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THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY- OCTOBER 2, 1885.
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Death of the Mugwumps*
The Mugwump was a summer bird,
and every observer of politics in this
country expected to see him die with
the season. The expectation has not
been disappointed. Tho Mugwump,
like the rail, disappears with the advent
oi the first killing frost. For a time it
looked as though the attempt of a fow
free traders and political philantropists
wsa about to cause something of a dis
turbance of party lines. Nobody oi
sense supposed that they could form a
new political parly, made out of the
best elementa of the old ones," and
to be kept up, as the Salvation Army
W* tote that out in Kama* a Miss Ell*
timber has jnst died. Death baa gone off
with sonic fellow's nmbtrella.
I* is thought that alter the great explc
lion takes place, Hell Gate will bewkltf.
Sew Yor teia sever tike to be crowded when
they travel.
Tint Boston Record rtmarki: “The Re
publican parly in New York appears to be
thoroughly Blaloelztd, and when that Is
•aid nothing needs to be added."
*h a gun waa fired, not a tint was
OOSnfied when the Puritan, left N.w York
to ret.m loBjiton. It i. bent to 3 if la up
the honor and bieas tbe victor too.
Consrui - Newport place
i* call’d "The Breakers’’ and coat JKO.OOO
On!; men of Mr. Yandeibilt’a financial
solidity cm ventuie cut In "The Break
The It publican party can never rest sat-
i Ified nutil the negro voter of tbe South
•Bercltes franchise ae freely u doea bla
White hrotlier In Ohio. This would put
three nr (c ut ballots In the handa of every
negro.
“B . I’Hisipur AtTuua ha* rented a
pew in theOburchof the Heavenly Boat,
on F.tlli avenue, New York, for the win
ter." The next best thing te for "Chet” to
occupy tho premlsee frequently of e
Sunday. -
Th- ke Is tome tak ot getting the Legis
late >0 to 1 aia a bill declaring Atlanta enti
tled to Die batcball pennant, bnt such an
act vu uld n.onca be attacked ai unconati-
tut tonal, and tba matter reopened. Better
• «t tho Railroad Commission to rule on.
Then there can be no apreal.
hi. IIklauxay, ot Paris, predicts that]
earl) pukes on a grand Kale will occnr
next year, wten tbe esrili Is under the In-
dr r the liifiuouce ot a planet of the first
rank, nr under that ot a groupot asteroids,
or u‘ a time wtoa tbe run atd moon are
neatest to cu- pint et simultaneously.
Xu ma are things worse than cholera,
even in Spain. “The process ot fumiga
tion forced upon traveler* br some Span
ish towns in consequence ot tbe chcleru Is
an severe that some people have to be car
ried > It on slretcbm.ttdonewoman, who
begged hard to be let eff, died from the ef-
tecta."
The Nashville Union says: “It takes
tklity thousand rotas to tied a Congici*-
man In Blorlda and icn than fifteen thou
sand to elect one In Rhode Island. It tbe
it publican theory oi southern election,
ti correct, tbere must be some tampering
with the ballot-box or ‘terrorising vo'ers’
tp in little Bhody."
A New J assiY Judge bat shown blmsell
iiu.n indeed. The women who was found
guilty ot assault, for fisndUhly torturing a
child, baa been sentenced to ten years at
hard labor and fined It,800, notwtthitand
lug the foolish recommendation to tbe
mercy of i lie const, signed by Urn jury that
that convicted her.
At a banquet In London Wednesday
evening the Servian minister gave what
may he legarded at one of the posalblteo-
'.otiona ot the present Eastern trouble. Ha
deprecated tbe preponderance ot any Dal'
ban state, which was natural,considering
khe foreign relatione of Bervte. Bnt be
also intimated tint tbe Important thing to
do was to ‘‘presetve tbe Balkan states on-
til tbe time should arrive for a strong fed
eration ot Oreeks, Bulgarians and Ber-
wiwua."
Ws are Indebted to a friend for an Invfl
tattoo to attend the West End cne on fiat'
urday, along with tba Legtilattue, II tha
hegtaiatura will pasa tbe railroad bill wt
will not only go, bnt tha committee can
draw on ut tor at tight for a Berkshire
sliote with wattles on hit Jowls and a back
•a broad as a work bench. Wa call the
previtus question and move to lay the
motion to reconsider on the table. The
clerk will proccef to call tba roU. jj
tt a. John Tnosri, a prominent florist,
aaya that there erenow In tbe United
States H.OCO florists, using over 3^00,000
feet or 030 acres ot glut, an average of
P» feet of glass to aaeb florist Allowing
15 plants per rquarafoot would give nearly
«w,000,CU) plants as an annual product of
< hwee greenhouses. In foot months oi last
Winter more than 4,000,000 rows ware sect
to New York alone. He estimate! that
there were at least 24,000,((0 rosea pro
duced In the winter of 1884-89. Twelve
thousand acres were nsed last year for
growing bulbs In this country, and we im
ported tho product of at least 6,000 act J
from Europe.
abuso ot the wicked and much psalm
singing.
In the State ot Ohio a square fight
has been joined between the Republi
can and Democratic parties. It would
have been nonsense to have inaugura
ted a different contest in New York,
and this has not been done.
