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THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
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Voi. vin.
GEORGIA RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
Leave Augusta at - A. M
Leave Atlanta at s 111 A - '*
Arrive at Augusta at r. 43 I*. M
Arrive at Atlanta at “- ' M
NIGHT PASSENGER TIU-.n
Leave Augusta at 8 ,r ’
Leave Atlanta at.,
Arrive at Augusta at '• "
Arrive at Atlanta at ,!(> '■ '
S K, JOHNSON, Superintendent.
Attention Farmers !
SM-fis
t,right, (tall and examine them. I hi* i*a S'h n
.11.1 opportunity to get your Ilmj* ehean
Sblmnrti,
1* u m p ,s
t SEI-L Whitman’* Metal-lined (’ttenmlicr W|' r "!
I Pump. bu<tat le tor wells of any depth. 1 'ey
will not freeze. They can he put down In a tew
tn'nute' and will last for years "1 hont repair.—
•t is the Cheapest Dump in the United Sties,
and examine. 1. N. l it is.
Sugar and Syrup,
• 15 Barrels N O A A. C. A E A 0 So ""
Also. 5 Barrels N.O S'l'up, "Inch we wi I
ellatlowd.mm. ; ;;.;- ()V&TI!0 M l>snv ,.
GOOBERS,
Pea-Nuts and Pin and e v s,
pOR Planting. $1,75 per
FINE MOLASSES.
That Molasses, T declare it to he the he t I her
seen since the war. Fill up my his Jit?, Hr* t, n °-
Mr. Corley. .
Syrup, Molasses, etc.
PERSONS indulging in the “sweets of life” can
he luruished cheap by JOE .1 VRM •
Lager Beer, Ale k Porter.
TAtiER BEER in bottles and on draught, at
j ail times. Porter and Ale by the'“'ttle.
Call in. 1. N. lii i •
New BOARDING House,
T Will open l>v the t5Mi Inst., a First < 'l J’
1 Boirding House, in the residence recent t' "■ -
eupietl by Judge Lansdell, near the ‘quart- |u Cot -
in''ton. My tilth- shall he snpp led with the he t
Clawson.
Ths Covington Hotel.
1)U. CARY COX, PROP’K.
r MIS |ar"e and commodious Hotel i*
\ readv for the accommodation of the raw- ling
m'ihlie Large comfortable rooms, w < ll i t
:-TaWif* sipplicl With the very best theemnjtr?
a lords, and nothing left undone that will add
the comfort of its guests. itrtnshtw.—Jti
KEROSENE AND RETRO
O I L s
Tlf WE Jn*t received a Fine Qn htv
K-io-in- an 1 P-tm 'til. Why w-'l '-
darkness rather than light when Oil.-op -J- )
so cheap ?
N. 0, Syrup.
’New Prints Just In ?
JUST Received a ease of Desirable Prints ml
t= ,Q'.. K g |afe o Xr ; r '
Nails,
OLD Dominion Nails at 71 -4 <•< nts
per pound. Lee & Sov.
30,000 lbs. of Flour.
THRESH from the Mill, for sale ''heap.
JT the time td get good biscuit. J-
Planting Potatoes.
15 Barrels of Planting Potatoes, of the f- Row
ing Varieties : Early Rose Early Don. He t.
Pink Eyes, just received
Covington, Feb. 7,15.3.
~ FINE WHISKIES.
TITF finest and best and purest Liquors in the
market; can be found at the^-tWHITTEN
Covington, On.
Our Bills are Due.
VVf Would remind customers that till of our
Bills fall due in 30 days. Those who owe us wid
Vinegar Hitters
Go and get a Fresli Bottle of the cel*
ebrated Vinegar Bitters from
OLD WHITTEN.
Butter
2QQ Pounds very choice \Y es
tem Butter. “My business’is a
permanent institution. 1 hat e been
“wide awake and duly sober and
can sell it, as “I attend to my own
business,” 3 lbs. for one dollar.
Send in your orders.^
Garden Seed,
Lot Just In at
ANDERSON A DeLANEY’S.
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
I have nil excellent assortment of line Cigar*
and Smoking and Chewing
"goodsoap.
A choice selection of lino. Soaps
at the Store of G. S. Whltteh.
