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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION-. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 22 1885.
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CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Two Honses
Last Week.
The Case of Mr. Keily???A Supreme
Court Decision.
Senate.
Washington, December 15.???In the
cenete Mr. Edmonds, from the com
mittee on judiciary, reported favorably
the bill to relieve General Alexander R. Lawton,
of Georgia, of bii political disabilities. Ho asked
for immediate consideration of the bill. The bill
was read three times and passed.
In reporting the bill Mr. Edmunds said it was
well know n that General Lawton had, last spring,
been appointed to an important position under tho
government, but It having been understood by
.seme that he was laboring under political disabil
ities, General Lawtonl bad then, with high sensi
bility, w ithdrawn himself from the consideration
of the president.
Mr. Edmunds added that while General Lawton
was not of the opinion that political disabilities
attached to him, yet in deference to the differenco
of opinion on the subject, he had now petitioned
the senate to remove the disabilities, if any existed,
and tbe bill bad becu introduced on the receipt of
that petition.
Mr. Edmunds introduced a bill granting a pen
sion to Mrs. Julia D. Grant, aud another bill grant*
ina her franking privileges. Mr. Edmunds said tho
bills were precisely in the form ilopted la slmlhu
cates heretofore.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Butler di
recting the committee on territories to inquire
and report by what authority a so-called legis
lature naa been anthorized in the territory of
Dakota, and whether such organization was
not calculated to bring about a conflict of
authority prejudicial to good order in that
territory.
Senator Vest, in a speech in tho senate today
on the admission of Dakota into the union,
gave utterance to some sentiments which were
considered aa expressions of hia disapprobation
of tho course of the administration in the dis
tribution of patronage. He complimented
Logan for being an ontspoken and decided
party men, and said: ???I am no sentimental
politician. I have never been able to climb to
that esthotic height from which I could not
distinguish a friend from a foe.??? Senator
Cockerell has had tho lion???s share of Missouri
patronage, and Vest is not in the. beet humor
with the administration.
Senator McPherson introduced a hill to sag.
pt-ml the coinage of the silver dollar. A Vale
was adopted prohibiting tho sale of liquors in
the capital. Tho presidential succession bill
wrs passed, with tnc exception of tho clauso
providing for a now election. The bill pen
sioning Mrs. Grant waa passed. Senator Col
quitt introduced a bill providing for the erec
tion of a $200,000 public building at Augusta,
Georgia.
House,
The new rales were discussed at length, and
adopted. It was decided to tako a holiday
recces from the 21st to January 5. A bill was
introduced to pension Mexican veterans who
have reached the ago of sixty, and disabled
Union soldiers wh6 served three months. It
iniTcnrc* the pension of widows and orphans
from $8 to $12 per month.
Mr. Blount has secured for Mr. Gibson, of
Macon, tho position of superintendent .of tho
document room, one of the best places under
Doorkeeper Donclson. It pays two thousand
dollars a year. F. H, B.
Bills for tlio erection ot public buildings at
tho following named places wore introduced
in tho senate. *tho cost not to exceed tho
amounts named: At Norfolk, Va., $250,000; at
Fortress Monroe, $10,000, and for the enlarge
ment of the public building at Petersburg, Va.,
$50,0( 0; at Greenville, S. G\, $50,000.
By Mr. Vnnco, to repeal certain provisions
if the act of March 3d. 1875* relating to tho
Ihaahnit? of arms for tho osa of tho states.
It repeals so much of the army appropriation
bill for the year ended June 1870* as covered
In the treasury that part of the appropriation
made between 1861 aud 1865, under tho act of
18C8, ns would have been used for the purchaso
of arms to le distribuled to the several states
that ware in tho rebellion, and provides that
the secretary of the treasury shall pay to thoso
states respectively, the bolanco duo them
which remained undrawn in consequenco of
such proviso of tho appropriation bill of 1875,
to the end that tho credits lost to the states
of Alabama, Florida, North Carolina and South
Carolina, under tho repealed proviso of said
act of March 3,1875, be restored to said states.
. The discussion of tho proposed revision of
the rules was resumed, and Mr. Herbert, of
Alabama, took the floor with an argument in
favor of the general features of tho revision
but in opposition to the plan of distributing
the work of tho appropriations committee.
That committee ahould remain in charge of
money bills, but all power should bo taken
from it to incorporate them In general legists-
ticn. He cited instances to show evils which
hail resulted from this method of legislation,
declaring that it had prevented the enacting
of a beneficent law, and had created enemies
to the great committcoon appropriations. If
this attack on the committee should prove sue-
cereful, the committee would havo to blamo
the Holman amendment for it. It waa tho
duty of the democratic party to carry out its
professions of reform. Mr. Herbert contended
that this could not be done by a division of the
appropriation bills. On the contrary, tho
mult would be that the expenditures of the
government would be largoly increased.
