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DAY. APRIL 15,1884. TWELVE PAGEFC
HEWS OF GEORGIA.
The Columbus Timet |i*e?? the following eddl
tionxl dctaila from (be dUsiter of (he Kvorlngbam:
Ur. E. D. Williams, who wee ao seriously burned,
died of hli in jaiiet at the homo of Mr. I). B. Flu*
geraid. The remain* were encaaed la a handsome
cartel and aent to LaQrange for latermeaL Mr.
Williams was a leading dll sen of Troup county,
??nd was very wealthy. At the time of the accident
he was returning from a trip to the land of Dowers,
whither he had been for bis health, which
had not been very good for some months. He was
reported to hare been much improved in health.
At the time the alarm was given, Mr. Williams
mshtd from the stateroom and could have reached
the shore unhurt, but fearing to ezpme hltnvclf to
*he chill night air without being provided with the
proper clothing, be re entered his stateroom fortbo
purpote of dressing, but when be saw that the
flames wete making such rapid headway, ho seized
hia clothing in bis bands and sprtnf into the river.
Unfortunately the current drew him under the
burning boat He waa horribly burned. Mr. D. B.
Fitzgerald gives a graphic description of the
fearful disaster. He says it was enough to make
one???s blood run cold to wlfneM the heartrending
saeuc* which followed. Men and women crouch
ing almost nude near the buruiug boat, wet, burn*
ed. cold and miserable. He confirms the psrtlcu-
lars hitherto published, and reports yet another
death. A negro woman whoso namo was Kllza, la
supposed to have been buried, a* no trace of her
artesian well there have come to our town and are
engaged in working in our well again. Two seta
of bands are at work and (he work goes on night
end day, hence wo will bavo double amount o*
work done in the future q in the pest end et this
rate we hope to have water soon if the piping does
not "burst" and some bad luck happen; our well is
now G06 feet in dopth,
Flowkky Branch, April 1.???Mm. Fields Martin,
who lives three miles from this place, gave birth
last Saturday night to three bouncing babies, all
well formed, all boys, and alive end doing well
at this writing. Mrs. Martin is about fifty years
old.
LcMrxiw, April l.???An attempt to bum the
courthouse at this place was made last night at 11
o'clock, but was prevented by a party of young men
on the square who saw the fire Drat from the root.
After running up tho scuttle and putting it out,
it was discovered that ligbtwood splinters and
paper had been used The safes of
the ordinary and county treasurer had been en
tered, but (ho thief finding no money In either, left
them as they found them. No clue as to the per
petrator.
Wsyncuboro ClUzon: On Tuesday morning Sher
iffs lUeteler and Zorn went out lit the country to
srrest a colored man named Merlca Oordor, an es
caped eouvi'-r. who had been out of tho peniteu
tiary tome five or six years, going to the place of
Have flhoulfx. a rotorod farmer, where Gordon was
employed. Jl< r??the? were iurosmod that O union
had come to Wujneaboro. This, however, did not
??atl??fy Zorn, ana going bark to Uke road h>< rilacov*
prod a track in the wot rend which ho ciincluded
had not long been made by Gorumi. m ??) (railing
him through tho winds, f jtind tali man fa>( asleep
on a bod at bis ion's. Zorn awoke bun and
luiormed him he was wanted, a$l) with hlaiotl
IUIVUUCU Utill no trmi n/111
hand in the pibouer???ieollir and hU revolver In his
right, he ledtiio prisoner out to We luir.y. *'
whereabouts can be discovered. The womau has
a sister livlug on Mr. Fitzgerald???s brother???s place I {^ade no ruhwtanco until begot to tho btivKy'wbuti
on tho Alabama side of the river, who positively he marie a desperate struggle (or liberty, *nd came
Affirm. Ih.t i,nr ???f.??nr wu on (ha boat at tho limn It I near succeeding. Ho caught* Zero ????> inn throat
affirms that her sister was on the boat at ine lime J iIldkopltho marks of hli nails and D .gcreoahis
was turned. Tho family of barren Kyle, a well throatand fare which the aherlffstlll w.-sm a terri*
known colored chicken peddler, of Columbus, are I tie blow frnm.the butt of Zoni???s pte'oi brought tho
l prisoner io tho ground, * ???
... . .. .. ... . J repetition of theblows kept
he left heme last week tha^ be would rmurn homo He swore bo would <lt-before
by the Evoringham, and they are confident that he I would submit to bo tied, and ho was \ -ry coolly in
did so and was lost
On Friday night,says the Albany News,there was I whichVas badly broken by tho forco???of tho blows
another cutting and shooting scrape at Field's I on (Jordon's head, which waa cut and bleeding, he
K _. Th ??? i n ih??? I gave In, and was tied and placed in the buggy
Handy Bottom bar. Tho parties In thoi duel I gni j brought to town. When Hherlff Zorn reached
were two negroes. Wash Watsou, a county bailiff, I his rcridenee, and called to his wife for the jsll
and Albert, a fireman on the H. F. & W. railroad. k??y??. (Jordon made another attempt to gain hli
The dtspute wh.ch Ml on tho dimcu.tr w??? Wr&TVl'XZ
about a wbiteman. Albert was defending tho I and finally locked up. It was an I moor tan tarns',
man against the denunciations of Wash. In a few ?? desperate struggle, and we hardly think any
r __ or hn _. A1 . rl I other mau In the couwiy could have accrmpllshed
mluutce mattcis got up to fever heat. Albert I , f> 0a Thursday monilug. the sheriff ol Alkon
seised a billiard cue and dealt Wash a terrible I nanny, H. c:, and posse were horo on the Hunt for
blow, and let in on him with his knife, making H*nnr Warner, oolorad, who
I... I stands charged with tho murder of his brother In
fearful gashes. Wash drew bis pistol, whereupon I Houth Carolina about ihe year lfcW???eighteen years
Albert endeavoring to msko his escape through a I ago. Fslllrg tojurqp the game the Houth Carolina
window, but his antagonist was too quick for him. I !?***?? r h^p.JctvIng Deputv H Re ri ff Zero on
Tho bullet took effect (a (ho fleshy part of tho leg, | WUIW w ??,u . nm iium, *i>uiiiiik um man.
so that that no serious damage waa dono. Albert I easily decoyed him to town, where he was arrested
aped aud went off on his enatno to Thomas I and the prisoner lodged In Jail. He did not kuow
Himuu uu W Muuutmm i j or W |, m1 h< , was arrested until he was ornamented
J with one of Hherlff Zorn's log chains, when he was
John Cobb, of Darien, drunk four bottles of I Informed. Ho acknowledged the killing of his
h0 " r, - 1 ??? ro,, ??? r '* J ??? rjr Zttn": The SSartiTwi 1 o..Tui
found that be camo to hJa death by tho excessive I escort Henry (obis o.d home, where he will stand
use of spirituous liquors." I trial for tho offense with which he is charged.
