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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
The journal irouth.
ATLANTA, GA., JULY 19, 1884.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT
48 BROAD STREET.
Jr,its H. g£AL«- Kraprixm
t» tn B. BEALS. K*ro).'-. :>«<« Eiittos-
m. AKY E. BKTAlf. (•) Associate Editor
The Prize Stories.
No doubt all the contestants have grown
weary in waiting for the decision of the
judges in regard to the stories. Some have
not only become impatient but have waxed
wroth and threatened as with horrible hob
goblins. B it we are not surprised, for the
time has been delayed entirely too long and
we regret it exceedingly. We trust however
that a simple explanation and the sut joined
note from one of the judges will be satis
factory to all.
The first great trouble was to find compe
tent readers who would or couid undertake
the task. After finding them, onr Mr. J. H.
Seals, the editor, placed the MSS. in their
hands, and soon afterwards went to Cumber
land Island and was absent for a month,
and on his return was soon overwhelmed by
that great grief which has been announced.
Four thoroughly competent judges were
eelected and entered at once upon the work,
and three of lhem reported as promptly as
possible, and the curd below from the
fourth will explain itself and no doubt be
entirely satisfactory to every one. Judge
Clarke is well known to (he readers of this
paper. He is one of our best writers and
one of the best citizens and ablest jurists of
our State.
I masses the requisite intelligence there will
• Atlanta, Ga., July 1C, 1884. u„t be the requisite virtue Even then, the
Col. John H. Seals My Hear Friend: well-wishing minority will have to deceive,
Since yon gave me the MSS. for examina- frighten or bribe the nn.jjriiy into voting
tion I have looked in vain for both the time f OP their own interests.
The Majority Not Fitted to Bole.
It mnst, we fear, be oonfest-ed, that even
in the very bestc mnmnites, the intelligent,
moral and patriotic are not in the majority.
The few alone can di-oern will inure to the
benefit of society, and fewer still can so far
forego their prejudices as to labor for what
they are persuaded will be an advancement.
How then are the progressive minority to
aoomplish their purposes in the face of that
vast majority whose motto is “let well
enough aione?” Clearly not by leaving every
man in the enjoyment of his own opinion,
and looking on uninterruptiugly while they
move on in the old ruts. They who are con
scious of having within them some thought
which put into a praotical form may promote
the world’s interests must speak. Appre
hension of being prononnoed wild and vis
ionary, must not repress their utterance. It
has been the fate of most of those who have
striven to inonlcate some new doctrine, to
he met by misrepresentation and abuse.
The majority of mankind oppose their own
elevation—resist the amelioration of their
state. The L“gi c Ia'or who would frame a
law that would place them forward in civil
ization fiuds that he mnst move towards his
ends in spiral lines. Many times he can ac-
oomplish his purpose only by disguising it
under some popular form and giving it some
catching name. He must be something of
a trickster that he may be wholly a beuefao
tor. Writers and speakers who wish to air
their rhetoric, often have much to ray about
b-ibery and intimidation in controlling elec-
tious; yet these very persons, if they be
possessed of common sense know that means
like these have to be euiplojcd. The mi
nority who can discern the interest of so
ciety and who are concerned for its preser
v.ition, have to cheat the masses whom no
reason nor eloquence can win to the sway of
virtuous seutime'its. ’Tie sad that it is so.
Perhaps in the distant tutnre it may be oth
erwise. In the opinion of some, education
will prove a cure for all onr ills, and ac
cording to their theory, when every man,
woman and child, shall be able to read and
write, the individual who is tot intelligently
patriotic will he the rare exception. When
such a state of thiuas shall exist tne rule of
the majority may be a practical as well as
a theoretical proposition. We apprehend,
i however, that when there shall be with the
and opportunity to do so. I have had two
spells of sickness. I have had to be absent
from the city. I have had several law cases
which severely taxed me in time and trouble.
So between ail I have not had suitable op
portunity to properly examine the MSS ,
and unless I could so do in a manner satis
factory to tnjself, I had rather not att< mpt
it. I deeply regret the delay, but. it was un
avoidable. U ider favorable circumstances
the exatmn-'tuou would be more a pleasure
thau a labor. As at present situated it would
be two weeks before I could ix .mine them,
nod therefore think it better to return them.
With high regard, T am faithfully and afire
tionately Yours,
BicnARD H. Clark.
This will of course oanse a still further de
lay, but we shall now get rid of the matter
just ns soon as possible, and the announce
ment will be made at an early day.
Not Very Enticing After All.
