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J. W. a PsWKk.r JWRIN rrepri»««r voiafe i. A »e« ban ssrw, v •ocCUa* •Ma bj - *M««, iKmm nulro; ■eastern WMM Sod above. Asd M aba lay. “A bttla dm.k&>* &r • Slowly the “ LM ma While I M drip." A look of #».-. Firm and pala^M^mea; A iXiMW 'W** ; “ TaU re rw jp «■ A attire did." And ona aaarrenfcSawfflrl v'•agjH from Um heart m that wnunood Ueom hid. '•i'isA/STum* oar* M*U; tae r* liar«.yea 00V 4ua; bat Ui ttxM tpaaru of tuortal pain Bb« »;• to berwlf: M1 ™ RR *>< > 1 Day by day. a* the and drawn (JL i 1 £1 To gr®Ue una»t:«n oajU.’i daiuaiMi cl WHr'T w r : -•*•“•*•►« ■*. haff * .. ' 4<f -* , &M ran:’?® ' : - wr jt^ ;/ h ti feM m won BtoreOf n\t'iill^ -wiL-e rAbtd flk tia ‘"1 ’r- ’ ajrpw ai aaw of i- 'iiibldwFaKdiint of Jff'fioo more I remained untouched. I Two clerks, both young mrn, usually B rlept in too stona Yrrkea ■ been in tho-qp|i|b]rf of Mi Hjtrriiotf B Purvis about lour years and enjoyed the ■ confidence of lite employer. Pembroke ■ Bharon, the other clerk, had only re- ■ oently been taken, but the manner in ■ which he took hold of the btmineHs im- ■ pressed Mr. Purvis s<> much in his fav r ■ that he predicted a successful future f. r ■ the laqarwri ee a very salesman ■ s:. i«il::rn. l |e flik.miuegt a-uMuum-t. I u ■ der thia impression he placed implicit ■ trust m Sharon, and select.*! hirft a., a ■ companion of Yerkes in the store ai ■ night ■ Both of these young men were in the ■su re on the night tlie robiwry oecurr. <l, ■ 1 ut when the place was opened in the ■ 1 tuig tvuiroi! i 'i- :>-.. ■ lay on the floor near the safe with • ■severe gash on the side of his head, ■which had been bleeding profusely, ■judging by the amount of blood cm the Koor. «!1 / > BB lYie unfortunate young m . ui had evi ■di Fitly enfeivwred V staunch the ■p a . h « his clothes. By the disorder in tin and the numerous blood starun on the floor and Wails itwas ew ■iett turn .» de..perate struggle must ’. >v place, BB It was wt*enr*d fro*a this that keys, had opened the sat ■ a:. 1 by his fellow clerk in the of his work, who, in turn, dealt tlie blow near the tempi- . a:, i then. »'■<> between thorn -UTKAaitr.SB lose of : k> d. an i robber fled with hia booty. Varnoe, the detective, and a piivel imi at onr-? uid wjnia l>r ibd- attended’to ffs patient the detective ■luuiiij the premises with hn usual B? patUfenlariy lue a- -.’urtt* ■ - tn the lower fl »T f r Yerkes had recovered an 1 sat a;. with a jwg*<e ar nuai ■ *' Well, Mr Varncie. what have you HB”! find tost tbs robber has tw»n to ■'"nd floor replied the ho has taken some vain-ibl--* there aa veil." merchant hasten..! up stair-. I -.! HV'' ■* ■ ■ w r -Jun., J dufcirbgd or removed aa Ur -v- :.e , UH * W*«h»«r|B-..>.wt: : . < -. n poartraw that lie vtfe... . t ■ U** Uk: ti:e b. 04y att .p. me Yerkee «>*• the fallowing *• aw, te : f.uad th*; . |V*' itMj Uanni- «».»« l , tw, - L. u * r a<U iwypu. V> anarch fur !..i~ IBM*' ■■'. „^ f ... »,e .. ♦-• '.!•>£! 1 1* ~~~ fintamta Mediwr •Imcendod to th* first floor, £d fiound hi® bi fore the open safe, iffr.r «» ’ itch other at *„ game -<||r">. and Sharon wws sprl; Ueund at bejffg ff: ered ua Ms . rmjjml act 'ftesvi-gu the struggle, the iftideaee of Wrftite WHH •o plainly Sharon the stronger of the twatoqtofitepre. r. d )lia opponent, and ihrejr him |t> vilmtly on the floor that ho -muiA imen jtle Varnt ■> listened With to the end, than marie a fJTIJLvi in his book, after which ®wm efl <*:. of the store with his eyesb|pCoiM|> floor lie fore him until he i th- street ; bb.a, Mtn rredim; his eye* eearchftffh on the ground, he walks* Nfoer to the dock and gax».