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The Griffin Nows in ft laio nuinlier,
in -speaking o Kx-Chicf Justice War*,
nor, said :■ V He di-chargod his duty
witii an iron hitnii ”
The remark r* miniis me of a scene
which trausph ed ii the c >urt house in
LaGrange, Troup county, in, I think.
1841 or 1842, (1 cannot from memory
fix the date exactly), and one which,
on several accounts, is worth the rej*
reduction. It occurred during the
progress of a murder case.
Docs anybody remember Colonel
Julius C. Alford., the “war horse of
Troup?” lie was a memorable man
and one to be memorized. He could
not iail in any assembly of men to at
tract every eye. His physique was
that ot a Greek athlete— about 6 ftet
and two inches in height, with bread
shoulders, and lor.g, brawny arms, a
sanguine and Uglily neivons temper
ament,
“I1}-]MJ| ion’s curls ; llie fro..t of Jove .1 iinself;
An eye like Mnrs to threaten and command.”
Warner was delivering to the jury
one of his usual bloody charges ; hold
ing his old long white-handle po ket
knife between his bony fingers, ptpl
elevating and depressing it as,tie
drawled out his sentenofs as heavy,
cold and cruel as the links ol iron
chains upon ihe naked arms and legs
of the crushed and cowering prisoner.
AI lord had exhausted his strength
and patience in the vain struggle to
extort from the ‘irou hand’ one pulse
of human feeling; from the thin, quiv
ering lip ot Ihe Judge, ore word of
sympathy ; from the glittering biack
eye, a single gleam ol pity.
Finally the discomfited advocate
rose slowly to his feel, lie was calm
ami measured in his tones, and but
for a taint gleam of unnatural fire
which shone, like fitful lightning in his
blue eyes, might have been supposed
to he unusually indifferent to the
passing scene.
‘May it please your Honor’ he 6aiJ.
as he gazed out ol the southeast win
dow ot the court room, away into the
depth- of the blue sky, ‘the rights and
even life of my client seem to weigh
lightly to the scales of liliud justice
to-day ! ‘I a-k your Honor io charge
the jury’ (l am unable, from memory
to state the point with sufficient accu
racy which C’ol. Alford requested the
Judge to embody in his charge, to
make history.) Judge Warner listen
ed to the demand - of counsel, and
turning to him, and raising his old
white-handled knife, his eye drawn
to a head and glittering like that of a
coach whip, lie slowly and with harsh
emphasis drawled ‘up-on w-h-a-l
principle. Col. Alford, would you
have tin- court to give time charge?’
Raising himself to hi* height , Allord
thundered back “ upon the eternal
principles ol truth and righteousness!”
Warner retorted, ‘The court knows
WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION
Volume LXIV.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1880.
Number 48.
COLONEL YANCEY AND
GOVERNOR COLQUITT.
no such principles, outside of the pre-
c« dents. It knows the law and will
ertotee it!’ and added with exalted
vi.ii-. and increased emphasis, ‘This,
Col. Allord, is a Court of Justice!’
For a moment Alford was ilent,
and remained leaning upon his desk,
like Hercules upon his knotted dull
Then suddenly springing to hit feet,
he cortronted the Judge and cried:—
•A Court of Justice 1 It ought to lie a
Court of Justice, but under the de
cisions ot your honor it has beein cons
verted into a wheel ot the ii.q dsition,
at every turn of which human blood
gushes out, and human bones
ground to powder!’
If lightning hail struck the house,
there could not have hce" a deeper
sensation, and overwhelmed with con
sternation, pallid and silent, Warner
did not venture a reply, hut quietly
turning to the clerk, directed the per
formance of some little indifferent
business and sent the jury ont to
make their verdict.
To this day, he has never answered
Alford’s denunciation. Let us hope
he will be ready to answer by ‘the
day of judgment!*
Col. Alford was a natural orator,
quite as much as Patrick Henry. Hi
ram Warner, tlieu Judge in the Su
perior Court of the Coweta Circuit,
was on the bench and presiding in
this case. In a criminal case he was
always ‘counsel for the State,* stern,
relentless and vigilant. The only
difference between him and Jeffreys
consisted in the difference of time and.
circumstances.
(Froth tUe Constitution.)
A day or two since, Colonel B. C.
Yancey published over bis name, a
communication, the p'ain purport .ot
which was that Governor Colquitt
had drawn fron the State for the
Stale Agricultural Society 87,500,
which he had not accounted for.
Governor Colquitt replied with the
official receipt ot the Treasurer for
the mpney, and ihe approval of -the
committee for the disbursement of
the money. Colonel Yancey there
upon telegraphed us the following:
Athens, September 24.- Governor
Colquitt satisfactorily explains his dis
position of the seventy-five hundred
dollars of agricultural money. 1
promptly render him justice.
Ben. C. Yancey. |
We cannot praise too highly the
manliness a.id fairness of Colonel
Yancey in thus promptly rendering
such justice as he ran to Governor
Colquitt. His conduct gives us a
refreshing glimpse of the old fashion
ed chivalry anil honor of which his
name is a reminder, and himself an
exemplar. It is a display of true
courage and sensitive justice, that
others of the governor’s assailants
would do well to emulate, if they
could not equal. In it Colonel Yan
cey has confirmed his position as a
fair and honorable gentleman, who
fearless in assault, is prompt in repa«
ration when his assault is unjustified.
