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TIIE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1885.
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4kTok American marine has at last bit a
Tiie Western child born with threaeyc*
is certainly an odd eyety.
The quickest way to arouse uolonel Ml-
pl®3on la to stab him in the title.
Wiiat poas'es Grover Cleveland is how
to get to Ponce de Leon Sprints without
going to Atlanta.
The London editors have cooled ofT
some wh it. Perhaps now the Cast's expla-
lationmay be heard.
Tue President cannot afford to give
pause to the rather slow work of reforma
tion to attend an office lottery.
The American marine, standing with hie
foot upon the neck of this continent, may
well shout Tenividivici sicsempgytyrranis!
The 8tar-Kyed Goddess of Reform has
decided not to stand upon her dignity any
longer. Henceforth she will sitnpon her
bustle.
It is strongly suspected that the Georgia
clans of the valley have pawned their pa
triotism with their "Unde” Josephus
Everything Brown.
Btvots hedied.Pnsident Barrios settled
upon his wi'o and children property valaed
at $3 000,000. It paya to espouse the cause
of Liberdad, sometimes.
THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER.! Salt and Pepper.
Daring the late war and in the day«
Daiirjind wo.ki,. 'immediately succeeding ita cloae, the
TH« T.LsoiurH and Unin1; publish-] Northern press adopted wholesale lying
eS every (1 Ay, except Monday, and Weekly' , * r . .
eTery Friday. 1 7 .as the means for carrying out the pur-
Tbi Daily la delivered by carrier* tn the , Ttemriiliran nnrtv The
city or mailed postage) Iree to subscribers atfl P° ses 01 tne K «P uullcan Party. Jne
per mouth, »2.So lor three month,, *5 lor tlx impetus then given to this industry
moDtha, or$10a year, I. *, , .
has boomed it into a power and promi
nence that threaten the destruction of
our social and political fabric.
It has ceased to be considered dis
reputable to lie in public or private, on
any topic or about any individual of
any age or either sex. In fact the cul
mination of the art is fittingly illustra
ted in the example of a
pert and vain glorious young
man who bases his chief claim to no-
tifc, upon the boast that: he is always
"embarrassed by facts.” The recent
furore over Gen. Grant has opened a
fresh and inviting field to the liars of
high and low degree, of the army, of
the medical profession, of the press
and even of the pulpit. So long as this
were confined to pleasant and exagger
ated statements as to the many sub
lime virtues of Gen. Grant, but little
harm was done, but the occasion soon
developed monstrous falsehoods upon
the living and dead.
It is commonly understood that the
narratives of the fellows who lie with
the ease that a horse trots should be
taken cion grano tali*, that is with a
pinch of salt,in order to digest the stuff.
Quite recently a fellow has put forth
an effusion that will demand a sack of
salt to assimilate it. He proposes to
be a Reverend Pepper, once a chaplain
in Sherman’s army. No higher creden
tials could bo asked as to his capacity
as a first-class liar. His theme was
General Lee.
As his tale runs he forced himself
into Gen. Lee’s house in Richmond,
Va., a few days following the surrender
at Appomattox. Like all fast liars he
convicts himself in the first passage:
My mu,log, were «oon Interrupted by the
appearance of (Jen. Lee, who. with a gracloua
■mile and a cordial limpllclty of manner,
asked me to be seated. The events of a long
and blcody war bad made their impressions
upon hi, face. Whatever may be thought of
the, science of physiognomy, there waa
certainly a remarkable correspondence
between the features of the Gen
eral and his mental and moral
characteristics. In both there wai a symme
try that hes;oke the healthy development of
the entire man. No pait was tn excess, and
none detective; erect In carriage, with an elas
tic step, composed and graceful In all hie
movements, a full-orbed and beaming eye, an
ample forehead, a mouth that Indicated eqnal
iwcetnesa and flrmness, and dtmised over all,
a serene and peaceful expression. Ho stilt
seemed to be lu the full vigor of life, but hla
splendid bead waa illvered, tba Are of hla
brilliant ayee waa In some measure dimmed.
There was a great dignity tn his carriage, auch
as a consciousness of hla position would im
part. At the same time there waa an sxpres-
alon of deep sadness piercing through hla
•mile.
This is in the same strain:
(fen. Lee spoke with profound feeling, walk.
Ing the room. Ho pronounced Booth “a cow
ardly rnfflan,'' and eatd that all the tragic ma
chinery of the globe could not produce so dire
a fiend; that tha soldiers ot the South and the
antlra people retarded the murder of the Pres
dent not only as a crime against our Cbrlatlan
civilisation and our common humanity, but
that hla death at the time waa a terrible blow
to the vanquished, who would have to bear
the retponslbUlty of. the cruel aid bloody
dead. The snlrlt of clemency, the modern
tlon, and the dealre for coeclllatton exhibited
by Mr Lincoln were virtues not to be expect
ed In hla successor. Let the avenger’s blow,
he almost shrieked, "fall upon the guilty; let
not my Innocent soldiers sutTer,”
If General Lee was distinguished for
one thing more titan another, it waa for
entire command of himself. The idea
of his walking abont and shrieking, be
fore Chaplain Pepper, is worthy of £U
Perkins, Senior, or even the Junior
Perkins.
Forgetting himself, the Revered Pep
per adds:
He was very deliberate, aa It feeling the
gravity ot hla uttarancat. The murder of Lin
coln waa tiling tha world with aorrow and In
dignation—with dismay and griaf.
