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BOB TELEGRAPH ACT EESSEXGEI
7BIDAT, JULY 1, 1882.
<JL WitD*, Lag., wean a tangled wilder
■nets of hair, suggestive of beasts of the
AX, birds of the air and creeping things.
fUTTzihr, Esq., is a hard-looking piece
af hwasnity, but he has the very highest
rewpect for the late glorious Confederacy.
'SniioTin a mnltitnde of sins.
‘Is*fourth of July ia a big day—so is the
Barth of August. The noise and discom
kd co either day will depend largely on
fSm crowd and the temperature.
Vn a fellow woald want to pull Grant
-art cf a train wreck is more lhan we oan
asm. We oan think of only one other
gjfc» more appropriate than that for him.
Rabat many counties failed to instruct
Own against the majority rule. It is fair
tmmj that a failure to instruct against
sale mow in foroe is an indorsement of that
inn all it will be admitted that there
baa appear to ba some opposition to Mr,
»; but we do not expect the papers
mfaamertod there was no opposition
a to admit it.
o's legacy to the oountry should
ae»a apes ted to spend his time in fishing.
We do not say the country does not miss
Jkdtar while he Is off fishing. Tne country
She a decided fondness for missing him,
Kumcr ootnm instructs her delegates
ffivW.J. Northen—a Hancock man, and
sasdf the purest and most patrioUo oitl-
«»in the State. If he should be nomi*
ajto&he will gst no half-hearted support
fen this office.
*- Wxknew that the Adams family would
be heard from. The bunko men hare not
fidghtsned them from public gaze en-
fc»V- We learn that Charles Francis
Affix*, Jr., is aciyil service reform fa-
wards for Oongrssa in MassachusetU.
Taw piooa and talented Yankees that on*
ncfiidthe faros of hanging Guiteau in effi
gy*«(to he was dead, are reminded that
We i diet Arnold, another distinguished
Xesthsrner, would probably be gratified by
a similar recognition at their patriotic
Tax efforts that are being made to In-
Arne Arab! Bey to go to Constantinople are
as earn gotta as those that were made to in-
Ar©Uel.Thornton to quil publicly advo-
mttagtbe nomination of Mr. Btephons.
Amis, however, doesn't seem to be as eaal-
wnoed as Marcellas.
is hsnebmsn of Bammsr Grant ©on-
»to step into the official shoes of de-
1 snti-Grant Radical*, lathe leg-
•i—“none bat Grant men need apply,"
ex 7 he read the doom of official decency,
aeMl Chiitoaa'e Arthur goes to join Billy
fifes* tr’sUsy**.
up to date indicate a decided
i for continuing the two-thirds
wfiein foroe in our State convention*. It
Ibjpod Democratic doctrine, and there is
swoood reason why it should be set aside
Ms make way fsr the Radical doctrine of
ffe ma j >rity rule.
Tea present time is not a suitable one
fe Mooring any of the old Democratic
ixaUaaarks. The two-thirds rule is die-
feslh ily Democratic. Refusal to abide
fe B ia tb* last State convention brought
vtefcl trouble i on the party. Abolishing
kw31 complete the work of Democratic
feasUgralion.
lr Mr. Stephens cannot be nominated
mdtr the two*thlrds rule, time betUr
am can be. The rule should not be
*mfd simply to meet his requirements
md hie friends ought to be better Demo
•ahi than to ask it. The rule should
stead,be the nominees life-long Demo-
wall or Whig recruits.
Dooming Oat.
To-day's county conventions will al-
most certainly determine the complexion
of the State convention, in so far as con
cerns the candidacy of Mr. Stephens.
When he first permitted himself to be Im
portuned into entering the canvass for the
gubernatorial office, an effort was made
by certain sensational papers and the'r
hangers on to get up such an amount of
enthusiasm as would carry the whole
party and State by storm. The attempt
failed.* The enthusiasm was artificial
and ridiculous. It vras amnsiug be cause
overacting always appeals to one’s sens©
of the ludicrous. It was short-lived be
cause it was not genuine. Affected enthusi
asm Is too wearing to last. Tin public sense
of fair dealing will not tolerate a sham
at this point; and the poor fellows who
try frantically, and luvain, to get up
whoop find nothing else so comforting as
Is the opportunity of hlditqr their dlndu-
lshed beads. The suppos ed boon wte'i
boom, and the frantic aud ft-tllklal en
thusiasm has settled d*. wa into a subdued
melancholy. The whoop ore have been
“grinned.” The rctulft, up to date, so
far from •flowing anything like a popular
uprising of Democrats for the nomination
or Mr. Stephens, indicate strong and lr-
reconcilable opposition to him, on va
rious grounds. Indeed, so great is
the opposition that his wildest and
most unreasonable supporters do
now claim that it is possible
for him to get the support of two-thirds of
the delegates to the convention. At first
It was claimed that the convention would
be unanimous in his fsvor. Then the en
thusiastic estimate fell to the claim of an
Indorsement that would be “practically
unanimous." Later on, these wise po
litical seers were claiming a little lew.
They were content with a two-thirds in
dorsement which they assured the public
Mr. Stephens would surely get. Now, a
bare majority will satisfy them ; and they
will be absolutely happy if they can,
through personal favoritism to Mr.
Stephens, secure tlie repeal of the
two-thirds rule, and put him before
the people on a simple majority
Indorsement, It will nghtly take a
two-thirds vote to abolish tho two-thirds
rule; and we do not believe that so large
a number of tha delegates can be Induced
to abrogate that rule, to bring about
the nomination of a man to whom
than one-third of the parly is unalterably
opposed. The efforts on the part of the
advocate* of Mr. Stephens to roj*al that
rule is a confession that, lu their judg
ment, be will not be able to secure the
support of two-thirds of the convention,
But it is not admitted that he will i
cure a majority evon of the delegates.
The present outlook ia unfavorable to
such a result. If that much be accom
plished, U will be done only by going out
side of party usages, in the middle and
northern counties, and allowing Inde
pendents to take pail in the selection of
delegates. As we have stated elsewhere,
on reliable autl^ritjr,thu policy has al
ready been threatened ia portions of the
ninth district.
It is a confession of weakness on the
part of the Democratic advocates of the
Stephens nomination ; and it Is, at the
same time, an outrage on our party roeth
It Is a violation of fair dealing
that ought not to be tolerated, to allow
tha anemlea of the party to come into its
conventions, not to conform to Demo
cratic usages and to Indorse Us methods,
but to control a special convention In the
Interest of especial candidate, whose nom
ination they think will contribute to the
permanent advantage of Icdependentlsm.
The Stephens boom Is a confessed fail
ure on the part of those who have been
trying to write It up, In the face of the
admission that, to secure even a majority
of the delegates, It has been necessary to
go outside of the party to get tba requi
site number of votes. A nomination
gained by snch methods would not meet
tha approval of Georgia Democrats—es
pecially If such nomination should ba ef
fected by the repeal of the two-thirds
rule. Tba indications thus point to the
fact that tba boom for Mr. Stephens has
degenerated into a discreditable scram
ble for the office—a scramble which does
not hesitate to seise upon the Independ
ents and proas them into service, to meet
the special emergency.
