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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 1884. TWELVE PAGES. 3 AT TEAGUE POTEET???S. A Sketch of the Hog Mountain Range. BY JOEL CHA.VDf.KR HARRIS. . {Copyright, 18Si. All right* mcrved.] IV. [Continued from last Sunday.] He hod not mode love t<* the girl, princi pally because her mootls were elusive and her methods unique. She was dangerously like other women of his acquaintance, end danger ously unlike them. The principal of the academy nt Gullcttsville???a scholarly old gentleman from Middle Georgia, who hod been driven to teaching by cliro necessity???had once loftily informed Woodward that Miss I???o- tect was superior to her books, and the young mull had verified the statement to his own dia- comtiture. She possessed that feminine gilt which is of more importance to a woman in this world than icholarlyacquirements,???apti tude. Even her frankness???perfectly discreet ???charmed and puzzled Woodward; but the most attractive of her traits were such as mark the difference between the bird that sings in the tree and the bird that sings in the cage,??? delightful, but indescribable. When Sis Potect began to question him about Sue Fraley, the thought that sho was moved by jealously gave him???a thrill that WQ3 new to his experience; but when sho flounced angrily out of the room because ho had con fessed to carry a note from Miss Fraley to Tip Watson, it occurred to him that he might be mistaken. Indeed, so cunning docs mascu line stupidity become when it is played upou by a woman that ho frightened himself with the suggestion that perhaps, alter nil, this per fectly original young lady was iu love with Tip Watson. Poring tho rest of the day Woodward had ample time to nurse and develop his new the ory; and the more he thought it over, tho more plausible it seemed to be. It was a great blow to his vanity; but the more uucomfor- tablc it made him, tho more earnestly he clung to it. Without appearing to ovoid hinj, Sis man aged to make the presence of Mrs. rarmnleo and Mrs. Ilighlower on excuse lor neglecting liim. Sho entertained these worthy tedht with such eager hospitality that when they aroused themselves to the necessity of going home, they found, to their dismay, that it would bo impossible, in the language of Mrs. Potect, to ???git half-way aorost Pullium's Sum mit ???foro night 'ud ketch ???em.??? Sis was so de lighted, apparently, that she bocaine almost hilarious} and btr gnvety affected nil around her except Woodward, who barely managed to conceal his disgust. After supper, however, Mrs. Potect mol her sts bef two guests betook tbcinsclvcs to the kitchen, where they rubbed snuff and smoked their pipCa, ana gossiped, and relnicd reminiscences of that good time which, with old people, is always in the past. Thus Woodward had aropfo opportunity to talk with Sis. llo en deavored, by the exercise of every art of con versation ond manner of which ho was master, to place their relations upon the old familiar footing, but ho failed moat signally. He found It impossible to fathom the gcntlo dignity with which h'c was constantly repulsed. In the midst of his perplexity, which would have * been cither pathetic or ridiculous if it had not bccu so artfully concenlod, he managed for the first time to measure tho depth of his love for this exasperating but charming crcaturo whom he hod bceu patronizing* film, "'as no longer amusing; ond Woodward, with tho S&vagc inconsistency of a man moved by a genuine passion, felt a tragic desire to humblo Himself before her. ???I???m going homo to-morrow, Miss aft,??? ho eaUt, finally, in sheer desperation. ???Well, you've had a heap of fun???I mean,??? flic added, ???that you have had a nice time.??? |t ???I havo been a fool!??? ho exclaimed bitterly. Ber ing that she made no resnouso, ho contln- ??? ucds ???1???vo been a terrible fool all through. I jtuio here to hunt up blockade whisky??? ' ^???Wliatt??? . ??? , Sis???s voice was sharp and eager, full of doubt, surprise, and consternation. ???I camo to GulleiUvillc,??? ho went on, ???to hunt up blockade, whisky and failed, and three weeks ago I sent in my resignation. I thought I might find n gold mine ou my laud- lot, but I have failed in everything.??? Gloating ovor his alleged misfortunes, Wood ward, without looking at Bis Potcet, drew from his pocket a formcdablo-looking envel ope, unfolded its contouta leisurely aad con tinued,??? ???Even my resignation was a failure. Hog , Mountain will he raided to-morrow or next % rose from her chair, pale and furious, and advanced toward him ns if to annihilate him with her blazing oyc??. Such rage, such con- tempt, he hud never before beheld in a wo man???s face. He sat transfixed. With a gesturo almost tragic in ita.vehemonee, tho girl struck the papers from his hands. ???Oh, you mean, sneaking wretch l \ ou??? And then, as if realizing the weakness of mere words, she turned and passed swiftly from tho room. Woodward was thoroughly aroused. Ife war not used to the spectacle of a woman controlled by violent emotions, and ho recognized, with a mixture of surprise aud alarm, The???great gulf that lay between the rage of Sis Foteet and the little platitudes and pre tences of anger which he hod Been the other women of his acquaintance manage with such pretty daintiness. * , . , , As the girl parsed through the kitchen, sho seized a horn that hung upon tho wall and ran out into the darkness. Tho old women com- tinned their smoking, their snufl-rubbing, and their gossiping. Mrs. Hightower was giving the details of a local legend showing how and wbv Edny Favors had ???conjured??? Tubithy Cozbv, when suddenly Mrs. 1???oteet raised her hands,??? ???Sh-h???