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HBHHpppi THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6,1885. THE TEL EG HA ITT, Published every day in the year end weekly by the Telegra|ih and llessenirer PnblUhiuf Co. 97 Mulberry Street. Macou. G*. ,The Dally is delivered by carriers in the city or mailed postage free to subscribers, for f 1 l**r month, $'2.60 for three months, $5 for six months, or $10 a year. Tax Wkkklt is mailed to satiscribens. postage free, at $1/25 a year and 75 cents for six months. Transient advertisements will l>e taken for the Daily at $1 per square of 10 lines or less for the first insertion, and 60 cents for each subsequent inser tion, and for the Weekly at $1 for each insertion. Notices of deaths, funerals, marriage* aud births, *». r Rejected communication, will not be returned. Concpondence conUininrt lui|K>rtaot new. ,u(1 dlKUMlon. of living topic, la itolirlted, but inu.t lie brb'Panii written upon but one aide of the paper to bare attention. Remittance, aliould be made by eipreaa. poatal note, money order or regtetered litter. Atlanta Bureau IV{ Peachtree atreet, C. A. N'Hea. ageut and corre,|Mm<lent. All commuulcatlona abonld lie addre.aed to jTHE TKI.KOItmi. Macon, tia. Money order., check*, etc., .honld te* mule paya ble to If. C. Hikiwin, Manager. Annorincement. T. J. Burney in no longer in the employ of the Tgr.tumru asu Mehsknoer Publish- iug Company, and is not authorized to fur ther transact any business for the company or receipt for money due. H. C. Hansom, Manager. What right has the Turk in Europe any way? By compiest he came, liy conquest let him be Ironnced. Ilu Dayenpobt JaJpresident of a wine company. The temperance folks will in vestigate the matter. Attornky-Geneiui, Gabi,aso says that he owns stock in a telephone company, but that the government does not. At Caledonia, N. Y., last week, a $70,000 girl married John Barks, her’ coachman, Barks, it seems, was not only willing but anxious. The man who can stand quietly by and ace the conflict between negro draymen and his household gods without* swearing is either on angel or a fool. Am exchange says: “ ‘Potiphar's Wife,' an opera, has keen removed from the stage at St. Louis because the ‘Joseph’ was too Htuck up to appear in a night shirt.” In Texas a white man is in jail for marry ing a negro woman. In Pennsylvania a white woman marriea a negro mun and re ceives the congratulations of his neighbors. Tm Chicago Herald says: "Two bache lors running for Governor in New York State and ono bachelor already installed in the White House! No wonder the Widow Butler couldn't save a distance last fall.” The Philadelphia Itecord's definition of an old saw, is very fine. It says: "Those whom the gods love die young of heart and head, no matter at what age death claims them." The Democratic candidate for Lieut.- Governor of New York haa a bigger rnua- tacke than the Kepublicnn candidate for Governor. We trust the Mugwumps will note the fact. “In ainshnnt times two celebrated cou- pety-ters waggered a war ” without “ great alofter." But they were not Honnyhnll nnd Skipped. John Sherman and Mumt-Hal- atead were their names, anil they fought cion voa. The Honaton (Texas) Boat rises to this •point: "Great queationacannot be sctlletl by Hornb talk.” The chairdecidea the poilft of the gentleman from Texas well taken. Vhle the debate on the llailroad Commis sion in the Georgia House of Representa tives, on Friday Inst. The author of tko poem, “A Macon La dy,” writes to us as follows: "I wa. ao charmed with my otil friend, your pa- l*er, that 1 followed the example aet by the tllua trinua RUaa WefQt. and send yon the reflection, of a rainy afternoon. I have read the paper, thro Hub aU Hi varied fortune*, for twenty-four yearn, and it la but natural that I abnuld deal re to compliment the dlttnifled madame on hor new ault The Washington correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune says: The action of the Senate will not affect the President's purpose. If any of his nominees nre re jected it docs not pnt back the old employe. The President's ability to recognize other useful and houomble applicants will be kindly assisted by the Senate, and bo trill lie able, without indirection or injustice, to put a larger nuuilier of persons nndcr obli gations to him. Tnt Boston Herald statea the position of the New England Mngwutups: "The beauty of the independent position in politics is that one can lie independent all the time. A vote for Cleveland against Blaine does not mean to the independent that thereafter he must vote the Democratic ticket. On every occaaion he ia left free to act accord ing to hia judgment. The mere partiaan cannot understand this. He has no guide in politics but his party. Independent