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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY APRIL 27, 188G.—TWELVE PAGES.
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The Confederate Monument Committee
of Moatgomcjy, Alabama, at a meeting Fri
day lath aoooptod'tho design cflered by Mr.
M. A. Doyle of New York. Tho following
description of tho ntonninent is given in an
interview with Mr. Doylo by tho Montgom
fry Advertiser: "Tho base of the monument
consuts of four Nnoeessire layers of stone,
making os many steps. This base is About
flirty-five feet square. These four steps
leal up to four pedestals, upon each of
which is to lie a hrouse statue. They will
emblemize the four bmnehos of the militnry
Bervioe—the cavalry, the infantry, artillery
and marine. The monument being to the
fiohti&rH of Alabama, it is intended that
these typical figures ahall do honor to those
who fell in each of those grand
divisions of Uta army. From
out of a common centre within
these surrounding figures will rise s circular
shaft of stone to a height of seventy feet
At its base this shaft will be aboiit three feet
in diameter, tapering upward to an apex
thirty inohes in diuinoter. The lower part
of the shaft will be, in tho technioal lan
guage of sauiptors, A soulptured drum, a
circular bas-relief, representing a military
march. Tho abaft will be surmounted by a
column with a Corinthian cap. Upon this
tho pinnacle will rest, a fentalo figure in
bronze, typifying "Patriotism," and the
' womanhood of tho South as welL The
t iro will hold a broken flag in one hand,
1 with the other tender a sword to her
ttjfS*, as if aendiog litem forth in defonso of
■At flag. This figure will add ten feet to
the xnnnumoat, making it reach fully
eighty feet in hoight. The height of
tbs cornice on the Stale Capitol is
about siity-five feet, so that the monu
ment will tower above tho roof of
Fiat building. While the figures are all
in bronze, the anas ot the monument will,
of course, bo stono. It is eminently proper
that it should be taken from Alabama'
r xik-*ibbcd hills, and it is intended that the
shaft at least shall be of native limestone.
On (he lower steps of tho monument, on an
oblong pedestal projecting from the front
st due, provisions will bo inado for a bronze
stalne of ex-Presidont Davis in s sitting pos
lure. This will oomplete tho design. It is
probahlo that it will lake three years to onto
plite the monument. The brick founda
tion for the monument will be beguu at
ono<i and bo roady by tho 29tli instant for
tho I*, ing of the corner-stone by Mr. Db-
\is. The stono will be made to accommo
date the quantity of mementoes usually put
away at such ceremonies."
In discussing a bankrupt law the Journal
ot Oommorcq says: "We think It would he
well for the community if thero was no law
for Ure collodion of ordinary debts. This
may startle nnthinking people, but nine-
I n tbe of all the business done in the oom-
merclol wortd is transacted on this basis.
Nearly all the vast operations ot commerce
pass through several stages, and often are
begun, continued and concluded, without
any legal obligation resting upon any of
the parties eoroernod in them. If the rule
cx'ended to all buying and selling there
Would be fewer tosses from bad debts, and
meeting one’s obligations would become a
question of honor, the failure of which
would be a severer penalty than any the
law could Inflict. When the oroditor has
Do longer an appeal to the strong arm of
the govi rant not, but only to the conscience
of his debtor, good character will be at once
a recognized capital, to the great advantage
of all who possess it without other financial
resources, And to the raising of the tone ot
publie morality. Dosiers will inquire leas
'What has he? and more 'What is he?’ and
there will be a stimulus to every young man
to preserve an unsullied reputation."
"The best op-
Thz New York Sun says
portunitica of the maw of the children of
the publio schools lie in the direction of
in nual labor, and, therefore, their educa
tion should prepare them for that and
ttwakcD in them a love for suoh work. It is
not necessary, and it is not advisable, to
give them a thorough technical training,
but the children should be Uugbt to use
Ihrir hands and to practically apply what
they learn, so that education ahall come to
mean to them something more than the
in re training of their wits."
At Dallas, Tex., taloniay, Judge Pardee,
in tho United States Circuit Court, in sen
tencing to imprisonment several striking
Knights of Iiabor who Sad committed ex
cesses, declared that tha present strike is
•'■'iptv tor the recognition of the Knights of
labor and not tor tho redrew of grievances,
lie strongly denounced the Knights of Ist-
bnr, and said that the next sentence would
be move acvero than Jhoss he hod just pro
nounced.
Federal Offices at the Booth.
