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Macon, Ga.
qy—qj An Xnjuailce to Macon.
(JThe TBLKORArn hasjhown two thing*
coiclusively to all who] wanted to know
the exact truth about the Hag episode
of last Tuesday night, namely, that it
w.*« not » United States flag which was
suspended on a telephone pole—an'd that
the only purpose in placing the nondescript
hunting there was to perpetrate a joke on
a defeated candidate lor a local office,
The incident was understood by almost
everybody in Macon, and the most patriotic
citizen did not interpret it into anything
more than a j ike on a private citizen,
without tlie sliffi'**"*luicutlon to reflect on
tnllfed States official, and certainly
without the laintest suggestion of »« insult
to the flag of ourcountry. Butfortheun
fortunate speech of Judge Speer this prac
tical joke with a piece of buntieg would
A wickhii Washington correspondent never have been hoard of outfle of Ma-
explains Riddlebergcr’s aversion to Ingalls con - It had a purely loca/J.pphcat.on
on the theory that Ingalls looks like some
of the things which the Virginia senator
occasionally imagines he sees,
The Globe-Democrat says of Gen. Sher
man that he is “a man who frequently says
things that will not bear the test of close
analysis.” This shows how polite the
Glebe-Democrat can be when it tries.
The Birmingham gentlemen who visited
Gen. Harrison and those who signed the
secret circular are referred to by some ol
our contemporaries as "democrats.” We
would like to know why?jThose gentlemen
voted for the republican candidate and be
lieve in all the cardinal republican prin
ciples. What more is necessary to make
theca republicans?
Should Gen. Ransom of North Caro
lina be re-elected he will be the patriarch
of the democratic senators. Mr. Sauls-
bury of Delaware is the only democratic
senator whose term of service has been
longer than that of Gen. Ransom, and Mr.
Baulsbury will have to give way to a re
publican successor after March 4. Gen.
Ransom entered the Senate in 1872.
Tub retirement of Mr. Henry M. Mein,
tosh from the editorship of the Albany
News and Advertiser is very generally re
gretted. Mr. McIntosh has conducted the
paper successfully and has rendered valu
able service to Albany. We hope that his
voluntary renunciation of the editorial
chair will bo reconsidered and that we
shall sco his genial countenance again in
the ranks oi Ueorgia journalism.
and was laughed at by men#ul,o love the
flag of their country as we# ln pur district
judge. Our Jear at the thq, U r as that the
dd: eer; placed
omp^r/l to the
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SDAY. DECEMBER 25. 1888-TW KLVE PAGES,
The South has no better fricDd
ainong the newspapera of the North than
the Philadelphia Record. It takes this
sensible and patriotic view of race troubles:
It will be observed that there Is no politics In
tha quarrel* b tween the black and the white
race* (low i; South. The outbreaks appear to be
Innplrtd by pure cuasedneM. which baa unquee
tlonably been the uniree of moat of the race
teuds In the Southern states. Yet It may bean-
llclpalcd that some partisan tool will get up on
his hind legs and wave the bloody shirt, with
cartel menaces ol revenge, before the eye* of
th» testy Southron*.
Tub Richmond Dispatch regrets that
the granite for the monument to Robert
IS. Lee in that city came from Maine. It
was bought in Maine, perhaps, because it
could be obtained cheaper there than in
Virginia. State lines have very little to
do with the fame of Robert E. Lee. His
life is a goodly heritage to the whoio
oounlry. His name will be cherished and
honored wherever manly character and
Christian virtues receive recognition
among men. It makes no difference where
the granite for his monument came from.
