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P HOF ESSION A L C A1 i DS.
A. F. Daley, Attorney at Law, Wriglits
ville. Ga. Will practice in this and adjoin¬
ing comities, and elsewhere by special cn
gageincnt '[January 7, 1380-1 y.
Waller It. Daley, Attorney and Coun¬
selor at Law. Wrightsvillo, Ga.
Vernon I>. Robinson, Bachelor of Law
arid Solicitor in Equity. Wriglitsville, Ga,
Moderate fees charged, and satisfaction
guaranteed. Coilcetions and Criminal Law
specialties.
J. K. Hightower, Attorney at Law, Dub
lin. Ga.
Dr. I\ M. .foil'-isoii, Lovett. Ga. Calls
promptly attended day or night.
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cine nml Surgery, \Y riglitsvilie, Ga, Calls
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Dr. c. Ii irks, Physician and Consulting
Surgeon. Dublin. Ga.
F. II. Saffold. Attorney at Law, Faud
ersville. Ga. Will pn,ctiee in all the Courts
of tlic .Middle Circuit, and in tin- counties
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turn. January 7, 1886- ly
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AURANTII
Most of the diKP.asefl which afflict mankind are origin*
ally caused by a disordered condition of the LI V ER«
For all complaints of this kind, fsucb as Torpidity of
tho Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indirec¬
tion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation. Flatu¬
lency, Eructations and Burning of the Stomach
(sometimes called Heartburn). Miasma, Malaria,
Bloody Flux, Chills and Fever, Breakbone Fever,
Exhaustion before or after Fever*. Chronic Diar- I
rhfBa, Loss of Appetite. Headache, F^ul Breath,
Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-down 1
Paina, Back¬ ST flDIGER’S flURAWTII
ache, Ac., Ac,
to Invaluable- It is not a panacea for all ditma»ert,
bnt wUStB al* diseases of the LIVER,
will STOMACH and BOWELS.
It changes the complexion fnmi a waxy, yellow !
tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes
low, gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL*
TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE :
BLOOD, and is A VALUABLE TONIC* i
STADICER’S AURANTII
Far sals by all Druggists. Price f 1,00 per bottl*
C. F. STADICER, Proprietor,
*40 so. FRtMtT ST., Philadelphia, Pa*
jmte JO, 1886-ly.
Take ixiotice.
This is to forewarn all persons pot to
hire or harbor my left son, Epqclj A- Oliver,
a mhtor who The-ltiw has will his home be enforced wDjfftutniv all
permission. doing, ,}. 1’. D. OLIVER, on
those so
jiuie 10 It WtitffflsvHle. ffk
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W.rjghtsville, Ga., August 2S,, 1880.
EGGS FULL OF WHISKY
A HOSTOV USOCKtt’s HEVICE TO KVA 1>K
THE MAINE 1..VW.
J'rout the Boston Glohe.
Very distinct trails of the serpent
that bitetli like an adder have been
observed in Maine, Rlvod^Is^m^^
tew#
2 ALp
noMeps WP
have "how e»ad f 8 * 1
poses, woi
stuff came.there, wfac»«ojgpu|r «»id
officials are on* hand to prevdbt it. In
. Ar-,;,w. .une tL O ; i. . a n criminal offtn.t tosc.l
anything harder than soua water,
yet drunken men are seen on the
^
streets of the larger towns every day,
and the local Judges are kept busy
iu finiug people for being intoxicat
ed. I he same results are noticed in
Rhode Island, only to a larger de¬
gree. All these symptoms lead a
philosophical mind to ask: “Where
do they get their liquor? The boats,
cars, stages and express companies
are all watched, and everything sus¬
picious is overhauled and inspected
daily. Where does the liquo 1- come
from?”
It coir.cs from many sources. There
are many holes in the legal skimmer,
and p\cry $nc leaks a little. In the
first-place, A great deal of liquor, par¬
ticularly beer Ami ale, is shipped in
barrels to groeewam! marked “Ron
nmda onions,” or “Cincinnati bams,”
or something of the kind. Then there
arc plenty of coasters that c«*nc to,
Roston loaded with lumber and go
back to .Maine with a g&edly supply
of warming fluids stored away iu sly
places and delivered to those who
want it in boats that land on the riv
er banks at the side of lonely woo<fc
land roads, and turn over their
freight to innoccnt.looking farmers
with faces as guileless as cherubs.
