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Honsiml &
The Telegraeh and Messenger
MACON, GA. JOT'S 30 1878.
the GEORGIA PRESS.
Another daily in Augusta is talked of.
The C«nstitution thinks that if the pro*
jectors own a bank there is plenty of
room for them. What we need now is
more of the circulating medium.
We quote os follows from the same
paper:
Backing THira Judgment.—Several
gentlemen, well known In betting circles,
were discussing, yesterday, the Congres-
sional canv&BS in the Seventh District.
One of the gentlemen said that Belton
would bo elected by a large majority, and
that he would put np a few greenbacks
to back his judgment in the matter. As
Boon as this banter was announced, one
of the gentlemen in tho party whipped
out of his pocket tiro fifty dollar bills,
and asked the Felton man to cover it.
The announcement was so sadden that
the Felton advocate fainted, and was car
ried off for repairs.
Something Strange—Yesterday morn
ing, about 4 o’clock, a small child was
left at the house of Minnie Mitchell, who
resides sixteen miles from this city, in
DeKalb county. At the hour above
mentioned, a man knocked at the door of
the house, and, upon its being opened, he
handed the child to Minnie, with instruc
tion to keep (it until he returned. He
left a quantity of clothes with which to
dress it, and $15 to pay incidental ex
penses. The man is not known to the
woman who has the child thrnBt upon
her, and appears to be a stranger in that
section. The baby wa3 doing well at last
acconnte.
A Lively Street Fight Yesterday.—
Yesterday morning about noon there was
a lively scene on the comet of Marietta
and Broad streets. It was a fight of un«
usual interest and wis‘witnessed by at
leaat fifty spectators, who appeared to en
joy it exoeedlngly. All the participants
were mulatto belles well known in this
city. The circumstances were very brief
and very pointed. Georgia MoMiehael
and her sister-in-law, Hattie MoMiehael,
met Hattie McGee and her mother at the
aforesaid corner. Some qnick words
passed but it was a time for action, and
the Mc&Iiohaela as woii as their antago
nists, seemed folly prepared for it. Soon
there waa a lively combat Inspired by the
ferocity which nsnally marks feminine
struggles. The MoMichaels bruised Miss
McGee very badly, striking her head
against a lamp post, and tearing her faoe
to a considerable extent. The entire
fight was fierce and fearful and seemed
to be enjoyed by the participants almost
as much as the interested spectators.
TmNOB are working, sure enough, cp
in the 7tb district. There is blood upon
the moon, and a promised rise in coffinB.
■Willingham, cf the Free Press, is talking
abont "the rules governing gentlemen”
in a personal card in bis paper of this
week, and being "personally responsi
ble,” and ‘‘standing by what he haB said
with Ms life if neoeesary. * We hope no
gore will be shed. Is is decidedly too
hot for that unpleasant operation.
Mb. Evebett Parker was drowned
'near Carters ville, last Thursday, and Mr.
Wm. Goldsmith was fonnd dead on the
‘floor of his room in Cartersville, last
Sunday morning. He was one of the
oldest citizens of the place.
The Savannah Neies tells this sickening
Story;
Last week whilst officer Morgan was
up the country on a search for Edward
Bios, who stole a horse from Mr. J. H.
Roberts, he was informed that a young
wbito girl, aged about fifteen years, had
been abducted from her home by a color
ed man, and her family were in great
distress. A description of the girl was
given him and he was requested to keep
a look out for her. On his retnrn to the
city he made inquiries, but was unable
to ascertain whether the parties had
come to Savannah or not, until yesterday,
when he obtained a clue, which, follow*
ing, enabled him to secure both the girl
and the man, who were domiciled in a
house kept by a oolored woman named
Bobinson, in that delectable locality
known as Shinbone alley. He at once
took them in charge and carried them to
the office of Magistrate Wade. The girl
is light haired, pale faced and apparent
ly not over fifteen years of age. She
gave her name first as Annie Hall, bnt
afterwards confessed that her right name
was Slater, though she insisted that she
was colored, having probably been
prompted to do this in order to avoid be
ing detained in custody until her parents
can be heard from. She is undoubtedly
white in complexion, but not in taste, as
she boldly asserted that she loved the
dually mas, and that he treated her bet
ter than any one else had. The man is a
light mulatto, auout thirty years of age,
and gave his name as Ben Tillman. He
is from Tattnall county, bat had become
acquainted with the girl while working
in Bulloch when this strange attachment
was formed. The parties were commit
ted to jail for safe keeping, and informa
tion will be sent to the girl’s mother, who
is a widow.
The Jonesboro Newt says the farmers
of Clayton oonnly are in the dumps.
Some of them say their corn is ent short
by half, some say they will not make a
bushel per acre, others say they will not
make half a bushel to ten acres. Cotton
nearly aa bad.
Mb. Whet Buses, of Clayton county,
has lost three grown children from ty
phoid fever sinoe .December.
Tun Augusta News has this ‘ ‘thrilling
incident” of Mr. Stephens’ speech last
Wednesday at Washington :
A thrilling ineident occurred after the
cJoae of his speech. Large numbers of
people had crowded the stand, when it fell
with an appalling crash. A thrill of
horror went through the crowd when it
was known that Mr. Stephens fell with
ft; but he was quickly raised and held up
to sight, and when it was announced that
ho was unhurt, cheer after cheer rent the
air.
The Sandersville Herald reports re
freshing rains in that county last Sunday
night, and againon Thursday.
The Columbus Times tays:
The Stockholders of the People’s Line
of Btpamers met yesterday at the Baiford
Horae, and decided to have the Big Foot
rebuilt. .The eontrect was let to the Co
lumbus Iron Works, which company is lo
have her ready for operation in sixty
days. The savings of the wreck of the
Big Foot are te be brought to this city as
soon as the river rises high enough for
boats to oome to thlB point.
Tne boat is to be delivered to the own
ers on the first of Ootober, at aoostof
$7,500. Such materials of the Big Foot
aa can be are to be employed. Captain
J. G. Blaln is to superintend the construc
tion of the hull and other wood work.
TheCuthbertlVesPress says amove*
ment is on foot "to have a branch of the
Agricultural College at Athens estab
lished at this point. The board of trus
tees of the Baptist College and the board
of trustees of the B&ndolph Male High
School, have made a joint tender of toe
property of both schools for this purpose.
Tbe city owas an interest in the Male
School property, and the Council met this
morning and ratified the action of the
hoard of trusiees. Hon. John T. dark
and Hon. A. Hood have been appointed
to make the tender, and negotiate for all
oonoerned.”
