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gui.sh himself. In an hoax ox so be was heard '
Calling out, “Captain, I'Te got * prisoner her*:"
“Well,'bring him into cunp.” (Tremendous rat- !
tling of the leaves, stampings, groans and other
signs of a severe struggle.) “Captain, he won' t
come:” "Well, then, come In yourself.' (More
rattling of leave*, groans and everythingmore pro-
| longed than before.) “Captain, he won’t let roe.”
(More sounds of'combat rapfdly growing fainter
and fainter, until silliness reigned supreme.)
.1 was in the library yesterda J evening, and
while waiting for a committee meeting, took a look
about the halL It Is a very ImposinrW>om—the
lofty celling, thn heavy arches, the broad staircases.
BUZZ AND BOUNCE.
THE GOSSIP THEY* HEAR IN NEW
YORK.
Spicy Talks and Bright asrodetss of tho Nan and
Things Van and Proaant in thn Metropolis of
ths XTsw WorW—'• Plnngsr” Walton and
Hla dodoasn-Thsatriwal Flora, Ets.
Atlanta, September ir».—I am informed I was In the library yesterda J evening, ana | Correspondence of The Constitution,
that Governor Bullock has a verbatim while waiting fora committee meeting, took a look I y E;v yoi-.K. September 151—1 hear
copy of senator Hill’s "bush-arbor speech.” | about the halL It la a very imposingWioni—the good authority that Walton, the plung
If ao, it i« tho only copy in existence of lofty ceiling, thn heavy arches, the broad staircases, er< haj 0 f urej j pelrre Lorillard $103,000 for. thirty
what wo* certainly the flerceat Philippic of late I the folding, doors, all these combine to make it a rj l0rse5i including Farole and Iroquois. In fact, the
days. Governor Bullock says he ordered his pH- I fine hall. Full of interest, too, the thousands of | cream oi his stable. Ixiriliard contemplates retir-
vate stenographer fo take the speech aa it wa* de- I rich volumes, the life-sire portraits of famous Geor-
lirered, and be did w>. The copy Is now in his poa- gians in red velvet chairs, the papers, pictures,
hesslon In mannscrlpt, and has been sent fur to statuettes, shells and etceteras are all interesting.
place at the disposal of Ben Hlll ln preparing his But as I looked at the great hall and saw A1
father’s letters and speeches for the press. I Billups moving vaguely through a space so large
.Hon. W fa Mitchell, of Athena, write* me that that it was chilly. I fell to thinking of the olden
Hlll*t>oro. where Mr. Hill was bom, was not named ,< a ya of the library. As I seated myself the great
after Ilia father, biilaftcr his grandfather, whognvc hall slipped from my view—the arches, pllastres,
the land on which the churches and academies and double stories vanisbed-^-earrying wilb it
wore built. Mr Mitchell was the principal oi the the plump form of Billups, who waved a distant I \, e religiously excluded from the trade, and to'
two academics at HHUboro, and says he rcoicrnTiers adieu as he disappeared. Before my half-closed UJ(e Walton's words, "the betting will be done by
how tho tx senator looked when his elder-brothers eyescamc the picture of a snug, cosy room, filled j Beill i emeUi as among gentlemen.” To carry out
and i-Utcrs brought him to school for tlie first time. w j t h a jowering but earnest crowd of fellows, and a t his j^ea "the plunger” needs a stable of fast
.... Dr. If. V. M. Miller said tnc ether day, touch- room beyond through which the inimitable Herbst horses, and • I learn, has priced a number of
ing the approaching election for a univen-ily pro- flitted, and in which melancholy men brooded over •■ r mcers" outside of Lorlllaxd's stabte. It is possi
feasor to succeed Dr. Speer: “I hear from a reliable' * ebeas board, or livelier casuals engaged in
source that Senator L. Q. C. Immar said when he draughts—die home of the library of the olden
was In Georgia a short lime ago that ho would do- Lime, g g
cent a professorship In the university and come I Those were fare days—that was a rare comrade-
back to Georgia to spend the balance of his days, ship—there was a Tare library. Chance or design
At that time Dr. Mcll had received an offer from | never threw a happier lot of men together—never
I ing from the turf—nence this offer. Walton, who
has recently made a fortune, has bought a tract of
land near Long Branch, where he intends estab
lishing a driving park and private race course on
the English plan. No entrance fee will be charged.
No purses will be offered, but simple honors given
to the winning horses, and the owners and friends
j can-back their favorites by betting with each other
asapasttime. All pool sellers and hook makers
DYING, EGYPT, DYING.
was quite'delightful, and the silver bracelets you
wore were very beautiful Indeed. If you would al- :
low me to suggest a chance. X would ask you to eon- !
sider whether the formal black and red horizontal . _
stripes In the lining of your cloak in act five do not THE FORvES OF ARAB! PASHA COM-
destroy bv thc-ir over-definiteness the effect of your ! PLETELY COLLAPSE.
drapery and the long lines of your figure? Do you; ;
not think a plain, dull red lining would give you "I „ . , t „ ,, t „
the same color effect without the distraction oi a Atl.the Tort* Now Occupied by English Troops-How
common pla(*e pattern? But everything was agreat j the Arabs Received the New*—The Disposition
success, and I warmly congratulate you. Believe of the Rebel Chief Discussed—Special
Pray era to be Off.red, Eta., Etc.
The Life end Labor* of the Great Traetarlan—Death
of Moo* O. P. Ka*t*drll.
London, September . 16. —Intelligence hag
jiist been received of the death of Kev. Dr.
