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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1884.
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cornin' and er gwine.” At short range
it is undoubtedly, by far, the most fear
ful implement of warfare in existence.
But this weapon’s usefulness was
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turesome shotes as the warriors
ed.
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H. C. HANSON, Manger,
Macon. Georgia.
A Jamaica steamer says its captain and
crew passed through a school of sharks
forty square miles in extent on its last
voyage.^*All Wall Street seems to be on a
summer jaunt
Republicans are pained at the fact that
nil the indications point to harmonious
action at the coming Democratic conven
tion. In all the States we have yet to hear
of a single contesting delegation.
There is no doubt of the fact that Mass
achusetts was largely responsible for the
existence of slavery in the 8outh, but that
will not be an issue in the coming cam
paign. It is hardly worth the while to
waste ammunition on side issues when
ammunition is in demand for direct is
sues.
Southern nnd Northern Flavor. I can through malice, ignorance or cor-
In the New York Times of late date ruption destroy the value of all of our
is found the following: railroad property, so far as the owners
There 1. a distinctively Southern Savor in of the railroads are concerned, and
the story thst comes from a Pennsylvanian there is no power to check or restrain
village of a murder employed as a means of | them,
lettlln* “a financial qu.rreL” The victim ^y e think it grossly unjnst to anv I marched. President Davis, Secretary
me w‘i“.mert men rod”'*tb°i “then of Georgia, for the State thus to of War Walker and Secretary of State
murderer, "a member of a family formerly I imperil his property. The cry of ex- Toombs held an inquest upon it, and
very wealthy but now in reduced clrcum-1 tortion, of discrimination, of monopoly decided unanimously that its use would
stance*. Let us hope that the parallel will not Qr oppregB i on Joes not justify the adop- be in violation of the laws of nations
Tirfu'.em InMct^the* ■urvUor^ind’that tion of measures so extreme that the W ith it war would tor simply murder
-universal sympathy" will not he (elt for the court, cannot be trusted to test the I.very man of the defeated army would
murderer. ThU would be the second chapter remedies applied for the correction of be killed or captured. It was not the
of the southern murder, mid it it bcc.uic it I , bege ev ;[« cven wbcn their existence policy of the Confederacy to kill all of
would he th»t murder, of thl, kind arose . their Northern cotton consumers. Be
much commoner in North Carolina than I 10 proven- I . . ,, .
in Pennsylvania, since the acquittal of I Any law based upon the doctrine sides, contending armies would he
Duke., however, Pennsylvania Justice has n I that the owners of any one class of brought so close together in battle as to
good name to regain. I pr0 p er ty can be deprived of the right of swap epidemics and increase the modi
The Times goes out of its way to as-1 appca j t0 the courts for its protection cal difficulties,
sault the South. It will be observeJ ; 3 both unwise and unjnst. So long as This was a severe blow to the invent-
that while there is a condemnatory I t(j . g r jght is accorded one citizen, in I or, and one from which his inventive
tone adopted in commenting upon the defense .of one species of property, it genius never reacted. He turned his
Pennsylvania affair, the venom of the I mug j be accorded to all, and attention to politics, and suffered the
Timet is in reality expended, upon j a p pbe d pj property of every class, or fight to proceed with smoothbore mus-
Xorth Carolina and Southern civiliza- else g 0Teramen t becomes an engine of kets.
tion. One would think that the Trnes oppreggion> and taW( ^tead of pro- 6ti..
could find in the metropolis plenty of I feting, enslaves, and confiscates GitApn has it that only the time neces-
texts upon which to unload its right- | ^ proper ty of the people. sary to secure a brace of them delays
eous indignation. Indeed, in the Her* I humblest citizen can invoke the [ the impending challenge. The Sena-
ald of even date with the edition ol!the 4 protection, of the State in support of his tor from Kansas will be obliged to
Times from which the above is taken, j ^g^ts of person and property, in all face the Senator from Georgia on the
we find the following: things, except investments in railroads, field of battle, and with the Brown
o,V?u"£ ..LumT^CeTh There should he no exception to the pike. Few inventors live to demon
.entence of Policeman Conroy l. s fresh liius* 1 rule, no discrimination against this strata in actual battle the superior
tration of that our criminal law reema to have property. There can be none either in qualities of their productions. Colonel
been intended for the benefit of criminals goun( j policy or good morals, and we I Bowie is the only notable Instance we
do not believe the Constitution will I can recall. Butthe luck of Mr. Brown
Tn* Independent movement in Florida
Jeopards Democratic eucceia in tbatquar
ter. The South will not continue to be
solid without earnest effort and unity of
action on the part of the Democratic
masses. In looking alter doubtful States,
North and East, it will not do to lose sight
of unfavorable indications nearer home.
