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10 TJIE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 12 1884. TWELVE PAGES. BETSY HAMILTON. Ectejr F*y?? the Thander and LUhtntn*. Bsdbuf* and Mosq'itto*. Crying ChlMr. n and t.u Qu* ruling Old Woman Uul* m??cp 6c. rot at Old Mitt Kaiucrow**. Twix the thunder am! lightniu*, win l anil rail, bedbugs and mosquitoes, try in' *chil- m lun, and the quarrelin??? old ???owan, tlnr w:nrit much slecpin??? done that night nt oi l Mia* Kaincrow???s. I got ??o tickled over the old 'omans slappin??? Cal for May Liza, and Cal's smartm-.;.* in git- tin??? shet of the apaamy chile, tlmt 1 got wide awake and couldentgo to sleep no rn-??re to save my life,tnid I know in ronton the boy* in tbo abed room waa awake too knze I could hotr 'em whitperin??? and gigglin???. Tha old ???ornan Vnowed the chile didn't have no npaam, hut phe never tuapieioned Caf. Hhe tnck him in ted longer her and blowed out the taller ean- dlc and grumbled about her old man not git- tin home 'fore that time o???night, ???And I lay ef he do have the enthoranee to fetch hia-sef home drunk, I lay I aober him; and of you young 'uut dont ahet up your mouth**a yelliu' here thie time o???night, 1 lay I aober tome o you bins too. They anuhbed a while ond drapt off to sleep. A tier while the old mTri eonio a.-.fflkin??? in and crawled under her bed (ono of thcae cojikd bedsteads) ond ri* it up in the middle with hit back to try to akecr her, hat ahe was at good at her word, ahe lit out on the floor in her bear foot, jerked down tbo hicko ry and h t in on hint, ???kerratchet, korrntchot, kerretehrt." ???Ouch! ouch! ouch! I>on???t, Milly; don't for Massy's sake don???t. It???a me, it's mo, Milly. J tell you it'a me,??? aereamed tiro old man ???under the Ud. ???No it aiut you,??? any* old Min Ilaincrnw; ???oh, no it pint you,??? hitting him harder every lick. ???L< 1 im out. Murder! mur-der! mur???Jer,??? ??? looted tic old man loud nt he.could aereitn. Ti e dogt nil let in to harkin??? an I the efiil- lun tot up n yell???May Liza, Robert K. Lae, William llu.ry Forney, Charles M. Shelley, and little John T. Morgan nil, wb'-n tho old limn lit ?? ut and scampered off somoVs, and we newr Mid him no more. It wot mighty nigh day, and the old 'oman mode ep a lire in the fireplace to git break- TILDEN AND CLEVELAND. He ITcnrtlly I-:u<loriea the Nomination Tire Lust Conference, N* w Vo me, August 8.???Since Governor Cleve- iend'p visit to Orr.pttme, where he confnrre* u ith Mr. Tildcn, much discussion ban taken piece ss to what part the latter would play in the <?? nductof the campaign. It cr n be stated with absolute authority tliat Mr. Tilden???a interest in Governor Cleveland 1 micc?????s it end bus been earnest and outspoken. Mr. Tibb n's letter of declination was made pnbKe after an assuranco from the governor heartv and entire sympathy vitli Ihe July ???/"It ????.e I he wry, hm ing finally gi i ??.lv v Hit* d U erwhelining that Mr. Tilden should ???mi nation. That letter, by epared many week* before bj- n to the public. Mr. Tihlm n proper opportunity to make icjsion Known. Ho left hi* intimate is in no doubt that under no circurnitau- ruld he feel himself able to undertake i ronsibilities of the campaign and tin f,m nt ???achievement of reform in the ad- nutrfdhn of the federal government.??????for imt, aiiu we'titi* all riz. Shu filled tho hath j lum 11.11 of sweet tatern, baked sonu earn il< dgeis in Ihe skilh-t, brib'd soma meat on tho coals and made some coffee nut???ti patch meal. The little white beaded, dirty faced chaps f elted ami eiied all tho time, and tho old 'oiiimi iredded. Aunt Nriu-y and maw aot and smoked thor I djes. Aunt Nancy she lowed to old Miss (atticrow: ???Hit???s monstrous hard on a body Li take keor of so many chiilun and keep'em in viltius and clothes," ???Not ro mighty.??? says she. ???I hniut got ualry one to sjuir; I???d work tho oonds of my fingers oil for uiry one of 'em, bad sa they is??? keep nit???n the fire, Hnl; you???d git right in it if 1 didn???t jerk you out. Bet down thar, May Liza, you aiut made out'ii glass. Nobody rant ice thu' you. Put down Unit dog, Jo Her ne n Pavia, and fetch the baby here to me. Bet down thor. William Henry Korney, and shot yoiirtmuth. Your tongue is allera n gwinc. Didn't 1 tell you to fetch me tho baby, JoIlT I???ll floor you with this hero Ugtit???ood knot fust thing ycu know, and atomp you into tho bar- pa n; fi tch it hero to ma this minute, Bless hits little heart of it, inur-thcr wouldn't toko a dol lar for hit. IIit???* worth tho whole gang put toother. Harden, honey, don't cry; intir- tlid'll give it n sweet Inter quick us it** rcrkid???don???t ery. Tell tho Indies y??i ip me; it'* most too big a nauio for hit???* fit t?? tigue to wriqi around. He named him attor Ji l.n T. Morgan, kase bo waa hi his roof-rasut in the war. Dnr-dao, honey, don???t ery.??? and lhe lot Hill ell the floor and shoved the yaller | up at him to play with, hut John T. Morgan udibit:'t l.csh. ???Hemmed all the boys nnd 1 named the gnls. 'I he boys is nil imtiied utter big, am trt nu n that I ih.n???tknow nothin' aboutuml never hove ipw. ???Alnbamy-Tctcli-me-Not??? t!????r is named ter her two gran-maw.*??? Alnhamy for my m: w, and Misaoury fur hls'ii; hut utter I fell out longer ohMtoory, (that's h ; s mammy) 1 cnlld! h??r *Alalminy-Toteh-iu vNot,??? kaso ???he is to tetchy. Bbc???ll cry if you ji<*t lo??k hard at her. Muv Lim is naino Mary for her Aunt Polly, and Liza for her Aunt June. May Lira is a'twin to Hnl. Hnl is jbt tram ? I Mil for short. Hhe goes by the name of Big His nu itly, r.t.d her cousins nil call* her Cousin ??1::. Come here Sal and lotnnio fasten yo.ir cent. ,7/mftgrowed everthing mIk*'* g ??t. CJ???out viii.d. r,* Henry Forney, uu i tell .Infie Curry to fetch n.???J boro to me. Jabo he isn twin to Hubert K. L.'