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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY NOVEMBER II 1884, TWELVE PAGES. BILL ARP Be Wanted to Hear tho Election News, Bat vu Afraid it Would be Bad, an 1 Waited Patient ly for Some One to Tell Him-Ho ia x How Happy, Etc. It if curious how a man nan fool himself. Two or three day* before the election I had trade up my mind and became reconciled to defeat, for I had been reading both aides pretty ???Icee and bad given it up. So I mustered up all my philosophy and imagined I was pre pared for anything. But I wasent, I was fool ing myeelf, I wouldent go to Atlanta Tuesday to see Tub Constitciox???s jack-o-my-lautern, I went to town and voted and came back home early for 1 dident want to stay and hoar bad news. Next morning I went nut on the big road to fix a broken gate and I thought may- he somebody would come along and tell me the news without may asking, but nobody came but a darkey and he dident know any thing. I went to the house and ruminated and tried to be calm and serene but I couldent and kept looking down the big toad for somebody to come and break tho news and 1 was afraid srmebody would come, and tho news would bo had. I've been to the dentists afore now have an aching tooth pulled and was glad find the door locked and the dentists gono. So I waited another hour for somebody to come from town nnd then went off to the field work. About noon a man came along in buggy and boiled mo with a hurrah for Cleve land and he hurried on before 1 could ask him the news. But it sounded favorable and hoped me up some. At two o???clock another man came by and said Cleveland was elected, but I wasent satisfied and so I dident cut up nor evolute, but by and by whea 1 got my mail and read ???Victory??? in great big letters at the head of the column I was overwhelmed with n thankful and a joyful surprise. There \vm not a soul at homo but me and the dog aud tho cat and in as much os they couldent understand any gymnastics I just kept my seat placidly by the fire and felt good all over all by myself aa 1 read the crowing and tho chuckliug and the rejoicing that nlfcd tho columns of Tun CossTitCTtox. 1 was just thinking abr lug over to tell tho news to nabor Muni he raid that If Cleveland was elected he know cd he would have a fit and I wanted to see what kind of a fit it would be. General Young told me that tho first thing he would do wouir be to indulge for a day or two in some artifi eial elation and then subsido and reform aud join tho church, fir reform was the watch word of the party and we all ought to reform out of gratitude. ' But it does look like the good things of this life dent last long. I hadent rejoiced very long before 1 got to feeling sorry for tho other side. 8??>rry for some clever uiuu who were in ??flic# and would have to step down and nut, was even sorry for Mr. Blaine. Tho g k><1 bV>k says we must- rejoice with those that rejoice and weep with those that weop and I was try ing my best to do both. I dont euro so much about the men but ithurts tin toseotheir wives and children disappointed and distressed When a-good man is in oflice nni needs it for the support of hia family 1 dont think 1 could turn him out, I dont think I could and that is one thing that made mo like Grover Clove- land, for they say that when ho was first elect ed-governor ot New York he never turned out hut one map. Well, that may d> in Nuw York but it wont do at Woshiogtou. Too rascals must nil go and there are lots of them. Jfr. Cleveland will be doing enough for thoin to pardon thtin out of the penitentiary when they get there. Reform is what the nation wants. Tho tariff is a little thing compared wiih it. But while I ruminated on these things and was feeling comfortable and complacent over my own generous feelings towards a fallen too, a filler enroo oloug with the news t at New York had gone for Blaine and ao I just cot- laps'd and wilted aud felt as hum bio and helpless as a dead nigger, I lost all my phi* Iciophy in half a minute and felt like I dident have a friend in the world. Mrs. Arp was away off in Rome and the girls were in town and the children were at school. The dig erme creeping in to tho fire an l I kicked him eut .and then 1 got sorry for him aud called him back again. When tho children came home I dident itidulgo in my usual loving greetings nor ask who was head and bow thoy got along but I moped around and looked solnm until Jessie said, ???Papa, you are sick aim )ou???? By and by nabor Freeman dropped in. knew be would come if Blaine wa* elected l???or he is sorter on that side of tho fence and I never join issue with him in an unpleasant way about it, for he is a good nabor and that beata politics and he has just as much right to Ins opinion as 1 have to iniue. But I kuow that if ho found out Blaine was elected he wt uld coowdown to jubilate a little and see what 1 had to say abnit it. 8o I never let ou but brightened up and made out like it was just what I expected and it dident make any sliflcrH.ce either to him or to ine. I nov**r gave him any chance to crow over me, but 1 was home-sick all the some, 1 caul bear to b- lifted away up yonder and then have all the prone knocked from under. I dont mind coming down on a sliding scalo but it hurts me to tall so far und so heavy of a sudden. Now here it is again, another paper and the same old ???Victory??? at the mast bead and b itb sides claiming it. But my faith is now shaken and I???m g??