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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION’: ATLANTA, TUESDAY. JULY 1. 1884.—TWELVE PACES,
[We solicit short letters giving the evil effects
liquor In communities, as witnessed by the writers.
We duu't care (or arguments. We want facts and
figures. Send them in, mothers, fathers, wives,*
sons, everybody, and help iu the tight against this
terrible and growin gevil. J
OTTR ANTUT TOTTOR FTflWT I won't let her Sleep. That mother who nursed
UU A /ill i 1 LUxUv/n r lun 1. you your infancy, toiled for you in your
• | childhood and looked with pride aud joy upou
AGAINST T1IE DEMON OF INTEMFEU- you as you were growing up to manhood, as
• *"•” • she counted on the comfort and support you
would give her iu her declining years.
“We read of a most barbarous manner In
which one of the Oriental nations punishes
some of its criminals. It is by cutting the
flesh from the body in small pieces—slowly
cutting the limbs, beginning with the fingers
aud toes, ouo joint at a time—until the wretch
ed victim dies. That is just what you are do
iug—you are killing your mother by inches,
You nave planted many of the white hairs
that are appearing so thick in her head before
their time. Your cruel hand is drawing the
linos of sorrow on her dear face, making her
look prematurely old. You might as well
stick your knife in her body every time you
come near her, for your conduct is stabbing
her to the heart. You might os well bring her
cottiu aud force her iuto it, for you are pressing
her toward it with very rapid steps.
“Would you tread on her body if prostrated
on the floor? And yet with ungrateful foot
you are treading on her heart and crushing
out life mid joy—no, I need not soy j<J£» for
that is a word we have long ceased to see, be
cause you have taken it away from us. Of
course we have to meet our friends with smiles,
but they little know the bitterness within
You have token the roses out of your sister*!
pathway, aud scattered thorns instead} and
from the pain they inflict scalding tears ore
often seen coursing down her cheeks. Thus
you ore blightiug her life ns well as ours,
“And what can you promise yourself for the
future? Look at the miserable, bloated, ragged
wretches whom you meet every day, and see
in them the exact picture of what you are
coining to, aud will be in a few years. Then
in the end a drunkard's grave and a drunk
ard’s doom l for the Bible says: “Nodrunkard
shall inherit the kingdom.’ 1 Where then will
you be? If not in the kingdom of God you
must be somowhero else.
“Will not these considerations induce you
quit at once and for all the time? Ami may
God help you, for He can and will if y<
earnestly ask it.
“Your affectionate but sorrow-stricken
father.”
Mb. Barnum and His Wixk*Cem.ar.—Mr
Ilarnum was a “considerable” drinker up fc
1874, although lie would not have allowed
anybody to tell him so. “When I* built my
magnificent Oriental country scat (rauistan, I
was proud of the house, but ten-times prouder
of my wine-cellar than of anything I had. 1
was not in the habit of drinking distilled
liquors, but every day at dinner took my bot
tle of champagne or its equivalent in other
wines or molt liquors. I did no business after
noon and my mother-in-law used to soy that f
was “heady,” after dinner. I felt quite offend
ed by the suggestion and threatened to go back
to whisky if it was repented, for I really con
sidered myself quite a tern perrnce man, sineo
I drank only wiue, and thought my after-din
ner feelings were due to over-enting rather
than drinking. I got Rev. Dr. Chapin to come
up to Bridgeport and deliver u temperance
lecture, for tno subject of which ho took ‘the
moderate drinker,' and 1 saw myself in quite n
new light. I realised for the first time the
bad example I was setting, and when I went
home that night was so worried that I could
scarcely sleep. The next morning I had my
coachman knock the necks off all the chain
pngne bottles I had in my cellar, some five oi
six dozen; the port and other medicinal wines
I gave away iu cases of sickness, and the
liquors I returned to the dealers. That was
the last of my drinking.”
TKMrRRAXCK Afloat.—There is no place in
which the blessings of tempcronco are pro
ductive of more good than on boord the float
ing carriers t>f the Atlantic. The latest ad-
vanco made in temperance afloat is that ou
board the AMaus* steamer Xestorian, com
manded by Captain James. It appears that
while oil the voyage from Glasgow to Quebec
the ship’s company and others came together
aud formed an association with the following
as tho chief plank in their constitution: “The
undersigued, forming a society on beard tne
Allan line steamship Ncstorion, commanded
It is evideut that many couutics iu Georgia
propose to spring the temperance issue upon
candidates for the legislature at the next elec
tion. The present temper of the people is
such as to make the temperance side by
the strongest in nearly all the oounties where
there are no large cities, and the next legisla
ture will doubtless be strongly anti-liquor,
A Dki'xkabd’s Last Hotr.—Victor Hugo,
in his tremendous work, “Lea Muorablcs,”
one of the chapters on the insurrection of 1848,
in Paris, gives a picture of the last sleep and
the lost waking of Grantairc, a drunkard,
Numbered among the “patriot students” be
cause he had a strange love for Enjolras, oue
of the most chaste and temperate of young en
tkusiasts, Grautaire drank while the others
toiled, and, falling into a heavy “dead drunk
sleep, lay so duriug the siege and capture of
the barricade of Rue Chanoverie. This is the
manner of his sleep and of his waking to die.
