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to what has just passed in this house, ex
cept that as long as I remain nominally its
master it shall not be r.-peated. Although
I stfh.l no longer attempt to Influence or
control your political sympathies. 1 shall
not allow you to indulge them where in
any way they seem to imply my sanctlon.
But so little do I oppose your liberty that
you are free to rejoin your political com
panions whenever you choose to do so on
y. ur own responsibility. But I must first
know from your own lips that your sympa
thies are purely political—not a name 1
something else.” ,
She had alternately fiushed and P* 1 * • *
th.. ugh still keeping her scornful altitude as
he sent on. but there was no mistaking the
genuineness of her vague wonderment at
his concluding words. ”» d °n 1 un \ l . ® ’
you.” she said, lifting her eyes to his in a
moment of cold curiosity. What do you
“What do I mean? What did Judge J'’” 5 ’
wta-er mean when he called Captain lim k-
B . v .1. double triator?” he said roughly.
She sprang to her feet with flashing eyes.
• Xnd vou you-dan to rep. at the inward
ly iie of a spy. This. then, is what
you wished to tell me—this, the insult for
whkh you have kept me here. tosause you
an- in apable undemanding unselfish pa
tri-«tism -r devetion—even to your own
cattse-you dare to judge me by your own
bn e standards. Yes. it is worthy ot you.
She walked rapidly up and down, and
th<-i stid,.«-nly faced him.
•1 und< rstand it all! I appreciate y..ur
magnanimity now. You are willing I sh«»
join the company of these chivalr us gents
men in order to gi»e color to your
ni.-s. Bay at once that it was you who put
up this spy to corres»ond with me to jome
here -tn order to entrap me. V-s. en.nip
me—l who a moment ago stood up * jr
you before these gentlemen, and said you
could nit lie! Bah!”
Struck only by the wild extravagance of
her speech and temper. Clareii • u- ” 1
know that w hen w m< n are mart illogic
they are apt to be m -st slneer.. and from
a man s standi ■ nt. hr unreas «.ng >!• du -
_ . , . Him onlv a:' .111 Ilfleeta
tsons apis-arel to him om. ■
tion to gain time for thought, or a- ■
<al display to dazzle, like 1 be
was Knlng half «* O away
when she again faced him with flashing
"Well. hear me! 1 accept! 1 leave h -r<' at
on to join my own people. my own friends
—th“ - who understand me—put what con
pt ructien on it you choose. IM y* ur
You cannot do more to separate "
you have done just now."
She left him and ran up the steps, uiin
an extravagant return ot her • . I oiwas.on
al nymp-like grac. fulnev-the m
. f a woman who has never borne chi! Iren
ar 1 a switch of her long skirts that he
r. membered for many » day after as sM
flisappard in the corridor.
11. remained hiking after her— Indignant,
nutiacts! and unc nvinced! Then there was
a rattling at the gate. , . zt«
He remembered he had locked it. He
op—ned it to the flushed. pnk cheeks and
dan. r.g eyes of Susy. The nun was still
driw.it a from her wet cloak » she swung
ft from her shoulders. „
“1 know ft all. all that’s happened, she
hirst out with half girlish exuberance, and
half the’ actress’ declamation. “We met
them all in the r- nd. p >se and prison- i -.
Chief Thompson knew w»« and t< Id me an.
And so tone tt and y. ur® mas er
in vour . wn hmise again. Ularvnee. o. i by.
jo rt 1 v u w >uld d . it. rai l you d weak, n
on as ount of her! But * «•** * x ”’’ 1 kr ‘‘ w
vo«i better old t’larence. and 1 saw it in
your tae.. for all your stiffn-ss! He! But
for all that 1 was mighty nervous and
uneasy, and ju<t made Jim send an excuse
to th.- theater and we rushed it down here.
It 1-s.ks natural t ».s- the .d i house again.
And .she; you packed her . ff w th the ..til
ers. didn’t you? T. II me. Clarence, in her
01-l a|P< ling voice, “you si.- k her. too.
I\iz. I and astounded, and yet expressing
a vague sens.- of reiki w.th ::n ;• m>•
<*t lis ’l<s t* ; s Dwanl thr
“II :sh.” he s;s-I. qutskiy, wPni a glan.e
toward the corridor.
“Ah!” said Susy, with ; nmli. ions smile.
“Then that's why Captain Pinckney was
lingering in the r« ar w ith the deputy.”
“Sib-nci !” sac! Clan nee. sternly. “Go in
there.” pointing t» th" garden room l« 1 w
the balcony, "and wait until your husband
com- s.”
He half led, half pushed her into the
n- m. uh -h 1- id I . el. i bu-jn - olli '■.
and return.-d to the |kil:o. A hesitating
voice from 'he bah~ ny said, "t’lan nc<-.”
It was his wife’s voice, but modlfic<l and
gentler— m.-rv like her voice as he had fit. t
heard it—or ns if it were chastened by
some reminfawtnee of those days, it was
his wife’s fa-’.-, too. it.it looked down • n
his. peh-r than he had seen it since he had
the house. She was shnwled mid
bo-sled, carrying a traveling bug in her
hand.
