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Newspaper Page TextllflM of the Telegraph and Slcucn «cr. Postage free to all Editions. recently bold in that city, from other red, Telegraph ..Jitmunger, * l °'™ p ? r 's sources It maj be reliably estimated that The Formulated Cuaiitian. porous and contented. If, Intbefaceof Though the Atlanta journals are silent i this showing, the power and plunder of a os to the independent Republican caucus g stalwart administration can unite all of 0.00 6 mot 2.00 3ao* Daily Telegraph and Messenger %ndSouthern Farmer's Monthly 11.00peryr Weekly Telegraph and Messenger 2.00 “ «• •• •• •• ** 1.00 Gmot. Weekly Telegraph ana Messenger and Southern Fanner's Monthly H.&Operyr Send by P. O. Order or Jteyistered Letter. W. W CARNSt. Hu*I nett* Manager. FRIDAY, JANUARY 0,1881. The new year comes bloody. in cold and Tub Mahoneites in Arkansas propose to beep inviolate the public faith. BorrwELL and Logan, two stalwart leaders, pronounce Guiteau insane. “Love’s labor lost”—George W. Cur tis writing a history of the spoils system. Dn. Felton has drawn his rusty lancet and proposes to puncture the Democratic gum-boil. Old Santa Claus was very kind to Mr. Stephens on Christmas. lie tilled his stockings and his gloves. It will be practically demonstrated during the next ten months that Mabonc vaccine will not take in Georgia. “Political aspirations” are very dif ferent from “political inspirations.” Joe Harris wiil take due notice thereof. Da. Felton formulates gold and silver money, but one ofhis adjutants,Judge Hook, is a pronounced Greenbacker. Ip Brewster does not turn out a “blus terer,” the star route thieves will have to show their hands aud their pockets too. It is claimed that the first entertain ment after the holidays given by Congress wM be to explode the Caunoiifrom Utah. riiOPitEciES in reference to civil ser vice reform have been abandoned. It has no future under the present administra tion. Senators Hoar and Ingalls spent the holidays lecturing on Garfield. Poor man, we had hoped his sufferings ended With his life. Tiie Toledo, Ohio, small boy, in imita tion of the infant highwaymen of Texas, robs the street cars at the muzzle of a Christmas pistol. It is generally supposed that while Guiteau will not be distanced in the great human race, he wili, when he passes un der the string, lose by a neck. The Georgia coalitionists start out with five votes. Parson Felton, Dr. Miller, Bill Scruggs, Judge Hook and Gen. Long- street each subscribe one apiece. Ghiteau issued a Christmas address, and so did a great many editors. The only difference—Guiteau claimed to be in spited spiritually, the editors spiritu ous! y. The drummer is not only a “yam spin ner” and a singer, but a dancer also. Five hundred of them “tripped the light fantastic too” at a St. Louis ball, a few nights since. It is not yet announced as to whether Marcellus Thornton and Emory Speer Will make their first appearance as the Siamese twins or the two orphans. The Southern Methodist Quarterly lie tleto has been received. A capital num ber. It has an excellent article by Col. H. H. Jones, of Macon, on John Banks Wardlaw, the brilliant Georgia esiayist. If wc are in older,and our colleague of tbo Constitution will yield tiie floor for an interruption, wo would respectfully ask if Julius Brown lias given his crutch to the Young Men’s Library as a New Year’s present? The Grant-Arthur combination are con templating going into the minstrel busi ness, and to secure performers will buy out, or steal out, San Domingo. It bis been a favorite scheme of Manager Grant’s tor many years. “Jongee” Thompson, of Ohio, is a candidate for Congress. If “Jongee” is as successful in running for Congress as he is in running the largest amount of ma chinery on the smallest amount of boiler, bis election is a foregone conclusion. Felton’s plank, viz: the abolition of the poll tax, is an attempt to buy negro Votes at $1 each and make the State pay for them. In the language of a Spanish monk, this is American cheek. Feiton should have been cashier of an unsus picious hanking company. The St. Louis Glebe-Democrat thinks Georgia fine missionary ground for Radi calism. It will take strong faith upon the part of the faithful to enter the field with the odds presented. Republican votes Were SO,000 and Democratic votes were 102,522 in the last election. Lionel lias be lionized at last and the Virtuous indignation of Washington so ciety has been appeased. British Minis ter West is not a bachelor witli chil dren, bnt a widower. This is the “oil that has been ponred upon the troubled waters,” at the capital, and all is calm jmd serene. His eldest daughter will preside at his receptions, and Mrs. Grundy can quad her ’alf and ’all with perfect composure. The public school system will never be perfected. Just at some Solon cries out “Eureka,” another thin-vlsaged professor will come with such facts as that devel oped at Cleveland—that 25 per cent, of ths girls and IS per cent, of the boys at tending the high school In that city have broken down gnd been compelled to leave the school. A system of education that shall have for a prominent feature the care of the physical welfare of the chil dren is absolutely needed. Oijb old Teutonic friends ofrevolutiona ry days, Baron Steuben, was In deadly fear that some American college would make him an L.LJ)., LaFayette having been waylaid by such a misfortune. He most have thought it something like the small-pox for having at the head of his troops to pass through the same college town where the Marquis had been dabbed, the old warrior halted his men and thus addressed them : “You shall spur de bona vel, and ride troo de town like de debbil; for it dey catch you, dey make one doctor of you.” the contract was drawn, signed, sealed and delivered at the time meutioned, and Dr. Felton will lead tho motley army to defeat in the coming campaign in Geor gia. We see nothing In this long expect ed movement to cause the slightest alarm or apprehension. Georgia, in common witli the States of the South, has suffered In more ways than one, for the reason that self preseivation had imposed upon her a party of heterogeneous elements, in which were represented men of no principles, men of weak principles, time-servers, oflice- hunters and u chnallcrs (Tinduslrie” gen erally. It has required unusual tact, modera tion and forbearance to marshal this host at ail times so that the character, intelli gence, virtue aud property of the people should be assured of protection. All men of judgment aud reflection have looked forward to the day when re lieved from the constaut aud unrelenting pressure of a sectional faction at the North, the people of the Soutli might find