Mr. Kandall inquired whethor the experience
of the gentleman from New York, os the chair
man of the committee on appropriations in tho
forty-seventh congress, had not taught him that
It waa impossible to report appropriation Dills
within thirty days from the time tho com
mittee was formed. Frequently the estimates
were not in before the expiration of tho thirty
days.
Mr. Hircock admitted that this was true,
but asserted that any of the bills could be re
ported within one week from the receipt of the
estimates.
3!r. Kandall held that Mr. niscock???s record
controverted his argument,
r Mr. Iliscock??????I grant I did not bring in tho
bills early, but I could if I bad desired. I held
back the legislative and sundry civil bills until
away into July, to force this house to voto on
the internal revenue bill and tho little tariff
bill.???
???A little log rolling,??? suggested Mr. Ban-
dall.
Mr. Hlscock??????Yes, I did it. I grant that I
did it. and I say that the record will ahow that
I distinctly declared my intention and purpose
to the country. It was done boldly. I don't
think I should have had the power, but I had
it, and having had it, I exercised it, and I be
lieve in this particular case it was wise legisla
tion." *???
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, thought that tho
real issue had not yet been presented in tho
debate. This was an old straggle that had
gone on through many congresses and was
here again today. Members of the committee
were urging their views, with exaggeration,
which would not be accepted by the house, and
the other committees presenting greivances.
they suffered at the bandii of the committee on
appropriat!ons,whirh would not be justified by
an examination, ne did not believe that tho
remedy for the troubles lay in either of the.
propositions before tbe house. The proper
remedy was to take away from the committee
on appropriations the power to put a single
legislative proposition upon an appropriation
hill, and then give to tner other committees
the right to secure action on important busi
ness reported by them.
KEILY AND HIS WIFE.
Why Austria Refused to Receive the Ameri
can Envoy???Tho Supremo Court.
Washington, December 14.???The president,
in response to the senate resolution adopted
I December 9, transmitted to that body all the
rapers .tnd correspondence on die relating to
the appointment of A. M. Keily as minister
t0 Italy, and his subsequent appointment as
ft mister to Austria. Tho correspondence bo-
fins with a letter to Secretary Bayard from
Baron Fava, tho Italian minister resident,
dated April 13,1885, in which he calls nttou
ticn to an editorial in tho New York Herald
in reference to tho alleged utterances of
Keily, appointed minister to Italy, in regard
to that government, and says, if the newspaper
statement is truo, it is a most urgent and dis
agreeable one.
Mr. Bayard replied to Baron Fava that this
government could not make newspaper edito
rials in reference to alleged utterances, made
unofficially fourteen years ago, tho basis of dis
cussion iu this connection, and he hoped that
31 r. Keily might be found acceptable to tho
Italian government. A letter from Koily to
the secretary of state follows, saying ho is ab
solutely at the dispoaol of tho president, who
must permit no fear of mortifying him
or harming his interests to stand in tho way
of a conclusion agreeable to the administration
Baron Fava forwards, on April 20,a copy of a
telegram from tho Italian foreign miuister, ob
jecting to Mr. Keily on tho ground of hU ut
terances heretofore allndcd to. Mr. Kelly???s
letter of resignation of the Italian mission fol
lows, and the next Is Bayard's notification to
the Italian minister that Kelley had resigned
by reason of the objections of the Italian gov
ernment to him.
On May 4, Secretary Bayard informed Baron
Schaeffer. Austrian minister at Washington,
that the president had appointed 3(r. Kelly to
succeed Mr. Francis as minister at Vienna. In
the voluminous correspondence which follows,
it appears that tho Austrian foreign minister
telegraphed his objections to Keily, stating in
to many words that they were
based upon tho alleged fact that
Kelly???s wifo was a Jewess. A vigor
ous reply from Secretary Bayard was
sent to tho effect that this coun
try did not recognize religions belief as a
test of fitness for public ofllce. and Austria was
requested to reconsider its objections. Subse
quently the first ground of objection was Ig
nored, and it was stated that Austria objected
because of Kelly's rejection by Italy. 3(r.
Bayard replied that this government could uot
accept as valid either of tho grounds of objec
tion to Keily, that it adhered to its position,
and put the responsibility for the existing situ
ation unon Austria.
On May 0th Baron Schaeffer handed to 3Ir.
