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Che (JSsasgts MgfeMry Celegcagt? atttt & ffijgjsu^ttgag.
rtte Zd:qrajih mitt *fflfg$gs«{tt
7-Tiday, march io, tssa.
x is going la lay an extra tax of
-- ■. If ;.er cent., and many grants are
. Wmaaa to the anxious and ambitions
. aSdab . Xho empty hole of a Congreas-
f.. at rargn is pining for a peg.
'.a' z * 3a! rest on Journal thinks that some*
* a5j tod a tin can to the tail of the inde-
;xv>:ht movement in Toxas, and that it
Mre&cl to other parts.
Abwxt may bo aaid to bo between the
tftaril and tho doop sea.” that is, she is
teia twain by a want of water and the
•■!«> ot an exti a tax.
■«i»».turrn is said to be the conundrum
siBLsr sf Tho Drummer. It Jack could be
ateftsceu to write stories for Tho Drummer
<0 ■Halation might reach 100,000.
AHj,'.'mnvuu firm advertises lands for
■kdong tho line of tho new railroad from
io Tampa, Flo. There is an air of
io about this that charms.
SbivavRSTAVsno adverse criticism up-
x ’Itruc’s oology on Garfield, it, may be
tmxtUmi it was fully equal to the ocoasion
ni ttaj is high praiso for any human
•filaat.
: the kitchen cabinet at Atlanta in-
dtaras the public by what authority Gov.
proposes to trado off the Desno-
l eld shoe3 he has been wearing this
TBrm Rational Republican publishes an
diartoon of lVhitelaw Reid masqnerad-
>sgt»n brigand. lVhen those fellows fall
ai llt.'c. is a chance for the honest men
aloes they have blickgnnrdod for twenty
Wins the “ Independents,"“Jeffersoni-
mtfsBKl “Liberals” have been scrambling
uxAeksy loft tor tho Governorship, Gov-
mar Colquitt, says I’otash Farrow, has inn
tS 6b W ashington and hid it in Aleck Ste-
eacxo i 'piag hnt.
Stxu has discounted an admirable c i-
■xtita to the last possib’e figure. With a
flvq'iihttop in tho neighborhood of 40,000,
tenfc sanitary regulations for 400, she is
sneoefied to have watjr, and a plenty of
it.*?aa epidemic.
* Fbtash Farrow is credible, he and Col-
went to Washington to dicker with
.'fcr.Etsphens about the Governorship. If
x.fas Sandy is as sharp as we take him to
«A, Votash and Colquitt did not clear the
> of tho trip.
■anon Walker, ol the Videtto, seconds
9M. Wa.ermsn’s nomination of Judge Er-
acis fc succeod Emory Speer. It is thought
ftrt‘the judge will warp less during tlie
westeheat of the next campaign than any
■tf'Xr man in the district,
Ttu.um Shivers coves to tho front with
*orvpoint in the cotton tie discussion,
Avring that in compressing cotton before
edj(9htg to foreign ports, over half the
bacptig and ties are dropped, tho farmer
»•; already been paid for it.
tfKjtzx O’Bbiex, of Columbus, en route
.temMaidi Gras, thought he had forgot-
vKasaasthiug, and immediately indicted
sm3s»I to bad memory. It turned ont
ift.it to had left his bottle of St. Jacob’s
is. This chows the power of poetry over
9MSl
tmmm Suites* remarks as follows :
Kile* Harris of the Atlanta Constitution
egwresds well in lifting one end of Editor
toeaarh argument in tho Maoon Tele-
.WwlT! 1 on the cotton tie complaint; but it
1»&*3TO purchasing end. The $221 sell
and is too heavy for his nnbaloncad
mj of riding in the tariff saddle.
Show Walker, of the Wal Ion News and
fa opposed to the State swapping
i at this period of tho .onrney. He
t with psrdonabfo pride to her Demo-
asftu record and shows thefolly of snrren-
fftcac her to “a irew of political no-
Editor Brown’s head is as
Dag as his jonrnal’s name, and as leTcl as
(ft fa fang.
naaLmapkin Independent is solid for
Ttesral Cook for Congress. It conld not
JEHOii * bolter man. Neither Georgia
sr asy other State has a representative
sA&'json olorely and snccessfnlly repre-
jaaw ais constilnrnts than Phil Cook. He
m prompt, open, fearless, industrious and
JMBsuids in the Honso a confidence and
-wSuence to which he is justly entitled. He
> irtdit, not only toTiis district, but to his
presenoo of Hicks in Washington Is
cacn'.-rire. It shows that tho Stalwart ad-
raonri.T'nition calls for a liberal andpro-
religion. Hicks fills the bill ex
setfr. When tho pension swindle was be-
erpetrated ho was abstractedly taking
| ~ When Conkling was elevated to the
'heads ho was busy sneezmg, and while
Iftaft solemn faroe, the Garfiold memorial
asm*, was going on, with bis eyes turned
.-clg : nsly heavenwerd ho was jingling his
IteM medal and sc ftly singing tho “trundle
A,_.rcag.” Hicks aurews on to Washing
ton satiety liko a not on a bnggy axle.
Trz announcement of the Macon Tele-
tetertt that New Vorkdio'atee the price of
;c<Utft has earned a number cf worthy
Mflors to scratch themselves under tho hnt-
-i-a X—Atlanta Constitution.
3 has caused Editor Harris to scratch
it his hat-bond also. If Liverpool oon-
•kiL too oottou market he might demon*
R easily by accepting the Tele
proposition to pay him two dollars
teostry one ho makes upon the purchase
ssdf«Ki hundred bales of cotton in New
'i&ijk, the snmo to be sold in .Liverpool
■qt* tho dry of its purchase. Editor Har-
•fa is nogIecttng.iv tide opportunity to make
i canglittlA sum, and at the samo time
fe*c -uutrnto a pet theory.
to the spring inn causes the poke sprouts
M ; ,>ci op over the land, the young man
(itk a piece of sheepskin and a blue ribbon
c its from the medical schools of tne
.r.xtjy and threatens the population with
rcA- .diets and deadly drugs. The ernp-
vn tn is season has boen so violent and
c-‘ ; read thnt a panic has followed
j;;t, t-i that which accompanies the over-
A tho -Misrifaippi, and the alarm is
k .Lneral and unfeigned. The Now
vw:.» i-mes says “some of the schools are
Arji j Hchools of quackery,and they inject
zi -"o world each year a horde of
.v-rg m«n with diplomas who ought
i>. ,-iuJyiDg writing and arithmetic in a
^rr, -. school. The only way to prevent
jut- ring of the medical standard is to
rxzi r •> the gcod schools now organized,
xsdti nnct rigid restrictions to proteot
- - ,iin mainst incapables and ntterly
oti*7:ucipleJ men.” This is good and true
eui as m all p trues the danger is overeeti-
wntzd. This summer most of the young
*jer.n> will play obeckers about the ooun-
*,■ (tores. By next winter they will go to
artsebing, clerking, arming, running on
cjc«r» or running for county omoes.
Strsnot ipt to l5u anyone save a few
of the off wing of the independent
Iconoelosm.
