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There is a good deal of educated
nud uneducated sin in the world to
day; the catalogue of crime is a long
one and disheartening to the render;
hut for every sin there is a virtue, for
every storm a rainbow, lor every
shadow a sunbeam, and to the man
who takes a cheerful view of things
the world is not the “wilderness of
woe” and “vale of tears” that many
make it out, but one of the best of
God’s gardens where, though the
faithful laborers he few, the rose
trees overtop the weeds and the good
seed sowj^By loving hands continu
ally 83Sh)gs tip and blossoms into
beauty^
A If beautiful lives, if universal love
and brotherly kindness, if charity and
tebderness of heart count tor any
thing, the world i- rich in all of them,
and growing richer every day, and to
him who so wills, it can still he made
“a little heaven to go to heaven in.”
Here arc the paths of Duty.—sweet
to the feet that press them; when the
roses hide the thorns in their white
„bos()ms; here arc the burdens that
make the rest sweeter at the journey’s
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The World is All Right.
There is an opinion prevalent at
this time among thoughtful and ob
servant people that this beautiful old
world is fast going to the bad—anil
occasionally the twin! of the times
would seem to warrant such a fatal
conclusion. But for all that, and
in lull view of its wickedness in high
and low places, it is still
“A very good world that we live in,
To lend or to spend, or to give in:
though we must admit—for the sake
of finishing the stanza—that
‘•To
'Ti? the
st world that ev
bit, whose 4 hcarthsidcs
glow with love,*and here the nltnrs
whose incense is prayer to a high,
acknowledged God. Anil* here is
woman’s smile, ,tlmt beautifies and
brightens all, and woman’s love, of
lovely things the loveliest—all blen
ded in overwhelming beauty.
For all its sins and sorrows, its
crosses and cares, the world is better
than we are disposed to take it—not
yet ripe for the fullfillmcnt of its
highest mission,not perfect as we count
perfection, hut doing its best from
day to day a: it rolls on to meet that
‘•Far oil' divine event
To wlii« li tlie whole c reation move.-.”
And the conclusion of the whole
matter is—it is by far the best world
we were ever in.
Let us make the best of it. — Trib
une of Rome.
Excited Horses.
From Horse and Saddle.
The best thing and only thing to do
when a horse is excited is to calm him.
In a high state of excitement the horse
does not comprehend what you want.
Every one has seen a team where one
horse would go forward and the other
fall back. All the whipping and “hol
lering’’ that a hundred men can do
will not start such a team once in i,ooo
times. The team is excited. The
horses show that by every action, and
lashing and loud talking only make
matters worse. Calm the horses.
Time will be saved if half an hour is
taken to quiet any excited horse. An
excited horse is just like an excited
child. We luve seen a child scolded
and “jawed” at until it could not com
prehend what was wanted of it to save
its life. Stop scolding and calm the
child, and the work you desire of it
will soon be done. It is idle to expect
an animal to do your bidding as long
as it cannot understand your wishes.
1 u a speech at Ashfield, Mass., last
Wednesday Mr. George William Cur
tis said : “The member of the legis
lature who shrinks from his duty he
cause lie fears labor on the one side
or capital on the other is as had as
the man who sells his vote for a dol
lar.”
Respectfully referred to the Geor
gia legislature.
Battles of the Ciyil War.
A new feature has been introduced
in a recent map of the southern states.
The map contains dots intended to
represent the locality of every battle
of importance fought during the civil
war. No record is kept of the lesser
engagements, and the total number of
battles is 892, distributed by states as
follows :
Pennsylvania -
Maryland 17
District of Columbia 1
Virginia 208
West Virginia Gl
Kentucky Id
Tennessee 1 lb
Missouri 131
Arkansas
Louisiana 37
•Mississippi ‘I;
Alabama 21
Florida l- r »
fleorgia
South Carolina 20
North Carolina 31
Ohio 2
Indiana.. .9. ’. 2
Illinois .* 1
Kansas ... 2
Indian Territory 2
Texas 1
More complete statistics of the bat
tles fought are given in Capt. Freder
ick Phistcur’s supplementary volume
of Statistical Record of the Military
Action in the civil war, which was pub
lished in 1SS3. This work gives the
date and place of every engagement
beginning at Fort Sumter, April 12 and
13, 1861, and ending with the surren
der of Gen. Kirby Smith’s forces, May
26, 1865. A surrender is classed as
an engagement, and he sums up all
meetings of opposing forces, whether
many or few participated, at 2.261
There were in each year such actions
and engagements as follows:
1801 .' IMS
18G2 1
1 8»J3
1804
1801
The engagements by states, ate given
as follows:
a tjg
District of Columbia....... 1
West Virginia & 8°
Virginia 51
North Carolina 85
South Carolina 00
Ccorgia 108
Florida 32
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana I IK
Texas II
Arkansas 107
Tennessee 208
Kentucky 138
Ohio.....*, 3
Indiana 1
Illinois. I
Missouri 211
Kansas 7
New Mexico
Indian Territory 17
It is likely that these figures are
tolerably accurate. They give the
youths of to-day a pretty fair idea of
the nature of the great struggle in
which their fathers participated from
April i2, 1861, to May 26, 1865.