But let us consider this matter, in
dependent of Colonel Yancey, and as
to its effect on Governor Colquitt.
How grievously it has injured the lat
ter. Here is the most serious assault
yet made oil his reputation—one that
involves his personal integrity one
that produced the impression that he
had stolen or squandered $7,500.
This is published over one of the most
honorable names in Georgia, in <iil-
ferent pails of the state, with start
ling head-lines. It has been scattered
over the state in circular form and
sent into the hands of thousands By
this time it is *n the mouths ot hun
dreds of Governor Colquitt’s bitter
enemies, who by the sanction ot Col.
Yancey’s name, and the particularity
ot his statement, are denouncing the
governor to the detriment of his fair
name, and the jeopardy ot an elec
tion on which all that he holds dear
and precious is staked
NEWSPAPERS.
THKIR NATURE, 1HEX REPRESENTA
TIVE CHARACTER AND TIIEIR INFLU
ENCES.
The first newspaper, as our re
searches inform us, was the English
Jllei curie, established 1588, under the
authority of Queen Elizabeth, ‘ for
the prevention of false reports,’ by
Christopher Barker. Her Highness’
printer. The next was the Gazelle
de France, cstahli-hpii by Renwrdot
in 1631, as ihei-®- .i organ of' the
government, and continued with few
interruptions until 1827. The next
was the Public Intelligencer, es
tablished in England in 1663 by Sir
Roger L’Estrange for public infor
mation. From this paper may be
dated the birth ot English and Am
erican journalism. The first inten
tion of newspapers, as we see, was to
| be a vehicle of correct public infor
mation. They naturally became soon
the medium for the discussion of ques
tions interesting to the public; and
as their convenience for public infor
mation was developed, they became
the influential elements of literature,
politics and trade that exist to-day.
In fact, journalism lias become a
power in the land—the fourth estate.
Li consequence newspapers are now
regarded as the best tyjies of the
intelligence, morality, and civilization
of the countries and communities in
which they are published. With
their growth and development of new
faculties the infant journals ot the
seventeenth century have become
giants, furnishing general informa
tion, tracing out popular sentiment,
and directing public thought. To be
the director ot a leading journal now
requires education, ability, experience
and a training in the art of journal
ism. Almost every other man one
meets is possessed with the conceit
that he can edit a newspaper. To his
crude knowledge, it is only necessary
to sit down, write an article, give it
to the compositor--and the thing is
done. It is to this general self-con
ceit and ignorance of what journal
ism is that we owe no many of our
mirthless papers, that spring up like
toad-stcKls around us, and live an
ephemeral fungus existence.
To an intelligent man, a glance
through the columns of a newspaper
photographs on his miud the charac
ters of the editor and his readers.
The tone ol the editorials and selec
lious indicate the mental, moral and
AFTER THE RAIN.
a song on the moorland brown,
i the days grew (air and long;
I heard a son
When I ...
Mcihought no voioe in Ihe noiay town
Could ling no awaet a aong;
It waa but a herd-boy, all alone—
Alone on the showery plain—
Who sang, with a silver trumpet tone,
“The sunshine follows the rain.” . *.
My thoughts torn back to the April
As I pees the city street;
But the brown, brown moor lies far i
From the tread of weary feet;
Yet ever the song rings clear am
Over and ovor again, J - - ,
Aibove the din of the crowd.
“TUt sunshine follows the ndn.* 1 .
God knows it is herd to fret end strive,
For the gold that soon ia spent,
It seems sometimes that the ainuera thrive,
* While aainta are leas content!
But lie knows, too* that the clonda will part.
And the hidden path grow plain ;
Ilia angels sing to the doubting heart,
“The sunshine follows the rain.”
r and It
DAD FOR GEORGIA.
The Euf’iula Daily Bulletin says
“ there never was such a complete po
litical Babel as now exists in Georgia.
Scarcely a county convention is held
that is not characterized by the great
est confusion and disorder, and gen-
erally ends in bitter persona! feelings,
dissensions and criminations. Yet all
are good and true Democrats. It
really seems that the State conven
tion, which assembled last moDth in
Atlanta, sowed the seeds of discord
and dissension broadcast over the
KILLED B Y AN ELEPHANT.
John Robinson’s circus i xhibited to
a targe crowd in Concord, N. C., on
Monday evening, and not awaiting to
give a night performance, loaded up
its cars- and started for Charlotte,
where it arrived at 8 o’clock the same
night, he usual crowd of spectators
were present to see the arrival ot tho
show trains. Justafier John King,
t‘ ' ke-yper of thd elephants, had got
ten the old mala elephant, ‘Chief,’
6fk of bis car, he went to the animal’s
head for the purpose of turning him
around. The attention of the crowd
was attracted by the rather excited
voice of KiDg, and the next moment
they saw the enraged animal turn
upon his keeper and crush him again ,t
the car. Mr. King sank to the ground
without a groan, and the men who
were with him fled precipitately. The
crowd al-o scattered, and the wildest
contusion followed. The men were
airaid to approach the elephant, and
the woundel keeper was allowed to
remain for several minutes on the
grouiid, where he had fallen. Tte
elephant surveyed the scene for an
instant, and giving a shrill, sharp
snort, started up the railroad track.
