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Now'Yorker* complain (bat when
they go to the country for their
health they return with the germa of
typhoid fever in their syatem. ■
The New York Herald la trying to
•secure libel laws in every State that
will exempt an editor from responsi
bility when matter over which be has
no control slips into his paper.
The northern tourists spending the
winter season in Southern Georgia
are enthusiastic over our wonderful
climate. They have found that this
is a warm place in the winter, but
they should return in the summer if
they wish to keep cool.
Some of the congressmen who were
not renominated or re elected seem
to have felt their defeat very keenly.
It is stated that no less than six
seats in the house have been vacant
since that body reconvened tbo last
time, the members being reputed as
suffering from melancholia incident
to their defeat
Every Senator of the United States
is entitled to a private secretary at
a salary of $6 a day during the session
of Congress to be paid out of the
public crib. Much objection has
been made to this arrangement and
it is well founded. Senator Reagan
has brought fresh criticism on the
private scheme by appointing his
wifeto8crvo him in the capacity
Thu House has refused several times
to appropriate money for the pay of
senatorial secretaries, but has al
ways yielded the point.
The Atlanta Constitution says:
We aro pleased to know that Mr.
Montgomery M. Folsom, one of the
most popular of the new school of
Southern writers, is collecting his
poems, sketches and stories i
volume to bo entitled “Scraps of
Song and Southern Scenes.” The
book is to be issued by an Atlanta
firm, and will be sold by subscription,
It ought to hnvo a large sale all over
the country. Some of Mr. Folsom’s
lyrics linger in the car of memory,
and his stories are told with the art
that reproduces nature.
During the next year of 188'J many
a maimed confederate veteran in
Georgia and his wife and children
will thank the lion. W. T. Smith, of
Gwinnett, for his eloquent and per
sistent advocacy of the bill which
practically doubled the pension
which Georgia allows to her maimed
and indigent soldiers. This work
was a gracious one, and no hands
were given to it so effectively and so
earnestly’ as Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett,
—his heart was in the work.
A XodeHt Legislator.
X«w York Tlaet.
Atlanta, Gn., Doc. 20.—There 1*
only one colored man in the Georgia
Legislature, Samuel Mclvcr. On go
ing home yesterday Dr. William D.
Hoyt was very much surprised to
fiad a big colored roan in his house
talking to the femalo members of his
family. He did not know what to
think of it as he walked into the
room until one of the ladies remark
ed: “This is Sam; don’t you know
him?" It then flashed across the
physician’s mind that the colored
man was the old coachman of his
wife’s mother, in Liberty county, long
before the war.
Sam was born in 1816 and is there
fore 72 years old. He told them all
about bow ho was elected to the Leg
islature and how he was getting aloq^.
Mrs. Stevens, who washisolder own
er, also asked him many questions
about the old homestead. Dinner
time came and there was somewhat
of a predicament. What should be
done with the old negro? He was a
member of the legislature, and it
would not do to send him to
the kitchen. So the family
ate dinner and gave the table to Sam.
At supper time the same thing was
repeated; the family ate first and
then Sam.
Dr. Hoyt thought that he ought to
give the old man some present, but
Was afraid that he might insult him
by offering him something ordinarily
given to the people of his race. Dur
ing the evening the visitor seemed
very much pleased with some im
proved rat traps the doctor was set
ting. So he presented him with one.
Finally It was about time for the leg
islator to leave as he was going back
to Atlanta by the 9:30 train.
As he was getting ready, Sam said
to Dr. Hoyt: “Dr. hasn’t you got an
old coat you’d give me.” The “old
human nature” of the colored man
came back to him, and he forgot that
he was a legislator drawing a salary
of $-1 per day. Dr. Hoyt was pleased
to hear him ask the question, as he
had been puzzled to know what to
give him. The doctor looked over
his cast off clothing up stairs, and
found an old coat. Sam already had
on two coats. These were rather too
tight. He pulled off one and put on
the coat received, with the oldest one
outside. The outside coat was sev
eral inches shorter than the one giv
en him, but that made no difference
to him.
Race Prejudice nt the North.
Tho fact that the negroes have no
such chance at the north us they
have at the South is becoming more
and more apparent every day.
Recently the New Orleans Times
Democrat, enlarging on a brief allu
sion to the matter in-The Constitu
tion, called attention to the fact that
the negro ie treated much worse at
tho north that at the South, being
crowded out of all the trades, aud in
dustries there, while here he Is always
certain of employment.