Cotton Bfatemeut.
According to the New York financial
Chronicle of July 1st, the receipts of cot
ton up to Friday night, June 30th, from
September lit, 1881, were 4,620,487 bales,
agiiuat 6,064,683 bales In 1881 at sune
date, and against 4,842,134 bales lu 1880,
showing a falling off compared with 1881
1,064,196, aud as compared with 1880 of
221,647 bales.
Receipts for the week ending on last
Friday night, were 0,288 bales, against
20,60? bale* last year at »me dale, and
against 17.067 bales in 1880.
Slock in the Interior towns on last Fri
day night was 60,417 bales, against 78,-
617 iu 1881. Stock in Macon on Friday
night was 1,021 bales, agalust 3,726 bales
iu 1881.
The total visible supply of cotton on last
Friday night was 2,067,164 bales against
2,275,204 bales in 1881, and against 1,020,-
480 bales In 1880. These figures Indicate
a decrease In the amount of cotton
sight a» compared with 1881 of 208,050
bales, and an incr ase as compared with
the same date in 1880 of 140,608 bales.
Middling cotton was quotea in Liver
pool on Friday last at 0|; and on tba
same date last year it was quoted at 6 3-10,
the features of poetic license about It, and
this fact adds nothing to its presontablo-
ncts. Tlio gubernatorial office la not &
sinecure. Its duties call for an active and
vigorous incumbent. There is no poetry
about It. It Is a peculiarly practical af
fair, and unreasoning sentimentalism can
have no part In suggesting a way of filling
it to the honor and advantage of the
Stato.
Jason Atxcm, for judge of the northern
■Smhtid, just suits tba pot-boost President,
tehot that Jim knows no taw make* tba
tepeiatmeut all tha mora appropriate.
fehsU judges iu the South are eipeeted
te minister unto Radical partisanship—not
head miniate r law and uphold justice. Jim
fcfct vary Dogberry for the emergency.
Tcaam, in offering homes and protection
telhe exiled Jew#, ••aches a lemon of tol-
•me* that ought to put to sham# the
amaieaUy Christian, but actually barb*
saw.empire of llua-ia. Itieno insignia
oat mat that Mohammedanism should
temhk a Gamaliel for the instruction of
tee heed of the Greek church in the doe-
feet* of Christian forbearance.
Vs have positive information that many
CtemKraU refused to take part m Ti
primaries, simply because they oo
mm BiUed to support Mr. Stephana if he be
—^-tiad. Ic view of that fact, they re-
temd to take part in the county oouveu-
temv. led blepheca delegate* were cbosen
tease eoantte* where he had only n
wmafl Democratic following.
ftenaoxY morning wae so cool that the
Bkphens men, all over the State, oonfi-
fftety looked for a heavy fall of hail, in
—J«»i with the old Commoner's
ferny that it require# cool heather to pro-
fece it. The thirteen Stephen* men in
Bht ooanty think the weather mode a
S*ii mistake in not confirming the old
aami'a hail theory on Wednesday more-
fa to wrong to murdsr a professional
femortot, but still Providence doe* not
- ► the people entirely unprotected.
Hen it-builders rarely ever eejoy good
a . They frequently have to go to
a * tor repair*. Daring the** vacation*,
t public generally recover sofficient
«-*o£ih to taka Item through tha nest
• v >. gn. “The mercy of the Lord an
ti foreturn thank' to our
or their p.ompt
off fiiillifaJ reports of the happening* In
ferir - - •ghhorhoed*. W# have been a
* by too unusual demand* npon
*Mite condense tome of Umaa Uit
:»or eurretpofxknt* are eenmU* gen
ui >ill era tbi { *te>Jtr the eirc :
mJr.. :r— s.tt imp A-ritla.
quailing oa a .»w Line.
II wlUba remembered thaltha pro
prietor of tha Poet Appeal asserted not
long sinco a purpose to support Mr. Sta-
pfatns uuden auy and all circumstances—
except only In tha event ha should request
him not to do so. That is tha sense of
the recant editorial remark that we have
In mind. Since that utterance that paper
has withdrawn iu support from Mr. Ste
phens In a somewhat mournful manner
What we wish to find out now is Just this:
Did Mr. Stephens request the Puat-Ajb
peal to remove his name from the head of
Its editorial columns? If so, on what
grounds does ha object to being supported
by the heretofore leading Stephens paper
In the State? If not, than how does tba
proprietor of that paper explain tba fact
of his change of purpose In vi^w of the
declaration alluded to In the opening sen
tence of this article ? An explanation of
ibis point would not be without interest
just now.
The desertion of Mr. Stephens by the
ro*f-rij>j»fu/U a significant circumstance.
It is said that “rate will leave a sinking
ship." Many men, like them, will not
tail to forsake a failing causa. The fatal-
hearted net* of the original Stephens paper
shows that U to conduced that the cause
of Mr. Stephens to hopeless. Now that
the most prominent Stephens paper has
forsaken the old Commoner, we may look
out for a general stampede In the strag
gling anny or the new coalitionists. The
old gentlemau has never learned that
“discretion to the beUet part cl valor." If
he liad done so, ha would make baste t£
follow Col. Thornton into the ranks of
the opposition. One woald think that
decidedly preferable to begging a nomi
nation at the bauds of a party, and hav
ing bis request loglonoosly refused.
Sster bribr* In the history of the party has
It hod taurc earns to avoid internal
and promt a steady un tlvtded Croat to the
dbiMMsah Jfare.
Yee, and that is one reatoo why the effort
to fore* Mr. Stephens upon an an willing
party Is so reprrtenalbls. If tha Snc»
knows anything about Democratic aasUl-
merit in Georgia U mass be aware of tha
fact that thereto mots irreconcilable oppo
sition to Mr. Blapfen* In tha Democratic
rank* then to aaj other man whoso
has bean mentioaoJ, at any time. In
AMumptlons o! the “Mew*. 1
The nomination ot Mr. Stephen* will insure
Democratic unity in Georgia, and will crush
out IndependentUm so completely that we be
lieve It would lead to the return of ten straight-
out Democrats os Representative* to the forty-
eighth Congraa from the Empire Bt*tc of tho
8outh. This fact alone is sufllclcnt to fully
Justify Mr. Stephens being selected by the Dem.
