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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1884.???TWELVE PAGES.
NEWS Q? GEORGIA.
THENEWr 4 Q F THE STATE BRIEFLY
' CHRONICLED.
JMl??'ooro Calaboose for Sale???Freaks of Light-
Death of on Old Citlsen???A Horrible
Murder???Baptising in Columbus-Pro-
hibitiou???How the Crop* Stand, x
The Athens Banner has had a call from Mr.
Meyers, of Augusta, who is at the head of the
Stephens??? memorial association, He says that
Mr. Talmage has promised to deliver four lectures
in Georgia to further the end, and he has every
encouragement. Only $20,000 is needed. Liberty
Hall has been bought and paid for, and they now-
want funds to beautify the grounds, repair the
building and erect suitable monuments to Mr.
Stephens and his brother Linton. Mr. Stephens???
???haft will cost between $3,000 and $8,000. A com*
mittee to solicit contributions will be appointed
in Athens.
The negroes around Athens believe there is great
medicinal virtue in ???May water,??? os they term it,
it being the water from the flrpt rainfall in May.
One negro has saved several bottlos for future use,
that he would not exchange for its weight in sil
ver.
The Jonesboro calaboose has been advertised for
sale, the prohibition of whisky having rendered it
unnecessary.
Griffin News: Some two years ago or more the
Colored religious society iu this city known as the
African Methodists employed Mr. John Westbrook,
the well known builder, to construct the church
edifice which adorns the corner of New Orleans
and Solomon streets. The church people contrite
iiu??> uuuruu uuuuuig, uuu wic ucep waver wquisu
Just across the way had done likewise, Indue
time the house was ready for occupa
tion, and many and many has
been the time when the solidity
of the building has been put to the test, for your
African Methodist is no gospel sluggard when she
has on her war paint However, to make a long
story short, Mr. Westbrook haa never been paid in
full for his work, and a few days ago a notice was
served on the church people that the church house
would be sold under the builders??? law unless the
money long duo was paid over. In consultation
with a member of the congregation on yesterday,
a News reporter learned that the church wus
hardly at fault for this seeming negligence to pay
a Just debt. ???Captain Westbrook has been
a lenient creditor," remarked this mem
ber. ???He has waited patiently for a
long time and has never pressed the church, and
???till wc are not altogether nt fault.??? ???Wherefore?"
???Never mind about his cognomen. It???s nn old,
old scandal; let it rest, and just say wc will meet
the debt os soon as we possibly can,??? and the
brother faded down the vista known ns Clabber
Alley.
ThS colored people of Barnesvlllo have also lmd
a church difficulty, In which two factions of Bap
tists fought each other vigorously. Each of them
appointed a committee to meet in Joint session
with the following os nn advisory counsel selected
by the two parties: Dr. J. II. DcYotle, Judge John
D. Stewart, Rev. R. J. Willingham, Itcv. B. L.
Hentely and Messrs. C. W. Brown, Dr. J. L. Fogg,
and J.C. McMtchncl. Rev. J. H. DeVotio was
called to tho chair as moderator, and the two par
ties were allowed to present their grievances. Af-
ter hearing both sides the advisory committee sug
gested that In their Judgment the best thing they
could do was to recognise all members in good
standing, including those who had been turned
outbecauso they sought another building or to
hold service elsewhero than iu tho church
building before it was burned. The counsel then
advised tho granting of letters to nil who desired
to withdraw in order to go with Rev. Gilmore.
Tho advice of the counsel was taken and a resolu
tion passed embodying the same. This uuites the
church in fellowship and at the same time all who
desire to leave the old organization and enter into
a new one edn do so. The counsel then advised
that the land where the church formerly stood be
appraised by the advisory commlttco and that it
then be sold to the highest bidder, the deacons of
the church taking the matter In hand and arrang
ing the time for the sale. When the sale is made
tljc money is to be paid to Sir. C. W. Brown of the
advisory counsel, who will pay one-half of tho
ame to each of tho two parties. Tho advice was
also adopted by resolution with but one dissent
ing voice. The original trouble grew out of the
selection of a pastor, one party desiring to retain
Rev. C. Gilmore, and the other seeking a man
named Lowe.
Mr. James Weed, of Brownings, In 1882, planted
cotton April Cth, and hod blooms June 2ft. In 18M
he planted April ftth, and had blooms June ICth.
He advises early planting.
Grass is about to take the cotton crop in Banks
county.
In Harmony Grove. Henry Donnclson (colored)
got his bouse burned down a few nlghU ago,and
his children c??mo very near perishing In the
flames. They were askep and alone at the time.
Captain J. JJ. Martin, a well known citfzcu o
Carroll county, has three very Industrious and
prolific hens that arc raising IfJ little helpless
chicks. The first has 2ft, the second 28, and the
third 48.
In Franklin county a group of workmen, seeing
a dark cloud approaching, hastily left their plows
In the field, mounted their horses and were push
ing on toward the house, when a sudden glitter
ing gleam of lightning struck among them ns they
rode abreast. The party consisted of Mr. Thomas
Payne, Willie Conley and another man. Ahead of
this party, about thirty yards, rode Mr. James
Conley, who looked back and first saw the party
all abreast, and on looking bock a second time
they were all prostrated ou the ground. It was
found that Willie Conley, a lad of nineteen years,
was killed, and the horse he rode, while Mr.
