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BRO. UNDERWOOD WRITES, AND MAVH MOH1K PI.BANANT TI1INGN A DO (IT (ONE PU031- ■NKNT MKN. OKclnl Rtpcrl at lha Eighth Seantorlnl Cwniltn. A Kendnblc (.alter Tram n Wall- Unawn Writar. Special l ."nm-, point cnee of the IIKK A 1.1): , , y , Camilla, Ga., Sept. 1st, 1802. —Albany’s young paper, Tub Al bany Ukrald, is growing in favor among the sterling people down tbis way. Its able editorials and its patri otic spirit are no surprise to those who used to read Editor McIntosh’s able artioies in his earlier newspaper life. —There is a quiet and patriotic sat isfaction among our best people over the harmony in Democratic ranks which now prevails in this district. All honor to Chairman Hobbs and his committee, and to gallant Ben Russell 1 Our people are glad to see that the dis trict and the State appreciate the vol unteer services of Mitchell’s whole- souled Democrat, Hon. W. N. Spence, in the recent campnign. His energy, courage and good sense make him invlnoiole in politics. —Nor will the people forget those public journuis who nlways ndvooato unadulterated Democracy. Nor will the services of your own brilliant Walters, and of Capt. W. M. Hammond and Judge Bower, who took the stump so boldly and so wisely and effectively ever be forgotten. We appreciate the fact, too, that Hon. O. B. Stevens has shown himself a good Democrat and will offer no obstacle to the march of Democratic union and success. —But, nfter all, the chief honor be longs to the farmers of this dis trict, They compose the rank and llle of the Democratic party. The Camilla Clarion told the Alliance politicians more than two years ago, when the wild sub-treasury foolishness of Mnc- une wus bo rampant, that the farmers would eventually repudiate all such wild Kansas-Nebraska political or gans. The Clarion wns then owned and edited by the llrst farmer who ever publicly repudiated the sub-treasury, You remember, the wrath of the Alli- anoe politicians poured down upon him in torrents. But he knew he was right, and ho knew the farmers. He said then that they were men of Benso and would soon see the absurdities of Maoune’s politics. They have seen them and nre more decided Democrats than ever. —Mitchell county Democrats, in their primary, have chosen Hon. J. H. Scaife, of Camilla, as their nominee for the Senate. He is a man of a big heart and a level head. HiB opponent is Hon. C. W. Collins, of this county, the nominee of the Third Party. He is lo cally known as having belonged to all parties except the Democratic party His presidential votes have been cast for Ben Butler, Weaver, Blaine and Harrison, and, of course, ho has little political influence, if any. —Mr. R. II. Cochran, a sterling farm er and former tax collector, is the Democratic nominee for the lower house in the legislature. He is the most popular public man in the coun ty and deserves his popularity. —'i'he cotton crop ,1s very short in this oounty, and, us it rains every day, a great deal of the bottom crop Is rot ting in the field. Little dr no good cotton Is coming to the gins. Hog and hominy is plentiful. We. ilon’t need much money. , U. rOI'lLAIt FAf.I.At’VK*. From Judge. That all veils cover a multitude of freckles. That authorship is tile pweetest sort of fame. That every fool knows how to swear properly. ' That the study of rosthetics is a sure road to happiness. That it is better to be a cornet player than an habitual snorcr. That there’s more music in a cracked violin than in a buzz-saw. That the principles of Delsarte are followed in club gymnasiums. That any sort of coal burns with ns much vigor as a rejected poem. That young ladies play billiards in order to learn the art of osculation. The Senatorial convention of the Eighth Senatorial district was held in Bainbridge. Tlie Senatorial Convention was called to order by Hon. John D. Har rell, of Decatur county. Hon. A. I,. Hawes wus unanimously elected chairman of the convention, W. N. Spence Esq. Sec. Theoliairman announced that as there were no con tests it would be unnecessary to have a committee on credentials. On mo tion it was decided that Decatur county should have 58 votes, Mitohell county 21 votes, and Miller county 18 Votes in the convention. Hon. D. A. Russell offered the fol lowing resolution: Resolved, by us in the Senatorial convention assembled, that we do hereby instruct our Senntor to vote for, and use all diligent and honorable means to elect Hon. B. B. Bower, and Hon.W. N. Spence to succeed them selves in their respective offices of Judge and