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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. ■ ’ ! , —“ ; •>, 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 ■ ! “ ’ ' - r. .11 •! ;J j i f . ' .aatOITO'W. With increased facilities for carrying on the publication ; df ’dm- m New Year- tho. Georgian will be found; as heretofore, • c • . , * . / • Strictly Democratic, And will endeavor to supply its readers with the most careful, coui- plerij aud trustworthy accounts ot current events. It will remain its usual size, eight pages, and has More Readintf loiter In Its Thao any two weekly papers in the State. We nave the largest bona fide subscription list in Northeast Georgia, and we intend to make it, as heretofore, an interesting FIRESIDE COMPMlUi Connected with or.r newspaper, we have a Cottrell & Babcock Press, The finest Book of Job Type, together with the best selection within the last six mouth.-, kinds of With a new supply ot Rules and Figures, we are prepared to turn out all and every kind "* Railroad Blanks, Abstracts, Tags. / • • jfcauukD ztmsL-ffseiX! WAY BILLS, ETC., TOGETHER W-ITH As'Ct >rk- ftS^Give us a call at uur old stand. Broad street. Athens, Ga*