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VOL. XLIV. WINNSBORO, S. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1887, NO. 11. __ ^ H . K?i_ .! -J_ r- -v.--w _ -.- -.-^,^_-in.r ,-, .. :- ,--TT- . ._... _ ...1 1 tn__r. r..^, I ' --^ . 1 'T?rrr>*^rrT-^r^w*ry-r 'TZX r^-Tr r 2 - .-? - ?- ?-? ' -~rr? * r? -~.~zzr: . ? ?I1. ' '-' i^i.w.niJiwiJim I .\earjy There. But one step more r.dov. r. life's rug-red mad, One lingering step, and then I will be free, And far behind wili leave this heavy load Of aching heart and stinging mockery. But one link more has now to bend and break, And then the chain of life will be und ne; But one night more, and then I will awake Up.there where life has only just begun. ? ?*? THE KUSSIAN DOCTOK. Entertaining and Bomantic Story from Real Life. [ADAPTED FROM THE German OF Mirs, ELISK POEKE.] BY MRS. FRAXCES A. SHAW. 2hmelaiion Copyrighted, 1SS7, by A. y. KeUogg Is ticspaper Company. CHAPTER VL " itS ill I ClIUX IV; ^>> '2^11 f Arnim not to find j. his guest in the I I' breakfast room, to ; !? feel sure that they ' would not meet for the "whole day. "Hilmar has gone out into the country with his portfolio," he said, taking Ms place ai the table. "He will probably return to-morrow or the day after." . "I am glad he is away," said Marianne. "I will have his chamber thoroughly cleaned." : Desiree turned pale. "He must have gone in the night," she said. "I was awake very early, bui did not hear the slightest sound in the house." "We Eeed not trouble ourselves if ho stays away a week," remarked Marianne, coolly. : "Uncle, you are ill!"' cried Desiree, suddenly, and, bending over him, she grasped his hand. "You look as if you :had had a bad night." t "I have sot slept," he answered, with .a faint smile. "I have been kept lawake by lhany anxieties. I shall leave directly for the consultation." "You will not renew your practice Tat a time like this?" asked Marianne, ^n terror. "Think of yourself and of ;u& I am mortally afraid of typhus." * "It would be an unworthy physician who thought of himself in such a crisis. Are you afraid, Papillon?" jr "Yes, very much so," she said, flushing, as if in shame at her weakness. "But if one I loved needed my .Jielp as nurse 1 should not hesitate tc &Le . T*J?doctor,on his return at noon from the ccusTfr&tion, looked.grave and anxior~. hope thacSia town the disease vo coniined to related cases," he -(tVtnr jr? tiio r?nt.i^?nor villasres it has UUV 1U H?\, vun . 0 ;become epidemic. You^'iU see but little of me. I must do I can, and I would like my meals at &s early an hour as possible." ; All at once Desiree laid per hand .upon his arm, and gazing intrtutly into his face, said, with tremulous voice: "Uncle, do you think o^u- guest has token the route to the villages?" A sudden pain as from; some sharp instrument shot through, the doctor's .heart, but he answered, <r'almly: ; "That is scarce invtiginable. Tiie ^picturesque region Us&ikow frequents for sketching lies east^'ardly from here. rTn"v ^orroo iVi the villasres to JLU7 A a^vo ? the west. He may return this evening." ! He did not come t&is night or the day following. ArnimVas sure that if .'any thing had happened some word ;wouid have been sen)* Marianne did not suffer a niom.e^itfs anxiety, but BgjiPesiree wandered' restlessly about the ^jarden and terrace, gazing often down ^^forest p>cb. for some glimpse of the E&jw "Comme le jour me dure Passer loin do toi!" BBSnoed a constant refrain in her heart ^BTthongh the lips were silent. It seemed already months since he went away. The doctor plunged into his practice ,with feverish ardor. It came as a Godsend to divert his thoughts. The virulent cases in the town increased rapid ,ly. For the first time the destroying ;angel of pestilence had invaded this peaceful valley. The little hospital :soon overflowed. There was urgent need of nurses. Solitary cases of selfsacrifice, displayed by contrast the egotism of human nature in its appalling nakedness. The general :motto was "Let him save himself who can!" Abroad, the doctor's energies were taxed to the utmost, his heart wrung by the spectacle of human misery; at home he met only anxious f? oes. Marianne made no concealment of her terror; Desiree flitted around pale and silent but with a lcck of strange foreboding in her eyes. Iran in his bewilderment broke [almost every dish he touched, and turned things upside down. His grand .preservative against disease \\as a "* V'la^T- Kattc' the coot' believed ovovy boff^^ th t she hat, an attack of AP"* tin~*r' Tan howling t0 -^nJfflpistress. She -wanted the doctor hWantly on hand, and did not see ^ cou;j not pass Ihis whole time JM vicinity of her kitchen. " b> " A w.?k he run after -tranters and ieav 1 Jk offll household in the lurch? Arni,. 'jBtt the incessant entreaty o! Ms prescribed drops as a Prf? W She scarce alrjrsred the Vial ol^J^ her hand. Saeri Kcial clouds sWfoke arose from every Koom 'r- tbc jpousc but the doctor's tv i :Iere'Rt his express command, K ' s of Marianne's fumiga ; .. : fever%^-q stayed. "It itffilays your fears, do what you iff -vall^ne said, "only let my study v aione." It was remarkable how people of all conditions seeking help besieged the house of the Russian doctor. The reputation of his skill, his goodness and unselfishness spread like wildfire. His door-bell rang constantly day and alight. He was kept so busy that he scarce time to think of Hilmar's absence. When he did recall it it was with a sense of relief at his distance from Desiree. : On the morning of the fourth day fiince his guest's departure he proposed sending a messenger for tidings. >*Our artist is no doubt filling his sketch-book in some picturesque region," he added, "and will complain about my running after him as if he were a child. But I want to get him fcgre agid then send him off to Yevay." As he thus spoke he glanced at Desiree, who had risen noiselessly and was attending to the flowers on the window-ledge. She did not turn aa Arnim left the ?oom with an Aitf Wiedersehcn ! Her reply was scarcely audible. The little head remained