-h l??? Tho notes ot a born???short, almrp, ond Strenuous???broke iu upon the stilines of the night. Once twice, thrice l once, twice,thricej once, twice, thricel It was an alarm that did not need to be interpreted to the sensitive car of Hog Mountain. The faces of the old women became curiously impassive.- The firelight carried their shadow* from the floor to tha rafters,???whirling, bowing, jumpin, quivering; but tho women themselves sat a?? still as Statue*. They were evidently waiting for gomc-tblng. They did not wait long. In a little while the sharp note* of the horn made themselves heard again,???once, twice, thrice! once, twice, tbrico l ... Then the old women arose from their low chairs, shook out their frocks, end fried into the room where Mr. Philip Woodward, late of the revenue service, was sitting. There would have been a good deal of constraint on both aides; but bnjrt there could be any manifes tation of this sort, Sia came In. .she seemed le tecrushed and helpless, nay, oven humilia ted. .. . . ??????Why, my goodness, Bill??? exclaimed Mrs. Hightower,'???you look nwtehuUv lagged out. A body 'ud think you???d bin ar/ taken a run tip the mountain. We all 'lowed you wuz in here lookin' airier your comp???ny. >V her' J ycu git tho news???? ???From this gentleman hare.??? Sis replied, indicating Woodward withoul looking at him. Bke was pale as ucalh, and her voice was low ond gen tit. Woodward would have explained, bat the ejJL.reiit of the women gave him noopjiortui i??y. ' "I declare, bi* t ??? exclaimed her mother, with a fecit,.nul.ij.eti.- liulo lough: ???cf you hain't a nlnra light, f haiu't never .ceil uoae." ??????rhe'?? the. to much like her grau???pan I???o- tcct," f??itl Mr., Hightower, ???-ec ef hoM V tpit 'er right oul???n his mouth,???that she i*. This led to a aeries of reminiscences more or less entertaining, until after awhile Bis, who had been growing more and more restless, rose and said,??? _ . . ... ???Good-night, folks; Pm tired and ???sleepy. The clock has strode eleven.??? ???Yes,??? said Mr*. Potect, ???an* the clock???s too fest, bekaze it hadn't akacely bin mor???n a min- nit senee the chickens crowed for ten.??? This remark contained the essence of hos pitality, for it was intended to couvey to Mrs. Poteens guests the information that if they were not ready to retire, she was prepared to discredit her clock in their interests. But there was not much delay on the part of the guests. The women were dying to question Sis, and Woodward was anxious to be alone; and so they said ???good-nizlit,??? tho earnestness and quaint simplicity of the old women carrying Woodward back to the deva of his childhood, when his grandmother leaned tenderly over his - little bed and whispered, ???good-night, dear heart, and pleasant dreams.??? Shortly afterward the lights were put oat, ond, presumably, those under Teague Puleet's roof addressed themselves to slumber. But wliat of the news that Bis had given to the winds? There was no slumber for it until it hod fulfilled its mission. When did he go, and what was its burden? Three sharp blasts upon o horn, thrice repented; then an Interval; then three more, thrice repeated. Up, yp the mountain the signal climbed; now tattering, row falling, but always climbing; sending echoes before it, and leaving echoes behind it, but climbing, climbing: now fainting and dy ing away, but climbing, climbing, until it reached Pullium's .Summit, the smallest thread of sound. Two men were sitting talk ing in front of a cabin. The eldest placed ono hand upon tho shoulder of his companion, nod flung the other to his ear. Faint and far, but clear and strenuous, came the sigual. Tho men listened even after it had died away. Tho leaves of tho tall chestnuts whipped each other gently, and thjc breeze that had borne the sigual seemed to atay. in the tops of the mountain pines r.s it awaiting further orders; and it had not long to wait. The man who had held his hand to his oar slapped his companion on the back and cried, ???Foteet???s!??? and that waa news enough for tho other, who rose, stretched himself lazily, aud I iassed into the cabin. He camo out with a iorn,???an exaggerated trumpet made of tiu,??? and with this to his lips he repeated to the waiting breeze, and to tho echoes that were f ;lad to be aroused, the news that had como rom Potcet's. Across the broad plateau of Pullium's .Summit the wild tidings flew until, reaching tho western verge of tho