Gen. Harrison is reported by hie ad
mirers os saying that he will have no
Southern policy, but outy a national
policy. That is a very nice way to talk;
but it doct not mean much, however honest
and einccre. When Gen. Harrison gets
' into office, he will find that Southern con'
ditiont are not national conditions, and
that his national policy must be modified
in certain essential particulars when
applied locally, if he wishes the 8outh to'
be proeperoua and happy. We do not
doubt that he doea so wish, but fear he
will not appreciate the difficulties of the
Southern situation.
misconstruction which Jin
on this practical joke migh (
prejudice of the people
Georgia. If the judge h _
unwarranted view of EfcJ iqjd^vflficsnt
matter it would never have been heard of
ontside of this city, where it has all the
while been treated as an incident in a local
campaign, without the remotest reference
to the flag or the dignity of the govern
ment. But it appears that the palpable
misconstruction of what was intended as an
innocent joke has aroused Ilie ire of at least
one newspaper at the North. The Philadel
phia News has these complimentary allu
aiona to Macon in its editorial comment on
the episode:
The spirit which animated the scoundrels ln
Macon, Ga., who nailed a United States flag,
union down, to a telephone pole on the main
•treet of that dirty cracker village, Isatuiviral
of the spirit shown by John Wllkca Booth when
he aaaaulnated Lincoln.
Any man who would, so iniult "Old Glory"
deserves to meet the fate of Philip Nolan, so
pathetically told by Edward Everett Hale.
Not even tho < hlcago anarchists have dared
inault the American flag as'tho recreant "cava-
ller” ol Macon, who most be tho man who an-
awers to Scott's description of "the man with
soul so dead."
The wretch, concentered all lnsclf,
Living shall forfeit fair renown,
Aid, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dost from whence he sprung.
Unwept, unhonored and unsung.
Fortunately for the reputatlou of Georgia,
tho youthfnl Judge Emory Speer, “the Johnny
Wise of Georgia," saved the flag from con
tumely, toro It down and ran It up trlum
pbantly “on a flagstaff furnished by tho Jury ln
attendance on the court." The Judge and Jury
deserve thanks aa much as tho uuknowu scoun
drel deserves reproach and sh&mc.
These are brave words, but how silly the
flaming patriot who wreto them would feel
if lie could know all the facts in the case.
The New York Fu
thinks the 'Hon. E
proper size for eabii ct
mult be acknowledged t
poor sticks mentioned w
with the Mississippi log '
ness ;but Bruce won’t g'
place, however much repu,
delight in seeing negroes lioi
South, they have no use for the
the line in that capacity, even'
have complexion# as pale as
Hon. Blanche K. In the so
politics is a matter of business, 1
timeut, and there is ro reason
resentative of the race should 1
cabinet place when tb
vote the republican ticket for sj
reasons. The negroes might
useful knowledge in thifl connection by
studying attentively the denunciatory ar
ticles published in republican ‘ newspapers
relative to the alleged suppression of the
negro vote. The anger displayed is very
bitter, but it is aroused almost entirely by
the outrage upon Northern .republican
voters, in indirectly depriving them of
their full political power. The negro’s
wrongs play a very small part. The ex
periment of controlling tho country
through negro suffrage having failed, the
republicans are indifferent to the negro’s
claims and to his alleged wrongs—especi
ally to tha former.
It is the negro’s business, if he is smart
enough, to bring about a change.
Tuttle, the fellow who made himself
notorious by an indecent attack upon
President Cleveland, in connection with
he flag episode, has the cheek to aspire to
t Gen. Black’s place at the head of the pen
sion bureau. By the attack that disgraced
himself he no doubt established a certain
claim on the Republican party’s gratitude,
but the trouble with Tuttle is that in at
tracting attention to himself he also made
it worth somebody’s trouble to look up bis
army record. A man guilty of swiudling,
and other diagraceful acta will not be re
garded by Gen. Harrison as a fit successor
to one of the bravest and beat men in the
anion army, even though the latter is
democrat. 0 .
The (riends of Mr. 'Wharton Barker are
urging Gen. Harrison to make him Secre
tary of the Treasury because (1) be
worth $18,000,000, (2) because he con
tributed $60,000 to the Garfield campaign,
(3) $45,000 to the Blaine campaign, (4)
$41,000 to the Harrison campaign and (5)
because he is an able financier. We are
afraid, however, that Mr. Barker’s chances
are tlim. He has the republican requisite
foi greatness 'see the first specification),
hut the size of bis gifts grade the wrong
w*y. Aa his wealth grew larger, his ardor
for the boodle cense and contributions to
iu success became lets. IIow can Mr.
