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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONS - TUESDAY AUGUST 26 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
THE MAN "ABOUT TOWN.
HIS SHORT TALKS ON TOPICS OF
ALL SO RTS.
Jtom Baseball to Jersaya, tad 'From Jerseys to
Judges-A Talk About Banka-Atlanta???* Capi-
tal???Among tho Litorctl-Tho Cattlo
v Herds of Montana-Other News.
ATi.AKTA.Ga., August 23???"No. Tho decision
on the contested baseball game has not yet been
xn&de. It will be some days before it la heard
xom."
Having disposed of th!a leading issue, we may
turn to the byways of discussion and the small
talk of tho town.
But, to come to the bat once more, let it not be
understood that we wont disparage tho interest In
this excellent sport. That it has taken tho city Is
Indisputable, and that it caught people, usually
. elusive, is equally truo. It meets the demand for
open air sport and athletic struggle that Is old as
Olympus.* It fills in tho dull summer evenings
with pleasurable excUcn^Jt. And it brings to
gether the good folks of this exceedingly grega-
r ous city, In a sort of social pow-wow. These
things oxplnln, perhaps, why the.Stars??? half of
the gate money for the five games of the week was
1707, In spite of one rainy day.
The Influence of a thoroughbred bull on a herd
of common cattlo is strikingly shown in tho ex
periment of Dr. W. P. Harden, of Cobb county.
He has graded the Georgia cow up with carefully
???elected Jersey bulls, until ho has a herd
grades worth over 6100 jt head. His yield of but-
. ter has been Increased CO per cent, and Its quality
improved. I understand ho has an offer from a
gentleman in Atlanta, who wants them for dairy
purposes, of (113 Ja head for his herd. Dr. H
den says the only objection to grades is that tho
colors do not command the fancy prices, paid for
, the colors of registered Jerseys. For tho dairy
they arc unexcelled.
An eccentric Frenchman living in New Jersey
Withdrew from tho American Jersey club because
it refused to make solid color an essential point,
After this his cattle wero not registered, though a??
carefully bred as ever, and wero known os tiro
Cream-pot cows. Mr. Evan IIowcl!' owns ono
of his cows whoso udder measure* threo foot.
If she were registcredsho would bring As
it is, sho would not bring (500???ithough neither
turn would buy her. Many of these non-registered
Jerseys were sold around Cavo 8prings and Cedar-
town, where their descendants may bo picked up
for low prices.
By the way, Mr. nowellsays: "I can take forty
Jersey cattle on a good farm and makomoro money
. than any other farmer ever made with forty negro
slaves on the same land. A man who owns a herd
of registered Jerseys and a Georgia farm is richer
than a man who owned the same number of slaves
before the war. If every slave freed in Georgia,"
said ho, warming with the subject, "was replaced
to-day with a good Jersey, 4n ten years Georgia
would bo richer than she would Jiavo been If the
emancipation proclamation hod never been writ
ten. You'd better not print tills, though; for If you
do tho yankecs might take a notion to como down
and Itoe tho cows."
Mr. A. W. Hill, of L. jTaud A, W. Hill, says:
??? When we move our herd to our new farm near
Zast Point, we shall sell cream exclusively. \Ve
have bought a cream separator and will abandon
butter making. Cream at $2 u gallsn pays bettor
than butter at 4) cents a pound. -And tho market
iu At anta for either is practically without limit."
A lawyer of high standing said tome: "In exam
ining tho last volume of Georgia reports I notice
that thcro have been nearly ns many changes
Among tho tuperlor court Judges ns there aro
Circuits In the state." Asking wha tho argued from
tblshosaJd: * p rhe wretchedly low salaries paid
- to tho judges, forces frequent changes. A man
tries tho bench awhile,dndj lio can???t livo on tho
itlaiy and quits In disgust. Instead of having a
Steady, experienced judiciary*, trained (or tho
tench and looking to no
ether career, wo see it changeable,
fickle, with men wearing the ermino casually and
ready to throwlt off if anything better offers."
The same lawyer said; "I do not believe thcro
???re three judges in Georgia who live on tho salary
they get. I know the Judge of this circuit has been
lotco.l todraw for his expenses on outside funds.
If h: did not have this rcservo ho would bo forced
to resign the bench and resume his practice. It Is
a ihamo and a disgrace that the great and rich
BtAt j of Georgia so pinches her high officials."
I asked on Alrbnminn yesterday what lie thought
badLecomoof Vincent, the absconding treasurer-
of that state. "I am satisfied lie has been killed.
It was reported, you remember, that.bo had $209,-
000 with him when he left. Tills was so much
richer a prise than any reward could havo been,
that in my opinion, he was killed by tho first men
who o ught him, with the idea of robbing hfm.
Vincent was a green and clumsy man, and only by
death could ho have dropped so swiftly and so en
tirely out of sight."
Touching Mobile, this gentleman said; "There
Is abnndaut capital In Mobile but it has little con
fidence iu city Investments. One-third of tho
State bonded debt is held bv??? Mobiiians. Tho
bonds pay only threo per cent, and when a people
put S:i,<w,ouQ hi three per cents, there Isn???t much
faith in city property. Mobile appears to bo
doomed more to her bondholdingcitlscns than by
anything else. The younger Mobiiians are putting
their money in north Alabama, notably in Anni
ston." #
???The same gentleman Mid: **The terrapin farm
owned by Darlan, tho famous Now York restau*
ranter, ?s south of tho city and is very profitable.
