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Disaster In EgiPt.
The news this morning from the Sou
dan is of the most stirring character
and fully justifies the alarm and ex
citement-reported as existing through
out Great Britain. In the very hour of
triumph, with the rescuing expedition
almost in sight, El Mahdi fell upon
Khartoum with an army of 00,000, capt-
In the Matter of Shirts.
A local journal of Oneida, N. Y., an
nounces in a double leaded editorial
that Grover Cleveland has given an or
der for Ids inauguration shirts to a
dealer there. The shirts must, be made
to fit a 17,'s inch collar, while the chest
circumference is 4T,'.t inches. The
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Money orders, ehecki, etc., ihould be made
payalta to II. C. Hanson Mansger.
Massed goat Is now sold in the State 1
Heretofore the cans have been in the goat.
Gov. Hill, Ur. Cleveland's successor,
has made SherllT Davidson refund six
thousand live hundred dollars of fees
wrongfully taken. Gov. Hill doei his
work in a prompt and clear style.
Even a diet of cold baked beans cannot
cool the blood. Good cultured Boston is
shivering on the brink of a big social sen
sation that promises one or two divorce
•■Be and an interesting chapter In the ca
rter of at least one local literary Idol.
Ey-Govebmoi Jos Brown may possibly
become excited when be hears the newa
from Khartoum, bat yon can bet your
boots that never for ore minute will he
fall to recollect that on March 10 the New
York Ban le to tarn loose a batch of his
Confederate letters.
Castes Harrison after having been de
feated for Benator in the caucus returned
to Chicago and orginised a raid on the
gamblert. This la like the raven ;e of the
email boy, who being licked by his conv
paulon played for even by making faces at
his companion’s lister.
Dr. B. J. Jewries bolds that the three
primary colors ere red, green end violet;
that blindness to vlo'et ie rare, and that
colorblindness la practically confined to
red or green. We bavo not yet seen a mar
woman or child who could see, that did
not know when the grata was green.
Tnr Supreme Conrt of Tennessee af
firms the decree ot the Chancery Court,
which decided that the snretlcs on the
last bond given by U. T. Folk, the default
ing State tnasnrar, were liable for 139,000.
The sureties have paid the money. The
Georgia Legislature relieves ell securities
ou bonds..
ured it, and snatched victory from the a9 fellows: “Everybody feels proud
invaders’ graep. If lie ha« indeed capt- 0 f the fact that the product of one of
urel or kilted Gordon, he liaa rendered 0 ur thriving industries will he nearest
fruitless the long desert march, the the heart of the President on the ap-
weeks of trial and privation, and the proaching event.”
bloody sacrifice by the way. It is to be hoped that Grover Clcve-
But this is not all. The British army j sm i' t shirts will be near to the great
is a long way from its base of supplies, Democratic heart of the country on the
and finds itself cat off from its antici- ^th of March next,
paffid relief. Khartoum is naturally a in these days of political degeneracy
fine strategic point and easily defended, it will be a grateful sight to gee men
being at the junction of two formidable 1 practicing the cardinal virtues ein-
rivers. It is not likely that the Mahdi balmed in wearing a clean shirt and
can fail to hold it with his vast army speaking the truth. There is a tradi-
after Gordon has demonstrated how tion to the effect that many Democrats,
easily a few thousand could defend it, not very long ago, did not possess the
though an attack by boats may be I claim to he considered and called gen-
more difficult to resist. But if Wolse- tlemen prescribed by a worthy Lord
ley’s army occupies Khartoum, what chancellor, vis: the possession of a
then ? It will be found stripped dozen linen shirts. In fact the cn-
of its stores, and tiie Britisli trance of a clean shirt into the Demo-
prisoners will have been carried away, erntfe party of Georgia is clearly de-
if spared, into the pathless deserts of fined by date and circumstance. In
the south. Can this larger army find t he fine old days, honest andmemora-
support in the country round about? b i e ones, at Milledgeville, the Demo-.