Payne???s shoe was tom off his foot and his ty>r*e
dead under him. The other man and his horse
escaped unhurt.
Paulding New Era: I will tell about a certain
Circumstance which happened In time of tin l????-v-
olutlonary war. The Americans w*r.* ??-*.r-.i.*i
Keowce river, now in Wcken* rount; s? ??uh??ur-
olitia, and one fort on Ninety-Six iwilecreek, in
Edgfield county, South Carolina. Then? w.-??n
Indian woman carried u d!*,?? , nun
Keowee to Ninety-six fort, iu one ??'??? ??????-
When she left Keowee fort she named the cici ks
as she crowed them. The first she
crossed she called It Twelve Mile
creek. The next she crossed she called Eigteen-
m lie creek. The next she caW^dJwenty-tbre^
mile creek, and then she crossed Twenty-slx-inl!e
creek, and so on until she arrived at the other
fort, and was on a creek and she called it Ninety-
slx-mllc creek. That was ninety-six miles from
Keowce fort. She named those creeks, and they
still go by the names the Indian woman gave
them when she crossed them. I was borni on
Twenty-three-mile creek. *ou can yet tell where
old Ninety-six fort stood.
Spring Place Times: The exceedingly poor pros
pects for a paying cotton crop have actually caus
ed some of our farmers to say that they will en
gage In its production no longer. It will, howev
er, be impossible for some to quit It at once, sim
ply because each crop is under contract to pay tor
Its fertilisers and supplies purrhs??cd on a credit,
and payments therefor win exhaust the entire
proceeds. At the end of the year nothing
remains, and another cotton crop is pro
jected upon which long priced hog and
hominy dealers take supply mortgages only to
scoop U all in except what is paid Tor adulterated
fertilisers, and thus we move along in straitened
circumstances from year to year In perfect servi
tude to these grinding and exacting creditors.
There is not a single farmer in Murray county
who does not know bow to avoid these trials and
Ills, but lest custom and habit should be contra
vened, the old groove Is traveled although an in
extricable ditch Ilea in the near future.
A writer has this to my ot Forsyth county In
the Gumming Clarion:
I want to say right now to yon and all the ???rest
of mankind.??? that Forsyth to the banner county-
hasbigher priced land, more comfortable white
cottage homes, more densely populated, larger
mm nrettfer women and more children than can
be'fo urnOn aar other eoantf Id
this we may add first rate water and health. These
are some of the apparent Inducements that Invite
SSrtrifSSb suEarus*
SaMissstf jatgsa. \
eolci l>-???t in the state, or perhaps any where else
there to scarcely a branch or gulch where gold has
1 not been, and yet may be found. Mauy of the old view. These circumstances presen ting themselves
workings have been astonishingly rich. The as they did so naturally, lent much to the inate
Strickland mines produced several hundred thou- Impressiveness of this solemn ordinance. At the
sand penny weights. The Charles mine, though First Baptist church, the Rev. 8. M. Provence
hardly yet developed, shows a vast prone?--' *
amouut of mineral wealth. The haust..-- w .???-...
older diggiugsZZnow seemingly abandon-1 by thIs service???? Htodiscpunewas strictlydoc-
ed paid immensely???instance, the Mosely branch, i trtnal, but It was clothed with such lau-
out of which was taken by estimation about 200,- guage, and delivered In such manuer os
000 dwts. The Hardy Strickland property on could not possibly oficiul the most sensi-
Chaltahooohce furnished muny thousand dollars, tlve of other denominations. His treatment of
The mines at Shake Rag furnished their thous- | the subject of baptism, Its scriptural significance
ends. Then again in the northern part of the ??? *???'* *??? * Un
county, we hear of the tiravit and Otwell proper
ty, of me Leroy Greens, from which it was said a
{ luart black bottle full was taken in a week by c
ew hands, and there near by Is Coal Mountain,
said to be vastly 4 rich. This na
turally brings me to speak of old
8awnee, in the center of the county. Who
has not heard of 8uwnce, the mountain upon
which the Indian lovers sought refuge and in
which they found and entered a cave, the stalac
tites and stalagmites of which were pure gold. But
tradition aside, there is perhaps no richer gold
mine anywhere than in old Sawnee. It Is sup-
posed that over one million of pennyweights of
gold have been taken from its surface and depos
its, and and yet there has never been used at the
most of these places anything but the most primi
tive and simple machinery. All these may be said
to have been only discovered and now await de
velopment. What we need is capital, energy and
confidence. Wo invite capitalists to come and in
vestigate.
James Mathias, the oldest citizen iu Murrray
county, died a few days ago. He was 105 years
old.
Both gold and silver, in paying quantities, has
been discovered In the vicinity of Fort mountain,
Murray county.