bowed, over the flowers, the hands plucked nervously at the leaves. Arnim set his teeth. A wild irnpsrtience i surged throug.i his breast. He would fain have pressed this tender form to his tortured heart with the despairing cry: | 4'Have i then lost your confidence? ! Do you love this stranger better thao me? Will you leave the house that once harbored your mother to go with him?"' But he saw that Marianne's eye3 nnAn Viim iT-itVi o nnAcfiniiinop glance, and controlling liis emotion, lie went silently. At noon a messenger appeared saving that the doctor would not return until evening. Ussikow was found, lie lay ill in the village of Grunfeld. Ivan must go to li'ua to-morrow with stores of linen and other necessaries and remain until his removal was possible. Desiree received this intelligence with white face and throbbing heart. A few minutes later she stood before Marianne, who exclaimed: "Good heavens, how you look! What is the matter with you? Take the drops at once! God forbid that you should bring the typhus into our house!"' The girl turned impatiently away. "Nothing is the matter with me," she said, "but he is stricken with the fever in a neighboring village, and is without care. Ivan goes to him to-morrow. Not until to-morrow! 0, my God. how lonsr it will be before morn ing!" "Who, child! Arnim?" "No, no! Hilmar Ussikow! I im plore you go to him at once."" "What do you say, foolish girl? I go to this stranger! I would really like to know why !" "To nurse him, to save him ! Undo Arnim says that in this sickness, nursing does every thing. And just think of it?he lies in a low musty peasaui chamber, among strange, rough people, uncared for and alone! Perhaps there is no one to even hand him a drink in his thirst and agony. You must go to him. Every moment's delay brings him nearer death." "I must go! Are you mad. Pesiree, and why I, out of all the world?" "Because he loves you!" cried the girl, despairingly. "Because he wishes to make you his wife." For a moment Marianne seem petri fied. Then she shrugged her shoulders and answered: "My child, even if Ussikow loved me to distraction?and I have not* remarked that he cares for me in the least?I would not leave this house one hour for his sake. In the first place, it would be highly improper? even for his promised wife, and woukl cause no end of talk; in the second place, I might get this dreadful fever, and perhaps my death. I would, in nc event, accept an offer from this gentleman; I do not care for him, and 3 will never leave my cousin. What would he do without me? Now come to the table child. It is half an bout pait ihe time. It was thoughtless in Arnim to send the message at tliia hour. The fish is no doubt spoiled. But how excited you are! French worn en are temoiy Hysterical." "Do you think Ussikow will die?" asked the girl, with quivering lips. "It is more than likely in this disease; hut if he ean be saved, my cousin will save him. It is a rare piece oi good luck that he is not sick in our house, and tfcat he can not be moved. If he could, Arnim would have him here in spite of our protests. Now, do force yourself to eat something, child! I feel all broken up myself, but to go with an empty stomach in times like this is dangerous. Lie down after dinner, and this strange mood will pass. I am glad Arnim has not seen you so." "I beg you do not tell him a word !" "If you stop this nonsense and act like a sensible creature I will tell him nothing." Was it "sensible" to wander restlessly up and down through house and garden, to count the minutes until evening to stare with srlowinsr evea ; ~ o' - w vinto the distance, to press feverish hands to a burning forehead, and ask if the pitiless sun would never go down, to stammer incoherent prayers for one alone?one who was perhaps now tossj ing iu delirium, and longing vainly for some hand to smooth his pillow ? Could Arnim have suspected with what longing Papillon awaited him?? longing not on his own account?would he have hastened home ? Night had already fallen when he entered the family sitting room mortally weary, and threw himself into his arm-chair. When Dcsiree saw him she uttered a cry. "Are you afraid of me, Papillon ?" he asked, in a hollow tone. "Marianne, give me some nourishing food. Send iYlLU tu iiit; no uuvi;. Marianne hastened out to do his bidding. Desiree approached and tools his hand. "Poor uncle!" she said. "Must von exert yourself so much? How are your patients?" " Do you mean the one in Grunfeld, chilli?" he answered, sadly, and stroked her hair. "He fell ill suddenly?how seriously I can not tell until to-morrow. I shall drive over again at noon. Removal is out of the question, but the house where he lies is comfortable, the bed good. The house belongs to aD elderly widow who has seen most oj her family sicken and die, and knows much of illness. She will do her best for him, but I hope to find a nurse. Ivan" he added as the Russian servant entered. "You must leave early in the morning with linen and othei comforts for your sick countryman. You may await me at Grunfeld." <? All t'* said Ivan, with a stolen glance at-Desiree. "The master commands, Ivan obeys." It was past midnight. Deep silencc brooded over tue vine-wreathed house. A light step stole down the stairs and over the threshold?a woman's figure <^sguised in wrappings, 3 b&fijUe ia hand. From the hood of red cloth beamed a pale, charming, girlish face. Below at the front door .stood Ivan with a large, closely-packed basket. "Comer' whispered the young girL ' Let us hasten.1' te!k(J "COME! LET US HASTEN H1 "But my master will be angry and your little feet will be weary. Ivan's feet will not tire. Let bini go alone. He would go through seas of tire for the young master and for you." "Hush! I have written to the doctor. He will not be angry. A human life is at stake. Have you forgotten any thing?" "Nothing, my lady. I have a bottle of whisky in my pocket." The next morning the Russian doctor found in the breakfast room a note to his address containing these words: ' Do not seek a nurse for your friend. I will remain with him until all danger is over, or until he leaves this world. Ivan goes with me. Do not chide my secret departure. I should have died had I been held back, and I know that you wouid have held me back. In a case like this every minute is precious. "The pitying Mother of God will protect him and me. And you, dear uncle, will make him well. In his sick-chamber I hope soon to kiss your hand." "Good heavens, what will people say!" cried Marianne, as Arnim read her the letter. 