Can it return as it came? These are 1 c ratic party was accustomed to hold
questions now agitating the British raeet i ngg ; n the dining-room of Bufling-
war office and the British people. ton’s Hotel, and the faithful were
It looks very much as though a trap cheered, aroused and instructed by af-
had been successfully laid for Wolse- ter sup pc r speeches, from old General
ley’s army. It is likely that at any time Wofford, Walter T. Colquitt and other
within the last two months Khartoum war horses. In those days, as now,
could have been captured. Indeed, | q lt . pernicious practice prevailed of
tho defense of Gordon has been the e | ec ting judges by the Legislature, and
most remarkable thing in the whole even in those good days legislators were
Egyptian complication, and something sometimes unscrupulous or forgetful
no one lias been able to fully under- ag to their pledges. On one occasion
stand. If the Madlii has purposely j u jg e Tracy was a candidate for judge
suffered the besieged general to re- ot this circuit, and was opposed by
main as a decoy for larger game, he has Judge Angus King, a man of kindly
developed a cunning greater than he so U i an( j Impulse, but of an exterior s9
lias been accredited with, and is likely I austere as provoked some of his op
to press his plans to completion. ponents to call him Anguish. Both
The capture of Khartoum will greatly I candidates felt sure of election, for
assist to restore the lost prestigo of the both ha( j received pledges of sufficient
Prophet; the exposed condition of Totes . The ballot was decided in favor
Wolseley’s army will serve to tempt the I 0 f j u( j gc King.
doubtful tribes into armed enmity. I Late in tha afternoon as Judge Tracv
We may not be surprised if the was passing the State house in his
victory will serve to bring L a j Uyi on his way home, the
iato
Washington society has enjoyed thrtc
llt'le episodes not on the bills. At the
President's dinner to the Supreme Coart
judges, Arthur took himself off after din
nerwl.h a young lady. They might have
become Indignant If their attention had
not been distracted by a sensational epi
sode of Mrs. Bonaparte’s fall. She and-
fitwij bfttamt rigid *nJ slid down from the
Sofa to ths floor. Justice Biaichford's wife
Is tha aunt 0! Mrs. Bonaparte. She came
forward and held her niece's head. Bbe
laid there was no o:ctalon for alarm as
Mrs. Bonaparte was subject to these at
tacks. AU that coaid be done was to leave
her alone. It was a strange ilgbt-
this noted woman writhing In resplendent
evening dress npoo the floor, surrounded
by the dignified and pitying gneats. The
ladles knelt around her alapplag her hands,
faebly trying to help her. T be President
was not informed of what was taking place,
as no one felt like going alter him on
account ot bis abmpt departure. This
■oene continued for twenty minutes. The
unfortunate lady then recovered enffi
clently to be helped to her carriage. A
majority of the guilts went awey without
seeing the President again. Tbit remark-
abla dinner has betn the subject of gossip
in faablonable society to inch an extent'
the*, it has been the talk of the town.
At a reception in high circles everything
pasted off in tha most charming and agree,
able faihlon until about It o’c ock. There
then arrived a prominent official and wife
TbUoffldal’e wife was In a atate of hila
rious excltemsnt, having previously at
tended a punch-bowl reception In another
part of the city. Bhe was In that state of
mind which Is known as perfectly happy.
Her every second word was a giggle and
■very third was followed by a scream of
raptnrooe delight. Bhe. made inch a per.
fectly Infernal racket that she nearly para
lysed the company. A few momenta after
her anrtvil her husband deserted ber, left
tbs house end went home. A good-natured
treasury official who baa known the family
come yeare kindly took charge of the
hilarious dame and abunted her off Into
the dining room, where ebe fell heavily,
making auch a crash as only a vary heavy
body can. Bhe was rescued finally by two
stalwart wallers, who took her up in the
corner. Then nothing would pacify her
hat champagne. Bbe gotlt too. The lady
like hostess was extremely mortified, but
she was assured by her other gneeta that
ibe had no real reason to be. The hilar!
oos wife of the distinguished officiel was
well-known for her peculiarities. Every
one understood her and knew that aha
herself alone was to hlama. The
good-natured treasury official, who
something of a diplomat In his way,
finally ancceeded in getting the hilarious
dame oat of the house and then carried
ber home.
There was an interesting scene at the
National Theatre last Friday night, which
in a small way rivals the recent scandal
ous outbreak at (hulls BtewarL The Mrs
taper Company was plajlng an engage
ment there. Miat Marie Bockel, a mem
ber of the oompany, attracted the favora
ble attention ot a young men, the eon of a
Benator. This youngster, with a party of
■mall-fry cwelle, generally makes the up
town hotels the meeting-places to de
vise new dissipations of a character
salted to their feeble Intellects. This
night, however, he end one of bis blende
were aausailly bold. After the curtain
fell In the last act they climbed a poo tha
■Ugs, puttied their way babied the car-
tain and atnmblad about until they found
themselves in Miss Bocksl s dressing room.