Bayard the following translation of tho tele-
S am from Count Kalnoky to himself, dated
sy 8th:
???We regret the nomination of Kelly as minister
plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to the
imperial court, and Ills sudden departure from
America, as here, too. like in Home, prevails scru
ples against this choke. Please invite the most
friendly attention of the American government to
the generally existing diplomatic practicoto ask,
previously to any nomination of a foreign minister,
thccomentot the government to which he is ac
credited. You are, therefore, requestly to earnestlj
entreat them that the newly nominated minister
may not rcarh Vienna beforo our confidential
consent to his nomination has taken place.
1 he position of a foreign envoy wedded to a Jewess
1 y a civil marriage would bo uutcnablo and oven
impossible in Vienna.???
Set rotary Bayard writes to Mr. Kelly, nnder
date of September 15th, acknowledging the
receipt of his letter of resignation, as minister
to Austria, and aaying that tho reasons he as
signs for such action are ???consonant with your
own dignity and personal character, as an
upright citizen and honest public servant.???
lie adds that the president and his cabiuotxre
ci mplctely satisfied with his (Keily???a) attitudo
anil action throughout.
Tlds remarkable episode in our diplomatic his
tory, and all deeply regret that the country has
been prevented, by tho unprecedented and intole
rable action of the Auxtrla-Hunnarian govern
ment, fiom having tho advantage of your personal
preH-nco at Vienna. * * ??? ??? I
will not believo Unit tho people of tho
United Slates will ever consent to tho creation
or the enforcement of such tests as have been In
sisted upon by the government of Austrta-Hun-
ga'iy. ??? ??? ??? Such action must naturally awaken
widespread amazement, coupled with indignation
and resentment, w hen tho history of thectno Is
made public, nor do 1 believe that theso sentiments
will be confincn to our own country, but that wher
ever religious liberty is valued and respected, a
common Judgment and will be lormed. Whilst
the Immediate cause for your voluntary act of sev
erance is to-be regretted, I congratulate vow that
your name is honorably associated with tno main
tenance and vindication of principles which coo-
stitutc tho very soulof jpereouol liberty, and which
He at tho foundation or our government. Te bo
allied with cuch principles Is honor at all times,
with success as a certain finality.???
A Great Banner.
From tho St. Louis Republican.
The pedestrian feats of the present day are
cast Into the shndo by tho recorded exploits of
Ernest Mcnscn, a Norwegian sailor In tho English
navy, early in the Ip resent century. Men ten first
attracted attention by running Horn London to
Bortnnouth in nine hours, and soon after ho ran
from London to Liverpool In thirty-two b
Having distinguished himself at the battlo of
arino in 1827, he left tho navy and becamo a profes
sional runner. After winning a number of matches
he undertook the feat of running from Baris to
Moscow.
Starting from the Place Vendome at 4 o???clock In
the afternoon of Juno 11, 1831, ho entered tho
Kremlin at 10 o'clock a. m., on June 25, having ac
complished tho distance of 1,760 miles in thirteen
days and eighteen hotirs. Tho employment of
Mensen as a courier-extraordinary, bccamo a pop
ular amusement in European courts, lit ran from
country to country, bearing messages of congratu-
ation, condolence or dispatches, and always beat
mounted couriers when matched against them.
He never walked, but invariably ran, his refresh
ment being biscuit and raspberry syrup. He took
two short rests only ir* the twenty-four hours.
These rests ho took standing, and leaning against
tome rapport; at such times ho covered his face
with a handkerchief and slept. In 1836, while In
the employ of the East India company, Mensen
was charged with the conveying of dispatches from
Calcutta to Constantinople, through Central Asia.
The distance Is 5,615 miles, which the messenger
accomplished in fifty-nine days; or in ono-thlrd of
he time token by the swiftest caravan. At last
outside tbe village of Hvang he was seen ro nop
ami rest, leaning against a palm tree, bts face
covered with a handkerchief. He rested.so long
that romo person* tried to wake him. but they
tiled in vein, for ho waa dead. He was buried at
the foot of ihe tree, and it was years before bis
frit nds in Europe knew what fate had befallen
him. t
WIIAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
How Vanderbilt Could Have Brought Wliole-
rale Bain Upon the Country.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
3Iany years ago there appeared in Harper's
Monthly a fantastic story concerning some Now
Yorker who. by tbe aid of a certain Gentleman In
Pluck, found ldmrelf suddenly possessed of several
hundred million* of dollars. Having for somo
time enjoyed all the luxuries and pleasures that
riches can buy. he had begun to weary of them,
when tho Tempter prompted him to seek amuse
ment ??? by testing the power of
his wealth. Thereupon he made
vast experiment* to discover tha foil capacity of
money for distinction. He resolved to make New
York city a howling wilderne*. With his capital.
be??battered all tho wonderfully complex industrial
and commercial cities of the metropolis; ho rained
all tbe banks and all the markets; he provoked a
famine and a riot; he started an Immensa conflagra
tion; and finally hired men to rendex the place to
tally uninhabitable, poisoning the rpenroin and
provoking an epidemic.
