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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-06
On Four Parts.)

then Pc looked up ana spoke to INC king
in clear voice.
'p E--." Hs said. 81 am "A very OH
; man. as q youth 1 served under ChaHa
she iinn ARA Z hearl his diving prophecy
& II tfe coming oi thr white man TU+u
trc white rrau elino ara Fought for Hm-
raa1 at th- battle rf tse Blood river.
Tfeg slow p5r-aan and for many years
was tr- -uueIIDr of tauda your father.
+ stood hv y.u. 90 King. IN tho battle of
the t-rr waCl its rrly waters wrve
tu-usl fu r.4 w.th fhe Mood of Imhulaa..
SOUR brother. a#i tH. toms ,t thousands
. nf Es u.arsa AEerNard became .aff-
. councillor. 80 k'r-. ard i uas uIla So.
UGtn Sowuarl eet thc crown upon voar
head and rHu made promises Co Somp~eu.
promises tHrt Sou have nor kept Now
T1l are wrarr ~ mo ana i IS wen. TOR /
sn vrry oia ara doubtless my talk is fool
trH as is chances 20 tn. ola g,f trfnlr
t'-at tho prophecy of Chala. yolr ereat
untle WIZ come true. and that tho whit.
men VIII prevail aralnst you ali that
through them -ou VIII find your dcarn
would than I miEnt have stool IN one
more battle ana fought fer you, O king.
SINCE tsht ~ou w.il hut the end which vou
choose 81 Tor me the rest end sleep IA
peace. 30 king. and farewell haycto."
f"r o space there was silence. a silence 81
expectation. while men waited to hear tho
94-tht reverse fl5 Judgment. But u did
not please h.n g hc mc-rifuI. or the needs
- policy outHeishcd his pity
Take h.sn away" he repeated. ara with
q slow smile upon his face and on. word.
GOOD n.-rtF upon hle Inns. leaning rr.en
81" Aff1 of g soldier, tho old warrior and
statesman s1unled forth % mo place 81
death
madden watched and listened in amaze
InsHf- not uumixed with fear eli Doe treats .
- own servants ibe this. what win hap
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long frin-cs Of black oXtaiIs. and i'm one
hand hs Dor. a. little dancing shield, also
Mlol, iu color The other was empty, since
%, might NOT appear before the king bear-
ire arms. In couutenauce the man was
handsome. and though just now they be-
trayel some anxiety. his eyes were genial
and honest and his mouth sensitive. In
height he must have measured six feet two
inches. set he dii not strike the observer
as being tan. perhaps because Of his width
OF chest and the solility of his limbs, that
were iu curious contrast 20 the delicate
and almost womanish hands and feet which
ST. often mark the Zulu of noble blood. In
short the man was what he seemed to be,
a savage gentleman of birth. dignity and
courage.
In company with him was another man
plainly dressed in a mooCha and blanket,
whose crizzloc hair showed him 10 be over
nsty years of age. His face also was pleas
amt and even refined. hut the eyes We're
timorous and the mouth lacked character.
..Nn0 are these2" asked The King.
The two men fell ON their knees before
him and bowed ull their forehcads touched
tls ground. giving him his s!bonsa or titles
z OF u.aisr tIr while.
Speak nu said. Impaueutiy.
"a, kiue" -ald The young warrior. seat
ins himself zulu fashion, "a am NahOon
tho son OF Iamua. "A captain OF tAe Lm-
cityu. and this is my uncle, Umgona, ths
. brother Of one Of my mothers, my fathers
.l,.,,, Irov-ued "What d1 sou mere
avay from your regiment. Nahoon?"
( .Na. ii Please the kug / nave leave Q
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SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BOND BILL
Probable That a Free Coinage Bill Will
Be Sent Back by the Senate.

, Fv,a coming
"tsHi'A t'-' III, t..,5 entirely
"eeN ]" tl'' Nv t,e financial
"f'" t'' t.1g ~ tr.. NOM
toiHii'',',' - et' .,l 3. fe -,r.ra-
ptfs 81 li't' ooi.i-i,, - ,5io,,-n-
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iu'ht7 lot W. 60. ,,o,rr,,tt-a
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expects 20 nave ZIP ~. -,..-,,1s-
the BOND ana ihe ldilil "''1 ~ ,-..-.+-
meeting day, iatsl"S No. -.
memb, rs Of tine e'H"'i'''-. ,. .
