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THE WEEKLY CONSTTitTTION. ATLANTA. GA..
TUESDAY*
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DECEMBER 30 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
THE FIELD OF HONOR.
Bom* Curico* Information About Single Combata-
TUa Amenities of the Field-Dueling Piatola-
A fialloon Duel-How the Liras of
DueJleta Have Been Saved.
Tub Field <
rive blstoi.
Major Ben i
| [second article.]
d of IIonok. A complete ami corapron-
dory ol dueling in nil countries. By
pi,.. sen C. Truman. New York: Fords, Ilotv-
| rau & Tru llulbcrt.
The last judicial combat in France took
place in 1547, between Chabot tie Jnrnac and
La Chastaignerie, and shortly a$cr this an
edict of the king went forth commanding such
combats to cease, "it having been pretty well
demonstrated that Providence generally
fcorned to be on tho side of the most skillful
or muscular combatant, and that the ends of
justice were often defeated by the inferior
swordsmanship of parties known to have
been indecent of charges or crimes preferred
against them by men of doubtful character,
but who were proficient in the use of tho im
plements of the lists.???
"La Chastaignerie woa a favorite of the
king, and at that time the most excellent and
expert swordsman in France. He was tho
very picture of manly beauty, being tall and
well formed, and but 3$. years of age. HU
heart was the heart of a villain, howover,
and in order to besmirch the reputation of
Jarnac, who had been a great favorite with
Francis J, he circulated tho roport that his
rival had been on terms of criminal intimacy
with hia motll?r*m-law. Jarnac importuned
the king to allow him to try his fortuae at the
judicial combat, and at last was permitted to
do so. Tho royal family and a great crowd of
spectators were in attendance. It was a dax-
xline spectacle, and the day being beautiful
all the elite of the court were assembled. Jar*
nac was also about 28. His features were reg-
ular and handsome, but so deadly pale ns to
seem like stone, when the word was given
Chastaignerie rushed viciously at Jarnac, who
at first placed himself on the defensive. In a
few momenta the combatants attacked each
other savagely, and soon had received des-f
perato cuts in their arms. Then they stood
off from each other for a brief space of breath]
ing time, and then Chastaignerie attempted t
murderous Innge, when Jarnse cut the string
of ono of bis legs, which dazed tho wretch fori
an instant and sent a thrill through tho crowd.
In another minuto Jarnac" cut tho sti *
the other leg, and tho famous courtier L
the ground. It was tho most sensational spec*
tacleof tho kind ever seen in Franco, and a
great murmur went through the assemblage I
when the cleverest swordsman and wrestler of
tho age was sent so Ignominously to grass.
'Confess yourself a liar, restore to mo ray
honor and live/ shouted'Jnrnnc, but tho fallon
man remained silent. Jnrnac then addressed
the king: 'I beseech your majesty to accept
the life oi thii man, for God???s sake. I do not
wish to have his blood upon my. soul. I fought
for the restoration of tho honor of which he
has robbed me/ Meanwhile the poor crea
ture moved round on his knees and cut wildly
and impotently at the man before him, but in
B short time fell over and bled to death. Jard
nac absolutely declined all privileges of trifl
umphal pageant and procession, and advised
that tbo body bo committed for respoctful In
terment.??? , <?????
A BALLOON??? DUEL.
"On tho 3d of May, 1808, took place the
spectacular duel between M. De Granditre and
Id. Ho Pigne, in balloons aboveTaris. An im
mense crowd of pcoplo had assembled in a
field near tho Tuilorics. Each principal was
accompanied by ono second; tbo weapons
were bJundorbusses, and tho terms woro to tiro
. at will. Tlio ascent took place befora noon,
and-wben at a height of abtntt VOD fact, and
within less' than eighty yard* of each other,
Ho Pigne opened fire, end-the.xnnssra below
set up a great shout. But He Pigne missed, [
whilo Ho Grandpro blazed away. Another
??? ahout and then all Was still, for He I???igno???s
balloon bad collapsed, the baskot had turnod
over and let tho occupants out, and they came
down through the air head first and were
dashed to pieces on. the housetops. Anothor
strange French duel was this: Captain Raoul I
Ho Vere and Colonel Barbier Dafai, of Paris,
during a quarrel, agreed io^settle the matter
by getting into a coach with daggers in their
right hand* and with their left arms tied, and
fighting while the carriage was'being driven
twice around the Place Du Carrousel by their
seconds. Raoul was killed and Barbior Dalai
was mortally wounded.???
AMERICAN DUELS.
/ Many hundreds of European dulls aro roL
corded in the pages of the author, but more
than half the space of the work is giv???on to
noted American duels, which have apparoutly
been even moro numerous and deadly. The
first fatal duel fought in the United 8tates was
* in Boston, between Woodbrldga and Phillips,
in 1728. They bad quarreled over tlioir cards,
and met with swords at 8 o???clock in the oven p
Ing. and at daybreak the 1 dead body???of Wood
bridgo was found on the common.