“I am going, clarence,” she said with
gentle gravity, “but is-t in ; I ev- n
ask y. . t for-.-ive in- for ti h w rds
that I think y-»ur still -« d--h a< < ■!-
nation.” she sinil- I faintly, “dragged from
m--. I am going he. an o I know that I have
brought, and that while 1 am here 1 si all
always be bringing up »n you. lip- imputa
tion and «v, n ■ n-p msibility of my own
faith! While 1 am proud to own it. and.
it n--eds he, suffer for it. 1 have right to !
ruin your prospects, or even make y - i the
victim of the slurs that others may < ;.st I
up-ti no. Let i.:- part :;s friends, separ- I
ati d only by out difierei.t I. iiticai faiths. (
but keeping all olh, .’ fr.iths together, until |
tlod shall settle the rig. t of this struggle.
J’erhaj-s it m:y Is- s ..>r i .->t :.-tit:i.-s think '
It may I— >• ars of at; my tor all—but until
then. g-H>dby."
Sn. ha I slowly descended the steps to the
patio. Io -king haul- nier thin he had ever
*=<o n 1.. r. and as if sustain--1 an 1 upheld
by the enthusiasm of her cause. Her hand
wn» outstretched toward his, iiis h» irt
beat vi diuily. in another moment he might
have foFovtt- n all and clasped h< r to his
breast.
Suddenly riie sfi.pp<d. her outstretched
urn, stiffened, h» r finger pointed to the
Chair on which Susy’s cloak was hanging.
“Wbats that?"’ she said in a sharp, high,
me aide voice. “Who is hen.-? Speak!”
“Susy,” said Clarence.
"Already!”
Clarence felt the blood rush to his face
as he stammered; “She knew what was
happening here end came to give you
Warning.”
"Liar!”
"St-.p!” sail Clarence, with a white face.
“She «ame t > tell tie that Cap;.-in pin, fc.
Ji-y was still lingering for you in the road.”
He threw v|>en the gate to 1. t h. r pass. ■
As she sw-pt «.ut she lifted her han-l. As
he 1 ift,- gate there wen- the white I
■narks of h» r four lingers on his cheek.
BART 1.-t’HAiTKK IV.
For om-e Susy had not exaggerated. Cap- i
tain Pm- kn y was lingering with the
deg tty who ha t charge of him on the trail
* a. It h i . air a i.. i- , n pretty
well underst ; -..d by loth captives and cap- •
tors that th- arn-.-t was jiimply a j.. • ;
flemousiraliom that the syiapathiring fed- i
eral judg woi.-Il UII übtedly order the dis- |
Within the Means of All.
el }' r ' ," ■ J- Tucker, who is s > famous
*hr--!is’ho<>t the southern <tat ■- f.i- | r .
A.
f .£ ,
2' J Si: “'• lIHJ •II who i
d« sir.» to Shall avail
i. _* &y ’*!• n, « :v - -• «••: »■“ >• •■-
-.aT’ ’ y ■ ■ r .t\v hs: • 1-
W"* the hard times, i
~~ S-” . "’rite him • •••n»-ern i
£ ' Wi, \ vour ••as ; e. ,v.!i put •
.<>- l!*s terms within y. ir
v *'*t means. I»r. F;i.k< r
■ p ’mt sr- its diseases of the
■ liver, kidneys and
di..' <uve ••- ,ns. d:s--as.»s of womet* dir -
easrf-s of the R -into-iiritinry organs, nervous
and bh»l diseas s. di ■-•ses of the afr pa.--
ra«es; pii « an .j jj. tula cur- I without the
* ’ ’.. • i • • question list free
J. Tucker. M.D., Bioaa st., Atlanta.
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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1894.
recognizances, and It was probable that the
deputy saw no harm In granting Pinck
ney’s request, which was virtually only a
delay in his own liberation. It is also
possible that Pinekney had worked upon
t <■ chivalrous sympathies of the man by
professing his disinclination to leave their
coiaiague, Mrs. Brant, at the
mercy of her antagonistic and cold-blooded
husband at such a crisis, and it is to be
feared, also, that Clarence, as a reputed
lukewarm partisan, excited no personal
sympathy even from his own party. How
beit. the deputy, ag-eed to delay Pinckney’s
journey for a parting interview with his
lair hostess.
How- far this expressed the real senti
ments of Captain Pinckney was never
known. Whether his political association
with Mrs. Brant had developed into a
warmer solicitude, understood or ignored by
her. and what were his hopes and aspira
tions regarding his future was by the
course of fate never disclosed. A man
of easy ethics but rigid artificialities of
honor, flattered and pampered by class
prejudice, a so-called “man of the world,
with no experience beyond his own limited
! circle, yet brave and devoted to that, it
1 were well perhaps to leave this last act
of his inetlicietit life to the simple record
i of the deputy.