mountain, they dived down into Prather???s Mill road,???a vast gorge, so colled because of the Ireok of a drunken mountaineer, who declared he would follow the stream that rushed through it until he found a mill, and tvus never heard of again. The news from Totcd's was not so easily lost. It dropped over tho sheer wall* of the chasm, three hundred feet down, and refused to be drowned out by the rush and roar of tho waters, and they leaned over the bowlders, until it had accomplished its mission. For here in Prather's Mill road burned tho slow fires that kept the government otlicials in At lanta nt a wliito heat. They were burning now. If one of the officials could have crawled to the edge of the gorge, whore everything seemed dwarfed by the towering walls of rock and the black abyss from which they sprang, he would have seen small fitful sparks of tlamo A ROMANCE OF OWL HOLLOW- deep r nig??? tho Arcs that all the powor and ingonuity of , ??? ty of tLo government failed to smother, they were now blown out one after another by tho blasts from Bis Poteet's horn. The news that was wafted down into the depths of Trathcr???s Mill road upon the wings of the wind was not nt all alarming. On the contrary, it was received by the grimy watch ers ot tliostills with considerable hilarity. T the most of them it merely furnished an ex cuse for a week's holiday, including trips to both Gullcttsville and Villa Bar. Freely in terpreted, it ran thus: ???Friends and fellow citizens:???this is to inform you that Hog Moun tain is to bo raided by tho revenue men by way of Teague PotccUs. Let us hear from you at once.??? There was neither nlarm nor hur ry, but tho fires were put out quickly becauso that was tho first thing to bo done. Teoguo Potcet owned and managed two stills. He. was looking after some ???doublings??? when tho notes of the horn dropped down into the gorge. He paused, and listened, aad smiled. Undo Jake Norris, who had come to havo his jug filled, was In the act of taking a dram, but he waited, balancing the tin cup in the palm of his kanu. Tip Watson was fell ing one of his stories to the little boys who ac companied Uncle Jake, but it was never end ed. ??????Bis talks right out in meet in???,??? said Teague, after waiting to be sure there was no postscript to tho messago. ???AVliat???s tne row, Teague???? asked Uncle Jake, swallowing his dram. . ??????Nothcr raid cornin??? right In front or my door,??? Tcaguo explained, ???an* I reckon in reason I oughter be homo when they go past. They useter be a kinder coolnoss betweenst mo an??? them revenuo fellers, but we went to work ho went through all the forms of a cotillion exhibition, and Uncle Jake was so overcome that ho felt called upon to take another dram, ???a contingency that waa renewed when Tip swung from the measure of a cotillion to that of a breakdown, singing,??? ???I haln???t blu a-wantln??? ho no??? wlnci-mo??? wines??? ... . . , Sence daddy got drunk on lowwlues???low wines.??? ???Come, Tip,??? said Teague, ???yeas shot up shop. Kf Sis ain???t ft caution,??? he -said, after awhile, os he moved around putting things to rights. ???Kf bis ain???t o caution, you kin shoot me. They hain't no mo??? tollin??? wher??? Sis pick ed up 'bout thish 'cro raid than nothin??? iu the worl*. Pang mo cf I don???t b???lieve tho gal???s glad when a raid's n-comin???. Wi' Sis, hit???s movement, movement, day in an??? day out. They bnin't nobody knows that gal less???n it???s me. She kne vrs how to keep things n-gwinc. Sometimes she runs an??? meets me, an??? says, ee???the; 'Pap, mammy???* in the dumps: yes* you an???me make out we er quollln???. Hit Mi sorter jstir 'cr up;??? an??? then Sis, she???ll light in, on??? by the tune wo git In the house, she???s o-acoldin??? an??? a-snssiu??? an??? I???m a-cussin', nu??? oirtcr awhile hit gits so hot an??? natehul-like that I thes has ter drag Sis out bchin??? the cbimblv ond buss 'er to make rertniuan??? shore that she ain???t accidentually flew off the han???le. Bless your soul an??? body she???s a caution!??? ???An* what???s ???cr maw a-doln* nil that time???? inquired Uncle Jake, as he took another dram with an indifferent air. Teague-kughed aloud as he packed the fresh earth overhis fire. ???Ob, Puss! Puss, abe thes nets thar a-chaw- in' away ct 'cr snuff, an??? a-knittin'away at 'er seeks tell she thinks I???m a-pu??h:n??? bis too dost, on' then sho blazes out an??? blows me up. Airtc-r that,??? Teague continued, ???things gus more liome-like. Ef ???twa???n???t for rne an??? Sis, I reckon Puss ???ud teetotafly fret 'erself away.??? ???St. Paul,??? said Uncle Joke, looking confi dentially at another dram which he had pour ed into the tin cup,??????St. Paul cays ther' cr r eomo you kin fret a you can???t. Tber'smy ole 'oman; more es- jiethuallj she???s one you can???t. The livin??? hu man bein??? that stirs her up ???ll have ter frail 'er out, er she???ll frail him.??? ???Well,??? said Teague, by way of condolence, ???the man what???s stubbed by a pitchfork hain???t much Letter cif ???n man that walks bzr???