Wa have deliberately resolved to vote
against Blaine, since learning that he en
couraged watermelon-stealing when a boy.
v will never do to establish the precedent
1 electing a man ol such antecedents as
ihat It would break up melon-growing
sod bankrupt all the Sunday-echoole in the
country. If the country be wlee, it will
.iced this warning.
crime was one ol the most wanton and brutal I not believe the Constitution will can
murders committed of late years. His convlc* meet this view of the case and is proverbial.
tion and sentence were hailed by the commu-1 deny the correctness of our position in The inevitable result tails for emotion
nlty as a wholesome administration of Justice. re ( erence to its application to railroad | There can be but one ending. Some fine
the’p'rocredlngs. The prisoner'areo'rXgl? property in Georgia, or the danger that morning the sun will rise up and see
gets a new trial, with the odds on his side of arises from the loose ideas of a people in the neighborhood of Spa Springs,
escaping with a light penalty. Not more than who will sanction the enforcement of Bladensb jrg, two venerable Americans,
one In a down of those who commit murder such j aw wildly swinging in a circle, at the end
when* one u found'guuty'by‘the TuJy bm I The law nndcr which the Railroad of two pikes, while tlieir esteemed
chances arc that the verdict will be annulled I Commission exists not only permits, seconds stand waiting in suspense for
by a higher court on some legal technicality. | but under its present execution en* something to give way. Mr. Ingalls'
And yet hnrdly a session ol .the Legislature I f oreeg upon the owners of our railroad j uike will bo fouled in Mr. Brown’s
more'ax In°favor ofmllidcrcra" ' ”* m *‘ ° property, the wrong nnd injustice of watch guard, and Mr. Brown’s will be
The city press in addition to this helplessness in the first place and hooked in the hip pocket of Ingalls’
furnishes daily record of crimes un- °* confiscation in the second, imminent deadly breeches. Bat there
known in the South. The .World in involves control without responsi- will bo.no salvation for Mr. Ingalls when
one edition recently reported seven | Witty, power without accountability, once in the hands of a man who, after a
police court cases in which as many I We are seeking to have the errors un-1 generation of delay, has found an oppor-
husbands were
Tne “balloon" campaign of the Fenians
against England Is gaseous and ridiculous.
If there were any serious purpose to tend
balloons loaded with dynamite bombs over
England, it would be diabolical. It would
be assassination and incendiarism, not de
cent warfare. The Irish cause gains noth
ing in the estimation of honorable people
by snch brutal vaporiugs.
Tun Atlanta girls need not doubt that
they wifi always have the assistance ol the
TiLxaum axd Mzssinqu in defend-
dug them against the graceless, con
scienceless charges of Atlanta correspon
dents of 'S'orthem and Western papers.
TheTxucxArtt axd Miser.tr, ex lores all
the fair, sweet Georgia girls, and Its re
sources—offensive and defensive, are at
tlieir service.
A Dangerous Move on West Virginias
Mr. Blaine Is interested with promi
nent Democrats and others in large
business enterprises in West Virginia.
It is consequently likely that when he
takes the stump he will make a strong
effort to secure the electoral vote of
that State. The movement may he
characterized as dangerous. In the
volume ot'liis hook already published,
Mr. Blaine treats of HA debt of Vir
ginia in connection with the dismem
berment of that Stabejby military force
He deals with the creation of the now
State, as far as the general government
was concerned, os “a war measure, 1
justified by military necessity. The
government deprived Virginia of a por
tion of her territory, and to this extent
deprived her of her power to pay her
debts. In view of this fact, Mr. Blaine
argues that it would not be inequitable
for the government to assume the pay
ment of a portion of the debt; and, as
additional reason for such action, he
citeB the historical fact that Vir
ginia ceded to the general government
the whole “northwest territory.” More
than a hundred million of dollars have
been paid Into the United States treas
ury from tho sale of lands which Vir-
giua voluntarily gave away.
The debt question enabled Mahone
to rise to power in Virginia and has
given the people of that State vexation
and trouble beyond computation.
Is still an open question with West
Virginia, a comparatively young State,
and the suggestion of Mr. Blaine, to
throw the burden upon the general
government, will not fail to catch ad
herents.
If it be true, as alleged, that many
Virginians Bhouted for Daniel and voted
for Cameron, in order to settle a trouble
some question, it is not difficult to un
derstand how West Virginia would
hail the proposition of Mr. Blaine, to
pay her debt fr jm the general treasury.
Human nature is scarcely strong enough
to resist an offer to have a troublesome
financial obligation forever settled.
Mr. Blaine’s movement is plausible,
strong and dangerous. We would all
like to have somebody else pay our
debts for us.
Our State University
Should bo a pride to every Georgian.