Elbcrton South: While cveryl>ody is talking
about hard times and the scarcity of money, we
went Into the house of Swift Bros, the other morn
ing while the bookkeeper, Mr. Craig, was balanc
ing cash. The amount of cash on hand was $8,-
614. besides $10,000 iu the safe on deposit. The
senior member of the firm stated that the bouse
did not owe a nickel in the world. This looks like
Elbcrton wusii good place for bnsincss.
A Clayton, Rabun county, writer in the Clarkes-
ville Argus, says:
:ven
??pla_??? . .. - -
until he began to strike up with the kind of men
ho was looking for???men of his own creed, who
had money, and who would put it on the board.
It seemed that every man that played with him
got up from the table feeling Just like a man does
??? It was thong)
clandestinely absconded, ns such men
generally do when they leave a place. Some years
since a crowd of road hands were working the
read that runs along the foot of the hill opposite
the cemetery, and while throwing the dirt out of
a hole that hud been caused by the pouring of the
water offthc bank, they found the skeleton of a
man. The most creditable solution of this mystery
is, that this man was waiting there to meet some
one to play him a game, and was killed by his
antagonist, and concealed iu that place. A grave
yard must be a solemn place to go to gamble.
A horrible murder took place in the Cohutta
mountains last week; tho wife of Dow Grace,
formerly of Dawson, was killed, her eyes both put
out Hilda pole sharpened and pierced through
her breast and hanged up in a suppling to dry. It
is not known who did the crime.
Something over a year ago, says the Jonesboro
News, Clay county adopted the prohibition, law,
and she has never had cause to regret that wise
step. The incrchauts declared, last fall, that trade
was ten per cent better than any previous fall,
and that collections were from thirty to fifty per
cent better. The ???calaboose??? has been advertis
ed for sale, .and the tow n marshal has no troublo
at all. The sheriff says that*lt has ruined his busi
ness. There has been no new cases of importance
added to the court docket. The moral tone of
Jonesboro and county Is in every way healthier
than ever before. In fact, prohibition Is a grand
and glorious move in behalf of humanity.
Elder R. T. Speight preached his fortieth anni
versary sermon at Piney Woods Primitive Baptist
church, In Haralson county, the first Sunday In
June. The church was established tho first Satur
day In June, 1M4. Elder 8pc!ght was elected as
pastor and has served It continuously from that
time to the present, except a few months during
the war. Elder Speight was tho only member
present at tho anniversary who was present at the
organization. Elder Speight is, and has been for a
long time, moderator of tho'New Hope association.
llurnlson Banner: Tho heaviest wind storm that
has visited this section since the well remembered
???dry storm??? of I860, passed over us about eleven
.???clock Saturday night. It came up very rapidly
from the northwest, accompanied by n terrific
roaring resembling very much that described by
the cyclone reporters. Many of our people were
scared out of .their dwellings and would have
taken refuge? in storm pits If we had had any. The
roof WM blown off Mr. Stephen.???, bum, nml many
trow wore blown down in the plantation. I. nbou
all the damage heard of at thla writing. The wind
ranged high, or It Is thought tho damage would
bnvo boon heavy.
Eu.lo Drew, colored. I. undoubtedly tho fattest
woman fn Muscogee county. She was weighed on
Mr. W. J. tVatt???a .ealea and kicked the beam at 110
pounds. Sho lives on Mr. AceeLowe???s plantation.
A small colored boy about nine years old, son of
Richard Abner, got Into a difficulty with another
colored hoy about tho same age, In Burke county,
who went to hts father???s coat pocket, procured n
repeater ot small caliber and shot Abner's hoy
Just above tho right eye, Infllollnga serious wound
and which was ot flrst thought to lie fatal. Tho
wounded boy Is now oat of danger, but has en
tirely lost the sight of his right eye.
Judge IV. M. Reese, ol Wilkes, has In his poses-
slon on old Tippecanoe hat with a log cabin on
one side. It Is a rello of tho presidential cam
paign of 1&I0.
Mr. J. r. Stinson, of Trlppvllle. Is quite a young
man, lias an excellent crop, and a very smart little
wife to help him. He Is 10 years old and his wife
is 12 years old.
W. F. Haro, of gomtor county, has raised a fifty
pound watermelon.
Calhoun Times; Some one picked up a leather-
winged bat. and had It on exhibition last week,
which hail three little onca clinging t?? It for dear
life. The old one was so weighted down with Its
young that it could not fly.
Mrs. J. E. Jenkins, of Alpharetta, while remov
ing some rubbish Irani a large basket, placed her
hand upon a ground rattlesnake, which measured
eighteen Inpbca In length. It was colled around a
repo which was lying In the basket, and hut for
that, which prevented ft from striking, she would
have been bitten. Mr. Jenkins killed the danger
ous reptile.
Mr. T. J. Bowls, of Pendergras, prlnta the fol
lowing fit tho Jackson county Herald, under the
hood of "In memory of my wife Vlnle M. Bowls,
who departed this life June In, lust:
My little darling used to staiM
Just by my cottage door.
Wafting to kiss lue when I came
Each evening from the store.
She was my Joy???my heart's delight,
In those days long gone by.
But as I'm dreaming o???er the past
A tear comes In my eye.
Alas! how lonely now my life.