The terrible picture is drawn 5y an artist who
studied exhaustively all that he portrayed:
“Grantaire slept, then, since tho preceding
evening in tho hall of the wine shop; he was
sested on a chair, and bent over a table; he re
alized in all its energy the old metaphor—dead
drunk. That hideous philter, alcohol, had
thrown him into a lethargy. The table where
on he had leaned being too small to serve in
the barricade, no one had disturbed him. He
was always in the same posture, his breast
bent on the table, his head on his folded arms t
surrounded with glasses, cups and bottles. He
slept that overwhelming sleep of a benr gorged
to the jaws with blood. Nothing that passed,
neither the rattle of musketry, thunder of
cannon, the hustling of bullets, nor the crash
ing of minicballs into the hall where he was
roused him. Neither did the prodigious up
roar of the assault. Only he responded some
times to the cannon by’ a deep snore. He
seemed to watt there until a ball should come
and spare him the trouble of wakiug. Many
corpses lay around him, and at first glance
nothing distinguished him from tho profound
sleepers of death. Noise does not rouse a man
who is drunk, silence wakes him. This sin
gularity has often been observed. The fall
oud crash of all about him augmented the
stupor of Grautaire; tumult cradled him. But
tho sudden quiet that full when Kniolras was
taken was a shock that penetrated that leaden
slumber. It hud the effect of a coach that
rolls, borne at a gallop—then stops short,
When it stops its sleeping passengers awake,
Grautaire lifted himself with a start; he
ctretched his arms, rubbed his eyes, looked—
understood.
“Drunkenness ending resembles the rending
of a curtain. One sees in black and with one
glance of the eye all that that curtail^ had
concealed. All offers itself suddenly to the
siiml, and the drunkard who has been uncon
scious for twenty-four hours opens his eyelids
and comes back to realization with a burst.
Ideas stand out with a swift incidity; that
deep darkness of drunkenness, rising from the
fumes of drink blinding the brain, dissipates
and gives place to a stern fronting of reality.
Grautaire sprang up. Tho immense light of
that strong conflict where he had been wanting;
leaped before him at glance. He had failer
his comrades. Enjolras, tho last one left, stood
facing death. Grantaire. rushed across tho hail
-oud placed himself before the pointed rifles,
•tanning near Enjolras. ‘Two at a blow!' ho
cried, and, turning to Enjolras.‘Dost thou per
mit?' The fire flashed forth. Enjolras, a
smile on his face, leaned agoln«t the wall dead;
his heart dropped. Grantaire, like a mau
•mitten by thuudcrbolts, lay a lifeless heap at
kU lAmtor'u IVw.t " V f l' Ailv/utatn
tire county. Of courso I was anxious, after a
lot ho of years, to know the effects of tho pro
hioitory low on the various interests of the
town. So from one of the most profninent,
prudent, and withal, ono of tho best and wisost
citizens of tho place I sought the* facts.. The
gentleman tola of tho good effects of prohlbi
tiou with glowing interest, and answered my
questions with manifest delight. Without at
tempting exact verbal accuracy I givo you the
facts ns gathered in the following interview:
Question: “What are tho offocts of probibi
tion in your town and tho surrounding coun
try?”
Answer: “The effects are everything that
could be desired.”
Question: “Has thsre been any rioting or
street fighting since liquor baa been prohibi
ted?”
Answer: “No, there has not been a fight
In to town amount to anything since liquor nos
been prohibited. Indeed, the town is so quiet
and we have so little use for • marshal, that
that officer has been despensed with entirely.”
Question: “Is there any dissipation on ac-
count of Uquors being brought from other
parts?”
Answer: “No. A few men may get their
jugs full and carry them home, but I have not
seen a drunken man in twelve months. Men
who said they would have whisky—would get
it somewhere else, don't do it. They now see
that to remaiu sober Is best.”
Question: “Is there any loitering or carous
ing about town as there used to be wheu liquor
was sold?”
Answer: “No. Men who then came in
from the country brought some .produce, sold
it, spent their money for whisky, and caroused
around town all day and often till late at uight,
and then went home drunken and penniless.
Now they come to town, sell their produce, buy
some necessaries of family comforts, and thefi
S back home, sober and contented, to
eir families happy?”
Question: “What is the effect of prohibition
upon the business of the place?”
Answer: “Business ha* steadier increased,
and the town has a finer spirit of improvement
than it has ever had.”
Question: “What is the effect, in general,
upon the morals of the place?”
Answer: “I can think of nothing that could
possibly have improved the morals of the
town, and the surrounding country, more than
prohibition has done.”
Question: “Doyou think that any consider
able number of your people would like to have
the prohibitory liquor law repealed?”
Answer: “l know of but one solitary man
in this beat who says he would like to have
whisky. No one else wants it. Men who
were clamorous for liquor for a while, no longer
want it, aince they realize the effects of prohi
bition.”
Certainly this is a good record, and an un
answerable argument in favor of prohibition.
Of course 1 rejoice in the good results of the
victory which I bore an humble part in
achieving. Let the good work go on till every
community in Alabama shall obtain the quiet
prosperity that Fort Deposit now enjoys.—J.
M. Fortune in Alabama Baptist.
Bora, Think or It.—The following letter
was written by a fsthej to a sou of dissipated
habits:
“My Dear Son: What would you think of
yourself if you should come to our bedside
every night, and waking us, tell us yon would
not allow us to sleep any more? That ia what
you are doing, and that is why I am up. Your
mother is nearly worn out with turning from 1
his leader’* feet.”—N. T. Advocute.
An Unanswerable Akocment.—A few dovi
ainco business called mo to Fort Deposit
where about four year* ago, as pastor of our
church thero, I boro an humblo part in the
contlict wo had with tho evils of the liquor
traffic. With Uqft's blessing wo conquered and 4 .
procured prohibition for tho town. At the* ^ co ^ ^J*lor navy should indeed rule tho
same time prohibition win procured for the en- wavef *, °f unnger level heads are the
1 - 1 • - seamen’s best ornaments.—Montreal Witness,
Allan line su-unrmip mnwruui, i-wmiiinuum
by Captain Tkmes, this 28th day of April,
while on a voyage from Glasgow to Quebec, in
latitude 45° north, longitude 50° west, do here
by agree to abstain from all intoxicating
liquors os a beverage, and pledge ourselves to
discountenance its use is the community.”