Solicitor General of the Al bany Oiroult, hereby testifying to their ability, fitness and worthiness, for these important and honorable po sitions. A motion to lay the above resolution on the tnble was defeated by an over whelming majority, and the resolution wns adopted by the convention without a dissenting vote. The Chair announced thnt nomina tions were now in order. W. N. Spence in behalf on the Mitchell delegation presented the nninc of Hon. J. H. Scaife of Mitchell county, ns the unan iinoii.s choice of Mitohell county for the nomination ns Senntor from the Eighth Senatorial District, the nomi nation being seconded by Hon. C. C. Bush, of Miller. On motion of Hon. D. A. Russell, the nomination of Hon. J. H. Scaife was mnde by ncclninntion, the vote being unanimous. The Chair appointed a committee of three, to ndtify Mr. Snnlfo of his nom (nation, and in a short timu Mr. Scaife appeared, nnd in a neat and appro priate speech declared his acceptance of the nomination, pledging that he would oarry out in good faith the wishes of the convention if elected. On motion the convention adjourned sine die. A. L. Hawks, W. N. Spence, Chairman. Sec’y. THAT IS (VHAT ALBANY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE In the PoNiodice Department—Some 4 Fact* mmd Figures Showing That Onr CenmiN XV as Not Properly Taken. Cholkra is abating in Europe. The New York campaign will be full blast in a few days. Strikes have ubated somewhat and the country bears a tranquil aspect. The “r’s” are here and tile oyster will soon open up for winter business. OaMUTlII..” A Macon oity official, as we lenrn from the Telegraph, has been figuring with a friend on the profits of a goose farm. Starting out with a oapital of $500 to buy 1,000 geese at fifty cents apiece, they soon figured out In a seem ingly very plansible way, how a clear prolit of $1,689,500 oould be made in five years. After all this figuring had been done, however, it occurred to the more practical man of the two that In their enloulations they had made no allowance for ganders, and here they became suspioious of the scheme and abandoned it. Reading the article from which these points are gathered in the Telegraph reminds us of an experiment made by a prominent lawyer and county of ficial of this city a few years ago. “Go08evllle!” There are many of our citizens who have been regaled with bright and really enthusiastic stories about goose- ville. Our friend had the very place for a goose farm. An underground stream run through it, rising at Intervals and making beautiful pools of dear water. Indeed, nature, seemed to have had a goose farm in view when this partic ular lot of land was being created, and our legal friend was the first to dis cover it and possess himself of the land, After getting his land and Settling a trusty old darkey on it he advertised for geese. And lie bought geese—all that came—sent thorn out to] his new farm and named the place “Gooseville." As time wore on and the season ar rived for the geese to begin to lay and increase, they laid not at all, neither did they increase. They, “tolled not neither did they spin.” Our friend made frequent, visits to Gooseville, and ltnally commenced to dnd fault with the old darkey in charge. At length the old darkey made discovery, and when the proud owner made his next visit to Gooseville lie was ready for him: “Look a’ here, boss,” said the old man, “I tell you what’s de matter wid dese gee3e, an why dey won't lay none—dey’s ail gan ders !” Corn nnd cotton are planted there now, but tlie place is still known Gooseville, although there may be none of the herd of ganders left. From Friday's KVKMIKO 1Ikhai.ii. If Albany had 5,000 inhabitants she could have a free postal delivery ser vice according to the laws of the United States. We have the 5,000 inhabitants nnd more, too, but according to the report of Census Manager Porter we have not. The census of 1800 gives Albany only 4,008 inhabitants. This false count was the result of corrupt census-takers working for Republican interests. Several citi zens who have lived in both Albany and Atnericus state positively that Al bany has more inhabitants than the latter city, yet the census of 1880 gave Americas 0,878 and Albany only 4,008. Mr. B. F. Brimberry, the present postmaster, suggests that A New Census be taken under the direction of the City Counoil, and, if possible, that the count be given an official stamp. He says that where there are 5,000 popu lation or over, or the reoeipts of tlie office are $10,000 or above annually, the oity is entitled