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FAm ENQUIRE!-. • SUN: 0OLUMTUS, GEORGIA SUM-AY MORNING. AUGUST i\ ibe l\m> in \mm. The Habits Jnd Customs of {he Pro*in.? of Victoria. totrlk'** an t IjUmt l>U;orH* ■«•*-% * Had Tkin.* With Which t* U% p;^,^ **.i |»n«Jvi<h%-lor'nsh>» thr Wwlia* t iiw* in !h* PwwUr* of Yirturi*—The M ‘r*I *a^ Ph)Mf*l Uomiitio» of *h? P«w>t*. :ay fo* itaw -le r.i? «. -»•- ‘ c& «c w ir-U? *h ■ 'n* _ etf nnt* ■-••'•■ ' - li ziv s' ctasccflcjfcTr : • *?•: i T2.rrr:< Avi* in a<ea. ptccu:. :iWL< wh-ich :he wh., N ... ' v: *a their wives \n<i fiiaiiii* «_he eati^_e^^nse :e;^£ -'ny-rc b - - «?~pL\ved. juic v :«. aaixr*; -.• queriv'-e the j>cAee \~ i r-r-;svttr>v W^Gr- - or ex- 0?£' c Js Special Correspondence Eniauiivr-$iuft. MELSotnm, Australia, July _v _ p tc the excellent wail facilities n this d;>- tart shore. 1 have airv-;\d\ perused eec i - of the EXQmuoHSrs forwarded to me t is ; ink a? a hungry tt.. sh well prepared viands, so did I feast up. n their newsy contents. It made :r.e sorrowful, however, to read of the con flicts now rife between capital and lab r in one of t he fhirest and nit enter] i_ cities of Georgia, i will therefore. intt.T my first letter from this section, discuss ::...<t perplexing of social problems: the peaceable readjustment of the un friendly relations which now exist be tween capital and labor. IT IS EXCEEDINGLY UNFORTUNATE for both capital and labor that they should assume an attitude of antagonism to each other, for their interests' are identical. They are, in fact, but different forms of the same thing. Labor is undeveloped capital, and capital is erystalized labor. Having their interests thus interblended and inseparable, mutual concessions should be the rule in their dealings each with the other, and sentiments of good fellowship should always prevail between them. There should be no distrust, no separate plottings, but they should counsel together in the most open, fair and candid wav. In the adjustment of differences much depends upon the mere manner of pro cedure. A demand is an implied declara tion of war. unless its terms be complied with and the tendency upon the part of high-spirited men with hot southern blood coursing through their veins is to re sent a demand as an affront, and to accept at once the gauntlet of war so inconsider ately thrown down. On the other hand, supplication engen ders contempt for the suppliant, weakens his own self respect, puts him in an atti tude of servility and subjects his requests to be treated with indifference. If the employer l'ecls an interest in the well fa re of his employes he will lmd a way to manifest it, whieh'will beget in the em ploye a mutuality of respect and good will for his employer. MUTUAL GOOD-WILL instinctively gives the proper direction to all business intercourse. A feeling that we are, in a measure, our brother's keeper, begets an application of the golden rule to business affairs, and makes of mankind a common brotherhood. The proud, the haughty and the reckless may scout Un wisdom of the ages as expressed in the above sentiments, but their folly will And them out and bring upon them irreparable mischief. Antagonism tends to make all men Ishmaelites—every man’s hand against that of his fellow—the fruits of which are anarchy and deeds of savage , ferocity. Conciliation is born of the gos- j pel of love and is the perfection of wis dom, the fruits of which are peace, pros perity and happiness. Labor contends that it does not receive ITS LEGITIMATE SHARE of the profits arising from its union with capital. It utters its protests in the form of strikes, but hitherto with doubtful suc cess. Having thus signally failed to obtain a redress of its real or fancied grievances, it has learned to combine, and has become aggressive and defiant. Happy will it be if capital takes timely warning and averts the threatened conflict. First there comes the mutterings ofthe distant thunder; after that, the thunder bolt. On the other hand, what laboring man— though he stands ready to serve with his toil, and though his children cry for food- will any more gather fruit from the dried and withered branches of that tree, which having received the thunder-bolt, stands ■shattered, ruined and lifeless. Much wisdom is there for all in that old fable ofthe goose and golden egg. To de stroy