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TIIE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNIJsG/NOVEMBER 29, 1687.-TWELVE PAGES.
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Macon, Gs,
A Prophecy.
The Augusta Chronicle has upon its edi
torial staff a genuine prophet. Ho says:
Mo, Senator Colquitt w.ll not enter the cabinet.
Ha wiU remain In the Senate till his term expire*;
thereupon the next General Assembly will return
him foranother elx years terrain tbe meet note-
Us deliberate body In the world-a body In which
ha has serred hi* condiment*, special and general,
falthfnl and moat honorable; a body In which ha la
destined to win still greater distinction.
The unanimity with which the press of
Georgia is standing up to Senator Colquitt
muit be very gratifying to that gentleman.
It mutt be still more gratifying to him to
know that in this matter the press voloes
the sentiment of tbe people of this state,
A few weeks ago a Georgia daily newspaper
declared that Senator Colquitt mast be de
feated because he does not favor tbe repeal
of the internal revenne. If that pronun.
oiamento, ultimatum, threat, or whatever
else it mey be oalled, found an eoho in a
single paper in thie state the fact baa es-
oaped cur attention. We hope that before
themxt Senatorial election rolls aronnd
onr solitary contemporary will repent and
be forgiven, lteccntly it has shown pro-
noe.'noed symptoms of loneliness, and we
wonid not be surprised to see it join the
procession.
Clear the Track.
The New York Uail and Express la indig
nant because President Cleveland and Mr.
Carlisle are having frequent oonferenoes on
the Itariff issue. This is natural. When
those two Democratic leaders pnt their
heads together it is enongh to aronse the in
dignalion of protectionist organs. Had
President Cleveland consulted Mr. Randall
instead of Mr. Carlisle, tbe Mail and Ex
press would have been delighted. No tariff
polioy whioh Mr. Randall would
probably advise would have any terrors for
the bonnty-fed monopolies. Bat when
the President chooses Mr. Carlisle as his
counsellor on this great qneitlon the esae
is very different It means that something
is going to be done in tho direotion of gen
uine tariff reform. We are confident that
the administration and the Dsmooratio ma
jority in tbe Hotue, led by Mr. Carlisle,
will bo in complete sympathy on the meth
ods of tariff reform. It is time for those
who would obstruct this movement to cleat
the track, whether they oall themselves Re
publicans or Democrats.
Tbe people of Dakota have voted by a
large majority that they want their Teni-
tory divided, and the Southern half ad
mitted as a State. Tbe Territory aa a whole
wonid stand a better chance of admission.
Tbe thinly-peopled States of the fat West
have too mneb weight in the government
now, and they have a habit of sending mill
ionaires to the Senate which tbe people of
the country do not like.
M. Climenciau, the Radical leader in
Franoe, has made it his btuinesa for years
to destroy ministers, and he has been won
derfully ancoessfal. The time seems to
have come when he may become a minis
ter himself, if he uill. The world will then
see whether he hai any govtrnlog ability
or U tha mere apostle of disorder which
many thought him daring the days of the
Commune.
Captain Bunak of the Atlanta, thinks hit
vessel nneeawortby. Secretary Whitney
disagrees with him, and preposes to settle
' tbe question by sending her to sea in
storm. BhonldJ be carry ont his intentioo,
the oeptaln would, to say the least,
pltced in an embarrassing position. He
wonid have to drown or loss hie reputation
at a naval expert.
Parsons’ saccet>sor at editor of the Alarm
oouipVius that Asxrchlxis do not support
his p per as they should. Perhaps a recent
object lesson baa taught them that too
ardent eupport of the Alum mey put them
in a position in whieb better support than
tha ropes furnished by the State will be
necessary to saYe their lives.
The batter grades of coal now tell for t?
a ton in New York, on account of tbe Le
high Valley strike. The poor in the cities
■offer and the thousands of idle miners are
living on tha charily of fallow workman.
The only people who seem to be satisfied
are the mine operators, who sell less coal
for more money,
What the President Will Smy.
The Fiftieth Congress will meet one week
from next Monday. On that d»y the Pres
ident's annual message will be read. Of
course, nobody knows exiotly wbat recom
mendations the Preeldent will make in the
exercise of bis fnDctiong as a co-ordinate
faotor in national legislation. Still there
are some very dear indications aa to the
course he will pursue in reference to tbe
greet praetical questions of the day. The
well-informed and reliable Washington cor
respondent of the St. Lonis Republican
says:
There le natural;? very great cariosity Just how
ta the feetaree tbe President will make most
prcmloent la hie message to Congress. It le known
that he la actively at work preparing tbe meaeaga,
bat not very ranch more then that gets cut to any.
