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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2G, 1884.
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All communications should be addressed to
Tai cable companies will conquer the
fomlsn before Wolcley gets In bis work, at
tire present rate.
It may be that force in the years to
come will be generated from two opposites
olany description.
Th* Philadelphia 7Vm« aays it is per
fectly safe to bet on Ohio if you know fora
certainty how the State will go.
Te* storms of the present season have
leaned to the prohibitionists. So far the
most of them have occurred on water.
Tin Georgia catfish would smile could
he know that an earthworm measuring six
feetin length has been eanght in Africa.
Til* James gang, or that portion of It
not dead and outside of a penitentiary, is
suspected of some line work in New Mex
ico.
Tub Congressional campaign in the
Fourth diatrict has become the subject of
the eilorta of the Atlanta special telegra
pher.
Mb. St. John seems to be in line spirit*
and confident if success, though there is
trouble about a cold water candidate for
Governor of Kansas.
Tsiurr discussion is prominent in the
lending Ohio campaign, and some chargee
in tho present status of the Congressional
delegation isexpccted.
Kiiaooo, contrary to predictions, had an
easy time for renomination in Louisiana.
He should bare an impossible time in
getting back to Congress.
Odr Academy of Music is unsurpassed
in its acoustic properties, and the perform
era on tho stage all agree that tho voice
can bo used with no nnpleasant effect.
A religious sect exists in the Crimea
whose main tenet is to kill all who disa
gree with its doctrines. It is supposed to
be a section of the stalwart Republicans
abroad.
Tin time approaches for the meddle
some United Btatee supervisor of elections.
A grand jnry in Louisiana baa already
been forced to Indict a conple of these
worthies for unlawful condoct.
Kkxly may after all become a hero,
man who, through years of contempt and
ridicule, held bravely to Ida convic
tions end wrung success from unfavorable
conditionsor words to that effect,
crank la only an unsuccessful specialist.
Tnx New York Tribune seems to be wor
ried yet over the fact that Cleveland was
an expert and determined hangman at one
period of bis career. Weil, some people
have reason to tear hangmen. Cleveland's
record in tiie hemp department doean’
worry people wilh clear oonaeieoces.
Tux present dronth extendi over a very
largo area of country. In portion! of Penn
aylvanla drinktug water b scarce. In Vir
ginia and Ohio late crops are eufferlng. In
the cotton Stat-s, the staple b til open In
the fields, and tho crops of sugar cane,
peas, sweet potatoes and turnip* are sort-
onrly Injured.
Caxxxd goods hive been used in the
United Btalcs army for twenty years in
large quantities, and nooauiof can-poison-
ing baa ever been known. Though it b
euily establish! d that people have been
pobooed by defective goods of this class,
it U admitted that moat instances pub
lished are merely trade slanders put Into
circulation for a purpose.
Ax-In Convicted-
A fellow who call* himeelf Colonel
Joyce, and who occasionally contri
bute* some wretched doggerel to the
Washington journals, which ho calls
poetry, and on thb account haa been
■lubbcd the poet laureate of the Blaine
campaign, haa been again convicted of
theft. Ax he once aerved a term in the
penitentiary for stealing in connection
willi tho wbbky ring, no one will be
surprised lhat this subject of misplaced
executive clemency has dropped into
bis old-habits, though the regret will
1 hi general that he cannot be returned
to his old quarters. This time his pro
pensity has taken a poetic and literary
turn, and lie haa attempted to rob a
woman. The atory of the theft and
conviction is thus succinctly told by
the New York Sun:
"Solitude" was sent to the Son by Mrs.
Wilcox, then Mbs Wheeler, In February ot
teal, and It was printed In our Bandar edition
of February JSth. It was reprinted by Mbs
Wheeler In her vol me "Poesee of Fusion,'
ynblishad In May ol that year by Belford A
Claris, of Chicago. There la not the slightest
return to suppose that the poem wu not
original with Miss Wbseler, except Colonel
Joyce's uiertfon that he wrote it in the wine
roost o( the Celt House. Possibly r
lectloa as to what occurred In the wine mom
1- not of the clearest On the other hand,
every line of tho vetses b marked by the
l-icnilarlUei of Miss Wheeler's habits of
th...,tt and expression, while we have looked
in vain through the prison poetry of Colonel
Joyce for anything that shows the sen
(eristics. Mrs. Kile Wheeler WUcoxhes done
much biller work. U Colonel Joyce ever
produr.sd anything half aa good, let him
What -Mould be done with thfe
shameless impostor who attempts to
rob a woman of her rhymes?
mmic representations for this purpose.