Shspaid, Baldwin i
• W IIOLESALK DEALERS IN
FORFJfiN AN'l nOMKSTIC
Wines awl Litpinrs,
No. 11 Decatur Street,
|Opp .pe the M. 1. Kltll'inll II U e.)
ATL ’ NT A GKot’GI
Order* Solicited. 'hnV)
A Wor*l lo <h(‘ Ladies
NMW is TIP' T'M’ 'rtvevntiv FI R tde lv
. (•leaned lief're puttlt tl 111 iw-tv, to kf-p the
1 ninth from dewtf ulng them - -nd tli-'in hv Ev
j pi--, m r. cijfrV' team dye works.
Atlanta, fin. 'll I id- li. .-lie- ■ . i eiilleUi'-nV
Clothing nlrefv n.unrl ■ r Dyed. S:.ii*':ietlon
' go-ir.'ititeed. P-o-ktr'es* nt to me by I'XpVc 1 - will
rei ive prompt It' ti• n.
jam s lowery.
Atlanta Stoatll Dye Work-.
IIKNRV I). CAPERS,
Attorney and Counselor At Law.
COVING;ON.GEORGIA.
\XTTT.T. Prnetiei in Mi < 'onrt of the Flint and
i l\ Oemtllgee’Ch Ult . Hi" Supreme C -urt of
, (; 111, -111 : h te, tl hr *| eel It leo '
j Having perfeete 1 (p i i/'-ini-nt* Ltr tl:<-
i ‘in of Claims •' io-t the Unite I St -te-, 1 011 f
-" ve -tieh tr.d f- wnd tli-m to my corn-pon d-nt-
J in Washington City.
• or rri < rn
, Masonic Fomah Ccllsgo,
COVINGTON, GA,
r|s]]i,- SPRING TKR I begin*on the 15th day o
1 JANUARY. ]s7B. under the following
Board <yf Instruction :
Rev.J. N. RRAltsll \W, Pitv.s'iv— Pp f'—or of
Ancient Language-. Ethic- and Belle- Lett re*.
l?, v. .1. n. KINNEBREW, Proles- rof Mntlie
nrities.
Mi— S. M. RR\DSIIAW, \ —istant in Literary
Department, anil 1.-aoher of French and >ln-i<-.
Mi— S/M. A1.1.F.N and Mi— F'IMA ALLEN
As-i-tants in Liter -rv Department.
Mj— M u HI? U)-'l\\V. 10-trnctre in Music.
Mr- C K GtIDDM VN. ) Te-ch- r-til
>H S o. j j\ I ',-T"N,f Art Department.
Xli* .TIM i ’ Principal Preparatory
Oep.irtnn t. ,
i- , ;1 . 1 flic Steward * Hall, cstao
li-het! in 1 r "f the <’■-liege, at SlO
iwr month .-mbrneed, sIS
I'm- (Hr- > - ••• - fall iid -rmaticm, a (dress
t Pi'rsidopt.— '-*tf '
Cabinet Shop.
T AM NOW READY to f trnish the public with
all kinds of
and do all kinds of work in the Cabinet line. I
have purchased the Shop and M-t rial of Judge
M Lansdell, an I mil 1 r. - -'fully h. g the
public to ive me a call. My w--rk is warrants I,
and satis.action is gtl nn" i-d.
Coffins Mode to Order.
Anil (Jen.-rnl Repairing'done at price to suit
the limes, , J. L. GaEllJ.
Covi'ig' *'l. G - .T '-I 31 l-oh _ W*
2. H. Yansey’v M. D.
If. ISV ic t t' c ti
/ ns" f in-t V • .
, ffl ;.,. t"< 1 11 re ' >; ' L ‘
! and Chrot.ic ' or ii '
att- ntion giv.-ti tl* ' ■ 1 V ' ''
* Cm ahv •hv f lin lat my flffi-a t tin
dav, all 1 at ni' re*i '--me t night., v.dien n t P" -
fession dtv railed away.
Wlicn [ in n if at oiv i ffle'* I will lea ve "rn I
Ani'crs-m & DcL-inev’- stm-e wlicie I may he
found, or when I will return.
K. H. van: F.y, Jl. D.
Covingt n, Feh. 6, is,;s.—df.it.
