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■mi mm (The 0 me (Citizen. Sullivan Brothers, Publishers. Subscription Rates : One Copy ouo year - - §2 00 *. “ six months *• ] 00 « “ three months - 50 POS IT! V K L Y C A S II. / Volume 2. Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, September 21st, 1883. X Number 19. EMKa-.raua:^ ■. The Augusta Chronicle has a lone some look among Southern papers jn its support of Randall for the Speakership of the next House of Representatives, The Augusta Xewx comes t aus this week in an enlarged form, and vet it is none too large. The pro prietors of the Xeirx have added improvement after improvement to their paper until in form, size am l matter it has taken its plaee i„ the front rank of the leading journals of the .State, and is an ex ample of wluit pftiek, energy, indus try uiul talent can accomplish. We ure sincerely glad to note this evi dence of prosperity in our Augusta contemporary, and send our good wishes for its future success. 0 lit <Tme (fitizen. Jennie (rumer. compelled to leave home on ne- A New Haven special to the New : ( ‘ ,,ullt of tlu! strong feeling against The (oi'i'nri Kinliaxii). York Tirnex says: “Tlio most mvs- them for their Union sympathy, so terious character who tigured in the ! that there was no one at home but Mailey-t nuiicr mystery two years i llliams liciselt. ago, was the individual known as <>M tlu ‘ ,Klforo Morgmi'a the mail with the black moustache. I donth, about 1) o’clock, the quiet of Many witnesses swore that they| the Williams’ house was disturbed saw such a man with Jennie Urn- ,,y n 1<)lul kn °ck at the deor. Mrs. mer, the murdered girl, the two; Williams went to the door and Mai ley boys and Blanche Douglass rt,i| ked: in their trips at the shore immetli- A ho is there . ntcly proceeding the murder and! “ John Morgan’s men,” was the reply. The Savannah Timex shows up the terrible expenses of prosecuting criminals, in the case of Major Lee, u youthful negro murderer, who has been in jail in that city since De cember, 1880, and for whose expen ses the county is asked to pay near ly $50(1, and his expenses are still Ifoing on. The tax for the prosecu tion of criminals is the heaviest bur den that the public lias to hear.— Put this expense must he paid, or criminals allowed to go unpunished. This expense ought, and we believe, could be raised from the shoulders of honest, law-abiding . citizens of the State, who are compelled to pay this terrible tax to protect their lives and property from the lawless, by es tablishing criminal courts in each county in the State before whom accused persons could bo tried and disposed of at once. The idea of keeping a prisoner locked up in jail at the public expense for months is not only nonsensical, but entails an unjust tax upon the virtuous part of the community. If an accused per son is innocent, he should he roleas- edat once—if guilty, let the puisli- ment follow the crime quickly. The Atlanta Constitution informs us that the Legislature has refused to pay the burial expenses of Gov ernor Stephens. Our Atlanta con temporary censures this action on the part of the House of Represent atives severely, while on the otlirr hand it is claimed that the bills ren dered were enormously high. The Legislature would probably have been willing to have paid a reason able amount for the burial expen ses of (iovernor Stephens, and we think the action of the House is to lie commended for its rejection of the outrageous and ureasonnble charges it was asked to pay. We cannot understand why the State diould pay three or four times as much lor the same services as would he expected from a private individual, 'faking advantage of the love of the people of Georgia lor their illustrious dead, these cor morants would make the great ca lamity of (iovernor Stephens’ death 11 source of private speculation— they seemed to suppose that the people wept golden tears. They have received a check which we hope will operate to learn them that they cannot rob the State by playing upon the strain of senti ment, (>ur Augusta exchanges announce the death of Major Samuel 11. Crump, which occurred in Augusta on \\ ednesday morning last. His death was very sudden, and al though in* had been in had health tor some months past, it was very unexpected. As late as 10 o’clock Tuesday evening he was with a par ty of friends, and left them at that hour to go to his room in his usual k'ood spirits, which nothing—not even disease—could