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ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 25, IW.
Tho exposition and Its Itesults.
The exposition is over, ft was without
except ion tho largest and most successful
exposition ever given and completed in 104
days.
Its only drawback was the inability of
those interested to comprehend its magni
tude. A hundred days before it was opened
the directors actually debated whether they
would spend $12,<100 or $15,000 on build
ings and improvements. They closed I heir
work after having spent over SIOO,OOO on
buildings and Improvements. Even this
was insufficient.. Enough exhibitors clam
ored for admission to have tilled three times
M much space as the buildings afforded.
This failure to comprehend the magnitude
of the exposition was almost universal. Mr.
J. 11. Wylie was perhaps more closely con
nected with it than any other man, spend
ing most of his time, at the ground, and yet
When the exposition opened he had more
cattle tied to trees and hid under bushes
than he had in the cattle house which he
thought would be more than sufficient, and
had to rule out the local herds almost en
tlrely. Thirty days before opening day, the
directors were canvassing for exhibits to till
the two large buildings. A week before it
opened they could have tilled two additional
buildings.
The railroads could never bo biought to
comprehend what the exposition would be
There were fifty thousand people who
wanted to come to Atlanta thatthe railroads
Could not bring, so inadequate was the
tqulpmcnt. On one occasion the Georgia
road train w as filled In Augusta and did not
jtop at a station. On every road people
Were left at the stations in droves. General
K. 11. Thomas, mana er of the Richmond
and Danville road, proph led a week before
the exposition that his road would not
transfer enough people front Atlanta to the
grounds to pay the expenses of lining up,
which were about $ lie eottld never
be brought to change that opinion until lie
had taken in over $”0,000 in cash.
This exposition will teach us for the next
one. It proves beyond doubt that Atlanta
can be made the great exposition city of the
South, ami that by wi ■ management, com
prehensive plans and energy we can estab
lish here an annual exposition and fair that
will r.RSk with the great show at St. Louis
and be surpassed by no other in America.
To do tills wo must build broadly and lay
the foumi.it .. ns deep. We must do as the
exposition directors have done. We must
put out the money without stint and trust
to the people to pay it back.
Beyond this the exposition will teach
many lessons of profit and usefulness which
tiie south will not lie slow to turn to her
advantage. These lessons will develop as
the days go by. and The Conbtiti nos will
do its part towards interpreting and enforc
ing them to tlie honor and progress of the
I’ieduiout section.
♦
Hunting for Confederate Flags.
Colonel F. D. Mussey, tho tibia and es
teemed war correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, has been heard from
in regard to tho conduct of the Piedmont
exposition, tho decoration! of the houses,
tile m comm ijations ter the crowd and the
reception of the president. We gather
from the colonel's telegram sent to ills
pap.-r l iit Tue lay n it that tho people in
this s. .’llOll are eousiderabiy out of gear,
and that the weather and the bunting have
both slipped tl. or I. ntt.es. so to : . ak.
and are now running a wild and rebellious
•cbe bile.
Ue do not know whether Colonel Mtts
•ey's correspondence is written to suit the
temper of his paper, or whether it is the re
sult of his own iKc.diar prejudices -perhaps
it is a combination of both; but it s a fact
Ui.it the colonel air.ved m Atlanta the other
day considerably out of joint. He was
jostled and jammed in the crowd, and lost
bis temper, aud it b very evident that he
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 25.1887.
had not recovered it when ids first dispatch
j was forwarded to Brother Halstead’s extra
| ordinary paper. This dispatch is very en
: tertaining reading, be,cause the colonel
makes a curous spectacle of himself, and,
somewhat incidentally, of his able news
paper.