Edward Bouverie 1‘usey, an English cler
gyman who was born In 1800. He was the sec
ond son oi Hon. Philip Bouverie, but for some un
known reason assumed the name of Pusey. He grad
uated at Christ church, Oxford, in 1822. took orders,
London. September 16.—With the exception of a arid in 1SJ3 became canon of Chtist church, cathe-
lonial lap*: publi^ed l^WHUams* &*^vingstone, j f6W lea ders arid one or two persons accused of Ural and.regius professor of Hebrew in the univer-
government printers, in 1750. It contained a com- j ^ bels ' vcre ma , de Pr^ers by General «ty, a position he held, up to lus death. He was
pleterecdrdof colonial legislationirom the reign of I Do've in Cairp, who merely required them to sur- famous as the founder of the Pusey te tmrty and
render their arms. Many who have been promt-T shared with Dr. Newman the reputation of ongina-
nent in the rebellion were told,.much .to their sur I ting the so-called Aiiglo-Catholic movement in the 1
prise, that they were free. General Wood occupied I church^f England in 1833, but illustrated in the
me, v*ry truly yours," ~ Oscar Wilde.
Park Aveuue Hotel,- September 7.
I stumbled the other day upon an old copy of Co-
THE DEATH OF DR. PUSEY,
another college, and some one suggested Hint Mr.
- Lamar might have the chancellorship. ‘I don't
want that,' he- said, ‘but 1 would bo glad to
take a professorship.'” Dr. Miller
did not know whether »Mr. Lamar was
now In the mind thatlie was then, bnt if so. thought
them would be no donbt as to his election. Out-
ble that h s is forced into this private park business to,
protect himself,as it is said,a new effort will be made
next season to rule him off the other race courses.:
Walton's history Is a curious one. A few years ago
he was a third-rate politician in-Philadelphia, a
boss ward manager, was elected recorder of deed#
was kindled a finer friendship. Let me recall ono | ring and made some money Out of the office,
or the meeting nights. In thechalrsat John Flynn, j Hccame to New york and leased the St. James
the real founder of the library, lingering In service This hotel; which is owned by Sena tori
‘ong after the fires of his heartlist me were sweeter I j one3i 0 f Nevada, had broke a half a dozen pro-t
to'him than the glare of the world—lov- I prlet0 . 3i a r.d when Walton took charge its goof
ing .every man of the hoard. with I w jjj a drawback rather than an advantage. . He.
filial love, and beloved,,. hy furnished it in a most luxurious style, and mod-
side of this a prominent Idea seems to be to restore i„ turn . with what solemn fidelity did he re- eled a( , er t i, e hot4 i Brunswick, which is said to he 1
Professor Morris to his [chair of Laitnand Greek main ia his post, often sleeping soundly through t he finest hostelry in the world. He Imported a
and oiler Professor Woodfln, who now holds that j th e whole mcctiifg, rather than desert his post, hut y reDC h an fl an Italian c^ok at a salaty of *6,000
chair, Dr. Speer’s chair. Thcreare many olhergen- always waking, as if byintuition, in time to give eachj a year The hotel run on European
Uoiiv. n spoken of for the vacant place, among them Lira "pid man'S"*waming before they could make a pj ani ' " au d his charges were just the
Rev. W. W. Landrum, Kev. Morgan Calloway, Mr. I m i*takc. At his right hand, sat always one of the same ’ a3 Delmonfco's and the Bruns-
Wllloughby Lumpkin, Mr. Charles C. Jones (who it I mostlovable men I ever knew—pale,kindly,earnest j wic k. The St. James soon became
is said could not accept the place) and Mr. James R. Bernard Mallon. The influence that Mr. Mellon I a ^opuia,. re *ort for Philadelphia and New York
Randal). . had over tlie board cannot be described. Ills gen- j poIIlic [ anSi actr0S8e3i \ Va u street brokers, sporting
It Is said that Dr. Speer’s friends will put his j u e words Were law. Ills white hand smoothed out I mcll an d good livers generally. It shared with,
case beforo tho board, which meets in Atlanta on the troubles; No matter how high the lowering D^imonico’s up-town place and the Brunswick, the.