ocratic convent)on, to L* held in Atlanta on
the 19th Instant, as the standard bearer of the
party.—Soeasna* .V«
That the semblance of a reason Is bet
ter than no reason at all seems to be the
position of the Newt on the gubernatorial
question. The peculiar paragraph quoted
above Justifies this conclusion. It to a
sample of the strongest showing which
auy of tba Jeffersonian organs have yet
been able to make, in support of the great
folly of making Mr. Stephens the nominee
of tho July convention. When we speak
of it as the strongest showing that the
Jeffersonians have been ablo
make for their candidate we do
not mean to say that It is strong, as com
pared with a creditable showing in de
fense of the nomination oi any given man,
but limply that it la the best that the
Stephens men have yet been ablo to
think of, In their advocacy of the nomina
tion of that gentleman. Tho trouble with
the particular showing In question is, It
starts out with an assumption of some
thing that isn't true. As a matter of
course wo take It for granted that our
effersonian contemporary believes
nomination or Mr. Stepbeus will secure
.Democratic unity in Georgiabut the
fact that it does believe It only shows that
our contemporary is poorly posted as to
the real soutlmsnts of tho Democratic
masses. There Isn't a prominent Demo
crat In the State, eligible to the guberna
torial office, whose nomination would so
surely teudto destroy Democratic unity,
as would that of Mr. Stephens. The
Newt certainly ought to be well enough
posted on the record of its candidate, for
the past twenty years, to know why this
is so. It Is nothing to the purpose to say
that this, that and the other thing, objec
tionable In his party record,
ought to have been condoned long
ago. It may be true that
tba Democratic masses ought to be as
forgetfnl as the Newt Is with reference to
the record of Its policy candidate, but
that to not the point. The fact In the
case Is the other way. There are thou
sands of good and true Democrats In
Georgia who have not forgotten the an
gularitles In Mr. Stephens's record, from
1861 down to the writing of the Smith
letter, and It to the veriest folly to talk of
uniting them In his support. It to true
that Mr. Stephens Is more popular with
tlie enemies of the Democratic party than
any of our leaders. Uls popularity lu
thoie quarters was established by the
very methods aud acts which make him
an undesirable candidate to thousands of
Democrats all over the State. Ills popu
larlty on the one band to the exact meas
ure otbls unpopularity on the other. For
the very reason, for Instance, that a Grant
Radical would look with favor upon the
candidacy of Mr. Stephens, a Democrat,
who despises the old bummer—and all
right-thinking Southern Democrats do
abhor him—will necessarily look with
disfavor upon such a nomlua'Jon. The
assumption of the Newt la utterly ground
less on this point.
Is there any reason for abating that the
proposed nomination will **crusb out In-
dependenttom so completely" as to “lead
to the return of ten strelgbtout organized
Democrats’* to the Forty-eighth Congress?
The assumption that the indorsement of
a man who to on record as a supporter of
Independent Speer and Felton, will de
stroy lndependentism, to ntierly ground
less and unreasonable. The leading in
dependents look with favor upon the
nomination of Mr. Stephens, knowing
that it will contribute to their cwu sue
In the legislative and Congressional
elections. They could favor it on no
other grounds. This to why, in some of
the counties, they went Into the Demo
cratic primaries and controlled them In
the Interest of the Jeffersonian candi
date. Felton and Speer lack a great
deal of being fools. They certainly would
not join In a movement which would
‘crush out" the Independent organiza
tion. In the event the Democratic party
should, on the ground of the supposed
truth of these two wild assumptions, com
mit itself to the support ot Mr. Stephens,
we ere of the opinion that, the sev
enth and ninth districts will send Inde
pendents to the forty-eighth Congress;
and there to strong reason to fear that the
eighth district will do likewise.
It will be noticed that tb# Newt consol
idates ka two violent assumption* and
■peaks of them as a “fact." It says:
“This fact aume Is suffiden: to fully jus
tify Mr. Stephens being selected by the
Democratic convention." What to the
“fact" about which It speaks? Its inser
tion* and assumptions, In the paragraph
under consideration, are not fact*. It
be that the Newt believes that they are
tens, hot Us belief that a couple of lu as
sumptions are founded in reason does not
constitute a “fart," in such sort aa
justify the conclusion that Mr. Stephans
ought to be tba standard-bearer
the party. Tba truth to, tha whole
array of totalled reasons that, from
first to last, have been given in ad
vocaey of perpetrating this crowning folly
of bomtes, to not mora real or respecta
ble than are the violent asaumpikme
The Bsmusut Clreeisbnekeni
The Texas Oreenbxckers are on tlie
rampage. The proceedings at tfcelr State
couvamiou wet* wild aud disorderly. The
spirit of Jack Cade seems to have been
breathed Into the motley array, and the
rip-roaring delegates struck franticallr
around them liko blind men beatlcg the
Liquor and license ran riot through
out the galberiug. Judging from the ac
count given In the Galveston Newt, it is
fair to say that the expressldn, “Hell's
broke loese In Texas," came very near
being literally exemplified In the Green
back convention. It was a gathering of
political bedlamites; and they showed
themselves worthy of the pot-houses
whence they cam«, and of the country
whither they go. The proceedings would
not have done discredit to a Richmond
county gathering of short-staple patriots,
Among other resolves, was the stereotyped
Greenback resolution that “tbqDemocratic
party has outlived Its usefulness," and
that, as a consequence, all man should
flock to the Greenback standard. Even
were It true, as concluded by the bedla
mites, that the Democratic party has out
lived its espacity to serve tlie country in
the ways of usefulness, tho criticism
would come with bad grace from tho
Greenbackers, who have never had any
usefulness to outlive, and who will proba
bly not have any for all time to come.
re glad to know that the Texas
Greenbackers are ou the rampage. We
cannot Imagine anythidgmore refreshing
during this sultry weather than tbeipecta-
de of a colony or two of wild and ram
bling National Greenbackers rending the
air ol Texas with thoir discordant voices,
and beating their hollo w-heads against
Its Impregnable Democratic defenses.
We will underwrite for them that their
organization will die before it becomes
useful, except in giving free exhibitions
of most ludicrous politics! uselessness.
DUrealdU
WkU. ti-, ii* .Tom, In lb. {wnpipb Uut l-Md. lhl»
al uoidwc ■ oautd. <rf tU» ptiu. of lk«
The Kentucky Evangelist.
One of the most remarkable men of tbe
hour la Rev. George O. Dames, the Ken
tucky evangelist, who is now laboring for
the church In that State. He has by tbe
simple power of his prayer and eloquence
brought thousands to repentance; and not
simply ignorant aud unlettered people of
the country, easily moved by excitement
and susceptible. He numbers among his
flock tlie governor, Itenteuant-goveroor,
Judges of the Inferior and Superior Court,
officials generally, officers of the late Con
federacy and a host of cultivated and re
fined gentlemen from various walks of
life. The preacher to described as simply
Irresistible; a man thoroughly Imbued
with truth and faith in the Scriptures.
Uls appeals are directed at the heart, and
with what effect may be easily imagined.
Dut not to the spiritually Infirm are his
labors couQued; be goes about curing the
bodily ailments and lifting up the allllct-
ed. Ills plau Is best described in his own
words.
