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•HE ATHENS UEOitUi.iN: SEPTEMBER
K LTTFTI'li't tit V i<f flour to the strikers.
iZjP'jTS been, loivejjKto paywloeal
- jjf Wf fc' ivft'at frcij^mejBeHnfihii
trT|N.Tt!^lROx don't® , 4 „ 2k Iff .St,,
lojjjff, »u\ |1 Jg| loca^ ration Bur tf Ul:
•i^!i'iit 1 wnfw^ ,na, ‘% tP » wwjpffhe i^illei
l K|la<iy v <»Uai Cottage Hill ligusiy
ijr uiin*p-girl and cook, livldji biioj
.cQnmlinliqu, and conchidjd tlffi? atl
xml maiWPTiost^toes stuck
,<>t’his hoots. *uid the crown ofjwhose
summer hat was hell by a hinge ot
straw llag’iiil. Up and down in the
wind, disci sing the the*; that ‘TmTiged
just. The evil is beyond the reach of
&****? &*&&** &t*t*mGni**
l p as they can be done in any city in the South. The
tneu iu our Job Department cannot be surpassed iu
|( j moral support of the people through*
‘ the country. It Wasuf£uurif-
at the hands of the groat lines on
which the strikes occurred, that led
to t \..iblions ot sympathy with t».c
si nk*ws tha^ werc not always' wise or
It fren
®| locaOTateJftft Bar tBthl
markets; vrnSBihc iff ei
_ . , i • t isiitt , beyond Chicago, having
It is scarcely a week since theWm | *
.. ,* , . ,. tage of a nominal tluongh rate ol
he was awakened mto a spasmodic i . ,, . „ ,. f, , •
„ . „ . .... freight, could undersell him m Balti-
dread of the n. w oumhmation be-t ° . .. x . v ,
,, T TT . , more, Philadelphia or New York,
tween the Western Union and At' ’ „ . * . ,
. He had tried m vain to correct the
1^1 •- iid P^-ho-Tolegwuh ^onipfv
. ir ' i , ; * ’ system, and was..pe*haps too ready
«o,.w \\ Inc.. l»v this new! 3 . ’ .* *
-rnnirtmirt, .i .. EggaAiig
i A
. , ,, , , i that has lost to {Tie railroads the
do moie than -atu-r rcs]-ecttul pro' j i _ . r ] _
test s. * 'TA’WbntJ extent) \ tpraess
public \viii s>ujp'r.,u<>‘" iiipiusst j ..... ,
f ... , , img sense of injustice, loiig eud tired
graphuv rates, has not ltranspiu'l. | e» .- i: , . . r . f r : ’ ,.f*. f< .
Tl: • •idV-nee will no <h ubt lie gradual j
el ti s , siti: the \i<*iims, lik** the eel- ;
ill l lie ***' •
r .t..... r ..cc-.o.., if) llags -in'
‘ iiing >m- i*‘ 'S* Wfi i ui.h the coal
ooini-iimiions oft he West—v,-. roll wo <
' 1 • ■fijicly to he renewed— j
arrangement of the | vigilant, military protection will be
„, S oTihc West, and j »««** "7 to insure the safe transit of
ircigm or passengers. It is diflicult
to imagine a more outrageous wrong
than these through railroad combina
tions arc inflicting upon tiie local
interests of the country, and I am
sure the evil is not confined to the
great ines oi the North and West,
else 1 should deem, this reference
mi timely and of little concern to your,
readers.
The South is peculiarly interested
in this question in connection with
the proposed Southern Pacific line,
lor which a subsidy is sought from
Congress. There can he no question
strikes or violence, hut if perpetuated,
it is not improbable that the most
are tout-are
the '' pooling
-greet rimn.au
•now of the two rival telegraph lines,
the public has reason to conclude
that competition is 'm>£ # -the life ol
trade, after all. It is more like the
■death of trade. What, for instance,
sain be more paralizing to the inter
ests aU along our great railroad lines,
than the state of things brought about
by their through eoinhi. ations, and
fixed upon the country by their re*
cent pooling arrangement, whereby
the sum total of through business is
put into a e -nnnon pot and divided
according loan agreed pro rata be
tween the great parti s to the scheme?
