Newspaper Page Text
BLOVfN
DEXTU OK A - IjTlRiflJ
OGLETHORPE l!#-*
AND HIS 8TB*N*£W1
tit confessed tho conlralsai
murder several years before.
«&f
J. T. ■Wjft.YJDItMAlSr,
; • PROPRIETOR.
_X- ■■■!.— _ -BL-B
WHAT THE ALLIANCE AC-
r COMPLIED.
The Presbyterian*-have r-iijoyed _
season of fellowship at the Pan-Pres*
byterian meeting in Philadelphia,
which has been, no doubt, Both jfeis-
ant gud profitable. To the .foreign
guesTO has been a delightlul jaunt,'
minded witlt jexperiences which are
-., for different from thoao of onliuarj
' travel and; pleasure seeking. Thi
combination of pleasure aiid duty ha&
beeu exceedingly felicitous. The faW
that the delegates did not come liter*
ally from all the countries of the earth
makes little difference, nor is it. a pat*
ter lor lamentation that comparatively
few was present from the most die*
tant lands. All the great can lots of
Presbyterian influence were well rep
resented. Regrets have been uttered
in some quarters that the Council did
not outs authoritative declaration .ns
to ninny points of faith and doctrine
and also that it leit updone many
things which it might have done. It
is easy to find mull.*' M$y ; wyild
have been glad too see 'several -things
somewhat differ! nt- Especially would
it hav# 'delighted the great body ol
■- lVeabyLemieihod there been,; a "real
communion. But had the delegates
been officially called ip abodyto gath
er at the. Lord 5 * Tame there would
have been uxcuse lor discord to come,
also and exhibit her unwelcome
countenance. When brother^ who
tiavo long been estrange 1 sncceed in
rising superior to the circumstances
which have kept them apart it is a
great thing for them to get together at
all.
Under the rest aiuis which are una*
voidable many thing may have to be
omitted. The Scotch brethren love
their somewhat rugged ‘•Psalms of
David,” as they insist on calling them,
as il I)avi<l had wrilteu each one of
them and turned il into the uncouth
metre so highly prized. So essential
do they consider their version of the
Psalms to propriety in public work-
ship, that they refuse to sing
any olhers or to sit at the
Lord’s Table with those who do.
The hvinnology of the Council had
to he toned down to meet the views
of those good brethren, and that was
what make it so lacking in the graces
of Christian song. We should have
been glad if some gilted reader of an
essay or some prince ol debaters could
have explained why it is that the
IVesbvterian Church in ti is country,
both North and Mouth, has lor five
years suffered a steady falling oft in
ibe annual harvest, of new converts.
Il would have boen highly desirable
if some authentic statement could
have been put out regarding predes
lination and election and everlasting
punishment. There, are thousands
isfMi. i v
uhivatstrf of* Georgia library
70 r T :rnx/j!0 TTO^rrfTTI
“ WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.’
[Hvi
J
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 0, 1SS0.
Number 1.
The folio ving
graph, a few months
in the New York Tribune:
. j>r. Olivprjluff, of San Francisco,
who diedf recently, directed in his wifl
that a monument, not to exceed $1,-
COQ in cyst, ahouli
giiv^.a'nd
- wlncht Im *"wi ._
friends, to pass resolutions of--condo'
cnee over his decease, o>- to conununi-
cate the fact to his friends in the
East.
It is only in Oglethorpe county,
Georgia, where the history and ante'
cedents of Dr. lluff are known, that
the motives which prompted . this
singular documei t, can be explained
Dr. Oliver Huff was the illegiti
mate son of Col. Richard Ilufl", once
a wealthy land and slave owner in
Goose Pond district, who created
quite a sensation befoie the war by
liberating 100 slaves and establishing
them in Liberia. In this band of
colouisls was a mulatto woman who
claimed to be the mother of Dr.
Huffi But between her and the al
leged son no friendship had existed
for years. He always appeared to
avoid the mulatto mistress of his
lather, and was encouraged in this by
his sire. Young Huff grew up into
a bright, bai dsome lad, and was sent
by Col. Hull’ to the first schools in
the New England Stales. During
vacations he visitod borne, but here
his society was marked. The whites
looked upon him Us tainted with
negro blood, while from his bearing
he scorned the suspicion.
, Huff graduated with distinction,
and having expressed -a desire to
stsuly medicine nis father s -nt lum to
France, from which country he re
turned with the highest diploma.
He located on the plantation of his
father; but his old troubles began
again. The whiles in the neighbor
hood had not forgotten the suspicious
ol people looking at the Presbyterian ; c j rcu , n stnnces surrounding thu young
Church, and thinking they would . birth, and ho was placed un
like to belong to its membership. But j er t [, 0 ), aIi 0 | society. Dr. Huff was
they want to know whether they must p r0U( ] 3 nd ambitious, and soon seem-
nceepi in all their rigidity the doctrine | to avoid a.-socintion. At length
of Calvin and his fellow-reformers, llie w i,; te8 began to discover that
or whether they may adopt the | t | ierc wag nol t he faintest resom-
milder views held by such as the | i,l. lnce to thc negro race in Dr. Huff,
and the report got in circulation that
his mother was a Caucasian,, and
that the mulatto woman had been
paid U> claim and rear /he in^vnt, as
hot son. ’ ' .
After this the barrier of society be
gan to give way. A few whites rec
ognized Dr, Huff and employed him
in their families, but in a condescend
ing way that chafed his proud spirit,
Oiheia spoke of him as the “nigger
doctor.’’
