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bJr injured by * R»» ekplodion at Co-
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A B^mrr »u*l furnaceb to be
erected near Greensboro, N C.
The Uiry in tbe M»rr W*,HnAt on
Monument ca**. in Fredrlcksburg.
found for defendant.
A New York dressmaker «u toot
and killed by her inaane stater.
A young girl at I)eaver. Col., wae
burned to death by dropping a kero
sene lamp.
The Leavenworth^ Kan^nsgRtats
are
nr. C _ .
In the eontested election at Johns
town. Texas, a battle ensued and one
in an c<ut HU vote while dying.
Three men were fatally scalds I by
failing Iwo a vat of boiling water at
Grand Bapids, Mich.
“Old finch," a Chicago board of
trade speculator, has been victimised
by hie clerk out of $23,000.
The families of the striking miners
arc being evicted frrsa their bootee
around Pittsburg-
'flie Sheriff of Montgomery fell
through the drop with a negro be wes
banging.
A young man in Blount county, Ala.
was killed by Ills horse daubing intoa
train that he was trying to accustom
the animal to see.
The charge* of immorality agate
lev. J. H Sturgis, of Richmond, h
mat
Rev. J. K Sturgis, of Richmond, has
boeu dismissed, as he was drinking at
thotime.
Tbe president of t he California Insu
rance Co was shot by his general agent
whom he sent to Japan on business and
•educed hU wife in uia absence.
Two Chinamen and %• white woman
were found dead in a Birmingham, Ala.
laundry. It is the opinion of the phy
sicians that death was caused by tbe in
halation of ckloripe gas generated in
some way from washing materials. The
^oman.was about.31 years old.
At Wentworth, N. O-, < Mrs. Cora
Scales Morris is on trial for killing her
husband with chloroform to get his
property and life insurance and tbe
evidence against* her is eoaotusi ve. The
prisoner is a beautiful woman if MU
and was forced by her parents to marry
Itnailv was driven by desperation to
kill her husband. It la a sad instance
of marriage encouraged by friends
pecuniary gain. _
TELEGRAPHIC SPABKS-
Three passenger* died on a train la
Oregon, during a snow blockade.
A bedstead whioh Washington usice
•occupied, was sold in New York for $25.
A Pennsylvania woman, wh> was
buried in a thousand dollar coffin, lett
many unpaid bills.
A large portion of tbe republican
party of Indiana have repudiated Mar-
*l*on.
The missing dollar of 1894 coinage
has been found.
A Kansas Jastice of the peace baa de-
-elared prohibition unconstitutional
- A deputy sheriff committed suicide at
Lamar, Mo , because or charge* of re
leasing prisoners.
An attempt wa* made to poison
Chattanooga lady by putting acoemc in
r. bottle of vciuo kept for family moo
Eight men have been recently killed
in Paria, Ky.
A negro juror in Chattanooga I* ar
rested for suborning witnesses and' in
citing them to perjury
A Tennessee hog lived for two
months confined in a straw stack with
out food or voter.
Kanaas railroad managers are alarm
ed because tbe Kansas City, Wyaudoito
and Northwest com wany ha* reduced
the Messenger rate from Staff cents a
mile, it being believed that the legis
lature will require a like reduction from
other roods.
A young lady was murdered at Den
ver, Col., by a man who was discharged
from Ms position for annoying her.
Mrs Kalita Clarke has filed a peti
tiou for divorce from . Valentine Eu
gene Clarke in Chicago. Clarke is a
notorious burglar, and though his wife
stood by him In all hit difficulties, be
treaded her brutally.
Herman Wilks, the Polish leader,
surrendered at Wilkes-Barre, and was
released on $5000 bail. Two Poles
armed to the teeth, with a biasing Are
to keep them warm, stand guard and
watch over the open grave in tbe Ply
mouth cemetery, in which the two Lu
theran children nave been buried.
died with
JEVLV”’ -
this year.
Mr. James 8.
Brights discs*.
