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MACON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1880
VOLUME NO—LV
in tile Fourth lVatch ol tho SI(ht.
ST. MATTHEW XIV., 22—33.
Low, in the moonless night,
In the rough wind’s despite,
They ply the oar;
Keen gusts smite in their teeth;
The hoarse wares chafe beneath
With muffled roar.
Numb fingers, failing force,
■Scarce serve to hold the course
Hard-worn half-way,
"When o’er the tossing tide,
Pallid and heavy-eyed,
Scowls the dim day. *
And now in the wan light,
Walking the waters white,
A shape draws near,
Each soul, in troubled wise,
Staring with starting eyes,
Cries out for fear.
Each grasps his neighbor tight,
In helpless, huddled fright,
Shaken and swayed.
And lo! the Master nigh
Speaks soflly, “It is I;
Be not afraid.”
E’en so to us that strain
Over life’s moaning main,
Thon drawest near,
And, knowing not Thy guise,
We gaze with troubled eyes,
And cry for fear,
A strange voice whispers low,
“Tills joy must thou forego,
Thy first and best.”
A shrouded phantom stands
Crossing the best-loved hands
Por churchyard rest.
Then soft, as is the fall
Of that white gleaming pall
By snowflakes made,
Still each startled cry,
Thou speakest, “It is I
Be not afraid.”
—Good Words.
Age and the Intellect.
“The richer a nature,” says Carlyle,
“the harder and slower its development.
Two boys were once of a class in the Ed
inburgh Grammar school; John ever trim,
precise and dux; Walter ever slovenly,
confused and dolt. In due time John be
came Bailie John of Hunter square, and
Walter became Sir Walter Scott of the
universe. The quickest and completest
of all vegetables is the cabbage.” This
slowly developed “Sir Walter Scott of the
Universe” was thirty-four when ho made
his first draft of “Waverley,” and forty-
three when he re-wrote and published it.
Nearly everyone of those tales which con
ferred immortality upon him was com
posed after lie had reached the age of for
ty-six. He wrote the “Heart of Mid-Lo
thian” at forty-seven; the “Bride of Lam-
mermoor,” “A Legend of Montrose” and
“Ivanhoe” at forty-eight; the “Pirate” and
“Peveril of the Peak” at filty; the “Tales
of the Crusaders” at fifty-four, and the
“Chronicles of the Canongate” at fifty-
seven.
Carlyle was forty-two when he publish
ed the “French Revolution,” the first work
of his to which he formally put his name.
The publication of this work was, it is
true, delayed, owing to the burning of the
• of one volume through the careless
ness of Mrs. Taylor, to whom it had been
loaned by John Stuart Mill; but if that
mishap bad not occurred, Carlyle would
( have been over forty before Ills work
could have appeared. His “Cromwell”
.was published when he was fifty; the
first two volumes of his “ Frederick the
Great” when he was sixty-three, another
two when he was sixtv-seven, and the
last two when he was sixty-nine. Swift
was fifty-nine when he published “Gulli
ver’s Travels,” and certainly did no work
on it before he was fifty-seven. Tennyson
had reached fifty when his first idyls,
“Enid," “Elaino,” “Vivien,” and “Guin
evere” were published, and was about
slxty-two when he completed the series
with “Gareth and Lynette.” Macauley
was forty-eight when he issued the first
and second volumes of his “History of
England,” and the third and fourth did
not appear till he was fifty-five. Good as
are the essays of his early manhood, they
pale when compared with this work of
his mature years.
John Stuart Mill was fifty-three when
his essay “On Liberty” was published,
and fifty-six when he gave us that _ oa
■“Utilitarianism.” Milton was certainly
more than fifty-four when he began to
compose his “Paradise Lost.” He was
fifty-nine when he sold it to Simmons,
the bookseller. George Eliot composed
“Middlcmarcli” between the age of torty-
six and fifty-one, and since then “Daniel
Derouda.” Bacon was fifty-nine before
ho published his great work, “The Novum
Grganum.” Cowper was over fifty when
he wrote “John Gilpin,” and the “Task;”
and Defoe fifty-eight when he published
“Robinson Crusoe.” Darwin published
liis “Origin of Species” when fifty, and
his “Descent of Man" when sixty-two.
Grote wrote the larger part of his “His
tory of Greece” between the ages of fifty-
two and sixty-two, and Hallam occupied
nearly the same period of life with his
“Introduction to the Literature of Eu
rope.” The two works by which Thomas
Hood has survived the grave, “The
Bridge of Sighs” and “The Song of the
Shirt,” were composed when he was
forty-six, and on a sick bed from which
he never rose.
Longfellow gave us “Hiawatha” when
forty-eight; “Tales of a Wayside Inn”
when fifty-six, and since then has been as
prolific as he has been excellent. We
need only mention his translation of
Dante’s “Divinia Commedia,” and his ex
quisite poem, “Moituri Salutamus.” “The
Autocrat of the Bieakfast-Table” was
published when Holmes was forty-eight,
and “Songs in Many Keys” whpn fifty-
five. Washington Irving completed “Tales
of the Alhambra” at forty-nine, published
“Mahomet” at sixty-seven, and the “Life
of George Washington” after that age.
Prescott wrote, we believe, the “Conquest
of Mexico” between the age of forty-one
and forty-seven, and the “Conquest of
Peru” between forty-seven and fifty-one.
Motley completed the “History of the
United Netherlands” at fifty-three, and
after that began the history of “John • of
Bameveld,” which he published'when he
was sixty.
Frenchmen have produced very re
markable books long after the noon-day
of life- Laplace did an extraordinary
amount of mathematical work after three
score and ten. Victor Hugo scarcely “got
under way” before he was fifty. He pub
lished “Napoleon the Little” at fifty;
“Les Chatiments” at fifty-one; “Les Mis-
erables” at fifty-seven; the “Toilets of the
Sea” at sixty-four: “The Man Who
Laughs” at sixty-seven, and the “Annals
of a Terrible Year” at seventy. The
great physicist and mathematician, Am
pere, did not begin to devote his attention
to the phenomena of electro-magnetism
till he was forty-five, and it was from fif
ty-one to fifty-three that he published his
“Observations,” a work characterized, as
has been said, by “profound thought and
extraordinary philosophical sagacity.”