W’e presume there is a p'easure in being
a candidate for a great effise. It must fi.I
one with pride to be for mouth after mouth
the subject mutter of talk isll over the Ian
where two are met together 1 . Even in thJ>
abu°e which constitutes the staple of much
of this talk, one can realize some pleasure
from the reflection that he is important
fcnongh to be abused. Should the well-
fought campaign result in his triumph, he
feels, no doubt, in the first moments of
victory, a rapture that seems a full compen
sation for all his trouble and anxiety. But
this exultation will pass away, and he will
begin to realize that he has bou.ht at too
dear a price. The hara°sments of an office
attained he will find quite as inimical to
peace as were his nnxietii s while it was be
ing sought. He will soon learn that a great
many more advocated hie election because
they expected some favor in re urn than he
finds it possible to accommodate Scores
of applicants mnst be disappointed, and m
each disappointed one he knows that he has
an enemy. He will find his best effort mis
construed, not alone by those whu oppue-d
his elevation, but by those who, from hav
ing given him their aid, claim the right of
controlling his actions. Wi'h all this, he
will have much work to do. Under our sys
tem of goveramen there are f ‘w sin ion res.
From President down, every < ffi ie holder is
expected to earn his p >y In a lew instances
the chief has the n sponsihility, while the
actual labor is perfo-med by his subordi
nates; but more commonly he who has the
responsibility of < ffice has also to perform
much of its drudgery. As a matter of
money, the reward for all this physical toil
and mental anxiety is generally not greater
and is often less than could be won in some
private vocation. The merchant or farmer
who has applied himself to his calling with
diligence and skill may, by the time he
reaches middle life, be the possessor of a
larger fortune than the most successful poli
tician can lay up from his offices. Indeed,
the rule now is that office seeking is far
more of a money-spending than a money
getting business. No man now ventures
upon soliciting a high position nntil he has
acquired wealth enough to render him easy
should he prefer dignified retirement. Of
this he will have to disburse much to obtain
the (ffice, which, after it is attained, ha« not
emolument enough attached to maiutain its
dignity with< ot a still further draft upon
the private income. All these things being
so, is it a snbject for wonder that oar best
men shrink away from political life ? # *
A Do-Nothing Congress.
The first session of the Forty-eighth Con
gress, which was commenced Dec 3, 1883,
will be entitled to a place in the legislative
annals of the Republic as the “Do-Nothing
Congress.’’ Immense quantities of work
have been projected, but the enacted results
have been ridiculously small, both in quan
tity and in value. Tn the Senate. there have
been introduced 2380 bills ai d ninety six
joint resolutions, while in the House there
have been introduced 7470 bills and 278
joint resolutions. Yet, of these ten thousand
subjects officially presented for legislation
not 250 have been perfected and placed on
the statute book. “Great cry and little
wool” would be an appropriate motto for
the ponderous volumes of the Congressional
Record which will give an official account of
neglect to perforin the work which onr Sa
lons themselves laid ont.
Billing Our Mocking Birds.
We heartily endorse the following timely
coodemnatia of a great sin by the Telegraph
and Messenger :
It is said, with what degree of troth we
cannot determine, that for several years the
destruction of the mocking birds has been
so widespread and systematic as to threaten
complete extermination unless somethingbe
done to stop the evil. It is an unquestioned
fact that in and about this city the bird is
now rarely seen by many to whom ten years
ago he was a con-tant companion.
S >me persons attribute his departure to
the English sparrow, but altogether without
reason. The trne cause of the absence of
our favorite bird is the young negro. Only
within a few years has this dusky Nimrod
fotHH it possible to arm and eqmp hims If
for the field. He goes forth ready and will
ing to slaughter everything in the shape
of a bird that comes in range, and slaugh-
, t«r them he does. J iys, mocking
-Cl ,• teal Ik , -^.-crows' Otv.- . iiria, 'it lets,
» Hhrnshes'imd wood peckers fall before him,
regardless of the fact that they have claims
upon human sympathy, and are besides un
fit for food. The unarmed darkey of com
mercial instincts is even more deadly in
his as-aults upon the mocking bird. Of all
birds it seems to be most careless of obser
vation while building its nest. The nest
the yonngater marks, and as the little birds
prepare to exercise their wings, he appears
upon the scene wiLh his market basket and
is soon crying them upon the streets. We
have seen hundreds offer* d for sale, not five
of which, it is safe to say, survived the
handling and change of food rendered nec
essary by their captivity.
This is a matter the Legislature should
take in hand. The mocking bird preys but
little upon our fruits, and surely no one will
begrudge him the food he consumes as long
as he gives back iu exchange the fairest
songs that bird throats ever formed.
EEV. J. B. HAWTHORNE, D.D.
His Installation as Pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Atlanta.
One of the most important and notable
events of the present year was the reception,
introductory sermon and installation of Dr #
J. B Hawthorne as pistor of the First Bap
tist Clmrch of Atlanta, on Sunday last. His
splendid reputation for piety, pulpit oratory
and great zeal in the Master’s work had
long ago preceded him to this city, and his
advent was therefore a matter of geueral
interest and universal solicitude among all
onr people without regard to denominations.
