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DAILY ENQUIRER - SUX ; COLUMBUS GEORGIA, SUNDAY' MORNING, AUGUST 1, \m.
The Bow-Knot With Which God Ties
Two Generations Together.
A I'm >lontlis of Ago Baby That Huts M orse Thun
n William (lout— With All Ills l.ungs Me |. mi .
Him Still—Very Still—A Word About IIhI.1i-
(GnorHlIy.
hi? j
man
zh
th S)’ can,t
his ho a' , h rn j Bi W the Butter,” is a m
ns head will doubtless take him throui
the Morld in a different sense to
el® i" av , ,A e uses it now. It is
S“P e “'„ an< l‘t is propable, that “Billy the
] x ' rt food man some day,
though he is beyond doubt an arch-advo
cate of the code of morals illustrated br
an eye lor an eye. anda tooth fora tooth.''
Sometimes as I look at Hilly and watch
him butting toward the different points of
the coin pass—boxing the compass as to
» • i^^jKyftlUbiUSS
Thor. S'ome.Wnj Hut dlvlne.bout ; It Subi b«„ biSS'lold &■
swaddling clothes and teething rings and ! greasers down in Mexico if he had. But
Social Events of the Week in Browneville
and Girard.
I'mi* [it'lltori Torn
Friend l> Id vice
Oth or Now*. Not oh
-Pol It ini 1 Sunn King—Son:*
I ho Hint ilo) ( tillroll an*.
wns hot, and so was politics. The denu>-
.. 1 1 V , . : * n itiui lutll
it had struck their town while it was run
mug away.
STRIKE AT THE SIBLEY.
—"*o **“b n mijv. i ..... ~ ii hi; lain. Utr, j *
cradles. He who robbed the grave of its wul y was born tpo late. That’s all that I crats and independents have been holdin;
sting gave the cradle its sanctity. The tary of state ^v^thte t^ Cle Y? lan ?.’? iiHclt 'f I tlleir r, ' s P et 'tive meetings for two week
Arabs have a proverb that “the Lord is al- B —~ J - - - me the citizens of —j
ways near to a woman with a baby on her
breast.” And if the New Testament is
true the Arabs are right.
Who hasn’t a soft spot in his heart for a
baby? The baby is the bow-knot with
which God ties two generations together.
Pink-footed, bellows-lunged and beautiful,
with all his faults wejlove him still, if he
would only keep still. The baby is a
breathing express package which comes to
us labelled “from the indefinite past to the
indefinite future.” He comes into this
world a fluttering fledgling, only to stay
until his wings are grown. To 'the baby
this world is only a camping station be-
Omr Three lltiinlrcd Hun<l>strip Work—TheKntlre
Mill Mill sili lit lloiv n, 1’liri living Seven lliimlr-.l
Hands Out of Work.
Augusta Chronicle.
The strike is increasing, and from the
twelve pickers in the Augusta factory to
the strike ot the entire factory, and now
from tbe strike of nine strippers the seven
hundred employes of the Sibley mill will
tween two eternities. Sometimes he only | be out of work by Saturday noon. Alto-
stays with us long enough to win our love j gether there will be out of employment in
and wear out one suit ot swaddling clothes, the two factories thirteen hundred pemile
when he elesas his meek wondering eyes I ‘ “ pcoj.it,
and enters into the sleep that fools call ! mm™ ,. at the aiglsta,
death. things remain unchanged, great regret
amongst the operatives being expressed
at the resignation of Superintendent Cogin,
to whom the operatives were very much
attached.
AT THE SIBLEY MILL,
the striking strippers did not return to
work yesterday morning. Superintendem
i iemocratic fold, but all hands should go
'Ut and vote all the same, as this Is the
: >est way to keep her safe.
HTmt About It I
The regular monthly meet'ng of the
-ehool board takes place next Thursday
dght, at which time, it is rumored, time
he president of the board will resign
ais position. We hope better counsels
will prevail and that ho limy reconsider
.his rash determination. Girard must
nave a buss and no mail Is better qualified
for the business. He is a main of large
, ... brain and heart, and has more time than
| in Browneville this week the weather 1 an\ one else to look efter the public inter
ests. There is not much money in it, but
-ome honor. Don't resign, Lys.
linvslji la Itirsnl,
There was a watermelon social at Mr.
•Matt Howard's Thursday night. The
>'i>ung folks who attended were "delighted.
Mrs. Mary Fowler and daughter, Miss
Minnie, of Atlanta, have been the guests
• if Mrs. K. Walls during the week.
Only one interment in the cemetery—a
non-resident.
Hon. E. H. Glenn has spent a day or
’•'vo among Girard friends. He is popular
and will get a strong vote for probate
Udgcship.
I . I.. Martin, Esq., treated the school
children to a load of watermelons Friday
.fternoon, and -those who were present
■ ad a jolly time.
Tile lazy ciub still flourishes like a green
cay boss. They meet every afternoon and
vrgufy extensively on those questions the
members know least about.
The revival meeting at the Baptist
church was continued during the week
with increasing interest, The congrega
tions were very large each night, and some
'onsidernbie religious feeling was awaken
ed h,v excellent sermons from Rev. It. H.