The same paper speaks of a "strange
phenomenon ” which occurred there last
Wednesday. It says:
On yesterday afternoon, about three
o'clock p. m., a volume of smoke, which
lasted but a moment, was seen to rise up
from the ground, in the center of the
street, on tbe south side of the Court
House, as if coming directly from the
earth. It was noticed by several gentle
men, who are at a loss to explain the
mystery. The spot was immediately ex
amined, and neither a hole nor a sign of
fire was to be seen anywhere.
Can it ba possible that old "Split
Hoof” is coming to pay our friends down
there a-visit?
The Sandersville Herald reports as
follows:
A murder was committed on Tuesday
night, 16th Inst., at the log yard at the
extreme end of Perkins & Bro’s. Railroad,
twelve miles from L&wtonville, by John
Shaw, from Barnwell county, S. C„ upon
the person of Henry Verbals, from Salis-
brry, N. C.
On Tuesday night a party of several
persons in the employment of Perkins &
Bto„ were going to a store about a mile
gjgtant, and persuaded Mr. Verbals to go
with them.
Shaw, it seems, endeavored to raise a
difficulty at the store with Verbals, but
Mr. V. avoided it, but on returning,
Shaw attacked Verbals once or twice,
accusing him of having his bottle of
brandy peaches. This Verbals denied. At
tbe Ho. 2 mil), some one overheard voices
crying out, “Catch him, G—d d—n him,
and cut his throat.” The party returning
told of tbe murder, and the next day an
inquest was held over tho body, and a
verdict was rendered that the deceased
was murdered by Sh&w.
Shaw, in default of bail, was sent to
jail.
The new Georgia Railway offices at
Augusta will cost$6,000, and will be fin
ished by October 1.
The Augusta Chronicle says tho Vau-
duBe factory, at Graniteville. South Car
olina, wbb commenced ontiie 23d of July,
1877, and before July 23,18787 the ma
chinery wa3 all in position and the wheel
running. " The building is one of the
most solid and substantial in the United
States. The foundation is made of
granite, quarried a hundred yards dis
tant. The stone is close and hard-
grained, and it fa said that no better can
be fonnd in the South. Above the stone
foundation arise the main walk, of brick,
carefully laid. The building is three
stories in height (exclusive of the base
ment), and Is 236 feet long by 74 wide.
The first story is used as the weaving
room, the second as the card room and
pickery, and the third as the spinning
room. The capacity is three hundred
looms, and t< r. thousand spindles.- The
machinery : s a l of the moBt improved
pattern. The greater part of it was
manufactured in Biddeford, Maine. A
part was purchased in Lowell, Massa
chusetts, and the "slashers” were ob
tained from England.
Sprinklers are placed in the card and
spinning rooms as well as in the pickery,
so that any part of the building can be
instantly flooded in case of fire. Mr. H.
H. Hickman, President of the company,
stated to a Chronicle reporter yesterday,
in response to an inquiry, that all the
machinery in the mill would probable be
running by the 1st of October next, and
that half of it might be put to work by
the 15th of September. About two hun
dred operators will be employed in the
mill.
The annual meeting of toe Btockhold>
ers of the Atlanta and West Point Railway
was held at Atlanta on Tuesday. The to
tal gross earnings of the road for toe
past year were $321,10456, and the net
earnings over all expenses, $113,435.40.
A semi-annual dividend cf four per cent,
was declared. All the old officers were
re-elected.
The Atlanta correspondent of the
Greensboro Herald writes that "General
Gordon’s friends think that he will have
no real opposition for re-aleotlon to the
Senate. The legislature is said to be
solid for him. He is perhaps the most
popular man in Georgia te-day.”
The Augusta Chronicle, of Friday,
says Robert E. Lee Hitt, aged thirteen,
was drowned while bathing in toe Savan
nah river last Thursday afternoon.
Tomatoes were selling in Augusta at
thirty cents per bushel last Friday.
The Washington Gazette says the dry
weather ha3 killed some of the stalks in
the cottonfields completely; and the late
com patches look like onion beds, tbe
blades are so twisted by the hot sun.
The Colnmbna Times announces the
death, last Thursday morning, in that
city, of Major JeBse J. Bradford, a well
known citizen of that place, aged abont
forty years. He waa a gallant Confed
erate soldier, and had been sheriff of the
comity and clerk of the. Superior Court:
The same paper has the following:
Mr. Bennington, who lives some six
teen miles in Alabama, happened to a
very serious, and perhaps fatal, accident
yesterday morning. When near the
brickyard in upper Girard, coming to
town, the horse which he was driving to
a small express wagon became frightened
at the dram of a oolored picnic party,
and began to kick himself loose from the
wagon. Mr. K., who was sitting in tho
front of the wagOB, was unable to get
out, and received three terrible kicks,
fractnring his Tight leg very badly, and
fearfully bruising his breast and jaw.
The horse finally kicked loose from the
wagon, which fact may have saved Mr.
Kennington’s life.
Mb. J.B. Wynn, well known in Troup
county, waB so seriously injured last
week at La Fayette, Ala., by the falling
of a roof, as to cause his deatn a few days
since.
The LaGrange Reporter has the follow
ing:
Last Saturday night, a young man by
the same of Watson, living near Stand
ing Rock, Chambers county, Ala., anont
a dozen miles west of LaGrange, was
brutally murdered. We have heard the
following report of tbe affair:
It was quarterly mooting at standing
Reck church. Mr. Watson, who waa a
pious exemplary young man, was at
church; and while Esv. Mr. Whitten,
the presiding elder, was preaching, he
heard some disturbance among his mules,
and went out to see about it. He dis
covered that one of Us mules had been
unhitched and that a man had it a short
distance off. He halted the man, and
called ont, "That’s my mule; what are
you going to ao with him ?” The other
cursed him and said "come and get him.”
Watson started towards him, when the
man shot him centrally in the abddmen,
which cam ed Us death next morning.
It is not known who was the murderer;
hut BUBpicion rests on one William Hol
liday. Holliday is said to be a desperate
character, and he was missing from his
home next day, and wob seen in Georgia.
Of course this is only suspicion.
We find the following in (he Dublin
Post:
Tne arrest on last Monday of Mrs.
Perry, widow of the late|Mr. John Perry,
who died last May, has again set to wag
ging all tbe gossipping tongues of tbe
community, and exoited afresh the glit
tering dreams of the parties oonoerned.
A few months before Mr, Perry died,
he told his son, Edward Perry, that he
had $4,000 in gold buried, whloh he in
tended for his ohildren by Us first wife—
that he had given his second wife and her
only son, Bawls Perry, what he had in
tended for them—that no one knew ex-
oept himself and wife where the said
$4,000 was buried—that she would in
form Um (Edward Perry) after Us (John
PerryV) death where the gold was
buried, A few days after his fath
er’s death, Edward Perry went over and
asked for the will, and made some gen
eral inquiries, to see if the widow would
produoe toe $4,000 of her own aeoord.
But she made no illosion to it whatever.
