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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, APRIL 24. 18S8.-TWELVE PAGES.
AN ESTIMATE OF MEN- of beautv, pleasure may lead her
j into pallia of delight, the world rnay ad-
tmi ttti 1 m ii tt ,r.„ mire her, and fame may crown her with
Hlla Wheeler 1 ells How Man gl „ ryi but un i ess s i,e has the anchor of a
jc Rewarded bv Women {strong manly heart that beats for her
ls tvegaraeu oy women. alone, the tempestuouj'voyage of life is
WOMEN’S FOLLY FOR LOVE'S SAKE,
Men’* Ideas of L(
* Frank Among Themselves Than
'Women - Fluctuation of
Men's Society.
not worth taking, so far as happiness is
concerned.
The sacrifice of self for the good of
. | others and the consciousness of duty well
ve-More Cordiat mid performed alone can sweeten the bitter
cup of life to any woman who has missed
its best joy—a man’s honest love.
Ella Wheeled Wilcox.
GEN lilt At. AI.EXAN’DEIt.
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
In an article written by me some months
ago, entitled “Men as Friends,” I made
some assertions which have been widely
copied, criticised and misconstrued.
Urged to explain myself with greater
clearness, I have consented to undertake a
more elaborate dissertation on that most
interesting of themes—man.
More or less selfish in his friendship for
the fairer sex, man has a smaller amount
of envy and malice to encounter and
overcome in his overtures toward his own
sex. *
A woman instinctively looks upon an
other woman as a possible rival. A wo
man who has not loved finds pleasure, if
not satisfaction, in the adulation of the
world at large, and it is her nature to ex
pect and demand it, and she resents even
the suggestion of interference in her do
main.-
A man seldom, cares for this sort of
thing. He prefers the individual devo
tion of several feminine hearts, and re
gards no man, however popular, as his ri
val who does not molest him inhis affaires
d’armour.
When the average woman loves, howev
er, all is changed. Absorbed in her. pas
sion, she ceases to desire miscellaneous ad
miration, and lives only for the one.
When the average man loves, nothing is
changed. He simply adds one more pleas
ure and interest to his life.
It is Wic exceptionally noble man, stir
red by an exceptionally strong passion,
who throws his past behind him like a
worn out garment, and dedicates his future
to the woman of his choice. Men are by
nature no more vicious than women, but
they are much vainer, and require more
constant stimulants.to their self-love.
A woman commits a folly for love of her
tempter. A man commits it because it
flatters his vanity to be tempted, while he
despises the temptress.
to be cautious in his intercourse with the
world, yet he is rarely suspicious by nature.
A woman, on the contrary, seems to be
born with suspicion in her heart.
I have seen a big, brawny fellow who
had done battle in the world’s great marts
all his life as ingenuous and sweet natured
toward his kind us a child, and 1 have
seen his dainty wife, who had been carej
fully reared in the shelter of a pure home,
regarding every sister woman anil brother
man with suspicion, nnd demanding cre
dentials of respectability before admitting
them to her favor.
Mon are delightfully frank and cordial
with one another.
There is nothing which causes a lone
some woman who is compelled to take a
long journey unattended regret her sex so
much as the enviable freedom from formal
ity among her male traveling companions.
Yet a woman who undertook to treat her
sisters with the same oil-hand good nature
would be directly frozen to death.
Everywhere men seem to be on better
terms with one another than we arc.. You
have only to glance into the respective la
dies’ and gentlemen's parlors at hotels and
see this. The men greet each other cor
dially, cluster together, nnd converse for
hours, nnd evidently enjoy themselves.
The ladies dissolve into cliques, and their
association is restricted and marked by re
serve, formality, uud ennui. A woman en
dures the society of another woman only
as a means of killing time until she can be
in the society of a man.
There is Buch a fascination about the
masculine sex, that a woman will sacrifice
the companionship of her most cherished
lady friend to share the society of a man
to whom she is utterly indifferent in her
heart. Indeed, she may consider him a
terrible bore, but the fact that he is a man
renders him more interesting than her
most brilliant lady friend.
A man, on the contrary, prefers the so.
ciety of his own sex, unfess the lady, in
question possesses some especial charm for
Him, or he fancies that lie sees in her
possible conquest.
A man will lie to protect another far
sooner than a woman will. Not that he
loves his fellow-man more, perhaps, but
dreads a lie less, maybe.
Rome one has said that there is an in
nate nobility in man which causes him to
love virtue in woman. I believe this is
true. Every human being, man or woman,
in his inmost soul loves truth and purity.