themselves free and safe to divide up among themselves, upon such issues and measures as commended tnemseives to their holiest sympathies and jugdmeuts Every man who has taken a personal in terest in the political discussions and con tests in his State has longed for the time when he could look an opponent in the eye aud know and feel that he was not an alicu to the soil and a scoundrel b7 pro fession. To iosure the most honest govern ment and the most upright officials, in a system like ours two parties are a prime necessity. Their existence begets fair aud exhaustive discussion and the watch aud ward the one constantly keeps over the other gives assurance that mistakes will be few and corruption the exception rather than the rule. The disruption and division is about to be precipitated, aud wc hasten to welcome it. It is a mallei of regret that it comes in such question able shape and that it is apt to be piloted by men who have real or fancied pt,;onal grievances, and who consequently arc not able to draw a nice line of distinction be tween their prejudices and their princi ples. The selection made for tiie leader ship is eminently wise aud proper. Dr. Felton, though deeply imbued with Democratic principles, was the firs* deserter from the camp and the first successful rebel against the power and aalhority of the organization It is true that like all deserters and reb els bis power and glory were shortlived and lie has been introduced to the pangs of punishment aud defeat. But he is by far the ablest and most bonorable man in the coalition, and as such is entitled to the leadership. It is a matter of regret that a man of bis trained and well bal anced mind should deem it his duty to join hands with a desperate faction, a band of political prostitutes and a mass of ignorant voters in a crusade, which, if successful, must humiliate Georgia and prostrate her in the dust. But regrets are useless. The gage of battle is thrown down. We are prepared to take it up, and at the same time to Indulge the hope that -ha contest may be conducted ac cording to the rules of civilized warfare, that there shall be a discussion of the issues involved, and not an attempt to besmirch private character. The Democratic party has nothing to fear from the assault; It may look with supreme confidence to the result. A hasty glance at the platform formulated by Dr. Felton will give the points at direct issue. Caucuses, save as advisory bodies, are to bo opposed. This is a mortal stab to any political organiza tion. party can live aud maintain 11s order and discipline which permits one man to set up bis individual judgment against the many, that confides its strate gy and plans to him, and then gives him the password to fly to the opposite camp and enlist underjcliostile banner. When the time comes for the greedy aspirants to select their places, Dr. Felton and his followers will find an advisory caucus but a rope of sand. The Democracy and Dr. Felton will not differ about a free ballot, if under this phrase he has not cunningly conceal ed the abolition of the poll tax, the only way the State has of making the negro voter share in the legitimate burdens of the government. Nor shall we fall out about the pay ment of “all honest dsbts,” without this has a meaning which does not appear upon its face. Georgia pays her debts and pays her proportion of the national debt and has neither grumbled at the one or the other. But there have been rumore that the new party was pledged to make her pay the bonds issued when plunder and corrup tion ran riot, when a Federal general was ruler of a province and the so-called Governor of Georgia one of his order lies. The question of tariff and internal tax ation cannot and should not be made sharp party Issues. These are great com mercial and economic questions, that be long rather to the forum than the hust ings. Being weighty enough to puzzle tho wisdom of the ablest an i most experi enced statesmen, they are above the reach of tho average politician. We shall not quarrel over the question of internal improvements. The South would, in our judgment, display an idiocy without palliation or excuse if she should blindly cling to a worn out article in an ancient creed, and permit the West and East and the North to grow great and prosperous at her expense. We are forti fied as to education and monopolies. Upon the convict lease system we are fnlly armed and prepared. Expe rience and statistics b&ve placed this ques tion beyond the reach of the demagogue for further barm. The negro took with bis freedom the rights and responsibilities of tic white man, and among these was ie rii ilege of going to the penitentiary He has gone there on equal terms, and while in its inception, as iu all new sys tems, there were faults iu its working, the death rate, the morale of the men aud their physical condition, has shown the system to be the best that we could devise. Improvements in minor details can be made from time to time, but Geor gia is not be driven from her duty by ap peals to a sickly sentimentality or the tearful wails of fanatics. The Democratic party of Georgia is prepared to go before the people of Geor gia and give an account of its stewardship. It will put forward champions to meet the coalitionists on every hillside, who will show that law and order have been estab lished in the land, that taxes have been properly levied and collected, that the public credit ha* been restored, and that the people have reason to be hippy, pros- tbe bad elements of society and by tiie purchase of men’s consciences and the de basement of tbeir ballots strike the State of Georgia down, she will be but one sufferer in a common calamity. The Rattereo Matter. The Macon Teleobaph and Messenger has opened the war of 1882 on Governor Colquitt on the Rattereo question. Well, perhaps it might as well be commenced on that line as any other. Gov. Colquitt is a prominent public man in Georgia, with a bright and wide future* before him, and it is not surprising that an effort should be made to put him on the shelf in advance of any apparent present necessity for it. The Kulleree matter is in tho courts, and the Governor did right to refrain from any ac tion that wonld prejudice personal rights in tho case. Unless something elso can bo ramped np to stain the record of Governor Colquitt, tils skirts will show no dirt when he vacates the gubernatorial chair.