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minority ever saw tha inside of the
building. The crash wan terriils md
the lino was o long that it ran away
iuto unexplored back strap's lev#nd
the sta'a, war and navy building.
The IdUiilonls of Washington ate
still figuring on tbo hrrghta from the
conclave. Most of them are faiily
well satisfied with the tesol'9. The
liverymen have made a fortune and
are thank n! after the chaste maiiisorof
liverymen.
It was left for o Stn Francisco man
to strike tha best opportunity. When
the conclave was held in that city he
was running a small job printing of
fice and was over tun with card print
iog for the knights. These cards have
Masonic emblems and tlie name ot the
knight and the designation of bis eom
maadry. The cards Cost about twen
ty cents a bendred and (be kuigbts
are glad to get them during the con
clave, printed, (or three dollars a bun
tired and upward. The San Francisco
man brought two email pie.-sss with
hitu, and in less than ten hours after
ha opened up he hud two incai job of
fiees running presses turil 3 o'clock in
the morning, lie claims to have
25.000 dsllars on the week, and it
looks prohablo. He simply printed
cards by the ton. Sj much for grasp
iug au occasion.
The president has been deluged dur
ing the pant week with inquiries as to
whether Us is or is not a Mason. The
same question lm.v been pat. by mail
several bundled times during the last
lew months and to each a letter his
been written; stating that the president
is not and never has been a member of
any secret organization. Indeed, by
sc ilia chance there is uo Knight Temp
lar in the cabinet, and only two of the
members are even Masons of any de
g ,<e -
The size of the crowd during the
couoi iveis seriously estimated at about
100,000 to 125,000 people. This
leaves it, despite reports to the contra
ry, less than halt as largo as that is
the city during inauguration. P< r
haps the uniform good uatute and ab
set'ce or noise aa-i druukunass made
the number i-eun smaller thin the
howling, disorderly mcb that disting
uifehed Pres. Harrison’s in augur atiou
with iie presence.
The society net idea that Mrs. Bar
risoia woahl to a great extent relm
qui’-li the office of first lady ol the land
to Mrs. Morton, is shattered by the
semi official scat uncement that Mrs.
Harrison will enter into the swim, so
to speak, up to her neck. The Mor
ion millions aaa the Mug society cul
rure and tiro magniliceat face ol Mrs.
Morton will not bo allowed to over rule
Mrs. Harrison, People who have good
dinners and old wine will be disap
pointed.
A Slearabeat Story.
Desperate Work of a reckless Pi
lot—Risking the Lives of Hun
dreds of Passengers—A Great
Tragedy Prevented by a Coura
geous Captain.
I knew “Cant. Jim Maginnis”
i.nd worked for him—remarked a
ua:e of the ancient days—and I
c nee saw him cool headed and cour
; geous under the most trying cir
cumstances. It was in 1861. The
Rose R/jU class mid Julia Roan,
l oth splendid boats of their class—
f tern wheelers, good carriers and
4 ast —left Little Rock tor Memphis
v.thia an hour of each other, the
understanding being that the boat
that reached Mem oh is first should
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have a day in tho Adams Mail line.
Bofh boats were loaded with Con
■federate soldiers. The trio down
file Arkansas was without special
event, except everybody on beats
learned fhat a race was orfand nat
urally look great interest. Bofh
boats went through the “cut oil',”
entering the Mississppi by way ot
White river. Then tha real race
began. Across her bow. Just as
the Douglass came out of White
river the Roan was straightening
out up the Mississippi. Tha Dyug
lass had to land, and the delay
gave the lioan about one hour’s
start. It was just a little afternoon.
Bill Reilly was the pilot on the
Douglass, Capt. Jim standing one
watch himself. Bill was at the
wheel when we started up the
Mississippi, and he said he felt sure
of overhauling and passing the
Roan before supper. And he did
overhaul her, bill he did not pass
her, for the simple reason tint her
pilot—l don't know who he was
—wouldn’t allow her to be passed.
