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Political Journal Devotkd to tul.Interests of Southwest Georgia.
S2 a Year,
Volume 1‘.
ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1881.
Nnml)er,37.
gvofcsstonal Cards.
William E. Smith.
Attorney at Law,
ALBANY, OA.
QFI'ICE: Id front of th. Coart Bono, np
iUira,orer Telegraph Office.
j.bl-ly
Even the New York Time* feels
constrained to remark that “the time
wiil come when the rings that hare
plundered the Treasury of the United
States by means of contracts for c
rying the mails will take their place in
history and in estimation of the most
infamous organization of their kind
O. J. WRIGHT. D.U. POPE
WRIGHT & POPE,
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, OA.
OFFICE:—Over 8. Mayer * Gfteabacfc Store, cor
ner Broad mud Wakhlagton SU.
Dec. 90, iseo-diwwir
W. X. JONES, JESSE W. WALTERS.
JONES & WALTERS,
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, OA.
Otfhe over Centra' Railroad Bank.
pntft-ly
I) . A. VASOV. A. H. ALKRIEND
fa soy a- aefriend
Law,
The electric light has taken another
bnlgo. The Oity of Richmontf used it
in her late trip from Lirerpool to New
York, and it proved highly saccesafnl.
The Savannah Xewt says that the In
man line will adopt it for all its Tes-
selA and that it will probably be used
by other trans-Atlantic steamship
lines.
A Western Senator pi edicts that the
Cabinet will po to pieces within six
months. Kirkwood will go first, be
cause he has no executire ability
whaceTer; McVeigh for antagonizing
everybody, and Lincoln on account of
his youth and boyishness. Blaine and
Windom will then put their beads to
gether anil build a new Cabinet
Tnr. Savannah A'cirr says that nine-
U prompt a
Inctioas md all ircucral hu«ioeiu, Practice
In all tin* courts.
omcc oter Soutlic u Express office, onpo-
mile Court House. jnm-dtf
James Callaway,
Attorney at Law
CAMILLA, GA.
fobS
JOSEPH A. CROAK,
ATTORNEY at
111 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, CiA.
Practice* In all the smte Courts.
Uctrr*1*> Ifon. T. M. Norw
npSllim
Attorneys at
lAetlve and prompt attentton^jflven col- | '« en h,lnd r cd and Mly-six boxes and
4*4 barrels of vegetables, 2 refrigera
tors of strawberries, 79 turtles, and 3
barrels of tempi us constituted part of
the freight of the City of Augusta, for
New York, Saturday.
A very singular question has arisen
before a court in Cleveland. It seems
•hat a citizen of that city sold a finger
lo a surgeon, to be transferred to a
wealthy patient's incomplete hand. The
price was one hundred dollars. Half
was paid on amputation, and the other
half has become the subject of a law
suit. The Conner owner of the finger
demands its return in default of pay
ment, and the question arises whether
a .fudge can order it cut off the hand of
the present owner.
From the accounts that we have seen
\vo judge that the members of the
Q.'orgia Press Association had a royal
time up at Rome. The meeting ad
journed Thursday afternoon, and on
Friday morning about sixty ladies and
gentlemen left, on a special train for
Nashville to visit tlic.Kxposition. The
Association will meet iii special session
in Atlanta on the 6th of October, taking
in th* International Cotton Imposition,
and will hold the next annual session
at Augusta.
One of the secrets of intrigue which
now leaks out at Washington is that
when it became generally known that
the President contemplated appointing
Senator Rlaine Secretary of State, a
petition was forwarded to General
Garfield at Mentor, sigued by four
thousand citizens of Boston, protesting
agair.st the appointment. Up to a very
recent period Secretary Rlaine did not
himself know of this protest, and he
learned it only through accident, and
not from the President.
3mjwist$ 9 .
Albany, - - - - Georgia.
O FFICE—OVER FOSt'
TON srRKr.T.
OFFli K WASHING
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Trowbridge & Hoi linslicd
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WAYCK0S3,’ - ’- - GKOKGIA.
Teeth extracted without pain. All work
warranted. Terms moderate. Will go any
where on It. A, A. and S. F. JkAV. Rnilruada. -
aplS-Utin
vV.A. STROTHER, M.D.
ALBANY. GEORGIA^
Office over Gilbert's Brer Store
K‘.» onion left at the Drug Store will receive
prompt • tent inn. Jan 7-1 j
Dr. K. W. ALiFRIBiy D.
