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_ — wr* y* * i w~ -'gr* Tf' “■'gr""""tt r ,-iS v ~B j 4g A Y fi the carters villec our ant. "* mJTS* 1,- ™“ • l■ 1 ■"■■ - 1 — " ■"■•* ■ ''■ ' .'~ ■ 1 1 "'" : ' ' • '' - VOLUME 1. In Tioklo now ah funeral roads lead to the death furnace, w herein 5,515 human bodies have been burned to ashes this * c;,r - _ 'M Several hundred lernale waiters in cheap New Yoik restaurants arc in re volt because they are not only underpaid, but are not allowed sufficient whole-on e food, _ t t George Augusta S-da writes from Mel bourne tint laboring men in Australia earn eight shillings tor a day’s work (f ciitit hours, eat meat three times ft day an 1 h ive no H ate cnurch to support or State drones to feed. Cures of sciatica tire reported a* hav ing taken place, in Paris utter a single application of I)r. Dcbove’s method of freez ug .he skin above tin? painful parts with a -pray of chloride of methyl. The operation is said t be applicable also to facial neuralgia. The n legroph system <*f the Drl teh i-lands, under the control of the post office, no>v amounts to 150,009 miles, ami employs 17,00) instiuments. The tan daul rate is twelve words for a sixpence, address inelu le*l press messages al no now average n mi'limi words a day, A large pump has been at work in the Grand Central Mine at Tombstone, Ari., without diminishing the water in the lower levels for the last three months. If has just been discovered that the water pumped out found its way back into the tame and was simply being handled over and over again. The persons who invested in the di ving >iK*cnlalicn to obtain £IOO,OOO worth of gold which ws sunk years ago in the ebip Alfonso XII., off the we!*t coa4 of Attica, have b-en rewarded by a harvest of gold from the gray sand fields. The divers have got nearly all the gold and have sent it to E iglabd. The new G .u inan iron-clad Oldenburg will be of entirely novel constructs n Ills a broadside ship, with ten-inch guns—live on each side, two above and three below deck, but the whole five can be concent rated on the same point with sufficient force, it is estimated, to disable eveu the stronyc.-t iron-clad. The native wi c.< i nni trout the Held the body of the Prince Imperial, when he lost his lite lighting in S mth Attica, was presented with a dini m l ring and pen-ioned by the E u-pres* Eugenie, lie came to M issachueretisaud was tost sigtit oi, but the liog Has found last week in a Boston pawn sto p. —♦ +■ A number ot he saloon keepers of At lanta are arranging to leave in July. They h ive virtually given up the light. Philadelphia anti Broi kly’u, N. Y , art the favorite otj-ctive points. Several saloouist*, win s<> license expired on Jan uary 1, have decided not to renew them, and wili -u-pti and hu-iness. - CdlVe-drinkers may te interested in knowing the re-'ulr of experiments made with that beverage in France, as report ed to the Paris Academy ot Sciences* The experiments, which were made on dog*, showed that while moderate quan tities of entice always increased I lie pro cess of nutrition and the respiratory movements, too largo doses produced re tardation of the heart and diminution ot tire nirririve processes. The L’liicet stvs that “children wio ire allowed to g> hare four ed enj *y al most perfect immunity from the and inger of ‘cold’ by accidental chilling of the leer, and they are altogether healthier and happier than those w ho, iu obedi etice to the usages of social life, have their lower extremities permanently in valided, and, so to say, carefully swathed and put aw ay in rigid cases. As regards the poorer classes of children, there c:n be no sort comparably liefter they should go barefooted than wear b mts that let in the wet ami stocking* that are nearly al ways damp and foul.” On a steamer tli.tr aH*l*-l recently from New York for Liverpool there was a drunken steerage passenger in the uni form of a United States soldier. During the entire passage he subsisted on whis ky, ami on the arrival of the ship at her destination he disappeared. A month 1- tir the same steamer was preparing to leave port. .Just.as the gang-plank was to bo withdrawn, the military passenger reeled on to the ship, flour hiring a pie paid steerage certificate, O.i the home ward passage lie admitted that lie had not been sob *r for a moment. He had no money whatever, but obtained all ihe liquor he wanted by going Into saloons and p< s’ng as rht* military represen a'.he of a great and free people. —• WOMAN AND HOME Various FamPi.tr Womanly Superiorities .i'l Virtual*. Signor Max in Detroit Free Press ] Personally, 1 i iVo list Ih.v gxil im pulses that, were not traceable to women. This is a:i acknowledgment which I have alvvays felt esp *cj illy ho*t<re 1 to make. From tin long-'-uiFodug, puicnt