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£ VOli. XVIIL ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAT MORNING. MARCH 0 1880. PRICE FIVE CENTa,- The Demon Plaque. AStorriuTvro Farts. lty Frank E. Stockton. [Copyrigkted, 1888, by S. 8. McClure. All rights FAST II. Wleu I reached tho decrcpid littlo house In. hnbitcl by Mr. Hilly Ha-tell, I found the old sun In ii'< curden digging early potatoes and carelkill.r aaurchlng tbo ground he tamed up for every tubercle, no matter how diminutive Its tire. I dismounted and went up to him, and, aa hi icily as possible, told him what I had heard and why I had <ome, and asked him What l.c had to fay about it. old Hilly raised himself up, nnd after having oared \ fewmoments at a littlo potato no bigger than a pea, he drooped it regretfully and thea said: I I IK AS BII.LY'H STclllV.’ "Yon're not tho same gentleman as was hole More about this V’’ T •' "No,” said I, “ho couldn't cerao today and •tked me te do to. Hot Its all the same." ' " WclLI wish he’d a come,” said the old rash querulously. Ho told mo I was all right, and if Saire.v (iromo didn't give me half her last years crepl eonld sue for it an’git it” [• "That w»a because he hadn't heard all the Story,” J said. , 'iIc ns3adirreutklndofamau,”sald Ur. Haskell, with a clond upon hia brow. ‘‘He didn’t go round listenin’ to old women’s tales about things they don’t'understand, sich at tiiongh: your neighbor didn't under- stand the care of horses,” add I, "and if yon UtjS" said tho old tuan, impatiently. "I rrap, *ml the short "Well.” Midi, "if you porsist In your pres ent uaiuo of mind and will not consent to take fair wages for the work yon havo douo. U la girobablu that you will get nothing, for I see ■ 'tir that yon have no eose with which to "I don't want to go to law,” aald Mr. Has kell, "an' to come down hard on an old wo man. IfSalrey Gromc 'll give me half her erapl wea't ask her to pay for the boss, an' well be friends again, jostaa wo was.” "Nonsense," aald I, "of conrso sho won't do tbat. If you obstinately persist in claiming what you know, aasrellaol do, yon havo no right to claim I shall have nothing more to do with you, and yon can take what you have canted, or let It alone, just as you plaase,” And I turned away to leave lilm. “I never want to see yon again,” said tho old man, hla littlo gray oyes sparkling with anger, "itcomln’ hero to onsettle people’s minds when everythin’was a-goln’on straight, »>>’ It’ll do me good If I ever hear that the Other man’s got her.’’ "Got who?' I exclaimed, stopping in sur prise. "Why that young lady, as yon know well enough,” ho cried spitefully. "You needn't suppose aa I’d think you two lint gentlcmon would consarnyourselves about two old poo: pie, as you didn't know, If you didn’t expect lo make somethin' by it. You’re doin’ it to please tho young woman who had jest ssmnch n’If she'd a mate as she was handsome, lot alone 1 could hare showed her I waa right, an' she’d a talked over old Hairey. The other man is the beat lawyer, an' the boat hearted, aB’knows how to git on a boos hotter, aa’I hope ke may git her." At this I laughed heartily, and rode away. The next day I related to Ur, Carper tho re sult of my interviews, avoiding, however, any mitreuso to tho old man's parting remarks. "And uow," told I, “the two can aettle the matter between them as they please. I shall Have nothing mere to do with it.” “Nor I," with that part of It,” said Curper, who had highly oojoyed my account of tho lataat phase or the affltlr, "though I believe if tasy were to taka It Into court their counsel might manage to string the ease out several links further and make a deucedly good thing of It. Hut, though I havo done with their part of tho sdalr, I havo not done with mine. I t»m on the track of Mita Janet, anil I shall coma up with hor yet." “You don’t mean to any,” I exclaimed, "that you intern) to push inquiries In regard to that young lady’s Identity, in spite of bar express ed desire to remain unknown?” • " v "- 1 5*?’" “Id Carper. “I take an In terest in this girl, and keeping her name back U just a whim, or a frolic. I suppose you will bo surpi Usd to hear that I have written to her, and requested an interview.’’ "Written to her 1” 1 exclaimed. “How did you get a letter to her?” "There was very little difficulty in regard to that, be answered, “and Uiaa Janet will dnd that when she addrmes herself Incognito to a lawyer ho will vety soon know as much about her as about her uulsea.' She ought to ex pect that as a matter of course. Yoa see that, although the letter was written with a type writer, tho address on tho envelope wax writ ten with a pan, and la a lady’s hand. 1 know from IU-letter It waa not Mia Janet’s hind, nod I fancied I hod soen the haod-writiog be fore^ and ysstariey afternoon {searched over a lot of note*, Invitations and things of that kind that I hare here, and it waa not long be fore 1 found who addressed the note. It was Mrs. Morpeth.” I'pet. hearing this name, well known to me. 1 evinced au tncrtmi Interert. ■ -When I had made this discovery,” con tinued Mr. Curper, “I had no hesitation as to my plan of action. I wrote a note to the young lady, addresaing hoi by her non do plane, bat areuming. in a matter of course, that I know all about her. and having brfedy stated that I bad attended to tho case aa bur as possible uDderthc circataatsuees, I sold that It would He neeeieary for me Ui bare aa interview in iiider that X might confer with her in regard to farther action.” .“She will pay no attention to that,” aid I. ''There you are mistaken,” replied Curper. quickly. ■’As I have performed the aer ' desired of mo-” i service she “Mainly through me,” I enterrepted. “And bare arrived at a point where her as- Masco la accessary, It will bt Impossible for her, if she has any courtesy at all, to refine to answer my note. Then, if she does not im mediately disclose hor Identity, her answer Will give mo further clues, and I shall write to her again, nnd yon may depend upon it, I shall ti* conferring with her personally .in a week or ten days.” I happened to know, through Mrs. Gromc, y waa ont of town, but it dll not my principles to give Curoer any upon the subject. ' Yexterdsy evening,” mid Kr. Curper, “I called upon Mrs. Morpeth, who I had heard waa atm I* town, and requested her to forward my letter, {made no explanations, and said nothing at all about tho case, but I told her that It waa necessary that-the lady shoold have the note aa toon as possible. Mrs. Hor- peth looked very much surprised, and asked why I supposed she know anything about tho lady, to which I answered that, aa she had ad dressed that person's note to ms, I, of cOnrao, concluded sho know where sho was. Sho laughed, took the note and mid she would for ward it. I tried, in an easy sort of way, to 'What aro the points,” I asked, “about salt with the young lady in which yon will .. . esse you should succeed In obtaining an inter- view?” •Well.” said Career, "when I wfote tho noto I hadn't thought of anything particular to say about tho caso, but now, since I havo hoard your latest accounts, I shall advlao hor to wash lrcr hands of tho wholo business, and let tho two old curmudgeons settle their quarrel as best they can; and then I shall endeavor to improve the acquaintance, for I find that I tako a decidedly strong interest in Janet Floyd,” It was very lonely In town, add it was good news to hear that Mrs. Morpeth, a widowed lady, well known In eociety, hail not gouo into tho country. I called on her that evening, and sho seemed glad to see me. She did not allude to Mr, Curper's visit, but I saw uo occa sion tor rcticenco in regard to tho qusrrel be tween hits, Grbmo ana Billy Haskell, and I told her the story. I never saw any one enjoy a recital of the kind ns Mrs. Morpeth enjoyed this I had no idea bow comical the irifoir was until I saw how sho laughed at it. "Mr. Curper told me,” I said, “that be had called'on you to ask you to forward a letter to the lady who had employed him in this some what remarkable ease, In which lie hat em ployed me. .Of coarse I lure no possible in terest in this yopng lady— “Of course not,” lutonupted Mrs. Morpeth. little nneaslly, ‘<but by any lawyer who under stood the cue and could state It properly.” "Mr. Carper, for instance,’’ aeld Mrs, Mor peth. "No,” said I quickly, "Curper couldn'tdo it He doesn’t know anything about the' cue ex cept what I told him.” . ■ I'ponthls Mrs, Morpeth bunt Into a laugh; land, shortly afterwards, I left, feeling a good deal Irritated that she should suppose, as her manucr Indicated, that I took