. aKSEKOf FIJLhY.tenders hla services.In the
iL rArMut lirauehes ul lil« proreNuIon. to tbe
ritU *u« vIliany ami HurroundiiiKcounirjr. Of
fice o|i|x>«lto «mrt House, on.1*1 nestreet.
AN ALABAHA EDITOR IN
• BAHT.
The Impression* Made Upon a
Stranger bj Our Town and Fcf
pie.
HOTELS.
TAG JOHNSON HOUSE-
RXITHVTUK, OA.,
I. (ho place to stop anil gel a GOOO
SQUARE MEAL.
THE ALBANY HOUSE!
Merrick Barnes,Proprietor
Albany, Georgia.
fllli'R House is well furnished and in ev-
JL cry way prepared for the accommo-
■ dal ion of the traveling public. Entire sat-
■ i Miaction cuaranfecd. The table is sup-
■ plied with the best the country affords,
E n ud the servants are unsurpassed in po-
■ liteuess and attention lo the wants of
■ guests. Omnibuses convoy passengers to
B and from the different railroads prompt-
1 y, f.ee ol charge. Charges to suit the
■ limes. sep29 tf
Cement,
Plaster,
FOR SALE BY
GEO. S. GREENWOOD.
sStfep
[THE ONLY MEDICINE
IX E1TI1KU Liqi'lD OU DRY FORM
That Act* at the name time oa t
\TES LI7IM, TSS BOWELS,
AKD TEX KID VETS.
IWHY AWE WE SICK?
Because in allow there great organa to
JtaYWfM cloggrdor torpid* and poisonous
\huinorsart therefore forced into the Wwf
{that should bscxpelUdnaturally*
KIDNEY-WORT
WILL SURELY CURE
|KIDNEY DISEASES,
LIVER COMPLAINTS,
■pile*. cxrriPATio.v. ruxiir
BISEA*EH. FEMALE WEAKNESSES,
AND NEBTOrs DISORDERS.
Iby causingfm action tf Out* organs and
^restoring their potter to time of disease.
Why mfltr Biltan pain u4 whd
I Why tar—eated with Pile*, Coastipattaat
I Xh; frialtiud orrr diiordrnd Kldstjal
1 Whj rad.ro nrrron or airk liradachrat
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IntlK ADol.Ill.Hrer
Strotrd.fortDaMtb.tr>
A Washikotos special to the Cin
cinnati JZnt/uircr says that although
the frit 1 inis of Win. E. Chandler fur
the past week have been exceedingly
active, it is not at all probable he will
be confirmed as Solicitor-General of
the United States. So far it can not lie
ascertained that a single Democrat will
vote for him, and it is known that four
Republicans, at least, trill vote against
him. This kills him dead for a ducat.
Chandler has been urged by his friends
to have the President withdraw hi*
name. Tt.is lie will not consent to. ns
he labors under the impression that he
may slip through.
Ali.cdinO to the egging which the
frcle Tom’s Cabin -Ideal’’ Combina
on recently received in Griffin, tlie
Chicago Times says: -An ‘Uncle
Tom’s Callin' troupe from Chicago has
been meeting with a’great deal of bad
luck in the South. When it has been
undergoing a pelting of rotten eggs, it
lias been slipping from Ihe rear win
dows of country hotels without settling
for its board. ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin*
doesn't take well in the South, where,
at its best, it must. I>e considered as an
insult toany Southern man or woman
who have a particle of spirit in them.
If a Southern tronpe were to visit the
North with a play that ridiculed our
people, laid hire our vices, and added
a large number that were not oure, for
sc.mio effect, it would hardly have a
much more pleasant excursion than
•fncle Tom’s Cabin.- ”
Tiie Nashville American expresses
itself very sensibly npon the proper
position for the Democratic Senators
to take in the present struggle lielwepn
Garfield and Conkting, as follows: “Wo
hope to see the Democrats in the Sen
ate sustain the President in every wise
and proper measure, and yet that the
Albant, Ga^ May 5th, 1881.
Dear Xetcs ;
• The Fourth Annual Session of Ihe
Grand Lodge, Ancient Order of
United Workmen, for Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida, closed here yes
terday evening. The train that
bears me homeward wilt not leave
until 12 o'clock il, to-day, so after
making a tour of observation
through the principal streets tlfis
morning, introspecting the Qpurt
House, viewing the exterio-of the
churches, beholding tliesiately resi
dences of modern and nniqiie'archr-
(ccture.gnzing with admiration upon
the many flower gardens, heantiiul-
ly landscaped and well-filled yards
of shrubbery, taking a sort of gen
eral farewell of lovely, hospitable
Albany, I have retired to my room
in the Bogcn House and concluded
lo devote the residue of my stay lo
writing, a letter fur the perusal. If
not pleasure of j’oiir readers.
