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EDITORIAL, EAGLETS.
Kearney and his hoodlum crowd
are B‘irring up trouble in California.
u Some are now supposing that it
will be Grant and Tilden, but no
cue can tell.
The “brass band bill” died quietly
in committee. No parade or flourish
of trumpets.
The national democratic conven
tion, which meets in Cincinnati June
22nd, will be composed of 738 dele
gates.
The mutilation of coin by clipping
seems to be established as a regular
business in some of the Northern
cities.
Mr. Conkling did carry his New
York convention for Grant, but it
was an up-hill tug and by the skin
of his teeth.
And it came to pass that the
Washington Republican lavished its
fulsome praises upon a democratic (!)
congressman.
Merchants from several of the
leading cities are petitioning con
gress for the re-enactment of a uni
form bankrupt law.
The Kansas City Times whispers
as a great secret that Seymour and
Hendricks will be unanimously nomi
nated at Cincinnati.
The Madisonian nominates Hon.
Thomas A. Hendricks for president,
subject to the decision of the nation
al democratic convention.
The Valdosta Times would be sat
isfied with either Col. Mclntyre,
Judge Hansell or Hon. W. E. Smith
for governor. This looks a little
selfish.
<.
The United States is preparing to
quietly settle the Monroe doctrine
question in reference to the Inter-
Oceanic canal scheme, by purchasing
the land at each end of the proposed
route.
The southern congressman said to
be involved in a scandal with a fe
male connected with one of the de
partments in Washington, it is now
stated, is a prominent South Caroli
rian.
The democratic State committee,
of Alabama, has got into a snarl by
issuing a call for a State convention
cn June 22nd, the same day the na
tional contention is to meet. They
will have to movo up a notch or
two.
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> One enthusiastic Grant brother, in
Philadelphia, states as the conclusive
’reason why he insists upon Grant
and a third term is that he wants to
make the southern rebels shrink
down into their boots and curse the
day they were born.
♦—
A company with a capital of five
million dollars and including among
the list of trustees the names of
many men of wide renown and repu
tation both east and west, has been
formed in New York for the purpose
of promoting mining interests.
A correspondent of the Rome Trib
une nominates Judge J. W. H. Un
derwood for governor. The contin
ued silence on this subject had
become a little oppressive, but now
we suppose the machinery will again
work and other favorites trotted
out.
The selection of Cincinnati as the
place for the meeting of the national
democratic convention seems to give
general satisfaction. The friends of
Mr. Tilden and those of Mr. Thur
man each contend that the selection
is a victory for their respective pref
erences.
Os the States of the union, four
elect their governors every year, six
teen once in two years, two once in
three years, and sixteen once in four
years. Three elect their senators
annually, eleven once in two years,
one once in three years, and twenty
ti ree once in four years.
—
The people who are crying out for
a “strong” government have proba
bly no very e’ear idea of what they ,
mean. A “strong” government can
only be a government of fraud, force
and parah sis cf the popular will—
the exact opposite, in a word, of the
theory of republican institutions.
Apparently the recent threat of
the nihilist conspirators in Russia
has created as great an excitement
rs resulted from either the explosion
at Moscow or that in the Winter
Palace, and the population of the
Czar’s capital is in a panic. The
gravest apprehension and doubt per
vades everywhere and many are leav
ing the city, The secrecy, resolution
-.nd desperate spirit, which have
hitherto characterized all the projects
of the nihilists and the failure of the
government to detect and deal with
the conspirators, leads the people to
believe that they can accomplish
whatever they undertake.
The Gainesville Eagle
VOL. XIV.
Washington Correspondence.
[Special Correspondence of the Eagle.]
Washington, D. C.. Feb. 29,1880.
The senate yesterday defeated the
bill dividing up five or six millions
among the States in which military
land warrants have been located.
Ohio suffers most.
Mr. Hayes and Senator Edmunds
are both quoted this morning as say
ing that the action of the New York
republicans yesterday settle all ques
tions as to the nomination at Chica
go. But there will be a fight first, if
Blaine’s friends are to be believed.
The war of 1861-5 was renewed in
the senate yesterday. The occasion
was a request for removal of politi
cal disabilities from a resident of
Maryland. It will be sound policy
for the republicans, if they wish to
retain control in the country, to put
an end to such debates as that of
vestei day. The “plain people” of
the United States desire general am
nesty.
The postmaster-general, who hon
estly desires to give all possible mail
facilities to the people, should use
his best endeavors to free his depart
ment of the man who has that branch
known as the “star’’ service in
charge. I have no doubt Gen. Brady
was justified by the needs of the ser
vice in making all or nearly all the
extensions and increases in the ser
vice that he has made during the
last year, and I don’t think he made
money by reason of the changes, but
he is simply a servant of the people,
and a subordinate of General Key,
and should not indulge in loose abuse
of a congress which does not approve
all he does or wishes to do.