Mr R. L Moon, . - _
Me yonng man, who Was raised in Jack-
son county, and who mu well known
here and at Flowery Branch, wa* killed
on the E. T.,V*. 3k 6sf rood, at Bruns
wick, a few days ago. He was serving
the company as flagman at the time,
tint it is not definitely known bow he
got under tbe wheels of the train, where
he was found crushed to death. Hie
remains wore brought home and Interr
ed in tbe tar Jly burying ground at
Poschton if .Sunday,
Ex-U. 8. donator. Pope Barrow, of
Athens, has been attending onr court
G£tf KGB T. MGU0EU, Kmsoa
WH Y PAitui AO iVuai >o r Pi Y.
y*.
a * ~p~.ua. *«*.
CoL Barrow Is very popular in
this section of Georgia as well at
throughout the State
Mr. J. H. Stone, late of the Athens
Chronicle; hut now agent of the B*x-
xxn. it in the city In tbe Interest of
tbe bright and newsy paper he to effi
ciently represents.
The Air Line rood will erect a new
depot at Gainesville
A tow belonging to Er. Euge'ke, of
Lula, gave birth to twenty-two pigs in
one litter a few day* ago.
The Presbyterians, of Gainesville,
have paid off their church debt.
Mr. Walker McCnrry U dead.
Judge Erwiu and «aynr Brown, of
Athens, attended Hall court.
HAST COU.YTT.
Dr. W. H. Page ate a mess of English
peas from* bta garden.
Mr.'Rucker Brown has moved to
Texas. ,
Mr. L. J. Brumby has organized a
branch of a building association in
Hartwell. ■ . . < ; ,
Hartwell has 1,000 inhabitants.
Mr. Joe !=tw and Miss Ellen Gunter
ace married.
It is the talk that the Carneaville
railroad wiU be built and that ,he ter
mini of the line wlil be Carneaville and
Hartwell, and that the rolling Mock
now used on the K. A. L, railroad will
ha Watsfer^cd Xfi the Hartwell and
Carneaville railroad.
Wilborn Fiord, a white man, was
Mi * " - ^ — ■
no*.
The object I have in
Ikatiou of there article* is not to fill up
•pure corner* in Tux Basra, but to
accomplish, perchance, some good. My
purpose in dealing out a column at a
time is to catch the attention oi the av
erage fanner who reads this paper. Not
more than one farmer in ton would
tickle an eight column article on any
subject, and I would not blame him.
Tuta Isa ptugmseive.age. Everybody
goes by the shorte t route and the fast
est schedule. The church benches aie
too hard for long sermons anJ a ten
minutes prayer will paralize the knees
of a whole congregation. I.-nee heard
of a family who would flx them selves
comfortably for a nap when tbe old
man of tbe house commenced bis even-
iug prayer. A visitor ‘to the family
awoke one of tho little boys and asked
him "how much longer is tbe old man
likely to go ou. The little fellow said,
Hsa he said anything about “the child
ren of Israel crossing over tbe promis
ed land?” •• Yes, said tbe vtaitor.be has
just mentioned ir.” "Weil, be Is most
half through,” said the boy, and there
upon tettled himself for soother nap.
You will see from the number indicated
that I have just crossed over.
Last week some figures were given
relative to the cost of the production of
cotton and tbe supposed profit derived
from the cultivation of the staple. Re
member the calculations were made
upon the basis of a good crop year as
the last Is said to have been. When we
take into consideration the fact that the
cotton plant U as uncertain in its pro
gress towards maturityas a brood of
yonng turkeys and that the slightest
mishap has a telling effect upon the
yield, tho piospc-ct for profitable results
diminish Instead of Increase. And
strange as it may seem,‘he
A icy staple It not regm i'
of the
_ _ _ by the law
and demand until it has pass-
0,1 oul'of the hands of the producer,and
/Majrt ^epunt^j negro killed a hog J the <l ue » Uo "
cd with great relish by those who arc
able to hold for a better price.
There ta another, remarkable future
connected with the grass yield'd a cot
ton cron. A shortage in one place makes
a correspondingly fncreaasd yield in an-
- x-v. ^ gett (i 0^iimed
4sata-
■lend in fait, rhimd with Itnvnv 1 pillar, tbe Alabama bligh’ and tbe Geor-
o*fTh7xrs.. ^ n ot ±turb\he eqnauurtty
—* vw»u xAiwuw «• Bits Ollie O.i
5Si , teffWSi5w
Mr, ^William 8. Cash
died with
TOCdOA CITY,
Farmers want the same protection
accorded to manufacturers.