. Ho w as once engaged to one of the
first young ladies in South Carolina,
but the report of liis birth reaching
her lumiljji. ears, the maich was brok*
i-noff. -s-" v-
tTlie banning of;the late war found
Onl. Huff dead, wiiotofl his. illegiti
male son a fine property,.to revert to
him at the dclith of tiie lawful heirs.
About this time Dr. Huff quitted
the opimtry, K tting uo one know bis
destination. ’But sonte of the soldiers
from this county taw him during the
war as surgeon in a Confederate regi
ment. His men were devoted to him,
and our boys did not expose his his
tory
After the war Dr. Huff was lost
sight of, but about five years ago a
rumor reached this county that be
was seen-iu Sau Francisco,. Cab, was
doing a fine pracrice and-had accumu
lated quite a fortune. Our people
rMpectctHhi' motives that occasioned-
his exile, andbno effort was niudelo
communicate- noth ox expose. him
Tie next we hear from him is the
ifevfs ol bis Iieath, oircul^tyd .through
Cumberland Presbyterians. It would
have been interesting to mnny had the
Council set forth 'by authority’ the
particular sections dropped by the
Cumbei-lauds from the Confession of
Faith.
But it would be easy to suggest fifty
tilings which might have been other
wise. Ntvcr was there anything
exactly as .t mi -lit Pave been. Never
was tin re mylbuig which might not
in some way . r miior have been im
proved. Take il all in all this Couu-
cil was a grand gathering.' The
gentlemen who composed it met as
Iri-'nds ami brethren. If there were
any points i e oioli they were not
exactly agreed, they agreed to
say "wry "le about them.
1'fii- - than if they had
scratci d and narlod at each other
an * torn eac * other’s ecclesiastical
hair. Twenty years ago such a Coun
cil would i. '. been impossible. This
Council Ins iaa<le warm friendships
aim ng people who never beloro had
met. It opened the doors of a gener
ous hospitality. It was a season of rich
enjoyment, ot genial fellowship and
its memory will long lie bright in the
hearts ol all who took part in it.
irOJLUV AND WINE.
neida Community, in the
xewiYork is doomed. With-
itself ar£*n*»elerada*te«f its own
troctidu. It bad some good fea-r
and some very bad ones. The
r ones vyeje temperance, industry,
nanctal -recitiide and the personal
leanh'ness Which MMgq94.&ga]l&
The principal had feature was the ins
farnmts relation • between the sexes,
ci- bis which set at defiance the laws of de-
~ Upf. ^ent soriety, in regard ^to matrimony,
kingdom of heaven had been ushered'
in and that there ought to be no mar
rying or givipg iu marriage. They re
garded as the consummation of all
selfishness for one man to be married
to one women.. -So they married all
the men in theircomraimity in * lump
to al! tie woman therein, and arrange
ed by lot or otherwise who should
temporarily be companions for each
other. This seems a revolting way to
live, but these people got used to it.
Each man loved all the women equal
ly, and each women equally loved all
the men. Outsiders supposed there
would be individual affinities and pre
ferences, but thc Community people
dented that such was the case. The
plaoe where they live is a beautifully
situated property about four miles
from Oneida, New York. It is laid
out in magnificent style and is adorned
with ample buildings for d wettings and
for the various branches of industry
which are carried on. The people of
Oneida have made little or uo com
plaint about them, lor they circulate
a good deal of money in town and em-
>loy many people as factory hands.
3ut the clergy ol that section of the
State have for some lime been most
vigorously stirring them up. The
pressure exerted On them from Out
side was so great that a few- mouths
ago they agreed to give up their sy«~
term of what they call “complex mar
riage’’ and enter on a state of simple
matrimony, like dec nl people. This
destoryed the great speciality of their
life. Some of these men and women
found their affinities and committed
matrimony. Some are old and ugly,
and nobody knows what they did or
how they got along.’ But this giving
in marriage crippled the Community
to such an extent as to break up its
original character. The concern is
now to be made into a joint stock
company. Heretofore all the proper
ty has been belt by lour trustees for
the benefit ot ajj. the members in com
mon. Now the strongest and smarts
est will lake the lead and the weak
and inferior will bring'' up the* rear.
The latterjwill gradually drop out and
a few of the leaders will gobble tne
whole organization. As the social
features ot tl.e Community are some
what wot>e than those ol'the Mormons,
uobody ueed regret the change which
is uow taken place.
Little Book Gazette. '
An accident happened to a
named Jack Welch on Friday ni]
and the particular^ are so marve
that, were it not for the reputation-
for veracity and reliability which has
always distinguished Mr. Welch, skep
tical people ^ would be disinclined rt>
expreeaa hearty belief in the story.
Daring the wind storm, when the
wind was playfully slamming doocjj.
tbreakmg- windowsr roHingf^bariers’
through the streets find, chuckling at
the vexation it caused, Mr. Wt-loh
was driving across the -Baring Cross
bridge in a wagon. The roadway
across the top of the bridge is open and
exposed to the weather. A railing
about six feet high runs cn each side
the whole length of the bridge. Welch
was driving toward the south side of
the bridge, and accomplished two-
thirds of the distance, which brought
him on thu draw. Just as lie reaohed
this point the wind came with tremen
dous force from the west, whistling
like a caliope. Sweeping down the nar
row passage way on which the wagon
stood, it knocked the horses down,
ujwet the wagon and blew Welch off
the bridge into the river. The top of
the bridge is sixty feet from the wa
fer, and, whirlimr. sprawling tumbling
over and over, Welch finally reached
the river feet first. The water closed
over his head and he went clear to
tlie bottom. After a prolonged subs
mersion, he rose cIostTto the "pier
upon which the centre ot the draw
rusts He held to the smooth iron
surface of the pier as well as he could,
but realizing that this supjtort was
some what insecure, inasmuch as he
could not hold on at all, he struuk out
lot shore. Half drowned and nearly
dead irom his fearful fall, Welch final
ly reached the shore, and crawling out
on the bank, lay there un.il he had
recovered^ small amount of breath
which the freakish air had -caused
him to lose. His horses were stopped
at the gate of the bridge. Welch
made his way home and yesterday
seemed none the worse from liis ac
cident. The particulars of this
marvelous story are told by Welch
himself, as no one else saw the ac
cident.