“Hurrah for the Nestorian temperance so
ciety!” is tho shout that will go up from the
temperance hearts who read this; and Captain
James will bo congratulated on all sides that
ho carries on board a temperance association,
IF HE WERE RICH.
The Fun lie Would Have If He Was ns
Wealthy as Vanderbilt.
From tho Chicago Herald.
“I wish 1 was as rich a* Vanderbilt,” said a
brakesman as ho smouged aii orange from the
train boy and proceeded to pay for it in talk.
“If I had that old duffer’s money I’d have
some rare sport, I tell you.”
“What would you do?” inquired the train
boy os he removed the oranges from the brake-
man’s reach.
“Well, I’d take a piece of railroad where
two down grades meet; then at the bottom of
tho two bills I’d put up a big grand sti
have lemonade and beer and lunch counters,
and all that sort of thing. Then I’d invite all
my friends to come there, and when they’d all
got comfortably fixed I'd show ’em some sport
as vu sport. I’d put ono locomotive at the
top of the grade two or three miles back, and
the other on the other aide the same distance
away, oud then I’d have ’em both started with
full steam and wide open valve at the same
time.”
You would want a double track, ofcourse, 1
aid tho train boy, “your idea being to sei
which would pass the grand stand first, anil
make a race of it.”
“Double track fiddlesticks 1” exclaimed the
brakeman. “One track, you simpleton. Don’t
■ rou see the engiues would ruu together right
hero in front of the people, and that collision
would be one of the most magnificent specta
cles ever witnessed by the human eye. But
don’t give it away, ’cause I’m going to copy
right the idea and play it on snares with Bar-
num next year. The country’Jl go wild over
it. We’ll have cheap locomotives
made for our especial use, of course, and carry
our own track with us. Then we’U nut un en
gineer on each engine, and they'll do the
grand jump act just before the collision, hav-
ug something soft to light on. of course. Oh,
there’s millions in it, cully. Lend me a dollar
to buy postage stamps to write to Barnum
with, and I’ll make you a present of the lem
nade privileges first season.”
HU Hopes Were lillghteil.
From the carfieaville, Gt, Register.
The climax of the happiness of the boyhood
days of W. J. A. Goolsby was completely
reached, at about the age of seventeen, when
he got bis first full suit of brown jeans with a
long-tailed coat, and was invited to a frolic at
the residence of hia girl. He walked along
through a delightful country road surveying his
beautiful dress suit and the shadows of the trees
in,tUe forest, seeing the face of his girl reflected
in every object he passed. lie tripped
along as light as a feather full of hope for a
fleasant night with the girl and love un
funded. But alas! his hopes were all blight
ed wheu be arrived at the party and his vision
met the form of a dude of the day, who bad
a full suit of broadcloth and was sitting up
Bettie and making love to her that made a
telling Impression on him. He left the partv
disgusted with the girl, the dude and broad
cloth clothes. He never paid any more atten
tion to Bettie. The dude nor Billy neither
married her.
The South Carolina Tramp.
Wobcestkk, Mass-, June 24.—Captain Robert
Wintbrop Andrews, of Sumter, 8. C., aged ninety-
three yean, who started to walk from bis home to
Maine nine weeks ago. arrived here to-day. He
abandoned walking at Hartford, and will flnfsb the
trip by rail.
THE INDIANA RACE.
THEEFFORTTO BRING OUT HEN
DRICKS FOR GOVERNOR.
Mrs. Hendricks Not Willing, but tho State Politi
cians Insist Upon the Kx-Vios President Mak
ing the Rice -Exposing the Rottenness
of Bliss and Ker—Etc.
Washinoton, Juue 23.—[Special].—The In
diana democrats here will not admit that Hen
dricks is out af question as a candidate for gov
ernor. Mrs. Hendricks objects more strenous-
ly than her husband to his accepting the nom
ination, but great pressure will be brought to
bear on him. With Hendricks at tho head of
the stnto ticket his friends say there would be
no question of democratic - suc
cess in Indiana. Mr. Voorhees
has go no to Indiana, and will use his. influ
ence to induce llcudrick* to run. Before he
left he was consulted os to his own acceptance
of the nomination for governor should Hen
dricks finally refuse. Ho said tho party had
never called on him for any service
in His power which he did not render,
While he is known to prefer not
make tho raco for governor. It may be thst
he will be called on to lead the hoosiers if
Hendricks docs not yield to their importuni
ties. In the opinion of many persons well
posted in Indiana politics Voorhees would bo
a sure winner.
rZNALTT FOR KER AND BLIM.
A prominent lawyer to-day reiterated tho
statement that a motion will be made to, dis
bar both Ker and Bliss from practice iii the
District of Columbia after the Springer inves
tigation brings out the full facts concerning
the star route cases. George Bliss’s rccen ;
change of heart, as evidenced by his admission
to the church, will possiblv be pleaded as his
bond for future good behavior.
INDORSING CLEVELAND.
The Action of the County Democracy
New York City.
New York, June 23.—At a meeting of the
county democracy to-night it was announced
that 525 members would go to tho convention
at Chicago. Commissioner Thompson offered
a resolution instructing the representatives
of the several districts to organize Cleveland
clubs in their localities, and to form a general
club when they reached Chicago. Colonol
John A. Fellows, seconding the resolution,
said that . ho believed two-thirds oi
the New York delegates to Chicago were in
favor of Cleveland, tho purity of whoso ad
ministration was in striking contrast to the
corruption of Blaine. Ho was tho best man
the democracy had had since the time of An
drew Jackson. The resolution was adopted.
