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If# di^jjjCQKx HIssMq st&t $$ illfcsua&ttgpwc. Ba ggUfltaph and ^Ucsgengcv 3 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