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XLL—No. 44.
ALBANY, GA.i SATURDAY. JULY 16, 1887.
Brice $2.00 Per Year.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
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|ty.»tre«if't!i .ni«l irji (wwiorm^. Moroecou-
Dm lea J t,i:.u (!i«.>rl n«rr ami cannot b<
polil in vy'Uli tSic m-.dtitiuL- of !<»n
teat,short weight, nivn nr ftowdere.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Fairchild's “palsy” hasn't taken
effect boGrover Cleveland's hand yet.
Has Fairchild's tongue been para
lyzed? We hear no more from him.
President Cleveland has emerged
from that dag episode.with dying col
ors.
C. T. Logan disports like a great
literary leviathan in the waters of
warm spring.
The Grand Army seems to be as dis
tinguished kickers as one Cahill of
base-ball fame.
FOR SALE BY A. STERNE.
^^JjjRO’S
Chicago with her 750,000 inhabit
ants, has a church membership of only
between 60,000 and 70,000.
Cleveland's mental avoirdupois
makes him a success as a squelcher.
He sat down effectively all over the G.
A. R.
Kit Warren says, and he is right,
that “the inan to whom a debtorgrat-
:aJ f :i« •>r l /i - rr knt'lr., and cannot be ; jtu.ln lq <liip should liv all means be a
in cii.ii^iiu .nir»»»» tJ»p nr.iltitodfof low ,e 13 11 »nouia uy an nieanb ue a
‘‘ preferred creditor.”
Amkricus regales her eyes on whole
train loads of melons from this section
that dally pass that station en route
j for the North and West. That is the
j result of diversifying crops. There is
i .i grand future for the melon business
in tills section.
Analysts ami ex peri mentors have
pronounced honey to possess strong
medicinal virtues. It is anti-thermic:
it is anti-catarrhal; it is a febrifuge
ami parasiticidie; it is—well that is
"tiongh, for we dare not mention allits
medicinal effects for fear of abstracting
it- sweetness.
The Interstate Commission, by its
determination to enforce the long and
short haul clause, has forced freights
i hat were accustomed to go front New
York to points on the Mississippi by
rail, to go to New Orleans by water
and up the river by steamer. It is ex
pected that a large business will lie
•lone by the river steamers from this
THE COMMUTATION OP HOLMAN’S
SENTENCE.
Leads fa the Hanging of Cor.
Cardan in Effigy ■* Calls a—An
Effort fa Lynch the Murderer.
Over 9,000,000 worn during the past she
i rears. This marvelous success Is due
ls!.—To the superiority of Cornlino over
i til other materials, ns a stiffener for Corsets.
2nd.—To tho superior quality, shape
! mil workmanship of our Corsets, combined
villi their low prices.
Avoid cheap imitations madoof various
rinds of cord. None are genuine nnlaaa
“DR. WARNER'S CORALINE”
s printed on Inside of steel cover.
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Will keep the atmosphere pure
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bad odors from any source.
Will destroy all Disease Germs,
infection from all Fevers,
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A second case of Scarlkt Fever has never been
known to occur where the Fluid was freely used.
BHB^mnHnnBMEn Yellow Fever has
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VENT PITTING. The
worst cases of Diph-
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the Sick will secure Protection from In
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Perfectly harmless, used internally or externally.
AS AN INTERNAL DISINFECTANT
AND DETERGENT.
Taken or injected or used a* a wash It
iillay* iiillnmniufinn and corrects offen
sive discharges. The Fluid Is u certain
cure for Diarrluna. Dysentery and In-
Ihtiiiination of the Bowels. Being Alka
line in its nature it will often afford
complete relief from lleartbnru. Acid
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ENDORSED—By J. Marion Sims, M D , Jos.
LcConte, M. D., Prof H. T. Lupton, Bishop Geo.
F. Pierce, Hishoo \\\ M. Wislumnn. Rev. Chas. F.
IX-enis^, Rev. Richard Fuller, lion. Alex.-11.
Stephens, Hon. A. J. Walker, and many others.
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Stings, Backache, Worms,
Bites, Galls, Swinney,
Bruises, Sores, Saddle Galls,
Bunions, Spavin Piles.
Corns, Cracks.
THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY
accomplishes ror everybody exactly what is claimed
f or It. One of the reasons for the great popularity ot
the Mustang Liniment Is found tn its universal
applicability. Everybody needs auch a medicine.
The Lumberman needs It In case of accident.
The lUnsewife needs It for general family use
The Cannier needs It for his teams and his men
The Mechanic ***** I* always on hla wort
bench.
The Miner needs It in case of emergency.
The Pioneer needs It—can't get along without It
The Farmer needs It in hto house, his stable
and bis stock yard.
The Steamboat man ur the Boatman needt
It in liberal supply afloat and ashore.
The Horse-fancier needs it—It Is his besi
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock-itrower needs It—It will save hln
thousands of dollars and a world of trouble.
The Ratlrond man needs It and will need tt m
long as bis life U a nnind of accidents and dangers.
The Buck woodsman needs it. There Is noth
log like It as an antidote for the dangers to Ufa
lbnb and comfort which surround the pioneer.
The Merchant needs it about his store amooj
hU employees. Accidents will happen, and whex
these come the Mustang Liniment Is wanted at once
Keepa Bottle lathe ilouac. *Tta the beat ot
economy.
Keep a Battle In the Factory. Itslmmediat.
use In case of accident saves pain and loss of wages
Keep a Bottle Always ia the Stable fei
bm when wanted.
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LADIE ?!
l»o Your Own Dying, at Home, With
PEERLESS DYES
Thev will dee everything They are sold
everywhere ior lOc. a package—lo colors.
Thev have no equal fur strength. Brirhtnem,
A mount iu F:.ckn«a or Kaslmi* of colors, tar
non-fading qualiiie*. They do uot crock or
tniut. For sale l.v 1 anar, Jtaakin A Laasar.
Albany, tin, aprC-dawly
The new constitution for the pro
posed State of Utah adopted by the
.Mormons, in convention, provides for
a complete separation of church and
Slate, prohibits bigamy and po
lygamy. This constitution is to be
voted on by the residents-of tlie Ter
ritory, and iLs ratitieation is probable.
Christian tolerance, but a firm tle-
maud for reform, will yet break up
I he polygamous practice of the Mor
mons.
•Some people claim to believe that
Americas is larger than Albany.
Let’s see. Albany’s postmaster re
ceives $100 more salary than the
Americas postmaster. Albany’s tax
able property amounted last year to
$1,014,121, and will he increased this
year to tally $1,750,000. The Xkxvs
ani> Advertiser learns that tin* city
property of Americas foots up $1,500,-
OlH). Now, wherein lias Americas the
a 1 1 van tage of Albany ?
“There seems to bo a growing im
pression, says the Washington, D. C.
Sun Jay Herald, that Senator Colquitt,
of Georgia, will enter ti.e Cabinet in
the place of Mr. Lamar, in case the
latter should 1m* called to the Supreme
bench.” Tho-e who think that Sena
tor Colquitt would give up his present
!e.i-e of office for a two years position
in the cabinet will, In I lie opinion of
the News and Advertiser, find
themselves very much mistaken. Sen
ator Colvnitt can retain his place as a
Senator from tills State as long as lie
wants to, unless the protectionists
diould come into power, and lie is
liable to want to for a good many years,
if he should live.
Floyd county’s great prohibition
-auipaign closed on Saturday last, and
he prohitiouisis won by a majority ol
>50. It was one of the most spirited
contests ever witnessed iu the Slate,
and was characterized by much bitter
ness. Two hundred holies and chil
dren gathered at the court house in
Koine at 0 o’clock iu the morning, and
remained there until after the polls
closed iu tlie evening. The}' sung
hymns and handed out- prohibition
tickets throughout the day. When
the polls vvere closed it was known
that the prohibitionists had whipped
the fight, and they assembled on the
court house square, snug “Nearer My
God to Thee” and tlie long metre dox-
ology, after which the}' quietly dis
persed.
The |H*oplc of Dalton, or some of
them at least, were very indignant
over the commutation ol the death
•entonce of Holman, the woman niur-
lerer, to life imprisonment, and on
Friday, tlie day on which Holman's
death sentence was to have been exe
cuted, the indignation of the people
found expression iu hanging the Gov
ernor in effigy on the gallows that had
been erected for the criminal. "We get
all this information' from the Macon
Telegraph of yesterday. The Atlanta
Constitution, generally firstjto “carry
the news,” especially when it is of
anything like a sensational character,
didn’t print a word about the whole
affair. Did the CoiiMiiulloii get lett iu
this thing, or did it suppress tlie news
out of consideration for the Governor?