DRIFTWOOD.
It transpired in a Keokuk lawsuit
that the defendant bad sent his wife
to the poorhouse and married his
father’s divorced wife.
• The sale of ‘gold’ bricks, made
principally of brass, is brisk in the
West. One corner is pure gold and
from that is clipped the sample to be
assayed.
.Tom Betts, on bejng arrested for
killing Judge Moore, in Georgia,
~ edbimsell innocent of that crime
DILL ART ON a HOME!'
There is a power of comfort clus
tering around home. When I say
‘ home’ I mean more than I can ex
press in language. Some folks have
got a house and lot or a place where
they stay aod eat - and sleep, but it
ain’t everybody has got a home. I
wish from my heart they did have,
for, after ;aU, these tender attach
ments that dwell unseen around the
domestic hearth make np the best and
happiest part of life. We don’t know
how dear they are until we go off. and
N1GIIT LIFE OF YOUNG
MEN.
A writer in Scribners Monthly uses
tlio followiug strong language, which
will lie responded' to by the women
who have suffered all over the land.
“Ol the worst foes that women
havo ever had to encounter, wiue
stands at the head. The appetite lor
strong drink in men has spoiled the
lives of more women—ruined more
hopes lor them,scattered more lortunes
for them, brought to them more
shame, sorrow and hardship—than
any other evil that lives. The coun
try numbers tens of thousands—nay,
hundreds of thousands of women who
are widows to-day, and sit in hope
less weeds, because their husliands
have been slain by strong drink.’’
Yes, says the Agricultural world,
there are hundreds ot thousands of
homes scattered all over the land, in
winch women five lives of torture, go
ing through all the changes of suffer
ing that lie between tlm. ex term vs ti
fear and desj air, because those whom
theyilovtv love wine ItsCtoXAhanTlhcy
do the women they have sworn to
love. There ate women by the thou-
saids who dread to hear at the door
the step that once thrilled them with
pleasure ; that 6tep bus learned to reel
under the influence of the seductive
poison. There are women groaning
with pain, while we write these words,
from bruises and brutalities inflicted
by husbands made mad by drink.
There can be no exaggeration in .any
statement made in regard »o this mat
ter, because no human imagination
can create anything worse thaD truth,
and no pen is capapablc ot portray
ing the uuth. Tho torrow of a wife
with a drunken husband, or a moth
with a drunken son, areas near thi
naiizalit a ol hell as can be reached
iu this world at least. The shame,
the indication, the sorrow, the sense
of disgiacc for hiiusdt and children,
the jioveity—and not unfrrquenlly
the beggary—the tear and the fact ol
violence, t he lingering life long strug •
gle aod despair of sewutjes* womeu
with drunk, u husbands, -are enough
to make sll women curse wine, and
engage unitedly to oppose it every
where as the worst enemy of thsir
sex.
hjsj strar^e f \vi)li {Tlte tcr^ clause
tlau was' aimed to preserve liis history
caused curosity to be aroused and an
erpone made. . .
Dr. Huff had never married While
he was recognized as white man in
the Golden State,i'e always had the
air of a hunted man. His life bad
been an, unenviable one, and he doubt*
less !ib/taie<l tp entail tlm curst^ cl
suspicion that had followed him upon
innocent heirs. Hip, dcjyise . was
mourned ui>oat&^injftia w Bl2P®- A
good man was gone.
But the antecedents of this man
have at last been cleared. It is said
that his mother is a white woman and
One night iifteit destroys a whole
life. The leakage of the night keeps
the day forever empty. Night is sin’s
harvesting time. More siri and crime
is committed in one night thtin in all
the days of the week, This is more
emphatically true of the city, than ot
the country. The street lamps, like a
tile of soldiers, with torch in hand,
stretch away in loug lines on either
sidewalk; the gay colored transpar
encies are ablaze with attractions, the
saloon and billiard balls are brilliant
ly illumiuated; music sends forth its
enchantment; .the gay company begin
to gather to the haunts aud bouses of
pleasure ; Jbe. iWmMin* deus .are
aflame with palatial splendor; the
{theatres arc vn«fc* openthe mills of
destruction fife' grinding health,
honor, happiness sod hope opt of
thousand*' ofi litres, The city fmder
gaslight is not ttlfe same ;as under
God’s sunlight. ‘ Thehlluremenis and
perils and pitfalls are a hundred told
deeper and daifcer and more destruc
tive. Night life in our cities is a dark
problem^ whose depth aod-abysses
anil wliirlpoola' raffke' us start back
with horror. All mght 'ong tears are
< ’fk)lidgi bloodls streaming. /
l ‘Young men, telhme how and where
you spend your evenings, aud I will
Write Out tht*Whact; of your character
-and ffitiF'dedl!ny, v wrilh"-blanks to in
sert your uatnes. Il seems to me an
appropriate text would be “ Watch-
wliat of the night?” Police-
A PATUEIC HISTORY.