The plan haa been indorsed by Gon.
Fils-1lugh Lee, Gen. Beaurega.-d,Gen.
Avt-rill and other distinguished Fed-
eruls and Confederates. A Mr. Har
ris, who is raid to fill all the require
ments of u manager, haa been en
gaged. The following are among the
artists; Lewis Morrison, Thomas 11.
G!cnnc7, Edward Coieman, Douglas
White, Ferdinand Sartorys, Wm. C.
Anderson, etc., and Mbs Rose Wood,
Miss Jose Batcbeldor, Miss Rose Mor
rison, Miss Emma Marble, Mias Con
stance Mitchell, etc.
She plays selected are “The Dead
Heart" and “Called Back,” and the
iaiiial performance is to be given in
Richmond, Va., on October 13th. Mr.
Harris is now on his way South to
arrange for performances in various
cities, fifty per cent, of the proceeds of
which is to go to the purpose indicated.
There Is no reason why this plan
should not work successfully, for it
will combine pleasure with duty.
Macon will do her full part when the
occasion offers, by filling her new and
beautiful Academy of Music.
The soldiers’ home, for. many and
obvious reasons, will hardly become a
reality, but the money raised in this
way can and will be used for the benefit
ol Confederate soldiers and their chil
dren.
At the proper time, it will afford us
genuine pleasure to refer to the subject
again. In the meantime the ladies of
the Memorial Association might take
hold of the matter in so far as to give
it their intelligent sanction and sup
port and to arrange for a good date for
the performance and other necessary
preliminaries.
Thn Absence of Sectionalism
From the present campaign is having
a good effect upon the whole country.
John Logan, so far, has enjoyed a mo
nopoly of the bloody shirt, and it is to
be hoped that the partisan rallies of
October may not need its inspiration.
The New York Journal of Commerce
refers to this pleasing fact, and pays a
just tribute to the fidelity and patriot
ism ol this section. It says:
“Fortunately for the South, North
ern politicians are letting her alone.
The Presidential campaign does not
turn on sectional issues. There is
nothing to be made by misrepresenting
the South. If the old sectional battles
were being fought over again the South
would not seem to be as quiet and
peaceful as we now know her to be.
Her faults would be exaggerated for
party effect in the North. Evory per
sonal difficulty between a white man
and a black man would bo magnified
into a race quarrel. The South could
not conduct herself so discreetly that
partisan critics could not find ground
for accusing her of disloyalty. The
fairer treatment which the South Is now
receiving is beneficial to the whole
country. There can be no mntual con
fidence and respect—sucl) as should
exist between all parts of the Union in
order to realize the full advantage* of
the compact—while politicians are ex
erting themselves to alienate sections.
To the South the improved relations
are of greatest consequence. She now
feels herself more than ever restored to
the sisterhood of the States, and Is not
likely to prove deficient in her duties
to the Union whichever party wins in
November.”
A Ready Mormon.
‘‘A son of President John Taylor yesterday
In tho tabernacle denounced bathing trains,
skating rinks and dancing academics, but said
he was wUting to die for polygamy."—Salt
Lake Item.
Uere is a representative Mormon
President John Taylor's son Is opposed
to bathing; it is frivolous. There is no
eason why an earthly saint may not
be a dirty saint, since it has been con
clusively proven that, “cleanliness is
next to Godliness,” is a mere
invention of the wicked ad
vocates ol mixed bathing. And he
is opposed to skating and dancing,
is the opinion of President Taylor's son
that to kick np one's haels, whether
in a desperate effort to preserve equi
librium or in the merry polka, is un
dignified and frivolous.
A man to be a Mormon saint must
sit In all the unwashed splendor ot his
office, his thoughts equally divided
between God and hts own new wile.
The statement that President Taylor’s
eon declares himself willing to die for
polygamy is susceptible of two con
structions. Perhaps the Salt Lake
gentleman has an inharmonious family
of wives. Maybe he is anxious to die,
Maybe he loves number two or three
better than number one, and prefers
to hand in his checks rather than sur
render a wife. At any rate, if Presi
dent Taylor’s son is willing to die for
polygamy he can be accommodated
very quickly. Let him proceed to
Tennessee and open an emigration
movement In the backwoods.
Forth* Confederate Soldiers*Home.
Those In charge of the movement to
raise by voluntary contributions and
I otherwise ft sob to establish a home
Biss disabled Confederate soldiers in
Richmond, Vft., have decided to give
throughout the South a series of dra
ft Prediction.
