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DOCTOR AND MRS. W. H. FELTON.
MAY 21, 1835.
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It has leaked out that the basement of the
Capitol is in a lamentably dirty condition. The
lower corridors are filled uitli a horrible odor
nearly all the time. .Some of the fir-t floor offi
i-iulrt live in corntant.dread of disease. There
has been somc.sb kness on account o' this bad
state of affairs, and Mr. Frank Haralson, the
State I brarian, attributes the death of his little
daughter to the fact that she “pent a great deal
of time with him in the library, which is directly
over the foulest part of the building.— Atlanta
correspondent Savannah Times.
Now, the Cor kant would like to know
why tio 1 filthy basement and those liorri- j
Ido corridors are not cleaned ? The ■
Comptroller’s report shows that $3,500 j
was appropriated for the last fiscal year
for public buildings, of which sum $5,500
was drawn out on the warrant of Col.
•Tohn A. Stephens, the officer placed in
charge by the executive, up to September
10th, 1884—leaving $3,000 to be drawn
out for the rest of the year. What is
the superintendence intended for if it is
not to preserve the public buildings and
keep them in decent order? We hope
somebody will he kind enough to explain,
for we suppose the same amount was ap
propriated this year. Last winter the
Capitol was as filthy a public building as
ever disgraced the state. It a broom
was applied to the steps or galleries dur
ing the session, it was done so negligent
ly as not to improve its looks or its com
fort. I luring the time of the elections
forjudges and solicitors, the foul air, the
foul dust, and the foul cigar smoke, made
a perpetual fog That was thick, yellow
and poisonous. Everybody in that
crowd'd building was choked and cough
ing with the filthy exhalations. The
steps, the corridors, and the approaches
were as nasty as the word expresses.
Now, in the name of common sense why
V. as nut a little of that $8,500 expended
in some soap and a few barrels ot water,
and the concern cleaned up? The
house is old—and its whole history is a
crying disgrace—but the fioovs could be
washed, the windows could be cleaned,
the tobacco spittle, caked and dried on
the planks, could he moistened and
.scraped with a hoc, if need be; and then
some of those well-paid employees, who
seem intended not for use hut for orna
ment, might put out a little elbow-grease
on mop-handles to the state’s advantage.
The Capitol is tilthy, the corridors are
foul, and the basement is most likely a
fruitful source of untold diseases and
malarial complaints, but there is also
another bad place that; needs looking af
ter, namely : why so much of the tax
payers’ money is appropriated to keep up
public buildings and grounds, with noth
ing clean or healthy to show for it.
The legislature should meet the Dt of
July, examine into the sanitary condition
of the filthy den, order the work done,
appoint a committee of women, (if the
men are ashamed to do ii) and authorize
an expenditure of a couple of hundred
ot that $8,500 to further the work, and
we will wager there will be an upturn
ing of the tilth and general cleaning out
of the concern without further trouble.
Then' was an apparent motive for having
the old Kimball opera house look disrep
utable while the new eapitol bill was
pending, but now that the new eapitol is
forthcoming, for pity’s sake scour and
whitewash the other one—so long as the
state is obliged to use it. The supreme
court room was the only decent looking
one iu the whole fabric that we saw last
winter, and a little paint and whitewash
would not have hurt it, but the balance
were reeking with tilth—the steps were
a terror to a lady’s clean skirts, and the
whole fabric was inexpressibly nasty and
grimy with the accumulation of years
of unelcanliness. There is no sort of
excuse for this tilth. ’ Water is cheap,
and soap not much dearer—lime can be
h;. I, and a little paint would not bank
rupt the state—and unless those filthy
seats, grimy window panes, and spittle
covered floors are improved by the first
ot July, a petition should be circulated,
asking an investigation of all the whys
and wherefores, and that petition will be
numerously signed, in our opinion.
Now, if the freezes and the long cold |
spring have not stamped out these death- ;
dealing malarious germs, and it there, are ’
noxious odors sufficient at this time to kill
a bright young life, that was at liberty to |
go out for fresh air at pleasure, what will
a July sun do for the members of the i
house of representatives—confined tor j
many hours every day in that filthy old
sweat-box ? The whole south side of the
hall is a mass of shutterless, glaring win
dows, with their yellow curtains flapping
like hospital tlags in times of pestilence, j
as dirty as glass can Income, untouched ;
by water, unless a driving storm may do
something for their outside cleansing, the
.mid-summer heat grilling and steaming
.through the filthy hall and the end can I
easily be foretold at this distance. When i
you consider we are paying out a hau l
some sum “to keep” these public build- '
ings and the proof of their non-keeping
is written all over this dirty house, why
wait any longer to set up a reform?