\ ,'MV nro next to JclVersoii Pavia???shot up your inwn>;, Char lie M. Hhelley; nobody emit hear they* ???elves talk for your everlastin' whinin???. I raut give you the later tel it's cooked. Hero take this*??? here piece of bread, and hush, khelley ho is jist n year older'n John T. M ir- tni., pi d John T. has mighty nigh eoteli up t ?? him iu eix??-???shet up your mouth, William lieiity Forney. How many moro times do ycu want me to tell you about your tongue? flu ?? nt li ar this minute and tell .lube Curry ef he deli'l fitch hia-srf hero to me and inn John T. M' rgnn mid stop him from yellin???, I???ll make his pup beat him into n frazzle." But William llonrv Forney instead of tell- in??? him to tome to his mammy, went out thar and sot up n fuss longer Jnbo Curry about n sited tuter. ???Mur-thrr, uiur-ther, make Jubegiiumo my tat??'r. It???s my tn-terj 1 had it fun." ???Hit's tot none of his???n no sieh a thing, Mur-thcr. Mm-thor, make William llenry gimme my string. He t??Hik mil lo*k my string l.ntc I iuatoned my sweetatcr waTnlm, ai d it's rone of his???n. it???* my tater???it???s my Very Istn," llwn she let in on Juho with tin* Hiekry ple'd been u pimuisiu' hini,uud Loved *???1*11 gin vou fightin* hImhiIaswh* t tnter???,i sited later j Now piiit n later a big thing to fight about? Live the later to your little bit hly, and tb it r,mck ??????.?? ie 1 beat j??u tel you won t know who you was named otter. Take yourself in tlx it house bi ??1 i??yst your buddy, Johu T. Morgan, *fi re 1 ??t?? inp thu life out???n yon. 1 lay 1 m nt killi i?? n.t i.i y?? u yoting'uns about tUuin Liters wit. 'Hum's the lust awoottalerst'ut'i ifeubts that hi* election would bo tain if he survived until tho close of the carn- i pi/; n. But when his decision became generally Utvn r.t Washington he was irnportmnvl V'geiMiely and eonstantly by many leaders ot ti ??? | ally to r?? wwdder it. He st-'a-ifsatly re- ituptid his |??Ufta*pe???hi* first intention being to rijdifM the fi tter to tho state democratic convention. Circuiiwtanfies???and after tho p; mii ni.ee of Governor Cleveland reforrod to ld him to address the defter to Chairuivn Mfi rtiiig at tho time it was issued, and G.??v- 11 i i r????? t???h'YPhnil'* couiroi of Iho statu delegj- t:en was thereafter os.'iirod. Hint???and even heforo???tho nomination Mr. TiJdeu???* expressions of eatgem f>r G ??v- ??? M,or ch vclaad and appreciation of hiv hi ;\i rnwt'td mill able administration, which so eh i ely la* followed the line* of Mr. Ti file.Vs cm n admiiiistraticn of the sumo office, liavo bon unr.tintcd. Governor.Cleveland's friends ft 11 that bi* candidacy represent* in tho largest iu?? m lire,and more contpiciiou dy,perhaps,than wctibl have been the cane with any other ran- di??!i:te, that ???achievement of reform in tin? id ministration of the feJeral government,??? which the jrrty bad ns its chief isitie when Mr. Ti!dtn was its enudidnle. And as the chi ice of the party, when Mr. Tilden could not le j hicrd lit the head ????f the ticket???os tha fiirt ??l< meetntic governor of New York after Mi. 'iilden???he ol??o mny he considered to it l net nt the irsuo of that ???be.ri hotnigo of tier mill???the pledge of our devotion to the principles an tin? cause uow ju te) up hie in Ihe history of this republic from the Ipbi.r* and the nnmeof Hnmuel J. Tilden." Mr. Tilden'* formal indorsement of the ticket was cxprciscdin bis letter to the Albany Phalanx c.u tho occ.abm of the ratification BILL ARP. THE PHILOSOPHER TAT.KS EVERY DAY SUBJECTS. Ltcjr Firarn and Thrifty Farmers Ind-p-adoot ???td fivIf-Etllsut Families-Somethin* Abaut Women's XUchta-A Cbiesao * Bio* Agent Tackles tbt Philosopher. The crop* are laid by, but there is no rest for tho thrifty former, and it is a blesaud thing that the thrifty farmer don't want any. A change of work is all the rest be wants. Bomb folk* aro constitutionally lazy And work only when they are obliged, and they are actually glad of any excuse to stop. They like to go to mill and they like to go to town, but they don't like to work. I know a farmer who i?? a grod, clever man and behaves himself decent ly, hut he loves to talk so well be can't work. He will talk about the weather for half an hour without stopping. He came to my house the other day to borrow a spade and said he was in n powerful hurry to get back. Without thinking of Ihe consequences I just asked him if (he storm damaged his corn any, and that Halted him. He told about stornu and hur ricanes froni away back to his boyhood, and Low a man bung to a sapling and never got uaiy bruise, but the wind blew his breath nwiiy and didei.t give him time to draw an- ???ither, oi.d io he died for want of breath, just 1:1 dies when she loses her cud. He s gave her a dime and a blessing,and the 1 intimated that if bIic would depart and colonel I . t he to crests she might find more congenial victims. What n comfort it is that we hav< cot got such women down south, nor sue*! preachers to marry cm. When I told her that we did not ne$d such laws in Georgia, that our wives were all happy and contentedt and when they did not have laws enough that made them at home, and when my wife wanted anything *be simply said. ???Be it like ??? trident work bis bt-Howct in such a wind. And he told how another storm blew an old bead foremost against u pip! iO rum. > acted and' it was enacted straightway forthwith. T1j woman looked astonished r.nd said; ???It is not that way where 1 ccme frtm." Maybe it aint. At .???he seemed reluctant to go the beneficent colonel took an idea that she was tired and sick, and needed refreshment, and so he rung a little bell and ordered it punch for the phi lanthropic lady; but she respectfully declined by trying that she waa by no means old enough to need n stimulant. She wa<* smart, that woman was???and as reasonably good leaking a* a Chicago woman can be. Hhe would make a good wife for Johu Jenkins, who said, ???I want a wife old enough to have sense, and ugly enough to stay at home.??? But a Chicago woman wont stay at home. Sh^is going to take the war path anyhow. Bill Aar. A BADLY MANAGED OFFICE. tree stuck Mil deep . they her cut by the toil, ami hod to oft ond leave 'em in tbo tree, And bo he kept But K:???, her horns couident pull her horns d they ore [ on until I hurry too, talking. !?? ? !