A granite monument, twenty-six feet high. Is to I A Quitman county correspondent writes tba
be placed over the gravo of thojate Herschel V. I cotton planting has commenced with a few of our
Johnson, at LoulsvIUo. I osrlicst farmers. Two hundred sud eight tons of
"Uncle Bebe," in tho Haralson Banner, says ho Is I guano have been received and distributed at
now nearly sixty years old, aud ho wltucnsod a I Hatcher station this scasou, a falling off of sixty odd
???oeno a fow days ago that was entirely new io him. I tons for same date last yoar. At an avorage of thlr-
It was an ox hitched to a whoolbarrow, hauling I ty>flvo dollars per ton, taking phosphato at thirty
fertilisers In tho garden, and tho ox being led by a I and prepared guano at forty dollars, It will cost
boy, while another held up the shafts of tho bar-1 this community 97,280, a snug little fortuno for
row. , I one man. Then add to this 13,000, tho probablo
The Haralson Banner, speaking of the cyclone of I amount for meat, and wo have au aggregate drain
ten days ago says: The Hon. Clayton latum, a I on this community of about 910 000, all of which
very prominent man of Dade county, Ga., together I (night bo avoided by railing our own fertiliser*
with bis wife and little child, were klllod Instantly. I and meat at home.
Tho home of Wn. Crowley waa blown down and I Hancock Bulletin: Last Tuesday evening a black
his entire famllv killed I c,ou< * was seen to rise In the southwest aud move
nia enure rsmiiyauiea. in a northeasterly direction. Thunder was heard
Mr. H. C. 1 rudden has been postmaster at Eaton* I which kept up a continual roaring, and the light-
ton for forty-nine years. There are few who have | nfng'a vivid flash was seen. Our people came home
been ao Iona In tho service. ,rom P>'* r work and prepared for their pit*. It Is
ti M. .it n ?????? i .. , ... I reported that some went Into their pita, which were
Dawsos, April 7.???Cotton planting la now rapidly I waste deop In water, whlio others stood by and
progressing, and the corn crop Is up and looking I ??????*** al cloud, which passed by aud left them
w,II. Ur. W. K. Will, one of out bnt termer., has I UI Krom??? #< tb, Wublngton Gaulle: Wo
cotton large enough to be chopped out. I Informed that tho drug store In this plsco
Harlkm, April 7.-A terrible fire broko out in I two hundred ouncestof morphine a year,
wood..hoot OremllM lrom u,.. p.??.do, bo.oro pAU^. o Jyu.MU^ ^So
,??Ur4o]r. Tlioui??niU o?? l.ncln* .ml m.iij h.uK. I mr???a Umo lia umo only
<mu|bl and wero burned duou. Man, people auf- I o> lrd .
tend bMTll,. I MIIIpkovIUo Chmnldo: B-m OauM w.nu to biro
in An,II , IP.-,.. ,A. I 700h?? , ???l. to pick MwaberrlM. Ho make, one
UpnUM, April 7 A lew ol tbs Honda, acbool I ta. mom liberal offer, we arar beard of. Ho pr..
worker, ot tan ran. count, mat at lbe| tlapllat J pnw. to let Itum pick out on tha oommont, and
ebumb J..tTnrida,and organised a count, con* I them onoballfor Iholr work,
ren Won hr electing Hot. Wllll.m Hurl, prealdent, ,A C, :' ,, ??? bu * . E S' ,ul . r 'I : ??. n Mra. Utth,
and T. If. Walker, ircrour,. Mrwa. Ha,nea I lh '5?i5 , . r ??f A r, . Jo ^. n A. LowU, pul what .be
1-ennta and McLeudou warn alected delegate, io I auptwad to bo balroll onihcr bead. lu a abort
tf citato Hands, wheel auocUUou. L ,n1 ' , her c,n *. nd l??*haad began to oiperleuco .
i .... I bnnilug ?????? nmtlon and aph,.ldan waaiuramniicd
LAwaxacKviLLi, April 7.???On last Saturday I upon luvrstigstlou it wsa found that she had tried
morning quite a sensational bread Hooded our I oil of peppermint. Her eyes were stiff badly
town on laamlng from Mr. J. O. Bmlth, tba bead ot | L"l*~Vi???. '.???"'il 1 .. 1 .:." 01 U,0u * , ??? u ???' the
our municipality, that ou tho previous night some
A TATTOOED WOMAtf.
COMBINATION OP
DESIONS.
FANTASTIC
How M Xf??a Or tar," SmuUMn* tho Zzmpls ???f Her
DMfiNt Husbicd, has Fitted H??isolf te Ap
pier Is Pa bile ee the 8t(ge-Bom??thlu(
about the Art ecg Hew Applied.
NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.
Uiht of our greatest taTentlont were acddental'
1, rerealed or suggested. The telephone waa dlr-
corered or tnrented b, three perroni about tbe
same time. Tbe phonograph wu tba result of an
aeddent, Tbe cardeaineas of a kitchen maid In
allowing a pot oontalulng brine to boll orer led
tbe mannfietnre of common glued potter,. Ooed\
year bad been reduced to Ihe'neccaatty of pawning
bla wtfa'a wedding ring when a piece of rubber
From tbe Cincinnati Commercial Garotte. I in bla hand accldenlall, struck a hot store, and
For tbe put six week. Prefenor Edwin Thomas from the contact dertred the lut chemical prop-
bu been engaged In taltoolnga ,oung woman for ert, needed to make it India rubber. Tbe steam
exhibition under canrau with John Robinson's hammer wu tbe result of a workman???s Obferra-
clrcttff. which opens back of Lincoln park In April. J tlou of tbe motiona of a bear, machine fn an
The woman goes b, the name of '-MlsaJJrscc," I Eng???.uh foundr,.