Harris and Rev. B. W. Bussey, of Colum
bus. Both gentlemen have won good
opinions among the citizens of Girard.
Paso del NoYteVouid“have Thought 1 that i and ,°"‘* tow “ wa - v bs considered as we
somebody had leaned over the dash-board "'orked up. Mr. Crayton, the democratic
and twisted the tail of a cyclone and that j nominee for probate judge, is opposed by
j Robinson, independent, who expects ti
I split the democracy, carry the strength (I
j the republicans, and thus secure his elec-
I tion. The battle of the county has been
| fought over this office, and around it still
clusters an absorbing interest. The party
lines are pretty closely drawn In Lee, and
the probability is, the contest next Mon- '
day will reveal the fact that if the count' i
is lost to the democrats it will be through .
the agency and influence of the so-ealleo I
independents. For llie legislature, Messrs.
Cherry and Preston are the democratit ,
nominees, and Kyle and Allen are. hide- 1
I pendents. For clerk, Gibson, democrat, i
and Hodge, independent, art in the race. |
Tin Arionm-til Is Kvlnuistfil.
The campaign virtually dost d by a j
grand democratic rally last night at Stc-
i 'oldster hail. The im ding was addressed ;
by lion. W. J, Samfoid and Hun. George '
P. Harrison. It is to be hoped thatrlui-
eloquence of speech and power of avgu- i
meat wil] tell for good at the polls bn '
Monday. The ENqrniEi:-.SLN is an ex- !
jionent of organized democracy, and as
•h believes in party fealty.
a never to i T* eI j ce Iried to get a number to do the lSl , believes in party ivait.v. alter lb,
ition with work of the striking strippers, but without j !’“?>' l‘ a ^P‘'kcn >>;."* m\uury ujc-etion,
patriarchs ■ aval1 - Consequently, there being no work. 1 coumy comentions, i be reporter loi
ItU i,, i he was obliged to let 350 of the hands or,. this department, being an Alabamian.
depart mo
considers himself as privilei.
to counsel his lei low-citizens of the
democratic party to stand by the nomi-
nets. Principles, not men, should guide
every voter in the path of duty. Voters of
Browneville, the argument is exhausted,
stand by your colors. Vour record her*
l iM:«»n-])ure state
icminees. Hnv-
Vill lie safe.
Mn):
A baby will keep a big house full of peo
ple cheerful from morning till night, and
half of them won’t know "-hat it is that’s
■doing it, A baby who lives a few weeks
and dies has fulfilled his mission as much
as Gladstone has. It may have been that
he was only sent to convince us that “it is
better to have loved and lost than net
have loved at all.” It is a question
me whether the babies or| tne patriarchs | , ,
will wear the costliest coronets in the I “ e .} vtt \ l ?'’"Set 1 1° let 350 of the hands go,
evening-up of rewards and merits in the ? 1 ' erce stt J! s .does not think that
white ligut of the great hereafter. I knew j J“ ere '? an .V probability of the hands going
a lady whose “common sense” and “rea- wora to-moiTow, and by noon he will
son” rebelled at the doctrine of the ! be compebed to shut down,
resurrection. Slie said it was un- ! Mr ' * ’erce states that he was riding to
necessary and impossible. One day t0 "’?. about noon, when he met Mr. Mey- rano , , . . , ,
her baby died. She stc xl by the grave J " 0 “sc? If he would take S’nds been ViW.itand ’ hArneim. i t
buTa hands ^ ! ‘
the lightest clods that fell on the tiny box, ; ^‘d see hi,n° 1UC f ° r them lo l ' onu ' pollsMonday h,«■ SU|.h dini and , ep.U ! ,
which was at once a coffin and a coffer— I 11U ni,n *
holding a corpse and a treasure-sounded the strikers
in her cars like mountains toppling into ; anu . ^hc cperatiyes who are now out on ac-
£•3as without a shore. But when the minis- 1 ( ‘ ollal iDe stiuke, state that they will not
ter read: “Sown, in weakness, raised in • hack until the advaiice they demand is
strength; sown in corruption, raised in in- . the entire factory. One or the
corruption,” some angel—I guess it was ! pP el ' a tiyes stmea tnat Nieynardie nad been
the angel of the dead baby-rolled * away ! a ‘ salte * , hy . V. ,e ? upe ; n J\ tel,d ^ nt a,ld ., thal
the stone from the sepulchre of her faith 1 ’ U1 . tae advance, there
and she accepted the doctrine of the resur- I J' a3 , n< ?, llse talking, they would not go back
rection. She dotes on it now. The baby that 10 '' 01 K>
died was a greater preacher than the J*E*1JAKD1E
bishop that baptized him. Yes, the babies as the Chronicle is always
die and the light goes out 0 f ; anxious to get all versions, but had gone to
their eyes. But the fading light ! Bangley
in their eyes is only the fire that goes out
to-night, to be rekindled with a quenchless
flame to-morrow. Nobody but a beast
could watch a baby go to sleep in death
and doubt that it would wake up some
where else. An eye that once opens never
closes again forever. • For
“If with no lawless fires it gleamed,
With no unhallowed lust it beamed,
That eye shall shine supreme and blight,
When suns and stars have sunk in night-”
There is an uneoncious humor about
babies that scintillates like sapphire. For
they are all babies till they are six years
old.' Two little boys, aged three and four,
play under my window sometimes. They
often discuss their affairs with a pompous
ness that would paralyze a senate. Bob
and Joe will be grave business men
some day; but they will never
be any graver than they were
during a discussion I recently overheard. I
reported tbe discussion in short hand.