They are Coming.
The International Congress, which
will consist of delegates front the
United States, the governments of
Central and South America, will as
semble ia Washington on the second
ol October. About sixty ' delegates
are expected. On the first day of its
session the congress will perfect its
organization and the next day will
start upon an extensive tour under
the auspices of the United States,
About two weeks will he spent in
visiting the principal manufacturing
centers of New England and the
Middle States. Universities, colleges
and the most prominent benevolent
institutions will also be visited. Then
the trip will lie through the West
and the Northwest. More than a
month will be occupied in this tour.
The congress is expected to reconvene
in Washington about the middle of
November, when it will proceed to
consider plaus for closer commercial
relations between the various govern
ments in North and South America.
After the business session is over a
trip will be taken through the South
ern states.
Oklahoma City has its first plate-
glass window. It is in the front of
the Golden Bulldog saloon, and hears
the following inscription : “Gentle
men will please not stand before this
window to be shot nt.
The Sin of tho South.
Calvin S. Brice, Chairman of the
National Democratic Executive Com
mittee, has been interviewed on the
late Calhoun—Williamson duel.
Among other things he said :
"J decline to express any opinion
which shall lie .applied personally to
the gentlemen involved in this par
ticular case, hut addressing myself to
the whole southern people, I do most
sincerely deplore the occurrence, and
I solemnly protest against its repeti
tion. 1 honestly believe that the
harmful consequences Of that affair
will reach far beyond the boundaries
of the locality where it occurred.
That is to say, 1 do not tliiuk its bane
ful effects will be confined to Georgia
and Alabama, nor even to the entire
south ; hut 1 believe it will he counted
against the whole national democratic
party. The people of the south do
not fully appreciate how any peculiar
oflense agaihst the broadest public
sentiment committed in that section,
is charged up against the national
democratic party. Democracy is re
garded the political creed of the south
ern people,, and consequently any
questionable act on their part is book
ed by the republicans as a sin for
which our whole party is responsible.
Dueling is an insult to the enlighten
ment and civilization of our day, and
an outrage against the morality of
our land.
“It, is the stalking ghost of that so
called chivalry, which has been dead
ever since patriotism was acknowl
edged the hist test of courage. Tt is
a tradition unworthy of reverence,
and which law makes, a crime to per
petuate. It is a spot on the south’s
sun, which should not he seen in this
new day. It must be stopped, and
until it is, the twenty million people
of Che Houth e.-umot prove themselves
entitled to stand fully abreast with
tho forty-five million of other Ameri
can citizens who have discountenanc
ed ami frowned it out of practice
among them.
“It is to be hoped the south will
never outgrow her hero-worship.
Her best idol is enshrined forever in
her heart. In him was combined all
heroism and moral courage possible to
man. Neither in life nor death did
he know the meaning of fear. I
point the south to the dauntless life ol
that matchless man, and ask who in
the whole realm of southern states,
conscientiously believes that Robert
E. I,ee would ever have fought a
duel ? And if you still contend for
the perpetuation of the so called chiv
alry, and insist that there arc certain
cases which only the provisions of the
code will meet, I answer, surely a
business dispute is not one ol' these
eases. Who would ever think of a
pawnbroker and his client fighting a
duel over some disagreement with
reference to a loan ? If there was ever
any excuse for the existence of the
code, it was exclusively as a medium
for settling social differences.
“There was^i day when a knight
might die for his lady, and that spirit
wilt no doubt last as long as love and
gallantry. But there never was a
time in the history of the world when
chivalry demanded that a merchant
should rush to the field of honor to
settle some dispute lie may have had
cr his stock in trade. The settle
ment at least of any and all business
dillcrcnees must ho made in accord
ance with business principles, and not
by a trip to ‘Leicester Field.’ ”
The New Air Ship Scheme.
