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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: OCTOBER 9, 1877.
GirantVTongue Let Loose.
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Tallin? on a Srotrh Railway at Ih? Rale or Sixty
Mile* an Hoar.
[From the Herald.]
I must tell you nri incident about
Mr. Stunner. The first time lever
raw George William Cuitis he called
upon roe to request on behalf aof num>
ber of influential Republicans the
reinstati-ment of Air. Sumner as Chair
man of the Comqji^tee op . Foreign
Affairs. I told him that, if 1 should
guio the Senate and dictate the or
ganization of the committees, I would
be apt to hear something aoout the
fellow who made a fortune by mind
ing his own business I said I cer-
not easily be abolished, and the more
the thorists quarrel among themselves
the further practical civil service re
form seems to recede.’’
*“ Wbat dp you think of the dissolu
tion of Republican State organizations
in the South ?’’
“ That is one of the usual violent
effects of wise government after &
scene of turmoil like we had last fall.
For myself, I do not care for party.
Yon cau always depend upPn the good
sense of the pepple of the United
States. They believe fn-the Repubfie.
Their flag is ts the fore, with strong
arms behind it 'always, and they are
sentimental, loyal, and brave. They
. will never elect a high official except
tainly should suggest the idea to any I upon a common sense basis. For that
jwrt of the legislative branch that | reason I believe - the Republican and
should undertake to construct tnv ; Democratic parties' of late being so
Cabinet. I gave him distinctly to j evenly divided'—that the people will
understand, that I did not propose to j be compelled to vote in large majority
interfere in the matter nt all, even by j f„ r the Republican candidate, no mat- of cutting oft’ the supply at once in
advice to personal friends among the ter who he may be, because the Dem- tho treatment of both opium eatin
Obscure Men Happiest in
Wedlock.
firm in liis reformation, and an up
right, good citizen. Dr. C.W. Eark,
of Chicago, read a paper in which he
opposed the idea that alcoholism is a
disease. To so term it, was to de
stroy the whole responsibility of the
individual.' Dr. Wilson - advocated
that il'was''better to treat the opium
habit bv a gradual reduction of tliej P rou< k But give her love, appro-
dose. He bad tried bclladona, but! cia t* 0l1 i kindness, and tiiere is no sac
No woman* will love a man the
better for being renowned or promi
nent.; Though he be the first among
men, she . will be prouder, not fonder;
as is often the case, she will not even
was not satisfied with it. “ In too
many cases the s -called substitutes
or remedies consisted in opium in
another-form.-The immediate -with
drawal of the drag usually caused
diarrlroea, insomnia and restlessness,
sometimes going so far as to endanger
the life of the patient.” The doctor
found that more of those who were
treated gradually, recovered, than
of those subjected, tefthe heroic treat
ment contended for by Dr. Earle and
Dr. Brothers, who favored the plan
Senators, and that I thought Mr. , ocrats will do some silly thing that
Sumner h id not done his duty as [ wili drive the thinking people from
Chairman of the committee, because j their ranks at the last moment. The
he had hampered t..c businees of the
State Department by pigeonholing
treaties for months. Mr. Curtis said
that was impossible, for- Mr. Sumner
bad only a short time before told him
that his successor would find a clean
docket , and made special Claims for the
modern Democracy always doe3 it.
It has made me smile frequently as I
have thought of it; but there is some
fatality at work in the premises.
New Converts.
I believe,” said the President at
execution of the work of the commit- j Atlanta, “ it is the duty of the Gener-
tec. Knowing, as I did, the adroit a j Government to regard equally all
arguments used among Mr. Sumner’s the interests and rights cf all sections
friends, 1 determined to test the mnt- «f the country.” This sounds very
ter of a clean docket. 1 told Mr.'j familiar to Democratic ears. It is
Curtis that I had proposed to prove to ! precisely the doctrine which Demo
him that his friend, i\ir. Sumner had cratic President and statesmen have
not told him the facts, and that he
made these statements knowing them
to be falsehoods. Mr: Curtis was
amazed at m\ offer, but I assured him
that iie had been frequently caught in
simijar misrepresentations. I told Mr.
Curiis that there were tibia or eleven
treaties before the Senate from the
State Department that hud been there
several months, and had been in Mr.
been constantly inculcating through
out our entire past history. But the
Republican organization was based
upon sectionalism, the very opposite
of the policy which the President,is
now commending wherever he goes.
The occasion and his utterances are a
public confession that the Democratic
policy hitherto was right and patriotic,
and a strong condemnation of the
Sumner's hands, but had never been principle* aml nttion of the President’s
laid before the committee. I }vroie j.uwn party ever since its Girth. It is a
from the spot, Lnrg Branch, to the j dear admission.* that had Democratic
and alcoholism.