In somo of the States of the South, Re
publicans of the most offensive type are
still enjoying the emoluinent8 of the Feder
al offices which they have held for years.
It should ho very plain to Mr. Cleveland
that this has been tho cause of deep dissat
isfaction to Democrats, not only such as
may properly aspire to these places, bnt to
others who would not have them if tendered
All Republican ofBco-holders at tho SontB
should he removed, because they were
appointed for a bad purpose, and have been
used in accordance therewith, becauso they
are not in sympathy with tho people of this
section, because they liavo used their posi
tions to intensify the natural and artificial
antagonisms between the two races.
It has been a matter of small importance
in’some respects, at the North, as to who
held tho Fedoral positions. There, Repub
licans and Democrats bare been on terms
social and friendly. They have been in
some instances bound together hy business
relationships and the confidences which
spring from kinship direct or collateral.
There, the division between tho two parties
has been merely political. It is entirely
different nt the South. There can be no
satisfaction and quiet here until a chango
is made.
It has boon urged that a hostile Senate
delayed matters. This has been removed.
The Senate has growled, shown its teeth
stiuk-ieuiiy to satisfy its followers, and can
scarcely find time sufficient to make con
Urinations.
Mr. Cleveland is justly appalled and ham
pered at the indications which have followed
some of the appointments ho has made nt
the South.
The shortest way to tho confidence of onr
people in to make good and wise ones in
the future.' His friends claim that he has
made mistakes. Ho admits this. It is
something, nt least, to know that they were
mistakes. An error is always pardonable,
a deliberate wrong, never.
He has been “deceived and imposed" up
on. This would not have happened if ho
had been better acquainted with tho men
and the situation. He should know them
well enough now not to be deceived again.
Good appointments in the future will re
duce the average of tho bad oneB already
mode, and will tend to restore lost confi
dence.
It has been suggested that appointments
in a certain Southern State ure held back
for the reason that eertain Senators and
Representatives desire to use them in the
approaching campaigns. There is tho very
best and strongest reason to apprehend
this ns to Georgia. Mr. Cleveland has gone
to meu who should hare given him good
and honest counsel. Thoy have betrayed
him for their own selfish purposes.
Are bis courage and honesty equal to the
task of asking counsel of those who will tell
him tho truth and strengthen lus adminis
tration with tho people? We shall seo.
rittpr!s-y-Oeni*n»l Garland.
The Pan-Telephone investigation draw*
to a close. It has been anything but a pic
nic for the Democratic party, but no crimi
nal intent or practice has been disclosed.
Attorney-General Garland comes out un
scathed as to his official conduct It is
mortifying to know that he was engaged in
this Mulberry Sellers venture, that ho was
associated with a rather doubtful set of
men, bnt his integrity is unimpeached.
That the Bell Telephone Company has been
greatly exercised at the movdtnent is ap
parent
It would appear from the tone of certain
journals a good way removed from Ne
York that the desire is to make Garland a
sacrifice. From all the surroundings of the
caso there can be no doubt that money bus
been freely used, and that the case iu the
courts will be desperately contested,
has not been pleasant to learn that an at
tempt was made to pension the Rogers fam
ily officially npon the government.
It is something of a surprise to have At-
torney-Geaeral Garland exhibited os a spec
ulator. These who have knhwn him long
est and best, have regarded him as indiffer
ent to riches as to n claw hammer coat.
It was something ot a rev. lation that ho
was appointed to his place npoa the ti-e
of a petition. We should have preferred
the belief that Mr. Cleveland * aa competent
to choose a cabinet without the aid of this
miserable device.
It is not altogether composing to know
that sundry officials are the leading stock
holders in tho Pan-Telephone scheme.
Tlio opinion expressed when the denoue
ment was first made, that they should shuck
it atonce aud forever, has not been changed,
bnt strengthened. Mr. Cleveland has shown
nerve in standing by liis Attorney-General,
and the result has vindicated his wisdom
and conrage. We repeat that we would
rather not have seen this exhibition, bnt it
is fortunate that it has been exploded in
good time and with so little damage. Gen
tlemen of the Democratic party, keep out
of schemes. The most of yon are out of
office.
Hun. K. J. Hammond.
With the exception of Mr. Hill, Georgia
has not been represented in either house of
Congress siuco the War hy any man who
hns so largely and favorably impressed the
country as Mr. Hammond. He has occu
pied the second piaoe npon the Judiciary
Committoe ot tho House for a lung while,
and as a lawyer is justly regarded as the
nblest in that body.