Albany is tint capital of Dougher
ty county, and is situated on the
Arlington Extension of the South
western division oftheCentral Rail
road, and on the west bank of Flint
river- It is the only town or, rather
city (in Georgia they call ail towns
cities) that I have ever seen which
appears to have more inhabitants
than the citizens claim. Only 3,5(10
is the in variable reply when interro
gated as lo the size of the place, attd
yet, from the number of houses anil
extent of area covered 1>y them, oi:c
would suppose that twice that figure
would not exaggerate the actual
number. Tltc streets arc broad,
sandy and some of them almost
smothered with shade trees officiate
foliage. The business bouses, most
ly brick, like the residences, are
substantially and convicntly built.
Fire temples ot religious service
and one where judicial justice is
dispensed, lift 'their spires niid cupu
las aloft and arc fanned by the gen
tle, inspiring sea breezes' which I
am informed, arc perceptibly felt
with great regularity, every even
ing just as the sun curtains himself
behind the distant horizon. A well-
arranged and tastefully furnished
hall wiicrc tiic Masonic and oilier
secret soeittes meet; Willingham’*
’commodious public ball, about lifty
slorc houses, and a number of the
iuevilablo cotton warn rooms M *
familiar in Southern towns, a steam
Hour mill, two hotels and one newt-
paper nud job printing office, con
stitute in part the public institutions
of tile place.
I have not seen here, nor in the
country contiguous, but little.stork
of any kind, and way down in
Dixie.' where cotton is king, one
would hardly suppose Ilia! I here is
such nu enterprise as a Fair Ground,
and vet, in the suburbs of the city
may be seen a large level plant or
ground, ncally enclosed, a circle of
stalls, judges stand nud a capacious
dtruciure for Ihe exhibition of agri
cultural implements, farm pcoducl,
floral gatherings amt all other arti
cles usually seen at the best fairs
further North. Albany is one- of
Ibo few places in Georgia that wa
nt! invaded by the Federal soldiers
during tbc war. There is scarcely
another town in the State that waS
not run over, pillaged and despoiled
during their unbridled and licenti
ous reign. “The soil of thi* town,”
said an intelligent gentleman who
seemed lo exult the fact, “was never
pressed by Yankee Tcct until the
war closed.” Wo naturally infer
from Ibis that the Albanians know,
but little about ibe insults, indigni
ties an I privations that those of us
suffered v.-hcre the merciless tuaui a-
ders roamed, carrying out tin ir
nefarious purposes.
The sessions of the Grand Lodge,
just closed, lias no doubt been profit
able to Ihe order; it has certainly
been exceeding pleasant to the Rep
resentatives and long after the frail
pages upon which I now write shall
liavo wasted away, will memories of
the delightful occasion be treasured
by those who attended. The breth
ren of Albany Lodge, No. 11, hare
shown tbomsclvos Workmen indeed.
Not a single thing hns been left un
done to make us pleasant, and so
many acts of kindness have been be
stowed that an attempt to enumer
ate them would provo fruitless.
They met us at the depot with open
hearts and extended hands, hailing
a cordial welcome, and they left us
at the same place or, rather we left
them, waiving us an affectionate
adieu. Bro. Ludwig, ot Huntsville,
and mvsclf being detained on the
way, were late arriving: we na
turally supposed we would have to
enquire tbc way to the hotel, bul no;
there were brethren Ehrlich and
Glauber, who grasped our ham's
before we cleared the train, took
posscs-ioii of our baggage, banded
us in the Tuts, then Rented by our
side ordered us driven to (be Bogcn
House. Wo had never met them be
fore but soon felt lliat wc bul
known them always. There was no
stiff formality, no crnm|>ed feelings
—we breathed freely. At tbc hotel,
Bogcn, himself a member of the or
der, covered us all over with kind
ness, lie ' is made of that sort of
stuff that always “strikes the flint”
of a gentleman, and his clerk is a
“chip off Uic old Jilook.”
