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THE AMERIGTS WEEKLY TJMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1891.
THE TIMES-RECORDER.
Dully (iiicl Weekly.
The Amebiccs Recordek Evtajilisiik
The Americcs Times Established
CONSOLIDATED, APRIL, 1891.
KOBLJS MISS OARNEIl. j NOT A CAUSE FOR PRIDE. j BARBARISM IN HAITI.
What a marvelous Illustration of the j There is no cause for surprise in the | It is a fact hard to realize, that within
beauty and strength of woman's devo- late dispatches from (Jhili, relative to j tfOO miles of Georgia there exists a des-
' the sentiment of the so called insurgents | potism as absolute as tl»at*of Hussia, j We mean the succulent watennetfn.
to words our government. It would be j where scenes may be witnessed that; The Times-Regorder, ever on the
snrpirtsing if the three millions who con-1 rival the most bloody orgies witnessed alert to celebrate the joys of liutnau ex
1S73.1 tioD, of that atYection which hopes ami
| endures and is patient, was afforded at
Trinity church, Chelsea. Wednesday
THE LUSCIOUS WATERMELON. GEORGIA COLONELS.
In the soulful vernacular of the col-| The Times-Recobder has alluded ia
ed brother, “thase done arrived.” [ jest several times to the mighty array ,if
colonels created by the fiat of oui o A
ernor, but the list of them given belo*
proves that it is no jesting matter, f„.
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Americus, Ga., June 19, 1891
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Bashfui.xlss { s a niisfo
and cheek are caidinal sins.
morning. • j stitute the congressional party had not
No man should venture a flippant orj been embittered by the action taken in
cynical comment upon the brave and j the Itata affair. Few Americans will
noble hearted bride of Sir WillisGor- read without feelings of regret and selt-
don Cmumiug. reproach that “they have nailed in the 1
It is now very plain ti.at if * - , eX(|ui8ite figllr „
vith crown heads, you should not win (he viutJ) wUj(jh
graceful foliage ab<
The beet one we have seen lately is
There was a nobility of heart, unde- i hearts of three million in-
served, but all the more conspicuous, j of having been deceived i:
The withering blast of dishonor and dis- and of living lost faith in
grace, the fair young woman faced with I of miud and liberality of
an unshrinking firmness which must | the government a* W.i-i
command man's admiration, even as it I that the Washington go
touches his sympathy. j gatded as having taken sit
■ How beautifully apt is that familiar* weaker power in a; :n< for
1,11 ®|and exquisite figure of Lring's—"As j rights."
i its There i* a chivai:ic
in Africa. The ruler of istenee, records with unfeigned pieas-
ioodtbirsty a tyrant as was ! ure the advent of this delicious fruit.
*ula His subjects seem to' It is an interesting yet troubousl
et tear of him. and those I fact that the watermelon crop, like the
> displeasure lie causes to j peach and vegetable crops, has its vexa-
i like dogs in the streets, i tious vicissitudes. A watermelon crop.
- would have the temerity to
Poke
iibu;
i,"pt
liartholo
• mi
Lord Colei iilge's statement that the
prince of Wales is a hard-working man.
Thkiik is now a great deal less of un
rest in tinancial circles tliau for some
time past. Money is cheaper in Europe.
Tiie Ozark (Ark.) Times tells us that
Sam Jones characterizes some of the
Little Kock people as the “slop hogs of
hell.”
“Half the world doesn't know h
the other half live,." And two-thirds
lifted by it into sunsh
hardy plant is rifted
holt, cling round it w
tendrils and bind i
boughs; so it is beau'
Providence that woma
dependent a;
happier hour
of the world does no*
other third lives or not,
nre whether the
Fihtz Emmet has (inally joked hi
solf Rick, unless it may be that his wife's
recent wholesale scoop of all his prope
ty didn't agree with his health.
The Philadelphia Ledger runs a col
umn advertisement for Mr. Wanamakei’s
bargain counter, and of course defend'
him in his Keystone bank trouble.
The Washington Post thinks that “tbo
tone of the rural Georgia press indicates
that the Atlanta Constitution has been
overplaying the anti-Cleveland hand."