>y of liis nomination. Mr. Tilden wrote: ??????Although I cannot be prusont in person with my ojd friend* in Albany on that intcr- oting occasion, i cordially co-operate with them iu fuppert of the excellent nominations by ihe democratic national convention, und f< cl ftftfeurrd that in its success at tho election, of which there is every promise, the country will achieve a substantial victory for the cause of good government." JlM.f.lHJ/.INft TIIF. CLERK*. Neatly Worded Circular* Demanding Tint They Ante for lilstlne and Logan. Wamiinctox, August 0.???There is groat dis- nilirfnetion in the department* over tho bull- doing tactic* of the finnneo committee organ ized J*>r the pnrpoao of collecting campaign funds. H doc* not lessen the irritation that the circular i* neatly worded, and that it is ??tated iu jiositivo language that all con tributions tire .expected to bo volun tary. it ia n fair presumption that the clerk* would receive thc*o circular* in n more rcmphiccnt mood if they contained U peremptory demand for two per cent of their mil ri< h. Thi* stimd-and-delivor policy would nt hast give them tho satisfaction ofiteeling tl at they had been mulcted in a fair an 1 hoa- s jaLJc way, w hi mas the course of the present is plenty to do betw??' the eiop and gathering time. August hot month to cut the winter's wood. It will freer, and even the red oak, that *oma- burns block ond goes out, will burn will if cut down in August and seasoned a while.. I've got the boys cutting my winter???s wood now and will haul it up and rtr.ck it. Two of the firo place* want wood I no end n half foot long and tho others will only chamber two foot stick*. Ho I have tho wild cut four feet and live feet, and then wa c ut it in tjroas we need it. Fifty cords will tun u* through a winter. Then therj is tho stove wood to get up, and that is a careful job for 1 never let my wife or tho girls have any enuse of complaint about wood or wat.*r in tho kitchen. The wood must bo dry and split up tine und net too long. J saw up hickory und ash with the cross cut and after splitting it up | iit It away under shelter, and I haul Oip tho chin* from the woods to sprinkle in. It ia net muon trouble to preparo a frugal meal if everything is handy. The boys catch tho chicken* and fix them all ready. I won???t lot my wemen folk* do that. It is not a sightly job,And nobody ought to havo it to do but niggers nohow, confound'em. But I believe iu independence. I like to seo a family in dependent and self-reliant. I know families who are always alarmed for fear their cook will quit,and they don???t know whero they will get another. And the young married folk* nowaday* aro in ill* same fix nhout nurse* for their babiei; well, nursing is hard work, 1 know???nursing a fretful child is the hardest work 1 know of. I've had a hand in Hint business for thirty year* and I would- c r.t go through it again for a house full of gold. Many a night havo I walked tho floor iu my long, white garment with a baby in uij arms li.tnUtfc. iu its endeavors to avoid collision with Ihe civil service rules, i* ctasive and ccwnrdly, thbugh equally mandatory in efleet. The plain Knglisji ot tho infills r is that every man who refine* o walk up to thu captain's oflice and Mettle will be marked, and if a piMsihle pretext can be fi ui.d for dismissing him in the event or rniri.liccn ??urces?? it will he pat to iuo. Thare is l lit i no opinion regarding this system of rxtiutiui. it is regarded os infamous, and tho (lira) point went is the more keen h??entt??s thi Hoiks bed deluded themselves into tfi.' briief that they would be protected by tho civil n i vice mbs. 'ihe democrats in tho departments,and they ate more numerous than is genera 1 ly supplied, dfclnre that they wil[ not contribute a p.uiuy. In tlu?? majority of cases tlicd ??? objeition j* fourth d i n the belief that GJevehind and Hea dricks will I h? elected, while other* lake high im sal ciotimi in tho matter, and go quietly at cut ttieir business, satisfied that???tho future all take rare of itselt. hug ??i.t n (lie patch, and th.<y a v in or a mot It.wu d ??t??, ouil over ???em. f know in r.uma tlcj tie hungry for later*, hit they jist ???bet.I figlt over ???em. I???ll gin V:n sonjlliiug l??n, \V?? l fightiu??? ret*.* in and eat i .im got much, but it ni* of hutmioilk. Squire I htv pel. end ho lowed ho would. Then sh?? tunic*! to ??*?? tl; ???G*ub ofl???n that churn, JeflVr- h u I a\i>, ai d | iH?r the stranger out a cup of I uttcrmilk???and for Massy???s sake g??out yau i hulger quit ??? i bar km??? J. si. that, M*y Ltsa, and quit a gazin??? pine l*!z: kl.tr you never have saw noVulv afore ??tl?? : tli ti her* ???fi*re I kn ??? s oil of the fry ; it???s all clean; n, stranger*. Didn't 11???H you to , May Liza; you Chilian's enough r diotrscUd. Fan tho tlics, Hal; w.th your mouth kanghi* "fid* ??>u didn't have stiff grata of ??????tie of them latin*. Mi??* il i:n'l- he finani hav ink eofler th'?? ut sugar. Thar's ???owe sorgattiu lasses; Wr'uus hsint got uo short sureetniu'. Hu;sr is i. r.: -tickle t haiut never made no an of yit. lit re, William Henry Forney, take this hrte svu-it Uter and skin it, a*wl gtv* jMtce ??? t it to tl.arlie Hhelley, ??n i tether pxrt toy*t i lilt'????? buddy,John T. Morgan; and if j*u ui n?? it in his moult hot and burn him 1 sr.y 1 rtf mp you into the face of th" yeth.