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A stuek-up-lhing—A show bill.
Spring halt—May 31— Midnight,
Spare ribs—the scaled wives of
Utah.
•
To mnko a’ superb soup /'BC the
proper t.oup herbs.
Wo desire to bo underrated only by
the tax collector.
The tftxl>le property of Texas
amounts to ,4S-t,OOO.
Time in Chicago is fit minutes and
31 a, cowls (aster than in New York.
The industry of silk cnlturc is to be
introduced on the Gulf shore of Mis
siadppi.
Peni lias negotiated ft loan of twen
ty-one million on the credit of her
gunno deposit?.
Coming as it does originally from
the winding still worm, nil whiskey
13 more or less crook* <l.
Mississippi lias SBOO,OOO in the
treasury and is paying 8 percent, in
tern;.t. on a debt of $370,000.
The hoivfl committee of Congress
last we< k th'rtv Southern war claims’
ranging from S2OO to SOOOO,
There is said to be thirty-five mil
lion bushels of grain in New York
awaiting shipmeiP, and about 000
vessels are anxious to carry it.
Tim city council of Philadelphia
ha* ordered the sain rf $165,000 of
Petersburg and Weldon railroad stock
belonging to that city h r the i nrposo
of reducing the bonded debt of the
city.
Manv a man with a soul fairly over
flowing wit h genius has had it, forever
shattered by.discovering that the wo
man ho looked upon as a even supe
rior to tlic angels has no less than
thirteen soft corns on her feet. —[Ex.
Ti e thermometer on Mount Wash
ington in Massachus* tts fell from 19
degrees above zero nt. noon, to 27
degrees below by 9 o’clock, p m .
on tha I thi t. The wind blew 90
miles p* i r Hour,
In Indian maiden has been ifrlvert
our. hr her, trilas, jn Oregon, because
-v,
Fa ncisco ( hinatnar) lias lost the re
spect of his e untrymen by marrying
a negro woman. A 'Virginia mob
whipped a negro for maryir-g a white
woman.
The Natchez (Miss.) Democrat:
The Natchez Cotfou Mills company
held a special meeting for the pur
pose of consideringlbe practicabil ■
ity of increasing tho capital stock of
the company. The meeting decid
ed upon increasing the capital
stock sixty per cent, .which will
make the capital stock of the
Natchez Mills Company SIOO,OOO.
A Chicago man was told, when ho
registered at a Council Bluffs hot' 1.
that his wife was already Micro. Ho
said there must, be a mistake, ns he
bad loft her at home a few days be
fore, and sh had not said any hing
about a journey; but the clerk insist
ed that ho know her, arid that she
was in the house. The fact, was that
she had eloped.
The Cincinnati Commercial thinks
a fortune awaits some man in having
pine cones, or burrs, collected and
sold for kindling fires. The Florida
Pispi.tch thinks there is a pile of
money in preparing rich liglitwood,
tube found to plentifully at the South,
and shipping it North for kindling
wood.
Corrcsspondent of Chicago News
says: Glassg<>w, in Scotland, claims
to have the tallest chimney in the
world; the total height from founda
tionjto top of coping is 468 feet, and
from ground, 454 feet: outside diam
eter at foundation, 50 feet : at ground
surface, 32 feet; and nt top of cap
ping, nearly 18 feet. Th • number of
bricks used in the erection was 1,-
400,000, equal in weight to 1,000
tons.
A telegram to the Galveston (Tex,)
News says: Mr. Charles Cummings,
of the Bio Grande Railroad Compa
ny and his brother, our district attor
ney, were on Sunday assaulted, while
on the Mexican side e-f the ferry, by
nn armed Mexican custom-house of
ficer named Ortega, who snapped his
pistol at them, but the district attor
ney, who was struggling with him,
caught the hammer e.icli u’mo on Ins
hand, 'the Mexican authorities wl
net support Ortoga in his action.
