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W. W. CAUSES. BoiIbcm MmWKOr,
mt airgraph and Kfleaienger.
• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1SS1.
It is alleged that tight lacing checks cer
ebration.
Gbzece has a fine currant crop—a very
momentous matter to her.
The Italian revenue largely exceeds that
for tho same period of last year.
About one thing R. B. Hayes is Tory hap
py. He congratnlatee himself because his
thirty acre plot is all Ohio land.
Senator Fair has resumed work on the
Comstock while the superintendent of the
company's mines takes a vacation.
Taiaiaoe's church, in Brooklyn, has now
the largest membership of any Presbyterian
church on this continent. The names on
the roll number 2,471.
jtivn Alfonso will exhibit the banner of
Cortez and the sword of Pizzarro at the
“Congress of American Artists,” to be held
at Madrid on the 25th instant.
General Jons Pope’s presenoe at the
Bloomington, HI., reunion reminds the
Kansas City Times that the Apaches are
having a reunion down in New Mexico.
The will of the late Judge Colt, of Massa
chusetts, bequeaths $5,000 to each of four
children, and leaves the rest of his estate,
which amounts to nearly $100,000, to his
wife.
Toe Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon’s pockets
wero picked at Now London, Conn., the
other day. The thief got a quarter and the
notes of a special prayer for the President’s
• recovery.
Some English travelers have built an or
phanage at ancient Nazareth. It has been
open four years and there are in it now
thirty-six girls, of ages varying from four
to fifteen.
A wealth! Italian who died recently in
France has bequeathed to the town of Eislo-
ben the sum of $40,000, as a testimony of
his personal veneration to its greatest citi
zen, Martin Luther.
Is Sweden the smallest town possesses
its open-air bond, which plays on a plat
form or kiosque. In Stockholm there are
five or six public gardens where exoellent
music may be heard in the evening.
Great crowds in the West are still being
delighted by long riding races between wo
men. The law does not allow bull fighting,
bat women may torture themselves and
torment each other without hindrance.
The Saltan is said to have a singular dis
like to foreign ambassadors, and Mr. Gos-
chen declares that there is only ono way of
making one’s self acceptable to the sover
eign, and that is never to require anything
from him.
Bt the time Garfield's case is ended tho
cabinet officers will every one of them be
able to set up as practical physicians, and
as for Blaine, his diagnoses of the situation
from day to day mark him os the head of a
medical faculty.
mass of rock and earth fell from a moun
tain side at Somnix in the Grisons, blocked
up the course of the Jobel, an affluent of
the Rhine, and converted the valley into a
lake. The village of Surrhein, hard by, is
in great danger.
It the President takes a fresh start now,
as he himself says he already hRs, and im
proves steadily, the question of inability
will soon drop out of sigh’. There is no
harm in letting it rest for a short time
longer. There is no apprehension in the
public mind on the subject.
Indcstelal enterprises are rapidly spring
ing up all over Florida. At Pensacola one
day last week three such enterprises were
inaugurated—a large fertilizer manufac
tory, an extensive mill for the production
of shingles by machinery and a steam laun
dry.
Ax Illinois farmer declared that his
daughter didn't earn her salt. She retorted
that sho would be glad to stand on the same
footing os his hired help. He consented,
signed on agreement, and soon forgot all
about it. That happened fivo years ego.
Now the girl sues for wages, and gets a ver
dict of $500.
Three English ladies spent a night in
August cn Ben Nevis, the highest mountain
in Scotland. They wentup without a guide,
missed their way, and had to remain on the
summit all through a night of heavy rain-
Two guides were sent in search, and found
the lost ones greatly exhausted at the top of
a steep ravine.
Queer Victoria speaks Italian in prefer
ence to any other language when convers
ing on books and paintings. In reading
she prefers to do so in German, while in
general conversation she selects French.
Her criticisms on music are ebiefiy in Eng
lish. Every day she has read to her the
Times and some of the German papers.
Srac* is a bad place for parties with great
moral ideas. The other day, at the election
in Madrid, in order to perpetuate these, the
Conservatives attempted the tactics of Dor
sey A Co.—but the government, which in
this case didn’t happen to be in league with
tho ballot-staffers, seized the patriots and
tho cause of law and order has gone to the
wall in Spain.
GofKRAi. Grant has profited by a con
trast. Driving np to a letter-box in Long
Branch the other day be modeetly stepped
from his carriago and posted some papers.
'Vhile he was yet standing a negro dressed
in gorgeous livery drove up and pompously
exclaimed to a young boy: “Sonny, pub
dis heah letter in datbox.” Thebj slanders
appreciated the matter and roared.
The library and furniture of the late ex-
President Andrew Johnson were advertised
for sale at publio outcry on the 29th of Au
gust. This sale was to have been made by
order of court in the suit of Bessie M. John
son, widow of Andrew Johnson, Jr., against
the heirs of ex-President Johnson, but an
agreement was made by which these ar
ticles have been orwill be sold privately.
Ax English curate of twenty-eight wrote
to his lady love of thirty-nine some nine
hundred love letters, which, if pasted to
gether, would have reached two miles and
three-quarters in length. He also wrote
“eleven stanzas to her socks.” -He was
fickle and although he has but £200 a year
he has been asked by the court to pay her
£1,000 for damages to her poor hoart.
The Connecticut Bible Society has can
vassed 68,059 families, and found 1,493 Pro
testant families without Bibles and 11,753
who don’t go to church. The Congrega
tional denomination is tho most numerous,'
containing 17,220 families. The Homan i
Catholic comes next with 15,315; then the j
Methodist with 12,309, the Episcopalian j
with 9,1*07, and the Baptist with 6,202. There ,
are only 131 Unitarian f tmiles in the Wood- ,
ea Nutmeg State, but there are 5,153 that (
represent themselves as having “no relig- >
ions preferences.”
The New York World states that Dr
Thomas, the restivo Methodist preacher
of Chicago who was found guilty ot her
esy last week, will appeal to the Presby
terian Conference fjra final adjudication
of bis case. That editor is not posted in
church nomenclature. Dr. Thomas, how
ever, in response to the question of his fu
ture movements, said ho was not a Uni
tarian nor a Universalis!, but an ortho
dox minister, and would join no other
church unless he was in perfect harmony
with it in doctrine. A wise conclusion.
The Rational Sentry, the organ of the
Greenback craze, does not look upon the
conduct of Its adherents with complacen
cy in their ungainly embrace of Radical
ism. It says we sincerely hope that the
Nationals of Mississippi will refuse to
vote for any man who is not an honest
and outspoken National. Remember that
fusion is certain confusion, and must re
sult Inevitably In disgraceful defeat.