PALBKR FOB CLEVELAND AND M’nOXALD.
Chicago, Juno 23.—-Ex-Governor l’almer ii
quoted os of the opinion that, in view of the
action at Saratoga, thero can be no successful
opposition to Cleveland, and every considera
tion for the best interests of the party dictates
that McDonald should withdraw. lie is will
ing to do everything in his power to secure the
lndiaiiian’s nomination for vice-president, and
believes that Cleveland and McDonald will be
the ticket.
THE EDITORS FOR CLEVELAND.
Brpalia, Mo., Juue 23.— 1 The Democrat, of
this city, publishes letters from 77 leading
democratic editors of Missouri, called forth
by a request for their preferences for presi
dent. Tho opinions thus expressed probably
represent tho sentiment* of the Mcinocrata of
this state better than anything yet published,
Nearly threo-fourths of tho writers favor tl:
nomination of Clovcland, tun want Hay an
while others are scattering tneir choice. A.,
but tiro or three believe that Tildon’s letter is
positive declination and that ho is out of tho
race. Ono editor, however, declares himself
for Tilden forever, dead or alive. For vice-
» resident one-half favor McDonald, while
’oadly, Palmer, Cleveland, Morrison, Slo
cum, Butler and Kosecrans aro all men
Honed favorably. _
THE MISSOURI DEMOCRATS.
The Appointment of Delegate* to tho Chi
cago Convention.
St. Louis, June 24.—The state democratic
convention for the olection of delegates at large
to the national convention at Chicago, and for
naming district delegates, mot at the Standard
tbcatec at noon to-day. Tho attendance is
very large, all the countios in tho state being
represented. John O’Day, chairman of the
•tato committee, called tne convention to or
der, and named Congressman M. L. Claridy.
as temporary ebairmau; W. L. Fitzgerald, of
St. Louis, a* temporary secretary, with two
assistants aud a full list of minor officers. The
delegates to the convention for the various
congressional districts had a meeting prior to
the calling of tho convention to order, and
elected delegate* to Chicago, as follows:
First District—\V. II. Scan and J. (1. Howard.
Fifth—K. 8. Martin and R. K. Collin*.
Kicveiith—K. B. KdwJu and Wm. Lenox.
Twelfth—R. T. Ratley ami J. L. Pice.
Thirteenth—O. D. Knox and W. II. Pheln*.
Fourteenth—Newton Morrison and A. li.Llving-
•ton.
Hoeond—A, M, Harbor and P, J. Carmody.
Third—F. Uentry and Thomas II. Frame.
Ninth—David Caruth and C. C. Moflltt.
Fourth—Walter Young and Lcvl Look.
Sixth—B. F. Reave* and T. II. Rascom.
Seventh—Henry Clark and J. II. Garth.
Eighth—E. A. Noonan and Henry F.Harrington.
Tenth—Jasper Burkcsfind Paul Young.
Ou taking the chair Mr. Clardy mado a
brief address. He arraigned the republican
platform and named tho democratic
cand dates before the party. Tilden’a
name was greeted with loud applause,
aud Thurman, Bayard and McDonald’s mines
were also applaued,*but Jthe greatest demon
stration was made at the mention of the name
of Governor Cleveland. The usual business
committees were then named and a
taken. It was nearly three o’clock when the
convention reassembled. The re]>ort of the
committee on credentials and permanent or*
gaiiizatiou was received, and Charles K. Peers,
of Warrenton, was mado permanent chairman,
Nicholas Balt, of 8t. Louis, was elected sec
retary, with several assistants. One vice pres*
Went from each congressional district was also
elected. John O. Day, of Springfield, and Dr.
Morrison Munford, or Kansas City, were then
nominated delegates at large. Shortly after 4
o’clock the convention adjourned until 9 to
morrow moruiug. Interviews with district
delegates disclosed the fact that if Tilden can
not be had the delegation will be practically
solid for Cleveland, not more than three of
them being for Bayard.
M’DONALD'I MEN.
The Indiana Delegation to Chicago to Vote
for SleDonnlil.
Indianafolis, June 24.—The delegates to
Chicago are as follows: At large— 1 Thomas A.
Hendricks, Daniel W. Voorhees, Robert Bell
end Charles Dan by. •
First district—G. V. Muntie* and f. Lowansteln
Second district—J. M. Andretrs and Samuel II.
aylor.
Third district—Jason B. Brown and Gaoise B. D.
Gibson.
Fourth district—E. D. Bannotcr and J. If.
Woodford.
Fifth district—Thoa. W. Woollen.
.Sixth district—W. A. BJckle and. Harry Wyso*.
Seventh district—O. B. Hord and Peter ueber.
Eighth—Thoa. J. Ilavldaon aodc. T. McNutt.
Ninth—J. V. Brunt and 8. H, Dailey.
Tenth—Clinton Chamberlain and A. L. Jonas.
Eleventh—Dr. Yengllng and Hugh Dougherty.
Twelfth—Herman Freygang and Henry Col rock.
Thirteenth—Hudson Beck and Daniel McDon-
d.
These delegates are elected with the under
standing they will support McDonald, and
that Hendricks will pises him in nomination.
The presidential electors at large art Beyliss
W. ffauns, Dr. W. If. D. Hunter.
OHIO REVIVES TILDEN,
A Resolution to Support the Old Ticket lie
gnrtUes* of Tilden'* Declinntion.