With a view of contradicting this
statement, the Chicago Inter Ocean
sent out its report'--- m i tour of in
vestigatiou. T!i.- ...it i- that the
statement in» l. th.- 'li-ue- I-
crat anil Th.- t are in *r«
than verili'-d flic reoui-ters. it, is to
be presum-'l. m-ele tli.ii-oneh in-
veatigatioi.. T .t they
have collect.-.j that the
negro at the north has a far more un
comfortable experience than the
negro at the South.
F. L. Burnett, a negro lawyer and
editor, and “the worst colored man in
Chicago,” stated that the colored
man has been shut out of all the
great middle-elass employments of
the north, and is compelled to seek
employment in places of humble
servility, and even in these places he
finds himself pushed to the wall by
white competitors who are more
satisfactory, and who can afford to
work at cheaper rates.—Atlanta
Constitution.
Among the acts of the Georgia leg
islature at its recent session was one
imposing n tax of $25 on trnvelin,
sewing machine agents for every
county in which bedells or tries to
sell machines. Under former acts
each sewing machine company paid
a tax of $200 a year and $10 fdr each
agent employed in this State. It is
believed that the new law will drive
many itenerant agents out of the sew
ing machine business provided it can
be enforced. . There’s tho rub. No
penalty is fixed for failure or refusal
to pay thp tax. Machines in the hands
of an agent are not liable for such a
tax, and it is hard to see how the
State is to collect the license unless
the act he amended.
Two hoys, aged respectively eight
and nine years, were arrested in New
York last Wednesday for smoking
cigarettes. They were taken before
Justice O’Reilly, who administered a
lecture to them, but said ho was com
pelled to discharge them, as no
punishment hnd been devised to lit
their crime. Cigarette smoking is
undoubtedly an injurious habit, and
the boy of eight or nine who is caught
with one of the nasty things in his
mouth deserves a spanking, but the
enactment of a law against such in
diligence would be worse than the
admitted evil. The tendency toward
paternalism in our government'is al
ready too strong, but it is yet a long
way from such ridiculous expedient#
as state or national prohibition of
cigarettes.
It is Jjiought that, tho census of
1890 will show an increase of popula
tion over 1880 of 14,000,000, making
number of inhabitants of tho United
States 64,000,000. The details of the
census arc being considered, and sev
eral suggestions have been made by
different parties. One is that the
number of surviving cx-union and ex
confederate soldiers he ascertained;
another is that the recorded indebt
edness of the ' people be found out,
and another is to make a complete
classification of the colored people
of the south, stating how many are
pure negroes, and how many arc mu
lattocs, quadroons and octoroons. A
census taken on the last named point
would have to bo compared with that
to be taken in 1900 in order to show
the increase or decrease in these per
sons.
George Brown, a young black
smith, near Broad Creek, Conn., loved
the daughter of a leading Democrat,
who wouldn’t accept George as a
suitor for his daughter’s hand just
because he was a Republican. But
George was persistent, and so to get
rid of him the old gentleman made
the following proposition: If Mr.
Cleveland should be elected the
young man was to give the old man
a deed of sale of all his proporty and
quit town. Should Harrison be
elected George was to have the girl.
The father has been in a state of
mind ever since the election, and the
only comfort ho finds is in insisting
that thero shall be no wedding until
after General Harrison's inaugura
tion.
Much has been written about the
team of sorrel horses which Mrs.
Cleveland and Her mother drive near
ly every time they come into town,
but it is not generally known that
these mares are mother and daugh
ter. The team was purchased
Virginia aud is perfectly matched.
Horse faiciers would not call them a
desirable pair, as they each have
three white feet and blazed faces.
This is always a sign of inferiority,
though horses with only one white
foot are not so objectionable amon
horse dealers. Animals with nil
four feet white, or with three out of
four white, arc as a rule considered
likely to last only a few years for
service, and they do not bring any
thing like the prices paid for those
which have all black feet. However,
the Oak View sorrels are as gentle
as kittens, they are pretty good
movers, and the mistress of the
White House and her mother can
drive them with absolute safety to
the pretty park phaeton whjch they
have used for the last six months.
The public school system of New
York is excellent, but it is not per
fect, and there is some complaint
concerning it. Ouc cause of com
plaint is that the superintendent has
too much to do, and, therefore, does
his work unsatisfactorily. Another
is that many teachers obtain and re
tain their places through political in
fluences—the candidate with the
longest “pull”' frequently securing
the prize. These aro very serious
objection. The superintendent should
have enough work to occupy his time
but not so much that he would at
tend to it hastily; and of course,
teachers who are selected because
they are backed by friends who are
influential politically cannot always
bo the best. In fact, they may fre
quently be incompetent, and yot be
retained.