The spaoious church was entirely too
small to receive the people, and multi
tudes were tnrued away. His discourse was
able, beautiful and impressive, and held the
rivited attention of tue vast audience from
the beginning to the end. We give a sam
ple passage in which he is speaking of his
mission to preach the Gospel:
No work is so honorable and glorious as
this. Uaun this mission I come among yon.
Great God 1 how unspeakable the favor
which thou hast oouferred upon me in call
ing me to stand between the living and the
dead—in making me a channel through
which the light of life may flow from heav
en to earth and tnrn mau : s noon of night
into noon of day ! I sometimes hear the
children sing: _ /*
“I want to be an ang-1,
A d with the angels stand,
A crown ai-on my forelie- -I,
A harp within my hand.”
Bit while it is my privilege to proclaim
this message which reveals G >d to mnu and
mau to himself, whioh transforms the hn-
mau heart and makes earth’s lepers and
harlots r.nd onto ists fit to be pillars in the
temple of glory, I do not want to be an
angel, and with the angels stand. I prefer
to stand down here ant'd the fogs and
damps and miasmas and darkness and pro
olaim liberty to earth's captives.
What God writes npou human hearts is
“read and known of all meu.” These liv
ing epistles are exposed to public view.
They walk about upon your streets and
mingle with the multitudes in jour market
places. Yon who profess Chr stianity are
read by the enemies of Christ. As you sit
here to-day in the sanctuary of prayer they
read you. They look into your face to see
the motives depicted there while G id’s
praises are sung and God’s gospel is
preached. Aud to-morrow when you go out
to bay and sell and get gain they will read
you. They will watch your every transac
tion and movement to see to what exteut
yon have gained the mastery of self and are
dominated by tho-e exalted principles of
rectitude whioh you profess to cherish.
Every man is an open letter. Every man’s
life, whether it be regenerate or uuregene-
rate, beautiful or hideons. Christ-like or de
mon-like iH written and read. Hear it. my
friend, and tremble. The world is reading
you, and by what it reads it will be made
better or worse, purer or mors corrupt,
more like heaven or more like hell.
The installation ceremonies at Dight were
exceedingly interesting. The R< v. Dr. Hurn-
ady presided, and all the addresses were
beautiful, exhilarating and appropriate. The
Rev. Dr. McDonald of the 2 i Baptist church,
welcomed him in the name of the city, and
Rev. Dr. Nunnally, of Rome, welcomed him
in the name of the 250 000 Baptists of the
State. Rev. Dr. (iwiun, the retiring pastor,
presented him with the Bible, and Rev. Vir
gil Norcross delivered a most happy address
to the members of the church in regard to
their duties to their new pastor.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Drift of Partisan Sentiment in State
and National Affairs.
BRIC-A-BRAC.
An Agnostic in Court.
The Toronto (Canada) Mail, July 4lh,
Bays: “There was quite a ripple ot excite
ment in the Division Conrt, before Judge
McDongall, yesterday. W. N. 8eare, of 139
Church street, was the defendant in an
action on an account. He entered the wit
ness box to give evidence, bat refnsed to be
sworn. He said he was not a Christian,
and an oath would not be binding upon
bim. His Honor sent for a copy of the
statutes, and found that he had the power
~ witness to affirm, which was
Women Frequenters of the Morgue—
A Morbid Taste for the Horrible.
Toe Budget tells of a curious phase of
woman nature—a passion for looking at and
hearing of horrible things. It is seen in the
zest with which some women devour the de
tails of a sensational crime in the newspa
pers, but the most striking illustration of it
can he observed by visiting the Morgue.
“Whenever there is a sensational suioide
or a si 'gnlarly atrocious or bloody murder,
the Morgue is besieged by a mob of mor
bidly curious people. Women are not lack
ing, and they are the worst of all, except
the ‘loiters.’ They hang ar und and talk
about it, aud come back to look ag in, nntil
they make yon tired. Take to-day for in
stance. This murder and suioide has brought
them here by the thousand, and we had to
have the police here all the evening to keep
the sidewalk clear and to save onr front
windows from being smashed. The crowd
comes all day long, but the evening is al
ways the worst. The day visitors are loafers
and married women generally. In the
evening the working girls and young fel
lows who labor come to see the elephant.
And right there is where the mashers come
to the surface. There is no matinee, and it
is always a snre thing that a gang of gawk
ing women and giddy girls will be around
to see the corpses laid ont, so they come
here. They generally begin to arrive abont
noon. They come in and find ont the par
ticulars of the ease, where the shot took ef
fect, who the victim's relatives are and all
about it. Then they besiege the door. A
woman comes along. She steps to the door
of the Morgue aud then gets timid and becks
out. The ‘Idler’ comes forward, lifts his
hat, invites the woman to walk in, and con
stitutes himself her escort. Sometimes two
or three oorae together. Hetells the ghastly
tale with his own variations to eaoh, and if
in the meantime a strange female arrives he
gives her the points without being asked.