—[Co lumbus Times. The Columbus Times unintentionally does this journal injustice in tbo above article. We have opened no war on Gov. Colquitt. In {^natter of Ratterce we called attention to the tact that be bad failed to perform bis duty. Nothing that be could do or say could possibly affect the status of Rattereo in the courts. The issue we alluded to is ^between Governor Colquitt and tho les sees of the convicts on tho Marietta and North Georgia railroad. A law has been violated. General Phillips admits that he knowingly aud openly violated the law. The punishment for its violation has been placed by the law-making power net in the courts, but iu the hands of Governor Colquitt. The people of Geor gia are deeply and directly concerned iu the issue. It is to be regretted that no more satisfactory defense for the delay and irresolution of Governor Colquitt has been put forth than is found in tiie para graph copied from the Columbus Times. Cotton. The Financial Chronicle of Friday last foots up the receipts for tho week ending on that day 195,808 bales; for same week last year, 190,405 bales; for same weekju 1879, 154,300. This shows a Tallin; for the week as compared with last y of 507 bales, and a gain for the week against 1879 of 41.502 bales. The total port receipts since September 1st, 1881, are 3,137,200 bales, compared with 3,454,099 bales in 1880, and 3,100,S55 bales in 1879. This shows a tailing off from la;i year of 310,833 bales, and a fall ing off from 1870 of 29,589 bales. The interior stocks increased during the week and wete on Friday night last 400,5S0 bales, compared with 303,025 bales same date last year, showing an ex cess ever lastO^ar of 103,501 bales. [The Chronicle puts the excess at 95,- 13S tales, but 103,501 is the difference be tween 400,580 and 303,025.—Ed.] The total visible supply of cotton was 3,053,845 bales, against 2,773,089 at same date last year, showing au excess of 280,. 750 bales, and compared with 1870—at which date it was 2.564,210 bales—an excess of 489,035 bales. More Railroad FooIUbneca St. Louis Post-Democrat: Representa tive Henderson, of Illinois, is reported to Lave said that in the last Congress he favored a law fixing the maximum rales to be charged by railroads on interstate traffic, but thinks now that the minimum charges ought to be so fixed. One propo sition is as impracticable as the other. Congress has no business to tell railroads on what money terms they must do busi ness, aud will put its foot into it it it un dertakes that job. A just rate for traffic between California and Oregon is a very diflerent thing from a just rate in the longitude of Massachusetts and Connecti cut. Noteven the collective wisdom of 293 Congressmen is great enough to draw the line between a proper charge and an im proper one, even to the extent of estab lishing a minimum. The utmost that Congress can afford to do is to make it il legal to give one shipper or one town lower rates than another shipper or town for the same service. All tbo States and Territories of toe Union are increasing in population and wealth, with the single exception of Ne vada. Even Alaska is making some prog ress, while Nevada is at a standstill, and her condition and prospects indicate re trogression rather than progression. Counting Chinese and Indians, the cen sus of last year conld only make out a population of 62,200. The silver mines, which attracted nearly all the population, white and Chinese, are “played out.’* They have been worked at an actual loss for several years past. The soil is sterile> unpioduclive and unprofitable. But Ne vada has been invested with the rights, powers and privileges of a State, and can not be deprived of them, or any portion of them, without her consert. Those who choose to remain as citizens there, no matter how few they may be, will never, of course, consent to strip Nevada of her “sovereign” rights. Congress should learn a lesson from the admission of Ne vada, which is confessedly nothing more than a '‘rotten borough,” politically, and hesitate before making any more new States for political purposes. The Cotton Exposition—The Proper Credit. The cotton exposition at Atlanta has closed its doors as it opened them with the ringing of belts, the blowing of whis tles, some wretched music aud much taw dry rhetoric. What good is to come out of all this must be looked for in the fu ture. It is to be hoped that the harvest will be rich and plenteous. During the continuance of the exposition it was constantly mooted question as to who was its author. A Mr. Stovall, of Augusta, Mr. Atkinson, of Boston, Dr. Morehead. of Mississippi, H. I. Kimball and one John Ryckman, were among the principal con testants. It is a question in the solution of which the public at large feels but a limited interest. Anybody cau propose a cotton- exposition and almost anybody can run one if other people will furnish the money. In proof of this Mr. Tom Grasty, of Louisville, Ky., lias already proposed a cotton exposition, and if lio can raise the money ho will have one, Tho success of starting the one at Atlan ta is due mainly to Mr. Samuel M. Inman who had a well deserved reputation for busiuess tact and energy and financial probity, but tbe real success of the enter prise is due to tbe railroads Georgia. They were among the first aud largest subscribers, aud the show would have been a diminutive and mo notonous one, but for tbe extraordinary exhibits they made of tiie minerals and woods of tbe South. But tiie railroads did something over and beyond this. Af ter tbe thing was opened to tbo public, was staggering under a load of debt, and attracted so few visitors that tho delrf. load was becoming cumulative day by day. Exhibitors bad become dissatisfied and tbe executive committee alarmed about it to the point of paralysis. It is more than questionable if tbe thing could have been run a week longer, when the organ of the show appealed to tbe railroads with a frank admission that failure was imminent without their immediate as sistance. The railroads responded promptly and generously, and carried the crowds to and fro without an accident, | action of the railroads aud cheap saved the cotton exposition from tn aud failure aud made it a great sue It was not, as many supposed, the oratory of Kimball aud Colquitt which produced this effect. The people of Geor gia were safely, cheaply and conveniently carried to look upon aud examine an in teresting collection of machinery, minerals aud curiosities. For this ttiey are in debted to tbo railroads ot tbe State. It is to be hoped that they will bear this iu mind when the demagogue comes around again to seek their suffrages Ky describing to them tho enormities aud corruption of the monstrous engines of oppression, tiie railroads. We trust that tiie people of Georgia are not too stupid to read the lesson, or too indifferent or un grateful to remember it. With these observations wc might dis miss the Cotton Exposition, which has taken its place in history. But there is another point to which we would direct public attention. From bis