«l for a few mefinr-tu*. jnto the water in a thoughtful manner. When he returned to the store and rejoined the others in the office it was with a grave co rm ten an oe. _ 2' robber has evident ■y escaped of the river, as the blood tracks resell to the dock. eyes Weranqw diracUvLpWardU. i' wfcai.. i mA, wtii kM M- iiienf i jnAu* ’™£jP -H»< £ W¥U as if to Btf but'TMl back m ju Seal wdH h groan atid fiainted Wwrr. « While the doctor was applying ri ,top •time to hip charge the dotcctWe dFew Mr. to the rear of thb stare •nd remained tiiere for half an hour In conversation with him, and. judging by Ilia frequent exclamations, he must have been greatly ashmiahed at what the de tsetive told him. Be-entering the office, they fowul Yerkes still unconscious, and, at the suggestion of Varnoe, he was conveyed in that condition to the hospital. "Now, Mr. Purvis,” said Varnoc,'" •‘ yon win please jioint out to me whiob are tha clothes usually wuru by Mr. Sharon while on duty at the store." "Certainly, sir," replied the genth* man; “that is readily done," and ho went to a closet where, the clerks kept their enter gHrmentaaad o«M>uad U. Hs took piii-e after piece from tbejlooks, an i fclamatioti hb if of him aa he did so. “ What is it?” asked Varnoe, when Mr. Purvis laid the garments on the bed. “ Why, as I live, Sliaron has not only left his coat and vest behind, but also his pants I" said Mr. Purns, with a look of Ix-w ilderment ' That ia singular, ” remarked Mie de tective, exchanging significant glances w itli the doctor ; 1 ‘ the more so when you bear in mind that Mr. Yerkes, when found, had ou his coat, vest, pants and boots, while the roblier even left his boots liehind him,” pointing to a pair beneath the bed. "You will now please see whether Mr. Sharon lias left anything of value in his i>ockets." Every pocket was instantly divested of Its contents. There was found a valu able gold watch and chain, a wallet con taining a trifle over 8-u, a penknife, pen cil and meiu inmduiu Imok, etc. “ifrtiuu the articles, Mr Purus, and restore the clothes to the closet,” said Vanme. “ I have another surprise in you, I think.“ WTicn this was done, Varnoe took off all the bed-clothes and threw them on Mr Hour, knvujg the pmUruas baqjg Au eyclamatiiwi of aftrpriae burst irtak. Mr. Purvis as he pointed to the mattrew* •rfiere a aunilier of bloody finger-marks stained it along a scam aliout ten inches in length. “ No> I see what you are driving at,”* eri< d 'Mr. Purvis, ac.iuaing the seam. “ You mean to say that the robber has hidden his booty in the mattress?” •‘I think so, a* all sveata," was hte reply, as he took out his knife and opened the seam. lutotWopen- ing, he pr»*cntly drew forth Mie p Cclv age of greenliscka. They were intact, so Mr. i‘sm> aunouaoed, ah. r cxamin lag fiie fastaUngs and seals. What am I io dunk of this ? " asked the gentleman, in a helpless tcuo, “I declare that my head aches trying Io divine ths motive of this most extraordi nary robbery." "Think aa I do.” "What ia that?” ■'Why, Pembroke 11h<o», !