Even a casual reader of tho proceedings
of the Il mso must have been impressed
for years with the readinoss and ability with
which ho has handled himself iu all the de
bates on important questions in that body.
Thero has never been an instance iu which
he has come oat second best in any contest,
however able his antagonists taw have boun.
His purity of ‘character is without re
proach or even suspicion, and however men
may differ from him, he has been accorded,
universally, tho best of motives for all the
positions he has maintained. We say this
with pleasure, bccanse we have advocated
policies which ho has opposed and opposed
measures which he has favored.
We have felt It a duty to ascertain as far
as possible the estimation in which he was
held by those who have been associated
with him daring hia career in the nouse.
Without a dissenting voioe he has been in
dorsed in terms that more than justify onr
high estimate of the man, whether this is
considered with reference to his character
or abilities or both combined.
We voice the sentiment of the meet
trusted and able men of the Democratic
party when wo say that the very suggestion
of his retirement from Congress, volunta
rily or by defeat, excites ooncorn and appre
hension.' Such an event would be regarded
as s calamity to the Democratic party which,
to use the expression of one of its ablest
representatives in the Home, "has no men
of Hammond's stripe to spare from its
counsels."
We say this mneb, in view of tho contest
already Inaugurated by Judge Stewart to
secure Mr. Hammond's seat in Congress.
We do not desire to be understood as
underrating the character or abilities of
Jndge Stewart It is, however, both jnst
an! true of him to aay, that it is not
possible for him to fill the place that
will be made vacaot by Mr. Hammond’s
retirement or defeat Personally, we have
known Judge Stewart longer and more inti
mately than Mr. Hammoud, bnt consider
ing the case with an eye single to the good
of the party and the country, as well as the
glory that Georgia is to reap from the fame
of her sons, we shonld deplore the defeat
of the latter uven it this should bo com
pensated tor, as Car as passible,by the pro
motion of the former.
At Shelby, X. C., court a short time ago
the case won tried of s boy who had been
fined by the mayor of the town for climb
ing a tree, there being s town ordinance for-
Tus Chicago Times* thinks that "if the j bidding the climbing of trees. The boy op-
Pri-ndf nt succeeds in surrounding bis mar- F^led, and the judge revc-raed the mayor,
Bmag-i with all tie secrecy he seems to desire, I declaring tree-climbing to be an inalienable
Bk ar.lt be as difficult to find out whether he j right ot boys, over which municipal author-
Ir - - . i to Uwra his politic*" i ities have no jurisdiction.
llrooin Corn,
Sinco the TzLEOR/rn’s recent article npon
the manufacture of broouis at the Academy
for the Wind was published, the able Super
intendent has been overwhelmed with in
quiries in reference to the growth, treat
ment and value of broom corn from people
who are interested. The subject is one of im
portance and the commodity should not be
neglected by our farmors who are engaged
in diversified planting. It is easily grown,
and properly cured, is n valuable crop.
In the cultivation of broom corn the
groumF should bo prepared, the Seed depos
ited and crop cultivated as in the cultivation
of sorghum. When the soed gets “in the
dongh,” cut tho brush with ahout three or
four inches of sta'k to hold /It,together.
Cure under shelter. When folly dry, strip
off tho Boed cleanly and bale, being dsrefnl
to have the heads packed straight and
smoothly. Rale as with hay and ship to
market.
Broom corn, when not kopt dry in during,
moulds and bocomca worthless. When out
too ripe it turns red and is of inferior qual
ity. It requires great care to beep it from
moulding or reddening. One acre of land
that will produce ten bushels of corn will
yield under like condition five hundred
pounds of broom corn, which it is said ranks
with oats ns a feed.
In the market there is a steady demand
uud ready sale, the North and West readily
tailing any quantity offered. The latest
quotations are 0 to 10 cents per pound, ac
cording to quality, and alnoe quality governs
the price it will be well to ao|t the crop as
it is packed,
"Gvcrgia broom corn,” says a gentleman
who i-m handled large quantities of all
kinds, \“I have nover seen excelled. It
makes in about ten weeks aud two crops
per year ban be easily made upon tho same
ground. Moreover, it reaches the market a
month in advance of Northern straw.”
It is further said npon good authority,
that the market for this commodity has
never been known to be dell Heed may be
obtained from the Southern Seed Company
at this point.