It matters not that one road is shorter ihai ll,ti road should be built, and it
than another; that it has advantages
in grade, or in management; the peo
ple who built it, and the section
through which it passes, must sur»
is but equitable and just tliat the
Government, which lias opened lines
connecting the West with the Pacific,
should extend equal facilities for the
render all these advantages, in order development of the great Southwest,
to placate rival lines, and prevent a | 1J,lt this li,le is to be run in the
reckless cutting of rates. The worst j interest of a great through combina-
and most wicked feature of these j tion, it will subject Southern ports
railroad wars and combination^ is the j and iuteiior markets to the same
ruthless and unscrupulous maimer in | f-tal discriminations that exist on the
which the different links iu through Western lim s. It will bind the S/uth
c mneciionslinve been absorbed, and ; in cqmmeiiial ya-palage to Northeni
the rights of tlmii;.stockholders di re- | pons, and. di.-couiage and dglpiit all
garded. These links have, been so
constructed hy capital chiefly drawn
from the farming districts through
.which they passj and the interior
cities who sought thereby to com
mand an increased trade. Under
the consolidations which have usually
beeu effected by means of stock-
jobbing rings, those who built these
links have lost all control over them,
mid in many cases cannot look lic^jewr to the “pool arrangement” 4»e
dividends on the hard-earned money
that built the roads, owing to the
watered shares and bonded obliga
tions that constitute a part, and
casually a chief feature, of these con
solidations. The result is, a hah
«lozen shrewd millionaires, who never
spent a dollar in the construction of
the • roads, having got control of a
majority of the stock, or bribed those
who control it. into subserviency to
their interests, dictate the policy ot
the management, and Ale farmers and
jbusine&s ipen of the towns .and cities
Along the line are charged heavy
lofcal rates, while through business is
taken liclow the actual cost of car
, riage. And it is not between the
great northern ports and Chicago,
alone, that this iniquitous system jwe-
yails. The policy of conti oifing
through business has led up, step hy
step, to a most unhealthy competition,
and a mast iniquitous disregard of
the rights of those local patrons whose
weans and enterprise built, link by
Unit, the chains that now hiud them
in <vre of the most odious forms of
dependence. It is hot strange that
«•£ find advocates for national com
missions, and other plans of govern
ment interference, to check the strides
. of these reckless conspirators. The
loose State legislation which made
these combinations possible, ojiened
‘ • the* gates for an abuse that has gained
! destructive magnitude. The o ly
remedy is to he found in requiring all
railroads to adheiv to prorata chat gen
If a barrel of .flour is hauled from
Chicago to New York toi 30 v r SO
cents, the charge should be in quha-
We proportion for any part of that,
distnice. On this point, a fact in
connection with the lab* a. ik«» m
Ma rtinsburg h s si oiifirurme. A
cull er there tendered u large <pt:in-
enu rp.be net tied to the tail of this
great Northern kite. It is in ti.e
power of the ^outh to so guard the
charter aud. control of .this linens to
prevent such a result, and the dan
;ers which beset the country horn
the growing power oi existing corpo-
latiotis ought surely to result in so
regulating future grants as to prevent
these abuses.
1 tuned in the proper connection to
tween the Union Paeific Railroad and
the Panama line of steamers, whereby
me railroad pays the “ rival” water
nue §6 on each rail passenger from
Om..ha to San Francisco, in order
to induce the steamers not to “cm”
rates. It is also a condition of the
pool that the steamers shall have the
heavy.lreight, while the railr*putakes
ihe light traffic. Thus do the halt
dozen men who control the great
transportation interests of the coun
try, deprive the public cf all the bene
fits of legitimate competitors. And
these magnates, who have, in a tew
yeais grown from ctrifawys aud car-
greasers' to millionaires, carrying
State legislaTOres, if not !1 Cbugres3 in
their biccckttthckets, will’sdbu be—
u they fire uoSBp'—the lords pi the
continent.. . yff-.j Aristidics.
Tommy’s Fiir^ browsers.
