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• 2 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION 1 . ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1886 ■ ALF AND- BOB. The Brother Nominees for Governor of Tennessee. A REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN. A Beautiful Lesson of Broth- orly Love. THE OLD HOMESTEAD A Day With the Old Parents of the Boys. Tfct election for the fovernonhip of Tennctace Is hut little more than a month distant, and In tho meantime the state la being canvassed In the most energetic manner by the two opposing candidate!. It tan Joint canvass, and the nominees of tho two great panic* art traveling side by side and speak. Ipg from the tame rostrum. Nor does the Joint feature of thecatnpsfgn stop hero, in their tour tkrOftgfc the state they are lodged at the same ho* lei, are seated at the came table, occupy the same xeem, and at night pillow their weary heads on the (tarn bolster. And why not 7 They are brothers. •Unlike in Georgia, to be the gubernatorial noml nee of the republican party in Tennessee is to be* eeme the leader of a mighty element, on which great hope* can pe built, and In the strength or which loftier aspirations arc founded. It is true, such a nominee labors under the disadvantage of attacking a fluctuating democratic majority; but When, out of a poll of about 200,000 votes, the l*«t democratic nominee received only 7,000 votes -than bis republican opponent, tbooddsap* peer less significant than in comparison with the democratic majority of 30,000 for supreme court jedge In the election of last August. At any rate the republican convention of the ■late formulated its platform at its session a me nib ago lu KubvJJJo, and With great enthusiasm called Son. lifted A. Taylor, of Washington couuty, to lead Its forces In the gubernatorial contest. Ac* fgpUsce followed and fa a few days the nominee •pened the csmpetgn at Jonesboro. This was bo* lore the democratic convention met. THR DKMO< IUTK' I.KAHKR. When the republican convention was in session ' M Nashville, It was observed that tho more prom* gnent of the leaders of the East Tennessee republi cans were urgent Jn their demands that Alf Tsy* Hr bs made the nomlueo for governor. For this two reasons am; asserted, the one, that It was in ‘furtherance of a pat scheme which will be unfold* ed in tho progress of oar story, and the other, aa expressed In the convention by Dick Austin, a well known lieutenant of Boas Houk.r'beeauso bis aosnlnatlon will pro vent that by the demoorats, of tho man whom wo can least afford to battlo But the action of the republicans failed In its desired effect with the democrats, for notwlth* standing the fact that hi* brother All had boon chosen, the Hon. Robert L. Tsytor use overwhelmingly mode the ebeloe of the democratic Convention In Nashville. His scoop* Ufice was it once received end the ooulest bo* ween tho brothers was oegnn. Tho Joint osnvase between tho two opened a lit He over a week ego-in Hadlson vllle, In the pres ence of the largest gathering over assembled In that thrifty mountain township. The two broth- era were In good trim and In the best of spirits. The whole state watched the tone of the first die* cordon with deep interest, and before the echos* •f the first Tolley hid oeased tbo news waa flashed to every section of Tonnomoo that for tho first lino in 1U history tha stato was to enjoy a campaign from which wai to mo eliminated every vestige cf acrimonious con* fcov.r-y. Without evru r eonf* !fiifv H<»*»nnl Alf V^iui raid Bob, as he settled himself in his quarters. “Tbo other way was the best and we had both much rather be together. Then Alfa throat Is in a bod fix and I could help him.” THR TWO MOTHERS. Of the two candidates Bob is probably tbo most prepossessing in appearance, though the merry twinkle of Alfseyesnd the jolly make up of bis chubby little figure gives him au air of in forest and importance which soon asserts it aelf in a crowd. Bob Is a magnificent specimen of physical manhood, being about six feet in height and weighing probably two hundred pounds. Alf probably weighs as much, bat is of much shorter stature, being fat and s»fiatty. Both are good speakers and each warms thoroughly up in discus* slon. Alf confines hi*. *)>ecchc-« more strictly to argument than does Boh, who Illustrates liberally with anecdote. The latter is considered the more eloquent, his sentences being well rounded and rolled out with apparently hut little effort Alt argues as if he was trying to demonstrate some thing which his hearers did not hut ought to know, whllo Bob has a I know all sbout it sort of way which carries with It conviction to thoso who are willing to accept his relf evident conclusions. In other words, Boh talks to a r rowl like every man In It agreed with him, whllo Alf speaks at If every cne was against him. A NOTABLE ANCESTRY. The two boys are the descendants of one of the olden Tennc+rce families, being the sons of Colo* n«i Nathaniel G. Taylor, their mother being a sister of the celebrated confederate orator, Landon C. fltyne. Their great grandfather came to Ten nessee from Rockbridge county, Virginia, and was ono of a family of iilno boys, one or whom