Yhrs and Fruit Trsss,
V erv ow!
f‘'ME S \S()\ -I’ilt h over in a h-w w- and. for
' planting o' f i’r * 1 Vine- •
-toe! is lir ■ , -I 1-1 mmt be *M. to room
,• t> it -*' m ur (> ■ ***-• •••>> I
W- will till them v-r// h UP - lower than ever be
f ire. G*ml for (• i • g<*.
w. XV. CLARK -N CD..
Ecli. 14, 1573 Coviivrton. (i i.
Ui nta Const 'ni- n, C.wmnett Herald, and
I/iGr- nge Reporter, -vill t th- nut :| nt ol
and siml Ljll \ ' . ( ai:k tV 1 o.
Machinsryand Agricultural
T. -T37ST'P 3.
A. D. HAMMETT,
S'S FNKR M. AGENT for the sale of Portable
I T Steam Engine-, saw Mill.-. lU-apfa-, Dins.
Hor-e Powers, Thre-ber- and Separators, and nil
kinds of Mill or otlu-r Machinery, Du in or Leather
Belting. Agricultural Implements, <fec.. &o.
i have madi- speei-d arrangement- with the ne-t
M intifaeturer*, to-ell the above articles at first
cot, with onlv Freight and Expenses added.
Person* buying Engines, Say*. Mill*. li< :pyrs or
Separators through me, can have them started y' l
running, free of charge.
l MHee at Anderson A Hunter ,
iCovirr?tsn. Da.,'MsrehaO—2‘Jtf ...
GOODS ATA BA R GAIN! {
IKeep constantly "n hand a fall supply of the 1
most salable merchandise, consisting m part, ol
BOOTS k SHOES, DRY GOODS.
Yankee notions, confection- y
FRIES, linilnoenei.il Supply of FAMILY
GROCERIES I keep a good sum lv ol
the Finest and -Best IV liISiViES.
Large Lot of LATHS, Cheap
T WILL sell all of my Goods at the very
1 Lowe-t Figure- for CAII. Diveino a call and
examine my Goods and the splendid bargains of
fried. s. N. STALLINGS.
Covington, Ga., Jan. 10. —3hi : 12.
s~wpt.ks Twiddles / 7
| a Gq i-oi- L,t oCSaddles and Saddle
| -h*-Blankets Clnsip at Lee & Sun.
CLOTHING.
I/t“ K “ t iSSfeVain.
Mackerel, ft la ek ere!.
T j \RGE Lot of MuckercTjust frora Bo " t . m ’ -
We sell FULL weight packages ns low as anybody,
uldess they “*teaf' them, lor we n ‘creditt.
i Nufi' scd.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, ABRIL 4, 1873.
I ut- JUncon and (i it cm nut i Hidliotid,
Our people who are so largely interest
ed in the speedy construction of another
highway to the great West will read with
interest tho following letter from Jerry
Cowles, F. q:
Now Yoik, March 5, 1873.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
Gentlemen : I noticed the postpone
ment of the n eeiing of the people of Ma
con to lake into consideration the pro
priety of aiding the Macon and Cincin
nati Railroad on account of the illness of
Col. D Graff, nr il. For the information
of the citizens of Ge< rgin who want the
road built and arc willing to aid. I state
I know the contractor .-uni his associates
ate now ready and have been for months,
to build the road from Macon to Knox
ville direct, one hundred and e ghtecn
miles having been surveyed and the deeds
of the right-of-way obtained. The sub
scriptions of the people xvho are inter
ested and want the road built, must be
made first 1 as a bask: for capitalists here
to see that the citizens of Georgia along
ihe line want the road. The parties
here are ready and have been anxious
for months to build one hundred miles
within one year from the time the sub
scriptions promised them are made. —
You may depend upon the above state
ments being true and what I know lo
be the facts.
Yburs respectfully,
JERRY COWLES.
This locks like business ; and we tru>t
the people of this section will soon taite
such action as will put an effectual termix
nation to the doubt and uncertainty which
have so long overshadowed everything
connected with the condition and pros
pects of the proposed new road to Knox
ville and Cincinnati. The present is the
auspicious time for action in the premises.
—Macon Telegraph.
Franca and the South Compared.
