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editorial glimpses.
Thebe is not a harder worked set of
in Georgia than the judge* of the
supreme Court. And we cannot help
thinking that a great deal of the work is
unnecessary. Cases are carried up on
,1. L ' most frivolous points oftentimes, and
jj, c C ouit is compelled to listen to argu
ments for hours upon points that have
been settled long ago. The court has
adjourned and will take vacation until
the first Monday in September— No one
will grudge these faithful servants this
little respite from, labor. It will be the
longest rest taken by them for years
Tiiev have found out who struck Billy
Patterson—or rather Senator Ferry. One
Sydney W. Cooper declares that he is the
man who blacked the eye of the old rep
robate.
According to Hayes, Garfield ought to
be scalped. In 1804 Hayes wrote: “Any
man who would leave the army at this
time to electioneer for Congress or any
other office, ought to be scalped.” Gar
field, thou art the man.
The census enumerators are vying with
each other in the discovery of the oldest
inhabitant. Middle Georgia has produced
one who was sixteen years old when the
revolutionary war closed, and Is in good
health. Liberty county steps up with one
who claims to be 140 years old. Both of
these parties are from Africa.
Subscriptions to the Radical cam
paign
fund are now in order. Bon Cam-
«ron, how much? Roscoe Conkling, what
say you? Jolm Logan, plank down.
..Civil Service Reform,” illustrated by
Chester A. Arthur, of New York. A new
work just out. Sold only by subscription.
A disconcerted darkey was Br. But
ler, of Philadelphia. He opens his mouth
and heart as well. He declared that the
color-line was forced upon his race at the
Cincinnati M. E. Conference. “When I
arrived at Cincinnati,” he said, “there
was a colored man to meet me. When I
was assigned to my seat it wa3 amongst
the colored people, and I was appointed
to preach In a colored chjirch.” Br. But
ler was a member of the committee on
the Episcopacy, and when lie went in it
was into the big end of the horn, but his
emergence from that body was, he says,
from the bora’s small end. He relates a
“little history of how the wool was pulled
over our eyes, as usual.” Tlie committee
reported in favor of a colored Bishop, but
a square vote in the conference was not
had. Men who had speeches to make
could not get the floor, and a motion for
an indefinite postponement was“railroaded
through." Really if Br. Butler has the
interests of his race at heart, let him and
them withdraw and go to a colored organ
ization where there is no conflict of races.
Smileb Colfax is delighted at the
nomination of his chum, Gen. Garfield.
Of course he is. There is a code of honor,
we are told, even among thieves. They
sat up together on Credit Mobilier.
Garfield’s canal history extended
over the space of three months, under the
tutorship of Captain Jonathan Myers.
Bis compensation was ten dollars per
month and board. His old captain still,
lives. Ho is a resident of Jersey City..
Two candidates for the lunatic asylum
—the father of Charlie Ross, who is still
expecting to find his son, and the “patriot”
who suggested, through the Atlanta Con
stitution, that the Bemocrats nominate
Grant.
A family which has furnished four
United States Senators, would be a good
source from which to select the next Pres
ident—Bayard.
Cheap rates seems to be the rule in all
the railroads. We append the following
rates from Macon to New York and re
turn :
The C. R. R. & O. S. S. Company, via
Savannah—forward cabin, $3S.OO; after
cabin, $43.00. Georgia Railroad to Augus
ta, $L50.. From Augusta, via Central
Short Line, $30.00. Via the Atlantic
Coast Liue, either all rail, or by
Old Dominion Steamships, $30.00. South
Carolina railroad, via Charleston Steam
ship Line, $31.00.
All these tickets are good until the 1st of
October, 1680. Ct»I3 1
A Musical Treat.—The btye ribbon
cause is gaining and it’is nor just the
thing now to treat your friends to whis
ky, rum or beer, but you can with perfect
propriety give them a musical treat by
sending copies Of the Southern Musical
Journal for June, which contains the fol
lowing musical gems, viz: “Once Again,”
song bv Sullivan; “Katy Avourneen,”
ballad by Johnson; “Boston Bip Waltz
w,” by Knight, and “I cannot sing the
old songs,” Galop, by Mack. Ten cents
will secure all four pieces, which will cost
over $1.00 at any music house. Address
the publishers, Ludden & "Rates, -Savan
nah, Ga.
A Solon by the name of Rowland Con
nor, of Massachusetts, makes the follow
ing suggestion in reference tq~dur Jaw-
makers : Let the legislature be composed
of forty members elected for. teu y ears,
the terms of one-tenth expiring each
year. This certainly would secure in a
a few years a competent body of legisla
tors, well trained in. all subjects that
would necessarily come before them, and
whose work would not have to be amend-
*d and revised each succeeding
year. It Is a thought worthy
ef consideration, to say the least.
Garfield’s election,it is claimed, would
simply be a second term of the Hayes ad
ministration, with Hayes personally'left
out. Are we to have another fraudulent
President? One in a century is just one
too much. H Be Golyeris elected, we
hope it will be by more. honorable means
than those employed to place. Mr..Hayes
m the White House. t u) -- *
A Chance fob both Fortune AKP
Fame.—The man who can produce some
new stories tor campaign purposes- Send
specimens to the Cincinnati convention.
. The startling discovery has been made
that Grant was an Edmunds man. Thin
accounts for the fact that Edmunds was a
Grant man. The great Buka has not yet
Given to the public his note of. coagtatu-'
lation to Garfield on his recent success.
As exchange says, “Read the Chicago
platform carefully. It deserves it.” It
Ihe writer had used the word “requires”
instead of “deserves,” he would have been
in the line of truth. It requires careful
reading to find out just what the authors
mean.
It Is now said by an exchange, that Jay
Gould controls a majority of the stock of
G>e Western Union Telegraph Company,
®nd also that it'will be consolidated with
ihe American Union, thus opening the
w ay for a new company, of which Jay
Gould himself will be at the head,* .This
is the way the old reprobate woriwthhigs/
He depresses the stock of the Western
I-’nion, buys a controlling interest, cooaol-
idates it with his own, and then starts an
other linn to be gobbled up in the same
way.
The exports of domestic produce from
the port of New York last week are the
heaviest on record, amounting to $10,862,-
622, or just $219,914 in excess of any
former week’s work. The principal items
were provisions, breadstufls and cotton
Gen. Butler gravely asserts that it
is liis opinion—in fact he is satisfied—that
Whittaker bit his own ear off.
A worthy Act. The Senate of the
United States has passed a bill placing
the name of Mrs. President Tyler on the
pension list. It gives her $1,200 a year.