Dr. De Baussett’s scheme for an air
hip, for which he has asked the aid
of Congress, is an ambitious one.
According to his plans, the ship will
lie made of sted, in the shape of a
cone, T.'i'i foot long, with a diameter of
145 ft. Enclosed will beacylindcr -154
feet long, partly tilled with rarefied
air, and the propelling power will be
the force of the air from the cylinder
exerted upon the surrounding atmos
phere. This kind of power is a little
difficult to understand, hut De Bnus-
sett is certain—and quite a number of
intelligent persons who have investi
gated tho matter, agree with him—-
that his machine would work. If he
can raise the necessary money to build
it, a very large sum, lie expects to
transport 200 people at the rate of 100
miles an hour to any distance they
may want to go—to the north pole or
Central Africa if necessary. •
The newspapers have been disposed
to make fun of Dr. De Bnnsctt—have
accused him of impudence in asking
the government to take up his wild
project and invest the people’s money
in it. But is there really anything
more wonderful in what he proposes
to do than in what other men have
done in the last half century? A Bal
timore inventor has made an electric
motor which runs three miles a min
ute. Edison has invented a machine
which will repeat with every inflec
tion the voice of a man who may have
long since been dead; the telephone
enables us to talk with each other
though wo may he miles apart, and
our streets and desks are lighted by a
fluid conveyed by wires. Each 011c
of these things would liave seemed
fifty years ago more wonderful than
flying through the air. Dr. Do Ban-
sett may not have lonml what so
many inventors have so vainly sought,
but lie is working in a field where
something will be accomplished some
day. The problem of aerial naviga
tion is most difficult of solution, but
the difficulty only adds to its attrac
tiveness to ingenious minds, and to
popular interest in it. We hope Dr.
Dc Bausctt will find private capital
enough to enable him to try his expe
riment.—Telegraph.
When to Advertise.
Almost every advertiser has his
theory about the proper season for
advertising. Some say that there is
no use of trying to force' fradc when
it is dull—others say that trade is
good enough at certain seasons, and
they only want more trade in such
and such months. Hence they ad
vertise at that time only.
Some regard must be paid to sea
son, without doubt, and advertise
ments should be so worded as to lie
seasonable, but people read the news
papers about ns much at one time as
another, and if at certain periods an
advertisements is not likely to be
quite as productive, that fact keeps
eonpcting advertisements out of the
newspaper columns, and consequent
ly gives the whole field to the man
who does advertise at that time, thin-
making the dull season in truth a
season of plenty.
We would not reeeominend Curry
to advertise ice-cold soda in January,
nor should overcoasts be pushed with
much energy in July- but outside of
a few articles which have their sea
sons, it is admitted by the most suc
cessful advertisers that tho />- .-/ linn- In
iidivr/iV is nil tin- thin'.—Ex.
Facilities for Firo Protection.
The August number ol l-'ire and
Water contains a table showing the
facilities for fire protection of cities,
towns and villages of the United States
and Canada. The table contains
imports from fifty-five towns in Georgia,
•fifteen of which have no means of pro
tection against fire. The table shows
that Georgia cities have forty-two
steamers, twenty-six other engines,
thirty three hook and ladder trucks
and ninety-six hose carriages and wag
ons. The number of active firemen
in Georgia is placed at 2,716, and the
number of horses used by the depart
ments is placed at seventy-nine. The
number of feet of hose in use by the
departments is Sq 000, and the value
of apparatus and buildings is fixed at
$515,000. The number of hydrants
in Georgia is fixed at 16S9 and the
miles of water pipe 187,—Enquirer-Sun.
Guest—“And you are the proprie
tor of the popular hotel, are you ?
Why, I was here best summer, and I
don’t think you owned it then, did
you ?’’ Proprietor—“OR, no, 1 was
one of the waiters, though.” '
To the Front.
AS ALWAYS,
The City Shoe Store,
(Mitchell House Block.) J
Has just opened up
to the young and old
gents the handsomest
line of shoes ever of
fered in our city, in
all styles, from the
narrowest to the wid
est lasts. Patent
leather shoes, hand
some line of gents’
toilet slippers and
full line of ladies’,
misses’ and children’s
shoes.
Mitchell House Block.