The New York Herald of Tuesday, in
the course of an article on what should
be the policy of the Administration to
wards the South, pays our people the
following high c mpliment:
We have admired the astonishing re
sources and recupciative power of France
under and after the terrible war with Gcr
many and the (’otnimhiC ; hut the recovx
et v of the South after our civil war is
m ire surprising still. The country was
devastated, and tu'erly bankrupt. A thous
and millions ut property were swept away
by the aboliL-n of slavery. The whole
system of labor was disorganized. In
fact, the people bad nothing left but lheir
lands. We know of uo parallel in his'o
r. to this fearful wreck. Yet this brave,
though erring people, when they laid
down their arms, immediately went to
wo. k with a good will lo repair their
misfortunes.
Had tie Federal Government been
more liberal to the conquered Southern
er , and they had not been the victims of
poli'ical measures and a horde of ur.prin*
cipled speculators from the North, they
would have recovered much sooner.—
Still, with all the repressive influences,
their cotton fields, their tobacco, sugar
and rice plantations and their farms were
made to flourish again, and in a year or
two there was a surplus production of
two hundred millions or more, in addition
to the necessaries of life, raised. To
their rich soil and genial climate we must
attribute in part this wonderful result ;
but a great deal is due to the good sense,
energy and industry of the people.—
Whate-ver wo may think of the madness
of the Southerners in plunging the coun
try into civil war, we ought to be proud
of them as citizens of this Republic, as
people of the same Taco, language and
blood, for the courage and good sense
they manifested in overcoming such ex
traordinary difficulties. They have proved
as heroic in this as they were in war.
Georgia, says the Baltimore Gazette,
is a sensible State in some matters. It
lias repealed all usury laws. It has done
more than this. It is determined to be
a great manufacturing State. And there
is no reason why it should not be. Its
water power is excellent. Trade has re
vived at Savannah more than any other
city of the South except New Orleans.
The State government is gradually be
coming more stable, and the labor dis
organization is adjusting, itself. So
Georgia has an idea that the Slate is to
be in the future the manufacturing cen
tre of the South, and to facilitate this
the Legislature has exempted from tax
ation for ten years all capital invested
in cotton and woolen mills, iron furnaces
I and iron manufactures.
llow to <'urn a Cold.
One of our citizens who had been
troubled with a severe cold on the lungs,
effected his recovery on thefollowing Sim
ple plan :
lie boiled a little boncset and h-eir
liound together, and drank freely of the
tea before going to bed. The next day
lie took five pills, put one kind of plaster
on his breast, another under his arms,
and still another on hi t bark. Under ad
vice from un experienced old lady, he
took alt these off with an oyster-knife in
the afternoon, and slapped on a mustard
paste instead. Ilia mother put some
onion drafts on his feet and gr.vo him
a lump of tar to swallow. Then he put
some hot bricks to his feet and went to
be 1. Next morning another old lady
came in with a bottle of goose oil, anu
gave him a dose of it in a quill ; and an
aunt arrived about the same time from
Bethel, w iUt a bunch of sweet fern which
she had made into a tea, and gave him
cvitry ha'J-hour until noon, when he
took a big dose of salts. Alter dinner,
his wife, who had seen a fine old lady
of great experience in doctoring, on
Franklin street, gave him two pills of her
make, about the size of an English wal*
nut, and of a similar shape, and two ta
ble-spoonsful of home-made balsam to
keep them down. Then he took a half
pint of hot rum at the suggestion of an
old sea Captain in the next house, and
steamed his legs with an alcohol bath.
At this crisis two of the neighbors ar
rived, w ho saw at once that his blood was
out of order, and gave him a half gallon
of spearmint tea, and a big dose of cas
tor oil. Before going to bed he took
eight of anew kind of pill, wrapped
about his neck a fl annel soaked in hot
vinegar and salt, and had feathers burnt
on a shovel in his room. Te is now
thoroughly cured, and full of gratitude.
We advise our readers to cut this out and
keep it where it can be readily found
when danger threatens. —Danbury News.
HisMother-in-laxv’s Infitmlty.
