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FRIDAY, JCNE;a, 1682.
ConroHAL Tuuuston la now in tbo attl
to do of leader of the Stephens Democracy.
Woxtkliw Ram ia a papa. Bolt ween’
rheumatism that waa the matter with
Madame.
Tux people out in the MUalflaippI valley
are aa anxious as ever Noah waa for the dry
land to appear.
The oats will soon all be garnered, and
then the feetive and inventive editor will
be compelled to fall back upon snakee.
Oaoaou Democrats that ought to know
better, and do better, are walking into the
coalition net with their eyes wide open.
Judge Lauobiw, A 3L Louie, desires to
meet hie Waterloo. His Waterloo haa
little gnn and is waiting for the interview.
Ir Col. Thornton can only succeed in
getting ids imported editor a sweetheart of
•a off color, what a stirring political stroke
it will be!
Wntx ledger's darkies sat down
Farrow they did a good th'ngfor the State,
but n bad thing for themselves. Farrow
oontagious.
Arraus in Egypt grow moro complica
ted and threatening every day. Conflict of
interests there will sooner or later bring
on a conflict of arms.
The Constitution says .a,"There is no
lopgcr any doubt where Mr. Stephens
•tends.” Of course there isn’t. He is for
office first, last and forever.
A Cincinnati boy discovered a nico pistol
OS the bureau, and a few minutes after
wards biends of the family were making
arrangements to inter the baby.
We havo discovered in our sparring with
the Post-Appeal the truth of one of Dog
berry's assertions; "He that meddleth
With pitch must needs be defiled."
In the disposition of the offioes by the
old bosses and the new ones, Dr. Felton
Will probably Insist on a hearing. He will
fexpect a part of the office-holding plunder.
Tone has been a "•now-storm out in
Iowa. Wo don’t know a more appropriate
placo on earth for a snow-storm in May
than Iowa. It is a cold-blooded country.
Ir Col. Walah succeeds in giving all the
offioes to Mr. Stephens, what will Governor
Colquitt do afoot a Sens tors hip? Will
Senator Brown resign to make way for
him?
Tiikfti is some talk of putting Ruther
ford B. Hyyea on the tariff commission.
It is thought that by offering a large re
ward for him his whereabouts can be as
certained.
Aa we took no part in elevating Colonel
Thornton to the leadership of the Democ
racy, our esteemed oontempcratksmay be
patient with us if wo fail to doff our hat
and to gush.
Promt that object to Georgia’# being a
white man’s government are at perfect
liberty to transfer their allegianoe to Li
beria. Such cattle are in greater demand
there than here.
The Post-Appeal continues to blaok-
guard thoTELEotarn and Messkxqeb from
behind the barricade of Its last year's socks.
It is perfectly safo—except against possible
Internal putrefaction.
It would boa graceful compliment to
Mr. Stephena to create the office of Custo
dian of Liberty Hall, with a comfortable
•alary, and give the aged ami infirm states
man a life-leave of it.
Hatuo enthusiastically mapped out a
programme by which Mr. Stephens is to
have all the offices, the Augusta Chronicle
advances to the front and oalls for "judg
ment” on ite claim to glory.
Aa was to have been expected of it, the
Ishmaelite give* no uncertain sound as to
the gubernatorial succession. It may be
relied on to bold personal interests second
ary to interests of general concern.
Judob Hoox will now want to know what
business Bob MoWborter hau running for
Congress. The fact is, a bull would bo
much more in place in a china shop tt -m
would either of them in the House.
And now, in the midst of all this hubbub
of plotting and counter-plotting, Gen.
G&rtrell remains calm and serene. He
awaits his fate with philosophical dignity.
"The Guard diet, it never surrenders."
It was a goed thing for the Donncrat e
party when Chalmers deserted and became
ite enemy. Men that are Democrats mere
ly for the sake of the office can please the
party in no other way so well as by desert-
lag it.
The idea of Gov. Colquitt's discussing
in public the question: "What are we
wo: king for ?" is funny. Doesn’t the Gov
ernor know that everybody in Georgia
knows that be ie working for the Senator-
ship?
( i kant would be exceedingly gratified,
we have no doubt, at the election of Mr.
Ku-plte’ns as governor of Georgia. The
old bummer and Mr. Stephens are warm
personal friends. They havs “ tickled "
each other.
Thk latent from Florida is that*the land
m which in planted Ben Smith's orange
Toic i- *o rich that the watermelon crop
ran a failure. The vines ran so fast they
rore out the joanf melons dragging them
The English Journals which have taunted
Mm upon dm mm with which crimi-
cnln in thi* country ei-cape are respectfully
reminded that #x*y.0x) rew.tid has failed to
lUr op a clue to the murderer* of Cavan*
dUh aad I) nrke.
not
The Washington llepubUw
regard Mr. Stephens an a Bourbon.
Mj '*te no, he s< « :i.n an far fnou that
need be.” Whsaaaan, In the ..pinion
t;.i s... > aa far from Bo*
b- u.*v. • j* Wo'king to *i
Up In m DAlIoen
To say that the Chronicle and Constl•
t&llonalL't, cf last Wednesday, was Jolly
would be strictly true. Tossy that
was hilarious would be equally true. But
neither of these descrJptives would do full
Justice to tbo ecstatic state iu which our
neighbor pranced forth Into the malls
during the early hours of late Wednesday
morning. Its columns were fairly groan
ing under a blended mass of cheers, con
granulations and, what might bo termed,
political halleluiahs. A score of Homan
triumphal processions could not embody
so much rejoicing as cur neighbor con
densed into that single issue of bis spright
ly paper. He went skipping shout In the
regions of political bibs—brushing the very
stars with bis uplifted bead. Sudden Joy
Is sometimes fatal to human hearts, that
are worn out with waiting and hoping for
some glorious end 0 that seems too far off
ever to be attained. The coming of the
longed-for and the unexpected, like a sud
den burst of sunshine on the dark and
stormy air, sometimes overwhelms with
Ite sudden ecstasy the lieswhat has no
warning of Its approach, n It not re
corded that the messenger, who carried to
Philadelphia the Joyful news of the sur
render of'Coruwa’iis, fell dead under the
very burdeu of the glorious announce
ment? Our neighbor ‘did qot Illustrate
the extreme of this prluc!p!e, of which we
are speakiug, and we rejoice to kuow it.