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TP. A. MNCLETON, FA- <L Prop'r.
VOLT).
J >ll. FT! KG.
Drifting on life’s pleasant waters,
Yon unit I,
Watching all tho prouder vessels
Kailing by.
Thoro are ships with treasure laden
Don n the !>ny;
Sec their while nails proudly lilting
1. rov . .
They are bearing hopes and promise
From afar;
Some will anchor in the harbor, sorno
ground on tlio bnr.
Private rcssel i, orris ingYver
In si. s' u .
With their wii swill capture many
A rich prizo.
Wrecks of many a noble vessel
Strew the lea,
Bearing only freight of iove;
Naught fear we;
Storms are on the ocean wrecking
Many a hark;
Many a gallant ship goes down
In tho dark.
When the storm-tossed ocean billows
Madly roar,
Then our bark so lightly laden.
Keeps near shore.
Drifting on when skies are brighter,
You and I;
We'll not envy prouder vessels
Sailing by.
srapswr* mßsanmm
love mjmm-
Dudley Manning, writing a letter
in his seven-by-nine apartment at the
CiifFwood House, paused very sud
denly in his occupation to do u very
improper thing, lie was listening -
absohitt ly listening —to the couversa
ti*-n in the next room.
Doubtless if tho occupants of that
room were gentlemen, or two oideily
ladies, his cuti sity would huv*-.
duly restrained by Lin sense of honor.
Put ns it happened, there was an air
of mystery about the Misses Armi
tage, both of whom wire young, and
one very beautiful, which had excited
Dudley’s ima&intf&n for several
days. '
So row, when the younger sister,
forgetlul of the treacherous thinness
of board partitions, raised her voice
in earnest, discussion, Dudley laid
down Ida pen, and listened unblush
b g'V
“lt is useless to argue with me, Su
san. I have decided not to go,’’
“But,- Edith, do 'oo reasonable. —
Surely your white ones will do juat.
as well, and I do so want you to go."
“They won’t do at all, niyjjdcur sis.
tor. They will spoil the whole effect
of myMlress. No. I'm m-thing if I'm
not artistic, and [ would rattier give
up a dozen ‘hops’than do violence to
my fitness.’’
“But you will be sorry when to
morrow night comes, dear ; 1 know
you will. If my last story had been
accepted I would —’’
“Yes, Susan. I know you would,
but that does not aid me in this emer
gency. On, dear, why couldn’t I
have been rich ? Think of Aunt De
laney and her half million, and then
consider we are itu; -cuieous nei.:o.
We have always been ten proud t->
complain.’’
“Yes, that’s another of our mis
fortunes. We are as proud as if wo
were not poor, arid too poor to have
anything to be proud of.
“Once more, dear, won’t you go to
morrow night?”
“Not unless soraej'bi nefici.d fairy
godmother takes pity on me, and
sends rim a pair of lovely pale blue
stockings in time.”
Dudley Manning fairly started
from his chair in surprise.
“Blue stockings! Did ever anyone,
hear the like?” he exclaimed ; and,
more mystified than ever, he went
back to Lis eavesdropping.
“If I could, I would semi for them;
but-”
“I wouldn’t let you, Susan. I’m
unreasonable, I know. Come, dear,
let us go for a walk, and say no more
about t he stockings,”
And presently the sisters had left
the room, and Dudley sat thinking
bu.-ily.
All at once lie started up.
“I'll do if! I can come and go
BUENA VISTA. MARION COUNTY, (LY, FEBRUARY 11, 1880.
before night, and she slni 1 have her
stocking:! What a lovely f -Ce, si c
Inis, and what n perfect figure! But
how can they bo so poor? Ladies,
too; iofiiicineiit in every word and
look - nobody could mistake that.”
The young man hurried to I ho sta
tion, and was just in time to catch
the noon train as it sped cityward.