He then asked her about it direotly. She
confessed that her late husband bad left
the money as Edward stated,—said Bhe
had been and dag for It, bat failed to find
it. She adheres to it, that the money is
somewhere in the neighborhood of where
she dng, bnt she can’t reooiieet exactly
where. On examlnatTon It was fonnd
that she had dng bnt one hole—that the
bottom of that hole showed the Impres
sion of a little square box—and two ne
groes testify that they saw Mrs. Perry
and her daughter-in-law (Bawls’ wife)
digging at that plaoe—that they took ont
a box and knocked off one side of it—
that one of them went to the house, re
turned with a dish-pan and pnt a portion
of the contents of the box into toe pan
and returned to toe house, taking with
them the box and the pan.
It was upon the strength of the testi
mony of these negroes which was not ob
tained till a few days ago, that Mrs. Perry
was arrested and bronght to Dublin on
Monday evening.
The fig crop about Albany is excep
tionally large this year, and a drying ma
chine is in operation.
Valdosta has shipped 24,376 pounds
of wool this year, against 21,247 pounds
in 1877.
Says the Albany Advertiser:
Lass3 in Worth County.—The pros
pects of a steady appreciation in the
prices of lands in Worth county are well
assured. From the increasing demand
by parties desirous of entering into sheep
raising, these lands are now held at
higher figures than they were a short
time ago. •
A few days ago a gentleman from Nic
aragua was prospecting in Worth for
the purpose of securing grazing lands to
start a sheep ranch.
General Gordon’s recent investment
will call renewed attention to sheep hus
bandry in this section, and is in itself a
valuable advertisement of the advanta
ges of Worth county lands for that in
dustry.
Mr. Eiswald has stocked his farm with
splendid Cotswold sheep, and is provided
with shepherds, dogs and every requisite
for entering into the bnainees upon a
large scale.
We understand that Hon. B. H. Hill
contemplates purchasing land in Worth
and starting a sheep ranch.
Emigration to Sumter Countt.—We
find the following in the last Sumter Re
publican :
Cod. Hancock :—
With the hope of improving our sec
tion of the State, and enoouraging emi
gration, and introdnoing into our midst,
honest and thrifty farmers, I have, daring
the present year, been writing and pub
lishing in New England agricultural pa
pers, a series of articles descriptive of this
section. In these articles I have volun
teered to answer any inquiries, and, as a
result, I am in daily receipt of letters
from all parts of toe North, from parties
desiring to emigrate here—some desiring
to come and buy land, others to lease, and
others to hire as laborers. In view of
this, I will thank yon to say through the
columns of the Republican to oar people,
that if any of them are in want of suoh
labor, or desire to sell or lease their farms,
if they will call on me or address me a
few lines, I will pnt them in correspon
dence with such as I think will enit them.
It this is done,- I think, the day Is very
near when out seotion will ba well filled
with honest, hard-working New England
farmers (the most industrious people in
the United State?,) onr property much
enchanoed in valne, and all of ns more
prosperous. Very truly,
F.E. Bubke.
Closing Exercises of Sam Tlliteu
High School.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
Boarding the 8:40 Atlanta train yesterday
morning, your correspondent arrived in
a short while at Smart s station, and there
exohanging his iron horse for one of flssh
and blood, soon fonnd himself on the
grounds of the Sam Tilden High School,
an Institution under tho management of
Professor J. H. Brooks. Under an im
mense arbor which bad been constructed
for the occasion, a largo crowd from all
parts of the country was assembled.
Beginning abont 8 a. m., al
most tbe entire morning was
taken np in examinations, including
the branches of spelling, English gram
mar, readiBg, arithmetic, geography, al
gebra, Latin and French grammviand
reading, geometry and the higher math
ematics. During the entire exercises,
we could not but remark the air of per
fect confidence with which the pupils
discharged their duties as they were suc
cessively called upon. There were un
mistakable evidences of thorough train
ing and close application. In proof of
the esteem in which Professor Brooks is
held, we need only say that he has drawn
several pupils from Forsyth, a3 well as
from sections of the country many miles
distant. At the close of the examina
tion, and after an interval filled with mu
sic, Judge Tripp, of Atlanta, was intro
duced to the audience.
The jndge promised at the outset to
be brief, and, contrary to the general
rul9, made good his word. U9 ad
dressed his remarks entirely to the pu
pils of the school, and in a manner sim
ple, forcible and eloquent, impressed
upon them the great importance of even
the youngest of them discharging his or
her whole duty. The address, from be
ginning to 6nd, was replete with wise
oonnsel and earnest admonition, and was
folly worthy its distinguished author.
At 2:30 p. m. the audienoe reassembled
to witness the performance of the sohool
in declamation and composition
ret-i g. A glance at the pro
gramme at once convinced ns fhat
both selections and compositions
were fresh and' original in character.
“Spartlcns to the Gladiators,*’ “Has the
Gentleman done?” "Let no man dare,
eto.,” and many other old veterans in the
oaose of school-boy oratory were, for the
onoe, laid aside, and something new and
fresh, many of toe pieoes being of Pro
fessor Brooks’own composition, substi
tuted for them. The pupils, although
many of them are quite small, acquitted
themselves admirably. We overheard
Jadge Trippe remark that "no children
of their age ooniddo better.”
At the close of these exeroises the audi
ence was addressed for a few moments
by Mr. H. M. Smith, of Macon, who was
followed by Mr. D. U. Fletcher, late of
Vanderbilt University. Mr. Fletoherhas
a very pleasant delivery, and, for several
mlnntes, held the perfeot attention of
his hearers. He displays a depth and
versatility of thought beyond his years
and is ranked among the most promising
yonng men of his oounty.
The large audience again dispersed to
assemble again at 1 o’clock.
Rev. W. R. Foote, of Augusts, who
was to have opened tbe entertainment
with an address, was unavoidably absent,
mnoh to the regret oftboBe who bad
heard tbe gentleman before. The even
ing’s entertainment consisted of music,
charades, reoitations and declamations,
and the programme f airly sparkled with
jewels of wit and pathos. We fee 1 that
just here we should call espeoial attention
to the musical department of the school,
which Is under the management of Miss
Turner, of Forsyth. This lady by her
indomitable will and energy in her own
department is doing much towards build
ing np the school, and in preparing for
the entertainment jnst closed proved
herself of inestimable assistance to Prof.
Brooks. Her pupils displayed a degree
ofprofloienoy that reflected great credit
both upon themselves and teacher. The
nrogramme was occasionally varied with
performances by Mr. Lamar Smith, of
Forsy thj who is a perfeot genius on the
stage. He gave exhibitions of his ven-
triloquiatic powers which, except in
strength, were equal to any professional.
The entire entertainment was interesting
in the extreme; and when tbe hour of
twelve drew nigh the crowd dispersed,
and happy and content, betook them
selves to their several homes.