The ranks have been aligned and
the deserters on either side have gone
back to their accustomed places.
Mr. Beecher, the leader ol tiie Mug
wumps, has issued this order from the
headquarters of Plymouth Church:
“Taken at a whole sad In detail tbe ticket
a one that should be elected. I see no reason
why tbe Independents should not vote the
•'might ticket”
The New Y'ork Times says:
To nil Democrats, and especially to all Demo
crats who wish to suitalu President Cleve-
admtnlurstlon, this nomination Is an
lnanlt and a challenge. We hope to see tbe
disgraceful ac lion ol the convention repudiat
ed by a very formidable body ot Independent
Democrats.
Editor McClure, of the Philadelphia
Times, Bays:
That the President’* policy will be changed
by this demonstration there la not too slight
est danger. Tbat It will embarrass him In
his contest with tho sfollsmen of bla party
there can be no donbt, but It will only gain
for bim the more tamest sympathy of all who
place tbelr country above tbelr party. Tbe
Repnbllcana will probably carry New York In
November, because they have nominated can
didates deserving of success nod because tbe
Democrats have abandoned the on’y ground
on which they could have mode a contest. If
Governor mil be OTire helmed by » majority
as treat at that.which elected Cleveland no
honest Democrat need mourn. It Is evident
that bis supporters need Jnst such a lesson.
Per contra, tho Now York Journal of
Commerce, a cool and sagacious expo
nent ol popular sentiment, says:
The New York Democrats nave made their
nominations, and the battle may now bo oon<
stdered as fairly Joined. Taken *• n whole tbe
Republican ticket will excite the moat cuihu
slum throughout tbe State It Is a very adroit
•election from beginning to end,designed and
otlcu’ated to conciliate the several factions
into which tbnt party has been divided, end
thns to atcure n foil paitlsanvotc. Tbeptst-
form Is made to match, and Is more remarkable
tor Its “silence” than tor ell Hi positive decla
ration!. Tbe Demecrate bad no very promi
nent candidate for tbe head of the ticket
btsldei the preunt Incumbent, nnd Governor
HUtbasbot little personal magnetism. Ha
given to the Slate, since bis succession to
cbleftnncy, e very fair administration, but
with the majority of tbe Legislature In the
h and* of bla political opponents, hehas had
but little oppoituntly to show hit hand In the
way of refornf. Mr. Flower, who, HkoOeneral
Carr, aspired to tho leadership, and baa been
placed second on tbe list, la personally more
popular than Governor Bill, and bis nama
will atrenttban the ticket. From present ap
pearances tba entire vote at tbe ensuing elec
tion will be la small numbers, end It la utterly
Impossible at thla stage of of the can-
forecast tbo resnlt. The Dem.
ocrattc platform fa by far tbe most
decided, and will be most generally
accepted by tbe conservative element! of both
parties as tbe true policy for the State. The
Republicans bop* to win back to thatr aid* til
who have left tbelr ranka for any reason; bnt
tba Independent voter baring determined on
a change of administration et Washington,
nnd second It by bla revolt, fa vary likely to
coatlnua with bla last year's associates until
sees hit way men dearly to a teuawal of
bla old allegiance.
Tbo Democratic party may not win
Ohio or Now York, but it will pre-
tent a bold and aolid front in both
State*, and wilt deserve victory if it
does not gain it
In tbe meantime tbe administration
may make arrangement* for getting
along for tbe next three years or more
with the Democratic party on tbe best
terms ponible.
"Oauuhterof Mendoza.”
A correspondent of the Ifer York
Sun writes to that journal from Har
risburg as follows:
A personal friend and admirer of tbe Hon.
L. Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the Interior,handa
me tho encloaed poem, written by tha distin
guished Mlaslulppltn:
Mr. Lsmtr, while yet a young man, was
traveling in South America for tho benefit of
his health. He met and became enamored of a
beautiful girl,In honor of whom tho lines were
written, and to whom they were presented.
He says tho poem has never been printed, and
I hand It to you that Tbe Sun, which ablnea
for all, may be the flrat to shed light on the
Divine •Hiatus hidden in the boaom of the
dreamy but aterling statesman.
Tho poem which was enclosed reads
as follows:
Ob, lend to me, awett nightingale,
Your music by tbe fountains,
And lend to me your cadences,
O rover of the mountains,
That 1 may alng, my gay brunette,
A diamond spark in coral let,
Gem for a Prince's coronet,
Sweet daughter of Mendoza.
How brilliant Is the morning star,'
The evening atar how tender:
The light of both Is In her eyes,
Their softness and tbelr splendor.
But for the lash that shades their light,
They were too dau ing for the alght,
And when she shuts them all la night,
Sweet daughter cf Mendoza.
tions for office-seekers, and laying!
pipes for judges, Congressmen and
Governors.
The signs are plain that there is a^
break-up of old methods in politics as
well as business.
Every State must foster and cherish
her industries and protect the invest
ments of its people. New avenues of
business and intelligence must be
opened up to young and enterprising
men. The clog upon the prosperity of
our railroads should be removed, and
a start ought to be made in the direc
tion of technical education. It will
not do to postpone and dally with these
impotent matters. This Legislature
should act upon these measures defin
itely. If it fails to do so favorably, the
people will elect one that can not only
understand and appreciate its duty,
but will have the courage to perform it.