And, farther on, Pepper gayg:
At Lao spoke be paced the room, and with
teare streaming down hit checks repeated
two or three times thia Incident ot the sur
render.
And thin
To my qatetlon, “De yon think the war fa
overt'’ he replied very emphatically: “Yea
•U; and had tt not been for the politician! II
would never hava commenced. I was or Doted
to tna war at the beginning; I wept when I
hairdo! tha bombardment of Pott Bumter. I
•ought retirement to thet 1 might not bear or
See any of tha leaders, the great end and aim
of whoa* statesmanship was to precipitate the
havoc that inbeeqaantly swept onr Btldt and
cities."
The Reverend Pepper makes Gen-
***• Lee say this of Stonewall Jack-
son:
Speaking ot Stonewall Jackson, he remarked
that the whole emr felt hla foes. "In sur
prises, marches, and In tha art of creating the
retowcet of war,” aald General Lee, “Jackson
fatenrpaasedthe men of hla •;#, and rose to
ecompariaon with Sheridan and Hooker of
the Northern army.”
And thus of “Camp" Sherman:
Ha seems to be cod, yet ardent, cautious
wt hont being dilatory, patient without being
dispirited; and doubtless hla name, next to
Giant, will ramaln as the greeted of the gra-
erala upon the Federal side In the history of
Tpx rascals do not display any speed In
moving. It is not likely that they will
lower tho record, at the present gait. The
sen-on Is well advanced and the walking it
good.
Tiik secret ot the Star-Eyed Goddess's
liking for Colonel Watterson has been dis
cover’d. He keepe her supplied with back
numbers of tli e Courier- Journal for bustling
purposes.
Tits question Is asked "ssbioh Is the
leading flower In Georgia at this tlmeT"
Tho rxLxoaArn has arrived at the conclu
sion that Major Convolvulus at least out
ranks them all.
Tux Philadelphia News thinks that tbs
city needs more "color.” Efforts should
be made to lndnco President Cleveland to
favor Philadelphia with a (ew "wards cf
the nation” as office-holders.
To tiik fijhermen of Macon: The wasp
Is building hla nost, and the red-breasted
perch has been soen to tbrait his broad
ga ;ge smile above the placid surface of
the Ogeechee. Don't all start at once.
Ir Grover Cleveland rosily want* to Ice
the South, after be has finished hla execu
tive duties, let him com* lo Macon. Just
now the people wonld rather see Republi
cans go out of office than friend Grover
come in town.
‘ The 'Popular Science Monthly,' alter a
cireful Investigation, concludes that the
human race begin about 2,COO,000 years
ago. An the first heat Isn't over yet, It Is
dear that the race w 11 be a long and ex
citing one.—Philadelphia Press.
Tux PhlladelphlxTlmesiiyi: "Mr. Ran
dall formally and positively retired hlm-
sel; from the contest for the 8pukerahip
of the next House be’ore the elos* of the
last *c-i:on,^nd he has never entertained
the Idea until now, nor will ht entertain it
hereafter.”
It Is said that Grant will recover from
his disease and become a new man. We
have wo-fijaeMoee te Grant's rccovsu, but
one Newman about the family residence Is
sufficient at present. The General should
get hla own consent to remain an old man
a while longer.
The result of frer trade Is a ntiara) Increase
of production to meet the natural aPerema of
the demand tat products, which means steady
growth, Justice to all Interests, and no sodden
disturbance or ruinous depressions.—Boston
Herald.
Well, they have free trade in high per
fection In England; yet the times are jnat
as bad there as they are here, if cot
worse.—*V. y.Sun.
Bcrrosi that Mr. Cleveland aboold go to
Atlanta, and that It should be telegraphed
abroad that in tbe still hoars of the nigtt
he bad fallen upon the bosom of tha leader
of tbe drunken rabble that adjourned tbe
Georgia L-gialatnre ant between hla eobe
had prononneed the disgraceful deed tbe
brightest that had Ulnmlnsd the psga ot
historyf Wonld not. Mr. Randall smila
audibly T
Tux Balnbrldga Democrat says that tbe
ta .ls whiab have enabled Captain Jim
Blount to bang so tenaciously to tbe pob
Uc swill trough, are an appetite for country
Chicken and a capacity to hits babies,
with dirty faces. But bow comes it that
tba Cap could corral seven Georgia Con
gressmen and trade them to Carlisle and
the free traders for bis own purposes, end
give bis organ tbe richest pepT “Come
ancient float, cudgel thy brains and an
swer me that."
Twi publication ot the details of Man
ia .’a race with Beach In Australia makes
Banian’s defeat more perplexing than
ever. Apparently Beach bad tbe race woo
bora tbe star:. The report says that both
Bfca were in excellent condition, and, li
tl.Ieb true, ft la difficult to understand
Why Harden did not have tbe beat of the
raca at soma point, because tbe time made
was not exceptionally fast. Hanlaa baa
made much better time la practice, and
be rowed at Ltcblne against Courtney
fax better than tn either race with Beach.
