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16 ThE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY I, 1884.—TWELVE PAGES. I UNCLE REMUS. fun and philosophy of the OLD HOME. ••D# Pint* er Dst Tale. Honey. is V 'Bout Like Die. Dat Dey Alnt no nee er Dodcin* Wllsa Dey’e • Blf Puee Owlne on. But You Bide Out Wen Dey’e no Beoket." . The discussionover AuntTempy’s fragmen tary etory having exhausted itself, Daddy •Jack turned up hie coat collar until it was a* high aa the top of hie head, and then fried to button U under hie chin. If tliie attempt had been successful, the old African would have presented a diabolical appearance; but the coat refused to be, buttoned in that style. After several attempt#, which created no end of Amusement for the little boy, Daddy Jack •Aid: . "De Lion, ’e no hab bin sma't Ink Brer Bab bit. ’E strong wit’ *o fut, ’e strong wit 1 lath, but 'c no strong wit’ ’• head. ’E bery foolish, 'cep’ 'e is bin hab chance fer jump 'pdn dem creetur. ^One tarn f e bin come by B'er Babbit it dn'rpnd; ’e ahx um howdy; ’c ahx urn wey ’< gwan. B'er Babbit say 'e gwan git film front de Buckra Man wut bin coinin’ ’long da road : B’er Babbit say: " *Hide you'se’f, B’er Lion; da Buckra ketch-a you fer true; ’o is bin ketcji-a you tarn'e pit ’e y-eye 'pon you; ’e mekky you kick wit’ sorry. Hide fum da Buckra, B’er Lionl’ “Be Lion ’e shekky 'c head; 'e say: " *Ki! Me no skecr da Buckra Man. I glad fer shunt. I ketch uni un I kynr um way I Jif; me hab da Buckra Man fer me bittle. How cum you bein’ skeer da Buckra Man, B’er Babbit?’ ''B’er Babbit look all ’bout fer ace ef da Buckra bin cornin’. *Esay: • "‘Mo hab plenty • reason, B’er Lion. Da Buckra shoot-a wit' one gun. ’E r’ise um too y-eye, ’e pint um stret tozo you; *e say bang! one tom, ’c soy bang! two tarn; dun you ia bin git hu’t troo du head un cripplo in da leg/., "Lion ’eshek *e head; ’o say: "'Me no skeer da Buckra Man. I grab-a da gi in. f I ketch um fer mo brokwus.’ "B’er Babbit, ’e iahfl’; ’esay: '“Him quaru fer true. Mo e*keer da Buckra, me no akeer you; but you no skeer da Buckra. How come d*?’ "Da Lipn lash ’e tail; ’e say: 'Mo no skecr da Buckra, but mo akeer da Pa’tridgei mo berry skeer da Pa’tridge.' "B’er Babbit *e lahff tell *e kin lahff no mo*. 'Esay: " ‘How puin you akeer da Pa’tridge? *E fly wun you .wink-a you’ eye; ’« run un ’e fly. HooI rue no skeer’bout dem Pn’tridge. Mo akeer da Buckra.’ "Da Lion, *o look nil ’bout fer aeeef da Pa’t- ridge bin cornin’. ’E say: •' 'I skeer da Pa’tridgo. Wun me bin walk in da bushsidc, da l’a’tridgo ’e hoi’ right still ? pon da groun’tell mo cornu dey-dey, un dun V fly up—ftrd-d-d-d-d-d-e-el Wun *e is bin do det me is git-a ekeor berry bahd.” No typographical device could adequately describe Daddy Jack’s imitation of the flush ing of a covey of partridges, or quaili but it is needless to say that it made its impression up on the littlo boy. The old AlVicnn went on: "B’er Babbit, ’e holler un lablf; *e any: ■" ’Mo no akeer da Pa’tridge. 1 run dcin up ebry day. D* no hu’t-a you, B’er Lion, You OTP V«ar eye^pon da Buckra Man. Da Pa’t ridge, ’o no hab no guu for shoot-a you wit’; da Buckra, ’« is bin hab ono gun two turn, hot du Pa’tridge fly, B’er Lion; but wun da Buck ra Mail mine you be#’ keep in do shady-side. J tell you dis, B’er Liou.’ "Da Liou, ’o stan’ um down ’e no skoer da Buckra Man. un bimeby ’o aav goo’-bvo; ’© •ayj’e gwan Jodk'i .fer da Buckra Man for true. ' v / 4 "8o long tarn, B’er Rabbit is bin yeddy ono big fuss in da timber s -V yoddy du Lion v’lce. RIVALING LULA HURST. Sirs. C. F. Coleman Kntertnlna an Audience nt Voting Men's CUUtlan A**orlntion Atlanta has developed a second Lula Hurst or rather there is a lady in Atlanta who can discount the Cherokee phenomena in handling chairs, upsetting tables and tumbling healthy people snout. ..... , , The lady is wellknown and highly respected in Atlanta, fibe is Mrs. C. F. Coleman, wife of Mr. C. F. Coleman, the superintendent of the Atlanta cotton factory. Mrs. Coleman had seen the wonderful Lula when she was in At Innta, and her husband had felt her peculiar and inexplicable power. About ten days or two weeks ago Mrs. Coleman accidently ascertained that a chair Would yield to her touch, and twist in any direction at her will without the use of muscular power. At first she was lost at the power she had, but afte r many trials of various kinds assigned to herself the same power Lula Hurst mani fested and which so mystified all who saw her. Sho imparted the knowledge to her husband nnd repeated trials were inode. These trials only strength ened Mrs. Coleman’s |»wx*r and convinced her husband that she could repeat Lula Hurst's freaks. Mr. Coleman made the discovery known to his friends, and last night quite a number of invited guests assembled in the Young Men’s Chris* lion association rooms to witness her first pub lic manifestation of the strange power. Among those present were ex-Goveruor Bullock, Hon, H. I. Kimball, Bev. Mr. Thomas, J. C. Kim ball, \V. M. Scott and Mcnxo White nnd about twenty ladies. Mrs. Coleman was at first somewhat embarrassed but ns she proceeded with her task she became calm and succeeded in e thing she undertook. A stick held by Scott and Mr. Kimball was made to pass around freely despite their strenuous efforts to hold it still. One of the gentlemen was com pelled, very much against his will, to give up a pleasant chair in w*hich ho was easily sit ting. While a table was raised almost entirely from the floor, simply by Mrs. Cole man holding her hands^upon it. The master piece was performed when Mrs. Coleman took a walking cane in her hand. She held to one end, nnd bv simply touching the other end to the edge of tho table, made the table stand wo legs only. During tho * ire entertainment tho gentlemen f iresent watched closely but could detect not li ng resembling trickery. They