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The Fascination OF the Gallows.

Tho hanging OF WIMBIsH and BAILEY at
Macon on Friday last was accompanied by
somo extraordinary features. A thrifty
Spectator put up largo number OF seats,
guaranteeing to each and every occupant q
fine view OF the gallows Mt 81 head. and he
paid the regular showman's license Of 800.
Many things combined to arouse an inter-
est In this display. To begin WITH the crimes
for which the culprits persisted had singular
features. WIMBIsH was working with WASH
1NGrON on the railroad one day. when they
first chailcd each other and then quarrellod
rs to which could do the most or least work.
W1MDIsH remarked, give good mind to
lick you-just say sheep and Ill do It'll!
"Sheep" shouted WAsHrNaToN. and In an
instant WIMBIsH's knife was in his vitals.
BAILEY was an Intelligent negro, Of fine
character, moving in the first colorod circles
o! Macon. and, indeed. member of the lodge
of Tho Sons and Daughters of jacob"
He was accused by n wealthy lodge menu
Der Mr.. TAPMAN, OF stealing n dollar and
half from TAPMANs till, and, angrily denying
the charge, he pulled out his revolver, and
shot his accuscr dead. 1t CHANGED that his
trial took place in the court Of Judge SIM
MONS. who formerly owned him rs a slave.
The Judge, seeing before him for sentence
the lad who was once his own property,
could not refrain from calling him by his old
name JACK" as before the war; and both
magistrate and culprit wcpt while the one
sentenced the other to death.
The occasion was rendered more noticeable
by the presence and escort Of the Floyd
Rifles Capt HAEpMAN, and the Southern
Cadets, Lieut.. CHAMBERS, all under the conf
mand of Col. WILEY. Tho day was fair, and
six thousand people, including many little
children surrounded the gallows which was
put UP mile away from the Court House,
where there was plenty OF room. Tho wives
OF the two victims were present to witness
the final scene, and were treated with
the most courteous consideration, and
accorded every advantage to enable them
to crafty their wish Both of them
tainted. The addresses seemed to be- all that
could be asked, in point and appropriate
ness. 81 am before you. friends" said
BAILEY, "for short time. Death is sure,
and life uncertain" MY stake was set"
said WIMBlsH land marched right straight
to it. Soon the trigger will spring. and my
soul will ~ into etcrnity." To crown the
effect Of this double hanging, 1t was arranged
to spring both the victims from the same
trap. which was done with perfect success,
amid that strange cry Of the crowd denoting
n mixture Of terror, woe, delight, pity, and
relief which Is heard at a hanging.
And so the intliction OF the supreme pen
atty of the law was turned into q popular
show for the satisfaction of u morbid Gu
rosity. A strange pcrvcrsion.
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The regular circulation or The Sun for the
Week e,,di,,g June q 1888 ,rds:


Mr.. CoEKLING and Mr.. PLArT resigned
from the Senate in May, 1881, The protractcd
struggle for their reelection was very bitter
all through tho State. Con. ARTHUR then
Yice-Presidcnt, applaudcd the course of the
Stalwart Senators, while their denunciaton
by the Half Breeds and Corncllitcs was acri-
mOnious In the extreme.
This controversy was made test In the
choice OF delegates to the State Convention.
PLArT squeezed in from Broome, but CoNK-
LING WAS beaten I'm his own Assembly dis
trict. The Half Breeds captured the Con-
vention and carried things with high hand.
They nominated n ticket to suit themselves.
ARTHUR had now become President. This
seemed to intensity the fractional quarrcls.
:, and tho over-confdcit Democrats fully ex-
pected to carry the State. but suddenly the
Republicans closed up their ranks. and,
making a dash ut the ballot boxes, elected
the State officers, with the single exception
of the Treasurer, who was beaten on per-
sonal grounds.
Tho Democrats should take warning from
the disaster of 1881, and not depend too
much upon the exceptional results of last
falls contest despite the majority Of 10000.
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The Life Of N nm.