As soon as he was out of the way,
King was taken up and carried to an
adjoining house, and physicians sum
moned.
In the meautime the elephaut kept
Slate, and that they are coining up
and poisoning the whole political and | up the track, creating consternation
social atmosphere of Georgia. It is, I 3 || along his rout% On account of
indeed, a most lamentable state of j t |, e darkness it was almost impossible
It is true that Colonel Yancey’s civilized tastes ot its pat’ons, and
telegram is published as promptly as I their intellectual cultivation. , It is
possible, but men, who a’e-i.-Uie touchsttma bj which they are
bent on doing Governor Colquitt all
the harm they can, will continue to
circulate this charge without any re
gard to Colonel Yancey’s correction,
from now until the day ot the election,
are as they have done with many charges,
that have been answered as complete
ly as this. We call upon the friends of
Governor Colquitt to see that it is
thoroughly corrected. Is it not the
duty ef every man in Georgia who
values fair play and justice—who is
as honorable and ch’valric as Colonel
Yancey has shown himself to be—to
do all m his power to correct this
charge in the few days that are left,
and reparate as far he can, the dam
age. that it must inevitably
do an innocent aud honora
ble man ?
TWO YOUNG LADIES
“ FUDDLED.”
A PAPER STOVE.
IYrlmps the mostjrcinnrkable object
ever iashioned Irom paper was a lire
stove with a fire burning in it. We
have from time to time noted the an
nouncements of newly invented rail
way carriages and carriage wheels,
chimney pots, flour barrels, cottage
walls, rooting tiles, and bricks and
tiles for’stamping all made of paper.
A material capable of so many uses,
to diversified in character, is obviously
destined to play a very important part
our mahufacturing future. Articles
ol litis kind which have just uow per
haps the greatest interest and which
are among the latest novelties in this
way, are paper ‘blankets ’ Attention
has frequently been called to the va!'
ue of ordinary sheets of paper as i
substitute for bed cloths, or at least,
us an addition to bed clothes. The
idea seems to have sui gested the fabs
riiication ol ‘blankets,’ from this cheap
material. The fact that they are not
as durable as the genuine article is in
their favor, as, in the ease of the very
poor, where the same bedding is used
lor years, a very cheap material that
will last only a comparatively short
time must lie better than durable ar
ticles that are ratalv or never washed
ASKING GODS BLESSING.
Charlie was going home with his
uncle. They were on the steamboat
nil night. A steamboat is furnished
with little beds on each side ot the
cabin. These little beds are called
berths. When it was time to go to
bed Charlie undressed bimselC
‘Make haste and jump into your
berth, said,’ his uncle.
•Yes, sir,’ said Charlie, ‘but mayu’t
I first kneel down and ask God to
take care of us ?’ asked Charlie.
'We shall be taken care of fast
enough,’ said his uncle.
'Yes sir,’ said Chat lie, 'but mother
always tells me not to take anything
without first asking.’
Uncle Tom had nothing to say to
that, and Charlie knelt down, just as
be did by his own little bed at home.
God’s bounty and grace you live on
day by day, my children, but never
take it without first'&sking.
Tho temptations and allurements
which encompass the youth of this
city, and the pitfalls which yawn ol
their feet found apt exemplification a
tew nights ago, in the case of two
young ladies who move in the highest
walks of life, and who are tnembera of
distinguished and ftristociatio families
residing on Benefit street. The young
ladies’ names are suppressed for ob»
vions reasons. They were found
about 1J pt m. staggering through
the street in a gross state of intoxica
tion, and their elegant attire and
costly jewels commanding the atten
tion of the passers-by. The girls nad
a sense of their shameless condition,
and finding that they were unable to
navigate any great distance farther,
they accosti d a gentleman and asked
him to show them where they could
secure a coach.
This gentleman escorted them to
the neighborhood of the depot, where
the girls were safely lodged in a
coach and driven homeward. The
story of their escapade was learned
from their own lips, and in a maudlin
way they told of the occurrences of
the night. They had been out for a
stroll on Benefit street, and had en
countered two young oollegians who
were acquaintances. Upon solicila-
tion they accompanied the young
sports for a walk, and refreshments
being suggested, the young fellows,
who were full ol rascality, took the
girls to a noted dive on Fountain
street. Here wiue, was partaken of in
quantities which soon scattered the
brains and the equilibrium of the
girls, and when the lads saw that they
were so badly fuddled they separated.
The girls came out upou the street
grossly drunk, and were wandering
about, unable to tell where they weie
going when they accosted tl.e gentle
man, who aided them to a coach.