The soft cadences from the mellow
tenor of Mr. Blaino’s voice have scarce
died away in the fretted roof of the Capi
tol, and many of tho men and women of
America have not yet read with varying
emotions, the carefully pruned paragraphs
of his essay on Garfield, but the public
Iconoclasts have already tumbled his
masterpiece to dull earth and are backing
off its rounded and polished ornaments.
General Rosencrans summons him sharp
ly to the .bar of criticism for charging
that the dead Garfield upon Joining it,
feund the army of the Cumberland torn
by dissensions, and by his magnetic touch
bronght harmony ont ol wrangling and
confusion.
The editor of the St. Louis Post-Demo
crat boldly challenges bis biblical lore,
and alter showing that his reference
to sprinkling “many lintels” with the
“blood of .the first bom” was inapt, inap
propriate and unauthorized, declares that
“no man who misquotes Scripture as sad-
y as Mr. Blaine can have our vote.”
It may be remarked in passing that the
loss to Mr. Blaine is not serious, for the
vote of the editor aforesaid belongs to
Grant, who does not know enough of Scrlp-
tuie to even misquote it.
Wo might very properly leave Mr.
Blaine and bis essay to the tender mer
cies of his political friends and dC-qdates,
but for a desire to vindicate ttMvtb of
history; for Mr. Blaino has been
some unwarrantable liberties with 1
very Important and necessary branch
trntb.
■ To the credit of our better nature it
may be said, that we do not deal too rig
idly with the stone cutter who chisels an
epitaph, or he who pronounces a fuuerai
eulogy over the dead body of his friend
but no living man should send tho memo
ry of his dead friend down to admiring
posterity clothed in raiment that is sure
to be stripped away in the future. There
is not one of us nut that can turn sadly
back to memory with a sigh of regret, that
some idol we had worshipped had been
shattered as suddenly but as thoroughly
as the delusion of Santa Claus,Cinderella
and Robinson Crusoe were swept away
when we stepped bc^nd the fairy
realms of a happy childhood.
Mr. Garfield will not live in history as
a great warrior. Indeed he was indebted
in a small degreo for bis success m life to
the fact that he waa once in uniform and
held a command for a slioit time, and Mr.
Blaine should bare looked for a niche for
him amoeg scholars and statesmen rather
than among tho rugged men who have
hewed their way to fame with the sword,
The future historian of tbo war between
the States, for we have none as yet, will
find among the records of the Fitz John
l’orter court-martialthe evidences of Mr.
Garfield’s most distinguished military ser
vices. Mr. Blaine’s attempt to make him
a heroic soldier by reason of his unimpor
tant collision with Humphrey Marshall
exhibits a want of familiarity with facts,
or a disregard cf them, which might have
been cohsidered ridiculous on any other
occasion.
We have been hugging and nursing a
strange dalusion these many years. If
there were patriots in tho revolution, we
had sworn that the men who arrested
Major Andre were of that illustrious
band; but cold facts, which have only re
cently reached our eyes, show these men
to have been cattle thieves plying their
trade between the lines of the opposing
armies. In place of being on guard they
were playing seven-up for their ill-gotten
gains when Major Andre came upon them
They robbed him of his watch before they
knew who ho was, which knowledge was
gained a3 they were searching his boots
for bidden gold. Lest some boy or girl
may embalm Garfield in memory as a
soldier upon the dictum of Mr. Blaine,
we marshal the facts.
There were, perhaps, no two men in
the United States less fitted to make sol
diers than Garfield and Marshall, though
tho latter had been at West Point and in
Mexico.
Garfield was a student—timid, pliable,
ambitious, but prono to be led by others.
Marshall was capable, obese, indolent,
truculent and at that time would go to
sleep and snore In your face while stand
ing on his feet.
The one was eager for learning and ap
plause, and with little knowledge of or
command of men. The other was bold,
biased, impatient of restraint and without
a conviction on any aubjcct. Neither
was of the proper timber ont of which to
make a soldier, and for the samo reason
they each bad an intellectual grasp too
great.
In the early days of the war, each
having a small, raw and undis
ciplined command, they, without de
sign on either side, suddenly
and unexpectedly collided. There was a
noisy, rapid, rattling skirmish at long
range for a few hours, resulting in cas
ualties hardly exceeding twenty disabled
on both sides. At the end of it Humphrey
Marshall ran seven miles one way and
landed in the Confederate Congress.
James A. Garfield ran fifteen miles in the
other direction and found rest and shelter
in the United States Congress. This Is
the truth of history. If out of this mili
tary heroes can bo made, had wo not best
go back and raise the statues of Welling
ton and Napoleon an inch or two higher
in the Temple of Fame?
Attempt to Assassinate Queen Vie
Serin.
Our night dispatches give the details of
another attack upon the life of the Queen
of England. Fortunately no harm was
done, and the poor wretch who made the
miserable attempt and failure Is pro
nounced Insane. The punishment for
this offense in England is flogging, aad 11
the man should not prove to be imbecile
he will probably meet bis just deserts at
the tail of a cart in a tew days. John
Brown, the faithful Highlander who al
ways accompanies the Queen, did not
have a chance to distinguish himself in
her defense.
*sjk will have one more mem-
s n-w under the new bill, and the
I* how bu»v ronridsrlnc the redJi-
ifce slate One plan has been de-
, hieh the Kepuldloam may secure
e nine npreser.tatlve*
Tex Detroit Poet-Tribane says: “The
patriot who defaced the Gyrus W. Field
monament to Andre, the spy, has disap
peared, and has probably gone Booth,whore
there are several sculptured columns rela
ting the virtues of rebels and rebellion
which are as mnch entitled to patriotic at
tention as the mor.nmont ol Andre.” The
cotton crop of the Booth may be a little
short, bat the feather and tar production is
up to the average, and awaits the patriotic
Michigander.
iWs do not often overlook such transac
tions, bat while the drams were beating
and cannon banting on Washington's
birthday, Arthur Gray slipped off and took
onto himself a life partner. It most not
be inferred from the date ohosen that Gray,
of Catoosa, is aiming to be the father of
his country.
Is there Another Coalition Forming T
The people of Georgia are quite familiar
with the personnel and purposes of the co
alition formulated by Parson Felton at
the Markham House conference. News
paper discussion of the subject has almost
become wearisome. But thore are hints
and rumors and inuendoes, and even
more tangible evidences than these oft-
times airy nothings, that another coal
ition has been formulated, or a very sori-
ous attempt is being made to formulate
one. For weeks past it has been given
ont sotto voce, or in a sort of semi-under
tone, that the triumvirate, Btowd, Col
quitt and Gordon, were sitting by turns on
political nest fall of eggs. Regular
semi-weekly publications have found their
way through the press to the public that
the State librarian, one of the Governor’s
kitchen cabinet, while drawing organized
pay, could find tlm9 to prophesy regard
ing tho certain coming triumph of an
Independent party, of which he seems to
be a considerable portion.
Only a few days since and Potash
Farrnw, a notorious Radical politician of
devidffs ways and reputation, published
the fact that be and Governor Colquitt
had recently visited Washington City
with a similar purpose, viz : To offer
to Mr. Stephens tho governorship of Geor
gia.