from 'fr fNNudelph'u ItW@,
Man, born OF woman, Ia OF few days and no
teeth. And, indeed 1t would be money in his pocket
sometimes il he had less OF either. As for his days he
wa.teth onehrd Of Them and for his teeth. he has
commissions when he cuts them, and as the last
comes through To- the dentist 10 twisting the nrst
out and the last end Of that mans jaw is thsn
the rst being full OF porcelain and roof plate built to
hold blackberry seeds.
stone bruises line his pathway to manhood his father
boxes his ears at home the big boys cum him in the play
ground and the teacher whips him in the school
He buyeth Northwestern al no. when he hath sold short
mt o. and his neghbor unioadeh him Iron Noun.
tain at 1884,. and 1t straightway breaketh down to 52
lie riseh early AMI stteth up atc that he may all his
barns md storehouses aud To- his childrens lawyers
divide the spoil among themselves and say lila, ha,"
lie groweth and is sore distressed because it raineth
and he bcateth upon his breast and sayeth My crop
LOST because raineth not The late rains blight his
wheat and the frost bteth his peaches Fit be that
the sun shineth, even among tho ninctes he sayeth
Woe 10 me. for perish" and II the northwest wind
sigheth down in fortytwo below he crieth. Would /
were deadr II he wear sackcloth and blue Jeans men
say lie Is tramp" and II he goeth forth shaver and
clad In purple aud ans linen all the people cry Shoot
the dude"
He carryeh insurance tor twenty hve years until he
hath paid thrice Tor all his goods and then he let
teth his policy lapse day, and that night IRE
dcstroyeth his store. lie buhdeth him house in Jer.
and his first born 10 dsvoured by mosquitoes he
pitcheth his tents in New York. and tramps devour his
substance, lie moveth TO Kansas and cyclone carry.
eth his house away into Missouri while prairie
hre and ten million Of grasshoppers night for his
crop He settlsh himself IN Kentucky and 10 shot the
next day by gentleman, Colonel and statesman.
because, sah he resembles sab. sah he did not
like sab" ysrily there rest for the sole Of his
ia q, e
o. oeee e1ths" kessaS !. 1v1SSUe
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The Nihilise.

Old Petrovitch stood near the city gate
And watched the motley crowd surge to and fro
The soldiers courtiers, carriages OF state
The civic mob In On unendng flow
Tumultuous ALL and hustlng from afar
To view the coronation of the Car.
quaint old man was old man Petrovitch
His face the stamp of starving misery wore,
Ills voice, piped ever at a sIueaky pitch.
dronins, suriy. snariing burden bore;
And yet he was OF quite as peaceful mind
As those whom you might deem Of gehtler kind
skivskofsky saw the old man at the gate
And said MY friend. how is II that you are
Come here to witness with the rest this great
Parade anent the growing Of the Carr
But Petrovitch snesred grimly. and he strobe
ON through the gate md said The Gear be bowed =
The Car be blowed, Oh, how the soldiers ran,
with lsvelled spears-their fav'rite pastime that
And seized and dragged in chains the weak old man
Before the bar where blinded Justice sat-
And with the wretch the grave indictment CONGO
lilo boldly at the city gate discoursed Of bombsi
on into exile, then, the old man goes
And there he 10, and there he will remain,
Toiling to death amid perennial SHOWS.
while his proud, pampored monarch lives 10 reign
And we loll back and hear the wires relate
How Petrovitch talked bombsholls ct the gatei
EuosNs FIsLp.
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acquire more than IS cents day. Tho 30
curacy Of these grim figures Is guaranteed
by NJ. D'HkUssoNvILLE, and 1t appears that
even yet we have not touched the minimum
stipend given to feminine labor In the French
capital. When a shirtmaker's eyes are
almost ruined. she becomes. we arc told, a
sack stitcher. BY running together six
dozen Of sacks-a task which will consume
nearly sixteen hours-she can manage to
earn IS cents. Nor should 1t DO forgotten
that even tho worst paid OF the sewing wo-
mon hero enumerated must expect to DO
without employment during at least two
months OF the year.
What follows from these data2 We point
ed out some days ago that, according to NJ.
D'HAUssoNvILLEs computations, $17O por
annum represents tho minimum sum for
which an adult unmarried workingman can
oxist in Paris. Now even admitting that o
woman can live upon less food than man,
we cannot on the score OF sex reduce the
necessary outlay for shelter, clothes, and
food below $3.50. To meet this minimum
expenditure q woman would have to DO
paid SO cents day for 800 working
days. 1t is certain, however that tho major
so much. PAUL LEROY BRAULIEU has cal
culatcd that there IRE ut least $4,000 women
In Paris who cannot by unremitting toll OBJ
tain more than from 20 to 80 cents a day.
Nine. DE BARRAU, who has made special
study OF the subject, is convinced that the
average wages paid for feminine labor
in tho French metropolis do not
exceed 40 cents and NJ. DHAUssoN-
WILLIE arrives Mt the same conclusion.
We cannot, then, avoid tho inference that the
mass OF Paris working girls are inexorably
compelled to seek assistance from the other
sex by their sheer inability to support them
selves Often, OF course, the ncedful aid Is
rendered under the forms of marriage but 1t
lis undcnablc that much OF the sexual i'm
morality which prevails in Paris is directly
tracoable to the frequent failure Of the most
conscientious efforts on the part OF working
women to earn III honest livelihood.
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We Correct an Esteemed Contemporary.