Aided by otheis, he had effected what
might be considered a triumph, raora or
leu great. He had succeeded
wrestiug Mr. Stephens from
felonious duress In which the coalition
bad bound him, hand and foot. He had
rescued him as the kuigbt of La Manelia
wu rescued iron) the bouds and environ
ments of the enchanted castle; and though
his joy wu great indeed, it hsppily was
not fatal. Our contemporary, aware of
the sometimes falsi effects of a flood of
suddeu Joy, had braced up against so un
toward a result; and so by letting off its
enthusiasm in short and jerky embodi
ments of articulate* Joy, # lt safely tided
over the threatened danger. It furnishes
a remarkable instance of comparative
self control In the midst of fearful temp
tation to uncontrolled enthusiasm.
"Governor Stephens!”
"Senator Stephens I"
"It wlil be—Governor Stephens.”
"And then it will be—Senator .Ste
phens."
Those four bursts of political blank
verse constituted the safety valves by
which our excellent contemporary avoided
the calamity which befell the Revolution
ary messenger. We rejoice to know that
our neighbor so readily found its way out
of the dangers In which it wu environed.
Bat this wuu’t all. When it had come
down to the level of that safety, which is
a blessing vouchsafed to unenthused
mortals, U proceeded straightway to
throw out the hint that
thing else wu settled besides
fact that Mr. Stsphetu wu
to try to worry along with the two offices
—the governorship and the senatorship.
It announced with an enthuslum that
was leu only iu degree to that of which
we have spoken, that "Mr. Stephens is
said to favor Governor Colqmtt for Con*
greuman at large." Here were three
hard and vexed questions apparently set
tled with one sweep of an enthusiastic
hand. There Is something too suddeu
about it for it to be safe. The people
will have to go behind the returns.
A little further on down the coluruu In
which our overjoyed contemporary
stacked up his ecstasy, occurs the addi
tional declaration: "The Democratic can
didates for governor can afford to wait
nntll the next time," and with this [re
mark our neighbor tapered off into the
ambiguity of ordinary prose. "Demo
cratic candidates can wait." We respect
the enthuslum even of unreasoning
choice, but wo cannot see any
reason why "Demorratic candidates”
should wait. The people are Democratic,
and it we know anythlug of their prefer
ences, it is that the waiting shall be done
by sucu csuuiu»U* «• arc net Democratic
Our contemporary haa probably become
calm again by this time, and is doubtless
perfectly safe.
Tfient. Louts Dual.
The demand for satisfaction of wound
ed honor is becoming rapidly a marked
feature of American methods. It has
reached the point now where almost any
body .aggrieved can make a definite de
mand of this nature with perfect impuni
ty, for the simple reasou that It takes lit
tle to satisfy the average injured charac
ter, mere prepartllons for • tgU > eing
generally all that la desired, " rue there
are marked exrepUoLS to 'Uls general
rule, as In the Wfse-Ridc^berger duel,
wheu the principals actuaMy fired off their
pUCcla and barked tin surrounding scrub
oaks In the most cold-blooded manner;
but the majority of instances all go to
support our theory. The Blackburo-
Burbridge duel, tbe Blackburn-Williams
duel, tbe Loubat-Turubull duel, were per
fect specimens of the modern melbcd, and
will go down to history u such.
Tbe latest addition to this list of blood
curdling encounters is tbe Laughlln- Wa
terloo duel In St. Louis. Waterloo la tbe
editor of tbe Chrou 1 ***. and I.aughlin the
iudge of tbe Criminal Court. The Judge
wiJJ be remembered as tbe author of th»
decision by which a roan Is said to be Jus
tified in killing another who threatened
his life, and of the decision concerning
gambling, recently reversed by ths Su
preme Court or Missouri. Waterloo’s
paper came out with sixteen pertinent
questions concerning Laughlin’s methods,
and tbe Judge promptly issued an attach
ment for contempt. To this, through Lis
attorney, Waterloo responded, assuming
responsibility for tbe article and denying
tbe Court’s jurisdiction. From his seat
on tbe bench tbe doughty Judge an
nounced that be waa not certain but what
tbe defendant wu correct about tbe Juris
diction, but that as a man, lie, the Judge,
would bold bim personally responsible.
A bum of excitement ran round tbe
court room at tbit deadly declaration.
Therefore," continued tbe official war
rior, "I make a demand for a retraction,
in lieu thereof tbe author’s name, and
for this I will aw •it until Just the setting
* tbe sun." ’list shivering Jurors drew
nigh unto each other, and tbe court re
sumed business.
Up tbe street, however, u tbe day died
away, all was excitement and prepara
tion. Tbe battle of Waterloo wu about
be refought, and Waterloo himself,
armed with • navy, penned bis editorial
which on tbe morrow might prove to
be bis valedictory. With true mili
tary instinct be resolved to fight from
hit entrenched position. A messenger
was stationed without to show "tbe
jeJge” op at sundown, and, surrounded
by a large staff made up from reporters of
tbe city press, who sat on cbslr top* end
desks, pencils In hand, awaiting tbe bat
tle, lie drove along with his duties. At
0 p. m. ail adjourned to a restaurant for
supper, the Chronicle's editor being
awarded a commanding position. Sun
down esme, but "tbe Jeoge" failed
drive In the picket. Waterloo, uuder the
Judgt’s own decision, might have hunted
him up and shot Jjlm down, but be wu
too mag nan I m qua. He adjourned with
hit staff to a billiard saloon, where a cou
rier, with a flag of truer, banded iu tbe
following:
St. Louis Criminal Court, lion, nenry
Uughlin. Judge. St. Louis. May 22, 1882.
To Stanley H'oteWoo-SlR: That you may
have no cause to plead surprise when we next
meet, you are now notified to make such prep
aration for an emergency as you may deem fit.
! shall make it my business to soe you soon.
ncNar D. Lauoiilin.
For hours the little army awaited the
ofeisusht, until finally, wearied, ^be emi
nent Waterloo threw out skirmisher* and
advanced to his own tent, where he
bivonaced. In the meantime anmqals-
ltivo reporter Jorkedtho door bell of an
old lawyer up town and uked of the
white cap which at once iuvaded the
night air through an upper window,
"Did you write that letter?” “I dIJ,
was the reply. And when tbe doughty
udgeou U<morrow read it In the city
paper, he uncocked his blunderbuss and
said tbe editor wu not to be held respon
sible, but that tbe true author waft the
worst kind of a slanderer.
1 Honah, begad," was satisfied, and peace
reigned again in 6t. Louis.
Ttia Hone Editor.
The esteemed Atlanta Constitution
happy in tbe possession of a lioise editor.