Man illusirates his great love for virtue
in the same spontaneous way that a natu
ral woman illustrates her inborn love for
an infant. She never Bees it without
wanting to take it!
There is far more pleasure in conversing
with a man titan with a woman, lie is
more liberal in his ideas, more geuerous in
his appreciation, less liable to criticise un
kindly. iiut you must not teii him so, even
by act, else he will spoil all the pleasure
you have derived from his companionship.
If you do not tell hint so, you pique his
vanity into certain destruction of the
friendship.
Man is as dangerous as he is agreeable.
A man will keep a woman's secret, if he
believes he alone shaers it, unless his van
ity tempts him to boast of bis conquest,
which it too frequently does. Yet he is
more pitiful and charitable toward her
than the average woman is, and he ought
to be, since he is the cause of all
sorrow.
Men relate their adventures and follies
to one another, while women conceal them.
Yet men seldom reveal their inmost hearts
or speak of their most sacred feelings
among men—indeed, there seems to be a
sort of shame-face reluctance with them to
confess, they have any sacred feelings.
There is nothing a woman feels greater
pride in confessing to a friend than her
love for her husband. If she is fascinated
with another man, the will do all in her
power to hide the secret from the world.
Many s man, on the other hand, will hide
his love for his wife as if he were ashamed
of it. and even invent tales of adventure to
con > ince his friends that he is a modern
Don Juan.
The world will not materially improve
until men regard this matter in a different
i hl L* D< * r ***' le that the immorality of
a lathe.' reflects as much disgrace upon a
family as the immorality oi a mother 1
Outlines of Some of His Railroad Schemes
—Big flans Projected.
Savannah Special to Atlanta Constitution.
The statement that has been printed
that there was any ditfereuce between Gen.
E. P. Alexander, president of the Georgia
Central, and Mr. John II. Inman, one of
the leading directors of the Richmond and
Danville Company, about the reorganiza
tion of the Terminal Company is not trqe.
Whatever difference exists among the Ter
minal men does not grow out of or is in
any way connected with the mention of
Gen. Alexander’s name as president of the
Terminal Company.
A representative of the Constitution
called on Gen. Alexander to-day, and
found him busy with the affairs of his
company. He says he does not know very
much more than has been printed about
the Richmond and Danville and the Ter
minal affairs. He does not seek the place,
for lie lias his hands full. Both sides did
confer with him while in New Yorh about
it, and be will not accept tile presidency
unless it is offered without objections and
entirely for the purpose of harmonizing
tlie differences.
“No, I did not go to New York for that
purpose. I went entirely on business con
nected with tlie Georgia Central.. My in
tercourse with Mr, Inman, who is a lead
ing director in my company, is cordial and
friendly as far as I know, and there could
be no difference between us about the
Richmond and Danville, as I have abso
lutely nothing whatever to do with the
organization, and have only to make up
my mind what to do if tlie place is offered
to me.”
Turning to a large map hanging on the
wall, the General pointed to the long lines
on the map covering some of the richest
parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Ala
bama. “This,” said' General Alexander,
“is enougli for one man to attend to. I
consider it one of the best railroad proper
ties in the South,”, and he began to trace
the lines and to comment on the importance
to the State. The real object of my
visit to New, York was to arrange to fill up
» |n »}ti« niqirnifiwnt wvsfoni, hp
said, atnf I am happy to say that it is all
arranged satisfactorily, and I wil! soon
commence to build. Starting at Eden, a
small station on the Central, thirty or forty
miles from Savannah, we propose to build
at once across tp Amerlcus. We will then
extend the road that now runs from Ameri-
cus to Buena Vista, to Columbus., which
will give ns a short line to Americas and
Columbus, and will connect with onr line
to Birmingham and the West. All the
country betwecu Albany nnd Fort Valley
will be from forty to sixty miles nearer Sa
vannah by this extension.”
“What will you do with the Dublin and
Western Short Line?" we asked.
“That will be covered with branches tlint
will be extended as far as the work is
graded and even further in time. Another
important improvement we have in con
templation, said the General, is to build
from Tennillc, on the Central, to Milledge-
villc. There we will cross the Oconee on
the bridge on Macon and Augusta road.
From'Millcdgeville we will use the Eaton-
ton branch, now owned by the Central,
and this will be extended from Eatonton
to Social Circle, on the Georgia railroad,
This will give us a short line to Atlanta,
and trains will run on the Georgia railroad
to Savannah over this road. We will also
connect at Social Circle with the Gaines
ville narrow gauge, and that road in time
will be made a broad gauge road.”