Mr. Hawkins, of Newton county,
has introduced a bill in the Legisla
ture amendingsection 3704a of the code
regulating the rate of legal advertis
ing. We have not seen the text of the
bill, but learn from the Atlanta Con
stitution that it makes the rate of legal
advertising onecentper word per week
for the first month, and one-half cent
per word theieafter. “This,” says
the Constitution, “is a saving to the
‘people, as under it *hev would pay
“only $4.OS, whereas under the pres-
“ent 1 tw $t> would be charged.”
We take it that there is a typo
graphical error in the figures of
our eoutempary. ami that in the
place of the “8” above there should be
a 0, making it $4.00 instead of $4.08.
I»ut we do not understand the present
law to be as the Constitution states it,
aor is that construction of the law iu
tecord with the opinion rendered by
Attorney General Anderson two or
three years ago. According to the At
torney General’s opinion, only $3.00
can be charged for 100 words as the
law now stands. He makes 100 words
the minimum, however, and $6.00 can
be charged for anything over 100
words. The present law is ambiguous,
however, and ought to be amended.
We find that there are different opin
ions among lawyers as to what the
rats fixed by it is, especially with ref
erence to fractional parts of 100 words,
and advertisements that have to be
published mure than once a week for
four weeks. If Mr. Hawkins’s bill
simplifies the law and fixes the charge
at so much per word for each Inser
tion. and is free of all ambiguities, it
would be a vast improvement on the
tawasUnowsUiMls-
Dalton, July 8.—Tbe news of the
commutation of Holman's sentencejjid
not reach here until late yesterday
evening, and the news did
The town was fall of people this
morning, bent on seeing the hanging.
Four tliousand were present, and were
much disappointed. Many ea
themselves freely, condemn!
action of the Governor in strong lan
guage.
Someone hung from the gallows
erected in the suburbs, and also from
a signal pole in the main street men of
straw, with placards pinned on marked
John B. Gordon. This created but.
little attention, except Hu
magistrate should be Urns degraded.
The crowd was orderly, and went
home in better humor than when they
came. Holman went toRlsIng' Fawn
last night under a strong guard. There
was some little excitement at the train
when it left.
AX ATTEMPT TO LYXCH HOLMAN.
Atlanta, July 8.—The penitentiary
officials, to avoid any danger of mob
violence, took Holman out of Dalton
last night and carried him to the Ris
ing Fawn camp. After the sheriff of
Whitfield county had Holman on the
train a crowd of men entered the car
and one of them went to Holman and
clutched him by tlie throat. The
sheriff raised his pistol and told tlie
man if he didn't get out of the car he
would blow Ins brains out. The crowd
retired and there was no further effort
made at interferences.
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.
In the annals of crime few will equal
that of which Holman was convicted.
The story has been more than once
briefly told in the Telegraph, but Its
outlines tnay be again sketched to ex
plain the deep feeling manifested by
thu people when he escapes the ex
treme penalty of the law. Governor'
Gordon's reasons for commuting tlie
sentence were published yesterday,
and were based mainly on evidence
tending to discredit tlie testimony or
tlie prosecution's most important wit
ness. As developed at the trial tlie
facts of the case were as follows;
On tlie 1st day of July, 1885,
gentleman was crossing tlie bridge
over a small creek near Dalton, he
was told by a boy that some one had
been drowned, and investigation
showed the hotly of a woman floating
in the water below tlie bridge, w'here
tier clothing bad caught upon a snag,
'l’he body was taken from tlie stream
and an inquest held by the- coroner,
but nothing was developed by the
testimony indicating in the slightest
way the identity of .the murderer.
That the woman had been murdered
was shown by the the condition of the
body. A few days later, however,
the authorities accidentally caine in
possession of the clue that led to the
discovery of the criminals. A gentle
man from Murray county had left bis
buggy tor a night at a livery stable a
few days before, and the liveryman,
mistaking it for one of his own, hired
it to a man named Patton, employed
at a gin iu the town. When the owner
came for his vehicle lie noticed that it
was stained in various places with
blood, and called on the stable proprie
tor for an explanation. This he was
unable to give, but when the body of
tlie murdered woman was found the
two events were naturally connected.
Patton and llolmaii, who were also
employed at the gin, were arrested,
and their.conflicting stories brought to
light the whole mystery. The mur
dered woman was Matilda Grudger.
She, Liz/.i«* Holcombe, and the latter's
twelve-year-old sister had spent a
night at the gin about a week before
tlie body was found. At 3 o’clock in
the morning the men fired the engine,
and the women a little later went into
tlie engine room to warm. While tliere
Matilda Gudger became involved in a
bitter qHrrel with Holmau, she de
manding that he marry her. He an
swered by striking her several blows
with an iron bar, causing her death,
and then forced Patton at the point of
a pistol to aid him in sinking tlie body
in a well near by. After a few days
the hotly rose to the surface of the
water, where it could be seen by
passers-by, anti it became necessary to
remove it. Then Patton sent for
a buggy, the body was wrapped in
bagging, carried to the creek anil
thrown iu.
“There ■ gbes one Ot them,” said
Clerk Bord, of tlie Victoria hotel.
He pointed to a neatly dressed and
gentlemanly appearing man, who -was
climbing up the first flight of stairs
fiom the office. He had been talking
about the jebarities dispensed by the
hotels, and bad remarked that few
people, had any idea of the amount
1 given away by hotel proprietors every
day. 1
“I don’t believe there’*, a hotel In
Nqw does not daily feed
a great many poor families. Natural
ly there la a good (leal of t
peclally where hotels are run on the
American plan at so much a day, mod
do- better way of dis-
CQ1N COLLECTORS.
A Circular off interest ta Those
Wtoo Beal in Hare Cains.
Washington, July 6.—Numismat
ists will be interested in the following:
“The recent course of the Director of
tlie Mint in interfering with the sale
iu New York of United States mint
pattern pices, which were advertised
as part of the effects of Dr. Linderman,
the first Director of the Mint under
the new law, has been followed by the
issue ot a circular which is of particu
lar interest to numismatists, collectors
of coins, coin dealers and others. In
this circular Director Kimball says it
is unlawful to traffic in United States
pattern pieces of unauthorized coins,
impressions from the United States
mint, experimental dies or replicas, or
eopiesof United States experimental
dies or replicas, or copies of United
States coins, other than that of
authorized weight and flumes,
'i’lie purpose ot the circular is
to warn numismatics, collectors
of coin, those who deal in coin and
others that the impression of experi
mental dies, whether in soft metal or
in mental of the same weightand fine
ness proper to coius of the same de
nomination, is unlawful except in
the case of pattern pieces of such de
nominations of coins as are coined for
general circulation during the caian-
der year of their date.
“All impressions taken in copper,
bronze or other soft metal from an ex
perimental die, to prove the die, are
required to be destroyed, and tlie die
itself to be defaced at the end ot the
year of its date. Any experimental
coin or impression In soft metal foi m a
die prepared by the United States mint
is required to be destroyed as soon as
the purpose for which it Is struck is
subserved.
“GalhM on 4 Old 8i» and “Uncle
Uemu«.”
“Gath's’* Letter.
Another of our humorists was Sam
Small, who is now a revival orator.
He is a man of good sense and of good
appearance; when I knew him first he
was slender and finely formed and
would become a suit of full dress.
He had been for a while secretary to
Andrew Johnson, and had some gen-
i>is for public life. But his habits were
irregular, and there was no steady oc
cupation for him but on the uewspa-
per press. He commenced the Negro
dialect articles which were afterward
taken up by a young man in the sa
office with him, Mr. Harris. Suiali's
articles were short, pungent and odd.
When he failed to furuish them a mod
est young man at one of the neigh bo r-
ing'desks was asked to continue them.
This man possessed another quality
very essential to a real humorist, and
> et not much employed by ours. He
had pathos; he was also an inquisitive
student of the simplest natures iu men
or things. He therefore,having some
thing outside the time-killing world
to in pire him, has survived aud con
tinues to give delight. But it is noted
tiiat he. hardly ever goes among crowds
or accepts of iuvitations to make
speeches at dinners.
That devouring crowd which wants to
handle its author and humorist always
reminds me of the boors who come into
fine parlors and want to break a piece
off the bric-a-biyc in order to see what
it is made of.
