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THE WEEK LA TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. FRIDAY. JULY 18, 1884. THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weeklv. The TSLEdhtiPH Mxssihgxb is pub lished eqery day except Monday, and weekly erery Friday. b Daily A The Dailydelivered by carrier! In the City or mailed postage free U> subscribers at f 1 per month, $2 50 for three monthi, $5 for alx Mr. Steve Elkins, Mr. Blaine’s trainer, is credited with the statement that his man will not take the stump, though lie will visit the several States during the campaign. Cleveland hasn’t been long in pub lic life, but there doesn’t seem to lie tcu 4T per jrejtrv and-no extra copy t of Club bf live or ten. . . ♦ •■inmnlvint Transient advertisements will be taken for lngly ttiumpuant. The Tariff. Internal Revenue nnd Democ racy. The tariff and internal revenue planks in the Democratic platform will prove a disappointment to the people of the entire country. The former will not satisfy either protectionists or iree trad ers. Neither expected, when the com plexion of the committee on resolutions was announced*, that anything more than . a compromise could result It isn’t easy to ex- from its labors. They had a right, ne Daily at * l per square of ten line* or iea» plain this fact if lie bean ordinary for the tint Insertion. and fifty cent* for each • * for the first Insertion, and fifty cent* subsequent Insertion; and for the Meekly at man. fl per square for each insertion. Liberal "feV^jomSSulcation. ,111 not berc-i “B».AjNK wagonce anedtoynd yet ''nrrpaponrience rontalnlni^mportAnt r.c«« n' .1 t-vu^Iomsof living to] ' “ 1 W ! people will mv. insinuatingly, that „ __ j thev do not understand how he accu- a^m«<K2«7SSiST ™ c,tc *» “ on *r” **?* u,e Remittances should be nsdr by Fsf-rrs*.. Money Order or Registered Letter. Agoiits .anted t?*v««y ocw.fcitv i« tbe State, to whom liberal c«mf«ttro» mil be paid. Postmasters are WTWlaU, retiuroted to write lor tdrtna , . All communications shonld bt' addressaa to Answste }- i ,V/w. Kditor Blaine was not an extensive ltond-holder. Congressman Blaine is the rich mem ber« the Blaine family. Ask Mulli- p.r, ii it isn’t so. Georgia will give the Ttemoorutir ticket the regulation majority. Till gnat, and the exchange fio hu% opened the campaign in f.iroe. T/tx Republicans are unnecessarily troubled a toot Cleveland'* want of “a record." A man who goes from the sheriff's office to the mayor's office, I from that office to the gubernatorial of- S v of the greatest state in the Union, It is feared that the Chicago liquor and who is getting ready to enter the was too deadly ior oume of the hoys. Presidential otfice—and all within a half dozen years, may be said to lie The New York IW’.t.ur has beep, getting on pretty well in the way of "a caught ‘‘re-dating" old papers arid ( record." calling them »e*- j ; The New York Sun is of the opinion itlrret that the accessions to Christianity in It is a singularomission of /•’ not to have noticed the remarkable the East, through the labors of mis sionaries, are more than counterbal anced by the defections from Christian- failure of B. F. Butler A Co. at Chi cago. Some people are at a great disadvan tage in the m.iter. of testing, because they never work, laid enough to become genuinely Aired. » t V • > - Misses Price and Hurst, the two Georgia wonders who have such ab normal power in the hands, ought to be elected to the primary department in some public school. They would make a spanking team. , ity in the West, during the last genera tion. This may be true, as a matter of fact, but wo don't believe it. But ad mitting it to be true, it is absurd to con tend that the losses in the AVest are the result of missionary effort in the East. Capt. Harry Jackson won the first county—Henry—over his opponent, Hon. X. J. Hammond, on Saturday. Captain Jackson has entered into the contest for Congressman of the Fifih with a dash and energy that premises warm work later on. The Philadelphia Preit tries to eqn- solo Republicans by slating that New York has never given the country but one Democratic President. If that style df argument pleases the Press, it' should remember that Maine has never yet furnished a -President- for either party. - The New York Tribune is troubled because Cleveland triumphed over his opponents “by the outrageous unit rule." This is very sad, indeed; but it may mitigate the sorrow of the Tribune to learn that the unit rule lias always prevalieil in J?ew York Democratic con- A-entions, and that it was voted for at the Saratoga convention by “his oppo nents,” In view of these two facts, it is to bo hoped that the Blaino organ will see the propriety of accepting the situation. however, to expect something in the way of settlement of the important principles involved in the tarifl'question. Whether or not the duties on imported