Dismount ng. he approached thfe house
from the garden. He was already familiar
with the low-arched doorway which led tc
the business room, and from which hi
could gain admittance to the patio. Bu<
it sa chanced that ho entered the dark pan
sage at the moment that Clarence had
thrust Susy into the business room and
heard its door shut sharply. For an in
stant he believed that Mrs. Brant had
taken refuge there, but as he cautiously
moved forward he heard her voice in the
patio beyond. Its accents struck him as
pleading; an intense curiosity drew him
further along the passage. Suddenly her
voice seemed to change to angry denuncia
tion. and the word “liar” rang u|M*n his
ears. It was followed by his own name
utter. .I sardonically by Claremte, th- swift
I rustle of a skirt, the clash of the gate,
and then, forgetting everything, he burst
' into the patio.
I’lan.nce was just turning from the gate
I with the marks of his wile’s hand still ted
lon his white cheek. He saw < aptain
’ Pinckney’s eye” upon it, and a taint, half
malicious. half-hysteric smile upon his
lips. Put without a start or gesture of
surprise, h*- lucked the gate and turning
to him said, with frigid significance:
"I thank you for returning so promptly,
and for re-ognixing the only thing 1 now
require at your hands.”
Put Captain Pinckney had recovered hi*
supercilious case with the significant de
mand.
“You sicm to have had something already
fr< m another’s hand, sir—but 1 am at your
servii- - ,” he said lightly.
"You will consider that I have accepted it
from you. sir.” said Clarence, <l-vwing
closer to him with a rigid face. “1 sup
pose it will not be necessary for me to re
turn it—to make you understand m<.”
"Go on!" said Pinckney, flushing slightly
"Male your terms. 1 am ready.”
“Put I’m not,” said the unexpected voice
of the deputy at tile grille of the gateway.
"Excuse my int< rfering. gentlemen, but this
sort o’ thing ain’t down in my schedule.
I've 1.1 this gentleman." pointing to Cap
tain Pinckney, "off ,’er a mitit to say gco«i
by to a. l.idy, who. 1 reckon has just ridden
off in her buggy with her s.-rvant. without
,-uying by jour leave —but I don't calk.-lat
to bu him inter anoth-r . bust's which,
like as not, niay prevent me from delivering
his body safe and sound into court. You
hear ni«-!” As Clarence opened the gate he
added: “1 don’t want ter spoil s)>oft Ix-twe.-n
gents, but it’s got to come in after I’ve done
my duty.”
“i'll n.eet you. sir. anywhere and with
what w-apons >ou cho<>se.” said Pinekney.
i turning angrily upon Clarence, "as soon as
I tliis far., -for which you an i your friends
I are respur ide is over.’ ’ He was furious
, » .. ... ... ;h-»’ • ir s. Bri-ut had •s-
’ mind. “Put wh it tr ine - t> tve i that
you are i.oing on with tie <!• ptity?” he said
with purjiosely Insulting deliberaelon.
”.\!v word, sir.” said Captain Pinekney
sharply.
“And. if that alnt enuff, there’s mine.”
su’d the deputy. “For if this g-ntleman
sw rves to the right or left Iwtwixt this
anil S: nt i Inez, i’ll blow a hoi- throng 1
him myself! And that.” lie a hied -leprecat
in-.rly, “is s lying a good deal for a man who
n’t’,want to sjioil sport, and. for thi
ll ■ of that, i' willing to stand bj at i
fair play done at Santa Inez any time
tomorrow befor- breakfast.”
(To Be Continued.)
Krastus K. Smith, professor of chcniis
tr> in Beloit. Wis., college, writes: “I find
«.;i examination that Dr. Price’s Baking
P-iwJ.-r is as pure as r presented and I
do net It -Hale to recommend it for house
, hold use.”
TIIKY IILAMHD Tlild <iIHL.
\ YVuuid-Ile Itridc V. litppcd by Cotv
nrilly Weu.
Gads-len, Ala.. December 4.—(Special.)—A
cowardly act was jierp trated on an inno
cent girl b« tween Lighton and Tuscumbia
> ;:i lay night. Henry Williams had a son
who was paying his addresses to a daugh
ter of Pu ! la> -noy. As obj-ction was made
by Williat” ■■ I > his son's marriage, a run
away match was .-‘grei-,1 upon. The time
was set and til pre, ir.’.tlons were complet
ed. when old man Williams got w-ind > f it.
and engaged the services of a neighbor
i.amed Allen to it ternipt them. Both men,
I I -ne-i w ith .h< tguns, waited at a conveni
ent |>eint for the arrival of the parties.
They did not have long to wait. Having
S-. .ut hickory switches in readiness, both
ri -n begun to beat the girl unmercifully
and aft-r they got through compelled the
b-.y t > whip her also. All three have been
jurist -d and are under iw.nd to stand trial.