body. The Preeldent, of comee, doea not take any
one very deeply Into hie confidence in this milter,
for the purpose of ncqualntlhg the pablio with
whet ho will have to tell Congreaa when it aasem-
blaa. On one point however, It 1* quite pooalble
•ay, In n general way, what the meeeage will con
tain. Ita leading and moat lmpprtant feature la to
tho qnaotlon of tax reduction. The President
elll urge lo the moat emphatic word* that bo can
command tbat Congreaa give early attention to the
reduction of the excite taxation, which la burden
log the treaaury with money for which
;0 outlet He will aey that the only practi
cable method to prevent a ralnoue glut of money
the treaaury la to make a big cut la botb Internal
and cuatoma tale*. The President will follow
cioioly the lino mapped ont In the Bepubllcan laat
inmmer, urging Congreaa to repeal tha Internal rev*
enne tax upon tobacco and make a very concldera-
.a cut in tha tariff. It la known that he hae boon
mating a thorough etudy of the tariff qncatlon
during the Congreaalonal race**, and the remit of
hie Inquiries haa both to itrengtbeu him more than
ever Id tha advocacy of a genuine and- aubatantlal
tariff reform. There la no manner of doubt that
hla meaaago will bare a dear, abarp ring In tbla re
aped, and will be entirely setiefectory to tbo most
friends of tariff rtfurm In the country.
The advanced petition ahtch Secretary Manning
took in hla report to Congreoa laat year marked the
path too President ntll probably pureue In hla flrat
meaaage to the Filtletb Congreaa. There la to be
no back-down or retreat upon tha tariff qneetlon by
tbe administration, and Becrettry Fairchild In hi*
report will be found to bo a good step ahead even of
Secretary Manning. It 1* altogether likely that the
Preeldent. a* well ae tha Secretary of the Treaanry,
will go luto the subject somewhat In detail, recoin*
mending not eluply general proposition*, bnt 111cr-
tratlng tbe counsel they extend to Congress by
considerable specific detail.
We believe tbat this 13 a very probable
outline of the President's message so far as
it will relate to tariff. It is In thorough ac
cord with tbe prevailing Democratic senti
ment, and Mr. Cleveland is a Democratic
President
It is worthy of note tbat tbe first strike
of farm laborers, leading to disorder and
bloodshed, ooourred in almost the only
'protected" branch of agriculture—that of
sugar making. Pioticiion doea not seem
to satisfy.
Tbe Canadian press complain* tbat Mr.
Chamberlain is American rather than Eng.
liah in bia sympathies, and the New Eng-
laud fisherman say Mr. Bayard leant to
ward Canada lo bis view*. If botb ate
tight, it ought not to be difficult for the
ccmmiseionere to agree.
The London Stock Exchange refuses, in
spite cf Gould's pleadings, to list Western
Union. It has evidently studied tha bis
tcry cf its Nsw York contemporary to some
purpose, and doesn't want a boat.
Ax English editor aaya be is disappointed
in John Sullivan. The only way to appre
ciate Sullivan fully is to Eland op in front
cf him.
Tms Mexican mission is still vacant, not,
however, for tbe lack of candidates.
means or education in bis earlier years, by
determined effort be rose from tbe carpen
ter’s bench to tho United States Senate.
And he ranked high in tbat illustrious
assembly. The most able of bis colleagues
looked npon bim with respeot, and bis views
upon questions involving an interpretation
of tho highest law carried with them some-
tiling of eutboiity. His career was in every
way honorable, until a mad freak led bim
to Detroit, away from bis <]p.
ties, where be became the bntt
of the newspaper wits of the whole conn-
try. They wonid perhaps have been more
lenient had they known, what now seems
plain, that bis aotions were oontrollcd by a
disordered mind, and tbat a long life of
usefulness was abont to oiose in gloom and
disasier.
In March, a member of the United States
Senate, in November, sleeping, for want of
better shelter, on the floor of a boarding
honse hallway, imbecile and penniless, the
contrast is a sharp and sad one.
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
The Standard OH Monopoly,
The fade being broagbt ont by the ex
amination of officers of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad by tbe Inter State Com
meroe Commission are not
surprising, howrxer mnch they
may shock the public sense of right
andjnatioa. II19 Standard Oil Trust is the
moat powerfnl and ornel monopoly which
haa ever existed in this country. It oxer-
olxes an enormons power, controlling great
systems of railroads aa if it owned them,
and completely crushing *11 rivalry where
rail transportation is an element in the coat
of oil production or distribution. The
interstate commerce law waa
more directly an ontcome of ita
wrongdoing than of any
other abase, and it wonid seem tbat the
Trnst does not propose to bo limited in its
speculations even by the authoiity of the
goneral government.
The man who brings tbe present oom
plaint against the Louisville and Nashville
railroad is one of tbe two or three oil re
finers who, favored by facilities for water
transportation, bavo been able to oontinne
in business. Hie works are located at Ma
rietta, on the OMo river, below l’ittsbnrg,
and though he has been seriously crippled
by railroad discrimination in favor of tho
Standard Oil Treat, which haa nsed every
endeavor to destroy his business, he hae
fonnd a market for bis product in the
river dtles of the West and Southwest.