products were too high, need not have disturbed the deliberations of tho com mittee or of tho convention. This is a question upon which men may differ, according to their judgment and in formation. What the country desired to know of tlie Democratic party was whether or not it was in favor of rais ing the revenues of the government from duties on imports, and from this source alone, and whether, after deciding to raise the reve nues in this way, it favored their distribution,in such a manner as to protect American capital and Ameri can labor. If, in its platform, the par ty had plainly, honestly and Unequivo cally given assurance that it was in favor of this policy, and had put in nomination men whose public records were consistent with this profession, we flunk there would have been but little doubt ' that it would have numbered the doubtful States in its victorious columns in November next. This much might have been done with out the sacrifice of any position or principle that any man in public life wonld openly profess before the peo ple of the country. This much we hoped for and hud a right to expect at the hands of the national convention In this we are disappointed. The the Conyers U'eelli/ wishes to con sider the true question now before the people, let it reflect that the State s railroad property, valued at $60,000,000, can be at any moment sacrificed by an error of the commission that has sole jurisdiction over it, and that there is no redress to be hail in th» courts of the State nor of the United States. Our contemporary may have such faith in the commission as will lead it to be lieve that neither in the present nor in the hereafter can errors creep into its de cisions. Unfortunately, however, this peculiar faith cannot be impart.-d to the capitalists from whom, with a restricted commission, the State could derive funds to pierce its unbroken forests and develop its immense, but dormant in terests. We know whereof we speak. Democratic conventions, seem tc lean towards old’bachelors. Buchan an, elected in ; 183G,wyman old bache lor. So was Tilden, olected in 1870, and so in Cleveland, to be i elected in- 1884. Tlie Democrat don't seem to bo able to elect married men to the presi dency. Political affairs pre fearfully mixed in Massachusetts. There are Demo- Mnrl as a Fertilizer. In many of tlie counties of Georgia, particularly in tlie cotton belt, marl is found in large quantities. At one time it was believed that this marl was of value bb a fertilizer, and many experi ments were made with it, without sat isfactory results. In the mention made of this marl in tlie census reports, i$ is even stated positively that it is of no value as a fertilizers. Many persons, however, continue to believe that nature provided this ma terial lor a purpose, and that, tho re- ration of lands which have lost ir lime. In the hlufls of Alabama rivers large quantities of marl are form- and it is claimed^tlmt the gradual dissolving and distribution of this marl tho origin of much of the fertility ot some of the bottom land Mr. John S. Elliot, in the New Or leans Timet-Democrat, has an interest- letter upon the subject of Alabama marls. From iV we clip as follows: Their value ss a fertilizer has not elicited any interest worthy of comment until within iast few years. The experiments which thei: have obtained relative to their value were convention not only failed to enunciateSmsde with the marl Just as It sras taken from The remark of tlie Philadelphia Preit that i: tho Democrats have nominated a man without experience and record” suggests the fact that tlie Republican candidate's “experience, JW!.1 .record” arc obstacles—probably fatal ones, to tis election. Tho Press would like the Democratic nomination much better if Cleveland had more “experience” and a bigger "record.” Mr. Blaine and his friends are sharp enough to know that a big, had record is much hauler to defend than, no record at all. ernts, Butler Democrats, Independents, Independent,Republicans, Grecnback- ers, ProhibitiqniatH, I.al>or Reformers, anil Ben. Bntler. Just what will be the outcome of atioh a Babel la beyond hu man conjecture. Writers and speaker* are not in the habit oflosing anythlrig b£ htideratat. ing their cases. The tendency Is to lose by overt!ointcthe business, in the other dircctioh.i Dispon-lcncy, On- tho oue hand, and overgrown .enthusiasm, op the otliej, are great bbstacics in the way of 'cornel conclusions. Blaine 'itnil tibgah'wiU'mkct sertue local difficult!es in fhetr Virginia cam paign. - jlhtbey indorso the position of the Readjustees on the debt question, they will antagonize tho.position, «>t, the Republicans on that question. The political diplomaoyJltatVan avoid qiqt difficulty will be first-class in tlie mat ter of citniilng. Editor Dana is sometimes wise, and nf nllicr times otherwise.. liC-WOOz erwise when ho stepped down and out and permitted Editor