and I. about twent, two years old. BbcUawidow -
and Is quite prepoaserilngand lntalllgent?W Noramo la plainer than that tbe whisk, ring la
The work of tattooing wsa completed last Thura- the m, *??? ???tombed combination that erer tried to
da,, and b, Inrllatlou a Commercial Otxette ro- manipulate a democratic hoau of rcprcaentatlTiS.
porter war given an opportunity yesterday of tee- I gaax monsters are to be too ad among the deep
tnghow well It bad been done, A call eft made fl ,he. t Kalurally at adeptb of three miles from
on Professor Thomu at bis rooms at Slimes Slock- I the surface of the ocean extraordinary means must
yard hotel, corner ot Llringatoo and Jobb, in the bo resorted toln order toiecureeTcn afiint glim-
afternoon, bnt tbe lady bad gona out for a few I merof light. Many deep sea flshea hare organa on
minute.' walk. In tho course of a faw mlnutra their sldet and head! that are known to por
Mlsa Grace appeared and wu Introduced to tbe re-1 luminous q It slit,. Seme of these fishes are
porter by tbe professor, who stated tbo oblaot of luminous over their entire surface,
tbe reporter's visit, aud said that be would Arstl' I A recent French expedition, off Morocco
tied at seeing tbo work that had been done. caaiht a flab that appeared to be aU bead or
Grace??? readily consented, procoeiod to I mouth. It was cl small .lie, and tbe length o
disrobe, and exhibited herself with pride. She me raouih wu about four-fifths ofthe entire body,
sail tbaube bad been partially tattooed by the I Another fish Is the Cbanllodur. Its month over-
Kanaku In tho Sandwich IsUnda somo months I Saw , w i t h protruding teeth. The fins are tipped
agoon tbe arms, and ber bufband wu Utteocd a* ???ith flowering spoU, and along tbe dorsal surface
tbe samo time. I a row 0 [ ,hi n e like so many irlndows.
The work done upon ber person by ths prafessor I *
Is probably tbe most porfect audainlqus erer cxc-??? Tux Courier-Journal la afraid somebody Is going
cutcd upon an, human bolus, and la truly won to break up tbe democratic party. Ourcontempo-
derful. There aro not lossllua flvo haledM dlf- I rtnoaght to find cousolalion In the fact that tbe
ferent deslgua upon her chest, arms and lower I P lr, 7 w111 uev o r b* broken up by Editor Hennery
llmbr, ee clorely picked u hardly to ba separated I Watterson.
by a pin's point, aid yet ao perfect that the, ataud T nr. frauds in the canned goads and fruit trade
outllkecolorson acanTan. , are so extensive that they deserve Immediate at-
Around the back la a necklace or wreath in I lentl0 ???, Tne 0 y,t*, canning Industry suffers
beautlfel colera; then the emblem of Faith, Hope I greatly from tbe operations of fraudulent packers,
and Charily; an eaglo clutching tbe American flag Vor, small and unpalatable seed oysters are un
iu its talons; flve bluing stars between two bands I lawfully removed from their beds and packed for
cluped. Between tbe wreath aud theeaglelsacticle I shipment. Home oysters entirely unlit tor food are
of olara ol beautiful dcrlgu. The tattooing extends ???, xed with good oysters. The Ughtweldhtswin-
down to tbe nipples, aud the samo distance down I die is also affecting tho oyster trade. Tbe com-
the back. Tbe arms are covered with design* from I plaint Is made that some of the eutern dealers
tbo wrists to the shoulders, aud sitting there I persuade buyers for western markets Io purchue
the woman looked like she hid on a Jfrsey Jacket f ro it when It i.;fully ripe, knowtn'g that b, tho
of fanciful embroidered colors. On each shoulder time It roaches Its destination It will be rotten,
uancpaulriie, gtrlng ber tho appearance of a I The only way to buy for long shipments Is to pur-
msjor general of olden times. Young America chase the fruit while It Is still a little green, and
la also fully represented, and on tbe rigbl arm I allow it to mature while on ibo route. Tbe mat
near tbe wrist Is ???In memory ol m, husband, I tors thus briefly alluded to are . Injuring many of
Jim." On tho otber arm la a plcturo of the I tho eastern canned goods and fruit men.
shamrock, rose and thistle. I
A bracelet encircles each ol Ihe wrists done In I Ta* estimable Galvestoa Newa complain, that
mUtAkd will resultmloiuly
MrilN hi* . m.ma.41. k. , I IIawktNavii.LK. AprlIIH ??? DcAtn hM sxftln been
??? rtin 5 b F | lu our midst. Mrs. J. B. Mftchsll, of this place,
m at him and hla bout.'. It oeeurred about W I
?? seemed to have beeu the u??k?? t. No otio knows I tlmo she retired to bed apparently well, *wm tsknn
the cause. Mr. Bmlth says he knows the parties. A Mck after stio lay down, end died In about forty-
Cherokee Advance: Old msulUoy and wlfe.wlioT flT0 ,n!,,u,c,, oI PM^NWof tho heart,
have been living In the upper part of this county, I Quitman, April ft??? Jasper Joyce and Robert
yy. t -y i - t y ? < >ld ?a????.l????om.,Ume. .nd who lost Hanes, both colored, became lnvolrud lu an alter.
In the cyclone which swept ???broush^era^luhi I < '* l,on ????? ???-'???'???nnl F. J. Spain's plantation this af.
jtth of February laat^ passed ^tbrou^h town lost | lemon. In the difficulty knives wero drawn by
e
??? u through
Thuiwlsy In a cov^iod wa??oti diawjjT??y four steere | both nartiea sud a mortal combat ensued Hanes
uts which were serious bin
la yet unable to wSi b?** irorb?It^Similims tnm I * n "te???t death.' 1 There irewTuo??? wit-
CgroUtl uaanown." ,b0 CT,I ?????' ,,,,,Cd 3SSvSs8r T?S-Mf-SS!
