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THE WEEKLY TELKGRRPH; TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1888.-TWELVE PAGES,
THE TELEGRAPH.
nuiHin xvkby Dir in the yeir ind weekly
by the
tlltpiph Anil Mennenger Publishing Co,,
07 Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga.
The Dally Is delivered by carriers In the city
»r resiled postage free to lubscrlbers (or 75c. t
Wholesale Itohhery of the South.
The Atlanta Constitution's remarkable
statistician recently said that a farmer cares
no more for tariff taxes than he docs for
the Morris dancers—that they have no
more effect on him that do the jiggeries
mentioned.
The prime and chief mistake of our cs-
month, ft (or three months, (t (or six months, I teemed contemporary consists in thinking
at Pa year. that Southern farmers do not know when
The Weekly Is mailed to subscribers, postage , taxed, even under the sly system
lias, it $1 a year and 50 cents for six months. ! ’ . m, i.
Transient advertisements will be taken (or the of custom-house taxation. The Southern
Dally al tl por square of 10 line* or lea*, for the I farmer is not the blockhead the Constitu*
intlnaertion, and 50cents for each subsequent I t j on 1*1^ him for. lie knows fully as
IneerUon, and for the Weeely at tl tor each In- ^ ag , he Constitution that a protective
**^ath, funeral, marriage and birth notices II. tax is a shrewd device to raise the price of
Rejected communications will not be re-1 a certain article by means of a certain tax
omed. He can] grasp, as well as other men, the
Correspondence containing Important news ^ , tax that shuts out foreign com-
Hud discussions of living topics Is solicited, but 1 ....... .. ° *
«aost be brief and written upon but one side of petition, especially if a “trust goes along
the .paper to have attention. with it, that restricts domestic competition.
Remittance* must be made by express, postal 1 »p wo 8Uc h cases are now in formative con-
not*, money order or nytotered letter. d ition, and if any man is befuddled bv the
All communications should be addressed, and I ... . . * ,
all money orders, checks, etc., be made payable to Constitution’s protection theories as to the
CHAS. E. CAMPBELL, I real effects of a tariff upon our farmers, let
Manager. | j,j m watch their operations closely, and he
. „ ,, , . , , a will soon see what “protection” in actual
Txie Birmingham Herald admits that the j c( j ce - s
duty on steel rails might well be reduced. 1 '
—, lT ,, . . „•„ I The first of these relates to the manufac-
The Herald is improving. ...... ,
. - ture of nails, foreign nail makers are
Tkf. sneers and snarls of Mr. Reed of I sbu [ ou ^ b y the tariff, and the nailers of
Maine, evidently have no terrors for Mr. 1 tbe Atlantic States and of the 'West—about
Breckinridge of Kentucky. I f or ,y ; n number—have organized them'
The Farmers’ Alliance is growing rap- selves into two associations, and the two
idly in Cieorgia. It has established an associations have practically become a sin-
organ, the Farmers’ Alliance Advocate, at gl" "trust," whose avowed object ia “to re
Montezuma. I str > ct production and fix prices.” Ten
~ “ . . penny nails are to be advanced at once
The record of Ben Harrison sopposi- ^ $2J5 a kfg , o $a6Q Thc {armer who
tion to the C inese emigration 1 e ec I bM j, ouge or barn ( 0 build will Boon see
tually disposes o 11m as a resu en ta I ^ jjjjg scbeme 0 { private greed under the
Caught In Their Own T)|ap. | The State has the right to call out its bui the answer don't mil him because l say
The hog lard men and their lobby in volunteers, and to impose upon them hard ^/u”ge
Washington who are trying to tax cotton and dangerous service. They stand ready -Certainly not, sir. The courts are made by the
seed oil should interview th j dairymen p, answer this call at any and all times, ' people (or the people, and you, as one of the
who occupied a similar position two veara an j they nothing of the State in re- P c °P le > have a right to protection. Witness-
turn for it. We have taken advantage of
... ® tni» court Judge—I're only got two gun* about
their generous patriotism long enough. It me, but the tipstaff there will lend you one; he’s
is time to do the Bquare thing by them. got three.—Omaha World.
ago.
The butter interest worked up the oleo
margarine bill with the intention of driv
ing beef butter out of the market so that
a dairy trust could fix its owrf prices. The
oleomargarine bill became a law, but its
PERSONAL.