Pulitzer to go to tlie front ot the Democratic procession in New York. The party doesn’t seem to he at all distressed by the fact that the latter was wise while the former was otherwise. Tlie 11’orM may not be its big ns tlie Sun; but Democrats in tend to stand on it and go aronnd witli it, and to hold an umbrella lietivecn them and the Sun—at least until the torrid days of the campaign lie over. TUtf nomination of Stephen Grover Cleveland by the national Democratic Th« Nominee. convention at Chicago is announced in this morning's telegrams., The choice of the Vorttention’ ! wns' not the' real choice of the South, as the ballots show. Xur was Mr. Cleveland the fa vorite of the Telegrami. We believed and believe that a stronger man could have been chosen outside of New York; 1^at Samuel J.Ran<lall 1 _4Hen;l j, {Thur man, Stephen J. Field, and Thomas F. Biyard all bad superior, qualifies- J lions for Abe high office of President. f ^ ^ makes but lit-j Were better lo^cd by the pcoplej Ah a matter tie difference ernts vLisrlha Hnkat .with .nllm.in»ii> rnwXll trmfotiTmure tlflh to MrCTevv or quiet satisfaction. The electoral vote .\Ve,bclieVe, further, that Ids of the S$c£ lure, Tiq^aiu i^'.lion no^l^tiorv Is a .lefeat of best chs- Ggor|ia Demo-j 4ul that to either the Deinotrttk part; with wi till)-, i.i-i ii rnwXll tcn-ftitit mr.fS tlfatfmTrTdeve this vital American doctrine, hut on the contrary adopted a platform which makes it plain to every school boy that the party repudiates it. In the absence of emphatic utterance upon these points, its pledge to revise the tariff “in a spirit of fairness” will not assure the struggling inter ests imperiled by Congressional agi tation of tlie tariff question for seven months past. Nor will the fears of these be allayed by the promise of “a spirit of fairness” from those whose utterances upon this ques tion, in the debate in the House on the Morrison bill, evinced so much ot ignorance and prejudice in reference to all of our industrial interests. If there was room to question the purposes of the party in reference to this issue, from any omissions that may have occurred, all doubt is removed by the resolution touching tlie internal revenue system. This the platform terms “direct taxa‘ tion,” and aingularly enough finds no -words in which to condemn its longer enforcement. The inference is rea sonable and will be drawn from failure condemn this iniquitous syi tern, that tho party favors its perpetuation. The statement that it is a war tax is true, bnt its indorse ment, by silence at least, when it should have been openly condemned, will not impress even tlie Northern people fa vorably, because of onr implied pledge to devote the income from this source to payment ot tlie interest on the war debt, or pensions to Federal soldiers. '•iiis.ontliecontrary, will bo accepted as evidence of tho party’s purpose to perpetuate this system, and ot itself will destroy the force of Its professions of (tirpose to reform the administration of government, and reduce Its abnormal revenues. It is tantamount to an open announcement of a policy to reduce the revenues lui.cuttingdown the du ties on platfonuj it H.oiutalnVa sVatfini- of rcct taxation.. We dflrfwii-ft^SS! such'adjJiSid^s^ ge | i mail mpreme mon^njiji nie^i been| Is; HrsfaftHe’ nbmlr.aur.n taken m m AU<){ the party he represent., liable tho North, East and West? Different ^ rcnow and perpidoaty the clique people takejdiffererit viewa of lb. situ- 7 ,™j nst which *o sureiisful a war*bas ation. Jo! the writ«r, the Outlook t>ot . n n i ' ■ • ' hasn’t been so encouraging glnce- topf^^UltoVimination been made war * T- r a, ' r - ihv th. Democratic convention. For “It is stated that there areweventeen I thii reason, ami because of the ac- Republican papers in Ohio printed hi kjttR’ied&Ml fact that he it an honeat on; *> \ • i. ml i k-hiskv ring, 'liat the iMtcur abouldfiive W>' bee* tjigifrWynleiSSi the p*^r*Af?;r>‘a'totr a / *— Tin* position indicated abort, ih which the party ' haaWorip'.ai tlie aciieii of tlie Chicago ^Bvention. The campaign tor th* ■ the Gcrmah language, and that every ope of them has declared against Blaine and Logan,” remarks the Waterbary Americas. 