Though there may not be fortunes in the
cultivation of broom com, it will be found
profitable if intelligently followed, and fpr
this reason wo commend it again to onr
Georgia farmers.
The
Tub New York Tribune says:
country would be plenued to have President
Cleveland get married. The gentle compan
ionship of a charming woman is a very good
thing for the nerves. And it would not hart
the President to be a trifle more amiable.”
To which the Chicago Times responds:
"Fur s Republican organ to complain of
want of amiability on the part of a Demo
cratic President who is keeping fi'ty thou
sand Bepnbliosns in office in spite of the
vehement protest of hia party, is the very
acme of pure and undiluted ‘gall.’" Not
quite the acme. The some was reached by
a Georgia daily when it abosod Cleveland
for making a bad appointment in Kentucky,
after having demanded and endorsed
wretch*! up‘-ointments in Georgia.
Editou MuCumz says: "It seems proba
ble that the differences between the Demo
crats may be so adjusted as to practically
unite them on a new tariff bill; but even
when passed by the House it will fail in the
Senate, as the Republicans have madly re
solved that they will disregard the pledge of
their national convention to revise the tariff
and reduce the revenues. Tbs whole bottle
is, therefore, for a party record on both
aides, and no revision of the tariff will pass
both branches of the present Congress, cer
tainly not this session."
A oovrBSironaav suggests: "If Mr. Cleve
land intends to marry all the young ladies
whose pictnres ore given in the papers as
accurate portraits of his intended bride, he
must have made up his mind to plunge into
the deepest depths of pclygatny.’’
Senator Brown on Prohibition In Atlanta.
No matter what meu may thrak or say of
Senator Brown, all will give him credit for
gre.t business sagacity. He is perhaps the
largest property holder in Atlanta, and of
course is competent to judge of the effect
already produced by prohibition, which has
not yot gone into actual effect
Ho settles the question beyond any fur
ther inquiry or argument in these words:
"As I understand it, the city of Atlanta
baa realized from the liquor licenses and all
taxes counseled with the liquor traffic some
$50,000 per annum. That has not all been
out off yet, as most of the stores and saloons
where liquor is sold have not yet been
closed, and will not be uatil about the mid
dle of tlio year. Bnt tho city fathers un
der -tsnd very well that it is to be cut off
during the present summer, aud it becomes
necessary to provide for the loss, and I am
not aware of any other means the city has
for raising tho money to meet her current
expen-es but by using her credit or collect
ing the Dcces-nry amount by taxation upon
the property of the city. If the statement
which I see in the newspapers is correct,
there has been an increase ot over 25 per
cont. in the valuation of my real estate in
Atlanta over last year.
DNDKB OATH.
“It is said the assessor^ returned the
property under oath and therefore did not
over value it The assessors of last year
and the preceding years also returned it
under oath; did ihey undervalue it? No
one will contend for u moment that there
hiss been 25 per cent, increase in the value
of property during the year or that thero
has been 10 per cent I have now three
store rooms standing idle which have been
idle for months and I cannot get tenants nt
a reasonable rental My income from rents
are considerably less than they were last
year. It is said that the property is cen
trally located and will bear a high valua
tion, but central property can be taxed so
os Dot to pay a reason able income as rental.
After deducting taxes—State, oounty and
city—nod paying insurance, repairs and
contingencies, my real estate will only net
mo about as much as non-taxsblo bonds
that are perfectly good would yield me at
interest.
BO KM MESS TBOUBLZSOHB.
The bonds are muoh loss troublesome
and are to be preferred if they approximate
the same income. If real estate doe* not
pay decidedly better than bonds which are
perfectly seonro there is no inducements to
those who have money to iuvest it in the
improvement of real ostale, or to aid in
building up the city. It cannot be to the
interest of the city to increase taxation to
n point whioh will drive capital into other
investments. The city must make up by
additional taxation for the losses she may
sustain on the liquor traffic, or she must
borrow and increase her debt, and as her
debt now is aboot us large as the constitu
tion of the Btate will permit, sue cannot
adopt the latter alternative and it certainly
would not be wise if she could.
TUB GOOD TO BESULT.
"But it is said tbe property holders can
afford to sustain these lo-ses and heavy in
crease of tazes on account of tbe great good
that wiii resuit f om prohibition. If pro
hibition did really prohibit there might be
some plausibility iu the slat ment, but ev
erybody who baa any knowleslge of tbe
state of things in a prohibition State knows
that any man who baa tbe money to pay
for it, and wants whi-ky, can get as muoh
its ho desires. It is driven out of respeota-
hle and orderly houses as well ns out of tho
doggeries into the cellars and biding places.