Every well regulated newspaper ought to
have ahorse editor, and recognizing this
imiortant fact we have special agenta on
tbe quarter stretches at Baltimore and
Louisville, with instructions to spare
neither money or pains to procure us
horse editor, one of the boras horsey.
There are Lime* when tbe horse editor
of the esteemed Atlanta Constitution geta
fall swing at tho machine. But day be
fore yesterday and Hemphill had to shoot
a glass ball contest,^.Finch was busy
watching the artist put tbe properiint
of green on the parlor blinds of
his new cottage, Howell had gone down
to look over tho cashier’s account at the
corner savings bank, and "Uncle Remus"
bad not recovered from the soreness of
rapid transit trip to discuss with Vennor
tho impropriety of mixing baked ’possum
and cucumber weather. Tbe coast was
clear, tbe sanctum was empty and the
mjffllc tripod was unoccupied save by
house fly or two nibbling at a dab of paste.
The opportunity was too good, and our
jockey vaulted into the perch and cracked
his whip at the Telco iiaph and Miss-
sexger, after the following fashion:
Trot out your candidate, Mr. Lamar, if you
havo one. The time la short The fire* aro al
ready IU on tho mountain tops and the clans
are about to gatherr There Is danger in delay.
Other candidates are already In tho field.
There Is a great "conspiracy” coming to a head
In the Democratic ranks, and the object of this
Conspiracy is to nominate Mr. Stephens. We
don’t mind saying that we are taking a hand in
this conspiracy ourselves.
Xow, wo put it to a-jy fair minded
man if that Is tbo proper way to challenge
one to a turf contest. The time is short,
entirely too short. Besides, if we are to
mako an entry for a race, wo do not pro
pose to have our horse run among
fires that "are already lit
on the mountain tops." He has not been
trained to compete with a chamois or a
billy goat, and besides, If he had a chance
to win, what guarantee havo we that he
would not be hamstrung by tbe “dsns
that are about to gather" ? Indeed, after
the herse editor tells us that there is
"a great conspiracy" and that he is tak
ing a baud iu It, it seems to us that we
would be worse than foolish to accept tbe
challenge. There may be danger In de
lay; there certainly is danger In running a
horse on mouutam tops lighted by fires,
with tbe dans gathering ou the valley to
form a great conspiracy. At tbe risk of
being accused of a lack of confidence and
nerve we are compelled to admit that we
do not do business in itiai way. 7!
hois* editor of our esteemed contempor
ary Is entirely too previous. We have
had a challenge from him before this.
In the dark days of the past winter, when
the rains poured and the breast feather of
a goose would have bogged out of sight
anywhere Iu Georgia, this same horse
editor, without the preliminary warning
of the tap of the drum or tbe toot of a
bugle, suddenly sounded, "Mount your
ilders tor the gubernatorial race." We
declined to do It and so did everybody
else, aud in sporty parlance
bragged tbe board," after
proposing to run a sweepstake between
Emory Speer and Harry Jackson weights
for age, with no takers. Tbe horse edi
tor then proposed to run Judge Martin J.
Crawford over tbe same coarse, and same
conditions, against any horse, mare or
gelding in the state. Not meeting a re
sponse, be continued to banter anybody
to a teat of speed with Jim Blount. And
nsw be dans us to trot out our candidate.
We have no candidate. We have never
had a candidate. And if we had one,
we would not trot him out. That gait
belongs to tbe dreus ring, not to the race
track. Tbe horse that comes trotting,
capering and caricoling out generally
walks or limps out at tbe end of the nee.
Our readers may wonder as to what all
of this means. We confess that an ex
planation can scarcely be made, save that
tbe horse editor of our esteemed contemn
porary lias for tbe time usurped tLe place
that should have been occupied by a cool
er head and a steadier hand.
Snatching up tbe slang of the turf the
horse editor makes at us in a political
way. He says
Ever since Co!. Lamar became editor of the
Macon TELroaarn he has been exposing "con
spiracies” to foist caadulates u|*on the Demo
cratic party. First, he claimed that Gov. Col
quitt had given the thing away to Judge 91m-
mens, then to Mr. Stephens, then to Mr. Blount,
and so on through the chapter.
Tbe editor ot this journal has never at
any time mentioned tbe name of Mr.
Blount and that of Gov. Colquitt in con
nection with the governorship. Upou
information furnished from a reliable
soarer, tbe inquiry was made It Got. Col
quitt was dickering with Judge Simmons
as to tbe succession.
An article wu published iu thcae col
umns asking if a coalition was being
formed between Gov. Chlquitt and Mr.
Stepheas and others as to the guber-
naorfal candidacy. That Inquiry
haa been fully and satisfactorily
answered. Tbe Augusta Chronicle and
Constitutionalist announces for Mr. Ste
phens tor governor and Gov. Colquitt for
Congressman at large, and the horse editor
that ho calLa us a cynic, because we do
not Join the conspiracy, and in his enthu
siastic fervor says "that Col. Lamar ob
jects to every candidate."
Was Judge Simmons a candidate?
Was Mr. Blount a candidate? Waa
Judge Crawford a candidate? They
have til been named by the horse editor
ot our esteemed contemporary, ana we
have not objected to tbe one or tbe other.
Coming down to business, we have ob
jected to nobody save the gentleman for
whom tbe fires are lighted on tbe moun
tain tops, for whom the clans gather in
the valley and for whom tbe esteemed
horse editor admits be has entered into a
conspiracy.
The editor of tbla Journal has no candi
date. The business of makings candi
date belongs to a convention. When It
makes one then be becomes our candi
date. We do not light Area on the moun
tain tops, gather clans in the valley or
join conspiracies In behalf of anybody,,
Tbo Teleghai'II Is partisan lor measures,
for principles and for policy, but it Is not
nor can it ever be made tbe partisan of
any man.
What of politics It has Is Democratic—
thoroughly so. It desires tho enduring
triumph of Democratic principles and
policies, aud its best efforts are to be di
rected to the consummation of these pur
poses. It cousiders that it m common
with ail others lias the right to discnss the
candidates who. may bid for the votes and
support of tire Democratic party. It con.
cedes to ail others the wide privilege it
claims for itself. This and this only.