The terrapin-pens .cover several acres, and thou
sands of diamond backs are taken out annually
They are fed on fish regularly, and arc called to
the.Ceding place by striking a bell. They uro
???hipped to New York principally, and equal the
best terrapin of the Chesapeake, waters." I was
surprised to hear from the same source that tho
pompano, a" short season fldi in our market, is
caught In the gulf at all scasous. They are takeu
in sc:ns.
Mr. Barrett, the landscape engineer In charge of
Peter* park,raid tome: "I wits struck with tho
beauty of Athens. The residence part of that city
With, Its quaint colonial architecture, it* umriro
Old walls and white pillars, Its he iges of C ior i!:t*e
loses Is delightful aud picture.* ;u ? beyond ecores-
Sion. I do not know of a prettier town. A fine
hotel there would be filled summer an l winter."
A Nashville man said to me: "I act astonished
to see what a tremendous business Atlanta does
on so imalla banking capital. We have in Nash
ville one lank (Colonel Cole???s) with 61,900,003 cap
ital, the First National with *5,000 capful and
1200,000 surplus, the Second National with 9109,000
capital and 6200,000sarplu*. This is 62,400,030 cap
ital for the three bank-. Then there are two pri
vate lank** and a new Unit just organised
with (800,000 capital. The First National has 52,-
COO,000 of deposits. Your entire Linking capital,
counting in ca.??h surplus, Is less than 6700,000, and
the highest deposit account any of your bank*
here 1; 1500,000. All onr Nashville banks do profit
able busimai and the stock range* from HO to 230.
Tie best opening I know ol Is for a bank In At
lanta with a half million capital. It will help the
city very much."*"
Ifnn Atlanta street car driver were to start on
January 1st, at b o'clock, on a trip round the wort 1
(driving just as he drives now. at the same speed,
the same numberof hoars dally, with the same
number of horses and the same change*, he would
reach the point he turted from at 8 o'clock on the
evening of October 5th. In the 277 days and 1
hours, he would have made the fail circuit of the
globe, taking only thrice the time given to the
gero of Julea Verne???s "Bound the World in Nine
ty Bays." His wages for girdling the earth with
his car would be (10% and he board himself;
though, aa one of the driven remarked, reflect! re-
V, when this .view was presented, "It wouldn't
be so much the money he???d want, as tho sights
he would sec. 1
In explanation of the above, a Peachtree driver
mokes the round trip from Whitehall to Mira???s
corner in:?? minutes. This is 3 miles. Two trips
an hour is 6 miles. He begins driving at 8 a.ra
and drives till ll at night. This is 15 hours, or 90
mll<jpadays. This would carry him around the
world in the number of days noted. This of
course does not include baseball days???for then,
even the street car drivers lay off and watch tho
geme.
Talking with a gentleman acquainted with af-
airs of the Western Union telegraph company on
the amount paid by newspapers for special dis
patches, lie said:
"The Chicago Tribuno paid the company more
for 'specials??? last year than any American newspa
per. Its bills amount to nearly 6100,000, Tho St.
Louis Globe Democrat came next with about S??, 000
a month, and tho Cincinnati Enquirer about tho
same. The New York Times paid more than any
other New York paper, reaching about 650,005.
The Herald makes a great point on cable news.
The Boston Herald pays more than any New Eng
land paper, and ranks up well among tho first
In the country ???
I asked what was the largest amount ever paid
for specials to the Western Union by a newspaper.
He replied: "Tho Chicago Times paid $111,000 ono
year???about 1879. I think that was the top mark.
While no paper pays so much now, tho aggregate
lias increased marvellously,"
The cheapening of telegraph rates for newspa
pers is notable. In 1870 and thereafter, I was tele
graphing the New York Herald ? ??? >m tiio southern
etates. I often sent over r??,uoo u. .rds a day. and tho
rate was five cents a ???. ord. ??? now ono and a
quarter cents a word. The i r i.iuatl Enquirer's
rate was four cents a word from Atlanta. It is now
one cent.
Tho Hon. Jim Smith, of Oglethorpe, was build
ing a new house a short timo ago. The garden was
In the front of the old home, but Mr. Smith wanted
it to the rear of the new heuso. He marshaled a
force of ninety convh (Mind transplanted tho gar
den in thirty-six hours, getting down to the red
clay foundation. He tilled in the place where tho
garden had been, set the fence latch, and tho old
garden Is doing finely in its new quarters.
The views of the late Hr. Grow, of Philadelphia,
on cremation, hisorh r> that his ow n body should
be cremated, have no t with responsoln Atlanta.
One prominent pliy- idan has directed that his
body l*c cremated, and has collected sonic startling
statistic* on the sickness arising from cemeteries.
I n.*-ked J)r. Miller If tho cn-
tliusin&m forBlaiuc at the Chicago convention
equalled tho feeling for Clay, to whom ho
liflsbcon compared. "No," ho replied; "nothing
I think will ever equal that. When Clay was
beaten, there were men who went crazy from grid,
and many who died of grief. I remember ono
story that was very touching. A printer, who was
n deaf-mute, was deeply interested in Clay???s elec
tion. Ifc could not speak or hurrah of courso, but
lie attended every meeting, nis earnestness was
such that he was at length selected to carry tho
flag in all processions and parades. When it was
fully settled that Clay was defeated, (this young
fellow was missing. He was found some days after
wards, in the wood* dead, with his flag wrapped
about his body. This incident Is typical of tho
terrible, tragic earnestness of that campaign."