Pennsylvania Republicans are said to be qul-
Steol in Hirmingliam.
The Birmingham papers announce with
resultTias not gratified th." ho^of Z Finable pride and self-gratulation that ’ ^ e g “ 8 *’^ ,or 9en ' ltor C ““‘ on
butter lobby. Instead of ruining theoleo- j |* ie *" lrat attempt to convert the cheap pig- j Anthony Parslow, ot Albany, N. Y., ate ten
margarine business, it has apparently put 1 that district into mercliantable (eet six Inches o( corn cake three Inches wide
it on a better footing than it ever had be-1 Bteel was ■"ccessful. Several in-1 and one Inch thick the other day. ^
gots were produced from the lowest grade ! llo “’ J Chamberlain has developed a
, , I,,, , . , . I penchant (or giving grand dinner. In Washlng-
of white pig-metal Iwught at $10 per ton ton . His table U a veritable flower garden,
from a local furnace, and the steel is de- The Vanderbilt, are said to have made a com-
clared to be of an excellent quality. The btnutton to put up Mr. Depew’s salary a, pres-
Ilcnderson process is used, which is said i illcn * °* ) hc ' r ^ oInt raU ™ a ' la to a ftgut0 of UD ‘
1 usual splendor, on condition that hn should
candidate.
protection of the government will have
Not satisfied with walloping France, the I considerably more eflect on him than the
Germans now claim that Napoleon Bona-1 jjorris dancers. He will have to dance to
parte was of their race. An elaborate case I ;| le nailmakcrs’ tunc, no matter what its
is made to show that his ancestors emi- ] j,j tcb mav be.
grated from Germany to Corsica. I ^-j le Becon ,| case relates to stoves, which
Congress has been in session less than j our f arraers ar e beginning to purchase
three months and over leu thousand hills I freely. The sale of stoves amounts to $33,-
have been introduced. This beats the 1000,000 a year. There are 315 stove
record all hollow, hut if Congress will pass I manufacturers in the country, and a gi-
a good tariff reform bill the i»eople will j g- lt ,ti c stove trust is now in course of for-
forgive its waste of stationery. I m ation. When it is perfected, let the farmer
The nine trustees of the Standard Oil who has any doubts on the subject, apply
Trust get salaries of $25,000 each. As I to the nearest hardware dealers as to the
they also own a majority of the stock, course of wholesale prices. He will thus
■which pays from 10 to 14 per cent., and he able thc better to appreciate the terri-
amounts to $00,000,000, it is unnecessary hie tax that is laid upon him and his
o say they have a very good thing. I neighbors for the benefit of 315 shops, lo-
_ „ , . cated in other sections of the country.
The Veneiuelatis propose to wipe out g uch bare{aced robl not e]M!whcrc
the British force rent to take possession count=nanced amoDg the government, of
the l union gold fielua. They seem to un-1 wor j ( j
demand that the only way they can keep I
their property is to fight for it. The Mon- Wc assure our contemporary that a far-
roe doctrine won’t help them much. merof P 00 ^- ° r Campbell or Jasper
I county, knows the object of protective
In appealing for help for the Atlanta I tuxes is to raise the prices of articles of do-
Univcrsity, tho Boston Herald names its I mastic manufacture. He knows, too, that
“efforts to break down the pride of color I tbc numerous “trusts,” which afflict the
line” ns a good reason for subscribing lib-1 emmttjr, are the logical result* of sndt
rrcll v. 11,.. ftale did nut quit p ivina I t ., K , 1 Ii-knows that the |o u-ct.-d u;:ui
money for that kind of work too soon. ufactUrers are not working aqd perspiring
Conoiiu-n.-uN Grimes has scored a de- and conspiring to fill the public purse, but
elded victory in securing tho passage in are *bus engaged for tho sake of filling
the House of an appropriation of $100,000 ‘bcir own pockets. He also know* why
for a public building at Columbus. This I‘bey squeal and kick and make up lat
Slews is calculated to make several gentle- campaign purses whenever their tariff
then in the Fourth district exceedingly privileges are threatened. It is not on ac-
wcary ■ ' | count of their country, hut their own jKx’k-
Ftv* years ago T^Trity of the people e "*- m “ ne ? ,hc - v Remand
of Georgia were in favor of the Blair bill. , “ fte , r th .°
They were so because they knew nothing »/ front.er-^ome from