Ou being asked by a reporter what was
meant by tbe expression* which are
sometimes used In reports of his meetings,
“confessions to tbe soul" and “confessions
to the body," he replied: ■
“Ooatessioa to the body refect to my healing
by means of anointing with oil. About • year
*f° 1 begun this In connection with my work
in the mountains of Ksntucky, and the Lord
has blessed my work wonderfully. I never ask
man what ails him. The Lord Is Iho doctor,
not I. I have nothing to do in the matter but
act as God bids me. 1 last my action on the
fourteenth and fifteenth verses of James. I do
not know what good thaoll does. 1 do not stop
to inquire anything about that. The Lord bids
to anoint with oil and I do !L I carry a
small vial of oil In my pocket and Jnst touch It
slightly upon the forehead of the afflicted,
then prey with them earnestly In m/simple
way as best I know how, and leave U all with
the Lord, trusting Him for Ills word. Anda»
my faith becomes simpler and stronger my
eees become* more marked. Tbe devil tempted
me strongly when Ood first put it In my mind
to do this. The devil said 1 would fail and
that U would rain my preaching, but thanks
be to God, 1 began It, with the assists nee of my
daughter, In tboee mountain districts, and
haTe since continued it whereret 1 have been,
and I have never had a failure where unbelief
did not Interfere. I have had thousand* of
and I know of three or four hundred
myself who have come to me to tell me that
they got wclL The cures are not always Im
mediate. In some cases they are instantane
ous, and In others they are not"
fractions, Iwenty.four of the unlnatructed
eighty-four to the advocacy of the majori
ty rule, and sixty of them to tho support
of the rule as it stands. Of tbe sixty-one
counties represented In our Tuesday's
table, according to our method cf calcula
tion, one hundred and twenty-two dele
gates favor retaining tbe two thirds rule
and fifty favor adopting the majority, or
tho Republican rule. Even In the event
that the Democratic rule stands only an
even chance among the unlnatructed dele
gates, It ia safe to say that that old party
landmark Is still safe from tho iconclastlc
touch of party lnnovationtste and misguid
ed reformers.
It ia uoticeable that a number of coun
ties that favor the nomination of Mr. Ste
phens reject bla suggestion with reference
to abolishing tbe Democratic rule. We
cannot but regard this as a hopeful Indi
cation. It abowa that while they are wil
ling to support Mr. Stephens, if be should
receive the nomination accotding to time-
honored party usage, they are unwilling
to sacrifice the peculiar and distinctive fea
ture of oar nominating conventions, in
order to bring him before tbe people as
the Democratic standard-bearer. In this
the Interests of the man are subordinated
to those of the party. It furnishes a guar
antee, so far as those counties are cou-
cerncd, that tbeir delegates will not be
guilty of the wickeduess of sacrificing
party rule and party interest and the
peace of tbe State on tbe altar of abject
personalism—as was the case at the last
gubernatorial convention. This to en
couraglng. The peace of the party la
worth more than all its leaders; for It
oughtto survive them and their children**
children.
It to perhaps unnecessary, at this time,
make any extended defense of tbe two-
thirds rule. It is absolutely true, as far
our reading has gone, that uot one tub
anllal reaton has beeu given In favor of
abrogation. The plea in favor of the
majority's ruling, in tbe matter of nomi
nations, Is only specious. It is fuily put
to rout by the unquestionable fact that
majority of tbe convention will not rep
resent a majority of the party; so that
tbe veiy argument used for showing the
propriety of adopting the Radical rale of
nominating candidates answers itself.
It would require someth lug more than
majority of the convention to represent
majority of the party. If the argument
worth anything at all, it goes to show
that a larger proportion of the convention
than oven two-tbirds of Us members
ought to agroo upon a candidate; for
may easily be seen that it by no means
follows that two-thirds of tha delegates
represent even a majority of the Demo-
cradc voters of the State. Illustration
not needed to make this point any
plainer.
Dut an argument In favor of the ma
jority rule Is attempted to be drawn
from the last unfortunate and disgraceful
gubernatorial campaign. The conse
quences of that political struggle will be
apparent in Georgia during the lives
the coming generation. It was a deplora
ble affair, but tbe two-thirds rule Is in no
way responsible for It, because Jl was
brought on by an open aud Inexcusable
violation ol that rule. If tbe convention
had adhered to the rule, by which the
members pledged themselves to abide,
nomination would have been effected, and
tlie party would have been saved from tbe
bitterest and most incurable of all wounds
—tboso given and received In Illegitimate
party warfare. Tbe lesson to be derived
from tbe unpatriotic personal struggle
two years ago teaches the great danger or
•suing aside a canon of the party-
hoary with an age of useful-
In order to subeerve
the ends of unpatriotic psrsonallstn.
is difficult to see how a stronger Illustra
tion of the wisdom of the two-thirds rule
could be made lhan that which to furn
ished by the late wrangle between Nor
wood and Colquitt over the gubernatorial
bone. It to evident that the advocates
the rule which obtained In the old Whig
party, and which is ot force now in the
Radical party, can add no strength what
ever to their cause by refemug to the
heated canvass which bad a being only
through a violation of tbe two-Urirds role,
Democrats are In tbe habit of aubmlttlng
to nominations made In accordance with
Democratic ctutom; audit Is welt enough
to consider tba fart that the times are
propitious Just now for violent Innova
tions on that custom, In the interest of
any man, great or small.
his party and an cu*my to his native
State. Now Jones, of Texas, is being
l eld up to view as the political aalut of
far West, In that be is supposed to
have the will and the power to measure
arms with Democracy in its Texas
strongholds. The GnHeau party Indorsed
repudiation In Virginia to secure the tri
umph of Mahone, and the consequent de
feat of the Democrats. It now upholds ■u VUl w. uu ,u» i M.. .
Gre.nbacklim In that It, may
nd. through "I'on'trlTemtanyolilnmn'tco' I'll rn«ke»
Vhtr. i. lb. D«fcct.
Whether It ia la-cauie th« facilities for
newa gathering are gradually becoming
more perfect, or because crime la on tbe
lucre are, it Is bard to decide, but certain
It la then la daily a frightful array ol mur
ders, araoua, burglaries, suicides and lea-
aer Crimea laid before tbe public. Nearly
erery paper that la picked up ylelda lu
quota of honor* glren lu sickening detail,
l'b* epldamk of wrong doing ia not con
fined to sections cr quarters; the Weal,
tbe rioulb, tbe North aud highly elrilUed
New England all an alike guilty; tbe
fcrer eeema to burn unchecked through
out tbe republic. Wballtlt that Ik a at
lb* bottom of U all ? Where la the
feet In our ayatem or our cirillaaliou f
Can It be that morality la not taught—
cau It be that crime la not aura ol punish
ment? Is the fault I, our morals, our
law or to our courts ? It would be hard
to decide, aud yat there Is a link missing
somewhere, aa tb. dally records prove.
Th. Democratic Hm-
Returnl from Tuetday'a primaries are
complete enough to ahow that the Demo
cratic party la overwhelmingly oppoeed
doing nway with that diatlnctlr* party
landmark—tba twotblrda rale. Accord
ing to our returns, up to Wednesday
morning, only seven counties, with
voting strength of twenty-els in con van
lion, have instructed Id favor of adopting
th* majority rule. Nineuen counties,
with aixty-lwo delegate., havt instruct*;
In favor of retaining tb* two-lhlrd* rain.