4 'We must never receive her back. O what a scandal there will be!" "Have no fear of that. If Hilmai recovers, every one will think his future wife did a heroic deed." "His future wife?" "Yes, Marianne. The night before I1C It'll JUlXIlKtr CU1I1C5SUU iU IL1V uis lun for Des'rce." "For this child! And the sillj thing thought he wanted to make me his wife. Well, I am glad I told her 1 would never accept an offer from him. But if he dies'' " I hope he may live. God is merciful, I will at once drive over to Grunfeld." Ho returned to his study and opened his desk. He fook from a box a bit oi yellow lace, closed it tenderly in the hollow of his hand?then pressed it tc his eyes?a long, long time. Dark thoughts like ill-omened birds of the night llitted around our Russian doctor as in his carriage he passed over the long, solitary road to that mountain village?the same road over which Desiree?s little feet had wandered the night before. Why must all this happen? Why for him alone was there no Happiness, no drop of that elixir his heart craved? Had not every human being the right to one sunbeam? If Hilmar died would not this be the natural solution of the question? Might not Desiree then turn back to him? .No longer Papillon, an inconsolable widowed bride; but still she would regain with him, and he could love and care for her. Ought he to wish this? Did not the fulfillment of the wish lie in his own hands? The slightest neg - - ' ^ -a j_\ _ lect ot ins patient at tins stage 01 uw disease would suffice. He shuddered. He was horrified at himself. He clasped his hands in agony. What terrible power over him had every feeling connected with the thought of this young girl! "Lead us notinto temptation?" whispered the quivering lips, while drops oi anguish stood on the strong man's forehead. The day was bright, the birds sang, nature wore her festal summer robes. Refreshing airs streamed down from the mountains, the swallows shot past with exhilarating cries of joy. How (beautiful was the world! How hard it must be for one to leave it when blest with the love of a Desiree! The widow's cottage now rose before him; the window of the sick man's .chamber was open: the life-giving summer air streamed -in unhindered. "Papillon's hand has been busy here," he thought. Hesitating, he passed the threshold. The old woman limped to meet him. "How is our patient?" he ocT.-r.c7 cnfflv. ' \ "Better, I think, since the sweetheart came. Poor young thing! He knew her directly, and as she stepped to his bed, he cried: 'Darling, you have come at last! Isow I shall die easily. Lav your hand on my forehead!1 She did so?and sits there yet, sweet lamb!" The doctor entered tho <ck chamber. Xe.<=, there she sat, the beloved one, pale and weary, but with a blissful light in her eyes. Iler hand rested upon the forehead of the sufferer, who was nowsleeping. Ivan recognized his master, and drew stealthily into the background. ' Uncle, he called my name, he begged me lay my hand upon his forehead!" whispered Desirec. with a faint smile. "I have been praying for him, and that you mignt come, xxuw mat you are here, all will be well." "Yes, my child I hope so. We will save him with the help of God. I shall remain until the crisis is over. We will await it together as on that night when I first met you, Papillon." Ili;mar recovered. That low-walled peasant chamber became a fiowerwreathed paradise for two happy, 1 united hearts. After a time the pai tient was removed to his friend's house, the cherished place where he had first met Desiree. Here in the late autumn was celebrated a quiet marriage. Immediately after, the bridal pair journeyed L\J LIXXZ CVULU. Life in the vine-wreathed house passed quietly as if no brilliant Papillon had ever lluttered around it. The Russian doctor dedicated himself anew to the sick, to scientific studies and to biomedical work, which was published and became a standard authority. Marianne saw with concern that he grew graver and more reticent day by day; and yet the children all knrw him and approached him with the o.dtime love and familiarity. His gen irosity also caused the frugal cousin much uneasiness. One cold day he came home without his overcoat, spying with a smile that he had met a poor man who needed it more than lie. Marianne waited patiently and loyally from year to year, still hoping that the doctor's "hour' would come. With the lapse of time Ivan's irisdoings became more open, and the list ot opprobrious adjectives was read to him almost daily. Kathe grew old and gray in the house,still haunted by fa.rs of pestilence and other dire calamities, and with a new source of trouble lost some evil might happen to the adored Desiree on her many journeyings. When Desiree and her husband were on their travels, frequent letters from them flew like white-winged birds over to the doctor's house. "We are happy" was their constant refrain to the incredulous surprise of Marianne, who hid prophesied trouble and had from year to year awaited that action for divorce which was sure to come. "It isn't in the nature of things," she said, "for a man fickle as Hilmar Ussikow to get on with an ignorant child like Desiree, who does not know how to heel a stocking or oversee a family baking." Later on, children's feet tripped through the doctor's garden, and a beautiful, radiant mother, with her husband's arm around her, looked onsrcilinrr as the ^rest-uncle olaved ball with her little lads. The ball was the selfsame one Hortense had thrown into tie eye of the young student. tiie ball was tiie self-same one. His long, arduous day's work