T wo hours atUrvard Dudley saun
tered into a shop on Broadway, in
whose broad windows were displayed
a b.nvildi ring variety of iho articles
of which he war. in quest.
With Somewhat of a guilty con
sciouswss he asked the clerk for In
dies' light-blue stockings.
“The best you have," he added.
“What size, sir?" asked the sales
woman.
Dudley was decidedly nonplussed.
“I—l’m sure I don’t know—l for
get," he stammered; then with a sud
den inspiration: “What size do la
dies wi'h small feel generally buy?”
lie inquired.
The shop-woman smiled primly,
but took down one box after another
until the counter was loaded with
pihs of filmy, ddieute-bued stock
ings the very poetry of hose.
Dudley was suited at last. Careful
ly ho directed the parcel, when he
had reached the law office, to 1 Miss
Edith Armitagc, CiifFwood House,
Brookvillo,’' and curried it to the
post office, not. daring to tiust it to
otbc r hands.
•'Slic’d get it to-morrow morning,”
he thought, and i leased himself all
iho w y back by imagining Edith’s
delight.
Dudley sought- his room soon after
breakfast the n it day, waiting for
further developments.
. As be expected, the sisters brought
their letters up stairs, hut only a few
words of the ensuing conversation
were audible. He caught murmured
exclamations of surprise and delight,
and then;
“Of course they come from Aunt
Delaney. How kind of li r!”
“Yes, dear old coni! Isn't she
lovely? I take- nil back I said about
1-cr. Such exquisite t-tocking?, too—
i-is pa rs! Why, 1 foid as rich us a
queen, Susan! ’
And that ws all he heard, but ho
was satisfied.
Dudley Manning wt nt to the hop
that night, and so did tho Armitnge
sisters. Susan was as ladylike and
graceful as usual, but Edidi was rav
ishl.y .beautilul in her pale blue robe.
“The stockings must match per
fectly,” thought Dudley, as he con
tiived to get an introduction.
Every moment increased tho at
tract ion. Her loveliness made in r
quite the star of the ball-room, but
Dudley scarcely allowed any one else
to speak to her, so persistently did he
hover about the sisters.
The evening was gilded like a
dream —flowers, music, motion,
bi'igi-t nothings, looks more eloquent
than weds — ami Dudley went to bed
that night hopelessly in love.
Four weeks had g.'ue. The Armi
tage sisters began to talk of leaving
the Cliflwood House fur a visit to
tneir aunt.
As for Dudley Manning, lie had
long ago disgusted the party of
friends with whom he came by do-
SG'thig them to remain in “dm dull
little hole,” as one of them called it.
He was only waiting a favorable
opportunity to propose, when one
fateful morning lie joined ttie si ters
on the liotei'piazza widr an armful of
new books.
‘'Three Yf these are for you, Miss
Edith,’’ he said.
And be jwrolo 1 or name, in Ids
bold, clear, characteristic hand, on
the fly-leaves of > acli.
Susan, looking on as the other two
laughed and chatted, started sudden
ly changed color and loft them.
Sho took the book she was esamin
.A. DEMOCBATIC FAMIL’Y NF.WSP A fP.YSfB,,
ing with In r, aid presently >(• sent
a message to Edith, sir,ing that she
wanted her limm diutcly.
“.Must you go? Wrll, come back
direclly, and 1 Shull wait hem for
you,” said’Puilh y, and with smiling
usnt she left him.
But she did net return, and tln*
young man wondered and waited Dr
nearly an Lour.
At ha: t cum- a card-,'with a pencil
e.l message, and bewildered, lie r-ad:
“Miss A Mintage !) -p* s Hr. Manning
wi'l excuse lur sister, as sin. is par
tieuhuly engaged for the rest of tin
day.”
Dudley flu-lu and as ho tore up the
card and..walked, away, pondering
over the strangeness of the message
At dinner Susan made her appear
ance alone, but when Dudley ap
proached her to inquire for her si-i
--ter, she was almost rude in the euri
ncßs of her replies to his quoitious.