Thirty-Ova counties, with eighty-four
votes, do not Instruct their delegate*
either lor, or against, th* rule, aud bene*
It la fair to Infer that they do not wish
any change made la It. A fkllure to tn-
ttractinfarorotths tl-xtt? rode, In tbe
absence of a special prortekm leaving th*
matter to tbe discretion of the delegate*,
can hut be considered aa at least a nega-
tira indofsrawat of th* aaletiag rule.
But In tb* event this view of the question
should Dot be taken by the delegmen Croat
the uninatr noting counties, it le Hair
am clad, that Individual opinion among
them tor or again* tfaaral. of pnaent forts,
wilt halo about lb. pvopxtion of thirty
nmi to thirteen—Um pr^ottlon that ok-
treat lathe foe.’
Ulna Is the ematles instructing ou the
There an eertaialy tom of eakiec*.. This woald gin, discarding
A Tale or Current Topic.
Detroit Fret Prett.
trevelins acruu the country lor the txneUt ot
her dyspewla, was resting hcnell In a bit of a
thicket, when along came two foxes In search
of something not too utter for dinner. Rein*
tired and disappointed, it was only natural
that they should feel quarrelsome, and m they
halted near the thicket one of them Mid: If
you were half aa sharp as the books make you
out you would not now be hungry enough to
gnaw at the bnshee." "And if you were half
a* big m you think you
- “i, mlnui ja
Mntionlam InTexas.
It was not necessary that there should
be any additional evidence to establish
tba utterly abandoned character of tha
Gulteau party, now In power, and repre
sented In tha White House by a pot-
bouse politician, and, In tbe prees, by that
pot-house bully's obsequious man Friday,
of tbe Washington Republican. There
Uni a single decent characteristic In tbe
whole concern. It has no principle* out
side of power, patronage and plunder. It
indorsed repudiation In Virginia, to
maintain its bold upon power. There to
nothing, which would tend to strengthen
it In Its bold upon tba public purse, at
which It would balk. It adopts tha senti
ment of snaky John Sherman, of Ohio,
that ncthlng which tenda to ktlp the
Democrats out of office Is Illegitimate.
Tbe following extract from the Washing
ton Republican Indicates tbe truth of
what we have said:
The pollUtal campaign In Texas opened
Thursday lost. A Stale convention of Groen-
backers met at Fort Worth and adopted a plat
form arraigning tha Bourbon State administra
tion for subsidy lexlslatloa. for lack of provis
ion for free schools, and other shortcoming*.
An effort was made to defeat the plan* for th*
paign by disturbance, and also by tha nom
ination of a fall ticket, in order to dlsaflkct th*
Republican*, who favor * Liberal
This was defeated, and nothing we* done with
reference to candidate* beyond recommending
G. W. Jones, the Greenback member of Con-
foe governor, and leaving the formation
of a ticket with the committees of the several
political elements oppoaed to Bourhonteas. It
appears likely that the Republican* will in
dorse Jooe*. and that tha committee of the
party, with the Greenback committee and an
Independent Democratic committee which may
ha formed hereafter, will unite in tha cam-
lalgn for the redemption of the State from
Bourbon misrule. Representative Jooe* le a
man of sterling character, and a high order of
ability. He le respected for LL rattfoun per-
pome and hi* recocnUcd Integrity. He will
make a tnoroogh can ram, end k> him will rally
Republicans, Independent*. Union!**. Whigs,
Houston awn and Greenbackers. Whenever
the nett Bouxhooa of Te*** realise their nu
merical strength they will carry the State.
They bare the power. ThU may he the
year.
Every man to * patriot, la tb* estima
tion of tb* Gulteau party. If b* can ba
induced to antagonize lb* Democratic
party. Even Ghalmmv, of Mbsfnippf,
baa bean** something of a hero alnc* ba
weal over, hag and baggage, to Urn Jaco
bi!**. M shore ha* become a bright and
accomplish the same end, through
triumph of Jones. It would cheer
fully embrace tbe tenets of Mormontom,
secure tbe control of tbe forty-eighth
Congress, If it could be attained In that
way. There to nothing abandoned In hu
man belief, or ihamelesv in human con
duct, that the Gulteau party would.not
cheerfully condone—that It would not
profess and practice, to secure a single po
litical triumph. Gulteau gave it the high
station which it now defiles; and when
those sections of the country which up
hold It experience an awakening with re
gard to decency and decent methods, it
will go to join it* dead and dishonored
originator. If Jonea, of Texas, has aatom*
ach for such Indorsement, tne Texas Dem
ocrats are mote than willing he should re
ceive it.
Tb« Fnawller Industrie*.
We have on several occasions reminded
tbe readers of the Txr.KORpn and Mes
senger that success Is not confined alone
the devious paths ot politics. That
the true independence of any people de
pends more largely in utilizing the ma
terial resources of the land in which they
live. There are in the limits of Georgia
resources that would employ every idle
hand, and engage every Idle brain, and
bring competency and comfort to every
individual, If they were only utilized.
We are now in the midst of one of the
most abundant frnlt crops ever knowu In
middle Georgia. If the idle people of
tbis aectlon could only be induced to go
to work and dry the peaches and apples
that fill our orchards, this crop would
bring; money enough to relieve every
necessity.
This suggestion, course, will not
reach those wbo are idle, but in all coun
tries tbe very poor people who need help
most depend upon others to do tbeir
thinking, and into the hands of those who
do read and thick, this may fall. They
could not serve this section better nor
tbeir neighbors more beneficently than by
helping them to undertake this work.
Tho fruit crop of our neighboring
county, Monroe, last year, with only a
partial crop, brought In thousands of dol
lars. So may it prove in every county if
the unemployed could be put to work.
In some portions of tbe United States
good livings are made by picking and
drying blackberries. With the abundant
crops of oats, wheat and corn, and tbe
fruit crop properly cared for, every mere
chant would be able to meet every de
mand, and every household be made hap
py In the enjoyment of prosperity,
BlMk la IbefEMt.
It will b* seen from our telegraphic
dispatches that matters at Alexandria,
Egypt, have assumed an additional threat
ening phase. The Egyptian authorities
have been constructing forts and water
batteries, and mounting heavy guns bear
ing on the harbor. Admiral Seymour,
with proverbial Eoglish promptness, has
notified tbe Alexandrian officials that
they must desist from these preparations,
or take tbe consequences. No one ac
quainted with English methods in all
such cases will doubt that Admiral Sey
mour Is not In a jesting humor. Right or
wrong, a message of the character sent by
tbe representative of English power in the
harbor, means just what It says. It
means acquiescence, or tbe bombardment
of Alexandria. Neither vacillation, nor
any other species of weakness, finds a
dwelling place in Drittoh methods. It to
with the Arabs to say whether U shall be
peace or war. One would think they bad
right to build defenses on
their own soil, and mount them with
heavy guns, pointing at will; but ques
tions of right are ic abeyance when Eng
land has a purpose in view that can only
be accomplished by an appeal to arms. It
would be well for Egypt to heed tbe
warning of Admiral Seymour, and let the
water batteries alone. Whatever tnay be
the rights or the case, tho might of the
matter floats In tbe harbor, and will speak
forth, if occasion presents, out of tbe
mouths of monster cannon. Alexandria,
at best, is not a fair city to look upon; but
its appearance would not be Improved by
provoking a contest with a power which
neither fears tbe strong nor pities the
weak, when Its Interests are threatened
and Us injunctions are disregarded* Eng
land does not fear tbe consequences
bombarding Alexandria. If tlie Arabs do
not fear It, tb* city will soon bssmt
ruins. And then? Well, tbe armti
Europe will probably be mustered then.
