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Tb*? Uncertainty of Elections.
It is quite common for tiie rival cacdi
dates lu political contests to f.el equally
confide;, tcfaucctos. Aftergoingthrough
the process of counting i.auiee and notes
each is cot.fi Sent that his el.ction ta <
foregone c ncucion. But after the polls
have been tell and the ballots counted,
one la m-ri fled at finding himself in a
decided minority, while the other is per
haps surprised that his majority is no
larger. Not too candidates alone, bnt
they who make it their business to watch
the waverings of pjbiic sentiment with a
view to stating money on Us Issues,
make egregious mistakes.
These miscalculations on the part of
the keenly observant are to oe account d
for by the fact that a great many voters
are unreliable. Some have great adroit
ntss in avolditg a committal of them
selves wi>i e appearing to d > so. Others
have neither hesitation nor scruple
about p «dgi'-ig themselves unmistaka
-teiy'tS'both sides. Not an iusigu.fisant
number, we are sorry to say, hold them
8diV6G up f.jr the highest bidder, and it is
to be fuir-.d p <ckot the brloe which each
039 offer.:; oltner a bribe in cash, or some
thing which they prizs as highly as
money.
When we cjosldir all these things, It
Cannot be neid as a matter l'or wander
that elections should be uncertain. No
many things are more so. Us who hopts
be wafted to high places on the breath
of popular favor may easily be too a.,n
gatne Though he be tho iikl of today
his name may tomorrow be cast out with
hatred and contempt. Fne lice of con
duct which may atone time insure him
every one s prilse, may at another evok*-
t ;e bitter st denunciation. Quo who
has through long jeaiB served the coun
ty with patriotic devotion may be re
ject. d for one in every tense i is inferior
by a freak of unreasoning prejudice. The
public is an exceedingly capricious ani
mat, and most uncertain in its cap, ices
Id is somct'm :a asserted that wheu the
masses snarl become more generally
educated p-vip’e will vole more inteili
gently and m. re eerta'n'y. We do not
know. Facts do not seem to bear oat
theaeseittor I.i th'sa sections ol oar
country where education most prevails
e en do not seem greatly less undi r the
control of their prej -.dices. The cultured
Bostonian follows hid party chief with
little Ucs b.indness than does the rule
farmer of the South or West. It is how
ever the lack of honest candor in admit
ting prefers nets that causes candidates to
be so often deceived and disappointed,
and we fear higher intellectual training
will do little to induce this. The great
need is an elevation of moral tone.
When men Uavo bocima reliable in their
other dead, gs they can be relied on
aocut voting, and the result of au else
tion will n ot be so much a matter of
g ness. * *
Om Quart Bud AIL
Whoa we ore told that Lady Jane Urey
amused her mowing hoar* by reeding
Greek end that her man-minded cousin,
Elisabeth, addressed her council In Latin,
wears apt to suppose these royal dames
vastly more learned than ladles of our
own day. But in such supposition we
should bs at fault. In the days of the
Tadors there was a very scanty English
literature, and a most moderate supply
of books in any other modern tongne.
One who had a craving for intellectual
food had to gratify it with the classici
of Greece and Borne or al o wit to remain
ncappeased. A familiarity with these
productions did not therefore imply any
deep erudition. We might have no great
learning and yet be familiar with S.utca
and Plato.
Now, however, It is far otherwise
There is snob a boundless supply oi Bug
lish books that It is absurd to expect oue
to know ait. It were not impossible for
a dcsen persons to meet, eaou of whom
had read much, and yet no two having
read the samo books. We have indeed
some classics of which no oae can afford
to be ignorant wuo wishes to bo called
well informed. But outside of there
there is a huge mess of reading matter in
which one has to follow personal tastes
Oae msy eschew fiction and still be at
no loss for something to read. The libra
ry of historical literature is quite large
enough to employ all one’s time. Should
a fondness for science or phi.csophy pos
sees one, there nas been enough written
on each of these subjects to occupy years
of study. Be who wishes to know some
thing of all will find an almost endless
supply for each several mood.
We wou d not, however, have the young
people of either sex neglect thv study of
the great masters in whose productions
Lady Jane fcuud her delight, if th y
aim at being scholars they cannot afford
to do eo. A full appreciation and et joy
tnent of our own literature depends on a
knowledge of that of tiieo'd world. AHu
diona to the mythological Ltorles o
Greece and Romo abound Iu the wiiting-
of all of our best hulhors, and oue may
lose their finest beauties by col b log
acquainted witu the works whence they
are dravn. We do not anticipate a time
when Homer and Virgil ail! not tie
essential parts of a scholarly outfit Bu
In the meanwhile the number of good
books wni-U he cannot find time ta rtaa
will continually increase. *
Tae Ninth Letter.
Vag-:e Expectations
Persons are sometimes greatly excited
b, expectations that are oy no means
oloaraod wtil defined. The Micawbers
waose ideas of what they hrpe may turn
up are misty in the extreni9, are not per
haps any 'he leas pleased at tne prospect.
Iudead the rosy tints which imagination
feels free to strew over uncertain scenes,
gives them a. brighter charm than is pos
sessed by objects whose stern reality we
may scruitr.z:. Thus it is that the
vaguest expectations are the most allur-
i g, and that p9aple are most hopofui
waen they can give no reason for the
hope that ts wttsin them.
Just at this lime many of the people of
this county are enliveued and even en
thuse. by tar oeiief that a great good is
about to come to them. They do Dot
venture to put it into words. Indeed
they are ratner loth to admit that it has
takea poseess'.on of their minds. Still it
is undeniable that a great many are an
ticipatrr.g a change by which they are to
be greatly ueuviUed. Money is to be
come pleuti f lha leading ohj eta of de
sire are to be abundant, there are to be
larger profits for less labor. Writers and
speakers have-‘winged on the poetical”
in bolding before the Imaginations de
scriptions if ih.s good time coming.
Fancy itself faitars in the effort to con
ceive what will ensue when patristic
legislators chill make thi country happy
by passing a h.l! to give everybody ev
eryth lug.