** Bzrav IUuiltox. THE VIROIN1A APPOR riONMEN T 7 lie Hupi c ('inirt Uerasoi to Give a I'.trtl. nun Derision. WYTiixvit.t r, V,'-. August 7.???Tho court of up) * als lo-day decided the of Wise vi, Briggs, et nl. It involved the vnlidity Ci??? tcci'i.t act of the legislature to apportion t!i * representative* qf tun statu in congress, and has excited great interest. Mr. Wise it the pnsei.t representative nt large iu congress, und applied for ?? writ of mandamus to eomm iud thu i?? speiid<nt, who is tlio keeper of the rolls, to strike the art from the roll on the ground that it bail not been passod over thi' covcrnoi???* veto by Uio requisite majority in the *enate. The bill was n turned by the governor with hi* oh- je??tions to the aetinte, where it ori^ini'. *1, and the senate journal shows that of th * s'ua- t?? m voting, two-thirds voted to pass the hill ovir the veto. The eoustitution of tho state j'levide*, in such eases, that if two-thirds of tl;< re pr< sent shall vote in the nflirniMtivo the hill chilli be sunt to tho other hauls fir its acth n. Th*. petition alleges that when th? \?? te wa* taken in the senate, Senator Wick- bum ui d two olhera were present, who r*- trained from voting, uud thus that bill was net pnrssil over the governor???s veto by the Votes of two-thirds of the senator* pr's?n'-. Til* fact the |n titnmers oilers to eitaa'ish by pand proof, in nn elaborate opint ??;i by Jui^i Funterloy, that the senate journal was ejn- elusive u|*on the subject, and refused to h*ir ixiflci ee to imjtexeh. The writ wa* accord ingly drilled. niiiiu giiiiiiiuir *t i*u u uuuy in in j nniia singing a little monotonous song, while I was to sleepy I could hardly walk straight. Mr*. Arp tiftu done her share over and over and when she had tried and tried to quiet tho lit tle thing, and worried over it, ami pattod It, und nursed it on both prides, and nt last, in o fit of ricsiicration, straightened up and ??uid, ???Here, William, ???take Your child." J always understood her, and took her odvieo promptly; she always said ???your child??? on Mieh occasions, but whenever I vontured to punish one of cm she looked iudiguaut and said ???my child.??? She will let me own era sometime*. 1 am sorry for these young folk* who have about two on hand ond are just bo- The Short Comings of the New Orleana Pofttottlce Laid Dare. ???Washington, August 7.???The special com mission which has been investigating the dition and management of tho New jOrleans pcstcfliee, submitted its report to the poit- iiififcter-gcneial to-day. The commissioner: Mcrfri*. llnrt, Dice and Abies, say in the rc port that he found the facilities of the oflic? amjle, but ihe force employed iueflHent thuugh lack of proper training. O/gauiza lion or discipline, they say, d<*cs not exist ir ti c office, nor dors any system of promotion 1 ared en individual merit, and they add thay h ui.d everything arranged apparently m?ro fer the peizonal convenience of the clerk* than fi r the necessities of the business. They ray that the postmaster possoMos but a limited knowledge of the actual work of the c&.ccj and that he makes little or uo effort iufum Limsclf of the necessities of t!ie aorvi rarely visiting the working floor, and sell moulting with his subordinates. Also, that wlile too much ought not to bo expects I of the amttont postmaster, in view of nis coni- I aratively recent appointment, yet that ihiy feei constrained to say his Selection for the place was unwise, because of his ???inferior judgment, lack of discretion and inability to maintain discipline.??? They say, further, that they found the mailing division without or ganization or discipline, the mail matter, o*- pcclally newspaper*, being badly handled and delayed; that they found that no account has bein kept of tho mail sacks, which latter in many case*, were being unlawfully used by persons other than the employes. They, the commissioners, having found IU of them in the junk whops, and other* used ai cotton packages or rnado into hammock*. They express the opinion that the want of en ergy oil tho port of the chief of this division i* in part owing to the failure of his superior* to support him. They say, also, that tho office of tiu? collection clerk, with a salary of $909, has been held for sometime past by George W. Merchant, n eon of the postmaster, who has of conmihiol bliss. I saw one tho other night Hying to quiet a little two yoar-old and after long and patient efforts, ho ex claimed in mortal agony: ???Oh pleuso, Rosa, do please atop crying tor tho Lord???s sake.??? I was sorry for him, 1 was, but I couldeut kocp ft cm laughing to save my life, and I wanted to exclaim: ???Stand up to tho rack, my boy, tedder or no fodder* for its your child." There eutions nnu invention*, but nur*ing hildroi and raising them has to be done in inim* old way. und happy nro they who hftosop* * can go through it with a philosophic sin lie. It is tiu* great business of life and can???t bo om forts any, great ledged, and it hns its its rewards???rewards that nr and juur und richer than they ei nu* to n man when hods old und' need* tin in. till'd children who honor and lovo their | urents ore treasures Unit gold cannot Iny, and tiny innko sweet ami pleasant the v.i y that had* n* to tho grave. Tiler*? is no j ictticr *ight iu nil nature than nn aged couplo \i ho live in harmony uud have their children d grandchildren around them to give them THE OKLAHOMA SQUATTER3. ll:e Measure* Taken by the Governrao?it to DU|??*n??t) Them. Wazoimiton, August 7.???The intruders in tie Indian territory are said, sit thu war -I *- j artnu-nl, to be iu tho*.