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V THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 188G.—TWELVE PAGES. THE TELEGRAPH, | ’HLtPCBD KFIBT DAT I» THE TTAB A5D 1TKIKLT BT TBS * Ii’.Bgrapli and Messenger Publishing Co., 27 Mulberry Street. Uxoi, Ok TO! Daily U delivered by cerrlen to the city or ■ Hied postage tree to subscribers, tor »1 per moth, *2.50 (or three monthe, $5 (or tlx month!, ■ I $10 a year. ihi WexiltI* mailed to inbecrlben, poetage I fie, at 21.25 ayear and 75 cent* (or elx month!. Xranileot adverttaementa trill be tahen (or the 0 atj at 21 per equate o( 10 line# or laea (or the a rt tnaerttoo, and 60 cent* (or each anbaequent In- II -lion, and (or the Weehly at (1 (or each Ineerttoo. Hrtlcei ot deatha, funerals, marriagee and birth*. It. Selected communication* trill not be returned. Oarraapondence containing Important new* and Itieaaalona ot living topic* la solicited, bnt mait be prlet and trritten upon but on* eld* ot the paper to Save attention. Hemlttanoee ohould be mad* by express, poatal Ilia, money order or reglatered letter. i auanta Bureau 17>i Peachtree atreet. f an communication! ahould be addreeaed to THE TELEOBAPH. Macon, Ga. Bosey ordera, checks, etc.. ahould be mode pays- la H. 0. Hattaon, Manager. The Eewiston Journal say*: “The man \rhoee ha! ha! reaches from one end o( the street to the other may he the same fellow who scolded hie wife and spanked the baby before he got hia breakfast, but his laughter in only the crackle of thorns under the pot The man who spreads his laughter through his life, before a late breakfast, when he misses the train, when his wife goes visit ing and he has to "at a cold snpper, the man who can langh when he finds a button off his shirt, when the furnace fire goes out in the night, and both of the twins come down with the measles at the same time, he’s the fellow tbst’s needed. He never tells bis neighbor to have faith; somehow he puts faith into him. He delivers no homilies: the sight of his beaming faee, the sound of his happy voice, and the sight of his blessed daily life carry conviction that words have no power to give. The blues flee before him as the fog before the west wind; he comes into his own home like a flood of sunshine over a meadow of blooming buttercups, and his wife and children blossom in his presence like Jane roses. His home is redolent with sympathy and love. The neighborhood is better for his life, and somebody will learn of him that laughter is better than tears. The world needs this man; why are there so few of him? Can he be created? Can he he evolved? Why is he not in every house, turning rain into shine and winter into summer nil round the year, until life is a perpetual season of joy.” ‘The Senate The Washington Star says committee on military affairs have ordered a favorable report upon the nomination of General Fitz-Jobn l’orter to he Colonel in the army with the rank and grade he held when dismissed. Senators Sewell and Cam eron, Republic ins, and Cockrell, Hampton, Camden and Walthall, Democrats, voted for a favorable report, while Senators Lo gan, Harrison, Hawley and Handerson, Re publicans opposed it. The majority of the committee are determined to bring the case np and have it finally disposed of in execu tive session at tha sarliest day practicable. The report will be submitted at the first •xeentive session, but as a single objection will then carry it over it cannot be disposed of. At the next succeeding exeentive session, however, it will be in the power of tho ma jority to call np the case and confirm the nomination. Senator Logan will not be pres ent to Antagonize Porter in the final scene of his long contest, bnt Senators Harrison and Hawley trill oppose confirmation. Mr. Harrison contends that as Porter is not yet Cl years old (the age for retirement!, if con firmed it will be in the discretion of the President to assign him to active dnty and keep him there nntil his filth year; that as Porter, if confirmed, will be the ranking colonel, he would, in case of a vacancy higher np, be in lino for promotion as brig adier-generel and would at least reach the retired list with a higher grade than Con grtaa Intends. Mr. Harrison maintains, too, that General Porter would reap a large pecuniary benefit from longevity pay and besides attaining retirement as brigadier wonld be entitled to a much larger salary than Congress proposes to allow him. The friends of General Porter do not attach any weight to thin argument. They do not be lieve that the President will seek to do any. thing more than to carry ont the expressed will of Congress in regard to General Por ter." It is about Tbe Lanuuck of a Joke. The Atlanta Constitution, which has periods of mock virtue, of transparent