ended, our Russian doctor sleeps well. Lis resting place in his native town is, in the blossoming season, heaped high with flowers placed there by loving hands. The green sprays of a weeping willow bond caressingly above the simple head-stone, which beneath nano and date bears this inscription : "Here lies one who loved eis fellow men." [the end.] THE GAME COCK. * Tho Important Part Assigned to Him !n Ancient and More Modern Times. The game cock was an honored bi:'d in ancient times, and is to-day by a large class of men who love and admire him for his beautiful plumage and indomitable pluck. In Greece and Syria he was once an emblem of divinity; in the mythology of the ancients he was the symbol of vigilance, and no doubt he was used as a time inci c-ator for the night sentinels in the Roman army. The Delphian oracle to Tarquia, when he enlisted in his cause Porsenna, King of Etruria, to recover his throne, was to beware of the Roman youth, for they had become addicted to coc'relighting. Pomponius Mela, the historian, asserts that the Roman Emperor did not begin to decline until cockfighting had fallen into disrepute among its Governors. The soothsayers warned Mark Antony to take heed of Ciesar because his cocks were always beaten by him. Severus was not able to conquer Britain until he ht.d liie nfficftrs na.ssifw i ?r r ately fond ami emulous of glory l:?y exhibiting a main of cocks every dry before them. Alexander Severus, the cousin of Heliogabalus, suppressed a revolt among a portion of his army it Antioch, by fightiug some cocks :'n their presence. The fact of Thcmistocles commanling two game cocks to be fought in the open view of his dismayed army when he besieged Dalmatia shows the powor exercised over the mind by the exhibition of courage displayed by these gallant birds. General Jackson, of otir own favored country, during his campaigns against the British forces in tie South, had his favorite games always with him. At night, and within sight of the camp-fires of the enemy, the orderly could be seen with lantern :n hand coming from the headquarters' wagon with a pair of birds for ti e rrn y 3 J night's amusement- xne oana won a play " See the * Conquering Hero Comes," the men would cheer t!? combatants, and in this Tray he halpfi^ to keep up the courage of his American Poultry Journal, . J j ''Fooln Rush in, Where Angels Fear to Treat-1." i So impetuous youth is often given to folly and indiscretions; and, as a resu.t, nervous, mental and organic dibility follo'-v, memory is impaired, -self-confidence is lacking; at night bad dreams occur, premature old age seems setting in, ruin is in the irack. in confidence, you can, and should write to Dr. R. V. Pierce's, of Bulfaio, X. Y.. the author of a treatise for the benefit of that class of patients, and cescribe your symptoms and suffering. He can cure you at your home, and will send you lull particulars by mail. Pianos and Organs. AH of tlie best makes. $25 cash and balance November 1, at spot cash prices on a Piano. 810 cash and balance November 1, at spot cash prices on ivn Organ. Delivered, freight free, at yoir nearest depot. Fifteen days test trial and freight both ways if not satisfactory. Write for circulars. N. W. TEUMP, * Columbia, S. C. An International Convention of employ- j ing printers of the United States and C'anala j has been called to meet in Chicago on Tuesday, October IS, to devise plans ioTi united action upon the recent demand of the International Typographical Union; J that nine hours shall constitute a da;ys labor. ' J ' EXOIIXISTEK COX OX TUKKEY. A TurkSj-li Salaam?Turkish Habits?Turkish "Women, Ac., <&c. The Eon. S. S. Cox's lecture, "Observations iipOL. Turkey." says the Now York Sun oi October 3, formed the principal part of the entertainment given by the Steckler Association at the T\iadsor Theatre last night. Three policemen stood at the entrance, and declared it was impossible for another man to get inside. Judge Alfred Steckler had hardly finished his brief introduction of Mr. Cox when the audience lixed itself for an hour's laughter, and it refu.-od to put itself into any other attitude toward the distinguished lecturer, in spite of the evident lact tnat ne sometimes triea 10 be serious, Mr. Cox began by making a Turkish salaam as the most fitting way to express his recognition of the honors about to be heaped upon him. He first tried to touch his boot toe without bending his knees, then placed his hand on Vest he i aid was Las heart, stuck his finger in his mouth, scratched bis head, and concluded with a sweeping dancingmaster's bow. The audience didn't care Whether all this was good Tnrkish or not; it was funny, and they laughed. "The Turks always begin the day with sunset," said Mr. Cox, and everybody laughed again. "My mother-in-law used to tell me that the Paritans began their Sunday at sunset Saturday, and I never went back on 'Sunset' when I could help it." Mr, Cox referred to his trip in the Soudan under the guidance of the Sultan's commissioner: "It may seem a starange thing for a man to go to Turkey with only one wife, but, as the man said who had his head cut off, it was the only ode I had. The Sultan has 484 wives, ana he has to have their names put on the doors of their rooms. For my part I have always found one just about as much as I can manage. When I met the Khedive he said: " 'Your Excellency, how is it your country has grown so fast in population?' " 'The attractive forces of our imml- j gration laws and of our Constitution,' I j answered. *' -But have you got any of my people over there?' " 'Oh, yes, we have two. I shipped them yesterday from Alexandria. They are mummies.' " 'Well, it's all right. They couldn't be of much more use to me, anyhow.1 "I am perliaps the only man in America who has ever shaken hands with the Pharaoh of Scripture. He was a little dusty, but I shook hands with him. My | wonder is not so much that he was able j to win immortality, but that he was able ! to preserve his immortalization. "The great fight of the century will not be about Bulgaria or Koumelia, but will take place in Afghanistan, between the V-nd animal Kussia and the sea animal Great Britain. Some of those pres- j ent will live to see it." The climax of the lecturer's eloquence | was reached when he began to describe the Caucasian women who replenish the harems of Constantinople. "They appear on the streets as women do in >~Vv York, but the eyes?the eyes. ?such eyes as I never saw elsewhere , j Tb^e-.women belong to the. stock from : ?.1*.