The most ludicrous thing, as well as
the most disgusting, that has -gained
publicity lately, is the charge, made in
the N. Y. Tribune, that ExA'ice Presi
dent Colfax, of Credit Mobilter infamy,
unblushiogly turned his mother-in-law’s
infirmity into a source of gain. It was
after this wise. It will be remembered
by the public that, a year or more ago,
a letter from Mr. Colfax to the proprie
tors of the Cuudur.ngo—the cancer cure
—went the round of the papers. "In this
letter Mr. Colfax endorsed the Cm du
r.mgo, stating that it had been adminis
tered to a relative of his, whose improve
ment was remarkable. This relative
was his mother-in-law, and she after-,
wards died of a cancer. And now it is
charged that Mr. Colfax’s certificate was
worthless, and that he was paid for it by
the Cundurango firm.
And yet this man has been Vice Presi
dent of the United States, and is stili a
Bengal light of the Republican party
and the Young Men’s Christian Asso*
elation.
What a country ! What times ! What
manners ! One may well begin to ask
himself whether it is not a shame now a
days to be an American.
Suggestive indications of the probable
nature ol the crisis to which our country
lias been brought, crop out, noxv and then
in unexpected quarters. Governor Jew
ell. of Conneticut, lias issued a procla*
mation for a day of fasting anil prayer ;
an annual observance in that State, but
a proper occasion now, the Governor
thinks, for prayer that the foundations
themselves ot our repnblic be not un
dermined, and “the experiment of self
government upon which we have entered”
may not end in failure.
IH-ath Irom Smoking.
The New York enrreepordent of the Ruff Jo
Commercial Advertiser writes: A case in my
own intimate acquaintance has this very week
appalled a circle of friends in this city.
The victim was exactly of my own year*, and
a companion from early boyhood. Fur thirty
years at least he has been a heavy smoker of
the ohoicest cigars but in his other habits tem
perate and regular, and of excellent constitu
tion —one who, of all men, would have laughed
at the suggestion that tobacco was killing him,
A week ago last Sunday night he was stricken
with the progressive paralysis characteristic
of nicotine, and Sunday night he died, Ilis
death was most pitiful. First, sight was lost,
then speech, then motion of the arms, and so
on throughout the body, and ho lay for a
fortnight unable to move or make a sign, save
a pitiful, tongueless, inarticulate sound, which
sometime* rose to almost a frantic effort, all
in vain, to make known what ho wished to say
to his family or friend*—for hi* consciousness
and mental faculties were 1 aft till within two
hours of the last, to aggravate to the uttermost
the horror of his situation —a living si tl in a
dead body. The sen-e of hearing was left
unimpaired, so that he was conscious of alj
around him, while os incapable of communi
cation with them as if dead, save by a slight
sigh of assent or dissent to a question. The
doctors were fully agreed that tolncco was
jh-c sole cause of this stroke,
“Riu-k ol Agos.’*
“Hock of Age*, cleft for me”
Thoughtli's-dy tho maiden sung,
F. II tint words ineiinoious|y
From hr girlish, gleeful tonguo ;
■Nilrig n ■ little eliil Iren sing ;
Sang a* ring tho bird* in June-;
Fell tlie word* like light leave* down
On tho current of the tone—
‘Ti >ok of Ago*, cleft for tne,
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
“Let me hide myself in Thoel’’
F li her -oul no n -e I to hi' e ;
Sweet the sung as song could ho—
An 1 she knew n > thoi g'U beside ;
All the word* unhec lingly
Fell from lips untouched by trite,
IN earning not they each, might ho
On some other lip* a praver
'■Ruck of Age*, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
“Il 'Ck -.f Ages, cleft for me”—
'Twas a woman sung thorn now,
Pleadingly and prayerfully,
Every word hot- heart did know ;
Rose the song ns storm-’o-sed bird,
Bca's with weary wing tho air,
Every note with sorrow stirred
Every syllable a prayer—
“l’'.ck of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
‘ H ick of Ages, cleft for me”—
Lips grown aged sung tho hymn
Trustingly and tenderly—
Voice grown weak anj eye* grown dim,
“Let me hide myself in Thee,”
Trembling though the voice and low,
Run the sweet strain peacefully,
Like a river in its flow.
Sung as only they can sing,
IVIio life’s thorny paths have passed j
Sung as only they can sing,
Who behold the promised rest —■
“Rock of Ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
“Rock of Age*, cleft for me”
Sung above a eoffin lid ;
Underneath all restfully,
All lift "joys and sorrows hid,
Never more, 0 storm-tossed soul,
Never more from wind or tide,
Never more (rout billow’s roll,
Wilt thou nei-d thyself to hide.