- footed in a trr&.holt patch.??? The suggestion in regard to Mfctref* Norm seemed to remind Uncle Jake of something important. lie called to his boy i, took another modest dram, and disappear** iu the under growth. Teague potcet and his .friend* were toon ready to follow this worthy example, so that iu another hour Prather???s Mill road was a very dull ond uninteresting place from a revenue point of view. [To te combined next Week. ] The cr.lv body competent to decide os to the best brain! of baking powder now before the public ft tfco community of house-keepers. And as it is conceded that boose-keepers, with great unanimity, prefer Dr. Price???t Cream Peking Powder, ??cr all competing products, after tweaty year*???trial, there is no appeal frem that d?? c' It was jiet this time last year the craps was all gathered ond we'uns had dug our tnters, and me and Caledony wont to spend a week longer gran???-maw: we hope her warp n coun< terpin; wo clrawd it in tho slays and sot it off in three stripes the ???cat track,??? and tho ???honey comb,??? with the ???Allegany ridge??? betwixt. It was tho draft of Miss Gooden 1 that she got the silver cup on over thar at the county fair. Tho neighbors flocked in to seo gran' maw???s, aud sho 'lowed ???Gals, I lay you cant go to a houao lu these diggln* in a year from now and not find a kiverled wove atter this patron; they???ve every one got tho patron of my ???Coufederiek??? quilt, aud that thar ???t lip and the bud??? I got from your Aunt Nam time of the big mcetin???. Miss Rodock lives beyan??? grnu???mnw???s piece and she???s got two pretty gals Secession aud Surrender, ???Socesh??? and ???Ren??? they call ???em lor short. Ren hnint but sixteen year old, ond Jefferson Davis Millinger???he goes by the nick name of ???Tigc??? knze he is a plum tiger when he gits mad; he???s been agwine longer Ren to the singin??? and that sot folks to enyiu??? they was agwine to marry. Mis??? Ro- dcck didn't know folks was a talkin???, and gran'maw 'lowed she knowed in reason Caline Rodock had ruther shroud Ren ond lay her out and bury her as to see her marry Tige, for Tige when he gita mad fights like a wildcat, he havo como mighty nigh killin' two or three, ond ns to Tobe Millinger thar haint cleverer feller no wliars. Gran??? pop???s house is in Owl Hollow right ot the foot ol???Big Tater mountin.??? The sun was a stakin' on totlior side of the river, and its valler light had settled on Big Tater mountin and peared to set the sassyfac and black gum leaves on fire. Abo Madison rid by on his waggin??? ond when he gotfernont the house gran'maw hollered and nxed him to tell Co linens folks to come over ond go longer the gals a muskrdimo huntin. Oran??? pnp had lit his pipe and kcelod his shuck bottom choer ogiu a black jock sapplin??? In front of the door; ho puffed tho bluo smoke over his wide brim wool hat and 'lowed ???Ole 'onion you've done went and axed Calino's folks uow and that* all right nod I???m willin', plum willin???, I haint nniry word to say foment it, but thars condi tions olo 'omnn to everything???conditions you know, and the conditions I???m a driviu??? at air J dota to my mine ef they ... Iron???maw was a sewin up n loak in her water gourd; she never rh her eyes. Culodony look ed at me skecrcd liko ns how sho thought tho ole folks was about to git into a fuss, anil which they ncvc.i was knowed to do. ???Ole 'omnn I means nothin??? more nor less than the anrcuin- stance of Cnltao's folks n fotchin??? with aich company as is beyant the notice of them two gals Eliz-a-bcth and ,Californy.??? Thats what he oilers calls me ond Caledony. 'lowed: ???Californy thar hnint no a kin to we???- uns but her and ]'liz-a-bcth Hies In the same flock and while thoy roostoa around mo they've get to go longer tho best or none.??? I knotted m reason it was the Millinger boys he was a hintin??? nt, they arc nico boys, but ther old daddy cheated gran' pop in a trade one timo and he???s holt a grudge ogiu ???em all over sonso, and'lows he wouldxut trust nniry " ??? ono of tho One bottle o! Dr. Fuller'* Pocfcot Injection, with * ??? capsule*, t; : u I* wk j lioy with 'em,??? eays ho knockin' tho ashes ont'n his pipe and it 'penrd liko ho knowed what he was a talkin??? about. But Caltaes folks nor the MiUingcrs never bothered him long, he slap ped at the flics awhile then lent his head agin the treo and drapt oil to sleep with his mouth wide open. ???Gals,??? whispored gran???maw ???of Caline Rodock ana her gals do fetch them that* Millinger boy* treat ???em civil mannered, kasc them Millinger boys Tobo and Tige havo got os goed n mammy as ever trod anoe leather, but tho po olo soul haint trod no shoo leatlior here of late, they say aho???a scroller-loed, and have get the rhenmatiz in her lints and tho tetanus in her tees, and is on the lift so sho haint no account po??? ole critter.??? ???Has thorn boys ever f toll anything???? say* Cal, still think- in r obout tho boys. ???Not as I knows ou honey, but my ole man ???lows its in tlic blood nml bouo and ho wouldn???t trust none of the name, and it shows that a man had orter be mighty licncftt e?? he wants lolks to trust his chillun, you know tho Book read3 'tho sins ot the fathers lights uj>on tho chilluns??? heads.??? ??? And gran'maw looked mighty solemn. ???But??? cays Cal ???it dor*t eay notbin???