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Surprise at the Election.
In an article copied from tlie Savannah
Netcs into this paper yesterday, it is said:
The returns so far received from the
gubernatorial election held yesterday, are
more gr atifying than wm ever anticipated
by the most sanguine friend of Governor
Colquitt.
Now the TEr.EGiLA.ru is not a “san
guine friend of Governor Colquitt,” and
perhaps for that reason is not a bit sur
prised at the returns, only on the single
point of the meagrencss of the total tote !
From the time of that wretched collapse
of the State convention up to the day the
votes were polled, the public need not be
informed that the Telegrafh and
hlESSEXGEBhas held and expressed but
one voice as to what would be tbe result.
Wo have declared often and all tho time
that Colquitt would beat Norwood “from
forty to sixty thousand totes” Our faith
shrunk a little when it began to he seen
that only about half the vote of Georgia
was going to be polled; but it seems the
prediction has been verified in spite of
that fact.
Can any one tell us wbat the majority
for Colquitt would have been had the
usual vote been cast? These votes, if
polled, would have all or nearly all con
tributed to swell his majority. They
would have been cast not for the man, bnt
on the principle of Democratic harmony
and concentration. In the absence of an
acknowledged common Democratic centre
they would have been cast for him as an
approximation to it, and would have
inadc his majority something stupendous.
Thus, not only from the vote as cast,
but perhaps even more from the votes
withheld, we may learn the judgment of
the people as to the necessity of preserv
ing Democratic harmony and usage in
Georgia. It was in reliance upon the
strength and sincerity of this attachment
ofGeorgia to Democratic unity, and the
necessity of maintaining it,that we found
ed the conviction expressed directiy after
the Atlanta rupture, that Colquitt would
be elected by forty to sixty thousand ma
jority.
The canvass opened with great violence,
but it never got below the mere surface.
The mass of the Democratic vote of Geor
gia looked on in silent disgust with tlie ill-
timed schism, and, as we see now, a largo
proportion refused to vote at all. The
people of this State, if we understand
them, are pre-eminently calm, reflective
and just. The cities ardlvwnswercmore
or less thrown off their poise by the ex
travagant calculations, hopes and delu
sions of politicians, who represented it as
a grand struggle on both sides, when, as
we may wellsay,thercprcsentativemasses
of Georgia were never moved except with
disapprobation.
A man who mixes among our people
with a view to impress himself upon them,
only brings himself harm. He who would
know wliat the people think must be still
and hear them talk. Thus it was, that
the mere clatter of partisans got into the
tables of estimated majorities on both
sides, and was the foundation of all the :
delusion and surprise which tire Savannah
News recognizes in its article above allu
ded to.
There was, in fact, nothing in this so-
called great controversy, and wo hope
hereafter tbe greatest caution will be ta
ken to obtain a fair representation of
Democrats opinion in all future conven
tions of the people. It would be a far
better practice, in our opinion, for candi
dates for nomination to forbear prelimi
nary canvasses of the people. The people
should’ be presumed to be wise cneugh to
make good and jnst nominations without
these personal struggles to stock conven
tions beforehand. Bat if so mneb as this
be impracticable and every State conven
tion must be preceded by a popular can
vass for a nomination, then let due
weight be given to the verdict. The Demo
cratic theory is, in essence, the rule of the
majority, and there never was and never
will be an election anywhere satisfactory
to all concerned, or just in their estima
tion. The primary movements should all
be deliberate and transparently fair, and
the decrees of the people should be en
trusted to men of ability and discretion^
To conclude, we say the blunders and
miseries and mortifications of this cam
paign should teach us all to be more care
ful, conciliatory and unselfish in future,
and to bend every effort to re-establish
the Georgia Democracy on the broad
foundations of the public will, public and
private justice, and a liberal toleration.
Dies Hard.
We regret that our respected contempo
rary, tho Atlanta Post-Appeal, cannot ac
cept the situation and does not apparently
even concede the fact, that General Col
quitt has been fairly and overwhelmingly
re-elected. On the contrary, he intimates
that the Governor has made “a most igno
ble failure, if bis main object in asking a
re-election was to have a ‘vindication.’ ”
The unhappy Norwood organ even perpe
trates the following splenetic paragraph,
which is enough to provoke a smile from
tho most austere anchorite:
Elected, Governor Colquitt undoubted
ly is, as the count stands; but “vindica
tion” still eludes his eager grasp and is as
far beyond his reach as ever. A majority
of votes, composed mainly of illegal bal
lots, and the ballots of poor, deluded ne
groes, designing speculators and simple-
minded people who have been misled
through the religious and emotional side
of their natures, is not such a majority
as will afford any gratification or satisfac
tion to a sensitive man who is demanding
a “vindication.”
Now, if this sounding deliverance and
blowing off of steam makes our disgrun
tled contemporary feel any better, let him
continue the process until his choler sub
sides and he recovers from what i3 Un
doubtedly an attack of the worst kind of
“yalier janders.”
In the name of all that is reasonable,
could any man ask for a bigger majority
on any given proposition than Governor
Colquitt has received ? Why, an analysis
of the vote will show that three-fourths of
the counties that sent minority delegates
to the State convention in their primary
• elections have gone back on their repre
sentatives, and given heavy majorities
for Colquitt. And, whereas the re
cord of the convention proved that
nearly two-thirds of the people had
in the preliminary canvass indorsed our
patriotic Governor, the tox populi as an
nounccd at the polls declares in thunder
tones that three-fourths of his constitu
ents have set tbe seal of their condemna
tion upon the slanderous charges which
bad beeu fulminated against their chief
magistrate. And ot this number, even in
the light vote that was cast on Wednesday,
at the lowest calculation no less a major
ity than thirty thousand qf the white citi
zens of Georgia were registered in favor
rf Governor Colquitt.
We are sorry that the Post-Appeal an
nounces its intention to keep op tbe fight,
I despite the Waterloo defeat that has be-
I fallen tbe supporters of tbe minority can
didate.
I The gallant Kentucky editor, however,
like Don Quixote, will be charging wind
mills in lieu of real enemies, and should
take warning from the ludicrous history
of the Knight of La Mancha. lie says:
“Incompetency and corruption will receive
no quarter at our hands.” That is right
and we will lock shields with him in that
contest. But groundless charges and
empty platitudes amount to nothing. The
people by their solemn verdict have vindi
cated Gov. Colquitt, and he stands forth,
paving passed through the furnace of de
traction heated seven times hotter, 'un
harmed, and without even the smell of
fire upon his garments. It may be a mat-
tor of policy for oar Atlanta contemporary
to continue this agitation, which is so det
rimental to the true interests of the Dem
ocratic party, but this is a free country
and chacon a son gout. So far as we are
concerned, he will have the field all to
himself.
Political Morals.