Bbe screamed for help. Her husband and
out or two members of the company ap
peared, and after span king the two young
dndee soundly, took them by tbejtan and
led them out into the alley.
tho whole native population to the mcmbe rs of the Legislature,
Prophet’s assistance, in which event j„ st adjourned, canto trooping
Wolsefey’g condition will indeed be over tbe stile- Reining up his horse
precarious. Cut off from his base and rislng in his vehicle and lifting his hat,
surrounded in the desert he may be Judge Tracy shouted in a loud voice:
crushed by the sheer force of numbers. "Farewell, Democrats, farewell 1 Take
It will take a month at least to reinforce Anguish to your bosom andcherishhim,
him in hie present position. Who can bu t don’t forget tiiat you have beaten
cay that a month may not find Wolseley t |,e firgt man wbo ever brought a clean
where Gordon now is, and a new relief Bllirt itto your party.” Alter this wit-
party occupying Wolseley’s dangerous ty an d hot shot he drove away, mid the
position ? I bowns of the Democrats and tlic merri
ment of tlie Whigs.
If there is a bag factory in this city
we are unable to find any one with ac
knowledge of it. There is one cot
ton seed oil mill here and ft is
owned by the Macon Oil and Fertil-
ilizing Company. The other two oil
mills exist only in the imagination of
the editor of the Gazette or the cor
respondent upon whoso report he may
have relied for information.
W. H. Mansfield has owned and op
erated a distillery here for at least five
years, and never owned but the one.
It will be seen that out of five estab
lishments in this city put down in the
list of “New manufacturing and min
ing establishments,” but one was pnt
into operation last year, that one has
been in operation lor five years and
three of them do not exist at ail
If the same ratio of error prevails in
reference to the number of establish
ments elsewhere, it will be seen that
the general statement will have to be
discounted 80 per cent, to get at the
truth, as to number of establishments.
What the result would bo touching the
amount invested we have no means of
determining,ns the Record fails to pub
lish the amount invested in any of these
enterprises.
We do not deem it necessary at this
time to go further into this matter. We
are more than confirmed in our judg
ment as to the utter unreliabil
ity ot the Record's facts, upon
which its extravagant statement was
based. We do not care whether the
Record .was careiess about the facts in
making the showing it did, or whether
it was imposed upon in their collection
and arrangement. In either event the
result is the same, and, so far as this
city is concerned, shows that its state
ment, as indicating mining and manu
factoring progress, is utterly worthless
We regret that any report of im
provement should prove untrue. We
want to see the South built up in
these directions. We are sick and
tired, however, of the extravagant
newspaper statements that are in
dulged when a sausage staffer
peanut roaster is pnt in operation here.
It delndes our own people, and with
men of intelligence renders us ridicu
lous.
Wc would again suggest to the Record
that it publish not only the list of es-
tablismcnts and their locations but the
money invested in each last year.
From the list and locations published
already, but from which amounts in
vested aro excluded, we are compelled
again to call in question the general
statement of the Record. Let us get
down to specific facts. General state
ments cannot settle a question of this
character.
using the eyes to decipher small fig.
urea is injurious to them, an assump
tion we regard as not well founded. It
occurs to us that the use of the eyes
under proper conditions ought to
strengthen and develop their powers.
The sense of touch constantly brought
into use, the ear, the mind, in fact all
the senses and faculties, seem to im
prove under proper use. It is unnec
essary to cito examples in proof of
this.
But Monsignor Capei is not mistaken
in his assertion that the desk commonly
used in public schools, perfectly level
or even considerably inclined, is inju
rious to the eyesight of tho student aB
well as to his figure; that it should be
inclined to an extent that will permit
the child to use it without straiuing his
ision, bowing his spinal column, or
Here then is something solid for pol
iticians to chew aud ruminate on.
The World has been snubbed in the
house of its friends and the Times in
troduces the first and only man decided
upon for a cabinet portfolio. The re
cent declaration of Judge Locbrane
that “no Confederate brigadier” would
go into the cabinet appears to have
been spoken by tho card. A cabinet
should he homogeneous and harmoni
ous. In view of this fact there is a
wide field for surmise as to whom may
be the colleagues of Judge Loclirane.
Tha Department ctfleoe.