Wshave received some hieroglyphics
from the Veiled Prophets ot the Missis
sippi Valley, Inviting us to attend a car
nival in St. Louts, Mo., between the 3d
and 9th of October. On the night of the
4th the grand spectacular procession of
the Prophets will take place. We have
too many shows in Georgia to go away
from home in October. We tbanktbe sen
der of the invitation, however.
Back is Old Quarters.—The Nash
ville American, one of the best dailies in
the South, is rejoicing in the fact of its
retnrning to its old place of publication
on Church street, from where It had been
driven by fire. Itfeays that it is none the
worse for its fire-tried experience. It cer
tainly bas not lost any of Its vitality, and
we hope it may be many a generation be
fore it has to pass through similar ex
periences.
OK Saturday last the Massachusetts’
Supreme Judicial Court dismissed the pe
tition of Leila J. Robinson to be admitted
to piactice as an attorney in the courts,
on the ground that under the laws of the
commonwealth a woman Is not entitled
to be admitted as an attorney. Miss Rob
inson took a regular course at the Boston
University Law School of which she is a
graduate.
TIM imiiiainvt
Poor, bankrupt Egypt seems to have
fallen upon unpropltiou* times. There
has been a revolt iu the army, ot rather
against the existing ministry, and a de
mand has been made of the Khedive for
a constitution and a pational parliament,
and a hint very strongly for complete iu-
dependence.They also call for an increase
ol the army to 18,000 men. All of this
the Imbecile Khedive has promised, al
though be knows that he Is powerless to
execute these promises. Even the army
Itself amounts to but little, although their
revolt may cause some emotion of alarm
In European cabinets, for the control of
the Suez Canal Is Inseparable from the
fate or Egypt. Yet a few European regi
ments thro* n into their front would send
dismay through their ranks and send
them back to their fields from whence
they came. Bat 'behind the"Egyptian
army is tho old Turkish party, fanning
every patriotic feeling in the heart of the
Mussulman. The virtual control of Egypt
by the representatives of France and
England, Mon. BHgniere3 and Mr. Col
vin, is corroding to the sensibilities of the
Egyptians, for these representatives have
absolute control of the railroads, tele
graphs, harbors, post-offices, domain
lands and finances. The people are “but
slaves to sustain toe extravagance of the
government. This, it is said, they could
stand, but every cent of revenue goes Into
the hsnds of these foreigners to pay off
old debts. The taxes are heavy, and the
people have become restive under this
oppression. Although there is little
ground for believing that this furor has
been instigated by the Khedive, yet no
body can be blind to the advantages
which he may derive from it. Where the
matter will end, just now It would be
hard to determine. The joint occupation
of the country by English, French and
Italian troops has been proposed. Whether
this is practical is now being discussed by
European journals.
The Pall Mall Gazette or the 10th stated
that there was no tear upon the part of
those best informed that the moral au
thority of the Anglo-French control
will not be sufficient to reduce the Egyp
tian army to subjection. If the worst
comes to the worst, no step will be taken
in Egypt in which both powers do not
concur. England will not concur in the
described Anglo-French expedition to tho
valley of the Nile. In the very Improb
able contingency that it becomes abso
lutely necessary to send an army to Egypt,
that army will not be composed of gov
ernment troops.
The London Observer says:
Nothing is to be gained by affecting to
ignore the suspicion upon which the whole
affair and interest is supposed to have pro
ceeded. It will depend upon the action of
France whether that suspicion is decisive
or confirmed at present. We are com
pelled to take ^provisionally into account,
or, at any rate, the supposed judgment as
to the probability that a military coup
may be viewed, if not with actual approval,
without disfavor by France. An inter
change of opinion between the two parties
iu Egyptian protection can hardly fail
to ascertain the truth. The thorough
Knowledge doubtless reaches us too late
to be of any practicability.
American* Version of the Revised
New Testament. (Second Edition.)
With the Readings and Renderings pre
ferred by the American Committee of
Revision Incorporated into the text by
Roswell D. Hitch ock. D. D., presi
dent of the Union Theological Semina
ry, New York. New York: Fords,
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red edges, Sl.tW; Aforocco o,. it nathrit
gilt edges, S1.75; Full Turkey Morocco;
gilt edges, $3.25.
The second edition of this peculiarly
American book Is now ready. Since its
first appearance It has been subjected to
the closest and severest scrutiny by its
editor, Dr. Hitchcock, with a view to
make It irreproachably accurate and cor
rect—a distinction enjoyed thus far only
by the “presentation edition” of the Eng
lish issue, no other having been free from
errors. All Inaccuracies and errors dis
coverable have been corrected, and there
has been added a new and elaborate ap
pendix, which not only very carefully re
verses the English appendix, but gives
detailed Information concerning some of
the more Important words referred to un
der “Classes of Passages.!’
Colouvl Cllubyr.
From a private letter to the family we
learn that Colonel Cl is by and lady reached
Hot Springs, Ark., safely, and that Mr.
Clisby is improving rapidly. We con
gratulate the Senior, as well as the family,
upon the prospect of a speedy recovery,
and the reader as well upon the fact that
his trenchant pencil will soon be recog
nized in the cditoiia’s of the Telegram
and Messenger.
A Gnad (Scheme,
The annexing of Mexico to the United
States has awaken some very Impractica
ble di earns in the minds of some of our
Texas contemporaries. They claim to see
farther through a millstone than anybody
else. Some of them see in the move
ments of General Grant and Jay Gould
an entering wedge by which the whole
scheme of annexation will be made not
only feasible, but possible, and that too
at no distant day. The Dallas Herald
bubbles over in saying national pride
must make every citizen of every State In
this Union feel Ills bosom swell and his
blood thrill at the idea that every loot of
land on the North American continent
will sorno day be under the flag of the
United States. All this is mere bun
combe. The plan by which all this is to
be accomplished is as follows:
The Mexican government has pledged
$S,0U0 cash per mile subsidy for 4,000
miles of railway built by citizens of the
United States. This makes $32,000,000
that It will owe, to say nothing of its home
subsidies. Of course it caunot pay its
debts, and the upshot will be annexation,
In order to facilitate tho transfer, General
Trevino is to be elected President of
Mexico, and his father-in-law, General
Ord, Secretary of State. Territory will
be demanded in payment of the debt, and
these parties, with the aid of a few of our
troops, if necessary, will baud it over.
This would be a happy turn of affairs if
the Mexicans did not have the privilege
of a say in the mailer. Whatever may be
the motives of those who are investing In
railway enterprises In Mexico, it will bo
many a long day before tho land of tbe
Aztecs will become provinccsof tho United
States. We would be glad If our better
civilization should bo adopted by tbe
inhabitants of that country. Hut, alas!