ODDS AND ENDS.
TUB COBBLBB'8 COURTSHIP.
“O. Peggy, dear,” the cobbler sighed,
''Why am I llie a Sheer*
“You’d lose your sole," she quick replied,
'•If Peg sticks not to you.”
•Yes. and because I need a mate
To journey with la life;
?eg! would shoemaker fellow wait
Who wants to gaiter wife?”
"O, wooden shoe just iee,” she blushed,
A giggling with delight.
“O, waterproof of love,” he gushed,
“Peg, am I left or right?’’
"You i.re awl right,” she. blushing, cried,
lnMg -*-
. eze thl
Do try my leather belt.
Oh, ever bright end beauteous one,
Bewildcrlog and beguiling,
The lute Is In thy silver tone,
The ratntow In thy smiling,
And tbere Is, too, o'er bill and dell,
The bounding of the young gsztlle,
The arrow's flight and ocean's swell,
Sweet daughter of Mendoza.
What though perchance we meet no more?
What though too soou we sever?
Thy form will fleat like emerald light
Before my vlalon ever.
For who can aee and then forget
The glories of my gay brunette?
Thou art too bright a star to set,
Bweet daughter ot Mendoza.
This beautiful little piece is from the
pen of Mirabeau Lamar and has often
been published. Mendcza was a Nica
raguan official at whose house Lamar,
then United States minister, staid.* It
was, we believe, first published in
Macon, and the reference is to the
daughter of the host.
Hsr hand in Ms she felt,
"Don’t squeeze this sandal lone,” the sighed,
“Dotrvmv If ntha-r holt'*
¥ .im.1 a J. Horn ex-Goveroor of loath
Carolina, who has raccntlFbaeu releasedfroi
•..e MMOlciex, Max., Jail,pleadedguilty re-
»ntiy in Boiton to an Indictment charting
,!in w 1th obtaining money under false ptc-
tenecefrom cx-Ifejror Cobb and others of tint
ty. He will be sint*need ncxtThnnday.
.vote) l»of u old South Carolina family of
ii;»' i ncnon old si*abstinent younc mas.
:b'_ <l.ya ot reconstruction h* Joined tbe car-
pet-btggsre la deapoUln* his own people,
u « .-1 apt hla bitter reward.
Moe<a is tmt meeting the jut pnniah-
nn>t for his oondnet toward* hi* people.
M any of ki* companion* to political erlmo
litre come to mbury and punishment,
si y more krill Ret there. Dot the other
day CD 1 il.odgett waa pick'd op u a tramp
-near the Hot i-prisgi in Arkansas. Tha
day of retribution ltd com* to men hold-
Jg high position* in Georgia and other
.-.ojthfrr. btat.-s, ar.il to those wL , halt,.v
dhiptd in poUUce’. pro*, .tuuoa.
Protecting tho Clrlt.
Tho New York Supreme Court has
just decided that a marriage engage
ment need not be in writing, even
though the ceremony bad been planned
tor a date more than a year off. The
decision upset the defendant’* ingeni
ous plea which held that the engage
ment being a civil contract, the per
formance of which waa not to occnr In
twelve months, under the statute of
frauds could not be valid unices in writ
ing. The loophole through which this
able villain expected to escape proved
too small for him, and the law laid
violent bands upon hi* coat tail*
wherein was located his pocketbook.
In handing down its decision, the
court said: “It is contrary to every
known attribute or instinct of hnman
nature to tuppose that the Legislature
intended to make mutual contracts of
marriage void unless reduced to writ
ing."
This is a common-sense view of the
matter. Pen and ink would destroy
the fine old American courtship. The
walk home from church, the theatre
and party, the stroll on picnic occasions,
the quiet verandah meeting and the
sleigh and buggy ride: these, all thete,
are Cupid’s favorite hnnting-gronnds,
How ridiculous it would be to see a girl
as soon a* the question waa popped and
the lover snared, take out a portable
inkstand, fill oat a blank contract,
tiling a stump or ber lover’s back for
desk, binding by moonlight ber Romeo
not to skip by the light of the moon on
pain of damage*.
The Band Must Play.
When Leo’s army got back from
tbe fiharpsburg fight it was in a terri
ble condition. The men were in rags,
and barefooted. The line was halted
this side the Potomac and efforts made
to reorganize. For days the stragglers
esme in, sick, broken down, discour
aged, wounded, and demoralized.
Among these stragglers was one
whose barefeet bad been terribly torn
and blistered by the stony way. He
had walked upon bis toes, his heels,
and the side of bis feet until there was
no surface left tbat was not raw and
bleeding. Down he sat by the road
side, pulling his faded hat over his
eyes, and drawing his rags about bim.
Ho waa the picture of abject misery.
While thns sitting he beheld advanc
ing down the road a little bow-legged
Dutchman bearing upon bis back a
gigantic bass drum. He was the sur
viving remnant of a brass band, pa
tiently wending his way back to the
army. He, too, was ragged and dirty,
and his burden seemed greater than he
coaid bear. When he arrived opposite
to the stranded private the latter, with
out a movomomt, hailed him In a low
tone of voice:
“Isay, mister I”
“Veil, vot ov eet?” sold the Dutch
man, turning around onco or twice be
fore he could locate his interrogator.
