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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, APBIL 3, 1883
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"altered »t the AtUntt Port-offlceu eecond-
mall matter,November 11,1S78.
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lnba ol twenty, 120, and a copy to the gel
Club.
WltKlY C0K8T1TCTI0K, SIX I > 1.
ATLANTA. APRIL 3, 18
AtlabtaIii now a port. The ahlpe will
have to weigh anchor off Savannah aa uaual,
but the Central railroad wilj very kindly
act as over-land carrier. /
Jarr Loso has gone the wAv of the useless
politician, lie has served the purposes of bis
masters, and is now turned out to give way to
some more favored individual. Jeff wiil yet
wish that be had stuck to “de razor and de
strop."
Tux commissioners appointed by Governor
Jloynton to represent Georgia at the Louis
ville exposition will do honor to the physical
manhood of the state, as well as serve to
cement the bonds which bind us to the state
of Daniel Boone.
It is unlawful to poison fish in Georgia.
Uow the law was found to ire a necessity, and
its final enactment, has been told by the
Worth Star. In this narrative Ty Ty creek,
notwithstanding Its csld name, is brought
forward as an object of historical curiosity.
Tui Mormons some how or other continue
to pick up perverts to their cause in Georgia.
The departure of a party for the land of the
prophet has been noted. Perhaps it is just
well that such peoplcsbouid goat once, as the
state can very well affor lto do without them
Cmhcii county is the land of plenty. Hon
ey Hows in gallons, game is abundant, while
snakes, turtles and kindred creatures nro be
yond enumeration. The people live In poa-
toral style, and are far happier than if they
were worrying themselves about tbo state can'
vase or the presidential succession.
The influence of one .industry on another
will be pleasantly illustrated far Atlanta in
the establishment of a tannery to manipulate
the hides and a shoe factory to use up tho
leather made from the beoves slaughtered
the union stock yards, which in turn will
convert the fat of the beeves into butter and
the offal Into fertilizer.
Tiie post twelve months lias been an un
fortunate one for men who had distributed
|iostmaslerslilps among their fellow men; for
in that timo no less than four have died, Mr.
Maynard, of Tennessoe, died last April; Mr.
Denison, of Ohio, last October; Mr. Jewell,
Connecticut, last December, and now Mr.
Howe.
It is a mistake to say that a compulsory cd
■■ration law has /ailed in any state. No stato
lias ever repealed such a law, and fourteen
states and the District of Columbia have
adopted the compulsory plan to a greater or
lets extent. It Is tho only way to quickly re
duoo the percontago of illiteracy and to get
an adequate return from monay spent for ed
■■rational purposes.
Koety-oke armed men rode into Loxington
the other night to unlawfully remove a de
testable murderer who is confined In Ogle
thorite jail, and finding the jail guarded
acted with ptudence and retired. Now let
them leave the punishment of this vile
wretch to a jury of twelve honest citizens,
and they will find that there la no necessity
for a resort to unlnwful methods.
North Carolina who, a few years ago, did not
possess a foot of land. They now own thous
anils of acres obtained by foreclosing on alt
cotton farmers. The men who are now in
debt to the commission merchants ore com
pelled to plant cotton in order to meet the
expectations and desires of those who credit
them.
“Why?” asks Mr. Henry. "Because it is
essential to the continued accumulation of
wealth by these commission merchants that
the tenant should plant cotton and not
corn, should buy meat from them in
stead of raising it, should believe they are
working for themselves, while, in fact, they
are working for the commission merchant. 1 '
The pamphlet then goes on to enlarge upon
this subject, making some very truthful re
marks, but the impression is left that the
cause of the condition of the farmers of North
Carolina is in some way due to the commis
sion merchants.
The truth of the matter is, nobody on earth
is to blame but the farmer himself. With
starvation staring him in the face he started
out to make a living by violating every
principle of common sense and economy.
The high prices of cotton after the war stimu-
latcil the spirit of speculation that exists
among human beings everywhere, and all the
suffering and degradation and disaster since
have not been sufficient to allay it. The
average farmer of North Carolina
digs, and starves, and pinches him
self in the hope that some contingency
will carry the prico of cotton to twenty or
thirty cents, and he continues to plant it, not
less in the hope that ho may suddenly grow
rich, than in the hope that he may be ena
bled to meet his obligations.
Nobody is responsible for the condition of
the farmer hut the farmer himself. The
usurious interest charged by the commission
merchant on accommodations is the natural
and direct result of the risk which accompa
nies the extension of credit to men who are
too insensible to their own welfare to raise
their own supplies.