any unusual interest in Janet Floyd, which, of course, was perfect noneense. Sho should have known better. — , I Jn a fow days I went to the seashore, whore .1 remained a month or more; returning to thei I city at (ho time when nearly everybody wu earning borne from summer sqjouras. One af ternoon, a few days after my return, rjfound I I bad some inure Umo on my hands, and In stead of going home from the office I con cluded to ride ont to Ormsby park. When I retched the eerond lane beyond the bridge I thought It. would be a good idea to drop in at Mrs. Groms’! and sco if aha had (Old hor de- men plaque; because,If her negotiations withher young lady had fldlen through. I waa very anxious to buy it. All rode up the lanolsaw by the garden gates carriage,which I knew bi lls appearance to l>e a hired one. The driver, who waa sitting on the gnus near by, rose and nodded to me, and I perceived that he wu h man whom I had frequently employed myself. “Now," thought I, "If 1 were Curper; rd stop and ask him who It is he hu brought here.” But I passed bn, and, having tied my hone to Grome.' glaucod tained no occupant hut ourselves. “Well,” said I, “how do you get on with your dispute with Mr. Haskell?” I aid not really care very much how they got on, but thought it not wlso to imme diately proclaim that the demon plaqno wu tho purpoao of my visit. “Oh, we’ve settled all that,” eabl sho. "Mo on’ Hilly aro goin’ to be married. Thero husband, an' wouldn’t lie lwthered with ono. but havin’ to hire tho work done, as 1’vo had to do this Year, would ruin me in no time', an’ to I told Billy, wlio'd talked about this beforo our quarrel, that if he'd buy a real good work Horse 'that tho neighbors would agree Htyoung enough, and call all things square, I’d marry him, an’ he cOnld leave bis old tumble down shanty an live here an' wqrktimfsng: So he agreed, an’ wo're to be, married next month, so as ho can bo here for the fall plowin', fgr tafllH "But how do yon know the is a young Jadv?” ' by Mra "She wu felly described to me . Grome, and Curper also had a description of her ftom the old man. Hut, u I wu abmt to uk, do you Intend to send Curper's letter to her?” “I havo sent It,” add Mrs. Morpeth. 'Yon may think It none of luy- baainen,” said I, "bat u I have been called upon to act In this matter, I cannot help thinking tbit the person who hu taken inch a generous Inter est In these old people, should lie protected from unwarrantable Inquiries—u I consider them—Into her Identity. I have spoken to Mr. Curper on the subject, but my remarks made no Impression on him." "What a queer man Mr. Curper must be,” said Mrs. Morpeth. "Yes,” said I earnestly, "he is a queer mu. I wouldn’t say anything against him, and, in deed, there Isn't anything to say; but that ijucerneas of his, that determination to go ahead without regard to tba opinion of hu friends, and all that sort of thing, " MARUY UU!” I 2XCLAIUEP, thing for me, fur I’ll save the money I wu goln r to pay him for his luf year’s hire, an' I kin keep him to hit work a lot better when he’s here en the spot than when ha wullvln' nFir n mil* «waT.” makes It highly undesirable, in ray opinion, that ho should be encouraged to fores himself upon a rerson who, it la quite evident, la of a retiring no Interest In this lady, at least no more than any man would in a person who la—” ' idioms," suggested Mrs. e rout, and of a modem nature t notice in a case cf this kind.” that shrlnkafrom "And having heard her described,” said Mrs. confer with her in regard t y decide • old people?'’ “Perhaps,’’ said Mrs. Morpeth, “if It is real ly ncceiaaiy to have an interview, or a confer ence abont this matter, It might bo better for you to tee the lady than for Mr. Curper to do state the cue than Mr. Curper, who hu not Hen Mrs. Grome at ill, wbereu I have folly interviewed both putties, why of course I am willing to-rdo what I can.” ’ Very kind, Indeed, of yon,” aald Mis. Mor peth. "Is the lady,” I asked, "likely to naOr- stand the logal aspects of a eaaa like this? or is she too young, and—’' "Handsome,” again suggested Mrs. Mor- |«th. "Handsome hu nothing to do frith ft,” I an. iwered. "I simply want to know whether she is merely a fashionable young lady whs might not be (opposed to understand these thing*, or a studious, thoughtful girl of a higher range of Intellect perhaps than one generally meets with in ordinary society, who would not only give herself np to generous impulses, but would take an intelligent inter est In a legal question when rleirly nnd plain ly presented to her.’’ “By yoa?” suggested Mrs. Morpeth. ‘ No, not necessarily by me," I answered a made a good bargain and congratulated her on the happy tosminatlon of tho dispute with her neighbor; and then . noticing that tho de mon plaque mas) hanging in its place I ask ed her If tho yonng lady had been thereto buy It ‘‘She's here now." said she. "She’s In tho garden picking a bunch or what abo calls old- fashioned flowers, an’ I'm packin’ np this dish fur her to take sway.” And with these words the old woman approached a table on which the demon plague waa standing in tbs midst of moment before yoa said I, glancing u I spoke to- but perceiving no the garden. ”1 am really sorry to think that I shall uot be able to see it again.” The plague looked much better upon tho ran It up,” said I, glancing ard the open back door, bu table retting on the Chinaman's feet and thole of the demon, than It did when hanging aaainrt the wall, and I faced upon it with a plrasara which I tree willing to protract at Ions as possible. “It's a pity yoa oaa'tfbave it, aanee yoa like it so nmrh,”aaM Mrs. Gromr, “an’ if aha hadn't come fur it in a reasonable time, I’d made up my mind to let yoa take It. But ebe did came an’abe give me a good price fur It, ant! that settled It. But I tell you what you kin do,” said the old woman, glancing at me with a twinkle in her aya, aa aha proceeded ta envel ope the plaque in newspapers, "yon kin aattla the matter aa ms an’ Billy did. Yon're a very good looking young man, an’ ahe’a a handsome young woman. Yon marry her an' than both of yon kin have (hia dish.” "Marry her I” I exclaimed. At tbia moment the lack door was darkened, and the young lady who had been gathering old-fashioned tiowera entered the room. I turned, sod per* ccived that I bad been married to her for more tbaa a year! My wife started with surprise. “Whst on earth are yoa doing hare?" aha cried. “And yon,” I exclaimed, “are you—? did you?" "Hat my hualand scan the plaque?” the asked, stepping quickly towards lira. "Your hatband!” exclaimed the aetonlsbed old woman, “of course he baa He wanted to buy II.- It I'd a kaowed—” And bar took of amairment turned to one of redden de jection as abo thought of the bargain abe might have made If abe had known bow mat ters stood. "Now, this ie too bad!” exclaimed my wife. “Hew did yoa happen to com* here? I hare heea for ever eo long trying to get tkle plaque to give you on your birthday, and I was so anxious that you shouldn't use it, or know anything about ft, that I wrote a note to Mr. Curper and naked him to cornsand gatthia good woman out of her trouble, when I ahnntd certainly ham sent yea, If I hadn't wanted yen not to ace the plaque.” the business, as lio had no tlmo.' "What an awfully provoking person he la!” site cried. “1 wrote to him in inch a way that ho couldn't poaribly And ont whs I waa, and so ccnldn’t toll you. Bnt how came you not to ■ay anything about coming here while you were with me at the seashore?” “Because," said I, “I was trying so get the p'nqre that I might give it to you.” " ’’lin. tiromc, “here le the dish all Jon dll,” said Imre up ready to carry away, an’ aa you two are married a’ready, yon can lioth havo It without goln’ to the expense of another wed- At thla we laughed heartily.' »nd took our leuTo. As no stepped together from the little porch, wo met old Billy Haskell, who was coming artmnd the houso With a“rake In his bond. ' ' *— BILL ARP ON THE NEGRO. And Bara the Naero Ha. Dana and :a Dolor a Vas Amount ar tTaafu), Frofrraalva Work at tba " eo yob cot min, did vor?” "Hlllo,” (aid bo, with a look ofaonr sur- price on his face, "so yon got her did you?” "Yes,” I replied laughing, "X got her." > "Well,” aald Mr. Haskell,bis venerablobrow ilwdewcd with disapprobation. “I’d a big sight liefer the other man had got her. I’d a had the money for half Inst year's crap in s pocket now. if you'd a kept out of this bus new.." Ami, so ,Hying, lie went hit way. "What dbet Ajl'tnia mean*” asked toy wil ns I handed her Into the carriage, and place tbe plaque carefully in her