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ESTABLISHED 1826.
MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1881.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
VOLUME LV—NO. 23
Ex.ittiiator Platt Accuses Blaine of
Complicity fat ntar-Boute and Credit
Blobllier Frauds, and Bays the Proola
Are In Band—What the Expoae will
liead to.
Special to the Washington Republican.
New York, Jnno 3.—The Evening
Express, In an nterview with “an inti
mate friend” of Senator Platt, has the
following:
“In reference to the complicity ol Blaine
with the star-ronte swindle, the Credit
Mobillcr affair, and others of more conse
quence, I will sa/ the report is a true
one, tho resnlt of which will seriously af
fect Mr. Blaine’s position in tho Cabinet.
1 know this fact of my personal know!
edge, that the night I left Washington
with Mr. Platt, the Attorney-General had
in his possession documentary proofs as
well as warrants of arrest against people
who are intimately connected with Blaine,
and that MacVcagh went to the White
House picsumably to .lay the matter be
fore tLe President and the Secretary of
State, and the result was that the evidence
was never used aud the delinquents were
never prosecuted. This looks bad, to say
the least, and 1 should far rather bo in
Platt’s position than to risk tho investiga
tions into Mr. Blaine’s past actions which
will follow this fight In Albany.
“About Mr. Conkiing possessing papers
which will Implicate Blaine in some sur
reptitious dealings with the government I
will say nothing, save that Mr. Conkling
knows best what is in his possession, and
is not inclined to spread the knowledge of
his real power abroad. I know that such
things do exist, and they are of the most
convincing character." Tho evidence
which they offer is conclusive, and if once
used they will destroy Blaine’s entire fu
ture. No! the end has not come yet, and
it is well it has not. The finale to' this
action of tho administration will be
fraught with tho ruination of the chief of
ficers of tho government. There is no
doubt whatever that this battle will result
in the dispossession of Blaine of his port
folio, and the impeachment of Gen. Gar-
’1 is not at al/impossible.”
MV York Tribune reporter called on
’jit to-night In reference to the
fcL?ted that he was the person
"|U0t “an intimate friend,”
icle was correct,
jrill bo published
to
inch adds considerably to its power and
also to the difficulties of its construction.
If equally well made, we ought to hear
from it iu tho near future. Nor can it
long eqjoy the honor of being the largest
refractor, as Clark, of Cambridgeport, is
now making for the Russian Observatory
of Puitowa a thirty-inch glass, and has
an order from the trustees of tho fund be
longing to the Lick Observatory, of Cali-
foraia, for a still greater one, thirty-six
inches across—Philadelphia Ledger.
THE CARD- COLLEC TI.VG HA XIA
Prediction, by Salesmen—
Wbynn Expedient is Prononnced
Hopeless.
X. F. Sun
tsCM OF HEX. EE DEC’S EX-
FERIHEXTS.
Sorghum Sugar Made at a Cost or 820
to 830 per Pound and Sold for Five
Cents—• Norghum Stalk. Which JLtvo
Stock Wouldn't Eat—How the Com
missioner Salted It Down—A Matur
ing Crop of Vinegar.
Washington Star.
One of Commissioner LeDuc’s experi
ments in connection with his sugar mak
ing from sorghum ha3 never been made
known. This was the salting and pack
ing away underground of the refuse stalks
of sorghum, from which the juice had beau
pressed by tbo roller of the sugar mill, lor.
KVn , , , ... , r ,u \£f- JOU-litre-jrdo is to grease ’em on both I her to play with, and to humor the invalid
onlyTf a» of K .? I * ***ff»*M«f« .intention of
nue store, “theystring iu here from morn-1 allotted for experimental ,'voge'
Idg till night begging cards. They hun- I table growth sown withsoighum seed, hut
ger and thirst for them, and their appe- a large farm wa3 rented iu Virginia, sev-
titc is bottomless.” I eral miles from this city, aud about one
“How did it start?” hundred acres xdanted with this crop.
“Don’t ask me; I am only interested Several buildiiw%gra erected on the line
to know how soon it will end. I think of B street south, a steam boiler, engine
there will be bloodshed over this thing; I and vcr y expensive machinery set up, in-
it Is getting dangerous, people ought to be eluding a mill for pressing tho juico from
doctored for it. I tell you, it’s a soul- th ° stalks, boiling tanks, pumps, defeca-
blighting mania. Excuse me if I seem to I tor » evaporator, mixer, centrifugal appa-
speak with bitterness, but I am worn to a ratU3 > etc. The season proved to be a
shadow. I spend nearly half my salary S°®d ouo, and at the proper time tho sor-
for food now, and yet have to get my I gfcsm was cut, the leaves stripped from
clothes taken In every two weeks.” I the stalks, tho latter made up into bun-
“But it cannot hurt you; you are not dies as large a3 could well be handled,
the proprietor.” I and Mr. George W. Knox, the well-known
“No; but we are expected to sell some- expressman, had the contract for bringing
thing to a certain percentage of all who I tIiQ produce from the farm to the sugar
come in, aud no method has yet been iu-1 ln »H in the agricultural grounds,
vented to make a card collector buy a fair A CTBEATESSP revolution is sugar.
bill. She now and then picks up a trifle, The commissioner had given out that
but won’t even take that without a cliro- ha would show that a good merchantable
mo. Wo bought six largo boxes of cheap I sugar could be made from sorghum, and
miscellaneous cards less than a month al a much cheaper rate than the staple
;o, and now we haveu’t enough for a eu- market article. If this could be done of
ire deck.” course a revolution was threatened in the
“What sort of people asked for them?” sugar market, and tho bulls and bears
“All sorts. Nono too high to beg cards would have to fight it out. The chief
for herself and children, and none too I value of tho sorghum heretofore had been
>oorly dressed or weak In nerve to dc-11 13 yield of saccharine matter, which had
Mur
“all this ruinous waste is now prevented
by the introduction to the. same dish of
the patent Skidmore Indestructible India-
Rubber Chop, put up iu packages of one
dozen, and warranted for five years,” and |
the food economizer exhibited life-like j
imitations of cooked mutton chops.