We have had OF late such frequent occasion
to reprove our esteemed contemporary, the
Graphic, tor its persistent pathological mis-
demeanors and conspiraeies against style,
that we feel some reluctance in calling atten-
tion to two mistakes which occur in the ed-
torial printed ON Friday, called "No-Not
BUTLER"
The editorial in question amplifies and adds
a couple OF mistakes to the short and SEN
able article on the same subject printed in
THE Sun on Friday morning. Our esteemed
contemporary will never go wrong IL 1t fol-
lows THE SUN, but it should follow 1t abb
sOlutely, and not intcrpOlate errors of its
own. It should not be wrong for the sake OF
being original and independent.
The first mistake it makes is merely in
matter OF fact. 1t assumes that the honorary
degrees conferred by Harvard College
are conferred by tho faculty, "the
aged children who are known rs the
faculty." tho Graphic calls them. Now,
we have no desire to say that the
members OF the Harvard faculty are not OF a
certain age or even older. but we cannot al
low our esteemed and pictorial contemporary
to labor under tho delusion that the faculty
gives or withholds honorary degrees. These
are conferred by tho corporation, whose
choice has to be ratified by the overseers,
who are OF various ages. Some of Them such
as DR.. FRANCIS MINoT WELD Of this city, are
not unduly aged. We merely mention this
fact because the Graphic seems to regard ago
as a positive disqualification and drawback
in everything but its own jokes. However,
tho comforting of honorary degrees at Cam
1 l..,;.l
Board Of Overseers, from both of which
bodies members OF the faculty, as such, are
excluded
But the Graphic makes u serious ethical
blunder when it mentions, among the quail
tications OF Gov. BUTLER for the degree
which has Just been refused him, the fact
that his Legitimate income was thrice that
OF every man OF the faculty OF Harvard Col
lege put together" The meaning OF this
sentence is tolcrably clear, though its English
ID clumsy. 1t means that Harvard College
ought to have higher respect for Gov. But
LER because he has an income OF hundred
and fifty thousand dollars year.
The overseers OF Harvard College have
made mistake; but they will make worse
one, more foolish, dangerous, and wicked
: mistake, when they come to regard big In
come as emitting its possessor to collegiat.
honors. II in this money-getting and ma
terial time college has any place or USE i
is because 1t can teach Its pupils that Their
are pursuits which may bring tine seeker con
tentment and modest honor, and the abilit.
to live on small income. The business q
college is not to teach how to make money
but to teach the love Of knowledge. 1t Is onl.
fools who learn from such teaching to b
without public spirit or to dstrust popula
instincts. But q college which taught snob
bishness and prejudice would be preferable
70 one which tsuxAt test Tho kize 9f . man
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sistance to process should DO taken care Of
and provided for at the expense Of the county
where tho service was rendered. These
general provisions indicate that 1t has not
heretofore been tho policy OF the State to
withhold compensation from persons who
have become permanently incapacitated
while in the actual service Of the State Gov
ernmput
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income was tho test Of merit which tho COL
lege authorities should respect.
Gov. BUTLER has great income, and earns
II. He deserves the degree Of LID. from
Harvard College. but not because OF his In
come. II Harvard College follows tho teach
ings Of our esteemed contemporary, the names
OF Mr. WILLIAM II. VANDERBILT and Mr..
JAY GOULD will appear In the next quin-
Quennal catalogue.
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Decay or II. Old Catholic Church.