He was sent here, it seems, not to study
the Piedmont exposition, nor to make, a re
port on the wonderful progress of the south
i and the development of its material re
sources, but to nose around for confederate
llc .s. Colonel Mussey, who is a very spicy
writer, went about, bis duties very system
atically. He went without his breakfast on
the morning of his arrival, and missed his
dinner, in his wild hunt for confederate
flags. He found the city in a terrible con
dition. Everything was crowded out ex
cept confederate Hags. Loyal newspaper
correspondents were compelled to wrap
themselves in confederate flags at night
when they slept and to eat soup made of
confederate flags.
It is to be inferred from Colonel Mussey’s
telegram to his paper that he saw sights
with liis eyes shut, and dreamed dreams
witli his eyes open. The bunting of red,
white and blue, was selected because
It represented the national colors, but the
inflamed eye of Colonel Mussey sees in this
bunting, which is invariably used in decora
tions at the north, a display of confederate
flags which is quite unprecedented.
Well, considering everything—consider
ing the fact that the exposition has been
successful beyond precedent, and consider
ing the fact that the display has been the
most significant (hat has ever been made in
the south -we are disposed to feel some
what, sorry for Colonel Mussey. Bancor’s
teeth arc long atid sharp, but they have
struck a finely-tempered file in Atlanta.
We wish Colonel Mussey well —not only
because he is harmless, but because he is a
very clever fellow, indeed, when lie is not
ordered to hunt for confederate flags.
4) —•
The Fight Hum Been Whipped.
Atlanta has whipped the fight against the
rain. This is as usual. She always whips the
fight.
President Cleveland was specially im
pressed with the earnestness and cordiality
of the crowd, in spite of the rain. Time and
again, in riding through the crowd, he called
attention to their courtesy and patience in
standing through hours of rain waiting,
packed like sardines, to see the president
and give him welcome.
Three more days of the exposition remain.
Let them be made equal to the days that
have passed. The exposition is intact and
better than ever. Every exhibitor put on
some finishing touches for the president and
the exposition is now more brilliant than it
ever has been.
The truth is, the exposition ought to
stand for six months as an object lesson for
the people, and an evidence of the marvel
lous resources of this section of the country.
It, must, be closed, however, on Saturday
night. There arc but three more days,
therefore, to see it. Those who miss it will
miss a sight that will lie of lasting benefit
and of immediate interest.
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A Cool Woman.
Tho wife of Banker Rawson, of Chicago,
Is one of the coolest women that ever step
ped.
Pending tho divorce proceedings insti
tuted against her by her husband, her son
met the, old man coming out of church and
riddled him with bullets. A reporter called
on Mrs. Rawson at. her hotel and told the
tragic story. Tho lady heard him through
and said: “1 am glad of it! In front, of the
church'? It was just the place. The old hypo
crite; in front of the chinch. Pah! Did all
the shot iiit him’?’’
After these remarks, Mrs. Rawson, who
is described as a very beautiful woman,
seemed to lose all interest in the matter.
The in wspapcr man endeavored to continue
the conversation, but as tho banker’s wife
yawned and showed signs of going to sleep,
lie considerately took his leave.
The manner and tho utterances of this
remarkable woman naturally give color to
the suspicion that she knew the murderous
design of her son, and encouraged him in it.
She claims that she is an injured wife and
that her husband has resorted to the most
infamous means in order to blast her repu
tation. If her side of the story is true, it is
not surprising that her son shot the banker
down at the church door.
Still, tho coolness of Mrs. Rawson, and
her lack of feeling, will prejudice the pub
lie against her. A hard-hearted and re
vengeful woman has few sympathizers. The
Walworth ease, about fifteen years ago, was
very different from the Rawson affair. Mans
field Tracy Walworth, the novelist, was sep
arated from his wife and treated her very
I badly. 11 s son, a mere youth, punished
him by killing him, but his mother, so far
from approving the deed, suffered the bit
terest agony. Family influence and sympa
thy did not save young Walworth. He went
to the penitentiary and remained there some
time 1 his was New York justice. It re
mains to be seen how the Chicago case will
be disposed of.
•
A Groat Man and a (treat Ide i.
The celebrated Midlothian tour of Mr.