InTOsi????*.! Mr Jo A b~H??d???n'.!'iMbr.?ouu: , Ap ? 1 , r B 1 U * i?? a ^ ???**' ; Uh ?? n *'
ty. ou last Tuesday evening. This Is the brat lu-1 ???*' ??? hl * > >U HS atrychtnlne last Suuday merulng si a
alaxee of the kind within our knowledge. I tonic, and by eight o'clock bo bad a wagon load
TliouaoN, April 7.???The farmers In this county I dead. He give It In stop,
tv t: T:r
fu'i a7as , now^ , lUi*prelabie , |ba'Vverf t, Urge , ,
crop of cotton will be planted, for where the oats I ^a'^nnaii, April 8.-1 eyton L. Wade, a son of
were klU^?? on which land the |>eopIe cxp-fUnl to I lbo l*tt* Scalxirn If. Wade, a wothry young man,
The dry men seem to be aroused rnucernlnf the I Kkwman, April ft.???A narrow gauge railroad from
1 now said to be a probability,
'i! 1 ,r?^ ha . ( !t I n :*??? J r - Hcitln aud F. N. Bowdon. ot Talladega,
^ lh ?? 1,r F I kla, are at ihe head of a company who aro propoe*
men seem determined to do their b???? I ing io build the read to secure a direct Hue front
Miu.kn, April 5.???The artesisu well at this plsco I ll,l ???kcn Arrow coal fields to Havauuah. Our
Is attractive the attenttou of a great many health I are elated at the Idea aud will do their part
V 1? . m 7 noa,in I b?? secure the ctuisiructlon of tu tf road. A mceiitig
??????rtera. The town authorities havo now scut on I will soon be bad to take definite action iu Uiu mat
a sample of tho water to the state geologist to have I * or -
analyzed to find its medldtiAl virtue*. The rt I
prees office la crowded with Jugs aud kez* of It I Wnateal to He Klekeri.
d *J fev Macon, Auautia, Havaniish and way | "Van Yas." .mlloJ theoM couuliyman. as be
The com looks well In this county and I "bwl talklnt to actIVchap, whosccmcl to know
preparations are being mado for a Urge crop of I nim. "(bar???s a heap o' tricks pUycd on the
imtgnMMH Mdootton. The farmeni are using I kentrymeu: they gtusnekad lti lota o' times. But
Wirewsoin??? Anrd 7 a tn??n 1 1 klodor sharper what trios to draw
Wa VNtnaoao. April 7.-A man near town was | wool 0fer mj tyM - u gU lef . purly UJ>
I'll hot you are a gooil oue," answered the
stranger, patronUingly, "I ban tell???a mau when
cniraru anu tii-ie nopn oi are recovery are emer* I h??'a sman i??
tatned. Tbe large limb fell between him aud his I ?????????* rocn -
plow, striking him a glancing blow. The man's I "he rustic poked him in the side, and pulling
name tsIQott. and lives on Mre. Boyd's place seven I down hlseyo. laughed:
mile* from town. I . nv _ r ,, . ...
Avut'tvx. Aprl! 7.???Augusta follows Atlanta's I -Vota bu of I, " mantle renii^l
axampla, and at a meeUng e, the etty couoc.1 ,bt. ln 2$**
???veuiug, Ute first steps were taken for a display at I c j world than you have, and would like to say
tba New Orleans .xpomuou. The ?????????(??,Uus, tba moat ImportantL???ou
and citizens communication was referred to the I mn ???,_,, *
eommltteo of the whole council, to report at an I
early day The plan Is for the tnaror and the cam I ' t>h. I???ve got thet down flue," broke in the coun
sswa .VIZ:
and Richmond county. Aldeiman Jamra lobln I ar bump. well, thar ??? tha cash, inside o the
offered an ordinance for the appointment cf an I linin???, aud nobody can take it out 'thout me
advisory board of finance from the citizens, com I knowiu' it
* '?? ??????'??'??? ??????. they parted,
elaa Kabrao, who shall advlw with the round) I eoualrjiaan going Into a r'etbleg store
??? do ioite buying. He bad made
?????. purchaw aud waa warn,., lortb.MU, when .cl
curtfeg unuiual debu and alt flnanctal matters I of the talesmen approached blmandaald:
outstde lbe oeandl rputiee buriurm. The. board | "Can't t sell you a nice coatt"
abouldalao report twice a year tbe finaucul autu,, .
at the riiy with appropriate nranmcnditlona I 5,1,1 n5e - answrrsd tbe farmer; "I ve got
Tbe ordinance Is regarded bv tbe clitieus as a I Plenty o' them flatus."
??btek against usvlcsa vxpendlture, apd a .In I "Bat, I see tbe sleeve ot the oue you havs ou baa
precautionary measure, the adoption ot which I ??? ??? . .. ???? - . " . ???
would bring the bcatcltisecs and iargeet ux pay ***?? ??>raorcul. and, it you wish, oue ot tbe ladles
era to tbe aepport of the council. Mayor Mar 1.1 will mend It for you.???
^Sa , 5 B j. , ssas2;\ , s, ,, s inssss t ^ *. hu
of the council Is reported to fsver the movement, I cott and riewed the wrecked sleeve.
II will probably pass at the next meeting I Then turning to the clerk he said oonowrully
WAYNXsnoao, April l.-The workmen who I "Mister, kin ye tell me whar I bin git a rale stout
have beta engaged at Milieu, Ga.. la digging the * man to kick a dinged fool ooUn town.'
filigree work, and nothing that has ever been ueu GeDertl T wmb?? has moss ou hlaback. If the
lu public has equaled It. On the breast is a ?? encral kn ??" th ?? ??????? on hU back pestered
Malic so cross, flaming figures on the whig and I tbe ^ lr ^on News, no doubt he would hare it
other strange devices, aud ou ono of the ann> is a I ??Cr *P* d cff -
pair of lovers entwined ln each other???s arm* and THamore our modern reformers, philosophers
picture of the sailor's return. I and socialogists look into a problem the more
On tho left limb has been picked a dancing girl, bewildered, dazed and helpletzly befogged they
lyre, the goddess of liberty and the American I become. The Boston associated charitlts dls
(lag In beautiful colors. A little girl, frightened I cussed the subject of drunkenness the other day.
