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WHOLE NO. 212.
Ike Quitman Raporier
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JOS. TILLMAN, Prop'r.
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aped wiil be charged same rates as ordinary
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WOKS' KILLS ARE RITE.
All b'lls for advertising in this paper are
jus on the first appearance of the advert'sr
msnt, except when otherwise arranged oy
contract , and will be presented when the
money is needed.
Dr. E. A. J ELKS,
Practicing Physician.
QIJIT MA N GA.
o*ricr. : B-ick building adjoining store
of Messrs. Briggs, Jells* A Cos., Screven
•tract. [i-tf
S. T. KINCJSBERY,
Attorney at Law,
Q UITXA V, - - GEORGIA.
in new Brick Warehouse.
Business before the U. S. Patent Office
I. A. Allbritton,
Attorney at Law,
QUITMAN, - - - - GA
jub-off ge court fousr.'*^
w. A. S. IIUMPHCKrS,
Attorney at Law,
V
QUITMAN. GEORGIA.
jaff-OFFICE ia ihe Covt Ho-jne
HADDOCK & RAIFOHD,
Attorneys at Law,
QUITMAN, GEO.
Will sive prompt attention to all business
entrusted to their cure.
over Kuyton’s store.
Dr. J. S. N. Snow,
DENTIST
OFFKTR Frout room up stairs over Ttay
ton's Store. Gas admiuistered for painless
ly esti'aciios teeth.
wS'Char tes to suit the ii.net.
jau 19, ly
C. W. Stevens,
♦
Attorney at Law,
QUITMAN GA.
Will rive prompt alien-ion to all busine n
entrusted. i.o bin).
ptT Can oa found. at Capfc. Turner’s or
fice. jgFitf
J. B. FINCH,
DEALER IN
l)ry Goods, Groceries, Hoots
Shoes, Hats and Caps,
Hardware, Tin Ware,
Bacon and Flour.
Very grateful for past favors and patron
age, the subscriber asks a continuation of
the same.
J. B. Finch.
3s-30-Gm
The Brooks County
MA X C FACT' LTIMN G
ASSOCIATION
ARE RUNNING
Their Factory
—ON—
FULL TIME.
np TIE MOST fie Vole goof’s, such as ex
-1 acily suit the wait* of tlie people are
made here, and at
New York Prices,
less the freight to the purchaser.
BROWN COTTON GOODS.
4-4 SHEETING- Standard weight.
7-8 SHlßTlNG—Standard weight.
7 and 8 OSXADURGS.
AISnOLORS OF STRIPES.
YAltfs IN BALES, Bs-10s.
ROPE—in half anti whole Coils.
SEWING THREAD—IG balls to
jllie pound.
KNITTING THREAD.
WRAPPING TWINE.
GEORGIA PLAINS.
MIXED PLAINS.
WOOLEN PLAINS—AII colors.
JEANS—AII colors.
4®"WOOL CARDING A SPE
CIALTY.
Patronize home industries. Send for
price list, and satisfy yourself where it will
be to your interest to buy. Address ail
communications to
JOSEPH TILLMAN,
President Ik C. M. A.
The sun.
SEW YORK. 1877*
The different editions of The Sun during
the next year will he the same as during the
year that has just passed. Tiie daily edition
will on week days he a sheet of four pages,
a .id on .Sundays a sheet ot eight pages, or ot>
j/oad eolum is; while the weekly cdii'o.i
will be a sheet of eight pa; as of ilia same
dimensions and eh., -actor hat are i ireedy
familiar to our friends.
The Svy. will cou.kme to be i be strenuous
advocate of reform ami reire lchmcuit, and
of the substitution of statesiiians dp, wis
dom. and. integrity for boll* \/ preie-iee, im
becility. and fraud i 1 the adrnia : .-.inLion of
public affairs. It wdl contend for ihe gov
ernment of ihe people by the people and for
the people, ns opnosed io gove -Uiin-nt bv
frauds in the balloi-ho.: a id i 1 the couniin ,
of votes, eufoiced by rudita y vhilenee.
will endeavor io supply ha ? e.ule —a body
now not far from a rndbon of souls wi.h
he most careful, complete rod •. -;uk.worthy
aceouai i of current event?, t ad will employ
for tb-s purpose a numeious aud earefally,
selected staff of reporters a ul co.vespond
•*•.its. Its reports doni Wash big on, e ; >e
ciadv. v. ’dl be full, accn-ide and fe; lc , .
and i. wdl donhtUris co it-me to do ;er re
and. e vjoy tb? h. tred of l*io ;e who ih 've by
pl.ij'd *; '• ag the Treasn.y or by usuiY yg
whai. die lav doc; not give thong v.vde w
v :, l endcavo- to n?e;*i t!ie co 'iideucs of the
public by deb id leg ihe right of the peo >!e
a-.adist the eic roach me its of u >j.* ; ' \ i
power.