Nuntius.
Yea, Verily.
Nashville American.]
Washington is said to be the warmest
plaoe in the United States. Two Presi
dents have lost their lives In its malarial
atmosphere. And yet there are three or
four men willing to risk the White House
for four years with a chance of eight.
We are very brave people.
marsballvllle Agricultural Fair
Editor* ltltgrajih and Messenger. The
tenth annual Fair of the Marahallvfile
Agricultural Society came qff on the 19tb
and 20th of Jnly.
The display of agricultural products
was quite creditable, considering the
depressed state of the planting commun
ity,from the disastrous drought now upon
03.
The attendance was very large. Some
estimate the number as high as twenty,
five hundred. The supply of water was
unavoidably deficient. The society very
much regret the fact that water could
notbeprocurred. - —
The number of exhibitors waB much
larger than last year. Among tho largest
contributors in agricultural products we
note the names of John Martin, Hon.
L. M. Felton, Hon. James D. Frederick,
Rev. W. H. Willis, C. K. Seen, Captain
D. B. Fredrick, Captain T. J. Massey, Col.
G. H. Slappy, M. J. Hatcher, I. F.
Humph, Captain E. B. Baldwin, and
many others, whose names will appear
in toe following awarded premiums:
PREMIUMS awarded.
For the largest and best display of field
crops and garden products by single plan
ter—John Martin.
For the largest and best display of
stock by a single planter—John Martin.
For the best display of old home-rais
ed side meat and hams, old home-raised
corn and fodder, home-raised floor, corn
meal, syrnp, and one quart ley hominy
made of old corn—John Martin.
Special mention is made of the fact
that Mr. John Martin had on exhibition
one hundred different articles. For the
benefit of those who insist that farming
will not pay we mention this fact. Mr.
John Martin commenced farming after
the war without a dollar. He has done
nothing else—followed no other busi
ness. He now owns a good plantation,
well stocked, free of debt and incum
brance, and a little money to loan.
The display of the abOTe articles by L.
M. Felton, J. D. Fredrick, J. H. Pharr,
W. H. Felton and D. B. Fredrick, carried
me book to the good old days of 1850.
The premium for the best display in
the culinary department was awarded to
Mrs. D. H. Booton. The display con
sisted of fifty-three different articles of
eatables, cakes, wines, jellies, breads,
chicken, cooked in every conceivable way,
and a host of nice things that we couldn’t
mention.
The premium for the best display of
needle work and fine art combined, was
awarded to Mrs. Lou C. Cornwell. The
display was very good.
The premium for the prettiest bouquet
of flowers was awarded to Mrs. Sallie
Cook. Tbe bouquet was artistically ar
ranged and skilfully designed, consisting
of quite a large selection of choice flowers
raised alone by Mrs. Cook.
The premium for the prettiest cake was
awarded Mu. Lon C. Cornwell.
The election for the prettiest young
lady, resulted in the choice of Miea Han
nah Slappy.
Honorable mention is made by tbe
awarding committee of the following
FILD crop?:
Best corn, Colonel T. L. Daglar; best
stalk of cotton, William Mustlewhite; best
upland rioe, E. B. Baldwin; best cleaned
wheat, John Martin; beat cleaned oats,
Dorsey Rnmpb; best oleaned barley, John
Martin; best oleaned rye, D. B. Fredrick;
best wheat in sheaf, Captain T. J. Massey;
best oats in sheaf, Colonel 0. N. Round-
tree; best sweet potatoes, W. T. Newman;
best ribbon sugar cane, W. F. Bennett;
best golden rod oane, G. H. Slappy; best
ohnfas, T. J. Massey; beatgroundpeas, G.
H. Slappy; best field peas, G. H. Slappy.
garden products.
Best eabbage. Rev. P. W. Twitty; best
beets, Rev. P. W. Twitty; best Irish po
tatoes, W. H, Felton; best onions, W. H.
Felton; best tomatoes, S. H. Rnmpb ;
best beans, G. H. Slappy; best sqaashes,
D. B. Fredrick ; best English peas, John
Martin.
STOCK.
Beat team of six mules, W. H. Felton;
best pair of males, W. H. Felton; best
single male, J. D. Fredrick; best family
of horses, D. B. Fredrick- best blooded
msre, W. H. Lowe; best horse colt under
6months, Jack Turner; best horse colt
over 6 and under 12 months, D. B. Fred-
riok; best horse colt between 1 and 2
years, divided between J. S. Baldwin and
T. J. Simmons; best horso colt 3 years
old, John Martin; best mule colt under 6
months, John Martin; best mule colt
over 6 months, G. H. Slappy.
The display in this department was
very fine.
HOGS.
Best Berkshire, John Martin; best
common stock, H. H. Hafre.
The display in this department was very
fine. The failure of exhibitors to num
ber the boxes caused the committee to
make bat a partial report.
MECHANICAL.
BeBt cotton gin, exhibited by W. H.
Felton, O. H. Miller; beat one horso
wagon, sweep plow, plow stock, W. F.
Bennett.
PRESERVED FRUIYS.
_ Beat display, Mr. John Martin; good
display, O. J. Masste. Special mention
of the display by Mrs. D. W. Massie,
Mrs. J. D. Fredrick, Miss Fannie Mc-
Oaskie, Mrs. Lillian NixoD, Miss Amanda
Gammage and Mr.D. B. Fredrick.
FRUITS.
For the largest and best display, S. H.
Rumph; for the largest and best display
of grapes and pears, L. A. and M. F.
Snow; best single watermelon, S. H.
Rumph; best display of watermelons—six
melons weighing 235 pounds—J. S. Bald
win. Mr. S. H. Rumph, of "Willow Lake
Nursery,” exhibited twenty-nine varieties
of peaches, all ripe.
N. L. and M. F. Snow, of “Magnolia
Nursery,” exhibited nine varieties of
pears and six varieties of grapes.
jlColonel Thomas Dixon took the ribbon
on a basket of Chinese Cling peaches.
Special mention is made of a number
of bed qnilts exhibited by Mrs. George
H. Slappy, made with her own hands,
one of them made in 1829, the other re
cently. She is sixty-two years of age.
God bless onr mothers. ,
Mrs. M. J. Hatober, also had some fine
quilts.
Special mention is made of tbe artisti
cally execution oil paintings exhibited by
Miss Enla Felton, Mies Vioker Walker,
and Miss Jane Fredrick.
The tonrnament was quite enjoyable.
First Knight, Mr. James Barron, seoond,
Mr. Jnle Fredriok, third, Mr. Thomas
Duglas.
Ohl Guileless Child of New Eng*
land!
Philadelphia Time*.]