Every citizen has watched its course
for many years back and has hailed
with pleasure every Indication, nomat
ter how slight, I that it was becoming a
university in something beyond the
mere name. But every citizen will nat
urally feel discouraged to find in tho
present annual report this paragraph:
The board discovered the lack of attention
to minor matter!, luch aa spelling, penman
ship and grammar, and In consequence the
hoard could not accord is htgh a general aver-
OSF
The Patriotic Side of'
Policy. c ' we
American.
M ’ Th i' r * liked to
seethe big chimneys smoking on the soil
ol his own country, as well as on those of
iU rivals. It is quite true that there j!
Americans who rather prefer anythlns
that comes from abroad, and esoeciali.
whatever is "ao English, you know " itf,
the dude is not the representstive Amcw
can as vet, and we believe it will S
before he will be. The average Amiri? 11 *
feels an boneat pride and slftotetfo-fiS
seeing hi. county makingTSS to
every direction. He is proud of her man
ufaclures, and means that they shall Sirs
snnnlilfi pnmnssna«..i
•go In scholarship as they would have liked every reasonable encouragement, even
to do. This defect the, considered dec to the °L*
up for beating their I der which these dangerous conditions tunity to meet a foe and demonstrate a
wives, while the brutality of the police, liaTC arisen corrected. Wedo not seek design.lt will be a short, sharp, bloody
the demoralization of females and the or advise the repeal of the law or the campaign for vindication. Before the
lawlessness of the common people are commission. We desire its amendment Kansas Senator’s farewell “Now I lay
things the eager reporters will not 80 th *t the question of earnings and of me down to sleep” can benttered,
allow the public to forget. rates shall not he the subject skillfully twisting the handle of his
A little Southern civilization and a of assumption by the commission weapon, the inventor will have made a
resort to the so-called Southern method but of proof before the courts. We tourniquet of the Kansas waistband,
of settling financial disputes would a l>all maintain at all times and under and the proud Western orator will re-
perhaps ho beneficial in New York 1111 circumstances that any law that semble an hour-glass caught in a cy-
city. There would he fewer “gigantic | cannot stand the scrutiny of the courts clone.
swindlers” walking Wall street, and I “* 9 the result of errors, ignorance and L And descending from the shelter of
fewer national “decoys” left on hand Passion,” and will labor for its amend- j a neighboring scrub oak, Senator Hoar
to be pensioned by Congress and to ment, and if need be, repeal. on tho one side will say unto Senator
claim the “universal sympathy" of a We wil1 never consent without pro- Hampton on the other, verily it wifi be
very patient people. 1 tost to any statute that in its enforce-1 an ‘ ‘Alaska” day when Brown'gets left,
ment carries the confession of its in- Clp . rlm .„» with Dynamite.
The R.„n of ,h. boss... j justice in an exemption from jnd.cial | Consi(lerablc cxcitemcnt hag rcccnt .
Tennessee had a tilt over the tariff,
and did not do so bad alter all. The Mem
phis Avalanche says: “The fact thst hi a
Democratic convention comprising 1529
delegates 533 voted for ths Ohio platform
yesterday shows the rapid growth of pro
tection in the South. Within a year, or
perhaps two, the free trade faction will
form a small minority In the Democratic
party tn Tennessee."
w I a* i ... # i vuusiiu.ruuiu vxvibcuium uuo reivui*
A recent communication upon this f th ®. ^ ly been developed in naval circles over
subject in our columns has awakened “ ® > i s au on y. sundry guns constructed to throw shells
much interest in and comment upon an This is the line of our oppostion to aro ^ with d lte lnstcaJ
evil that affects our own, in common ‘to l«r continuing the railroad Com- Tll0eX p e / ment8W0re flrit
with almost every community in the “lesion, and we shall maintain conducted with shells ebargod only
State. against all comers. It fs laid down anJ H obtainc 5
The abnormal condition of political *« th « ln 0 ( r “ ation ol nei « h : were as follow.: The gun, whore dls-
affairs, resulting from the war, hu I bora, the Consl.futem especially, andK,^ potjer wai compre sscd air
given to small and designing men op- for th « balance of mankind ^ I gu jj e nly liberated, cast the shell with
portunitiesfor aggrandizement,of which I general. A\e are opposed fair accuracv about a milei tbe
they have not been slow to avail them-j to the _ abnormal ( powers I fl . ght q| ^ aheU regembllng
selves. The formation of rings, cliques | °lthe Commission, and the eloslng of ^ flight of a similar
and combinations has put in the handa ‘ h ® ecu* against tho owners of ou r I projects thrown from a morUr. Ex-
Foixowixo np the IW6unc’s Idea ol rep
resenting Citizen George Washington as a
“tattooed man," a Blaine man has discov
ered that the fiddle of that eminent gentle
man to still in eight end In good repair.