The New York Presbytery continued
its debate over the proposed revision of
the Confession of Faith, the question of
Infant salvation being vigorously dis
cussed.
Five men were seriously injured by
an Explosion at Akron, Ohio. One wss
blown through the door forty feet
awsy.
The Kentucky senate has adopted a
resolution to investigate lotteries.
The best thing known of Senator In
galls is that he has a brother who is an
exemplary citizen of Arkansas. He is a
»justice of the peace, and above all a
democrat.
Tbe President has approved the act
providing for an iucrease ia tbe sala
ries of supervisors of the census.
An Illinois family lost their house by
fire and walked to the house of the
nearest neighbor, a distance of half a
mile, in their night clothes, the ther
mometer registering twenty degrees
below zero. The entire family were
badly frozen.
Where, Wkca aiul What.
Where, when and what to buy, are
words that-.'Sreqiicntly puzzle the',;ood
3m’y of the bouse when she desires to
lay in a supply of provisions. It is an
easy matter to get out of th s difficulty.
Buy when io\S> liefid, What you need,
and wbtir&you.esn get the best goods
at the lowest prices, at W. A. Henley’s,
Clayton street.
Married, Mr. J. F. Earls to Mias
Carrie C.Rleokley,
J. N. Merritt has been appointed
postmaster *t Clayton.
Rev. Jones, the blind preacher, has
been down with the measles.
Rev. U. H Fuller, of Franklin couaty,
has tees appelated manager of the
Alliance store la Tocooa.
A train umaprislng nine passenger
coaches and five boxcars, loaded with
negro emigrants and their baggage,
peered through this city going west
Can anyone tell us where one Prof
Dobsvn who we* at Tornerville over a
jaeash ago and who was prospecting in
Lumpkin county for minerals, &a lo
cated ; we want him to send the meney
back he told a Me to get. Also we want
the Prnf-ssor to send beck the money
to pay bta board bill and horse hire.
It the older cities of Habersham do
amt wake up, the new town of Dem-
orest will soon surpass them ail. Lots
are selling, new buildings are going up,
and letters ef inquiry are reaching its
officers from ail .ports of the United
States. This is the result of large ad
vertising. Its “ada.” appear ia papers
and magazines from Boston to the
Mississippi.
BeU Davis, whose leg was amputated
below the knee, has a wooden leg and
foot very neatly made by A. J. Wld:-
iock. The leg elosely tesembles those
made of cork; it has a joint at the heel
or ankle; side piece* of light iron ex
tend from tbe top above, where they
are fastened by straps around the thigb.
Tills artificial leg is made of lightwood,
of shape, size and weight very nearly
corresponding to the natural leg, whose
place ft takes.
balance wheel moves on just the same
dll after the crop is marketed and the
poor farmer then hears that on account
of short receipts, etc., cotton has gone
np. And murmuring, of disapproval
have about the same effect upon the
market as the dtaappohitedravingof an
old Tennessee wosaan had upon the vil
Iage merchants way up in the mountains
of that S ate wheu they had flstl* re
futed to credlUier son Peter for* peck
of salt and the hog done «le»a. -
I see in tbe Bsjfxxn of \esterd-y that
cotton jumped oue quarter of a cent in
a few hours time and adds that the price
is higher new than it has been this sea*-.
Its a little early for them
but we are selling Novel
ties every day in Floun
cings. All the latest in
Hemstitching from 35 ct
to $5 yaid. Come in an 1
see them*
The Subpbi8E Stobb.
Mr. A, ffi. Kobcrtaoa.
One of the prettiest marble yards in
Georgia is that of our olever marble
dealer, Mr. A. B. Robertson. He is
thoroughly posted as to the demands of
hta business and keeps everything to be
found in the best establishments in his
line. He is also a skillful workman,
and gives satisfaction not only in the
work, but hta prices are' as low as one
could ask, and he is getting a splendid
patronage not only in Athens, but from
oil the surrounding counter. We re
spectfully call your atten.ion to his
dtnl in the weekly Baxxxb.
We are selling Curtain
Poles complete with brass
ends and fixtures for 25cts
each. Canyon bay that
cheap? We have most any
color at that price and will
be glad to serve yon to
morrow.
The Surprise Store.