< IPixl MPi IO N « (JKL- -,
An old physiciau. retired from practice, had
pi iced in Ills hand- by an East India >ni-uoiiary
tli*-torniiila of a smipie ve-.-.able remedy for tlie
B|M*e<ly and |htiii incut cun- of Con.-uiaipiion
Brom tuti-. t'atairii, \sthnu. and all Throat and
l. ing Altections, also a p-»-i.iv« and radical cure
for Nervous In-biliti and all Nervous Coinplaiutts
H..VIH- testi <1 il< woadert .il curative powers in
thous -nd- ol cas<-.». ~ud <l--irmg to relieve human
rutlering.l wt.i send fr.a* ol charge to all who wish
it. this r>-<*i,H- m 10-riii.in. French or English, with
fill, iliiection- lor preparing and ming. Sent by
mail, 1-y addits :ng witti stamp, naming ting
panel.W. A. N< YE*, sju Towers* Block. Roclles-
U-r. X ’ Y
Military <*om,> >bi<*« Disband.
Richmond, Va.. December 3.—By cont-
m. of tiiegovernor. Adjutant General An
d< rson has lssui-d orders disbanding the
infantry com’-ani<-s at I’ulaski, Pocahontas
and Chatham, tr-op G of this city, troop !•’
at Man- iii st. r and battery D ut Lynch
burg. It iias also b.sn ordered that the
following commands report for inspection
at the < nd of sixty days with a view to
disbandment unless they- are recruited in
the meantime to a state of efficiency, to
wit: Ii fantry companies al Iladfmd and
Abingdon, tn>op C at l.yochburg, troop 11
of Ih-nri, colored Infantry company D ut *
1*1: <b-rieksbiirg and colored illla.itry com- I
I .'nits i’. and E at Norfolk.
Arsenic in the Cut ice
Columbus, Gr... ibc-mb r (Special.>— i
Then- was a wnclesaie poisoning < a. e from I
u.-iiiking coff.-e m this city today. Shortly i
alter breakfast this morning, the family of
Mi. .1. 1-’. fie, .ie, i ons.sting ol himself, wife,
daughter. Miss Nellie, and Mr. James A.
Keene, were taken violently ill, and physi
cians were summoned. The eollee wus
analyzed and piiysKians discovered traces
of some foreign substance, believed to lie
arsenic.
Mrs. Keene prepared the coffee herself,
and th< family are unable to account for
t.ie presence of arsenic, and considerable
tnistcry surrounds thecase. All tne parties
suit’- r--.| gti.illy uuring the day, but tonight
ate pronounced out of danger.
Toi-k His il’c’s Diamond.
Flout, e. Ala., Decern, er 4.—(Special.)—Af
ter -«i- month of w» dde.l bliss J. i,. Alien
h:-s skipped out. leaving his wife poorer by
and a diamond ring. Allen left Sunday
afternoon wearing two suits > r clothe.-, his I
wif- ha 1 b tight him and riding another t
man's horse. Mrs. Allen owns a prosperous '
grocery business which Allen tried to gel
control of.
SARGE PLUNKETT.
REMIMSCKXSKS OE Tit E‘'OI.H” COK
ariTvrioN nvu.i>nti.
The Early Years of the Great Southern
Journal anil the Men Vt ho
Worked Upon It.
For The Constitution.
The Christmas just approaching will be
the nineteenth that Brown and I have lin
gered around The Constitution—but nineteen
years is not much after it has paiiseel.
The public Is familiar with the abundant
success and the progress of the greatest
of southern journals, but the “little things”
—the home life, as it were, would be of in
terest to many now scattered over this
bread laud.
1 went among the workers of the compos
ing room the other night, just to count
the faces there now who were there some
nineteen years ago. Uncle Ike Pilgrim, the
first in years, as he is in importance, still
presides over the “ads,” and the honor be
longs to h.m of havmg set the first line in
type for The Atlanta Constitution./ One
w< uld hardly suppose, as we look upon him
now, that he would have ever b, < n so
rambling in his mind as to have been re
sponsible for “Nearer, My God. to Thee.”
going through the paper as “Nearer, My
Girl, to Thee” —how lime does change our
channel of thought.
in an opjiosiie corner Mr. J. B. Lively
piesides over the market department, and
has attained the reputation of being the
most expert market manipulator in the
whole country, but ail old-timers know
that he should have honors in another di
rection, too, for he was a most distressing
“crank” on the weather long before weath
er bureaus were «stabiish* d or thought 01,
and he had the men that w< rked with him
in the "old idlice” perfectly familiar with
the accepted principles of this day, Ute
honors for which others than lie have profit
ed,
1 was about to pass from this room, when
the stately military' form ol Major Henry
Winter towered above a group in the
“heads” department, where he presides with
honors, (inc w uld hardly suppose that
this pillar ol dignity could have ever relax
ed enough to perp Irate a joke, but so he
did, and upon one high in authority. Cap
tain Howell had occasion to write the ma
jor a mild reprimand ter some oversi fW
of the department over which the major
then pre.'ided. The captain’s hamiwrite,
like oilier lawyers, was so miserably bad
that tin- maj-,r had 1 tie nerve to approach
.Mr. Hi inphiil and offer the repremand a a
reeommeinlation for promotion, to which
the bu.-in fs manager complied, and Captain
Howell relust d to undo wae.i the truth was
known—saying that such nerve ougnl to be
rewarded.