It is stated, almost officially, that
there has been a change in the In
dian affairs committee of the house
cn the subject of transferring the
Indian bureau to the war depart
ment, and that the committee will
report the transfer bill. I know of
no reason why the bill should not be
reported and passed. The bureau,
beyond doubt, has been a discredit
to every administration during the
last thirty years. It has been also a
damage to the Indians. More In
dian children were in school in 1846
in Ohio than are at school in the
whole country now. The Indians
are not fed or clothed as treaties re
quire. There is nothing good in the
system. A change can do no harm,
and may do do much good.
After the Spofford-Kellogg case is
decided in the senate the brief of
Spofford’s attorney will be printed
as a campaign document. It gives
in the clearest manner a statement
of the condition of Louisiana poli
tics. Rex.
Tire True Method of Electing
a President.
What is known as “The True
Method of Electing a Pr< Bident,”
devised by Augustus D. Jones, a
journeyman printer of Arkansas, j
which is now being considered by ,
Congress, is certainly a clever and,
apparently, an impartial means of
choosing achief magistrate.
It has, moreover, the advantage of
keeping the State vote distinct, and
of retaining, in form at least, the
electoral college. The scheme, in
brief, is as follows:
Take, for example, two president
ial candidates, A and B. The for
mer receives in Massachusetts 150,
000 votes; the latter, 100 000; the to
tal vote being 250,000. The vote of
each is multiplied by the number of
electors to which the State is entitled
and divided by the total vote. Thus,
’n practice, A, indicated in the vote
above, w’ould be entitled to 7 8 10 of
the electoral vote, and B to 5 2 10 of
it; the two together making the total
of 13 vates.
The system would also apply where
ther i where more than two candi
dates, though, of course, the chances
of none of the candidates receiving
a majority of the electoral vote
would be somewhat greater than they
are by the plan we now have in use.
But the obvious gain would be that
it would allow a free expression of
public opinion,and permit of a mi
nority representation in all of the
States.
Another advantage in it is that it
would sanction a wider scope in the
choice of presidential candidates
than dow seems possible, or, at least
politic. This year both parties are
restricted in their nominations by
the wishes of the inhabitants of three
States, to wit.: New’ York, Ohio and
Indiana.
If a man is decidedly unpopular in
either of these States his nomination
would be looked upon as’a fatal po
litical blunder. The fact that he
could roll up an overwhelming vote
in other commonwealths counts for
nothing in his favor, if he is weak in
either of these critical States.
It is this circumstance that gives
Boss Kelly of New York, his power
m shaping the course of the coming
Democratic campaign. Mr. Tilden’s
opposition to him and to Tammany
Hall would draw to the latter, in the
c< untry at large, more than five
times the number cf votes that Kelly
can throw against him, and if Mr.
Jones’ plan was in use, it would put
Tilden, to day, in the position of the
uncontested candidate of his party.
But. by our present method, the
opposition that Kelly has been able
to raise, unimportant relatively, is
sufficient to make Mr- Tilden an ex
ceedingly weak candidate. [Herald.
Ruskin says that European wars
would not last a week if their effect
was to break all the china in the
houses of the governing classes.
"ALL OF SELF, SOVE OF THEE.”
Oh. the hitter shame and sorrow
That a time could ever be,
When Het the Savior’s pity
Plead in vain, and proudly answered:
•‘All of self, and none of Thee I”
But He found me. I beheld him
Bleeding on the accursed tree,
Heard Him pray, “Forgive them, Father I”
And my vistfui heart said, faintly:
“Some of self, and some of Thee I”
Day by day His tender mercy,
Healing, helping, full and free,
Sweet and strong, and ah 1 so patient.
Brought me lower, while I whispered:
“Less of self, and mora of Thee I”
Higher than the highest heavens,
Deeper than the deepest sea,
Lord, Thy love at last hath conquered,
Grant me now my soul’s desire:
“None of self, and all cf Thee t”
—Pasior Theodore Monad.
uS A Crapping Mortgage.”
“And what is that ?” asked the
stranger.
“Why,” said the old man, “do
you pretend to tell us that you
don’t know what a crapping mort
gage is ?”
Such were his pretensions.
“Then you are no southerner,” the
old man continued, “so I’ll tell you
something about it. A crapping
mortgage—well, I gin one of them
durned things once myself. The
way of it was just this: You see I
allers managed to keep a little money
ahead to buy a few little things we
needed on the plantation and I gen
erally went down to our little town
to buy them about once a week.
