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Newspaper Page TextTEE UNION & RECORDER, Xh Published Weekly In Milledgeville, Ga., BY BARNES & MOORE. Terms.—One dollar and fifty cents a year In advance. Six months for seventy-five cents.— Two dollars a year if not paid in advance. The services of Col. James M. iSMYTUE.are en gaged as General Assistant. The “FEDERAL UNION" andthe“SOrTHERN RECORDER’" were consolidated, August 1st, 187J, the Union being in its Forty-Third Volume and fhc Recorderin its Fifty-Third Volume. The Milledgeville Banking Co. Of Milledgeville, Ga. A General Ranking Gusiness Transacted. L. N. Callaway, President. 'G. r. Wiedexman, Cashier. Directors.—W. T. Conn, D. 13. Sanford, H. E. Hendrix, G. T. Wiedentnan, L. N. Callaway, T. L. McComb, C. M. Wright. Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 21st, ’84. 15 ly Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. OLD EYES MADE NEW! \ N astonishing announcemeHt which will please the people, is that JOSEPH MILLER lias i he largest, and ..if* of the best select ed sbwk- or “King’sCombination” Specta cles and EveGlasses, in the State of Geor gia. Wctiavp studied to supply the need of every ■ : • r. quit iiig assistance, and witli our large st <-k and long experience, we guarantee '<> lit the eve. Call and see them in Pfi'-es ranging from 23c to $3.00. JOSEPH MILLER, The Jeweler and Optician, Milledgeville, Ga., lVh. in, 1885. 31 tf tang SDK CURES MOUTH WASH and DENTIFRICE Atlg. 5th, Mouth, Sore 1 I’urifles the Breath ; .•idill-' dentists. Pre- . T> n! 1st Macon, i.« L?» aiiii dentist*. 4 iy. PIATT’S Aromatic Geneva Gin CERES DISEASE!! K I I) KEYS.' When it is taken into consid eration that Gin is the only .spirit possessing a medicinal «ju ;lity other than a stimulant, a pure article is required. . In ISIS! PRATT’S • : j$MAromatic Geneva Gin j s a pure Geneva (Swiss) Gin, re- • ff «ii>t filed with selected bnchu t&XF : l« a ves.frcsh Italian juniper ber- ' * ' res, gentian root, &c. It will l>e found an Invaluable remedy -itid certain cure for Iiriglit*M 5PT./<1 IHncase. Stone in Bladder, tflSrd! «*M:d .ill inflammation of tho * Kidneys uud Urinary Organs. •IA.MKS T*. '!OKK!S, Sole Affent, 165 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. K. A. Ijvtdiiiif Druggist and S »!•* A:' Hit lop tin' self of PRATT’S Aro matic (ri::\i:vA (iix :«.t Mi!le<lgt?ville. (xa. J, 1885, 30 Gm Lumber! Lumber! (pill: limb-:- finis crci-tod a saw-mill on a tlie East - i to of the river about ; miles from town anti is now ready to fill ail orders for Lninoer ol Every Description. I will :111.■ r d-nver ’umoir or sell at the mill and promise to g \ atisfartion both in prices and nimiiti of liitubcr t Inters left at the store of J. N. Leonard wi 1 ] renaivu prompt attention. x. exxis, Jr. Milledgeville, Ga . April 14th, ' 8j. 4U3m FROWN. FILLMORE BROWS. EDGSRTON HOUSE, teiiger Depot, Ad- Opposite General 1\ joining Dm IMLacon, - - Gooi'gia, E. E. BROWN & SON, Own. is and Proprietors. This elegant new Hotel, with modern improvement -, newly fiutiislicd from top to bottom, is open to the public. The rooms are large, airy and comfortable, and tli*. table furnished with Urn very best Macon's excellent market affords. Terms $2 per day. Oct. 1G, '83. 14 tf. Dentistry. DR. H MTCLARKE. YKTOltK of any kind performed in ac- t f cordance with the latest and most im proved methods. •^Officein Caliawav’s New Building. Milledgeville. Gn.. Mnv 15th, 1883. 44 im ALL PURCHASERS CAN BE SUITED MANUFACTURED BY Isaac A.Sheppard & Co.,Baltimore,Md. 5X0 FOR SAGE BY T. T. Wixdsor, Milledgeville, Ga. May 12th, 18S5. 44 lv. Tax Notice. \| Y Tax Books an now open and I am iTl ready to receive the Tax Returns of Baldwin County for the year 1885. My office is at the Carriage and Furni ture' store of L. W. Davidson, where I will he in attendance daily from !) o’clock, a. m. until 5 o’clock, p.m.. until June 1st, at which time my Books will he closed, all who fail to give in by that time will be placed on Defaulter's List. HUNTER McCOMB, Tax Receiver. Milledgeville. Ga.. March 30th. ’85. 38 2m. Notice. Court House to Build. GEORGIA, Baldwin County. Office of Ordinary. CfEALED Bids or Proposals will be ^ receiv^l ;it this office, until 10 o'clock. A. M.. (ui Thursday, the Otli day of July. 188.“,. for the building of a Court House in the city of Milledge ville, for said county, on the old Court House site. Plans and specifications for said Court House can he seen in this office, or at the office of McDonald Bros., Architects, Louisville, Kv. The House must he covered with Slate, and four offices to he made strictly fire proof. The entire first floor to he made of durable and hand some tiling. All rooms above the first floor to be ceiled overhead with nar row ceiling and all plastering to have a hard finish. The House to be con structed of Hrick and Granite and the Contractor to furnish everything nec essary to complete, the building for the uses intended. Quarterly advances will he made on the work as it pro gresses. reserving twenty-live pur cent, on the value thereof. Bond in double the amount of the contract with two good and solvent securities, will he required of the suc cessful bidder. The right to reject anv and all bids, is hereby reserved. DANIEL B. SANFORD, Ordinary. Milledgeville, Ga.. May 11th, 1885.[44 td mon an Volume LV. [SSttSf b “ shed -m[consolidated 1372. Milledgeville, Ga., May- 26.. 1885. Number 46. To Exchange. 4 GOOD POXY PHEATOX lor a Cow and Calf. A. Apply at this Oillce. Milledgeville, Ga.. May 12tli, 1SSJ. 44 _t BOOKS AND STATIONERY! A full line, book- used iu our College and those used in the Public Schools, sold at lowest prices. Elegant paper add cards for picnic and Ball In vitations with Envelopes to match. Also, plain goods, Pens, inks. Ac., at lowest hgures.at E. A. BAYNE'S Drug Store. Milledgeville. Ga., May 12. ’85, 43 ly Kerosene Oil. * Guaranteed Pure and full Georgia Test, per gallon or barrel. Will sup ply dealers at lower figures than any market in the State or elsewhe-e. E. A. BAYNE, Diuggist. Milledgeville, May 12, 1885. 