Racine was fifty when he wrote his drama
of “Esther,” and fifty-two, that of “Atba-
lie,” the finest production of his genius,
and a masterpiece of dramatic eloquence.
Thiers was sixty-five when he completed
his “Consulate and Empire,” - and Cha
teaubriand, sixty-three when be pub
lished his “Etudes.”
Cervantes had passed his fifty-eighth
year before he published the first part of
“Don Quixote," and was sixty-eight when
he issued the second part. He and Shak-
speare died on the same day.
Cicero composed most of his philosophi
cal treatises between the ages of fifty-eight
and sixty-two. Galileo published his
“Dialogue on the Two Principal Systems
of the World” at sixty-eight; the “Dia
logue on Local Motion” at seventy-four,
the age at whice he discovered the moon’s
diurnal libration.'
Goethe and Kant, two of the greatest
minds that ever lived, did, in view of
their later works, scarcely anything till
they had passed the age of forty-five.
Kant was nothing but a professor till fifty-
seven, when he published his,“Critique of
Pure Reason,” on which he begun work
ten years before. When sixty-four he is
sued his “Critique of Practical Reason,"
and his “Critique on Judgment” was pub
lished two years later. But the most con-
spicous literacy example of fertility at au
advanced age is Goethe. At forty-eight
he published “Hermann and Dorothea,”
and at fifty-six, his immortal “Faust.”
“If Goethe,” says Carlyle, “had died in
1806, (the year when “Faust” appeared),
he would have achieved a greater renown
than any other man of letters; but he
was destined to live twenty-six years
longer, years of labor and productiveness.”
In 1809, when fifty-nine, lie published
“Elective Affinities,” and in 1831, at the
age of eighty-two, “Helena,” and tho sec
ond part of “Faust.”—Boston Courier.
Cotton in Alabama and Mississippi.
The Mobile Begister of Tuesday says.
Wc had a call from Mr. James Patrick
yesterday, who informed us that he had
just returned from a second tour through
the country, made with the view of ob
taining a knowledge of the status of the
growing crop. His first visit was through
several counties in Mississippi, as far
north as Pontotoc. Most of the planters
he conversed with—at that time—thought
their crops equal lo last year’s. This was
in the early part of August and before the
worm or rust had done much damage.
His second visit was in Alabama, and
mostly in Marengo, Clarke and Sumter
counties, and he now estimates the crop to
be 23 per cent, short in quantity, with as
much difference in quality. This esti
mate is made from personal examination.
The long spell of wet weather, together
with the worms and the rust, have injured
the crops more in the same length of time
than he nas ever known before. Scarcely
any picking has been done, owing to the
nature of the weather, and that which has
been picked is so dirty that hardly a bale
of it will class as middling cotton.
Mr. Patrick states that in riding through
tho fields he took great pains to find out
what injury the worm had actually done.
The stalks are nearly stripped of every
leaf; all the young bolls and pods on the
top of the stalk are eaten, so that there is
scarcely any top crop at all. The lower
iirt of the stalk, where the cotton is open,
las been so beaten down by the rain, and
covered with dirt, that he advised the
planters not to gather, as it would injure
the sale of that which is good and free
from dust. He has found many bolls
rotten and full of water. He also in
formed us that he states the views of many
practical planters, in saying that they
thought his estimate too'low, and that 40
Or 30 per cent, would bo mure exact.
Grasshoppers.
It is said ib»t for years there has not
been known such a harvest of grasshop
pers as are at present met with in the
south of France. Indeed, all through
Europe the crop of insects of ever kind
seems to have been as abundant as the
supply of birds has been deficient. In
Provence, especially, they have been
leculiarly vocal. The silver-coated grass-
lopper, which is to be met with in Spain,
Italy, Germany, and Greece, has the
repute of being wholly inoffensive.
There is a specimen which bites into the
bark of the ash trees, and causes that flow
of honeyed sap which is sometimes sold as
manna. The grasshopper has fared better
in ancient than in modem days, and in dis
tant than in neighboring countries. He is
mentioned in Homer, and was venerated
by the Greeks. There is a celebrated
passage in the “Iliad” where the eloquence
of orators is compared to the chirping of
these insects, and the comparison is in
tended as a compliment. But modem
Greece has taken a less romantic view of
the subject, and has applied to it in a very
practical way Wordsworth’s praise of his
own idol as a creature “not too good for
human nature’s daily food.” The Greeks
eat their grasshoppers as if they were
shrimps, and season the insipidity of
the dish with milk and honey. At
one time in Grecian history the grass
hopper belonged to the milliner rather
than to the cook. It was the nsage for
ladies to wear them as headdresses, and
there was a great art in tying the live in
sect with thread, and giving it a limited
liberty amongst “jelty tresses wooed -by
iEgean winds.” In modem days Green
admiration has passed to a very different
nation. The Chinese venerate grasshop
pers, but rather from a commercial than a
religious point of view. They are worth
a considerable sum alive, and after death
find their way into the cabinets of collect
ors and naturalists.
Female Accomplishments.
Every school for young ladies rejoices m
its teacher of drawing, painting, etc., as
well as its teacher of music; and under
the hands of these two individuals, the
whole school, as a general thing, is desir
ed to pass by teachers and parents.
French is studied as an accomplishment-
The result usually is, that when a young
lady is “finished off,” she can play six
tunes on the piano; has executed
three pieces of drawing or painting,
which papa buys frames for, and hangs up
in a parlor for exhibition to visitors; has
done a little port-folio of water-colors, in
which the teacher’s hand is frequently
visible; has learned to dauce; and achieved
a free ran of nineteen French phrases,
which she could not pronounce correct
ly to save her life. So far there is
nothing but show. Principles have
not been' comprehended, and she has
in her hands nothing, not even the instru
ments for winning the accomplishments
which she and her friends imagine she
possesses. How many misses can sketch
from nature? How many, who return
home “accomplished,” can sketch even
the old domicil in which theyy were
reared ? llow many can paint the
tiger lily that occupies a comer
of the garden? How many can take a
simple piece of music and play or sing it
at sight? How many go on from the
foothold they have achieved, and become
mistresses of the delightful art, soothing
the husband when weary and alone, or
entertaining his friends when they call
upon him?