all declared that tho Indy’s iM>wcr was something wonder ful and while nil said that she was eoual to Lula Hurst somo declared she excelled her. Mrs. Coleman is at tho same loss Miss Hurst was to uccount for the power she commands, The GrAnt ltoya ntul Tlielr Wives. From the New York Journal. General Grant’s three sons aro nil married. Colonel Frederick Dent Grant married Miss Uonore, a bountiful and wealthy Chicago girl. They have been married several years, and live nt Morristown, N. J., in a simeiou* house surrounded by well kept grounds. On Tuesday evening last, the night before the failure of tho firm, colonel and Mrs. Fred Grant attended a reception, where Mrs. Grant was noted for her exquisite costume wild dia mond jewels. The next morning she was al most pcnnitcHa. Ulysses 8. Grant, Jr., married some five years ago in this city Miss Chaflee, the only daughter of ox-Kcnntor Jerome B. Chaffee. Miss Chaf fee’s mother died when she was yet n child, and she was brought up by her father’s sister. Sha was educated nt various schools, but snout most of her school lifo at tho Barken institute in Brooklyn. There the was much beloved by tho other pupils and was noted for r punl her ’genorosity. Her father visited mtly and B’rr Babbit toiler do fuss tell ’e is bin come ’pon da Lion wey ’e lnVlhVpon da gmun’, J)n Lion, ’e ia moan; ’o ia;grpnn; ’o is cry, ’K hab hole in *C bond, one, two, threo hole in 'e •id*! ’• holler,’* groan. B’er Babbit, *e ahx uiu howdy. ’Ksgy: ^ 'f.'Jvi, lV.-r Lion, wey^buhab fine so much trouble?* V , i 0 "Da Lion, ’e moon, ’e.groan, V cry; ’« say: '*ffiwf tiHHhoIrdI-Ijftah bno hole in me head, one, Two, t‘r#e/l>olp in me side, mo leg bin brukl’ • "B’er Rabbi} tyji hoi* ’e head ’pon one side; *o look skecr. ’R say: " *Ki, B’er Lionl I no know da lVtridgo is ao hskd-lak dat. J t’ink ’o fly way un nohu’t-a you, Hhuh-shuhl wun 1 see dent lVtridge I mus' git ’pon turrer side fer keep tne hide whole.* fur’ "Da Lion, ’e moan, ’e groan, ’© cry. B’er . Bubbit, to say: " 'Da 1 Vtridge, *© bery bahd; ’e tints’ bln . borrv da Buckra Man gun.’ "Da Lion. *o groan, ’e cry: " ‘ ’E ud da Pa’tridge no r n tall. Da Buckra Man is bin stan* way oft* un sboot-a mo wit’ V gun. Ow, ms Lord I’ "BVt* Babbit, > h’ist ’© ban’; *e say: •• *Wut I bin tell-a you, B’er Lion?* Wilt I bin tell you fbout da Buckra Man? Da Ba’t- ridge uo hu’t-a you lak dis. ’E mek-a da lug fuss, but ’a no liu’t-ayou Ink dis. Da Buckra Man, V po tuck no ftiss ’cap* ’e p’int *• gun nt f^And what ttienf” the litele boy nsked, ns Dgddy Jack collapsed in his seat, seemingly forgetful of all his surroundings. "NVn ’tail,” replied the old African, some what curtly. "Do p’int# <+* Hat tale, honey,” said Undo Bcnius. covering tho hriisijuencss of Daddy Jack with his own amiability, "is dcs 'bout lak dis, dat dev aint no use er dodgin' w’ilcs dev *• a big ftiss gwine on, hut you bettor take’u bide out w’en day aiut no racket; mo* *ih«1iu- ally w’en you sec Miss Bailie lookin’ itchino de lookin' glass fer dat ar jwach I im’ w'at she tuck'u make me kyar updarday 'fo* yistiddy; C tw’n aba fine it don’t you git too skc*r’*d, ise I tuck’u make sohie weak place* in dat or switch. on Miss gallic won't tno’n strak you wid it ’fo’ bit'll all coine oujiuted.” Bart# of this moral the little U\v understood thovmigfciy, tor be lahgbcd, and ran to the big-house.’ and not long afterwards the light weut out in Uucle Bemus’s cabin; but the two old negroes sat and nodded by the glowing embers for hours afterwards, dreaming dreams they never told of. , .Next veghi “Tug or tii Ocux." Pass. when h, bo. longed to the MountsiaVwvn home guard in tiinn pt the war.that he and another individ ual, W^ib standing picket an the turnpike road one night while the company was at the mitfpgmuntl'nver ttwChflf. ’fhey saw two forms coutfhg tramping aMig the road iu the darkness, and just ak they came opposite Wes ley, he commanded them to halt. "What Will you have?” one of them inquired. "Have you a pose?” demanded Wesley. "Yes, sirec. Do you waul to see it?” sold the traveler. "That's our orders, to lot tv> one pass without •bowing bis pasters,” returned Wesley. " Well, then, here it ir; take a good took at it,” •aid the traveler, htitantly (lashing a great old revolver curbed into Waslcy’s tare. After fnaIks (WUwft. <1*. Tiiiar i ^mamlfayes.colorcdTadquUea curios ity in the shape of a chicken with seventh & t#v?s—nine on one foot and eighe on the other. Tbs chicken was dead, but we saw it and counted the toes. her frequently nnd would leave her $50 or a $100 each time. Then, of course, "tho girls” Ivere treated to all sorts of good thiugs, to 'now gloves and bonnoU, and two pounds of caramels. Miss Cbailco left Barkes for Heidelberg, Germany, where she remained for somo time. 8ho speaks German fluently and is a good plauisL Bho passed threo sea sons iu Washington, and although sho was a treat belle, yet she lias never been entangled it tho slightest flirtation. 8hc and Ulysses met, and after a short and sweet courtship were quietly married in this city. They have wo beautiful liUlo children, and are at present residing in West Fifty-eighth street. M “ rs. U. 8. Grant, Jr., is now about twenty-four years of age. Sho is of medium height and fair, although, not a decided blomlc. Her eyes are a deep blue, shaded by long lnshcs, and her bair a light brown, show ing golden tint*. 