“These extensions, continued Gen
eral Alexander, “will give me all the occu
pation I want for some time to come. The
business of the Central has increased so
rapidly that I have had to order more
boats for the Ocean Steamship Company. A
new freight boat will soon be ready anil
will have built next one of the finest steel
passenger boats ever built. We have lines
now running regular from Savannah to
New York, Philadelphia and Boston. One
boat a week to each of the latter, and
three a week to New York. We will have
to have a daily boat from here to New
York soon, and I am now looking to ar
range that.
“I thought I knew the possibilities of
tliis system,” continued General Alexan
der; “when I bras elected the last time,
lint I find the more I study it the more it
grows upon me.”
Randall** Explanation.
From the Chicago Herald.
Samuel J. Randall lias been char)
these columns witli the responsibility of
precipitating the direct tax grab on the
House of Representatives. The Herald
had it from the New York Herald’s cor
respondent, usually a careful, chronicler,
that Randall joined the two Republicans
on the rules committee and overslaughed
Carlisle, Mills being Bick. Mr. Randall
denies this. He says Carlisle voted, with
tlie three others, that the direct tax bill
sliniiM have a special hearing.
This nuts upon Mr. Carlisle the same
blame that rests on Randall. The two
men have already done Democracy and re
form incalculable ill during this season.
Carlisle by appointing Randall, ami
Randall hpr instinct. The explanation of
Randall simply puts Carlisle in a worse
light without relieving the shadow that
rests on Randall.
Tlie Sin Of Omission.
It isn't the thing yon do, dear,
It'* the thing you leave undone.
Which gives you a bit of a headache
At the setting of the sun.
. The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write.
The tlower you might have sent, dear.
Are your haunting ghosts to-night.
The stone you might have lifted
Out of a brother’s way,
The bit of bcartsomc counsel
You were hurried to much too say,
The loving touch of the hand, dear,
The gentle and winsome tone
That von had no time nor thought for.
With trouble enough of your own.
These little acts of kindness,
So easily out of mind.
These chances to be angels
Which even mortals find—
They com.; In night and silence.
Each chill, reproachful wraith,
W hen hone 11 faint and Hugging
And a Might has dropped on faith.
For life Is all too short, dear.
And sorrow Is all loo grea.t
To suffer our slow coin passion
That tarries until bn, late.
And It's not the thing you do, dear,
fvathe thins yon leave undone.
• AID RE TUAN A CENTURY OLD.
SI, Chevreul, the Venerable Chemist, ns
lie Appears To-Day.
E. D. Cowen, In Chicago News, April 9.
It seems odd enough that there should
he living in Paris to-day a man who once
looked upon the sharp nose nnd slanting
forehead of Robespierre in the Rue St.
Ilonore, who preserves a clear memory of
the reign of terror, and who recounts' the
scenes attending Napoleon’s return from
Elba and then from Waterloo with a
graphic regard to detail which could only
proceed from mature impressions. He is
the centenarian of the nation, besides
being one of tlie scientific celebrities
of the century. At the meetings of the
French academy he still sits, white-haired,
dim-eyed, and trembling*/ like
some old monitor, with the
grandsons of those who gathered
there in his youth. Wherever tlie artistic
appreciation of color-blendings nnd con
trasts is developed his name is gratefully
cherished. For words of cheer, token of
kindness and pats of approbation most of
the modern scientists stand indebted to
him. Agassiz was ljjs protege. At tlie
Ecole Polytechnique lie shaped tlie re
searches of Leverricr, tlie discoverer of
the planet Neptune. Sir Humphrey Davy
wrought in his laboratory. He was tlie in
timate of both Cuviers, and the good friend
of Gay I.ussac, Ampere, Berzelius, Oersted,
Arago, Berthoiet, Vsuchin and a host of
others who have proved discoverers in tlie
sciences. Few American students of chem
istry or botany but reverence his name, as
is evidenced by tlie bushels of requests for
autographs he receives from them. The
honors conferred upon him include the
cru»e*, stars and ribbons of every
society in the civilized world. His
home, tlie gift of tlie state, perches
picturesquely on a hammock—the sentinel
point of the classic Sardin des Plantes—
and at the door, any warm sunny day, you
may see the venerable M. Chevreul sitting
in the shadows of tlie famed cedar of Leb
anon which Cuvier transplanted from the
Holy Land. One would judge him nearer
the age of 80 than 102. There is in his
manner such a triumph of geniality that
the wrinkles seem less deep, the eyes leas
dim. His has been a life as rare and beau
tiful as tlint of the choice plants among
whose perfume lie has labored since youth.
