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THE IELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPII AND M FSSENGER, FRIDAY, OCT<)P.ER lit, 1884. Dally and Weekly. dared in favor ol the reformatory methods, which should belong to all penal institutions. Unfortunately, the desires and intentions of good men have been to a great measure restrain ed and mollified by reason ofthefact iliai heretofore the convict system has figured as a prominent political issue in State campaigns. The present rules which require the Governor, the chief keeper of the peni tentiary and the medical officers to look after the moral and physical welfare of convicts, if properly administered, should atneliorate the condition of these people. With so large a pre ponderance of colored convicts, it is I perhaps necessary to employ some came to this country three years ago, having kept house for fifteen years on the other side and three on this, my husnand having a living ofi both by his trade. 1 feel that my experience Justifies Mr. Porter's assertions. My husband 1s a good workman, but at no time when in England earned more than twenty-four shillings, or pi per week. A Htnall house, with poor accommodations, cost fivo shillings, or S1.2> per week, rates extra. Food for ourselves and three growing boys had to be of the plainest kind. We bought a piece of beef or pork for our Sunday dinner and this had to last over two or three days into the week. Mutton, veal or fowls were quite out of our reach, and a beef steak was an impossi ble extravagance. Of butter we had but half pound per week; potatoes and cabbage were the only vegetables we tasted from ono year's to another, awl apples the only fruit. When work was scarce, aa it usually was In early winter, wo were thankful to got the bar- State, to whom liberal commission* will be paid. Postmaater* are especially requested to write lor terms. All communications should be addressed to negroes understand each other, and for tli% further reason that it must he dif ficult to find good and competent white men to perform a sjrvice so distasteful. Wc are solid in the opinion that no colored guard should be placed over white men But there are men serving out terms >n the penitentiary for violent crimes committed in hot blood. These shonid be classed to themselves and every op portunity afforded them for reform. Under no circumstances should such i be placed in the power of negro guards. Tax city marshal advertises Atlanta for We can imagine no white man so de- The Average coachman is now doing a driving business. What's the matter with Cump8herman ? He has not pat his month in the present fuss. ^Thi drummer's candidate for President is Joe Mulhatton. He is a very handsome man and speaks the truth. every Friday. The Daily ia delivered by carriers In the City or mailed postage free to subscribers at tl per month, $2 50 for three months, $5 for six mouths or 110 a year. Th* Weekly is mailed to subscribers, pos tage free, at tl 50 a year. 75c. for six months. To clubs of five $1.25 a year, and to clubs of ten |1 per year, and au extra copy to getter up •f club of five or ten. Transient aovertlsements will be taken for no Daily at 1 per square of ten lines or less for the first Insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent lnsertlou; and for the Weekly at |1 per square for each Insertion. Liberal rates to contractors. Rejected communications will not be re nted. r«orr«sDondence containing Important new* u' lucussions of living topics, Is solicited, «at must be brief aud written upon but one Bide of the paper to have attention. , r r _ [ . Remittance, should be ma-'e by Express, I „„i„.„,i eat ncccasarlea ol life. Our clothes wore of Honey Order or Registered Letter. | colored guards, lor the reason that the cheapest sort, and it took the utmost caro Agents wanted in every community i;. the negroes understand each other, and for n ud economy to present even adcccnt appear- ftuce. The boys had no overcoats, and my best drekt was a llndsay, at four pence half penny a yard. Having been brought up fora different po sition In life, l felt my surroundings keenly, account of physical deprivations, but for my boys, who had uo future, the eldest being able to earn but two shillings or fifty cents per week as errand boy, with no pros pect of a rise, and all of them treated laboring class Is in England—with contempt and Indifference—by th lr social superiors, until they had no self-respect. We were ad vised to come to America. When we landed we had little money. My husband, In two days, without any recommen dation, found employment, lu which he has remained to this day. lie earns |is per week, My eldest boy, now a lad of t7 years, gets $*> week as clerk, aud the second, a boy of 15, gets II a week as elevator boy. We pay $20 per month for a cosy six roomed house with capital tieth-room, hot and cold water, good cooking range, Lnlrobe, large cel lar—in ‘■hurt, every convenience. We live on the bo«-t of food. Fresh meat and . egetabics, delicious fruits and butter are on the table not only one, but every day in the week. We have all necessiry furniture and a neat parlor (by the way. I had so lit le in England I forgot to name It, from my savings. I have a first-rate sewing ma hlne and an organ that is worth $100. My husband cau afford to dress well and suitably. A nice suit of