about it. Now a big majority of the pea.- T,,c fn 1 rn, , ers , ,he S, “ th kn '7 whl ' rc
pie of Georgia are opposed to thc Blair deal , of , “ “ rncS fro " 1 ' not
bin. They sre so because they have Ik- 10 l' ain Jb.ir experience
come ac<juninted with its provisions and dore not it of auch blindnc^ even If
its tcndenci is I ‘“ c >" were inclined to economic blindness,
I There is no one who can so illy afford to
The magnificent stone ceiling of the As-1 itaxed on articles of every day nse as r
acmbly chamber of the ‘.New York capitol fanner of Dooly, Campbell, Jasper or oth
ia now hidden by a rough wooden struc-1 or Southern county. Such a farmer, de
ture, propped up by poles, to prevent thc Lphc all the twiddle about diversified
ceiling tumbling u]k>u the heads of the I crops, fias but one cash crop—cotton,
legislators. A worse instance ol official the best cash crop in the world. Its
jobbery was never exhibited than in the price is nnmed year after year in free-
construction of that $18,000,000 capitol. trade England. ’ The tariff doe, not and
Governor Gordon lias instituted a re- c *“ no * alll ' r iw P r 'ee In the least, and yet
form in the matter ol rewards for the I *ben the farmer who raises his own Bup-
apprehension of criminals. Hereafter no P*‘* s ‘“bes thc proceeds of his cash crop
executive reward will be offered until a mwkrt t 1>C compelled to pay taxes
petition is received from the ordinary, I ,ka * “verage 43 per cent. For whose lien'
county judge or county commissioners of IVery little of this enormous tax
the county from which thc alleged criminal I S 0 * 4 *° ‘ ke government, for the taxes are
has tied. It must be accompanied by an ^‘tefly prohibitive. He really ’
affidavit of an arresting officer that a war* I compelled to hand over little by little,
rant charging a felony has been placed in **?- in ‘ UlU ‘ u *> but no ‘ ,CM » illainon » c '>an
his hands, and that the accused cannot be I ne ' 11 ’ ncar ^- v °®*-ha!f of the net proceeds
tound. This regulation will prevent the ut b “ ca * h cro »’ for the ,lcnei '“ o( a ,ot of
offering of rewards where there is not ia (. I miUIonaire miU owner, in tfcc Northern
ficient evidence of crime and when proper I ®‘ ate *. Scarcely s dollar of the money
efforts for the apprehension of the accused I ‘'•“Cfled to him or to the South,
have not been made. I 11«‘he is not alone. There are oilier
victims. The farmers of the Northwest
In his speech against thc Blair bill, Sen-1 *ho sell wheat nnd barley and corn are in
ator Hawley uaed this strong language: I the same boat, and they are kicking like
’In wy Judgment, this hilt, glortou. as the muI * a ’ Walch ‘be votes of the Rcpuhli-
rsnse(as, inatinx as the erguuenta In favor I can Congressmen of Minnesota on the new
o( curstlon alway. are-la a bill creeping In to , ar iff bill. Iowa and Wisconsin and Kan
control Interests, which from Plymouth Rock | , oJ X' bruka are mti ^ Minmssit,
fore, while the recent records of the dairy
business are verv discouraging. The im
mediate effect of the law was to depress
oleomargarine and to helptliebuttertrade,
but the conditions were soon reversed.
The dairymen of New York, the great
butter and cheese State of the Union, have
lost money since the passage of an act for
which they clamored as if their salvatiqn
depended on it.
According to the monthly statements
of the New Y’ork Mercantile Exchange
for last year there was a slight rise in the
price of dairy butter but a heavy falling
off in the price of creamery butter. Three
fifths of thc receipts were creamery butter,
and the net loss to tho eastern shippers
was $122,165 and to the Western shippers
$257,118, making a total of $381,283. These
figures are more striking when it is re
membered that there was s short supply ol
butter last year and prices ought naturally
have been high.
They were low because the “protected”
butter came into competition with a cheap-
produet which is chemically pure,
which is made under the inspection of the
government, and is guaranteed by the in
ternal revenue stamp.
The prejudice against oleomargarine
was very largely removed when the gov
ernment stepped in to inspect its manu
facture.
The dairy men by invoking the aid of
thc government to crush out their compe
tition have really placed that competition
a stronger position than it held before.