Tre pr*ce of .'be and. dy Sc - w'H be .it co: >
a iron, io" sf*. 0 aye. po rp. ; d, o; vv\ 1
the Nn iday ec.hion $7.70 a ye ;r.
The uod.iv cditm.i r'oue eight jv.ges,
$1.20 a yerpo .t pa’d.
Tre We :c y Sa. T ANARUS, e : ght page'; of 5Gb oad.
columas, wdl be iu .v ::c ’ <-uring 87i at
the rate of C-J aye. . post p ibg
Tae be’.iut of ,h’s J nge leduci'on from
the p x-vuk's j .iie for the Yv t e?ily can be
e .'joyecl by indiividurl subscribers without
fie i?ecei3 : iy of maYng up clubs. At the
same i’vo, if any of our irienals choose to
;’*(’• ’u czi.‘]id : og our escalation, we uhall be
g-v’.cfut to therg a n l , eregy such person who
sen 1; us te 1 or mo e subscribe- s'from one
place wdl be eji’ Jed to one copy of the
paper "o; him .eif w’thout charge. At one
dollar a year, postage paid, the expenses oi
paper a id. printing are bai.cly repaid; and,
eonsid.c fig the size of the sheet and the
qtvJi* * of its route its, we are confident the
people will cou .idc ; Tn ; Weekly Svn the
ch. -post ne\; jepe • published in the world,
and. ve i ast pl\o one of ihe vegy best.
Add e -.-g Tue .Sot, Ncvr York City.
I). 11. CREECH,
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
C'oiliMic?. Phi illation
Furnishing Goods, Etc
HAS RTSOE.'vV.iID b-s new 77. .11 and Win
ter Stock, fviul will be pleased to see his
old customers one! the public generally, and
sell them goods at i,iie lowest lua./izet prices.
Quitman, G a., Sept. 12, 1870. tf
CLOTHING.
Although we advertise up-side down, we
are right-side-dp, especially in the sale of
CLOTHING. W e ha\e now in
oar store the larged and mod varied assort
ment of Clothing eve * in this market, and
by an arrangement which we have perfected
with JMLc&t*. X. L. Fjillc Ac Cos.,
Manufacturers and \7Do*e ..)e dealers, of
Savannah, we can supply orr customers with
any article in the clothing line at 25 per
cent, below the read l prices of any bouse
in Savannah. Call aid examine sam
ples, and give us your orders.
E. T. DCKCStt LEO.
Qaitman, Ga.. Sept. 10, IS7G.
PIMPLES.
I will mail (free) the recipe for preparinr
a simple Vegetable Balm that will remove
7 an, Freckles, Pimples aad Blotches, leaving
the skin soft, dear aud beautifu 1 ; also in
structions for producing a luxuriant growth
of hair on a bald head or smooth lace. Ad
dress Ben Van tie If & Cos., bor 5,121, No. 5
Wooster street, New York. 48-21
QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1877.
FLORIDA ITEMS.
—The Municipal election of Jack
sonville takes pluco the 4th of next
month.
—Col. W. T. Thompson, Editor
Savannah Daily News is on a visit to
Florida.
—A colored man 102 years of ago
has exchanged worlds. 11c resided
in Key West.
—The farmers of Gadsden county
will plant an increased crop of tobac
co this season.
—J. N. Stearns, editor of the Na
tional Temperance Advocate, is on a
visit to Jacksonville.
—Attorney General, Rainey, has
been asked for his decision relating
to the taxation of Mortgages.
—The Messrs. Gore have retired
from the Cedar Keys Journal, and are
succeeded by Dr. R. 11. Mellvaine.