Fliips rotted at tbe wharves; grass grew upon the
railroad track; troops of wolfish dogs only ranged
the dead streets. Then, having discovered how
mighty the power of millions, the author of this co
lonial mischief, terrified at bis own work, ended
bis existence by flinging himself into the harbor.
Written before tbe real era of monstrous fortunes,
tho story dealt nevertheless with startling possi
bilities. The power of the money osrncd by tho
late William n. Vanderbilt might have jwcom*
plbhcd, in wicked bands, ail tha destruction Im
agined by the romancer. Ordinary figures and the
illustration* fall to convey a just conception of
what 1200,000,000 mean* to any mind unfamiliar
w ith large financial problem* and operation*.
Weekly Bank Statement.
New Yoke, December 19.???'Tha weekly
statement of the amnriated banks shows the follow
ing changes;
UmU.mwt.
BMBte= c===
SS8SS??s=r=r. jjSS
B n*hu!iaa^feoUtn><i??mi??"aw>???a?L
23 per cent rule.
SCOTT???S SUCCESS.
Georgia Tanner* Awarded On* Thousand Tour Hun
dred Dollars in Gold and Fifteen Tons Oo*-
igptum aa Premium* on Their Crops
of Cotton and Corn for Yoar 1833.
The number of farmers that were congregated
afccut tho deportment of agriculture yesterday
would justify ihe dsy being called ???Farmcre???day.???
Daring the morning seventy-five or a hundred
practical farmers were there for the purpose of
witnessing ihe awarding of premiums offered by
G. W. Scott To. for the largest quantity of cotton
and corn grown on s specified number of Acres.
There were about filly contestants for tho valua
ble premium* oE'ercd, and the contestants and
their friends exhibited much interest
in every detail connected with
contest. Before anything wo* done tho contestants
rejected the following gentlemen to act with the
commlreloner* on the committee on awards: L. F.
Mvingrton, R. J. Redding, Dr. K,
Devine and C. T. Zachrey. Captain
Redding who had opened tho returns
properly certified to, and tabulated them, then pro
duced his repot t and read the same to the audience.
The results were ascertained to bo so wonderful
that much surprise was expressed when tho figures
were given.
When Captain Redding had finished Major W. D.
Davis, of Monroe, proposed ???a thousand cheers for
G. IV. Scott.??? He then walked up and was paid
1100 in gold, the third premium offered for cotton
and was given an order for a half ton of gossypium,
the sixth premium offered for the best yield from
five seres of corn.
When it was announced that George W. MeWH-
liams had carried off the premium for the largest
yield of com from five acres, the gentleman walked
up to Captain Redding???s desk, and with hi* face
wrapt In smilcsjudd Jubilantly: ???I???ve got the
at home, and now I???ve got. tho money.??? Ho
presented with his premium of 1150 in gold by Mr.
Redding, aud heartily congratulated by his friend*.
Before it was announced who had won the indi
vidual premium, offered for the largest yield of
cotton, tbe contestant* for tho premium entered
into an agreement that the winner was to give each
of the contestant* in his claua bushel of seed. Mr.
G. W. Truitt, of Trou] ???
contestant, will have -----???
Yesterday afternoon. Captain Redding was hard
at work putting on the mouoy premiums, all of
them in gold, to. be pakl when
called for by the successful contestants. Tho pre-
miumKwcre put up In small bags, carefully labeled.
Letters were written by Captain Redding and for
warded to the winner* of the premiums informing
them of their success, and Captain TrutU was
w ritten to and notified of what would bo expected
of him aa tho winner of tho capital prize offered for
cotton. . . ??? _
Of the contest, CommUsloncr Henderson says:
???Everything parsed off smoothly, aud all of the
contestants were satisfied. All that our committoo
had to do was to annotmeo the awards upon state
ments made by tiie farmers, certified to by reliable
perrons und sworn to before a Justice of the peace.
Ihe returns gave us most astonishing result*; and
seme of tbo contestants were as much
astonished a* tlie committee. The
spirit of the frcndly rivalry bqlng
encouraged by Colonel Scott, I think will bo pro
ductive of much good. Everywhere the contest
ants are becoming more numerous, and farmiug in
In a better and more systematic form 1* ou tho in
crease. Colonel Scott is doing much to advanco
the farming interests of the state, and I am glad to
Colonel Redding, chief clerk of tho department,
rays; ???Colonel ftcott* premium* are making gold
mines out of tbe red clay hill* ol
Georgia. These contests are producing a wonderful
amount of good. Just think of it; nearly fifteen
bundled dollar* paid out in premiums by ouo man
in one day. Tbe result*, however, show what
good premiums will do. Tho returns given In somo
of the reports are simply remarkable, and will,
when they are read, astonish a great many ttcople.