Gkx. Logan lias been re-elected United
States senator from Illinois. This result
is largely attributable *o the ineorope
tency ami personal partisanship of the
democratic members of the legislature of
Illinois. Mr. Morrison should hare bean
abandoned for some one more adaptable
to the people.
1 here is a constant warfare being
waged between the species of the animal
kingdom. Think of the horribleness of
an army of worms storming the citadel
of life. A dose of Shritier’s Indian Ver
mifuge will destroy them.
PRESIDE ST CLEYELASD.
We have received a communication
from a distinguished Georgian who is a
warm personal friend of ours. Iu this
communication he criticises somewhat
pungeatly our cordial endorsement and !
approval of President Cleveland’s ad- :
ministration in last week’s Courant.
lie attacks, with considerable vehe
mence, President Cleveland’s political
and moral antecedents. lie signs the !
communication with the nome <le plume
“Independent Democrat.”
We think its publication would do our
friend injustice and create for him ene
mies where his noble impulses, his moral
character and intellectual endowments,
entitle him to respect and honor.
It is too late to attack or defend any
thing Grover Cleveland may have said
or done before his election to the presi
dency. The people h ive endorsed him
at the ballot-box. They have c aid by
their votes, “we find no fault in this
man,” or if there are faults they are in
ferior to those found in his opponents,
are pardonable and extinguishabie by
the able, honest and national administra
tion we expect from him.
The writer was among those who thus
! endorsed Grover Cleveland at the ballot
box. Though since the war we have
never done otherwise than support the
the national democracy, yet we feel par
ticular pleasure, a sort of patriotic rap
ture in having thus placed our personal
endorsement upon the life, character and
political principles of President Cleve
land.
it is true we never seek, expect or require
moral perfection in a candidate for the presi
dency. Such a demand as this would have ex
cludcd Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and
every other man who lias made the presidential
office illustrious by his honesty, capacity and
patriotism. It is true we do require in every
candidate for oflicial position an acknowledg
ment of the inspiration of the Scriptures and a
decent regard for public Christian worship.
We would not vote for an avowed infidel, one
who derided the claims of Christianity. Neither
will the people of the United Stales ever sup
port such a man for the presidency. Theo
retical Christianity at least domiuates the
Opinions of the American people, and who
ever is elevated to office by their votes must do
outward homage to its requirements. But to
withhold our approval and endorsement from a
a president who is now doing well and who is
•fully meeting the reasonable demands of all
lovers of “law, order and nationality,” because
<u moral improprieties — 1 sins of youth long
since repented of”—is not only uncharitable,
Put at war with the letter and spirit of our con
i titutioßal government.
Again, our friend, “Independent Democrat,” is
surprised that we can endorse an administration
which favors a suspension of silver coinage and
is in sympathy, as he says, with the “money
power” of Wall street.
Permit us to say that President Cleveland has
no authority or power to suspend the coinage ef
silver, and we imagine it will be many years
before (be representatives of the people give
such authority to-liim or his successors in office,
f.ct the people hold to a rigid accountability
those men having authority over these questions,
but let us not reject or condemn a man who has
no power to act in these premises until the peo
ple, through their representatives, confer upon
him tlio right to stipend silver coinage.
Our approval which our friend objects to was
expressed in these words: ‘‘So far, we cordially
approve of his administration. lie may have
appointed a few improper men to office. “Here,
approval is cordial and complete, though a few
minor blunders through the misrepresentations
of others may have been made. If Cleveland
was to make a thousand blunders of this char
acter or blunders more seriously affecting the
business interests of the country and yet suc
ceeded in giving to the American people an ad
ministration distinguished for honesty, com-,
pliance with the constitution, national, free
from national hate and prejudice, if he succeeds
in restoring the union, in making the southern
states feel once more they have a heritage in
their fathers’ government, then every Amei ican
patriot should place upon President Cleveland’s
administration his endorsement and cordial ap
proval. Cleveland is doing this. Indeed, he
has accomplished this desired end and object of
patriotism. Garland and Lamar are in his cab
inet; Jackson and Lawton, of Georgia, have re
ceived distinguished honors. Joe Johnston and
many others, who represent the wealth and in
telligence of the south, and who for twenty
years have been ostracized by their fathers’
government, are restored to American citizen
ship. Approve! Yes, we approve with all the
heart. What if Cleveland is in error about sil
ver? Wliat if he does make mistakes in ap
pointments to office? What if lie does observe
aud respect civil service refarm? These things
should not weigh a feather in estimating the
benefactions of an administration which unites
a dissevered country, resuscitates a union which
is based upon the supremacy of the constitution
and the nationality of the government, drives
sectional partisanship to confusion and corrupt
methods to oblivion.