There is no impropriety abont it with him.
A woman who goes to a Morgue to look at
such scenes has a curiosity that overcomes
modesty or propriety, and she will converse
with anybody to satisfy it. Sometimes it
goes no farther than the Morgne, but not al
ways. It may be startling, bat this Morgne
is getting away with Kearny street for mash
ing. The business is growing mo thly.
There is most always some kind a case here
attractive to somebody, and when it is at
tractive to any one it is to working girls.
Fascinating Beggars.
One of the latest feminine pleasantries is
to wear a tiny gold and silver-plated money
box as a chatelaine ornament. It is quite
the thing for young ladies to wear “charity-
boxes,” as they are called, and, aB a rale,
their gentlemen friends delight in being
wheedled ont of niokels to help support the
eause. The most striking peculiarity in
oonneotion with this oddity is that no gen
tleman ever knew one of these boxes to be
quite fall, though at most no one of them
will hold more than a dollar in niokels.
organist, was snberb throughout.
We congratulate the First Baptist Church
and the whole city of Atlanta, upon the ac
quisition of Dr. Hawthorne, who now stands
at the ead of the list of Baptist divines in
the South.
Oar Atlanta Artist.
The following is an extract from a letter
of an Atlanta lady to her sister, Mrs. W.
Hunter :
Dear Sister: Yon cannot imagine how
delighted 1 am at tee success of onr Atlanta
artiste, Mrs. J. R. Gregory, in copying for
me the two portraits of onr dear parents,
from the original portraits in possession of
Mr. E. C.'-Halliday, of Washington, D. C.
They are perfect “fao similes” of them in
likeness, aud nohnes-i of coloring, and flue
finish. She has caught that delicate pnnty
of oomplexion, tint and softness, so char
acteristic of all of Gilbert Smart’s work.
While the quaint dress, high comb and ruff
of the lady, as well as the buff waistcoas'.
and rnfled shirt of gentlemen of that period
are all copied with the same fidelity. E-en
to the old-fasni ned chairs and family
jewels are all perfect.
These portraits are reslly beautiful, and
are admired by all who see them.
Yon would do well to give Mrs. Gregory
an order for a duplicate of them, or a por
trait of yonrself and husband, for she is so
successful in getting trne likenesses, aud
her work is as lovely in oil as it isinorayon.
Affectionately, your sister,
M. E. Thornton.
July 10th, 1884.
Presidential Aspirants and the Wire-
workings of Political Thimble
Riggers.
The Now York Sun one day last week
said: “We th>nk Grover Cleveland is beat-
eu.” The Sun, of lute, very often thinks
wrongly.
Democrats have nothing to gain now by
ridionling Flower and attacking Tammany.
The nominations have been made; close np
the ranks.
The editor of the Eafaula Daily Mail is
having a rabbit's foot silver-mounted and
inscribed, and will forward it to Governor
Cleveland.
The ticket of Cleveland and Hendricks
gives universal delight to all Democrats,
aud will, no donbt, win in November. It
could not well be stronger.
It is announced that President Arthur wi 11
spend August and September aw ay from
Washington, bnt it will not be in elec
tioneering for Blaine and Logan.
When the news of Cleveland’s nomina
tion was received in Augusta, Me., the home
of Blaine, tbe bi 11s were rung, steam whistles
blown aud a salute of thirty-eight guns fired.
The New York Herald flies at its mast-
h '.id the names of Cleveland and Hendricks
tor Presid in and Vico President. This is
some.hiug the Herald has never done be-
foie.
No more the Presidential bee improves
eaca seining hour; he buzzes not tor Ste
phen Field, nor hums for Roswell Flower.
His Baja-d notes have souk to re»t, while
Tiiden has no bonnet; McDonald, Randall,
Butler now hear not the bee's sweet sonnet.
“The campaign poets will meet with con
siderable diffi mlty in finding anything to
rhyme with Cleveland,” remarks the New
York World. This is a geod beginning.
Not being a campaign of “rhyme” it will be
one of “reason.” A candidate that lays ont
the campaign poet at the first round will do.
The Macon Telegraph says that Florida
has unquestionably become a “doubtful”
S ate. It goes into a statement of the
causes that have led to this result. There is
a want of harmony in the Democratic par
ty. In 1880 the Democratic majority in that
State was less than 400 Tnere are said to
be over two thousand Independent voters in
the S ate. Less campaign oratory and more
unity is what is wauled.
As a matter of fact it makes but little dif
ference whether Georgia Democrats view
the ticket with enthusiasm or quiet satisfac
tion. Toe electoral vote of the S'.ate is
sure. The main question is: How is the
nomination taken in the North, Eistand
West? Differeut people take different views
of the situation. To the writer, the out
look hasn’t been so encouraging since the
war.