“Looks like a good scheme,” said the I
concoctor oi stews, thoughtfully; “but |
don’t the customer ever —
A EITTEE GIRL’S RAXTAX.
Tbe Narrative of an Educated Fowl.
How a Melt Child A mooed Herself-
The Tricks She Taught Him—HU
Cleverness—What tbe Showman or-
fared tor Him.
Iron the Xeu York Times.
Somewhat over a year ago, a very little
“Ever tumble? Not In the least. He girl was (fuite ill, aud during her couva-
only notices that one chop is a little lescenco a pretty bantam lien hatched out
tougher than the others, and fiually gets a brood of chicks, and to amuse the cliild
his jpork into a real chop and chews some of the tiny unfledged creatures were
ahead. These smaller ones come higher, I bought to the child to look at. When
as they are made of a little more limber f-tLe chicks were about bciug taken away
article of rubber, for large chops. AH | tho little one begged to have ouo left for
them mixed in with the others, same as the mother to return the chick to the heu
usual. as soon as the child went to sleep. Sorae-
“Seems like they are about as tender as how the child went to sleep, the chick
the regulation kind,” said the restaura- was forgotten, and both were lound well
teur, jabbing one with a fork. “Don’t I next morning. Then the little girl in-
they ever get eaten by mistake?” slsted that the baby chicken should be-
. “No—no—that U, not now. We did long to her and live with her. This wa3
lose a lew that way when first Introduced, at first tbaugbt to be a cruelty to tbe little
but now that we make the material tough- bird, but the foster-mother was so gentle
or, it don’t happen any more, unless they aud painstaking with her adopted child
swallow ’em whole. .Why, here’s a sped- that the chick was allowed to remain,
men that’s been In a Chicago eatiug-sa- For some ten days the chick nestled in
loon tor three years, night aud day, aud the bosom of the little girl, and was
you can’t see the first tooth print iu it yet. I fed on bread-crumb3 soaked in milk
“That settles it,” said the proprietor, with an occasional mite of hard-boiled
“I’ll take a gross.” egg. Once it was rescued from death,
“I thought you would,” replied the when the little girl was in the act of giv-
chop agent, as he took down the order I ing it some of her medicine, which had
and enthusiastically declined an invitation been left on tho table by tbe bedside. As
for some lunch. “1 will drop around in a the patient grew stronger and had beef
few days and show you samples of some jelly, the little chicken partook of the
soil, white rubber lobsters we are getting same dish. By tho end of May, 1SS0, the
up especially for tho country trade—make I little chick had grown considerably, could
tbe best article of indestructible salad 1 " *- - -
known”—and he shouldered his bux aud
walked off in the direction of Baldwin’s
Hotel.—Exchange.
31 It. VAVIS’ CAPTURE.
The Confederate President’ll Own Ac
count of a Much Disputed lueidont.
From ilr. Vans’ Hook.
After a short time I was hailed by a
voice which I recognized as my private a « effort
secretary’s, who Informed mo that the ma- 312!!? * "EELf*** 1
scamper all over tho room, but would In
variably when any one came In run to
the side of the truudle-bed and Intimate
that It wanted to bo taken up, and the
little girl would lower an arm’ and the
chick would get into the baud and be
transported Into the bed, where he would
hide, for he was a little bantam cock.
The-ill ness of tbo little girl continued, a
relapse followed, aud her life was in seri
ous danger. Tho presence of tbe chicken
in bed was Inconvenient and an effort
d them boldly. The druggist on the been converted into molasses of a very
corner says that - every child that buys five I common kind, but its adaptability for
cents’ worth of cough drops or paregoric I sugar had always been iu doubt, and al-
wants a card thrown in. Sweepers" beg I though numerous experiments had been
fortbem, or hunt them up in ash barrels, tried none had ever proved sue- wmwu ma-1 0 r returninz e-msclouimun nn
A man in a largo grocery house, second cessful. This Commissioner Lo Due rauders had been hanging around Ur gJXkLwas
block above, says be can’t sell a cake of attributed to tbo defective process camp, and that ho aud others were on pest rill’
soap without some sort of a card with it. employed, but with the aid of modern around it and were expecting an assault ba idi”_tbr tfca chiw/
There they come, two of’em! i knew machinery and tho light of recent as soon as the moon went down. A silly uJSaiTind “”****'2“ a ,“
themataglacne,”said tho salesman,wild- scientific discoveries, there was no such story had got abroad that it was a troas- f. tal ‘ a,1 ’fcMrdfn”?v Gvrihvld?
ly; “they have a longing, unsatisfied, hun- thing as fail. The true faults of these o« train, and auri sacra fames had prob- ACCoran - y > Garibaldi reigned su-
gry look. They—” experiments are not known to tho public, alj ly instigated the marauders, as it sub- v r4r *
Two ladies passed out triumphantly, [and probably never will be, but no sequeutly stimulated General J. 11. Wil- j! 1 re ‘™ c “ tvfienn™,. 8 | r ]
with two cheap and tawdry-looking sped- jllbock ka3 ever takeu place in tho sugar sou to send out a large force to capture motionless for itnnJ.