“Can’t yon pick a tune on that arfur
er poor Bick soldier?”
With on* look of ineffable disgust,
tho musician laced tho road, and with
out a reply moved on.
Last fall n grand company moved
across tho Potomtc from the South
painting tho towns red. They were
armed with written recommendations
from local politicians and municipal
dignitaries. For months they have
been drifting back, weary of body, scant
of parse, discouraged and lonely, their
greasy and worn credentials clutched
in hand. Nearly all are home and in
line again, and only a few sit by the
wayside. Bnt there are no platform
orators left to pick a tone for the poor
sick soldiers.
From Our Late Allies.
The Mugwumps who have been and
are still running the national adminis
tration, are serving np choice tid-bits
to the Democracy. The New York
Evening Post says:
It is undoubtedly a curious clrdumstance
that In Mr. Cleveland’s own 8tate the only way
of securing that approval thla year is to defeat
what la nominally his own party.
It will bo a very carious circumstance
if New York Democrats fiock to the
support of Ira Davenport. The New
York Times says:
Democrats of courage and Independence
who wish to sustain the administration will
repudiate Hill, the nominee of Temmany
and the spoilsmen, and vote for In Daven
port.
Thlg would be a nice way to illustrate
“courage and independence," particu
larly when the Boston Herald, another
Mugwump authority, says of tho Re
publican platform:
The resolutions adopted present the worst
compound ot hypocrisy, demagogy and Bonr-
bonism that haa been concocted by any Re
publican convention thla year.
The utter insincerity of our summer
allies Is best shown in the utterance
of their leader.
It will be remembered that they
were so virtuous that they could not
stand Blaine, whom they had stood
by tor tho more than twenty years in
which his record was made.
To case their fall as much as possi
ble, the report has been pnt in circula
tion that Ira Davenport voted for Mr.
Cleveland. He has very promptly and
effectually quashed this indictment,
lie says:
"Of course that la all bosh. Having been all
my Ufo a Republican and occasionally a can
didate for office on that party's ticket, I have
elwaya supported tho Republican party. Mr.
Bisine received my most earnest support,”
Governor Hill voted for Mr. Cleve
land, and to did his friends. He is a
Democrat, has received tho indorse
ment of his party and will receive its
tall and earnest support.
No more rations should be issued to
the Mugwump contingent.
Heel lovtug sale, “yon’ll suit
At you're my first .ml my last
I’d make his shoe to boot.”
“And I may kiss yon, too,” she laid,
"For now we are a pair ”
And on the day when they were wed
Kach drank a cobbler rare.
Mr. Bennett’s yacht, Namouna,
costa him $200 a day.
Ttvo Bavarian dukes are practicing
medicine at Munich,
Railway Sleeper.,
Should railway sleepers be made of
wood or metal ? This was discussed at
tho railway congress at Brussels. It
was shown that iron and steel were not
only more expensive than wood and
needed better ballast, but also what
was adapted to ono country would not
do
Tnigovermtotal machinery of tbefitat*
ot MitiaehortU* lx it a ttsndatUl, so to
(peak. Th* aergeaat-af-arma ha* to ap
prove tbs requisition of tb* Oorsnior and
other Bute officer*, bnt tb* itrgrsnPst-
srms I* violently drank and has bean la
this Moditioo for soma tints.
As earthquake Imported to PennsylvA-
al*, bnt.it 1* believed to b* only tbs tari-
| o n eruption ol Editor S’agerty, cf thaBcc-
jord, who ;a a nr.oi tfxosteu: Uiogin np.
The Laslalatuie
Owes an Imperative duty to itself and
the people of Georgia, one that should
not be dodged or shirked, nor per
formed In a half-hearted way. The
session has now lasted since the eighth
day of July, a period of nearly three
months, and the moat Important busi
ness is yet unfinished. Complaints
have been made as to delay and negli
gence of dnty, and calls for on adjourn
ment are general all over the State,
The ltxy days oi the summer, the
temptation to run home offered by free
, and tbe complicated machinery
connected with local measures have
consumed, if not wasted valuable time.
Mach speaking and motions to recon
sider have added their quota. The Leg
islators are doubtless tired, and the
people are wearied. Bnt there are
grave duties yet to be dUcharged, and
the session ibonld not close until these
are properly performed, even if it last
to the close of the year.
The people demand, and have aright
to enforce the demand, that the bills
for the school of technology and for the
amendment ot the Railroad Commis
sion law shall lie not only finally bnt
intelligently dlapoaed of.
The legialator who dodges bis re
sponaibillty a* to either or both of these
meat ores will and sbonld be held to
bard responsibility by his constituents,
These hills have been prepared alter
carefnl debate and consideration. Leg
islators and people are fnlly informed
as to the importance and necessity of
both.
There can be no better time to dis
pose of them.
The day has gone past in Georgia
when a Legislature can find nothing to
do bnt to pa** a tax, appropriation and
a few local till*, and to spend the re-
inainto tf the .-x--3..n in sigtuigji'-.'U-
atall in another. In India the
white ant destroyed wood, in Egypt
the sand corroded iron.” The Brus
sels congtcss may have settled the mat
ter for the present, bnt it is only a
qaestion of time, when something must
be substituted for tho present wooden
cross ties and sleepers. With the
growlngdemand made npon our forests,
timber will become too scarce and cost
ly to bo nsed for this purpoeo.
