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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. CLI8BY & JONES, Proprietors. THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS—LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc—PBICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESfABLISIIED 1826- MACOK, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1880. YOLTJME KO—LV TT WHEN YOU ABE fettWJT. I Mess hs, ■\VLjt legio'iiS offricnds always When golden success lights our way! How they smile as they softly address us, * How cordial, good natural and gay! But, ah, when the sun of prosperity: * Has set, then how quickly they Crown, And cry out in tones of severity, Kick the man —don’t you see he is down What though, when you knew not a i row, Your heart was as open as day, And your friends, when they wanted to ‘ borrow, “ , You’d oblige, and-ne’er slighted; As you wandered about through the town, . . . .. . 'Your fricnds become very near sighted, And don’t Seem to see you when down. When yoq're up you’re loudly exalted, And traders sing out your pialse; When you’re down you have greatly de- • faulted, •-.■»! And they really “don’t fancy your ways.” Your style wa3 tip-top when you a money, - , So sings every sucker and clown; But now—’Us exceedingly funny—* Things are altered “because you’re down.” Oh, give me the heart that forever, Is free from the world’s selfish rust, And the soul whose high noble endea- t C/I, Is to raise fallen man from the dust; And when in adversity’s ocean, A victim is likely to drown, All hail to the friend whose devotion Will left up the man when he’s down. THE CONVICT COACHMAN. Twenty years ago I was quite a young member of the profession to which I long—a profession which is more charac terized by romantic incidents and start ling events than any other, and it was more on account of this fact than any thing else that I joined it. My father, though not very wealthy, was a physician in comfortable circumstances, and, like roost fathers, desired me to follow his pro fession. I, hdwever, had a passion for a life of adventure, and the charms of such a life were only heightened iy the possi bility of danger; so at twenty I became a member of the secret police. About the time I have mentioned above, all New Y6rk was in a fever of ex citement over a shocking and mysterious murder recently committed. Henry Dev- elan, a young man of high connections and irreproacliabio character, the son and partner of a wealthy merchant, wasfound dead on the pavement of one of the prin ciple streets. An examination showed but one wound, a deep fatal stab,penetrat ing the heart. Near him was found a large pocket knife with two blades, a cork screw and a screw driver. On the little piece of white metal in the centre of the handle the initials J. B. were scratched with a pin or needle. But what seemed unaccountable at tnattime, clasped tightly in deceased’s right hand was found a small cold ear-nng with a costly opal dependent therefrom. There was one peculiarity abotit the earring; engraved on the gold was a small anchor surrounded by deli cate ornamental carving. Neither the knife nor the piece of jewelry could be identified, and every effort or the police force to obtain some clew to this daring murder v-as utterly fruitless, and by de- f -ees the search began to be abandoned. obtained possession of the knife and qar- rinc and alwavs carried them on my per son—perhaps with the faint hope that I might dc able to identify them accident- 31 About six months after the murder of young Delevan, when the affair was en tirely forgotten by all except those inter ested in the deceased, I was called to Chi cago on professional business. I was leisurely strolling down one of the most retired streets of the city, when, as I passed a small jewelry store, I saw in the show window a Piece of jewel^that im- T" I)taaded bar a card bearing the name of a prominent young lawyer in Chi cago I was ushered into the parlor, and in a moment a young lady entered, apparently about twenty years of age. She was strikingly beautiful, with great restless eyes—black as midnight. On seeing me she started with surprise, retreating toward, the door. Before she could utter a word; I adroitly stepped between her and the door, and fixing my eyes upon her said: “Madame, my name’s Johnson; I am a member of the detective force of New York.” Her cheek paled, andjshe seemed agitated. “Do you know this trinket?” I continued, displaying the glittering opal ear-ring. On seeing it she uttered a-piercing scream and dropped senseless on the floor. The old coachman heard her odes and rushed into the room. . He stopped when he saw me and demanded my busi ness. I told him I was a detective, and drawing the old knife from my vest pocket I said sternly: *» n “James' Baker, this i3 your knlte, and with it young Henry Delevan was mur dered in New Yoric.” He uttered, a low curse, and, his eye blazing with fury, he drew a long bowie- knife and wished toward me. I was pre pared. “Not so fast,” said I, and the six eyes of my revolver looked into his face. “An other step towards me and you are a dead man! Drop that knife!” He hesitated a moment, and then, see ing that I was in earnest, he dropped his knife and said, “I did not do it.” I walked to the window, still covering him with my revolver, and sprang the watchman’s rattle. I was answered by the entrance of two policemen. I ordered them to secure the man, and then turned my attention U> tte young lady, who was just recovering from her swoon. She was burning with feve", and her eyes had an unmistakable look of-delirium. The in tense excitement had caused an attack of brain fever. , From -the coachman’s confession and other circumstances, the following facts leaked out: Sometime previous to-the tragedy Henry Delevan had made a some what lengthy visit to .Chicago, where he frequently met Miss D’Alembert. Being a man of elegant personal appearance and agrecable.mauners, the impulsive yonng lady became desperately enamored of him, but as he was engaged to an esti mable young lady in New York, the passion was not