to the free delivery system. The receipts of this office do not quite reaoli $10,000 annually, but cer tain itils that our population numbers way above 5,000. Mr. Brimberry says lie has lived in both places, and he Is certain that Albany has A Lnrger Popillnlinn than Americu8. Mr. Brimberry himself further states that Hie last census was not properly tnken. Theoensus-takers omitted him and his family in his rounds, nnd he snys he knows positively of a number of others who were treated likewise. The gist of the whole matter is that only about two-thirds of Albany’s population was recorded at all, and the rest were never called upon. The result is Amerious gets the free deliv ery system and we don’t. The Cilr Should Tube It>* Own Croiui The thing to do is for the eity to take the matter in hand and take its own census under the direction of the Oity Council. -The government’s at tention should then be called to the mistake in the ltgures, and copmon justice would demand that Albany have her rights, even though the offi cial figures had gone on record. Our’s is not the only case of its kind on record. They are being found and shown up in all parts of the country where it was anything to the advant age of the party in power to take such false oount. The matter should be looked into and corrected at once. Many a contemplated European trip has been cancelled by the cholera scare. The Republican campaign lie is on the move and it beats cholera for mean- Hon. B. M. Blackburn is putting in some good campaign licks throughout the State. Weavers record as a South hater is being thoroughly aired. No true Southerner who reads his falsehoods can give him his support. —If the Louisiana lottery succeeds in getting a foothold in Honolulu, can it properly be called Hawaii robbery? Ehrlich’s City Shoe Store is out in a new advertisement, and the store is stocked witlrall the latest styles of hats, shoes, trunks, valises, umbrellas and such other goods, all of the finest grades, as are usually found in a first- class metropolitan shoe store. Whatever the weather prophets and meteorological experts may say, there is a premonition of an early fall in the air. —“Sonvinier” photographs of those worthy human battering rams, Messrs. Sullivan and Corbett, have appeared with pairs of tiny boxing gloves tied in one corner. Tlie Kind Hearted Negro Telle Why Be Is Today a Fonr Man. One of those picturesquo incidents which count for much was the meet ing, for the first time since recon struction days, of a Mississippi negro with his white master of old times. Master and ex-slave were equally prompt in their recognition of each other. The former has beeu living in the north for twenty years; the latter has stuck by the old planta tion, a part of whioh has fallen into his hands os proprietor. Both were overjoyed at the meet ing and went over to a quiet corner to talk about old times. Every friend the negro met oh the way had to be stopped and introduced to "my young Mars’r ? , dat I learned ter ride when ho was a leetle chap an owned me.” There wns no false slinm about the freedman because of his past; he bore his master's sur name—the only one him or his an cestors in America had ever known, and his references to "our family" were made with an air of conscious superiority to Borne of the “trash” around him who “hadn’t never been owned by nobody in partio’lar.” The southern aristocrat, who has had his many ups and downs since he came north, was curious to learn how his old body servant had fared in the interval. “Well, Mars’r F , I’se done 'cu mulated a right smart prop’ty, Bah, but I ain’t held onto it. Dat’s de wore’.” What has becomo of the cast off coats , Thnt covered Will Sliukcsiicaro's back? What hna become of the old rowboats Of llidd ami his pirate pack? What bus becomo of the mutton bones That camo with Sam Johnson’s meat? What has becomo of tho cobblestones , That must have bruised Milton’s feet? Where are tho scarfs that loot'd Byron wore? Where are poor Shclloy’s cults? What has become of that wondrous store Of Queen Elisabeth's ruffs? Where are the slippers of Ferdinand? Where ure Marc Antony’s clothes? Where uro the irloves from Autolnetto’a hand? ^ Where Oliver ^idsmith’s hose? 1 do not search for tlie ships of Tyre— The grave of Whittington's cat Would sooner set my spirit ou lire— Or even Beau Hrumuiel’s hat. And when I think that there nre spots In the world which 1 can’t find, Where lie these same Identical lots. And uiuny of this same kind, 1’tn tempted to give a store of gold To him that will bring to mo