Why Safer,
Tbe Macon TsuoBaru, noting tbe tut tbat
Mr. Cable baa made Maiaachtuctti bla borne,
■•?•:
"GeergeW. Cable baa selected Nonbaap-
ton. Uui., aaaplace of residence, probabfr
became it la Juit as good a point to study bis
tipee of tbe duello i icole a* any In Louisiana.
And then It la ulsr."
’Safer" In Mamchtueits? What dote tba
TiLEOnxrn mean by safer? Ii it not ufo
for a native cf lbs Booth to write about tbat
section or about any tople while residing tn
the Booth as tn tbo North7-Bo«ton Journal.
Generally, ills. Bnt when a man
Betties down to circulate Ilea and elan'
ders about hi* neighbors, he does not
attract so much attention nor snffer as
many interruptions II his office be lo
cated in Massachusetts as he would if
It were in Louisiana.
McNamara, the grave-digger at
Staunton, Va. t fa 83 years old nnd haa
buried 7.000 persons.
A rich Rothschild quit a European
hotel In B’cor tbe, otnerdnr because he
waa change $1.25 for a bottle of beer.
A dancing muster at Yeddo, Japan,
annouucea a millennial celebration of the
death of an ancestor, who was ihe first o!
tbe family to practice the graceful art.
Rich and zealous pilgrims have
charged things so much in Jerusalem
lately that land there baa doubled In value,
and many modern dwelling houses have
been erected.
The San Francisco Call says Dr.
Kellogg was arrested in Han Bernardino a
few days ago for practising without a li
cense. The jury disagreed. He aaya this
la the forty-second time he haa been ar
rested on the earae charge, and he haa
never been convicted.
Several tourists, all unconscious,
were foutd some days ago In s boat wh cb
bad been driven ashore by the wind on tbe
lake in Yellowstone National Park. It
waa ascertained that the boat had teen
struck by lightning. One ot the party had
been killed by the shock.
Anew toy that will interest the
children is the “house tbat Jack built.”
It Is a house with eight wtudowa. Eight
knob* are placed at tna base ol the house,
and as these are struck with s ball rolled
by the plsyera one of tbe celebrities of
Jack's house appears at each correapoQd
Ing window.
A very genuine sea monster was
sighted In the English Channel a few days
ago, eklmmtng tha billows with three men
In Ita mew. It waa first obterved from
Dover, where it waa rightly enoneh inter
preted for a balloon that had gone wrong.
A Dover harbor tng gave chase at fall
•peed; other baste followed la lti wake,
and then one ot tbe moat novel and excit
ing hunts of the aeaton took place. The
balloon bobbed up and down among the
wavu, but sped along at to great a rate
that there was no overtaking it. It rolled
over on its side, seemed to tarn sotccr-
•salts, and the chase would have been
abandoned in despair bad not tbe three
Inckleas aeronauts bean seen clloglng to
the ropes. Finally s galley from fit. Mar
garet's Bay rau Into tbe monster and tbe
men were rescued. The last they aaw of
their treacherous balloon waa a wild and
draggled thing disappearing over the
Ramsgate ehffs.
The sensation in New York society
just now Is the divorce uf Sarah Whiting
lelmont from Mr. Oliver H. P. Belmont,
a ion of Angmt Belmont and brother of
Congressman Perry Belmont. Tho suit
was tried in the Rhode Island court! last
week, and such Influence baa been brought
to bear to keep tbe case private that aa jet
not a tingle New York or Newport paper
hat published the feet*. Mrs. Belmont
waa a society belle in Newport for several
yeare, and was married to young Belinont
o Dtcemtcr 27,1832. Tbe latter had been
cadet at the Annapolis Naval Academy.
The couple lived together just four months,
when, aa Mrs. Belmont alleges, her hus
band d» sorted ber and has not since con
tributed to her anpporl. He baa liv.d
much ot bla time In Paris. A girl now two
years old la tbe reecIt of tbe union, bnt
Mr. Brimont bee not yet eeen hla child.
Mrs. Balmont Is now living with her
mother ia Newpoit.
ODDS AND ENDS.
A resident of Buncombe county, N.
0, has bod a dish of pcannt3 placed uu Ihe
dinner-table for dessert every day for thir
ty years—since the lime when hla wife
Drat declared her partiality to tbe fruit.
Sihty thousand deaths from small-"
pox are said to occur In Europe every year.
The morality la confined to civilians, a*
tba armies, thanks to vaccinatilon and re-
vaccinations, are almost wholly free from
tbe digest c.
American imitators of Englishmen
can hardly hope to equal tba fifiy families
who form the population of Greenwich,
Vu., for they ere all from Krgland, and
they maintain tbelr native manners. One
resident ti a niece of Dickens's Cheeryble
Brother!, and she has an annuity of tbelr
giving.
Methodist girls are assured hy the
cfllcial journal ot their church that they
cannot dance without breaking that solemn
vow which they made at tba altar, "in the
presence ot God and his angels, to renounce
tha devil and all hla worse.” The asser
tion la forlher made tbat truly good Chris
tians are never dancers.