Just these three were all that 1 could find
in this room who figured in the “old build
ing” nineteen years ago, but. just ba- k of
a thin partition 1 found two others. Mr. I’.
J. Moran and Waiter C. Henderson.
Mr. Aloian is too well known tor me to
mention in any matters of tlie present, but
1 will mention him in connection with a
Christmas morning of the long ago. He
was then foreman of the composing room,
and up ii this Christmas of the past he had
arranged for the printers to have a most
agreeable surprise by the appearance and
the spl’ead.iig ol a banquet in the lUotning
when ih<- pa;»er iiad been got to press. Gt
course, the banquet was lhe best that the
city e 'iild furnish, and never h ive 1 seen
an easivii enjoyed mole heartily. Joel
Chandler Harlas and Sam Sn ail were the
piiiie.pal writers, in Hie little room ot toe
old ottiee just below Hie c.imposing room,
and t'fvin where lirst started tin stories ol
"Uncle Rem U.-.” out upon their mission of
uelighting the world. Mr. Harris had re
tired, but Sam Sma.l was st ill at ins de k
and it was easy to have him join the ban
queters, upon iL'hieh occasion, alter tm-
I ,ii i|iii-l wa>i I ■■ ' ■ w i b ifc ' " Y'-s
type a- ...i a.■!. T (i .! i U . u
was not it’ Jays \> uen a ■ iper was on
the train:' litu-vn minutes after tiv
R-rins were -lady, and so tinj poem tv is
tiitisiied, set in typ , tlie form brought
buck and re rd i s had it in their Christmas
p.iper—all perioimcu after the banquet was
I rememb r that Mr. William H. Cun
ningham was the only one of Ute banqueters
who munagisl to git home on that day
without calling a hack. Wiliiu:n was huge
and strong and was able to wiggle home
upon his f< el, but this very thing of being
anle to walk was tlie misfortune of his good
wife having a fine pitcher smashed when
he did get home. William had enough con
Ikience in hitm-elf to undertake to get a
fresh pitcher of water train downstairs.
With the pitcher in his large tight hand
he started down tlie strps. He tailed at
the second step and went rumbling and
tumbling to the bottom, lie thought of the
pitch, i wlu n he b -\an to fall and in ;
way protected it. but his wife ran to lite
top of the stairs and holh*red down—
“ Did you break the pitcher?”
"No,” said \\ ilham, witli the thought
that his wile was more excteisid over lhe
pitcher than over hjs bones. "No, 1 dident
i.ia ak it. but I'll be hanged if 1 don’t,” and
he smashed the china upon the floor.
Air. V, alter C. Henderson is tne present
1 aeman arid telegraph editor. He has held
this position for some twelve or fourteen
.'.ears, and in all that time J doubt if he
Ims sopken a harsh word to any employe.
True lie has “tired" many for cause and he
is rated as a most excellent disciplinarian,
but he has a tact of contrcliin-, without
harshness. The hoys say he makes them
fe<-l good even when discharging them.
I doubt if 1 should have g< ;ie into the
“machine room,” where the rutile is too
much for my nerves, if I had not heard
that another old-timer was in there, in the
jH-rsm ot Mr. Louis Saloshtn. Louis was
present on the night of the banquet above
spoken of and was at that time assistant
to Mr. Moran. In Hie older times it was
a common remark that it would be a cold
day in August when Louis could not find
time to help a inun in need. Hl the way
from the Atlantic to the Pacific he was
known through traveling printers and this
was his ohuracter. But I cann it miss the
viuHirt unity of relating a practical joke
upon him just because he happens to be a
good fellow.
Louisia had procured a Louisiana lottery
ticket and the day of the drawing had ar
rived. He was sure that no one knew of ids
having bought a lottery ticket-much leos
Hint they knew the number of tii..t ticket.
In this he was mistaken. Mr. Moran, a
great practical joker then, as-he is now, by
some hook or erook had learned the num. I
her of tile ti'k t. He kept it to himself I
until the night of the drawing uni then lie ;
use t it to his purpose. In those days lite '
telegraph ottiee was down by the Markham 1
het se, and a. Is.y wus kept to bring dis
patch, s to and from. This boy br rght the
telegrams to the iirst floor, rat'.kd a box
that was th. re t > receive them and then
tiny were drawn upstairs by a siring. Mi.
Moran took the teb.grapii operator into in?
ccnti'lence upon tne night ot the iirawing
; nd had LiU.s's ticket slipped mto the tom
gram as drawing Jltt.iwe. About the ust.a
hour tor te eiving tlie news fi m New (Or
leans Louis b gan to grow nervous a t t
would :<i le over and pull up d,i little box
and ti ok ~>r the drawing. I'or s.-vtr.it Hm -s
11.e ■ ... . am,, .md went and ev, ry inn ■
Louis responded to the untie <-jl tne b» x.
At last the diawing came, and Louis had
it in his hand with ail the intensity of na
ture. He loitiii his number it had drawn
and Louis was wild. The old office
resounded with his wild cries of joy. ii ■
cured nothing more for his situation as a
A New Cure for tsihma.