If the man who uld that he loved a
healthy liar could not be entirely satli-
fled with the Reverend Pepper, be may
have another choice. The Washington
correspondent of the New York World
about the same time writes this:
An aged and bent gentleman waa among
■hose who rutted the mansion today. Aa he
was being Shown through the rooms ha stated
that tha Whits House waa a very familiar
place to him. Ha had Used In U whan a hoy,
and on* of the InctdanU alleged lo hava oc
curred within IU walla be announced to have
occurred to hU personal knowledge. Being
pressed for the story, he aald that ha was alt
ting upon President Jackson 1 ! hue when
tandolpb tweaked the Chief Magistrate’*
note, and lo his dying day ha will never for
get the Mena that ensued. He waa pushed
violently aalda by tha Irate Old Hickory, who
wanted to Inflict immediate chsstlsemtnt
upon his assailant, but wu prevented by
friende of the principali from making the if
fair more disgraceful.
If General Lee may be lied about, of
coarea Andrew Jackson cannot hope
to eacape, bat every schoolboy know*
that the incident occurred in tbe cabin
of a steamboat at Alexandria, Vs.,
while General Jackson was sitting at
the head of the table at a banquet.
It is a pity that the young people of
America are to be educated to this
kind of thing, and more of a pity that
the public press is responsible for it.
A Boston journal gives the wholo
thing away.
Yes," said the newspaper letler-writcr, In
a rush of confidence; “1 used to find (rest dif
ficulty In finding something to write about
No matter what subject I took np, the tele
graph would Invariably get ah; ad of me, and
hythetlms my loiter reached lta destination
Its contents would be old news." “But how
did you get eround the difficulty?" Green-
wun—“Oh,” repllel the special correspond
ent, “I never write anything now that ls not
entirely untrue. I have no longer any fear of
the telegraph.”
A Chance for the Colored Troops to Fight
Nobly.
Actual experience has demonstrated
that the United States marines now
on duty on the Isthmus of Panama are
unequal to the occasion.
The United States marines are holi
day soldiers and are not intended
for rough service. They miss the music
and dancing, frolicking and good eat
ing at Washington City, and on board
of men-of-war. :A Washington dis
patch says:
It Is suggested here that there may be a call
for some colored troops for service on the
Isthmus this summer. The last dispatches
from there Indicate that it wlllbenecessary to
keep quite a force of our troops of some sort
there for a considerable time yet, porhaps alt
summer. It Is not a common thing to
keep the marines on this sort of duty any con
siderable time. Indeed, It It not practicable
to do so. They will doubtless come home,
either because there exists a need for the
further occupation of tbe lsthmns, or else
they wlllbe relieved by special troops organ
ized for that purpose. What that force will
consist of Is a matter that military men are
discussing among themselves now. Two ways
ofobttlnlDg It are suggested. General opin
ion fa concurrent upon one thing, and that Is
that a force for tho purpose named had better
be made up of colored troops rather than
white. They will stand the p.’cullar climate
of Central America better than white men
could, and there are other reasons why
they should serve the government's
pose better than tbe others.
Here is an opening for the Southern
negro. There are thousands of idle
ones here, and they must now see and
appreciate that the Republican party
is no longer able to support them as
statesmen. There are a great many
negro military companies at the South,
armed and equipped. The parades of
these bodies on Emancipation day and
Lincoln’s birthday indicate fair march
ing ability and some proficiency in the
manual of arms.
There are many people who are in
doubt as to the capacity of the negro
to make a good soldier. So far no
decisive tests have been made,
indeed no satisfactory ones.
The government has been good to the
Southern negro in ono sense. It has
coddled and petted and flattered him,
all for his vote. The government is
now in need of men to handle tho ne
gro mob that threatens the peace of
tiie lsthmns ot Fanama and which re
cently, under the lead of a mulatto ruf
fian got the best for awhile of the Uni
ted States man-of-war Galena and her
commander and crew.
Let the Southern negroes volunteer,
to go out and restore order. Here is a
chanco for tbe negro to do something
for his country and make people at
homo and abroad think better of him.
Tho negro may find a permanent rest
ing place in Central America.\
The aitnmnhn and Its Tributaries.
This stream and ita feeders are of
importance to Macon and all the
country between this point and Darien.
The rich trade that once followed these
water-courses can never,be turned to
the old channels, for railroads have
iurnished speedier and safer transpor
tation for produce and traders.
Bat tiie lumber trade and the busi
ness dependent upon it la a very im
portant feature in Georgia’s industry,
and should he fostered and protected
l>y wise action and proper legislation.
Brother Grnbb, of the Darien Ga-
xette, desires all the people interested
to talk thia matter over together, and
suggests a convention at Darien. Tiie
suggestion is wise and the point named
Isa good one, and in furtherance of tbe
matter we reproduce the following arti
cle from the Darien Timber Gaxette:
The AUamaha river and Ita tributaries and
tha Interest which those rivers centre at Da
rien, not alotw In tha Interest at Darien, but
also ot a majority ol tha people at a larye num
ber of our tea Congressional districts, are sub
ject! which tt might be well for the people to
consider tn convention. Such a convention
mlghtbaaaellyhad by county mast meetings
for thepurpoea of sending delegatee. Derien In
vitee this Inter-connty exchange of Ideas and
wonld bo of all places the beet for such a con
vocation. Our river Is now being Improved
to a certain extent, but with only the limited
•upport of the Immediate Representative tn
Congress from onr first district. It It not rea
sonable to sxpect that the matter will aver re
ceive tha atuntlon from Congress which It de
serves. and oonaoqnaatly never yield that
universal bleating to all interested, as If the
nutted efforts of Sevan or elgM of Georgia'
Congressmen aboold be brought to bear upon
this great question cf a further Improvement
of a river and tributarie<*o necessary to so
gnat a proportion of our people. Tha only
way In which any permanent g
riven can be secured, b by
the cooperative efforts of on
pi* and each unanimity u can only bo
arrived at by a fro* expression ef opinion, se
cret lied and given lore* by organised action.