"There Is a curious pfcco of history," Dr. Miller
went on to say, "that connects Clay???s defeat with
New York city politics. After his letter on tho
annexation of Texas, tho opposition to Cloy grow
until tl;c race became a doubtful one. A well
known New York politician, now a leading demo
crat, organized 3,000 voters together in New
York city under tho name of tho
Empire club. It was proposed to throw these votes
sjfiidly for Clay if hi* campaign committee would
Jpny CO,COO. Sam Anderson, who committed su
icide In this city some years ago, was interested in
the negotiations, and told me- the story. Ho said
that General Toombs, wlio was on Clay???s com-
mittco, was In favor of paying tho money and se
curing the vytes. Other cominittcomcn demurr
ed, however, and the matter w*us dismissed. The
Empire club voted against Cloy; ho lost Now York
by 5,000 votes, and New York lost him tho presi
dency. Many a time since then a clique of voters
In New York city lmvo made Just tho sumo throats
uud offered practically the satne terms.
Colonel Ih M. Johnston whoso lato book "Old
Mark l<*!ig*ton,a Tnlo of Duke???s Creek," la having
n great run in the north mid has been roprinte 1
lh England, is touring through his old haunts in
Georgia. We have often commended tho "Duke-
borough Talcs" of Colonel Johnston as inimitable
and flavorous and In their way tho best pictures
r.l II* i i*i Ge trgin in tho old slave days yet
given to tho public. They wero subject to the
criticism that they dealt entirely with tho
humbler and rougher phrases of our village life,
and depended mainly on presenting tho
humorous side of tho Georgia cracker, with, of
course???for they aro Inseparable???tho undercurrent
of pathos or earnestness. Colonel Johnston has
long since recognized this, and is now engaged on
another novel that will deal with tho higher ami
more cultured phase* of that easy and gracious
life that made the couutry town of Georgia in tho
ante-bellum days so perfect os a home.
It is within tho bound* that Colonel John
ston and Mr. Joel Chandler Harris will
do some work In collaboration. They havo a flue
offer for a play to bo done jointly by thorn, and to
deal with the unique social phases that they havo
so deftly uncovered.
By the way, Joe Harris???* new book, "Mingo, and
Other Tales," is about aa successful as his "Uncle
Renin*" works. It was printed simultaneously in
England and America and U having large sales on
both sides of the water. *
"If there Is anything equal to original sin"
said Colonel Richard Peters with wore warmth
than usual, "it is the daixy of which onr ladles
are so fond. The daisy Is tho most dangerous
weed we have. It Is a legacy of tho war, having
teen brought here iu the liny that fed Hherraau'a
"What arc the main objections to it?"
"There Ls no animal low enough to e.it it,and no
plant strong enough to grow, with lt v It spread*
from it roots and also from Its seed. In u few years
its roots will cover a whole field and Its seed scat*
ter over every square foot. In Virginia there ar
mile* and miles of formerly rich land given up to
this scourge, sud consequently worthless. In
Maryland tho same Is true,and In smaller section*
between New York and Philadelphia. It promise!
to do ns more injury than the northerners,because
it grows here w inter and Hammer.
This wretched plant is the veritable "ox-eyed
daisy," around which so many pastoral suggoi-
tion* gather, and which has been considered an
Otimable flower, worthy alike a place in garden
and In poem. Colonel Peters put ten negro men
rating it out of a two acre patch, and it took
says further that there will not be the slighest
trouble In putting the stato completely to rfgbta
this fall, as the Mahoue prestige is gone, his
forces divided aud his entire following discour
aged.
Charley nowel), of this city, mado his first trip
through the northwest a short time sluce. Two
things he noted, "Riding through tho entire state
of Indiana be,"t*ald,"I did not see a single dog, in
contrast to our southern farm houses, about
which a horde of dogs arc clustered. Ijsair sheep
though, on every hillside." Ho said furthor,
"From Lexiugton, Kentucky, to Minneapolis
every field looked like a famous ton aero bottom
my father once owued."
I mado somo inquiry touching tho grasses})!
Montana, where he had boeu to investigate cattle
raising. Hcsald: "There are various grasses on
tho prairies, such as blue grass, buffalo grass and
bunch grass. A prairie in grass looks much like a
field of oats, though less high. The bunch grass
is the best forage plank It graft** in tufts, aa In
dicated by its name, and as there are no fall ralna
to leach it, It dries Into rich and sweet hay on the
stalk???making the best ol cattlo food. It Is said
that the grosses of the high northern regions aro
richer and more nutritious than the Texas grasses,
though not so rank."
I asked how the cattle were wintered. Ho said:
"Strange to sny they are left to shift for them
selves. There is suowfall usually in November,
and the snow remains on the ground until June.
It Is very high aud dry altitude, and the snow is
powdery and light and Is swept by the slightest
wind into drifts. Tho grass (s thereby left exposed
and tho cuttle manage to get through tho winter.
As soon as the spring grasses put out the cattlo
fatten, and by July they aro tho best beef in tho
world."
I was astonished to hear Mr. Howell say: "Tho
greatest enemy of the cattle lit the far northwest
Is tho block wolf. On the plains these wolves
grow* to large sizo and are very fierce. They hunt
in gangs of fifty and one huudred, and will pull
down the largest steer. They spring at his flanks
aud hamstring him. As he drops thoy swarm on
him und soon polish his bones. Tho ranchmen
fight the wolves with poisoned meat which drives
them away for a sear on."
Mr. Howell spent several days on tho ranchos
of Towers aud Gudgell, where his brother Mr. W.
II. Howell has Interests. He/sald: "These men
started in 1873 with $30,000 capital, which they in
vested In n small herd. They now havo 48,000
cattle, worth 6U> a head or over $2,000,000. Mr.
