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THE WEFKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSE^TGEB, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1884.
THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. I tr Be a preliminary isBue and both pa."
ties used all the men, money and re*
Dally and Weakly.
Ta»T«ut(»KA» -
llabed every d.j
•very Friday.
9] per u
M PJ
iiirces at their command.
Discounting the usual cries of fraud,
.... kly I intimidation and political trickery, the
V carriers tnIke I Democrat* h^vo been badly beaten in
o •uhM-rit>en at M ^tTuri to reduce the majority to ft
,0 ' ,lb ^‘° r,U harmless p 0 , n t
’^P’^cSJEST Govern.ir Hastily carried tho State
and to club* of upon t | iw q^q platform. It was prom-
** r up ' iaod that this should become the tariff
The Wi-f nr ik mauefllo 1
Kciub.'otitvatl.i-.''. year. _
tea It ....-r rear, au.t au extra copy
ute*. OHI platform of the national party. It was
at inwuo’v hud fitly ©ea» (or each l farther promised that the duty on wool
,uiro 8 (or mch latertios. E Liberal should be restored. Both a Democratic
{S&Mtaa Wtu not ban- CongWM and a Democratlo natlonal
reed. convention violated them pledgee to
aMuoDiriomHanivhia > toplca^ > bHS55flUed a Ohio Deinocrata. The result may be
briot and written , upon bat one rca d | n the reeult of Tuesday last.
for ibe :.
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Macon. Georgia.
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Had Ananias been struck dead th's
year, nobody could have understood it. •
Tna latest dodge Is eloping with the
hired man. The coachman is played out.
Ohio banked largely on the Taylor fam-
. ily In the late election, rending three to
Congress.
Tna Harpers constitute a close corpora
tion. Mrs. Fletcher Harper is soon to
wed her dead husband’, brother.
Coon was probably not appointed Secre
tary because of the well-known (set that
coons cannot keep their pan out ol
things.
OtxxKAL Logan has entered this cam-
psign with the avowed intention ol saliva
ting any mnn who may tread upon the tail
of his political record.
Tna cockroach, it has bten discovered,
has three hundred teeth, and yet he Is
morehorrled In his meals than the people
who gum for a living.
Bu.lt Chandler has established a col
lege for naval officers. It this will keep
them from loafing about -Washington
Chandler deserves thanks.
It may interest the ladies who have read
Marion Crawtord’a novels to know that
the young noveiistwas married on the 11th
in Constantinople to Miss Berdon.
If Mr. Blaine ts Ananias, who Is Saphlrat—
Courier-Journal.
Some appreciative and enthusiastic At
lanta friends have indicated Hon. (T) Em
ory Speer. *
BABOAE.the new Ohio Democratio State
chairman, equals John G. Thompson in
his claims; in fact, ho Is oS surpassed in
this respect by Governor Hosdly’s law
partner.
The South is not solid in natlonsl poli
tics. The Southern members o! Congress
differ upon every impOitant measure
having a national significance brought be
fore that body. i
Mr. Bxechrr cia ms tt at he can remem
ber portions of dinner-table conve-sations
that took place thirty years ago. But,
then, "pass the bottle” has been allle-
IoDg epigram ol Mr. Beecher’s.
Soua of these days an overtaxed engine
will explode and hurl 500 people Into eter
nity, and then folks will wonder why
steamships are allowed to race across the
ocean in silly efforts to beat "the record.”
Tux Democrats have a strong candidate.
The telegraph iulorms us that Mr Cleve
land rode from Albany to New York, con
versed with "Preserved Fish” by the way,
and felt no great fatigue frotn the great
exertion.
Mrs. SouiuwoRTH’a novels will be her
monument With a few more working
years, she can leave material for a shirt
that will be head and shoulders taller than
that which a grateful bnt procrastinating
public is erecting to 0. Washington.
Tus ponderous New York Trifmne, en
gsged in tearing to tatters the blogrsphy
ot Rev. John Jasper, the great "sun do
move” apostle, reminds us of the spectac e
OitheNewYork policeman engaged in the
safe pastime o’ clubbing the small boy.
Ir the reports received from Ohio can bo
credited, there was more Intimidation and
fraud at tho polls than was ever witnesied
in a Southern Slate. Where w re the
troops? Where were the bayonets? In
the language of the disturbed IMroit fVI, - -
"Shall an American citizen be deprived of | price large enough to cover theexpeneo.
But there is something more to be
learned from the Ohio election. The
fierce attacks upon Mr. Blaine have
not damaged him in the estimate of
Ohio Republicans. His campaign in
that State, no matter how open to crit
icism, has lost him no votes.
On the other hand, the candidacy of
Mr. Cleveland does not show incressed
strength to his friends, The great re
form movement evidently has not
taken root in Ohio soil. The German
vote stands solid and the bolting Re
publicans have made no demonstration
worthy of notice.
The battle is yet to be fought out in
New York, Indians, Connecticut and
New Jersey and will have to be fought
under no inspiration from anything
gained from Ohio.
These are ndl welcome facts, but
they are facts nevertheless, and there
is no wisdom in tho device of little
children who hide their faces under the
bed covering to escape real or imaginary
dangers. We have reached the point
where we must look this situation
squarely in the face, and throw aside
any calculations upon possible chances.