If any man of ordinary capacity
Will take a carefal survey of the political
situation in Georgia, for the past two
months, and not be utterly digusted with
the actions of the average politician, we
will be compelled to write him down ei
ther a consummate fool or a knave. The
demoralizing effect of such a canvass can
not be estimated nor even realized in one
decade, if the baneful influence is ever
eradicated. The wholesale slanders, the
willful misrepresentations, the outrageous
falsehoods, not only damaged the credu
lous listener, but has robbed the speaker
or writer of moral power, seared his
conscience, and benumbed every sensi
bility of honor. After tbe first declara
tion he felt some compunctions of con
science, but often repeating the falsehood,
he loses all shame and asserts it with a
boldness that makes the unwary believe
the story true. And to-day- he has more
self-conceit than self-respect. We pity
the man who comes out of such a canvass
and says he has nothing to regret or take
back. He must be lost to all sense of
hbnesty who can boast of such a recoid.
The air is now full of rumors of the
use of money to secure position, not only
in this State, but all over the country.
Money ha3 become the main factor in
controlling all elections, from the presi
dent to the justice of the peace. The ju
dicious use of money is necessary, we are
told, to secure any political appointment
in this boasted land of freedom of ours.
Millions are now spent to carry the elec
tions in Ohio and Indiana, not for any
special advantage that would accrue to
either of those commonwealths, but for
the moral influence that victory would
have on the presidential struggle. Men
aps bartering away their' manhood and
selling every honest conviction of right
for gold. Political bribery is becoming a
national characteristic and political assess,
nient becoming a national necessity. This
evil is entering into the inner temple of
our government, and ruin and disgrace
will inevitably overtake us. .
The thoughtful student of history can
not but regard the signs of the times as
evil, and only evil; and if such transac
tions are continued, decay and death will
be the certain result. In the period of the
decay of P.ome the emperor issued money
in large amounts in bribes, and all reader?
of history know how this magnificent
fabric crumbled beneath the touch of this
destroying eviJ. One of the most alarm
ing features of our condition is the misrep
resentation of men and measures, and the
deadness and apathy of conscience in the
whole field of politics. .■ ,m
The Uses op Adversity.—The Bos
ton Herald gives this solid advice to its
Republican friends, which Democrats
would do well to put in their pipes and
smoke:
Some time ago we endeavored to pre
pare the Republican mind to endure pbil-
osophicylly tho defeat which must some
time come to the party. We pointed out
some of the advantages that would accrue
from adversity, and indicated some of the
good which it would be able to do a3 a
minority party. Among other things of a
consolatory nature, we said that disaster
would knit the party more closely togeth
er, and that nothing would so tend to its
permanent harmony and peace as a good
sound thrashing in November, this med
icine of philosophy was not pleasant to
those whom it was designed to help. Bat
we cannot withhold tlie truth, and we
have no time to sugar-coat it. Medicine
is designed to alleviate or to cure—not
primarily to taste good.
The truths which we deduced from an
hypothetical case are now being illustrated
id the actual state of affairs. The set
back in Maine and the troublesome out
look at the West have hushed the bicker
ings and consolidated the party 5 : Senator
Colliding and his old-time antagonist,
Carl Schurz, join hands to help save
Ohio. Secretary Sherman concludes not
to be the "hero of one speech, but returns
to the stump. The head of the clan
Cameron makes a pilgrimage to Mentor,
and Grant and Conklmg -join in paying
respects to the man who broke their phal
anx at Chicago. Mr. Evarts is summoued
t* the stump in New York, and Parsou
Beecher undertakes a missionary tour to
Indiana. Money flows in more freely,
and the faithful and the lukewarm alike
begin to act on Gen. Grant’s motto, “It
will not do to be beaten now.” We told
you there were worse things than adver
sity.
Off fob the Celestial Kingdom.
—Rev. K. H. McLain, who was in atten
dance at the district conference in East
Macon, during July last, was married on
the Ctli inst., at Smithville, to Miss Alma
Leonard. • They will leave in a few weeks
for China, where they go as missionaries,
in behalf of the M. E. Church South. We
wish them every happiness in their great
undertaking.
- Take Him Off.—The Globe-Democrat,
of St. Louis, is huffy at the suggestion of
taking Garfield off the ticket and putting
Grant’s name on it. It is unnecessary
trouble, ■ gentlemen. Just wait a few
weeks and Gen. Hancock will lake him
T. —
All Satisfied.—iVell the election is
oyer, and of course everybody voted right
—for were they not thoroughly taught
by Moses and other prophets and apostles
what to do.’ r
Prince Napoleon’s Bootmaker.
A diverting story, humorously illustra
tive of Prince Jerome Bonaparte’s prover
bial thriftiness, has recently gone the
round of the Parisian newspapers. Itap-
! pears that during the latter part of his
1 cousin’s reiguihe Prince became dissatis
fied with his bootmaker, and formaljy
withdrew his custom from that artist, who
continued, nevertheless, to ornament the
front of his shop with the attractive in
scription : “Purveyor to his Imperial
Highness the Prince Napoleon.” Notic
ing this delusive announcement one
as he drove past tbe shop, Prince Jerome
sent a member of his household to the
bootmaker with positive orders that the
inscription should bo forthwith removed
As, however, be subsequently found that
his commands had been disregarded, he
took legal proceedings against the boot
maker lor unlawful and mendacious ad
vertisement ot his (the Prince’s) patron
age.
The defendant’s counsel, in the course
of his pleadings, endeavored in the follow
ing ingenious manner to show cause why
his client should not be compelled to with
draw the offending inscription, arguing
that such a decision on the part of. the
court would infallibly result in serious
prejudice and loss to the hoot-maker.
“For,” he observed, “hitherto passers-by
whose attention was attracted by the an
nouncement in question stopped, entered
the shop, and bought boots freely of my
client. And why did they so? Because
they had already said to themselves:
•Prince Napoleon’s bootmaker! That
must be a good workman; and an uncom
monly cheap one into the bargain. We
will give him a trial.’ If you force him
to remove his inscription, the peripatetic
public will certainly infer that he must
have raised his prices, and will hurry past
his shop with averted eyes.” The boot
maker, it need scarely be added, wa3
cast, but one cannot help regretting that
so humorous a plea should have been dis
allowed by a French tribunal.—London
Telegraph. '
Heading of dogs.—The question has
been sometimes raised, “Do dogs under
stand remarks made about them in con
versation?” I think that some, at least,
certainly do. I had once an English ter
rier, called 1‘Frisk,” whoSe eye was acci
dentally injured. I remarked to my
brother that I intended to call in tlie vet
erinary surgeon. The dog, which was ly
ing before the fire, shortly after got up
and left the room. The surgeon arrived,
but nowhere could his canine patient be
found. I called repeatedly without avail,
and at last, after a feng search, I found
him liid under one of the sofas; and even
then he had to he carried to the surgeon,
for whom he showed every mark of dis
like, and would scarcely allow himself to
be touched.
A friend of mine has two small English
terriers. Ho is in the habit of washing
them now and then, and they much dis
like the operation. If, on the appointed
morning, he happens to make the most
casual remaik with reference to his inten
tions, his dogs disappear for the rest of
the day. I knew a dog which had rather
an usual method of frightening beggars.
If its master saw a disreputable-looking
man coming in at tho gate, he would say,
“Tiff, go and make a face at that man.”