Unless prohibition shall bo extend
ed to cover grape-growing tbe Ulntot
Stales will yet be tbe greatest wine-pro
ducing country In the world. At the Dree
ent rate of increase, the vintage of ten
{ ears beuce will be lO’.OOO.OOJ gallons.
he country has 100 acres adaptad tu grape
cultnre to on* acre tn Franc*. California
•lone baa the proper soil to produce as
much wine as Franc*.
The experiment of cultivating tea,
comnrenoeo by Comadastoner La Due a
few jears ago, nas bean continued steadily
by (be Department et Agrlcnltnre. The
ontef clerk reports that applications for tea
IT IS BOTH A SAFE CURE!'
= nd ,i SPECIFIC.
wwma&'*SdciS2;sS5?
J»ro,. 8} , Gs«,
A romantic love story is at present
going tbe rounds ot tbe Italian papers. In
1882 a yonrg merchant In Boulogne fell in
love with a esantltnl girl, who reciprocated
bla frelmge. Bnt the young man waa so
abinrdly jealous that the girl concluded
the only way to make bim mere reasons
Rtbert TocmBr.
As a star that has approached ns in
blazing splendor tarns again and fades
away into space, so the mind of Robert
Toombs, having passed its grand peri
helion, is vanishing in tbe gloom of
eternity. It waa tho brightest, in the
brightest galaxy tbat ever rose and eet
npon a nation. To those who know it
only as a lessening light, thero is bnt
little change; to such os beheld tt de
velop, and witnessed the splendor ol
its maturity, the lesser orbs that yet
remain but£winklo In a darkened sky.
A Washington eptcisl to the Herald
■ays: “The President's mall this morn
ing brought a rather peculiar looking
bundle. It was postmarked Jacksonville,
Fla. It was opened carefully and after tbs
outside wrapper was removed a paper bt-x
was revealed. Th* question then was,
Wt at was in tba box ? Tbe lid was cut off
hy Cclonel Lamont. There was a seat
looklcg package In Ur* box, bnt as it waa
by ro meant a dangeranv looking sflalr it
w se soon opened. Tbe contents proved
be an elegantly worked hst crown with
tb* Initials G. O. artistically arranged In
monogram in a floral horseshoe, snd
bock mars with even s prettier ot mblnatlon
of tbe letters O and O. Accompanying tbe
presents was a note written In a tady’s
band. Tbs not* stated that the writer
wt* a young kdy who admired th* Presi
dent s ooarae, and she desired to empha
size ner admiration by th* tokens of
gard which sh* bad worked In herleiiore
Hears. Bit* said she was only s (smporsry
resident of Florida and would be much
pleased if th* President would accept her
gift. A letter wt* written ason afterward
seknowkdglrg their receipt Up to date
President Cleveland has received twenty-
seven hat crowns, ten handkerchief.*.
DCUfs Soar Momnrli. I>\
Constipation, Piles, hSPtPuL
JWkjSK “r Hid*!
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u2£i^r I At*\? n , J?dte h,ct ° f 7*
HUNT* i HJEUEDV CO.,
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A Mexican Postal Trick,
Bn Louis Globe-Democrat.
They bare no regular mail larries down
tn Mexico. Tbe railroads tbere receive ne t
a cent for carrying the malls, and noons
in the republic items to have toy knowl
edge of bow malls ere sent or received. I
think what the star rooters are complain
ing about ia this: Having no system of
their own, th* Mexicans are trying to tak*
advantage of ours by sending their malia
around through Texas and back
•gain Imo Mexico. Come to this
map snd I’ll thaw yon what I mean.
Here, for Inttanee, is lb* otty of Laredo.
Mexico, ntar th* Texas tin*. If they want
to send m ,U matter to Piedraa Nsgras, a
town way to tbe north, also In Mtxloo snd
-n the Tex is line, tbelr scheme Is thli:
First, mail will be not to Sen Antonio.
Texas, which lia* tar east Into th* Interior
of Text*, yet north of Laredo. From there
it gee* still coribward. bat at thtaamt
time back to tha westward to Hprfford
Joncttoo, slsoin Texas; tbtne* down a
little road tract into Mexico and ita dealt-
cation, Piedraa Nagree. Evan this round
about way I* far quicker than any ijs’em
they have.
i fill HI
Wo will mall a Nickel-Silver Wetertraij
Watch of the stylo represented In the cot W
low to any ono who - til tend net olnh ol ten
new subicrlbera to tho Weikly TxLoaxra
and MEeiEsar.it at ono dollar each. Thla will
enable each subscriber to Kcure the paper it
the lowest club rate, and at the same Urns
compensate the clnb agent for hla trouble.
fip-ONLY new atrucaiBsas-thatl*, thou
whose names an not now and have not been
within six months previous to the receipt
ot the order on oar hooka, will am cor ntid.
Thee* watches are not toys, bnt accurate
and lerTlceablo tlma-keepers. They are sim
ple, durable and neat. The cetei always wcu
bright. Tens oi thousands of them are carried
by people ef all claieot throughout the Unite)
States.