reciprocated. She discovered the fact of his gagement, and with an inconsist ency characteristic of her French blood, hated him more intensely than sha had ever loved him. She determined to re venge herself, and endeavored to bribe the old coachman to murder him. He would not agree to this, but in. view of a reward he promised to help her: They took the evening train for New York, and she, knowing which way ho would pass in go ing home from the house of his betrothed, they hid in an alley running across one of the principal streets. Baker had the knife open in his hand, but, when about mid night, they heard his steps, and she recog nized him in the dim moonlight, the old man dropped the knife and recoiled. She seized it, and, as he advanced, rushed upon hfrn and struck the fatal blow. The death-stricken man did not even utter a groan, but clenched wildly at the air, and, iu his fall, caught the ear-ring and tore it from her ear. They lied precipitately,- and took the next train for Chicago. The young lady is still living, a raving maniac in the insane asylum, and the an cient coachman is serving his life-term in the State prison. Marry bone Meets "the Phoenix. -. X. I. E. “You see,” said Manybone, crossing his legs as usual on the dry goods box, and shaving off another splinter, which he proceeded to sharpen and work around among his teeth reflectively, “you see we had all been to a dance that night over at Mrs. Oldgay’s; the boys were pretty full, in fact tight. Now Mrs. Oldgay has the utmost confidence in me; says she: “Mar- rybone, there are bottles hid" in the front yard; go and empty the whisky out, or I shall break up the dance.” I went out in the front yard and under the bushes I found no less than seven bot tles. I mil say, though, they wore mostly empty, still they contained enough to tangle any quadrille in the world, so proceeded to dispose of it. Then arose the difficulty, where should I empty it? The yard was full of tender flowers ahd early crocusses. I knew that the bulb which received that mountain dew would bloom no more. Should I lift my hand against nature? Never! I drained the last bottle and went hack to report, found Mrs. Oldgay in every part of the room; four Mrs. Oldgays thanked me for my efforts. Says I, madame, there men are all drank; I will relieve you of them two'at a time. I seised two; they begged me r.ot to expose them, so I carried them off to my room but the rascals shut me in and ran off. I gave chase, but to my bor row faund myself in a pathless desert. Not a house was in sight, all was desola tion a burning thirst seized me, a million sand sui faces reflected the sun rays in my eyes; I was blinded. Then arose that wonderful mirage; I saw houses, lights and horses gliding upside down along the skies and among them streams of delicious water; dream after dream-fancy within fancy. I w&s oppressed with a sense of impending peril. I screamed “Police!” “I' thought for ah instant my action wa3 fatal. A three, story house dropped from the scene directly upon me. I did not think it possible for a man to sustain the weight of a house, but I did it; I rolled on my hack, and thrust it upwards with my feet, like the foot-ball man in. the circus, and with one mighty kick sent 1 It spinning away. When I roused myself, I was alone in’the desert, bnt not alone long; then came to me a blood curdling Sb: ng; tlieu came to me a moou uim.m- rick, ahd the shadow of a bird swept by me. The sun was burning hot, and the shadow returned and began to circle around me; this slow circling shade filled me with dread. I turned my face up- en ‘ ward; the sun struck down into my brain and I fell grovelling in the sand; stilMfce shadow fled, faster and faster in circles that grew smaller. To my horror, I saw that the sands were beginning to circle Swaa* sat Mg ‘6 high, wai3t finally encom passed me entirely. Through it all broad- nnino. darkening, fled the shadow. I ening, darkening, lieu me threw myself down and grasped at it. I shut my eyes; still the bird screamed and the sands whirled. With one agonized shriek, I gave up. . At sound of my Voice all • grew quiet. The sands settled, but on my shoulder a living weight had descended. Trembling, I turned my head and looked at it—a gi gantic bird of a species unknown to me ?at there. He was fully five feet high, black as charcoal were his feathers, and bis claws reached from my shoulder to the sand as I lay. His mouth curved back from his beak gave him a rather sanctimnious expression, but never was a character so belied. I gazed into his eyes and in an instant his disposition was re vealed to me. Never on earth have I mediately struck me as being familiar, paused for a closer examination, and was astonished to recognize the mate to the ear-ring that had been found clenched in the bald of young Delevan. The fact that this car-iing was the exaet counter- nart of the one I even then had in my Possession, would not have been remarks: Kad there been a pair of them exhib ited for sale in the shop window, but there was only one, arid my suspicions were immediately aroused. . I entered the store, and, after cautious manieuveriiig, was only able to ascertain from the old Jew that the jewel had been brought to him to sell by an old man, who said that Ids mistress had lost the mate to it and wished to dispose of this. • I Pur chased" the ear-ring, and throwing down a 1 imld niece In addition to the puce de- roahdSv P told the old Jew that if he •‘woulddind out for me the names otjthe ownerand of the person who brought Jt to SKould reward him liberally-'tj * The old man’s eyes glistened ton here to-morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock ’sir, and I will give you the infor- m The next evening at3 o’clock I the iewcler’s in —— street. He told me that on the previous evening lie had sent for the old mau at an addrres which he had previously given ****** jjjg Mid him the money which he had obtain ed for the jewel, he detained him in .con versation over a glass of brandy until it was quite late, and when the old man left he shut up his shop and followed him at a dis?ance into the fashionable