first utter ance to his last gasp, Director-General Kimball berated Georgia for not investing in bis enterprise. Gov. Colquitt never saw fit to cover bis State or bis people in this matter. Kimball was not alone in this but had a chorus whenever he started the refrain. Let it bo understood then, that it is no part of the duty of a State government to take stock ia cotton expo sitions or shows of any character or de scription. There is no warrant or ct^ thority of law for it, and no complain" can be justly lodged against Georgia in this matter. Nor have Georgians tho slightest reason to be ashamed or discour- arged at the part she took in the exposi tion. It is true her exhibits were divided and scattered. Had her minerals,manufac tured goods, woods, fruits aud agricultu ral products been gathered together in one building, tbe exhibition would have far surpassed any other ou tbe grounds. The Cotton Exposition has goue. The relief from tiie strain is almost indescriba bie. It wa3 a good show in many respects. Georgia sent the best of her men and no men to support and uphold it. Tiie vituals at the exposition were good, tiie drinks vile. The oratory was bad,very bad, but tbe poetry of tbe occasion was infinite ly worse. Tbo country should be spared another such induction for .at least a dec ade. The Coming National Agricul tural Convention.—Early in July Commissioner Loring sent invitations to all tbe Societies in the country to send delegates to a scries of conventions to be held in Washington beginning on Janua ry 10,1882. He has received responses which make it appear probable that every State iu tbe Union will be represented by four or more delegates. He also Las no tices of tbe iutentinn of more than forty of tbe delegates to read essays upon tbe subjects which are to be liken into con sideration. The conventions will be fonr in num ber, each continuing for two days. The first is to have for its consideration the educational and industrial institutions of the country; the second will discuss the cereal crops of the country; the third will consider the animal industries, and the fourth and last will be devoted to tbe dis cussion of vines and vine culture. Judging from the number and charac ter of the responses and tho enthusiasm manifested by the agricultural societies, these conventions will be the most suc cessful of their kind ever held in the United States. I]T view of the proofs afforded at At lanta tbe Chicago Times is convinced there can be no further question that tbe South ia pre-eminently tbe best seat of manufacturing enterprise in tbe United Slates, and it says that with everything in Us favor in the way of fuel, ores, raw material and transportation, there is sure to be attracted southward an immigration of the Industrial classes of tbe North which will satisfactorily solve the remain ing problem of cheap labor. M. Martinez, the Chilian minister, addressed a lengthy communication to Secretary Blaine last month, defending the course of Chili iu the war with Peru and Bolivia, and protesting against any interference In behalf of the latter govern ments on the part of the United States. He maintains that tiie war was forced upon Chili, aud denies that atrocities were committed by Chilian troops, cither during or since tho war. Iu regard to the proposed annexation of a part of tiie Pe ruvian territory, M. Martinez indicates that Chili will persist in this measure, not as a matter of conquest, hut as partial indemnity for the losses slio has suffered in consequent) of the war forced upon her. He declares that tho reports of speculative schemes of Chill being brought forward in the financial or political mar ket of the United States are without foundation. A Virginia Christmas Dinner During the War—Mr. McCabe de scribes a Christmas dinner at a country house near Richmond. Tiie four gentle men were in uniform, and the three la dies were in homespun. They had for dinner a $300 ham, and the last turkey on tbe plantation, value $175, witli $100 worth of cabbage, potatoes and hominy. Com bread was served, made of meal at $80 a bushel and salt at $1 a pound. The dessert was black molasses at $00 a gal lon, and after one cup of tea—real tea, worth $100 a pound, treasured for the oc casion as a surprise, and not sassafras there was coffee at discretion, made from sweet potatoes cut into little squares toasted and ground down. For sale cheap! A damaged edition of Mother Shipton’s forebodings. Terms, one-tontb cash, balance on time to sn’t tbe purchaser; also a second-band weath er prophet named Vennor,and an assorted dozen of Georgia Independent leaders. Persons about to establish a curiosity shop or a museum of antiquities will do well to communicate with this office by letter, inclosing stamp. Attorney-General Brewster took charge of tbe Department of Justice yes terday. It is announced that the case of tbe government against tbe star route de fendants will be begun in two weeks, the evidence now being in good shape. It is thought that tbe case against ex-Senator Dorsey will be taken up first. Another Accident to Dr..-tiller. Dr. Miller of many prefixes in the way of names is a man who has been made acquainted with political disappointments and accidents. He has been for a great many years a prominent figure in State politics, and our readers will recognize him at once without forcing us and the type setter to the trouble of spreading out his patronymic in full. In tho memories of the men of this day and generation the surface of the political waters have never been disturbed by a passing zephyr, that ho lia3 not risen to the top with distended jaws, as quick and voracious as a crocodile whoso bayou had been invaded by a heed less dog or a wandering shoto. His fin- geis bavo not found congenial employ ment in toying with tho two edged lancet or dallying with tho drastic pill. Human ailments appealed to his skill and experience only in the name aud for tho sake of the larder aud market basket. Tbe master mind was always employed upon the study of the ills which affiict the body politic, and for many long and weary years tho industrious feet of the much named disciple or Esculapius wore to tho roots the stumps of Cherokee, Georgia, iu an ambitious but unsuccess ful attempt to secure a prominent politi cal professorship, though he fairly won the title of “Demosthenes of tho Moun tains.” Demosthenes was never able to step from the hustings to tho forum, the goal of his ambition, until one day there came it great upheave!, and men of all colors and creeds were thrown aud piled about like bricks after a first-class earthquake. Day had dawned to Demosthenes ar.d opportunity to reap the fruition of years of toil and disappointment loomed up in the near