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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION*, ATLANTA, GA., i TUESDAY AUGUST 3 1886
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ATLANTA, OA., TU AUDIT, A UP CUT 8, IMS,
t.corglu's Now Clnvemor.
Tlie people of Geotgla are neither Impa
tient nor unjuit. They will Appeal to the
monl of the next two years from the fretful
snd ill-tempered judgments of General Gor
don that have Imen beard for the past few
days.
Tin: Constitution is proud of the part it
took in the election of General Gordon, for
we accept bis nomination as nn election.
IVe gladly accept whatever responsibility
may come with it. We simply ask that
Governor Gordon lie judged liy the record
that he shall make in the two years. Noth
ing is more unreliable than bod temper.
And the had temper of men who aspired to
ho bosses and who turned oat to be anything
else, is apt to be more unreliable than ordi
nary bod temper. What they any of Gen?
oral Gordon la, therefore, entitled to little
weight. lint the record itself Is patient,
definite, sure and reliable. Every act of
Governor Gordon's will bo recorded. Every
sin of omleslon or commission will lie acne
pnloiuly or unscrupulously charged to Ills
account. lot him bo judged hy that record.
1st him bo held to the strictest aceouuta-
tdlity for all that be does, hut let him not
he judged on all that his enemies charge he
is going to do. The result of the past cam
paign shows that they are not reliable as
prophets. They asserted solemnly that it
‘'was impossible for Gcueml Gordon to over
ho nominated. Docs that sot them upas
prophets?
U the people ol Georgia—the great masses
that are independent and uncontrollable—
that think and act for themselves—erer took
• campaign in their own bauds and put it
through in their own way, the Gordon cam
paign la the ease in point. The people over-
rod* the politicians all along the line, snd
were irresistible in tlielr enthusiasm. All
the hnown methods of politics wer* hopelees
to stay the tide that lifted General Gordon
into the gahernatoiial chair, and that mark
ed his campaign as the moot romarhablo In
the history ol the stale.
General Gordon appreciates the responsi
bility that this overwhelming demonstration
brings ulth it. Tiik Constitution appre
ciates the responsibility that rests on every
agency that baa beau earnest in the support
of General Gordon. We predict—and oar
prophecy of the late campaign should give
us enough arauiuoce to speak—that Gover
nor Gordon will hold more completely the
hearts of his people and enjoy more thor
oughly their confidence at the end of two
yean than General Gordon does now. lint
let this prediction—with all others of good
or evil report—be put aside to wait on tha
record; lor hy his record as governor must
Genera] Gordon lie judged at last.
It Looks tilkr IVrserutlnn.
Next to kicking a man down hill, some
nun teem to find their greatest picasnr* in
trying to flip some poor fellow who la pain
fully climbing back again.
This miserable and w icked disposition was
recently illustrated in a very conspicuous
way. A year or so ago there was, not n
thousand miles from here, an exceptionally
bright snd gifted men, whose genial social
impulses and lack of will power led him into
many excesses, and brought him to the very
verge of ruin. Fortunately, at the crisis of
hla fate, he pulled himself together, faced to
the right about, and became not only a con
verted nun, but a singularly earnest and
ab’e worker tor the cause of Christ.
It is almost Incredible, but it is nerrrthe-
lose a fact, tbal, while many good people
held out the hand of fellowship to their r-i-
claimed brother, there were others la all
jttrtf of the country who dragged before the
public the peat follies am! vices of this strut*
glisg man. Nor did these snarling, yelpirg
persecutors confine themselves very sui-tt v
toth#truth. Only the other days Nev
Orleans paper published a broadside of .Nil-
tonal and local its me charging the evange
list with owing certain debts, and dodging
interviews concerning them and their pay
ment. Promptly in reply the man thus
I,rutully attacked gnve a satisfactory sxpla-
nation of the matters alleged against him,
concluding ns follows:
I owe msnr hundreds or dollars yet In Tcxu,
Oeorala, New York and elsewhere. In mr day. of
aninkennesn and recklessness I bsd sn unfortu
nate babll and facility for contracting debts. Nov
I sm grievously Miirtrinx the penalty, t deserve
It and I hear It all, I hope, with becoming pa
tlenco. God helping any honest resolutions and
efforts, I will soon be tree from these hardens and
these taunts. Then, I trust, those who thus pursue
oc. seeking lo destroy mynseftalneas and drive
me from my duty lo the Master, will be able to lay
aside thtir Ill-will and regretl the cruel wounds
they are now so unmercifully Inflicting upon me.
It la impossible to read these manly words
without sympathizing with th* in in who ie
thus bounded through the pnblic prints.