Could the sightless, sunken eyes,
Clo- -d beneath the soft gray hair,
Could tho mute and stiffened lips
Move again in pleading prayer,
Still, aye. still, the words would be,
“Let me hide, myself in Thee”
Simms’ Dog,
nr MAX ADELF.R.
We did not want to take Simms’ dog home
for him . hut Simm* insisted upon it. He
wanted to go somewhere to meet a min and
so he placed one end of the chain in o if hand,
and leir before we had time to remonstrate. —
S', a- it wa- absolutely neces'aiy to di some
thing with tho dog, we c nc'udcd that it would
he better to do as Sltnm* suggested, and take
hin home, lie was a huge dog, and his
temper was not of angelic sweetness. When
we started home with him, he seemed disin
clined to go. lie appeared to entertain a pre
ference for lying down and thinking—proba
bly about the succulence and juiciness of the
bites he had taken out of various human legs
during his career. When we pulled at the
chain he growled. When we whistled he rose
and shook up the hair on his spine and showed
his teeth. When we attempted to drag him
al mg by force he fl-w at our leg and attempt
ed to help himself to a mouthful, so that he
could in future Itavo another cherished recol*
lecti' nir on which to muse and ponder. We
dodged him and seized a cane, one end of
whicli we inserted in his collar, so thnt he
could he kept at a safe distance. Then he
was suddenly seized with an intense yearning
to reach Simm*' house at once, and he started
with a jump. For three or four hundred yards
the procession went on smoothly enough; but
wo should perhaps have gone more rapidly to
wards Simm*’ if the dog had not b'en
possessed by irresistible desire to he sociable
with every other dog that camo within a square
of him.
Once Simms’ dog obtained too much socia
bility. There was a bigger dog, which seemed
mure anxious to commune with Simms’ dog
than the latter did with him. The brief inter
view ended with a fight. Wo were so much
interested that when hostilities began we
climbed impetuously over a fonce, in order, ns
; it were, to obtain a better standpoint ftom
which lo view the conflict. We watched the
f ra y from the other side, while we passed the
chain between the panels and endeavored to
soothe the excited passions of the parties,
i Simms’ dog, we regret to say, whipped. Then
we concluded to vary the exercises a little by
1 starting for home again. But the blood of
Simms' dog was up. A* soon as wo began to
cross the fence he made such a savage demon
stration at us that we thought it would ho a
suichlo to g t down among him. We deter
mined to remain v. hero wo were. But Simms’
animal was animated by aggressive zeal. If
wc would not go to him he would go to us,
So lie began tcrcrawi through tho fence at the
panel through which his chain went. Just as
tie completed the task we adjourned with sin
gular promptness to the other aide. Simms’
j dog lo ked surprised and grieved, hut ho
emitted a savage growl and began to crawl
hack again. It seemed then as if corsidera
tions of a strictly personal hut very urgent
1 naturo jcquired that we should return to the
previous side of the fence; and when we did,
t Simms' dog teemed to regard it as a sacred
duty to climb haokat once. We litio a
tc. have perseverance Rnd determination, and
Simms' dog had. As those gyn.nntie worn
fast brooming monotonous, we concluded to
vary thorn; so wo'ltjt the tl >g go and repaired
to a neighboring troe. As eoOn as the dorf
nrrived lie gaz-d upward for a while end
drank in the scene. Then ho seemed satisfied
an 1 lay down at the fo>t of the tree till we dJ
seondml. Ho stayed four hours, nnd so did
we. AYu couldn’t desert such a faithful dojf
as that. At the end of that time Simms boro
in sight, nnd, standing there beneath the out'
spreading brunches of that noble old monaretr
of the forest, turned hi* face upward and'
abus'd u* seurril jusly for not-bringing home
liis u >g, as’vro had promised to do, intimating
at the same time Id* belief that we cherished
tin intention to steal the brute. We should
have dropped on Simms’ head and crushed him
to the earth if his dog hadn’t hocn there. Ar
it was, wc overlooked tho insult, and he went
homo with his menagerie.
How It AVorkr.