There are several thousand offices
in the departments at Washington, to
which are attached salaries running
from seven hundred and fifty to thirty-
five hundred dollars perattnum. These
rounding his shoulders. And not only is I bave been enjoyed by the Republicans
such a desk demanded in the interest b)r more than twenty years continu-
of good eyesight, but good and well ous 'y- H i s n °t denied that many of
directed light. If one places a looking I * b ® holders of these official positions
glass so that the light will rc . I are incompetent, lazy and corrupt, and
fleeted hack into the eyes I that nearly all of them have been ac-
the “glare” is so great that the eye I t' ve partisans. But a handful of them
cannot stand it even for a few seconds; bave P ass ®<l what is called a civil ser
if one places' a book or a paper or an vlce examination,
object of any kind in the place ot the JIr ’ Cleveland’s administration can-
glass, he gets the “glare” still, but in no ‘ be successfully run by such sub-
a modified form. It only needs a I ordinates, for the success of the admin-
longer time for the objects thus held to 'station must largely depend upon the
accomplish what the glass would effect honesty and efficiency of its servants,
very quickly. It is a pernicious prnc- | No administration can afford to feed,
tice to face the light whpn writ i ngi clothe and pay its opponents. Atvari-
reading or working, even though the mB f imes the Democrats, while in pos-
object upon which the eye rests upon I sess i°u °f the Senate and House, have
be shaded. The best plan is to receive kept Republican officials in place. In
it over the left shoulder, where tho 1 1L hnost every case they have proven
shadow of the working hand docs not h° spies and informers on their ben-
interfere with the line of vision. efactors. It has been Held out as a
It is probable that tho eyesight, as a hugbear to, these who seek offices,
general Yule, is more injured by the tbat Washington is a bad place
light upon the object it contemplates aa< * Jjj® clerks never save anything,
than by anything else. The importance Washington is no worse than any other
of a proper selection of the light and ‘ ar 8® city, and the clerks there save
time in which to read or write ought to abou * as much as clerks do elsewhere,
be impressed upon every student. If There aro - voun K me “ everywhere who
this is attended to, nnd the simple 8avo but Uttl ° and wbo are given to
rules cntlined lie forced upon t i 10 «>e sowing of wild oats. There are
schools, there need be no fear that we "J any J oaD g me n who can never rise
will become a nation of myops. abov , e subordinate positions. There
are thousands of young men, young
Col. Fontaine casting to tho winds
dodgers showing the unpublished verse
of “All quiet along the Potomac to
night,” of which (tho unpublished
verse) ho is the author.
Teeumseh Sherman with Jefl'erson
Davis’s lost letter concealed in his eye
A company of would-be discoverer
of the North pole. 8
A battalion of applicants for cabinet
positions.
A regiment composed of the men
who struck William Patterson.
A brigade composed of tho authors
of ‘ The Beautiful Snow.” and com
manded by Chicago Sondan campaign
editors.
Thirty thousand Republican office
holders.
Forty thousand colored statesmen
under Fred Douglas singing “\V e a re
homeward bound.”
If when tho Mahdi Bees this caravan
approaching he does not tear his beard
shout, Ah, woe is me, Belladonna, flee
unto tho far recesses of Ethiopia, ave
to the jungles of Mynntizikanski, then
is he indeed Mahomet, commander of
the faithful and typhoon proof. Let the
column advance.
Mr. Clavalnmi's Tariff Views.
Tha public docs not know what are
* Doubtful contest. I ment oj tne Whigs. Mr. Cleveland’s real views as to the
The Democratic party lias built great I Steadily clean shirts and clean rneth- tariff. It is probable that his kitchen
hopes upon securing tho Benator from I ods found their way into the Democrat- cab j nct j, fully acquainted with them,
Illinois. It is of the highest impor- ic party, until the “great unwashed”
tance that the Democratic party should could no longer he considered a term
secure Senators. It is not unlikely ®f reproach. It is pleasant to know
that the Senate may be weakened on I that Mr. Cleveland lias had tlio fore-
tho Democratic side by cabinet ap- I Bight to provide a stock ot shirts,
pointments. The administration of Oneida is justly eutitlcd to tho credit
Mr. Cleveland will need tho support of making up these useful articles of
of numbers and brains in the Sonato. apparel, but Sir. Cleveland will do well
Notwithstanding frauds and prov- I to bear in mind that bo will be ex-
idcntlal Interferences, tlio pros- pected to stick as closo to the Dewo-
pect of securing a Demo- cratic party as may the Oneida shirts
cratic Senator from Illinois at | to bis burly bosom,
looked
one time looked very brigtit. It
does not look so bright now. Mr. Mor
rison lias secured the caucus nomina-
Ratranchmsnt anti Reform.
The House of Representatives of the
, , . _ , .... 1 Missouri Legislature has a committee
ion oi the Democratic party, but late ^ |h# tUle of retrcnchment an ,i
information raises a doubt as to his | " m ., i,,„„ „„„— ♦„ i,„
ability to eecure the full vote of the abrea>t o( tbe , entlmenl o! the day.
party- In fact Mr. Morrison U con- M a ute regaion thl . committee
fronted with the horizontal mi*chiel of unanimou „, y r „ olvt . d lo r eport in fa
last year. vor of the abolition of the railroad
Three Democrats, it Uisaid, refuse to commltilon . The board of railroad
support Mr. Morrison, for the reason commlMloDerl bttg hecn in existence
that their constituent, are dluatiafled I ^ (we , ve U CO n.i-U of
.m. At. un,,,.™’. attitude towards 1 - - -
reform. This committee seems to be
but none of them have so far proven
leaky.