It may be said that any statement made
by Farrow needs corroborative proof to
give it circulation. The proof does not
seem to be lacking.
We have been informed on what we
deem indisputable authority, that Gover
nor Colqnitt has recently proposed to
General Gordon a conlerence with Gov
ernor Brown with a view of bringing Mr.
Stephens out as a candidate for governor
It is a matter of notoriety, that General
Gordon tTfeigh ona of the foremost and
most succestod railroad speculaftrs in the
country, goodly portion of his
time about Was^cton, just as many old
topers who have svkSi off, hang around
bar rooms within hefting of tbo rattling
of tho glasses and near enough to catch
the aroma of gin and sugar, mixed.
Gov. Colquitt has recently made quite
a visit to tho capital city. This fact of
itself alone goes but a little way towards
constructing a chain of events, for the
reason that onr chief magistrate is very
nomadic in habit and will follow the beat
of a drum or the toot of a camp-mooting
born with the same zest and alacrity that
a pointer dog will run after a man with
gun. Taken in connection with Farrow’s
statement, however, it helps to forge a
link.
Whilo these things have beemgoing on
one Elder Hook, of the easternfortion of
tho State, lias been doing active guard
dutjpover tho formulated coalition of
Parson Felton, and has exhibited as
much pugnacity as a gander In setting
season, whenever anyone proposed to ex
amine the thing too closely. The Elder
has a son, wliodn the midst of these mys
terious movements finds time to write
letter to Mr. Stephens, which has found
Its way Into the public prints. We give
an extract from the most pertinent por
tion of the document as follows:
As I said, Georgia wishes to honor you—her
youug men, fresh upon the stage and unfetter
ed by any alliances, want in their first act to
express their admiration, love and reverence
for your noble example—tho middle-aged meu
In their strength and maturity of their judg
ment wish to testify to your greatness and pow
er—her old men by their last act want to In
dorse your life of purity and patriotism—and as
I said In my last letter, if you will only let us
put out your name for governor at the right
time, you will be borne into the office on a per
fect tidal wave of patriotic enthusiasm. Then,
I sold before. If you do not feel equal to the du
ties of the office, yon will have a clear road to
the United States Senate, in which august and
respectable body tho people of Georgia would
like to see you.
It would seem that Mr. Stephens is in
great demand. Elder Hook, junior, if wc
may be allowed the expression, and other
“unfettered” young men want him for
Governor and Senator. “Middle aged
men in their strength,” we suppose on ao-
count of their strength they must be un
fettered also, want him. “Old men'
want him. Indeed it would seem,, as is
said In the circulars accompanying “Bull's
Cough Syrup,” that all the family want
him, and the children cry for him. It is
a tribute to tho hold which Mr. Stephens
baa upon the affections and confidence of
the people of Georgia, which he has justly
won In a Jong and honorable public ca
reer. But all of them can’t have him at
once and in the same way. Elder Hook,
junior, and Potash Farrow might
agree p wonderfully well as to how
♦hey would have him, but the
y«. ng “unfettered men” and the “mid
dle aged” and the “old men” might not
agree upon terms.
Wo cannot exactly see how Governor
Colquitt, General Gordon and Governor
Brown would agree with Elder Hook,
jnnlor, Potash Farrow and the young,
old and middle aged men.
Tho further wo look Into it the more
sadly we become mixed up about the
whole affair.
There can bo no doubt about tbe fact
that Elder Hook, janicr, and Potash
Farrow want him very badly. Without
tbo aid and ctf-operation of Mr. Stephens,
their chronic want of tbe pleasures and
profits of office will become insufferable.
Tbo formulated coalition can gain-no
strength, can take no step forward save by
the indorsement of its plans and purposes
by Mr. Stephens.
He has given no sign that the thing
appeals to any extent to his wishes or
judgment. N
But why should Gov. Colqnitt, Gen.
Gordon and Gov. Brown want him? Has
any one or the whole of this distinguished
triumvirate any special purpose to gain by
having Mr. Stephens run for governor?
4re there no capable, honest gentlemen
In the Democratic party of the State who
will be satisfactory to tbe triumvirate save
Mr. Stephens? It has failed to reach us if
Mr. Stephens desires to relinquish his
present position for that of governor. If
he does harbor such a desire doubtless
there are many Democrats who stand
ready and willing to gratify him by their
support. It would afford us great pleasure
to support him as the nominee of a Dem
ocratic convention. But if another coali
tion Is to be formulated, the public should
know upon what basis and for what rea
son it Is deemed necessary at this junc
ture. Governor Colquitt Is serving out a
long term of office conferred upon him by
tbe Democratic party. Governor Brown
has reached a very high and honorable
position through the same channels. Mr.
Stephens Is occupying a place of his own
selection, as a Democratic Representative,
General Gordon of his own accord, with
out notice or explanation, left a position
in which he was placed at
his own argent request. If there are rea
sons why th6y all or any of them should
now go to woik to formulate s coalition,
it is duo to the Democracy of Georgia
that they should be made acquainted with
them. It Is not charged that a coalition
has been formulated, or is in that inter
esting process, bat we have grouped to
gether facts which give roundness and
heft to the rumors afloat in this connec
tion.
It is in order for some one to rise and
explain, and the columns of tbe Tele-
obaph and Messenger are open.
I/O and CnlTee.
Among the several eleemosynary insti
tutions established and fostered by our
paternal government is a school at
HamptOD, Virginia, where negro and In
dian youths are educated at the public
expense. In a recent report, General
Armstrong, tho superintendent of the
school, says that the negroes learn more
rapidly than the Indians, and that the
Indian boys get along much faster and
better when the negro boys are placed
over them as tntors. Tbit is quite a tri
umph for tbe negro. It is at last settled
that he does not occupy the lowest scale
in social and intellectual position, but
is superior to somebody in some
thing! But this may scarcely be con-
sidereA a definite test as between the two
races. There is something more to make
up all the elements of a sturdy manhood
than mere proficiency in reading, writing
and spelling. In the school of civilization
both races are on trial and the final out
come must of tbo necessities of the case
be a long way off. The Indian has ex
hibited beyond cavil or question a marked
capacity to take care of himself. Starting
with a bow and arrow and a club, against
tbe highest type of human development,
the Anglo-American, he has contested
every foot of ground over a grand conti
nent with the white man, and is to-day
a great and dangerous power on our Wes
tern frontier. He has time and time
again whipped the American army.
Scott, Jessup and Taylor succumbed to
his prowess in the everglades of Florida,
while Miles, Cn9ter and even the great
Christian warjiqr Howard, met death and
defeat in the West. Osceola, Billy Bow
legs, Captain Jack and Sitting Ball have
handed down their names to history
great leaders and warriors. In tho school
of war the Indian is as far ahead as the
negro is In the school letters.