SEPT that il VIII ae Impo7- que ~
in bin 10 be reported for the Gooo I'AS'..
that il has never been coA7ldtit" li ''-+-
co,npities ana they VIII not agree to its
report on chat day.
lit is conceded that tine bond bill VIII reAeA
tho senate with the euacting clause strictl-
on out and i free coinage bill substituted
The debate on the free coinage hiH may
extend over fortnight, although some or
the reutihlicaus profess 20 believe that thty
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--o+e ,rrthir that time
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bill as il came from the mousse. altio~-A
r,razsllra is being brought TO bear upon the
i.s...- g.. i1or...a an the schedules
comm. !....-.. .i,,5 t,. +fa
from the 10 per cen, 4''N =
house TO 20 yer cent or - per Neilt- ~ p
senator's viii be held on the BIN. but there
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the rank ana NE ann ''l' i.
for their purpose the concentration 'i the
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OF man VINO 9"NN.i4S @''''t'u az
unutieranle "roi gus "i''e '1i"' gun
cred. lAe VEINS ~" o-L 20 hii'lS on ms
! neck ana lofeher ana Jus IiH@'iS '''s''
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through IN lhe o." NCtP 7H'uce' Int
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man rose ana t'''u id-sief imam walked
I toward the at
A. hc rcacheH Ie voice Of Cetewayo
/ commanded INTO HtoP stay. ne saiu,
/ u have scre Tor You. Nahoou, that
shall drive out your head these thoughts
/ of wives ana nriage. You see this White
Man here: he ny guest and would hunt
buffalo and hgime iu the bush country.
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! suggested Hadden. while the audience tit
tered
No. king. do not touch II rashly: Il is a
\ repeating rifle. Look" and, lifting the
Winchester. he fired the four remaining
shots in quick succession into the air.
striking ia" top Of "a tree at which he aimed
with every one OF them.
WOW. it is wonderful" said the compa-
NY iu establishments
'iIas tho thing hnishcd?" asked the king
'for the Pr, sent ii has" answered Had
den. Look al H."
Cctewayo took the repeater In his hand
and examined 10 with caution, swinging the
Wrazie horizontally iu an exact line with
the stomochs of some OF MS most eminent
iudunas. Who shrauk 20 tnis side and that
ass the barrel was brought 10 bear upon
them.
"see what towards thcy are. White
Man" said thr king with indignation.
they fear Jest there should be another bull
Jet iu this gum.
yes" answered Hadden. they are cow
ards indeed. believe lhat II they were
seated on stools they would tumble off
i'nm as L CHANGED e. your majesty 10 DO
lust now"
"'o you understand tho making Of guns,
White sian.' asked tire king hastily, while
tar .udun's ono and an. turned their heads
aad contemplated the fence behind him.
,' .'''''1 "'""' GUNS Out
''"
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~" a'or -, "l my hd"' ana menu guns
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me tie permission 70 hunt for which I
4 return pe-b,ps W. can l.,-,-,i,, - ~,
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y not VII hid inc KING rare
'nu Journey 70 NataI.
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-06
Secretary Of the Treasury Calls for
Bids for More Bonds.
ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
FfeSuent cleveland nsrucs Secretary Carlisle to Issue the
Call for Bids at Once The Bonds Are To Be
Dated February t. 1896

washington
following notice, which vi be issued TODAY: Ff ~
treasury Department
iNone hereby proposals viii received
'e olnce OF the secretary treasury Washington D. C. unf1 -
O'Clock noon on Wednesday, February 1896 for the mr.
chase OF one hundred million of United States
per cent coupon registered ffv dollars ~
ana nnultpIes OF that red by bidders.
THE right to reject al is reserved.
The bonds viii be day February 1895 and h
nu per annum payable quarterly all COUPONS rattn
on and before the 1st February, win be detached
and purchasers viii be pay States gold coin
or gd certificates for the bonds interests accrued
thereon after the h day of February application
for delivery.
