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twill be necessary to open great many
big gates as you go along. All the
farms are under fence in this particular
region, and the gates are necessity.
AS you get nearer to Hatch's Clearing
you will see barricades built across the
mouths of all the dark and shadowy ra-
vines. This also is necessity, for in
these ravines grows the moss or fun
gus which, if eaten by the milch cows,
causes what Mrs. Pruett calls "the milk
sick"-not among the cows, but among
those who drink the milk or eat the but
ter made from the milk. Mrs. Pruett
lost two children in this way, and she
would have lost her old man, too, if
Mrs. Bohannan hadn't happened along
in time to give him steaming with
blankets on which scalding water had
been poured. The blankets were SO
hot that Mr.. Pruett's skin peeled off in
places. He made such protest as
his feebleness would permit him to
make, but Mrs. Pruett was firm in her
purpose. He got well, and, though the
1calded patches on his neck give him
piebald appearance to this day, he has
never had another attack of sickness Of
any kind.
But this is neither here nor there.
Though the road to Hatch's Clearing is
. long and winding one, you can't miss
your way. You turn into IL suddenly
and unexpectedly twelve miles from
Giarksvilie, and after that there is no
need of making inquiries, for there
nre no crossroads and no forks" to en-
barrass you. There's only one trouble
about IL. You ascend the mountain by
such gentle grade that when you reach
the top you refuse to believe you are
on the summit at all. This lack of belief
is helped nightly by the fact that the
mountain itself is such big affair. II
slopes from each end to the middle,
80 that the road on the very summit
seems TO be winding through n valley.
If you are very close observer you will
see that the oaks and hickorics have n
stunted appearance. They seem 20
be scrubs; but even then you may be
deceived by the mountain oaks. You
may mistake them for chestnut trees,
and wonder why il is that chestnuts
flourish here while the oaks are "a
scraggy rs black-jacks.
Presently you will hear cow bell
jingling somewhere IN the distance, and
ten TO one you will meet a ten-year-old
10y in the road, his brceches hanging by
one srspendcr and an old wool hat flop
ping on the back of his head. Naturally
you will ask him how far IL is 10 Hatch's
Clearing. He will stare at you. scratch
his bare ankle with his bare toe. turn
a'~v,i- s~ound on his heels as IL to ~
frrc o. h.c bearings, ana uhen reply with
a draul that cannot be reproduced:
"lfhy. ! reckon you're right spang
3r 4 now. mister"
Xo: will lie surprised and sonewbat
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ly figure on the porch, and inquire il
you can get bunch of fodder for your
horse and glass of buttermilk for
yourself. Mrs. Pruett will turn first
to the right and then TO the left. See
ing no one but the children, she will
call out. in penetrating but not un-
pleasant voice:
"Where OH the face of the yeth Is
Sary's Tom?" Forth from the house
will come the boy you met on the road.
"Can't you move?" Mrs. Pruett. will
say. "Yander's the stranger n-wonder-
in an a-reck'nin' what kind of place
he's come to. an here's everybody a.
standin' aroun' an a-star-gnzin' an "
huckin' Their thumbs. viii you stir
'roun,' Tom, cr shill GO out an take
the strangers boss? AK i'm to come
right in--an', here! you Mirandy! fetch
out that big rockip'-chcer!"
1t Is safe 10 say that you will enjoy
everything that is set before you: you
viii not complain even il the meat Is
fried, for the atmosphere Of the noun
tain fits the appetite 10 the fare. IL
Mrs. Pruett likes your looks you will
catch her in an attitude of listening FOR
something. Finally, you will hear a
khuflling sound in one of the rooms, as
II a man were moving about. and then,
AZ IL is Mrs. Pruett's "old man"--and she
well knows by 1he snsiad--ssheu lift
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ecopyrieht. 1896. by Bachelor. Johnson and
Hacheller