Here it is:
“Bob—“My raa’s got a heaper things to
her house; mo'n you ever saw to one place
A CORRECTION.
lllullli III till 1.1
nation,
t.\plnini:ion -Th
nr smith t.ralui!-
. i anilti-r IMined
THE KING MII.L.
Several of the King mill operatives were ! vices at Trilli ‘.V by t he pastor. Subject of
in course of conversation when t he Citron- i ntorning sermon— I he Last Great Ktug-
icle "alked up. “Don’t let me interrupt
your conversation, gentlemen,” said the
reporter. “I just want to hear the latest
from the strikers.”
One of the operatives, in reply, said:
“We hojje that wages will not be cut down
at our mill, the King; we are getting along
so nicely. Of course, we are all anxious to
know what the result of the directors’
meeting will be to-morrow relative to
keeping up the advance. I don’t think,”
said he, “that our people would stand a
reduction, and we are getting along so
nicely that I hope we will be let alone.”
Cause of the Strike.
Augusta Evening News.
The cause of the strike, the operatives
say, is that they are not receiving the
same pay for this class of work done at
| other m lls. They mention the King mill
as paying 99 cents and the Enterprise j'1.05
j for the same work. The authorities of
yet.” j the Sibley say that the operatives are mis-
Joe—“W’at she got? Things to eat or ; taken as to the price paid at the Enter-
things to have?” I prise, and the difference in the price paid
Bob—“All sorts, sep switches; she done l at the King is on account of the recent ad-
quit us’n’ them.” I vauce. The wages paid in all the mills
Joe—“Well, "'at she got?” ] are about uniform.
Bob—“The best thing she got is a big ; The situation in all the mills is becoming
spoon. Its 1110s’ long as a buggy spoke. : more complex daily. While it is true that
She goin’ to let me play " id it w’en I git ( wages are very low, the mills are running
I 'Change, July P').—Editor Columbus
Inqi i)<KH-St x : My attention has just
veil called to a statement in the Macon
olograph of 29th instant, which should be
j! .'ee:eil, If for no other reason, suc.i
gratuitous statements should cense because
he tone for differences between true
t in icn'ts bus pz ,-sed, and there should
no funner strife amongst us, but
. hat manly emulation as to wno can best
work and best agree.
The statement to which I refer, was
made in the introduction of the account
• the proceedings of tile gubernatorial
oonveu.ion, null it is: “One change of
programme u day was substituting Milt.
Cannier for Milt. Smith to nominate Gor
don.'’ “What this is due to.” says the
u ottered for the per-I "liter, “is not apparentanu tuis he fol-
"■ili doubtless bring him : lows with an insinuation that the chance
■ was a mark ol'want of confluence in Smit 1.
—— ! Whatever change was made in the order
of spenkmg in presenting the name of
General Gordon was made by Gov. Smith
of his own iree volition anu act. This I
know, because being the president of tne
convention. Got. Smith conferred with me
on the subject. On the night previous
Hon. Janies M. Mobley, of Harris, liad sub
mitted a motion that Gov. Smith be re
quested to lead in presenting tlie name of
Gen. Gordon to the convention. This was
passed with perfect unanimity and amidst
applause. Dupont Guerry and Clark
Howell were requested to assist him. A
siiort time before it was expected the nom
ination would take place Gov. Smith told
me he was informed the DeKalb delega
tion had, previous to the assemblage of
the eaueus.claimedthe honor for DeKalb to
^ Some parties who have not been identi
fied, amused themselves one night the pnst
week, by catting in shreds the 'cloth cover
of Mr. Jefferson's express "agon. A re
ward of $15 has b "' ' "
petvator, and tiii
to taw.
til un a li
There will be morning and evening
dom.” Subject at night—“Our Wasted
Resources.”
Tbe ordinance of baptism will be admin
istered at 4:30 p. m. by immerson in the
river just below the Columbus and West
ern ruilroad bridge.
A number of the young men met at
Trinity church last Monday night to con
sult as to the best methods of usefulness
in the Christian work. A temporary asso
ciation was formed, of which Robert Adair
was elected president and Hugh Baird
chosen secretary. It is to be hoped that
the young men may be encouraged on this
line and that much useful work may result 1 present her own citizen, and that they had
" " requested Hon. Milton Candler to make
the opening speech. He also said that
| upon being informed of the action of the
I DeKalb delegation he had conferred about
I it, and whilst they were very willing to
; conform to the request of the caucus and
I I'rtel.v acquiesced in the request that lie
from this new association.
llrowiK'vllle Briefs.
It is hoped that politics arid the temper
ature will both cool down this week.
There was one interment of a child in
Pine Grove cemetery during the week
The doctors have a good many calls but ; shou'd put Gordon’s name in nomination,
report not many serious cases of illness. I yet there appeared to him to be a sort of
Be virtuous and you’ll be happy. Another ; propriety in the nomination coming from
way to be happy is to vote for the demo- the nominee's county, when that honor
eratic straight out ticket to-morrow. was requested by the delegation. I
minded him of the great unanimit'
bigger. That’s wat she say.”