Well as I was down there trading
one week the storekeeper he said to
me, sez he:
What’s the use of your bothering
along this way every week paying
out your small change—why don’t
you give me a crapping mortgage
and then send down when you
want any thing and let me put it on
the books, without bothering about
the change, and then when your
crap comes in you can send down a
bag o’ cotton and pay off all at one
swoop.”
“Well, it didn’t look like a bad
idea —sounded sorter easy like, as I
told him I thought I’d do it. So he
filled out a crapping mortgage which
he had already printed, and as I
couldn’t read very well I signed it on
his word that it was all right.
“Well, sir, them crapping mort
gages is cuiious things 1 Before I
got half way home with my load I
got to studying about it. As soon
as I’d signed it to the storekeeper ho
told me that my name was good in
his store for anything I wanted, and
to send right along as I pleased.
That was what I was studying about,
and then pretty soon I got to study
ing up what I wanted and what I
needed, and that infernal crapping
mortgage, or something else, made
me think of things that I never
wanted before. You see, 1 had al
ways fought shy of debt all my life,
but all the neighbore was trying their
hands on crapping mortgages and I
thought I would go in a little too.
Well I did.
“I kept on wanting things. We
all got along fine, and our storekeep
er sold lots of good things that we
never wanted before but that we was
bound to have after I signed the
crapping mortgage. They breed
wants, they do.
“At last the crop came in and I
sent a bale of cotton down to the
store to pay the crapping mortgage
off. It didn’t do it. Then I sent
down another bale—that wasn’t
enough. Next I sent down all the
cotton I had, and finally all my corn
and fodder, end, as it wasn’t still
paid, the old woman got up all her
chickens and ducks and turkeys, and
sent them down —still that miserable
crapping mortgage wasn’t satisfied.
So I went down to see about it. The
storekeeper said it was ail right—all
paid up but S2OO, and that didn’t
make any difference; I could still
have whatever I wanted.
“But, sir, somehow or other I
didn’t like how things was going, so
I took out my wallet and paid the
balance on that crapping mortgage,
and took the blamed thing home
with me, though I could not help
thanking the storekeeper for offering
to still let mo have goods after my
crap was all gone. When I got
home, me and the old woman wo put
on our specks and took a look at
that crapping mortgage, and what
do you think ? Why, I’ll be dad
burned if that crapping mortgage
hadn’t been spread over all my
land, my horses, my mules, my
stock, my farming utensils, my house
hold and kitchen furniture—every
thing I had in the world was flung
into it, and if it had stayed there an
other year I’ll bet high every thing I
had would have gone through it. Well,
let me tell you—don’t never sign
one. You never will get through
paying it, and when them store fel
lows tell you how easy it is to get
things now and pay for them in the
fall, you remember wb.at I tell you
about a crapping mortgage.”
And having finished his descrip
tion of these little engines of oppres
sion, he pulled out a twist of home
made tobacco, that looked as rich
and brown as walnut wood, cut off a
chew with his horn-handled knife,
put it in his mouth, pnt the knife
and tobacco back into his breeches’
pocket, and walked away. He turned
round after walking a little way, and
said reflectively:
“Don’t you never eign one in the
world; if you do you will never get
through paying it off.” He might
have added: “For the reason that
you will be sure to buy hundreds of
things that you would get along
without buying did you have to pay
the “cash down ” That thing called
“good credit” is a remarkable thing.”
—Exchange.
Projected Colonization of Pal
estine.
A correspondent of the Jewish
Chronicle, in the confidence of Mr.
Lawrence Oliphant, writes that the
Sultan’s firman will soon be given to
the colonization of Palestine by the
Jews, and that the scheme has re
ceived the sanction of Lords Bea
consfield and Salisbury. The tract
it is proposed to colonize consists of
the land of Gideon and a portion of
the plains of Moab, and is said to be
GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1880.