1 was glad to see tbe satisfaction with which tho
coutcst passed off, and to hear remarks like this
from the contestant*, ???Look out for me noxl year,
for I am coming at you again.???
now rax rxizm camk to be orrxBKn.
To encourage a friendly rivalry among tholr cus
tomers, and to determino tho quantity of Uossyr
lum, modo of application and cultiro that woul
pay the farmer best, Messrs. George W. Scott ACp.,
or this city, manufacturers of
GossYntM nioarao, tub cotton and conn r*a-
man,
have for the past two years ofibred premiums for
the largest yield of clean lint cotton or bushels of
shelled com made on one acre, on which Gouyp-
lutn only waa med. About ICO farmers entored tha
contest (luring tho two yean who made on an av
erage 752 pound* of clean lint cotton to the acre, the
largest yield being 1,545 and the smallest 422 pounds
of clean lint cotton. Tho average yield of com
per acre was eighty-one bushels; the largest yield
being 116)4 bushels, and the smallest 48)4 bushel*.
Thcso facts having been established as to a singlo
acre, they, in order to encourage their patrons to
gradually bring up their farms to a foil standard of
production, oficicd premiums this year on fivt-acre
patches In Georgia.
The contest for these premiums came off yester
day. All application* for premlumswero required
to be certified to by at least three disinterested and
prominent citizen* of tho county in which the
applicant resided. It was required that a JDrrcB or
tub rEACB certify that the committco men were
reliable citizen* of their county and woll qualified
to make an accurato report on a crop of cotton or
corn in order that no doubt would bo left on the
minds of the other contestant* aa to the
fahuosa of tho application. These reports
were required to bo sent to tho lion
J. T. Henderson, commissioner of agriculture, At
lanta. Ga. The honorable commissioner, together
with ihe committee selected by the contestants,
met yesterday and opened all the applications, for
tbe purpose of deciding who were entitled to the
premium*. Messrs. Scott A Co. had nothing what
ever todo with the selection of the committee,r~???
in any way deciding the result or awarding t
premiums.
Following is (he result of the contest as reported
by the committee, showing that tbe twenty-four
contestant* who were awarded premiums, mode on
the 120 acres planted by them 111,011 pouuds of
???*??? ??? in. or an average of 025 pound* to
Tho largest yield waa 1,570
founds to the acre, and the smallest 507 pounds.
State or Georgia, Dbpartmbnt oKAobicultubb,
Atlanta, Ga., December 10,1885.???Messrs. Geo. W.
Bcott A Co., Atlanta, Ga. -Gentlemen: The commit
tee appointed by the several contestants for tho pre
miums offered by you for the greatest yield on five
(5; acres of land fertilized with yourGonsyplum phoa-
pho. only planted In com and cotton, respectively
beg leave to submit tho following report of their
diction, with accompanying papers: In making
this report it is proper to say that Ihe papers were
prepared with uuuMiai care and boro evidence of
raitnem and correctness on their face. Wo think
the rcMilt* arc very gratifying and reflect credit
Hot only on the skill of the farmers, but also o
the character and merits of your fertilizer.
Very respectfully,
[Signed./ J. T. HENDERSON,
L. F. LlVlKOSTON,
CM as. v. Zacry,
K. C. Divine,
It. J. IUodino,
Committee.
contest for club premiums.
Pounds of Lint
Coweta County Club No. 1.
T. A. Brown
J. T. Luckle
W. T. cirwdrr.???. HW .m WM
J. II. Winder. 4,002
J. R. Hubbard...... 4,102
..??jm
Cotton on 6 Acre*.
3,165
4,152
4,916
Daniel U. Ponder...
T. C. Kelly.........
H. II. Kelly
Total
Coweta County Club Na 2.
T. W. McDonald
Him L. Whatley
7,857
2,605
4,112
2,128
2,656
...... iijvt
3,471
2,738
lh W. McCollum. 2(116
A. W. N. Wilson 2>??
* - ??? 2,268
Coweta County club No. 1 wai
cd the club premium of 1350 In
Individual contest for the 24 y
J. R. McCollum.
for tbe 21 premium* on cotton.
TO. W. Truitt
2D. II. Ponder-
3;o. M. Davis A Hon.
4 B. W. Terry
5 0. J. Sims
MMtf<ced.
MMi Crowder.
BD. W. Perdue
i?? j. y. wyttt
TO.Fletcher Hudgins.