Such a sight is seldom witnessed here
—P. ovidence (ft. I) Transcript.
tried. The man must come out in
his editorials and selections, however
much he may s-rive to be w hat he is
not really and his success or failure
measures the sympathy of his patron
age. Bad men frequently s.cceed
where better men fail, as is the case
in every business, by superior ability,
energy, or brass, but still the badness
will snow out here and there, as also
its approval or condemnation by the
patrons. As none but men of low
capacity are content to be gossips
merely, the mind of an able editor
must impress more or less for good or
evil those of his readers. Hence the
necessity for scrutiny before admitting
a doubtful element into our domestic
or poli' teal relations. Many men and
women have been ruined by bad news
paper reading, as the world knows,
and tho head of the family who ia
careless as to the journal he subscribes
for sins against his own soul, by set
ting tlie example of keeping bad com-
paiuy. The curse ot journalism to
day is that we have too many papers
controlled by iuoorapetei.t managers,
‘ cheap Jacks ’ peddling inferior
wares in accord with ignorance, aud
they who buy tbe.m are like unto
them. We need fewer, and those
marked with cultivation, for as ‘ the
man who drinks beer thinks beer,’ so
the man who reads an ignorant news
paper will think ignorantly.
affairs, the like of which we most
heartily hope never to see again. It
will be a relief to the good people of
Georgia, and-lhe South, when the
present race for governor shall have
ended. Such a race should never have
been made, and its mischievous re
sults will long be felt.”
The question ot the duration of this
slight misunderstanding was in debate
the other day. One thought it would
terminate ou the 6tli day of October,
at sundown. The other said it would
he a piece ol rare good luck if it end
ed within ten years, A third said it
would last his lifetime and be cursed
by hi- children after him. He said
old Deacon Peter Smith was the first
man lie ever heard of who fixed the
duration of a family quarrel by the
watch. The boys and girls got into
a tearful wrangle about the property,
and the old man at last hung up his
watch and says : “Now, I wJI give
you two hours to settle this matter,
and never let me hear of it -•gain.’*
The deacon dimjUMHtv
and the quarrel besot his' death-died,
and it continued twenty years alter
that, aud never was hushed till tho
last one of them got “a new heart and
A WOMANS INSPIRATION.
Out of a five-minute call a woman
will gather inspiration for a good hour’s
speech when she gets home. She
will tell her husband—who is so in
terested, you know—that Mrs. Stuck
up has ‘‘new furniture the sec. nd lime
within three years if I’m not mistaken
and lace curtains with lambrequins
and her black silk dress made over
and her hair done up iu a new way
higher than she used to wear it—not
becoming a bit and her little girl’s
got her hair .banged and all dressed
white and is going to Miss Giddigurl’s
school in the fall and her cook’s gone off
mad niid she says she’s almost tired to
death and is going to Swampscott
next week and Miss Fliut is going to
have Spoodliugion after all and Miss
Smith’s going to give her a pair of
bouquet holders sne says they’re good
enough for her she got them
cheap up to Ragshop’a aud Fer
guson’s got a boy with lots of
hair on his heed and looks three
month's old everybody and Steve
Beaker’s awful dissipated they say
and that Ir-ewell girl’s father’s or
dered hnn out of the house and she’s
been taken on awful and declares she
will have him and the Sliggines have
moved oat of town and tbe Browns
have lost everything and Mis’ Smith’s
bought a whole piece of ootton cloth
and—'By this time the husband is
asleep or has fled. A men could nev
er trake so much out of a week’s visit.
All he would remember would be
that Brown’s got a mighty pretty wife
or keeps good cigar*, or some or other
very inconsequential matter.—Boston
Transcript.
for hi- pursuer.: to keep track of him
or to determine his wheieabouts. Be
fore a party that was hastily organ
ized tor the purpose of shooting him
could act, some ot the circus attaches
were alter him, taking with them
‘Mary,’ the female elephant, and the
‘Boy,’ another docile elephant. After
a slight chase he was overtaken, the
other two elephants driven up close
to him, and with some difficulty se
cured by being chained to the other
two t-lephauis. The animals moved
along quietly until they came to n
pump, v> hen a determined effort ot
‘Chief’ compelled the. procession to
halt long euougli for him to get a
drink of water. In the movements
aliout the pump the chains became
entangled, and the three began to
move round aud round, drawing them
gradually together. The old ele>
phant’s temper was again aroused,
atid he began to bellow. At this the
crowd became again panic stricken,
and betga confused retreat Finally,
the vigorous use of goads aud
HOME POLITICS.
[D«tro : t Free Press.)
The other night soon after a ward
meeting had opened, oue of the elec
tors present began edging for the
door, as if he meant to leave the
place. He was soon stopped by a
friend, who said:
* Don’t leave us now. I want you
to hear what that speaker Is sayinj*.
Hear that ? He says we must tri
umph or the country is doomed.’
* Y< s, I know, but I’ve got to
edge along towards home,’ was the
reply. '
‘ Home ! Great- heavens, how can
you talk of going home until he has
finished that speech ? There he goes
again 1 He asks it you want to see
grass growing in the streets of our
cities—onr fertile farms returned to
the wilderness—our families crowds
inf the pool houses until there is no
longer room to receive another ?’
1 No, I don’t know as I would, but
I guess I’ll sort o’ work my way out.’
‘Wait fifteen minutes—ten—five
—wait until he finishes. There it is
again. He asks whether you are a
freeman or a slave ? He wants to
know if you have lorgotten the
patriotic principles defended by the
biood of yonrgraudsires—if you have
torgotten the sound of liberty’s bell ?’
‘ I don’t know as I have, but I must
go—really I must.’
4 Hear that! Hear that 1 He says
your couutry will bless you.’