lap. “I’ll ride back,” aald I, “close to your able mol tell you all about it.” Tho ‘ of my AHHtok— Among tlicso waa Mr. Curper, to whom my wife end I had decided Miss Jnnot Floyd should not Rake herself known. "Where in^ic world did you get this thine?" -idd be, rf\ud tug tlio plnquo with much !u* tWf .l /'Poy’'* Hke a lawyer taring to inHn- cnc£ a frjhaXiit dlcut. If that duetto gi*oe „,v.will be bod for tbe barrister.” ■ Weiring no notice of bis uuprofcssiohal 5 Dinrk, 1 told him that tho plnquo bad been f iroeurcd from the old woman whom I had vis. ted at his request. “It’s too bad!” he oxrialmod. “I got no I at all ont of that aflklr. The young lady laan't answered my note, and I don't suppose robsdray troubles for my fellow,- havo come ho ev er will. I have h pey. But you, you leeky . out of (hie business with this tip-top bit of brie a-brec.” “Mr. Curper,” laid my wife, “do you sup pose that my husbeud should see there people, and And out everything about the care, and do everything that could be dene, and get no reward?” “Oh, well,” aald Carper, “If I bed made the acquaintance of Miss Just, he might have that plaque, and bo welcome to it, aa forael am concerned; bnt you roe I got nothing.” “1 really sympathise with you in regard to Miaa Janet," compassionately remarked my wife. "What surprises me, my dear,” aald I, when urper bad gone, “la vonr want of tee" to pnt it—In connection with myself s young lady correspondent or Carper's. You muat hare supposed that I was taking 1 a good deal of interest in an unknown young wo man.” “tVny should I have had nay feeliag about It?” (he answered, “I wu the young wo- mini.'’ • "Rut when yon heard about this, yon couldn’t have Imagined that 1 knew you were „ the vonng lady," sho said, flipping Ja Ilttln dnit from the up turned thee of tbo Chinaman, "and how conlit I object to yonr taking an Interest In mo?” "But yon know.” I lusUted, "that I didn’t know you were Janet Floyd.” "Hut what difference does that make,” said she, "when I was Janet Floyd." “I most admit,’’ said I, shaking my htad, "that I don’t understand yoii.” My (riend, the reader, do you understand her? INDIONANT MORMON WOMEN Who do not Uk* to lie Asked too Maoyfjues- tlons. Salt Hake City, March A Urge meet ing ofMormon women wu held in the theater yesterday. Many speeches were made end a protest adopted. The speakers uphold tho right of women to go Into polygamy, and aald Hurt the thousands of disreputable women In the cut would be glad to bo nude wives, nth u tbe speakers ware. They maintained that the government had no right to uy that woman should not marry, and it might u well Uko tho opposite coarse, compel virgins from the cloister to nurry. Such social preferences should ho respected, and tbo government had no right to Inter fere. Tbe protest declares womanhood had keen outraged in the courts by qatt- lions about expected maternity, tbe fathers of children, etc. Tbe suffrage wu declared tots tbe verted righto of women here, end should not be attacked. An em phatic denial wu made that they voted other- wlte than according to their free will. The “noble women” who had refused to answer the^joestione propounded Ijy tbe courts were and the action ol >7 these if Judge inaon.Tn Zone and denmed. Tbe wives and mothers of the Uni ted Stales were called upon to corns to the assistance of the women of Utah in their res- • A committee was appointed to msmorelize the president. One enthusiastic speaker wu de sirous tl knowing “whether ““ federal officers and courts would persist in their present course after readlag our protest.” Another speaker said the beld the "honle of petty officiate” In contempt. In four days more the legislature must ad journ, and no progress hu yat keen made to- uaidaulwUaung the laars of Utah with the national statutes. All the pro posit Iowa tend In tbo contrary direction. The deadlock be tween the governor and the legislature ie ■till unbroken. i destroyed by fire. IroatwiX. March 7.