* p??rti m* of th?? terri- t?? ry knowu a* the Oklahoma land, the Chsro- k??e strip and pun handle. Beeeral companies of tiix p?? are expected loonier the territory to d*y ur to-mom-w. AH |*er??ona found in the rtioii* of the territory, ettitinted at will he removed. The men will cr to the tTnlUd Stale* maruhsl whine disiriel the iu'.ruder'are foun t. Tho men end children will Ik* taken t???? lvatmi Arkoi sss and allowed to go. All improve- The ho i**??. oil- fence* are to be rased to th?? ???attle, her**'* and fitrmin ??? im- * lwi turned over to the intori *r d to I*,' dispoitvf of a* that d< above I* r alt tit l o tui UiMibg gteutid. ??to l*e dent d.,*rn et il.c r decide. !t u owrt**i that * mint. lUtru*never wrote a tondoror ver*o thru ???Now iv?? tniLi tetter down, John- Put hand in hand w??/??? r'o. % Amt sleep together at the John AiuUrson, my Joe. Wt man???s right* und man???s rights havo Ing to do with such partners. In i.ict,ull human bws ure dead letters to the good. They do m t iu*id tiu in. Laws are made for-the lud, ami the frail, aud tho envious, and tho joalout. 1 was thinking about thi* the other day iu your town when I paid a friendly visit to a good man???a courteous gentleman???away up m the third story where he kept hi* iusiirano I ren dene by the cashier, and they add thal thin office is entirely unnecessary, and should be abolished. They report having found an employe??? carried on the rolls ns portcr ? detailed who rendered no afrvice himself, but had Hired an old color ed man at eight dollars per month to do a little ???weeping, that being the servica which called for by the employment of tlft) porter, and thoy recommend this, cs well as that of chief portar be obolished. They also recommend that tho title of the official now known as the secretary *??r.d auditor, be chaugcd to official secretary, and tho salary of tho office bo reduced from J}l,fC0 to $1,200 per annum. Thoy recommend iiierinsos in the, salaries of certain clerks, aggregating $11,000 per annum, and reduc tions aggregating $2,450. They also roport having made inquiries relative to tho depre dation on tho moils at thi* office, and tho failure of the postmaster to report them, and iay with respect to thi* branch of their jnres- tigaticn, that it was Mud that just bcfjro their visit, fifteen letters addressed. to M. A. Dunpliiu had been abstracted lictn the muil* in tho office; that circumstances printed almost conclusively to the son of the pcstmartcr as the person who stolo them; tint when the facts were reported to the postmaster he- obtained possession of aud burned certain fragments of tho miv*ing letters, thereby destroying important evidence against tho UNCLE REMUS. Tfcc Vrsmcss of Christmas Causes D*4dy Jsok to Feel Good, sod no Tells ??? Talo Abaut tho Turkey Suzeard???Voole Btmus Tolls a Tale About Mr. Bawk, Etc. One night the little hoy r mu&???s cabin singing: i into Uncle Re- UneJe Remus, Daddy Jack, Aunt Tcmpy, and Tildy were all sitting around the fire, for the Christmas weather was beginning to make itself rather severely felt. As they made room for the child, Daddy Jack flung his heal back, and took up the song, beating time with hia foot: , ???T-u Tnrky, t-u Tl, T-u Turky-Buzzsrd y-eye! T-u Turley, t-u Ting, T-u Turky-Buzzud wing!??? ???Deyer mighty kuse creeturi," said Tildy, who was sitting r&ther nearer to Daddy Jack than had been her custom,???a fact to which Aunt Teropy had already called the attention of Uncle Remus by a motion of her head, causing the old man to smile a smile as broad as it was wise. ???Deyer mighty kuse, au??? I'm fear???d un urn,??? Tildy went on. ???Doy look so lonefome hit makes me have de creep* fer ter look nt um." 1 ???Dey no bu't-n you," said Daddy Jack, soothingly. ???You fiut you' ban' toze u??u dey fly w ry funi dey-dey." I dunno 'bout dst," said _Tildy. ???Deyer lul???-hcndcd, an??? dot w???at make m3 'spize Daddy Jock rubbed the bald place on his head with such a comical air that even Tildy laughed. The old Afncau retained im good humor. You watch dein Buzzttd," ho said after a- whilc, addressing himself particularly to the little bov. ??? ???ll llv high, 'c fly low, 'c fly way ???rcun'. 'l???ain come,'e fltip???e tviugt, 'o light 'pon died pine. I???uin fult, ???u hug 'so???f wit ???e wing, V scrooge '???? neck up. Ruin come, win* blow, da Iiuzzud bin-a look ragged. Da ifu^- zud bin-a wink V y-eye, 'e soy: ??? ???Vun da win??? fer stop blow un da yain fer stop drip, me go nick me one house. Mo mak um tight fer keen da rain out; mo pit top on strong fer keep <la win??? out/ IS IT PERPETUAL MOTION ? A Gainesville Man Gomes to the Fro With a Peculiar Invention. ???If you ore at leisure I think I can give y an interesting item of news." The Constitution man turned aside fro his w???ork for a moment and glanced at ti speaker. The visitor was a tall man of mid i age, with black hair and raustack and a dark face strong marked with the lines of care and thought. ???1 am from Gainesville,??? continaek tl stranger. ???My name is Benson Simmons, have invented what I call a self-propeller, b iu will find that it is a perpetual motion m chine/ Do you menu to say that you have actual! solved the problem of perpetual motion???? a??i cd the scribe. ???No, I won???t say that," replied Mr. Sin tnons, with a smile, ???I onlv lay claim to tl invention of a self propel Jer. If I called perpetual motion, people wouldn???t listen .. ??? ??? it j g# * Dun da rdiu dry up un da win??? stop. Da Bnzztid. ???e stan??? ???pon top da dead pine. Wun da sun bin-a shine, 'o no mek um no home II. '?? say 'pon da dead pine; 'e 'treteh wide open; 'e bin dry liisae???findasuu. tuck uo kouso sonce 'o bin born. *K bud." ???En yit.??? said Uncle Remus, with a grave, judicial air, ???I year tell cr one time w*en ole ' 3rcr Buzzard wont so migk???y fur outer do way wid he notions." Meyent yeddy tahlk 'boutdis,??? Daddy Jack explained. ???I speck not," responded Undo Remus. Hit teem Iak dst doy wuz one time w'ea