Under thc oleomargarine tax the dairy in
terest finds itself doing a loos
ing business while the manufacturer
of beef butter makes money. The act was
perversion of the powers of Congress and
its consequences may teach a wholesome
lesson in the future. The hog lard men,
however, do not see any warning in it for
them. They are confident that a tax on
cotton seed oil would put a big pile of
money into their pockets. If they are right
in this calculation, then, of course, the
Southern farmer would have to foot tho
bill. Fortunately this bold scheme is
doomed to failure. Thc hog men have
Borne very infiuential friend- in‘Congress,
hut not enough tc carry through their un
just and vicious bill.
I 1*1 *1 1* »! uou< * 4 ■JFIvUUWtl UU tA/UUlttUU Hint 11*7 aiMMIMI r
to be peculiarly economical, as tual i» used fuse to be a candidate lor President o( the
withont being coked, and only three bush-
up to iblsday, bare been under local control,
and wisely so. It la a bill to promote mendacity
yd to cultivate bemtars. It is a bill declaring
(ggftllure of local self-government In one of the
siipr we Interests ot the people. It talaely de
clares the bankruptcy ol states which before our
very eyes, are rich and growing. Itmakmanln-
effectual. If not false pretence of temporary
action, it Is not for eight years—It la the begin
ning of s permanent policy; of a permanent new
relation between federal government and the
States. It never will go Lark and never will di
minish, bat Its influence will grow. I hope the
Mil will he defeated. I wish that erery Senator
would vote upon tt Jnst exactly as he feels about
It. and not as being hound by resolutions of
State Legislators* or previous committals, or
anything of that son. The longer the Mil Is
thought and talked of the weaker It grows, ami
nearer to Icsmstitutional right and Justice the
people and Congress are coming. lam willing
to aae the bill defeated, by any constitutional
roesns, whether by the House, by the Senate,
or by the President,"
t^Wben the Puritan of New England and
the Slate’* rights man of the South unite
against a bill, woe he unto that bill.
leads the way. In that 8.ate the Kepuldi
cans openly favor a low tariff, and thc en
tire Northwest will be forced by the stern
est of circumstances to fall into line.
The farmers of the South have only
stand firmly by the time-honored doctrines
of their party to get the relief they need
before they can attain to that degree of in
dependence upon which the prosperity of
the entire Southern country depends, and
which is withheld chiefly, if not solely, by
that gigantic aggregation of injustice
called a protective tariff.
Op Prussian manufacturing establish
menu 57.75 per cent, are operated on Sun
day ns well a* week days The protec
tionists frequently cite the condition of
German workmen to show the benefits of
high tariff, but they ignore the fact that
those workmen have to labor seven days
in the week to make a living.
Our Volunteer SoMliry.
The recent report of Adjutant-General
Drum puts thc aggregate of thc organized
and uniformed 'Stato troops in thjs coun
try at 100,^37 officers and men. I-ast year
there was an increase of 8,000. This Is a
small force among 00,000,000 people, hut
it is sufficient to preserve a nucleus about
which great military organization 'could
soon be formed if it became necessary.
The volunteers who maintain their or
ganizations deserve thc most liberal en
couragement from the State governments,
in some States they receive it, but in most
of them they are practically left to shift
for themselves. Pennsylvania is probably
thc most considerate of the States in this
matter. As a result of her ]H)licy she lias
large, well equipped, and perfectly
organized militia. She has had to call it
into service more than once in recent years
and she found it ready for the emergency.
Maryland i, adopting advanced view,
to her volunteers, in that State there
are about 2,000 enlisted men, and 147
officers. There is a well regulated State
organization. Thc State provides for a
biennial encampment of two weeks from
which it is thought great benefit is de
rived. Governor l.loyd, in his last mes
sage to tho legislature, recommended an
annual appropriation ol $30,000 for thc
militia, and $20,000 every other year for
a State encampment. The present Gov
ernor, Jackson, is following up the policy
of his predecessor. As a result, the mili
tia of Maryland will be increased jn num
bers and improved in all respects. The
money spent by thc State in this way will
be well invested. The sum ia not much
for a wealthy and prosperous community,
hut it is a great deal more than is allowed
to the volunteers of some
larger than Maryland,Georgia,for instance
We have in this State several military
organizations that are famous throughout
the country, but they are emphatically thc
architects of their own fortunes. Every
Georgian is proud of them and of our other
volun eers, who, though less renowned, are
due specimens of the citizen soldier. Since
the war the Legislatures of Georgia have
almost ignored thc volunteers. It is re
markable that so good a militia has been
kept up with practically no encouragement
from the State.
