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FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1882.
Tw.ii Unde Joseph planted lomo stinp-
mg Hows under the nvcrago Now England
mtr.-J. when discussing the polygamy
&astion the other day.
Coa-.m Loam, of Griffin, is bound to
kata it understood that Spalding coanty
anti raise more carp, grapes and fruit than
coy otfv r county of its age and weight in
Gmgb.
' 4 (jvTB‘’eaystho red Florida orange is
Bkr tho kiss from the original love. We
shoe!.! liko to introduce “Gath” to the gen-
aai4i half-ripe Georgia perrimmon and
Acer hie criticism.
Coe. Xi vNuunv, of the Romo Tribune, it
a, stated, thinltc of moving to Chattanooga
fc> :*lr>rt a daily pa]xr. There is no trouble
afcnt ,-tnrting a taper; the difficulty is in
Boe-iing in running.
ive-A let the advocates of “no fence’
dune forward, file their application for an
election, vote in their proper districts, and
prove chat tho coanty cannot be dictated
to b; eve-fiftieth of its population.
Ttrs Jogs in the town of Jackson, Balts
caec.’y, tickle the rheep in the corporate
limit!'. Harp vrcntrd to become dog-killer,
at isoe, bat had nothing but a printer’s
aiscru ting-slick, and it wonidn’t go oS.
CsM.i tab.—Frelinghuysen insists that it
sloe! J »>-j “the United States has.” While
jjmvhly regarding the Chair over his spoor
• Vow Knglauder rises and moves to amend
Utii tiirbiase so ns to lutvo it read, “the
tailed States have ”
tin lit has got no more right to bo on the
-vary retired list than Logan has to be Gov
ernor of Illinois.' Just why a man who has
tx.-fn if. veil by tho people, should
be pensioned by tho government, is
mors than tax-payers con understand.
iV_uir_NT Baldwin, of tlio Louisville
aval hVhvillo railroad, when asked a few
icy- ago about its floating indebtedness,rv
piicd: “Hie less said about it the better.”
Ho a friend he could not have said less; as
‘an enemy he could not have said more.
Tbe Fence.
The long contest over tlio fence has
ended at last. After weeks of dillydally
ing, the authorities have succeeded in
reaching a conclusion and rendering a
decision. Taken in all the contest was
a remarkable one and shows up glowing
ly tho beauty ot our institutions. It ap
pears to bavo been a sort of presidential
election in which districts took the place
of States and a returning board
settled the question. The election
came on, bets were made,
excitement ran high, athletic runners act
ing in place of telegraphic dispatches
came in, the returns were hastily canvass
ed and the result unofficially anucunccd.
Skeptical critics put on their specs and
began to look over the figures. They
were all right with the exception that here
and there it appeared that scores of voters
had exercised their suffrages promiscuous
ly about the county and one ambitious
district had deposited a trifle
over double the number of ballots
to which it was entitled—an
indiscretion excused on tbe ground that
the people took a little more than the
usual amount of iuterest in the question.
Nevertheless it was thought best to sort
out tlie ballots and rub off tbe rougb cor
ners a little. So the managers went to
work. When the dressing down process
had been completed it was found that
the result differed somewhat, not to say
entirely from that at first apprehended,
and everybody said “ah!” Some even
went so far as to say, “ah ha! ” It
looked very much at this paint as though
tliire would be no more compulsory
fauces in Bibb, and a chill shook the
wasted forms of the hitherto unrestrained
bulls and heifers as they closed their eyes
and thought of the happy past. But the
chill appears to have been altogether pre
mature. Runners took the field and
searched. They skirted the piney thick-
lowed again by the same results we hsyg
detailed above.
If there Is any proposition that is clear
er to our mind than any or all others, It
is that labor Is the source of all wealth,
and the basis that supports the whole
frame-work of society. Without It, every
Institution or enterprise, private or cor
porate, is built upon a foundation of sand.
If this is true, then the highest wisdom
of any people Is to perfect and foster that
system which affords the greatest certainty
of employment, and to avoid as a deadly
infection everything that would threaten
to destroy this indispensable condition to
all prosperity.
Tbe protective system is built upon
this doctrine. We favor It because its
adoption in every instance in this country
has been In a season of depression and
idleness, and In every test of its efficacy
as a euro for these evils, it has brought
prosperity aud universal employment.
So long as all the labor of the country
is profitably and constantly employed, the
country will prosper. When it is turned
adrift to waste in idleness the precious
hours that through employment should be
coined into money, then trade will de
cline, busmess will stop, confidence will
die and the buoyant thrill of prosperity
that for years has electrified the muscles
aud energies of our peoplo must give
place to a hopeless night of depression
and disaster.
Taking this view of the case, and even
granting, for argument’s sake, that tho re
sults of protection have been the enhance
ment of prices ou protected articles that
are manufactured at home—which we do
not admit, in fact—it is cleany the inter
est of every class of our peoplo to pay even
more under a system which, while it may
not cheapen, at least makes a “plenty that
is widely diffused” throughout the whole
country. We insist that this view of the
case is rational; it comports with sound
etsand climbed tho despicable fence. judfiraeu t, anJ iLa logic is approved by the
They entered into the colored man’s
cabin, aud catechised him as though
he was a runaway and a liider-
cut. They wrestled with him.
They prevailed. YestcrJay the proces
sion came in by detachments, and with it
came nine aged tut able colored men.
Standing in the shadow cl tbe Palace of
Justice they swore that they had been
iocracy Ti Htffen.£ ven ^legally, eliminated
ftm wick is opening branch establish-
oica'.i in almost ovrry country. He pro-
to lend on certain terms ns mnch
■cxHity as you want for ono to five years
fcroo. He will be the largest real estate uu j >
j'.n.ir in Geocnia at tho end of five-
j j ack — - *— I VTJ that they did not owe
Mi ““ I the State any poll tax, because of age, nor
Tin: press couvcfiVlU chiefuconib
ltwi> Jaji, in New Orleans aud yet we can-
aat find in any issue of tho Tiines-Darno-
«ni, of that city, oven the barest mention
jtf live fact. Journalism in tho Croscont
CHj, at this season,must be reduced to foi-
lewihH the Murdi-Gras procession.
No.? colored men, owning cot a cent of
ptoi erty in the Stntc and too old to pay
(Cti tax, have risen up and decided that the
shall submit to tho fence imposi
tion. The nine colored gentlemen nine-
tftthaps fed somewhat wonndedatour pro-
rir-j remarks. We batten to letr&cl them.