dampen. On Wednesday morning when his ser vant failed to arouse him, liis broth er, Mr. Oeorge A. (’rump, was noti c'd, ami upon opening the door h'uiul him lying upon his bed us if hi quiet slumber, hut his gallant s °ul laid taken its flight, alone, to the (toil who gave it. I hi* announcement of the dentil °t .Major Crump will not only he mourned in Augusta, where all hnew and loved him, hut will cause !1 sigluif sorrow to heave tin* breast 'd his many friends throughout the * s tntc. Our personal friend, we mourn his death. Major Crump wore no empty ti- *h‘ s . hut was the hero of two wars. •^m| in,(I. upon tin* plains of Mex- 11,(1 mid w bile battling for the “Lost Guise” pi'ovmi ]|is devotion to his •mtive State and his patriotism by deeds of valor, lie was with the "feat Southern leader at Appomat- G*, and followed the intrepid Gor- 'hni jn that terrible, well-remem- hm’eil and last charge at Fort Stead- 1111111 before the tlnal surrender of Jhe Confederate arms. And when " sheathed his sword, not one net ."! l 11 committed that would bring oliisli of shame to the cheek of d"'who wore it. But “lie fought o '., i * t'ffht, he won his last ha - >e has “crossed over the river,” mal is at rest. that lie'seemed to be on intimate terms with them. In the early sta ges of the investigation into the circumstances attending the girl’s death, every exertion was made to ascertain who the man with the black moustache was, and where he came from. But the man disap peared so suddenly and completely after the investigation was set on foot that many interested in the ease were disposed to regard him as a myth. Royal M. Bassetts, a wealthy manufacturer of Birming ham, arrived homo from a trip to Europe a few weeks ago. Unless he is the victim of a gross and motiveless deception, he had the strange fortune to meet the man with the black moustache in ids travels. lie is a warm friend of Edward Malley, father of Charles Millley, and partly on this account and partly because he is averse to notoriety, refrained from saying anything about his remarkable ad venture. But a few evenings ago. to a small circle ot friends, he rela ted how he met a young man at the railway station at Brussels late one night, and traveled with him to London. The two became acquaint ed, and it resulted in the stranger telling Mr. Bassett that lie was the mysterious man with the Mack moustache. The man xvent on to give full details of Jennie Cramer’s poisoning. lie said she was in hiding for the first few days. They were looking for him, and lie took passage for Germany, being liberal ly supplied with money by parties whose interest it was to keep him out of the way of the authorities, and being under agreement not to return to America, lie was about to goto Australia, as he saw a favor able opening there, Mr. Bassett parted with him in London. One of the gentlemen to whom Mr. Bas sett told this story says: “Mr. Bassett spoke of his adventure in the course of a conversation which we had about the strange acquaint ances people make when traveling. The man said that the girl was poisoned at the Malley House. He claimed that the killing of the girl was not intended. ~She had refused to comply with their solicitations, and Walter fixed up a dose to drug her so that she would be helpless, or, at least, I think the dose was spoken of simply as drugs. It had unexpectedly a fatal result. This occurred, as I understood Mr. Bas sett to say, Thursday night, instead of the night following, which was the one on which the State in its prosecution of the Malloys and Blanche Douglass built its theory as to the time of the murder. It was not till the next night that the body was taken to the shore and thrown into the water. The blnck- moustached man told Mr. Bassett that lie assisted in this part of the job. The man said he was formerly a clerk in New York, and told in what office he worked, anil all about himself. He also described | all the details of the girl’s death, j and the way in which the body was I disposed of with a particularity which evidently made a deep im pression on 31 r. Bassett’s mind.