When he ran up close enough to
make it apparent that we could
pass excitement on both boats be
came intense. The soldiers espe
cially took a lively interest, and
those on our boat set up a cheer.
Those on the other hurled back
a yell of defiance. Less than two
miles ahead was a chute into which
only one boat could enter, and the
pilot on the Roan realized that if
wo entered the chute first his boai
would be practically out of ihe race,
and !hey would have to trail in be
hind us and run slowly. He decid
ed on a desperate scheme to pre
vent us reaching the chute first.
Pulling hi* wheel hard down, he
turned his boat around at right aw-
gles with the stream an 1 ran
squarely across our bow, passing
not ten feet ahead of us. Reilly saw
the clanger, and did just what the
Roan’s pilot intended he should do
—stopped the boat, and backed to
avoid a collision. It was a desper
ate trick, and placed several bun
dred lives in jeopardy, as, had the
Douglass not backed, she must in
evitably cut lire Roan in two amid
ships, and both boats would have
gone down where the water was so
deep that even the smokestacks
would have been covered. It had
the desired result, however. By
stopping and backing we lost time
enough to permit the older b>at to
get into Iho chute first.
Reilly was mad, and he lei it be
known. Th© soldiers were mid,
tad in their rage they hurled curs
es at the soldiers on the other boat,
wh® responded with cheers and
jeers. Capf. Jim was asleep. Bill
Reilly decided to stick to the main
channel, and not follow the Roan
through the chute. The result was
that we ware about five or seven
miles behind when we caught sight
of tiie Roan again.
He was the commander. Mean
time watches had changed and
Uapt. Jim was at the wheel. Reil
ly explained to lum what had oc
curred and told of the excitement
among the soldiers. The Douglass
gradually crawled up on the Roan
until about 10 o’clock, when wo
were less than a mile behind, with
the width of the river between the
boat*. The Douglass had demon
strafed superior spaed but the no an
evidently bad letter water on her
side of the river, with less current
to contend with, so that they were
about on equal terms,
Thus (hey ran along until nearly
midnight, when 11-dlly again.came
cu watch. Several times during
the night the boats had run quite
close together, and all night excite
meat ran high. When Reilly took
the wheel Capt. Jim cautioned
him to keep the width of the river
between the boats, if possible, and
to bo very careful, and then retir
ed. Ilis wife was on the boat, and
she sat up reading after the old
man went to sleep. About 1:30
o’clock she heard shouting and
cheering, and looking out saw that
the Roan was coming toward our
side of th® river. She reused (lie
captain, and he jumped up and
looked out. In an instant he saw
hat we wero nearing another
chute, and the situation was exact
ly as at the time the iioan had
cr >ssed our bow. Without waiting
to put on his clothes he sprang on
the guards of the cabin deck, and,
catching himself up, and m less
time required was standing on the
hurricane deck clad only in his un
dershirt, drawers and socks. Close
beside him was the captain of the
Confederate troops, while the sol
diers completely filled the upper
deck.
It was evident the same desper
ate game was going to be played
by the Roan’s pilot, and it looked
as though Reilly was going ie run
her down. Capfc. Jim gave the ord
er to stop and back. Atlha syme
instant the Confederate captain
pulled his revolver and pointed it
at the pilot on the Roan. The scene
was a wiid cup; Ml tbs soldiers on
both boats veers yelling and enuring
like fiends, great showers of spaiks
were pouting from the chmueya of
both boats like fountains of fire, and
the conditions were good for one of
the most sensational Itagedie? eVst en
acted. Capt. Jim was perfectly cool.
Seizing tbs wrist <f the officer tvi h
the pistol, he jerked the arm down
ward and she ok the revolver from hie
grasp. Quick as a flash another of
ficer &e’zed the pistol and pointing it
at lleilly, oar own pilot, thouted to
bioi to run her down, coupled with the
ih'aat: “I will blow your head off if
\ou stop this boat.”