future. The “Loyal Leagues,” an invention of the enemy for enrolling new recruits and dividing the swag were established in the dark att.es and old salt houses of the various cities of Georgia. Under cover of night the many and hun gry faithful were gathered iu these rook eries, where after the preliminary exer cises of taking the oath, cunning plans were laid to delude the darkey and to despoil the white man of his privileges aud what little was left ofhis possesrions. To the ordiuaiy comprehension it would seem a physical impossibility fur a man of mature years to accidentally wander into one of these dens. A layman would laugh at tho idea of a practicing physician sit ting down to a bait of apples after night, without he was consumed by a longing for that particular fruit, or liatd fortune and luckless speculation had forced him to it, just as Col. Mulberry Sellers was forced to dine in state ou raw turnips. But the legend runs in Atlanta, and we only vouch for tho gait of the legend; that Dr. Miller was tolled into one of these assemblies by the seductions of a red apple—tiie old, old story of Mother Eve and the tempter. Whether strictly true or not, in due season the red apple had turned into a Senatorial toga. The accident had given Dr. Miller a commis sion 33 Senator of the United States. After many days of vexatious disap- Ou tiie Fci.ec. Thu fence or no-fence question is a far- reaching one. State after State is {fall ing into line and taking steps to deal in telligently with it. Vast su&jS bavo been spent hi preparing statistics, for the aver age American must have a foundation of figures for his arguments, and tbo press generally is discussing t vigorously a change of policy. As we have before pointed out, thej increasing farming acre age and tbe diminishing foresis render it absolutely necessary that a change in our fence system be made. These reasons alone are sufficient, leaving out the ques tion of right as between neighbors. But a Detroit paper advances otber arguments and adds figures we had not obtained. Says the Post: The ordinary of Bibb "county, Georgia lias issued a proclamation for an election on the 21st of January to determine whether eacli farmer in that county shall be obliged to build feuces to keep bis neighbor’s cattle from destroying his crops, or whether each stock owncrsball be com pelled to take care or his own horses, mules, oxen, cows, sheep and hogs. Those who favor keeping up the old “buncome fence—horse high, bull strong and hog tight,” will write the word “fence” on their ballots, while those who favor tiie new dispensation provided for by the last legislature of tho State will write “no fence.” It was old Grimes, that good old man, who Wished he had a load of poles To fence his garden round, To keep the pesky neighbor’s hogs From rooting up the ground, A Poor Devil ns Well as a Fraud, Poston Globe. Mr. Hayes says lie is not rich, and wo are obliged to believe him. But the question arises, What became of his money't What did he do with tho $75O.G0O left him by his ucclo? And what did he do with tbe S1AL. (XW saved out of his four years’ salary ?' Be is not an extravagant man by any means. He refused to contnbnto to tbo Mrs. Gar field fund, and to tho ironumont subscrip tion. He docs not drink, and ho was never known to play in games of chnnce. His household habits have been known to bo very parsimonious. If ho is poor to-day, how did he get rid of the $903,000 which ho inherited and drew from tho treasury? That is tho great quest it n. Perhaps it has gone to foreign mission ary uses. Perhaps it was invested iu stocks and frittered away. Perhaps it was con tributed to tho conscience land or invested for Mr. Tildcn’s benefit. Perhaps tho men who stole thevotoof Louisiana blackmailed him and compelled him to closo their mouths with a largo bribe. But in what ever way it was expended, tho lesson re mains that money net honestly earned or acquired disappears after awhile. Tiie $200,000 drawn Irom the Treaenry for four years’salary belonged to another man. Mr. Hayes may have put f 150,000 of this with what remined of his inheritance, and as fraud vitiates everything—even a con tract—it may have destroyed tho wbolo pile or caused it to melt away, just ns Mr. Bayes himself has melted from the pubiio gaze. but the gantiemen of the long bine coat all buttoned down before yearned for an expensive and not always efficacious method of dealing with American pork on tiie foot, lor his fears would have cost more than tbe “pesky neighbors bogs” were worth in the fiist place, and all "his garden vegetables would have been rooted out of the soil notwithstanding. Iu point of fact, the cost of fencing is one of the greatest drawbacks to success ful farming anywhere—in Michigan as well as in Georgia. Most thrifty farmers in the more thickly settled portions of the agricultural districts expect to take care of their own cattle, sheep and hogs any way, ami it is pretty safe to say that the animals running at large’, w hich make fences necessary at all, are not themselves worth a tentli part of what it costs to keep them out of mischief. The seemingly incredible statement that the cost offences in the United States amounts to considerably more than the national debt, is continued by tiie bureau of statistics of Indiaiia, which says that the fences of that State, it extended In a single line, would go round tiie world nearly fourteen times. Their aggregate length is put down at over 344,000 miles, end their total cost not iesilhan $200 000,- 000. The growing scarcity of lumber will make fencing more and more cost ly every year, and it can hardly lie doubted that Utterly Ulli-rucss From Wedded to Kerami^t, by Charley Seed oj Chicago. The paie-Rold sunshine of a spring after noon flittered through tbe damask curtains and fell like a tender twilight upon the faultless form of a girl who reclined lan guidly in an easy-chair that stood near the portiere and just abaft tho piano. The centre window had a light of blue glass in it, and through this au nzuro radiance streamed dow* upon a costly Turkish rug, just tipping with its turquoise bloom tbo picture ot a blue cow standing alongside of a tree which reached only half way np her midship ribs. “I love my art too much,” Myrt o Muhaffy bad said in low. tender tones when Bizarre McGinness had asked her to be his wife and bask forever in tho sunshine of his love, “to give it up forever, even if by so doing I should win the heart of so noble n man as yourself; one who is snch a constant and uncom plaining sucker against tho candy store, and whose face never blanches when tho baleful gleam of the ice cream saloon shoots athwart his evening pathway. I know that you are young, ana pure, r.nd gifted, and