So impressed are we with the supreme im
portance of supporting President Cleveland,
who thousands of the best republicans in the
northern states supported, and so persuaded are
we of the necessity of retaining in power the
political party he represents, a party now of
necessity under the indomitable will and mas
terly tactics of its leader made conservative,
national, honest and constitutional, that hereaf
ter our political independentism must be exer
cised and maintained inside of the organized
democratic party.
Independentism has been of great service to
the democratic party in this congressional dis
trict. Its beneficial results have modified aud
improved the methods of the party throughout
the state. It has corrected errors aud reformed
abuses. But it is best now aud hereafter to
. k such correction and reformation under the
x of that organization which made Grover
Cleveland president of the United States. This
is the organization which must prop and sus
:.“.n him while he wipes out the sectionalism,
prejudice,-hatred and corruption which have
well nigh overwhelmed American libertv.
W. H. F.
Ido you want a beautiful skin? Take
Curry’s Liver Compound. It Imparts
tone to the liver, takes away that bilious
yellowness from the skin, purifies the
blood and invigorates the system.
The Dalilonega College has a line pub
lisbed programme for its commencement
exercises, and it deserves so well of the
state and county, we hope its fondest
wishes may be realized. Among the at
tractions offered for the occasion is a
generous free-for-all debate on a variety of
subjects. Five minutes allowed to each
speaker, and the subjects are so numerous
and varied that almost anybody can take a
band in oratory. We would be glad to be
present, according to invitation, but cir
cumstances have otherwise arranged our
duties at that time—the 17th of June,
1885.
Sheriff ’^Notice.
Hereafter the Sheriffs adver
ti,semen ts for Bartow county
will appear in the Cartersville
Courant. This May lltli, ’So.
W. W. Roberts,
Sheriff Bartow county.
COL. JO IIS J. Uv WJ RD.
The Corn am was delighted to see out
esteemed friend and Bartow’s sterling
citizen at his accustomed place in the
bank after a spell of ennervating illness
that had reduced his flesh and strength
considerably. His cordial greeting and
a response to our question, “I feel E am
much better,” were very pleasant to
see and 'near, and it occurred to us that a
short sketch of his honored and useful
life would be very interesting to the
readers of the Cot rant, and it was an
enjoyable occupation for your reporter to
listen to the main facts in his history.
Self-made men are the boast of our i
republic, and their precepts and exam
ple should be cherished as a guide and
and comfort to those who may find the
way to learning and wealth hedged with
privation and poverty.
Cos!. Howard was born in Spartan
burg county, S. C., in the year ISIG, but
removed when quite young to northwest
Carolina, now known as Oconee county.
Ilis father was a poor man, and so
soon as the son was able to work, his
time was divided in working a farm to
make supplies for the family, and assist
ing his father in the carpenter’s calling.
.Straitened circumstances forbade a lib
eral education to this bright boy, but his
father, to use his own words, “did the
best he could” for him by sending him
to “old field schools” during the inter
vals of farm work. In that way lie
learned to read and write and also the
use of figures. He remarked just here,
“great attention was paid in those old
field schools to spelling,” a merit worthy
of mention, as we both agreed. In early
iife he craved a literary education and
training, but he soon saw it was out of
his reach ; his work was too much needed
to spare the time if the means had been
available. When lie saw it was beyond
his grasp, lie spared two dollars out of
his meagre earnings, and with it lie se
cured one year’s subscription to the
“Saturday Evening Post,” printed in
Philadelphia. This literary paper opened
up, so to speak, anew life to the mind
of this eager youth and lifted his
imagination and desires above and be
yond the confines of liis frugal mountain
home. It give him a glimpse of a busy,
bustling world, for which his soul began
to yearn and ids resolve was taken, lie
intended to know more of it. Ilis sur
roundings were only to be tolerated
as a stepping stone to something
more congenial and satisfying. When
he was verging on nineteen years of age,
he dutifully laid his plans before his
family, who judiciously approved them,
gave him their blessing and bade him
always to keep the fear of God before
him. lie thus said good-bye to the
mountain farm and its struggles forever,
and turned his steps towards the low
land country.
Fifty years ago a brisk market town
was located just across the river from
the city of Augusta. A bridge across
the Savannah connected Hamburg with
the larger city. This town was pre
eminently a cotton market, and a gen
eral place of trade for fully one-half of
Souih Carolina. Its location made it a
great place of traffic, and a line situation
in which to form acquaintances from all
parts of the State.
John J. Howard did not ride on a rail
road car, or in a coach, nor even ride on
a scrubby mountain pony to the great
trading mart of South Carolina. lie
“took his foot iri his hand,” to use a
cracker pronunciation, and walked the
one hundred and twenty-five miles that
stretched their weary extent before him
in that memorable journey. When he
reached his stopping place, his lean purse
was nearly empty, and he was an un
known lad in a town full of strangers.