“The Waterbury,”
planta are now received every week, arid _ Ptaa—in.-’TTL.fwax’e
that the families who now raise tbelr own ^ _*e*e Pemnio
tea are not few. lie-thinks the experiments Javniire. amen ..
have demonstrated beyond doubt tbat tea
can be relied In thla country, bnt on
account of tbs tedious ebarao'er of Ihe
labor of picking and coring th* leaves, he
thinks tea-growing !■ iut likely to attain
commercial Imports' -.
Henry Ullin, t a Now Orleans
creole lamlly, war "right, brisk yonng
fellow when he left mot city twenty years
•go. He baa returned broken duvin in
healih, bnt not In apirlta. At tbe time of
hit absence be was a lieutenant In tbe
navy, an inventor of a machine for wbtoh
he got $60,000 in Paris, a gambler who
srent ibat money In a jtar, a fighter in
the Fre ch army In Mexico, a builder ot
dredgea in the Sn-x Canal and now an
agent for Do Ltsiepi In Panama. Ha
thinks that few men have more persis
tently been alternately panper and prodi-
g»'.
The proverbial remark abont a bull
butting a locomotive off tha track is re jail
ed by an iccldant tba otbar day on tha
Norlbern Central railway. Between Will
iamsport snd Ralston a train ran into an
ox, and tha engine and nineteen cars warn
derailed. Tho er glue rau on tbs ground
until it reached a Highway croralDg, where
tt npiet and tbe escaping steam made a
sound like a cry of rags. Farther back lay
tbe derailed cart, with apples and other
frnlt which they carried, scattered around
in contniion. Not tbe leaat carious object
in tbe wreck wee the carcass of tba ox,
mlnut legs and tail, cat eff by th* wheels
of the locomotive.
The family of Mr. John T. Galvin,
ol Mattoon. III.. Is very cnrlonaly marked.
Mr. Galvin'a left arm If elx Inches longer
than hla right arm. Mrs. Galvin was
born with only ona eye, which Is a very
singular freak of nature. A sou bos an
arm which la large and well formed and
retches nearly tu hla feet, making him
look aa though ha bad three legs. Two
girls, aged 7 and 0 yean, respectively,
have left arms that are about nine inches
longer than their right arms. Tbe young
est, e boy 4 years, inherlis tbe peculiari
ties of ho'li jurruta. He ho has two *ye\
bnt one la very email, while the other Is
full-sized, like bll mother's on* eye
—A Brooklyn judge baa Just die-
mlsatd an nnusuat salt. Juntas O. B.
Hammls claimed $1,000 dameeca from
Thomas Lynch, llqnor dealer. The plain
tiff, who I* a wluow, depecds npm hsr
son, Ollvsr H. Bammls, for support, Bhe
allege* tbat her aon has bsen In the habit
of sptndlog money In large snms in the de-
(■muan-'a bar room. In April, 1881, she
allege*, he spent $50, and on one day in the
tame month $30 was exeended by him
Sha requested the defendant not to sell him
any llqnor, bnt alltgea tbat her reqnest
waa disregarded by bim. Tbe defame was
a dental ot tbo charges and tba suit was
dismissed without any deliverance from
the court touching thsrlghtof the plaintiff
' obtain redress in tha manner specified.
Jacob McKinliv, tw enty-four years
of age, came lo hit death In a peculiar
manner Bandar night, at his father’s resi
dence In Non York. For a long time he
had suffered from pe: icdical attacks of epi
lepsy. To guard against tbe danger of
falling oat of bed he wsi m the habit of
sleeping in a low cot with three chairs
ranged by Us aide. Sometime daring the
night be had a fit, and In hla straggle he
rolled offthecot and fell In auch a position
that his throat was pressed tgslnat the
edge of a chair ami he was strangled.
Ween a servant failed toercuiohint in the
morning after repeated calls, bis rcom waa
opened and he was fonnd dead, with bla
neck and head still resting on the chair.
Th* edge ot the chair left a mark as plain
as If it htd bren printed ou tbe Hash.
PERSONAL COS8IP.
only Increased bis passion, and ona day
after being related he palled oat bis re
volver and shot ber. The shot was not
fatal, but tbe girl was Id for a long time,
while her lover was sentenced to twelve
K m' Imprisonment. Recently the girl
been visiting the prisoner, and tbe
otbar day the Informed her parents that
aha bad mad* np ber mind to marry her
lover, notwithstanding all that had hap
pened snd In prison. Tb* ceremony was
performed wit hunt opposition, and a peti
tion fa now in circulation to secure a par
don for tbe yonDg merchant,
A DARING leap, —Archdeacon Farrar is expected to
— ■arrifft at Cyrus W. Field's residence at It-
A Prlsonsr Jumna Throuah near Window vlngton on October 23rd and will remain
While tha Train la Going nt a ,n * r#
Rapid Rnt*. —Charles Bennct, n young English
Chattanooga Times. » ctor ’»h° '••hprllj to arrive In this coon-
vunraueux. lime.. t vslll be Adelaide Moore a If adlng sup-
raisengrra on the east bound Menphla port for thla season,
and Charleston train, which la doe In this _D r . Oliver Wendell Holmes,having
city at 0:t0 a. in., were startled yesterday attained the age if three score and six
morning as tbe train waa leaving Belle- teen, facetiously remark! that he la a "rev
font* by a crashing sound and the next olotionary patriot-one of tbe ntsn ot '70.
