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TP COMMENT AND NEWS. «yro the girls locked up for the ight, wife?” “Yes.” w(Coachman chained ?” «Yes.” «Has the patent butcher-catcher in the front yard been oiled so {hat it works well ?” WYes.” «Well, we might as well chloro form the gardner and go to sleep.” One negro in Athens has lost gver two hundred dollars on Blaine. The ficst time you see two wo men kissing each other see how quick they let go. } There will be a terrible rattling ‘ among the dry bones of the G. O. P. after the 4th of March next. The idea of such a mass of po litieal putrifaction as Blaine and his party accusing the Democrats of fmud! l A Toceon lawyer got the bulki ot foo of the season, viz: Five pashels of apples and a bushel of chasnuts, L ooaug il in Georgia is said o hive hair “that sweeps the foor.” She will probably teach it 1, wash and fron. ' gt A B {[uralson Adair, of Henry euaty, has u}lpture\l one huadred D this season. He also enht two polecats by mistake. The Damboeratic rooster is still nising his shrill clarion on the morning air. The Democratie post 1 is now undoubtedly the wock of the walk.” ' A local paper says, rather am pewonsly, that the Cornell fresh mn class this yaar will embrace teenty women. We would like to by a fresh:nan daring the em bracing exercises. The wife of a Methodist preach in Georgia takes turns with him atpreaching. When his parish joners see the old gentleman dig ging worms in the back yard they kwow that it is his day off. Maggie Fergusom, a pretty girl of 15 years, has just made the trip foim St. Louis to Atlanta in a box ar, stealing her way like a tramp. she had no money, but wished to lh-:;ch re:atives at Georgia's capi al, The Athe's negroes now say that Cleveland is elected, but Gen. trant will see that Blaine is seat ¢l They firmly believe that Demoeratic saccess means slavery titheir race, and several have al raly picked their masters. The eolored citizens are already beginning to feast on "possum and taters in every part of the State, They are likewise supplementing their rations with occasional mess &of coon, althongh they are by no means eavmnibals, At the recent term of Superior Court in- Oglethorpe county the irst verdict was granted in the di voree suit hetween Joe and Has st Stewart. 1t will be remem berad that this couple were uucle e and their marriage ere “gaite a sensation. ' Cortersvilie hins bven visited by 3'l wars, il gart and Seobel, from 'l‘l':'\.tn, Cavada.,, with the view " establishing settlements for a vl eluss of emigrants, who, Hample means, sre secking a e congenial elimatoe in which W liake permanent homes. ‘he ramor comes from seross Weosea that Mary Anderson “harts very mach under the re- Ut ceritieisms of Labouehors in Crati, 1f Hary had only a six foot Kentucky swoothenrt to put fter the critic! But she seems to hive f Tgotien the jand of her na ‘u\l‘.\, Itis claimed that & new specios % hippopotamus has been discov tred on o remote part of the Riv ¢ Nile. This intelligence will be received with degree of great tisfaction, Next o another pro fessional baseball club there was Mothing this country yearned for Sith & mope yearning yearnfalness than g gy species of hippopota nysg, The T‘;(Tmm-‘i_h‘:lys “1\[01111“)7 “Yening i men, Martin Rogers M 1 Elishy Rogers, were arrested 2 Marshq Rainey and Constable HMitt g g instance of Mary El- T, l’ln-y were charged with 'Ht@"““‘!" 30 bundles of foddor. “I*‘)’ Wora tl-i.;d beful'fl Justice J. C Zacln-(-.\,y the dsial fat e " 10 o'elook & m. and ending at hduight. g Court released tho I)risoners.n THE DAWSON JOURNAL YOl 15 MY JERSEY LILY. Round and deep her liquid eye— Window of the heart— Looking in I think I spy My own eounterpart. Silken laghes drooping o'er, Frame my portrait there. Dare I tell her I adore Ler? Duare I stroke her hair? Yes; hex face is close to mine— Breath like new-morn hay Fans my cheek. My arms Il twine "Round her neck and say: Lily, dear, thou'rt mine for life, Tell me, Lily, now, What, though I may have a wife— Can’t I love my eow? . 1 :?