Three New York Suicides.
State
Department, ;tncl to my own
sunwise three proved Hylic inoi^; trea
ties Than I had said there had wen in'
Mr- Sumner’s own hands for a longer
time than I expected. That was the
“clean docket.” When 1 told Mr.
Curtis about it and gave him the re
cord, he was rather disappoint ed. He
d it was remarkax
I told him
counsels ptavailed the civil war would
have ^een avoided, nnd/all‘its dire
consequences averted. Had the na
tion in good fait acted up to the sen
timents which the President is now
re-uscitating the war whould have
been impossible, the country neither
Niirth nor South would have been
desolated and impoverished, the itn-
was to show him that Mr. Sumner was
not a truthful man, as others
found, out before me, and ns I
iny object in having tl;**’record searched j ntense national debt and its entail-
meat of unprecedented burdens
had i u i‘ oil public industry would
l, a j not have been heard of, a sound
discovered on frequent occasions. The and stable currency would have been
woik of that committee when Mr. ! preserved, and the people would have
Cameron took charge was in a most ’ remained where General Jackson said
deplorable state, due entirely to Mr.
The New York World, of Tuesday,
gives the particulars of three suicides
in that city.
At ten o’clock Monday morning a
grave digger of Union Cemetary, in
the sububs of the Edstern District of
Brooklyn, found the body of a man
hanging from a tree tty a short piece of
rope. Life was quite extinct. Il
proved to be the body of Sebastian
Trinkhaus, seventy-three years of age,
who resided with hisjun-in-law, Philip
Haus, at 431 Bush wick avenue, Re
port says that the old man was ill-
treated and over worked by his son-in-
Iafr, who is u tinsmith. The son-in-
law snvs thaf Trinkhaus had long con-
templated suicide, and had often told
his grandchildren that he was soon
going away forever; A few weeks
ago a daughter of Trinkhaus found a
piece of rope in his bedroom and hid it.
Trinkhaus, who had been drinking for
a few days past, rccbvmd the pitot of
roj e yesterday mornhig, and it is sup
posed wandered away to find the grave
of his wife, who .was buried nineteen!
yenr^ajgo incite Cemetery,
He lost his way, and, 'mistaking the
Union Cemetery for the Lutheran,
hanged himself in a spot which closely
resembles the otic- where his wife was
buried.
Henry Geyer, aged sixty, a cook,
drowned himself yesterday in the East
liefer, at the foot .of Sixth : t»eet.
rificc she w ill not make for his content
and comfort. The man who loves ber
well is her hero and lief king. No
less a hero to her, though he is not to
any other; no less a king though his
only kingdom is her heart aud home.
It is a man’s own fault if he is unhap
py with his wife, in nine cases out of
ten.
It is a very exceptional woman
who will not be all -she can lo an at
tentive husband, a.nl a very, excep
tional one who-will not be very disa
greeable if she finds herself wilfully
neglected. It. would be easy to bate
a man who, having bound a woman
to him, made no effort to make her
happy ; hard not to love one who is
constant and tender, and when a wo
man loves she always strives to please.
Ti e great men of this world have al
ways been wretched in their domes
tic relations, while mean and common
men have been exceedingly happy.
The reason is very plain. Absorbed
in themselves, those who desire the
world’s applause were careless to the
little world at home, while those who
had none of this egotism strove to
keep the hearts that were their
own, and were happy in their tender
ness.
it is to cross their thresholds! VVliat
harbors of refuge they are to weary
wanderers! What sweet reminis
cences they bring to the lonely and
homeless!
—— 0
. m
A Tragic Test.
A singular
bstructivcr
ruunurs persist
an 1 dilaturincss.
i had nothing to do with bis <’is-
uiis.-ul from the chairmanship of the
Foreign Filiations Commit tee, but I
was glad when 1 heard that ne was
put off’, because lie stood in the way
of even routine business, like ordinary
treaties with small countries. I may
be blamed for my opposition m Mr.
Pumner’s tactics, but I was not guided
to much by reason of bis personal
hatrtd of myself as I was by a desire
to protect our national interests in
diplomatic affairs. It was a sai tight
to find a Senate with the large majori
ty of its members in sympathy with
the Administration, and with its
chairman of'he Foreign Committee in
direct opposition to the foreign policy
of the Administration, in theory and
detail. So I was glad when I heard
of his successor’s nomination as chair
man of the committee.
“ General, they are ruuning civil
service reform very strong just now?”