was a grandfather of President Zachary Taylor. Their maternal great grandfather was Landon Carter, for whom Carter county was named, and for whoio wlfo the couuty scat, Kiisabethton, was called, lhclr ancestry is even dated farther back than tbli-totho timo when Bettlo Landon left hor English home and settled with tho colonists of Virginia, marrying a Carter, from which union sprang this branch of the Carter family. Tho lather of tho boys has always been a strong republican, as has almost all of the fktnlly. Prior to the war tho whole family waa exceedingly strong in Its union sentiment, Colonel Nat Taylor TIIK ESTHER Of BOIt AND ALP, being one of the foremost unionists of Tennessee. He waa a fkmoua whig, and led that party in his district, the first, against Andrew Johnson, tho Idol of the democrats. The district wa* then dem* ooratic, but Intensely union, but through hla re markable magnetism Colonel Taylor received tbo democratic majority In 18M, and was elected to congress. He was afterwards defeated by Andrew BWI. ROBOT l. TAYLOR—TUB DJCHOcftATfC ftOMIRSB rot OOYUUVOR. had so decided end In the outset each announced that an insult to one would be resented by the other. The novel campaign was soon tho com ment of every household In the Hate. From the lesion of Altai devotion mothers drew • morel for their children, and thoso who never before Interested themselves In the dull school of pollttae lamed with eagerness to the pretty con test of tho brothers, a* hand In hand, they waged their warfare of loveitn tho mountain boroughs •ad the township* of the Talleys of Tennessee. A WAR OK THE HOSE*. * In hie first speech Bob, in referring to the pecul iar situation, said: ° r brotherhood la neither sera i ar abraded by our dlQvrauceoof opinion In thedtsonmlon of politicalquee- .jsmmgmms dm of moan,■ la ibe & '.waa left blooming alone. 1 Tnm tbot dur etch tldt wu known by lu color, rt< or whlta. Every gtthering tast greeted tacw wu coasplcoons for lu brill!, at lw ignis of ml or Hi tDvqty badges or flaunting tanner, of whllo. YaMe rday u tho train taarlnc Ui.tworau4ld.tM >imM a wij ittuon I noticed .Undtnf on tho Ftotfoea o beautiful maiden when (hcc wu llght- •d wltk happj sariles. F-om her treat o< flaxen Mirth* Gathers of an tmmaculata alar.ua were fgjhrwby thatantlo breeze, which swspl down Th. tral. stopped amom.nl and JtaSfK: »** won cn the platform. mtafUnf wUhhb follower, who hid ceded him out. As- VOamaeM ladlratad that the nation wu strongly 1C, tar Bob had th. crowd. A if held hi. a locked with interest on the acene without, ldh inched the fount led, with the whlta i ehe laughlogly notated tothatadtaof her demaerecr end raid: "Voo era, fm a whlta icae." -Aadatoretronepou urn." wat tho re- of the gallant candidate. !?’Totlahoma was celebrated pretty moth as had other towns. An imotnse crowd wearing lha atd and Ita whits, met the brother, with clamorous dcmennreiton, M £ taTtara ttaataitapnciwmofttaioluidlecudMltariNM dwofttd to dlflkrcat totals > j y,, ^i. ■ lort around. Whoa the aacra- •lon cloud, of '57 and ’so began to calhar, Cblonol Nat. Teylor became Brat artlro In tho caumof tha union. Ho foralold tha iupondlng trouble and warned hi. ptoplo against It from tho hus- tlnit. Tha flrrt itato lnuo wu made In tho re- mar (table prraldentlil campalin of ,VJ. Threo elec toral ticket, were pieced In tho Held inTcnneti.-c, l.lnroln and Hamlin running no ticket, Colonel Net Taylor Mumped tho Mato for tho Bell end Kt| crctt ticket, egelnit Jmlgo John I. Uopklna, now of Atlanta, who advocated Brockeorldqu end Ian., end rolled BUM Donator IV. C. Whltlhomc, who wu carnet In hi. espousal of tho cauie led by Bouglaaa and Johnson. In Ihl. celebrated campaign In whloh Colonel Taylor achieved uatlonal dl.tluc, Hon in hi. eloqucut pica for ‘•Bell, Everett Ita union and the counltuUon," the auto or To | newce chow Bel) and Everett elector, by o majority of nearly 60,Mo. colonel Taylor again epoke Ihrouihout Eut Teuuemea In 1881 on the .uhml. Mon of the <|u«Uon or eecealou to tho people, end •llbongh he carried But Tonncraoo by a majority ol 90,000 ageluu kcccmIou, middle and we t Teu- noraee went for U by M,00a Turing tho war ho went norlhulhereprcienlatlre of the Veit Ton- net »c Iteller rawtcleiion, and raltt.i t.qo.oui for tha iillaf of the dcaUtute, nillvriug anti Impoverished tmloniili of But Teunemco. Air accompanied him in this undertaking, aud though not yet In hb aeveutcenth year, mado Mvcral ■pceche. In the tuterratoflho fond. At Fauuel hall, In ItoMun, ho .poke with Edward Ererstt aad otherdbilngubhed speaker,, .evert! tho;: rand dollar, talug rabed at tho meeting. At the cl ora of the war, Air and llobonterol tho proper, lory cadet rchool at Pennington, N. J„ colonel Taylor returulug home with the other, of hb ram Uy, and being reelected to congrora lu uuj, 11 wu Indian coamU.loner under President John .on, from •« to *0, and from '05 to 'tin, lived wit:, hb family In Wuhlngton. iHrucawam or awoatw loiimow. It I. laid that on lha treatment or Andrew John •on by the republican party, depended to agree' extent the conversion of many republican, o KartTennei.ee to the democratic party, Amoug them were ravctal member, of the T»ylor