Before the words were out of his
moHth Capt. Jim lauded a blow un
der his ear, and be fell ro the dt 'k like
a s.tunmd ox. Ac the same t>rne he
commanded lleilly to stop hot in such
tunes that enforced obedience, and the
Roan glided by so closely that her
wheel threw water over our loroastle.
Again, the scheme worked, and the
riuau got the advantage of the chute.
We went round the island, but wi
woo the race jnst the same Wn*n e
reached the Ueuil ot lire cbu'e the Roan
was nowhere in sight, and we liey--.
d'd over take her, which re. med a it
■le mysterious, until she came int"
Memphis about Bitten hours behind
Uf-, and we It-artted she heft been rli.ek
,>n a bar in the chute. —f Wt. Louis
Q!ob<j-I eraocrat.
It costr more to bo miserable than
ir.a'd mke u perfectlp happy,
The wild oat- of yoath are surj to
gtow into the biiais of maukood.
0 IK/ 1 Sq Son*
HARMONY GROVE, GA.
DEALERS IN
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Also Sue Line ot Hardware, Tinware, Crockery and Gla3sre, Family
Groceries, Flour, Meats, Etc.
Car stock is Complete and we are fully prepared to satisfy our Cus
tomers in respect to styles and Qualities.
Everythin" sold for prices far below any evpr made in this or sriv other
MARKET .IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. Besuie to Call and see
as be tore purchasing elsewhere. The oldest Firm in this section. 1!)
isia a B&sdl 3 Jlssl gfia tjQ ''<& Wa e
DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Olothiag 1
flpSF*Notions, Fancy Goods, Fine Millinery, Groceries and General
Merchandise. Give us * Call when in HARMONY GROVE.
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Hardman & Comp y,
HARDWARE And CUTLERY,
Liao of Stoves, Tinware, Agricultural, Implements, E-c., can rot
be round in better Quality and Durability, Elsewhere. We also have in stock
a fine line ot gun a and pistols, and we are tfio only house iu Harmony Q rove
■ par psv a Licence to sell Pistols and Cartridges. (Jail and s=*s ns.
D* £$ Eft S3 SS 65 RH
rags Ana Msaicincs.
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Families must ha-*-o Castor Oil, Spirits Turpentine, Pills, Mustard and Com
position Powders, Liniments, Hor>e and o’at‘le Powders, isarßa
jiaiiila and other Patent Medicines. Before buying
such supplies, call on Dr. V'. D. Lockhart at the
Harmonv Grove Academy,
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HARMONY GROVE GA.
.1. H. Wa’ker, A. B . Principal, Ohas. ,M. Walker, A. 8., Assistant.
Jliss Annie Hurst, ISecoud Assistant. Mrs. L A. MoSmith, Music Teacher.
And Continues Thirty-Eight Weeks: Two Weeks Vacation Christmas.
RATES OF TUITION:
Flr\t Grade— Writing, Orthography, Reading and Arithmetic $1 JO
Second Grade. Embraces same topics as first grade, and Gram
mar, Geography ami Composition - 00
Third Grade. Languages, Higher Mathematics, Rhetoric, Chemis
try, Physics, Etc. o *
Music, 00
Incidental Fees, FallVerm 20 cents, spring Turin, 30 cents.
AH patrons allowed full benefit ot Common School Fund.
Board can be had iu the best fannies at eight to twelve dollars per month.
Hn mernv Grove has, by taxation, built a large and commodious buck
building, ‘the school will be thoroughly equipped with patent desks, black
boards,'"comfortable recitation seats, maps, globes, apparatus, and eyery mod
'rn. improvement for successful teaching. This school, with a lull corps of
g<y>') teachers, with comfortable building and ruolern improvements commend
! itself to the paten's of Harmony Grove and surrounding country.
We most respeotfiWly solicit the patronage of the citizens of Banks Conity.
For tunLcr information address JH. WALKER, Harmony Grove, oa.