grey hnir, costing from $9 to $10, with neatly-made shoes, plenty of clean shirts and collars enab e him to work comfortably In sum mer. For winter they all have good overcoats and warm, suitable clothing of a far more stylish and well made character than anyth' we ever bought in England. He Is respccl for his honesty and capability, and treated with consideration by his cmplojferand by thc people at whose houses he works. Our boys are beginning to feel and act like men, they no longer sec a life of drudgery and semi- slavery beforo them. Instead of being snubbed and suppressed they meet with kind treatment and encouragement from persons letter off than themselves. My twclvo year bids fair to become a good scholar, and has free access to a library belonging to the school he attends. My youngest boy of four Is the first of my toys I have been nblo to dress and care for as mother’s heart dictates. In short, when I think of what our lives were In England and what they are here, I say God bless America. •An Enolisii Woman. Philadelphia, Oct 1. IBM. Bale. If the land were not bo poor, one one might purchase a plantation cheap. It was a tight squeeze that delayed the matinee penormance of the "Little Duke" on yesterday afternoon The weather did it. _____ The New York Tribune is not working in harmony with Blaine's Southern mana gers. Oue spreads gall, and the other honey. All the prophets so far have come to grief. To live and be influential the mod era prophet anst be eternally vigilant and dumb. Ir there were no other incentive it would nerve all patriots to make a change of ad* ministration just to get a chance to silent e Dorman B. Eaton. Gen. Grant declined an elector's place on the Republican ticket of New York. This is the first thing he has been known to decline. There is no money in it. Tux local rain prophets have collided. One promises a down pour on the 11 tb, and the other predicts a delate on the 18th. Let us have both. We can stand them. Tns lines have fallen unto me in pleas ant places, said the Brooklyn coachman as he fired the silken cords to the jdle't proud head, and beat the old man to Gretna Green. Uncle Sax ought to keep his hand out of Eastern complications and not seek to adjust diflerenccs until requested to do so, by both sides. The "by-stander" and "peace-maker" frequently get their heads punched. Editor McLean has deferred hla wed ding tonr until after the campaign has ended. But then Editor McLean is forty- five. Twenty years ago, the campaign would have had to wait until the wedding tjur was over. And now it is proposed to have 8t. John stump Georgia. Well, let him come. There’s lots of new land that needs stump ing, and if Mr. 8L John can work all day at a strong gum stump without getting It up and refuse to take a dnnk on the strength of it, be will be a living wonder. Tnx Republicans of the Pirst district are making it lively for L. M. Pleasant, who, in the convention of September 10th to nominate a Congressman, rose and cast the vote of Emanuel county for himself, claiming tha£ he bad been authorised by the absent delegatee. It now transpires there had been no meeting to appoint dele gates in Emanuel county. The two votes cast for Pleasant by "delegates" from Bul loch were cast by men who had not been elected. These facts justify a deal of indignation, but at the same time the usual result wlU not be affected. Norwood will be elected. Mr*. Lockwood proposes to make a a campaign tour, and in honor of the event our machine has ground out this: Your faithful steed is at the door, Belvy Ann, my Belyy Ann. To your stock of votes you must sdd more, Belvy Ann, my Belvy Ann. Plx up your store-bought teeth and hair, A foud farewell, a hasty prayer, And hi. you to the count; fair. Belvy Ann, my Belyy Ann, John Logan's there, with hla banner red, Belvy Ann, my Belry Ann. Ue'i very looie ol tongue, 'tls said, Belry Ann, my Belry Ann. Jim Blaine hav do.%od behind a Jug, Campaign acandal la a drug, Rlnjon drink, from a fire ping, Belry Ann, my Belry Ann. Mount your rattling trlcyc-el, , Belry Ann, my Belry Ann. Bo there on time, and all Is well, Belry Ann, my Belry A»u. Proas the pedals—make her whir— Unloose the brake; bla la blx. Woman's rights and wrong, here ru. Belry Ann, my Be ry Ann. The Conrlot Bretem, Macon, October7, ‘M.-DcaaSir: The ■ pe dal telegram from Atlanta thl. morning In- forma the reader that "F. W. Faulkner, a n bite conrlot at Lockett’s Camp, attempted to es cape. The colored guard shot and killed him. Will yoo fire u, your opinion aa to whether the prime law, of Georgt. are intended to be reformatory or for punishment exclusively* If for punishment exclusively do yon befteve the Inquisitor, of old conlil hare designed a more damnable torture than to have entruated the llrea of white conricta to tb, "colored guard T" Do you believe that It benefit* civilization, Christianity, or raped for the law, for the lat ter to he administered br "colored men' a, guards, policemen or Juror. II wrong, obould this state of prime rule be corrected or “whitewashed?" if m, when .and by whom? Vour* mpectfully, KtraasL Omasum. To the above interrogatories pro- pnn -idl'd ljjr aobacribera and read-rs ot tu - journal we reply. The convict lease ryaten. was hastily adopted at first aa the h.tst rr vaos to meet a great noceuity. Itwaa crude digested and worked 1>*U , u iutve |„c