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TUOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, ’88!)* $5.00 PER ANUU M CD 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 eud^tjic. Jii-gaaes. JtiuUL- lead -fp the crown ;' b might, inh 03 CD CD 8*5 >-t (j<2 CO 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.