The men who are conducting thin persecu
tion have good reason to believe that their
victim, for some time past, has boon engag
ed in paying oil hie old debts os rapidly as
possible. But it did not enlt them to dwell
upon tble feature of the cane. They had seen
one who was their superior dragged down
into the mire, and they resented bis rescue
and redemption. Instead of extending a
helping hand, they tried to thrust him back.
I’crbaps it is all far the best. When a
man has the right soitof stuff in him a little
persecution only makes him grit his teeth,
and light the good fight with all the more
pluck and energy. Nine times out of ton be
will come out on top. Htlll, it la well to
protest against siirli meanness as we bare
dcM-rilwd, whenever and wherever we find
It.
Soim-thluu About Havings Hanks.
In a private note to THE CONSTITUTION
Mr. Thomas Camp, of Covington, writes as
follows:
"I note ulth Interest your srtlcleton Mate banks.
Mr. AtkliiKui, of Boston, writes me that the stato
savings institutions of Massachusetts have ondc-
I ii«U two hundred and forty millions of dollars,
Ihe savings of farmers and mechanics. Whycould
not Georgia found Insiltutlofii that would enll.t
the confidence of her working people,and enoour-
age s ilitlfl like unto that of Maisachnsctis?”
In respome to this suggestion, we will any
that The Constitution has frequently ad-
vocatcil Ihe establishment of envloge banks
in Georgia under state laws similar to thou
that are in operation in New England, Bat,
somehow or other, the legislature has hail
other fish to fry. Cniler such a law as that
on the etatnte hooka of Maine, the people
of Gcoigia would have the advantjgo and
benefit of local saving! institutions iu every
large community, mill thna would Ise laid
the foundation of that thrift and economy
that me characteristic of New England.
Georgia is n i idler state than Maine in every
element that pronilaes success; hut Georgia
Is fur behind Maine in the elements of real
success and prosperity.
In December, 1885, there were 109,3(18 de-
insltora in the fifty-four hanks. Of this
number, 8(1,571 are depositors of less than
$500 each, and the nverage amount of the
whole is$330.l>5to the credit of each account
The aggre gate of deposit! was $35,111,000.04.
The dividends of the hanks amounted during
the year 1885 to $1,308,035.85, and at the
elcesol the year there remained in the banks
$Wll.i!80.:i(i in undivided profits, showing that
the depositors were ntlding interest to prin
cipal.
There nre eome very Interesting features
of the law under which the Maine hanks are
operating. The savings institutions are not
allowed to receive from any one depositor,
diicelly, n sum exceeding two thousand dol
lars; end no Interest is allowed on any ilo-
poslt exceeding$*1,000 except for deposits hy
widows, orphans, guardians, charitable in
stitutions mol ns trust funds. Under the
Maine law the savings hanks and Institu
tions lor savings are restricted in the inveet-
ment of their deposits to tho public fnuda of
any of ihe New England elates, including
honds of the counties, cities mid towns of
New England; to the public fluids of the
United Elates snd the district of Columbia;
to the stock of sny bank or banking associa
tion Incorporated under authority ot the
state of Maine or of the United Elates; to
the municipal bonds of cities ol ten thousand
Inhabitants or more of the state of New York,
l’ennsylvsnis, Maryland, Obio, Indiana,
Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa, Illinois anil Missouri, and in tho pub
lic Hinds of these states.
We print the foregoing for the purpose of
showing what n large field of investment
savings Institutions in Georgia would have.
Theso Investments could cover both tho
south and tho north, and the returns would
he as safe and as secure as those of New Eng
land and northern savings banka The Maine
law Is a model iu its way, and under its
operations depositors consider themselves as
rafe ns if they held the notes of a national
tank.
What member of the Georgia legislature
will make himself famous by looking into
this subject and providing for tho estab
lishment of savings institutions in this
stalk?
lie Answers lllmself.
Another crank has come to the front with
sn attack upon Kara Jones. As usual, he is
an anti-tobacconist of theSUIy-Billy-Dlcky-
Binl-Sodcty variety.
The new reformer abuse* Mr. Joneo in the
8t. Louis Bepublictn, because tho evangelist
use* tobacco, and because tobacco is "king
of all the vices in the magnitude and viru
lence of injurious effects."
It all cranks would expose their idiocy
without reserve, as this man has done, it
would bo very easy to dispose of them. We
have hern quietly waiting for the anti
tobacco craze to reach its logical extreme,
and we have not waited in vain. When a
reformer rim to remark that the tobacco
babit is the greatest and worst of all vices,
he cot only answer* himself, but frtrnisha
all the evidence that will be needed by the
commissioner of lunacy, when he comes to
pass upon this particular cane.