‘ I can’t say as to that,’ replied the
man as he crowded along, ‘ hut I’m
dead sure that the old wouiau will if
I don’t get home time enough to put
this codfish fo soak for breakfast.
WILL COTTON MILLS PAY t
[From the Boston Herald. C
Iii the New Orleans Democrat of
Sept. 19th occurs an ai tide headed
‘Cotton Factories of the South,
which is as follows:
Some few weeks ago the editor of
this paper had occasion to telegraph
Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Boston,
with reference to a journalistic mats
ter in which Mr. Atkinson’* friendly
offices were solicited. That gentle
man’s reply discloses enough as to the
nature of the request, and we here
reproduce it in full:
. Boston, Aug. 24, 1880.
E. A. Burke, New Orleans, La.—
Dear Sir : Your telegram of the 21st
came to hand in my absence.
I regret that I cannot comply with
your request. My reason is that I
cauuot conscientiously recommend
the establishment of cotton mills in
the South. A very few will succeed
on a local demand, but on a large
scale cotton manufacturing needs
dense population, a cold climate and
a great many subsidiary appliances.
It is an exceedingly close business,
and in a common time its profit turns
on the sale of the waste and the facil
ities for procuring the repairs, mate
rial and hands from machine shops in
close proximity.
The South cannot, at present, afford
to spin or weave cotton. There are
too many vastly better chances for
profit. Time precludes any further
treatment of the question.
Edward Atkinson.
We have no doubt that a gentle
man of Mr. Atkinson’s standing and
well-known character may safely be
‘Great Gun’s, but do you prefer j presumed to be sincere in any state-
codfish to liberty?’ exclaimed the j lnen tg |, e makes, and hence we confess
°ther. our surprise at finding him so mis-
* I don’t know as I do, but I get j taken in a matter to which he has
more ot it.’ j notoriously given deep attention. Of
‘And yon will see tins country course, if Mr. Atkinson really believes
ruined—see her go to destruction ?’ that cotton factories in the South
‘I would he kinder sorrv to see her
go down hill,’ slowly observed the
delinquent, as he reached the.door,
• but if you hail a wife who could
begin jawing at ten o’clock and not
lose a miuutc until day light, aud then
end up with a grand smash of crock
ery and a fit of hysterics, you’d kind
er stand off as I do and let this glori
ous old Republic sqne- ze through
some mighty tine knot holes.’
BIG WHEAT FARMING.
right spirit” at a ca up meeting, aud
so struck at the root of the trouble,
which was their own ltlignus, quarrel
some aud exacting tempers. Nothing
has hurt Georgia so much abroad as
this foolish and unjustfiable schism,
and no one event has thrown so much
cold water on the uational canvass.—
Macon Telegraph.
A SHAVE AND A KISS.
Civilization is still advancing, as
the following incident, related by a
Long Branch correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, proves. The
irelty daughter of a Philadelphia
trokcr went into the barber shop to
have her hair banged. Such a pro
ceeding, best understood, was not at
all immodest, for ladies frequent even
the billiard and bowling rooms at the
sea-side. After her jetty locks had
been dipped, a male friend took her
place in the chair.
‘ Let me shave you,’ she said.
4 You don’t dare to ’ he replied.
4 It’s you that don’t dare.’
4 I’ll bet I do.’
4 Bet what ?’
4 A kiss.’ *
4 All right. If you’ll let me shave
you I’ll finish with a kiss.’
The young man laid himself back
in the chair and said : ‘-Go ahead.’
The girl did. not hesitate. She
worked under the barber’s directions,
and before a crowd of hilarious spec
tators. The lathering was easy
enough, aud the young man evidently
liked it when she rubbed in the suds
with her soft little hand, but when
she came to wielding the razor he was
subjected to a dreadful ordeal. Tbe
danger of a cut throat was enough to
appal the stoutest heart, and added
to that was the pain of the pulling
and tearing by the uoskillfully- Still,
he escaped with a few scratches, and
got the kiss, coyly but squarely de
livered on his lips.
THE WA Y IN LEADVILLE.
Speaking of the mamlnoth fanners
pitchforks the three elephants were j “j" 1 iu Ca , lif ° rnia : ■ San
made to take their respective places Francisco correspondent of the St
and moved, n towards the tents, ******** : ’Dr. Hugh
fastened.
King, the keeper, lingered until 11
the Jacinto grant, California, in De-
; cember, 1867, aud commenced farm-
o’clock that night. When he died and I ln B ,u tl j e ™>d-rfully productive
was buried I frroTiiS.COOalL. 4^000^ which
He was'the keeper of the animals for are «' w . keat ‘ and , haa 17 £ m ^ 9 of
several years, and was never afraid of »«"<*• . “)>* {»£• cro P
them. The big elephant was his pet, although he has on hand 850,-
aud he could do more with him than ea ^ J 101 ,l “8
any one else. It is said that it ‘Mary’ thinks they w,l! not hold h.s wheat,
had been present, .Chief would not He has h.s own machine and blacks
have become obstreperous, as alia “»*h shops, boring, turnmg and plan-
would have knocked him down, D,n S ® a e‘‘.„os, buzz saws, etc. Ho
as she always does when he gets mad. ntanu&ct.iros h.s own wagons, separas
‘Mary and the ‘Boy’ are as gentle as « ra - *»“*«". ? nd u f rly f
lambs and perfectly harmless “Winery and implement, used.