Of the many brethren, Gilbert,
Collier, Daniel, Brown, Wight, Tift*
man had had no show whatever in I -t
business, that these old merchants : pi
did not have the slightest confidence ! v<
aiv roses of every hue and odor bud »*eoplk who niBttiEn, and
I and bloom along tbe terraces and i " ,s, i tiihy iiadnst.
riot at each angle. Better than all I
these, however, for I have a weak- j Testimonr or some ot the victims.
ness for such things (the fluids ex- i - , —:—
ccpted) was tlie' richly laden table I !i " 0r >*“f
of savory viands, dainty delicacies: Some lime-ago the Time* contain-
and sparkling wines, around which j several articles headed “Why
the honored guests sat and sipped Pcople_ Don't Marry?” Since that
a nil masticated Until tbe “earl hern ! <'me circums’ancei have combined
1 to make the rcver»c of tlie question I je Ct in view and—”
pertinent, and as tlie public is doubt 1 -- - -
interested
vessels” could contain no more.
Last night at Willingham’s Hall
l here was a royal banquet spread
and when the feasting was Over, the
Hall as if by magic, was converted
into a.ball room, over ’which Terp
sichore presided while fair daugh
ters, beautiful as Helen,'and noble
sons, gallant as Menelans, glised jn
the floating-waltz nntil gray morn
ing dawned. I am not fitniliar
with the “’phraseology” used de
scribing the merry dance and must
not therefore attempt to give any
idea of this occasion. Of the ban
quet, however, I will say the menu
was waoting in nothing; the Hall
was gorgeously decorated, mottoes"
and monograms in juxtaposition
with the cabdistic letters of the or
der adorned the ceilings and walls
and the long tables groaning as
tiiey did beneath (he weight of
choice edibles, champagne and rich
boqnets, presented as lovely
a sceue as ever engaged the ar
tists’ pencil. Of course, there were
toasts and replies. Capt. limit, or
Bartlesville, lead off in rcs|lonsc to
“Our Order,” and said so many
good tilings about the A. O. U. W
that everybody wanted to be in
itiated right there. Capt. Davis of
Albany, in a Statcsmaii-like-mau-
uer, spoke volumes of praise in re
gard to tlie “Empire State,” made
all wish they lived “down in Geor
gia.” Then came Dr. Alexander, of
f’orsyth, who overflowed with
gratitude for the wc come given to
Hie “Visiting Brethren.” Mayor
Wilder, a venerable, dignified,
clerical-looking gentleman, told of
the glories of “Our City,” with
commendable pride. The fifth toast
was given to “Alabama”—tlie land
of rest, but the’respondent’was to
enwrapped with the eloquent trib
ute lo Georgia, that lie declared
that it was nothing more than a
“slice cut off from Georgia—a little
patch of blue mountains, fertile val
leys, majestic water conrscs, rich
iron beds, incxbanstible coal fields,
and like Iter parent, bad a Railroad
<’omiuission and many beautiful
woujeu.” Col. Thomas, of Colum
bus, in pathetic strains, robed char
ily in her .proper costume. Bro.
McIntosh, oftlie Albany Jfeics anti
Atleerthcr, a man of broad shoul
ders. lofty brow and looking as
solid as a mountain of granite, ex
patiated on Hie characteristics of
“Hope.” Ed. Mnniford. of Talbot-
tou, came last—the best is always
reserved for tlie Iasi, hence tbe
order of Ihe programme. The toast*
“Our Ladies” and M.nmfqrd’s re
sponse were par excellent. How
eoirld the speech be otherwise?
There wore I lie ladies, fairer than
fairies, to inspire it, and while alt
were pleased as their plaudits at
tested, it would, if possible, have
been.better, had not the Grand Re
corder eat so much.
Albany is a pleasant plane; her
men arc generous and hospitable;
her women comely and loveable,
bul I must now bid adieu to both
and get inc back to Alabama, my
own (nol) my native Alabama. I
would like to say something of
Georgia generally, but this letter is
already long enough. Georgia,
however, in all that constitutes
greatness, stands just a little ahead
of any Southern State.
L Uessblv Gkubbs.
I in a young mail unless he had a wife
lokeep him straight, and so you see
j I thought I would make myself
solid for life by taking up with a
I little woman who would keep me
{ in Ihe paths of reclitnde and right.
Well, I went to work with this ob-
rc, and although
called in a very eo
ice, they did not
far.
aviru
rep.
porter vcri
Before Ic
Retreat the
ance of the Secretary, golpo
ot tbe following facts: Nur
tlie Young Man’s
iter, with tlie -
W?sSioil
ber of
relations between them and him shall Orinr, Welch, Evans, Mitchell, )lc-
„ , ,* Intosh, Bacon, Mash and others who
never he nearer than at present. showed us personal attention and
|HET IT OF TOC* OXCOOIST.