An existence so placid would naturally
wear a calm, pellucid surface. Until you
realize what his life lias been, a happy ex
ile from strife, you marvel at the total j
lack of whims and querulotisness; at the
gentle evenness of temper and perfect self-
control.
Until his sickness of two years ago M.
Chevreul suffered little physical lassitude
and no apparent loss of intellectual vigor,
writinsr. speaking and exploring with the
ardor of youth. Since then lie has aban
doned all chemical researches^ though lie
maintains a jealous interest in the acad
emy and his pet pupils. Chevreul suc
ceeded Chemist Proust in tlie academy in
182G, and four years later ascended to the
chair of his master, M. Vanquelin, at the
Museum Jaidiu de, l’Uutcs. One of the
earliest developments of his professorship
was'that of practical philosophy underly.
ing natural phenomena. His labor was ven
tured largely in tlie field of organic chem
istry, which is still speculative, though he
obtained the most valuable and
permanent results in the application of
mineral chemistry to industrial works. In
colors he lias given the world thousands of
products of inestimable worth. Among
tlie notable authorities he lias written are:
General considerations of organic analysis
and its application, fatty bodies of animal
origin, treatise on colors in their relation
to painting, theory on the optical effects of
silk stuffs, treatise on the divining rod, the
pendulum and turning tables, colors and
their application to industrial arts with
tlie aid of chromatic circles, reflections on
medical prescriptions, history of chemical
knowledge, and treatise on the experi
mental method a posteriori. He has also
been for years the authority of ihifdictioii-
ary of natural sciences.
During the siege eighty German shells
struck the museum. Twice Chevreul nar
rowly escaped being killed, one shell lodg
ing in his laboratory. After that be slept
on a mattress- in the hot houses, or tne
weather permitting, in the open air. At
the conclusion of tlie war he wrote two
brochures on tlie destructions of tlie bom
bardment, naively relating to the academy
the discomfitures of his studies, and ex
tracting solace fromthc discovery of airque
acid in albatross, to whiSli his ' hardships
accidentally led. One night an albatross
having died near his eot, lie was induced
by tne peculiarity of the odor to make an
analysis, with tlie result related.
His longevity and health are attributed
to two causes, heredity nnd abstinence.
Ilis father and mother lived to the age of
1)3. Simplicity and regularity have
habitual to him. He has never touched
wines or stimulants of any kind. Nor has
he ever touched tobacco. Smoking he con
siders extremely pcjmicious, as it destroys
tlie memory and Impairs tlie taste and
smcllj two senses vitally essential to the
chemist. He never ate fish, though in his
youth he was pass|onatcly fond of pisca
torial eports. This for no physiological
reasons. So repugnant is the odor of fish
to him that during his fishing pastimes
some one had to unburden his line when
lie made a successful landing. He has
gone to bed . earlv all his life and
awakened with break of day. The major
part of his literary work he did inbed before
rising. In all things save study lie has
piatUced jBO&ratioiL tkuugi, hi* laln/ie
have been pursued with a diligence and
disregard for physical exercise which bring
the virtues of his table and other habits
into greater prominence , for it is to these
and the holding aloof from public excite
ments that he ascribes his length of life.
He would never mix himself up in public
movements, or join in political agitations,
notwithstanding he has been offered cvcrv
inducement that might tempt an ambitious
man. The singleness of pur|ioso which has
actuated him can he illustrated by one of
hU recent simple remarks. “Wit
you not written your memoirs?” !
asked.
“Because,” he replied, “whatever time I
had for literary work was best employed
in writing chemistry.”
In touching upon his health and habits
he said rich psople eat too much. His had
always been a frugal fare. He never made
eating and drinking matters of enjoyment.
“It ia because the rich are the slave* of
their stomachs,” he added, “that they are
mure liable to infirmities and diseases than
the poor.”
Clouds pass over his mind at intervals.
It is with difficulty that he enters upon any
new train of thought Occasionally he
wanders off on some favorite subject with
which the brain is evidently laden and the
climax of which Is a “discovery.” Ife
•peaks with parental enthusiasm of his pu
pil and suce • ny, whose artifi
cial rubies urc i u. ieal wonder.
Then he dwell* ten«ierl v on
spiration of bis studies as well ns the ge
nius of his domestic comforts.
Chevreul’s only son, the gray-haired pa
triarchal mayor of Dijon, will soon be a
great-grandfatber.
NOT A MODERN INVENTION.
The Telephone U*eil for Two Thousand
Years l»y Driest* In India.