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Everybody n.ust read Julius Cohen
& Co.’s ad vei Use meat.
The reporter makes haste and delays
not to hunt up a cotton buyer to ascer
tain the cause ot this sudden ri-e, and
the cause alleged by the buyer is the
short crop. Now, somebody has been
awfully fooled witli reference to the
short receipts of the last fal ’s crop,
either the cotton reporters deceived the
prominent cotton buyer* or the promi
nent cotton buyer* deceived the men
who made it by the sweat of their brows.
The farmers were urged on the street
corners, in tbe stores and along the pub
lic highways to “rush in their cotton
before the bottom drops oat of the
good prices." Prominent cotton men
asserted anywbeieand everywhere that
there never was such a crop mode a*
will be gathered this fall. Prominent
man lecturers claimed that tbe mills
had a year’s supply of go-da already
made sad on hand at the factories so
between these two millstones grinding
out hope and fear, the horny handed
son of toil, rushed with great rushing
and now he is calmly sitting on the
stool of repentance with hu empty
pocket trying to be composed.
Now there none thing that I want to
say just here aiul I can’t collapse intoa
perfect state of composure until I have
said it. We want these esi imaters of the
Southern cotton cro < to stop lying
about our pro-pect* in the spring, sum
mer and autumn or go out of the esti
mating business. They have thousands
of reasons for making mistakes and each
reason represents a dollar.
We are told in yesterday's paper that
the world to-day wants more cotton
than has been raised. Wonder if the
world has jmt found that out? Oh Ilf it
could have known it a little earlier. It
go-s on to state that, "untold riche*
are hovering over the Southern States,”
wonder if by some unusual change
of circumstances they! will hover over
the farm as well as the warehouse and
compresses and hover low down enough
to bathe the aching brow of the farmer
with its blessed influences If it does
he will get down upon his knees in tbe
cotton field and thank God for the sight
of prosperity’s sunshine.
I commence on these things to show
my brother farmers bow the world, the
flesh and the devil manage to militate
against their interests. Now, brother
farmer, yon cannot hope to better your
self materially under the present con
dition of affairs so long as you plant all
cotton. For long years there has been
an aching void in your financial pros
perity; you have been battling with ad
verse circumstances until hope with you
has grown gray. You have been con
tending with a disease, the symptons of
which, God knows, you haye plainly
felt, but the canse of which iyon have
been unable to account. You have been
wiling out deeper and yet deeper into
a mighty stream that threatens each
slep to overwhelm you, borne along by
a tide that is resistless in its force so
long as you keep your face in the di
rection that will ultimately lead to
your overthrow. Yon hope to stem the
tide and cross over once more a free
man, this you will never do for there
arc bidden dangers, lurking beneath
the fair surface above with which you
will be unable to grappie and financial
ruin will be yourjportion and poverty,
tho heritage bequeathed to your cfcii^r
ren. Turn about and seek the shore
where prosperity grows as the green
bay tree and contentment reigns su
preme. G. T. M.
COL. W. L. PEEK.
A VISIT TO THE HOME OF A
GREAT ALLIANCE MAN.
•(Sit* Alttavc*—Hh» YUmn
I
Htou Shoals, G*. Jan. 25,1680.
Fob Tax Eax***:—Leaving High
Shoals on Tuesday morning, I ha-1 a
moat delightful drive through the
country, for a distance ef 35 miles
throngs the count! a of Oconee, Walton
and over into Rockdale, wh re, after a
drive of six hours, I was r ceived to >te
moat hospitable home of Col.W. L.Peek,
the n<-wly elected President of the Alii-
e exchange. I wae met at the gale
by the Colonel, who as be gr sped my
band warmly, gave me a regular old
fashion Georgia welcome to bta lovely
llOHtte
There tax kind of magnetism about
Colonel Peek which extends itself to a'-l
those around him, and inspire* them
with a new zeal, aa it were. He is one
of the beat farmers that tbe State has in
it, with, aa Sam Jones would say *
plenty of "git np and git” in him.
CoL Peek was tbe first man to intro
duce a system of tensing land in h (
county, and the good effect therefrom
may be seen all around him.