family. Bob wu then a hoy not yal eighteen year. old. hut he became greatly ItnpreiMd with the wrong that the president wu being made toiutfcr. Colonel Taylor had teen slaca Ihe war a staunch friend of lha preildeut, Uta union Mullment or the latter having drawn him into the rams party which before he had antagonbed. On leaving public life and reluming to hb home he muted down with hb family with lha purport of abandoning politics, but tho old ■plrlt leazsertcd luclf, and In P-70 he wu again in IheccugmealonalcontcM. thb time, however, be ing defeated by liOPknit'K KANDOM BUTLER, > canning repuclican, who will he heard from ■gain In the courm of onr uory. Thb wa. the close cf the political activity of Colonel Taylor, who haa .luce Uvcd lu tha quiet enjoyment of hb lip. uitg yean ufalthfal to hb republican idea, u ever, u true to tha union u wa. ever tha sturdy heart of a (Irten Mountaineer, and deriving great delight from the Act that In thb tha whole south b mw united and with him. WHV Bo. IIECAWK A PEBOCtAT* On the return of the Taylor family from Wash ington, Beat Tenneraee wu found to bo In a Male ol Indignation over th. treatment of Ita president by the republican contrast, Tbo olden of the Taylortay».Jtm, ala yran older than Boh, tad already cut hb republican mooring, and had drifted Into the democratic ranks. On tha defeat of hb lather in TO by Butler, Hob, who had never become a strict adherent to cither party, found hb •yapethy turning to the democrat. The Johnson impeachment had dbaaUided him, and tha de feat of hb father, whose brilliant record ta thought damrved better ladonemaut at tha heads of Uta republicans of hb district, ambit- hb twentieth year, democratically Indorsed, and went ;to Jc Herron, the county teat of.WaMilngton, tho adjoining county, to .tody law. Admitted to the tar before ho wslof age ha at once entered politics and soon became the democratic leader of the district, which, however, wa, republics by a majority nearly 1.000 Alf, tho older brother, always clung to the re publican faith of hi, father's and left home In hi, jeong manhood to bcgloVhere hb father had left oil In the maintenance of the republican strength of the dbtrict. no too, lettled in Wuhlngton county, aud, wu toon elected to (he state legl.lt- lure. In 1S7C there wu a general demand for the urn of Alf, Tajlor’a name for congrese from the first dbtrict. which wu then repro,ented by the same Roderick Random Butler, who had defeated hi, father In 1S70. Butler did not then seek re-election, hut gave hb support to A. H. Ftttlione, a lending republican of Greenville. Tlte conteit for the nomination between Air. Taylor and Rett bono was a very; heated one. Taylor bsd the people and I'ettlbone the politician., lu the convention Pctttbono wu vlctorloua by one vote, end, though there was great indignation among the republicans and a general desire for Taylor to enter the race Independently, hb puty belly restrained him and he quietly aecepled the result. To Bob Taylor wu relegated the task of p-ml.h log Pettlhono and rebuking Ihe methods by whieb he bed been nominated. Thoogh the dbtrict wu strongly republican, the democrats believed thst under the circumstances a aucceasfnl light might he mado. Who should trad It? Bob Taylor, of Course, for ho wu not only tho strongest democrat in thedbtrict, hut would at the same time command o heavy republican rote from tho large element who were sore rarer the defeat of Alf, and would not Toto forth, nominee. Ho Boh wu nominated, and began one of the most famous campaigns In the political history of Tennemee. Ho ties only twcnty-flvo year, old, and had for a competitor an old politician of established repu tation. To every town and hamlet In tho district they went, and the old politician soon found that tho democrat! had given him a bigger blto than ho could handle. Bob's campaign progressed fimourly. (it wu in thb contest that he carried his f.ddlo Into tho mountain wilderness of the district and played himself Into tho hcarb of the voters. "Many a day." raid ho, <1 bare traveled all day In making my points, and then at night ridden a dortn miles to Home dance In the mountain?. 1 don’t know whether It wu me or the fiddle that did it, hutl knew that I wugolng to down my on* . ponent, aud I did it.” It was ono of the most wonderful races on record. Boh Taylor had reversed a republican majorilyo almost 1,000 by a majority for himself of nearly a thousand. The Alf. Taylor republicans of thodls- trlclhad been avenged, thong half Taylor himself look no put in the split, and In a few short weeks Bob Teylor lied become famous throughout the state. lu hb two yean In congress ho made a splendid record, which, however, wu too intensely domo- crallc for hb strong republican constituency. Con- scqntntly, when I'ettlbone tried him again In IJiSand lf*o, he rocceoded Jn detesting him, though with greatly lessened republican malorl- Uee. AlwjiaWkf HU the paternal hsmuttadla In 1M-2 Bob wu the candldato of Ihe democracy of Eut Tenncsceo for governor, for whloh Bate, tho present executive, wu nominated. In lent he wu cne of the electors for tha Mate at largo for Cleve land and Hendrick., and Mumped the auto from the mountain, to Ita