■ I «tea<l of l<eing the robber, ia the rictini : M tha rr bbar. which acconnU for hut leaving all hia outer rarmenU behind. He evidently aurpriM* the robber at hie work, and in th***> winter that took place fan murdered pocrWiar, mb, dragged him acrOM tba atrent, aa the trail abowed i u> uie, and tcaaed him into the river ” "Than yon renßy anapeot Augnat ' Yerba* aa the robber ’ ” aaked the mer I grrwily agttau-d “J am aure he ia not only the robtier, bat poaibly abkj a murderer,” waa Ibe 1 "-Hy Devoted the Interests of Columbia County and the State of Georgia HARLEM, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, MAY 3, ISBI “Oh, the wreteht" med the mar chant, paaainnately ; " and in my heart I admired hie bravery, while I pitied him for what he had endured for on deavormg to protect mV property." " I am convinced that you have hit on the right man," said Mr. Pnrvw. "11 he knew of this he might give us the slip. The next thing to be done M to rise every means in our power to recover the body of poor Sharon." " Poor, indeed, since all the dotlies he has on his back are not his own," a joke a voice lieliind them. All looked at the speaker, who wore an old uari taokod as as ho had »aevcro«ixll of sickness. Hometiling in the tone of the voice struck a chord ui the breast of the mer chant. ißs apjgoaeh*! the nmn and asked, eagerly ; " Who are you F’ " My name is Pembroke Bharon.” In a moment he was surround* I by the trio, who congratulated him on his •escape from death He Toqueatdd per mission to resume his projier dress, after which he would tell exactly what oc curred during the past night His story was very similar to the one told by Yertes, with this difference: ths were changed. It was Hbaruu who surprised the other liefbro v>* opened safe just in the act of stowing In his pocket the package of greenbacks alluded Ux lt.waa tfharon who de-, nounoed the act, and Yerkes, l>oth angry pod frightened to l>e thus detected, picked up a prqx-r-woight and hurled it at his fellow clerk, striking Bharon on the head, iuflhiting u ghastly wonnd, frosn which hofainted, and knew no mors until he awoke on board a vessel lying nenr too Navy Yanl. Ho was told that they picked him np in the river. **’ *.’ < The Captain uml two of his men lin’d teen to the theater, and were .'etnrning in a ixiat to the vessel, when a white object floating ou the wai«r attracted their attention, and they male for it, utid drew the apparently dead man in the lioat, and took him on lionrd the vessel, where his wants were at emeu at tended to. When Verkea’ V<T-<»*»n cf toe affair was related to him ho laughed derisively, mid aiison the jsiintof making a remark when familiar footsteps ware heard as ce iding the stairs, ‘•15? lit aven 11 believe it is August Yerkes I" übu-isinsl Sharori, as ho hast ily entered tho closet and drew the door to. He wa« none too soon, for the next moment Yerkes walked briskly up to where tho three gentlemen wore stand ing. Houiething in their faces told him that something was amiss-—something to his <l 'iu I vantage, too. •’Y »u :irs probably surprised to see me here again?” remarked he, for want of anything else to any. “We are, ibdecd,” said Mr. Purvis, regarding him with an ominous frown. “ You till appear to be anything but pl.-ssafl to •? " gOTt nmarksd tlif roi'l-w and widthl-be ass.-wdu. “♦>n ow> tvw>tesry, we are verv wtiwi t > -re jdn ’ fiero apoks Varnov with an aiii|jp» smile. (Tttncfng at the detective with a skep tical air, karksta walked to ths closet and opened the door, and the next m<>- rni nt he uttered a fearful shriek and started back with hia hair standing on end and hia face the color of ashes. He liad seen (as his guilty conscience told him) the ghost of his victim, for Bharbh remained standing In the closet perfectly immovable, his eyes fixed re proachtullf on the guilty wretch. Tlie hc’rnd vision was too much for his brain to endure. Yerkes bocatnq a raving mania? aaj liehoved er> violently that Varnoe )wa« olfliged to manacle him hand and foot and again return