‘•The principle of the telephone has
been known for 2,000 years in India,” wax
the rather incredible statement made to a
writer in the New Y’ork Graphic by Fred
Amesbnry, wh» has just returned to New
Y’ork after a two years’ sojourn in the land
pf striped tigers and wonderful fakirs. “I
do not assert, mark you,” continued Mr.
Amesburv, “that they use the telephone as
we use it, or that they have any system of
general communication. What I do-say
is that the high caste people have a method
of communicating with eacli other by vi-
brary action on a diaphragm, just as we
do, Hut it is confined entirely to their tem
ples, and its existence has remained a
secret until within a few years.
“I was in a town called Panj, about two
thousand miles from Madras, and while
there became acquainted with an English
officer named Harrington, who was prime
favorite with the natives because on one
occasion he had saved a priest from drown
ing. He was a very genial, pleasant fel
low, and had that peculiar magnetism
about him that made and kept friends
everywhere.
“It was through Harrington that I was
enabled to learn the existence of the tele
phonic communication and to satisfy my
self of its antiquity.
“There arc two temples in the village,
about a mile apart. In the interior and
on the ground floor of each is a small cir
cular structure, which is guarded day and
night from tlie natives as well as from
strangers, and is supposed to be the ‘gov
erning spirit,’ but in reality is the termi
nus of the telephone line, which is laid
underground from one building to the
other.
“The superstitious natives regarded this
little structure with the greatest awe and
reverence, because they had seen demon
strated before their eyes—or rather ears—
the power of the spirit to communicate
with the other temple. They were re
quired to make their offerings in one build
ing, and make known tbeis wishes and de
sires. Then, immediately repairing to the
second temple, they would be informed of
all they had said and done, although
neither priest had left his post. This was
regarded as a demonstration of the power
of the spirit.
“We were unable to determine tlie com
position of the wire that connected the two
buildings. It was some kind of metal,
but neither steel, copper nor brass,
although it closely resembled the latter
The transmitter was of wood, and about
the size of the head of a Hour barrel, and
to establish connection, instead of ringing
a bell, the person wishing to attract atten
tion at the other end stood close to tlie
curious looking thing and shouted, ‘Ooey!
ooeyl ooeyl’
“This was HusweicJ by a similar shout,
vliicli while faint was distinct and could
le heard two feet away.
“After Harrington and I had gained tlie
confidence of tlie priests—or, rather, after
lie had—we were given a carte blanche to
do as we pleased, and we talked to each
other from one temple to tlie other for
more than an hour, and were enabled to
make an incomplete investigation.
“Wo learned that the telephone that we
saw had been in use for thirty years. The
have
was
JUSTICE LAMAR.
Gives His ‘Opinion About
Progress in the South.
HE TAKES NO STOCK IN BOOMS.
Senator Vance Pines tor the Freedom ot
North Carolina Mountains—A Gllntpiie
of the IngallK Family—1'rominont
Masculine Women.
priests were very old men and they remem
bered that tlie line of communication had
been renewed only once during their in
cumbency. _ •
“They showed us the remains of worm-
eaten transmitters and wooden conduits
that must have been hundreds of years
old. They claimed that the system had
been in existence since the creation, and
laughed at us when we told them that the
same principle has only been applied in
England and America within. the last
lozen years. In every part of India aud
Burmali this system of secret communica
tion exists, although hundreds of travelers
have never suspected it. I believe tiiat it
dates back fully 2,000 years."
TIIK FIRST DISTRICT.
An Exciting Contest Tor the Nomination—
Cnmllclates Mentioned.
From the Brunswick Journal. _ ,
The Congressional campaign in this dis
trict may be said to be fairly open. Savan
nah lias already three candidates in tlie
field, ami tlie woods have not been shelled
as yet. Nearly every county in this dis
trict has some favorite son who they think
could hold down a seat in Congress about
as well as any one, but we are of tlie opin
ion that the gentleman who can beat Tom
Norwood for tlie nomination has not been
named, should tlint gentleman be a candid
ate. The Darien Gazette has already prom
ised tlie McIntosh delegation to Col. Flem
duBignon, of Savannah, and the Jcsiip
Sentinel has done a like service to Col.
Wm. Clifton of the same ci y. Liberty
county will doubtless present the old
standby, Captain S. D. Bradwcll, and
it is understood that Hons. J.
L. Sweat arid John C. Nicholls
have Congressional bees buzzing in their
bonnets. To sum up, the whole district is
alive witli Congressional candidates.
Glynn will perhaps lie the only county in
the district which will not have a candi
date.