based by crime whose nature would not revolt against the deep humiliation of a negro guard. The physical torture might lack some thing of that ascribed to the punish ments of the inquisition, but the men tal and moral suffering would be in creased. AVe are quite settled in the opinion that our civilization has gained nothing from colored guards, jurors or police men. It is probable that at the coming session of the Legislature, the convict lease will receive some attention. We think there are wrongs abont it, that may be corrected. We are quite sure that the way in which some men get into the penitentiary and may get out ought to receive prompt and earnest at tention. The convict lessees form a close and powerful corporation, strong ip money and personal influence. The marks of their power may be plainly seen throughout the political system of the State. They have great infln- ence with ambitious men who desire to be Governors, Congressmen, judges, etc. We do not believe that they de sire or intend to oppress and injure convicts. Tltey hold a valuable fran chise in the lease, and it is natural that they should protect themselves. But the people desire and should de mand that this whole business be at once and forever divorced from State politics. As to whether there will be any "whitewashing” done about the con vict system ami proposed investigation and corrections, wo respectfully sub- that this interrogatory may be properly presented to the represents' tives from Bibb county. We have answered thc other other interroga tories fairly, as was our duty. Wo trust that the answers may be satisfactory to the prcjpoundcra. A Woman's Plotura. For three years the Telegraph has been laboring in support of the protoc- tive principle. It, first of all Georgia dailies,proclaimed the wisdom of a poli cy which is bound to build up the man' ufacturing and industrial interests of the Sooth. Within the three years it has seen every doily journal in the State and most ot the weeklies come to the support ot tho same principle, as set forth In the Ohio platform. The popular indorsement of protection hs:> been complete, not only in Georgia bnt in most Southern States. The chief differences that now exist, in these States between thinkers upon this subject consist of opinions as to how far protection should extend, and to wlutt extent should protection be af forded. There are many who stand with this journal for the abolition of the internal revenne, and for protection pure, sim ple auid complete. Others declare for a tariff that shall supply the government with ail the revenue needed, and inci dentally protect certain interests; and others still desire a constantly di minishing tariff; one that in the end will, os in Kngiand, be confined to a few articles only, bat which assisted by thc internal revenue, will support the government. Any tariff that is not general in its protective sense, discriminates. If It is not complete, it is weak, to just the extent it fails os a protection. Any tariff bnt this leads to free trade in part or in whole, and free trade means deg radation to American labor. Mr. Robert P. Porter, who lias made the tariff a life stndy, furnishes many interesting statistics and statements some ot which the Telegraph has laid before its readers. The latest from bis pen comments npon a letter received from the intelligent wife of an English carpenter, now living in this country, which we pnblish. The letter is clear aad emphatic. It is from a woman in a position to know what she states as true. It bears the stomp of truth upon its face. Southern men who la bor for their living, who have sons some day to lie placed at trade or in business, and 'laughters for whom hus bands are to be found, should read ponder upon the argument that sug gest its--if between thelines of the let ter. It is the best argument for the su- periot > of the American over the Englis. tem ever published in a daily new. -per, because it is conclu sive; no >n can misunderstand it, Here is tt e Viter: read tu The I'rc. Mr. Porter', regard to the dltr. .-cnee of the The commission has not, perhaps, understood the various points of the case as set forth by Sir. Paxton. It has to he informed of many tilings connect ed with the business of railroad traffic and its boundless ramifications. Per haps this interview with Mr. Paxton will be a revelation to that body. Sir. Paxton suggests Hint the doing away with the commission is talked of by those engaged in the naval stores business. Titis would likely be an effectual remedy for the abuses or wrongs com plained of, but one which cannot be applied. It is altogether probable that within the courde of a brief period a national commission will be formed to regulate railroad traffic. This may or may not swallow up State commissions. For the present the citizen must look for justice and fair dealing to our own commission. Quite recently that body has given evidence of a liberality and disposition to meet public opinion that is creditable to it. This has had a ten dency to soften criticism and opposi tion. The commission itself recom mends legislation in favor of the citi zen, and if our Legislators are equal to the occasion, what lias been an irritat ing question will be soothed and set tled. So far as we are enabled to un derstand it, Mr. Paxton and others en gaged in the naval stores business have