This will enable her to spend the closing
of a noble life, in comparative case and
comfort.
The United States Court in St. Louis
has decided that Messrs Zeilin & Co.,
formerly of this city, have the exclusive
right to use the name of Simmons, in con
nection with the liver. It is fortunate
that this decision was not made before
one Thos. J. made a reputation by calling
us “secesh traitors.”
Pleasant Summer Homes.—We have
received from the management of the At
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad aft
elegantly printed pamphlet, giving every
direction for those seeking summer homes
in the mountains. Southwest Virginia
abounds in attractions for both the health
and pleasure seeker. Having made per
sonal reconnoissance both during and
since the war, we can hear testimony that
no country can furnish grander scenery or
more lovely retreats than the section pen
etrated by the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio railroad.
Mr. Gladstone’s plans are creating
considerable opposition. He proposes to
change the tax system, and place part of
the burden on different shoulders. For
instance, he proposes to abolish the malt
tax and at the same time to exact from
the beer industry a tax of $1.50 per barrel.
It is thought by many that Mr. Bayard
will discuss his marshal bill in the White
House next year, and sign it himself.
The Republican papers are now claim
ing that Arthur is not a bad man, hut a
weak oue. Mr. Hayes and Mr. Sherman
said it was a dishonest system of plunder
ing in which Arthur was caught. Make it
had or weak, the cause of his removal is
sufficient to keep him out of the Vice
President’s chair. -
What next? The notorious Kalioch
has been indorsed by the members of the
Metropolitan Baptist church, of which he
is pastor, in San Francisco.
Probabilities.—That Conkling will
stump New York for hi3 friend Arthur.
That Blaine will not, for he expresses but
little confidence in the success of the Chi
cago ticket.
It is stated, by authority we suppose,
that Kepler, of Puck, and Na3t, of Har
per's Weekly, are to do the honors of the
campaign for contending parties in the
line of mud slinging.
A Southern Professor in Harvard.
Harvard University has recently chosen
Crawford Howell Toy as Hancock pro
fessor of Hebrew and other Oriental lan
guages, in place of Prof. Edward James
Young, resigned. Prof. Toy was gradu
ated from the University of Virginia in
1S56. Buring the civil war he served—
from February, IS62, to August, 1864—in
the Confederate army. He was then a
professor in the University of Alabama at
Tuscaloosa, which was broken up in the
following spring. From October, 1865, to
May, 1860, he was licentiate at the Uni
versity of Virginia. He then passed two
years and a quarter, from June, 1S6G, to
September, ISOS, in Europe, chiefly at the
University of Berlin, and for ten years;—
May, 1869, to May, 1S79—he was the pro-,
fessor of the Old Testament in the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis
ville, Ky.
Hugh J. Jewett.
The Chattanooga Times interviews a
leading lawyer, attorney of the American
Union Telegraph Company, and then up
lifts his voice and says:
Mr. Parker firmly believes that Hon.
Hugh J. Jewett will be the most availa-
,bls Democratic candidate for President,
and in support of his views says:
“1st. Because he is a high-toned Chris
tian, with a personal record that cannot
be successfully assailpd.
“2d. Because he has a consistent politi
cal record as a Democrat, and was for
tunately practically out of political life
during the war, but presents a brilliant
record.
“3d. Because he can secure the com
bined support of the Bemocraticparty and
will not antagonize the capital or moneyed
power of the country.* • ‘ ’
“4th. Because the railroad influence in
his favor will more tban overbalance the
influence and patronage of 'the present
fraudulent administration.
•5th. Because he cab, with reasonable
certainty, carry New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohlo and Indiana, and all
the Southern States.
“Ctli. Because his nomination would
not antagonize the factions in New
York.
“7th. Because he has the brain power
and the executive ability" to make a Pres
ident that' would command respect at
home and abroad.”
Well, no doubt, give Mr. Jewett time,
and with all his railroads he ought to be
able to carry a great many people.
Rabbi Benson.—This gentleman, so
well known in Macon, who was in charge
of the “Congregation Beth Israel,” of this
city, will leave with his family on to-mor
row morning for Atlanta. . Here he will
remain until the middle of August, lec
turing in the meantime at various points.
Then he will proceed to his new field, to
which he has recently been called, at
Grand Rapids, Mich. The following,
taken from a Grand Rapids paper, will
explain his new relations:
The Congregation Emanuel, at its
meeting Monday night, unanimously
elected Rabbi N. L Benson as its pastor,
at a very liberal salary. Rabbi Benson
leaves to-day for his home In Macon,. Ga.,
but will return with his family August 1,
at which time he begins his labors here.
Mr. Benson is also circuit rabbi of the
States of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, and is an author of considerable
note. _
GIrfield’s Wisdom.—Garfield is a
wiseman in respect to the Credit-Mo-
bilicr. He will not notice the vile slan
der. It 1s not in a condition to be noticed.
He ii not in a condition to take notice.
The fact that it was an official report by
a Republican jcommittee of a Republican
House makes it impossible to notice it.
Would you have him * challenging the ve
racity of his political friends? Those
friends virtually charge him with false
hood and perjury. Would it be right for
him to respond with* similar accusa
tion?
Thk Exchange report of the cotton re
ceipts for the week ending Friday night,
was 22,420 bales against 6,061 the corres
ponding week of last year—showing a
gain of 16,359 bales. By that table the
crop now' reaches 4,812,426 bales with a
net increase on last year of 409,731 bales.
The cotton crop of 1879-80 is going to open
our eyes to cotton possibilities.
Guy. Seymour and the Convention.
It is easy to understand the persistence
with which & candidacy for the presiden
tial nomination has been pressed upon
Gov. Seymour. In all human probabili
ty the vote of New York i3 essential to
success, and no public man, on either
side, has the personal strength of Gov.
Seymour in that State, or enjoys such a
degree of popular confidence as a wise,
virtuous and patriotic statesman. But
Seymour- does not want to he President.
He desires nothing so much as to spend
the remnant of his days in peace and leis
ure, upon his magnificent estate, where he
is surrounded by everything which can
contribute to personal happiness; and,
having been once defeated for the presi
dency, he does not feel it a matter of pa
triotic duty to make a second tender for
the office.
From the opening of the canvass, there
fore, he has held but one language on the
subject. He is not a candidate and does
not desire and will not accept a nomina
tion. This determination he has commu
nicated to the public heretofore through
personal friends, in various ways, but last
Wednesday he pat it in formal shape on
paper, and placed it in the hands of the
delegate from his district to the Cincin
nati convention. This last act must be
accepted as decisive and turn Bemocratic
attention in other directions.