Vesivips is said to have beguu to
splitter again after years and year
rest. Neighboring cities stand a pretty
good chance of being perpetuated some
what after the manner of Pompeii.
EniToli Wattehsox is said to be lead
ing tlie fight against tlie new constitu
tion tiiat a convention of Kentuckians
has taken almost a year to construct.
Breaking down the constitution will
probably not be hard.
Aukankas admirers of Secretary No
ble gave him a dinner at Little Uock the
other day. But they could not manage
to extract from him any deiinite infor
mation as to ids prospective rotirement
from tlie president’s cabinet. Wlso Mr.
Noble.
Instkaii of the customary vocal
“blowing up" that so many good doa
cons consider themselves privileged to
give their neighbors, a Massachusetts
deacon used dynamite, and now Avon
baa no public building. Likewise one
less crank.
j.Accoitl>lxo to the kichmond State (lie
t sensation New York is now making
because the first negrf has been allowod
to sit on a jury there must strike south-
people as strange. 'Heroin the south
negroes have been allowed on juries ever
aince they were made freo.
Bkitish statesmen are evidently very
•earnest in their endeavors to stop short
the ruinous practice of catching seals in
Behring sea during tlie propagating sea
son. Only prompt measures can prove
effective, and the United States should
act with equal expedition in doing a fair
share. *
Tins New York World says; ‘‘College
boys who ‘'cannot get along without a
wine closet are reserving no pleasures
for middle life and are using premature
ly the staff and comfort of old age."
The World may be right, but even the
World can’t turn modern American life
hind end foremost.
Geoiiqe W. Childs, to whom is given
the credit of naming both Wisconsin and
Iowa, is still living at Dubuque and on-
joys good health, at tlie age 87 yoars.
He waB serving as minister to Bogota
during the war, when he was recalled
and sent to Fort Lafayette for writing a
personal letter to Jefferson Davis.
The baccarat scandal brought to light
one man in England who is not afraid to
treat the Prince of Wales as he would
any other man under tlio circumstances.
Sir Edward Clarke's speech beforo tlie
jury developed the fact that lie is not
afraid to defend bis client against tlie
whole of the royal family, and tlio peo
ple of the British empire will admire
him for his pluck.
The stolid London Times is “almost'
humorous when it says; “\Ye almost
wish the Prince of Wales had also signed
a declaration that he would never touch
a card again.” “Almost wish” is deuced
funny, ydr know. Doubtless, good Queen
Victoria and the honest masses of the
English people do not “almost," but
sincerely, wish the heir apparent would
sweaf off from baccarat and wine.
A Dallas, Texas, policeman arrested
,two men for lighting on the streets a few
.days since—or at least one was trying to
fight and the other was running for dear
life. The officer preferred the charge of
disorderly conduct against 'one, and
against the other be made a case "for
running faster than seven miles an hour
inside the city limits.” The policeman
It is said' tiiat au unusual case of
clemency is reported from Russia. Some
civil officeis of the czar last week kindly
allowed a wretched Jew to cry out loud
while he was beiug dogged. Weil, this
will be A g. o. p. congressman yet before I does look like a small concession to
he dies. make, to be sure.
:<i up its shattered
-eautifully ordered by
oman, who is the mere
uametit of man in his
mid be- his stay and
solace when smitten with sud leu calam
ity* winding herself into the rugged re
cesses of his nature, tenderly support
ing the drooping head and binding uj
the broken heart,”
Insignificant, indeed, are the dramas
of the boards beside those of life. Here
was one which, from the opening of the
lir.-.t act at Trauby Croft to the fall of
the curtain at the altar, teemed with un
usual incidents and denouements.
Actually touching the greatest throne
the son ever shone upon and, on the
other hand, embracing the citizen from
the plainest walks, the drama was a
picture of royal life such as those out
side of it rarely get’a gUtnpse of. The
progress of this drama, too,was watched
attentively by au audience as large a*
the Euglish reading word
Of all the interesting features the
most striking was the final climax—the
marriage following the verdict which
pronounced the plaintiff guilty and not
entitled to recover damages against the
defendants, who said tiiat lie had cheat-
on at cards and proved it.