Harrison, with a proper terns of his per-
•onal dignity, appoint to a cabinet place a
man who offered Garfield $24,000 more
than himself? Mr. Barker will find that
Gen. Harrison no ebean man.
A Trartlral I'olliw-lnn.
Senator Quay is now the most potent of
American politician*, in the actual work
of making up Gen. Harrison’s government.
Can anyone point out the honorable pub
lic service that would entitle him to this
prominence? He has been identified with
no popular movement of reform; he has
originated no law of public benefit; he has
not the gift of eloquence. On the con
trary, jilr. Quay gained whatever fame he
enjoyed before the late campaign by polit
ical methods so open to criticism that
many of his own party revolted against
them. Only three years ago the leading
republican paper of Pennsylvania declared
that should he be nominated for a state
office bis party would be overwhelmed by
the shameful disclosures his nomination
would provoke.
Without any of the characteristic* of
greatness, Mr. Qnay exercises the powers
of a great man, and the reason which en
ables him to do so it would be well for the
country to consider. Is it not because he
perfectly represents the ruling element of
his pariy ? He is the beat specimen of the
political boss, a man who has made of poli
tics a business, managed on purely com
mercial principles. He does not appeal to
the conacienceof his followers nor to their
imagination, but excites in each a hope of
personal pecuniary reward. They serve
in his ranks as mercenaries, not ss volun
teers, careless of their-individual fortunes,
but devoted to the general good.
Mr. Sam B. Spencer was supplanted as
president of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road last Weadesday by Mr. Charles F.
Mayer. The vote in the board of directors
was thirteen for Mayer and eight for
Spencer. Mr. Spencer made no effort to
be elected. His administration of the
great railroad had been admirable, and bis
removal was the result of a recent manipu
lation of the stock. He is not yet 42 years
old, but has attained a position as one of
the leading railroad managers of the
United States. Sixteen years ago he left
Columbus, Ga., bis native city, and en
tered the service of the Baltimore and
Ohio as an assistant train dispatcher. He
rose steadily and rapidly until he reached
the presidency of the system by sheer force
of merit. Tho following editorial com
ment which the Baltimore Sun makes on
this event will be gratifying to the many
friends of Mr. Spencer in Georgia:
It has been well known for some time past
that this change was contemplated, but pro-
clseljr why It has been deemed necessary to dis
place ao satisfactory an officer, even by tho
choice of one so estimable as Mr. Mayer la con
ceded to be, la not so well understood, at least
hy the public. Mr. Tratt aptly expressed the
feeling abroad when he llfeued it toawapplbg
hor-ea mid stream, in tho homely phraao ol
Mr. Lincoln, but a majority of a '.onrd o( dl-
rf-etora, aa Lord Holt said of parliament, we
auppoac can do no wrong, hut they ran do aome
very odd things. However, Mr. Spencer haa
laid down the lnalgnla of hla office, and It may
be plcaaant to him to know that the community
haa fully nm.li-eiatcd hli services, and WOUM
gladly have continued him In chargoo! Its In*
tcreata had It held the relna ol power In de
ciding so Important a matter.
We understand that Mr. Spencer has
already received several very complimen
tary oilers from large railroad systems.
A Confederate Veteran*' name. ,
Tho Georgia Senate has passed a bill to
submit to the people an amendment to the
constitution allowing the legislature to
provide a home for disabled and indigent
confederate soldiers and for indigent wid
ows of confederate soldiers. It is to be
h ped that the House will pass this bill at
the adjourned session. If the amendment
should be submitted to a popular vote we
are sure that it will receive an over
whelming majority. Georgia can afford
to do her duty in this matter. A confed.