81ie has a fresh complex* ion. She does not care at all for society, and gives her entire attention to her husband nnd children. On her marriage sho received her fortune of f100,000, which is ail lost, Jesse Grant, the youngest son of tho general, married a few years ago to Miss Chapman, of California, daughter of a bonanza king. Sho is young and handsome, and was reared in the midst of every luxury. Her wedding trousseau is said to have been the most costly ever owned by any American girl. They arc residing at present nt East Sixty-sixth street, with Gen eral and Mrs. Grant. Miss Chapman came into a largo fortune at her marriage, but how much of it has ltcoii saved is not yet knowu. GEORGIA SNAKES. The Henson Fairly Opened will* a Lively Lot of Crawlers. From the Cato«»nn, Ga., Courier. Oil Tuesday Inst Mr. Boh Bell killed a large rattlesnake on n rocky ridge on Dr. Craven’s farm. The snake was four find long and was ornamented with eight rattles nml a button. From theToccoa, Ga., News. A few days ago Isaac Mulkey killed two rat tlesnnkcs, one two feet long and the other In* tween live nnd a half and six feet long. Aftc killing the first one he had not proceeded ove fifty feet before finding the other. One had two rattles and the other had eleven. From the Wrightsvllle, Ga., Recorder. John Davis, a negro who is working for Mr, A. T. Linder, of this place, was severely bitten by a ground rattlesnake last Thursday even iiig. lie at once bound a ligature around hii leg, ran to his home which was near by, and with a rasor cut out the affected part aud ap plied a frog to the wound. He look a few big drinks of "snako piion,” had the leg cauter ised, and next morning was a little lame but doing remarkably well. • Front the Carroll, Ga., Times. Mr*. J. M. Crutchfield aud her little boy, going to the Tallapoosa some -days ago to fish, discovered near their path a pile of suakes. TheJittle boy went to call Mr. C. who pro ccedcd to the place and JriUe*J the reptiles, of which there proved to be five, the lot aggregat ing 240 inches in length* They were high laud nioccasius aud all coiled together, nearly of a site, about as large as a man's wrist. Mr. John Crutchfield kilted two very large water moeea ■ins near the aante spot withiu a few days of the same time. From tho Conrans, Ga., Houth. L ist Thursday evening Mr. Jim Robinson's bov, about ten years old, was bitteu by a rattle snake's pilot, lie was plowing near a log where the snako was lying and must hare dis turbed it iu such a manner that it became in furiated and instead of ruuniug made fight, lie struck the boy on the ankle aud by the time bis lather, who was about a hundred yards away ©uttiug wheat, could reach him his leg bad swollen consid erably. Mr. Robinson promptly corded his ’ son's leg and carried him to the house, after which he hurried for the doctor. In an hour after the biting occurred Dr. Stewart was on the tcehe, but by this time Jlng had become intense, the lips being twice their nature! sise aud the tongue had swollen to such dimensions as to be almost im possible to contaiu it in the mouth. The doctor administered the proper remedy and in a short time the boy began to revive and i» now doing very well. 'The snake was killed aud found to be a very large one. _ From the Sultan to Abram S. llewttt. CoxsTsynxoruc, June JL—The sultan has sent a prv»cutef a valuable carpet and other rastly gifts to Abram H» lieu iu. member of congress, who, during bis visit here last winter, was present ed to ibe sultan by Mr. Wallace, the American minister. BETSY HAMILTON. A SKETCH OF LIFE IN THE BACK- WOODS. It Usd Been Whispered Around That Jake Loftis Had Flirted Melindp Jsne Trotman, end Was s II Itch In' of His Hidin' N sg Up at Our House, Xte., Etc. It had been whispered around that Jake Loftis bad flirted Malindy Jane Trotman, and was a hitchin’ of his ridin’ nag up at our house; but they didn’t know that when JakuN critter was a chawin’ of our fence, Malindy J&ns was inginucrly in the house. The Trotmans is not the sort that sounds a horn and tolls they business to everbody, and for that very reason some folk* tries to find out ther affairs. Malindy Jahc she kep her lowin' hid and never let none of the neighbor gals but me and Caledony see it, and Jake he got ao he taken the nigh cut, and gin old Miss Freshours and old Arminty the dodge when he went to see her, and they sot it down that he had quit gwine, nnd that it was all busted up betwixt ’em* or, "Mebbc,” says old Arminty, "atter all he haiut never coted tho gal." But when the Trotmans let in to white washin’ ther house nnd fence, and then let in on the trees around the house, they knowed in reason it meant a weddin’j but thar wasn' nothin’ like liudin’ out for sartin. Bo Armin ty tuck it on hersef to go over thar and stay the live long day. She hinted and hinted but all sho gethered from Malindy Jane’s maw was that the dock lowed lime was healthy. Caledony was a tollin’ it at our house, and she lowed that when gramnammy Eve was leavin’so much cu’osity to ole Arminty she never forgot ole Miss Trotman. Sho left her sense enough to come ahead of her. They didn’t only whitewash, but they scoured And fix up tel they didn’t skasely know they own place, but Malindy Jane was the onlie*st gal the old folks hud and she didn’t git married every dav. To bo sho if they’d had ther own scsso about it, they never would have picked out Jake Loftis; but who in all the land could they have picked out for a husband for ther gal, Malindy Jane? . The day was sot, and sho axed me and Cale dony to wait on her. Col sho come over tooui house and wc all went together. Sho fetched her yaller buff muslin (mine’s off*n the same piece) and lowed tnu and her could fix nnd dress alike. 