ccopyrieht. 1885, by Bachelor. Johnson and
II you are reader of the newspapers
you saw the account they printed the
other day in regard 10 the murder of a
young woman by Toog Parmalee, in the
neighborhood of "Iiatcher's Ford"
You couldn't have missed il. The night
editors dishcd il up as great sensation,
spreading il out under starti.ng black
headlines.
The account sid that two young
adies--aisters--were walking along
the road, when they saw Toog Parmalee
ccme cut of the bushes with pistol in
hA hand. He had been counting one OF
them for two or three years, and when
she now saw him coming she turned
and fled in the opposite direction, while
the other sister, not knowing what TO
think or how 10 act, stood still. In this
way she probably saved her own life.
for Toog passed her by in pursuit of the
flying girl, who was overtaken and shot
in cold blood. These narrowing details
were spread out with great particular
ity in the newspapers, and the verdict,
made up by those who furnished the de-
tails, was that Parmalee was stark
crazy.
The only fact given in the account
was that Parmalee had killed his sweet
heart, and this could have been made
clear in much less space than column
of reading matter occupies, for
Hatcher's Ford is fifty miles from the
settlement where the affair occurred.
That settlement is known as Hatch's
Clearing, because. as Mrs. Pruett says,
nobody by the name of Hatch ever lived
there, or any clearing on that side of
Tray mountain, and as for the other
s;de--well, that was in another part of
the county altogether.
So much for the first mistake, and
now for the second. Was Toog Par
malice crazy? There's no need for you
to take the word of an outsider on that
subject, but before you make up your
mind, go and ask Mrs. Pruett. 1t is a
tiresome journey, to be sure, but it is
always worth the troubse to find out
the truth. You may go to Clarksville
from Atlanta, but at Clarksville you'll
have to hire buggy, snd, although the
road is long one, it is very interesting.
1t wo1a1 be well to take a companion
with Sou, if your horse is slxittish, for
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ment. under and according to The provisions
OF the act or the General Assembly. entitled.
An act In rslltion to the laying out eniarg-
streets IN the city Of Providsrcs." and the
aois in amendment thereof, and In addition
thereto. upon application Of tho City Council
and necessary 20 lay ouv. widen and extend
= certain street, IN said city Of Providence.
70 wit; Mount Pleasant avenue from Chalk
tho easterly line thorsof. Ms improved. n line
bceinning AZ point In the southeriy line or
Shhikstono avenue, and running thence south.
avenue. az plated on MAP OF villa lots at
Mount Pleasant. belonging to Gsorge w.
chaplin and Abiei Sampson. " etc. a copy OF
OF Recorder Of Deeds( TO the soutberly line of
Dover street: thence running southerly lin
the east-rly line OF Monnt Pleasant ave.
nne as plated on "Plat CT the southerly
portion OF Mount Pleasant" etc.. u copy
Of which Is to TO found card 6l3 in
said Recorders ofllcs) to.the southsrly line Of
said plat; thence DETECTING slightly westward
and running southerly (ranging 20 point In
the southeriy line OF Atwells avenue. 2lO feet
ensterly. from the ~sstsrly corner OF steubsn
street and said Atyell0 avenue) 10 tho north
erly line OF Atwslis avenue and making tho
width OF said Mount Pleasant avenue, ns i'm
proved. TO be 60 feet from Chaikstons avenue
20 the southerly line OF Dover street and 80
feet from said Dover street 90 Atwels ave-
nue.. and that certain real estate viii be re-
quired for that purpose and requesting the
appointment Of five mmissionsrs OF estimate
and assessment, under and according 10 said
acts Of tho General Assemhly. hereby give
notice to all persona Interested In their pro.
ceedings under and by virtue of their said
appoint tment, tbst they have appointed
FRIDAY. the 9th day of June. A. ID. 1890. at
o'clock y. ~. as tho time. and room Il. in the
City Hall. in said city. as the place or said
MEETING, to make the estimates and asness-
ments TO be by them made under and by
virtue OF their com ission by said act.
And the undersigned further eive notice
that, according to their present opinion. the
lands, tsnements, hereditamsnts and premises
situate and living between the following lines
and boundaries are benefited within tho in
tent and meaning Of said act by such lay out.
widening and extending OF Mount Pleasant
avenue. wiz.
A certain area, bounded northerIy by q line
parallel with and COO feet nortberly from
Chalkstons avenue. easterly bv line parallel
with and eco feet easterly from said Mount
Pleasant avenue as widened and extended.
southerly by n line parallel with and COO feet
southerly from Atwells avenue and westerly
by line parallel with and Geo feet westerly,
from Mount Pleasant aveDne as aforesaid
Plat OF the aforesaid layout and extension
and of tne assessment area may be seCn at the
Office OF William A. Morgan. No. 81 Wey bosset
street, In said Providence.
CHARLES f.. HARRIS.
WILLIAM A. MORGAN,
GEORGE Y. HOLROYD,
THOMAS II. LEONARD,
WILLIAM II. WOOD.
Commissioners.
Providence, May 10, 1880. ml5 49,
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ncriaie results. dohpsfon's Pbarmscy, 50
Westminster street; Ms,zger's Pharmsoy, 2O
North Main street; Alfrsds' phsrmscv sii
Eddy street
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he Is liable TO pot soft ductilo steel in
for a new trigger, and piece OF verv
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EARL CARPEK TER & SONS,

