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TIIE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1885. HO a year. Th« Wkick ly 1h mailed to subscribers, post al® tree, at $1.25 a year, 75 cent* (or six months. To cluba of five $1, and to olnba of ten, $1 per aa extra copy to getter up of clubs of The dat be found on the address tag c and Rubttorlberi aro requested io lorwaru iuc money for renewals of the same In time to reach this office not later tban^the date on which their subscriptions expire. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Daily at $1 per square of ten lines or leu. lor the first insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent iuscitlon: and for the Weekly at $1 per square for each Insertion. Liberal rates to contractors. Rejected communications will not be re* turned. Correspondence containing Important news and discussions of living topics Is sollcited.but m lit be brief and written upon butone sideof the paper to have attention. Remittances should be made by expreu, money order or registered letter. <**-nts wanted Tn every community In the State, to whom liberal commlislona will be pall. Poitmasteri are especially requested to write for terms. All communications should be addressed to ThbTklxorani and Messenger, Macon, Ga. Money orders, cheeks, etc., should be made * M| ~ . Hanson Manager. payable to 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.