The Savannah News can lie counted
upon to do all it cart to compass the de
feat cf the preserit inoomhenr an It did in
the last race. It is not known which of
the three candidates from the Forest City
tlie News will support, but it is alleged
that it leans towards Col. du Itignon.
The race will be a very exciting one,and
whoever wins the prize will have a hun
row to hoc.
Special Correspondence Macon Telegraph.
Washington, April 12.—The Justice to
be selected for Judge Waite’s place will be
a Democrat and a Northern man—so much
is known. He will probably not be ap
pointed till July, just in time for the Sen
ate to confirm. The old photograph con
taining the pictures of the two judges now
dead is still on sale in Washington, and it
has been decided by the survivors to have
no other taken till the vacant place is
filled.
Judge Lamar has fully entered upon the
duties ar.d privileges of his office, one of
which, he says, is to work like ii pack-
horse. He not only hears cases in court,
but, like other members, lie carries cases
home with him and rnminates on them be
tween food and sleep. But his health was
never better, and he likes his occupation.
T found him the other evening in a new
house on Forty-first street which he and
Mrs. Lamar are trying to furnish and!
equip. He is now setting tip book-cases |
in the library. “I have hardly any books !
left,” he said, “but once I had one of the
largest libraries in my State. The besom
of war struck it hard. My Encyclopedia
Britannica is badly mutilated. Tlie soli
diers who camped in my house—both Fed-
eral'and Confederate at different times—
cut whole books out of it. My ‘Audubon’s
Birds of America' suffered similarly.
Whenever a soldier saw a bird that lie
fancied he cut one of the gorgeous leaves
ou tof the big quarto and pinned it up in 1
his tent.”
I asked the judge about the industrial
“boom” in the South.
“I take less stock in it than some do,”
lie saidt “There is increased activity in
manufactures, and a few astonishing towns
and cities have arisen; but I am not quite
certain that the South as a whole is mak
ing advancement. I doubt if llie young
white men of the South have any more
energy or thrift than their fathers had,
while I tear the biucks are gmer iroiu bad
to. worse.
There has been no progress in agricul
ture since tlie war—in proportion to the
populasion it has, perhaps, declined. An
honest yeomanry, you know, is a country’s
pride, and when once lost can never he
supplied. Mas* of the old neornes of the
South are honest, faithful and industrious,
mill many of them are thrifty and many
of them are rich, but tlie young fellows
who were children in the war a e too often
lazy, lawless and independent, hanging
around and living as they can. There is a
vast army of these shiftless idlers, who are
not essentially vicious, except tlint indo
lence is the mother of crime. There are
some great factory centres in my circuit,
hut the cotton and rice fields present a
problem yet to be solved.”
“You are a farmer, I believe?”
“I have a little farm of 400 acres, but it
has scarcely paid expenses a year since the
war. I grow no cotton, but only corn, rye
and vegetables.”
zeii vance’s batr-koom.
Senator Vance climbed in a hcrdic tlie
other day, within a hundred feet of the
“Old Capitol Prison,” where he was a cap
tive during the war. He looked tired.
“I suppose,” said I, “that yon want to
get away to your beautiful home on the
slopes of the Blue Ridge.”
“I do I I do I” he confessed, “I want to
get away from the crowd and bustle and
dirt to the sweet green hanks of the Swa-
nanoa.”
“Your house is quite secluded, I hear,”
I said inquiringly.
“Secluded?” lie repeated, looking up
with a broad smile; "well, rather. When
1 want to take a Bath and need to be en
tirely alone I go out into the front yard!
The back yard won’t do; it opens off the
kitchen.” anil the Senator fell into a pa
thetic musing mood which I no further
disturbed.
OUT OF THE SCRAMBLE.
I handed to Senator Ingalls the other
day some newspaper clippings about his
Kansas vindication, and. his nomination
for tlie Presidency.
“Y’cs,” he said, “ray mail conics crowded
.with it. It does not disturb me at all.
The office of President seems to me the
least desirable of all the offices within the
gift of tlie people of the United States. And,
|ier contra, tlie office of Senator seems to
me the most attractive of ail positions in
tlie world to a man who has any fitness for
its duties, and desires to impress himself
upon his fellows. He is always sure of a
magnificent audience, and ifihe has really
anything to say he may be sure of its being
telegraphed to the ends of the republic
within an hour, and placed on the break
fast tallies of ten million readers. To be
President has no advantages that can offset
its serious responsibilities and annoyances;
a senntorsliip is the ideal office of honor
and opportunity.”