Wa would therefore ask our neighbor! of the
upper riven lo take some action toward meet
ing nets convention at an early day and ar
range some defined eoureo of action, so di
gested and matured as would ha potent mate
rial when placed in the bands of onr eeveral
representatives In Congress fa December
next. It can do no harm, but oa tho contrary
might, sad In reason would, r loiuca good to
many. Timber b as staple aa cottou, and no
mode of transit baa ever been foond so cheap
and aatb factory as by tho channels provided
by natore-oor riven. Wa sincerely hop*
that thb bare mention of tills matter Ml re
sult In a fuller consideration of the matter
and tofb bring properly put before Congress
the proper time.
Conclusive Reason Why Mr. Cleveland
Will not go to Atlanta.
We have already shown in the30 col
umns many strong reasons why Mr.
Cleveland should not to go to Atlanta.
Tho following article from tho Thom-
asville Enterprise furnishes a conclu
sive reason against such a political
junket. Tho Enterprise says:
Wo have hoard strange rumors floallng In
tbe political world. They are itarlllug, If
true, and from the nnmberot different sources
from which they emanate, we are afraid they
are true.
Sometime ego President Cleveland nomi
nated Capt. E. P. Howell, of the Constitution,
consut to Manchester, England. At the time
tho appointment was made. It was generally
understood that Capt. Howell had been In
Washington, by proxy at any rate, urging tbe
President to give him some diplomatic posi
tion tn recognition of hb valuable eervlces In
•ecurlng the electoral vote of the Slate to De
mocracy; let It bo remembered that the arer
ago majority of Georgia for Democracy b
50,000, which will show how valuablo Capt.
Howell's eervlces bad been. When tho nomi
nation waa made there was a little murmur
that came like an echo from tome patrons
of tho "Dime Museum,“ that the recognition
was not In equal ratio with the services, and
a great many guileless people supposed that
the tardy declination of the consulate came
from a sense of unrequited devotion, aggra
vated hr the woll known sensitiveness of the
gentleman, who had been thus honored.
If what “they say" he tree, however, there
was a deeper meaning In the appointment and
the declination than tho aforesaid guileless
people dreamed of.
It ls said that Captain Howell desires to be
Governor of Georgia, and that whether Presi
dent Cleveland knew it or not, he gave the first
move In the direction of Captain Howell’s
ambition when he nominated that gentleman
for the Manchester consulship.
It ta true that a year most put before the
glittering chalice, the gubernatorial nomina
tion, can bo presented to tho lips that have
thirsted for pap sloce the days when Bullock
dbpented patronago to a motley crowd of ne
groes, aliens and renegades: but there are
numerous little obstacles that must be re
moved, and, besides, there Is nothing like
being euly tt a feait-the best scat Is thus
secured.
The mero suggestion of tho thought, which
la the gist of this article, will strike sober,
thinking men with something akin to pain,
u though sacrilege had been done to some
sacred memory, or vague hints of a lack of
character had.been made against one who wu
tenderly loved.
Georgia hu had her full measure of politi
cal won during the put twenty years; she
hu bad men as chief executires who were
not of her, or her people; the hat had others
whoso leading Idea wu to makou much out
of the place u poetlble; again, she huhad
Frost men, who In the twilight of declining
years and tha giving way of menial faculties,
lent themselves to a power that hu, through
| »'l. t>e«n frit -tho power of Joe Brown,
Yet, amid tt all, thue men had an Individ
uality ot theta own, a claim on something else
than the service they had dona for the power
that hu been behind the throne.
How does Captain Itowell atand ganged by
this standard? Years that hare been devoted
to political lechery will answer this question
more forcibly than we can.
Tbe people of Georgia aro not as pure as
they might ba, tbe tttnrnalla of corruption
hu borne legitimate fruit, but we mlittko
them, altogether, if this lut move on the pollt-
lori chess board ls not checkmated at once
and forever.
Tha President a Medal Churchman.
Philadelphia Enquirer.
“President Cleveland at chnreh,” uvs .
me r btr of bb congregation, “ban atten
tive listener. He prove in an audible un
dertone, ernes In a clear baritone voice,
and boot addicted to the habit ol turning
In Me seat lo look at late comers.
■ether be b a model churchman.”
A Jersey calf was recently sent by
express from Indianapolis to Sllverton,
Oregon, In fivo days, at a cost of $1M.
Torre are in Berlin twenty-six brew
eries ot Bavarian beer, thirty-one of white
beer, and fourteen establishments which
make bitter, brown or Grata beer.
In no other part of tbe world, I think,
did nature ahow auch supreme niggardli
ness ns here. She gave the Bermudas
neither aoil nor water, neither animal nor
bird, neither fruit, veget&Me nor flower.