* "3TA 1 ? JJLLVJiJL ULiJ. 1.11UI.OIUJ.O o^/i v?*v , beautiful, wonderful woman, compact in form, noble of mein, graceful in movement, aid musical in speech. The Turkish race will .e replenished from Caucasia time and again. "On the bridge between Scutari and Constantinople seventy-two nations are represented in the passers to and fro, different in costume, language and manners. How does the Sultan harmonize these diverse nations? The secret of government is the same that was observed in the ancient empires of Greece and Kome?it is home rule?the system of tribal relations which has prevailed from the days of Abraham. Each tribe has its head" and its own system of taxation, and this plan prevails from the Euphrates to the Adriatic. Crete ha3 its own legislature. It is this system which ; has kept the Turkish Empire together j so long, in spite of its many enemies." I Mr. Cox gave some specimens of Turk- j ish humor, and mentioned the fact that j more would be found in a certain book j about to be published. In conclusion he said that he hoped the day was far distant when the amiable, just, honest and vigilant Sultan should lose his hold upon the Orient. Pearl Fishers of the Ked Sea. Some 300 boats of from eight to twenty tons burden, and with crews of, in the aggregate, about 2,'500 men, mostly neffro slaves, are en erased in the pearl fish eries of the Red Sea, -which yield from 3100,000 ta ?150,000 a year. One-third of the income the owners of the vessels retain;-, the remaining two-thirds are dis-; tribated among the crews, which makes an average of $30 to ?40 a year to every j man. In former days Djeddah, near1 Mecca, in Arabia, was the port where all the pearls -were taken and sold; but since the government imposed an import duty of eight per cent, upon the pearls the fishers commenced carrying their shells to Massowah and Suakin, on the African coast, where they have only one per cent. oi duty to pay. At present the latter ports receive about three-quarters of the entire yield, hardly one-quarter of it still going to Djeddah. From these ports the pearls are transported to Cairo and Alexandria, in lower Egypt, whence most of them go to Trieste, upon the Adriatic Sea, few only reaching London and Hav:e directly from Egypt. Fearful Experience ot a Di ier. Gardiner Floyd, a well known diver of Portland Me., had an awful experience many feet under water at Mattawamkoag a few days ago. e He was at work on a foundation lor a coner-aam at me saie of a pier for a new bridge for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He had put a chain around a big rock and given the signal to hoist it, when a large piece of the rock broke off. It fell upon the diver, knocked him down, and pinned one leg and foot to the bottom. His crowbar was just beyond his reach, and be feared every moment that his air supply would give out. The bottom was of mud and gravel and rather soft. Mr. Floyd set to work to dig himself free witn his hands. As fast as he undermined the rock he propped it with small stones. He dug away for dear life for just half an hour before he succeeded in getting his leg free. His air hose was resting on two poir's of a ledge, but by careful handling lie ?ot it straightened out and gave the signal to hoist. He was completely exhausted when he reached the surface. His foot and leg were badly bruised, but no bones were broken.? Xcw York Star. A most beautiful bonnet made last week for a prominent society leader was of helmet shape with sides of dark amber and bronze brown. The front trimming was of soft velvet formed into a puff, the velvet running down the back of bonnet in folds, dark and light amber formed the trimming at the sides. I GKE VT V. ALL \ MY 7H. ! SuriJiisirj; Statement, ?>y it French Missionury. ;tiom the Lond .u Times.) j AbbeLairien, formerly a missionary I to China, has published a pamphlet J (Paris, Ler<:nx.) on the Great W&ii of China, to demonstrate that this structure does not exist and has never existed. The popular belief is that this tvuII stretches for about eight hundred league1? aero-s China, from the sea to the province 01 ?an-Su. That it is wholiy constructed of cut .stone, and is thirty" cubits high by twelve broad. It is believed to ran straight on regardless of obstacles, goiug down valleys and up mountains, without break, except j such as time has made, along its whole I ?TJiia >> .-.f iVin s.t'i nriji.) bui\ wit.il si Jesuit named Martini, who visited China about 1650, and his description v.-us followed by subsequent writers. 31. Larrieu has lived for several years ur'.Vr what would have been the shadow of the Great Wall had there been one; he has studied the writings of recent writers? especially Abbe Hue?who have crossed the line of the alleged wall in various places, he has likewise studied the Chinese history of the subject, and Lis conclusions are as follows: (1) The term ''Great Wall" is at the bottom of all the misunderstanding, and it comes from the Chinese expression, "the wall of the | ten thousand ii;" (2) as described by Martini and other writers who have copied him, this wall does not and never did exist; (3) a Chinese Emperor undoubtedly did conceive the idea of a great wall from the Gulf of Liao-Long on the east to Kan-Su on the west, and this, though never realized, had a beginning; (4; all along the proposed line I o< the wall square towers of earth, or ot earth faced with brick, were constructed at considerable distances from each othi cr, but these were never joined together by any wall as was originally intended. In some of the defiles idong the route ' ? * -M- 1 i- ' 1 '-i. ~ J mere are wa:is, uui ?::jse were iuiemitu to close these particular passages, or they are merely the walls of villages, and are not parts of a larger scheme. Hence the only part of the scheme of the Great Wall carried out was the construction of these scattered towers, the rest never went beyond the brain-that conceived it; ii was never more than a fancy, and it is n-jw a myth. This huge Chinese wall, says Abbe Lnrrieu, is a huge Chinese lie, and as for the million soldiers which wore said to guard it night ?.nd day, they are myths likewise. The alleged Great Wall is a favorite excursion for Europeans visitiog IVkin, and such a question as whether it exist at ail or not should be an easy one to settle definitely. USE Olf THIS WEED. A Change Taking Place in tin; L'se of Tobacco. (From ill.' >\ Y. Corilinercial .