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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.