Nearly every man with fine faculties
iu him for literary work Is vulgarized
and broken by common contracts.
Mr. Small had an unhappy descent
into poverty and distress. He found
his way. out by becoming an; exhorter
on religions nMUtt, a singular con
clusion for a man who could make
people smile gnd be happy.
THE HOTEL KITCHEN DOOR.
Hnssy Cnrlsai Charities Dispe ns
fejr lintel Hea la New Ysrlc.
worth. Every man with sons of Ids.
own, takes an lntere.-t in other men’s
sons. There la nothing - like obliging
way s to make friends people and to r
lead them to speak well of you.’ That
will be.a stepping, slope to your ——
cess In’life. ' . »r !
PERILOUS BALLOON INCIDENT.
Tin Baldwin Jump* from an Ele-
Taiiosi of 5,000 Fa. I. 2
CORC0RA5, THE PH1LAXTHR0
FIST A5» - SOME OF HIS
FBIEXDS. ' .
J m-iri Lor >»i «*?«♦>* -*-U
Pcrtsnal Nate* •( Or. JU Y. P, Gar
nett, , of Washington — Boh
Toombs and Wade Hampton
r -posing or the surplus. Every morning
at-the back kitchen door of the Vic
toria you will find a score or more of
poor people waiting for their dole.
The same sight can be seen at all the
sfiMrlNhik 1 ^
•‘But about our friend who just
weut up stairs? What has be to do
with this back door business?”
“Oh, thatVa horse of another color.
We have three grades of charities.
First there are the poor people who
make no disguise of their poverty
aod go direct to the kitchen door.
Theu we have the semi-respectable
element that comes to the counter and
asks for something to eat. It they look
shabby as they ge eraily do, we refer
them to the kitchen, where the ser
vants eat, and they get a good meal.
But they can’t get it every day. We
keep tally on the frees of these fellows
aud wlieu they try to become chronic
we chase them off. The third class is
the most interesting. It is eminently
genteel, like the man you saw climb
ing tlie stairs to the dining room a few
minutes ago. For one reason or an
other a muu may be stranded in a big
town like this lor days at a time. He
has no friends, aud until relief comes
he Is half desperate. Scarcely a day
passes when one of this class does not
come In here to the desk, tel) his story,
and ask us to give liiin something to
eat. He is well dressed. There is
nothing lu bis appearance that would
offend any of tlie guests in tlie dining
room, which is a matter we have to
consider of coarse. We ask if he has
ever been here before. He says no.
If Ije was a regular we should‘know
him iu a minute, tor we don’t propose
to run a caravansary for boasts or
tramps. Then, iu order to make him
feel the embarrassment of his position
as little as possible, we give him a
note to the head waiter when he enters
the dluing room, aud he is treated with
just tlie same courtesy as one of the
regular guests.
“Do you know* it is a funnv tiling,
but u'e have entertained many an angel
unawares In this way. Not a great
vvhiie ago a very impressive looking
man came to the desk, and, saving he
was in bad luck aud a perlect
stranger in the city, asked us to give
him a breakfast. He said he had just
landed from Australia aud was await
ing a remittance from England. Well
we took no stock in that part of his
story, but he got tlie breakfast all tlie
same, and lie was most profuse iu his
thanks. It must have been nearly a
month before we saw him again. Then
he eutered the hotel very modestly,
recognized the clerk who had befriend
ed him aud asked for a suit of rooms
on the parlor floor. At the same, time
he asked 'the clerk to take care of
about £2,000,mostly in English money.
It turned out that he was the young,
son of an English lord, who had* been
trotting arouud the globe and had
simply missed connections when he
reached New York. He was with us
for three months, and before he left
had knocked a large hole in that £2.-
000.
1 could mention a great many
other Distances where our charity pa
tients have turned up tramps. TliatV
pure luck. We never think of it when
we oblige them, hut we naturally get
the benefit if their slnpcoines iu.”
“You will never find such charities
ilispensed,” said Clerk Wall, of the
11 oilman, “at hotels where all the din
ing is done a large,as It Is here. What
ever charities we have to give are be
stowed outright iu money. You can
se«* at a glance that where every meal
is cooked to order there can't be the
waste there would be in a hotel run
on the American plan, at so much a
Jay, where more or less waste Is al
ways to lie found.”
PETRIFICATION OF A LEG.
Peculiar Case Which Puzzles
Kentucky Pysiciaas.
Courier -Jourdal Special,
Mt. Sterling, July C.—Mr. How
ard Williamson, a well-known* tanner
of this county, is Just now an object
of much attention and the subject of
no little sympathy. Some six months
ago Mr. Williamson noticed that the
fleshy part of his left leg seemed hard
er than that ot his right. Since that
time this hardness has grown more
and more perceptable.and though the
patieut has had the attention of excel
lent medical skill the litnb has increas
ed in hardness till it is now to all ap
pearance but a piece of sculltured
marble. Mr. Williamson suffers no
pain. but as his leg is stone from tlie
hip down be finds locomotion difficult;
the more so on account of the toes of
his left foot, which are sospread apart
that he Is in constant dread of hreak-
thein off.
The following dispatch to - the New
York Work!- from Q«hrey/Iir.,» give*
a Taller account of the thrilling ’ per
formance of die aeronaut Baldwin In
that city of July 4 than was given in
the Associated Press dispatches of July
5: A turilUng performance was en
acted here to-day as the principal at
traction of the celebration. Tim
Baldwisto the aeronaut, was advertised
to jump from a captive balloon, at. an
elevatiou of 2,000 feet. . At a few min
utes past 4 o'clock Bald wlii. jumped j
luto.the basket. The balloon was-cut
loose aud rose gradually Into tbe air,
carried eastward by tlie wind. Wr'
about 2,000 feet high Baldwin gras^
the ring of his parachute which bung
from the netting and gave the lines a
shake. ’ straightening S'
partial the ropes betwo o _
the basket and steadied himself for the
leap.
The btUloon In’ the mean t me bad
readied an altitude of 4,500 feet, Tlie
watching thousands were giving up,
and in u few mements more would
have started home. Another move
ment is visible iu the balloon. The
cotton of the parachute Is shaking in
the wind, and interest In Baldwin and
the balloon is again excited.
The plucky man has jumped. 'ijW a
hundred feet he drops like lead. TJie
parachute partially fills aud tlie next
hundred feet the velocity is decreased-
The crowd holds its breath. Not a
sound is heard. Every eye is turned
on the man suspended iu air Itaugiug
by his hands 4,000 feet above the earth.
He shakes bis foot, the crowd takes it
as a signal aud a huzza breaks forth
that might have encouraged the plucky
man iu his perilous descent.. He now
travels at a slower uaee, though tlie
parachute has not filled. The cords
are tangled and though the speed is
slackened the parachute careens in Its
GLIMPSES OF GREAT MEN
Washington, D. C., July
4-Y.*P. Garnett, the physician who
has accompanied Mr. W. W. Corcoran
to-Deer Park, Maryland, is as much of
.a central figure In Washington
.the rich banker and much-loved phi
lanthropist himself, lie ii* Virginian
“to the maner horn,” and married
daughter of the President of tbe
Southern Confederacy In Richmond
during-the War of Secession, and an
intimate and confidential friend of Mr.
Davis. iHe was also tbe popular med-
iealAttendantbf aome ofthc members
of tbe Ca bluet mnd of the Senators and
Representatives of the Southern Coo-
gress, the friend and companion of
Toombs, Yancey, Stephens, Lamar,
Ochiltree, Memminger, Trenholm,
Benjamin, MyeiS, and Is fyll of remin
iscences uf them all, with an un
quenchable enthusiasm and love for
the Lost Cause.
Here he has the largest and almost
the exclusive practice or the prominent
Southern element, civil and official, of
the stationary as of tbe floating popu
lation. And so large U his clientele
that, owing to increasing age, he has
been forced to decliue of late number
less cases and to refuse to attend any
patient after dark.
DR. UABXKTT'S CHARMING CHARACTER.
Dr. Garnett loves his profession and
is fond of attending the medical con
ventions when he can appropriate tbe
time. But tbe only recreation he ever
really indulges in is a three weeks'
jonru each Augnst at tlie Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs. He is not a
uaut 8ways with his nmbrellar
In three minutes and tw'eniy seconds
after leaving his balloon Baldwin's
feet strike terra firtna. The rope
strings about his wrists relax an in
stant aud then they tighten, as the
wind catches the parachute, and
turns him over a couple of
times before he is able to re
lease his hands. Wftb a quick move
ment the parachute collapses, leaving
him prostrate for a moment after the
most {lerilous aerial voyage ever chron
icled, and two miles from his starting
point. When Baldwin left the balloon
it was at an altitude of 5,000 feet and a
mile east of his starting point.
