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THE CHRONICLE, AUGUSTA, GA.
PATRICK WALSH, President.
Mr. S. B. Vreeland is the special adver- '
lining agent of The Augusta Chronicle— ,
Office, 150 Nassau street, New York. Al .
advertising burlneaa in the Middle ami
New England States will be managed by
him.
The DuehosH of Veragua w;u Queen
of the May.
Savannah always makes May week a ,
most interesting period.
The new Liberty Bell will be the
greatest mix lure of the age.
The President has returned and is
doing business nt the same old stand.
A glance at the World’s Fair buildings
will show that the American flag is on '
top.
It is by no means too early to begin ■
speaking a good word for the coming j
exposition.
If you tiliiuk the Nine are no longer in-1
npiriug. just listen a minute to the base-;
ball crunk
Among the endearing terms for her
husband, does the Countess of Craven
“call him Early?”
'['he new Cnnardw, t'anipanui, has
broken the nwril of all maiden trips.
She promises to lie very fast.
The war vessels have recovered from
their dissipation and one by one are
slipping out of New. York harbor.
The Mississippi is on a liootn, but it is
needlees to say that, the value of real
oslaito is not enhanced by Lite rise.
Il is a pity that Paderewski shouldn’t
have been satisfied at having ent his hair
without cutting the World's Fair direc
tors.
Unless the variegated eilitbr of The
Morning Advertiser is a political Unita
rian he had better be thinking of bow to
mend his ways.
The Vassar girls are to present “Anti
gone” iti Greek, but fortunately Artigone
has a previous engagement with anti
quity, and can't, attend.
There is a probability that the glass
bottle mnnufimt.urers will form a trust,
but it is hoped that the people will see
through it and turn it. down. /
AH Europe is said to lie laughing at
the Kaiser’s having blessed the I’qpe on
taking leave of His Holiness. It was
like serenading Verdi with a Jew’s harp.
Governor Northen is for Georgia's in
dustrial advajitage first, last ami all the
time. His contribution to the Columbia
Liberty Bell is iron ore from Georgia
mines.
Paris has an insurance company that
refuses to issue policies on the lives of
any people who use hair dye. They very
naturally suppose that It dying man will
soon be dead.
Near Tranquebar, on the southeastern
const of India, fherf* is a species of fish
which not only is able to walk on level
ground but can elitnb trees. Who will
go us one bettor?
Mr. McKinley will speak in Boston on
“The Future of the Ilepulilie.au Party.”
but unless the speech is much brighter
than tlie future, how the Lord who
"giveth His beloved sleep" will bless
that congregation!
Speaking of the corruption of the Illi
nois Babylon, Mr. Ingalls says, “If the
authorities do not know these conditions
they are alone in their ignorance. The
only alternative is between collusion and
imbecility.” Mr. Ingalls evidently got
in with the boys.
Rose Hartwick Thorpe will be sur
prised to learn from The Courier-Jour
nal's answer to a correspondent that
"the author of 'Curfew Shall Not Ring
Tonight’ is not known.” The Courier-
Journal's Bureau of Misinformation
seems to be flourishing.
Ilortensius, the Roman ova tor, had a
memory so wonderful that, on a wager,
he spent a whole day at an auction and
at night repeated all the sales, the prices
and the names of the buyers. But he
never attempted to memorize the slang
which belongs to one game of baseball.
A French newspaper a tributes the
origin of the word “restaurant” to the
humor of a Parisian innkeeper, who dis
played a sign bearing the invitation in
Latin: “Come all ye hungry and I will
restore you” (restaurabo vos). Wrong.
Bayard Taylor gave it correctly: Res, a
thing; taurus, a bull; hence a bully
thing. _____
Some very amusing things occur. One
of the latest is to the effect that Camille
ITaminarion. the great French writer
and astronomer, stole his “Omega, or
the End of the World,” from reporters
of the New York World. The authority
could no doubt prove that Harvey stole
his theory of the circulation of the
blood from the subscription list of the
same paper. “This is a funny, funny
World.”
1 Gen. Hampton’s Appointment.
I Captain M. P. Carroll Introduced res
lolntions at the meeting of the Confed
erate Survivors Association of Augusta
yesterday congratulating Gen. Wade
Humpton on Ids appointment by Presi
dent Cleveland us Railroad Commis
sioner.