Both race* to % certain extent are the
wards of tho nation, and both so far have
proved very expensive and uninteresting
wards. The Indian will not become civ
ilized and make a permanent bond of
peace with the white man, and we yet
stand on the front edge of tho great prob
lem as to whether the negro can bo so
absorbed into our political organiza
tion as to becomo a good
reliable and useful citizen. The Indian
holds his lands, bnt will not cultivate
them nor permit others to do It. The ne
gro has but little land, and promises to
become a property holder by slow degrees
The Indian is a constant menace. During
the winter months he sits by bis camp fire,
munches government rations and guzzles
trader whisky. So soon as the grass be
1 gins to grow ho mounts his pony, seizes
his rifle and sets out to steal horses and
murder the white man.
For fifteen years the two sections of tho
country have stood with daggers drawn
over the ballot of tbe negro, and tbe
unity and pacification which should have
quickly followed tbe final blow in a fra
ternal fight, seems to bo almost as far re
moved as ever. The Indian has never
done anything for the country. To be
entirely candid, he owes tho country
nothing. The country has swindled him
and outraged and murdered hie people.
The negro has done nothing for tho coun
try, though he owes it much. He was
more of a burden than a help
to tbo North during tho days of
war. Save when loaded with whisky at
Deep Bottom, below Richmond, Va., and
at Charleston, S. C., where he was placed
in front to keop the bullets from white
men, his military services were not con
spicuous. Sinee the war he has been
somewhat educated in books, and he is
skilled in field labor snd the ruder me
chanics. He has a desire to live to him
self, to have a chance to show to the
world that he Is a man capable of sustain
ing himself and of upholding a govera-
ment system. He has graduated in the
political schools of the South, and is
armed with all the social appliances of
civilized life.
He is vary fond of the fire ana drum
and the fuss and feathers and pomp and
parade of mimic war. The great unfilled
West is held by the wild Indian, who
grows not only in numbers, but in the art
of war. The white man cannot subjugate
him. He has successfully dafied rifles,
whisky and swindling. In place of giv
ing lands to settlers from the old world,
suppose the government should give it to
the negro. Arm him thorougb’y and
transport him to his land with ammuni
tion and provisions for a season, and lei
him settte the vexed and interminable
Indian question.*
Let the superior race decide the owner
ship of the soil and the supremacy of
blood. If tbe negro can beat him in bat
tle he will have accomplished such a feat
of renown as the whito man has failed to
count among his victories, and when he
has whipped tho Indian into proper sub
mission and subjection, he can then as
sume the role of tutor and teach him to
spell and to plow.
Here is a grand opportunity for the ne
gro to assert the power of his race, and
for the government to turn over to other
agencies, problems too expensive and in
tricate for any statesmanship it lias ever
been able to command.
Tne fenvlet Rjitem So Georxla.
The Augusta Chronicle Is most ably attack
ing the convict system of that State. The con
victs are leased at, say, twenty dollars a head
per year, with the right to sub-let. They are
placed, in the words of the Chronicle, in tho
hands of cruel and Irresponsible men; they arc
whipped without mercy and with entire Impu
nity ; they are chained together without ic-
gard to their offenses, sex or color. A very
brief experience of tho working of the system
induced General Gordon to repudiate It, and
relievo himself of the obligations ho had in
curred by participating in it. It is to the hon
or of tbo Chronicle that it so plainly, as well as
emphatically, deals with' tho subject It is pos
sible, perhaps,to defend the Initiation of tbe sys
tem at tho time it was entered upon, all clr-
cumstances and expectations considered, bat
there can be but one opinion as to the moral
necessity of exterminating it as soon ns possi
ble. Apparently the subject has got into poli
tics, but the State of Georgia ought not to wait
for tho overthrow of a system “conceived in In
iquity” by a party partly created by its abuses;
nor will it, If it is worthy of the sound sense,
liumano feeling and the Indisputably good judg
ment exhibited by the Chronicle.—Providence
frets.
The convicts of tbe State of Georgia
are not placed “in tbe bands of cruel and
irresjxmsible men.” The gentlemen wbc
bave leased tbe convicts are amongst onr
most prominent and respectable citizens.
They are in every way responsible, for
they bave entered into heavy security
with satisfactory bondsmen for tbe safe
keeping and proper care and treatment of
of tbe convicts. They are not chained
together legardless of sex; but worked as
they are, it is impossible always to grade
them as to offenses. Does tbe P.ovidenco
Press desire tbe color line to be drawn ir.
tbe penitentiary? They are not “whipped
unmercifully.” No lessee has a right to
inflict corporal punishment, but tbo Gov
ernor prescribes for what ofieuscs they
shall be whipped, and tbe man who docs
tbe whipping is appointed by tbe Gov
ernor.
SENAToa Hoab says John Chinaman Is a
better man than Dennis Kearney.
Uex. Gabtueli, cannot carry Wilkes
oonnty. The folks down there are all for
Sq lire Gnitrel.
Tbe Georgia colored voter draws a blank
with great precision and regularity in the
‘lottery of assassination.”
With tho aid of Col. Jack Brown, Col.
Wade savod bis split-bottomed chair from
the “nigger" that was after it.
Let Parson Felton and friends howl.
Another convict has been outraged. Light
ning knocked one over at tho Cedartown
camp.
The Morning News has not, as yet, dis
covered that there has been a meeting of
the Central railroad directors recently.
Well! well! the brokors know it.
England is putting on American airs. A
cavalry regiment was ordered ont to keep
the peace at the polls on Tuesday last when
BrailLngh was ic-elected to Parliament.
Reoobdeb Glenn and Police Commis
sioner Fox, of Atlanta, returned from
Mardi Gras, each with a rabbit foot in bis
left stocking. Wiley Rodding will now
jump tbe town.
REFEBBiNa to the low death rate among
the convicts, the Augusta Chroniole and
Constitutionalist says: “Bo soon as a con
vict begins to show signs of dissolution
the Governor pardons him and he is
‘taken home to dio,’ by request.” The
charge is not now, bnt is not ths less un
true. The opponents of the lpase made
the same statement last summer. A refer
ence to the list of discharges, deaths and
pardons showed it to be without founda
tion. Such a charge by the Augusta
Chroniole and Constitutionalist against
Gov. Colquitt is extraordinary, under tho
circumstances.
The curbstone broker fa not aesthetic*
He is practioal. When a die-away young
man met a member of the Savannah fra
ternity yesterday, and assuming a post
clambake expression of oountenanoe, ask
ed, “ Do you know what it is to be intense,”
he replied quietly, “No, but I know what it
■ to be led like a lamb to tbe slaughter.”
Wi beliove the good time is coming when
every Georgia girl can sit right down in
the shady corners of the back poroh and
weave her own silk handkerohiefs, while
she chins her young man about his pros
pects. We trust, however, for variety’s:
sake, that the gentlemen who are conduct
ing the silk excitement, will see that worms
of every oolo: are imported.
We are not S3 well informed as tbe
Press seems to be as to the reasons that
compelled General Gordon to repudiate
tbe lease system, but it is a fact that tbo
fearful figures of mortality and suffering
marshalled by Colonel Alston, in tba Leg
islature of Georgia, were taken from Gen
eral Gordon's convict camp, and first ex
cited that public attention which has (lc
manded and produced needed reforms.
Now to some pertinent facts that may do
os well in Georgia as in Rbode Island.
Tbe lessees only hire and pay for tbo la
bor of tbe convicts.