Baldwin is a native ol Quincy and is
20 years of age. For several years he
was an attache of the Quinev Herald,
but ten years ago adopted the profes
sion of athletics. His first great feat
was tlie walking of a rope over the bay
Francisco. In September last
lViasssisig m Good Name.
“Charles Leslie,” called out a farm
er to a boy who was passing, “w*e are
short of bands to-day. Couldn't you
give us a turn at these pears? They
must go off to market to-morrow morn
ing. It you will help me this after
noon, I’ll pay you well.”
“Not I,” said Charlie; “I’m off on
a fishing excursion. Can't leave ray
business to attend to other people’s,”
and with a laugh he walked on.
“That's what boys are good for now
a days,” growled the farmer. 4 These
pears might rot on the trees, for all the
help I could get from them. Time was
when neighbors, men and boys both,
were obliging to each other, and
would help In a pinch and take no pay
but ‘Thank ye.' Lads now a days are
above work, if they haven't a whole
jacket to thler backs.”
“Could I help you, Mr. Watson ?”
said a pleasant voice just then, as Fred
Stacy appeared around the clump of
lilac bushes which had hid him from
view. He had heard the conversation
with Charlie; and, as he was au oblig
ing hoy, be was sorry to see tlie farm
er’s fruit waste for want of bands to
gather It. “I have nothing fiarticular
to do this afternoon, and would as lief
work lor awhile as not.”
“Might know It was you, Fred,”
said the farmer, well pleased. “1
don’t believe there’s another boy about
w'ho would offer his services.”
Tlie matter was soon arranged, and
Fred pulled off his jacket and went to
work with a will, picking and assort
ing tlie fruit very carefully, to tlie
great admiration of Mr. Watson.
“If that boy had to work for a living
I would engage him quick enough,”
be thought. “But lie’ll make his way
in :iuy business. One so obliging will
make host of friends who will always
be willlug to lend a helping hand.”
Fred would take no pay Irom the
fanner, who he well knew was work
ing liard to pay off his mortgage. But
he did accept a basket of pears for his
mother, as they were very excellent
ones, and die farmer Insisted so w arm
ly on his taking them.
Ever after that Fred was sure of a
good friend in farmer Watson, and
one who was always ready to speak
a word for him whenever his name
was mentioned. “Oh, if boys knew
what golden capital tills “good name”
was, they would work hard to get 1L
Well did tbe wisest man say: “It is
rather to be chosen than great riches.”
It has helped many a man to acquire
riches. It is of great importance to
a boy what the men of his place say of
him. Never fancy they do hot know
the bojs
at San
lie jumped 1,000 feet from a captive
balloon iu that city. He was seen by
a Worlfi reporter after the jump to
day, but was too much prostrated to
give any definite account of his ex
perience. He was to have made a
jump on Staten Island, X. Y’., on July
11, but the loss of Ills bsdoon will un
doubtedly delay that performance.
A BIG PRICE FOR CHICKENS.
What Souse Fancier* Pay Far
ttae Hare and Tboraugbbred
Fowl*.
New York Mail amt Express.
‘The highest price that I ever'knew
a single fowl to bring Was $150. This
was paid for the champion Plymouth
Rock cockerel at the New Orleans Ex
position two years ago. It was raised
by Hon. Sid Conger, of Indiana, who
divided his time between his poultry
farm ami the State Senate.”
The above remark was made to a
Mail and Express reporter to-day by
Mr. J. Frank Clark, Vice President of
the New York Poultry Exchange.
”Sa»es of fan. y fowls at fcigh
prices,” Mr. Clark continued, ‘‘an* nor
so rare as many people suppose. At
the last poultry show in this city Mr.
W. K. Vanderbilt paid $25 fora Ply
mouth Rock cockerel, and breeding
>eus of the same variety, num-
>ering five birds, sold at from
$50 to $100. Five buff Cocliitis
were sold for $75, aud the late Miss
Catharine Wolfe bought half a dozeu
Wyandottes ior $100. I know a gen
tleman that went to the Chicago show
ready to pav $200 for tlie first premium
>en of Plymouth Pocks (five fowls),
wit he came away without them. The
owner’s price was $2,000. There are
instances on record of bantams l>eing
sold for as high as $50 each. Taking
into consideration their weight, which
is less than two pounds, this Ls rather
dear chicken meat. The special value
iu thi»case was due to the bird having
won first premium at the Crystal Pal-
ice and other English shows. The
value of thoroughbred fowls de|>eiiUs
on their comparative merit, which is
determined by a system of scoring.
Expert judges compare each fowl with
a standard of excellence which allows
100 {toints for perfection, aud deducts
therefrom for every fault or deficiency
that the fowl possess. It requires care
ful and scientific breeding to produce
f »wD that will score ninety or more
points, ami such hints always Mill
good prices. Rare specimens scoring
from ninety-six to ninety-eight points
are literally -worth their weight in gold.
“There is a fashion in fowls, as in
most other things, and a very change
able fashion it is, too. Two years ago
the Wyandottes were all the rage;
now the boom is in Minorcas. With-
iu tbe past year over five hundred
Minorcas have been bought iu Eng
land and brought over here at a cost
of from $5 to $37.50 each. There is
now a corner iu these famous fowls.
They are an old English breed, but
have been in obscurity for a number
of years and few of them have been
raised. Every nook and corner of old
England lias been searched by specu
lative fanciers,, and every Minorca
purchased regardless ol cost, and held
for breeding purposes, and for the sale
of eggs at from $5 to $10 for a setting
of thirteen. How the boom started is
not very clear, but it Is certain that
the Minorcas have been gradually
growing in Javor on tlie other side for
some time, and American breeders,
seeing tbe popularity they are bound
to attain, went in with a rush, cap
tured every available specimen, and
now control the market.
“What other fowls bring high prices
Well, there are Yokohainas or Japan
ese long-tailed fowls. Only two or
three pairs of them have been import
ed, and they are valued at from $20 to
$50 a pair. The tail of tlie male bird
often reaches a length of ten feet and
Ids value increases iu proportion. An
other rarity is tlie Royal Pekin ban
tam. This little birds has quite are-
markable history. They are Chinese,
and were part of the spoils taken by
English officers, when tiiey sacked the
summer paiace at Pekin,‘during the
Anglo-French expedition of 186.
They are a perfect miniature of the
buff Cochins, and about as handsome
as any variety of bantams. They are
worth from $10 to $25 a pair, though
single specimens have brought as high
as $50. But there is one kind of fotvl
tiiat has, without doubt, caused the
trausfer of more money than all tlie
above varieties combined, and tiiat is
tlie pit game. These birds are bred to
tight and are seldom sold, as no one
wants lo buy the p or ones, aud tlie
good ones will bring in more money
by winning battles than any other
way. Occasionally, however,a game
cock that has made a good record
considers
and generous charity. . Many a South
ern man aud woman here is indebted
to his skill and loving kindness for re
covery from long illnesses, for which
lie has made no charge wlieu he has
known their means to lie limited.
Music is a passiou with him, aud he is
rarely absent from a fine onera during
the season, accompanied always by his
flaxen-haired, l>lue-eyed, and only
daughter, Annie. Mrs. Garnett sel
dom appears in public; the loss of a
grown son aud daughter within the
past few years has caused her to ex
clude herself from all lint her family
>iud a few* chosen friends.
Dr. Garnett Is an acute sufferer
from neuralgia, is tall and graceful iu
figure, Is a delightful conversational
ists, and possessedo! all the savoirfaire
and ease, so fascinating in the cosmo
polite and thorough man of the world.
He Is a fluent writer, and such is his
culture tiiat it lends a charm to his
very appearance. His face in repose
is a very sail one, and Is as soft and
sweet at times as tiiatpf. sweetest of
women, but there is an intellectual
strength in it that carries conviction.
He was an ardent friend and admirer
of Mnr.on Suns, the world-renowned
surgeon atul physician, and oue of
South Carolina’s immortals. His
eldest son, Henry Wise Garnett, is a
leading and successful lawyer of the
District of Columbia.
w. w. CORCORAN.