Os all ihe appointments made by
President Cleveland the one nearest to
the hearts of the Southern people is that
'of Wade Hampton, lie is the one man
. who represents in bls character the
highest ideal of the Southern gentleman |
and who svniboliz.es the most exalted |
type of the Confederate soldier. Gen.
I Hampton was a great soldier and no
living Confederate stands higher in the
affection and esteem of the Southern
people.
Who Is Responsible?
It is it favorite trick of the republi- I
can editor to muddy the waters arid j
cloud the issues before the people so
lliut in the general discussion of existing
trouble the public will lose sight of who ;
is responsible for the trouble. A great |
hue and cry is just now being made |
over the financial problem which con- I
fronts the administration, and anyone
not acquainted with the facts would !
suppose from the cool effrontery of they
republican editors that, the democratic i
party had brought all this trouble on '
the country, and the people were al- I
ready repenting their folly in putting I
the democrats in power, and were just
eager for the time to come when they
can reverse their verdict.
It is well enough however as we go
along to remind the people that when the
democrats went out of power four years
ago they turned over to President Har
rison not oulv the $100,000,000 of gold
reserve, but. in round numbers another
$100,0004)00 of surnlus. and that it was
during only four years of republican
extravagance that nil this surplus was
swept; awav and the treasury bank
runted.
It is well enough to remind the public
that the present embarrassments are not
of democratic making, but the adminis
tration is simply contending with the
situation which they found on resuming
the government which four years ago
they left in such splendid financial con
dition.
And lastly it is only just to remind
the public that the silver purchasing
act which is creating all this trouble
bears the name of Senator Sherman,
the great apostle of republican financier
ing, and is not a democratic measure.
President Cleveland's administration
will smooth out matters just as rapidly
as possible, and in the meantime just
let the anxious sit steady in the boat,
remembering that the troubled waters
through which they are passing were
found by the republican helmsman and
not our’s.
Open the Way.
There are a variety of interests in
volved liti itibe proposition now under j
consideration by the grand jury to iur-;
prove and widen the old water way i
known ns Beaver Dam ditch, extending'
southward from the city to the swamps'
below. The matter has been brought'
to the attention of the grand jury by
a number of citizens interested in the I
public roads and Ihe farming lands of
that part of the county. The city hat ■
a partial interest in it also as a channel
i for the discharge of freshet, water that
in the present and past condition of;
things fills and overflows the ditches
along Gwinnett street, overflowing the]
eastern corner of the Commons, and
eventually floods the county road knowni
as Foster's lane* and renders that thor- i
oughfare impassable for many days ati
a time. The county authorities have
expended a good deal of labor and ms-;
tori al from time to time in keeping Fos
ter's lane in order, which may be saved
hereafter if the Beaver Dam ditch is
kept open.
We are informed that the grand jury
is giving favorable consideration to the
work. It is regarded as a proper un
dertaking for the county authorities t.c
be accomplished chiefly by the labor of
the convicts and involving no extra ex
pense or special appropriation. At such
times as the labor can be snared from
the road work they' can be put upon this.
We are further informed that the city;
will lend a hand in it and will pay tb«
expenses of a supervising engineer be
sides furnishing a portion of the labor.
If all interests combine, as it now seems
they will, the work can be mainly done
this summer. His honor. Judge Eve,
who has done so much in the way of
improvement to roads and thoroughfares
in Richmond county will give groat, sat
isfaction to the citizens of that section
by taking care of the freshet water that
now floods all the public and private
roads leading to the fertile farms south
of Augusta.
Valuable to Augusta.
The placing of the entire line of the
Port Royal road under control of Re
ceiver Averill, both the Port Royal and
the Western Carolina ends, and operat
ing it as an indepondont road in the
best interest of its owners and patrons
means a great deal for Port Royal, for
Augusta and for the railroad.
It was a great mistake when the
people of Augusta lost the active ser
vice and of this line. Had it
' been operated from the beginning in the
I nO<>rewt nV thllt pm-t !”*d th" emitribu
tary territory, as we believe it is going
to be in the future, Augusta would to
day show the same splendid advance
ment commercially that it does in man
ufacturing development. That port and
railroad operated in connection with the
I Georgia railroad and its connections
1 would have commanded a great volume
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE. MAY 3, 1893.
of biwluess in Georgia, Alabama. Caro
lina and Tennessee and lieyoud, and
Augusta would have .been Abe commer
cial centre of it all. We in a measure
slept over our opportunities, and have
lout some good years in the development
of our ci(y as u commercial centra; but
It is not too late to make amends, and
we believe we are at U>c beginning of
» new era of development.