Instead of taking on the vlrtures of the
United States, they have adopted only the
vices, which are apparent and in keeping
with their own notions of honesty and
dealing. That there is a better day for tbe
land of the Mon'ezumas, we believe, and
shall rejoice in its coming. When these
contemplated railroad connections are
completed, and that country brought into
Immediate contact with tho commercial
world, by the means of rapid transit, we
may look for an advancement in com
merce, in education, and in all moral
forces that co to make up a genuine refor
mation. But this cannot bo doue by
thieves and plunderers, who only seek
this fertile country for tho sake of booty
and gain. Tho Mexican government has
already made some important strides in
improvement, and with the railroad, tho
spelling book, tbe school house and tho
chapel, aud liberty of worship, the whole
land will be redeemed from indolence and
semi-barbarism.
Nome,Sors Gboals
Tbe exceedingly nervous editor of the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat has bad an
other attack of nightmare. This time
the ghostly manifestations were in the
mountains of East Tennessee, at Rogers-
ville. A long ways off, it is true, but
then the liveliest ghost in all the clan
was ono Roberts, from Texas. These
Texan’s ghosts must possess some strange
and potent power to affect our neighbor
so seriously. Southern Bourbonisin is
that partlcnlar phase of that ghostly man
ifestation which disturbs tbe placidity ot
our -' * —*** “ ou “ft* 60
or it in Texas that even when transplant
ed to Tennessee soil it frightens him all
the same. He says gravely that Bourbon-
ism must be understood to be rightly
dealt with. He has become confused.
He has got “Kentucky Bonrbon” mixed
up with some of that Chicago ale, and his
mind has become as badly tangled as his
legs. We are glad to learn that he Is con
valescing, but the mere mention of Con
federate throws him into spasms again.
He ought to come to Chattanooga next
week. There he might get “kinder use to
It.”
D««tli or Senior Bnrnaide
We printed, yesterday, the bare an
nouncement of the death of this soldier
and Senator at his home at Bristol, Rhode
Island. lie was born at Liberty, Indiana,
May 23,1824, and entered West Point in
1S43, whence he graduated in 1847. He
served in the Mexican aud Indian wars,
and resigned in 1852 to devote himself to
tbe manufacture of a breech-loading rifle
of his own invention. In 1858 ho remov
ed to Illinois, where he was made treasur
er of the Illinois Central railway. He
entered the Federal array in April, 1801, as
colonel of the first Rhode Island regiment,
and commanded a brigade at the first
battle of Manassas,and afterwards was pro
moled brigadier and major-general re
spectively. Ho afterwards commanded
tbe expedition to Roanoke Island and the
led wing of the Federal army at Sbarps-
burg and the army of the Potomac at
Fredericksburg and tho Ninth Army
Corps, and resigned in 1803. He was
elected Governor of Rhode Island In
I860, ’07, ’68, and visited Europe In 1870,
being admitted inside the French and
German lines in and around Paris as a
medium of communication between the
hostilo armies In the interest of peace.
He was elected Senator as a Radical to
succeed Gov. Sprague, and took his seat
March 4, 1875, aud was re-elected for a
term of six years, commencing March 4,
1881.
General Burnside was not an extremist,
and was generally liked by his associates.
He was a bold, frank soldier, who gener
ally spoke his mind without reserve, and
will be kindly remembered by all. His
upright figure and military carriage made
him one of the most noticeable men in
Washington. His moustache and side-
whiskers were as well known as the Cap
itol itself, and his intimacy with his col
league, Senator Anthony, was not less
observed. They wero scarcely ever seen
apart.
Tiie Montgomery Advertiser says the
career of Fred Wolffe partakes largely
the romantic, hard-worker though he Is.
He Is a German Hebrew b7 birth and
came to this country some twenty or
twenty-five years ago. He went to that
city a few years ago with no money, hut
his condition Is vciy different now. Rep
resenting tho Erlanger syndicate with a
capital of $25,000,000 he is himself reck
oned a millionaire and has lately pur
chased a mansion ou Fifth Avenue, New
York City, where he has removed his
family. Henceforth, the Advertiser
learns, Mr. Wolffe will make New York
his home.
Tbe Two Easperere
The Czar ot Russia has just paid a visit
to tbe Emperor of Germany, and their
meeting Is reported in glowing colors by
the correspondent of tbe New York Her
ald . The met at Dantzlc. As this meet
ing has more or less political significance,
we'quote the following, extract from the
Herald:
The interview between the two emper
ors lasted two hours aud : was, of course,
private. Having visited Neufabrwasser,
the Kaiser, accompanied by the Czar, left
for Dantz!c, where they dined at 6 o’clock.
A very favorable impression has been
produced in Germany by tlu> fact of the
Czar’s visit, this having put at rest all the
rumors of the young Czar’s alleged hostil
ity to Germany. ; It appears that the con
ference was the Czar’s initiative, and was
arranged through Count LehndorPs in
termediary. Prince Bismarck said that
he was very much pleased with
tbe results of the Interview, and
during the entire day his face
bore traces of deep gratification. The
Emperor of Austria liaa been notified by
the German court of the intended confer
ence, and was invited to attend some days
ago. Tbe Austrian court in reply sent a
letter which expressed sympathy with the
object or the meeting. This court con
siders the Interview Is 'a guarantee of
peaceful intentions, ■ and does not believe
that the Auslro-Germanic alliance is at
all threatened. The fact that Prince Bis
marck, who promoted the alliance, was
present at the conference, fully confirms
this opinion. Telegrams from Berlin,
pub isbed to-night, speak of the meeting
as of vast importance. It is not known
that matters of political significance were
discussed, but the meeting to-day was un-
Letfslatlve Action.
Among tbe several acts of the Legisla
turn, which have received the signature of
the Governor, none is more important
than that which provides for the blind of
the colored race. Principal Williams, of
tho Academy lor the Blind, a year or two
ago, pressed this question upon tho atten
tion of tho members ol the Legislature.
That they have responded to it will be
put down to their credit by every right
thinking man when making up his verdict
of that body. The negro blind children
will soon havo an asylum where thoy will
be taught to be helpful to themselves and
save them from pauperism
Another act of perhaps greater import
ance has also received the signature of
His Excellency—that which provides for
tho enlargement of the Insane Asylum at
Midway. The demand is so urgent, and
tho necessity so apparent, It is a great
wonder that it was not pushed earlier In
the session. A large number of unfortu
nates are now without any accom
modations other than that which the com
mon jails of the country afford.