.Medical : cience at last report* a positive
cure fur usthmu in the ix.-l.t pt.mi, found
v iae < oligo ' iv-r, west Airiea. >So grt at
is their luuh n its woudcrtul curative pow
ers, tti ■ Kola Importing Company, l,p;i
i.roadway, New York, are sending out large
trial cases of the Kola Componn.] free to
ail .'iiit rers from Asthnin. Send your name
and address on postal card, and they will
Send you a trial ease by mail free.
printer, clothing stores, with L. Saloshin,
proprietor, loomed before his vision. He
was beyond control, wilder than any Co
manche Indian that ever rode the plains; he
rushed to the streets and among his friends
to tell the news. Never mind, Louis, any of
the rest would have done just like you,
had they been made suddenly rich, but It
was a hard joke, and the reaction was ter
rible.
Mr. Saloshin completed the number that
limited space will allow me to cover—the
“old. si t” —but in this machine room I saw
younger faces of some who were literally
rali-ed in the old building, and they do-serve
a mention in this connection, as well as a
credit to the moral of the old office as
for their honorable standing as citizens of
Atlanta. Messrs. Charles and Philip Green,
brothers, now at work on machines in ail
the vigor of manhood, as Is also Mr. Henry
Kaloshin. These young men hustled with
the newsboys at the old building until an
opportunity came for them to learn the
“art” and since that time they have been
Identified with the composing room.
If 1 could have waited until daytime 1
could have seen one other old-time face
upon this floor. Mr. J. D. Wells Is one of
the “old boys,” and'puts in his presence
and takes care of the interest of this floor
in the capacity of day foreman when the
night force has retired.
And Ltieio Zion Bridwell spends his days
on this floor. Mr. Bridwell deserves more
space than can be taken here to do justice
to his merits and to his long tertn at the
business. Now in his eighties, I think it
was nigh unto seventy years ago when he
put on the apron of the “devil" in a little
etfiee at Greenwood village, South Carolina.
He is still thoroughly competent to stand
his hand as one of the art preservatives,
and physically he could throw John L.
1 Sullivan out the window If he was called
‘ upon to do so. His brain retains its youth
ful vigor, and tempered by the experience
of so many years at printing, one feels in
ccntaet with a D iniel Webster when in his
presence—he is a wonderful man, a Glad
stone undiscovered —and yet, 1 think it was
he who abbreviated Jesus to get in in a
line, and horrified the religious editor with
“J. Christ" in the morning.
1 visited the mailing room, where Mr.
John Lively presides, the only relic of old
tim<-s in that department. The same can be
said of Mr. John Whitaker, foreman of
the pressroom. These two departments are
very closely connected, and well r- present
the mammoth proportions of the south s
gnatest paper at tha present time. Mr.
Lively and Mr. Whitaker havi Mt as ro
others have felt the great throbs of exer
tion as the paper would stride from one
stage to another. How proud did Mr.
Whitaker feel wihen the old drum cylinder
press was superseded by' the "double cylin
der.” All the otlice was proud of this press
—and it was something to be proud of at
that time, as it was ahead of the whole
south, but it would be nothing now. Two
thousand finished papers—both sides had to
be printo<l separately—|>er hour was about
its capacity, while now Mr. Whitaker
touches u button and two great presses are
rolling out a. finished Constitution at alxntt
forty thou.-and per hour each—all folded
and ready to turn over to the mailing de
partment, from there to spangle out in
every direction over the world. T> every
nook and corner of the south does this pa
per penetrate. To homes hid away in the
mountain caves, along the strands of the
<>e/an -to the city's mansions and the dirt
daubed cabins, does this great pap. r speed
itself, till 1 venture there is not a single
postofli-e in ail the south but what its
presence is known—besides it invades the
northern states and some f« w pass over the
oceans. Mr. Lively has grown up with his
mailing department and bandies it so skill
fully never a jar occurs. Tile truth is that
the wnole system < f turning out The Con
stitution is so c ntpli te that it might be
reckoned as a great continuous belt from
the editors to the postal clerks of tne rail
ma Is. Here it goes, over and under, turn
ing and curving among editors, thence to
the foreman of the eemposing room, then
to tlie ma< hint s and b.c-k t<> the proot
l.-. < . r..s I. ’ ai- 1 thep
from whef“ ii speeds with a whiz to the
preesrootn, zoons through the press to the
"mailers,” thin a cracking of whips, a
whirling of dray wheels, a tingling of ear
bells and the great paper is speeding to
subscribers.
At last must end at the business office.
That it takes money to do ail tins you need
not doubt, and that it takes clear heads to
hamlle these finances you may be certain.
It is enough to say that in nineteen years
1 have nev< r known a single hitch nor a
moment’s delay on payday. In this de
partment tin II mphlils remain -it the helm
of busim ss. while Captain Howell has par
lors just in th • background, just as they
us< d to have in the old building. The Hemp,
hills could relate many incidents in connec
tion with finance, one instance I remem
ber, that will be sugg stive t » ail* Hor
ace, we will call him. but it was not Hor
ace Gr«e!cy, had been “flyng so high”
among his Macon friends, on a picnic,
that it became necessary for him to inter
view "Boss Tweed,” as "old-timers” often
designated. Mr. W. A. Horace had no
trouble in finding the business manager,
in fact he rim up on him so su ’den that
he had not time to coileet himself, but with
the perspiration pouring from ;>i.< fat face,
he stammered through tile ordeal of asking
the advance of $lO till paj day.