and all believing mother, wh > looked fondly on even the turbulent pranks of youth, down t > the friendships that, have adorn ed and sweetened and smooth# 1 my later Iff*?, women have Ili 1 nn under ever lasting and grateful debt. I say this •nan-fashion, i trending to avoid mere lientimeufaiism; and in that morel I shall try to settle the iir<t installment of my debt by taithfulness of endeavor to illus traie srni' of the lamiihir womanly supe riorities and virtues. I think ow that if every man were to record bis expeii en re of e e-ti a that h*ve enriched him out of the induite aggregate of woman’s saeri-ib’e we should in tune have a lit feranue oa which to be found a useful and beautiful uew tension. LIFE EVER LISTING* Springfield Rcpr b’ican | By the ro idsi.lc it grovn, JJt : its white crown. Where the blushing wil l rose Wuß down. To-d *>y I met my lova Of long ato. Her hair was silvery white, and yet, the low Sweet voice that charmed mo In the olden days SHI! ppoke in soft tv modulated ways Of book*, an t art, alb it wrinkle* lay W here once 1 watched the senile* And dimples play* My love—and yet ’twas not. How was it time Ha t spare ! to eye and voice their gracious prime ? * How laid his touch on cheek, on lip ar.d hrow. Saying, Thy friend is vanished, buried now— Yet never reached that inner, sacred ;hr.tne Save to enrich, adorn. And irake divine? Go lea-n tin secret. Ch mged we all must be; Lifef om within is innvr:a’ity. A SECOND MAB.JIAGB* D-jm'rct’s Month’y.] His parishioners watched the Rev. Mr. Brown with peculiar Interest as he left the graveyard, leading his tw'o little girls by the hand. They w'ondered, knowing how much she had been to him, how he would endure the terrible blow of his wife’s death. His face was like marble as the collin was lowered into the grave; there was no outward sign of anguish, but no one doubted for a mo ment that he suffered keenly. He had been rather a mystery to his congrega tion always; but they knew him to be capable of deep feeling, in -pite of his cold, Impassive manner. A ncisy, de monstrative show of grief would have been impossible to him. He was a man of great tranquility of mind, and with little energy of disposition. He took all that Providence sent him very dutifully, without any effort to change or amend it, no matter how objectionable it might be; and lie possessed in perfection the art of “putting up with” whatsoever befell him. lie was not a favorite with his flock; but he was by means unpopular. The poor 1 ved I.an, for liis hand was always ready to go to his pocket at a tale of dis tress, limited as were his means, and his reproofs were always of the mildest sort. The rich, though they had little to sav for him, had nothing to siy against him. They invited him frequently to their houses, entertained him handsomely, and h ire very complacently with his habit of falling into a brown study at the dinner table. As for the younger i orthm of his flock, his good look*, hi* rich chestnut hair, and dreamy eyes had earlv impressed them prof undly, and they sang his praises without stint. ft was a source of regret to many of of the young ladies—and a few of trie older ones—that Mr. Brown was a mar ried man. Many years before he had come to the church at Bar-tow, he had wedded a gentle, sweet-t mper and girl, who fairly worshiped him, and who proved herself a good wife and a devoted mother. Their wedded life had flowed on as calmly as a meadow brook, undis turbed by any petty domestic jar* or troubles. It had never occurred to Mr. Brown that it might not go on forever. He did not notice his wife's failing health, and as she was one of the kind* who never complain, he was utterly un prepared for her death It stupefied him; he could not understan lit It seemed to himself incredible, impossible, and he felt bewildered and half puzzled even when he heard the sod falling on the coffin. He went back to his lonely home with his two little girls, and shut himself up in his study, where he lay down on the well-worn lounge, a dull pain in hi* head. It seemed to him that hi3 lost Laura must know how much he needed her. He could not r alize that she was gone. lie lay there, half expecting to see her enter and to feel her tender touch on his brow, soothing away the pain as she had often done when he was brain weary. But hour after hour went by. and no one came near him, and he heard only the voices of his children as they talked loudly to tbe cook in the kitchen The next day he went out as it-ual, pursuing his accustomed round of duties as tranquilly and patiently as ever. His parishioners were loud in their expres sions of admiration to eaeli other as they saw how well he bore his great sorrow, and they were very kind to him, espe cially in the matter of advice. His •‘dis tressing situation” was the subject of de bate in almost every house in Barstow. It was talked over at the meetings of the se wing circle, the reading club, and the Indian Belief association, an l it was unanimously agreed that the best thing the poor widower could do was to em ploy a governess, who would also act as housekeeper and general manager. But it was not an easy matter to find the right kind of a woman for the place, though there were many applicants for it. It was decided that only a middle aged, res ectable, quiet woman, who would be incapable of scheming to All the late Mrs. Brown’s place, and who will be competent to tike charge of v ’,.? little girs, would do, and such a one was hard to find. It was Miss Anastasia Bowen who at length found just the right person, and as Mr. Br wh vras willing to do just what Miss Bowen thought best, that lady took the responsibility of installing Miss Susan Piper in the parsonage without further delay. Miss Piper was neither old nor young; she had no prete nsions whatever to good looks, and she was so exceedingly shy that if the minis er spoke to her on even the most trivial topic she blushed as red as a peony. But these sitid Miss Anas tasia, were such trilling drawbacks- si almost to be looked upon in the light of advantages under the circumstances. . CABTEBSYILLeTgEOEGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1886. Miss Piper was, as Mr. Brown soon saw, a very good woman, exceedingly conscientious and painstaking, bhe did her best for the two little girls— healthy, happy, pretty little creatures of 9 and 11 yo rs—who learned the simp’e lesson she gave them from pure love for her, not because they feared her displeasure. Probably there was no lady iu Barstow who took a deeper in crest in tire house - I hold affairs of the bereaved widower than Tvliss Anastasia Owen. She was, in spite of the fact that youth had long since left her, of a sentimental turn of | mind, and the pale, high-bred face and gentle manners of Mr. Brown had in spired her with an intense admiration for him, which, after the death of his wife, r pened into an undisguised attachment which was patent to every one but the object of it. Not a chance did the spin ster lose of seeing her idol, and scarcely a day passed that she did not run into the parsonage on one excuse or another. But the minister, absorbed in his books and the memory of his and aid Laura, was utterly and sublimely uncon scion; of the passion he had inspired. The idea of a second marriage had never entered his mind. lie never eveu asked himself whether he lised Miss Bowen or not, but so constantly did she press her advice respecting every subject upon him that he grew to depend upon her in a great measure, and often consulted her upon different household and church matter never touching, however, iu any matter, whatever upon the subject of matrim ony. The fact that she was making no head way in spite of her tireKss effort*, in *pite of the attentions she lavished upon the two little girls, at last dawned upon Miss Anastasia, and she set herself to work to discover the reason. Sire came o the conclusion, after a careful review of the ground, that Mr. Brown was too comfortable by far. Miss Piper attended most assiduously to his creature com forts, and thesociety of his ehil Iren pre vented any feeling of great loneliness. “He wouldn’t hold out a month if he was left utterly alone,”incd!titedthe am bition* lady. “If he had no one to see after him or to talk to, he\l be apt to think of me. There’s no one else he’d turn to. He’s one of the kind to take vhat comes nearest and is most con venient.” In which last conclusion Mi*s Anas tasia was quite right, as my story will prove. She decided that no t : me was to he ‘osf, and that it was best to begin opera tions at once. So, after -carefully map ping out a course ofae lon, she repaired to the parsonage and asked bo .ally to see Mr Brown privately. * Miss Piper.meek and humble as usual, f xhibioed no surprise at the request, but ride haste to show the visitor at once into the minister’s study, where lie sat reading at h s desk. The intention of “having a talk” on •me imprr’ai't subject was written lair ly on her hard, lean face, and Mr, drown iai I down his book at once and •repnred to listen to whatever she had • -mie to say. “I hope I’m not disturbing you, Mr. ■irown, ’ began Anastasia, with a little ervous cough as she took a seat. She relt quit** agitated, and an unwonted ro’- ' r brightened her sallow cheek. Hei lission was so important, so much hung upon its success, that it was not strange lie was not quite as calm as usual. “No, oil no,” answered Mr. Brown, ill* a faint sigh, as lie glanced at hi* cloved b ok. “i am always glad to have ou cotnft. I hope there is nothing