It took a brave heart to meet the diffi
culty. Major Turner Goldsmith, now of
Atlanta, was then in businesss in Ham
burg, and his large and noble heart
opened his hospitable dwelling to the
weary, foot-sore country’ boy. In three
weeks Mr. Goldsmith found business for
him, and he entered the large grocery
warehouse of 11. W. Sullivan, a leading
merchant of the place, an allie man and a
successful dealer. Mr. Howard remained
in his employ four years, his last year’s
salary being $-180.
During that time an oiler was made to
him of a $1,200 salary, but he did not
accept it. Mr. Sullivan had taken him
in, a green young man, when no one else
seemed to wish his services, and Mr.
Howard was grateful to that early’ friend
and would not leave him. By some
means Mr. Sullivan became aware of
the refusal, and asked his reason. Mr.
Howard made answer according to the
foregoing, but remarked that the differ
ence of $720 was a great temptation.
Mr. Sullivan’s business throve while his
grateful, salesman remained with him,
ahd 31 r. Howard here remarked: A
word to all young men just here. When
I went into 3lr. Sullivan’s store I deter
mined to make myself useful to him. I
resolved be should be unwilling to do
without me, and I intended to make his
success my study and my effort was
crowned with success.”
Mr. Sullivan never forgot that grateful
refusal of a large salary to remain with
a true friend at a low rate, and when the
four years’ service was ended he took his
faithful salesman on a trip to the large
cities in which his supplies were pur
chased, introduced him to the wholesale
merchants, saying: “Make the young
man’s credit as good as ruy own.” What
a genuine compliment! What a satis
faction to the faithful clerk! This gave
him the start he needed as a merchant,
and soon he was able to organize the
firm of Howard & Gar many, which busi
ness, as our friend modestly stated,
“grew to be a success.” It was Indeed
a success in every point of view. Mr.
Garmany is now spending his declining
days in Savannah, and the evening of
his life is restful and quiet.
In the month of April, IS4G, in the
city of Augusta, Mr. Howard united
with the Baptist church, under the min
istry of Rev. W. T. Braotly, pastor of
the First Baptist church, in which com
munion he lived until lie left the city.
On July 18th, 1843, he married the
daughter of Willis Eenhain. late of this
county, at that time a resident of Lau
rens District, S. C.
Alluding to. his marriage, our friend
made use of these significant words, in
the language of a favorite writer: “Let
no man ever say he had a better wife, for
like a.jewel she has hung.about my neck
for forty years and never lost her lustre.”
What more couhl words express, and
the writer can only echo the heartfelt
tribute in the memory of a long, tried,
cherished friendship!
In January, 1852, they moved to Bar
tow county, to their present elegant
home, and like Ruth, Mr. Howard in
tends to rest here with his adopted peo
ple. At that the Baptist church
was located near Nancey’s creek, just
where the Burnt Hickory road crosses
the road leading from Cartersville to
Rich’s ferry', now owned by Col. J. W.
Harris. The church was removed to
Cartersville in ISSS, into a nice, new,
neat brick church, upon the site of the
present church building, which structure
was destroyed by vandal hands during
the civil war. Col. Howard is devoted
to his church, and it has prospered won
derfully, by God’s blessing it is one of
the largest contributors to the mission
cause in all Cherokee Georgia.
At the age ofJLO years, 3lr. Howard
resolved by the*“Grace of God to live a
sober boy, and fur 51) y r ears lie lias kept
the vow, and will keep it to the end.
Nor has he ever used tobacco in any’
shape. He has never hold, or agreedjto
hold, any politico office. In early life
he settled upon certain rules of conduct,
ami by our request he called them over:
“Always tell the truth.” “Be strictly
honest and diligftnt.” “Never injure a
human being.” “Never slander anyone.”
“Treat everybody frankly’ and kindly.”
“Never wound feelings,” and “accept the
Scriptures as the true Word of God and
the 3lan of our counsels.”
With all his‘“S&fccess, with all Ui6 es
teem that is lavished on him, you can
see how greatly he would cherish a clas
sical education. Ilis heart leaps to
learning, and his-- oagerness has stored
his mind with standard literature until it
is a marvel even to his friends. He is a
great reader of Shakespeare, Milton,
Cowper, Addison, Blair, Scott, Dryden,
and a host of lesser lights.
With advancing years tiiere is, how
ever, a steady leaning to sacred lore, and
as he feelingly remarked: “I desire to
finish my T course* faithfully in the sight
of God and my fellow-man, and by’ Ilis
Grace to find a home in Heaven, that
there I may render Him that homage I
have been unable to give Him here.”