Money In Small Thing*.
The great trouble with capitalist* and
turn of enterprise in the south is their desire
to ‘‘.till e it rirh" and double their money
almost at tt< This lelnrds the progress
ot irdltlifts slid drive* wen into specula
tion. Nine times cut often when a south-
finer .{-rails of inen-ljial enterprise*, he is
thinking i-f blast furnaces, iron foundries,
■oiling mill* i r cotton factories The smaller
lira s of inumifseipring do r ot interest him.
In this connection H r land of the Sky, a
peril-dim! pnldfrhtel at A*hcville, N. C.,
i.dvir,. nrn-n Ink no end t am and see
»1 at tie eel.M vestM See what the peo
ple I-ny ot the rt, ie*. and thou ascertain
wlctbrror tut litre would bea orvfitin
makir g it at home. Some time ago the
cruelty per pie in North Carolina found that
ary mat who could make whisky could du
ll!! til of resaafrts end oil oi pennyroyal
They sailed into the bnainees and made it
pay from two to three dollars a day to the
hand. All over the south may he found
peppcimint, spearnrent, sassafras, winter-
grron, tansy and other things growing wild
which are in demand in the shape of c
till oils. The south, too, is better euited to
wood work industries than any other sec
tion of the nnion. Anything in that lino,
from a button up to a wagon, can be made
hero with satisfaction and profit to all con
cerned.
Although our contemporary birely touches
the subject, it suggests enough to fill vol
umes. The big industries will take core of
themselves. l.ct us look alter the small
ones. W* rannot expect tobave large mills
and factories established In every town aqd
village, bnt there is no limit to small msnu-
failure, judiciously begun and persever-
Ingly pushed.
Turpentine and Timber.
It has been the general opinion that pine
trees tapped lor turpentine are worthless as
timber. It is so regarded by the govern
ment, anil there have been serious complaints
of the ruthless destruction of growing trees
in various portions of the routh, especially
in Georgia. But the Northwestern Lumber
man nays that the injury to trees l>y taxing
or topping has been greatly exaggerated;
and it says that the government inspectors
are unable to distinguish between boxed
and unboxed timber.
The matter Is a very important one, so far
as the pine forests oi Georgia are concerned,
The trouble lu re seems to be that hundreds
of thousands of trees too small for purposes
of lumber are tapped in the Georgia pin#
orchards, anil they arc thus practically de
stroyed. A pine tree big enough to split
Into four fence-rails is good enough for the
turpentine men, especially those who, by
renron of the confusion ot land titles in
Georgia, ’are itfrie to squat on land that does
not belong to them long enongh to tap the
trees.
Whether tapping injures the large trees
in respect of their timber-producing qoali-
ties we do not know, but we do know that
a vast urea of pine lorest In Georgia has been
destroyed.
"Ili-iilimln Caste" Here and There.
The St. Louis Glohe-IJemocrat, which lias
lieen printing somo very interesting letters
nbout lalior iu the south, persists in misun
derstanding the fuels with which those let
ters deal. In n late isene the St. Louis pa
per has this:
In s certain K-nie, the plight of the white labo
rer In the south U even more pltieblo than thstof
the colored laborer. Southern traditions and
prejudices arc Inimical to the msu who earns a
living by dally phyilcsl loll, regardless of tho col
or of hla skin. The Ides of personal dignity or in-
dependence si associated with such persons Is not
accepted In that quarter. In the days of slavery,
it w as considered sdlsgrsco for a white men to
work In s Held or st s trade, snd that sentiment
still prevails In spite of tho fact that slavery has
I .ecu abolished and the whole Itbor system placed
upon s new basts. These who formerly owoed
slaves snd "looked down" upon those who did not,
hero yet the same feeling that they then had re
specting tha nature ol labor In the abstract, and
their laws are fashioned In agreement with It.
They seek to make Ihe present Industrial lUnatlon
ssnearly like that which existed before the war aa
they can. Tho distinction between free and alave
lat-or Is recognised only In a formal sense; practi
cally,emancipation has not changed the condition
either of the negro laborer or or tho poor white
man who works for wages as afsrmer or mechanic.
Wlint bosh! In Georgia, wc have seen the
owners of claves working side hy aide with
their negroes, nnd wc have seen the sons of
slave owners working in the same fields with
their fathers’ negroes. Nothing was thought
of this, for It was not an nmunal spectacle.
The Glolie-Democrat gets Its views aboutthe
routh from the cheap novels that were print
ed in ante-bellnm times, purporting to give
studies of life In the couth. There was never
a more indnitiions or a harder working peo
ple than tboea of the south. We do not
hope to convince th* Globc-Dcmocrat of that
fact, nor do wo hope to.