How many read a French book after
leaving school ? We suppose not one in
fifty. Their accomplishments are a gilded
cheat. The money spent to obtain them
is a dead loss, and the time which they
have occupied should havo been devoted
to more solid studies, in which three-
fourths are deficient, from the simple fact
that their time has been so unprofitably
spent. ■ *.
The A. S. T. Co.’s Black Tip for chil
dren’s shoes, advertised in another col
umn, will be found to wear as long as tho
metal, and add to the beauty ofjthe finest „ _ .
shoe. Parents who have tried them will from comparatively small investments,
have no other. sep21.1w 1 lw
Pearls of Thought
A German author has made a collec
tion of mixed metaphors, which he calls
pearls of thought. Some of them are
worth quoting if only as a warning to
highflown orators not to allow their mag
niloquence to fly away with them alto
gether. “We will,” cried an inspired
Democrat, “burn all our ships, and with
every sail unfurled, steer boldly out into
the ocean of freedom!” Even that flight wa3
surpassed by an eflort of Justice Minister
Hye, who in 1848, in a speech to the Vi
enna students, impressively declared—
“The chariot of the Revolution is roiling
along and gnashing its teeth as it rolls.”
A pan-Germanist, Mayor of a Rhineland
coiporation, rose still higher in an ad
dress to the Emperor. He said, “No
Austria, no Prussia, one only Germany,
such were the words the mouth of your
Imperial Majesty has always had
in its eye.” We have heard
of the mouth having an eye-tooth,
but never before of the mouth’s eye. But
there are even literary men who cannot
open their mouths “ without putting their
foot iu it.” Professor Johannes Schorr is
an example of such. In a criticism on
Lenau’s lyrics lie writes, “Out of the daTk
regions of philosophical problems the
poet suddenly lets swarms of songs dive
up carrying far-flashing pearls of thought
in their beaks.” Songs and beaks are
certainly related to one another, but were
never seen in that incongruous connection
before. A German preacher, speaking of
a repentant girl, said, “She knelt in the
temple of her interior and prayed fervent
ly,” a feat no india-rubber doll could imi
tate. The German parliamentary oratory
of the present day affords many ex
amples of metaphor mixture; but
two must suffice. Count Franken-
berg is the author of them. A few
years ago he pointed out to his country
men the necessity of “seizing the stream
of time by the forelock;” and in the last
session he told the Minister of War that
if he thought the French were seriously
attached to peace, he had better resign
office and “return to his parental oxen.”
The count had no doubt the poet’s paler-
narura in his mind at the time. But
none of these pearls of thought and ex
pression in Fatherland surpass the speech
of the immortal Joseph Prudhomme on
being presented with a sword of honour
by the company ha commanded in the
National Guard of France. “Gentle
men,” said he, “this sword is the bright
est day of my life V’—Galignani.
Tiie Convenient Shinm.aster.—
The Chicago Times, in discussing the res
toration of the old fractional currency,
says: “There can be no question as to
the superiority of the notes for certain
purposes, and there is, perhaps, no great
objection to a law providing for the con
version of fractional silver into notes at
the sub-treasuries, the silver to be held
for the redemption of the notes on de
mand. A law of this kind would test
the demand for notes without forcing
them upon the public, and give people
their choice between the two
kinds of currency.” Such a law
would obviate all the objections
usually made to the substitution of paper
for coin in providing a subsidiary coinage,
as it would offer a metalic reserve, dollar
for dollar, for all the paper fractional cur
rency placed in circulation. The cost of
printing the notes would be more than
met by the notes which would be lost,
be' , ca’l!b , fi 1 lL h g«>v‘?5H‘ en T t „ »
instead of being paid iu the form of a tax
so-called, the cost would be met by the
last holder. If. however, there is a real
demand for the old paper shinplasters,
there is no reason why the people should
not tax themselves to provide the conve
nience in this way as in any other.
The East River Bridge A New
York letter says: “There is at last a
faint sign of progress in the work on East
River bridge. The first consignment of
steel for the superstructure has arrived,
but there is not enough of it to' begin
work with. The steel which has arrived
comprises a quantity of small members,
known as bridging truss, to go between
the floor beams. These are suspended
lengthwise of the river from suspenders
attached to the cables, and the smaller
pieces are employed to hold the structure
stiff.
The roadway of the bridge i3 divided
into five sections. In the centre is the el
evated promenade, and on each side are
the railroad spaces, and the roadways for
vehicles are in the outer spaces. The
promenade is about fourteen feet above
the roadway; so that while the passengers
may look up and down the stream, and
obtain a fine view, they cannot look down
and get dizzy, or throw themselves into
the river, as used to be the habit ot sui
cides from the Harlem bridge.
The roadway for vehicles will be wide
enough for two lines of vehicles to pass
each other. While it has not been de
cided how cars will pass over the bridge,
the engineers have devised plans for the
use of rope-traction power, which are held
in favor. The bridge will be finished
probably by a year from January 1st. It
will cost, when done, about $16,000,000,
but it is not supposed that it can yield
sufficient revenue to pay a fair interest on
the investment. The convenience of the
bridge to Brooklyn residents will be very
great. Real estate and rapid transit in
Brooklyn awaits the completion of tho
bridge.
—The Philadelphia enterprise of a
thousand one-horse coaches, of light aud
novel construction, to carry eight persons
each aDd run to all parts of the city, is to
be speedily put in operation. The fare is
to be five cents, or six tickets for a quar
ter of a dollar. The routes are so ar
ranged that, for ten or fifteen cents, a trip
can by transfers be made to almost any
desired point; wbile a siDgle fare will se
cure a ride on any one of the main lines,
lengthwise or crosswise of the city. The
movements of the vehicles will be ar
ranged to suit the traffic. The street car
companies anticipate a serious decrease in
their business.
Ministers not Deadheads.