We do not wish to antagonize tho almighty
wine.
ixuku harpies, who would not be contont
4 iu Heaven, are constantly croaking about
i&ui Eads' jetties, yet the New Orleans
Tw - says that there is now a thirty-foot
through their entire length, and
Mr ; tho business men of Xtw Orleans aro
anti/ciy satisfied with the situation.
any taxes whatever, because they were
without property of any description. They
did not own a bank share, phowshare,
trace, boe band, belly band or
bridle. Slowly, sorrowfully, with the air
of men wbo had sinned deeply and to no
effect, the managers reinstated the aged
nine and the fence was saved. Releasing
their grip on the county’s throat the aged,
property less, non-toxablc nine withdrew,
and as tho sunlight glinted from their
frosty locks, fading in the distance, a
bailiff, fixingliis eagle eye upon their noble
forms, rose up and muttered, qthe old
guard dies but never surrenders,” aud the
tax collector closed his books with a tear
ful Amen.
monumental period of progress, in all the
varied industrial interests of this country,
under the operations of the present pro
tective tariff.
ac
Ciieapuin* Docs Not Produce Plenty,
Ukclk Ciiauciz Willingham says fho
Sp ■ ■ of Georgia nro seated at tlio iude-
pccid- at movement. About os much,
Uuclii Oimrlio, as tho averago boy is at his
tin tun. It affords as an immense
sewuns of ainu'emout, but wo nevor mis-
felt- Its bray for die soar of the lion.
Acr. Govkun jr Smocs now blushes
-xi ter maidenly soubriquet, Miss Kate
Chase. The only awkward things in her
Abrr uandings are three precious daughters,
wtio nro called tho Misses Sp*aguo. Roscoo
Sjj gay cau now visit her without tho fear
cf a rhoi-guu
Tat wicke 1 editor of the Athens Watch
man eays there are GO,000 idiots in tho
Untied Slate>, aud then adds: “General
Jrtrtrill has spent quite n snug little for-
Ion* publishing his law card in the weekly
ynpers—nnd he hasn’t been elected Gov-
araor yet.”
Ti'f. apportionment bill only awaits tho
Rrisidcnl’s signature to become a law.
Tbe country lias scarcely been able to bear
n() lib vaporing patriots, and it is yet to bo
determined whether she can bear tho add!
bonol thirty-two without greatly endanger
ing both reputation and treasury.
Let us sec. It is abont time another lib-
amt indei oodeut party wes started in Geor
gin. Tney cpront about every fortnight.
Wbo wants to bo immolated npon the altar
erf his country. Just as we had rounded
the last sentence, it occurred to us that Cob
TT. II. Rcoso, of Oglethorpe, had jnst brok
en tho shell of a new party.
Caw. Scuraz, the German philosopher
mn in Washington City tho other day aeo- -
in; some memento or hear even a kind
nar.utnhrihco ot the Hayes administration.
Even tho memory of the groat frand had
almn-i faded from the pnblio mind. Tho
only fossil left to tell of “deeds that were
ii»Tk und tricks that wero vain” was John
Sbnrmnn.
In the city of Philadelphia they had au
•lection on the 2Iat instant, and the better
men of all classes united and routed tbe
;ci>bi;’s brigade ic every instance but one
—o Mr. McMullen. He is lonely, but it is
most fit that ho should stand ns tho tomb-
sicne of the bosses,over whose grave he is
the dole surviving ruoarner. The yeople
are jubilant, and they now write reform
with a two-story R.
• Thu Atlanta Constitution is amused at
our mowing, that the farmers of the South
suit! the tics on their last crop of cotton for
5t4,<?JD,000 more than they coat. The only
qntBtion in the transaction is: Did tiioy
JH7 more than $1.73 per bundle for the ties,
at sell them at Ies» than ten cents per
Pound? We take it for granted that the
Cot stituiion stated correctly the quantity
used. If they were correct in this,wo were
right in oar showing.
Wm are in favor of protection on gener
al principles. It has worked welt in this
country. We are not fsmitiar with the in
tricacies of the tariff laws. We are told
(hof are foil of incon<i*tencies, and are nn-
eqnal and unjust—that monopolies exist at
pKscnt, We have asked for information
in apec'fie terms, pointing out the monop
olies. We have heard of none so far. Will
ike Constitution designate thorn. It charges 1
monopoly in general terms. Where and
what are they?
fi x regret to loam that Mr. M. H. Ccn-
luis retired from journalism, having
, ,j his interest in the Hawkinsrille News
Mr-J. R Beverly, his former partner,
■tfr. Cournlly is a yonng man of promise,
a. -! belonged to the progressive school,
a . J w< are sorry that he did not find it to
i. interest to remain in journalism. He
lift Howkinsville forhiahomein North
■i, .r ,;a. The N’ow.i, howaver, sails on un-
^, u ,"bed iu iti! course, and we hope it will
, h •,-.,s l >eri , -i and success, oommensu-
• ut witt its me.its.
The production of articles at home which
can lie made or grown somewhat cheajer
abroad, though it should not produce cheap,
ness, docs promote tlio employment of the peo
ple, does give them the means of purchase,
docs produce plenty—plenty widely diffused,
plenty extending everywhere to the masses
ihe iHipuIation, and that the op|s»lte policy^
even under tlie most favorable circumstances,
though it should and will create cheapness,
will destroy the means of purchase ami iutro-
duce a real and spreading wauL—Adam Smith'
Wealth (if Xati jM.
We would ask the attention of every
reader ol this joamal who is honestly
seeking after the truth upon tho tariff
question to consider well the language
quoted above from Adam Smith, the great
apostle ol free trade.
li will be seen at a glance that he fully
appreciated a fact that the opponents ol
protective system in this country have
been cither too dull to comprehend, or,
comprehending, have not been candid
enough to admit—i. e., the difference be
tween cheapness and plenty.
That this distinction does exist has been
demonstrated iu the observation of every
man who recollects tho wide-spread des
titution which existed In the city of Macon
during the years that followed the panic
ot *73. When meat was fivo cents per
pound In this city the poor went hungry
to bed. Meat was cheap, but the uncut
ployed, who could find no market In which
to dispose ol tlialr labor—the only com
tnodity they had for sale—did not find that
plenty which exists to-day, when this
standard article of food is a hundred per
cent, higher. Then when every aiticle of
food was cheapened beyond precedent
the officers of charity were invoked for
the establishment of soup houses, and at
these, in all the larger cities of the
country, thousands were fed who were
starving in a land of plenty, and, without
the timely succor thus afforded, many
would doubtless have perished.
To the thoughtless observer the experi
ences of the poor in those terrible days
may have beeu regarded as accidental.
They may have concluded that they were
controlled by a force that rendered their
privations and sufferings inevitable. In
one sense this Is probably true. The im
mediate cause which produced this utter
stagnation was doubtless beyond the con
trol of any man or set of men, but its first
effect was the destruction ol confidence.
This was folioweil by the suspension of
industrial enterprises that always follows
close upon llw heels of every great finan
cial shock. This in turn sent labor adrift
without employment, ana hence without
the power to purchase either food or
clothing.
The laborer, no longer able to earn his
daily wages, could not buy the grocer’s
meat, aud while the former felt the pangs
of hunger, and heard his children cry for
bread, tho latter saw the decline in
price that made meat cheaper than known
for whole generations.
Tbe secret of the situation was the want
of employment. This kept labor anxious
to work, hungry, while food wasting was
in waiting for purchase, was cheaper than
this generation had ever known, and as
we, trust In God will over know again
from the same causes.