>iug to stay down on the ground un til I know more than I do now. I???m sorry for col or Muoford for tb??y sty be has a fit every n orning because Cleveland is elected and anothtr in the evening because be aint, and General Young is in a bail fix, too, and nobody knows when ho will bo ready to join tho church. ltut there is no sense in mourning and ca vorting over politics, if Blaine is elected I???m going to make the best of it and be like th- feller wbo swam around old Noah???s ark and asked to be let in aud when old Noah shook bis head he swam o(T to a flouting log and Stisddlrd it and said he dident b-dieve ther * was going to be much of a shower no how. Roland told me to-day that politics dident bother him much in time ot peace,but he heard that B??h Toombs said there would be another revolution before long ana he reckoned they would let a poor mau fight a little when it did came. That's so. They will let a po ??r man Getting There, From the Burlington Hawkeye. It does take a great while to get a bay out of a place where he want* to stay. Mau- cornea out lato the orchard. ??????childvn, come right down oaten that are tree this minute!??? ???Whkb tree???? ??? It by, that un yer In!??? ???Ibis one???? ???Yts, that one.??? . ???This one Jure by the fencer* "Yw, that un yt-r in.??? ???*1 bis one with tae red apples???? ???Yes, that 'un, an* I don???t want to tell ye agin.??? ???Well, we're com In???down.??? ???Well, come dowu migbty.qulck.??? ???Well, lam.??? ???Hurry, then!??? ???Ru*t I come clear down???? 'Khar down on tee ground, and get tbar m!jh- ty anlck. too!??? > ???w*h/'slowly si Wing down the trank, ???I am devn; abatjou hollerin at me forf* - If the e are ten tioya fn the tree, the entire dla- S it- with variations bas to be repeated for etc-i . in rase the msn Is their father nr <o??ne n ar tiv??, and by the tin ??? the last boy gets to the ground tbrre fsn'tan tuple on the tree. In ease the tnfet viewer is a stramrer or a dog. however. it* first woid or prefatory hark isn???t complete t before the tree I* mm desolate and as solitary m a careen of rnroinhere, white the etlewt roed I* lull oi how) ng boys, casting into the orchard Par- thisn shots olTanisI atone* and derisive rtuurb The Town of Leno on Fire. FT. Loris, November 7.???A special 'from Ft Joe. Vo., to the Post Dispatch say- the town of " o. Is . (son *??r. *??*d *mht***1y wtH be entirely DECLINE OF THE DUELLO. A Carious Creole AfTMrof lion or in the Olden Dnya. N. O. Letter to Nashville American. Not far from the grouuds where the magnifi cent buildings of the world???s exposition glorify the lardeci.po with their assurances of peace ui.d pr* gross, is a beautiful grove of half a di z> ii live raks, whore green-gray pium-M of long ientestlc moss possess a strange funeral suggrstivt-nesa. Their story holds that in early yours of this loir state six gay young creole gentlemen were strolling together to the plautl ation of a mutual triend*. It was a heaveul; night. The moonbeams were weaving the( softening spell over a scene by nature soft and languid to voluptiousucss. In a breeze tra- grunt with kisses from tho blossoms of an or- oiige grove not far, the aix oaks gently shook their mossy pendants, nnd made fantastic shadows ou the velvet sward. ??? What a place foreword play!??? exclaimed one of the party. ???I echo your sentiments,??? replied another lightly. ???Then let us try it,??? said the first. ???A capital idea,??? answered tho other, and he drew his jeweled ropier. In a moment thoy were at it, nnd the weapons were weaving in nnd out with a gaily glittering rapidity that made a mockery of the gentle moonbeams. ???Whut a pity for us to stand idly by I??? ob served another of the party. ???Let us pair off, then,??? said number lour, aud they all drew si multaneously. It must huve Been a pretty sight???those threo pairs of graceful and gallaut itJIowa at nurry and thrust hard-by those grand old oaks that live to day. But tho play waxed warm; presently the eyes of the com batants oirtllneficd their awords, and when tho sun came up over the rim of tho level, lovely Louisiana plains with tbo same sem blance of