The recent controversy over the pro
priety of a minister’s bringing suit for
the payment of funeral fees moves a Troy
preacher to remark that he has attended
several hundred funerals, and taken
many hard colds as a consequence, riding
several miles in extreme heat and ex
treme cold, through wind and stonn, con
suming tfiany days of time, and often
payiug something for traveling expenses,
but has never received a penny for such
services, nothing having ever been oftered
in more than three or four cases. And
nine-tenths of the funerals were of per
sons who were not members of his own
church, and their surviving friends would
not even do him the compliment to go
and hear him preach—or any other min
ister for that matter. The preacher con
tinues in this indignant strain:
“I recall one instance in a neighboring
city when I was sent for in the middle ot
tho night to visit a man who was supposed
to bo dying. He kept me by bis bedside
a large part of two days and nights, and
at length I went to attend his funeral
in a town some twenty milc3 away. In
another instance I was sent for to soothe
a crazy man, and actually spent a whole
day with him, when I was more than half
sick myself, trying, with some success, to
calm his mind ana turn his thoughts from
his ailments. I am sent for by wives to
reform their drunken husbands; sent for
to reconcile husbands aud wives that have
parted—persons I never saw and know
nothing about; sent for to help people get
work, and for many other purposes which
I will not enumerate. For services of
this kind I have never received a penny,
and never desired it. I do not ref-r to
these to complain that the minister is
called upon for such services. I am glad
to perform them, and to perform them
without pay, and am conscious that many
>ersons who are not ministers perform
ike services. It is our delight to help
suffering humanity in every possible way.
I only wish yon to understand that min
isters perform far more siich gratuitous
service than any other class of our citi
zens. And finally, alas! we marry agreat
many hopeful couples without pay.”
—The Polyphemus, the British steam
ram now building at Chatham, is a naval
monster of unique proportions and con
struction, and it is expected will be the
most formidable structure afloat. She is
intended to be an armored, sheet-plated
ram, 2,640 tons capacity and 5,500 horse
power, built almost entirely of steel, and
meant to use toipedces besides. It is
thought that no vessel afloat, iia matter
what her build, could survive one or two
blows from this ram.
—The expenses af the late triennial
conclave of Knights Templar at Chicago
were $93,000 and the receipts $87,000.
The deficiency will be made good by the
three local commanderies.
—Last year some eight hundred women
in Boston asked to be assessed as a pre
liminary to voting. Thus far this year
only ten Boston women have done so.
H«w Honey ten be Hade.
During the late rapid rise in stocks
many men have cleared thousands of dol
lars from the investment of a single hun
dred. The reliable house of John A.
Dodge & Co., No. 12 Wall street, New
York, havo the reputation of securing for
many of their customers very large profits
Is It Yellow Fever?
A suspicious sickness has been prevail
ing for some time in the neighborhood of
a quarantine station on the lower coast of
the Mississippi river, about 75 miles
from New Orleans. It was last week
pronounced yellow fever of a mild type.
There have been some seventy-five cases
with several deaths since the latter part
of August. Joseph Jones, President of
the State Board of Health, denies that
the disease is anything more than ma
larial fever, caused by exposure in the
rice fields. The fact that very few of the
cases had thus been exposed; that Jones
had not seen any of the cases himself;
that there has been free intercourse open
and unrestricted until recently between
infected ships at quarantine and the
neighborhood where this fever prevails,
led Dr. Bemiss, of the National Board of
Health, to dispatch Dr. Siomberg, an
army surgeon of experience in the fevers
of the Guit coast, to investigate and re
port. On the receipt of the officer’s re
port pronouncing the disease to be
yellow fever, the president of the Na
tional Board of Health tendered the Lou
isiana State Board the sum ot $10,-
000 to be used in preventing the spread
of the disease. Without consulting his
board, President Jones^declined the aid,
toeing the f^HrouSfe- *" A "
hading citiren^holaing a uiflbrent opin
ion held a meeting Tuesday evening, and
decided to send a commission of experts
to the locality. This commission, consist
ing of Dr. J. P. Davidson, member of the
Louisiana State Board of Health; Dr. R.
W. Mitohell, a Memphis member of the Na
tional Board of Health; Dr. George M.
Sternberg, Army Surgeon, and Dr. J. D.
Bruns, of the Charity Hospital, left for
Point Michael yesterday morning on a
special steamer provided by citizens. The
commission returned th’s evening, but has
not yet made public its' report.—Special
to Globe-Democrat.
Hints to Parents.
A graceful habit of eating comes more
by attention than by natural gift. The
first step, at the proper time, is to spread
out one’s napkin ; and the next, if de
sired, to take a drink from one’s glass.
One, of course, should never ask or expect
to be helped out of turn, nor indicate a
wish for any particular part of a dish un
til asked so to do.
Children need to be guarded against
wishing to be over-helped, or re-passing a
plate more than once, provided they are
carefully served. Everybody knows that
in eating the fork is to be used, and occa
sionally a spoon, as in the case of vegeta
bles and fruits. Therefore, a passing hint
on never lifting the knife to the month
ought to break off such a bad habit for
ever. '
A large part of children’s sickness, and
adults’ also, might be prevented by adopt
ing a proper way of chewing the food.
Some think the only method of getting
through a meal, is to stuff the mouth to
overflowing, and then bolt down the con
tents as quickly as may be. Such doings
will, in time, play fearful work with
the organs of digestion; and when one
finds out to his pain that he has astomacli,
it is almost too late to remedy matters.
One of the secrets of a strong and long life
is to eat-slowly, chew the food thoroughly
and leave the table feeling that it were
possible to eat somewhat more. A man
can make out better even on a half meal
than on an over-profusion of eatables.
Speculating oil Maine.
The Philadelphia times, an independ
ent paper, speculating on the result in
Maine, says:
Such a result would be a victory in
Connecticut, or Indiana or New Jersey,
but it is an irretrievable Kepublican dis
aster In Maine. It at once deranges the
whole plan of battle on the Republican
side and limits the confidence and re
sources of the party just when they are
both most needed, and increases the con
fidence and resources of the Democrats.
Ten days ago the Republican plan of bat
tle was clearly foreshadowed. After the
decisive victory in Maine that was so
positively predicted and sullenly conceded
by the other side, Blaine wa3 to wear liis
green garlands in Indiana and Ohio
and enthuse the Republicans as only
Blaine can enthuse them when in fighting
trim. AU the outposts in Maine, pNew
Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey and Ohio were to be called in, and
a concentrated assault made on Indiana;
but now the key of the New England
wing has been stormed, and whether
Blaine remains in nominal possession ot
the field or not, he is defeated and his
army broken. Blaine must now rally his
shattered columns and labor day and
night to prepare for the confessedly
doubtful straggle in Maine in November,
and he will he voiceless in Ohio, Indiana
and California unless he would gravely
imperil his own State, which should be
one of the strongest Garfield positions in
tho Union. And Blaine must have
money and speakers and workers for
Maine, for the Fusionists are again chal
lenging him to action, and what coaid
and should have been thrown into Indi
ana, must now be withheld to fight the
Maine battle over again.