Provisions of every character and kind
are much higher to-day than they were In
1875 and lS70,and yef there is no want
among the laboring classes, simply because
every interest In tbe country, from Maine
to Texas, is under full headway, and tho
idle hands that suffered for want of em
ployment then, and tbe hundreds of thou
sands enuually added to this class by Im
migration since, are all employed.
If any great financial crash should come
to-morrow, or next week, or next year, the
influence of which could affect as,serIotu-
Tlie constitution anil Iu “Cotton-Tie”
Fallacy.
Our contemporary, the Constitution,
having been driven into an uncomforta
bly close corner on what he calls the
“cotton-tie” fallacy, returns to the old
tactics so well understood and so often
frustrated by the Telegraph. It seems
to be the practice of that journal to drift
along with the ordinary run, of events,
with every man at his post, until a snag
is sighted, when Captain Howell orders
all bands on deck and puts the helm iu
the grasp of Editor Harris, with instruc
tions to edge oil' and around the danger
poiut. We do not underestimate the
skill of Editor Harris, nor do we doubt
the wisdom which transiers tbe knotty
problem to his fertile mind. He bandies
the problems gracefully, skillfully
and with extraordinary cunning. But
Editor Harris does not venture into fig
ures often, nor does he rely
upon facts altogether. Fully
quainted with the wonderful efficacy
good nature and gentle ridicule, he be
gins his labors by covering his subjects
with a little halo of humor, which is fol
lowed up by an extension of suppositions
Into undreamed of latitudes, and while
the audience is still in smiles he closes up
the whole affair with some pretty sen
tences, patriotic references and high
souudlng phrases. Not the least potent
his talents is bis faculty for stating with
the utmost plausibility a false position
for an opponent. When unable to meet
an issue upon fair aud reasonable grounds,
au amendment, so to speak, is adopted,
and tbe argument is based upon tbo
amendment. These tactic3 are apt to
mislead many who come into contact
with the able editor of the Constitution
but when once pointed out they are easily
rendered harmless.
Iu discussing the cotton tie tax, tlie
Constitution has^fcsumcd that we favor
and endorse the McKinley bill to in
crease the duly upon cotton ties from
$14.11 to $33.60. Nothing in what we
have writteu authorizes such an assump
tion ; nor do we consent even to consider
the bill in this discussion. Tbe Tele
graph advocates a protective tariff that
will protect; a tariff that will produce
revenue largo enough to enable tho inter
nal revenue to he nearly, and if possible,
altogether, abolished. If it be necessary
to increase the duty upon sugar, upon
tobacco, upon rice, to enable the
South to produce them, we waut that
duty increased. If it bo necessary
to increase the duty oa ties to render pos
sible the manufacture of cotton ties iu
this country, we want that duty in
creased, well knowing that by competi
tion between American manufacturers and
not by foreign purchase is cheapness to
be reached. We have not endorsed the
McKinley bill, nor do we believe it will
everbecomo a law. The Constitution
cannot state a position for us, and expeet
us to defeud it. Nor can it tempt us into
a conflict with shadows. Wc arc as much
opposed to monopolies os that journal
pretends to be, but ne would liko always
see the monopoly we are
attack before we begin firing. Only
once have we called on the Constitution
for assistance. We desired to see a mo
nopoly created by the protective tariff, and
gave our contemporary a solemn promiso
to assist in demolishing it. We have had
no response to the call, however, as yet.
The protective tariff does not create mo
nopolies. The much discussed cotton tie,
which our neighbor asserted is manufac
tured by Fennsylvania monopolies, can
be manufactured anywhere in tho iron
regions of the South at s smaller cost and
larger profit than In Pennsylvania, if wo
may judge by the success which has at
tended our iron enterprises. Tho same is
true, as far as we know, of all articles
manufactured in America under the pro-
tective system. This is why we advocate
the drotective system.
It only takes a moment’s reflection for
any man to convince himselt that while
the North, East and West havo natural
advantages 07er each other In soil and
position for certain products and manu
factures, the South has advantages equal
them all in the aggregate and superior
either taken separately. We can pro
duce everything that grows In the North,
East and West. Our bills are as rich with
ore and our forests as valuable and varied.
There is scarcely an article grown or man
ufactured in the United States that cannot
be produced or manufactured with greater
profit here. The benefit of a protectlvs
tariff Is direct in the South; In the other
sections it Is 'direct aud indirect. Tho
complaint should not come from us. This
defines our position and Ideas upon the
Subject. It will be seen that the Consll-
dark In reference to the relative value of
cotton In New York and Liverpool 03 it
was on the tie question, until we pointed
out the facts in the case. The assumption
of that journal, that Liverpool controls the
prices of cotton in New I ork, is far from
correct, as will readily be seen by any one
who will take tbe troublo to compare tho
daily quotations of middling cotton from
these markets for the past six months, or,
we might add, the averago quotations for
several years, j#
It is a well-known fact to the cotton
trade that occasions havo been few and
of short duration, during a long period,
when cotton could be bought m New
York and shipped to Liverpool and sold
so as to get back a new dollar for an old
one. Most of the timo for the past six
months New York has beeu fully hall a
cent above Liverpool.
This is no new thing to us, and if Edi
tor Harris bad been a careful reader of
the Telegraph, ha would have seen in
these columns some weeks ago—upon the
occasion of a decision of the Supreme
Court, affecting the validity of con
tract sales of cotton—a statement of the
advantages of the New York Cotton Ex
change, as a breakwater against tbe com
binations oi English spinners lor depress
ing tbe price of cotton, that would have
explained to his mind very fully the ad
vantages of the New York Exchange, and
the reasons why Liverpool had ceased to
control the price of cotton. Only a tew
days since the spinners in Englaud held a
meeting and virtually agreed to run short
time in March. This action was taken in
view of light receipts of cotton at the
American ports, and the consequent ad
vance that is sure to come so soon as these
receipts begin to tell on present stock.
The prices that Liverpool is willing to
pay, as indicated by her quotations, will
not induce New York to part with her
stock of cotton. The result will bo, wc
predict, just as It was last year and the
year before—that Liverpool will have to
advance her ideas before she obtaius the
necessary supply for her spinners in the
summer months. That sho will not do
this if she can avoid it no one doubts;
that sho will have it to do, as she did last
year, seems almost certain. When she
paid tbe advance last year she was forced
to do it by New York, aud if she pays it
this year it will be through the same in
fluence.
New York i3 to-day the controlling cot
ton market of the world. Her terms of
delivery include bagging and ties at the
same price pei pound as cotton. If Liv
erpool prefers an advance price for net
cotton, in order to make herself believe
she gets her bagging and ties for nothing,
she is in the same position as a man at
hotel who pays the price of a room m ex'
tra charges on his meals in order to get
his lodging tree, or of Editor Harris, who
pays twenty-five cents extra for a barrel
of flour in order to get the barrel for noth
ing.
We are willing to let the Constitution
down as ea3y as possible on the tie busi
ness, but it must find a better dodge than
the controlling influence oi Liverpool on
the price of cotton.