Gudgoll has made two trips to England simply to
buy Hereford or Durham bulls out of tho best
English herds. Ho brought over 110 of the best
bulls that could be bought, which he loosed in his
herd. The introduction of these heavy bulls adds
thirty-threo per cent to tho beef of the herd."
Touching the future of this business, Mr. IIowoll
said: "It is probable that tho price of beef cattlo
will be raised???it will certainly bo maintained.
The ranges are rapidly decreasing in area, and tho
???lowering of transportation rates ls Increasing the
field of demand. Every Immigrant or settler who
takes up 190 acres, withdraws just that much from
ranch purposes, ahd much of tho prairfo grass will
Hot bear close and continuous grazing. The much-
men expect to see cattle sell in American markets
at just what the beef bring* in England. Thcro fs
no beef to equal that to the prairio raised cattty
and the nearer tho beef is killed to tho grass tho
better it is."
AN IMPORTANT RUMOR
them a week to handle it.
Touching other dangerous plant* be saM "Many
ycnr?? ago there appeared along the roadside* of
Burke county, leading out of Augusta, a tenacious
oud swiftly growing weed with a burr. It was Im*
possible to eradicate It and It continued to spread.
Investigation prove! that ft was a Brazilian burr
and bad been brought Into this conntry In bales
of wool. The wool was bought by a factory in
Austria aud pieces containing these bum thrown
Into the streets. It Is supposed It'was caught up in
the fetlocks of home* and tlms scattered along the
rer.d, where It b>ok root. It has now progressed, I
learn, a* far as Sylvanla, in Hcrevencounty, and
giving great trouble. The farmer cannot watch
tile strange grasses on bf* farm too closely. Good
grasses are great blessings, but vicious ones are
turns.???
A Virginian tells me that the Hon. J. 8. Barbour,
who managed the campaign in which Mahone
was overthrown, has the call on whatever office
Is in the gift of the Virginia people, and will prob
ably be governor or United States senator. He
Touching tha liaising of the Stato Tax
Rato.
An Important rumor came to tho oars of The
Constitution Monday night to tho effect that Gov
ernor McDaniel would In a day or two mako a
levy of a half mill outlie stato tax rates, to mako
up the deficit in Inst year???s expenses, mid to pro
vide for the (100,COO of Nutting bonds that fall duo
next April.
1IOW AND WHEN THE TAX WAS REDUCED,
At tho end of the last session of tho legislature
but one, the finance committee recommended
that the state tax rate bo reducod from 3 mills to
2J< mills. This was done. Tho finance commit
tee held that this levy would raise sufficient money
to run the government.
They relied,however,on the use of the (730,000io
be paid In for the Macon and Brunswick read, be
ing ured in part to r??y tho Interest instead of tho
principal of the state debt. Governor MeDanlel
held that tho law intended this money should
ui.cd for the extinguishment
debt, and not for carrying
The money wit* therefore used to taka up state
iouds,nnd the interest of the debt had to bo pro
vided from other source*.
In addition to this, after tho reduction of tho
tax, the legislature passed the leg and arm soldier*!
act, the lunatic asylum act. and tho capital bill.
The consequence was that when the taxes were
all In and the estimates for the year made, there
was found to ho a deficit of (190,000. It
necessary to borrow this or see tho states???credit
ruined. The money was borrowed a month ago
by an apjicnl to the private credit ol a number of
citiscns and the emergency tided over.
GOVERNOR MCDANIEL DETERMINED TO PREVENT
ANOTHER CRISIS.
It Is said now, and tho rumor comes In such
shape that we credit It fully, that Governor Mc-
Duniel ho* determined to prevont such another
crisis by a levy of onc-balf of one-tenth of oue per
cent. This will restore the tax to three mills,
where it was before the last reduction.
Uls authority for such a levy is clear. The act of
???73, under which the Nutting bonds were K<ued,
provided that the governor shall levy a tax suffi
cient, above the regular -tax, to take up (100,000
of these bonds each year. This act is printed on
the bonds. Under it Governor Smith levied one
year one-tenth of ono percent. Governor UolqniU
made a levy for them two or three times, but tho
levy was included in the usual tax.
While Governor McDaniel???s judgment was clear
ly against the reduction of tho tax by the last leg
islature, he was induced by arguments and esti
mates to let the trial he made. It has been made.
It proved to be unwise and Insufficient. It ls said
that be will now restore tho rate, and we may
count hereafter on the state being able to meet
Its obligations promptly without relying on the
personal credit of ft* citizens.
It is said that the governor has asked the attor
ney general for an opinion on tills subject. -There
is little doubt that tho tax will he levied. It is
estimated that the tax valuation will be increased
to aboulfI/??,0C0,CCOfor the year. This will make the
total about 6::i5,Uj0,000. A half mill on this will
yield about 1130,??<00. This wilhbe sufficient to run
the government, pay ail the appropriations and
the interest, and reduce the debt by taking up the
6190,010 of the Nutting bonds,.as provided by the
Nutting act. Tho levy will be collectable with the
regular tax of next year.
PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS.
INTERESTING ITEMS ON CURRENT
i TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Snforecment of tho Bandar Lairs-Spanish Affairs-
Ben ferity Poor*???A Grata Among Now
Xnglandcra???Tho Lato Marx Oloa-
mor???Coliforala Oovonumont.