An enthusiastic book publisher in Augus
ta, Maine, has sent us a handbill of a book
be has for sale, eutitled “The Life and Ser
vices of JarnesG. Blaine.” The postercoin-.
mences: “America’s greatest standard
bearers, Blaine and Logon I Ho, for the
campaign, the tremendous civil battle of
18-S41 Sore to be the greatest and hottest
The mnsic rendered on the occasion by ever known in this world. The thunder of
Mrs. Dow. Mi»s Ida Ken«irt:k. Mr.fA'Wk the supreme struggle and its reverb, ration
■* continent lor inoKiUiP7 - *md
-ar-aioon aa.vely, ana Vro'*. Sidles ™ b0 ft)U from pole to pole . 8onfl of am .
bition, freemen of America, go f irth and
pot out your pent-up energies to some pur
pose. Tne straggle is upon ns, the cam
paign is opened. Ho 1 for tbe great arena.
Ho I for the tremendous clash and contest
of 1884 I Awake, put forth your strength !
A golden harvest for every good worker,”
etc.
Syracuse, N.Y., July 14 —Emmons Blaine,
son of James G Blaine, was met at the
railroad station here last evening while
uwaiting an east bound train. He has been
traveling through the West, and it is said
has secured some points of interest to his
father. When asked if he knew how his
father would view Cleveland’s nomination,
he said, “There are other men he would
rather have iu the field against him thau
Cleveland. He would rather have seen any
man mentioned iu the Chicago Democratic
C invention nominated than the New York
Governor. Clevetaud’3 pro-peots,’continued
young Blaine, “are as good as any Demo
crat's prospects could be, and there will be
a hard fight in Ohio, Connecticut and New
York.”
Rev Henry Ward Beecher says: “Tbe
nomination of Gov. Cleveland is one of the
best, if not the best, that could have been
made. I propose to vote for Gov. Cleve
land for President. Yon must remember,
however, when I say this what my position
is. I claim to be an independent member
< f the Republican party, and as I am not an
office seeker, I claim the right to exercise
my judgment and do as I like. I propose to
vote for whom I please. Yon mnst remem
ber also that mv remarks only apply to the
Preaid ntial office. Farther than that I do
not go. I am a Republican, and as there is
to be a meeting of tbe Independent Repub
licans 1 prefer to await theii aoiion. Tbe
matter is simply that I am a Republican
and always have been, bnt I propose to vote
for the best man, aud I think he is Gov.
Cleveland.”
Aside from the declaration of principles
and intentions embraced in tbeir platfoim
reoently adopted at Chicago, tbe Democrats
may confidently point to tbeir candidates
in justification of tbeir avowed desire for
governmental reform and an honest ad
ministration of public affairs. No public
servants truer or more reliable than Gov.
Cleveland and Mr. Hendricks may be
named. About them gather no suspicions
There is nothing oonneoted with their pub
lic acts or private lives whioh calls for either
explanation or regret. It is a happy oir-
oumstanee when tbe chosen leaders of a
great party may challenge the unqualified
confidence, respect and honor of the entire
nation. Under snob circumstances they
oonstitnte, of themselves, a strong tower
npon whioh all who favor the maintenanco
of law, truth, honesty and right may unhesi
tatingly lean.
The Man-Frog and the Man-Goose.
The man-frog was fi-st exhibited in 1866
at a French country fete. He had a stout,
ill-shaped body, oovered with a skin like a
leather bottle, and a face exactly like a
frog's, large eye , an enormous mouth, and
skin cold and clammy. He attracted a good
deal of attention from the Academy of
Medicine, and a delegate was deputed to
make him an objeot of stndy. He went all
over France, and, at the end of a few years,
retired to his native plaoe, Payre, in Gars.
The man with the goose’s head was first
shown at the gingerbread fair in 1872. He
was twenty years of age, bad round eyes, a
long and flat nose the shape and sizs of a
goose’s bill, an immensely long neck, and
was without a single hair on his head. He
only wanted feathers to make him eomplete.
A U. S. Marshal’s Solution of the Mor
mon Problem.
Ex-United States Marshal Maxwell, of
Utah, makes the most sensible suggestion
towards abolishing of polygamy in Utah,
when he says, “About the most effective,
peaceable way to abolish polygamy iu Utah
would be the establishment of a Home of
Refuge for Mormon wives who wish to aban
don their hnsbands. Polygamous wives hare
no dower nnder the Mormon law. And a
great many would leave their portion of
their husband, bnt they have nowhere to go.
and besides, cannot have the benefit of a
dower, so they suffer, rather than be thrown
npon their own resources. C raid they go to
such a plaoe, where they would be supported
and protected, thousands would throw off
the tyrannical yoke of their hnsbands and
the more infamous rule of the ohuroh. Tbe
Home of Refuge could be built by charitable
contributions.”