Miss Garner is not declared to be au
adventuress and it is taken for granted
that she is a true woman. Her faith in
Sir Gordon was steadfast and not to be
shaken. Though the world must be
lieve him to be a dishonorable man, she
w ho loves him says that he is innocent
and she prefers to
‘•Walk by Ills aide an outcast—live upon
the light o! on-; kind smile from hi » — ihau
wear the crown the Bourbon lost.”
The case has few parallels either in
literature or life. Woman braves pover
ty for the divine passion a thousand
times every day, but if slitf has not lost
the appreciation of honor she shrinks
from dishonorable association. In life,
instances occasionally occur where a
cultured, impulsive girl elopes with a
coachman, and au intelligent but erratic
woman weds a condemned murderer.In
novels, knights and heroes constantly
seek out poor maidens, but ladies of
high position seldom woo an ostracized
man.
Elaine would not have had so much as
a headache for one of her father’s curls,
though she died heart broken for Sir
Lancelot. As the bee upon the flower, so
hung Pauline upon the honey of “Prince”
Melnotte’s eloquent tongue, but her
blood froze in her veins, she said, when
she discovered that In was a gardner’s
son. True, Leonora was devoted to her
gypsy Manrico but that is in opera, and
song does not count in a question of this
kind. Poor, patient Griseldis was wooed
by a knightly lover, but if their posi
tions had been reversed, she would not
have taken notice of his virtues. And
thore is the case of Camille. Suppose
she had been a lady of rank? Old Boo-
caccio has a story—but we’ll let that
go. Be iky Sharp would not have mar
ried Sir Gordon Comming—after he was
convicted of cheating.
C’himene married the wooer who killed
her father in a duel, but slie could not
bring herself to do so for a long time.
Lalla Rookli did not know she was fall
ing in lovo with a real prince, but she
did know be was a charming young
fellow. Dido said that the mind pro
claims the man. She liked .Eneas be
cause he was noble and heroic, and she
thought honorable. Had she believed
that he would ring in loaded dice in a
game, she would no more have esteemed
him than she did after he jilted her.
Desdeniona loved Othello for the dan
gers he had passed. Romola tfould have
scorned.Tito from the first had she sus
pected that he would care nothing for
her father's wishes about the library.
But search literature and you tiud few’
instances where women have been so
brave as to link themselves to a man dis
honored before tlie world. A woman
can not raise a man bv marrying him.
She goes down to his level. She can
rise to her husband's but, however,
noble and true she may be, she can not
raise a man to her position.
Miss Garner sacrifices a brilliant life
for love of a man who is disgraced. Per
haps the secret of her affection was pity,
which, “of all the paths that lead to
woman’s love,” is said to be the
Ktraightest.
leeply
, and been | implanted in the breast *: <i liberty-
when the loving people which c.tu-.es them in
thunder stiuctively to sympathize with any pe» -
ith its caressing pie that is struggling against oppression.
It is difficult to understand the merits of
the civil war in Chili, but is well under
stood that one party is led by the mili
tary dictator, Balinaceda, while the
other supports the Chilian congress.
One one side is the executive branch of
the government and on the other the
legislative. The congress is certainly
streets as a \
curding to tl
woi k was no
The peoph
but a faint c<
that exists ii
the
sacre ! the frost, or drouth, or the rain, or the
,ew. No ; early agricultural editor two or three
•less citi-1 times before they begin to appear in the
; in the ! market, would be a measly kind of a
And ae-; watermelon crop, and would no doubt
bloody : be ashamed of itself for its irregular and
: ended. j unusual behavior.