Oue of the most interesting and pa-
theic of volumes could be prepared
front the newspaper report of colliery
explosions iu England, The.searchers
in the 8oab>roeoiflifTy aft dc. thnj^oeat
terrible disaster came uj>ou several af
fecting memorials of the doomed men
shut Up" in thfe fiery trine. On an Old’
ventilation was chalked:
“All alive at three o’, lock. Lord
have mercy upon ns. T< -ether prays
ins tor help.—Robert Jo mson.”
Tn another part are written ‘with
chalk on a plank the words, in a bold,
clear hand: t
“The Lord has been with us. We
are all ready for heaven.—llicliard
Cole. Ilalf-past two.’’
Auother poor fellow, Michael Smith,
liad scratched with s nailt upon- bis
water bottle the following message to
his wile:
“Dear Margret—There were forty
of us altogether at, 7 a. pj. Some
wore singing b>pj»s. but my thoughts
Were on' my' little Michael. I thought
that him and I would meet in heaven
at the same time. Oh ! dear wife,
God save you and the children, and
pray for myself. Dear wife, farewelj |
My last thoughts are about you and
the children. Be sure and learn the
cbildreu to pray for me. Oh ! what a
terrible position wo are in.”
“Little Michael” was the child he
had left at home ill. It died on the
day of the explosion.—New York
World.
Louis Hohenschild frequently had
epileptic fits in the night, and, as a
precaution against Billing out of bed,
tied himself fast. One morning he
was found choked to death by the
rope.
The Charivari, to illustrate the na
ture of the odors ot late prevalent in
Paris, represents a country gentleman
inhaling the emanations of a manure
heap. ‘ What on earth are you about,
papa ?’ asks his sotf. 'Training for a
visit to Paris, my dear boy.’
In Russia, all the sons and daugh
ters of princes inherit their title.
They are, consequently, as plentiful as
sparrows. It is said that there is a
village where every iu habitant is a
Princess or Princess Gallitzen. The
title of Prince in Russia is about
equivalent to that of Esquire in Eng
land. . . r t .
President Eliot has sent to the pa
rents of Harvard undergraduates an
inquiry whether their sous have been
accustomed to attend prayers at home,
and requesting opinion on compulsory
attendance in the dispel. This is a
possible preliminary to making religi
ous worship voluntary at Harvard.
A society of Mormon girls, having
for its object the securing of mono-
gamic husbands, lias been discovered
and broken up at Salt Lake. The
members took a vow to marry no man
who would not pledge himself to be
content with one wife. Five grand
daughters of Brigham Yottng had
joined il.
Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, wish
ed to teBi a certain railroad brake. He
bad one adjusted to a car, aud started
off for a trial trip. The engineer
soon saw wliat seemed to be a big
rock qo the track ahead, and applied,
the brake, stoppiug the train within
a few feet of the obstacle, which
proved to be of pasteboard
’•The Londdtt Telegraph says that in
consequence of the advance in value
of many securities held by the Glas
gow Bank, the liquidation is likely to
show much b.-tter results than were
at one time anticipated, and those
shareholders who have met their calls
in lull will be handsomely remuner
ated.
HEREDITARY CRIME.
A FAMILY OF SEVEN PERSONS OF
WHOM SIX WERE INMATES OF PRIS
ONS.;
The death ot James Flaherty, a
eouvict in Clinton prison, by violence
at the hands of his keepers, which was
described by Quimbo Appo, Jr., upon
bis discharge from that. institution,
recalls a family history that illustrates
the theory that crime is hereditary
The Flaherty family consisted of lath.
COST OF PICKING COTTON.
man,
Virginia. She was a uear relative to « - - - -
Col. Huff, and while on a virit to him
in this county an unnatural intimacy
existed between them, which re-ulietl
inthe^rt^j[-^:ihU^i»DS:
Ohveriiunr~ Fv llwleinfe *8DSni© t>i
the girl, a mulatto woman was hived
to claim it as her oftsspring. .
There are over 1,000 acres ol fine
land in this county, the titles to wbicli
are vested in the hero ot this sketch.
As there are doubts about- liismolbeL,
and he leaving, no heirs, il is claimed
that this prop*iffy will nveitXo the
State. ,
We give the story as related to us.
— Ojjlethoipe Echo.
ily named Bausom. They w»:re apt-
very pious people, and neijr vefitJO
church. Once, however, during a
revival, the family were prevailed
upon to attend preaching-^ Wheu
they made their reluctant and tardy
’ ' had *
There is a cave in Tennessee two
miies in length ; but this does not
compare with the cave of gloom into
which tho Democracy Is thrown.
the city doing at night l W here do
they spend their evenings? Who
are their associates ? What are their
f-Where do-they^- «* and
t jjme do. yon.see.them come
out? Policemen, would the night
life of young men commend them to
the coofid¬f -of their employers ?
Would it be to their credit?
- Make a record ;of the nights of one
wOek. ; Put in thennoming paper the
names of all the young men, their
habits and hatiuts, that are on the
street’for miiful pleasure,'would there
not lie shame and contusion ? Some
would not dare to go* to their friaces
of business: some would return Rome
at night; some Wpdld-laavj
dome would cortmft -ebi
"Si
member, young men, that iu the retina
of the all seeing Eye there is nothing
hid* but Shall be revealed on the last
day.—Baptist Weekly.