superior in productive capacity to
the remainder of Palestine, it being
heavily timbered, well watered, rich
and arable. The whole tract belongs
to the government, which receives no
benefit from it beyond an insignifi
cant sheep tax levied on the wander
ing Arabs. It is expected that the
colonists will not be exclusively Jew
ish, but in part Moslem refugee fam
ilies from Bulgaria and Roumania,
who are said to be excellent farm
hands, and the inhabitants of west
ern Palestine, who are in extreme
poverty, and likely to flock over for
employment. It is supposed—though
the supposition may be more fanciful
than well founded—that out of the
millions of Jews in Europe enough
men and capital can be found to take
up the land, giving employment to
the Moslem farm laborers, and prac
tically bringing the country of David
and Solomon under the dominion of
the remote posterity of its former il
lustrious possessors. Should the
Sulran carry his design into effect, it
will prove that Mohammedan Asia
is more tolerant than some Christian
countries. A few years ago the Bul
garian and Roumanian Christians
excited ihe sympathy of the civilized
world. Now the tables are turned,
and the Bulgarian and Roumanian
Turk and Jew have become the ob
jects for sympathy. Sympathy at a
nation’s or individual’s misfortune
should not be circumscribed by bias
of religion or prejudice of race, and
in reviewing the history of the Jews
from this standpoint of comprehen
sive philanthropy it is impossible to
assign the continuous persecution to
which they have been subjected in
some countries to other causes than
those arising from the continuous
predominance of ignorance, super
stition, fanaticism and barbarous fe
rocity. Burned in thousands by the
Crusaders, butchered by mobs, tor
mented by ridicule, sold as serfs,
forced to reside in dark and dismal
precincts, plundered by lawless bar
ons, excluded from all honorable oc
cupations, and compelled to subsist
solely by petty traffic and usury,
their history presents a picture of
gloom and horror that almost beggars
the power of imagination. It is not
surprising that in their lowly retreats
in certain portions of Europe they
should present some indigestible
traits of character, the imprints of
persecution, proscription and ostra
cism. If the Sultan’s scheme should
be carried into effect and the coun
iryless Jews again find a country
through the generous impulses of a
Mohammedan, the Christian should
be the last to raise objections to such
a consummation.
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Women Doctors.
The movement in fayor of women
doctors to minister to women’s ail
ments goes on apace. Two ladies
have recently received doctors’ di
plomas from the Faculty of Medicine
in Paris. One of them, Mrs. Chap
lin Ayrton, came from Japan, where
her husband held an important post
under the government, to study med
icine, and has passed her examina
tion with high honor. The other is
Mrs. Marshall, sister-in-law to Mrs.
Garrett Anderson, the premier of
the movement among English wo
men, and now properly acknowledged
by male physicians, as well as the
public, to deserve the place she has
won in the front rank of her profes
sion. Mrs. Marshall gave final proof
of her fitness by a thesis that she
wrote cn obscure diseases, more
dangerous to women than men. On
handing her her diploma, the Paris
president said: “You, madam, have
helped to vindicate for all women
their right to study medicine You
reply, in your person, to all the ob
jections of your adversaries. I have
seen you and watched your works for
years—in the hospital, in my wards,
by the bedside of the patients—l
have seen the earnest work you have
done. 1 congratulate you, and I
thank you.” It should be remem
bered that Mrs. Marshall is one of
the ladies who began to study medi
cine at Edinburgh, but was driven
thence by the trades union violence
and ungentlemanly behavior of its
medical students. Fortunately there
is now a prosperous and an. efficient
medical school for women in London,
which, if it has not yet all the pres
tige of the older schools for men.
grows every session in numbers and
reputation.
The latest claim advocated by the
advocates of women’s rights is made
by a lady correspondent of the Tunes,
who reminds us that, though many
thousands cf women earn their
Dread in factories and are subjected
to the arbitrary provisions of the
factory act, no such official exists as
a female inspector of factories. The
writer argues that since women had
been found to make useful members
of school boards, they would be
equally qualified to look after the in
terest of women and children em
ployed in factories.
Will He Succeed ?
In nine cases out of ten, a man’s
life will not be a success if he does
not bear burdens in childhood. If
the fondness or the vanity of father
or mother has kept him from hard
work; if another always helped him
out at the end of his row; if instead
of taking his turn at pitching off he
stowed away all the time—in short,
if what was light fell to him, and
what was heavy about the work to
some one else; if he has been per
mitted to shirk, until shirking has
become a habit, unless a miracle has
been wrought, his life will be a fail
ure, and the blame will not be half so
much his as that of his weak and
foolish parents.
On the other hand, if a boy has
been brought up to do his part, nev
er allowed to shirk his responsibility,
or to dodge work whether or not it
made his headache, or soiled his
hands, until bearing burdens has be
come a matter of pride, the heavy
end of the wood his choice, parents
as they bid him good-by may dismiss
their fear. The elements of success
are his, and at some time and in
some way the world will recognize
bis capacity.
An Humble Printer.
Seldom, says an exchange, does a
live Dutchman get credit for more
smart things than are set down to
him in this catechism that he put to
a journeyman printer:
A Dutchman, sitting in the door
of his tavern in the far west, is ap
proach by a tall, thin Yankee, who is
emigrftting westward on foot, with a
bundle hung on a cane over his
shoulder.
“Yell, Mister Talking Stick, vat
you vant ?” inquired the Dutchman.