him to the fmtn whence ho was short ly afterward oum«yed to the inaano do partment of ths afiua house. Pembroke NUarou Wh geaerouslv reo onip naed by hia stnpioVSV tor his heroic attempt to irrnwat the robbery, and promoted to a nwponaible post Mon to Use stone, which he filled with credit lioth to himself and hia grateful em ployer. Yerkes lived a year or co after hie con finement, aad died a raving mania.', a terrible retribution for hie attempt to fasten a crime on an mnooent person ami thus rob him both of his reputation and life at one fell blow, A maw who bad brutally assaulted hia wife was brought before a Justice, and had a good deal to aay »lost getting justice, “Justice?" replied ths Judge, “you can't get it here. The court has no power to haag you " Ygrmaswass !,(>■>,bull,tfifi eggs an Dually.-- Rottun Pott. And yet the im preamoc has got abroad that Amen<-a beam ao yolk.— flew Hcwfn Rryuti' TUK HBIDQ**. In rtvpouse to the inquiries of a cor respondent, the Niagara Falla </<urO» gives the following interesting sketch of the history of the great suajiecuuiMi bridges: In 184.8 Charlie Ellct, a brill iant rather than a professional engineer, built tho first suspension bridge over tho Niagara, on the site of the present nulruid bridge. The bridge was only for carriages and foot-passengen. The tower* wore of wood, and the roadway wan only abont six fest in width, just wide enough for one team. Mr. Ellet tn the liegintnng had offered a reward ta‘ fi." to* tho first p*r*>t» vho almtfld gets string over tlm river. The next windy day u large number of boys mwemblod on the bank with kites, and before night ope of them, a former M<>- innti J. XVslidi, then a>SAj| oft) of »g", landed his kite on the Canadian aid» and reciuved the promised reward. Hy means of this string larger cords, their, ropes, and thru iron wildes, a»idl at tunst, but incrriising in silky wuw drirwn ncn«s, until the large cabhw wore l thus stietehi-d. Thia structure served I os a most exoidhmt auxibary in the con struction of tho present bridge. Thia was Jimlt by America's great eng'uner, John H. Itoobliag, an<l has always beei wuiCjdi-rrd rw»w x>f ‘tM *ptoatiu4 AC- in worfr. It wvbi cosnfnsmwxrfti 1892, and the first IrwVinfntfvw er.seed it to 18fii Tho iron basket now hanging under the railroad track near the American end of tho bridge was flrat used by Mr. Ellet, and in it ths first person who ever crossed tiro chasm alive, and of his own will, was crossed over. Thera is an old Indian tradition that a resisting chief was once ciiniad to tha opposite aids by a largo bidfl-hooded eagle who swooped down 1 on Ui» groat warrior as he lay in ambush ‘on the ground ami lairs him *bvcr Lade s have also crossed to this baakot. Ths suspension bridge by Brook's uum umpnt woh built in 18M by T. E. Bcrret. Ths ica jam in 1860 tore tho gnya from thw rocks to which they were fSc toned, and before they wore req,laced a terrific gale broke the railway, severed the sus jxtodwni, and left too structure dangling in the «ir."‘ The new Hitspemnon tiridfs, a* it is ciiTlod, was bftflt hi IH/W, the cables liumg carried over in tho winter on tho ieo-hridgn, Its length is over 1,200 feet or a toll quartarof n mile from outside to outside of the towers, and it is the longest sus]ienaion bridge in the World. A UKSMKHIHrH TKICK. Tlie French courts have allowed themselves to lie humbuggi-d by the ui< -mt riziTH, when they admitted as prix if of somnambulism the evidence of a needle being thrust into the na|s> of u man's wl Without his feeling it. Many yearn ago I went to a pulilic