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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 188G.—TWELVE PAGES. OVER THE STATE. Spalding Superior Oonrt convene* to-morrow. Pentelsviile he. pieced her U'inor Ucenre et *800. The term of the Oriffln poetmeeter expiree to-mor- ^The stock lew goee Into effect In Hart county to- morrow. Lauren. Superior Court U in eeeelon, Judge Kin- l>cc presiding. Wort b«tz»n Monday on tht new Methodist church for Dublin. Bsrneffville's new hotel wlU open with a grand reception March let. Docuet Grove ha* eubscrtbed $3,500 towarda hnlldiug the Georgia Midland. The fair of the Southern Rifle* at Talbotton take* place February 1‘Jth. The young ladle*’ braa*bandof Cuihbertare to give a concert In Amerlcu*. The negroea In Washington have a very flourish* ing temperance organ Ira tiou. Two more atore* will lie among the improve ment* of Baxley for thl* year. The Blount Volunteer* and the DuB'.gnon Volun- tetr* have received their gun*. FAitor Harris, of the Toccoa New*, lioa married BIm Nannie ltezar, of that place. George W. Roger*, a farmer in Hart county, will plant nothing but tobacco this year. The flnn of J. Waxelbaum k Co., of America*, b»* dissolved. Mr. Gro*. retiring. A ladv Bring near Hartwell had her front teeth to freeze and burnt during the recent cold spell. Rome of the periahablo property belonging to the itatc of Geu. Toombs will bo sold Tuesday. estate of Qeu. It is -aid that the Slberton narrow gauge railroad will bo changed to a wide gauge next summer. The measles are breaking out in Elbert county. Twenty case* are reported at Franklin 8prlnga. The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail road will not receive cotton seed for shipment. The surveyors of tho Savannah. Dublin and West ern railroad have reached Cobb Town, tn Tattnall county. The Valdosta Times any* the sugar cane put up for seed has beeu pretty generally killod by the se vere cold. * Mr Wm. W. Bailey, brother of Col. D. J. Bailey, of Griffin, died in Jackson last Wednesday. He was G9 year* old. Mr John A. Plant, near Rocky Mount, Meri wether county, ba» slaughtered a pig that weighed CM pounds gross. Judce Lee J. Milam, of Jones' Mills, Merriwether county, had his hand badly Injured by being caught in a gin last week. Y M. Wever. a young man. was flned $500 In the CHv Court at Savannah, Friday, for stabbing J. F. Mahoney, his former partner. A negro boy on Capt D. B. Cade’s plantation, in Wilkes county, w is recently bitten by a dog which which was thought to bemad, Mr. R. T. Ghent, jeweler and photographer of Eastman, has invented a useful evclope opener, for which he intends to obtain a patent. Dieuis, who waa recently acquitted of the charge of bigamy, i* to lecture on the "New Philosophy of the Mind’* in Amerlcu* to-morrow night. Cspt. J. H. King, of Thomaston. who recently re ceived a government appointment in New Mexico, “ ‘ * fo * ‘ * week he held court for Judge Fort at Amer icas. The Republican thinks the judge would make a “glorious Governor." \V e guess the people know more about that than the Republican. Berneevllle Orthodox Democrat. Slajor A. O. Bacon is one of the most probable candidates for Governor of Geor gia. That is to say, it is most probable his friends will insist on his running, most probable that if he runs he will be nomi nated, and if nominated that he will be elected. In these speculations, however we have not estimated the probable coarse of tho new party saints. A TREMENDOUS LAND BRIDE. On® Alii® of Mountain Takes a Tumble— A Terrible Noise. Wednesday morning about 1 o'clock the people living in the vicinity of Sterling, Ala., were awakened by a startling and un- usual noiHo, which was accompanied by a terrible shaking of the houses and ground Aboqi five miles from Sterling is what is called the Scraper Mountain and the north side of it is a great barren waste with huge boulders and cliffs of rocks. Some of these boulders projected over level land, and any one on the top of one of these can look straight down into the sparkling water* of the Chattooga river. About ono mile of this part of the mountain began breaking loose, and with a tremendous roar rushed to the valley below, where it emptied a great mass of rocks and trees. About ono-quailer of a mile of the slide rushed its way across the Chattanooga river, making a complete dam, and cansing the water to back a distance of several miles. About 7 o'clock tho water broke around the slide and rnshed with terrible force into its regular channel below. At the place where the Blido left the mountain side there is a perpendicular wall of about 300 feet, and about 50 feet from the top there is a great hole 20 feet in diameter, which is supposed to bo an entrnneo to a cavo. Tho slide and stripped mountain is wonderful sight, and hundreds of people are coming from all sections to view tho wonderful freak of nature. It is said the noise made by the sliding was heard a dis tance of ten miles, but terrible as it was, there was no loss to life or property. Tho cliffs and boulder have been threatening to break down over since the heavy freeze, but no one expected so sorions a result as this. A few adventurous people are mak ing preparations to scale the place vrhe.ro the slide came from and exploro the sup posed cave.