a just cause of complaint. We believe that when this complaint is properly formulated and presented, the Railroad Commission should and will rectify it. antees her social safety and local gov ernment. A response to the address and efforts of the Republican commit tee will only come from individuals here and there. The situation is'not without its disadvantages. Recupera tion is slow and difficult. Law-givers law-makers and Representatives are not all that they should or might bo. The constant and weary guard against an ever present danger is not conducive to culture and breadth of thought, while prejudice and provincialism count for too much, but these disadvantages are as littieor noth ing beside the fact, that the white man holds an impassable barrier around his family, and still controls the birthright bequeathed by his ancestors, a State government. The bloody shirt has flown but seldom in this campaign. Let it be furled and hidden ^forever- more. ma>le from Ui Lj time to perfect it, but bo Letter system has yet be.-n -'*■'?» “I *°rkm,-n'» aagaaaodth [we-e- T tm The Railroad Commission and tho Naval Stores Industry. Within a few years the business of naval stores has been built np, adding to the wealth of the State and increas ing the strength and prominence of our great seaport, Savannah. Now it is claimed that this industry is threatened with dost'action by tho Railroad Commission. Wo give tho main points of an inter view with Mr. Paxton, a gentleman largely interested in this business, as drawn forth by a reporter ot theThom- asville Enterjmtr: The great troublo lu tho way fi simply this. We cannot ship low grade, ot roatna at all, because the railroad,, under existing law,, cannot afford to do ao at living rates. Wo can only operate virgin (etc,la one year, and than must abandon them. The forests can bo worked with profit at lcait fifteen years. That haa been thc experience for generations past In North Carolina and elsewhere. Tho lots which results from our Inability to coutlnue the manufacture of the Interior grades ot rosins la tho loss of a steady annual Incomo to thc country. If the pine trees could he utilized every year, and It were profitable to protect them from the ravage! of fire, they could he reboxed every low year*. Once burned, how ever, they are worthless for naval stores pur poses ever afterwards. Hometlmca the profit, would he greater, aometimec leu, bnt the av- erage receipts from this source would be considerable. At present the losses must at- ways he great, u every year the old boxer, tuclus, might cully be made profitable. Being ready cut there would he nothing to do bnt cultivate them- The rates o( the rellweya have frequently been too high for n profitable production of naval itores; hut formerly when thl, wu shown the company would equalUe matter, by allowing us rebates. Underpreaeut law s, bowevcr.'they can not do this. q.'v.ilou—'Why cannot us Railway Com- mission fores the railway companies to trans port Interior rosins at lower rates, ao aa to make their production profitable, without In- creasing the ratu on higher grades? Answer—Became the commission require, the company to regulate their rates according to distance, and u the ratu now from ahort dlstancu from Savannah amount to almost nothing the companies must be allowed enough on long hauls to make up their losses ou short distances. The commission require this to prevent, as they say, unjust dlscriml- natton against any point If tho ratu were reduced to us they would, on n hula ot dts* tance, run out to nothing before Savannah wu reached. Q Then thc railway commission law hu worked, aad la worklug, very disastrously to the naval atore, Interest ot south Georgia? A. Yci undoubtedly. If the present condi tion of strain continues the Industry must he wound up. Before thc commission law ex isted wc paid U cent, per barrel from Och- lockonee to Savannah. Mow wa pay w'j cents, or a difference ol 1% cents per barrel, Thl* makes me pay on an annul average product of about 8,000 barrels fl/iC0 a year more than the railway company wanted me to pay when they had control of their own busi ness, and In those days the industry had not nuomed anything like Its present proportion, and naval stores brought better prtcu. It wlU take bnt n few yean, under the exist. Ing state of affklrs, for the whole pine section of Southern Georgia to he exhausted, the for esta to be.worthleu, and the manufacture of naval atore, t > be an obsolete business. Lul yew there wa, an immense overproduction ol virgin rosins because of the unprofitableness of turning out Inferior grades. This not only caused loss to producers, and low prices, but has also caused a i.,pi land useless exhorts Uon of our pine forest,. By this show-in • Mr. Paxton, who is an intelligent g-L Demon, anti is large ly interested in ti, > business, anil who claims to have suffered pecuniar)- loss, makes out a strong case against the commission, and one that should de mand immediate inveatigation and re paration. Tills great and growing industry Danger Of New Orlenna. Forty year ago a small creek called Atchafalaya^led out near the mouth of the Rod river and flowed southward to the Gulf, winding a tortuous passage parallel with the Mississippi. This creek or river gradually began to en large itself and to-day threatens the city of New Orleans with a danger more deadly