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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FKIDAY, MARCH 28, 1884.
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An occasional bright spring day dances
dry-sliod through our section.
could a man who can neither talk
nor make signs deliver “an inaugural ad
dress"? The constitution requires the
Freaident-elect to do something of that
sort
The death of Bishop H. H. Kavanaugli
of the M. E. Church, South, removes from
the sphere of Christian duty and labor one
of the grandest and truest of men. He
enn afford to stand by his record, in the
great hereafter.
The tide cf immigration will turn to
wards our section in due time and in
proper volume. The South is destined to
wield a wonderful mlluence on the future
of the country, if the African incubus can
be lifted from her shoulders. Immigration
may point the way to the attainment of
that end.
TnKRr. can be no doubt about Grant’s
ambition for another term. He begun by
abusing the Southern (teople, and now he
is denying his own words at an interview.
We shall be disappointed if the Republi
cans do not take “the old man" for a can
didate and “the bloody shirt" for a plat
form. ♦
Mr. Tildrn is so feeble that lie has to be
Jed by an attendant, and we are sorry for
it M's should be glad to know that he
will live to seo the country redeemed from
Republican luNrule, but (hero is no good
ftwson for believing that he will. In any
event, it is conclusive that he ennnot bear
the DcinorraHe etniiilnril in the coming
contest His place is in the hospital.
A fortnight of such diva ns yesterday
would Ih» particularly gratifying to the far
mers. They are liehind with their farm
work. Many of them have not planted
com. and hut few of them can expert to
get icady forrott in plunting before April
Two weeks of fair, bright weather would
enable them to recover much of theground
I >-t through the recent unseasonubleiicss
of the weather.
The Debate on the Whisky Bill
Will probably be opened again to-day.
It closed on Thursday afternoon with
out any perceptible advantage to either
side that could be gathered from the
press telegrams.
Messrs. Reese and Blount, of our del
egation, were among the earnest oppo
nents of the measure. Mr. Blount’s
organ pronounces his speech a master
ly one. This may be attributed to the
enthusiasm of the client for the patron.
We all know that Mr. Blount is not an
orator. Ilis speech, as reported, con
tains no fact that has not been familiar
to every well-informed person for
months past. But we are pleased to
notice that he represents on this subject
the sentiments of his constituents. As
to whether he does it iu a masterly way
or not is a matter of small moment.
What must strike everyone with as
tonishment, is that Mr. Blount could
have consented as a member of the
ways and means committee, that this
bill to which he is now so violently
opposed, should be reported to the
House with a recommendation that it
do pass.
It is thought that the bill could have
l>een strangled in the committee room.
It is known that if Mr. Blount and Mr.
Herbert had voted according to their
convictions, it could never have been
reported to the House backed by the
/ great f*/h*nntage of a favorable report.
It is true that the floor of the House
presents better advantages fer
oratorical ^display and even
parliamentary tactics than the
seclusion of a committee room, but
if the tiger’s whelps, harmless when
small, are permitted to grow, they be
come dangerous with size and strength.
During the lull in this debate, it is
reported that Mr. Alock Me Lure, of
the Philadelphia Time*, has been din
ing and wining Blackburn, Morrison,
Carlisle and Randall, feeding the lions,
as it were. With empty stomachs at
the end of a long session, these
worthies were tearing each other with
fangs and claws. It remains to be
seen if they will gambol and purr when
they meet again with full paunches.
its reason, if indeed it ever possessed | lustrations of where brave men, desert-
No problem can It© solved without the
requisite number of given conditions, mid
lids is ap|Mirent. There arc some pro!--
' toms, Imwrver, tint ore in«utliibb\ or nt
least unsolved, in wlrcii all the condition'*
are at band. This i< the atatus of the
problem* of preventing disastrous river
overflows. The question is of pressing im
portance now. with the certainty of be
coming still iitor* i ■ t*oortind,^ yeajd»y yeui»
IfgnAfJortty oi i lie members of lb i corn
ice of way* and tn&ns are oppose! to
the passage of the John Barleycorn-Mu
tual Akl-Rcfornt hill, it becomes interest
ing to know how it succeeded in getting a
favor Able report from the vonitnitic**. The
rumor from Washington to tho effect that
sioncy and the arts of the lobby have been
freely used to secure the end* of the whis
ky ring make the ah »\vInquiry one of pc-
culiar and pressing moment.
)fodek* wars are very expensive, nnd ro
the vanquished always have to shoulder u
heavy'‘indemnity." Franco has already
•cttlcd on the "Indemnity" which Chin.i
must pay for th't privilege*.! Mug whip
ped cut of Ton | iiu. Great Britain will
not bo able to get. any money out of Ov
, man l>ignu un 1 El Maiidi, und so Egypt
mad Nubia will L>j dropped into Joint Bull’s
pocket-book as a sort of equivalent.