of tlie United States have j About this time of year, however, it
uiception of the barbarism j becomes necessary for the voracious
the wretched little conn-1 chronicler of actual facts to remark that
try called Haiti. The negro race has j the melon crop js all right. Having been
there been afforded an opportunity of j utterly ruined several times in the most
showing its capacity for self-govern-! natural and becoming manner, in exact
meet, after having an opportunity to accord \vitli the agricultural sensation
copy after the whites, and how have alists’ wishes, the watermelon crop has
they used it? Instead of benetitting by j begun to be harvested in the most pro
freedom and independence they have ductive manner, and is now appearing in
revei ted to a condition hardly superior | carloads in our markets. Never befor
to that of their ancestors when they j the farmers tell us, has the crop been so
were landed from slave ships on the j abundant. The vines are luxuriant, and
epresentative of the people than j island. They practice the same heathen and the delightful fruit is large, juice-
tlie president and his cabinet. Vet the
congressional ists are recognized at
Washington as insurgents or rebels, and
are treated as such. Is it right that our
government should assume such an atti
tude?
Balmaceda’s attitude toward the Chil
ian congress seems to have been much
like that which Andrew Johnson as
sumed toward our congress soon after
his accession to power, one of stubborn
opposition. Johnson intimated that,
being general in chief, as lie was nom
inally, of the United .states army, it lay
in his power to proclaim himself dicta
tor and dissolve congress. If he had
possessed tlie boldness of Balinaceda,
and if he had had sirch people as the
Chilians to deal with, we should proba
bly have seen our country torn asunder
again. Johnson might have had the
support of his cabinet, and might have
controlled the treasury, and a portion
of the army and navy might have
ported him. But the majority of the
people would have adhered to congress
and the nation would aiway
thought hard of any foreign power that
might have treated the congressional
party as insurgents and given aid and
comfort to the usurper Johnson.
This suppositious case may not be al
together analogous to the situation In
Chili, but if the conflict lies between
adherents of congress on the one hand
aud those of au arrogant president on
the other, as Is manifestly the case, the
people of the United States will no
countenance any overt acts on the part
of our government expressive of sympa
thy with Balinaceda. The Harrison ad
ministration is trying to make the peo
ple believe that it Is wedded to a bold
foreign policy by its bullragging of other
nations, but it is careful not to venture
beyond the danger lines. The affair
with Chili will for the present cost
little more than the coal fmsumed by
tho Charleston, but it will give rise to a
desire for retaliation on tlio part of the
Chilians which may cost this country
dear in the future.
It must appear somowhat ridiculous to
foreign nations that one of our best war
ships—one of our boasted fast cruisers—
should have been dispatched four thous
and miles after a Chilian supply ship,
and then should have failed to overtake
her. It Is generally regarded abroad as
an ostentatious display of our newly ac
quired naval strength.
That a Chilian vessel should have been
loaded with military supplies at San
Diego, and should have made good her
escape, while the Charleston was lying at
San Francisco, was calculated to cast re-
proaoh on our government-for its laok of
vigilance, but in pursuing the escaped
vessel four thousand miles over the high
seas it has displayed a ridiculous excess
of energy. The affair will probably lead
to no good result, while It will increase
the ill will towards the United States
which has long been manifest in Chili.
According to a brief but excited dis
patch from Albany a blast of gigantic
proportions will take place at Callahan’s
New York quarries at South Bethlehem
next Tuesday that will give the whole
state a shaking up. About 5,00) pounds
of dynamite are to be used. This will
be distributed in ffOO cartridges, which
will bo placed in 150 holes bored in the
rock. That is perhaps the greatest
quautity of dynamite that has ever been
exploded at one time. Caps that were
made in Germany will cover the cart
ridges and will be connected with a dy
namo by heavy copper wire three miles
long. An agent of Edison is to be in
charge of the explosion. Just what all
this is for is not stated. Possibly it
may be intended to give the next hope
ful Hill boom a great scud off. Loud
noise is generally the first symptom his
booms manifest.
fun at so formidable a phalanx of vra-
riors:
Lieut. Cols. J. H. Estill, Savannah;>
W. Roberts, Sparta; J. D. Harrell,
bridge; K. B. Smith, Monticello; Aiem*.
May 2* and June 1 there oc-! for instance, that wasn’t killed off by i tqs Dupont' Dupont; L \V. Hatkel 1
Cutlibert; A. G. Miller, Thomasville- j?