As all of the readers of the Baxxbb
already know, Col. Peek raised more
corn on one atre of land than any other
farmer in the State, add it was done too
at the very low cost of 35 cents per
bushel. Doubtless allot yoorreaders
know the amount of corn he raised on
one acre, and tbe formula wh o i be
used in the manuring, and the cultiva
tion thereof, but as some of them may
probably bave forgotten it I will give it
here, hoping thereby to stimulate some
one.-and enco irage them to make a
similar attempt at being the first far
mer in the State.
Col. Peek made on the one acre 131 %
'bushels of corn, or about as much as
the, average fanner makes on too acres.
About the first of April he had the land
which is a It le muddy branch bottouA
broken up with a two horse plow,
turning under everything, ou it After
breaking tbe land he throw four wagon
loads of stable mature broadcast over
and plowed it again, turning under the
•table manure, and at tbe same time
following the turn plow with a bull-
tongue anb-soiler.. The ground now
being thoroughly prepared, he laid off
the rows, four feet apart and .planted
the corn without bedding the land.
With the com he put in 16 bushels of
cotton seed; on either side of the corn.
At the second plowing he potto 606
pounds of guano on either tale of corn
row,breaking out middles thoroughly-!-
at the third and !a>t plowing he put on
500 pound- of cotton seed meal broad
cast over the field- l
The above is* very simple formula,
and ft is to be hoped that uiore ot our
farmers will try the experiment. Col,
Peek will put theaam.- acre in corn
this year, and cultivated and manured
the same as last year.
When asked about the Exchange, he
replied, “that it was in a flourishing
condition,” and was ‘-exceeding the
highest euectation of it* most sanguine
frieuds.’’
>J?W«ll Co!., will the duties
iff ' President of the Exchange re
quire the whole of your tim- to tbe
exclusion <f your other duties?” “No
.sir, I will oiuy be away from home two
days ini each week, as my duties are
mostly confiu d to the banking depart-
ment.oftlio exchange, sir Yvinu, our
agent, looks after all orders for fertilir
zero, supplies, etc.’’Said lie, ** We are
doing An immense business in the gua
no department, and are sending it out
at the: - rate of 350 to.is per day.” “Are
the farmers paying cash for their gua
no or are they giving their notes for
it?” Well, air, the majority of them are
paving tbe cash down for it, though we
ship to a good many on good note ”
“Changing tbe subject a little,
who fa goiug to be the next governor
of Georgia, i olonel?”
"CoL Livingston will, sir, beyo> d
the shadow of a doubt. He is today
the strongest man in the state with the
fanners and they are going to elect
him governor next fall. There are oth
ers who want to be governor, but this
is not* time for a diversity of opinion
among the alliancemen. We must cen
ter on one man, or we shall meet with
defeat, and Livingston is tbe man.’’
The many friends of Col. Peek
throughout the district are talking of
running him for congress, and should
he give his consent for his name to go
before the convention, Judge Stewart
will have to look to his laurels. It is
pretty well known that tbe farmers
will put Judge Stewart in congress and
if they turn their strength toward Col.
Peek, which they are sure to do, he will
be the next representative in cougress
from the 6th district.
WhHe the Colonel keeps pretty well
posted with tbe political history of ttie
state; he also believes in raising every
thing at home that is to be used on the
farm. He has a number colts, sired by
some of the best blooded horses in the
south, and also a large lot of young
moles of his own raising.
1 have visited the home of a number
f G eorgia’s greatest farmers, buff none
of them are bffiter equipped for tbe ex
tensive business whioh they carry on,
than is Col. Peek, of Rockdale.
I could write much more that would
be of interest to yonr farmer readers,
bat will not take np your valuable
space, 'd E. P. F.
room. Tbe
with a happy heart.
Could be haw Interpreted the voices I
P-JrA this to tb?y had ."*M
“Don't W her g»: Boa t let her go!
Eji'I tat her go!**
Seven boon in the counting reran. A
long desert of calculation brakia by •
OUT OF A CLEAR SKY.
Far several years two entirely different
Ideas have been associated in my mind in
what was to me for a long time a mysteri
ous way.
I read somewhere in a book of Mexican
travels a startling account of a happy
wedding party assembled in an adobe
betiding which was struck by on enormous
aerolite that killed everybody and buried
.the bonding out of sight in a twinkling.