The other day some one in the senate—
probably Miller, of Now York—intimatod
that Ingalls, ot Kansas, had boen a peddler
in hla youth. This statement made Ingalls
caceedingly Indignant, nnd, not content
with a denial on the floor of the senate, ho
caused himself to ho Interflowed by a news
paper reporter. In tho course of hla inter
view, Ingalls said he bod nover been a ped
dler, bnt,ton the contrary, "belonged to tho
Brahmin Caste of New England,” and, from
tho date of hla birth to tho year of hie
manhood, hod never turned his bond to
work.
Now,we leave this New England Brahmin
to the Globe-Democrat. There is not and
never was n "Brahmin cut*" in the south.
The owners of slaves worked, and tha eone
of slave owners worked, and there ha* nover
been a day eloce the revolution when the
nonth could not show a greater numberof in-
dnatriona Americans than New England.
Where Joke* arc Not Appreciated.
The most remarkable cow of tho year is
the one reported from Asheville, N. C., in
which the editors of tho CiUien were fined
$100 tor contempt of court.
The alleged contempt was nothing hut a
piece of pleasantry. The CitUen said some
thing about a hung jury In tbs court, and
intimated that it wu a question whether
tho community would not bo hotter oflf it
the lawyers and the Judge could he made to
share th* fist* of tho jury.
For getting oflf this venerable chestnut,
the Asheville Journalist* were made to sub
mit to the indignity of on arrest, and after
an exciting trial they were adjudged guilty
and fined as above stated.
Perhaps no comment is required. The
incident speaks for itself. 8till, we feel
that it is In order to felicitate our contempo
raries upon having escaped with thetr Uvea.
In a place where an antiquated little joke
la visited with inch a rough penalty it goes
without uying that a genuine humorist
would be araatelnatcd on the spot as soon as
be opened his mouth. An Asheville court
must be the most awfully dignified body in
the world, and Asheville itself must be
fowtiftilly solemn.
The Coition 51 on in Georgia.
Tl.e nomination of General Gordon last
night <-Ir.nl a campaign that in i:siae-p-
li,n, pregrtssam! rrMitta, is without pre.-e-
dei t or parallel in the history oi‘I’.ro-g-a.
With the etuaeof that campaign * "*
band the meet gal'ont rui«l »i uumtitit
ever followed any man's poliii- il f irtu-i-.-i —
the men who inpporteil General G-mtoiu
Ibis nee. They fonglu the « eat-.t
odd*. They fought trained aoJ.-xpu.-ie i.ed
politician*, Intrenched in po-i iua*ta,t we-,»
thought lo bo ImpiTjfnah'e. and twhunt
fortifications that yeara had been .prat in
building. They conquered by their very
audacity and thtir devotion. It wsi es
sentially a fight of the people against th*
politicians.
Much bos been said of this agency or that
that iccured General Gordon’* nomination,
It war due more than to any other cause to
the dauntless courage and the unwavering
loyalty of hi* friends in the varioua coun
ties. Such men, moved by ouch sentiments,
were simply invincible.
We sty that the Gordon men will disband
with the nomination of General Gordon.
We rey this because they are not politicians,
They are business men who will go back to
their business—farmers who will go back to
their farm work. They have no political
axe* to grind, no political ends to servo.
They have fought with Gordon over and
over, nml nre ready to fight with him again
if it becomes necessary. But, until It la
necessary, they will go back to their quiet
and busy lives. Wherever they go, and
whatever they do, The Constitution’s
heart goes with them, and will abide with
them.
Another Mexican Outrage.
It was had enough for the Mexicans to dis
regard the demand of ourgovernnicnt for the
release of Cutting, but their action in secur
ing the extradition of another Americon cit
izen on n trumped up charge, nud then mur
dering him to revenge a private grievance,
caps the climax.
1'eihaps we needed this lesson. Secretary
Bayard will now understand that it won’t
do to fool with tho greasers. It is not too
late to back out of this muddle. A retrac
tion of our demand for Cutting’s release,
with a courteous apology, is about all that is
left us. If we could at the same time send
along a batch of American citizens to be
slaughtered at tbe pleasure of our Mexican
neighbors, it would doubtless re-establish
the entente cordials between the two coun
tries, and everything would again bo serene.
Unless we do something of tho sort the
American eagle will soon be the worst used
np bird on the continent.
"Well In HI* Mina."