'This may not indicate any “enthusium" for-, th«: Democratic ticket, hot St means votes for it—sail the same. In the electoral collages vote, count more than “enthmfasm 1 man,ngainst whoso public nod private record no breath of auspicion has bceh blown, will Mr. Cleveland ccivo onr doll nnpporC With Ran dall, Thurman, Bayard -, pr Field, victory lor the party would have been bed, with the same result In each case. Oue man said he applied about thirty bushels adensted on about one acre of corn with out any perceptible good the first year, but following season, and for a number of years, there was a perceptible difiertnee lu favor of the marl, even to the very row. could cite other experiments, but the result the same, there Is an Important fact which is beginning to becomo known In ref erence to the use of this marl as a fertilizer, nud when properly understood, will extend benefits over a large portion ot South Alabama at well aa portions of Florida and Mississippi. The fact Is this: That cnrlionate of lime, soluble silica, peroxide of iron and possibly other material constituent! held in separate combination which require to reduced so as to become soluble ami be taken up as plant food. When tho marl Is ap plied just as taken from the beds It requires a long exposure to air, rain, heat, cold and the ids of the earth to dissolve theso various constituents End render them effectual as stimulating plant food. In order to make this marl a prompt and efficient fertilizer it should ground fine, which could be done by pass ing It through a pair of iron rollers, then add per tou, say, 100 pound* of cottonseed meal, or some other vegetable compound os good, and alwMit the hali of 1 per cent, of phosphoric add: then we will have one of the cheapest and best fertilizes In the South, as compared with any yet known. One of the most Important considerations In using the iasr^ Is that it will last for ten years, and by adding «llttlo each year and utilizing all tho available green crops by turning them uuder will bring the lands of this section Into the highest state of fertility. It has been tha«* far shown that tho greatest quantities exist la the bluffs of the Alabama and Tomblgbco rivers, and that these varl beds are of much value to the agricultural iu torest of South Alabama, where wc find large sections of poor piue lands. We will now see what Professor Kugcne A. Smith, the State geologist of Alabama, saya the subject, on page fr-Dof his highly valuable work entitled, "Geological Survey of Alabama —Agricultural," recently published. Iu speak lug of these marls, he says: "These marls will some day come extensively into use. I have no doubt that a part at least of the productive ness of the solls.of Black’s Beni maybe traced to their lnflucbce, while mauy of the rich, limy or prairie spots scattered through Maren go along the line of outcrop of the beds arc very evidently produced by them ” Tlie point in Mr. Elliott’s letter to which we ileslro to call special attention, is tho statement that “it takes long ex posure to air, rain, heat ami the acids of tlie earth to dissolve tho various constituents” of marl and make it plant food. It would be of value to Georgians if soiuo intelligent agriculturist would lave apply Mr. Elliott's compost to an acre poor land for'thrce successive years id report tlie result. The possibility 01,' oi having near at hand an inexpensive f means for restoring onr poor and worn lands onght to attract attention. It is too important to be overlooked. “These facts,(taken from a careful compilation published in the.lilnrlurr. are rather impressive. The Republi cans who expect to carry tho country this year with a ticket against which there has been a prompt revolt of un precedented dimensions assume that there is to be a complete reaction from the vote of 1882. “Thejnew apportionment, on which tlie election will lie counted this year, helps ,the Democrats, because it in creases tho relative powerof tho South, giving it 133 out of 401 in place of 138 out of 309. The chances are that the contest will bo a very close one, with a Democratic majority to decide it if tlie election sliould be thrown into" the House by any means.” Such is tho view taken by the Boston Herald. The issue upon which the Democracy goes into court is, shall the Republican party be perpetuated? Tlie indictment of that party liavo been completed. It was fierce and just, It was by far tho best feature of the late convention, and must liavo been drawn by aide counsel. The tariff question is practically buried under a multitude of words. Arraigned for a score of crimes, the Republican party stands upon trial for its life. • Tlie main battle ground will be New York State. But tlie|Repub!icans will force the contest fiercely in New Jer sey, Indiana and Connecticut in the North, and Florida, North Carolina and West Virginia in the South. In New York the Democrats have tho doubt ful assistance of Independent Republi cans and the sure enmil^otj^many, In Connecticntt they have 4* ing populations to work npon, a class unreliable nnd hard to lead. Indiana four years ago was manipulated by Dor sey witli an immense campaign fund. In West Virginia there is a large popu Intion, for the Union during the war, and only Democrats by reason of the race issue. In North Carolina local differences hare also disturbed the equilibrium, but under the leadership of General A. M. Scales, tlie mOBt popular man in tlie State, harmony can be re stored and victory achieved. As Flor ida is equally divided in lier Con gressional representation, so is she nearly equally divided aa