Hie efforts to reach points covered by tho
Loniaville and Nashville system have led to
the present proceeding* before lhe commis
sion. It seemi plain, even from tbe teati-
mony of Mr. Culp, that the railroad has
feared the Trnst mote than the law, and haa
made itself an Instrument in tho monop
oly's handa to crush ont opposition.
Tbis Standard Oil Trust has been in ex
istence only a fear years, bat it has made
many millionaires, and ita success has been
ao great Ibst its plan has been adopted in
many lines of industry. We have now the
Bessemer iteel monopoly, tbe Grndble
Steel Trnst, the Nail Association, the
Goal Combination, the Lnmber Trust,
the Salt GombinUioc, tbe Lead Trust, and
adexen others, perhaps. They ere all
modeled after the Standard Oil Trust, end
their purpose is to prey on the people by
preventing competition. If they
grow in power aa has their great prototype,
there ia no reason why they miy not oon
trol tbe oonntry. The Standard ii said to
have bought courts and Legislatures as well
as railroads. The combined power of
trusts, lings, monopolies, etc., mey some
dsy control Gougrrer, Thete will be more
Socialists, Anarchists and other wild revo
lutionists when that day comes. There
will be better reasons for their existence.
THEY HOLD HIGH CARNIVAL IN
THE EMPIRE OF THE CZAR.
The Market of the Thleres anil Uow They
Plunder Even In tbe thurcbe*—
Witchesai Detectives—A Clev
er Bit of Work.
Tbe man who more# down life's path end Bode It
•trewn with sweet surprises iabe who knots just
bow it’s done, who keeps a store and advertises.—
Lincoln Democrat. ______
Eharp-vieaged female (to grocer’s boy)—I've welt
ed here so long, young man, tbat 1 forgit Wb»t 1
cum for. Grocer boy (meekly sugg ee ti re)-t P’raps
vinegar, mum.—Texe* Slftinge.
Two beede ere better than one if a peraon ii desl-
roue of entering the freak business; but as a rule
one little heal will carry all tbe brains ;;iven to or
dinary mortals. —New Orleans Picayune.
“Peps." aald Mable, who waa learning t» play
whlfltfwhat does tbe phrase 'honors easy’ tiean?”
’It means," said papa, who la a crank statesman,
'that any fellow can get Into Congreaa If he goes
far enough west."—Washington Critic.
Having the pennies makee tbe millionairess bnt a
little Somerville boy say* that be baa given jup all
idea of being a millionaire blmielf so long a bis
father keepe up his habit of shaking tbe bank vben
ever be be wsnta a matutinal cigar,— Som rviile
Journal. _____
Country Editor (to assistant)— Make a nsto ac
knowledging a load of cord wood and a butbol of
turnips ou subicripiiuu account. Assistant Yes,
•lr. Shall I make any comment? Country Editor—
You might iay tbat opportunely (be cord wo<jd will
enable ye editor to have hot masked turulya for
dinner Instead of eatiog them ccld a la Colonel
Hollojs.— Epoch. _______
Things one would with to have expressed differ
ently: Guest—"Well, goodbye, old man.' And
you’ve really got a very nice little place here." Host
—"Yee, but it’s rather bare just now. I horu the
trees will have grown a good bit before yon’reback,
o!d man."—Punch. _____
Bobby—"Ua, tell me wbat yon do up them be
hind tbe minister in church every Banda}?" Ma —
I chant." Bobby (pouting) —"I don’t think yon’i
very polite. You never let me say 'I shan’t’ when
don’t want to givo anything away."—Birmingham
Republican.
Effects of early training: Pond father (to fond
daughter, who hae undergone a somewhat painful
operatlouat tbe dentist’*)—And my little girl didn’t
cry and carry on while tbe dentlat was extracting
her tooth? Fond daughter—The Idea, papa! You
don't anppoee I'd bebai tin tbat manner in a strange
place!-Harper's Bazir.
Tbat new cathedral will beautify and Improvd a
desirable section cf tbe city, and real estate owners
no lees than religious people are rejoicing at tbe
Impetus tbat will be given to values In Harlem.
How, why should not tbe Jews follow in this good
example and erect a grand free synagogue in a purl
of tbe city where It la most needed?—Jewish Mes
senger. ______
A little curly-headed girl waa walking about one
Sunday afternoon in her garden. A Utile ntlgh
bor oalled to her to come over and play. Bho re
futed, but upon being urged to come looked up
with a quite ead and Indignant face and exolalmed
"Wbat! I play on Bnnda; ? Dju’i yon know tbla la
Ood's day, and U’a tbe only day He's got."-Ex
change. ___
Hla Yankee feet are on onr shore,
Bool o’ vban, onr Bool o' vban!
He’s come to Up the British gore,
Bool o’ vban, onr Bool o' vban!
Let Bison William bant hla hole.