Those who want it can easily find it, and
those who have (he money can always pur
chase it; and, while it is used freely by those
who desire it, it is relieved of all taxation,
and the tax that it would otherwise pay
must bo raised by higher assessments on
property.”
TELEGRAPHING BY INDUCTION.
The Operstor to Send a Hundred Messages
as Many Ways at Once.
Cincinnati, April 18 —William L. Silvey,
the young mechanic who, at tho age of 19,
invented tbe induction telegraph with which
Mr. Edison has lately created such a furor
by telegraphing from flying trains, was
found to-day hard at work at bis bench in
one of tbe lurge machine shops of this city.
He is deeply engrossed in the domain of
electricity and gives promise of wonderful
future. If he lives he will purely supplant
Edison as a wizard. Tuts unknown boy
perfected tbe induction telegraph while
working on his mother's farm, near Castle-
ton, Indiana. He had wires strung through
the apple arehurd and on these, with en
couragement from no ono hut his mother,
developed the principle of induction until
he was able to transmit messages trom one
wire to another forty feet distant. He car-
ried his device to Indianapolis, twelve miles
nway, but being without means or acquain
tances was unable to interest anyone in it,
IliS story that he conid telegraph between
two wires that were strung on separate sets
of poles forty feet apart was not credited
even by telegraphers, and he was soon
forced to abandon his efforts to introduce
the wonderful discovery. Thus it lay un
heard of until Mr. Edison got a cine to it
and applied tbe principle to telegraphing
from moving trains.
Young hitvey has not been discouraged
for a moment, but b is worked away with
tireless industry, and his genius has pro
duced other devices equally marvelous. IIo
was found to-dsy surrounded by tbe tools
and appliances pertaining to his mysterious
realm. He was finishing tin electric light
dynnmo, which promises wonders on us-
count of the cheapness of its construction.
In reply to a question as to what advantage
he claimed for tbe induction telegraph over
the old style, he said:
“Theadvantages are many and important,
With two quart cups of battery I conid send
a message through a resistance equal to (XX)
miles of telegraph wire and it would be pro
duced ns loud as any Morse alphabet ever
sounded. It would require about COO cups
of battery to send a message tbe same dis
tance with tbe old Morse sonndpr and key.
Another use would be in sending press dis
patches. A single operator could have tbe
induction coil of his instrument wound with
a number of ooils of wire anil by connecting
a line with each coil he conid send fifty or
even one hundred messages in as many ways
at once. An operator in Cincinnati conid
sit at his key and send a message to a hun
dred cities without the nid of relays or any
device except the one locked up in his par
ticular instrument In the telegraph system
of railroads it wonld be of incalculable ad
vantage. Telegraphing from moving trains
is a great achievement, but I believe it will
soon be adapted to purposes of still greater
importance to oommereo and industry.—
New York Times.
EVERY MATRIMONIAL SYMPTOM.
The President .Seems In a flllssfnlly Ante
Nuptial Frame of Allnd.
Washington, April 19.—The only people
in town who have any positive knowledge
concerning the President’s marriage are tbe
President and his private secretary. Tbe
latter refuses to affirm or denv ihe reports,
although there is no doubt that be would
be out iu great basto with a denial if the
President so wished. Several of the Presi
dent's friends have felt on intimate enough
terms with him to gently chaff him upon
the subject, bnt to all the President hns
made no sign beyond good-naturedly evad
ing the subject.
'Pltn li.rltr frim
CLEVELAND'S ADMINISTRATION.
Notable Loiter (rum Uon. Clifford
Anderson-
Macon, Ga., April 19, 1886.
lion. Patrick Walsh, Augusta, Oa.—I)zab
Era: Abaeuco from tue State on important
pu' lio business aud the acenmulution of
matters duriug my absenoe which required
Immediate attention on my return, have
delayed sn answer to yours of tho 24th
ultimo. When 1 inform you that tha press
ure of official und professional duties are
still very great, X am sure you will pardon
me if my reply to your letter be character
ized by brevity.
I think President Cleveland's civil service
policy is the great mistake of bis adminis
tration. To secure a change of Republican
offirb'ddem, as well aa methods, wsa tho
grand incentive to action on the port of the
people in tbe last. Presideutinl campaign.