“Don’t fire me any chin mu«lc or I’ll make >
wreck of you!” yelled No. 2. ‘’You’re a thief!'
’•Ditto:" •• You're a—I" At this, point th
loose could stand it no longer. Walking out
rom the thicket she put on a benevolent look
and observed: “Gentlemen, let me settle this
dispute. In the first place I want to remark
Bnby Exterminator*.
Detroit Pott.
The baby exterminatou that do business un-
erthenair
dials" aro li
these days L #
inclined to let people know what these seduc
tive compounds are made of which stop chil
dren from crying. A Philadelphia doctor esti
mate* that 2j,000 bottle* a week of these quiet*
lng poisons are sold In that city, and that they
kifi * large portion of tho 1 ,. r >00 or 2,000 babies
who die there every year. Dr. Meigs, another
Dhvsictanof that city, says these concoctions
all poisonous, ana if thev are not fatal they
— has been pro
duced by “Godfrey's Cordial," which is com
posed of one and one-half pints of laudanum
to 16 pints of molasses, 2 pints ot alcohol, 26
pinto of water, 8^ ounces of carbonate of potas
sium and oil of nssafrasto flavor. A dose of
It I it it COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Clonliiff Exercises at Newcastle Nt.
Pleasant, Tharpe Academy and
Planters' lllstaNoliool
Editort Telegraph and Me.viwjrr:—\ Q .
cording to announcement the cloning ex-
ercises of Newcastle ached took place last
Wednesday. This is a small school in the
eastern part of the county, and near the
Twigga line. It ia under Mr. Walter J.
Heard, a young man who himself received
bla training in one of our county publio
•hoola. For several years this little school
ha* been in feeole condition, and more
than onco it* abandonment by the board
has boon under consideration. Under th<
energetic management of its present you!
ful teacher it haa now aeomed to take ol
life, aud last Wednesday stood fortl?
in its beat apparel for exhibition. The
classes were questioned quite freely by
Superintendent Zettlor, and the aunwera
were genornlly prompt nnd eattafactory.
The aenaiblo answers and explanations to
practical examples in arithmotio given by
one of the older boys, John Rond, were in
wide contrast with some work we have aeen
on exhibitions of this kind. The lad
showed that bo had ideas nnd was compli.
mented by the Superintomiont aa
one of the beet taught boys of his age he
had ever seen.
A Very Interesting oxerciso was the “In
terrupted Speech," in which one lad set
ont to make a speech and was interrupted
by another who insisted ho could do it bet
ter, and proceeded to make the effort. For
a while it was a double speech badly mixed,
this Muir would be enough to sicken a horse.
Dr. Tsylcr, in his “Medical Jurisprudence."
notes the death of * child fifteen mouth* old.
caused by two doses of soothing syrup, with all
the symptoms ot narcotic poisoning. Th*
warm weather is coming on. during which
young children are especially liable to be “out
of aorta" and fretful, and we may add that
they are especially liable at tha Mm* Ume to
be Killed by their mothers or nunes with
“patent nostrums which no human being,
knowing what they are made of. would ever
think of giving even to adecent dog."
An Udtl Ocean Nteamer
New York Sun.
A dome-covered and mastlcss vessel Is being
built at Kyack. at the yard of James K. Smith,
for the American Quick Transit Steamship
Company,. It is the Invention of Capt. More
land, for forty years connected with tho Cu-
nard Line. She will bo launched about the
month to put in her boTere and machinery,
she will not be ready for her trial trip before
ithe latter part of August. If she realizes the
expectations of her Inventor she will be put in
me nni iuuis iruu u»uc. s»u inner vcw;s
will be made for the freight and passenger
transatlantic service. All of her timbers are in
position, her planking ia about completed and
a large force ot men are hurrying forward
the work. The best materials are usod,
and she will be stronger than the
dlnary vessel to sustain tlie strain of her
glnes, which will be double the usual power.
voyage across the Atlantic may be made ini
less than six days. The model Is different In I
i every Important reaped from the ocean sUBm-d
ere now fn use. First, she Is about St per centl
more beam, and Instead of the straight sides
going deep down Into the water, there will be
a graceful rise from the keel to the load line. I
litis claimed that the hull will be more stable
without ballast than the present type of mm
eels. The 'turtle back," or dome deck. Is aSM
languishing feature, m It will afford enlarged I
space on passenger vessels for taloon accom-
UMto*AtoMmfffemfefefegM«feMor tbe com-
l-u- a' a
mndatlon. and on freight vessels, for the com
fortable ho I'lnc of rattle. It|
I promenade deck Inf
, fair weather. Th# whole
upper deck will thus bo covered in, and the
space usually exposed to the weather will
be entirely utilized. It will thus be light, airy
and well ventilated. Abaft will be the main
saloon, a spacious apartment furnished in ma
hogany and black walnut. Large staterooms
wlU open from the main saloon. Directly for
ward of tbe main saloon will be the engine-
room. then the mess-room and officers’ state
rooms. Still further forward will be tbe quar
ters for the crew. G water safety U claimed for
the turtle back; it will Ue the vessel's sides
together, thus making her stronger, no sea, no
matter hovr large, can strike at right angles,
and the concu*dve force from boarding
seas Is avoided by the perfect shedding
of them on tho curved surface. Tho
wheelhousc, smokestacks, ventilators, and
flag and signal staff will be the only
things rislnr ‘ — **“ J ‘ ~
will be no ip I
tages claimed are the absence oi all top
eight, whtrh strains the ship in heavy weatn-
. r, the avoiding ot a great outlay for sails aud
rigging, and the dispensing with a Urge crew
ofprmctlcal sailors. Another claim is Ur* ’~
slralght course on tha ocean, taking the
Here I* Our 1.1st.
The Milletkeville Recorder banters u*
produce a list of anti-Stephen* papers.