Hie fame le now a broken bowl!—
Cue man alone charms England’s etui,
Bool o’ vban, onr Bool o' vban! i
-jnardette.
Bald an aged matron to me ones: "When my
oonaln William came home from hie three yean 1
cruise bis bine cloth anlt with brass buttons looked
very old feebloned. and I aatd, 'Cousin William,
yon abonld bny yourself tome new clothes; yon can
afford it.’ But be answered, *1 do not worry abont
my clothes, Consln Mary; 1 have broagbt home
four ahetbag• full of gold pieces, and tbe gli!s will
marry me now.' ” And to my "Did any one marry
him?" she replied, while a faint tUue man tad her
aged cheeks: "Yee, X married him."—Baltimore
American.
Mb. Allen Tkobkdibb Rice threktom
■ne tbe New York ban for (5t>00U damage*
for taring printed a story that be tad won
$2‘2u,lU) from Pierre LonlUrd at cards.
Mr. Rice will find it herd to convince e jury
that he was hart mcch, unle&i he can show
he tae a Lout of Luagry creditors.
Senator Jootr, of Florida.
It mnat tave been with * semation of
profound pity that, it wu yesterday reed
ttat Senator Jonee waa practically a beggar
npon the streets of Detroit, end hii mind b
wreck. Hi* career illustrate* the extreme*
of fortune poeaible in this country. Of
foreign birth bxu1 humble origin, without
PERSONAL POINTS,
Ik ia said that Jay Oonld may take bis yacht to
India daring tbe winter.
On one of tbe wells of Herr Moefe dynamite
newspaper office banga a glorifying picture of 0. A,
Dana.
Herbert Ppcncer ia fond of lawn teniia.
wields a racquet skillfully and finds great refresh
mant in tbe game.
A boat of Mr. Parnell, tbo gift of a Mr. Cantwell
ta Orover Hill, has been placed In the Executive
Mansion at Albany.
President 8*elje, of Smith College, Xortbampton,
Mass , la considered by many people tbe most
polished and eloquent pulpit orator In NSw Eng*
land.
Roswell P. Flower baa been quite 111 for some
days, bnt hla friends aay tbat beta now recovering
and will engineer hla perennial boom again next
year.
It it curious bow notoriety attracts worneq. Even
ao unclean and repulsive an object ae Heir Moat
has tbe warmest sort of admirare among the gen*
tier sex.
Professor Drummond, tbe bright ycnog Scotch
man who has been making a visit to some of tbe
leading American colleges, says tbat to bim their
most remarkable feature ia "their Christian tone."
Mr. Gladstone la feeling tbe effects of tbe re*
mark ably cold and wet weather la England. Bis
throat and bronchial tubes are hie weakest spots,
and it ta aald that be will soon go to tbe Booth
France, ee be did In Jsnnery.l&KL
Colonel Ingertoll recently wrote e friend: "Cleve
land's lack made bim President, and bis love has
made him popular." Which leads the New York
World to add: "Cleveland's two L'e, therefore,
have, contrary to tbe laws of poker, beaten Blaine's
three R*s.
Tbe President eejoye walking these fine autumn
drys. ne geteaway from hU desk at som as be
can n the Lteaftirncon, takes bis stout hickory
cane ir.it strolls through the grounds behind tbe
White House for half aa bonrer so before driving
ont with Mrs. Cleveland to Oak View.
Mr*. Mary A. Livsmore, tbe only woman who
waa on tbe fleer of tbe convention which Bret ncm*
tailed Lincoln, on B tniay severed all relatione
with tbe Republican party In a public speech ta
Mew York. - Henceforth." sbeeaid. "my party shall
be that which stands for woman suffrage end pro
PARADISE FOR THIEVES.
Chicago Herald.
St. Petersburg, November 9.—There ia
bo much thievery in Russia tbat all the
principal cities have what is known as
thieves’ markets.” They are conducted
openly, and little it any effort ia made to
trace an article whioh goes in tbat direction.
Travelers in their exasperation often declare
that the authorities, the thieve! and tbe
venders of the stolen artidis are banded to
gether, and that the profits are divided on
a fixed scale. Be tbat as it may, there is
more stealing in this than any other coun
try, unless probably Egypt is exoepted.
Here the thieves’ market is two blooks
deep, four long, and gives commercial
transactions to thousands of persons. Tbe
;oods are carried in by tbe pillagers, burg-
ars and footpads, sold to the shopkeepers
openly, and no secret is made of the faet
that the goods were stolen. The building!
are mostly of brick, located in a quarter
remote from the most respectable portion
of the city, and tho shopkeepers live in
tho seoond stories. The rooms are all
filthy, oovered with vermin, filled with
nanseons odor >, nnd the goods are dosty.
The lazy men and women sit in front of
the entrances in the narrow streets, play
ohess or cards, smoke and drink tea, and
show a shocking degree of depravity. They
are mostly Greeks, though many are Tartars,
Jews and Egyptians. The Jews are said to
be the most cleanly, honorable and intelli
gent.