43 ly. W.T. CONN & CO.’S, COLUMN. WE OFFER Special Bargains —IN 500 Barrels FLOUR! All Grachs and AH Size Pacha ires! Tiiis Flour was bought before the recent big advance in Freight Rates and we will give bargains as long as the lot lasts. Don’t de lay, but come at once, as it don’t take us long to sell 500 bbls. of Flour. • WE HAVE, ALSO, LARCE LOT SYRUPS! About one hundred barrelsf which we will sell AT PRICES WHICH WILL ASTONISH YOU! Lumber for Sale. Gu™cl t Limbe I r.* <iTON '° Ket “ d May 19th, 1880. ^ ^ Our Stock Of Everything in the Grocery Line, Is Large, and buying as wo do, from first hands, enables us to sell at Low Prices! Wo are able to report trade very satisfactory, our sales being much larger than previous years. Come and see us, or send your orders. We guarantee satisfac tion. W. T. CONN & GO. Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Milledgeville, Ga. March 24th, 1885. 27 ly EDITORIAL GLIMPSES. Carter Weaver, colored coachman for President Van Br-en, died in Rich mond, Ya., last week. Vessels plying between Boston and New York should need little insurance as they all go through Long Island Sound. Miss Kate Stephens, professor of Greek and literature in the Kansas State University, lias been compelled to resign, she says, because she is a woman. Mark r ~wain told the Yassar Col lege students that his usual price for reading was $500. but that there he was qrite satisfied to take fifty cents and get the other $499.50 ii# looking at the girls. Preparations are being made to move the remains of the late Alex. H. Stephens from Atlanta to his old home at “Liberty H°ll ” Suitable ceremo nies will then take place at the final resting spot of the “Great Common er," and Gen. Toombs will deliver an oration on that occasion. So far, the President lias overlook ed liis own home, Buffalo, in making appointments to office—not one of his neighbors, so far as we have seen, has been so honored. The President reminds u.s of the school teacher who whipped his own sons more than lie did the other hoys, to avoid the ap pearance of personal favoritism. A Chicago correspondent says, Bob Ingersoll is the healthiest and hap piest looking man in that city. Job, the man of Uz, was one of the leanest ard most afflicted of all his country men, yet. because he “feared God, and eschewed evil.” his captivity was turned, and the Lord gave him “twice as much as he had before." Boh might well profit hv the example. Riel, the leader of the Canadian in surgents, who has recently surrender ed to Gen. Middleton, is an e< ucat“d man, speaking several foreign lan guages nt-ly. He was opposed to the exchange of rum or pelts. This had a good effect among his follow ers. .Efforts were made in his early life to make buna prie c ., T uit he pre ferred the bo v and arrow and the fascinations of the chase. He was ■ educated at. Montreal, and had honors conferred on him in one or two de partments of study. Anv K TISING.—The great principle of modern methods and existence is ’ otoriety ; we live and move and have o.ir being in print. The practice of using old barns, fences, rocks, Ac., to advertise, has “about played out.” Even the ubiquitous drummer is a- iio it to go, as too expensive and unre- munerative, find the press is to be used as it once was, as the natural line of communication between seller find buyer. It isneedlessto say that the richest n er hams are those who have most persistently patronized tlie’col- unins of the newspaper. The idea now is. that a man and his wares must he known. The use freely of printer s ink may he compared to pouring wa ter into a sieve—it finds its way to every outlet. The newspaper has made many men rich in Georgia, and will make many more as fortunate. It reaches out its Briarean arms to terri tory unknown to the man of the brush or the grip sack. Its effects are like the gentle rain that falls on the crust- l earth, spreading and ramifying, softening, and giving health and life to the thirsty plant. Electric! y is the most interesting and instructive study to-day. Its field is continually widening. Its sub tle, mysterious power is made use of in • hannels that ten years ago had never been dreamed of by the most ferrite imagination. No one can he found rash enough to predict what electricity will be doing for us ten years hence. The telegraph, the tele phone. the electric light came in rapid succession, each attaining a success unrivalled in ti e history of inventions. The Electrical Review, an illus trated weekly journal, published at 23 Park Row. New York Citv, is the ac knowledged leader in tlie world of electrical science. It embraces all that is of value and of interest to the worker and the student in this field, and is the medium through which is obtained the most comprehensive and latest information concerning all elec trical matters. Edited with care, its editorial opinion is reliable' and its news columns bright and instructive. In typographical beauty the paper is second to none. The* subscription price is $3 per year; single copy 10 cents. WO HEX AXD GOVERNMENT. Women have been misled by some great names. ' r o them, may he at tributed the desire which some of them manifest to participate in pub lic affairs. Plato, in his Republic, a work justly celebrated for its genius if not its practical utility, advocated the employment of women of distin guished ability as assistant functiona ries of the governing class. He very explicitly denied them, however, equal mental ability with men. He might have added that they are like the delicate and nicely adjusted work of a watch and are more easily put out of order for the arduous duties of public officials. Principles.