—The Jefferson Academy at Mon
ticello are determined on having a
library added to their flourishing
school.
—Mr. R. Turnbull had a young
daughter severely injured the other
day at the turn table of the railroad
at Monticello.
—The Pensacola Herald made Mr.
Bayard say in the Senate the other
day that Mr. Blaine’s remarks ‘-fell
upon his ear like a fire ball at mid
night.”
—Dr. M. B. Abernathy, of Marian
na, Jackson county, killed a hog of
his own raising, 23 months old, the
other day which weighed 453 pounds
after being dressed.
—The editor of the Monticello Con
stitution was the happy recipient of a
mess of new Irish potatoes from Mrs.
M. A. Madden, and a lot of green
peas at the hands of Mr. Thomas
Sloan the other day.
—Marriage licenses has been re
duced otie-half under the new Demo
cratic government. §I.OO and the
parson’s fee, generally rather light,
will enable a young man to take the
fearful leap.
—No appropriation was made by
the Legislature to have the laws
printed in the State papers. The
Floridian however always a sentinel
on the watch-tower for the people,
intends publishing them for the in
formation of all concerned.
—We have on our table an egg
laid by a common Dominique lien
which measures 7f inches one way
and G the other, and weighs one-quar
ter of a pound. It is simply a buster.
Fifty liens of that calibre would be a
small fortune to any farmer.-—Talla
haxse Floridian.
—Col. W. R. Anno, Chairman of
the city of Jacksonville Democratic
Executive Committee, announced the
other day in Justice Whitney’s court
that he intended to prosecute those
who registered for the purpose of vot
ing who were disqualified by reason
of age or otherwise.
—The bill authorizing the Trus
tees, for the purpose of facilitating
the sale and settlement of the public
lands, to expend five thousand dol
lars in advertising, etc., failed in the
Senate for want of time. The consti
tutional amendment reducing the sal
aries of cabinet officers, which passed
the Assembly, was not reached in the
Senate.
•—The South Florida Journal states
that “up to this date 2,072 boxes and
74 barrels of oranges and lemons have
been shipped from Sanford wharf,
aggregating about 340,000 oranges.
Mellonville wharf has probably ship
ped double this number, which would
run the aggregate up to 1,000,000
from these two wharves. Large num
bers have been shipped from Giun’s
Grove and Lake Jessup up the river,
and from Hawkinsville and other
landings below in this county, sj that,
it will not be over-estimating the
crop of Orange county this year to
place it at 2,000,000.”
—The new law relating to the ju
risdiction of Justices of the peace
reads thus:
1. All cases of larceny, not charged
ns a second offence, when the value of
the property stolen shall not exceed
live dollars.
2. Cases of assault, or assault and
battery, not charged to have been
committed riotously, or upon any
public officer in the execution of his
duties, or with intent to commit any
other offence.
3. And of all other offences punish
able by fine not exceeding one hun
dred dollars, or punishable by im
prisonment in the county jail not
exceeding three months, or punisha
ble by both said fine and imprison
ment.
An Extra Session of Congress.
[From til a New York Jonrnnl of Cominorcc. ]
It may bo truly said that the natu
ral death of the Forty-fourth Con
gress is a welcome veut. It lias done
fewer foolish tilings perhaps than pre
vious Congresses. On the whole it
has been quite economical. The low
er branch has been especially frugal
in appropriations, and has succeeded
in reducing the expenses of the gov
ernment by about $40,000,000. The
wisdom aud honesty of a Congress
may be made to appear even more
strikingly in the bills that fail than in
tbc bills that pass. Whatever may
be said condemnatory of some of its
acts of commission, it should be re
membered to the honor of the Forty
fourth Congress that it did not grant
any steamship subsidies, nor pass the
Texas-Pacific bill, nor give the Fed
eral Government the exclusive charge
and control of the immigration. If
it has omitted to enact some laws
which would have been good and use
ful, it has also forborne to pass others
which would have been pernicious in
their example and effect, or of doubt
ful expediency. Balancing the good
against the bad in the Forty-fourth
Congress, the country has reason to
congratulate itself opoti getting off
so easily.