Assuming that a New York nomination
is of special importance, and apparently
almost essential to success in that State, is
there not some other man of high reputa
tion and unsullied character in that State
who could rally the Bemocratc hosts to
assured victory? Is not Clarkson N.
Potter such a man? He has been a prom
inent and able congressman—is a man of
fine talents, and, if beaten at all for lieuten
ant governor in the last disastrous State
canvass, was beaten but by a mere hand-
full. He has every mental qualification
necessary to the trust. And has he not, as
well, those others of personal popularity,
strong social connections and high public
confidence.
But if not Potter, or some other .New
York statesman—that is to say, if we are
to cast local considerations out of the ac
count and present a man jsolely on the
score of his national reputation as a states
man and a public man of unsullied char
acter, then where shall we look beyond
Bayard, of Belaware, the fourth and
greatest of his name, from the very origin
of the government, illustrious for wisdom,
prudence, patriotism, and an integrity un
sullied by a suspicion of unworthy mo
tives ? Southern Bemocrats say com
monly on the stniet, we had rather go
down with Bayard than triumph with
Tilden.
It is quite true that with Bayard we can
easily anticipate the character of the as
saults upon him. He will be assailed as a
Southern candidate and a Rebel sympa
thizer, and these assaults may and proba
bly will injure his cause in the Northern
States. Then, too, his rigid adherence to
the gold standard does not reflect public
sentiment in the South; but we must, at
least, tender the country and government
a chance of self-extrication from the gro
velling attitude of our politics. We have
not had a chance to measure the force of
the nobler instincts and aspirations of the
people. Let us have a ticket that will do
it.
The cry in the South is universal. Let
us, at all events, put up a ticket worthy
of the American suffrage, and for which
every vote will be transparently a vote for
honest and fair administration. Avoid in
the nominations the slightest countenance
of party trickery, and appeal to the no
blest impulses of the American people!
We shall cheerfully accept any candidate
the Cincinnati convention shall adopt if
he comes with a reputation so clear as to
be above suspicion of evil.
As to the alleged Syracuse dispatch iu
the telegrams to-day reversing the declar
ation over Gov. Seymour’s sign manual
of Wednesday, wo look upon it as all
stuff and entirely unworthy of confidence.
Gov. Seymour will not run.
these, as in thousands of occurrences in
personal history, we are'in the hands of
God.
It is manifestly the business of the
Cincinnati convention next week to sit
as a great national jury—with a single
thought and eye for the welfare of the
country. They are as nearly in a posi
tion to do it as any convention that ever
sat in America. They are free from
strong personal bias. They will have
ample'opportunity to hear fiom all parts
of the country, and glean all the fact3
bearing upon the character and strength
of candidates. And it is their sole proper
business to give an honest, unprejudiced
and impartial verdict in favor of the best
man, in oc out of the field. Shall we see
snch a disposition in the Cincinnati Bem
ocratic convention?
Do Something.
There is not a-more deplorable condi
tion jn which a young man can be placed
than that of idleness—having nothing to
do. And there is no necessity for a man
to be placed in this position, for this is a
busy world, too busy for anyone who has
the ability to work to be idle. And yet
how often we see- boys half grown and
men congregated on the streets engaged
in what they call “killing time.” Alas!
it is murder more foul than where blood
is spilt. There is somethingthat you can
do and something for you to do—some
thing suited to your ability. A man has
only to open his eyes and look around,
and he will discover openings to engage
his muscle, energy and time.
If a man is without work in this push
ing, driving country of ours, there is
Bayard at Cincinnati.
The Nashville American ot the 17th
says, “in saying yesterday that Mr. Bay
ard would probably be the leading can
didate at Cincinnati after a few ballots
in case Mr. Seymour was not a candidate,
we based that view on the small strength
of Mr. Tilden and his evident decline.
It should be said, however, that such ap
peals to be Mr. Bayard’s place amongst
the leading candidates, who are now men
tioned and are recognized as in the field.
“We cannot, of course, undertake to
predict at all as to the importance candi
dates may assume who are recognized
simply as possibilities. As to dark horses
and those who have simply been men
tioned as likely to become formidable no
calculations can be made with any accur
acy. Iu this list must be placed Payne,
Jewett, Morrison and some others who
Lave not figured in the selection of dele
gates enough to be regarded as more than
possibilities. Our meaning will be clear
er from a statement of the status of each
in the list of delegates as far as they
are selected. They stand now, leaving
out Kentucky and North Carolina, which
have not yet chosen delegates: Tilden
193, Bayard 125, Seymour 68, Hancock 84,
Thurman 67, Randolph 18, .Field 44,
English, of Connecticut, 2, Hendricks 37,
Morrison 8. Of these there is no difficul
ty in pronouncing Tilden, Bayard, Sey
mour, Hancock, Thurman, Field and
Hendricks the candidates likely to be in
on the first ballot, assuming that Mr. Til-
den’s withdrawal will not occur until af
ter a ballot, and a probable trial of the
complimentary vote game. All other can
didates must be regarded as those whose
entry is contingent. Bayard leads after Til
den, and he certainly stands an excellent
chance of becoming the leading candidate
after the first two or three ballots, in case
Mr. Seymour persists in declining. In
the face of the pressure it is hard to see 1 ,
however, how Mr. Seymour can refuse to
allow the use ot his name. That he does
something radically wrong. There has
been a mistake either in trainingor in exe- desire ^ to run, and jfhat lie would
cution. The parents have sadly neglected
Elective and Hereditary Govern-
I s ment
Men who fret themselves over the un
worthy scenes and processes which fix the
administrative succession in a great re
public, should mitigate their disgust by a
comparison of this process with that which
fixes hereditary succession. The one is as
absolutely under Providential control as
the other. No man—not even Hayes—
ever sat in the executive chair of this re
public except in pursuance of a Divine
economy as absolute as if he had been
horn to the purple.
It is a false and heretical view of human
affairs to suppose that while they may be
sequences of crime,or fraud, or triumphant
cunning, they are- in any respect a sur
prise or a disappointment to that “Divinity
which shapes our ends” and “seeth the
end from the beginning,” and whose be
nevolent superintendence works good out
of evil:—often works ’ by evil instrumen
talities—holds crime in check by crime,
and “doeth alLthings well.”