Another bill which has only passed
the House, hut tve hope will go through
the Senate and receive the autograph
of Gov. Colquitt without delay is the
one offered by Mr. Moore, of Pierce, to
regulate the sale of pistols in this State.
We havo given expression of our opinion
upon this question so frequently that it
need not bo repeated. This bill passed
tho House with ayes 89 and nays 6. Tho
doubtedly tho initial step of the rocewal 1110 uouso wuu a J es auu 11 ^ 8
and continuation of tlio feeling of strong main point in the bill is that tho dealer
pays a special tax on each pistol sold,
friendship which existed between the
lato Czar and the Kaiser. Tbe Kreus
Zeitung slys: “We see in this meet
ing a striking confirmation of the policy
which the new Emperor of Russia, con
trary to that which he was formerly sup
posed to entertain, has affirmed from the
moment of his accession to the throne,
and maintained ou every occasion, viz:
the continued intimacy which formerly
existed between the two representatives
of the Russian and German Empires, and
at the same time a confirmation of the
policy followed by the Emperors Alexan
der, Francis Joseph and William.” This
journal further adds: “For a long time
the fears which were awakened iu Ger
many by the Czar Alexander II. and on
the accession of bis son, Alexander III.,
have been calmed.” But it nevertheless
admits with pleasure that the Czar him
self has undertaken to dissipate the ap
prehensions which his accession had oc
casioued.
IinmiKHtllon from fiermsaf.
The new worid has been wonderfully
enriched by tho great amount of brain
aud muscle which Germany bas contrib
uted to this country—and not only iu this
regard, but in the actual treasure with
which their pockets are lined. In general
tbe Germans are a frugal, hard-working
people. More of them than of any other
class of immigrants that come to our
shores are educated. They have some
loose notions, born of tbelr surrounding*:,
in reference to some of our American in
stitutions, which are bard for them to
surrender. However, in general, they
are law-abiding citizens, and are seeking
to conform to the usages of American
life.
This year the stream from the old
country has been immense, and in a large
measure composed of the belter class of
people. Many young men have emigrated
here to escape the onforced military ser
vice demanded by the German govern
ment. This immense drain is being felt,
•nS n»n> •» K. a. — mum
that is befalling the “Fatherland,” In the
loss of so many gallant sons. There is
one man, however, who tries to look at i
in a different light, and we always admire
a brave man. Dr. RumeliD, chancellor
of the University of Tubigen, has the
courage to offer consolation to his fellow-
countrymen in tbe hour of their despond
ency.
In tbe first place he affirms that many
of those jvho leave tho northern seaports
of Germany are not Germans, but rather
Toles, Russians, Hungarians, etc., so that,
all In all, Germany loses this year not
more than 300,000 of her children. Then
the next source of consolation Is the fact
that she can afford to lose them better
than auy other land, and that Providence
has made it her mission to repeople the
other parts of the world that were being
depopulated, or to fill tbe waste places of
tbe earth with industrious aud Intelligent
producers. Indeed, he makes out that it
Is a good thing that they are going, for the
increase in the population of Germany Is
so rapid, and tho birth-rate so much
greater than the death-rate, that with all
this depletion thero will be more souls in
Getmany at tbe end of this year than
there were in the beginning. The specter
of overpopulation that would otherwise
stare them in the face is turned away to
other climes, where .It has, as yet, no ter
rors.
This Is a hopeful view of the case, and
we trust it may be satisfactory to our Ger
man cousins on. the other side. Tho
Doctor admits, however, the loss of treas
ure, which these emigrants bear away
with them, Is no inconsiderable amount,
but the welfare of Germany’s children is
of more moment to the government than
this snm, which after all is small in com
parison with the resources of tho nation.
Another Absnril Idea.
There is a rumor that comes from across
the water that the United States hat an
itching palm, and is exceedingly anxious
to lay its hand upon the empire of Moroc
co. This thrilling announcement comes
irons Germany. Just what the United
Slates wants with this African State, the
wise men have failed to iniorm tho world.
It might do as a place of colonization for
the dissatisfied colored people, bat then,
Liberia is is accessible and hundreds are
seeking that Eldorado of negro felicity
every year. The absurdity of this scheme
lies, first, in the fact that tho United
Slates has no uso for Morocco. Second,
any attempt at snch a thing would bring
us in antagonism with tbe great powers
of Europe. Third, the teachings and tra
ditions of the fathers forbid oar mixing
up with the affairs of tho eastern hemi
sphere. If Uncle Sam had any inclina
tion to enlarge his borders, there are more
alluring dominions, and more easy of an
nexation than this half civilized country
of Morocco.
All He Wanted.
San Franeiseo Call.
“Hold on, hold on,” said a San Francisoo
married man, rising from his seat aud ta
king the pen from the clerk’s hand, “I
don’t want her arrested. I wouldn’t liave
her arrested for a million. I only want you
to send some up to talk to her and tell her ,
• he most stop mauling me. That’s all I'
want you to do." ‘
Southern Forests—There are in
rongh figures700,030 square miles of tim
bered lauds in this country, of which
460,000, or nearly two-thirds, are situated
in the Southern States. With tbe exception
of portions of Western Texas; nearly all
tbe South is heavily wooded. There is
more timber in this section to-day than
there was twenty years ago, notwith
standing the ruthless destruction of for
ests by farmers and frontiersmen. When
the Shenandoah valley of Virginia was
first settled, it was, to a certain extent, a
prairie, almost treeless. It was only in
the past century tint the immense forests
which now cover this valley and the sides
the Blue Ridge, have sprung up.
which is to bo applied to the common
school fund of the State. The bill also
includes bowic knives and toy pistols.
The dealer must pay the tax,but of course
it comes out of tho purchaser at last. Any
impediment In the way of securing pis
tols is to bo encouraged, and we would
rejoice it the law made tho tax in extent
that it would amount to prohibition in tbe
sale ot theso deadly weapons.
There are several local bills which have
received the Governor’s signature affect
ing the interest of the city. Among them
arc the following:
Tlie-act to provide for the election of
clerk and treasurer of the city by the
mayor and city council.
The act to authorize the mayor and
city council to issue Interest-bearing
bonds.
Several acts for the relief of the vari
ous building and loan associations of Ma
con.
There are several other bills In the
hands of the chief executive, awaiting his
approval or rejection.
'faking Advantage or Clrcnmstnncea.