As through the world I roam,
Since no swett voice calls out to mo
To bid me welcome home.
Vet, oh! what comfort to my heart,
That when I???m called away
From toils below to Joys above
In that eternal day.
That there she'll meet me at the gate,
Just as I'm passing through,
gbe???U cry aloud with hersweet voice,
??????I'm looking out lor you.???
The agricultural college In Cuthbcrt under the
management ol Prof. Hunter Is fast growing into
popularity and Influence, end we confidently ex
pect to see the chapel literally peeked with boys
on opening of next term.
Jonesboro News: ???Cnele Bailey??? Rhodes has
placed on our Uble twelve distinct ears of com,all
covered by the same shuck, and all connected to
gether. This Is the greatest phenomenon In the
thipe of an ear of corn we have ever seen. Ilia
now on exhibition at tbla office.
Columbua Times: An Immense throng of people
of baptism as administered by Rev. J. W. How
ard. ot the Second Bspttot church. Seventeen per-
s&sssrsSfU.
In baptism and resurrected from their watery
grsreaTltla hoped, toe newncm of life. TXeaeen.
'.BSt S 4 HS55SS
STiSSi -de^ th* A&ftL. S!$&
SXpSfu JSS1553 on granite totond* which
gem the river, while others remained aboard and
were anchored in positions favorable to a food
io organ loft, was filled to
repletion by a most attentive congregation. The
services passed off quite pleasantly, and tue
droralse of much additional immediate benefit to
those who desire to recognise and realize the
humble Nazariue as a personal Saviour were uever
more cucouraglng.
The Btooks county commissioners will lotto tho
lowest responsible bidder on August 5th the con
tract for rebuilding the bridge Across the Witbls-
coochce river, near Troupviile.
Colonel Butts says they are working ore near
Dahlonega at a cost of 15 cents a ton that yields
from 75 cents t????$l. From 200 to 400 tons are
through thp mills per day, which leaves a big
profit.
Prohibition to the absorbing question In Frank
lin county.
Wheat has been greatly damaged in Habersham
by the wet weather.
Albany Medium: We have felt all along that
Baker county was preparing to give Lee county a
tilt in the watermelon line, and now It has come
to pass. Last Thursday Hon. Ucubcii Jones, of
Baker, sent us one of the now famous ???Jones
melons??? that weighed r??2J4 pounds. This is the
largest melon we have received this year, and its
... ???..??? ???p to
Dcarance.
now as if the blue ribbon for ....
melon will go to Baker. Msuy thanks, colonel,
Bainbridge Democrat: As the down freight
train on the Savunnnh, Florida and Western rail
road was leaving Recovery station, on the night
train, and c
nored man was no
irmu utu'Kea, auu uuimi nan wny, in muulcji ??u??.
Just below Recovery they found his mangled
body, dead. The train hands removed the re
mains to the station house near by; subsequently
the corpse was nut in a box, and taken on
*~onrdofthc mall train on the 4th Instant, ai *
trrled to Fucoville, where his family Ilvi
Query? Did a tramp throw him down between
the cars o$ did he accidently fall between
cars?
HOW TO PREVENT CHOLERA.
Memorandum Issued by the State Hoard of
Health,
Tho New York state board of health considers
the powdblly and facili'ics for the introduction of
cholera Into this country too obvious to be disre
garded, and therefore a memorandum on preven
tive measures against the disease has been Issued.
The history of former invasions of cholera, say*
the board, warrants the belief that its reappear
ance here is probable. Cholera, which in two
months of midsummer In 1865 destroyed 80,-
000 lives in Egyyt, reached Franco and
Germany by September, and was discov
ered nt the New York quarantine a* early as No
vember. In the spring of I860 It ognin threatened
the United States. It lingered in the west, was
returned to Governor???s island, and thence found
a new departure in 1807, when it was terribly de
structive iu somcsoetlons. The outbreak in the
Mississippi valley In 1873 was traced to Its intro
duction by way of New Orleans. Tho disease os
reported in southern Europe presents the same
threatening aspects, thinks the board, ns it did In
August, 1865, when it was conveyed to our shores
in a definite manner, and to about the same series
of restiug places and fatal i>otuts of outbreak that
it now threatens to attack. , ,
The facilities for tho introduction of the dtocoro
have increased slnco 186ft, but tho means of exact
sanitary knowledge and quarantine polJro for ar
resting and stamping out the transportable cause
of it are also greater. No city widen is fully pre
pared for the announcement that Asiatic cholera
turn from Ifie.ueanerntncuu suiie* wnrc iur *i
and the destructive malignancy of t|fc dtoesse all
give a warning to be ready for Aslastie cholera.
There to, says the statu board, a specific Infective
cause of Asiatic cholera, called Its contaglum, by
which It spreads os rapidly as the persons suffer-
.lug, ever so lightly, from it go from place to place.