Pont Royal itself has some assurances
of development which were lacking when
the railroad was first built, and has fa
vorably attracted the attention of the
government sufficiently to have estate
lished there huge dry docks for over
hauling the government's ships. It will
also probably become an important coal
ing station, and the more its superb
natural harbor is used the more atten.
tiou will be attracted to its great ad
vantages and the greater will be the
development. In addition to these
things in its favor the town of Port
Royal now has actively interested in
its development men who can command
auy amount of money that can be used
advantageously for that purpose; ami
in addition to all this both the town
of Port Royal, the Port Royal railroad,
and the City of Augusta have had the
lienefit of u great deal of experience
pvhieh will prevent bad mistakes in the
future.
The court was fortunate in the selec
tion of Col. J. H. Averill <as receiver
for the line, for he will bring to the
operation of the road wide experience
and recognized ability ns G practical
railroad manager. We believe that
schedules will be established on the
road which are convenient 4 and useful
to the patrons of the line, rather than
such as are a nuisance to the people |
living along it, and are operated only
for the convenience of the Central rail- ;
road's through sleeper to Asheville, and
to discourage instead of inducing Port
Royal traffic. We believe that a day
of renewed life is dawning for the Port
Royal railroad and for Port Royal ami
Augusta will come in for a liberal share
of the new prosperity.
The Country is Safe.
The New York linkers are making a
hard fight to force the government to j
issue bonds. Their position, whether
avowedly so or not, is numifestly one of
cold-blooded business, and not patriotic
sentiment. They are "out for the stuff
so to speak, and don’t care how much 1
they embarrass the government so they ;
can force the secretary of the treasury
to give them interest bearing govern
tueut bonds for their non-interest bear
ing gold. Then too, it is evident that
the national banks are initerewted in the
bond issue, for the declared policy of the
Democratic party is against national
banks, and whale tho issue of more
bonds does not necessarily mean the
prolonging of the life of the national j
banks, it is u< vertlieless an unmistak
able leverage. They tit* least occupy ;
the position of parties who have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose bj the
issue o£ bonds.
The action of Secretary Carlisle in
paying out of the $100,000,0(t0 gold re
serve, and ordering the continuance of
this policy has been a serious blow to
the bankers who were trying to force
the issue of bonds. They had confl- I
deutly hoped that when they exlialisted
the free gold in the treasury, over and
above the hundred millions reserve, the
government would issue bonds, but now
that the administration (has declared
that it will puy out the hundred millions
too, if necessary, it makes the contract
, for coercing the government one of very
i much larger dimensions.
It is a matter of interest to note the
diverse views which are entertained on
this subject. They probably grow out.
j of the fact that the question of national
iiuanee is a subject which uo<t five men
in a hundred have studied sufficiently
to know anything about; and those five
have studied it, like most people study
the Bible—to fit it to their already ac
cepted creed, instead of studying it to
get at the truth, and then let their pre
conceived thi'ories stand or fall accord
ing as they measure up to the truth.
But all the editors do not come in the
five per cent, who have studied finance
even to make it fit and accepted theory,
; and as the ninety-five per cent have as
■ much right to air their views as the five
' per cent, it is not to be wondered that
some are unique and many are diverse.
Lot us note a few, leaving the public to
say whether they come within the elect
; five per cent., or the great majority,
j The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says;
“Wall street will be unable to force
bond sales yet. In fact, when bonds are
sold Wall street ought not. to get a
chance at them. They should be sold
in Europe, so us to bring gold from that
section, or to keep gold here which
would otherwise go to that section.”
The New York Evening Post says:
"One of the prevailing ami wide
spread fallacies of the day is the idea
that if the government sells bonds now
to replenish its gold supply, it must sell
them abroad in order to accomplish the
object. Those who hold this doctrine
do not mention the existence of any ap
paratus to prevent the bonds so sold
abroad from coming back by the next
steamer, as they surely would if the
market were one-half per cent, 'better
here than there. Nor do they propose
any such apparatus as. for example, a
law prohibiting the importation of
United Stiles bonds sold abroad, prior
to their maturity. Every other kind of
security goes back and forth with the
utmost freedom. The arbitrage brokers
live by that trade. The mere statement
of the case shows how absurd is the
notion that the place where the bonds
are sold is of any importance."