The men -who pronounce these idea3
“fatalism” have but to study and ponder
upon the record, "where in four thousand
years the first transgression and a long
array of the vilest crimes wrought out the
grandest display of self-sacrificing benev
olence, and will finally cover divine and
human nature with a crown of glory and
happiness inconceivable.
Therefore, we say, let no man fret him
self about presidential conventions and
successions, and the disgraceful plots and
machinations disclosed by them. If we
could glance at all the secrets of heredi
tary succession, by which empires are
transferred and the fate of great nations
directed, do not doubt for a moment that
we would see as ridiculous and puerile
events as ever were displayed at Chicago
or any other convention.
And yet we have known men to balk
at primhiy meetings and the ballot and
party conventions, as mere human and
confessedly corrupt machinery, and not as
manifestly under the direct control of Di
vine Providence as hereditary succession.
It is the business of every man in these
matters to follow the suggestions of his
own judgment and sense of duty and hold
himself as perfectly acquiescent in the
final verdict as he does m any mere pet-
sonal development of the divine will.
Indeed, it ought to be a comfort to any
sensible man that he has not the control
of these great issues. It can be seen that
they are influenced by the same general
laws and principles which determine other
moral and material events, and It can be
seen that parties should consult these laws j
and shape their action by them; but, be
yond these, so many occult and influential
causes develop themselves that thought
ful men need not look long to detect a
Divine controlling agency, and feel that in
their duty, or there has been carelessness
in the performance of the work assigned.
There are exceptional cases, we admit,
where misfortuue enters in and deprives
a man of his situation or business, but
nine times out of ten these very misfor
tunes are the result of inattention to busi
ness.
We have our mind on some young men
now and with whom we have conversed
recently upon this subject, and their ex
cuses were that they could get nothing to
do. We felt interested and asked why.
And upon investigation we found that one
or two of the number had been recreant
to the trust confided, but in no criminal
sense. ’In other words, they had been in
attentive to business, and their employers’
interests had suffered. Some others could
get certain kiud of work, but it didn’t suit
their taste, therefore they preferred to re
main in idleness. And in almost every
case-a satisfactory reason could be assign
ed why they were idle.
During an active life of over thirty
years, we have never been involuntarily
out of employment but' one month, and
that was the month succeeding Gen.
Wilson’s occupancy of Macon. Our rule
was to do something. If we coul.d not
get that kind of employment which suited,
we engaged in that which we coaid
get, even if it wa3 not desirable.
The next rule was to make oar
employer’s interest our interest.
This is the only secret in being in
constant demand.
We have a secret that, we would like to
whisper to cur young friends. One of the
most prosperous business men who ever
lived in Macon told us that he knew the
conduct and character of every young
man of the city. He knew exactly what
salary they received and their every day
habits, and could tell. when a young man
was living beyond his income. He knew
every young man who was in the habit
of getting drunk, either in the daytime or
at night. He had the name of every
young man who visited the faro bank or
billiard saloon.
He sought this information to protect
his own interest. There are other mer
chants and business men who have and
are gathering' this information. Be care
ful, or you will he caught before you
know it. Business men have no use for
employes who visit farobanks and go “on
benders.”
In conclusion, don’t stand around with
your hands in your pockets and say you
can’t get anything to do, when the world
is full of activity and opportunities. Go
to work. Do something.
Onslaught on Tilden.
A World special from Utica, New
York, makes a fierce, onslaught on Tilden
for alleged unrelenting warfare on Sey-
ur. Tilden, 'according to this World
correspondent, has been scattering his
dollars among a parcel of newspaper edi
tors to put Seymour in a false and ungra
cious attitude in regard to the Democrat
ic nomination.
Seymour, according to the World,
while he is not a candidate and does not
want the nomination, has never taken the
ground that he would absolutely refuse it,
if tendered, until forced into it to put
a stop to the intrigues and misrepresenta
tions of these industrious and thrifty Til-
denites, wiio have at last succeeded,
through the crafty suggestions of the an
cient Samuel, in forfeiting to the Ameri
can Democracy the services of a man
whose controllingpopularity in New York
would have made victory next November
a sure thing.
Samivel, according to the World, is a
much more dangerous rock ahead of the
Democracy than all their political foes
combined—a crafty old fox, who will rule
or ruin, and is. ready to impale everybody
who stands in his way. In short, Tilden
has nothing oi the Curtius about him, as
the World is ready to qualify to. He will
kill any Democrat who may be put iu the
field against hint without Ms previ
ous consideration and consent—would
slaughter Seymour, will slaughter Bayard
—will kill anybody except Garfield and
Arthur—so that he is the great obstruction
to be considered. He must bo kept in
good nature at all hazards, must Uncle
Samuel; for, though old and sick; he is a
terrible fellow yet, is Uncle Samuel.
'Therefore, the party must all toe the line
pointed out by the palsied fore-finger of
the “Sage of Grammercy,” or. gramercy
for tjie chances, ^ >
Tiie International Review for
July has a paper on Jonathan Edwards,
by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Frontier
Folk, by George Booth. -' Lord Beacons-
field. The Labor Problem, from the La
bor Reform Side, by Jesse H. Jones. Mr.
Foynteria Lectures on Art, by P. C. Ham-
merton. The Wrecking of Life Insurance
Companies, by Julius Wilcox. Contem
porary Literature. This elegant monthly
is published by A. S. Bamos ts Co., Ill
and 113 William street, New York, at $5
a year.
—|AccorUlDg lo the Washington Star
Don-Cameron has absolutely refused the
the’chairmanship of the Republican na
tional committee, though asked by friends
of General Garfield to aecept it.
'• >■ •
«****«. A1VA quu.v*
rather avoid than assume the duties of the
presidency is no longer a matter of specu
lation; but no man has a right to refuse
to serve his party and his country, what
ever tho.sacrifice. If he will accept, his
nomination can he made by acclamation
on the second’or third ballot.”
Too Much. Honey.
According to a. correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, at Titusville, the
Standard Oil Company, at a loss what to
do with their accumulated capital, are
buyiiig up wheat lands, and intend to pur
chase and cultivate a million acres of the.
best lands they can find, and, by other
supplementary arrangements, control the
wheat market of the world. They have
now a purchasing committee in the field,
at present in Minnesota, which travels in
a special car, and when they encounter a
tract of land that suits them, it Is at once
absorbed. Much of this property is in the
shape of land grants to railroads.
It i3 the intention of the Standard to
possess a million acres of the choicest
wheat lands of the West before another
year. The chances are that they will
have this enormous quantity inside of six
months, as the work of buying is being
carried on in the most princely manner.