Learn a Trade.—One man with
a trade is worth a thousand without
one. Tfieihoets cfyohng men in teyary
large city who apply ^or" employs
inept antjl fail to gel it for the .reason
ttet^lhey ctpnbt truthfully; affirm
that they are educated or especially
fitted for any particular business, cou-
stitute & potent argument in favor of
o , reform. Uuder the apprentice sys»
and gils, wp|llriO>.omA '|«rt.4ilqug)f,i jt^ld,>we should have few ignorant
aud everybody in 1^6 old church knows machanics and incompetent busmen
we didn’t vMtMMdat.' Slfl .Mb f«Ttne in itself.
the first hymn, reading it sorae-
ivlyfc’; ‘Itejtuiu,: yjs* i f fansoffi-
sinners, home.’ ‘AH right! cried
tho head of toe Ransoms, get-
Icing op in a rage, and dapping his hat
his head. ‘Come along, old woman
AFFAIRS IN IRELAND.
The iWorld correspondent ih\ Lorn
don gives dH almhniHg report from Ire
land in the following dispatch :
London, October 30.—The states
incut published in . your .columns on
VX$3hjsdst£!dj[ this weak to.tlJrjjBlIeA
that an appeaT for"afJTor'The 'agita
tors in Ireland had heen formally
made in America by Mr. Michael Das
vitt has been telegraphed to this side
ot the water and has produced a dee]
sedsatiou Both hefe and'ln Ireland
ThVleadifig-figitators intheSisteHs*
having been making; secret promises
to their followers that whenever aid
was needed it would be forthcoming
from the United States, but the^doett
ment published by the World is re
garded as the first actual evidence
that has been offurd sis to the Irish in
America “meaning business.”' The
most exaggerated rumors, are circula
ted in the wests of Irelaud—a district
that has often expected to see and has
at times actually seen a foreign ally
arrive to aid in a struggle with the
British power—to the effect that an
auxiliary army from America is even
now on its way, and there is conse
quently an Increasing disposition to
defy tlfe TOterninenl'andTo incur (he
terrible chances of a civil war. The
universal cry is, “The Americans will
see us through,” and the masses are
encouraged iu this belief by the agents
of the agitation, who Ijelieve it better,
even wiser, as a mhlter of temporary
policy, to take the risk of blemished
rather than see the whole movement
perhaps collapse ignominiously.
secret preparations fob REBEL-
• LION.
Nightly drilling goes on secretly
with greater activity than ever, and
there is really jin immense store of
arms of all- sorts 'iiow hidden in all
parts of Ireland.. With any active
help from an American organization,
a revolution might be made to t break
out any moment.
The New York Cotton tells us in its
last issue:
Some of the Southern papers have
expressed surprise at the estimate
made by a correspondent ot Brad-
street’s, that it cosis 840,000,000 to
pick the cotton crop; but, as that.es
timate is made ou the basis of 50
cents per 100 pounds for picking, and
aa fully 30 centals the prevailing rate
in Texas, while as high as (1.25 has
been paid this year, it is probable that
850,000,000 would better represent
the cost of picking out the cotton crop
of the United States. Of this amount
probably $30,000,000 is paid to col
ored men. i I .
Perhaps, says the Columbia Regis
ter, those who hold, the above esti
mate too high do not compare the
figures with ibeoost of picking a good
deal of cotton gathered by hands reg
ularly employed for certain wages.
At 810. per month and ' feed, this, all
told, would perhaps not exceed 813,
which amounts to 46.4 cents per day.
The usual limit of a hand’s picking is
ten bales of 500 pounds. This calls
for an average picking! per day—from
the I5th ot August to tho 15th ot No
vember inclusive—or not less .than
150 pounds, which, at above wages,
would cost a little over 30 dents
hundred. But as this is almost, if not
quite, double the average of produc
tion per hand in the country, and the
picking begins before and ends after
the above period, at' lower rtltes ’of
gathering; the cost of picking’ cotton
per hundred with wages hands cannot
fall shoit of 65 cents f and special lat
bor under the pressure of a full bio#
is, of course, paid mote.
It is not far from the t>nth, then,
all around, to put the cost of picking
at 70 cents a hundred,’which, on a
crop of 85,500,000 bales of 400 pounds
each, amounting to 8,500.000,000
pounds of seed cotton, calls for 859,-
590,000. In round numbers it must
cost $60,000,000 to pick this crop: We
believe, from a close estimate of 1 the
same, that 1 nt least four-fifths of' this
money " is paid to colored pickers,
which is $40,060,000 a year paid to
colored men, women and youths to
gather the cotton crop.
we begin to feel the pressure of the
cords that bind us, and the lunger we
stay auay the harder they pull, draw
ing us tenderly and lovingly to the
dearest spot on earth— the only place
where we can find rest and peace and
happiness-without alloy. I stepped
in on the family last night ahead ot
time. There’s nothing sweeter than
a pleasant surprise. I love to tip-toe
up the steps and peep in at the win
dow while the lamp is brightly burn
ing and the fire is glowing cheerfully
iu the hearth and the good mother
and bairns are silting around, and
perhaps are thinking and talking of
me. It increases my love and magni
fies my consequence, aod my heart
beats quick and warm as I gently open
the door and poke the top of my rev
erend head within the family room.
With what pare delight the children
scream and run and gather mo in
their embracing arms. I like that,
and it ever I have got to die unawares
from violence I would rather have
the breath choked out of me with
love than any other way. ‘ Where
is the queen,’ said I—‘ the silver
moon, the bright, particular star—
children, wheie is your mother?’