Tbe State, through its agents, tbe Gov
ernor, tbe principal keeper of the peniten
tiary and tbe physicians, prescribes how
they shall be worked, clothed, fed and
doctored. These agents make monthly
reports to tbo Governor under oath, and,
in addition, tbe grand juries of tbe coun- j
ties in which tbe camps are located are
compelled by law twice a year to exam
ine tbe camps and convicts, and to report
as to their condition. These reports have
all been favorable.
Out of 2,200 convicts held since 1870,
tbe lessees bave been called to account
for only nineteen escapes, winch is one-
half of one per cent. As tbe men arc
worked in the open air, where tho chances
of escape are great and ever present, it
shows that the convicts arc as contented
as men in their condition can be. No
other prison system can show such a
record.
The statistics show that tbe mortality
rate among theso convicts is only three-
quarters of one per cent. This carries its
own argument as to tbe way in which
they are fed, clothed, boused, worked and
punished.
As to tbo reformatory features of tbe
system, prison statistics, taken from tbe
world at large, show that the number of
discharged convicts who relapse into
criminal ways range trom seventy-eight
to eighteen per cent. By tbo Georgia sys
tern, as far as can be carefully computed,
this percentage is reduced to ten per
cent.
We bave given facts and figures that are
reliable, and cannot be successtully at
tacked or questioned.
All matters pertaining to tbo convict sys
tem Lave been carefully and exhaustively
examined into by successive Legislatures,
and such reforms as suggested themselves
bave beeu from time to time incorporated
into tbe general law. Tbe result is
punitive system that will compare most
favorably with any other in the civilized
world. But for all this there are people
who still complain, and who are dally
endeavoring to make tbe matter a party
issue In State politics. This system went
through one campaign of unprecedented
violence and vituperation and came out
unscathed from the ordeal.
There are a much larger number of
negroes proportionately In tbe penitentia
ry than whites. This is due to several
causes. An uneducated race suddenly
emancipated from restraint and discipline
naturally took to criminal practices, aud
as emancipation gave tbe negro the equal
right to go to tbe penitentiary with tbo
white man, be has availed himself largely
of tbe privilege.
It may shock our New England con
temporary to know, but such is the fact,
education does not seem to purge tbe ne
gro of a propensity to commit crime. A
very large percentage of the negro con
victs bave been preachers and school
teachers.
Another item of Interest in this con
nection, which comes from tbe court
records. Three-fourths of then egro con
victs were prosecuted by negroes for
offenses against negroes. Tbe writer,
who Was for four years a prosecuting at
torney, and who, in that time, was com
pelled to assist many criminals on their
way to tbe penitentiary, can testify to tbe
relentless spirit exhibited by negroes as
prosecutors.
The convict system of Georgia is her
own; tbe people of Georgia are intelli
gent, practical In thought aud action and
humane in sentiment and practice. They
propose to deal In tbelr own way with
those who commit offenses against law
and good order, and are not to be deterred
by fanatics abroad or demagogues at
homo. A very Inconsiderable portion of
the people of Georgia affect to believe the
convict system of tbe State “a blot on her
civilization.” Tbe man has not- yet
arisen who can substantiate tbe proposi
tion by facts, reasons or arguments.
In conclusion, it strikes us as in execra
ble taste for the Providence Press to be
reading Georgia a lecture on civilization.
Rhode Island nurses a blot on human civ
ilization black enough to damn all of her
virtues and broad enough to more than
cover her territory. When she wipes from
her statute books prohibitions against
Irishmen and Catholics, and a property
qualification which denies tbe right to vote
to many of her best citizens, it will be
quite time enough for her to look up the
shortcomings and sins of her neighbors-
The Mason court martial returns a
scaled verdict.
As Lent has stopped round dancing in
Washington, “Gamp” Sherman ba3 gath
ered np his patent leather pumps and put
ont for the Mexican border to hant np
Sunday night fandango.
Some more of tho onrbstone brokers
turned loose their swags of Central yes
terday to plnngo their hands into water
bnckels. At this particular season Central
has to be handled with tongs.
Editob Habbis still neglects the golden
opportunity to prove thnt Liverpool con
trols the New York cotton market. It is
evidont that Editor Harris wonld rather
“langk himself hoarse” than ‘to prove his
assertions.
It is hinted that the coalitionists are in
tho “bull ring,” as it were. Before electing
n governor they havo got to pnll down
Gartrell, and as Gartrell is os big a man as
the coalition the campaign appears to have
stalled.
A Westebn judge gets to the front with
this comforting Sunday morning decision:
“A pew is liko unto a berth in a sleeping-
car—Ilia person who hires it can sit up,
star awake or sleep, and oven snore, if he
wants to.”
jrnuaosAtj. |
—General Garibaldi's health is' much
better.
—Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is j
more loud ol her l>oys than of her book*. :
—Abram S. Hewitt denies that he has i
ever lmd any Itu-TCM lu the Peruvian laud .
icheme. !
—Senator Sherman says: “These are ,
not tlmeMvheu Ohio men'gct what most pleeuM i
them, and 1 suppose we must muko tho ot>t
ol it.”
—The city of New Orleans now pro
poses to erccta monument to the memory of
Margaret Haughcry. the good Sanmrituu who
recently died u that city. *
—A Cologne correspondent of a London
paper mentions a rumor that unless tho con
dition ol Russia Improves the Czar wiU abdi
cate after hi* coronation next September.
—Sergeant Mason, who tried to murder
Gultcau.has been visited in prison by Mrs.
Mason and the baby. Tho baby is fifteen
months old and was torn in the barracks. #
—Union Springs, N. Y., the home of
Courtney, the oarsman, is the home of Phabc
Brockway, who claims to be owa hundred and
eight years of age. She never rode on a railway
car.
—Representatives Miller, Dingley, Nor-
cross and Updegraff arc members of tho “Con
gressional Temperance Society,” a Washington
cold water zclub that doesn't nourish like a
green bayurcc.
—It is said that Gen. Grant lost a good
deal of money In the decline of tho Louisville
end Nashville, and the Cincinnati Commercial
makes this another reason for hfa retirement on
a good salary.
—It is said that James Phelps,.» mem
ber front Connecticut, is the only Congressman
who has asked reimbursement from the Con
gressional committee for his expenses In at
tending President Garileld’s funeral.
—Count Waldersee, now Adlatus to
Von Moltkc, and practically head of the Ger
man army. Is jnnrrled to ail American lady.
Miss Lee, whoso sister Is the wife of a very dis
tinguished Wurtemburg nobleman.
—The face aud left hand ot General
Garfield have been successfully cast in bronze
in New York. One Impression was taken and
the molds were then broken. Tho cast of the
face shows traces of intense suffering.
—The sensational reports of Mr. Glad
stone's intended resignation are totally denied
in official circles. Wkb some of Mr. Glad
stone's followers disapprove of hta action the
reports of his resignation ore premature.
—The late ex-Governor Samuel Purdy,
of California, acquired n national reputation
by refusing tSOOLWO when a member of the Slate
Legislature for his vote, which wonld have giv
en the water front of San Francisco to a corpo
ration.