The Indians in Northern Montana are
starving, but this interests the majority of
Congressmen and Indian agents bnt little.
They might have a word of sympathy and a
dollar to spare for the down-trodden of
other oonntries, bnt they cannot waste time
or money on the real native North Ameri
cans. The appropriations for Indians’ sup
port are ruthlessly cut down, and even in
this reduced state they are appropriated by
the white men who are appointed to protect
the wards of the nation. The red man in
reality is not a bit like the copper-colored
heroes of romanee. He has the vices of the
savage, but he deserves to be treated better
than the brate. He is not half so treacher
ous as the agent who seizes his crops and
drives him to fight for a bare existenoe.
We have reoeiveda beautiful pictureof the ' Tne effect of his interminably long'neck
Southern Exposition, whioh opens at Loan
ville, Ky., Aug. 16th, and oontinnes until
Oot. 25th. The view is of the main build
ing, whioh is one of the largest Exposition
buildings ever erected. It covers thirteen
aores of ground, and will be lighted through-
oat by five thousand eleotrio lights.
i-visting abont was extremely ludicrous, and
was so muoh appreciated that his receipts
were very large. He now passes nnder his
J iroper name of Jean Rondier, and is estab-
ished at Dijon as a photographer. He is
married, and, thanks to enormously high
collars and a wig, ia now tolerably present
able.
His Cousin.
Charming cous’n, tell n e w here
BhnJi l find one half 8" fair?
Like a eister? Yes. no doubt;
Btill, not Bister out and <ra .
Who that ever hart a sister, , -
Felt tus heart beat when he kissed harr
Who by looking ever know
That his sister's eyes were bluer
Who in name of all the loves
Bets bis Bin ter pairs of gluvsbr
Charming consin, still are you
Bister in a measure too.
We can act a» pleases us.
No one thinks it dangerous;
Talk of love or of the weather,
R..w or ride or read together,
Wander where we wiil alone,
Careless of a chaperone.
Yell will nance with rone but. me —
“Only cousins, don’t you Bee?”
CoiiBinf safely may forget
All the laws of etiquette.
Tbe Thing lie Despised.
(Arkansas Traveler.)
“Look here!” exclaimed an angry candi
date, “your coanty instructed for me, and
after voting for me once yon changed over
to another man. Why is this?”
“Well, you see, the other fellow gave me
$50. and—”
“Shame on youl Sold jour vote, eh!
We'l, I shall bring charges of bribery and
corruption against you and your candidate.”
“Can't help that. You see, jour manager
only (.ffored me $40 ”
“That so? Come back to us and we’ll
give $55. If there’s anything I despise it is
political corruption.”
Nam's S'step Jessie.
(S-.n Francisco C-tll.)
There is a young man in Oakland who has
a young sister by the name of Jessie, who
was sent to a fa-hiouable school for young
ladies. He said when she left home ho won
dered if she would acquire the airs aud aff
eotalions that certain young ladies that he
knew had by atteudmg the fashionable sem
inary. After being there a year be began to
flatter himself that his sister was proof
against such nonsense, wheu he received a
letter signed “Jessica,” instead of Jessie, as
heretofore, 'n answering he wrote some
thing like this: “Dear Sister Jessica: Your
welcome letter received. Mammaica and
pnpaioa are well. Aunt Maryioa and Uncle
Gcorgioa started for the S mta Cruz Moun
tains yesterday. Haveb ugfita new horse;
it is a beamy; it is nemsd Maudica, etc.
Your affectionate brother, Samica.” The
next letter was signed Jessie.
To My Guardian Angel.
Good angel, save me from a fate unkind
Fr an 'oving him, for love iss > much pain;
And yet I cannot from my heart unwind
The thought of him. Ah me! to hate were gain.
When he his love would tell aud mme entreat,
1 try to s iy him nay a"d try in vain —
I would not love him, but his voice is sweot!
Angel watch over me.
The very glades he loves, I cherish too;
Htsch 'Hen color’s now to me most fair;
His words i bro the, hi d throbs mr heart anew;
Nor i-aie to sing save his own fav'rite air.
Should woman e’er on him sweet smiles bestow,
A lingering sorrow tills my mind and bouI.
And I do h ae her why l do not know.
Augel watch over me.
Country Faro.
“Now, then, f armers,” said the denizen of
the city, after he had made arrangements
for the board of himself aud family for a
fortnight, and paid the bill in advance, “I
suppose we’li live in clover while we are
here; plenty of good couutry board and all
that, eh 7”
“Oh, yes, sir.”
“No danger of starving here, eh ?”
“Oh, no, sir; the pedd’ers from the city
come this way twice a week with vegetables,
fruits, and such; the milk train stops and
leaves a can every day, and tlie t butter,
cheese aud eggs ,m in v :omfs rv^-ll every
Saturday, as regnlar as clock wftrk. You
needn’t fear but you’ll have plenty to eat.”