—IUbton n village near Iihseatls. Switzerland, including the church and sc hool, wu destroyed by Are. j Tho negro problem sectna to havo broken ont afresh and tho negro la gettlog tho worst of it now. injt North Amertcau Revlow and' Professor White and Governor Hmlth, and other philosophers have reoently sot the dar key down u a fraud so far as tidier is concern ed. One complains that ho la laxy mid won't work, another complains that ho Is incapable of Improvement and cannot keep up with progressiva farming. Then again It Is said that be keepa Intelligent white labor from romlng south, and so wo have got an elephant on onr bands and can't get rid of him. North ern republicans have turned against him be- cause they can't vote him and to tbo poor dsr-i key ip losing ground and losing friends. Tho poorer clouts Ilf i!,r south Unit is ibo com mon laboring people—desplso lilm nnd wish hhn well ont of the country. Ilia presence among them as u competitor for hire or wages or un renter is odious to them. I know tho' .sentiment of tho tenants in my section audit la very hostile to tho negro. They want lilm to go. It Is very natural that tho poor white man should bo unfriendly to his - presence. It Is proclsely the umo sentiment that cansed tho expulsion oftlieChlneaefrom Wyoming. Indeed tlroy set np objections to tho ne gro that cannot be urged against tbe Chinaman, for they ny that tiro negro Is tlirlftlen and will steal and moro than all, the negro bu a contempt for poor folks and poor folk* know It. Tho average negro had rether bo tho serf and aervanp of a rich man than to work on an equality with a pi man for better wages. My rich neighbor Mi ford can get plenty of labor at low prices and orders his darkies around just about like ho used to beforo the war. Well, now, we All look at this negro question from our own standpoint, landlords Uko to employ them Just breauxo they can order them about. Tho love of dominion is strong in our mro. They liko to omploy them bconuso tho darkey is easily flUtleu with. Ho is caroloas ol'lifs money nnd moat always comes out a lit - tlo bcltlndaud that fastens lilm over for nn- ot her yen. They will'put up with pooror ahamjes nnd fewer privileges. Tlroy will pick U|nin i It,mu his own judge and circling*. Many Ml *' Loth races aud iarjNaoier Iris lunsrel* tin iricnMRi fro rny tlitnM* up Ml cranial..— all round, but my observation Is that neither race like It nnd it is kcltler to havo all whites or all dArkics. Wircn a fanner lias good, do cile, industrieus white tmaribi be is apt to keep them, and so with tho negroes, Kvery i mploykr Judges of the negro by bis own in terest and bis own experience. So far as I am concerned I prefer tho wblto man now, for no man has better tenants than 1 have. They aro my friends and I inn theirs; but a few yearn ago I preferred tbe negro u a laborer. Nevertheless, I like to have some darkeys around, for they are always ready and always willing to do things In emer gencies that a white man does not like to do and I do not like to uk him to do. livery southern white man, however poor, will main tain the independence of his fotully if he can. toy muko tho morning Arcs tiro water and milk White folks ovon in country have tliolr social rank. The lines are dim and crooked, but there are lines. Whereu among tho negroes thero are none. Neither religion, nor. morals, nor poverty have yet established any social caste among them. Hob Smith hujuat come from a two yearn' term in tho chaingang, and ton ■round in the settlement like a hero returned from the war. Tbe negroes give hia cordial weieomssnd listen eagerly to his experience. Hob declares that be bad a I ret rate time, aad he listed tocomeawaywuil dan he hated to xo dir. Hut Hob wm a “trinity” and folt liko he wu a rommlisloned officer In the army. Rob says that two black rascals got away and bo sot do run ant ' run, and track dogs attcr ’em and dey run and da don ' blotchy run, and dey run and do dogs run, and blrneby dey dims a tree and de old houn dog lot away oil and leek np In de tree and he open hu moof wide pnd say too-o-o uvt-tu, loo-no uvem, tco-oo uvem, and hero cimi do little Ace dog and he look up aud my, hit’s a fak, hit’s a fak, hit's n fak; and den de gyard he cum a gallopin’ np and pinto his gun up in do tree snd uy uow tumble to do racket or I’ll drop, you and shore nuf dem niggersjiscuiu downing hurry' dey did dat for true. Bob seems was very bad conduct to runaway from ao gtod a place aa Captain Jamas’ big form la Jifftreoa cf—— good vltfles sat ap to mve hia Ilfs. Now 1 havo known Rob for years and ho is ■ heller dsrky than Ike average, and this re minds