—Rome Courier. TIIE CIVIL SERVICE LAW. W. B. HILL REPLIES TO MU. CHARL- • TON’S RECENT LETTER. The Opinion ol‘ a Man Who Ha* a Morbid Fascination For the Unpopular Side of a Question, lint Who Hrlnffs Out Some Good Points. course, appoint for Ms confidential advisers and chiet officials men who were in sym pathy with hio policy and system; bnt would he turn out the conductors, the det/ot agents, the supervisors of tracks, the train hands? The man who threatened such a thing couldn't get the vote of a single intelligent stockholder. Now, the minor Federal offices, the post offices, the revenno department, etc., have no more to do with the policy of an admin istration than tho car-coupler of a freight train has to do with the great schemes and ill leave Wednesday for his post os duty. A little child of Capt. E. U. Crawley, of Waycross, recently fell into a pot of boilinR water and was so severelp Burned that it died within six hours. About ten days ago * mad dog hit a valuable horse belong!or to Win. Wooten, of Dawson. Yes terday the horse showed evidence of hydrophobia and was shot. Manager Gaddis, of the Brunswick and Western railroad, has found employment for the men who were thrown out of employment by tho burning of the company’s shops. Mr. Miltiah Thrash, near Flat Shoal*, in stepplnn out of his porch during the late cold spell, slipped and fell at full length, severely injuring his spine. He was in bed two weeks. Thomas Caragan, a half wltted fellow who waa at work for Mr. GUdeon Jackson, noar Spring Vlaco mysteriously disappeared a few days ago, and noth ing has been heard of him since. The reward of $900 offered by the Oovernor for the apprehension of the incendiary who fired the town of Jackson will be increased to a larger amuant by the merchant* of that placo. The Romo Courier, after publishing an account of a tremendous landslide, now apologize* for it* appearance, and savs it was ItnTMMted upon by a hi althy liar who gavo it m a straight news'item. * Thursday, tn Floyd county, while out hunting, Mr. J. NY. Yarborough was accidentally shot and •erional wounded by his ten-year-old son. Threo squirrel shot entered Mr. Yarborough's temple. Capt. John McIntosh Kell, of 8unny Side, will contribute an article to the April Century giving a The case of the State vs. R. H. Raines, charged with murder for killing Gabe Hay on December 6. was called in Upson Superior Court Thursday morn ing. and ended Friday evening with a verdict o' guilty. John Drake col., who was convicted about a year ago in Upson Superior Coart of the murder or hi* wife, having been refused a new trial by the Su preme Court. wm sentenced Friday evening to hung March JO. Diamonds in plenty, a geologist who bae studied the subject say*, will yet be found In Oeorgt* in a belt that he locate* between Atlanta and the Savan nahi river, about 100 mile* In length and from ten •o thirty mile* in breadth. Mr. W. T. Brownlee and two negroea, of Elbert f°®uty, went out into the 8avannan river in a boat last Sunday. The boat waa cap*(zed and the two negmpa drowned. It was with great difficulty that Mr. Brownlee swam to the bank. There U a deformed negro in Wilkes county who ns* to drive a pair of goat* to enable him to get "I* * h ® smell of the goat* keep him healthy; that when from any cause he doe* not sick* b * or *° mc *‘ me * I 1 ® I® certain to be This is a belated item from the Washington On- vl l ®i the l* 1 ® ®*tremely cold weather R “• H uittb threw some water out of his store jioor when a pigeon flew down and lit In the water. Kn ,ro “® n ‘l lh® pigeon stuck fast. Mr. Hmltb then walked out and picked It up.” . i!K n y. lh ® * ff * r| ® the late General Toombs, Is a solid *ilve r candlestick bought by him forty year* ®*qul*tu»l3 r wrouulit piece of silver, 5*2*V***t|og a tree and its branche*; at the ba JffJJ?** tom which a fox and some deer —- gg* Thl* candlestick weighs twenty-four ponnaa, and originally cost 1*00. night sojtot person went to the pasture ln c ® rro, t county, and stole one of t*°r*®s, and msdo off with It lu the d rretl-m of Atlanta. Early next morning Mr. In P»™»‘t. tracking the horse some live Z•Entile track waa lost He poshed ®Jr®ad getting too near the thief, the horse wax S?'y Mr. Burn* succeeded in finding ta£d ^“K^-rtlle. The thief ha* not been cap- ,* r ; A ) fWklu®. of Carrollton, one day last week lac uvm 1*2? v" P 01 * 01 » Uf K® envelope conte *\* r ** *'• No trace of the missing money cm •hJiwi' p. . M ' t,,r d*y a negro living here, came out ii'ass* reread and got off at Bremen. ... f.ip ..ID w*’ ® ,u * K* T ® 1*1® satchel to the depot agent * r ® The agent suspected something ® 6 'I opened the satchel, and found therein nearly full of silver. A day or two i delivered nearly all the money to Beiu, of Carrollton, stating that it and rhZ! m V n ^* an ‘ ! tbat he h * 1 tccn lo ®nd changed the greenback* off for silver. I *!