We are glad to know that Governor
Gordon haa engaged to do what he can to
induce a proper recognition of the claims
of the gallant volunteers of Georgia upon
the Stale. They have not been importu
nate. When the State has ignored them
they have taken care of themselvea. They
have given their time and their money
withont complaint to the maintenance of
their organizations. But the State owes it
to them and to itaetf to adopt a more libe
ral policy toward the volunteer*. We
hope another Legislature will not meet and
adjourn without taking some step in tins
direction.
els are necessary to the ton of steel.
If the success of this experiment is not
exaggerated, it means a great deal for the
Southern mineral regions. They have
heretofore produced iron only in its
rougher forms, in which the profit is least
—the mere raw material of more profitable
industries. Every year steel is supplanting
iron more rapidly in the uses to which
both may be applied, and if Southern ores
could produce iron only fit for foundry
purposes the field in which it could com
pete would always be limited and its price
low. The Birmingham experiment seems
to prove that it is fit for better purposes,
and that that region will now produce the
cheapest Bteel, as it already produces the
cheapest iron, in the world. This should
lead to a vast and profitable development
in all lines of metal manufacture in that
favored section of Alabama. The Tele
graph extends its hearty congratulations
English Stability.
Something has recently occurred in
England which could not have happened
in any other country on thc globe. A con
tract made almost a thousand years ago
has been carried out.
In the year ol Our Lord 888 the church
in England leased; to the crown a piece of
land for 999 years. .It was termed a “per
petual lease” and neither party supposed
that it would ever run to its full term.
Political or religious revolutions, or “the
end of the world,” which in tljosc super
stitious times, was regarded as ever immi
nent might break into the bargain.
Time rolled on year by year, century by
century, until at lost the year 1887 came
around. The lense had expired. There
was thc government and the church. It
is true it was not in a clerical sense, hut it
was still thc English church, which when
it rebelled from thc domination ol Rome,
took its property with it. The contract
had run its long period ot a thousand
years less one, ami when it expired thc
property returned to tiie lessor.
In every other country there hnv
revolutions which would long ago have
obliterated such an agreement. England
herself has passed through storms; has cn
dured civil and foreign ware, change of re
ligious faith, and innumerable commercial
and social variations, but her laws and in
stitutions have withstood all shock* and
pit reforms so well that a contract made
999 years ago can now be executed in her
courts.
A lease made in the reign of Alfred, the
Great, is held good in the reign of Vic
toria*
United States.
Cardinal Is said to tie thc favorite of English,
German, and Russian cardinals for the highest
office In the church when Pope Leo die,
American pope would he a decided innovation.
A New York newspaper man makes It a prac
tice to give from two to ten cents to every beggar
who accosts him on the street. He has found,
after long following this practice, that It coBts
him less than a dollar a weeks
At the press dinner given to Col. John
Cockerill in New York last week, Mr. Depcw
was a guest, and when somebody happened to
mention his name in connection with the pres
idency every man jumped to his feet nnd
cheered wildly. Yet the dinner was given to a
Democratic managing editor.
A young man arrested as one of those engaged
in'i robbery up in Maine where tSO.OOO was se
cured was brought to tritl the other day and
surprised his counsel and confederates by
pleading guilty. He gave un assumed nnme and
asked to be sent to the penitentiary rather than
have his family name known and disgraced.
Thomas F. llayard is the only survivor of all
the men balloted for in the St, Louis conven
tion In 1876. Tilden, Hendricks, Hancock, A1
len of Ohio, nnd Joel Parker of New Jersey are
all dead. Tlldcn's bitterest enemy, John Kelly,
nnd one of hlc warmest friends, John Morrlsey,
who were prominent figures In that convention,
have gone, too.
Tiie strike of the locomotive engineers
on thc Chicago, Burlington anil tfuiney
railroad bids fair to Ire one of the most
important events of thc kind in the histo
ry of our labor troubles. There were
1,000 engineers in the employ of the com
pany, and os many firemen, all of whom
belong to tlte Brotherhood. Tiie compa
ny operate, 0,000 miles of road. It is es
timated that nearly 12,000 employes will
be out of work as long as thc strike lasts.