Gladstone was nothing in comparison with
his present trip through the manufacturing
cities of England.
it has been like a royal tour in the olden
time. Thousands and hundreds of thous
ands have left their work and their business
to greet the great apostle of home rule.
As Mr, Gladstone grows older he seems to
grow clearer and stronger. The exuberant
I rhetoric of his youth has been pruned down
I into a v iqorous and lucid style, and no liv
, ing mau has his power over the masses.
At _N« Hingham, the other day, the great
! com:: net' made one of the most significant
I speeches of the campaign. He,said that the
I Irish must have home rule or bo coerced
' into submission. Coercion, lie said, would
, crush out everything in the shape, of liberty
I in Ireland, and this tho liberty-loving peo
’ plcof England would net permit. He made
an app d lor home rule, the extension of
local g wernment everywhere, tho complete
| enfranch -emciit of the nation and the abo
lition if the entail system. His speech
throughout was a masterly exposition of
such democratic reforms as are possible in a
constitutional monarchy.
| During Mr. Gladstone's triumphal jour
ney a delegation of white haired men met
hiiu aud tcld lilni that they voted for hiuj
fifty-five year* ago,>Aud were ready again to
support him. How many statesmen can
boast of such constituents?
The enthusiasm of the people is more no
ticeable than it was during tlie Midlothian
campaign. It is not because the popularity
of Mr. Gladstone is on the increase; it is be
cause the great cause of home rule is com
ing home to the business and bosoms of
men. The masses of England are - nearing
the point when they will be ready to thun
der into the ears of their rulers: “The
cause of Ireland is ours!”
It is not surprising under such circum
stances that Mr. Gladstone throws aside the
burden of his years, and renews his youth,
speaking with the force and fire of an in
spired tribune. He scents victory in the
air, and is marshalling his hosts for the
fray. It is a wonderful campaign, and it
requires no prophet to forecast its outcome.
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The Country Safe.
It is gratifying to note the promptness
witli which Mr. Chauncey M. Depew has
repudiated certain statements credited to
him in a recent St. Louis interview.
In the published interview Mr. Depew
was made to predict a period of financial
disasters resulting from tlie over-construc
tion of railways and land speculation. It
seems that the interviewer misunderstood
the drift of the conversation. Mr. Depew
admits that he expressed the opinion that
there was too much railway activity in the
northwest, but the business interests of the
country appear to him to be in a healthy
and prosperous condition.
Os course there are prophets of evil even
in the best of times, but it is pleasant to be
assured that a bright, brainy man like Mr.
Depew is not one of them. The fact is, the
unhealthy booms in railways and real es
tate, during the present year, have been
sporadic and local. There has been no gen
eral tendency in that direction. Allthcsigns
of the times indicate an era of prosperity
for several years to come, and the croaker
who predicts a financial panic will find it
difficult to give sound reasons for his evil
forebodings.
Hungry London.
When the unemployed laborers and the
suffering poor of London raise the cry of
“Bread 1” the governing classes have good
reason to be alarmed. When the hungry
thousands of the great metropolis swarm
through tlie streets ami in the public
squares yelling “Bread!” their rulers trem
ble. A hungry British mob will call for
blood when bread is not forthcoming.
The demonstrations in London are more
significant than the red flag nonsense of tlie
anarchists in Chicago. The anarchists arc
not suffering. They are sleek and well fed.
They arc able to spend half their time in
idleness, and they have not only bread but
beer and plenty of it.
In London the case is different. There,
poverty is genuine. There, the common
lot is one of hopeless misery. Tlie poor are
all tlie time growing poorer, and the rich
are growing richer. At the end of a hard
summer hosts of unemployed workingmen
find themselves facing the horrors of winter.
Discontent among such people means some
thing, and their complaints and threats
mean trouble.
in tlie event of an outbreak the police of
London would have the aid of a strong
military force, but it is difficult to cope
successfully with tho desperate fury of a
mob. More than one bloody chapter in the
history of Paris shows tho weakness of tlie
police and the military when the masses are
up and the revolt is on.