Nor does the reversal of the plan ol the
campaign end with Blaine. Jewell must
now double his exertions, his speakers
A Northern Man’s View.
We have received a copy of the New
Em, published at Lancaster, Pa. We
find in it an article from the pen of Mr. J.
J. Sprenger, who is now located at Rome,
in north Georgia. It seems that iu fol
lowing out his-instructions from the editor
in whose employ he was, “being specially
detailed to furnish reliable information
concerning the South and its industrial
enterprises,” he lias offended some stal
wart Republican. In replying to this dis
appointed Radical, Mr. Sprenger says:
Now, I don’t know how long J. P. re
sided In the South, but I do know that I
have resided here since the 12th of April
last, (and not “only a few weeks,”) giving
me ample time by close observation,'lead
ing and much intercourse with Ihe people
to form some idea of the true slap of af
fairs as they exist. Allow me to put this
impertineutquestiotUoJ. P.: Suppose I tion the court should have red costs
bad been, in tho South only a ftm . sys. tUe defeR(laut 43 ia notice court
"'V' 1 " •°" r readers thr: ° r some Il0r - reiUrdered the balance of the costs to be
and his money for Connecticut; Chandler
must double his labor, his orators and his
cash for New Hampshire; Ohio must have
all the money and effort that Garfield and
Sherman and Matthews and Foster can
throw into it to resist the defiant and
well supplied. Democratic attack on the
Buckeye State; Illinois will now tremble
in the balance and must deplete the re
sources of the party to help Logan in his
extremity, and Indiana must henceforth
be fought with divided and limited means
and against the prestige of an unexpected
and overwhelming repulse iu Maine.
None know better than Gen.' Garfield
Chairman Jewell, Senator Blaine ant
Chairman Bamum, that the Republican
plan of battle has been utterly deranged
by the Maine disaster, and that the Indi
ana and Ohio conflicts must now be
waged with the Republicans greatly at a
disadvantage. And all know that Bar
man will not slumber to dream over a
preliminary victory. He is already in the
advance in Ohio and Indiana, and he will
give desperate battle not only in those
States, but along the whole line, in eve
ry debatable State from Maine to, Califor
nia. Republican orators and organs will
not confess so much to their followers;
but all of them appreciate the situation
alike, and regard it exactly as it is
herein presented. There is now but one
remote chance for the Republicans to re
cover from the Maine defeat, and that is
by success in both Indiana and Ohio in
October; but that has been made ten-fold
more difficult by the route of Blaine than
it was before, and the general conviction
will bo, alike among leaders and follow
ers of both sides, that if Blame cannot
make his State give out the inspiring
shout of victory, who are to save Indiana
and Ohio in October? Garfield has not a
tittle of tho magnetism, energy or saga
cious leadership possessed by Blaine, and
the death of Merton ended great Re
publican leadership-in Indiana.
But the Republicans cannot retreat or
surrender at this stage of the straggle, and
they must summon all their men and
means for October as Napoleon did at
Waterloo. It they can win in Indiana,
they will lead in the battle thereafter and
Maine will fall into line again; if they
shall be defeated there, Pennsylvania, Illi
nois, Wisconsin, Colorado, Nevada, Cali
fornia aud New Hampshire will be likely
to join the then assured Democratic States
of New York, New Jersey and Connecti
cut, and give the electoral majority of both
North and South to Hancock.
given your readers the details of some hor
rid and horrifying case of persecution or
murder in which the negro figured as the
victim, would he doubt my word or con
sider me unqualified to express an opin
ion? Come, mow, Mr. J. P., tell me hon
estly whether the wish is not father to
the thought with you iu this whole criti
cism?
MISCONSTRUCTIONS.
The fact is, you are construing the
facts, asl give them, after gathering
them by actual observation, into fancies
inspired by political bias, and here is
where you do me injustice, and it is
against this that I desire to enter my sol
emn protest. You become personal, yea,
even abusive, in your desperate effort to
cast suspicion ou my motives, which only
serves to convince me that the truth with
regard to the present state of things in the
South is repugnant to your feelings, in
fact that it docs not suit you, and for very
obvious reasons it does not harmonize
witli the exaggerated reports spread over
the land by bitter partisan papers to servo
as campaign aiguments. I repeat, if thi3
is what you want I can’t gratify you.
I propose to keep right on, taking
observations, and will continue, while
God gives mo 'health, to contribute,
as far as lies in my humble power, my
share towards bringing about a better
state of feelings between the two extreme
sections of our common country. And
in doing this, I, as an independent, free
man, shall continue as I commenced, to
give all the results of such observations
and experience free from bia3 or preju
dice, let it please or displease whosoever
it may; and if in this I fail to convince J.
P. an’d such as think with him, that tho
South offers a good opening for Northern
capital and enterprise, I will enjoy the
happy consciousness still of having faith
fully, and to the best of my ability, “fur
nished reliable information concerning
her industrial enterprises,” and remain
the editor’s humble servant.
J. P. Sprenger.
THE SUPREME COURT.
Decisions Rendered September 14th
Abridged for the Megraph and Messenger by
Jhll db Harris, Attorneys at Law, Macon
Oorgia.
Crawford vs. Jones. Trover, from the City
Court of Clarke county.
Where a defendant in bail trover brings-
thc case to this court, he is not compelled
lo make the security on his bail bond a
party to the bill of exceptions.
Brock vs. The State. Retailing without
license, from Gwinnett.
The commissioners iu Gwinnett county,
—like the ordinary in a county where
there are no commissioners—have power
to grant or refuse a license to retail liquors.
If a license is arbitrarily refused, the rem
edy is by mandamus; and such a refusal
does not give the right to retail without a
license.
Huguly vs. Morris & Tumlin. Debt,
* from Cobb.
1. T. bought negroes and turned them
over to M. It was agreed that the latter,
beinga skillful trader, should take charge
of them, carry them to a point some dis
tance off and sell them; that the money
invested by T. should be returned, the
expenses paid and tbe net profits divided.