“Rest and refreshments, ’ replied
the printer.
“Supper and lotchin’, I reckon ?’’
“Yes; supper and lodging, if you
please.”
“Pe ye a Yankee peddler, mit
chewelry in your pack to sheat der
gal ?”
“No, sir; I am no Yankee peddler.”
“A singin’ master, too lazy to
vork.”
‘ No, rir.’’
“A sheeted shoemaker, vat loves
to measure der gal’s feet and hankies
better tan to make der shoes?”
“No, sir; or I should have mended
my own shoes.”
“A book achent vot bodders der
school committees till dey do vot
you wish, chocst to get rid of you?”
“Guess again, sir. lam no book
agent.”
“Te tyefels I A dentist, preaking
der people’s jaw at a dollar a schnag,
and runnin’ off mit a daughter ?”
“No, sir; I am no tooth-puller.”
“Phenologus, den, feeling der
young folk s heads like co many cab
bitch ?”
“No. lam no phrenologist.’’
“Veil, den, vat der teyfels can you
be ? Choost tell, and you shall have
der best sassage for supper, and stay
all night free gratis, mitout a cent,
and a chill of whiskey to start mit in
der morn in’. ’’
“I am an humble disciple of Faust
—a professor of the art that pre
serves all arts —a typographer at
your service.’’
“Votsch dat?’’
“A printer, sir; a man that prints
books and newspapers.”
“A man vot printsch noospapers !
Oh, yaw, yaw, ay, dat ish it, A man
vot printsh noospapers 1 yaw, yaw 1
Valk up ! A man dot printsh noos
papers 1 I vish I may be shot if I
did not link you vas a poor teyful of
a dishtrick schoolmaster who vorks
for nottin and boards round. I
tought you vas him.’’
ft
Washington Society in 1825.
The circle of what was termed
“good society’’at Washington had
been, and was then, very limited in
its extent and simple in its habits.
Few senators or representatives
crought their wives to cheer their
congressional labors, and a parlor of
ordinary size would contain all of
chose who were accustomed to at
tend social gatherings. A few diplo
mats, with the officers of the army
and navy stationed at headquarters,
were accompanied by their wives,
and there were generally a few visi
tors of social distinction. The most
friendly and cordial intercourse pre
vailed, and those who met at dinner
parties and at evening entertainments
were like members of one family, in
general sympathy.
The costume of the ladies was
classic in its scantiness, especially at
balls and parties. The fashionable
ball dress was of white India crape,
and five breaths, each a quarter of a
yard wide, were all that was asked
for to make a skirt, which only came
down to the ankles, and was elabo
rately trimmed with a dozen or more
rows of narrow flounces. Silk or
cotton stockings were adorned with
embroidered “clocks,” ami thin slip
pers were ornamented with silk ro
settes and tiny buckles.
Those gentlemen who dressed
fashionably wore “Boiivar’’ frock
coats of some gay-colored cloth, blue,
or green, or claret, with Urge lapels
and gilded buttons. Their linen was
ruffled; their “Cossack” trousers
were voluminous in. size, and were
tusked into high “Hessian boots
with gold tassels. They wore two
and sometimes three waist-coats
each, of different colors, and from
their watch-pocket s dangled a ribbon
with a bunch of large seals. When
in full dress, gentlemen wore dress
coats with enormous collars and
short waists, well-stuffed white cam
bric cravats, small-clothes, or tight
fitting pantaloons, silk stockings and
pumps.
Live Within Yonr Means.
We don’t like stingyness. We
don’t like economy whan it comes
down to rags and starvation. We
have no sympathy with the notion
that the poor man sh mid hitch him
self to a post and stand sti'l, while
the rest of the world moves forward.
It is no man’s duty to deny himself
every amusement, every luxury, ev
ery recreation, every comfort that he
may get rich. It is no man’s duty
to make an iceberg of himself, to
shut his eyes and ears to the suffer
ings of his fellows, and to deny him
self the enjoyment that results from
generous actions, merely that he
may hoard wealth for his heirs to
quarrel about. But there is an
economy which is every man’s duty,
and which is especially commenda
ble in the man struggles with poverty
—an economy whica is consistent
with happiness, and which must be
practiced if the poor would secure
independence. Il is almost every
man’s privilege, and it becomes bis
duty to live within bis means; not
to, but within them. Wealth does
not make the man, we admit, and
should never be taken, into the ac
count in our judgment of men; but
competence should always be fie
cured, when it can be, by the prac
tice of economy and self-denial tc
only a tolerable extent. It should
he secured, not so much for others t<
look upon or to raise us in the esti
mation of others, as to secure th(
consciousness of independence and
the constant satisfaction which is de
rived from its acquirement aud pos
session.