The Kational Republican says:
It la not positively known, bat It la pre
sumed. that should Cleveland he elected he
would he able to And another Howell Cobh to
take charge ot the treasury portfolio.
This is intended to convey a slander
ous imputation upon the memory of
great and patriotic citizen, long aince
dead.
If perchance Mr. Cleveland shall be
elected, and he can find a man ot the
sterling honesty and broad sense that
lfowellCobb possessed to take the treas
ury portfolio, the country would have
supreme confidence that its financial
affair* would be wisely and honestly
administered. No greater good could
come to the administration ot Mr.
Cleveland or any one else, than such
an appointment. If there is nothing
beyond this to keep American Voters
from casting their billot* for Mr. OR ve-
land, he will be elected by a majority
so great as to dwarf th* figures con
jured np by the moral convictions ol
Mr. Carlisle.
Building up a State.
A writer in tho Philadelphia Ameri
can, commenting upon the slow prog
ress of North Carolina in securing set
tlers from the North, says that the im
migration is increasing too rapidly to
warrant the conclusion that immi
grants do not find satisfactory homes
and profitable' investments, but that
the whole movement ot men and
money is small ia comparison with the
efforts made to attract them. Ho sums
up the immigration since September
1883 as embracing ono thousand peo
ple who came from Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts, and the investment of
outside capital, as “several ‘millions.”
The difficulty is declared to be the
want of reliable information about the
people, soil, climate and industries.
This is proved by the very largo num
ber of inspectors who come and return
without buying homes or making in
vestments. In one county a stranger
will see plenty on poor land, and in the
next poverty on fertile land. If he
makes inquiries about any particular
industry, he is sure to find out that
somebody has tried his project and
abandoned it. Conflicting and con
fusing statements are the rewards of IiIb
endeavors, fie will conclude that a
man can live well here and can find at
tractive chances to Invest money; but
the information ho got* is—to use an
expressive local phrase—so slack
twisted that his confidence in his own
judgment is likely to be shaken. Suc
cinct, practical, decisive information
is exceedingly difficult to obtain in a
community without sufficient industrial
oiganization or commercial tension.”
In view ol the fact that In point of
attraction and need of immigrants
Georgia and North Carolina are simi
larly situated, it will be ol interest to
learn how the difficulty above stated
to be met. Says the American'e corre
spondent :
To enable both capitalists and settlers to ob-
tain natiifictory information about the State—
which haa tho most wonderful, but the lca»t
known, variety of products and possibilities
in the Union—an original and interesting en
terprise has been undertakon. Private citi
zen* have given $19,003 to erect a large build
ing at Raleigh. The State Board of Agricul
ture will exhibit in it during the whole month
of October specimens of natural and agricul
tural products from every part of the 8tate;
and more than fifty countlei have made ap
propriations from their public treasuries to
dofray the expenses of collecting woods, rain
crals and agricultural products for exhibition.
The huge building, 334 by 336 feet, has been
apportlo cd to tho counties, and every county
exhibit will be accompanied with maps, pam
phlets and public-spirited men to give definite
information—men who are for the time in the
employment of tho counties, and who are not
land agents or speculators.
The best history that has ever been written of
any Southern States will be these descriptive
pamphlets now in preparation by plain men
in these fifty-six counties. They will not deal
with old political doctrines or social questions
but they will tell the people of this Stnto and
all their visitors prccise'y whst the land will
produce, what the cost of cultivation is, what
lands may be bought for, whut manufacturing
enterprises are successful, or may be made
successful. ?hc people of this State them
selves, and of most -outhern States, are pro
verbially Ignorant of their own country,and of
their opportunities; and this unique enter
prise h«s been undertaken qulto as much as a
project to educate the peoplo here as to at
tract capital and immigrants. These displays
of products and this assembly of men will be
In this city during tho whole month of Octo
ber. Preparations for it arc so active and en
thusiastic, and the result promises to bo good
in so many ways that so nnlquo an enterprise
deserves praise aid Imitation. Snrely, it la
something new In Southern bU$ory for the
men of a State to advertise the whole Stato as
private shopkeepers advertise their wares.
Prom the mountains to the sound*, the Octo
ber exhibit is a subject of mor: earnest talk
than the political campaign. Greater changes
than mere political dUcussIon can cause
imminent.