—Standards. In some things, in politics and mor als, there are fixed and unvarying standards, in others there are none except such as each individual may adopt for himself. We do not pro pose to discuss any dogmas in refer ence to either. But we do insist that no man has any fixed principles of right whose heart is accessible to bribery or yields to the wishes of others* without investigation merely from feeling of personal regard. Most men have no settled principles by which they are governed, but are in fluenced by the ideas of others and facts of the moment. Some prostrate their own spirits before the despotic exactions of the wills of patrons, and others exercise the franchise—and go with the crowd without comprehend ing the question at issue. Every man in a republic, especially where the people are supposed to rule, should acquaint himself with the leading and important issues before the country, and then he guided by the dictates of his judgment. He should say to him self, I must and will adhere to princi ple. He may say to himself that lie likes Mr. as a man, hut his prin ciples are in opposition to mine and I must support his opponent, his princi ples and mine are the same. 1 hold my principle as immovable, so far as right and justice are concerned, as the foundations of the earth. He may even be in error, but if he stands firm in honest co victions, he will exhibit an archetypal elevation and grandeur of character as an honest American citizen performing his duty to his country. His principles were as firm as adamant, if his mind did not glitter like the diamond. Though he may have made a mistake, there stands his honesty which, in the hearts of Amer ican citizens, is worth more than thou sands of diamond mines without it If he had voted against his convictions, his heart would have been a plague- spot and in liis conscience there would have been little left for care or hope. Young men think of these sugges tions and if you are working on a farm, make it sacred by yoar devo tion to honest principles. If our gov ernment goes down as others have done before it. it will be caused by the people's betrayal of honest principles. ADALINA PATTI, the great song stress, says of Solon Palmer's Per fumes, Toilet Soaps and other Toilet articles: “1 unhesitatingly pronounce them superior to any I ever used.” Principal Depot, 347 and 370 Pearl st., New York. 44 Ot A Sad Scene—Its Lesson. Augusta presented last week one of the saddest scenes it has ever been our lotas journalists to record. Win. S. Roberts, formerly a hank president, a man trusted and honored by liis fel low-citizens, lying at home with his throat cut, from remorse and insuffer able mental agony, on account of de falcations committed while president of the hank of Augusta, and confess ing that he was only too sorry that he failed in liis attempt at suicide. This man, at one time, had the utmost con fidence of the business circles of Au gusta, hut in an evil hour the demon of speculation and leans seized him and threw him into the slough of de gradation from which he can never, during the few remaining years of his life, (he is an old man) extricate him self. He was demented by his troub les. Goorge T. Jackson, former presi dent of the Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Augusta, indicted by the grand jury, and on trial, for using the funds ot the Company for personal ui-e at verio as times, the total defal cation an oimting to over $250,000. Here was a man who was esteemed and trusted as, probably, no man in business hi Augusta ever was, but speculation and the haste to get rich at any cost to his character and the high social standing of his family, led him on from one bad step to an other until a culmination was reached that could no longer be postponed by false entries on the books, and eon- alment from the directors a.id stock holders of the “true inwardness” of his had faith and wrong doing: and he was arraigned and tried and sen tenced to the penitentiary for 6 years. It is a pitiable sight. His appeal to the jury for mercy and time was af fecting and eloquent, promising if he was thus indulged to make good ev ery dollar that he had fraudulently used of the Enterprise Company's money. Now, what is the lesson to be de rived from all this? It is, that no man is so safe, so fortified in public esteem, that he may not fall wlie n temptation and opportunity are present. It is the first wrong step taken that leads a man to ultimate disaster. Failure here, makes him stickle at nothing to support it. Every future effort, of like result, only sinks him deeper in the mire, until at length the day of ex posure comes, then all is lost. In the race after riches, the motto “festina lente" should he uppermost in the minds of every man, especially of those who are intrusted with great responsi bilities. Men of clean hands have lived and have died unspotted in pri vate and public life. The instances above alluded to may he exceptions, hut they are of such momentous sig nificance as to cause self-examination, and every man to take the utmost care to avoid what may be perilous td himself. THE DOG. For the Union A Reookdkk. The efficient execution of the city ordinance requiring all dogs found running at large, without a badge (showing that the owner of the ani mal has paid a tax on liis or her head) to be shot, has, very generally, kept them on their owner's premises. The few aristocratic dogs wearing a badge, are so fat and lazy that they are rare ly seen on the streets, preferring the cool retreats of an office room or store. While on the subject, we will give a brief sketch of this domestic animal which may convey something of in terest to the general reader, and fur nish the future Georgia legislator with ready-made information that may be of use to him in the defense of liis pet. Ths dog was held in great contempt by the Jews, and worship ped by the Egyptians, even temples being erected to its honor by the lat ter. The dog is often, referred to in the Bible. David says, “After whom is the King of Israel come out? after a dead dog?’’ In Samuel, we find, “What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?” In Deuteronomy, it is em joined not to offer “theprice of adog. " In Ecclesiasticus, “What fellowship is there between a pure and sanctified person and a dog?” Our Lord, in Rev elations, excludes the dog with other vile and wicked persons from the new Jerusalem. Paul says, “Beware of dogs’’, and Solomon comparedlsinners, who continually relapse into sins, to dogs returning to their vomit. In many Eastern cities dogs are almost as numerous as the people. They do not appear to belong to any particu lar person, and get their food as they can, from offals thrown into the gut ters, from corpses,and in the night even attack living men. Some think the dog, of every species, had a common origin, and by the intercourse of va rious nations there has been a mix ture of the different, species, hut it is conceded that they originally, in every portion of the globe, roamed wild through forests and pursued their prey in packs. Almost every p.nimal regards man as its natural enemy ex cept the dog. This animal, alone, will render its best services to man, even in eases where it is maltreated and poorly fed. Dogs were frequently used in ancient times for the purpos es of war, being armed with spiked collars anil coats of mail. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth of England, the Earl of Essex had no less than 800 blood-hounds in his army. But what good do they do to mankind is the question? Iii Kamtschatka and Sibe- riti they are used to draw sledges, and will travel from sixty to one hundred miles per day. The Esquimaux uses the dog to capture the reindeer by which they get food and) clothing. The Shepherd dog, the New Found- land dog, and the dogs of Mt. St. Ber nard are most distinguished for their intelligence and usefulness, the former having been known to watch a lloek of lambs all through a dark night. Sir Walter Scott was very fond of dogs, and always kept several about him in his walks and rides, and even in liis sanctum sanctorum while penning his celebrated Waveriy novels. In this country, and especially at the South, it is no* unusual thing to see four or five dogs about a negro cabin. There's Lion, the yard dog, Nip, the rabbit dog, Bose,* the coon dog, Snap the 'possum dog, with, perhaps, one or two rat dogs, The statesman of to day is aware of the affection the “poor man” and the negro has for all their dogs, and he hows deferentially to this “family influence.’’ A “dog law iii Georgia is to be desired, hut it will never he put on the statute book. We estimate the qualities of the dog high ly very highly, but we believe that ciur sympathies may be better expend ed oil beings of a higher quality. When we desire the society of an in telligent and attached companion we prefer a man to a dog. But useful or useless and however great a favorite in the family, there is one place the dog should never be seen or heard at. and that is the Church. Civis. REST FOR THE WEARY Anti Health for the Sick. Is found hi that delightful nerve ton ic and invigorator, 'PEMBERTON S French Wine Coca, Which positively cures and prevents mental and physical depression, loss of memory, insomania, loss of appe tite. emaciation, dyspepsia, female weakness, sexual debility, kidney dis ease, neuralgia, sick headache, gen eral nervous debility, muscular relax-, ation. AC. The Medical Savans of the world award to Coca, the most effective and wonderful remedial powers for both mind and body, and the profession and people award to Pemberton's French Wine Coca, the palm of victo ry over all other known tonics and in- vigorants. There is joy and good cheer in every bottle. For sale by John M. Clark, Washington Letter From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington, May 18th, 1S85. It is pretty well known by the Edi- I tor and by the readers of this paper that their Washington correspondent 1 is no friend of the republican office j holder. For the la :t ten years I have j been trying to have him discharged, and for the last eight years I have con sidered him and written of him as no better than a thief, who, like R. B. Hayes, drew the salary of another man. The only difference is that these office holders have been drawing their fraudulent salaries for eight years in stead of four, or ever since the voice of the country discharged them by the election of Tilden. But notwithstand ing I am anxious to see Republican office holders go, I ern^ot join in the pretty common <'e urciation of the new Administration because it has not completed its four yea; ■ mission in ten weeks. To me it appears remarkable that so much has been accomplished in so little time and I can account for the denunciation of the so called tar diness of the administration only on the. supposition that those who denounce know nothing of what a task Mr. Cleveland and his Cabinet had before them. Ten weeks ago the President found himself at the head of a ponderous and complicated chaos of go •ernmental machinery intimately connected with the inter ests of 00,000.000 of people anu hand ling $300,000,000 per year in the trans action of public business. He was without experience in National affairs, had not been in Washington until he came as President. It is not remark able that he spoke in his inaugural address of the painful sense of re sponsibility v itli v. T h : h he undertook the stupendous work. It would be very easy for him to dawdle through his term am 1 pose as President like his proper and respectable predeces sor. But the time demanded different work for him—the work of reforming and si mplifying a vast and demoral ized bureaucracy and reducing it to an honest business basis. Ten weeks have passed and much has been ac complished. A large number of the civil service bureaus have been filled with good democrats a.id with good men. To the unreflecting million this may have seemed an easy task, hut when it is remembered that t' e time of the administration has been occu pied by battalions of delegations pressing rival candidates, by office seekers single, and office seekers in mobs, all good democrats so-called anil beautifully endorsed, it is remarkable that time lias been found to make the best selection. Most people I pre sume, are aware that the mere fact of having voted the democratic ticket does not fit a man for office where he must perform promptly and credita bly a class of work about which he knows nothing more than he does of the Russian language. *When Mr. Cleveland came into office, the first