The effects of Judge Erskine’* jury order nr#
soon made manifest. In DeKalb county, out
of a white population of eight or ton thousand,
there are ju*t fivo white Radicals. Under the
new system of drawing jurors, inaugurated at
Atlanta, every white juror drawn was a Rf
publican—the whole five being chosen, Thr
remaining juror*. furnished by the county
were colored, and of course wore Radicals.
Not a siiiglt Democrat got into tho jury box
from that county, though the party has an
immense numerical majority. This fact shows
to the people of Georgia what kind of jnstict
they may expect in the L’niteil States Courts
with such a Judgo as Eokine, and with n jury
packed with their political enemies. The rule
adopted itpthe sel-ction of juror* from DeKalb
county will be the role practiced and enforced
in every other county of the State.
Under the first “selection” bv the Board of
Five, and under the second selettion by tho
Board of Two, fi r tv p-r cont. of every jury
will he composed of colored Republicans, and
the other fifty per cent, of white Republicans;
No matter how few whits Republicans there
at e in the-Statc, and the average is not exceed'
ing three or four to a county, they will all be
plac and upon the jury list by the Commissioner*
and they will all be drawn as p ro r 8 by the
Clerk and Marshal. An investigation by.
fair and a trial by an impartial jury cannot be
obtained under the new dispensation. The
object of the “order” is to prevent fa’r trials.
The object is to procure jurors who will indict
and who will convict, whether the accused b#
innocent or guilty. | Augusta Chronicle.
A Nation’s Rnnsoiy.
The French indemnity to Gormany ; amount'
ing to .£f100,000,001, is about to be paid. Thin
transaction represents the most extraordinary
financial transaction in history. AYhon this
last payment is completed, one tl oosand mil*
li-ms of dollars will have been paid by Francn
in thirly-one months, an average of thirty-tirfu
millions per month, affording a striking com*
mentary upon tho wonderful resources of
French.
Such is tho ternr of a late European dil*
patch. AA’lien this last payment is made,Get 1 '
man troop* will begin to march from the soil
of France, and in a f<-w months at most a great
nation will have been ransomed from her foej .
ransomed, too, by tho money of her own pen*
pie, tho produce of their wonderful skill and
varied industries. There is no parallel to thlff
in modern history, and Frenchmen at home
and throughout the world may well feel anew .
pride and exultation in the “glory of “La Belly-
Franco,” their beautiful and brave mother.*
The late Emperor of the French is scaroe cold,
in his coffin, the roar of musketry that telle
the doom of traitors nnd fiends, still break#
the quiet of the early dawn in Paris. Military,
courts are still in session, tho prison ships still
snil with their horrible freight to penal Col
nics. France has not settled her government,,
and yet France, with the scars of war itjipje •,
upon her breast, with the smoke of vandal, ■
tiros still rising from her bosom, finds money
nmong her people to pay a harsh and heavy
indemnity, and to free herself from the eur*
veill.nnce of foreign bayonet*. A truce ha*
been declared to the Franco-Prussinn war,
and a throttled giant only need's time to gather
his wind and strength tu right his wrongs*
The world will yet be treated to another bloody
chnpter of tho historic struggle between Frinc#
and Prussia. ’ '
And what shall be said of ours as a model
republic, as compared with that of trance? -
AVhy should Frenchmen forget their mother
tongue and learn lo l:sp ours !
A decade nearly has passed since our con
flict of .arms ceased. Our debt is not paid, Sf
decreased. Our people hnvo not been reunited. _
Proscriptions still mar our statute hook*. Sol*
iliers still stand guard over unarmed men ani
women and children. And in the highest
councils of the nation our rulers are shown to
be not only politically corrupt, but personally
dishonest.
I„ our nation’s ransom to he paid in money
or blood ?- [Savannah Advertiser.
A Sacramento lawj cr remarked to the Court \
“It is ntv candid opinion, Judge, you are tie
old fool." The Judge allowed his mildij' .
beaming eye to fall upon the lawyer a brief
moment; then, in a voice husky with sup*
pressed tobacco juice and emotion, said; “It ie
my candid opinion, ctr, that you are fined one
hundred dollars,”
Every woman thinks her husband the
worst in the world until she compares
notes with othet women, when she comes
to the conclusion that her’s is the best.
No 24.