From now till November the campaign
must be conducted upon the idea that
secured Mr. Cleveland's nomination,
viz: that he can carry New York. Ohio
will only increase her majority at the
Presidential polls.
It is safe to say that we have gained
nothing to inspire enthusiasm in New
York or to anchor wavering votes.
The situation in that State,
at no time promising or hopeful since
the Chicago convention, still bristles
with difficulties. The warring factions
are neither silenced or appeased. < 'ur
Republican allies demand that war
shall be made upon Tammanv. If the
lesson of Ohio does not bring abont
cooler counsels and more disinterested
and united action, the prospects of Mr.
Cleveland carrying New ^ ork, which
are far less than were those of General
Hancock at a similar date, will rapidly
fade away.
Ths Drummer.
There seems to be a disposition to
oppress and discourage the commercial
drummer in some flections of this and
adjoining States. Several towns and
even a city hero and there have placed
restrictions npon him. Worse 'still:
certain wholesale houses in Galveston
have concluded to abolish the drum
mer system, and, says the News,
11 will not in the future com*
pete for trade in this way.” Wo sec
it stated that other Texas cities con*
template following suit, bo that it
seems likely that an organized move
ment will be made out that way to ex
terminate a class of what we deem to
be very useful citizens.
The drummer’s privilege is some-
tiraes abused. Men not suited for the
business by education or instinct have
made themselves such nuisances to the
merchants at largo as to bring the
whole profession into disrepute. But
these are individual’s evils that
soon sting themselves out of existence.
The drummer system ia sound in prin
ciple, and the class of men engaged
will be found to compare favorably
with any class of men in the country.
United with judicious advertising, it is
an economical method for transacting
and extending business, and protect
ing accounts. A certain amount of ex
pense attaches to the sale of
goods. If the merchant journeys
to the’ jobber to purchase, he must
in turn charge an advance upon prices
paid large enough to cover the expense
of his trip. When the drummer j nr-
neys out for the jobber to sell to the
merchant he makes the latter pay a
bis suffrage in open daylight?” Oh shame 1
Oh Infamy I Ohio!
Tub enormous iccrease in pension swin
dles is as much tho remit of political
cowardico as of political dishonesty. Con
gress has paid out during the last five
years $290,000,030 in pensions, and at its
• next session will be asked to increase the
pension list by $25,000,000. True reform
lies in the direction of economical dfr-
burfiement B as well as economical taxation
Colonel M. O. 8. Quito, who bas been
spending tho summer in this city, was on
yesterday taken with a congestive chill
and lost his powers of locomotion. Tbe
doctors think careful nursing may keep
him up for a week or two longer, but his
recovery is impossible. Those w! o are in
debted to the colonel in any way will have
to call and settle. He is no longer able to
present a hill.
It seems that the English navy is not
free from the sentiment that leads govern
ment officials to believe they have tbe
right to use government property for pri
vate purposes. The Wasp, her Majesty's
gunboat, when last heard from, was upon
her way to the Island of Inniatrahull con
veying a sub-sheriff, tix bailiffs and thirty-
six policemen to evict sixteen families who
owed rent amounting to $381.00. due to tbe
landlord. Sir Robert Bateson Harvey. The
Tallapoosa ana tbe Wasp arc monuments
to official previousness.
Ohio.
The great political battle in Ohio has
closed, with no comfort to the Dem
ocracy. The result holds ont no hope
' for November beyond that which may
be based upon a determination to re
trieve disaster by desperate effort.
While in sound and shape a State con
test, it was considered by both parties
The consumer pays the cost of travel
in the end; hut the drummer’s ex
penses are small, and divided amongst
a large number of merchants, while the
traveling merchant must disseminate
the entire expense of his trip over tbe
face of one bill
Aside from the convenience of the
method which permits smaller stocks
constantly replenished to serve in the
place of large ones and, consequently,
diminishes the risk, the merchant saves
his own time. We have yet to learn
that first-class houses are placed at a
disadvantage by having to select from
drummers' samples instead of those in
a sample room.
The system has been of groat benefit
to tho South. While it is true ono
Southern city has constantly Invaded
tho territory of another, the constant
increase and growth of jobbing houses
in this section proves that all have
gradually eaten into the trade of tbe
Northern houses and kept the jobbing
profits at home.
Macon alono supports nearly a bun*
dred drummers and order clerks con
nected with their business; and as oth
er cities of tills section of tho country
are doubtless enterprising in propor
tion, it will bo seen that thousands of
young men in the South are employed
and supported by tho drummer sys
tem.
The Texas jobbers are trying a costly
experiment, and one that can have but
one ending. They will be obliged to
return to the “commercial traveler 1
for self-preservation, and it may he
safely ventured that the traty easily
lost will not be to easily regained.
TM CtUl.n'. K.onp.4 Slav.-
Mollis Young is the name of a col
ored »tar, who is at pre-out filling a
M lie'in engagement of indefinite length
as tho "Wonderful woman and escaped
clave from tho island of Cuba." Mol*
lie's appearances are not made upon
tho theatrical hoards; on tho contrary,
he nestles up to her audience in the
Second Baptist African Church, mid it
is but fair to say that Mollie Anderson
herself never had in tills city a larger
audience.