In one of Walt Whitman’s poems there
tea line, “Where the lilacs lota 1a the
dooryard bloomed.” I have never read or
heard that line bnt instantly comes np in
my mind tbe picture of that awful event
in Mexico. Invariably the perfume of one
suggests the dire and sulphurous cruelty
of the other. There ore no lilacs In Mexl-
Nur is there nny mention of flowers
PATTI ROSA.
This charming little actress will ap
pear at the Opera House next Saturday
night,- February 1st, iu her new come
dy drama, entitled “Margery Daw. ”
She is without donbt the people’s fa
vorite, and will draw the largest house
that was ever seen in Athens. By spe
cial arrangements the reserved seats
will be on Sale Wedne-day. Go early
and secure yonr reserved seat.
Read Julius Cohen & Co.’s advertise
ment in this paper and go there Monday
morning.
A Modern Abraham.
Moxticeixo, Ill., Jan. 25.—[Special.
—Daniel Haas of Cerro Gordo was de
clared insane by Judge Huston’s court
today. He says God directed him o
kill his family and offer them a sacri
fice. He sharpened up a large butcher
knife to make the. sacrifice with, but.
was taken in by the officers before he
accomplished bis' work and placed in ’
tbe Platt jjounty jail. ,
' 1 * ’• y. : ’* - '*'• it v. V tfvjryi.’.;;.. | ■' %
stall iu tbe naive and terrible story of
nature's catastrophe.
Will yon toll me why n fleeting scent of
spring flowers brought with it a picture of
pampas grass, a sound of mandolin, a half
Spanish song, a bride in black lace and
yellow skirts, a group of happy, swarthy
faces and a thunderbolt that buried them
all forever nud instantly In ludistingntah-
able ruin?
Yon cannot. And It is my purpose to
tell yon—that Is why I have written this
the late spring of 1884 there was liv
ing at Dobbs’ Ferry, on the Hudson, in a
very pretty little half Swiss cottage, that
.glowed warm with red wood shingles
through the Iliac bushes, my friend Bin-
.ninger. I used to go . and see him quite
often, for ho liad the Ideal homo of the
•romancer. 1!>S wus the only perfect re
alization of love tu a uamarred
,ky any of the utoturomg elements of life,
that I had ever (eOfl.
. TIo had married. a benntiful girl, with
whom ho had fallen In lovei He had won
hef in spite of wealthy rivals and the op
position of wealthy parents. The whole
courtship was a kind of beautiful Infatua
tion. -Ho had a good position In * com-
mirclal house in Bcaycr street, nud,on 'a
m xlerute inOomp they had furnished this
Httlft home and settled down hito that
holy .selfishness which benlgnantly re-
-gnrds toe-rest of tho universe ns subsidiary
and contrlbuttvS.
c ' -And toe rest of the Universe appeared
to hato-eMcd- amd abetted tbe dream.
Everything bloomed and glowed and sang
for them unevciITTully. They were so
radiant with lov.e themselves that they
made the woril thine. - And I don’t think
anybody of either sex conld' have watched
them billing and cooing up there over the
bine Hudson like a pair of robins withont
feeling a happy kind of envy, mixed with
A protest against tho decrees of Tato for
haying concentrated all human happiness
in one pair.
Lon, as he called hey, was literally a
radiant woman. Her palo beauty was of
a passing word with !
after Lou. Two minutes with Hrnisshy
mi toe comer, who said he laid got hta
■team launch and was going to drop in at
Dobbs’ Ferry niin day with a cargo of
presents f-.-r Bobble*.
An hour’s worry over a firm oomplkA-
torn, in which one of the partners Lad
been unreasonable and curt; one by one
toe hours fall of hard application, melted
away. The voinee of the newsboys tohl
him toe afternoon papers were oak
Slowly tho day, which had been an exaa-
peratiugiy hot one, draw to a dote. Four
o'clock came at last, and he waa flying
uptown to the Forty-second street depot.
There was the usual crowd of business
fellows on toe train. They talked bone,
steamship, oiL They were light hearted,
careless and comumuicative, and toe
train dropped them all along, at Yonkers,
Blverdalc, Hastings.
At a few minutes past S o'clock Blnnin-
ger stood ou his graveled walk. He
had a little surprise in stare far Lou. He
waited for her to put her head through
the lilacs. He had grown accustomed to
tola little luxury of expectation and Im
patient welcome.