voters are very useful to keep parties up to a decent standard." The Southern rice crop has not been the only one that has stiffens! during the pres ent season. The presidency of Bengal is the largest of the divisions of India, and is densely populated. In its lower valleys the (ranges aud Brahmapootra rivers flow out to the southward into the Bay of Bengal in almost a thousand minor streams. Lying lietween these little rivers are the delta lands on which it grown n large anil im portant crop of rice. This crop is watered and the land enriched by the annual over flow, which ordinarily occurs almnt this season ol the year. In the present instance, however, instead of the usual and desired flood of water, the country has been sab- merged, the banks of the riven torn sway, and th* crop, in • great measure, swept •way. The Minority Report on the Railroad Hill. The minority report of the Honse com mittee on railroads is'one of the most re markable documents ever presented to an intelligent assembly. The gentlemen signiug it claim that be cause the constitution confers the right to make freight aud passenger rates upon the Legislature and the Legislature in turn con- fered its powers upon the Railroad Com mission, therefore, it would he unconstitu tional to ao alter or amend this law aa to subject the action of the commissioners to review by thefcourts. The Legislature ia not independent of the courta. Any mcaaure it adopts must he pasKed'npau by the Supreme Court before it can be enforced, provided ila provisions are called in question. It is preposterous to argue, aa the minority of the railroad committee have done, that the commis sion, which is the creation of the Legisla ture, is greater than the creator, anti that it is exempt from the same authority to which the Legislature is subject. The report in question means this or it means nothing in what ia said with reference to the unron- stitutionality of the Semite .hill. If the Legislature hail the right to trans fer its |lower over rates, conferred by the constitution, who will say that it cannot join the railroads with the commission, or dispensing with bolh,«dopt other menus for the accomplishment of this purpose. The constitution in granting this authority to the Legislature did not restrict its exercise to that body. Neither did it sug gest a railroad commission ns a proper means, or the oqj.y means for this purpose. The commission was created to execute authority granted the Legisla ture by the constitution. The Legislature was free to have adopted nny other plan, and having tried this it is clearly within lta province to alter the law under which the commission exists in nnyjpnrticulnr, or, if in its judgment it it deemed best, to wipe it out alt igether. The commission is in fact but the agent of the Legislature, and no sensible man can he found to assert that the authority of an agent exceeds or can exceed that of the principal. The grotesque reasoning of those who op pose nny modification in our present rail road law has attracted attention far nnd wide, nnd in the State nnd out of it haa created an unfavorable impression of the justice and intelligence of our law makers. The report in question is the most absurd of nnytking. that hns so far gone to the public in connection with pending railroad legislation. We will not repeat here the damaging effect of all this upon the future of the State. We would, however, suggest that no State is prosperous nnd progressive that disregards the o pinions, sentiments and wishes of its centers of population, intelli gence and capital. Upon these, at last, the growth and power of the commonwealth depend, Lecnuae here the moat intelligent direction of her cnergiea are to ho secured. Pandering to the vicious and ignorant, out- aide of politics, lma never yet accomplished success. The most intelligent and the beat communities of this State favor the Seuate railroad hill, and as a matter of judgment wise legislators cannot afford to disregard this indication. Turkey*. Dilemma. It lioa been demonstrated by inveatiga- tiona since made by the new Turkish minis ter of war, that the change in the Snltan'a ministry was not effected a moment too aoon. Ali Saili I’achn haa dlacovered, upon at tempting to tiring ont the full force of the army, that dUr.rganization prevailed in all the departments. Ileports have been rc- coivcu from all the department commnnd- ers. A recent cablegram says: Thom? reporta show that undvr Okazi Osman Paulin, thv hero of Plevna, who waa dismissed from the war ministry on September 25. the army waa almoat eutirely nrgleetH and tk.r large auroa of money voted for military purpoaea were diverted to other channela. The inquiry haa revealed that tire Adrianople army, which waa auppoaed to be 15.000 strong. con- talna