portion of the city, until the old man entered a handsome, aristocratic residence on M street The jeweler waited a few mo- S>‘, and then holdly rang the door bell. A servant girl answered the mm- “ “Pardon me,” said the'jeweler,-“I fear "I have made a mistake. Will ** 80 kind as to inform me who lives here- «This is the residence of the late M„ D’Alembert. His daughter, Mile. Mane, mistake; W^was saU isfied tbat I recognized an ■ in the old man who just entered here. A British Critic on the Confederate For Englishmen especially, the storyof I my £e Lplted^gfed to'meet s'cssthfmost^weTtol aSmettojy. Og *h“ “SenSTofT and both sides the principles mvo'ved tTere {j- j lis tai i crossed his feet and those which most deeply affect our own s national feeling; the language, the race, „ j rcp n e d, “but the truth is the ideas of the combatantsiwere our yo fi r -confou n ded shadow, when you were own. The army •° f S»SS§&£l«minTdown made me’.dizzy. Now : I and knocked a feather out of my tail; see there! He showed me a vacancy in the rear rank of his tail-feathers; it made me feel quite sad. “I dislike coming here; it is dangerous, and life seems to j)ave gone out of the land. Now, when Moses, Aaron, Abra ham and these fellows were living, I was never at a loss for a place to put up. Ah, many’s the night we made of it together; bnt now!”—The old fellow shook his head in a way not complimentary to the nineteeth century. My sang froid was gone. There was an assurance about all he said that filled me with terror. “■Who are you?” I asked, trying to con ceal my agitation. “I am not surprised that you do not know me,” he said, sadly. I interrupted him; bi3 melancholy appealed to me. “Oh-you mistake; your face is fami liar, hut the name has escaped me—” “I have not been around here for hundred years,” he continued' aVt ? ou °- ing the interruption. *'**7 some I am called thePhoep* 3 -”. ... “Oh!” I exclaimed, “you ran or did run „ printing office over in Bibb county—but what is your name?” ' He leaned over and put his mouth close to my ear— “Won’t you tell ?” “Never!” “Tom Collins.” “What!” v “And I wrote the letter of Junius.” “What!!” “And the ‘Beautiful Snow.’ ” “WHAT HI” “And I am the man that struck Billy Fattqrspn I” “I thought I would surprise you. You are now the only man living who knows this.” . • m I looked at him a long time, then clos ing one eye* and extending my hand I said- “How dye, Charlie.” 1 “Charlie!” he said, eyeing AG1ICULTUHAL DEPARTMENT grace of the tree or shrub; The crime I may be aggravated, however. When, in edited BY " I addition to the “trimming up,” the slv-m General Wm. M. BROWNE, stem is covered with a thick coat of white- Ps ifeasor of Eistorv and Agriculture in the a height of several feet, then, in- I tt ■ . deed, the outrage is complete. By the University of Georgia. j ^ 0 f t be priming knife and saw in the hands ot the unskilled, as by the use of . . lawns. calomel in the hands of a quack doctor, We have received several patify ing le damage is often done which years cannot 25 to:““s°om”onK’fib SSI ‘w b -““” * I»” pondents ask us what are the best grriss [ ing knife in the hands of a novice. seeds for lawns, what is the best time to Georgia Getting Rid of her Debt sow;bem, and how to prepare flie soil. Editors Telegraph and Messenger i A mixture of Kentucky blue grass. in your issue of jib*- *Sth ultimo, I find sweat vernal grass, and white clover is the the follo’^s : best we know, and in the following pro- I -is it not a fact that less than sixty days portfto : Mfi - _ UK 5|T ago Mr. Renfroe sold $200,000 of Baby Twenty ffuaitaKentucky blue_graM,.six bondS( andis it faot the proceeds of these white SUftSSS*iSqiuS I '!«ry bonds that he proposes to use in xe- whito Lcisnel. t»o suspi- 01 “Ain’t this Charlie Ross, too ?” I asked innocently- ^dr a minute he glared at me, then taking out his bottle, said “Let’s take another drink.” Wedrauk. Presently he asked, . , “What’s on hand to-night ?” “Nothing; why?” “Some of the boys are going to make a night of it up at Islitainbubl; lets go?” . “Heavens, roau! that is ja’ hundred miles up'the river.” “That’s all, correct; will you go?” “Certainly, if you can get me there.” He returned tho bottle toliiSpistol pocket, and relit his cigar from 'niiflfl^ Before I knew what he was about he had fastened and or one I deeming another $200,000of Baby bonis. f »,» „ f The act of the Legislature of 1878 (De- lo 1 ? ft hiffhnJf cemher 4), authorizing the issue of these least ati the rete^three and a half bush- Baby bonds (section 5 )jdirects tbe govem . 1 ov <to sel1 a sufficient amount, os they y 1 ”® ^r,;™„lf n?’ be needed,to meet the installments of from the beginning to the middle of Octo- boi j ds issuqd ’ mder the act of Fe hraary ■’ ... . .... 27th, 1856, that become due during the The grass will then become established years 1879, 1880 and 1SS1, and the money before the severe cold weather, and will I arising from the sale of said bonds shall be be strong and vigorous in the spring. L used for no other purpose.’ Grass se$ds sown in April or May rarely [ “If there is a surplus of $250,000 in the succeed;,ip our latitude. They cannot treasury which can be used for the re hear the hot sun of the early summer, demption of the Baby bonds, was it nec- The larid should be thoroughly and essary for the governor to ssll $200,000 of deeply broken anil pulverized—made as Baby, bonds two months ago, ‘to meet the fine as .possible. It should also be liber- installment of bonds issued under ths act ally enriched either with rotted stable of 1850, which fall due during the year manure or good superphosphate. The I860?’ By Mr. Renfroe’s own showing it latter is preferable, because- it- is free was not necessary to sell the second in- fromthe seeds of weeds and .noxious st allment of Baby bonds; but liavin" sold grasses, which are so often found in stir- them he has no authority, under the act of fie manure. Ail weeds should , be care- December 4,1S78, to use the proceeds for fully extirpated. To receive the seed the any other purpose than to meet the bonds surface should he made perfectly smooth, issued under the act of 1S56, which bc- Sow ti.e seed very thickly—at least the come due in 1879 arid 18S1.” * quantity indicated above—even at the We have in this a continued exanible of rate of four bushels per acre would not be {he disposition of tho time to causeless too much. Cover them lightly with a | and gratuitous faultfinding, and it ren- garden rake,-and then finish the operation I dors the writer liable to a charge of either by running a rolhr over them.' Ed^n i—i-i >- . -.to “ - , . nninga rolor over them/ Lawn j reckless misrepresentation or blind ignor- prass, to make a solid, velvety turf, shohld j aficc. ' - < ■ 3 be frequently' and , evenly trimmed- The act of 1S78, referred to in section 1. never allowed to seed; I “authorizes and requires the governor to r, oeeen Jcanl-bixg-I* ? as. issue $500,000 of four., per rent, bonds, Gne irnna of many years standing,who and section 5 «directed” the goremor to has recently' abandoned the desk and have them prepared as soon a3 possible chunter of a city, store arid declared his and.to sell a sufficient amount as they independence by becoming a farmer, as^ may beneeded fo meet the installments — to tell ling first,'when, after he cuts Ifis y^bonaTissaed under act of February material changes since you were here last. Don’t trust too much to that cassimere. “That is all right. If it gives way you wouldn’t fall a thousand feet before I would have you again.’ It was the most exciting trip I ever took, but, neverthefess, I was not sorry when his cheery voice ex- * “Here we are.” We entered a lialf- ruined temple, carved from the solid rock. Great hideous statues rose pp around us to the distance .oftwentyfeet. There were eight of them mthe ball—four on each side. Each held in his hand a flail. We reached an inner rotunda into which the moonlight streamed through the hall. .Here we waited. Presently I heard the rattling of bones and chattering teeth, and a couple of dozen of assorted skeletons promenaded into the room. My liiir rose. Tries adinncci to vaj oouipar.- 1 uu’is side. He was seated on the auar a'liev shook ms ciaw, aua ne returneu them lad° a shake that rattled every joint. They took no notice of me, however, and 1 “Itofnkl sbaltoetire;' I ba\ l e no card,! remember, and am evidently not expec ted. I am fearfully deIrop, so tospeak. You should have seen the gesture he oats, he should sow peas to be turned der to enrich the land; second, how to sow, whether jii ddlffipg" broadcast; and third, when to turn under. 1 and 2, A* soon as possible after has cut his oats and has ahs-sotl enough stubble at the rate I ?i S '’TOontiis’ intere^-vRJrEli liad' to bS ] U oon the importer that he snau oe scooters or tX provided for by the last general assembly, riux.sition to avail himself of- his own them in closely with long scooters or turn j Sf^ord^toVswe | i^mato pl ows if the stubble ^ gfS the six mouths’ interest and the i^rder to do tills lie must have his 3- H Some con- holders oftbVbonds trouble in getting an customer’s, notes as collateral. After m- sliould he before the act passed to pay the interest, I proposed dorsing them, aqd thus giving^ tbem ,hat this shOUla o norr timm a*- Andalavce dof- I wliinh thav cannot otherwise p< vines tend that f a ?L * Vth- I to “ paV them Vonce.^lAnd a large' por-1 credit whidi they cannot — . Is^aTer hey aw nipped by the t:o r^f them have I sess ’ be^obtalntom^]^ needs, ers, attei y w J ti i, comm! r m, and the money >s on hand first frost, ari'f; 01 ??,”’.. tlia d j e 11 on ; t rking E from the salo of these very Baby I the provincial^buyer also. It makes his sr'ioi til the early spring.. Good and intelligent ^ | custom more desirable and enables him to , . nnll auu ■ r T . r , The surplus in the treasury, with which buy cheaper thau the buyer.on open ac- til the ear 'y ®^ " s :- b "f tbe sc opinions. I am paying unmatured bonds, is not the count. It puts the close, careful buyer in fermem mamtoin each of these proceeds of the sale of the 4 per cent! L posi tlon which, when competition be- JB of tl^ UnT- bonds,-as stated by your correspondent^ C0 P mes sba rp, he. wlieat last year, auu suua^ucuwj j f rnm mMas.weturaedundera^rtmno^avery I ‘ u . itgb ; a * e ‘^epeEdiugfor several 1 itose“wlio buy’onopen account and leave rank growth xn ^oveninpr, | years, and only .recently decided, and a part I the seller without immediate financial re- Qotohftr.aj'o ’v allowed to d ; e on of this sum was earnings of the Macon and 1 c , ttre0 or benefit from the purchases ,\ n „ d a ™,l P remain all the winter, | Brunswick railroad turned into the treas- j m&A e.» ¥!f.€St‘'’S.wS3 n S'SSA ^fnrnnn^ to-enort ^hc result in, tlie. I Mb legislature knew what amount) says the New York Evening Post, ±.ce£ \\e propose to. po Jf npcessr.ry to pay the interest.j tain virility, a certam robustness of prac-- .‘iS”? r» P ’5,S'Si' J »d’ffi e sspi saggM6» **&#*■<** ao not \emurc u«uuc, - 7 ' I : I -n-liioli ia ramdlv wmmmr for that aftor'our tertofoneyear we shal give petTre o?the government and. fixed thejoons which is rapidly inning for that after our test oi one sear, ^ -. . .... 0 a tn mMkt i» i . nlann of sower among the active “Stay; any friend of mine is welcome here. Wan’t.to dance ? I’ll get you a part- “Ephriam!” l‘ r eameu ouu ««««..»--, • . ■ should ao so iu » *“““*^* lor generations continue to enlist, I i eave n0 cause for reproach.” You-i strongest English sympathies. B1^ considerably annoyed at the off-1 o^ r haud nearly twelve, and its a long journey^” off-hand | n You wUldistwl) the mu- strongest English sympathies, it loug. t wr conaidera hiy annoyed i with English tenacity, English recKlc^ the fello w had treated ness of consequence, English indilLi uice t f yo -- - to odds, wliat Was from the first a I .j | very doubtful.;and soon sand-anrt you Ponged a roundso,ico u.u , blood curdling notes float in proved itaelfmore than a matchf pp feather front .his wing and brushed the j J behind their fans, and others no- ently overwhelming odds. Its composi- cor k; then inserting a daw | Sjg^hnS be Suddenly the tirin' resemb&d very closely that ot our I - own volunteer regiments. Its chiefs were men whose personal character and public -■— .r a— thoroufifiy EngUslfof aft" tlie you, I sec. Well,” lid con- W?