-.dvcrtiser) Every tobacconist recognizes the great change that is taking place in what may be called in a rather nec sense the public taste. Any average tobacconist, whose trade is not chiefly among sailors and truckmen, will tell you he dots not sell one-half as much chewing tobacco as he did ten years ago. Tc-ry likely he -.till be unable to guess why it is, but he can't deny the fact. I asked one of them about it the other day. He said: "The change i? aie to a variety of causes. It i= a gre?.i deal more apparent here in the East than in the West and South, but it is going on all over the country. Une tiling is undoubtedly tue strength cf public opinion that it is an uncleanly habit. It is hard for a man who chfcT.3 to keep evidences oi it from his clothes. That fact makes it inevitable that the habit should go down before the increasing attention to dress, that is a feature of moderu life. Then a great many refined and well-intentioned i persons have waged war against it for years. It -was inevitable that some effect should follow their crusade. "But the principal causes are right here: There is a great deal more dyspepsia and stomach trouble in the country now than there used to be, and no person can chew tobacco who has a weak stomach. James Parton says in hi* famous pamphlet against rum and tobacco that the stomach will hold out against the weed longer than the lungs. James does not smoke or chew, and therefore he doesn't know. Common experience shows that he is wrong, and doctors support the verdict of common experience. The action of the tobacco juice, which trickles down the chewer's throat, is to paralyze the stomach. It will do that long before smoke will have ; any perceptible effect upon an ordinary [ pair of lungs. "Then the cigarette has done a great j deal to put an end to the habit of chew^ ing tobacco. The growth of the cigarette practice in this country is, as they say of Western towns, 'phenomenal.' The consumption of cigarettes h?6 j doubled many times over in the last j fifteen years. About seven out of every | ten boys who are growing up now smoke j cigarettes, -bid after a boy has smoked ! cigarettes a few years he not only has no i taste for tobacco in any.cther form, but he has no constitution left to stand chewing tobacco. It is curious how boys wiii take cigarettes. I believe it is very largely because of the fuss that is made about them, it has g to be the common opinion that cigarette smoking is the most injurious practice known. That is just why boys adopt it. It makes them an object of awful interest to other ooys ana xo g;ris. it is sooiumg a boy's foolish pride to know to that people have marked him out as one who is resiling with frightful temerity to early destruction. Whether that is the cause of it or net, it is perfectly certain that more and mors cigarettes are being sold every year and less and less chewing tobacco. fie lieliiseti to J*'ire. DruLix, October 5.?Evictions were continued at Gweedore to-day. When the police, followed by an immense crowd, came to the house of the Widow Bowles, they found it stVongJy barricaded, and the inmates prepared to make stout resistance. Boiling water was dashed upon the bailiffs and they were several times compelled to retire. They linaily gained access to the roof and demolished the chimney, tumbling the debris down into the tire. The burning coals were scat^v%-? tU a < ?>/J fli . AC? Lt'I'JU Vii, UiSJ H.WL uu * t V-JL* J-i-i lx^<* ?T V/^V compelled to surrender. Seven persons were taken from the house and placed under arrest. The hostile demeanor of the crowd alarmed the commander of the police and he ordered his men to prepare to fire, whereupon Constable Hanghey declined to obey the order, advanced a few paces from the ranks and threw down his rifle. He will probably be arrested for refusing to lo his duty. it costs anywhere from live hundred to five thousand dollars a month to keep a yacht like those owned by wealthy men. 3Ir. Muir, of Dumbarton, Scotland, promises ;:o be the next competitor for America's cup. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. j The Ta.xa.tion of Boiula Held by Foreign j t Laud Loan Companio?lbpy Cannot be ! j Taxed. The opinion of Attorney General! Zarle given below was rendered in re-j sponse to the request of Comptroller j (.General Stoney, by reason of the question being raised as to the correctness of the lattc-r's opinion and practice in relation to the taxation of bonds, sccured sy mortgage of lands in this State, held by foreign land loan companies. The opinion fully confirms the Comptroller General: Hon. W. E. Stoney, Comptroller General: In response to your request for my cpinion as to whether bonds secured by mortgages of lands in this itftte held by foreign land loan companies are taxable in this State, I beg to say, that in my opinion such bonds are not taxable here. The Supreme Court of the United States, in the case'-of the State tax on foreign-held bonds, Railroad ts.