not half that number of men. The aoldiera have no uniforma and are ahoeleaa. The cavalry ia unable to march owing to ita lack of horse* and neceaaary accoutrement*. Pour hundred horaea and 2,000 men who have been fully equipped are under orders to march at an hour's notice. Four ironclad* are actively preparing for e*a, but there are only fiOO ton* of coal available. T.’ie sail- lug of the ships, if there be need, may very p >**fhly be delayed on that account. Tlie fact that the Houmelinn ontpoflU are within twenty mi 1pm of Adrianople makes the Hituation all the more iteriouH. Already these outpostH have met nnd vanquiahed the Turks in a brisk skirmish. In point of numbers, the united forces of Rouinelia nnd Bulgaria are far inferior to the numbers that with time and money the Porte can arm and bring into action. But the rebellions armies nre fairly armed, and are backed not only by the Czar of Bosnia, but by the sympathy of a kindred race the world over. Whether it be reduced to a conflict of arms or another diplomatic con test, it seems likely that the settlement will leave the •‘sick man” witli on even feebler pulse. 8om* old letters are l»eing dug np, to the discomfiture of “Comp** Sherman. When Halleek was promoted over Grnnt he wrote to Sherman: **I am more than aatiafied with everything you have done. You have alwaya had my respect. but recently you have won my highest admiration! deeply regret to part with yon.” Gen. Sherman, having the notice of Gen. Grant'* assignment be fore him, replied; Morrow, July 16. IS6J.—Grs. HaLLEtk, Tobixth I cannot express my heartfelt pain at hearing of yonr order* and intended departure. You «houl<l not be removed. I fear the connequencr*. Iuitead of the calm, *urr, steady progrea* which ha* dis mayed our enemy, I now fear alarms, hesitation* and doubt*. You cannot be replaced ont here, and it Is too great a risk to hunt a new man from the East. With great respect. W. T. Hhbbmab, Major-OcneraL John IIabxh, who married Miaa McFar hunt and her $70,000, waa evidently an ex perienced mariner. There are timea when all Barka ahonld McFarland. When the Sick Man of Europe croaaea the Aatatic frontier every pall-bearer will be a king. “Picturesque Metaphor." The New York 'Timea says: The way of the Democrat, with civil service re form la aa the way of a dude leading a Siberian bloodhound. They daren’t let go of the beaet, they can't make btin go their way. and they are alarmed aa to what tuay hapjien if he draga them off hia way. Meanwhile the dog grow, bigger every day. Jtidicioua treatment will make even a Siberian bloodhound kind and doeile. The aize of a dog amount, to little if ita fang, have been drawn. But why does the Timea compare civil nervice reform to a ferocioua beaut. And how enn a dude lend a Siberian bloodhound that won't follow? What the deuce haa n Siberian bloodhound got to do with civil gcrvice reform, anyway? The New York World, figuring on Hill'g cknnceg, »nya: The Democrat* carried thi* Ntaie in the electiuna of 1.71. 1.75. 1.75, 1W1, lieu and 1S84. In 1.7. only a judge of tho Court of Appeal* was elected, ttidcon A. Tucker, a Democratic Oreen- haeker, ran an a third candidate and received T5.ul"! vote.. The Republican judge waa ehoaen by 34,661 plurality. In 1.7t# the Kelly-Dorehelmer bolt took place, de feating tbivernor Lucius Roblu.iiu and elertiug A. B. Cornell by 42.777 plurality. 'Hie combined Demo* eratic vote gave a Democratic majority of 35,000 against Cornell. !n lieei anil lam the Republieana carried the State, mainly owing to the bolt of 1.70. Thus alo.-o 1.74 the Democrats have elected their Ktate candidate in New York "even time, and the Republieana four Hmea. Iu one of the Republican ..earn, however, 1.70, the united Democracy waa In a clear majority of 35,000, aud in one of the Demo cratic year., 1683, the Republieana elected one can didate, the Secretary of State, on Uie beer Issue. The lit itinerate fought their battle, against the united Republican party in .lx yearn out of the „,or. in which victory waa on their aide. In the taut year of their success, 1H84, they fought against a divided Rcpnbltrau party, tho Independent Re- pnbUesue, or Mugwump*, openly supporting the Detuccratrc candidate. The Democratic majorities In these seven years went as follows: In 1874 ; 60,317: In 1.75, 13,550; in 1877, 32.742; in 1877, 11,264: iu 1882, 102,854; In 1883, 16,215, and in 1.84, when they hud tho aid of the Mugwump., 4,047 jilnratity. If the Democrat, are united and harmonious and poll their full vote in vindication and support of tho nat^gual adniiul.traUim under President Cleve land and hi. eiiccetuior, Oov. Hill, the return of the Mugwump* to their old party may not turn out to be an calamitous aa they seem to think—especially In view of