“So I see; but it will not work,
because the theorists have disagreed
among themselves as to its practical
application. I do not attach much
importance to that matter I do not
believe it will succeed, though 1 wish
it could, in some practical way. Take
Schurz, for instance. lie is making a
business of civil service reform. Bat
he is a humbug, and Mr. Hayes will
find him out before long. It is a good
thing, but it is bard to apply in our
country. It is all very well to say'
that the business office seeking shall
te abolished, but the office seeker can*
he left the country—peaceable, pros
perous and happy. So, then, the
Southern speeches of the President
are more than a public confession.
They are an implied arraignment of
those who elevated him to office for
having produced all the mischief
the country- has experienced since
the Democratic parly went out of
power.
It adds something, also, to the force
of all this that the President, as he
saVs, has taken the course he lias from
compulsion by a sense of duty under
his oath of office. This is high moral
ground, and is eminently proper for
the authoritative exponent of “a party
of high moral ideas.”—Boston.
Discussing a Cure for Inebriety
Tiic American Association for the
Cure of Inebriates has just held a
session in Chicago. At the outset,
they discussed the question whether
drunkenness is a disease. Dr. C. T.
Widney, Superintendent of the St.
Louis Sanitarium, told an incident to
show that it was difficult - often im
possible—for a man to give up the
habit of drinking, to stop without the
assistance of medical treatment The
case was that of a man who tried
so earnestly through years to quit
drink by bis own volition, that lie
beggared himself, cansed separation
from his family, and, in his abject
wretchedness, came to a pass where
lie had but one desire and one care—
for drink. At this stage the case
was treated as one of disease, and in
a short time the man was cured.
Two years have passed aud he is still
Geyer had suffered from consumption
for some time, and was greatly worried
about the failure of the Continental
Life Insurance Company, which swept
away the premiums on a policy of one
tho'usnud dollars. Monday morning
he left his home about 8 o'clock.
Shortly afterwards his wife missed him
and, suspecting his intention, dressed
herself and went to look for him.
Mean .vhile Geyer had gone to the foot
of Sixth strpet and thrown himself into
the water. He was so emanciatcd
that his clothes floated him, and,
while a number of persone were en
deavoring n save him, he deliberately
put his head under the water and held
it there unfit he. became tioconscious.
When taken ashore lie was alive, but
died before an attempt was made to
revive him.
Some time Sunday night Charles
Martin, aged forty-fivei a native of
Germany, and a gutta percha toy
manufacturer by occupation, commit
ted suicide inn bedroom on the fourth
floor of No. 15H Forsyth street by
shooting himself through the head.
Martin was a bachelor and did a
good business. He was not very so
ciable, but appeared to be prosperous
and contented and at the time of his
death had large orders for goods to fill.
murder casq awaiting
trial in India has given rise to much
legal discussion as to whether the cir
cumstances justified the charge. A
juggler, who alleged that he possessed
some power which rendered him
“bullet-proof,” invited the prisoner
in tlie case to aim at him with a
loaded musket, assuring him that lie
might do so without the slightest fear
of producing any painful results.
The prisoner accepted the kind invi
tation, and, with a loaded musket,
presented to him by the juggler, im
mediately sent a bullet through ids
bead. It is urged that, as there was
no intention on the part of the pris
oner to kill the deceased, the charge
of mnrdtr can not be maintained.
The juggler was thoroughly confident
of his own invulnerability, and several
of his relations who were to bn called
as witnesses for the defense, were
prepared to prove that although sev
eral times shot at before, be was
never hurt. A similar case occurred
A Tribute to a Consistent
YFrieff d off tile Sout
[3. Tekyl Wallis, in Baltimore Bulletin ]
The late Mr. Hiram Cranston,
whose sudden death has been so gen
erally noticed and lamented, was, in
many regards, a very remarkable
man,. Ilis personal moral courage,
which were of tlie highest- order, were
tempered by great tact and modera
tion ami were associated with a most
affectionate disposition and a kind
and delicate courtesy. His intellect
was vigorous and his convictions were
decided and unflinching, as might
have been expected from the whole
bent of bis nature, which was con
spicuously independent arid manly.