Tho Tbleouafu was on yesterday
consulted by members of the audience
and requested to give Mollie a lift, and
at the same time to explain the singu
lar habits of her life. There is no way
in which to approach her but through
the medium of her life's hisi iry and
the remarkable narrative ebo delivers.
Wo recognize her as a regular show.
Similar troupes bavo played limited
engagements throughout the South for
twenty years, and it is not un
likely that at this moment
twenty Mollie Youngs are playing the
escaped stave of Cuba, under the same
management, in twenty different sec
tions.
This particular Mollie was stolen
when a child, from Kentucky, by Dan
Rice's show, and sold to a wealthy
hidalgo of Cuba bearing ths old Cas-
tilian name, Harry Yonng. Harry
bought her to add to his collection of
700 already on hant. What he desired
with so many is explained by the cir
cular, which says that "tnese human
being ar. harnessed and plowed like
horses, whipped three times a day spd
then rubbed down with pepper and
salt."
Young was fond of four-in-hands and
tandems, and he liked them to be spir
ited, hence the pepp..r and salt. They
were far cheaper, too, than horses.
"The food npon which they are com
pelled to subsist would scarcely be rel
ished by the American dog. It con
sists of cats, dogs, worms, and cotton
seed meal.”
It mnst be obvious that six hundred
steeds, that feed upon cats, dogs,
worms and cotton seed meal, might be
cheaply kept aa long as the cats, dogs
and worms hold out. What valuable
acquisitions they would be for Georgia.
Hundred of cat eaters could obtain sit
uations here in Macon. In the sheep
sections the dog eaters would command
princely salaries, and the worm eaters
in the cotton belt would bo in constant
demand during tho caterpillar season.
Why Mollie should travel for a living
when she can secure constant employ
ment as a cat, dog or worm destroyer
is more than we can explain.
“When a slave in Cnba, Miss Young
fared better than a great many of I
associates, as she often traveled ns her
mistress’s nnrso. Daring her travels
in this capacity she visited England,
Ireland, China, India, Hindostan and
Austria. She has also traversed the
Holy Land, been toJernsalem,climbed
the hill ot Mount Calvary, where the
Redeemer of the world was crucified,
and stood on the banks of Jordan, whero
John baptized. She speaks the Span
ish language with fluency and ease,
subsists principally upon fishing
worms.”
This is as far as Mollie's circular car
ries the narrative. Tho balance Mol
lie tells, he.reelf, at a cost of five cents to
each of her haarers. She says that she
failed in Cuba to give the child she
had charge of wnter just as soon as it
asked for it, and was immediately
liauled'up before tho Queen, and con
demned to receive one hundred lashes.
Tho King, however, on being informed
that she came from tho region of “Old
Bourbon” and “Sour Maali” gave her
one night to pray. This sho utilized
by stealing a life preserver and throw
ing herself overthe wall that surrounds
Cuba, into the sea. Sho drifted five
months, feeding on worms, frogs and
tadpoles, and did not suffer inconveni
ence except from the “mare maids”
and sea horses, who pestered her con
siderably. A sailor finally rescued her
and turnod her loose on thb American
public.
This interesting crcatureclaims to bo
an invalid and wftnts money to pay
doctors with. While lecturing sho
takes long angle worms and dangling
them over her mouth devours them as
an Italian does maccaroni. There is
nothing weak about a stomach that
will retain an angle worm. Indeed the
Btomach that will keep company with
cat stews and dogstcaks is steadier
than the average. Mollie does not need
a doctor, sho needs tho hundred lashes
that the "Queen of Cnba” promised
her, and if some of the darkies whom
she has fooled with her exhibition and
romance would lay them on her bare
back, very likely the King of Cnba
might be toinpted to forgive the theft
of his royal life preserver. Even tho
administrators upon tho estate of tho
Castilian nobleman Young might per
haps, when informed of the fact, be
willing to call it square.
Not Fair Flay.
Boxing or ring fighting calls for fair
play. For tho promotion of this Lord
Palmerston gave fifty pounds to Tom
Sayers, tho fairest British fighter, - It
does not seem that Mitchell, tho Eng
lishman, had fair play in his boat with
McCaffrey. The men were equally
matched in science, strength and
weight. Mitchell fought for tho body
and McCafirey for the head. There
was not a knock down for either, but
Mitchell had to be dragged away from
his opponent—he was not knocked out
nor off. The contest wasanevenone at
the time it was stopped, and in the un
fair ruling we read again that the Eng
lish sparrer must go. Mitchell lias
lieked better men than McCaffrey.
McCaffrey has never licked as good a
man aa Mitchell. The Britisher was
the victim of popular prejudice.
ootobar Idyl. I
Who that lives in tho upper part oi
Macon lias failed to htur Emanuel's
horu at daybreak? l-’or years it lias
waked tho laboring folks of the many
“VUW upon the city’s subuibs and
startled the echoes that sleep in tho
far valleys beyond; has .--ent out its
lvery summons even to break tho
umbers of thoso whom fortune in
dulges in the sweet afterpiece of sleep
■tho second nap.
Just u. the peep o' day it sounds,
and to its cheery call respond the
hound, the car, tbe chanticleer, and,
later still, the rattling dray and deep
ening hum of business.