She simply conferred the most delightful
weather under the canopy, and then stood
,. * n d, !*ld: "Such weather
They have .-ucceeded in obtaining don't get UWSta. !!
chloride of ammonia from the chimney o? baa proved To the rixi wfathii
a Japaatve cremation furnace. The eco- all other things have been added SJ vi,
l‘htag C WHtM >ne ' e<i0int ' ndt0 baVe any - “•“'rwild.MSStotoSMra
** 8 the rat and the mouse, brought by vre-
. ^ if ? ILA . DELPniA fireman who waa **‘ 3 ? t h« casual and oleaginous whale, and
■truck in the face by a stream of water the bat, that has blown across the Atlantic
which was being forced through a nozzle by accident. There ia no game whatever,
^ * * and never has been. Of birds, the splendid
cardinal of the tropics is here. The blue
robin of New Enttlaqd is here, piping a*
bravely aa ever. The catbird has put in an
appearance, and so has that even greater
nuisance, the JCngliah sparrow, the pirate
°* ‘ho winged world. Two Spanish birds,
the chick of the Villar»A'’ find Ilia s.rnltr
ITS MB OF INTEREST.
"That giddy thing
. t-!fi!d'flantlo Spring'
Is getting somewhat bolder.
hho tusps her eyes
. And londly criea
To Winter, who doth hold her.
•See here, old chap,
BERMUDA'S PECULIARITIES. I
Nature's Supreme Nlgaardllnese-Nelther
Soli nor Water, Animal cr Bird—
Coral Ita only Foundation.
A Hint to Farmers.
Wo agree with the News and Oonrier
that the Southern farmer may, in n
measure, avert the dlsaaters that
wonld, in the event of a war between
Russia and England, asaail this lec
tion. There seems bat little room to
donbt that all wo usually have for sale
would decrease in price, and all that
we have to buy, advance. It
is not yet too late (o increase
tho acreage In food eapplies
bo that when fall comes, if provisions
bo high and cotton low, tbe farmer will
find himself entrenched behind bis
own well stored bams. If no war
comes he will still be well off. Tbe
cotton bale may make good breastworks
for soldiers, bnt tho farmer will find it
■afe to fight behind a well stuffed bam.
PICNIC POEM.
The valleys ring;
The swift bees wing;
The cat birds stng-
'Tis spring.
Larks shadows fling.
Clouds raindrops bring,
Glsd everything—
'Tts spring.
Poison vines cling,
And—yea, by Jlng,
Go, red-bugs sting—
'Its spring.
L'txvot.
Haste, sad swsw(h..yt, frem Care
A fleeting respite snatch,
Get the* behind the bush, the fence, the door,
get anywhere,
And scratch.
He writes;
Last night I let my heart with you,
As captive to your willing grace;
As you hava on* that's kind and tree,
Pray send me yours to take Its place.
If you have left your heart with me,
I cannot aey that I regret It:
As (or mine-wall, let me seat—
Call around to-night and get It,
[Boston Conritr.
Mn. Cleveland has appointed Eben
Pilbbury, of Maine, Internal revenue col
lector. Whereupon the mugwump* rise
up and scream. Ha spoke of President
Lincoln as a "cross between sn Andalu
sian jack and a sandhill crane.” Well
suppose Ete did, the right ot opinion and
free speech are guaranteed by the conititn-
tion. Ebe’s Idem of Abe's personal pulchri
tude wu not aesthetic, but that doesn't in
terfere with Bbe’a capacity u a collector.
duriog the testing ot a new engine will
probably lose bb sight.
A French chemist haB recently in
vented an armor for those who fear
assaults from vitriol throwers. It Is In
the form of a collodion ointment, which
when spread over the face, forma aa invul
nerable glazing.
A Pabisian experimenter has discov
ered that man is more sensitive to the ef
fect* of morphine than ii any other ani
mal. A dog can take five times as much
of tbedrogaeda monkey fifty times as
much in proportion to their respective
weights as a human being.
Toe President of Costa Rica lives in
the finest hoi se in the capital city, and his
residence and the Palacfo Federal, which
is near *t, are about the only two-story
structures in the place. He receives house
rent free, the use of two horses and a car-
*1*5?* R ■•Iwy of 110,000 a year, and uses
soldiers for his servants.
Wire mode of phosphor bronze, and
weighing only a little over two pounds to
the hundred yarls, is used by one of the
telephone companies which has in opera
tion exchangei in twenty-three cities and
towns in the United Kingdom, except for
English towns in which the air is unusually
impure, and there a hardened copper wire
ia used.
An experiment waa made last week
with a new elevator. It was drawn to the
rep of a five-story building and the rope
cut. Tbe automatic brake immediately
acted, and stopped tbe csr betore it had
descended five feet. Two goblets of water
and a basket of eggs were then placed in
the car. which fell seventy-four feet to the
air cushion. The eggs were unbroken and
only a few drops of water were spilled.
Tiie Paris sewers, which have been
utilized for various purposes, are now be
ing made the receptacle of the lines of tel
ephone wires. The telegraph wires were
placed in the eewera in 1880, water pipes
lor household and sprinkling purposes are
also laid there, besides a pneumatic tube
used for the transmission of messages, and
a smaller pipe which transmits the air
pressure for the system of nneamatio
docks distributed throughout Patb.
Tin editor of a Buffalo newspaper re
cently asked the subscribers to name the
ton most Important inventions. More than
800 answers were received and the teu In
ventions receiving tne most vo'cs were:
The telegraph, printing press, steam en
gine, cotton gin. telephone, mariner's com
pass, gunpowder, sewing machine, tele
scope, and photography. Twcniy-onc
votes were in iavor of the steamboat, six
for paper, two for timepieces and only one
for the ocean cable.
A colored preacher in tho outskirts
ot Colombia, B. C., notified his congrega
tion on a recent Sunday that he wonld not
preach until he had $5, Tbe bat was pass
ed round, and when returns were made
13 SO was in the pot, whereupon the preach
er said be moitluve 3180 more before he
wonld preach. The hat was passed around
the second time, and the $5 made np,
when the congregation was treated to one
ot the pastor’s happiest eflorts.
