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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FKIDAY, MARCH 28, 1884. ThE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Tally and Weekly. TheTelegraph and Messenger Is publish' ed evcijMUj except Monday, and weekly cv- "K e Daily Is delivered by carriers in the city or nr"-'—— ' perxnon month? or *10 a year. the Weekly la mailed to subscribers, pos tage free, r4 $1.50a vear and75c. for six months. To clnbs of five $1.25 per year, and to clubs of ten $1 per year, and an extra copy to getter up of club of five or ten. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Daily at $1 per square of ten lines, or less, ior the first Insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion; and for the Weekly at $1 per square for each insertion. Liberal rates and discussions of living topics, is solicited, but must be brief and written upon but one aide of the paper to have attention. Remittances should be made by Express, Money Order or Registered Letter. Agents wanted in every community in the BUte, to whom liberal commissions *111 be paid. (Postmasters are especially requested to write for terms. All communications should be addressed to 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 t-y-wi ggggL . ", Y U:: -a:**. cing Irritation, hr iter adopted for tb Nlintel