Pctnsli on Tu;i
The family row among the Kepubli
cans of Georgia has exhibited the usual
characteristics of family quarrels. Tlie
bitterness manifested, while it may de'
stroy harmony in that lovely household,
will no doubt result in good to the State.
The most relentless fight that has been
made was carried on against Collector
Clark, of the second district, Potash
Farrow leading the affray, aud Emory
Speer as “whipper it..” They have
last succeeded, and poor Clark
will bundle up his effects aud
turn to his “Old Kentucky home” to med
itate upon the ingratitude of republics,
He can congratulate himself npon having
made the most persistent and successful
defense of any man in the field, although
he has been compelled to surrender at
last. He has served hU party long and
well, and like Cardinal Woo'sey, if he
had beeu half as faithful to his country
as he was to bis party, he might return to
the shades of private life without pangs of
conscience or causes for selfroproach
Mr. Walter n. Johnson, whose name
has been sent to the Senate as a successor
to Clarke, is personally a popular young
man. Ho has made a goed postmaster at
Columbus, and is esteemed among his
neighbors for the consistency of his char
acter. But we gravely doubt his capacity
to meet the demands of the position to
which he aspires. Ho is tho sou of J udge
James Johnson, who was provisional
governor in reconstruction days. How
ever, this is no fight of ours, and we make
passing note of it, as the outgrowth of tho
contest between tbe outs and the ina.
Conklins for the Ucncfi
Our dispatches seem to settle tho ques
tion as to what Arthur will do for his
friend Conkling. He goes to the Supreme
Court in place of Ward Hunt, who had
to be bought out. The bench, already a
weak one, is not strengthened by this ad
dition, for Mr. Conkling, while a man of
ability, is not a learned and able lawyer.
His mind and tastes are not judicial, and
his studies and methods have all been al>
together political.
It is but justice to him, however, to
say that he will carry with him to the
high position far more character than is
possessed by several of his associates.
Upon all questions affecting his party, he
may be relied upon to give all the aid
within his power to a further centraliza
tion of the government. It is still inexpli
cable that he should consent to take a
second place on the bench of the court,
and If his associates can stand his imperi
ous temper aud insufferable manners, we
suppose the country can.
Tlie VM and tbo New.
“Monitor,” writing from Chattanooga
to tho Nashville American, indulge his
fancy to considerable extent. While the
English sparrow is regarded by common
consent to be a nuisance, he uses him “to
point a moral and adorn a tale.”
Yesterday I watched a plucky little Eng
lish sparrow light on my window aril, just
nnder the cage of a sleek, aristocratic,
blooded canary, and then hop out to ono
side and gaze up, with a saucy leer in his
little vicious eye, at the psrapored beauty
that swung and chirped, and whistled above
him, regardless of his plebeian presence.
At last the canary spisd him, gazed fora
moment at his democratici nttiro, nnd then
skipped away with a grandiloquent hauteur
' the cup of seeds nnd continued his meal.
a moment the brave little sparrow
plumed his wings and darted nway into tho
distance to do personal battle for his own
scanty meal. An hour Inter the door of tho
cage was opened and the canary was al
lowed to fly about the room. Helplessly ho
fluttered from window to Picture frarno,
from chair-top to dreswug-case. Had he
escaped by the window he would have died
from sheer hunger, for he had not tho en
ergy or talent to forage for hj 8 food.
Then I thought, hero nro illustrations of
iw Soi '
the monetary interests of the country tvtioa has initiated them I the old and new South. The sparrow Isa
asdid the panic of I873.lt would bo fei- j The Consttiuiffi is ^ ‘ much In the |
canary was hero before, dependent on oth
ers for support and sastenance, proud of
bis beautiful plumage, voico and ancestry.
General Alexander Agalu.
General Alexander again asks tbe
courtesy of our columns, and though he
violates tho courtesy which ho invokes,
his letter may be found in another column
of this issue.
The personal reference which ho makes
to an attempt to “beguile an unsuspect
ing public,” while it may bo considered
as it was no doubt intended “a most pal
pable hit,” Is unfortunate as an illustra
tion. The public was not beguiled.
Even so important a portion of it as Gen
eral Alexander hitnsolf was not deceived.
He confesses that he knew the position
or the editor of this journal at the time
mentioned. The editor of this journal,
who was then a private citizen, attempted
to deceivo no one. His opposition to a
railroad commission and hostile railroad
legislation was well known to the mem
bers of the Legislature and to all others
interested in the subject. Tho work that
he was engaged m at Atlanta required no
sacrifice or change of opinion, and, as
General Alexander must have known, was
not undertaken at the suggestion of the
authorities of tlie Central railroad.
If it was not “wrong,'’why the necessity
of reference to it? If an Illustration in
point was necessary, could not General
Alexander have found a better one near
er home?
Why did he not tell how a certain editor,
who but a short time since was wont to
boast of Ills opposition to General Alexan
der aud his schemes against the Central
Railroad, was now acting iu harmony
with himself and the broker ring, and
that four men in this ring had agreed to
carry one hundred shares of Central to
wio, for this editor? Surely General Al
exander, the acknowledged leader of this
movement, could not have been ignorant
of a fact so important, au illustration so
apt? The surprise that tieueral Alexan
der professes, that we being neither “an
expert or a financial teacher*’should be so
hold as to discuss questions of vital impor
tance to the people of Georgia, and to do
so in a style “overflowing with informa
tion about them” may not be shared by
others. We have spent several years in
the public discussion of matters of interest
to the people of Georgia, and that we
should do so intelligently should not be a
matter of any more surprise than that a
gentleman, the best part of whose life had
been spent in the routine duties of garri
son, camp and field, should know more
about the management of a railroad than
those who had devoted mauy years of
hard and persistent labor to this single
object.
Wc have a desire to confine this and all
other discussions into which we may be
forced within the bounds of good sense
and good nature, but we feel justified in
following any antagonist who steps out'
side tlie limit to strike a blow and then
seeks its shelter to avoid punishment. We
have no war to make on brokers as
class. They are at liberty to buy and to
sell, to bull and to bear, so long as tbeir
margins are made firm, but it is an open
secret that a large ring or number of
brokers aie possessed of a desire to gamble
upon tbe probable yearly earnings of tha
Central railroad, and that to a man they
endorse and sustain the scheme which has
Geo. Alexander tor its most potent and
persistent leader.
Our judgment is arrayed against tho
proposed policy, aud we havo lieretufor
given the reasons for the faith that is
within us. Candor compel us to confess
that the arguments and reasons ol Gen.
Alexander, as given iu ids letter, have
strengthened rather than weakened our
convictions.
We do not comprehend how matters
aro bettered by the issuance of a general
interest certificate upon tho Ocean Steam
ship Company, and placed in the vaults
of the Central Railroad Company. Tho
Centnl railroad already owns the Ocean
Steamship Company, and this interest
certificate docs not add ono cent to the
value of tho assets of the Central railroad,
nor does it increase its capacity to earn
aud pay larger dividends quarterly in
cash. The mere writing on
sheet of paper does not make money or
money value. A man may give himself
promissory note for a million, yet be u
richer alter the transaction. Tho rule
applies just as forcibly to a corporation
as to an individual. Nor can we sec
that this certificate effectually dodges the
claims of the Southwestern stockholders
even though they be sold to Central
stockholders in multiples of not less than
one hundred dollars at a nominal price.