between par ties. The last election was carried by only 330 majority for tlie Democrats, since when both parties have been badly split up in local issues. This is tlie situation. If the Demo crats hold to the- issue, there can be small clianco for a reaction from tho vote of 1882. A good fighting chance yet remains. lepopulate a lake or pond witli dyna mite and affect the open streams to an extent almost beyond belief. When a charge of dynamite is placed under water and exploded it is said thatevery living thing in forty feet of it is killed or rendered helpless. The fish near at hand are so mutilated that they do not rise, and others rise only to sink within a few minutes. The-person who pur sues this cruel method of sccnring fish, kills five to where he secures one, kills fish of all ages, size and description, and in the spawning season destroys tho eggs from which tlie next yield sliould come Tlie practice is a clear violation of tlie laws of Georgia, and persons engaged in it sliould be severely punished. Sec- Tho-Ltiw and the People. One cannot but admire the stern ad hevence to duty, and tlie grand couram ofW. J. Lucas, tho jailer of Owen- boro, Ky., who recently gave up hii life in defense of a prisoner entrusted to his care. How fitting seems the final comment upon his heroic death- “He was a Virginian and & brave or! Confederate soldier.’ WO Lucas had in charge a negro accused of an assault upon a white woman Tlie moil surrounded but house at night demanding tlie jail keys. His reply was: “I nm an officer and intend to do my duty or die.” The mob hesan fir- ing, and Lucas from the porch ami hi* sixteen-year-old aon from a window re- turned tho fire. After the two had t °n402o (a of the code recites that ”lt shot down three m , elJ — shall be unlawful for any person to use fe „ morla „ wounded . 8tand - dynamite or other explosive or destruc- Uet hnaband, with his empty pi 6to , i live substance for the purpose of killing hand lds devotcd wife , tlU d ^ l J" fish, and any pAson violating the pro- crowd and defended the keys,but wUh- vistone Of tins seetlon shall be guilty of out avaU . The wretch in w,/ 09 c Jhrii misdemeanor, and shall ho punished as prescribed in section 4310 of this code.” Tlie punishment named in sec tion 4310 is a fine not to exceed $1,000, imprisonment not to exceed six montliB, or work on the chain-gang not to ex ceed twelve months. Either or all of these penalties may be inflicted. “Tho Situation In Florida.” The Ocala Banner copies our recent article published under the above head ing, and, while admitting the facta, is not disposed to believe that any dan gerous divisions in tlie Democracy of that State non- exist. Says the Banner: tlie I ill- ticket must ot*. ncecs»ily"brfnpt>ti ; defensive from the ltaet.dl attach ,wa have indicated. Y. , > Th« Situation. Botlt partiea have selected candidates and adopted platforms. Before the struggle' begins in earnest it is best to TM Rsal Qusstlon. \'i ‘J, _ examine the field. K* t.i ; 1 Him 1 lul (Li. ruin Will the cum toed >Iacon Tzleorai-h p'.caie enlighten the country prcii generally u to the htr-lUilp* Impmcl upon the rmlroa,l> of this State by the commlialon? Wore not the assured. That ij^is DOW doubtful, is, jyteet charged by toe railroad* before we got beyond dispute. While we - regret The most marked feature of the Chi cago convention was the able and elo quent speech of Genftal Hooker, of Munissippi, presenting the name of Mr. Bayard. There waa nothing in the oratorical display that approached it. General Hooker is not only an or ator but a man of conviction* and abil ity, and it it impossible to understand why the Democrats of hi*'State could have eatuniUed to .his- a withdrawal from Congress where' we nee.r men of bis calibre and charm ttr.' a- commtulon .sort luut, and were not lb. b6jrtiiy tUt thirty baa again erred KtiSTl'SC: “Brewer VAisA*'”,4yi .the -Hart ford Cejiqaqf, “gavejfee young women of America the that college.” - Not-so. The pooble'o^GeoMi'glv^aie *otnin’ riot only of AmeHCa lmf of the world their first college. ' Thp-\]’«J«yei>-b»- male College, created-fid «1nM S,f tl, J State of fi<-prgii,'4dti(its«fiby the Meth odisti onferfinceiii ’ s-M . remod-.-l • Tml-'inn- f. J^jaey! is to-;.ir tl.A monument ' which marks t** ] tlSCa combTetl recogni tion of wonAn’scl«lk.SR5t the^Rm- rant read op a little, “ at the supreme moment, we recognize in the situation only an .urgent canse for renewed and cantinoed effort. We enter the fight cheerfully, and while we do so under a leader who cannot arouse our enthusiasm, we are consol ed with the reflection that in him wn can rnaLnokairte fey gimme. The nominationof Mr. Hendricks for Vice-President seems. to have, been, achieved In the hour '-of repentidlce which »lW»ys follows oxjjted action. P fte‘E&cmtitedly^ adds i Character and braihrto the Scket. That these ilesira- bfpetenlsdbi shpoM'he edperit-' biindintly-m tlieailcr-parl of, tbs ppair biaetinn "Will, net,-we. fear, .increase the i dignity -Of It* appearabce.