The men of commerce, trade and
manufactures can now take a little
rest from the doubt and anxiety which
oppresses them while Congress is in
session. If they have not secured the
tariff and revenue reforms which they
want, they at lest have the assurance
that things will go on for a while no
worse than before. The sense of re
lief is great, and would bo complete
if there were no fear that an extra
session of the Forly-lil'th Congress
would soon be called to perfect some
of the unfinished legislation left over
from the last. If an extra session
could iii any way bo avoided, the
country would indeed be grateful.
For if called, it would probably not
confine itself to passing the army ap
propriation bill—the failure of which
is thought to make the extra session
necessary, if not inevitable—but would
launch into the discussion of other
measures, revive the hopes of the lob
byists, aud renew the uncertainty and
worry which always trouble the
breasts of business men while Con
gress is playing at the hazardous
game of legislation.
Much as the summoning of an ex
tra session may be regretted, however,
we do not think that the House will
bo blam - l by the friends of peace and
good government for having refused to
yield to the Senate the vital point of
disagreement on the army bill. The
Federal troops ought not to be em
ployed to sustain the pretensions of
either of tiie rival claimants of the
Governorship or any other of the
State offices in Louisiana or South
Carolina, until they have been recog
nized by act of The as
sumption by the I*esident of the
right to say what governments are
! legal in any disputed States and en-
I titled to Federal protection if it is
| required, and his armed interference
in the purely domestic affairs of the
South, have done more than all other
causes to prolong the reign of knavery
and incapacity in some of the South-*
era States, have delayed the revival
of business and the return of prosper
ity in that section, and so have
wrought harm to the whole country.
It is essential to the full restoration
of the Union in all that it is worth
that this military meddling in States
which are profoundly peaceful should
be stopped, once and forever. If the
army cannot bo put to better use than
to prop up the unscrupulous pretend
ers at the South, there should be no
army.
There are calamities even worse
than the dissolution of the army—and
among them is the longer continu
ance of a military government at the
South. If there was not a regiment
of regular troops in the country we
undertake to say that, the defense of
the Indian border and of the Mexoan
frontier would still be well maintain
ed by volunteers composed of the
hardy hunters and trappers of the
West and South. The regular army
is by no means the necessity which its
friends and apologists claim to be.
We could get on without it, but we
cannot tret along without a revival
of good feeling and settled govern
ment at the South, aud these bless
ings cannot be had while she is at the
mercy of one man, or administration,
or party.
Irtebvievvek: “Would you have any
objection, Judge, to state why you
voted one way in the Florida case
and another way in the 'Louisiana
case?”
Justice Bradley: “O, not the slight
est, sir; I was governed by the rules.”
Interviewee (puzzled:) “Siug’ler
rules, Mr. Justice, ain’t they?”
Justice Bradley; “Not at all singu
lar, sir. Did you never hear it said
that it’s a, poor rule that wont wort
both uiuys 1 ” —Richmond Dispatch.
The ultras say that the Democrats
have a majority of one iu the cabinet.
It seems that Key, Evarts, Sehurz and
Devens voted for Gree’ey, leaving
onlv three true-bluo Republicans—
Sherman, McCrary and Uncle Dick
Thompson.
An Albany darkey attempted to
smash tbo skull of a colored brother
with a billiard cue the other day.
The wounded negro will recover, but
in the opinion of competent physicians
the cue is crippled for life.
The Inauguration Bible.
A record of the oath privately taken
’ at. the White House on Saturday
night by Gov. Ilayos was made by
; the Chief Justice at tbo time, and de
: livered by Mr. Visli, to bo placed on
, file in the State Department. No of
l ticial record will bo made of the oath
taken on yesterday. The Bible on
which the oath was taken on Saturday
was a handsome new one, purchased
especially for the purpose by I). W.
Middleton, Esq., tbo clerk of the su
preme court of the United States. It
j is an expensive English edition, hound
iu brown Turkey morocco, with gilt
ledges. This morning Mr. .Tames H.
McKenuey, tho deputy clerk of the
supreme court, called at tho White
House in behalf of Mr. Middleton to
present the Bible to Mrs. Hayes. Mrs. j
Hayes was in the red parlor, sur
rounded by a large number of lady
friends and callers. As soon as she
saw Mr. Kenney, she said, “Oh, there’s
the Bible,” recognizing it at once.