Taeao expectations will not be realized.
Perhaps chars will be no certain moment
wulch may be named as the end of their
prospects The passing away may be as
undefined as tho coming. But there will
be a ctme vh.-a they will no longer hope
fu- wbat 30* cheers, and will have their
atceatloa directed to something else, per
haps >id vague -and uncertain. While the
pnbdc tr iad ciings with great tenacity to
its prcjidlces *c jut many things, these
vague hopes if improable blessings are
cot apt to in licence strongly for a great
while, it ta well that it shonid be so.
For did tho disappointments which are
sure to come, coma suddenly and keenly,
tha masses might be driven to frenzy. We
apprehend nothing like this. Many of
our people are hoping that government
is going to do some great thing for them.
But their expectations are somewhat like
a day-dream and they have never invest
ed it with any definite shape. .Their
condition may become better, hot wheth
er better or not, it will be different, and
it will not be forced upon them that they
have foiled to get what they wanted. We
do not expect for men to bo happy, but
they will not become more unhappy than
they ere now, * *
Dm Hudar Lot
It is a very old saying that one person
cannot folly appreciate another’s trou
bles. Oae of the troubles whioh tho suf
ferer alone can estimate aright is the dif
ficulty or unpleasantness or tho work
ho has to do. Every one who fiadahis
tasks at all unpleasant Is apt to regard
them at more so than thoe j of other peo
ple. The farmer for instance rates bis lot
as harder than any that falls to tho sons
of men, end many of them are just now
ready to denounce as altogether a fool
and portly a villain any one who chal
lenges his assertion. Bat the man who
rune around in a store waiting on cos
turners from morning until night con-d
inform the plo vnian that a position be
hind a counter is not a charmingly easy
place. They who run away from the
field do net get away from work. On the
contrary, the increased pay wuich other
vocations offer is based upon the more
arduous and unremitting toil that is re
quired. Most of those engaged in mer
cantile business are employed for more
hours per day than the farm laborer.
Those upon whose sleepless activity and
watch ulneas the transportation and
travel of the country depend have far
fewer hoars of robt than the tiller cf the
soil. They who make it their business
to satisfy the public craving for the
latest news are strangers to a reclining
at ease under ths wide spre-ding beech.
It may be assarted with safety that of
all cccnpations not one vtt rds mere
leisure or more control of one's owe
time than farming. Yet many a farmt-i
is disposed to think and speak of himself
as the only real worker, and to regard ali
other classes as persons who receive high
pay for doing iittie. They have not been
at the pains to observe how very far
from ease are other vocations, anc
rating th;-.*r own vexations at perhaps
more than their uU value, they put too
low an estimate on those of other-. This
mis ako of theirs passes beycud the
bounds o' pleasantry and becomes s
most serious mailer when the farmer
proceeds to argue that because he has
more trouble than other p. op!e he must
tlier fo e have a 1 1 political honors and
emoluments. When ha advances thi-
claim it invites a comparison of nls lot
With that of utbers. * *
The White Ribbm Women
Wj undertook sometime since to count
the number of times a preacher used the
first person singular of the personal
pronoun In one sermon. Lorg before he
bad progressed half way, we gave up tl- s
attempt. He spoke scarcely a sin- o
sentence in which it did not occur as
often as once, and in many it occurred
thr.-e or four times. It was remarkable
indeed how completely he eclipsed hie
su-ject by his own personality. This
last seemed to bo what he was most
eager to bring before the attention of his
hearers. We inferred that he supposed
his text wholly devoid of meaning or
force or beau y save as it derive! them
by passing through his mind. Especially
did he seem to suppose that it would
henceforth have a new significance to hi t
hear.rs from bsing a-sjciaied with some
incidents of hie life.
Tola criticism rpon the eptaktr in
question was not exti sd because he was
the first whom we ever kne w guilty of
this efi'^nse. It iu rather a common one.
In some speeches and in somo speakers
it can hardly be called a fault. In many
instances the orator of the luitingc has
no theme so pertinent as hims'.lf.
While ho may have it announced that he
is going to speak on the poetical issues
of the day, it is well known that wbat
his hearers wish ;o bo informed about Is
his position in regard to those issues.
Taere is then nothing iaiprop. r In his
bringing himself vc-ry pr- mlneutly be
fore their notice. He will not nanBeate
by a too frequent use of the Ninth Let
ter. The euccess of his speech may be
rated as in proportion to the emphasis
which he gives to his own Individuality.
But there are themesiuthe dlcussion ot
which the speaker should as far as possi
ble efface himself. When one ri=es be
fore an ansi :nce to talk to his fellow
mortals about the momentous truths of
God, eternity and sovereign mercy, he
should endeavor to make them oblivious
of who and what he is. It should be his
purpose to enlist their attention so
! entirely in the grand doctrines that he is
I discussing that they will forgot the man
I who is utteiing the words. The preacher
i of the gospel can alwuy s have enough to
say without mention of himself. If his
. heart be fall if tbo thought that he has a
! grand message of love and mercy to an
j nouLci to bis dying fellow mrc, his own
j fancies or his own emotions will sink
) into insignificance. When he can claim
their attention for a theme so eublime in
its Importance it is but trifling to thrust
himself into notice. Oae may if he so
wIUb preach for a lifetime with very rare
occasion for the first person singular of
the personal pronoun. *
The Z?al of Partisanship.
Toe ideal legislator is a very noble per-
aoasge Be conscientiously devote* each
waking hoar to thoughts of how he may
advance the intereet of hi* constituents
mod the welfare of the whole oountry. la
his profound concern for the public he
loeee sight of self. What a contrast to
this ptotaro is afforded by the real legis
lator! Ho Is ever on the alert for some
opportunity to posh himself. Whenever
he oasts n vote ho is thinking of how it
may help him—not of what it may do for
tbo oonntry. His own advancement first
sad then that of his party. If his mind
bo of large range, he may give a little at
tention to the welfare of the people whom
ho repreoonts. Bat ho is mainly era-
oernsd oboat schemes and combinations
jor hi* own advancement.