Tiiero was n suspicions influence in
yesterdaymorning's breexe thatbrought
into the open window tho bugle notes
of day. Merrily they came trooping
in, hut tbe summer’s caress had
vanished and a strange little inquisi
tive chill rambled around and crept
upon the spiaal column until a wel
come blanket barred bim out. Tho
demands of tho second nap were
strongly pressed upon the half uncon
scious senses when the baby was res
cued from suffocation under a pillow
and tho threo-yoar-old released from
an entangling alliance with a useless
mosquito bar—a demand that soon be
came irresistible. Lazily the senses
yielded, and amid tho trooping bugle
notes fell asleep again with two hours
gulfing tho space between them and
the snllen breakfast bell.
But still the bogie sounds its musical
warnings and weaves itself into the
hound's baying, the car's cry and the
far halloo. Pine torches, flambeaux
of the field, beacons of tho fall cam
paign array themselves in line, flicker
in the valley and dance upon the hill
sides. Tho deep cry of the relentless
hound rings ont from beneath the
swamp's high arching roof of cypress,
followed by the rattling testimony of
the cur. Then the ringing axe, sap
ping the foundations ot tbe 'possum's
refuge, the crashing timber, the brief
skirmish, tho shout, tbe laugh. See
the procession moves, the torch shed
ding a glare npon the banners, nndsuch
a banner! The split pole holds in its
oaken jaws a cold, clammy, prehensile
tail; the living standard sways in the
breeze, foam upon iris grinning month,
the flavor of the new persimmon npon
liis breath. Somehow ho fades away
into a rich brown barbecued mass, cir
cled with Georgia yams that stand
waistdeep in a sea of gravy, their gol
den sides crystaled with a sugary
ooze, and flanked with stately pitchers
of persimmon beer, tbe wine, aye
champagne, of the old plantation.
The vision passes. A strange, terri
ble oppression usurps its sway; post
prandjal horrors, such as attend the
full afid swollen stomach, come as
though to hold a "crowner’s quest.”
Shouts of laughter emanating from a
thousand demons lend variety to suf
fering and satiety’s Bad-faced purga
tory. But they break tho chains of
sleep, also, and free the hand to drag
aside the thrce-year-old who lies across
the dreamer’s chest kicking tho baby
into vocal frenzy with his restless
heels. Beyond tho window shines the
day. Tho clear, cold dew-drops trem-
blo on tho leaves. No swallow marks
the sky: the summer is gone. Le Roi
ret mortel Vive le Roil Welcome, pos
sum, potatoes and persimmon beer!
A Mischievous Threat.
There lias been much said and done
in New York city during tho present
campaign not conducive to that har
mony demanded to insure the °uccess
of Mr. Cleveland. But the World re
ports a Mr. Frederick R. Coudert as
using the following language at a Dem
ocratic meeting:
If Governor Cleveland Is defeated by tbe
foreign element this year, 1 predict that an
American party will bo formed to eliminate
that traitorous element from the politics of our
country.
In the first place, how is Mr. Cou
dert to find out how Mr. Cleveland’s
defeat came, in tho event that misfor
tune should befall him ? Would it not
be manifestly unjust to chargo his de
feat to any particular class of voto-s?
Who is to prescribe how and for whom
our foreign fellow-citizens shall vote,
after they have aeqaired tho right?
Of course, we should bo pleased to
know that they vote tho Democratic
ticket, but wo fear that such nonsense
as wo have quoted from Mr. Coudert
w ll not bo calculated to inclino them
in that direction. It is notorious that
in this election tho support oi tho bolt
ing Republicans is promised to go no
farther than support of Mr. Cleve
land. As to all other candidates and
issues they are Republicans still.
If this talk of Mr. Coudert about rais
ing a Know-No'-hing party to punish
and persecute men who voto according
to their own consciences is a part of
that plan which proposed to read tho
strongest part of tho Democratic party
out of tho party in Now Yorkcity, then
wo can understand it; but wo cannot
see how it is going tobanofitMr. Cleve
land, who is certain of the bolting Re
publican voto, bnt lias not so strong a
hold on tho foreign voto. -
Accepting all tho figures and claims
and boasts that ths most sanguine put
forth, there is yet no margin displayed
for Mr. Cleveland or his friends to
drivo away votes.
Wanted, a Husband.
There is something intensely thrill
ing and enchanting to a certain class of
females in a courtship through the
advertising columns of a dally paper.
The enticing little personals so numer
ous in largo city papers, such as "an
unmarried lady would like to cor
respond with n limited number of
bachelors,” or “two mischievous girls,
blue eyes and black eyes, finding timo
hanging heavy upon their hands, would
like to correspond with two young gen
tlemen, for pleasure only;" or, again,
"a handsome young widow with a suffi
cient income would like to communi
cate by mall with somo gentleman
similarly conditioned with a view to
matrimony.”
The ending of these silly affairs is
generally unimportant. An exchange
of borrowed photos is effected, the cor
respondence languishes and dies ont.
But such is not always tho case.