me of a letter I had today from a friend In North Carolina, who says: “Over litre the negro is like metaphysics—the moro studied tbe more new phases. Religiously aud politically he Is on enthusiastic fanatic. Ills whims and caprices ire Indeterminate quantities. nor virtno. Hut suppose he is a failure ua progressive former, who does that hurt materially but himself? Bet the white man nuke progress and the negro will keep den behind hint, for, as my friend mya, be is a good imitator. In tbe middle beit that Is Mack with negroes, the white landlords live away off aid rent out to negroes, sad tfou complain that they do act proem*—do Lit make enough on tho forms. Of courea not. Perhaps oomn <lerman* would makt more If they owned tba tend, bat as It mints it la doubtful, list otter all, whst is ths uss sf eeupteiaiag when than is no ii-s? ionhjaaz « & . Ife bM Riven tu ft great anxiatj «ince tho war for hit new g«»rriiM« audt» Tool of him, bat now there are force•» at work that will sooner or Inter »ctUe him damn where hU nature au«l Interests nnign him. It is ft slow procefft but It is sure—the mills of tho God* grind slowly. One thing Is sir*, tbs negro bss done snd U now doing s Tftst Amount of useful, progrev *We work it tbe south. Hedoonull tho heavy work of Imildlng ndltosds nud Qft&ftlt, snd mining for ore. nnd rutting tim ber. ftnd making cotton nnd rice*, and surar cane. Ho Is ft willing worker tnd makes no strikes nnd baa tv* envy of tho rich. He Ift tbe only creature that Isnlwolntely without envy of tbe rich. Ho will steel to gtatify immediate wants but not from envy. ITo has no communism In his nature. In fhot* bo has more respect for a rich iran than for a poor rue or fur himself. The great issue be tween capital and labor docs not concern him or disturb bis slumbers. I havo great respect for our whito laborers, our farmers and mechanics. AU the sympa thies of my nature aro with them, but when I r exactions snd demands—us made ■... ■ dcConnlrk—I am disgusted with Inlior unions. When they tell him ho must not $Ufnoj anybody outaido of their union, it ftlioeka the judgment of mankind. 1 aamlto bis spunk for shutting down and turning thorn all out. I saw Mr. Sam Noblo do that onco at Home. Tho union scut a committee to wait him aud notify .-him to dis- argo au .'inprcnttcc, mid I will nover forget tlio towering rago nnd indignation that took {kmemrion of Mm. They got away from there quick and he dinc.hargod tlio whole concern for insulting him with such, a - demand. Labor and crfpltnl have got to woik together In harmony aud each must bo reasonable. If capital was always kind and consldoruto there Would bo littlo need of unions. If labor was never imperloas nor unreaaon&blo It would always get tho sympathy of mankind. /I Dot we will uot solve tho negro problem right awsy. Let us wait n few days Jongor. Tho chaingang Is diminishing in numbers, and yet I saw a convict on the train last week who wm going for three months for stealing .1 black smith's punch that cost ten cents. For tho Hke'nf that WO could have almost half the race in ahneklcs within tho next twelve mouths— nnd we could thin ont tho whito folks power fully if all their little cheatings wero pun* hhed. Wo are mean enough nil round, bpt if I had tho dead suro pfoof on that darky who stole Carl’s gun Christmas while I was away off In Florida, J wouldn't bother tho <riurts with him hut I would tlo him up 1k*.* hind tho barn nud give him forty hull os safo one, and he would let those gun alone tho uoxt time. Wo nro morally certain who did it and havo reason to heliovo he intended to bring it hack after ho had his l»Ig rabbit host,. with tho other niggers, but ho got scared nnd don’t do it. Ho didn't mean to steal it, but tho gun is gone alt* the nunc. A good whipping gives more satis faction nil round than tho chaingang, unit costs leas tfmo and Jess money. ‘ , BillAhp. AS INFATUATED AK.VATOIt. Joiich'h l>r*l»tent Attention to the Klllion- nlri'i Daughter. C illC'Afio,.March 2.