The Ingalls children, seven in number,
are phenomenally handsome. Mix of them
are here, and they are quite as comely and
attractive as “Longfellow’s daughters,” of
whom so many photographs were sold.
The lieauty ot the children’s name struck
The journal does not know whether Col. t me and one day 1 remarked it to Mrs.
Norwood will be a candidate or not, hut a f«»»R« She then ......,...i ii.o li.» „i
warm personal friend of his, in speaking
of the matter, said that Mr. Norwood
would be a candidate, and went further,
and asserted' that the Glynn delegation
would be instructed for him.
To Arms! Yo Men of Jasper.
From the Smitbvllle News.
We learn from oneof our exchanges that
In Jasper county there is a justice
court ground where the judge aits on a nail
keg wh en holding court, and when the case
is given to the jury they are turned into
the horse lot to make up their verdict.
While they are out the lawyers and court
■it on the fence and crack jokes until the
verdict is made.
Chronic Coughs noil Colds,*
And all diseases of the throat and lungs, can
be cared by the nse of Scott’s Emulsion, as
it contains the healing virtues of Cod Liver
Oil and ]Iy|K>phoiphitea in their fullest
form. ■ beautiful creamy Emulsion, pal
atable as milk, easily digested, and can be
taken by the moat delicate. Please read: “I
conaider Scott's Emulsion tne remedy pal-
excellence in Tabereslons and Htromons
Ingalls. She then enumerated the list of
the eleven, of fchom they have lost four:
Ellsworth, Ituib, Ethel, Ralph, Addison,
Constance, Sheffield^ Faith. Marion, Mu
riel, Louise. Marion, aged six, prides
id
she
herself on being a Democrat
booms Cleveland at every opportunity.
The whole family have remarkably small
feet. Roth the distinguished Senator and
his wife wear No. 3, though each tips tlie
scales at 150, and Miss Ethel appropriately
divides by two and wears No. 1 j.
Miss Ingalls has lately dijqicd into
journalism and I hear has just finished an
article of 10,000 words for the Cosmopoli
tan.
THE WOMAN’S CONGRESS.
Two or three things remain to be said
about the remarkable woman's congress
that lately held its sessions in this city.
Abo i' * dozen of the sisters whose ene
mies ch; _-e them with being the oldest,
-n .. uicers, and Susan Anthony and
t claimed precedence of all, in-
at they were the first to advocate
right to the bal'd. But, as a
- Let, “the cause” date* a good
Woll-
aut
woman’
matter
fagot ordinary cold, deal earlier than any of tlicm Mary.
tins century demanding comprehensive M
lineal rights for women, and that otb«rhi
markabla woman, Fanny Wright
the ogitation in New York city is earlv!"
1840, to the dismay of the conservative
and not only joined the fantastic BrS
Farm experiment in 1842. but stirred nn
the whole country with her lectures in fj
vor of “the emancipation of women’s
affections, since known
free love. Fanny Wright »!! S
the Jean ' Baptist of'the femi, i„ e
peneation, arid she was a champion „hjk
Elizabeth Cady, Lucy Stone and SmU
Anthony were three little maidH at school
such an agitator that she moved Englan,l
as well as America, and induced that tie
mentions leader in the London Time* hi
1851, which greatly added to the momen
tum of the “movement” in both lands.
Yet the recent council forgot to say one
word for either Mary Wollcsouecraft nr
Fanny Wright.
Another promoter was not much noticed
out of the council itself—the philanthro
pist, Elizabeth Thompson. She gave $500
towards the publication of tlie Stanton-
Anthony mutual admiration book, and
$250 more to help pay the expenses of the
assemblage, and the council thanked her
and published a national ode, written in
her honor by Mrs. Hester S. DwineUo a
bright and charming woman still as veilin',
iu her feelings ns when Horace Greeley
George A. Ripley, Hawthorne, Daniel
Webster, Brisbane, Andrews and Dana
pnid court to her at the receptions of Alice
aud I’hehe Cary. W. A. Croffut.
New York Solid For Cleveland.
New York dispatch to Boston Advertiser.
The proceedings nnd the gossip at the
meeting of the Democratic State committee
here this week j>ut a stop to any farther
questioning of Cleveland’s renomination.