___:: STOP, YOUNG MAN. Stop, pause and reflect before you handle your reputation with unhallowed hands. If a woman must be stoned, let not the missile be hurled by the hand of a man— it is cowardly and contemptible for the stronger to triumph over the wlaker. This is a growing evil over the sex, and they forget that a wife, mother, or sister may be a vietim of some open_ asper sions or sly innuendo that may cost a life in avenging the injury. The estimate you put upon fe male integrity is too low at best to take advantegs of every un guwrded point to make your at tack, and where no invasion is sus pected no defense will be made. It is troe you may sometimes be thrown into the society of thought less, even debased women, bnt you must not judge of the whole sex by the deliuguences of a few any more than you would judge of the valor and resistance of an entire army by the cowardly sur render of a small garrison, or judge of the character of honora ble and reputable citizens by the humiliating and startling develop ments of the police court. Many a spotless character has been for ever wrecked in this indiserimi nate juldgement, and many a man’s happiness destroyed by this lack of faith in woman. Never speak lightly of your fe male friends, for the blows of an open, direct attack are more easi ly parried than those oblique, un looked for shafts that strike us sideways. An innocent woman never recovers from a wound - flicted upon her reputation. No balsam, however soothing and po tont, heals the fatal stab, and its ache and fever are ever present, reminding the poor vietim that a canker worm is ever prey i up on vitality and snapping the roots of life and happiness. Horse Robbers in Georgia. Atlanta, Ga , Journal. : A young man by the name of A. J. Smith was brought to the city F'riday evening by Mr. Tuarner, of the penitentiary department. Smith goes up for four yvears, from Lumpkin county for horse steal ing. Smith confessed his guilt, and said there was a regular or oanized band of horse thieves operating in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama, and that he was one of the leaders of the band. He further sail that the young man Willoughbery, arrested by Marshal Ware, of LaCrosse, and Capt. Couaeh, of this place, wasa member of it. He said they had got in some good work in these States, and when it breame neces sary they were prepared to ran their horses off as far as Texas. To him, he said, thelife of a horse thief was @ fascinating one, and when a man onee joined the gang Ihz‘ could not go back on them. The band has been operating many years, and they hud com muuications with other bauds in different Statos, Mr. Turner car ried him Friday night to the Dade | coal mines. The Youuy Farmer. Mr. Beecher thinks a young farmer’s head ought to be good for somoething more than merely to hang his hat on, and we thiuk sO, too. 1t ought to be filled with usefal knowledge, such as will give him the advantage of the dolt and and enable him not only to “make his way in the world,” but to accomplish great good among his fellow men. He should have too much pride to be ignorant; but if he has no pride yet his love of monay or desire to be rich should detevmnine him to take all the chances of suceess, —Lx. Dawson, Ga., Thursday, November 20, 1884. KISS ME, TOO, PAPA. Louisville Courier-Journal. “Hand me that collar-button,” demanded Mzr. Geo. Welsby, tura ing with an air annoyed toward his little girl. “Learn to let things alone, will you? There now, tune up and howl.” “George, don't speak to the child that way,” said Mrs. Welsby, depositing a shirt on a chair. “Well, why can't she behave herself? Every time sifo sees that T am getting ready to go to any place she makesa point of hindering me. Let that cravat alone.” I “Put down papar’s cravat , dar ling. She’s too young to know any better.” “No, she isn’t. Other people’s i children know how to behave. T'll | bet I'll miss the train. I am some [times tempted to wish she had 'never been born.” § “Oh, George!” exelaimed the ‘wife. T wouldn't say that.” ! “Confound it, she worries me 'so. T havew’t more than time to i cateh the train,” harriedly kissing ihis wife. | “Kiss me, too, pape.” | “I ought not to, you areso bad,” stooping aud kissing her. “Good bye. Will be back in three or four days.” | | Mr. Welsby is a commereial traveler, a kind and tender-heart ed man, but subjected at times to nervousness. Seated with sever al vivacions acquaintances, spoad irg over the eountry, a-little voice would steal in between the roars i“f merry laughter and say: “Kiss me, too, papa.”