Tin enforcement of the Suuday laws gives tho
city aud town authorities in Tennessee no end of
trouble. In Mtm phis, Nashville mid Chattanooga
there is a disposition on the part of tha people to
spend theSnbbatli in their own way. In Chattanoo
ga an effort was made last Sunday to keep the sa
loons closed, but it is said that uot a single saloon
keeper obeyed the law, everyone in the city keep
ing a side or back door open. In Nashville the
young men play thatch games of baseball at tho
fair grounds every Sunday afternoon,
end the American of that city merely calls
attention to tke matter lu a wild way, asking tho
question, "Have we reached a point when public
sentiment will approve of a public gamo on Sun
day?" Even this query is tonsil down by the
statement that ???a rigid and severe Sunday law
cannot bo enforced." Fortunately wo have uo
troubio over the Sunday law lu Georgia. As a
rule our people aro iu lavor of properly observing
tho Lord???s day.
Mr. Robert Bonner, editor of tho New York
Ledger, lias purchased Brother Vanderbilt's Maud
S for 540.000. This looks as is brother Vanderbilt
has determined to surrender all tho vaultlcs of
the world and go to bed at nlno o'clock at night.
"Gath" devotes several columns on tho first
page of thb Cincinnati Enquirer to comparing tho
crimes of Blaine to those of George tho Three-Eye,
of noble old Brittania. Georgo appears to havo
been a very reckless sort of person.
The indignation of the republicans over the
Morey letter l* a '-real deal worse than their Indig
nation o>cr the at>,A&dhation of General Garfield
was.
A Herald spec ial from Madrid foreshadows tho
abandonment of Cuba by Spain, and tho idea is
thrown out that tho Spanish West Indies will be
transferred to Germany. German Influence is nt
present in tho ascendancy at Madrid, and it Is be
lieved thst Bismarck's colonial policy contem
plates the absorption of Cuba os a check to tho ex
pansive tendency of the American republic. 8 pa hi
would doubtlc*.' part with Cuba more willingly to
Germany than to the United States. In tho event
of such a transfer what would tbo United Statef
do. The Herald thinks that she would do nothing
loro than protest.
It Is hinted that Billy Chandlar's Ben, the
Tallapoory candidate, will mount a bicycle If the
woist come* to the worst.
Editor Dana apparently wants the rascals
turned out lu order to turu In tho biggest rascal
of the lot. Better Blaine than Butler.
The Hon. Frank Hatton, associate president,
is uot making himself at all conspicuous recently.
He should arise in his might and have some more
poatofflccs named after him.
BiMior H. M. Turner, a colored politician and
divino well known in Georgia, has been inter
viewed by a Louisville reporter. Tho bishop ex
pressed the belief that the blacks havo a mighty
future before them. Africa he regards aa their
future home. In thccouno of timo Africa will
be redeemed, and her scattered children restored
to her bosom. Slavery, tho bishop thinks, wo* a
providential Institution. It took just such an or
deal to Christfanizo tho negro raco and
place them where they could reap tho benefits of
civilization. The negroes will In iho future carry
the education, the Christianity aud tho civiliza
tion of tho whites to Africa, and there build up a
magnificent empire.
Mr. Conkuno says he Is "lulls" out of politics.
At this sessou tho word "quite" is as expressive
as a music box.
mors than two centuries old. Ho has letters and
manuscript addresses written by men who hare
"made hlstoiy," such men as Washington, the
First Napoleon, and other heroes and statesmen.
For a man who began his career as tho editor of
Georgia country weekly, tbo Major has achlevod
a phenomenal success.
A correspondent writing from Upa tote, asks us
to describe the ever-glorious game of baseball.
Very well. To go somewhat Into details, it is
gamo in which Atlanta baa accumulated
clothes-basket full of goose eggs.
A NUMBER of the young Jawyers of Atlanta havo
been stricken with a touching love for baseball.
They play about aa well as anybody else around
Atlanta, but the mystery is, why should a young
lawyer's suspenders leave a gorgeous brand on his
shirt? We ask for information.
It seems that fat men would go further towards
assisting scfenco In tho arctic regions than any
thing else. By all meant let tho fat man go north,
Those who are left behind nsed nothing but a fow
bouquet* and a baseball club.
Demagogue fs a long word to write, but there fs
ample room for it on the Widow Bntler???a expan
sive check.
Ml*. Langtry told a lawyer In court, tho other
day, that she was "not sick, but ill." Sho explain
ed by saying that in America every ailment was
sickness; in England sickness moant nausea. The
Washington Star ridicules Mr*. Langtry's non
sense, and quotes half a column from tho Bible
to show that "sick" and "sJckuess" mean bodily
tilmcuts, whereas "ill" is used iu auotlicr sense,
???s "love worketb no ill," etc. Shakspcsro uses
"sick,??? "sicker," "sickly," and "sickness" 'over
two hundred times, while "illness" is used only
once. Silly English peoplo and their fmftatoni
should read the works of tho great masters of
style.
There are four English lords at Newport. Con
sequently the little toutera from New Y'ork are
perfectly happy. The north sadly lacks a kuklux
klsn to look niter its social health.
Some of the paper aro calling Butler "the cock
eyed man of destiny."
Trouble I* brewing in Mexico, nud it Is high
time. There has been no revolution lu tho laud of
literdad since the fourth of July.
The tenor singers are marrying rich wives
This is a good idea. They esn retire end give the
couutry a much needed rest.
We are glad to see that Editor McLean has mado
Rome objection to the extent and earnest*!
the Blaine department In his paper, edited by
"Getb." The consequence is that the Enquirer
Is freely disseminating sound democratic doc
trine.
Tiik Galveston News wants to know how General
Hancock feels. Undoubtedly he feels better than
if he was a candidate for the presidency.