Joe—“Wat does yo’ mi do "id her
spoon?”
Bob—“She keeps it to stir aigs wid.”
This information seemed to throw Joe
into a brown, but uneasy study. His face
grew
and
at considerable loss, and are in no coudi
tion to advance wages, however much they
would desire to do so. The alternative
thus stares them in the face, either to ac
cede to the demand or close the mill. As
far as we have been able to gather the
long, and wore a troubled look, j views ot the authorities, the latter course
he was silent and rumi- 1 will he adopted, as the loss by stoppage
native. Finally he broke the will be much less than running at an ad-
silence with this: “Bob, you tell yo’ ma, I i vauce in wages.
say if she don’t quit stirrin’ her aigs, she’il The outlook is extremely gloomy, as the
break um.” ; main dependence with many business
A governess in a Georgia town had j houses as well as with the operatives is
among her pupils an embryo lawyer of from the wages dispensed by the mills,
three summers, whose facility for drawing One of the most serious consequences with
ity of
the caucus request to him, and said it the
DeKalb delegation had previously made
that request of Colonel Candler, they
ought to have so stuted to the caucus. lie
replied that, not expecting any action
would be taken in that matter,
the delegation was not present at
the caucus, and magnanimously insisted
J should recognize Col. Candler for the
first presentation speech. Thus it was at
the request of Governor .Smith Mr. Candler
appeared first. I saw Mr. Candler after-
= .. wards and he corroborated the statements
time, us law and order are still in the as- i made by Governor Smith. These facts
were known to many inembi
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tyler have gone to
Greenville, Chi., to spend a week or two.
Watermelons and peaches are plentiful.
Next " ill come muscadines and then the
small boy will have a picnic.
Division is a poor business any way you
take it. So don’t split your ticket to
morrow, but come out like a little man
for the square oul democratic state and
county ticket.
What has become of the Lively gun club?
We have had no reports for two weeks
past.
The town officials are having a good
Cendant.
Hang your banners on the outer walls,
and as the proud bird of liberty beams
kindly upon you, remember that duty in
dicates that you should vote a full-fledged
democratic ticket to-morrow.
logical conclusions from premises that the mills is the scattering of the hands,!
were too narrow to warrant his deductions, which would inevitably result from a stop- | iiniunnilh' lilui- i-. sinmncnillv lim-.
on one occasion created a sensation. He j page. Should times improve, and milling j Tlie Browneville Blues want to know
was learning to spell and read'at the same , again be profitable, several months would | w]iat h , lS j )eoumu 0 fthe Summerville boys,
time, and his text book was a first reader, be consumed in getting a .sufficient num- Th( , v c i la .ii e nigccl the Blues for a match
His chief stumbling stone was a double let- ber of hands together to run successfully, , ram ' t . G f base bull, to come off yesterday
ter. When lie came to the word “feel, and in the meantime there would oi neces- ; veiling on the grounds in Browneville.
instead of spelling it. “f-double e-1, feel,” : sity be much suffering among tne opera- j r fhe Blues were there and prepared to shut
he would say “f-e-e 1, /eel,” repeating the j fives, and much stagnation in businees. | them ollt) | )llt t h,. v did not make their aj
' members of the con
vention and, after Mr. Guerry hud spoken,
they loudly called for Governor Smith, and
the convention showed by their prolonged
applause that they approved of his gener
ous conduct. The intimation that any
change was made against Gov. Smith's ap
proval is grutuitious and untrue. The ap
plause with which a brief reference in my
address to liis administration as governor,
and with which bis every apjjearance lie-
fore the body was greeted, gave abundant
proof of the great confidence and respect
with which the members regarded him.
Benj. H. Bioham.
double letter twice. It took weeks to im
press him with the necessity
of saying “double” whenever he
found two letters together. But he
learned it at last. One day, toward
the close of a somewhat lengthy vacation,
during which he had grown rusty, he was
brought out before a company of ladies
and gentlemen to read any piece they
might select in his first reader. His
mother and the governest watched him
with trembling anxiety, but he appeared
to feel himself equal to the occasion. A
young ladv among the company, who
didn’t know what an infernal machine siie
wns toying with, selected a little poem
which began with thisline :
“Up, up, Lucy, the sun is in the sky.”
The embryo logician of three years took
his place in the center of the parlor floor,
made a bo'V and read the
first line as follows: “Double up. Lucy, the
sun is in the sky.” He never finished the
recitation.
There is a baby in Columbus with very
light hair and very blue eyes. He came
here only ten months ago. and has been
catching on to the customs of the inhabit
ants rapidly. He is decidedly more poetic
and sweet in his general make-up than one
would imagine from the nick-name lie
wears of “Billy, the Butter." Billy may
agree with many other people in the opin
ion that “this world is all a fleeting show.