Dudley's first impulse was to ask
the meaning of this changed beha
viour, but moitification and rising
anger conquered, and he turned away
with a look of eqaal hauteur.
Half ail hour latir his mood c hang
ed. lie scut a nototoFditli, bcg_
gii g for an interview, but I’iien she
returned a formal excuse, he was fu
rious with himself for having writ
ten.
So a'l that evening lie paced up
and down the piazza, in a savage
frame of mind, and finally decided to
leave the house next day, if Edith
(.till refused to sec him.
Up stairs poor Edith was crying
; olfly, while Susan packed.
“Who would hare supposed they
eamc from him ?” she was saying for
the twentieth time.
Susan came over tejlier and strok
ed her Hair caressing y.
“Don’t tnink of it, daring! Try to
forget it!’’ she said soothingly.
“But, Sir-an, arc you sme? Don’:
v cm think there coo'd le n mistake ?
So many pcon'e write a'iss. you
know," said Edith, with an eager,
imploring look.
Susan shook her head.
•That writing is nn'ui.'.t.iliai.T;’,
my deal - sinter,” the said Badly,
Edith Urn w bersdf buck, with u
fresh burst of tears.
“But the dreadful pmfofthc whola
affair is that lie lias been so dishon
orable!’’ she exclaimed. “To think
how ho must have listened to our
conversation, and pried ii v> our se
en ts 1 So unmanly! 1 never want
to sec him again.’’
“I will put the stockings in a.par
cel and leave them to E delivered to
him,’’said Susan, presently.
“I don't euro what you do with
them, only don’t tell me.”
Early the next mornin.; Dudley
was awakened by the bumping of
trunks ouls’cio of his door. In an
instil! t lie was up and dressing in
frantic baste, for ho had at once cum
prehended that bis wig .hors were
leaving.
As lie emerged from his room and
rushed to the stairway, lie caught a
vanishing glimpse of two gray trav
eling dresses in the hall. One fol
lowed the porter, tiro other turned
toward tiro hotel parlor.
Dudley divined that this second
figure was-Edith, and ho seized his
advantage with mastcily quickness.
In another moment he had con
front and tier, had seized her band, de
spite her resistance, and was pouring
out a torrent ot words, half angry,
half tender, ending abruptly with:
“Edith, I love you. Will you mar
ry mo ? ’
“Good, morning Mr. Mu lining.” iri
turruptod Susan, with a chilling in
tonation.
But Dudley was not to be discour
aged; Edith’s laeo had emboldened
him.
‘ Tell me where I can write to
you.’’ ho whisper'd, entreutiugly
and, in spite of Su -au's int rposir on,
hu caught the low spoken >v< ida (if
her answer.
And t en Iho (innil us whirled
them away to th • station, and Dud
ley wa'ked up and down thinking of
Ed it’s lovely dark eves as they smil
ed tarewell ailoe him, unit comp sing
ids Ictt.r.
( w• 1; die: •vat;'. J t
ning and Ediili Were si'.t.ng togeth.-r
in .Mrs. Delaney's elegant library.—
B'dli looked unmistakably happy, but
I) j had that air of conscious
props. •(••I-hip which denotes tho en
gaged man.
"Toil me, please, why y* n acted so
Strang, ly—-what had 1 done toefibn,-
you ?’’ ho was say ing.
Do you suppose she told him ?
LFA.VIXG TOWpilS.
The inoft remarkable leaning low
er in Great Britian is that of Caer
philly Castro, Glamorgan shire. Bo
ing but between 70 and SO feet higli
it is 11 feet out of tho perpendicular.