Front:It H. Williams, of Baltimore, needs,
a guardian, and he is In a very bad fix be
cause he bus never had a guardian. It the
aforesaid Williams had been under the ten
der care of a guardian In times past he would
today be a rich man—a very rich man. As
it is he is not worth a cent, and his comforts
in this world depend on the mercies oi his
wife.
Some years ago Ernanlt’s grandfather died
and left him property to the valne of several
hundred thousand dollars, tho income from
which is $15,000 per annum. Ernaalt loved
the fair Elizabeth Ifazlctt, buthis father con
sidered matrimony a very badaort of a thing
for a young man to meddle with. Therefore
Ernaalt was packed off to Europe, bnt first
made a trust deed to the property by which
he retained only $3,000 per year. Ernaalt
tired of hla European toar, returned, mar
ried the girl and got the courts to amssh tho
trust deed.
When he thus came into possession of bis
estate again his wife importuned him to
make provision for herself and "tho baby."
Another trust deed wu tho result. It gave
the property Into the hands of a bonk to be
held for the benefit of the wife. Fora time
the hank paid half the Income to tho hus
band nnd half to the wifo. Not long ago tho
wife demanded all. The bank began to pay
her all and Ur. Krnnult Williams conld not
got enongh money out of hla relate to buy
even ns much as a package of cigarettes.
Then the boys abont town began to twit him.
They told him he wu n rich man "In his
mind." That made Williams mad and he
has filed n hill to set uld* tho deed on the
ground of fraud and undue Influence. In
the meantime, however, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liams and the baby arc having n good time
at Deer park. It ie supposed Mrs. Williams
pays the bills, u she carries the pocketbook.
It is to be hoped ehc will keep her httsbsad
securely tied to her aproa string and not let
him get lost.
Premier Snllaliury'a Policy.
The August cession of parliament may not
tloTolop Premier Sallsbnry’s Irish policy.
Tho new prime minister it in no haste to
formnlato a plan lor tho government of Ire
land, and if he can. delay action until the
winter teuton, ho will consider it a point
gained.
It will he recollected that the republican
administration, after oar civil war, seized
upon every alleged outrage in the aonth, u
n pretext for coercive measure* of govern
ment. Similarly situated, in aome degree,
Salisbury and his cabinet anxionsly look
forward to eome outbreak in Ireland to
justify the inauguration of a policy of coer
cion. A pacific, law-abiding line of con
duct on the port of tho Irish will baffle tho
plana of the new ministry, and perhaps force
the promulgation of another home-rale
scheme, differing only in form from Mr.
Gladstone’s.
In the meantime the air is thick with pre
dictions. The general feeling It that the
Salisbury government has a very uncertain
lean of power. If it attempts coercion it
will drive off many liberal unionists, and if
it makes too many concessions to the homo-
mien, tho torlu will revolt. With th* dis-
coidant clement* composing the coalition, it
is tafe to say that the new premier will not
be able to hold hla follower* well in hand,
lie cannot afford to make a single false step
in the face of a powerful and bitter opposi
tion headed by each a leader as Gladstone.
To pnt it mildly, the ontiooh is stormy.
It la the Hot Wave.
■leaflets of the daily papers at this season
of th* year see the weakest and the worst as
pects of human nature.
The record of ony week daring thodag
day period ie black enough. Recently the
paper* have teemed with all sorts of hor
rors. We have bsd conspiracies against
clergymen, brutal crimes against women,
block women nerving up babies at barbe
cue*, little children butchering their ptr-
eut*, corgrcnmcu fighting, and ether thing-*
equally an ha-1. Another repulsive thing t*
the relish it- onire. Ohio cut-jcs to the front
with a disgusting woman who Miorecli in
convirc'rg her lollvwer* tlmt she i. Jt * -.*
flirt**. Alabama U.p. up wi-h the pro-
or.-.ion hy produ-sog a litt e I rvho •?*. tin:*
to be n n tetr-ed angel.
Bui it exhatit" nnr p.tieacc Matt "at ! »
summary ot enrrrct crime nml entiik.,11.
Onr oi-je.t in falling attention to there
m» n*trc*it : e* lx *imp'v lo a*"u-e the p-"-:-
mistif rla •* of our leaders th it the wor ,1 i.
not a whit non* than it was at thi* time
last year ortho year before. Whenever a
hot wave rolls over th* land people lore their
•elf-control. Their weak and wicked tee
the
denctes ran riot. If a man la n partially
developed crank or lunatic, he comes out in
lull blossom. If he is disposed to commit
crime, he goeo to the full length of bis
tether.