Of his six children, three are left, W.
11. Howard, Esq., Mrs. R. A. Clayton
and Mrs. T. B. Cabaniss, of Forsyth,
Ga. The others are beyond the Jordan
of death, where the weary rest. 3tr. and
Mrs. Howard are singularly happy’ in
their domestic pleasures. Many have
remarked upon the unity, the affection
and dutifulness of their children. In the
days of long ago, the writer has often
made one of a very’ happy group around
their hospitable fireside, and therefore
we knowMvherqgf- we speak. Of their
twelve grandchildren, them arc three
girls and nine boys, and the best wish
the writer can make for them is to copy
the example, the hospitality and the no
ble qualities'oi their ancestry.
MRS. SAMUEL VTILEISS,
The news of the untimely decease of
Mrs. Wilkins, nee* Miss Georgia Shep
herd, was exceedingly painful to her
many friends, but not unexpected. In
the month of February, ISB4, she became
aware of some difficulty in swallowing
her food. The trouble increased until it
became impossible to sustain life without
artificial means. Since New Year’s day,
she has not been able to swallow even
water without the aid of a ffexible tube.
The disease, painful and exhausting,
had also one distressing feature, viz:
it is absolutely incurable, except in a few
almost miraculous instances. Georgia,
for so yve love to call her, was not de
ceived about her condition. Brave wo
man, that she was, she looked the King
of Terrors in the face without flinching.
Her faith grew stronger and brighter as
each avenue of hope for earthly exist
ence was closing about her. Only two
weeks before she breathed her last, she
wrote the following to her'only brother,
to whom she was ever a devoted, loving
sister:
“I had almost made up my mind to
have the operation performed before I
received y’our letter, risk the conse
quences, and trust to God for the rest,
for lie knows what is best for all of us,
a id if it is His will for me to be taken
while it is being performed, it is all right
and I will be prepared for it, for I have
put myself wholly in Ilis hands to do
with me as He will. I have prayed that
I may be wholly resigned nc] submissive
to Ilis holy will, and I believe He will
take care of me. I felt for a long time
that I would be cured by faith and
prayer, but I reckon my faith was not
sufficient, and I feel now that something
must be done, that I cannot live long as
I am, and if I am taken a few weeks
sooner what does it matter, for we all
have to die sooner or later. * *
I have put my little darling in God’s
hands. I know He will take care of her,
and perhaps the world will be kind to
her, and she will get along somehow. I
feel very weak and try to keep up and
do all I can, and do try to be cheerful.”
The tears fell from the writer’s eyes on
reading this sweet note, the last she
penned, and in that line, “I do try to be
cheerful,” memory pictured the brave,
true hearted girl that we have known
from childhood, and whose genu
ine and unfailing cheerfulness
was ever the tnain-stay of her pa
rents in youth and the bright hjessing
of her own fireside. As the eldest
daughter she was ever a model of filial
duty to her parents and a be ri; ;tul ex
ample of sisterly affection, of true, un
selfish devotion to the younger members
of the family. When her two little sis
ters were orphaned by the loss of both
father and mother, this good, noble
woman took them into her heart of
hearts, and now they are doubly or
phaned In the death ox “dear sister j
Georgia.” For fifteen long months she i
looked death squarely in the lace and
never once did her Christian courage
fail. She made all her arrangements for
death as carefully as if preparing for a
journey. She bequeathed her “little
darling” girl to a sister’s tender care,
arranged for her own funeral services,
her grave, etc., without a tremor and
without the least repining. He pastor
remarked at her home, over her dead
body, that she lived nearer to her duty
in prayer than anyone he had ever
known. The writer saw her in Novem
ber last .and then she could barely swal
low the thinnest liquid, and yet she was
cheerful,resigned, and courageous. Take
her life, as the writer knew it, for more
than twenty years, and she was perhaps
the most useful person in her home that
we ever met. In sickness she was a help
ful, sympathizing friend to others, and
her willing heart and hands were ever
ready for every call of friendship or dis
tress. She needs no eulogj r with those
who knew her well, and her loss to her
loving family, relatives and friends, is
irreparable. Dr. J. T. Shepherd is her
brother. Mrs. J. H. Wikle, of our city,
Mrs. Shropstiire, of Atlanta, and Mrs.
Ramsaur, of Dahlonega, are her sisters,
besides Misses Lulu and Estelle Shep
herd. All children of our deceased
neighbors and friends, Mr. and Mrs,
John Shepherd.
The Christian fortitude and resigna
tion of Mrs. Wilkins in the hour of
death area precious heritage to her family
and friends. With a faith that seemed
almost divine, she walked into the Jor
dan of death without a moan or regret.