— The man is now in Australia, as he said he was on his way there at the time of meeting Mr. Bassett. Knowing Morgan very well, Mrs. Williams had no hesitation in ad mitting those outside, particularly ns a sudden thought Hashed through her mind, which subsequently bore good fruit. Throwing the door open she hade them enter and wel come, and Morgan crossed the threshold with three or four of his staff. Mrs. Williams prepared a supper for them. At her earliest opportu nity to get out of the house, she went to a twelve years old boy whom she knew, and gave him some instructions and a note. The boy disappeared, and fifteen min utes later he rode cautiously out of town on a Imy horse. When half a mile away, he laslied his animal to a run. Unsuspicious and confiding, Mor gan and his staff supped, and about 11 o’clock retired to bed. They slept soundly, and day was just be ginning to break, when was heard the tramp of feet, a cry, a shot, and then all was still. About eighteen miles ftom Green ville, Gen. Alvin ('. Gillem, of the Union army was encamped with 2,">00 soldiers. Gen. Gillem was sleeping in Ids tent at 11 o’clock when a picket awakened him, and called him outside. He found the picket holding by the bridle a bay horse whose thinks were bathed in foam, and on whose back was a small boy. The general asked the lad what he wanted, and for an an swer the boy handed Gillem a note. It read: “General Morgan and his staff, with a small force of men, are stop ping at my house, and will remain all night. If you send a detachment of men before sunrise you may capture them. Yours truly, Mks. John WnmiAMS. The boy was taken into Gillem’s tent and fed, and immediately boots and saddle was sounded, afid six companies of cavalry under Colonel Ingerton were ordered to Green ville. Mixed Schools. Morgan’8 l.nst Haiti. Ilia statement recently made to ail 'Indianapolis newspaper, An drew J.Campbell, the Union soldier who killed the Confederate General John II. Morgan, at Greenville, Tennessee, narrated all the circum stances of Morgan’s attempt to es cape and the manner in which lie shot him down, but said he knew nothing of the means by which his commander learned that he was at Greenville. The missing informa tion is supplied by Edward S. Rich ards, a grain merchant of Chicago, who was Adjutant General of Ten nessee while Andrew Johnson was Military Governor of that State. John William* was a Tennesseean, hut a Union sympathiser, lie was The Boston llerahl, in a burst of honest journalism protests against mixi>t schools for the South on the ground that it works injury to both races. Coming from the latitude where the Herald makes its home and advocating Republican politics conspire to render its remarks pe culiarly refreshing. It says: “No Northern educator who has made even a cursory study of the educa tional problem of the South will favor mixed schools there, whatev er may have been bis previous views. Sueli a policy would, in the first place, cause the parents of the white children who are able to pay for their private education to with draw from t lie public schools; and the latter could not long be main tained without the active interest and support of the taxpaying class. Mixed schools, even if it were pos sible to sustain them, would work an injury to the colored children, by bringing them under subjection to the children of dominating race. Neither race at the South is yet so far away from the old habits and traditions of slavery that any theo ries of equality can prevent this practical subjection of the weaker race when its members are brought in close relations with the stronger. The lack of moral training and in stincts among the negro girls of the South is felt by those who know the actual condition of society there, to be a sufficient reason for educating the races, and, so far as may be, the sexes, separately. All that justice requires is that the black clildren shall aliurc with the white in the distribution and benefits of the school moneys, ami shall hav*> com fortable buildings and suitable teachers. The question is a very different one where half the chil dren are black, and their parents have been reared in slavery, from what it is in our Northern commu nities where the colored children count only as scattering, and have a man of wealth and education, and i been accustomed to something like had a very beautiful and accom plished wife, twenty yeurs ids Jun ior. Mrs. Williams was a strong Union woman, and lost no oppor tunity to give aid or Information to the Union soldiers, 31 r. and .Mrs. Williams’ residence was at Green ville, about fifty-six miles from Bristol, where the Confederate ar my was encamped, Williams with equality of privileges,” Atlanta, Ga., Sept. I!.—W, Montrose, of the New York i'o/iee Uazeftr, was to-day convicted of distributing an obscene pictorial newspaper, and sentenced to pay a fine of #1,000 or sentenced to serve twelvemonths in the chain gang.