patriotism, of genuine spleen and of uncon- scions humor, seizes the present opportuni ty and gravely attempts to perpetrate upon the pnblic one of the most stupendons jokes ever set forth in the colnmns of a public journal. The genial Cervantes, were he living, would knash bis teeth from envy, and burn his private stock of Don Quixotes in despair. The plans and specifications of this pon derous piece of Atlanta humor are too min- nte to be CTowded into the apace alioted us for the consideration of curiosities; briefly they may be described as follows: General Gordon’s campaign coat less than $1,000, and of this sum three-fourths were contri buted by tbe General himself, and the bal ance was obtained from sources other than corporations. In proof of this the Consti tution proposes to submit the books snd checks of the campaign, as well as tbe memoranda, to Hon. Patrick Walsh, and let him report upon the same. We hold that this is the triumph of hu mor, and somehow we cannot hut help think that the waggish Joel Chandler Harris is in volved in the matter. The sight of the Gordon managers array ed in a single file and each presenting as he passes Hon. Patrick Walsh's arm chair, a handful of cancelled checks and declaring, with bis band upon his heart, “This is all the money that I have nsed, B'elp me, God!" would lr^ke a fine cartoon for Puck. If anything would lend an additional flavor to the scene it would be the editors of the Constitution themselves, mixed np in this managerial column, pledg ing their sacred word that the accounts are correct. We must confess that the Tele- baph's sense of humor, usually quoted as fine, is somewhat stunned by the sudden ness with which this Urge affair has been burled upon it; yet not so stunned that its companion instincts of criticism and sugges tion have been paralyzed. Broad and comprehensive and generally original as is this joke, it is open to comment It has a smack of the circulation affidaviU of the pressman, for one thing, and this ought to have keen carefully avoided. Again, the idea that General Gordon contributed $3,000 ought to have been elimiryited. It weighs down the joke in the middle and causes it to sag below the line of credibility, thus de stroying the very lesqpn sought to be inculcated, for it is obvious that nolhiog is gained by defending people from bribery with a statement suited only to the understanding of fools. The Gordon item U too heavy for humor. The public can laugh over the thought that vehicles and buggies and emissaries were hired all over tbe great State of Georgia and its 137 coun ties on fonr thousand dollar*, but it cannot see anything funny in the charge that Gor don put np the money to do it. There is, however, somo humor in the idea that the Constitution was involved with such a pov erty-stricken hand of innocents. Bnt the joke is abroad, and we ssy let it roll. It is a fit ending ‘to the campaign, perhaps, coming from the source it docs. The publie is at liberty to langh and will not be surprised if, wben the remaining seventeen accused New York aldermen are brought np for trial they shonld lay their bauds upon their hearts and say, “We are innocent s'elp ns God, and we are willing to submit onr papers to Mr. Dane and let bim state if there is anything in them tjiat reflects upon ns as the perfect gentleman thst we are.” The Boston Herald says: time to organize a movement for prevent ing the intemperate nse of 'temperance drinks/ The manner in which mineral waters, acid phosphate, ‘nerve food' and ‘lactart’ are swallowed at all hoars of the day, and by all sorts of men, with no real knowledge of their nature or effects, qnite as astonishing, and in many cases, no doubt, almost as. pernicious, as tbe habit which it in smcuure'auper*ede*,the taking of the matutinal cocktail, the midday beer aud the postprandial wine or spirit*. Mnch of this guzzling is due to tbe mania for dot ing, which is almost a national characteris tic. If, oaring to improper eating or any other cause, a man ■doesn't feel just right,' the first thing be does it to take s drink of somethin/, kit or miss, while, if he ‘feels bad,' a dose of patent medicine, or some other nostrum, follows. Some of tbe preparations are perhaps harmless, but others are obviously of to potent a nature that they shonld be rued sparingly, ami commonly ouly npon the advice ot a phy sician. To bum tbe stomach with acids, or purge the bowels with mineral drinks, in tbe bap-hazard manner often indulged in it to trill* recklesiiy with the health. For a person in an approximately normal condition there is no need of either stimu lants, tonics, ‘nerve food,’ purgatives* or other disturbers of nature Good plain food, trail in abundance, milk, eggs, with a moderate supply of