-< (Min, tlici mere fact’that Mr. Hendrick* Is mint Strength to rvtrvtoq Yestebda 1 Mr. Blaini Maine was twcWGeirgiaL S3 , l par with the' Weekly. Our contemporary assumes in the questions asked that the TaLEORArn occupies a Certain position, and calla upon u. to defend it. That we decline .to lie led off ip any auch way will not, ' yrc trust Ihs regarded aa an abandon ment of onr true position, The opinions held by this jour nal and declared so often to leave no room for, doubt e* to here it really stand* is that the law ought give tlie railroad* the right to be. heard before the'commission upon any mifestion affecting their interests, and the right x>f appeal froln the decision* of S*id commission whenever they have reason to ireiQ-vW that they have lieeh unfairly dealt with. What the pre^nt i mission has <iime' and’What 'thtf roeda previously did, does not afTfc casein one way or another. 1 We spprihqpjl Jbat th*.yoemmiMpm .ya* giot organized to punish the railroads tor alleged |in»of JluipasW nor alhgrslj^^hnpllnfiality of/l 1UUI>. .1 jraisstov.fhZ jfijdgrtw: IbrfulWfi? tMMBK? i 1 eazuux * * In 1880 tlie popular rote was as fol lows; Garfield, Republican, 4,454,410; Hancock, Democrat, 4,444,932; Weaver, Greenback, 308,678. Republican plu rality over Democratic tote, 0,404. “Among the close states that year, California went Democratic by 78; Con necticut went Republican by 2,050; In diana went Republican by 0,042; Naw Jersey went Democratic by 2,010; New York went Republican by 21,033. In 1882, these States all went Demo cratic by the following pluralities: California, 23,519; Connecticut, 4,101; Indiana, 10,410; New Jersey, 2,113; New York, 192,854. Kansas, Massa chusetts and Michigan also went Dem ocratic in 1882, and Michigan also went Democratic on a smaller vote in 1883. New York and Connecticut returned to the Republican column (p 1*83, but New Jersey remained Democratic. “In the present House ot Represen tatives, the Democrats have a majori ty of seventy-three, and a majority in ^he delegations of twenty-two States, while the Republicans have a majority in tlie delegations of fifteen States, ami OPCdelegation (thatof Florida) is equal Ty diviil^t " ; t“In 1882, when this Congress wsa elected, only eight State* gave Rcpnb- majorities, and the 1 popular mt- . Th. C.orsla Wonder. The simple country girl from the northern part of Georgia is still in New York, giving nightly exhibitions of her powers. Tho daily papers devote from one half to ono and a half columns to each performance and have reached no conclusipn os to tlie nature of her mar- cllous strength or skill. Uy some it is called “odic” strength; by others ‘nervous,” “magnetic,” “hysterical,” and by n few pure muscular strength. Call it by any name, hut tho fact re mains that tlie girl performed all the feats advertised. Her latest success was achieved over a crowd of athletes in the presence of Roscoe Conkling and other prominent citizens. She van quished all the members ot the club, in one instance reversing tier pro gramme by putting to tho floor a chair upheld by three strong men. < Inc ol tlie dailies declared Miss Hurst a fraud in one issue, but practically retracted tlie charge in the next. All now agree that she exercises an enormous strength without apparent effort, nnd if there is any deception site herself shares iu it, That a trick could escape tho keenness of a half hundred New York reporters is not to bo believed. Tlie performances take place upon an open, well lighted stage, and in Borne instances persons have held tho girl’s arms while she overcame the united strength of three or four men, without feeling muscular action. She lias performed her feats of slri-uxtli in New York witli her hands npon top of the person’s who grasped the object experimented with, and little pressure was detected. Every oppor tunity for detection ha. been affoMed, witli the same results. All admit a prodigious and easily exercised force of some kind. But there is anotliertliing which for bids tin* idea of deception. Miss ll’irs’ is a simple, not over-intelligent country girl, for the first time outside her homo circle. Her parents are plain, religions, church-going people of fine character, the father being a deacon. That these people should hatch np a plan for making money and go into large cities, before large audiences, to deceive the cleverest people in the world, is incred ible. The girl is simply by birth one ot those human oddities which appear before the public at long intervals. Bat, whatever be her secret, one thing Is assured; She is coining money faster than any otherGeorgia woman who has gone before the public. The conservative and liberal element ol the Northern and Western immigrants, through whose assistance wc have been enabled to poll a Democratic victory