at a flying eagle iarunuing away through an or- Mr. Richard David took tho poaltlon that drunken-
chard with fruit In her arms. The goddoss cf lib-* I ness Isa habit. He was opposed to our system of
ertyontho capitol at Washington also oom-w ln I fines, as those who can pay are never criminally
for nuother notice, showing that Miss Orace is a I punished, while tho poor victims were locked
patriotic woman and a lover of hey country. I up, thus making poverty punlihed Instead of
Ou each lower limb Is a psfr of bracelet*, a81. | drunkenem. Ae the discussion progressed the
James cross aud on each knee lit a ???beautiful I speakers grew more and more liberal in their
full blown dahlia rose. Under the knee is a mer* I views until tbo Rev. James Freeman Clarke capped
maid, the man In tho moon, the lone star of I tbe climax by saying that he considered our cu
Texas, a ship under full sail, the rising sun, Rock I tire penal system wrong. He believed that we
of Ages, and English coat of arms. Between all I had no real right to punish anyone. We had tho
thoso aro pictures of birds, beat te and fishes. I right to restrain a criminal and keep him out of
Inaido of the thigh Is a ballot dancer, a female I the way, but that was all. These liberal flows are
figure of hope carrying au Irish flag, a cottage | making rather slow progress,
surrounded by palm trees, a licet'of chips, and a I . , . ,
bout pierced by a dagger. Ou tho right leg I. the ???, A * UJ ' , ??? , ?? r ??? 1 '; d to ?? ???P* * nd /*??*?????
motto. "Never give up tbo ship," a^Uaoolo I Simple, and Intellectuality^are never foundIon tbo
crab'om, and ou. of tba Knights of J'ytbfu, atm a ??????fP 0 " 0 "' W# W??t tbls-woregret it keenly
Norwegian ship. Abov. this I. tho Amoricsn coat' D0 ??? bo0 ??? , ??? 0 we *" dlm P' ed 0UrMl ???' bu ??? b#c * u, ??
qf arms, and a tlogpr girl carrying ???
ial??oahan<??? "
there ta such a atato of goneral dlmpleneaa )so to
oia. There l> sluKinit bearlng'four area XTcardsl 1??? thla country. ^
and picture, of dice, besides flue repreaentattoni ot I In tho good old tlmca fortunes wore mado in
fish awlmmlng. | New York by patient Indnatry???yeara of toil, close
Tho abovo la only a brief deicrlpllon of tho many I economy, tho atudy of demand and supply, of
designs that havo been worked out on the body I risky proflia and reliable percentagee. Now every.
and llmba of the young woman, I thing la different. Our mllttonairee obtain their
"MUa Grace" stated to tho reporter that aha I wealth suddenly. Tho stock exchange gamblera,
experienced but very llttlo disagreeable leuaatlon I the wheel, lard aid oil lorda, the ermv of contrac-
while ihe waa undergoing Ihe operation. There I tors???there constltue the "auddenly wealthy 1
waaaillghtlnflemraatlonand awelllag of tha part I claw. Alter reaching a certain point tbopltcd-up
affected after tho work waa done, but It soon Iiibr I rnltlio:is magnetically attract all floating wealth
aided. Hho went out ou tho atreet the uext day I wltblu tho roach of their Influence. Old
after Ihe work waa accomplished, I Commodore Vanderbilt undoratood this when ho
and again ycaterday, notwithstanding I lot! hlssou that when a man succeeded tn collect-
lnclemency of tho weather and I log ono hundred millions It wu only a queiUon of
tho itoot ou tbo rireeta. Hho went out warmly clad, I lime when ho'would have all tho money iu tho
wearing rubberbootaoomfug up to the knece, aud [country. That the majority of there pluto crats
she felt no uncomfortable aensatlona. fibe rather I should bo plebeian aud vulgar to tha core, Is not to
liked It. In the course of a few daye, tha cuticle I be wondered at. The tremendous struggle for
will wear off, and she will beta tho ume condition, I wealth, tho pushing, lighting, scheming, outwlt-
pcrfoctly, u before tho operation wu performed. I Hug, plundering, sharp dealing and swindling
Tho outors will not WMh out or weir out, and will I which go to mako up the routlno of business
he brighter after they are urerat weeks old than I have developed e shoddy race
they are now, I mustyoom Mtdasaea. It la a singular
Mias Grace,??? u she oat la herself, will travel I fact tnat New York wu 200 yean old before It had
with Robluaon'a show during tho coming reason. I a single millionaire. John Jacob Aator wu tho
Bbouyaaho will wear a Turklah costume early In I Aral of the .lno. To day there aro four hundred
tho aeaaon, and u the weather arowa warmer, will I millionaires, thirty of whom own from flve to flfty
adopt aborlor aud lighter skirls. Him states that 1 millions spleec, whlio there aro perhaps ten who
aho concluded after her hnaband'a death to sob-1 have from fifty to one hundred and flfty millions
???nit to tho ptoocu of mttolng In order to make her I each. Of conrae tho dcacendant of the old flatten
living by exhibiting herself. Hhe knew what the I Island cabbage gardener and Whitehall boatman
operation wu, beewuso she had undergone It befere. I heeds tha list with his 1200 000,OW, Prince Vender-
John Kobtnsan pays for the work and dsduots it I bill leads the Hat. Well may people uk, "Whither
from her ntlary which ts lu be OtO a week. But J are we drlftlngf"
Miss Oraco will reallso a handsome revenue, not t,,* jersey cow more than hold, her own lnlpub
leu than 1100 a week, from the sale of her pie-11| 0 estimation. At tho recent great Jersey sale at
lures. Hhe Is a handsomely formed woman,weigh-1 u,, American exchanges 8L Umbert cow."Motb,'
and tbe Ledger soon Jumped up to a circulation of
OOOOOOooploa. Other story papers sprang up, ana
all seem to be doing well. The Seaside, Lakeside,
Broekifde, Franklin Bquare, and dime and half
dime libraries have been very successful. The
cheap reprint of the best Bogllsh novels hu taken
the better class of readers away from
the story papers, and those who are left are maloly
of the eteaa delighting In the blood-and-thunder-
plrate cowboy- Indian-scalper-miraculous ???
and-to-be continued stories; Illustrated In the wild-
eat style of tho art, and dealing with Ufa u seen
through tho beer muddled vision of a midnight
scribbler. Moet of this cheap Action appeals to
certain clan because it la vlcloas and deals
prurient suggestions. The extent of the evil loflu-
encea of this diabolical reading matter cannot
over estimated. And It seems to be an evil with-
out a remedy.
Wjien General Gordon called on Mr. Tllden
Genera! Pierce Voangwupr-went. General Gor
don, after listening to Mr. Tllden's statements
abonthls physical condition, said;
"Ah, Mr. Tllden. I wish that I could give to you
a portion of my own physical strength and vigor.
"Yea", utd Mr. Tllden, in htsfamoua whisper,
"that la Just what my poor brother said to me three
yean ago, and we burled him an yesterday, 1
It la a pretty sight to step Into a told beating
establishment and watch the gold be&ters at work.