This won especially true at tha rank and file
of the Demoerstio party. Had it been sup
posed that Democratic triumph would be
followed by tho retention in office of a large
minority of Republican officials, the cam
paign would have boen epiti'leea, and tbe
result, in ail probability, different. The
election of Mr. Cleveland meant that tbe
leople were weary of Republican adminis-
.ration and desired a chango—not a partial,
bnt a thorough change -both of policy and
methods. To accomplish this, a thorough
chango of officials is absoluely essential. It
l* idle to attempt it through the instrumen
tality of nnfriendly agents.
Moreover, itiz natural that Democrats
should expect place and position under a
Democratic Administration. If they are
denied, that Republicans may continue to
enjoy the honor and emoluments of office,
they cannot readily understand it, and dis-
appointment aud dissatisfaction are inevit
able. They toiled for party triumph at the
polls, that they might share wi-h their can
didate for the Freaiiiency the traits of enc
odes. In proportion os they are refused a
personal participation in the benefits of tbe
victory, their party ties are weakened and
their zeal for future party triumphs is
abated.
Indeed it is an anomaly in politics, not
susceptible of easy explanation, that a
Democratic President euonld occupy the
White House, and that the oflioea of the
government or a large majority of them
shonld continue (o be held by open and
avowed members of the Republioan party.
For these and other reasons I am oonrlnced
that Mr. Cleveland baa made a'mistake, aud
that he has failed io fully comprehend the
meaning of that grand uprising ot the people
which resulted in his elevation to the high
position he now occupies. I believe, how
ever, that he it a true patriot and «
sound Democrat—terms which are, ac
cording to my political vocabulary,
synonymous. He is a man of singular
purity of purpose and of great uprigbtuees
* ‘ ’ ir—rare political virtues in these
of character
degenerate days. 'An ardent desire to ad
minister tho government without partisan
bias and for the good of all the people of
every shade of political opinion, has led
him into the error of supposing that he
could inaugurate anew policy and intro
duce new methods without a change of offl-
cial agents. Information derived from a
recent visit to tho national capital leads me
to believe that he is beginning to see hia
mistake, and to indulgb the hope that the
time it not distant when Democrats will
have low cause to complain ot the civil ser
vice policy ot the President.
With etnoere regard, I am very truly
yotiry, CuirokD AxnnaoN.
The l»dy friends ot Miss Cleveland say
that if the latter were here they wonld soon
‘find ont whether there was to be a marriage
or not. They all recall the fact that Miss
Cleveland bus often talked as if she did not
expect after the season which has just
closed to retnrn to the White House to stay
for any length of time. This is now under
stood to mean that Miss Cleveland knew
when she went away from here of the mar
riage. It has been generally thought that
Miss Cleveland would have preferred that
her friend, Miss Van Vechton, should have
been tbe choeen one. Mise Van Vechton,
during her stay nt the White House, becuao
very popular with tha people of Washing
ton society.
The President and Colonel Lamont go out
riding now every evening over the country
roads in the neighborhood of Washington.
The Pre-ident whs out in an open Victoria
this evening. He leaned back, the perfect
picture of comfort and content lie has
never looked in better health than he does
now. Those who see him in these blooming
days speak of his pleasant smile »nd tbe
tones of deep-seated content in bis voice,
even when discussing a plain matter ot bus
iness. His calluns believe without any
other evidence that he is to be married. As
ono caller said to-day: "There is no mis
taking the air of a npe, mature man of the
world, who is dallying upon the blissful
threshold of taking unto himself a young
and charming wife.”
The Mrs. (tray's Elegy.
The boycott of Mrs. Gray's bakery has
gone all over the world and, like Byron,
she has awoke to find herself famous. Art
has been exhausted in the cent-paper illus
trations, bat not poetry. Here is a wide field
for tree geniue, und did I possess the latter
I shonld at once improve the opportunity.
A friend at my elbow, however, has sug
gested tbe following; which, before, I con
sign it to the waste basket, I submit to the
reader, in order that he may take the hint
and produce something worthy of so grand
theme. It ia entitled "Gray's Elegy,
-geared by a walk near a Hudson street
Tbe clock has struck the hour tor dosing school,
Tho hungry urchin homseard vends his way;
But loss hu plel Ah. nol hs’s no such loot
Ucuce hilts before the chop of Alls tree* Urey.
It Might Have Been '
There are many Msnd Mullen in ,nw.