It has not been searching for conspiracies,
but since tbe horse editor of our esteem
ed contemporary discloses and confesses
to one, it deems it a duty to defeat it if
possible. The conspiracy must be bind
ing and grasping, if it proposes to stifle
discussion of tho claims of candidates who
propose to offer themselves to the choice
of a Democratic convention. We again
announce that we have v* candi
date, but If at any time wc
bad occupied such a position as
towards Judges Simmons or Crawford or
Mr. Blount, we should not have deserted
either upon the first approach of trouble
or danger. No lighting of fires on mourn
tain tops or gathering of clans in tho val*
leys may drive us from a deliberate
choice. Nor can tbeso and all other
agencies combined compel us to join a
conspiracy, the ends of Which, la our
Judgment, seem to threaten the Ilia ;.nd
integrity of the Democratic party.
KfwrlllDir Ibe Ilretbren.
The Methodist brethren are to be con
gratulated upon their enterprise in put
ting forth, iu Nulwllle, the Daily Advo
cate an organ of the conference, to be is
sued during the sessions of that body.
While no fault can be found with the ef
ficiency of the secular press In that city,
It was desirable that so solemn and re
spectable a body as that composed of the
influential ministers of all the Southern
districts should have some means of put
ting their decisions and arguments before
tbe public, stripped of the flashy language
with which the secular and wicked repor
ter of the ffly press was apt to clothe
them; reporta that would not be fiauked
on one side by a column setting forth the
heartless doings of lawyers, aud on the
other by the grroe mistakes of the doc
tors; reports widen would not havo inter
jected in them tbo wild and unreasonable
suggestions of the "about town young
man" who usually presides with h>s pen
cil over the local columns of this samo
city press. We say, candidly, that the
idea was a good one. How far it was
carried out must be judged of iu another
paragraph.
We do not mean to find fault with the
manner In which tho Advocate was
conducted. It was fairly edited. Tbe
queatiou Is, did our Methodist friends fail
Into a trap ? Did they escape the secular
and wicked reporter. Did they rid them
selves or bis startling similes? Did they
get out from among the lawyers and
doctors? Let us see. Tho first pass
our esteemed brother Jmrnalisl makes at
the prejudice of his trusting companions,
is as follows : "The new bishops have
been "broken iu" successfully, and the
episcopal team may be expected to pull
steadily together."
Adding in tbe uext breath, as though to
complete the race course picture, "and the
Great Iron Wheel will revolve," be
places before his startled reader’s vision
the steadily moving team, with the wheel
of fortnn? merrily spinning in tbe dis-
*A Coitepirnej."
When the grc* t Democratic party ot Georgia
engages In a conspiracy to nominate s mar. for
office It generally happen* that ho Is nomina
ted. Mr. Stephens may aa well prepare himself
for the emergency.
Tbe above paragraph from the Atlanta
Constitution has at least the merit of
frankueas. It admits, what was before
apparent, that the attempt to nominate
Mr. Stephens is "a conspiracy.” We
haven’t a shadow of a doubt as to tbe
fact that the whole movement iu this mat
ter, from its inception to tbe present mo
ment, has been "a conspiracy." From the
time that tbe nomination of tbe superan
nuated statesman first suggested Itseifto
Corporal Tboruton, down to tbe time
when be was relegated to the rear of his
own procession, there can be no doubt of
the movement’s having bean "a conspire,
cy." But our contemporary does tho
Dome critic party of the State an injus
tice In laying at Its door tbe charge of be
fog engaged in this business. The "con
spirscy*' is not so extensive as that. Had
It been, there would have been no need
for "a conspiracy." There is no need for
plottings and consultations and trips to
Washington, to accomplish what "the
great Democratic party of Georgia" de
sires to effect. Mr. Stephens is not the
choice of tbe Democratic party of Georgia
for the governorship, or tbe senatorship,
or any other public office. There doubt-
leu are Democrat*, in different portions
of the State, who, from mere considera
tions of friendship, would like to see Mr.
Stephens elevated to tho executive office;
but outside of these men, who are infiu*
enctJ by mere unreasoning peiaonalism,
ajid the few conspirator*, to whom
the Constitution refers as
“ Democratic party, ” there
bo uo doubt that tbe opposition to the
nomination of Mr. Stephens is overwhelm
ing. The Democrats are not concerned
In tho ambitious schemas ot party trick
sters. They have nothing to gain by the
election of Mr. Stephens to tbe governor
ship, followed by his elevation to tbe
senatorship. He is physically incompe
tent (as his record in the present Congress
shows) to a faithful or efficient discharge
of the duties of any public office, and the
people, in our Judgment, will ao decide at
tho approaching convention. It ttn’t
worth while for our contemporary to try
the bluff game In this matter. The peo
ple of Georgia want a man in the execu
tive chair who can attend to the duties of
the offioe} and they have not entered, and
will not enter into any "conspiracy” to
put there a man utterly unfitted, by feeble
frame and vigorous infirmities, for a
proper discharge of the arduous duties of
the office.
"The Consplrnc?” Programme.
"A divided parly,” says (ho Macon Tele-
orani, "would be the Inevitable result of Mr.
Stephens’ candidacy.” Wo should be glad to
have from our c«tcomed contemporary some
moro definite Information In regard to this.
Can ‘tbe true that there Is In Georgia any num
ber of Democrats ready to bolt in the event of
Mr. Stephena* nomination. Under the circum-
•tanccs, the proper thing for these gentle
men to do la to remain out of the convention.
The above remarkable paragraph is
from tbe Atlanta Conafffuffon of Friday.
It quotes from the Telkouapii and
Messesgxh the statement that a divided
party would be the Inevitable result of the
candidacy of Mr. Stephens, and then—as
If the statement were not so plain thatta
who runs may read It—calls for something
more "definite" ou tbe subject. The Con
stitution is not so dull of perccptiou as
not to have known that the statement rf
the Teleoiiapu and Mes-knokii was a
simple, straightforward affirmation ot
the fact that the candidacy of Mr.
Stephens, before the people in their prim
tries, and before the conventioc, for the
gubernatorial nomination, would excite
strong antagonism on the part of those
Democrats wla> earnestly and honestly
oppose him. This is the meaning of ths
language which our contemporary quotes
with au ill-concealed affectation of igno
rance. It will be remembered that Mr.