**,**!*■ H,re ing strangely iu»»i - ”1 r:: - - L. “Johnnie, shoot off your gum—hi The fun began, that Is so far as they joyjj.' They singing that “Pretty gooa; Sh •■Stcno.wall ” Jackson reproduced,_ with I rb “nutMrovefrbS^e;” but he seized -/•*«._ hntspftTftftlv one f onesarn* J j the neck of i were concerned, f didn’ started a slow promi grand chorus, - “In that sweet bye and bye, We shall meet on the beautiful shore, In the sweet by and by, • , We shall meet on the beautiful -' > ‘ shore.” revalie°loyirilyftndsimplicity.—Saturday|tt]™* ^ey^ no&e, but IS3ST Bevieic. , ■ * I a khidof filmv white came over them as I say that there ^ere some really fine voices h^drank, as thoueh to shut him off from among them, and the spi&ir 8t ™*£jed * n.of ^nnld divert his attention j accompaniment beautifully. I approached Unconscious- —A Philadelphia child was bom with a could divert fair complexion, dark f r0 m tlie business at hand, hair. Soon after birth he began to turn c]aime(] . dark of skin, the color deepening from | L my friend. 1 * - J ‘Really, I cannot consent to intrude on Maylinqa»re-bis name. . . *Ht« name is James Baker; he is my mistress’ coachman.” “Itis not the same. _ __ . a’6n. <u Good day.” And the jeweler, hav- iiig obtained tbe required infqnnaUoD, re turned to his shop to communicate the gave him another piece of gold and tuned to my hotel. Once in mj room “nXXses! what a drinker!” He these good people,” I said. He waved ».s - i—iti» «A/*rntfniiu ns t spoke. I infi off. “Presentlv, presently; they will noliea Have natience. Take part- tinguis’hed. Hr. Reynolds, who has close- j "backbut you are right, * | teaed like theirs; my knees knocked —>0, that-became due during the years 187P, 1830, and. 18S1. Wholesale Dry Goods Credit _ The New York World calls attentiou to the changes which have taken place in the credit management of the wholesale dry goods business. In tbe old time the country merchant came to town twice year iu order to make his purchases for the spring and autumn trades. Having established Iris credit,if it was a'subject of inquiry, he selected his goods, gave ship ping directions, and finally went to the counting-room, called for a statement of his accounts and retried by notes agreea ble to the terms upon which tlie purchases had been made. This system seems to have been changed. “Now it is not ‘the thing’ at all to ask a customer to settle by note. The request for a note is met with the remark, ‘we never give notes,’ or, ‘we can pay cash if ycu doubt our responsibility.’ There are two principal reasons given for this state of things. In the first place the idea pre vails that & note must be paid at maturi ty, (as it should be,) while an open ac count may b<5 extended indefinitely, (as it too ofteu Is,) and some buyers object to giving a note, because if they do so they canuot discount their bills before maturi ty.”. These objections, which are of impor tance to importers andprovincial buyers, are examined by the World in an article which is a plea for a return to the old or der of things. - Merchants will be interested in its ob servations on this score: '“If the buyer gives the seller his note he does not in any way impair his priv ilege of discounting his bill, lor a note, being generally his account in a con densed form, may be prepaid with greater facility than a series of open bills. So far as the standing of the buyer with im porter is affected, settlement by note i3 evidently desirable. The wholesale dealer must always regard with favor the buyer whq gives his note rather than the buyer on open account. But it may. be asked, of what special benefit to the wholesale merchant is ihe settlement by note? The auswer is easy arid should., be apparent. The note, of the buyer ■ enables the seller to have Iris books closed npvregularly, instead of keeping along -?a mass of open accounts; but it has another and much more important hearing. During a sea son of prosperity, such as has been re cently enjoyed, the importations are largely increased, and of' course a neces sity for money—more capital—is created The importer, having several millions, perhaps, spread throughout the country from Canada to Mexico, sees all or the greater part of his capital entirely out of This imprecisely what was done. On the fireclay of February last, $150,000 of toetr.«. . . f ar » bc lasf j owl) p v$rcl)ases maxes . it imperative 4-ribg n- Icli had to be that he shall bri pos- i money is on hand 'p be ’ effect of this process is beneficial to can turn to advantage. educate the youth of Boston, the seat of “cnlchah” and the hub of the Union? Well, it is a fact. A Boston letter writer, himself a book man, says: “It seems a little odd that the youngest section of our country should send books to load the store counters of Boston, the Athens of America.” The house to which I. have alluded is that of Messrs. Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., whose place of business is on Walnut, between Third aud Fourth, where they occupy four immense buildings of six stories each. These are divided into several departments—the introduction department, counting rooms, packing rooms, sales rooms, editors’ offices and library being the most important. Their printing and binding departments are the most complete in toe country, capable of turning over 15,000 complete volumes per day. It is to be noted ia this connec tion that this publishing house:-is one of the few which manufactures its own books, and the- only house publishing school books exclusively, which doessoT From the time the author’s manuscript is received until the book is presented to the public, and the various processes and separate steps in its production are con ducted in their buildings, and under the immediate supervision of members of the firm. Nothing is sent out to be finished or touched by others. Nothing but law material comes in, nothing but finished books goes out. \ *» -*«►—.»