Not tlie Name Tune.
Before they were married he frequently
told her:
“I love thee, Catharine, and thee alone.
I will never permit my eyes to glance at
another, but will be thine and thine alone
nntil death do us part,” etc.
That was a year or so ago, but it was only
a few night since that a gentleman passing
the house heard him say:
“You cussed idiot, haven’t you got any
sense. Haven’t I told yon forty times that
the only reason I call on that actress is be
cause she is a stranger here and doesn’t
know anybody.”
A Sonnet—Slander.
When calumny, the foul mouthed monster
Shows,
His mii-t repulsive, loathsome, hateful grin
t ir Snnle Satanic o'er his gloated sin
Or when he triumphs over other s woes,
lie first sol-ic's one of his greatest foes —
Sonic child of vir u« who is pure within,
A ,d then in whispers soft invents a crime
And daubs itovei with his filthy slime.
And sticks it on the hack of tear doomed man
\V io knows not what is done, hnt wo dors why
His fi lends h"ld off, or coldly pass him by;
W ile scandsl-mongurs haste h s d s*ds to scan
And leer and sniffle while their feted breath
Has almost doomed his character to death.
—S. Moore.
it Was Decided.
A guest entering hurriedly surprises
man aDd flushed, indiguant and disheveled.
“What’s the matter?” he a->ks.
Husband (triumphantly )—We are settling
as to who is boss.
Guest—Have you settled it?
Wife (victoriously)—We have.
Guest—Whioh is it?
Both—Me!
Ate his Buttons.
A yonng man of a neighboring town in
tended to tern out with the Antiques and
Horribles on the Fourth of July, and he pre
pared a garment of an extraordinary kind.
One of his ideas was to have buttons of won
derfully large sizs upon his coat, and there
fore he sought the cracker barrel, and,
rifling it of its contents, sewed them npon
his ooat, whioh be (rang up to wait the dawn.
When he woke np he found that his faithful
dog, who had rested be-ide him, had become
ravenously hungry during tue night and de
prived him of his buttons.
A Morning Edition.
“Yon are very late sending yonr evening
male out,” said the editor to his daughter
when he came home at two in the morning
and met a timid yonng man between the
front door and gate. “Not at all,” answer
ed the thoughtful girl; “Cuarles Henry is
now a morning edition.”
Her complexion is bright as the roses
That hloom in th» sofi 8 tmiuer air.
And when in tie sunlight she poses.
Men rapturous g.ize on her hair;
Bnt the hair of that beautiful huagist
Cost her father a snug pile of ‘‘ro< ks;”
That complexion she bought of a druggist
For seventy-five cents a box.
A graded school teaober at Susquehanna,
according to the Journal, received the fol
lowing excuse recently: “Tomie stade home
cuz he had no close and thats excuz ennff
god noze.”
It is unfortunate for the real working men
of the country that those who profess to
represent them politieally are often bar
room bullies or loud- mouthed demagogues.
Working men deserve as mnoh as any other
class, but their interests ought to be repre
sented by “true working men,” whether
they happen to be farmers, mechanics, la
borers, lawyers or merchants. One class of
working men should not be arrayed against
another, bnt all working men ought to stand
shoulder to shoulder against idlers and pnb-
lio robbers.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
General tlomisest* MMtto Pen
cil and Wcisaom.
Remember that deoaying fruit is deadly,
especially to children. Get tt fre^bi and
wholesomely ripe, or reject it altogether.
Mounted orderlies in the Italian army now
use the bicycle, and in other countries in
Europe it ie need by mail carriers, messen
gers, telegraph boys and many others.
Fourteen young ladies have been drowned
at seaside resorts this year, and they were
all belles of some place or other. 1 bey
were not very sccessful, however, as diving
bells.
There have been more people killed by
lightning this summer than was ever no-
tided before. Nearly every paper we pick
np contains a notice of death from this
cause.
General Gordon, according to late ac
counts, has been murdered, has been capt
ured, and is safe in Khartoum. Probably
one of the reports ts true, but it would take
a bold mau to guess whioh.
Some divers at work on the coast opposite
Gibralter have found bet veen eighty and a
hundred large gnns, which are supposed to
be the armament of some ship sunk in tne
old war, possibly after Irafalgar.
The census shows that the number of P Pr *
sous in each family is a fraction over fave,
and a cynical old bachelor sajs that the hus
band is the fraction over. This is not quite
true; sometimes he is the fraction nnder.
The yontte men of this oonntry spend nn-
nnalb $32 000,000 in confectionery for their
sweth*Hite. According to tht oemoe there
are 10 030,000. youths who purchase candy,
making an average of only $3.20 for eaoh.
Panl Martin of Milwaukee has been sent
to the penitentiary bre use be stole a kiss
from Miss Emelioe Curtis. If he had stolen
a fishing smac* he could not have been
treated more severely. Do not go West,
yonng man.