erate home would be a memorial of honor
to the state. Wherever there is a man
ennobled by battle scars, broken in body
or crushed by circumstances, who an
swered the call of his state in our deplora
ble civil war, there is one who is entitled
to the kindest consideration. Some years
ago one of the gallant fellows who rode
with the six hundred in the immortal
charge at Balaklava, died of starvation in
London. He had wandered the streets of
the great city neglected, friendless, too
weak lo Work and too proud to beg, until
he broke down and died. England blushed
when tty story was told. The South
boasts of he/progiess and prosperity, and
the Sonth cannot afiord to let any man
who perilled life and forrtune in her
armies suffer, nor his seed beg bread. The
great mass of the surviving veterans of the
confederate army are self-sustaining and
patriotic citizens, in whose hearts the
memory of four years of heroic stru
and endurance does not becloud the
love they bear for a restored union. But
there are some who came out of that fear
ful ordeal wrecked in body and estate
some wk) fell on the field or died in hos
pitals and left widows and children to
fight an almost hopeless battle with the
world. It is for the benefit of these that
the proposed home is intended. The
state cannot appropriate money to a
nobler object. It is not a question of
Speaking of Hadji Hass^in Ghouli
Khan, a Washington correspondent eays: "To*
Persian minister Is In rather a disconsolate
mood. He knows no language but bis own,
and there Is but one person ln Washington who
can speak Persian. This gentleman liaa, ln tha
goodness ol bis heart, called on tbe minister
several times, and with this exception tho min
ister has had no Intercourse with any ono but
the stair he brought»1th him. .He finds calling
not very lntereitlng, aa he can say nothing to
any one and no one can say anything to him.
So far no calls have been made upon him."
A Representative Newspaper.
From the Greensboro Hersld and Journal.
Within the past few years the Macon Tele
graph has made giant strides In the good graces
of the people. Its tone Is pure; Us polities
those of tbe people, and Its news service excel
lent. We are delighted to know that Its strong
fight for honest principles Is bearing fruit, and
its facilities will be enlarged to meet the grow
ing demand for this representative Journal. It
has ordered a new Goes perfecting press and
will putln stereotyping fixtures.
.BLOT ON Till! SUN’S PACK.
HOW TH t N EW YEAR W1I.L BE REUct.
BERED BY GEORGIANS.
An Interesting Tollt With Prof. R „„, ,
the Coming JEollpse of the g, 00
Reminiscences . of the Total"'
Eclipse of >3i.
An eclipse of the sun is a novelty f
Macon, and it is safe to say that the M
ingeclipse, which occurs on the first
of the new year, will be witnessed bv ,11
of her citizens with much interest.
There ore many amateur a-ironontfr, i,
this city, who will make preparation, f 0[
the event, as well as several deep 8 tud eo ,.
who are well served in this the most hi
cinating science.
Among the latter can be classed sack
persons as Prof. S. P. Sanford, chairmu
of jnathematics of Mercer University- lb
L. B. Clifton and others. The univeriih
has a fine telescope, and promptly
appointed time a half score of enthusiuh
will be on hand to watch the transition.
Dr. Clifton will pursue another coats
in his investigations. He is the possess
of a magnificent spectroscope, and aid
this he will secure sufficient data f 0I ,,
interesting and important magazine
cle. • u
Possibly no one in the city is
deeply Interested in old Sol’, action,
Prof. Sanford. Quiet and unassuming Z
has worked out astromical problems until
he has at his fingers’ends all of the data
for almost any event of the past as wtllu
for many which are booked for the futon,
Ton reporter yesterday afternoonths
learned scholar imparled much informs,
lion, all of which will no doubt in'.er®
the Telegraph’s many readers thi
morning,
* Yes, sir; we will have a new year in-
deed, and it will be ushered in hy no in
a novel occurrence than a total eclipses
In Rent Metropolitan stylo. • 11* 18 “.‘J 0, 8 -) m ething, I assure yon, unusnt
From the Conyers Solid South. * ' !?£ Oeor 8 la - Unfurtunately for us wk
- . . • I The Macon Telegraph hn boeght » magalfl-1 ji. 1 ? t Jj 8 * 8s “ u, ^ e |' n ••tiiudss the «clips
generosity or chanty; it is a question of cent perfecting press and wlllsoon appear in "J 8 f®* 11 P«tk»
justice and honor. These men never I real metropolitan style. It is a great news-1 mo0 jJ» 118 UIsK " ’ he hidden by lb
failed Georgia when she called. For many I p,pv '
The Telegraph's New Press.