For fifty-four years Mr. Corcoran
has spent every summer at the Green
brier White Sulphur Springs, occupy
ing always the same cottage In South
Carolina row, next to the one built by
Ex-Governor John L. Manning, with
the exception of oue passed at New
port several seasons ago, when he
acknowledged himself homesick for his
favorite resort, and tbe several sum
mers that he was absent iu Europe.
It was deemed advisable for him not
to go there “now, ‘as he can be kept
more qnlet where he is.At the White
he would realize more bis invalidism.
It was his habit to speud au hoar or
two each day in the spacious parlor
*iid outor. the broad gallery, of the
hotel, wjiere lie lield court;, for he was
invariably' surrounded by men and
wouii'ii, and ofteu children, all of
whom delighted to hear him.
THE BEAUTIFUL ANTOINETTE POLK.
I met him last tliere ‘in 1881. His
penchant for whist is well known, and
every evening from 8 to 11 o'clock his
tabic iu oue corner of tlie grand par
lor was witli rare exceptions occupied
by the same party, Mr. Corcoran and
Mrs. Andrew' Polk, of Tennessee,
Judge Gilbert, of Brooklyn, aud a
South Carolina lady. Mr. Corcoran
told me that Mrs. Polk, as Misa Van
Leer, was die most beautiful woman
in her youth he almost ever saw. She
was an* heiress, too, aud highly accom
plished. At tiiat time, 1884. she had
lived eighteen years in Europe, hav
ing returned only a year before. Mrs.
Polk lias been many years a widow,
ami is the mother of Antoinette Polk,
conridered one of the most beauti
ful women iiD Europe at . the
time of.-her marriage to Colonel de
Char retie,: of,: the haute nob Ira se of
France^ Hls indiherVas tiie lialf si
ter of tlie_ Count de Uhanibord, the
fire: gentleman of Europe, as the Em
press ot Europe styled him. Iu reality
Henry V. At tlie time of Miss Polk's
marriage to him they were living in
Rome, and Clmrrette was the colonel
of tlie Zouave* pf the Pifpe’s house
hold, a most devout ami ardent -Cath
olic. as his uili- is. At ilie breaking
out of tbe Franco-Prussiau war, how
ever, all the foreign legion, and those
of French nationality and proclivities,
entered the French aamy under the
command of Colonel de Charrette, and
covered themselves with glory. I re
member one evening, during a game
of whist, tbe South Carolina lady, who
iiappened to be Mr. Corcoran's part
ner, made a missplay, to which he
called her attention somewhat sharply,
for he is exceedingly tenacious ot the
strict observance or the roles, when
she laughed and'said: “I could'not
help it, Mr. Corcoran, for just then I
saw standing at tbe window ontsfde,
facing me, tlie' best-be-Ioved man of
South Carolina, and It was such a sur
prise to me, not knowing that he bad
come.” The next moment Senator
Hampton eutered the drawing-room,
and came up to tbe table to greet the
party. When he turned away the
lady exclaimed: “Now, do you blame
me for forgetting tbe cards for a mo
ment at the sight of a man who has
done so much for us?”
THE GREAT GEORGIA TRIBUNE.
summer with his grandson and daugh
ter, Dudley and Louis DeBoae. Mr.
Corcoran called on him the morning
after fils arrival, and Mr. Toombs was
unable to return the visit lor some
•lays. Mr. Corcoran was twelve years
his senior, and Mr. Toombs looked
quite fifteen years older. But it was
pleasaut to mark their friendship and y<
intercourse. The tew times'that Gen.
Toombs was able to appear In the par
lor he ha«l an ovation.
The life of one has run its course
and that of the other is-drawing to its
close. Both men have made au im
press on tbe age. The one by his ge
nius as a politician, and of w hom it
has been said: “No lordlier life than
Republic. He has never moved as
other men, nor walked by ordinary
methods. He has been klnnly in all
his wavs, lavish In his opinions, dis
daining all expedientsor deliberatl
GIRLS WE HATE ALL MET.
The Pretty Girl, the Cashing Girl
and the Gills we Really Lore.
Catherine Cole ia tfce New Orleans Picayune.
I know the girl who is simply
pretty. Well, and is not that enough?
Once upon a time a distinguished New
Orleans bean was besieged by a fair
maid and a homely maid, who pressed
the claims of intellect versus beauty.
Tbe homely girl exclaimed: “Ob,
you will surely give your vote, Mr.
D—, in favor of intellect; beauty is
only skin deep, you know.” “Deep
enough for me, my dear; deep enough
forme,” answered the irrepressible
gallant. And so it Is for most of ns.
A pretty girl may drop her final g*s,
not own an r In all her vocabulary, be
as vapid as a shallow little stream
purling down the hillside with an
eternal smile on her red Hpe, a glint of
laughter in her yonng eye. She is
pretty, and she knows it, and that is
almost enough. But after a time
there will come a day when the girl
who was pretty will stand by and look
on at the triumphs of the girl who was
wise as well as prettv; who fitted her
mind to accord with graces of its
beau til ul casket. Her few friends
may be faithful to her. Her one true
lover may still be fond of her, for it is
not easy to uproot love, bat their fond
ness is tempered with regret and dis
appointment, and when tbe soft eyes
dim, and tbe round arms shrivel, and
the satin cheek is an etched picture of
life's vanity and time's failure, the
girl who was only pretty turns her
poor, scarred face to the wall, there Is
no welcome lamp of intelligence light
ed In the blue windows of her soul—
dull, inert, uncultivated. Skin-deep
beauty was not deep enough after all.
Tbe gushing girl is a nineteenth
century production. She giggles from
tbe time she opens her eyes in the
morning until she says amen to tbe
Lord at night, andjputs her fuffy little
bead on the pillow. She says “thanks
awfully” for “I think you.” She
thiuks the grand, lugubrious music of
the “Stabat Mater’ “too sweet for
anything.” A kitten with its eyes as
yet unopened, tho Niagara Falls, and
Mr. Gladstone all are just too utterly
charming and lovely for any earthly
use.” Her adjectives are all In the
superlative. She will gush over t
pumpkin, over her sister's new baby,
over a doggerel rhyme, over every
thing she sees, everything she hears,
over everybody she knows. If she is
here to-night, she will say to me as
she does or the weather—as she did of
her new bonnet—that I am either
“simply grand” or “simply horrid.”
But then she is young, she is impres
sionable. She Is fall of something
which she thinks is sentiment. Let
her hug her neighbor's babies and her
brother's kittens, and kiss the collie
nippy and adore the new minister. It
s all gush. It is the innocent, light
hearted gush of a girl. Let her frolic
some youth have its fling. Iu a little
while she, too, will join the ranks of
the lookere-on and will have her fling
at that silly, giggling gusher, to whom
everthiug is “sweet,” or “cute,” or
“cunning,” or “just too awfully love
ly.”
Thers Is a girl, and I love to think
on her, and talk of her, who comes in
late where there is company, who
wears a pretty little air of mingled
responsibility and anxiety with her
youth, whom the others seem to de
pend on and look to for many com
forts. She Is the girl who helps moth
er. In her own home she is a blessed
little saint and comforter. She takes
unfinished tasks from the tired stiff
fingers that falter at their work; her
strong young figure Is a staff upon
which tbe gray-haired, white-faced
mother leans and is rested. She helps
mother with the spring sewing, with
tbe week's mending, with a cheerful
conversation and congenial compan
ionship that some girls do not think
worth while wasting only on mother.
And when there comes a day that she
must bend, as girls must often bend,
over the old worn-oat body of mother
lying unbeedful in her coffin, roagli
hands folded, her long disquiet merged
in rest, something very sweet will be
mingled with her loss, and the girl
who helped mother will find a bene
diction of peace upon her head and in
her heart.
The girl who works—God bless her
—Is another girl whom I know. She
is brave and active. She Is not too
proud to earn her own living, nor
ashamed to be caughtat her daily task.
She Is studious and painstaking, and
latient. She smiles at you from be-
llud counter or desk. There is a
memory of her sown into each silken
OF GENERAUNTEREST.
ITEMS OF ALL SORTS FRO
MANY SOITKCHS.
gown. She is like a beautiful youug
mountaineer already far up the hill,
aud tbe sight of her should be a fine
inspiration for us all. It is an honor
to know this girl—to be worthy of her
regard. Her band may be stained
with factory grease or printer's ink,
but it Is an honest and a helping hand,
ft stays misfortune from many homes;
it is tbe one shield that protects many
a forlorn little family from the alms
house and asylum—brave, polite, re
fined, ambitions, the South is tlie
fined, ambitious, tlie South is the
rightful home of the girl who works—
God bless her.