—A Detroit sitocial to tbo Tribune says: Souator Charles W. Jones, of Florida, has been in Detroit continuously glnoe last (June. For two or three months tho atrongcat possible pressure lias been brought to bear to induce him to go to Washington, Imt ho cannot be moved. Ho is atopplng at tbe RiiMctf house, and apparently hus nothing to do. Newspapers all over tbo country haru taken up the matter recently, aud attribute his pressure to infatuation for a woman. This ia true. Hr tu in love with one who will not sco nor listen to him, nnd hr? lins said he was going to stay until ho got her. Thoso who know the facts assert that tlio caso la a bopelces ono. Ilut ho ia of a sangulno temperament, and will not listen to their ex postulations. Tho woman upon whom his af fections nre centered is Miss Clotllde Palm*, tbe daughter of Mr. Frauds Palms, ono of tho wealthiest lumbermen In tho northwest, hts fortune being estimated by soma at $3,000,000. and hy othcrK at Mint Palms l* a bruuetto, about thirty ycanof nge, not romark- uhlo for fur.al beauty, hut an pihu ated, reflux<1 woman; modest, very pious and charitable in an unosieotatlotiainty. Sho live* somowlmt secluded, seldom going into sodety. Tin? sen ator saw Mia Palms first hi Washington in tho winter of 1862. The following summer while on a visit In Detroit he met her at a dinner .y. A day or two afterward he called 11 (ton and proposed. Hho pleasantly and politely declined the honor. Ho called several Irani 1 afterward, bnt was unable to sco Miss Palms. Ono afternoon ho Willed nearly »n hour In tho parlor but sho did not come. After that ho only went as far ns tho front door, which was •fntly closed when the servant saw who was on tho top stop. Homo flowers wero sent to the house, but not re ceived. The postman brought several notes, ut the contents, except the signature of the irtt, wero not read. The senator remained in Detroit two or three weeks, but was uot dis couraged. Shortly after his departuro a let tor came, iu which tbs proposition was renewed. No atteation wm paid to It. Another nmo and still another. Miss Palms appealed to her father, who wrote the senator In a couslderato and firm way that his attentions were very of- intimating that If necessary li - .... from further annoyance. Tho protect Ungthfl bis daugtwer i _ temperament of the senator sustains him. Tho assurance of a friend that if he livcl a thousand years lie could not uot tho woman provoked a smile. ](is son Charles came here in December, nnd did ail ho could to get hfs father to attend to his senato rial duties, but without avail, A friend named Hickey Journeyed all tho Way from Florida on the same mission, but also was un able to get him to leave. A very urgent tala- gram from Senators Duller, D-.rk and other* friendly to him, saying that his presence in the senate was absolutely necessary, made n * impression. A reporter met Senator .fom s last cnlnr, snd asked bim plainly why ho ro sined In Detroit. "I will not bo interrogated 1 any except public questions,” he vepltd. 'There have been intimations in various newspapers, and Injustice may hare heendono yoat” *T wait no 7indicatlon. I am not tho only senator who has been away. Cameron went to Knrope, and fsogan was In Illinois during tbe session of the IcgUIstare. I don’t see I do as others havo done. It is nobody’s why I himiiu When do you intend to go to Washington?” ‘That I won’t -«ay.” _ Tlio Norm in KngltunL London, March 1.—A snow storm prevails (bant Gnat Britain. In m»!i.\ mm the has drilled In great piles on the railroad tracks, scriouily Impeding irafilc. The v.ifbrr- Ings of the poor arc greatly lncrea*»eil by the SB. LottDOjr. March 2.—The snow atom coutiu- • unabated in the north: Tho mails bo- tween Bcctlaml and London are twelve hours behind the schedule time. At least twelve trains are embedded in tho snow. The sU amer Missouri, ashore af Holyhead, Is completely submerged. Many vessels are detained in the harbors ong tho coasts. Numerous wrecks aro re ported in Linlithgowshire today, ow ing to the clogging of the signals by the snow. One per- Km was killed and several Injured. Arctio weather prevail* In Denmark. Intensely cold weather, witkkeavv snow, mill throughout Europe. In Berlin a cabman was found frozen to death ou bis ve hicle, while another was discovered alnnwt dead No Danish mail arrived at Ham burg for thrredays, owing to the storm. Boom for Turkish OStesra London, March 7.—Lord Rosebery, British foreign secretary, has consented to make roMB for a number of Turkish Officers In the Kgyp- tiau army by displicing British officon* £ INDISTINCT PRINT