—— . It was my good fortune to have the privilege of going over the immense estab lishment from top to bottom, an cl I would like to give from my voluminous notes a description, hut it would take too much space. I saw in the storage rooms 320,000 volumes of school books alone, and I was prepared to admit that “of the makiqg o&. many books there is no end.” I was told that these would barely suffice to fill tlieir orders for the next six weela. As I sat in the office, an order came by tele graph from San Francisco, which I was told would amount to 30,000 pounds weight. Yerily San Frandsco must be lieve that “knowledge is' more to be de sired than great riches.” It #oald be interesting to tface the his tory of such an institution, but it runs back fifty years, and we cannot undertake it. Iu ajl that time it lias maintained a reputation for strict honesty amfiutegrity, and, adhering strictly to the determination to publish only the best bool^s, ,in tho most durable and beautiful form, an(J at the lowest prices, has built up to the high standard which is now its boast and pride. ..Such men as Dr. McGuffey, Dr. ltay, Harvey, Venable, Tholmcier and a host of others whose text books are known ail over the world, are the authors of their lectie Educational Series,” of which this house are the sole publishers. The schoolmaster is abroad; tho age of inventive genius is upon us. Every thing has the markoS progress, but m nothing is the change more noticeable than iu our school books. The old dry commonplace, bluc-backed bugbears of oar childhood have given place to new and handsome works of arts which are a joy forever. Let the goodswork go on until the acquisition of knowledge shall be a pleas ant and interesting pastime instead ot back-breaking Mi Wanderer. ^i^nuTtanwith beeoMns diffidence. amount of taxes to be levied to meet it. journal a place of ppwer among the active our opinion with ne-ominuimuev: mght.have fixed the per cent, to be and positive forces of the tune. ThS car- the best breed of noos. t 1( ; vl ' dfc 5 taxes lower than they did if they toon this weekhas a good aealmore of Mr. John A. Sbafner, the eele I coffid have foretold -what would Jiarthe I real statesmanship in it thari a volume ot secretary of - «*•«»♦<* A<mnn 1 hn*« 1 1 . I; > ’ n »T3.- n.^1 StcUaTI I it - *■“ —- f T? tliatBerkshire and Poland-China hogs are I tbey d i d , n( ,t know this money would I the Solid South—handcuffed to a soldier said to be the best, thriftiest andmost C0I £ e i nt0 the treasury. (upon either side is treading barefoot a profitable breeds of hogs in that State; j don’t think the governor knew it,-and I stony path, carryiug on her shoulder a that the Berkshire mature earlier, and the I T am sure j d j dn i t ^now it. I have no J great carget-bag filled with muskets, with Poland-China are better for packing. "doubt but that your anonymous writer I Grant on top, hugging a sword, while the the CARE OF WELLS. - i I knew it, but he didn’t tell us of it. If the | two soldiers keep the carpet-bag in place There is no doubt that a rruitful cause anonymous writer had been as careful to J with their bayonets. The “Hall ot Jus- of diphtheria and malignau! fevers is the ' seckthe f act3 as'he’has been ready to cen- rice” on the left has a piece of artillery on. contaminated condition of the wells and sure be would have learned thatthe Baby {top, arid a pair of sentriesatthe door,while cisterns from which drinking water, is b “ nds were i^ued as the law directed, 1 the landscape is filled with the rums left by s 4 i.»a -mVi'sii* loairintm from tnfi f . i-_ i -it t.4 SLi nn ni;.^ <i« 1 wow <>m? with marks of usieuess e legend is 1S09-1S77.” UM .. . Neitherjs it true that “by Mr.yRenfroe’s I Oe the'other page is “The Weak Govern- has been found to be Impure water; 'Too j own showing it was .not necessary to sell 1 ment, 1817-1881.” President Hayes is in. much care-cannot be taken to guard J second installment.” . , u( [the foreground, driving a deep furrow against this danger to health. The situa- j would make the suggestion tliat in I with a plough, the handles of which are tion of wells and cisterns is a matter Ot tbe f u t ura VtjcE seifoonstituted guardians I old muskets, with the locks removed, great importance and should not ha- gov- of tbft pu hii C interest as your hasty corres- while the beam is the. “Let-’em-alone pol- erned by convenience alone. They should pomtent ' take tlie trouble to find ex-1 icy,” and a sabre does duty for a coulter, always be located where the impurities | ^ ly bowr mat ters stand before perpetrat-1 In the background whites and blacks are above mentioned cannot possibly reach hug tbe , inexcusable injustice orputtjng a busy, and prosperity * shown by facto- them. Wfakv ‘ „ i , | public officer in-ari improper light before 1 ries, steamboats, cottonbalreanffcom- •Where^^Jwell is dug in a sandy soil and the people, whom he is faithfully tryibg fields. The two pictures tell a story that where it is in the vicinity of the stables,T t0 - e r Ve . •. j is just now in need of telling, and they orwithin reachof the place where thel- .'p b h matter would have'received ,my tell It In a most effective way; It is not present order of servants empty the slop 1 mpiy earlier, hut for tie reason that 11 partisanship but patriotism that directs at- waterfromthe house, the soil soon be-| baTe been absent and. my attention was jtention, in this forcible way, to the respec- comes perfectly saturated with orMriic iih- no j. ca ij e d to it until my return. ‘ N tlve results of what the politicians call purity and rain Washes this impurity into Respectfully, ‘ J. Vt- Renfroe. j strong and weak governments Judge 'Field. The Philadelphia Times (Independent) thus speaks of California’s candidate for the presidency : “Judge Field, of the Supreme Court of the United States, is not one of the men who figure prominently in the bureau presidential table*, but has long been re garded by many partisans of the more ac tive candidates as a very safe man to fall back on in case of .a retreat to a compeo- or dark horee candidate..; -He uj is the-favorite of the Pacific States, and. would be Jikclv to receive the electoral votes or California, Nevada and Oregon, agaiittt any Republican competitor. He would be as available as any other in New Jersey and Connecticut, his strength in New York would be second to none, if Mr. Tilden should heartily favor his clec- tbe well. We should be utterly disgtiited were we to see a housemaid emptying her slop paii into tbe welljbut when she pours it on the ground near the well, the act is very nearly as bad in its effects. It is a Wales is the artist." Advice to the South. ViL.r _ .