Instantly ‘TifT would dash off, and on
coming within a few yards of tho beggar,
would throw himself down at full length,
turn up Ills lips so as to show his teeth,
and roll up the whites of his eyes. It is
needless to say that this exhibition had
always the desired effect. His master al
ways’ used him for frightening tho pigs
when crying for their dinner; he assured
me that a glimpse of ‘Tiff’s’ face was al
ways quite sufficient for that purpose.
Some Esquimaux dogs that liad gone
out with a party of wood-choppers from
tho town of Placentia, Newfoundland, re
turned the second morning without tlie
men. Meanwhile there had been a terri
ble snow storm. By their whining and
yelping the dogs alarmed the. family and
neighbors, and by their intelligent move
ments, induced four young fishermen to
volunteer to follow them. After a labo
rious journey through-the drifts, thej’
came upon four dogs yelping mournfully
and digging the snow with their paws.
After two hours’ worlrwith snow shovels,
the men found the father and three sons
who had perished inthe storm. .
Tongues.—Nothing but the proboscis
of an elephant compares in muscular flex
ibility with the tongue. It varies in
length and size in reptiles, birds and
mammalia, according to the peculiar or
ganic circumstances of each. A giraffe’s
tongue lia3 the functions of a finger. It is
hooked over a high branch, its strength
being equal to breaking oil large, strong
branches of trees, from which the tender
leaves are then stripped. An ant-bear’s
tongue is long and round, like a whip lash.
The animal tears open dry clay walls of ant
hills, thrusts in its tongue, whiebsweeps
around the apartments, and by its adhesive
saliva brings a yard of ants at a swoop.
The mechanism by which it is protruded
so far is both complicated and beautiful.
A dog’s tongue, in lapping water, take3 a
form by mere act of volition that cannot
be imitated by any ingenious mechani
cian. The human tongue, in the articu
lation of language, surpasses in variety of
motion the wildest imaginations of a poet.
Even in swallowing its office is so extra
ordinary that physiologists cannot ex
plain tho phenomena of deglutition with
out employing the aid of several sciences.
How a Husband was Lost.—When
the late Lafayette S. Foster was a young
and rising lawyer, he wooed and was en
gaged to a young lady whose family en
joyed a larger social prominence than his
own. Tho wedding day had been fixed
and the couple were talking over tho
prospective tour, as a part of which young
Foster proposed that they should spend a
tew days with his parents, who resided ia
a town some distance away. The lady
rather reluctantly consented, but said: “I
go with you this time, but in future you
must not expect my visits to your parents
to be very frequent. You must remem
ber that our associations have been very
different.”
Surprised and shocked by this cold
blooded depreciation of the father and
mother whom he loved (rad honored, the
young man paced tlie floor the sport of
seething and conflicting emotions. Fin
ally, taking his hat, he turned to the
young Jady and said: “I am glad I have
found you out in time; you may go to the
divil.” The rebuke might not have beeu
choice in style, but it was earnest in spir
it. Thenceforth their ways lay apart and
sfie was not the gainer.
j mirable story-teller “Puss in Boots” has
| become an example of the power of work,
industry and savoir-faire.—Galignani.
The Amiable Philippe.
An Englishman arrived at Paris some
IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS.
Schloss Tkutasch, Klagenfurt,
Austria, August 12, 1880.—Last sum
mer I had the satisfaction to discover a
days before the revolution of July, 1830. gummer retreat in tbe Apennines, near
“I am smprised,” said a politician to a
heavy property owner, “that you don’t
run for some office.” “Well, you see,
•somebody has to do the taxpaying.”
Leabn a Tbade.—One man with a
trade is worth a thousand without one.
The hosts of young men in every large
city who apply foremployment and fail to
get it for the reason that they cannot truth
fully affirm that they are educated or espec
ially fitted for any particular business, con
stitute a potent argument in favor of reform.
Under the apprentice system, we should
have fewer ignorant mechanics and. in
competent business men. A trade is
ort une in itself.
Famous Men and Cats.—Our domes
tic favorites—cats—were not highly
thought of in the middle ages. They
were then looked on as Satanic agents and
were burnt alive. In Paris every St.
John’s day a number of tbe abhorred ani
mals were heaped up in baskets and bags
in (lie Place do Grove, to afford an auto-
da-fe, the Sovereign himself setting fire
to the pile. This practice continued for
a long time, the last monarch who offi
ciated in this manner being Louis XlV.
Tlie persecutors of the feline race were,
no doubt, ignorant of the fact that cats
had been the object of superstitious ven
eration in early times. In Egypt, for in
stance, the cat wa3 deified, as the patron
of liberty, and a similar respect was shown
it throughout nearly the whole ot tho
East. The Turks still regafal “Tabby”
as tlie “cleanest” of animals; Mahomet
himself, indeed,having had a great liking
for cats, it is only natural that all good
Mussulmans should profess the same affcc-
tibn.
It is not in the East alone, however, that
the feline tribe have managed to acquire
a secure and recognized position in soci
ety. Many great men have bad an inor
dinate fondness for cats. Richelieu’s spe
cial favorite was a splendid Angora, his
furry confidant’s usual resting-place being
bis Eminence’s table, amongst State doc
uments, books, etc. Montaigne used to
obtain relaxation by piaying with his cat.
Colbert rearqd half a dozen cate in his
private study, and taught them, after a
lengthy display of patience, to perform all
sorts of tricks. Fontenelle was very fond
of cats, and used to place a particular old
“Tom” in an ann-chair and deliver an
oration before him. We must not forget,
too, that felts catus supplied Perrault with
one of the most attractive subjects of his
1 stories, and that under the pea of this ad-
He very eagerly sought to inspect tlie in
terior court of the Palais Royal, where
Prince Louis Philippe of Orleans; was
receiving deputations that came to bim
from all parts of the country, villagers
with the Mayor and drummer at their
head, brave fellows well furnished with
addresses, and often excited by the fatig
ues of the road and often the heat of the
day.
Florence, possessing uncommon attrac
tions for those who do not wish to leave
Italy during the hot mouths. My letters
to the Times from Sierra gave a ;full ac
count of the delightful region, of which it
was one of the chief hamlets. I should be
manner, tlie reryopposite of their testhetic ] FaTO Work for October. I safe arrival was B , a young blood of
southern neighbors. Even tlie little ebi!-j We used to consider that, on the average, the city, whose dollars exceed his sense
dren hav e no spontaneous gambol in one-lvalf of the cotton crop would be open in the ratio of About a million to one.