— The ease will be carried to the others of his townsmen hud been | Supreme Court. Snvnnnnli News, lfitli inst. The Comm Embassy, which ar rived in Washington yesterday, will excite curiosity, not only in the na tional eapitol, but in every city that they visit. They will excite curios ity not only because they are the first Comms to leave their kingdom for any western land, but also be cause they are different from any people on the face of the globe.— They speak a different language and have different customs. The Embassy consists of nil Envoy Ex traordinary and 3Linister Plenipo tentiary, a Vice-Minister, a Secre tary,six attaches and an interpreter. The Minister is a nephew of the king. His name is 3Hn Yong Ik.— The Vice-Minister is a son of the Prime 3Iinistcr, an glories in the name of Hong Yong Sik.— The Secretary is known by the name of So Kong Pon. The Em bassy is in charge of 3rr. Percival Lowell, of Boston, who will take care that they see all the sights, and are not imposed upon by the hotel keepers, or deprived of their cash by confidence men. A little more than a year ago, a commercial treaty was made between this coun try and Corea. It was the first commercial treaty that Corea ever made with any country, and the Embassy are in this country now to ratify it. Our Minister to Corea is General Foote, of California, who was appointed a little over six months ago. The reports received from him within the last few weeks were such as to create the impres sion that he wishes that he had re mained at home. Corea is an al most unknown country. No for eigners are permitted to enter it.— There is a law, not very rigorously enforced now, punishing with death any one not a native who steps upon Corean soil. This is one of the reasons why there is less known of Corea than any other country.— The kingdom is on the east coast of Asia, and has an area of DO,000 square miles. It comprises a peninsula 400 miles long and 140 miles wide, a large number of adjacent islands and a part of the main continent. The entire length of the kingdom from north to south is (>00 miles.— The population is placed at about Id,000,000, although nothing is abso lutely known about it. The climate is cold, especially in the north. A more temperate climate and the most fertile part of the kingdom are found in the southwest. Wheat, rice, cotton, hemp, ginseng and va rious kinds of fruits are produced. The inhabitants are of the mougo- lian race. They are larger than the Chinese, anil bear a strong resem blance to the Japanese. In dress and social life they approach the Chinese. They are the only people in Eastern Asia who still rigidly maintain caste distinctions. The higher classes are fairly well educa ted, and are followers of Confucius. The mass of the people, however, are Buddhists. The government is despotic, and the lives and property of the people are at the mercy of the lowest officials. 3Ir. Lowell, speaking of some of the peculiari ties of the Coroans, says that as a race, “they are stoics, although they are exceedingly polite and courte ous. They do not believe in mak ing any demonstrations either of sorrow or of joy. They have no amusements or games which call for outbursts of joy. They would make an excellent audience at some of the American plays. Their gambling Consists of a game called “Gobang,” and is the Corean poker. They fail tq understand why Amer ican gentlemen have so much respect for tlu* opposite sex. As a rule, the Corean lias a low opinion of women, although a married man among them outranks a bachelor socially. They marry, as a rule, very young, and as soon as one of them gets a wife he is a man, no matter what his years may be.— Each man is allowed one wife and as many concubines as lie can sup port- The more of the latter, as a rule, the higher the man. The wife has no social standing. If an Amer ican, for instance, should call on a Corean at his home, the Borenn would never think of introducing his wife. There Is no public kissing between the men and women. If a Coroan wants to kiss his wife or sis- | ter, or mother, lie does it on what the Americans would call the j “sly.” All the members of the Embassy are educated men, that is, they are I educated from tlu* Corean stand point. In Chicago they were amazed at everything they saw, They were particularly struck with the tight pants and pointed shoes worn by the men. Their dress is thus de scribed: “Their trouzers are us baggy as those of the zouave. Over this is a loose robe or cent with flowing sleeves. This garment is made of raw silk, and the color va ries according to the wearer’s taste. The nether garments are of cotton, the socks are wadded and fit in shoes similar to those worn by the ordinary Chinese on the streets.