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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. TKRRK IIAUTK, INI,, *' A BebortI of Enginttrtag; llamifitrturfng Mafhln. 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. A J Jr fit ^ JUDREWRYJU GBirriiv. oi. IG PROFITS ir'iCsaa*IFni(LlUI*(9ri _ ;,'<r cu 'f fencer Jr Tbinpk int, Ik.* ISTt ClncirwMti, O. or RsifKMaO. <* D.. U *• -«aw pei^uj sue stneer tda W ***j^^^’ i44rm.S?ASl»lM AX?XJC»! 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. 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