*meeting hebl yesterday at the court house In mn.i I 00, J- Rozar, of Dodge, chairman. lni» Smith, of Telfair, secretary, the follow- appointed to visit Atlanta on .i lU ru * r f 1 ft *h. to invite the Ohio excursionist* to Ate** n7 1 nf Oeoqria; William Pitt Fantman. Aefitarn. K U. Bacon. 1 ik.. i □*" R ® wl *u®» Jame* Bohannon. John Colville, lUr J !'k?. UI ?x ty i.T- J - Tom Eason. M. N. Mc- John D. Mcl^od, of Telfair county; Walter T. ttetfv McB ®®* John A. Morri*. J. K. I h J M^tdomerv county; John M. Stubb*. W. Unrell^' H * nr F M. Burch, John T. Rogers, ol ERE-S"** . Th# "U 0 rotary noUfled the aev- A th7n“ ben ‘ of ^ committee to meet at the o ‘ uui, uissloner of Agriculture in Atlante. Governor-Muklnc. E-atonton Messenger. I ttenlfSlZ! Georgia politics lathe r tK!* 1 ) d®m®nt A. Evana for Oov- I well tit /tw** C%n 1 be Governor, but It te very 1 well to offer a good list from which to select. 1 __ Camilla Clarion. I Smith f .** ler U abroad In the lanA I h f® ® r’etity of timber. We love to I theuffdLK* T!*° ftr ® not candidates. We’ve got I •tsi»Swi£e , *m» al,Ie 40,1 •Imjaent Hammond and the ^stefcaSSSSSasi I ■>» Ik'.mX rsssssTto ' T,k *. “V ot them .nil jonll hare a 11' UU4 *^ UneeU »n l unbou«ht b, CranfonlfiUa IVnoemt A-o.Bacon win both .land l * ® , *> b '•'inntr. W. don’t know who ‘ ,ur “ r "tepbena-e nn.xj.lwd. _ »»-eow Journal. ,.»A To » Siamon. u extending hi* ac- 10 Honlhweat Georgia. Last RESCUED B* BUZZARDS. Fox Hunter Fulls Into u Well and How He Escape*, A gentleman who lives in the eaRtern part of this county tells one of those storiea that few people will believe “withont seeing it.” Ho Kays that he was out fox hunting, and Nvhen the chase was at the height of its ex citement hi* borne ran into an old well thirty feet deep. The home was instantly killed by the fall, but the rider wan unhurt. The walls of the well had caved in at the bottom/a distance of three or four feet, and the gentleman says this pre vented getting out by digging foot holds. Realizing his situation, he began to call for help at the top of nis voice, but no assistance came. He was compelled to remain in the well all night, and tho next morning the stench arising from the dead carcass of the horse was anything hut pleasant, and he noticed that buzzards were soaring eve; the spot. Finally the buzzards began to alight in the well, and it was then that a bright Idea struck him. He decided to catch the buz zards by the leg os they came down until he got a sufficient number to carry him out. That he did, and when ho caught os many os his hands would hold, he “shewed” at them, and they fiew up, carrying him out of the well. Hut still the fox hunter was in a dilemma. The buzzards flew so rapidly that he could not turn loose when ho reached the top without falling back in the well. Upward the huzzardA flew with their human freight, aud the fox hunter began to despair of his life after all. When about 100 yards above tho ground the fox hunter was just about to let go and fall, when ho nvus struck by another bright idea. He decided to loose one buzzard at a timo until his weight would pull them downward. Acting upon this plan, bo was soon landed safely upon the ground. The gentleman who tells this story tells it in all seriousness and as though he actu ally believes it true, but it will be a colder day than any we had during tho recent blizzard before he can set anybody else believe it— Columbus Enquirer-Sun. GOS81P ABOUT PEOPLE. —Secretary Whitney denies the rumor that he centlv presetted Mr*. Whitney with a $40,000 dia-l mom* necklace. ■—The President will give a state dinner to the members of the United State* Supreme Court Thura<!ay evening. February 4. —John L. Sullivan professes hi* willingness continue posing a* Ajax Defying the Lightning, pro vided the salary te big enough. —Stuart Robson writes to the Washington Star that he believe* he set up the flrst copy of that per, and was employed there six months. D— Lieutenant Oreely’a lK>ok,‘‘Three Year* of Arctic [Travel;” will be puhli*hcd iu February. Ittef T two volumes and will be sold by subscription. —Senator Cockrill. of Missouri, recently slipped and fell upon au icy portion of the pavement near the Capitol and broke the thumb of his left band. —Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt a few days ago gave to the Rev. Dr. Galiaudet her check for #1,000, to be devoted to the New York Mission for Deaf Mute*. □ —Mr. Julian Hawthorne, as he grows older. Is jsald to more and more strongly resemble hi* father in personal appearance, but the reaeniblance be tween the books of the two authors U by no means ■marked. —Edward Russell, the apostle of wstheticiem in crockery, is described as a younfc man with china blue eyes and terra cotta hair, wbogoe* around with a hammer smashing meretricious examples of the potter's art. —William Sterner, aged elghty-flve, one of the oldest foreign resident* of California, died there lately. He had