M. was allowed to purchase other negroes
and draw on T. for tho price of them.
No agreement was made as to losses. M.
sold a uegro to H., using the firm name of
M. & T., and warranting soundness. The
negro proving unsound, M. took him back
and gave a note signed with tlie partner
ship name for the amount to be paid back:
Held, That prior to the code these
fact3 would seem to make M. & T. part
ners, aud a3 such liable on the note.
2. Under the facts above stated, if T.
was not a partner of M., the latter was
certainly his agent in respect to the pur
chase and sale of. negroes, and as such
had power to bind him in respect to the
soundness of the negro,'- and to settle a
dispute relative thereto by giving the
note; and T. or his estate (he being dead)
is legally liable on the note so given. A
verdict releasing T.’s estate was there
fore contrary to law.
Howell vs. Glover. Motion to set aside
judgment, from Cobb.
1. In order for one who has been adju
dicated a bankrupt to obtain .a stay of
proceedings iu a case, in a State court, to
await his discharge, notice of such adju
dication must be judicially given to the
court and application for a stay made.
That the court has seen the certificate of
the adjudication In other cases, or has
personal knowledge of it, will not suffice-
2. Where, on account of a misunder
standing between attorneys aud their
clieut as to fees, the former had their
names stricken from the docket as defend
ing the case, and on the call thereof, they
declining to appear, there was no response
for the defendant, and judgment went
against him, it will not; be set aside be
cause he expected them to suggest his
bankruptcy and apply for a stay of pro
ceedings.
Smith vs. Shaffer & Ham, for use, etc.
Motion, from Forsyth.
Where an action ex contractu was
brought in tho Superior Court for $150,
and without any plea of set-off, recoup
ment or payment pending suit, the verdict
was for “$25 00 and costs of suit,” ou mo-
4. On a trial for rape it is essential to
show, either by direct or indirect evidence,;
actual carnal knowledge.
Beck vs. Tbe State. Malicious mischief,
from Dawson.
That the principal witness for the State , _
in a cnminal’casa on whose testimony the ® ver yhody had gone to bed, and all the
conviction largely rested, had had a serf- were About 2 o’clock I put
ous personal difficulty with the prisoner “ ie »ey m the lock of my door—how my
and testified under stroug feelings of mal- trembled lest I should fail!—and
ice, and that defendant’s counsel did not ^ u ^ ne “- Ho w my heart jumped with joy
know of the difficulty until after the*?, nt “® clicked and sprang back!
trial, furnished no grounds for new trial. ? tben opened the door and walked nut.
Sam Hill’s Escape as Related by
Himself.
! ** The first night I selected for an escape
didn t suit, as it rained, and I didn’t want
to get my clothes wet, but the next time
I was more successful. I waited until
Tbe defendant knew the facts and should
have communicated them to his counsel.
Faw vs. Meals. ^Complaint, from Cobb.
1. Where an instrument is free from
opened tbe door and walked out
into the hall. As soon as I stepped into
the hall I stopped, and with bated breath
looked around me. Just in front of me
was another door which must be unlocked
to let me out of my ward. I approached
—• nuere au insiruraem, is iree irom llb-a ■ 1 . ,*
ambiguity, the construction thereof is sole- man 1 kf T »m * r 1 U 1 ® 8 / 1 °£ an ^ ones ‘
ly for the .court. man llke 1 1 Put the kev in and
2. Tho following obligation creates an
individual liability on the part of the
maker: “Received of Mrs. Julia B. Meals,
by the hands of Mrs. Mary W. Phillips,
$900.00, which said sum of money I obli-
gate mvself to use in running capital of
Marietta Mill, and keep the same In money,
stock;•material and paper, not subject to
the debts of the mill. I further obligate
myself to pay Mrs. Meals 12i per cent
interest on tbe same, payable monthly. 1
fuitber obligate myself amlpromiseto pay
Mrs. Meals a3 much as $500.09 of the
principal sum on or before May 1st next, if
called upon, the remainder due and paya
ble twelve months after date, at which
said time and date I promise to pay Mrs.
Meals, or bearer, whatever of saiu princi
pal sum and interest which may be due
and unpaid.
“(Signed.) E. Fay,
“Agent of the Marietta Paper Mill Com
pany.”
of the jury rxf.tun recovery,
such a case to mean iogai
Tiie finding
■>nstrued in
The Men Who Do Us Justice.—The
masculine mind at its best is certainly at
least a more logicarmind than tbe femi
nine, and tbe greatest things in science,
literature and art have been done by men.
A woman should never marry a man who
is not mentally her superior—and never
does if she is worth much, except from
interested motives.
But the men who boast most of the su-
leriority of their sex, who consider women
nferior beings, and sneer at the idea that
any woman can do anything worth doing,
aria always the meanest and poorest speci
mens of their kind—contemptible little
creatures who never have made any mark
in the world, and never will, and who
often owe ail their comfort, sometimes
even their bread and butter, to the efforts
of some hard working member of the sex
they scorn.
A brave and brilliant man never des
pises a woman—never sneers at her. He
gives her credit for all the good she does,
and makes allowances for her failures.
He protects her by his word and look, as
ho would by his right hand if she were in
danger. Yet withal, he is far more apt to
applaud her and to believe It possible that
she can do something worth doing, than
the cowerd in whose bosom the impulse
of protection never dwelt. When
women receive justice, aye more
than justice, for any of their efforts
with pen or pencil or voice—for any work
that baud or brain can do, it is from these
meu who are their superiors both mental
ly and physically. Just as the men who
rest under the delusion that all the women
are beautiful, are apt to be exceedingly
handsome men; wbile very fastidious per
sonages, who most criticise the softer sex,
are generally the ugliest of their
own to be found anywhere. And a man
who canuot bear to think lightly of a
woman, or to hear her lightly spoken of,
is inevitably an honorable gentleman of
pure life and morals; while he who mis
interprets every innocent’s girl’s smile,
and is a secret scandal-monger, is sure to
be a very bad and unreliable person.
Boyd vs. Hand et ai. Certiorari, from
Lumpkin.
A tenant in common acquires no pre
scriptive rights by the use of a way over
the common property so long as all of the
tenants had au undisputed use of the
premises. Where all the tenants in com
mon in a certain lot united in a deed
conveying the fee without any reserva
tion of a private way, one of them who
had been accustomed to use a way over
the land could not tack such use pending
his joint ownership to his use since the
sale to complete his prescriptive right.