is easy; to build up takes toil, time and patience. Samson of old, in blind fury, pulled down the house of his ene mies, but himself was crushed beneath the falling timbers. CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASSES IN VICTORIA. Probably there is no country in the world in which the condition of the work ingman is more favorable than it is in the colony of Victoria. The climate is such that tnose who pursue out of door occupa tions do not probably on an average lose more than ten days in the year, and then it is owing to heavy rains. In the winter months the thermometer rarely falls be low 32 degrees; when it does,.it is after night-fail, and it will probably register 70 degrees in the sun at noon. The heat of the summer months is a dry and stimula ting heat, und not enervating and op pressive. _ I The eight-hour system, with the Saturday half holiday is a prevalent one. For eight months in the year a house- bolder requires no fuel except to cook with, and his outlay for clothing is of i course very much less than it is in coun tries subject to a severe climate. Mem- | bers of the artisan classes occupy neat , suburban cottages containing from four to six rooms, each surrounded by a small ; garden plat. ! The skilled laborer lives generously and has a substantial meal, with meat, three times a day. The state supplies his chil dren with education gratuitously; public libraries and free reading rooms furnish him with the means of instruction and in tellectual improvement; public parks are provided for bis recreation, while a large annual expenditure by the government on railways and other public works maintain wages at an unnaturally high level. On the whole THE MORAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION of the people is sound and healthy. In a bright and exhilarating climate, with free access to libraries and museums, and with a great fondness for public holidays and out-of-door sports, the influences surround ing the population of Victoria are of a cheerful and beneficial character. There is'probably no country in the world, it we except the United States, that offers ■ greater attractions to the working man than Victoria. That habits of ECONOMY AND THRIFT prevail to a great extent is evident from the fact that in a population ot 900,000, ot whom 330,000 arc under fifteen years of age, there are 1—5S1 who are depositors in savings banks with an aggregate amount of -*15,600,000 standing to their credit. 1 lie various trlendly societies have an income, in round numbers of rl.-'MO.UOO, and rJ.000.- 000 invested; the building societies have an income of .*7,000,600 beside ^,000.000 on deposit. Of the .*33,000,000 _ of deposits bearing interest in the various savings banks of the colony a portion is deposited by the working classes. Whatever there is of poverty is occasioned mostly bv intemperance or other miscon duct. ‘ Tile fact that a community of less than a million of inhabitants expends not less than .*15,000,000 per annum upon intox icating liquors is quite sufficient to exnlain why a certain amount of misery and desti tution exists. The feeling which prevails between EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYES | in the colony of Victoria is, generally speaking, of a friendly character. A fru gal, sober and enterprising operative wilt often succeed after a few years of patient and persevering toil in raising himself to the position of foreman, overseer, con- : tractor, or employer of labor himself. As such, he feels a certain amount of sympa- THEC- PPER S GH0S’ ' Wonderful V sion Tba: U-serteJ j Cipt H. The speaker was a seaman of tie A : school, who had. with e;-aeuUtiv~-s :' , o’.ine a: Telegraph hill ::-.:he sura.