suddenness that oao notea in his rise ou the ocean, he looked on the six oaks not as usual, but on aix ghastly, upturned faces, for which thoso oaks now stand monumental. One man lingered a few hours over day to tell the story of the night, and now as the stranger steams up tho muddy aud moody rivor the creole points to those oaks with expression and expressions compound ol pity and pride. It is easy enough to infer that with the deicend- on is of such men tho duello, thuogh dying, dies hard, especially in a clime where the blood burns a little faster than in the north or in Europe. Yes, tho poor old duello is dying. Public opinion htu?? gathered head agniiist it, and it must go. A case in poiut occurred the othor day. The city editor of a great paper took a holiday and appointed one of the reportorial corps his pro lem. This promoted ran trier requested another of the corps to attend to a certain matter, which he refused, saying it wav tho city editor???s business, not his. Words multiplied, n blow was struck, a scuffle ensued end they were parted. Next morning tho temporary editor, grandson of a famous Napo leonic general, sent his brother reporter what is termed a peremptory challenge, i. e., one that leaves no room for apology, instead of ouo that bears the provision of uulcss or if. The challenged reporter, sou of a famous southern senator, was clearly iu the wroug from the start. His friends felt so an 1 would knvc made him opologise, but no chanco ot that was given. With as much secrecy as pos sible the meeting took place under ???Tbo Oak,??? as the old duelling ground of tho city is called and where many a fatuous duel has been fought. The seconds were measuring ofT the grounds when a letter, signed by some of tho most prominent citizens and old soldiers of tho It wn, was brought to them, praying a put- pom ment for a day and submission or the u alter to their arbitration. Tho seconds de rided to grunt it and placed their principals under arbitrament. Tho result was that tho committee ordered the senator???s son to apolo gize, which he did. The apology was accepted and friendship reigned again. So much for the progress of peace in southern society I Tho long night of brilliant barbarism is passing away and the day cometh in which all men may work. _ SEVEN THOUSAND IN A It LOOK. L to lie Tlio Most Crowiltd Spot on Knrl * Found lu New York City. Corresponds nee Albany Journal. The most crowded spot on earth ia tho block iu this city bounded by Fourth streot, Fifth stmt, avenue A, and First avenue There are many equal spaces of ground iu this city snd eliewht-ro holding worse squalornud closer crowding, but in thoso cu**s the buildings aro low, to that the layers of humanity are few. lb s tquare is solidly composed ofsix-tiorj tenement homo s, each twenty-five foot front- age, representing four families on each floor, and these families woudrously prolific iu chil dren. The number of rosiileuts is estimato-i \tr 7,MO. Fix in your mind somo town with that population and then imagine it erm ??? pretsed in a single city block. Tbe situation is in tbe n rioiiig East Hide. The people aro German*, Irish, Roles and born Americans, with none of tbo locally despised Italians, Chinese, or Africans. Th??v, are industrious as a rule and well behaved on the avuragu. 1 l:i rc is a savings bonk around tho corner in First avenue, and no pawnbroker in tbo im mediate neighborhood. No aspect of abject poverty is pr?? seated to tho street whatever wry be hidden by tho front walla of brown ???tone and pressed brick. Close by is tbe beer saloon of Gustav Behw-ab, wbo lead* w^at there is of nihilism in New York. 1 dropped in to see him. lie is always on exhibition behind tbe bir, and tbe sight costs five cents for a glass of beer, or more in cose you wish a protracted view, hebwab bas a big bead, frowsy hair, a tierce mustnehc, and a loud voice. ???Well, when are you going to raze the Vanderbilt mansion* nd pry ope ii the Astor vault*???? I asked. Koonersa some folks ilinks,??? ho replied. Dcr Anuriguu public r-r-rouse* slow, but vtn dty do r-r-ronne dey will r-r-rouse high.??? Ilis eyes rolled with the utiernnce of tbo r???s, and he looked very revo lutionary, indeed. However, all his talk w.i* t nonsensical. Ho said, for iuHtanco, tbit men ever bad been or ever would bo sen- i erd in Kuw York to imprisonment tor sieuling over a million dollars. I have not bun able to find a case to refuto bis charge. It is true that Tweed died in jail, but ho had only Uen luxuriously dutaiued there, await-* it g punishment. John C. Kuo easily bought bis wuy to Cun ad a alter robbing tbe Second nstb usl Lank of four million*; James D. Fi:h aud Ferdinand Ward, the plunderers of Gen eral Grant and others to a fbbul<>u* extent, have not been criminally jirobecuted, and are supposed