WELLS, CICHABBSOX A
| (Will ml t Do ir, po«-fOld.>
the stalwarts drive him to the Demo
crats for support, they can and should
accord it where he is right; but if they
should ever presume on this to ask for
patronage, or seek further influence,
they would thereby weaken their posi
tion before the country. It is to this
Conkting should try hard to drive the
administration and the Democrats.
The relations between them must be
right action npon the put of both
within their
The Dem-
cxpect right *e-
it, and he to 'eg.
Ight action in re
fag in this like
expecting
personal
whoso courtesies wc have a heart to
mention, time fails us lo enumerate.
We mast, however, without any
purpose of being invidious, refer to
Mr. and Mrs. Sterne, at whoso hos
pitable and palatial residence the
.Grand Lodge spent one of tbc most
pleasaut and enjoyable evenings
“within Ihe recollection of the oili
est inhabitant.*’ There is-case, ele
gance and magnificence in
home. Culture, refinement
.good taste adorn the' united
jve spheres, and no and is displayed in .
about the .premises. Wlml a
nificcnt garden of vogetabii
itift-liy-^fam‘
and to us mysterious as the
hieroglyphics, hour att
Vines trellis themselves about the
veramlas and climb In rich luxu
riance above tbe archways, while
shrubbery, in endless variety »ud
CONVEHSING ACKOSS THE SEA.
Tim Wonder* or the Fleetroplaooe
anal Its Prooable Keautla.
A remarkable interesting experi
ment lms just been made at Calais
and Dove,-; between whicli places a
conversation has been kept up viva
vocc by means of a new kind of tel
ephone, which has been patented
under the name of the electrophone.
Not only were the words whispered
into the apparatus at Calais distinct
ly heard at Dover, and, of course,
vice versa, but the listener atone
end was perfectly well able to dis
tinguish by the mere tones of the
voice Ihepc'rson who ,wns speaking
ni the other end. The scientific
specialists present were astonished
at the difficulties successfully over
come in the enormous condensation
produced by the mctalic covering
which protected the cable and the
induction caused by tbe simulta
neous passage of telegraphic dis
patches along the wires’ of Ihe ca
ble. U should be obsorved that
while the human voice was being
transmitted through one of tlie
wires the other wires were being
employed for the transmission of
ordinary telegraphic messages.
Moreover, tile experiments were
conducted between the hours of 10
and 4, that is the busiest part of tlie
day, when the wires arc in unceas
ing o|ieration. Tne voice of the
speaker was distinctly heard as
soon as the wires were joined in Ihe
apparains, and conversations were
carried on without interruption in
Ihe presence ' of Sir flame* Car
michael, chairman of the Subma
rine Telegraph Company, Mr. Sa
bine, Mr. Dcspoiutes and other
competent specialist Experiments
with the same apparatus were then
continued with tho same results,
and in the midst of the confusion
produced by the simultaneous work
ing of several machines at the Lon
don terminal station the voice of
tho speaker was heard ns plainly as
Ibongii lie had keen in the same
room. There can be no longer any
doubt that it is perfectly practicable
lq converse across, or rather nnder
the sea, by means of any submarine
cable, and the success of tho experi
ment opens up vistas or tho possi
bilities of rapid communication
that a few years ago would have
belonge<l;to the’rcamUof dreamland
: iuveutor main tains that
o talk across the
ic room toanoth-
ata system
words spoken from the TRhe:
of the oceau can be fixed on
tl here and trea-ured ’up
use.
query a Times reporter was detail
ed to make each inquiries as would
throw ligofat upon the muchly moot
ed questiou.,
Tlie reporter is willing to wager
that he lias heard people say at least
a luimtaiL-times within ihe pas!
three mouths, “I don't understand
why so and so got married, lie
dot sn’t seem to care much for his
wife or she for him, and altogether
the whole thing is somewhat mix
ed.” There must be a reason for
such a state of affairs, the scribe has
in used time aud time again, and he
really congratulated himself when
au opportunity presented itself,
which promised an explanation of
the mystery.
Deeming it best to give all parties
interested in the matter a bearing,
the reporter first called on a young
married lady whom be had beard
was meditating a suit for divorce.
He met with a rather a cold recep
tion, but nothing daunted, disenssed
Ibe object of bis visit.
The lady showed signs of anger,
but soon recovered and said:
“Well, I suppose the whole story
will come out some time, and as you
promise not to publish names, 1
don’t sec any good ground of objec
tion against granting your requesL
To begin with, though, I can’t tell
why 1 ever married, and my state
ments, therefore, may be of no value
to you.”
“Oil, no, don’t think that; yon
may give more valuable information
■than von have any idea of.”