Tueur is svmethmg remarkably Mgl.-
lacked and a tiff-necked iu the “dignity"
of the Senate. The country Is occasionally
(rented to an exhibition from that quarter
cf Ul{ Injun antics. If the House were to
ref ine—aa it shojl.l -to make any further
appropriation to meet tho unnecessary
expenses of Sherman’a and Hoar’s Repub
lican campaign document investigation
mills, there would be a regular explosion
of pinchbeck "dignity" in that quarter. It
la a good show, but it costs the people n
deal of money to run it.
Judges as Candidates.
The following paragraph it taken
from the HawkinsviUe Ditpaich:
Borne of the papers are suggesting that It
is the duty of Jifcire filmmou* to resign bis
amt oo the beach II he intends to be a candi
date for Governor.
We are not informed an to Judge
Bimmona’t intentions with regard to
the gubernatorial election. We have
not exchanged a word with him on the
•object, and are unable, therefore, to
my whether he will be a candidate or
not. Ills friends, in different parts of
the State, we hear, are urging him to
Allow the use of his name; but what
^ouclnston, if any, he has reached, we
are not informed.
Uut we feel sure of one thing—that if
JnJge Simmons decides to make the
Tice, he will forthwith resign his seat
ma judge of the Macon circuit. It would
be right and proper for him to do so,
And hence we feel satisfied that lie
would not continue to dispense justice
between men whose votes lie was de
sirous of obtaining.
For the same reason, we trust that
Judge Stewart wilt resign his scat
the bench of the Flint circuit, and that
Cspt. Henry Jackson, chairman of the
Democratic Kxecutive Committee, will
■Iso surrender the position he hold*.
The Utter is an stowed candidate for
Congress in the Fifth district, an'
Judge Stewart, we believe, U likewise
■ candidate, though for iiru.lenti.il rca
■oos be has made no announcement to
that effect. Let them both come down
Mo the ring and make a square and
Bo.sl.m.
The HawkinsviUe Dispatch contains
the following suggestive paragrapli:
The people ami paper, are beginning to dis
cuss the existence of unother political “Tin;;''
iu Atlanta. Perhaps It Is the same old ring
with a few recruits. After a while tho "boss"
will pass away, and then the partnership will
lie dissolved. In the division of the assets a
little fun may be expected.
There will be something besides
"fun” when tho master has passed
away. Indeed, there will not bo much
merriment, and possibly but little
weeping; but there will bo general
gnashing of teeth and bitter strife.
Those who are now kept quiet by a
mere look from tho "boss,” will tlita
fly at each other's throats, and cease
not till death comes to theta-relief.
There ure many incp ill the Demo
cratic party in Georgia who are ambi
tious to nerve tlu/commonwealth, but
who fear Judfiove without the consent
an^.Support ot the "boss." Simode-
(ifro u seat in tho Legislature, and oth
ers aspire to the bench, whilst others
still have fixed their eyes upon the
gubernatorial chair, or a scat in Con
gress; hut thu nightmare rests upon
one anil all. Pcrliupi this is well,
since the man who thus cringes to un-
oiher is not u (it und proper person to
he clothed with ollleial power nnd re
sponsihility.
Tho Dispatch is right in suggesting
that “it is the same old ring w ith a few
recruits.” Tho people will he pained
to hear that there are even "a few re
cruits.” The Republicans, white and
black, with rare exception s, had already
been absorbed, aail they still hot l
themselves ready to fuse i r fight as the
necessities of their Democratic masters
may require. Their convention meets at
the licck of Democratic leaders,
and registers their commands with
slavish readiness. Indeed, when those
"commercial Democrats” find it neces
sary, for example, to put an objection-
able candidate upon their pnrty, they
send out calls simultaneously for con
ventions of lmth parties. The Demo
cratic convention is required to make
the nomination, and if honest men hes
itate, tiie Republican convention is
made to threaten them with tho posse
tiUlty of negro supremacy. Tills Re
publican contingent is always obedient,
Its services, though valuable, are
cheap, and the casli or a "check" can
always be hail. There ore two parties,
but not two bosses.
This wretched spectacle has been
witnessed more than once in Georgia.
How long will the Democratic party
submit to such humiliation ?
any strength, by this assertion:
Farmers take but little Interest in the’elec-
tlon of delegates to conventions. That work
Is patriotically performed by the wire pullers
in the towns and cities.