ROW IT 18 DONE.
Ron. Primus Jones Tells Hew He
Gets Use First Bale.
Hon. Primus Jones reached Atlanta
to attend the summer session of the
Legislature the day after his “first
bale” waa marketed in Albany,and the
following interview with him Is print
ed in the Constitution of yesterday:
“There Is no secret at all about it.
It is the simplest thing In the world.’
The speaker was Hon. Primus Jones,
the famous “first bale” man, and he
referred to the work of getting up the
first bale.
“In tlie first place, I guess I'm the
hardest worked white man in Georgia.
For tbe past six months I have bad
less sleep, probably, than any man
similarly situated. I get up at three
or half-past three every morning, and
from that time until night my men
and I are hard at work. I use the in
tensive system of farming’and believe
in It thoroughly. In the first place I
plant very early, taking considerable
risk In doing so. I manure my land
heavily and work it rapidly. I always
save tlie seed of my first picking and
that helps.
“I have 300 acres of that early cot
ton. Everything that can be done to
force the cotton—that is everything in
the way of manuring and working—is
done. Then as the bolls begin to open
pick the first and in that way make
Robert Toombs was there also that up my bale. Of course I have to go
over a large area in order to get tlie
cotton so early, taking a boll here and
a boll tliere as I find them matured.
That*; all there is in it.”
“How often have yon been the “first
hale” man?”
“With the exception of three years,
think 1 have had tlie first hale every
ear since the war.”
Mr. Jones went on to say t!iat three
years ago he was working eighteen
plows and found he was not makiug
money. He cut down the number to
eigbt plows and has sine* done tlie
same work with ‘
that number.
He now averages twenty bales
of cotton and two hundred bnsh-
eb of corn to the plow, besides
changes bands, the
such instances reachh.g to hundreds
of dollars, but for obrioos reasons is
never made public.”
People xvtoo Travel.
Change of climate or water verv
often effect the bowels seriously. If
on the first symptoms of any disturb
ance yon would take Dr. Bigger*’
Huckleberry Cordial much suffering
might b e saved. 3
his can be found Tn the history of our raising oats, peas and potatoes In
abundance. If the good weather con
tinues he experts to average twenty-
five bales and three hundred bushels
of corn to the plow. He lias 1,500
„ acres of land in Baker county, aud in
and rawing to his ambitions with a addition to his cottoo and corn, lie
—*•- ■*-.!« THiaiMN —*— ’ crops of cane, potatoes ami
. watermelons. Ills water
melons are famous. as a number of
members of tbe Legislature and otlier
friends will attest.
“It used to be said,” remarked Mr.
Jones. > *That any fool could > make a
farmer. I believe it takes a man of
brains to make a success at farming or
anything else.”
New York churches aid 1,500
women to earn their living by
ploying them iu the choirs.
Tlie only millionaire of African line
age in this country is Ionic Lafon, a
French quadroon of New Orleans.
Mike Keating, of Oil City., Pa.,
who made $60,000 in oil before lie was
twentr years of age, failed the other
day for $41.
The title of tlie new lecture by Geo.
W. Cable is “Cobwebs in the Church.**
If lie undertakes to brush down too
many of the cobwebs lie will get Into
trouble.
Once when asked by a clerk the
secret of accumulating* wealth, Com
modore Vanderbilt replied: “By
orking hard and says nothing about
it.
Secretary T.amar has, it Is safd^
habit of visiting the interior depart
ment bunding at unearthly hours of
the night ami getting iost Iu tlie cor
ridors.
Tlie largest individual owner of
Kansas land Is a man of the name of
J. P. Pomeroy, the coal king of Atchi
son, who owns 60,000 acres of the
Sunflower State.
It has lately been discovered that an
Italian nobleman, who frequented tlie
most exclusive London society and
club* at night, sells tinware from a
handcart in the suburbs during the
day.
Artcmns Ward once said that at one
of his lectures when he came on the
platform he found an audience so
tightly packed tiiat tlie last man had
to leave his cane in the vestibule for
lack of room.
A Newark woman, eighty-five years
old. committed suicide bv placing a
piece of rubber between her jaws, ly
ing on her hack iu a batti tub, turning
on the spiggot and letting tlie water
run into her mouth.
A Dakota |m|M*r tints falls afoul of
its hated rival: “ A man living about
twelve miles from here died from pois
oning Monday afternoon. It seems he
ate a lunch that had been wrapped in
a copy of oil;* loathed disgusting con-
teniporary, aud it killed him. Others
should take warning.”
In the Sydney (Australia) light
house is the largest electric light in the
world. It ha* a {tower of 180,000 can
dle^. ami may be seen from ships fifty
miles out at sea. The next largest is
hi the Palai« d’Industr.e, and has
power of 150,000 caudles. The largest
light iu America is 24,000 candle
power. It is at San Jose, Cal.
Even the most enlightened Mexican
farmers still persist in nsing oxen of
oue color In tlie morning and oxeu of
another color in the afternoon. They
don’t kuow why they do tills, but they
know that it must be tlie right thing
to do. because their forefathers did it.
Farm laltorere are paid 18 cents a day
aud arc always paid on Suaday.
Ih chronicling the death of a prom
inent citizens, a New- Mexico paper
says: “His tired spirit was released
from the pain-racked body, and soared
aloft at 1:30—Denver time.” And the
Arizona Jlow'Jer. in noticing the death
of a prominent citizen the other 'Jay
ended w'ith these lines: “Death loves
a shining mark, aud she hit a dandy
when she turned loose on Jim.
A Vermont farmer met a patent
medicine fence-decorator iu Burling
ton the other day, and invited him to
come out. “1*11 give you leave to
paint your signs on 500 rods ol fence
along the main road.” said the farmer.
Next day the sign-painter hired an
expensive livery lcam and drove out.
Tlie farmer gave him a warm welcome
and invited him to look over the larm.
After a while the painter asked to m?
the 500 rods of fence. “Oh. 1 forgot
to tell ye. In town.” said the farmer,
That air fence is wire.”
doin by circumstances.” And of tbe
other It will be said: “He was kingly
In his ways and kingly in his gifts.
Loving bis kind with a tender and gen
tle love, worthy of the great Jeho
vah, his Master, to whose court he
must shortly be called.”
Years ago Mr. Corcoran showed
with pride, a handsome walking-stick
presented to him by some gentleman
of Charleston. It is tlie one be has
always used since then, and I have of
ten held it in my hand and admired its
exceeding beauty. *Tis of
highly polished, with a &
upon w hich his name and a
Wanda.
Noc
no pay. Money reiunued il
Chill and Fever Tonic fail*
any case of chill and fever or
r ver. A specific for chill aud
a sure preveutiveof malarial
Mr. George E. Pin tube, of the Chi
cago Dally News, addressed the alum
ni of Middlebnry, (Vt.) college on
“Tlie Press and the College.” in his
remarks he said: “1 am aware that
there is a shadow flippancy tnat sneers
at the Veracity ot the press, but I
charge the fact that in morality and
Integrity, any newspaper, good or bad.
Is far above the people who patronize
it. The newspaper appeals U> the
public {latronage, like the product of
any other industry, atid a publisher
has no right to claim exemption from
any rule in the sale of his wares tiiat
Is applied to the manufacture of otlier
artie’es.”
•The Blaines,” says the Boston
Glolie “are uot a handsome race of
people. Mr. Blaine claims to be
Scoteh-Irish, lmt Ids looks proclaim
him Scotch. When he was young,
slim ami dapper l»e looked very well,
but old age lias not improved him.
When he began to grow stout he didn't
do it right. Instead of adding a port
ly ‘bay window’ in front lie began to
bulge out from Ids arm-pits to his hips
so, while he is niucli wider; he isn't
any thicker than when, as an editor of
a Maine paper, lie went to congress
away !>aek in war times. 31 r. Blaine
should wear corsets.” It is needless to
say that the Globe is a subtle, schem
ing organ of the democracy.