London has a volcano under it in tlie
shape of its oppressed and starving poor.
One of these days tlie outbreak will come
and tlie city will bo wrecked, just as Paris
has been wrecked time and again. Such
periods come in the history of all great
cities. In the long run the old government
or a new one st raightens out the tangle, but
during the brief upheaval the mischief is
done.
England's greatest danger is not in Ire
land. It is at home. The failure to realize
this is tlie worst blunder that tlie tories
have made, and when they see it they will
lie powerless to apply tlie remedy. Hungry
London is preparing for her feast, and it
will be a sad occasion for those who furnish
it.
Wi atlier Predictions.
The. claim is made that about sixty-eight
per cent of the predictions of the signal ser
vice turn out to be correct.
U nder tlie circumstances this is doing very
well, but as a rule tlie weather predictions
are very disappointing on great occasions
when people are anxious to know what to
depend upon. Nine times out of ten, when
there is a celebration, or a big day. tlie pre
: diction of fair weather is followed by rain, or
I a wet programme gives way to bright sun
shine.
So unreliable is tlie guess work of the sig
nal service on these special occasions that
1 the people are in the habit of carrying their
umbrellas and waterproofs when fair weather
is predicted, and, on the other hand, they
sail out in summer attire when it is an
nounced that it will be cold aud rainy.
In order to be prepared for what comes
every man should be his own weather pro
phet. This schedule will not bring any ex
traordinary number of disappointments, and
it works very satisfactorily with people of
tlie “griu-and-bear-it" temperament. After
all, too much importance is attached to the
weather. Tlie best way is to go ahead re
gardless.
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I.ock Him I'p,
Professor Capen, tlie Washington weather
prophet, whose alleged earthquake predic
tions were followed by tlie t'harleston dis
aster, is talking again.
The professor says tliat there will be an
earthquake period in this month reaching
from tlie 15th to the 2oth. The critical
days will be from the 19th to the 24th.
A year or so ago the professor would have
been able to frighten a good many people.
Since then our lively earthquake experience
has taught even the most ignorant that tho
prophet* know no more about coming seis
mic convulsions than their neighbors know.
These predictions are the outcome of a
species of erankism altogether too common
for the public good.
The lunatic asylum is the best place for
sensationalist* like Capeu, and they ought
to be sent there.
A Brave Crank.
Anarchist Parsons, who is now in the
Chicago jail awaiting the execution of the
, death sentence, has written a characteristic
letter to the governor of Illinois,
Parsons takes no stock in the effort
pew being made by hb friends to have his
sentence commuted. He writes to the gov
ernor that he is either guilty or innocent.
If guilty, he prefers death rather than to
go “like the quarry slave at night, scourged
to his dungeon.” If innocent, he is entitled
to, and will accept nothing less than lib
erty.
This is brave talk. But the anarchist
drops into mere drivel towards tlie close of
his letter. He claims that there is a judicial (
conspiracy to murder the condemned an
archists. He protests against this judicial
crime, but repeats his determination to
suffer death rather than accept a commuta
tion. lu conclusion he asks the governor
to examine the record of the trial and de
cide whether the prisoners are guilty or in
nocent.
This man is perhaps the only genuine
American among the Chicago anarchists,
lie is something of a crank, but his Ameri
can pluck bears him up to the last. We
must not allow this man's heroism in a bad
cause to excite our sympathy. He is the
open and avowed enemy of society, law and
order. There is no room in tliis country
for such men. There is an opening for
dead anarchists, but there is no place for
them while they are alive. The sooner An
archist Parsons and his fellow outlaws are
under the sod, the better it will be for those
who are left behind.
An Interesting Dreamer.
San Antonio, Texas, had a thrilling sen
sation the other day. Mrs. Truax, an
estimable lady, was found in her back yard,
in an insensible condition. When restored
to consciousness, she stated that four mask
ed men had forced their way into her bed
room, and after maltreating her, had en
veloped her in a blanket and carried her out
of tlie house.