The trouble at the railroad yards
in Albany has about been remedied.
The reason Yardmaster Hall had for
resigning was ovorwork, For several
days there had been axushof freight,
and the yard crew was about worked
to death, hence their resignations.
Those who quit have all gone back
to work, the company, so it is stated,
promising to recompense thoir faith
fulness. Every side track in reach
of the city was used to get tho cars
out of the way.
Public Courtship.
Philadelphia American: Two very
pretty young women, who are noted
in this section of the State as being
flrst class housekeepers, members of
the church, and of good character
and manners, have consented, with a
desiro of making u Sons of America
Fair, shortly to he held, profitable,
to bo chosen in public to be the wives
of any two young men who may prove
acceptable to them and their parents,
The young women will be at the fair
every evening and will have charge
of booths. Any young man who is
serious and honest in his intentions
to marry will be required to say pub
licly in a loud voice in the hall where
the fair is held, “I*am here.” To this
the young lady who is nearest will
answer, “So am I.” * The wooing is
to take place in tho sight of all spec
tators, and if-an agreement to marry
is arrived at it is to he publicly sign
ed. Those girls should be put in a
lunatic asylum or a house of correc
tion.
The American girl is the subject
of much recent discussion by the
English press, owing, no doubt, to
the fact that a number of English
men have preferred American to Eng
lish women for wives. The criticism
has not been uncomplimentary to
the American- girl. The London
Telegraph,for instance,said the other
day: “If in the future the slender
American belle is bidden behind the
ampler beauty of the English matron,
we may still hear from her lips the
wit and shrewdness, the acute accent,
the intelligent questions, and tho
rapid repartee that proclaim her ori
ginal nationality.” The American
girls are all right. What is needed
is for England and other foreign
countries to furnish better hushands
for them than they have been fur
ntshing for some time.
COSTLV AND DEADLY KNIVES.
GUNS
-AND-
CHAMBERLIN LillBKD SHELLS
FOR SALE BY
PALMER BROS
SAVANNAH, GA.
The “wet” counties in Georgia have
nearly doubled iu number within
the past year. A nd Vet, strango to
say, Christmas was tbo soberest one
that tbo State has enjoyed In year# SduV'iomu with you 1
WAV IS If! Will) C1N TELL?
_ arc shrewd at guessing, but no one can ex-
ilain the following strange coudiiton of things
day.
do are beginning to "all;"
. ight indisposition; tho sick
ness progresses until Anally one will have con
sumption, another catarrh, another kidney trout)
le, and worst of all, some will be mulcted with
that terrible malady, cancer. And to think that
ordinary prudence in the beginning wonld have
saved us from any of these dreadful visitors.
Cancer has taken off some of our strongest men
and women lately, and others are stricken with
It. The reflection that the dend might be living
and the afflicted he in good health (had the prop
er means been used) is not a pleasant ono. That
king of all blood punflerv,
’•GUINN'S PIONEER 1ILOOD BENEWEn"
Is tho one great ■
science that attains .
lies, enriches and strengthens tbs blood, and acts
as a perfect tonio to the whole system—prevent
innumiratile eases of sickness, and save many,
lives. Tbe following wilt explain Itself:
“I am pleased Pi state to tbs public that
Ut'inx's ni-ooii ltXKKWK* has no eiinal as a
Blood PurMer, for have tried U sufficiently.
J.C. UAUNKS, >1; II.
Grinin* tide
Call on Messrs. Hodges A O'Connor for Alma
nac, end don't forget to take a bottle of tbo mol-
In 1858 M. Pried, who then had a small
the first Mechanics’ fair held to Son
Francisco. After the fair Ward Eaton
took the knife to the Bank Exchange
and raffled it for $180. Price imd taken
great care in tempering the blade, and
Bad offered to forfeit $100 If any better
steel could be found. At that time Billy
Allison, of Yolo, was making knives,
which were sought by all men who
wanted reliable weapons.
Surveyor General Hlgloy hnd an Alli
son knife, and ho backed it against
Price’s blade. The test was made in tbe
Bank Exchange, and aroused as much
interest as a national election. Gen.
Higley laid a half dollar on the counter
and drove tho Allison blade through it
without turning tho point or edge.
Ward Eaton wielded tho Price blade
with a steady, strong arm, and acliievqjl
the same feat Gen. Higley then tried
two half dollars, and the point of his
knife turned. Eaton plied up three of
tho coins, drove the Price knife through
them, and when he raised the weapon
thothreo half dollars were impaled op
the point, which wao not turned.