The New York Tribune quotes “a
well known banker" as saying:
"There have been government bonds
negotiated abroad in such away as to
prevent their immediate precipitation
back upon us, in case the price rose
here and what was done once may be
done again. Secretary Sherman sold
; Itonds almost, payable in monthly instal
j mentis. Upon each payment to the agent
of the United States abroad the amount
wa« nt once credited to the truasuiy,
i but the liondai were not delivered to
I the purchaser until the installments
, were all paid, any, not for ten or twelve
month. In fact, when Secrtary Foster
was considering the subject <>f an issue of
bonds, arrangepient.s had been made for
the artabH"hmeut of a foreign credit,
and if the issue hud been made $lO,-
000,000 gold would have been brought
at once to this country from abroad.”
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
aayg;
“Either those bankers should stop
their talk about the dire financial evils
that threaten them from the depletion
of the government's gold reserves or
they should begin to supply a little of
the metal for export themselves. It is
their business to do this quite as much
as it is the governments. But they
have refused to pay out gold for the
i efiecks and government currency pre
-1 sented by the exportetw and so driven
I the latter to tho subtreasury. And now
they seek to force the administration
into a bond issue.”
The Washington Post says:
"It is highly probable, however, that
the government will be able to pull
through, not only without the aid of
Wall street, but in spite of it. It would
be more than gratifying to be assured
that the secretary of the treasury can
get along without dickers of any Hott
with the liankers of Wall street, or the
bankers of anywhere else. So great a
government as this, with unlimited
ccedit, with practically ineiihnustable
resources, with gold enough already in
the treasury to much more than meet
any demands that are likely to be made
upon it. is ciTtaiidy in no danger of
bankruptcy. Nor is it read'ly conceiv
able that any necessity exists for ap
pealing to the patriotism of the people
to come t<> the rescue."
A local financier of wide experience
to whom wc talked on this subject, ad
vanced the following:
.“I take little stock in all this alleged
scare of government bankruptcy. There
is SI(H),(MX)JMIO of gold in the treasury
subject to any demand* on the govern
ment, and it cannot be gotten out ex
cept on the presentation of sl<Kl.<hmi,(MK'i
of claims on the government which are
redeemable in gold. Who has these
hundred millions of securities to pre
sent at once, or in an alarmingly short
time? It will take a long time to pro
duce them, and before that time can ar
rive congress will have convened and
ended nil the trouble by repealing the
Sherman law.”
We leave this interesting batch of
opinions with our readers to pay their
money and take their choice. In the
meantime we again advise them to sjt
steady in the boat, and rest satisfied
in the belief that the country, is safe
until there is better reason to believe to
the contrary than has yet been advanced
by the
Ingalls on Blaine.
The syndicate letters which the Hon.
John James Ingalls is now furnishing
tire among the very best work of the or
ignisl! staitesman out of a job."
He is a close observer of men, a shrewd
critic and a most entertaining writer
Among the most interesting of his let
ters is his recent review of the careen
and character of Blaine.
Mr. Ingalls thinks the decadence. of
the Republican part} - liegan with the
Blaine and Conkling acrimonious delxite
in Congress, or as he more picturesquely
exuresses it:
The duel in the House between Blaine
and Colliding will have no place in our
annals, except l»s a nfeturesque and eii
tertaming incident., but it. was the head
waters of the Mississippi of our woes
Blaine could not resist, the temptation
to satarize the turkey-gobbler .strut ano
the Hyperian curl of Conkling. It was
an amusing thrust, but it was never for
gotten or forgiven. It aroused the inex
ora.blo Toseiitmeiit of a haughty, sensi
tive and implacable spirit. The joke
was not bad. but it was expensive. Il
cost Blaine the presidency. But forth
fatal jest be would have bt-en nominated
in INTO. He was defeatist by the indom
itable hoiitil'.ty of Conklhig and his
friends.
Senator Ingalls does not. regard Blaine
ns a great statesman or a great orator.
He declares, “his parfiamentary orbit
was meteoric rather than planetary,” and
that his marvellous hold on men was
due to that undefinable characteristic
which is cflled personal magnetism. He
says:
On the platform or the "stump" he was
irresistible. He carried his audiences
not by logic or highly wrought rhetorical
periods, but by the indescribable aim
pervasive magic of his personality. His
triumphs were more like those of a
great singer or popular actor, due t«.
his own attributes and faculties, and the
responsive sensibilities of his hearers,
more than to his theme or its treatment.