than the fever or the flood. — A year since an engineer perfectly familiar with tho Red river and the Mississippi in Louisiana sat in the Teliobaph office and pictured stato of affairs which he declared would 3ome day call for tho best en gineering talent in the world to save New Orleans from being cut off from the real channel of the Mississippi This Atchafalaya creek or river breaks out from the Red just before it enters he Mississippi. It was evidently caused by the waters of the Red seek ing to escape when a flood on the Mississippi raised the level of that river beyond the level of the for mer. Having found an outlet, the waters of the Red not only escaped, but flowing back up stream, led the Mlsssisippi’s crowed waters out the same way. Year after year, whon the Mississippi be came swollen from floods in the upper valley, it would flow up the Rea river, beating back its feebler currents and finally escaping with it throngh the Atchafalaya. The gentleman in ques tion informed the Txlkorapii that he found men living near the source of the Atchafalaya who remembered when cattle could be driven across This little strerm is now from forty to seventy-five feet deep, and when last seen by our informant was a half mile wide. A bar has formed at the mouth of the Red river and near ly the whole of the stream had turned its waters Into the new channel. It is feared that when the next flood comes the Mississippi will also adopt it. Tho New Orleans Timet-Demoeral long since warned the people of their danger, and called upon the Govern ment to save tho city from the fate of Vicksburg. It took the river twenty years to ent through Delta Paint, but it got through at last and left the city on a lake. There ia no city in the Union that has, apparently, a brighter future than New Orleans. It Is the belt located city commercially in the Union, and bida fair to become the great metropo lis of the South. The danger that threatens it now can hv aVUlful and prompt action be averted. Two years hence it may be that a remedy will be beyond human power to supply. A Call on the Posse Comitatua. The,Louisville Courier-Journal winds up a leader with this rhetorical flash: For a time, atleast, mere party Unea must tw forgotten, as they were In war ttmei, end all must unite to put down corruption, to buke bribery, to clean,e the hall* of legtala- tton. The lobby must be rebuked and tbe wire-workers restrained. Money must not be allowed uninterrupted sway, and standard of, public morality must not be lowered. Blaine la thc type of class most dangerous to the public —a class to which wo traco the Credit Mo- bitter, tho Tammany frauds In Now York, thc plundering of Philadelphia, the system atte whisky frauds end tho star route con tracts. The power of this class haa grown ever since thc war, and Btalno ia the nominee, much of tho Republican party aa he Is the nominee of the corruptionists, tudepen- dent* of party relation!. In order that nc harm may come to the repub lc, Blaine must bodefeate -, let party consequence, be what they mav. It sounds like the inspiration of the brilliant but erratic AVatterman, whose capacity to embarrass, if not to injure Ills friends seems to be sempiternal, The reasons given for the rallying blast are simply beyond criticism. These and others should serve to unite the Democrats of the country in a charge all along the line, where the shoulders of brothers should touch in sympathy and cflort. But there is something more in the language we have quoted, The words sound as though coming from one worsted in a fight and who calls for help or interference from the bystanders. The Democratic party has more than once, since the war, registered the votes of sufficient men to drive the Republican party trom its entrench ments. Unfortunately, divided coun sels and efforts have invited defeat in place of victory. It stands again in battle array, and has given to tbe country assnranco that it can win, but the Courier-Journal, a commander in one part of the field, turns its guns net upon a common enemy, but upon its friends advancing to an attack has interpreted battle orders to salt its own views and has threatened to read from the ranks those who don’t like whisky at all, or who may differ as to its brand and taste. Now that danger fronts up close and terrible, it sounds the rally, for the line, the camp followers and the mob. For the life of us we cannot but see that from feat proceeds this defiance, Be it so or not, let the lines be formed, and let the Courier-Journal shuck itself of its impedimenta, the shape of free trade fallacies and whisky tax extension bills. In this way we can beat Blaine without the sacrifice of tbe party. If the party to be sacrificed in a single charge, what is to become of the survivors of tbs forlorn hope? If Blaine and Ids Republican cohorts are to be routed only that access may be had to the loot, who to organize tbe party of tho future and on what principles? Why cannot the Democratic party win under the leadership of Its own statesmen and upon such assurances os may save it from sacrifice, to govern tbe country long, with a wise and gen erous admlnis trade n policy? and American systems are really more generally used than any. The pound is common in Germany. Swed ish Iron and steel are rolled to English inches in size; their boards and lumber are also cut to thj English