been noted for hi* great physical strength, and a few years ago was able to lift eight hundred pounds. —The President has presented Bold watches to Captain F. M. Hughe* *nd Second Officer Edward V. Roberts, of the British steamship Lord Uougb, for rescuing the crew of the American schooner Cbaptra in December last —Ml** Kate Field’s lecture In Chics go was en- lived by a ball going on in the same building, which fairly shook the hall tn which she was lecturing, but Mi** Kate, though somewhat moved, preserved •he equanimity for which ahe te distinguished. —Jame* Russell Lowell has declinod the Invita tion to be the orator at the semi-centennial celebra tion of the town of Lowell, aa he ha* made arrange ment* for a three months’ visit to Europe and will be on hi* way before the date of the celebration. W—The Austrian Emperor ha* opened an “Atone ment house” on the site of the Ring Theatre, Vl- enn*. the burning of which a few years ago was at tended with a terrible lose of life. The house is a handsome Gothic structure and will be let out In flats, the rent* from which will be devoted to char itable purpose* —A eotutn ot the Sheh of Ptnls, Oen.nl Prlnoe IchUikeiu HtriM. It now eterlng In Vienne. II. we. pmented to the Emperor bp the Pentaa minuter. en.l iteliremltobU luejntjr tn eutnwnpb Utter from the 8heh. Prince frbtubem will re time In Vienne, ee be bee to eedergn > ->r telenet. ) efter bUeUifon to ofBce Mejor luce. of PE Peat wee eppllej to bjr e .Met mendicant for eld, HU bomor aeked bin whet eeneedbu porertjr. The replr *•*. "* bere felUn emonc tbu.ee." -■Ab.-eeM tbe major ren.itmlj, -e. bate I.- For twee* cberltj'e eebe end tbe bond that dieted between tbe two men tbe peeper re- cet.ed n qeexter. . • « • Secret, IroUeterOj Inlet upon Ike gnwry Medical A-eocU&n. M Hate atnet, Bnf- The letters elicited by the Washington Chronicle f/ufit the members of the Demo cratic State Executiro Committee in refer ence to the proposed reform in tbe civil ser vice and the recent speeches of Republican and Democratic Senators, in which they used the occasion of tbe Hendricks Memorial to belabor President Cleveland for the de votion to the p-inciplea of that reform, have brought the (juestion more directly before the people of Georgia than it has been here tofore. The general trend of sentiment among our local party officials is hostile to the civil service Caw, whilo the few who are willing to give it a trial "damn it with faint praise." Mr. Charlton, who haa given the ablest and fullest expression to this opposi tion admits that he “approached tho sub ject with a degree of impatience perhaps not compatible with calm judgment.” A personal reference may be admissible, it not demanded, in the cose of one who assumes the advocacy of an idea which, iu the Sonth at least, can muster np to this time so fow friends, and the very mention of which provokes tho “impatience" of men who usually bring “calm judgment" to the consideration of measures. The unpopular Bide of a question has always liad a morbid fascination tor me. Invariably, I hurrah for the dog that is down. When I read tho Old Testament I find iny sympathies con sistently going over to the side of tho Phil istines. Tho Hebrews had such an appar ently nnconscionablc advantage with the Al- niighty at their back. I was a Prohibitionist in tho days when a man laid himself out a Political corpso when ho took up witli that leresy; hut now, sinco the temperance rail is on top and since Prohibitionists are as thick as leaves in Vallombrosa, I feel a strange tendency tugging at my heart to go over to the side of my old adversaries, the saloonisls. The consciousness of this dis position causes sometimes a distrust of my own views; bnt I trust it docs not create as great an incapscity for a wiso judgment in reference to civil service reform ns tho “im- latienco" which it nroused iu Mr. Churl- on. 1 regard Mr. Cleveland's saying that the government should be administered an business principles" aa one of the great historic sayings of tbo century; and, in my judgment, the civil service reform is sim ply tbo practical application of this saying to national politics. What is meant by civil service? That branch of public administration which is concerned with tho post-oflico department, revenue system, public lands, patents, pensions, and the subordinate work in all the deportments. It is called "civil ser vice” in contradistinction to the naval de partment, lbo military service, etc. What, now, is the old theory in regard to the civil service which it is proposed to ’reform?" That theory is, (in the words of William L. Marcy,) that "to tho victors belong the spoils of the enemy;" that, upon tho in coming of a new administration, a clean eweep is to be mado of all the inenmbenta in office throughout the entire civil service, and that their places are to be promptly filled with the aotlve partisans ot the new party. The theory never became a practice until the time of Jackson. During his term, Washington only made nine removals, John