No. . Westminstcr street, Cor. Dyer.
This old established house whoiesaies ana rc;aIis
ICE at fair prices and by promp TO bus.
insss ana the employment Of good men In ihef
several departments, melit = Costinuapos OF tm
iatroAsgs se Iopr enjoyed
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80. ,sso.~e & a. Fakon cl Dossoll IN srs rgats
Of Mnssa husstfs. co-partnsrs, doing business
as u. j. Faxon a. Co.. are piaintins. ana the
Eastern Cycle a. supply Co. corporation.
ars defendants. Will be sold az Public Auc-
tiun. on FRIDAY May 22 1880. NJ IL o'clock
Providsncs. tbe following defcribed personal
property. wiz, Fourteen sweaters ss bicycle
csps assortsd. 3 pair rubber mittens. 10 pairs
bicycle shoes. Is cyclometers. bicycle Ian.
terms. assorted sizos, y brakes. luggage car
risrA l dozen cycls oil. i8 bicycle bells. as
sorted siass. 8 tool bags. furnished. . saddles.
docks, I office chair. show case. letter
press, O bicycle stands, z pairs Indian clubs,
table. stand and second. hand bicycles.
Tho above prororty was attncbed on the
original writ In the suit In which the above
descrihed execut tion was obtained.
Levied on this 9TH day OF May. is0l. at 10
O'Clock and Is min utes a. M. md VIII DO sold
20 satisfy said execution II sufficient.
FRANK II. BARRows.
m9Ilt Deputy Sheriff
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TNTiNE CENa. fOlTLg. De nar. and ssk
fof Mas. WINsLDW's SOOTHING syflrp sna
tako 20 other kind. mother. will ard N ths ssst
hseieins 70 use duriss the tsstbiss serloa.
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not he permitted TO disoaarge her care
nor will any OF her crew be permitted To
go ashore until all danger OF infection is
passed.
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"-s ~sses ..Sssss .tru ata ~ no tlHvs
when possible Many other improvements
will be made by Mr.. Harrington before
fh- -egular season opens
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ously complicating the situation. IL is
thought the master and crew may be
Indicted for piracy and the vessel con-
demned as a pirate.
Captain Lewis insists he has not vio-
lated any law. and declares the Three
Friends has been engaged only I'm legit-
innate trade. Captain O'Brien. who Is
also attached 10 the tug. makes a SINH
lar statement. Consul General Lee
called on Captain Lewis during his
brief visit ashore and had long con-
ference with him about the reported
cruise of the tug IL Is not known
whether General Lee was acting under
instructions from Washington or OBJ
tanning information for his guidance
after reaching Havana. II. as rumored.
an engagement actually took place be-
tween the tug and Spanish tug boats
the matter, II is thought. will be brought
to his attention by the Spanish officials
in Cuba.
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CALLED UPON ECKELs.
Bank Directors from Chicago Call Upon
the Comptroller.