water that is cool, without being iced, or tea and coffee for those who most have ‘aotue'.’iing else/ constitute a rammer regimen that is not improved by dosing of any sort." The .Mexican IuibrocUu, Our telegraphic columns of late have con tained repeated references to tbe imprison ment of an American editor in Mexico and the excitement and complications growing out of it. An El Faso dispatch gives these particulars of the affair: “Cutting, who pre viously published a paper called the Bulle tin on this aide of the river, moved his oflice to Paso del Norte, and continued to issue it and do job work. He got along well ■ and secured influential and wealth*’ friend* among tbe Mexicans. Emeghio Median, a Mexican, who has figured in the newspaper business, and who bears a bad reputation, undertook in an underhanded way to dam age Cntting, as he did others. Cntting ex posed him in the colnmns of bis paper. This was over six weeks ago, and he was taken before the local conrts and forced to sign a reconciliation and ordered to pub lish a retraction, which he did. He knew that Medina possessed influence. The humiliation to which Cutting was subjected angered him, and in the following issuo of the El Paso Sunday Herald he published a card in both languages, in which he re newed the charge against Medina, and of fered to fight him on American soil. When he crossed the river he was arrested, hauled up before an Alcalde and charged with tho offense. A clipping from the Herald con taining the cards was appended to the charge. Cutting was not permitted to have lawyer. He stated that be was an Amer ican, that his offense, if he had been guilty of any, was committed in America, and that he did not recognize the jurisdiction of the court and would answer no questions. He was pnt into a dungeon, and has been there since. From the first he maintained the position that the Mexican courts hail no jurisdiction, and whenever he has been taken out to answer questions he has ignored the rights of the officials. He was sustained from the beginning by United States Consul Brigham." The unconditioual release of Cutting has been demanded by our minister to Mexico, and it is said that the Mexican minister of state acceded to this demand and instructed the local authorities to discharge Cutting. These authorities, acting under the direc tion of a local court, have so for failed to obey tho order from the minister of state. The attention of the United States Senate has been called to the matter, and a demand has been made for the diplomatic corre spondence in the case. If Mr. Cutting is not speedily set at lib erty, it is more than likely that American troops will be ordered to the Mexican fron tier, and there may he a revolution, consist ing of something more than a pronuncia- rnento and the raiding of a few haciendas. Sunday Recreation, A lady whose practical piety we would be willing to pnt ahead of all the traveling evangelists we know, and aiongsideof mafiy pastors, and who has in her lifo been accus tomed to Sunday recreation, complained to tbe writer some time since that Macon of fered no advantage in this respect. There was nowhere to go out of tbe city, and near by, after the religions duties of the day were performed. A ride in the street cars b the only open ing offered, and thb b not particularly in viting. Tired people and children desire some recreation on the one rest day of the week other than going to Snnday schools and lb- tenlng to aerinous. Savannah baa alway been well fixed in this respect, and every Sunday shows a large number of vbitors to Tybee, Thunderbolt, Isle of Hope, Mont gomery rad other eubnrban resorts. Re cently ether innocent attractions have been provided within the city itself. The Morning News of Monday last says Thirty or more paraona vlalted lha Telfair Arad am j yesterday afternoon. II wee the second Han day the bnildlnf he* been open to the public, end* number ot ciUaane end stranger*availed tbemeelvea of the opportunity to loapect the art coUec-Uon Many were tha expreealone of admiration at tho feme by citizen*, who coafeeted that they did not know Savannah poaaeaaed each n gallery. Tne Historical Sodety'e library had considerably mote iintor* than tbe Academy. Being conren lent to the perk many who were ont for e walk dropped Into llie library lor a half hoar or so. Mont of these doubtless were people who had no leisure to visit these pieces during the week. The art gallery b well worthy of a visit and will entertain and' instruct ail who go, tbecebeing no finer collection of art, considering its size, in thb country, Much opposition was made to the open ing of the library on Snnday, bnt tbe at- tendanee which has followed thb new privilege shows that the people spprecbte benefit*. The