Never Forget Any tiling.
Charge your mind with your duty.
That is largely the true definition of
faithfulness. Bad m mory and mis
takes are used as apologies a great
deal oftener than necessary. A boy
beginning business life will generally
lose his place who pleads such an ex
cuse more than once or twice
A successful business man says
the re were two things he learned be
fore he was eighteen, which were
afterwards of great use to him,
namely, “Never to lose anything,
and never forget anything.’’ An old
lawyer sent him with an important
paper, with certain instructions what
to do with it.
“But,” inquired the young man,
“suppose I lose it; what shall Ido
then ?”
The answer war, with the utmost
emphasis, “You must not lose it!”
“I don’t mean to,” said the young
man, “but suppose I should happen
to ?”
“But I say you must not happen
to! I shall make no provision for
any such occurrence. You must not
lose it!”
This pnt a new train of thought
into the young man’s mind, and he
found that if he was determined to
do a thing he could do it. He made
such provision against every contin
gency that he never lost anything.
He found this equally true about for
getting, If a certain matter of im
portance was to be remembered he
pinned it down on his mind, fastened
it there, and made it stay.
The Effect of the Southern and
Western Railroad Combina
tion.
Alluding to the recent Southern
railroad combinations and their influ
ence on existing railroad monopolies
in the North, the Boston Commercial
says: “A capital example of the rule
that oven the closest monopolies will
finally Le broken by competition is
afforded by what is now going on in
the South. A long series of wisely
planned consolidations is about clos
ing with the formation of a strong
through line from Chicago and St.
Louis to Savannah and Charleston,
and through bills of lading are to be
given from the former cities to the
Northern ports and Liverpool. A
demand will at once be made on the
Northern pool lines for a share of the
Eastern and Western business. If
this is refused, rates will be cut, and •
the whole fabric of carefully devised
pools will fall to the ground, Even
if the claims of the new Southern
trunk line are conceded, some new
competing line to the seaboard will
doubtless spring up within six
months. The city that will be most
benefited by the new line is Louis
ville, whose merchants are straining
every nerre to become the middle
men for the bulk of the business be
tween the West and the South. In
the struggle they have the vigorous
competition of Baltimore, Richmond,
Cincinnati, Nashville and St. Louis.”
What Caused the Rise.
A stranger loaded down with a
big satchel halted at the poetcffice
corner yesterday, says ihe Detroit
Free Press, to have his boots shined,
and when the j<?b had been completed
he felt for a nickel with the remark:
“I suppose that five cents pays the
bill?”
“Not much !” replied the shiner.
“That used to be the figure, but it is
seven cents now.’’
“Don’t try to cheat me, boy ! Five
cents is the regular price here, and I
know it?”
“See here, mister,” said shiner, as
be packed his brushes away, “do you
read the papers ? ’
“Os course I do.”
“And you don’t know that white
paper has gone up fifty per cent ?”
“Yes, I’ve read that it had.”
“Well how d’ye’spose we kin black
butes at five cents any more ? The
jigger is seven, and if we e&n’t bust
the monopoly we ll have to raise on
that.’
The man came down with seven
cents, but very slowiv and thought
fully, as if he couldn’t exactly un
derstand all about it
Shephar Torah.
There took place a few days since
at one of the synagogues of Balti
more the solemn reception of a copy
of the “ Shephar Torah,” a parch
ment containing the five books of
Moses. This sacred scroll is a pres
ent from Sir Moses Montefiore, of
England. It was written i n Wilna,
Russia, and the penmanship is of
rare excellence, requiring a long pe
riod of tkne for its execution. The
utmost care was taken in the trans
cription, and at every recurrence of
the name of God or Jehovah, the
hands of the scribe were washed.
The scroll is covered with a mantle
of crimson silk velvet, richly embroid
ered with gold, ornamental gold
fringe and surmounted with silver
bells. The sacred scrolls are regar
ded with great reverence by orthedox
Israelites, who have a tradition that
a manuscript copy of the five books
has never been destroyed.
In seizing a secret printing pres i
in St. Petersburg, on January 30,
the police arrested two women and
two men. A fifth inmate committed
suicide in an upper room. On opening
a door leading to the front staircase
the police were fired upon. They
returned the fire, and after capturing
the garrison ransacked the house.
The search led to the discovery of a
printing press and a large number of
copies of the newspaper, Will of the
People, which had just been printed
Some type, false stamps, several
falsified documents, a quantity of
poison and explosive substances
were also found.
A comparative philologist says: In
England young gentlemen speak of
their fathers as “the governor,’ “pa
ter,’’ “the overseer,” etc. Here we
( are more civilized. We say “dad,’
“the boss,” or the “old man.” In
heathen countries they say “father;”
but they are away behind the age.