The contract betweeu the Central aud
the Soutnwestern stands as a document
to be construed aud enforced by tlie laws
of tbe land, not by tho wishes aud desires
of brokers, or by moral conside.atious,
these last being determined only by the
varying fancies or inteicsts of men,
Tho difference between General Alex
under and friends and the Central rail
road management Is ono of figures, mon
ey, interests, business, past, present and
prospective. It docs not rest upon any
supposed value which may or inay not at
tacli to a piece of paper with written let
ters upon it. Because tho interest certifi
cate promises that the Central shall pay
nlue per cent, dividends in common years,
aud from eleven to twelve in extraordi.
nary oues, it docs not, and cannot, pro
vide the business to make the money
with which to pay these dividends. The
king told the sea to come no turther, hut
it is written that the sea did not obey the
king.
It is strange that Gen. Alcxander,alone,
should have discovered that tbo Central
was really a ten per cent, stock, and yet
it was not able to pay a dividend of any
amount. It is still stranger that be can
seo bow an Interest certificate which Is
nothing more than an Invoice ol property,
carries a dividend-paying power, that it
sets aside the provisions of a solemn con
tract, and that it cau even defy tho powers
of tho courts of law. Figures are safer
and better counsellors than interest cer
tificates.
Up to February 1st the net earnings of
tho Central railroad were $268,000 less
than for the same period last year. Does
any one suppose that this deficit can
be covered by the business of
dull snmmer? It is reasonably
expected that tho Central will
pocket a loss of $100,000 on the Georgia
railroad and Port Royal railroad Invest
ment. Add to this the interest on $4,600,-
000 at C per cent, debentures Issued on
Central aud Southwestern last summer,
say, $276,000, and where Is tho money to
come from to pay increased divi
dends, quarterly in cash ? Tho pails may
he provided and the teats may bo
wrong, but milk will not flow from an
empty udder.
contends that tbo money must be divided ] I’EKSQ* AL.
out so as to mako the management of the jj on> q. Maclay, for four terms
Central economical. In other words, J a member ol Congress from New York City, ti
they aro not to be trusted with money lest
they may spend it foolishly. Does the
past history of the corporation warrant
such a suggestion or suspicion ? Nothing
but its wise, conservative and economical
management in the past has placed it iu
such a present condition as to sharpen
the teeth of speculators for a
bile at it. In fact ; to our mind, it ha;
been managed with too much economy.
To-day the Central road is a poor one in
everything save its management. It has
a poor road bed, old-fashioned and insuf-
ficient rolling stock, weak engines, and,
as compared to other and more modem
corporations, U not props red for
sharp aud successful competition for
freight and passeuger traffic. Having
long line with numerous branches, and
business which is necessarily compressed
into a few months, a double track would
add to its permauent value, and would
increase the safety, case and dispatch
necessary to the proper handling of its
business.
It may do less business per mile than
the Louisville and Nashville, it may have
easier curves, and may be far behind it
general equipment, but it has safe assets
to meet sudden contingencies, and when
tbo stock market is shaken, its securities
do not rise and fall, but mostly fall like
the mercury in a barometer at the ap
proachof a cyclone. Just now many
the people of Georgia havo a feeling re
membranes of railroad stocks which
were made to pay to the. stockholders
all aud perhaps more than
legitimate earnings of the road would
warrant. They have seen Louisville &
Nashville climb, with exceptional rapidi
ty, tbe gage in the stock room, and though
this ail happened under the phenomenal
ly brilliant management of Gen. Alexan
der, they have seen within tho last few
days the same stocks drop like a ripened
apple under a hoar frost.
When the storm signals are flying the
prudent mariner shortens sail and avoids
a lee shore; the bold and reckless, under
a spread of cauvas, sails ou to final loss
aud ruin iu the breakers.
We have not regarded the proposed
movement ot Gen. Alexander and friends
as wise and safe at any time.
Now that all indicia point plain!
uumistakably to the .fact, that the great
business boom has reached its acme and
is about to recede, we regard any such
tampering with the Central road and its
assets, as is embodied in his scheme,
simply suicidal.
A Tariff PropoMltlon.
The TiLEoiiACK calmly announces that
free trade England cotton buyers do not pay
for bagging aud ties on the bule.—Atlanta Con
stitution.
The Telegraph did not say so. What
we did say was that cotton was sold
net weight in free trade Englaiid. W
still say so. If Johnny Bull is willing
pay an extra price for his cotton to make
himself believe he gets his bagging and
ties for nothing it is a matter that does
not concern us. New York fixes tbe price
and sells cotton,bagging and ties all togelli
er, gross weight, at so much per pound,
and, twist and turn it as he may, Editor
Harris cannot get around this fact.
Wc have stated that cotton can only
at rare intervals be shipped from New
York to Liverpool and sold so as to pay
out.
If Editor Harris doubts this we will
suggest that he buy a hundred bales at
quotations in New York any day in the
next week and ship to Liverpool,' selling
against it in tbe latter market the day be
makes the purchase. If lie will do this
wc will agree—aud put up sufficient bonus
to make our proposition good, he to do the
same—to pay him two dollars for every
ouc he makes on the transaction, provid
ed he will pay us the amount of his losses.
The reason why we specify that sale
shall be made in Liverpool the day it is
bought in New York is to leave no room
for speculation, aud further to demon
strato the fact that we have set forth iu
reference to the value of cotton iu the two
markets. The transactions aro to be
made by some reputable house in New
York iu the regular way aud in the utmost
good faith. The account of sales of the
cotton properly sworn to are to be pub
lished in tlie Constitution and Tele
graph. It will be seen that we propose
to risk two dollars to one, if the chances
arc equal as to who is right in reference
to this ptoposition.
It is evident that Grady is boosting up
Editor Harris with cotton figures. This
accounts for the remarkablo variety of de
ductions which Editor Harris is enabled to
draw.
Eorroa ILinais bos developed into a real
tariff writer. With the assistance of Hon.
Nelson Tift he is building npon Independ
ent tariff party for the express purpose of
mourning over departed tics.
Tub sadden cold snap or tbo fnll in stocks
tins hnmbled Atlanta. She gives op that
Liverpool controls the cotton markets of
the world, when in fact Liverpool does not
do anything of the kind.
Aleeut Cox aud the Doaglossville Star
rejoico in being ontsido of tbe old and
worn rats of the organized Domooracy,
They having swung off from their orbit are
liko wandering meteors on a descending
scale.
Omt neighboring town of Cochran may
have many attractions, bat tho announce
ment of the Enterprise that sho only has
three chnrches and nine bar rooms, with
brilliant prospects for moro, is not calcu
lated to entioo strangers there.