Who elgh (or whet might have be,* B *>t
There ire many judges whose eolem*
Are but masks tor tbe longing whAisT*** 1
There are many who mourn o’er nun.*
■ Thet they never can undo; “****• la hw
And there’s many a Mind, though snoik„
Tbit still to tho judge it true noth "'*
And many, and msny indeed are the.
With troubled susl careworu brown*
Who sorrowing —. *
’ho sorrowing think o( some ml.,,,, .,.,
Aud who sigh o’sr their broken row.
For the bitter worde once said;
Dot that cannot wake from their d a-
The loved ones who sow are dead " aee ? Gw
Then *hy ? should they weep tor thed,Mj (! ,
They cau never be undone!
Remember tbe present it fleeting f M t
Ant! look to the deed* not begun.
Goldsboro, N. C. 8
MtrUaippu
ALL SORTS.
BICYCLING.
I’ve seen a canary (k’waa not a tomtit)
On a wheel oh. one wheel oh! one whMi
And I said to him: “Dickey-blrd. how can^L
On a wheel oh, on a wheel oh. on a vf*
Ia it a balance or trickery, Birdie,” I eru? ^
••That enable* you so yonrone wheel to b*«t,
No notice he took, but continued to rid*
Hia wheel oh. one wheel oh. one wheel oh!
I thought tlmt T, too, would SO ttucii like tn ha.
On a wheel oh, one wheel oh, one wheel om
When I started tbe lookera-on cried: “GetbL.
Yer wheel oh, ono wheel oh,, one wheel 6V*
I am covered with cut*, aud have brniaet»TL.
I said: "'BotherationI" Don’t think that
But I am blamed If I ever will ride uqy
On a wheel oh, one wheel oh, one whe*l oh'
Several responsible merchant tailom
Boston offer to guarantee steady empb
ment for long time to reliable jonrncro
at wages of $25 a week.
Sixteen thousand bags of beet snzarfn
Hamburg are being discharged in PbiU
pliin from the hold of the German .t-,
ship Prinz Leopold.
Three hundred and seventy-three caw,
canine rabies were reported in London i
neighborhood daring 1885, and twenty
Beneath that sidewalk savory fume* arise,
Thera mince aud apple, also custard bake;
What lucky boycott Quit affords such piss,
Which "goinmen” buy so freely for her sake.
Oft did that enring hunger slowly yield.
^Oft cloyed by plea their appetite was broke;
fow Jocund hi* pie* from piaster peeled,
"Bow gay,” they sold; "this boycott hut’s t Jo!
Lot not smhttlon mock Ihe baker's toll.
Nor boyoott trr the mistress to obscure;
Nor Knights of Labor hoar with scornful smite
Hoe checks aud greenbacks tn that bakery pour.
Bnt enough ha* been given to famish a
suggestion which I have ao donbt will be
rea illy improved by the piebald muse—New
York Letter to Troy Times.
The Dr nil of the Nantlcoko Mine.
Nanticoze, Pa., April 19.—The terrible
story which baa followed tbe Kaoticoke
mine disaster fonr months ago is now abont
ended. Fonr weeks ego, as the last resort,
ended, hoar weeks ego, as tbe last resort,
tbe Snsqnebanna Coal Company began the
work of driving a tnnncl from tho counter
roadway to the fatal chamber, where it it
enppoerd tho twenty-six men and boys met
their death. At the distance of ninety-three
feet a drill wsa started, which this morn
ing, after pasting through seventy-one feet
of flinty rock, entered the chimlier, from
which when tbe drill was withdrawn came
a very strong flow of water. Another hole
to tap the upper part of the chamber was
started and this will ba finished by Thurs
day, when, if water is also encountered, the
work will cease and no further attempt will
lie made to obtain the bodies.
Arthur Oray-Howe, an English clergyman
lately dead, left $20,000,009 to hut two son*. I night lost year save one week ir
deaths trom hydrophobia. ’
In Spain, when a person eats a peck
a pear as he passes along the road ke i
mediately plants the seeds. Fruit lira i
plenty and free to every passer-by.
A heavy tax is to bo placed on the tils
from Lourdes and other shrines in Fnu
and the government expects to dtrivetni
onue of 6,000,000 franca therefrom.
Tbe old Moravian town of 8slem, K.
hns not permitted any liqnor to enter
place for one hundred yesre. It is tlieba
ner temperance town of the country.
Indians, eays a correspondent, tit _
know what kissing is. He lived two yet
in Indian Territory among the Creeks, «
never once knew of an Indian man kissu
an Indian woman.