STEALING Oil SUNDAY MORNING.
The thieves' market flourishes most on a
Sunday moruiug, although Sunday is not
generally observed here, and street im
provements,✓ building of every oharaoter
and trade goes forward. Bnt many people
take a holiday on Sunday and spend it
here. To this point I wended my way one
Monday morning, and aaw a throng enoh as
Five Points, New York, would have been
shocked at in her palmiest days. In a win
dow I sew some fluo old chinswue, bearing
the private mark of Alexander I., tbe crown
and seal of the empire. Immediately the
shopkeeper, a woman, informed me that
tbe goods Wt re stolen from the winter pal
ace; aho knew it, becauso she got them di
rectly from the thief, and she had handled
his property before.
In the centre of each blook ia a hollow
square, about 150 ieet in diameter, These
were filled with men, women and ohlldren,
behind impiovlsed counters, selling or mak
ing almost everything. tjocond-hand boots
are the most popular goods, and scores of
men and boya can be seen repairing them in
the open air, while others go about selling
them. The ground is bonldered and cov
ered with sued and fleas. Pigeons and
erowg, both sacredly proteoted, hop about
everywhere. The crows are dark grey, with
little bltek coats. Orest big Siberian hounds,
muzzled, (talk abont with the multitude
and give zsat to tbesoene.
Train loads of old iron, oopper and leather,
hoope, cast-off and new clothing, jewelry,
watohes, clocks and silverware, lure, every
thing that furnishes houses, man, woman,
ohild and beaat, in oonlnsion and profus
ion, jut lika a heap of etnff a burglar dropa
when hotly pursued. It is said that thieves
lloger hera after disposing of their plunder,
and oiten succeed in reguming tbe property
when it is purchased, end tbat goods are
Stolen and rostoien a number of times in a
single day or night. The scenes abont the
thleres'market here are duptiosled in fonr
or five places in the empire. They are as
old as tbe oitlee, and the markets .having
beoorno fixed institutions, no atttmpt is
made to frustrate them.
■IMAXXABLY CI.EVEB WORK.
I have heard a story about Russian
thieves whioh iUostntee their dexterity in
tbis rogard. A French noble who had auff.
arid much from Utleraa at Bt. Petersburg,
made a wager with a member of tho royal
family that, he could prodace Russian
Ihievea who would rob a man at the dinner
table, and he might use tvery precaution
to prevent it. To the dinner a number of
gnests sat down. Tha royal Busatan nat
urally supposed that one of those who eat
about the board was the expert thief, and
to them ho directed his attention. From
tho prison one of tho moat hardened ras
cals was taken, and told tbat if he wonid
rob the grand dnke he should have hte lib
erty. The tbiet wu dressed end aoted the
part of lackey and waiter. The liveried
servant moved abont with all the grace end
pomp of a lord. Indeed he so lit
tle resembled the adroit rogue that
he wu tbat his employer began to
feu u the dinner progreued that be bad
made an nnwlas selection. It wu ar
ranged between the muter and thief tbat
when tbe latter had aeoomplirhed bie diffi
onlt mission he wu to indicate it to the for-
mer by a sly wink. The wine flowed, the
aonp, fish, meat, game, the various entrees
and relishes appeared and disappeared, and
still no signal of sueeess. Finally the ci
gars were passed, and u they were being
lighted the thief gave the signal. Themas-
ttr uked hia guest the timu of night The
gneat, with clearing confidence, drew hii
guard, and fonnd at the end of it instead
of hU watch, adieu of Inrnlp. Then the
host uked Lis gneat for some innff. Tbe
box wu gone. Inquiry wu made for a
beau’.ifnl ring wbtea the gneat had worn.
Tn.t, too, wu absent Hit pane bed like
wise disappeared. Bnt tbe moat utociab-
ing part of tbe ptifoimanoe wu dlacov
ered in tb* fut that not only bad the gneet
of the evening been robbed, bnt the host
likewise.
80 helpless ue the honest natives when
robbed that they often seek witehea to
trsoe the direction of the stolen property.
The witeh proceed* by peculiar mtaos.
Bhe mormons all the ne ghbora whom she
impacts, gets a pail of water, makes a little
roll tf dough to repreunt each one present,
and begins in the presence of the parry to
drop the balls into tha water, the theory
being that when she names the thief they
all will sink. Nine times ont of. ten the
witeh forces a confession. I: ie a wute cf
time to spptal to tbe authorities. The in-
perditions of the people ue Urns tnrned to
ad* i ntage. They believe it ie fu worse to
te detected in crime than to make a free
confession. In neuly every bedroom I
have occupied in the ltusiau hostelrie* I
have found a tiny ahnne. Some are over
the doors, others high np in tbe corners
next to the ceiling, while a few us stowed
away on top of wardrobes. The preemee
of the shrine ie not only a satisfaction acd
a solace to the occupant cf tha room, ahenid
he be a Russian, bnt a protection tu tbe
landlord, for it baa not been fr< qoent that
thefts ue perpetrated in tho prosecco of
ahrinee. The thieves feu ahrinea more than
lawfnl retribution.