consideration was. using an old figure, to keep the ship of state sailing smooth ly and effectively, making the best time and preserving the precious freight of men and merchandise. Rev enues had to be collected. The army, the navy, pensions, the courts, and a vast civil list had to be paid; the books must be kept and ten thousand inci dental processes requiring skill and experience had to be minutely carried out. The President and his Cabinet and his party were unskilled and un experienced in executive affairs. They have as yet only a general idea of what they have to do, and what can be done. It is not anything to the dis paragement of many of the bereau of ficers that have been appointed to say thaUthey are helplessly dependent tip- on their Republican subordinates in office for information in the common est details of their official duty. They are at the head of the Bureaus, vast offices employing from one hundred to six hundred clerks, and yet they know less than any of these clerks about the routine of the bureau. It would then seem to be not just the time to discharge these clerks who however bad politically and personal ly, have a skill upon which the new Administration will be dependent for a time, and nothing would be more rash and ruinous than to fill these of fices at once with unskilled men. The postoffices throughout the country are a different class of offices and they are being filled at the rate of about 100 per day, or just as rapidly as the Postmaster-General can work. OLIO. Every life is either an example or a warning to others. Dr. Pancoast calls the face “the play-ground of the soul." Is a person more likely to be im pressed by what they read or by what they hear? When godly men are fearless in their censure of crime, wickedness hides its guilty head. A Kentuckian who won't mortgage his farm and go hare-footed for the sake of owning a short-horn heifer is no patriot. If the time, money, and muscle de voted to base ball were expended in something really useful it would bring joy to the world. Perhaps in the history of Georgia, no names were ever more frequently associated together than those of Toombs and Stephens. The editor’s words of kindness and commendation are often not seen, or accepted as a matter of course; but his words of censuie and reproach are never overlooked. Speaking of the sentiment, “She who rocks the cradle rules the world,” the Memphis Avalanche says: “In this section she is generally a colored girl, and we don't believe a word of it.” Tlie eager pursuit of pleasure by the thoughtless is the opportunity to advance by those who seek higher things. In fact, all one has to do to become more strongly fortified in good works, is to stand aside and watch the giddy procession go by. Capitalists and corporations, if they must invest their cash in stocks and bonds, should, at least lend their ckedit to carry on industries. The poor are with us always, and what they most need is employment. An idle* brain is the Devil’s workshop. Employment that yields an honest living, and the hope of a competen cy, is the lever that lifts families up to respectability. The good man who uses his money to carry on the indus tries of the country is the steward of the Lord; the man who uses his means to degrade his fellow man is the agent of the Devii; and the sel fish soul who hoards idle capital is too smail to attract the attention of his satanic majesty. The Smallest Woman Alive. The parlors of the Ashland House, on Fourth Avenue, near twenty-third street, were crowded yesterday with friends of Miss Lucia Zarate, “the human doll,'’ who was holding a reception. Miss Lucia is the smallest woman in the world, weighing but 44 pounds. Her clothing would fit a new born infant, it taking but one yard of cloth to make her a costume. Standing on the centre marble table in the parlor she received her guests accepting tributes of flowers with gracious ease, and hi each case returning thanks in broken English for their kindness. Her height is but 2(B inches; her chest measures 151 inches; waist 144; arms eight inches in length; middle fiinger 1£ inches, and little linger if of an inch. She has over 300 costumes, and every morning she selects the dresses she desires to wear.—New York Times. L’Amour Oui Bit. Love me little and love me long is the idle theme of a silly song: Love me much for a night and a day Is what I say. Love is fleeting and comes ami goes. Whence and whither there's no one knows: How and why "twere as hard to guess. Be it no or yes. Love me as long as love may last. 1/ive me no more when love Is past. Love me just for a dav and a night. While love is Bright. Kiss when kisses are sweet and new: What were kissing a whole lire through* Love me much till the fancy fly, Then, love, good-bye. A Jump into Eternity. professor odlum's fearful leap FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE. He Poises 011 the Railing and Leaps Into the River, Being Nearly Four Seconds in tlie Air—He Comes Up Unconscious, and Dies From the Injuries, Etc. New York. May 19.—Robert Em mett Odium, a professor of swim ming, in Washington, jumped from the Brooklyn bridge this afternoon, and after being picked up by a tug boat which was crowded with persons who had been notified that he was to make the leap. died. He came to the city last Saturday and Captain Paul Boynton offered to wager $1,000 that Odium could accomplish the feat in safety, but no one took the wager. The man then determined to make the jump, even though 110 pecuniary gain was attached to it. Inspector Lyons learned of the de termination and took steps to prevent thedeed. Odium crossed the bridge several times and declared he could make the jump in safety. Yesterday, Capt. Boynton and a number of men about town went out in a tug boat and stopped under the bridge. About this time a cab drove over the bridge with a man dressed in swimming cos tume. The policemen on guard asked the man what he intended to do and he answered that he was about to jump off the bridge. As the officers stood talking a wagon drove up and the offi cers saw that the first man