. . In the sample room of the vil lage hotel,between the inquiries of purchasers, he could hear the voice, and at night when he lay down he could see the little hands reaching toward him and could hear, “Igiss me, too, papa.” At morning, when the sunbeams stole across his bed, he thought of the bright little face at home and said: | “God forgive me for wishing | that she never had been born.” ; “Welsby, what is the matter, old | fellow?” askéd a companion. | They were ina conveyance, rid i ing towards an interior town. { “I don’t feel very well to-day.” | “Do any basiness back here?” ' “Yes, did very well.” E “I didn’t do anything, butl lwon't let it weight me down. Got 'a letter from the house this morn ing. The old boy iskicking about ‘expenses. Got a bottle of cock | tail here.” ' “I don’t care for any.” “Then there mustbe something i the matter with you.” On a night train going home, ! he could see the little hands. “(lack, elack, clack—kiss me, too; Liss me, too.” | ‘What's the vews?” he asked of ; a friend, when he stopped upon the 'platform and ealled a hackman. | “Nothing, I believe; everything's | quiet.” ; “No scarlet fever or diptheria raging, is there?” i “No, not that I have heard.” i The familiar scenes brought ‘ rest to bis mind. He looked back : oa his trip with a shadder, lilmi one who awakes and econtemplates | a nightmave through which he has just puassed. l “Good-night,” he said paying the hackman. “A light burning! Julia is expeecting me,” he mased, ascending the steps. A ghastly face met him at the door. A volce in agony whisper ed: “Oh, George, our little girl is dead!” Wilfully Silent For Ten Years. Georgia Exchange. Olivia Jenkins, of Gwinnette county,petulantly refused to speak to her father ten years ago. Al'hough living in the same house with him ever since, she has never attered a word to him, acting at the table and elsewhere like some one damb. She would nct even speak to others while he was in hearivg. She was frequently re monstrated with for this course, but she explained that in his pres enee she was really dumb, aud could not by any effort use her tongue till be went out of sight. She died on Tuesday night with out having ever opened her lips to him, THE GOVERNOR’'S MESSAGE. The Savannah News furnishes the following synopsis of Gov. McDaniel's message to the Legis lature. Our columns forbid a more extended notice: The Governor shows that he is thoroughly acquainted, not only with the financial condition and demands of the State, but with its every interest, and he has present ed them in a manner so thorough and simple that the most illiterate ought to be able to understand them. In regard to the payment of the bonded indebtness of the State due in 1886, the Governor recom mends the refunding thereof in bonds to run not less than 30 years at not over 5 per cent. interest. The reason for this is that long term bonds are eagerly sought after by investors at low rates of interest. The message calls especial at tention to the necessity of provid ing for the proper valunation of property for taxation, and ex plains the causes of the defieit which appears in the estimate of the Treasure’s receipt’s and expen ditares for 1854 In reference to the Railroad Commission, it recommends the passage of a law authorizing ap peals from its decissions to the courts of the State. ~ Theaction of the Capitol Com missioners in adopting politie limestone for facing the exterior walls of the new ecapitol is ex plained, and, in the Governor’s opinion, should be satisfactory to every disinterested and reasonable citizen of the State. It earnestly recommends the es tablishing of a house of eorrection for the reception of youthful felons —of whom quite a number are now serving in the penitentiary camps —as suggested by Capt. Nelms, the efficient Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary —and appended to the message the Governor pre sents a list of seprieves and par dons granted by him, and gives the reason for clemency in each case as ' rovided by law. The State Agricultural Depart ment is commended and the pro priety of establishing an experi mental farm urged on the attention of the General Assembly, and the information given that the farm of the