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rSRSI . VOLUME IX. DUBLIN. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY APRIL. 13 1887. NUMBER 38. Professional Cards. DR. W. C. GIBSON, Macon, Georgia. 35 1.-8 COTTON AVENUE. Treats diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat, Nose, and Skin diseases. [mar 80 ly W. T. PARK, M. D. 8J Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga, * lit Celebrated many years for his cures of the worst forms of stomach, liver, bowel, kid ney and bladder diseases, dropsy, heart and lung troubles, catarrh, etc., all blood diseases, nerve disorders, nervousness, neuralgia, rheumatism, debility, female complaints, opium and whisky habits, private diseases, sexual weakness, etc. Furnishes medical advice, medicine, etc., to the afflicted at their homes through mail, express, or otherwise or takes them under his personal care in Atlanta. Call on or write to him giving a history and statement of your affliction, symptons, age, sex, etc., enclosing postage for reply. Dr. P. M. JOHNSON, PRACTITIONER, . Lovett, Georgia. C ALLS ATTENDED TO AT ALL hours, Day and Night. mch85 tf. Dr. J. L. LINDER [SIX MILS NOBTU or DUBLIN.J OFFERS his services to the public at large. Calls promptly attended to, day or night. Office at residence. aug 20, ’84 ly. CHARLES HfCKS, M. D., PRACTITIONER. ' Dublin. - Georgia. sfi' - WHY HE WAS SILENT. Sal at--. ]fc20, mi DR. G. F. GREEN, PRACTITIONER. Dublin, Georgia. '"1 ALLS* ATTENDED TO AT ALL A^hours, Obstetrics aSpccialty. Offloe Residence T. L. CRINER, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Dublin Georgia. may 21 tf; * - j|lfe £■& FELDER A SANDERS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Dublin. - - Georgia. Will practice in the court!? of the Oco nee, Ocmulgee and Middle circuits, and the Supreme court of Georgia, and else where by special contract." Will negotiate loans on improved farm Sniff lands, . ■ . b. Hth, 885.-6m. The Dublin Academy Tuition Monthly. Rates: Primary Classes Intermediate' 1 ' Advanced ’ “ .... ...$1,60 perm. .. .$2,40 per m, ... $§,20 per m. For further information address PEYTON L. WADE, A. B.. Principal. N. B.—Board at reasonaP' _> rates may be had in the town, jam 12-tf, ■ The LIYERI STABLE IS NOW KEPT FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE PUBLIC. accommodation in this It waB a flawless June day, full of light and sunshine and the songs of birds. But all the beauty and har mony without seemed to Ida Gray likeamookery of her deep-seated sorrow. She was a beautiful girl. No won der that Ralph Ulottson loved her, and whon I say that he was her worthy mate in outward appearance 1 ean give him no higher praise for comeliness. V Ida was an orphan, and had made her home with her married sister Emma, (the wife of Herbert Illott- son, Ralph’s elder brother,) since her father, Captain Mark Gray, had been lost at sea. At the time our story opens he was just entering upon his twenty- first year. From tho moment Ida had oome into the family Ralph had been her bound slave. The dimpled beauty of her baby face had wou his boyish heart at onoo. Now, at the respective ages of six teen and twenty the relation between them had assumed an even nearer and dearer form. They had exchang ed their troth plight, and as soon as Ralph had finished tho neat cottage he was building, they wore to be married and set up their liousohold altar within it. There was a great difference in the brothers’ personal appearance, and a still wider one in disposition. Horbert was tall, slender, aud dark- eyed, little given to conversation, and apt to brood over anything which troubled him; while Ralph was t merry-eyed, fair complexioned, sUl wart young fellow, just escaping six feet in height. The part of the country in which they lived was usually a peaceable one, but occasionally some disturb ing element would appear, as must happen when a community is com posed of so many different nationa- i!lilies, all flocking toward one point of compass. Until lutely, however, the Illottson brothers had mado no enemies, , as they were essentially honorable, peace-loving men, .who attended scrupulously to their own business. But a cause of dissension had arisen between Herbert Illottson aud a man named Fallin—as swar thy, heavy-browed; evil-expressioned a being as could be found in a day’s journey. By some means a horse had come into Falliu’s possession which had been stolen some time previous from Illottson. Ho had identified it by cortain marks, and Fallen had been obliged to givo the animal back to his real owner. Since tbei) an evil eye seemed to have been cast upon lllottson’s flocks and herds. Valuable cuttle died suddenly; young horses roaming 4u an apparently safe pasture would go incurably lame; aud mvariable re ports would reach the farm that Fal- liu had been iu the vicinity about the time those calamities had