the prohibition movement The Bouton Herald nny.: “The Republi can party in Ohio in doing a periltiUH feat of political tight-rope walking on tho temper ance question. Its position waa well brought out by Governor Foster’s foolishness in in terrupting the Prohibition candidate in a late meeting. Dr. Leonard declared that the Republican party was in favor of con tinuing the liquor traffic. The ex-Govcmor, who was in the audienco, got np and denied this. Tho Doctor asked him to state the position of his party, and the Governor re plied that it was in favor of "regulating and taxing the liquor traffic," "Can it be regulated and taxed without continuing it?” demanded the Prohibitionist, nnd, after Foster had tried in vain to wriggle away from this clincher. Dr. Leonard plumply naked him: “Is yonr party, then, in favor of Prohibition?” And the pole-balancer wan conatroined to any “No," which settled the busineHs, so far aa the ProhibitioniHta nre concerned. The action of the New York Republieana in following Mr. Blaine's example and dodging « question is at least more comfortable than the straddle attempted in Ohio. Moral ideas are getting to he very troublesome to politician..” Says the New York Sun: “Are the Mug wumps happier or ttnhnppier, now that they have gone home? Probably a little of both. They nm.t lie delighted to be back in their old familiar quarters, surrounded by sym pathetic nnd unrhiding faces, hut, on the other hand, they are no longer the heavy bosses of the Grand Mogul type that they aspired to be in the Democracy. The stool on which they once sat at the foot of the Democratic throne lina been kicked from under them, anil, though tlint waa the cause of a considerable shock, they have slid away nnd landed ao easily on the ltepuhlicnn stairs that they atilt retain breath enough to any pleasantly, "Here we are again.” But if they ore satisfied, how supreme must be the satisfaction of a still greater number of Democrats at tho opportunity to return to their old Ktnndard and go in with a rush for an undeniable nnd undiluted Democratic victory. Tlint is what the election of Hill nnd Jones will mean, and the Democrats will net accordingly.” A teleubam from Portage, N. Y., says: Fully funr thousand persons, coming from Buffalo, Rochester, Elmira nnd other places along the line of the Erie railroad, were on the banka of Portage Gorge thia afternoon to see Prof. J. E. De Leon, of Springfield, Ohio, walk over a tight rope stretched 350 feet from aide to side, at a distance of 200 feet above the rocky bed of the river and directly above the falls. The rope was nn inch in diameter— much smaller than is generally used in such feats. The performer walked across in eight minutes, nnd re turned to tho centre of the chasm, where he gave n trapeze performance, nfter which he lowered himself to the river, landing on the stone work which was recently built to keep the falls from washing away. ‘ He was thor oughly exhausted, and after n rest climbed the stabs to Murphy's Park anil marched triumphantly hack to his hotel, preceded by a brass band. Pounca in Louisiana is getting warm. Editor Burke, of the Times-Democrat, was recently interviewed ns to the Eustis matter, and is thus reported: In fict, only ono appnintmen t had been made in Louisiana at that time—Mr. Kernochan, naval offi cer.” "Wa* not that appointment the ran** of the estrangement between Eustl* and the President?” "I think it waa. primarily. The President *) pointed Kernorhan without inquiry or reference to political objection*, and witbont reference to the information filed at the trraaury. Kernochan i* a gentleman of good standing, and Eustis's objection* were political, but serious, becanae of the effect in the Democratic organization iu Louisiana." To thia Editor Parker, of the Picayune, tinder the heading “Mon* of tho Champion Liar,” thus replica: Mr. Kernochan ia here to anawer for himaelf. and we think be can give a very happy and appropriate anawer to theee political fraud* that have been posing in an effort to aave themaelve* from de- atrurtion. U will be recalled that Major Burke and Mr. Parker once had a hoatile meeting and that Major Burke wm aerioualy wounded. THE PURITANIC CHESTERFIELD. The First Prohibitionist—Harroom* a Com paratively New Institution. Editor* Telkoraph:— 1 The name of "Puritan*," which your Atlanta correspondent haa ehoaen aa descriptive of the voter* for Prohibition in Fulton county, warrant* reference to the moat surprizing (and I think Interesting) fact iu connection with the whole HUbject of the anti-liquor movement. I do not write (to suggest any objection to the term. The Puritans, under the rigorous Cromwell, "downed" the Lllteral* under the licentious Charles, and I suppose that the soft impeachment of the name will