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
A Ftno Specimen of Logic.
From the Albauy News and Advertiser.
Tiie Atlanta Constitution has given fresh
occasion for a gnffuh to the Congressman
that reads the unintentional humor of that
peat joker between the ribs of the body of
its serious tariff editorials. In vainly
trying to explain away the fact that the
New England States are credited with
$368,000,000 in savings banks and tiie
South with only $800,000 on any other
hypothesis than the result of long con
timied legalized robbery through the pro
tectiyc tariff', it falls into tiiis strangely
iiiogical conclusion:
But are thc farmers robbed? The fact that
they are able to give mortgages aggregating
$1,200,000,000 shows that the land they own must
be worth considerably more. Thus, against the
deposits of the workingmen lu the manufac
turing regions, must be placed thc value of the
farm lands of the West auit South, and tho esti
mated value ot these is 17.295,000,000. This ia
very good abowlng for thc farmers.
Ia it not a little unusual and perhaps
irregular to attempt to show by what n
people owe that they arc rich. It is true
we have got our lands, but in fighting life’i
unequal battle with those who hold the
vantage ground of protection our people
have spent a pqrt of the value of their
lands. At that ratr they can't hold the
fort much longer. It i- rodm-cabl-' to
mathematical certainty, if we have spent
one-sixth of the value of our lands in
twenty years, how long will it require to
bust tho country? A ten-year-old boy
ought to be able to work that problem
out. Rut still the News and Advertiser
does not sav the protective tariff is the
author of all ourwoes. It has contributed
largely to onr present impecuniosity, but
other things have conspired to increase our
poverty. Tho want of public and domes
tic aconomy has helped to impoverish the
South. We spend money too freely. Again,
there is no sncli encouragement to save as
exist in the older New England States in
the shape of savings banks. Let savings
banks bo established in all onr principal
cities and towns, and it will stimulate the
desire to accumulate.
There was once a young man quite unique.
For forty-four tongues he could »pique;
Rut one day fur (one
lie put them fa one,
And he christened that ono "Volsplque."
—Washington Critic.
Llent. A.—"You were not at the play last
night:” Lieut. U.—"Didn’t want to spoil the
success of thc piece by diverting the attention
of thc publle."—Gerraun Paper.
Landlady (whose attention has been distract
cd for a moment)—"Why, where is Mr. IMimloy
I thought he was rarvtng thc duck!” Mr. Hunt
ley (from under (he table)—“It’s all right, Mrs.
Hendrieka; I’m after tho duck.’’—N. Y. Hun.
"My errand here to-night," said a young law
yer to a ilamselon whom be had railed, "re-
IU is aiioweu uijumi me ot the ery ol an owl.” "Indeed," oald
States much ’ the maiden; "what ta your errand here to
night?" "Courtablp—to-wit: to woo."—Boston
Courier.
Friend—"I hear that you have married late
ly." Benedict—^"Yea; I am* a married man.''
Allow me to congratulate you on the happy
event.” "Thank yon. My wttetsa modest lit
tle woman." “I should Infer so from her choice
of a husband."—Texas Hlftlngs.
Dangerous Young Man.—“Who put those
words In your mouth. I'd like to know?" ex
claimed Mrs. BJcnklne, whose Johnnie had Just
been using some eccentric language. "Mr. Fol-
libud, I guess, mamma," aabl Johnnie’s young
er brother. "At leas. I saw him pitting some
words In stater Fannie's mouth while they were
standing out by thc gate In the moonlight last
evening."—Somerville Journal.
Mrs. Harlem Brlilgn (continuing sidewalk
conversation).—And do you know I’ve had the
hardest time to find the ecru edging I spoke to
you about? The talesman took down fifty or
sixty boxes, went to the wholesale department
for samples, sent a messenger round to the
other stores, and finally, after be had railed In-
one of the proprietors, we :'onnd Just the thing.
Mrs. Mount Morris (In sn agony of interest).—
JIow much of H did you get? Mrs. Harlem
Brldges-uh, I'm only pricing to-day. I said
I'd nil again to-morrow.—Judge.
Chnuncey's Chnnee.
From the Washington Htnr.