Recent indications point to the fact
that he i» trying to harmonize his
views, whatever they may be, with
those of the leading men of the party;
fact, is endeavoring to formulate a
policy upon the subject by which he
can satisfactorily run his administra
tion.
It la a remarkable fact that during
the present conference nothing has
been said about the tariff that has
reached the peopio in an authentic
shape.
Tho only direct attempt has come
from the Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun, and is embraced in
this paragraph:
la regard to ths tariff, Hr.Clarelaod will hold
straight to the line of hts former declarations,
which an not materially remote from the po
sition of Speaker Carlisle, a position on which
the Democratic party must present a united
with Mr. Morrison'
the tariff.
three members, etch of whom draws
_ T . , . , .. , , ,, , 1 a salary of $3,000 a year. Tho cora-
Tlio Legislature is a t o on jo nt bal- miuloD ha8 a c , erk slso. and his .ala-
tot and it must be confessed that the „ |lh officc makes np an
chances do not favor the Democrats. |ldditioQ|tl *} |0 oc,per annum. The aboli
The -os..:.-, am. unnecessary I t| on 0 f the board, which is contessed-
tion of a question upon which he Dem- , wW ^ a Mvtns to tho Btate
ocratic party was divided makes itself o| |12 000 a yeart Th c nonsense and
felt now wlten the party is in asnpreme Ignoranco j i<p , ay e<i by Congress
tri ‘ i9 ’ „ , ...... this subject Is already beginning to tell
If Mr. Mornson fails, and his failure on (h# common ^ of the poop , e .
shall involve his party, he will receive
bat little, if any, sympathy. He has in- Tha Marvelous Industrial Development of
vited disaster and the regret will be tho South,
that the party most be made to aharc A few weeks ago a atatement went
the result of his folly. The Logiala- the rounds of the prets, credited to the
ture of Illinois is in a condition for po- Manufacturers’ Record, of Baltimore,
lltical dickering. The Speaker of the that during the year 1884 there was in-
Iiouae isoneElijah M. Haines,of Wan-1 vested in mining and manufacturing
kegan. He has an unusually smart enterprises in the Southern States the
daughter to aid him, and it is said large sum of $103,209,300.
her diplomacy secured him bis We took occasion to call in question
present position. He is laid to have its correctness. What we said in ret-
unbounded influence with some Demo- erence to the matter attracted wide at-
crata and a few anti-Logan Repnbli- tention, and was copied, among other
cans. journals, by the New York Journal
Accepting as true the pictures drawn Commerce,
ot him, one might readily suppose that This brought forth a letter from the
he was the original from which editor of the Record, in which he stood
Major General Josiah Limber was I by bis published list and the general
drawn. He has a habit of turning statement, baaed upon the same, which
white about the gills when excited and be said had not been questioned by bat
bas so far shown himself to be the mas- one paper in the South, the Tsliorapii
ter of the Benatorial situation in the I of Macon, Ga.
Illinois Legislature. The free traders, | Colonel I. W. Avery also wrote
or revenue reformers as they now call
themselves, have Indignantly repelled
any charge that they hare endangered
Democratic harmony or success. They
will scarcely lie able to force this upon
the credulity of those who are capable
of understanding tbe situation in Illi
nois.
Aat wa to have the Condarango humbug
■gain? A Washington correspondent
writes: Capt. Duble, wboaa cancer bae
been cored by the Pernambuco salve,
about whom I teat you e telegram some
weeks ago, goes to Booth America it once
to import a supply of the medicine. He
baa been overwhelmed with letters from
tbaWest. He said, “The Avalanche sends
me to Booth America " He baa received
more than two hundred copies of tha par
agraph dipped from tha Avalanche, and
tha number 0( letters grows dally.
letter to the Journal of Commerce folly
indorsing the figures c( the Record,
We challenged the atatement and
called for the names and locations
the establishments credited to Georgia.
We bad only one purpose in doing this
and tiiat was to develop the troth ~
reference to the matter.
So far we have failed to obtain any
the data upon which the Record makes
its showing except its published Uat
18*13, “new manufacturing and mining
enterpriaea” in which the $103,209,500
were invested.
By reference to thia list we find that
Macon ia credited with the fottowing:
S. Long, bag factory; Macon Oil and
Fertilizer Company; Muscogee Oil Mill
Company; Macon Oil Mill Company;
W. H. Mansfield, distillery.
front. Ills Inferred that Mr. Handall must
have become convinced of this after bis Inter
view, or ha would not have gone back from It
and made poelllve the Intimations which be
bad prerioualy given, In a aomewhat faint
way, that be would not be a candidate for
Bpeakcrofthe nest House, and which decis
ion ot hts make* It a '•slkovcr for Mr. Carlisle.