The faith of the kind that removes
mountains is fonnd in the office of the
Springfield Republican. That journal
"believes Mr. Hayes will continue a
steady and increasing pressure in favor'
of a clean and efficient administration.",
Tho remark waa made in full view of the
new deal in New York, the decapitation
of Postmaster Parker and the appoint
ment of Levisee to a place in the internal
revenue service. Ob, guilders child of
New England!
It Has Commenced.
Washington Star.]
Since Treasurer Gilfillau, in the latter
part of last week, sent out notifications
to the national banks that they conld
obtain aa many silver dollars—free of
transportation—for greenbacks aa they
wanted, orders for them have come pil
ing in at a rapid rate considering the
short time intervening between the pres
ent date and last Thursday, when the
notifications were sent ont by maiL Up
to the close of business to-day twenty
banks had responded, toe amount of sil
ver taken by them being $310,000. The
orders received whioh make np this
amount came from national banks in
Vermont, Maryland, New York; Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, Ohio,
Illinois, South Carolina, Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Connecticut. A Connecticut
firm writes to Mr. Gilfillan: "We will
take $5,000 in silver, bnt the Lord only
knows what we are going to do with it.”
There is no donbt bnt that the long neg
lected silver dollar will soon begin to
circulate freely.
tit* Heat and ttae Misery of tbe
Poor In New York.
New york Times, 19th.]
A The terrible heat fell with merciless
severity upon the poor who live in tene
ments, the class of persons who can not
runaway to toe seaside or even presume
to think of a ferryboat trip or a sail down
the bay to Coney Island. While the day
wrought misery the night was one of
restlessness, of discomfort, or of torture.
No one who has not visited the tenement
quarters at night, when the homes of the
poor are overheated, stiffline and unin
habitable, can form an idea of the
wretchedness which the coming of the
‘‘hot wave” imposes-upon them. With
them it is no passing jeBt, bnt a grim,
terrible reality—a palpable horror. In
the populous districts of the First Ward
the denizens swarmed ont of their
wretched apartments, and down to the
Battery, where they defied police and
ordinances and scattered over .the
cool, green lawns, seeking under the
canopy of heaven alone that rest
which they oonld not get in filthy and
cramped apartments along Greenwloh and
Washington streets. A few eoald spare
money to pay for a plunge in the bath,
but to-the large majority thiB was a lax
ary far‘'beyond their means, and these
poor ones were oompelled to be satisfied
with a breath of air from the broad bay.
Along the East Side there were scenes
that would have tonohed the hearts of
many fortunate persons who were enjoy
ing the sweet, fresh air of the shore or
the fields, while the miserable poor were
gasping for breath, and the ohildren
were-orying for the relief and rest whioh
oonld not Be obtained. In Water and
Front streets the entire population was
fonnd on the doop-atepe. This was again
the case in Cherry street, and
with pillows under their heads, boots off,
men were fonnd stretohed.ont on tracks,
and nothing to keep toe grateful
night air fiom them bat a shirt and
trousers. Farther up town, in Oak street,
along New Chambers, Cherry, New Bow
ery, and Division, there were myriads of
people, great and small, about the door
ways. Children ran crying after fretful
mothers, who held moaning babie3 in
their tired arms. In Ohryatie street,
where the population in tenements is
very dense, the din of the oat-door crowd
was deafening. The close saloons, hot
with the glare of the gas-lamps, were de
serted. In one place the baby carriages
lined the walk] each carriage containing
a sleeping or crying infant. The houses
were found by actual inspection to he
nearly deserted—not only by the
eick, however, the miserable ones
who could not escape the heat
and close apartments. To get into
a doorway one had to tread over groups
of women and children, scant of olotbiog
and happy to be in tbe open air. No
grnmbling, no- word of oomplaint was
heard from any of these. Bat in Eliza
beth and Mott streets, among the rear
houses, ont of reaoh of toe faint breeze,
were families of Italians, who spread
themselves out in squalid areas, lying
down on doorsteps, and even cn the damp
pavements of court yards, indifferent to
exposure and only anxious to find a spot
cooler than their apartments, in whioh
a stranger could scarcely breathe. On
Mulberry street near Bayard, the throng
wbb so great as to be almost impassable.
The reporter stepped into an alley at the
entrance to which a woman nurs
ed a puny infant in her arms. The
child was a miserable weakling, and
the mother could not hush its cries.
"Why don’t you take it over the ferry?
Give it a breath of fresh air.” "Oh, sir,
£ can’t 1 I’ve one sick and two others to
look out for and feed. The baby has
cried all day with the heat. I couldn’t
go away, for I had the washin’, and I’ve
no husband to work for the others. If it
be cooler, we get along all right.” The
same ECene3 were .witnessed along the
streets about the Five Points. In one
place a curious and labghable eight was
seen. On a horse trough, over the slip
pery edges of which the Croton water
flowed with many splashes, a group of
batf a dozen nude children was found,
stealing a bath in the very highway.
No: far off a policeman was marching
the other way.
Ho had seen the sight, but—the corner
was dark, the ohildren were small, and a
little water would not hart them. On
Baxter street, that hive of poor people,
every door-step and cellar-dcor was filled
with women and children; and here again
were found mothers with wailing infants
in their arms, while smaller children
slept peacefully upon bits of carpet or
blankets thrown down on the pavement.
Going inside one of these houses was to
face suffocation. The smell of dank cel
lars filled tho halls, and the back yards
were heavy from tbe sickening odors from
great heaps of rags. The officer, who
walked in to show the reporter the way,
pointed out a dozen figures of men
rag-pickera who had toiled all day in the
sweltering inn, searching the dust heaps
for tbe veiy rubbish upon whioh they are
now sleeping, or attempting to sleep, for
they moved restlessly when they found
strangers were about, and spoke petu
lantly in Italian, as if th6y resented in-
trnsion. It would not be overstating the
faot to say that three-fomths of the ten
ants in tbe poorer class of houses spent
half of last night in the streats. Some
women dSolared to the reporter that they
wonld keep their babies ont si! night if
the rain did not drive them iD, for to take
them to their rooms, where they would
be out off from sll oironlation of air,
wonld be to rob them of sleep altogether.
The number of siok ohildren, those who
needed tb9 oare.of a physician, did not
appear lo be large, bnt the host of un
comfortable, peevish babies and little
ones was Innumerable.
Isn’t Ttasit H|nd of a Girl.
Cincinnati Enquirer.]
The reason a girl can not throw missiles
with ancoess is because her oollar-bone is
too long. Gail Hamilton isn’t that kind
of a girJ. Bhe has the sort of a oollar-
bone of a boy, and Bhe telescopes it when
she slings mod at the Administration.
"In the Sweet By and By.*’
Cincinnati Enquirer]
Benator Blaine sits oh the stern and
rock-bound coast of Maine, in his bare
feet and a blue flannel batbing-smt, tick
ling the tide with his toes and ham
ming "In the sweet by and by,” say
about 1880.