Tlie story of the lady created the most in
tense excitement, and the police went to
work to get at the bottom of the mystery.
It is a relief to the good citizens of San
Antonio to know that, after a most ex
haustive investigation, it is the opinion of
the experts that Nirs. Truax was not asault
ed by anybody, but is simply the victim of
a horrible dream, on the nightmare order.
This dream theory possibly explains much
that would otherwise be unaccountable.
From time to time, the country is startled
by reported outrages upon women, and in
some of these cases there is no evidence
whatever except the statements of the
alleged sufferers. Perhaps these unfortunates
arc laboring under a delusive mania. There
are many instances on record where women
in a hysterical condition, have told the most
remarkable stories. Sonic years ago, Lady
Florence Dixie excited all England, by
claiming that she was followed and attacked
by conspirators who were determined to
have her life. It turned out that the whole
business existed only in her diseased imagi
nation,
It may be, that Mrs.Truax’s case, belongs
to the hysterical class of imaginary out
rages. It is certainly easier to take this
view of it, than it is to believe that four
masked men played such pranks with her
as she tells about. As a rule, an extra
ordinary story should be received with an
extraordinary degree of caution.
Two Remarkable Deaths.
Tlie epidemic of sudden deaths in Mem
phis will alarm people in that city and else
vv here.
Judge Ellet and President Montgomery,
of tlie Jockey dub, expired under some
what similar circumstances. Botli fell dead
in a public place, on a great occasion, just
after they had finished delivering their
speeches.
It is easy to say that they were the vic
tims of heart disease, but tins is not en
tirely satisfactory. Did tlie excitement of
the occasion, the exertion of speaking have
anything to do with these deaths?
A person afflicted with heart disease
should,as far as possible,avoid agitation and
excitement. The friction of enthusiastic
crowds is bad. The mental and physical
strain of a set speech is dangerous. If
Judge Ellet and President Montgomery had
kept away from the places where they were
stricken, we have little doubt that they
would have been alive today.
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A Fino < ampaign Drink.
John Randolph Tucker astonished a north
ern friend, the other day, by telling him that
buttermilk was his favorite campaign drink,
and that he always stuck to it when he was
on a stamping tour.
It will be recollected that Horace Greeley
managed to make a series of remarkably
good campaign speeches with no stronger
stimulant than milk. Mr. Tucker’s beverage
is even better. It does not interfere with
the digestion, and it cools and lubricates the
throat, besides affording nourishment.
A buttermilk orator is not likely to make
any very bad breaks. On the other hand,
tho speaker who braces up with a dose of
tlie ardent is liable at any time to overshoot
the mark. Tiie excitement of facing large
crowds is so stimulating in itself that most
men need to be held back rather than spur
red forward.
The buttermilk idea, however, is not Mr.
Tucker's discovery. He got it from Henry
A. Wise, who, whatever else might be said
of him, was certainly anything but a dull
speaker. Tho successful experiment of
these two Virginians in the matter of finding
a campaign bracer that cheers without in
ebriating, is a pointer worth remembering.
Sham lieform.
Alluding to tlie surplus in the treasury,
the'Macon Telegraph says:
Why is it that the people are forced to pay this
enormous amount over and above the necessary ex
penses of the government?
Il is because Mr. Samuel J. Randall end a few
democrats who stood by him prevented tlie efforts
of the bulk of the democratic |<arty in the forty
eight and forti ninth congresses to reduce taxa
tion. Mr. Ihui 'mT- a linkers are fond of alluding
t 'hi* courage. They d.i not overestimate it. It
requires an nlu-ost Inconceivable degree of courage
to enable a man tn assume the resiKinsilility whith
Mr. Randall has take i un r. him-elf.
There is a very serious mistake here. Mr.