What Mr. Cleveland’s “former dec
larations” are partakes of the same un
certainty at the “position of Mr. Car
lisle.”
When Mr. Carlisle was bolstering the
Morrison hill and the whinky bill,
and attending and speaking at free
trade dinners in New York he was sup
posed to be a free trader.
During the Presidential canvass, Mr.
Carlisle took occasion to say, that he
was not a free trader. This corres
pondent is not friendly to Mr. Randall
and.ia forced to inference abonthlm.
It is more tliaa probable that his ut
terances about Mr. Cleveland,
are inferences, based upon
little or nothing. Mr. Cleveland lias
hardly nominated the Baltimore Sun
as hla organ as yet.
This is the same correspondent who,
daring iaat spring, when the thimble
rigging was going on over Mr. Ttlden,
engaged in a slugging match with the
venerable statesman at Grammercy
Pork, and at the same time witnessed
his grace and agility as a jig dancer.
A little while ago he made the
discovery that Bam Randall coaid
not be invited to Montgomery, Ala.,
on account of his tariff views, when, in
fact, he waa invited by a Urge meeting,
and a committee appointed to go to
Birmingham to Insure bte coming.
It may be added that it U not within
the power of Mr. Cleveland to make
the Democratic party present a united
front on Mr. Carlisle’s views ot the
tariff, as interpreted by Morrison,
Hard, Watterson and s few others.
Something Deflnlta from tho Presidential I Democrats and old ones too, all over
, Conference. the country, who do not and cannot
Beyond the suspicions of newspaper make tbo salaries attached to these
correspondents and the vaticinations government positions,
of politicians, it looked at one time as We would not choose a government
though the late Presidential confer- offlce for a brigllt( independent and
ence in New York city would he dis- ambitious young man. Buchan one has
appointing in results. _ In fact, this chances above and beyond it, but all
journal took occasion to say that tho 1 young men are neither bright, arnbi*
great public kqeyi no more at the end l tions nor independent. Nobcdy seri-
of the sanhedrim than it the begin- Lusly believes that the present humbug
ning. At that time it was not known m the shape of civil service will stand,
that anything definite had been brought while every ono expects that some-
forth by tho three days’talk. Subse- thing will be done to improve and ele-
quent disclosures havo thrown a strong vate t he public service. Whatever is
I light upon the situation. ^ I honestly, wisely and faithfully done
It will be remembered tiiat the New I mug t ho done by a Democratic admin-
York Times, along with the New York Stratton.
Herald, Harper’s Weekly, the The New York World, discussing the
Rev. Beecher and Carl Schurz, subject, makes some pertinent sugges
ted tbo Democratic party during hfens in this direction,which we append
the recent campaign. The New York to indorse. It says
Times is placed first on tlio list for the I “But we do not believe in absurd
reason that an account of its enthusias- competitive examinations which havo
tic support of Mr. Cleveland, it is gen- n0 reference to acandidate’srcal fitness
orally conceded, his nomination was I aad practical aptitude for the position
<lt>®- lie seeks, and which no sensible busi-
As Mr. Cleveland has announced his I a ess man has yet applied to his clerks
purpose to stand by his newly made and employes.
friends, tho Times may lie considered “Capable and faithful public officers
to stand in close and confidential rela-1 should be assured of fixity of tenure
tion to him. Furthermore, this an d promotion for merit. A banker or
view is strengthened by the treatment 1 ini-rchunt would not remove a thor-
of Mr. Pulitzer, of the World, during I oughly competent and trustworthy em-
the conference. It had come to be ac- p fe y e. The government ought to exer-
cepted that the World was the organ of I ciae tlio same justico and common
Mr. Cleveland. But when Mr. Pulitzer sense,
called to see him and sent up his card, I “Lot Congress by law cut off from tho
the negro usher told Mr. Pulitzer to I President all the inferior appointments,
wait. Mr. Pulitzer declared vesting them in the different heads of
that he bad abandoned the the departments. Liberate the Presl-
business of waiting on people dent. Let it bs done white we have at
and immediately left. And by way the head of tho government an honest
ol emphasizing his displeasure at his Democrat who will rejoice at the de-
unexpccted welcome, the World of the I centralization of the Federal patronage
day following made this display on its „ a gt ep in the direction of true Dem-
editorial page: ocracy,
srorPED AT TIIE victoria. "With the distribution of patronage
The New York Bumplng-Orounil ol tbe Lion I contemplated by tbe framers of thn
constitution, and with fixity of tenure
CLKVRLAND DID Till* YUTBKDAY. I , , . . ... ,
Pat Himself Under a British Ouard that the during good behavior, there will be no
Jackson ^Demoerar^Mav be need of competitive examination, and
Now no One Cen P Bea°th “>Ian'wtthou» Pus- «e^ ice re ' or >n will be real instead
tng Under the queen'* Anna 0 f visionary, a popular fact instead of
and tor aznmNDAnD or at. r -s°Ros an nnp0 pularand undemocratic tlieo*
The Alleged Meteor Flag ot Ensland, Which >, * '
la Brilliantly Apt, tor AU tha Tories r z *
Were for Him.