— The lints, which arc kept on even at the table, are broad-brimmed, with a sugar-loaf crown. They are silk, woven on bamboo, and they fit on over silk skull-caps elaborately quilted, which fit closely upon the head. These lints are very expen sive, those worn by this Embassy being worth #15 American money. An over garment made of gauze, and split almost from the collar to the bottom, is worn, and at first ap pearance creates the impression that the Embassy have adopted tlu* Moth or Hubbards. The hats are strapped on the heads and tied un der the chins with long black rib bons. The Embassy will remain in this country about two months. After completing their mission, they will visit the principal cities and other points of interest. They propose to get an idea, if they can in so short ft time, of our institutions. They are particularly interested in ma chinery for manufacturing purpos es, and will make lists of the kinds they will advise the Coroans to pur chase. Whether tlu* establishment of commercial relations with Corea will benefit this country or not re mains to he seen. (THHOT (il.KAMNUH. Tlu* No (*'(*iii*t> in Oirlotliorpc* Comity. The negro delegation sent to South Carolina from Oglethorpe county by the no fence men to in vestigate its practical working re turned convinced that it was an advantage, and will canvass the county in behalf of no fence. Conviftfil by it llali* of Cotton. “I went to Texas some years ago for my health,” said a truthful young Pennsylvanian, and it suited me so well that I stayed there a year or two' 3Iost of the time I was a cotton clerk at a station where a great deal of cotton was shipped. It is a cotton clerk’s busi ness to keep a complete record of every bale of cotton that leaves his station. Each bale is so marked when it is put up that it can be ea sily identified, so it can be traced back through record after record by its marks from the mill in England to Liverpool, to New Orleans, to Galveston, to the railroad station where it was first shipped, to the cotton gin where it was first pack ed, and finally to the field where it was grown. The system is perfect. I remember when I was there they traced back in this way a bale of Texas cotton which, when opened in England was found to contain the body of a boy. lie had myste riously disappeared from the farm where the bale was pressed about cotton-picking time. A man who worked there with him, and who had a grudge against him, gave out that the hoy had told him that he proposed to runaway, and return to his friends in the North, and it was assumed that this was where he had gone. Instead he was on his way to Europe. That hale cotton covicteil that man, and lie was hanged for the murder.” I ottnu to In* Kxlitliltuit ns n Curiosity up North. A Northerner wrote to a gentle man in Athens to ship him a box of open and green cotton bolls and leaves, as lie wants to place them on exhibition as a curiosity, lie requested that they he gathered from the farms of Toombs and Stephens, if convenient as they would add to their value in the eyes of the Northern people. Ill-lien. In the scrub back of Indian river narrows, in the State of Florida, are the remains of a settler’s general outfit, wagon, pots, crockery, etc. They have been there many years, and probably mark a tragic spot. Not unlikely they were owned by persons who came to settle under the “Armed Occupation Act” and were slain by the Indians. The oldest settlers can give no account of them. l’»lllii|i oir iu I.lut. Keluia (AIn.) Times. One feature of the short cotton crop of the present year, is tlu* re duced yield of lint from the seed.