■Whole townships and counties are passing
in blocks into the hands of the Standard.
It is said to be the most gigantic land
speculation that any country has ever
known, and yet so secretly has it been
carried on that nobody outside of the
giant oil monopoly knew of it until
40,000 acres had been gobbled up. These
enormous p&rchases are being made from
the profits of the Standard’s oil business,
a largo percentage of which comes in the
shape of rebates from railroads. None of
the company’s capital stock is being tied
up in this land grab.
Discussing the big speculation, a promi
nent railroad man says: “In this rail
road managers can see some of the re
sults of permitting a corporation like the
Standard Oil Company to extract draw
backs and rebates on sMpments.” Aside
from rebates on freights, a large portion
of tLe Standard’s profits comes from their
manipulation of the oil markets. These
are but two of th.e sources whence the
monopoly can draw for the capital they
are now investing in these Western lands.
A corporation that can increase its assets
to $22,000,000 in ten years on a capital of
$100,000, control legislatures and the three
great trunk lines of the country, is proba
bly not pressed for funds. The opinion
obtains, among those who arc cognizant
of this move of the Standard, that the
object is to get control ot the wheat mar
ket as they now control the oil market.
Theywill.be large producers of wheat,
and, if necessary, large buyers as well.. It
is thought their power over the railroads,
as shown in the transportation of oil, will
enable the Standard to say to the world
just how much it shall pay them for its
daily bread.
Pooling their Profits on Sugar.—
A preliminary agreement has been entered
into by some of the largest sugar refiners
in New York city which practically
places in the hands of an executive com
mittee the absolute control ’bf the sugar-
refining business of the country. Power
to order a suspension of Work is given to
the committee, and in its hands each day
the refiners are to place one-eighth of one
cent for each pound- of sugar melted on
the preceding day. ! ”
After the expenses of the committee
have been paid, this fond is to be dis
tributed among the refiners weekly, ac
cording to the maximum capacity of their
refineries. The result of the agreement
will be practically a pooling of the darn
ings of the refineries under the manage
ment of the committee. The refiners at
Boston and Philadelphia have been asked
to join in the proposed action, and com
mittees have visited those cities to urge
co-operation. The agreement has already
been signed by one-half of the New York
. refiners, and others are said to favor the
plan.
Georgia Gubernatorial Conven
tion.—It Is suggested in certain quarters
that; after the Bemocratic gubernatorial
convention has completed its busi
ness, it should resolve itself . into
au Immigration Convention, and- .that
the primaries constitute delegates to
that, body delegates to both. It
is believed that important facta will come
before snch a body, and that State action
is imperative to secure great resnlts to
Geoigia.
Bank Collapses.—The First Nation-
al.Bankof Brattleboro, Vermont, is mi
nus a quarter of a million through forged
paper issued by its president, G. - M.
Waite, who has left for parts unknown.
The First National Bank of Newark,
New Jersey, is short, four hundred thou
sand dollars by absconding officers. Un
der a sense of the fugacious character of
paper the creditors are now ready to com
pound their losses in cartwheel dollars.
Water-Tight Bulkheads.—Nothing
but these saved another great ocean catas
trophe on Sunday. Two steamships, the
Anchoria and The Queen, came into col
lision on the broad Atlantic in a fog, and
both would have sank immediately, with
all their living and inanimate freight, but
for the fact that both hulls -were divided
into water-tight compartment. It is sin
gular that in this case the sMps bad
signaled each other by steam-whistle some
time before they struck.
The poetry ef babyhood is turned into
the blankest kind of prose when one has
to walk the floor all night to the ceaseless
music of a colic suffering baby. Dr.
Bull's Baby Syrup prevents all sufch
scenes and troubles by its unfailing influ
ence. i
Wonderful Feats of Memory.—A
Paris correspondent of the New Orleans
Picayune tells the following story: One
day in January, 1840—a long while ago,
but as the anecdote is unpublished, and
the actors were prominent, it will bear
telling—several professors of ihe Univer
sity of Berlin were assembled in the coun
cil chamber and were talking. One of
them held the Foss Gazette in his hand.
Turning to Prof. Boeckh (famous as a
Greek scholar and as possessor of won
derful memory), he asked; “Bo
you tMnk you could in 24 hours
get by heart the first page of that
newspaper?” “I am sure I could.”
“Prof. Boeckh, I don’t think you could.
I’m so sure you could not that I’ll bet
twenty bottles of wine that you could
not.” “Strike hands, I take your bet.”
Prof. Boeckh took the newspaper, aud
was a little shocked to see that the first
page contained nothing but a list of per
sons who had at the recent festival of the
order of Prussia received the ribbon.
This insipid, litany was, of course,
much more difficult to get by heart
than editorials and intelligence;
still Prof. Boeckli would not back out.
At this moment Prof. Haupt, the philolo
gist, who was likewise famous for Ms ten
acious memory entered the council cham
ber, was told what had occurred, and
dared to take a similar bet. He smiled
and struck hands. Thereupon Prof. Ben-
ary, one of the younger professors,
declared that if the veterans of the faculty
could do so much, the rawer ^recruits
would not be behind them and to sus
tain the honor of his youthful brethren he
too would take the bet. The next day all
these professors were assembled again in
the council chamber. Prof. Boeckh began
and recited the whole page without miss
ing one name, or one Christian name, or
one initial, or one grade of the long list of
persons who had received the rib
bon, from the ministers of state
to the humblest clerk. He rattled it
off as easily as if it had been the alphabet.
Then Prof. Haupt came to time and re
cited the long nomenclature, but he gave
it slowly and corrected himself often.
’Twas now Professor Benary’s turn to
prove himself the peer of these gray heads.
He exclaimed: “Brethren, I’ll pay the
claret,” and a peal of laughter shook the
council chamber. '
Progress in Eufaula.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: It
may not be uninteresting to your numer
ous leaders generally, and certainly not
to those of them who live in southeast
Alabama, to learn something of the rapid
progress Eufaula is now matins m nearly
all manner of mechanical and manufac
turing industry;
OIL. FACTORY.
A company with ample capital has re
cently purchased the old Southwestern
railroad depot—a large and well con
structed building in ■ this city—wMch is
now being converted into an extensive
cotton seed oil factory, and it will be
ready for that purpose in time for the next
crop of cotton. The factory will give em
ployment to quite a large number
of bauds and a few skilled mechanics,
whose earnings will be principally distrib
uted among oiir merchants, and thus
swell their traffic aud enhance the com
mercial interest of bur city.