Tue Constitctioh took occasion lost fall to
congratulate the farmers of Georgia on the
fact, which was then apparent, that they had
managed to weather the worst of their diffi
culties; but it is to be feared that we shall
not he able to extend similar congratulations
next fall. There is a tendency all over the
south (to which wo have already
called attention) to remove the all-
cotton croze. Reports from all sections show
that the former* neglected tho small grain
crops, and that they are preparing to Inorcnse
tho acreage devoted to cotton.
Tho only stimulant to this courso must he
in tiie full corn-crihs, for there Is nothing in
prospective prices or in the condition of the
markcls to warrant it. Full corn-cribs will
not last always, and unless tho native com
mon senso of the farmer comes to his rescue,
tho next reckoning day will find him flound
ering in the neighborhood of his old misory.
Progress that linlts is not progress, mid no
farmer in Georgia, no matter how bumble
his holding, or how extensive, cannot fail
to succeed unless bo conforms 10 the condi
tions of success and makes his business self-
sustaining.
pie (supposing that such questionable
tactics can produce this result) then
there Is McDaniel to be pulled down and dfs,
graced; and after this has been accomplished
then there is W. K. Smith to be pulled down
anil disgraced; and so on through a long list
of available men in whom the people have
the utmost confidence.
Tim Cohstititioh is for neither Boynton
nor Bacon; but it is for the democratic party
for democratic harmony. From this stand
point it does not hesitate to advise the friends
of Mr. Bacon to forego a repetition of the
foolish tactics which have already proved
abortive. They should bear in mind that the
people in selecting a successor to Mr. Steph
ens are not compelled to choose either Baron
Boynton, and if we may he per-
raitted tossy so, attacks upon Mr. Boynton
are not calculated to advance the interests of
Mr. Bacon before uic convention.
Moreover(and it is in tbisphaaeof the mat
ter The CoxsTiTCTioir is chiefly interested),
each attacks are not calculated to increase
democratic harmony; indeed we may say
that if the tactics of abuse and vilification are
to be indulged in every time an Important of
fice Is to be fiileil. there can be no such thing as
democratic harmony. We do not hesitate,
therefore, to advise tiie friends of Mr. Bacon
to ovoid such unseemly efforts.
The latest figures of imjiorts and exports
are those of January. These show that ini-
p-orts are about the same in amount os those
•of.* year ago-. We imported last January
mor.e tea, more cofft-e, more raw silk, more
rice, hut less flax, chemicals, fancy goods,
wool, win 0 s'" 1 metals. The value of the ini
portatlons c * »llk, dress and piece gooils In
January last, ,was $1,(133,731 against $'-’,i l!i,031
in January, 188/.
Tiie death of Congre*.”»«o Thomas H. Hern
don, of Mobile, was not Jinexpected; for be
had long been In failing hea.'lh, a victim of
the fatal lung disease. For over twenty years
he had been a prominent public man ef his
section, lie was often placed In olllcial sta
tion, and at one time was the democratic can
didate for governor. Sines 1378 he hnd been
in eongrew, ami is death leaves a vucancy in
the next congress, lie was highly esteemed
throughout Ills native state and where rer he
was known.
ALL COTTON CREDIT*.
Mr. W. It. Henry has written a pamphlet
on the condition of the farmers of North Car-
lino. It appears from the figures he gives
that tills clan is in a worse fix than tiie same
class in Georgia. In oilier woids, the farmers
of North Carolina are to-day ill as deplorable a
condition as the farmers of Georgia were live
year* ago. They are practically in a condi
tion of slavery which Isas bad, if indeed, it
is not worse, than the real slavery that held
tiie negroes in bondage. The negroes were
provided with shelter, with clothes and with
rations, and they had no responsibilities, but
the farmers who plant all cotton in response
to the demands of the commission mer
chant who holds a mortgage on his lands,
his slock and his crop is doubly a slave,
livery season brings an accumulation of the
miseries that accompany poverty.
We gather from Mr. Henry's pamphlet that
eighty six thousand tons of commercial fer-
tilizere were sold in North Carolina, princi
pal/ for the cultivation of cotton. These
fertilizers cost the farmers on an average $13
a tun. amounting to the sum of three million
eight hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
Four hundred thousand bales of cotton were
produced, which, at an average of $10 a bale,
amounted to sixteen million dollars. The
fertilizers, therefore, cost nearly one-fourth
the proceeds of the entire cotton crop. Mr.
Henry subtracts the $3,870,000 paid for guano
fiou the $10,000,000 received from the cotton
crop. This leaves $12,130,000, which it equally
divided among the 1,300,000 people of North
Ciroliaa would give to each tiie sum of eight
dollars and eight and two-thirds rents—
whereas the inmates of the insane asylum are
aTowed$210 and the convicts $208 a year.