Tho Detroit Post. Tribune has an eye
to business when it says the old proverb
that “thero Is no great loss without some
small gain” finds a pertinent application
In the burnt district. Tho forest fires
have swept over a territory computed at
an area equal to twenty-five miles wide
by fifty miles long in two or three coun
ties, besides portions of other counties,
increasing this largo area by one-quarter
to one-third more. Where the fires have
raged tho forests have been killed, the
underbrush burned and the ground pretty
effectually cleared. Thero are square
miles and whole townships where the
eartl, i» *•— ,.1.1-0 a liaht
covering of ashes; and other square miles
where all that is needed to complete the
clearing np is to gather a few scattered
chuuks per acre and finish burning them.
These lands offer the best inducements
for new settlers. The soil is rich—espe
cially is it a good wheat soil, as experience
has proved. It is good also for potatoes*
aud fine for fruit, with much good grass
lauds. TI;cso lauds are now in such a
condition that they are all ready for seed
ing to wheat, merely requiring the har
row to be used upon them, in case there
is no time to plow.
Readjustment In South Carolina.
While Mahone with the assistance of
the Republican party is endeavoring with
his “infernal machine” to blow up the
credit and character of tho Old Dominion,
some farmers in South Carolina are try
ing to apply the same principle to their
provision and fertilizer bills. But the
spirit of tho people of that proud old com
monwealtli revolt at such a measure. It
is being vigorously criticized by tbe press
of that'State. The Amlersou Intelligencer
has tills to say about it:
Auy combined effort to secure a compul
sory reduction of the debts due by the
farmers will induce innumerable enforce
ments of liens, and, what will be worse
for many farmers, tho chattel mortgages
upon their stock will also bo foreclosed.
This general suing would entail great cost
upon tbe debtors, aud would greatly crip
ple the agricultural interests of the coun
try. Tin: worst feature, however, would
be tho destruction of all credit at home
and abroad, for if such a state of tilings
should arise this year, the merchants
would refuse to sell next year on credit,
for they would fear a similar action the
ensuing fall. This would bring every
thing to a cash basis, and the country on
its present basi3 could not stand it. Great
numbers of our people would then be
ruined, indeed. Hut the injury would not
stop even there. The c.-edlt of tho mer
chants themselves would be ruined, for
the wholesale merchant would bo afraid
to credit the mercliaut whose customers
did not pay him, for such a merchant
would be liabio to break at any moment
We cannot be too careful of our credit at
tbls time, for it is credit that will havo to
be relied upon to cariy us through the
coming hard times,
Full of Tliem
Philadelphia Record.
Certainly, Mrs. Garfield is a good wife.
The country is full of good wives, thank
heavon 1
Whst Dan TIunkM.
Philadelphia Timo*.
Dan Voorhees doesn’t say that he thinks
Beck’s a fool, but hs thinks any ono who
took Beck’s position has a good deal of
capital to set out with.
Tbe Effect ol Huppreiuluff Prohibi
tion
Cincinnati Gazette.
It is mentioned as a coincidence that on
tbe day the Prohibition party of North
Carolina was thoroughly smashed at the
polls, not a drop of rain fell in any part of
.he United States.
Tory Disrespectful.
St Louis Globs Democrat.
It is a coincidence worthy of note that
tbe President began to rally immediately
after he bad discharged ono-half of his
doctors. The logical prcsunwition is that
if he would dispense with tub services of
the other half, he wonid get well immedi
ately.
Tlic Atlanta Fair nml tbe Bauth.
A’cto York San.
l »°. heilr that tbe Atlanta
exhibition, which is to open next month
promises to bo very successful. The citv
where it is to be held is the most progre*
sivs in the south, the last census sboww
that between 1870 and 1880 it had made a
gain in population which compaied favor
ably with that of tho most enterprisire
IVestern towns. Moreover, tbe mnntk JS
Whnt Is Wanted.
Washington Republican.
There is a gigantic project afoot to con
solidate the sleeping-car service. What tho
traveling public is honing for is a move
ment to rnl the sleeping-car service of bed
bugs. i
To De Thankful For.
Philadelphia Times
Billy the Kid has been fried out by the
hot weather in Virginia and the bond rob
ber candidates have gono for a moment
into retreat.
Tbe Rankest Kiud of Bosh.
Washington Republican.
Olive Logan says that Queen Victoria
will not sleep in a room with a carpet on
the floor. Olive might just as well have
stated that tho Queen was in tho habit of
playing seven-up every night before retir
ing—she had exactly tho same chance to
know. Perhaps after awhile the European
female correspondents of American papers
will learn that all people on this side of the
water are not necessarily natural idiots and
quit writing stuff that any ten-year-old boy
can know is the rankest kind of bosh.
Ought to be Happy.
Baltimore Sun
A few years ago Tryon Factory, Chattoo
ga county, about thirty miles from Romo,
Ga., was commenced with a capital or
$228,000 which embraced 2,800 acres ’of
land, owned by the company, the houses in
which 600 people live, a large stock of
goods, and n large wagon train running
constantly between tho factory’ nnd Romo.
During the present year it has twico de
clared a dividend of 7 per cent, andbafore
the close o ( the year will declnre another of
tho same amount, making a dividend of 21
per cent, for the year. The stock in this
company could not be purchased for less
than $150 per 6hare.
Views of a Colored Philosopher.
Washington Star-
Last evening, in one of the Belt lino cars,
there were several parties discussing tho
weather, and a colored man, after atten
tively listening, closed the discussion by
remarking: “It’s no joking matter, this
extraordinary hot weather, for they tell me
that the sun has so dried up the oxygen of
the atmosphere ns to rarify the nitrogen
and trsnsmografy tbe wholo into a sort of
gas. Pm afraid if we don’t have cool
weather soon, and the son keeps on burn
ing up the oxygen, there will be nothing
but pure gas composing the atmosphere;
and suppose, then, some d—d fool who
don’t know anything shonld light a match,
won’t it set fire to tho whole world 1 That’s
what I’m afraid of.”
Senator Cameron thinks we are pay
ing the debt too fast, and in this, says the
Louisville Courier-Journal, ho is not far
wrong. In order to lessen tho burdens of
the people he proposes to reduco tho tax
on tobacco, or rather abolish it. Now it
seems to us it would be wiser to revise
tbe tariff. Tobacco is a luxury ono can
do without. But the tariff enhances the
cost of the necessities of life, of coal and
Iron, of coats'and drosses, of hate, knives
and all kinds ot tools. In the interest of
the vrorkingmeu of America tlio Demo
cratic party demands a revision of tho
tariff.
A New Serial—Tho Savannah
Weekly Reas will publish the opening
chapter ot an intensely interesting stoiy
in its Issue of September 17th. The story
is entitled “Elijah Bathurst’s Expiation,
or the End of a Dream Life.” It is the
creation of Miss Fannie May Witt, of
Atlanta, Ga. It will run through some
fivo or six numbers of the TFeeWy Retes.