It is said that Dr. Felton’s suspense dar
ing Gov. Smith’s delay in answering his
card was painfully intense. The Doctor
scanned the papers every momingwith the
same feelings as ho would watch a dog in
dog days—wondering whether he intends
to bite.
New York being a higher market than
Liverpool, and aculo of tho cotton trade in
America being that oil transactions in cot-
ton shall be for tho gross weight, how
coaid Liverpool buyers purchase in an
American market, deducting 4 per centum
for bagging *nnd ties, against American
buyers, requiring no redaction? Editor
Harris may take this to bed with him Sun
day night and sleep over it.
If Hon. Nelson Tift shipped his cotton
to Liverpool aud sold it there, he placed it
in a market cheaper than New York and
lost npon the transaction. If he sold it to
Liverpool bnyer in Albany, the buyer
based his purchase npon the New Yor
market, and Tift got paid for his ties. The
mistake Editor Harris naturally makes, is
in supposing that Liverpool controls the
cotton market, while, as a matter of foot,
sho has lost control and New York has it.
Editor Harris ought to look over, not
But General Alexander overlock tho quotations in the exchanges.
k
dead.
—Miss Ransom is painting for Mrs.
Garfield a portrait of the lato President She
will also paiot one for tho Army of the Cum
berland.
—The widow of Ben Wade has present
ed the Jefferson (Ohio) Fire ,V OI "W l J r I
is named alter her husband, with a siller
trumpet.
—Mr. William D. Howells, the novel
ist married a sister of Mr. Larkin G. Mead, the
sculptor, and shq has bccq 8 fTP* 1 help to hiiq
as an author. .
—Mrs. Louisa Washington, widow Cf
tho late ftr. SttlMt Walter Washington, of
Ilorewuod, Jefferson county, West Virginia,
died last Tuesday.
—Mr. Baine confines himself at feasts,
as regards drinking, to mineral water dashed
with a few drops of wine.
Queen Victoria and Princess Beat
rice ride the tricycle, and tho Prlnccsa Alexan
dria is going to follow suit
—Adolph Wilbraudt’s tragedy, Robert
Kerr, was lately produced with considerable
success at tho Casscl Theatre.
—Joaquin Miller lives a hermit’s life
in New York Oily, occupying rooms fat the top
of a house and doing his own cooking.
—Tbe death of a Napoleonic veteran is
reported from Vigo, at the age ol 107. Napo
leon III. had on several occasions offered him
a fat I tension, with a snug comer at tha Inva-
lides, but he persisted iu refusing them both.
—Mrs. Schwarz, in a suit for damages
against the barkeepers who persistently sell
drinks to her husband iu CTuelnuatl. swears
that she has endured $>.000 worth of misery by
tmclliug whisky in his breath every night for
a year. *
—Shepherd, who has been making all
this fuss about the Peruvian Company, is dc-
sf-ribed as a stout, middle-aged man, with a
ruddy face framed by light hair and beard, and
the look of a shrewd speculator not easily
abashed by rebuffs.
—Queen Victoria has written, through
her secretary, to tho Cruelty to Animals Society
to urge all possible steps being taken to prevent
tlie mutilation of eattlc widen forms so barba
rous and disgraceful nu incident in the Irish
outbreaks at the present time.
—Tho Bernhardt is rather an old stager
to start tlie ancient and familiar advertising
story of a smitten nobleman who follows her
wherever she goes: but she has employed the
romance for a few weeks past as Industriously
as though It was something new.
—Gen. Grant is expected at the White
House as the guest of Mr. Arthur for a few days
about tlie end of this month. He will tarry
only a short time in Washington, however,
he is bound further South.
—Senator Hill, of Georgia, according to
tlie Philadelphia Timet of tho 21st, Is rapidly
recovering from tlie recent operation performed
on thcglnnd ill the neck for cancer. He is able
to sit up in ills room at the Jefferson Hospital,
nnd tlie surgeons there think he will shortly lx
able to attend to ills duties iu the United Stutcs
Senate.
—W. W. Gordon’s model for a statue
of the lute Gen. F. P. Illair is said to be a most
faithful likeness either from a front or side
view." Gen. Illnir is represented in tlie atti
tude of siieuking. with tlie left hand thrown
out a little from the hip, grasping a roll of
manuscript, and the right hand raised, clinched
and thrown forward.
appears to be al
citation to him, Tftlfl cxprcsscmBHIpethat
lie would nreept It. “I believe,” said tlie Pres
ident, “I am allowed to acccjtt invitations from
tho cabinet, the Supreme Court uud—Mr.
George liunrroft
—Washington Irving Bishop, who fig
ured in this country us an exposer of spiritual
ism, afterward went to England to perform as
a mind reader, nftur the manner of lfrown. Ifc
lias made some stir there, but has been rather
staggered by an oiler of a thousand ]iound bank
note if lie will ascertain its number while it re
mains in a sealed envelope.
—A. E. .1, Tovey, the editor of a trado
journal, while rusticating *nt Raldivin's Hotel,
at Centre Moriches, Long Island, last August,
got into a dllUcultv with James L. Hutton.
ThcdliHcuIty culminated in an assault aud
battery committed by Hutton tqion Tovey. The
latter brought n suit against Hutton in the Su
perior Court seeking $10,WO damages. The
jury yesterday gave him a verdict for 0,000.
T Value ol mb Artistic Education.
Boston Journal.
An illustrious painter, who is traveling. Is In
vited to dine with a wealthy merchant “I had
n son myself who was passionately devoted to
art” says tbe host, “and I sent him to Paris,
where he was for ten years studying in the
atelier of the famous Crcposson.” “Ah, and
was he suecu-iul "SucceasIulT Sir. at this
moment lio owns the second hugest factory ot
artificial fertilizers in tho country.”
A Miserable Stlscreaut,
Brooklyn Ead*.
A New Hampshire girl went Into a Boston
kind enough to fit her with a pair of gloves.
The hlgivbrowcJ Athenian danced at her
hands and then calling to a C.*_»h bor who was
compounding spit-balls at the opposite Counter,
said: “Here, Pete, show this young lady to the
pillow case department.”
Tbe New South.
Connor in Nashville American.
I pity the helpless clinging to traditions and
family, while the world u whirling them on to
utter oblivion. Let ns cast away the fetters of
codfish aristocracy, and bucklo on the shapely
ness of blood which has no illustration in true
manhood, enterprise and success. Three cheers
for the new South.
. •‘Poor Pnssle Needs a Corner ”
Boston Herald.
The system becomes dull and heavy and
must have an external fillip. The piano will
doit, the fiddle will doit, the humorous or clo-
a uent book will do It, but one or tho other of
icsemust be brought into play. Surely the
greatest need of the hour is that of inspiring
wives with a lively sense of responsibility lor
having such stupid husbands nnd husbands
for having such stupid wives. There is no sort
of need of it if they will but master and apply
the philosophy of the kitten.”
Tbo Fallacies oi Assumed Dignity.