8o wo wheeled in and starched our yaller buffs so stiff they’d stand alone, ond ironed ’em slick enough to see your face iu ’em, nnd we tuck the artificial ofBn our last sum* mer hats and stuck ’em whar the overskirt was tucked up to one side, nnd wo tncked row of cedar nil around the bottom of the frock and pul n piece under our breastpins and .. piece in our hnir, nnd I wislit you could have saw us* I tell yoii wo wo# flxt. Aunt Nancy lowed: "Gals, for nil you do, don’t outshine the bride.” Buddy he hitched tho steers in tho waggin and sot in tho cheers, and we all went, even to maw. We went soon so os to hep Malindy Jane fix, and bless you when we got thar tho house and yard was plum full. They had been a coinin’ ever senso a rour by sun. I t bo sartin but, but I think everbody that come fetched a baby and a bench-legged fleo nnd n flop-ycarea hound. Wa’unt allcrs fastens "Old Scrooge” and "Trip,” nnd never lets ’em Toiler. Alter I fixt the artificials In tho fashion on Malindy Jaue’s head and lent her my neck ribbin. (it’s good luck to marry in sutnp’i horrid) why I taken a peep In tho sottinfroom to see who all was thar, and behold thar sot the flimmouses big ns who but they, and I know in reason they wasn’t nxed nor wanted; and who should be niked un on a bench all in a row but them tore down Freshours’ chillun (rand ns you please, and still for the fust time u they lives, nnd ther faces was rally so clean I didn’t skasoly know ’em. They had shorcly been put to soak tho night atore. Ther skin was ns shiny and slick as a pooled ingun, and ther hsr plastered down tigut with saff soap, and they looked plum sntistied. Over in tho cornder sot the threo old maids, Miss Bunch Beasley, Miss Batience Bolter and ole Arminty Bendergrass. Mis* Bunch i* as broad as she’* long and os good as she’s broad. Miss Batience is ns long ns a bean polo and ns good as she’s long, and is ftinny enough to make a dog kill his-sef n laughin' Shu wears a short frock to try to make her look short, and all the colors of the rainbow to make her look young, l'ap lows she looks like Joseph's coat. Ole Arminty was a suitin’ right side of 'em. Now tluir was three old maidM as diflcr-> cut as tho elephant and the monkey and the tiger. So folks needn't say old maids is all alike. Aud widders lacks a heap of buiu' all alike, too. The widder Coinings wasthur.and ;rou wouldn’t have knowed she was a widder. ' tut the widder McAllister played fishin’ for love, and put on a sight of airs. 8he tuck kecr to let everbody know she picked the tur key and baked the taler custards and half- moon pics. Joke he was the last one to come. Ho had his head drippin* with lard and scented with cinnamon drnps, and his new shoes was so tight ho couldn’t akusdy walk. 1 wonder if a fuller ever got married without havin' on tight boot# or shoes? Home town boys was out in. tho entry a glin’. Cal lowed if slic’d a been Maliniiy they shouldn’t cr been nxed, one of ’em in iH'rticklcr, I disremember his name. Bho lowed ho thought ka#o he lived in town tha? wan all he needed. He had the eushorance to laugh at country boys with ther homemade jeans, and all lie was fitted fur was to wear fine Sunday clothes that wasn't paid for. Ho strutted around mighty bigoty and smoked aud chawed terhneker, and took his sweetened dram, tied his cravat iu the fashion, pulled his moustache, utul played with his watch- chain, and when he laughed at them boys he laughed at his better*. One good, houest* bard workin' country boy like Iky Hoberson, Cap Dewberry or Jako Loftis is worth enough of uis sort to'build a feuce from here to town. Yes, overbody knowed whou (Jake got thar by the cinnamon drap*. Brother Cole was axed uiorry 'em, and as many couples as he has joined he don't kuow his piece; he had to read it, and they belt a candle and dript the taller' a ineh thick on the po* old man'a coatsleeve, and then alter all he come nigh niarryin* ’em by the wrong names. Caledony and Iky Hoberson stood together, and I and Cap Dewberry, and when we tuck our stands, Malindy Jane she got on tother tide of Jake and Brother Cole he wiped, his specks and sot in to readin' and spellin' out his words. The csuple which now stands afore us for the occasion ami benefit of being jined in wed- ck, will please to jine they rignt hands.” Old Miss 1'aticuce Better squeaked out in a loud whisper: "Lindy Jane, you air on the wrong side of Jakey.” Then brother Cole belt his paper up and read on: Will you, John Loftis ” Jacob, not John,” says Miss Patience. ••Well, then, Jwo’ll 'proceed to continued. Will you, Jacob Loftis, take the 'oman, Malis- •y Ann ” Ms-lin-dy Jane,” says Miss Patience a little louder. Then in a loud whisper: "For the lands sake don't git 'em married wrong.'* •‘Well,” says he, "ling on a piece of light- pood, or hold me a torch, for K cant see.” Borne of ’em grabbed a torch and belt it high. Then jist as fiut as one word could fol- ler tother, without stoppin’ to git his breath, he went on: "I pronounce you man and wife fttr better or fur wusser salute your bride and if any pres ent has any re-jections let 'em speak now or forever atterwanls hold thar tongue you’re dismist amen or.” Then old man Trotman step! out and lowed: "Git your pardnert and go in tother bouse to supper; the ole’oman’s got ^ ea fc | n thar, and «icb M it ift ymiVft Welcome to it.” So we locked firms aiiu marched in to supper. The table was plum full, nothin’ wasn’t r.kase nor skimpy. The bride’s cake was sot on a block of wood that was kivered over with let ter paper cut, in fringe to hang all around the aige or it. It had a thin whitewash over it, and was dressed off w ith little sprigs of cedar stuck in a row all around and a long stick of peppermint candy stuck right straight up in the middle, and I tell you it sot the table oft' powerful. They had a taller candle at each cend of the table and a pine light in the fire place. Alter supper wc sot in to ployin' Visa in' games. Ole brother Cole had done all ha could—he bad jined ’em in wedlock and he had et bis supper. The games was a gwine on and all was a laughin’and havin’fun, some playin’ "Wil liam with a trimbling toe,” "Clap in and clap out,” "All around the mulberry bush,” and some was "Fishin’ for love,” when brother Cole knocked for silence. "Brethcring and sistering,” says he, "let us unite in pra’r and be dismist ar. ’ Atter ne was gone* Aunt Nancy lowed: "There air a time fur oil things, aud that ar prayer were very on-timely. Brother llagin wouldn’t have «lone sich a on-timely thing as that.” But they soon got to tdayiu’ and laughin louder’n ever anil havin' a power of fun, and all looked happy ’cent Miss Trotman. In cose she was feellu’* baa obout Malindy Jane niarryin*. The women folks ail hud sump’n to say to her obout it. Ole Arminty lowed in religious tone: "Ah! I tell you, Miss Trot man, I haiut never married, and all of * can marry that’s a mind to, but morryin’ a mighty solemn thing.” "Yes/’ says Miss Trotman, with tears in her eyes, "it's a solemn thing to marry.” "Yes;” says Caledony, "but it’s a heap sol emner not to marry.” "I bound for Cal,” says pap. And that sot ’em all to laughin’. Bkthy Hamilton, Next Week, “Cbuv on Fist One Thing, then Tother.” A BRIDE STOLEN, AND SUBJECTED TO CRUEL TREAT- MENT. A Runaway Couple Separated by a Ruffian in Bowl ine Green, Wbo Allures the Bride to a Strange Place, Where 8he Fight# Desperately for Her Honor-Etc. STATE POLITICS. Twenty-Eighth Senatorial District# Editor# Constitution : The question of senatorial nomination is exciting much interest In our county, and I ask #pace in your columns for an article ad vocating the cause I conceive to be most conducive to the true interests of Jasper county. Two gentle men are candidates for the nomination. Mr,.E. B. Smith and Colonel Fleming Jordan, both men of ability. Mr. J., largely connected with the voters of the county: Mr. N., with a very small circle of relatives to rally to his support, and relying upon his Intrinsic worth fer the Indorsement of bis peo ple. . In discussing this subject I am conscious of no personal animosity towards Mr. Jordan, but I take it that in selecting men for office, the question ol kindred, friendship and social ties are secondary to that all important matter of merit, safety ana record. Thus while wc admire Jordan as a friend, wc cannot be censured if we look higher than friendship in selecting the man for whom we shall vote. We want safe, hardworking, practical democratic men, men who have stood up in the past, stand up now, and have always stood up for democ racy. As an exponent of these views I present to the favorable consideration of the MARRIAGE OF THE MIDGETS. Nineteen nml n Half Inch Millie Vows Obey Twenty-Two Inch General Flynn, A London exchange says: "Rev. J. Mackie, ol the Scottish National church,Manchester,ofli dated yesterday afternoon nt tho marriage of the smnll couple known as the Royal American Midgets, which took place nt the St. James hall, in that city, where they have been hold ing receptions for some time. The contracting parties were Mr. Francis J. Flynn, otherwise Known as General Mito, frhosn stature is twenty-two inches, nnd Miss Millie Ed' wards, who is nineteen and one-half inches, Colonel Dipt, who is not a great deal taller, acted nij best man. Arriving in carriages, the bride and bridegroom were lifted out amid cheering from a crowd nnd carried into the office, where diminutive basket scats had been set for them on a table. The room was decor ated with flowers, the ring was put on, the declarations were made nnd the register was signed. Tho subsequent ceremony was according to the forms of the Bresbvterian church, aud there was a grout assemblage of spectators with is. to As. tickets. The bride entered on the arm of her husband, who in the meantime had put on a general’s uniform while the lady had attired herself in cream- colored satin, with train, veil and wreath, Her bridesmaids, one of them, her husband' sister, were two IB.tle girls. The married pair stood on a table placed beside tho minister. Ho prefaced tho service with a few words addressed to the company, but ail was con cluded in about a quarter of on hour, aud the bride and bridegroom were handed down from tho table to reccivo tho congratulation* of friends aud admirers, the band of the Third Dragoon Gfiards nlayed Mendelssohn’s march. The husband In his twentieth year, tho wifo two or three years younger." BURIED WHILE ALIVE. A West Virginia llrlde of Three Months Hurled In a Trance. Wheeling, W. Va., June 24.—Ono of those ghastly stories of interment before life has be- coino extinct, which cause au involuntary shudder of horror to pass through tho reader, is current in this city. The victim, so the goes,is a young married lady of 20 „ ay of lust year, three month* after her marriago tho lady was taken violently ill, and after lingering for days, apparently died. There were certain peculiarities obout the appear ance of the supposed corpses however, which caused a suspicion in tho mind of the attend ing physician that his patient might be in l trance; but after keeping tho body for four days, with no sign* of returning life, the re mains wero consigned to tho grave, temporary interment being made iu the family lot in mi abandoned graveyard. A day or two ago the body was disinterred prior to removal to an other cemetery. ToJJthe surprise of the sexton tho coffin Tid showed signs of ilisplaccincnt, and on its beim removed tho gravo-digger was horrified to lino the remains turned face downward, tho hands filled with long tufts of liuir torn from the head, and the face, neck nnd bosom deeply scratched and scarred, while the lining nt the coffin had becu torn iuto fragments in the dcs perate etl'orta of tho entombed victim to escape her terrible fate. 8ince the discovery tne rouiig husband has becu prostrated ami his ife is despaired of. The names are withheld THE CHOLERA IN FRANCE. The Question of its Introduction into Amer. ten Discussed by the Government. Wakhixotox, Juno 24.