Tho revolutionary war was vory provocaL
tive of duels, and many were fought amoug
the officers of the AmcncaiPftrmy. One of tho
tnost noted of American dutols was between
DeWltt Clinton and John Ssmrtwout, in 1802,
and the most remarkable thing about it was
the fact that it arose from the simo political
dispute that afterwards caused the duel
between Hamilton and Burr. It arose, in fact,
cut of a dispute between Clinton and Burr, in
which Bwartwout became involved, thus tak
ing Burr???s place. When the parties were in
the field, Clinton was heard to wish that ho
had Burr before him, and if this bad been the
ease bis skill as a shot might have rendered
the subsequent tragedy Impossible. In the
Clinton-Bwartwout duel five shots were fired,
and Bwartwout was hit twice, when Clinton
refused to continue the fight, and the duel was
at an end.
"One of tbo most distressing among the
early affairs of honor was that in which I???hil-d
lip Hamilton, the eldest aon of General Alex/
ander Hamilton, who was killed by. Burr]
thirty months later, lost his life. This young
f Hentlcman was only eigbt??&'< yfeart or age,j
ad just graduated from Columbia college ]
with high honor, and was a lad of great prom
ise. He was a favorite with all with- whom
became in contact, ana .to fc remarkable de
gree mirrored the brilliant talents, elevated
ambition end arrogadt .temper of hit distin
guished parent. On July . 4, 1801, Phillip
atood and listened to an orator who hurled
severe Invective et his father. A short time
after young Hamilton and a friend occupied a
box at a theater, and in an adjoining compart
ment sat G. J. Eaker, the orator aU&iod t>.
Hamilton and his friend at once let flvjurioua
and incessant shafts of ridicule striker???s
independence day pyrotechnic*, and
last summoned to the lobby, where
mei them, and applying an insulting cl
ito Hamilton and hia friend, seized the i
by the-nape of the neck and rushed him out
into the street. Hamilton's friend seat Eaker
A challenge the following day, a duel took
place and four shots were exchanged without
injury to either. This termination of the
affair was so.unsatisfactory to Hamilton that
he reopened the controversy by sending Eaker
a challenge, which was at once accepted. The
combatants met on January 10, at Wechanken,
N. J., and fought with pistols at twelvdpsces,
Hamilton receiving the bullet in a vital pirt,
from which he died after an excessive agony
of twenty hours. General Hamilton, when
apprised of the place of meeting, hurried
forward to prevent it,. but fainted on the
way.???
AVBBICAir Hr wot OB TIB VIKLD.
The so-ealled American duels have too often
been but mere butcheries, when such terms
were proposed as would mean necessarily the
death of both parties involved, but occasion
ally a spark of genuine American humor
appeared on the field of honor. The first
duel fought in Kentucky was arranged at
Louisville in 1792, end luckily tor ell con
cerned, bed a comic instead of a tragic ter
mination. A suit was brought before a jus
tice of the peace, and after some trouble on
bath 6ides was compromised. Tho other jus
tice involved in tho case, who had issued a
warrant, called on tho justice who had com*
promised the caeo and demanded his fee,
which amounted to tho munificent sum of 12
cents. Payment was refused on tho ground
that no suit had been tried and the costs had
been remitted/ The other justice, named
Thurston, refused to accept this view of the
cote, and after a vast amount of quarreling
oyer the 12J?? cents, finally challenged liar-
riion, the offending magistrate, who accepted
the cliallengo. Rifles at sixty yards Were
selected as the weapons, and tho principals
were already in position when tho seconds
began to talk over tho matter, and ngreed to
speak to their principals. This was done, and
the prospect for a reconciliation seemed good,
when one of the seconds named Sullivan
biokein as follows:
"Fellow-citizens, them's my sentiments. It
won???t do for this fight to go on. The Bar-
grass people whar Squire Thurston Uvea will
swear he fought for 1214 cents, and them bad
town boys, whar Squire Harrison lives, when
he runs them out of his watermillion patch,
will call him Old Fightin??? Nine-pence. I like
a good fight better than a hot tody of n cold
night, but I hate a bad fight worse than a
nest of yaller-jacketa. There ain???t no good in
ibis fight nohow. I don't like the weapons
nuther. Rifles are all right for Inguns and bars
but they are^awful things turned against friends
If you had painted your eyes black with your
fist, or doubled one another with kicks in tho
belly when you quarrelled, it would have been
all right, but to go to boring holes through
ono another wifh rifles liko boring holes
through poplar logs won't do. The Bible says
???Thou.slmlt not kill,???but it don???t say thou
shalt not hit with the fist or kick with the
foot when a fellow makes you mad. I pro
pose, therefore, that we vnnd up this fight
with a shootin???-match for a gallon of whisky.
Our side ogain your sido will shoot at a tree
the size of a man at the word, and tho nearest
???hot wins.???