mens of colored printing. fmarket. 5 I the same train. For tho protection of my I ? child could
“You sco how it works,” resumed tlio the horse feed project, family 1 traveled with them two or three bautarn n’erar left herhrn
blighted salesman. “People of all sizes, it is thought, waa merely iuddenlal, but days, when, believing that they had pass. {gelSStmSwuMnf’and**™,
ages and qualities have it, though I am was good. As tho work progressed, the cd out oftho region of marauders, I dater- tho rid^/n
grieved to state that fair woman rathe# accumulation of tho crushed sorghum “jned to leave their encampment at night- ISJJzS; hi? nereMn/Sf d
* Ithe call on the card mania. Men and •**» was simply Immense, and what to all to execute ray original purpose. My A deture a’bout siren L?f!™
hr. do ask for cards—but we generally do with it was a serious question. The horse ana those of my party proper wore fhe floor berame at firat hit
>t they want them for their women commissioner generously offered to, give saddled preparatory to a start, lU u e d : “ “vouM flv from a*chair tn’
* I it away to poor persons who kept cota or I when ono of my stall, who lted u A, n „ y ! rt0 , a d res *;
de the salesman took the reporter in- hogs, for feed. Some of it was carted ridden into the neighboring village, re- than to nfetareMmt
■“**■ upon tho solemu prom- away for such purpose, hut It was soon turned aud told mo that he had heard ASTill l r /.. de *
''ame. P found that the animals would not eat it. that a marauding party intended to at- ® h ®^„ lo “ el ^^ lth G , an , so
" married,” ho said, Horses would nibble at it a little, and the tack the camp that night. This decided reLo vH of the nlcture to d ^’ n/
‘ i the young lady i»PPT thought struck the commissioner to wait lougenougli to see whether 0 7- chni,raloncML
regular night. I that it could be saved for horse feed, by there was any truth in tho rumor, which 1
h ‘ and grasped salting and packing away; and by cxclud- I supposed would be ascertained in a few wrii mn S ttIe
my chill of ti»a air on the “ensilage plan,” it could he b °ure. «y horse remained saddled aud gL 1
ad been re-1 successfully cured aud used by farmers m y pistols in the holsters, and I lay down ’ If , sl10 d
cold gum *1 tiring the winter and spring months, in fully dressed, to rest. Nothing occurred would tty from the
liberatelylurn rouud at times aud peck | WHERE SHOVED BIBLE REVIS* Talbots
at the paper vehicle. StiU Gari’s iox sropr
temper was not to bo trusted, for not one
of the girl’s brothers or sisters could take j
any liberties with him. No one could lift
him up save his mistress, and if any one I
presumed to point their foot at him Gari’s
feathers would bristle and ho would peck
at the boot. There , wa ■'* —
and the infatuated lady at
Nancy, France, and jumped into tho
j railway carriage just as the train
Extraordtnavr Proposition or mu Dr- moved off from the station. No one
tbodox PratMUal UirnoMa. j kuows exactly what occurred, but the
The Rev. Vr. Swing in the Chicago Alliance. lady emerged In a swoon, her brother
It so happens that all modem difflcul- : *upporting her, and the gay Lothario—
at the boot. There wa&o'io cut in' I ^ °f an y moment in tbe direction of the ‘Gharhe —looked as though he had
house during the tot ah&ontb?of Gari’s HoQr ^ ri P turea aM not difficulties with a a 3 a , 1 ? C0!n0llve - Both eyes
life; then a white kitten was introduced I render!n 8i but with the subject matter, ' blackened and he was rerj lame.
A fight was expected. If Gari’s inclins-1 however interpreted. There should be in Hondaywas brought back to Eng-
tions had been allowcd to have, their full I t J le new Terjions eliminations of whole ; ^y her brother, and poor ifonday
bent a pitched battle would have ensued I chapteMandwhole books, ou the ground s a^ife^titute proceed]lua fora
but Kitty was net mmcioM AsZ™ ! that th ^ make lhe sacred volume too ! d !l orce - Shrewsbury is laid up at
was no resistance on lfpr large to be printed In good type and still Pjosent, hut Is likely to be more popular
herself to be bullied and Uari and Kit! b® portable. A small Bible always means t i au ever when he emerges from his tem-
becamo totftieSteTitonlStoliSa lb « the type is almost microscopic. A ! P° rary retirement, he is -such a boy,” and
ever displayed by Gari, so when Kittv! Bible should be at onco portable * uearl among ladies Is apt to be petted,
would try to find amusement by clawing * nd °^ fair ' dear » ‘yi* 6 ’ ,* ud “ ak « th is
him her companion would peck at her in I * at ?® Pf rt ot -he Old Testament
earnest. They became quite intimate in I , ou d be omitted from the editions oftho
time, and Gari and Kitty ate out of the i
same saucer. I only are the laws of the Mosaic
All Gari’s accomplishments have been 1 ,1 ^ e repealed and dead, and therefore
fully stated. His mistress tried to accus- ^orlhy of a place in this guide of the
tom hun to a suit of clothes—a kind of P u , ic > but they are the laws of a semi
loose coat—but Gari declined. y ou barbarous age and cast no little of their
might put a coat on him, but so accoutred I jjuporfect'on over upon the lair pages oi
he never would budge. Last autumn tho ?, ew Testament. The New Testa-
Gari once more went into the basse-cour. I ™ en t b*s sulfered much from thus being
Whether he had acquired the art of fight- fe und m . ,b ad company. These treatises
ing, or was iu & better humor, or his I f f ’i P .* rt °. f th e history
brothers were satisfied with his former I °‘ Jbe Jewish state, but uot as being r
prowess, is not known, but from ills con- Part, much less a valuable part, of Chris
ditiou—there was not a feather ruffled—It Uaulty- l b 0 Hebrew laws were
was supposed that there had been no ?° tbat the . ir presence i Q the popu-
scrimuage, out of respect, perhaps, for an M ar Bible makes it essential that each cler-
educated chicken. * 1 gyman and each Sunday-school teacher
After that it was thought to be against d ‘ al , 1 , s P end “ uc b ln . e *P ,a ! ui , u S tbe
nature to keep him from his belongings. IMosaic things to Ghnstiau af-
In fact, he showed visibly that though he f a ? C i , . 1 S lw ,t°, be made
appreciated his indoor life, the garden had 2£? by a*Vithdrawal of tho cause,
greater charms for him. Ho is still obc- ? , la ^ 8 a b° ut women and slaves are par-
dient to call, and a word from his Uttlo I tlcu ‘»rly unjixst and tlieir presence in the
mistress will always bring him to her. On c ?, mp l , ,?* t ?e tho l T
tbo least inducement he will follow her 12I UI ?" „laspirattou. If, asal-
up-stairs and perform his tricks. He will I f 80 ** a “ Christian scholars admit, those
i drag tlie little pasteboard cart I a Ti? w 4 ere ^cwiporary at aUites of a
“round and pick at It when he upsets it. “ation, temporary compromises between
Occasionally—he is now over a year old— I a * 1 ? rnt ^ a ? < \. a ^* n ^ er one in com-
he will come and spend a whole day with I P amo , n » legal literature should have
Ills mistress of his own accord. It may I '“P 8 ® 1 ! Into quietness along with the He
be said to her credit that an offer of $30 I “mw, the Atnorlte and the Jehusite, aud
made to her by a well-known ahowmau ? ot , spread out to-day beforo our youth
for the purchase of Gari as a trick I feeing som ®P a ft °fthe divine trutlis to
bantam lias been refused. “No. sir,” I be believed. Besides the savage lujustice in
she said to the man when he came in per-1 s ^J ne . of Ibese laws there is much that
y nn I offends against the refinement of our
1 more civilized times. No minister,
no family dares read aloud all
of the Old Testament. It came from a
far-off time and jars like a discord upon
the modern heart. The Bible has already
As the writer is putting this down on I !*•? 80 de fP ly in J ured b y tbo timidity of
paper, he sees a little girl on the poreh lts fnend f lh at now, since tho rage for a
of the house opposite to him, end in the I *} ew ve ”^ on b*® oomoi R is high time a
street are a flock of chickens, for it is in I !r en J a H d were made that the best of all
suburban New lork. The child calls b'? 0 /? be sc ^ some of the weights
“Gari, Gari,” and a handsome black and | which so impedo its progress. Other
yellow bautam flies up at once to the I cocie along after a time to
porch and iuto hor arms, is fondled, and I m , 5 oba’iges of a more radical nature,
is then thrown down. But he Hies up I an, l from their hands the Bible will come
three times before he consents to join the • r ® ad y P® Ibe hand-book of the Ckris-
cocks and liens below.