— A gentleman who has just returned from the prairies, says that a large planter told him that he had just ginned 2,u0<) pounds of seed cotton, which turned out only 350 pounds of lint. A postal from another large planter, near Marion junction, says that lio had just ginned 1,800 pounds of seed cotton which yield ed 220 pounds of lint. Last year, cotton from the same land, ginned on the same gin, yielded 525 pounds of lint to 1,000 pounds of seed cotton. This last falling off in the percent age In lint cotton is at the rate of about 5 per cent. Tills state of facts is pretty gene ral throughout the country. Com bined with the short crop, it makes the outlook very gloomy to some careful tigurers on the general re sult. ^ As the short cotton crop is not confined to Alabama, but extends over many large sections of the cotton country, notably in Texas, the estimate of a five and one-half million bale crop, does not seem extravagantly low. A Mother AiclilentlyKills Her Child. A little child of 3Ir. Shockley Adams, of 3Iilton county, was acci dently killed on last Monday under the following circumstances. Mrs. Adams, its mother was crossing a fence with it and placed it on the fence and attempted to get up her self when the rail turned, throwing both her and the child to the ground, and falling across the child’s head killed it instantly. The child was a little two year old boy. »iov. Sti'pliciis Itiirial Kxiioiisi k, Cor. Augusta Chronicle, Sept. 21. The House yesterday afternoon killed the bill to pay the funeral ex penses of the late Governor Alex ander H. Stephen.**, but reconsidered it this morning, The vote stood (Hi yeas to 39 nays. The amount of the hill was #1,312.25, itemized as fol lows: Patterson & Bowden, for coffin, #500; D. II. Dougherty, for drapery, #301.70; C. M. Cady, for music/ #125; E. Wuchendorf, for flowers, #03; 3Iiller J. Brady, for carriages, #58; Georgia Suit Com pany, for drapery, #00; and some 18 other parties, small amounts from #24.55 down to #1, for carri ages, crape, services, etc. A Henry Comity Production. 3Frs. Wm. Whitney, who lives in Henry county, lias a history that deserves a passing notice from us. She is between seventy-five and eighty years of age—never saw a railroad—never rode in a buggy— was never in a town—never was in but one store, and that was when she was a very small girl—never saw but one cooking stove—lias not been to church since the war—lias not been a mile from home in fif teen years—has been married six ty-two years and her husbaiul has never bought her but two dresses since they were married, and they were cotton dresses. lie IV a ii I ml to Pructlco Ncillcinc. Havauimli Timex. An elderly colored man, named Samuel Smith, approached Mr. James K. P. Carr, the courteous Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court, and desired to register as a homeo pathic doctor. After looking up the law governing such cases, the negro was asked to produce his li cense or diploma as a prerequisite for the registry, lie claimed that he was neither a graduate nor had he a license, but that bis knowledge of roots and vegetables made him sufficiently acquainted with medi cine to practice it, and while he per formed many cures, the people, both white and black, refused to pay him. (iporgla Hog ami Hominy. W. F. Spann, of Webster, is in the front line on the hog and corn ques tion. Some days ago a drove of three hundred and thirty-eight cattle passed through his lane nil their way to the West. On their passage through this lane their way was obstructed by a drove of over two hundred of Spann’s hogs. In order to make a way for the pas sage of the cattle the rails of one of tlu* side fences were taken down and the hogs driven into a field until the cattle passed. 3Ir. Spann has twelve hogs that will aggregate 2,500 pounds. Besides, hi* has in his crib about nine hundred bush els of last year’s corn. A Street Cur lliilleil. Alll'lixtii Clirolllele, K(*|it. lStl*. Yesterday morning as a proces sion of brick masons were crossing Broad street, on Mnrhury, the up ward hound street car came up. A negro man planted himself in the middle of the track and waved the ear down with his stick intending that it should stop until the pro cession passed. After learning his idea, and not having any time to lose, Mr. Skinner, the driver, polite ly asked him to move aside which lie did not do. In a few seconds quite a crowd gathered around, which attracted the attention of Officer Prather, who arrived on the scene and, at the request of the driver, stepped up to take the man off the track. The officer, however, was pushed hack. He immediate ly opened Ids coat, displaying his badge, and after arresting the man carried him to the barracks. A re port was circulated through town yesterday not only that the officer was resisted by the negro hut was badly beaten up by him. This, however, is not true. The iiian, while wrong in detaining the car, did not either resist or strike the officer, but on seeing