November 6, in the s-liape of a motion that.tho we nt,wheu the slender form of the professor arose patronage forselect parties out for a fancy dining
hoard roccdofrom its former action in demanding j there tpos quiet, and his entire devotion to the j or supper. It has two cafes aud i^vcral private
his resignation. It appears that after tlie junior ex- library, the sympathy he had with even the most rooms . 0ne gent ieman pays for his suite of rooms
crcLes at Athers a motion asking that Dr. Speer turbulent director,and his direct practical common- on tlie second floor *10,000 rent In short, the plun
tender bis resignation at once was passed. Since 1 se ii»e—these settled all differences. Scattered about j ger opc i le d the throtd’e ar.d run her for all she wa.-
that time a circular containing sratements from I the room, with none of the primness of officials, or I uortli. Result—The hotel paid him last year *11?.-
certain jutiiors. whose mispronunciation was the the dignity of directors, but all the earnestness of 1^ D ' et Bdt "the plunger” is a- dainty fellow,
alleged cause of Dr. Speer's removal, has been is- enthusiasts in a good cause,thi re were—HUlycr.lhe and Bo tel living . is not good enough
sued. These statements relieve Dr. Speer of any strictest business man of the board, but withal hInl _ jj e ]ive3 j n a magnificent Fifth-
respontiblllty, Some junior (whQ pronounced 1 a* genial a. comrade a* .ever looked iuto a coffee- I a venue mansion aud has ah elegant cottage at Long
devoteo' dc vo-ty’0 says his mistake was made by cnp-GholsUn, the man of finance, delivering tho Branch, where he spends the summer. He recently
confu*Ion at seeing Ms father enter tho hall just as tfkest advice in the most broken English, and t00 k a street cleaning contract on which it is said
he reached thi* word.. These students* stand up swearing by the. library In cverv language from he w ill make *220,000. This together with his euor-
squarely to their professor, and it is probable there I Portugal to Poland-Don Bain, hearty, whole- I mous wilmlllg3 ln E UK iand and his unprecedented
will tie a sharp contest oi cr the matter. I souled and sensible, combining the wisdom of I [uclc on tlie tarf since his return, and hisincome
- Mr - Wade, whosi superb herd of Jerseys Is the Sawney with the slap dash of Paddy, boasting then froJn the g t Jatoe3i makes him a wealthy
admiration of Georgians, Is going to add to his a , la t ure not the least whit disturbed by politics- I SoclaUv he ls t he prince of good fellows, aud enter-
stock farm a number of thoroughbred mare* and John Harwell, earning and wearing the title of “old taius delightfully. Some of his “petit soupers” arfe
stall Ion* aud go to breeding racers. He has more reliable," alike by his scrupulous care of the tieas- I marvels of coetlinesi and luxury,
meadow lands and fine grass than he can use for ury and his invariable zest and performance at the „ a i
his Jersey*, and the organisation of a park ossocla banquet table—Lawhora and Chester, always 1 In talking to Mr. Edison a few days ago, he re
tlon that will furnish a track for training has deter- thought of Ina pair, and esteemed as the best pair jn ar fc ea: "i n a * e iy short time now I will be able
mined lilm to add thMMhbreds to Ms Jerseys. on the rood, not so much for.speed asforbeing kind, IO e yo „ p, e exact cost of furulsh)ug motiv^
Mr.MndoisaArceeSflHnfewMer. and wedoftotscc reliable workelf, shyil>g at nothing, io gentle that power lopuH a' ton of freight amile.” I askeffff
why wo should not have a “Belle Meade” in the I a lady might drive them”—the younger Ben HIU,
suburbs of Atlanta. eloquent or witty bji turns, a social force always,
I met Major Loehlar McIntosh tho other day I good at the table ‘And later a practical and sue-
and learned from him the history of the “pikes’ cessful president. Jesse Ross, wlio, after honora-
ordered by Governor Brown at the oponing of the I blc service, went to Texas and there died lamented
war for the defense'of Georgia. Major McIntosh, and beloved—Julius Brown, full of te
as ordnance master, superintended Dtp making of sources,' aggressive in all his. plans,
the pikes. He sajd: * . I loyal to the library %nd backed by the
•I suppose there were about 5,000 of the pikes ac- tradition that when he pnton his gold-rimmed eye
ceptcd by-the.state. Me gave each one that was j glasses and gazed at the lioiird ihrougli them he ex- i Menlo Park too short for comprehensive experl
offered a severe test. Our people knew nothing erclsod some sort of magic power. Marshall Clarke. I men t Si i h ave Built a railroad from Menlo Park to
about the process of tempering them, and when my caned ••■inter nos” the Charles Francis Adams of Metue'hin, two and a half miles in length. I have
master-armorer would slap them sharply on a solid I the library* and always level-headed and cor-J tn*o engines, one passenger train-and one freight,
block of wood they would curl up like tin. Me re- I rcct in his position—and the writer, j The regular rate of speed for passenger train
jeeted tnousands that were offered. . ' ... I who is content .with the claim of having quick- I jg fift^-four miles per hour. My freight locomotive
Did you tllink that they would he effective j ened the general sense of comradeship and of hav- I nag.pulled forty-four tons of freight, not.counting
weapons?” , t $ I ing invented the banquets that afterwards became j weight of the cars or engine. In experimenting
It was the beat we could do. We bad nothing ^ powerifll an,element In the progress of the libra- on thls track 1 f 0U nd that the. iron rail attracted
else. They were made longer then, and of tempered Ly. These men made up the board, as I remember electr icl t y from my locomotive, which ought to
steel, very sharp, and would have been useful to it Shortly afterwards came Howell Glenn, Hoke | have becn converteil into steam. To remedy this I
resist a charge. ^ on see, it took the last war to I Smith, W C Morrill. Dr.Spalding, Joe Burke. Y ill I nave taken up a half a mile of track and .substitu-
demonstrate that the bayonet was of very little use j Cutting, Charley Harmon, Sanders, Inman, Finch, I red a non-conducting material for the iron rail and
in hattiO under the improved gunnery. Besides, j Will.Patterson and- others, Undorwhom the socia I stopped the leakage. Assoon as I finish relaying
northerners will quit laughing at us because of our I feature was kept pfominciit, afid ^ vvho" have wft I Bie other two miles of track I shall commence run-
pikes, when I say that wo never used them, because j nessed Its decadence. I niug a freight train backwards and forvyards all
wc captured so many* guns from their armies tbat I ......Tu those old days no man was ever absent I day long, and by weighing the coal used can tell
we needed no other arms. • from a meeting. “Board night” was an occasion I to a cent the cost per ton each mile fox furnishing a
W hat became of the pikes. . | looked forward to with pleasure. tVo met in a little I motor to pull freight. I ora making this experi-
"They were-stored in an old building near tlie room back qf the^ one room in which our books I mer j t Mr. Villard, president of die Northern
Capitol in Millidgcville, and were burned. A few | were stored. The’back of the directors’ room was | pacific railroad.
covered with, an enormous picture of an Indian.