We don’t believe that the “Father of his
country" was either e tattooed manor a
fiddler; but his having been both would
add nothing to the qualifications of the
Mulligan Man for the Preeldency.
unworthy ones, the political powerand “ or < a ' or the P°* crs °* u,e U)m ; with Bhells loaded with dynamite, and
machinery of counties, municipalities mtorion as at present constituted, and successfully. Accuracy and well-
ia itopposed to opening the courts for > . nbtm ? nwI .
and tho SUte. Tho evil is great, and to itopposed to opening the court. lor ^ c Ioglonl! we „ obtaine<1 .
it grows upon what it feeds. | “>e purpose of reviewing the action. [ Tbe fir i t obiection ureed affa i n
to require argument. The remedy is 1 an ^ “ r ® rca< iy to go to the people of |
plain and simple. Every citizen owes | Georgia with it.
the duty to the community in which he ~~~~
lives to use his best efforts in behalf of Brown’s Golden Opportunity.
Tax House of Representatives told their
sergesut-st-arms to put Hatlet Kilbourue
in durance. John did It. The Supreme
Court decided that John bad no right to
do It, and an inferior judicature aaae
the damages at $20,000. Tbe government
will pay It and It may keep Kilbourue out
of the penitentiary a little while. Let us
hop* that tbto la ths last we shall hear of
Iongee, who baa been far more ornamental
than useful to the Democratic party.
To dsxt property the protection of the
courts la a great outrage—amounting to
outlawry; and that to just what the Rail
road Commlsalon law of Georgia doea. It
would be bad enough if the railroads were
allowed to appeal from the Star Chamber
decisions, at their own expense, In order
to protect the mangled remains ol their
profits; but that privilege la denied them,
in consideration of the fact, we suppose,
that what to taken oof of the profits of rail
road business remains In the pockets of the
people. A tow to compel merchants to sell
goods at half price would accomplish the
same purpose, and thousands of people
would indorse ft The popular tendencies
are bad.
Oca Congressman, Mr. Blount, has not
been in Congress long enough to satisfy
bis own mind, that he does not rota away
his own, rather than the money of the
people. On a motion to Increaee the Item
lor the lest mail aemet, a proposition en
tirely in behalf of the people, he voted
agalnet the people, end carried Hammond,
Clemente and Crisp along with him. We
are pleased to note that Messrs. Harde
man, Turner, Reese and Mcholto voted
the other way. This Indication of open
rebellion against the assumed leadership
of a very small man, will give great pleas
ure to the constituents of these gen
tlemen, end the public at large.
Tbe elder colored brother cannot be
President of the railed Statee. The New
York Journal of Commeret, In a reply to
correspondent, settles the point In this
way: “We mean exactly what we said,
that ‘any natural boro citizen of the Baited
litotes, 13 year* of age, who has lived
yean In this country, white or black,
Catholic. Protestant or Jew, may be elected
President.” We added that this has been
tbe rule from the formation of the govern
ment to tbe peasant time. The negro, if
natural boro citizen (cad many were
bon), has always been eligible to the
Presidency. If boro a slave, lie I* not le
gally, a natural boro citizen, and therefore
is not digit!* and cannot be made so with
out a change In tbe conaUtutloo."
a few men, and in many instances railroads. Docs the Conifilulion ques- perlmentg were on Mon d ay i aa t ma) le
iworthv ones, tho nolitical nowerand tl° n or favor the powers of the Com- ... _i,i, *„.i
• i . r The first objection urged against the
The necessity for reform is too great °* the Commission. This to the Issue F bag never been overcome. The
greatest distance yet obtained to little
less than a mile. Such a gun would
avail as nothing against the guns now
in use. An enemy’s fleet would
wise, clean and good government, and I Tho Courier-Journal graphically do- j* eflective, far beyond the range of a
no society can be good or government scribes the alarm in the Senate and the j ort defended with the air guns. But
pure that to not controlled by the boat preparations for real war which followed | g ana ther objection now devel-
sentiment of the people. Tho time is tho wordy battle betweon Ingalls, of oped w ),ich seems equally fatal. Tho
propitious for a change in Georgia, and I Kansas, and Brown, of Georgia. It to destructive force of a dynamite explo-
there Is no good reason why Bibb rumored that several offers were made g i on [ g fa ] eu than supposed. It to
county should not be the pioneer in the to the Georgian by Southern associates evident from the following account of
movement. 1 to arrange preliminaries and place him government experiments recently made
Soon we shall have to select Repre-1 in position to perforate the Cassius of a ear Annapolis, that tho mere casting
sentativea for our State Legislature. It the Senate with leaden pellets; but a board ship a dynamite shell would
is the general opinion of observing per-1 with a quiet smilo he refused them all. amount to nothing, unlesa it hod veloc-
sons, that our Legislature to fast de- “I have been insulted, outraged, but I j ty sufficient to give it penetration,