mosnicrio seance at Brighton. The meemeriqur thrust Doodles in the foreheads and iirms of a number of girls who sat with him on u platform, and whom ho hud mes merized. I thought tiiat I recognised the practitioner, and, on speaking to him after the seance, I found that he had lieeai a butler in the family of a relation of mine. Ho showed me how to iusorta m-edle into any ono without pain. Noth ug is more easy. It has only to be dons very slowly. Proceeding <rom lecture to practice, ho inserted into my fore head two or three needles without my feeling anything beyond a alight prick. - 1a >ndon TrulK. rAnmoXAULK AFjrKCTION. There is occasionally a good deal of mutuality in |ieoplu not wanting to see each other. Yesterday a hsndsoinely ilr wH-il lady called at a fashionable rssi denco on (hiiveslon avenue. Thorn was the inevitable small boy playing in tlie front yard. ” Your mother is not in, is she ?” asked tlie visitor. *' Yes, she is in the parlor.” “I ih<-ugiit aha always want otjl sbpuf this tune is the ilkiruoin.” '* I rocksn ahe would have gene out if aho had known you wan coning mid s. -the othw day.* "*' Jnst then the front door opened and tlie lady of the house sppewrv'd They rudiad mn> each otliesr's anas—aniaek I •mack f yum—yum -yam—how glad 1 am Io son you! Yum—you lucre not 1»W. to see ms for an age I have lisog wacting lo see you so bed 1 eta.—GoA trsfcsi Newt. , • Tswr are again aspUang ths uss of vefy light shosa, with tew n«Ua us tharn. for iknaa. An MhnaJ which esniz one aad <>ue-quartss pounds of iron on esch fool as) land eoiuudsrabii strength avwry day m bsanag that sow stent oleg. srits.vwsr Conductor A. S. Parker, df the Ornnd Truuk railroad, Who twefdox fk.Bultlu Creek, Mich., by an accident lost a leg and an arm at Bkdlwell Statio:.. The members, eevurtxk from Ahn bod), were left lying l»y too aide of toe tmuk, wliiie toe body was immediately c<se vered to South Bend for medical asaxt ance. As noon as ha reoovured oou scicmanssa he began to complain tluit hfs right »rm was to a oramped eoDditiou. His attendant, knowing hik arm was many miles away by tho‘aide of the rail road track, paid no attention to his com- I Joints, thinking him out of Ida head. He still ovnbuued his assertions ths I too lingers at hu right arm were doubled under his hand, aud askod hu asauUuU to send aud get lus arm at BUtiwaU. By Ids si>eeCL they saw that be realu«ol the accident, and a telegram was sent to Htillwvll to send tlu> mutilated arm to its owner. The reqneet wae named out, . and the erm sent to him by express. Bo soon as it was taken up off tho gronad,' i a few moment* after the telegram was seut, Parker remarked to his assistant* that his arm was all right now, that they had poked it up. Every time a person took hold of it along ths route Parker I would speak of it, out with pain when it was roughly litmdled, apd when ever any of his attendants touched it wlule it lay in the uext room to him he knew it sa quickly as though the arm I were still attached to his Ixxly, Thu UMuwwnger who got tho arm said that lu> ! found it just as Parker had said it wax, j with the fingers cramped under it, Tin* I is one of tho moat singular yet wcll-uu theOttoated cases on record, where a man i oonld feel in an arm which waa cut pH | and lay many mi lea from him, and. which been cutoff many hours. The physi cians are baffled to account for ft, ami can only class it under ths iiead <4 too uevx- ■ plain able phenomena! mysteries winch ' are met with in the study of nature, Tim way for a bad boy to go on a bender ispver his mother's