-; . at wi; the writer, and had for several m - been goring through the big telescc-v of the tower. "S.tv. sonny." continued tie old ww addressing the boy in attendance, as ; took mv place at the glass, -how air.v toot of cable have you got out?" "None." retorted the youth, sullenly. "What?" exclaimed the old marriner. iooking around as the building shook and creaked under the strong west wind. "It always creaks and groans." said the bov. "Oh. it do. do it?" responded the sailor. ''Well, you keep clear o' that hatch, 'cause in ease anything gives I may want to make a break for it. What do you see. mate?" turning to me. I saw nothing, and -aid so. ‘‘Don’t ye see a kinder dim outline across the bay?" I shifted the glass slightly, and made out a faint something that might have been in the deepening mist a large, ship beating out of the Golden Gate. "Ye see her?" asked the old man again. "I see something." I answered. "Well." he said, looking around suspi ciously, then drawing near and speak in a sc; ulehral tone, “it’s—not tit "Nothing," I repeated—"what do you mean, man?" "What 1 mean is this: You reckon you clapped your eyes on a fuii-rigge d ship: but it was nothin’but a ghost, a ghost th old clipper ship Tennessee. You think I'm a nocuspocusin'." he added, "but I ain't. Drop in here, and I'll tell ye how I came to think so. Ye see." he continued, as we took seats near a window, "some years ago I shipped from a port in the Malay peninsula for the China coast, and so on to 'Frisco. On the way up the China sea we had bad luck: got caught in a ty phoon and nearly foundered, and in the gale the skipper got ugly and laid a man out with a belayin' pin: the man died, and from that day all luck left us. I didn't say nothin', but I knew we was in for it; l*ut the old man owed me a pile, so I had to keep* to her, and stick I did. “We left the China coast with a load of tea. bound for 'Frisco, and it was my watch. I was a-standin' on the fo'castle. near the weather cathead, jest as sober as I am now. when what I am going to spin you took place. It was Mowin' a good ten knot breeze, and everything except the royals was drawin' and we were makin' for home so that I'd a-swore my old woman had holt o' the painter. It was as fine a night as you want to see. when all at once I clapped my eye on a big clipp*er ship headin' right’ for us. She wasn’t a hundred yards away, and. as God is my witness, she was cornin' with everything’a-drawin’. dead against the wind. I see her jest as plain as I see you settin' there, mate. I heard the reef-pointson her fo'sail singing; I see the foam a-biliu' and sloshin' under her cutwater, and her sails was that white and blight that they shone out like tire. “I took all this in in a second, and then I sings out: ‘Hard a port'. Up with her, lad!’ The watch come a-tumblin' up the hatch, the ship fell away, end then, like a shot, she was on us. ’Ship ahoy!'I sings out; ‘ship ahoy!' I was hangin' iu the shrouds then. 'Port your helm, for God's sake, ship ahoy!’ On she come, and I tur e 1 to sing out to the men, and I was ready to take her chains. I see her flyin' bibboom over mv head. I heard the roar, and just then I 'felt a grip on my shoul ders and turnin' I see the skipper. 'What's the matter with ye?’ he said. I could not speak, so help me! for the ship was gone, and there we were a’bowin’ along just as if nothin' had happened. 'We was about run down by a ship.' says I, finally. ‘You're drunk,' says the skipper. I began to think I was,mate,anddidn tsay nothin.’ I s’pose you’ve heard of folks gittin' drunk from bein’ thirsty? Well. I thought mebby I had done that, for as true as sailin' I had not had a drop o' rum for a month. But when I came to talk it over the hull watch see her; every man of ’em. and you've seen her to-day. ’ That's her ye just clapped your eves on through the glass; the same identical old craft, and nothin’ but the double of the ship. Short, that’s what she were, and when the mate let on to the i skipper that he see her the old man swore that he'd clap him in irons the next time , he mentioned it, But it wasn’t no use fightin' solid facts. Four nights afterward it was my trick at the wheel, and the skip per was walking up and down the quarter deck eussin' and swearin' about the wind that was a-fallin’ |off land on, and kept a- takin’ us back. All at once 1 see a sail astern and sings out, 'Sail oh! *\\ hat d'ye mean, you old swab?’ says the skipper. ‘Swab or no swab, there she is,' says I. and she was haulin’ up onus that fast that in a second she was almost aboard. The skipper made a jump for the rail, and sings out, 'Shipahoy! bear away!" -You could aboard him half way to the Sandwich islands; but on she come, and when she boarded us lie fell back in a dead tit like, and I saw bis eyes sot in the light of the binnacle jest like a madman's." "And the ship?" I asked. "Well. 1 see she went right over us, or We went right through her. like a cloud-like, and that was the last we saw of her for a week; then she sailed abreast on us for an hum* or so; that fixed tile old man: he went ravin' mad and tried to heave himself overboard, so we lashed him in the. cabin, and the mate took charge, and that was the best of her. -What do I think of it? Well. I ain't no philosopher," answered the .