tcriorating, In strength and integrity, can do nothing,” said Mr. Brown, ii I (pedal to the Herald says:
Let ns endeavor to infuse new life and I correctly reported. “During my life I Tho t»ri*t consisted ol nint one Inch
blood Into our body politic,and to do this I have been a minister, judge, war gov- wrousht lion pUtci, bolted to each other, and
we must commence at the bottom, ernor Republican, Democrot.'.roilroml ££
Let every citizen resolve to take part president and Senator, but never a I rte4 such a wey as to represent a ponton
in political primaries, and then carry soldier. The fact is, I can’t shoot of a broadside of an Iron-clad. Tbe plates and
the resolutions Into effect. Let us worth a continental.” With this he the whole structure, especially the boltlnt,
have our best men in all public posl- settled back apparently resigned. I torat^much weaker tarset than tbe side of
tions, and make character and energy It to evident that the Senate and the I chtr(tI wm detonate u )n Mtual
the test for political promotion. | Northern public have much to learn of tact with the lece ol the plates. Charges of
Georgia's Mr. Brown. In the calm I five pounds and ten pounds produced no
Tho Railroad Commission. [ stroke of his hand upon his patriarchal f***'; A'wcmj’ pooo*'barge produced an
1 1 Indentation about six inches tn diameter and
t . , . . , , . I, , i t 2 .1 I iUUCUlAllOH fiUUUl HI IUt'Ul'1 IU filllUClfil
We do not desire to be miaunder- beard there was less of differing than one ^ mh of an lnch deep . Aflcr a
stood with reference to onr position of calculation. Anticipation, not em- pound charge the Indentation was three-
touching the Railroad Commlsalon. barrassment was expressed in the quarters of an Inch deep overan eras two feet
Neither do we intend to misstate washing motion to which he constantly **•"**•/> “ d b,ok * n “ 4
that of any of our contemporaries, or subjected hto hands. In the calm Sena- °,™ r * a l‘„ny soother bolt woe
ol any of the advocates of the present torial submission to the injury inflicted broken and tbe indent deepened to on# and a
law. The issue is plain and simple, there was craft and resignation. Mr. half Inches; the outer plate sprung out two
and we are persuaded that tew, if any, Brown bad, in fact, atready planned *‘‘ h ‘ “»« ^ng unto-
of the geople of Georgia will controvert hto revenge. Lulled by the friendly * he ind^t wuta^'lnchesd^p
the principles upon which onr oppoai- congratulations upon his temporary land two and a hall feet In diameter. All tbe
tion to this law to baaed. Whether trinmpb, Mr. Ingalls walks above a plates wire sprung at the edges. One of the
hidden mine. His mangled remains ““her* ol the tacking was somewhat splln-
will-ere long be pictorUlly exhibited £
in the various illustrated journal* of u>ree feet In diameter; the out" “££ wm
the republic. I cracked In the vicinity of the Indent; nil tbe
It will be remembered that when t»!t» were badly strsfned. but foar were still
„ „<r, unbroken. Tbe ilructure, alterpounds of
Mr. Brown was enumerating the offi I dynamite had been exploded against It, to
ccs And positions in which he had la* I charges as euumerstod, was practically pain*
bored there was no mention of the fact lured. A modem six Inch breech loading
that he had once been an inventor. "ooto have pierced this urges through
The announcement would have placed | al ,,Wu • _
Mr. Ingalls upon bis guard. Brown
railroad bnilding has been promoted or
retarded by the existence of the com
mission, and its extraordinary powers
is at last Irat a question involving the
policy of snch a law. We would not
underrate the Importance of good
policy as this applies to all public
questions. There are, however, con
siderations of right involved in this
question thst should not, cannot, be
disregarded with safety.
We have created this commission
and vested it with supreme power to
make and enforce rates that determine
tbe earnings of onr railroads. From
its edicts there is no appeal. The rail
road* of Georgia, which have cost at
least sixty millions of dollars, are
placed at the mercy of this commission,
Against this vast property tbe State
has closed her courts, and in the pres
ence of bankruptcy, now or hereafter,
this triumvirate, responsible to nobody,
, _ _ * Tux late State conventions hav* been to
has been an Inventor. Twenty-five eonluitogand tmjmufactory. that the TU-
yeareagohe invented the celebrated U n b^* u ^ miuarfagrin. If th*
Brown pike,now so highly esteemed in | party has made up Its mind to defeat
the museums, and there are men liv- again, it might just as well b* defeated
ing in Georgia who bore them to the | with him aa anybody else,
music of the drum. This weapon con- *
slats of a hook and meat axe of Gothic TxLxmuru *xn Mnszsara
. seek to win tbe admiration of all
architectural design, crossed upon a .. Woeuntoyoa whtn all men speak well
spear head and naHed to a po e. It 1 « J™ ’1*“
. ., „ _ , , , .of you.” It is willing to rest its claims to
was invented in Mr. Brown’* happiest public rested on tbe trend wbkhlt mate
moments and intended in the hoar of in dteiWrSt'irf^eanmetWt, to all the
conflict with the enemy to “catch nm' departments of civil and political 111*.