Iln every country where contaglum exists ft has
ceased to be repmpagated beyond the sanitary
In every count:
ceased to be
lines which separate tho cleansed, drained and
ventilated premise's and well-conditioned inhabi
tants from the filthy, or where polluted food and
water and harmful beverages prepare the system
for the fatal operation of the poisuu. For cholera
to be diffused from continent to continent it must
have as factors for its cultivation a centre of pollu-
tfon for fts cradle, a shfp for Its trnns|Hn t, ami a
number of towns prepared for Its reception and
development laical conditions of danger--the
sanitary neglects that have prepared for a lodg-
io prevention of propagation Is very difficult af
ter the disease hits obtained a foothold in any of
the commercial centres. Tho presence of filth,
stagnant pools, polluted water, and badly housed
and imprudent |??c??>ulo will Invite cholera to hun
dreds of places iu tno state If it once appears in
any port. ???Now,??? says tho board, ???before the ex
otic Infection has come, let all local boards of
health and all householders lose no time In en
forcing such thorough scavenging and cleansing,
such cleaning of sewers, drains ami ditches, and
such ventilating, drying, limc-wa??h!ng and disin
fecting of cellars ami all damp nml unclean places
that If cholera cornea Its infective germs shall find
no soil or foul surface In which to propagate epi
demically.?????? ,
The contagion to not chiefly taken from the
bodies of the sick, but the virus Is proved to re
quire the concurrence of ntteuduut conditions of
inobturcund filth to prodiiis* any extended scries
of cases. One great source of danger is that the
exotic germ Inal matter becomes not only Infect
ive of persons exposed to It by water or tne atmos
phere, but may, by its infinite rapidity of repro
duction, under favoring conditions of foul air mud
filth, rapidly become epidemic within the limits of
such impurity. Kauitary harriers must, therefore,
be erected belorc cholera comes. As soon as found
the disease most be treated by vigorous isolation
ami destructive disinfection.
Preventive sanitary measures consist in anni
hilating all local conditions which would harbor
the disease, if the cholera germs find no breath
ing place in filthy conditions of premises, nlr or
drinking water, there to no danger. The memo
randum concludes: ???Whenever cholera comes, as
wc hope it will not, a brief
statement showing how to resist
cholera and what to do in Its presence will lie im
mediately sent to all parts of the stato through
the local board* of health. It to now the duty of
local sanitary authorltlesand all householders to
inspect the premises within their jurisdiction
and promptly cause the necessary sanitary- im
provements to be made. None of this
work will . be lost even were cholera
effectually arrested by the barriers of quarantine
I nml disinfection at the port* It enters. The rra*
son* for sanitary iunpeetion* and work* are appli
cable to protect against Infection* and epidemic
diseases generally, and it to because in the midst
of wet grounds and pools,filth sodden surfaces.foul
sinks, and polluted drinking waters, cholera finds
local conditions for Its epidemics, that now the
general duty to urged upon all sanitary authorl-
ties and householder* to make careful sanitary In
spections; to drain all stagnant pool* and low
grounds near dwellings, to dean all sewers and
home drains: to cleanse and dtoeufect cellars,
privies, and all filthy places, and examine and
protect the purity of dTrlnklng water.???
The Temperance People Moving.
The coming convention of Good Templars
promises to eclipse anything of the kind ever
held south. The committee baying the matter of
preparation in charge are putting forth every
effort in their power to provide for the entertain-1
ment of delegates and visitors. To-dsy sub
committee from the general committee will wait
upon the friends of temperance of the city to I
receive their contributions to the cause. We have
no doubt but they will meet with a most hearty
respouse.
The following to the committee of arrange
ments: W. A. I Unsell, chairman; Hon. Willtami
Markham, Hon. George N*. Lester, Rev. Virgil Nor*
crow, Rev. John O???Donnelly, Paul L. Tuggle. J. F.
Saunders, James rj. Thrower, Thomas L. Bishop, I
E. L. LaFontaine, Allen B. Hall, J. A. LaFontalne;
. If. Huzza, secretary.
An Electric Light Deception,
New York, July lft.???Judge Shipman has filed
bis decision fn favor of the defendants??? fn the soft
of the Brush electric light company vs. the United
States electric lighting company, which has been
on trial nearly four yean. The suit wss upon the
two prindpaTpatenu of Charles P. Brush, which.
It was clatmefCcovered the entire business of the
electric arc lighting. One of the patents was
wltMnwn. and JwlgtShlpmMn derides the other
lobe invalid, and dismisses *" ... ???imJ
to both.
ELECTRIC LULA.
ANOTHER NIGHTOF LIVELY MYS
TERY IN WALLACK???S.
The Spectators Yet About Squs!lg Divid'd In Be-
???pctit to the Power 8he Sxerts A Milkmaid
Futclin* the Keen Metropolis aix Per
formances Within One Dag Dio.
From the New York Sun.
When Wallack???s curtain rose upon Miss Lula
Hurst lost night it revealed a tall, ungraceful girl
In n red dress in the act of seating herself in a
chair tor from the footlights. She managed her
dress unskilfully, sat down sidewise, and then
wriggled into the right position as if she was not
used to long skirts.