The beet way to counteract all this is to
keep cool. When yon find a man who either
can’t or won’t keep cool, make it a point to
avpid him. During July and August II
ebonld be every man’s highest ambition t<
make himself a cool citizen; if bis aspira
tions ran in the opposite direction, hli
neighbors should put him inn cooler untH
be simmers down. _______
Another Thorn*
We regret tp call the attention of
Courier-Journal to the fact that Mr. Nor
wood, who has recently been re-nominated
for congress in the first Georgia district, an
nounced in bis speech before the convention
which nominated him that be has never been
a free-trader, but that he has always been in
favor of protection. And yet Mr. Norwood
voted in favor of considering the Morrison
free-trade scheme. This is a very sad affair
altogether, and it is to be hoped that the
Courier-Jon real will not abuse Mr. Norwood
any more than is absolutely necessary under
the circumstances.
Our esteemed contemporary may find
necefsarj to read Mr. Norwood out of the
party, but he will remain iu tlie party all
the same, aud the Courier-Journal may find
iteeli in the position of little Mies Muffott,
who sat on a tuflet, eating her cream and
whey, when a great big spider came and sat
down beside her, and drove Miss Muffet
away.
The truth of the business is, the old south
has become the new south, aud the new
south is a very practical south. This will
account for the present and forthcoming man
ifestations that will cause the agents of the
whisky ring to grow bald with bitterness.
Our young and growing industries must Ire
fostered; our farmers who are now compelled
to plant all cotton must be given tho lienefft
of home markets.
A New Jersey Lover.
The good citizens of lied Hank, New Jer
sey, should muzzle one John Henderson, a
yonth of that town.
Henderson is a crank of a new and origi
sal variety, and has no business being at
large.
He possesses iu his own right the snug sum
of ten thousand dollars, and for several years
was a favored suitor for the hand of tho fair
Bliss Ryerson, who lives ou the Bliddletown
side of tho Shrewsbury river. The lovers
quarreled some time ago, aud all the efforts
of friends failed to bring abont a reconcilia’
tion. In a moment of desperation Hender
son made a frantic appeal. He wrote his
offended fair one a note and asked her if he
conld hope to ever regain her affections.
The lady responded; “No! Never again
can I love you.”
The crushed lover decided to drown him
self and his sorrows in the cap, and went
about it in a deliberate sort of way. He had
a lawyer draft his will. He gave and be
queathed five thousand dollars to be expend
ed in the erection of a monument over Miss
Ryerson when she should die, and one thou
sand was to be paid to MUs Ryerson on the
death of the testator. That left fonr thou
sand dollars which Henderson said he in
tended to use in purchasing fire water in
which 1o drown his grief. Tho debauch was
bogun, but in a few days Henderson desided
that the expenditure of his reserved pile
would require too lingering a death, and had
his will changed so that a thousand dollars
was given to bis friends and two thousand
more was given to Miss Ryerson, leaving a
thousand for his own uses. He lias no rela
tives to interfere with the will, so that it
will stand the tests ot the courts as soon ns
the sorrowful swain shall have passed to the
other shore.
Prohibition Evaded by a Club.
A few weeks ago Raleigh, N. C., voted for
prohibition by a rousing majority. The law
went Into effect shortly after the election,
and according to all acconnts has been prop
erly enforced.
Recently, however; a new question has
given the prohibitionists considerable trou
ble. It seems that Raleigh has a social or
ganization known os the “Capitol Club.”
This club has been in the habit of turnlshiug
its members with meals, wines, liquors and
cigars, at prices intended to cover the actual
coat without making a profit on the articles
furnished. Under the new schedule the
club continued as usual. Finally the pro
hibitionists had the steward indicted, and
upon a special verdict, embodying those
facts, Judge Phillips held that the steward
was not guilty, as the liquor was disposed
of without profit. The prosecut ion contend
ed that the local option law made no excep
tions, and that any disposal of liquor was a
violation of the law. It is stated that when
Chief Jnstice Waite visited Raleigh in Jnuc
be gave it ns his opinion that the clnb had
the right to let its members have liquor.
The prohibitionists are lond In denounc
ing the decision, because they fear the mul
tiplication of clubs, thus completely nullify
ing the local option law. The case has been
appealed by the state and will bo decided at
the October term of the supreme court. The
final result will be awaited with interest by
many other towns where the same kind of a
prohibition law is In force.
The Flercc-Wcaver Case.
A few months ago, two ladies came to At
lanta, one from Indianapolis and one from
Texas. They inspected the disinterred
body of a man who was killed in an accident
on the Georgia Pacific railroad, and each
declared: “He is my husband.” When
one fought to take the remains away, the
other procured an injunction, and litiga
tion resulted in the custody of the body be*
in* given to the Texas lady, BIrs. J. W.