This may or may not be true. It
does not tally with our experience and
observation. But in either event, they
should have a chance. If tho "wire
pullers” in towns and cities engineer
politics at the expense of tfio honest
farmers, a practice so fatal to honest
methods and good government should
lie nt once and forever abolished. If,
as we really believe, the fanners of the
country desire to have a voice in all
that concerns tho welfare and honor of
their State, they should have the am
plest opportunity afforded them.
A Word for President Raoul.
A few nights since, a negro loaded
with whisky, and after having boasted
and betted as to his competency to car
ry his point, boarded the Central train
at this point and forced himself into
the sleeping car. The passengers
evacuated the car and this fellow held
it until it reached its destination—
Atlanta
The Central road, sometime hack,
furnished to its patrons the convent
ence of its own sleepers. This has
been changed and the Pullman cars are
now used. This cannot in any way
alter the responsibility of the Central
road. Sleeping cars have become a
necessity, and are largely
sought by ladies when trav
eling. These conveniences arc
expected upon all night trains,
and no first-class road can afford to dis
pense with them. People who patron
ize them expect to he free from the ob
jectionable presence of such fellows ns
the one to whom we have alluded, and
their wishes should be respected.
The excuse that tho Central road
does not control the Pullman ears wi ne!
not do. The people of Georgia have to
deal with the Central road, and if the
Pullman Car Company will insist upon
running its cars according to tho social
equality notions of its stockholders or
managers, then the Central road will
lie asked to provide for its patrons,
cars that cannot be invaded by a drunk
en and truculent negro.
ed by their leaders, have rallied to
gether and plucked safety and victory
from the very crisis of defeat and de
struction.
In view, then, of the position of the
Democratic party, had it not best devote
its energy and intelligence to plans of a
new campaign, rather than to exhaust
itself in cries to a decrepit old man for
help, who is utterly impotent to help
himself ?
The Reason,
The Albany AVrs and Adteriiter, in
response to our inquiry as to why a
Htato convention to select delegates to
the convention at Chicago on July 8th,
should be held at so early a date os
May, replies as follows:
The prominent reason in uinrl at luc mo
ment was, that It mould give delegate* select
ed a chance to arrange their business affairs
in order to go to Chicago, or, if finding them
selves unable to attend, to give timely notice
to their alternate* to make their arrangements
for the trip. It is not every man who may be
selected who can drop his business and rush
off on such a pilgrimage on short notice. ‘I his
and nothing more.
The reason strikes as as insufficient
.Surely ter. weeks cannot bo required
for a man to find out whether he can
fill ■ mission or not, anil in lire latter
event to inform his alternate. If there
is doubt as to getting good men to go
on account of possible business de
mands, then the very latest ilay should
he selected.
One trouble with the national con
ventiona held since the war, haafhcc
that the delegates and alternates have
all been on hand crowding the space
and adding to the confusion of the oc
casion, and Georgia is not an excep
tion.
The Hew* and Adccrtiser weakens
Mr. Carlisle's Desertion.
On tho first Monday in December
last Mr. Carlisle, by action of the
Democratic members of the House of
Representatives, was elected to the
Speakership. This was accomplished
only after sharp and serious opposi
tion. But dangerous and distasteful
us the selection was to many members
of the party, not on account of the
man but his principles, it was acqui-
csceiUti with no signs or expressions
of had temper.
By this action of the Democratic
Representatives of tiie peoplo in the
Congress of the country Mr. Carlisle
was raised above the activo partisan
ship of the floor, lie was made for the
time licing, nnd until tho party could
meet in general convention ami nomi
nate a candidate for the Presidency,
virtually and to all intents und pur
poses the leader of the pnrty.
liis election was not secured by the
votes of free traders. Some represen
tatives voted for him who entertained no
sympathy witli the Utopian and im
practical idea of free trade. Other rep
resentatives probably gave him tlielr
support by reason of lavors to bo dis
tributed in the way of chairmanships
and attendant patronage. Still others
rallied to him inspired by real or fan
cicd grievances against his competitor,
Mr. Randall.
It was expected of Mr. Cnrlislo
Hint lie would absolve himself of tiie
passions and resentments that may
have liccn aroused in tiie campaign.
It was supposed that ho was a man
broad enough in ideas and sufficiently
conservative iu temper to seek through
liis high office the gpod of the whole
party, rather than tho success of
one measure, or the triumph of
friends over friends which could only
mean destruction to both.
It may lie as well confessed now and
once for all, that tiie party has been
disappointed in Mr. Speaker Carlisle
lie has failed to subordinate his own
ambition and tl»o hot desires of his par
tisans to tho peace of the party.
Ills presence at u dinner of a free
trade club—a club of men comprised of
doctrinaires, |>ofitical parsons and
economic cranks—at an important
juncture of the present session, was
too cold and premeditated to be ascrib
ed to an error of judgment.