As soon as Snllivan finishes his speech,
Thurston and Harrison, who had both been
compelled to laugh at its oddity, simultane
ously extended to each other tho right hand.
A heart shako followed, and the troubles wero
over. Nothing now remains to bo done on tho
ground but to carry out his suggestion. A tree
was selected at the distance of sixty yards,
and Thurston made tho first shot. The tree
was bit on the left side, and Ilarrisoh ac
knowledged that if he had been there ho would
have had a stitch in his side. Harrison followed
and hit the tree in the center, and Thurston
admitted that If he had been there he would
have had the stomach ache. Brcckenridgo
shot next and hit midway between the other
two. and his shot was admitted to be that of a
mediator. Last of all, Sullivan shot and miss
ed the tree. A laugh followed at the expense
of 8ullivan, but he said he imagined tho tree
to bo a man shooting at him, and' suggested
that if the others had shot at men shooting at
them, their shots might have been different.
All started off in high good humor to tho
nearest store to get the whisky. A gallon was
measured out and poured into a atone jug, and
after all had taken a gloss each, the balance
. was voted to Sullivan for his admirable speech
and shot.
JACKSON AND DICKINSON.
"The fatal duel between General Andrew,
Jackson and Charles Dickinson, fought near
Adairsville, Tennessee, 1808, ranks among!
whatare justly termed tho fnmoua American
duels, not only on account of the distinguished
character of the combatants, but becauso they!
were incomparably crack shots, and bccauso;
each intended to kill the o.her. Dickinson,
had invited a challenge from Jackson by as
persing the character or social standing of
the latter???s wife. Each undoubtedly expected
to receive a mischievous bullet, but hoped at
the same time to kill or dangerously wound
the other. It was understood that there!
would bo no lovo or sentiment displayed:
during the hostile meeting, and, of course,.no
white feather. Both inen wero notoriously:
bravo and unspeakably angry. Both were???
experts with rifle and pistol, ami Dickinson,
whilo on lii.s way to tlio rtiiile/.vmu, nimUTM
his associates by displaying his wonderful
skill with a pistol. Onco, at a -distance of,
twenty-four feet, ho fired, four balls, each at!
tho word of command, into a space that 1
could be covered by a silver dollar. Several
times he cut a string with a bullet from the!
ssmo distance. It is related that ho left a
severed cord hanging near a tavern, and ssiid
to the landlord asho rode off: "If General
Jackson comes along this road bo kind
enough to show him that.??? The meeting took
place in the morning, and both parties ap
peared to be perfectly collected. Tho arrange
ment agreed on was that the pistols woro to
be held downward until tho word was given
to fire, then each man was to fire as soon as
he pleased. As soon as the word was givon
Dickinson raised his pistol and fired. A puff
of dust flew from tho breast ot Jackson's coat
and bis second saw him raiso his lelt arm and
place [t tightly across his breast, but he stood,
firm, while Dickinson recoiled, saying, ???Great
God, havo I missed him???? A moment after,j
Jackson took deliberate aim and pulled tho
trigger, but the weapon stopped at half-cock.
Ho drew it back to its place, took aim a second
time and fired. Dickinson reeled and his
face turned whito, and aa his friends hurried
toward him ho sank to the ground. Thcf mis
sile had passed through the body below the
ribs. It was only after this that it was dis
covered that one of Jackson???s shoes was full
of blood. On examination, it was found that
the bullet from Dickinson's weapon had hit
Jackson in the breast, brosking two ribs, and
making a painful bat not dangerous Wound.
Dickinson lived until 9 o???clock in the evening,
when he expired, having bled to death. It
was on this occasion tbatJaskson exhibited
his iron will by saying to bis second that ho
would have lived long enough to kill his an
tagonist even if he bad been shot through tho
heart. There is one fcatnro about this duel
with Dickinson that seems a little peculiar,
and (bat is (bat General Jackson who was a very
spare man in his person, should have been
dressed in a 1 tote fitting gown or coat, so that
his antagonist could not readily tell the posi
tion of Ills body. Dickinson aimed right, and
it Jackson???s body had been where Dickinson
supposed it to be, and where perhaps the code
duello would say it ought to have been, thero
is no just reason to doubt that Jackson would
at that tifnc bavo been killed, for the ball
from Dickinson???s pistol would havo struck
bis heart, if the aocount of the duel be cor
rect.???
JOHN SMITH IX TUB VIBI.II.
Our particular Johh Smith, he of the Poca
hontas story, was a professional duelist, and
while in tho service of Ferdinand of Austria,
killed over twenty men in duels. "Early in
the seventeenth or near the close of the six
teenth century, while Smith was in the Aus
trian service, tho Turks gave a challenge to
any single officer of the Austrians, saying that
the Lora Turbisba would fight a Christian for
the diversion of the ladies. The choice in tho
Austrian camp was by lot, and fell upon
8mith, who fought and alew the Turk within
sight of the ladles assembled on the ramparts
and carried hit head to camp. Upon this, a
??? ??? * * ~ * ' * * - particular dcfii
SAVED FROM THE GRAVE,
The Agony of a Mother sod the Desperation ol
Lover Believed by a btrai.ee Beetorstlon of
Life-The Yoona Men in Hia Joy Is
Seized With Bptlepsy-Eto,
New Y9RX,???December 22.???"Sheja alive!