A glass of Kurth’s mysteries to unfold, And show me where these tilings be. —John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's. “Been gambling and drinking, Jim, I’m afraid, said Mr. F r»- THOSE CENSUS EIOVBES. Thor nre the OMcinl BlnllMlca of the Oen.ne Bnrean. From Saturday's Evening Hkhald, Some have seen fit to take issue with tlie figures given yesterday in the Herald as the official oensus of the city. It is said that Oram’s Atlas gives Al bany 8,856 inhabitants. We have not jiad nn opportunity of consulting Alram’s Atlas, but if those are Mr. Crum’# figures, they were not taken from the official records, that’s certain. The figures, as they appear oil the official records, are, for Albany, in 1880, 3,210; 1890, 4,008. Americus, In 1880, was given 3,635, and in I860 6,398, an increase of 2,763 over the last cen sus. Albany’s increase for the past ten years lias been, according to tills census, only 792, a comparatively small showing. It is true that a good many of the people who properly belong to the city live just outside the limits, but it is also true that the census was not prop erly taken within the city Itself. The Herald lias beard of at least a half dozen families who were not called oh at all and there are hundreds of tliem if all the facts were known, who were left out. Tho thing to do is for tlie eity to take a hand in tlie matter and take its own census, and then appeal to tlie government for the rights and privi leges which are justly due it. We hope the' Council will take tlie matter in hand as soon as practicable, and show up the rottenness of the Re publican census by getting at the real facts and figures of Albany’s popula tion. proacbfully. “No, suh, not er bit of it. But, you see, dar was youug Joe Spencer (naming d scion of one of the noble lines in their old neighborhood) you mus’ 'inoinber his farder, Mure’r F ? Woll, young Joo got inter trpublo, an I signed fer'm—poor fel ler I He done los’ his grip, an all I hod' in de worl went down rviv 'im. So I ain’t got much mo' now dan do clo’s you see on mer back nn der' cabin’t home where d’ ol woman an der ohillun is." "But that was very imprudent of you, Jim. You ought not to hav# got in so deep." "Why, Mars’r F 1” and the negro's expression was one of amaze ment at a rebuke from such a source. “Dem Spencers was ’mong de bee’ families ’roun d’ ol place. Dey was r ent frion’s of our farn’ly, Mare’r —, an it warn’t fer me to star by an see young Joe git inter trou ble ’thout gin ’im an d’ help I could 1" —Aloo Koron in Kate Field’s Wash ington. Mr. Quinn's Genial Seal* Sausalito has a pet seal of the leopard variety which is three months old and is owned by George Quinn. It was 'captured by a fisherman ia Richardson’s bay. It is learning all sorts of trioks, and on the approach of anybody close to the big tub in which it constantly disports itself it cries as only a seal can cry, or shout* and extends one of its flippers as if wanting to indulge in its own pecu liar handshaking. If a person takes the proffered flipper it gazes intently into his face, as if conscious of a friendly greeting. Sometimes it gets out of its tub and hammers away at the yard gate and cries like a petulent child until some one lets it out. Then it wobbles down into the street and buries itself in. the dust until it is hidden from view. An occasional cry marks its location. There it basks in the warm sun until somebody passes. — San Francisco Examiner. The Facial Impression of Horses. ‘There is a horse with a benev olent countenance,!' Raid a gray whis kered individual to a reporter at the corner of Clark and Washington streets, os ho patted tho nose of a cab horse. "Now,” he continued, “you in uli probability see no difference between this horse and others, except in its color and a spavin or so. There is as much dissimilarity in the facial expression of horses as of human beings. * "Horses cannot talk, and must give vent to their feelings in notion andex- iresslon. Take, for exmple, the dray orees of Chicago. As a rule tljoir faces say, almost as plainly as n man could express it in speech: ‘We are doomed to a lifetime of toil. It is not our idea of life, but we cannot help ourselves and me resigned to our fate.’ The cab horses stand at their poBt restlessly, with dropping heads but watchful eyes, and their expres sion is one of relief and eagerness to move when the reins are drawn tight and the order comes to ‘git up.' The street car horse has the vacant expression of one who does his work by routine, and whose thoughts are anywhere hut in the present. "Notico that carriage team. The horses are members of the equine Four Hundred, and they know it. They ore as conscious of their sleek coats and shining harness naq dude is of his London mode clothes. See the way they arch their necks. You charge it to the checkreins, but you are wrong; it is their consciousness of superiority which causes them to hold up their heods."—Chicago (Globe. RESTRAINS TUB MAM HOAD I'll HUMMING INTO TUB CITY Until the Case Can Be Heard—A of llnnris Now nt Work the.Cilr— 1 The Gn*e to Conte Up Next Monday* Mr. Curtis' Qulek Wit. George William Curtis was lectur ing on a Buffalo stage once when suddenly a heavy rope somehow broke loose from its moorings in the flies above and dropped with a bang to the floor behind the speaker. Mr. Curtis looked around in mild sur prise to see what had happened then, turning to the alarmed au dience again, said, with a twinkle in his eye, “Ah, that must have been the thread of my discourse." Somebody on a front seat caught the joke first and broke r<ut in a cbu’ckle, which instantly developed into a roar of iaughtei from the whole house. It was a good many minutes before the thiead of that discourse could bo resumed.—Buffalo Express. Hull In tl>. San# The sea is not of uniform soltness at all depths, for the soltness gener ally increases with its depth. The investigations of the Challenger show that as a rule the saltness of the sea decreases from the surface to a depth of from 800 to 1,000 fath oms, and after that Increases until the bottom is reached. This cannot be taken as a fixed rule, however, as different seas are subject to different conditions. These variations depend upon the currents of fresh water which are poured into the sea from rivers. Thus the Caspian sea con tains eleven pounds of salt to every ton of water and the Red sea ninety^ three pounds. In the Mediterranean the saltness increases with the depth, while in Baffin’s bay the surface wa ter and deep water aro the same. It has been calculated that if all the salt were extracted from the sea and spread over the surface of the land it would form a layer thirty feet deep.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. From Monthly's Kvksino IIkiumi. Watkins & Harilaway, railroad c tractors, arrived in the oity yes on a special train with n large force < hands for the purpose of oomple the Sqm road from Its present inns to its new depot site in the oil and thereby hangs a tale. The foroe Went to work t(ils ing outside the oity limits wli intention of completing their work i soon as possible. The road is to < tlie Central railroad traok just of the oity limits, and oomlng into t oity will strike Washington sti where Soolety Btreet crosses It. It then to run up the east side Of Wash ington street, oross the Blakely Ex-’ tension, and run thenoe to the site of their depot, which is to be situated be tween North and Flint streets an front on Flint, Property owners on tho west side of Washington Btreot made strenuous objections to having the road run opposite them, nnd they are going carry tho matter into tlie courts. Messrs. Qreor & Floyed, Mr. C. Shackelford, and Mrs. A. Fields own property on tlie west side of Washing ton street, just opposite to where was intended thnt the.road run. As soon as the work was beg they applied for an injunotion, 1 was served on Mr. E. N. Clark, ag of tlie Sam road, restraining the r from entering the oity nt tola point, A temporary injunotion wns grant these parties by Judge Bower, and I seoond Mondny in September set aside for the hearing of oase. That is next Mondny, on thnt day Judge Bower will whether or not the Injunotion i made permanent. Tlie oity tins granted tho road right of way on the east side of street, but Judge W. T, Jones, v represents the plaintiffs, made statement in his application junotion for them that the build the road on the east' side of tlie f would injure their proper cause It to decrease In vnli street railroad already ooouple center of the street, and that enough. They didn't want two i Tile foroe of hands Is still nt on the road outside the oity, will extend their work up to t limits until the courts hnvo who shall bo tho violor in tlie o deold i shall l BELLA JACKSON AV (Her AsskmIm Hhol and Killed I Mr Huadnr. county, —When you see a woman meekly obey her husband you nan he sure of one of two things—she-is either afraid of him or is working him for a new bonnet. —“They say” that some of tlie wives who have been spending the heated term away from home are being hur ried home by reports that have