son, “I am not going to sell Gal. __
more than 1 am going to eat him—and
next week I am going to take another
little chick just like him, and I think I
can teach him to be as smart as Gari. It
ain’t so hard to do.”
into her I ib® subject thoughtful consideration, he rey coachman, a free colored man, who ^r moutn. Mis first
;oys and directed that a pit be dug in tlio sorghum faithfully clung to our fortunes, came and ‘“Vi!® 1 ^ at !*»? er
ap aud Patch near by the su S ar works. The told me there was firing over the branch, of
toys
soap
lithographs
nee, as her
ked like a
pit was some 20 feet
wide, about S or
and walled up
fieiuht I meu whom I immediately recognized
iglit on the J with hard brick set ln cement, and cov- cavalry deploying around the encamp-1 y wr?„ n]
|love’s first ered with a rough board roof to keep the uient/ l turned back aud told my wife
object, such as a penny or_a nickel, when
heavier
was giv-
and no
make him
, . sorghum stalks and 1 uuwilliugness to dc so, and lost a few I ^..10™ an J 110 ? 1
1 indulg- salt, the latter to keep it from fermenta- precious moments before yielding to her ,b and *
I tiou and at the same time give the feed a importunity. My horse and arms were ^fr 111 . ... .. - . la f*i though
lultad.” relishing seasoning. In this way the pit near the road on which I expected to leave, ™ f h ® , W0U J, d ° f '
have had a was filled to within a foot or two of the and down which the cavalry approached; t y 116
er to-dayfand top and then all was overlaid with earth it was, therefore, impracticable
rpon her to-night with a compacted to the depth of two or three to reach them. I was compelled to start ry/A* tb , a X d '
amicable relations. | feet, tothoroughly exclude the atmosphere. | iff the opposite direction. _ jVs It wa3 quite I " ,lu this in fils mouth, he wou.d scam'
:ards forever. ""' * ‘ ‘ ‘
SUIMWOTIINI iUUim LU UU illV » ilU .1. SO |„» A .1,. L.J t.u «. ,
y tobacco "rights I horses, but alter all this trouble tho tin-1 very bite my own as to bo mistaken for it. fhen themile lnnk«?/hL W inri ?“ X
L ' ° grateful brutes rejected it, much to the As I started my wife thoughtfully threw Tf J. a “ d L ?', d
rward to warn disgust of Its projector. over my head aud shoulders a sliawl. I 2 wHd finite come with
3 with the cry; A S0RT 0F a strange odor bad gone perhaps fifteen or twenty yards nftedi^ l ThentL 001/01/^ in
l11 out.” began to make itself known in that neigh- wlnm a trooper galloped up aud ordered {‘£® d ! n0 iieTnnht on tifn a d
j” he resumed, horhood, something like fermented swill me to surrender, to which 1 gave a defiant wi,n n re ratl^nn d|
ierscverance in or mash from a distillery, but no one was answer, and, dropping the shawl and ™ d e ^L C aiah. ^
r Our house has able to account for it. Finding the feed raglan from my shoulders, advanced to- c ° n l u ®"
ig while they are I was uot relished by horses the commis- ward him. He leveled his carbine at me, l utb3 G j ™ ^ * Wlr
from school?’ sioner gave directions that one end of the but I expected if I10 fired lie would miss chfekon be-aiuo his h°Jtherf
3 do these people pit be uncovered and the contents thrown me, and my intention was ln that event to nareiitswere ithnvard ,mLS
out from the bottom into tbe open air. put mj hand under his foot, 'tumble him the H ac 5
fed; but they will This was done, and the slimy stuff lias off on the other side, spring into the sad- | bo f °^ t C ’ d ^ stii/i n wlSlK
»oks like a card, and been there since, with the pit open to die and attempt to escape/ My wife, who
_ ra one. They strike emit the foul odors. Tho horse leed ex- bad been watching, when sbo saw the sol- for L couIJ i ica r nfcm 65 T’lB^Tnn^nf h?.’
ud variety rather than periment, like that of sugar, was not a dler aim his carbine at me, ran forward ^ ‘mother seemed te affect
ji, young man, it’s terri- success, and the only thing to fall back on and threw her arms around me. Success ^ALld sometimes^tart towaJ,? thA
‘ey are distracting th« I is about fifty barrels of tho sorghum juice depended on Instantaneous action, and. I ' vo ° dsomfHrni» aurt toward tho door,
■the great interests of I standirg in tho open lot, and now sappos-1 recognizing that the opportunity had
ed to be undergoing the process of turning I been lost, I turned back, and, the morn* 1 „„ . . , .....