—At the request of Surgeon-General Hamilton, tho secretary of state to-day sent a cable dispatch to the United States eousul at Toulon, France, with a view to ascertaining the fact* in relation to the retried outbreak of cholera at that port. If the answer should indicate a serious epi demic, the local quarantine stations throughout tho United States will be ad vised to adont precaution* against the introduction of the disease into this country, In the coarse of a conversation upon the sub ject, Surgeon General Hamilton said that he did not believe that the cholera, reported to have appeared at Toulon, would extend be- ; mud the coutrol of the French health officers. ] t had probably been brought from Egypt in »p ships returning to France from troop that country. There was little danger of the direct importation of disease from Egypt into the United States, for the reason that our im ports from that country are confined to name* which are rigidly inspected by the govern ment officer*. The surgeon-general added that cholera was, of all disease*, perhaps the most difficult to quarantine against and locali ties threatened by it should adopt every pre caution in the way of perfect cleanliness and attention. MOTHER AND SON CONVICTED. Doth Sent to Prtnon for] Ten Years for Man slaughter. Foat Smith, June 24.—The case of Mary Mtttoy and her son James, aged about twelve years, for the killing of Arch Casey on the third of December last, near Fort Gibson, In- dianTerritorr,hatterminoted by thi|juryfbring- ing in a verdict or manslaughter against both of them. Judge Barker sentenced them to the penitentiary for a term of ten years each and a fine of $1,000. The charge against them was murder, but was reduced to manslaugh ter by the jury, on the strength of the woman’s evidence. The circumstances in the case are curious. On the morning of the 3d of December the dead body of Casey was found in his wagon, which hail the team attached, near hi* place of abode, about nine miles from Mr*. Matov'f. An investigation was at once began and'the virm tracked back to the de fendant’s place. There blood was discovered about the bed and on the door under the bed; also leading from the house to where the wagon stood in the yard. These circumstances caused the arrest of Mrs. Matoy and her son, though they persistently denied till knowledge of the killing until a few days prior to the trial, when they owned that the killing had been done by them in self-defense. Louisville, Ky., June 24.—There is great excitement in Bowling Green over the stealing of a bride from her husband by Bleas Ever hart, a noted desperado. Wilton W. Jones, the husband, is a youth of about 17 years oi age, while his wife, formerly Miss Addie Wil son, was about a year younger. She is a beautiful young lady, with a remarkably in telligent countenance. She was about the average height, had a fine physique for one . . . v i . * voters of Jasper the claims of Mr. K. H. SroJlb. Jn so young, and was neatly attired in a black j this- contest focal tomes are somewhat Involved, which is to be deprecated. The stock and prohl- tiw. \i n j««n„ , . J bitioo laws were established with difficulty In our the Madonna order, and the sad expression I county, and there remains some bitterness of feel- about it, occasioned by the brutal attack flo in* among the advocates, pro and con, of these t i , measures. I notice a correspondent from Monti- which she had been exposed the night belore, cello to the Milledgeville Chronicle speaks of the enhanced its beauty. 5! 01 * Itt,v as , malnl >; * pecuniary Issue- v I It is a pecuniary issue in ono sense; TKLLixo THEIR STORY, I but there is a higher, more elevated ground than The votin'* counlo minted their stnrv nnlv this view of the subject. In the Important matter me young coupio rcinicu tneir story oniy | of vo tj„p a t rae patriot is supposed to lose his after a great deal of persuasion, and even then I pcrsonfllidentity in the broader, more catholic it was told by both With groat reluctance and ’.SSJS’iS piecemeal in answer to the questions put by I the welfare of Ms county, district or state ns the the reporter. Concisely stated, Air. Jones's I account of the affair i, a, follow.: | when hc say. in .utatanccr "I had a good tone * ’ ic and therefore I voted for fence,” Ms poor hard-working neighbor ntor L ’- ‘ * .. , and who find# ii ding I :•I against depredations’ from other people's cattie r •fid intended I or reversing the case, to hear a stock-law man say,. lc * 11 I bad no fence, therefore I voted for the stock —r ——P ana said i law," irrespective of his ndghl»or, who is a small i?/. OUr „ arre *V. J vhich I land owner ami has scarcely sufficient area for cul- . J*** “° I tivatlon and pasturage. This view of the mutter nj tlie arm and led mo out to I savors too stronsrlv of self to Im* nonular lrl?i f n ° W V? k ,,C 8 l t }* n * r 9° m - I As to Mr. Hinith s position on this quest..... . -... He read a “‘jj rtata.that.tthctlme Un put to. rate he had. told me to board the train, nml I m - .‘ rr >?,U7 C .. 1 L leav ? I the stock law because he honestly ’ believed" it to H“*f*Y* \ 50 J r . I A ,1 l t 7 1 . c ! d *5?* / caught on to I boa measure beneficial to all classes and conduc- poking by and was I j Ve to the material prosperity of tho county. lie il/?*} n / ? c *d1y to fhe platform, badly bruised I hoped nnd believed that after a fair test of the mat- nnd, fu fact, almost killed. I t er u, e opponents of the law would become recon- ut , 1 M,W - Jonwb story. .... I died ana favorable to it, a# In Putnam and other . while he was lying half dead on the plat- I counties, where it ha# been adopted. After suffl- forin, the man rame back and told me that my I dent time ha# elapsed to test the matter fully, if. IY..”./.”' ; ‘ I when he says in substance: “Iliad a good fenco nftn V? h0 7 c : *?, cftr I Wound my place and therefore I voted for fence,” ra i Ir0ttd B hUl°n I irrespective of his poor hard-working neighbor 2* a n ^ cnn, l to * e H who is dependent on his own labor for support, ‘ii '' e JSS}™ «$&**?