We comply. Her* they are t
TguwBsra avd Mzaanoxx, Walton
Newt and Vidette, Southerner and Appeal,
Montezuma Weekly, Barneevilto Qaxette,
Bainbridge Democrat, Darien Gazette,
Mirror and Adeertlter, Lumpkin Inde
pendent, Wrightavilto Recorder, Talbottoo
Ilegitler, Newt and Adeertlter, Ishmaelite,
Quitman Free Prete, Madisonian, Bylva-
nia Telephone, Valdosta Timet, Early
County Newt, Dublin Gazette, Hawklnvilla
Dispatch, II iw kina villa Newt, Jackson
Herald, DtKalb Newt, Dawson Journal,
Enquirer^Sun, Houston Home Journal,
Clarksville Adtertiser, Brunswick Appeal,
Worth Star, Henry County Weekly, Coch
ran Enterprise, Banner-Watchman, Even
ing Herald, Jackson County News, Griffin
Sin, Camming Clarion, Pike County
Newt, Canton Georgian, ReiJsviil* Enter
prise, Franklin Newt, Blaekshear Newt
and Signal, Jatper County News, Cedar-
town Advertiser, Monrot Adtertiser, Cotb-
bert Appeal, Augusta Evening Newt.
For G art rail—Conyers Weekly, Cherokee
Adeamee, Douglas villa Sta., Camming
Clarion.
Rons© U«wm All tb© Time,
Detroit Tree Preeu
Th© Taur.axra, of Macon. Ga, has a politi
cal fight with sis other dallies In that flute,
and li roUs the balls so fast that some oT
down all the time.
Tb© It polls Myalens
Phitsdetphus Haft.
IIow th* debauched and demoralizing saeOa
i in on*
may b« Interred from the follow
ing genuine advertisement*, taken from a re
cent tame of th© Washington MtnuUiemm, th*
organ oC the spof lama ns administration:
* UP.—A lady with good indorsements will
give r too for a good, pevmane
-.("the departments. Address
Will give fifty dollar* r**h and 21 per
of salary m long as miataa* many Miens. r —
enrtag me a potation under the gitminm.
Address "Sfoccy,” JLwfoU.rj* office.
The sfflrw of the iimtnamnt have hcoitec
- end. The friend*
tern must f*y the ha»gtr».>
and finally it rosultod in no speech, each
ono failing and charging tho other with
being tho cac5o of tho failure. It was
much enjoyed by tho audience.
Then caino the dinnor—chicken pie, bar-
bccind shote, etc. There was the greatest
at in linn- of t-vc-rjHung i;ood, and the
fragment* would have fed a hundred more.
So great waa tho flow of lemonade under
the skillful baud of Messrs. O’Neal and
h • I tlut everybody present wasoou-
ritrained to say. “Hold, enough!” and
i.-'wly nt.u rolf ;! wa-* donated to the chil
dren of tho neighboring school. It was a
grand day. nnd ms; its liko be ?e«n again
many a time and oft, and may ue bo
there.
Wednesday morning found the people
astir at an early hour in tho vicinity of
ML Pleasant schoolhonse in upper Hut-
land, known in years part as “( o il Neck.”
At 9 o'clock Superintendent Zettler arrived
nnd exercises began. Like the s hool at
Newcastle, thU one is under a Bibb county
young man, Mr. 0. T. Amazon, who re
ceived his trailing in the pnblio echools of
the county. A bush arbor had been erect
ed at one end of the school house and seat*
provided for the audience, the pupils ot
the school coming out for recitation on a
platform on the level of the door sill. The
classes were exercised in arithmetic, geog
raphy and elements of English grammar,
Closing with an interesting spelling match
which was Closely contested and finally
won by th* fiirle.
Tha superintendent said he coaid not re
sist temptation to depart from his rule ot
not oorameutiug publicly upon the exer
cise* and complimented the children upon
th* ir imprint n.Mit a,, shown by their bright
faces, prompt answor* to hia question nnd
r**din*Mto talk with him. ''Children,"
.-•'lid he, " who get ideas from their teach-
ers are never embarrnssod by tho questions
of a .-tr.inger,” and it was only on this
ground that ho could account for their
prompt mnweirt to his practical questions.
\ omul., r <>t visitor* from other neigh
borhoods and from tho city were present
and seemed to enjoy the exrroise* very
mucin Soon Messrs. McGhee, Huunicutt
nnd other lending spirit! had the table*
loaded with choice viands and tho crowd
were invited to oomo np and partake.
Dinner being pa-t, the SnpcrmUmient
left the people to t o entertained with songs
by Mr. Yin-oil’s class and an address by
Mr. Leonard McManus, and departed for
I h ir| - Academy, four miles further on.
Arriving about :t o'clock, he found the
school in session and a few visitors and
patrors prorent. This school ia the Inrgest
sells ami
, , rge crew
[practice! ssllors. Another del in is thet. in
_ it might course on th* ocean, taking the wind
Mil blows, the atmospheric resistance aaalnsl
th* spars, masts, and rigging of a vowel driven
by steam power Is so great that th* gain by
the loss of th* advantage of Mite in a favorlug
breeze. To meet the emergency ot derange
ment to the main shaft, screw or machinery at
sea, a pair of auxiliary screws are placed one
above the other in the dead wood just forward
of the rudder post, ami entirely Independent
of th* main shaft and screw. When not in use
they will be Inclosed by largo shutters flush
with the wood, if th© ordinary steering appa
ratus should become disabled, tb*arrangement
of these shutters Is such that they can be used
as a sortof doubto rudder, one for po i •»
For I'ongmimnn-ai.Largs.
Editors Telegraph and Mettengef:—'The
accompanying editorial of Augusta Chron
icle and Constitutionalist, to to ominently
just anil expresses my own estimate ol the
worth of Hon. Geo. T. Barnes, of Rich
mond, no fully, I respectfully ask for it
place in your column*. Gxoaou.
Auguits Chronicle end ConttUntlennt et,
June ts.
An "Old Ltn* Democrat” present* this
morning tbe name of Hon. George T.
Barn**, for Congressman-at-large. The
mention of hia name at this time, for th©
general representative of the State iu tbe
t ext House of Representatives to particu
larly appropriate, lie ombodie* iu a strik
ing degreo tho high principles of a man
and the thorough qualities of the states
man. No man in th© Slat©
beeu truer to hia friend* or
faithful to those principle* of th© party to
which be has been eo long attached. Of
warm, genial nature, be ia among the com
panionable and popular gentlemen—a
man of tho people, and a representative
whom all cl-ts-ct can approach, aud from
whom, whether elienta or cooatitoenta, hto
people can at all timaa oxpcct candor cour
tesy aud rely upon the highest capacity.
As a lawyer he rank* among th* moat
con-cientiooa and profound, and a« an ad
vocate he to consul.-red on* of the most
logical in th* South. He to a broad and
finuhed scholar, and ha* trained a mind of
natural strength and liberality by tb©
widest rang* of reading and tfemoet In
telligent ob*ervation of men and events.