"What d ► you want with $lO, Horace?”
asked Mr. Hemphill.
Horace was not prepared for this question,
but lie was equal to the occasion.
“Want to buy some coal—family most
freezing to death.”
‘‘Freezing in August,” smiled the business
manager, as he handed the bills through the
little window.
This, letter lias already grown too long,
but Brown must have a word—
Scattered as the leaves that fall
By chill December’s blast.
Ate many hundreds that 1 could call
Up front these years that’s past—
But time, with cruel touch h is made
A change in places where they stayed.
No matter—though the hand of fate
Must thus inflict its pain,
Y\ e’ll envy not the happy state
Os those who yet r»*ma.in—
A health to all—the “old,” the “new*”—
For Christmas cheer is just in view.
SARGE PLUNKETT.
lhe ( lever housewife never complains of
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder. It ans
wers her purpose perfectly.
NORTH CAROLINA METHODISTS.
lhe < (inference Meets nt Diirlinm.
Many Ministcra mid Others I'resvnt.
’■ii. ■-• x <’ I'“eember •». (Special.)—
The North Carolina conference met in
attendance ever known in the history of
the cons, rence. Nearly all of the minis
ters ar< here today. The city is crowded
with visitors. The following prominent
preachers have died during tlie year; F. L.
Heid, D. H. Burton, S. D. Adams, J, H.
M in eler.
An.ong the prominent visitors are Dr. J.
D. Barbee, Dr. A. M. Chreitzberg, Dr. Wal
ter Lambuth, Dr. H. Gh, id, of \ irginia;
Dr. John I’. Brooke; Dr. J. J. lienn, o; the
Epivorlii i.eiigce DiscusseM.
Dr. Waner H. Lambuth, missionary sec
retary, tins morning <:«-i:vt red :: strong
address on nns.-dons, calling for men for
tlie foreign fields. He read a letter from
Bishop Galloway saying that the Coreitn
war had opened China wide to American
tnissiui .tries.
Dr. Vv. W. Smith, general seer tary of ed
ucation, a idres«ed the cons rctiee on the
work of tiiat new board, i*- took strong
ground against state education. All the in
stitutions of tlie church, nearly 2'o In num- '
I •, are to be brought under an elaborate I
correlated system. The conference refused ;
to endorse the church Epworth League j
paper, edited by Dr. S. A bteele, and con- I
demited its management in very strong
terms.
Washington Duke today gave a cheek for I
J 250 for the superannuated preachers and i
received a unanimous vote of thanks.
Eleven traveling preachers were elected
deacons. Five local preachers were elected
deacons.
Next Sn-stoii Xt Elr/tb th
Durham, N. C., December 7.-- Special.)—
Today Elizabeth City was selected as the
place for the next session of the confer
ence. Raleigh and Fayetteville were put
in nomination, but were withdrawn and
Elizabeth City was unanimously seDcted.
The examination of character was proceed
ed with and the elders on the Raleigh. Dur
ham. Fayetteville, Rockingham, Wilming
t. n, New Berne, Wash ngtoo. Warrent n and
Wilson, districts made their reports and
passed the examination of character.
Dr. T. IL Law, of the American Bible
Society, ad ire .-i d the conference In b half
of his work. He spoke especially of its
influence in the mission work. The com
mittee on ccloortage rejtorted in favor of
ecntinuhig tlie present system and recom
mended the election of Rev. T. J. Gattis as
colporteur. This was adopted.
Transfers from other conferences were
then announced as follows: Charles H.
Gallaway, .1. R. T llery, A. R. Goodchilds,
W. J. Twilli ry, Langhorne Leith, from Vir
ginia, W. W. Rose, Los Angeles; Solomon
Pool, J.M. Rice, J. H. Page, Western
North Carolina; J. C. Kilgo, South Car
olina.
North Carolina Baptists.
Charlotte, N. C., December 6.—The -North
Carolina Baptist convention, with 400 dele
gates present, is meeting in Charlotte and
was called to order tonight. This morning
and afternoon the provisional convention
of the Baptist Young People, of North
Carolina, held meetings. Many speakers
told of the good work tn their churches of
Young People's societies, and it is probable
that with the approval of the Baptist con
vention a permanent state organization oy
the Young People will be effected.
At tile meeting; of the state convention
tonight Rev. R. H. Marsh, of Oxford, was
elected president, and Revs. N. B. Brough
ton and Needham B. Cobb recording secre
taries.
I'lie I’ost niimler Ac<iuittcil.