The most that was apparent at the flrsi glanco
was tlmt she was very tall,uuformcd as well
shapely, and wore a Chrystio street bang, long,
thick, nut-brown curls, and a heavy, long gold
opera Watch chain. Mr. Paul Atkinson introduced
her. He is a slender,gen teel young man, who wore
a dress suit, and spoke like those who pronounce
Georgia ???Joe-Jah.??? Ho is said
to be a spiritualist, but looks as
he might be one. His face is thin, his checks
sunkcu, and his eyes cavernous. As an adjunct
.toa mystery, be is the right sort of looking per
son. When he waved his left hand it moved iu a
Hue which, if continued, would have crossed the
beads of General Dan Sickles and cx-Heuator Itor
coeConkllng, who sat nearby regarding him.
When he made a sweep with his right hand ho
threw an imagined curve past the.Rev. George II.
Ilepworth, J. F. Loubat, aud Joun T. Raymond.
Twenty club men were in a row at hto feet, and
playwrights, actors, stage manages and club men
were sprinkled nil over the house, which, for the
first time, filled slowly. It was well filled, though,
when the fun began.
Mr. Atkinson invited any who chono to come
upon the stage, and altont hall a dozen men who
looked like hospital patients out ou leave clam
bered up. Then tho Georgto wonder arose, and
placed the palm of her hand upon an open um
brella while one of the consumptives tried to hold
It. Each time the umbrella flew up, curved
overhead, and turned Inside out, a perfect wreck.
Thosowho believe in the Georgia wonder called
attention to the lact that throe times out of five
placed only the tint palm of her
???eo mu iii??? ii uraai wiviiiiuivcft. uieir iccio
hold on like grim death, and then seethe
brella go to flinders as If it was n < Icorgia tornado
jnstcad of a big-boned country girl that hail
touched it. Their legs flew about, they pumped
the air with their arms,and they fell back puzzled,
hot, and short of breath, while the girl looked on
calmly with bovine mildness in her eyes.
R uisiu'iuc'i coumeimucu never nppcttrcu ocniuu
it* footlights of Wallack???s theater. She has long,
^ig arm*, that seem to be about the samesizent
|the wrtotniak the shoulders, and the shoes that
arc occasionally thrust from under hcrsktrtsarei
such as8t. Louis plague* Chicago about. Though
sho shows Imperturbable solidity in all other
Imperturbable solidity
ways, her voice finds frequent utterance iu a series
of short, quick, high-keyed historical laughs.
???We use only those things,??? said Mr. Atkinson,
???which suggested, themselves (it home???canes,
.chairs, and umbrellas, and such things. The urn-
never docs. 1
Next Mis* Hurst got tho best of the narrow
chests while they vainly tried to hold walking
panes amtnst her palm pressure. Sho broke the
thick cud of a billiard cue In one encounter.
There was an lutcrmlssion filled with piano
music, and then the second part of the i??crform-
ance began. There was a stampede for tho stage.
The athletic young club men had como on pur
pose to outdo tho wonder, and they were foremost
tithe mMi. The others saw tho possibilities of
l un in the performance, for, after all, the delight
ful feature of the show is tho part that the out-
nui wucii wen Known men aim joviai mi turn.
incu about town, actors, ntlicletes. cranks and all
other wort* of person* arc tornns! about,'tho scene
I become* quite as ridiculous as It Is mysterious.
Major Bond, the lecture agent, tried to hold a
chair while she laid one hand slightly on It. Ho
could do nothing with It, though he is an immenso
and powerful man. He got red and excited over
the effort, and she purred like a kitten a* she fol
lowed his genuflcxtloux. Tho spectator* roared
at him for remarks. ???How did it feciT* they
yelled.
???1 felt a light, delicate pressuro of the lady???s
hand," said the gallant major, perspiring as ho
mpokc. Tho audience roared.
m???What did you feel???? a reported inquired.
???Oh. Its most wonderful/'said tho major. ???I
can???t describe it. The pressure is very great. It???s
like an immense weight equally distributed over
the chair. There to no magnetic or electrical ef
fect, but the chair becomes absolutely uncon
trollable.???
In tho meantlmo other men tried it. Big men
they wore, Oils Levick and Georgo Robinson of
the Union Square company among them; but
they could do nothing while tho wonder exerted
her Influence. The stage hold sixty onlooker*.
They were divided as to opinion. Home said they
saw the girl grip the chair; others saw her pre**
down on it. As many more were positive that she
only pressed lightly with her palm*. Once iu
awhile It was noticed that her hands were directly
on those of the men who struggled against her.
These said site used no strength.
???What If she did???? said Mr. Grant,??of the Union
club. ???Did ever the woman live who could nut n
chair down when two or three athlete* held It? If
???he's using muscle, It I* more wonderful thau if
she has got some secret force.???
Capt, Williams, in dvillau dress, wo* among the
spectators. Jle could not bo urged to try bis
strength with the country girl,
???She doe* not use muscle,??? said he, ???for I hove
felt her arm, and ??bo ho* got no muscle. 1 would
let John L. Kullivan try bis feat* on me, and I
don't think he could get a chair down if I held It,
blit she could, every time,??? .. ,
The fun grew furious. Tho rustic maiden faced
fresh men and fresh couples as fast n* they israe
up. Sometimes they forced a rhnlr down against
her effort* but It was only after long struggles that
they did soi Young Grant, Allle Hmlth. and an
other young man with a neck like a bull deter
mined to unite* their strength to put a chair down.