Mr. Hnwk come sailin??? ???roun' huntin' fer sump???n i/cr t???cat, cn ho seo Brer Buzzard settiu??? on a dead liin???, lookin' mighty lazy en lonesome. Mr. Hawk, sezee, 'IIow you come on, Bror Buzzard?' "Brer Buzzard, sezee, ???I'm mighty po???Jy, Brer Ilnwk; po???ly cn hongry.' ???Mr. Hawk, ???W???at you waitin??? yer fer efyou hongry, Brer Buzzard???? ???Brer Buzzard, sezee, ???I???m a waitin' on do Lord/ ???Mr. Hawk, sezee, ???Better run en git yo* brekkus, Brer Buzzard, on dcu come bock en wait/ ???Brer Buzzard; sezee, ???No, Brer Hawk, I???ll go^bidout my brekkus druther den be biggity ???Mr. Hawk, ho 'low, sezee, ???Well, don, Bror Buzzard, you got yo??? way en I got mine. You see dom ar chick???ns down dur in Mr. Man hoes-lot? I???m a gwino down dnr cn git one in um, en den rll come back yer en wait long wid you/ ???Widdut, Mr. Ilawk tuck'n sail ofT, cn guilty* person, but tliat he after wards ji to (xcludo his son permanently li the COLORED FOLK COUKTHIIU*. t and time for work. But he can???t dodge the caller* ond importun- ntra even there. 1 never visit him hut what ninelody comes aud wants something, for tk??y know that he i?* generous and be i* kind, ???liter?? was a strong minded woman there who hml come nil the way from Chicago with a pt tit ion for woman???s right*. Hhe talked pa- llittically about woman???s insiguitiaaut condi tion before the law. Hhe declared that woman was a nonentity, a creature without a aoul, an itc??rpo*c??l thing, a slave, a serf, a nothing, i.i.d she hod prepared a bill for the legislature tu j a*s for womun???s relief ami protection. She talked about uouentity so much that the ctd??>nel stopped fcrr lor a moment and said, with tmotion: ???My gix>d woman, that may nil bv so up in Chicago, but it i* not ao tit my In um???Iy no nivsn*. My wife is an entity???i vtritehU* living, moving creature, 8ho ha* all th??* right* she want*, and I havo all I want, a mutual protection society. It is my right and happy privilege to kceptny wife money, and it i* her* to keep me in a atate of -t'humility and devotion. Really, madam, do m t netd your law, aud you must ex* The strong minded woman didn't aub- side nor wilt, but nrocecded with her philanthropy with more vigor thau ever, and h??r black eyes flashed as the expatiated upon her own unfortunate alli ance with a preacher who imposed upon her and had ber nut into the lunatic asylum. Fi- libliy the gallant colonel hinted that his tint* * piccii u?? aud said he would tak> h*??r ntm- id.*. Th mut difltrrntly, and aar that n ?? ou?? ii ??i tit???o! to settle in cither oj th .* threoditp tte I Inttetl hud and a number of th** in m are ft joiud h?? have li\isl in tlio Oklah**;nt Ian l wd I???enhend!e for several years, and te have extensive improvement,*. The orler them, j???? well a* those who have tirertiy settled therein U* lic*. The military f. iota wi*l not be ordered te thaw portioat i??f tin* territory more thickly inhabited by In dians, a* it is said the Indians have b.*.*u able to ketp off the intruder*. i refer it to Ui* lawyer, and tf his lawyer said sign it he would sign it. Then ahe tni tied h*r attention to me and asked me t > *i^t?? it nnd Irani 1 was nway from home an I dnlcnt live iu the county and uev??dr sig.ic 1 such jir.pcrs until I got ???Mrs. Arp** consult aid so 1 t**ik a pniiiphlet u?? b*k nt. when she opened h**r- gripsack d pulli^mttwo tex*ks on wrontan???s eight and ? ???H them at $1.50 apiece, but we resjKctiully dccUned. I did*nt want ti 1?? I uymg Chicego books from a Chicago wo man without consulting Mrs. Arp ahxot it, for ???Chicago is a bad place for such literature te come fn*n??, and i was afraid tha* tha hook i:.*&Lt stri up a dirorea iu my family. Lt??t- Iv, she a:kcd us for a dime for the pamphlet*, A filngulnr CimrnctcrNtlc of the Negro Race. From the Albany, Gn??? News. ???Did you see those two colored mon that left tho store as you came in???? asked Mr. Mitch ell, of Welch A Agar???s book store, of n New# and Advertiser scribe, who wa* on a stroll la search of items yesterday. Beiugausworcd in the ntlirmative, Mr. Mitchell continued: ???l don???t supjHwe that yon could guess, after a minder of trials, whnt their purcliato wa*. Tlu-y' clubbed together ami bought a pack of courting cards, and appeared perfectly happy us they pocketed tlieir investment. * It would surprise you te know the number of courtship card*, lovo httcr cards, letter writers, books containing hints mi courtship mid marriage, and other *o the hnshlul in declaring the tender i cndon tbci v-e tell to the colored people during the busy seiSuch literature i* a* rti udurd ns wheat, aud we v.;n hr.rdly supply the demand.??? ???Why should the colored race show such a fondness for that clues of work*???? asked tho scribe. ???Why they should so greedily buy up hooks of that description," raid Mr. M., ???wos always a in\??terv to me until a few year* ago while cii tiu- plantation of Mr. II. L. Dunn he put ire to tliinkiiig about it. While speakiug of rente of the peculiarities of the ne^ro race, Mr. Dunn remarked that he had noticed with surprise the extreme bashfuluYMS or timidity of tho most hardened cases om?ng the young men when on the eve of pro- )K>??ing marriage. No matter haw intimately they have lived together upon tho plantation, when they decided to vary the monoteny of their live* by a marriage, 1 appear to proceed \ unvarying form must bo gone through with in ntking the important query. Not dariuz to commence with a verbal declaration,??? tho twneri or managers of the plantation* cic generally asked te write the notes and conduct the correspondence. Since then I have watched the colored young men who come in and c ill for h??ve cards, letter books, etc., and havo frequently (lucsticned them closely about their love at- fairs. Finding the printed form convenient and