± e .".V n, at nlZ.1^° P E JJJL '“IMS: b y tbe 1st of October, la these daysof “Aw, Miss Y ,” be said, “permit me
smali blame to th m, however, for toey stimulating fertilizers, however, it issome- to greet yqu. I know you have had a very
are put to heavy abor as soon as their , UmM ha,feathered by that time. But pleasant trip abroad.’’ T
backs can stand toe strain, and young October is usually the main cotton picking * “Yes,” shte* answered, “very pleasant
btofefeguls, who mlgMliave * ®bance, if ni0 nth, and the work should be pushed to 1 (deed. I was all over the continent, and
well scrubbed and dressed, to look oassa- — — through England, Scotland and IreUnd,”
well scrubbed and dressed, to look pasea- the ulmoaU There are few operations on
bly attractive, are put to dragging loads f ann {.pat, if delayed, will work greater
like cattle and made to toil
hard, if not harder, 'than their
brothers. Beggars are not numer
ous, and besides the occasional gibber-
advantages, scenery, picturesqueness, and
historical associations, as well as for its
-, ■ . , . , . amiable population, but this season cir-
_ Englishman on arriving asked if i cums tances have called me into the Aus-
Louis Philippe bad made his appearance, triau province of Carinthra, to the east of
content to visit it annually for its sanitary ing, foully ragged, bestial cretin* which
—‘ —•* seemed created merely to show how utter
ly loathsome and degraded humanity can
become when it tries, there seems to be
only a few amateur ones, prompted, per-
“Certainly,” they answered him, “he
is just retirqd.”
“Ah, I am very sorry for that,” he said,
“I am come to Paris to sec him.”
“Never mind,” said one near him, “I
vfill show him to you.” So he shouted
out, “Vive Louis Philippe! Vive la Charte!”
and tlie multitude cried out the same.
A window opened over a balcony, tbe
Prince appeared, humbly saluted the
ctowd, and retired.
VAb, I am very glad indeed,” said the
Englishman, “but £ have heard some say
that one might see him with the tricolored
flag, and surrounded by bis family.”
“That is very easy,” said the other;
“give me some sous, and ho will come
fiprth,”
i “Indeed! Here are some with great
pleasure,” said the Englishman, handing
a franc to his neighbor.
Immediately a voice raised the couplet,
which a thousand ypices immediately
'‘Soldier with the tricolor flag,
Who from Orleans bearest it,” etc.
And the couplet did not cease to be heard
before the Prince, surrounded by his fam
ily and holding the three-colored flag
came forth to salute the crowd.
There wa3 a silence tor a short time.
Then the complaisant neighbor, turning
toward the ear of the Englishman, said:
“Now shall I make him sing? As it is
rather a difficult matter, you will have to
give me ten francs.”
“I will do so willingly,” said the En
glishman, assured by the success of the
former engagements.
Tliep the man witli his ten francs, ex
erted himself and shouted with others
around him so eagerly and lustily, “Vive
laRoi! Vive la Charte! la Marseillaise!”
that at the end of twenty minutes Louis
Philippe presented himself again before a
la>-ge crowd cxulliug with impatience and
joy.
The Marseillaise was lustily raised by
the crowd. The new King was about to
retire from the balcony, but stopped in
the midst of the applause, and sang with
the people, making time with his feet.
The story relates that the King exhibi
tor addressed the Englishman, and said
to him: “Now if you will give me one
hundred francs lie shall dance.” But tlie
other, thinking the show had gone far
enough, went away.
The Coal Tbade. — llradstreet, of
September 29, remarks: Whon the Sep
tember advance in circular rates for an
thracite coal was announced by the min
ing, companies, the prudence of the step
was questioned in these columns, on tho
ground that the existing and prospective
condition of the market failed to justify an
upward movement. Four weeks of full
time at the mines has seemingly brought
the operatives to the same opinion, the
Schuylkill Exchange having found it nec
essary to order a suspension of the pro
duction for the first five working days of
the coming moBth. Stripped of its formal
phraseology, this announcement really
means that high rates have restricted tuo
demand, that tho production lias over
burdened the market, and that it is ncc •
essarytotake the unprecedented course
of entirely suspending the output
for a week in what should be the busiest
month of the year, in order to stave off a
probable demoralization of the trade. A
week ago it looked a3 though the interest
had inhaled some vitality, but the recov
ery was short-lived, and it is doubtful
whether the panacea of restriction will
prove as effective a3 tho operators antici
pate. The fact cannot be too often reit
erated, that private consumers will not
buy, and cannot be made to buy, so long
as prices are simply exorbitant. Tlie
operators are wqll aware of this, yet they
cling tenaciouslylo the idea that they can
maintain their position by so reducing
stocks as to enable them to obtain what
ever figure they may see fit to impose.
Unless, however, the present outlook is
deceptive, a reduction in rates is bound to
ensue before the close of the year. It
may be conceded by the operators, or—
and what is most likely—it will bo forced
on them by a break in the market and its
usual demoralizing results.
Men of Business.—Rare almost as
rreat poets—rarer, perhaps, than verita
ble saints and martyrs—are consummate
men of business. A nafi, to be excellent
in this way, must not only be variously
gifted, but liis gifts should be nicely pro
portioned to one another. He must have,
In a high degree, that virtue which men
have always found the least pleasant of
virtues—prudence. His prudence, how
ever, will not be merely of a cautious and
quiescent order, but that which, being ev
er actively engaged, 13 more filly called
discretion than prudence.
Such a man must have an almost love
of details, blended, (and this is a rare
combination) with a high power of im
agination, enabling him to look along ex
tended lines of possible action, and put
these details in their right places. He re
quires a great knowledge of character,
with that exquisite tact which feels un
erringly the right moment when to act.
A discreet rapidity must pervade all the
movements ot his thought and action.
He must be singularly free from’ vanity-
and is generally found to bo an enthusi
ast, who has the heart to conceal enthusi,
asm. ’
The washerwomen of Holland and Bel
gium, so proverbially clean, and who get
up their linen so beautifully white, use
refined borax for washing powder instead
of soda in the proportion of one large
handful of borax-powder to about ten gal
lons of boiling water; they save in soap
nearly one-half. All of the large wash
ing establishments adopt the same mode,
For laces, cambrics, etc., an extra quantity
of the powder is used, and for crinolines
(requiring to be made stiff) a strong solu
tion is necessary. Borax*being a neutral
salt, does not in the slightest degree In
jure the texture of the linen. Its effect i3
to soften the hardesfWater. Someone
says; It may be interesting to know that a
weak solution of borax water snuffed up
tbe nostrils, causing it to passthrough the
nasal passages to the throat, then ejecting
it from the mouth, will greatly relieve
catarrh, and in cases not too obstinate or
of long standing will, if persevered in.
effect a permanent cure.
How was Wesley .enabled to accom
plish the vast amount of work of whicli
h|s journals, journeys, sermons and pub
lished volumes give evidence? An En
glisk Methodist, astonished, as every one
wlio reads of tlie diversity and extent of
the great preacher’s work must be, ask3
this question, and then finds the secret in
bis severe abstemiousness. Wesley not
opiy never smoked, and rarely drank tea
or coffee, but ho abstained from intoxi
cants, and even, during much of his life
ftpm animal food. A revelation are his
words to tlie Bishop of London 174“ :
“Dr. Chcyno advised me to leave off meat
aad wine, and since ,1 have taken bis ad
vice I have been free—blessed be God—
from all bodily disorders.”
Bishop Uhatabd, ot Indianapolis, has
suspended from church ceremonies for two
months the refractory members of the
Apcicnt Order of Hibernians who disre
garded his pastoral in allowing dancing
at a picnic. The bishop says: “Catholics
are not forbidden to enjoy themselves
by dancing, if they wish. That is left to
tbeir consciences. Catholic societies, how
ever, having fc religious character from
tbeir very organization, are so forbidden;
apd such prohibition is clearly within the
range of ecclesiastical authority, to which
they in a special manner subjected them
selves when formed.”