This picture I considered iu some sort pi way the
basis of the library,' and there was in my mind
some occult connection ' 1 ' between .' the
gigantic aborigiue that filled th^ can-
and Charley ' Herbst, Certain it
WiUiamand Mary to the date of publication. The
.laws governing slaves In the .north as well as the
■' south are interesting. For instance the statutp of
1730 provides that if three slaves ' met
^{unless while laboring for their masters)
[the penalty should be , forty lashes.
It also enacts that masters should have the privi
lege of “punishing slaves according to their discre
tion, not extending to life or limb.” Every town
was provided yvith a slave whipper whose fee was
( three shillings per head. A slave striking a White
bnau'could be jailed for fourteen days and subject
ed to “other punishment at the discretion of the
magistrates, not extending to life or limb.” Any
master vvho manumitted a slave must give bopds to
the amount of £200 that the said slave should not
become a public charge. Tho testimony of slaves
was not received in court except against other
slaves. A slave detected carrying a weapon, such
as gun, pistol .or sword (except by per
mission of the master) Is to suffer twenty
lashes on the bare back. Slaves convicted of murder
or felony (including setting fire to haystacks) “shall
suffer the pains of death in such manner and under
such circumstances as the enormity of their crimes
shallmerit or require." Slaves were not entitled
to trial liy jury unless demanded by their masters
who were to pay the extra jury fees, in process
against slaves no grand jury indictment was re
quired. On accusation the prisoner could be tried
immediate by a court composed of three justices and
five free holders. If convicted,' immediately execu
tion could be ordered. Such legislation as' t)ie
above may explain the fact that ten years after its
date (1710) a number of slaves were burned alive
on charge of conspiracy to bum the city.
The five senses form the subjects of four panels
which Francis Lathrop is painting for the dining
room of a private metropolitan residence. Hear
ing and touch combined are'represented by several
figures illustrating music and tlie dance. A scene
depicting a sacrifice represents smell, and taste is
symbolized by an ancient patrician banquet. Sight
is clearly portrayed by a terrace scene with a woman
seated on a dais, while an artist paints her portrait.
On a step of the dais sits a youth reading, while on
the right of the painter two men shading their
eyes scan the sails near the horizon of a summer
sea. Another group on the left is composed of a
woman embroidering, another who bends to hand
her some silk and a man lifting falcons on his
wrists.
Kaffir-el-Dwar and Mallahalla this afternoon. The
naval brigade, with their guus, have relmbarked.
The Times, in a leading article, says: “if the lives
of Arabi Pasha and his immediate followers are
spared, these men must be put once for all out of
the way of doing further harm. They-cannot be
permitted to retire to Constantinople to become the
celebrated “Tracts for the Times.” Many of
these, including an elaborate trgnt-
i baptism, were written by
Dr. Pusey, vvho also -published letters In defense
of his views to the archbishop of Canterbury and
the bishops of Oxford and London. The charac
teristics of Puseyism are judgment by works equal-
center of implacable intrigues. To. .restore the I ly as by faith, baptismal regeneration, the apostolic
authority of the . knedive,, yie army I succession of the clergy, thfc supreme authority of
must-be disbanded and. replaced by gen d’armes I the church, the expediency of auricular confession
suflicient to maintain civil order. If troops are need- I and c'onventioual'establishmeuts, aud an efficiency
ed to defend the distant frontiers, it is sufficient to I in the sacraments of tlie church not inferior to that
maintain them on the frontier, and not keep them I claimed exclusively by the Roman Catholic church,
at Cairo. A dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram compa- I In 1813 Dr.'Pusey preached a sermon before the
ny from Alexandria reports that Ninet (the Swiss),-1 university, in which he was.understood to confess
Arabi’s European adviser, has not been arrested. I hi* belief In the doctrine of transfiguration, for
The khedive has learned that the commander at I which he was suspended from the office of preacher
Damletta refuses to surrender. He has 5,000 black I within the precincts of the'university for three
troops. Mahmaud Pasha Bauria has been arrested I veaaS.. He .was the author of numerous works on
near Cairo. He was driving on the road to I religion" according to his peculiar views.
Shubru at the time. The Pall Mall Ya., September 10.—Hon. C. P. Rags-
Gazette announces that Sir. Gladstone dell, late United States marshal of the eastern dls-
asked the archbishop of Canterbury to direct that I trict of Virginia, which-position he had held for the
thanksgiving services be held in the churches to-1 past ten years, died of Bright’s disease at Central ia,
morrow for the successes in Egypt. Kurshed I Chesterfield county, this morning in hisfifty-sev-
Pasha, commanding at Aboukir, has sent in a mes-L enth year. - -- • >dl ii
power to pu!
| he had made any recent discoveries. He replied:
"Yes, a very important one. I found that the iron
I track was stealing electricity from, my locomotive
and lhave saved that wastage, which was conslder-
| able, by substituting a track which is a nonconduc
tor." On being asked' to explain
the status of his electric railroad
locomotive, he replied in substance:
"Finding the experimental railroad which I have
were taken off as curiositioe.”
..A new and simple cure for dyspepsia wi
brought to my attention by Hon. Pope Barrow yes
terday. Ho says: ’’You know Webb Barber in
Athens.- Well, rir, ho has cure4 himself of dyspep
sia by eating white sand. Just common white sand
A few few years ago a philanthropic society belle
organized aFruit and Bible mission. The original
object Of the mission was to regularly distribute
bibles, fruit and other delicacies through the hos
pitals. They aiterwards extended their work by
picked up in the bod of a branch, lie said that I j s that 1 that best of librarians and .that that largest providing fruit .and all sorts of delicacies as a sort
chickens catsaud to digest their food with and he I of Indians are twin memories of tit# mostsympa-
dldn'l *ce why men might not do the same thing thetic days of the library. The meetings lasted usu-
with profit. He ate a dose of sand every day and it J adiy three .bourn, and after tlie meetiugs came the
cured him. Judge Henderson, the commisioncr of , board suppers. Each member took his turnlngiv-
agricuitnre, told me lost night he was eating sand h ng these suppers, which Mr. Mallon always in-
for dyspepsia with good results.’