tilled with long words expressive of un- dving aihetiou, thev resort to them invariXbly wlten any courting has to be carried ou. Fol lowing the directions carefully a* te the man ner of conducting themedve* undvT the circumstances, aud copying verbatim th* flowery love Utters with which the bk>ks aw tilled,???they tecl that their courtship is carried on in the proper style." Brer Buzzard drop ho wing* down on do Um 1 cn look mighty loueaomo. He sot dar en look mighty lonesome, he did, but ho keep one eye on Mr. Hawk. ???Mr. Hawk, ho sail 'roun' en 'roun', en ho lock mighty purty. Ho sail 'roun' on 'roun' 'bove de hoss-lot???'roun' en 'roun??????en bime- by he dart down nt cltick'ns. Ho shot up ho wings rn dart down, ho did, dessatno ef ho 'u* fired out???n o gun." ???Watch out, pullots!??? excluiraod Tildy, in a tone of warning. ???He dart down, bo did," continued Undo Ihmus, rubbing his hand thoughtfully acrois the top of his head, ???but stidder ho hittiu* do chick???ll*, ho tuck???n hit ???pon do sharp con' un a fence-rail, llo hit dar, ho did, cn dar ho stuck.??? ???Ab-yi-cc!??? exclaimed Daddy Jack. ???Dar he stuck. Brer Buzzard sot en watch 'Im. Mr. Hawk aint move. Bror Buzzard sot cn watch 'im some ino???. Mr. ???Hawk aiut n.ovc, lie done stone dead. Do mo??? Brer Blu* zaid watch 'im do mo??? hougrier ho git, on timely he geddor up ho wings, on sorter cioau cut he year wid he claw, on ???low, sezoo: ??? ???1 know???d do Lord 'uz gwiueter pervide."' ???Tmfi? tool??? exclaimed Aunt Ternpy. ??? ???Taint bin in my luiu??? dut Buzzard got souio Ink lint!??? ???Bar???s whar you missed it,8isTompy," *aid Uncle litmus, gravely. ???Brer Buzzard, ho tuck???n drop down fum do dead lim???, on ho lit on Mr. Hawk, eu had ???im fer brekkus. Hit???* ?? mighty 'min??? about way fer tor git chickiu me, but all the same that is jual ???How long have you been at work on yo: machine?' ???I have been studying aud working on eighteen years." ???Don't you know, Mr. Simmons, tbit th E roblem of {lerjietual motion haa to turned th cads of many inventors that it has ruine many of them and run them crazy?" ???Oh, yes; I know all that. In fact, osopl have said that my invention would mi???ko m crazy???crazy if I failed, aud crazy if I auc cceded." ???A gloomy prospect?" ???No, sir. If you will look ot these p??? graphs ond drawings of, my machine, poi haps a few' words of explanation will cnabl ycu to see the merits of the thing, although om bound to admit that a good many <b n< understand it after it has beeu explained." The inventor then exhibited his photograph end diagrams, and in a calm aud confidon! tone? explained the mysterious workings of hi propeller. It is impossible, in a limited spaed to describe the machine, w'hioh, to the caaual observer, seems to bo a complicated arrange! merit of wheels ond springs. rhe*e spring-*!-., by the way, arc so constituted as to keep till ??? propeller perpetually in motion. There ar[. forty-eight of these springs, and when a carp* tain number of them are in a state of tensior: ithus remain ut rest. But au explauatio: nnot be attempted here. ???Where is your model?" asked tho new* r paper man after he had taken iu th' salient points of tho drawing^ i???I had one," said Mr. Simmons, ???but mil foitunately it was destroyed by a cyclone." ' ???Perpetual motion can't buck against f. Georgia cyclone, then?" ???Well, it didn't that time, but I think it wa because it was caught in a tight place. It tu upbtairs at the time and was smashed in thi' wreck of tho house." ???Well, wbnt are your plans, Mr. Simmons????^ ???1 hardly know, us yet. | fool that I hav t n mission to execute iu bringing out this in vention, hut I havi/t the moans with which to build a machine on the proper scale. I pane man would let me havo about $3^500 fo., that purpose 1 would let him have. third interest, that is, for tho Uuited State- only. The invention is worth hundrods o thousands of dollars." ???Y'ou any tho motion of your machine i?? perpetual?" ???Yes, sir." ' i ???Suppose you started one, would it run say six thousand years?" ???Yes, if it didnU wear out. I tell you, air, that I am willing to stake my life upon the success ful working of this jiropellor. I will agreo tc make o public trial and stand on a scaffold with a rope around iny neck, with a , trigger sot so that I can be hurled into eternity by a touch from any mon in the crowd if my experiment turns out a failure." It was evident from Mr. Simmons???s lo^k and tone that ho was in dead carneit. ???I wish," said the discoverer of tho perpH- J uni motion secret, ???that! could find u nv???ial, with money to tako on interest iu this thlugffi.y If I was able, I would give him five dollar* au??? hour to let me talk to him about it." ??? If you scrapetap the money you will fin! several capitalist* around hero who will lHton to you on tno&e terms." ??? ???Yes, I suppose so, but I can't make su an offer just now. Good day." / Tho inventor was gone, but all that day tho busy scribe saw before him tho thoughful, but not discouraged faco of tho man who hod given eighteen veins of hi* life to the patient study of a pro- tlcin which hns been- declared beyond tho S ower of man to solve. Such phenomenal in- ustry and application deserve to reap thoir reward; but will they? THE B1KLON TARIFF. Dnlii Fnct* About It From a Promtuont Sinn. A prominent gentleman said to a Constitu tion innti yesterday: ???I ojn glad to see you working to secure a reduction on the rates for Georgia melons for the west. Truck raising ha* developed into a ry important industry in thi* state and if given fair encouragement will become very much more important. Tho melon grower* can???t, however, stand tho advanco about twenty-five dollars pic, yit hit???