GEORGIA PRESS POINTS.
The editor of the Toccoa News is sitting np with
the remains of Tlhlcn???s riuter.
The Way cross Headlight poises under control of
Mr. T. E. hauler, who proposes to keep It on the
track.
A haze ball contest, composed of editorial nines,
I* under consideration.
The war Id the twentieth senatorial district i??
over, to that the cards of the candidate* may lie
looked upon as exhausted.
The trouIdes of a south Georgia editor may bo
inferred from the following item in the Quitman
Preta: "The family of the editor of this paper are
bcfclnnlug to return to the hammock plan tat i-m
Id squads of two or three at a time. Our neigh
bor* can resume at once the pleasant and charit
able custom of sending in thiugs."
Colonel W. A. Tigner was political editor of the
Jonesboro News for three weeks when he retired
This placed bim in the contest for the thirty-fifth
district senatorthlp. The Journalistic road Is the
royal one to political preferment.
The editor of the Oglethorpe Echo, looking over
the fields of bis native county, smiles happily and
remarks: "Never before was there so much fodder
being saved."
Columbus to Atlanta; "Dear a(rs: If you can
play anything else besides baseball, please drop
us a Uno. youri truly.???
New York city seems to be in a terrible stew.
Nearly half the case* in the justlces???a courts are
brought by womcu.
Some people may opposo athletic apart*, but
there I* no question as to tlinlr beueflclal result*.
As tlieXcw York Tiine*???pert!ucntiy remarks: "Tho
prizes of life go to the physically fit. The game
seems worth tho cpudle."
Ir you desire to remember anything all you have
to do Is to receive an Iinprostion upon the retina
tympanum, tongue, finger* or olfactory bulbs.
Tho ImprcsMon is conveyed by proper norvo fila
ments to cell* in the gray matter of tho brain.
Excitations causes these rclla to vibrate and
undergo a change. When tho molecular arrange
ment become* permanently changed a memory
cell Is produced. Tbo reading of tbl* paragraph
will doubtless be of incalculable assistance to
school cbldron, as Jt shows them how to stamp the
moot difficult lesson upon memory???s tablets. They
have simply to cxclto the molecular arrangement
of the brain after receiving an Impression.
It Is whispered thst a Chicago nowspaper man is
about to knock tho props from under St. John by
making public a little Incident In tho past life of
the prohibition candidate. If fit. John has been
monkeying with spiked lemonade the facts should
come out.
Mr. Muraw Halstead, of the Tribune Extra, Is
telegraphing an abundance of stuff to his wild
western paper In Cincinnati. Ho has discovered
that the presentricmocratic committee ls respon
sible for the Morey letter. This is Indeed melan
choly.
In the majority of barbershop* profits aro small
er than they were a few years ago. Customers are
more particular now than formerly. Onco a bat
her could easily shave four men iu an hour, but
now he Is expected to *pend at least twenty min
utes on a customer. A barber???s wages amount to
???bout eight cents for each man shaved, and the
sosp, towels, Imy rum, etc., all cost money. Tiio
buslnt-u of dyeing hair and bear J* has greatly de
clined, and competition is very brisk. At
tea cents a shave and tweutf five cents for hair
cutting, tbere is very little money in barber shops
at present. _
I-pearing of Butler's letter of acceptance the
Macon Telegraph says: "Though he strikes both
parties with impartial* hand, It may lie plainly
reed between the lines that his desire and inten
tion Is to defeat Cleveland. We fear that it will b??
effective in this."
The Illustrated Week's Doings is th* name of a
new paper printed at Galveston, Texas, by Mins
Caroline V. Uoyiauce, who announce* that she
'editress and sola proprietress." Hite is also a
paragrapherefla.
Many old residents of Athens recollect a young
man named Ben ferity foore, who, soma forty-
five or fifty yean ago came to Georgia, end for a
brief period edited a paper in tho picturesque vil
lage on the Oconee. After Poore left Georgia he
wei appointed secretary of legation at Brussels,
and remained five years In the diploma tie service.
Ha traveled extensively In Europe end Asia, and
rctnrning to this country entered upon a success
ful career as a Washington correspondent; Time
baa dealt generouaiy with the veteran journalist,
???nd now in hi* old age he spend* his summers
surrounded by every comfort end Inxury In hie
quaint old mansion at Indian Hill, near Jfewoury
port, Mast. This mansion, by the. way, Is one
of the most unique in the conntry. It contains
sixty rooips, but a considerable portion of It was
built by the anceetore of Major Poore as
beck aa 1650. The bouse retain* its
antique look end resembles one of the baronial
kcam ol old England more than the typical
American residence. Major Poore la surrounded
by a collection of family relief, furniture, etc.,
The latest craze among New England cranks i*
to hunt up sweethearts nt Castle Garden and in
the jails. A young Connecticut farmer mado his
appearance iu New York,' the other day, ami tried
to secure the release of a tomalo burglar named
Larrnbco in order to marry her. Thu Tribuno re
marks that this outbreak of sensationalism D by
no means a new tiling. Many foinalo criminals
have had singular luck In attracting lovers. Ono
of tho most remarkable cases on retard was that
ol Mndclvitio Hmith.a pretty girl, who poisoned
her lover iu Edinburgh thirty years ago. Tho
Scotch verdict of "not proven" set tho prisouor at
liberty, although lier guilt was clear. Within a
week the girl received more than twenty offers of
marriage. No worse fate could tie wished for such
cranky lovers thau tiio success of their court
ship*.
The good crops Jn Georgia aro almost equal to a
democratic victory.