DRUNKENNESS EVERYwnEXE.
Law* may be enacted and ptmLhmect
prodded which wiU cut the 11 nasi ana of
thaix thievery, bnt only education sod r
change in the form of government can trad'
feate some other evila. The Rouians are
the moat persisting drunkards I have ever
xeen. I have nevtr seen so much dranken-
attention, and can be taken away after fire
years by anyone who olaims it, and besides
reoeive a dowery till it becomes of age. If
tbo child is a female and is reared in tbe
hcspital till of age or grown, every effort ie
made lo wed it to a creditable man. She is
educated, ihown abont, dressed well and
receives a dowery at the marriage altar.
They are of age when 18. The boys ue
liable to military duly, and aro diimissed
with 30 roubles and a salt of olothee when
they become 18. B 8. Heath
A TRUE WOMAN’S LOVE.
ness as right here. The ambition of the
men of all classes seems to be to get money
enough to enpply them with vodki, nstive
corn brandy, which intoxicates as qnlekly u
the worst kind of American whisky, and
mnst leave a terrible effeot. I am told tbat
the peuants are becoming so debauched
that they spend moat of their ohnrch festival
davs in drnnkon ribaldry—and tbe ohnroh
of Russia makes abont sixty holidays a year.
The cbnrch member mnst feel, must ab
et .in from meat, bnt he may get as drnnk
ae a lord and make tho air redolent with his
nnmasieal voioe.
Bnt one cf the most lamentable features
in the mnltitnde of sinfnl practices of the
Russians is the moral support given to tho
besriog of illegitimate ohildren. Io the
eyes of Russia and Russians it is neither
disgraceful nor sinfnl, nor is it unlawful for
s girl to become a mother when unmarried.
The Emperors of old set the example and
fixed tbe standard within respeotable limits.
Catharine II., who rode horseback like a
man and commanded or reviewed her own
troops, and who likewise oommitted vari
ous indelicacies doting the reign at Mos
cow, founded a magnificent hospital. She
set np a oode of rnies for its government;
and which are in fall force to-day, which
simply gives a preminm to illegitimate
childbirth. And under the fast and loose
regime of the country it is hardly necessary
to observe that this institution is well pat
ronized; notonly this one, bnt the various
others in tho oonntry which have been
founded npon a like principle.
At the Moscow hospital alone between
3,000 and 4,000 ohildren find a home annu
ally. It is a magnificent structure, with a
dowery from tho empire. No questions are
asked when admission for a foundling is
desired; and farther than this, means aro
srovided for not only receiving tbe found
ings without disclosing tho identity of the
mothers, but provisions are mado for obild-
births. There is alio a private entrance to
this hospital, where at any honr of tbo day
or night, a ohild may be brongbt, deposited
in a banket, and by an automatio prooess
carried to tbe reception room, and the spon
sor may depart nnseen and unknown. A
ticket is plaood m the basket,
stating the date of b:rth and tbe
name desired for the infant. Tbe little
one is examined, weighed, registered, taken
life over wmmT
MINISTER TAYLOR TFT r q „
CONDITION 0F THE PKo/fj 118
No Place for Clvllt Md
I-cklne comfort or * A? °®~
Immlcratioo ot Colov.d P.t
pto Dlacournjed,
Philadelphia Time.
a, * V h6 Unl1 *State, ministe, t0 t V
African Republic, summed np last
Ding his opinion of tho little oonntr, 1"
West coast. Mr. Taylor h.. ™^
tnrned from his station, and has a
his mission. A, his resignation dosri n ol
take effect until January li *.>4 i,
therefore, still connected with the’sr.^
Department, he is wary of , 8t * u
opinions. Ho baa wiflton a ESSkto?.
tho oonntry, however, whioh will «n« n b
published, and it is probable thaUe -m
lecture in this and other cities. Mr %
lor is a colored man of marked abilitv aS
has been oity attorney of K nsas Citv^’r 8 ^
evening he chatted entertMnffigjjVffi
habits and customs of Liberia. 87 1
“Tho startling disproportion," ho said
between the natives and the immigrant
and their descendants is not Ben.,in.
known. Ot tho 1,030,000 tohaSSj
Liberia, 888,000 aro natives and 12 000 lm
migrants. There were 27.00J immigiZ
from Amorioj bnt, as you see, most otthrm
are dead. They have been goiog over frnS
America for eixty-.ix years? eng
anes have been at work there for fifty vearr
and these figures indioato all they bare??
opmplished. Tho oiyiliz-.d are to the m!
civilized as one to a hundred.
••There are never any children id the
third generation of immigrant famill™.
