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6 cause many tons of earth to fall on rail road tracks. Mr. Overstreet is taking dancing lessons. No one should miss see ing his new bow. Latest Style Hats. Eads, Neel & Co. Mr. Turpin says that he is a fair representative of the city of Macon. It is said that the city will bring suit against Mr. Turpin, for slan der. We understand that Mr. J. D. Howard will start a school of table etiquette. All pupils will be taught to cut beef with a spoon and to eat soup with a fork. If Dr. Rogers remembers the answers of all the questions he asks the professors, he ought to be the best informed member of the Sophomore class. It would afford the Monochord much pleasure to hear from any of the alumni. From their reticense they seem to have forgotten Mer cer. Let us hear from you, boys. It is understood that Wesleyan will soon start a brass band. We would imagine that they have am ple materijd on hand for such an undertaking. The Wesleyan girls passed Mer cer not long ago in one of their af walks, and greatly excited Mr. Cbti-c and Mr. Ed. Callaway. They thought it was the parade of a ten cent circus. New and Nobby Hats, at Eads, Neel & Co.’s (Prof, to Soph, class): —“Gentle- men let this noise cease. Even among savages when one speaks all the rest keep quiet.” A deep silence followed; yet the Sophs, claim that they are civilized. The following gentlemen will be expected to contribute to the next number of the Monochord, viz: M. R Little, C.; J. R. Long, C.; J. B. Geiger, C.; Peter Zellars, P. D.; Ed. Callaway, P. D.; and T. M. Callaway, P. D. Mr. Rogers says that if he can write an essay under the signature of a certain student, that his pro duction will stand a very good chance of winning the Hill medal, -as he can write as well as the oth er man, but their reputation must count, you know. Dr. Ryals has been delivering to the students a series of splendid lectures on Parliamentary Law. Having now covered the whole ground, he will make a review, ask ing questions, after which the stu dents under his direction will have moot parliaments. At a recent meeting of the Senior class, on motion of Mr. Whittaker, Mr. Ragsdale was instructed to purchase a “one-eyed spec” for Mr. Whittaker, the dude-elect of the class. Mr. Ragsdale immedi ately left, but up to date had not procured the necessary article. (Prof., explaining to Soph, the variation of the needle): —“Yes, gentlemen, when you hear a man say to his girl that he is ‘as true as the needle to the pole,’ you may be certain that that man won’t do to count on. I advise you never to use that expression. The Sophomores had their pic ture taken the other day. This may appear to be a very simple event, but it is a sad fact that the photographer’s camera required to be repaired no less than three times during the operation. A suitable negative was at last obtained by placing a few thick pieces of smoked glass in front of the instrument. Don’t buy Shirts until you see our “Gold” and “Silver.’ Eads, Neel & Co. Mr. Hardman recently invited a< few friends to partake of an egg supper in his room. The invitation was accepted, and the guests hav ing stolen pepper, salt, etc., from Mr. Medlocks table, gathered in Mr. Hardman’s room to find that the eggs had mysteriously disap peared; now Mr. Hardman wants I to know what became of them. '' The Sophomores met recently and elected the following officers for the management of their base ball team : W. K. Wheatley, manager; Chas. Murray, captain; D. D. Bennett, secretary and treasurer; P. D. Hill, umpire. The following, compose the team: Murray and Pearce, pitchers; Ledbetter and Wise, catch ers; Bennett, lb; Harris, 2b; Ross, 3b; Thomas, If; Turpin, cf; Drewry,' rs; Clark, ss Best line of Neckwear ever shown in | Macon. Eads, Neel & Co. Prof. Sanford offered as an in centive, one dozen oranges to the! member of the Sophomore class, who would bring him the best analysis to a very difficult problem comprising the elementary princi-| pies of Trigonometry. And he i was very much surprised to find 26 members ot the class with very nearly the same analysis and the same result. He, therefore, had to secure more oranges, for each I lucky member of the class to have! one, for his demonstration. The following are those who “shared the fruits of their labor:” Bennet,' Brown, C. S.; Campbell, Carroll, Clark, Foreman, Dunwody, Hamil ton, Howes, Garner, Jones, G.; Jones, T.; Kilpatrick, G.; Kilpat rick, J.; Long, Lovoorn, Mallary, May, Moore, McCall, Overstreet, THE MONOCZTOHD. G.; Overstreet, J.; Rodgers, Rod-' denbery, Steed and Williams. Prof. S. is going to make anoth er offer —wonder who will get the fruit ? The following is the composition | of a Mercer ‘Prep,’ upon the sub ject ‘ocean,’and the original manu script with blots and erasures makes a very