Stephers agreed, originally, when ap
proached (by a member of llie "conspir
acy," we suppose,) to consent to become
a candidate for gorernor, if thereby ho
couUl bring peace to me party. The Tku-
eg it Am and Messenger has ventured
to inform M. Stephens, and tho anxious
Individuals a ho are usiog him in this
matter, that there is no conflict In the
Democratic party* that he is called upon
to still, and that his candidacy will Inev
itably destroy that harmony which |Ser-
vadsd the whole party, prior to his
candidacy. The spirit which character-
tanec. Ecarco had the tremors died away !*«• tie paragraph upon which we are
from the spinal conla ot tbe new bishops commenting, furnishes, in itself, conciu-
po'.e* of the conspirators, and great en
thusiasm and unanlmUy In tbe conven
tion are necessary to tho attainment of
that something. Painful *a it may be,
we are compelled to dispute the
right of tbe Constitution to make
alJaglaoce to Mr. Stephens the quali
fication for membership in tbe conven
tion. It is not consistent with onr ideas
of the freedom of Democratic constituen
cies to recognize, as of any force whatever,
tha evident suggestion that tbe conven
tion is to meet for tbe mere purpose of
ratifying tha decree of Messrs. Thornton
and company. Democratic opposition to
Mr. Stepbeus is real and patriotic. It is
grounded on his manliest unfitness for
discharging tbe duties of the office—au
unfitness of which be is conscious, and
of which not one sane man in the State is
ignorsnft The representatives of his
honest, open and patriotic opposition will
not avail themselves of the volunteered
advice of tho Constitution. They will
not "remain out of the convention.”
They do not purpose giving such plain
sailing *« "the conspiracy” as that. The
purpose to change the gubernatorial of
fice into a sinecure for worn-out statesmen,
hojv eminent and useful soever they may
have been, is not a purpose thxt cau com
mend itself to the practical and patriotic
good sense of the people of Georgia, and
it Is a purpose that they Intend to resist
with all the appliances known to Demo
cratic methods. It matters not whether
Mr.Stephens comes as the candidate of the
coalition, or of tbe "Liberals,’’ or of "the
conspiracy," lie is not the man for the po
sition, and tbe Democrats of the State will
so decide in convention assembled. When
tbe shock of battle comes, "the claus
of tue valley" will find tho
enforcement of the edicts of
"the conspiracy" sumo what warmer work
than they anticipated. The modest inti
mation of the Constitution that those who
oppose tiie consummation of this piece of
eentiraental political lunacy, ought to "re
main out of tbe convention," will doubt
less furnish tbe opponents of this ghostly
nomination with a double motive for
standing forth boldly in defense of their
own rights and the public interns a.
Stephens does not bring peace into the
Democratic ranks. He brings a sword,
He is pledged to come only as a peace
maker. If his pledges lie worth anything
let bim retire to private life. Even were
he acceptable to the whole party iu tha
State, ho !s physically disqualified for ef
fective service. For bow much sti ooger a
reason then should he—worn down as he
Is to the very grave’s mouth, cease to dis
tract the counsels of the party and to
Jeopardize the interests of the State with his
funereal candidacy.
when there came another:
"With a strong will in the chair yesterday af
ternoon, and many strong wrestlers for "the
floor.” there wu a lively time, but the parlia
mentary ship soon got over the shoals and aril*
ed on without further obstruction.”
The mystery of this simile is its chief
attraction. Somehow a ship seems to have
become entangled among a lot of w rest-
lore who were having a lively time for tbe
floor, but finally broke loose and departed
In good style. It is a very vivid picture,
but not enough attention wu given to the
wrestlers, considering the occuion.
But this is not all. Imagine the feel
ings of the gentlemen who were so anxious
to cut loose from the world, the flesh, and
tbe devil, u embodied in the reporter, the
lawjer and the doctor, when they tead
these two paragraphs:
When Hon. Jordan fltokes, in his iucUtre
way, talked 1., I sense and common sense on
the matter lnv . ring a question of law aud ex
pediency, the general conference listened, ap
plauded and approved. We repeat: Get all
the lawyers Into the church and put them to
work. • • • The'•hurch has a right to util
ise all thegtft* and all the experience of all its
members. The services of even an evangelical
doctor itt. D.) would sometimes be valuable.
The editor astuaily proposes to ceil in
Die lawyers and tbe doctors. Ho tsr from
carrying out the original Intention, vis:
to get as far away from these men and
their works u a special organ could carry
them, he absolutely proposes, in tbe reck
less exuberance of lua position, to join
hands all around in a general jubilee. We
confess that this is apt to make a secular
reporter green with Jealousy, but when,
u a dosing stroke, our esteemed sectarian
says: "The secretary, when the call
‘louder* strikes Jus ear, raises Zus toice
like a trumpet, and even tbe deaf bear,"
tLe aforesaid editor of the world has noth
ing else to do but to follow the Instincts
of bis blind rage and dub bit own un
hallowed head with a last year’s composi
tion roller. No man can see an unprac
ticed hand excel tbe skill gained by him
in the midnight hours and not weep bit
ter tears.
We are glad to note that the extraordina
ry •nthuaiaam of tbe Chronicle, in the mat
ter ot Ur. Stephens’ nomination tor a
of the Atlanta. Constitution admits that j o( more 0 r less, has tempered
tb. fc*« u* IlghKl Mi U,. moonum top., down to tb. adn. of cnU. though MjMtis
thitth* duu g.th.r "in tb. wllqr, »nd J (ho. Tb. crl<u U put, uJ onr eooum-
tUtte ii lk tho oiuplnqr. It b tn.0' ponr, i. ufc
live evidence that tho podllcD of ths
TKLioturu AXU hlEWKXuca wu ituo-
luteljr conut. It i. plain to u« from tho
toner of :1m paragraph in quMtlon that
not only will opposition to tbo candidacy
of Mr. S'oph.na no*, bo tolerated by the
Catalinca who are managing tho “con-
■piracy," but that cyeu tho itatement of
tbo fact that tucb oppotltlou doc. oxltt,
and will bo ittcnuoiuly exhibited on tho
floor of tbe contention, U considered not
•imply u unwarranted, but at de.er.ing
of tint strongest censure and reprobation.
Tho failure to mako any resistance to tbe
nomination of the most Ineffocllse public
man In tbe State la announced aa lbs teat
of Democracy. It la a uew test and a
strange one, and in the name of tbe pait
freedom of Democratic counsels we repu
diate It.
