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f . oung Ojvlosid on Fire. Saturday oveoiug a tout I o'clock a strange pheoomenoa was witucsnod in the southern portion of town. Mr. H. C. Harrison hearing a great rearing in tho elometjos, went out to see what it was. Though tho sky Wsa clear and the sun shining in all its splendor, a email funnel shaped dead .vaa seen approaching from the southwest, at a rapid rate, attended with a rumbling sound like thunder. Tho Whirling body would rise and fall, and occasion al reports were heard, described as soundin* like the explosion of oil bar rels in a fite. The body passed between Mr. Harrison's house and tho colored Baptist church; crossed the street, then turned in the direction of tbs old Sul well place, In crossing a sandy flat a shaft ol sand was elevated high in the air, having the appearance of almost a eolid pillow. The body afterwards assumed tho appearance of fire, and groat flaming tonguss emerged from the top as from a burning building, emiting host for some distance, which was felt by those who witnessed the scene. In passing through a cotton patch some leaves were scorched to a crisp, and others on the same stalk un harmed. We were shown one stalk that was wrung almost off,* and the loaves, blooms and forma looked al most as dry as they do after frost. The body passed iuto a skirt of pines and disappeared. The eight was witnessed by several white and colored, some of whom say they never want to vritness another such scene. — [Walton News. B n Butler on :he tariff: “I am O', tie largest woolen nianu r a'.tur ers i the united States. Ido not say this bosmngly, but to show that I am j -i ia the views I hold. The c th ! wear 2 ’ —placing his Land on his coat-sleeve —“is of my own mana ft: ’or •, and T notice several gentlemen l>: nd izt<‘ who wear the same. On these goods there is a tariff of 60 per coat, Republican orators and news paper* tel!-yon this tariff is to protect the mill laborers. Twenty per oent will pay nor entire labor expense . What do you suppose becomes of the other 10 per e-n ? ih. sft same repub licau orator ■ and new- per tell you it goes info the united States Treaemy N'-f a dollar reaches there. Every cent gpe.s into my pocket.” (Slapp ing hie band on his pocket vigoriously to give emphasis to his words.) “And every one of you is paying this boun ty to the woolen manufacturers. The whole tariff scheme fs an imposition and a fraud to the American people ” The White Caps in Indiana. Sr. Louis, Mo., Aug. 18 —A spe cial from Evansyille, Ind., states that some startling revelations are just be ing matle concerning the operations ot the “White Caps” organization. White the infamous operations of the lawless gang have been known, the fountain head of the organization lias remained a mystery. This is now feeing revealed through a clever rusa. A detective whose name is withheld for prudential rea sons, joined the “White Caps” with a view of securing evidence for the sup pression of the lawlessness organiza tion. He was employed by citizens of Harrison, Crawford and Perry counties, and is a gentleman of unim peachable character. The detective joined the organization in Harrison county two mouths ago and states that the oath demanded of every candi data is blood curdling in its provisions, the penalty of its violation being death. The < srdn-.are must also swear that ho baa been scecvsory to crime, which ! is held ovoi him to prevent treachery. Once admitted, he was subjected to tnuuy curious tests in order to tost his sincerity. These stages of initiation having been successfully passed, the purposes of the order were unfolded. Ttoese consist in enumeration of mock morality and punishment of citizens for alleged offenses, without appeal to law. Tho order does not countenance murder, and r te members think they arc working ia a good catfstf. The ohiefheadquarters era near English, and in tho order number about* 200. Brother Jonah Blaine. There can hardly boa doubt that the republican party, in turning to Brother Blaine for relief, has again placed its destiny in the bands of its Jonah. The campaign was dull and apathetic before Brother Blaine erriv cd. Candidate Harrison was so com pletely smothered by the weight and size of his grandfather’s hat that his identity was lost. All that he could do was to shako the hands of his fel low citizens of Indianapolis ia an apa thetic way, and make perfunctory re marks in reply to their congratulations The campaign was a very dull and dragging one, but everything was to be changed when Brother Blaine, “the greatest lining statesman,” made his appearanco on the stage. Tho “greatest living statesman,” has mads his appearance and the campaign is not only livelier than it was, but it is far livelier than the most impatient republican could wish. Brother Blaine, true to his record as the Jonah of the republican party, has already begun to cut his remarkable capers. He ap pears to boa blunderer from the word go, and his methods now arc not es- sentialiy different from what they were when he pounced on Mulligan and seized the incriminating corres pondence. He has enlivened the campaign, but not in a way to help the republican cause In hi? Portland speech he makes these remarks: •‘When President Cleveland deliver ed his message be had something to say to the American people about the danger of ‘trusts.’ I think there have since been no democratic papers in the country, whether they understood the •meaning of the word or not, that have not been constantly warning the peo ple as to the possible danger of trusts. Well, I shall not discuss trusts this afternoon. I shall not venture to say that they arS altogether advantageous or disadvantageous. They are large- ly private affairs, with which neither President Cleveland nor any private person has any right to interfere. Already there are quite a number of prompt republican explanations of these Burch ard declarations. Colonel Dudley, the man who bought up votes at two dollars a head in Indiana, says that Brother Blaine ‘probably did not think about what ho was saying.’ And yet if Brother Blaine has read the republican platform ho ought to know that it condemns trusts.” Another republican theory is that Brother Jonah Blaine is not aware of the state ot public sentiment in this country towards trusts. Nevertheless he ought to know that trusts of any sort are in the nature of a crime against the public. Still another theory is that Brother Jonah Blaine, knowing the situation as only a cunning politician can know it, has taj|en this opportunity to run his North Ametican j ack knife between Candidate Harrison’s ribs. If this was bis purpose, ho has succeeded admirab ly, for there is no honest American voter in this land but believes that Pre.sident Cleveland, as well as any private per sou, has the right to inter fere with trusts to the extent gf his ability.—[Constitution. Railway brain is a term applied by Dr. Thomson to a uoueroeis or general derangement of tho nurte produced by •i shock received by tho head on a railway-car. In the particular case de scribed, no wound was received and consciousness' was preserved at the time ol the injury. A-fterward the patient became melancholic, and com plained of insomnia, headache, spiual pain, weariness and failure of appetite, A hygienic and palliative treatment was given. How Convicts are treated in Raspian Prisons. I had heard only a few days ago fornau Engdshman horn in Russia, that the worst of Russian criminals were put down in quicksilver mines in Siberia, where they were speedily killed by unhealthy fumes. Like many others, 1 at race believed tie story, but little thought I should ‘one day have the satisfaction of kicking the bottom out of it, by proclaiming, after crossing the eoantry myself, there were no such things in Siberia as quicksil ver mines, and challenging any one to bring proof that there ever had been As an instance, however, oftbe pertin acity with which a .‘also idea contin ues to spread and be believed, i may mention that after my return I was speaking with the editor of a leading Pittsburg journal, who assured me that I was quite mistaken in suppos ing there were no quicksilver mines in Siberia. Upon my maintaining the contrary, he declare ! that he could bring me proof on tho spot, which ac eonlingly he left the room to do, but returned begging my pardon, and say ing that they were silver mines. Thinr blefulls of aigental mercury have been found, no doubt, here and there in Si beria, as at Kolyvan, and a released political exile told me that he heard, many miles distant, that there was a small quicksilver mine at Nertchinsk, but too poor to be worth working. When, however, be was deponed to four places in succession about Nert chinsk, he beard nothing more of the said “quicksilver” mine, and neither bo nor any other released exiH who had worked there in the silver mines, and whom I questioned, perceived, they said, any objectionable “fumes.” Another point on which false infor mation has been spread relates to the manner prisoners wear their chains, which some, like the author of “Call ed Back,” would have us believe is under their trousers. But this is pure ly a hoax. I have in my possession pairs of Russian handcuffs and leg chains, and a prison suit which 1 ob tained in Siberia, whero also I saw scores, not to say hundreds, of leg chains. The last consist each of two rings, to be riveted round the ankles anu attached by a chain thirty inohes long, which, for convenience in walk ing, is suspended in the middle by a strip of leather from the waist. Be tween the ringß and the prisoner's skin there is worn, first, a coarse woolen stocking, and over that a piece of thick b'nen cloth; vhen come the trousers, over which is bound round the shin a leather gaiter. How, then, could these ohains be worn under the trous ers?' Tho chains in my possession weigh five and a quarter pounds. 0-Ti V* & IPfWWAT* Pjr f^A , JL 0 tv Wila v ::[j — , * — 11 i JRMONJ' G ROVE/ DEALERS IN Plantation Supplies. We Keep in stock a toll supply of good and fresh goods. We can not ba surpassed in Quality and Durability. We buy at lowest market figures; we defy competition in prices. Wo want only a living profit on our sales. Wo de not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do we wish to accumulate their fortunes. We are receiving daily, a full supply of oar Customers every day wants. Country Produoe Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Prices. Athens Music House, 114 Clayton Street, Next Door to Poatoffice, Athens, Georgia. Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors, B Keeps always on hand the Dest makes of VIOLINS AND BANJOS And all kinds of hfbsical Instruments at the very lowest prices for Cash, or on the Installment plan. Written garanteeon all instruments sold. Special reduced rates to ohuroli es and Sunday schools. Pictures and Picture Frames a specialty. All sizes and styles of F rames made to order at short notice. Buy from us and save agents’ commissions. 16 Consult Your Interests by Buying Y o ur Drugs And Medicines FROM WADE & SLEDGE, Athens, Ga, We sell at tho lowest possible price, and gurante® every article to ba abso lately Pare. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. Remember the name and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmacists. Between Hodgson Bros,, and Talrnadge Bros,, Clayton Street. 16,