The ductility of geld fa wonderful. A gold dollar
can be beaten Into toe squares of four Inches caeh
This would make 100 rqnare lnehea or thlrty-three
and one-third square feet. Two hundred and flfty
sheets are beaten at a time. They are pieced be
tween sheets ef patchment inclosed ln an outer
wrapper. This bundle la placed on the beatet 1
slab and tbe whole Is beaten with an Iron ham-
mer until the required thinness Is obtained.
Dx. Richard Jordan Gatling, the lnrentor of
the famous Getting gun, hu made some Important
Improvements ln Ms destructive piece. The gnn
can now Are on an average of about 2,100 shots
por minute continuously and tho latest Inventions
enable It to be tired at any angle. The doctor wu
Untied to Invent hta murderous gnn by humane
motives. He thought that It a gnn could be In
vented that wo- id do the work of a hundred men
and require but few men tooperato It, the horion
of war would be greatly diminished, and the end
would come rery rapidly of every struggle. The
lint Getting guns were purchased by Bon Butler
and need by him at Petenburg. They created con.
sternatlon and tho newa of them went all over the
world. Thoy are now used In all wan, and are
purchased lu Immense quantities by foreign gov-
ernmentsb
leg probably lltl pound. Hho lost aboht twenty brought te.'.OO at public outory. Hhocamo
pounds during tho six weeks when she wu being I bringing her weight ln sllrer. Ex Mayor Pierce,
operated upon. I o( wu tho purchaser. ??? Mr. Richard Peters
Prcteeaor Thomu and Profesror llildebraudt are I ?????d Mr. L. J. Hill, ot Georgia, bought some of tho
tho drat persons ??ho began the bustnasiof tattooing g utat animals that ware offered-fivo of the cowa be
In ihle couutry, thirty-two years ago. Promisor h n g taken by their agents.
Thomu la an old sailor, and learned the art of let- I ??? -??
toolng when he wu a boy. There are only flve I Thxsk Is no doubt that a gang of expert diamond
persona In America that aro thoroughly tattooed, I swindlers are now operating In the country. A
and "Mlsa Gmee" la tbe second woman. Mrs | great many south African diamonds of a yettoAlah
Martin, of Chicago, wu the flril womau upon or ,lrmw colored tint havo been rent to New York,
whom Professor Thomu thoroughly oper where they are cut, set and eoU tor what they
eted. and her husband scou followed aull. The I I ** I, F 4re - Ttlc,e diamonds are worth from one.
Professor will remain here six weeks longer, and I ,ourlh 10 on * ???wentloth ot tha value ot tho pure
he bu another Udy applicant for tattooing honors whUe or kluUI ??? ,lnl ??? d brilliants. Within tne
on hta hands. I put year diamond experts havo discovered
Miss Grace" hu heretofore appeared lit mu- * proc * M whlch , c m0TC * ,h o yellowish Uatol
seuma u ??? Itw Circassian Udy.??? and known u 'be Afrloan diamonds, and gives them the blue hno
"tha mou Aired " lady. Wheu aho wu ??????? highly Prised. It win be recollected that a few
child her heir wu white u snow, but now It ta I ***??? *?? 0 ??? ud F offcr *l ??< ??b?? hogua diamonds
quite dark by the use of ells, etc.
tor sale in Boston and the fraud was detected,
Is believed that a great number of the diamonds
now wern are of the South African variety. They
look so much like the genuine article that a test is
n#w tm Itk* m aurts Fit.
iProfcsror O. K Uather, of the Scientific Indicator
published at Ashvltle t.lt. how to make a storm I rcqalT^r^aln itelV^Iua
pit, u we are now lu tha midst ol tha cyclone aea I a
son;
trig deep enough to protect the body In a stand
log position, trapping tha room Jaat above It; make | *ecte over tha massacre In Cfrtcinnatr But staj.
It eaajty accerible by movable steps or Udder that I ,onJ bean 1 The victims at Ctnclnuatl have white
can bo displaced and laid on tha boltem; keep the I *bl??*. Uj white men deserve to he wept over?
trap reuty when the storm Indicates I it ts esUmsted that In Philadelphia atone 500,0(0
*?* I** 1 . ,rooW *??? br b ??TJ bums erect a I copies of the .lory pap.ra aro .old every week,
aaed break on the west aide of the eerier T hta Include# the illustrated police pipers and the
Mwtatt^.tapJiu'???*h?i?ou?htaktn?,*ud""^ boy Wicktfea. There paper, are very cheaply got-
uw your cellar, keep coot aud collected, but nova I ,eu U P- illustrations arc rough and do uot
with calertty. and never forget to take the baby I cost much, and the bohemians who furnish the
bS???leiiJy ??nremtalid'lamliJ;???o tan^???h? ????? d d ?? D0 ??? ??*tmuch
shelter aud clicg close to tbe wall. Incase of a M or tbe * r work - The average price paid fora stoiy
rockwalled cellar partly above the ground, build I tor the weekilctor for tho halt dime pamphlets is
the shed-break even with tbe ground outside. I sht3A))??M rs.. ??? i, m ,???A ??? .
thnuch you have to creep uader it for protection* I dollar*. Tbe present demand for sensational
Follow these Instructions and ton may defy the I literature ha* been greatly stimulated by the cheap*
.???*** I Hereof tha stuff. Homs thirty yean or so ago poor
Mf.tr InRayothermcMa > h U * b,c,l * , * , F 00 I people could not afford to buy novels, ae they were
Au ax should be kept under the shed-break. If I to book form varying all the way tram It.M to 12 50
ni?hflhmBSlja*vtt*b*?? 14 I avolnma ToflUa tong felt want tha New York
end the honre is not binsrn airey* drept re* | ledger began u> supply serial noveU at Ihe rate ol
???ell a loot. Your act wiUbeeoe ot hereto, and I twenty a year for three d alien, paid ln weekly
i your precaution the fruit ol wisdom. I Installments ot six cams. This took like wild fire
Thr Janitor at a Philadelphia theater makes it
point to go all through tba gallery, dnss circlet and
parquette before locking np. He la accompanied
by two doge, aud hardly a night passes that they Co
not acent a sleeping boy or a stray toper. In bti
rounds tho Janitor often finds valuable articles left
behind by tns audtenca. Once he fonnd a baby,
Jewels, money, fins, gloves, bangles, pocket-books,
etc., aro fonnd ln great quantities.