Says Um L'oastKufion; “Can It be trne
that there It In Georgia any nnmber of
Democrats ready to bolt in tbe esent of
Mr. Stephens’ nomination? Under tbe
circumstances the proper thing for these
gentlemen to do is to remain mrt of the
convention.” Tbe ConMution cannot
have inferred, from anything that ba. ap
peared In this paper, that wo bare coun
seled -» bolt” In caw Mr. Stephens
should be nominated. It cannot believe
that we have even gona to far as to state
the fact Ural there would be “a bolt” In
the esent Thornton and the conspirators
succeed In forcing their Inelfleient candi
date on ike party. Our contemporary can
have understood nothing of the sort, at the
position of tba Tsucgbapu aud M«-
auaiu. Then being nojustlfloulonln
anything that we bare said for tba Insinua
tion contained to tbe question of tba Com-
Mutton, It Resident that that paper asked
U wllb a view to laying tbo foundation for
iti new teat of party fealty, as well at for
tba p'trpose of informing Democrats, who
oppose Mr. Stephens, that they should
stay out of tho eoaveution. It Is natural,
perhaps, that the CuiufKutfon and tbo
other parties to “tho coupiracy,” whom
eiistenoe that paper wat candid enough
to acknowledge, ahoald desire grist una
nimity and subserviency In tho conven
tion. It la undoubtedly natural that tha
Coiutitalfoa should wish to sea an
“abundant aotraux- Mo the nomination
afforded onto Manager Thornton's candi
date. S (masking Is due the ulterior pur-
A Conflict Laded
It will bo remembered that some time
back Iti December, when tho red eyes and
painted nose* of tbe Exposition bangert-
on were slowly drifting away to fresher
fields, tbe Constitution discovered on the
political horizon a spc:k of rebellion.
\Vbcre it obtained its information of the
plans and purposes of tbe insurrectionists
are unable io say,
facts have reoently developed
which lead us to infer that our content
porary was correct iu Us analysis of the
whole nnvetuent, and had pnmp.ly
singled out the real leader. „
With very little warning and small
courtesy it immediately U-gtiu, in a tu
multuous and joyful way, a vigorous at
tack upon Col. Marceilus Thornton; an
attack* which for a season was
kept up with unabated energy and
flereenasa* The Telegraph, leaving
the struggling combatants to their own
quarrel, immediately protected its con
temporary’s flanks by engaging Mr.
Speer, believing honestly that it was
storming the headquarters of the roai
commander-in-chief. With our cam
paign the public is already familiar, and
not to boast of our own
ploits, sufficient he it to
that our banners wero planted
hi the very centre of the onemy’s position,
and we have ever since, notwitlutauding
desperate ami meiviivsi CGtiutei AiaAUiU,
held the ground. Little time for auything
boyond self-defense ha* beeu allowed
by the wing iu our front, atfll, made
aware by tbe cloud of dust amid
which our contemporary and the Colonel
were vexing tbe soil that
conflict wu desperate, we threw
a few shells around the spot, trusting
to luck that the right party would become
discouraged. Our efforts lately have been
redoubled, Information having reached us
that the Colonel had imported re-in force-
menta. Perhaps it wu our duty to have
abandoned the position occupied, and
gone to the rescue, but our confidence Iu
tbo skill and courage of our friends
wu unshaken, aud when the
dust cleared away no other
thought occurred to us than that
Col. Thornton had been overwhelmed
and wu being led away to tbe rear.
Judge, then, of our surprise, when our un
willing eyes received tbe true panorama.
Gaily prancing In the distance was tbe
Cblonel, victory written upon his brow,
and ranged up before him the forms of
our belovea friends going through tha hu
miliating formalities of an un
conditional surrender. Bitter in
deed were tbe tears -bed, thrice bitter
when we remembered tbe cheery boasts
and cbivalric bearing of our comrades, aa
they gayly rushed to the assault. They
had fallen victims to strategy, having,
contrary to the rule laid down by Machi-
avelli, undervalued the strength of (heir
opponents and the extant or his war fund
Werannot close this brief review without
a tribute to Colonel Thornton’s magna
nimity. Animated by tbe true spirit of
chivalry, he refused to take tbe side arms
of the prisoners from them, and has as
signed them to a position in bis cawpeiot
altogether shorn of omforts. No word
of reproach has fallen from tys lips, no
tauat of defeat; be has not even said
nuto bintseif, "Lo, how are the mighty
fallen?*’
. The manafer of the Macon Telc-.sami, MaJ.
J. F. Hanson, is hardly the proper person for
tho Frcstdcn! to appoint on tbe tariff commit
slon. However, he would perbap< do, as he is
a tariff advocate, were It not that he la the
manager of such a vindictive and pruwrip-
tive Bourbon nenwpapov.—Pott Appeal.
The manager ot this journal is not
an applicant for appointment upon tbe
tariff commission. It such were tbe esse,
ho fails to see bow the great business inter
est this oommiasion was created to sub
serve would be unfavorably affected by tbe
fact that he belongs to that potities! party
in Oeorgiathet eounta amongst ite adher
ents th* great body of tbe respectability,
intelligence and worth of the State.
If any man from Georgia is appointed
to this important position, who is fit for ft,
bo will have to be taken from Vne Democ
racy, of which there is but one variety.
Put Up or Miut tip.
Brother Hannon, of the Macon Teleorai'K, Is
a candidate for a place on the tariff commis
sion. Very well. Brother Hanson is a good
man. If he gets on the commission we trust be
will !»car In mind that ihe cotton planters of
Georgia rra not making as largo profits as tho
cotiou manufacturers. These cotton planters,
we have been told, form a large i»art of
population.—Canstltut ion.
The Constitution may be good author
ity upon the profits of cotton planting in
Georgia. From our observation, it Is net
as well posted upon the business of man
ufacturing now, as it will doubtless be a
few years hence, when our friend Howell
shall have the advantage of the experience
he will gain as one of tbe owners of the
mill in course of erection at Oglethorpe
park. We will venture the suggestion
that this mill, if managed upon the same
business basis upon which a large pro
portion of tbe cotton planting In Georgia
is carried on, will pass under tbe sberifl’s
hauimor in less than three years from the
date it commences to run.
Information is within the reach of every
one—to say nothing of an enterprising pa
per like the Constitution—to show that
he agricultural laborers of Georgia while
away thirty or forty per cent, or tne time
annually during which cotton mills are
in operation. If this Is true, it would fol
low that the same application to business
on tho part of the former, that charac
terizes tLe latter, would result in a profit
of thirty per cent, to agriculture, that now
runs to waste through idleness of Us labor.
We do not hesitate to say that five to
tweuty-five thousand dollars, invested
in cotton plsutlug iu Georgia, upon the
same intelligent basis thatjinust character
ize all successful investment Iu cotton
manufacturing, and managed wit., the
same tare, industry aud sagacity uecessa-
ry to manufacture successfully, will pay
more than the same amount invested in
the mill in which Mr. llowell is inter
ested.
To prove that—wc mean what wo say—
e are willing to test the matter, and to
this end will propose to put, say, five to
ten thousand dollars in agriculture, uu
der proper supervision, aud keep an ac
curate account of the profits of tho same
for three years,commencing January, 1983.