C. Maehen, Machen; Lieut. Cols. It £
Park, John T. Graves, E. S. WiUon
Andrew \V. Kennedy, U. M Gunn, Mai
con; J. D. Boyd, E I*. Speer, \Y. p
Searcy, Griffin: Joseph Lawton Whatlev*
Savannah; Ed T. Byingtou, B H. i»j c j,’
ardson, Columbus; W. F. Wynne
Sam T. Neil Fort Valley-
J. Colton Lyues, MilledgeviUe;
Lieut Cols. T. E. Winn, C. II. Brand,
i Lawrenceville; G. II. Wanng, Cement-
T. M. Swift, Elbertuu; W. A. Brough
ton, Mac 7 son; T. J. Lyon, Cartersvilfe
Charles M. Snelling, Athens; W. L
Peek, Conyers; B. S. Walker, Monroe;
G. T. Murrell, Wintcrville; A. W. Wai-
tou, Rome. Lieut. Cols. P. A Stovall
J. Jones Gardiner, Augusta; W. A. Cal
loway, LaGrauge; G M. Taylor, Albert
Howell, jr., J. A. Carter, Clias. **. Nor-
then, Ben C. DeLeon, C. M. Neel, B. \\\
Wrenn, J. O. Waddell, Atlanta.
Tills is numerically second, however,
to Governpr Brown’s staff during the
war, which consisted of 800 colonels of
the Georgia militia. Great guns! How
did Sherman ever march through
Georgia?
STILL ANOIHER.
Another monument to the Confederate
dead was erected Wednesday at Fred-
ericksbtirg and thousands of officers and
veterans of the lost cause were present
and participated in the ceremonies at
tending the unveiling, and a number of
eloquent and patriotic speeches were de
livered. The southern people are erect
ing more monuments to their dead than
those of the north, and w’e suppose that
this is the reason why Harper’s Weekly
is disposed to utter a protest against the
action of the south in honoring its
dead. It does not want to see a monu
ment to the memory of Jefferson Davis,
and declares that if oue is built that the
monuments to Grant and Lincoln should
be overthrown. Harper's Weekly may as
well understand now as any other time
that in the matter of monument build
ing in the south its wishes will not be
consulted for the oest of reasons, and
that is, it is none of its business. If the
people of the north see ftt to pull down
tlie monuments erected to the memory
of their leaders they can do so, but we
of the south, as the Atlanta Constitu
tion aptly remarks, intend to put up
monuments to our dead from one end
of the southland to tlie other, and the
grandest monument of them all will be
erected to perpetuate the memory of
Jefferson Davis, the great chieftain of
the Confederacy.
voudoo rites as do the savages of Africa, ful, fragrant and refreshing,
and their general condition would be I The Times-Ukc order takes pleasure
tiiat of African savages, but for the fact j In recounting these facts. It is good
that they are more dependent for sub- news. It is good news for the “culled”
sisteuce on cultivation of the soil. citizen, who buys the watermelon and
It is very evident that people of the! reveletli therein. It is good for the
African race, even after being long asso-l truck gardener whoraiseth the palatable
dated with the whites, are not capable bulb and Finds a ready sale. It is liope-
of organized government when left to j ful news for the aspiring young disciple
themselves. They are easily brought of Esculapius whose practice isn’t all
under the control of cunning priests and
bold leaders, who easily acquire a des
potic sway over them It is the good
fortune of the negroes in the southern
states that they are associated, and the
same association serves to educate them
he could wish. It is pleasant to the ear3
of the druggist, who forthwith puts his
night bell in repair and expects fre
quently to be aroused from his dream of
dull trade.
It is happy news for everybody, in
and to incite some ambition in them, short, unless it be our esteemed rural
The climate also exerts a benetlcial in
fluence by compelling them to lead in
dustrious lives, Instead of allowing them
to take their ease under the shade of
food-bearing trees.
As to the political condition of Hayti,
it seems that matters have reached such
a pass that enlightened nations should
interfere, even if they have to subjugate
the island, or that portion of it that is
controlled by the blacks. It is now in a
condition little better than that of the
interior of Africa, which has been so
cooly appropriated by European coun
tries. As tho United States lias had no
slillre in the partitioning of Africa, it is
no more than her due that she should be
allowed to take possession of Hayti.