Raleigh, N. December 6.—ln the Unit
ed States court here today a case was tried
which created considerable interest. S-me
months ago postal cards were freely circu
lated through th'- mails here reflecting on
the character of Mrs. Pattie D. B. Arring
ton. the divorced wife of Baldy Arrington,
of Nash county. The cards were obscene
Mid scurrilous. Postmaster J. B. Boddi-,
of Nashville. N. ('.. was indieted and
charved with, mailing the matter. The case
was tried today, the jury returning a ver
dict of not guilty, after being cut liv
hours. AH the peop>e connected with the
ah'.dr are protnit ent.
Dr. E. S. Wain, chemist, of Cincinnati,
writes: "I find on analysis that Dr. I’ric ’s
Baking Powder is entirely pure, and the
strongest in leavening power of any*
powder made.”
SAY ED FROM A MOB.
Murphy, Who Assas-Inatcd Treasurer Copes,
is Safe in Jail.
Columbia, S. C., December G.— Governor
Evans has had difficulty today in prevent
ing the lynching of a white man in tiie
city of Orangeburg. The man is D. ('.
Murphy, alias J. T. Spankin, a uesperate
fellow of vagabondish apjiearance. Alter
going by a circuitous route via several rail
roads, the sheriff and five detectix s and
deputies arrived here witli him late tonight
and lodged him in jail. He is charged with
being the principal in tlie foul assassination
of Treasurer Robert Copes, of Orangeburg,
early in October.
The treasurer had been out in the coun
try collecting taxes and was returning along
a lont ly road when from ambush tn a
swamp- he was shot. Half of his head v. as
blown off. He had a large amount of the
state’s money on his person. The assas
sins managed to find only about S7O of it,
however. The treasurer was a prominent
man and gen-rally beloved. For days -even
t’Ouuri-y arounil tor'some trace <>t the as
sassins. They could find none. They were
determined to lynch the assassins. The
fate of <'opes has just caused the legislature
to abolish the collection law.
In the crowd which searched for clues
were two detectives. Weeks and Lambert.
They found strong evidence, showing that
this fellow Murphy was tin- principal. They
kept it to themselves. For many weary
Weeks they traded Murphy from tile scene
of the crime through to Palatka, Fla.,
where he has a wife, whom he sneaks in
to see occasionally- Ho got there a couple
of days before them ana had di-ap[rvared
when they arrived. They took tile trail
again and followed close on him through
Georgia, getting hot after him at Pitts
sylvatiia. <_>n Wednesday they located him
in the woods near a small place hi Beau
fort county. He ran a “blind tiger” there
during the night, and hid way out in the
woods during the day. He submitted t
arrest without asking a question, lie took
the detectives after he was ironed, to see
his hiding place. He has declined to speak
of the assassination at all. There is evi
dence to show who the other assassins are,
and it points to several persons in Orange
burg county. He will likely give their
names.
There is no doubt of his being the prin
cipal. The detectives have silenced their
witnesses temporarily. The fellow is a
desperate looking character. H ■ is six feet
high and powerfully built, with high cheek
bones and unshaven fa- e. The detectives
and escort had to spirit him from Orange
burg in a jiffy early in the afternoon as
the~town was rapidly filling up with men
and excitement was running high.
Anxious t<> i.yiich .Murphy.
Columbia, S. C., December 7.—(Special.)—
A lynching has tieen in process of organiza
tion here tonight, but fr»tn the indications
It can hardly materialize. A crowd of Or
angeburg people are here and laid plans
to storm th ■ jail, where Murphy, Treasur r
Copes's murderer, was placed last night.
Sheiff Cathcart got wind of the matter and
quietly took Murphy to the penitentiary.
The Orangeburgers have been trying to en
list local parties. They appointed a meet
ing to be held at the city hall corner at
midnight.
The force at the prison and the general
cct'Struetion of the massive walls makes it
impossible for any kind of a force to gain
entrance. A stranger went into several
stores this afternoon, pretty we!! intoxi
cated, and asked clerks to help them lynch
the pris >ner tonight. He was arrested and
locked up.
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Gond fnr J r ntilt : >tn Ifens.
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Periodic Attacks of Neuralgia In
the Eyes.
«C. I. TToort & Co., Lowell. Mass.:
“ I write to say that 1 have been a sufferer o
four years with neuralgia in the eyes. Tne pains
were very severe at night, causing me to suffer
winter and summer alike. Sometimes a ‘
would lapse between spells, then I would be.
Troubled Every Week,
especlnllv if I was tip at night. I am * m:ln •*'
regular habits, 42 years of age. m><l *mployed
for the past seven years by Heath. Springs ~
well-known merchants and bankers of Uns placf
Hood’s Cures
and Camden. I bought a supply of Rood’s Sar
aaparilla. used four bottles and believe 1 am
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p;.tv '■ .re .' ' 7
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AFFLICTED
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maladies. Not one cent to pay until you
h ,vi: ti. r. ug'hly tried my tr.-atments f.ir
cl'.ronie di.-e.ises. Give symptci .s a:;d re
ceive treatment by j.iaii with full particu
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SCHOOL BOOKS.
Every family has some old school books.
YVe pay cash f. r them. Write for par
ticulars. Merchants wanting to exchange
books pleasi writ, us also.
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