physical health and good order of New York rt it claimed has been advanced by tbe bet that her population can be emptied on a cool sea beach in abort space of time and at cheap rates. am tit to pop. Now let me My somethin | about the mutton. It is fresh an* fat an' I hope you will enjoy it One of my neighbor* loat * sheep the other day an' be accused me of stealing it. He has bad me arrested an' I am now In jail/’—ArhauMW Traveler. The other evening s patrolman found * well- dressed woman sitting In an open hallway, next door to a marble shop, und thinking she might be a stranger In trouble he accosted her with: “Any thing wrong, madam?" She came out to him and replied: “No, sir; nothing wrong. I'm waiting for my husband." “And he-!" “He is in the marble •bop figuring on a tombstone.” “And you don't want to go in on account of the gloomy surround ing*?" “The gloomy surroundings wouldn't affect me at all, air, but I hope I know what belongs to the proprieties. He's In there figuring on a tomb stone for his first wife, who's been dead three years, snd I presume you can appreciate the occa sion."—Detroit Free Press. What Will Major Bacon’s Friends Do? Editor Telegraph: The letter of Hon. A. O. Bacon in‘Sunday's Telegraph is worthy of profound consideration. There is tuoa for thought in every line of it. If it is true (and we all know it to be true) that three men, “two of whom ore United States Senators, and the other Governor of the State," are in “intimate, personal and polit ical alliance and association, with identity of purpose aud action" to subvert popular government, it is plain there should be no delay in making a vigorous protest against the coalition. If it is also true that their meth ods “are utterly debasing to the manhood of the State," then it la also plain that imme diate action is necessary. If it is likewise true, as we all know it to be true, that this The Value of a Good Fxttmple. Editor Teleobaph: A wise man onee said, “The richest bequest which any man can leave to the youth of his native land is that of a shining, spotless example.” It is safe to say, no man will ever regret his ef fort to leave to posterity a good and upright name. This axiom will hold good in re ligion or in politics. Men, may struggle for the success of a principle, und then be forced into defeat, by reason Jof numbers, but no patriot can afford to condone a wrong or to hide corruption when he is called out publicly, either to commend or rebuke. To-day the Democracy of Georgia is put to a severe test. I( the entire party acquiesces in tbe nomination of General Gordon for the G ivernorship, by a unani mous vote.it says to the country,we subject principle to party, we care nothing for measures or for the publie character of our candidates; success is the test of merit, and we coalesce for paity supremacy and party spoils only. There ure twenty thousand young white men in Georgia to-day who will watch the proceedings ut Atlanta with intense inter est. The men who cast tho ballots will be held to a strict accountability in the years to come. It is said the Yazoo fraud went through a Georgia canvass without serious hindrance, manipulated throughout the State by United States Senator James Gunn, but the moral sentiment of tbe country was so soon outraged by bis open, unblushing corruption that a perfect storm of testimony, of assertion ami of denun ciation overwhelmed tho traitors in the succeeding Legislature. That indignant re volt against bnbe-moDey left a deep and lasting impress upon the youth of the time. Odetospring-A heavy cold. United States Senators all lik» u . plenty of it. 11 1188 “Wle, sSvsaaar* 1 *"-- uxsssjs’jr - ‘ ■*"« absolute power is usurped and absolutely .... - . —— controlled to fill their pookffs with , tbu P atn< ? tl 8m ot the men who brought the lawful revenues of the State, corruptionists to exposure and con The Crop*. A careful examination of and inquiry into the condition of the Goorgia crops re veals tho fact tbst the small grain harvest was not as satisfactory os was reasonably hoped for, still • a quantity sufficient for home consumption was obtained. Cotton to-day shows no signs of damage, speaking for the whole cotton belt. The weed itself is well grown, locks plentiful, and prospects fair. The expectation that the hot ran would, owing to the late exeeaaive rain*, cause i dropping off of leaves baa not yet been real ized. There are many reasons for believing that a drouth will soon set in which will burry up tbe crop and perhaps give ns a short season, in which event we may look for an average yield of lint classing as mid dling. The avenge rain fall here for twenty years, as pointed ont recently, is abont forty, eight inches. Of this arnonnt Middle Geor gia bos received