But he is evidently ot the opinion that he
paid the usual fare into the show, and that
lie is entitled to see the elephant. Billy has
either seen or heard a good deal about t he
proclivities of the \V. Goat, with whose
name his little playmates have uncouth!,v
FACTS FROM FORTSON.
flu Effect
the Oleoiiiiirirarlne
Outlie Hair) Bays
Ouedion lla
I pearance. The umpire gave the game to |
i the Blues, 9 to 0.
I.Ilium NEWS.
Summer smile- uimrtl uf the future - Election
'I o-'lornnv— He!inluu- llei i vu [-—Social Out-.
While the citizens of Columbus are suf
fering from the severe heat which has pre
vailed for a week or two past, the inhabi
tants of Girard heights have enjoyed com
parative immunity, and have took in the
healthful breezes which Jilay festively
among the hills. And what a blessing to
fust at this time, but the prospect for rain !><■' exempt from mosquitoes-those "orry-
J; . . ’ j ttv *: 1 ing pests which have evoked more pro
fanity than the house-fly amlhed-butf
mm or m:tti;ks.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Co
lumbus, Ga.. post office for the week ernling Au«.
1st. If not called for within thirty days will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Correspondence Enquirer-Sun.
Fortson, Ga., July 31.—Nothing has oc- ;
curred in our immediate neighborhood , t
within the last week to disturb our equili
brium and happiness. July is fast melting
away into August heat, but crops have not
suffered so far for rain. We are real dry
A rent on H
Alexander e
Andrew- J
Butler W B
■ ii
i.-s A M
}>:<.
this morning is good. Farmers continue
»^dtttW;«To“^dCou a to billed. it is a matter of surprise that
make ends meet
many of the
do not put them
such bend ts ai
hot months at 1
tainly come, if
spread, when al
•Summerville to
ted with palatia
tnresque cottages,
that it is not be;4 f<
in crowded
citizens of Columbus
selves iu position to enjoy
id exemptions during the
sast. The time will cer-
Coiumbus continues to
these beautiful hills, from
McDougald's. will be doi-
i residences and neat, pic*•
The people will see
health and happiness
Sties during the sum-
en their romanth
rear in search oi
Some uf our dairy men are afraid that
bogus butter is going to injure their busi
ness. They don't seem to consider tiiat
Anno Domini will regulate everything^
that kind. There is another trite maxim
that they have altogether forgotten, and
that is. “There is always plenty of room at
the top.” .
There is a great cry for cheap things, and
there " ill always be a class: of people who
will run after tire cheapest article, whether
they get their money's worth or nut. But
theft is another and a better class of peo
ple who "'ill not buy a cheap article, sim
ple because it is cheap. They know that
tht'v cannot buy something for nothing,
and "'hen they'are offered a low-priced ar
ticle they refuse it at once. The best but
ter is like the best jewelry—it will always
bring its value iu the market, unless it is at
dubbed him. fie appears to have i leara ‘:j* , A But commiss has at last compromised the
that it will take him twentv-oue .y a " j matter all 7j p U t a tax often cents a pound
be a man, and to have concluded that he al *“ Well, congressmen
will be a goat while he is waiting. He l on “ s ® metUing t0 kiU time and get
succeeding pretty well. «nile he can na it is altogether useless to tax
neither talk nor walk, he has ne'er faced yy’/jq/
anything he was afraid to but. He began
on a pillow until he got his hand m, or t lU5
rather his head in. Now he scorns a pillo" jt 8 ...... it t .j U ap. o’clock under the following
asafoetnan unworthy of his steel. When he l-> , J - h^iness needs no protection G. Bennett, L. M. Chalmers and W llsou
is grouped with other youngsters who are the hands of tbe law, except the protec-, Hurt, colored. H. L. Dudley, returning
olSer and can toddle about, he acts with | Rt the hands oi tne^o, ever R othe r West ; officer.
decorum and dignity until some one ot- n and that is protection against There has been little excitement m
fends him. Other babies would cry, but business,^ A * U uo Domini and Russell owing to the met that the demo-
Butler X
Brooks J col
Branletter (
Bridge 8
Brock M
Blood worth n
Black J
Blankir bij»
Beniujf mis ft
B • nett M I*
Ua..er E
An Irrespons.ble Government Essentially
Remodeled.
UoiiiiiK-ma! lnh iToiir*» 1 With Other Nations Brim:
a liiu*hi , r ( ivi*i7.H.‘ion—The Patriarchal Uoitril*
tion of StirMy N«*« l luimo ri-— 1 Tin* ID liifion of
1h“ Bnririhist Pr-'lominult**—Kriunitioiial A*!*
unit uat'*.
I special Correspondent* Enquirer-Sun
j Yeddo, Japan, July 6.—This letter is so
near m date to the one of July 3d, that
I noth will proba.uy reach your hand by the
| same mail. I wi!l # defer writing at length
| about labor organizations until I take in
1 Australasia, to which interesting region I
will, after leaving this, next turn my atten
tion.
The government of Japan, up to 18<>S,
was absolute and irresponsible, with an
emperor at its head, who held all authority
by divine right, and who ruled through a
number of feudal princes, at whose head
stood the great Tycoon.
The laborer had no privileges, except
such as his immediate prince conceded.
He was absolutely under the control and
in the power of his feudal lord.