ICE FACTORY.
Another and just established industry is
the splendid ice factoiy of Messrs. E-
Stone & Co., who turned out yesterday
their first installment, to the great de
light and comfort of this sweltering com
munity.' They have: in service one of
Boyle’s ice machines, and make the ice
from condensed steam from the boiler to
the large engine that runs both the ice
machinery and also their adjacent exten
sive tanning and grist mill. The ice they
are now making is quite superior to any
artificial ice I ever examined, it
being quite as clear and .compact as most
of the Northern ice made by nature and
sold in market. Being made from con
densed steam, every particle of air is ex
cluded from the water, thus preventing
the milky or snowlike complexion of
nearly all the' ice manufactured from
river or spring water. It thus makes the
ice harder and more durable. This ma-
cMne has a capacity for turning out three
tons of ice per day, and the demand upon
it will be apt to keep it running steadily
day and night durieg the heated terms of
each year. .
Of the tannery, though a more impor
tant branch of industry than making ice,
(for there is notMng like leather), it is
only necessary to say "th&£ af-present it
turns out' only about eight thousand
sides annually, but it is leather,
I am told, of very superior quality. I
do not know how many" hands are em
ployed by this firm, but you never saw a
a busier place. The jee fagtojy and tan
nery are situateij about a half mile north-
west’of the city on the beautiful and clas
sic banks of the Che walla creek, and are
connected by telephone with the business
office of the firm in the heart of the city.
Success to them aud all other enterpris-
ing people who give employment to labor
and life, to trade and commerce.
FOUNDRY;
Eufaula now, also, sports a first-class
foundry, recently established by Messrs*
Ryder & Sanders, and already they are
doing a thriving business, and are miking
themselves indispensable to the commu
nity; ■ ■ • > .
The enterprises named have but recently
been started, but they are only so many
important industries among bthe&Tmight
mention in Eufaula, but-for fear of tres-
passingupoa your space too far- :
ilrj CROPS, ETCi. "
.;j I have been visiting alouein the county
to" sbme extent, during* Jl)Q-hv£ month,
and! would state tfiat’erops, as a general
thing, were never more promising in this
section, at this 'time of the year, than at
present. Here hi the city we have had no
rainlfor two weeks, and “garden truck!’ is
suffering quite severely from the drouth^
and intense heat, but during the ‘last few
days fine showers of raiti have fallen all
around us, and but a few miles off. v.'sii .
T|ie health of this community is gener
ally good, but I regret to inform you of
the death of Mr. “Butt” Thweatt, an esti
mable and worthy young man. He diet!
yesterday afternoon, and. at the time of
his death was conducting quife an exten
sive mercantile house in this city. S.
Eufaula, Ala., June 16,1880.
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The Muscle Shoals Canal.
The river and harbor bill appropriates
$300,000 for continuing the work at Muscle
Shoals, on the Tennessee riv er, and adds
$10,000 for improving the river above the
shoals. The Chattanooga Times makes
the following statement, on authority of
Major King, United .States engineer in
charge: • ’f «,*. dsns’.*
A force of about 170, one-tenth of a full
force, has been employed at the shoals for
several months past; this force will be
immediately increased to 1,700 or 1,800 as
soou as official infonnatiou of additional
appropriations is received, that is provided
the laborers can be procured.
The expenses of carrying on the work,
when a full force is employed, have been
estimated at $40,000 per month, $25,000
for laborers aud $15,000 for supplies. The
appropriation "of $300,000 will permit the
employment of a full force for abodt eight
months. If the appropriations are made
as needed the work' .will he finished in
about two years. The amount yet neces
sary to expend on the work, before its
completion, is about $1,000,000, including
the $300,000 appropriation at present
pending. $1,000,009 has already been ex
pended on the work, but it is far more than
half completed. If the appropriations are
made at the same rate as since the com
mencement of the work, the work will not
be completed for nearly four years. When
completed, steamboats 200 feet long, 60 feet
wide, drawing from four to five feet, can
navigate from Chattanooga to the Missis
sippi, almost throughout the entire year.
The $10,600 appropriated tor the Ten
nessee above Chattanooga will-be used in
clearing the river between Knoxville and
Loudon.
-Tbs Polynesian Islands are almost
wholly Christianized. There are in these
Islands 350,000 native Christians, who
have their own well-organized churches,
that support themselves. They have their
own pastors and teachers and even sustain
foreign missionary societies amom them
selves that send missionaries of their own
to other heathen countries.
AH IMPORTANT DISCOVERT.
A Process of Incalculable Value to
Cotton Planters
A discovery destined, in the opinion of
Gen. Le Due, to be of more value to the
South than anything that has been pre
viously done by the agricultural depart
ment, bas been made in relation to the
planting of cotton. A question having
arisen as to the situation of the oil cells
in cotton seed, the matter was referred to
the mieruscepist, Prof. Thomas Taylor.
He found a series of oil cells near the
outer surface, and another row immedi
ately surroanding the chit or germinating
point, evidencing the complete protection
which the latter received.
This fact led Prof. Taylor to experi
ment, with a view to. ascertaining the
amount of resistance offered to the attacks
of agents generally supposed to be of a
destructive nature to all organic life. In
trying sulphuric acid, which had been
previously used in a diluted form to ag
glutinate the cotton adhering to the seeds,
so as to facilitate the expression of tho oil,
he found that acid of the commercial
strength completely removed this without
visibly affecting the outer brown shell.
To test the actual effect on the germina
ting property, he handed some of the seed
thus treated and afterwards washed to
Mr. Saunders, who piauted it.
To the surprise ol everyone except Mr.
Taylor, who had foreseen this result if the
germ had not been destroyed, the seed
came up at least five days earlier than
that in its natural state. To ascertain
whether this might not be owing to the
soaking the seed received, some was kept
for several months and then planted at
the same time with seed of the same crop
unprepared. The same results followed,
showing the action of the acid* in remov
ing the adherent cotton to have been the
same as performed by nature, viz: the
conversion of the amylaceous or starchy
cellulose into glucose.
Prof. Taylor’s theory as to the action of
the corrosive acid being arrested tempo
rarily on contact with the ligneous cellu
lose of the shell, proved to have been cor
rect. The advantage to planters -iu hav-'
ing five or six days start can scarcely be
over-estimated, whether availed of in
avoiding early frosts or raising early cot
ton, for which premiums are* offered by
several cotton boards in the South. But
this is not said to be the principal benefit
conferred by the discovery.