With the twelve millions of dollars
wuieli the North Carolina farm-
ers got from their cotton crop,
they ore compelled to pay the ordinary, or
extraordinary expenses of all cotton farms 1 ., „
riise mortgages, dbcharge leln. and meet the Ur ' 1Uco “ •" -™e.med,.nutter,
usurious interest which the commission mer- •» more complicated, than they have ever
chants chares on time .—III. Ur llenrv I l*™- A(ter ^/nton is pulled down
ayi lb
A WORD IN SEASON.
It is definitely settled that tiie deplorable
tactics which prevailed during tho last two
gubernatorial campaigns arc to he repeated
at a time when tho public nenthuont of tho
state is opposed to anything like a contest.
There Is, in fact, uo necessity for a contest,
and absolutely no excuso for tho unseemly
fracas which acorns to bo developing in cer
tain quarters, hut those who have concluded
to renew the tactics to which we allude seem
think otherwise, and upon them tho re
sponsibility must rest.
But why should such taclies be renewed nt
this time? They have toil promptly to defeat
every campaign where they have been
used, and they are moro obnoxious to tho
good sense and conservatism of the state
than ever before. Why, then, should they
renewed id this time? li has been demon
strated, whenever tho experiment has been
made, that llio people of the state—the
greut democratic majority that never
allows itself to become confused
the arguments of politicians and newspa
pers—will not tolerate such tactics, null their
renewal nt this time must serve to convince
any impartial man that n deliberate attempt
to be made to divide and disorganize tho
democratic party.
When Governor Colquitt was a candidate
re-election, the same tactics were cue
ployed, lie was made tho victim of the vilest
abuse. Charges were made against his char-
acterand his Integrity; his religion was made
the subject of sneers, and he was described in
terms that could only be truthfully applied
men who are utterly without honor or
principle. Did this attempt to dragGovernor
Colquitt down because lie stood in the way of
another mnn's ambition have any effect upon
tiie people of Georgia? Not the siigbtcsL On
the contrary, they felt bound to show their
conlldence in him, and on the day of election
they went to the polls and cast their votes for
him.
When Mr. Stephens was made a candidate
representatives of the small faction that
had attempted to drag down Governor Col
quitt made a series of assaults upon thefold
commoner—assaults upon his character and
integrity. They declared that he was the
tool of an Atlanta ring, that he was not a
democrat, and that he bad made false state
ments in order to secure his nomination.
These assaults upon the character and inten
tions of one of the purest men Georgia ever
produced had no effect upon the democratic
people of the state. They went fonvanl and
elected Mr. Stephens by an overwhelming
majority, and if there had been anything like
serious contest the majority would have
been larger.
Aa we have said these tactics have been re
newed. The partisans of Mr. Bteon seem to
of the opinion that it is necessary to pull
down somebody in order to advance the in
terests of their candidate, and they have con
cluded that Governor Boynton is the man to
pulled down. But the question is, are
such tactics likely to advance Mr. Jlacon's
interests? They hare failed heretofore, jnd
It may h 'that they will fail again. Where
is the pulling down to stop? So for aa the
GENERAL GORCON AND HIS ENEMIES
General John 11. Gordon .replies in very
short words this morning to certain slanders
that have been telegraphed to tiie republican
press of the north concerning him. Tho des
pernte malice with which this gallant soldier-
statesman lias been pursued is amazing.
Even the small and pestering envy that
gnaws the vitals of his enemies when they
witness Ids unprecedented and growing sue-
ces.s fails to fully account for it.
General Gordon is out of political life, lie
liaa no ambition but to build up his section
and his own fortunes. He is quietly at
tending to bis own business and is meeting
with a gratifying success. Despite the
venom of his enemies every enterprise he
has taken hold of has been pushed to success.
In his Florida matters, even though be was
followed by insults and insinuations, lie
whipped bis fight overwhelmingly. After
the fullest discussion the senate passed the
bill giving film 15,000 acres per mile, by
vote of 22 to 4, and the liouso by 47 to 14. He
is now at work on this road that will do more
for Florida than can well be computed.
Every man who is interested in the growth
of the south should help to hold up the hands
of General Gordon, rather than pull him
down. The success of his efforts means de
velopment and progress for the section to
which he has devoted his life. Beyond this,
for his own sake, lie deserves the good wishes
of every southern man, and especially of
every Georgian. Everywhere has he illus
trated her with honor. On the battlefield he
was a soldier and leader that challenged the
admiration of the world. In the senate he
was tho peer of any man in influence, iu
character and in devotion. In any station,
high or humble, in peace or in war, he has
been nil that a citizen should be. As to the
charge that he bos lost the heart of bis peo
ple, or forfeited any of the love with which
they have regarded him, that is a delusion or
a fable, lie is, in our opinion, the strongest
mati before the people of this state, amUt he
should over dotermiuo to try conclusions with
those who affect to doubt this, before tho last
courtof appeal. The Coxsiitctiox would ask
no cosier task than carrying his colors to an
overwhelming- victory.