to bo purchaiing mmunity; and to they go free, to give color o bebwab???s accusation that we have laws Cor rhe poor that are not enforced against tho rich. ???We het no peesness in die campaign,??? Schwab remarked???and so tho manager* of the mp'ctive parties may be relieved of anxiety as to the nihilistic vote in this city. ???Acbl va shall strike some tay, but nod dia time.??? The official canvas* of the laat election, in which there was a socialistic candidate for mayor, revealed seventy-one ballots for him, and it is said that tbe recipient of those few favora bad expended $5,000 in the canvass. A Do| Rnrb??r-hhop. From tbe Philadelphia New*. A Larber-sbop exclusively for dogs and pap ers, where any good, respectable canine who its tbe money can get a sbavp or a ohatiip w, or Lair cut, ia about to be opened in this city. Jmt where it will be located ia an unsettled question as yet. An attempt wa* made to *e- rure a room for tbe purpose under one of the Broad street hotels, but tbe proprietor object ed on tbe plea that it would interfere with the already established puppy trade at bis regu lar barbershop and be could not afford to have tbe opposition. Still It is an established fact that such a concern will be started in tbe near fn ure. Perhaps it Is not known outside of the trad* thst ctog ???clipping??? or hair cutting, ia getting to be an important branch of tho barber busi ness. Fashion able dames have their pet p??*dlet regularly shampooed and combed v*ry day, and tbe swell owners of expensive togs or skye-Drriers"are regular patrons. Very, few dega allow bay rum to be used in shaving them, and they are poor consumer* for ???our never- lailing hair entuvr for bald- or ???the world renowned elixir for eo- evnrsging over-modest mustaches.??? The meet artistic bow-wows have their own eupt, itb tbeir names in German text, and a priv ate brush. FRONTIER LIFE. Mr. Uelaon FronkUn Tells ??? Newspaper Min Row a Darina Bobbery was Committed- How Throe Men FUnncd the Bobbery???A Hat end Wbr.t it Led to???Othor Points. The following characteristic story ot frontier ife was told the reporter of tho Nows by Mr. Nelson Franklin, who is' in tho city, and wh has lived for some time during the past two years in Silvcrton and other towns and camps in southern Colorado: ???A daring robbery lias been committed. The officials of a well-known banking institu tion in a town in southern Colorado, upon reaching tbe building one morning discovered tbat a side door bad been brokeu open, the fastening of an Inner door forced, and the safo containing tho bank???s valuables drilled and blown, and relieved of its contents. A careful search of the premises revealed the body of tbe watchman in an adjonlng???vacant lot pierced with knife wounds, and covered with bruises, showing the evidences of a struggle, and that more than one person was engaged in tho mur der and robbery. Soon the whole community was aroused, and the sheriff, with a posse ol armed and mounted men, was ready to start on the trail of the murderers. But who were they, end where could they bo found, were questions easier to ask than to.answer. ???On the floor of tho banking- room was found a large-brimmed sombrero, decorated with pe culiar spangles, and which several citizens identified an having been worn by one ot tbo three strangers who came into town tho after noon before, and had been drinking at several saloons during the evening. A tolerably fair description of these men was pbtaiued, also the information giveu by a ranchman who came into town during the morning that three n.ep answering the description, armed and mounted on powerful horses, had p**scd him while on his way in abo.it daylight, going south ot a rapid rate, evidently on their way to New Mexico, ???Upon hearing the ranchman???s story tho officers separated into three squads, and start ed off well equipped for an encouuter. Every trail over tbo mountain waa examined and ev ery possible clue followed for several days, but to no purpose. The buuk officials, mayor ot the town nnd governor of tho state offered re wards tor tho capture of tho miscreant*, which in tbe aggregate amounted to several thou sands of dollars. This induced a large num ber of determined nnd bruve men to join in the pursuit, which waa prosecuted for more than a week without result. ???Finally ouo of these parties, composod of three of the best frontiersmen in tho country, cvjuo suddenly upon tho fugitives in a rojky canon in the fastnesses of the Needle moun tains shortly otter daybreak, just as they wero making preparations for a rude breakfast. Calling upon them to surrender, they were an swer'd by a volley of shot*, which wero at once returned. The'battlo being ono of life or denili, tho firing lasted some minute* without result, when ono of tho dosporadoes fell mor