Shrewd observers nt Albany say that
Chauncvy M. Dcpew has a plan in view
which may not work entirely in Mr. liis-
cock’s interest. It is generally admitted
that bcean, if he wishes, head the State-
delegation to Chicago, lie is now quoted
as prophesying, in conversation with his
friends, that the convention will waste n
great deal of time and energy in fruitless
balloting, and, finally, sweltering and ex
hausted, will rise as one man, and, in the
nameof the party demand Mr. Blaine’s ac
ceptance of thc nomination. Here Mr.
Dejiew’s prediction comes to a full stop,
hut-his friends take it up and carry it for
ward. They sav that the convention will
adjourn for a few hours to await Mr.
Blaine’s response by cable. When it comes,
and the definite announcement is made
that Mr. Blaine cannot and will not ac
cept, but appeals to all good Republicans
in tiie convention to cast their bullots lor
one man of national repute, the delegates
will look about them for one of their own
number who would tilt the bill acceptably,
nnd then, what would he more natural
than that the loyal lieutenant of Blaine,
the brilliant orator who had wrought them
to enthusiasm by his eloquence and in-
duced thcm to act as a unit for the first
time since they came together, should he
the objectof their choice, nnd the name of
Chauncey M. Depew be raised to the head
of the ticket by acclamation?
It is nn interesting situation that is
gradually evolving itself in New York
State; but the West will have to b- heard
from before thc work is all finished at
Chicago.
A Steady Diet.
From the Quitman ItcraM.
If Quitman had a liret-eiam hotel wc
could live on Yankee* in the winter and
Kolb Gem melon* in the summer.
A IsO*t (six!ill?UN.
I hate read Nome who re, tn Nome old book.
W rlt by Rome ancient eUronider,
Dow Truth one day her throne (oraook,
ifccauae «be had uo worshipper.
The Lira of Greece were searched In vain,.
And Egypt's burning ssmta explored;
Through Italy, and sunny Hpnln.
And all slung the vast seaboard.
The abdtetiug maid was sought
.. “r.oue who ehsnicd to be her friend,
n htle authors, priests and lawyers fought
To see whom they should aer.J.
No other went, save this good soul.
And he penoted his quest for yean;
He wandered almost from pole to pole,
Then gave ft up with tears.
Where Witnesses sre FroUeted —Browbeating
I as yer (In Montana)—Answer my question, sir
Witness (to eonrtV—Tonr Honor, I have an
swered that same queitlon half a doom Hats,
The dust of eehturies Lath lain
Upon her temple rrumMed down.
Forgotten ta her golden tame,
Fore*er lost, her shining crown.
A thousand year, have roiled around.
But Truth, alas, has not been lound.
Xosmax D. L.wage.
Atlanta, Ox, November, 1M7
MANNING’S HEIR]
Bill Scott, of Pennsylva,
Who Was Once a P a g e
BECOMES A POWER IN pout]
He Has tho Management of cie t
ltuora—An Kxp.rt Cook a* w,y "
a ltnilroad -Magnate and Mil) 3
ionalre—Hit of History.
Special Correspondence Macon Telegrsoh
Washington, D. C., February ot
“There goes Bill Scott. He used to
page in the House of Uepresentati Tes .
is Cleveland’s most trusted friend ami
vUer now, and is worth $20,000,000"’
“That Bill Scott, eh ? Well, well •
about a person not being able to get 0I
America is all humbug.”
Two men stood in the corridor of \\’l
ard’s hotel recently as Congressman Sc
of Erie, Pa., brushed by them and
above conversation took place. i t ; s
derstood by Cleveland’s friends that
Scott is to have charge of Clevelan
presidential boom, and for that reasoi'
will be an important figure in natioi
polities for thc next few months.
Scott has succeeded to the place in P,
dent Cleveland’s affections once held ,
Dan Manning, and the President makes
move without first consulting him. Hi
a constant visitor at the AVhite House a
lie performs many and varied missiom
labors. In appearance lie is slender
of medium height. Ilis head is large,
well poised. Ilis eyes are grey and d<
set. A thick mustache covers a fi
mouth. His face is strong and intellect;
looking. He dresses in fashionably
clothing, usually in a sack coat and lo,
trousers. When in conversation his f;
is animated. He listens to every word
tered, and replies in short, sharp sentem.,
He is a most agreeable correspondent, ai
is one of the best informed politicians
tiie country.