western river boundary. The great bora of tho republican partytn Ten nessee it Congressmen Honk, of tho second dis trict, who lives in Knoxville. Roderick Kandum Butler and I'ettlbone form the other two or the re publican triumvirate which controls ;iho repuhll- esn machinery of tha stale. Now It Is raid that none of thb glorious triumvirate loros Alf Taylor as ono republican brother should love another. Pettltane and Boiler are Jealous of hit hold on the republicans of Ibelr dbtrict and Hook la against him through sympathy. It b true thatPcUlbono hates Butler worse than the devil sfid vljo vain, but tbey tie both willing to buy their mu- Juai animosity la autagonUm to Alf. Taylor! There are many who think that the nomination of Alf Teylor moant more or less than the mere honor of the pally. J! wu generally conceded In the stato that tho democratic nominee, whoever he me\ he, would enter the race with evory prob ability ol success, and tho republican nomlneof would havo to hear tm odium of defeat. After A1 at IcnM by clrcumMamlal evidence. Alter All Taylor was nominated, 11 was tho purpose of tho ring to tcllro him, and simply hold him In reserve to hear tho brunt of the defeat whon It should come. In the meantime, they wanted to get for tbcmiclvcs all the advantage that could he gtlnod In the campaign. Consequently, tney advlso Alf that it will never do for him to tppcu lu Joint dbcosMon against hb brother, u In tho first place, It would to tmlellcato. They recommend that ho should transfer tho conduct of tho campaign to Bore Houk, who would meet hb brother In Joint dltcusslon. £o certain was llouk that this would hoserepted that bo had arranged for another speaker to toproicnt him in his campaign In tho second district while ho was out In the .tata "rep resenting” Air Taylor. The announcement wu crcn put In type for publication In the Knot.Ule Journal, but It never appetred. Alf Taylor broke tho slate by tcfrulng to become a party to tho nleo llltlo scheme to Injure himself tnd henellt Jhta rivals, and notified tho triumvirate that he "would tolo hb owo skihet," which he has slacodoun with much credit to hloutlf. The present campaign is being conducted more with an eye lo the future than the present. Both candidates deny thb, hut nevcrthalcaa It I. so. lr Bob Taylor sustains the democratic standard of ihe slate, and ho will do it, no power on earth - an prevent hb election to the I'nltod States sen ate neat spring to succeed Senator Whluhorno, who b filling tho unexptred term of Senator yack- son, tnd who has been nominated for the house. Asto Alf, his race is actlug as a boomerang to tho men that schemed hb downfall. He hu -trtugthcncd himself wonderfully with hb party, I cud Is growing stronger every day. Honk foresaw ihb when he undertook to get Air'acoueuttoal- I low him to conduct tha campaign. Now, tf Alf I holds the republican Tote or the state to the usual , -sure, he will almost certainly the next conireettnan from tha first district, and he is aware of thb Act. Fbl 11 bone hu retired, for a time at leut, and Roderick Random Butler hu been recently egalu nominated. The deuoorab have nut against him Judge Hose, of ManctaeUr, and notwithstanding lha ract that ha lnu a re publican majority of4,000 to overcome, tt certain- •luspreaia that tho vulnerable record of hbfoppo- ■lent would give him great aartutnee In doing so. Butler b tha most appallng picture of political inacheiy and wlckedncu lnllTennesiM. Ha b the same hlfh handed old political demagogue who (serenely straddled tho neck ol hb people and bartered hb own Influence, and tha good name of his eon Mltnenb, by selling hb West Point cadetship while In congresa, outside even ol hb state. Hb expul sion wu recommended by a committee, ol which both Garfield end Logan w ere members. The dtmccraiic politicians of tha state are lo a stale of great tribulation over Bob's prospects of becoming lha next senator. It means that the speaker of lha next state acnata will succeed him u governor, la the event of hb promotion to the senate. CusnequenUy all the old political tab In Ihe state are running out of their holes alter the speakership cheese. It b said that tha next Mate senate of Tennessee will be the best since the war, on account of the large ham- beref distinguished aaplranta for the speaker- ship- Ihe most prominent politicians of almost every district, and lu almost every Instance they ate inspired by the desire to be Boh Taj lot s suer Therailreadqucsilonbadaad Issue. Our points cf diEeteuce are the tariff and the Blair educa tional hill. AU ta a strung protectlonbt and b urgent in bis advocacy of the Blair bill. I am op posed to the latter, aud u to the tariff 1 favor only such a lu u will meet the legiUmatoexpasserof the government. Beyond thb I think our high protection revenue a gross extortion, and tbo tariff lawk neder which It Is collected a relic ot war legblatlon which should he strongly modi fied." "You see," said Air, "he b opposed to national aid to education.” "1 am not," uld Boh, "bnt I am opposed to the people being taxed any more than they now are for It. National aid lo oducatlon could ta u well rendered by selBngsome or the public lands, and 1 am In favor of thb, for the democrab have re deemed millions of dollara worth that the repub licans had stolen or illegally given away," "Yes," raid Alf, "you are In favor of educating children hy selling their estate." I left the brothers at McMinnville Thursday evening and turned back to Chattanooga, distant about a hundred and filly mile. From there my destination waa Johnson City, away In the north eastern comer of the state, on the East Tennessee, Virgin!