tally wounded. The other*, apparently a tuun and a boy, kept up tbe firing until tlieir am munition w as exhausted, when they wero com pel led perlcrce to surrender. Thoy wero taken back to tlfo ennip or main reudezvnu* of tho pursuing party, together with tho body of tho oead man,??? There it was proposed hr lynch the survivors, when a singular thing Happen 'd. Tbe boy, who appeared to bo not over eighteen ycors of ago, and of fair complexion and long nair, addressed the assemblage about as follows: ???Gentlemen, I suppose wo have not very long to live, but before you carry your purpose Ttilo execution allow mo to say that this man was innocent of any complicity tn tic murder, but tbat tho man who is dead aud sell killed him, and)our vengeance should upon xuo, the only guilty ono living.??? Ihe clear, musical, ploadiug voico, the long hair streaming in tho wind, aud tho bright, sparkling eye*, which glowed with An imation, end were suffused with tears during the appeal, produced an impression upon those rough men lor which thoy at tho time could not account. At the conclusion, however, tho other prisoner suijdenly started up and said: ???Gentlemen, don???t belfove tho atory told you. Ibis 1* my wife, who, from her devotion to unworthy mo, bus accompanied me in all my wand' rings, dressed in tbo garb of a man. Sho has in many desperate encounters saved my life, end, although delicately reared, has ???bared in all the hardships* dangers and pri vations ol my rough life, and not only had no shnit in tho transaction* ol that evening, but would have prevented them could sho have done so. Don???t believe her; sho would save my life at tho expenae of her own.??? ???This streak ol manliuees in a nature ao ap parently mean, rather staggered the men iu their intentions for a few moments, but pros- ntly some of tho leaders, remembering ttnlir uipo**, ordered tbat preparation* should at once he mane for the hanging of ''iu mini. Suddenly the woman sprang up h' a tigress about to be deprived of her young, und snatch ing a pistol from tbo belt - f ono of tho tuen, defied them to hang her ausbaud; then, in another spirit, sho loll on her knees and pile ghastly preparations'wero soon completed, and tut a lew minutes later the body of Jack Mail- land was swinging in mid-air, aud tlio nun. ishn ent ot the cruel crime which hud been committed wa* complete. Thu wilo was con vey'd to town, and alter hovering between life ??ud math for week", finally recovered sufli rienth lo be rent homo to her friends in tbe tart}who proved to be people of wealth and Handing.???^???Denver News. SUMMER FRIENDS IN ARKANSAS. THE If (Hi, Tli?? Mir sing link lie tween I7't n und the AnlniuU, but Not an Artistic Muceass. Frr.tr tbe Minneapolis Bazoo: Tbe hog, studied from an artistic point ot view, ia a dimial failure, but viewedf in tbe light of a long-lelt want ho looms up a pre eminent and lasting success. 1 he origin ol this bird U lost In antiquity |whatever that riisy be) but tbat he is the long-sought missing link between mau and tbe higher animals there can bo no doubt. We tay higher animals, but du not interpret too literally, A man can get higher than any quadruped known to acience, if properly educated and furnished with th* right brand of liquor, but ho can and docs get lower tban any &niua*l that breathe* tbe breath of life. In to have his back scratched???to does a man. He can cet his two hundred pounds of avoir- dupofs through a holo that a bantam roostar " uldn???tfind with an opera glas*???r> can a msn, if he happens to be a politician and up lo staff. lbeverv thing a hog ia expected to do 1a the very thing be don???t do and couldn???t bs hired to do wiib $4 and a silver-plated swilj trough. When he gets into the (lower garden, instead of walking around and enjoying th* ??weet perfume of flowers h?? imagines he has % ??p* rial rail to solve the Chinese question, and Marts for tbat far off kingdom by a direct r?? ute through tbe pan*y bed. when he is about half way there a very mad wointn cause* bim to rbange brs mind, and he *UrU on a ttur of intj ection. She drives bim up to tho gate and make* a wild rush at hint with % broom in order to add eclat to the finish, flha adds it. The bog looks at the gate aa if h* thought of buying it, and then with a n >is* like ripping up eight miles of plank sidewalk, Le makes s ru??b in the opposite direction, and Ike air fs full ??d striped stockings and e nbroi dery. Then tbe w..man cries, goes into ths Louse sr d puts tome court plaster where (twill do the most pr**!. and sixes a bov a quarter to K t the hog out of the garden. The wr drives n* :be ether way, and (he hog whirls an I ft ca through, the gala with a grunt,of tri umph. Sad Disappointment of Atnly Splllers When lie Ylfdied Judge Guplln, From (lie Arkantaw Traveler. ' Several weeks ago, while Judgo Gaplin wa* cut on a fishing excursion, he took sholter, during a mu storm, iu the house of old Andy Spillera. The old man, aware of his i^mst???