*about tho moth ers, It soys the pcrnickertics of tho fathers, clout it Iletiy, the pcrnickertics or old Nicker- tics or what ever you call it, of the fathers shall bo.?????????Oh l shot up your mouth Cal,??? Mis??? Itodoek 'lowed she???d stay longer grnu???- maw,and IctSeccih and Ren go and enjoy theycclves, but she nover knowed what Ken w os up to. Bltnon Grubbs i a little taller face dirt eater, ten year old boy that gran??? imps got bound to him, lie sent him along with us to climb tho trees. ???Run on a head Bimon,??? f ays gran???-pan, ???take down that ar path that leads arcundNatlinniolCager???s,chcerfn then bar to tho leftthrough that ar clump,of treesfernnet them ar big rocks you see over yan twix them or two pine trees, then bar to the right and climb down that nr clef to the age of tho river, ond you'll see a vine that kivers a sweet gum tree, hoint been tctchcd by inon nor beast, and retch you dont break your head strong neck.??? Simon???s neck haint so easy broke,??? says Shag Grifiin, ???liis torts hard to kili.??? Bimon cluni the tree like a squirrel and I never seed the likes, the ground was fariy block with ???em, ond Bimon tuck a notion he wanted to show liitsef ofi' while he was un thar so ho taken muskydime hulls and split ???em open and stuck ???em all over his forrid. 1 have saw tho time forrid. Alter we filled our baskets some of tho gang went to giltin??? aweo??? gum, and some a nihin??? ond some of the boys to playin??? mum ble peg, and they was all scattered up and down the river honk, Caledony 'lowed, ???Betsy my teeth is'cll on nigo for a dip of snuff. I wished I never hod saw none nod you may k your stairs you dont uso it, I haint like Doth Williamson she. swabs her brush at meetin??? ???fore everbody, I alters has to hido it kfize I???m ???ebamed of it; less climb on yan big reck to as I can take a dip.??? The two rocks is called big and little tater reeks kasc they are shape sorter like a sweet * ???7 aud they aro not tur from Big Tater main. Airy one of 'em is bigger than gran* pars Louse, you can climb all over ???em Mid find V ies big enough to hide in. ??,IIuih??? rays Cal somebody is a heed of us and as we sot down on c rock whar tho boys bad writ our names, I hearn some body say, ???when the old man dies, and which he???s*lQ<eIy to at any time the truck will bo hnlfed twix me anil Tube and I know in reason its moro???n Muse Gent has got, but I???ll tell you ef you???re a mind to marry IftMyov can marry him, but sho as my name???s Tige I'll kill him.??? ???Tbits Tige Millinger and Ren Rodock 91 whispered Cult- deny. They must have hearn us and moved away. Me and Cal sot and talked along time, atter while the crowd seed us on the rocks and here they all come and we all let in to hollerin' over egin Big Toter mountain to hear it answer us back, when we hearn a gun Are away over on yan side the mountin awards the big road. ???Thats Tobe Mil linger's old rifle, yaz thats the ???baby waker,??? ana I know in reason Tobe???* kilt a deer or aump???n kazo that old 'b*by waker??? of his???n never misEes fire, and Tube's in or about the best shot aronnd Big Tater Wouldn't Bun. ???Arc you going to run for mayorT??? was a*Seel Fitzgoober yesterday. ???Not much,??? sadly answered Fitz, ???1 like to run myself to death l??*t night for a polleceman to arrest a burglar; end that sorter set me back about luunftg for any thing.??? mountin,??? Bays little Simon. ???Them Millin ger boys hnint been a nigh to-dsy, I Mowed you couldn???t tie Tige away if he k???nowed Miss Ren wa9 here,??? says Shug Griflin. ???Sling??? was my beau, he Mowed he was so sweet when he was little his mammy named him sugar, and although his name was Stonewall Jaeksou Andy Johnson Lee, he had went by ilie name of ???Shug??? all bis life. When the gun fired I seed two boys Bill Amos and More Gant slide down off???ll the rock and go towards the river. ???Whar if Mits Ron no how???? says Shug try ing to be funny, I haint saw her in nboul a tour or bolter.??? ???Sho was down thar a gittiu??? of a chaw of swre??? gum reckly atter we???uns fuss come,??? soys little Simon, nml I havent $aw???u her seme, mebbe she???s fell in the river.??? ITo be run tinned next wcek.j BILL ARP. Be Is not Disgusted nt tho Ohio Klertton??? New York nml Indiana all Bight. I don???t think we ought to/eel discouraged about the Ohio election. Ohio has given largo republican majorities ever sinco the war. New York and Indiana are what we are banking on. I have faith in thoeo states. The papers say that tho republicans sent a million of dol lars to Ohio and that was enough to buy twenty thousand votes, and it did buy them. I am glad that our party dident spend much money there. But it was a grnud sight to seo Hondricks,1 Thurman, and Bayard, and Randall and Uoorlioes pitting brains against money. I am proud of our democratic states-' mon, proud