lu two previous State elections, arc becoming more aud more dis gusted with Uepublicau methods as attempted to be cauducted in this 8tate, aud to-day are very nearly as strongly allied to the Demo cratic party as any unlive Democrat. All tho recognition that this element asks Is that the Democrats nominate pure men for ofllce. This tho Democrats have done, and, as far as onr information goes, the work.of the Pensa cola convention gives as much satisfaction as is possible where there were several candi dates aud each candidate had anything like a strong following. Mr. Pasco's ^ex ample, nobly act forth In tho conven tion, will be followed by his adherents in the campaign aud at the polls. The nomination of Gen. Perry has burled tho feud between Gov. Bloxham and cx-Gov. Drew, so far as that feud has any party bearings, and both gentlemen and the friends of each express themselves as highly pleased with the work of the convention, so far, at least, as It relates to Gen. Perry’s nomination. More than this, many white Republicans who have always heretofore been strongly attached to the Re publican party and have given it a blind sup- l>ortaru becoming alarmed at the attitude and desire of the negroes to reap all the offices and spoils, and Indicate a determination to vote tho Democratic ticket this jt'ur, for the first time. The negroes heretofore have done nine- tenths of the voting and held one-tenth of the offices. They new show a desire to reverse these tactics. As soon ns the white leaders aro thrown overboard, the Republican party In Florida will fall to pieces. Indications point that way now,and the Independent movement, which is but a handful at best, will be lost In the general crush. The Tei.eorai-u’s article was based upon the opinions of ono whom wo re gard as the best informed of Florida politicians,published in the same issue with the articles to which tho Banner refers. Our contemporary differs with him chiefly as to tlie ptobablo effect of tlie facts ho states. We trust that the Banner is correct when it says the Democratic party “enters the campaign with victory assured.” had bcon offered up a life so precious was seized and hung. Tho Courier-Journal lias stated the case correctly whon it says that mob law is not the root of public disorder. Mob law is itself tho result of a graver evil. Tlie courts, not only |„ Kentucky but in many other States, seem to bo operated for the lienellt of criminals rather tiian for the protection of society. It is safe to say that when any criminal, possessing money enough to employ good Counsel, is brought be fore tlie bar tlie chances stand eleven in his favor to ono in favor of justice. Tlie quality and character of juries, the system of appeals and new trials, the laxity of prosecuting officers all con spire to defeat justice and free the prisoner. These are tlie evils which stimulate the innate sense of justice the people abroad, awake impatient re venge, and render mob law popular; these, and tlie absolute necessity which exists for self-protection. It is probably true that in the South three-fourths of the negroes who at tempt assaults of a base character npon white women suffer death, if arrested, at tho hands ot a mob. It is not sur prising when tho inefficiency of the lav is considered. It seems natural to many people, when the horror of the deed is increased by the difference in race and when the former relations of the two races are remembered. When such a criminal as that hung in Ken tucky dies at the hands ol tho mob doubtless, though lips most necessarily condemn the deed, tlie vast majority of people secretly indorse it. However this may be, it is nevertheless true that the coun try which depends for justice upon a mob is in a bad way, and Is bound at intervals to record uiflortnnate trage dies, tlie massacre of conscientious offi cers, ns in tho case just cited. The Telkoraph deplores mob law, but it regrets more tlie seeming excuse lor such violent demonstrations. If, how ever, wo must have mob law, let the people wreak their vengeance not upon tlie brave, concientloni officers, wbola the face of certain death and for the defenae of a principle, stand to their posts, bat upon those who bavin; sworn to do their duty, for the sake of money or from cowardice, let the guilty escape and imperil society afresh. Friday's III Luok. Although witches aro no longer burned at tho stake there are many people who aro juat superstitious enough to prefer to use simple precau tions ngainst bad luck. The horse shoe is the favorite shield against ill iuckand appears to answer its purpose ns well turned wrong side up ns when properly adjusted. To tear something when rabbit crosses your path, or make a cross mark and spit in it are also favor* ite methods of staving off the disaster which the rabbit foretells. But there has never been any de fense from tho ill lack which is sore to follow journeys