Columbus. 0.. Juue 25.—The delegates
all in for the democratic stato convention*
which convenes this morning. The district
delegations held a meeting last evening,
which committees for the conevntion and del
egates to Chicago were selected, as follows:
First district—D. J. Dalton aud Lewis G. Ber
nard.
Second-J. J. Brady and J. C. Riley.
Third—1». J, Sore, Win. Dechart.
Fourth—W. I). McKcny, J. C. Turpin.
Fifth—M. I). Shaw, Jacob Torblng.
Sixth— 1 To In? selected.
Seventh—Samuel 1 tenth. John Norton.
Eighth—Charles Constantine. J. II. Martin.
Ninth—S. J. Donovan, 8. N. McLoud.
Tenth—Colonel William E. Ilaynes, John H. Mc
Gee.
Eleventh—J. C. Shoemaker. It. M. Doty.
Twelfth—W. A. Hutchins, II. F. Ellsberry.
Thirteenth—John G. Thompson, Charles Rose.
Fourteenth—J. G. Huffman, 8. B. Dunbar.
Fifteenth—J. M. Jewett, Casslty 8. Brady.
Sixteenth—\\. T. Albersos, F. 8. Ucefys.
Seventeenth—To be selected.
Eighteenth—W. 8. Holts. Daniel McConvllle.
Nineteenth—1>. It. Woods, H. P. Frlcke.
Twentieth—II. Desenbotv, It* S. Shield*.
Twenty-first—John!!. Farley, W. W. Armstrong.
CALLED TO ORDER.
Congressman D. B. Paige, chairman of the
central committee, called tho democratic state
convention to order at II :30 this morning. Tho
onerahouse was not more than two-third*
filled, the number of persous present being
smaller than at any state convention fiy yeans.
Tho committee on permanent organization re
ported General E. B. Finley ns chairman. He
spoke at length on tho importance of the dem
ocrats carrying Ohio in October, predicting
that they would do so, and reviewed the his
tory of the party in the country.
TKF.O1U0 PLATFORM.
The committee on resolutions, through El
raer White, reported tho following J plat
form:
• • .uuuin. mu VI HIV
In previous state and national platform* In rega
to personal liberty and the true euuiiriatloit 1
the government as embraced In the political
creaa expounded by the founder of thcdemocratie
party, Thnmus Jefferson, and tho np-i
plication of theso principles to the present I
condition of the country demand the purification
of tho public service; the punishment of robbers
of tho public treasury; tno equalization of nil
public burdens; tho arrest of profligacy and ex-i
travagance, and a total change In the policy that
has so long been pursued by the republican party
Infavorlug Individual and class Interests at the
expense of the laboring and wealth producing
people of the country.
\\ e renew our previous declarations fora stable
j money, the gradual extinction of the public debtl
and tin* payment of pcuslons to all disabled M
diets, their widows nml orphans.
F, We favor a tariff for revenue limited to the ne
cessity of a government, economically adminis
tered, and so adjusted in It* application ns to pre
vent unequal burdens, to cncourngo productive!
Industrie* at home, offer a Just compensntion to
labor, but not to create or foster monopolies.
The Just demands of the wool growers In Ohio
and the country for an equitable readjustment of
the duties on wool, unjustly reduced by the repub-1
mean comma**, so that thinIndustry shall be fully
aud equally favored with other Industries, ought
to be compiled with, and we Indorse the action of
the democratic members of Ohio in their efforts to I
accomplish this result. The democratic party
*. and always has been opposed to sumptuary leg
slutlou nml uucqual taxation tu any form, and Is
n favor of the largest liberty of private conduct
consistent with the public welfare and rights of
others, and of regulating the liquor traffic and
providing against evil resulting therefrom by tho
udicloua anil properly graded license system. i
We commend the action of the democratic log!*-
Ilature In its abolition of the contract labor system |
and its reform of tho prison management, mid \vi
lndorio tho legislature and executive lit their
leconomyaud wise administration In the aflklre of
itatc.
| The protection of tho government Is duo to nil
I American citizens, native and foreign, both abroad
and at home. d
I We reaffirm the resolutions of the state convcnfi
Itlons of Ohio of 1W0,1881 and 188.', and the demo
cratic national convention of IHTJ, 1870 and 1880,
of thq government Itwilf.
service.
Tho contral committee delegates and tho
electors from tho districts as selected at the
meetings held last evening, were chosen
radical freo trade amendment to the platform
offered by Mr. Itussell, of Cleveland, was voted
down overwhelmingly.
THE DELED AT ES AT LABOR.
fAfter tho announcement of tho district
delegates, the convention proceeded to tho
selection of delegates at large.
The names or Jno. R. Me Loan, of Cincin
nati, Lieutenant-Governor Warwick and T. f E.
I’owoi) were presented, with longsjieeches. At
this point J. r. Seward moved a suspension of
the rules to nominate General Durbin Ward
by acclamation. A call of the counties re
sulted, yeas 484J4* nays 242Ward was do
dared a delegate amidst great confusion. The
greatest excitement prevailed, with the dele
gatus on their feet, and the chair unable to
proceed with the business. A motion to sus-
icnd the rules and nominate J. IL McLean
»y acclamation was followed by Goneral A. J,
Warner, who moved to substitute the name
of Allen G. Thurman. The convention went
wild with demonstration over the presentation
of the name of Thurman, and a friend of Me
Lean offered a substitute for all the nendlng
motion that Thurman and McLean
be . declared delegatee nt large
The cal) of counties wa
roeeeded with, though with much
ifficulty on account of tha confusion.
The call resulted, yeas 509, nays 205. Both
men were then declared delegates. Jacob
Mueller, of Cleveland, was nominated by
acclamation as the fourth delegate at large.