Ik* cheerfully accepted for the sake of the prophecy of victory which it augge*t*. But the fact to which I refer, as an astonishing one, ia that the first recorded suggestion of prohibi tion as a remedy for the evils resulting from the sale of liquor in public drinking places came, not from an over-ploua "Praise-God Bare-bones." but from the statesman whose suburb manners and questionable morals constitute, in the mind of the moral "Liberal 1st," the Ideal gentleman — Lord Chesterfield. The circumstances leading to the speech to which I refer are hardly less interesting than the speech itself. It i* not, perhap*. generally known, but it ia nevertheless true, that the institution known as the "bar-room" is only one hundred and sixty-one years old. Drunkenness la of much older origin; but tho idea of making money out of dnitikeune** by estab lishing places for the sole purpoHe of retailing in toxicants, the idea of making a separate business of cateriug to the appetites of men for strong drink, doea not date beyond 1724. Mr. Lecky is good authority aa an historian. He cannot be a Puritan, for he is an avowed infidel. He says it was not until about the year 1724 that the setting up of uumemua gin shops in England pro duced drunkenness to the extent with which we of modern times are familiar. It was in view of the alarming spread of intem perance originated by the pioneer bar-room, that Lord Chesterfield made a speech iu Parliament against "high-license,"—against a proposition to raise the tax upon the gin shops. He apoke from the standpoint of the statesman und the patriot, not from that of the religionist. It will lie noticed that he speaks of dram shops as being recently 'In vented:” •• 'Vice, my lords, is not properly to be taxed, but to be suppressed: aud heavy taxes are sometime* the only means by which that suppression can tie attained. Luxury, my lords, may very properly be taxed. But the use of thoxo things which are sim ply hurtful—hurtful in their otvn nature, nnd in every degree—la to be prohibited. If their liquors are so delicious that the people are tempted to their own destruction, let us at length, my lord*, secure them from these fatal draught* by bursting the vi al* that contain them. Let us check these artist* in humsn slaughter.which have reconciled their coun trymen to sickness and to ruin, and spread over tho pitfalls of debauchery such bait* a* canuol be re sisted. When I consider, my lord*, the tendency of this bill. I find It calculated only for the propaga tion of disease, the suppression of Industry, aud the destruction of mankind. For the purpose, my lords, what could have lieen invented more effica cious than shop* at which poison may t>e vended; poison so prepared as to please the palate, whilo it wastes the strength and kills only by intoxica tion?* " I have compared this utterance carefully with those of the most puritanical or fanatical temper ance men, but I nave searched in vain to find any thing equal to It 8am Jones's pious swearing sounds weak beside the vigor of that touch—"artists in human slaughter." Chesterfield the great origi nal Puritan! FA tu, Hrute! On the other hand, let me say, with the utmost good nature, that tho designation of "Liberals" for the anti-local option men seems hardly felicitous. There is only one party now before the eyes of the world that goes by the name of Liberal. It ia the party led by 51 r. Gladstone, "the foremost man in all the world;" the party endeared to the hearts of all English-speaking people by the devotion of John Bright Mr. Gladstone voted for Sir Wilfrid Lawson's local option law, " permissive bill" as it is called In England. It passed during his ministerial term. When a delegation of brewers warned him that the revenue would fall off, by reanon of the bill, be replied in aubetance that sober subjects would be a better dependence for revenue than drunken ones. He also said to Parliament that Intemperance was a greater curse than the three great historical evils, war, pestilence aud famine, combined. The great commoner. John Bright said in a recent speech, "the civilization of the age is settling irre versibly against the saloon." Emory Store*. the brilliant Western lawyer, Jnat deceased, who was not burdened with orthodoxy, said: 'The saloons hold the same relation to the penitentiary that the Sunday-school does to th* church.” The best thing ever said in the State, so far as I know, in favor of prohibition, was said by lion. W. A. Harris, of Worth. It will require a strong men tal effort among his hosts of friend* in Georgia to cla**ify "Bill Harris" as a "Puritan." The statement comes from everywhere that in the contests for prohibition, the most zealous voters for ft are the bard drinkers, who have been too liberal with whisky aud