—Ask for Silver Spray Cologne and
take no other.
bliBU province O. uaiimuw, u, v.
the Tyiol, a locality little known to Eu
ropean tourists, although, as I find on
trial, well worthy their attention. It has
only been a few months that it could be
easily reached from Italy, by the extension
of the railway on its northeastern frontier
from Udine to Villack and Klagenfurt, re
ducing the journey to nine hours from
Venice, or seventeen from Flor
ence direct. From Venice to
Udine tbe rail runs through a rich, fiat
country, passing the towns of Corrcgliano
and Pordenone, - each, as is also Udine,
distinguished chiefly as being the birth
place of the artist who now bears its name
in addition to his own hapt’smal desig
nation. Corria, Paris, and Giovanni form
a trio of painters of the best period of
Venetian and Roman schools which has
conferred more distinction on this region
tkaasreJThingclse in its history. Leav
ing Udine, the road winds northerly, grad
ually ascending the Alps until it reaches
Pontafeh the boundary between Italy and
Austria, affording nothing remarkable as
to scenery for Italy. Descending the
northern slope, the landscape changes its
character altogether, as does the architec
ture, tvpes ot population and general as
pect of tilings. The contrast between the
two countries produced by this narrow
intervening range of mountains is-very
striking. There is redundant natural
beauty, but entirely different from tbe
Italian landscape. One step, as it were,
takes tlie traveler direct from smiling,
grafious vineyards, bright skies and gayly-
colored villas into glum northern forests
of pine, fir, and oat, with
densely green pastures and fields of
grain, valleys tossed and broken into bil
lowy shape's by contending hills and
plains, witli Alpine backgrounds of sterile
peaks and snow-clad summits. The
moist atmosphere, like tlie scenery, is of
heavier quality than the southern. Tem
pered as it is by the sweet scents of the
numerous clover pastures, tho fragrance
of the wild flowers, tlie pine and other
balsamic trees, it is very pure and whole
some to breathe, bat at first too great a
tonic, for it seems to paralize slightly tbe
action of the lungs and limbs; to weigh
them down and depress them, instead of
stimulating to greater activity. But the
system soon begins to accustom itself to
tbe new climatic conditions, and to grow
stronger under their life-inipaiting proper
ties. Tho powers of physical resistance
and assimilation strengthen under their
new duties and regimen, and it is easy to
perceive how a northern constitution, en
feebled in tone by a prolonged residence
in the more etlierialized atmosphere of
Italy, can be restored to its normal vigor
by a plunge into the heavier mountain
air cf Carinthia, after the collapsing ef
fects of the first shock are over.
Klagenfurt is the official capital of the
province; a well built town of about 20,-
000 inhabitants, at the eastern extremity
of a long, narrow lake, along the villa-
lined shores of which tho railway passes,
and is remarkable for nothing except its
humdrum well-being and somnolence. Al
though it has several comfortable hotels,
a visitor would not wish to summer here,
but to find quarters in one of the numer
ous villas or castles whtch overlook the
town and lake and enjoy an extensive
panoramic view of tlie long serrated
ridges of the Alps, beginning with the dol
omite peaks of the far-away Tyrol, and
extending eastward into Styria. The en
virons of Klagenfurt are uncommonly pic
turesque and lovely. Thcv
fertile, cleanly-cultivated, with park-like
landscape, no fences, ditches, or hedge?,
and abounding in the gustatory necessa
ries of life; excellent milk, cheese and but
ter; the best of all meats and vegetables;
superior grain of all kinds, venison, game,
mountain trout and other fish; wild ber
ries and fruit, so that, unlike
the scanty larder and coarse diet of
the Tyrol, the fare here is va
ried, wholesome and exceedingly good in
quality, with Austrian, not German cooks,
to make it palatable to Anglo-Saxon taste.
Better beef, mutton and veal are seldom
to be had. Indeed, in profusion, cheap
ness and quality of provisions of all kinds
to bo found in a mountain region, Klag-
cnfuit is exceptionally noteworthy, witli
possibilities of excursions, gentle to se
vere, to suit every grade of Alpine club
and even the invalid’s powers, and love of
variety in landscape, pitched in a ^highly
picturesque key, with tempting induce
ments to the angler and hunter added.
As for the country population, it seems
to be a stolidly molded race, very blonde
in type, and extremely sunburned, good-
natured, and civil; withal so kind to ani
mals, that if you wander in the fields
where they are, the fowls, sheep, pigs,
goats, and even the cattle and horses fol
low you about and run their noses into
vour hands, evidently expecting to find
some palatable morsel there, some
times to the alarm of those
fair strangers who do not ap
preciate their sociality. Indeed, two of
tho iadie3 of our party, in crossing a pas
ture, were followed by a horse, which so
alarmed them that they ran, and ho fol
lowed at a sharp pace, iittie to their satis
faction, not comprehending his intentions.
Happening to fall in their fright, the
flowers they had gathered were strewn
about. The animal immediately stopped,
and, with great pleasure, began to eat
them, without molesting the ladies, which
uncomplimentary proceeding explained
the cause of bis attentions. ludeed, the
horses are remarkably large and good con
ditioned, evidently humanely treated by
the peasants, and with the brnte popula
tion in general, put quite on a par with
themselves in tbeir living, olten inhabit
ing the same dwelling. Their tameness
may be shocking at times to easily excit
ed nerves, but it is very creditable to tbe
parties most interested
They are not handsome; quite the re
verse; both peasants and piss,, but no
Irish or Virginia ham beats-'nrt Klagen
furt in delicate flavor or tender quhlUy,
owing, perhaps, to the swine having the
run of the fields and*forests, guarded by
infants of either sex, who have little to
distinguish 1 -them -from their four-footed
charges except their going on two feet.
And yet every boy and girl is obliged to
attend school, and are fined if they fail.
Godliness mpy be taught, for they are as
civil in their way as dirt, bnt cleanliness
and sanitary rules plainly are not much
preached. Nevertheless, their condition
now is vastly superior to what it was a
century ago, when they were wretched
serfs, almost on tbe fooling of our negro
slaves, and each chateau and castle kept
an assortment of domestic instruments of
torture to apply to them, according to
tlie whims amt temper of their lords.