This is enterprise of the very best
qhality and is bound to bo felt through
out the length and breadth of North
Carolina. It will placoh«?r idle lands,
her rich mineral deposits, her forests,
her water powers, her wonderfully
healthy climate, her mountain homes,
her healing springs aud her balmy
breezes advantageously before the peo
ple of the United .States and tell how
and under what circumstances they
may be reached and enjoyed. Who
will begin a similar work for Georgia?
Georgia Lands and • heir Owners.
The foreign »yndtcatcscanuot hurry forward
the reign of Henry George’s Ideas faster than
uj utgiug their money on onr farmers and
foredovlng the mortgage*, u they arc now do
ing in the South, particularly in Georgia. The
people will not permit this sin, and will event
ually confiscate every cent's worth of syndi
cate-holdings in •America, J|tst as tho over
grown, corporation of the church in France
was stripped of iu property in 1792.—The cur
rent
The Current, however, may hurry
forward Mr. George's ideas even faster
than the foreign syndicates, by encour
aging the belief that in this country
there iaalaw higher than the constitu
tional law. We regret to see Georgia
lands passing into the hands of foreign-
era as much aa anybody, bat we regret
more to aee an intelligent American
journal suggesting confiscation. I.et
the lawmakers provide against further
encroachments; the existing contracts
between the farmers and the foreign
capitalists, if drawn in the terms of
law, are sacred and should be so
held.
But while we regret the change in
the ownership of Georgia lands, it is
not simply because they pass into for*
eign hands, for the simple ownership
will not benefit the holders; they are
certain to be sold at once, and possibly
to industrious immigrants. We regret
it because it is proof of unthrifty man
agement. The terms upon which these
foreign companies lend money, os a
general thing, require it to be Ixm>
rowed for five years, and the debtor
pays probably as high as 19 per cent,
per annam for its ate. Bat even these
terms are light compared with the har
dens the farmen have borne for twenty
years. Five years ago some of them
paid as high as 40 per cent, for provis
ions, their note* running only seven
months and second by mortgages as
arbitrary as those now said to be to
Th. Bu.ln... and Political Sltuautlon,
There is widespread uneasiness and
not a little alarm in business circles
all over the country. The volume of
trade is largely reduced; and in the face
of prices that will not sustain the man
ufacturing establishments of any sec
tion, the accumulation of farm products
and manufactured goods and the de
cline of prices goes on.
The first effect of this state of things
lias been seen in an almost universal
reduction of wages. Following this
remedy, which at best has proved but
a temporary palliation, running time
has been reduced in a large proportion
of our manufactories, while many
have suspended operations altogether.
Other causes have doubtless con'rib-
uted lo this state ol affairs, but it is
generally conceded that the main
trouble has come upon our trade by
virtue of the silly and untimely agita
tion of the tariff question during the
late session of Congress.
If this is to he continued, it is plain
that business must be suspended, or
at least largely reduced, until some
settlement of this question is readied.
This is the way the country reasons
about this matter, and tho influence
that this conviction will have in the
coming election will decide the con
test.
There is no doubt that public senti
ment in the United States is largelyin
favor of protection, and that in the
long run this policy will be followed by
the government. Temporary depar
tures from it, partial, if not entire, may
mark the future history of
struggle, which, save as interrupted t^y
the war and the period in which recon
struction engrossed public attention,
has been on for half a century. But in
the end this policy iviU prevail, be
cause the industrial, social and finan
cial power ol the country Is dependent
upon it.
What trade is to suffer during the
period of discussion and uncertainty is
tho question of importance now. We
do not look upon the future with any
concern save with reference to th
losses that must lor the time fall upon
all classea, in order that tho whisky
ring may hold a few more years’ mo
nopoly ol this trade, pending its strug
gle to reverse the judgment of every
statesman the country has ever pro
duced, and raise its revenues from di
rect luxation rather than by duties on
imports. > H
In this position we are strengthened
by the fact that the sentiment favoring
and opposing the free trade policy of
the whisky ring has already been
tested in the present House.of Repre
sentatives. Since the vote on the Mor
rison bill was taken the two great
political parties have met in conven
tion. - Besides the nondescript organi
zations that liavo named Batter, St,
John, ct aI., as Presidential candidates
have also presented their preambles
and resolves to tho people.
It is a noticeable feature, and ono
that every sensible man must regard
ns significant, that none of theso organ
izations havo declared in favor of free
trade or even an approximation to it.
On the contrary, the Republican party
is openly oommitted in its platform, in
Mr. Blaine’s letter ol acceptanco and in
the utterances ol its organs anil cam
paign speechos to tho opposite policy.