Now, who will eey that we have not arrived R ' H • , ,or co,aon ’
at the day of emaU things? I Enthusiastic admirers of General
Cotton Statement.
The Chronicle’s cotton article of Febru
ary 6th, famishes the following facts rela
tive to the movement of the crop for the
post week:
For the week ending this evening
(Feburary 0), the total receipts hafe reach
ed 89,785 bales, against 75.295 bales hut
week. 93,911 balea the prevloua week and
130951 bales three weeke since; making
the total receipts since tbe 1st of Septem
ber, 1884,4,210,777 bales, against 4 092.797
balea for the same period ol 1883-84. show
ing an lncreue since September 1, 1884 0 !
123,980 bales.
The receipts at all the interior toans for
the week have been 43,063 baler, «iJR
September 1st, 2,330,712 bales. The re
ceipts at the same towns have’been 10.500
bales leas than the aame week last year
and since September lit, the recelpta at
all ths towns are 77 0 3 balea less than
(or tha aame rime In 1883.
Among the interior towns, Macon it
credited with 165 bales for (he week and
with 47,586 for the season. Last yesr the
receipts for the week were 435, and for the
season 57,442 bales. These figures show
a decrease for the week, as compared with
that period, of 270 bales, and a falling oft
for tbe season of 0,856 bales.
The total recelpta from tbe plantation*
since September 1, 1834, wero 4,471.352
bales; in 1883-81 were 4.326,116 botes; In
1882-83 were 4,812,014 bales.
Although tbe total receipts at the out-
ports the past week were 89.785 balea, the
actnal movement from plantations wu
80,703 bales, the balance being taken from
stocks at the Interior towns. *I-ait year the
receipts from the plantations for the same
week were 91.202 bales, and for 1883 they
were 101,920 bales.
A comparison of tbe port movement by
weeks la not accurate, as the weeks In dif
ferent yeare do not end on the same day
ot the month. We have consequently add
ed to onr other standing tables a daily
and monthly statement, that tbe reader
may constantly have before him tbe data
for aeelng the exact relative movement for
the years named.
Up to January 31 the receipts at the
porta this year were 170,290 bales more
than tn 1883 and 129,333 bales more than
at the aame time In 1882.
Tbe recelpta elnee September 1 np to to
night are 165,056 balea more than they
were at the same day of the month In 1881
and 186,615 bales leu than they were to
tbe same day of tbe month In 1883.
The exports of cotton from the United
Slates the past week, as per latest mail re-
tame, have reached 05,725 bates. So far
as tha Southern porta are concerned, these
are the same experts reported by tele
graph, and published in the Chronicle last
Friday.
The Chronicle has tho following to aay
of the market fluctuations for the week
under review:
Myops and tha Schools.
Monsignor Capei, who oeem* to take
an interest in most things, has been
finding fault with some of the news
paper type of the day. Ue thinks that
the fine print now ao general will re
sult in making thia a nation of myops,
or short-sighted people.
There is an assumption here that
Coming at auch a time and under Chinese Gordon now propose that an
such circumstance* it does not require exposition be fitted ont in America and
comment or interpretation. TheTimes sent to life relief. The idea is a good
of tbe same date poop-pooha ail gossip one, and afforda America not only a
and speculation concerning the cabinet fine opportunity to show tiiat “blood is
and contains this remarkable state- thicker than water” (Bchnylkill and
ment; Atlanta wafer excepted), but a moat
Ex-Governor Colquitt, ol Georgia; Congress- excellent chance to do herself a penna-
men Norwood and H O. Turner, J. C. Nlch- iervlco
oils. Thomas Hardeman and J. 5. Clement* ,
were permitted to eabmlt the name ol O. A. I.andtng at . uakim tho column
Locbrane, ol Georgia, for a cabinet place. Mr. conld move rapidly upon Khartoum. If
Locbrane want to Georgia la the daya of re- properly made up, the terrified natives
conetruction. Ho wu then a Republican, but wout d behold advancing:
toroed Democrat ten yeare ago. and baa line# I .. ...