interesting document: “An ocean is the largest body of water; it uster be considered a larg thing to cross the ocean. You know that Columbus by crossing the ocean, discovered americus. it uster take a month to cross the ocean but now it dont take more than a week. Talking about how long it uster take you to cross the ocean they have larg ship and they have nice parlors in them like a house would. There are 5 or 6 oceans, among them all the pacific is used the most; the ocean is a; very good thing to travel on.. I think it would be very pleasant to travel on it. They get the i sponge out of the ocean and there i are plenty of whale. The ocean is i a great body of water to carry 1 commerce on between the two hemispheres. They have ship to bring us what we want and take back what they want, and they sometime get reck on the ocean L>v running against rocks." — Base Ball. On the return of Spring and Summer, the National game, Baseball, springs up with renewed activity and increasing pop ularity. The Southern League, the recog nized base ball organization of the South, has now the most encouraging prospects to the admirers of the game, and will afford no little amusement, during the dull months of summer. The Mercer boys, urged on partly by the erases and partly by the healthful ex ercise to be derived from the practice of playing ball, have recently organized a club, the merits of which have been re-i cently tested by the contest between this club and the club of professionals brought to Macon for the purpose of contesting the right of champsonship with other clubs of the Southern League. The game took place on Saturday, the 13th inst., and quite exceeded the most sanguine hopes of the club’s greatest admirers. Harper, the ■ Junior pitcher, occupied the box for the college boys, and from the width of his 1 curves, as well as the swiftness of his balls, one would have thought that he had devoted a great deal more time to the mathematics of strikes and balls than the differentiations of transcendental func- 1 tions. Ledbetter, the catcher, supported Har per well, and swung to the foul tips and . strikes with a pluck that did great credit 1 to the catching propensities of Crutch. The rest of the nine played with few er-‘ rors- The following is the score by innings, as handed us by one who kept a record. Macon P—o. 3,1, 0, 0,1, 0,1. o—6. i Mercer B —O. 0. 3,3, 0,1, 0,0,--7.. —7. Struck out by Harper, 11; by Green, 9. Passed Balls, Ledbetter, 2; Clegg. 1. Georgia has become as much a temperance State as Maine. THE COLLEGE BOY. Leaving Home—at College—Leaving College. Nine out of every ten college boys come from the country, or from little villages. City boys do not go to college—they “get into business.” At the age of sixteen or eighteen, the country boy. whose mind has never been occupied by anything but the simple thoughts that the scenes and doings of rural life in spire, is startled as he hears his father say : “My son, as you have formed a character, which, I think, can be trusted out in the world, and as I do not need you at home, if you can be benefited more else where, you may go to college, and get a good education." A new and undreamed of field is now thrown open to the boy’s view, and he stands, in his rustic simplicity, and gazes on it. He is bewildered at the novel things in it. To save his life, he cannot settle in his mind what a college is. He has heard that lots of boys go there, and that they kick up “old nick,” and play all sorts of pranks. Though, ap prehensive of danger, the boy de cides to go and try the terrible place —for thinks he, “may be it is best.” Bye and bye, the time to leave for college is come, and the boy, kissing his hopeful mother and af fectionate sisters good-bye, and re ceiving the blessings of the home folk, and the old servant, starts off to the railroad station. At the station a revolution takes place. The boy puts off his bro gans, his copperas-pantaloons, his old hat—bids them farewell, and puts on boots, a store-bought suit, a nice hat, linen collars and cuffs, his mother’s watch and chain, a barber-hair-cut. This new “rig out” makes him feel kind of funny, and wonders if his Ma would know him. Last, and most important, his father hands him a big leather pocket-book that is in travail with big, honest bills. All being ready, the boy boards the train for the first time in his life, and starts to that terrible place, college. Ah! old fellow, you do not know it, but you are just set free. “Fun’s just begun.” The boy arrives at college, scared half to death. He is on pins, lest he should make some blunder and show that he is from the back woods By trying to hide his colors, he furnishes the very fun he attempts to avoid giving. We have been there ourself. His heart aches as the boys tell him to pre pare for the “hazing mob.” He