np to date about thirty-eight inches, leaving but ten to be diatribn’ed over the next five months. Subtracting from this the certain rains of November and December, there will be left but a small amount for August, September and October. Tbe corn crop is made, and excepting the lowest bottoms, is a fine one. Georgia, nnder this statement, may be considered on safe. Farmers will have plenty to eat and a fair yield of good cotton for tale. Now it the time and the opportunity for saving hay shonld not be neglected. Tbe yield of grasses this summer is immense. Let si! hands utilize every spare moment from tbe cotton crop to lay by bay. It will more than pay for the trouble. SHREDS AND PATCHES. Canal dlgglog la alow business. A railroad can be bnllt, pnt in tbe bend* of n receiver end eold out before n canal could be pnt la piece.—New Or leans Picayune. There te n crezy man In Buffalo who Imagine, b* la in umpire. And there nr* lore of baseball play er* who Imagine tbetr umpire is n crazy man.— Ptttsbnr* Chronicle-Telegraph. Accepting the terms: He (rntreatlngly)—“Won't you giro mo Ibis neit wells, Mias Vlolat!" 8b* (co- qu.ti.hly!—“Perhaps, if yon press me." The bold, horrid thing—’'I’ll do that as we dance."—Life. We ere somewhat shocked to bear that ona of onr e. teemed young men eo far forgot hie manure u to tab* nine pious of pto on bis plate at on* time while dining at n neighboring town recently.— Loyalton (Dak I Journal. Quits n difference. Wktnky—“I don't aeo ranch difference between n woman 1 , spring he! end n church steeple." Wbenky—“I do." Whlnky— “Wail, now Jut tell me the difference.” Whmnky— “There Is n Umlt to tbe height of church steeples.” —'Tld-Blta. Stranger let the restaurant!. Beg pardon, sir. bat you have spilled soap nit over your vest Fogg—I wish yoa would mind your own business. You've been sluing on your lighted cigar for fifteen minutes and have burned n bole la roar coet-uil e» big ns my bet, but yoa didn't beer me shouting It el you. —Pitt*burg Chronic!.. Judge Loch ease's conduct is catching. A London letter rays that William Green, of High gate, president of a temperance society, s few day* ago destroyed his cellar of wine, shunt 2,600 bottle*, valued at $3,000, by pouring it into the rawer. Jeer now it is hard to decide whether Sir Charles Ditke i* the Beecher of Eng land, or Beecher the Sir Charle* Dilke of America. A blank crop raport was Mat out by n Cleveland p-l«r for tha fermtrs to all out, mud the tuber day one of them cam* bask with t!>. fallowing written on the blank aide In pencil: "Alt we're got In this neighbotbood In three widdere. two achool ma'am*, * patch of wheat, tbe ho* cholera, too mnch rate, about fifty tens of 'tetara. and n dura fool who matrted n craoa-eyad gal becaaao aba owns ai«hty akaop and a taula. which tha aamo U ma, and no atom at pvaa*nt"—lb. Independent. "1 send you by John Cobbtetma, on# of my neigh bor*. * quarter of mntlou and n mete of young eqelrrtU. I do this because I like the conn* you have always look. I killed lb* eqalml* ylatidy aa'I know they air fresh. Thar ain't nothin'nicer then young equlneU. t eat ’em some Urns* till 1 then a revolt from these methods is a patriotic and Christian duty. Now, I wonld ask, is there no relief? I know I differ with the Telegraph in regard to the ad- -i.-iabiiity of n revolt “inside the party,"hut a six years' trial has shown the people of Georgia there is no hope of reform ineide the party organization against the syndicate wLich Mr. Bacon has so thoroughly con demned in his late letter. 60 long as the Atlanta ring can force tht minority to ratify the:r decisions they seek nothing better for themselves. They can always override public opinion in the county primaries and mass meetings, as they did in the last Col- ‘ uitt canvass and in the present canvass. There is no question about it, it is an ac cepted fact. Ah Major Bacon aptly re marks, “They grow stronger with every effort." There can be no relief by con tinuing to protest in a mild way when the matter is definitely settled before the ring candidate’s name is announced. The moral flense of the country was thorougly aroused when Governor Colquitt forced a re-elec tion, and tho popular will was overthrown prevailing methods at that time. Stephens yielded to tho pressure, and thus assisted iq torgiug the cliuins of their despotic sway, but no man in Georgia could have imag ined the length, breadth and strength of the power of corrupt money, vigorously nsed, without all the facts of the ptestnt cam paign before hiu eyes. It is not well to pay attention to all the pessimistic views of *a uisappointrd constituency, bnt tbe Dem ocracy of Georgia will make a grave mistake if they fall to redress substantial griev ances, aud to dial summarily