to vinegar. H5w Ibis will pan out to? jug being damp and chilly, passed on to a' 3S5SS&E Into the C a?den th ° liKl6
imiled cynically, j use on greens and cabbage is not yet Are beyond tho tent. Our pursuers had JrandSl on For
“have ordered known. taken different roads and approached our L S wfth ou J retcUdSLk
up in the show there is still another cam P opposite directions; they en- ^ c*mra(fes iMtlnrt wiu too strone
,e store, reading, undeveloped project, that of making a F? un £7, d each ot ^ an , d ^mmcuced fir- a * 4f a au lie waf amid his re“£
t will do no I compost of sorghum stalks and free lime; in ,S‘ Bothsupposed they had met our arm- tlveg alul Jn a , UO iueiit he was iu a fight
a large pit of which was made lastfali hd escort, and some casualties resulted I "iKs omi bro-herr His mfstress tnad
( . near by the horse feed pit, bnt it appears I ^PS/bcir conflict with anlmagmary body ^ prevent it, but Gari’s blood was up.
aopeless man, that the stalks remain hard, like dry chips 9 f Confederate troops. During the con- u 0 £ e training had nude him probably*
e minutes be-1 of wood, and refuse to be rotted. It is I while attention was concentrated L^,. fighter, though it had not depriv«d
•king for one I said by some that the few pounds ofbrown I ^ wt> bythoae who were j, lm 0 f iris courage. Haifa dozen times he
sugar made by Commissioner Le Due ®°pS cd ‘ R P dl *8f> ® f ,,n y T uf’f C ° °T M vas knocked over, hut still became up
I last season cost the government from $20 I “• f ay ,, y°od, with Lieutenant I jmjHng to be pecked aud spurred again and
JUgUUr W - to $30 per pound, a/d was sold by a gro- Barnwell, walked oil uuobserved. HU She upaet o™the grass. P He might have
befis were ringing ®er thU city for five cents per pound. dar j R ? ° > a ii/ d “. a . do J 11 ” died right then and there had noUiis mis-
chime yesterday Mr. I .gg ” RWWMMt.sp | tram rescued him and carried him Into
Hannah, “Pass me j The Skidmore Chop. ! tr'.1f < i e i red ir tb8 bouse, declaringtbat “ho neversliould
r While the proprietor ol the MaUon he should avail himself bo ba d that way ugain,”and that “his
I you have. Ichahod, tho old Doree was slauding behind hia counter I gomlble ro®* 11 * Colo- brot i, ers were wicked, wicked things.”
* ... > . 1 -t-w. -. - ' nf.l Pritchard went over to their battle-1 o..,
tiaus of the next century. The Bible will
always live and always lead man.
The Lawyer 1 ! Boy.
Detroit Free Press.
Anybody who thinks that the boy cm-
ptoyed around a lawyer’s office lias noth
ing to do but empty the paper basket, run
to the post office, sweep the room and
read tho jokes of Blackstone, is grandly
... —. , .. „ mUtaken. Ahoy—that is, a prize of a
quet at the Kimball House to-night. Af- J boy, aud one who will eventually become
ter gracefully signifying his acceptance of a great lawyer himself, has a heap on hU
this conrtesy, General Gordon hurried to I mind, and no time for slung-shots or tops,
the capltol, where he at once filed a pa- I Yesterday while a Detroit lawyer was in
per Incorporating the Geoigia Pacific rail-1 court, with hU boy in charge of his office,
road. I a newspaper man who was bunting through
In this paper it was found that the fol- the Moflatt Block, stumbled upon the
lowing gentlemen were cited as directors I young attorney, and was received with;
The Georgia Paetoe.
From the Scditer of Monday Might.
Gen. John B. Gordon reached Atlanta
yesterday on the Air-Line train.
He was met at the depot by a commit
tee of citizens who welcomed him home
aud tendered him a complimentary ban-
of the company:
John B. Gordon, Hugh J. Jewett,
A. L. Buford, t£. G. Gordon,
A. C. Haskell, T. W. R. Talcott,
G. B. Phluizy, H. W. Perkins,
Joseph Bryan.
“Come right in. The papers in your
case are ready to be signed.”
“What case?”
“Application for divorce.”
“Bnt I am not the man.”
‘Ain’t you? Well you look like him.
The fact that Mr. Haskell, tbe president I Let’s see! Are you the defendant in the
of the Atlanta and Alabama Railroad I Jones vs. Brown case of trespass? If so
Company, organized in this city a week 11 am to tell you that the case is put over
ago, appeared as a director iu General until next Saturday, at the same hour in
Gordon’s company, and that Mr. Buford, the afternoon.”
Mr. Talcott and Mr. Perkins, also direct-1 ,‘Xo, I am not Brown.”
ors in the Atlanta and Alabama, appeared I “Well, that’s all rigbt. Let’s see again ?
as directors in the Georgia Pacific, indl-11 was to tell Ryan that bis case against
cated that some sort of arrangement had j Peters for slander would not como on this
been made by which the strength of the I term, and to suggest that he amend his
latter enterprise had been united with I declaration. You have not given the
that of Gen. Gordon, and that one line I dates whereon the defendant called you a
alone would be built. I ‘reptile’ and a ‘sneak.’ ”
General Gordon, upon being questioned, I “But I am not Ryan.”
stated that an arrangement had been! “Xs that so? That’s too bad, but per-
made by which the Richmond and Dan- I baps you can’t help it. Was it your wife
ville company had united with him in the I who eloped with a man named Blake ?”
enteiprlse of giving Allsnta not only a di-1 “No.”
rect route to the coal fields, but also a I “Then you are not Mr. Clem. I was
short line to the Mississippi river. He said f to tell him that he forgot to state the
that tbo city and State should he congrat- I particular time at which he first noticed a
ulated that this company that has devel- coldness in her demeanor. Let’s see?
oped so much strength, and because such I Oh! there’s that bigamy case. I was to
a mighty syndicate had bccomo actively say to the defendant that the prosecution
interested in an extension that would I appear to have hunted up and got hold of
JHHBB make Atlanta very near the center oi the I testimony ol a third female who claims
i li a t Lt Vi riIn/i hJ “//h I bent apparently on seeing the outside system. I to have married youinToledoln 1864, and
mas ^uiB ^opponunuy | ehlcken world. At last he was given the In answer to a question as to how this that your case looks sbsky. We will,
.urned back. and. the I . - *>- .. . ar , ant , eme nt was brought about. Gener- however, do our best to pull you through
ai Gordon said: “There have been nego- j as we do all our clients.”
