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THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY- OCTOBER 2, 1885. THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER reach --.is Dally and Weekly.' * Trleorapk and Meiikngki Ii publish ed fV'-ry day, except Monday, and Weekly fit’* Friday. a Daily u delivered by carriers In the Olty or Mailed postage free to subscribers at r-« moutii, t2. Jo for three months, |5 for six C" or 110 ft year. In • •’< krkly la mailed to snbierlbeni,post* tea fire'., »it 11 .-25 a year, 75 cents for six months. 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Hanson, Manager. 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*! I. UIHtR.-W u2£i^r I At*\? n , J?dte h,ct ° f 7* HUNT* i HJEUEDV CO., 6 Provide***, n. L 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 M.WHY&satisfactory EIGHTEEN SUES AND KINDS 'H JO'WEAK MEf J 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.” IV,m-, tSIDCCUCDCMI-llLM. StrvPiv-n I nnt^ntno --» i—ji..... a-a laj