University of Georgia has been tenderad to the State for that purpose. The steady growth of our public school system is stated, and the increased prosperity of the uni versity under the new order of things adopted in 1881 is com mented on. It is recommended to enlarge the scope of the school of agriculture and mechanic arts in the ‘university so as to make it really a school of technology, This is an important matier, and doubtless one that will receive muoch attention by the General Assambly. The message calls at'ention {o the necessity for rigid inspection and regulation of saving instita tions and banks of deposit, and for the presevrvatiov and protection of trust funds. Attention is called to the neces- | sity of & well-equipped and regu- 1 lated malitia, and the movement to increase the efliciency of our volunteer malitia will doubtless command theattention of the uen eral Asseinbly. The necesrity for amending the constitution is urged on the Gen eral Assembly, but the Governor does not fuvor the general revis ion of that instrument by a State convention, There is little doubt that the suggestion contained in the mes sage will serve as valnable guides to the General Assembly in de termining what course to pursue on many questions that will come up before it. The Governor has been in the service of the State for many years, and is familliar, not only with the outlines, but the details of every department of the governmeant. “Is anybody waiting on you?” said a polite dry goods clerk to « young lady from the country. “Yes, sir,” rveplied the blushing damsel, “that's my fellow out side-~he would not come in the store.” ' CHINESE MOB CHRISTIANS. \ ~ Women Outraged and Buildings Looted. SAN Fraxcisco, Nov. 10.—The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, which arrived here last night, brings Hong Kong advices to Oet. 22, The ecities of Tokio and Yoko hama were visiled by a severe earth quake on Oct. 15. The shock was the heaviest experienced since Feb. 22,1880, but the damage was comparatively slight. The first shock lasted two minutes,and was followed by several minor shocks. The Overland China Mail, of Hong Kong, publishes a full text of an interview between John Rus sell Young, the American Minis ter, and the Viceroy, Li Hung Chang,on the subject of medintion between France and China. The closing portion of the interview, not previously reported, is as fol lows: Mr. Young—“lf France propos ed American mediation, will China aceept it.” Li Hung Chang—*“She might, but will certainly not again pro pose it.” Mr. Young—“ May I inform my government to this effect?” Li Hung Chang—“ You may.” FEARFUL WORK BY MOBS. Chinese mobs have been com mitling fearful outrages on per sons and places of Christian wor ship at Canton and iaterior points. In the province of Kwang Tung alone four Roman Catholic and four Protestant churches have been destroyed. Oue hundred and twenty houses of resident Christians have been looted and their occupants driven away. At Nam Hoi three Catholic chapels were piilaged, as were also the houses of converts Priests and converts were beaten and females outraged. At Shi Hung the Churchof Euvgland Chapel was destroyed. The Chinese tore the clothing from the preacher’s wife and treated her shamefully. At Chant Sung the Wesleyvan Chapel was destroyed. Christians are flecing from the province to Hong Kong. The Chinese gave them the alternative of suaerificing to idols or leaving their houses. They preferred the laiter, but while leaving many of the women were caught and outraged. 15 CHURCHES DESTROYED. The authorities of the Twelve Cantonese villages have already been destroyed and several stores looted. Many persons are home loss. Although the attention of the Chinese Government Las been called to these barbarous aects, no aetion has been taken to pre vent them or or to punish the per petrators. At Kit Young a mob destroyed all the Roman Catholie and Buglish ehurches. At Swatoa the Catholie priests were ordered to leave, and after they had left Chinese soldiers broke into the houses and ravished the female converts. Smoked Him Down, Perry, Ga., Home Journal. Armed with a warrant, and ac companied by two young men, Bailiff Tuttle went out to Toomer & Bruuson’s plantation last Sun day night in search of a negro named