ShW^rHver??? shouted in tones of jubilation
MrtvJStfWifd 1 Butler, of Henry and Pineapple
streets; Brooklyn, to a group of friends that
had aaftpfrfe&l around a couch in an upper
story residence.
Upon tUs. couch lay Mrs. Butler???s daughter
Eflio, a bright, beautiful and interesting
youDgVoiifau of eighteen years. Miss Eflio
had tyfeipillackcd with nervous debility early
in Noy^WieV, and had for fivo weoks lioyerod
between lilt and death, and tho attendant
physidfouannounced that all hope of her re
covery hat)-gone, and the sad news was bro
ken tq Uffl pother that her much-loved, child
could not possibly livo for many hours, and
soon after her faco assumod tho ashen huo of
death mid rigor set in.
Tho belief that ihe young woman was dead
caused such grief to her mother that she
swooned, and the noise of her outcry and tho
heavy sound of her falling body brought other
inmates of the house to her chamber.
"PoorEffieis dead I??? they all agreed ns
they gazed upon the colorless cheeks and tho
closely shut eyes.
Mrs. Butler revived under the uso of restor
atives, and she begged the friends who had
f athered to give her succor to remain with
er to help in the preparation of tho corpso
for burial. It was the group who wero en
gaged in this painful duty that tboy were
startled by the cry, "She???s alive 1 sho???a alivel???
Prior to tho beginning of tho preparations
for the grave a young man bad entered tho
darkened chamber, had gazed upon tho frigid
form and bod imprinted a kiis upon the cold
???nd colorless lips. Then ho bad burst into a
paroxysm of grief and had beeq led by kind
friends from the apartment. Ho was Thomas
Clarke, of Montague street, Brooklyn, tho be
trothed of Effie Butler.
"I believe thia will kill Tom,??? ono of tho
little coterie that wept around the bed of the
girl remarked to another. "I never saw two
persons love each othor ns ho and Eflio did.
ller death will break his heart.???
As tho dovotod mothor was attempting to ro-
movc some of the clothes of the daughter she.
was mourning-as dead sho noticed that warmth
had returned to her extremities. 8hq excitedly
pulled apart the night robe and pressed hor
ear anxiously over her adored child???s heart.
"It beats! Thank God, it beaUl??? she hissed
with bated breath.
Tho color began to-steal back upon tho
pallid checks, tho eyelids opened, the rigor
relaxed and thero was a movemont of tho
fingers.
* "Sho livesl??? gratefully exclaimed Mrs.
Butler. "Go for tho dootor. quick I???
The preparations for burial wero as hastily
ea joyfully impended, au4 a quick messenger
started touring to tho side of the couch of tho
girl who when tho doctor arrived he said that
the crisis had passed, adding that hia paticut
bad undoubtedly subsided into a stato of coma
after his visit.
"The recovorv is a most rcmorablo 1
and I cannot adequately account for it. If
yen had sent for me While sho was in tho
condition that you describe, I should havo
been very apt to declare that sho had passed
??? beyond the aid of any human skill.???
"Send for Tommy to come to me,??? Eflio
???aid os soon ns tbo physician had left. "I must
ice him and tell him how much bettor I feel.???
He mother dnro not tell tbo girl that hor
lover had been; to.see her when ??ho win bo-
lieved to bo dead and had been led away from
her .bedsido completely broken down. Sho
tried, however, to pursuado Eflio to delay her
interview with hor sweetheart.
"No,??? the girl replied; "bring hiih hero
now. I must see him.???
A messenger was dispatched to Mr. Clarke???s
house in Montague street to notify him that
Miss Butler wanted him to call at onco. Tho
bearer of tbo message was absent for a longer
time than was nccc8iary,and whon she return
ed she answered that Mr. Cltrko was ill, with
two physicians in attendance upon him. Upon
arriving at his home alter, as he suiqiosed,
planting a kiss upon tho lips of hfs dead
sweetheart, bo was seised with epilepsy in an
aggravated form. This news was keot from
Miss Effie, who was told that "Tommy," was
absent from the city upon business.
Mira Butler is rapidly improving, and Mr.
Clarko???s condition declared to be critical.
A HOLIDAY TRAGEDY,
A ttSRTLOVS KIDE.
All Old Miui'ii ttasuccennful Trial of a New
v yivtnaBmiehlne.