of their ability, and their pjrity The republicans cant name five such men* They havent got them. Just think of thefr standard bearers, Blaine and Logan. I feel ashamed that I ever wrote a good word for Blaine. But I dident know then the manner of man he was. His record was smothered. Mr. Beecher set him up about right when ho said that he was a brilliant, corrupt and audacious man. Mrs. IVlton knows all about him, for she was in Washington when his vil lainy was exposed. The lettors she wrote for your'pnpor over tho signature of ???IMnindealer??? unmasked the man and would have convicted him In any tribunal of justico. They were withering, and they made mo ashamed of my country for giving such a man even the possi bility of election to the chiof oflice of tho na tion. I would not have alluded to Mrs. Felton as the author of tho>o letters, but I seo that Colonel Avery has written it already to the Chronicle at Augusta. And then thoro is Logan. Heaven help us at the south if ho ever gets in power. 1 had rather fall into the. hands of Sitting Bull and oil his tribe. When I rend about his calling Mr. Weit a liar and spitting In his fnco because he accused him of trying to raise a regiment for the confederacy at the beginning of the war, I was remindod of some scripture. Peter got awful mad when he was accused of being in good company and ho cursed and swore terribly and doniod it. Why I reckon thoro nro a thousand living witnesses to Logon's efforts to raise a confeder ate regiment and now it insults him be reminded of it. I wish Abraham Lincoln could have heard him deny it, for old Abo bought him up with a brigadier???s commission, ond tho men who Lognn had enrolled had to choose another colonel down in Kcntuoky. This is history. Well, it is a sad picture lor a patriot to con template ???Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall,??? But if the nation can stand it I reckon we con, and so I am not going to get sick and go to bed about it. I am too busy witli my own concerns. If Blatao is elected there will Mix, SmttliV* Case, nml whnt tlio Bev. Mr. Me Klustry lins to ??nj nbout it. - -J yea been called Eczema or Salt Rheum, I^orinsis and U pm. aud tlio like, and have always been told that there was no cure for me, and havo been so were not deep, but if I attempted to heal them, o toot! after their flut appearance, they would bum and run tosether until there was a complete dry, red Kale, which would become *o inflamed os to croc k ami look fiery aud anpry, and the burning ECtisatiou would be almost Intolerable. I waa at times so lame that I could scarcely pot about, and could not arc myself without ns.-ut- ance. 1 have tried many remedies, aud have paid flCO In a single instance ton physician, but narc ever obtained only temporary relief. Although belied for a time. I soon relapsed again to bo as badly troubled as ever, and during the winter of lfcSl and INKS I sufifcrcd so much ax to l>c entirely discouraged. Last Juno, however, I was ndvised by Elder ar.d Mrs. L. C. McKiustry, who arc well known in these regions, to try yonr Ctmcuua Remepikm and I felt somehow a UUle courage, from their favorable opinion of them, to try their virtue. About the secoud week of July last Ic m- menced taking the remedies, and Within six weeks 1 began oi see a permanent improvement, until now (Oct. 1) I am about ns good as new, and uiy flesh I* as the flesh of a child. MRS. HFXJ. SMITH. I cert ify that thenbove statement of my wife is corre ct, and I join with her in expressing my grat itude for the great benefit she lias received. B. SMITH. I certify that the above statement ft correct. Mr. Smith ft a prominent mnu in this community, where he lives. Ho ft a well known dealer in atoek, and lift statement, with that of Ills wife, Is fully entitled to crodit. Donent Stanstcad, rrovlnco of Quebec, this twenty-seventh day of October. 188J* Later.???I have seen Mrs. smith recently and be- roughly and permanently cured, L. 0. McKINSTKY, lieve her tobe thoroa be a congress to watch him, and wo poor folks rr'ta a good fix anyhow, for wo have got fishing, thoy want. Z can still sit in my pinzrn ond put my feet on the banisters, lean still take comfort at homo aud frolic with tbo children. Politico cant rob us of pure air and water and good health ond food arid shelter and raiment,and tho communion with kindrod and friends. So let hor rip. Last night I helped tho children with thoir lessons. Tho teacher told them that if they missod threo words iu tho spelling they should stay In nt recess, so I hod them to stand up and spell, hard words soveral times far it is a powerful strain on a young mind to remember these outlondfth words. This morning l tried them again nnd they did pretty well and Jjhopo thoy wont bo kept m. 1 have not forgotten what a trial these curious words wero to mo and how somooftny school days wero a dark shadow over my young lit??. Not long ago I road a piece on education written by tlio superinten dent of Brooklyn schools aud ft atiiiod mo. He said tho tender brains of children were >nckcd too hard ond too fast with