When we hear of the great sums that
are expended iu carrying elections, we
sra forced to the conclusion that party
zeal Is tte most money-working iaflu
encs to which mankind are su^j jet. We
may admit that much of the contribut
ing to campaign fu ds is done in the way
of investing; that the individuals so con
Iributlng expect to realize a handsome
profit from their outlay. The advantages
accruing to those who succeed in carry
ing elecli >ns are indeed often such as to
satisfy the expectations of the most hope
ful. But some aid with their purses, their
time, and their personal exertions to
wards electing tbeir favorite candidates
when they hope for no personal benefit.
Men sometimes give large sums when
they are not looking forward to any ad
vac cement either of their individual in
terest or tneir immediate friends. The
only explanation of their conduct is that
they are impelled by the zeal of partisan
ship. Eagerness for the success of the
party with which their feelings and pre
judices have become enlisted, urges them
to a liberality such as they would not dis
play under the influence of any other sen
timent. The money thus expended is
most grievously misspent. We do not
know in fact of any injury lnfllstod upon
society so great a* that of baying tho
votee of those who are Inverted with the
franchise. It utterly degrades those who
sell, and It has a most demoralizing effect
upon those who buy. The man who
Lightens another Into withholding his
vote, or into voting differently from the
way which he prefers, does a wrong. Bat
this is not a tenth part eo hurtful to so
ciety os the undisguised parch ass of
votes. • •
Wo sometimes hear mention made of
what is orthodox in science. It would
not be easy to determine what proposi
tions deserve to b» ranked In that cate
gory. Some things have to all appear
ance been proven tone, and no anno pot*
son thinks of colling these in quantum.
But these arc not numerous, borne of
the things taught in our schools as foots
of natural science have never been estab
lished as teas beyond controversy.
An Age of Discontent
They who lived iu the long sgo, doub
les* supposed that they were in the midst
a specially discontented gemratior.
Perhaps many questions were pressing
upon them for solution upon which the
happiness of the race seemed to depend,
and it may be that many supposed them
selves close upon tne eve of a blessed
period. As the years have relied, the
number of such questions have rather
increased than dlminshed, and some oi
them seem more immediately to affect
the matter of human happiness. We can
hardly believe that any other age could
have been so di contented as ours. We
detm it Bc;-.icaly possible that men and
women cou.d have gone on aughiog a. d
talking, justing and sporting, when such
serious problems as we have to dkcuss
were pre>sing upon their attention. This
mu.'.t be above ail others ao age of dis
content. Sums of the questions which
are now being urgou for solution are of
import so grave that the whole frame
The national Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union.
One of the Most Notable Assem
blages Ever Seen in this
Country.
HEBE adjourned a day
or two ago in this city,
after dally sessions ex
tending through nearly
a week, the National
Convention of the Wo
man’s Christian Temper
ance Union. It was a re
mark a ole presentation of
the individuality of the
womanhood of our conn-
try, and a spectacle of
conaec-ation and devo
t-loii such as to cnkliidie
the kinrtlitet sympathies
of all classes. It Is impossible to view
the solid faith and eurpassing energy of
these noble womeu euiisted in the sole ob
joct of the reform of their fellow beings
from the curse and crime of intoxication
without sharing the profound infcrfst
which has of late years wholly supersed
ed the early prejudice which suirouudtd
the deliberations and labors of women
when conducted in public. The numer
ons meetings of the convention wore
uniformly crowded, and it is entirely fair
to say that the multitudes were drawn to
the proceedings far less by curiodty than
by a growing respect for these wonder
ful moral workers for mankind
From * small beginning this National
Association of Christian temperance
women has atlalned to numbers w.uich
pervade «11 the States and to an influence
-ensib'y felt alio/er Curistanrtom; and it
Is easy to comprehend that in botu the e
elements the devoted organization yearly
is marked by a steady increase.
In any view wnlch m y be taken of the
tate convention, it was a very notable
uBStiub’age, ana one qu to life- iy to help
forward important remits bt-ariug on
the wiciespreid reform ior wbicn tbes--
delermiuud women ere tirelessly, toar
fully and praysr’aily e^Iis eu.
Had the purpose of thbir coming to
gather been ri'.tie more than for the effect-
to be exerted on the public by the pres
ence m a groat c.ty of so well esteem, d
and widely reputed a body of moral
vvo.kere; iu other words, if it had been
desirable mi.reiy l hat the pe pie shou.d
svitoesB the wondrous evidences cf abns-
ga'.ioa and ardency wi ich appear in
eviry feature of their i .dividual ana
their orgaLizcd strugg es for the ends of
their union—eve tuon lha convention
was a succ ss, In that it gathered in At
lanta such a Dost of women as p rhaps no
other call could have drawn into a siegte
purpose and scarcely any other cause
uoid Intact from year to year. It is, to
say the least, an impressive incident to
find hundiedsof women, all of them of
exalted virtues, rare talents and culture,
devoted piety, aud many of them of on
questioned wealth, wh- s; llv s have been
pledged to a singleness of prayer and
purpose tbrougn wuicu they bedeve iu
the end the supremacy of temperance
will assert itself iu the lund and victims
of drunkem.css be everywhere reclaim-d
it is a brave undertaking, aud noa
bravely being prosicuieu! Before the
nnebrinklug fahh aud courage of these
women uprise no scoffers in this day.