London World
A certain class of distinguished lawyers and
the race of judges generally are also itersons
who shrink from the Imputation of Itcing news
paper readers. Tlicyregenl the comments of
Tbe Iniquity ol tbe Ron Visited Upon
the Father.
IVathinj on Cor Philadelphia Times
There is believed to lie a hot fight in store for
John C. New before lie is confirmed as Assis-
tint Secretary of tlie Treasury. Curlously
euougli this is threatened by Indiana Republi
cans. New's private record is to be brought
out, ami preliminary charges arc already Hied
in committee reviving nil old scandal in which
New’s son figured to such conspicuous disad
vantage in Indianapolis a few years ago. The
friends of Col. W. 11. Curry ure tit the bottom
of this business. Mr. New’s record ns t'uitcd
States Treasurer is clean. Tlie friends of Curry,
who is an cx-Sccretary of State uud now a
clerk in the pension ofilce, are confident they
can Itcat New. Tlie Indiana delegation sup
ported Curry for Assistant Secretary, while
New was barked for another. Tlie latter was
named by Secretary Kolser. Some surprise is
expressed Unit New should accept such a jtosl-
tion, hut ids friends intimate that be did so
with the probability ahead of him o( Kulgcr's
retirement uud his own succession to the Sec
retaryship.
Ncnntor llrown ou Polygamy.
J. It. R. in Chronicle and Constitutionalist.
He did not deny that the States had |>owce to
punish immorality, and lie was willing to prop
erly punish the polygamous habits of rtah.
Rut lie would not whelm Hie innocent with the
same pcunltics as tlie guilty, it was an outrage
to permit n Republican returning board to dis
franchise u-svltolc people for merely believing
in polygamy, without trial and conviction. He
knew that there were painful religious differ
ences In America us elsewhere, ami there had
been detestable persecutions in this country.
New England was a chief offender in this re
spect. As tlie Senator from Vermont cxrcptcd
Ids Suite from the general charge lie would allow
it. Rut tlie itcople u! New England hail burned
witches, whipped Baptists and Catholics, pro
claimed and enforced infamous codes that
trampled upon the rights and conscience, ami
hail even buuishcd one person who claimed to
lie free from original sin and had not sinned
iu any way for six mouths. He wanted no re
turn or rekindling of tho "fires of Smith-
field," tlie “Inquisition" or the burning of Ro
man Catholic convents, as happened at Charles
town. Mass., forty-eight years ago, the jierpc-
trators of which though guilty, as charged, of
murder, arson and sacrilege, had never been
mulshed. He well remembered the horrors of
snow Nothingisra—that indiscriminate war
fare upon a whole people for religious belief.
Up to three years ago. New Hampshire did not
~ milt a Roman Catholic to hold office. (Hen
nator Blair,Interrupting,said: “The law ex
isted, hut It was a dead letter I sat myself
alongside a Roman Catholic in the Legisla
ture. ) Then, said Senator llrown, according
to the Senator's own confession, a Roman Cath
olic who held office in New Hampshire did so
in violation of law. The Senator from New
Hampshire has uot bettered his case,
but damaged it by explanation. We
have had, nc contiuncd, an Intolerance of
slavery nnd abolition. The intolerance
that followed the inter-state war was provoked
by secession. Ilut the Mormons have not se
ceded. He meant nothing unkind by* repeat
ing these historical facts, bnt only meant to ad
monish against the folly of a new fanaticism.
Who will be the next victim whom vcngcauco
shall be wreaked upon in Utah? To moke the
bill before the Senate, therefore, as littlo hurt
ful as possible, and to confine It within consti
tutional limits, he would offer amendments
and ask their passage.
This speech was delivered most impressiv
and as the “Governor” made his foray upon
New England's sore spot, there was perceptible
wincing on the Republican side; but warned
amending theidll, and, as for as puosiblc, ex
tracted Its poison.
Trouble Between l>nttl stud Nicollnl
Cincinnati Qaaetts.
Many very serious rumors have gained circa
lation relative to the cause ol Patti's sickness.
A gentleman boarding at the Grand Hotel told
a Uaaetts reporter last evening tliat he was in
formed by un authority who cannot be doubt
ed. that he could furnish certain Information
as to an altercation between Patti and Nicollnl
thnt would astonish the public. The gentle
man then continued that during tlio day Nico-
lini began to upbraid Patti for not taking prop
er care of her health, nnd for disappointing the
public in the mauucr that she had done. The
madamc flew up and began to abuse the dis
tinguished tenor. Finally both became vitu
perative, and the aflhlr created such a disturb
ance that the gentleman was compelled to in
terfere and warn them that unlen they be-
1 laved themselves they would have to find ac
commodations at tome other hotel.
OnrMnthrra Farmers.
Athens Watchman.
In every Southern newspaper the Southern
fanner is basted front and rear, os being the
cause of the lmrd tiiaes-espccially of being tbe
direct cause of the scarcity and iiigh price of
trovisions. Perhaps no one will deny that
hey make enough bread to supply them eight
months out of the twelve, bnt they arc spoken
of as if they were absolutely “breadleB.'' Du
ring the many years this tirade of abuse has
been heaped upon the Southern farmers, not
one line lms been written about the New Eng
land States for failure to make a support. Let
us look and seo how they are off for bread.
Vermont makes enough grain per annum to
bread her population fifty-eight days—this is
the best of all of them; Rhode Island, New
Hampshire and Maine each comes in with
enongli to do three weeks—twenty-one days;
Connecticut dances up with only two days 1
rations and n breakfast over, while Massachu
setts. poverty stricken as she is, has only a
breakfast yearly, with a dust over to make gruel
for dinner. Here is a field for Southern edito
rial labor, and we hope to see these noble ink-
slingers comedown to business.
Louisville Courier Journal.
The marriage ot persons in whose families
insanity is hereditary is a crime against nature
and i>osterity. aud cannot bo too severely de
nounced.—Boston Herald. This Is just as ap
plicable to any other diseaso that may bo he
reditary. However, marriage is rarely, U over,
contracted for tho good of posterity.
guiltv of contempt of court. Probably, as
a matter of fact, there are no men in the
world who are cither such omuiverous dc-
vourers of newspapers or so keenly sensitive to
criticism of every kind.
A nnllroml C'ommlaaluu.
Nets Port Tribune.
Tho members ol tlie commission knowaa
little os possible about the management of rail
roads; the cost ot transitortation to different
cities or the reasons which may exist for charg
ing higher rates on shlpmenta to one city than
on shipments to another. They are unpreju
diced, and they liavc no reputation of experi
ence or knowledge in railroad mutters to givo
weight to their opinion, it is singular that such
a commission as this should have Iteen selected
by practical railroad managers to consider aud
report npon one of the most difficult practical
questions in the whole range of railway contro
versy.
IViiat Would They Do With It?