11'J. T. Luckle
12 J. LClay -.
13 II. II. Kelly
14 Ij. R. Hubbard
15 Q. M. Redman
If. J. II. Wldner
17 8. Montgomery....I
is J. F. Baker
19 J. T. Williams
20.T.W. McDonald-..
2i j. m.
Troup.- 17>os <
Henry
Monroe
Campbell-.
ftfc
Coweta
like
???a*per
teKalb
Coweta
Paulding...
Henry
??? ow*-ta
Floyd 14096
Taylor-
??? p.~ ???
??? ??03
Jcoweia 3171
Walton.. 3218
9250???gold
LW-g.rfd
100???gold
50???sold
ltonG???ayp.
Name of Contestant.
A. W. N. Wilson
W. F. Head -
W.W. Allen
8. H. Anderson
Sim L. Whatley
T.C. Kelly
George W. Loyd
Lewis Callaway
K. C. Tay lor and W. Jackson,..
W. A. Martin
J. Livingston Loyd
James M. Taylor.
Dane N. Nash -
W. P. Lankford
Merlweatlier.
Jackson
Jasper
Rockdale
Coweta
Henry
Coweta
Macon
Coweta
Spalding..
DcKalb.....
PeKalh
DcKalb-...
Pike
CORN CONTEST.
Name of
Contestant.
County.
Bush???s
.'> aeres
Geo. W. McWilliams.-...
\\. L. bowery- -
Jaa- It. Cobb.....
J. L. Clay.........*.
U. E. Williamson.
0. M. Davis
Henry
Floyd.
DcKalb....
Paulding..
Spalding..
Monroe....
493-20
453-16
440-0."*
378-66
308-31
331-68
255-25
ftW-goid
850 ???
1 ton Go*
syplum
54 ton
Uossp???m
54 t??a
Giwsp???m
Uton
(KtMp???m
'4 ton
'Joosp???m
*???4 ton
A. L. retts -
DcKalb....
208-23
178-28
* i
were awarded premiums on com made on the 4}
acres planted by them 3,130 bushels dean shelled
roro, or an average of 70 bushels to the aero. The
largest yield was99 bushels and the smallost 35>4
biuucls per acre.
mils as four bales to the acre, la very small and
gives the gotii-ypium first rank aa an economical
iii-i unto iiTii iix ui-u. in uur ujm
cr fertilizer ever offered for *alo.
A TYPICAL CARPET-BAOQER.
If there was ever a man who waa all dazzle and
dash, with a bewildering affluence of glare, that
mon was Captain Blltzcr. When tho gallaut cap
tain loio down upon Atlanta in tho earlier recon
struction days, everybody stood aside to give him
elbow room.
Blltzcr suddenly bobbed up at iny dcskono morn-
Ingand Introduced himself as a retired army effleer
from Pennsylvania who had decided to scttlo hero,
invest bis capital, and grow up with the plaoo.
Here are a.few testimonials,??? he said with a
grand air.
I glanced at the documents. They weighed about
five pounds. Blltzcr spread them out on my desk,
ar.d I raw letters from clergymen, teachers,editors,
governors, congressmen, generals, capitalists and
the Lord knows who. It was the most astonishing
array of recommendations and letters of Introduc
tion that any ono man was^ ever burdened with.
Then I took a look at tho captain. IIo was a small
man of stylish bearing, faultlessly dressed, and tho
indescribable glitter in his black eyes, and the
sparkle of his diamonds Impressed mo. Every
thing shout the manshonc with a lustre. His waxed
mustache and his polished boots tnado my eyes
blink with a wcsrtal feeling, and several medals
???nd badges on his breast gave my little sanctum the
appearance of being involved in a general confla
gration.
ItUnccdlcH to l??r that Bllticr luccccilcUTi
getting a good local notice from my pen. He wo
equally fortunate at tho other newspaper offloe*,
and commenced his career here under apparently
tbe moat ferorabl* auspice*. A week or two late
I met foe captain, and casually asked him if be
had engaged In any enterprise.
???Oh, yes,??? said tbo shining Midget, ???Ha[t ha!
Got a good thingon foot already.???
I ventured to ask tho nature of It
???Well, It Is this.??? said tho captain, ???1 hare cir
culated croong the colored.citizens,laud I have or-
gsnized about a thourand of them into [tho t ???Uoly
Brotherhood of tbe Republic.???
???Beg your pardon,??? I said In my mystification,
but 1 can't see what that has to do with business,
and investing your capital and all that???
???You don???t,??? replied Blltzcr, with a cheery
laugh. ???Why, here???s tho point There aro mil
lions of acres of good public lands In tbo south. I
sm going to petition congress to partition out
there lands among.foe members ofifoe ???Holy
Brotherhood.???