* were toMTjfd and I nnd who finds it Impossible to clear, cultivate land I «n,l split mils.!.) teep q Mifficlcnt fence, to Insure- to see tne sights, anc to take the night train for home. While at the, ... depot In the sitting room a man came up and said J i aw , my father, < to come In and get a lemonade. I said no, and ho I in regard to the prohltttion act,* Mr. Smith’s po- sald, wait then till I go in hem a few minutes. I sition is too well known to render explanation When he returned he had on n Is I necessary. His attitude is entirely consistent with coat. After awhile we cainu to a place where I his post. there was a stone fence. We walked along this I it Is a noticeable fact that frequently when a fence until we came to an opening which wc f man becomes a candidate for office his opposition pawed through and climbed a hill, aud came to I to measures publicly expressed, begins to tone some kind of a bank, where there was a body of I down and soften by degrees until it is really dlffl- water thev adl the reservoir.’ ’lie then said: cult to tell which side fie espouses. ‘Let s sit down and rest awhile, I know you arc As regards an Issue being made against Mr. J. “toth I because of his not being connected with tho I replied: I don t want to rest, I want you I church, I am unaware of any such fact, though to hike me to Mrs. Jones’* hotel, where you prom-1 should that bo the case, the scriptural 8 mK! ^ to k . e . ,, . caro °f* . , . , I Injunction, “In honor preferring Oh, he said, sit down and rest, 111 take you I one another” would be a sufficient to widow Jones s after awhile. ... I guide for action, before which all human opinion “I refused again and_agaln to sit down by him | would pale. When wc advocate, the candidacy of and throat. _ . . _ and the way he hissed between his teeth, I much bouucl to be guided by his conscience in and the way he choked me, # .that ho. in | voting a# any other act of his life. But waiving got mad and caught me by the I moral and religious men. It is reflecting on no man SftW . by .the. look in his eyes | simply because he Isom of the church. A man i« tended to do me all he harm he could. Ho tried to | up by kickiug ono of my feet from under l I caught him by the throat, too. We these thiugs, let us look to the political Issues in- . ... . . .... volvcd. The records of public men arc open fop * F throat* too, >\c j dissection and deserve consideration nt the hands —, 1 ;~r- l°Ud l~ . ■ k(ku, Biw. iuu» mi, o«unu uiniiui uv iiuiiuhii dark and before I hail run far down the hill iny record. This 1* unjust, as Mr. Smith’s record ns a foot struck a stone and Hell down, and before 1 democrat Is without a blemish. It is tme, he ha.« than ho was, I was «o daspernto. anrf 11 aem man and withal a ripe scholar who la well throw Idm off again and he (elltiown. This gave ported on public matter., and It I. to hi. credit, mo another chanco to Jump up and run toward,* I (hat ho ha. never Joined a horde ol ofllcc reeker,. house whore I naw a light, and I kept running and llo ha. a political career, however. That career .creaming manicr oa loud *■ I_could, llo ran mo | conilaU in a lifetime devotion to domoentejr— true- rotcction sgr —— land. Upot. — — - -- vcstlgfttion It will not be found that he has, in a aud was choking me nearly to death with both I single Instance, abandoned the democracy or giv- hand#, and telling me not to scream or ho would I en encouragement to its open or disguised loe*. murder me. I thre 1 *' K,tT * *■■—•<« «n.i »„ 1 »- *• —»f**—-»*— *— screaming, os fast ■ to tho house where I saw tho d fan. I In those dark aud bitter days after the war, when 1 i F . I toe country was almost iu a #mtc of anarchy, to me nousc wucrc i saw tne rignt, ana me kind when good democrats were being displaced from, young ladles took rue in and did everything they I office aud their place* filled by radfeal appointees;, coaid forme. I when our legislators wero prevented from enter- 1 , a place or safety. I Ing upon the discharge of their duties by reason iMrs. Barclay, into whose house the tinfortu- I ol» requirement, to take the Ironclad oath, our fnate girl ran about ton o’clock on 8«turday Igwn:l«mrtjato to®J at Si?Sli!S „• ,t,* .i,„ .... I H. Glover, being among the number, Mr. nmlt» night, found that «ho was an entiro atranger I WIU found supporting organized democmey. Since- ami bad .ought .afety from «o terrible a dan- I thou ill.recorda. a democrat to untarnished by ger. Bv this time Officers Pence and Corbin, I any "shadow of turning,” and of recent years who hnd'hoard the girl', ahrioki, reached Mr,. I .luce, tndependenttem hu lifted Ito hood and Barclay'. hnu.owLro they f,,und her Inth, *ffSSSJSiSS3S StStidgStSA nervous condition described. The officers I flrm unswerving and faithful in the discharge of named led the young lady from Mrs. Bar-I hi* duty os an organized democrat, zealous for tho clay’s toward Ritter’s hotel, where I intenuta of the party, active In promotlnR they hoped to learn something of PWCLM? harmony within Its ranks, and her huibandT 8ho WM .uiToring ra terribly % SSffil&iSSk p7^tte« from nervous prostration «ud the terrible chok- I mid democrat. ing, beating nnd kicking that sho could I Shall democracy reject snch men? Todcmffcra- scarcely totter along, though one of tho gentle- I cy wc look for the political welfare of our country- menouiitedher uu o.cl: side. Sho talked f'J' 1 what^^tothoin.ofany mrty orB»nlmtlon,1f wildly, criad hecau.o .ho had loft hor father ^^'^'tho.o’X “h.re tho and lost her hu#bnnd, and finally wept bit-1 j^nv nn d deserve support and reward for services* Itorly. When tho party had walked about I rendered. half a block and reached the Morehead house, | After earnest •olldtatlon from leading citizens' Jim William. ...d William Calgv canto with a man who pro\cd tobe tho lady • hue- I candidate for the senatorial nomination. He is band, and they met tn fond embrace. I not seeking the office ns a stepping stone to higher ■ THE UUILTY man IDENTIFIED. I official