-Pennsylvania, 15 Wallace, 300, decides the matter in point; that bonds issued by a r i r 1 y*/-\rv-> nortv oro rvm"nA"H"V 1T> tliA I i'.iUAVWU K* V vj ? bunds of the holders, and when held by non-residents of the State in which the company was incorporated, they are property beyond the jurisdiction of that State, and "to tax them is not a legitimate exercise of the taxing power, and this is not affected by the fact that the bonds are secured by mortgage upon property situate in the State. The tax laws of a State can have no extra-territorial opertion, nor can any laws of a State inconsistent with the terms of a contract made with or payable to parties out of the State have any effect upon the contrast whilst it is in the hands of such parties or other non-residents of the State. In the case of Jenkins vs. Charleston, "> S. C., 393, the Supreme Court of this State decided that the City Council of i Charleston may lawfully tax its own stocks, as well as that owned by nonI residents as that owned by residents of the city, and that such a tax does not impair the obligation of the contract. The Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Murray vs. Charleston, 96 U. S., 432, reversed the decision oi; the Supreme Court of South Carolina IT; tiie case oi o en Kits vs. unariesson and in the case of Murray vs. Charleston, the t<vo cases being governed by the same decision. The cases above cited seem to me conclusive of the matter. >*ovelties for the Ladles. Opera glasses of oxidized silver, ctchea in repousse style, 'will be very popular this winter. Ladies' cuff buttons of pale bine enamel, traversed with gold wire., will be extensively worn. Failles and ribbed silks in both light and dark colors are covered with minute iioral patterns, woven into the main portion of the fabric. .In octopus of oxidized silver, having suspended from each of its eight legs a heavy link chain, to which some pretty little knickknack is atiached, is tfe most r^ent design in chatelaines. | A Boujanger hat seen on the Avenue yesterday was of gray stone-colored velvet, with steel cord on the edge and tips and wings of light stet-1 color. A steel buckle caught the point of crown in front. The enamel goods shown this season are most beautiful in design. An exquisite lady's pin is shown in the shape : oi an English or double violet, beautij fully enameled and resting in diamond on its outer leaf, representing a drop of I dew. The link bracelet o.t newer make is j most exquisitely chased and richly | adorned, either in combination or coico rw I t'J.J HAIU UAOUtVUVWj f jf "'* v *? | rubies. Lace pins are shown in enamel forming sprays ard bouquets oi small iiowers. The new leather pouches and card eases are now handsomely finished r.nu more expensively than for some time past. They are tints of pale terra cotta, embossed with delicate seagreen figures in silver arabesques, others are embossed with gold. Pretty pouches will be worn at the side of the belt, made of embossed leather, velvet or lace with girdle to match. English wraps of pilot cloths, rough tweeds, piaided and checked English wools, cheviots, smooth camel's hair goods crossed with shaggy lines of deep color and diagonal bourettes will be fashionable. The wraps will have large pointed hoods, red silk linings and very pocket flaps. In many cases these wraps will match the gowns and will be trimmed with braid or embroidery. Others will be in simple tailor style with machinestitched edges. The Newmarkets will be richly decorated with applique in silk card with handsome brandebourges and aig.iilettes to match. English ulsters, red and black striped, Eton coats and short jackets in French, Londonderry, Russian and Gladstone, trim and close-*r? orj/3 mi f JJUL LiAw WUVii uvawiv I breasted over gold banded Briton vests, will be extensively worn. Gray continues to be very fashionable, and in Paris very many of the new costumes being prepared for the gay autumn and winter season are made wholly oi gray. This is a style established early in the summer-season by English royalty. The favorite costume will be*of gray French cashmere combined with soft gray vc1 'et, gray colored silk garni tared with cuu steel embroideries and of gray cloth and moire trimmed with costly gray gimps and galloons. These wili be more to the exclusion, it may be, of the brilliant gowns which have made the Parisians famous in times past. Other prevailing colors for the coming season will be dark Roman red, golden bronze :md the new terra cotta which is far prettier than that of past seasons. The delicate kail' tones in combination which have been-worn for the past few seasons are a bit more delicate, and in the silks for autumn and winter gowns that the prominent French modistes have just brought over with thein there is more real beauty than in the shades of last yen* some of which were garish and aggressive. These nuances' in color are o: 2:0-1 novel shades such as bronze aiid pale strawberry, dark blue and reseda, terra cotta and golden brown, peach color and olive, pink and blue, and uiuy others seemingly impossible to combine. 31iss Nanette Comstock, the actress, will come out next week with a most beautiful gown of this peculiar combination. The skirt will be of a very pale tint of green, with overikirt of combination green and pink stripes of a tint quite as delicate as the green of the skirt." The green of the overskirt is a bit deeper than the skirt. The orapings will be of lace. Dennis Kearnev, the agitator, arrived in Chicago from the Pacific coast yesterday, and left for New York to take part in the three-cornered political struggle waging between the Democrats, Republicans "and the followers of Henry George. TKIPL.3c ^IUEDEE. Tragedy Near Madison, Ga.?A Negro 3Ian Willi Three Members of Kis Family. A special from Madison, Ga., to the Atlanta Constitution says: The people of Morgan comity are aroused by the news of a terrible family tragedy "which took place some time botvreen Saturday night and Sunday morning. About 2 o'clock on Sunday morning the clatter of horse's feet -were heard by Marshal Beardon, the rider exclaimiii3 in great excitement as he rode in: "I want a doctor! I want the sheriff! Old man Dow Locket is dead! Aunt Lucy and Moilie have their throats cut and are dying!" The rider was a negro, named Bill, who worked on the plantation of Mr. Anthony Fannin, three miles from town. 