* 1! ” The Springfield (Mass.) Republican j troublesome ^“business,’ we know, to have | (iridependent), ventHates its opinions our wells thoroughly cleaned at regular I ^ 1US . intervals, but it is much repre trouble- Tdden ^ a canflidate would be as dan- soiue to receive the deadly visita of diph- M to his own party a* Grant would ] theria and typhoid fever. Besides gT tbe jiepublican party, and more so. where the stables, manure pits, cesspools, J ^ dd g n jg the only Democratic nominee i Cincinnati. ' u Cincinnati, May 13, 1880. Editors Telegraph and Messenger Tlie visitors to this busy, bustling city will find much to interest him. If Le be from the Sbuth, where everything, under the enervating effect of our tropical sun, moves with a lazy sluggishness, he 'will never tire of watching the elastic springi- Jtidge Fields is one ofa very small circle of men who might be elected to the next Presidency on thedJemocratic ticket. No nomination that does net unite the support ofa large number of conservative voters of Republican antecedents, caa be suc cessful in the contest of 1880. Tilden commanded the votes of not less than a quarter of a miliion Republiaans who be lieved that the only way to conserve the Republican party was to defeat it, and if the Democrats shall elect the next Presi dent, it will bdby that class of voters con trolling New York, New Jersey and ether States. - - It is this supreme necessity that will re ject all candidates at Cincinnati, whose records during the war were such as to jut them and-the party on tbe defensive n the campaign, and it narrows the circle very greatly. Had David Davis entered the Democratic caucus and acted with the party even on an independent plane When be came to tbe Senate, he might have been form idaVilc; but he baa fallen be tween tbe fiarty stools. "Judge Field has all tbe elements of strength outside of the party that Davis could have, while he is accepted as a positive Democrat. He was a war Republican; was. appointed to the Supreme bench by Lincoln; has made his own proud record in favor of effacing the last vestiges of sectional strife, and he is a Democrat to-day because his convic tions and actions have logically made him so. Whatever may be the issue at Cin cinnati, the present outlook embraces within its range the name of Judge Field as one whose success is possible. dU*gse era^wayT* but "there is no" case given 1 ^’^“ch^P-tbe idiot'that spent his I compliments slioWered upon me. J‘»ucu where it liad developed all over tkebody. , ifbildiugtpbe pyramids down theriver ? grace;” “he has "the This was more than sixteen months ago, I knew of hinn” “tremulo extraordinary,” etc., etc* I ihe chi “ being tbe*i thirteen month, old. j v is melanSis or pif entation, ^^{caHy', ‘‘youJcne^?haraoh, gXr TUbei along like a drop of I said, throwing all the I looked at Phoenix. same to me I gave I^rarefully^considered ill . tbe circum- itances of the case and became convinced that 1 liad found a clew to the mysterious murder of Henry Delevan. It .but reasonableito suppose that tbe.young lady whom I strongly suspected of be 1 ^? 11 ^ murderess, should endeavor to gftndof the peculiar' ear-ring In order to divert suspicion from herself to Q*1 purchaser, in whoeeposaetiion U might be found. Tho feet of the cmcMlment of tba name* of the parities from tbe Jeweler was suspicious, and the coincidence ol the initials on the knife with the name of the coachman was rather singular. Tak ing all things into consideration, I deter mined to act promptly. Attiring myseir elegantly, and concealing a revolver about my person, I proceeded to the mansion on M—— street. I rang the bell and inquired for Miss Marie D’Aiembert. •‘Wliat name shall I give? said ths girl, eyeing me rather suspiciously onsly: “Change partners. ward, grand right and leitl Forward to the lady on the right, Turn her as you oughter; The prettiest girl in Egypt is / ; Jolly old Pharaoh’s daughter.” etc., etd I He had an old , sill- by degrees becoming lighter, until not? he Xvou?-are you yet quaUfied to cast a thrown back, while he is ofaa light chestnut brown color. He did not notice tbe sarcasm, with a human backbone, Routing Jnlrni - ‘ . r-4l . . . wifh one claw he figured a moment in onsly: “Change partners, two ladies for- “Something over six thousand years, how time flies!” of mouesi ueanug. .. i i was too proud to be startled from my smallest, as well as the oldrat, of the ^ ngtaltranquillity. I said, carelessly: four. He is not more than fite feet fire «possibly among your early vices you inches in height, and weighs only^uiredibchahitof smoking; try a cigar.” pounds. Bishop Hurst weara a sm f’J I t offered him a Cuban. around Cleopatr sandy goatee. Both Bishop Warren an IlAb ves> thanks; light also, if you oua iy, shouting: Bishop Foss are tall and slim- There “Go it, bones isn’t a moustache in the whole party. Dr. . P Be tbe c igar sidewaya in hislj 0 ; n ts.” Bbrd-- —- - .. Leonard Gurley said the other day. No . ith y* end high in the air, and me up too. man wearing a moustache was ever elect- ^y. toe; the alligator’s skull sought mine, ed a bishop in the Methodist Church. ^ ^ flies; string old. f ^caS^viS ™ * Rx-Sscretary of War McCrary led- Every time I ^Sown the lutT with the flails, that sent me spin ured in Des Moines, Jowa, on Tuesday I changed. Yhe_«s _ ng_i37fi 11 ning like a foot hall through the orebes- DPPniup on “Proi68sional Ethics.” Among Nile ^ ^ a v. sppn I tra X' vu alone in tbe desert* After tern wbencediinkuigw-ater is drawn. would make the open support ot the Dem- tbe ^ ^ t0 an d fro with a deafemng < _. pea. vines A8 a PEnTiLLz ocratic ticket by thoughtful Republicans I c ] a tter, the street cars go at a gallop, and Since it is umversally admitted that UcaUy irapo6S ibie. All Tilden’s sig- evemhing and everybody rusff. feverishly potash , and phosphoric acid are the ele- P ability as a political leader would , hurriedly by you as thoueh there was iuents of fertility of which our soils becorn^ j “‘‘.j againTt the blighting feet 5 y 1 soonest exhausted, the folloyrii^analyjw j that lmder bjs gan^acy the Democratic j An'cnergetic people are always great The pulsing of ambitious blood and the ssifwe-d.nd,,„„mu**: -ysgirsssssHrMsrs iBK 0681 * . - • ’ ooq North would pass over to the Republican I * ssiotl „ nd ou ttet In tbe labor of willing Lime . •....