???iWell, what good will that dOT???
Blltzcr looked disgusted. He bad no patience
with my obtusenoss.
I will tell you this much,??? he said,*; ???tho mem
bers pay mo two dollars a head for initiation, and
then 1 shall levy assessments on them when the
proper occasions arise.???
But, sir?????? *
It???s all right,??? continued Blitxer: rapidly. ???I
have almost unlimited Influence at Washington.
You saw my testimonials, you know. And even if
I fall to secure anything for tho ???brotherhood,??? tho
money paid into my bands will be applied to carry
ing out this grand object."
Without reply 1 walked off. Tho mask had fallen.
My enterprising Immigrant, my capUalUt, my de
veloper, waa only a common carpetbagger after all,
and a carpetbagger of foe vilest, meanest grade.
Home months later my attention was called ono
night to an infernal hullabaloo on foe street. I
looked out and saw, it seemed (o me, tho entire
population of Congo parading through tho town
with hand* of music, torches, transparencies and
banners bearing the device, ???Holy Brotherhood of
the Republic." Prominent all along the line, now
heading tho procession, now straightening tbo
ranks, and again charging Iho rear to drlvo tho
lagging members into place, waa a dash
ing rider wearing a plumed hat and med
als, decoration* and rosettes without number. Ho
wore a crimson sash and flourished a bright sword.
It needed but a glance to see that it waa Blltzcr,
the grand master of tbe ???Holy Brotherhood!??? A
few Inquiries rewarded me with tho information
that Blltzcr had found it necessary to allay aomo
growing dissatisfaction In his society by getting up
a grand torchlight procession. This Involved
levy of a dollar a head, but it was cbccrfolly paid,
and tbe grand master regained his popularity, fill
ing hi* pockets at tbo sarao time.
How much Blltzcr; made out of the ???brother
hood??? 1 never heard, but it was several thousand
dollars. When things began to waver be resigned
and got out of the society with flying colors. It
went to pieces after that, and the majority of the
members firmly believed (hat they fatted because
their old lca4erhad found Jt necessary to leave
them.
About a year after meeting this "pedicular fraud
an old negro preacher came to me one day, and
laj log down a printed card, said:
???Boas, isdisany good????
The card contained a table of mortality. It was
such sn affair as is used by many life insurance
agents.
'No good In the word,??? I replied, ???whyT???
Den I frows up da* job,??? said tha old darkey.
Dat Capon Blltzcr, he done got me an??? a docen
udder niggaha fellin??? dese keards tor deblock
folks otter dollar apiece, an??? w?? gits ten percent,
for Belli???dem.???
It???s a swindle,??? I said, ???and you???ll get lnto*Jail,
tbe first thing you knbw.???
'Tanky, Marre Boos,??? said the victim of mis
placed confidence, ???Ise done done wlddobasl-
There were so many other rascally carpet-bag
gers, just si this time, stealing land by tha square
mile, stealing railroads, stealing public
ofllce*, and whirling every material Utingjof value
out of sight In a perfect cyclone of spoHaUon, that
Blltzcr did not come in for his foil share of ex-
peture and denunciation. But his tfma earnest
last. He entered politics and bccams.'a candidate
for office. Then the perns ventilated him. He was
mowed under by such Alpine avalanches of snowy
ballot* that wc lost sight of him altogether.
Not long ego I spent a few days In a quiet north-
era village, where the people retained tbo aggrom-
Ive freshness of their Puritan grandfathers. They
were all good people, Inhumanly moral, and stern
ly dcteimlncd to enjoy their own rights, at tha
fame time preventing everybody else from doing
the same. As I wore a slouch hat, and a long-
tailed coat, and received a daily mall from tho
south, there people looked upon mo as a monster.
The novelty of the thing pleased me, and I aired
my opinions freely.
???Wc may be mistaken,??? raid tho oldest Jnhabb
tent to mo one day, ???but our pastor knows tho
zouth as* well as you do. IIo bad hi* property de
stroyed by a mob because ho was a (republican,
and he narrowly escaped with his llfo. The recital
of his wrongs has produced a lasting. Impression
upon onr people. You should hear, him preach,
and by tho way, there he is now, the short man
across tho street going Into the postofflee.???
I looked. I rubbed my eyes. There could bo no
mistake. In that sleek parson with the rotnnd
paunch, with the glittering eyes,the white choker,
the shining boots and tho rubdued general shim
mer lightening up the clerical garb. I recognised
the man. It was my carpetbagger, Blltzcrl
LIKE DISTANT THUNDER.
Tbe Roar of a Sea of Flame Sweeping Over a
Texas Prairie.