Pierce. The case was appealed, and since
the first trial both ►ides have been looking
for new evidence. Pnblic interest in the
c*§* Wen revived by the arrival in At
lanta of a man who claims to be J. Piero*
Wtaur, 'b-* lies'and of the Indianapolis
lady. He was Hrutitled yesterday by an
Atlanta tr.-n ns having been known in Fort
Worth, Ttx&s, «s ihe J. Pierce Weaver, of
h.d aiu-’poli*. Of coarse if J. Pierce Weaver
appears in court thu ends nil doubt rm-
uinirgthe identity of the mm who wja
killtd in the accident. Wten Mr*. Weaver
(t n.es to Atlanta itgjin, Mm the man who
claims to lie her husband, and pine* judg
ment on his identity, it will be exceedingly
itktexf ►ting to hear her statement. .Sappote
shesajt: “I never saw this man until now;
he it not my husband, and never was.”
JOHN BROWN'S EXECUTION,
A n Bye-Witness Describes the Abolition
Crank’s Last Moments.
J. T. L. Preston in August Bivouac.
“Shortly before eleven o’clock the prisoner
was taken from Jsll, and the funeral cortege wu
rutin mo: Jon. First came three companies, then
the c riminal’s wsgon, drawn by two large white
horns. John Brown was seated on his cof&a, ao*
rompinledby the sheriff and two other penoot.
The wagoirdrove to the foot or the gallows, and
Brow n descended with alacrity and withont as*
sistsnee and ascended tne steep steps to the plat
form. His demesnor was Intrepid, wlto.
out btieg braggart. He mode no speech:
whethir he desired to make one or not i
do not know; even if he had desiro-1 ft, ft
would not have been permitted. Any speech of
his must of necessity have been unlawful as be
ing directed against tbe peace and dtguhy or
the commonwealth, and os such could not bo
allowed l»y those who were then engaged in
the most solemn and extreme vindication or
law.
• John Brown's manner gave no evidence of ti
midity, but his countenance was not free from
concern, and it seemed to me to have a little east
of wildness, lie stood upon the scaffold but k
short time, giving brief adieus to those abont him.
when he was properly pinioned, the white cap
drawn over his face, the noose adjusted and at
tached to the hook above, and he was moved,
blindfold, a few steps forward. It was curious to
note how the instincts of nature operated to make
him careful In putting out hU feet, as if afraid he
would walk off' tbe K sfl'old. The man who stood
unblenched on tbe brink of eternity, was afraid of
falling a few feet to tbe ground!
“Everything was now in readiness. The sheriff:
asked the prisoner if he should give him a private
signal before the fatal momeut. Ho replied. In a
voice that sounded to me unnaturally natural—so
composed was its tone, and so distinct iu artictw
latlon—that ‘it did uut matter to him, if only they
would not keep him too long waiting.' lie was
kept waiting, however: the troopa that had formed
his escort hod to be put in their proper position,
and while this was going on hestrodforsomo ten or
fifteen minutes blindfold: the rope round/ilsneck,
and his feet ou the treacherous platform, ex
pecting instantly the fatal act; but he stood
tor this comparatively long time upright os a.
soldier in position; and motionless. I was closo
to him ana watched him narrowly to see if I could
detect auy signs of shrinking or trembling in hit
pertou, but there was none. Once I thought I saw
his knees tremble, but it was only thu mud blow
ing his loose trousers. His firmness was s ibieoted
to still Amher trial by hearing Colonel Smith an
nounce to the sheriff: 1 M e are all ready, Mr. Camp
bell.’ The sheriff did uot bear or did tun compre
hend, and iu a louder tone the tame announcement
w as made; hut the culprit still stood steady, until
tbe sheriff, descending the (light of step*, with a
well directed blow of a sharp hatchet, *evered the
tope that held up the trap door, which instantly
sank sheer beneath him. He fell about three feet:
aud the mau of strong and bloody hand, of fierce
passions, of Iron will, of wonderful vfoiMitudes,
ihe terrible partisan of Kansas, the eaptumr of tho
United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, tho would-
be Catiline of the south, tho demigod of tue aboli
tionists, the man execrated and lauded, damned
and pravedior, the man who, in his motives, his
means, his plans and hi* successes, must ever bo a
wonder, a puzzle and a mystery, John Brown, was '
hanging between heaven nud earth.
“There was profouudest stillness during tho
time his struggles continued, growing feebler and
feebler at each abortive attempt to breathe. His
knees were scarcely bent, his arms were drawn
up to a right angle at the elbow, with the hands
ctcrchcd, but there was no writhing oi tho body,
no violent heaving of the chest. At ea:h feebler
effort at respiration Ills arms sank lower ttnd hla
legs hung more relaxed, until at last, straight and
lank, he dangled, swayed slightly too aud fro by
the wind,
PERSONS AND THINGS.