Every move of the prohibitiouists
has been met by a counter move by
men who want tlieirtoddy, wid
in spite of heavy fines %iid irnprison
men t, of constitutional amendments
and moral * suasion, the Sian who
wants his morning cocktail can get
it in any State of the Union, proyid
ed he wants if bad enough.
There is a little back office on Con¬
grvM. street, near Franklin street,
that looks very much like a small
grocery store, kept by a neat old
maid. On the counter is a pair of
scales, a show case, brown paper,
thread, and all the fixings of a coun¬
try store. On the shelves against the
wall are red tin boxes full of tea and
jars and bottles innumerable. In
front of the counter on the floor is a
large wooden egg ease, capable of
holding forty-nine dozens when full
while near by is a small pasteboard
box, partitioned off into twelve com¬
partments, in every one of which lies
a big egg, white and clean as chalk.
In fact, they arc so very white that
a man would at once suspect them
of being nest eggs, such as unskilled
pullets use for patterns when they
begin to lay.
“There are some there,” said the
proprietor, pointing to the box, ‘that
are as fresh as any in the city. I’ll
warrant them every time.”
“IIov much are they a dozen?”
“One dollar. Don't be in a burry.’
continued the proprietor, with a
smile. “Just take one of these and
try it, and if you say you ever saw
such eggs before I’ll buy you a do¬
zen at any market in Roston,” Sav¬
ing this lie took lip an egg, loosed
the waz that adhered to the small
end. drew out a plug, hjsertod a
straw, pushed it over the counter,
and said:
“Now she’s all ready. Suck away.’
The artist complied, and instead |
tastingf . egg, , he found Ins t tongue
assailed by first-class sherry. The ^ j
gg- wa» no egg at all, but justa glass
shell filled with wine and stopped
up. • r * -
“It is of- myideas,” remarked *
one
the grocer. ' “I got it up to sell in
M a i ne and Qtlier places where such
stuff t? fprbKlaen. - -*Vi»e „ eggs '„„„ ynna i^i,»
two-tliihls of a gill, or two-tlitf® of
» ri'ffltnon whisky glass., so, you sec
one wtll fttrnisB a gooftsqa^Crifik,
to any man who isn’t ahog. - 1 *
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a (*%*
“The eggs are made of common
glass. At first f put on e^fflf&Aied
cloth, but that leaked, and I had to
plug the hole with wood andHotpr
it with white wax. That wtortetfiljaC
rate.
“As yet I have filled them with
but three lulidtrof liquor-whisky, * J 7
sberr , y and , daret , ; but 1 am ,n t0
g° S
make some brandy eggs soon. I sell
mv eggs for #1 *• dozen, and they rej.
T5 cents each; \hoiigli I shall
havo to ask a little more for those.
tM% tf,a * Usc na ' c brandv ,ran<tY - l 1 8UUlal0Ct stU(Wlcd u 1111 „ the uu
idea about a.month ago, and I have
a pplJ e d for a patent on it, which I
think I shall get.”
“How many have you sold?”
*‘Ob, I haven’t pushed them much
on acc ount of not getting glass eggs
enough. I have sold 200 or 300
dozen in Maine, and have about as
many more ready to ship. As for
Rhode Island, I haven’t tried that
market any to speak of. I find my
eggs sell very well right here. Peo¬
ple want them as curiosities. If a
man is on a train ho can just reach
down into his gripsack, take out an
egg with his handkerchief, put in his
straw, and pull away without attract!
ing notice. Drummers who have
used my eggs say it is much better
than to drink out of a bottle. It
don’t draw any attention.”