They pointed to the kitchen, where I
found her cooking supper. Her hands
were in the dough, but calmly and
with a face all serene she presented
herself tor the accustomed salute, as
she remarked, ‘I knew you would
come to-night, for you most always
slip in ahead of time, aod besides, ray
nose has been itching all .the after
noon, and eo I told the girls I would
get Bupper, and in a little while I will'
have tlie wild ducks done aud the
squirrel too, and hope you will eujoy
them.’ Blessed woman! She knew
by insti’ict I was a coming, and
wouldn’t tell it, but slipped off by
heiself to get an extra supper. It
erer I caught her napping I don’t
know it. It’s good to g° aw ay from
home .sometimes, fur it .quickens love
and'renews our appreciation, and it’s
good to come back again and rejoice
with the happy family and see tlie lit
tle change- that time has wrought.
The killin' hogs have grown big and
fat. Buss has had a calf. The bob
tail pup has got to barking. The
cut'on has been over tho seeoml time,
and the wheat land-is all well turned
and waiting for a frost. The boys
are laying up a good supply of wood,
tor Judge Underwood has been over
to see tne, and says its sure to be- a
very hard winter, y
C|t Sethis ^iamter.
J. T. WATB3K.3WtA.3ST,
PROPRIETOR.
The World’s Largest Bridges,
'haiinml^tec i
.. , . jMffCi
torious thief in the Fourth War;
served several terms io the pe'mtei
for various offenses. In 1974 be was
shot dead while engaged in a robbery
on Long Island. The mother is an
habitual drunkard, and spends most
of her time on Blackwell’s Island.
She has been in the penitentiary. The
oldest son, Thomas, was a thief from
childhood. He began his career with
Abe Coakley, now in thc Tombs for
complicity in the Manhattan Bank
burglary. Martin Broderick Molntz
and other noted criminals. Thier
chief occupation was stealing cotton
during the war, when tnat staple
brought enormous prices. Alter serv
ing several terms in the penitentiary,
Thomas was arrested in 1875 for pick
ing pockets and sentenced to Sing
Sing. lie escaped, but was re-cap
tured, he being re-arrested tor the
same crime about a year after his
escape. He was convicted and sen
tenced again, but escaped while on
his way to Sing Sing. Deputy Sheriffs
Burrus and Mulhollard had him in
charge when he jumped through a ear
window. It is believed that be is now
in Canada.
Jiin, the second son, was sent to
Clinton prison for three years for
picking pockets. IIe was taken sick
with cancer of the stomach, became
refractory and was placed in a dark
cell. His sufferings became so iutense
that be cried all night. The keepers
attempted to correct him, and in the
struggle tint ensued it is alleged that
he was strangled to death. : - 1 ’
Patrick, Jr., the youngest, son, is
now serving put a five years’ sentence
tor burglary in the fivst degree.
While attempting to rob a house in
Roosevelt street about six months ago
he was caught in the act' by. detective
Carr of tile Oak street police. He,
pleaded guilty. The elder daughter
is an habitue of vile resorts and has
served one term in the penitentiary
for stealing a diamond pin from- a
conspicuous sporting man The moth
er and daughter were in the peniten
tiary at the same time. The younger
daughter is an exception to the rest of
thu family, she being a respectable
woman.—Ex.
NINETY MILES AN HOUR.
ugut pf tlie towers for
«e sugportjs uy^orth .Bridge haserte
ated some surprise, and no wonder, when
It is taken into account tlmt when com
pleted they will bo the highest buildings
df any kind in the world. Science will,
’••le^efofo, Wait with some anxiety their
completion. The height of the towers
on the Island of Inch Garvie, midway
between South and North Queensferry,
will te 560 feet, to support a bridge 180
fectAMVeiiigh-water mark, but the rea
son for this great altitude is that in thc
generality of suspension bridges the tow
ers are built on land on either side of
the span, and were this thc case in the
Forth Bridge towers of 150 feet less
height, or 430 foot, would be sufficient;
but this is impossible, from, the great
length of the bridge.’
.It serins fhSt by natural laws there is
a limit to everything on this earth—Unit
is, that man can go a certain length and
no further, as, for instance, in telescopes
nothing larger than Lord Russ’ having
been perfected for many years. In ref-
ence to buildings, . a correspondent
quoted St. Jtollox Stalk 430 feet high.
St. Paul’s Cathedral is about 4C0 feet to
the top of the daiae, St Peter’s at Rome
480 feet, the Pyramids of Egypt at
least the great pyramid, is 180 feet at
present in ita imperfect state, liut by
calculation would reach 600 feet in
height when finished. When it !ia re
membered that this structure only
difficult!
Towers ,to
These towek ’Sre to be formed of solid
masonry to a certain height, and then by
groupa of iron pillars girded together in
layers upward.
The Niagara Suspension Bridge has
one large span of. 821 feet; the railway
track above the water is 245 feet, or 9*5
feet higher than the Forth Bridge; the
towers are only sixty feet high, being
built on either side of the shore. The
Alleghany Bridge has two large spans of
344 feet each, and the towers are 45 feet
high. The Covington and Cincinnati
Bridge has a span of 1,057 feet ; its br ight
almvo low water is 103 feet, and the
towers 230 feet high. The bridge seems
to give the best proportion to the Forth
Bridge, which is 1,680 feet for two spans,
150 feet high, and towers of M0 feet.