One Point that li Settled.
Philadelphia North Americas, Rad.]
On one point wa may as well all. make
np onr minds. It is not potsible to rale
the Bonth in the name and by the aid of
the oolored race alone. We may and
should maintain their rights and onr own.
Bnt to attempt to make the raoe tbe rul
ing element at the Sonth is neither desir
able nor practicable.
What They Will Do.
Philadelphia Time*.]
The visiting statesmen sing “Auld
Lang Syne” at-the matinees of the Potter
committee down on the Jersey coast.
There are requests for a repetition of .the
roaring comedy entitled "The Quadroon
Ball,” bnt none of the female members
of the troupe have been engaged for the
present season.
Us Hind Unstrung.
Cincinnati Enquirer.]
In an interview with the New York
Tribune the Essex statesman delivers him
■elf of the opinion that one of the two old
parties most collapse. He olaims that
there wi!i be but two parties, the Nation
al and one other. Bntier thinks the
Republican party has the most vitality,
hence the Democrats must prepare for
dissolution. Benny’s mind is unstrung.
Didn’t Quite Get There.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. |
The Chicago Tribune informs ns that
during the recent heated term a large
number of St. Louis people fled to Chi
cago. No; they didn’t got quite to Chi
cago. They started for that point, but
they began to smell the Chicago river
about a hundred miles this side, and
turned hack. As between sunstroke and
stink-stroke, they preferred the chanoes
of the former to the certainty of the lat
ter.
Up an African River.
In a second letter, dated at Monrovia,
Mr. Williams, correspondent of the
Charleston News and Courier, gives a
highly interesting report of an expedi
tion np the St. Paul's River ariff some of
its tributaries—along letter which* that
paper hastily summarizes thus:
Seizing the first opportunity, Mr. Wil
liams, in a boat well manned with Krco-
men, started off on an expedition np the
St. Paul’s River. The scenery on Stock-
ton Creek is strangely beautiful. How
familiar, too, are the names of the settle
ments on the Creek, and on the St.
Paul's. Here are New Georgia, Cald
well, Lower and Upper Virginia, and
Clay-Ashland. Birds of gorgeons plum
age hover about' the dense vegetation
on .the hanks. The air is rich with
perfume. On every side waves the
feathery palm. Animals abound. The
hippopotamus and the alligator bask in
the mud of the creeks. Deer are in the
coverts. Panthers, porcupines, squirrels,
and many kinds of monkeys are found in
profusion. In the vegetable kingdom!
the variety of genuB and species iB al
most infinite. With the fever plant ma
larial fever is cured; the soap-tree fur
nishes ready-made soap; the tooth-plant
supplies tooth-brushes; the hemorrhage
plant is a a powerful styptic; then come
pepper, ginger, indigo, lye-plants, the
cassada, which is a staple article of food,
and the glorious palm, rich in diverse
usefulness, and so highly esteemed tha
a heavy fine is imposed on any one wh
destroys it. This is only the beginning.
Rice grows wild, although most of
the rice used by the Liberians is im
ported from Eorope. The coffee trees
bear in the third year, each tree produc
ing from one to five pounds of berries,
worth 25 cents a pound. One large tree
that was noticed produces from five to
t9n pounds. Cotton-is not a plant, but 3
bush or tree. One cotton bush was 8 feet
high and 12 feet broad. It had yielded
for nine years, often twice a year, from
2.000 to 3,000 bolls. No replanting is
necessary, except every twelve or fifteen
years. The cotton grows without any
cultivation. Nor is Liberia wanting in
mineral?. Iron ore is fonnd which giveB
85 percent, of pure metal.
Nature has done so much for Liberia
and man so little! The houses are
cramped and in bad repair. Liberians
live mainly on canned meats and imported
vegetables. Of fruit no store is kept.
The only means of travelling on the St.
Haul’s is by the common dug-out. Profit
able as is the culture of the sugar cane,
there are only two or three mills on the
whole river. Mr. Williams eaw milk in
but two places.
A Tribute to. Southwest Georgia
On the 6th of this month the fruit
growers of Fulton county were assembled
at their usual place, in the Agricultural
Department in the capitol, with a fine
display before them and many visitors.
Our own honored Governor was present.
After the members had made their little
speeches concerning their exhibits ac
cording to their custom, Governor Col
quitt was called upon. He stated that
he had no speech to make, bnt would like
to ask a question. He said toat he no
ticed that every speaker yielded the
palm to Mr. Jenkins, and asked whether
the credit was due to the manor the land?
The president of the meeting answered,
that we had last year, in Macon, at our
State Hoiticultural Convention, the finest
peach sho w that was ever on this continent
and Mr. Jenkins had not only the largest
peaches bnt the largest apples on ex
hibition, and they were grown on his
farm in Southwest Georgia. One mem
ber stated that the Chinese Cling grew to
weigh nine ounces. Another stated that
Mr. Jenkins had them in Macon weighing
fourteen ounces. Mr. Jenkins then stat
ed that it was true that he had peaches
at Macon weighing fourteen ounces, anS
six of them sold for $3.15; that the ap
ples referred to were awarded a silver
medal at the-American Fomologic&l Con
vention at Baltimore, that these facts
were published in tho newspapers, and a
reliable party in an adjacent county to
the one in which hi3 fruit farm, "Harvest
Home,” is, having written to him that he
grew Chinese Clings weighing seventeen
ounces, he inferred that the credit was
due to the land and not to the man.—
Sunny South.
THAT CONFOUNDED FIVE*
YEAR-OLD.
A Bkort Story Showing What a
OueiSIded Man Herod Was.
New York World.]
A pretty little girl, fivo years old, with
one of those sugar-loaf hats modeled after
Fra Diavolo’s in the play no doubt, came
on board the Staton Island ferry boat3
Westfield last evening. In her train was
a weary-looking middle-aged lady, whom
she treated with condenscension and
called ‘Auntie.’ After tha young lady
had found a comfortable seat in the bow
of the tost she allowed her aunt to take
a camp-stool near by. When the boat
started she began a systematic method of
torture, to which the middle-aged lady
submitted with wonderful resignation.
•Is that water, auntie?’ she asked,
pointing to the bay.
•Yes, dear,’ said the weary-looking
lady.
‘Did the rain make all that water?’
‘No, darling.’
‘Why didn’t the rain make all that
water?’
•Oh, tho rain wouldn’t affect it, you
know.”
‘Why wouldn’t the rain 'feet it ?’
‘Ob, yon can’t understand that how.’
‘Why can’t I understand it?’
‘Never mind; do keep still, that’ a dear;
auntie's head aohee.’
‘What makes your head ache, auntie ?’
‘The heat, I suppose.’