An GplMid« Iu lliftlfr of lurry Tunnir >• eat Irma
Something mysterious. ,jivas -going
on. That night when Tomuiy
climbed i»t<) hjs crib, mamma tohl
him that when he waked in the morn
ing he would find something very
nice on the cltair beside it. He
thought it would be very hard to
wait so.- long, but it only seemed a
minute or so before he w.-.ked up aud
heard the ribons sieging with all their
might ont In the cheiTy trees. Main
ma. was brushing her hair, moving
abont veryaoftly, so as not to wake
baby, and Tommy sat right up and
looked about him, nibbing his eyes
with his fht fists. Sore enough, there
was “ something f on the chair where
he had left his plain dress and ruffled
panties. A new dress? No, not a
dress at all, bnt the prettiest little
suit—jacket and pants of soft gray
cloth, buttoned with shi:«ing pearl
hut ions, and trimmed with braid.
Tommy could hardly believe his eyes,
but lie was oil the floor in a ttvinkV,
laughiim and chucking, and trying to
that
hrt afcfiist* t*ks;fittft btsni! )plepared
The fragrancoofe-the* frying-pan re
vive?# the droopiwj sj>imsr€4|«* aged
tramp, mid; unlocked MiI streipm?
convpts-atijm which the cold c' aritie^
of the .world had fr z;-n up Tilting
his chair back ho said: ,
“•The people of the oil reghms
I'omuiy, so he anpear to get along rij;ht slick
Everywhere I have been things look
comfortable and home-like, and
business seems lie crowding right
ahead.”
Willi this as a s‘:;:!et\ the-o!<l man
carried the <-o>! versa! ion th’inigh
slate and national politics, veiigon,
literature, &c.
*• I like my meat well dot elie
suggested to t’ a cook, who he oh-
servec was preparing to lift his steak
from the stove; “ and that reminds
mo ’’ ac went on, “ tliat the Russians
are persuing an nndr-done wishv-
washy course on the batiks of the
Danube.”
He lightened -the cord that held
his coat together in lieu of buttons
flapped an ear to unseat a trouble
some fly, and continued : “ Dog
my cats if it doesn’t make me about
half mad at the Czar. If I had com
mand ot that army, do you know
what I would do?’’ and he shut one
<*ye ami gl red r.t the lady of the
house as inquiring as a catechism.
No one seemed to know.
“ I would push right across,” ex
claimed the old man, striking the
sink with his fist, “ and if I wouldn’t
make those greasy Turks hunt their
holes there’s no hereafter. AH it
requires is a little pontoon bridge and
a little git up and go ’long Mary
Jane.”
H : s breakfast was l eady, and thrust
ing his legs under the table with the
air of a man who had just bought the
house and lot and paid the money
down, he ban oom-d a roasted potato
and cor. tin tiled:
“Old 1 leper.gofetchit, who lias
command of the Russian zouavet, is
in the host pesition in the world so
skip right along into Constantinople
and fake possession of the court
house. I would dp it—I swear to
gracious I would do it,” and he
reached out and captured a hard-
boiling egg. ,
“I would do it so quick it would
make their everlasting heads swim
Then I would take a run across the
Mediterranean, flop down on the
Suez canal boats, tear up the two-
pafh and take possession of the
mules. Then across the country to
the Gulf of Mexico, I would fly as the
hurricane, leaving dealh and destruc
tion in my—see here, Susan.” he
saiil, breaking short ai d addressing
the nurse-girl, “for the love of heav
en, don’t hold the baby with its head
down.”
The eld gent continued to draw iu
the victuals like a man who had ’t
lasted a bite for six months,aud talk
ing in a way to m u a book agent
green with envy. He told the wo
man what Congress ought to do
when it meets, and finally shoved
away from the table, w ped his lips
with the cloth and asked them it
they, hail an old pair of pants that
>\ (isn't bagged at the. lyiets Tin-
pants were hunted'up and li-uided
to min by’tile lady of rite hofis», who
in turn asked' if lie would go into the
irardefii patch and kill a few potato
bugs for her.,
“Potato .bugs,’’ he said, as he
gathared up Til’s hat and passed to the
l dhor,” potato bn us are somethin^
with which I have had no experience.