* ln;.h position, made extra efforts toontertaiu bun, and, after the storm had subsided, ac companied* him to the creek and caught u firing of fish for bim. The jurist cxpre-ised in warm terms his gratitude, aud upon taking his departure said: ???My dear siryj should bo pleased to receive avhit from you in tho city, aud let me say tbot, should you come thither, I shall deetu it a pleasure to entertnin you.??? ???But you ore such a nigh man in town, jedge???? ???Nonsense, my dear sir, I am only a qisii, and I beseech you, huvo no hesitancy ia approaching me.??? ???Oh, I ain???t afeerd, jedge. I don???t hang back for nobody.??? ???You are right,??? exclaim cd the judge. ???Good by, and don???t forget to call upon me.??? The other day old Spillera cametotowq, and hearing that the judge waa holding court, ho said to hiv companion: ???Come on uu??? less see him. 1 ain???t no summer coon, let me tell you, an??? I???ll show you what a'portent man I am. Oh. you stick to mo an??? youMI fiud yourself all right among there town folks.??? When they entered tho courtroom tho judge wis engaged in delivering nn important rul ing. ???In the caso of Hamilton vs. Ohadson,??? said he, ???the cjurt, aud 1 think with much wisdom, held?????? ???Hello, jedge,??? exclaimed old Spilters. Everybody looked around, and the jurist, shock'd almost from the woolsnok ???or, more properly speaking, considering the influences winch brought him to Arkausaw, tho carpet bag???lowered bis spectacles and gazed in tho direction whence came the voice. ???Hello, jedge,??? repeated 8ptlleri, pressing forward. ???Mr. Sheriff, arrest that man I??? ???Wbot, you don???t know mo, I reckin??? Pun forgot old Andy Splllers? Don???t you rlol- 1<ok o???how wo had to drive tho cob stopper inside the jug aforo wo could git at tho liokor? Don???t you know how 1 cotch tho fish for you???? These expressions fell like burning coals on the judge. He was a candidate for ro-eloc- iion on tbe prohibition ticket, and hod, upon returning Iron the country, boasted ot his skill ?????? a fisherman. ???Where is tho sheriff???? demanded tbo judge. ???Gone out,??? some one replied. ???PJrasecall him.??? ???Jedge, you can???t put up no sich a j<??ko on mo. Come on, Ben, nnd less lift him from bohind tho box.??? ???Leave tho room I ??? roared the judgo. toppit you???ve forgot how you my linker. Fine man, coino out in thn coun try nn??? git on a hurrnh an??? bog a follor to come to see you, an??? when he come* fling up yer bond an??? snort like a flvo-year-old.??? Tho sheriff arrived and seized the old fellow. ???Don???t put him in jail, Mr. SheriA???, but seo that ho goes home.??? ???That???s all right, jedge. Reck in you???ll come out thar when you wuuter git on another rip-snortor. Good-bye, old turn-coat. Ketch you out my way, an* I???ll mop up tho face o??? the ycarth with you.??? The Oldest Man lu Pierce. Matthew Kwentln the niitckshear New*. 1 sm now over *ixtv-threo years old and I claim to be (not the oldest man, but) tho oldest inhabitant of Fierce county. 1 wu* born in Bulb eh county the 24th clay of Juno, 1821. My lather cnmo to tho territory of Fierce county in tbe year 1828, and I havo. boon a continual resider in this county or tho territo ry thereof ever sincej-oow if there is any one who can claim n longer residence in tho terri tory of this county lot him corao forward, as 1 would like to know who be is. EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL, A Petrified Oyster, From tho America*. Go., Recorder. Mr. John R|??eight showed u* a peculiar rock n tew days ago, which he found ou his planta tion. It bad several very finely formed hol low* in it, sonic largo nnd others small, but all the same shape???something like* a fan. He was of tho opjnion it was a petrified oyster clam. An Kx-Prlest Mohhoil. Mobtrkal November 0.???Father Cheiilqiiy, the ex-prlot, wanstii onuecd to presell In Ruswdl halt In this i ll), last night. The hall was packod with an audience constating mostly of his opponent', while outside w*a gut bored a mob of about 2.CM0. The pi'.cctdlnga wero constantly tiiterrupt-d, and rooti after theheturrr commenced to ???po*x the n.ca refused to let him proceed, amid a scons u utmost coufuslon. Men uto'xl ou *o*t' and window sills,) owMng derisively. Tho speaker at- tcmplt-d to make hlinsell liunrd. Thi* w??s followed by ??????l.n Mum-illrtlho.??? kIvoii (n yelling chorus. B'urb'-s broken, and broken rIsiis from window* were ??oou * sto red over tlio hnll. Tho crowd out- sloe hoi thud themselves to loud talk And howls. There wa* a strong police force present luauUeipa- tfoo of the trouble. THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY Relieves and cures H1IEUMATISX, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, DAtuArni; IIE A DU IIE, TOOTHACHE, SORE THROAT. QUINHY, HWELMNO0, writ AINM, ???orssess, Cuts, Orulisf, FROSTBITES, ItURXW, KCAV.VIH, And all other bodily achM FIFTY CENTsTuifRE. Hold by all Drunrtata and DrolerK. Direct!;,u?? In II Isiiguafee. Th' Chinei A. Vogeler Co. ?? *. TOOtlXE S' 0) ffelflmor??, Md.. U.K.A. HAMILTON heaUhfu /uImmi? 