Hartford, /Decomber 25.??? Zephaniah
Phelps i.<u im??n/5 year* of age, and is ro-
graded by the foty of his neighbors who know
him sb a traffic. Pholps lives in an old hut
in the wo< d* Avon, and has for years
devoted all MSUciition to mechanical inven
tions. lie/ n$s two pet- hobbies, per-
pctuol motion" mid aa aerial navi
gating craft. /Incidentally ho has devised
several imi- Vtlneewliich in no case havo boen
patented. Many years ago I10 applied for a
patent but failed to obtain it amt, disgusted
witktbw wLoj* .'rsteni he made no subse
quent attci In focure legal protection for
hiB invc-ntui.i. Thu models wero throwu
aside a nd :o many cases burned by
their cccoat;ic v inventor. Phelps is a
distant illative pf Congressman i???holpi, of
Npw Jersey.?? Tim whole region in which ho
lives is thronged with pcoplo of his name, but
ZcphnnSnh belongs to a- branch now almost
extinct. lie married early iu life, but for
years bn* ten a widower. One daughter was
tho r?? suit <T mniriinonul venture. Sho is
married u/afoi romewhere in tbo vicinity
of West ???it;' ,V.
Wadaw ih r is*n tall, wooden structure
4 1 feet in height. It is built on
tflj mountains and givon
t( , mws in tho couutry. It is
1 . this city and is in summer a
pleasure scckori. In winter
r -1, tho keeper, a mau named
tho tumui.t
one of tbrfi
fifteen m]lei
favorito ?? c
it is uUcrrj
Bartlett, .*???
tudo for v.'.i
Friday mo???i
ioa, mo Keeper, a mau named
iu breezy and freezing alti-
if more lowly, quarters.
Zepbaniah Phelps made
his
friend of Turbisba sent a particular defiance
tfi Smith, who accepted it, and, to divert the
Turkish ladits still further, met his antago
nist and killed him also. The victor then sent,
a message to the ladies that if bent on another
combat for their amusement, they were wel
come to bis bead if they could find a cham
pion to take it. Bonamlegro accordingly ap
pealed. In this contest Smith was dismount
ed and nearly overcome, but regaining
saddle, he inflicted a mortal wound, and
thus for the third time victorious.???
SOME WISE SAYINGS.
his
There is no disease >0 dangerous as the want of
common lenae.
Virtue will catch es well as vice by contact; and
the public stork of honest, manly principle will
daily accumulate.
There Is no courage In surrendering what ts true;
firm e hold upon a lofty purpose that he will cling
to it in tbe darkness u well as in the light.
If it is part of prndfcuc* to face every claimant,
end pay every fust demand *oo your time, your
talents er your heart, always pay; for, list or last,
you must ps> your entire debt.
man that comes along can???t get it away from Him.
???Detroit Free Pros.
A Jealous Lady Murders Another With a
Fair of Scissors.
Charleston, 8. C., December 27.???At a holi
day sociable in Summerville, this state, Mrs.
Frnncia David, a prominent churoh lady,
killed Mrs. Lizzie "Way, a young wifo and tho
acknowledged belle of tbo town, with If-pair
of scissors.
According to the village gossips, Mr. David
was tho acknowledged betrothed or* Miss Hen
son before she married Mr. Way. In a lovers???
quarrel they broke the engagement end each
married from spite; but Mrs. David soon sew
that her husband???s heart was not In her pos
session.
At a /estival tho ladiss were gathered to
trim tbo chapel. Nobody notiefciv that ???Mrs.
David was boiling over with iupprte*od,
J ???fission nr that Mrs. Way smiled triumphant
7 at intervals over tho woman she waa worry
ing.
Presently tho rival ladies had occasion to
faco each other in trimming tbo pulpit.
As she faced tho woman she bated Mrs.
David could not hold her temper farther, and
in loud tones upbraided her for breaking up
two homes. Mrs. Way was struck dumb at
first, but the soon found her tongue sud began
using it against tho womap she despised, f
Suddenly Mrs. David raised a long, sharp
pair of shears sho had used iu cutting ever-'
greens and plunged them with all the iqight
oi fury into tho heaving bosom of Mrs. Way.
Tbo stricken woman uttered her death shriek
and fell to the floor with tbe_scUsors in tho
wound.
The horrified spectators atood back, power
less to aid. Tbo dying woman Was covered
with her blood and weakening fast.
^tfter strikipg the fatal blow, Mrs. DaVld
became faint and also fell into a chair beside
her victim. Then sho went into hysterics and
begged her friends to kill her. She tore at
herself aid???would have thrown herself from a
window bad not thy spectators recovered their
senses end tried to be of service. She was lod
of the tower*
mnile fiwvai trips, each timo carry
ing up pieces-of machinery. No ono inter
fered wit'i him, mid about 10 o'clock ho ha<[
his latest mac bine in order and ready for uso,
It consisted ofa strong but light gas generator,
a combination of cog-wheels anil pulleys and
two light pitch turbine whocls, both arranged
at a slight OBjgis to tho vertical. Tho wholo
contrivance., including two triangular wings,
weighed nbuut sixty pounds.