position. There is uo pecuniary ad van- lit wo* (toon decided that Everhart wn. tho I Vuto to be derived from It. .It will luvolve amort bail as it can well be. He is a noted stool I have that neglected class of our citizens, who are iiiguon for gamblers, and ropes men into their I ^Htoogt^ lepreaentotloM _ front the holla- ion,, for which offen.c he fcn. boon indicted iinolitoS?honnn. of the goreramrat and .Und again and again. It is alleged that ho would I on an equal footing with other classes and Indus- have been in tho penitentiary long ago if his I tries. The people arc awakening on tbi* subject family had not been influential and wealthy "i* evinevd by the recent speech of the lion, nn,tin'll tn nnv hi# fine# nnd trot him nut of hi# I Thos * Hurdeman on the house bill, elevating the enough to pay ms tines ana get mm out oinis ^rjcun,,^ department to a cabinet poaltlon. scrape's, His father is a popular steamboat I citizens and democrats of Jasper, wlftyou rally captain, and bis grandfather was tho ceks- I to the support of this tried and true democrat? brated Judge Hynes, of Bowling Green. He I He stands before you with a record, without a has a largo number of rich and influential rel- unconnected with clique or ring and un- I..v» hn# fnr munwomUn f Prtm I trammelle<l by promise or pledge, save that of a atives, but has for many years been going from I conscientious discharge of duty, with an eye sin- bad to worse, until he put the cap on his mon- J gular to yonr material, moral and politic! umont of infamy by planning and almost a I inter* _ poll I eats, a man of whom any country should bo proud. An Old-Link Democrat- Jasper County, June'JJd, ltfNl. A Tripednl Cat. From the Tocfoa, Go.. News, While others are lioasting of natural curiosi- ceediug in carrying out this last scheme. THE YOUNG COUPLE. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born and brought up near Rubyville, Warrior county, “, bout . 1 .?.J nil ^ fr ? m Green. Mr. „ ul „ Joness father is a farmer, who is estimated to I t j eg um j mongtros j t j ea Toccoa comes to the be worth soma $40,000. Mrs. Jones s parents I f ront w j t j l a three-legged cat. This cat was are also ouite well oil. Mrs. Wilson was wil-1 kittened with only three legs. It is now about ling that her daughter should marry Jones, I y o|l , aIld u ft Iarge healthy looking cat. but the father of the young man refused to T £ e ri ht ', eg j n front S the one that ia miss al low the voung people to be made happy, ou I in _ The shoulder blade and fore arm aro the ground that hti^ son was too young to as-1 there, and the cat works them in walking just suine the responsibilities of life. I ftg though there was a leg there but they are Nothing could induce the young couple, I cnc | oged j,i the skin that cover* the body and ter being discharged by the g™nd jury, to I conge q Uen tly cannot protrude sufficiently to y to reach ther home by the raiiroadagain, I ^ 0 f service. The cat is a nuisance so fir aa ■ , . . . . •• _ .... ■ UC »/I Beil Ike, * **C ' o. »» UUIMHILC rate they wrere furnuhed by Captain winan. I rat* i. eunccrned, but it certainly ia th a spring wagon, in which they left for | # CU ri M ity. , smtrraui. Colbert co„ Ala., Jane 2S.1M 4. A Bleu Ooiu Mine. I EtltonlC o, mIn , 0 s : Dear Sire-My attention From the Wmhinaton. Co., Gawtte. I tnu been called to the following .peel*] clipped The gold mineon Mr. Henry Slaton . place I from yonr telegraphic column,: •till verv promising. He i. merely opening I hcpbidisig woag l.v immp. with . View to exhjiting the ore to men who make a business of mining. Captain I eflccl that the laborers employed to construct Carlyon who has a large experience says it Is I itreeu ln the new town of Sheffield, Ala., have an exceedingly promising mine, and Mr. I been paid off and the work definitely suspended. Tatom savs the same. The shaft has been I There is no sequence to this proceeding further „. n t. #... f.wk* below water ind I than the owners have gotten tfrad of the matter, r,Va r fL,^u«dr«| f ^llare° worth'd orte. wrather to too warm to further prnh Ure taken out. Mr. Sleten to in «orre.pond«Bce I "information" to utterly untrue. More with a number of parties in regard to tne mine, t gracing is being done on the streets than at any He offers to take ten percent of the gross pro-1 previous time, and we are preparing to establish duction. and give the lessee* the privilege of I water and gas works, also for the erection of a com- &Jt'rt?o e rS5Stei ding tr “ u ’ W.& thousand acres, for $200,000. not ..i ired - Q f our enterprise, but will trash it .a n-t.1 V *H v n ,i,i H - I With the same degree of energy as heretofore, fnl- It Will Cost \ou Nothing. I ] r ga confident as ever that Kheffleld will, in a For what?” For a medical opinion in your I comparatively short period, become tho “Pitta- lB R‘~te e i2 , e 0 i^ted that the unfwralleled rac- com which your phy»iei*n hue toiled tereliev* I ^ of onr wonId tIC | te ‘ , plr i, ol or cure. "From whom. fwm Utt. biarxey i oug - on ihe part of the people of numerous towns k Balen, 110$ Girard street, Philadelphia, dis-1 likely to be outstripped by Sheffield in their nensers of a new Vitalising treatment, which I growth and development, and therefore we were S’now attracting SSJSSSl moat remarkable cure* in dreperate I im*U paper*. Wc did not liowm eipret a flret- cases are being made. Write and ssk them I class paper, like The rossTrrmoM, to publish spe- net only to give an opinion in yonr case,but to I cial* injurious to Sheffield or any other place, tel- furnUh'yon nich information in rcg.rd to iheir terejhcd from a p^t l» ^ dtotMt. .tonply oo imwTrclmrata.willroabl.TOutogteanin-1^SS^SJSmS^ * jo01 eom * talhgent idea of iu nature and action. It will l r v respectfully, cost you nothing, as they make no charge for J ^ Alfred H. SIoaa, Vice President and Manager.