tlmt when you pro pose _ to put in the balance of your life working lor your board acd clothes in or der that yon may havo my dressmaker’s bills uiwuys with you, tbo words that you speck are not the idle utterances of a heart which llutters twist love and selfishness, but tho rich, fruit; remarks of mind that is made up for good. But my Art, my Art. with a largo capital letter at tho front eaa of it—I cannot, must not give it up”—and kissing liim ou the forehead with a cold, pulseless, division kies, Myrtle opened the front door for Bizarre, end tbo dog saw that ho beat the record from tho front steps to gate. .lira Langtry ou (lie Singe London Utter >» Sew Fork Tribune An audience composed of personal ac quaintances, of a public tha* has paid euor- law w.ll betbat every man shall keep veteran. it did not seem to disturb Mrs, bis own cattle m, rather than, as now, that he shall keep all the other cattle of the world out. There should be no reason for fencing highways or fields of grain, or meadows. The rails and stakes, posts, boards and nails, that are wasted along the sides of the roads of Michigau make a grievous burden for tbe farmers, and all that might be avoided by adopting tbe simple princi- ile that if a man raises beasts of tbe field, ike horses, cows aud goats, or birds of the air, like game fowls, or predatory birds, like boys, be shall see that they do no pointment and doubt, the to-a was in- ’^chiefon his neighbors’ premises. Tbo 0 . . , , vis in I p] a i, js easy enough to carry out, and ducted .nto a Senatorial seat for a few ! the only wonder is that industrious hours, and its pockets were lined with the ducats which represented the pay and mileage of a full term. From that day forth Demosthenes became, like Napo leon, a believer in his destiny. But Sen atorial togas are not doled out every day, and accidents will happen to even a crop of red apples. Only a few days since the political wa ters were agitated. No public notice was given to suffering mortals where the hid den waters of the pool of Fcthesda might be found, but Dr. Miller stumbled on it in quite an accidental way. His own story may be found in another col umn of this issue. The childish simplicity with which the guileless Doctor and De mosthenes unbosoms himself is touching, The frosts of sixty winters may have likened the locks and somewhat bent tbe manly form, but tbe clean, honest and enthusiastic heart of the boy beats be neath. He is unmindful of the meshes of the net spread out for the unwaiy. Tiie winks, the nods, signs and countersigns of the politi cal jugglers may be played before him witli the same impunity as before a blind man. Did bo not feel safe? What should excite bis suspicions when tho fact stood jout in scrawling, shaky letters, that the name of Dr. Felton was the very last one on the register of the Markham nouse. Where is the danger when the lion is corded and muzzled? Accident had put Dr. Felton in an up-stairs room. Why not a friendly social visit? What if the stolid Longstreet flanks Dr. Felton on the lclt and the querulous and unhappy Hook on the rigiil? There is nothing this. Suppose tiie crafty Wilson and the icy Eigby glide in and out and Lola frequent and whispered conferences.” These are mere accidental surroundings. Tho mind of tho good physician is far away with the young woman approaching tbe great trial in life or tbe genial partner whist now writhing iu the agonies of gout, roiitical conference at such a time, under such circumstances. The idea is absurd, preposterous. Do you desire more proof, tiie doctor hastens away, be fore his own dinner hour, and before tbe guests of tiie hotel with curious eyes begin swarm in. Bnt by some chance lie carries away the odor of tiie thing in his hair and cloth ing. A ride in the cold air and the cuds of numberless cigars havo failed to disin fect him, for hours afterwards he recalls that Dr. Felton, independent Democrat, supported by tbo black and white Repub licans, must run for Governor, that be must wm, and in view of these pregnant facts he must have the countenance and support ol Dr. Miller, who is not averse to trading a saddle-bag full of cathartics for Ben Hill’s seat in tbe Senate. Assisting Justice. An enterprising Philadelphia newspa per, the Times, sometime ago set to work to break up a gang of “jury fixers” or “embiaccrs,” who were making court- trials mockeries in that city. Tbe Times offered rewards for the arrest and convic tion of tbo guilty parties, $1,000 for the first, $500 for the second, $250 lor the third, and $100 each for ten more. (Vitlx this stimulus behind them detectives set to work and a few days since three men were convicted and sentenced to the peni tentiary. The State’s attorney furnished certificate, that tbe evidence upon which convictions were bad, or confessions forced, was furnished by Detective Chas. Miller, and tbe Times promptly paid him $1,750. It is with pleasure we embrace this opportunity to speak a werk of praise in behalf of tbe Times as a newspaper. It is undoubtedly the most attractive aud best printed daily in tbe United States and as ably edited as any. people have fer sc many generations been content to spend so much of tbeir lives and strength iu building Virginia feuce, stump fence, pitch fence, stone fence, board fence and log fence, to say nothing of wire feuce and'hedges, to pro tect themselves against I he incursions of animals that wear horns aud hoofs. Ev ery community should have pound, built at the public expel every stockholder should be lieu,^^^^ sible for damages done by bis animals, and no man should be required by law to build a fence ou bis own greund or else where. A Kneaemion to Secretary Hunt. Poston Globe. The accident to tho Tennessee should bo a warning to the government not to allow its navy abroad without a guardian. SInkcshlllH to Veil Ugly Things. Pujfalo Express. The Mormons insist on tho term “celes tial marriage,” instead of “polygamy,” to describe their condition, jutt ns Guiteau in sists on “removal,” instead of “murder," to describe bis crime, and “inspiration," instead of “malice,” to describe his mo tive. Langtry's composure for n moment. Ber- haps she found it no more trying to walk ou the H i) market stage from tbe front wings than to walk in tho druwiugroom at Marlborough House. There was not a sign of emotion on the peach-colored cnesk, which, it may bo said in passing, bore no truce of having been “made np,” but which by and by flushed and paled with excitement as it used to in private life. Sho wore a brocade of pink and ..pale yellow low in the neck bnt covering the shoulders, and an amber satin petticoat, and I know not wliat other elaborate magnificences of costume; the whole fitting perfectly and suiting