inch. In the Russian machine shops tho English inch is the standard, it is throughoutGermany for screws, nuts and bolts. In his opinion there is little chance for u general adoption of the French system. Few people have any idea what con fusion and expense would attend a change in our system of weights and measures. It would, as a matter of fact, necessitate a re-education of the people, a change in school books, trade methods, machinery aud gauges. Al most every class of people would he embarrassed and sharpers would reap a rich harvest. Whilo it is true that a universal standard of weights and measures would greatly facilitate the world's husines, it is doubtful if many years might not elapse bofore this coun try recouped the loss incurred in mak ing the change. It seems likely that the English is to become tho common tongue of the western world. Why not let the Bame system of weights and measures follow. TMt PROSPECTS IN OHIO. Dug for tho Tti© Outlook Not at nil Rea, Democratla Washikotok, October 0,-The chief tool, of conversation among politicians an,! business men here I* the Ohio camn,i„ A fortnight ago a goodly number onS were wagered aa to the October reauhta that State. The Democrat! were especial y hopeful of re-electing Newman androff ing up a majority which would complete r offset the Republican majority in Main' Notv, however, all li changed, the Demi’ crata are not wagering a dollar on the Z teat and the sporting men are reckleesH betting srnonz themselves as to the size nt the Republican majority in the Bucker. biste next week. 'fbU majority |,S nuely estimated at from 10 000 VVm \ 0 ?H' 0r n merlss ‘ lrtlln e° ( Itself alonetai »1 tbe Democrat! carried tbe BtatalaS y mL by . and " aK bold the State office*, aRepub lean majority of loom would show a Democratic loss 0 f 22000 To-night vour correspondent met . prominent Democrat at me Kigga hL* who only returned from L ido doe tuornin? The gentleman ia engaged in camnJK fork, and his chlet mlselnn to Ohio tu distribute a few thou- 'ml, where tSJ would oo the most good. "What Is the outlook in Ohio?" he aik f^.V, re Pt. ,,t , 1 i n ?e y° ur . coritBpoudenfs q“,. U ?.l'„ , C0U d . bl ' '”*»«. and then again it could be better. wae, and then ■' my travels , The Spoils of Olfioe. Whilo the New York Time» supports Air. Cleveland ostensibly os a reformer, it keeps its weather-eye on the main chance. By way of a rally to its fol lowers, it says: “He is one of the few Democrats who can resist the pressure of ‘a hungry and thirsty party.’ " The Timet takes care not to call the names of any others of the few Demo crats that may be trusted to keep Re publican'office-holders in their places, hut it evidently banks on Mr. Cleve land. This is intended to seenre him Republican votes and influence. It is calculated to do so and no doubt will. But it is safe to say that if the idea gets abroad it will not tend to inspire the Democratic masses. The shibboleth of tie campaign is Put the rascals out.” The rascals are tho Republicans who have held the offices of the government for these many years, and have used them for corruption in all forms. In a government such as ours two parties are necessary—the one to act as a guard and check upon the other. Nothing is more firmly established in the minds of the people than that a national administration should he in the hands of its friends. Thisargu ment was used in the United States Senate for a change of officers, with the civil service rules staring Republi can Senators in the face. The time may be coming, perhaps in tho estimation of the Timet it is al ready here, when a great reformer will commence his work by keeping bis op ponents in power and feeding the ene mies of the organization to which he owes all of his honors and elevation, but the people are not alive to the fact. It will be but a sorry and unsatisfac tory triumph to elect Mr. Cleveland, because he can refuse to reward the friends who have done thc work for him. We know of no number ot Demo crats, many or tew, who could he ca pable of such a policy. It is quite cer tain that of the Democrats presented to thc Chicago Convention each and ail of them would, in event of an elec tion, insist upon putting the govern ment into Democratic hands. Perhaps in other States, as in Geor gia, there is a certain Democratic-Re publican coalition which divides offices and patronage and thus retains power under all clrcumztances. To each this idea of the New York Timet will he eminently satisfactory, but the mass of the Democratic party will have nothing to do with it. Tha Land of tha Free—and Knar. Brownsville (Texas) Republican. What a farce upon Justice it It when a A Delusive Hope. The National Republican Committee has opened a branch of its headquar ters in the State of Tennessee, and has issued ou address to Southern voters to join the Republican party, because it is sound upon the economic Question the taiiff. This is about the point of the address when simmered down. Northern politicians and conductors of the press of that section appear to be incapable of understanding the South ern situation. They pretend to rely npon the electoral votes of several Southern States, or at least a reduction of Democratic representation in the next House of Representatives. The pretense is shallow and the hope entirely delusive. This contest will reveal the South still