Adams, nine; Jefferson, thirty-nine Madison, five; John Qnincy Adams, two. Jackson cut off two thousand heads inn few mouths after his inauguration, the ground of removal being simply that his personal adherents and those ot his frienda were en titled to the spoils of his victory. Under this view, it will be seen that the offices in the civil service, now numbering over IdO.OOO, are the loot and booty of tho out* oh soon oh they become the ins; hence, those moat entitled to share iu the official plunder are those who have worked the hardest, either for the party or some influ ential "boss” in the party. The theory of the proposed reform is that the non-political offices in the civil service (such ss the post-offices) are mere business agencies to be administered for the con venience and benefit of the pnblic; that they onght to be bestowed, not as re wards for active political service 01 for promise of fntare political subserviency hat solely upon the ground of businass ca pacity and merit; that the political views of the incumbents ought no more to be the test of their fitness and efficiency thnn the color of their hair; that the pnblic good re quires the separation of these purely busi ness agencies from the turmoil and tiactna- tlons of active politics; and that tho reten tion of experienced, honest and capable of ficials, daring good behavior, is ot more im portance to tbe public than the question whether little Tom, Diek or Harry shnll get an office as a prize for being a political wire-worker. the parties ought to be over principles, not I /I n )/mm ft' at out overplomler. Now, it is probable that 1 afMW»f«-W»raH. each of tho 100,000 offices on an a rcrage has five dependents attached to it. If these offices are to be legitimate! RionwoKo, Vo., Deo. 30, 1885. hones ot contention in every campaign, here is a groat armv of «X),000 persons \y 0 bC2 to annOUIlCG tllftb eagerly and energetically atnv.ng to put the o ins out, and another army ot the same size WG liaVO Opened a BRANCH striving to stay in, and submitting to have r . levies made on their salaries for party cor- HOUSE afc MACON, GA., ruption funds, not became they care any- . ,. , . , r . . thing about the issues at Btnke, but because IOT t>D0 SElO 01 OUT MtlCllinCrj, plans that tax the brain of Mr. Raoul, if, they are working for the fodder in the pub- -.r q q p now, in addition to the soheme of a whole- lie crib. Such a system creates profession-1 WllH Dir. D. Q. I egrilin HS sale lopping off cf experienced and trusty nl pjllticlans, who cry, "Great is Diana of " tho Ephosiaus, for by thiK craft we have our I The present civil service law has a very limited application to the numerous offices iu the civil service; it reaches only a small and unimportant class. But Mr. Charlton is right iu discussing the law, not as it now is, bnt only ss “the experimental form of an expansive theory." llut when he goes on to say that tho theoty ia "elastic enough to stretch over tho entiro public service," he betrays the evidence of that "impatience" with which he approached the subject. Tbe extent of the theory onght to be judged by the utterances of those who support U; a d the wildest reformers have never dreamed of such an elasticity as Mr. Charlton at tributes to it. On the con trary, Mr. Cleveland, who is a sincere civil service reformer, not only in profession, bnt (alas! Jtlnc ilUr Iaekryuur, in practice), says distinctly that the principle of reform apply only to those offices which are "disconnected with the policy of the administration.” Nobody will disagree with Mr. Charlton that Demo cratic policy mnat be carried ont through Democrats. Hence, the cabinet, tho heads of Departments, tho foreign ministers and consuls—indeed, ali the officers who are en trusted in any way with executing tho pol icy of tbe party and with whom the ad ministration should he on relations of con fidence, most, of course, chango with the accession of a new party to power. Thia seems to concede tho doctrine for which Mr. Charlton so eloquently pleads; and, possi. bly, patient investigation as to Its real scoyo may yet bring hiu to the support of the civil service law. The only question left open is; Whether the agreed principle that the responsible officers of the adminis tration most be in political accord with it, applies to that vast range of non-political officers in tbe civil service—from the high department clerks, postmasters, custom house officers, efe., to the women who scrub the step* of tbe copitol? l(r. Chariton appeals to business princi ples. I accept the arbitrament. Take the eeee of a great corporation like tbe Central railroad, employing thousands of individu als in its different departments. Suppose that oex- year a new president and board of diroewm xbould ba elected, pledged to some <&aoge‘ln its policy-what would hap pen? Why, tha now president would, of employes, you add tho idea that the men who fill their places are to he selected, not by teat* of their fitness, but because they helped to elect the new President, or have some friend