Anderson Johnsen. : They surrounded the cabin in whiel the uegro was supposed to be, but admittance was at first re fused, and thoy were told that An derson was not in the house. Some one walked across the floor and direetly the deor was opened, and one of the young inen went into the house, while XMr. Tutile and the other remained outside ;tn intercept if he should attempt l to escape by the door or window. l Anderson’s wife was inside the cabin, but the mnegro sought for could not be found. After a com plete and fruitless seavch of the cabin was made, a fire was built in the hearth, and it blazed up, a scuflling noise wus heard up the chimuey, soot began falling, and and finally & negro came down, land Anderson Jolnson become ttho prisbuer of the ofticers. He had gone up the chimney to hide, ‘aud was smoked out. He pre (seutc«l a most ludirous appearunce when he came down the chimney. NO. 28. BOTH ARE MOURNING. They Don’t Know Which Won Their Election Bets. ; Last Tuesday Gobblepie, who is a staunch Democrat, bet his roommate, Bugfighter, a gecod Re publican, $5 on ‘he result of ' the election, says the Cincinnatt; Times-Star. On Wednesday Gob blepie came down stairs, his face lit up with a four-inch smile, and asked Bugfighter, who sat discon solate in a corner, for the “fiver.’ He turned it over with an"ill gracs, and muttered curses on the “ blast ed Democrats.” (lobblepie went down to the office, 4nd, getting his fellow Demeocrats ‘together, went out and spent every last cent of Bugfighter’s hard-earned mon ey. Thursday morning the loser arose early and got a glimpse of his paper. Running up the stair case four . steps at a juwp, he awoke the sleeping Demoerat and demanded a “fiver” on the strength of Blaine being elected. Gobble-. pie, thunderstricken, forked it over and filled the air with good, solid Democrat blessings. Buog- | fighter also went down town, and } gathering a band of Prohibition- ‘ ist about him, they went to a sa loon and invested that “sneaking} Demoeraties $5” in extract of drunk. This morning they b(xth‘ descended to the breakfast room in feverish haste, and each seized Lis party journal. They read in tently for a while, when Gobble pie broke forth: “Look here, Bugfighter, you bulldozed me out of that casli yes. terday morning.” “What! You— Why, you cold-blooded swimllm-,‘ you actually stole my five dollars Wednesday morning,” was Bug fighter's hot reply. “Don’t call me a swindler!” “lf you call me bulldozer I'll knoek you down!” “Balidozer!"” “Bwindlerl'. 1 1] %0 s ] The rest of the boarders, after a hard s!ruggle, pulled them apart, and untwisted Gobblepie's hand from DBugfighter’s haiv while others wrested Gobblepie's shirt bosom out of Buglighter's band. They are roommales no longer, and each mowrns hLis five dollars as lost. A Sad Sight, The depth of depravity to which children, in some of our larges cit. ies, sometimes sink i 3 painfully il lustrated in the case of the little girls arrested in Chicago the oti er day, whose ages ran between fourteen and sixteen. A number of these poor outeasts had ‘organ ized themselves into a band who made the robbing of Chinese laun dry establishments their special work. They waould ehloroform the Chinaman and then rob them, besides doing other deeds of erime. Filthy in speeeh, shabily dressed and profligate beyond de scription, they formed a hideous index to the degradstien into which the vagabonds and neglect ed children of our great and lus urious cities may fall. The ar rested children confessed their evil deeds, and under fines of one hundred dollars each, they were gent to the house of correction. Whata sad commentary upon cur civilazation. Good Society. | Union and Recorder. Many parents who have eous and daughiers growing up are amvious for them to get into good ‘ society. This isan hour ef anxiety Purents, your daughter is in good sociely when she is with girls who are pure and true-learted; who are not vain and frivolous; who think of scwething else bLesides dress, flirting and marriage; be tween whomn and tleir parents there is confidence; who are use ful s well as ‘orncmental in the house; who eultivate their minds, and train their haunds to use ful and skillful workmanship. Neither wealth nor fine clothes make good society-—-they are counterfeits without