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Kiasiug the Wrong Corpse
During the “troubles” a young
Confederate miss xvas passing thro’
one of the hospitals, when it was re¬
marked that a prisoner, a lieutenant,
had died that morning. “Oh, where
is he? Let me kiss him for his moth¬
er!” exclaimed the maiden, The
attendant led her into the adjoining
Wjird^ whim .discovering Lieutenant
H--, of the Fifth Arkansas, ly¬
ing fast asleep on his hospital couch,
pointed him out to the girl. She
sprang forward and, bending over
him, said: “Oh, you dear lieutenant,
let me kiss you for your mother!”-—
What was her surprise when the
awakened “corpse” ardently clasped
her in his arms, returned the salute,
and.then exclaimed: “Never mind
the old, lady, miss; go it on your own
account. I haven’t the slightost ob¬
jection, on the contrary, should like
it repeated by every pretty girl iu
the Confederacy.” Oh, who wouldn’t
be a soldier.
—— «4t >► •
A Burglar Bagged by a Woman.
Han Antoaia, Texas, August 15.
—One of the bravest deeds ever on
actsd in San Antonia by a lady oc
curred this afternnon. Mrs. Andy
Rattle is the name of the heroine.—
She is the wife of a Pacific express
driver. While she was alone in the
house this afternoon, and sound
asleep, Antonio Lopez, a Mexican
burglar, entered, and after securing
a bundle of household goods he
tried to take her pocket-book from
her person. When siie first awaken¬
ed she discovered bis presence, and
drawing an old Derringer pistol, not
loaded, commanded him to drop her
property, which be did. She then
held lnm Sftfely until the Arrival «i ;
police officer./-The burglar is now in ;
jail. J The brave little woman has
been heartily congratulated.
Business Complications.
A Pakotian met an old friend
while on an Eastern trip.
“I hear that Rill Applejack failed who
went out to youv country has
in business.”
“Yes.”
“Hard times?”
“No.”
“Too much competition?”
“No, I think not.”
“'loo little attention te business?”
“?'»• >'« "<>*<* *»»rd.”
“I don’t see why he tailed, determined then.”
•< Well you sec, a few
g en tleinen on the board of trade got
a new ineli rope around bis neck and
forced hint to make an assignment.”
“Horses?” ...
“Horses.”—Kstelliiie Bell.
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“Willful waste makes woeful
Do not' cook another joint
while any of the.last remains uneat¬
en. Hash it up . and with gravy and
a little management make <HJt
otlHT la.v’s ditmer
S*“S“!"B!B!“SH®^iB!5BgHBH!8
BURNED AT TfiE STAKE!
' #, _ «*, Vatu k T7* k
Tin: \w 1 . 111 , of ^GaMf AtoUve i»e
TOitK Tint War.
A letter from Lexington, Ga., recently
appeared in the New York Dikpateh which
tells i>f the burning liefiiro the war of a jie
grt> inurderer: 0
|n a conversation with Uncle Jerry
Thomas, an old ami esteemed resident of
?*i ly till, place, particulars he sahit of ‘‘I the \vas burmn^ reading ot recent- negro
a
rapist alive in Alabama,Avith all the fiend
isMorfure inpiginablc. It vividly brolignt
mind an affair that I witnessed right
u^inuus county a,qnuner m * henlury
*K°- the "'collection of which haunts my
,nrmor - v ' 0,10 of ,hPl,esl ci,iwns in
■
thorpe was hrutnlly murdered in a most
treacherous manuer by a negro. The mm
derer escaped, but as soon as the hews of
the deed reached the ears of the neighbors,
hundreds of excited men were on the trail,
The fellow was found in a skunk pen and
dragged forth from his place of conceal¬
ment. At that time there lived iu our coun¬
ty several cruel and desperate men, who
had plenty of money mid feared neither
God nor devil. Into their hands, unfor
tunately, the negro fell. For three days
he was kept chained in an old outhouse aiul
the most horrible tortures put upon him.
lie was even whipped with hair saws, and
it is siiid his tormentors poured spirits of
turpentine on his wounds to add to lii.s suf¬
fering. The negro was very stubborn and
courageous, and was insolent' to the end.