From the Marlon County Patriot.
The Telborapii ranks among tbe best ln Its
editorial ability and news service, but It,
mechanical service Is not In keeping with ths
Increased business and Importance of the pa
per, and on tbe 1st of March a perfecting press
will be used and the paper printed from stereo
typed plates. We knew tho TauoaAPH would
be progressive when Col. Estlll was placed at
the helm.
Better and Prettier.
From the Eatonton Enterprise.
The Macon Telegraph will soon have a new
Goss steam printing press which wi 1 send off
ready for the mailing clerk 20,000 copies per
hour. This pushing journal still makes strides
to greater success, and It Is growing In popu
larity in old Pntnam every sveek. At the little
one saldo! mamma: “May her ever get puttier."
Better as It Grows Older,
Prom tbe Calhoun Courier.
The Macon Telegraph will soon be printed on
a press of the latest Improvements with a ca
pacity of from ten to twenty thousand papers
an hour, The Telegraph Is growing better ln
Its old age.
of them the state was conscience as well as
sovereign, and they followed her bidding I
with a blind and heroic faith. In the I
present hour of their distress they cannot
“What time will it occur, profeaaotT
OUR public school syvtkm. — 1 Tarried the pencil shover.
I “I have made all of the necessary cslct
A Communication s-run, Col. j.h. Wilkins I lotions and I am assured that in
ol Waynesboro on tho Subject. ' -
The Macon Telegraph is to be com
I around Macon the eclipse wilt begin som
. -- u- I after 4 o’clock p. m., and last for sent
look beyond the state for relief. It ought mended for the zeal it is displaying in pro- time, but as sunset soon succeeds, the tin
to be the joy and pride of the state to give “° U8 J, l . he ?? U3 ° ,°. f . •‘juMtloni throughout of visibility of the eclipse will bevej
' r ° 1 the state. Its publication of the opinions I brief.
ll " | of the people of the various counties I "Where will it be seen best?”
nhiLlron throws much light on the subject. The “The central line of b
c • I ' ar 8® majority of these opinions favor the through the North Pacifi:
not find Christmas a I extension of the three months public I portion of California at
There are a good
in Macon who do
totality wilt n
3 ocean, acroa
and lliruugb fl
time of gladness. There are a great many j school to six months. The impression | British possessions. Along this line
well-to-do people in Macon who might aIso premi 1 * that there is not much good I gfsnd and impiessive spectacle will
1 derived from three months schools. Be 1 ‘- J — * *- *
easily alter this sad fact.
SHREDS AND PATCHER
__ _ presented. There is no phenomeon of n:
cause children are apt to forget in nine I turc which is so truly impressive. A
months the smattering knowledge they I tronoiners have traversed half the distam
picked up in three months. Because many I around the globe for the sole purpose
ol the a <eachers are incompetent and are witnessing a total eclipse. While u mak
Senator Ingalls has brought upon him
self tbe contempt of ail good men, irre
spective of party, by his vulgar vitupera
tion of President Cleveland, but worse
than his open abuse are his mean innuen
does. It speaks well for lhc country that
the press is showing up Ingall’s in his true
light. We reproduce in this issue some
remarkably accurate estimates of hia char
acter from democratic, republican and in
dependent newspapers. He is now gener
ally recognized as the most disreputable
man in the 8:nate.
An English man's View.
Sir Lyon Playfair, who is as well fitted
by his abilities as by his name to occupy
the speaker’s chair in the British House
of Commons, a place be once occupied,
has contributed to the Nineteenth Century
review of the Accent election in this
country. For a work ol this kind Sir
Lyon it peculiarly well fitted, os hit wife
is an American lady, and he is a frequent
visitor to this country. His review
impartial, and admirable in many re
spects, bnt we.will quote from it only
few sentences. He says:
The general lesson of tbe election Is that the
people have begun to think for themselves on
the subject of tbe tariff, and that to a few years
they wilt thoroughly realise that > protection
not tbe trne source ol their proeperlty. it
;ucky (or England that Ibis gradual change
belief will take a eonslderahlo time for lu devel
opment, because It sUll leaves our country
foreign trade without ecrloue American compe
tition, and It gives us time to meet It when the
inevitable struggle arises.