■What makes tha heat?’
The sun, of coarse, dear.’
•What is the enn?’
‘You know what the sun ia well enough;
I shan’t answer that.’
Tbe little girltwisted uneasily in her
chair fora moment and then burst out
with the question:
■What makes horse’s bones ?’
‘I don’t know,* said tho aunt, in a des
pairing tone.
‘I think they’re made ont of skin,’ said
the little girl, with an air of conviction.
•Yes, they're made ont of skin an’ hair
an’ wool an’ rnbner; that’s what horses’
bones is made ont of.*
’Yes, dear,* said the shameless woman,
"If my pa gets that bone taken opt of
Us leg he’ll give me ’iB watch. Wonld
yon have a bone taken ont of yonr leg,
auntie?”
"Yon ridicnlooB obild, of coarse not.”
"Wbynoi?”
"Ob, keepBtill.”
The yonng women then got npand
nearly fell over the rail into the water.
The aont uttered a shriek, add the writer,
mnoh against his will, rescued the yonng
lady.
‘Thank yon, sir,” said tbe aunt.
“What foi?” asked tbe terrible infant.
“For nothing,” said tbe reamer.
“Auntie, did yon ever see a little dioky
bird flirt np its tail an’ sine?”
“Yw, dear.”
“Whew?”
“I mean no, dear.” (Desperately).
‘‘Did yon see that colored lady,anntie ?
She had on a fearful pretty hat, ever so
much prettier than yours—I want to go
home.”
•Ton mustn’t go home; yonr mamma is
sick, and yon must go with me.”
“What makes mamma sick?”
“Never mind, she’ll be well again in a
week or two,”
“Bat I want to know what makes her
siok?”
‘‘Never mind, dear.”
“Why?”—but juBt then the boat
swung up to her pier at Stapleton, and
the inquisitive young lady and her sub
missive aunt disembarked.
Cincinnati is Distances.—The beer
shops in New York are now vending toe
ager at three cents a glass all round—
from sohooners down to ponies. Der
leggezidemond is great
Ex-Secretary Flab on Grant.
Interview in New York Herald.]
“Do you regard it os very probable
that the Democrats will have the next
President.”
“No. I think that the Republican
party has still a very good chance to car
ry the next Presidential election, even if
the Democrats should gain bath houses
of Congress. The Democrats consider
themselves very strong in the South; but
if the consolidation of the South for tho
Democrats is pressed too much, the
North may rally round the Republican
party. Remember that of the old free
States the Democrats in the last election
only carried four—New York, New Jer
sey, Connecticut and Indiana.”
“As against either of the Democratic
candidates whom yon have named, how
would Grant run?”
“General Grant ha3 still a very large
following.”
“In spite of’—your correspondent
queried, hesitatingly.
“In spite of everything,” Mr. Fish in
terrupted, with emphatic earnestness.
“General Grant has atill a great hold
upon the country. He could get from
the Democrats such votes as no other
man conld get. At the same time I ad
mit that he would lose certain Republi
can votes; bnt remember that in 1872 he
had to encounter the same opposition and
overcame is easily.”
A slice From tbe Heart of Gotb-
New York Evening Foit.J
It is said that the heirs of Mr. Robert
Edwards are abont to attempt to prove
their title to nearly fifty acres in the
neighborhood of Broadway and Canal
street, formerly owned by Edwards. In
the year 1770 Edwards executed a lease
of the land to the Crown of England fora
term of ninety-nine years. The lease
expired in 1871, at which time a call was
made for the legal heirs to come forward,
prove their identity, receive the lease
money and take charge of the property.
It is further claimed that Robert Edwards
married a Miss Bibb, sister of Nancy
Bibb, who married Martin Key, of Vir
ginia; that Edwards died, his widow
surviving him many years; that she died
without issue, thus leaving Nancy Bibb
Key, the wife of Martin Key, of Virginia,
and a brother heirs of the estate, and
that the lease money now dne amounts to
$90,000,000, to say nothing of tho title to
the property.
On the 20th of last April a convention
of the relatives was held at Louisa Court
House, in Virginia, at which resolutions
were passed appointing investigating
and prosecuting committees. Similar
meetings have also been held in Ken
tucky and Indiana. The cervices of
counsel have abo been secured. Among
the alleged heirs is Marcus A. Bell, of
Atlanta, Ga., whose mother was a daugh
ter of William Bibb Key, a son of Martin
and Nancy Bibb Key, of Virginia.
A Diplomatic Answer.
Cleveland Herald.]
The old man Smith, of Richfield, is a
self sufficient sort of cld fellow, and
prides himself upon hi3 riding abilities.
One day he espied his yonng hopeful
leading a colt to water rather gingerly,
andremarked:
‘Why on earth don’t yon ride that
beast?’
‘I’m ’fraid to; ’fraid he’ll throw me.’
‘Bring that horn .here,” enapped the
old man.
The colt was urged up to the fence,
and braced on one side by the boy while
the old man climbed on to the rails and
stocked himself on the colt’s hack. Then
he was let go, and the old gentleman
rode proudly off. Paralyzed by fear the
colt went slowly for about twenty rods
without a demonstration. Then ' like
lightning his four legs bunched together,
his back bowed like a viaduct arch and
the old man shot up in the air, turned
seven separate and distinct somersaults
and lit on the email of his back in the
middle of tbe road, with both legs twisted
around his neck. Hastening to him the
rang hopef ul anxiously inquired:
‘Did it hurt you, pa?’
The cld man ro3e slowly, Bhookoutthe
knots in his legs, brushed the dust from
his ears and hair and rubbing his braised
elbows, growled:
‘Well, it didn’t do me a dum bit of
good. Yon go home.’ _ $
College toe Women.—President See-
lye, of tha Smith College ,for Women at
Northampton, Mass., has keen speaking
to the Regents at Albany. He says that
the institution ia solidly established, and
has a sufficient endowment. It is the
only concern of the kind in this country,
all other higher schools for women being
combined with preparatory instruction.
Tha studies are, Mr. Seelye says, as va
ried, thorough, and of a3 high a grade as
in the best colleges of men. At -the
opening*three years ago, only fifteen of
the candidates for admission had the
requisite acquirements; the second year
there were eighteen, the third, forty-
fire, and for the next term forty. As to
the capacity of the students, he eays: “We
have had frequently professors from male
institutions to give instruction, and their
testimony is to the effect that the girls
sindy better than the boys, and that the
average scholarship is higher. It wonld
certainly be difficult to find anywhere
greater enthusiasm. We were told that
it was absurd,to arrange* for toe study of
the higher mathematios, for the feminine
mind was deficient in mathematical ca
pacity ; bnt we have thus far had a lar
ger pxopoitionof finer mathematicians
that can be fonnd In corresponding class
es of yonng men. Greek, whioh has been
so often eliminated from female educa
tion as too great a strain on tbe femi
nine intellect, has from the first been a
favorite study, and there ore Greek
soholarsjthat would honor any institu
tion.” The following is. the example of
good behavior: "Instead of hazing new
comers, the second or Sophomore olass
will give them a reception in the ut gal
lery, and introduce them to.tha older eta-
dents with toe oonrtaouB hospitality whioh
good breeding dictates.”