Well, then, you must know that
I have only ’been married five
months. When I first met my hus
band lie fell in love with me at first
sight, and as a very natural conse
quence I did not reciprocate his af-
feelion. • He paid me the most
devout court, anil as I thought, made
a complete fool of himself. He ask
ed me to marry him and I refused
him point blank, but this did no
good as lie was more persistent than
ever. Then 1 told my parents about
him and they scolded me terribly;
said he was an excellent business
man, stood well in the community,
and all (hat sort of thing. Well, 1
did not care how lie stood with
other people, so long as he did not
find favor in my sight. My cousins
ami aunts (lion argued with me, and
what they told ine frightened tne to
■leulli. Isnppose it would not cost
von a gi’cnjt stretch of imagination to
believe that I was quite young when
I married.”
The reporter started on a beauti
fully conceived sin-crh. but he got
mixed up on it as tbe lady interrupt
ed him:
“Bear this fact in mind and it will
not surprise you to know that my
experience oftlie world and its ways
was not very extensive. As I in
tended lossy before. I was frighten
ed at what my cousins and aunts
told me, and unfortnnately for me
allowed mvsclf to be influenced by
their advice.”
What was that advice?” asked
the reporter as tlie lady stopped
her recital to si ifle a sob that l
almost choking ber utterance.
“Thespoke to me ofthe horror oI
being an old maid; said the city was
full of women who had let their
chances io the matrimonial line pass
them by, and that unless I reconsid
ered my refusal I would live to re
pent it the longest day I lived. I
tried to argue with them, and sug
gested that other suitors wonld try
for my hand, but I spoke to thoso
who- would not and did not heed
me. And what a future it was to
which they condemned me did I
persist iu my refusal! Old age;
poverty aud obscurity my lot, re
deemed by not one singlo blessing
that springs from youth hope or
vitality; knowing what you do now,
I ask yon is it any wonder my de
termination finally weakened and I
consented to a union in which my
heart was not the leastbit involved ?
I can not blame my parents, although
they were instrumental in wrecking
my' happiness, hut isn’t it a cutting
satire on the love and devotion of a
father and mother, when a child has
to look to them as the cause of*
lifelong misery?”
The reporter can stand a great
many diflerent sorts of sad ana ter
rible sights, but when a woman, and
pretty one at that, shows that she
is going to cry, and that she does not
intend to allow him tiie privilege of
trying to console her, he becomes
unmanned, and, as a general thing,
goes about his businosa, However,
he had mastered tho feeling before
be arriredat tbe corner of the block
anil was in an easy frame of mind
when he reached the inviting door
of a down town clnb room known
to a few as the “Young Man’s Re-
IreaL”
As lock would have it, the repor
ter discovered on his entrance a
young man in the corner of the room
busiljr engaged in a game of
solitaire. He looked up as the re
porter approached, and vouchsafed
a quiet “good evening.” Hero was
a victim, the interviewer thought as
he took a seat beside him. l’rclty
soon the conversation hail drifted
into tiie channel anticipated by the
reporter, and the young man was
eloquent.
“It doesn’t matter a particle about
my coming out and making a clean
breast of the whole business. These
other fellows can talk as much as
they please, but I’ll bet my
life they are as badly olT as I am,
and perhaps a great deal worse. If
a, fellow loves his wife and enjoys
her society, he isn’t going about the
streets whooping and singing at 2
o’clock' in the morning. That’s whet
I have done on several occasions,
and I wasn’t the originator of the
tber.”
ii be a little more explicit,
ic why you got married?’’
n words, because I was an
was not getting a very ;
alary, and I am free to coo-1
I spent the greater portion
njoying myself. My friends
that a voung unmarried •
members ofthe club, 2G3; daily at
tendance, 132. Of this number 9
. were unmarried, 88 were young
“And you found her?” i. I married men, anil the balance mar-
“Not exactly ; she found me. She ried men about the age of forty,
talked so nicely to mo that I never ! Tho statement told its own talc.”
for one momeul imagined that shef’ ° - -
t as honest as ihe lonesomest j
Was
work of God. We got married, and
pretty soon she showed her claws!
She was fond of society, mid when
I rcuioiisiraled with her for want
ing to go to balls and parties, she
said she was married now and iu a
position to enjoy herself much bet
ter than before. Well, of course 1
was rather stunned when I heird
this, and left the house and spent
the greater portion of the uight at
the club. In the morning mv wife
met me so sweetly and inquired
about my absence so tenderly that I
hadn’t the heart to tell her the
truth, and I told her a lie, tbe first
of a long and uninterrupted series
that followed. Here I’ll read yon a
history that will give you au insight
into my life daring tho past few
months. I picked the book up the
other day; it belongs lo one of the
bovs, hut as onr class are very much
alike, it won’t do any harm to read
it.