For the first timo ho was disappointed.
But in the three or four seconds that ha
stood there making a noise on tho gravel
with his cane, ho noticed how strangely
still the afternoon wae against toe blithe
ness of toe morning. - Than he went into
too house with a sudden eagerness.
- Bobbles was tied iu a high chair at the
window, iris head hanging over on hta
arm. His eyes were red. He had evi
dently cried himself to Bleep. The table
stood empty lathe middle of tho room.
He had pictured the dinner waiting and
the copper tea urn singing and steaming.
The Toiceleps place maddened him.
“Lotty,” he cried encouragingly, and
then Imperatively; stamping his foot.
Lotty put her head through the kitchen
door, looking ft little scared.
‘ Where’s Mrs. Binnlmtorf”
“Shore, and thin she a hoi come yeti”
“VToll, where’s the telcgramf Why
don’t yon give ine .the dispatch?"
• Indade. there’s nary dispatch at all,’*
Ho was losing hi* temper. He damned
toe country telegraph service.
“Get the dinner on the table. She’ll he
starved to death' when she get* here. 1*11
go down.and get the dispatch.”
“Nothing here, sir," said tho girl at the
telegraph office. .‘Td a sent It up 1*there
inni been.’*
He’d wait for toe next train.. It thim-;
dered along in a few minutes. .He told'
Charley Pmdy to waft wiilra hack. She’d-
be too tired to walk op the MIL He sayf
tho crowd get off. His wife was, not
among them. IL’a restlessness was grow
ing at a frightful pace. She mast he on
tho next train. 3
He tried to -laagh at Ms fears; called
himself a fool; Bnt no sooner hadtoe
done so than up rose with tctsJbie^t-
tinctness the great, Rwelteri« r Sty7v,ith'
its myriad dangers, its colliding 1
that beamy order Hint “emits an “aureole, death‘aid the'poiibUltr oTbii'dariSw '
\ou never could quite divest yourself of < haying fallen Into somo snare or met,with
the notion that a lambent, psychic light
fell on things when she loo?:. 2 ot them.
She was, I suppose, that perfect equipoise
of gentleness and .sweetness uud tender
ness that the poets have found no other
uuno for thou woman.
. _ met with
some Ho invented u thousand
absurd reasons to account let ahsaacw
and silence, and they only added to
misery by tbeir ingenious shallowness.
At 8 o'clock a new and terrible Idea
s^asss a,*5 Alisas
tlicre from the Clock Tower house, called ! «‘She will tiovpr h*Mx »»
ra r thc I ,. Eto<xl : He heart Bobbles ^ryta* ns he ap-
uu the lU'iivelcd jitith one oftcruoon Ad* t\iw><vi ?la ^ _* tt** < k,- < ,
mirins tho book fiLa.shte h—ffi—* U h”
bad never heard before, lie felt a cold
sense ot something down in Ms soul, as if
a relentless iron were woiking it* way
into Ms consciousness.
Ho walked the floor with Ms teeth set,
os though to keep too phantoms of hta
imagination bock.
miring tho bush lilacs. that hung drowsy
in their own perfume In great masse*
round the porch, and she came and put
her bright face through them to see who
it was. She lit tbe scene In an Instant.
After nil, flowers and sunshine Itself
were only frames for that sweet fhce. I
remember the shade of disappointment
that crossed it. She thought Binnlnger
had come.
Such women pierce every man with tiny
darts made of Ms own unworthiness.
But tho aerolite? Yes. Well, listen.
Do you recall the 29th of May, 188—?
Let me remind you of two things that oc
curred In New York. In the first place,
we had one of those unseasonable hot
spells that sometimes visit us for two or
three days in tho spring. People tell down
in tho streets, struck by the sun as with
a bludgeon. Then there wns a kind of
1'. .iplcnt riot np town, caused by a strike
of railroadmen.
It was a Friday morning. The shadows
of the lilacs were dancing across the wMte
cloth on tho breakfast table in Binnin-
gcr’s cottage. A* bobolink was pouring
out a bravura air exnltingly on the rail
of the porch. Yon could hear the stroke
of a steamer’s paddles on tho river below.