Hitherto cotton planting-has had to he
done by hand, aud the seed sown broad
cast, owing to the adherentcottonprevent
ing the seed being used in the planters
used lor corn and other clean seed. After
preparation the seed can be used in any
planter, and, by the "lugularity of growth
resulting, the subsequent cultivation great
ly facilitated. The mode of preparing tho
seed, which it is understood will he pat
ented, is as followsThe' seed Is placed-
in an earthen or glafis vessel, and ordinary
sulphuric acid poured over so as to com
pletely cover it. It is then stirred until
.the brown shell is left free from the cot
ton. -
The acid is poured off to be used again,
and the seed washed until all acidity dis
appears, and dried. A large quantity is
to be thus prepared and distributed among
cotton planters for next season. The acid,
afterjit has become saturated orexhansted,
is to be experimented with to ascertain
whether the glucose cannot be recovered.
Experiments are also to be instituted with
a .view to ascertain the practicability of
the process as applied to seeds slow of
germination, suclf as that of the palm,
which takes three years to sprout.—
Washington Post.
The Boat Races.
Rebuilding Israel.—It has recently
been rumored that Mr. Lawrence Oli-
phant, that world-wide traveler and ac
complished man of the world, had, at the
instigation of Sir Moses Montefiore, at last
f lined a concession of certain districts in
alestine, where the oft-attempted project
of that venerable philanthropist is to be
carried out. It is now stated semi-authori-
tatively in the English press that among
the projects which Mr. Goscncn will pre
sent to the Sultan is that of forming into a
united Jewish colony the districts of Ga-
laad and Moab, which are at present in
habited only by a few nomad tribes.
The Ottoman government Would retain
its suzerain rights over this territory, which
was formerly the part of the Promised
Land set aside for the tribes of Gad,
Reuben and Manasseb, and would receive
in return for its concession, in other
respects, a respectable number of millions
from certain capitalists, who have under
taken that they shall be forthcoming. The
new colony would be subjected to the
authority of a prince of the Jewish race
and religion, aud would serve as a nucleus
of a second Kingdom of Israel.
The Porter Murder.
Galveston, Tex., June 17.—A special
to the Mews from Marshall says a lady,
escorted by two gentlemen, all strang
ers, entered the court at 11:30 o’clock this
morning. The district attorney met them,
and anuounced to the court that there
was a lady present, whom he presumed
was Miss Cummings, and requested to
have her sworn.' This created a sensa
tion. Col. Crawford, for the defense,
asked to confer with Miss Cummings ior
his side at the proper time, as he had or
dered a subpoena served on her on her ar
rival. Witness was put under rule to be
conferred with by both sides of the case,
being in the position of witness for both
sides. ►. ;
The morning was consumed with the ex
amination of’Br. Jurdas, of Shreveport,
whose testimony related to signs of in
sanity. An hypothetical case was put by
the defense involving circumstances simi
lar to those surrounding Currie. Witness
replied that a man so conducting bimself
was insane. The State promises to pro
duce unfavorable testimony regarding the
character, of witness. The arrival of
Miss Cummings caused such confusion
that a recess was taken..
Miss Cummings was;called to the stand
and gave a graphic narrative of the shoot
ing. 1 The' main particulars of her evi
dence corroborated Barrymore’s. She saw
four shots fired, two at Barrymore and
two at Porter. She said Barrymore and
Porter had their heads turned toward
each other talking of Currie, and his fun
ny expression to Harvey, viz., “Do you
want to sell a dog,” and while talking
Currie passed behind them to the front
door. There he turned and asked if the
insult was directed to him, at the same
time using threats. ^Witness said there
was no reference in the talk to what Car
rie ate for’lunch. She did not see Porter
put his hand to his ear in the way com
plained of by Currie.
W. J. Dial said lie saw Currie the night
of the killing, and thought him druDk but
rational. Dr. Elam Johnson agreed with
Dr. Ford as to the temporary insanity of
Currie if the hypothetical case was iden
tical with Currie’s. The defense closed
and the State, after introducing one more
witness, also closed. Argument begins
to-morrow morning. —•
Galveston, JunejJS.—A special to the
JNeies from Marshall'says: “It was ex
pected that argument in the Currie trial
would begin this morning, but testimony
in rebuttal was lengthened, the Stale aim
ing to break down the testimony of L.
Moore and that of the experts as to the
mental condition of Currie at the exact
Providence,Rhode Island, June 17.— .. __ „... ■ ...
The great day has come and gone, the in-1 J. 1 ® 0 of the killing. Two'Witnesses testi-
ternaiional regatta is over, and the pro- j t0 seel l?S Currie just after the
fessional race did not end just as thou- killing, and _ hearing _ him _ say
sands expected. There is, however,
general feeling that everything was
“square.” ' Hanlan failed hut his friends
and backers are satisfied. They paid
their pools like men and are willing .to
back him again, evidently believing him
when he said he had a “stitch” in Ms side.
Indeed they say he was troubled the 3ame
way the day before he rowed against
Rili-y recently. He has worn a plaster
since then until within a day or two.
It is thought the rapid changes of cli
mate from Canada to the south and back
again within a short time may have had
sometMng to do with i|-. By reason of this
misfortune, the professional race was won
by Ross. As for Boyd, on whom some
expectation was based, he fouled in turn
ing, and was hung up there from i to |
minute, and got disco imaged. Besides this]
the water, which was quite smooth till the
oarsmen reached the turn; soon became
rough, the wind suddenly blowing up
quitq freshly, and the oarsmen had hard
"work coming hack. Even wMte caps made
their appearance, an'4 'the oarsmen who
hugged the shore were best ofi, and one
gotstvamped. The crowd in attendance
was immense. •, e - ; .
The bulletins sent put during the- pro
gress of the race proved to be generally
incorrect, owing to. the failure of the sys
tem bf signalling by means of colored
balls. Until the arrival ortbe timekeepers
on shore it was generally believed by thy
spectators that Boyd was third, and Plan
ted second, while",in fact, both of the lat
ter Were so far behind that their time was
not taken.
After some delay the starters in the
professional race took position. At the
signal Hanlah rushed to the front and was
followed by Boyd aud Riley. After a
time Ross pushed ahead of Boyd, and they
fought, steadily for the third position be
yond the half mile. Filially Ross' passed
the Englishman and sped for'Uanlan,
passing him before reaching the turning
point by three or four lengths, with Riley
second and Ilanlan third.
GUysel seemetj to have fouled with. Ms
buoy in turning, and Boyd fared no bet
ter, for he came in Pontact with his buoy,
and. was detained pearly a. half-minute.