with euses of actnai guilt. Pure uu I stainless lives are ever a shield against scandal and malice, but corruption, trickery and bribery should meet u rebuke whenever and wherever en countered. A party that ha* no power to correot a single abuse withiu a space of six years, and which retrogrades in efficiency nil that time, has outlived it* usefulness. Party organization is uaefnl to carry out correct methods and principles, but no party organization ahould be used to piomote bad men for selfish purposes. Whene'er it la thoroughly understood that purty fealty ranks higher thun party boneity—then u publie protest against party corruption is silly anil hopeless sf any ami ail times. There is no redress for grievances, there is no condemnation, and there is no authority to withstand corruption. Submission is then the least of evils, und yet how shall the munhood ot Georgians scoept such a dire alternative? There is a remedy, and the feasibility and practicability of any re lief shonld be considered. We owe it to the young men of Georgia to consider all reasonable chances for escape from such ring-rule and unfuir domination. Let me call attention to one notable example in the history of modern politics that may bo aug- gestive : William II. Tweed perfected in New York etty (backed by the political power of Tammany Hall) jnat inch ring-rule und corrupt methods aa now exist in Geor gia. Year after year ha drew to himself un limited power and absolute control of pub lic offices After every deal, he raised the cry of “peace,” “peace, ,r in the presence of but tled and indignant tax-payers. He succeed ed in capturing every valuable office in the metropolitan city and transferred s clean million ot dollars into his private pocket, all the time yelling with all bis might for the supremacy of party organization. Now it it u clear, there was no relief in that situa tion without a revolt inside the party. No help could come, so longaas Tweed could ratify his nominations by placing party fealti above party honesty and when the people aroso in their might and shook off the bonds that were only nsed to their injury then relief quickly hove in sight But says one, “wo are afraid ot tho ne gro." Such a cry in the face of the prereut situation reminds one of the demented, shipwrecked sailor, who sprang from l wrecked vessel into the jaws of a hungrv, waiting shark. Suppose the negro shonld vote for a good man against the convict riug and tbns outwit convict boodle, will any sane man in Geor gia say the end does not justify the mean*? Will anybody rise up and ray, that negro votes in prohibition or anti-prohibition contests affected the question in ray par ticular, rad is it not a fact tbst colored votes are as acceptable at the polls, with rival Dcmocnt*,it* with anybody else? But, auvs another, that will give license to the colored voters to do something terrible at another time and in another canvass. Ah, dear lovers of sentiment and short-sighted political seers, colored vote* hsve elected •very Governor in Georgia sines 1870, rad colored votes hsve defeated every man who opposed tbe Atlanta ring during all that time. If the negro at any time threatened the public safety it ia now, when money ie indiscriminately used by one side to de bauch the impeennions voter, and when a mistaken sense of political dnty blinds the other side to the danger tbst is growing daily and hourly, until it threaten* the ex tinction of every honeat political ambition. Let the reader* of tbn Telxotapu ponder thesiln ttion to-day. Let thew . ar. fully go over tbe point* in the case an t a-k them selves how loLg will they submit to the At lanta ring, which banks on the chivalry and political honesty of its opponent*, and which laughs to scorn the virtu* and prob ity of (men who despise the available means within their reach while they them selves an willing to boast ot their political Infamy to obtain success. Plain Tale. “Tbe feller at the store told me it was music-stool," remarked Und* Josh, “bnt l'v* been twieting the darn thing ever/ which way far an hour ami rut a got darned bit of mimic kin I get ont of it nohow/' detonation we owe the great names of Georgia, who illustrated her honor and high chnraoter for nearly three-quarters of a century afterwards. There is no ques tion bnt that this brave resistance to wrong doing, moulded public opinion to »uuh ,, degree as to give to tho State a galaxy of true and honorable statesmen, who served her faithfully in high positions, and died without a stein on tneir public and private characters. History repeats itself. We ore face to face to-flay with anotber test, with an other trial—painful and embarrassing, but there is no doubt that portentous results bingo npon the events of the 