It seemed impossible to break his spirit,
and this fact only enraged Ids captors the
more. The most horrible stories were told
of the cruelties inflicted upon the negro,
hut of tlieui l knew nothing, until the news
spread over the .surrounding country like
wildfire lint! on an appointed day the mur¬
derer would be burned alive.
“There is always a mysterious attraction
in such horrors for the masses, and when I
reached the scene of the murder I found the
highway filled with men going to witness
the death of a human being by tire—tin
most painful and horrible of all methods of
death. But all of those parties did not
come to satisfy their thirst for the horrible,
hut their motives were of a higher order and
their mission was to try and pershade the
uh»U to let tin- law Ukeits eoui^e. Tlxt Wkr
Hon. Zaeli Clark was the leader among this
law-ubidiug class. But it was like beating
straws against a cyclone to try and stay the
vengeance of the vigilantes. The murdered
man was one of Oglethorpe's honored and
most popular citizens, and even those who
would not lake a hand in the burning felt
no disposition to interfere.
“Du-sable prisoner was chained in the
yardj'aml while his face bore evidence of
mnl-li suffering and torture through which
he hid passed, there was a resolute, detiuu'
look on his face that showed that he wax
not Cowed. This lost the negro much sym
pathy. A half dozen men had taken upon
themselves the management of the entire
matter, and they were cold-blooded and
nieiciless. At the appointed timet!,e loader
walked n i up to . t .t lie negro, unloosed !.-■<• lnm from
*
,, the tree . to winch . , lie was chained, , . , and , an
nounml that the sentence , passed , upon
the prisoner was that he should he burned
ahveat the stake, and they were about now
to put the sentence into execution. Throw
nig one end of theeliain over his shoulder,
the judge walked off, the negro following
la-hind with a grin on his block face. It
won afterward said that he said no white
nianiwould burn good property like him,
as he was worth too much money fort li.it.
The fellow thought that after being severely
punished lie would be run off and sold in
the Mississippi swamps, as r.as done with
all unconquerable slaves. The crowd fol
lowed close behind. I secured a place near
the prisoner. There were a numbci of m
grocs also in the party, as the planters
thought this a good time and plaeeto teach
tlu-m a lesson. If his race Imd any sympa
thy for the doomed man they did not show
it by sign or word. Ife was carried down a
lull jmd u elejirin^ whs rciichcti. Xtfiir tlic*
stream was growing a little sappling, and
at tlmt the crowd halted, The murderer
was then chained to the tree and the spec
tutors asked to gather fagotsand pile them
around the human offering on the shrine of
revenge. Only ,, , a , few , lent . their . assistance. . .
There were several little chddrcn , of , the ,,
doom-d negro'who had followed the pro
cession from the yard. They saw the white
men gathering brush and piling it at their
father's feet, and innocently set at work.
Up to this time a number of the white men
present did not believe, that the mob would
carry out their threat, and they hurriedly
hcl«F# consultation. It resulted in Colonel
Chirk springing upon a stump and begging
tin? iacd) not to resort to such brutalitv. but
let U»e man te tried and exeeuted accord
ing to law. But Colonel Clark win order
cil to keep his mouth closed or he would
get into trouble.
“At this tinie-a match was struck and the
funeral pyre ignited. The fuel being very
dry, it a^once blazed lorth, and for the first
title tile murde-er realized his doom, He
qgK4*% most appealing look at his
. irrs #nd exclaimed aloud :
“‘Great God, white folks! You ain't
te lmrn a man alive!’
r “Hc-wns answered with jeers from the
and fresh fqvl was thrown on the
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Terms--*$ 1.00 per annum
blaze. It was » most liorrible sight. I
lieverwaut to witness such aitotlwr AeneT
for it haunted m<* for ycaht afterward.^
W hile d»‘ negro did iwt speak affina l
could niesof «cc the that damned. he was sufferiiig The nU tl»^4go. wduld
names
raise great blisters on his flesh. aWHhe*
would soon burst. His liCMiy Hmbs
would brown and wither, Hh* contortions
were horrible. He trled<ffk«$a oundmnn to
tear ltiniselfloo.se from the chains, and
v. ould squirm amlurithc about '.,, great
ceased. More hrusl- was beapdd dfrvmml
Uu- now dead ’totjildY'urn » j fcfcinHg -
began. Tli* limbs off and fall
■ io il.e ground, ami the head dropped from
'S3K^^(S£?2!