Like the rest, they tugged aud strained along
while, and then all four fell into the footlights.
The Hun reporter, who never yet ho* seen any
mystic force fn u human being, watched thogJrl *
I band* closely. At limes she deliberately clasped
the chair as any one would do. At other times
she lightly held her (Mims against it. The effect
seemed to be the satno whatever she did. Hhe
could not throw Gus Heckler out of the chair with
a grip or with palm prewture, and Mr. Robinson,
the actor, also defeated her. They are heavy
weight* *rtd she could only rock them. Lighter
[men she threw out like glam balls from a spring
Rfhen sho took anrfther rest and sat behind the
ed. une says sue iceis no magnetic iiiimenrc.
does not get tired after a night's exertions, and
has no Idea what It 1* that I* making such a for
tune for herself and family. She notices that the
longer she practices each night the stronger the
force grows. The reporter left her In the hands
of Major Bond, who was trying to'convince her
that she was gifted with odic force, which was
discovered by Dr. Beard. Hhe giggled at this, and
???joined to lie irlud to hear it.
^The persons on thestage kept apart and wrangled
over the mooted agency by which she perform*
her feats. One half of the qrowd Insisted that the
other half should adjourn to a beer saloon and
see the performance* repeated with plain, honest
muscle. The others having noticed that the
country maiden continually rub* her baiigs with
her right hand and smooth* her dress with her
left, were divided as to whether her hafr ot her
dress were stored with galvanism.
Tne third part of the evening???s performance was
a continuation of the chair wrestling. The stout
men were til In readiness, and took turns. Home
pat the chair down or stuck In It despite her ef
forts, others were pulled all around the stage. ??V'J
yet others surrendered very quickly. The girl
giggled and uttered her unnalura* little laugh,
but though perspiration dampened her forehead,
???be seemed not at all fatigued. Mr. Atkinson said
???he succeeded because the spectators hod confi
dence in her.
After-aril .he ??are a print, exhibition In a
**Bpthroe ??flhS?U ol alalia In aTwentj-fciurth
???trect boarding huiueli axniu Of room, alinwt
llkeanr other itilte of boardluthoum apartment,.
But air the boarder, look upon thm?? room, with
awe. and the cookingdoern't wo on there cither.
Lulu Hunt lt,o, there, and all her fellow-lemid-
er, hair, learned to impact her power tnrer chair,
and table,, which lun been full, demotutrated In
the common dining room. A reporter of the Hun
remarkable element, which many young ladies
will envy her more than her magnetic force. Hhe
seems able to wears different dress every day. ,
Her appearance and manner are those of a girl of M
16, and at the same time her firm conviction, ??
shared by mauy around her. that she can send a . L
gentleman scooting in any direction lends a >
charm and esse to her manner that most young K
girls of 16 haven't got. Some of the young men
who have felt her power and wanted to be skepti
cal said that her eye* and her laugh bad more to
do with It than her magnetism. They were look
ing at the one and listening to the other, and for
got to control their muscle*, and so she pushed
them wherever she wanted to. Miss Lula???s father
nml mother, who both belong to the Baptist
church in Georgia, were there too, and seemed
very proud of their daughter, and very much in
terested iu all she did.
Mr. Hurst to a deacon, and hto wife says that
when Lulu's power first manifested itself, a few S
months ago, he refused to pay any attention to it, 2
and wouldn???t watch a single chair or table move, m
or witness the wrecking of even one timbrella for r
three days. At the end of tlmt time he hail to ad
mit that there wo* something strange about her,
but the whole tom ly, even yet, unite In seoutiug
any idea ef spiritualism, or of anything contrary
to the doctrines of the Baptist church. Mr. At
kinson, the young gentleman of slight build, who
Introduces Miss Hurst in tho evening, told how
sho had exercised her powers that morning on a
medium who lived in the house. He
asked to sec what sho could do after break
fast and although she doesn???t like to do
anything close upon a meal, she consented, and
holding desperately to one end of a thin canc.and
finally landing against the wall at which stage he
shouted: ???Thereto eight of them, eight spirits be-
mvuse their child of having spirits with her. nml
Mis* Lulu herself laughed very musically,and sniil
that inau was the mo*t foolish of all the men tlmt
she had met.
When doubt was expressed ah to tbc genuineness
of Miss Hum's performance, none of the faniil -
appear to feel at all offended. Mrs. Hurst sail,
???lie almost wished her Lulu couldn't
do all those things, beenuffo it some
times worried her. Her father said: ???Thereto
something there that I eat)???t ex plain, and this gen
eratlon Isn???t going to explain it any more thau I
am. Scientist* don't want to admit it, because
they don't understand it, and so of course wo
can???t expect to meut any but skeptics. But that
don???t prevent the fact that if there were five hun
dred pound* of iron ou that ctwNr, and Lula put
her hands against the side of it, it would have to
move.??? Ml** Lula laughed at the doubt*, and
tho young man of light build exhibited i; pensive
smile. JIo has been struck In the eye by n mag
netized umbrella ami I* thoroughly convinced.