M??. M. Halstead, of Cfnclunati, is working
mighty bard for an office. In fact, he Is over
worked.
More pretty adventuresses are to bo found Iu
New Y???ork than In any city on tiio globe. A hand-
Romolady-llko young woman apparently fainted
In a street car, tho other day, aud was carried to a
hospital, where sho was speedily Hiirroundod by
sympathizers. Her story was a very romantic ono.
Her name was Paula Espcranza Bolonda Olga
Helena Escnrcich. She was wrecked when a baby
on tho coast of 8|*!n and at tho ago of sweet six
teen marritd a man who (urned out to bo her
brother. A separation followed. Bho drifted about
the world ittul finally lauded In New York. Tho
youug woman can apeak German, French, Hpanlsh
and English. Hho tell* a pathetic tale, but tho doc
tors think that she is an *opium eater and tbo
newspapers pronounco her au adventuress.
Till colored brethren havo opened the campaign
with a good deal of eclaw in the neighborhood of
Eastman. They havo tied one of their raco on a
mil road track and caused him to bo beheaded, a
real caso of Bucking Ham.
It Is to bo feared that some of our ostpomod
democratic brethren of tho press bare put their
feet In It, as tho saying is, by thqir
publications In regard to Brother Blaine and bis
family. Notblug Is easier than for a blackguard
to tnaka a fatal blunder, and thore aro some
tremendous blackguards connected with tbo par
tisan press In this country.
Colonel Blanton Duncan, of Lonlsvlllo, has
written a letter in which ho predicts five years of
tustllcucc, earthquakes and revolution* all over
tbo world. Tho colonel claims that certain signs
of the times may bo regarded m tho shadows of
coming events. He quotes fropt the scriptures,
and poiuta to the recent earthquake, tho cholera
and El Mahdf In support of hfs predictions.
Ik Mr. John Bright was sharply vigorous in bis
recent denunciation of the lords, U must bo ad
mitted tlmt Mr. Chamberlain 1* equally strong
aud more epigrammatic. Jn a speech last week
ho raid: "During the last hundred years tho house
of lords has never contributed ono lota to popu
lar liberties or popular freedom, or dono anything
to advance the common weal, and during tiutt
time It has protected every abuse and sheltered
e very privilege. It has denied Justice and delayed
reform. Ufa irresponsible without Independ
ence, obstinate without courage, arbitrary with
out Judgment, and arrogant without knowledge."
Tlic effect of such speeches, delivered to fmmoiuo
???udlcuces, and printed In the newspapers, cannot
lio estimated. The day Is not far distant when
the rommon people of England will rise In their
might and tear down the pillars of privilege and
the entire fabric of imperialism.
The prince of Wales evidently regards plagiarism
as one of his" dlvfae rights." The discovery has
been made that the speech of his royal blghne* at
the great emancipation Jubilee was lu tbo main
stolen from an article in the July Imuo of The
Leisure Hour. Wales knows a good thing when
he secs It.
The New Y'ork Times talks about "the continued
cue of money." That is good. Of course
money locked up in (he tanks enjoys
"continued case," but too much fo
that sort of thing leads to paralysis. Capital will
find Jt romhicive to health to keep moving.
The intelligence offices in the large cities com
plain that they < un not supply the demand for girls.
Employers are sometime* particular. For Instate*
milliner wants a girl of a certain size, complexion
and weight. The girl must be witty and glib*
toiiRuedand not too conscientious. There are
many applications for girls to fill the position of
cashiers in restaurants, barbershop and dentists???
offices, and beanty is always insisted upon a* the
first qualification. Drugstores and
bcok stores want girl* of a classic casta. A Chica
go book seller sent to the intelligeAce office for a
girl with red hair and an aquiline nose. Ue thinks
such a girl would give bis store Agorgoous^wienUl
appearance. Many of the girls, after they secure
positions, do not suit. The soda water dealers
complain that girl clerks drink too t
and the confectioners charge them with
eating too much candy. A restaurateur
ordered a girl without any teeth. His ideal
that she wouldn???t eat much. The order 1
filled, but it was soon discovered that the girl car
ried a set of Arise teeth in her pocket, and daring
her employer's absence she mado up for lost tlmo.
As a rule the girls who are compelled to earn a
living soon become capable of taking care of them-
seivcs, and the business faculty develop* rapidly.
Tn middle and working classes crowded tho
streets of London, the other day, in a monster
demonstration against the lords. The next day
(0,000 of these same people paid 62.50 a head to go
to a hospital fete where they could enjoy the nuro
privilege of seeing titled ladies a nd gentlemen
keeplagstalla an<i bazars and selling wine, flow
ers and fruit. The prtacess of Wales on this oc
casion hold hundreds of roses at from twenty-five
cents to five dollars a piece to tke very people
who favor abolishing the throne and the aristoc
racy.
The white man'a whig-republican party of
Oeorgla, is laying very low; and It must be admit
ted that the weather Is verv warm.
Mr. Robert P. Porter writes to tho Philadel
phia Pres* that men???s clothing Is cheaper In Bos
ton than it is in London. Ue quotes strictly all
wool complete suits nt 63.50, heavy winter full
suits at from fc.50 to (7.50, whiter overcoats as low
ns (2. A working man???s cloth log need not cost
him more than (24 a year, exclusive of under
wear, hats and shoe*.
The New Y'ork Sun, instead of believing that
consistency???s a Jewel, suggests that the consistent
man is a foo-cl.