Chicago to New England or Georgia, and each
section and each farmer must determine
whether it is cheaper to raise it, or to raise
something to buy it with. Because the cot
ton planters are not generally prosperous, it
is not necessary to blindly adopt farming as a
cure-all. The south has a charge in progress
akin to that which has left the old-fashioned
farmers In our own ‘hill towns’ wondering
that the old methods do not bring the old
profit. ‘How do I make both ends meet?'
said a substantial North Carolina farmer the
other day. ‘I use improved machinery, ms
nure heavily and pay cash.’"
We know- nothing of the situation at the
north, but in the south the question is un
doubledly one of economy. It is alsoa ques
tion of fact. But it is not particularly a
question of corn. The North Carolina farmer
quoted by the Republican makes “both
ends meet” by using improved machinery,
manuring heavily and paying cash. This is
very vague and unsatisfactory. Does he
compost his own manure and raise bis own
supplies? To make "both ends meet" is not
a business man's definition of success. There
atf hundreds of successful farmers in Geor
gia who are accumulating fortunes by making
their farms self-sustaining. That is to 'say,
they raise their own supplies—wheat, eats,
rye, com and hay—compost their own fer
tilizers, and make good crops of cotton be
sides. They solve the economical problem af
cotton-planting by compelling every element
of nature, experience and business to con
tribute its quota to their success.
I*erhap3 corn can be bought os cheaply in
the west os it can he raised in the south, but
this is to be doubted. Certainly it cannot be
bought as cheaply on credit. Neither wheat
nor oats can be bought aa cheapiy as they
can he made in Georgia, and there is not
farmer in Georgia who cannot, at the expense
of a little energy, compost a higher grade of
manure than any that has ever been offered
for snlo, and at a mere nominal cost. These
things are important so faros they relate to
the economy of farm management, but they
are more important still in their relations
the condition of our farmers, who, os a class,
have Impoverished themselves by pursuing
the notoriously blind policy of planting
all their lands in cotton and buying theirsnp-
plies on time. The situation has no parallel
the north nor anywhere else in the civil
ized world. Never before has the spectacle
been witnessed Of an intelligent and hard
working class of people cutting their own
throats in pursuit of the speculative phan
tom which seems to enchant all who have
anything todo with producing or selling cot-
8am Bandall, Is headed “Why contend about an
AbetracUon?” For our part, we should be glad to
believe that Mr. Randall Is an abstraction.
A i-oui chill runs up the spine of the average re-
publican editor as he reads in the esteemed New
York Tribune the statement that Mr. Tllden Is
about ready to re-enter politics.
There la always some sort of campaign going on
In Ohio, and this is an evidence of the fact that
there Is some sort of undying principle behind
beer. * _•
Dcaixu the recent floods In Cincinnati whole
families were compelled to drink water. It la no
wonder the sensibilities of tho population were
shocked.
Dn. Dtx will be glad to learn that the female
clerks In the department at Washington are to be
subjected to rigid competitive examinations.
General Sherman will shortly start on bis fare-
well tour as general of the army. After that, Fie-
sn 1*011 will be In a position to make tours.
The Kcv. Joseph Cook, of Boston, has a lecture
n "Woman's Work In Asia." It probably In
cludes au account of hla visit to a harem.
Mr. Win pom Is confldently alluded to aa the dead
statesman. Me appears to bo on the same string
Willi Conkling and Kerry.
Tub Dudes and Anglomaniacs, of New York, are
raising money to erect a monument in honor of tho
queen', John Drown.
General Diaz Is going aieund over the country
In a special car. He carries a supply of Llbcrdad
In hla satchel. '
The gifted professor who trained John Sherman's
Louisiana witnesses has evidently had hold of Dor*
on time credits. Mr. Henry.... , , .. , ,,
re tommission merchants inl“ d d '* r * c * d ,B at ,h * »’*
FARM ECONOMY NORTH AND SOUTH.
Alluding to the fuct that the newspapers
are advising tho farmers of tho south to raise
a variety of crops instead of devoting their
entire resources to tho production of cotton
the Springtlcld Uepublican declares that tbo
tendency in tiie north is directly the other
way. It says tho old-plan was for the northern
farmer to raise upon his own land almost
everything ho required, and for him and his
wife to work with their own hands almost
everything they used and wore as well, but
this rule has been more and more departed
from until in recent years special farming
has conic in, which furnishes counterparts to
the all-cotton plantations. Our contemporary
continues:
Take the New England dairymen. They
buy wheat and com from the west, often nil
they use, and one man in an out-of-the-way
Vermont town has profitably devoted his
acres to grass and bought potatoes for his own
table. There is a growing feeling hero that
mixed farming is profitless except in a degree
necessary for economical management, ami
that iu the competition which has
come with railroads and modern ap
pliances, there is little chance
success without taking advantage of
the divisions of labor, in the wider sense,
which is brought about by specialties.”