Mrs. Hurst explained how her daughter'* won
derful power first manifested itoolf. Hhe was rid
ing in a buggy with a young man, and it began to
In. The young man recklessly put up ou urn-
_.*ello. The umbrella hit everything around there,
ineluding the horse and the girl, and finally
turned inside out, and shot Into space over the
l*iek of the buggy, leaving Miss Lula very much
surprised, the young man very much annoyed,
anil tho couple ropldly getting wet. Since that
day Mrs. Hurst says her daughter 1ms not been
able to carry nn umbrella or a parasol, and the
??? nginen Iu Polk county, Georgia, never Invite
to go buggy riding when It looks like rain.
KITCHEN ECONOMY.
INTERESTING TEST8 MADE BY THE
GOVERNMENT CHEMIST.
STEAM WASHER
Rest Washing Ma
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Sold lti Six Months.
Time nml Labor
.Saved with no wear
on doilies. Price *10
Ilig Discount to Deal-
ttJTIf you cannot buy
It at home send us $IU,
and we will ship it by
expresx, nil charges
prepaid.
i ???I a:n dellghtod
with the Missouri
Steam Washer, and
^ B _ ladles should not
wait to see this washer work, but send for one
immediately, a* it doe* nil that is claimed for
it.?????????Mrs. G. W. Allen, of Cornet Emporium,
4th Ave*. Loutovfife, Ky.
???My experience with the Mfasoori Steam
Washer to all that to claimed for it. It to as
tor in advance of tho old way as steam cars
are over the old stage coach. To try it i* t*??
buy it.??????Mrs. Joseph Allen, Butterlek's Pat
tern Store. Louisville, Ky.
AGKNTH WANTED! For Circular*. Terms,
etc., add re** Patton & Mr.niwniiKK. Gen???l
for '
Virginia, No
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Dr. Edward G. Love, the analytical chemist for
the United States government, has niudc some In
teresting experiments a* to the comparative value
of baking powders. Dr. Love???s test* ivere made to
determine what brand* are the most economical
3, and a* their capacity lies Iu their leavening
power, tests were directed solely to ascertain the
available gas of each pdwder. Dr. Lovo???s report
gives tho following:
Strength:
Name of tho Cubic Inches Gas
Baking Powders. per each ounce of Powder.
???Royal??? (absolutely pure) IJ7.4
???Patapsco??? (alum powder)...-. }*?????
???Rumford???s*' (phosphate) fnwh
Rumfordto??? (phosphate) old... 82.7*
Hanford's Nono Huch,??? fresh 121.fi
Hanford???s None Such,?????? old HM5
ah??!rra" (xlum powdw)
"L'levelnmlV (,hort wi'lnut ox.) I10.X
???H??* Foam" ???W ??
'Dr? Price???*" 102.6
snow Flake" Mlroll???* Ht. I???aul) 10I.X8
j/cwi?????????? Cwnlenxed
"(kiimrcMi" J'ciot flj.fl
"L'.RAliiliW* A Co'*??? (contain, alum) 7X.I7*
???lleckcr???*";
W.o
???In lil* roiKirt, tho government chum lit **y??:,
???I rcpinl all alum oowilera a* very nnwholc-
nine. J'lioephato ami tartaric acid powder* lllwr
..to tholrfta* too freely In proccu* of lmkliiK, or iiii-
der varying climatic (mangos suffer deterioration.
Dr. II. A. Mott, the former government chemist,
after a careful aud elaliornto examination of the
various baking powders of commerce, reported to
the government In fitvqroMhojtoyalJ^ramL^
LAW SCHOOL,
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
The Law School of the University will begin its
next session October 1st,IHHI. The course embraces
two term*, ( (insisting of five mouth* each. The
tuition !*|ft0 per term, and upon paymeut thereof
law student* are entitled to all the privilege* of
tho University without extra charge. Frequent
Moot Court* arc hold and constant cxeretoes are
f lven in Pleading and Conveyancing. , Medical
urtoprudcnco and Parliamentary Law also form a
port of the Course. The Law of Georgia author
ize* Graduate* of this School to be admitted to the
Bar upon production of their Diploma*, without
examination. The advantages of this Hchool (suen
a* dally recitations, constant exercises in drawing
legal document*, practico In Moot Court*, arg??*
ment of legal questions .with other students, at
tend upon the Literary Societies of tho Uni-
endty, use of University Libraries, etc., etc.) ren-
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LIIALK RAVED,
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** th* whole place were magnetic.
; feature In Miss Hunt's
Lula herself, sitting on a
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The cleaner prepare* the cotton for the gin by re
moving the sana! dirt, dust and loom Umn, l
greatly increase* tke quantity and quality of tbo
Pint, Wlll;*r lor lueif In belt e >Uy t. WOjJj_OB
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O K TUB FIRST WKDSIWHAY IN JULY FRO-
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young men who uee.1 to ''bring up
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trutlng for three months ou the branches In which
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as Professor Hough???s Hchool of Bookxeeping Will
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