Widow Orton, a Pennsylvania lady of
means, sought a partner through the
columns of a daily paper, and secured
an applicant representing himself to bo
physician. After the customary
change of photos had been made, the
widow, to carry out the romantic plan
ot action to a fitting sequel, arranged
for msrriago by telegraph, after which
she checked her trunks and moved on
to her liege lord at Indianapolis. She
found him, paid his bills, fitted bim
up a physician's office and set
tled down, bat not to rest in
peace. Only a few days elapsed be
fore the romantic bride discovered that
her lover was a mulatto and his “pro
fession" most“barborous.” Ascenecn-
sued, the “widow” armed with tongs
and shovel, and the benedict with his
trusty razor. The domestic tragedy
threatened to succeed the comedy,
when the police stepped in and led
away the pair to jail.
While pitying the feminine weakness
of the woman, wo must admit that the
plan she adopted in her efforts to dis
tinguish herself is a pleasing variation
of th; season. The coachman excite
ment is dying ont. •
CEORCIA'LL DO FUR Mt.
You may talk about -er Arkiosaw
An’ fat Ian’s In de Wes’,
But hyah dis darky bond bis row
An' hysh he’s gwlnc t r rest;
Da- ain’t no better fish out Jar—
De lieu' roost Jest cs high,
And do ’possum bido his trao' de same
When he go pacin' by.
You may talk«rbout two dollars er day,
An* nuthtn' lur t r do
But shovel dirt on < r railroad track
An’ res' when you gits through.
Bnt I’so seen sum ntggcri what went dar
Com hustlin’ bock again,
An' erbeggtn* folks fur ment-on' bread
Tcrstialght noutderc skin.
De Ian* here atu’t es once hit wuz;
Dar’s no ute 'sputin' dat,
But hit'll talk back when yon strike,
An' keep de chlllen fat;
’8idcs, too, you know do folks aronn'
An’ all do folks knows you;
An* ot de craps don’t turn out right.
Somebody'll pull you through.
'Joanna sum folks nay won’t stick.
When on ’e hill you sot ’em.
But of et don’t, hits meks decora
Git up from out do bottum ’
An’ ef de crik git up an’ w'ssh
Dat joanno on down,
Hit gits surabody’s fudder up,
Au’ lays it on your groun’.
No sir, I’so lamed er heap crthlngs,
Sence freedom turned mo out.
An, shores ycr bora, cn hyah terday.
Do Lord knows what He’s bout.
When cotton’s poorly, com Is f peart.
An* cl de hog meat’s high
You gtres ermorkidge on yer mule
An’ pulls thru’ by-era-by.
But den you can’t teach niggers sense;
Dey got to ltara dcysclf;
Taint what cums In dat meks folks rich,
Hit’s whAt stays on do shelf.
Somo folks dey nebber es content
No msttor whsr dey he,
You can leav’ do ole homo ef you Ukes,
But Georgia’lido turmo.
•Guano.
tPert.
BREVITIES.
LOVB ON A YACHT.
I loved her with a love that made
The heat at ninety In tho shado
Seem cool beside It;
I blushed whene’er I heard her name,
And sho, observant ot my llame,
Did not deride It.
But, on one most unlucky day,
Wo both of us were asked to stay
On board the Lily;
I knew ’twos rashof me, bit then
When they’re la love, the wisest men
Arc often silly.
We dined, we danced on moonlight nlghti
And when in boats to seo tho sights
St, John’s Lettar.
If anyone has found it difficult to
locate the purpose of tho prohibition
movement, the letter of candidato St.
John this morning will pave tho way
for a thorough understanding. Tho
letter is written in reply to a sugges
tion that St. John withdraw from the
canvass, the suggestion appearing
originally in the Tribune. It is, in in
tention and effoct, an assault upon
Blaine, anil mnst have convinced the
manager- that Mr. St. John was loaded
to tbe muzzle.
The document is long, bnt it haa
some good point! In it.
And vainly raoked by aching head
For conversation;
Tho whilo a rival stout and strong
Would hover rouud her all day long
In adoration.
Ono cannot coruscate or shine
When feeling far to til to dlno;
Tho yacht’s gsy motion
Madome more bilious, and he,
My hated rival, loved the sea.
The horrid ocean.
I knew she coaid not love amsn
Who, when ho went *o sea, began
To look so yellow;
And so he calmly wooed and won.
While I was outcast aad undone—
Unhappy follow!
—Punch.
Tiie placing of the stones in the cof
ferdam tor tba piers of the now Nashville
bridge across the Cumberland river is car
ried on at night by means of electric
light.
Accordino to tho Drugman potatoes
do not absorb tbe aracntcul preparations
nsed lor destroying the Colorado beetle,
but the productiveness of tho soil Is Im
paired by the use of the arsenic.
“You didn’t pay very closo attention
this morning. Tommy, when tbe minister
was making the long pr«yer." “Ob, yes I
did, mamma. I guess you didn't notice me.
I was the very llret one to say amen."
Sue looked at the waning moon and
remarked: "How paleitis,” "boughtto
look pale," lie replied, with the air of a
man thoroughly conversant with his sub
ject, "it baa been full for eeveral nights,”
"What branches do you find most
uaetul to your pupils?" asked a visitor of
s professor at the University of Texas.
"Any branch la good, but I find that the
slips from a peach tree are most useful."
A Maryland clergyman has been
censured by the members of Ills congrega
tion because bo went to the circus proDer
instead of remaining in the menagerie and
obeerving how closely tbe monkeys re-
sembled some of them.