In l&ta the government was essentially
remodeled. The feudal system was abolish
ed; the feudal lord- were pensioned, and
now a system of eouit > has been establish
ed, wherein the laborer can be heard
against even the highest classes. He can
' claim the intervention of these courts to
j insure the pa% ment of his wages. These
i changes in the government, operating in
j conjunction with the establisment ofeom-
liureial relations with other and more ad-
I vaneed nationaliti- i, and especially with
j Europe and Ameiica, has given uii imp
! tus to enternrise and a higher civilization.
1 One peculiar feature of the old abs-
lut ism, however. still exists. i
1 refer to the police surveiiance of all
I the people. The empire is divided
■ into districts, over each ot which i" placed
a governor. At the governor's office
I every native resident must be registered.
; and cannot remove to another district
i without written pt .’mi.-.;,i-m tirst oliiained.
| and ujion arrival at his or her destination
must be . immediately registered theiv.
| And this interierenee i>y the goveninieiB
' is not cunlined to the movements ol the
! people, Imt extends to all their trades and
industries.
•Since the feudal in.-titutious have been
1 abolished the hum tenure inis been
! changed and the land has been sold, and is
now aeld in fee simple.
Society was here as elsewhere is Asia,
essentially patriarchal. The whole courst
of life of a ehilil was shaped and controlled
by the father. Marriages were entirely
•,\ it hin his authority aim no son oi daugh
ter, no matter of what age, could leave the
paterne! roof and go out into the world
without the parenta. consent. Among the
lower classes daughters were sold by tueir
parents to l>e concubines, or to be trained
as singing and dancing girls, or they were
mortgaged for a term or years to laoor.
Much of this power of the father has
been done away with, but his authority is
i still greater than in any western society.
The religion of the great mass of the peo
ple is Buddhism, engrafted upon the origi
nal Payne worship. They oelieve in
Buddhistic duties, and also in the demons
, and ^ e\ ii spirits of paganism. The
belief in shrine cure prevails everywhere
with them. Large numbers of cnildren,
when sick, are carried to the favorite
shrine instead of to the doctor, and thus
mortality and the number of physically
weak and diseased people are largely in
creased.
Neatly all classi • can read and urite
enough for their business purposes. There
are oi course exceptions, but of the male
farmers and artisans not 10 per cent are il
literate. The whole system of education
has beta remodeled since Public
schools Have been established and scientific
text books from Europe and America have
been translated and brought into use. An
other uecade will see a useful education
within reach of every Japanese laborer.
Within the past ten years a medical
college has been estahlisued in Pokio ami
all the local governments have opened
hospitals with a loreign surgeon for each,
and a class of medical students. Th e
changes will gradually drive out and pre
vail over »he shrine cure and the old ig
norant Chinese methods of treating dis
eases.
The relation of master and concubine is
here considered perfectly proper ami
neither party loses caste or respectability.
After marriage the wife is expected to
be true to her husband, and it seldom 1
happens that she fails in this duty. As
mothers, Japanese women are models.
None can be kinder or more aff'ectionat .
to their children than they. 1 hey spare
no pains to amuse or instruct them. But
as wives these women are simply slaves
and are often subjected to seeing the
attention of their lords transfered i<> some
favorite caucubine to whom they are
obliged to l>« eansiderate ami respectful.
The stiong drink is “sake” a distilled
spirit made most 1,\ from rice of about the
strength of ordinary table sherry.
1 he Japanese, like ail eastern people.are
so oewlmt gieii to exaggeration in tneir
speech, ami their intense suavity of polit» -
ness to each other is proverbial.
It is to be hoped that in the onward
march of time tnoy will accept only the
good things of out western civilization ami '
discriminate against that which would be
hurtful even to paguns.
I IRAN XL L.
GOSSIP FROM GREENVILLE.
I tieman, who ii jealous of his better half.
| tried to sfce how many rocks he could
! throw through the door of his wife's house
j and how near he could come to hitting her.
| was arrested and placed under a $.50 bona
' to meet Judge Harris at the next sitting of
j the superior court, which convenes iu
! August.
Unite a crowd from Greenville went out
| to Flat Rock church last Sunday to wit
ness the Hardshells' methods of washing
their sins away. The dav was spent in
j prayer, singining, etc. About 1 o'clock an
| elegant dinner wns spread and it would
have done you good to have seen the hun-
I gry town boys go for the “yellow legs.”
| Our town continues to boom. Brick are
| arriving every day for another handsome
! building. This does not look as if the
| Georgia Midland was giving us much of a
j scare.
I Greenville can boast of more musical
i talent than any other town of its size iu
| the state. We have one bra&s band and
I one string band, which are composed of
; our leading young men. Our handsome
! and clever rou'e agent pulls the leading
I Imw for tile string band, and I tell you he
I knows how to touch a soft chord for cake
| and wine when he goes out serenading.
Crops are still booming and all are hap-
i py. A shower now would help things.
HI HIM* ON KKKHilir TIMIN'*.
i in Iti'iiMtii'i n> t)i«‘ l eii frill lUilrniri <oni|>miy
C a it not Allow II.