kiu-a. iron A PERFECT BTBENgTHENER.A SURE REVIVER. IRON mYTEltfl are highly recommended for all dlsssOse re quiring a certain and efficient tonic; r»[s'rfaJfy fijnpffteki, hitr' Kiw*, Hirnl <y Apprt.Fi- Lau fit. tterichss tlis blixxl, strengthen, tho muscles, and gives Dew life to liis Honea. They act likn a charm on ths dirauivs organs, removing all dyspspuo sueh as 7'usliny Its Food, Harltmg,Heal »n Its -gtzmoi-A, TTsortourw, Me. TllO Only IroM VriHMtnaUoirthnt wtlknot blacken the tenth Or give netMlaoho. RoM b» all dmgfoato 'AV rite for ths AB 0 Bosk, «1 pp. of useful and amusing mailing—seal frn. , BROWN CUEMICJLL 00., Baltimore, M<L BITTERS E. G. ROGERS, {FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING, OOFFIN-t MErAMOCAHEfI ASP CASKETS OK zYLIi Ol€Ar>E3H. 249 BROAD STREET, AUOHdTA, GA. Sunday and Night Calls Over Stars janll-gn SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS. CANE MILLS. Plantation and Mill Machinery. Enc'm saud Boilers, C itlou Screws, Shafting Bolters, Hangers, Journal H >Mf, Mill OiMtring. Oudron., Turbin’s Water Wheels, (hu Gearing. Judson't Governors, Di ••ton'« (’ rcultr Biws, O urn mere aed File* Belting, Bsbbrtt Metal, Bras. Fittings, Globe and Cn< ck Valves, Whistle Gangers, i ata. Iron and Bra«s C'aalluga, Gia Rib«, Iron Fronts, Balconies and Fence Railing. OEO. 11. LOMHAim At (JO., FORE4TOITY FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS, 1014 to 1026 FENWICK STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. WS»»r the Water Tower] Mfr* H’painag prompliy dune at lowest prices. Boiler repairs o! alt kiods done promptly. , dec2l-ly OPERA HOUSE GARDEN! BEN NEISZ. PROPRIETOR. M WINKS. IMOBS AND CIGARS. PHILADELPHIA AND CINCINNATI BEER. BROAD AND ELLIS STRSKTb. AUGUSTA, GA. jan 11 ly ' '■ »< ■* ' TKBB»-!ie» srer Ann was lit aftWARtUt NUMBER 20. mow t<> hjkf: a niATtr iTTiun JNU. Don't try to record all your thoughh‘ iilid impressions, or eurmouiae. Just try to note down the leading events in the day’s personal experience, with ea iiitia i.wwidiaing as possible, and diady keeping Ijecemas interesting. Ona likes to turn over the record of the month or the year, aud is surpxisad to find out how many forgotten pleasant oconaions are brought to mind again. Try this. keop«| diary, but don’t try to keep a journal—eomettoug that might be UMued us your "memoirs'* m a posthumous pilbhcaUou. If yeu attempt anything of Ahis sort, tan to owe you will not get j to tho and of the mouth. It will bore > you completely. "Yrs, I know hfm,’’Uio Texas Sheriff n iuurkixf, when somebody asked him übout itedhunded Bill; "J never met ' him but once, he came dnwn here last February, riding another man's mult, mid h" <*amo In and loft the measure of his hciik with mo for a lariat" "Did you fit him? ” asked tho traveler. " Not very well," said the Sheriff, thiijg was too tight, hut he never said anything about it after he tried it on, to , 1 1 didn't ohaugu it.” A4d thou the oom mitteo roe<> and roported tho bill to Urn luiOih.', which shortly afterward took a recess until the evoniug session.— J9w d L . I komnuiTire of the, ribbons wocn ip i this Oiuntry are of AmeticMi wiasiifaot uro, and tho hale are nearly all made In-re, 1 Fahxwki.l is a sad word, but if we ' conM only honfrfve to say it to some of our bad hriMta we ’ thould be much * hairier. Wrttt po lAk>St« ii< to fi>tnaii, shopping > is to a woman; former work up the wnrd, the Inltir works up tho a u rd n ibo. , Onio papon are discusieag why quail | troeso to death. It w simply becauau they oan't iifthrd to pay <7 • ton for eoet i