Gun rea-,011 is tun utiffii i dnliiuuess oi tb.
oonntry, whioh impero.ptibly, bat enrol*
_ . _ exhausts the strength of all bnt naUveV
to the chapel and immediately baptized and The temperature ranges between 83 drgrer*
assigned to a nnrse. It is given the best and 77 degrees. Yon may polish vonr
shoes at night, and in the morning tbrjwm
be c avered with mildew. All of the hsUra
go node. Two ot the tribes ere very light
nnlnrnS ........ „ . - V*
Is It True That n Man May Win It by Per.
slstent Kffort?
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
•Somebody once said—I never remember
names—that any woman without a positive
hump can marry any man she plauscs.
believe that any man, even with a hnmp,
oan marry any woman he pleases,”
A murmur of disapprobation arose from
tbe petticoated listeners.
'And the only requisite Is persistence,
with some little measure of judgment."
The unrmnr grew to a clamor, bnt the
speaker waa alao a woman, and a very
bright one at that She waited nntil tbe
tnmolt ot indignation and ejaculation bad
subsided, and than preached ne the fol
lowing little sermon from the above asser
tion as a text:
'Of coarse, I cannot make tbla an abso
lute statement, bnt it iaa very general
rale, acd aa aneh baa do more than the or.
tbodox number of exoeptiona. Once in e
while a womon cannot be won by merely
dog-like folios ing; end if two women
obanoe to eet their iffeotione on ,the same
ofcjeot one ot them will eventually have to
yield—aoleis they go to Utah inverted
(thoaghtfnlly); bnt that doea not pertain
to tbe subject.
•Usually e man haa bnt to gat bis eye
npon tbe goal, and then steadily pnrsne it
through thick and thin, weal and woe, de
viating only enough to make food for re-
fieotioD, slowing np only enongh to get a
header for a fresh atari, and some time he
ia bound to get there. It may take years.
Us may lead to tbe alter anything bnt a
tirllah bride, bnt tbe game, snch an it ia, ia
its, and bound to be bis.
Not one woman in a thouawd oan with
stand constant, endnriog affection. 8be
may personally have no predilection for tho
man, and her sense may be altogether ou
tbe other aide of the scalei, bnt it he tella
her she is the one woman in the wcrld, and
oontinne* to tell her, by words when con
venient, by aotions always, he will soon
have a place in her emotions that no other
man haa or oan have. In feet (confiden
tially) I believe that woman's love le a re
flection. Otherwise how is it ehe is nsaally
enamored of the man aha mates wltL? 8ho
has no free ehoioe in the matter. 8tie can.
not aeieot what eho naturally likes and ad.
mires, bnt most take wbat ia offered,
Thna I believe that while a man
ntaally marries a woman whom he is first
attracted to by admiration, a woman's at.
tachment haa very eeldom that basis. After
marriage, however, tbe effeotion of tbe wife
who took bim beosnae he alone offered him.
ttlf ia by no means leaa than that of tho
bnsbana who ohoee her from among 10,000.
On the contrary, it ta nnqneatlonably
deeper, more fervent, longer-Uved. Bat it
is not founded on the same baste. It has
roots, not in the man’s virtues and attrac
tions, tut Id hia feelings for herself. 8ho
edores bim because be firat adored her—a
flattering illustration of one lank of vanitv,
yon see.
“Now, friend', none of you can deny
tbla. There ia not one of yun bnt knows
that tbe moment yon find ont a man is in
love with yon he acquires an added interest
in yonr eyes; when he vowe yen sre an an
gel, you discover tbat be haa good taste et
least, and when he sighs he will die with
ont yon, yon realize tor tbe first lime prob.
ably, wbat that body politic may be with
ont bim. In short, if be la in love with
yoo, yon ate to a certain extent, and per
haps only temporarily at firat, in love with
him; but if hia ardor oontinne*, elnoe like
canses produce tike effect?, he constantly
rises in your eyes nntil finally—well, Pope
was a deformed man and ao waa Byroc;
yon don't measure a man by hit atonlden.
But, girls, you never chose a hunchback
physically, intellectually or morally. He
chose you, and he just kept after yon until
he got you”
At this a couple of the virgin members of
toe BQuieDce twiiUd tieir nog set* into tbe
pBimK ot their taodi mnd thought!all? spoke
of the fsthions in pueementetie*.
Fatal Freight Collision.
Cuattaxooga, November 24.—A oil-
baton tconried last night on the Cincinnati
Bonthetn railroad at Nemo, ninety-five
mile* north of this dty, between two
Height trains, ia which a fireman named
Ben Cook was instantly killed and George
L*mioingwa* .hurt ao that he died et 4
o deck this morning. Engineer Hollen-
berck was badly tes'.ded abont tbe feet and
»* ““Ptf* eteam, and Goodoetor
* Ut . n *“ Jmdly hart. The rood waa not
et*ared until liodoek this mornirg Seven
Jumohdid. 7 Wt “ ktd “ d boUl t08ia “
oolored and pretty. The full drew of tha
men ij a tall hat and an umbrella. Thee
in general, all the uncivilized influences
the stronger. Tho ohildren of immierauta
have never soon sny clvlUzition bnt that cf
thoir parents, and they soon laarn fo eo
nnde, like tbe great majority of psopla
abont them. Tuere are many other evil
things about Liberia of whioh I oancot
spook now.
deceived by agents.