Says a Galveston business man
“The prohibition question has given
rise to more discussion in Texas than
any Issue ever brought before the peo
ple. Those in favor of prohibition
Ive principally in the thickly populat
ed countries in the Northern portion
of the State, Dallas aud Fort Worth
being the prohibition strongholds,
while Galveston, San Antonio aud El
Paso are opposed to it. Both sides
are making a vigorous campaign, and
vast quantities of printed matter for
and against tlie amendments are dis
tributed throughout the State. Tlie
anti-prohibitionists pnbflsli an illus
trated paper in Dallas at the cost of
$2,000 per month, and 20,000 copies are
distributed each issue. It is general
ly re|>orted in Texas tiiat tlie brewers
and liquor men or St. Loui* have sent
large sums of money into tne State to
be used during tlie campaign, and the
prohibitionists are equally liberal in
expending money, so that’the election
will lie stubbornly contested on both
sides, ami the race will be very close.
Most of tlie leading business men of
Texas are opposed to prohibition, but
it is said tliat fully two-thirds of tlie
newsoapers ih the State are In favor
of it, ami many leading men are fight
ing on tiiat side.”
Couldn’t Urforin Him.
From tlie Sex York Tribufte.
With a Southern family In New
York There lias been staying for some
time a young lady from the interior of
the State. She is of a philanthropic
turn of mind, but her benevolent in
stincts have recently received a sad
check. Fully convinced that “where
there’s a will there's a way,” she un
dertook to reform an old colored ser
vant who loved whisky “not wisely,
but too well.”
George Washington Jefferson was
from “tie Souf,” and, in consideration
of years of faithful service, the family
took no notice of his failing. But tlie
young lady tried persuasion, cajoling,
scolding, traers, presents, and every
thing else tiiat a good heart and ear
nest purpose could suggest to induce
him to abandon his intemperate habits.
But It was all in vain. At last, in a
fit of pardonable impatience, she said
to him one day:
“I declare. George, Fd give you a
thousand dollars if you'd give up
drinking.”
“Lor, young miss,” replied the old
incorrigible, “d'ye know what I’d do
will dat thousand dollars If I'had it?
I’d jes* bay me a lounge, a bar’l o’
whisky an* a puinp, an* I’d hire a nig
ger, an’ I’d jes* lay my ole black ae’f
down on dat lounge, an’ I’d jes* make
dat nigger pump dat whisky down my
froat. Lor, miss, daT nd be jes like
de year ob jubilee. Don’t you temp
ine In dat way no mo’.”
The yonng lady has given up all
hopes of trying to reform George
Washington Jefferson, and nobody re
monstrates with him now when he
MRS. ELLIOTT’S BURGLAR.
the Man She lulervlewrA an4
What be Wauled,
Detroit Free Press
Mr. Elliott had eaten his supper,
and, as It was yet early In the evening,
lie thought lie would go out and get a
cigar.
“I won't be away more than an
liotir,” he sakl to bis wife. “I’ll mn
Into the barber's and have my hair cut
a trifle, and be back before yon can
say Jack-Robinson.”
Mrs. Elliort did uot want to saj
Jack Robinson; she preferred Jac!
Elliort.
“Don’t go off somewhere with those
horrid boys,” she said with a pout.
“I shall expect you home at 8 precise
ly ; no respectable and well behaved
married man—”
But Mr. Elliort had snatched a kiss
and tlie sentence never was finished.
Tlie liour soon passed.
Tbe girl had finished tier work and
gone out. Mrs. Elliort was alone, but
she did not mlud it, as she now ex
pected her husband at every moment.
The clock struck 8. -• s
Mrs. Elliort was startled by »• ring
at the front door.
Then she remembered that Mr. Elli
ort hail said he would ring, as his latch
key was in his otlier coat.
So she hurried to tlie door expecting
to see her handsome husband—Mr.
Elliort was a sort of Adonis with
brown curling hair, hazel eyes, white
teeth and a lovely moustache parted iu
tlie middle and curietl at both en Is.
while a generous beard fell hi luxuriant
waves over his shirt front.
Hoping to see this vision of nianlv
beauty, Mrs. Elliort opened the door,
and after one look—saw tiiat she had
admitted a stranger.
For the man—it was a man—stepped
into the hall, and only that she bar
red the way would have gone into the
parlor.
“Sir!” she demanded, in tones that
site tried to make stern amt steady^
“ wdiat means this intrusion ?”
“I came to liegof yon—**
“I have nothing to give you.”
“That diamond ring !’*
Oli, heavens! It was her engage
ment solitaire.
She look at tlie wretch while all the
thoughts of a lifetime crowded Into
that brier moment, with this idea tlie
most prominent:
“How shall I identify him il lie does
uot murder me?'?
Then she began taking the notes
while she temp •rizetl with him.
“1 shall not part with this ring
while I have life. YJue word (the
wretch has a dimpled 'difih) would
bring ray husband, who has a
seven-shunter cocked (shaved skull,
looks like a convict),and you would at
once be gtveii over to the authorities
(the wretch has recently shaved, traces
of a mustacli.) If you will go at once
( will make no outcry (what a fiend
ish expression), ami I do not want tuy
husband's hands imbued in your blood
(die wretch actually grinned), and
you will never, never, never possess
yourself of my diamond ring. (Oh,
lieaveus! why doesn't Jack come !)”
“Madam,” said the wretch, “I can
not loiter. My pals are waiting for
me around the corner. Give up the
ring without more ado ”
“Never, base wretch; take that, and
that, ami that,” and she laid on blows
fast and furious with an umbrella
which she had secured by a backward
motion of the hand.
■Jannie,” said a calm voice, as tlie
umbrella was coolly takeu out of her
ham! by the turn of an athletic wrist,
“are you going to give me tiiat
ring?”
“Jack. are .you tiiat wretch?” and
Mrs. Elliort dropped 011 the lowest
stair, as limp as a rag doll. “What
on earth have you been doing to your-
“Getting my hair cut and niy spring
tave on. Perpays you don't like it?”
Ad Exiled Millionaire.
Haw Mr. ('•rrarau'a Haase waa
.Saved from Caafiscatiau.
A Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore American says: At the
outbreak of the war, as is well known,
Mr. Corcoran's sympathies were w:th
the South, tbe consequence of which,
not wishing to actively identify him
self with tlie caiiM», he decided to go
abroad, which he consequently did,
remaining there until the close of the
long struggle. At last, after peace
was restored, Mr. Corcoran returned
from Ills wanderings In foreign lands,
and, with the exception of a few short
journeys and the annual summer vl-it
to the White' Sulpher Springs, has re
mained quietly at his beautiful home
in this city. W hen he determined to
go abroad be placed hLs house In the
hands ot an agent, with instructions to
use every possible means to prevent its
confiscation by the government, lor
A Splendid Gent’s Shoe in* lace,
button and congress, at $3, and the
i*— uni
Mix &
shav _
•‘W-w-l»ere*s your mustache?”
“At the barber's.”
“Y’on look Just like a murderer, or
•or—a burglar,” cried Jenny, who
discriminated in the profession. *1
took you tor a—•”
“Lawyer, doctor, begganiiau. thief,
as we used to say when we were chil
dren. .Well, they said my best friend
wouldn't know me.” laughed her hus
band.
“Come in,” said Mrs. Elliort, reluc
tantly. “I suppose I must give you
house room, but If ever there was a
bare-faee swindler you are one. Jack/'
A Rig Crowd Fooled.
From tbe New York Moil ami Express.
A11 incident happened yesterday
that melted a crowd in a hurry. A
tall, quiet man stood looking intently
at a show window on Broadway. Two
other men paused and looked in to see
what the curious object was. In a
few minutes four messenger boys un-
reluctantly drew up and concentrated
their gaze. In three minutes at least
twenty men, women, boys aud China
men were clustered around the tall,
quiet man, and trying to discover tbe
great cmio that attracted his attention.
He said nothing, never moved and in
tently kept his eyes fixed on the show
window. Several policeman strolled
by and asked the crowd to arrange it
self so that people could get by on tbe
sidewalk. Every moment the numbers
increased, and they soon stretched far
up aud down the street. The proprie
tor ot tbe store came out and went
back and asked for the clerks who ar
ranged the widow, in order to find
what special attraction they had put
in for tlie public gaze that morning.
They said nothing, and the proprietor
declared someliody had put a guy In
Ids window. A little newsboy, who
edged his way to the side of the tall,
quiet man, squinted his eyes at the
window aud blurted out: “I don’t set
untilin'.” But the quiet man continu
ed to gaze before him unmoved.
“Hey, mister, what der ye see?*
queried the bootblack, touching tlie
coat of the quiet man.
lie turned and said: ‘‘Nothing;
am blind: I am waiting for my boy.’
The newsboy give a- keen whistle
and ran away. The crowd separated,
each ashamed to look tbe otlier in the
lace.