Payments for the bonds a
S'ates " Washington D. c. the
1 boston, Philadelphia
Ne" Orleans or they eznge
YORK And all bids of bonds
~ coupon or req s tered 3D. and EP2t ples y
lots previously whole Of th- u Is
-, at Inter maturity o nsallaent - .
"Iu he ready delivery uio-e tAe 15tb -
February,
hereby
gold
shall be February sealed
proposals purchase of
wela as 4 her nentio
C.
Secretary Of the Treasu
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WAITING FOR TIE BONDS.
Germans Intimate That They VIII CO
Slow in Taking Them.

Bo1Iin. Iauulry 5-T7na-.7.I 7ufore-t
CONTINUES -7 b. conferred f5 Tho r,~-=,ser+s
80 ~ s~..- - 80. t-. -. 49,
VI "i N' '-' -si--.
tofresl i]Huei- OF t1e lai-r- It5s
Frankfort states that American naa1clcrA
whether 4 3 per Cent loan c,ulI be placed.
'Ta thsz frefIfr,- me bankers replied shat
,,,,,, ,,f-, bonds rarl14 ra+ be- rIsr1F IN
l. - .-- $50 80.
-''''''-' 80 t
per th- Hoi4 '.ti-a ii.-Al -'- Eia-e- u
they were issued ~ r Per cent slightly
ur.ler par IS Berlin l1aIelar. connected
,t-f-h 4ha gl.4.-er.r.s t--rl- ..r-.-s saws -7-.,
7-. III
t.'1r "'-t
N'TEiii5 to take q S.tIe OK i-5 an. i'-l.-
bond lSsu" has HH ariaaHt "f SOLD already
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-09
In THE LAND o. BURRS.
They Come When Jack Frost
Opens the Ripening Chestnut.
South Hill and Its Big Grove-Fun for
the Boys Who Lived Near Enough
to Gather the Musician Gu
pid In the Grove.
lcopYRIoH7. 1861

1t Is little early yet to be gathering
chestnuts, save where the frost comes
soonest, but it will be only few days
now before the white breathing visitor
from the Arctic will have made his first
autumn round. Then there will be live
" times in the Land o Burrs-in the
woods where stately chestnuts stand in
groves, and on the hillsides and the
plains where they hold their laden
branches high ngraceful dignity.
1t is not now, as it was 80 or 40 years
ago. in every part of the Land o Burrs.
Then, whosoever would, might gather
chestnuts where he listed, without let
OF hiudrauce; now, chestnuts are free
to the gatherer only in regions remote
from cities and towns. Near their boun-
DIARIES the rich brown nuts are as staple,
and as salabl wheat. In price.at least,
they average better, these later years.
than the grain from which the staff of
life is made, and so it falls ont that II
YOU chance to dwell in or near town,
and wish to go a-chestnutting in the
oId-fashioned way, you must leave home
many miles behind. Otherwise, should
you go forth to gather the delicious
contents of the prickly burrs, you would
be in personal danger from the SHARP
teeth of dogs, and fine bird shots from
guns kept by him who owns the grove
for such as you.
! 1t may be that the boys of to-day, and
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anyone who knows anything abou,
chestnuts will tell you, enough sweetei
to make up what was lacking in size. !
have often wondered how many trees
there were in that grove. There must
have becn.hundreds of thenli possibly
thousands, for they covered acres and
acres, and what was rather unusual,
there were few trees Of other varieties
among them. To-day, II that grove is
still standing, II ought to be worth
small fortune every year 70 the owner,
but 1t would be hard Job to gtiard u
from the boys round about, II they were
OF all such boys as we were 30 years ago.