Her last words were a thoughtful atten
tion to the comfort of others, and alia
calmly “fell asleep” and passed away
without a sigh or a struggle.
“Death should come.
Gently to one of gentle mould like th.ee,
Cluse thy sweet eyes calmly without pain,
And we will trust in God
To see thee yet again.
appointments to office.
From a circular, which you will liud
in anothr column, you will see that the
senators and representatives in congress,
and the latter particularly, are the par
ties co whom to apply for postmaster
ships, etc. In this district our imme
diate representative is the arbiter of
your fate, if you are an office seeker, and
in the Atlanta district, Mr. Hammond
holds the reins, in the Macon district,
Mr. Blount, and so on through the ten
congressional districts of Georgia. As
they are thus appointed, and as they are
thus honored, so they should be held to
be personally responsible for the charac
ter of the appointments as also for the
removals that may occur.
Postmaster Gen. Vilas may bo wise in
this action, but we can see where a great
deal of annoyance may be iudieted on
the member of congress, if he is a just
and upright man, and also where a great
injury may be entailed on the persons
who may not decide to bow their knees
to bosses, even though they may emi
nently deserve the offices that are va
cant. If there is { one growing evil m
this country, an evil which threatens the
perpetuity of this republic, it is political
bossism. The United States Senate is
pretty well filled up now by these bosses,
who, in turn, are controlled by powerful
interests, Which interests secure the elec
tion of their tools by the lavish expendi
ture of money in elections. If it should
now be understood that the democratic
part}' has turned over, the federal patron
age to members of congress, the strug
gle for that office will amount to a war
“to the knife,” all over this union.
Make each congressional district a small
feudal kingdom, with emoluments at
tached that are included in salaries and
federal patronage, and the result will not
be satisfactory to anybody but the small
tyrant in authority and his retinue of de
pendents.
Give the scheme a trial, and be careful
that it is only allowed to be a trial, not a
fixture. Mr. Cleveland is no doubt de
pendent on somebody for information,
but his late experiences with the recom
mendations of congressmen would seem
to show that he has not sought the prop
er channel for assistance and advice.
The very fact that the people of the
south had no voice in the selection of
the office-holders who have been fasten
ed on the public since the war, was the
fruitful source of the evils that have at
tended this unjust policy. The men
who were appointed uniformly were the
men who were paid for their subservien
cy to boss influences, and while there is
a spark of independent spirit left in the
people, such a policy will always be dis
liked and resisted. We are satisfied that
Mr. Cleveland will soon discover the
mistake his postmaster-general has made
in this “confidential letter.”
In our opinion, the people who live in
a town or city, have as good an idea as
to who will suit their business and their
interests as postmaster, as Mr. Blount,
Mr. Hammond or Mr. Clements. The
people who supported the ticket that
elected Mr. Cleveland, and who are vi
tally interested in getting efficient office
holders into position, should be allowed
some voice in the matter.
But give it a trial, as we said before.
In the meantime, give your political
bosses to understand they are now re
sponsible for not only afflicting you with
old federal appointers who are obnox
ious, but also for the failure to appoint
your own choice to the place that should
be filled by acceptable persons.
A PEW WOKDS TO GIRLS.
Changes of Character Between the Ages
of Sixteen and Thirty Years.
Mr. .John Siegel in Phrenological Journal.]
A lady of intelligence and observation
has remarked, “I wish I could impress
upon the minds of the girls that the
chief end of woman is not to marry
young.”
If girls could only be brougnt to be
lieve that their chances for a happy mar
riage were better after twenty-five than
before, there would be much less misery
in the world than there now is. To be
sure, they might not have so many op
portunities to marry after that age as be
fore, but as they do not need to marry
but one at a the. \ P is necessary that one
should he satisfactory. Asa girl grows
older, if she thinks at all, she certainly
becomes more capable of judging what
would make her happy than when
younger.
How many girls of twenty would
think of accepting the man they would
gladly have married at sixteen ? At
thirty a woman who is somewhat inde
pendent, and not over anxious to marry,
is much harder to please and more care
ful in her choice than one of twenty.
There is good reason for this. Her
mind has improved with her years, and
she now looks beyond mere appearances
in judging of men. She is apt to ask if
this man tvho is so very polite in com
pany, is really kind-hearted! Do his
polite actions from a happy, genial na
ture? or is his attractive demeanor put
on for the occasion, and laid off at home
as he lays off' his coat ?
Avery young girl takes it for granted
that men are always as she sees them in
society, polite, friendly, and on their
good behavior. If she marries early in
life the one who happens to please her
fancy, she learns to her sorrow that in
nine cases out of ten a man in society
and a man at home are widely different
beings. Five years at that period of life
produce a great 'change in opinions and
feelings. We frequently come to detest
at twenty-five what we admired at six
teen. At sixteen, the Ledger and Mrs.