John Lowlow, the clown, said they , c, ?l’ ,0 > ed »"« 1"
had several other men in the show “ nd 150 .' D l '* rvts !’ “ 00 ^ ea J
who could take care of him. Lowlow and mules 55 gram-headers and other
said he was satisfied that the elephant wagons, 150 sets of harness. 12
didn’t know it was King when he ‘* eIve . headu ' s . *' ha ? rakt9 ;
made at him, as the keeper had abso- ei 8 ,lt c “* l,va *°!Jh * Gem
lute control of him. Another report ^;«>'ver8, ? Buckeye drills, 8 mow
says the elephant was to have been « e P ara ^.8»
shot yesterday. Several years ago feel n K and tl ‘ et k'B* 1 *. WItl >
tbe same aninial, then in Ames’ show cai.ac.ty of 10 bushels per minute ; 3
when performing in Atlanta got into «P»»Jow, 88 feet long ;
one ofhis mad Sts, and, dashing out * ‘orty-fee.- elevators for sdf-feeder
of the ring, tore down the seats and oteam barley or feed mill, aud 2
r“ .he lo flight.
DR TANNER'S LATEST OR- V*® 8th of August, 1879, 5,779
DEA.L. [bushels of wheat in one day.’
A matron recently walked from
Gunnison to Leadville to solicit legal
advice. She said that her husband
was a good, moral man, and that she
hail nothing under the ann against
him, further than that I.e had refused
point blank to live with bis true and
lawful wife any more, and was pay
ing attentions to a mean, nast y de-
testa 1 le cross-eyed, hook-no^ed, con'
sumptive woman from Saguache
4 Now, |lr. Lawyer, I’vqr cofee
across to^egln what I’m to do shoot
it.’ *
‘Why, I wouldn’t stand It.’
1 1 won’t.’
4 Indeed, I wouldn’t.’
think it’s a shame?’
The fashionable girl now lays her
head on the shoulder of lier male
companion when traveling, according
to a Cincinnati gnquirer writer who
says: ‘The nicest girls do it, and they
are so demure, so innocent, uncon
scious in their manner that nobody
could deem the practice harmful.
They have the unconcerned air of us
ing a pillow. This would have been
reprehensible a year ago ; now lash-
ion and mothers perm't. But the
man must not so far forgot himself as
to slyly hug. the girl. If .he does she ‘What is heaven’s best gift to J knot, before it was too late. "Oh,
pops bolls upright, and will lean to 1 man ?’ she asked, smiling sweetly on j oertainly,’’ she replied, it is very easy
him no more furever. This is new'hint. t 1 to untie it now, while it is only a beau
bat approved etiquette.' 4 A boss,’ the villain replied. knot
'How shall we get the youpg men
to go to church ?’ is the 'title cl an
article in a religions weekly. Get
the girls to, sainted brother ; get tbe
-girls to.
* Don’t ybu thin
'' Cerfaioly'it’ifC
4 But what am I to do ?’
4 Why, have him arrested and lock
ed up.’
4 What! havt my husband jailed 1
No, «ifl I’d never do nnything of
the wt. He is a kind, true man,
and all I want to do is to fix up things
so I can marry somebody else.’
“That is what enabled him to do] An exchange makes tbe following
it.” queer calculation ; -It is estimated,’
The speaker was Mr. 3 Wilson it says, ‘that in nineteen cities of
McDonald, the sculptor, and he held Massachusetts there are 65,795 cabi-
in one hand a plaster cast of the hrad net organs and pianos in use, and in
of Dr. Tanner, the faster, while with 325 (owns 34,450 of such instruments,
the other he indicated a prominent or 90,246 altogether —Now if these
bump wh ch phienologists have treat' are played upon only two hours a
ed as indicative of the will power. | day, no extra being allowed lor Sun-
Mr. McDonald made the cast on Sat- days, we find that Massachusetts,
urday. Before taking an impression every day, offers up 180,490 hours of
of the Doctor’s head he told hun what melody, or, concentrated, twenty«oue
the operation was, and asked him if solid years of music per diem. How
he thought lie could endure it. much bread could he made in that
“Has any one ever submitted to period, how much sewing done, and
the operation 1* asked the Doctor in how much distress relieved, it is not
reply. possible to calculate. The total of
“Oh, ves,” said the sculptor.. 90,245 cabinet organs in the State, is
All right, said tbe faster; “ if any equivalent to twelve lo ev.ary square
one else lias done it I can.” _ mile; and, if they were distributed
Mr. McDonald and his assistant exactly according to area, there are
then covered the Doctor’s hair and organs enough in Massachusetts to
whiskers with a paste made of rice make every acre of the State melo-
flour, which, made them lie close to 1 dions at the same moment. It is n
the skin.’ A collar of clay was built solemn thought in connection witii
closely abont Ids neck and then the the fact that thousands more of peo-
plaster wtts pressed all over his bead pl e leave the State every year than
except hfa face. Quills were stuck enter it.’ No wonder the e are so
into his nostrils fur breathing-through. I many old maids in Massachusetts.