body.* This was raked up iu a heap with
sticks, pine knots and chunks of wood
heaped thereon. At last *t was supposed
that everything was consumed, but it is
said that the next day a, curious neighbor
passed the spot, and raking shriveled- ni the ashes
found the murderer’s heart and
dried but still unburned He dbg a hole
at the root of the tree and buried it. This
terrible affair certainly was a salutary les
sou on the negroes of our county, for there
had lately been several outrages and mur¬
ders, and they at ogee ceased. Few, if
any, of the better class of citizens indors¬
ed the burning, and it was a source of deep
mortification to them. To the credit of
old Oglethorpe 1 will say that not a single
mail who had a hand in that outrage is
now living in our county. They arc all
dead or have moved away, and it seems
that a'ciirsnr has followed them tlivo' life.
They first lost their property, and seemed
to reap nothing but trouble and miseiy and
disappointment. The place where this uc
gro was burned 1-as long borne the reputa¬
tion of being haunted, and I have passed
it at all lioiirVfif the day ami night’ ami
tlie only tiling tlmt haunted me was tin
picture of the vi< tim at the stake, and that
will never leave my Although 1
had no hand in the burning of (hat poor
devil of a negro, 1 would give $1,000 if I
had staid away. The murderer belonged
a very smart but bad fa mily of negroes, one
of whom wus jiauged, two shot and killed
while resisting arrest, and suiutUciy mmere
youth, murdered his father. The family
is thinned out now, but a few of them yet
live in this county, hut so fur as I know,
conduct themselves well,” *'
A Happy thought
Young wife to husband—I don’t
see how wo can get along tiffs way
mncli longer, bills come in every
<k D t hat we Cftii t pay, aiul I sul wor
death about them,
Husband (diseonragiiigly ) I in
' ilu < ' ^ don t see what we can <jo. J
p K t ‘ n Rio W rong side of oil
,,r tl,re « now > aml cotiWu’l
Huy enough crude stuff to blow me
U P }' “J ,te ha < ‘ l l »»P^y 10 !’ aY '"«! . casl a ' "M ,
—'V e might ° fly to Europe,
Husband (adtnmngl ' v) — 1 hat . s
just .... it. .... \\ hat a clever , little woman
J
are j k|)ow could|dt MV ; m
lht . t , )c waIk woll|d be cortain
b( . too (];u and wo bave no
t0 pay for a steamer passage. Now,
yo „ liaV(! s „„„ t . st0( l lbl) vory t.hincr.
Suppose you get the wings ready to¬
day , and I’ll liuste around ami pro
cure feed enough to carry us over.—
Graphic.
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“1 esterday Stewart Roll, colored,
swore out a search warrant against
some negroes living in the alley back
ot the 1 ransfer stables, and Railiff
Abney undertook to execute it, but
met with a rather warm reception,
^ ben lie attempted to search the
bouse \Y illie Y\ right, Maria \\ right
entered an earnest protest. Raliff
Abney b»n, insisted, and the negroes piled
? n nini pulling his lively hair and scratch
up in <i uimiiici • One
d the u omen pulled out a "bole
0 wliwkcrn, and the bailiff
,a( t0 ar ®» nd >» « bvely manner
t0 ket ‘P bimself together. I mally as
fi,Sta,,ce a, n ' ed ’ an< ll “t three lie
groes ? were al arrested and arraigned
for a preliminary , . trial . . , tor .. interfering .
wkh | l „ offioer in lbe discharge of
Ris duty. They were all held for
trial, and wot being able to give
bond, were sent to jail.—Columbus
Enquirer.