Subscription $2 per year. Address J. H.
Estill, Savannah, Ga.
The Montgomery Advertiser rc-pcrts a
most shocking accident near Mountain
creek depot, on tbe South and North road,
last Saturday, by which Mrs. Beasley was
instantly killed. She was the daughter
of Judge Faulkner, of that place, and
while standing near Col. Frank May, who
was loading a breech-loader, was Instant
ly killed by the premature explosion of
' the gun.
Tbe Honeymoon
Brooklyn Eagle.
A bridal couple sat on tho pi
azza ot the hotel the other night.
They tried six or seven different chairs be
fore selecting those considered suitable.
It was cool, nnd Mr. Vounghusband went
np stairs to get a shawl for his wife, and in
putting it on mossed her hair, as all awk-
“Yes," said Geo.-ge, “it is, dear.” “That
was an awful mean present your eister
give me, wasn’t it,George ? ” “Why, no,”
said he, a trifle angry, “I don’t think it
was.” “Yes, it was, too,” exclaimed Mrs.
Vounghusband, beginning to cry, “and yon
know it was. She’s a mean, stingy thing.
I’ll send the old bntter dish back, so there!
And yon ought to be ashamed of yourself
to quarrel with mo so soon ! ” They went
down to tho lake in silence.
The True Explanation.
Gainesville Eagle.
There is a great hue and cry against the
prolonged sessions of tbe Legislature, and
yet few who raise the clamor trace it to the
right source. Tbe new constitution bas
rendered the coarso of legislation tortuous
and complicated, and in its effort to shorten
nnd curtail, and thereby savo expense, it
lias added so tho very burden it proposed
to throw off. Instead, for instance, of cur
tailing local legislation, there has never
been »n the history of the State as much as
thero is to-day, and tbe rendering of its
passage more difficult, clow and oompli
cated has resulted in increased expense.
Biennial sessions, one of the boasted eco
nomic features, has developed into a session
each year, which has far exceeded the forty
days limit, and it has been rendered neces
sary by tho provisions of tho same instru
ment, which makes all legislation slow,
cumbrous mid heavy. The election feature
alone nas cost tiie State thousands of dol
lars annually, and resnlted sometimes in a
loss efficient public service. To go briefly
into prophecy, we opine that the day is not
far distant when thero will ariso a popular
clamor for another convention, beside
which tho former demand will be but as
tho babbling of a brook to tho thunderous
roar of the ocean’s surf.
An I'Kly Report
Atlanta cor Columbus Enquirer Sun.
If there is ono thing that a man loves in
this world better than another, it is to get
money without working for it.. The brow
hates sweat. The present members of the
Legislature are no oxception to this rule,
but most of them endeavor to place tbe
same into active operation. They were
sent here to make laws for the good of
Georgia, but a number of them have their
minds on nothing except speculation, and
most any day day yon can seo them crowd
ing around the bulletins getting tho latest
market quotations. Tiie truth is there are
so mnny of tho members hanging about
tho Cotton Exehnnge in Atlanta you would
think thorn was a called eession of the body
being hold nt this very popular resort.
Tho mombers must be making money or
they would have long sineo adjourned—or
psssjbly they may bo losing and trying to
get it back. I do not condemn speculation
—it is doubtless right nnd proper. How
ever, I would suggest to the members of
tlio present Legislature, that thoy make ono
honest effort to remain away from tho
“black boards” long enough to adioum and
not keep np their speculation on cotton
nnd grain at tho expense of the people
of Georgin. Some of the constituents
should look after their members
Perhaps Sho Stooped.
Sew York IForid.
Philadelphia is exercised in her staid
mind over a delicate question. Miss Lillie
Bendix, a pretty pupil in one of tho publio
sch mis, accuses the janitor of tho said
school of committing the heinous off rase
of picking her np, setting her on a desk and
kissing her. The janitor, who bears the
odd name of Trial, denies tho soft impeach
ment, nnd tho Assistant District Attorney
Mr. ICinsoy, who is conducting tbe caso, is
puzzled by finding through an actual ex
periment, that neither ho, nor the accu-ed
janitor, nor “Chang, tho Chinese Giant,” is
tall enough to kiss Miss Jailis Bendix
standing on the desk in question. What
has become of the boasted astuteness of
the Philadelphia bar ? May not Miss Lil
lie Bendix have stooped?
Heavy Cotton Operations In Chicago
Special to Sew York World
Cotton ts exciting much attention among
Chioago speculators. Within thirty days it
is said that orders have gone forward
through the throe or four houses that do
the cotton trading for 200,000 bales of cot
ton. '1 ho orders were sent through the
commission houses hero to correspondents
at New York, who execute the orders. Some
few orders are sent to New Orloaus. Tho
recent boom here was begun by a New Or
leans man named Preston. This enter
prising Southerner came West, and being
“.oug"of cotton himself deliberately set
about working np a “long” cotton fever in
this city. He was successful, and following
Mr. Preston’s advice ail the Chicagoans
have been buying and all have been mak
ing money. They took hold of cotton at
11 conts and have succeeded not only in
drawing out margins, but in making big
profits besides.
Moreover, the month of
October Is usually a deliglitiul one in the
part of Georgia in which it is situated, and
tho fair will have novel features that must
prove attractive to strangers.
But wliat makes the fair chiefly inter
esting and important, is the circumstance
that for the lirst.time in its history the
South will havo an opportunity to display
to tho world at Atlanta tho peculiar ad-
vantages it possesses in tho way of soil,
and climate, mineral riches, aud varied
products, both uatural and cultivated. A
great stream of immigration has been matt
pouring into this country during tho last
two years, aud its volume is likely to be
much increased during the remaining
years of this decade; but so far, a very
small part of It has tended to tho
Southern States. Apart from Texas, they
have hitherto benefited little by tiie addi
tions to our population from abroad; and
even now tho German, Irish, Scandina
vian, and English immigrants look for
ward hopefully to the West, aud are either
ignorant of the fertility of the South' or
are prejudiced against the region on ac
count of tne slavery which once blighted
it. They do not wish to enter into com
petition with negro labor, aud they fear
the climate of the States to which it is
commonest.
Yet land is cheap in the South, and no
where in tho Union are tho industry and
tiie enterprise ci tho agriculturist better
rewarded. Its railway system has been
much improved and extended within re
cent years, and tho facilities for trans
portation both fcy land and by water make
it a very desirable region for settlers. Its
soil, too, is so diversified, and its products
are so numerous that there is room thero
for a new population who shall engage in
many kinds of agriculture and indifferent
departments of industiy. Colton manu
facture, which bas tiie advantage of near
ness to its raw material has only lately
begun to assume importance, and is capa
ble of extensive development.