SMALL BITS
Os Various Kinds Carelessly Thrown
Together.
The famous Russian female Nihi
list, Vera Sussuhiitcb, has been ar
rested.
The woman convicts in the Ken
tucky penitentiary wear men’s
clothes.
The Detroit Free Press say’ that
Blaine wants to submit Don Comer
on’s actions to the supreme court of
Maine.
The Princess Beatrice of England
is being engaged by the Continental
newspaper folk to King Humbert’s
cousin, Prince Thomas, Duke of
Genoa.
Bess Shepherd, of Washington,
has a silver mine at Chihuahua,
Mexico, that yields $3,000,000 a
year, with no apparatus except the
old time arastras and mule.
It is remarked that a woman who
takes all the fashion magazines gen
erally 7 goes to a dressmaker to learn
what is new in the fashions, and
never makes her own dresses.
The New Orleans Picayune has
figured out the startling fact that
Bismark is entitled to wear 4G6 dec
orations, and when he is dressed for
ceremony, looks like a speckled hen.
Jesse James, the outlaw, several
times reported killed, was in St.
Louis a few days since, in cog., and
left a note expressing his contempt
for the detectives who were hunting
him.
The gymnastic societies of Eastern
Roumelia have ordered the Bulgar
ian priests in that country to impose
an oath on their congregations to
neither buy nor sell of the Greek
inhabitants.
Two young women of Bungalore,
India, have been admitted as proba
tioners into the post office in that
place. They are the first women
who have been able to get govern
ment employment in Asia.
Irrigation works are receiving
great attention in France. The
French are vexed at the idea of hav
ing to depend on foreign countries
for grain, and this has given an im
petus to agricultural improiements.
A recent visitor to Jeffer-oti Davis,
on hisfaim at Beauvoir, says that he
is hard at work on his memoirs, his
cotton crop for next season will
reach 1,000 bdes, and his wife and
nephew, Ghu. Joseph Davis, are with
him.
Hayes decides, as he was expected
to, that the abusive language used
byTrenornl W. T, Sherman about
Mr. H V. Boynton, the newspaper
correspondent, does not call for a
court martial, and refers Mr. Boynton
to the civil courts for his remedy.
The B iston newspapers tell of a
stage-struck woman who got a di
vorce from her husband in order to
become an actress, failed dismally
behind the footlights, returned to
her home, and begged to be made a
wife agtin, which was done by a
remarriage.
The daughter of Spotted Tail, a
lank and awkward Indian maiden of
eighteen summers, is a student in
the Government school for Indians
at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Sho began
her education by marrying the half
breed interpreter employed at the
barracks.
Hon. Thomas Ewing says the Ohio
delegation in the democratic national
convention will probably go for Sey
mour after Thurman, but the Cin
cinnati Enquirer regards -Mr. Til en
as the second choice of the Ohio
democrats, providing his friends can
give assurance of carrying New York.
During the past year the com
mercial banks of San Francisco were
drained of no less than eleven and a
quarter million dollars, while the de
posits in the savings banks of that
city decreased nine millions and a
half—all of which is attributed to
the pernicious influence of the sand
lot orators.
The South Carolina Senators and
Representatives in Congress have
written a letter to the authorities of
Charleston and Spart .nburg, S. C.,
cordially endorsing the plans instil u
ted for the observance of the one
hundredth at niversar . of Gen. Mor
gan’s great victory at Cowpens,ap
pointed for the 17th of January, 1881
The Rev. Dr. Justin D. Folton, of
Brooklyn, preached on Sunday upon
the career of George Washington.
In the course of his sermon he said:
“Remember, that to nominate Grant
is not to elect him. The machine
may control the caucuses, the con
ventions and probably the ballot
boxes, but it cannot compel a man
to vote. God is behind the repub
lic ”
A young mother in Cincinnati was
giving to her son, aged five years, a
touching description of the misery
into which the pro Hgal son had fal
len.“ Far away from home and his
kind father, obliged to take care of
swine, with nothing to eat but husks
of corn left by them.” “ Then why
didn’t he eat the pig?” was the
practical reply of the young Pork
opolitan.
The bar’l is a very essential thing
in the politics of these days, and the
announcement that Senator Blaine
has recently made two millions in
mining stocks is a significant and
important one. General Grant has
no bar’l himself, but he knows a great
many people who have, while Secre
tary Sherman, with decided sk’ll, has
filled two or three bar’ls with special
treasury agents.