The wholesale men and drummers of Macon
! have been endeavoring to induce the Central
Railroad company to revoke its order prohibiting
passengers from riding on freight trains. The
local authorities laid the matter before the offi
cers of the mud, and the result was made known
j on Wednesday at Macon. The Telegraph says:
I The authorities of the road while desiring to
' render every accommodation to the business
j men. are e«-uipelkd to refuse the request. They
i say “the custcm of passengers cu freight trains
| lias been thoroughly tested on our several lines,
| and has been ti uud very objectionable in all rc-
I spects. Tlie proper accommodation ami protec-
I tion cannot be given to passengers on freight
trains. The cabs on said trains are, to say tbe
least, anything butcoml'oi able,and the conductor
| and crew have no time to give attention to them.
; You are well nw.ue that a freight train, in
i topping at o station to discharge freight from
) u ceuain car in the forward pait of the train,
* thecab, in which the passenger is compelled to
l?e. will ol c mr-.e be a considerable dstancc from
1 the station; consequently the passengers will have
to get oil al;
Won, and. a-
of accidents
pnn,\ has s
t all
l’.ted t-j
deh
•ad hecu
llurki-ruc
.i ililH.iicl
PiTMUial ?
\ Hisitrri<*i'i) Negro Uiillopi-il
I in* In .fail fur Kurkin.' Hi-
ml Ni.ni Ij, Null s.
ti’.iir-pinn
lung “ut (
Ga., July 31. hiii* town
iy dull for l io past week
•ws, nothing of intoro.st
.V I Jio monotony of tin >o
<1 Of In
nior, and ha\ ing once gn
.surroundings a trial \vi
for going away every
iiealth.
Tncut; -Fin* <»litn Will Buy
Two boxes Tutt's Fills, or two Allcock’s
idasters at Dr. McCutcheon’s “Lively Drug
Store." Lively, Ala., and twice the quanti
ty of Drugs or Turnip Seeds that you can
get elsewhere for a quarter. “Dudes, put
this iu your little pipes and smoke it.
honey.”
Tin* Kli-c-tlon To-Morrow.
The election for state and county ofii-
I’liiiian H
m- :jjis- E
>thworth liir? X .
s and gmitleiinqi
w * • j j : down to tin* iiu.-j.ituhlc liome of Dr.
I>arn‘‘ s -at Baiiu s' statioji, on the ( oliun-
bus and Koine railway t*> pnrliripati- iii a
barbevue given by ibis «dt\ lest of clever
g» nth-nieii. Judging from tln-ir looks on
their return, they must haw* Juui ;i gav
ice. there is a great risk
so aware that this com-
usly »rom suits for per-
i.ce of panics getting on
-way places. When
come to tiial iu
ell*' is was ever extended
• pu.vsenger was being
, tn iglit tram, where they were
n!y not wanted. A majority of those who
* prefer riding on freight trains are of a convivial
1 turn of mind, thus drawing the attention ol tlie
conductor and crew from tneir duties. This has
; a vei'i demoralizing tendency, and is apt to lead .
I to accidents. The practice of riding on freight
i traius cannot i)e ailjweu.”
i Tiie local authorities have taken every occa
sion to expiam the matter fully to all parties iu-
| tereseed.
lit Al. EM A IE.
j Transfers Kerorrieri l»ur»ng I lie Mouth of July.
I The following traiiffers of real estate were re-
corded during the month of July in the clerk’s
| office:
i C. S. Holt to Ada C. Jimson, part of commons
I lot No. 2 in block No. 20, for $175.
j Rochell U. Martineir to Delia D. Burnett, part
of city lot No. 2 in the old jail square, for $2750.
I. Ii. Muhoue tj Anna E. Mahone, one-half of a
lot of land east of toe city, for
Kern A Loeb to \V. It. Aloore, part of city lot
No. UO, for $100.
\V. K. Moore to Milton W. Howard, same prop
erty. for $z500.
J. (j. Bun us, sheriff, to O. C. Bullock, part of
city lot No. 1)3, for $^50.
i'eter J. Ludwig to T. M. Foley, part of city lot
No. l.'i'.t, for F‘ ,,M| .
Jt.hn (.». Jones to Muithu A. Freer, one-third in-
■ teie.it ill pint of city lot No. 572, l'oi $500.
Mary L. Hogan, udmiiiisiratnx, to L. T. Porter,
part ol city lot No. :>;ji>, for^v25.
J«»hn i. Howard lo c. A. Kliuk, part of city lot
No. 170. : . .;oo.
8lude E'heredge to Claude C. Cade, |>art of
city 1< . . • . '.for $1000.
Robe*«. iiaciireu to Maggie J. Dennis, part
ol city lot !'• . in the city vdiuge, for$170.
Peter Pie . . . (.«. E. Hager, part of city lot No.
«’iiai.es Philip-, to Mary Jane Morrison, lot No.
1 ri in Mechanic- die, for $100.
Mary A. Deigaan to Ric.iurd Deignan, part of
city lot No. 200, for .$800.
8. A. B.ilmg-, teceiver, etc., to Urpha Hogan,
part ol city lots Nos. .j.sl and 500, tor $1005.
Mary E. Hogan, adiuistratix, to E. A. Banks,
part of city lot No. 510, for $750.
F. M. Bagiev to E. A. Banks, part of city lot
No. JV.M, tor $1100.