Tho gaa generator was easily worked and
within a few minutes both turbinos wero Iu
condition to start. Tho old man opened tho
valves, and, seating hiinsolf in a loop of ropo
suspended under 'the generator, pushed his
machino from the tower. Tho turbines low
ered rapidly, and the (lying machine and its
rider moved slowly away. For a moment tho
machine rode a few tVct and then began to
drop. Phelps found his generator losing pow
er with every secoad raid attempted to dis
cover tbo cculc** ???By Bomo mistake ho opened
the discharge valve and iostnntly was falling
rapidly, with bis turbino motionless and use
less. The (-n)y check on his descent woro tho
two trinngalar wingH. These spread out nud
checked f-oniewbat the descent. Still ho foil
with cmistimtly increasing velocity, and after
a descent of several hum I rod foot, ho Btruck
tho Into on tbs- Simuhiuy phiini below.
His lull was broken, but uovortheloss I10
lost his hold on tbo ropo loon, and
while the machino caught m tl\o
branches, ho fell with terrible foroo to tho
ground below, breaking his hip and sovcral
ribs.
Tho old man fainted from tho pain and lay
unconscious, for nearly half an hour. Coming
to bis senses, bis. groans Anally attracted tho
attention ol a rhnnoc passer-by, who comes to
his rescue. The old man .was nearly dead
from pain nud cold and fainted on being re
move it. lie wuh taken to a neighboring houso,
about a mile distent, raid is now lying iu a
critical condition.
An Arronnut Drowned.
W??.stPoint, G.u, lfo, ember 25.???[Special.]???
Forest McNeil, the aeronaut, was drowned in
the Chattahoochee river here to-day. Tco
balloon in wbi^h'bc ascended was inflated
between two f vL????ie o???clock, and when first t ,
cut loots* ifo'iu itf mooring got entangled??&*
tho tolagrnpli wires nml hid lo bo brought V
down bud again Inflated. ??? Then amid shouts : x *???
and lopd huzzas, it aroso almost perpendieu-
larly untiUost to view for about two minutes,
It was loon seen again descending rapidly and
bearing toward the river In which it soon foil,
whereupon* tho crowd, numbering over a
thousand men/ran with all thoir might to tho
point whero it appeared to be drifting, but
beforo they could reach tbo spot tho balloon
was floating down to tho foot bridgo and
McNeil-was seen struggling in tho water.
Twico hewas seen to rise, but as no boat
bad been provided for this contingency
tba mass of the pcoplo who thronged tbo
banks was powerloss to aid him.
His body wis recovered in about half an
hpur and Dr. WilHo Griggs applied tho bat
tery and all known means for re/uadtatlon,
but to no effect.
A portion of a letter written to tho young
man by his old mother who resides in Mobile,
Alabama, was found on his person, In which
she said 1 - -
Honstords
^SELF-RAISING
ffioread
rrepamUon.
THE HEALTHFUL & NUTRITIOUS
BAKING POWDER
phates that sro removed .
which mo required by tho system. No ottio-
baking rowder docs this. It cotu les??, is heal tb
lc 1 und itrongct than any other Powder
HOME
TESTIMONY
jVrProf. H. C. White
STATE CHEMIST.
University or Georgia,
Chemical Laboratory.
CIV,oc oi State Chemist, *
Athens, Or , Juno 20,18SI.
I have been familiar for a number of years with
the general character of Prof. Ilorsford???s phos-
phatc preparation?. Itcccot examinations mado
by me of tho "Acid Phosphate??? and ???Bread Prep
aration,??? show them to bo exactly what is claim-
id for them In tho circulars nccorapsnylng tho
pneksges. Tho ???Acid Phosphate??? is a concentra
ted solution In water of Acid riio??phatoo( Ltmo,
Tho ???Bread Preparation" is a mix-
turn of Add Phosphate of Umo,
carbonate of soda and flour. Whon mixed with
water, carbolic add gas is liberated aud a double
phosphate oi lime and soda Is
formed and remains In the
bread when baked. In ordinary cream of tartar
taking powders thc>nbstanco left In tho bread
after "railing??? is rochollc salts-to double tartrate
of soda and potash. Tho phosphates aro ntofu
mi mini substances In animal nutrition and
grq.w tb, tho tartrates aro not.
In my opinion tho Pbosphatlc Powder is, there
fore, preferable to tho others, so far as healthful-
nets is concerned. II, O. WHITE.
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milK ONLY ONB IN EXISTENCE OWNED BY
X Innkrrsand business tm u of Cincinnati aud
Bprlnghctd O.
away.
-???>1 SI??FI IV*
Adamles* Edeo.
elttnfbeard ot I
The ec! Aim-beard of Booth American republic,
Parsfuayjfpiaaivtry near realizing on a largo
scale an A&fftlcf* Eden. Till lately there have
been no trmtwqriby returns of Paraguay's popu
lation, uiW gimminent proclaiming thirty years
ago apoputtOoii of more than e million, or four
times nr.ore.tbsp the republic ever had. With
an eaUmjJgd .population of 490,000 twenty
years ago;yl believed that one-ball ol It was lost
in five yMiUonwtiy males, by bottle and disease.