study. It i just liko training a boy to carry a rail when ho is only strong enough to carry a haudstick. Don't force a child to spell such -words as trousseau, intaglio, hautboy, Gaelic, melee, chapeau, polyp, Ypsilontn cuirass, cufth, zouave, gneiss, gargoylo, glyptic and others liko them. Grown folks cairt spell half of than cr??! don't know the meaning of them cither. And yet all these words nro in tho first fire pages of the book that has boon pro scribed aud adopted by tbe board and if tho teachers do not use them they get no benefit oi tho school fund. Tho old Webster was good enough for us and it Is good enough now. Tho look called Harvey???s graded spoiler ought not to bo pul in a child???s hands. It U too bora and too complicated. Wobstcr began easy and kept on getting a little harder by degrees, but this book begins hard and keeps so. It looks liktttno author hunted all over the dic tionary for the most outlandish aud uncom mon words he could find and left out all the common ones that children know tho manning of. I???ve been writing moro or loss for thirty years and never had occasion to use glyptic nor gargoylo, nor cufth, nor intaglio, and I never ex(i * ??? ???* 1 ??? ' ??? them end Butin ting tin and to I falFinto line. But it is going to keep tne and Mrs. Arp mighty busy at night to keep Carl end Jessie from being kept in at recess. If I had studied this book when Itheir ago I wouldcnt have seen a recess in twelve months. I like polling. It is a subtantial accomplishment and recommends anybody for business, but I wouldent go bock ou a young man becaune ho couident spell such words ax Air. Harvey has hunted out among the rubbish and put in his book. But I supjiose.thfs ft progress, and it takes more learning to do this generation than ??? ufcd to, and eo they must bo loaded heavier. ,he wouldcnt take a longsbst nt a squirrel r fear of straining hia gun, but wo must shoot now strain or no strain. I wat in hopes there wtuld be a reform in spelling, and we would leave out all these silent letters and save I don't toe why nabor ft not as good os neighbor, and plow as good as plough???wo hose got rid of of some things. 1 runismber ben z W6S called izznrd ond wliou tho way to I buzzard out fond was to b u izzard (buz) ml a r d fzard) buzzard. Airs. Arp says t when she was a child (that was a long time ego) an 'old-fashioned carpenter wa* working for her father, and she wanted to pUy with tho footsdze ond the carpenter said she might if abe could spell it. flho tried etv< ral ways, but he aaid no, that the way to spell adze wos a d izzard c. But our little chaps are happy n->w. Th?y go s mile and a half to school and carry their dinner and they eat some at tbo firstrecess and the rest at noon, and come homo hungry, end ransack the cupboard and closet. I go out to meet them most every evening for thoir absence makes mo loneaomo, and I wish I was a boy again that I might go with them. I look forward to fraturday and flundsy as j rornlly as they do. Children are a gr sat trial and a source ofeonstaufeare and anxiety, but they are a blessed comfort too. Bru. Aar. Ctocvba Bbsolvekt. the new blood purifier, and Cvtici ba, and Cvticuka Soap, tho great skin cures and bcautltierx. nro sold everywhere. Price Cl???TK'VRA.fiOC.: SOAP, '?????'<???.] RKSOI.VI^T, 11.00. Potter i)rujrntul Vliciutcnt Co., lloxton. sun wed wkjr top cos nx read mat The ???Hilldale" Herd -OF- JERSEY CATTLE! SERVICE BULLS: L F.ONJ>IAS 3010. SIRE: SIGNAL 1170. DAM; Geranium S9C3. 11 lbs. in 7 days. 81GNALPKTBO 11078. Sire: Leonidas D010, sou of SIGNAL 1170. Dam; Optima 0715, daughter of SIGNAL 1170. 10 lbs. 6 oz. lu 7 days ns a 3 yonr old. KINO KOFFK12, Jr., 12327. per cent GOOMASSIE. Hire: King Koffeo 0023, Dam; Island Star 11870. 21 lbs. 3 oz. os 5 yoar old. TlictoBulls will be allowed a limited number of approved Cowa after November 1st, WM, at 8 00.00. Orders booked now. Keep of Cows In ilk, free of charge; others $2.00 per week at owner* risk, YOUNG STOCK FOR SALE. . L. J, & A. IV. HILL, Atlanta, (*a. Hilldale Farm lx at East Point, six miles from Atlsnta. on Central, and Atlanta and West Point Railroads??? trains running to and from at all hours Of tbo day. aepI4-tf sun wk j Out of the jaws of Death The i(nt!.n,??n who outline hU CIO below It . m??n considerably mWwucul In ;U!e, end 1, noted tor hi, sterling llltcfrlty. III. iKistolUco hi Y>t?? rllle, Upwn county, On. The following hi Mr. John Pearton???t Statement. Jntho.prlngollSSdlwn.tt.ckod with > rrry bed cough, which continued to grow worse until (.11, when I got to wo.1t that 1 could not get about. I tried a great m??ny kind, ot medicine, but con. tinned to grow wo??o. I wu nolldod that I bid consumption, and would probAbly die. Or. KoUo- way Cosily told mo to try Brewer'. Lung Rcwtorer. They .cut to Wud???i .lore ??ud got a bottle, and I commenced taking it tight away. Alter; taking two or three do... I began to lmprorc, and bjr th. timo 1 had used up one bottle I wu able to get oa my (cet again. I am now In excellent-health, am conhdent that the I.ung Restorer Mred my We, ??ud my