All this is interesting and suggestive, but
if the Uepublican. is endeavoring to show
that all cotton farming can he made profita
ble in the south under the conditions that
exist here, and that mast continue to exist
here for generations to come, it has not quite
made out the argument. Dairying is not to
ho compared with cotton farming, but we are
willing to take our contemporary's illustration
as it stands. The New Kngland dairyman
may buy his wheat and corn in the west, but
does he buy his hay there? We suppose
there are conditions under which the busi-
neat of dairying can he carried on us tiie cot
ton planter carries on farming, but these pre
suppose a genius for economical management
that is rarely seen in this world.
Tiie probability that there is not a dairy
man in the world that could carry on his
business successfully if he purchased ull
his supplies, including the forage for his
cows. But if one or ten or one hundred
should be found who can do this, bow much
greater would be the success if they had their
own pastures and their owu hay. This is not
a matter about which there can ho any dis
pute. If the cotton patch is to be tiie cow
and the staple the butter of the southern
dairymen, the economical demands of the
situation will compel him to provide pastures
and forage. The KepubUcan goes on to say:
-The fact is that, north and south, the ques
tion is merely one of economy, and not of
principle. It is certain that some Vermont
farmers who feed Illinois corn to their cows
make more money than others who raise their
own and plainly more than the farmer could by
raising it himself; and that emb the argu
ment. It costs money to carry corn from
ton.
GOVERNOR BROWN'S DONATION.
Governor Brown’s action in buying $.$0,000
worth of valid matured bonds of the state on
yesterday and presenting them to the trus
tees of the state university will cause some
surprise.
It certainly settles the question of Governor
Brown’s intentions. It has been charged that
he did not intend to make tho donation when
ho first offered it, hut simply to make a pre
tense. It can hardly be doubted now, by
even his bitterest enemies,that lie is really in
earnest in his desire to put the
$50,000 at the disposal of the
poor young men ol the state. Jt
interesting to note that enough applications
have already been made to more than ex
haust three times tiie amount of the interest
for tho first year. The trustees are of tho
opinion that*nothing now stands in the way
of tiie endowment getting promptly into
shape and at work.
Thf. Mormons in Utah are laughing at tho Ed
muudilaw. They are also laughing at tho law^of
Georgia. Altogether they appear to be a humor
oua lot of fellows. They will continue to laugh at
tho Georgia law until four or live of tho genial el
ders are treated to a free ride on a rail by tho indig
nant i*eoplc of north Georgia, and then they will
fall to enjoy tho humor of tho situation.
Great Britain haa opened a correspondence with
her clerks and attorneys in tho American depart-
moat of state complaining that too much freedom
is allowed Irish agitators In tho United States. It
will be Interesting to noto what measures tho Brlt<
Mi cleiks and attorneys will take to meet the views
of their heme government. #
Within hailing distance of Vanderbilt’s Baccha*
n&llan ball there were thousands of human beings
suffering for the bare necessities of life. Tho time
wlilcotno when tho vain-glorious wretches who
have accumulated milllous by robbing the people
will have their attention called to this fact.
It Is hinted that Hill Chandler proposes, as secre
tary of the navy, to establish a steel ship yard in
opposition to cx-Commandcr Uorringc. By this
means isfll will bo able to swindle the people aa
well asgeteven with a gentleman who refused to
submit to his insults.
The Providence Journal frequently reads tic
south a lesson in regard to tho Intimidation of ue-
gro voters. It will bo time enough for the Journal
to lecture tho south, however, when Rhode Bland
permits its mill operatives and poor people to exer
cise the right of suffrage.^
The statement is made that the republicans of
the New Yark legislature arc demoralised. Then
they will bear watching. Tho experience of the
country is that whou a republican is demoralized
lie will steal though ten thousand opera glasses are
leveled at him. _
Dn. Dtx has spoken out so plainly on the subject
of divorce that he has injured the feelings of a
number of promiuent New Kngland republicans.
Dr. Dlx Humid beware. He has attacked the dearest
right of the modem-reformed puritan.
The wise American publishet is taking advan
tage of Lady Florence Dixie’s remarkable attack on
boxwood hedge to advertise her book ou Patago
nia. British publishers arc not up to snuff Iu mat
ters of this kind.
Editor Hatton uow has un opportunity to be.
come the postmaster general of a re united country
This, in addition to his onerous duties aa editor of
the Arthur administration, will give him about all
he can attend to.
Therx Is no reason why a young girl shouldn't
be married under a tloral raresol. Let her enjoy
herself while she may. In a few wceks-a few
months at farthest—she will be frying tattcrcakcs
rer a greasy stove.