These cannot be transmitted to posteri
ty. The types cannot record them. They
perish and disappear with the occasion
of their origin.
We read the orations of Webster, find
can understand why he is great. The
verdict of mankind is inrell-igible. bur
we follow the reported speeches of Pitt
and Clay with disappointment. They de
not account for the infatuation of their
worshippers. They seem common place
in sentiment and construction. The dis
' erepaincy is irreconcilable. The spell is
absent. The charm has vanished. Tim
; wand of the enchanter is broken. And
' *o the reported utterances of Blaine will
■not convey to posterity an adequate
impression. They will not explain his
relations to the constituencies he repre
sented, the audiences he swayed, the con
ventions he controlled, and to the party
of which he was so long the uncrowned
king.
It was not ns an orator that Blaine
triumphed especially, but along the rush
line of debate. In d free for all parlia
mentary or political scrimmage he was
at his best. Mr. Ingalls says:
“He seldom made formal speeches, and
those were not remarkably effective, but
; he was a debater of unrivalled force
alertness and power. In the sharp
hand-to-hand contests of the House and
; Senate he never had a superior.”
In searching for the quality which
made Blaine Mr. Ingalls does
not find it in his capacity or his record
as a legislator, for Ite says:
"As a constructive legislator his name
! is not inseparably associated with any
of the great measures of finance and re
construction during his service in Con
gress. He had no capacity for items nor
for plodding. His temperament was
I dramatic, ills parliament ary orbit was
meteoric rather than planetary. He
shone with a light brilliant, startling
! and dazzling like the lightning's flash
: across a tempestuous and cloudy firma
! ment. and not the changeless blaze of
I the beacon. burning upon the headland
; to warn and direct the mariner through
the storm with beneficent and steady
ray. There was a theatrical element in
; his character, a tendency toward sen
sations. surprises and spectacles, a dis
position to capture position by sudden
( and impetuous assault rather than by
I elaborate investment and approach.
He is In popular estimation the repre
sentative of the theory of protection to
American labor, but Hamilton and Clay
were his prototypes.
Reciprocity was tbe dream of Douglas
and many others of onr statesmen be
fore and since. The Congerss of Amer
ican Republics was a logical inference
from the Monro* do*-#nirie, mid Mix
Clay as Secretary of State, had organized
the Congress of Panama with the saim ß
purpose fifty years before. But it was
reserved for Blaine to reassemble these
fundamental principles from the past
and emphasize their importance to his
own epoch.”
Most graphic and entertaining is the
description of the knight in
the heyday of his glory. The descrip
tion glows with color and is vibrant
with the striking personality of the man.
It is a bit of word painting worthy of
the subject. He says:
"I ciune first to know him well in the ;
preliminary campaign of 187(1. He seem
ed then ui the summit of earthly felicity,
witli an illimitable prospect .of glory
spread out liefore him. His rise nat
been rapid and prophetic of greater tri
umphs yet to come. His ca’-eer was un
unbroken succession of victories. t M ma
ample resources that enabled him to
dispeu<‘e generous hospitality, ami pe,-
solial qualities that disarmed partisan
animosity he was the central figure in
social and official life nt tin* capital.
"Blaine was radiant with hope. His
cmiversution was electric and exlulurat
ing. It flashed and scintillated with in
tellectual brilliancy. It was not a shal
low splendor that glittered and coruscat
ed suporticinlly but an interior ibuminn
tiou that glowed wijh ims-ssant flame.
His address was captivating and his
demeanor engaging. He was familiar
without flippancy, anil possessml I ‘i:it
faehe flexibility of adaptation whichi is
one of the rarest social traits. His
knowledge of men anil events was broad,
though not profound, and it seemed tn;n
there was no elevation which he might
not justly anticipate.”
"As speaker of the House In* had ex
hibited ideal characterisities, and no ex
igency hud not arisen to whidb he had
not shown instant superiority. He was
fortunate in stature, features and bear
ing; in dress neither a flop nor a sloven,
ami in conduct clearly without priggish
ness or asi-eti<*isni. His years wen* in
the prime, his sun at ait its meridian,
iitnl the sky without a cloud. In an
instant the fatal liolt dese-etlded and he
lay unconscious on the threshhold of
tho sanctuary. From that moment his
pathway sloped downward to the grave.