Ilia own words on that occasion
carefully prepared, studied and weighed
beforehand, leave no doubt of the de
sertion by Mr. Carlisle of his parly,
We quote from his speech as follows:
"For myself. Mr. Chairman, I will cheer
fully eo-operate with alt men ami all organ!-
ttonr, l>y whatever name they may lie known.
In alt proper effort, to bring about there grand
results."
The plain Knglish of this is that Sir,
Carlisle, the professed Democrat, Mr,
Carlisle, the Speaker of tire Democratic
House, Mr. Carlisle, the acknowledged
leader of the party, in the presence of
the life-long enemies of his party and
its policy, pledges himself that if liis in
dividual views are not indorsed and sus
tained by the Ilouseof Representatives
in certain measures now pending, he, in
emulation of his lieutenant, Mr. Wat-
terson, will join the Republican party
to accomplish liis ends. ,
And this expression comes from tiie
leader of the Democratic party—a par
ty that, from the days of Washington
down to the present, lias proclaimed
its adherence to the policy of
protection to American lal»r and
dustrics. Mr. Watterson’s wild rav
ings about driving men from the Dem
■ k-ratio party, wiio served in its ranks
before bis birth, sinks into insignifi
cance in the face of this cold and de
termined declaration of Mr. Carlisle
The history of wan baa gathered il-
For One Convention.
Tiie Sparta IshmacUte seconds tiie
suggestion of the Atlanta Constitution,
that only one State convention lie held
during the present campaign. It says:
It would be absolute folly, It seems to us, to
have more than one convention. It is unnec
essary. Men suited to be delegates to Impor
tant conventions usually have something else
to do than trot to Atlanta every few W'ceks to
engage In political pow wows, and the inter
ests of the Democratic party seem to demand
as few conventions this year as possible. The
convention to select delegates to Chicago will
probably meet about the 1st day of July, and
this is not too early to mako nominations to
fill all the other offices to be supplied.
We find it easy to agree with the
IshmacUte as to the time of holding the
convention to send delegates to Chi
cago, and regret that we can appertain
no farther. A convention to send del
egates to a Presidential convention
ought not to select an electoral ticket.
If a ticket should lie nominated so
strong as to defy anything like
opposition, then an electoral ticket
would he a mere but neces
sary formality. If t on the other hand,
the party is challenged to contest,
it should have its best men in po
sition. To pursue a different course
would be to overthrow all precedents
of the party.
If there is to lie a quiet gubernatorial
campaign, the later it may be ordered
on the better for all interests. In a
quiet year conventions will not be apt
to do any harm.
Taken by itself tiie objection of our
contemporary looms up very strongly
at first sight.
If tiie IshmacUte means that the hon
est yeomanry of Georgia should bo kep
away from a wicked city like Atlanta
as much as possible, we cannot gain
say it. But the objection may be fairly
met. There is no rigid rule requiring
party conventions to be held in Atlanta.
They may lie held in Milicdgeville,
Americas, Augusta, Savannah, Colum
bus, Athens, Madison, Macon or many
other places that might be mentioned.
fact there is a very earnest desire
upon the part of many Democrats that
convention of the party should be
held elsewhere occasionally. It might
conducive of better methods, and
perhaps in some instances of better
men.
But we are firmly convinced that it
asking too much of one convention
send delegates to Chicago, to nomi
note a Governor and statehnuse officers
and an electoral ticket. It will lie
safer not to attempt to roll all the logs
at once.
at *150, and adding this to the amount
realized from the butter, we have $332.
To this should be added *75 for tiie
butter milk, making the annual pro
duct of the cow *407.
If we turn to the trotter, wo find ho
requires more attention and his keep
costs more, and that he is of but little
use until ho reaches liis third or fourth
year. The cow is easily controlled,
and may be expected to drop her first
calf by the time she is two
years old. The horse and cow live
to about tho same age. It
will thus he seen that she begins to
yield a profit at a time when the horse Is
an expense, that she lives as long, re
quires leBs attention and less outlay for
feed, and that she will return her
owner an annual gross income ol *407.
The trotter, though useful for the Baddlc,
or for harness, produces no income, un
less worked to tho plow or tiie wagon,
or unless the owner undertakes the
business of raising colts. In the latter
case the colts* if well bred, may be es
timated to he worth as much as the
calves. This still leaves a handsome
amount to the credit of the cow, to-
wit, *257, realized from her annual
milk and butter product.
If these figures are reasonable, and
we think they are, which is the more
valuable animal, the Jersey cow or the
trotter?
finest ever held in Georgia, and that',
the benefits to Macon will tar exceed
those resulting from any former fair in
the history of the State. .