We will wager an equal amount that wc
will show larger profits at the end of the
time tLati Mr. Howell will realize on
equal amount invested in the stock of his
company, to be determined upon acting
cash earning! of farm and factory, with
out any reference to speculative profits in
either.
(2rent rfiystcnl Doubt SoIvmI.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
_ great many exchangre announce that
‘Whitolaw Held is a lather.” They havo just
learned that he is not a mother. This Is appar*
Whnt Krewster I'.lTectet),
* IFaihinffton Post
The effect of Mr. Brewsler’s raid- upon South
Carolina, ai chief prosecutor In tho .election
pro*
—, which have r.vno to such an In
glorious concluslor, haa been to heal an/ dls-
Iruud c
gloriou— ... —.—, —
a (lection that may have hitherto existed among
The Albany *\7tvs and Advertiser be
hoved that it can aotnnlly toll how Govsra
or Colquitt and Senator Brown stand by
looking over the columns of tbe Constitu
tion. Does our Albany friend mean to say
that our Atlanta contemporary does not
take spocial pains in having opinions of its
own? This is startling.
Indications point to the (act that Editor
Williugbnm’s Free Press is drifting help
lesaly on a turbulent sea, and this, too, de
spite the utmost efforts of ite pilot. When
the storm began tho anchor was promply
tumbled overboard, bat tha trouble was in
tryiog to hitch on to a soventy fathom bot
tom with a forty fathom o*ble.
Tnr. Augusta Evening Setts soys: "Tha
Macon Txxjcoraph is not a Wtephens paper
by a long shot” Of oonrso it isn t.% It is
devoted io the interests of Georgia, rather
than to thoao of Mr. Stephens. This fact
mity be indicative of greet obdarscy and
short-sightedness, but wo oanuot really
help it
The nogro convention resolved to sup
port tho independents. Mr. Stephens do
nies thxt he is sn independent. Upon this,
the negro executive oommittce tabled
resolution looking to his indorsement, do
Mr. Btephons may not be considered any
stronger with tbo negroes than any other
candidate tho Domocrsoy may nominate.
In onr judgment Corporal Thornton,
rather than Colonel Walsh, is entitled to
apportion out the wind instruments among
tho footers in the Thomtoaian political
procession. We are deterred from raisfng
a row abont the injustioe that is being done
Corporal Thornton, in this regard, solely
by iho extrema ■uiiriucn* uf tue weutue*.
Baon.ES Walsh closed ntfreditorial item
tho other day with (he words "Motley
pense.” We did not exactly nndentnnd it,
bat sappoeed that our contemporary, in his
enthusiasm over the capture of the right
wing of the Democratic army by Corporal
Thornton, had gotten the trial of the Mai-
ley boys rammed into the very bowels of a
French proverb. ^ *
There is a negro paper published In Sa
vannah called the Dally Scorcher. Among
tbe editorial paragraphs that graced the
issue on oor tible last night wss tbe follow
ing ene, printed In Urge type: "Wo be
unto the chickens. They had hotter crow
low." There U cometbing peculiarly thrill-
io.r and appropriate in tha connection in
which the fowl remark occurred.
It is to be feared that tbe "cUns of the
valley" desire to live like the lilies of the
same locality. They de not propose to
toil" or to "spin," bat hope to be lighted
by the fires on tbe mountain top, to where
the emoluments of of office will array them
in apparel, beside which Solomon’s Sunday
waistcoat would look like a rag-picker’s
sign.
It is refreshing to note just here that
Colonel Lamar, of the Macon TELroaara,
and Mr. Willingham have joined hands in
opposing Mr. Stephens."— Constitution. It
is not refreshing to note just here, or any
where else, that the "twelve ab!o" of tbe
Constitution and the two unable, of the
Post Appeal, now take their gubernatorial
grog out ot the Post-AppeaVs earthenware
vessel. It is sal. In fact, it Is mournful.
Gov. CoLqciTT admitted in At interview
that he did go to Washington and con
ferred with Mr. Stephens on the subject of
the governorship, and rather testily de
clared that he had a right to do so. Gov.
Colquitt is for Mr. Stephena fer governor;
Mr. Stephens is for Gov. Colquitt for Con
gressman at large. This has a very boaay*
sort of look.
Ths Gioci nn^ti Enquirer rises to remark:
It has taken a great deal of printers’ Ink to
explain Alexander H. Stephens’ position with
reference to a nomination (or governor ot Geor-
flt; and still tbe situation is not u clear as day.
The latest from Mr. Stephens Is that the Demo
cratic nomination Is tho only one ha will ac
cept, but he uses so many words to say U that
there will be a lingering suspicion that the ef
forts of the Independents may not be In yaln.
Ms. Brxnmm writes Perron Felton, “J
think yon mans gad matte re at Atlanta, last
Monday, admirably." This refers to the
curbstone conferaoea between the Parson
and Marshal Longs tract. Ur. Stephens
says to a Now York Tribune reporter, "I
know that those who are styled indepen
dents fee 1 that reforms ere necessary in
the State administration.” This comes in
questionable shape.
Ms. Stephens gives tbe pledges of sev
enty peel years ? Can be give pledge of
two years in the fotere ?
the Democrats in that Stats, and to rouse them
generally to a higher levol of energy and una
nimity. The did Palmetto State is in less dan*
giT than ever of being remanded to the domi
nation of tho rabble and the regime of theft.
Memory by Asaociatton.
Arnt ri run Badruad Journal.
"Portor,” raid a passenger from Albany, on
the New York Central railroad, aa he stepped
Into his sleeping-birth, "rail me at Lyons sure.”
"All right, **h. Jjile next morning he rolled
him. "Only twenty minutes from lluflklo.
snh.” "Why didn’t you call meat Lyonsr*
"Lyon*?”. Tore goodness, data It! You did
my Lynne for ■nah, boss, an' I done tought
ober de whole circus, an' I hope to die if I
could ketch onto any animilc nigner dan Buff-
lo! I'll remember de cage next Mute, boss.”
Jingle.
Sp ingflcld Rnnlliean.
To church the two together went,
Both, doubtless, on devotion bent
The parson preached with fluent ease,
On rnarisees and Hadduccea.
And os they homeward slowly walked.
The lovers in tho sermon talked.
Anri he—hedeeply loved the maid—
In soft and tender accents «dd:
"Darling, do you think that we
Arc Pharisee and Fadducee?"