A campaign in Louisiana costa less
than in any oiber Htate. An orator can
mount • box in the open sir, without mn-
?\° W ht h °,h* fl K rework ,lv tnd U ' k *l>°nt
him self by the hour with no other ex
pense than that of pine knots famished
by a colored man, who will be paid for the
me iu patent office reports when the
ndidate goes to Congress.
Thu British army returns just pub
lished show the military fore* nuintHinotl
•land tinring 1H83 was 2t 4'*4 men, t-x-
•e of < M.-cri. Of these 17 711 wen- in
fantry. 2.231 artillery and 3 337 cavalry.
Tbit number shows a falling off of nearly
6000 on the previous year and 2,000 on
1881; but it is higher than the total for
any other year since 1873. The number of
recruits nuied in Ireland during 1883 was
"Iii- h is liiuhcr thim tin*
for 1831 and 1882, but less»than tho totals
for tv.' h of !hf livn year* pri-cndm*. The
total number of Irishmeu at present In tho
{army is, according to tho return, 31,700.
A Pittsuubo prophet makes tbe as
sertion tbit in fifty ytrd.p* r.'mjM in t *•«•»-
ity-flve, coal will not be carried from the
mines to its places of destination in bulk,
but only its actual heat energy transport
ed, and that by wire. This process, he
says, can be accomplished by converting
tho coal i to heat, the heat into motion
and the motion into electricity. A storage
buttKy nt Cincinnati would take it up ms
fast as generated at the mines. From this
battery it could be taken out and converted
hick into motion hihI heat, or riiHitgfd
into light. It is only a matter of timo,
Iperbabs, until this and atill more wonder
ful things are done. And to day, we are
told, Edison is working upon some such
idea as the above.
An exhibition is preparing for next
year in th.- .i ll.- town of Nur.-ml>urg which
will certainly be of very widespread inter
est. It is to consist of specimens of gold
smith’s work. Exhibits are to be duty
free, and a lottery of which the prizes will
be exhibits will be held, and a guaranty:
fond of £50.000 bas been subscribed. In
dian and Persian work is expected. Japa
nese is promised, America. Spain and
Po tugal have expressed sympathy with
the undertaking, and France, Italy, Bel
gium and Austria are already represented.
Tbe historical department cannot fail to
be of the greatest Interest. For the special
student there are many considerations
that render an exhibition devoted to one
object only really of greater practical value
than the great world fairs at which eve
conceivable branch of science and artL
represented, and where, with the strongest
desire to limit observation to any one
branch, the effect is always more or less
bewildering.
Philadelphia Record: Alaska's
magnificent glazier drag9 slowly,on its
dreary way at the probable rate of a quar
ter of a mile per year. At tbe face or
front it presents a perpendicular wall of
ice 600 feet thick, and varies from three to
ten miles in width, extending back to tbe
north probably 150 miles. Hundreds of
tons of ice are falling off the face of this
great glazier every few minutes into the
bay, splashing the water more than fifty
feet high and rolling up waves that toss
the ships like toy boats. The appearance
of the ice, tbe most pare in the world, is
dazzling to the eye, all tints of bine, from
the most delicate to the deepest indigo, be
ing represented. The top surface abounds
with little hillocks and miniature mount
ains of ice. Great areao of earth, gravel
and large rocks tbe size of a house are car
ried on top of these ice fields from place
to place, as the great fl >e, more than a
thousand feet deep of solid ice, moves to
ward the sea.
The question as to long or sliort rails
has been much discussed. It is stated that
the first railway line in France, viz.: from
St. Etienne to Audrezlex, had rails only
three feet elevon inches long and weighing
forty-five pounds. This was in 1828; but
in 1^32, on tbe line from St. Klieune to
Lyons, the rail had increased in eogth to
about fourteen feet eight inches, and to
132 pounds weight Various increases
continued to be made in France, until thej
length reached nineteen feet sir inches.
England adopted a rail measuring from
twenty-one to twenty-four feet with a
weight of 110 pounds per thirty-nine run-
ning inches The great object ou urged
against the increase of long h is that the
iron rail exfoliates and is damaged at any
p jint, instead of ouly at tbe tnds. Tue
case is different, however, with cast steel
ndla, these being now turned out in Bel
gium and France some eighty-five feet in
length. Considering the dilation dae to
changes of temperature, the maximum
length of a French rail will probably be
fixed at about fortv‘nine feet three inches.
—Mr. Jefferson intends to take his
Rip Van Winkle” to England next
spring.
—Mr. Hanlan is not downhearted
over his defeat at the cars in Austradau
waters. He bas sent to Boston for two
new racing shells, and has gone into train
ing for another trial.
—London Life says that tbo Queen
is now enjoying better health thau for
some years. She haa been seeing more
people, paying more visits and transacting
more business than for many mouths past
she has been able to do.
—In a recent article in tho Clinical
Record Dr. Ronaldson, speaking of tbe two
nystema of treatment of tbe opium haoit,
says: “The immediate and total depriva
tion practiced in Europe I only mention
to condemn in the strongest terms as in
human and barbarous. The raoid but
vcradual withdrawal is humane to the pa
tient and successful to the practitioner.