'Upon the same plantation lived Dow Locket, a venerable old negro, and his wife Lucy. They had but one child with them, their daughter Moilie, Several years ago ciic accepted the love of Alexander Mo:rris, a hand working upon an adjoining plantation. For a while all went well, 'intil jealousy entered the heart of Morris, and after that there was but little peace. He whipped Ms wife frequently, and abused her so that she was afraid of her life. Early last week he went home one night and renewed his crael treatment. He beat her until she fell exhausted in a faint. Some time during the night her consciousness returned, when she found her husband sleeping soundly beside her. Stealthily she arose, and. slipping out of the house, ran in despera ion to the home of her parents, where she obtained refuge. "About an hour ago," said the rider, "I heard terrible screams, which were preceded by a gunshot. Eunning out I saw a man at Locket's front door, pulling a woman out, kicking her, and cutting wildly at her with a knife. Hie neighbors began to gather, when the man ran off, and by the time the nature of his work was known he had disappeared entirely. The woman in. the yard was Mcilie, the wife of Aleck \TVvrr*c rr>nf rrac /' Tit. f>7san d/>rnss. The people went in ana found that Locketi was dead, while his wife was almost dead, with her throat cut clean across, jn&t like her daughter's outside. Then I jumped on my horse and rode into town after a doctor." A party was at once organized, consisting of the coroner, she riff and several others, who reached the scene of the tragedy at daylight. Hundreds of excited negroes had gathered at the place, among whom the excitement was intense. All agreed that they would lynch, the murderer if they could get him. The most fiendish forms of torture were proposed for Morris. The wounded wife said that her husband came to the house, as he claimed, to effect a reconciliation, and wanted his wife to go back with him. This she refused to do. He then said he would stay all night. When bedtime came Locket went to bed, sleeping on a pallet on the floor, while his wife, Lucy, got into the bed, in the corner of the room, and Mollie got on a bed in the opposite side. What followed can best be told in her own words, as tnlrl vnr.r f?nwGSiv>ndent; "Dad went to sleep about 10 o'clock, and soon .sUoiiziag.? ? " awhile, and she, too, fell asleep, -and left Aleck sitting in the door. He wanted me to .go back with him, an' sorter promised to go. I was 'fraid of him, an' then I wanted to get some money of mine he had, and I just talked kinder ij-ood to him. By and by I fell asleep. \Vhen I waked up I looked over to set) mam stooping over dad's pallet trying to put oat the fire. His cover was ablaze and the room was full of smoke. Just then I saw a man spring on mam and throw her to the floor. She sorter choked, and l jumped out of bed. It was Aleck. He left mam' aud sprang upon me, dragging me out the door to the ground. J saw a knife in his hand. He struck at my throat, but I warded it oil"; the nest lick and he cut me again and again. I ielt the keen edge oi his knife. Then he jumped and run. Aleck was was not drunk, and I don't know why he wanted to kill us. Did not know dad was killed until just before you came. The shot must have waked me." In the room Dow Locket lay on his side with his eyes closed in sleep. He evidently died without a struggle, and never knew what killed him. A doublebarrel gun lay on the floor, with its muzzle not six inches from his head. It tvoc hie rwrrs orrrn an/1 rho occoccin fA step over his sleeping form to get it from tlie rack. Sheriff Hillsman at once sent for Toon Powell's dogs. The animals took up the scent without trouble, running in the direction of Newton county. When iast heard from they were half way between Madison and Atlanta, while, the pursuing party of whites and blacks was oeing increased as it went along by people anxious to join in the lynching of the triple murderer. The Petticoat. Few people seem aware how enormously a petticoat dress of any sort increases the apparent size of the hips until they have seen the same persons in a different?i. e., two-legged?dress. The habit of wearing a dress which causes the duality of the form to be concealed is the true cause of ail the errors and strange contortions which seem inseparable from women's dress. It com pletely alters the character of the figure and causes an ordinary waist to look urge and clumsy. Dress a man in a v,-oman's skirt and his waist immediately appears large out of all proportion to its height, and this result is the true cause of the compression oi the waist among most European nations. Till it is removed, it is vain to argue against tight lacing. The majority of women also seem unaware how unbecoming a thing is the tight bodice, which is the stereotyped form on whicii their dress bodices are made. They unconsciously try to improve upon it by making imitation vests and waistcoats and falls ot lace down the front. But with a loose, happing skirt an artistic and becoming form i f bodice is out of the Question, for onlv a tight bodice can give the hourglass pinch rendered accessary by the globular form the legs assume when encased in skirts. ?From Dress. .V Horrible Confession. Cincinnati, October 4.?The mystery surrounding the murder of Henry Kemper, ti c Barr street grocer, which occurred early i;i January, lias been solved by the dying confession of the murdered man's son, John, aged 24, in which the latter acknowledges that he killed his father for tlie purpose of securing a large sum cf money that the old man was supposed to h:ive had on his person at the time. Xews was received here this morning that John Kemper had been fatally injured in a railroad wreck, and that he had made a con It -ilOll iii Vv lu<ju ue iua auster, who is uov in California. Among butter makers and dealers in the country the general opinion has been that baiter churned from sweet cream is not so good, and will not keep as 'well, as that mude from sour cream. % t,?,, ... W*