The aftugl caucus of 1879 gives * W.000, of whom
more than twddhirds were women. The enormous
disproportion between the sexes was the result of
war, anftaysftdutioa or two ought to clear up the
men entirely.
Aa It 19, the women farm, manufacture, buy,
sell end do nearly all the work, leaving revolu
tions and cock-fighting to the few men, and the
marvel is that the women do not control the gov
ernment. Doubtless ft Is for want of a competent
leader like Delve Lockwood, who might Soda
field for her presidential aspirations and prospects
in Flarsguay.
The country also opens inducements to immi
gration for the preponderatihK population oi Man-
taehureit* women. An influx of the (esthetic ele
ment wonld suggest the ipcc-'Jy change of name
from Parsguey to Paradise.
you to the leet ol Jesus. Itemombcr,
my son, to always keep a card about you with my
nsme and address, so If an accident should Befall
tou, perms will know where to scud your
tody.
His brothers^ grocers in Mobile, wore tele
graphed, and his remains will bo forwardad
to that place tor intermont.
PILLS
"THE <3UV AkUABLE.???
SB YEARS JN. USB.
laelireatert Xc-.im' Triumph of tho Ago!
Indorsed afi^over th eWorld.
SYMPTOMS OP A
TORiPED LIVER.
Lossofappotite. Nftqgaa* bowels cos^
live. I'ain m tho Ilona.with adullboii-
oation in tho back p;irt*JPainundor
tn aphmi frtpr-hiqrtft. vfrllnggfl ftftffiPP ftt*
Inu, with a dialnqlinatlon to exertion
of boUyor mind, In-ltabilfty of temp-
u> Lo w spirits,Loss of memoryywlm
aiSolinghawingnegtooteq goroo
TOTTS PILLS aro csi
such cases, one
of feeling
. _ _ hoove;;.
YenowGklri.HfeadaotipjRe stlossnoB3
nt night, highly colored Urino.
IF THESE WASKINGS ARE UNHEEDED,
3221333 Simagfl W??LL SOGN Bl LZVLL'.PU.
T aro ??specially adapted to
_ dose effects such a change
to astonish tho sufferer.
They Increase Use Appetite, and cause
tbo body to Take ou Flash, thus the sys
tem is nourished, end by their Tonlo
Action on the UlgeiUvsOrgssi, Iteffu.
far Htoola nro produced. l*rlrn A ft cents.
rum HAIR DYE.
Guav Haik or Whiskers changed to a
Glossy Black *)v a single application of
uivtDTE. It impart* a natural color, acta
Inatontaneoualy. Add by JimggLsts, or
t vit by 2T?rcg?? on receipt ot tu
{wnsoa c4 &'??rrau at*, how v
AantMnuUi ^ ^ isn,,
IL. J. Q, A. hlxacaxA BOJTL
4a ttp WUrrHBIUNM, toil AQJWr??
#X JJDG SDWATg JV. X.
Prrk???s Patent Ouslilonrd Ventilated Ksr-1
iMefouw. Tim only GovernrnMt Indonno
B?????&wl
i' M ," "n , i-"h"lV< : K "K.'rV.'.'u'uayVlN- YV W.*'
*vuro of base imitations-
riFOROIA, RABUN COUNTY-WILL BE BOLD
c-n tho first Tuesday In February, 1885, before
the coart home door In sold county, within the
usual hours of salu to the highest bidder for cadi,
the following property to-writ: Ono homo aud.
lot Jn the town of Clayton; said lot containing
Duncan on t
Main street t.. ??? ??? r
hallo public road on tho south.
r_.rars l ???-* 0 f&- ~ _
flfs?? s Thrco Jtmlcu
A Marsh, vs. Garland
...... Jlftsln favor of D. T.
and D. J. Duncan, vs. K. W. Beek; one Justice
. ronit flfa In favor of J. It Murray, vs. (Inland and
Beck; one JmUce court flfa in fsvor of J. II. vs. E.
W. Beck, principal and I). J. Dunam, security.
Bald property rc-advert lard for sale for the pur-
chase money. It being lawfully advert toed and
sold on tho lint Tuesday iu December. Ihmi, to J.
B. Murray, he befog tbo highest end best bidder,
raid home and lot was ktiocked off fo him, and
the said J. II. Mnrray refused to pay the purchase
looney for said property.
Levlrs returned tomo by A. Pbllyan. L.C., De
cember 15, \m. A. ??. WALL.
Boerlff,
THE
CELEBRATED
1UEIA la. THE LEST. For Halo birr j nhe. e.
cell 4???wk>13w
*%n is/BBcn-afl!