reached them about the way their hubbys have been “flying around.” —Parisian ladies take the center seam of their long skirtB, raise It with in a few inches of the waist and secure it there with a fancy pin, producing thus a rational kind of walking skirt, which shows just the edge of the dainty petticoat below. An Arithmetical Wonder. If twelve persons were to agree to dine together every day, but never sit exactly in the same order around the table, it would take them 13,000,- 000 years, at the rate of one dinner a day, and they would have to eat wore than 479,000,000 dinners bofore they could get through all tho poq- siblo arrangements in which they could place themselves. A has only 1 change; A, B, 2; A, B, C, 0; four letters, 24; five, 120; six. 720; seven, 5,010; eight, 40,320; nine, 362,800; ten, 3,028,800; eleven, 39,016,800; twelve, 479,001,600. — London Tit- Bits. A Nad Death. Simdiiy afternoon at 3:30 o’olook, after a short but serious Illness, Mrs. J. N. Sanders died at her home on Ilroiid street. She lud been iliarrlod less than ,n year, and was the daughter of Mr. R J. Orr, the well-known builder and contractor of this oity. She was a de vout member of tlio Baptist church, and was noted for her beautiful Chris tian character. But Death took Its victim while she wns .still yoqng, and a happy home is forever saddened by her loss. The funeral took ujnee nt 10 o’olook this morning from the residence, Rev. E. B. Carroll officiating. Tho Herald Joins with the many friends of the grief-stricken husband anil bereaved family in extend'ng heartfelt sympathy. Mlie WnntM the Knrth. Ask us not wh'iit is woman’s sphere— ■ Man knows, and much bemoans it— For evdFihico fair Kvo came here It’s been tho earth—she owns it! —Cape Cod Item. _ Persons to Beware Of. No matter of what color, beware of the eyes that have no desire to look you full in the face. There is some thing wrong behind the shifting, un easy glance, and the owner of such optics will prove to be unworthy of trust. Read well the signs, for if actions speak louder than words, eyes speak even louder than actions, and to be forewarned is to he forearmed. •-Philadelphia Times: Mn. J. 8. Davis, Dougherty county’s active and efficient School Commis sioner, lias been notified that three young ladies will be admitted free to the Georgia Industrial and" Normal College at Milledgeville, in addition to the three who have already been appointed.' If there are others who would like to apply they should re port to Mr. Davis and stand the neces sary examination at once, so as to get their appointments and enter the col lege at the beginning of the fall term. There is ail increasing interest in our city and county in the Georgia In dustrial and Normal College that must be gratifying to the friends of education, The readers of the Herald member that, about two wi Della Jaokson, a Negro woman near Sylvester, Worth shot down in cold blood will ing in ber front door about i in tlie evening. Noalue ns to the idenl murderer oould at first bo nor did there seem to be for the perpetration of the deed. But the good oltlz'i were considerably worked affair, and determined to in uous effort to bring the to Justice, and immediately oratlonB with that eiid In vL lire the particulars 6f the trnge obtained by the IIkuald from a Inent citizen of Sylvester; The investigations of the o 'stances connected with tlie killin vented enough evidence to;wai tlie arreBt of Felix Edwards, and day morning a messenger w; spatched to find Sheriff Cox, tlie suspect in custody. Mr. Caliron wns Bent to the Negro’s to watch him until the officers ai Edwards was not nt home when ron arrived, but he soon came up, was at once ordered to surrender self, which he quietly did. men then sat down by the roadsli await the arrival of the sheriff, occupying seats on different the road. Sheriff C'oxwns presently pronchlngon horseback, nccom; by another party. When in fifty yards of Caliron and Edwi tho latter snatched up a quantlt small stones and gravel, burled in the face of his guard, and set a run. Caliron called on him to hut not being heeded, he shot the ing Negro three or Jour times winchester rifle, killing him Tiie affair seems to give general isfaction in Worth, as tt enough evidence secured to doubt as to Edwards’ guilt, outcome of it ail will be a expense and trouble to the The fail term of Mrs. 8. school will open on 1 Wi tember 14. See notice tlsing columns, and for ply to' Mrs. Sterne. The t sides savii Don’t -Della: “1 Dumbell is Easter: “IJnever Why, even YOU t INDSTINCT PRINT! 3 SSfi