By the way. Colonel Foreacre introduced Mr.
Barrow to Major Eugene Gordon the other day:
••Do you remember where we met for the first and
last tim'e till now?" "It was just after we had
been rapture*! at Columbus, Georgia,' by the feder-
als." ' Yes, and rctaxen by our own men.” “And
I had mouuted your riderless horse without know- 1
ing cither you or the horse.” "Yes, and as horses
were mighty scarce and badly needed ust then V
sis ted should consist of merely a little “good bread
and coffee," until his turn came when he gave a
spread worthy of Lticullus.
The library is many times larger now than it
was then It has quarters that are palatial com
pared to those two little tooms. It circulates twice
as many books aud lias twice as many on its
shelves. But it lacks .the old social - feature that
made every director an enthusiast who, asleep or
awake, thought of the library, and that made the
salad to go y[Uh tracts and good advice they gave
to the 50,000 people who are annually discharged
from the penal and‘charitable institutions of the
city. They soon found that to make their work
effectual more substantial food was needed lor this
class. To supply this need the society established
coffee house, restaurant and reading room, and
where these people could be cared for. Their next
more was to build a training school for nurses,
Encouraged by the growth of the mission, some
months ago a committee of ladies headed by the
philanthropic founder of the society raised enough
money to build, under the auspices of the society a
home for homeless people. The building, which is
situated just opposite the Bellevue hospital, is
caught his bridle aud claimed him, when you drew | snug rooms the favorite loafing place of the board. I four story brick building, with accommodations for
your pistol and said I'd have to show-a better title The present board is an able one, and- President j 160 people, with beds and baths. Yhefirstfloorcoa-
than my simple word.” "And you drew your pistol Hoxc Smith isone of the very best 0 f officers. Let Lists of a chapel, a library and reading room, with
and said you d ha^c him title or no title. And j m hope that the approaching loan exhibition will J ;a,in<t rv in tin, has^mnni an,t *iw>ptn^ wQGEKf nhnvp
things were getting t ery much mixed, considering draw the boys together aud get up some of the old- 1 The building is separated hy an alley from the cof-
we were strangers, when General (obb, who knew j time comradeships. • The "fairs" of years ago were I house and re*L&urant-of the society. The young
mighty thickening things, and the loan exhibition lady who has built this monnment to hetself has
may prove quite as much so. I modestly kept her name in'the background, and
.—I heard a lady say yesterday, commenting on -.he managers of institutions built by the society are
a dinner:- "It was the best cooking I have seen
since slavery days.” I quote this remark with
out comment. Sometime ago I had a paragraph on
the decadence bf the waffle, in which • I held that
ns both, rode up, identified my horse and you gave
him up."
Colonel Foreacre took this hurried storjWu with a
laugh as the two men Shook hands after a separa
tion of sixteen years, and renewed their brief but
spirited acquaintance.
...... Mr. Barrow told me of a curious incident In
volving an Athens horse. He said: "Last Christ-
’ mas I left my office at about 2 o'clock at night. It
was sleeting and snowing, and I was picking my
way home very. carefully. -Vs I passed Tal-
znadge *t Hodgson's store I heard ahorse walking
about inside the store. The sound of a horse'shoof
on a plank floor is unmistakable, but it was so ex
traordinary that I listened again. It was clearly a
horse. I knocked on the door and halloed. Some
one answered and ^oon the door opened. There
stood Prince Hodgson with a lamp in his hand.
•Didn’t I hear a horse ln here?' ’I suppose you
did. I'm working on my books, andasitwas sleet-
lug I brought my horse in the store to keep him
warm.’ I walked back to the office and there,
stanuing in front of a big fire, surrounded by hams
' and pickles and groceries, stood a big, bay horse,
watching his master at work.and blinking and doz
ing as peacefully aa if he had been in his stable. It
was a curious sight.”
„.„By the way, the war story of above reminds
me of a good one jthey tell on Mooes Handy, of
the Philadelphia Press. They say that early in the
war he Icit camp one night determined to dlstln-
uuder pledge not to reveal her name.
-v
Mr. George C. Miln, the Chicago preacher, is here
buying his theatrical wardrobe. On being asked
sage announcing his readiness to surrender.
A dispatch from Cairo’ to the Daily News says
However much Arabi Pasha may have impresses
the peasants, for service in his army, he has not
meddled with the property of the people. The
whole country seems prosperous.
Reuter’s telegram company has the' following
from Alexandria: Fort Aslan was surrendered at
o’clock this
waffle making was -like the Tyrian purple—a I why he chose the stage os a profession, he replied:
lost art. The very day of its publication I “To make a living. I quit preaching from a sense
I received from a housekeeper on Peach- j of duty. I was getting'SlO.OOO a year from the Unity
tree street, whose culinary skill had. oftentimes j church and had very little to do: but the conscious-
worried the cockles of my heart, a plate of waffles i ness that 1 was living and acting a lie, and preach-
that utterly demolished my theory. They were j iug what I did get believe, preyed upon me until 1
truly poems in batter, and tendered an argumen-
tum-ad-hominem. against which protest was una
vailing. Spite of oil complaint and despite the
frying-pau, I doubt if there is any cooking better or
sincerer than what we have, or if that of the days
of slavery was more flavorous or fine. 'When the
wsffie-maker, to whom allusion has been made, has
closed her waffle-irons for the last time, and one of
the best—pray Heaven not the last—of Georgia
cooks has passed away, she shall have her virtues
embalmed iu print, ii indeed, death ha4 cot by
that time stilled the pen of the .