VAJUssZrMjAYBRC
JAY BR0N30M, Detroit,1
want/*!. fiOhfrtKil-
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ERRORS g YOUTH
Prescription tree for the speedy core oi. fcfervon#
Debility, list Manhood, and all disorders brought
on by Indiscretion. Any drought has the Ingredi
entaf Address DA VIDHOX A ???
mu Street New York
k CO., No* 7* Noe.
PA Helcct Jfusirsl and Elocutional Imtftate of the
|high**! Went, that recognize* snd employs the
best UfinL who labor hsnzonfnaihr under the
most experienced management. Open entire
year. Bferlal opportunities for aspirant* reeking
choice positions. Graded teaching and prices in
all braci I.**. Plano nr vocal, 35 lessons, |10 and
HEfti rOTCUCOl ?????? ???SEV ??. OEPi-EET.
JtlMSUT Pass.???A victim of roa. ora I ini prudence
ranatn* Premature It.cuy, S- n /-m JJcbiMv. l/<??t
Maaltoed. dr., having tried ta vale ever/ known
w??irJss4MP??i??4*iksl>neinfi>lNna
??kUi t > will wmi Fit HP. to hia fJjev-wfmra
Addma. J.lUOJ?? Vkd. tf ChaibaaftfcJVaiVYeris.
ByB.M.WOOU&r.M.O,
muM
AtUiitn, Ooirgts-
tlents end physicians.
Bend for my book on lh??
Habits end their Cura. Free
tmcggfejaagggaae
m r ??jrZjs~*ti??mx. 2A~Ui'.kka Vu-.
???MPLOYMENT &
AT HONK OH
wliii Ii im-fi-rrrit; n 1 ??? ** nmomit wuiit'.l jx-r
month for cervices and exponaev. Busina*
hoiHirnhh*. permanent and easily nporated. Wrlto
tia. BLOAN A CO., 306 George street, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
LONG TIME 4 per cent.LOANS.
Principal to stand ns lung ns Interest If
(titId. Mull of niodcrutc ini-niiH n]..miI*1 wilt*! at
onco for particulars, cnmaslng 0 ets. for Loan
forms, etc. r??r??onn! **M ??iniy only for Inter*
eat. K. Wont, Hec???y, ??1 W. (Hit Ht., Cluclnnutf,
O.
COUHTRUIP ??!i.l MABRIAbiBr
WumJorful fi' C/ ??? l >, roTi-iatioua and
illw??v??rl* a for uiarrlsd.pr kinicle.
MH-iirltlirlKwIUl.nMdtIiaridtinnpIrirM
raolNKikrf i??i inur*-*, iiinllod/oroyijr
lu cunt* by tbo UnionImbllshingCo.. .Newark, H. J.
ectli??????wkyI8w cow ,
CONSUMPTION.
T IIAVKA IOSITIVK KKMRDY FOIt TI1H
I abovo disease; by its use thousand of c.imu of
the wont ktun uud o( Iiii-i; ataii'lln^ imvu bcuQ
cured. Indeed, so strong Is injr faith in Ite cfli-
Cflcy that I will send TWO IlOTTlA KHEB, Uh
getucr with a VALUABKTRKAT1BJ4 on thia dU-
ease, to anV vniferer, Glv ExprcssendP. ad.
drees. DIt. T. A. SLOCUM, 1st i'carl st.. N. Y.
m
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w nrwjigif MOHff.
a (.???'/'I*. M. I 'uuiHTira iV rw?? Id. X. vw4"
/GEORGIA, RABUN OO.-WILL BK BOLD ON
the flret Tuesday in February next, MffV, hjforo
tho courthonso door In raid county, within tbo
tiHinl l.curaof Hale, to tlio hit best biddsrtor cn??H
the following described lot of land: No. 86 M tbo
]>t district of Itabiin comity levied upon
,*> w. Pilrr, inued frets the Ju-tieo court ???-
district of Rabun county. Property pointed oat
by plain tiff; levy returned to me by Wm. Motto
Ub. A.B. WALL, Hheriir
Nov. 28tb.??? 18W. Wk y
Now Ad vert u??
AililrolK J. Kuf.???.uln, A!...
i ixitarian Riiihriiinn^uiniDin
IJ tracts,papnra and bookrxpUnstorynfUnturian
c3bristinnlty will be font irae end po-ip'tl-I ui ell
perrons applying to Rev. (ieorgj Leonard Chancy,
r Mm. A. V. Gnde, Atlanti, fla. wkly tnt
a E?? coofoand
VI. toth I. <tl>- H/lt??
to cure all ilia
tl-.jtj 1 ikiiUkl 1*4 *>/. f,i>we, U*
i.on.tn.th.??a.A-wk
SMITH???S
Extract of May Flower
FOR WOMEN.
roses^s:
Neirly 1,000,000 PtANTS/o select from.
FRANCS MORAT,
Corner Second ind Ormaty Are., LouliviD ??? Ky