Their banners wa' e far beyond the point
where once they were confronted by lev
ity aad even derision. Their wo k it
rr.sp. cted even oy tno classes who profit
by the trade In intoxicants, aud the law
which licenses -as la many States m >di
tied in defeience, if not in awe, of the
powerful pha saxes of these consecrated
reclaimers of atm. Aud whether or not
their coursgecus Etrife mas at length
PEOPLE
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wo’rk of society seems to hang upon and ° f ^
I. I 11(1 ilmnui dirr su r. n r. la nnllr.i ,nH.-r 1. . .. . , .w.ilt J -e
Lsue. Almost every one is anticipate
some great upheaval and trembliu
the prospect. Noone can venture p
diet what shall be the state of th
score of years heucs. Within that
Aug stai<ytlte,-ertain it is that partial
iffrts may be made to reduce to , : .wj
some of the theories that are now re '“j -j.
i^'owe.b%ally rewards their faith
sa ck eiihat wherever tho stand
my wsuj T. U. is planted, iu that
er doze, driuktr g nablt of the In
Wrthfcied and the home of men
“hotel*-,
fhe do its business motive, the
, 111 'unclosed Unit these
b of -A -trFVar.lac.Vntrtri'tus and
:ime Hr w. lie the proceedings
was fi re character zed by dig-
and decorum sujh as
•d simply 1,8 bold speculations. Allf vid
■sting institutions may be swept away. I 4 ''«lie s
Those msy now be born who stall see* g » Jr
men liviug uni. r a system so widely dif, -- od wltb proflt by d , jib9r .
forest from ours that it will seem almost |-.4 g ’ - . Composed of the opposite
a new earth. If it be tree that all great?”; * - .^...1' s ,.~ r ’* bbath nearly every pul
changes are immediately precadad by tit andt# cog. "“the^C? T^U “ and
prevalence of great discontent, we J whose c
. . VX Of Eh- ..
authorized at present to ' *P-ct
'rgregaiions of l he period
froa the pews to listen to
great change It may ba howevdmnn"Qlitic-^tive exhortations from
T\ .. . . . . . , nnu .' ? tbt i, j 5 V et li, y llfa is an present
the discontent has been produc^own PerW/ 4k , Tuimpeachaole faith they
part by the expectation of cha Liui' „ Il8 s tlLM rj-thiog they say aud do.
pie f«ii to appreciate at its-> / Mrs. F de ‘ e gatts, those better
the existing because they are K. w* ^ “iz^eih® W® Green, P Mr 8 C
that something better is attainable -fi:i otlie 1 v .<1h, Mrs. Helen G. Rice,
feeling is all the sttonger because twon of i.v.ftcr v \^r Willard, Mrs. J T. Ellis,
are all the time those who are preachmg
that thing are entofjointand ths proph
et who is to set them right is just at
hand. * *
What a Revolution!
The Gardner (Mass ) Journal, summing
up the surprises of the recent election,
adds some facts that may have escaped
general notice. It says:
As the more complete returns from the
election have come in, the Democratic
victory proves to be unprecedented and
overwhelming. The D m ocratic majority
In the next II mse will be equal to almost
one-half of the entire membership, and
eighteen States will be without a single
Republican representative. For the
present, at least, the talk of a solid South
will not have much force, for the North
is now almost as solidly Democratic as
the South. Pennsylvania is the only
Northern State taat volt d last Tuesday
that has a majority of Republicans in Its
Congressional delegation. Tim R-publi
cans will not only be weak numerically
in the next Congress, but they will bi
weak in the quality of the men; the lead
ers are nearly all left at home. Over
half of their committee chairmen are
gone. Tom Reed will feel rather lonely
when ho tav.es his seat among the few
and scattered members of his party in
the 521 Congress. The Republican
majority in the United States Senate will
also be somewhat reduced after tho 4.h
cf next Maicn.
The Late U.l William Markham.
The death on November 9 of Colonel
William Markham removed from the ac
tive scene of a long and useful career a
most worthy man and from this commun
ity a sterling, public spirited citizen. Col
onel Markham was seventy nine years old,
having been born in 1811, bat maintained
his weight of years with vigor up to with
in a short time of his death. He was
born iu Connecticut, aud came to Atlanta
in 1853, and here the interests of his ma
ture life were devotedly centred. He
was more than any other citizen, perhaps,
identfied with the upbuilding of the city
of bis adoption, ana lived to see it trans
formed from a modest village to a mighty
city. He was well known all over the
country, and poeslbly had not on enemy
in all the world.
Tom Sawyer,
One of the best “all-around” Alliance
men in the South, as editor, author, leo-
tnrer, manager, or Lord High Chancellor,
lathe gentleman of whom the Jackson
ville, Fla., Dally Standard has this to say:
Colonel C. B. Collins (the inimitable
Tom Sawyer), state lecturer of the Farm
ers’ Alliance, of Ocala, arrived in the city
yesterday afternoon, and of ooarse visit
ed his Mends and slnoere admirers of
of The Standard. He will leave for Wort
Florida this morning, when ha wiU de
liver a series of five oi six lecturers. Ha
will deliver his first lecture at Chipley,
Saturday, at a meeting of the
man from the seven counties wsrt of the
Chattahoochee river. His last lecture
will be delivered at Tallahassee on the
25th, after whioh ha will return to Ocala,
to bo present at the opsalag of the AW-
~ umber X.
anoo exposition, December ]
rf I Wallace, Mrs. Mary A
•q Its Dr. Gordon, Mrs Jane
~ jttlda B. Carse, Miss Hulen
[Esther Pugh, Miss B1 >ir,
uan, Mrs. Susan S. Fes
/ « qjannie Smith, Mias Ida
jp L Mary B. Reess, “Mother"
aits
Woo.
Hick|
L H
Mrs
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Clotl . ,
Stewj"- / ist‘b»aroline Buell, Mrs. Fran
cis i'J L ‘ . vh«5(5 .88 Mattie Campbell, Mrs,
Diet! / inhrtf.u’oyd Thoma*, Mrs. Nicti
oieo.'Miss Salt Williams, Mrs. Jane H
Step er, Mrs. Ellen M. Watson, Mrs.
Mary T. Burt, Irs Macd B B ,-oth, Mrs.
L'.de Meriwethf, Mrs. Maryl'. Lathrop,
Miss Mlssoui Stokes, Mias E. D.
Greenwood, Ns. A C. Thorp, Mrs.