neighbor, are o( tho umo opinion, (t U tho best Lung Remedy cm tnado, In my oplQ. Ion. Or. U. promtacd mo that he would write to tho mannlaeturen aud tcU them ot the wonderful cure It nude lu my cue. Statement of Mr. BenJ. F, Mearndon, Early lu November, 1S81, while sowing on tha machine, my wito was taken with a severe pain In hor aide, which was soon followed by hemorrhages from her lnngs and a severe cough. Fever com* mcncedi alio could neither cat or sleep, nnd In a few weeks she wu reduced to a living skeleton, The attending physician told me that he thought ono of hor lungs w m entirely gono. Bho could not retain the most delicate nourishment on her atom at h. I then agreed with Dr. Sullivan, my family physician, to call Dr. Holloway In conxultatlon. They made a final examination of the patient aud pronounced tho case hopeless. Dr. Ho^oway then suggested tbe Brower's Long Restorer as a last re- sort. I sent fora bottle and gave her a dose. 7 found that she could retain Itou her stomach, and after about tho third doxe I began to notice toms Improvement In her condition, I coutluucd the mcdlcluo regularly, and by Uio time she had taken two bottles she was ablo to walk about the house. Bhe 1s npw In better health than she has enjoyed for several years. I believe the Lung Bestorsr saved her life. We havo a family of six children, and some of them grown. Afr. llearndon'a postoflfee f* YatcivIUe, Upson county, Ga. He ft a thoroughly reliable man in every particular. LAMAR, RANKIN ft LAMAR, MACON. GEORGIA. * REMINGTON STANDARD TYPEWRITER The most per 11/ and raoldly worked. Kvai) husluexxand pio feaslonal man should have one. Soveral copier may be mad oat a time. Boantlfo ??? - i ?????? ??,press copies modi Mans uti K ??? a xtylex of type. Two or three timer m much work can be done with It In an hour as' with a pen. It saves clerk hire, ft saves tfmo-your time???valuable time. Bend lor clroohtr or call demineth.m??hn t ^ Agent, 21 Alabama atari. Atlanta, Ga. lan-wc-tb-A-wklv ???XBEl ONL\ OtilJVTJIIXJBf JOHANN HOFF S WALT EXTRAOT ???SSSMF lmtUUvo.kod U??trCltlOU(f uriitj. JutMuHVafTf 'Vfietm ItftliEttr*ctOortFltfitUH' umti ???Ell. gnm:jT.j_n..x b., Pkna Timrl At c ???. O* *?? ntm* VZ a tic. ??Vr. n.voro of Irritations I oa Um aacU <A **crj W..* joiian sr norr, MI8 iiMl A 3tMVt>RZ80y,8Qt??JatnU foPiht ** ih 8??8J8 as 880 Jo **o l U JrMlodi to k vu Tta rej 5-dly frl sns wedAwky WT CAP IT Ali PRIZE, ??70,OOO.???5W Tickets Only 85* Share* In roporttea* Louisiana State Lottery Comp???v "We do hereby certify that wu nparrua ??n. a??i rangmenta for all tho Monthly and bemi-Annna, Drawing* ot The Louisiana gtab Lottery Oompaoy and In person mansgo and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are cenaucted wlut hor.city fairness and good falt???a toward *U parties, and wo antUOxise the Company to use this certlfi- cate^wfth fae-sjwJle* of qur tlguaituret attacks* a capital of one million rfoWArs-to which a res flfly ???boutsSTSSt By an overwhelming popular vote Its franohJss was made a part of the present fllatc Constitution! adopted D6rc.mber 2d, A. D. 1871. ,oa- The only lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any Bute. -a ??? 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S9.N ud orer, bj Xxprau at at Oar Troatteo free on receipt o; votir address, rirr Brsoinu C????? Drawer 3. Atti CONSTITUTIONAL SCROFULA. A gtrl fu my ciuptoj bus Cxn cured of wlu* t believe wo, ontlllutloukl Scrofula by tlio iu j ol Ewift'. specific. J. o. McDaniel, Attatoona, Cl????? Julf ii, liil. TETTER FIFTEEN YEARS. 6*Ift???>Specific hn cured me ot an obvllut. Tetter of fifteen yen???, utanillnc. I,. COOX, I'.lmetlo, Ga, July 15,1MC PRESCRIBED BY PHYSICIANS. I have prescribed Swift's Specific In many cases of Blood Pofton aud a general tonic, and It has made cure* after all oth rcmedle had fall It. M. ITRICIKLAND M. CftveSpnn Oa.. 25,1 FRESH AND FAIR COMPLEXION A yount lady wbo wai troubled with Tetlcran Eruption, bar been entirely rcllned b few bot tle, of fjwfft'a Specific, and ber complexion (mb and fair,tain. UIO:'. H. MORGAN Grcciuboro, Ga.. Auj. 1 1AM FEARFUL BLOOD POISON. A negro on my farm has boon cured of a fearful case of Blood Pofton bythe use o threo bottles ot Swift's Specific. ANDREW J HOWARD. Forsyth, Ga., Aug. 3,1534. 1ETTER FOR ELEVEN YEAlR8. Swift's F peel Be hat cured me ot Tetter rw?? which 1 had suffered for elorvu years aud has built up my general health so that I fotl like a new man. L. W. LEE, Dawson, Ga., Aug. 30,1331. Swift's Bpedfle Is entlrelv a vegetable prepara tion; no mersury, no potash or other minerals. Send for treatise on Blood and Skin Dlsoones, tret, SWIFT SPECIFIC OO.. Drawer 1, Atlanta. Qi. n SR Warranted uh$olute!y purO Coen*, (com which the *xccm of Oil ti** bceu removed. It bos (Ares t7mm the tirenpth of Cocos mixed with Plarch, Arrowroot or Boyar, end it therefore fur moro econo raft cxL It ft delicious, nourishing, a???.rrngt herring, euily digested, aad admirably adapted /or Invalids aa WvU for person??in heahh. Soft by Grocers everywhere. & CO,, Doriesier, Hass. 1 indistinct PffTX.lV