TtLDRg MUST RUN.
Congressman Converse offered the following
addition to the platform, which was adopted
with greatenthusiasm and no dissenting voice:
Resolved, That It Is the arose of this convention
that KatnuelJ. Tilden, who was once legally and
fairly elected president of the 1’nltud hiatus but
defrauded of hi* office, should receive an unani
mous nomination at the hands of the democratic
convention which meets at Chicago July next.
An additional plank in the platform, in
structing the delegates at large and requesting
the district delegates to Chicago to cast the
vote of Ohio as a unit was tabled, veaa 385,
nays 255. The platform was adopted.
*WIIAT THE OHIO VOTE MEANS.
Tne developments after the convention
show that it was Intended to make a stiff fight
against McLean, the opposition centering
•gainst him as Pavne’s mends and the men
who opposed Pendleton, Thurman and Ward’s
interests in the recent senatorial contest. Be
fore going east, governor JJoadly left a list of
men for delegate*, including General Morgan.
Adjutant Finley, and F. K. Powell, and
•greed to accept McLean as the compromise
for the fourth place. Governor Jloadly
controlled a large majority of the
district delegates. The success ef McLean
is attributed to the unswerving support of
Hamilton county £which gave him all of its 83
votes, bat had never before voted solid in •
state convention. The election of McLean is
creating quite • sensation. Many of the ol
dest politicians art surprised and some are
disgusted at the success of a man
who has been denounced all over the state for
his audacity and outlawry in politics. McLean
•ays he is for If oadly, and this is regarded as
an open indication there will be a bitter fight
in the Ohio delegation in Chicago. The stain-
i>ede started with the election of
Ward was to include Thurman,
Pendleton and Congressman Farmer. The
plan was arretted, and the next move was to
nominate by acclamation, to which motion
Thurman was attached, and then Thurman
and McLean were elected by one vote, after
which Lieutenant Governor Mueller,
• prominent German and a personal
friend of Payne, was selected. The delegation
•re strongly for a western man; for president,
although unable to agree upon an Ohio man,
and solid against a reduction in the tariff.
The deb-gat ion stands 38 for Payne or Hoadly,
to 8 itg*ii.»t either one of them, and probably
will never vote as a unit.
NEW YORK GOSSIP.
Dinner In Tina—Hu ffiilolllll'a show—Thentrl-
cnl Gossip,
New York, June 25.—{Special correspondent.]—
There Is one company in New York which I
am afraid Is on the point of climb
Ing the more or less golden stairs.
It 1* called the New York ratering company, and
at first it was a very good scheme. In this city of
igh rent* mul tenement, houses—called French
flats—some scheme for sm-ng meals outside the
usual run of such things, has to he thought up.
This entering company was the outcome of the
need. Its projectors had the bnsliiCHs down finer
than It har. yet been reduced by any other people.
I have had ceterers till I couldn’t rest. They per
sisted In bringing thin gs in cracked or broken
dfshes and Invariably cold. The neworgnnbni
tion did matters up differently. They brought
dessert, salads and butter enclosed In one tin,
which was cold. Your hot dishes were brought
big copper kettle lined with
Between the tin lining and the copper ontslde was
a space nlxmt two inches deep all around, and
this was filled with hot water. The dishes, which
were made of plated ware with tops that fastened
on, Just fitted Into this kettle so they could not
shake about. Wheu your dinner was all peeked
up ready to be sent the kettles were taken out and
put Into a wagon, ono part of which has a fire un
dcr It for the hot things while another portion
fenced off luto a refrigerator to receive your salad
and dessert tin; so ono’s dinner always came
first-rate condition. A dainty Uttle bill of fare
was served with It and tho whole affair was high-
toned and elegant. Tho company get good prices,
charging fit a week for a single portion, which
plenty for two, Tho thing looked
like a big success. Uundrcd*
families were glad enough to take advantage
of the situation, to get rid of the bother of order-
Ing, and to keep the scent of cooking out of their
flats. AU went on swimmingly until tho company
got to thinking they owned tho’situation. Then
they let their scrvlee run down, and lately they
have been losing customers right and left. It Is
good deal easier to start a thing of this kind upon
Its feet at tho go-ln than It is to build It up whea
It has once fallen off, and that lsoncof the reasous
why I fear the catering concern Is on the eve
ascending the ladder which leads up to Abraham
bosom.
The sensation of the moment In New York,
the way of amusement, Is tho Buffslo Bill show,
which Is called the Wild West. I don't know thnt
It Is no very wild, gentle reader, hut It Is unques
tionably quite west. This concern Mr. Willinm
Buffalo la credited with having originated; but
point of actual fact, he did nothing of the kind,
The scheme had Its birth III the brain of Mi*. Nate
Kulsbury.of tho troubadours, and he Imparted It
the festive slayer of bison and slayer of red men
in pictures—for Buffalo William 1* a very hannb
young man and never In his life killed anything
more able to defend Itself than a gliuw bull. Hals-
bury Is a full partner in tho concern, and 1* making
money nt a great gait. Tho show, as you aro prot>-
ably aware, purports to give a true representation
of the kinds of things that are done upon the
bounding per-rolric. I don’t know thst
any of my wandering* through
the trackless Occident 1 ever saw men riding
around on Imntcback engaged Iii the ruthless
slaughter of gliuw balls a* Billy Buflklo rides
around mid sliiughteni them Iu tills show; hut
ry Interesting show all the same. Tho wild
Indiana (who only get wild wheu they have any
work to do) are the genuine article*. You can tell
them by the smell. Thu Dognrdu* family of shot*
gun experts al*o belong to the show. They aro not
so awfully western. In point of (net I don't believe
they ever got further west than Iowa in all their
live*. But they aro very handy with their weapons
for all that. Then thero 1* a thrilling plcco of bus
iness with a stage coach which Is qvertaken by In
illans and rescued by cow-boys. Audlt.oU looks
very pretty from the grand stand of a nt
mh in rrnl Hfc « 'singe much wdUrff hcflr
bo with tho Indian* than the gentleui
fool nround cuttle for n living. There arc
this show, and there Is a buffalo hunt, la which
some gentle, shrinking buffaloes ora rhnsed
around. They have been shrinking so much that
they are pretty well shrunk by this time. Ono
would hardly expect this great and glorious coun
try of ours to go stark, staring mail over a show
which theso aro tho constltucnt/orccs. But she
does. # Tlioconcorn Is drawing Immense audience*
out at tho polo ground*, where It plays In the day
time by spnllght and in the night time by electric
ditto. In Chicago It drew as many as 40,000 people to
single performance. In fair weather the proprlc
ton can make a great deal of money. lint
they were ever to strike* a rain
belt, good bye. Their expenses they tell me, ruu
up In tho vicinity of a cool thousand dollars a
day, and It wouldn’t take very long lit that
rate to clean out tho profits of n season.