Seventeen young and pretty maid
ens, none under sweet sixteen and
none very much over.that halcyon
age, all residents of Ruffalo, have
, ust WAU,,d verytpleasant
-l “P a vaca
tion on a strictly original plan. They
hired a cottage at Eden Centre and
ian it themselves for about 2 weeks,
doing tlieir own housekeeping, bak¬
ing and washing. The summer days
about were spent in botonizing, tramping
oven* field and through dells
and in running a Face to see which
would come out the fastest , and
brownest. All wept home with con¬
siderable addition lb their avoirdu
j pois and as broffp jw Spanish seno
ritan. '
——
: FARM EXPERIMENTS.
tori ?y cArt be wade at smatx cost
axi> to urkat adsvstagk.
right to make discoveries docs
^ . , hblo,1 , S exclusively , . , to . scientists, . x
nor are all the advantages derived
from a knowledge of the art of agri
culture procured from them. Mjich
as may be said against the lack of
^rprisQ on the part of thfe farmer,
?*■!•*-.•« many respects. —,«!* Dirt he do
* can
iwbte if he wtH. is OiTfi of ihjiiflpl*^** e^ 1 ”?}
in farmsra that tryibg 4 Ui
ments . They willingly enough adopt
l ' lc l S 1( l plan of some iioighbop. af
tu J emg satisfied of its advantage,
but the fact is, very few farmers von
tnre to experiment for themselves,
If every farmer in the country
wouId try aiul experiment with some
,... klml , <* f . l' lant , . such , as corn, wheat, ,
»
01 " batevei may be preferred for
f° r 0,10 season only, the result would
bo to add millions of dollars to the
productions of this country. Such
experiments need take but a few
hours’ time, and be conducted at ait
almost insignificant cost. It is an
easy matter to know just what a fer¬
tilizer that has been purchased will
do. A row one hundred feet long
(and, for an acre, with the rows about
two feet apart,) will give a basis for
mkmiatioii, as an acre so planted
will give aflout twenty-two rows,
each one hundred feet long.
The fanner may, with this rule to
guide him, experiment with several
rows of different seeds side by side,
and multiply the rows by twenty*
two, which will give him the same
results as though he had experiment¬
ed with an acre. This would place
him in a position to know just what
to use as a fertilizer for any special
.crop, instead of spending large sinus
oil an entile field foi the same pur¬
pose.-—Farm, Field and Stockman.
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On last Friday night a lT-yeai -old
negro hoy attempted to commit an
outrage on the person of Mrs. Jano
Smith, the wife of Mr. Ilamp Smith
of Alpharetta Mr. Smith had gone
to llolbiook’s cainpineeting, leaving
Mrs. Smith at home, and with her a
negro boy named Rill, about 17
years old, whom Mr. Smith reared,
who sleeps in one room of the dwell¬
ing house. On Friday night Mrs.
Smith attended church, going homo
after 0 o’clock. She retired and soon
fell into a doze of sleep, from which
she was aroused by some one pulling
at the bed cover. She raised up in
bed and seeing something lying near
or partly under her bed, she put out
her hand, touched it and found that
it was a person. Sumping out of bed
she called loudly for Rill to protect
Her. Near her was a doulbie-barreled
shotgun. She gathered this and cocki
ed it to shoot, but the boy, who prov¬
ed to be Rill, sprang out of thy win¬
dow and ran off before she could fire
Mrs. Smith took the gun and went
to the house of J. M. Smith, her
step-brother, nearly half a mile away,
who went with others to capture Rill
but he had fled and is still at large.
Mr. Smith lives just in the edge of
town, and there is no other person
living near him. It is not known
what Rill’s fate will be if caught.
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Origin of Crazy Quilts
“Crazy” patchwork originated in
the following manner: A certain ti¬
tled lady, while learning embroidery
injan English seminary, lost her mind[
and it became necessary to confine
her in a private madhouse. She still
retained her passion for needlwork,
and spent most of her time in uniting
pieces of material furnished her from
the madhouse scrapbag. Although
unable to pel form the difficult stitch¬
es of embroidery work, it was not
tieed that in joining the odds and
ends of material given her she inva¬
riably used contrasting or assimila*
ting colors of thread or silk, and
that nearly every stitch was differ¬
ent from the others. Specimens of
her work found their way outside of
the asylum, and since then millions
of women, apparently sane, havo
found delight in imitating the hand¬
iwork of the crazy countess,