It will be seen that Sir Lyon Playfair’s
views are practically tbe same as those of
Mr. Gladstone. England dreads American
competition, but feels safe from it so long
as our present high protective system
kept up. When it is done away with, the
fight for the markets of the world will
begin.
Gov. S*at of Alabama is still advertised
by the pres* of tha country as a young
man. The gallant governor is 43 years
old. At what age doea tb* youth merge
into mellow maturity in the state of Ala
bama?
\t»?f /*_ L ,, u V,o»wl\ Tnlm - 1 a-a wam I U1 »*IC it-awucio ait, AUVUIII WclL II b »uU Ult I 11 ‘11 F-' * n l, ft (UlUl CvlluSt*. >111116 11 ul.n
\\ifi.(toh Bband) John, what arc you t cac i lers on )y j n nstne _ Because tho sys- one feel solemn and serious, yet it is c
going to give your undo for a Christmas pres- tem a , j.ureueG In Georgia amounts to no trcmcly fascinating.”
cut? Husband My watch. Epoch. -system, aud therefore to a very great ex- **Io Georgia, a total cclipw has rot ; -<
milady (trying to start tho conversa- tent the people’s money has been expended witnessed since November 30,1834," a
tion)-Arc yon fond of tho antique, Mr.SllmT for naught, and there has not been I tinned the professor, “and tbe central li
New boarder (suspiciously) -Um-er-Not at tho I by any manner of means "a quid ol totality ran through Washington, Wi
table.—New York Weekly. I pro quo.” The caute of cduca- ronton, Sparta and Milledgeville. Tot
Patient—My lungs are badly affected, tion in Georgia appeals loudly darkness lasted one minute and six a
doctor, «nd I have been told that whltky Is I f° r the and co-operation of every man onds. Aa the eclipse progressed and t!
good for my case, wnat d ye think t Doctor |”b° ”” “hi,lino lnureat in tbeldarkneM gradually increased, the a
(thougblully)-Whisky Is good for consump- prosperity of the state. The average I left ti cir pastures and wended their
tlon, but not for the lungs.-Lowell Citizen. | Georgia legislator is averse to the passage | homeward, thinking that night was i
Proctor Knott, the foremost 2-year-
old race horse in America, has been sold
to J. B. Haggin for $30,000. The horse
was purchased by Dan Bryant at the Belle
Meade farm one year ago last spring fo:
$450. He ran ia nine races thie year and
won six of them, including the great Fu
turity. Ilia winnings for the season were
over $70,000. A more profitable invest
ment has seldom been made in a horse,
but it is possible that his owner was as
shrewd in telling him for $30,000 as in
buying him for $450. Kings of the turf,
like some other kings, are subject to sud
den and unexpected dethronement.
man! And pray mi. mo now, - man-. p . nded The school' commissioner I (rations.
utacturer ot pocket handkerchief*. -Borseu l # | lou j d j, e a man 0 f practical ability, ot I “The eclipse occurred on Sunday.
,, , . , t, 1 method, of system, one whose bent and was in Athens, a little too far north oi.
His hard luck: Jagley Hello, Bragg?, I acquirt-mtuts peculiarly fit him for the central track, to witness it as a to!
what makes you look so glum this morning?" I position. There are not many men quail-1 eclipse. It wai one of those mild, bain
Droggs—“You know that *101 won?" Jagley-1 fled by nature and education who can do | days which we sometimes hsvein More
Brsigt—"Well, I look tt home and hid I justice to the requirements <f this im-1 ber, when the atmosphere wears a soil i
In an old stove—" Jagley— 1 "And the hired portant p sition, and the legislature may dreamy appearance, i he eclipse begu
girl burned It up?" Braggs—"No; my wife tax the people through all eternity, and little before 12 o’clock, while the peoj
found It."—Terre Haute Express. | unless the right sort ol a mao is I were at church.