“Anything hut politics” he said to
once. _ “1 never talk politics with any v . (
I’ll discuss any other question you m;
suggest but that.”
Scott’s career has been most remarltabl
It reads like a romance. He is not qui
sixty years of age, is one of thc wcalila
men in the land, employs 10,000 workme
might have had a seat in the cabinet, if
so desired, yet thirty years ago lie was
fish peddler in Erie, Pa. He was born a
reared in poverty, and frankly says
knows hut very little of his early lifl
When he was in his teens he was made!
page in the Housenf Representatives. I:
made many friends. The member fro.
Erie took a deep interest in the little It
low, nnd when Congress adjourned for tl
summer, asked him what he wa,
to do:
“I don’t know” Scott replied. “I harenl
any home, or any place to go.”
And so it came that the kind-hi
Congressman took the lad home with hi;
He was put to work as » shipping el«
on the wharves of his employer who
at that time one of the principal ow
of thc now almost lost shipping of
wqst lakes. He worked hard and well. 1;
did anything that came to hand 1
keeping hookstopeddling fish. II- itnc
liard and saved his money, and alunj
about 1850 lie got an opportunity to
gage for himself in the shipping bn-ii
Whatever lie touched turned to gold,
was soon recognized ns a bright fellow,ir*
was given many a helping hand. He LI
in lore with and married a wealthy yencj
lady. Ilia , wifo was a" "slste
of Frunk D. Tracy of the Stocl
Exchange here, anil at the time of hi;
death president of thc Chicago, Rock h
land and Pacific railroad. Tracy help*
his new brother-in-law to makc 'valtrabli
friends among the solid men of Gothai
He became acquainted with Saoiu.t
Tilden when that wllv old man was mat
iny his fortune in railroads, nnd the friend
ship lasted until Tilden’, death. Tbi
late Commodore Vanderbilt also took
deep interest in hi, welfare, and let liii
into more tltnn one big transaction on th<
grand floor. He became interested in th<
manufacture of iron and tiie mining ol
coal, as well ns tho construction of rail
roads. He own, anthracite mines
Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and
either president or director he control
over 22,000 miles of railroad, probably tl
largest numlicr of miles managed by o
man in the world.
That is how the lad who was once
page in tho House made his vast fortune,
lie has served faithfully in Congress too.
In thc very place where thirty-six veara]
ago he was n penniless page, lie now sits r
representative. He is one of the letdei
of his party, and the most trusted tdrb
of thc administration.
•In Erie he lives in regal style. He own*
a large magnificent mansion, surrounded
by all that good taste can suggest and
money purchase. For years lie owned one
of the best racing stables in the world. Ib
is fond of a good horse, however, and de
lights in driving. In Washington Mr. root
and fntnilv cut a wide swath, and when “
New York, where, by the way, they <»
very often, thc finest suite of rooms in tn
Fifth Avenue Hotel is placed at their do
posal. He has two daughters who are hap
pily married, and who entertain on a large
scale. • . I
ItMr. Scott is a very busy man. H* “ *]
director in half a dozen railways andpree
ident of three bantu, besides being th*
largest coal operator i.i western Penney!*** 1
ilia and the Hocking Vsiley.
“Few men know now to give * <**«■
dinner than Bill Scott,” said one of bis
friends to me the other day. “He can gi*j
Bayard point* on cooking terrapin, ana
everybody knows that Cleveland’s P™J B, r
is one of the best terrapin cooks in n *•“*
ington. Scott’s dinners in hi, own non**
are marvels of gastronomy, and—
“Well,why sluuiidn’tthey be? ’ broke**
a bystander. "He pay* his chief $16." > *
And yet he wa* a penniless boy ‘ b *. rt J'
five year* ago, and when lunching *■“
seldom spends more than twenty cents c-
his mesh Fester Coates.
Know* Nothing .Ybout It*
From tho Dooly Vindicator*
The Constitution knows very Httleoi tn
life lived by the rural farmer. " as
says that the farmers' wive* scii daughtr
make all the woolen snd cotton go“*
well, that sre worn by the firmer, it
woefully mistaken nr wilfully ,
senled jlie facta. Not one twenty-fifth _
the good* worn in this and adjoining ^
ties are woven at bom*. ’1 bey are
Isnight from the Northern mrnufactu ^ i
and the Conatitution cannot atiek it* IJ -' 1
in the eyes of the people in this way-