—Mr. Robert Bouucr, not satisfied with
his ouc hundred trotters, recently visited Ken
tucky and bought a half-dozen young ones of
tho highest pedigree, Including Escort, the
three-year-old brother of Phil Thompson, for
which lie paid $(,000.
—Dr. C. H. Gerrlsl), of Exeter, N. H.,
is reported to have broken 48 out of 50 glass
balls thrown two at a timo in different direc
tions from a new trap that he had never seen
before. lie also mode 47 out ot 50 in doubles
with the Holden trap.
—Rev. T. K. Beecher has been nomi-
nated the Grecnbackers ior mayor of Elml-
Chablus Fbancis Adams says lhat tbe
first and highest duty of I railroad com
mission is to learn how not to do it.
Mr. Robert Bacon please havo this litho
graphed and pasted on the top panel of
the frontdoor?
Colonel Ham is so mnch amused at
the rumor that Colqnitt has tendered Mr.
Stephens the nomination for governor,
that ho has employed a man to inugh for
him, while he continues the triangular
fight in the np country.
Jat Gould is out alexandering Alexan
der, if wo may bo permitted to create a new
word withont previous notice. General
Alexander onght to organize a weste n
mourner’s bench, and send to Georgia for
a quire of blank affidavits. _
Even onr old friend tho Chroniclo and
Conetitutionalist seems to have overlooked
tho resdt of tho Central railroad directors’
meeting. Is it possible that the Chroniclo
has gone off with tho News and tho curb
stone brokers on a private picnic;
It is said that the office seeker doe3 not
bore Mr. Arthur. On the contrary, Mr.
Arthur bores the office so >ker. Nothing is
sweeter to him than the musio at his feet,
the soft cooing of desire. Dear! dear!
what a nice, nice, thing it is to be Presi
dent 1
It will be observed that whilo E. P. Alex-
der &. Co., are out fighting fire amongst
the scrub osks, your Uncle William M.,
drawing the fat edge of tho log cabin quilt
up to his peaceful brow, ha3 fallen into a
sleep so calm that ho does ncfl oven smell
smoke in his dreams.
Tee conundrum fiend has poisoned Edi
tor Harris with tho following: “Why is
Oscar Wilde like Balaam’s Ass?” If a
long range answer will act as an antidote,
wo beg have to suggest that there was a
prophet on the ass wherever he wont.
This must not bo construed as anything
other than a suggestion.
A National Railroad Commission.
It is a foregone conclusion that tho
Reagan inter-State commerccbill will fail.
It ought to fall, not so much because Us
provisions are unjust or based on false
theories, as because it is unwise for Con
gress to mako itself to so great an extent
as that bill involves the arbiter of tbe
destinies of tbe railroads. The field is
wholly uncultivated, so far as Congress is
concerned, and an attempt to till too
much ground will be likely to result in a
poor crop or a crop of tares and thorns.
Charges Francis Adams, Jr., said at Bos
ton tile other day that causes ought to be
studied before effects Are dealt with, and
he was quite right.
The essential clauses of the Reagan
bill are two. One seeks to put an end to
discriminations against persons, so far as
railroads engaged in Inter-State traffic are
concerned, by requiring “liko services to
be rendered to all persons for like com
pensation,” by prohibiting rebates and
drawbacks, and by requiring tbe roads to
make tbeir schedules of freight rates pub
lic, to adhere to them, and to change them
only on due notice. The other aims to do
away with discriminations against places,
by providing that no more shall be charged
for a car-load of freight fora shorter than
for a longer distance In one continuous
carriage. Tbe bill furtimr provides rem
edies against violations rf its provisious.
These provisions, It will be observed,
are radical. Tbey involve a new depar
ture in paternalism, in centralization, In
tbe conduct of tbe enormous internal
commerce of the country. U is not lime
to adopt it yet. *
It Congress is to deal with the subject at
all, ifeslmuld begin with something that
it can be expected to do, without turning
upa'.do down all tbe transportation ar
rangements of the country. The Reaga
bill-invites ovlls which are no less positiv
than those which it seeks to do away with
—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
We have heard that both Democrats
and Republicans say that there is nothing
better for a cough thau Dr. Bull’s Cough
Syrup; tiiis old reliable remedy never
falls to cure a cough or cold at once, and
may be obtained at any drug store for 35
cents a bottle.
A Lneky Miller who will Grind Hatnr-
dors.
Mr. I. M. Davis of Morning Sun
was tbe holder of ticket No. 70,00(1, the
capital prize January drawing in the
Louisiana State Lottery. It is a severe
shock to receive information that $30,000
is subject to command. He was arrang
ing his mill machinery, but it did not un
nerve him, however. He took it coolly
and made use of the oft quoted maxim:
“Fool for luck,” etc. Mr. Davis Is fifty-
two years ot age; haa been a citizen of the
county forty-one years; has a family-
wife and six children—and is a useful and
honorable citizen of bis neighborhood. He
farms, keeps a small stock of merchandise,
and ruus a steam gin and mill at Morning
Son, Tenn. When asked If he would
“grind” Saturday he replied, “as usual.”
He la receiving numerous letters asking
loans aa high as $5,000. Well, old fellow,
we never thought when we drank butter
milk (?) out or tbe same canteen eighteen
years ago with you that such a fate await
ed you.—Memphis (Tenn.) Atalanche,
Jan. 15.
rn,:
—Dr. Carver ahot tUrty-r^U out of
fifty pigeons and Mr. Webster thirty-six iu
match at Nottingham, England, yesterday.
- -George William Curtis makes tho
terse, tnitlifujjifid comprehensive comment on
"'t Is uretty Irani oa
—SenatoriWwJ'3 eI i?wn( fWack upon
Conkling calls to mind that Senator Logan once
said lie never could satisfy “them Massachu
setts fellers.”
—Mrs. Howe, theproprielor of the Wo
man's Bank at Boston, has had her case af
firmed, and will probably get ten years' Im
prisonment •
—Poet S« inhume, who used to bo a
“pallid anil lank young man," uow boasts a
robust figure, wears an artistic beard, often
walks twenty miles a day aud is in the gayest
of sulrits.
—Jenny Lind advises all American girls
wboarcin Europe studying music to return
home, where she says, the instruction is just as
good and the chances of getting a nice husband
much better.
—General N. P. Banks having accepted
an Invitation to lecture In a New England town
a wag announces that his subject will be, “Rec
ollections of a Confederate Commissary; or,
How I Fed Stonewall Jackson's Army.”
—There is a colored boy iu Accomac
county, Virginia, who is six feet and eight
inches lilgli, weighs till pounds, and wears a
sixteen-inch shoe. His principal diet Is sweet
potatoes, of which he can eat a peck at a meal.
—Tbe executive committee of the First
Church (Congregational) at Oberlin, Ohio, lias
decided that the church cannot be granted to a
local society for the purpose of alcctarcby
Henry Ward Beecher. The objection Is based
on Boecher in general.
—It is understood that Judge Advocate
General Swatm, in his review of Lieutenant
Flipper’s case, recommends that a less serious
punishment than dismissal bo imposed. It Is
thought the President and Secretary of War fa
vor the lighter punishment.