This is Fame.
Philadelphia Times.]
"He was the first man that Horace
Greeley ever told to git West; likewise
he was hanged for stealing a muel,” is
the record on ahnmble tomb in Kansas.
Can't Dent Robeson.
Boston Post.]
England boasts of a baronet who haB
heen stealing. That’s nothing; we have
bad a Secretary of the Navy who oonld
give any nobleman points on that accom
plishment.
Look Here, Harris.
Philadelphia Times.]
A red-headed, freckled stage-driver,
named Edward Griffin, distanced all the
heroes of fiction the other day by eloping
with and marrying a Brooklyn heiress
(worth $100,000 or so), she pocsessing
good looks as well as cash.
|Tbe sicken Thing.
St. Louis Globe Democrat.]
Some of Mr. Hayea’ friends are taking
the tronble to remind ns that he is
pledged against a second term. A second-
term movement for Mr. Hayes would be
the sickest thing of its kind known to
American politics.
A Liver Disordered rob Fifteen
Years.—For fifteen years I was a great
sufferer from a disordered Liver, during
which time I tried many of toe beBt phy
sicians in the country and almost all the
patent nostrums recommended, all to no
effeot, until I used Simmons’ Liver Reg
ulator; and from the time I used it to
this day, whioh is now several years, I
have heen comparatively a sound man,
having suffered very little since at any
time from the effects of my old disease.
Consequently, I heartily recommend its
use to the afflicted of Liver disease.
Majob A. F. Woolex,
Kingston, Ga.
Genuine prepared by J. H. Zeilin &
Co., Philadelphia. july23 Iw
ORLY AN EMIGRANT.
Only an emigrant lying there
On the rock-bound coast of Halifax Bay.
With the nit wa damp on his yellow hair.
And his race ajrhast in death's dismay!
Only an emigrant,! One of five hundred.
Hurled to hi* doom when gome one blundered.
When the rich go down we may reckon the co,t
And value their lives and what they are wort h
But who will weep for the emigrant lost, ’
Tin* dod of day which cumbered the earth!
Drive the nails ia his coffin lid, nuf
And let his corpse from our sight he hid.
But list, I pray. Leagues and league! away
In a turf-thatched, hut on the Irith shore
There are human hearts which are breaking to-
Aud eyes half blinded with pauionate team
And the dreary outlook of desolate yean.
Only an emigrant lying there,
Lifeleai and mote in Halifax Bay,
But his soul waa strong and hir skies were fair
.When he left his home—a month to-dav
He fondled hia child and kissed his wife
Ere he sought new scenes ia the battle or file.
Brawny hia hands and brave his heart
And firm his belief that the hour would coma
When those with whom he dreaded to nart
Should loin him again in a Western home
Hopeful and happy, and rich and free,
In a better land beyond the sea.
Only an emigrant’s family there.
In the Irish home where the news has sped
But the terrible look of utter despair '
Makes the face of the bring as sad aa the dead
For the light of their lives went out that day
Whan the ship struck the rocks in Halifax h&j
Only an emigrant lying there,
With his parted lips grown ashen gray,
With the sea damp on his yellow hair.
And his face aghast in death’s dismay.
O merciful God, sake his soul to Thee,
In the better land beyond the sea 1
—John Boyle G’Beily.
AFTER THEQVARREL.
Hush, my pretty one. Not yet.
Wait a little, only wait.
Other blue flowers are as wet
As your eye», outside the gato
He ha* shut forever. But
Is the gate forever shut ?
Justa yonngman in the rain
Saying (the last time r) “good night 1"
Should he never come again
Would the world be ended quite ?
Where would ail these rose-buds go?
All these robins? Do you know?
Bnt—he will not come? Why, then.
Is no other within call ?
There are men, and men, and men—
Ac d these men are brothers all.
Each swset fault of his you’ll find
Just as sweet in all hia kind.
None with eyes like his? Oh—ohf
In diviner ones did I
Look, perhaps, an hour ago.
Whose? Indeed (you must not cry)
Those I thought of—are not free
To laugh down your tears, you see.
Voice like his was never heard?
No—but better ones. I vow;
Did you ever hear a bird?
Listen, one is singing now 1
And his glovos ? His gloves? All, well.
- There are gloTes like his to sell.
At the play to-night you’ll see.
In mock velvet cloaks, mock earls
With mock jeweled swords—that he
Were a down by 1 —Now, those curls
Are the barber's pride,' I say;
Do not cry lor them, I pray.
If no one should love you? Why,
You can love some other still;
Philip Bidney. Shakespeare, aye,
Good King Arthur, if you wills
Raphael—ha was handsome, too. '
Love them, one and all. Ido.
—Mrs. S. M. B,Piatt in Scribner.
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Man never is, but always to be bleat*
So thought a leading citizen of Evans*
ville, Ind., and the reader may be eqnMv
fortunate by addressing M. A. Dm®**;
P. a Box 692, New Orleans. Bat hear
his pathetic history: '. . ..
The undersigned certifies that h« at
for collection for account of 5*- ' *
Range, of Vierling & Rungc, wholM®
druggists, Evansville, Indiana,
tenth Ticket No. 83,585,
the Louisiana State Lottery, which drew
the Second Capital Prize of Fifty Tho
sand Dollars on Tuesday, June
1878, having cost tho sum cf One
lar, and that the amount wa3
paid in a check on the Louisiana Nati°“'
alBank, on presentation of toe ticket a
the office of the Company.
M. Banistsb, Runner,
State National Bank, New Orleans.
June 1C, 1878. f 2 a [ 27 lw
Tlae ‘ Folatoe tlip”
Boston Herald.1 »
The manufacture of potato "sharing ,
has oome to be quite a business ns *®
abont Ljnn, and it is estimated that f
words of 500 people are wmptasd
business. In Ootober, 1877, Mr. Georgy
F. Sleeper, of this city, started the »*»„
ufaoture of the "Revere Beach
but did not open a large factory mAF*
them before the publio until F*mwj
1878. At first he oroked eleven
daily. A barrel of potatoes av*«jjr
about the same thebasl-
Sleeper has made arapid stride inthe
nee*, and now cooks from forty
CreU daily, has erected
tn West Lynn and employs sixty
halving, slicing, frying, *r°
ping. Nameiora barrel ot cWf
sent drily to New York, t
Providence, and low •»
to Maine and New Hampriuw*