Admiring young lady (to actor)—“What put in charge of the important trust, "The ministers shortenedjheir relip
line of acting do you most prefer to follow, Mr- a failure must inevitably follow, services somewhat, and as the coop*.
Poser?" Actor-"A straight line, ss much as I Tho man who can fill this place carries lions issued from the cbnrches, the w
possible, miss” Admiring young lsdy-“A ] about with him the sbilitv lo prove him-1 wan gradually encroaching upon the Ur,
straight line! I don't quite understand, Mr. I self s success in any oj the avocations of disk of tbe aun. Slowly, but surtlr,
Poser.” Actor (who has often counted ties)- life. For lie must po-sess the method and crept over il, until only the merest li»
It’s tbe shortest distance between two points, | system which would make him a g iod I light could be seen, ou the sun’s no>
bu-iness man, the general information and I west limb.
acquirement which would give him the fun “Mcrcnry and venus, with severs' l:
dauiental prerequisites for a professional liant stars shown out resplendent'.?
uL-vu. iuj uc*r; .uu wu.. . ....... maD . anJ he ma « 1 ^ ‘{? P** 1 / Heavens. The sky assumed ■ HvHW
of course. 1 asked blm to give me time. So he ®°“ mon wh>ch would enable him to the air grew damp and chilly; ot«
said ln an abstracted sort of way that II I could «“l’®w the wrong and pur,ue the right nature there seemed to be *n une«t
through the ererY-dty again of life, and I •tillnm—the yoice of merriment *
„„ , Above and beyond all he should have that laughter was hushed, and seriousness?
My^ilcar, I think that this Is a very I en ®rgy and vim and determination which | vadeil the^ town. ( The whole sotae^ -
business like young man. You had better close | *- —-i— *’ 1 - 11 1
directly."-Judy.
Tur widow of Gen. Boulanger’s older
brother was buried in New Orleans tbe
olher daj. She had iived in that city
forty yean, and during a long period ha
been supported by charity, she having re
duced herself to the deepest poverty
p*yi"g th» debt* left K» her hn.ihaai wind
he died. Sue paid them all. Tlie New
Orleans papers speak of her in tlie highest
terms of respect. It is not creditable
the popular French idol that lie should
have allowed this good woman, his rel
tive, lo live for years on the charity of
■traogtis.
Poet Whittier says the Secretaryship
of Slate ought to be offered to Mr. Blaine,
and that Mr. Blaine ought to decline
Evidently the poet does not know tlie
politician. If he did, he would under
Hand that Mr. Blaine baa never yet de
clined any good thing that was oflered
him, and that he has taken some thing*
before they were offered.
Tur Georgia legislature ha» decided
re*t until the first Wednesday in Ju
We hope the statesmen will converse fr-<--
iy with their constituent* betwc
and July, and that when the important
questions which mutt be s, tiled nti
mer come up they will be met and hand!
by a truly representative legial stare,
you know."—Detroit Free Press.
Marriage a la Mode: “Oh papa, Mr. J
Clearbcad has asked me to marry him." “In
deed. my dear; and what did you say?" "Well. |
PERSONAL.
AHUf./ UUIA V1US HUH UCICAUllUHllUU WIllWUI VHlHTU IUU lUWIUC w Iioiv »
ever has a tendency to maks things hum exceedingly grand and impressive..IH
in any pursuit in which one may engage, the eclipse was not strictly total, yet,
If Georgia has had or has such I came v* near it, that it g»ve > those »
man she is peculiarly fortunate I witnessed the sight, a very vivid w*
‘ hath total eclipse would i
and the cause of " education I tion of what
Mary Anderson still maintains her place I bay (food prospects ahead. If such a head been.
II- .. th„ Senator Edmund* n» “ lacking, the legislature may vote taxa* “St ,
r * tion, but money though it comes from the I eclipses, but none will be *o lawrestmi
earnings of the pcor and the sweat of the I the stud-nt of astronomy as the one.