vrong?” anxiously. “'idle truth is, Mr. Brown, I have come <> see you about the girl*. They are not • as well as I could wish. Mis- Pipcr is a good woman, but she can’t have the authority a—i mother wou!d have, you know, and she let* them go .bout as they please, and they are grow ing up rude and wild.” Mr. Brown looked startled. It did not occur to him to question Miss Anas rasia’s statement*. He took them iu good faith always, being simple enough to be lieve her to have his interest at heart. “Why, you were the one who recom mended Mi*s Piper to me,” he said at length, “and I have been well satisfied with her.” “She does the best she knows how.” siid Miss Anastasia, “but she hasn’t sufficient authoritv t> govern them prop erly. Ah, poor little creatures, they m ed the care of a mo her.” This# wa a bold ftroke. A flush rtg l to the minister’s high, pale brow, but he gave no other sign of emotion. Any ref erence to his dead wife pained him, even now that she had lain in her grave two years, but of course he did not say so. “You are very kind to take such an in terest,” he murmured a little, indistinctly. “What would you advise?” “I would advise their being sent to a hoarding school, Mr. Brown. I have a friend who keeps a select seminary at Woodstock. She will be delighted to take charge of Flora and Annie, I am sure.” “I should not like to part with them,” said Mr. Brown meditatively. “And — and —what would become of Miss Piper? I woulu’ot like, to hurt her feelings, and she loves the girls dearly.” “There’d he no cause for her to fee! hurt. Tell her simply that force of elr cuinstances compels you to dismiss her. A month’s notice will he sufficient.” “It will ho very unpleasant,” said the ! minister in trepidation. “And where ; will she go? She has no home but this, | and not a relative in the world.” She must get another situation,” said Miss Anastasia. “She can begin now to look for one. You can tell her of the contemplated change till* tuning,” and after promising to write at once to the j principal of the teuiluary at Wooditock, Miss Anastasia lelt, walking home in a state of bliss bordering on ecstasy. She f-.de sure that she had put in the hrst wedge th t would life ht r toward a home in the parsonage, m l already began to plan the’ changes she would make in its arrangement. But a shadow had been thrown over Mr. Brown’s peaceful life. Ilis soul was fi ted with despair unutterable at the c lought of that conversation he must h ive with Miss Piper. The mere possi bility of her shedding tears made a shud der run through his frame. He could no. make up his mind to speak, and day after day passed, until it tacked only tw o weeks of thd time when the seminary wis to open. Then at last he spoke. He Citne in the sitting-room, where s -e sat and truing his socks by the light of a s udent lamp, the girls having gone to Do *. She looked up in surprise as he 9 tiered, for he seldom left his study un til midnight; bu' not the faintest intui ton had she of the blow which was to fill upon rn-r. “Miss Piper,” began the poor man, feeling profoundly wretched, “I—l— have decided to make a change,” “A change!” the sock Miss Piper was dirniug fell from her hand. She began it tremble, and her face tu-ned deadly pile. “Ye3. Mils Anatasia thinks—and of course—I —it is all forthe beat, you know —Flora and Annie ought to go to school,” faltered the minister. “And you wish to give me notice, I suppose, sir,” said the little governess in a tremulous ag?rievei| ton*, that stabbed Mr. Brown to the heart. “When do you wish me to leave, sir ?** looking at him with a quivering smile. “Oh, any tints; suit yourself—your own convenience, ” stammered Mr Brown. “Do you want me to get the girls ready sir,” she asked, Hying to speak elieer fu’ly. “If you will be so good,” he answered. Her quiet resignation made him utterly wretched. lie would rather have B*en her hysterical or indignant a thousand ti nes over. 4^ “I will see to it, sir.” And then he left the room feeling like a criminal. But as he reached the study, he happened to think that Flora and An nie were yet to be told of the impending change. lie would go back and a3k the little governess to tell them for him, for he was sure of open rebellion. ll<* pushed open the door of the sit thig-room again, hut started hick con scious-stricken, for Miss Piper, w ith her face buried in her arm*, was kneeling by the sofa, while a melancholy sound of sobbing and crying, pitiful to hear, ’ed the room. * My dear Miss piper,” he said for lornly, “I atn so sorry ” She started up, and tried to wipe away her tears with the sock which she still field. “Excuse me, sir,” she filtered, “I—l couldn’t help it. I am so fond of the gh ls, you knowr. and I’d begun to feel s > much at home here.” Mr, Brown walked up