A obxat many editors arq making a great pro-
tenso of horror over the details of thoGreely ex
pedition, But, If you will observe, tho odltor of
the Average Ohio weekly is treating the matter
sanely. Ho know* what starvation ls, and when
ho exclaims: "Now is the timo to pay npyoursub-
scriptlon in turnips ami potatoes," ho generally
means what ho says. All honor to tho editor of
the average Ohio weekly^
Am. novels of nn alleged Immoral or doubtful
character are read by tho librarian and the assist
ant librarian of tiio Boston public library in order
to dctcrmlno whether they shall be admitted to
tho shelves of that Institution. Tho librarian
and hla OMiatant are having a high old time, but
their morals are in danger of utter annihilation.
It I* a fearful sacrlflco, but tho victims make no
complaint.
The lato Mary Clctnmcr Hudson, of Washington,
was one of tho moat Industrious literary womon
of the age. fiho once entered Into a three yean*
contract with a newspaper to furnish one column *
S>cr day upon any subject she wo* required to
wrlto on, and at tho end of tho three years sho
found tlmt sho hud not failed for aalnglodayto
fulfill her task, which included everything from
book reviews, political, social and miscellaneous
matter to advertising paragraphs. She said that
this experience cured her of tho mental perversity
tlmt waits for the inspiration of creatlvo moods.
Fjhiirr???Fisher? Who was Fisher? It has been
discovered that Mr. Blaine cannot write. Why
did Uisit vile creature. Mulligan, accuse him?
In 8L Louis granite pavements cost from tlfiO,-
000 to(175,000 per mlle.Tho ncwnjmpen of that city
suggest tho advisability of using cheaper material.
In London and l'oris pine blocks havo been used
forycprs, andaro generally replacing all other
materials. Wooden pavements in London and
Paris are very rarefuily constructed. They aro
laid and grouted on a firm arch foundation of con
crete, six Inches thick. It ls believed that wooden
pavement* so constructed would glvo entire satis
faction In this country. ??
The campaign bos noW reached that point whoro
Butler wants Clov<%id to withdraw. Tho pressure
is very heavy on Ben.
A red nose comes from overheated blood.
Many red noses are caused by tho use of tea and
coffee. This also accounts for muddy complex-
Ions and pimples. The only way to secure plain
noses and pure complexions Is to abstain for years
from liquor, tefi, coffee and liot driuka of all kinds
except hot water.
California ls rushing headlong Into tho worst
evils .of paternal government. In November A
constitutional amendment will bo submitted to
the )??oplc, wh|fh, If ratified at tho polls, will glvo
the itsto tho authority to sdoct and publish tho
text books to be used In the public schools. Tho
scheme is thst tho state shall have Its own printing
office, buy Its own type and paper, hire Its own
printers and foreman and conduct a big school
book publishing business. A superintendent and
a board of examiners will overlook tbo concern,
???nd the legislature will have a chance to over
haul tho business at Ita biennial sessions. If Cali
fornia adopts this amendment sho will find that
???he has an expensive Johon hand.
Now that the tub Tallapoosa has retired from
business, it can hardly be said that Editor Dana lx
connected with tho nnvcc.
Nashville lias good reason to bo alarmed ovor
the spread of diphtheria. Jn 1874 sho had quite a
visitation. In 1875 the disease carried off ono
hundred victims. In 1870 It caused ninety-eight
deaths. In 1877 there were ono hundred and
twenty-one deaths.
Josn Billings sayr ho is willing to talk on
anything except Politics and religion. Ho has
mado a fortune out of his paragraphs, but ho
thinks the humorous business Is overdoue. Nim
by Burdette and the humorist of the Detroit free
Press, and tho NermUtown Herald aro making
money, but they are the exceptions.
Wiiem a handsome young man mfiets a pretty
girl on the street it is amusing to note their maneu
ver*. The young man wants to take a good look
at the girl, but (??? ashamed to be caught at It. !!???
looks to the right and left and down at the side
walk, and It Is only when In the act of shifting
Iris eyes that he gets a gllmpso of the (air pedes
trian. The girl on the other hand glances straight at
the young man. 8he looks at him calmly.and
critically, with eyes that seem to wonder at bis
Inability to meet her gase. After paaslng each
other, the ono turns her side face and sees aa
much as sho wants to see out of the tall of her
eye, while her tank-beaded admirer has to turn
squarely around,' blocking up tho sidewalk and
obstructing travel in his endeavor to stare at tbo
lock of the bewildering charmer.
Ir one of our naval tuba sinks as soon as war lx
declared between two foreign powers, bow many
would sink if some power was to declare was
???gainst the United States?
Am ceding to a New Kugland newspaperf the
ncgjpca of Georgia have developed a taste for
opium smoking. They are said to be so much ad
dicted to this seductive vice that "Joftt*??? havo
been established fn secret places, In subterranean
dens and In hidden forest nooks. The veracious
New England chronicler further statea that tho
opium smoking habit is taralyzing the laber sys
tem to such an extent that the Georgia plant*re
systematically search their employee, but without
avail, aa the negroes prepare their opium from tho
poppy Itself. Thl* whopping yam hardly deserves
denial. The census statistics showing the steady
Increase of tha colored race; their material and
educational progress, and tho fact that they still
do the greater share of outdoor labor, will go far
towards contradfctiug this absurd story.
The troth Is, tha opium vice is much
more general among the whites everywhere
than among the blacks. The Georgia negroes havo
their vires. They use too much whisky and to
bacco, and gorge themselves with ???"possum
.??? "watermillloos," and "chicken, fryin*
size," but toe charge of opium smoking is a grat-
ultens slander. Opium Joints flourish In F
England; in Georgia they are unknown.