1 *? *??? perreuevd. Extensive grounds for Recre- ton Apartments,all uuderono roof. Hen ted Tp h 1 iWT yciiing Indies occupy a room. Cost of Medical Detriment???University of Louisian*, . * NEW ORLEANS* Over one hundred young lady boarder* the m*t 1884* For TorniH.rntnlinm*???.*/???*!/*% f T TTi/^< 77* dent* Lexington, Ky. QVJ ULj ; s i m itrodnction of IV Igbt Thousand patients supply unlimited cliuieal material. Circulars scut upon applie* tton. wk) UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. ill literary, Scientific and Professional Depart meiita, Including Ijiw, Medicine Engineering *ud Agriculture. For information apply to Dr. JAM Eh F. IIAKR1KON,Chairman of Faculty* P.0,, Uni yerrdty of Va.wky CHAMBERLIN, JOHNSON &Cc 66 and 68 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA. Will offer from now UU do,* of tbe anmaer, BARGAINS White Goods, Table Linens, Towel*, II. Bloachod and Drown Bbsetlng*, Bhlrtlntra and PIUow Can* Cottons, Bilks, Black Goods. CARPETS! LACE CUBTAINB, WINDOW SHADES, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, MAT TINGS, BTC. ALBO. BEST STOCK SHOES IN THE STATE I For Ladle*, Gents, Children and Infants. Also, Agents for Botterrtck???s Patterns. ClIAMRKItLIN, JDIINM** *(!Q iflffSr. WILSON???S LIGHTNING SEWER! Two lhon??finrt Atlfrt-p* a mlnnto. The or<l) sbaohrtsly flr??t-rls*?? lowinx tUsehln- |n tl ?? world tVH mi (Hftl Wnrrnntod 1 icxa Rriut fnr ItlnitrstHl I'sMl'Hpis ??nd rtm.lor M. Armt. Wnnt~d. Tlfi: *FV. ING ??f ACHINK CO., Chicago or New York. wky The Best Schoo[ in tne State. The Cheapest School In the State. Tuition Is only TWELVE dollars per year at -Gordon Institute.??? BARNESVILLE PAY8 THE BALANCE. IL8 IN ATTBN I red more. Nol. Tbe leading edu cators indorse the school Bend for catalogue C1IA8.E. LAUBDIN, President oc??1> snnAwky tf ??? ut. ???. (m ATLAS ENG INDIANAPOLIS, UAM0F00 STEAM ENGINE Carry Engines and Boilers In Block lor imme the U ARROW THOMAS n??4=!=s=S ariWSr.T?s cotton, corn In (???tilt I rating (yminglCotton, ami a proportion- I???nni lilt let* sent on application. Wo Unro Agent* XI o MT.fi In unoeett- T U H ilf A Q rt'rd t-M-Uory. Addrcoa I H W lYl ft J METALLIC SHINGLES rrnnmontnl, Duruhlo nri'l ciieft|??. iriiTor* out style* In Tin and Iron. Bond for Circa* tar mid Prices. ANGLO-AMERICAN ROOFING CO. 83 Cliff Street. WowYorttj THE KEYSTONE WASHER. Over 300,000 in Actual Use And all giving perfect satisfaction. A GENTS WANTED. YI/1LLWA8H CLEANER, EA8IER, AND WITH ?V iris Injury to t lothcs than any other Ir Vmid. Vr 'hnlh-riffo uuymanufacturerU ???.???me n bettor Washer. EYEBY MACHINE WARRANTED FIVE YEARS, will outlast any two wooden mncl AGENTS WANTED Exclusive Territory. Our agents all ovor the count') are making FE0M $7510 $200 PER MONTH. RH*I1 price, 17. Sample to Agents, |3. Auto, our cch brattd KEYSTONE WHINGERS ??? AT Lowest Wholesale Prices. Clrrvlan Free. Meter to editor this paper. Addicts IP, ADAM8 Ac OO., orl2A???wkylkt Brio, Prs. DON???T you want s *:??* ???A Hhot ftep??Mtiu?? Rlflo for *IA. a 830 Breech Loarilm a 8SA 5IkkIc- Lantern for 819, . vst'-h for 91 A, a 8IA VH11 Hi| vcr Watch for ???? Ymi can get any of TUU these article* Pr???? If you will devote a few hours of your letaurt time evening* to introducing our naw good*. Oni lady secured a Gold watch free, In a sluglu after noon. A gentleman g????t a Filter Watch IA# A M *1 for f)(k*n infinites work; a boy 11 ff r\Is I y??ar?? old st-eared a watch In one day; hundred* for fifteen infinite* work; a boy yisrsoldseenreda watch In one d__. of others have done nearly as well. If you bav* s Magi'* I-notera you ean start a business tha> will pay you from tin to IftOevery night. H??nd ai ???ropes, Telegraph Imirumenta, Type Writers, Or gan Arrordrons, Violins, Ac., Ac. It may star ??? on the road to weu'th. WOULD MANUPACTimiNO CO., f??t Naaann Wnwt. New Tarli, JBchn^dfls k) Eh Correlated wllth Vanderbilt University. Highest advantages In every du|Mrtm??uL .spU-mll.l new building; ample faculty; music, art, oUhthmitos. Health {accessibility. For catalogue, address Rev. Geo. W. F. Price, D. D., Free., ??? Nashville. Tc-m.???Y ATLANTA COTTON MILLS, ATLANTA, GA., MAKE THE BEST BHKKTIN'W AND 8IHRT log* from clean strong cottons. Asic you atorckcotter for them and take no other. ???Atlant mill* *???4-4 sheeting. ???Atlanta mills B,??? 