The Democratic platform, while framed
in uncertain language, does not advo
cate (rco trade. That the Democratic
convention wai manipulated and the
committeo on resolutions dominated
by the men who now claim that the
platform means freo trade or it means
nothing, is true beyond question; but
It is also true that theso men did not,
dared not attempt nt Chicago, to com
mit the party fairly snd unequivo
cally to this doctrine. They favored
it, because its adoption rendered
the iutornnl revenue system a ne
cessity, and because its permanent en
forcement assured the preservation of
the greatest monopoly the country
over knew, of which these men and
their associates were and are tho bene
ficiaries. They knew that an open
declaration of tho purpose to sustain
the government by direct taxes, when
inis policy would destroy 1 produc
tive industries, would grind the Demo
cratic party to powder. Their action
then and their conduct now, convicts
them ol treachery to the party, and
was and is as corrupt and cowardly aa
treacherous
If the Republican party is committed
to protection; if the Democratic party
does not openly oppose it; it further
more its toweling men are either silent
touching this policy or are openly in
favor ot it, the conclusion is irresisti
ble that in the one united organisation
and the powerful faction in the other
that favors it, its continuance is as
sured.
Taking these facto into consideration,
it is clear that the free trade element
in the Democratic party will be power-
less to force this policy upon the coun
try. It must also be apparent that the
only result arising from the attempt to
do so will be to damage Democracy
and secure its present and permanent
defeat. That the free-traders propose
the latter their every movement indi
cates, and this resalt cannot be avoided
save in the conviction ot the country
that Mr. Randall is strong enough to
hold them In check.
This folly—to use no stronger term
in characterizing the aenielees con
duct on the part of Western Democrat*
—is paralysing the energies of the na
tional committee. With each succeed
ing day the difficulties and dangeia
that are gathering over the business of
the people on this account are steadi
ly augmenting the vote, that will be
cast in condemnation of the men who
are seeking to render stagnation per
manent and hankreptoy universal.
A Dogma Overthrown.
Successful experiments are dally
overthrowing cherished dogmas In
every 'department of life. A recent
and quite important instance occurred
at Sheepshead Bay in tho great race
run and won by Miss Woodford.
Tho experienced and successful
trainer of tho stable of tho Dwyer
Brothers had punted tho mare for the
race; that is, for hours before the ap
pointed timo she had been put upon a
short allowance of food and water. In
tho early morning one of the Dwyers
told the trainer that) tho maro would
not start, consequently she was given
full feed and drink. In the afternoon
the other brother ordered the mare
prepared lor the race. The trainer
was horrified. From time immemorial
it had been held as a sacred tradition,
custom and law, thata race horse cou’d
not be started save lie had been duly
pointed for the race. He expostulated
with Mr. Dwyer, who gavo the com
mand, but to no purpose, and sooner
Ilian see a grand rule disregarded and
his favorite beaten and perhaps killed,
ho flung up a lucrative position and re
tired from tho stable. Mr. Dwyer said
the feed and drink could not hurt the
mare, and his common sense triumphed
over a racing dogma, and his 1-orse not
only carried his colors to tho front, won
him a rich purse, but made the fastest
and most splendid race in the annals of
the turf.
Some will say that this was an acci
dent, and thnt the mare ought to have
been beaten and should have died
from her effort just as the military men
of Europe said Napoleon ought to have
been defeated when he won wonderful
victories by disregarding the absolute
roles of warfare.
Some other turfman will have the
boldness to follow Mr. Dwyer’s lead,
and in place of taking his horse to the
starting pole weak, hollow And fam
ished, will carry him there strength
ened and refreshed, and see him sur
pass his previous performances. If so,
a racing dogma will be buried with
many others. In these days, race
horses are trained under lighter cover
ing than was was thought necessary in
days gene by, and the result is seen iti
their better health and robustness.
According to English authority,
horses have grown an inch inheight
during the last twenty years, and the
result is claimed, and justly so, to be
due to good breeding and training ol
blooded horses. The present race
horses have shown their improvement
in speed and spank, lor they have re
duccd the time under increas
ing weights. True that there
are no . contests of a quarter
of a century ago, when broken four-
mile heats were run between such
cracks as Charleston, 8ue Washing
ton, Floridc, Free Trade, Bostona,
Tally Ho, Nicholas Frankfort, Tar
River, and a host of others, exhibiting
wonderful endurance, but horses that
can set such a pace as Drake Carter
and Miss Woodford, with 110 pounds,
meet tho requirement* of speed and
endurance. Perhaps if Drake Carter
had not been pointed for tills race he
might havo led or maybe forced the
mare to knock a second or two more
from the record. If the dogma is dead
it is better for horses and turfmen.