Tho young man drew from his
rocket a small diary, and from it
read the following extracts:
“November 15.—M. (the fellow’s
wile’) wanted me to go with her to
a party; told her I was married and
dono with parties and such things,
but wonld take her to the theatre
iustcad. Said thero was nothing at
tbe theatre she wanted to see; said
that unless she went with a crowd
tbe performance always bored her.
I got mad and wo had a flare up.
M. said she was going to her raa’s
snd would n$ver see me again. She
didn't go, but I did.”
“Nov. 25th.—M. in another tan
trum ; this time sho vows she is
rioua. Wants to give a big dinner.
I tell her I can’t afford it. Says she
will do her own cooking and house
work and can save enougli in this
way to pay for dinner. Told her
times were bard and that perhaps
she would haTe to do tho work any
way. She swore she wouldn’t
her face over the stovo for any man,
and would not lose wbst beanty she
had for tbo best man that ever
walked.”
“December 20. —Got drank last
night after playing cards at the
club. Won fifteen dollars and felt
od. Didn’t want to go home as
was In a dangerous humor.
Wanted mo to give her money to
buy Christmas presents, Told her
I wasn’t a millionaire and she said
I was a brute. Left tho houso and
looked np the boys. Went down to
Victor’s and got in with some ac
tresses. Met my boss there and
left.
“January 5th.—My eyes are get
ting weak, aud I believe I’m grow
ing grey. Christinas and New Year
came very near finishing me. M.’s
mother has been giving me another
talking, and the next time she does
it I am going to shut her np effectu
ally. Ain’t going to livo under any
pciticoat government to distract her
thoughts away from household du
ties. Sho takes a great deal ot
pains and tror.blo to fix up. I
wonder ifshe wastes all this tronble
on female friends? Mem.: Find
out.”
“January 10—Found M. walking
the street with a gentleman. Pass
ed her by without noticing her.
Had a talk with her when she got
home. Said her husband didn’t
show her any attention, and spent
Ilia nights away from her, perhaps,
in company of other women. Had
a furious flsreup. Got biling drank
tint night.
“January 12—Drnnkagsin. Will
stay drank for a week. Lost my
situation. Applied for a divorce. "
“March 12—Ever sinco I got a di
vorce been sober. Hope 1 may die
if I ever get married again.”
“What do yon think of that?”
eagerly Inquired the young man, as
he finished reading. The reporter
was about to answer when his com
panion was called away to join in a
game of poker.
Casting about for information,
the reporter espied the most regu
lar frenuentcr of the club rooms en
sconced in an easy arm chaii, lazily
scanning tbe columns of .t newspa
per. It was not long before he too
was giving his experience about
why he got married.
“Well, you see I was forced into
iL I fell in love with the girl, or,
rather imagined 1 did, and liad Iota
of fau with her. When I got tired
of her my friends insisted that I had
compromised her, had placed her iu
a false position, and all that sort of
stuff. They warned mo lhat< would
he hooted ont of respoctabie socie
ty if I did not do tho square thing
and marry her. They bored mo so
much about tho matter that I finally
gave in and did it. Both of ns re
gret it now, hut there’s no congeni
ality between ua. She docs nol now
possess tho “pretty faoe that first
drew mo towards her,and as ainan
has to be amused some way. I loaf
around here to kill time.”
“Don't you think that it would he
belter for both of you lo he togeth
er more ?”
“No; there is no earthly uso in
trying to unite entirely different na
tures. We understand each other,
and when cither one of us shall
commit a very grave offense, the
other one will have a chance for a
divorce.”
“Wind's the cause of people gel
ling married, anyhow, if they don’t
intend to live together?”
“It’s owing to the climate. Seems
like young people mature here be
fore they get sense enough to make
a judicious choloe in the matrimo
nial market, They get married in
a hurry and repont iu a greater
hurry still. I guess the state of af
fairs will continue tociist until the
end of Ibe universe. The men can
slaud it well enough, and if a girl
forces herself on a man, or allows
her friends to do It, which comes to
the same thing, I don’t see how she
can blame tho man !”
Rather selfish opinions, to be
A SOCIAL DILBSKIA,
The Question tbat Text* Hi* Fe
rn«1 p Portion ot Hie Cabinet—Call- !
lus In Person or bi Card.