>H sailor, • •hut. mate, the hands from the gallery up thought that that 'ere craft was the oid Tennessee s double and her skipper was the mail our mad skipper killed by lappin’ him over the bead. , . ] -What is she doin here? W ell, the skip per came ashore here and went east by rail and got cured, and I bear lie s back now, lookin’ out for another ship. If you see a mail short and thick, with i red face : and billycock eye and wearin’ a glazed hat, a man what is always dodgin’ your eye and lookin' 'round a watchin' and spyin’ for somethin’ that ain't never found, if vou see such a chap along the docks some i mornin’, that’s him; and what’s more, this ’ere double is a-lyin 1 off and on the Golden Gate to chase him out, and she 11 foller . him, mate, till be goes on board. Perhaps ; you'll think I’m off my soundin s, but I ) ain’t ” and the old man looked around as i a terrific gust struck the tower and made f or the hatch that led down the building, i m! h i a. ri..i ; : A\G MONE N gather about the how, s:n. every rep* varei e.v-t s shadow upon deck, as the - f trees do under the electric light. With ah this seen:iug rro > Ugh.: : cut heat, a seeming combustion without loss of matter, a phenomenon that occurs in the animal, vegetable and mineral king doms, in life and death, in growth and in decay. Dead fishes often gleam with a pale light. Living ones front'the deap sea are provided with luminous organs upon their head and sides to illuminate the dark caverns they inhabit. The dead fibre of wood gleams with a soft glow, while tte'.ar Sal: Lake a limestone cannot be touched without giving out a sc*ft light, much to the astonishment of the workers in it. *tar fishes and sea urchins are often him- j inous. The marigold of the garden, the oriental poppy, various toadstools and 1 ferns emit light: in fact this curious phe nomena is found everywhere, and even the j worm is said to be" phe*sphoroseent by ' some. FOR s i u I ,. 4 - * M..;. j ■fivu® / 5, itVOTj? * ISHNtJ >-5- 4SITL : 'G lirvly list or l.r.TTr.R*. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Co lumbus, Ga.. post office for the week ending Aug. 15th. If not called for within thirty days will be sent to the Dead Letter Office: Acee mrs M Alexander mrs $ Aids J Anderson mrs F Raley mrs $ C Barber E Barnes C Bedell F W Beuet S Blakely J J Bower J W Burnet mrs V Boynton, miss M Buchanan miss T Caldwell E Cameron H Carter B C Cary miss L Combs L Coob mrs J Cruse E Culpepper J C Davis \V col Dearing miss L A Denis J Diges M Dowdell \V col Doil C Dowdell miss J Evans E Evans A A Farley R P Ford L Frazer S Guinett miss A Grim J Griffin mrs B F Griggs miss F Hammond miss E Harris M Harris miss M col Hobos mrs D J V Hawkins C Heath C col Hix miss S J Howard .1 Hoover \V F Hughes mrs J Irvin miss A Jackson J C Jones miss A Jackson miss M Jacob miss A col Johnson mrs M Johnson miss C When calling for these letters, please say they are advertised, giving date. THOR. J. WATT. P. M P£NSmar&.f»iLLs “CHICK-ESTER S ENGLISH The O-iv;»i»:<.i mill Only c -.' t* It - t* • !:■ . •' u. rthlf'H . n!?»tK u NAME PAPP. 1. ■ • ’ r,;urn ""* Johnson mrs M L Jones S Jones X Jones mrs P Jones miss D Jones n iss M Kimbell mrs M Lewis mrs J l-acorne Monseiuer McClellan G McGee miss G McClenic G McLendon L Madenden mrs P Mallerv mrs S col Madden W Matthews D C Mil burn D Morgan miss R Mooney G H Murphay J A Nelson mrs X Odom mrs B Owanagan J Park ham miss L Parker mrs Peed miss M Perreiuan miss F Perry J Phelps miss S G Prairee E Reed R Rhvines M Rowel J Roberson miss J Robinson L Roberson mrs M col Rogers J B Rogers mrs G W Runel T Sanford H Smith L I’ Smith F col Smith C C Sect miss M E Shorter mrs F Shearer P S Taut I Tyler S s I’psher TJ Well J C West W White B Willis J P •axing the above complaints, and rfiganttc sales in the face of tYe:u.ie\l opposition and would-be money monopolist*. Letters from all points where introduced are pouring in upon ns. speaking m the loudest pr.us< Some soy they receive more benefit from one bot tle of B. B. R. than