The Solce of an Arkansas Courtship,
From the earliest church days it has
been the delight of the village swain to
accompany his lassie home after the
divine service. There is something in
this single act that has always ren
dered it popular, and we have been to
considerable pains to unravel the mys
tery. Information derived from
young person who knows, leads to the
belief that in courtship there are oppor
tunities and opportunities, which,
whllo alike in some respects, yet differ
in glory. For Instance, there aro five
nights of the working days, any one of
which to perhaps as desirable as an
other, a shade of preference, however,
being expressed for the days nearest
the approaching Sabbath. Then
there to next in order the Sunday night
call, famedinsong as the great "spark
ing” occasion, and indeed, for persons
meaning business, Sunday night 1s
desirable one. But the walk home
from church is undoubtedly the prime
choice of all.
In the Sunday walk homeward there
are all the elements of pleasure and
variety. The swain to seen in hto best
attire, clean shaved and hto boutonniere
unwilted. Hto “choice” to as
matter of coarse arrayed In her best
and the two are on dress parade before
the community. Whatever honor
there is in tho position he occupies the
swain enjoys to his utmost. And In
deed tho (octal recognition, tho in
dorsement of a pretty and popular girl
in a Sunday walk, ia no small affair.
It is seldom, however, that this hosor
is so fiercely sought as to lead to
bloodshed, as recently in an Arkansas
village. Tho two young men who fig
ured in it were bent upon "seeing
home” the preacher’s daughter
and took their seats in
the audience, each determined to
secure tbe prize at any risk. Suddenly
one was seen to rise, and crossing the
aisle, calmly sett himsell in the
preacher’s family pew. This of coarse
meant defeat for the other unless he
could prevent a walking engagement
being organized before service* were
ended. Hewaaayonng man of de-
ctoion, and acted at once. He calm ly
drew bis revolver and sighting over
the left ear of a bald headed elder who
was propping hto right up with hto
open hand to catch the words of wis
dom that were being uttered by the
father of the preacher’s daughter,
pulled the trigger. As a matter of course
there was an explosion; the Arkansas
pistol never hangs fire. The effect was
electrical, especially as concerns the
young man in the preacher’s pew, who
was scribbling hto application on the
fly leaf of a hymn book. He hurriedly
got down behind the seat and arranging
hto battery, thundered back a reply.
In the meantime the deaf elder had
led moat of the congregation ont into
the grove, and the preacher was hang
ing oat the window by hto hands, try
ing to decide whether it were better to
climb back or to take hto chances
amongst a'half dozen vicious males that
he bad neglected nntil thelaatmoment to
observe were tied directly under him,
Those of the audience who remained
disarmed the young men, and it was
agreed that they should fight it out
with fists in the woods. In the mean
time service* were suspended. This
wise arrangement, however, was de
feated. It was not known that the
young man in the preacher’s pew was
the favorite. Nor was it known that
the preacher’s danghter had stuck a
derringer In hto boot leg when bidding
him gool bye. ThU was developed
later, when the other young man wa*
brought in from the “ring,” shot
through the lungs.
There to undoubtedly an unusual
amount of pleasure in the Sunday
walks homeward. But the spice of the
Arkancai courtship to wanting.
crowded labors of the professor*.
This to but a reproduction of what has
been given forth for many years, and it
to hat a matter of justice to the faculty
of the university to say that the same
thing may be justly charged up to oth
er institutions of high grado in this
country. But a year or two since it
was found that the graduates of West
Foint could not read, write or spell the
English language correctly, notwith
standing the fact that these prerequi
sites aro made mandatory for admis
sion. The proposition of the hoard of
examiners to increase the faculty
will not in our judgment, remedy the
evil. A professor of spelling has no
more business in a university than a
young man who is not well grounded in
the fundamental exercises of hto moth
er tongue.
The fault lies in a different direction.
It must be laid at tho door of our public
school system. No such report was
made in regard to the University when
boys were sent there preapared at pri
vate schools. There is something lack
ing in a system that neglects or ignores
the foundation of an English education.
Every boy may not be expected to ppcll
like a lexicographer and write like a
Macaaley, but they may bo fairly pro
ficient in both. The old masters, with
a hickory wyth in one hand and a bine-
back spelling hook in the other, if they
found difficulty in producing such a re
sult generally succeeded in the end.