28th of July, 188(5. Young men are naturally ambitious. They have an instinctive desire to take pait in the business of state. It is a laudable ambition—one to be commended. The young are both honest and,courageous. They are hopeful and zealous. Physical courage will make a man brave in one way —bnt it ie moral courage that makes really (rest men, in another wav. To bo morally jreve a boy must be right No real con stancy can or will be fonud, except in an honeat cause. To forsake the right for a temporary advantage is the worst species of dishonesty. “That which la won ill, will never wear well, for a curse attends it that will waste it.” It may be an unhappy man who sinks under dishonor, but it is cer tainly un unhappy one who survives it. The political decay of Georgia politics has grown to be a desperate disease and it ia obliged to have a deepi rate remedy. There is no sort of use to shut our eyes to tho inevitable. We shonld be ignoble descendants of our revolutionary sires if we should ratify wrongdoiDg for the sake of policy. No man has ever appeared on the arena of State politics for high office who carried with him such indisputable marks of iucompetency aud unfitness for the place he seeks as General Gordon. Governor Bullock was a fine express agent aud bad business qualifications, but General Gordon has failed in everything he ever undertook to manage, whenever connected with other people'* money. Will the dele gate ■ now oaBembled in Atlanta jeopardize the Suite's money by placing him in the ex eentive chair? The men who dare to do it will ulao be forced to prepare for tho here after. I have seen tne record—the page where the names of tbe Yazoo corruption ists were inscribed by State authority—as a living, never-ending punishment for their official unfaithfulness, rto long as the government at Washington stuuds the patriot may there reud tho name* of those who ficeoed old Georgia, without mercy, when they were trusted representatives, and allowed to vote away her reveuues, A dis mal record it i«-a sad memeuto of official cupidity and treachery. It is a fearful, miserable page to look upon. General Gordon is an avowed convict les see. A strict construction of tbu law wonld most likely debar him from holding an ex eentive office. Whenever a public officer can beelloweil to fill his own pocket* with the revenues of the State—himself amena ble to no restriction or higher authority— we have taken a step foil of danger and in justice to the taxpayer* of tbe HUte. Will the delegatee give this matter a thought to day, and protect the people of Georgia from an injustice that will be suro to breed cou- tagion among office-holders and pecuniary ion to the hard-working men who pay tne texea of the State? If this matter is excused snd condoned, what a fruitful crop of official speculation and official speculator* will spring np all over the Stale! If General Gordon can thus manipulate the State's property for hi* own benefit every man m the State holding a State commission is duly author ized to violate law in tbe name way and fill . Boston proposes to borrow toira. internal improvements. The forming of projects f„ . in Washington there L no end. * All London talks about Mm Win- Vanderbilt's SlOu.OOO n/cklce ^ People seem bent on inarrvi*. nch man s son to soma actress J ™ Why is it that the bills which , an handles are always “crisp.’’ ' A question that is often asked l,„i. answerea—"How do you do, sir.-’ When a young maa wants’protect,,. lady he puts his armor round her. 1 Vanity rules the fools, and often, simpletons of those who know kefir In a few more weeks preliminary no the autumn fashions will be sounded Washington Treasury youta ladieeu rich—if they save up for twenty j (ari What we believe is right is more ok. because it griuds our axe thanolhervi A Bored of Education—The hot vh to stay in school when he wan file mg. hi* own pocket*. When once tbe barrier . let "down the evil will grow with It* ft hi T.Slrn aa e eo —eee 1 ■. — Wi ...X .-f. X E rowtli. Like a crevnaso in a Hiakisaippi vet*, the destruction will soon become un controllable. Shall our young men be thus led into temptation? Oh! men ot Georgia, think before it is too late! Is there no tim ber in tbe State oat of which to make l Governor that such a frightful example ahould be placed before onr tons who are live here in Georgia when our beads are under the sod? Shall we place a premium on dishonest methods, and by our consent and connivance elevate such politics to State control? It will be prudent to heed this danger befoie it is too late. The State has s virtual promise from onr Democratic friend* that their nomination* ■dull be so acceptable that reaiktanc* will be practically impossible. Mark the pre- dtplifinl Ilr»r>oral