That made Price’s bowio knives as
famous on this coast as Toledo blades
were in Spain, and every man who west
heeled had to have one. Marion Moore,
a noted mining and sporting man, whoso
nitroglycerine blew up Wells, Fargo &
Co.’s express office on tne corner of Cali
fornia and Montgomery streets, ordered
of Price the best Knife he could make. .
Moore gavo Price a gold brick and a
picco of gold quartz that he hod taken
out of a mine with his own hands, and
told him to work the metal in. Price made
an eight inch bowio, having a gold handle
inlaid with quarts. Moore paid $175 for
tho weapon, and handed back to Price
tho gold that was left over.
Moore’s lawyer, McCabe, got a gold
mounted knife for $100, and these two
expensive weapons played a leading part
in a bloody tragedy in White Pine, Nov.
Moore had a mine there, and, as was
usual in those days, somebody tried to
jump tho claim. Moore and MoCabe
were caught in the tunnel by a band of
fighters lu red by the other claimants,
and cut their way out with their bowie
knives. Several men wero killed in tho
fight, and as most of tho dead bad only
knife wounds, it is supposed that Moore
and his lawyer did some game and lively
work.
A little gambler named Barney Kenny
used a six and a half inch bowie of
Price’s make with deadly effect about
eighteen years ago. He was playing
poker with three other sports in a
saloon in Portland, Ore. Somebody was
caught cheating, and Barney grabbed
tho pot. Instantly the three confeder
ates pulled their pistols and blazed away
at Barney, who drew his knifo and
waded in desperately. After a brief but
furious combat, in which fifteen shots
wero fired, Barney walked out of the
room, leaving the others on tho floor.
Ono was dead, a second mortally
wounded, and the third cut so badly
tbat he had to be in a hospital for
months.
In 18G1 Price mado two knives forCoL
Jack Garnblo, who supplied Mexican
gold onzas for the liandlo frames. The
handles were inlaid with abalino shell
and gold quartz, and tbo colonel paid
$400 for the two weapons. Gamblogave
one to bis friend Charles Norris, who
lost it somo vears later. It was a mere
fancy of Gamble's to have such a
weapon, as ho was never known to use
it. Joe Winters, in 1864, walked into
Prico’s placo with two friends, saw three
$75 knives in the case, bought them, and
turning around, presented ono to each of
his companions just os ho would hand
about cigars.
Ono of the men who bought an extrav
agantly expensive knife from Pricecamo
into tho shop some time after a tight had
occurred in a mine and several men had
been carved to death, and exchanged tho
weapon for somo other wares. Ashe
put thl gold mounted bowio down ho
said with a shiver that he would never
use a knifo again. When the weapon
was examined tho blade was found rusted
with blood, and thero was blood oven in
tho crevices between tho slabs of tho
handle and tho frame. Thero wero no
guards on tho hilts of theso knives, be
cause tlio men who bought them carried
them for sudden use, and a guard is
likely to catch in the clothing and delay
tho draw.
Tho first big knives mado by Price
wero for a party of United States sur
veyors, who wanted them os substitutes
for axes in cutting trails through lie
brush, Tho blades were twelvo inches
long and very heavy, and in tho hands
of a strong man would cut a person’s
head off at ono blow.—San Francisco Ex
aminer.
How “Doo” Smart Broko tho Banks.
“Doc" Smart, a noted Western bandit,
with two confederates, bought all tho
playing cards at El Paso, at Goldsberg’s
stationery store, paying for them $75,
and when questioned os to what they In
tended doing with them said that they
were going up in the mines and expected
to do a great business, but if they failed
would like tho privilege to return what
they did not uso. Goldsberg consented,
and in a few days they returned with
about half of them.
This somo Goldsberg was in tho habit
of furnishing all tho faro banks in town
with cards, and upon receiving orders
for them and having none on Band ex
cept thoso returned by Smart ho divided
tho lot between tho different “banks,”
and on tho same night every “bank” in
E3 Paso was “busted” by Smart and a
row of bis confederates. Tho last “bank
broko” examined their cards, mid found
that overy cord had been “pinched.”
An investigation at each “bank”
showed their cards “pindieil” in tho
somo manner. It was found out next
day that Smart had returned theso cards
to Goldsberg, and, of course, it was do-
eldod Hint Smart and tils gang “pinched”
them. Tho town was too hot for him
for sovcral days after. It is estimated
that Uw winnings wero about $125,000.
—Han Francisco Argonaut.