hap pened. So naturally he was connect ed in the brothers’ minds with their ill fortune—whether justly or not no one but Falliu himself knev^. Among other poslossions, one that was most valued upon the farm, was apuro-bred shepherd dog, namod Juno. She had been reared and made much of through her days of puppyhood by Idu and her favorite niece, Elma. Then npon reaching au age Whoa she could be trained to care for tho sheep, she had develop ed a sagacity jnd faithfulness which had made her the talk of tho cont inuity. But one day a tattered little urohiu rushed to the farm house with the intelligence that Juno had been shot, aud that he had seen Myron Fullin raise his gun and aim it ut Juno with his own eyes. The brothers were alone together as the boy caine with his story of what had happened. Palo with anger, the usually quiet Herbert IllutUoii rcaohod up to lake J his rifle from its place, aud start out iu quest of Fallin. “Horbeit,” said Ralph,, “be care ful what you do. Don’t take the law into your own hands.” * “That man deserves to be crushed like tho reptile he resembles 1” re turned Herbert', savagely. “I’m bound I’ll put up with it no longer.” “The quarrell should bo mine Herbert, iustead of yours, for Juno belonged to me. Lot mo see Fallin in your place. A man of family should hesitate to oxpose himself to the danger of an altercation with such an unscrupulous, passionate man.” “I arn'not hot-headed enough to tako tho law into my own bauds, Ralph; but I shall seo Fallin, and givo him a piece of my mind—tho scoundrel 1” Ralph said no more, but soon af ter his brothor had left tho house ho took down his own gnu, examined priming, aud went out in tho direc tion taken by Herbert. The next morning dawned bright aud clear; but all too soon followed the tempest which was to overwhelm the hitherto happy, peacefvl furnily. The sun had risen high in the heavens, and the noontido hour of rest aud refreshment came, bringing with it Herbert and Ralph from the fields. Thoy hud scurcoly seated themselves at the table, when Ida exclaimed : , “Uncle Illottson, do look out and toll me whut so . many people are coming this way for 1” Herbert Illottson started to his feet, and hustencod to tho door, fol lowed by Ralph. lie was confronted by the sheriff, whose usually impulsive face looked agitated aud ill at euso. Behind him, at a little, distant, stood a num ber of men; some friends of the Illott- sons, and others were mere ncquaiu- ces, attracted thither/by curiosity. But one dominant feeling was visi ble upou all of tbo watching faces— horror, incredulity, aud a sort of wondering pity, all were mingled to gether in their expression. “Is Ralph in ? Oh, yes, I see him. I’m sorry to huvo to say it, Ralph, but I have u charge to'make aguinst you.- Will you come out of tho .hearing of the womeu folks u min ute ?” > Tho sheriff wus an old friend to the Illottsous, and his words sooincd ab solutely forced from him uganst his will, us his husky voice uud slow- coming aceeut testified. Ralph ac- compuuicd him unhesitatingly. Her bert followed close upon his foot steps. / “Fulliu has been murderod, Ralph and as somethieg belonging to you bus been pioked up near tho body—I -I- “Suspect mo of having something to do with it? Speak out, Kendall. You neodu’t be afraid to do your duty.” “It’s tho hardest thing I’ve come across since I've been in this line, Ralph, but it’s true. That’s what I’m here for.” Ralph had turned very pale. Ho looked at his brother with u sort of keen inquiry and unxiety. Herbert met his look with one equally ques tioning aud keen. “Gan I spoak to my brothor, Ken dall ?” Ralph asked. “Of comae vou can, Ralph. Yon know I don’t believe vou’jo a chap who’d shoot down a man in cold blood, joat as if lie were a dog; and I’ll givo yon any privilege it’s in my" power to grant* Say all you want to Herbert.” Rulph drew his brother to one side. “For God’s sake, Jlerbort, keep shut mouth ubout last night! You’ve got a family and I -huven’t. If either one of us takes tho brunt, it must bo tho unniurried one. Promise me.” “Takos tho brunt of what, Rulph! You don’t moan to say that this nmttor will bo put upon eitlior of us, do yon? It'll just bo a question heart,, strug of time. You’ll bo as free as air agaiu after your examination. Wo Illottsous are not tv bloodthirsty race. No one would boliovo that you did it.on oool thought/ Rulph looked wondoringly at his brother, but ho said no more. He seemed absolutely struck dumb ut his cool way of taking tho horrible charge, and. that too, made against the young brotho.1 to whom ho had been as a futhor. He turnod to tho sheriff. “I am ready to go with you, Ken dall. You noodn’t four that I will givo you any trouble. I wouldn’t care to bo seen among my nmtCB again until I am piouounood froo from suspioion. “I am with the law, Ralph, und the law says that a man is innooent until he-is proven guilty. I’ll never believe auything olso of you, unloss you yourself say that this charge is true.” “I shall say nothing at all about it, Kendall, The proof you say you held against me must tell its own story.” “My God, Ralph, you don’t mean to say that you won’t put ip any de fence?” and Kendall’s free expressed his astonishment. “What I say is, if I am guilty, provo it. I shall say noithor * you’ nor ‘nay.’ ” Aiid Rulph kept his word. Had his lips been made of marble thoy could not have dosed more firmly over whatovor secret it wus that his silence wus intended to conceal. Fallin had boon found with three shot-wound—two had not been nec essarily fatal, but had lodged iu his body. ,Ouo had reached his There was no evidence of a gl<?. At first suspicion had not rested upon any one. But a careful oxam- ination of tho ground had brought to light a pipe of singular workman ship; which oue of the investigating party recoguizod at onoo as belong ing to Ralph Illotttson. It was a .present to him whon a boy, from Ida t s father—Captain Gray—who had brought it with him among other curiosities authored to gether by him upou ono of his voy ages. That disoovery sealod his futo. Ho would give no explanation as to how or when ho hud lost it, holding to the resolution he had expressed to Kendall ut the time of his unost. Tho jury brought him in guilty, with u recommendation to mercy on ac count of hithorto blameless career. Lie was sentenced to imprisbnmenb for life, instead of hangiug. When tho prison walls closed about him, in all probability for tlio whole of hjs remaining days, it can bo imagined that there was deep mourning within the family circle at tho farm-house, of which ho lmd been the light and ornament. Idu —his betrothed bride —had ono se cret bidden within hoi hoart which kept her from siuking entirely under the blow. To her ulono hud Raph broken his resolute silence ; but it was un der a promise of secrecy, which she would have died rather than brouk. “I will ease my heart by telling it to vou, Ida, because, out of ul! tho world, you are the ono who has a right to know the truth. I am as inuocent of tho orirue as you aro, but I ciioose to suffer in pluce of tho real offendor; and if you uro tho loy al little woman I think you to be, you will ubide uquucBtionubly by my decision.” And Ida, raised by his confiding belief and trust in her to the lofty plane of self-abnegation upon wbicli Ralph himself stood, mado no out cry. ftho ucccptod the situation in tho sums light us did Ralph, and if nuy suspicion us to tho identify of the real sinner over entered her mind, it went no further. Slio, with theromuiiidorof tho af flicted family, wont on in tho round ul duily duties quietly and uncom plainingly. Sheriff Kendall, howovor, was puzzled and unsatisfied with tho is sue of t?ho oaso. Ho thought and rightly, t hat sorno mystery counoot- od with it hud caused Ralph’s singu lar roticonco. “If, us I think, Ralph Illottson is innooont, it will cotne out some time,” ho thought. “Meanwhile, I will keep my oyos open.” At the time of the post-mortem examination ho had possessed him- solf of the bullet found in the body of tho murdered man, und sooured a bit of primed paper, tho missing part of which might huvo beau used us a wadding in loading, according to his theory. Nothing to match it had boon found; but ho laid it oare- fully away. Oue day something happonod whih set tho community iu u flutter of oxoitemont and interest. A bur glary had bleu attempted at a quiet farm-house, occupied by au old couple who wore reported to bo ri<$.j : ' in hoardod gold. But tho fopblo old man had not pruvod the oasy yiotim tho robber had evidently expooted him to bo. Ho had aimed a woll directed shot at tho heart of the in truding .miscreant, und lie dropped down, breathing heavily, und in an instant hud died. Sheriff Kondull had boon sent for and hud taken charge of tlio dead robbor’s effects. Among other things ho found u wallet full of dif ferent coins, and ono of a poouiiur kind—evidently from a foreign, mini —had a pieoo of printed paper wrap ped around it which corresponded in shopo to thojErnginouts which Ken dall hid' preserved'so dai'ofully. In his pity for and intorost in the Illott- sou’sallllio, that piece of paper had burned itself upon Kendall’s 'mem ory, as also hun tho printed words upou it. In ono of tho dead man’s pockets he also found an umber mouth-pioco of a Turjsli pipe—a purt wnioh had been missing from the pipe whoso finding had oonvict- eil Ralph. lie was white with ox- oitemeut as he saw it, but ho said nothing about his discovery until ho could comparo the two pieces of pa per together and see if tho amboi' fitted to Ralph’s pipe (which ho lmd scoured). I{o went oil with his nco- cossary dutioFfaiihfully and tlior- iighly untill they wore completed. Then, howovor, his faithful mare, Molly, wus tho sufferer. He