N. r. Herald,
On Sunday last a Brooklyn preacher advanc
ed tho original Idea that oa tlie Koth-childs
have a mortgage on Palestine un.l ns Turkey
never pays her debts there is a proitability tliat
iu time the Hebrews will itossess their native
land again. Perhaps, but what would they do
with it? There is little to do there but till tho
soil, and tbe Jews do not take any kindlier to
that sort of work than otHer men do when they
find more money in something else. Tlie world
at large is the Hebrews’ country, and they are
holding their own with all the other nations
that arc tiyiug to possess it. With Palestine
they conld do nothing but sell it Isick to Tur-
kev, and even this would be unprofitable work
unless they could find a new market for Turkish
bonds.
The DHTereuce IJctwcan Law ami Jus
tice.
Athens Banner
A thing happened in Athens yesterday be
tween two negro boys, whom wo will call Tom
and Bill, which shows that there is a difference
between law and justice. Tom had sold a pair
of boots to Bill's mother, for Bill, on n credit.
Having got possession, Bill's mother stead fostly
refused to i>ay for them. Yesterday Tom saw
Bill in the street with the boots on, and he took
hold of Bill and took the boots away. For this
act—which was called highway robbery—he
was turned over to the police.
This kind of thing is trauspiring every day.
Men buy property ami refuse to'pay for It, and
those from whom they bought have no re-
coiirse.^l'lie law is always on the side of the
mat; nWowc-s. what this country needs is
some law for the collection of debis.
Some Talk With tlio Bnrk Ou.
Sparta Ishmaehts.
(lit Is now apparent that, even with the short
cotton crop of last year, the market is over--
stocked. Tlie farmers of the South work uniT^
mittingly to raise cotton enough to insure a
uuremuncraUvc price for the staple, ncc!ectin_
provision crops to secure this untoward results
uud then complain of the high price of provis
ions and scarcity of money and the consequent
hatdncrs of the times. The cotton tlmt was
raised iu this county last year did not furnish
the means to pay the current expenses of tho
f irmer*. Tbe people do not seem to appreciate
the immense sums of money tliat were expend
ed in tiiis county las: year for com, meal, flour
nnd meat—almost every dollar of which went
to tlie West to pay for these supplies. Under
the present system the Georgia cotton-raisers
are simply stewards of Western supply denier*
—and they arc uuprofited, if not unprofitable,
stewards. But necessity demands a change.
It must come. It is obliged to come. It tbero
Is not a change made by the present owners of
the farms In tho Stab.-, it will be made by their
successors, into whoso hands, .under present
methods, the lands will surely and swiftly pass.
Shepherd Dogs.
Colorado Letter from Hr. Dio L teis.
The best of shepherd dags arc worth - 210, or
even more. One herder, whom we met at Cold
Spring ranchc, sliowed us a verv pretty ono
that he said he would not sell for a(v. She had
at that time four yonng puppies. The night
we arrived we visited the camp and were great-.
ly interested in the little mother and her nurs-rf
ins babies. Amid thoso wild, vast mountains 1
tbu Httle nest of motherly devotion ami l*bv
trust was very beautiful. While we were e
claiming, the assistant herder came to say tlj
there were more than twenty sheep
ing. Two male dogs, both larger than thrf
mother, were standing about, with then
in their breeches, doing nothing. But tm
der said neither Tom nor Dick would
them. Flora must go. It was urged hi
assistants that her foot was sore; she luub
hard at work all day; was nearly worn ou
must suckle her puppies. The boss in
that she must go. The sun was setting. IT
was no timo to lose. Flora was celled and I
to hunt for lost sheep, while herma<ler pointed
to a great forest, through the edge of which
they passed on their way up. She raised her
head, bnt seemed very loth to leave her babies.
She rose, looking very tired and low-spirited,
with head and tail down, aud trotted toward
the forest. 1 said:
“Tliat is too bad.”
“Oh, she'll be right book. 8he's lightning
on stray sheep." -
Tlie next morning I went to learn whether
Flora found the strays. While wc wero speak
ing the sheep wero returning driven by the Ut-
tle dog, who did not raise her head or wag her
tail even when spoken to. but crawled to her
tupples and laid down by them, ofiering tlio
ittle empty breasts. She hail been out all
ight, and while her hungry babes were tug-
[ Iflg away fell asleep. 1 have never seen any-
dng so touching. So far os I waa concerned
there was not a dry eye in the house.”
How often that scene comes back to me—tho
vast, gloomy forests, and that little creature,
with her sore foot and her heart crying for her
babies, limping and creeping about iu the wild /
canyons all through the long, dark hours And-1
Ing and gathering in the lost sheep.
Why an Arkansas Rtornkecper Dili
Not Take Two 31utllated Coins.
Little Bock Gazette.
Yesterday an old man entered a Little Bock
store, and taking from hla pocket an old Igrek-
skln {touch, he emptied two coins on the coun
ter, and then, after regarding the silver for a, ’
few moments, raid:
“Mister, I want to buy some goods to mako a
dress.”
“That money is mutilated, old gentleman.
lOtehra (
This twenty-flve-cent picco has no
i filed In
it, and this fifty-ccnt piece has been punched.
Von see, they nave Men abused. I can’t take
them.”
“Abused,” said theold man. “Abused,” and
he took up the fifty-cent piece and looked at
it tenderly. “And youwon'ttakeiton account
of the holes. Heaven grant that I did not have
to offer it to you. Years ago, when my first
child was a little gill. I punched a hole in this
coin and strung it around her neck. It was her
constant plaything. At night when she went to
bed we'd take it off. bnt early at morning sho
would call for her watch. When our John—
C udidn't know John, did you? No? Well,
used to come to town a good deal.”
“Where is he now?” asked the merchant, not
knowing what to ray, but desiring iu show ap
preciation of the old man's story.
"lie was killed in the war. I ray that when
John was a little boy 1 strung this quarter
urouml t.is neck. One day his watch got out of
fix, heraKI, and ho filed these notches in it
He and Iris sister Mao'—that was tho girl’s
name—used to play in the yard, and compare
their watches to see if they were right home-
times John wouldn't like it, because Mary’s
watch was bigger than his, but sho v.ould ex
plain tliat sho was bigger than him, and ought
to have a bigger watch. Tlie children grew un,
but as they had always lived in tho woods they
were not ashamed to wear their watches. When
a young man came to see Mary onee sho for-
getfullv looked ot her fifty cents. ’What are
you dome." asked the youngnraik and when
t-lie told blm that she was looking at her watch
he took it as a hint nnd went
home. Alter this she did not wear
her watch in company. Well, .Mary and the
young man married. John went off in the
army and got killed. Mary’s husband died
and at-out two years ago Mnrv was taken sick*
hen her mother and I reached her house she
as dving. Calling mo toller bed, she said-
apn, lean over.’ I leaned over, and, taking
something from under her {illlow she nut it
around my neck and said: 'IV.im, o,kc C a re of
my watch.’ •’ Tbo old mar. looked ni the mer
chant. The eyes of both men were moist
'Do vou see that 1k>v out there on the wagouf”
esald “M ell that is Mary'» child. I wouldn’t
{tart with this money, but mv old wife who al
ways loved me, died this morning. „ u ,i \ ha r_
come to buy her a shroud." When the olil
mun went out he carried a bundle ill one hand
ami the “watches" In till- oilier. nd