The conveyance of the fee with warranty
aud without any retervation of right of
way carried with it any easement he
might have had.
Young vs. The State. Rape, from Cobb.
It was not admissible to ask a prosecu
trix if she did not make certain state
ments in reference to the case on trial to
any attorney different to those testified to
by her, it appearing that such statements
were made, if at ail, in contemplation of
the employment of the attorney to prose
cute the case, although he was not actu
ally employed until afterwards. If, how
ever, in the examination in chief the wit
ness should testify to anything occurring
in such communications material to her
side of the case, the other party would
have the right to inquire concerning the
entire conversation. If there should be
anything tending to criminate him, aud he
should refuse to answer as to it, the whole
conversation should be excluded.
If counsel in argument travel outside
of the case, the attention of the court
should be called to it, and his ruling in
voked cither to restrain counsel or by
way of a request to charge. It is too
late to raise the point on a motiou for a
new trial.
Robinson et. al. Application for writ of
possession, from Gwinnett.
1. Where the court struck a portion of
the answer of a defendant to an applica
tion for a writ of possession, and be there
upon withdrew the balance, he debarred
himself from excepting to such ruling of
the court.
2. An exception which turns upon the
evidence will not be considered, if there
is no brief of evidence before thfe court.
Morris vs. Root. Appeal, from Cobb.
1. Where the proof is that the plain
tiff, having ceased to sell goods to the de
fendant, then sells them to his wife on
her own credit, and so chaiges them, such
a sale does not bring tbe previous account
of the husband, which ha3 stood for more
than four years, within- the sUtute of lim
itations.
2. Open accounts are barred after four
years from tiie time w hen tbe right of ac
tion accrues. Accounts between mer
chant and merchant, which concern the
trade of merchandise, have been made an
exception to the rule, and to this have
been added mutual accounts between
others than merchants.
3. Where a sale- of goods has been
made, in the absence of proof of either
contract or custom concerning payment
therefor, the presumption is that the
amount is payable on delivery.
4. The contract of a wife for goods sold
to her on her own credit alone is not
binding on the husband, though the seller
may have expectedher to get the money
from her husband.
Wesley, vs. The State. Rape, from Cobb.
1. Where the record Is so confused or
imperfect that an alleged error cannot be
passed upon, it will not be considered.
2. That an indictment states that tbe
grand jurors were “sworn, chosen and se
lected,” is no ground foi quashing it.
3. Although a juror may appear to be
competent when put upon his voir dire,
and may have been sworn in chief, still he
can be proved incompetent and rejected.
Manning vs. Phillips et al. Illegality,
from Cobb. -
Where the Comptroller General issued
an execution against a tax collector and
liis securities, and the same was paid off
by the latter, and subsequently levied
upon the property of the principal for re
imbursement to which au illegality was
filed setting up payment in full by the de
fendant to the plaintiff, and the papers
returned to Cobb Superior Court:
Held, that there was no error in dis-
missing the illegality, as it was not the
proper remedy.
The Dahlonega Gold Mining Co. vs.
Purdy. Machinists lien, from Sumter.
1. Where a foreign corporation con
tracts with a machinist out of the State
to come within its limits to do certain
work, in case of a breach by the company
tiie courts of this State have jurisdiction
of a suit to enforce the machinist’s lien
as agaiust the property upon which the
work was done located here. The case of
Bawknight vs. The Sir. & Sou. Ins. Co.,
55 Georgia, 194, distinguished.
Flemister vs. Phillips, Wedington. vs.
Florence. Certiorari, from Cherokee.
Under the constitution of 1877 and the
act of 1S7S a written waiver of exemption
and homestead is good inter se without
having the same alleged in the declara
tion or summons, judgment or execution,
and is, after judgment, provable aliunde
whetherthe lien of tbe judgment be gen
eral or special, and whether the waiver
be Written on the contract or obligation or
on a separate paper.
The Bank of the University vs. Bell-
Complaint, from the City Court of
Clarke - county.
Where a note papable to husband and
proper?? l u baal£ f< ? r collection, the
the amount was paief,'))^ ^KSLgiven for
husband, to a partnership debt of the lif
ter, the bank thereby became liable to the
wife. The fact that it wa3 a partnership
debt to which the money was appropria
ted, does not chauge tbe rule, for that is a
debt oi the husband.
On the Way.
It was just this side of Detroit that a
man entered the car, took a seat and de
voted his attention to the morning paper.
After a time the conductor came along
and touched him gently on the shoulder,
but without effect. Again he tapped the
passenger on the arm, but there was no
response, and tbe official had to speak.
“Ticket, sir ?”
The traveler looked wearily up from his
paper and said ;
“I haven’t any ticket.”
“Money, then ?” said the conductor.
“I haven’t any money.”
“Then you must get off at the next sta
tion.”
“I will,” was the submissive response,
and the conductor passed ou. The train
stopped at the next station, started again,
and was bowling along at twenty miles
an hour, when the conductor again came
through and saw the traveler on the same
seat as before.
‘I told you to get out of this car,” he
said somewhat sternly.
“You did.”
“Why didn’t you do it ?”
“I did.”
“And then got on again.”
“I did.”
“Now look here, my friend,
want any more of this nonsense,
of the car at the next station, and stay
out. You hear me?”
Again tbe tram stopped and again it
started, and again, hut in another car, the
conductor found the self-same traveler, as
calm as a June morning.
“You here again?” he asked.
“Yes.”
“Didn’t I tell you to get off this train
and stay off?”
“No.”
“I did.”
“No; you told me to get out of that car
and stay out, aud I did.”
“Now, my friend,” said the conductor,
-■listen to me, and mind you do just what
I tell you. At the next station get off this
train and stay off. Do just as £ tell you
or you will get into trouble.”
“Agreed,” said the traveler, and the con
ductor passed on.
Again the train stopped and started, and
again the traveler turned up on the train.
The conductor was just reaching for the
bell-rope to stoplhe train and eject him
summarily, when the traveler stayed his
hand.
“I obeyed orders,” he said. “ You told
me to do just as you ordered. I got out
and stayed out until you said ‘All aboard.’