Ths bananas we cat have a tempting look, but
If we knew their antecedents they would often be
severely let alone. The frnlt venders fa most of
oar cities aro poor perrons, and It la a common
thlug to find ono of them living lu a single room
which aervea for store, bedroom, washing house,
kitchen and bath room, in this room tho bananas
aro kept ln every stage ol ripening. Bananas or
other Veit kept In .uch a way cannot bo whole
???omc or fit for food. They certainly absorb more
or leu of tho polsou from the foul vapor fn tho
room. Tho potion not only penetrates the skin,
but lodgee ln tho pulp. It is a pity to aay anything
calculated to lemon the popular apptoclaton ot this
mest delicious fruit, bnt "a sense of duly,??? etc,
Tits Mormon women neyei fall to vote on elec,
tton day. No matter how old or bow feeble they
may be they turnout ln the worst of weather to
go to tho polls. Those who have opposed womon
suffrage on one ground that womon would be eon.
laminated if they took an active part in pollilca,
would bo aurpriied to ace how quietly an election
. coceqdatn Utah. The women silently cast their
ballourand silently walk away. They molest no
body, and In turn escapsannoyanoo.
Tin Courier-Journal admits that demociatlo
harmony Is the thing,'but wants to know how It
can be secured. By following the advice ol such
men as sir. Tllden. Mr. Tllden deelarea It la bad
policy to make tbo tariff an Issue In the campaign
this year when dcmocratlo hand! are tied by a re
publican eenato and president
Tin supposed decrease lu tho world'a supply of
gold ta uot borno out by the facts of tho case,
German writer aaya that wo havo now four gross
gold flelds, tho western part of tho United 8tatea.
Australia, Hlboriaand the eectlon of Houth America
north of tho Amazon. Tho output of theao gold
flelds is aulBotontly largo to sustain the vlaw the
means will be touad wheu tho demand bocomas
really urgent to furnish gold enough to moot tbo
world's monetary wauta for centuries to eomo. If
not for all time. It la quite probablo, however, that
as civilization advance! gold will bo used chiefly
for purposes of ornamentation, and will form but
a very small part ef the circulating medium of tho
world.
flcoRxs of yean ago Benjamin Ruth said that ono
could got more for a sixpence and torn for a guinea
In London than In any oily In the world. This Is
Just as true to-day aa when the remark was made.
Bread Is to day cheaper ln London than In an)
city tn the world. A handsome anil of clothes of
fashionable make and good material can be had
lot >15 ready made. t
Kvsrybody la Interested In knowing howto get
rid of warts and wrinkles aa there la no telltog Just
when they will come or to whit extent they will
dlsflgure us. The llttlo warty excrescences on the
neck or eyelid may ha removed by tying a hair or
a thread of Hno silk around them. This ligature
will causa the wart to fall off
few days without leaving a trace. Warta frequent
ly i: me on the hands when thoy are carelessly
dried, a damp state of ihe skin being sufficient to
luce them. Wrinkles are Rot earned by ago
alone. Tho habit of using powder will produce
wrinkles. Ho will knitting of Iho brows, or any
silly, habitual contortion of the features. People
who keep their eyes half closed have wrinkles at
the comers. The best preventives a re frequent
and thorough washing ln hot water, and the appll
cation of aweet oil or cold cream at night. People
who cultivate a calm, easy frame of mind, gen
erally escape there disfiguring marks.
Booth Carolina may bo placed ln the Tllden
column. *
girls with freckles on their pretty Uttle noses are
quits the rags tn fashionable society.
Ms. Tildin has bought another house In New
York city. This shows thst your Uncle Samuel Is
about aa lively aa other people.
An Electrical Mattery.
It wu at a pa bite school; the teacher had been
dererfblng electricity, and explaining tha myster
ies ol a battery.
Whan he had flalthod, a little red headed Peach
tree bey raised np and asked:
"Mister, is Utenln' and 'lectrtclty the some
thing f"
???Yea,??? replied the teacher.
"An' la evar'thlng a battery what got 'lectridty
tn ur
???Itlx"
???My pa moa' be a 'lectrlcal mechlna then," he
???aid, determinedly.
"Why?" asked the utonished teacher.
???Becaore me aes he don't do nothin??? now bnt go
down tosra an??? git chuck full of forty red Utenlu'.
and nearly batters hta brains out a tryln??? to shake
hande trills lamp pot lx"
Tha teacher gazed at him sadly u he went on.
"Aa' ef you wu In a black of our honre when he
fits home, you'd think forty 'lectrlcal machines,
???n'a gnu of phonograph? wu let loose, from the
way ma takes him in."
Tbe spelling class wu then called up.
SHORT NEWS NOTES.
Goaaip of Things and Folk* Here and
There.
A colored baby show, containing 103 in*
/auts, Is now in progress in Chicago.
Last year forty*tix bodies were cremated at
Gotha, Germany, at a cost of 9144 for each.
Whxh a baby can???t do anything else to
waken its little self during the night it falls out of
bed.
Machinery is to be erected at the fall of the
Kense, in North Carolina, for the xnanuf*cture??of
pulp for paper.
Most physicians advize that people walk
more for healthful exercise, instead of straining
ibcmaelvesin gjmna??iums.
Late last month 147 fishermen from vil
lages at tbe mouth cf the Volga were carried out to
sea by the floating ice and remained at the mercy
of the fee for three days, wheu they drifted ashore
10 safety, about ninety miles from the polut they
had started from.
It having been announced that Jay Gould
had contributed to the funds of achurch in Charles*
ton, the Kcwe and Courier et that city denies it.
The editor might have spared himself the trouble
Mr. Gould is a promoter of Christianity in his wav.
His war, however, is not to build up the church,
but to break the wicked.
Among the fortunute possessors of trade dol
lars iu Philadelphia Is Mr. George W. Childs, who
hax 100,COO of them. Mr. Childs stares that these
came ln over the counter of his newspaper office,
and he thinks that tbe government wM redeem
them at their face value. Mr. Childs's present in
come from tne Ledger is 9450,C00 per year.
In boriog for water near Snake riyer, about
forty*five miles from Dayton, Oregon, recently, a
stratum of frozen earth was encountered at a depth
of forty-five feet. Passing through this for five
feet numerous cavities were found, from which
cold air came iu gu3ts. The eicuping air at the
bottom of the well can be heard roaring at some
distance.