Rations pending for a long time between I “You are off again; I am not the man.”
myself and the Richmond and Danville I “Dear me, that’s another. Well, all
combination, by which I hoped to get right. I was to say to any new client that
them actively interested in the great line I Mr. —— would be back in an hoar,
myself and brother and associates had I Come in and sit down and look over the
projected. They were the natural allies | city directory. We will take your case
liscovered by
file, about two
Ks that he was
Jen he saw a faint
fere he was satisfied
morning came be-
’ Its motion amongst
; of a comet), so that
^F3nt was made. The next
Tfound the same object, though
anged Us place in tbe meantime.
He now felt justified in publishing the
statement that be had seen a comet; but
i neither be nor any one else, so far as we
have heard, has seen It since. Whether
It has really become fainter, or whether
Prof. Barnard has seen a “ghost” (a lomi-
I nous appearance which sometimes forms
on the glass ot a telescope), with which he
was deceived, will probably never be
kuown, unless he or some other chances
| to find it again. , ,
Another interesting astronomical event
of the past month was tbe formal comple
tion of the great Vienna telescope, by
Grubb, of Dublin. Our Washington Ob-
er? story can no longer boast the largest
efractor in tbe world. Its aperture is
twenty-six Inches, while the new one
aeasures one Inch more. This additional
pa jvu wait j av.uauuU| tub U1U I *ewtvw ” unwuMiujj wvuiuta siu wuuiLi
rsion?” and she brushed tho I the other day, catching flies for currant I « i ia lu V T oa ? lle * I Gari was watched for two or three days,
r j her apron and reached for | cake, and wishing that a little of the bos- | , ; dd al ’w>ir mnw°tLT«n I bis wounds cared for, and be rapidly re-
r b, as long as I live I shall read
_ "old leather-covered Bible. The
jtsttbyBgi remember about my grand-
tatb®Ywas his reading tho parable of the I arm, entered. I I break. His return up-stairs occured an
foolish virgin from that very book. I was “Don’t want any sleeve-buttons nor I _,;„ 1 , 8 ® 1 } a ,„ d “era have uttered many bour afterwards—but such a return!
awea little boy then; but I remember nuthin’,” growled tho dyspepsia dfetribn- ,°dsra^Md to my capture, which jj e wasati ff an d bi^dy and could hardly
I cried and asked grandma If she couldn't tor, glancing at tho box. I stand, and bis budding comb was all
spare some oil for those who were left I “No, nor I,” said tho stranger, affably, I ???/**“* by ®?22?S75SR!5 mangled. He had apparently been quite
outside. And then, Hannah, I’ve heard depositing tbo box on tbe counter, and ! yt ? 1 ,® ni ^“})j®^ 0 f[ n “ i ? 1 P a ” on ?)_f ta f“ ld badly treated. Ho moped for a week,
my father read from that same book thou- removing tho lid. “But what you do Irefusing food for a couple of days. One
sands of times. That book,” aud he pat- want is the greatest invention of recorded j i£!i of bis toes was minus a claw, and he
ted the open pages lovingly, “that book is time—The Restaurant Keeper’s Friend— I Tore not given to brntorea ue. * or umpej around for ten days. But he came
old, the pages are yellow with time, but Tho Boarding-House Proprietor's Salva-1 round. It became then evident that Gari
it is sacred In this house. It has been in tion.” bad been very badly whipped, aud the
service at every wedding and birth and I “Roach poison?” said tho steak-stretch-1 r.m i U ° n? * question was whether he would not be
iuneral In the family for nigll onto a hun-1 or, contemptuously. I *,« -f.SK.YMnn I killed outright some of these days by
AUUCiAl XU fciiC J9UI11JT iur UJUU UllUi a iiuu- I Cl| UXUlAUJpiUUUSlJfs I f__ -f ,1 “ «rr A I IIIIOU UUUIgUb OUUAU UJ
dred years, and every morning and even- “No, sir,” retorted tho young man, tak-1 J. 1 ,® I tbe other bantams. “He just,” said tho
ing has some good truth been read from 1 ing a handful of singularly shaped objects | prisoners, subjected to petty pillage. | »sailed in, and was fighting ivery
it. No, Hannah, tbe new version may I out oftho box. “Something that beats
do (or the young folks,.bat you mud I, I tho phonograph and telephone all hollow,
with tho gates of Heaven Just turning 11 refer to the ‘Skidmore Chop.’”
their hinges for us, have no time to tool I “What’s that?”
with it. 2 will read this morning tbe last I “Why, it’s the most economical device
chapter of Revelations, and let the fu- I of modern times, and I’ll prove it right
ture shine upon os and do our hearts I here. Supposing you are serving a din-I name as Patrick Kelly, aged 30, and with-
good,” and as he turned his eyes to the nor to —say to half a dozen persons? I out a home. Soon after this statement
printed page there was a thick mist on | Now, hoar many chops do yon generally | the young man expired. It was learned
■lelt aud Dying ln tbe Street.
Mete York Sun.
The police found, this (Monday) morn
ing, a man lying in the street sick and
dying. At the station house he gave bis
his glasses.
Every Legislature appears to be worse
than Its predecessor, and this will proba
bly be about the case so long as any jack
anapes or jsckleg who chooses to become
put on tbe table?”
“Well, about two apiece—say twelve.”
“And how maim are eaten?”