STAVE AORICULTVaAL SoClET.Y)
secketarv's Office, I
Macon, un., March 19,HUM. S
Editors Telegraph and Messenger—Dear
!3,r«: The Stale Agricultural Society decided
at Savannah to hold a fair in your city tho
coming fall, provided the clt'icns of Macon
would, by the lit of April, contribute 13,000 to
nlduhem. The committee to arrange for tho
fair meets iu Macon on the second day of April-
aud II your people desire to have a fair, they
should take early action in raising the funds
to secure it. Yours truly,
E. C, Grier, Sec'y.
FROM ATLANTA.
Something of Atlanta Odd Fellows-
Their Lodges, Membership and
* Work—Notes.
Premature loss of hair may be
invented by the v.rc of Pc:
eoauio.
CUHMKG TBE SFIBAL STUbT
Invisible Architecture in a Ne
New England Parsonage
“Yes,” she said, “our children are marrli
and gone, and my husband and I sit by.
winter Are much as we did before the in
ones came to widen the circle. Live Is som"
thiug like a spiral staircase; we are all
time coming around over the spot westai.
from, only one degree further up the stairs 1
“This Is a pretty Illustration," remarkedhei
friend, musingly, easing into the glowln,
coals which radiated a pleasant heat from tS
many-wludowed stove. "You know we
not stop tho tolling up the hill, though.'
"Kliri'lvu’A pannsit and L.r
Tho Street Railroad.
Are we to have a street railroad In
Macon? and if not, why not?
We observe that Columbus in this
State, and Chattanooga in Tennessee,
will soon have street railways in oper
ation. In neither of those cities is such a
convenience needed ns badly as in Mu-
con. Neither of them has so largo a pop
ulation nor so much wealth, and ncith-
r of them covers so much ground. The
spring is already upon us, and summer
with its blazing suns will follow in due
time. The warm season not only sug
gests tho necessity for street roads,
but it is the proper time to construct
them. In the winter it is too wot ami
cold, and in tiie early spring nnd the
fall tho people are too mtft'U occupied
with their business.
It will not do to let tiie matter pass
over for another year, if we are to have
the road at all. This in too ovident to
require argument. Will not our capi
talists take hold of the enterprise nnd
carry it through to success? With a
well located line of horse cars, nnd
such a State fair as is now within our
reach, an impulse will he given the
city, such as lias not been witnessed
for many years.
Macon is probably th* only city in
the country of twenty-fivo thousand
inhabitants that is without a street
railroad. It will not do for us to lag
behind in the race. Knterpriso begets
business, and business attracts popula
tion, and wealth followa in due season.
Jaraaya ana Trotters.
There was a sale at tiie American
Horse Kxchange, New York, on Tues
day lust, by Peter 0. Kellogg & Co.,
auctioneers, ot fifty-five trotting-bre.1
horses. Tiie attendance was large and
the bidding active, the fifty-five horses
selling for *21,845, an average of *307 a
head.
Herds of imported and domestic Jer
seys arc frequently sold at the same
place nnd by the same auctioneers.
The Jersey sales are always well at
tended, hut the prices realized hardly
average so high as those paid for the
trotters on Tuesday, though it is not
unusual for animals of particular strains
and special excellence to sell for ten
times us r. yell.
Let us consider for a moment the
comparative value of tiie Jersey and tiie
trotter.
Many persons are inclined to regard
the prevailing prices paid for Jerseys
as exorbitant and unreasonable. I’ef-
The Spring Impulse.
Sometime last year the Telegraph
expressed its views upon tho singular
exhibition of the ancient savage in
stincts in man, as illustrated in the
grand Hegira from the counting-room
and workshop whenever the spring iin-
pulse'was felt in tlxe human arteries.
To this unfailing instinct every one
yields in some manner or fashion, aday
with gun or rod being tho favorite male
affectation, while the female, in obedi
ence to the fragmentary instincts of her
savage training, as some one Iibb pointed
out, puts on a fearful looking costume
and takes to scratching and digging
about the yard.
The world has grown wiser since last
spring, and the writer of tiie article
named more experienced. It is true,
beyond all manner of doubt, that a
remnant of a savage era remains with
mankind and exerts a powerful grip
upon special occasions. Men who,
during three seasons, would carefully
avoid crushing the most insignificcnt
possessor of life, or soiling their fingers
witli anything unclean, will go out into
the woods armed with hooks and a can
of slimy bait, handle the latter with
pleasure, regardless of filth, and drag
them up and down a branch watching
their agonizing contortions in the
transparent shallows without emotion,
but on the contrary with n strong hope
that the contortions will continue and
finally attract the attention of a passing
fish. It perchance a fish concludes to
commit suicide upon tiie unskiilfully
concealed hook, he is wrenched off tho
barb, impaled upon a forked stick and
jabbed down, mouth open, into a shady
hole, to drown at onco and smell had
after a while.