7-8shirt log. Be wore and get tbla. . established 1840,1 THE Crr.lBFUTXO I ???BRADFORD???; PORTABLE MILL CORN, WHEAT A Fill. . ruica BILL MACHINIST* detarlpllf* Ctrew?? CINCINNATI. O- NE WORKS IND.. U. S. A., TUBKltS OF . 8 & B 0,1 L E R SI dlate delivery. Bend lor Catalogue aud Prloca I1H* juni ut*i???ll rii-???k i rviiiiuiu linn .urmi wa 8outlimi Exposition at LmiIhvIIIu, Ky., over 17 competitors. THE BEST. WARRANTED to bo the REST FCLVKItIZ- white oak and steol. It rMpfilly and cheaply cultl- JP. lA/LMTAT H will positively HA VB one (x TV nUn I ??? boelug mill two plowluga ate amount in Com aud Wheat Full IlluatnUect In nearly every Important town. A OK NT 8 harrow oo. gisraat. m As Salesmen, 8 Leal cr gmallcg,. * fllnto which preferred; sIm," amount wanted per month for service* and ex- _ penses. (ioods very salable. Bus toast Bfiminrablo, ulcasuit. and permanent. I Write us. SLOAN & CO., ??? 'STlC-org* Btroet, CINCINNATI, O. \T A Dirnrrr V Palnlw**ur*cure. Bonk V A KlLULr LCifree. Clvlaln Agenay.lOO Fulton act. N. Y. Nervous Debilitv USmSTTMlfl Agency, tea gnltnn ML. N. Y * \/irnD For Mvu.Quick,sure,sale3ookfree VJllUK Clvlatc \wnrr uu F.ilton ,t. N.Y Cancers, Tumors and Ulcers, mREATKD BY A NEW WONDERFULLY 8UO tsalnl method, without the knife ortho low .wtf. AII forms of Chrtmltt W****** n ape dalty. Bend for descriptive pamphlet-Way U Health???Free. For PaJUmilar* call on o*; ad dress, DK K. II. GREENE, 17* Pcacntrec street. Atlanta, Go. Mention The ffonstltutlon. sel l A???wkm- % LONG ms. c???trJy tml*/or tn/crnL IfoncKtpoorormen wfeagiu can send %canta for partlen* t<\ Addri*.t*T. Hahfissu IIimi* I moderate dimm C TAHDABD BIOGRAPHIES / juar BLAINE ??nd I.OOAN IRBADY. TH Boyal ocUto p??m; ??7 (nil put. IUn.lr.UOD> TILDEN.CLEWELANna-cI HENORICK8 771 Uo,.l??(Uv?? pmim; Vi full IM;* lllulntl.. Best Terms ever offered to Agents, Outfit Free and All Frevrht Paid. A4dr<?? II x cnoixu-KKD * <:o. New Yuu o.e.ic.oo, octi?????k,l, a, lull wl Something NEW Indaspenslhlo to every family. Bells nt altfht wherever offered. IClssr??'lgl0.7athafirst??J*y (I. i, Whites Ills. i n??ko*S loSO. c'aUyJVUir* N IT. F.udlSJtrkAaf,??? ??? told jo In & calls. II ????? !????.???'??? la. M* ??? .. canoiaho iyx>. lOKuoaosyrtr ilctr. |,. A. Illpollls ItA CONSUMPTION. T IIAVKA POeiTIVK KKrtSuy Fiji; n[k I above ilta<w*o; by tt??iue tfiou??niifJ of nw of the worst kt wa and of lung ruudliig linvo boon "tin-tl. IiitUrd, so strung i.< o??y faith In ita t-in jury that i will rend TWO B???*TTLBd FREE, to* getnor with a VALIIAHKTKKATI8B on this dia- LSQUID GLUE. ? Vl ???.QUALLPoron CEM*- NTINO ra.-yjw'. I A'.'.i. CHINA, PAPFU, LK ATI IEH, '???<!- $3 10 $18 AGENTS WANTED CLEVELAND AND Complete, Ometal* lilts- tratfd Life, by (!ul. IViinlS Tri|ilrlt,sMi>ted bjr faiallh.e aii<1 frfoud* of tlio iIIHIid uIm mI cttiidldali m. Get THIS IIKST1 Outfit nw to those ???- rr . _e tioolc yot?? ritf quick for cerrntars. or ??end Mo. for aromrrtu. M, Illnlne .'c I.ugitn l>n??k takes tlio lead, slid llifts'.??? Marveloua pue-bat Slnnnnls ai- w-yssel|. Address W.fl.Tlinmnaon, Publisher, 401 Arrh nr.. pMisd..i. hu, p* BockfobdWatches AreuntqunUrd in EXACTING. *CIl VIOB* Useri *??v tho Chief Meclu: 'cltiii ut the U. b. Cue. % Hurvirl ho admlrsl ??? molding In the IJ.r* Nuvttl ??? r> for Astro* 1*10.11 work t nnd Kngln Mint Kail- ... blch close tlmo nnd durability i Hold In ??? THE SCIENCE OF LIFE. ONLY 81.00 BY MAIL, POST PAID, A GRKAT MFiniCA-X* WORK ON MANHOOD. rzh.nnwl VlUlIt,. Ktr.'iu. ??ml Pn/.li??l D?? bllll,. I'rrni.tnr. In line In Mail, Krrr.n. ol Yoatb, -urtlbennu.ld r????? don. or 1-,(.,*??. Jbbmk hit merr m.a, /'IUtlf, o.lddlr ??*<???>) .litfoW. Ilr.ml.ln.li. pAKrlpitaul lor .11 xot. ki??I ckronli tilraw, pcs M. 01 ??? * - ??? nml In thn Author, probably ??? ... _ any pnrslcian,8QI hound in t-eatlfiil French miu-ifn, c iUww- ed rovers. Ini! gilt, gnaranu-cd u> be a finer work, in every w-nae???rneehanfi-el, dthrary and pro fee- ???tonal???tban sny other work vow In thin ???miry for 12X0, or t!??e money will !*e refund. ! in even luftiHir ?rlif only fl^lH*y null, jmt pvl. Il lustrative ssmple six '-rtiu. K*uid*iiow. tiold medal awarded the antbor l??y tbe National ^r^dP cal Association to tbe ofifon* of which lie n-ff???W. The F-fovuw of Life should he read by tho \ ounf .jt Irstnulion, an.l by the afflicted for relict II will t-cncflt sit??? London Then- ta no member of society to whom The brienre of Life will not be tiM-fni. whether youth, parent, gnardleo, Inatruct >r ??? r ??? ??? m i Atjo- Bent. Addrvaa the Prabody Mcdtcal liu>U(ut??. or Dr. W. 0. Faner, No.4BbUtocbstri-??? t. t. who ay tC'M.sulted on aU d>->. * wpiir / skfU _???*( experience. CThronte ???????! .dwtfoale ??? f*. .a??a Hat hgve bellied th# skilled all UTp. A f ???that phythtaii* * si-vUtlty. PuehU-CI LJtreat. ???InUJ wUhoul ??u -TH???VFlTnr.F