Every!Mng at this early hour was dewy
and coot And musical.
Binnlnger sot there at the table, drink
ing M3 coffee and trying to look at the
•.morning paper at tho srnno time. Lon sat
opposite him at the same table, dreamily
watching him.
In a high chair, rather prematurely,
was the curly headed Binnlnger, trying to
Mt the dancing shadows with a spoon.
“Jack,” said Mrs. Binnlnger, with a
pause. And Jack threw down the paper,
and with Ms coffee cup in Ms hand re
garded her with concentrated admiration
and tenderness.
“I’m going to toe city to-day.”
“Ha, hal” he cried. “’Ponmy word,
I believe yon are afraid to tell me what
yon want.”
“No, no,” she replied qnickly, “I don’t
want anything; It’s not that.”
“Isn’t it?”
“No, no. I must go down to the dress
maker’s, and I’ve some shopping to do.
But I can’t wait nnd come back with yon.
I must hurry home by 2 o’clock. You’ll
not mind, will you?”
“Yes, I shall mind,” he said. “Toknow
you are coming, and into that dingy old
office at 4 o’clock, makes the whole day
light. Must you go?”
“I really must. I wont my dress for
Sunday, and there’s a lot of other things.
And so the long night passed with no
wife, and only the scb3 of the child, wak
ing at intervals and calling for “Mu."
As soon as it was light Lotty went over
nnd brought Mrs. Chamberlain, a neigh
bor. She looked at Binninger with con
cern. His whole face had changed
She tried to cliccr him with a woman’s
finesse and dnplicity.
“Wha’t a boy you are," she said; “Lou
has been detained by somebody, and she
has neglected to wire yon because she ex
pected to come back. Yon are borrowing'
trouble. It’s annoying, but certainly not
serious. I’vo done It myself. -You will
go down and make some inquiries,
I’ll stay here till she comes, and then tel
egraph you.” This is tho slap on the
back of the hearty man when tho bell of
doom is tolling in your soul.
Tho aerolite had fallen.
The next day passed hopelessly and
helplessly.
Lou never came back to the cottage.
She was lying there on a slab in the
morgue, waiting to tic identified.
Love was searching the earth for her,
and made sure to come at last, when ail
hope gave out, to this ghastly finale.
Lou had hurried across town from her
dressmaker to sec a maid who had adver
tised. She had been compelled, cm account
of a street disturbance, to get cut of the
vehicle and walk. In Forty-second street
at 1 o’clock she fell under toe rays of the
ami and was carried into the hallway of a
tenement house. Ten minutes later a
mob surged through the streets, chased by
toe police. Some of the vicious characters
who always swarm on such occasions took
refuge in this house. One woman polled
the dress half off the insensible lady and
then wrapped her own dirty and ragged .
shawl abont her. Rough men fought over
her body. She was mistaken afterward
for oue of the same class, and an ambu
lance carried her to the hospital, where
she died while Binninger was waiting for
the 8:31 train.
I went up to the fnnernL I didn’t know
Binninger. He looked so tired and fright
ened.
But I shall never forget the strange odor
of those lilacs. I stood there aud saw
„ ,, ... “. them carry out the coffin, and heart
ot fiP and looking j Bobbles-eomevhere r.pstairs sobbing and
at his watch, “by Jove, I vo only got, calling.—In yin Crinkle iu New York
seven minutes to catch that train. Good- ■ NYorld
by, Bobbles 1” And ho kissed the curly ’ ——
headed boy, put Ins arms round his wife,
seized ld3 hat, stood there ot the dcor a
moment aud came back and kissed her
again.
“Jack,” said she, “if you don’t think I
ought to go”
“Aly dear, if yon must go, don’t be.!
foolish and tire yourself out running all - ..
. over town, tfi-.d don't, c n ymtr. l;fe, fall’to setting ont, in a solution composed of
bo liflrw when I- oome back. Good by. I’ve One large spoonful of salt and one oanoe
"j ■■. «: > f of copperas to a pail of water. .. ^
Simple Preventive of Grabs*
A Mississippi grower advises a simple
preventive cf grubs after having tested
Its efficacy. To prevent grubs working yffi
at strawberry roots when set out,
other transplanted plants, like tomatoes
and cabbage, dip the plant roots, previous
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