But it is not savagery alone, as at
first supposed, that draws the crowd.
Only' at one season nature U heard by
everybody to call. Only once a year is
an unanimous response obtained. As if
I.jiu a iu country, by one road
or another, we all go back homo in tho
springtime on a brief visit. Our occu
pation during tliia re-union may be
savage, but tho influence which moves
us to go homo is generally noble.
Though one goes Ashing merely to in
dulge Ids savagery', to get dirt on his
fingers and liis fingers on a wriggling
fish; though another goes chiefly be
cause there is so much good sitting
down to iio lmd, aud another to sprawl
under tiie trees with a physique relax
ed, mind a total blank, nnd the owner
us blissfully dead ns possible without
going beyond recall, wo say the
original impalsc is noble. All go
home, some to frolic around tlic
spacious grounds in the exerciso of
cramped limbs nnd powers long re
strained; some, tliesick, tiie tired, tiie
lazy to lay their heads Ui the old moth
er's lap and try to be children. What
a blessed thing it is to be sure, to get
hack and find out how near of kin folks
are, after all.
The signs that forcspeak tho annual
movement are alight, but to the prac
ticed eye unmistakable. And with the
experience nt a practiced watcher to
rely upon, the writer predicts an early
and a general bolt. Observation has
taught him that a sudden and enthusi
antic interest in birds and bird lore on
the part ot the chief editor is not a dis
connected result. The slight increase of
poetic fire and deepening senti
ment in the verses our old
warhorsc nibbles upon among
the exchanges Is a fact of startling sig
nificance The Information let fall by
our "Georgia Press Man" to tiie effect
that "bait can bo found almost any
where now,” is calculated to create
uneasiness. Tho flower garden upon
the coat of our financial and market
editor is e triumph of the season over
the subject.
Detached, these signs, to the unob
servant mean nothing. But even tiie
unobservant ought to sec that, taken
together, they indicate a spread ol an
insurrectionary spirit, a feverish un
rest, which must soon end in open re
volt. And it may be well to remark
just here that the writer proposes,
when the bolt takes place and the
homeward race is begun, to struggle
ISFECIAL CORREsro.XDEXCE. 1
Atlanta, March 21.—Atlanta Odd Fel
lows have recently exhibited an indication
of growth by instituting a new lodge. The
growth of Odd Fellowship here Is a matter
of Interest to members of the order all
over the State, and an item In regard to it
will not be amiss. The new lodge is At.
'anta No. 14. The figures do not indicate
the number of lodges in Georgia, as
"Barnes,’’ a sister lodge here is, numbered
55. This gives Atlanta lire active working
lodges, "Central," "Barnes," “Capital,"
“Schiller,” “Atlanta No. 14.” “Schiller”
is a German lodge, and that language is
used in all the work. The membership of
this lodge aggregates between four and five
hundred active men, who fairly illustrate
the citizenship of Atlanta. They are en
terprising, substantial, influential men,
and devoted to that order. The old lodges
hnvc done n noble work here, quietly and
without ostentation, carrying out the prin
ciples of their order in their many chari
ties, care for the widow and orphan, their
ministration to the sick nnd burial of the
dead, visiting Odd Fellows in trouble.
Strangers who arc sick or ill need of assis
tance Und themselves in good hands.
There is a general relief committee, com
posed of one member from each lodge,
whose special duty it is to look nftcr visit
ing Odd Fellows wiio are sick or in trouble.
The funds used by tics committee are sup
plied by tiie four lodges. There are numer
ous instances of substantial relief thus
given, taking care of sick strungers, burial
of the dead and some! hues going to the ex
pense of buying lots in the cemetery that
the dead strangers, who arc Odd Fellows
and die penniless, may not rest in u pau
per’s grave. However,none of tiiis is writ
ten as rare, because these charities aro at
foundation of the order, aud are practiced
bv Odd Fellows everywhere.
NOTES.
Oenorot Grant, is expected here soon,
and will be the guc-t of tiie Markham a
few days. From here lie will goto Albany
and remain there some time, to get tiie
benefit of tho artesian Water. It is so
said.
The first edition of tiie Journal yester
day ftfl-rnoon went lo pie through the
joint cITtrts of a ilarky all-1 a wild eleva
tor, and the mntterth-reiu contained went
to the cellar instead of to the public. This
little accident, however, did not prevent
the upiienrunce of the piqe-r.