Randall and those who believed with him
are not responsible for tho failure of the
movement for tariff reduction and revision,
| nor were they even responsible for the fail
i ure of Mr. Morrison's horizontal scheme,
though they were opposed to that plan.
Back of the democratic house n.is the re
publican senate, and no scheme originated
by the democrats for the purpose of revising
tho tariff could have passed that body. But
for the obstinacy of the Morrison men, the
house could easily have been brought to the
poiut of making an authoritative declaration
on the subject.
Revenue reform that does not contemplate
ths reform of the excise laws is sham re
form.
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vance.
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The Cotton Tax.
The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record, in
view of the fact that the cotton tax collected
during and immediately after the war has
been declared illegal by the supreme court,
suggests that the seventy-five millions of
dollars which were collected from the farm
ers of the southern states be restored to the
south by congress to be used as a fund for
educational purposes.
In our opinion, it will be time enough to
discuss the uses to which the cotton tax
money is to be put after it has been restored
to the states from which it was illegally
taken. The money belongs to the farmers of
the southern states, and congress lias nothing
to do but to restore it to the states in which
it was collected. It is a fund which be
longs to the class which paid it.
Let the money be restored, and then dis
cussion as to its proper distribution will be
in order.
The Cotton Movement.
The New York Financial Chronicle says
that for the week ending Friday evening,
the total receipts have reached 271,799 bales,
against 276,876 bales last week, 251,186
bales the previous week and 238,745 bales
three weeks since, making the total receipts
since the Ist of September, ISB6, 1,454,637
bales, against 1,085,318 bales for the same
period of 1886, showing an increase since
September 1, 1887, of 369,319 bales.
The exports for the week reach a total of
176,848 bales, of which 88,266 were to Great
Britain, 11,998 to France and 76,584 to the
rest of the continent. The imports into
continental ports have been 30,000 bales.
There has been an increase in tlie cotton in
sight to-night of 401,816 bales as compared
with the same date of 1886, an increase of
391,284 bales as compared with the corre
sponding date of 1885 and an increase of
213,511 bales as compared with 1884.
The old interior stocks have increased
during the week 42,076 bales and are 41,655
bales more than at the same period last
year. Tlie receipts at the same towns have
been 4,517 bales more than the same week
last year, and since September 1 tlie re
ceipts at all the towns are 194,708 bales
more than for the same time in 1886.
Tho total receipts from the plantations
since September 1,1887, are 1,660,507ba1e5;
in 1886 were 1,222,779 bales; in ISSS were
1,265,762 bales. Although tlie receipts at
the outports tlie past week were 271,799
bales, tlie actual movement from plantations
was 321,919 bales, the balance going to in
crease the stocks at the interior towns. Last
year the receipts from tlie plantations for
the same week were 308,487 bales, and for
1885 they were 303,7-54 bales.
The increase in amount in sight tonight,
as compared with last year, is 460,555 baits,
the increase as compared with 1885 is 417,-
297 bales, and the increase over 1884 is
423,922 bales. The total sales for forward
delivery for the week are 903,700 bales. For
immediate delivery tlie total sales foot up
this week 1,760 bales, including for
export, 1,662 for consumption, 98 for specu
lation, and in transit.
The Chronicle's weather reports indicate
that in general picking continues to make
good progress, although at a few points there
has been some interruption by rain. The
crop is being marketed freely.
The Chronicle says that the speculation
in cotton for future delivery at New York
has continued active throughout most of the
week under review, and prices have made
some further advance; the opening was
weak. The bulls apparently “let go to get
a better hold,” for on Tuesday, after tho
effect of a lower Liverpool report had ex
pended itself, they began buying again witli
much freedom, without other active influ
ence in their support than that which might
be derived from a violent storm in the east
ern gulf states (afterwards moving north
east), and on Wednesday there was renewed
buoyancy, following a marked advance at
Liverpool.