• “Mas About Tows.”
Haalsm'a Aerootaaro.
Tonosro, September 16.—The Globe publishes
Hanlaii’s acceptance of the Boss challenge, to row
for 82,500 and the championship of the world, within
two weeks of signing the articles.
was led to confess to my congregation that I was
not a Christion, hence would resign my charge.
Having a wife and three children to support I had
to do something for a living and decided to try the
stage. I will commence by playing Hamlet. If I
fail I will try the law or some other profession."
In discussing Stephen D. Tyng’s financial
troubles, which grew out of stock speculations, a
Wall street friend of mine said: “It is not an unu
sual tliipg for preachers to speculate in stocks. It
is excused because it is so universally practiced,
Here everybody speculates. I happen to be ina
position to know that Mrs. Roby’s ladies stock ex-
cnange makes over5200,000 a year; or in other words,
that the ladies of New York pay nearly a quarter
million dollars a year in
commissions for the - privilege
•*!>*'' ulating In stocks. This exchange, which is at
No. 40 West fwenty-fourth street,' is handsomely
fitted up, and is patronized by th6 very beSt ladies
of the city. All busiuess is strictly confidential. It
Is managed by Mrs. Robj' and Mrs. Petrie, and is
backed by two 'well-known Wall street brokers.
The ladies’ exchauge vras started by Mrs.- Fabor,
bat she not being content with commissions, com
menced speculating on her own account, and the
consequence was that she soon broke. When Mrs.
Roby and Mrs.-Petrie assumed the management of
the exchange they signed a pledge for" their Wail
street partners iu which they agreed not to specu
late in any form, and the result is the firm cleared
$22-1,000 net last year.
i- ,-i , (3*%,, . .... . ,. .
Some friends of Mr Edison have formed
a company which will commence. at once building
a number of short electric railroads. Surveys have
been made of a road in Fainnount park, Philadel
phia, four miles' in length; another, ,at Atlantic
City; one at LpngBranch, one at Asbury park and
several others;in different parts of the country. I
have just made for Mr. Fabbri, of Drexel, Morgan <fc
Co., a 200 horse-power locomotive, which I guaraii
tee ti*- pull five Pullman sleepers
the rate' of forty-five : miles per hour. He
intends taking it to Europe for test upon the un
dergroiliid railroads. I am now making an estl
mate for running the whole system of the Manhat
tan elevated railroads by my electric motion, and “
dm satisfied they will savg^S600.000 a year by. the
change.” ■>■■■■
,,{f -.,/.POINTS,
John J. Gilbert, formerly a reporter of the Herald
and a brilliant newspaper correspondent, who has,
at different times been connected with most of the
Philadelphia papers, made his debut on-the lyric
stage the other day as a basso singer in the Emma
Abb'ott opera troupe. He was led to change his
profession by the example of Johil Clarke, formerly
of the Brooklyn Eagle, who is now known as the
Senor Brockcolini, the basso singer, who was also an
intimate friend of Gilbert's.
About two years ago when V. K. Stevenson made
in the neighborhood of - k quarter of a million dol
lars by betraying Colonel Cole’s confidence and de
livering the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad to
Victor Newcomb and the Louisville and Nashville
folks, he bought'a piece of property on Broadway,
in this city, for $185,000. Yesterday he refused
$700,000 for the same property.
While eating a late supper with a couple of news
paper men at an oyster house in the Bowery a few
nights ago, Blanche Douglas, of the famous Malley
trial, came in with a well known r&iiety actress
and a couple of young men about town. Their ac
tions and conversation gave a decided veto to the
rumor of Blanche’s reformation,
Thomas A. Edison says the statement that the
cannonading at Alexandria was heard at Malta
over a telephone wire is a cauard. There is a pos
sibility of a man with the patience of Job worrying
over a message 30 miles away, but there is no . tele
phonic instrument yel invented through* which
you can talk at a greater distance.
George FrancIs"Train, the philosopher of Madison
square, who occupies what is known as “Citizen
Train’s Bench’ ’ from 8 o'clock-in the morning until
10 at nignt,has quit making “pencil answers” as well
as talking to crowds that throng about him in the
park.
William ‘Henry, the business manager of the
Herald, is one of‘the old landmarks of the paper.
He is a native of Glasgow, and has been* with the
Herald since his boyhood, and- was one of the wit
nesses to Mr. Bennett’s wilL His salary is $200 per
week.
I hear that Lady Hardy and her daughter, Iza
Sen ill UK tha Malls Arouad to UrowaavlUe—The
"f Fever ln Mexico.
Bfcowssvn.iE, Texas, September 16.—The official
report from Jlier, Mexico, reports forty new cases •
and five deaths there on Thursday.
New Orleans,i.September 16.—A Pensacola spe-
mornibg to General ■ Wood I cial reports nineteen new cases and two deaths
in person. ’The" eommiuiclaiu and twelve I within the-past twenty-four hours. Among the
officers came forward to’surrender. General Wood I deaths are JSi Haynes, formerly of Louisiana, and
immediately inquired for the Italian naval lieu ten- I among tire new cases Mr Richard, southern express
ant, Pbolucei, who was supposed to have espoused I agent. Tliis evening a fire broke out in a shanty.