—One of the society events in Catho
lic circles ten days ago was the marriage
of Cocsar Barnum and Miss Mary O'Keefe,
aider of a leading dry goods merchant in
Nashville, Tenn. It has just developed
that notices wer e read in the NashvMe
Catholic churches 8unday decUnng the
man iage null and void. Father 8cannell,
who performed the ceremony, having as
certained that Barnum has a divorced wife
In New York.
—Miss Middy Morgan, the famous
live stock reporter, has been regularly em
ployed by the New Yorx Times and Herald
for a number of years put, and is recog
nized as the best authority on live stock in
the world. She purchased Victor Eman
uel’s stud of horses for him, and received a
diamond-siuddtd watch ai an evidence of
his regard She is upwards of six feet tall,
and so very thin that b it for her No. 9
cowhide boots she could pass for a splin
ter.
—M. Bechamp lately contended be
fore the French Academy that the human
system “manufacture*” alcohol, and a col-
lesgue-M. Gautier-said decidedly that
alcohol often presents itself physiologically
or normally in the animal economy with
out the introduction of sugar or other fer-
men table substance. The late researches
of Perrin and Bujardin-Beaumetz are con
sidered as having full, demonstrated this
fact, ^hich is not unlikely to have a
marked effect in questions concerning le
gal medicine.
__—A gentleman owning a ranch in
New Mexico «avs that he is harboring in
bis camp a broken-down, poverty-stricken
old man named Ray who i- none other
than the author of “Ray’s Arithmetic.”
Ills story is a sad though not unusual bne.
He was once a man of means, derived
from the isle of his book, but went to Cal *-
f( ?. rn, mJ° d ? uW ® his wealth and there lost
all. Then he drifted about the West, first
here, then there, and finally brought up a ;
the ranch In New Mexico. The gentleman
says he is one of the most highly cultivated
men ho ever met, and his knowledge of the
details of minin* nnd land laws is as near
complete ts can be.
From Paris.
Burlington Free Press.
tw n0Tel *y ^ a magnifying fan.
ftr ®, bored and the holes are
#ii !l 8rn *!l lenses of tho purest ervs-
i e wea /, er covers her face with the
SS uV** tk* ettpks as opera glasses.
.i5LwJ^ d, j enabled to appear terribk
1 ' aad y e ^ secure a splendid view of
the stage at the same time.
A Walking Skeleton.
FROM ATLANTA.
The Pool--section of Omoara—Meetin^
of Cnoltol Commie.Jon-8otvar.oy ^
) 01 thB B>nd—sate of the
City Hall-Njtee.
(SPECIAL CORBK8PONDKHCK.]
Atlinta, October 15.—The Southern
Railway and Steambhfp Association held
its anuual convention to-day, and ad
journed at a late hour this evening. At
the election of officers there was no change
made from the last election, except that
Mr. Milo 8. Freeman was made auditor
and Mr. Thomas E. Walker was appoiu'ed
claim agent.
CAPITOL COMMISSION.
Tho Capitol Commission baa been in ses
sion to-day, a foil board present. The
important feature of tho session was
to hear the report of Commissioners
m? 1 !? an( ^ who have been on to
Toledo, Ohio, to examine the solvency of
tho bond offered by Moists. Miles &
Horne, the contractors. The report eub-
nutted by these gentleman showed that ^
after a carelul examination of the sure- 9
'.M-s oil the bund proj*o e.t, it wh found
that *\t was peneotly raiisfactory. The
contractors eland high at borne,
are perfectly respon*ible, and
have offered as sureties parties
who are well known and thoroughly sol-
Tent. The commission was entirely pleased
with the report and it was adopted.
After this acti on the commission began
work npon the report to be made to the in
coming Legislature. Tbi# will occupy them
severa' days, and in all respects will be an
Important document.
In connection with the report of the
commissioners who examined the bond of
the contractors, I notice that a petition is
being circulated here by parties interested
looking to tbe rescinding of the contract
made with Miles & Home, by which the
uew capitol is to be built of oolitic lime
stone, so that it may be constructed of
Georgia material, either marble or gran
ite.
SALK OP THE CITT BALL.
In accordance with the terms of the ad
vertisement the old city hall building, on
tbe site of tbe new cap to), wa* put up at
public outcry to-day. The bidding was
very light, and it was soon bid in by Oapt.
Newman for the earn of $975. It is under
stood that Capt. Newman represented the
contractors of the new capitol. By the
terms of the advertisement the building is
to be removed from the grounds within
twenty days.
It is likely work will begin on the new
qppitol at once, at least to tbe extent of
getting the grounds in shape.
ANOTHKK REDMOX.
The Ninth Georgia Battalion of
Artillery had a pleasant re
union to-day at Ponce de Leon
Springs. This is the first time the com
mand has had a meeting since 1866. There
were present about 100 ot the veterans,
representing companies A, B, D and E;
Company 0 was only represented by letter.
After a few speeches and a basket dinner
an organization was perfected and tbe fol
lowing officers elected: President, Tyler
M. Peeples. Vice-presidents—Company
A, A. Tally; Company B, William Guess;
Company D, Thomas Born; Comp iny E,
W. W. Everett; Company O, Capita;
secretary, James Blount; treasurer, Harry
Kiouse.
The next meeting will be held at Ponce
de Leon on the second Wednesday in Au
gust next.