they have from twenty, thirty and fifty, and even one huudrtsl Ivttles of a boasted decoction of inert and non-me\iicinal n.x'ts, and branches of common forest trees. We hold the prvsyf in black and white, and we also hold the fort. l*o I ice in t lewv Mrs. M. M. Priuce, living at Js West F.vir street. Atlanta. Ga.. has been troubled for seveml months with an ugly form of catarrh, attended with a copious and offensive discharge frvnu both nostrils. Her system became so affected and irdnctM that she was confined to boil at my house for some time, and received the attention of three physicians, and used a dozen bottles yf an exten sively ad\*ertise\l blood remedy, all without the least benefit. She finally commenced the use of R. B. B.. with a divided improvement at once, and when ten bottles had been use\l. she was entire ly cured of all symptoms of catarrh. It gave her an apivtite. and increased her strength rapidly, and l cheerftiUy recommend it as a quick and cheap tonic and Blood Purifier. J. W. Giokk. Policeman. DYSENTERY CHILDREN TEETHING •^vmVfiSSS 50IPER BOTTLE Atlanta. January 10. 1S-S6. A ltook of Woittlm. Free. All who desire full information about the cause and cure of Blood Poisons.Scrotula and Scrofulous Swellings. Ulcers. Sores. Rheumatism. Kidney Complaints. Catarrh, etc., can secure by mail, free, a copy of our S3-page Illustrated Book of Wonders, filled with the most womierthl and startling proof ever before known. Address BLOOD BALM CO.. Atlanta. Ga. d2taw seaw top col n r m ■jit! b» llr-utr^rl-t* < s 'jmire. I hllutlu.. I'» SMITH’S cr£Z3 THE BOSS PRESS Is Without a Rival. THE LIDDELL VARIABLE FEED SAW MILL, Is tho very bust Saw Mill in tho mnikot. It tot'k tho only motlal of the tirst t lass at tho New Orleans Kxposition. For the above, ami for till other maebinery, athlress, FORBES LIDDELL&CO., Montgomery, Ala. N. 1>.—(>nr stock of WroiiLiht Iron. Pipe, Fittings ami Machinery is the largest in this part ofthe country. ieldwfim To the Trade and Smokers. Beware of Base Imitations on the Marke THIS W.wc .y 1111' seal .'ll « ach ho\ and our fact >n mnntuM. *JO«, primeil on it NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THIS SEAL. I \ niiiite '* ’\t ■» Bs'lnv puu haMMg. and m‘c that y»u get the genuine t’lgarro-* GEO. IP. LIES Sc CO., I i»» ioe> o»on. :td IMsirh i t<vm !■'. W > Uii email l. V Kavanagh. Brannon A « ai-mi. King A Daniel. \ t .. J It I c,t . .1 I • . ■!. \N K M,. *i i and «: i ' i ,'la-vs ie- Pt :lhiul\ A 1 ith- Mobile &. Girard R. R. Co. < ) N ^^•’URE Biliousness: Sick Heodache In Four hours. V/T) One close relieves N'euralqia. They cure and prevent Chills «■ Fever. Sour Stomach . B. L Breath. Clear the Shin, Tone the Nerves, and gi\r ..ifo .'*■ Vigor to the system. J)om»s ON I: It l-IAN. fry them once a no yon will never be wither them Price. 25 cents per bottle. Sold byDrugqi U to Medicine Dealers generally. Sent on iccelp: u price in stamps, postpaid, to any address, «J. r. SMITH & CO., Manufacturers and Sole Props., ST. LOUIS. M0. lsoitiier.\ noun school for i.irls, 107 A: lfM) X. ('lurh-h St., Hultiinore. Mrs. W. M. Cary. Mias Cary. I Established in 1M2. French the language of the j School. jyl4 weu satawUm * Five Cold and Two Eilvoc Medals awariled in 1335 at tlu* r.\pn«ilii>iig o' Sow Oi lc.iiis nuil 1 ..uist iimid Ur* lu vuiitioris Kx|>n-it'um of London. I'lio supi-riority of ('oniliiif over lmrr or whalebone lms now been demonstrated by over five yetns'e.\|ierii'iiee. It is mor» durable, more pliable, more comfortable; and never breaks. Avoid cheap imitations made of vnrioig kinds of cord. None are genuine nn'es “Du. Wakxbk’s Cohalink" is prints on inside of steel cover. FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING MERCHANTS. WARNER BROTHERS, 353 Broadway, New York Ciil eoCfitseBm M . A i: It It. T J'.l a III 7 A| | U II n III iu is P III i I'l p m li IS I Train* Nun. i mill-j Mail dnily. N..s. ;i and | Mii. nii mid M.>111r.«• ni«-1 \ T lm<ii«li ITrigld n \c«-t mi iim •« (a 11< >n ifii il> i Mi'p! .sundiiN. No. •mid •» \Na> l night mid Aivo,muon.uion »l.nl v \ (fjitci I'l Snindny. No-. *1 Ulld IU I’ussi-ngi-l' S'tindilN s only. W L. ri.AHK.Mip i. D. I-:. WILLIAMS, il. I*. A. M lulugdlm . ORELAND^PARK MILITARY ACADEMYC< i»f Intul, tii'iint I fti 11 \ hibl «iir to tt li t'hu*l*'<l r Ciivulant uiiurvuv CllAM. 31. NluKL. Hupi.