The castlo of which the tower forms
a part was built about 1221, and the
canting of the tower is t-aid to have
bci-n caused by an explosion of hoi
liquid meial used by the occupants
of tin* castle to pour on the Leads of
their enemies at a siege which look
place ia 1326. There are also lean
ing towers at Bn Ig>. not ill Basil*, in
Shropshire, and at Corf.) Casde in
Dursttt-liiro, belli cn:o.- and by tho use
of gunpowder during tho civil war
between King Charles and Ida par
liament.
Of churches with crooked spires
tho most noteworthy is the fara-ur.
one at Chesterfield, in Derbyshire.—
It leans 6 feet toward tho south, and
4 feet 4 inches toward tho west, and
v i.i.ij.i.t 2.,d iwot, cj-.i ; .iCiihar- .s
tho distorted apppearsneo of th s
.- temple that it is said to appear as it
falling toward the speet :t**r from any
poir.t ho approaches it. There arc
beveral-traditions extant ri spotting
the singular i.iehitcctural deformity
Oils) is that UjO build- r, a nadvo of
C!i t'-r'fluid, h.-'.ving agreed to erect
a church, did go, faiishing -die tower
wii limit adding u spiie. Toe anthor
i i- a of the town, m t being saiiefiorl
witli tbs s ructure, appealed lo tho
Attorney General, who gave his opin
ion tin. tii ■ spire w-:.s as nmcii a ptii - ;
of the church as the tower, aud that
cons-.quentiy the builder muet finish
Lid contract by its addition. The
subpet was, however, fully discussed
Ht a m‘•cling of the institute of Brit
ish architects in January, 1855, and
it was arcet turned tiiat the oak planks
on which the framework of the spire
rests are much decayed mi one side,
which is suffice nt to cause the di
vergence from the perpendicular.—
The timbers also have the appear
ance oijmv'mg been used in a groan
Hud unseasoned con ’ition. The ac
tion of the sun upon the spire wnul I
therefore cause it to become crooked,
and this may account for tho distor
tion, without attributing it to design,
—Chamber's Journal.
Expulsion of tho Jews from. Busaia.
'I lie Internationa! Agency lately
telegraphed that it is proposed to
expel all the Jews from the coun
try of the Don Cossacks in the
course of the next two years. It
is said that the chiefs of that mri
fnry people have requested the
Supremo Government to take
this step in consequence of the
shameful way in which the Jews
defraud and cheat it) all their de
aling. Their brethren of Odessa
have just been accused by one of
the local newspapers (the /’rava
dii) of buying up tho corn at the
exorbitant price of ii been, sixteen,
seventeen, and even twenty roub
les the eliCtwert, i :• Kusiau quar
ter, in order, in tfe oxneob;' nil ( i
a scarcity, to get as much of it as
possible in their own hands the
grain cro] s of South Kusia having
proved a failure this yeai. Host
of what lias got in seems to have
found its way as yet to Kdcolaieff,
where there was lately as much
as 2,000,000 chetwcrts.—L> mdon
Ti m cs.
AXXUAL SVli,sailJ‘TloN t $.12 00
Whit Though 111 Betide Uo,
Oh, v.lif.t 11.. 'it'll ill betide ns,
If those wo love (ire nigh,
To huioolU !!io l.row of sorrow
An.l enluijdio heaving nipli ?
Ono lovely smilo v.ill Inurnli
Tlio clouds oi caro'i) ml jnviu;
Ouc loving word will bring us
Joy’d uuir.bhio back again.
The diirkost storm tlmt sadness
E'er cast r. j>. :i the heart;
Was buts iii'; ting shadow,
Ml’idi b ve o*tilld bid deport.
No \\c : .lit of woo can tbra'l us
If i! e 5 wo love fire rear,
To soolha tlm drooping spirit
Au 1 dry (ho lal'irg tear.
Onr beet, nod brightest treasure,
Our balm for every paia,
Is in 11,0 bee is that love ns
A linked and golden chain;
And with that chain to guard ov—
A charm and aui shining mail—
-o'u, what though ill befido uc,
I*. cannot long prevail !