—Mr*. Emms Johnson, wife of Pree-
rtltort SEmfc. 04 “ b * rU ’ <U * J “
A Question In Phllologr.
Conflict is the order of the day. The
tattooed form of Maine’s erratic war
rior, the stout figure of New York’s
Governor and the evil eye of Benny
Butler are discerned amid the varying
scenes of the battle as they hurry for
ward anpplies and whoop up the panic
stricken stragglers. Even the red
stockings of Colonel Lockwood, as she
charges in tho ambulance corps, and
tho gigantic mustache of Major St.
John, as he supplies water to the
wounded, are revealed In the distance
as tho smoke liftseverand anon. The
fight is five-sided and necessarily san
guinary.
But there is another conflict equally
violent it not so bloody waged in the
rear of all these'political armies. It is
claimed that a new word is needed in
the language, since tho Presidential
candidate may be either malssr .enisle,
that will express both sexot in its vari
ous variations. This fight haa so tor
bocn confined to the literati, bat now
that positive damage to tho language is
threatened the newspapers are tolling
into line. No really great and good ed
itor will calmly sit by and see another
word added, to the vocabulary he is
compelled so often to revise and correct.
A writer in the Chicago Current says
the word needed should be called ”ip”
and appliee It as follow: “If any man
or woman has anght to urge against the
eligibility of this word to the vacant
oflice in question let ip now speak or
forever after hold ipe peace.”
It will be seen that the word needed
is a pronoun to represent both sexes
when they are mentioned separately
in such a way as to call for a pronoun
afterwards. The Current points oat
thst while from ip it is very cssy to
form the possessive ipe, no objective
his been provided.
A writer in the Atlanta Constitution
comes in with a new system and sug
gests te, tie, aim. This he derives from
the Latin pronoun ‘ sr,” which means
himself, herself, etc. He claims that
the use of this word would avoid the
cumbrous methods now in vogue, and
iUnatrates by applying it to a sentence
as follows:
"Lit every brosharer sister » deport his-
•elf or herself Ihet he or the may brint no re
proach upon the cease represented by Mis or
hoe.” Now, with thy new word: "Let every
brother end sister so deport tlauelf thnt so
■ay twins no reproach upon tho ctaso repre
sented bj sin."
Other suggestions equally arbitrary
in their methods have been thrown oat;
the question yet remains unsettled and
the oooflict rages.
It would seem thst a common sense
view of this question might lead to an
* mi-able settlement. The male pro-
nouns "he,” “his” and "him” arc
well known and at the tonguo’s end;
likewise the gentle feminine substi
tutes, "she,” “her,” or "hers" and
“her.” Why not make ono of these
do double duty, and since it wopid be
ungallant to place the double burden
upon the gentler sex, why not let
‘he,” “Ida” and “him” become the
common pronoun 7 In most codes of
law it will be found that precisely the
same difficulty which now pesters the
wordmongers is met by a statutory de
cree to tho effect that the male shall
embrace tho female; in other words,
that “he” shall embraco “she,” so
to speak; that “her,”
“hers,” shall be regarded
’his," and in law “her” in the
objective shall be included in all that
affects “him.” This is common sense.
It has its analogy in the scripture,
where it will be found that the laws
were laid down and promises extended
to the male side of humanity, as a
rule.
The word claimed to be needed must
become fixed by an arbitrary dictam.
Why not select a word already partly
used for the purpose described, and
one with which the people are iamiliar?
Tall Versus Theory.
While the scientific nabobs have
been discussing electricity and mechan
ical principles in Philadelphia, and the
whole range of scientific subjects in
Montreal, tho advance agents 61 the
fraternity have been exhibiting signs
of great activity upon the suburbs of
civilization. For instance, a remnant
of the great family of mammoths sup
posed to be extinct has been found, it
is alleged, and broaght from the Ma
layan peninsula into this country.
They are both females, and while re
sembling in many respects the ele
phant are different in many others of
importance.
A more interesting and important
discovery, however, is the so-called
“missing link;” in other words, the
creature which represents man at the
halfway station between his former
and present condition. This creature;
now in Philadelphia, has been named
Kroo. She comes from a wild district
between Siam and China, and is,in her
peculiarities^ repetition of her parents.
