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> I. H SEALS Kditof ILLNESS OFFICE, Mo. 9, Wall Street fc < ie*i* *X jtomh*, ns* Address all tellers comeruln* the paper, • jd make all bill* payable to J. a, SKUA A 00.. Atlanta, Go. 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 sand| 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