1 have been informed that the United
Slalc-s grand jury will lie asked next week
to investigaie certain irregularities alleged
to exist und certain corrupt |»r ,ctice«
on tho part of some of the
otflcinls of tiie Federal court,
to which considerable attention has al.
ready been given. If there are such irreg
ularities ns ufieged, tin- grand jury lias the
opportunity of doing tiie country soon
service by getting at the truth of the mm
purely we cannot, and for myself'i don't
find fault with that necessity provided in s ”
vaucelu life Is not attended with ealamlts
suffering, for l have had my share oftW.
Not long since my health utterly broke down!
Mv ll'lfam vaa full nf malaria U .. AS u ' I
“frcngth or ambition to Perform even mrl
light household duties. Medical treatment!
failed to reach the seat of the trouble. Thai
disease-which seemed to be weakness of *n I
the vital organs—progressed until I had set-1
erRl attacks which iny physicians pronounced I
to be acute congestion of the stomach. Th* I
last of these was a d — -* •
was given up to die.
tially Passed, my husband heard of the merits I
of Parker’s Tonic as an invigorant in Just such I
cases as mine. 1 took it and felt its good tU |
fects atouce. It appeared to pervade my bodr I
as though the blessing of new life haa come I
to me. Taking no other medicine I continued I
to improve, and am now in better health than I
I have been for a long time."
[Extract from an interview with the wife of I
Rev. B. Perry, pastor of Baptist Church. Cold-1
brook, Mass. | j
CTABLI5HED 15*3.
ter.
It la talked here that Mr. Sieve Ryan,
who is now In New York, will, upon liis
return, sever 1st* cnatiai-iioii «n‘
er's establishment, and open u saving-
bank.
Arrangement- are I icing mode here
among some of the military to attend the
Charleston tournament, April 17ih. It i-
mite likely them wdl bu un excursion
rotu Atlanta.
liaps this is true, and yet they return a . i. .. . . f •. .
. 1 . . . f . 1 . for a leading position in the sortie,
heavy interest on the investment. An | _ , -
average Jersey cow after maturity will The State Fair,
yield three hundred and sixty-five | The special attention ot the lioainean
pounds ol butter a year. This butter,
il properly handled, will sell for fifty
cent* per pound, or nay *182 per an
num. She will dm present her owner
a calf every twelve months—worth, at
lour months old if a male, from *50 to
*150, and if a female, from*150to *300.
men and capitalists of Macon is called
to the following note from the secretary
of the Stale Agricultural Society.
This is an important matter and calls
for prompt and favorable action. Our
information is to the effect that witli
the sum here asked for In band, the
Later,
TIIE RATE COMMITTEE APTOURNED.
The rate committee, which has liccn In
session four days, adjoiirnnl today. It i
the largest meeting they have ever had
wince their first meeting in Nashville, and
the most insportau'. The cominitn
not been sq busy, hut have liecn waiting
tho action of the trunk lines. Tli
ported the dlffcrcncts between the t idling
lines would ho adjusted by today, hut a
that failed, they have agreed upon i‘
lowing rates to go into ellV-t m-xt M<
provided the trunk lines have not liy that
time restored the rates. If them hues
harmonize by Monday, then the enmtuit!
will maintain the same differential rates
Atlanta. Macon. Augn-ia. Koine, Ath'-i
etc., as heretofore. Rates go into diet:
Monday.
Rates from New York. Boston nnd I’li
adelphia to Augusta. Atlanta. Itieiie, M
con, Athens. Dahon.Gain-sviife Elliertsn
Washington. Milf-Op-Ville and Colnmhh
lie made as follows, ink ng effect Monday
March 21th, 11*1:
1.50, 2-45,3-10,4-35.6-30.0 25 A lt, It 22,
C-17. D-17, K-25, F-31.0.75.11-30.
Rates to Montgomery. 8*dma and hint
tanooga to he named by general commis
sioner.
The above rates to remain in fo-eo until
Chattanooga, Birmingham. Hel-n-i nn.l
Montgomery anil Nashville rates are main
tained on basis of at least 85 cents first
class for Chattanooga. Rates from Balti
more to lie less than New York, etc., on
first three classes five cents; all other
classes two cents.
Rates from Richmond. Norfolk and
group lobe less than Baltimore—five
cents on first three classes and three
cents on all other classes.
IUtes from Charleston, Savannah und
group to be less than Richmond on tint
three classes five (5) cenU; all other class
> three (3) cents.
When rates to Chattanooga and other
pointa mentioned are made and main
tained on baaia of at leaat eighty-five cenU
tor tint class, the general commissioner
is hereby authorized to enforce at once
rates to Augusta, AUanU and other asso
ciation iKilnts on the basU fixed
for Kastem rate« nt the twenty-third
cession of rate committee and on Western
rates on baaia fixed at twenty-second ses
sion of rate committee, with inch amend
ments as may hate been agreed upon b]
the rate committee since the adoption of
the basil of twenty-second andtwenty-thlrd
session*.
