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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 :. •ubaequ aide of the paper to bavo attention. Remittance.! ahould be made by Exprcaa, Money Order or Ileglnered letter. Arenti wanted ta every cnmmnnlty lathe Bute to whom liberal eommUatooi will be paid. Poitmaxlerx are ciptclally requested AUcommunicailotls ahould be addreued to H. C. HANION, Msnisr, Macon. Georgia. TO SUBSCRIBERS. The tag on your paper will give you the date to which your subscription hss been paid. Please examine it and renew promptly. 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.