began and acts achieved upon Friday, hangman's day. All good Democrats, therefore, who admit tlie superstitions vein, rejoiced when Mr. Blaine was nominated on Friday and mourned when Mr. Cleveland was likewise named Upon the same day. The Telegraph, however, is able to solve the doable sign and re store confidence. Friday is hangman’s day. When Mr. Blaine climbed upon the platform built by lit* party he necessarily occu pied a very conspicuous and suggestive position. But when the Democrats built a platform alongside the other and placed a man upon it and it was ob served that the man who stood beside Mr. Blaine was Sheriff Cleveland, armed with tlie Gubernatorial author ity, the meaning of the sign* onght to have been legible to all. osstroylna Fisk With Dynamite. Sporting circles in the lake regions olXew York are exercised over the as sertion that certain parties have been killing fish in large quantitiea in Lake Erie with dynamite. Tho fact that the shores of Niagara river were re cently strewn with dead fish and that persons living on the shores of the lake have heard mysterious explosions aqi- parently under water give strength to the dynamite theory. The killing of fish with dynamite torpedoes or cartridge* in a barbarous proceeding at beat. Th* prac tice is carried on here Georgia in a quiet way and onght to meet tlie'condemnation of every person interested in tho preaer- fity tj>e Republican party was ration of our fresh water fish. In tr ww,«W. or two teams any person can almost To on Amlabl* Contamporr. “The Xscon Teleosami will support Mr. Cleveland, but not with enthusiasm. Mr. Clerclaad. it seems, will havfan easy (Aa all round."—Atlanta Constitution. Tlie CoMtitulion it enthusiastically in favor of Mr. Cleveland. It may be sufficient answer to a journal that pridea itself upon ita amiability, to lay that any person displaying a nickel and moving in the direction of a confec tionery, can ulwaysdepend npon tlie en thusiastic following of the Conititufion; and that ita indoraement of Mr. Cleve land, under the circumstance#, is not apt to advance his chancel of “an easy time.” Tlie Teleobaph has stated ita posi tion. Mr. Cleveland la not, in ita opinion, the best, nor even a safe candi date. He is, however, the regularly chosen party candidate, an honest, up right man. He will receive the delib erate an<l conscientious rapport of this jorunal. Not the Genuine Breed. John A. Logan and wife were up be fore a New York Justice on Monday for fighting. The gentleman claimed to be a relative ot the Republican Vice-Pres idential candidate. This is hi. story: “Your Honor, 1 am a hard-worktm mss. When I sot borne last night I askeil my nils tor a dean shirt, but aha did not have ona lor me and I rot mad. Bhe Bred a cup at ma and I Bred It back. Then she throw a bona at me amt I caught Hand throw It back at her. It struck her on the noe. and she began to scream. The officnr came lu and we were ar rested. Your Honor, sha la drunk every day In tha week. I don’t take bnt on. a day.” There are several facts in the prison er'. detenu which go far to disprove his claim of relationship to John A. be gan No. 1. For instance, it doe* not seem likely that any one of the great Logan tribe, of which Black John is the acknowledged chief, should b. admitting in public that be hod called for a clean shirt at this stage of thS campaign. John A. Lo gan No. 2, had he really been a rel ative of the great head of the family, ought to have been willing to wave the same old shirt when be got track borne. The tact that he was not, to far re move* him from concurrence In th* l-oganesc system aatodeprivehimof any public sympathy his kinship might de mand. Bnt more. That Mr.Logan should have chunked his wife with hainbones and cups is altogether foreign to the Black John variety. Had he been of the pare Dreed ho woalil have paused in tho door way, and ahaking his raven locks angrily exclaimed, “Now look hyar, Hannah Maria! If yon don’t won't to be knocked hades-weatern crooked, until yon wouldn't know yonr mag from the show hill ot a mug-wump or the picture of a laripoop, you quit yer durn foolishness, or I'll give yon a pot w%'Iopin as would qnako Dan Ca-ur Debbyzan blind with envy, ami make of Zero who fiddled a tnne in a French flat apamongthe nineties when London was buntin’, turn over in bis Sophaca- gas!" Had Mr. John A. Logan, No.!, in- treduced this sentence as part of th. row, along with his claim of relations ship, and omitted theaasertion con cerning hi. one drink per ilay, the court might have spared him the $10 which he so reluctantly paid. national Fsaxkmx Piebce had no reparation ” when the Democrats nom inated him for the Presidency. Histo ry repeat! itself. The cholera is the biggest issue in Europe jnat now. It orerabadows Bis* Urafantiter «vefd»rtut i march, Ferry, Gladstone and their gov mended by the best phyticUai. ! emmental policief s ”