That would put a stop to the barbarous
practices now witnessed there.
The civilizing of barbarous countries
is the manifest mission of the white
race Hayti has become a reproach .to
the civilizing tendency of the age. Let
the United States send a white minister
to Hayti, then acquire by purchase that
long desired coaling station, and then
the whole island can be brought umier
our control and civilization restored to it.
editor, who may be put to tlie painful
necessity of accepting John Smith’s last
two years’ arrearage of subscription in a
cartload of melons that lie can never
hope to devour. But as for the rest of
us. we are proud that the watermelon is
an American product and that we are
vouchsafed the common privilege of en
joying one occasionally.
ANOTHER RICHMOND IN THE FIELD
The politic^} situation in the west is
getting n^xed as time goes on, and it
now appears that in Ohio the prohibi
tionists are about to joinTiands with the
third party people and to support their
platform. In that state the talk among
tlie prohibitionists shows that* they are
In favor of uniting with the farmers on
a farmers’ and labor platform, but in
Iowa the prohibitionists liaye nominated
a state ticket and demand the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, the Austin
lian ballot system and the abolishment
of tho internal revenue system,- as the
object of it is to encourage the liquor
trffic.
Up in Minnesota a new party has been
sprung which calls itself the national
association, tho purpose of which is to
better the condition of citizens in public
and private life. Forty canvassers are
to be sent out into the state immediate
ly, and the leaders of the latest political
outfit declare that/hey will have things
in such shape as to enable them to nom
inate a presidential ticket next year.
The indications are that there will be a
large crop of cranks in the campaign of
1892, and tiiat their stamping grounds
will be the western states.
THE SPLIT IN OHIO.
Prominent leaders of the democracy
have reason to be alarmed at the hostile
attitude of the Cincinnati democrats to
wards Governor Campbell. It appears
•that Johnny M’Lean, of tlio Enquirer,
who is at the head of the Cincinnati fac
tion, is leading the opposition to Camp
bell, aud, as he is an unscrupulous poli
tician, the general impression is, that if
he fails to prevent the nomination of
Campbell in the convention, he and his
gang will try to defeat him at the polls.
The leaders of the democratic party
feel satisfied that if the party
can be united McKinley will be de
feated this fall, but up to the
present time every effort to bring the
factions together has failed. While tlie
action of tlie Cincinnati democrats may
endauger the success of the state ticket
it is now pretty well understood that it
will not prerent the nomination of Gov
Campbell as the better element of the
party in the state are supporting him
loyally, and his friends believe that he
will win enough farmers’ votes on the
tariff question to offset the loss of dem-
cratic votes in Cincinnati.
Intercourse with the Black Republic
has been shut off entirely at Washing
ton. Although yippolyte became presi-
deni largely through tho friendly inter
position of the Uni ted .States i nil uence he
is said to have flippantly repudiated his
pledges aud otherwise acted in the most
unscrupulous manner. Therefore Uncle
Sain intends to ignore him unless he
does something to merit punishment.
But he is apparently as sCupid ami crafty
as he is black.
Holy John, the pious leaven of the
presidential cabinet, is again showing
the cloven foot in the Keystone National
Bank scandal in Philadelphia. He in
duced Comptroller Lacy to withhold the
appointment* of a receiver for many
weeks while Holy John and Marsh, the
piesident of the wrecked bank, were
trying to “rehabilitate” the assets. “Re
habilitate” is a good word, in fact a
good large word, and sounds well along
side “Legitimate Campaign Expenses,”
a phrase invented by Holy John to cov
er up the rottenness of his $400,000 con
tribution to the Indiana “Blocks-of-
Five” business by which that state was
bought for Harrison. The Keystone
Bauk matter is on a par with the
“Blocks-of-Five” scandal, and both of
them would disgrace a Bhwery thug.