“Since then, we have had several ps?
i. i ... ill L. SnlacMtiDI
the tragls hoards.
Senators Blair and. Riddiebergcr may labor* r, it cannot bring order out of con-1 curving on New Year’s day. Telle
not be great men. but they add a very ptetur-
Aque element to national politics.
Admiral Luce will be placed on the re
in, or system out of chaos, or success I one to prepare their smoked glasses
of bad management. If, therefore, I watch for the event.”
fusion,
out
the governor haebeeii wiae in his selection,
the legislature in increasing the public
UR WAS CAUGUT WITH A ffEIFI
cither Commodore l Uarmoay U e^O>mmodor«i | ^‘Ju’dfb^rUteg genemiou w.U haw I Mnnl-rer, Confined.tA««
good c»it*« for approving their course and
Beubam.
The Grand Duke Pan! of Russia, young- blessing their memories.
est brother ot the exar, has made public bis In
tention oi presenting dots to a hundred young I
wemen ot Athens to celebrate bis betrothal to |
me hiiiwu Alsuuwi ol Greece.
Waynesboro, Dec. 17.
J. II. Wilkins.
Cons*
Armed—Tbe Albany Ainaleot*.
Albany, Dec. 21.—[Special.]--
Milner, the man convicted for W
Wm. Watkins in Calhoun county,
lodged in the Albany jail for ss *
lug, wan caught with a knife today 1
cell. It Is thought that some one®-
correspondence of our representative* I 2°"’, “ the'Albany Guards,
and senators is worth $132,500 to the he be °t?‘ ° f lh * A ‘ ?
. . country. The compromise suggestion that • . »tn -
dor to the court ol St. James, Is a man almost a smaller clerical force be established at a I ‘ . , Kome time ago, charge®
painfully till. He wsscouncltoT ol legstloa at I ®®*t of $45,000 seems to be more in keep-I... a freight car, had a
London during the ministry of Count Beust. | with good economy; and it will prob- jjJjgJ"* jJearin . before Justice A
l Green
spile ol his name. Is enormously rich aud will I important committees, i* often more I * u —
entertain on a luxurious tcaie. The count and I JH.T8onaI than official; •till, the fact that I Lireiy oi«l Toeta.
cocntcfs both apeak English perfectly, a* do I l * relates to public bu»ineM see dips to be Prom tbe Philadelphia Tim«. ^
their children. sufficient wirrant for a modest appropria- An Eastern paper ibinks
Say, .he Editor of the London World: i “ U “ ^ “ 1 ‘ — | »
divine afflatus w well-nigh cert** 0 ^
in the serenity which a 1 ®S 1
I»ngfeltow lived to be as-vent} ,. J
ant was eighty-four when lie ^
Emerson seventy-nice. WfL
ndebraled his eighlyfint W
Holme, wilt be eighty nrxt
Wall Whitman has long -
of three-scire years and «*■» ,
itt, * ven, may live to a green oM
-- ’- -' .way from tie
alarm" by ber friends.
Count Deym, the new Austrian ambassa
“Mrs. Cleveland, In lululng the While Douse.
will, I hear, take with her rather ao unpleasant I A Mistake aa to Bates,
souvenir ol ber husband’s term ol oflle*. Tbe I From tbe Quitman Free Press.
constant handshaking she has uud-rgone has) Tnc Atlanta Co i»iumioB
permanently enlarged her right ban i to such I ®opi*» a local from the free I’rese of the
in silent that she Is obliged to wear na It a I la h and prints It as n special under date
glove two stare larger than tbe on* which flul°* ’fie 18th. The Constitution is a hnn
her left hand." This shows how an oecnn voy
age will beget exaggeration ia a rumor. Wbe
the above yarn leli them shores II wu a glove
ol only out else larger which Mrs. Cleveland
wore on ber right hand.
ler.
Paul mi 1'rtH. etlon.
* | From lh* Dee Heines Leader.
l'*Ui describe, "pfunction" when he l that is, 'I he k**t
tya l ‘lh.strong'll of the sin 1* in the !aw.”| paper office*.