who helped elect him, or because they can S et signatures to a petition, it will appear ow utter a violation ol business principles euch a policy involves. Under aacn a method of supplying its service, collisions would bo more frequent than the passage of trains on the track and tardy schedules might shame even tbe law's delay. In his illustration drawn from the cose of a business corporation, Mr. Charlton assumes that tlu application of the civil service doctrine might not get rid of men guilty of “waste, peculation and wilful neglect." It needs only to be said that the reform offers no shi -ld whatever to tbe dishonest or the incompetent. Indeed, it makes their re moval easier than tinder the present sys tem where they are baoked by the influence of some "boss.” Its only interference with removals is in the case of public function aries who have demonstrated their capacity and fidelity and have added to these merits the advantage ot experience. The fact that the principle of the reform is already applied to tho great naval and military departments demonstrates its value for the"civil service. Why not ns well dis charge all tho soldiers aud sailors for their politics ns the postmasters and clerks? A brief statement of tho differences of the reform principle and of the Hpoils doctrine in respect to tho appointing power, tbo ground of nppointmt ut, the obligations of the nppoiutee, the tenure and tho effect on the appointees, will clearly disclose tho worth of the rival systems. First—Under tho spoils system, the real appointing powers are tho Congressmen, who own the patronage of their districts, and the Senators, who hnvo a streak of fat and lean throughout tho State. The eti quette of the division of the patty plunder between these gentlemen is tho moat amus ing thing in unpublished literature. Under the reformed system, the appointments are mode by the heads of departments from among individuals whose fitness ia first as certained by competitive examinations, and by sworn proof. "8econd--Under tho spoils system, the ground of appointment is either active par tisanship aud political work, or else past services to the littlo proxy president in Con gress, who secures bis appointment, or else the promise of futuro services in sc ouring the re-election of his political crea tor. Under tho reform law, the solo ground is capacity and merit; and every appoint ment is Hade on probation. Third—Under the spoils system, the ob ligation >f the appointee is, first, to retain by political efficiency the friendship of the Congressional broker who procured tho office fit him, anil, second, to keep in power the party to which this broker be longs, <o that both tho boss and himself may renin their offices. Under the civil service law, the official is the servant ot the whole people, and his obligation is to give attention to tho details of his office, rather than te caacusses and party work. Fourth—Under the spoils system, the tenure is conditioned by the haphazard political favor of the office monger who seenred the office, and of the success of the party to which bo belongs. Under the civil service principle, the tenure will be daring good behavior, thus encoaring fidel ity anil promoting com|ietency. Fifth—Tbe effect of the spoils system on the appointees is to make them active par tisans and •nbaervient political workers, tumbling all the while to the inseenrity of their position, Tbe effect of the civil ser vice reform principle U to make then faith ful, attentive business managers of their of fices, conscious that their capacity and com petency will enaure them the aame contin uance in employment as the same qualities would give any private business. It is easy to barlesqne the competitive examinations by calling them "trilling co nundrums in geography and arithmetic;" bnt tke Tm.z<iiurn, which lately had good caaae to moke merry over the grammar of a gentleman who boil secured on appoint ment to an office abovo tho grade nor af fected by the civil service law cannot af ford lo join in such cheap ridicule. The law requires these examination(tobe"prac> ticoi:’ that they are such to-some extent may )je inferred from the tact that 80,26 per cent of the saccowfal applicants had received a technological education, aa against 63.18 per cent, of college graduates. The lutes of those who had simply received a public school education to those who bad beenin college was 60 to 6. After ad, the value of the examinations does not so much reside in the tests they impose as in tke fact that they make the gateway into these purely business positions non-politi cal and non-partisan. Bnt does this reform affect the Southern offices held by Republicans? Certainly it does not furnish uuy immunity to “Hepnb- With tho largest c 8 ag u e c r ha n$a:| and ” 10st complete works in tion every four years, based solely on the the South J flllly equipped with political hunger of the outs. It inspires a . , , n t monopoly of the ins to work with the latest improved tools and .