If under our present system boys
cannot he educated in English np to
tho common and accepted standard
we shall be forced to adopt the pho
netic principle, though it may seem a
trifle awkward to have a graduate who
can shoulder and trip a Greek verb,
spell horse “hoss.” Beyond this we
are entirely pleased with the brief syn
opsis of the report of tho board of vis
itors which has reached us.
If the original document shall not,
like its predecessors, be marred by fre
quent and. untimely references to “onr
noble Christian Governor,” then there
will be just cause for further congratu
lation.
dollar directly itaked on their success w!
mean to make this country as cornr,l»i«
any in the world, and to Vtand b”. 1 ^
who Is trying to make more of it than hu
been done yet. There are people who
sociate sentiment from all !uch qUM?i n „.
and refuse to think of them on any
but those of personal profit. But the tvni
cal American is not of that sort; i7, P ;
patriotic, and bis patriotism has an indui
trial aide. As he walked through the
collection! ol the Centennial Exhibition^if.
felt aa did Mr. Howell., the Arnett
eagle crowing in bis breast, and eaneclln.
in Machinery Hall. The nation"®&
are building up on this continent Is first 2
all an Industrial life. We are a plo D ?e o
workers, not of idlers, and our politics a?,
largely Industrial, even in quarten J
which the interest ia theoretical and Ind'h
Nellie went to see Oscar Wilde’a wedding
and was immensely amused, at arriving at
thechurch (8t. James’s Sussex Gardens)
to find that the bridegroom had given or'
dert that none should be admitted unless
they had bis card. Of course, It was q\5S
right that a certain portion of the church
should beset si—* — —*"
should be set apart at weddings for the
friends of the bndo and bridegroom - bat
for a man to issue hie commands as to
who shall and who shall not be admitted
to n public place ol worship Is a little too
ridiculous. Nellie got in, however, not*
withstanding her being unprovided with
Mr. Oscar Wilde’s visiting card. She says
tbe brido's dress was pretty, chiefly on ac
count of Its perfect simplicity. Her veil
was peculiar, being of gauxe or open-
meshed spun silk, or something unusual*
The bridesmaids' harmonics to terry-cotta
and primrose were spoiled by white hats
and feathers. Nellie say! it was the fun
niest thing in the world to see the con
tracting parties and the best man posing
in studied altitudes during the ceremony"
Fancy a man being married with his head
on one side, like a "tired" lily, hit handon
ills hip, and his legi disposed according to
a preconcerted arrangement. The bridee-
ntaids carried lovely liliea. La-tv Wilde
"snatched” her new daughter to her heart
with some effusion, and the bridegroom
kissed the bride with much calmth and
coolth in the presence of a somewhat lim
ited congregation.
Ceorgla Polities.
We published in our issue of yester
day a significant article under the above
heading, from the Savannah Times. It
to proper to seize the opportunity to
say that this journal to in no way re
sponsible for tho inauguration of the
movement referred to. Notice had
been given of the growingboom of Mr.
Estlll as a gubernatorial candidate in
the southeastern and western portions
of tho Slate. This fact coaid not have
escaped.’the readers of Georgia journals.
The movement seems to grow, and
from the earnestness of expression in
various quarters, oar judgment to that
Mr. Estill, at present, has a support
and following far more sincere and re
liable than has attachod to any of tho
Presidential booms that have lately
blossomed and faded in public.
In this connection it may not ho unap
propriate to say, that wo are in no way
responsible for the animus which has
been charged up to parties interested in
the conduct of this journal.
Correspondents bavo done them
selves and others manifold injustice in
ascribing other motives to Uio conduct
of this paper titan those very frankly
given to tho public from time to tlmo.
The TiutoRAl-ii and Mxubknuer never
fights individuals or combinations from
behind entrenchments. It has no pur
poses and principles that are not (ally
shared by its readers and patrons.
An lea Water Fountain,
Baltimore Sua.
The Ice water fountain which - Dr. Cogs
well, of San Franclaco, has donated to the
city of Washington la now being put up at
tbe corner of Seventh street and Pennsyl
vania avenue. The fountain will be
placed in a pavilion unmounted by a
bronze stork, whose bead will be twenty
feet above the ground. The fountain wul
be in a granite shaft supported by two
bronze dolphins. Tho special novelty of
tho fountain is that two feet below the
earth there la a reservoir of stone several
feet aquare, in which the water pipes are
colled. This ia to be kept full of Ice by the
authorities, and it to claimed that when
once filled It need not be refilled for a week
and that the water will be kept cool daring
the hottest season for that time. Tin-
fountain will coat abaot tfijtQpi An In
scription on the shaft will reed. "Prevat-
rd by Dr. Henry D. OogxwaD. of tat
Franclaco, Cal.” It ia thought that water
Trill hi flowing frnsn the Minlsln nail Ann
day.
Cur* of Aathma and Spinal Weakness.