drove her homo at a puce unparalleled in her equine oxperienco, until ut lust lie drew rein at his own door, and loft her to muse upon her mastor’s disregard other comfort, while lie rushed in to satisfy himself about his discovery. Then Molly >vus again put to the tost of hor endur ance; for Kondull hud important business upon his hand- tlio release of an innocent man 1—the, dispers ing of shadows, and the diffusing tho sunshine’of happiness upon u sorrowing family. He had showod his.confidence in Ralph all through by expressing be lief in his innoconco. Now he had tho proof of it, in his hand to lay before tho proper authorities. There was little delay in makiug ont tho papers to sot Rulph free; and thon Kondull went to him with the good nows that tho real inurdor- or hud been fodnd uud thut lie was declared inuocent, aud was no longer a prisoner, Ralph listened to him in a dazed sort of way at first, and then lie us; tonished Kendall by exclaiming: ’‘TlioiiTIerbortdid not kill Fullin, aftqr,4ll! llow I huvo misjudged him I, iu my way, have been us unjust to him as my fcllow-mcu Lave boon to mo.” '‘Then that was whore tho trouble lay, was it ?” said Kendall. “You sacrificed yourself for Ilorbort, did you ? Woll, no ono need tell mo tlioro is no brotherly affection in the world, after this ! But come, wo will go und curry our glad nows to Herbert und to the rest.” After tho first rejoicings at Ralph’s roturu woroovor, ho turned to his brothor. “Herbert.” he said, “I muatmako a confession before 1 rest contontod. 1 thought you gavo Falliu his death blow. Will you forgive mo^ for mis judging you so cruelly ?” “You have as much to forgivo as 1 have, Ralph, for 1 thought you had taken revenge upon.him for killing Juno. And, instead, yon allowed, yourself to bo stamped a criminal to shiold tho brothor you thought guilty Howoanl repay you Ralph ?” “By cheering up aud trying to look like yourself again. Ilorbort. Yon have grown ton yours older since I have been in prison,” “1 shall grow young again now, Ralph. For 1 fool so happy and light hearted at seoiug you again thut it takos mo bnok to my boyish days.” “And, Ida come hero und listen to mo. I want my faithful little girl to promise mo ouo thing. Will alio P” “What is it, Ralph ?'!,Uakjen Ida, blushing. and trembling at the words which shokuew by intuition wore to follow. “Lot us celebrate tho happy day of niy release by aether event which is of us great importance to my happi ness. Let ns bo married at? .soon as we can summon tho minjstpr. Lot this bp our bridul day.” ; “Bo it as you will,. Ralph,” said Ida. —Mary E. Moffot in tfpw York Ledger,, I ’ /Ilf ■ Wi ■ NO PASSES NO PUFFS. All on Account.; of the Interstate Commerce Bill. Tho .interstate commerce bill, writes Eugene Field in tho Chicago News, oompels US to adopt a schedule of railroad advertising rates, which wo beg to anhouncoas/ollovys : 1. For the setting forth of virtues (actual or alleged) of presidents, gen eral managers'or directors, $2 per lino for the first insertion, Uhd $i for ouoh subsequent insertion. : 2. For puffs expressed iu choice English, with occasional '/French, phrases or poetical extracts (tlio whole, with a pulpablo motive of hon est onihusiasm), $2.50 per lino; 5o per con t. reduction on ouch subse quent sinsortion. * 3. Gonorul passenger ngonts and division superintoudonts will be ac corded half rates oil tho torhis of- forod in rule No. 1. But in all cases wiiorc the title of colonel ia used regular first-cluss rutea will be de manded. 4. Thousand inilo tickets on the basis of 2c. per mile will bo received in oxchaiigo for advertising done at' our card rates, but these tickets must hold good on passengers us well as on freight trains. 6. No deviation from the card rutes can be made in favor of parties handing us 5c. cigars with the puffs they desiro published. 6. For Complimentary notices of tho wives and children of ruilroad officials, wo demand $1.50 per line. Wo have on hand, ready for imme diate use; a splendid assortment of this literature. 7. Poetry will bo mado to order at $3 por inch, agato measure. We are prepared to supply a fine lino of heptameter puffs, also a limited num ber of sonnots and triolets, in ox- c liungc* for 1,000 milo tickots. Epic poems, coutaning descriptions of scenery, dining cars, eto., will be published at special rates. 8. General suporintondcnU sending roquoats for the suppression of news must accompany, thoir requests with $10 bills—not necessarily for publi cation, but as a guaranty of good faith. imm m m iHfe Old man Beii. Policy Poor has dis covered that President Cleveland haa already vetoed more hills limu any <>f his predeoassors We aro glad t« know it. If all tho piesidonts of ihe lltiitoil Slates had nud (he courugu and honesty of Mr. Olmolaiid mo should not jilt VO outlined bo lit uch loose ami vicious legislation, a „ 'L- . ... . '