“Hum! about lour.”
that he had relatives in this city, who, 1
when Informed of his death, positively
refused to have anything to do with bis
body. Kelly’s father, whose name is
“Exactly—that Is about the average, as I Andrew Kelly, it is said, is very wealthy,
our restaurant statistics show. As a mat- I and lives on New Park avenue, Parkville.
mother’s son of them at the same time,
and It was Miss, that cotched him, belike
dead, and put him in tbo kitchen, and he
hopped up stairs. He’s a dead chicken if
you lave him wid his brothers. Bantams
is just as bad as Irish, Miss.”
Somehow or other, for months tbe les
son Gsnbsldi had received seemed to
have impressed Itself on his chicken brain
for be showed no disposition to enter the
lists. He was very observant of the cock
crow below, aud having now access to the
back room would perch on tbe window
sill, and, with tbe permission of his little
mistress, would crow defiantly by the
VI jnuniuE nuv IAJ UCUUUHJ I UU1 iCSUlUiBUb BUUn« AS 8U1M* I miu auto vaa non a niouuu, * ntniiuu, 1 All 19blcoo, nvuiu wvn wwwre.
a candidate shall be recognized at the bal- I ter of course, however, you are obliged to I Hartford, Conn. Word was telegraphed I hour at tbe other cocks below.
lot-box. Of tbe Illinois gang, just gone
out, tbe Chicago Times says: The Illinois
Legislature goes out with as ill an odor as
a spluttering tallow-dip that nas been sud
denly extinguished. Taken by little and
larg®. if was doubtless tbe hardest, most
voracious and least intelligent crowd that
ever assembled at Springfield.”
cook three times as much as you need to
make a show. Now, if you could save
six chops every dinner for a year it would |
amount to ■
“A fortune,” said tbe man of cutlets,
esgerly. “All we do with ’em no*v la to |
work ’em over iuto hashes.”
“Pesce to your hashes,” said the agent;'
him, and for tbe time being tbe body will
be Kept at tbe morgue awaiting reply from
Connecticut. Nothing could be learned [
•* Kelly’s past life.
George EC's, colored, 32 years old, was
found on Seventh aveuue last night bleed
ing from tbe mouth. He was taken home,
where he died soon after.
His programme of performance now
Increased. He would flap bis wings at
tbe word of commaud aud stand on one
foot. His greatest achievement was to
draw a little pasteboard box on wheels.
This performance he evidently was dis
gusted wl;b, for, though be would start
off at a full run, he would, however, de-
of that line on the North, and that line
offered theta the natural outlet on the
South.
“For some time there was a disagree
ment between myself and these gentle
men as to tbe terms on which they could
become interested iu tbe Georgia Pacific.
In the meantime 1 Lad made up my com
pany. A few days ago tbe negotiations
were renewed, and a satisfactory basis
was reached and the agreement was made,
the Richmond and Danville people taking
a large amount of stock in the Georgia
Pacific road. The demand for this stock
bad already been so great that it was all
taken, and when they came in I bad to
scale down tbe amounts taken by the
original stockholders so that they could
get what they wanted.
“Right here I want to say what is per
fectly well known to' people on the Mis
sissippi road of the line, but wbat may
not be so well known here, and that is,
that to my brother, Major E. C. Gordon, is
due perhaps more than to any other one
man tbe success of this great enterprise.
“This makes a very strong combina
tion?”
“It does. The Richmond and Danville
has already demonstrated its great
strength and progressiveness. Tbe gen
tlemen interested with me as stockholders
are among tbe strongest names in this
country, as you saw when I telegraphed
them to you last week. Together the
company is one of the strongest now or
ganized in this country.”
“Wbatis the capital?”
“It remains just what it was at first,
viz: $5,001,000. As I said before, this
is all taken, and more than this was sub
scribed for—and tbe subscriptions bad to
be scaled. The road will be one of the
grandest ones on this continent, both as a
developing agent, a freight carrier and a
dividend earner. It will be built direct
from Atlanta to the Mississippi river, via
Columbus and Aberdeen.”
“When will the contract be lot ?”
“Tbe whole line from this point to the
Mississippi river will be under contract,
you are authorized to say, just as soon as
the papers can be drawn.”
Dentistry—Dr. * B. BarOtM.
No. 90 Mulberry street, Maoon, Georgia
Office hours—8 a. m. to 6 p. m. aug96U
1 at the lowest cash price and do our level
I best to win it. Consult no other firm
until you have given us a trial.”
EOXDOX BEAUTIES.
A Noble Scoundrel wlso is Feeling
Aweng them la Visited bjr n Has-
Walsingham Letter in Philadelphia Press.
“The beautiful” Mrs. Cropper is re
covering rapidly from the injuries sus
tained by being thrown out of a pony car
riage. She is here with her mother who
entertains largely. Another fair Califor
nian, Lady Heaketb, nee Miss Flora
Sharon, has just departed from town.
She bss been stopping at Brown’s hotel,
Berkeley Square. Mr. Henry Rosener, of
San Francisco, who is interested with Mr.
J. E. Mitchell in mining matters, is also
here with his wife, They came over by
the City of Berlin, and their little daugh
ter, a beautiful child three years
of age, was the belle of a ship’s company
that included Mile. Anna de Beloccs,
tbe Maplesons, etc. Mrs. Cropper, to re
turn to the flower of tbe Californians
here, began her reign as a “Beauty” last
summer, when I saw here at a fete given
at Kensington House; she was radiant in
a white cashmere dress trimmed with
lace, her fair hair crowned with a sim
ple straw bonnet, and a gold bracelet, set
with diamonds, emeralds and rubies,
clasping her wrist. There, too, was Mrs.
Langtry, in yellow satin aud plush. Tbe
queen of the P. B.’a is now here, but will
shortly repair to the Isle of Jersey with
her husband. I saw her at the first uight
of Juana simply attired in black bro
cade velvet, with white lace
in tbe low corsage—sufficiently low to
disclose the loveliest of busts. At this
famous fete was her and tbe Countess of
Lonsdale’s then cavalier servente, tbe
youthful Earl of Shrewsbury, a handsome
blonde boy who has not yet attained his
majority. He has, however, “gone it
while he’s young;” his graceless pace ha*
just eloped for s third time with a mar
ried woman. The poor Frou-Frou of this
latest adventure is a Mrs. Monday, a very
pretty woman and the mother of a daugh
ter eight years of age. Mer husband and
brother overtook the heir of tbe
THE CASE OF LIZZY AAROXSEX
Philadelphia “Charitable” Institu
tions Outdone fey n Magdalen.
iV Y. Tribune.