230 West 22d Stbiet, New York, May
17,1883.—Though It may be Irregular for a
physician to give a certificate in favor of a
proprietary medicine, still In tbe canse ol
humanity, I i
vor ol Aflcock's Porous Platters, which I
esteem the most remarkable external rem
edy of this centuiy.
1 have known these plasters to enre spi
nal weakness where the patient had been
confined (or months to hto bed. A black
smith of my acquaintance was severely in
ured in the lurk by the kick of a horse;
our Allcock’a Porous Hasten quickly re
lieved him of excruciating agony and
cuied him in a week. Another patient,
suffering Irom neuralgia of the heart, waa
completely cured in four hours.
In asthma, I know of a case where they
were worn for three months and fully re-
stored the health. In another ctse nlirre
a patient had sporadic cholera, nothing
relieved him unlil be pat on threeeAil-
cock'i Porous Pluters; in twelve houn nil
pains in hto cheat and stomach disappear
ed. I know that these plastcn applied rn
the pit of the stomach, nr.- a sovereign
remedy for dyspepsia and constipation.
Finally, U persons once use AUcock'l
Porous Plasters they will never u-e any
other; they are so pleasant, quick and
painless—nature's balmy assistant.
H. C. Van Nosuax, M. D.
Presidency and Platform
Have both been relegated to the Dem
ocratic convention soon to assemble at
Chicago. In the poeaibility of chance*
no donbt the combination of names may
have been suggested that will be
finally selected, but wo take it that all
prognostications at present are tbe
merest guess work. Fuller reports
which bavefellowed the late Cleveland
boom, more especially from New York
■bow that there was little, if anything,
in it. No test of Mr. Cleveland'
strength was taken in the convention,
and though New York will vote as a
unit, there are a half dozen names just
as likely to be presented as hto own,
There waa a decided Indication that the
mischievous and dangerous fire upon
Tammany has ceased. Tbto gives some
thing of hope to the situation, in that
it indicates that the strength of New
York will not be frittered away by op
posing factions in the coming fight.
DisarroirriD candidates have one con
solation left them; They can sneaoma
railroad for damages.
Gixxxu. Toons* to none the tou great
under the refining, chastening influence*
of age and feebleness. HU laet days will
be hto beat days, and tbto to good enough
Tug Blaine-Logan combination has tak
en in the rosy Locbrana out of tbe Demo
cratic shower. It waa a generous act
and we hereby tender our acknowledge
Or the many remedies before thepubUo
sotnerve
tor nereousdebUity and weakness
New York CUy.
... Until the melon season to over, pol
ftics in South Georgia will hare to nv
pendj7 remark* the Blackahear Jftws
STORIES ON THE ROAD.
Commercial Travelers at a Wayalda Ir
-Somethin* to Put In a Cripsack.
Prices,®
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral.
COLDS. “n»>i ,-n.
•hiii nnwt:
j I bar* ever tried.
Jjutu A. Hamilton,
Editor of The Ortl
ILaetzy Baugumam,
Proprietor Globa
FBEPASKD ST
The corn In southwest Georgia to, we
learn, not very promiaing.
“Yes,” ri-
* —•* “ e aiu iuus aa is ata as, mu
—risks outside the ebaneee of railroad cellto-
lons and steamboat explosions"
“SJuU rfaka, for Inetaaeer’
’This, for instance," said Mr. W. D. Frank-
Un, who was than traveling for an K«»!e.-a
houae, and la knownto merchants la all pert*
of Uto country: "Tho rlsk-whlch. Indeed,
amounts almost to acestalnty-of retting the
djspepela from perpetual change cl diet and
water and from having do fized hours for eat
ing and sleeping. I myself was an txample.
I say wm, for I am all right now.”
’’«O discount on your digestion?" broke In a
Chicago dry goods Irareteit lighting hto cigar
"Not a quarter per cent. But I had to give
up traveling for a while. Tbo dyspepsia
ruln.-l mv taper v..,-n-r ..
adrwrttoem^ofpARKEU-sroHre. fwri
itn:. 1 it flzodmotipiu : ■ . Thera to
nothing oo earth, fit my opinion, equal to B
M a cure for dyspepsia."
Meurs. lllscox £ Co. of New Tort tho pro
prietors, hold a letter from Mr. Franklin sup
Ll*?5f*Froclsef*-' packir-s tonic- 111 *
digestion, cures Malarial FevoraT Hsartburo,
Headaelte. Coughs and Odds, and all chronic
diseases or the Urer and Kldocrs. I-ulabot-l
tie tn your valise.
my iu larger size.
COUGHS* 1 ’ 1 ^jafscpgMT
•fleet, tod I Am ,-Xt to rco-fttzu.ftl i;
to soy opo ilmllAriy Affected.
Dr. J.C.Ayer&Co.,Lowell,MaiS-