want to put their enemy out of the way. They may have brought upon therosclvea many reflections, but never that of Phsriseeism. When 1 thus And that prohibition count* among it* champion* not outo Puritan* of thi* novel type but the liberal* a* well, I feel (a* a temperance man ought never hi feel) somewhat "mixed in my effort to adopt the elaN*lflcation made by your abmlrable correspondent, whom 1 have the honor also to call my friend. Walter B. Hill. Scene In the Georgia Legislature. It was in the gallery of the House. The Legisla ture wa* in session aud the railroad bill wa* up for disctmalon. Two old country ladU-s edged down and, after much wriggling, got seat*. Otto wa* stout and prim. There wa* a look of defiance in her pale- eyes. Every feature seemed to lie tin the offensive. Without speaking a word, she seemed to say from head to foot. "Yes, I am here, aud I have never been here before. Now, what have you gut to say about It?" The other was long and angular. Rhe seemed to move in the magic circle of the visible authority exercised by her eonijwnton. There was a meek, accommodating look in her tired brown eyes, and the althea snuff stick thrust between hor lips,barely quivered. Hhe chewed so gently upon It. Hhe did not gaze about her much, but fixed her eyes upon the throng of Legislator* tielow. Her failed shawl drooped back revealing a faded calico drens; and a battered reticule of ancient date was chuqied in her band. "Lata. Hal," she suddenly ex- claimed In a whisper, "If tbar ain’t />ur Bill down tlur!" "And why not?" said the prim lady aloud, twisting around and facing the people on the other side. "William Toddlekin* was elected ter speak for Knapdoodle county," A dozen pair* of eyes were fixed upon her. Hhe reiterated: "I say. why not? William Toddlekin* was elected to speak for 8nap- d(XKile county. Why shouldn't he be here?" The faded woman went down into her aatchel for an- othtr dip. and said : '•But wbo'd er tho’t Bill Toddlekin* would ever ergot in the Legislator. What's he goto’ ter do anyhow ?" "Do? Why gracious alive Mr*. Settle, he's goto* ter give them railroad men fits." Again the prim lady faced the surrounding company and bobbed her head defiantly. "What 'uz Bill know Tiout railroad*." asked the failed lady, putting the cover back on her snuff box and closing her natch-1 without even a snap. "Las' time I saw 'im he couldn’t drive a steer 'round the post-office corner. Bet he couldn’t go roun' a rail road bend now an' find his way back." Further conversation was shut off, for just then BiU rose to his feet and, combing his mane more or less gracefully with hi* left hand, "sailed into the ndlroads." He stamped, he raved, he invoked the constitution, he foamed over 'inalienable rights," and moaned when be spoke of an oppressed and down-tredden people. And every time hia good right arm sawed the air. the prim lady bounced around and gazed defiantly upon the assembled company. But the faded lady merely chewed upon her a. the* mop. and said nothing. Hhe waa watch- ingbliL Spectator. A Macon Lady. (Written for the Macon Telegraph.] Ah! who 1* this in dainty dress Of new design in black and white? The stately matron's loveliness Is merged in this fresh beauty, quite. 'Tis she who boars the signs of age. Though clothed anew In fine attire; 'Tis she whom history’s pregnaut jiage Hath glorified through flood and fire. Long hath she held the standard high Of truth aud right—life's sacred laws; Long stood she firm ’neath troubled sky. To plead her own—her people’s cause. Rhe cheered, with clarion voice, the host. That swept to victory or death; Invincible, she kept her post. And watched the fray with bated breath. And when defeat, and loss, and woe. Spread desolation o’er the land. Her sympathies we all did know— Her gracious words—her helping hand. Aud through the years that ebb and flow Aa tides upon the shores of time. Her records still must ever show A people generous, brave, sublime. In but or mansion, there she And* A dally welcome, earnest, free; With cords of Interest close she binds. Past present future—mighty three. The past luminous with great deeds. That fitly sbiue as stars in heaven; A past that ne’er for worldly needs Held in its fold ambitious leaven. The present teeming with the hopes That rehabilitation brings. With difficulty bravely copes. And thus, surmounting all. she sings. And list! the burden of her song The future is. Its promise fair I* written clear In language strong. For hand* that do. and heart* that dare. And over all this storied space Our stately matron looks with pride. And. pen in baud, records with grace Struggles and triumphs side by side. And now to please fastidious man She dons tier new and stylish gown. Feeling, as ouly a woman can. Who wears "the