He will have the united and cordial sup!
port of his State delegation, and that was
all he ever needed to carry the convention
by acclamation. It is noticed that Gover
nor Hill “never thought of being a candi
date,” but this attitude fools nobody. He
would have.thought of it quite suddenlr
if it had been of any use, and lie will lie
prepared to have it occur to him for some
years to come, unless new men push
to the front. And as the universal
expectatio i among Democrats is that
Cleveland will be renominated, so I find
very few in either party who are ready to
commit themselves unreservedly to the
prediction that Blaine will not he put up
again by the Republicans. The general
feeling is that lie wilt be nominated on the
first or second ballot, and be forced to
stand as the party’s candidate. If that
programme is not carried out, chaos is
come again, and in the chaos it is thought
thatCliouncey Depew has a,good a chance
iuh nnv one else, borne of his friends were
afraid that lie would become involved it,
tiie engineers’ strike, but iie has contrived
to steer clear of that difficulty thus far.
But of course new complications may arise
any day; lie; ii.'r„ad position botli makes
and mars him.
Cheap Production in America.
From the Boston Hcruld.
In a recently published article Mr. An
drew Carnegie lias made tin) admis.on that,
so'far as foreign comjietitkraln pig'trmrir
concerne , if' we have no tax upon that
article, it would be confined to the sea
board districts of this country where cheap
trails, orta.tioq by water could be obtained
with the centres of production ! u Europe.
In the int rjorof til s country ir n is al
ready manufactured at so low ii price tint
foreign producers could not afford to send
their product ucross the Atlantic and pay
in addition large rates of
freight for transportation by rail
in order to compete iu the interior
with American producers. This, is at
variance witli tlie ideas eommonly put
forth by those who are advocating the
maintenance of a high system of protec
tion. If one were to believe tlie assertions
of these latter, even a slight reduction in
our duty rates on iron would lead to s"
inundation of our market, for, in conse
quence of the advantages given to foreign
products by what is known as pauper la
bor, tli-y could scud their iron here and
sell it at prices which would make impos
sible American competition, thus destroy
ing a great business industry and driving
from their present employment a large
number of men.
Cnuglit in Unit Company.
From the Charleston News nnd Courier.
It ought to be enough for the Constitu
tion to note in what company it finds itself
in this Presidential election year. Its
haphazard nnd ill-founded assertions g «
great comfort to the most radical o! the
Republican organs and politicians, and it
is evident that they build great hopes on
tlie Constitution’s promises and predic
tions. We dislike to dispel the illasi 00
which our Republican friends embraced so
warmly, but we may at least suggest to
the Philadelphia Press to moderate it*
transports—in view of a possible I)e® 0 '
cratie bolt—long enough to consider
whether the Constitution is not really j 1 "
far over on the Republican side to be a >'
to speak for any number of Democrats
sides Mr. Samuel Randall and Senator Jo-
seph E. Brown.
Tlie Country Editor's Wife.
You have beard of the country editor's life.
With its care and worry anil doubt,
Of the shabby genteel of nls aeedy clothes.
Of bis diamond pins and bis calm repose,
ICis happiness, money and gout.
But say, hnv* you heard of the editor's wile-
Of that silent copartner, who, , .m
With a blending of sentiment, beauty ^
temperate itiiowitdrC, W.th t - "
The whole of his tabor esn do?
It Is she who embroiders die garments worn
By me editor's hard old chair,
Now dressed with cushions soft and neat.
And trimmed up with tidies and ribbon*»»■
Which once was so poor and so bare.
Iflthc editor's stek, or away, or behind.
In need of more hands or more basic,
She directs Ins wrappers so they esn be .
And writes his lead- rs right out of btr n
And willingly makes his paste.
She reads the magazines, pspers and books,
As the cradle she softly rocks;
While the editor sits In fits easy chair, .
With bis linger, thrust In bis tangled osir,
.She quietly meuds Ills soeks.
Then she reads the sds. with the editor,
Just 11 find wlmt each haw paid.
"But the column ad. of the feweleMh‘™j^r,
So he says, “and tho harness and human n
Must be taken out tn trade!'
She wears the corsets he gets for ad*..
And rattles bis sewing machine.
She uses the butter and eggsisndthins*
The eeuntry subscriber so faithfully brin*».
With a cheerfulness seldom seen..
But her life so full of merry delight.
Has one dark cloud, alas! plsf.
Though she shares his ticket to circus
To lectures and negro minstrels gay.
Hhe can’t use his railroad pass!
When time hangs h’avy on tits hnDd*.
Hue beguiles tlie hours away
Wtih Joke aod laughter, muslc and sonfc
.....: , leasaiiP alk. anil thus rlpp’.ea»> 0B »
The Whole of each leisure day.
Ob, who would exchange this sweet eouRE''
This simple sad trusting llg.
For ttato:a queen ol royal birth ■
For the happict woman 03 all Ibis ear 1 *