fliiv.lnn'u n.in.in*lia> .. » 1 diction! General Gordon's nomination and possibly his election will make tho Demo cracy in Georgia a thing of the past Iu glory has, l fear, deported already, hut there will be rerolt, disorganization und certainty contempt for the mi n yrho, for 5 resent success, condemn the State to po- tjcal degradation. Dare yon show to yonr children that you are thus unfit and un worthy to be trusted with the selection ol an executive? Freemen! Georgiana! pre serve yonr integrity to-day!! Fate Plat. Itenninn uf ibe Second (ieorgla. To the Surviving Member* of the Second Georgia regiment: Company A at iu nuion hut year, by resolution, request., me to coll for a meeting of tbe entir* regi ment this summer. I have fixed npon New Holland Spring! a* (he place, and the 2f)ih •lay of Augoat next ra the time. Suitable arrangements will be made for reduced fare on the railroads and at the hotel*. Comrades, let ns all meet st ain. Enoas M. Bett, Late Colonel 2J G*. Keg'L Bcena Vista, July 20, 1886, Ot interest to all—Government bonds. Again they have TOet for £?"•*• Brave ifaroM and 1 Impelled by the old mpeiled by tbs old SwUf 0 ® 0 '*. They .tffibjSSHKfci hey wonder, m *,..«„vi “ of lor*. auoj raou by tLe e wonder, so uuicklr tinf ^ Ail days into tJSSSS J?' * r '*" “mold "ffy- He presses her hand. “I trust, 1 That it," he speaks low **.„ The last that ; ou P w h", *'P ««!», "The time I recall," ’ “\ou snake In * »«_ “l®She(; We Btood, But—r th.word..d.i,t^ 0 . ■aSSSSSr^ She answers in H ‘»" ■•'And that, Mr. Brown‘ui I”', 10 *; That man you cell »'l- That men you call 'fooml 0 ° 1 ' I married laet rell” * 'MW -°lmU«oku ALL 8<)KTS. Why is a bald-headed man like t hi Because he makes a little hare m a ways. 8 “What did yonr father leave jot he died, Pat? f “Faith, he left atu phao. Not a few "nice" families are stillia njoying home comforts, conTenitaM lUisine. Maids of honor at Queen Victoria's are forbidden on pun of dumuiill chewing gam, A majority of people of summer h appear to be prejudiced agaiast era church on Sunday. The small boy learning the tith' very much like the postage stamii-bc gets stuck on a letter. Some men have greatness Ihmt t them, especially when a fat penantu to them in the street cars, "Slippery l’ote, the sneak thief, ia b city," said one detective to anotltr. " incog? 1 ’ "No, he is iu jail” A shrewd boarding hon»kwpuil like* her young men to be in Iota live so steadily on toothpicks One important difference betweeni and a woman is that a man puts bu on bim, while a woman puts beneli clothes. Teacher (to the class in cheni What does sea water contain beshhs sodium chloride tbst we hare meath Head boy—"Fish.” ‘ ‘Man is tbe noblest work ef GoL', know about that—the woman who nil at home and attend to her domestic is a noble work also. To be a successful baseball umpire necessary for a man to have a cool good aud quick judgment. Eienth* apt to get "ail balled up," “A middle-sized boy, writing a M on on “Extremes," remarked that tion on “Extremes, should endeavor to avoid extremes ally those ot wasps and bees.” There is an organist in Norwalk, who reads mtuio very sccnrafilj, *» it is alleged, nearly broke tbe choir “ Sunday by playing a fly speck. You can always detect a bachelor! way he handles a baby, but to tew loss it is si ways best to use aborrovr in making the experimental test —Nevada connty, Nev., 1* tryiaj 0 up a rush of prospectors to that con claiming to have been ths Men* °- 1 discovery of several valuable diaaw It U said to take 1,000,01)0 ponai bacco to supply tbe American natj- year, and pretty soon some foreif* 1 will come ovei here to try to "cte** There is an economical man in® sack, N. J., who, after haring mte* fire, stuck a cork in the end of tW * to save the little wind that wrt > them. Some one wants to know If Sw was an srk angel. She meat n*’*" tlSVm InziVz.#! nniul.nmtnPMllT ftitt? “ have looked good-nstoredly sftcr family in a rain-storm which Xtp 1 w indoors. A scientist lays that the red tA 1 bird, will catch DUO flies io an tea ls nothing to brag of. Any bo hcim sugar bowl will break that reeorJ half try. It is entirely unfair for * J a woman's inability to undent* 8 " — ball game nntil he has pro*ente* ity to grapple with the myste nc * quilt social. A Minneapolis milkman died* da, frorn dnuking the milk .1*^ dairy. Water on the brain krocked bim ont adcordrng te cian's certificate. A small fire in Chicago the teMV was put out by the hou*«b««' ^ to the flame* a pitcher of o«*‘ ^ bought. It was easy to see wm no Anarchist. ,, The pretty maiden fell oreiw^, lover leaned over the atde of “* rose to the surface snd arid: hand." "Please ask pap*. “* sank for the second time. 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