louiid
yet.
A farmer living in West Virginia claims to
have three- letters in the original Imudwrit
ing of George Washington, but says they are
not for sale.
Near Newbern, N. <’.. a man frightened a
voting lady into hysterics while playing the
"ghost” act. and was shot by tiie young
lady's brother.
Arkansas Citv looks somewhat dilapidated
now that tire .'iverflow is gone, and wrecked
fences and sidewalks on every side, but it
Is onlv a question of a month or two when
everything will be all right again.
Hunters recently caught a she bear weigh
ing 300 pounds, and two eulis. on Reims’s
'r?ok Buncombe county, North ( arolina.
. < Ut.s bit Ulie of -die limiters quite
AV. T. Lane, of Longview. Tex., was in the
habit of carrying a little over stl.ooo in ; U1
inside pocket. He is missing a little over Sjj
000 and is at. a loss to know where it went.
Isabel McKeeham living in Carter coiintv
Tennessee, is one hundred years old, and will
celebrate her eeiit.emiial birthday b.v’,a basket
dinner, to which the public are cordially in
vited, July 14, ISSI 3.
Among a number of fishes in J. ]». Bon
tier’s aquarium at Comanche, Tex., there i
one, a small. perfectly black V :it
fish, which has hut one eye. This t
on the left of the head, and where the othei
eye is usually to be seen there is no sem
bltinee of one.
Captain Smith, of Clinton, N. C., inform:
The Itemoeral that lie has a friezllitg-hen
that in the summer mon'ths disdains super
Huous clothing, mid wears but a Singh
feather, that being a tail feather, tn addi.
tion t.o this attraction she is fourteen year.-
obi.
The Anniston Hot Blast has absorbed The
Anniston Ev-ning News, ami there will here
after be only one paper in Anniston. In noting
the consolidation The Hot Blast says th:i7
"for two years or more the publication of
two daily papers In Anniston has been ]ik<-
growing cotton al. 7 cents a ton -no mouev
in it.
A twelve-year-old boy who lives near San
Antonio, is said to be inspired, ami will go
to preaching. It is said he is very eloquent,
ami can deliver an excellent sermon.
Tennessee has. in the person << Jacob
Strother, a man who is 10:: years eld. and
still as vigorous, .-qiparentlv. 'as a man of
sixty. Tie rccoiitly walked Hire,- miles to at
lend a. farmers’ meeting.
Virginia lays claim to a little girl, thirteen
years old. whose vole", when she sings,
sounds like two voices blended alto ami so.
pratio. She is “another musical wonder.” ami
is astonishing the natives -though not hi a
public way.
A Louisiana planter erected a dummy in his
field. If was in the form of a woman in
white. Ills wife, being ignorant of it. saw it
for the first time while her bttsbmid was
away from home, and was so frightened that
her life was despaired of for a time.
A Chicago couple the man aged forty, the
girl sixteen -recently went to Alabama to get
married. Then they returned to Chicago to
get divorced. The complaint of the girl was
that the man had false teeth, aud she
"couldn’t stand the sight of them.”
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