Then I got aboard, for I didn’t want to
get into trouble, you know.”
I don’t
Get out
put the key In and
turned, and again the clicking noise of the
lock told me I was one door nearer free
dom. Again I went up to another door and
with this, ray best friend, made another
step towards liberty. One door after an
other was unlocked, until seventeen doors
had been opened and closed, when I at
last stood in front of tlio door leading out
of the building. This is a large, heavv
door, with big locks, and I soor, found
that mv key was no good; but I-was not
to be foiled when only one door stood be
tween me and my liberty, especially after
I had passed through seventeen. Finally
I climbed up, and, pushing the glass to
one side, crawled through. From my po
sition to the steps below it was fully
twelve or fifteen feet, and there were sev
eral steps leading from the door to the
ground. I knew it was a dangerous leap,
but my resolution didn’t falter. I let go
and dropped to tbe steps, and rolled to
the ground, a distance of fully twen
ty feet. The fall hurt me right badly,
but I got up and hobbled off, and be
fore daybreak was several miles away
from my prison, whose confinement
is worse than the grave. I laid in the
woods all day, and when dark cam» j
started out to get something to eat. I
went to a farm house and got a good
meal. They didn’t know me, and I felt
secured. I then started out for the rail
road, and by various ways got to Macou
without detection. At Macon I met a
friend and he gave some assistance, and I
came to Atlanta, where I staid nearly two
days. My object in getting away was to
come home to see my wiie, who is sick
and broken-hearted, but I think she’s bet
ter now. When I had been home nearly
two days I left. A friend took me in a
wagon to near Red Oak, where I got on
the train, and, as you said in your paper,
started to Newnan, but before getting to
Newnan I was afraid Menko would havo
me arrested, and I jumped off
at Palmetto. I wandered about in
the woods all night, and the next day
went to Newnan, where I was kindly
cared for by friends. Here I staid till
Tuesday, when I came back to see my
wife again, and now I have seen her, and
am going away again.
At this point in his narrative Hill gave
way to his feelings, and wept freely. Af
ter a little while the reporter said:
“What are you going to do, Sam—give
yourself up?”
“No, never. I am satisfied that the
people generally sympathize with me,
and tiunk 1 ought to be free. Everywhere
I go I am treated kindly. Everybody is
ready to help me, and I don’t try to con
ceal my identity. No fair-minded person
will have me arrested, and I’ll come oat
all right. The j only thing that worries
me now is my poor, sick wife.-—Constitu
tion.
A Gloomy Man. -
Tbe census supervisor is a gloomy feel-
’pftJSAD. _ He imagines he is the victim of
was dying, inch'ny^mJ^ast week he ex
sumption, and only recently ho'ff££Sndu , 'a» -
new enemy—heart disease. He was pain
fully impressed yesterday that he
wouldn’t live to' vote at the fall
election, and so stated to all his friends.
Along in the wane of the afternoon a
waggish man discovered his melancholia,
and prepared a piece of Meyer’s rare old
switzer and slipped it under the sweat-
band of the census man’sMackinaw, and
it wasn’t long afterwards until the census
man began to sniff the breeze and finally
declared he smelled a badsmeH. Then
he got up out of his bamboo and mean
dered off down to welcome the 4 p. m. ac
commodation, and iu a very few moments
he returned very hastily, looked sus
piciously up and down the boulevard and
called his law partner aside.
“I think I am rapidly dissolving,” he
remarked, with forced calmness and a
nervous look.
“What’s up ? ”
“My days are up—I know it; mortifica- .
tion has set in.”
“Set what?”
“Heart disease ! I am awfully out of
gear; heart standing still—ain’t struck a
lick in eight minutes! Feel my pulse.”
“Pulse all right.”
“Mebbe; but don’t you smell an unkind
smell?” - . - —
“P’rhaps so.”
“How long do you think I will keep?”
“Several days!”
“This sort of weather ?”
“This weather.”
“I don’t think it. I am as mushy now
as a spoilt banana!”
“You do smell awful 1”
“Decayinghumanity. It is awful!”
At a late hour yesterday the c. in. was "1
looking up four pall-bearers, and a man
to administer bis estate, with that mellow
old switzer doing duty like a ton of raw-
bone superphosphate.
Memphis Bonds.
New York, Sept. 22.—The’ commission
representing the city of Memphis had a con
ference with the Memphis bondholders
to-day in regard to effecting a settlement
with them. The matter was discussed at
some length, but up to 3 o'clock no con
clusion had been reached.
The conference lasted over two boors,
ami at its conclusion it was stated that
the Memphis commission had made a sat
isfactory report of the financial condition
of that city, and that satisfactory arrange
ments had been made for affecting a set
tlement with the bondholders.
Photographing Express Trains.—
A California operator has had great suc
cess iu photographing a horse at full gal
lop. Messrs. Marsh Brothers, photogra
phers, at Henley-on-Thames, England,
have just obtained some interesting pict-
- The conductor gave him his hand, and ? f ibe Great Western-the “Flying
it was noticed tbatlater in the day they
e | which the photograph Las been taken is
| on the “portbow” of the express, and the
The Critical Event op Life.— | definition is admirable, the details of the
Many .of the errors of life admit of rem- ' locomotive coming out as sharply as the
edjr. A loss iu one business may be re- ■ stationary objects in the view. Messrs,
paired by a gain in another; a mlscalcu- | Marsh Brothers are new. making a flying
fation this year may be retrieved by a spe- shutter which, when applied to their
cial care the next; a bad partnership may j camera, will reduce the time of exposure
be dissolved, au injury repaired, a wrong ’ of the plate to 1500th of a second, With
step retraced. But au error in marriage 1 the new shutter they hope to get a
goes to the very root and foundation ot. thoroughly satisfactory photograph of an
life. Tho deed once done cannot be re- express train taken broadside on.
called. The goblet is broken and the | -» , —
wine of life is wasted, and no tears or —Twenty thousand first-class passen-
toila can bring back the precious draught, gers were carried from America to En-
Let the young think of this, and let them rope this summer up to July 24, &q In
walk carefuliy in a world of shares, and crease of 4,000 over last year. Assuming
take heed to their steps lest in tho most that each of them expended $500, a low
critical event of life they go astray. estimate, they left abroad $10,000,000,