Here is a case which was tried In Phil
adelphia last week. A young woman,
Lizzy Aaronsenby name, was brought be
fore Judge Allisou charged with the mur
der of her newly-born babe. It was
proved that her husband deserted her
when she daily expected the birth of her
child. A woman almost as poor as sho
met her at night, in rags and without a
penny to buy bread. She saw she was a
stranger, took her to her own miserable
home, gave her something toeat, gave her
uuder-ctothiug and a dress, and kept
her for two or throe days. She bought
soma muslin, and at night they both made
clothes for tho child. This woman
took her to a wealthy lylng-Ia
charity, and told them the time of her
troublo was at hand, that she had neither -
friends, home, nor money, but they re-
fused to take her in unless she could
show a marriage certificate and pay $3 a
week. Although married she had no cer
tificate. She took her to auotber hospital
and was told to take her to the alms
house. Tho almshouse would not re
ceive her because she was married. She
tried one great hospital and charity after
another, but tho doors of all were closed
“because tlieir rules did not permit them
to take women in that condition.” A
Home Mission refused to give her a ticket
to follow her husband to this city, be
cause “their rules required tho payment
ef $1.” Three limes the wretched crea
ture fell In tbe street from weakuess that
winter’s day while going from the barred
door of one organized charity to auother.
At last, crazed by despair, she left the
poor woman who had cared for her
and wandered through the streets. An.
other woman saw her and gave her fifty
cents for a night’s lodging. “It - was
snowing,” this girl testifies, “and very
cold. The soles were off'of Lizzy’s shoes,
and she had no stockings.” Ou the night
tho child was born she met Lizzy again in
the secret; she was very ill; she “bade
her wait until she would try and get soma
money for her, but when sho came back
she was gone.” Why it maybe asked,
in a great city, full of wealthy Christ
ian people, was this woman left to the
charity of women as wretched as her
self? Because wealthy Christians are
taught to turn from street beggars and to
give their alms only through organized
“socle! les for repressing mendicancy.” Sho
took shelter in a garret. There her child
was born, and In the morning was found
on the roof of a shed, where she had
thrown it, God knows with what tn*d
rage against the world into which sho
had brought it. Then society took instant
cognizance of her. She was hauled to
prison and tried for murder. Fortunately
there was a doubt as to whether the In
fant bad erer lived; the story was told;
hearing it the judge charged in her favor,
and tho jury returned a verdict of not
guilty without leaving the box. One of
the women who tried to save her was a
magdalon of the sti eet. There is no need
for us to point the moral to this story.
These are tho facts. Oar readers can
draw their own infereuce.
THE LATE COE. SCOTT.
The Condition on Which He Took Ser
vice with the Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Press
At this time J. Edgar Thomson had be
come the company’s chief euglueer. Talk
ing one day with Dr, Given, former col
lector ot tolls at Columbia, and then
bolding a contract with the Pennsylvania
railroad, he asked if the latter could rec
ommend to him a man to act as station
agent at Duncansville, on the Allegheny
mountains, then the western terminus of
the road. The station agent was to have
charge of the transfer of passengers and
freight between tbe cars of tlio Pennsylva
nia company and those of the State road.
There was a young man used to clerk
for me at Columbia that would suit you
first-rate,” replied Dr. Given.
“What’s his name?” asked Engineer
Thomson.
“Thomas A. Scott.”
“I will send word to him.”
And he did, and by telegraph, too. Mr.
Thomson was sitting next day in his of
fice in Harrisburg when in walked a visi
tor who was picture of manly beauty and
who bore about him such a breezy air of
independence as plainly indicated that
corporation chieftains hsd no terrors for
him. His long yellow hair straggled over
bis shoulders, a wide-brimmed slouch bat
was perched on the back of his* head, his
pants were tucked iu bis boots and bis
bands were exploring the very depths of
bis pockets.
“ Voting man, what do you want?” in
quired Engineer Thomson, looking
around aud gazing at this picture.
“I believe you telegraphed for me,”
was the response, in a very clear but re
spectful tone, but with no appearance of
embarrassment.
« Wbat Is your name ?”
“ Thomas A. Scott.”
“Are you the young man Dr. Given rec
ommended ?”
“ Yes, sir.”
The chief engineer, after a long and '
earnest scrutiny of the long hair, tbe big ,
ha 1 , the boot encased pants and pocket-
hidden hands, said suddenly and brusque
ly, “I don’t think you will suit me.”
“That doesn’t make a darned bit of dif
ference,” replied the fair young man with
tbe golden locks, not one whit abashed.
“I made up my mind to come down here
and try you for a month, and if I liked
you to stay, and if I didn’t I would mighty
soon tell you so. Good day, sir.”
“Hold on there,” called out Chief
Thomson as the young man was walking
from tbe door, probably demonstrating
more quickness of determination than he
ever afterward displayed, “Come back
here; I guess 1 will try you for a month,”
aud he tried him for many years after
ward.
One of tbe difficulties in tbe Republi
can conventions of this year will be over
resolutions Indorsing the administration.
There won’t be much trouble to pass such
resolutions, but there will be enough of
the old third-term crowd In nearly every
convention to get np a fighting protest.
There are also many Republicans who
will not think it worth while to go to tbe
polls ibis fall and rote for an indorsement
of tbe administration. They don’t feel
a very lively sense of gratitude for any
thing that the administration has done for
them.
Sabah Lawuorn, a white woman llv- <
ing ln Knox county, is on trial at Knox
ville for starving her child. 'Her plea is
that she was too poor to feed it, bet this
will probably not be sustained. The at
tending physician testifies that tbe child
died of starvation.