A negro at Wallace, Tenn., told his
wife that he must kill somebody be
fore he went to bed. She begged
him not to select her, and he oblig
ingly said that he would go down to
a ball in the village for a victim. He
loaded a pistol, went to the ball, and
shot a young negro girl whom he did
not even know; but he failed of his
object after all, for she was only
slightly wounded.
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All bills due upon the first appearance of the ad
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NO. 10
IJE. W. J. HAM
Attorney at Law,
GAINESVILLE, GA.
i» • .. 9 { - - •* 4
Office in Henderson & Candler Building,
East Side Public Square
F. M. NEWMAN,
Physician and Surgeon,
Flowery Brancli, G-a.
Office, first door above Barrett’s store.
Will attend calls at a distance from relia
ble parties. (febl3 6m
BROWN BRO’S.
BANKERS, BROKERS
AND COLLECTION AGENTS
GAINESVILLE, GA
References— Hanoveb National Bank, N.
Y., Moore, Jenkins <fc Co. N. Y., G. W
Williams A Co., Charleston, 8. O., —any
op thk Atlanta Banks. marlo-tf.
MILLINERY GOODS!
Mrs. H. IV. Ware
Begs leave to inform her friends and the
public generally that she has opened her
store in her dwelling house on Main street,
next door to the college, on the right hand
as you go from the square. She hopes to
receive a liberal patronage, and to merit the
same by a desi e to please and the iow prices
at which she will sell goods. Look for tho
fancy hat as a sign, last house as you go
down Main street to the college.
nov7ly
MRS. VARNER,
FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER
Room in rear oi L. H. Johnson’s store.
DRESSES MADE, CUT AND TRIMMED
in any style desired.
Washed Dresses and Children’s Clothing
at your own prices !
Also
GENT'S MUKTS
MADE IN THE BEST STYLE. Good
Shirts, material included, for $1
and upwards.
jan2 2m
Lallatte’s Select School,
Male and Female,
Rev. C. B. LaHatte, President.
Spring Tenn Opens January 19, 18S0;
Closes July 2—Six Months.
A FULL CORPS OF COMPETENT
TEACHERS HAS BEEN
ENGAGED.
SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED IN
E VER Y DEPAR TMENT.
For full particulars as to board and tuition
apply to the president. (jan2lm
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BuPEBiKTi Npt.NT’a Office, 1
Athens, Ga., Oct. 11, 1879, J
On and after Monday, October 6, 1879, trains on
the Northeastern Railroad will run as follows. AB
trains daily except Sunday:
Leave Athens...... 3 50 p m
Arrive at Lula 620 ••
Arrive at Atlanta, via Air-Line K. R 10 3*
Leave Atlanta, via Air-Line R. R ... 33® “
Leave Lula 746 **
Arrive at Athens....... ......10 00 ••
The above trains also connect closely at Lula with
northern bound trains on A. L. R. R. On Wednes
days and Saturdays the following additional trains
will be run:
Leave Athens. .......... 6 45 a m
Arrive at Lula 845 **
Leave Lula. 920 “
Arrive at Athens 11 8 > ••
This train connects closely at Lula for Atlanta,
making the trip to Atlanta only four hours and
forty-five minutes. J. M. EDWARDS, Kupt.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after December 20th double daily trains
will run on this road as follows:
MORNING TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta.. 4 00 a m
Arrive Charlotte 3 20 p m
•« Air-Line Junction.. 330 *•
•• Danville 9 51
“ Lynchburg 12 37 ni’t
•• Washington 750 am
Baltimore 930 “
•• Philadelphia 130 and 145 p m
>* New York 345 and 445 ••
•• Wilmington, N. C. (nrxt day)...... 950 a m
“ Richmond 743
EVENING TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta
Arrive Charlotte • • 3 21 am
•• Air-Line Junction 3 30
•• Dauville 1J22 “
" Lynchburg..... •••• 15J p.rn
Wa hington 355 "
«« Baltimore - 1155 ••
•« Philadelphia. 335 am
<• New York 645 •*
GOING EAST,
Night Mail and Passenger train.
Arrive Gainesville 5:50 p “
Leave « “
Day Passenger train
Arrive “ •
Local Freight and Accommodation train.
Arrive Gainesville 11 ; W. m
Leave •• 11:25 •
GOING WEST.
Night Mail and Passenger train.
Arrive Gainesville “, m
Leave “
Day Passsnger train.
Arrive » -
Leave “
Local Freight and Accommodation usiu.
Arrive Gainesville ~ m
Leave •*
Close connection at Atlanta for all points West,
and at Charlotte for all potnts East.
G. J. FOREACRE, G. M.
W. J. HOUSTON, Gen. Pag. and Tkt Agt.
PATENTS.
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