The general commissioner la requested
to call n meeting of the rate committee at
the earliest practicable day after restora
tion of Chattanooga rate* U an accom
plished fact. Rates from Die Western
points to Atlanta, AugusU, etc., lo be ad
justed on the usual basis.
Commissioner Powers to-day issued a
call for a meeting of the exeentire com
mittee in New York, March 27th, to eon-
aider the existing demoralization of rates
and question of dividing buaineaa of all
competitive, non-pooled points, and to
consider several questions referred from
the rale committee.
Commissioner Powers also issued a call
to-day for another meeting of the rate
committee in New York March 27, imme
diately upon adjournment of theexeentiva
committee to consider rates and t bust-1
ficationsbetweenall points.
a VAVORAELE EEPOST.
Treasurer 8j>eer his retnrer! ?■ - --n the 1
railroad meeting in Spartanburg, ami re-1
peril favorably of Georgia's interest in The Want of a I
the Hparianlmrg and Asheville railroad. | Which, while acting
A t aeriirKt, HtronmaC, Cheapest c
Wo*» Unaltbru! Lf.-ond Piwunratl
-1../1 , Mil.I. W" II 1. GlIUClItE.
MNeitiO^Men
OBBHHOl
WIiom deSjUWy. «3Th»n«ted
powrr., juc,—U\.i «i t:.T
*ua fttl.ur* t<* iKr.' jm r.u'«
dlltlr* jm"' r jr r t » c . 1/
■ > • .
viii u l a j r.vrti .ai »
. . fnn vItjsv***ftim it :»cLn<»d in
zr ic.'rrq., ’■
Vrrnui Debility a i
Dwnj Uwlfomlf
vnewrofalTbM**se b-.d on
feet* end dlrrrt lort anti ab»olnt" IMr*
ihnrMs I’til |&4 Trail— fra
^■-c.-j t'onsr?t In* I bjwte'an of
r,rMcrrco..<nv.F»?i?». sr-wTHL
torpid eowct.0.
OIOO.ROEREO LIV£H.
_ ,P n <i MALARIA.
■W® •QttfeeB im*o uirce-martbeof
j-T a; *|'uzh*a «f titt» Luiuan Th«w»
/upu»ut« uiUiottio Uiv.r exigence. Lmiof
r-V*#tUr, 1*U»« 1« rviint, Nick Ilccd-
lofif. niter ttiliitK, i»v«r»loHtc
extrdim Of bt*,| y a, mini!, J^ncUtloe
IrrltMOlIity uf temper, Lon
spirit*. 4 frtllnM oi l-.nrlMR nrgleetcd
J117, lM&tUtes', * I title r int; nt Iks
baiero tl»e eyes. hlrUly co<*
ored |ri m, lOXMTIPATlOJVr tad de
•mwrt tbo t*o of A remedy unit acts rilif ctlr
TH.lhnUvcr. AsitLlrurineUleln* TUTT’S
ILLUhfireno u-iunL „ Their t-Jtlon on the
hlilnoysEvdhiiif iau!*') prompt; reraovlit*
til imparities through tocao three •• scmt-
!*!?**!!!• °f preduoin* ■pi**
1 lu,*oand diffosuon, regular ntoohsati«-tr
»klnand kYlgoroaa body. TUTT*ff FILLS
2SSU? nan r u or griping nor Interiors
with tin 11/ work laid are u perfect
antidote to malaria.
iin rrnr-s LIKE a nw siait.
,, I osvo hat Dyspepsia, wltii Constipa
tion,two years,anil have tried ten different
•rinds of puls, amt Tt-TVS are tho first
that hay. dona too any good. They have
cleaned mo out nicely, llr appetite iJ
splendid, food 01eur? 1 readily, r/M*- A hov
Unra natural pa— ages. I r.. -'•/«* .
cm." W.J). kSwaBD*. l'alu.,.. -
t^UETeryelisn-.aSe. Office,tlMurray8t.>...
T-J1T8 ¥,m SV;-.
Coat llA:n .,11 Winnraa changed l—
.iiitly to a (jlossy Black by a atnyle r *
idkatloTt of this 1»th. boM by Dnu&Lu.
or sent try cxpress oh n*ccipt of 51. ° “
O.Tlco, 44 Murray Street, New York.
J87T'8 MANUAL fit USEFUL i,‘-.:iFT3 fiU'
Hitters
! ter 1
Ineyn, neither"
wit long lines
Stomach Bitte
leris the read!
Tiuta
lotting the average price oi the calves j prospect is that the fair will be the j
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cing Irritation, hr
iter adopted for tb
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