Mr. Kenney then presented it to her
with the compliments of Mr. Middle
ton. On the fly leaf was written:
“To Mrs. Hayes, from D. M. Middle
ton. clerk of the supreme court of the !
United States, used for the adiuinis-:
Ration of the oath on the inaugura
tion of Rutherford B. Hayes as Pres
ident of the United States. See 118th |
Psalm, 11th, 12th and 13th verses.”
Mr. Middleton had marked the verses j
at the spot where Gov. Hayes had
kissed the book. Mrs. Hayes said “I j
guess Mr. McKenuey bad better read
us the verses.” The ladies all crowd
ed around and Mr. McKenuey read
the three verses, concluding with the |
following:
“They compassed me about; yea,
they compassed me about, but in the!
name of the Lord I will destroy]
them.”
Mr. Hayes laughed gaily and
“Oh, no, I guess he won’t destroy j
anybody.” She then took tho Bible '
aud desired that her compliments and
thanks should be given to Mr. Mid
dleton for his welcome present.
“\jTlie Party Status.
Says the Baltimore Sun: Of the;
thirty-eight States composing the
Union, twenty-one have at this time ]
Democratic State governments, and .
although three of these—California,!
Nevada and Oregon—cast tlieir elec-!
toral votes for Haves, the majorites
in several of tiie recognized Republi- j
can States are .so small tliat. they may
!be said to by almost equally divided
I between the two great parties. Even
lin Ohio, Mr. Hayes’ own Slate, a
1 change of 3,500 votes would have,
i given the election to the Democrats,
j while 1,500 in New Hampshire, 500
in California, 100 in Oregon, 2,500 in
j Rhode Island and 500 in Nevada,
! would have effected a like result in
| those States.
Indeed, so narrow at the last elec
tion was the margin between the
Republicans and Democrats in States
claimed, and held by the former that
a change 8,670 votes in a poll ofl,-
154,071 votes would have given forty
nine additional electoral votes to Til
den. Even in the New England
States the Republican majority in a
vote of nearly 700,000 was less than
87,000; in the Western States in a vote
of 2,000,000 hut 182,000, and in the
mountain and Pacific States but 5,785.
The actual Democratic majority on
the popular vote, and accepting the
Louisiana Returning Board count
for that State, was 250,070, and the
actual net Democratic gain in nine
teen States was 969,459. It is well to
remember these things.
The Intentions of Key. —Postmaster
General Key says that it is his inten
tion in the administra ion of his office
to do exactly what President Hayes
will require him to do in the matter
of appointments, and that he will so j
manage the affairs of his department
as that every act shall be guided by
respect for a broad national policy in
accordance with the policy of the
President.
lie also intends making a tour
through tho South, and will make
these statements to the Southern
poople with a view of creating an era
of good feeling, and thus endeavor to
re-establish a better understanding
and more friendly relations between
i the two sections. He speaks quite
j enthusiastically and hopefully upon
these points, and intends to use
every effort in his power to bring
about these designed results.— New
j Yorh Herald.
The North Carolina legislature has
i appointed a commission, composed
of tho governor, treasurer, and attor
ney-general, to consider the subject
of the State debt and report to the
next Legislature some plan of settle
ment acceptable to the bondholders
and not too burdensome to be willing
ly sanctioned by the people of the
State. The next Legislature will
meet on the second Wednesday of
January, 1879, when it is thought the
State will be in a condition to offer
her creditors such a settlement as
they would be likely to accept.
Blaine, on Saturday, spoke to Ben
11. Hill, and suggested what a ridic
ulous notion it was that he ever op
posed Hayes’ policy. Hill said he
thought so, too; but added, “I think,
Blaine, you ought to confine your at
tacks stricklv to Jeff Davis and the
Southern Confederacy. Your constit
uency will back you to any extent on
those topics.”
A WOMAN’S <{l KSTION.
Before I trust my fate to tin e,
Or place my liaml in ttiino.
Before I let thy future give
Color and form to mine,
Before l peril all lor thee.
Question thy soul to-niglit for me.
I break all slighter bonds, nor feel
A shadow of regret ;
Is there one link within the past
That holds thy spirit yet ?
Or is thy faith as clear and free
As that which I can pledge to tlice?
Does there within thy dimmest dreams
A possible future shine.