Major Dame* haa rendered great Mrviea
to the State as a public nun. lie has never
held office slno* hi* election to the Legisla
ture in 1n;i, when the tree and trie i men
•J tba land were called to the front in an
hour of uncertainty and peril. Uut site*
that Urn* he has been a trusted towtor of
the party. Ue haa labored aa a member of
th© State and national campaign commit
tee-, and baa been found in th© front rank
in every campaign since th* war, where the
principle* of Democracy were to be ad
vanced and the honor of the South was to
be main tain ed. A* the Georgia member of
the national Democratic executive com
mittee he has formulated a basis of organi
zation for the unity nnd strength of hia
patty, and no man la tbe next campaign,
whether or not be to advanced by the peo-
pie as a candidate for office, will be more
ready to render faithful an-J efficient ser
vice to hi* party and to hi* oountry than
th* Hon. George T. Barnes.
Tb# Chronicle ha* nodisir* to anticipate
th© action of tbe State Democratic conven
tion, where the bed and truest eounMi,
w* trust, will prevail; still Uts do we wish
to detract from tb© claims of th© many ex-
eellent gentlemen who hvre already been
presented for the office of Congressman
at lar"?. But w© may with confidence say
that should Major Ua«n?*b© placed iu nom
ination of th©
m tiro ctmiiij and (or throw month.* of tho
spring term aho«ed nn nttendnnco cf
-cvotitjaAvo to ninety pupil-, but within
th" ln'l wo month* tho attendance, owing
to the prevalence of chicken pox nnd sore
eyes, had dropped oil more than ono half,
nnd the clriMes became *o broken up and
demoralized that the principal, Mr. S. E.
Ohaxnblies, decided not to nttompt nn. ex
hibition. A few otn—t* from both depart
ment* (the primary being under Mi* * Su*ie
Hodgkin©) were called ont and thoir work
exhibited niter which a fow speocho* aud
relec.ions were given and tho school closed
for the term.
Fridvy morning found score© of vehicle*
on tit© road* loading to Planter*’ High
School in Rutland, and visitor* from the
city by private conveyance nnd by rail
road, making their way to thi* time-hon
ored school renter. A week or two before
th.d*r fixed for tho exhibition, a gentle-
m in m tin- m ik'hborlioiMl n-marki-d m tho
presence of a few friends that ho was
anxious to *o© a hnrd-omo aud commo
dious school-house equipped with modern
furniture and appliance*, roaring it« boll
tower and spire in old Rutland, and that
he woald contribute one hundred • dollars
for thi* purpo-H*. Tho word- took wing
and soon it was reported that the present
schooLhoufO was to to torn down, the
school center changed to anothor locality,
and a new house erected. It wn* nlao •nid
the-uprrintendt nt wh* actively manipu
lating the matter in this direction and the
! i- ! of education had appro*cd the
project and were intent u;>cn carrying it
into execution. Stimulated ami excited
by theeo report* tho patron* of the
-eh )ol, tho teacher and tho pupil*
unitej and r©M>l*ed to prove that removal
aud con-.olid.itmu were unnece-.ary ; that
l'l intern* High School wa* well located, a
good school center, popular with the peo
ple and equal to ull the demand* upon it.
At mile I»’cluck ciorctrtu.v began con-mt-
ing of dux* recitation* in Kmc!i-h gram
mar. geojrnphy, arithmetic, algebra and
id Dg, inter' * ***
a iling,
d by the organ under Mr.
instrumental tnu*io by the Rutlnud ama
teur* and fpteehesby the boy*. Every
thing was done in Mr. Pearce * vigorous
style and so rapidly and i-moo'.hly did on*
thing give way to another that beforfflbi
wore aware of it. he am.ouqff^
“lad spe«ch"and tho dinner sens. TlHa
we mu t dweil npon. The speech wnwfe
a Id ns* by John C. Flynn a former i <
of the rcliool, and wa* a tr.ort ruvllfl
thing. Aa wo looked tf ihe>ou’.hful i
er, hi hi* u»ll.roun.'.t-d urntniiCM
and eloquent utterances, noted bis self-
pOMeseiOft and ea*y, graceful ronnner and
well modulated voice, we could
not help thinking that w©
were looking upon a “natural
orator. \Mn-ther the addreaa wan wrilieu
entir.-o •’> himself or had been pohiiud up
an older hand we kuo* not, nor do ws
care. Suffice it to **y he delivered it elo-
l'i« ntly. I II- tribute to Col. Stut,!,.' mem
ory wa* touching nnd appropriate.
Superintendent Zettler made a few re
mark*, or, a* be termed it, a school talk to
the patrons, in the cour-.e ot which ho t©-
ft-rri-J to th«* removal agitett»n,au-l invited
tin; l it'on-* to Intel after .tinner and dn-
cutaihe matter.
Thin f ame tho “Dinner Song," by th©
school, led by Nellie, ltert-ie and Annie,
wbo described in verre and oong the dinner
awaiting q*. 7 he word* wer«, adapted to
th© air of ’'Sweet By-and-By," the diorus.
*ung by the whole school, being changed
to *’Dinner I'iai© Will b« Coming By and
“£u«
i may all t
it you try. And
dinner,
oup and
. bat alas, he forgo
poopto and th* wbblo people will secure a
moo who haa shorn himself a msrter of
dotails, at d who will prove himself to be
an organizer of victory; a man who unite*
tb© patriotism of Bsjrnrd with the scholar
ship of Uartteld. and wha to the judicial
east© of hie mind sxsd the breadth of hto
steteimanship will take high ra*.k| I
the leaders of the |
tblntng iifkt site© be became A tts»fade f ctnlre rvk* reform
BKbtx. then tee/ ntul be f-Mi©! by
ffimfeioMiTiih defiant revolt to ftvtm
that thee
Why Thin** iio t'p.
If ,oa will multiply $30,000 »dJ $10-*
<W0®T*l. youhura tb. mult 17V-.A),
mpuo. ex) tbe grind t.piuU of tba
LoulaUnu But* Lotury bar. gone .long
with tba lacrauaot ant of alula tlekata
lot tha HuolNj drautnp. which hu
foaa from two dolluts to lira dull.n
■ptara. A clogla dollar aout to M. A.
Ml, X.w Otlaam, I.*., will h>r.
the Mat chine, u baton ol gauing $12,.
000. Twodollan aent mar bring you
$30,000; bat fira dollaiiMt.t mtr bring
you fliftUO. Oat rauou for tba chiog-
wm tba (act that tba tuuagar* could
bom- tup,., tha damand, to tba relation
ofltaia(tiUr|jaUD9t. For farther tnfor*
' taaUea. write to 21. A. Diupbia, Now
Oricaaa, U, mm ba oaca im io before
; duly titb next.
fneud* with song-. «p<
norm nt do
delighted. Nelli,
t half
_ . _ elite's
ant of a Beau." "1 winkle Ut-
by aud “My First Masio
l*> little* lila, were charmingly
hij# ti-«; “cb.mpi m debate,” Ly ih©
* ” - 'lioiiibl©. "Ton
i POM
ad
©Mr tw
haa-
Of h.
bove them all.
ion r.vJ at toast one
irmoaiziagdi-cordant
together tho pat-
h« school, and now if tba people
the advice of th© saperiatendent,
tne.r paste room, dig * well near
M-houa© and give tho building two
™ !TO mj in
mh4 hlwwtU wttfce
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