As the buoy was rounded the wind fresh
ened perceptily, and white-caps appeared^
Ross maintained his lead, and aliGuf one-
half mile from the turn Hanlan was ob
liged to cease rowing and rest on Ms oars;
When asked, what was the matter from
the press boat, he placed his hand oh Ms
chest as though experiencing pain. At
this -time’ Roes was several lengths in ad
vance, with Riley second. The water
was'exceedingly rough. .. i
Plaisted and ' Ten Eyck . Were steering
for tho western shore, with the latter in
advance. Ross kept his leading position
very 1 easily and at the finish had a lead of
thirty-six seconds, with Riley second, and
Ten Eyck tliird. Time, 29:54.
Providence, B. f., June 17.—Al
though the amateur race in the interna
tional regatta was announced to be start
ed at 3:30 o’clock to-day, yet, after a vex
atious delay of an.hour, seven starters
moved forward in the following order:
Wm. Murray, of Portsmouth, Ya., 1;
Timothy Murphy, of Norwich, Conn., 2;
Frank E. Holmes, of Pawtucket, R. 1., 3;
Edward HAfden, of Boston, 4; Geo.
Guysel, of New York, 5; Jno. Buckley,
of Portland, Me.,. 6; Jos. Laing, of Mon
treal, 7. The Fitzgerald Brothers, of
Philadelphia, did not put in an appear
ance. The oarsmen got the word at 3:23,aud
Holmes promptly shot to the front, catch
ing the water at. tbe signal and rapidly
drawing ahead, followed by Guysel aud
Hayden. The positions remained un
changed at the half mile, but, *!t a mile,
Gaysel pushed to the front, Holmes second
and Lung third. Holmes rounded the
turn first, steering direct for his buoy, with
a lead of four or five lengths, followed by
Guysel and Murray! Buckley and Mur
phy came next, turning Holmes’ buoy,
Laiqg sixth aud Hayden seventh. Holmes
retained his lead to the finish, keeping to
the front without much exertion. Guysel
spurted once or twice, and at tbe finish
was at least three lengths in tbe rear of
Holmes, with Laing third, Murray ionrth,
Buckley fifth, Hayden sixth and Murphy
seventh. Time: 22:44.
that he was in for goingfior the whole the
atrical troupe.
After considerable testimony as to the
question of insanity, both sides rested,
aiid it is expected that the case will be
tried to-morrow afternoon.”
Some Seasonable Hints to ladies
Traveling Alone.
L Be sure you know where you want
to go before you get on the train.
2. When you purchase your ticket you
will have to pay for it; no use to tell the
ticket agent to “charge it and send the
bill to your husband.” And if he savs
the price of the ticket is $2.96, don’t tell
liiiu you can get one just iike it of the
conductor or atthe other store for $2.50; he
won’t believe you, and he may laugh a
you. •:
3. Never travel without money. It re
quires broad views, liberal ■ education,
keen discernment and profound judg
ment to travel without money. No one
can do this successfully but tramps and
editors. ; • ; .
4. Beware of the commercial traveler.
5. Don’t give a stranger your ticket and
ask him to go ont and-~cfieck' your trunk.
He wilt usually be only too glad to do it;
and,;wkat is more, will do it, and your
trunk will be so effectually checked that it
will never catch tip with you again. And
then: when the conductor asks you for your
ticket, and you relate to him the pleasing
little allegory about the si ranger and the
baggage, he will look incredulous and
smile down upon, you from half-closed
eyes, and say that it is a beautiful romance,
but he has heard it before. Ami then you
will put up your jewelry or disembark at
the next station.
6. If you are going three hundred miles
don’t try to get off the train every fifteen,
minutes, under the impression that you
are there. If you get there in fifteen hours
you .will be doing excellently.
7. ', Gall the brakeman “conductor;” ho
has grown proud since be got. his new
uniform, aud it will flatter him.
8., Put your shawl strap, bundle aud
two i>aper parcels in the hat rack, hang
your; bird cage to the corner Of it, so that
when it faiis oft it will drop into the lap
of the old gentleman sitting behind you,
stand your Four house plants on the win
dow sill, set your lunch basket on the
seat beside you, fold your shawls on the
top of it, carry your pocket-book in one
hand and hold your silver mug m the.
other, put your two valises under tbe
aekt and hold your bandbox and the rest
of your things* in your lap. Then' you
will liave'all your luggage handy, and
won’t be worried-and flustered about it
when you have only t wenty-nine secoads
n vyhich to change cars.
9. Address' the conductor every ten min
utes. It pleases him to have you notice
him; If you can’t think of any new ques
tion to ask him, ask him the same old oue
every time. Always call him “Say!” or
“Mister!”
10. Pick up all the information you can
while traveling. Open tho window and
look forward to see how fast the engine is
going. Then when you get home you
can tell the children about the big cinder
you | picked up, with your eye, and how
nice and warm it was, aud what it tasted
like.
lit Don’t hang your parasol on tho cord
that passes down the middle of the car. It
isn’t a clothes line. It looks like one, but
it isn’t.
12. Keep an eye on the passenger who
calls the day after Monday “Chewsday.”
He can’t be trusted a car’s length.
13. Do not attempt to change a $10 bill
for any one if you nave only $9.75 with
you;, it can’t be" done.
*14, If you want a nap always lie with
your head projecting over the end of the
seat into the aisle. Then everybody who
goes up and down the aisle will mash
your hat, straighten out your frizzes, and
knock off your back hair.* This will keep
you from sleeping so soundly that you
will be carried by your station.—Ex
change.
A Jew, joking with a Christian, struck
him on the cheek, and said, “Now turn
Hie other, as yedr gospel commands.”
But the Christian gave him a sound drub
bing.
The Jew cried, “This is not in the
gospel.*
“Ay,” said the Christian, “but it is in
the comment.”
“Curse the comment,” said the Jew, “it
is harder than the text.”
A Cask for Sympathy.—The Saltan
of Turkey is a slave to custom. He can
not wear any article of dress twice.
From fez to slippers he must be clothed
anew seven times a week. He has our
hearty commiseration, as has any man
who knows not the luxury of a favorite
suit of detbes, which he has learned to
love via an old friend, or the easy, yielding
rimes, whose comforting embrace receives
the tender feet after a day of weary toil.
There is a luxury in old shoes In which
royalty itself has found delight. The one
historical incident that we recollect to the
credit of King James I., of England, was
that he was wont to call for Ms old shoes*
—Ex.