Thursday, an early decline in the face of
a stronger Liverpool report was followed by
a fresh advance, most decided in the early
months. Friday there was an early decline
under sales to realize, but the pressure on
October contracts, and such low temperaJ
ture in the northern belt as to threaten frosty
caused a nearly complete recovery. Cotto®
on the spot has been quiet. Stocks continuqj
small. Quotations were advanced l-16d. on)
Wednesday, and again on Thursday. FriJ
day the w.irket was quiet at 9fe. for mid-l
dling tiplands. •
They Are Coming.
Among the visitors to the Piedmont Ex 4
position were several notably large delega-j
tions from the northwest.
An Atlanta man pleasantly suggested tai
an lowan that he would do well to remaiqj
in this part of the country.
“I camo with a view to settling here,’ 1 }
replied the lowan, “and that is whas
brought most of us down this way.”
In the course of further conversation tlioj
visitor said thatthe people of the northwest}
were growing tired of their rigorous win-j
ters. “Our winter,” he said, “lasts about}
eight months, and a man practically loses
half of a lifetime so far as outdoor work i«
concerned. Thousands of our people arq
asking themselves why they should
handicapped by such disadvantages.
want to move south if we can see our way!
clear.”
Before the exposition we predicted tha
coming of this scout ing party of immigrants.-
With a little encouragement a tremendou?
tide of immigration can be turned south
ward. These immigrants will be Ameri
cans. They will readily adapt themselves
to our conditions and in a short time be
come thoroughly southern.
It has not been the policy of this region
to force immigration, and it may be best to
let it be governed by natural laws. One
thing, however, is certain. The present
temper of the northwest is such that a very
small effort on the part of any of the Pied-?
mont states would draw thousands upon
thousands of first-class settlers this way/
and they would come in a rush. When,
people are tired of fighting the forces o£
nature it is an easy matter to persuade them
to come where both man and nature stand
ready to aid them.
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EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT.
Gobble is the name of a new postmaster Ex
Virginia. A great many prominent politicians
belong to the Gobble family.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is sick because
she ate too many apide dumplings. She is sick
in a very good cause. ,
Dennis Kearney met his match in New
York tlio other day. Wong Ching Foo, the
Chinaman, tackled him in a public debate and
got tlie best of it.
The Cincinnati
appears to be stuck on the poetry that occas
ionally appears in these columns. Mr. Hal
stead should see some that wo are compelled to
suppress on account of its sunny exuberance.
The epidemic of sudden deaths is on again.
No one locality is afflicted, and no one disease}
does the work. It is possible that the changes!
of the seasons give feeble systems a fatal
shock.
Fred Mussey, of the Cincinnati Commer
cial-Gazette. has enjoyed the inestimable priv
ilege of sleeping under a confederate flag since
his stay in Atlanta. And he is proud of tho
fact.
The correspondent of the Chicago Trib
une was insulted in Chattanooga and resented!
it in Atlanta. His careworn face appealed to
many strangers who knew nothing of his pa
thetic history.
Dunlap, the bank robber, will get out oS
the Massachusetts penitentiary next year. Ho
refuses to disclose tlie hiding place of tho
million dollars realized by his steal and ex
pects to have a good time when he secures his
liberty.
“Got There Just the Same.”
United States Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin)
is one of the wags of tlie most august assembly in
the republic. He relates that so n after Mr. Lin
coln was nominated for the presidency, in 1860, ij
became pretty well understood that David Davie
was really responsible for the event which subse
quently be tenia so big with political results. When
Davis and Lincoln next met, the latter said he had!
heard that Davis had done a good deal in the way
of manipulating state delegations in his (Line m'sj
behalf: “and lam afraid, Mr. Davis,” lie added/
with a characteristic twinkle—“l’m afraid you
equivocated a little.”
“Equivocated!” roared the rotund Davis. “I lied
like the devil.”
Said Senator Sawyer, laughing heartily at tho
reminiscence, “I once asked Davis if he really said
that.
“Well.” was the replv, “if I didn't, I got there just
the same.”
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