his badge sub mitted quietly to arrest. Advertising Rates : Tninsli'iil mil's. jm.viUili: In lulvmirc. i ’imtrmt ml vs. pn.vntilo t|imrtcrly. l 'imiiiiiiiiicntlims for porsonn! lipiieflt will bo WmrKPil fnrmwulvx., pnyiilili* In mlvnnt't*. Ailvs. occupying; special position otmiucil 2.1 per pent. mldilloiml. Notices iiinunu reading matter 10 cents per line, each insertion. Notices in I.oeal .v ltuxtness column, next to rending, a cents per line eaeli insei tli..i. All notices will tie placed among reading unitler il not specially* ordered otlici'Wlsp. i 'or terms apply at I bis oilier. HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS. O tell me, lie whispered, The cause of your weeping, And why from your lover The reason you’re keeping. Jfast lost any trinket— An earring or locket; Your chewing gum dropped through A hole in your pocket? (), worse than Hint, Harry, The fair maiden blubbered; My papa won’t buy me A new Mother lluhlmrd! Dry goods—Salt fish. Strong butter—An old ram. A wind instrument—The bellows. A melon patch—The returned plug. The sequel comes to those who seek wi ll. Our infant industries — Cradle manufactories. A sherry cobbler will never mend your old shoes. A glove fight should be indulged in only by kids. A Texas hen set for three days oil a nest full of hailstones and hatched out a cyclone. She not been seen since. A ladies’ vigilant committee lias been formed in a Californian town. The husbands do the hanging— around bar rooms. A paper steamboat is soon to bo launched on the Ohio River. They’d better not make it of blotting paper if they want any river left. A Tennessee school-master kissed tlie girls as a punishment, and be fore the term was out lie had a woman of forty-five joining the school. The Springfield Union thinks the postal card “not quite good enough for blotting paper, a little too heavy lor lamp-lighters, and rather too flimsy for sandpaper.” An exchange correspondent asks: “Is there anything that can be burned to keep away musquitoes?” Oil, yes! Burn the mosquitoes.— That will keep them away. An old adage says “Hell is paved with good intentions,” and it’s the only place of which we ever heard that it is. Generally paving is done with the intention of cheating the city. “I know a victim to tobacco,” said a lecturer, “who hasn't tasted food for over thirty years.” “How do you know lie hasn’t?” asked an auditor. “Because tobacco killed him in 1850,” was the reply. “Do you put an ‘e’ in whisky?’ inquired the chicken-fight* reportei of tho city editor. “Rarely,” replied tho city editor, “sometimes a little sugar, and once in a while a piece of lemon, but rarely an *e\” “Why,” asked a governess of her little ehasge, “do wo pray to God to give us our daily bread? Why don’t we ask for four or five days, or a week ?” Because we want it fresh,” replied the Ingenuous child. “Just look at that horrible mud out there,” she lisped. “Well, thai is the proper place for it, is it not?’ be replied. “Where would you have it, oil your boots or down youi neck?” Another fellow pays foi her earemels now. At the marriage of an Alabam widower, one of the servants wa asked if his- master would take bridal tour. “Dunno, sah; who ole missus alive he took a paddle t her; dunno if he will take a bridl to do new one or not.” Young politician writes: “Wh* does a State have a Legislature? My dear boy, it doesn’t. The Logls lature lias tin* State, every time Has it by the throat, by a lurgi majority. Has it by the pocket book. Has it on its back. Macon Telegraph: Dave Urome line tells us that coming down 01 tlu* train the other night he heard : baking powder representative tell i rough story on Atlanta, drummer.** The man from tho yeast said: “ dreamed the other night that died, ami went, ns a matter o course, to purgatory. I lookei around and met burning drummer from almost every city of import mice in tho Union. There was i meat man from Chicago, a sho> man from Boston, un umbrella mill from New York and so on, but no a solitary drummer from Admit: did I see. I thought it strange tint so great a city as Atlanta sbouh not be represented, and to learn th c iuse I hunted up the devil am asked him why it was that the Gat City of Georgia was not representei in his vast assemblage. Without : word he led me to a vast chttmhe and unlocked the door. He pointci to a number of men hanging frmi the coiling and said: “These ar Atlanta drummers, and they nr being hung up to dry. They ar entirely too green to burn.”