Daly's company, with pretty Ada lluhan nt Us
head, Is still out In Chicago. Tho whole crowd
come east in a week, and after staying only fix
hour* In Now York Mil for London. Daly him
cleared 8x0,000*fncc this time last year. There Is
but one !>a!y, and ltehan la his profit.
Harry Uargent, who eugiiiocred Modjcska Into
success In this country, and was bounced for his
pains, has engaged Mine. Jan Inch, the German
tragedienne, for three years, Jaulsch Is a great
friend of Mine. Nilsson's. She Is a countess, of
course. Countesses are Kargunt’s best hold.
Edwin Booth cleared an average profit of
performance last season, or nearly $70,000 on hls
tour. He Is only going to play alternate weeks
next winter. The poor mau 1* delicate. Astonish*
lug, l*n't It, how tender some folks get when they
aio making money.
Judge Hilton, , somo seasons ago bought a big
tract of laud, with a number of people, down on
the Jersey shore. Hilton you know. Is the
man who succeeded to the bulk of Rtewart's mil
lions, and who wouldn't give 125,000 for the old
curmudgeon’s carcass, when It was stolen. Well,
tjio company who bought Ibis land were to rafllc
for building «lt«, and the ones who got the bad
ones began to fight over It. Hilton, with hls cus
tomary luck, had all the best of It. The others,
knowing how he hated the Jews, and remembering
how he hail turned a lot of those people oat of hls
hotel (n Sara togs, sold their shares to members of
that race. Was Hilton mad? Well, have you ever
a bull on one side of a fence and a servant girl
a red petticoat on the other? Thst was how
Hilton was. But the land is still there. Ililton
t sell It for the figures he had counted on get-
t for It, and he won’t go near. It himself. But
Just stubborn enough to hold on to it rather
than sell for what be can get.
MERCER’S DAY.
The!
Closing Exercises of 31 ercer University—
Meeting of the Trustees.
Macon, Ga., June25.—The commencement exer
cises of If ercer have been unusually Interesting
year, and have attracted much attention
throughout the state. Notwithstanding the tnevs-
min, they have been well attended by both
visitors and our citizens.
To-day has been commencement day, and oneof
which the friends of the Institution may well be
proud of. The Masonic ball was crowded to Its
utmost with a cultivated and attentive audience.
The chairs on the stage were occupied by the
trustees and Invited guest*. fDr. A. J. Battle, the
*Muut of the Institution, announced the speak-
and their subjects in Latin. The following
re the ftpeakun: . „ . ^
Latin Salutatory” (Herond honor)-James D.
Rprnan, F. V. 8., Heard county. Georgia.
Evils of Party HpiriL” (Honorsnr oration, see-
4 honor)—Ambrose R. Wright, C. 8., Washing-
— 'feorgta.
tnre*.”—James K. Powell, P. D. 8.,
at the TMdwr'.C.II-
W fllUm L. Y. Mduud, P. O. Itarri*
, jftlvatoSflliod.”— Richard C. Jordan, P. D. 8.,
Pubuki county. Georgia. ..... t
“Laborand the Despotism of Health.” (Hon
orary oration, first honor.). Emerson U. George,
medals were delivered: Medal, by Professor Bran-
ham. principal of preparatory department, u,f
Mcholunshipiind deportment, awarded to Mr. r.
Brown, of Florida; medal for excellence in pen
manship. Mr. J, M. Walker, of Georgia; Thel/unC
medal, first Prize in English composition, to Km-
craou If. George, Madison, Georgia: the faculty
medal for same, second prize, James Evans, Hnvan*
nah.
The following degrees were conferred by the
trustee* of the institution:
L.L. IL—Hoii. t^ifford AndcTson. Macon, nttor
noy general of state; Hon. John T. Clark, Cuth-
bort. Judge IMtnula circuit; Professor Thomas J.
Dill, Mariou. AUl, professor ancient language*
Howard college.
D. D.—Rev. J. E. L. Holmes, 8s van nah. Ga.; Rev.
W, C. Wilkins, Gainesville, (ia.; Rut. J. M. Wood,
Chattanooga, Tuna.; nev.lt.lt. Hsoddcn, Rome,
On.
A. M. (Houorn y.)—Prof. A. Iverson Bmnhan
Macon, Georgia; Rev. Charles A. Htetely, Charles
ton, Houth Carolina; Colonel J. II. Jolnison, Gcor
gift.