Tnn first of tho twelve Lambert son birds
liberated in Savannah the morning of the 17th ar
rived at its homo in Key port Saturday at noon.
The distance covered was 676 miles. Tho best pre
vious journey iu tbe CCO miles series wa( from In
dianapolis to Jersey City by the bird Garfield ia
1882. Distance, 63-'* miles; time out, twenty days.
The Key port bird would have been at home earlier,
but It stopped as tbe guest of Mr. James Carter,
Richmond, Va, from Tuesday afternoon until
Friday morning. It was thought to he a lady's pet,
as it would allow the ladles ortho family to pet It,
but would fly and seem disturbed at Mr. Carter'*
approach. Mrs. Carter named the bird Fits Lee*
Two other of the twelve have been heard from, but
were shot in North Carolina. Ono was shot as it
was breakfasting upon the summit of au oat stack,
Francis Murphy and ht> son have been
carrying on their temperance work in Ohio since
September, and they report that they hAVO receiv
ed tho pledge ot 60 000 persons.
A strange story of tho peculiar actions of »
young girl comes from Wheatland, in Pennsylva
nia. On Saturday she armed herself with a huge
club aud going to a number of houses, ordered tbo -
occupants out. stating that It was God’s ground,
aud that she had bet-n ordered by Him to dispos
sess tho present owners. Sho afterward took a dog,
killed It with a cudrel, as a sort of sacrifice,
and held religious ceremonies over the dead
dog.
There is a tree in Mexico called the oily
cocoa. Its seed Is almost entirely composed of*
fany'sulstance which has sometimes been used ia
making soap. A quantity or this seed was re
cently shipped to Europe, and a Stuttgnrt baker
has succcssnilly used the oil as a suo*tiitite for
lard in making bread and take. The seed con
tain tweivo per cent u.ote actual grease than or
dinary pork lard, a^d tan be kept for months
without selling. There is laid to be a fortune
awaiting tbe man who will go down to Mexico
and develop this business. _
The soni*in-law of the late Brigham Young
intend to hold a convention In Utah 1! a building
can bo found large euough to hold them.
It oeemt that thero are some heavy «lrtnkerg
in Philadelphia. The Times of that city says that
one Philadelphia hotel has six customers who
diink over slxty-tive whiskys a day each, another
hotel has two customers who lmbibo regularly
eight quarts or champagne a day, or teu or twvlvo
who takeover twenty wiihkys a day, eight or nine
whoiuzcle forty glawes of beer after three o’clock
each day, and one customer who regularly drinks
two boulea of cognac a day.
C. D. Gsaham, who went through the Nia
gara whirlpool in a barrel, says that be has beguo
hla experiments for going over tbe Uoraeihoe falls,
and bus about finlahed plans for tbe barrel. U will
te built of twodcch staves, with a cork cohering
two inches thick. The hammock inside will bo
shaped more like a ball, aud will be more elastic
and stronger than was tbe other hammock. Ho
proposes to get into his barrel and be shoved off
one-ofthebildgikacross ihe gorge before going
over the tails.
The prohibitlonifta of Michigan are mak
ing much ado over the fact that in tho now pri
vate car of Governor Alger wine lock*n have
been Luilt. They aver that this Is a slap in the
face of the temperance people of the suae, with
out regard to party, and that it will loco the repub
lican party thousands of votes.
Senator Blair is a total abstainer from
intoxicating drinks, but is a great smoker of
twenty-live cent cigars.
The clerical bicycle tonr this year wilt be
gin August 8d and continue to August Htb. The
start will be Horn New York city next Tuesday after
noon. Last year the tour wu made’by a number
of clergymen through Canada. FlAy clergymen
will start this season. Tbe trip wilt be up the
banks of tke Hudson, through the Highlands and
over Lake Otsego to the Shaker settlement at
Lebanon Springs, to Albany, the camp mtedng at
Bound lake, bummer School of Pntto’*--iphy at
Richfield Spring*, Howe's Cave, Saratoga and
many other summer resorts.
A granite obelisk baa jolt been erected at
Lipehne. in Germany, to commemorate the tact
tbit on the 24th of June, 1812, prince Bismarck, at
that time a mere sub- lu-utenant in acavs'ry regi
ment, threw himself tuto the lake of Weudelseo
and at the rlik of his own life saved a drowning
■oldicr. ITlnce Bismarck often remarks Hut he is
prouder of the little tilver medal conferred an him
For this act of bravery than of all his seventy-six
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