, The Xational Republican sats: j
“It is whispered in feuiiniuc circles
that the present Administration lias '
already been agitated.by a questiou
equally as important as tbo dead
lock in the . Senate. Tho latter
merely affects the political condition
of the' Administration, while tho
subject referred to is of vital inter
est to Ibe social status of tlie Cabi
net, and the female portion (hereof
is iu a dilemma, and knows not
exactly how to decide. Confer
ences have been had among the la
dies of the ministers— for the va
rious Secretaries are, and should be
called Cabinet ministers (title Mrs.
Dalilgrecn's 'Etiquette’,) and even
the 'first lady in tbe lanil' has been
consulted as. to her views upon
(his momcnlohs question. As near
as can be ascertained the point at
issuo is whether the Cabinet ladies
shall return calls in|pcrsnn or by
card; that is,calls from ladies other
than in ‘official’ life. The social
duties imposed upon the wives of
bigti government officials’are cer
tainly very arduous, and those
women who endeavor to do justice
to their home life often find it ex
tremely trying to meet all the exac
tions of society; so if there could
be a way of escape from some of
these requirements it would be -a
consummation devoutly wished.’
“Of.conrw, it is notcxpected that
the President or his wife will re
turn auy calls. That has been the
custom ever since the Presidency of
the immortal Washington, and
where ^exceptions have been made,
and the Executive has appeared at
private bouses, it has been consider
ed an especial honor, but with the
Cabinet and their ladies it has been
different. They have been in the
habit of- attending tho entertain
ments of citizens occupying posi
tions of financial or'social distinc
tion, and the wives ofthe Secreta
ries have considered it a part of
their duty to return calls from both
there clones. All the ladies of the
present Cabinet have had targe ex
perience in social life, from tne fact
their husbands have filled high po
sitions in other directions (except
Mrs. Lincoln, aud her experience
was gained -before her marriage,
when, as Mies Harlan, she was one
of tbe most briltiant belles in onr
Washington society,) and they folly
realize the tax upon their time and
physique if they should follow their
precedent in the matter of return
ing calls.
“This subject has been brought to
onr attention from fa perusal of the
proof-sheets of Mrs. Dablgreen’s
new edition of her book upon eti
quette, in which that eminent au
thority upon social matters Urns re
fers to this very point:
‘The question arises at once—es
pecially among people of consider
ation who are notin official life, and
who wonld thus be overlooked—
whether they will consent to re
ceive to partial an equivelant for
their visiL While it is not to be
denied that an official life consti
tutes a leading clement in Washing
ton society, yet the official, howev-
ever brilliant, is after all so very
ephemeral that in real solidity of
social importance the resident socie
ty most always form an essential
feature, and be classed as of the
elite.
ow, this resident society has
reason to be jealons of its privileg
es, for these are securely based
upon the highest respectability.
The peculiar influences and cosmo
politan atmosphere of the national
capital has given it refinement and
breadth, which makes it too valua
ble an accessory to be overlooked.
If ladies whose husbands occupy
official positions here fail to re
cognize with due consideration the
resident social circle, il is to be
feared that sufficient reason will
not exist to induce this society to
add tiie charm ofits life-long train
ing to tneirmore transitory-exist
ence.
“Tlie fact, however, cannot in-
overlooked tbat all of society in
Washingtin who entertain mnrli
suffer from tiie present custom of
being expected to exchange visits in
person. An emancipation, therefore,
needed more or less by all, is Ibe
substitution of exchange of cards
for exchange of visits. Such substi
tution would give more time and
fuller measure of strength for an
exchange of hospitality. If we
could even claim this happy free
dom, and an exemption he intitiially
accorded from the never-ceasing,
never-ending, meaningless round of
calls, society life in tliiR city would
reach its acme. Then the personal
visit conld bo limited to the recog
nition of Invitations or as marks of
personal regard for special reasons.
*• If society wonld only consent to |
assume that* an exchange of cards
was to be considered as but a com
plimentary prelude to a higher ex
ercise of hospitality, the card
wonld then be graciously received.
Of course no one person will be al
lowed to initiate such an innova
tion. Our social customs, like our
can only be altered in
uses bv that common
consent that makes law.’
“It is to be hoped lhat by next
winter, when the social season will
fnliyopen, this'quesliun will be def
initely settled, and in a maimer that
shall relievo the Cabinet la
dies of some portion of their bur
dens, and at the same time not im
pinge upon the tender sensibilities
of those outside the official circle,
who are yet entitled to social con
sideration.”
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