"When I went to Liberia I thought I
wanted oTory negro in Amertoa to paok hit
satchel and go to that paradise. Now I ut
to them, stay away from it. Only deluded
Amerioan negroes go there now. They in
led to go by the Uolonizition Society. The
motives of the'society are good, but thiy
do not koow the truth about Llbeiia. They
are deceived by their agents overthsie, who
make money out of the society. I amgoieg
to New Y’ork to-morrow to meet some mem
bers of the soebty atd tell themthstruth."
“What are seme striking facia about the
oondl'ion of the country?'
• ‘There is not a hone or a mole or a jack
ass iu tbe oonotry. The cow* are about w
big ta Newfoundland doge end give no
milk. Tbe ozen are uieleae. There is not
a carriage or wagon or even-a wheelbarrow
in the Repnblio, and there are not three
E lowa owned in the whole population. They
are a secretary of the nary, but
not a oanoe nor n rowboat. They hare a
secretary of war, but not a cannon to
fire a salute. Tbe army consists of 417 rot
diers, of whom 388 are offloers and 23 pit.
Tates. The Legislature meets annually and
consists of eight Senators end thirteen rip-
rosontatives, who stand for 2,375 voters.
Tbe natives are no! represented in ths (cv-
eminent. The President is H. W, R. John
son, who was born there of Americin pa
rents. He wears a linen duster in addition
to his ping hat and umbrella. He appoints
all the offiotre, from members ot his esbi-
net down to constables. Nearly every joter
is an officer of somekind,”
“What are tho native tribei?"
“The principal tribes are tbe Krooe, Vsyg
Mandigoea, Pessolis, Debs, Congo*, Un-
sabs and tirobots. All ot those ue supe
rior intellectually and physically to tha
immigrants. The Veys and Doha ue light
in oolcr and the most intolleetnal people in
West Africa. Tbe Veys have a syllable lan
guage and ue especially bright Tbe Dahl
ue hnntera. The Oongoes sre lighten.
They file their teeth and bite off the can et
their enemies. Sometimes a bloodthirsty
warrior will eat an car. The Mandigoea
are Mobamedeni. They read the Kcru
and oan write and read Arablo. The Krooi
ue fishermen.
••When the immigrant arrives hell met
by the mnaical foroe of the country, which
consists of one fife und ono drum. Later,
he meete tbe “bngga-bnggea'and tha dri
vers.' These ue ants. The bngga-boggn
believe in woman role. They u* eoe-
mended by a queen, who la ubigaiamaol
two thnmbe and looks hke a white
piece ot bacon. She and her followw
will eat anything but iron. Yon m>7
bnild a honse one day and the neit day, a
yon were to etriko it the whole structure
wonid fell
WBAT TDI •'DRIVERS” WILL DO.
“The driven—O, Lord—they will set
a man. They have eaten aiok natm*.
and the natives aemetlmee punish a crimi
nal or an enemy by tying bim to * tree *““
lcsTing hla to his fat*. The driven *"
the scavenger* of Ihe oonntry. W
much like an army, in a closely koil
line, numb; ling myreidt. They navegute*
rals, colonels, captains, lieutenant?,
privates, ranking according to else, sat
generals are half *4 big u a little Bogc>-
Xhey eat everything unclean. The noun*
are obliged to bathe twice a day, otherwue
tbe driven would overwhelm them- *
boaeonelriotor, after omahlcg a ri!«“ “
death, will make a side circuit uouod to*
body to be sate that no driven »r* war.
The serpent knows that after he
lowed the body he must sleep, and 11
drivers caught him in hi* P 0 *y’ r *5SJ.
•lumber they would eat him up. The drtf
era visit a house abont twlo* • mon
Then you have to go away until **>‘7
B °“What do the people do for i IMagT
“I will ocly eey that they ee*n th*“ j.
ing in a different wey froin anjbwJ
America. I can not answer that qo«
with propriety yet.”
" It 31 ay Hear Hitter Frnlt.
Aocnsta Gazette. .. Ins-
Sunday's cartoon in the Meeoc
OBiFU teaches Democrats a u
they anght to be swift to i—gga
forgot. Obscqnion«n*a* to
in black” to win a vat# in jui.
local contest may beu bitur fruit berteinr
Catting It F»L
^TtuT^AUanta’conatitnUoD,
mon expression, to U *h-
the ptoLibition contest The PJf it ter
solutely ntntrai, and is paidfu them£
published on ihe qu«ation,
bto lining iu coiUmoJ hteifo