Editor gannt suggests that Georgia ought to
have a lieutenant governor, lhls seems worth
considering. Certainly a stato which has its full
ipiota ©f lieutenant colonels ought to have one
lieutenant governor.
It should not be forgotten that to day is the an
niversary of a great many people in this wide
world.
Little Tommy Platt has given Conkling the cold
shoulder. Tammy haa evidently been eating gun
powder.
DoBSKY’fl friends are jubilant over bis testimony,
but they forget that criminals are bom to deny.
Testimony Is to the effect that Kellogg was origl
nally an Ohio republican.
A 80UTHBRN AWAKENING.
From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
One of tho most gratifying evidences of the pro
gress of liberal and progressive ideas at the south is
the interest which the different southern churches
are taking In the education of the colored people.
The Baptists, Presbyterians and Episcopalians are
all ongaging in tho good work, and now the M. E.
church south has followed in the samo direction.
When first tho northern Methodists planted semina
ries in the Into slave statcfethelr southern brethren
turned tho cold shoulde*o them, and doggedly
refuse d to follow tbtlr example. Now,
however, whether in the spirit ol
competition or through genuine benevolence—
probably both Influences exert their weight—the
southern church’s beat men are outspoken in their
avowal of the necessity of elevating aud reforming
the colored voter. At the first meeting of tho Amer
ican Missionary association, a congregational organ
ization, tho church south was represented, and no
northern borrrorator surpassed in energy or earn
estness the author of “Our Brother in Blcck,“
A PERSON OF PROMINENCE.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
“Kin you send a reporter around to my house to
do a send off?” asked a middle aged mai, approach
ing the cashier with a visage in which timidity and
cheek were curiously blended.
“What kind of a send off? WhenUit?” demanded
the cashier.
“It’a a plant, and it comes off to-morrow after
noon," replied the stranger. "To-morrow at three
sharp we are going to plant my wife, and I prom
ised her that I would have a reporter; present and a
long article abou t the way it was done. She was a
great stickler tor such things when she was alive,
and I want her to have tho right thing now she has
gone up the flume. Kiu you send one around?"
“Was she a prominent woman?" inquired the
cashier. "We don't often aend reporters to write
up the funerals of private citizens unless there is
something particularly interesting about the per
son or the exercises. Did I understand you that
she was a very prominent woman?"
Well, mister, there was times when she was the
most prominent woman in our end of the town.
There was times when she was the only citizen that
could stay anywhere around where
she was. There was times when she
would keep every reporter that was ever born
aa busy as a tramp at a free lunch, and if that prom
inence isn't quite up to your pitch, thore was times
when if she’d kim in here and asked you todo any
thing for her, you'd have done it, or it wonld have
taken all the rest of the employes arouud this build
ing to have found where you went out. Is that
prominence enough for a reporter to write some
thing about the send off to-morrow?"
Thar’s very well as far as it goes," replied the
cashier, in a sympathetic voice. "But what part
did she seem to take in public affairs that would
warrant us in believing that the'public Is interested
In her obsequies?" •
Part! Whstpart did 'she take? Was you ever
in the vicinity wJien there was any public affairs
going on that she felt an interest in ? Was you ever
located where you could look on In safety when
that Interest of heru began to take a grip? I guess
you couldn’t havo been, partner, by the questions
you ask about that woman."
“*** twho was she?
rtlcular line?"
"But who was she? What did she do? What was
her particular line?"
"Mister, it’s hard to tell who sho wasn’t when she
got started. Sometimes ahe was a buzz saw: some-
nun# w-caucu aucr un iiouorcu uisnop,
has been established for the education of colored
youth, and Professor Morgan Calloway, of
Emory college. Georgia, has resigned his professor-
Ip to accept Its presidency. This isan event of no
illntry significance. Tho day is passing for the
white instructors of the freedmen to be cut dead by
the local representatives of their own raco or even
raided by the kuklux. Tho moral and religious
classes of southern society aro bcsinntng to realize
that their own safety, as well as Uie good of their
former servants, requires the education of tho lat
ter. They are determined that the north shall not
do all the work. When men help themselves they
are sure to And abundant assistance, aud so ft
has proved in tho prcscut instance. John
F. Slater, a wealthy citizen of Norwich.
Conn., has given a large fund, which will soon be
jvailable. for tho Christian education of the freed
people. It has been placed in the hands of trus
tees, of whom ex-President Hayes, Chief Justice
Waite and President Gilman, of Johns Hopkins
university, aro amoug the northern members, while
Boyce, of Louisville, represent tue MJUHI. 1 HIM II
but the first fruits of a generous harvest of bene*
factors which will flow in upon tho south as soon
as it has proved its readiness to be aided. The
work is a noble one. and could it have been begun
fifteen years ago, would have prevented no end of
stiifeand iho formation of irritating color lines.