-crate earnestnete tokeep their stations. ,. / . Surely, such a system ia a growing tippllfinCCS for tnO mfUlUlilC* menace to the peace and purity , - att Trrvrrvcj r in and safety of republican institution.. So ture Of ALL KLNUS Of MA- o^ri^firo^afclcHINERY, we are prepared h offer the trade a lino slinging, desperate scramble, for loot and 0 f goods GOUal to any in the bootv, but would be tuo battle -grounds ou , * i , which honest men differing in views about United States, at prices to the policy or legislation the government , , would settle their differences by that peace-1 meet all legitimate COmpO- ful weapon, the ballot. L-i- TTT ,.. wmch taite M.iunuj tition. Wo respectfully solicit A* falls the snow upon the sod, I SMSSiiS'ol- y° ur patronage. CATA- The nuestion involved in the civil service LOGUE and Special Prices reform is simply this; Shall ours be a gov- l eminent of tho political slop-buckets, by furnished Upon application, the political slop-buckets and for tho politi- 1 rr cal slop-backets, or a government of tbs Adflt'CSS, people and for tbe pooplc? THE TANNER & DELANEY ENGINE COM PANT, Waltf.ii B. Hill. MIXED THE UA1I1ES. Queer i-redlcament of Ten Mothers—Unable to Identify Their Offspring, A Chicago special aaya: "lluttercnp'a” plaint concerning tbo babies, that were mixed up, is jnst now being repented by no less than ten sorely distressed women nt ft0( I Poplar Streets. MACON, OKOnalA. Office and Wsrehonses Corner Fourth S. PEGBAM, Manager. JanSatawdAwtf An Infallible end ebeolnte apeclfle for all the diitrMaing dlaessee pecul iar to tbo female eex. A trlel means a care. the County Hospital. ThcrSon hangs a I . 8. talc. A tew days ago blood poisoning broke ont in ono of the wards, and thecxi- . n.w-sww -at -rv-c< Kencies of the caso necesaitnted the remor-1 rid JL jll J5» id of ten mothers to ono ward and their ba bies to another. The eldest of the little I ones had seen the light hut two days, and I dressed in county clothes, they were laid I upon a stretcher and carried away. Bnt it happened that the authorities forgot to label them and when, after the ward had been fumigated the infants and their mothers were returned, there was tbe douce to psy- Each child was dressed alike, and, os far as looks went, they wero alike as two peas. Tbo mothers were non-plnssed, and vented | their feelings in wailing and lamentntion. The boy and girl babies were about equally I divided and the only one that was positive-1 ly identified was a girl baby with a turned np nose. Even this one was claimed by another mother, bnt filially a compromise I was effected by which each parent was al lowed to take the child whieh she thought I most resembled her offspring. Many of I tho youngsters will havo to faco the world | with the disadvantage not only of being ig norant of the identity of their father, but of | being in considerable doubt aa to the iden tity of their mother. lican dishonesty and Republican debauch ery" against the "ahock' r ol the Democratic victory. The large majority of Republican officeholders in tbe South may he removed withont any violation of the spirit or letter of law; but in tbe case of a few who have proven themselves honest, qnict and faith ial, the pnblic good is tuoru concerned tt emphasize a great political reform by retaining them than n party victory by displacing them. The situation of an office-holder differing in political faith from tbe administration is precisely the best adapted of all other to sccnro faithful ami effiicc-nt service. He knows he has no "friend at court" to palliate his negligence or wrong doing; that these would he fol lowed by instant dismissal. He therefore has a stronger inducement to diligence end fidelity than one who feels that his party superiors will he lenient with his snort- comings, and that in any charge of inoom- petcncy he could summon to his old the j-owerful influence of the political sponsor who put him in office. Hut, says Mr. Charlton, this reform is im-American. This is too broad. It is not Jacksonian, hut it is Washingtonian, Madi sonian and Jeffersonian. It is for mere democratic (to use the word in ite non-par tisan sense) than the spoils eystem. It gives every man an equal chance for pre ferment. The patronage plan limits these chances for office-holding not only to the adherents of one party, hat to those mem bers of that party who are politically enper- serviceable. Bat, lays Mr. Charlton, this reform is not consonant with oar system of govern ing by panic*. If parties exist rimply to fight for tha spoils of office, he is right; bnt if they ore designed to afford opportunities for decision by the people of conflicting view* ot greet questions of right ez * then I submit it is better that the for minor offices should be eliminated from the party oooteate. Tha coo taste between FE3IALE Till',.SIM PLAN' TUNNEL. Ladies suffering (mm troubles peculiar to their sex, no matter what kind, can find relief and cun In a bottle of Bndfleld'e Female Regulator. Tbe Most aigantlc liall-rraj Connection Un-1 dertaken. Boston Transcript. The Simplon