The Knoxville Tribune says the com
parison of the people’s party by Senator
Petfer to a western cyclone is^jot good,
because the western cyclone usually
leaves a barren waste in its destructive
wake.” We beg leave to differ with the
Tribune. The comparison is most ex
cellent. “A barren waste” is just what
the people's p/rty would leave behind
it, If in power.
AFRAID OF THE RESULTS.
Upon returning to Kansas from the
Cincinnati convention the leaders of the
third party movement issued a circular,
which was sent to the sub-alliances
throughout the state, requesting them
to give an expression of their opinion of
the work done by the convention. Aboui
fifty sub-alliances have beeQ heard from,
and here is a sample of their replies :
Whereas, The south was not represented In
the Cincinnati convention; and, whereas, we
believe a third party will disrufft the repub'
llcan party to the benefit of the democratic
party; therefore he it V
Resolved, That we abundon the third party
to return to our past affiliation.
This kinder throws a damper upon tlie
third party politicians, and it begins to
look like the nest will be broken up be
fore the egg is fairly hatched.
The great-grandaddy of all the Geor
gia “crackers” has been seen in Dalton.
The North Georgia Citizen describes
him as “a little old man, very old, with
long, snow-white hair—a ‘one gallus’
chap, smoking a cob pipe and driving a
diminutive bull yearling hitched to a
tw'o wheel cart, loaded with hides and
peanuts.” Some of the more ignorant
of tho writers on the “cracker” subject
would do w’dl to go down and see a
“cracker.” They may never get another
chance. ,
Memphis is becoming alarmed at the
rapidly increasing volume of its delin
quent tax list. And Memphis should
become alarmed. Next to Birmingham,
it has more land within its corporation,
which evidently the people do not think
worth paying the taxes on, than any city
in the south. Birmingham leads iu that
respect, however.
Olt in Mississippi the are organizing
the society of “The Daughters of the
Confederacy.” A good idea—a fitting
companion society to “The Daughters ofj
the Revolution.” We should like to see
every community in the south have a
branch of “The Daughters of the Con
federacy.”
The practical joker is very of tea
guilty of acts for which he ought to be
lodged iu jail. A few nights ago, at a
point on the New- York Central railroad,
two bicyclists with red lamps on their
machiues flagged an express tram as it
came dashing around a curve. The en
gineer believing when he saw the danger
signals, as he thought, Hashing ahead
of him, that certain death awaited him,
reversed his eugine aud prepared to
jump from tho cab, but before he could
do so the engine sped by the red lights
and he heard the mocking shouts of the
Jokers. The fright of the engineer was
so great, however, that his hair turned
white and he is now Uttle better thaa a
nervous wreck. At the time the train
turned the curve it was running at the
rate of fifty miles an hour, and the
chances are the engineer would have
been instantly killed had he jumped
from his engine. The detectives of the
New York Central road are now work
ing on the case, and the chances are the
two jokers will spend a term In prison
as there is a state law against flagging a
train without a cause.
Ben fliLL, Jr., has for some time
been writing a life of his illustrious
father, and some extracts from the ad
vance sheets just published,"are causing
some stir by reason of tlieir criticism of
Senator Joe Brow-n, the political rival of
Senator Hill. These extracts contain
parallels between the lives aud charac
ters of the two great southerners and a
general review of their records from the
time that they became antagonists in the
political arena before the war. Mr. Hill
claims to criticize Senator Brown only
lu so far as is necessary to do justice to
the truth of history concerning Senator
Hill, whose lack of judgment was first
announced by your Uncle Joseph him
self. The latter refuses to reply to the
criticisms of Mr. Hill, stating that the
erdict of history is already made up.
Make » Note of It.
Read it over and over again,
out and sing it, until it Is indelibly ^ xe .
in your mind, that Dr. Sage’s Catarr
Remedy is au infallible cure for chronic
catarrh of the head, with all its distress
ing complications. Impaired taste ana
smell, offensive breath, ringing noises m
the head, defective hearing, nose an
throat ailments, are not only relieveo,
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This is no fancy of the imagination, out
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again, and vouched for under a rorien-
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World’s Dispensary Medical Association,
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