Tho outlook is eminently hopeful.
LUTHER’S FOURTH CENTURY.
Tho London Echo has tho following: “Tho ap
proaching celebration of tho fourth century of tho
birth ef Luther is sold to 1k> calling forth some
'mild' protests on iho part of ultramontanes in
Germany. *\ 11 Protestants who are truo to the
spirit m well as the letter of their religion will
admit that tho Roman Catholic* hare at least a
sentimental grievance, if, as they ray, tiie ceiebra
tlon Is to be an official ono. According to the
latest religious census, the population of tho
states composing tho German Empire
was divided as follows: Protestants, 26,713.823;
Roman Cathollco, 15,371,227; Christian sects
of other denominations, 116,735, and Jews, 670,6?5.
This is
two por cent
, Jen than
population. Candid Catholics
deny that, in spite of these
Germany is esren dally Prates-
will
figures, _
taut; the influence of Protestantism
Catholic practice, and even on Catholic
doctrine, being hardly less marked in Germany
thau In Englaud. But for this very reason, one can
understand that Catholics should object to having
the Protfstaut colors flaunted In their faces. Lu
thcr is one of those
A Wisconsin farmer split the tongue of a boy liar
the other day. The old man is a democrat, and he
said he wasn't going to sit down and allow a boy to
learn how to be a republican leader right under his
>r is one of those great men 'of whom,' in the
iguagu of Thucydides, ‘the whole earth is the
tomb.' The four hundredth anniversary of his
birth merits the fullest celebration; but in the
of the truths he taught, let it be spontaneou:
trammeled by official formality,"
GORDON'S DENIAL.
General J. B. Gordon has sent the foil owing let
ter to editor* of the "Philadelphia Press" and “Ctn
cinnati Commercial’’ and -“New York Times:’
"Dear Sir: The letter of your correspondent dated
Jacksonville, Florida, March 22. is filled with mis-
reprcscntitious; but would be unworthy of uotlce
did it not involve the interests of other*. Tho base
aud false insinuations contained in a portion of his
letter have been so thoroughly disproved and so
signally rebuked by the people of Georgia that I
need not refer to them. His statement that 1 am
“no longer a citizen of Georgia" is false. I have
never contemplated for one moment a change of
my residence. His statement that I had registered
at thc.hotels as "of Florida’’is false.and without the
semblance of an excuse. His statement that I am
a candidate for Senator Call’s scat, or the
seat of any one else is false. On the contrary 1 am
devoting my whole time as a private citizen to my
personal interest* and to the development by legitf-
• .»- of this section.
rs. J. B. Gordon.
IlNIg I’lelJ.
From the Boston Globe.
In a neighboring city where the Inhabitants are
• very, very temperate that marfy of them knee
dow-a to say their pntyers, a good old dracon of a
colored church lately called upon the city agent for
the sale cf that article which, if advisedly used
"cheers, but not Inebriates.’’
“Mr. L.,“ say* the deacon, bending low and al
most wbi'peritig into the tar of the obliging and aff
able agent, “Mr. L., I'sc cum to get a quart of spirits
for purely sactameutal pupposes.’’
“Yes. de-con. 1 suppose yon want some light
wine, perhaps claret, tarrigonia or something of
that sort.'’
mate means, of the resources
s.of the resources ot
Respectfully yours.
i the deacon got it.
THE NewOrlouuPleajun.g.aoflT. paragraphic K^«;‘ h “ r TrnJrareundh“\^,»
Dta'i Porgct the Betas.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
They were a Boston couple who had been married
but a few weeks, aid had just gone to housekeep
ing. As the husband stood at the area door one
morning, with the market basket in his hand, his
what she aid I’ll refer you to tbe wall* and build
ings around where she lired. The marks is there.
You can aee tor rourrell. Her line Jar
right through the middle of whatever was going
on. She went into everything that visited the
neighborhood, and when she came out of it sho
left a hole that there was no mistaking. Is that
prominence enough for a reporter to kim around
to morrow and say a word for the way wo have give
her the grand launch?"
“I don't see yet that she was* of enough impor
tance for the public to take any lnterestin her fu
neral," argued tho cashier.
"P’raps not," sighed the bereaved. "P’rapa not.
There is them who never having knowed her
wouldn't'think, to sco her in her twelve-dollar
coffin, that ahe ever run our section of tho town
right.up a tree and stood under it and throwed
bricks at it until it dropped down again. I don’t
know how important pcoplo baa got to be to havo a
reporter at the wake, but 1 kin tell you that It’a
d—d lucky for you that ahe pegged out before
me."
“I dou’t eeo what 1’vcgo*. !o do with that," smiled
the cashier.