Then they threw plaster in his face 1
until it was covered an inch thick.. The United Sutea lU Zurich
The Doctor was obliged to wear this ^ informed lhe 6vate Department
helmet for an tour awaiting the hard- lhatthe g6vernment of Switzerland
emng ol the plaster. By placing the hM offcred Wm a inement0 of William
tuouth close to one ofhis ears ITbii; a btoae from the chapel erected
shouting it was possible to make on the t from wllich TblliBgaia
hear, and he reminded by a mo- baTe ma | e hia escape from the tyrant
of the hand. Once he _groaned. I Q esa i er _ consul wrote to ask il
A lady engaged to be married,
and getting sick of her bargain, ap
plied to a friend to help her antic tbe
will not pay, lie could not conscien
tiously advocate their establishment;
but the wonder is that Mr. Atkinson
should eulertain such an opinion. No
one has reflected more profoundly and
concluded more intelligently than
Mr. Atkinson upon most of the ques
tions relating to tbe growth and man
ufacture of cotton products. His
contributions to current thought and
information upon this topic have giv
en him a cosmopolitan reputation.
Yet, when he says that the South,
with its geographical advantages* its
enormous water power, its favoring
climatic conditions, and its resources
ot population, is not the proper sphere
for the establishment of cotton facto
ries, it becomes evident that he has
not only overlooked the abstract fea
tures ot lli3 question, but that he is
unacquainted with the eloquent array
of facts which contradict his proposi
tion. It is always safe to say, in any
generalization, that tbe most favorable
locality for the establishment of a
factory is on the ground where the
crude material is produced. The sav
ing in freights alone amounts to a very
handsome consideration upon which
to start. But when, in addition to
this, the South possesses at least equal
advantagrs of water and fuel and
working population, and far superior
advantages of climate, it becomes
extravagantly absurd to say that cot
ton factories should not be establisbed
here.
We do not know what Mr. Atkin
son’s grounds are for making these
statements in the above quoted letter.
It will be seen that he confines him
self to mere assertions, without ad
vancing any facts to verify them. We
submit, however that all the argu
ments in the world would avail noth
ing against the unanswerable demon
stration ot fact, and that such practi
cal propositions, as the success of the
mills at Columbus, Ga., Wesson and
Natchez, Miss., and other Southern
points, arc more eloquent aod con
vincing than all the theories and ar
guments that human in;t nuity could
accumulate. It is a well known fact
that these Georgia and Mississippi
mills have tor some years past been
paying dividends of from 15 to 35
per cent.; that they have gone on,
year after year, increasing their capac
ity and adding to their force—steadily
becoming more solid and prosperous,
and adding fresh force to tbe demon
stration of the South’s peculiar adap
tation to cotton factories. Tbe matter
hardly requires argument. Whatever
illusions Mr. Atkinson may cherish, it
ia the plainest of all plain things, to
every one acquainted with the history
of ootton manufactures in the South,
that here is the locality, par excel
lence, for such enterprises.
quicksands. No water power has
ever been developed in New England,
for the purpose ot sale as power, that
has ever paid simple interest on its
cost In the majority of cases such
powers have been sold out with the
loss, of the entire investment of the
original investors. The climatic eru
ditions are enumerated as favoring
cotton manufactrne at the houth.
This is a delusion. Cotton spinning
requires a cool and stimulating cli
mate. The condition of cold weather
can be readily overcome, and in such
a climate it is more desirable to work
in than out of doors. But the con
ditions of summer heat, through a
period of at least four months in that
climate, are enervating, and tend to
lone vacations on the part of opera
tives. During that period it would
be difficult to keep up full production,
unless an excessive number of spare
hands were maintained throughout
the rest cf the year. But the pros
perity of a cotton mill absolutely and
wholly depends, m ordinary times,
upon production being maintained up
to the fall capacity of the machinery
every week-in the year, with-onfy’ oc
casional days for holidays. In regard
to the ‘resources of population’ of
the South, it is a fact that it has a
very sparse population, while that of
New England may be called dense in
comparison, and yet New Euglaud
to-day finds its main resource lor op
erating cotton mills among the French
Canadians. With such a population
and such conditions as obtain in tho
South to day, the opportunities tor
attaining wealth in a vast variety of
other occupations will be so great,
and wages so high, that no one could
afford to invest the very large amount
of capital required to operate cotton
mills on a large scale. In other words,
when that degree of gumption is at
tained which would warrant the un
dertaking of cotton spinning, tho
opportunity will be seen by the same
parties to use their capital to much
greater advantage in other directions.
They cannot afford to spin cotton,
because they can do so much better
with their money in other kinds of
business. The success of a few facto
ries in that section is admitted, spin
ning as they do about 175,000 bales a
year in the' whole South. A tew more
may succeed, but, as the agent of one
of the mills most recently started in
one of the best localities of tbe South,
has within a month sought informa
tion here as to what measure it would
be necessary for him to take to pro
cure operatives from Canada, it would
appear that some of the causes ot the
difficulties that must inevitably be
encountered by manufacturers in that
section are already beginning to oper
ate. An exception to these general
conclusions may perhaps be made in
respect to the country lying under the
shadow of and east of the Blue Ridge,
where yarn mills are profitable, and
may be greatly extended whenever
the' export trade in coarse yarns is
taken up. Such mills inquire rela
tively but few operatives.