done good party eetvlce. OI late yeare he hae I Belva Lockwood on a broad flanged
occupied the position oi ebtal rolieltor for the desert tricycle, her red walking beams
Pullman Palace Car Company. He resigned canning the camels to plunge and
that poaltioa on January 1st, after bavlog vis-1
tnd Mr. Cleveland at Albany. Governor Col- * ’
qnltt waxed eloquent over his favorite, and I Susan it. Anthony on a Mexican
came away happy In the assurance that the mustang, armed with a gourd of mas-
matter would be well coaatdered. tang liniment and an extra let of wo-
Reading thia by the text or between man’s rights bangs,
the lines, its plain meaning ia that c ar l Sclmrtz performing upon his
Judge Loclirane has been chosen for a steam calliope, the variations of “A
cabinet position. Barring some inac- Bo y * a Best Friend is His Money,
curacies as to the antecedents of the James O. Blaine carrying a banner
Judge, it is very circumstantial. The showing the legend "Bum Thia.
Georgia delegation,which waa aopposed R ev . Hank W. Beecher ina jack-box
to be a unit for General Lawton, sub- on wbeela.
mitted the name of Judge Ixtclirane, I O’Donovan Rossa on foot trailing a
and Senator Colquitt “waxed elo- mife of fuse to which U attached a fire-
quent” and “came away happy.” cracker.
All of thia most have been brought Mrs. Yahoot Dudley with a toy pis-
about by Mr. Cleveland himself,forcare tol and a box of liver pellet*,
to taken to atate, that the Judge resign-1 a life-size bisque image of the Fan
ed a highly lucrative position after a
visit to Mr. Cleveland. The fact that
Tha speculation In cotioa fo: future delivery
at this market has, (or the put week, been
comparatively Inactive, and prices, fluctuating
within a narrow range, show very little change
from lut Friday. Tbe movement ol tha crop
and tha rapotta from Roropa heva been tha
active inflnencea at work, bnt there hu been
•ama manipulation. On Saturday there wu
a decline nnder increased receipts at the ports,
bat It wu recovered on Monday, when these
recelpta tell below thc eatlmatca. On Tuesday
thin were rumors ol heavy failures In Man
chester, cansing a decline, bnt u they were
not conflimed there wu an advance with ua
on Wednesday. Yesterday, with tho rumors
of a disaster to the Brtlteh military forces at
Khartoum, causing depresalon at London and
Liverpool, with Manchester sympathizing to
•oma extent, prioaa hue gave way a Mr
points, bnt this decline wu fully recovered in
the later deallngv. Today there wsa rather
more doing, bnt the cloaewu llljhtly lower,
under the military advices from the Orient, a
weak doling at Liverpool and a freer move
ment ol the crop. Cotton on the ipot wu
quoted 1-16C lower on Saturday, and hu re
mained dnll all thli week, and to-day wu
nominally unchanged at 111-te (or middling
uplands.
the Judge dal much to nominate Mr.
Cleveland and nothing to elect him
adds interest to the incident and waa
doubtless a part of tha diplomacy
agreed upon beforehand.
tail Goddess of Reform, home in a ae-
dan chair by four (elected mugwump*.
Col. John J. Joyce afoot distributing
handbilla containing hla famous poem
by Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox—
How tho War lo Conducted.
The World publishes El Mahdi’s pic
ture. From the arrangement of the
head dress it is plain that Mr. Mahdi
wears a boiled onion bonnd to his left
ear. We are sorry for Gordon. It is
a fearful thing to fall into the hands of
a man who suflers from chronic ear
ache.
“But,” says tho critic, “the idea
that the 3Iohdi sutler- from chronic
earache is a mere inference.” Tush!
The fact that tlio Mahdi lias the ear
ache is as clear as any other feature of
tho Soudan campaign. Never attack a
newspaper that is engaged in conduct
ing an inferential campaign.
Tnx Philadelphia Press Is responsible
for tbe statement that there are in Phila
delphia 1,000 anarchists, ia New York 7,-
C00, In Chicago 4,000. Iheae belong to
hat Is called the “International Assocl-
lion.” It says:
••innrrectton and revolntion are the only
r t;. • r-f..r:n *.( th- 1 »
its society places 1U reliance on. When the
day of nnlTersai rerolniion, for which the
■Msehuu are waitinc and preparing, shall
arrive, all lands and properties are to be de
clared common property, dabu ara to ba ex
tinguished b, proclamation, article# Is paws
are lo be returned and toe payment of rent la
toeease forever. Those who have »• home*
will bo billeted on those who have; law books
and all law records ata to bo burned; tbo pris
ons sre to be emptied and mill
abolished."