"Every ambition was thwarted, every
hope was blasted. Thrice defeated, as
a candidate for the presidential nomina
tion. once nominated and nnsuecessfu
at the i< ».ls. his health steadily declined,
and a succession of iifllicti-ms follow'd!,
such as have befallen few of the human
race.”
The Kansas eritic does not think
Blaine will be as big a man in history
as he was during life when he exerted
an extarordinary and phenomenal in
fluence over his contemporaries, which
according to Mr. Ingalls it will be diffi
cult for the historian to account for. lie
says: . , . , ,
“He was the object of irrational idola
try and adulation; and of equally inex
plicable malediction, but in both there
was a singular reservation, for bis polit
ical associates never gave him their full
confidence, and his political enemies,
even in their most fervid indictrmmts amt
latniMKius. felt for him a sentiment of
personal kindness. His place in history
therefore, cannot l>e now certainly' pre
dieted, but it seems orobable that tbe
historic Blaine will not have the propor
tions of tho “Blaine of Maine whose
name, with its explosive detonating
rhythm, was idianted by millions as
they marched under his glittering stand
ard’ and folUwed his fn.len fortunes
with unwavering constancy through nt.
nniiroken succession of fatal disasters,
culniitm-tinix in defeat ihat involved lean
er and followers in irremediable havpo
and destruction.”
That Blaine was a great man even his
enemies will freely coueisle, and bis fail
ure to achieve the success which hit*
abilities made possible, may be accountwl
for by tbe historian, even if he should
be at a loss to account for tho immediate
faculty or quality which so captivated
his contemporaries. It is only hinted at
by ex-Senator Ingalls, but in the last
quotation above from his sketch it is tr>
be found, "rffs political associates never
gave*him their full confidence.” There
in lies the secret of the failure of Blaine s
career. And why did hi* not have theii
confidence? He never proved bis right
to it. It was that shortcoming which
made it possible for Conkling to square
up his bitter account with Blaine by his
memorable answer to the request to
make speeches for Blaine in his presi
dential campaign, when he declared: "I
am not practicing on the criminal side
of the court.”
A Gloomy View.
We nre sorry to see our esteemed
Savannah contemporary, tbe Morning
News, taking such a gloomy view of
(the future of Port Royal. We do not
think the facts justify it. and we dis
like to see our friends of the News who
nre generally so even tempered and clear
headed, displaying evidences of pique and
a condition of things which we believe
means great things for Port Royal and
Augusta, wtihout offering any menace to
Savannah.
Under the caption. “SIGN’S OF LIFE
in Augusta, the Morning News says;
“Augusta is showing new signs of
life at the idea of having a seaport of
her own. She claims Port Royal as her
seaport, and now that the Port Royal
railroad Ims got back into the hands of
a few Augusta speculators, it wH be in
teresting to see how long’it will remain
so.
The Augusta and Port Royal railroad
when it was bought by the Central, eon
sisted of two streaks of rust and great
expectations. The Central put it in good
physical condition and made it one o L
the best, roads in South Carolina. It
was managed economically. Lot us'see
how long it will remain in go>xl condi
tion.
Augusta wants cheap freights, but it
can get them cheaper only nt
. the exjiense of the railroads. It
' will be well to remember that
all this Port Roval boom business
has been going on for a very long time,
lit had an existence before Charleston
and Savannah were settled.
"Deep water may help a city; it doesn't
make one. The price of lots in Port
Royal wilt dotsbtlest advance for a
tune. Means will be taken to force them
up. but it is hardly probable they will
stay up long. As soon as a little money
is made in speculating on them and the
railroad ,is run ilown the road will have
to go into the courts for reroganization.”
Now our Savannah friends must con
fess that -this is a gloomy view of the
; situation, and a rather uncomplimentary
estimate of our executive Ability. Though
i when they remember the great opportun-
ity whWi we let slip through our fingers
some years ago when we permitted the
Port Royal t» go into the hands of tho
Centeai, we must confess they liave
reason to disparage our judgment. But
they should give us credit for learning
something by experience, and they must
admit we an* in a distinctly better poui
tion now titan we were then by their
own statement; for if the Central has
put our road into fine condition we now
have our great expectations and n first
clpss railroad instead of two streaks o*
rust, if our Siivatmah friends are cruel
enough to believe tint with this great
limiprovement in our coiuiitiona. rein
forced by the monkey-nnd-parrot-time ex
perienct* which we have had for the past
dozen year* while in th<* hands of the
Central, still leaves us incompetent to
work out sticee*s. we are indeed to be
pitied. We shall retaliate by not allow
ing Savannah's baseball dub to win a
single game when it comes to play our
boys this week. There is no need either
to cry out your punishment is greater
than you can bear, for we see no other
opportunity for adequate retaliation
against .the seven* reflection which Sa
vannah Im* wantonly put upon our rail
road sagacitv.