Before the day was over, there must
have been so or GO chestnut gatherers
in the woods. They were not all boys,
either. There were many grown men
who did not disdain to go chestnut
ting, and who had quite as much fun
out of it as we boys. Besides, there
was fair sprinkling of rosy-cheeked
and bright-eyed girls, whose lighter
merrinent added piquancy to the
laughter and shouting of the men and
boys. Of course, they couldn't do much
in the way of getting the bvsrrs off
the trees, but they could pick them
up, and they undoubtedly had as much
fun as anybody. AS l remember 1t,
hardly appreciated their presence,
and I have a distinct recollection that
l tried to make life burden to some
~ fpar Ipsf haltaxra tha1y hoI
a right to be In the woods with 'us
boys Chestnutting wis our fun-not
theirs-and l took much pleasure in
dropping burrs into pretty Matte
Johnson's hair, and didn't feel bit
sorry when she cried about it, l rec
ollect most distinctly. too, how amazed
was to see my big cousin Tom help
her as tenderly as he could with his
clumsy fingers in untangling the burrs
from her brown tresses. | was more
amazed still when the girl, who was
only year older than I, and, as l knew,
quite as able to climb fence unaided
as anyone in the woods, shyly ask Tom
to help her over the rail barrier that
divided the woods from the fields, as
we were all going home.
II didn't know, then, that Dan Cupid
is quite likely to be along when lot
of lads and lassies venture out into the
crisp autumn air to gather chestnuts.
but so it is.
Nowadays, l hear" the speaker con-
cluded, "that the raising and gather
ing of chestnuts is a regular business,
and that men and boys actually sub
nit to be paid for whipping the trees
and cracking the burrs. I'm an OPP
timist on general principles, but ]
must say that have never yet been
able to believe in the future or the in
tegrity of boy that can be hired to
gather cbestnuts."
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window of our little room looked to~clrr
east, so that the first gray rays OF dawn
would shine right into our faces.
"IIow eagerly we would bounce out of
bed on the morning after clear night,
and look out to see If the ground was
white with boar frost. If it was, and
our enthusiastic anticipations OF the
light before were thus in a fair way to
be realized, how delightfully."- we would
get into our clothes and hurry down to
the pump, where we would wash our
hands and faces in water so cold that
it would make our noses blue and our
fingers Jingle to the very tips. Then
we would eat hasty cold bite that
mother had laid out for us on the kitch.
N table the night before, and grab our
bags and baskets for the nuts, and par
,el of lunch, and start away. Ny
brother and | generally had five-mile
ramp before us when we went chest.
1utting. for, while there were few
scattering chestnut trees near by, it was
lever our plan to gather anything but
he best, and so we used to go to the
big chestnut woods on South hill, that
showed dimly on the horizon. We used
% GO barefooted in those days all sum-
mer long, but we generally put on boots
we would have scorned to wear shoes;
they were for women and girls only
On the first day that chestnuts could be
gathered. While we didn't mind such
little things as stone bruises and sliv-
ers and thistles and stubble fields, we
couldn't bear to risk sticking our feet
full OF chestnut burrs.
'''rhe last time l went chestnutt.ng on
South hill was after | had got to be
quite lad" the portly citizen con
tinued with sigh. 1--WE reached the
chestnut grove just as the level rays
of the morning sun were shooting under
the tree branches, and casting long
shadows across the carpet of leaves.
We were not the only ones who were on
the ground early that year. South hill
was n favorite spot with the boys who
gathered chestnuts from at least two
townships, and some who were whip
ping the trees ahead of us must have left
home full hour before daybreak. The
nuts were unusually plentiful, but
smaller, perhaps, than common, and, as
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city boys at that, have as much run
as did the country boys of three or four
decades ago, but it is certain that the
lad who is not privileged TO go gather
ing chestnuts without having to bother
as to whose land the trees grow on, has
missed one sort of the most delicious
fun human youngster ever knew, and
you have only to breach the topic in the
presence Of any right-minded man OF
middle age, who was bred in the coun-
try, to call forth a string of reminis-
oences. tinged with rhapsody.
why" said q certain portly, we'll
dressed citizen to a group of friends the
other evening, tive used to begin to look
for frost that would be strong enough to
crack the chestnut burrs early in Sep
tcmber, and when it's coming was long
DELAYED we would lie awake nights
worrying about it. am not sure now,
ns look back upon those days, that we
didn't have almost as much fun wishing
for chestnut time to come, Ms we did
gathering the nuts after the time had
arrived. would give good deal to be
able to anticipate anything as keenly
NOW as | did the chestnut season then.