Southworth are the delight of a girl’s
heart, and she fairly revels in the love
affairs of the most beautiful of women
with the most heroic of men, while their
hair-breath escapes thrill her heart, and
their sorrows bring tears to her eyes. As
she grows older, if she develops at all,
that style of reading gradually loses its
charm, and she finds satisfaction in
something more iolid, till at length her
taste has changed entirely, anti useful
and instructive works form the staple of
her reading. Of course she continues to
read novels, but she prefers those of a
different and grander class than she pe
rused wilu such exquisite delight at six
teen.
Similar changes take place in the mor
al and spiritual nature. Why should we
feel the same toward persons in after
life, when we have learned to distinguish
between the false and true, the bad and
good, any more than we should like dime
novels after we have become acquainted
with Dickens, Thackeary and Shakes
peare? How few comparatively of the
schoolgirl friendships extend into later
life. How few of our companions in so
ciety do we love as well after twenty
years have passed. How few, even of
our own brothers and sisters, in whom
we do not see faults we could wish erad
icated. Considering this, how is it pos
sible for one to feel surprise when a
couple who marry in their teens grow to
love each other less as years roll by?
When both grow alike, whether it be
rapidly or slowly, forward or backward,
there is some hone of their over seeing
each other with the same eyes; but
when one progresses and the other retro
grades, a difference springs up between
them, and inuime one looks down upon
the other with a feeling of superiority,
perhaps unconfessed, but still there;
while the other, unable to perceive the
real cause of the trouble, grows at length
to dislike what was once loved. And
thus it happens that those who loved at
sixteen are indifferent at twenty-live,
and sometimes divorced at thirty. This
trouble would never occur if very early
marriages were frowned upon : if dispo
sitions, tastes and circumstances were
consulted instead of mere passing fancy,
and gills were encouraged to wait till
their minds were more matured and
they saw life with a clear vision. If
later marriages were more universal it
might prevent many from marrying at
all; but It would be to those whom it
were best should never marry—for in
stance, the slack and thriftless, the
coarse, the termagant or the scold. Tin sc
who have the elements of unhappiness
within them, and who care not to eradi
cate them, would then be discovered, for
such things like weeds, if left to grow,
discover themselves in time.
One great cause of early marriages is
the pernicious habit of calling a girl who
r emains unmarried until twenty-live an
“old maid.” This is done by many well
meaning but thoughtless persons, who
would be sorry to think that any act or
expression of theirs had ever caused one
an hour of misery; yet this very dread
of being called an “old maid” has
driven more women into marrying and
; lifelong misery than any other thing ex
| cepting, perhaps, poverty. A girl,
young, sensitive, unused to the rough
wavs of the world, shrinks from having
I any stigma cast upon her. When she
| fir L hears herself called an “old maid”
' it is a revelation, and she falls under it
las if it were a blow. She feels as if if
were an imputation upon her character,
j in some way; and though she may try
to laugh it off the wound is there, and
festers and corrodes till the life that was
once happy as a bird’s has now a skeleton
which she thinks can only be removed
by marriage. It is a mistake to think j
that single life is any less noble than
marriage, especially if the spirit of dis
cord is permitted to inflict its horrors
upon a whple household.
. Let mothers treasure their daughters
more; seek to learn their inmo#t feelings
in a kind and sympathetic way; win
their confidence and love by showing
that they have hearts, were once girls
and often made mistakes. A girl who
has her mother for a confidant is not so
anxious to leave the shelter of her home
to “take the leap in the dark.” For
what is it but a leap in the dark ?—a
species of slavery to one-halt the women
who marry. How many women can
truly say, “We must not expect too
much in this life,” and with a little sigh
let the question drop.
If it were not for the illusion that
seems inseparable from the mind of
youth, there would be probably fewer
marriages comparatively. It they saw
it a- it is; saw it.with rational eyes, with
the glamour of romance brushed away,
in ail its naked truthfulness, many would
be apt to say, “I would be worse off then
ban f am now. it is better to bear my
burden alone than to add another to it,
or add to another’s.”
Avery mischievous writer once said
“An offer of marriage is the highest
compliment a man can pay a woman.”
It is in some few cases. A great many
women have learned to their sorrow that
it would have been nearer the U nth if it
lnd been written “injustice” instead of
compliment. Here is an instance: A
young man decides that he has reached
an age when it would be well foj him to
take a wife and settle down. He has
just started in life, and has to
furnish a house plainly and u i. nably.
He and- all hi& friends thh ' p.-q
thing he can do is to marry, lie looks
around for a wife. Docs he look for one
in the same station with himself ? For
one who is earning her own living, who
has had experienced in the school of
economy, who has had a hard struggle
and come off conqueror, and would be a
true helpmate to him, and who wants a
helpmate for himself? No. He goes
into society and looks around.for the best
and most attractive girl he ca : <!. Ho
meets a beautiful young lady, do licateb
brought up, fashionably educated, amia
ble, confiding and helpless. -He is
charmed and decides she is the one lie
would like to marry. There ins reason
ing stops. lie “makes love," of course,
and “compliments” her wi h the offer
of iiis hand.
But if he would look on the other side
for a moment, and ask himself why ho
wants that beautiful girl, graceful, in
telligent and lovely, he would be forced
to reply: “I want her to cook, make my
beds, clean my house, darn my hose,
watch longingly for my return, put up
with my ill-humors, economize in every
particular for my benefit, bo the mother
of my children, and bring them up
properly; and in return for this L will sup
port her, allow her to bear my name, and
when she dies I’ll give her a Christian
burial.” Now, if he looked squarely at
this side bt the question, he
would not be likely to feel that be was
doing such a very complimentary thing,
nor go about it so complacently. Andi;
the young lady saw the realistic si !e,
without the gloss and roseate hue of
poetry, she. would not consider that - ,o
had been so very highly cc mpi i mooted
by the offer.
Young ladies who happen to marry
late should bear in mind that if they get
a good husband they have done well by
waiting; and if they get a bad on . it i;
proof they did not wait long enough.
If they never marry at all they may con
sole themselves with the thought that
they have escaped a world of Double,
and that there are always some married
women who envied their lot.
Experimental Farm.*.
We believe we express the opinion of
all intelligent farmers when we say there
is groat need In Georgia for a state experi
mental farm or farms, and it is to give ex
pression to our thoughts on this subject
that -we write. All know that fanners, as
a class, have little knowledge of their vo
cation, hence almost every day’s work is
an experiment—a leap in the dark, as it
were—to try to do something about which
nature has fixed laws of cause and effect.
To violate any law of cause in farming is
to fail of successful effect. The experi
mental farm is the means of teaching the
farmer these laws, generally denomina
ted right methods of agriculture. In fact,
so much can be learned from such a farm,
and so many methods of field culture
demonstrated to be correct, that this arti
cle would be too long were we to go into
their detail. We need the fayus, or sta
tions. Our plan is to have one central
farm, centrally located, and, then, on< ex
perimental farm in each congressional dis
trict of Georgia, all to be under the direct
sup) or vis ion of the commissioner of agri
culture for the state. The central farm to
have a superintendent to report to the
state commissioner and the district sta
tions to have assistant superintendents to
report to the superintendent of the central
farm. The details of the working of the
farms can be left to be told in some future
article, and maybe by some more intelli
gent person.
Now, how can all the farms or stations
be had and run, as we farmers sayV Why,
thus :
There arises from the inspection of fer
tilizers, in Georgia, sixty or seventy thou
sand dollars annually, a direct tax on the
farmer only. Now, let the legislature
give to our experimental farms and sta
tions half of this money, to establish and
work them ; say three thousand dollars to
each district, and whatever it would take
to run the central farm. Lr ■ it be pro
vided that any congressional district can
obtain the appropriation by furnishing the
land and mules to make such a farm and
cultivate it. Almost any farmer would do
this, provided he were allowed the pro
ducts of the station. Let it, also, be pro
vided that any congressional district fail
ing to provide the land, mules and feed
for them, shall not have the appropriation.
Contracts and lease of farms can bo made
for a term of years, or so long as it may be
to the interest of ail parties to have it re
I main at one place. We are much in favor
of the ten experimental farms, because
the climate and products of Georgia are so
varied. Experiments in lower Georgia
would be comparatively worthless to us in
north Georgia and “vice versa.” Experi
ments in middle Georgia would not do for
either the northern or southern part of the
state, only in part. Eastern and southwest
Georgia will not go together in experiments
to the profit of both. The trucker of
south Georgia would be of little benefit by
an experiment for the wheat growers in
the counties of Dade or Whitfield. And so
on all over the state. We think the argu
ment conclusive for experimental stations.
Xot a dollar more of taxation is required
to do this. And, it is necessary in order to
make our department of agriculture more
efficient. It would give more points of at
tractions to our farmers and the state ag
ricultural department. To people seek
ing homes in Georgia from other sections,
these stations would be a perpetual '‘ex
position” of Georgia’s wealth of produc
tions and varied sojl and climate. We
have the means as indicated, and ail that
is lacking is a willingness on the part of
our legislators to give direction to it by a
proper act, and the thing is done.
H. J. MCvOi.iilCiv.