The World’s Fair.
The international exposition which
opened yesterday in Chicago will prove
the greatest display of its kind ever
thrown open to the people of the world.
It will not be an American Centennial
nor a Paris Exposition, but just what
its name implies, the World's Fair. The
buildings are more numerous more cost
ly, aud more artistically laid off, em
bracing both land and water and thus
heightening the landscape effect; the dis
plays from foreign nations will be more
elaborate and comprehensive, and the
interchange and intercourse between
nations will bo more cordial am) mutual
ly instructive than ever before.
Tin* World’s Fair will boa liberal ed
ucation to the man or woman who goes
there to study its exhibits in an intel
ligent and systematic way. The longer
the time that one can affora to spend
there the greater the benefit to be de
rived, provided of course that the time
is spent in Intelligent observation and
systematic study of the different depart
ments of education, industry, art and
literature, religion, civil law aud gov
ernment, moral aud social reforms, phil
anthropy and charity. It is not probable
that any one visitor will be specially in
terested in all these branches or will
have time to pursue all of them through
their various ramifications, but tbe spec
ialist iu either will find there all the
latest discoveries, achievement.*, theories
and practice of the leading nations of
the world in his chosen field. No one
who can go should hesitate a moment
in making up his mind to do so.
It is not probable that the fair will
be complete for weeks to come, and
parties who will be able to make but
one trip, and spend but a limited time
will see the exhibition in its entirety by
postponing their visit until later in tbe
season, though there is enough in the
grounds and buildings to repay a visit
if it is more convenient to make it now'.
Parties Xvho are able to make more than
one trip to Chicago would probably
profit more by a trip now, and a careful
study of what is now in place, supple
mented by another trip later on, than
by the one trip later on. The first would
familiarize tliem with the grounds and
buildings, and the general arrangement
of the exhibits. They could get a good
outline of what they wanted especially
to study, and then during their stay at
home read up on the subjects in tbe
light of what they had seen. Then on
the second trip they could devote their
time especially to the line they were in
terested in. and knowing just where to
find whai they wanted to examine there
would be no no time lost in aimless wan
dering around the grounds and build
ings. «
Os course all the stuff about the san
itary condition of Chicago, the bad wa
ter, the inadequate accommodations and
the wretchi'd police regulations, is only
stuff. Chicago is a great city and has
expended millions of good money in this
enterprise, and it is nonsense to sup
pose that after it, all she would sac
rifice the hope of financial success by
; leaving undone the most important and
■ necessary of all preparations for the
' comfort, health and protection of ' the
; public. Chicago’s sanitary regulations
; sfre no doubt commensurate with the
; demands of the occasion, and expert
I and official testimony is not wanting
las to the general health fulness of the
l city, aud tbe purity of the water supply.
■ Os course there will be hotels at which
the charges will be high, but it is equal
ly true that all will be able to find ac
comodations suited to their means, if
they will take the trouble to look for
them. It is not to be expected that in!
such crowds one cats escape all inconven
ience and discomfort, but it is safe to
say that Chicago will go as far as any
city under the sun towards furnishing
all the comforts of home.
BILIOUSNESS
Is an affection of the Liver, and can bd»
ti oronghl•*’ cured by that grand regu
lator oi the Liver and biliary organs,
I SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR,
“I was affected for several years with
■ disordered Liver, which resulted in a
! severe attack of Jaundice*. I had good medl
i cal attendance hut it failed !o restore me
■to the enjoyment of my former health. I
J then tried the favorite prescription of one
I of the most renowned pnyid dans of Louis
; vide, Ky., bin to no purpose, whereupon I
■ was induced to try Simmons Liver Regu-
■ lator. 1 found immediaie benefit from its
j use, and it u'.rima r ( *'.y restored me to the
! full enjoyment of hea th.’—A. H. Shirley,
i Richitioud. Ky.
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