we'l the delicate ripe splendor of the wenrer’s bennty. It was always a question whether Mrs. Langtry's' loveliness would endure the glare of tho footlights. She certainly gains nothing from it. As a v. oman she is hand somer in a bail room or in the park, but for all that no actress has been seen on tbo stage in modem days who could stand a comparison iu looks with Mrs. Langtry. The purity of her complexion hasnot been matched anywhere, nor perha^CTta soft fullness of her violet eyes, — ‘^described by JaSRfiSL*--— finding Charlie Ross. new hopes of **■*2 of “■ *«» thousand and more bills introduced in th e House of Bourns^? SS. 1688 ““ hQadroa '--been GxrasnoBocGn hate are being hissed in the New York theatres. “Takeyour clothe off your head, sis,” is the somewhat start ling remark. .Mullet, once supoivising architect of tho treasury, asks appointment as general superintendent of federal buildings in course of construction. Gen, Grant en dorses him. The national board of health is in receipt of official reports showing that tho number of deaths from small-pox ia Chicago last week was 27, and tho number in Allegheny City, Pa., 16. The Missouri Bopublican congratulates the Greenback party upon having been rec ognized by the National party. Gen. Por ter, one of their nnmher, 1ms been granted the privilege of erecting an apple-stand near tho main entranco to tho capitol. Thomas Hughes sent Fullerton F. Arm strong to his Rugby colony as editor of tho Rugbeian. Armstrong, whoso mother is Lady Armstrong of Sussex, and whoso brother is Sir Richard Armstrong, has dis appeared from Rugby under a dark finan cial cloud. Skxatob Beck is spending tho holiday re cess in tho preparation of a speech on tho tariff question, which he will deliver scon after tho reassembling of Congress. Ho is opposed to commissions, and is in favor of Congress retaining tho entire control of tariff revision. Ant given anniversary falls upon any given day in tho week at intervals of 11, 0, 5 and 0 years. Christmas fell on Sunday this year, being the first timo since 1870. It will fall on Sunday again in 1887, then in 1892, and then in 1898, aftor which tho series of intervals will begin again. Twestx-thbee thousand of tho Demo crats in New York city appeared at the pri maries of tho connty Democracy Wednes day evening to choose their delegates to the county convention. Tho list of delegates contains tho names of many gentlemen eminent in business end professional par- suits who seldom figure in politics. It was about three months after tho offi cers and crew of the Jeannette left tho ship before they landed at tho meutb of the Lena; threo months again before tbo news of their landing renchod the world of tele- grapha, and it will bo threo months still be- 'en themselves will arrive at any ilographio station. Genxbal Boulanoeb, tho chief of tho French military delegation to this country, has written on enthusiastic letter, in whiebi he thanks the representatives of the gov-f ernment of Louisiana and tho ndministra-J ion of tho city of New Orleans, tho Frenc colony and tho American population foij heir cordial and sympathotio reception. Mb, Oscab Wilde, the apostle of cism, and the gentleman most toi for such goings-on in London dra rooms as havo boon caricatured in tience,” will deliver his first tecture America at Chickering Hall, New York, j th. 'UAwbject will bo. Pa 8U«t) hostess wants! liant soireo she eng! and actresses, oftenUw cost. Tho highest i“,. sioDB is $300 a niglijj Tbe Honeymoon at an Ewt. Chicago Tribune. Tiie West has never been reconciled to tho evident preference of tho acting President for New York shown in tbe appointment of Folger to tho treasury; and tho subsequent acts of the administration have not remov ed tbe dissatisfaction caused by that one. Moreover, the East is as little satisfied with tho choice of Howo os the West is with that of Folger, ar.d both East and West would rebel against Sargent. Tbe honeymoon of tho acting President is, indeed, over. Henceforth ho must tread a thorny path, and look for no reward at the end of it. One Was Jailed ami There Were 305 Chicago Tribune. There were 306; now there are 305. Mouat, owing to circmuBtanres over which he had no control, has gone to the peniten tiary. Bat Flnnigan is still at largo. Tbe British Sparrow Courier Journal. There arc are not so many people put ting up boxes for sparrows as there were a few years ago These lively English immi grants now consider a knot-hole in thoside of a frame honso a godsend. Neck and Keck. Philadelphia Times. Sometime it wili occur to some Wash ington debating society to ascertain which has done the most for stalwnrtism —Charles J. Guiteau or George O. Gor ham? moulding of tho temples, over which tiie dark bruwn hair falls far, are equally fine. Hie lines of that part of the head pure Greek passing into a more modern type below. The profile is a little, a very Iittlo irregular, tho mouth and jaw etrongly shaped, tho teeth perfect, tho head elegnnt- ly set ou tho shoulders, which are possibly high, but rounded and fall, as is the bust and the whole figure. In the upward flame o' tbo gas tho lustre cf the satin is daz zling, and the winsomeness of tho half- appealing expression lias the same chatm which London long since pronounced irre sistible. “Even those who camo only to look,” remarks one practical minded Brit on this morning, “will admit that they had their mono; *s worth.” Tbe I'ostnl ftiiylugH Bank Congressman Pr.ltcricorth in the Cincinnati Commercial. “Wbat of the postal savings bank bill?’’ “I am nt work on that now. The system works admirably in England, and I do not seo why it should not in this country.” “Wilt tho banks oppose it?" “Perhap* so. Tho failures in this coun try have shaken tho confidence of tho peo ple. Take ia our own community the arch bishop’s failure, tho Adae, and others; they affected small depositors. Now, they would have confidence iu - the government, and undoubtedly save a great deal. They do not save now. Ask ady large house cm- ployirg a great number of hands, and yon will find that not over 6 per cent, savo any thing. Under the postal savings bank law a greater per cent, of our poor people Wuuld s-.ve. 1 think some sort ot a postal savings bank law will pass in somo shape, exactly like tho English niw, perhaps not cxn but somewhat." Something Sore Substantial Wanted. Springfield Eep.blican. Attorney-G3neral Brewster and George Bliss continue to open their mail in public, bet the public are getting hungry for some thing more fillin’. Tho “ready letter-wri ter” is a drug iu the market. A FortnlKlit’a Hard Work. Cincinnati Enquirer. Governor Foster will have to produce an nnnnal message and an inaugural address, both within the next two