S. F. Grab! Mrs. F. I. Barnes,
Mrs. Mary H. lint, Mrs. D iciaE F. Kim
ball. Miss Emm A. Wheeler, Mrs. Frank
E. Finch, Miss alia Coleman, Miss Ade
laide Kinnear.ils Lucy H Washington.
Mrs. H. M. Barte, Mrs. Isabel H Demo-
rest, Mrs. El:ziatu R. McMinn, Mrs. R
H. Jones, Mrs. iary Good all, Mrs C. H.
Fitzgerald, MraL. M. Bailey, Mrs. Fan
nie H. R tstall, irs. Anna M. Hammer,
Mrs. C. M. WooOard, Mri. SaUle Chapin,
Mrs. Anna Pkner, Miss Henrietta
Moore, Mrs Elly Pitt, Mrs. Helen L
Bullock, Mrs. Daggle J. Hill, Mrs. 3arah
Do vns, Mrs. J. Bill, Mrs. S. B Forbes,
Mrs. E B IngaL Mrs. M E A. Gleason,
Mrs. Fannie Liter, Miss Mary Allen
West. Mrs. Bataan, Mrs. M E. Wells,
Mrs. Rhode s, 5h. E T. Merrick, Mrs.
Griffia, Mrs. MarE. Haggart.Misj Anna
Green, Mr?. Fable E ElbrigUt, Mrs.
Henrietta H. Brest, Mrs. Mary H.
Jones, Mrs EvaL Thompson, Mr3. J C.
McCrary, Mrs. 211s, Miss Denham, Mrs.
Bittenbonder, Mb Hand, Miss Hay, and
others, including oorgia’s own “golden
hearted” Mrs. \lllam C. Sibley, Presi
dent or the Statff. C. T U.
Letters of re at for inability to be
present and onneouragement to the
temperance cun and the work of these
ladlts were recukd from maay distin
f uished personal, including the follow
ag:
R u v. Phillips rooks, Boston; Bishop
John H. Vincen Buffalo; Bishop Wil
11am Taylor, blstp ot Africa; Bishop and
Mrs. Warren, Corado; Riv. Dr. Lyman
Abbott. New Yoy Miss Grace H Dodge,
New York: MU-Mary A. Livermore,
Boston; Mrs JobB Gough, Worcester,
Maas.; Sir Wilfti Lawson, England;
George Blalkloq England; Professor
Richard T. Ety,6hns Hopkins Unlver
stty, Baltimore; i»v. El Everett Hale,
Boston; Mrs. toy Virginia Terhune
- ~ ' 1 Yo “
(Marion Hariant New York; Woman’s
Board of Mission Congregational) Bos-
ton; Woman’s Btlst Foreign Mission
ary Society of t West; United Society
of Christian EOavor; Catholic Total
Abstinence UuMof America; National
Division Sons (Temperance: Mrs. Dr.
Rogers, Northwwrn University, Evan
ston, III-; HenrC. Brittenbender Om
aha, Neb.; Dr. a Mrs. W. C. Bryoe,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.fraucss Power Cobbe,
E %*etotal nami of delegates was re
ported as 393, of tich five ore general
bffloers, forty-orvloe presidents, fifty
three others SI
organissrs.
this thsre are thj
■tstlfi aers, seven national
272 legatea^^fo^rtta
editori
liters, one publish
sentative, raisin;»total to 400.
The olfioara elem for ths snsuing ysar
wore as follows:.
For Ffostdoutl i Willard reortvad 380
votes, which wot ids unanimous.
ForCorrsspom f Secretary Mrs. Caro
line B. Buell rac id 301 votes.
For Beoordln iwsrrtary Mrs. Mary
Woodbridge reo id 301 votoa.
For Treasury 1 Esther Pugh reoeivsd
373
The old board i re elected entire.
The presence i his distinguished host
of pious women I long bo remembered
in Atlanta, wboi key mods a profound
Impression on oi mmunlty.and whan,
Mvuolly or « lively, their future
virtte wUl ever b mrtily welcomed.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, Nov. 12,1890.
Senator BUckbnrn’s d -.tighter, Mrs
Terese Biac-baru-Stewart, was married
this afternoon at St John’s church to
Captain William P. Hail, ol the army.
Immi diately after the ceremony an in
formal reception was held at the hotel
at which Senator and Mrs. Blackburn
are staying, which was thronged will
the friends cf the happy coup o and the
brid ’s parents, among whom are a large
majority of the noted people now in
Washington.
Newsp-p-rs which publish advertise
meats of guessing contosis are not to bo
shut out of the malls under the lot'erj
law. S> decides Attorney General Mt:
ler, who has been devoting consid rabie
•ime since the eh ction to the considers
tlon of the suhj ct.
The new woman's club with tbe uanu
factored name, W-modau rnsis, w i :h
oetng rendered into United Hratee
means ‘Wives, mothers, oaughters, si
ters,”wh : ch was recontiy orgiuiz d here
gives iodications of having t-ecoiLe or
of our p r nanent l: stitn inns. It h(
secured a banding for i s home within h
stoce's throw of th* Trsasury depar
c-ent, and tho pab ic—nothing goes with
out thi assistance of the dear public—b
been aBkea to aonate bo >ke, pic.u es at;h
bric-R b.ac for its adornment.
Next to s swell wedding, Washington
society dotes on a s well funeral, cuns-
auently the fuuer lor Senor Fred-rioo
Vollo, who was at t.ho time of his suddno
death acting minister to the Umteo
States from the republic of Costa Rica
which was held at S.. Matthew’s church
w is crowded to the doors witu the fl »w
—i .eluding buds aud badly TadeJ ros s—
of eccial Washiugiou. The Secretary of
State and the entire diplomatic covpe
were th‘re; the music was rurnish id
the 'ull Marine band, and two troops
United States cavalry formed an e-scor
of honor.