solid. This it fixed beyond peradventure. Whether tiie North will vote solid enough to elect the Republican President cannot be ascertained until the votes are counted. The gradual decline of the negro issue in politics has given the Soath something of time and opportu nity to study and examine the ques tion of tariff, and the result may be plainly seen in a steady but sure growth in favor of raising all revenues by a tax upon imports. But the time has not yet come when the South con afford to divide on such an issue or kindred ones. .She is gradually recovering in political morals and in a monetary sense, from the demoralization and corruption of tbe carpet-bag regime, hut is still so menaced by the great and unsolved ,. n irate,of»orkmiE'. »a f e,»n<lih. c«tol liv. , ,, ” " , * . ■ -i -v uaxiitw ro-n perfect no» 1 * ,B “»> '■t‘i"-mntrr«n l bavq.e«n' * h ” uld “•* ** *» crlfice, l or even endon- _ problem of the political status of the . „ ‘ . them contradict.-! to otbtr paper* I au the I gered.snd we do not think the ccmmis- negro that she cannot afford to break ms oe- - wife of so English sarjwiitcr sal Joiner. Weiaioninl i to do either. negro that (tie cannot afford to break the solidity which protects and gear serf In the proposed congress to agree upon a common meridian, it is under stood that France will accept Green wich and attempt to unite the world upon her system of weights and meas ures. An American, Mr. Coleman 8ellers, traveling in Europe, ^declares that after many years experience with the French or metric system, he is more than ever convinced of its unfit ness for modern trade and engineering. He declares the American system, with its inch divisible into halves, quarters, sixteenths, etc., the best in the world, the lesst confused and most easily un derstood. He meets the declaration that 241,972,011 people use the metric os against 07,039,825 who do not use it, with the assertion that the former num ber embraces the population of coun tries that have officially determined to adopt it after a certain date; that as a matter of-fact the people of Norway, Sweden and Denmark do not use the system. In Germany it is in use tor some things only. The writer qnoted is of the opinion that the large unit is most advantage ous. For instance, he declares that weighing by the stone and computing by the pound, shilling and pence, the Englishman figures more rapidly than the American. The French system of measures is a certain bar kept for com parison, just as is the English yard stick. Tbe French system of weights is theoretically predicated on the weight of a cubic decimetre of distilled water statemperatureo(39.1 degrees Fahren heit, the weight of which ss called a kilogramme and equal to only two and two-tenths of our pound. As a matter of fact, however, tiie standard unit of weight U the platinum kilogramme weight, deposited, like our stamlan! pound weight, in a public office. Rubles In thr Shop* of Owls' Hand. New York gnndar Journal. Owl beads mode entirely of rabies are among the pint, and stars, beetles and frogs are also worn. Jeweled gold banda ore worn about the ankle by some rich young ladles, A Trifle for Wlde*Awnke Housewives. New York CvenlDs PoaL Orape water Ice la In season and Is de licious. Take tbe Juice of four lemons, half a pint ol water, one pint of ingar. two glasses of grape juice; mix these well, •train and freeze. of the people at every placTh^S? ped. If only a few minnUs. It was eS dently no manufactured enthusiasm pumped up for tbe occasion, Tbe farmer there, and there, what seemed to be ihe culmination of Ilia visit to Ohio was evl deneed bjr the largest crowd, the most en thusiastic demonstrations that had ereeteA him since be entered the State The streets through which the uroce«slnn passed on Thursday night were one’u, throng of i eoplp. and every movement ol the candidate was followed by crowds that blocked up the streets *nd Idled the air with shouts. I was not prepared to believe 'list Ohio was hopelessly lost to tbe Democrat party, with even its Presidential candl. date. I clung to the hope that Hoadlv't success last year would give us tbe State by a small majority, bnt I was wl ollv un- prepared for tbe manifest determination seen everywhere to repudiate ClereUnd and his free trade allies. It was eviSfnt to mv mind an uprising ot the people to rebuke a machine nomination forced on the Democratic party by the New York 1\met, Harper't lYeeUy ind kindred sheets. From the beat information I was enabled to obtain aod my own observation I returned with tbe opinion that Ohio will give the Republican ticket next Tuesdav week from 10,000 to 15,000 majority." "How about the Irish vote of Ohio?'' "One of the most redacted aud influen tial Irish dilzens of CincinniU told mean organization, of which lie waS a member, extending throngh the Stale, had 3,TOO signers to a pledge to vole against Cleve land—not a man ot whom had ever voted a Republican ticket Of that number, he eald, probably 400 or 500 would vote for Buffer, and the rest for Blaine in Novem ber and the Republican ticket in October." "And the German*?” / ricwmdtheRhine at Cincinnati,bat failed to find the stampede of Germans we read of. 1 learned from one of the most intelligent of that intelligent race that it had no existence in fact. In voting for Hoadly they had recorded their pretest againat an obnoxious