Wherein thy life could henceforth breathe
Untouched, unsharod by mine l
If so, at any pain or cost,
O, tell me before all is lost!
Look deeper still, if thou canst feel,
Within tby inmost soul.
That than hast kept a portion back,
While I have staked the whole.
Let no false pity spare the blow,
But iu true mercy tell me so.
Is there within thy heart a need
That miue cannot fulfill?
One chord that any other band
Coni,l bettor wake or still /
Speak now, lest at some future day
My whole life wither and decay.
Lives there within tby nature hid
The demon-spirit, change,
Shedding a pressing glory still
On all things new and strange^
It may not he thy fault alone/
But shield mine heart ugfiinst thine own.
doublet thou withdraw thy hand one day
And answer to my claim,
That late, and that to-day's mistake—
Not thou—had been to blame ?
Some soothe their conscience thus, but thou
Wilt surely warn and save me now.
’Nay, answer not I dare not hear,
The words would come too late; /
Yet I would spare thee all remorse, /
So comfort thee, my fate; E.
Whatever on my heart may fall, /\ s
Kemcmber, I would risk it all! j N.
The Local Editor.
The venerable DeVotie, of the Cos
lambus Enquirer, discourses so learn
edly aud pathetically of the duties oi
a city editor, that we are persuaded
to give place to his remarks. DeVotie
has grown gray iu the service, and
ought to know wheieof he speaks:
He has to write in all kinds of
styles, to please every class of readers,
aud, consequently, he finally reaches
that point where he has no style of
his own, unless he bears in mind
while writing a particular piece,
“Well, I’m not myself now, but am
constructing, so to speak, foi the use
of others.” A local editor is fre
quently abused, and ho very often de
serves it, but theu he always consoles
himself with the idea that no one
could do anything for the good of the
people—to make them wiser and bet
ter without being liablo to abuse for
the same. He often makes fun of the
mistakes of others, and for this is
hated. Now, a young local of course
has not, for it is an absolute impossi
bility, reached that time of life when
men do nothing but praise. He must
first grow old; bo must have shut np
his ambitious knife with which he has
been carving or trying to carve a great
name upon the escutcheon of this
tenement of life. Then he is ready
to assist others by invariably praising,
because be lias acted the drama of
life aud nobody is in bis way. Now
there was the Duke of Wellington, a
man of stern parts —even firm—who,
in bis declining years, was gentle iu
aspect and demeanor. He was a man
of peculiarly stern and lofty bearing,
but became in the evening of life,
when tl e mind and body were sinking
’neath the horizons of vigor, gracious
and easy. If a young editor, or call
him critic sometimes, if jou please,
can’t cause a little stir to the commu
nity occasionally, lie had better resign
the quill, because, at his time of life,
if he be otherwise, he would be ac
cused of being in his dotage, and be
similized (coined) to a peace or pear,
which always grows sweet just before
decay.
If he uses slang, he is violently as
sailed, and some ill-bred person will
say “he never had any raisin’ to begin
with.” If he should so pervert Lis
dear mother tongue as to pun, he has
of course committed verbivide, and if
ho s,ere carried before a jury of in
telligent persons who were never
known to write a grammatical sent
ence or use words with due distinc
tion, they being judges (?) both of
tho facts and the pun, would find him
guilty of an act of aggravated harc
acter —that is, violent treatment of
English with fatal results. Now pun
ning in conversation is prime facie, iu
a majority of cases an insult to the
person with whom you are talking.
It shows an indifference to or con
tempt for the remarks, unless it be a
conversation set for puns or laughter.
But this is not the case with tho local
editor, for he must say something, no
matter what, or his writings are called
“stale, flat and unprofitable.” It will
not do to criticise him so closely. He
is entitled to more license than i poet,
aud whether this be the verdict of a
generous thinking community or not,
lie is going to take license sometimes,
and ii' he bo like ns, lie doesn’t care
very much wlmt. is said.
It, is said that tho demand for ivory
in England causes thr death of 50,000
1 elephants annual.
YOU. IV.—NO. 1.
Tho Future of Savannah.
The resolutions offered bv Dr. J. J.