—In convocation with a reporter of
the New York Tribune, Mr. Scovllle stated thnt
he expects to publish a book containing the
secret history of the Gultcau trinl, “many of
the facts and details of which,” he said, “arc
wholly unknown to the public.”
—Dr. Victor T. Jnnod.the distinguished
Swiss physician, who* death', at the age of 78/
is reported In the European news, is credited
with bringing cupping-glasses Into use among
the other resources of medical science. He
lived long enough to enjoy the fame which this
achievement brought him; also, to witness the
decline of tho resort to blood-letting as a reme
dy tor disease; aud again, to observe a sort of
renaissance among physicians on that subject.
—Edward Samuels, a carpenter, while
putting the finishing touches to tlic scaffold
erected for the purpose of hanging John Major
Hicks a negro, In Covington, Ky., on the Cist
instant, fell from the platform and died soon
afterward of a fracture of the skull. Those who
considered that Iltcks was innocent regard this
fatal accident In the light of a retribution.
—Archbishop John B. FarceJl’a eighty-
second birthday was celebrated on Sunday at
SL Ursula’s convent, at SL Martin's, Brown
county, Ohio. Tho Archbishop was taken to
the third story In n chair, where Father Calla
han sung mass, and an exceedingly pleasant
lotter from Cardinal McCIoskcy waa rend.
Many visitors were there, chiefly from Cincin
nati. Presents of flowwm lit rich and costly de
signs, sent by Cincinnati ladies, were numer
ous. The Archbishop enjoyed tho occasion
greatly, aud showed no signs of fntlgue.
Anotber Xnlil on tbe Treasury.
West York Herald.
The enterprising lobbyists who succeeded in
passing the outrageous {tension arrears blit
seem to have completed another scheme for de
pleting the Treasury. Senator Teller has Intro-
•luccd It to the Senate, with the apology that he
did so by “request,” which Is the Congressional
way of saving that ho does not want to be held
rc.-qamdMe for it. The new '-ftrike'' is, hrictiy,
that all the volunteer female mines iu the la'.c
war shall be paid ut tho rate of twenty-five dol
lars a month during their rieriod ot service.
This Is not creditable to the Ingenuity of the
Pension Ring. As tho object of the hill is to
get as much money as possible out of tho Treas
ury they should have so framed it as to include
the female nurses in all our wars, including
that of the Revolution. There must be a large
number of Revolutionary nurses around some
where. For tho last twenty years
the “body-guards” of General Washington
havo been dying ut the rate of three or four a
week. It would be tho easiest thing In the
world to prove that their bereaved widows and
female relatives generally were all nurses.
Then there are the 18R! nurses and the -Mexican
war nurses. Why should n discrimination lie
ramie ag.ilrwt them'.* The bill, however, is
loosely and carelessly drawn in other respects.
Why coniine it to icmales'."’ There were thou
sands of male nurses In the army. What rea
son Is there for excluding them'/ The pension
ring is losing its sagacity. If thev will put a
bill through simply to pay tho nurses tweuty-
tlvc dollars a month they will find tlrat there
are “millions" in it. In a few weeks there will
be knocking nt the doors.of the treasury for
every soldier who was wounded at least ten
nurses.
The Doctors and CallMR
H. T. Sun.
The subject discussed by tho Medico-Legal
Society last evening was “IteuNmiug Mania.”
Dr. Win. A. llammond led off with an cssav,
referring ]>artlcularly to the ease of the assassin
of President Garlielil. Tho plaster cast of Gui-
icun't, head Used at the trial iu Washington was
exhibited. The assassin was said to be a sub-
jeoto! reasoning mania. Dr. Hammond thought
Gulleau should bo hanged, as he had "suffi
cient intelligence to kuow thut pointing a
loaded | - Mol at a human being, cocking it and
pulling the trigger, are acts which will cause
the death oftheperson against whom they are
directed.”
Dr. Ralph R. Parsons approved the essay.
Dr. Spiuku said he hau made u rather com
plete examination of Gultcau, ami concluded
ilmt lie was insane. It was hereditary. "I ara
certain," continued Dr SpitzkH, "that Gultcau
will expect the Almighty to descend from
heaven and cut the rope when he Is hanged.”
Dr. George M. Beard objected to hanging
Guitcau on scientific and not sentimental
grounds. He said a number o/politicians had
gotten together lu caucus and determined to
swear Gultcau sane. It was the only way they
could hAUg Mm.
Dr. Ia-wis A. Sayre said that Gulteau's men
tal condition should have been ascertained by
experts before the trial. An insane man should
not bo tried. We should then have been able
to show to tire world that none but an insane
iwnton would dare to shoot our Preaidcnt.
Mr. Scovillc, Guitean'scounsel, obtained per
mission to speak. He said he disagreed with
Dr. Hammond. The law enunciated by him
was not die correct one.
Some gentleman in Parke county, Ind.,
are proposing to gr, into ostrich farming. It is
claimed that this climate Is suitable for tho
business, aud that the profit would be very
large. A retting of eggs would cost $200 cr $250,
and It Is esdmated that the profits would be iu
the neighborhood of $18,000 In two or three
ighborm
years. Should
will be the
BBBViriKB.
The President has approved tbo appor
tionment bill.
Detroit lias a lionso of correction
which last year paid a profit of 30,000.
Next fall, Nebraska votes upon a oon-
stiiulional amendment giving woman lira I/al
lot.
The Massachusetts House ot Represen
tatives U to be lighted by electricity.
The skating rinks in Toronto have lost
their popularity and p.O longer W expense*.
The wild horses pasturing in the pam
pas of the Argentine Republic are estimated to
number two and a half millions.
The next Democratic convention of
California ran take its pick of 17 gubernatorial
candidates already in blossom.
The bill agreed upon by the House
military committee appropriating $1,000,000 to
encourage the volunteer soldiery meets with
general approval.
A xeoro woman of Kansas City adver
tises that if thepnrenta of un infant lately left
with her do not immediately claim it mi l {>ay
charges she will dis{>osc ot ft at auction.
The effects of the [esthetic craze havo
finally been manifested In the rost-Ofllee De-
partment by the establishment of W new office
in Madison county, Alabama, io be known as
“Too-Too.”
(Arls should be careful how they are
vaccinated with virus taken from r lover's arm.
One at St. 1’aul lias taken to swearing, sitting
cross-legged, and smoking a briar-root.—Chi-
ctgo Inter-Ocean.
A USE for the superabundance of spar
rows has at last been found. They took tho
place of gloss balls and pigeons nt a gun club
ihoot In Troy, N. Y., the other day. They cost
83 per hundred.
Ax astrologer in Nevada prophesies,
and backs up his prediction with a wngur of an
oystor supper, that some monarch now reign
ing In Europe will dio duriug tho month of
March.
The stroke of the Oxford University
crew weighs only 135 pounds, and ts the lightest
man who lias ever filled that position iu a rnco
with Cambridge.
Ax Irish male hospital nurse when ask
ed what cose in his ward he deemed the most
dangerous, pointed with a grin to the case of
surgical in-'rnnieiits oh the table, aud said,
“That, tur."
Of DS0 women who are this year pur
suing the higher courses of education in SL Pe
tersburg, 521 study physics and mathematics,
and only 117 literature; »>10 are of noble origin,
and 374 profess the orthodox faith.