Aiabi Pasha's cause. Afte some delay Paolucei I The flames spread rapidly to the Catholic parson-
was brought forward wearing the uniform of an I age, thence to St Michael Catholic church, which
Egytiau officer. He was Immediately placed under I were totally destroyed. Two small cottages in the
arrest. General Wood informed, the commandant | reartof the church also burned. Rev Father Bansu,
of Fort ^slun that he would intercede for him and l.ill with fever in the parsonage, was removed, and
his brother pfliceis If they with tlielr men would I is now reported doing well.
assist in repairing the railway. The offer was • ac- I CxaLyeston, September 16,—The B ews’ Matamo-
cepted. Several civilians, evidently 'belonging to I ras special says: All mail communication be-
the upper classes,- were found in the I tween -Brownsville* and. Matamoras is closed
fort. They were apparently merchants, t on “account of the quarantine. Messrs. Northwel
but they were nevertheless ordered^lo set to workon [ and William Angel! Malz, Spanish merchants just
the railways. A dispatch from Constantinople to I from Galveston, are down with'fever. Dtiring the
Reuter’s (elegram company says: The impression'I 24 hours to Dam yesterday two deaths occurred, one
prevails in official circles that the Anglo-Turkrsh I of fever. The.report of quarantine against Browns-
military convention will not now be signed. Ne’v- ville is unfounded. There is no yellow fever at
ertheless another cabinet council was held to-day, I Tampico.
at which Said Pasha was instructed to address I Washington, September 16.—Acting Superintend
fresh conciliatory communicaticns to Lord Duf- I ent Jamison, of the railway mall service, has in
terim It is believed here that Arab! Pasha j.structed-Superintendent Warfield, at St. Louis, to
will be sent to England. The news of the capture I have all mail matter tor Brownsville, Texas, which
of Arabi Pasha was received by the Arabs In Alex- I has been accumulating at surrounding post-offices,
andria with what was apparently the wildest en- I placed on a special mall steamer which will sail
thuslasm. Mahmoud Baroudl aud Suleiman Saraai, I trqm Galveston on the 18th instant for Brazos, Sfan-
who was commander of the battalion which took I tiago, whence it will be forwarded to Brownsville,
the leading part in the burning of Alexandria, I Nomailshavebeenreceivedatthelatterpointslnce
were recalled from Salihyeh by their friends and I September 1st, and this action is taken at the re
lied to upper Egypt. All Fehmy arid Reshid Pasha I quest of the municipal and federal officers at
were not captured at Tel-el-Kebir, but it is believed I Brownsville,
they have since, been arrested at Cairo. The eue-
Qatar Wilde pays the following tribute to Miss
Laura Don, the actress, playwright and artist, after
seeing her as “Egypt,” in her own play, U A Daugh-
terof the Nile:” •
• Dear Miss Don: Will yon permit me to write and
tell you how charmed 1 was las: night with your
brilliantly written play, and your artistic and sen
sitive acting. I will not readily forget the joyous
ness and insouciaace of your comedy, or the deep
er chords of life and feeling which you struck in
the fifth act. and to which the rich music of your
-voice, and the appropriateness of your gesture gave
such full expression. Ycur dress as the princess
the yellow fever.
GEN. LAWTON ON THE SBNATORSHIP,
General A. R. Lawton has been in the city during
the week on legal business. In view of the fact
that his name has been prominently mentioned by
jthe press aud by public speakers in connection with
the United .States senate, a representative of “ Tuf.
Constitution called to see him at .the Kimball.,
and put some leading questions to him
The general 'did . not seem inclined ■ to talk
my’s troops from Mehallel, Aboukir and Kafr-el-
Dwar will parade at the front here and those
from Mahallel Sunday, when they will surrender
their arms, be stripped * of their military .dress,
and disbanded in the' presence of all ' the
troops of General Wood. ..In many instances the
wounded Arabs fired, upon the English after they
had passed them. Lord, St. Vincent cut down a-‘
native standard bearer, and captured his colors.
There were lamentable casualties on the dnemy's , * on the 3ubjeet ftnd 80 the question was put to
side. Old men and children were killed. Tins was lnted)y> he . would lie a candidate for the
unavoidable, owing to the fact that the StoP««» Vnit St States senatorihip before the legislature at
kept up ;i straggling fire from their mud huts. Ihis I nex t session?”
brought the EngUsh fire upon juon-combatants. 1 lUat he had notdirecUy0 r indirectly
IVithout our siege tram, the position of Arab: Pa- rcque3t ^ hi3 name to be - usea iu that connection
IS ? i “Put,'general,” we replied, fit is being used, and.
you have many friends in the State who are presi- :
a f- Tnl-r»I_L iitiir Tho irhorii rtiri rtAi sn/iatt'O I * ... - -
ing your name for the plaee.’
t;: . - . , • “ j -r.7 ia '“Well,” said he, “I feel grateful for the interest
were merely the bearers of ^a letter from Arabi Pa- | ln my promotion to this favo rable position. I do
„„t ooo.ozuto/i pot see j bat - anything hs-s' ibeeri said or done that
aha, offering submission, and were not accredited
by the notables as expected.
COLQNEL JACK BROWN
Expresses Ills View, of Matters and Thlncs Political
and Otherwise.
From the Washington Critic.