Fhc flashed on him her bright black eye*
In one swift look of vexed surprise,
Ami thus he hastened to ever,
He wa« her constant worshipper.
"But, darling, I InMut,” said he,
"That you arc very ttur-l-eee.
I know you don't caro much for tne, .
And that makes me so sad-you-oee."
tttipsrC and Drstlmnoss,
Chicago Tribune.
"Enough!" said Dcsdemona, a glad smile
wr
did, by*_ ...
for the test, no matter how terrible it may her
and hta puro young faco lighted up with a
rapturous, Schuyler-Colfax smite. Desdemona
klMcd him tenderly. "I knew yott would not
fail me, my own true love,” kIio murmured.
"You may bring them to tha house this even-
ln«." r * - - -
undei ..
the summer is
im-Uive tones.
j her Calumet-avenue llpa. "1 will
re. ” "Do to," was Rupert's reply,
ive mv love, a* the Crusaders of old
o noble, manly action. I am ready
avbe*A
love,” slio murmured,
ay bring ‘hern to tha house this tven*
'Bring what"’ asked Rupert. "I do not
ileratand you." “xou will catch on l>efore
-' - " came the reply, in clear, *
ran two tickets to the mat*
Inee”—and the beautiful girl stepped Into the
house. With a dull pain at bis heart Rupert
went away. "I am o’er young to marry.”
he said softly to himself, "and too luxuriantly
fly to begin buying matinee tickets In June."
Ifackey vs Dibble.
Detroit Pod (Rep).
Democrats may determine the rights of mem*
bers by partfem bios, entirely ignoring the
question of right, but ltepubllcan members are
extected to act from a moro equitable and
loftier standard, to act on the absolute right of
the constant*, and no action which falls «hort
of that will be satisfactory to their party. In
this spirit thev nun-t determine the respective
right* of Mackey aud Dibble.
If there was no charge of tamporlnx with the
evidence the Republican* would be the gainers
by the oldtructlonary filibustering of the Dem
ocrats. But *o long aa till* charge of tampering
with the evidence continue* disproved, or until
it 1* clearly shown, if there baa been such tam
pering, that there remain* enough evidence to
establish Mackey's right, the Republicans will
make nothing by it. It Is a serious charge,
and it ought to l>o net at real. Certainly until
it I* tho Republican* may wall hesitate to so act
ac to leave the ItnprcMion upon any man's
mind that they havo turned a Doinbcrat out of
office and put a Republican in simply ly-anse
they were nninoriraHv strong enough to do so.
A Horror or the Hottlbwealern Cy
clones.
Yazoo City Sentinel.
The moat distresNlngdeath of the Monticcllo,
Mississippi, cyclone was that of Mr*. Carroll,
because of the manner In which It waa brought
about. Hearing the ntnrra approaching. Mrs.
Carroll, with her baby In her arms, rusacd to
her husband, Dr. Carroll, who threw his arm#
around her nock. At the same moment tho
wind blew the litnbtraof the bouse down upon
them and crushed them to the floor, the mother
with the iufant !n her arms, the husband with
hi* arm around hi* wife's neck, and there ho
clinked her to death. The tlratwra did
I tho doctor*'
v»u ttaBurt her. bot lw ».w un uumr ’ ■
o cloMy about her neck that he could not
. . it. lie was conscious that be was killlnx
her, hut oil his effocta to throw off tbo timbers
were futile. Assistance came In two hours—
too late f The spirit of hla loving and iwantlfu!
wife had taken iu flight—she waa In dcath'a
cold embrace, and the husband felt that he was
iu a measure the cause of her death. For days
he wa* almost a raving maniac. The bat« waa
also killcd-whether by tho falling Umlter* or
ressed to death by it* mother we did not
preswi
leant.
A Dead Turkey Gobbler.
"GslA.”
There arc decided Indications that Itoanow
Conkling i* nsMing not only futo obscurity,
but Into «U*iik.j by the very won he has always
been relying on jo carryout his purpoM*. I
- - —sling. He
"None whatever: you may rely up«
Aud from my observation of the </ovi-mor*a
character and temper, f do not think ho wanto
any more to do with Mr. t'onkllug.”
It la noticeable her* that Mr. Conkling!»
hardly ever seen In the company of a strong
character. He was standing up in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel a night or two ago wtlh a man
who has teen Investigated by the If onto of
Representatives for undertaking to strike for
up by the committee by Mr. Conkling himself
to the House and askings* a pen
sohal favor that he bp not molested. This man
U In the lobby, and octuple* a sinister and
darksome position at wosnington: yet n« is
Mr. Conkling than auy other man.
•. Conkling t
Bona* Darla Coat lime*.
Pren a Paris Letter.
S The Baronne Alphonse de Rothschild haa
Ivon a great musical evening at her hotel, Kuo
1.1 lorentio, overlooking tha Tullleri.*. As a
“J*, 1 * 1 of ., klraplieUy mart be cited tho plain
JfWte •*t‘n •?«» of the young Cotateam do 8b
Qllleitne* dOnsonbrsy): bar sola nrnamant
was a diadem In brllllaut*. The Marquise de
Troeyhoda drew cornpo-ed of moire and satin*
striped silk. Tha future brido of M Lambert,
Mile. Luces de Rothschild, was robed In white
Indian gauze; her mode of arranging her hair
seemed most uncommon: failing quite loosely
on the aheuldcm. It wax cauiLt together
lower down by narrow white ribbon, and, to
complete the whole, white roses dotted tho
col flu ro Itself.
White appeared quite the favorite amonr
young ladles. 1-qremmt among the *nowy at
tires waa that of the danghter of the Iloron Al*
phonse de Rcthophlld, mere lx set off by white’
tulle and satin. Tha hostess fferself was arrayed
In a dress of dark violet velvet draped over a
petticoat of white bcstlllooneo. Very effective
appeared the drreo, in blue, satin, of the Cqm-
tease Guy de, la Itochcfourald, with Its Uritek
Uimalaa of Uamttat white Uce.
At a dinner given by tha Baronne Adolph*
da Rothschild, the Duritema da Bimrcis was
radiant in a toilette of sky-blue **tin, with
ta'aU sud dtamou.lt. Very effective also looked
the red velvet drr«4 of the MarquUe de Bzren*
per. with its habit Pompadour in antique fluff,
brocaded with painted bouquet*. A rather sin*
rular contrast waa exhibited by the Cbm tease da
Trol< rn at another dinner. This lady had re*
£ laced flowers in a blue satin dress by yelfbw
irds perched upou the ohouldere and in the
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