A. M. (In course.)—Dr. 8. D. Smith. Houston,
Georgia; D. O. I*e, Wilkinson county, Georgia.
, Tills OR.tPl* ATI TO CLASS.
The degree of IL A. was conferred on the follow
ing graduates:
J. P. Applenhlte, Burke comity; K. O. Bassett,
Kmwteu county; j'G. Blount, Bibb county; J. I>.
Chapman. Heard county; Javob Evans, Wales,
Great Britain; T. K. Flutsher, Monroe coonty; E.
H. George. Morgan county; If. 8. Jones. Burke
county: R. C, Jordan*. Pula.skI county; \V\ L. V.
Pickard, Harris county; J. E~ Powell, Brook*
county; Redden Smith, Thomas county; W. If.
Weaver, Putnam county; A. B. Wright, Richmond
county.
After which Dr. Battlo delivered tho bacca
laureate address containing mauy tnstruettva
point* for the consideration of the young men In
after life.
Hon. Ell 8. Shorter, of Eufaula, Ala., was Intro
duced and delivered an address before the literary
societies.
He selected as hls subject Llteraturennd Civilian-
tfon. HU address wa* embodied with line argu
ment and a brilliant conception of hU theme; llo
held hls audience completely and when ho finished
was vociferously cheered.
THE ACTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE*.
Mercer U growing dally popular. Much interest
Is being taken in Its welfare, and the trustee* aro
enthused a. its Increasing attendance. The pru
dential committee of the board were authorized
to erect a building on the ground* of the univer
sity for the preparatory department to cost about
9L2UO. It win lie of the latest style of architecture,
and will he n handsome addition to tho now
la'rttitlftil ground*. Tho committee U composed
of the following gentlemen: D. K. Bntler,
K.W. Warren, G. 8. Obcr, IV. L. Willingham,
and \ Irgll Power*.
A committee was appointed to report resolutions
on the death of Dr. J. L. Dagg, formerly president
of Mercer, who died recently at Washington city,
at the age of P2. He wo* one of the most noted
divine* of the denomination, and wa* an author
of considerable note, having written several work*
on theology, evidences of Christianity, moral **i-
ence and other*.
Much Interest was manifested by the board
In connection with the approaching centennial
to 1)0 held the Sunday before October 2d In Wash
ington on which occasion It I* exported that the
largest body of member* of the denomination
will assemble that ho* been together In year*. It
Is expected Hint the sum of 91(10,000 will no raised
for the endowment of Mercer.
A proposition was adopted for the purpose of
raising tho standard of tho Institution, especially
In mathematic*.
A rcHilutlon was adopted authorizing tho Issu
ance of life scholarNhlps lu payment of 91,000 lti
Instalment* as may suit the partlcaHastilng certlfi-
cate* for j>erpetUAi scholarship* which aro trans
ferable or descendfug to heir*.
Thu real estate of the Institution Is over 9100,000,
the invested 91ZLOOO.
The following officer* were elected for the ensu
ing year: D. K. Butler, president; G. K. McCall,
secretary nml treasurer.
To-night tho oration before tho alumni society
was delivered by Colonel R. W. Patterson, of Ma
con. Hls subject was “Common Hense.”
The annual levoe of Dr. Battle was given at his
residence nt Menrr this evening. The occasion
waa ono ol much plcasuronnd wo*a brilliant fin
ale of one of the best commencements known to
tho university.
lie Wnnn’t Living.
Hello, Plunkett,” yelled Fltzgoobcr, “havn’t
seen you In an age.”
“No; replied Plunkett, sadly, "I'm having a
hard time now.”
’Where are you living?”
'I alu't living, pard."
'What arc you doing then?*’
‘I’m boarding," eatnc the soft answer, while a
pair of glittering eye* c
ing dog with A huge lx
orly followed
“A STITCH IN TIME.”
THE OLD MAN SEEMS TO BE HA VINO A
ARD TIME WITH HIS TROUSHR.S. HE PROB
ABLY REALIZES THAT “A STITCH IN TIME
8AVEH NINE," AN APHORISM HANDED DOWN
THROUGH THE YEARS. THIS WOULDN’T
HAVE BEEN NECESSARY TO THE INDUSTRIOUS
GRANDFATHER IF HE HAD BOUGHT FROM
US, AH WE GUARANKKK EVERYTHING WE
SELL. IF IT RIPS, WE SEW UP THE RIPS.
NOW IN MEN’S CLOTHING WE ARK OFFER
ING EXTRA SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS. WK
HAVE A LARGE STOCK; HAVE THE BEST
GOODS. AND ARE HELLING LOWER THAN THE
LOWEST. WE NEVER TOOK GREATER CARE
IN SELECTING A STOCK. COME AND BE CON
VINCED.
A. O. M. GAY,
Clothier util Tailor, 3i Whitehall.
vigor SLyL^scstsaea
VARIC0CEL& ..n.•lv’
Nervous Debility
ROSE
Polytechnic Institute.
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Shop.. Kmmn. o htiiiMlioiti'in, June Ulmiil H«pt
“ Addreaa Pna’tCUAH. O. TIIOJUUON.
w»frl why .
A Speedy and
Painless Cure
for the Opium
or Morphine
Habit. Cure
Guaranteed.
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MANHOOD RESTORED.
—-7 • - - — a „* sfetia of Impradnoc*. cnosjnjr Derrou. dnMl-
, ii“s^wra»^Tiv.thoDor)-H«^K 1
inn, P. D.S., Burke county, Urorgla. I a. -maw) JWKt tohi.i.ito.
At (lit cocda<lofi of tha .ptahen tht following I * a. ,\ a afffvis. V CiT.uiU. aa. Sm lbV