This girl is covered with a growth of
black, silky hair, that upon
her head being luxuriant
and straight. Her eyebrows are
equally as marked, her eyes lus
trous and captivating. The hair on her
arms grows upward and backwardlikea
monkoy’s, her ears and nose are short
and her fingers work upon universal
joints. This captivating young crea
ture is intelligent and refined, speaks
two or three langaagqs and is only sev
en years old. Moreover she does not
chew gam or eat candy.
But for a still more recent discovery,
Krao would undoubtedly be accepted
as the abiding middle link. As it is
however, rrof. Caldwell recently tele
graphed to tho British Scientific Asso
ciation Information which deeply affecta
Krao’s standing as a link. The words
which Prof. Caldwell flashed over the
wires, and which thrilled all scientific
circles, were: “Caldwell finds mono-
tremes viviparous, mesoblaatic ovum. 1
These were the fatal words. Trans
lated they mean that Prof. Caldwell
has discovered that the lowest known
mammal, the dnck-billed platypus, lays
eggs like a bird, though it subsequently
snckles its young, and that tho structure
of tho egg is analogous to that of
reptiles. Consequently, a high proba
bility arises that all mammals, Includ
ing man, descend from reptiles instead
ot from amphibia, as has recently been
imagined, and the Darwinian physi
ologists are shunted on to a new line,
and must study the pedigreo of reptiles
as the possible channel through which
progressive Ufa descended, with a quite
new interest.
As will be readily understood, theso
facts established, will destroy Miss
Krao as a link.
Bat it does not in reality affect man
forbettteror tor worse. It docs not
increase tho glory of his species nor
add to his pride of ani«*«try. Sines
Darwin’s researches were published
proud man has been seeking to dodge
the charge that hia early progenitor
wore a tail. It does not add tohia sat
isfaction, now, to be informed that it
was not a prehensile appendage. For
our part, wo care not whether the
father of onr race dragged his tail
along behind him dejectedly or hung
with it playfully from the limb of a
tree. It is the fact that, under either
scientific theory, he had a tail that
mortifies ns.
tion to numbers, was among thehntM
and bakers, while the street sc...;.*”
caped altogether. ” “ re «•Wengeriee-
A mining company of Dead wood
Iff* <oaend to the New ’rleans PV Jl!‘
tion this fail an exhibition olmu'W'
lion in one solid piece, worth Lvnnvt w-
vlded the various eointie, onu^:?, ro -
ot trarnporUtion^ ellajfl1 * «
fletelT ^Pnng.
time whl h some ol oor futelf^^-
could not beat some years ago It u
unlike y that wheelmen wiih the i'd <1
the improvements that inventor, .re in*
atantly making in their vehicle,
boT.^"* be#ble 40 di * ,ance our freteit
Two German gentlemen of Grei.
belonging to tbe landwebr class, whow,i
ordered to report .’or duty at thesotnml
the Herman array,
held, refused to go became the only mimi
ol Iran porlatipn offered them
rain with « I,vf * . *
the on!y reply was an order forthemUi
•rv officials to try the offenders tor dUo.
bedenceof orders. They were trledh.
court-martial, rod the lenience hsibeSj
approved and promulgated. It la for <3
of them eight years at hard labor in the
common prison.
Tub numerous men of science as-
rembled in Philadelphia were canvassed
by reporters to lesrn their views as to the
asserted conflict between science and n!
listen. The Christian believers teiUhte
with one voice that not only was their
faith unshaken, but that it was strength,
ened by Inquiries into the methods br
which the Creator has wen fit to work
Oo the other hand, the unbelievers were
united in tbe assertion that science wu
directly antagonistic to Christianity, and
some insinuated that their Christian asso
ciates being mostly connected with cel-
leges, were afraid tossy what they thought
Naturalists say that tho feet of the
common working bee exhibit tho combine-
tion of a basket, a brush and a pair of
pincers. Th- brash, Ihe hairs of which
are arranged in symmetrical rows, are
only to be seen with the microscope. With
this brush of fairy delicacy the bee bruris
its velvet robe to remove the pollen dust
with which it becomes loaded while suck
ing up the nectar. Another article, hol
lowed lake a spoon, receives all the glean
ings which the insect carries to the hive.
Finally, by opening them, one upon an
other, by means of a hinge, these two
pieces become a pair ot pincers, which
—nder important service in the construe-
in ot combs.