prettiest dress in town." You ask who is this august dame. And where her court, and who her staff? Oue answer covers names and fame— It is *Thk Macon Teleohaph." Puiscilla Grim, spinster. Macon, October 1,1885. NAILING A LIP:. How the Story of JcfFerson Davis’* Disguise Ot Initiated. The recent revival of tho story that Jefferson Da vis, ex-president of the Confederacy, was disguined in bis wife's garments at the time of his capture by the Federal troops, prohably caused more interest In the matter to be awakcued iu 5Iacon than in any other city in the Union. As is well kuown, 5Ir. Da vis was brought to thia city immediately after his capture aud delivered hi General Wilson, the Fed eral commander. The date of his arrival iu 5Iacon wa* the l.'lth of May, 1865. Yesterday a Telegraph reporter met a well-known 5Iacou banker, one whose long aud honorable bust- ness career ha* given him an enviable ixmltion among the iuo*t highly esteemed re*ideut* of the city, who was present In General Wilson'* mom in the Lanier House when Mr. Davis’s arrival in the city wa* announced. In the course of a conversation lietween the bank er and tho reqiurtor the story of Mr. Davis’ disguise wa* mentioned. "I know the origin of that story," said the bank er, "but I have never mentioned it, because I did not wi*h to have my name connected with a matter about which so many widely different statements have been made." "Give the fact* to the Teleoraph," the reporter Imjiortuned. "and your name will be suppressed." •/Very well, I will do so under that condition. Of course. If it lierome* necessary, I atu perfectly will ing to substantiate my story over my own signa ture. "Together with perhaps twenty others I waa cap tured by federal troops twenty miles below Atheus In the spring of 1865. I wa* taken to that city, where I prevailed upon the officer in charge of the post to penult me to return t*» Macon and report to General Wilson. I arrived in klacon on the l.'Uh of May and went at once to General Wilson’s room in the Lanier House to report. It waa in the afternoon. He waa surrounded by a number of officers, whose namea I have forgotten. "Just a* 1 entered the room two or three officers of the jiarty that had beeu sent out to capture Mr. Davi also went in. and were received by Geueral Wilson and hia officers with great cordiality. They gave a long and interesting account of Mr. Davis’s capture, I, in the mean time, standing by unnoticed. "One of the officers who was with the party that effected the capture hail iu his band a shawl and a hoop-skirt. They attracted General Wilson's attrn lion, and he asked the officer what he was doing with them. "Why," said he, "when DavU was captured he wore tho shawl, and the hoop-skirt waa captured with his wife's effects. 1 brought them slung as relit?* of tho capture." " ‘Davis wore the shawl, did he?’ General Wilson said, 'it would lie a great Joke If ho had been caught wearing flie hoop-skirt.’ The officers all laughed heartily at th»; Imaginary picture of 51r. Davis in a hoop-*kirt, and one of them remarked, 'Why wouldn't It be a gtKKl joke to say that he was wear ing it when captured?' General Wilson laughed aud said that it would be a good joke, and that he was willing to |M*rpetrate it. It was then agreed between General Wilson and the officers to say that Mr. Davis was captured while wear ing his wife's garment*. I aupposttl that the story was intended purely as a joke, am! thought nothing more of it, until some time after, when I saw it gravely stated in the Northern pa- )*r* that 5Ir. Davis was captured disguised in a fe male's garment*." "Was it seriously claimed by any of the officers In General Wilson s Mom that 5Ir. Davis was dis guised a hen he was captured?" "I distinctly remember that it waa not. The of ficer who had the shawl aud the hmipskirt told Gen eral Wilson that when Mr. Davi* was surprised, he came out of his tent wearing an old dressing gowii and looking like an old woman. 'Was he really dis guised.' asked General Wilson- H)h, no,' the officer replied. *he was not disguised, but he wore around hi* shoulders this shawl.' I remember, also, that something was said about giving to the paiier* the Joke which waa concocted about Mr. Davia wear ing hia wife's garments. I suppose that this was done, Ik-cause, as I have already said, the story was soon published by the Northern papers." The reporter wa* told that others we zb alive who could substantiate the story here n laird. • • * • Premature decline of purer In either sex, however induced, socially and acrmaoenUy cured. Book for 10 cent* in stamiM. World'* Dls- [auiKary Medical Association. C63 Main street, Buffa- Diseases fromPlmpleatoScrnftila Cured by CutU-ura. Hundred, of letter. 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