* lots better dan uo way. ???1 speck Hawk do tasks like chicken," ro- marknl Tildy. ???Dey mo*' slio???ly does,??? said Undo Hnnus, wiih emphasis. Next week, ???Mb. Saws and Brother Radbit." I'Op) tight, 1880. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 1 lie Yellow Fever on the Mexican Frontier *??? ???Tlio Importation of Rags. Wxkbixqtok, August 8.???Tho department of state 1ms revived a communication from th..* acting governor of Arizona, saying that there ere no sanitary law*, no board of health, uo.* any contingent fund at tho disposal of tha ex ecutive to use in establishing aud maintaining quarantine on tbo Mexican Frontier.. He *ay> teat yclUw fever i* epidemic in Guaymav A Very Significant Straw. Wrsilimj, West Va., August 7.???A pers onal canvass of two ward* of tbi* city, tUe sixth and eighth, the latter a republican strong???.!rid, has developed the ??? fl tejubHcsi . __ fact that 150 have imStf-tl Blaine and laten l t ? for Clcvelan.l in November. This n im- her ccnslitutes fed per cent of the Gerintn re| ublican population, and il is believe l tha ptt'pcrtion wifl hold throughout the state. To i f M*t thi* Blaine will not gel 10 p.*r e *:it of ihe Irish democratic vote, leaving a net !<*** large encugh to insure the state???s eleet-ir.il ule ter Cleveland by 10,000 majority, what ever may hapjten in October. he fear* its introduction into Arizona by the railway trains coming from Sonora. The communication was referred o the treasury deparmmt and in* reply it was stated that inspector* ha 1 Ittn Kj'joii'U-d for the purpue iadicatsl at Vcgahs and Sosnbiu, and train inspector* on the Mexican railroads. The turgeou general of the marine hoipita! service has directed the establishment of a temporary quarantine hospital at tho Dela ware breakwater. Acting upon the information that a cargo ot rag* bed recently been passed by the state i.nsrontine uflicer* at the port of'New York, the secretary of the treasury has instructed the collector of customs of that port to allo w to rags to be imported unless positive proof Is produced that tnev come from non-mfacted ports, and are in themsovea entirely tree from infections. The fact that a vessel hat a char bill of health, and has been given a permit t > pats by tLe local quarantine o.li?J i* r.ot to be cousidereii a* conclusive pro ??f of the uou-infected condition of her cargo. T.i3??e instructions arc based ??>u the clause iu the Mii dry civil bill authorizing the presideat to expend a sum not exceeding $100,939 te main tain a quarantine Qt ports of d.??ng??r, and tv aid the state and hval lioards in preventing ut:d tupprecsing the zpread of threatened or actual epidemic. The ttirgi-on general of the marine h rspltat service has advised that the importation >f rags tc totally prohibited, from th* preseut at lead, because, r.s he **ys, they are comp in- ions of filth and disease^ no matter from wh*t quarter of the world they conic, aad ss auc* al ways liable to convey disease. n car lonil which tho railroads havo put cm thin? for this season. They could have m??de money this year at tho rates of last year, aud Guy planted a larger acreage, fooling asjured that the lute* would not bo utlvauced uud hoping tliut they would be lowered* After the planting this tremendous advance wa* unde cud tho consequence is that many of tho grow er* have lest money and the industry hits ro- oeived a very serious chock." ???But the railroad* claim that they wero forced by tlio western road* to make this ad vance/' ???That is absurd. I have no doubt that tho western railroads havo detuauded the advance, nud it may he true and doubtless is that tho Georgia loads protest against tho mlvnuce, but if the western road* can force the Georgia reads to advance tho rates o:i melons, wiry cun???t the Georgia road* force the western roa li to advance the rates on meat 'and grain. Hen? we have outtpads hauling meat that cemes in competition with homo raised meat and grain that come* iu competition with our milliog interests hauled in from the weit at rates that practically } aralyze those two local industries and yet wbcu we talk of shipping melon* to the west the western road* charge us in>re than double what our road* charge them. Iu clLer words, the Georgia roads cousent to bring in western grain and meat at half tha late that the western roads agree to carry out ?? ur melons. Now if the western roads forco this high rate on melons why can???t the Geor gia roads force the high rate ^>n grain and im at? Y???ou see the thing is reciprocal anl yet it don't work that way???? ???You believe, then, that the Georgia roil* ccnld control the matter if they determine to do ??l?????? ???I om sure of it. The railroid commlsiion of course has no right to interfere w.th any rates beyond the state lino; but if every ml in Georgia was to insist that it w mld d?maa I higher rates on grain *nd m*at unless tn> western roads consented te give lower rate* ou melons, they would very aioa fin l thstth*y ecu Id modify the situation. If they oull d> nothing che they might refuse t > haul tbs western grain and meat and it wsuli b> a* blessing for the state of Georgia. If yon we to build a Ivhinese wall around us ai l firbi I the importation of western grab! and prod iu it wcufd be better forth3 state aud I confess 1 don???t understand how our roads cau letth-s western roads dictate the rate* for melons ail at the same time dictate the rat?* oUgrain and meet, that is to say what they shall charge for taking our freight'aud what we shall charge for taking their freight.??? J Bread, biscuit, cakes, etc., raised with son)) pure baking powder (like Dr. Price's Creinx Baking Powder,) will do a* much te generate force in rhr veins and revitalize the tnteUeob as any other article of diet the phiaet affords use Uonsckeep^rstiave learned ifc*exe?? I**4 effect*cf Dr. Price's Cream Baking Poirier by experiments in the oven. IrNDISTINCT PSINT j