One of the most notable discussions
on th- substitutes for human milk in chU-
d ren's diet ie that which took place at the
forty-fourth meeting of German natural
ists and physicians at Smlxburg. A com
mission had been previously appointed to
prepare papers, the diacosslon being di
rected to two points, viz: First, the sub
stitution of natnral unadulterated animal
(cow's) milk for the human milk and its
production; second, the substitution of
artificial foods, with or without milk, for
the natural milk—their nature and value.
After earnest discussion for two dava the
conclu.lon reached In regard to artificial
foods was expressed in a unanimous reso
lution "that these preparations can ia DO
way be substituted lor motber’a milk, and,
as exclusive foods during the first year, are
to be entirely and compl-trlr rejected."
Cow's milk was declared to tie the only
sube hut* for human milk, ami that every
effort should be made to insure its purity
and goodness.
Acted Like n Charm."
This ia what Mrs. Mayer, of Ba-
ronne street, New Orleans, says ol
Brown’s Iron Bitters. A “charm”
works quietly, surely promptly,
thorouhghly and with delightful effect.
That is just tho way thi- wonderful
family medicine work-i on invalids w ho
III..- 1 -. -11 I!; 1 ■ • I i [ 1 t 1 i - • \Y. . j ..f livi-r
complaint, dyspepsia an 1 impoverish
ed blood. Those who know its worth
say it is a complete cure torajrspepiU,
weakness, malaria, neuralgia, etc.
Fast Wnlklns by O'Leary.
Kansas Citt, September 21.—The one-
hundred-hour walk ended nt midnight and
was won by O'Leary, who mads380 miles
and one lap. Miller, of a:. Louis, and
'Watt r-. -d In liter. v..t,une altcrn-ilrly.
made 350 miles. O’L* .ry was matched
to walk 400 miles aa well aa to beat his up-
ponenta.
SOLD I,’, ‘j. a. inn'll i'l . ’ aViiav si.! n.*T
A FIVE HORSE
il ai good as
b WlJ.VRTlli r &,«:..
BREVITIES.
A SOULLESS TALK.
Her eve* were s beautiful axure blue,
Aud her heir wu a chntnut brown;
Her lipa were aweeter then heeven’a dew,
And her skin wu softer then down.
When ibe walked It wu with an airy (race
That a fairy alone might poeseu;
A bewitching mile 1U up her face—
She bed on z brand new drew.
And ushe etood on that folden shore,
Far out to tbe ice ihc lnoked;
But tb« waive proclaimed with . sullen roar
Thst her tiny heels were crooked.
-N. Y. Journal.
Tub Florida orange crop is estimated
at 1,000,000 boxes—330,000 more than last
year.
Most of the English commercial
firms who adopted the electric light h.Te
gone back to gas.
Tbe University of Heidelberg has
fnaad a gift of 100 ‘ *“
acceptance was con
ing allowed to study there,
Tub nse of bitter willow in flavorin
sod coloring tobacco ia vehemently, di
nonneed by rrof. Deachampa, ol l’arls, a
causing softening of the brain.
Tnx trained nnrse has now become
almost a necessity to physicians, and she
commands good par. There are seven-
tarn schools for her in the United Slates.
A Sa* Francisco paper advertises
for “a minister of the gospel who can
preach two strictly original sermons every
sabbath, one In the morning for saints,
und roe In the evening for sinner*,"
A* a remarkable fact it was stated
In a meeting of the Science Congress In
France last week, tint the mor
tailtylrom ehol-reia T lion, ia propor
FQrtSALt.
ErottenPr»!se^im’Hp'ndlrt“7nltejI;
Shaftings, Hangers, etc. All kinds cast-
Its tor price* on anyjtlmteg mac!iine-
marlA wly N , i'ls
For Sale at a Bargain.
KcuU’d this year for $VU
Inconvenient for m
•ppiyto .
1 two good cehlna.
Guari'iiii’s Sale ViotvilL. Lind.
Bdl
atleb
twe*n tho legal h
land ftltuatM la Vlnerilli
•a, in Mid c
ty. fronting o
, to Forujfh.
n. e of Dr. V
>mprl.«in< be
Of Col. iMAC II.
tween that real-
on lUROtlthuHx
hhowingtu din
IsaU. bobl&ftU
FUSS’.
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GEORGIA MADE HOSIERY.
Armory Knitting Hills!
Macon, (it orgia,
TTIOR the pnrro«o of prompt and wide dt«iri-
r button of th pop il.tr * . U.- f.d'-ovMDg
low prlcca aro made f«r th- n-xt thirty <!*>
»l ■£. pci
.- and
■ Mftak, Malbttf
ford
are of fine flaiel
vie*. They are i
era of Georgia
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