Washington, Dec. ga committee of
directors of the collapsed National
Bank of Illinois, located in Chicago,
called upon Comptroller Eckels Satur-
day for a personal conference regard
ing the banks affairs. The directors
thought better understanding of their
own positions and that of the comp
troller could be obtained by personal
interview than by correspondence.
In the afternoon Mr.. Adams. for the
committee, gave out the following: I'VE
had a very pleasant interview with the
comptroller. Our purpose was to show
what we had tried to do. to improve
the condition of the bank since the re-
ceipt of the comptroller's letter a year
ago Our talk was mainly about the
Calumet Electric. We feel that the
comptroller will do all that can be done
TO realize all that can possibly be real
lied out of the assets. We feel hope
full about the result We made no sug-
gestions about the receivership, either
for any one or against any one"
Comptroller Eckels said Saturday aft
ernoon that he had decided to appoint
National Bank Examiner McKeon row
in temporary charge of the failed Ma
tional Bank of Illinois permanent le-
ceiver Of the institution.
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RECOGNITION OF CUBA.
What Hon. Il. j. Phelps Has to Say About
the Matter.

Burlington, VT, Dec. 26.-Hon. Z. j.
Phelps, administer to England, gives
his opinion upon the recognition of Gu
ba in the following language:
II have no doubt that the position
Of Secretary Olney, as recently pub
lished, is entirely correct. The ques-
ton what government shall be recog-
nized in a country where an attempt at
revolution is in progress is certainly
for the executive TO determine, and not
for congress. No legislation by that
body can under any provision of the
constitution decide it, They can, Of
course, pass resolutions upon the sub
ject If they please but they in no re-
spect can control the discretion or the
action of the president. Besides no gov
eminent can be recognized until II ex-
lists.
The government recognized by other
governments when dispute in respect
to ii exists is always de facto govern
ment. The recognition by other ma
tions Of a government once in existence
must always continue, until ii is actu-
ally subverted and a new one put in its
place. When il is overthrow and an
other established that becomes entitled
TO recognition.
THE rebels in Cuba have no recog-
nized government nor even abiding
place. which they can call their own.
They are merely a guerrilla force which
would speedily be annihilated If drawn
into a general engagement with the
much superior Spanish army 1t proves
its existence by it's dexterity in avert
ing such engagement. IL would be alb
surd To say that such a force consti-
tutes a government, or that the Spanish
government i'm Cuba has been over
thrown or that any diplomatic relations
could exist between these rebels and
the government of the United States.
IF this country interferes by arms in
that contest. Ii must be by assisting the
rebellion i'm Cuba to dislodge the Span
ish government and to set up another,
and this would be declaration OF war
against Spain, a country with which
we are and always have been at peace,
and from which we have received no in
jury and no provocation. 1t would be
gross and utterly unjustifiable viola
ton OF international law, which no
country can afford To perpetrate in the
eyes OF the world.
1T would in my judgment be fatal TO
that restoration of business prosperity
which is now our most vital necessity"
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Jones May Lose His seat.

Carson, New, Dec. 26.-The indications
are that John f. Jones will have to
fight for his return TO the United States
senate. 1t was supposed that he would
have no opposition on the silver ticket.
and but four Republican votes in the
legislature would be east against him.
He is the logical candidate Of the sill
yer party, but a dispatch from Winnie
mucca announces that George Nixon, a
banker and editor of The Silver State,
paper that up to now has strongly
supported Jones' announces in a card
in his paper that he will also contest
for the seat in the United States senate.
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ANNA HANSON DORSEY DEAD.
Was the Pioneer of Catholic Literature In
This Country.

Washington, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Anna
Hanson Dorsey the pioneer of Catholic
literature in this country, died here Fri
day, aged SO years. She was an old res
ident of Washington and was a daugh-
ter Of the late Rev. William McKenney,
a chaplain i'm the United States navy.
She was honored with personal letters
from Plus TX and also from Pope Leo.
A few years ago Cardinal Gibbons paid
public tribute to her work and it's in
fiuence i'm testimonial sent her in be-
half of himself and the hierarchy in
America The university Of Notre
Dame Indiana. bestowed upon her the
"Latare Medal" Mrs Dorsey's works
number about thirty
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ST. PAUL BANKS CLOSE.
Oldest Concern in the City, with $4,000
900 Capital, In Trouble.