law, but they had returned to their allegiance—to the re spective political parlies to which they be longed—and in the procession on Thurs day night I witnessed an interminable line o! Get mans that seemed to comprise almost one-half the vaat throng. Unless, therefore, Mr. McLean can carry out hi* part of tbe bargain made by Barnum and ratified by Cleveland tbe State I* hopelessly lost to the Democratic party. From what I learned in Cincinnati of Mc Lean's standing and influence in that community I judge he will be unable to carry out nil part of the bargain, and ihu* l>e saved a trip to Canada, wbicn he pro- feated himself prepared to tnci* tbe day after the result of tils tactics wan known. The rc*pon*lbillty for the burning of the court-boo* ? and the bloodshed In the late riot there i* laid at the doors of McLean's follower*, and they will be closely watched.” "How will West Virginia go next week ?” "Well, l stopped in Wheeling as I went out, and there learned from the Demo* cratic candidate for Governor and th* members of the State committee that the State was safe for the Democratic ticket in October by 12.000 majority. Of that majority they claimed that one-third of the Greenback vote-some 3 000— would vote tbe Democratic State ticket. At Cin cinnati I met thc committee that bad c6me to invite Blaine to visit West Yir- ginia, and then learned the claim was re duced to 2000 in October, but even that was not allowed, and the Republicans felt confident of reducing it 1JJ00. These re sults are due to the midsummer madness that reigned at Chicago when the Demo cratic party in convention a^embled made the nominations it did." Milked by a Snake. Txextos, October 6 —John Yard, a far mer living on the Brunswick pike, eight miles from tills city, has been pasturing a number of cows on a lot on Ida place. For sometime he noticed that one of the finest of them every morning waa a- dry ai though she had been milked. He was puz zled at this, and aa an experiment changed her to another pasture. i3hs Snjiut-umiciy began to give the usnal amount of milk. After a few days she was returned to the old pasture with the other cow*, and at once began to cotne in dry as before'. Fi nally Mr. Yard had a boy to watch the cow. The mystery wu then quickly solqed. The boy reported that early in the morning a largesnake, "thebiggest be had ever seen," came and breakfasted from tho cow’s udder, draining it com pletely. The cow did not seem to mind the operation. The fact-, are vouched for by responsible poisons wlm liave seen tbe snake taking its matutinal nn-al. How a Man Pray.d nil HI. Breath Away. Marion (S. C.) Star. The colored people have a comp meeting abont six miles above toftn. Ervin God- bold commenced to prajr on Saturday night and prajred until abont 4 o'clock ia tbe morning, when b. died. Cologne Nearly a. Sweet ne Cologne. Baltimore American. I have walked all ovey Cologne, and veysesof Coleridge about the "six and seventy stenches and several stinks" are a •lander. The city is very clean and bright, and even the little, narrow, crooked lanes are dean. A Pretty Chipmunk with Pink Eyes. Bettle Creek (Mich.) Republican. L. W. Melchior bos on albino chipmunk. The little fellow was caught In a shock of corn and is para whita in color, with pink eyes. He occupies most of bis Ume in keeping himself dean and eating com. A Mean Trick. Sen Francisco Call. "What makes you look so disgusted, Sharp?" asked one yoang lawyer of an other, the other day. J.mre h 5oJtyoar ,OW U ** t *** ,kto, ’ ln, • "The miUionelre? Yee.” ‘'Well he died, yesterday, without mak ing a wlT, and here are hau the lawyers In town starving to death. Hta heirs will old hunt * T ‘ r/ °» nt ' th * confounded The Republican, will Carry Ohio. Chicago See s, Clevi-'and. In the lost three weeks a thousand miles throng 1 every day I am more ir idee that the Ueimbli October election. Tbi. _ private by many lr.iirg Democn though tbe majority of tuuse I have tall with to-day are hopeful of holding U Next to the Latest. New York bun. "This is the latest agony in bonnc-ti," she remarked to her husband, m she tried its (fleetin the mirror. "Is It paid for!" he asked. "No; I had it charged," "Well, it Isn’t the latest aeor nets, then," he 8aid. with a groin 1 bon ne was Too Near the Crave to Lie. New York -m \ A f- e! > old darkey struggled lyin. "Bq«s,” he said." lac an tie, ole man. Iwaab’nin ole Vbrinoy an' libbed dar mos’on to ninety-eight year, an’ I want yo’ toassis’ me erUttle ala mawnin’ boss, ef yo^' pleas’ eah?" ‘’You knew George Washington, of course?" "Np. sab, I nebher seed him." "What! You lived in Virginia ninety- eight years and never saw George Wash- ington?” "Datam er fac\ bos#. Ut an hones' o.i* man, an' atn too tu gone in ilia worl' fer to tell er lie. I nebher ntd young George, but Lor’.sab. his po' o!e gran- ladder and gran’mndder yuse to thinker pow’fnl sight ob me, boss/' A Wonderful Discover/. < "I.- -a I - .!• : t! • . 1 - fr ... i ■ tit r f.-i And a cert. ire In Dr. King - New I/is- covery for t , izu* , imption. Thousands of permanent ci.verify the truth of this statement No medicine can »h w such a recora ot won?, r.t: I cures. Tbousandsof nee hopeless i i ts now gratefully pro- Kjt .W r uvea to this Nt-W claim they toad. i 1 -. - uvea io u>u 1 ’iiCieffisS: ';-SS l?- nk *T(sf u “ lru * Mr. Ne." • I in-* tVtat the KnglirJi • i