Jolly Colonel Jack Brown, brown and efferves
cent, nasturned'u'p in Wariiington' again, and was ■ .....
to-day interviewed by one of the lu'[!ii*itive re- I make known yeur views and attitude once for all
P '’‘Whe 0 re , ve ye been, kumel?” the Critic asked ‘ ha r to reply separately tothe.numerousquestions,
adopting McKee Rankin’s old "49” dialect. | written and oral, with which you will be plied
•I have been in Georgia for the past seven | Let us then inquire whether you expect to be a cafi
will necessarily call on me for a response. My own
inclination is to remain silent if permitted to Jo
fail v) ttr.ii-oqxi -
'Pardon us, general, but yon cannot remain silent
while names are being so freely discussed and the
whole state is asking the question, ‘ Who shall be
{he successor of Mr. Hill?’ It is much easier to
weeks.' JfK
“Politics down thar is boomin’. X s’pose?”,
“Yes, sir; everything in politics seems lovely—
that is, the democrats are preakeHing, and ; there is
| didate for senatorial honors? Do you really desire
to occupy the position which is soon to'be filled?”
‘With the views I entertain,” said tffe general,“I
£r u ia r ^n\ y reWi^ud^
have united against bossism and ribg democracy, I There are certain offices for which no man has a
and we believe there will be such a change in the I n g bt to make a personal canvass, apd.that of United
,^1 " States senator is eminently one of them. If aciti-;;
October and November elections as will astonish
the nation. Many republicans and anti-bourbons
will be elected to the legislature, and there will be
a change in our congressional delegation.”
“You didn’t get the congressional nomination, it
appears,” the Critic remarked serio-coinically.
"No, , X did not get the nomination for congress
in my district, but I did much better; that is, I
EffiSSSffiSSSSS^ I ** but where * u tb08e ^ nwhom r lhe
bon candidate. The judge is a man of good ehar- I public rest are in perfect accord with tbq same par-
acter, splendid ability, and for .four years presided ] t ,- state and national, this high office can only be
ov.er the superior court of; the Pataula circuit. I ^„A.hv the several
zen is selected to be the standard beater of hiaparty—
the representative of certain political principles and
sentiment!—tt ia not only his right, but it may be
come his imperative duty to make an' active cau-
vrss, and to use all honorable means to secure sue-
Hundreds of democrats will vote for him; besides,'
there are three thousand more republican voters
than democrats in my district. My party is thbr-
oughly organized, and all its members will vote for
Judge Harrell; hence I believe that the old third
will be represented by. an anti-bourbon in the
fortv-eighth congress.” t r
“You’ve been busy, then, during your absence?”
“Yes. Although I have done some good work
for the past few weeks, yeti shall be on hand in
October to render Judge Harrell all the assistance
in my power.”
MURDEROUS - ASSAULTS.
How the Iowa Thief Fsllewa His YMStlon—The Pes-
pie ThrcatexlEi Ljn«k Law.
Special Dispatch to* The Constitution.
D*s Moines, Ia., September 16.—John James,
grocer, doing business at the corner, of Twelfth and
Sycamore streets, was assaulted this afternoon about
3 o'clock iu his store and robbed of $‘>50. While his
assailant, who was armed with a slung-shot, was
stooping over the prostrate form of his victim
rifling his pocket, a customer came in. The villain
attempted to escape, but af ier a chase of four or five
blocks, was captured, aud is no w in jail. James Is
Duffus Haidv, both English authoresses of note.jn- said to be dying, and a strong sentiment is growing
tends visiring America again and will spend the in **vor of lynching his assailant, who answers
winter iu New York as the guest of Mrs Frank closely to the description of the man who assaulted
Leslie *• ’ I the saloon-keeper, Hans Kastberg, last Wednesday
John R. Kendrick, formerly of Atlanta, is editor ; night. This makes the third assault for the pur-
of the New York Carpet Trade Journal at asalary of ; P<*e of robbery within a week. A t this.hour eight
$3 000. He has an elegant home in Brooklyn, and is - Pm, the streets are filled with knots of excited men
a prosperous and rising young business man. v diacussing the event, and many are urging the
Charles A. Dana, of the Sun? has the most costly , hanging of the assailant. A meeting of law-
and luxurious home of any of the New York edi- | abiding citizens ii being got together, and arrange-
tors _ [ ments have been made to secure the best talker^ to
Buzz and Eounce. dissuade the mob In case one is formed.
sought actively on personal grounds by the several
candidates, lhe agitation and discussion in
such a canvass must all begin and end with
the special fitness, or tb5 superior qualities and
attainments of one candidate or the other. With
out marking out any lfhe of conduct therefore for
others, or attempting in the -slightest way to criti-
cire those who may adopt a different course, f can
not myself enter into such a'contes on such terms.
Hence, I believe this distinguished honor should be
conferred and not sought, as offices of profit may
very properly be sought. It is for others and not
for myself to decide whether my name shall be
used for the purpose indicated. Now, in reply to
your second inquiry, I frankly say that if the state
of Georgia should deem me worthy of a seat in the
United States senate, as one of the representatives
of her sovereignty ln 'that distinguished body no
possible honor yould be conferred on me which I
would sohighly prize. Andlmay without impro
priety add there • is no other polit
ical office which I have the slightest
desire to fill. No one can appreciate more highly
than I do the importance to the state thathigh po
litical office should be properly filled, and the dig
nity conferred upon him who properly discharges
the functions of any snch office. But I have.never
permitted myself so to desire these positions that I
could enjoy the possession unless obtained without
such improper seeking that I would fail to deserve
them. Should a different course i>y necessary to suc
cess, I am more satisfied with the life of a private
citizen, which has vouchsafed to me much more
than the share ordinarily allotted toman of happi
ness and contentment.”
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