him
tion oi me natta. dixs ne^groaneu. j The consul wrote to ask il
When the cast was removed it t ), e gtone would be accepted and be
discovered that the assistant had used Ucod in the Washington monument,
too much vigor tn inserting one ol ^ c cba of the lu<lnl1 ,
the quills, and thereby ruptured a meQt> ^ accept i ng lhe offer,
yeti. The bleeding was not percept- and th(J sU)ne wi|| havo a ° uithbla ^
ible to the Doctor „nUl after the fat* ^ Uon ^ ou it „j wnt to Waah .
bad been covered, and then it stopped ; n „ ton d. C.
the passage, reducing his breathing
capacity one-half. Hence the groan.. _ _ . ,
At the expiration of an hour the I Dr. Tanner crops up in the pages
plsater was ent from his head in see- of nearly every English periodical,
tions. * and W, N oe referred to in every new
* r , I encyclopedia and thousands of medi
Dr. J. Hammond ‘Trumbull, oflcal worn. If he has not got money,
Hartford, has undertaken to translate j he has got in six weeks as world-wide
the meaning of the Indian names of) a reputation as Wellington'or Byron
towns, riven, etc., in New England, in as many years.
WHAT MR. ATKINSON SAYS.
Mr. Edward Atkinson was called
upon by the Herald and his attention
directed to the above article. At
first lie thought it hardly worth while
to say anything about it, as the people
of tbe South would not be convinced
by anything be could say. After a
few moments consideration, however,
he made the following comments:
4 This article,’ he said, 4 uses among
other things the language, that when I
say * that tbe South, with its geogra
phical advantages, its enormous water
power, its favorable dimalio condit-
lons'and its resources of population
is not the proper sphere for the es
tablishment of cotton factories, it b ••
comes evident,’ etc., etc. It is no
doubt a great advantage to have coU
ton mills in close proximity to the cot
ton fields; but it will presently cost
as much or more to move the cotton
goods ot such mills to market as it
does to move the ootton to the mills
that aro on way to market. Proba’
bly more, because the goods would
be high class freight, while the cotlou
is only fourth class. Now in regard
to water power. This power is al
ways developed at a very heavy ex-
pense, however apparently good the
conditions arc. It is in the nature of
rivers to have nedergronnd rivers
alongside oi them, and that means
A NAME WHICH REFLEC
TED ON NOBJ+DY.
It is amazing how people imagine
that an article in the paper refers to
themselves. A Western editor who
wrote funny articles had a heap of
trouble on that account. Ilis first
yarn had a Mr. Bunting fot its hero,
and the day it appeared Mr. Flagg
called and ascertained that it wasn’t
a hit a him. The next story was
about the Eggleston Eggs, and the
Hon. Carrington Carr lett word that
if it occurred again, he would sue tbe
concern. The editor tried the name
of Mongrel, and a prominent citizen,
who was not only named Cross but
had a little Indian blood in his veins,
came into the office and tried to take
the editor’s scalp. The editor having
had so much trouble, determined to
be safe the next time, aud the mail
that he described os falling down
8trirs into a soap barrel was named
Morgue. That time the unlucky
humorist had to fight two men,
Messrs Graves and Coffin, who chas
ed him though the main street with
pitchforks and a dog. He did think
that no man would mistake himself
for a person called Cowwallow, but
M. Oxford did, and stood in front of
the office for three quarters of an
hour, and threw stones into the office
window and called the hapless editor
to come out and bo ground against a
tree. The editor did not respond, as
he was too busy attending to two gen*
tlemen who thought they were slurred
iu a laughab’e account of the misfor
tunes of a Mr. Beast. One was
named Lyon and the other Lamb, and
the editor whispered to each that the
other wrote the piece, and then Lyon
and Lamb lay down together on the
floor and clawed each other’s clothes
off, and then they got up and threw
inkstands and did over $75 damage to
the place before they were taken out
And then the editor inserted an ad
vertisement requesting anybody who
considered the name of Daguerreotype
Q. Watermelon a slur on him, to re
spond, and as no one did, he uses that
name. - And people wonder why
humorists give suuh odd names to their
characters.
The Height of Unreason—Nor
wood says it takes him two hours to
read the .barge against Colquitt,
and yet the Norwoodites prance and
foam and paw the earth because Col
quitt oannot answer the charges in the
same time. Place a man upon a
mountain and give him a peck of
grass seed to scatter to the four winds,
and place another man on the plains
below to gather them np as they fall.
The work ot one is finished in ten
minutes, that of the other is never
finished. And yet they ask Colquitt
to refute thp slanders scattered by
Norwood in the time he occupies for
his • nefarious work —Macon Tele-,
graph.
Could conjugal affection be more
strictly displayed than in the sub
joined ? ‘And so, doctor, you think
my wife will get well ?’ 4 I am sure
of it, if you can persuade her to take
tliis dose.’ ‘Doctor, take it she shall,
if I havo to break every bone in her
body.’
How time changes! In the good
Old Testament days it was considered
a miracle lor an ass to speak, and now
nothing short of a miracle will keep
one quiet.
•A young lady wroto some verses
for a paper about her brithday and
headed them ‘May 30ih.’ It almost
made her hair taro gray when it ap
peared in print, ‘My 80th.’