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: R/- e 'yd v?.-^ )v. y Clctfltcthlii^anncr. j. t. -wA.’ramu.MA.asr, PROPRIETOR. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA UBRMW ^|c@ec(ilg jTt.w r JtJrxax££k.aL'jst, ' PROPRIETOR. WARMER'S' “ 1ftOA T //Aftft.” |l‘oltuuUc» TimcJ CeUvssjfOad*<iC«s4 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.’