With these characteristics he natu
rally exercised great influence over
other men, and he was so quick in
his sympathies, so true in his friend
ships, so prompt to help the needy,
and so firm to stand by those in
trouble, that what otherwise might
have been influence only, was height
ened and strengthened constantly by
devoted personal attachment. And
this was not only or even chiefly the
case in regard to the ordinary inen
about him. His closest relations, on
the contrary, were for the most part
with the best of those lie knew, and
few merely private gentlemen had a
larger intimate acquaintance w’th
men of ability, influence and culture,
throughout the land. For years
before the war, bis house was the
favorite resort of leading Southern
men. Indeed, there wtis no place
in New York where anything like so
lar. c and favorable a representation
could be seen of the most refined and
cultivated Southern society. When
the war broke out Mr. Cranston’s
sympathy with the South was strong,
unqualified and undisguised, and
there was certainly no man north of
Mason arid Dixon’s line .who con-
tribt t*d one-half so largely, out of
h‘s private fortune,’to the needs of
Southern men and women in exile,
imprisonment and poverty. It is
safe to say that his door was never
for a moment closed, to any of them
in their distress. Down to 18G7,
"when Mr. Cranston retired from the
hotel with ample me'ancs, he never
ceased to succor those of Ins Southern
friends who needed and dseerved it.
It was gratifying to see with what
m
England a few Years ago. A
wizard at one of the theaters begged
one of th ■ audience, as a favor, to
fire a gun at him. The spectator,
thus invited, loaded the gun with a
UU'g
Eighty thousand pounds is the esti
mated value of diamonds bn one suit
of clothing worn by the Duke of
Buckingham.
The damage by the strike is esti
mated by competent experts at $100,-
000,000; including loss of business to
the Railroads.
There are fifty-two manufactories
in Chattanooga run by steam, thirteen
of which have been erected within the
past year.
The total number of deaths in New
Orleans for the week ending 9th inst.
was 105, of which 16 were from
malarial fever.
charge of shot,he had brought with
him for the express purpose of test
ing crucially the alleged invulnera
bility of the wizard. The result was
namful in the extreme—tlie wizard’s
face'was peppered w ith shot, and the
spectator who fired the gun was given
into the custody of the police. Both
narrowly escaped death—one by the
gun, and the other by the gallows.
Company,
Wbat a ceremonious affa r we make
of entertaining company! Too many
of us lose all sense of being nt home
the moment a stranger crosses our
threshold, and he instantly feels him
self to be a mere visitor—nothing
more—and acts accordingly The
man who know's how to “ drop in” of
an evening, draw up his chair to your
hearth as if it were his own, and fall
into the usual evening routine o f the
household as if he were a member of
it—bow welcome he always is! The
man who comes to stay under your
roof for a season, and who, without
being intrusive or familiar, makes yon
feel that he is “ at home’’ with you,
and is content in his usual fashion of
occupation—how delightful a guest
he is! And the bouses—ah, how
few of them—into which one can go
for a day or a week and feel sure
that the family routine is in no wise
altered, the family comfort in no wise
lessened, but, cn the contrary, in
creased by one’s presence—what joy
Ahead of All
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The Forty-sixth Ses.-ion of t!
will commence at Augusta on the FIRST>!
prompt ami grateful recognition they ior; ,w
"athero l m ound him in 1876, when his
broken fortunes compelled him to
resume las labors.’ If, would really
be a misfortune if the hotel, so long
the favorite ro»mt of the people of
that section an l so closely connected
with his memory, were to lose its old
associations and prestige. We are
satisfied that these will not be lo«t so
long ns the new proprietor, bis favor
ite nephew and business associate,
continuing to o-clmw the gilded os
tentation fur‘.which Southern people
care so little, shall continue to give
them in its place the home-like luxu
ry, the quite, admirable service, tlie
the cordial sympathy and. general
refinement so characteristic of the
days of Hiram Cranston.
very polite young man, wishing
to ask a young lady if he might
speak to her for a moment or so,
asked if he would be allowed to roll
the wheel of conversation round the
axletree of her understanding. The
result was a row.
Tlie Chicago Times thinks that
General Howard “seems to have
scooped the Indians almost as badly
as be did the freedmen.’’ Not so—
they are stealing away from him
A case of undoubted yellow-fever
was reported in New York City on
the 4th. The patient died,
were taken to prevent its spread.
—What’ color is a small boy’s apt
to turn when he goes to the dentist’s?
A loud yeller.
Governor Hampton promises to be
at tbe State Fair in Atlanta.
Beautiful new style calicoes just
received atHIood & Stephens.
For Catalogues or Academic
apply to \\’n. Ukjjjsy Wakdell,
F acuity’, Athens
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ATHENS' GEOiv(
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Paints, Varnishes,
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S-feoclss X.^Eurrfe bo Sod-vaoed-
As I shall be compelled to vacate my pre cr
store on the 15th of July, to allow tlie owner
to build a new one, I shall commence on Mon
day to reduce my entire stock, and will one
goods at great reduction. Everything will t>
marked down and will be sold cheap, as tr
stock must be reduced by the 15th of July, th
time I shall move to new store. No use J
qwote prices, as everything will be sold mud
under the market price*.
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