Tobacco-growing in England is mnch _
ensued. Tobacco imports are the source
mnch of England'a revenues, which, si
LondoD Truth, might still be oollooted at
the fashion of the United States.
An English dean, at the close of a
■non in which he warned his hearers of t
speedy end of ail things, asked for W libel
contribution to rebuild tbe tower ot
church in which he was preaching.
It is proposed to change tho street s
enclature of Washington, substituting
tho letters of tbe alphabet, which nova
many streets, the names of historical yt
sons, Adams, Benton, Clay, Van Bi
und others.
Thero are American bams, write! It
Sals, which when boiled iu champagne
palatable; bat ns a rule, both ham and
con in America^ ns in Australia, ore re
nasty—hard, intolerably salt, a great da
too lean, and olnmsily smoked.
More than a month ago a Florida hold
keeper cat n lot of willow, which he usk
into rustic easy choirs. They wero cat is
fore tbe trees began to bud, and now Hue
are to be seen on one of tbe posts of«chit
nieo green bads and almost fall-gn>a
leaves.
In tho province of Qnobeo the Freni
form fonr-fifths of the population. Ct
bates nre rare in Canada, anil families nos
ber, on un average, eight to ten chillira
bnt sometimes one pair will give birth t
twenty-five children. A twenty-sixth ehil
ia educated at tbe cost of the pariah.
In the torrid lands of the State of Vta
Cruz, Mexico, they ore already beginning
to feel the hot breath of summer.' TW
thermometer stands at 89 degrees ia tin
shade daring the greater part of the its,
while in the Pncrfio State of Gnerren ■*
ranges from 94 degrees to 1U2 degrees. ■
Herr E. Winkelmann, a German chemiA
hns tnnde some carious revelations regarding
the effect of age on wine. It js well kaosi
that Mosel wine improvcstill.it is fiveynn
old, and then deteriorates. According h
Winkelmann, there is an age at which *t
wines, including the very beit, cease tel*
wholesome.
A cattle dealer in Pomerania was
to teach a calf to drink by letting it i-
fingers. In the operation tbe calf tackd
off n ring from tbe hand of the dealer, *h*
did not notioe the loss. He sold the
nia), und a week after read in tbe Bnlcbcn
Gazette that intheatnmachofa calf •bug*
tered in Berlin hia ring, minutely describe*
had been found.
The French naval authorities bar* bk
npon a novel nse f r their obeolet* in*
clads. The antiqnaft-d Arnride waa reran J
towed oat to sea and allowed to drift vtnj
aix great mon-of-war steamed abont nriM
at ber at different ranges. Tbe Teasel **
then towed in and tbe effects carefully «•
amined. This is said to be the find •*
made of a moving target by the Frenoh.
The pereonsl household of Qneen Vieto-
ria ia oomposed of over a thousand petwM
and ooats the nation annually two tniln 0 *
dollars. Attached to onr Preaident'shoia*’
hold are 21 secretariee, clerks, doorkeeptft
messengers, eto., at an aggregate sal«J“
$31,864. There are are alao about a dj“J
gardeners and other employes detailed*®
service at the White Home from other de
partments.
Tbe report of the chief of the Ne» Von
burean of statistics of labor states tl>»* “*
strikes occurred in that State in tbe
which ended November 1, 1885. Of
97 were snoceasfnl, 34 failed, 32 were
promised and 59 were still pending.
27,000 penons were engaged in tbcm. , “
they involred an expenditure of orerlW’
000, without reckoning the loss of **e
and production.
The publishers of the New Haven
mil and Courier, who ba/e been subject-
ton boycott for several days beoaui«
thir refusal to employ union printer*, n*
taken the important step of bringmK. :
law to bear npon tbe bnycotter*.
have obtained an injunction upon ten
bers of the Union for bringing on d*» “?•'
oott, forbidding them to make m***”’
attempts to injure their bnaints*. .
A traveler through Powder Ron '
Southeastern Oregon, says after naiut
stay in a heat that wonld cook an egg, •JR
ing leaped down wilbont twilight, e®’ 1 , j]
a sadden chill following the withdraw**
the sun. Fire could not be prep***" ^
quickly. “Between it and my ‘F^‘5
in tha morning, a cop of lemon**”'
frozen; the lariat was stiff erith fro*
had to break the ice to enter tbe r
I hrd tost bathed. Water froze
it*