It is generally known that the Chinese
government taxes the Cliiuese residents in
this country, but such is said to be the case.
It looks a little queer, but Chinese regula
tions would not be genuine if they looked
in any other way.
The monument recently erected at Frank
fort, Kentucky, to the memory of Chief
Justice Elliott, who was killed five years ago
by Colonel Tom Burford, will have inscrib
ed npon it: “Assassinated for having done
his duty as a judge.”
The indignant citizens of LaGrange
lynched the negro, Willis Harden, who as
saulted Mrs. Lige Heard. The hanging took
place at sundown on Saturday. He refnsed
to confess the crime, but acknowledged his
guilt in two other oases.
This is the first year American ladies have
been able to walk in the daytime, unescor
ted, in the streets of the City of Mexico,
without risk of insult, notes a correspond
ent. Toey have always hitherto been seclu
ded in Spanish fashion.
The peasa ts of the Anstrian A!p3 have a
legend that Pilate’s wife, who confessed
Christ but was not baptized, is doomed to
wander in spirit through the world until the
judgement day, and that she has oharge of
all uubaptized children.
The returns made to the proper officers
show that last year only thirty-eight persons
in all Great Britain held licenses for viv.s-
ection, and that only fUtj-five experiments
were made without aiiesthetics, and that
these were simple inoculations.
Mr, Wyatt Hare, who died recently at Nel
son N. Y., never bought a match. A fire
open or banked was kept np continually on
his hearth. It had not been pnt ont for
more than a hundred years, for he only fol
lowed in the footsteps of his father.
Carbolic acid has been strewn over some
of the streets of London as a preventive
against cholera. This suggests that the sci
entists there do not believe in the “germ”
theory of the origin of the disease. The
carbolic acid, however, will do no harm
there.
Yonng ladies in this oonntry are rarely
good walkers. They can dance all night,
but are tired ont if they walk a mile. Girls
ought to be able to walk ns easily as boys.
Half the nervous diseases that afflict young
ladies would disappear if the habit of regu
lar exercise was encouraged.
The Georgia watermelon crop has fairly
begun to move to the markets, and some
idea of the value of the yield may be gained
from the fact that the growers estimate that
their receipts from sales at the West- aud at
home will reach the sum of $500,000, with
out including the heavy returns from East
ern consumers.
From Berlin comes the report that the
reddish brown atmosphere and the peculiar
appearance of the suu and sky which pre
vailed over so wide an area of the globe
have again become noticeable. The colors
are almost as vivid as before, and they come
out strongest when the air is pure and the
snn is covered by clouds.
La Caraboda, the Mexioan female brigand
who was reoently shot, was a beautiful wo
man not more than thirty years of age. Her
plan of operations wbs to take passage in a
diligence, captivate the passengers with her
charms, and then at the first opportunity
shoot them dead. She was known as the
“She-devil of the Coached’
When Albert Giles was a small boy, his
father put him into a half-orphan asylum in
Virginia, though not compelled by poverty
to do so. Albert lately retaliated by send
ing his paopered parent to a poor-house
though abundantly able to take care of him*
I he ease is being considered by the church
to whioh the revengeful son belongs.
Worth’s star, is dimmed by a new lumina
ry. Redfern is his name, and he is the great
English tailor for ladies. All fashionable
London, and Fans go to him. The P. inoess
of Wales, is one of his best patrons. Worth,
it is said, has lost his onnning; his eyes can
no longer blend tints, and his originality is
same ** 18 P rloe ~l* Bt elone continues the
ikTt? ™ onnm ent to a woman raised in
the Uuited States was unveiled at New Or-
leaus last Wednesday in memory of Marga
whrS« h* berj? ’i kn0wn “ the Orphans’ Friend,
thl°^ e n e ? eV0 e “°® waa extended to all wor-
thy oaHs for assistance. Tbe statue, whioh is
of Italian marble, represents Mariraret ait.
ting in a chair clasping an oS to h£
side, while her hand rests —
££.<• («...« KoiSS
•Ttass.Wiar
perfectly true, Monsieur!” said th« .if if
domestio; “he is lying sterk .Ii. eoe/ed
black as 4 negro, thongh th«» L 8t,ff a “ d M
him for more than an how ” aT “lL? bb M
Perhaps they rubbed him .tlk Himaph!
brash,” retorted dnmfi® w \ lh * blacking-
in a week hehad\he^h£te!* 8f i!? 5butwith -
verely, and wonld nrniuKi et l! himself, se-
not the seraant g?ven°h?m had
ether by mistake She^- ki OTerd °"® of
of ether, with a few d£i£^# hio \ B ffhasful
of the prescribed glassful ot Wa *f r ’ ^stead
few drops of rtL, i2L? f with a
lay nneonseions for swallowed it,
awoke, rowKent *° hw “ 8