"If she'd come around hero for a n-po-»cp to bo
present at my plant, and you’d given li« r ‘be same
you been giving in*?, you mlgb’. never realize what
you had to do with it, but them as looked ou in
while you and she was figuring it out would
> had to send a reporter somewhere, that is, if
yourbelonged around these premises is likely to
put you iu the light of being in auyway promiuent.
Now. youhenr mo."
"Well, I’ll think it over," muttered the cashier.
"If I think it amoiiuts to anything in the way of an
item. I’ll see that tho paper Is represented."
•That’s all right," growled the mounter, turning
reluctantly toward tbe door. "If you don't send a
reporter there to-morrow, and you have one or two
whoso time is heavy on their hands, you’d do well
to send them somewhere to rendor thanks that you
never knowed the deceased. I don’t know," he
continued musingly, “if she’s where she can hear
this conversation, she’s liable to get tight out
of her coffin and como down here and
hold the funeral service* right ou your shirt collar!
If you seo a ghost hop In at any time between now
and dark and commence to slam the delight* out
of this institution without offerin’ any reason for
Uie circus, you may know that the departed knows
what’s going on in this world and is still prepared
to take a hand iu where an odd hand appears to be
pondering tho element* indlgonoua to sufficient
prominence to secure the attendance of a reporter
at a plant.
TWO ENTERPRISES.
From the Wall Street New*.
“So you would marry Ethel?" demanded the
father, as he wheeled around to face tho trembling
lover.
"Yes, sir."
"And you have money in bank- real estate—
bonds—stocks, say $75,COO worth?”
"N-no, sir; but I can work up. I—I am bound to
win, sir."
"How?"
"1 ahAll go to Flotlda, buy 100 acres of land, raise
5,000,000 orange* per year for tho market, and In ten
years I shall be rich."
"Hum! Yes! Hum?" growled tho old man.
"Vcij" enterprising-very good opening, young
consumptive, ilo won’t live two years.
leave hertAO.Ouo. Go hence! Go to Europe for
three years. That will kill him. bury him. aud give
her a year to wear weeds and get over her grief.
Then she’s yours, ca*h and all, and 1 will put my
hand on your head and bless you!"
When the young man left the house ho didn’t
seem to believe it.
THE MOST ENTERPRISINO PAPER.
From the Union 8prlngs, Ala., Herald.
The Atlanta Constitution is, wo believe, bv
common couacnt acknowledged to bo tho most en
terprising, go e-head End spicy newspaper pub
lished in tho gulf states. It Is not satisfied with
whatever degree of success it has attained at any
period of Its history, but Is constantly reaching
forward to higher attainments, and making en
larged Improvement iu every department of the
paper. This fact, so highly creditable to the
maimgcrtrand editors, is seen in its judicious class
ification of its general news gathered from all parts
ol the world; in the great diversity of its gleanings
from the stato pres* and local telegrams, fu its suc
cessful efforts to develop and foster every material
interest of good old Georgia, and in tho fullness,
brightness and extent of Its correspondence. To
those of our readers that desire a first-class news-
paper, published outside of our own state, we cor
dially and confidently recommend The Atlanta
Constitution.
joke on the death of the postmaster gcneraL But J
what would you have? Is aKewOrlesns Journalist; Bradford
to weep over his beer, then, when an official dies.
Do you Indeed love me so very, very mm h.
AN article in the New York sun devoted to Mr.
‘Bunker Hill monument may fall," he answered
with enthusiasm, “but my love trill always stand/
“Well, then.” she exclaimed,“ "
I >rget tue beans.”
!, kissing him, “don’t
»s»M*i lUrtIBcaltM.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Hon. David Davis experiences some mortifi
cations that men who lack his physical proportions
are not exposed to. When he went to the office of
eanuhip company, after bfs marriage, to pur-
— ‘ toT charleston, the clerk glanced at
him hurriedly aud remarked as he resumed his
A UlllUaalrs’s Hlb!cL«M«ii.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Jay Gould’s conclufeion is that it profiteth a man
nothing to gain the whole World and lose $2,000 or
ti.OuOa week on It.
SPRING REVERIE.
The long, long winter months are done;
1 “jBnn* spring-time sun
„ That smiles so cheerily.
By the soft, soothing wind caressed
XSt 1 ? brow sinks into rest
Thinking beloved of thee.
The blossoms of acacia trees
Like snowflakes floatadown the breeze
And wnlten all the ground.
The hills arc green, everything
fchines bright with the return of $prin«r.
Like some great joy new fouLd.
Bees hum and drone and take their fill
About the flower-grown, rippling rill,
’Mid purple Meurde ly*
Low gurgling. Far. the tranquil herd*.
Andnear.the twittering kiss of birds,
Fills ail my heart with peace.
And aa I sit and think of thee,
" inter and love's lose agony
£<era long, long gouc <*•> nplete:
The ice of all our grdf is p«»f
Thy love and mine shall m«et! '