weeks. There is grave apprehension that the private secre tary will be so exhausted that he will not be able to waltz on his toes at the inaugura tion ball. Time Will Tell. Gainesville Eagle. We pause in the hurry scurry of passirg events to remark that tho old Macon Tele- gbafh ia coming to tho fore under the new management as bright, pert and saucy as schoolgirl at a picnic. It bids fair to be second to none. Blaine and Brown. Athens Banner. There are two reasons why this ticket _ u ^ will not bo run; first, tho Democratic parly • iii.f ee ij n g existing between his gaiters and has not quite enough fools in it to repeat o, n of hi-, nants. aa thev refused to the Greely folly of 1872; second, Mr. Blaino The Dignity ol Winncmucca. Virginia City Chronicle. Winnemucca,chief of tho Piutes, isos careful of his royal dignity os any Euro pean potentate. When ho travels he doss not herd with his subiects. Not long ago a freight train rolled into Reno. On a fiat car were squatted a dozen backs, brirging in game from the sink of tho Humboldt to sell to tho pale-fnce. Chief Winnemucca was on the train, but instead of riding with Lis braves on the flat, ho was seen sitting crossed-lcggod in solitary grandeur on the tloor of au empty box car. Prises Iu tbe Lottery or Assassination Kennel Advance. Five of the seven members of the cab inet selected by President Garfield nine mouths ago havo been retired aud in their stead are five men who are conspicuous mainly for their adherence to Gen. Grant and Roscoo Conkling. Of tho live men thus honored no one of them equals in fit ness or ability tho men whose places they fill, and somo of them are confessedly un fitted for the offices they are called upon to perform. Thns the faction to signally de feated at Chicago has through the instru ment ot death gained its end, and Logan, Conkiing and Cameron, the triumvirate, are occu more in power. Keirer aa a Tonne Han. Springfield Letter in Cincinnati Enquirer. About the proudost man in the burg is Keifer himself. And he lias good reason to be. He started in life in this city about 1858, coming from the place where he was born, iu old Bethel township, a few miles from here, when ho was about twontj -two years of sge. There were no indications at tliat time that the young graduate of Antioch College would ever reach the com manding eminence be now enjoys. Quite tuo reverse. He made his advent into tho then unimportant settlement of Spring- field arrayed in light breeches and a “ynl • lor” vest, and was principally noticablo for his gawky appearance and shy, country manners. There seemed to be ~ is not quite foolish enough to accept a nomination by the Democrats. Remove these two alight obstacles, and tho scheme might bo successful. Decency Brins* Up the Rear. Poston Post Clara Louise Kellogg sang about $1,000 worth to the inmates of tho Nebraska peni tentiary the other day and asked nothing for it. A man who had never stolen any thing rr made love to anothor man’s horse would have to pay two dollars to hear her. About the only man who gets left nowa days and has to pay a big price for all the fun he has is the honest, respectable, hard working citizen. the bottom of hi; pants, os they refused to meet by about six inches. He went to study law in tho office of old General An thony, and from tho start was recognized ns a pltdding.hard-working, not at tulbril- Iinnt young lawyer. At that time there was a “sooiety” duck in this place—a iimb of the law, too—who in appearance aud manners was the exact opposite of young Keifer. This was Johr Callowar. Calloway was heard to remark once, when speaking of Keifer, “Well when Warren Keifer took to the study of law, a good blacksmith was spoiled.” Calloway is now a judge in an unimportant Western circuit and J. Warren Keifer is the occu pant of a proud place iu American politics. You can’t always tell how things will turn out. en purposely foj Tiie trial of. Johnson and his two! Mo., was a failure. Ho^ man there end one in bigamy was soon exposed, bl agreed to a compromise, by j tolivo a week with each This arrangement lasted uq ed his time with the ] which offer Hon. Jci*£ xV ^, cenllyspiS? > ft.y uel J. Tiiden, and! that Mr. Tiiden will! the Democratic] nomii doncy ia 1881. Mr. Prj Tiiden reads ever; posted on what is j the Secretary of country escapes hi^ well posted in socii that is, snch as bocoi] Judge W. J. Ron inent Virginians are in Wash! aider the plaintiff’s side in tho ] being made by Gen. Custis Lee i to tho Arlington estate. It will 1 bered that Gen. Leo was succossfufl United States District Court in and (he case is to come up in tho Z j Court on appeal. It will be re ache February 1. Tho heirs desire ret ment from the property that - ted by the government. No bspobt of tho findings^ of the court-martial in tho \ ant Flipper has yet reacho ment. If tho report is trad Flipper has been sentena from tho army, tho fipdijj will bo transmitted tq oral Swaim, and by lum aTOWlued to' President for his approval. If the sentend of tho court bo anything less than dismis the caso rests entirely with tho departme commander, and tho proceedings will 1 filed in the offico of the Judge Advocati Genera], only as a matter of record. Tdebe has been a somewhat general in terchange of viows on the part of members of tbe new committee on elections in re-j gard to tho Cannon-Campbell contest the seat in tho House as delegate frou Territory of Utah. The general impr among tbe members of the election i mittee is that neither Campbell cr Canni should bo admitted. The committee 1 first inquire into the question of Cannonsl being an alien, of which there is pretty! good proof. After that the intention is that tho whole matter will very likely be refer red back to the Territory of Utah and a new election ordered. In response to an inquiry by the Hon. Henry W. Lord, the superintendent of cen sus furnishes the following information re lative to the valuation ot the country: “The compilation of tho returns of the last cen sus showing the value of real estate and personal property is not yet sufficiently ad vanced to enable me to announce any re sults. The total assessed valuation may be stated (still subject to minor rerision) as $16,897,135,567. Information has been sought from every available source, official and unofficial, aud a large moss of mate rial collected bearing upon the question of the trus ratio between the assessed value and the actual value of property in every section of tbe country. This materiel re mains, however, largely undigested, and it will be some week* bofore conclusions can be announced. $1-500 per year can be easily made at hoiu« working for E. G. Rideout & Co. 10 Barclay street, New York. Send for heir catalogue aud full particulars.