Those we have mentioned are finished
and in working order; and we may men
tion also the East River Bridge, connect
ing New York to Brooklyn. The towers
of this bridge are also built ujioii the
land, and are 278 feet high. Tlie single
span is 1,695 feet. There is, therefore,
no doubt that the Forth Bridge, when
completed, will bo an engineering«
triumph.
THE KING AND THE PAGE
A plea-ant; story is told of the old
King" Frederic the 'Great of Prussia.
Once when he rang bis bell for life
page to come and wait on him, there
was no answer. So he went out into
the anic-chamber, and there he found
his page fast asleep. The step ot the
King does not waken him, so soundly 1
is he asleep. A letter sticking Out
of , the boy’s pocket catches the Ring’s
eye, and he ia curious enough to take
it out and read if. Not any more
honorable that for a Kiiig than for
any ono else. • 1
But th^ boj had no reason to be
afraid or ashamed of the King’s
curiosity: for il was a letter from liis
poor mother, thanking him for send
ing her his wages, and praying God
to reward his kindness and attention,
After readiog it the King went softly
back to his chamber, took a bag of
money, and with : the letter slipped it
into the pocket of the boy.
Again going to-Lis chamber he
rang the.bell loud euougltto. arouse
tlie sleeper, who immediately an
swered its summons; '
‘ You' have been' fast adeep,’ skid
the King. ,ir*o,l- ns
Frightened and coulused, the poor
boy put liis hand into his pocket, and
what to find but a bag of money. He
took’ it' out and looking up to thc
King, burst into tear*. C '
VWbat,is the- matter,’ asked- tlie
King, . . ,
‘ Ab, sir,’ cried the poor feHow,
throwing' himself 'on his knees before
Frederick, ’somebody is trying to
ruin me. I know nothing about this
money, which I have just found in my
pock-t.’
* My young triend,* said the King;
4 God takes different ways ol helping
us. Send the inoffey to your mother.
Salute her for tne and tell her I wdl
take good care of both her and you.’
Christian Weekly.
Tell you what, boys; let’s get in
ood fighting. trim, aod lick ’em in
good
1994.
It is probable that the scheme which
was proposed first by Mr. Shaw Le-
fevre, and which lias been advocated
by Mr, Bright, will form the basis of
the contemplated settlement .of the
Dish land question by the present
English Government, All land owners
ready,to sell will be given debentures
bearing three per cent,' for their pro
perty- Their tenants will be charged
four pear cent during a terip of years—
three per cent, beiog to pay interest
on the debentures, and one per cent,
to act as a sinking fund, 90 that at the
end pf the term the fund. will become
the property of the occupier, In ad-
dition to this, large tracts of waste
lands will
thirty or I
these lota
the peasants
ot payments.
The New York Sun siiys: “There
has just t urnerl out from the Grand
Locomotive Works, iu Patterson, N.
J„ a new locomotive of peculiar pops
struction, intended far the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad.
Bngend Fontaine, the iu venter,! claims
that this)locomotive can ,be, made, to
gp, ninety.^uiiles, an hotijv while t|mj
machinery is run no .faaW, than that'
of an ordinary locomotive traveling at
the rate ot sixty miles an hour. The
msohinery is all on top -ot the boiler,
instead , of under it,—The driving
wheel rests ou another wheel, which
in turn rests on the track.' Tills low
er wheel has two rims, one a foot smal
ler than the other* it The outer rim
touches the track, and the inner or
smaller rim supports the driving wheel
The motion of the driving’ wheel
thus communicated is magnified by
this arrangement so>> that the lower
wheel turns one-third faster than the
driving wheel, and so the speed is in
creased. The smaller ’ run of' the
lower wheel bears to the larger rim a
relation similar to that of a very large
hub to any; wheel. Of course any rate
of motion communicated to such a
liub is greatly magnified at the peri
phery ot tile wheel; In the same way
the motion of the driving whee 1 in this
case is magnified by thc peculiar ar
rangement of thu wheel it rests upon.
Mr. Fontaine believes that his loco
motive, if it were not for the increate
resistance of the air, could bn run at
the rate of IQ? inilesAO hour- r He <s-
pects;: it to make 90 miles gn hour
easify.’’ /,
A Visit to a Japanese House.
When you go to a Japanese house,
there is no bell to ring, no knocker on
the door, and no person to receive you;
you sing aloud, “ I ask to l>e heard,”
when a servant opens the door and bmva
down to the floor, and then listens to
you. You tell the servant what you
want," and she leads you into the house.
There are no chair* to sit on, nor a91
there any stools or sofas, hut you sit on
the floor with yotir-limbi ’doubled up
under you as the tailors Sit. I forgot to
tell y6u tbat.you. have to take off your
boots or shoes before entering. After
you ’sit'down, the servant brings you a
pipe and some tobacco to smoke, also tea
and cake, and tells you that the master
is bqsy and cannot see you immediately.
After awhile the master comes in and
you make a profound bow to each other.
He then asks you to his study, which is
well furnished.- On one side is a door
which swings on binges, or can be pushed
back to the right or left. The walls are
not white; but either gray or brown, the
same as the ceiling, which ia low and
made of wood. In the corner of the
room is a rack, covered with a silk
spread. Pictures hang on the wall, but
tney are not framed but trimmed with
silk and fancy paper-which can be rolled
up and put away. The study fronts on
the garden, and you can inhale the fra
grance of flowers. There is no parti
tion between the study and the garden,
except sasher filled with transparent
paper, which, appears most beautiful at
night; but in case of a storm they have
a canvas which they draw over this and
make itaecure. Then the master intro
duces yo® : to his wife. He does not call
her bu£. simply says she is my wife.