With all this iu its favor, however,
there are still vast districts ol incompara
ble fertility iu the South which have never
been turned by the plough, and many of
the old plantations are now overgrown
with weeds, their owners not having tlio
capital to cultivate them. A great influx
of Immigration, which shall result in tho
dividing up of those vast estates into
smali farms, and in the patient tilling ot
the soil not yet broken for crops, is what
the region needs.
It was a wise recognition of tills want
which stimulated the projectors of tbe At
lanta fair to make it something more than
of mere local interest. Unfortunately,
all the Southern States have not been
quick to second their efforts. Many of
them have remained Inert, and have failed
to appreciate ibe advantage they would
gain by their calling the attention of cap
italists at the Nortli aud immigrants from
abroad to their many and incomparable
natural resources. Florida, which has al
ready benefited greatly because of immi
gration, is oue of the few States which
liave understood to importance of improv
ing tho opportunity to he afforded next
month at Atlanta.
Hut enough will be shown at the fair
to surprise those who are ignorant of tho
natural riches of the South; and if Us
management is as wise as its conception,
wc have no doubt that the exhibition wil
give a new impulse to Southern prosper
ity. Capital in abundance is ready to go
iliither whenever it cm be proved'that
enterprise will meet with its reward; and
immigration may be diverted southward
by encouraging the establishment of new
industries aud by disabusing tbe foreigner
of the impression that labor rests under a
ban in the South, and that the climate is
unfavorable to health. Perhaps the At-
lauls fttlr trill be the Uei;tiiuliig or a new
era for tho Stares which have not yet re
covered from the curse of slavery.
was a rich heiress you wouldnh n .ti
TrulMni Jmme*.
A*.Y.Sun.
. Jam©3 Blaine who has fearleislr
thin th ™ rUth abont tho President’s condf
tion. Tho country will nor forget the facL
call . the attention of Queer?
ahSfldM.ftecnmstmice, because,
ister to St’ ? ftin ° happen ever to be mini
him a i onii J ,i mes ’ ^ desire to bespeak for
not have I'm t0 u e ?^t? n ‘ Blaine may
ident’s phys“hn h ? 6 h ,V'1 80m °?j 1116 Pr es-
have more tri,! k» 8 ’i “ ot 1,6 wonid seem to
K ethe“ ” trn thfnlnees than all of them to-
WliaI'm tho Ratter With This Coun
try?
Sew York Herald.
Messrs. Moody and Sankcy are going
to Europe, where the devil is lirely enough
hi keep them busy.
MmOmmIs It.
Washington Republican.
Cincinnati does not filter her water. She
combs it, and the bristles tbo gets out ot it
more than defray tho expoaso of tho opera
tion.
It Will Save Trouble.
Burlington Ilawkeye.
It will save tho gentlomon a great deni of
tronbloif the government will order all
money letters going West to bo addressed
to the “care of the James brothers.”
Sllffhlly Marred.
Globe Dkmocrat.
The glad news of the President’s recovery
is slightly marred by the announcement
that Mark Twain is about to publish a new
book. However, perhaps unalloyed happi
ness would not bo beneficial to ns os a na
tion.
Row a Virginia Ne'xr'a Rubbed It Iu.
Chatham Tribune.
W. H. Pleasants, colored, certainly made
tho best speech of the convention. Ho said,
among other things, “I have been request
ed to take thi3 nomination as the represen
tative of the Repabiican party. I knew
it was impossible for tho Keadjuster.s to
succeed without the assistance of Republi
cans. Theso gentlemen say ‘they cannot
etomach a nigger.’ When our votes are
.wanted we are cordially invited to join
with them; bnt when it comas to dividing
the spoils they say, *oh! wo cannot nfford
to place yon on tha ticket just yet.’ As tho
little boy said, ‘that is T. D. T.’—too damn
thin. We want yon to understand that if
we do the voting wo expect a recognition
when the offices and honors aro to be dis
tributed. Wo have the numbers nnd de
mand a place npon this ticket. Without ns
younro powerless. Negro though Inm, I
am as well qualified ns many of the Rcad-
justers around me to represent this county
in the Legislature.
Adviced to Hedge.
Virginia City Chronicle.
Two friends were discussing tho merits
of their acquaintances. One said: “Talk
about mean men, now there’s oldStrass-
fcerger. He’s the hardest, driest, meanest
old Shylock that overlived. That man!
why!” And there he stopped as if words
couldn’t do justice to the subject.
“You’re mistaken,” said his friend. “He’s
not so bad; even the devil isn’t so black ns
he is painted. Now, I’ll bet you $10 I can
borrow $50 of him before night.”
“Done l” and the money was put up. On
posted tlio sanguine bookmaker to his in
tended victim.
“Strassberger, my boy, how are yon?”
and he slapped him on the back of a faded
coat.”
“Veil, I vas all r-i-g-h-t. Vot’s de madder
mit you ?”
“Look here, old fellow, I made a little
bet abont you just now—ha, ha 1 It’s a
capital joke.”
“Urn!” said Strassberger. “Vell ?”
“Yea, I just bet $ 10 with Smithey that I
conld borrow $50 of yon to-day.”
“Feefty toiler I”
“Yes, tint was the amount.”
“Und you bet ten ?”
“That’s what I pnt np.”
“Veil, now -look here, my friend (in a
low whisper), you go straight avay and
hedge.”
CuitMn's Birthday.
Washington Star.
Friday wa sthe birthday of the assassin
Gnitean. He was forty years old. He oali-
ed the attention of the warden and guards
to the fact, and suggested that ;>eraons
sometime received presents on such ooca ■
sions. No affirmative response was given
him. It was, however, suggested by some
that the best present should bo “a spider in
his dumpling.” Yesterday found the pris
oner in remarkably good health, slightly
heavier than when he bos committed on
July 2d last, and in better spirits than a
few days ago. He lias by some means
learned that the President has been taken
to Long Branch.
Philadelphia Time*
Thin country will have to Mh ~ v
ian to stay in tho White Houso dn£re ne ,t p
malarial months, so that when
there won’t be much loss. cet ® 8lc k
How the EmperonTDlnctl Together
at Dantstc.
By special Cable qfi tilo Sew York Herald.
When it became known that the Czar
wonid land all the town turned out despite
the wretchedly wet weathor. Bells pealed
from all the churches. The batteries fired
minute guns. Regimental bands played
tho Russian Nstionid Hymn. At fivoo’clock
the cortege made its way slowly from the
harbor to Government House amid loud
hurrahs and tho utmost excitement. A
large force of monnted police Jed tho way.