and down the room,, with his hands clasped behind him and his head on his breast., for sev eral moments without speaking. The sobs in the poor little women’s voice struck him to the heart. He was turn in-; her out of her only home. And she had done her duty toward the girls, cer tainly. “Suppose T *ou stay here, “MiasPiper,” oe said suddenly. “You can keep house for me anyhow.” A deep flush dyed in the pale face of the little governess. “Oh, no, I couldn’t indeed,” she cried, in a horror-stricken tone. “It would be impossible.” “You nnifiht —tay as my wife, Miss Piper,” cried poor Mr. Brown, deperate ly. “Oh, Mr. Brown, you don’t mean it! You’re very sorry for me, Pm sure,” cried Miss Piper, the thought flashing through her mind, however, that per haps it was love, a * not pity, after all, and lie had only jusc discovered the state of his heart as lie was about to lose her. She had read of stick things in novels. Why should it no: bo so in her case as well? “I—l—don’t know —it is the only way you can stay,” stammered Mr. Brown in a confused manner. “Well, if you think it beat, murmured the blushing little governess. “I’m sure i’ll try to nuke you happy.” “I don’t doubt that,” said Mr. Brown. And thus it was that the minister’s second marriage came about. I need hardly say that Miss Anastasia was furious. No words could adequately describe her surprise and chagrin. The very course she had taken with a view to installing herself in the parsonage had installed Miss Piper there. All her plans have come to naught. Her castles in the air had fallen to the ground with a cradi. Her visits to the parsonage ceased entirely. She no longer considered it necessary to advise and counsel Mr. Brown. The minister never found cause to re gret his second marriage. The little governess proved a devoted, dutiful wife and a fahhfol sfeymother, and she never dreamed on what a slender thread he r happiness had hung, nor could imagine why it was that Miss Anastasia Bowen treated her as a mortal enemy. The New York oleomargarine manu facturers deny that they sell their pro ducts under the name of butter, and charge that the deception of the public which has come to be so common is due to the fraudlent practices of retail deal ers. The dairy interests, to say noth ing of consumers In nearly every part of the country, are moving to secure the restriction of the sale of bogus butter as j the srenuine article. It is to be hoped j that success will ultimately ciown their • efforts—and uot too ultimately at that. A wicked deception. A Memphis Bean Jilts a Lonisville Bslle. Memphis, Tenn\, December 31,—Mem phis is startled by the announcement of the marriage of Charles N. Grosyenor, of the firm of Overton A Grosvenor, and Miss Olivia P. Hill, daughter of the lead ing cotton tnan of Memphis, and recently president of the cotton exchange. Gros venor and Miss Hill have been in love with each other for four or five years. Her parents, however, objected to the match, and she refused to marry him. About three months ago he pressed his suit, and was forbidden the house. Sev eral weeks ago a young society belle of Louisville, Ky., came to Memphis to visit Grosvenor's sister and the and Grosvenor formed an attachment for eUch other w hich resulted in a matrimonial engage ment. The marriage was set for Decem ber 30tb, in Louisville, Ky. Several Memphis ladies had left for Louisville to attend the wedding, and presents valued at $2,000 had been sent to the bride from this place. List Sunday Miss Hill telephoned Grosvenor to come to *ee her. He re fused, and said he could not see her until lie came back Iroin Louisville with his bride. Monday he received two letters from her, and lie was weak enough to call upon her. She then confessed that she had loved him all the time, in spite of the objection of her relatives, and said she was desperate. “If you marry that woman,” she said, “I don’t know what I’ll do; I may commit suicide; life will not be worth living.” Last night they met at the house of James C. Beil, a mu tual friend. Grosvenor and his friends begged her to give three days iti which to explain the case to tha Louisville lady. “Now or never,” said the determined young lady. Grosvenor was by this time in a state bordering on insanity. He had not ex pected anything of this iflhd, and though engaged to the other, still loved Miss Hill. Ilis wannest friends pleaded with him for the postponement, and also pleaded with Miss Hill, but her response was: “I have compromised myself so far, and I can go no further. It is now or never.” Two ministers refused to per form the ceremony, but finally Mr. La mar, who knew nothing of the facts, united them in matrimony. It is hardly necessary to sav that Memphis is Indig nant, Grosvenoi’s warmest friends con demn his action, at the same time they find paliating circumstances. Univer sal sympathy is expressed for the de serted girl, who created a most favorable impression, and there is some talk of burning Grosvenor in effigy. The Louis ville lady has no father or brother, and, it is said, has spent all her money on a trousseau. Grosvenor is associated in business with one of the most estimable, honorable and wealthy citizens of Mem phis, John Overton, and Miss Hill’s fath er is worth half a million. After the msrriage Grosvenor and his wife left the city for Nashville, their plans for tbe fu ture being entirely unknown. A hand some New Year’s reception na* been an nounced at Mr. Hill’s but is uncertain now as to whether it will take place or not. It is understood that the immediate relatives of the parties are simply heart broken. THE NEWS AT LOUISVILLE. Louisville, December 31.—The an nouncement of the marriage at Memphis of Chas. M. Grosvenor and Miss Olivia Hill has created a profound sensation in society in Louisville. There is every reason why it should. Grosvenor was to have been wedded Thursday to a well known society favorite of this city. The wedding was announced a week ago, and the young lady li d prepared her trous seau and made all oilier arrangements for the wedding. She mef Grosvenor while visiting at Nashville in the autumn of last year. He is a club man of Memphis, and has been a social lion there for five years. The Louisville girl to whom he was formally presented on a notable so cial occasion at Nashville, was a debu tante of last season, and a warm favorite in the upper circles of Louisville society. She is noted for her beauty and amia bility. Grosvenor seemed captivated, and paid immediate court. He is a hand some fellow, and a finished man of the world. The young lady accepted his at tentions, and when she came home was engaged to marry him. lie visited her here afterward, and obtained her moth er’s consent. It was announced early last week that the wedding would take place here on Thursday of this week at the residence of the bride’s mother. The relatives and several immediate friends were invited, and all arrangements tor a wedding tour had been made. Grosven or came to see his bride-elect on the day before Christinas, and gave her a hand some diamond necklace for Christmas re membrance. He left for Memphis on the evening of Christmas, and was expected to return to Louisville Wednesday night. In the meantime, however, it seems that he had seen Miss Hill, in whose twain of swbins he had previously been a devoted attendant. He forgot the little woman who was waiting for him in Louisville, and quietly married the other, the daughter of Napolean Hill, the richest man in Memphis. Whether or not he lias made any explanation to the family here or not is unknown, but he w'ill be required to make explanation in any event and may be called to account in another way. His perfidy has amazed the whole town, and within two hours twenty Louisville gentlemen have voted him a demisable cnr. The young lady’s friends do not feel that she has lost much in losing such a fellow as Grosvenor. They congratulate her on the other hand that she has escaped one so perfidious snd contemptible. The fellow need hope for no recognition if he should ever come to Louisville again. | DIVIDED DEMOCRACY. Cineinnati Enquirer.] The sporadic report that the Democrats in Congress are at war with each other, while true, is not new 7 . There never has been the hour since the Democrats had control of the House of Representatives that they were in a bond of union. The trouble is there is no National Democ racy. The party, while it is united in a common bond to defeat the Republican party, is not united in any other effort. There is as much difference between the Democrats of New York, New England, Pennsylvania and New 7 Jersey and those from the Southern and Western States as there is between day and night. On all economic and fiscal questions the New 7 York, Pennsylvania and New England Democrats rely upon the aid of Republi can votes to defeat the measures advocat ed by the Democrats of the South and West. It is for this reason that Randall had his fangs taken out. The Democrats of the West and South, however, realize the necessity of New York’s electoral vote to gain the Pres idency. It is because of this when they meet iu National Convention they are ready to subscribe to any pia form which will insure success in New 7 York. Every four years the party docs a little dissem bling to gain the estate, and in the in terim they quarrel like cats and dogs. It now being the interval the party is again quarreling with itself. It has a New York President and a New York Cabinet, so far as power is concerned, to deal with. Three-fourths of its Repre sentatives in Congress despise the Presi dent’s recommendations as to Civil Ser vice reform, and denounce his silver and tariff views. Nay, more, they wili re fuse to stand by the President on the silver question, and give him only per functory support as to Civil Service re form, because the fact is the} 7 are power less to repeal the law. Some day, under the discipline of adversity, the party wi 1 throw off the shackles of its Eastern allies and assert itself. It will appeal to the country on questions upon which it is willing to unite or be dafeated. Not a few of its leaders now beleave that de feat is better for a principle than victory without any. The only chance the President now has of gaining his point to repeal the Bland silver law is an alliance with a very small minority of the Democratic party with the Republicans. It was just such an alliance w 7 hich defeated the tariff bill in the last House. With these elements of discord, is it any wonder that the Republican side taunts the Democrats with the cry that the party appeals to its political enemies to save it from itself? Is it any wonder the Republican party organs constantly recall what is the undisputed fact, that the Democrats In Congress are at war with one another ? - The history of the Eastern w ing of the part l7 show’s that it has ever been at sixes and sevens with its brethren of the West. The South and West opposed the sham resumption of specie payments. The East supported it. The South and West favored the payment of the bonded debt in greenbacks. The East united with the bondholders for gold. The South and West are committed to revenue re form, the East to a high protective tariff'. Now comes the silver battle. While the chances are many that the existinglaw will not be repealed, it w 7 iil be found, if otherwise, that the result is brought about by a very small faction of Eastern Democrats pooling their issues with the political enemy. It can well be said that the President has not yet inspired any policy calculated to establish National Democracy, that is to say, of a kind which will pass current in New York as well as in Missouri. In fact, he has not enunciated any thing like a policy which is acceptable to the party's representatives. He has, on the contrary, driven a wedge into it to widen the breach. When Blaine wa3 Secretary of State he foresaw that his own party was drifting as the Democratic party now is. His so called South American policy, which Arthur nipped, was to morally estab lished the principle that the United States should dominate both North and South America. Ilia scheme was to weld not only his party hut the people in a bond of union by appealing to their patriotism. While CO: desiring to ac quire territory, his object was by moral force to squelch the periodical rebellions in the South American Republics, so that they might develop and grow, and thus aggrandize the United States by securing the trade of our sister Republics rather than having it diverted, as it now is, to European countries. Had he been let alone he would have made, at all events, a foreign policy which would have won applause. What now seems to be needed on the part of the National Administration is to offer something, no matter what, that will unite the Democratic factions under one broad wing. Offer something which will command enough of public interest to subordinate the quarrels and jealous ness which now exist between these sec tions. Otherwise the attention of the country will continue to be directed to the lamentable fact that there is not enough of broad statesmanship in the Democratic camp to unite its following to the accomplishment of some fixed purpose. Just now the Eastern Democ racy holds the relation to its Southern and Western allies of a step-mother over a large family of grown up children. Either the step-raither must be coerced or the family ever continue to be a most unhappy The little son of the Mayor of New Or leans hurt himself with a roy pistol; the next day somebody with a toy pistol shot the Mayor’s dog, and on the day follow ing the issued a proclamation against the NUMBER 49. WBONGUY QUOTED. Albany Nows and Advertiser.! The Macon Telegraph In the editor**! of Thursday’s issue excoriates Senator Colquitt severely for remarks purporting to have been made by him in his recent prohibition speech at Mt. Vernon church in Washington. The Telegraph bases it* criticism on this quotation from that speech: “When I was Governor of Georgia I determined never again to hold a public office until my Si ate should make prohibition a public issue ind should need me to carry its banner to the front* That time came and I am here.” Now, this remark is from the Voice, a journal published in New York and devoted to prohibition. We do not think that Senator Colquitt uttered such lan guage. This remark carries with it the idea that Seuator Colquitt was elected Senator on the prohibition issue. Well, everybody knows such was not the case. There was no such issue at the time. It is true that noted historian, I. W. Avery, in his biography ot Senator Brown, says that “religion and morality were at stake in the campaign in 1880,” and that in that mighty contest with the “wicked and bar-room crowd” all united against him, Gov. Colquitt served religion to Georgia. But even such an enthusiast as Col. Avery would not claim that Gov. Col quitt carried the banner of prohibition to the front and was elected Senator on that issue. The remark as quoted by the Voice is not true and we cannot believe t hat Senator Colquitt used such language. There is a mistake about it somehow. Hence we cannot accept the conclusion of the Telegraph that the incident shows Senator Colquitt’s desire and intention to overthrow the Democratic party in Geor gia. The Telegraph is a bold, fearless paper, and expresses its opinions strong ly and tersely. But its conclusions strike us as rather premature. Rather than give credence to such report of his speech as the quotation from the \ oicc, which is silly and foolish upon its face; rather than lj§ten to Northern prohibi tion journals in their suggestions that he be selected to ride behind John Peter St. John in the next presidential election, and suspect the Senator of working up the “incipient boom” in such a scheme in his own behalf, we prefer to give him the benelit of the doubt, and regard the whole matter as a mistake. A SEIUIOM ON MATRIMONY. Savannah Timas.] Atlanta, Dec. 28.—[Special.]—Yes- terday was a regal Sabbath. It would be an impossibility to conceive of a lovelier Lord’s Day. The churches were tilled. The most notable sermon, and well worthy of report, was that by Dr. McDonald at the Second Biptist Cbarh last night, upon the subject of the way that hus bands should treat their wives. lie selected his text from the 25th verse of the sih chapter of Ephesians: “as Christ loved the church.” He said that the true religion of Christ teaches all the relations of our lives; takes in 'the entire circumference of our beings. If Christ does not create natural relationships, he blesses and beautifies them, “Husbands love your wives.” A husband is the head of his wife, and wives must be in subjection to their hus bands. There are those that object to this sort of phraseology. There are bad men sn the world, and men who mistreat their wives, but this is no reason why flippant fools should sneer at the teachings of St. Paul. Paul was inspired, and we should stand by all his teachings. Subjection of wife to a husband does not mean slavery to a desperate tyrant; but subjection such as the church bears towards Christ. A woman should select a man whom she is willing to be subject to. A husband's duty is to provide for his family. A man who marries a woman that she might support him is not a true man, and the woman who gets him has a poor husband. Husbands should be engaged in honor able employment. No woman can be hap py when her"husband is not honorably employed. No man has a right to subject his wife to suffering and poverty as long as he is able to work. A sensation was created at Acworth Wednesday by the narrow escape of two young ladies from being burned to death on the streets, and two gentlemen being seriously burned in extinguishing the lire. The ladies had met at the hall of the Acworth Amateur Club to decorate -it for an entertoimnent. Misses Jennio and Addle Stokely, sisters, left the hall together to go home. As they passed out of the door they locked arms. At the same time some one threw' a lighted fire cracker at them, which exploded near them, but they give it no thought, and proceeded together towards home. When they had had gone some 200 yards, J. J. Northeuttuuid J. S. Collins, who were just behind them, discovered the ladies’ clothing in a Maze. They sprang to them, and soon succeeded in tearing away the burning fragments, and reliev ing the young ladies from almost certain death with a few serious but not danger ous burns. The gentlemen had their hands very bally burned. Thank God! The several conference* of the Methodist Church have, as far as their voice has been heard, resolved to cling steadfastly t> their significant title “South,” despite the anxiety of a fewr of their clergy who are seemingly pregnant enough with sycophancy to their Northern bretbern to uneburth them in 1841, to burst. As long as tfct | name of that grand old man, Bishop O. Andrews, is venerated, and his noble virtues cherished, the “South,” w ill be a tali-manic word with Southern Me ho lists, which “Our Broth er in Black,” Scney, bequests, or any thing of can’t expunge.