The museum at Klagenfurt shows what
cruel things these were, and the
almost servile deportment of . the
peasants still gives evidence of
their former depressed condition. Changes
are slow in this region. The division of
the country population into ■ two distinct
classes, the rich landed proprietors and
nobles and tlie common laboring or peas
ant class, is veiy marked, not only by
manners, but by habitation. There exist
the two extremes of palatial villa or mod
ernized feudal castle and the low, steep-
roofed wooden or stone unrornantie cot
tages, mostly of one pattern, of tho field
and forest toilers. A numerous thrifty
middle class has yet to grow up with crav
ings for a superior style of living to their
ancestors. Aristocracy is the social rule
aud democracy, as we understand it, au
unknown term. Yet with all this
the country is rich, and the peo
ple apparently contented. Their silence
at work and games, after experiencing
the noisy loquacity and excitability of the
Italian peasants in similar circumstances,
is phenomenally mournful and almost op
pressive. They move like automatons,
and if they do enjoy existence, it would I
appear to be in a serious, dismal, proealc
baps, by the presence of strangers. Com
ing from Italy, the race as a whole strikes
the eye as specially homely and heavy,
but I doubt not it is a physical improve
ment on tbe average German man and
woman of similar class. Four centuries
ago the Turks coveted tho fat pas
tures and lordly hills of Carinthia,
and swooped down on this plain,
carrying off a3 slaves men, women, and
children, leaving desolation everywhere
they went, until the knights and nobles,
helped by the Emperor Maximilian of
Austria, came upon them at Villack, in
1492, incumbered by their spoil, and in a
sanguinrry battle killed 10,000, took .7,000
prisoners, freed their captives, and gave
the Mussulman m&ruders such a taste of
Christian chivalry that they never ven
tured to repeat their visit. If they had
been the conquerers, Italy would have
been the next 1 country to hate suffered,
and not unlikely the crescent would have
supplanted the cross on St. Peter’s for a
time.
Villack is so healthy that, it i3 reported,
months pass sometimes without a death.
But the healthiest of all spots for a sum
mer sojourn, I should judge to be the
Schloss or Castle Teutascli, five miles
from Klagenfurt, where lam now staying.
As it has a ghost chamber, a legendary
death penalty hanging over Us comple
tion, an amusing gallery of old masters,
ahd other characteristics of old time aris
tocratic life, LacoOn faihions, now strug
gling and’strangling in the embraces of
modern existence, 1 shall devote a separate
letter to its descr iption as a specimen of
Austrian country living in a region quite
out of the beat of usual American travel.
But before closing this T must commend
to my countrymen the paternal care
exercised by the Imperial government
here in the reproduction and pres
ervation of the trees and forests. Scien
tifically educated officials have the su
perintendence of them, whose duties are
to instruct proprietors and peasants how
best to cultivate or cut them and keep
them in the best possible condition. The
result is that the whole country i3 de
lightfully wooded, having the aspect of
English park scenery, most agreeable to
the eye, presenting, with the numerous
pastures and grain fields, picturesque
masses of color, light and shade, while
adding to its salubrity and natural
wealth. Some of the trees are veritable
monarchs. A linden tree near the castle
has a trunk measuring 25 feet in circum
ference, with branches of immense size,
whose domelike vegetation could snelter
a small hamlet. There is a neighboring
yoke of nearly similar gran dear. The
horse-chestnuts and firs are princely in
looks. Evidently culture has as agree
able and beneficial an effect on trees as in
men.—N. T. Times.
A Cincinnati Protest
Tho following protest is circulating in
Cincinnati, and is signed by a large num
ber of Republicans, so-called:
UNION, I’KACL, HARMONY, PROSPERITY.
The undersigned, merchants and man
ufacturers of Cincinnati, regardless of
our political views, take tuis method of
protesting against the imputation by the
partisan press of this city; for political ef
fect, that we cherish any hostility to. the
people of the South. It is true that wa
df9ire their custom, but otir Object .is far
higher than any mercenary end. Th.e
citv of.Cincinnati has axnendeU, U princi
pal and interest, nearly thirty millions of
dollars for a railroad to the South. We
desire to join our brethren of the South
ern States in building up a more perfect
Union; a Union of hearts as well as
hands, believing that in peace and har
mony with them throughout our country
will be found tbe pathway to a higher na
tional life and to increased prosperity for
them and ourselves.
Children’s Temper.—Bad temper is
oftener tbe result of unhappy circum
stances than of au unhappy organization;
it frequently, however, lias a physical
cause, and a peevish child often needs
dieting more than correcting. Some chil
dren arc more prone to show temper than
others; aud sometimes on account of qual
ities which are valuable in themselves.
For instance, a child of active tempera
ment, sensitive feeling and eager purpose
is more likely to meet with constant jars
and rubs than a dull, passive child; aud
if he is of au open nature, his inward irri
tation is immediately shown in bursts of
lassion. If you repress these ebulitions,
jy scolding and punishment you only
increase the evil bv charging
passion into sulkiness. A cheerful, good-
tempered tone of your own, a sympathy
with his trouble, whenever the trouble has
arisen from no ill-conduct on his part, are
the best antidotes; but it would be better
still to prevent beforehand, as much as 1
possible, all sources of annoyance. Never
fear spoiling children by making them too
happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in
which all good affections grow—the whole
some warmth necessary to make the heart-
blood circulate healthily and freely; un
happiness the chilling pressure which pro
duces here an inflammation, there au
excrescence, and, worst of all, “the mind’s
green and yellow sickness—ill-temper.”
Experiment with Seed Corn.—A
subscriber sends us this apt selection,
says the Phrenological Journal: “Four
boxes of earth alike in quantity and ex
posure to light and heat, were planted at
the same time with corn from a single
ear and placed recently in a physician’s
office. In one box dry com was planted;
in another,seed previously soaked inclear
warm water; in the third, seed that had
been soaked in a solution of lime-water;
in the fourth, seed soaked in chloride of
lime aud copperas water, equal parts.
One week afterward^ the dry corn had not
germinated; the corn in the second box
had just commenced to sprout; that in the'
third box was j ust showing its green blades,
and that in tbe fourth box haa\ Town near
ly three inches high. Copperas water
will prevent birds and worms frpm eating
tlie seed, and one pound of dry copperas
will soak seed enough for twenty acres.”
A Delightful Epoch.—For about
six months bafore marriage a woman is
perfectly happy. Sho has love newly
awakened daily growing as the weeks roll
on. She is looked upon at home as a
much more important person than any of
the other daughters. She enjoys all the
frtedom of a married woman, while re
sponsible for none of a married woman’s
duties. Sbeis acknowledged almost as an
equal by her father and mother. She is
frpm under the control of father and
mother, aud not under the control of her
future husband. She enjoys for the first
time the intimate 'confidence of a.man—
who treats her as a superior, and who
defers to her. She for the first time catches
a glimpse of disposing of an income, and
hiving her individual taste held para-'
mount. For the first time she feels she
has a lifelong stake in the career of a man.
And under ml and over all, and around
all, is her love for him.
Tite greatest anxiety is experienced
leal there should be a flaw in the title to
property; yet a flaw in the title to health
cough or cold—is disregarded. Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup removes all such at
once.
• Unaleuaa—A treat UMSWry.
For the benefit of those . who have not
already seen the Linoleum floor cloth, we
wpuld say that it is made under a patent
process, of ground cork combined with
solidified oil, pressed on to canvas by
means of powerful rollers, forming an ex
ceedingly durable surface, on which is im
printed handsome patterns iu varied
stiles. It is suitable for private dwell
ings, stores, etc., and sold by all carpet
dealers. The only genuine article has
the word “Linoleum”priuled on the back
oin every square yard.
loss than that of picking cotton. The
staple deteriorates in quality with every
dew that falls on it, to eay nothing of the
effects of rain and wind. The work of
gathering corn should be finished this
month, if not already done, and the hogs
be permitted to glean the peas aud scat
tered corn.