character to back themn. Intelligence, simplicity, modesty and goodness ave the true coin— and the same role; with manliness, applies to boy = A bearded girl. six yearsof age, has appeared i oune of the hoith ern dune wuseums. Young wen who are stroggling to bring out a moustach schould ouee more take courago. A WOMAN'S HORRIBLE DEATIH. - Terrible End of a Gaorgia Girl’s Adventarous Career. ja Lo b ‘News-has reached New York, says the Néw York ‘Timés, thata ‘'woman whose escapade 3 have at dilferent times startled and shock-" ed thie-good paopls of Rures eonti nents, has. at iast met swith a dreadfpl fate in Japan. This wo man was knowa to,_New Yorkers 16 or 17 years ago ns Mrs. John Beecher, afterwards as the Coun tess Pourtales, latér to the Pari siang as o lady ®f fashion, and finul'y 1o thes iniperiak circles of Yokohaiea as the favorite of the Japanese Prime _Mjuister. She was a daughter of a respectable Georgin fatsily and was brought to- this eity a blooming ¢irl by her mother just after the close ef* the war. Apparently the family had saved some means from the wreek caused by the war, for the mother and ‘Qaughter were able to live in gdod -style at ‘the ' Astor House. ] ' ~ After awhile they moved to the Fifth Avennune Hotel, and there the daughter met Mr. Jchn Beecher, at that time a wealthy member of a well-known whole sale liquor firm, who lived at the hotel. 1t was net long before she becameé Mrs. Beecher, and the young couple left the hotel to oe capy a laxurious home.” Mrs. Beecher, soon after her marriage, manifested a most flirtations and wayward disposition, which final ly s¢ compromised her reputation that Mr. Beecher was forced to seek a divorce. 'This in course of time he procured, and shortly af terwards the eommunity was startled by the announcement that My, Eeechor had shot Lloyd Phoe nix as he ascended the steps of Lis sister's Fifth Avenue resi dence. She subsequently went to Paris, where she had not sojourn od long before she became the Countess Pourtales. It was said that she met the Count on the steamship in whizh she sailed from New York. The Count had been attached to the Irench Les gation at Washington, and bad married & daughter of Ben Halli day, but had been for some time a widower. 'The first, Countess di ed on a railroad {rain while near ing Chicago, whither sho was jourreyiug. " After their marriage in Par’s, Count Pourtales returned to his post in Washington and carried his bride with hi, hut, the fame of the Countess’ escapades having preceeded her, the “couple- were not well received, and the Count, at Liis own request, was speedily recalled. -~ IFrom Puris they went to Japan, and there the Countess’ con:lnet was, in essentlal raspects, similiar to what it had been as Mrs. Beecher in New York, and the Count finally abgpdoned her in disgust. Enventudlly = she openly became migtress of the Japunese Prime Minister, and in course of time attempted to play as free with him as she had done with lier husbands. But among the other barbarous enstormn of that country is one that punishes infidelity with deuth, whether the offender be wife or mistress. As the story comes from those distant shores, one night two masked men enter ed tha ‘wretched woman's house, seized and bowstrang her, then put her body into a sack and flung it into the river. The informa tion is undoubtly true, and it has been known for some time toa number cf persons in this city, but has mot heretolore gained ‘publication. Practicing with Pistols. Two little boys, aged 16 or 18, who lived in Eatouton, were out practicing with a pisto), back of Judge Lawson's piace last Sunday afternoon. These little fellows are evidently getiing -ready to ghoot something, or to. paint the town red, or {o receue somebody from the Indians, - They are dan gerous. ‘lhey have been reading novels, and, consequently are ex tremely brave and are aching to do something desperate. They were cut practicing ‘turdey, and mo doubt they got it done fine, and they can draw 2 bead en gu In dian with absolute certainty. In lthc weantime, while thieir dander 18 up, it weuld be weil for them |to continue to practiveron Sunday %uftornoous 0 us to Leeble to meet |several Indians who will be om ithe next graud jury. About the only force some peo lpleisthe force of babit. o