The Newcomb-Bnchanau Distillery
Company, of Louisville, which failed the other
day, was sold to be the largest establishment of
the kind In the world. Its expen-i-s w ere SC,0W)
a day, and its production 301 barrels every
twenty-four hours.
A xew, and is to be hoped unique, way
of punishing children in tho Buffalo Orphan
Asylum Is by letting the sash of a burry win
dow down upon tl,eir hands and thus confining
mid torturing them in spite of their groans and
cries.
Goose OROWIXG is among the new in
dustries introduced lu Texas. Recently a flock
of geese, numbering 1.G00, shipped from Boone
county. Mo., arrived at Gainesville, where a
ranche had been prepared for them. It is
thought that this investment will pay.
A Syracuse ooy’s composition on girls:
“Girls are the only folks that have their own
way every time Girls Is of several thousand
kinds, and sometimes one girl can be like seve
ral thousand girls if she waste any thing. This
Is all I know about girls, and father says tba
less I know about them the better off I am.”
A play bill dropped from the gallery
of the Volks theatre, Copenhagen, took fire from
a gas Jet in its fall, and, alighting on a lady's
head, burned off her bonnes nnd nearly nil her
hair before tho flames could be extinguished.
Ix a trial before a justice at Dodge
City, Kansas, a wilness who was Iraing bull-rag
ged by a cross-examining lawyer called on the
coart for protection. The justice handed him
n pistol. “I have no further question," said tho
lawyer.
Such is the desire to oneour»go rail
road construction in Mississippi that the legis
lature has passtd a law exempting these cor
porations from taxation for twenty years, and
charters arcAninied as soon as a-ked fate Ill a
few years, awarding to the present outhWbevery
.-.■i ti"U nt Mississippi, will be provided with
railroads', and a choice of markets wwl be pre
sented for tlic products of its rich nnd generous
soil.
The Lakeview (Oregon) Herald says
that the remnants Of the Modoc Indians that
were transferred from the laya laxls to tho In
dian Territory aro now among the quietest,
most peaceable, amt induslriousin thecoiintry.
There are only 100 left, but they cnltlvntc 400
acres of land, have established schools, and are
thriving generally. Scarfaccd Charley, one of
heroes of the Mouoc war, is now a respectable
farm er.
The department of superintendence of
he National Educational Association will bold
a session in Washington on the 22d aud 23d of
March. Prominent educators from all sections
of the country are expected to take part in the '
proceedings. The question of national aid for
common school education will be prominent
among tho topics for discussion, in prose
cuting its inquiries on this subject the Senate
committee on education aud labor has invited
the old of the department.
Ax important modification in the usage
of the Vatican haa be;n decided on by Leo
Kill. His Holiness Intends to celebrate all
Pontifical ceremonies In the Loggia of SL Pe
ter’s, where the canonization was recently
solcmniz* 1, leaving the famous Sixtinc Chapel
to become a monument of religious art.
Clara Belle, writing from New York
to tho Cincinnati Enquirer, says widows are
fashionable just now: “A young widow with
any charms at nil con have all the suitors she
wants this winter. Widows always have the
advantage of experience over maidens, for they
know better how to flatter meu, liow audacious
It Is safe to be In each particular oa«e. and how
to lead them on without seeming to do so.”
A full treasury encourages the lobby
to expect fat picking-. That it also wakes up
members to try to get appropriations for their
constituents, or their “deestricLs.” appears In
in this partial list of bills introduced this ses
sion, as complied by JJrad>trcet's: Equaliza
tion of bounties. *20,000,000; six new rloop. of
war. $0,000,000: Geneva award distribution, $9,-
000,000; French spoliation claims, SB^DO.OOO;
about 100 public buildings, $1,000,000; and so
on.
There is on evident disposition on tbe
part of Congress to broak up the system of sub
letting mall contract/,, and in this pur{>ose it
has tlic co-operation of the Port-Office Depart
ment. It is probably within tailin'',s io say
that half the mall contracts aro run by sub-con-
tnictora. Men are doing an extensive bu.-iness
by obtaining contracts at certain figure-sand
sub-letting them Pi others at lower figures, thus
making a profit without rendering any service.
Here is a real adventure in the far
West for tho 1-oys to read : Christian Alfron,
aged 12, wandered into Utah. Ho employ
ed awhile on a sheep ranch, hut war too small
to do the work, nnd war discharged. For
twenty days the poor little fellow trudgyd aim
lessly about, In bitter cold weather, scantily
clothed and fed. Ouc day he was found Insen
sible in a snow drift, with a little flour in h tin
pai! as his entire Mock of provision-, aud NO
badly frozen tlrat, on being sent to -alt Lake
for treatment, his lect were amputated.
Ix the pension bureau at Washington
since July 1,1876, there have been invesligated
0,60s nix* in which there wore ftllcjpitlons of
fraud. Out of these the names of J.tss i>onMon-
ers were dropiXMl from tho roils, and 1,‘.»75 pend
ing claims were rejected. There grew out of
these investigations 581 criminal prosecutions
which resulted in 206 indictments and 10'j con
victions. In this period 295 attornevs were mis-
lHMided from practice before the department,
llo debarred rnd 109 dropped. Taking up 500
ci^o iu which evidence of fraud seemed ntronff-
o.-t, 232 being caw* of invalids and 26* of widows
de)M.*ndent relatives, it is shown that in these
cav's 2.5*« false affidavit* were made by civil
ians, 252 by comrades and 380 l»y officers. In
these ca.«e» there were 113 forgeries.
During some recentexcavatious in the
neighborhood of Pompeii 30 human skeletons
were found. One of them, which was lyinsnat
full length, appeared to be grasping to hi* breast
a purse, in which wer* a gold coin of Vespas
ian, *ix silver and 10 bronze coins, ear-drops,
jjearlF, and engraved precious stout's. Near the
other skeletons were round coins of cold and
silver. Tbey belcr*- to the reign of <Taiba. Ti
berius, Nero, unci Domiti&n. Gold bracelets,
ear-drops, pearls, and precious stones were
found with them. In a house not yet entirely
excavated a mosaic fountain hiLs l>een brought
to light. The decorations are said to be far su
perior to any of the kind yet discovered in
Pompeii.
Professor Morse, is lecturing before
the Lowell Institute, remarked that such a
thing aa ancient Satsuma ware does not exist in
Japan, for the reason that the clay used in the
so-called ancient Satsuma was not known be
fore the present century. The large articles
sold aa an ancient Satsuma are from two to lour
vests old, are prindjaally manufactured In
Toklo, and are rubbed with charcoal-dust to
jc. SatenmawaM
intcd, the gray in-
— —— -„Jt-colored, or fol
low. Inlaid pottery is the work of Coroans who
came to Japan in the present century. All ar
ticles of real Satsuma are small, and bare m
sump ution them. Plates with heavy rl
cups with handles and saucers, an
aid the caterorise be undertaken, it have abaoluteiy no oxlstenoe as JacaaS«te&
first of tbe kind In tbe UnitedStete* ter/. -aaapanew pto-