OATS.
It is also a favorite time for sowing fall
oats in the greater part of Georgia. We
have been very successful, several times,
in making oats by sowing in the cotton
field during October. Where seed are
scarce they may be made to go much
farther by drilling them, as one-third less,
in quantity per acre, will answer. In
three feet (or wider) cotton rows, two
furrows may be opened in each middle
with a small scooter, distant from each
oilier one-half the width of the cotton
rows, the seed soWn by hand through a
guano trumpet, and covered by running
one furrow between the two grain rows,
with a wide winged sweep or heel scrape.
The cotton stalks may be easily knocked
down in January or February, especially
if done when they are frozen. It has been
found that fertilizers pay well on oats, as
well as wheat; and the most convenient
method of application is to wet the grain
thoroughly with water, allow it to drain,
tljenstir in the desired quantity of fertil
izer and sow all together. It is only nec
essary to decide upon the amounts of seed
and guano, respectively, required for an
acre and mix them in that proportion.
The advantages of (his method are obvi
ous: The labor of sowing the fertilizers,
separately, is saved; and there will be a
more uniform distribution of both,
when wet tlie sowing is less affected by
the wind. Seventy-five pounds of any
dry fertilizer will adhere to a bushel of
oats, but any quantity less may be used.
WHEAT.
.Where the land’ intended for wheat is
unoccupied by cotton or other crops, it
should be prepared for sowing by repeated
plowing and harrowing, until the soil is
brought-into a fine tiltb. The indications
are that the plan of drilling wheat iu
eighteen inch to two feet drills, and cul-
tiyating in the spring, will become more
popular than It ha3 ever been heretofore.
The practice of harrowing the broadcast
grain has.been much practiced of late
years, and with decided advantage.
The old rule as to tbe time to sow
wheat was “sdw in the dark nights in Oc
tober,” but the more sensible' rule (in
Georgia) is to sow about the usual time
of tbe firsf Billing frost—say from the 20th
of October to the first of December, ac-
cording to latitude. Rust is the great
enemy of wheatl ; Little, if anything, can
bq done in the way of specific prevention
—.with a given variety of seed and a given
Soil—but a careful selection of high, dry,
not over-rich clay soil, and the most har
dy wheat will go a great way ill assuring
exemption lrom rust.' 1 t .;•»
The “Nicaragua” is the only variejty
known to us that may be justly claimed
as absolutely rust-proof, no’ instance of its
having been injured being on record. But
the grain is veiy difficult.to handle, hard
to grind and bolt, and makes a dark-col
ored and inferior flour. ’ The “Dallas
Wheat,” while nrt absolutely rust-proof,
seems to resist the fungus more success
fully than any good variety. In all that
portion of the State, below middjq, Geor
gia it is not advisable to sow more than a
few acres in wheit—sufficient to supply
tlje family with flour—and none at all Un
less good seed-and a» -proper soil can be
sgcnretT.—^
“Ah, in Ireland! Aad did you see the
blarney stone ?”
“Yes, I was there.”
“O, I should so desire to see it. It hat
always keen a desire ef mine to kiss that
celebrated atone, but I have never had an
opportunity.” , ..
“Indeed, then jqu should gjo there."
“I know, but 1 have hot done sb, hut
why shouldn’t I kiss it by proxy ? You
have been there and kissed it, why should
I not take the Influence of the Blarney
from your.lips 2.” And the smart Aleck
stepped forward to proxify the young
lady. But she drew back, and looking
him squarely inthe face, said: “I beg your
pardon, my dear Mr. B—, but I sat upon
the Blarney stone.”
Like a man with a great sorrow, Mr.
B— same down in a heap, and he hasn’t
said “Ireland” since, and the word “Blar
ney’’ makes him delirious.
Old Nan Who Smiled.
The Grant and Hancock Sensation.
IjA special dispel! Washington
Id the e.Sujt, of the otb, says:
■The publication of an alleged interview
with Gen. Grant, giving what purports to
bi an inside history of Gen. Hancock’s fa
mous Order Np. 40, produced, something
iike a sensation in political circles here
to-day, arid has been the hbsorbing theme
of conversation both at the Republican
and the Democratic headquarters.' At
tlie latter place much indignation was
manifested, and the opinion strongly ex
pressed that Gcri. Grant’s imputations on
Gfen. Hancock were as unworthy as they
are unfounded. It was said that the
statements made by Gen. Grant only il
lustrate to wbat extreme length partisan
bias will carry even a distinguished sol
dier. A prominent Democrat now in 'the
city said to-night that several of the
most important statements made by
General Grant, are wholly false, as
the Republican political hand-book
itself plainly Bhows. General Grant
himself, at the. time he refers to
was intriguing for the presidential nomi
nation and coquetting with beth
parties. The .Radicals in Congress
rad quarreled with President John
son for striving to carry out tbe policy
which Lincoln ha I inaugurated, and in
*rder to win Grant over they went so far
as to cripple the constitutional powers of
the President as commander-in-chief of
the army and navy, and to confer them
oh the then general of the army. ,As
President Jolnison sustained General Han
cock, and as the Radicals could only
reach him through General Grant as his
superior, they used the General to serve
their revenge, and he made Hancock’s
position so uncomfortable that he asked
tolbe relieved. “ When ho came to Wash
ington after this treatment, caused solely
by his refusal to carry out the radical
programme of the military subjection of
the South in time of peace, he declined to
hold personal relations with General
Grant.
The Republican leaders are, of course,
delighted with this last fusilade of the ex-
President, and say that they believe it will
prove to be an important campaigu docu
ment. It is said at the War Department
that so far as General Grant refers to
official orders he is entirely correct in his
statement and is borne out by the official
records, and that tho dispatches alluded
to by Grant as havine passed between
himself and General Hancock are on file
in the department. But there appears at
present to be same confusion of dates
which vitiates the whole affair. The re
quest of General Hancock to be relieved
from command is not among tlie papers,
and this is-explained bj thestatement tbat
it was. sent direct to President Johnson.
It] is’a singular fact that tho very men
whom General Sheridan removed from
office when ia command of the department
ofiLouisiaca, for v being incompetent and
dikhonest, were the very men who helped
to pervert tho electoral vote of Louisiana
four years ago,
l — t | J, - | -r .v .» v - ,
First Day’s Registration in Aew
York.—The Herald of the 6th says:
Seventy-two thousand five hundred and
eighty votes were registered in this city
yesterday. In presidential years the reg
istration for a first day is much heavier
than it is for a .first day in other years.
Ini 1877, for instance, the first day was a
trifle over 32,000, against 50,000 for the
first day of 1S70. Upon the whole regis
tration of the off years the figures fall far
behind those of a presidential year, but
tlie rush for the first day is the most dis
tinct expression of the determination of
the people to make their power felt on
tbht occasion. 1 It is therefore not su:-
prising that the'registration for the first
daiyoftliis year should be considerably
infexcess of tho first day of 1S79, since the
two causes of tbe growth of the city and a
presidential year operate together to pro
duce this effect, but it was not anticipated
that it would reach such great figures.