* a»d Georgia railroad. A full nlrht'srun and the gray dawn of the moraiog breaks over the towering poaks inrroundtng, and day gently Meals down the mountain side. The heavy morn ing mitt rises from the ralleyF, and being dbpelled by the first rays of the sun, poises in fragmentary cluttera around the mountain aides and ranbhee The verdant bosom of the earth glistens with Its Jewels of dew and tne atmo B pbere itself seems In- iterated and refreshed w ith the grandeur of thb morning mountain scene. About the firet person with whom met at Johnson City was Nat Taylor, Jr., a younger brother Alf and Boh, who was In the city on business for hb father. Before eight o'clock we were onr way lo the old Taylor homestead, In Carter county, but only eight miles distant from Johnson City, insinuated almost directly on tho Bttle tnlrty-llve mllo narrow gauge from Johnson City to Cranberry, N. C., aud In the center of ono of the most beautiful valleys on earth. The old home rests at the foot cf a winding lane leading fro n the station, and on Ihe banka of the beautiful Watauka, made celebrated by tho famous descrip, tlou of Landon C. Ilsyne. A magnificent growth of forest giants almost hides the unostentatious little homestead. A mote beautlfol and retired spot could not have been chosen for human habi tali on- Even ihe beautiful Utile river seems lo ta In love with tbo scene, forlt pauses In lb dancing coarse through tho mountains, and for a dbtance of several hundred yards b aa calm and quiet aa tho peaceful watere of a mountain lake. Its surface appeans to glide, one way any then another and, after seemingly enjoying lha vision of nature's loveBncss, it sud denly MasU again In lb rugged run lo the Mlaala- aippL Tho house la a little white frama atrnctora and heart wall lu yean. There are several rooms on the first floor, and In a little garret attachment above are two more. I wu raihad In tha coxy little parlor by tha yonnger Mr. Taylor, who went for hb mother and father. On the walb of the parlor hong two magnlfioent life- also portraits, sa I supposed of Colonel and Vra. Taj lor u they appeared before the war. And what magnlflcint figures they wore I In one corner sal an old-fashioned piano, with an open music book above the key. A guitar reMed idly on the piano. Tho walb were decorated with Amlly pictures, and everything appeared uneat and cory as could ta. Hre. Taylor soon entered, accompanied by her husband, who bore a staff more for fancied support than otherwise. Mrs. Taylor canled In her sums a little grandson, the only child of Alf,, and ha too wu named Nat. "tvberedldyou leave the boyeF’ both suked, and continuing etch Inquired abont Airs throat They were deeply Interested injure reports of their dbcusslen, and uked many questions concern ing It. "Of centre none of my other sons nor myrelf will vote In thclelcctlon," said tho old ooloneL "hut wo are ncmrirelen greatly Interested in OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX. "There am hat two issues between t» In thb campaign," said Hob, u ha ret with Alf lu tha •SMklag car of the passenger on she little branch read loading from Tultahoma so McMinnville. "We agree on the convict question, both being op. rosed to tanning them ant. Tho platforms of both parties fovoc Ita submission, by the Icgblatmw, of the pictabiuea question to tho people of Use stale Whalts taking place." "Bnt suppose," I said, -neither of the eaadl dates were your ton-whieh would yon vote for?" "Oh, for Alt. I gnest,” replied tho old veteran, "for onr politics aro the some. Iwas opposed them running, and 1 told them re, but I am glad to ate that they aro conducting tho campaign they are." "Is It true,” I asked, "that you are offered the nomination of the problhltionlsU?' "Well, partially so. yea I received a toiler from tho cxecullvo committee to that effect, but of contre 1 did not think of accepting It. 1 am strong prohibitionist, bnt u both parties havo agreed to submit tho question to tho people of tho stale, 1 think the prohibitionists should wait until thatb done and then they can ho heard from, necessary I would then stump the stato for It." "I suppose," continued the colonel, "thatour amlly is about as badly divided at you oversee them. I »m a prohibitionist, and «o is my wife and Nat. Jim, the oldest toy, A a democrat, aa a Bob Alf and tha two youngest boys, who are now de partment clerks In Washington, are republicans, Twoof my daughters married democrab and one a republican; but wa an all hands off la thb fighl,” Colonel Taylor b in hb Mxly-elghth year, but Mill retalna lha fire of bb eloquence. Hobamrat polished conversationalist, and a most interesting talker. In lha old homestead In which ha Uvea, both Alf and Bob hem—tho former thirty eight and lha latter