was- only a decoy to attract their attention. As Odium jumped from the wagon and climbed upon the girdle of the bridge balancing himself bv the guy ropes, the many pedestrians on the bridge yelled, and one of the policemen RUSHED TOWARDS THE MAN. Before he reached him, however, he jumped off'. His body was rigid; with his left hand by his side, and his right raised straight above his head, which was thrown back. Two-thirds of the decent xvas made in this manner and then his body began to curve. With a sweep of liis right arm Odium at tempted to right liis -body, but un successful lv. His feet struck the wa ter first, with a slash that was heard 600 feet away. He was three and a half seconds in the air before striking the water. He sank out of sight, but soon reappeared. Bovnton threw overboard a num ber of life preservers and then went over himself. Odium was insensible when he came up. Blood and froth were oozing from his mouth. The upper part of the right thigh was torn open, and the whole of his left side was black and blue. Restoratives were applied to him, when he was taken on the tug boat. In a few minutes he opened his eyes and look ed around. “Did 1 make the jump?’’ he asked, and when answered he queeried: “A good jump!” “Yes. you did it nobly,” he was told. “Good! Oh my God my back is kill ing me,” he exclaimed, then he writh ed in agony and his convulsions were such that the bystanders were forced to turn away their eyes. The boat was turned towards the land when an ambulance \vas called. Just as it arrived, however, Odium gave a convulsive grasp, looked slow ly around and then died. The ambu lance-surgeon siiicl death was caused by tlie rupture of an internal organ, produced by the concussion. The police arrested everybody who was in the boat and they were dis charged after their names and ad dresses were taken. Mrs. Hendricks Was Right. Chicago Times. The evening before Mrs. Hendricks went West from Washington she and the Vice President dined with a gen tleman with a short name and ’a large record in Congress, who has been ap pointed to a foreign mission. During the evening the latter told Mrs. Hen dricks that he was going to take with him as Secretary of Legation a Re publican. Mrs. Hendricks retorted: “Gov. Hendricks is not responsible for my opinions in general, and particu larly for mv opinion in this instance, but I think you owed your seat in Congress to Democratic votes, and I think you owe your present appoint ment to Democratic votes. If you are under obligations to your Republican friend, I think you ought to settle the matter with him personally, and give the office of secretary to a Democrat.” The Minister afterward told the story, and said he gussed Mrs. Hendricks was right, and he had better take a Democratic secretary with him. Struck l>y Two Young Suvannahinni. Yesterdav it was developed that one- fifth of ticket No. 59.075, in The Lou isiana State Lottery, in the drawing of April 14tli, was purchased by two voung men of Savannah, Messrs, John \V. Haywood and L. M. Verdery, who have secured for fifty cents each the handsome sum of $7,500. They are clever, worthy young gentlemen, and have congratulations upon their for tune.—From the Savannah Evening Times, April 14th. “I Have Suffered!” With every disease imaginable for the last three years. (>tir Druggist, T. J. Anderson, recom mending “Hop Bitters ' to me, I used two bottles! Am entirely cured, and heartily re commend Hop Bitters to every one. J. D. 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Now I am Gaining strength! and “Flesh!” And hardly a day passes but what I * * *** * * * * am complimented on my improved ap pearance, and it is all due to Hop Bitters! J, Wickliffe, Jackson, —Wilmington, Del. ^^■“Xone genuine without a bunch of green Hops on the white label. Slum all the vile pc.s* onous stuff with ••Hop” or “Hop* in tueir name. Mr. Philip’s Hired Servant. Horace Gleason was a most useless fellow, albeit a fine r looking one, had it noth een'for a certain effeminacy of countenance, induced by his habit of living rather than by a natural effem inacy of character. There were evi dences of the popinjay in his dress, a supreme air of easy indolence in his whole person. Tne only son of indul gent and wealthy parents, he had thus far found only smooth walking, since they carefully removed every obstacle from his path. Mrs. Gleason was a tender, persistent, unwise moth er. She would not allow him to be inducted to the rourine and drudgery of the counting house as his father had been. The result of his home training was slothfulness. His time was spent in lou ging on the sofa and waiting on the ladies. He was a good partner for a dance, could sing well, and “whisper a tale in a_ fair lady ear such as would please. His win ters were passed in draw I ig-roonis, his summe. s r 1 fashionable watering- places, where hi' danced attendance on the belles of the season. As a nat ural consequence, he found existence a bore at the early age of twenty-one. Y'ou are not to suppose from what has been said that there was a dearth of the nobler faculties. Far from it. He was surrounded by a mental at mospliere resembling those dreamy, smoky, August days that act on us as a kind of narco.ic. Friction would make a man of him. I amgoingto the country, moth ’ he said starting up under the im pulse of a new thought. “So early, my son? Why, what will the Ellingwoods think? It is only the beginning of May, you know”. “I don't care for tie El ,; ngwoods. I am ho ed to death with the monoto nous round in which 1 have hitherto revolved. I want the privilege of be ing myself, instead of somebody who moves and speaks to please the ‘creme de la creme.’ ” “Where do you propose to go?’ 1 “Where the fashionable will not throng. I am going to hire out to some farmer.” ‘What do you meaii? You are sure ly not in earnest?” “Seriously, 1 am.” “You'll get as brown as a Malay”. “I don't care—it's a good color; and I want a change.” Horace, what madness! what will people say?" They'll call me ‘eccentric’, a gener al term in high life, embracing all maimer of evil and oddities. There is Tom Hyatt, who drinks his quart of brandy a day: he's ‘eccentric" for lie is worth half-a-millicn in his own right. Hyacinth Golding is a gambler, and a viilian ; but he has an old miser of an uncle who has made a will in his fa vor; and he, too, is ‘eccentric, have a rich father and I can do what 1 list, and I shall only be mildly spokei of as that ‘eccentric HoraceGleason." There was a cutting sarcasm in his tone. He was in new guise, and Mrs, Gleason was astonished. “What does ail you, my son? I nev er heard you talk so before,'’ “I never was so uneasy before, have reached a point where 1 must do something, or else I shall become mere imbecile.” “But to be a servant, Horace, you who have had one at your beck ever since you were born—why, it is pre posterous!” “Nevertheless, my dear mother, shall try it.” “Your father is amply able to pay your bills; why don t you board in stead V” Opposition was so unusual that Horace enjoyed it, and adhered to his scheme with greater pertinacity. “I am tired of all that. I tell you. “But you are not very strong, and I am afraid hard labor will injure health.” “1 shall take it moderate’ * at first. “What if your task-master be st vere?” “I will promptly leave him.” “You forget Loraine Elmer—what will she say ?” “I don’t care a fig.” “I thought you were engaged." “Engaged? It was nothing more than a flirtation on either side.” “Oh! But you are old enough to begin to think of settling down." “Well,” with a twinkle of mirthful- ness, “I do think of it. I’ll find you a daughter-in-law while I am absent. Mrs. Gleason was horrified. “Some robust country girl, with a peony face, and general uncouth ap pearance ?” “Perhaps! A live woman at any rate, who will rap the laziness out of me; and not an automaton, nor the original of a fashion-plate. Mrs. Gleason began to cry. She knew of but one tvpe of rustic maids, and it certainly was not prepossessing. “Oh dear! 1 suppose you will ; you have got so contrary all at once.” Horace commenced a retreat. “Don't worry mother. Kbs me good-by, for 1 am off by the six o clock train.” Two da vs afterwards lie was in the town of Woodstock, away up among the mountains of New Hampshire. Leaving his baggage at the depot, he started forth in search of employment. He met with ill-success : for his ap pearance was against him amongst those shrewd, stout, yeomen, who even in that sterile region have the nack of making “both ends meet,” a significant expression, meaning that they are cool-calculators in reference to ways and means. He grew weary at length, and seated himself by one of those clear springs that gush out everywhere among the White Moun tains. It was grassy and shaded by maples. The spot, as well his limp physical state invited the approach of Morpheus, and he was soon wrap ped in slumber. Nearby was a gar den, and beyond that a Gothic cot tage. Out from its entrance-way came dear, little Bell Phillips, hum ming a wildwood song, as she tripped down the footpath leading to the spring. Our hero slept like a second Rip Van Winkle, unconscious of the presence of the hoiden who cautiously approached him. Mischief dimpled her cheeks as she carefully dipped a long branch in the sparkling water, and shook it over the sleeper. Horace sprang to his feet, but tlie fairy fled through the gate as if winged. He caught a gleam of curls flashing in the sunshine, saw a pair of charming feet encased in tiny Polish boots, and floating, pink drapery—that was all; but it was sufficient to set his pulses wildly beating. “An angel!” he exclaimed. “Only I don't know that heavenly visitants busy themselves in giving shower- baths to way-farers. It may be, though, for 1 verily stand in need of one," eyeing askance his wristbands, which were stained with perspiration. “Perhaps it is a happv omen. At all events. I'll follow. Confound these farmers ! I thought they would jump at the chance of employing a gentle man ; but they all have the idea that I am a good-for-nothing, or a rascal. I don’t know that they are far wrong. I’ll try again ; and if I am refused will act upon my mother’s suggestio , namely, to board.” A few moments after he stood m Die large, airy, clean kitchen of the cot Would you like to engage a man for the season, sir?” addressing Mr. P That S gentleman gave him a rapid J„Hnv with a pair of intelligent eves^asif he* were taking the guage o? liis mental and physical stamina. “Well I don't know. You are not much used to work, are you—haxe “ e ver swung a scythe, or guided a Pl “>ri> h ’sir, g i e have not; but I believe I ° a “It wfl’l blister those white hands, and in no wise tend to improve their delicacy.’’ _ ,, , , . There was an ineffable contempt 111 the accentuation of the words that struck to the soul of Horace. He had prided himself upon the beauty his body. Now lie regarded them with self-abasr’-ieni. Thev were sel fish hands. What had they ever ac complished for others ? “1 have a disposition to alter then- hue.” “What wages do you expect ?” “You may pay me what I earn; it is immaterial to me.” “Immaterial! you are strange. That is an indefinite and unsafe way of doing business, young man.” “Well, I don’t know anything about a Sarin. I am just from New York.’’ “Ah!” This last item of information gave dissatisfaction, and Mr. Phillips took no pains to conceal n. * ‘You have been a dry-goods clerk, then?’ “No, sir.’’ “An actor and hanger-on at the the atres ?’’ “No, sir."’ “Wh-t did you do for a living, then?” "I was a ge itleman.” “Agentleman! that means a black leg: for you remember , he old adage, batan always finds something for idle, hands 10 do.’ I don't want you c *t. Horace turned to leave. Just then a head covered with a rich profusion and confusion of golden brown curls was framed in the door way. “Please hire him, father." It is too far for me to walk to school, and 1 dare not ride Zollicoffer.” The father was very fond of his daughter, and acqu’esced at once. Can you manage a spirited horse ?” “Yes, sir,’’ ‘:You may stay, sir.” Horace was duly installed as hostler and chore-boy. He found the change he sighed for; but it is doubtful if lie would have remained long iu the hum ble position had 110 other attraction held him. Where liis Rachel was, lie was contented to be. Her deport ment towards him was a whimsical mixture of authority and deference. It would be “Horace, you may get a pail of water, or you may churn to day." Then looking up at the open, cultivated physique, her mode of speaking to him seemed inappropri ate, and she would endeavor to amend it, “I mean, will you please do it?” \fter many trials and ludicrous epi sodes of experience, Horace became skilled in the different branches of in dustry. What though lie did get laughed at for sundry redundances towards mother earth, such as plant ing half-a-pint of corn ift a hill, he gradually learned to proportion these matters, and liis agricultural efforts were crowned with success—the grand ultimatum by which every man is judged, whether king or tinker. Be fore the summer was over lie was ex pert at swinging the scythe, and so won “golden opinions from all Rinds of people.’’ He was a favorite of ru ral papas, but was too fascinating to their marriageable daughters to be a general favorite of their sons. Tlie agreeable, handsome servant was on terms of equality with them all, and •was invited to'all their gatherings. He and Bell, 011 one occasion, made two of a party bent on a fishing ex cursion to a neighboring stream pro lific in trout. As was best and most convenient, they separated from tlie rest of tlie company, and angled by themselves. Bell grew excited with the sport. In her eagerness anil hur ry she tangled her line, and in at tempting to loose it drew the hook in to her hand. “Horace, come here, please! I have caught a fish 1 did not intend to catch—how shall it he freed ?" “Poor little thing!’’taking the tiny rose-tipped fingers in his. "The ugly metal will have to be cut out—will you trust me to do it?" “It will hurt so.’’ “Not as much as it will if you wait until it is swollen and inflamed.” “(Jut it out then.” “You will be still, won't vou ?” “I'll try.” Pain caused the tears to fall, and made her feel faint: but she kept her promise. At length the liook was out, and he flung it away. “My darling!” he said, unconcious- ly, as he held her close. ' The color mounted to her brow. “I have kept it long enough to my self—1 may—I must speak now. I have loved you, Hell, more and more e.*er since you gave me a shower-bath. Can you love me? Will you be my wife ?” A grave shadow fell over lier counte nance. “I believe you are good, but 1 don’t know it, Horace. Please don't be an gry. and tliink me over cautious. I ought to be truthful, you know, 1 am afraid to say that I love and will mar ry vou.” “Why?” “Won't you be offended if I tell!” “No.” “When you came here, I thought you were a prodigal who had spent a fortune in ‘riotous living,’ and who refused to go back to a ‘father’s house,’ as did the wiser one we read of in the Bible—was it so?” “It was not. I don't wonder, how ever, that you formed this opinion of me. My youth was shiftless and mo notonously miserable. Understand me. 1 have not been dissipated in the lower sense of the word; for I have not been addicted to the gross vices common among young men. 1 was a block of driftwood, floating about on the tide of fashionable society. I will show you that I am capable of some thing better.” “You have shown me, Horace.” “My home is a luxurious one, my father a man of influence, one of the merchant princes of New Y’ork. I can prove my statements if it is nec essary. I know in your estimation these*last considerations weigh lightly in comparison with the man himself— will he do?” “He will do,” she said. ***** “Mother, I have married my coun try-girl," was liis abrupt remark to his maternal parent, when his first greet ing was over. “/This is she,” and he drew Bell towards him with a proud, fond smile. Bell bore tlie examination of the lady's critical eyes, admirably. “What do you think of my choice, mother ?” "She will dp. You always had ex cellent taste, my son.’’ “Thank you!” “She will create a sensation, I as sure you, in our circle—such a fresh, pearly little creature. I am in a hur ry to liave her introduced," and Mrs. Gleason actually embraced her daugh ter-in-law, in token of her approval and admiration. “I am not so anxious about the sen sation she creates elsewhere as I am about that with which she inspires me.” “Selfish fellow!"’ “But haven't I grown good-looking, mother ?” , “Y’ou are dark, anil your hands are horrible. The tan and coarseness will wear away after awhile.’ “Now, mother mine, you ixreno complimentary. I adunre the l n ' j got brown and tough when I mowed “WSweaftrt refer to your 10 “L°ow U «ations! why, they and this darling have made a man of mC; L^r&ofwhenlKo^’ “How willful and independent you aF “It is because I have some one in 1 i ivpsides an idler, - ’ he said, stnk- • 1H r hi< well-developed chest. “Some one who isn’t too lazy to assert him- St But now that you have returned vou must conform to the customs of the society i« wfiicli we move. . ,, -But this is only a visit. I wantBell to see ami be seen, and then we are g0 "*Y>liy L upon folly! We will not jiave learned to like the vocation I have chosen, and I am happy in it, tiierefore it is not folly. You shall come out and help me and Bell pick strawberries this summer.” “This is a disappointment to me.” “I am sorry, but the country is the best place forme. I am not a Nimrod, but a Jacob; and 1 enjoy keeping sheep and reading ‘The Rural Regis ter.’ My ambition is to be a good man, a first-class agriculturist; and I am heartily sorry if it clashes with your schemes for my ease and aggran dizement. But there is one thing set tled ; Mr. Phillips can’t spare his ‘hired It is said that a man’s hat will serve inmost cases as a temporary life pre server to those in danger of drowning. . . May be, but he should be sure not to aud symmetry of these members of Lave a ‘ brick” in it.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Union and recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1872-1886, May 26, 1885, Image 1