A tolerably well dressed tramp has
been masquerading in Louisville. Ky., as
Frank James, thr Missouri bandit He
Imposed upon the shrewdest drummers of
that city, who wined and dined him in the
most liberal fashion. A day or two ainee
he encountered detective Bilgh, of Louis-
ylUe, who exposed him, and now the Lou
isville drummers are feeling as sad as it b
only possible tor commercial travelers to
leel where they hare been ontwltted.
There lain Schuyler county, N. Y.,
a young old man who, without apparent
cause, living plainly on a farm, has in
euhlevn years passed through the physi
cal changes ot fourscore. At the age of
tlx he had all the development nt strength
and muscle usual In n lad of fifteen. At
twelve his beard wee grown and grav hair,
appeared. Now, at eighteen, beta a. da.
•crcplt as an old man of eighty, and stem,
tottering on tbe verge ot tbe grave.
" About a year ago a traveler in Ger
many came across an officer employed in
superintending soma details ol military
railroad transport. tla had bwn a captain
dnriog the Fruico-German war, and had
allowed his company to be surprised.
After bring Imprlaoned for eighteen
months ho was placed In tbe military rail,
road transport service and told teat be was
never to receive promotion. Being sur
prised by any enemy b regard’d as the
one unpardonable sin by the Germans.
8uccisaruL experiments have been
recently made at Cincinnati with tho new
electric railway brake. The trial wu
made with a heavy coal train ot ten care,
each car weighing, empty, abont eleven
tone, and having a tonnage capacity of 40.-
OOOponnds. The added train, with full
steam on, wu put to a speed of d8 miles
per hour on a down grada ol C8 feet to tbs
mile, and brought to a dead stop ln37U
seconds siter putting on the brake, the
distance ran tn that time being 413 yards,
exact meuuremenL
The Cremation Society of England
have issued circulars to the effect that
Urey are now tn a position to nndartake
the cremation ot bodice at Woking, in
Bnrrey. The chief practical objection to
thb new-old method ol disposing ot the
dead la tnat all traces of poison feloniously
administered would be destroyed. Thb b
sought to be guarded against be the rale
of the society that two medical cwrtiflcatea
u to tba cause ot death moat be produced
belora they can consent to act The cost
of cremation b, as at present fixed, tinder
twelye pounds sterling
The art of making paper from wood
orlrinated long before man ever dreamed
of It. On a drowsy tummer’a day tbe
wa»p alights on somebody's front fence
amt stows away In bb hind leg all the loose
nbre be can gather. This he mixes with
saliva and forms Into a substantial paper
OOT sri"g„for hu nut. The male wasps
usually die in the winter, and the females,
biberaatlog in tome warm, sheltered nook
come out with the sunshine and become
tbs mothers of new broods. Wups secrete
Ibemeelvu la leaves, pounce apon tbe
yonng bus that come om to gather honey,
kill them, and carry them home to teed
tbetr larva. Toe wup also kills for the
same purpose spiders and caterpillars.
the “chick of the village'’ and the pretty
ground dove, move quietly about. And
that is all. Notanative bird among them.
I have seen that nature gave Bermuda
no «od Ignatius Donnelly thinks that
these tslanas and the Azores are the re
mains of Plato's fable continent—the lut
jot remaining above the sea after the great
cataclysm of one thousand years ago
hurled the rest of the continent with fts
civilizations forever. In that case, I should
suppose there would be some real soli;
tome rocks, some drift, some sand, some
clay, some allnvlnm, some vegetable mold.
There is very little of the last and not a
bit of aoy of the others on these islands
There is clay enongh for a pips » r sand
enough for a sand-glass,or a stone big or lit-
tie nearer than the coast of Georgia. There
Is nothing there bnt ground coral reefs,
■carbonate ot lime, digested and deposited
by that mncUagtnous and shapeless.crea
ture called the coral “insect.” This Island
Is as white as so muob chalk, and about as
barren. Water soaks into it like a sponge,
and five minutes after ahnrp shower one
can go out walking, and find neither mud
nor mobtnre anywhere. On some low
lands this comminuted corat, with the
mixture ot elements it hu taken np, la
not as Lard u elsewhere; and here it la
occasionally cultivated by the admixture
with the soil of a large quantity of ter-
tilizera from America. It cun absorb nn
limited cargoea of there stimulants with
out haviDg its life much’ atirred by them.
Tickle this coral reef with a hoe ever so
vigorously, it never laughs with a harvest;
and after you have poured Into it
oceans of poudrette, and dosed it
with loam, and bound poul
tice* of warm ground upon its stomach, it
only smiles a faint and ghastly smile. But,
under these clrcumatance*, ‘potatoes, on-
ton*, tomatoes atod lily bulbs are planted,
and, if they can clasp rootlets around any
thing softer than a cast iron atove-lid, they
grow. Some things grow in a warm cltmate
without much encouragement. I saw this
week a tamarind tree a* large aa a good-
eized Isew England elm, that had been torn
up by a hurricane long ago and atood on
its very top, it* root* pointing toward the
sky. The branches that stuck into tne
ground put forth root* and gave the wreck
anew anchorage, while the upttirowo roots
reverted and sent forth new limbs, and a
dense maas of foliage now shades the
ground jntUnvitit the atili fruitful giant to
There 1* no fresh water on the island ex
cept what comes direct from the cloud*.