thirty-six years ago. They bath grew to manhood uodat tho old roof, and now brighten the Areelde by frequent vblta to the "old pleat,' Iipentthoday with Ihb hragdubla old couple, and never waa a day more delightfully passed, Mrs. Colonel Taylor and Alfa wlfo prepared them, selrea the magnificent country dinner, around which tha family gathered, and a more tempting one waa never act before a king. I enjoyed It dcubly, for I knew that it waa prepared by tha mother ot a future governor, aud tha wlfo or alitcr-ln-law, aa tho cate may be. of tha next gov ernor of Tetmwee. "I toll both of tha buys. 1 colonel, "that neither will suitor by defeat, for one will ta governor and thelother wlU to tho governor's brother, land both ought consequently to Ael proud. The hearts cf thousands of people are turned to lhl« old couple as they ae)oy with feelings of lost pride the evening of their well spent life. Cuaa Howell. Subscriber, Ocala, Fla: Please tell me gome* thing about the "South Bea bauble.” It wu a financial speculation which began in England abont the same time u did Law’s Missis sippi scheme In France. The Booth Sea comptay was established by Lord Treasurer Harlcv In 1711. The public debt waa made the stock ot the com- ntny under an engagement of the government to pay o percent Interest at the end of 11 re yearn, and the grant of a monopoly of the trade to the South Sea, or the coast of Spanish America. The term "South Sea" was for a century or two applied to IhoFaeific ocean. Though thb trade yielded no great profit, the compapy nourished through lu revenues from other sonress. and became so well established as to vie with the great tank of England Jn controlling the finances of the country. In 1719 Ure government, with the Inten tion of reducing tbo rata of interest on the public debt and getting rid of certain unredeemable an nuities, proposed to extend the prlrilegu of the company and allow It to pay off the annuities with Its own stock. The govern ment Intended lo give this company a moat excellent bargain, but when the plan waa propoaadla the house of oommonsj that body voted to open the acbeme of competition to the bank of England also. The oompany.waa thus compelled to offer fi7,!00,000 for ita privileges: and notwithstanding this drawback, under the extravagant expectations of profit from the Ameri can trade and the prevalent rage for specu lating, tha Mock of the company was la great demand. It was Increased by suc cessive subscriptions, the .price or abates rapidly rising to ten times their face value, at a premium ofi,000 per cent. Othor "babbles" were started, such as schemes for a fishery of wrecks; to make salt water fresh: to make oil from sunflowers; to extraot silver from lead-all with promises of enormous profits "Madness ruled the hour." For lack of office room tho streets near 'Change alley were lined with desks, and clerks fioeded with business negotiating the worthless stocks, The action of the South Sea company against some of these wild cat concerns first broke the spoil and called attention lo ita own affaire, and when a feeling of distrust waa aroused, the Mock rapidly declined. The news of the failure or Law's scheme and IU consequences In Paris hast ened tho duwnAll of the "bubble," nnd aa the ycerJ720 clued, thousands ol families who had embarked all their wealth on the sea of specula tlon were hopelessly ruined. B. C, G., OabVott. Ala.: What la meant by tbe kindergarten method of teaching? It Is an lnnltutlon for the education of young children by means of ploys, games, stories, con versations, singing, pictures, and other mcaos adopted to tha aotnre or a child. The system orig inated In Germany, A. H. T., Talladega, Ala.; What is the mean, log of the phrase "the devil aod Tom Walker?" According to Washington Irving, Tom Walker was a Boston usurer who formed a partnership with the devil to discover Captain Kidd’s treasure and open a brokers offloe in Boston on condition that they should divide tha profits for a long term of yean, at tho end of which time Tom was to de liver himself op; heart, body and tool, to.tho devil u part ol the contract. Tom had a wonderful run of hnrtnraa and made lmmanaaauma of filthy lucre, hut some time before (ha contract expired he waa driving such a hard bargain with a poor, belploss debtor the t lha davll himself got antagad that any one should ta meaner than he waa, and In hit wrathful indignation be mounted a big black horse, during a dark, howling storm, dashed np to the broken office end snatched Tom by the hair of tha head, and bon him off ao sheoL When a man Is phenomenally successful and adroit (n any null, nesa that requires subtlety and skill, wo say “be heat! tho devil and Tom Walker.” hie In the routhem hemisphere, where summer V coincident with tbo earth,.perihelion. At tho rapeofGocd Hope the soft hu been observed heated up to 15? degrees Bat the temperatures of winter tnd rummer are determined ranch more by the position of the sun with reference to ouc horizon then by Its distance. In winter is It above onr horixen about ten hours ont of tho twenty, four. We are getting heat therefore ten boure.' and losing It fourteen. In summer this It ravened; we are getting beet