She is dressed splendidly. Her hair is
arttfigid fn Something’the same way as
the Aperican; lady dresses hfrs. She
asks you to six in. a high seat and order*
tea. and cake. She will ask you if you
aire married, how many children you
hare.letc. '. The Ameritau ladies are just
as inquisitive. By her .side sits her
daughter and son on the floor, without
cushions. The young lady is dressed
very mucjvli&i her mother, and if you
ask her to play, she .will get. an instru
mentsomething like a guitar, and play
and sing.Her brother never gives his
parents any 'trouble, and never asks any
He Didn’t Know it,was Loaded,
-sPaul Nadon, a blacksmith ot St. Rose,
(panada, went shooting on Saturday
and returning, laid nis gnu 00 a
beam in the kitchen. On the same
evening Cleoptras Cloutier, a farmers’
son of nineteen; and a. sweetheart ot
Eadon’a daughter Victorine, paid
her.,ayjsit. . While hft as.,chatting
to.berin the doorway,, her brother
fierinidw, aged thirteen, thinking
the gun was empty, took it down, play
fully presented in at Cloutier, and
pulled .both) triggers. Two charges
oft buckshot lodged 4n tho young
man’s brain, and be fall dead. Inquest
today; verdict ‘accidentally shot.! *
TDn jt and tyt it> ioto of
acres topetwaqta, and
teoometheprpPWXto
iler a ; oerta^u number
GERMAN CARP. - - [
There 1ms been an effort on thu
part of several’enterprising gentlemen
in Georgia to introduce into our pbiids
aiid takes W fish known ns the German
carp. The Hon. W E. Smith, of
Albany, has taken considerable inter
est in the matter, and writes the fol
lowing in the Albany.News aud Ad
vertiser. He say s :
The little'pond into which Dr.
Potillo placed a portion of his, tin ac
count of the. abaeuce .iff, rains,
became nearly dry. From this
pond Dr. Patillo took two carp,
each one of which weighed 1 between
eight and ten pounds and were about
twenty inchts iu length. One he gave
to me, and a portion of another he
gave to Rev. Mr.' Felder. My fish
was baked. T found it a beautiful
white with scarcely any hones, and of
a delicious flavor.'
This experiment of propagating this
valuable food fish in this country, and
in out ponds and.lakes, I consid r as
demonstrating, beyond all doubt, the
feasibility and practicability of such
enterprises. • ■' 1 ■ fWto '- I
. Should the carp in • other ponds
thrive as those of Dr. Palillo’s, I will
lie able to furnish id^ neighbors with
tyiy. number of’ young, ones next
of tho lakes and ponds planted wltJi
question
uo r > ><X Modern Psyche. .....
1. .;i .. 1- [Troy Times.J I .
The modern Psyche has turned up.
She.lived it Atlanta, Ga., and although
fifteen years old, feU in Ipve with one ol
Uncle Sain’ssolaieis stationed there and
married him. On the wedding day—sc
cruel is fate sometimes—the regiment te
which her husband belonged was trnn»
ferred to Fort Assiniboine in Montana
Territory, and despite -tears and pro
testations the bridegroom was forced tc
leave, his wife behind. The poor little
lady was disconsolate for many weekr
after his departure. Early in the sum
mer, however, she-started, like Psyche, tc
search for her lover.. She traveled alone
to SaVanhah and set sail for New York,
and; as in the old story, < -j i>
Underneath h.irfeet the moonlit ee*
Went ghepherling his wave* disorderly,
So-that after many trials she found her
*df moving over thc Pennsylvania Rail
road toward the West. Food was given
her by kind passengers, and interested
gentlemen saw that the conductors were
not troublesome. At Chicago, Quarter
master General Ingalls was surprised one
day to see on her knees before him a
“ ry pretty girl with tears in her eyes,
id’ the story aforetold on her lips.
General Ingalls grew sympathetic, and
E her a-letter to the railroad officials,
whom she got a pass to SL Paul,
e she * procured ’ another pass to
Bismarck, and -Wen* thence to* Coal
Bank*, from which place toe dropped
down upon her husband at Fort Assini
boine, having travel id 4,000 miles with
out a 1 penny 'in her pocket. A Sioux
City reporter describes the meeting as
something to shout over.
You may have sfeen a young man
bn one side of a gate and a maideti on
kheotbeb ride; Why tbeyftatit to long r -.~ -
is because a great de*! cop be said -on I fmsstoncr Will furni
both rides. j, v J . ( ' *ttp on Vppflrmtion. 1
j,., lion. .' Fish Commissioner o!
ashihgton, gud also oji'^State Cota-
The « Athcnttum” on Franklin.
In reviewing Mr. John Bigelow’s edl-
tionof .‘‘Franklin’s Life and Works.”
the Athchceum says: “ Benjamin Frank
lin is one of the few men whose place of
residence.i» London is thought worthy
of commemoration. Whoever walks down
Craven street will' see a! medallion in
front of a house there with these word*
.inserted tin it:>' ‘!lived here Benjamin
National Portrait Gallery * portrait of
Franklin hang*/,among- those of the
worthies whose memories we delight to
honor; and itib probable that if he could
revisit this w#rla he, would .find himself
as much respected In this country as ia
thM of his birth: • • •’’ Though opto-
iope.rew differ to to .ttoom»t^.whuffi
popular in both; Indeed/not mshyw
; Franklin,'ananonsdf hi».work*h*i