st. Paul, Dec. 23.-Two bank failures
took place here yesterday, one of them,
the Bank of Minnesota, having a CAPT.
tai OF 100000 The state bank ex
aminer is in charge. The other bank
is the Union Stock Yards. which was
carried down by the first. which is the
oldest bank in this city. The bank had
a share of the deposit of state funds.
and at the time Of the last statement
had between $4,000 and $4,000 of state
money on deposit; IL was also the de-
pository for the county, and until re-
Gently was the main bank through
which the city business was transacted.
Robert A. Smith, present postmaster
and until last spring mayor OF st. Paul.
was for years vice president of the
bank William Dawson, ST., was presi-
dent and William Dawson, Jr., was
cashier. The Dawsans ranker high
among financiers.
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ANNA HANSON DORSEY DEAD.
Was the Pioneer of Catholic Literature In
This Country.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Mrs. Anna
Hanson Dorsey, the pioneer of Catholic
literature in this country, died here Fri
day, aged SO years. She was an old res
ident OF Washington and was a daugh-
ter of the late Rev. William Mckinney,
chaplain in the United States navy.
She was honored with personal letters
from Plus TX and also from Pope Leo.
A few years ago Cardinal Gibbons paid
public tribute to her work and its in
fiuence in testimonial sent her in be-
half OF himself and the hierarchy in
America. The university of Notre
Dame. Indiana bestowed upon her the
"Latare Medal" Mrs. Dorsey's works
number about thirty.
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DID THEY FIGHT?
Government Ohcials to Make an Investi-
cation of the Three Friends

Key West, Fla, Dec. 26.-Nothing has
been done by the local federal authori-
ties in the matter of the Cuban filibus-
tering steamer Three Friends. For the
same reason, il is presumed. no in
structions have been received from
Washington, nor has any intimation
been given of what is proposed to be
done with the steamer or her captain.
The tug remains tied up at the wharf.
with custom officials aboard. and Cap
tain Reynolds of the revenue cutter
McLane has been instructed TO keep
surveillance over her to prevent any at
tempt TO depart. Considerable interest
is being manifested in the probable ac-
tion of the Washington officials in the
matter. and the outcome is anxiously
awaited.
The report that the tug exchanged
shots with Spanish naval vessels on
the Cuban coast, and within the juris-
diction OF Cuban waters, is freely dis
cussed In the streets, and. while APP
plauded in Cuban circles, is considered
by more sober minded citizens as seri-
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sosroN STRIKE DECLARED orr.
Supreme Council of the Union Takes the
Bit In Its Teeth.


hit In Its Teeth.
Boston. Dec. 26.-The great strike on
the West End street railroad has been
officially declared of. This action came
like bombshell at l2:39 Christmas
morning The following Is the state
ment made by the supreme council to
the public explaining it's position. II is
addressed ITO the public:
The supreme council was given pow
er TO negotiate for an agreement with
the management of the West End road.
The council performed It's duty. and in
doing so found the president lacking au-
thority TO make any settlement without
consulting his board of directors. He
asked for further time. which was
granted. The men repudiated this act.
and we, as honorable men. have had
TO do one Of two things-sanction the
population OF the men and thus vio-
late our agreement with the president. or
refuse TO be silent party 10 a contin-
uance of the strike. We chose the lat
ter and will keep our agreement with
President Little as gentlemen at all
hazards"
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BOSTON CARS RUN AGAIN.
Old Employees Apply for Reinstatement In
Large Numbers.

Boston, Dec. 26.--The West End strike
was declared off by the supreme coun-
ell of the Motormens' and Conductors
union at an early hour Friday morning,
but came to an end, in fact. as the hours
Of Christmas day rolled by. Follow
ing close upon the successful operation
OF early morning cars the old en-
ployes applied for reinstatement in such
large numbers that regular trips of
electric cars on all lines was resumed
and accommodation for the travelling
public were ample long before noon.
AS the hours passed the number of
cars in commission steadily increased
and so quiet were matters that few peo-
pie from observation would have known
of q tie-up.