fourteen honra and losing it ten. Again In winter the enn hangs far to the south, end ita rays slrika us in aslantlngdlraotlonJ A smaller number, in consequence, fall upon any given area, and more of them are reflected and lest to ns, than when they strike the surface vow trtcally, as they do In summer. Every body new and praises Dr, Ball’s Cough Syrup, and don't yon forget It, 23e. Aik for "Mend Barri* Wjtaaoaff ovary time, Canght Them Again. From the Amerlcus, Ga., Recorder. . Cliff Clay told the boss fleh story yesterday. H say ■ afrieud of his caught twenty pc rub at a certain place in the river a year ago, but as tbey were to small, be marked them and threw them back Intho water. Beeoqtly while fish ing at the aarne place, ho canght a number of fish, among them being twelve of the twenty which he threw beck twelve montha ago. The SIse of Mrs Cleveland's Slippers, From the NpWYork Herald. < Woburn, Mass,, September 11.—A firm of shoe manufacturers here have Just finished a pair of dainty slippers for Mra. Cleveland. The order ermo through an Albany house. The f Uppers era ofthe Oxford Ue patterns. Freoeh kid, width AAJ They were made by hShd.. Brown bead work la designed In fonr ieaves.on the quarters and,tho vamp. The site is :)H-- ’T" The Profit* in Fancy Poultry Raising, BY. MR. F. II. 1UCIIARDSON, We will print In next week's Coxsrrrrnox a rs markable latter from tha pen of Mr. Richardson of Tvs CoxsTlTVTioH staff, ob the profits In raising fancy poultry. These figures are startling, and hart lean gathered by Mr. Richardson In a tour through soma ol tha moat famous poultry farms lu ha acuth. This letter will bo- unusually later- enicg to the ladles, as wall as the farmers. Don’t fall to get neat week's Coxstitutiox containing Tho PotrotU cleat tha season at Philadelphia nu-tobero. Only four more games are fobs lsycd ob tha home grounds, and It Is not 1m- . triable that the "big four" and five more will end aa low as fourth In tha race. HORgrORDW ACID PHOSPHATE la Nervous Dvprvoaioa, Dr. F. W. Lytle, Lebanon, 111., ttys: “I have personally used it with marked advan tage, when overworked and the nerroal System much depaseetd.” Ryan played a remarkable outfield same I far Chlrtao >nt week. lie made Ihrra rastats (nous aametn t'.re-t to home, third and second base reerectlvely. and csagbt two wonderful By halls Greenville, S.C.: What la known of the sea serpent? This marine animal Is said to havo bean seen often on tha coast of Norway, especially near Moldcijord (Natural History of Norway In 1755), and also on the coasts of Now England, at tho begin ning ofthe present century. These aooounu are considered fabulous by most natnrallsta In the ancient Scandinavian mythology, one of Ihe most conspicuous figures la the Midgunormen, a huge serpent, which, hidden on tho bottom of tho sea, embraces tha earth with Ita folda, and them ran ta nodoubt that tho extravagant descriptions which Norwegian peasants who protest to hast scon tho sea serpent give ot this animal are more or less In- * -"-theold mythological Ideasofthcsnl- “ name That, however,which it to make naturalists suspi cious with respset to the existence of this animal, U the clroumstanco that no remains of- It hava ever been found, and for a long time they generally considered all reporta or tho appearance or the sea serpent as the fabrications of supsrstltion and delusion. But, In his "Romance of Natural History" (Lon don. lKCO-flfi), Gosh hat shown that the argument egalnst the exiMence of the sea serpent, taken from tho non-exUtence of any remains of tt, does not hold good, and naturalists aro not disposed to deny the possibility that such an animal may ex tol, and may prove to ta some modified type of the secondary enallsunraa (meaning "marine Heard,” having paddles for rwlmmlng instead of true llwi), or some form Intermediate between them and the elongated cetaceans (whale fish). The zenglodon, a mammalian type of tho tertiary epooh, coming near to the cetacean*, and In some respects to the seals, may present some claim to ho the sea ser pent. The anlmsl to uld to appear In calm weath er. with a slander body from sixty lo too feet long, a broad, in shell ke brad as large aa that or a horse, targe eyes and a long and narrow neok, and of a general dark brown color; some describe It as hav ing fiua. II to seen swimming at tha surftoo, with tha head and neck elongated, progressing swiftly, apparently by.a varitoal undulatory motion. Late accounts from the Hudson rlvtr would Indicate that (base is no doubt of Its veritable exlstcnoo. Wa always believe facts. Rheumatism Wo doubt If there Is, or can to, a specific remedy tot rbeamalbtni bnt thousands who have suffered lb pains hare been greatly ben* ell ted by Hood's 8arssparllls. If yon have foiled to find relief, try this great remedy. . s "I waa afflicted with rbenmattom twenty years. Frerious to 1SS51 found no relief, but grew worse, and at one time was almost help, less. Hood’s Sarsaparilla did ms more good than all the other medicine I ever had." H.T. Balcoh, Shirley Village, Mass. • “ I had rheumatism three yean, and got no relief till I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It has done great things for mo. I recommend It to others.’' Liwia BcnnAitm, Blddcford, Me. - f' Hood’s"Sarsaparilla Is characterized by three peculiarities: 1st, the combination of remedial ageate» Sd, tho proportion fid, tho process of securing the active medicinal qualities. Tho result Is a medicine of unusual strength, effecting cures hitherto unknown. Bend for book containing additional evidence. New xork C E Hood’sc Sarsaparilla,’ Bold hy all drnggtota, tl; six for IS. Mado pnlybyC-I.nOOD * CO., Lowell, Mxss. ( IOO Doses One .Dollar. - tm OOTTOW at.