I don’t know one from a jay bird
Rut a friend ot mine will he here
about noon who can kill more potato
bugs in a minute than you cnnld
shake‘a stick at. I’ll leave a chalk
mark ou the gate-post and he will
call. Tarta.” and the aged tramp
tipped his hat gayly and was off, hi*
stomach sticking ont in Iront of him
like a bay window.
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t-A Young tnau who is evidently
witho.ut pride ot ancestry or hope of
prosperity is constructing a raft on
which be expects next month- to ride
over Niagara alls. The raft is being
constructed on scientific principles, but
no doubt the young, man will lie
drowned in the common way.
w« in on squeaking his sho s, and
wondering what Billy would say to
b in. Hi! determined to go over
imr.Tedintoiy and sec, hut mamma
at plan hv ti lling him not
tlm-gate on any account,
tg to soil his new clothes,
>apa was comiiu home
oming, and Tommy must
look his best.
ToVnmy’s papa brought him a miis-
ic-box that would play three tunes,
suid a set of toy horsemen rode up
and dowat to the tune Of “ Captain
Jinks,” when you turned the handle
of the box they stood upon, so of
course ho had to go over after dinner
to show his treasure- and his new
clothes to B'llv. The result was
dreadfully disappointing, so far a«
the new clothes were concerned, tor
that young gentleman sniffed up his
uose at them in decided disapproval.
“ Ho!” said Billy, “ they’re most
like a girl; only come to yo u* knees,
and no galluses. I don’t, have my
clothes that way.’’
Tommy stared with his eyes, and
wondered what “ galluses might be,
bnt had not a doubt, that there was
but one way to make clothes, and
that was just like Billy’s. Now,
Billy’s maxima t fievcr tumbled hep-self
about, spring fashions, or any other
fashions. She had halfa dozen boys,
and- when the older ones outgrew
their clothes, she just cut off the legs
a little, patched the knees and elbows,
and passed them on down the row.
B'lly’s present pants happened to be
a little long, and a little baggy, hut
that was a fault time would remedy ;
so, after inspecting them a moment.
Tommy unbuckled his little trowsers
at the knee, and stretched and
smoothed them down over his scar
let stockings It was no use; at the
very best they would not reach his
; nk!e-\
“ Tell ye what,” said Bill, “ if ye
had some galluses them pants would
reach down.”
“ Y e-s,” said Tommy, in bewilder
ment.
The inventive Billy went dircetly
to work and manufactured a pair of
suspenders out of some old red rein-*.
The short trowsers were unbuttoned
from t he jacket and let down to a de-
siruble length, the “ gallouseo” lasten
ed on with pins and, twiny, ami then
Billy surveyed his work with tri
umph.
A'Pibc sqrq^tbpro was a noticeable,
gap between the top of the trousers
and the bottom- of the jacket, but the
red suspenders bridged it oyer, and
•remembered to have seen the same
Lbk upfin Jake, the hostler, so both
bojp were satisfied.
“ There, now,’’ said Billy; “ now
you look something like.”
He didn’t say like what, and Tom
my didn’t ask; but they played with
the poldiers till Ellen rung the bell for
tea. Then pupa and mamma, looking
ing out at the parlor window, saw a
funny little figure coming across the
yard, with gray trowsers dragging over
its feet, red suspeders 'stretching down
in front across a puff of plaid flannel
shirt, and a gay littld plaid banner
streaming bravely ' out in the rear.
Tommy’s papa laughed and shouted,
and felt like rolling on the floor, and
he called Uncle Jim and he laughed,
too; but though Tommy went-to the
window the minute he got in, to see Ottawa, Ont.. September 6.-Tl «
what the fun was, he couldn’t see any-, government has received information
thing at all.— What Tommy Did. from its agents that Sitting Bull w as
What kind*of’ robbery is n-1 ‘ ‘ ,a y 8 “ n Cauaduin Territory^
dangerous? A safe robbery, ot conn*, the neighborhood of 4 Wood Mountain
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