Frcm the Cleveland Leader and Herald.
A prairie on fire is a sight seldom seen by
people at the present time. Mr. O. I'. Gard
ner, of the county auditor???s office, tells of a
thrilling experience he had not long ago while
hunting on the plains of Texas.
???We left the railroad and journeyed Into the
interior of the great state on norseback,???
said 3Ir. Gardner, ???with tho tall waving gnus
on every side as far aa tlio eye could reach.
We saw evidence of small fires from time to
time, bnt we bad made ntt onr minds that
we would see none of fho fiery element Itself,
One Sunday wo stopped for a day at a point
about 500 miles from any railroad. We pro
ceeded to make ourselves comfortable for tho
day, for wo were very tired, and wo intended
to tako a good rest. After breakfast wo
stretched oureolves out on onr blankets, with
tbe ponies tied a short distance away, and
were taking it as easy as we could.
???All at ono we heard a terrible noise like dis
tant thnnder, and jumping up we saw a night
wo shall never forget. The pralrio was on nro.
For miles and miles, as fur as we could see, tho
flamei shot up in the air with a deafening roar.
The wind was blowing fresh and tho flro was
coming toward us with the swiftness of a rail
road train. Looking in the opposite direction
from the fire there was nothing to bo soon but
grass, grass, grass. There waa no way of es
cape. The roar of tho flro became louder and
louder eveiw minute. Birds wont screaming
by, terrified by tho eight and sound, and almost
every kind of game a person could think of
went pell-mell past us, screaming, hooting,
barking and scrcechlog. caring for nothing hut
to get out of the way or the fire, which was
chasing them at a rapid rate, although it waa
vet many miles away. Our old guide, who
had been around tho prairies all his life, was
frightened, much to my mirprlso. He cast his
eye upon tho fire and then away upon tho
waving sea of mas beyond, and Mid wo must
mount our nonles quickly and rideaway before
the flro as fast as we could. There was a trail
abont ten mllea away, ho said, and. when wo
reached that wo would bo all right. Wo
monnlcd onr ponies, but I knew try 11 'enough
wo could not go flvo miles beforo tho flro would
catch us.
???Tho raring Increased and It begun to get
rural. Hilda and nnimnls rnihod bjr us moro
frantic tb.n ever. An Idea .truck mo. Jump
ing from my pony I rushed out into tho tall
gnu rev oral hundred feet and start od a Are.
It went with a whirl and In a minnto or two a
sp.ee of three or fonrbundred non. bad boon
burned. We worked with a will and won bad
our ponlca and effects In tho middle of the haro
???pot. It wss none too won, for looking in tho
direction of the An I saw it part at tno point
when wo had flood a few minute, before, and
then It went by us with ??tsrtiAo roar. It waa
terribly smoky and hot, but wo were not
burned to death, as we would havo boon If wo
hid followed tho old guide. 1 * ???
An Ancient Wedding Balt,
From th. Ferry, Oil, Journal.
Mrs. George M. Daniel, of Uoaston county,
bus suit of clothes in her possession that la
103 yean old. They won Mrs. Daniel*, grand
father's (Mr. Crow) wedding suit. Mr. Crow
cut out und made tho suit with his own bauds.
The suit la msde of Aax and buttons oro cut
from a gourd and covered with doth. Tho
panl. an of the old dap-knee brooohea stylo,
and tho rat la an old fasbtonod noqae. Thla
la an old rello Indeed???tho oldest of tho kind
probably In the country. Mn. Daniel also
has a pair of Aaa stocklu,s that won made at
the tame time. This constituted Mr. Crow*,
suit 103 yean ago.
Breath. HoR and Low.
Brestlie sot tend low, O whispering wind,
A novo the landed trasses deep.
When inure who loreil mo Ion, age
Forgot Ihe world and Ml ailwp.
Ko towering shaft, or sculptured urn,
Or mausoleum's empty pride,
1 Tbt'lr VSrtuSl^f'tGTtaelher died.
I count tho old familiar names.
O'ergrown with mom and lichen my,
Where tangled briar and creeping vino
Across the cnimbllug tablet* stray.
The rammer sky I* softly blue; A
The birds still sing the sweet, old strain,
But lomethlng from the summer Um??
Is gone, that will not come again.
Ho many voices have been hushed???
Ho many songs have hushed for aye-
go many band* 1 used to touch
. Are folded over hearts of day.
The noisy world recede* from me;
I cease to hear Its praise or blame;
The moony marble* echo back
No hollow sound of empty fame.
list calm and still
icyond lifo'H woe and wall,
???ct of sailing clouds,
shadow of tbo vale;
I oniy reel mat, tired and worn,
I bait upon tht highway bare, ^
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