Lucinda Monroe to George A. Pearce, lot No. 1
in Northern Lioerties, for $100.
Toombs Crawford to Leaii Johnson and Elizar
belli Jones, part of commons lot No. II in block
No. ‘2, for $210.
Leah Joiinson and Elizabeth Jones to Georgo
A. Peaice, the same property, foi $210.
iil)l I I. AKKiVALS.
HAN KIN Kot'SE.
B. It Heod. Durham ; W. J. Cole, Atlanta; J.
Koinbeig, Philadelphia ; \S. H. Baxter, New
V»*rk : IV. (i. High, Camp Hill; E. A. 'ligner, .Sul
phur .Spring- . A. 8. Lee. New York; R. W. Doni-
gan. Louisville, A. F Woolley, jr., Kingston;
Ceil. Geo. 1*. Harrison, Col. W. J. ftamlord, J. I.
Dor-ey. f. 1 . Hudmoii. D. P. Lewis, charrles Me-
••raw, George C. Roberts. J. W. -Stephens,
upelika ; J. f. Holland, Lively; W. P. Keunon,
CENTRAL HOTEL.
M. Lewi-. Robert H. Benany, New York: P. A.
Ridgeway. P. Y. Trent A. L Payne. -. J. olwen,
T. H. Bonner. W. I). Bulger, T. lierren. W. X.
Hicker, l)ade\iile. Aia'L.ma; Eugene Aigo,
Good a j t ei. Alabama: A. B. Lee. i amp Hill,
Alabama: T. E. Algo. i.JoodwaU i. Alabama;
J. A. Teireli, Dauetme, Ala.: W. c. Robiuson, U.
Ala
Miss Mai tie rio-iM-r, .i bi-aut ifnl yuunu
Indv of Suljdnir .Sprin-.s, is visitiiiu tin
laiuiiv of Mr. W. 'i . Ib-vill.
Miss Flora IVrrcll, of (’lialybcate
springs, who has !;• *t*n .spending; Home
nan. Alabama; J.
i. Ga.: A. Knauf,
dc- Democrat; E.
E. Yigai, Boston;
S. H. shepp.ird,
time
•Umicil
l.ir editor of
ir c ity a lly-
nlwuys glad
auartide of food, for if it is worthless the cers occurs throughout Alabaraa to-mor- .
people will condemn it after awhile, and if row. In Girard the polls " ill be open at Ha , ett mrs A
it is good to eat the people ought to be al- Jutlge Tuckers office between S «t i-* • Hardy mrs E
t is goou IU cai . 1 i fa i o clock under the following managers: L. Harmans miss 8
Sturgis J W
Street L
Stewart E
Str.riger L
ftumpter mr-
Thorntoii R
• A
W\
Billy knows a trick worth two of that. He thi • assisted by the inexorable law cratic ticket is the only one in the held for
seizes the offender and buts him like a bat- , the peon ’ and l t de mand, will as certainly county officers. For the position of pro-
terine* rum. and his nrowess in this mode | o . pp n nf thp Hairv as thev : bate judge we hear thfl
Jacki
Jackson miss L
Jones D
Jones miss F
Johnson mrs M
Johnson miss K N 8
M
teriug raraq and his prowess in this mode | ot su ,PP 1J ' h a ^^roduets’of the dairy"lU'they ■ bate judge we hear that Mr. O. L. Peacock are advertised -„ ivin „ datc
of warfare enables him to '-anquish his , d 0 ti,er products of both hemis- > is opposing the nominee, E. H. Glenn, .K g
seniors and superiors’ strength every tune. : . Esa. Russt
^They may know how to fight after the old p
Win.stock J II
Worsham mrs H
Wilson mis- D
White C F
Walker mrs A
Walker miss W L
1H opposing me uumiute, |
Esq. Russell is considered safe in tbe l
When calling for these letters, please say tkej
THOS J WATT, P.
itli Mi.-.s Kale J'
sH-rday.
Mr. J. L. D*-miis, the popi
the Hamilton Journal, p. b‘ «,
ing \i-it yesterday. We are
to see this clover go itlemun.
Miss Mary Norwood, a popular and
sweet young lady of Hamilton, spent sev- 1
era! days in our town this week.
Win. Kendall (colored) thought he
would take in the town bust Wednesday,
and while finder the influence of whiskey
was very insulting to one of our
young men who stood it ilh long as he
could. After finding that talking would do
him no good he proceeded to use up a bil
liard cue on binij which soon brought a
quietus over his insulting tongue. Bill is :
now sleeping out a $6 fine in the guard- .
house for being drunk and disorderly.
Richard Matthews, another colored gen- I
Hollins Institute,
■vizRa-nri-A..
tn.
■due
of
. >ung ladies, is finely equipped.
Literature, Seienee, Mu-i . Art. ire taught under
high standards by gentlemen and ladle- of proud
culture and elevated character. It employs over
twenty-five officers and te.u-hci-. and commands
the further advantage of salubrious mountain
climate, mineral waters, charming scenery.
From year to year its accommodations are fully
occupied.
The Forty-fourth annual session will open on
the 15th of September. For further information
apply at Hollins P. O., Virginia.
CHAS. H. COCKE,
Business Agent, ^
jy6 2tawtsepl5