You could tell the day before when
there was going to be cracking good
frost, The sky would be clear. or almost
clear, of clonds, but there would be a
tender blue haze over the entire valley
in which we lived, and the distant hills
| would seem almost to shade into the
sky. When the sunset came, it would
be accompanied by magnificent greens
and Colds and puppies, and when night
set in, the stars would come out as
bright as diamonds; and the smoke from
the wood fires would leave the chimneys
in straight line, soaring right up
| toward the zenith.
when that kind of a night came, we
| boys would get bags and baskets ready.
and talk eagerly to our mothers and
sisters about having lunch ready for us
to take along the next day. We used to
| drive the other persons in the house half
| distracted with our talk about the fun
we were going to have whipping the
| trees, and climbing out on the branches,
and 'stomping off the burrs.' Soon after
supper we would go up to bed, perhaps
full hour earlier than usual, so as to be
| awake and on the road before the sun
next morning. 1t wasn't hard for me to
go to sleep early in those days. My
bed was right under the peak OF the
roof. slept with my brother, and one
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damage done is severe, and in many
cases irreparable. For many hectares
of vines are covered with ten feet of de-
posted rock and earth drift, and beau
tiful old orchard is full to the spread of
the trees' branches. AS | entered the
town the bead man of the commune
came to me and my companion and vol
unteered to show us round. We found
the poor people digging their furniture
and bedding out of the mud in the lower
floors. One house entered on my hands
and knees, for the floor was covered
three feet deep, and men were shoveling
mud from the bedrooms. But "C'est
rien," said our guide. That was only a
matter of cleaning.
He wanted us to see one road cut six
feet deep and another filled up, so that
one could look into the first floor win
dows. And then the vines-that seemed
the most dreadful to him. For these
people fight nature so as to get little
land on slope to the south where the
vine can readily ripen. And now thou
sands of francs were gone. A million
francs of damage altogether, he said,
and though that was a gigantic esti-
mate, it soothed him to think of such
sum. Three more came round us and
added up sums Of money Yes, it was
very dreadful; but, after all, it was not
so bad as it might have been. The vines
and the COWS, drowned in the stables,
we're the worst. For they all bore their
misfortunes wonderfully. | saw no
despair even over destroyed mattresses,
which the women folks tried to dry in
the sun. They worked cheerfully, and
seemed glad to hear that we considered
it very dreadful. But then the poorer
men had to work. Everyone was shovel
ing mud or lifting rocks; team after
team went out dragging a primitive
vehicle loaded to the brim. The com
mune would pay for that, and perhaps
they would get help; who knew? And
the volunteer fremen from Yvorne and
Neville and Vouvry and Chessel came
down, and did what they could to make
| the houses habitable for the coming
night. Last night had not been COM
i Portable, they said.
So we took some of them to the mud.
dy restaurant and gave them a drink
of white wine, and they went ott to
work again, making digue, or dixie,
against the possible return of the
heavier waters For over the steep pine
slopes of Mount Arvel hung heavy black
clouds still, and no one could say what
might come. We left the whole village
humming with their work. Yes, hum
ming like cloud Of bees, which have
seen despairing over IA wrecked hives
by the riven banks of the Eua Froide.
But the men were not despairing, for,
of course, such things often happen In
Switzerland, and mountain people
cannot be smitten down by the wrath Of
their ls.-Westminster Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-09

the glory Of a good name"
1t takes years to make good name,
but when one generation educates a
following one to revere a name which
has been endeared to them, then the
genuineness of that good name is un'
questioned.
Such is the standing of the name
Lydia E. Pinkham among the women
of America to-day, after years of con.
stancy, faithful and reliable service, her
whole life having been spent for the
benefit Of others, and that her name
will be revered by one generation afte,
another is already being demonstrated
The following letter from Woburn
Mass; woman illustrates this fact
Having been benefited by Mrs. Pink
hams advice and remedies herself,
recommends the same treatment to her
daughters; and on Mrs. Pinkham's
files in Lynn, Mass, will be found hun
areds of letters from women using ex'
pressions similar to the following: