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4 THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMLS-RECORDER: FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1891 THE TIMES-RECORDER. I>nlly un<l Weekly. Thk Amkhi The Amkkk CoNSOl.lDAT i>. Aim , 1 HI* 1. IPTIO slum: i Daily, One Ykah, - Daily, One Month, ATkkkly, One Yeah, - Weekly, Six Months, - For advertising ratc* ;ulitre»* ISahcom Myriok, Editor pm THK TIMES I’CHLISHIN'O I’KESIDENT McGKATH’S LETTER. A matter which lias attracted a great deal of attention a great deal mori dent Me(Irath. of the Kansas A1 calling upon southern alliancoiii join in a distinct and third party. Perhaps no man in the South is: qualified to speak upon this 8ubje< representing the sentiment of the TIIK ALLIANCE AND POLITICK. It is to be feared that the predictions one which w ill attract j may too soon be realized concerning the is the letter of Presi-: trouble in the ranks of the Farmers 5 Al- inee. liancc on the question of politics, u to While the southern alliancetnen real ize that the social and moral salvation of * well this section depends upon the absolute , as solidity of the white people in one Alii- party, under whatever name it may go, a nee of this section, as Colonel L. K. the different conditions in the West do Livingston. not emphasize (his necessity so strongly; He was found at his room at the Mark- and the farmers feel disposed to cut liaiu yesterday, and asked what lie j loose from both parties and form a third A.mcricus, Ga., April 24, 1891. thought of it. He read the dispatch in the Constitu tion carefully, and then wrote his an swer—framing the question in his own Suitki.y, with such a representative as Tiik Timks-Rk< ordkk, Americas ought to flourish like the green hay tree.— Trihune-of-Rome. JrnoK (’risk's candidacy lor speaker seems to he winning favor every day. 1 for the affiliation of Southern alliance- lie has gained wonderfully in the last men in the committee convention, which ten days.—Augusta Chronicle. Learned men tell us that in Latin tin party to carry out Alliance principles. Trained from childhood to hate the name of Democracy, and feeling a thor ough disgust for the present tnanage- ords m, ut of the Republican party, they see This is the result. no alternative hut to go outside the A PIhIii Question—A Main Answer. party lines as now organized, to seek VVliat of the call by trank McGrath f or relief that they think cannot he ob tained otherwise. Hence, while Southern leaders like third Col. Livingston announce their purpose make their light inside the lines of United States it in like blazes to get Marietta Journal. •mind •at.— Gov. Noutiikx will attend the teach ers’ convention, to he held at llrunswiek April JO. He and State School Commis sioner Brad well will both deliver ad dresses to the teachers. is a declared effort to constitute party?” “I have not seen the call. Southern Hie Democratic party aliiaticomcn will not participate in that convention. This whole question was carefully considered at Ocala last De cember. and a con’ from the several fa gauizatious in the union wa February 22, 1892. If Mr. Blaine or Mr. Depew hail < agreed the tw< hicli the Alli ance really controls so far as it desires, the drift of the Western alliancemen is decidedly towards the organization of a of delegates third party, and unless they can induce and labor or- Southern Democratic alliancemen to jailed for endanger the safety of Southern state governments and social institutions by At this convention the demands, as a desertion of the principles of Demoe- icy it looks like a split in the ranks of ipon, were to he political parties, mbmitted to and in the n, e Alliance is hr rowing. Such an event along with the president, and made j event neither of them should agree to . WO uld ho deploiable, and some strong some little speeches about reciprocity, the presidential tour might have been followed by great results. Mai.vkrn Him., located about twelve miles below Richmond, the scene of one such a policy as demanded, then ond convention should he called. “1 do not know by what authority tho ossary to I)revent Bllc |, a dlnastera Cincinnati convention is called, hutcer- j a split would bri[l!{ abollt . tainly McGrath has no right as president and active work by Southern alliance- men with their Western brethren is nec- such Levi Dumbauld, chairman of the of the most famous battles during the " f ‘ 10-S . tat ® Al “ nC ®° f Kilnsas to cn ‘ j Farmers' Allianec state central commit- late war, has just been sold to William | ‘ U f 1 V " r t ° ' “ tce . has an address to tlio people II. Hale, of New York city. Thk Brunswick T oyster commission at its late session in policy as indicated in the Associated i„ reply to that recently issued by Frank I I>,oss re P ort » f'”"" 1 in to -‘ Ia y’" Const!- McGrath,president of the state Farmers’ t »at t le , tution. j Alliance, who claimed that unless the “Such a course of conduct would do f armer s of the south deserted the Dorn- tliat city “did nothing but attend to bus-1 |, an „ a i| along tlio line. The Ocala con iness.” That’s just what Tiik Ti Recorder predicted they would do * ocratlc party the farmers of tho north would go to the Republican party. Mr. • I vention has provided the remedy for cn j forcing our demands-and upon that OumbaTild denied Mr. McGrath’s state- Monday’s metropolitan papers con- ° ,,r people are largely agreed. i ment and adds: “The people’s party in tain a column of baseball news concern- ’ ^ tldnl ui.iy become .a neccssi- Kansas | H } (1 tlio field to stay and lias no ing Sunday games played in all the lead-1 ^ 1“enforce our demands, hut certainly intention, under any circumstances, of i until the two parties now in existent* ing northern and western cities. And j yet this is suppn country. ed to he a Christian i re ^ use our people any encouragement or abandoning the third party movement and returning to the old party line. It It is astonishing to observe what a world of gratification the Republicans derive, or pretend to derive, from the j nortllwe8t among the’ aUiancetncn to .•cognition, an attempt to create a third 8w |j t |iy j n favor of the overthrow of both ary, hazardous and un party is unnecessary, Hazardous ana un-i oftheo i d pa rtie 8 without any its and Wlse * huts, and its delegates will go to tho There is quite a prejudice in the Cincinnati convention of May 19 for the solitary free-trade feature of the Mc Kinley bill, namely, the removal of the duty from raw sugar. Thk Ncvy York papers claim that tho problem of street sweeping about which such a howl has been going up, has been practically settled by the ladies, who are sweeping tho streets with the long skirts of this season’s dresses. Thus these ar ticles of feminine drapery are useful as well as ornamental. Tiik World’s Fair coni ini turn of the State Agricultural Society was to have met in Atlanta Wednesday, but only President Waddell and Col. Livingston atliiiating with either party. “Whether this can be overcome is a question for the future, and chiefly de- purpose of assisting to organize the third party national campaign of 1892, ready to clasp hands with all who will join that movement for tlio anticipation pciHls upon the action of tlio lifty-sec- ; of tho laboring classes. Hesitate or halt, who may, the people’s movement must go inarching on to tlio final victo- Let nono lose faith or falter. For- ond congress, which is largely Demo cratic. “If the congress now elected should refuse tlio relief demanded, or a reason- j w “ ard cn mass0 ovor a u opposition, able substitute therefor, then in my opinion, the northwest will he clamor ous for a third party, with far more BLAINE AS A CANDIDATE. Thk Timks-Rkcordkr has always sympathy in tho southern states than j boasted of tlio intelligence of all its readers; but it seems that some mental our Allianco * reservation will need to be exercised now calculated upon. “Wo cannot expect friends of the north and west to accept j hereafter ln speaking of the attainments anything short of an assurance that tlio I of some few* of them. Agricultural Society don’t give itself much concern about tlio Chicago affair. were present, tho committee failing to j controling polit ical party will at least! Recognizing the ability of Mr. Blaine, show up. Evidently the Georgia State , endeavor t0 so Bhapo le({U , at , 0II as to i and tlio greater credit it would be to the meet the emergencies tlmt now are so j cotl ntry to have him for president, if by embarrassing to the farmers and labor-j a,, y mi * ha P tl10 Republicans won in Guthbcrt lias a new paper, the Leader, ers of this country, and a failure to do so * 1,15 Timeh-Becoiidkii nominated by Joseph X. .Stanford, In view of the j might drive the hulk of the southern at- I J 1 *” 1 as Republican ^candidate, “sub- dcstrnction of tlie fruit crop and the j liancemon to their assistance. ‘I have all confidence that tlio Demo- lateness :>f garden truck, to say nothing of the slim prospects for blackberries, j cratic party will give us the relief we it is difficult to see where Editor Stan- j seek. The northwestern alliancemen ford expects to get the mill grinding until s\ roasting ears come In. 5oru to keep his eet potatoes and Thk Times Kecordkk desires this morning to submit to every business man in Americas the idea of the estab lishment of aboard of trade. This ques tion is merely suggested now, to he more fully discussed and urged later on. Americus must have a board of trade; and the movement to establish one can not too soon he inaugurated. have no such confidence in the Demo cratic party, and more than in the Re publican party. That is tho difference between us now. is right.”—Constitution. Liki rkvant-(Jovkuxok Jone- New York, “pays the freight,” but don’t | e | LM .t tliei pay blackmail. One Rettenhouse, w ho figured as PresidentJPolk’s private secre tary, and was relegated to tho rear by the Ocala Convention, tried to get Jones to “pay the fieight” on a b*g hatch of • | imaginary 'otes that Rittenhousc offered Judge Cuisuhas had to deny the false j h> deliver, with tho result of an expos- e of his scheme to President Polk, and reports put in circulation by his < mics that ho was not a tariff reform I the denouncing of himself by Editor Democrat. His record speaks for itself j Dunning, of the National Economist, as and shows ho is in full accord with peo ple in all measures of tariff reform. His enemies are trying to heat him for speaker by despicable methods, hut they will not Succeed.—Marietta Journal. The Amkiihjus Timks-Rkcokoi:::, the consolidated paper, comes to us bright as a new silver dollar. It is a credit to Americus and should be liberally sus tained. Wo are glad to know our friend j Glessner still retains editorial conncc-1 tion with the paper. Mr. B.iscom My- rick, the edltor-iu-chief, ha.* shown J great aptitude for newspaper work.— i Marietta Journal. i Among other foolish measures that failed of enactment in the Minnesota Democratic house returned in plac legislature was one to compel every ar ticle in every paper published in that state to lie signed by the waiter. A more nousensic ’ idea was never before shaped into a hi.I. The name* of the writer- of every article that now appear can he had whenever legal or personal redress is demanded of the publisher. jeetto the action of the Democratic party at the polls.” This was misconstrued by the aforesaid solans into the putting up of Mr. Blaine for tlio Democratic nomination subject to the action of the Democratic convention. All candidates of either party are sub- Time will show which i eot to 11,0 actiol ‘ of the othor I’ art >' at the polls; and in suggesting Mr. Blaine’: name, Thk Timks-Hkcoiideii merely stated that if the Democracy failed to own candidate in 1892, the | next best that could happen to the i country would he that Mr. Blaine be the i man, rather than Harrison, Alger, Sher man, or such narrow minded and par- i tizan politicians as they arc. I Tiik Timks-Rk<oiu>kk wants any dc- | cent Democrat in preference to any Ke- ! publican, but if wo must have a Repub- i Bean let it he Blaine. | This is the sentiment of all Democrats j who leally wish their country well, and ! feel any national pride in a successful administration under whatever party ! may be in power. The Augusta Evening News is respon sible for the following: Governor Tilinan, of Mouth Carolina who was made governor of that utatc as a repre sents ive of the farmers, speaks out against the sub-treasury scheme: • I do not he lev ” said Governor Tllman, “If the Farmers’ Alliance were polled In this s'me. one-half would support the sub-treas ury scheme. My guide in making up my opinion Is to observe the results in the con gressional districts where, by vote, this has been tested, ami I believe that the Alliance of the entire south would repuJUte It. a Some lead* rs may favor it, but the rank end of file—the thinking, reading members-utterly tile Itei’d-riilik'ii body just adlonrne.1. j refllllc tlH ' “ bMlriJ l”“ v "‘ | on«of t"e Mheme." which squandered a thousand million DoimjeCity has only three grades of dollars. The civil service fraud is thus society, according to a recent arrival directly responsible for the billion <1**1- from the West. The first, or “aristoera- i scoundrel from A to X.” If any vain-glorious man thinks that the “woraen-rigliters women” are going to he relegated to a condition of “in nocuous desuetude,” he is badly mis taken. Col. Plm*be Cousins is secretary ! of the executive committee of the ladies’ , department of the World’s Fair: and I what is more, she purposes to remain ! such, and run the whole institution to suit herself regardless of tho protests of others of tlio committee. If Cleveland hadn’t run the civil service fraud into tho ground to the dis-1 gust of the Democracy, and the strength ening of the Republican ofliee holders, he would have been re-elected, and a OPPOSITION TO MB. CRISP. The editor of the St. Louis Republic has been very nicely knocked out in his attempt to fill the heads of the people with the idea that Congressman Crisp is a protection Democrat and not in ac cord with the principle of tariff reform for which the Democracy is now bat tling. The efforts of the editor of the Republic to defeat Mr. Crisp for the speakership has disgusted the leaders of the party in all sections of the country; and the result J Crisp is stronger to-day than lie lias ev er been, and his splendid record is be ing laid before the people with excel lent effect hv his colleagues in Congress, who are determined that he shall not be done a gross injustice. The distinguished Georgian in the bat tle for tariff reform has always been in the front rank, and as Congressman Outliwaite, of Ohio, truly says, it was Crisp who made one of the most power ful and convincing arguments in favor of a reduction of the tariff that was ever hoard on the floor of the Fifty-first Con gress, and that he was always in the lead in the fight against the McKinley hill. The general impression is that the Republic is either misinformed as to the record of Mr. Crisp on the tariff question, or that it has a favorite for tlio speaker- ship and is trying to prejudice the can didacy of that gentleman by leading the Democratic Congressmen-elect in the Western states to believe that he is not sound on the tariff question. There is not a truer or more loyal Democrat in congress than Mr. Crisp, or one who is better equipped to ho the speaker of the House, and tho fact that he is an earnest advocate of tho reform of the tariff is evidenced by the hearty support for the speakership which he is receiving from tho Boston Herald and other leading independent journals of the east which have taken issue with tho Republicans on the tariff question. Mr. Crisp’s speech in Boston in favor a reduction of tho tariff, won for him a host of friends in New England and helped the Democrats of Massachusetts to victory last November, and we are quite sure that the Democratic mem bers of congress from that state will show their appreciation of his services by voting for him for the speakership in which position he will reflect credit on his party.—New Orleans States. Tiik Minnesota legislature has ad journed, and one of its last acts was to defeat by a decisive vote the hill to com pel the pretty chorus girls to wear long dresses on the stage. No insignificant piece of legislation has caused such an uproar and produced more comment as this “anti-tights” bill, and its death knell was really sounded last w eek when a dramatic company in St. Paul bur lesqued tho hill in tho presence of the whole legislature, by having all the bal let girls appear in bloomers, and the legs of the chairs and pianos also mod estly draped to avoid shocking the deli- cato sensibilities of the legislative prudes. So great w’as the ridicule heap ed upon the bill that it was laughed to death like all attempts at reformation by legislative enactment will he, when not backed up by a healthy public sen timent which demands tlio law. It is safe to say that as long as “the human form divine” sees fit to display its lines of feminine beauty and grace upon tlio stage in stockinet, just so long will any attempt to legislate against it he a waste of time. The present .ago is swinging to the opposite extreme from the ascetism and puritanism of the former genera tion, and until tho pendulum of time starts hack again nothing .can stop its progress. In spite of the peaceful utterances of the Government officials, everybody knows that Russia is making extensive preparations for war, and that her rivals are on their side m iking counter-prepa rations for a great struggle, which must sooner or later come. Russia has been spending enormous sums in the con struction of strategic railways and ar rangements for the transportation o; large bodies of Russian troops to the Austro-German frontier are almost com plete. This movement of the Russian forces toward the frontier of Germany and Austria, would four years ago, have required six months time, hut by the use of the new strategic railroad, a month’s time is all that is necessary for the < ccntration of troops which is looked for ward to as likely to occur in the near future. PREMIER BLAINE. Now that Mr. Blaine’s last official note to Minister Rudini is made public, it is seen that he occupies the correct at titude on the question now at issue be tween the United States and Italy. Whatever may be said of Mr. Blai political record and methods, there can he no question that he has more states manship than any man in the Republi can party, if not in the whole country. Political prejucice should not blind our eyes to the great ability of this man, who for a quarter of a century has been one of the most conspicuous figures in American history. Thk Ti imks-Rkc ordku believes him to he by far the best, ablest, most honora ble and honest man in the Republican party of his prominence, and there does not appear to he any just grounds for the fear that if he readied the presiden tial chair, his administration might in volve tho country In trouble with foreign powers. His sagacity, and resources are second to those of no man in public life, and while like other men ho lias his faults, it is doubtful if any one could give more general satisfaction to the people irrespective of party than Mr. Blaine. If we must have a Republican presi dent. let us have Blaine. The country is tired of such milk-and- water figure heads as Hayes and Harri son in the chair of Cleveland, Lincoln and their distinguished predecessors, and the sentiment is daily gaining strength that a mistake was made in set- Blaine aside for the late lamented Hayes and the present lamented Har rison. Mr. Blaine should by all means be given the nomination for 1892; so that if by any mishap, the Republicans should w’in, the country can still have a presi dent of whose administration she need not ho ashamed on acsount of its weak ness and inainty. Thk Timks-Rkcokhkk nominates Mr. Blaine, subject to the action of the Democracy at the polls in November 1892. If the Democracy don’t get Cleveland, then we want the ablest man in the Re publican ranks, James G. Blaine. Major J. F. Hanson, one of the brainiest and most progressive men of Georgia must feel awfully lonesome as the only protectionist in Georgia. He can probably come nearer making the worse(ap?ear the better reason than any man who will speak at the banquet of the protective tariff league in New York next week. It is a pity that so able s man and so eloquent and forcible speak or should ho wasting his energies light ing againt the inevitable. If there is any one thing upon which the large ma jority of the American people is deter mined, it is tariff reform, as near al ap proach to free trade as can ho accom plished, with the necessary expenses of an economically administered govern ment to bo provided for out of the im posts. Tariff reform is the watchword now, and any man who opposes the cur rent is fighting against hopeless odds. HARRISON AND 180‘L President Harrison’s tour in the South will have an effect in 1892 That effect will he in Mr. Harrison’s favor, so far as the Republican nomination is concerned. If the tour was undertaken with a po litical end iu view the scheme was a wise one; otherwise it was a lucky stroke, ftr. Harrison is in the South as the President of the Union; is welcomed as such; is listened to with that degree of respect that)is due to the chief magis trate of the nation. Party politics are ignored to a very large extent—certainly to the extent that both Democrats and Republicans unite in paying honor to the man at the present time foremost iu the nation, and listen respectfully to what he has to say. Personality is frequently a potent fac tor in politics. Whatever of potency there may he in Mr. Harrison’s person ality appears to be in process of devel opment in his present tour. While he may not ho winning votes for his party in the South lie is bringing himself into close * relationship with the rank and file of his own party in that section. There Is no question in tho minds of the well-informed that it was the design of President Harrison and lus party- managers to “fix” the southern states for the nominating convention in 1892. The president recognizes tho superiority of Blaine, and is taking advantage of the prestige of his position to lay his wires so nicely now, as to give him the advant age when the convention meets. Whatever advantage Blaine may have, if any at all, in the nominating conven tion must he the result of tho sheer pre ponderance of brains and statesman ship. If he cannot come in like a cyclone and dash away the fabric now being erected to corral the southern del egates, he will stand no chance against the little man now in the white house. lar steal. Do* roii Tai.mau astonished the nati f Brooklyn, has j cutting off his mown side whiskers. Monday's York Herald gives it as a most leaders iu Kansas are paving the way for j sensational piece of news under quad- the return of the Alliance to the Repub-1 ruple headlines. His resemhleuce to It is said that prominent Alliance j * > ' evv lican fold. They say that they will go ■ Henry Clay is into a third party movement if the al- i * n respects, liaticemen of the south will go with them, but that they will not lead a third party movement merely to elec: a Dem ocratic president. If they have to choose between the existing parties, they will go to the Republicans. • said to be complete Thk grand jury of Chatham Superior court brought in an indictment for man slaughter against Byrnie Murphey and Prof. Gus Myers for the killing of Robert K. Willink, in a sparring match at the theater on the night of March 20. ey,” is composed of those who put out their washing. The “middle class” does its own washing, and the “lowest class” is that which takes in washing. This is the most simple and complete distinction yet known, only it leaves one large class unaccounted for—those who think washing an unncccessury luxury. —Boston Post. Fatimrh Ingalls is now writieg pas toral and bucoic poetry. The colic-y feature of the dyspeptic statesman’s poe try was caused by the dill in the pit of the stomach given him by the Farmers Alliance in the senatorial election. Thk press of Georgia is unanimous in condemning Torn Watson for his “bad break” in announcing Ids opposition to Judge Crisp. Some depreciate, some reason, some expostulate, and some rid icule, but there are no two opinions as to tho injustice of Mr. Watson’s atti tude on tho question. About the only result is that Mr. Watson has gained a a good deal of notoriety, i thing he was no doubt seeking from the first. Editor Bhamiam, of Rome, calls upon Maj. Glessner, president of the Georgia Press Association, to hold the annual meeting of the editors in Rome just at the time of the military encampment at Chickamauga, so that they can run over from Rome for a day and get a sight of the whole Georgia military array, includ ing the staff of lieutenant colonels that surround the commander-in-chief of the army and navy of Geoigia. John Jeems Ingalls has demon strated the wisdom of the Farmers’ Alli ance in setting down on him, in that he has dropped into pobiry. When an old political reprobate grows poetical it’s high time he was relegated to a state of “innocuous desuetude.” Conghessmax Dunxkll, who is on friendly terms with both President Har rison and Secretary Blaine, says: “Blaine is positively not in the nice for president in 1892. Ho thinks it would not be right for him as Secretary of State in the Harrison Cabinet to originate or to coun tenance any movement looking to his own nomination for president. Ho will be true to Harrison, as ho would have been true to Garfield. But there is an other and deeper reason—that of family wishes. The Blaine family, having lost children so recently, and seen other misfortunes in their home, do not wish to pass througu tho ordeal of auothcr presidential campaign. Mr. Blaine, too, is aging rapidly in body, though his head seems as young as ever. Tho nomi- neo of the convention may he Alger or Rusk, but will prouably be Harrison.” Tiik Timks-Rk< oudku never could sec the consistency of turning out a Repub lican president to make room for a Dem ocratic one on the broad platform that a change of administration was needed to save the country, and yet stopping the work of reform just at the point where it was firstly begun. The same princi pie that calls for a change of presidents, demands that the work of reform go on down to the janitors and spittoon clean ers. “To the victors belong the spoils” is sound doctrine, the disregard of which defeated Cleveland in 1888, and retarded the purification of the Augean stables a quarter of a century. Oi»kha girls refuse to go to Minnesota, where the law indicates that the poky men don’t care to see how shapely they are. Minnesota gives them no show they say, and they will give Minnesota no show. Possibly all this obtrusive virtue conies of having the state so much under the influence of St. Paul. Lots of people in this world have heard of St. Paul who don’t know anything about Miunesota. —Savannah News. Ex-Skxatok Ingalls is now devoting much of his time to the cultivation of a farm of thirty acres, and to the culti vation of the good will of the Farmers’ Among tho numerous “isms” that take root and llourish in Boston the latest is said to be Buddhism. A con vention of theosophists is to meet there soon, and the Herald in explaining why Boston is so enthusiastic over the new “ism,” says: The truth Is a Boston man wants some- thlnu a good <t*-al proton ruler than Christi anity for Ills mighty Intellect to wrestle with. Bu ldha can enmesh him In the webof Intel lectual ecstasy, can tc*l him weird, ghostly stories of a thousand reincarnations in the. past and pro nlse him a thousand more In time to come. Therefore Buduha is warmly welcomed. He Imho full of mys ery that If you attempt to understand him you totter on the delightful h-lna of insanity, and get so mixed up that you can’t tell whether you are the wisest man that ever lived or a drive ling idiot. For thei>u reasons he U full of fascination—better than the dreams ofopium or the hysterics of hasheesh,h perfect legtao- gler, so to speak. Boston Is rubbing Its mul titudinous hands in high antlclpa lon, and its chuckle over Its good fortune Is like the chime of many l>ells. Alliance. By the time lie has grown his first crop of potatoes he will be claiming membership in tiie Alliance, and then his star will begin to rise. Who knows but he may be working to become the alliance or third party candidate for president in 1892? Let Cleveland announce as his plat form for 1892: “To the victor belong the spoils,” “Turn the rascals out,” and he will sweep the country against any man the Republicans can put up. Sinc e Mr. Ingalls lias become an hon est farmer ho is telling some ugly truths about the party in which he was lately a bright and shining light. Ho says that the Republican party’s solicitude about negro suffrage was purely for political purposes, and that its onslaughts on the South were merely for effect, to keep the Republicans from dividing and to keep the West and South from uniting politically. The statement, except as coming from him, will hardly surprise any one. Editor Bramiam, tho Tribune of the Roman people, who has lately Seen pouring hot shot iuto tho school teach- s for their ignor.ance of English|as she is spoke and writ, makes use of the word “infinitesinible.” The long suffer ing Romans will next be treated to sm li high llown words as “gollypoesle.” “sculduggcry,” “ohattngansy” “hunnyfuggle.” Let Editor Branham beware lest he he indicted for assault with intent to murder tho Queen’s Knjr- l'sh. The announcement is made by friend- of Mr. Mills in Kentucky, that he will not be a candidate for re-election after this term of service in tho lower house, hut that if his constituents want hi- services they must send him to the Sen ate. This sounds rather apochryplmh as Mr. Mills’ closest friends are pushing him for speaker, a fact wholly inconsist ent with tiie idea of an early retirement from the house. The Michigan Republicans are dis posed to urge Gen. Alger’s nomination for president by the next National He* publican conrention. This announce ment will bo gratifying to the colored delegates to the last convention, who found Alger had a “barrel,” ami that the agents of the general thoroughly under stood practical politics. Tiik equilibrium of nature is preserv ed. Valdosta turns out twenty acre- ° cucumbers, and the Atlanta Medico College about four score doctors. H l, | while the one is supposed to counter:** the other, what if both got in their " or at the same time on tiie same patient State Senator Ellington has written* letter withdrawing from the race to president of the State Alliance. | ll> said Mr. Searcy, who is now in will do the same tiling. This will Col. Livingston an open field, and 118 election is a foregone conclusion. President Harrison is taking the wind out of Blaiue’s sails on the rev>1 ^ rocity question by claiming the cre< * it the Premier’s skillful work in £ et 1 ^ . reciprocity treaties with our **^ u American neighbors. Col. W. II. Howahd, one of the prominent and wealthy citizens o * gusta, is dead, aged 85. He was n° I for his benevolence and charity.