moment to see a man leap from a window —Jim. Laura Moore, a St. Louie
of the coach The train waa rnnnlDg very lady, who took the first prize at the 1’arls
fast, and the daring man fell to the ground Cooarrvatirire for her splendid alio voice,
with terrific force. The man was a prisoner u being seed by her 8t. Louis husband for
named J. G. Harden, and waa in charge ot a divorce.
ihe ahrriff of Jackson county, Georgia. He -.run
was captnred near Waco, Tex»a, last Tnex- William Curtis writes to
day, and was be’ng taken to Jackson connty the.tocheaterPoaUfxpreia that nets In fa-
for trial. Harden is said to have been tb*
moat notorious tblrf tbat ever infested
nortb-ast Georgia, and waa wanted on
several charges of horse stealing.
He was bandenfied and lied with a rep*
to a car ssat, and while the sheriff wss
as'l-eD Harden broke tbe rope. When last
area be was iufining through an open He'd
handcuffed and itemed to have ticaped
injury in hla perilous leap. Aa quickly as
he conlil recover his presence of mind, ibe
sheriff notified tbe condnclor and Ibe
train was stopped, bnt it wasthsn fully fif
teen miles trem the polntwher* the prison
er craped. The sheriff alighted and
started in portal! of bit man.
best practical method ol dealing with In
temperance. _
—Louis Kossuth, from feeble health,
has Li-hi ifjini i led lo ft-jp teaching Eng-
lien at Tnrin and has gone to live in the
Alps on a farm, where hU eons will here
after enpport bin
ALL PURCHASERS CAN BE SUITED
« I
Isaac A.Sbeppard & Co. .Baltimore,M<L
AM) l-'Olt HAI.P. UY
WALTER T. JOHNSON, Agent,
jitntl Macon, Ga.
:r £ w LnglanD~
CONSGRVATORY US- 1 MUSIC
Professor HqzIst calls a urlmrose
corollifloral dieotylcdinoin oxygen.” Ae Lot-‘d Out Ly FL
Urosetai-'o e l.a, not seed Professor Hnx- Gate of Gold.—"I i
lay lor criminal heel up :< date, we Inh-r hasi
that this charming ,wer does r.ot read | "Ye*, and It
elal-'jra'ely worked, and about thirty book the Profereort won! n
ms:W. I ought to,—Graphic,
—Tho widow of Ralph Y> auto Enter-
* n n will be tba recipient of enusual bonora
at Plymouth, Mas* , thla week, the occa
sion beieg the golden anniversary ol her
marriage to tbe dead philosopher-poet.
—PriacUla Eliza Barnes lias obtained
an abaolnta divorce from her husband
Wil.iam Elliott Ilanics, the actor. M
Barnes la awarded alimony at the rate
$25 a week. The enlt wea not defended.
—Tho etono of Queen Anne in Lon
don—a fertile aoarceo! satire In the eigli
teenth centnry, became It waa observed
that ber Mejeity'e back waa turned to the
ebnrcb and her face to the brandy ahep
the churchyard corner—ii in procua
demolition.
—The will of Robert R. Mcllvain,
wealthy New Yorker, who died in 1
bequeathed his books and iftmpbleta
to found a public library Ire
which all trashy books and novelv were to
be excluded. Mr. Mcllvalu'a heirs la-gan
• enlt to ret Ibe clan- • aside, ami J
Van Brunt baa decided that the beqo
void.
Haby Anderson is
S -arecca In New York in “Pygm
ala tea." Whan sh* hut pwyad to lk«tl~
ouoh was said about the marvekxi* I lllRT
(old* of ber robes-! • r. - th- g "ill 1 MS UUI
animated a:a- Ti :rat of tli« wb<> e ■ ■ . . . :—TBe
thing was her dressmaker arc Tb* dr*. I !Nwa«nSiae iWjm»
p»ry waa daftly and Imanlonaly aawtd to I -
fellow Ibtlinrao! every lime, and by this I
means Ihe cling ng * fie-: reproduced
certain appearance ol -culplnr
dnead.
FOR 83.50
vre "will fend tho Weekly Tkleobapii xsd
Mkssenoc t ono yotr and one oi the aboYO do*
scribed watches to any addrens. This propo
sition Is open to our subscribers &s well u
those who&ronot.
Act Ypjromptly.
Tho above prepositions will bo kept open
for a limited time only and parties who wish
to take advantage of either should do so at
onco.
'"Unless otherwise directed we will send
tho watches by mail, p&cksd In a stout pat^*
board box, and our responsibility for them
will end when they are deposited in tho post*
office. They can bo registered for ten cents
1 parties who wish thisdous should Incloso
this amount,or wo will send them by express,
the charges to do paid when they aro deliver*
ed. Address
TnETELEGBAPII AND MES^KN’GKR,
Macon, Georgia.
Mako money orders, checks, etc., payable to
H. (MUNSON. Manager.
EXCELSIOR
COOKSTOVES
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i to man bar *o*iW*jp**-a*wtnSa**»«>»
OPIUMS
carefully as it for its rather bsuJy ita
) UulletlAi
’lit old Heavysidea
w m our church."
him verv vividly,
*’ med. —Doston
BEST IS CHEAPEST.”
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