Warring, one of the members of the
city council of Savannah, proposing,
in effect, to pluce that city upon the
list of insolvent corporations, liavo
been defeated, ns they should Lave
been. While Savannah has been se
riously embarrassed by the plague of
yellow fever, an evont utterly unfore
seen and unanticipated, it is not too
much to say that her financial pros
pects are as promising as those
of other cities. Her people are
industrious, energetic and hopeful,
and only the co-operation of luoso
who have control of her future to
promptly anj> heartily put in practice
those sanitary measures which sad
experience lias demonstrated to bo
ueeessary, to develop once more that
spirit of business enterprise and activ
ity which made Savaunnah tbc second
cotton port of the South. It is our
hope and belief that a grand commer
cial future awaits our sister city. It
is only necessary that she shall bo
prudently and wisely governed, and
that her sanitary affairs be adminis
tered with that promptness and
thoroughness which economy would
seem to dictate.— Atlanta Constitution.
Origin of Popular Sayings.
Man proposes, hut God disposes—
Thomas A. Kern pis.
Better lute than never—Thomas
Tusser.
A man’s house is his castle—Ed
ward Coke.
Out ot mind as soon as out of sight
—Lord Broke.
Infinite riches in a little room—
Christopher Marlowe. .
The end must justify the means—
Mathew Prior.
Bread is the staff of life—Dean
Swift.
Ho that is down needs fear no fall—
John Banyan.
Pity’s akin to 10. Thom a? c'ontk
erues.
' By robbing Peter he paid Paul—
'Francis Rabelais.
Choose an author as you choose a
friend—Earl of Roscommon.
Man.— How much weakness there
is in the strength of man! To travel
for years, over oceans, through des
erts, among all varieties of people and
sects; ship-wrecked, cling with bleed
ing bands to sea-beaten rocks, to
laugh at the storm; to be bronzed iu
torrid climes; to subject one’s diges
tion to tho baleful influences of tbo
salt seas; to study wisdom before the
ruins where for three thousand years
iu ten tongues have been paraphrased
the words of Solomon, “all is vanity;”
to return to ono’s native shore a used
up man, persuaded of tho emptiness
of all things; save the never-fading
stars; to scatter the fancies of youth
by a lesson of bitter experiences; and
yet, w hile boasting a victory over hu
man fallacies and weaknesses, to be
enslaved by the melody of a song,
the smile of a w’oman.
A boy came down Linwood Avenue
on the rush,a few nights since, and, in
an excited manner, said that there
were a lot of lights in the Jewish bu
rial-ground. Half a dozen scientific
men, four loafers and a dog started
off to see them. The graveyard was
as dark as such places usually are.
“Where are the lights?” asked a big
man of the boy.
The youngster backed oil to a safe
distance,and yelled out:
“Underground; they arc Israelites!”
11c then ran for his lifo.
—nT • -mm~—
There is a Methodist minister in
Tennessee who writes to Postmaster-
General Key as follows: “I think a
great many of Grant’s appointees
have been in long enough, and ought
to be willing to retire. I would like
something good—don’t care about a
post-office, but think a trip abroad
would be pleasant and beneficial.”
He closes by saying: “I would prefer
one of the following consulates: Liver
pool, London, llio Janeiro or Jerusa
lem.” __
From the Black Hills comes a re
port of tlie discovery of a dry river
bud filled with golden quartz, and it
is probable that a rush will be made
for the vicinity as soon as spring fair
ly opens. Simultaneously comes sto
ries of fabulous wealth in the petroli
ura regions of Pennsylvania. A
switchman has suddenly found him
self a millionaire, and other honest
sons of toil are on the high road to
wealth.
Nails in Horses’ Feet. —A horse
trod upon a nail which entered his
foot. Lameness followed, the nail
was extracted, but lockjaw super
vened, resulting iu death. An un
failing remedy in such cases is mu*
untie acid. It, when a nail is with
drawn from a horse’s foot, the foot
should be held up and some muriatic
acid be poured into the wound,
neither lameness nor lockjaw need bo
feared.
Du. C. Terry, of Columbus, recent
ly succeeded in removing an ulcerat
ed cancer from the month of a Mrs.
Russell, of Florida. The operation
has created considerable interest
among the medical fraternity.
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\. farmer of Massachusetts reports
3,500 eggs from 21 white Leghorn
pullets in nino mouths.
During the year 1870 the United
States yielded 420,000,000 pounds of
rosin.