Jvsthetic London is paying a pilgrimage to
the bridal dress of tho future Mrs. Oecar Wilde.
The ihrlno where the nuptial garment is exhibited
11 tho show room of a fashionable French dress*
maker ln Regent street The dress is saffron hued,
the oolor worn by Greek maidens on their marriage
day, and Is adorned with pale violet trimmings,
which Hellenic brides would probably hardly
countenance. Miss Lloyd???s headgear will be of sun*
(towers.
Dr. Miller, who made the examination
of Gulteau???s braia, has been devotiug considera
ble attention to the effect of differont profe??ston&
on longevity. His conclusion is that the average
life of business men is fifty years in this country
and sixty in Eaalaud. statesmen seventy-two lu
England to seventy here, English chief justices
???Jxtj-elght, Americans, sixty. Tho Americans, in
his opiulon, are too active and not regular enough
ln their hablrr.
Mrh. Maly Booth says that the great ad
vantage which man has over women In tho strug
gle for existence is pockets, Man discovered tkl??
fact long ago. For instance, a woman can get up
while her husband Is asleep and go through his
pockets ln about two minutes; but it takes a man
nearly half a day to find his wife???s pockets, and
his labor is rewarded by the discovery of a torn
glove, a recipe for making oyster fritters, a well
seasoned chockolate caramel, a soiled pocket
handkerchief and a btlrpfu.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
M. Daudet???s new work, ???3appbo,??? is an
unhappy love story.
Jkknie June says it takes |4,000 a year ta
live In any style in New York.
Tax prince of Wales has been speaking be
fore the institute of agriculture, at8ydenham, in
favor of entiUgc.
Stonewall Jackson???s fcllow-ofiicers are sug
gesting a simple monument of some sort to his
memory at Manatsas.
The late George Bill, of Galveston, Texsa
gave 970.009 to build a school and 950,000 to build a
homo for aged womau there.
Colonkl George L. Pxrkins, of Norwich,
Conn., who la ninety-six years old, said Id a recent
interviow: "I have buried six family physicians,
and still live."
At a fancy ball given in London lately by
Mrs. Ralll, of tho great Greek home, tho groups
were photographed by electric light and tho photos
presented as a reminiscence,
Horatio Siymour sits before his cheerful
fireplace in Utica with a peaked silk cap on his
head, puts an eyeglass upon his venerable nose,
reads newspapers and enjoys life.
Cora F. Mitchell, a Boston book agent,
has received from Mark Twain's business manager
9530 as a reward for the role of 2,112 of "Life on the
dlrolsMppl." within eight months. What a metal
lic chctk Cora must have.
Professor H. C. Wood makes the state
ment that Wendell Phillips once isid that a man
under six feet In bight had no business on tho
public platform. 8tephon A. Douglas once had a
great deal of bnslhcss there.
Governor Mcrrw, the enemy of Mormon
inn in Utah, was bora ln Kentucky, and a half-
brother of Governor Crittenden. Ho is six feet
three inches high. He was a brigade commander
???* tbo ego ol nineteen aud a general at twenty*
Wi Jennings DEMOREsr, the pattern mer
chant of Nsw York, laid the fonndatlon in tissue
paper of what has since grown to bo an lmmeme
fortune. He now owns on Fourteenth street ln
that city property valued at over a million dollars,
with real esute elsewhere in New York worth as
muen more.
Lady Dudly, sister of the even morA famous
Lady Mansfield, has tho fortuno to be considered
the haudsomest womau ln London, and the mis
fortune to have a weak-minded, half crazy hus
band, to whom, nevertheless, she ti devoted, and
is often hhmi drivlug with himinaturuoutthat U
unsurpassed ln Hyde Park.
H. B. Claflin, the dry goods magnate of
New York, is said to boa little man with fluffy hair
and a small, smooth, dolMlko face. Few who see
him mu filed lu a fur-lined coat with a cloth cap
drawn over big flowing hsfr would take him for a
mauy-mlllionalre,
Miss Maud 8tuart, who recently took so
successfully the part of the blind %, *l in the play of
Young Miis Wluthrop, U now ;nr??*tencd with
blindness, and Is in the care of a Philadelphia ocu
list, to avert the thre netted ciUmtiy which seems
to have resulted from her correct concspUou of (he
part, and her endeavors to appear blind.
W. M. Jacobs, r waiter iu a New York rt??-
taursnt, advertised: "For God's sake will tha part)
who found mj pawn tickets return then 7" Ho la
a graduate of r well-known college, waa married a
year ago. got .Ick iojt his position, and hlawlfo
died. He puw Del uts mother's weddiag ring and
everything he had togise his wile a decent burial,
aud then lost the tlcketa.
DeLaMatvu, the one-time greenbacker
and con,res,man from the Indianapolis district, la
no\s preaching lu a fashionable Methodist church
ln At. Paul. He hu In trod need an orchestra Into
the eh-1 r, const.ting of two Ttolinx bau viol and
three brate pieces. The old fuhfoocd numbers
hsse nearly all ten the church, but the house la
crowded all the time, moetly with young people.
Lord Colesidor is delighting hia English
friends with stories of his American visit, and
among them with this: ???He wuat Mount Vernon
with Mr. Everts and, talking about Washington,
???aid: "I have heaid that ha waa a vary strong man
phyilc^ty. and that standing on the lawn hcre.be
could throw a dollar right acrau the river on to
the other hank." Mr. Rvsrta panted a moment to
measure the breadth of the river with hta aye.
It smncd rethara "tall" story, bar i' wu not for
him to belittle the father ot the couutry ln the
'Jjs.of ?? foreigner. "Don???t you believe It????
??? k .vd If rd Coleridge. "Vex" Mr. Evert, replied.
I think It a verjr likely to be true. You knows
dollar would go farther ln those days than it dots
As Islktllkle T.Sfc
From the Brooklyn Etgle.
"I'll bet s bottle of champagne that's a married
couple," remarked a swell standing at the window
ol a fashionable club house and watching a truly
and gentleman who were crossing the atreet daring
a heavy shower.
puJ^ta'US^ffoi???'''^ 03 ,or mTlat "???
"It???* plain enough. Don't you see that tha center
ol the umbrella ta over hta head, not over here."