The offic'al social sta oa is to bo form
a’ly inaugurated by a grand recaption by
the president to tbe Brazilian naval
officers now en route to this country
bringing official thanks and a m-dal for
tbe p-ornp. recognition of the Br zi iau
republic by this Government. The dan
of this reception has not been announc. <i
as it is dependent upon tne arrival of t
B.kz liana at New York. Mrs Harris
will not be here to take part in It, as a
is g iag to Iiidianapciis this week t<
spend several weeks with her dau ;hte
but before leaving she will complete ai
arrangements for tbe reception.
PATENTS GRANTED
To inventors in the Southern S:ates dur
ing the past woek. Reported for till
paper by C A. S.iow & Co., Patent At
tomoys a: d Agents for procuring Pa
ent-s, Opp. U. S. Patent Office, Washing
ton, D. U:
W. G. Tnten, Bocnat, S. C , saw gold
J. R Tobin, Ui-arl.itm, S. C . grind 1
uiiii; S L Sangsler, Smith’s Station, Va
car coupler; W. H. Soutbworth, Dyers
burg, Tenn , saw guma-ei; P Spink, Uov
ing tan, Ky., vinegar apparatu-; W. O
Nelson, Baiiimore, Md.i comMntd call
her a-id cbuleriug gag--; F S Orem, Bil-
timore, train signal; G. W. Price, L-ttie
Orleans, M l , corn planter; J S Lewis
K mbail. Va., fire tscape; L. W. Lewis,
Milnes, Va., ore w.isaer; J. M, Maddox,
Birmingham Aia., transom lifter; J. A
McLaughlin, Brunswick, Ga , leg turner
for saw mills; T. J. Hodges, Ashvilie,
Ala., car coupler; S. Johnston, Living
stun, Oi., f rtiiiz.r distr.buter; U. W,
Fowler, Baltimore, Md , elevator; J. B
Uathright, Louisville, Ky., fire ladder; E
M. Cole, Union Church, N C, seed
planter; W. H Cooper, Opelika, Aia,
seed planter; C. H. Curtis, Astor, Flu ,
fruit sizer; J. d. Bridges, Baltimore, Md.,
photographic flash light diffuser; P.
Brown, Louis ville, Ky., clevis; F G Cald
well. Wheeling, W. Va., ceiling panel; J.
A. Campbell, New Orleans, La . barrel
bead wedge; J. W. Allen, Eureka
Springs, Ark., cooking stove; J. F. Alii
son, Detroit, Ala , fiih crap; W. F. Beas
ley, Oxford, N. C., Lock.
NATCHITOCHES LA-
Editor 3dnny South: Natchitoches,
a beautiful and quiet hamlet lying on the
right bank of the romantic Cane river,
was the scene of one of the most interest
ing social events of the season in the
union of Miss Maud Brazeale, daughter
of Colonel W. W. Brez ale, and Mr, Sam
uel J. Henry, son of Senator Joseph
Henry, both of this place.
The ceremony was performed by Father
Andress, at the Catholic church. Long
before the allotted hour the church was
filled to oveiffowing—oome coming to
witness the touching ordeal, others to
catch a last glimpse of tneir schoolmate
and companion.
At just ten minntes to six the melodl
ous strains of tho.organ peeled forth,
and soon the great edifice wss suffused
with music, each of tbe massive four
walls rhapsodlcally echoing the chimes
of Mendelsshon’s wedding marsh.
From either side of the vestry came
bridesmaid and groom, and bowing be
fore the altar took their respective places.
The bride, a perfect array of loveliness,
cams down the aisle on the arm of her
fatner, the groom with his best man
The ceremony was brief, the solemn vows
were said uniting them for good or evil
in life and till death. J ust as they were
u i ;ed the Angelus sounded, and seemed
to take up aud repaai, ‘ for life aad till
death.” The br.de’s maids and groom’B
men were Miss Fanny Heitzry and Mr.
Jno H Henry, Miss Amelie Lichtenstein
and Dr. Jas. Stephens, Miss Rosa Hill
and Mr. Roblon, Miss Laura Br*zsole
and Mr. Jno. M. Tucker, Miss May
Brizsale and Mr. Sam Scrugg9. The
bridal party repaired to the bride's home
where an excellent repast was spread
dainty enough to tempt the exactest
epicure. Miss Cora Budhomme, the
beautiful belle of Bermuda, was prevent
ed from attending as a bridesmaid on
account of illness.
his name shall forever bs ft**B *»
m-mory of those who hoew him.
God is just.
“Thou wilt not leave u* In the du«tt
TjOU made*t him, he knows not wny
He thinks he was not made to die,
Anl thou hast made him—-thou art just.
The formers are taking advantage of
the dry spoil, and rapidly gathering tbe r
^MImm Alice and Mend Pinson have
rctared home after quite a stay in Texas,
A>.
VAUGHANVILLF, S. C.
Editor Sunny South: This fall baa
been very unfavorable for the gath ring
of crops A lot of cotton still remains in
the fields. Farmers are complaining of
the scarcity of hards.
Schools are opening their fall session
in and arennd this community, and a
large number of pnpils are reported eu-
roll-d. . ,
Mr P. H. Koon, the Alliance merchant,
hns been North, where he purchased the
finest and cheapest line of lovely goods
evrr brought to this place.
Trains are now running on the N. u «
C. roi d as far as Abbeville, S. C. This
opened up a direct r^ute North And p’ucts
our co’r*ir unity within easy reach of the
ereat Metropolis. . „ .
Cross Hill, cn!y a few miles from here,
is tbe nearest point to us. Only a twelve-
month ago this little town had little busi
ness of any kind Store houses are going
up and r* sldeiic^** are being erected witu
a rapidity t»»at shows the impoxtance of
tho town. Money Invested will, no doub* f
yield a rich return lu the not distant fu
ture. Lots aresoid at reasonable fi?n es
and good titles given. Dr. J. H. Ml’ler,
a prt. mlnent physician, is iaterested in
the growth and welfare of the ever grow
irg town. G M. Davis
For the 3cnny South.
f* HKN I AM DEAD.
When you stand
Bisi«le iny open grave.