<••• • • co i umn . The delegates to the Cincinnati C auds Tbe West is great, its cities are Potash . . ■ contention in this State appear to be ahve j , its enterprises are great, it has great Phosphoric Acid ••••• *«i* v pmL to this fact, and in a senes of interviews men. ereat institutions, and a great fu- ^- *g£g^vort. pronounce P» the combination produces wonderful ’re sults. We propose to try it next mouth. BUSTED WHEAT. From various planters of tte WMe we l^jyto make^ it plain to tbe South that 1 0 f' tb e'wert,’’ ”iind while at first it soumfe have received MteMS^ing^tt^wbi ^ debaU w e States atthej atrifle egotistical, we cannot but admit tor’s wheat is so badly North demand not TUdan, but some can- refl^on that she is not without crop is utterly worthl^s, dangerous even I 0 f tbe first order, like Bayard. This I u I XKl .in. with the My spirits rose. Il threw my arms | around Cleopatra and kissed her raptur- ™ | r of Stakes it, way,” may hare If tbe Democrat* of MassachuseUs want witbo i t honor in his own country, to lead the right of the party column, m- j but be was a pr0 phet nevertheless, stead of straggling at the rear, they have Cincinnati calls herself the “Queen city some claims upon the title. With the to cut and use as stock feed, aud aririne i ~ " fom - yea« ego, U*e South wants j rirer laving her feet, her D»<A I *, sLa VnrfK mania Anti T)f»mOf I v « . j fnvn l««r what is test to do.Xf the I Se "the North w“anU, and DemdcraU j in acloud of vapor repr«entod—if the rust hw r^hed the ^ StaW are msk.ng but a poor pro- theraaands M manufactories, Mid from her her head our friends, after sprinkling lime_abun- Massachusetts over among tb« Mthe v m* w^TMilatial residences, our irjciKB, -r. i carry Mastaenuaeiso over among the j . . tbey are wifli palatini dantly over tbe standing when,, to plowit j states in idly waiUog for Til-1 *n<l ftvflr shil afl cases the wishes and views of their clients, having no opinion and no Science if their own. Such will consider themselves bound to irid rascality if fte while the galley slaves toiled along on I river with their heavy flats. To-day I passed over a steamer rushing uo the stream without oais, and a long r . * J) tY\n rlosnrt drew near: “Drank?” “Drank.” “Jim jams?” “Jim jams.” /■-fcl-l ii u-u-j---.-o • j , - _ | nououm umm* In idly waiting tor Jii-1 ^^^1 parks and ever shiltmg scenes all under and plant Oie ground In com. 1 d , ^mpaign to be ooaapleted instead of I , i nvc »i n L7 sb e seems every inch a Wheat that is. so badly rastod U utterly j S^^key-nofe of the Democratic ^ canvass by putting Bayard forward, when T For two or three days I have wandered the Chicago convention is balancing be- J to ^ ^ atoid her busy population. I tween two evils in Great and Blaine. (^ aTe b6r public institations, and her places of business. They we all wonder- -Now take^dfer hoe and your rake and 1 ful. I visited all of her great publishing worthless, and is especially dangerous to | feed to stock. " ' (( TBUOOXG UP” SHRUBS AKD TBKSA* Tte practice of “trimming up” trees and I shrubs, which means cutting close off all the lower limbs and branches, and giving tbs trunk the appearance of a bare pole, J dig your is very reprehensible-a crime against na- nose and tore and good taste. To all lov- [ around. bu m of the beauties sf nature . scratch th those lower limbs so rathltesly ] Just wait ai Dr. Holmes on Foktby to Oedeb.— The Beading (Mass.,) Neves says that some time ago Mis, Annie Lawrence, one of the younger pupils of the high school, wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes, stating that the Old South Literary Society was about to discuss his life and works, and asking if. ho co»ld sand a little poetical contribution for the occasion. The reply of the genial author is very characteristic, and we reproduce it: Boston, February 13, 1880,—My Dear Young Lady: If you knew bow many letters I have to- write every day, you would say: “Poor, dear man, how tired he must be.” We that make rhymes are expected to burn them on as yen torn on water through a faucoi-—whenever it xs wanted. But writing poetry is like shoot ing ducks or geese—you may load up and paddle offi aiid watch all the morning and never see duck or goose—except yourself as reflected 1ft the water. So, my dear young lady, I will only say that I should please you and a area* many other young friends—and old ones—by writing all sorts of odes, elegies, epics, epigrams, etc., but I have to content my- ,eR by disappointing you and them with a little scrap bf a note like this, sweetened with good will and good wishes, and noth ing else in the world to pay for postage stamps wasted on me. Believe me, very truly your friend, Oliver Wendell Holmes. lopped off often constituted the chief not, do hot 1 JLTSST yOur bouses, » house that supplies school books ur dothes and gayly fly to every State, village and hamlet almost . r<Hir neighbor's chickens ' in the Union; and would you be aston- plant with care, I ished if I fell you that Cincinnati, here in , S UdTand do the new west,The youngest seettonofour jo speax, 1 C0Bntr y ) supplies the school books that The lonely vigils of the night are terri ble, especially by the bedside of the side, and it is just the thing to have a bottle of Coussens’ Honey of Tar to cure their coughs, colds, croup, eto. Price fi© cents. maj'14-3ml