METHODISTS ON PUBLIC MORALITY.
Declaring Against Candidates who Would
Destroy the Social Fabric. v
Erie, Penn., October 13.—The Metho-l\
dist Episcopal conference of Erie ad
journed to-day, after bolding daily ses
sions for one week. The conference was
attended by about 200 ministers, and was
presided over by Bisbop Warren, of ths
diocese. Before adjourning, the commit
tee of morals brougu In a report, in which
was the following: “Your committee, to
whom was referred the question of public
morality, finds it necessary to call
attention to a few matters of pres
ent and urgent interest. The first
item is associated with the pend
ing Presidential elect! n. It is, there
fore. of nation'll Importance, and touches
the honor and interest of every American
citizen. As in the past, so in the futnre,
this conference will h* Id itself aloof from
party politic.; nevertheless, whenever «he
American people are asked to vote lor any
candidate for office, whose election would
sep the fouodation of family relations,
de-troy the sacred fabric of society and
corrupt the morals of the nation, it is
our duty to protest in words that cannot
ne misunderstood * e are taught by the
Scriptures that when the wicked rule the
people mourn, and tbe student of hiator .«
has seen this statement veritie^A
when drunkenness, debauchery and their
attendant crimes iu high places have, like
leaven, infected more or less all orders of
society, and have been attended by want,
mistry and degradation. As in this re
public tbe people choose their own officers,
each citizen is personally, directly and
morally responsible for ihe part he acts iu
the selection of tbe nation’s legislators,
judges and rnlers. It should He distinctly
understood by ail parties, that among tho
American people there exls'e an intelli
gent, moral sentiment, supported by an
active conscience, that feels the shock of
au insult when presented with a candidato
for high office, whose corruptions are un
questioned and understood.”
walking ikeietou
discovery for Coneump-
•u w a hic , h .1 ld me 1,0 m uch good that I
bought a dollar bottle. After uuiog three
bolt os, found myself once more a man,
completely restored to health, with a
^appetite and a gain in flesh of 48
Call at Lamar, Rankin A Lamar's drng
store and a free trial bottle of this certain
♦LOO*° rtU lan * Largo bottles
A Campaign Lie.
Merchant Traveller.
On Wednesday evening, as the drivers
were unloading a lot of boxes in front of
the Adams Express office, something in
one of them collapsed, and streams of
water came pouring out, drenching tho
wagon and pavement.
“Good Lord I” profanely shouted one of
the men in surprise, “what’s that?”
“Ob, nothing,” replied a passer by,
“only a box of 8t. John campaign dQcn-
The Trouble Safely Over.
Stomach trouble is serious business
whilo it lasts; but what a blessed re
lief to have it depart! Mrs. F. G.
Wells, of 19 Atlantic street, Hartford,
Oonn., writes that sho tried Brown's
Iron Bitters for stomach trouble, and
that sho experienced such relief that
the*trouble is now entirely over. She
recommends this great iron medicine
to all who are afflicted. It cures liver
and kidney complaint.
A Solaoa to the Election Excitement.
In the election excitement we should
not lose sight of the next (174th) Grand
Monthly Drawing of The Louisiana State
Lottery, which will happen on Tuesday,
November 11th,—full information can be
had of M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La.
Tbe following ia tne result of th« Drawing
on Septemoer 9th, last No. 70 468 drew ,
the Capital Prize of $75 000 -sold in filths
at $1 each-one-fifth, (115,000) by mail
from M. A. Dauphin. Washington, D. O-
to Miss Marv Cunniff, living at servit*
with Edw. Hopper, K*q , No. 1 206 3pru#»
street, Philadelphia; one to Mr. Thos. W.
Ooiner, 361 LaFayettc Ave.. Baltimore.
Md. (collected through the Dovers’ and
Mechanics’ National Bank of Baltimore;)
one to Mr. Louis P. Ampleraen. 325 Spruce
street,8t.Louis, Mo.; another to Henry
W. Bahtier, engineer U. S. tow boat,
“Wm. Stone,” at fit. Louis Mo. No. 15,-
612 drew the second Capital Prize of $25.-
000. one fifth of which was held by Mr.
Robt. Locke, Memphis, Tenn.; Another
was collected through Union and Planter's
B-tnk, of Memphis; one to Mrs. R.- p-
— ~ %n No. 65,714
Mr. E. Springer. &KKatilfl.hnnr P A Duct. San Franciscc, — _
"Iwas 8 afllictcd with lung fever drew the Third Capital PrixejffliOUOO.
J??,*" 0 **-on Innas, and redn-e.l to.
Got a free trial bottle
twVflfihs held by Mr.' O A. Brown Hank
Exchange, corner Montgomery aud Wash
ington streets, fian Francisco; twvflfths
» held by Mr. F. H. Rudd. Columbus
Boston. Mas*. Nos. 21,451 and «*&-
901 drew the Fourth CspUsjI Pdaes ($#.000
each) sold to parties in Pdtehurg. fi«UB
Francisco, Omaha, Neb., and Suffolk, V#.
etc., etc , until one tires to hear of gonB
luck, which m'ght have been oura. If
only had invested, but a good resolution to
ike ia never to let another opportunity
pass by.—To be oentinoed indefinitely.