- C. 1). Sieioiirt
Wf.rrjr. vrr~ r-r •'■r.-JBS-rfxxnKsm
A DUC2IMAN'S VIEWS.
"'N <"II, if i.iat sin’ll do blaimdcst
gountry what cfer vas; da fellows
vhat lift s in dis goun y, dey tink c
DetCiionri-in don’t got some sense:
dry ask 1 1 \; '/.Ji.-hst question I effor
Sf-cii. lea f gots down to my work
oo odi-r toy 'nunc boss, ho sav to mo,
'i r ms, ands vr.i vou vet momin'r He:
i.-iiks I lion’tl know if rain or schnow:
'ten’d I valk mit dat rain; couldn't I
tola if it vas vet ?
“Den, do next lay, bo say: ‘Hans,
d’S vas von very b< t tay,’ now if dat
vasn’t do bsggist foci question I cfer
beard; vavn’t l working mit da hot
sun ali tay, and ho van a Talking
around, his bunds in bin pocket, and
rry;r.’; ‘Huny up, p..y- ; harry up,
poys,’ and den ha wav, 'Hatw, it vss
hot.’ I don’d answer dat foolish
question at all; if ho dea’d got some
sense ii.it- his question, i doau’d an
swer; dtit’s vbats do mutter: I goes
out. to shovel tho cell now mit mine
sidevr.lk off, and efr.y tell w vhat
conics along he say, ‘Hans, dat vas
r, g-icit pusincss for you,’ Prelty soon
1 tpt-a mad. and any: ‘Jf some of you
follows donM got some senso mit
your questions y u potter mind mine
own pi mess.’ K.'cry foliar tinks a
!b teherman in a fooler.
I goes down mit a shoe store to
pny myself a pair of poofs. ‘Toll,
1 say, \M r-t; r. drtt ; p iot, vas too pig.’
Den ho sild i face up mit mine,
and he soy, ‘Hans, dat poot shrinks
awful; vou get?, dat, poot more small
er dan dat vou could no wear um, 1
‘I tries on some more ports, and I
r ay, ‘Mister, dat poot is too schmall.’
Den ha gds excited and lays his
hand rnit mine shoulders on, arid he
vbispers in mine ear, and he say:
‘Hans, I fole vou dat boot stretch
fearful. You gits d;t poot sontepig
ger as dat, I bet you fiso hundred
to liars you no kei p urn on your feefs.'
Yell, I takes uni; de next dav I no
‘gits urn on, I takes uni pack, ami
he say, ‘Hans you must know your
own pisincss.’ Yell, 1 think I know
mine own pisiness in some shoe
stores after dat.
Zadktel's Preiuctwns. —Znd
kid's Almanac for 18S0 contains
some predictions affections our own
country ca'cnlated to fiil the pa
triotic reader with more or less
uneasiness. In March, owing to
some malefic conjunction of the
planets, “the President will find
ample scope for the exercise of all
his moderation, wisdom arid pa
cience, for politics will be very
lively and embittered in America,
and United States soldiers will
have to take war path.” There
will be feverish excitement in New'
A ork in May. and the “marching
of troops will nv. e the martial
ins:diets of t- 1 o American people,”
• his uii'nuttmate state of affairs
hi :sg caused by “the square of
Mars and Saturn. “Eclipses are to
bring us bad harvests and other
troubles. The old world, it seems
is to have no end of annoyance
from the stars. There will be dis
turbances in Paris and the Eme
rald Isle, and much business in
the divorce courts, and the Empe
jror of A ustriii will be troubled in
his mind.
NEWS.
'l’b i foreign exports at llio port of
Savannah during t m list- iliroc
months were f‘.tßi',ooo more thnn for
tho tanio t rue last yew.
Revc nao offlc'T* Levs been making
raids abort Valdosta on >• mu per
son# who have be< n siling t lnieco
and failed to rurtii .to the ft tuna on
,
th fir boxes.