tunnel, which will very short-1 ly he commenced, is the moet formidable of I uie gigantic railway connections undertaken I of late years to facilitate the communica tions be tween Italy and the rest of Europe; r TT A rruAix ? and tha project snggeeta a comparative -IrS-AlaVar U -1-rxV L “ Mv. noto on the existing Alpine tnnuels. At I tho present time the Alpine are pieced by threo remarkably long tunnels, entering Italy from France, Switzerland and Austrian Tyrol, respectively, and called acoordlng to the mountain chains that are traversed, the Mt. Ccnia, Bt. Gotbard and Arlberg tunnels. Of these Mt. Ccnis is seven miles and threo quarters in length. Its cost was $15,000,- 000. Tho Ht. Gothanl tunnel is nine miles and a quarter in length, and cost $13,500,. IXX), tho diminution in expense being owing irinoipallv to the more rapid progress of -he work by improvements in the drilling ing machines. Tbe Arlberg tunnel is short-1 r- /-a m -r- r -t-a-t-a p. . er than either Mt. Ccnis or Bt. Gothanl, I \/| (VI |-| l-T ISi being only six milei and a half. The last -IYJ- W JL JLJL HiXtU and most formidable rival will be the8imp-1 lan tonne), by which the existing line from I Geneva to Martigni and Brieg will be car ried tbrongh the mountains to Dnmo d'Oaaola, and so on to Pallanza or Btresa on tho Logo Maggiore. As this tunnel will be commenced at a much lower level than any of the others, it will necessarily be large, the rough estimate being twelve I miles end s half and the estimated cott I somewhat about $2,000,000. Bend for book containing valuable Informatics for women. It will be mailed free to applicants. Address THE BBADrOLP BEOULATOB COMPANY, Box W. Atlanta. Os. FRIEND. JjrVWran.tu.thurAwly T. Or. WOOLFOLK, General Commission Merchant MARRYING TWO YOUNG MEN. and wbolaaale and retail dealer fa lAXII-T CKOCIMKS, fau scituei And Ike BUT UQC0B8. A Joke on a Justice Which the Jutlce Re cants In Court. A Lumberton, N. C., special aayi; A very remarkable aait haa lust been insti tuted here by a lattice of the peace against two young bloods. A few days ago James Tract,* young Croatia Indian chief, who . ... T ... — lives near here, visited‘Kqaire Bishop to “ " Macon, Ga. secure his services in marrying him to a )•»» dawlm vouog; girl of tne neighborhood. The Squire promised to perform the ceremony last night. A party of young men were present and heard the conversation be tween the Indian and the justice. To these I GOODS SOLD FOR CASH OB 0* TIME. Newspaper* MSvERTISINQ' A book of 100 pages The beat bcuk far au tdvsf- tl*«r t* con.alL ba ba ciiwrieuctd or otbor- ■ l^. lt.-onlalnsll.taot Bishop remarked that in "an experience of I twenty veers it was tbe first time he bad in It tbo information ha nqulroa wblU for him been culled upon to marry an Indian. I who will Invest ona hundred thousand dollars tn At an early hour last night Davis Ferney- hough and Dick ltoech, one dressed os a I Might rSugm corilj urired si bj eon * edition, t woman, colled at the old ‘Squire's bouse l Ooo hundred and Bfti-Uiraa editions have been Is- and palmed themselves off as the Indian couple whom ho hail promised to marry. The old fellow brought e light to tha door to inspect his visitors, but before he bed the opportunity of doing so it woe blown out. The young fellows harried the cere mony, the jokers jumped into a sleigh and dashed off. To-day Bishop, who was at tacked with pneumonia, inatitated suit fur damages against Femeyhougb and Roach, whom he holds responsible for catching cold. He also insists that they ab.1l pay his fee of $5 for performing a marriage cere mony. An Old Cltleen Speaks. Mr. J. M. Norris, an old resident of Rome. Os., •aye, that bo had boon badly troubled with Kidney Complaint tor a greet many years and with tone for three yean; at times could ecareely walk and bad tried cany remedies without beoadL until ha be gan taking Hoc trie Bitten and anoinUng hie hands and foot with Uurklen'a Amice halve. Thia treat ment afforded him gnat relief and he etmegly recommends Electric Bitten lo Ml wbo suffer with Kidney ComplMDIs. or need a Blood Purifier. Held by Lamer, Itauklu a Lamar. Tas people la HaneU county, N. C., here boo* hJrtnff ffnoo, duck* ehiekeaa, pin, aheap and lambs In a mysterious way. Finally It was decided Is build a largo trap and belt tt alike Ur# goose. Tke •aeoad day after Iks Imp nos hailed they found in It a hold aegis whoso wings from tl; to tig n undloafeot. The hied woe take* from tha noted and. toOEO. P. KOWKLL k CO.. NEWSPAPER At- STIhlNU UUKEAU, 10 Sprues UL Hunting House Hq.), New York.lanrt-dAnly * * A FKIKND IN N'KKI). Dr.Sweet’s Infallible Liniment. Prepared from tbe receipt of Dr. Stephen Sweet of Coonectteut, tbe greet natural Bone Setter, llaa been used for more than 50 jears, and to tha beat known rented/ for Ubanmatiau. Vaoralfto, Sprain*. Uruiaea. Cute. Burn*, won tula end nil asternal in* jnrtoe. SOLD bt ALL DBUGG1HTH—TRY IT. jan 99-aet-tnae-tbureA w 1/ NERVOUS DEBILITATED MEN. Electrie su-t-i-nry A-IWn. >"V tee,n-; ’r V0LTA10 BELT CO., Martha!!, Kick.