And place your U «ud
On my ice cold brow.
’Twill be too late to give
Tne love you owe me now.
When I lie
Iu inj 1-st Yng sleep.
You may wonder why
You loved me less, aud weep.
My weary ey-Mds closed ou life,
Ah! then you 11 see
How bitter the strife
Had bjeu to me!
When I am dead
And you stand by my grave,
You’ll give (despi e my f.u't-;
The thoughts you m ver gav
Your liviug friend; you’ll give
Your friend deceased the heart
Cl.sed to him waile I live—
Twill open to me when I’m dea 1;
And eyfs that coldly look
Upon me now, will shed
Bit er tears u. ou my bier.
Have you one tear
Of love to yield for me?
Weep while I am here
To kuow you love me!
Ka* e you one word
Of pity to re-ease?
Speak while it may be heard,
And give me peace!
Good housewives are sometimes fussy,
bat their fussiness Is very far from feeing
an element cf tbeir excellence. It in
deed greatly lessens the enjoyment of a
good dinner when it is brought on with
a slamming of doors, rattling of dishes
and the voices of various members of the
family pitched to a key that expresses
mU ch mare of earnestness than of music.
Many women who wish to ba agreeable,
prevent themselves from being so by
gi .-ing way to their inUlRation to make
a futs.
A war between two great civilized na
tions would bi a terrible thing It is to
be hoped that thoughts of how terrible It
wonld be will have the etfeot of keeping
it ever a remote possibility. The result
of such war, shonid it ever occur, will
per hays depend more upon skl'l in gen
eralship than did those of the contests of
bygone days. With smokeless and noiae-
1-.S3 guns th*M>6ar up balls for half a
mile, all must 4npsnd on mancuvrlng.
Tbe commander who excels in strategy
will bs the victor. y—
It is beyond question a noble work to
go forth upon tbe mission ot saving souls
’rom the pollution aud degradation of
sin. But is it not an even nobler work
to aid and foiter the growth of a soul
into innocence and beauiv? Tois latter
Is the task committed to every woman's
hand. If sfcs discharge it aright she Is
entitled to the higbes' p si3e that the
tongues cf men can < fior. Tne richest of
royal crowns pales ia magnificence be
fore the halo that enc rc sa tho b.ow of
every mother of a worthy son.
Aud when you kneel
At lad, perchance, to look
On my still face yo i’ll ferl
How lone hi- li e hax been,
H--w 1 hid longed for reH,
How many a secret pain
Was buried in my breast!
collin
When is said
The last prayer at the
head
Aud closed my grave,you'll linger there
To think of me! Ati! friend,
Linger near me now.
Wnile you can lend
Help and strength. When 1 am dead
Let nn sad tn-nights have place,
No need that tears be shed.
Will Bkown.
CENTRAL GEORGIA.
Mr. B. W. Hitchcock’s Enterprise
in Founding a Colony.
Mr. Benjtmln VV. Hitchcock, the well-
known real estate operator, who has done
so auen development work in tho su
burbs of Now York aud Brooklyn, re
turned a few days since from a visit of
inspection to his new enterprise in CeD
trai Georgia. In Twiggs couu'y, aoout
U'teen miles from Macon, Mr. Hitchcock
has acquired control of a tract of nearly
25 000 acres, upon which be proposes at
an early date to inaugurate extensive
develop men’. The tract fronts on the
Ocmnlgea river for several miics with a
depth ol from eight to ten foot of water,
and is traversed by the main line of tte
Macon and Brunswick Rulroad. Other
lines of rail are also In construction,
Those gifted with the ten tala;, ts ar«
;ure of receiving their full shars of ad
miration and praise. It is rather the e
of moderate abilities who need mr en-
oouragemont. After all, they are the
most useful. Beautiful as is tbe diamond,
a world of diamonds would be bnt
affair. But a sphere composed of com
mon elements is a scene where life may
exist and love aud devotion be exempli-
fled. Weshou d not contemn mediocrl’y.
It is out of the common p ace that all
that is great and glorious ultimately pro
ceeds.
There is an old fable of heathen my
thology to the effect that some one for
his nilsd eds was deprived cf ail power
to see any beauty in human nature, and
was permitted to soe only its ugliness.
A greater punishment couid scarcely be
imagined. Yet it is one which many
persons voluntarily inflict upon them
selves. We now and then find individ
uals who, with keen visions for the fau’ts
of their neighbors, sre quite incapable of
discerning their virtues. Such persons
get bnt a moderate 3hare of erjoyment
out of life.
which will have stations on the tract and
give it exceptional facilities for sending
its products to market. In Mr, Hitch
cock’s < ffiee is a fine assortment of sam
ples of excellent cotton, corn and many
varieties of peas, beans and other vege
tables ail produc'd on the lands included
in the purchase. Tne soil of the Hitch-
cook tract is of exceptional fertility,
well watered by living and vigorous
streams, and crops may be plantod and
harvested almost every month in the
year. N=xt month Mr. Hitchcock pro
S oees to take an excursion party of
orthern investors and colonists to ex
amine personally the property and to
organ iz 3 in detail the plans for its divls
ion and settlement. Special low rates
will be made by tne Savannah Steam
ship Company, and every facility will be
afforded for a thorough examination of
the enterprise. Mr. Hitchcock reports
that as far south as Atlanta the boom in
coal and iron properties, town sites and
railroad extensions is nnder fall head
way, and that millions of money and
thousands of men from tho North and
the West are pouring into the new South
of today, as a generation ago they went
into Kansas and a half cantury ago into
California. Further south in the fertile
valleys of Central Georgia the planter,
farmer and market gardener have equal
or greater opportunities of fortune and
of prosperity at a smaller investment
ana proportion of risk.—Brooklyn (N. Y )
Standard Union.