Cd. Wadi, y. through W. (1. Kaon!,
tlio general Knpern t ndi ni rd dm
! South We.o ini rood, bn* tnudo a
imposition to Tulbolt u lo fiuuisU
the nil eg stock. Iron and Cms* lies,
if the people of Tnll.ot would grade
the road from 'I nllui tun to nninber
fiix. This is a inert, lib, ml propoai
iion ant! there i.i tali of moving vig
orously in (lie nutter.—[Tulbatton
Register.
'J lie Macon GonVocalion rnctio the
Episcopal church l Colauibuaou the
2nd inst. This out) vocal ion conniits
of seven del gales or members from
Griffin, Moron, Americas, Albany anil
Columbus and the mirnionai ios in tho
distrh t. There are. !•'• o*ivocations
infGeotgia Atlanta, Maoon, Augus
'& and Jsj;iva-.iiial!. The object of a
convocation is tie ffllablishmeut of
new churches.
On Thursday morning lau:’, wiule
.Mi ls Ida 0 Shields, thirteen years
Old daughter of Mr. John B.O’tiliiehfo,
of Jack son county, was steading be
fore the fire in the ctore of J. C. Pit—
ncr, in Athens, her clothing biased up
She ran frantically down Thomas
■.'cet, tbs wind fanning the flame*
into greater volume as she ran. Tb
flames were finally extinguished, bat
not until she was btfrimd bo badly as
to cause her defttk.
NO 22
t’he G raOßßinro Journal Bays that
Mr. James Edmondson and family
living near Bairdstown, narrowly es
caped death by poisoning a few days
ago. It seemea that Mr. E, had
purchased eozn# strvehain* and aed
soda, which wer* pot up in papers of
the Fame color. These he laid no tbs
manthq.iece, and by mistake tn* cook
used the wrong pspet i* preparing
bi eskfoat. TL* whole family." My*
the Journal, "also the dogs aad eat*,
barely escaped death.’ 1
When the average siwe of farms in
Georgia is brought dowa to lOOacrsa
or the average of tho entire country,
then and not unlii thou wi’l th-, state
bo in a fair way to beeornu as wealthy
as nature plainly intended she should
bo. Too litt’e inunufooturing anil 100
much unprofitable land-holding are
Hio brakes that now retard her pro
gress in rt material souse.-—Atlanta
Constitution.
Such has been oar opinion for over
ten years. But few men c-.n conduct
a large farm successful; tawny men—
both wivte and colored—can conduct
a small ono with success.
A debate occurred in the California
Legislature a short lime ago rdstivo
to the appointment of chaplain. Dur
ing the discussion one members, staid:
‘ I am opposed to having a chap-
Idm I do not believe in fetching
God into the Legislature, because I
always notice that the devil gets tho
b<-st of the election for Speaker of tho
As, si uibly. M
We pity that man. He doubtless
rules God out of every other place
xccpt where, to admit him, serves
hia inti rest. That is why legislation
is so unsatisfactory, and laws so dis
regarded. 1 here is too little of God
and too much of the devil in legisla
tures and politics. With most poli
ticians success is their law of right,
and when they fail God is blamed
with, it, and churchmen insulted by
them.
When politics becomes a pro
fession with a ram he sinks his
convictions because they are in tho
way of wicked methods. It lias
come to be a truism that it is next
to impossible to elect the best men.
Ev rybody knows that itis rJitficnlt
to p r. made onr purest and w isest
men to run for office. Wherefore?
They are afraid of tilth. They
know that absolute honesty jeo
pards suceese. They know that a
gentleman —to sny nothing of a
Christian —is degraded by the
means that are often employed to
win. A true man knows ho does
a mean thing when lie wins votes
by bribes—wether with money or
whiskey, or the promise, before
hand, of office. let elections, as
everyboby knows, are managed*
for tho must part, in this way..
They call it ‘organisation” ” — Ex.