Under tlie above heading tlie Macon
Telegratrii of yesterday says:
Bob Warren, who has been connect
ed with the express office for many
years, and during tiiat time hlas seen
more than a million watermelons,
called a Telegraph man fu tlie office
yesterday to s!iow liim tlie heftiest
melon lie ever saw in all his experi
ence. It was boxed up after tlie man
ner of a premium Jersey calf, and the
weight marked 011 it ivas 81 pounds
It was evidently a Cuban Queen, and
wa* a present from Mr. J. W. Walters,
of Albany, to his wife, who is lu For
syth, There are to lie seen almost
dally $c the express office pet melons
of great heft; but this monster was
the largest that ever passed through
the company's hands.
Southwest Georgia, and especially
tbe region round about Albany, has
been ahead of the balance of tbe State
ou watermelons for several ysars, and
is likely to keep the lead. Oor Macon
contemporary is mistaken about tills
being a Cuban Queen, however. U
was a genuine Jones melon, a variety
of melons developed by Colonel Reu-
l>en Jones, of Baker county, aud now
becoming quite common and tlie most
{Hiptilar melon grown in this section.
The Jones melons not only grow
larger tiuui tlie otlier varieties, but
tiiey are inferior to none In quality,
tbe rind being thin and the flesh red,
crisp and of delicious flavor.
Wonderful Cures.
W. D. Hoyt & Co.. Wholesale and
Retail Druggists, of Rome, Ga., say:
“We have been selling Dr. King’s
New Discovery, Electric Bitters and
Bnckleu's Arnica Salve for two years.
Have never handled remedies that sell
the move was so sudden there had
been no time to remove any of the ele
gant furniture, hangings and works Of
art for which It had long been justly
celebrated. One morning shortly after
this tbe agent, in whose hands the
house had been left, learned to his
eousternatlon that orders had been Is
sued to the medical corps of the army
to take possession of it on Monday
morning, the Intelligence reaching
him on Saturday. At this time M.
Moutholon, the French minister, who
.-ame to this country ftrom the court ot
Maximilllan, waa looking about for a
suitable residence for the legation.
Hearing of this fortunate combination
of circumstances, the. ageht at once
hastened to tlie minister, and after,
presenting the exact state of the case,
offered him the house upon snch ad
vantageous conditions tiiat the
liargaiu was at once ratified.
On Sunday niornlug U was- with
genuine I surprise that tfliurah-gbers,
11 common with otlier pedestrians, no-
tieed the French flag flying from Mr.
Corcoran’s house, when the matter of
its intended confiscation was already
au opensecret. Tlie authorities were,
at once apprised of the fact, and Secre
tary Seward after a conference with
the President, sent a request to M.
Moutholon for au immediate audience.
Polit? and smiling, tlie Freiich Minis
ter responded to the summons. Dar
ing tlie interview the Secretary of
State became greatly excited over tlie ,
way affairs had been mauaged, and’
when M. Moutholon calmly remarked
that, in view of the fact that the
French flag floated over the house,
there could be no farther question of
confiscation, be blazed forth hotly,
demanding whether tbe French flag .
was broad enough to cover Such a dur
ing act as to take possession of a bouse
which bad already been confiscated by
the government. Drawing himself to.
Ills full height, M,. Montholon replied .
iu a dignified, emphatic manner:
“The French flag way not be broad •
enough, Mri Secretary, bat Napoleon
is.” ■->***»
:: In February; 1866, when Gen. Grant?' :
was stationed In Washington as com
manding General or the army; the ,
French Minister, who still occupied
the Corcoran bouse as the legation, Is
sued Iuvitations for tbe most magnifi
cent ball which has probably ever been
given In Washington, and which, in
point of lavish expenditure and ele
gance, rivaled any of the most noted
state entertainments at foretgu court*.
Stories of the famous 3IonthoIon ball
remain as fresh in the minds of those
who attended as though it happened
but yesterday. The French Minister, .
with his wife, tbe Marquise de Mon- .
tiinloti; and her mother, Mrs. Gratriot.
received tlie guests In the library of
the mansion, the art gallary haying .for
the evening been converted into, a ball
room, at one end of which In a deep re- '
cess hung with crimson velvet, stood
tlie fatuous statue of the “Greek
Slave” by Powers. The ball
was given by the order of Louis Na
poleon, in consequence or which the
French ship, then lying at Annapolis,
was ordered up that her officers might
attend the entertalumeut. The city
was teeming with officers of the United
States army, all Af those Invited on
tills occasion appearing in full uniform
which added Immeasurably to the bril
liancy of tlie occasion. Tne Marquise
de 3Iontho!on wore a magnificent dress
covered with jeweled fleur-de-lis.
ordered from Paris for this ball, while
across her breast, which was ablaze
with jewels, were the Order of Napo
leon and that of the house uf Montno-
lon. It is seldom that at any • nter-
tainment are gathered so many dis
tinguished persons as were present on
that occasion. There were then pres
ent, as brides, two women whose
names are conspicuous, not only In
this country, but abroad—Mrs. Kate
Chase Sprague, whose brunette beauty
was set off to best advantage by a dress
ol moire striped with green, while an
antique tiara ol emeralds and dla-
11101>«is sparkled in her dark hair. Tlie
other bride was the wife of Gen. Wil-
llans, of the army, and the former
widow of Stephen A. Dougblas. She
wore her wedding gown of white silk
covered with tulle, with strands of
peart* about her throat and fu her
blonde hair.
Tbe programme of the ball was to
have had the cotillon danced at 2
o'clock, but owing to the immense
crowd—a large portion of which, it
was thought, were uninvited—which
surged through the rooms, it was im
possible to begin before 5 o’clock a.
111. from which it lasted nntil
8 o’clock, when breakfast was
-erved to a ft-w specially In
vited guests. The cotillon was
led by Sir Frederick Bruce, at that
lime Minister from tlie Court of St.
James, and a man of handsome phy
sique and bearing. Gen. Grant’s part
ner was Miss Harris, who hoi] been
one of tbe party in the box with PresI- ,
■lent Lincoln the night of his assassi
nation, and who subsequently married
Col. Ratbbone, only to meet her tragic
death at his hands a few years since
while living abroad, ^ *.
A good story in connection with this
halls which lias not heretofore appear
ed III print, was told by the minister
to Gen. Grant, who enjoyed It none,
the less heartily because it was at Ills
expense. 31. Montholon, being a
warm personal frhmd and admirer of
Gen. Grant, Issued orders to his stew
ard at tlie outset of the ball that the
General was to be treated a3 a special
guest of honor, and the best wine ihar
the cellars afforded placed at his dis
posal. The next day tlie steward ap
proached the minister lu great per
plexity and inquired In an amazed way
who was this Gen, Grant to whom he
was to give tlie best of everything and
who had shown him-clf .-o far appreci
ative of the honor accorded that he
>ia<l called lor no less than sixteen
tw: ties of champagne, nine bottles of
brandy, aud whi.-ky ail iutluitum.
The explanation which shortly trans
pired was that the order having been
overheard by a party ol young fel
lows, tiiey took advantage of the stew
ard’s credulity, prefacing every de
mand for the choicest liquors with the
magic announcement that it was for .
Gen Grant. From which it would .
seem that Shakespeare's famous query,
“IVhat’s In a name?” found hereiu a
fitting a
iv $G shoe, and look as well, at
Everett’s, Macon, Ga. 1
A Few Amiable Celiulsna.
Tid-Bit*.
That our best girl Is perfection per
sonified. . ;
That our cldtdren are phenomenally
bright. lU . -
That tlie man who does not share our
political opinion is either an ediot or a
rascal.
That we could edit a paper with great
mcewi.
That dullness is profundity.
Tiiat vulgarity is wit.
That our friends would get along a
great deal better if they would only
follow our advice.
That we possess unusual histrionic
talent.
That we can prevent our son from
falling in love with the first girl he
meets, just as we did.
That tiiey are not very fly in Phila-
as well, or give such universal satis- Jelphla.
faction. There have been some won- q hat they are exceptionally cultured
derful cures effected by these medi- j,, Boston.
clues in thi.*- city. Several cases of | That thev are phenoipenally virtu-
pronounced Consumption have been ; ou0 { n Brooklyn.
‘ ’ cared by use of a few bottles ! Tiiat it eo-ia little more for two to
, New Discovery, taken in [ n v £than one.
with Electric Bitters. We j That tlie world would not be just as
them always. Sold by i we ){ off to-day if we bad new been
ankin A Lamar. 1 j horn.
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