Tbe sky it the cistern of Bermuda. The
houses are all built of the coral that i*
quarried in beautiful white cube* from the
ground arywhere, seeming fit for the
sculptor’s chisel; then every house U
roofed with slant roof of the lame and
furnished with abundant tanks, In these
the rain is gathered; and the tanka are so
very clean and tbe roof la so very white
and the air ia very free from dust that the
wattr Is the purest In tbe world—cold and
pellucid, as If drawn from the choicest
mountain spring. I never «aw auch de-
iltfoui water anywhere. Nature knew
what ahe was about when ahe omitted the
Bermudian spring*.
TO CLEONE.
It rinnot, cannot be a Mn
lhlr ‘, ly B0Ul to drink.
^Heli*falat'lDEon n the brink! 18 lp, ' D *'
SfiaSSSS 1 *
Glad hope and htewlli'brtaij.
Jackson, Oa, April 22. w“ SlcHI Fmupr -
A Card.
discretions°^NWh^nereoiiaw’Ai?” ln "
decay, Ions o! m » ou ^ wca ' tne,:8 i early
clpcairimS.m^' I J® *
great remedy wu dl»JiiTP^ L char ? e -, Tki*
In wouth America. 0 f by , R , m * s8lo °ary
i-Mon'I
in the L ine 8tar State * y ‘ 10 whloh are
Tne Suicide of Mr. Cleveland.
Edilort Telegraph and Meuenger: And so
Osn. Gordon is to go to Rax sis I When it
was telegraphed that Gordon, Brown and
Colqnltt bad gone to a special car to iovlto
President Cleveland to Atlanta, a promi
nent politician r.marked: “Old Joe 1a
abont to pot a finishing stroke to Lawton,
and the ‘coalition’ will pot a finbhlng
atrok. to Ocorgta, by gelling John B. Gor
don Into tome tat place or other.”
It look, as though tha politician wu a
prophet
Gsn. Lawton had tba manhood to op-
pou Brown at on. time. Brown bu dill
gently {sought .time and plac. to rebuke
“ S'. T ?. . ,hi i 11 " u M«*ssary to ha-
miltate him in r national way—«nd here
w. have tha lut act in thb vindlcUT.
drama.
Georgia can retire to private Ilf. when
Huntingdon u friend, Gordon, goes to
Husain—irer states abroad will be settled
beyond recovery. Surely Mr. Cleveland
will not commit felo it u after tbb stylo.
Rjudrb.
■nre.OalnmUI. firemen will hold their
annual picnic at New Holland Spring*.
PAINTING HER RED.
How n Theatrical Manager Caused the
Disfigurement of Lotto'* Fountain,
Ban Francisco Bulletin.
People who pasted Lotla's fountain at
the corner of Market and Kearney streets
yesterday afternoon and erenlng were as
tonished to observe that the towering col
umn ol the fountain was gradually assum
ing lbs color ot a salt-water brick wall.
Very little comment was occasioned, for
the reason that the popular Ides of tbe
centricities ol tho snpetrisors might at
any time close that body to pus tn order
lo paint the lampoats or eldewalks red. It
was observed that the painter of tbe foun
tain wm a stranger, and when tome one
finally asked hint why be was (bus deco
rating Lotte’s gift, he answered that lie
bad been ordered to do ao oy the manager
of the Standard Theatre.
Why Mr. Kierhhan should have thus
usurped the 'unctions of the city fathers,
led to an Investlgriion. It appears that
yesterday morning, while the manager
wav buay at the Standard box office, a man
called and asked for work. Mr. Btechban
asked whst he could do, and was told that
ha was a elgn printer and wanted a job
printing scenary. The manager was biiy
and answered that he had nothing for the
"T!"?” V Yoa might, however.”
"print the town
red. That s tn our line."
The atranger said he was lately from
Omaha, was hard np and would doth
Where shall I begin 7” he asked.
Mr. btechban, thinking he was jwrpetra-
• Dg.fi first-class j ke, answered, “Oh, yon
might Iwgln on Lotte's fountain. After
•*>»• pfijD* ad.theee Oogtwell|fountains red.
end finbh ap with the lampposts. Tbit
w U make tha town look fine. It’s worth
good w«gea^|3 a d»y.”
The stranger disappeared, and what was
Blaobban • astonishment lut evening to
learn that tha man from Omaha had car
ried out hb totlrncUons. The manager
bat not yat recovered, and when address, d
on tha .object at once begins to lcok wild.
Tha fountain b red fiom tbe top down to
tbe drinking bowb.
THE HEATHFUL AND KUTRI nous
BaJking Powder 1
Home Testimony
FROM
J.Emmet Blackshear, M.D.
restores to tho flour the strength-giving
phosphates that aro removed with the
bran, and which aro required by the
system. No other Baking Powder does
this. It costs less, is healthier and
stronger than any other Powder.
Macon, Ga., July 14, 1SS1.—I take
pleasure in adding my testimonial to
tho superior excellence of your Hors-
ford’s Bread Preparation (Baking Pow
der) as an article healthful and nutri
tious. So long as superfine Whasten
Hour is mado uso of for bread-making,
so long will there bo a necessity for re
storing to Buch flour tho nutritive ele
ments of which it is deprived by the
refining process; and, so far as I am
aware, this is tho only Baking Powder
in tho market that possesses that qual
ity; while in giving lightness and
porosity to the bread, whether made of
superfine or unbolted (Graham) flour,
there Is none hotter.