■»raw— Anisia Septombcr IS, 1SS& taa waxxs xxnxw. NEW TORE, September 1S-C. LGreen At Go., In har report on oottem futures today, say: Reasonably cheerfol sceotmti frost abroad and the strong sta tistical position for the week stimulated a cavcrinc demand, aod the market was firm throughout with a [gain of 40fi points wtll sustained. October ap peared to ta particularly In Avor, operators takius bock recent sales freely. NKW YORK, September 17—IhsfoUcwlng’latU comparative cotton statement for the wsak ending yield madi Clothllde, a Holstein owned In Utica, N, Y„ yielded 29,000 pounds of milk for the year Just ended. This was at toast twenty-six rimes her weight. Three years ago the celebrated oow Eeho had succeeded at ton years of aga In putting the figures f n a year’s yield up to 20,775 pounds Echo died tho next year, and the results of bat over reaching ambition appear to hava made a deep Imprersloaonthe minds of all her aspiring listen, exorpt Clothllde, who, two yean altar lha death or Echo, tends tha record, at a Mx-ycar-old, up to more than 20,coo pounds Elmo, Athena. Gs: Witt was the amount df money gtven to Chicago after the rut fire? The total cash, et.KS.000. New York gave 1974,- 000 Boston 1415,000, Philadelphia 0J14.000, Balti more fl 74.000. Ofthe routhem cities, Richmond gave 110,000, New Orleans 129,000, Memphis *20:000, Loulssllto 020,000, tnd Chtrlttua 0917. Ol foreign countries, Iu|land garo 0415.000, Ireland 87t.oou, Scotland 075,0001 Franca OM.000, Switzerland fu,. 000, Germany IM.MIL Canada 1199,000, China 12,800, Pen 010,000, Cuba lie 000, India 12,600, and so on orer the world. Betides the money came train loads ot provisions clothing,medicines, coverings, and even carlosde of toys for tho homeless child ren of Chicago. There were 2,124 acres deeolatod by fin. Tbe money was used largely to buy tools, machinery and ftunltura to start men and women lnhwineis Thousands of sewing machlnea were bought for poor women. Anraamit, 8. C„ August 11, l!09.-Edlton Cob- stlinrion: Are we nearer the son In winter or summer, 11 either, giro the cause, Yoon etc. A J. Wakefiblo, Tbe earth is nearer I ha son In winter than In summer because It rerolvea round the sun not in circle, bnt In an eclipse. Tha latter Is a ear. vtllnftr figure ot which an Idea may ta formed, by seising a hoop at two opposite points and Mrelrhlng It out so that a Hue joining those two points shall he longer than one at right angles to it drawn through theceulcr. The long line la called the msjor axis, the shorter, the minor axis. Now the orbit of the earth Is sn eclipse and Ihe ■on Is in Its major axis; not In the center of that line hut towards one end of It When, therefore, the certain Its clrenlt Is at the end of tha major axis to u bleb the inn Is Eearoit, It Is nearest the inn: and when It reaches the other extremity of that alii It Ixiarthest from the sun. Tha point of ncann distance Is called the "perchellon, ’ of the greatcH, the appeifon. Th* earth Is in perchellon In midwinter, in appellon In midsummer. Ail the membeasof the solar system have elliptical orbits, the n reliant of two foroea gravitation {the attrac- tton ofthe ns, and the projaetlto force with which they were launched into space. But perhaps yooi object was to ask why It to colder, instead of boutr in winter whan tha earth the no. The inequality of distance to •boot oca thirtieth of ih« mean dutsaotand th* Increased healing powtr of she eon to la coast- qoeara stout one-fifteenth or tha whole. As a matter af Act tale Jacretasd boat to very percept! New York—Cotton.opened and closed firm with the memtae showing an upward tendency, Spots; middling 9 M6C. Net receipts today 11,497 bales, agalnst;i5.057 bale* tort ycan Bapatta balea: tort year *,231 bales; Mock 929,009 batoa; tort year 192,892 bales, • - igg ibrtuuy.. *^^^2Si7aairaTitM bates Local-Cotton firm; middlingSJJC. HEW TORE, September 18-Tbe total risible le*J W •» Mttonlfor tha world Is LM5,b2? bales, of whloh (02,827 tales are American, again* LIU. 172 bales end 757.172 respectively lost rear. Receipts at all Interior town 4UtO tales RocclpUAroa plants* Host 79,020, Crop In sight 128,259 balsa. , PROVISIONS, GRAIN, MTU, CONSTITUTION OFFIOK . _ , Ariixra, September 17, IBtt. ' TM toUrarlng qiotanais indloua tha tnotaattoW Hi taa Chicago hoard of traoa today; September...... 79)| September 9 90 "“990 9 90 9 99 onUMMMfi September™.. 7 20 7 20 729 7 29 ton atoeB ^jsss&ss » sr.aa; ■test- 1 * • ■Kies 0 boms, urn average, inssnXc; smou treraanuSn 14!;c.tar8—'nerrea. leaned. sXa cboloe car. sjjl bound b*iDc* feio. AxaSw 1(1.50. Cotton ropo 15c. Swede Iron Sc; rollJ merchant bar, 2 reus, CaiiwteeUJa Nalls] INDISTINCT print