Our successors of a fewcenturi.s hence
will never see, unless it bs in a cabinet of
curiosities, many substances with which
we are now 'a-niHar. Ivory, for instance,
will be unknown, as the eleph r.L will
have become extinct. L id; s of the year
tveuty-two hundred wii’ have no teal- ^
skin sacques in which ;o <
shoulders, as the producer or^Kls rich
fur will have disappeared beforo man’s
cupidity. It may be, however, that the
things that shall be brought in to take
the place of what will go out, will be
more beautiful and more comfortable.
The day of brute force has not entirely
passed; yet It counts for much less in
disposing of human affairs than It once
did. in the long ago they who possessed
power were intent on holding it, and
never thought of yielding a claim that
was not wrung from them. It may net
be asserted that a disposition on the part
of the strong to give up what they grasp
at the demand of justice is a marked
characteristic of the age. But the cries
of the weak ara not so utterly unheeded
as of old. Now and then the right thing
is done becauss it Is right, when it might
be left undon*.
For the Sunny South.
INDIAN sl lIMLf;
Mamma, why is it Indian 'iimmer.' aud why is
the woild so b'.ue'.’
Aud why is the sunlight cheerful? Is that won
derful story true?
Do the Indians really burn the leaves from the
tops of the burry trees
To gather the nuts fur their young papoose?
Tell me the story please.
Do the Indians have no summer hut the <ad
November days?
Do you say you think they are lovelv, with tnis
purple, dreamy haze’?
There must be a great hand of Iudian.- to make
the world so blue;
You to.d brother Johu there were none now-
say, is the story true?
It must make them very sad, mamma, and till
their hearts with pain,
Just when the glories are departing, to call them
back again.
Tis sad and ghastly smile on death’s pale
face—* mock
To watch a flower bloom again from a sered aud
withered stalk!
the
And let him grieve who cannot choose but
grieve
That lie hath been an elm without his vine
Aud her bright dower ol clustering charities
That round his trunk and branches might have
dung,
Enriching and adorning.
Natchitoches has made quite an ac
pSKSflU^Hia*""* 1 “* "~“-
si^iLss' “ “*
The election paseed off quietly. Blan
chard is tbe only candidate. It ia«m
prohibition h^ajrtn
*Uth«WMda up to thii dote ojm
«2kCX.JS. , KS;!L~ u “-"'‘
His hardBhipMrenT J ^ ne Stmr ««*.
SfrmTSUBLSF:
Utbi ree.uFrfbte^ r , £^®°« , "»-
inoepttoo bo draw^TV..
have. In all probability beonfoShJTta
To watch the tender shoots of green ’ucath
yellow blades of grass;
To hear the whip o’wlll’s sad soag across the
wild morass.
I love not Indian Summer, to watch the brown
leavesfall—
With all iu glories, Death seems hovering hid
den over all.
Knoxville, Tenn.,
When our Saviour was led into tte wil
derness to be tempted of the devil He
was not passing through an expi rience
of which He was to remain forever the
solitary example. Very many of those
who have attempted to imitate Him in
other things have had also to follow Him
in this. The temptations which arise
when one is all alone, are the fiercest to
meet and the most dlffi uit to overcome.
One who supposes it easy to be a saint
when he lives alone labors under a delu
sion. The foes from without endanger the
parity of the soul far le38 than the foes
from within. A man may be essentially a
demon though hia dwelling be amid the
solitary crags of the desert.
Victors achieve bat half a conquest if
they do not force tbeir tongue upon the
conquered, for language is the great con
servator of national characteristics. Let
a colony come to this country from some
foreign land and adopt our speech, and
they will soon feel themselves American
citizens. Let them have schools in
which their own language gpd
they will feel like aliens a^H^dof a**
century. The task of assimilating the
great mass of immigrants who come to
our shores is a hopeless one if they be
not required to learn English and have
it taught to their children. A man feels
himself a citizen of another country so
long as he uses its language.
Bessie M. Fowler.
Censorship of the Press.
..Under the lottery law framed by Con-
grees and the instructions given by the
Postmaster General to hie subordinates
throughout the country, there ia serious
danger of encroachment on the liberty of
tho prase that shonid bo rebuked and op
posed by the newspapers of tho oonntry
without regard to party linen.
These port masters ora Instructed to
octas oenaors and Inspect all seooad-
plaee matter, a^ whenever the postmas
ter finds, wont he considers unlawful
matter, or even easprats that articles are
of that character, he ia authorized to
suppress the publication and refuse it
puiagQ through th* mAilfl.
This dangerous innovation la claimed
l“»*«r«h* specious pretext of suppress
ing tottery advertisements, and eo for
tha public seems to noquiesoe without a
P*°tort against this new assumption of
power. Ir this step meets with popular
fovor then the next move wilt be to ex
amine flrst-olaas matter, breaking tha
seals ot letters In search of contraband
publications or writings. If that be ao
oompUslutd then we ^ will rapidly forget
tha Louisiana State Lottery ia them__
tods of ground* upon whioh these part-
masters eon art as censors of prase and
Peopto.—L'xlngton (Ky) Prase, ffov. ^
People cannot always diagnose their
own diseases aright. Nay, they often
refuse to recognize the symptoms in
themselves which they could read most
readily and most correctly in another.
What is true of individuals in this par
ticular is true of communities. A state
to sometimes sorely diseased, and its cit
izens, so for from appreciating the tone
nature of the malady, insist upon apply
ing remedies which the ease does not
demand. Tho politicians who wonld
fain persuade the multitude tw they
have wholesome courses of treatment to
suggest, ora often caring more for them-
•elves than for ths State whioh they ara
proposing to heal.
We used to think a long while ago that
astronomers hod learned a great deal
abort tho heavenly bodies. We now
know that while they have investigated
***** gnrt industry sad have made many
wonderful calculations, tho larger num
ber of whoa they have announced ss
foots an really bat speculations. Ever
and anon some now lino of neeorah
starts a question oe to the profadbllltybr
something which hoe been oqeepliti* aa
Wa We wen wont for a long tlmo.to
took upon oar sister planet Venus as
having conditions much resembling aut
own sphere. Bat an Italian oUriaaaer
mmfoceto us ever and has £ d£Tr