In two gala carriages,drawn by four horses,
brought expressly from Berlin, sat
the two Emperors and tho Crown
Prince, with the two brothers of the
Czar, Princes Waldimir nnd Alexis Alex-
androwitch. Tho Czar wore tlio uniform
of tho Prussian regiment of Uhlans and
the ribbon of the Black Eaglo. Though
rather palo ho looked pleased, and gazed
with soeming wonder at tho crowd enthusi
astically hurrahing his carriago. The Em-
perior of Germany, tko Crown Princo and
their guest drove straight to the house of
tho Russi n Consul General. Tho C2ar
went inside. A guard of grcncdiers was
left at tho door, the band playing tho na
tional ltu«sian hymns. Tho Emperor Wil
liam and Crown Princo returned immedi
ately to tho Government House. After
resting and taking a warm bath, the Czar
drovo through the town in a close corn age,
and saw as much of it as the down-pour
ing rain would allow. Then ho and his
brothers went todinowith 'ho Emperor
William, who had invited all tho
suito and the principal authorities of the
town, with their wives. Prince Bismarck
donned tho magnificent uniform of the
Bine Cuirassiers, and his tall frame, tower
ing above tlio heads of all present, made
him very conspicuous. Tho Czar conversed
for ten minutes with Princo Bismarck be
fore dinner. The table was lioreeshoe
shaped. The ancient dining hall was sur
rounded with massive silver plate reflect
ing the brilliant light of torches and lamps
with the flickering flames of burning spir
its. There was n profuse Quantity of flow
ers and flags. Tho army of powdered foot
men in the Czar’s livery standing motion-
less while the two emperors conversed, and
the company which stood at a little dis
tance in rich nniform3 all ablaze with gold
and jewels, helped to make an impressive
tableau. Meanwhile tho band of tho Fourth
regiment of grenadiers played a hymn of
welcome, tho master of the ceremonies step
ped forward and invited tho imperial guests
to toko their seats, and the two monarcha
side by side stepped down to tho middlo of
the horseshoe table. According to the
German custom the Russian Czar before
sitting down shook hands with the Em
peror William and Prince Bismarck, wish
ing thorn a pleasant meal. The Crown
Pnnco sat on tho right of the Czar, while
Emperor sat on his left. By tbo side of the
Crown Princo sat Prince Alexis. Beside
the Emperor William sat Princo Waldimir.
Prince Bismarck sat next to Prince Alexis.
By the special request of Emperor William
the band was silenced during dinner, as it
intorferred with conversation.
We hope tho farmers throughout the
country will have the good sense to hold
their crops for the liigh prices that seem to
be in store for them. Heretofore the mid-
dle-mon have bad most of the advantages
of high prices, becauso tho farmers havo
pnshad their produce into the markets while
prices were yet low. Farmers can realizo
big rent for their barns this year by storing
their crops in them until the winter months
arc here.
It is expected that the yield of wheat on
Dalrymple’s famous “wheat patch” in Da
kota, this year, will be GOO,090 bushels. Tho
cost of production averages $7 an acre, or
$210,000. The wheat is sold nt an averago
net price of $1 per bashel, therefore the
profit of Mr. Dalrymple's little garden for
18S1, which is said to be a poor year, will be
the difference between $210,000 nnd $009,000
or the trifle of $300,000; more than 203 per
cent on tho entire investment
Stale Fair Notes
It will be remembered that commit
tees wore appointed from tho executive
committees of the State fair and Atlanta
exposition to confer on such points as
would mutually benefit the two enterprises'
At a recent meeting it was resolved that
any person desiring to romovo his exhibits
from tho exposition to bo displayed at tbo
State fair conld do so by giving notice
prior to October 1st. This is nn important
decision, nnd doubtless many exhibitors
will avail themselves of the opportunity to
utilize both the fair and the exposition.
Bogardas and his son will attract sports
men and military men in large numbers to
tho State fair.
Dr. H. H. Cary, Superintendent of the
approaching State fair, will be in tho city
to-day, and persons desiring to see him in
regard to fair matters, space, etc,, can find
him at the office of the secretary, Colonel
E. C. Grier, next door to the Southern Ex
press Office. Many merchants have pnt off
securing space for their exhibits. Now is
the time to get choioe positions.
Messrs. W. A. Jnhan & Co., are going to
rnako ono of the mo3t oxtousivo displays
ever exhibited at a fair in Georgia.
Messrs. J. W. Burke & Co., propose to
show the people what n Georgia publish-
printing, binding and book establish
ment can do in the way of an exhibition.
The council oommittce are busily push
ing forward tho park renovations and im
provements. A new inner fence is being
built around the mile track enclosure. The
Premium Hall has already been thorough
ly repaired, tha old balconies renewed and
tlio building touched up anew.
BADLY BUVISEB.
They Were Not Lying.
Boston Transcript.
Said he, “And you love me better than all
the world beside?" “Yes,” said .she. “And
you love me bettor than anybody else?”
said he. “Yes. dearest.” “And you would
not think any more of me if I was worth a
million dollars?” Said she: “No; and if I
Mr. Axel Freemna Falls from » swing
On Monday afternoon, Mr. Azel R. Free
man undertook to test (he capacity of ono
of tli030 patent swings hung up in doors
for children, nt his re3idcnco on Oak street.
The swing was gnarantecd to carry two
hundred pounds, and Mr. Freeman cannot
boast of more than one hundred nnd thirty
avordupois. It i3 presumed, howevor,
that tho momentum was so great iu his en
deavors to touch the highest point above
him that the swing broko, throwing him a
distance of several feet and landing him
a pair of steps which happened
unfortunately to be on a direct
line with tho swing. Both elbows suffered
considerable abrasion of tho skin, and his
bAck was so sovero'y hurt that ho was con
fined to Ills bed yesterday, unable to walk.
It has been suggested that a change of cli
mate would have some efilsacy iu restoring
him to his normal condition. In the ab
sence of an ocean and Long Branch, the
Lanier House might afford a view of the
Ocmulgeo, whose watera are not saline, but
capable of brewing breez.es. At this writ
ing his pulse is 70, temperatcre 20 and res
piration normal.
—Beal estate is continually advancing in
prices throughout tho city. In 1823 the
first lots were sold; in 1826 the first town
government was installed, aud in 1833 the
first city government of Macon was inaug
urated. Property is bringing large sum i
and. the city is steadily and resolutely
going forward iu development and general
building, until now Maoon is one of the
most prosperous and beautiful cities of the
boutb.