Yours resjiectfully,
(Signed)
J. EMMET BLACKSHEAR, M. D.
For Salo by all Grocers. Try it,
sep S-wcd.frl.sunaw-Cm
Would Take One Chance.
?ril street News .. .. „
A5XJ-L-J-* «•»« wtto WUtei^^^D-^-Mln
d S y WM . asked h J * local
^* hl 00 to ®y fc«T " ht
“ d
.,9 t any potatoes?”
wUlbS.tri“{^.. ,nCM * °' W “ ’ UU "
“Anyoata?’’
nn'jTio- hundsed boshris. but war msana
80 cents a bushel for oats. ’
“How abont pork?”
eUmV’ , * n bQ ‘ Pock *» going to
’.!£S n,, , yo ? •R}” ■ *•» tnrnlpaT"
s...I°J2'r? Well, In care of war toralpa
hava got 1° jomp, but bain’ 1 want arms
2™ * Dd . ,ob * ck ". PU tat yon
o»
k Perfumes, T.
Toilet articles: "I nnbaritai
nouuce thsm superior tn any I
N?w“Sfc*P° t ' 3T4 and .Pearl .street,
A Horse Shock’d be a Charged Rail.
Baltimore American.
A singular accident occurred on Wedoes-
day last at the stable, of the Wood berry
branch of the Union railway, near tha
Fallsi road. The branch is lo be ran by
electricity from the stable to lbs north ter-
nlnus.of the line. The current of elec
tricity in the middle rail ot the track, dur-
‘“K,» trial Wednesday, wav inter-
rapted by defects in the Jolnta of
the rail, and one ol the horse, at-
* c "PJ" 1 "*‘ha track put
bta boot on the rail and receive.! a
shock which painfully astonbhed him.
Tbe animal jumped against theotherborae
?*^ir? tb .. w, (? lbro . wn< iowD. One received
ijored
GILES’S HAMBLLTONIAN
Foalo ! May 10. 1878, sired by Adminis
trator, first darn by (Sentinel, second dam
bv BalUoooder. Administrator was by
Ilyadyke's Hamblctoinan, who sired more
trotting bones with record* nt 2:30 and
under, than any horae living or deau. Ad-
mlnistrator’* dam wns by Membrioo Chief,
sire of Lady Thorne. record2:lh«^. Sentinel
wan by ltvidyk** Hamb eton:Mii, first dam
by Lady Patriot, and is a lull brother to Vol
unteer, sire of .St. Julian, 2;11K- BH1-
founder was the sire of tbe dam of Ky*.
dyke's Hambietonian,
This horse took the first premium for
three-year-old stallions at the Georgia State
Fair in 1K31, and the first premium for th*
beststallious.ouen to the world,over afield
of fourteen others from all t»srta of the
State, at the Georgia Htate Fair iu 1884.
This horse will make tiie season with
stand at my house on the Houston ro ad
Macon, Ga.
Terms for Season,820 Cash
Season commence* \f*rch tx •**.» —
July 15.
Mares failing to get in foal can be re
turned next season,free, provided the horsa
ami mare are owned by the same parties.
Apply to
WILBOR’S COMPOUND OF
PURE COD LIVERl
OIL AND LIME.
—w
m^iiffi.vso^vsT.'.s'ihirgV.^
Jfic for CODMimptton, AHhina ana threat, ning
Conghfi -Cod-Liver Oil and Lime. An prepar
ed by Dr. Wilbor it in robbed of the nsnueat-
ini; and al»o embodies a pnq arstion of
the l’boiphate of I,lm«'. giving nntiirt' the very
article required to aid the hcnllng qnalit cs of
the (Ml. hiu! to re Croat- wher" him'us h«u
destroyed. It aUo form- a remarkable tonic,
and w ill canto weak and debilitated | er«>n«
to become strong and robnat. It should be
kcj.i in every family for Instant nic on the
t'.r-t appearance of t ough* or Irritation of the
I.unir. Msnnfactnrevi only by A. B. Wilbor,
Mm# • bone attached to a boggy, in crow
ing tbe track, stepped on the rail, an.) the
animal jumped as If u had trod on aome-
tblngvanrboL The preple In charge o(
Ure etactrie apparatus claim that the low
tanaloo system to be peed and the com-
°r the current render it
Impreribte for any on* to be Injure! by
contact with tha charged rati 1
Clasalana'a Colored Appointee.
Charleston News and Coart**.
°* ’Tota Hamilton, ot
S? ,rom Charfe*.
ton, 8. O., to Jack*on*llb, Fla., In.,.
•ar*(d recognition of hla 'honesty and in
tagrity In poblle life, and o( htaJalthfifi-
nere to the Dtmoereiie patty when It a ,,
at much as a colored man's life wav worth
• Dfimoerst in b'e.u
lort county. Hb appointment will five
KbSte£”2l22l! l 7ta! kno * 5." m
inis Slate, find will be accepted a, a .1.
cions oca oa every aeeoanL
Mto Mamie Ragre hae bean(* <-:ected
librarian o! the Ferry F« ic L.hrary.
MONEY LOANED I
On Improved farms and City Property,
For terms apply to
R. F. LAWTON,
13ANKEU,
Second Ftreet, ; : Meron, Georgia.
aprtd&wlff
The Mirror
is no flatterer. \\ c uld you
make it tell a sweeter t.iie?
Magnolia Halm i s the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-giass.