Yesterday’s registration was nearly double
th^t of the first day of 1879, and sixteen
thousand ahead of the first day of 1876.
The vote of the city will run over two
hundred thousand this year.
Kissing a Blarney Stone. — 1 he
Blarney stone, which all the Irish are
said to kiss iu order to make them smooth
of speech, has a wonderful influence.
So me young Americans who part their
hair in the middle should take a visit to
Ireland, both to improve tlieir speech and
their good sense. Here is a case in point:
Some time since one of the brightest and
wittiest of Cincinnati's girls went abroad,
and when she returned home, about tho
One time there was a good old man liv
ing in Detroit. His back was bent, bis
step was slow, and men who gazed upon
his snowy locks and wrinkled face whis
pered to each other: “He is a good old
man who has not long to live.”
The old man had been well off in his
day, but when be found himself on the
shady side of life, wife dead and borne
broken up, be said to his only son: “Here,
William, take all I have, and let your
home bo my home i all'. I die.”
Tha son took tie pi.-ers—you bet he
did ! aud the father was given a cozy cor
ner, a big chair and a corn-cob pipe. All
went well for a year or so, and then the
son’s wife began to make it unoamfortabla
for tbe nice o'ld man in the corner. They
threw out hints, deprived him ot his com
forts, and one day in winter he Was told
that he had better go. to Halifax—Nova
Scotia.
The old man’s heart was sore as he
went out into the world to battle against
hunger and cold, and when night came he
cowered in a doorway and wept like a
child.
“Who i3 making the chin-music up
there?” called a reporter, whose steps
had, been arrested , by the sobs, and he
went up the steps, patted the old man on
the head; and by and by the story was
told. rrt ton
“Come down to the station with me,”
said the reporter, taking the old man’s
artn. “Your sdn is first cousin to the
man who preferred buzzard to lamb, and
I’ll help you fix- bim.” .
Next morning one of the daily papers
contained an item to tbe effect that an
old gentleman named Goodheart bad
been found wandering the streets at
night, and that when taken to the station
510,000 worth of United States bonds
were found with him. The old man' read
it over three times, slapped his lqg as he
saw the point, aad a beautiful smile cov
ered his face arid climbed up through his
hair. In about an hour bis son William
rushed into tbe'station and called out:
1 “Father, dear father, come .home!. AH
of us were crying all night long, aud raj
wife is now lying iu a comatose state on
your account!”
The old man went home with:him,
winking at tbe lamp-posts and smiling as
he turned the corners. He, bad all his
comforts back, and the son bought him a
cdstly pipe and a pair of box-toed boots
that very day.
‘Well, as time went on tbe son ventured
to suggest the bonds had better be turned
oyer to him, and every time he said
bonds” the old man would smile and
$^rtb t fie(no r die7"afftFBd 5 «I=
toner than before as he lay waiting for the
sUmmobs. The son said his heart was
breaking, and then went through, the oid: s
man’s clothes to find the bonds. He
didn’t find any. He searched the bam
and the garret and the cellar, and finally
when he saw that death was very-near, he
leaned over the bed and whisoeredt * -
“Father, do you know me ?”
“Ob, yes; I know you like a book,” re^
plied tlie dying man.
“And, father,.don’t you see this thing is
almost killing me?’.’
“And, father, those—those—bonds, you
know; I suppose you want them to pur
chase you a monument ?” .
“Correct, William,” whispered the fa
ther, winking a ghastly wink, and as the
same old smile covered his face death
came to take him to a better borne. u
When evening fell tbe son and the son’s
wife were wildly searching the straw bed, •>
to get their hands on those bonds.—De
troit Free Press.
We mean what we say and we say it in
the simplest way, Coussen's Lightning
Liniment is the best liniment inthe world
for rheumatism, lame back, neuralgia,
warts, corns and sore throat. Price 50
cents. White’s Cream White Vermifuge
is the best worm killer. For sale by La
mar, Rankin & Lamar.
Could the reader be brought into con
tain with tbe host of respeotable champi
ons, wlift regard Pond’s Extract as tbeir
greatest safeguard and friend, they must
se convinced. We have certain knowl
edge that many families in this country,
and iu Europe, would not • be withont it
under any circumstances. The following
are a sample of the unreserved indorsers
of Pond’s Extract: Rev! Isaac Clark,
Rondout.N. Y.; Rev. Asher Anderson,
FisbkilI,N. Y.; Rev. R. M. Stratton, M.
Ei Church; Rev. J. Leroy, 3S ashua, N. H.;
Rev. J. Stamford Home, D. D., N. Y.;
Rev. J. A. Todd, Tarrytown, Poughkeep
sie, N. Y.; Rev, W. F. Lewis, Peekskill,
2ft Y. • ■ ;• lw
A Huge Mistake.—The' Constitution
says: Judge Sam Hall, of Macon, was
reported in a. Norwood paper as having
said that he would vote for Norwood.
Judge Hall requests us to say that he nev
er said any such thing, and never had
any such intentions, and never cast any
such vqte. - ^ ^ ,,
Befirna CertUleatea.
It is no vile drugged stuff, - pretending
to be made of wonderful foreign roots,
barks, <tc , and puffed up by long bogus
certificates of pretended miraculous cures,
but a simple, pure, effective medicine,
made of well known valuable remedies,
that furnishes its own certificates by Its
cures. We refer to Hop Bitters, the purest
and best of medicines. See another col
umn.—Republican. Sept. 28-2w
A Summary Cl B fob Blasphemy.—
Albert Gray, of Dallas, Texas, had lately
been converted to Christianity, and, there
fore, when William Young swore pro-
fahely in his presence, he was dreadfully
shocked. He drew a revolver, implored
the blasphemer to stop, and then shot
him dead.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 1,1879.
Dn. C. J. Moffett—Dear Sir: We
have been handling Teethina for several
years, and the demand Increases as the
article becomes introduced and is known.
Our sales average from two to three gross
per month. We believe that your Teeth
ina (Teething Powders) will eventually
become a standard and indispensable ar
ticle, for in no single instance has it failed
to gite satisfaction. No complaint has
ever been made to us, hence we conclude
that it does all you claim for it. Merit is
bound to succeed.
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar,
Druggists.
Can’t “Eat ’p.m.”—Post-Appeal: The
Columbus Enquirer brasbly remarks:
“We kin eat crow.” Weil, we can’t, and
there’s no occasion for it. The organiza
tion of a great party of stalwart reformers
who will stand fearlessly between the
people and a ring administration, is in
itself something to rejoice over.
A very cool northeasterly day was yes
terday, and people were saying it will
clear off with frosty weather.
Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment
will cure nothiug but piles. Our readers
can rest assured of being cured if they
will give Tabier’s Buckeye Pile Ointment
a trim. Price 50 cents. White’s Cream
^ White VcjBgaHhge is the best worn killer.
first person to congratulate her upon her For salaǤraifoh ! 'i Rankin & LABtAfv