FrOM TIE london Daily NeicJ
GENEVA. May 20.-According to Bishop Her.
zog's report read at the synod Of the Old Catholic
Church the cause In the Berness Jura 10 all lost
Nearly every congregation in the district has rsapss
into Roman Catholicism. but in Lucerne, Asrgau and
solohurn prospects are more hopeful. In Geneva
Berne and Aargau the condition Of tho churches II
satisfactory.
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Charges have been made against Mayor
WILSON Of Topeka on account OF his alleged
refusal to obey the provisions of tho liquor pro-
hibition laws. and the courts have been asked
to declare not only that he has forfeited his
Office. but that he 10 disqualified from holding
hereafter any Office OF trust or profit In the
State. Whatever the merits Of the case may
be. 1t is apparent that the prohbitionists OF
Kansas are in dead earnest. As the proceed
ings against Mayor WILSON are regarded as q
test the result will be awaited with interest.
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Advertising Rates.

DAILY AND SUNDAY. 90 cents line. ordinary adverts
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well TO get clear Of bad cough or cold the nrst
week safer to rid yourself Of the drsi forty.
eight hours the proper remedy Tie purpesS bsipS o..
JNae's kxpeetosaee 0I1v.
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Our millionaire yachtsmen do not under
stand the romance Of yachting. Their practical
business training follows them into aduaties.
They build steam yachts for speed and COM
modiousness. They will never know the DO
light Of bringing trim sailing craft UP into a
stifr breeze. watching her white sails fill. and
feeling her bound over tho waves while the
spray sparkles around her bow. That is the
poetry Of yachting.
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1t has been remarked that, notwithstaEd-
Ing tho great rush Of foot passengers over the
bridge. the most marked falling off in the busi-
ness of the East River ferries consequent upon
the opening OF the bridge has been in the num-
Der Of trucks. carriages. and other vehicles
carried. Before the bridge was opened it was
thought by many that 1t would not attract n
very large share OF the vehicles away from the
ferries. because OF its length and the grade Of
the roadway and because the ferries offered an
opportunity for rest to tho horses. But that
the drivers have taken to tho bridge sooms
evident. not only from observation Of the num-
Der OF teams crossing 1t. but from the action Of
the Union Forty Company. which. II is said. Ia
considering the propriety Of reducing the toll
for trucks and other vehicles.
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One OF the most singular Of the many vio-
lent storms which have lately occurred in the
West was that which deluged Council Bluffs
with water on Friday night. sweeping away
seven iron bridges and several dwelling houses.
drowning a number OF people. and causing
damage to property amounting to hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars. From the description
given in the press dispatches the storm APP
pears to have been what Is usually called
cloud burst. An enormous volume OF rain
water Was suddenly discharged into Indian
Creek, which runs through Council Bluffs and
the flood swept down with terrible force
through the heart Of tho town. Last year
ranked rs one OF tho most remarkable in mete-
geological annals. but the present year bids
fair to exceed 1t in the violence and destruc-
tiveness OF its tornadoes. hurricanes and floods.
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THE SUN, SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1854

will be substituted. can hardly be predicted
until the resuts Of those first experiments
arc made known.
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According to the latest news from South
America. the Ecuador revolutionists had COM
pletely surrounded the city of Guayaani in
which Dictator NEINTIMILLA's troops are
cooped up. nearly two weeks ago. and il was
then believed that the defence could not be
prolonged longer than n week. Unless the be-
siegers have greatly underestimated their enc
my's strength. the town has probably fallen by
this time. 1t is to BIO hoped. in that case. that
there have been no such scenes AZ we're wit
messed at the taking OF Esmeradas by the rev.
olutionists some months ago. when VEINTI-
MILLAs soldiers. before abandoning the city.
plundered 1t and then set 1t on fire.
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Ten days ago the disk Of the sun was
almost free from spots. but within the last
week several large groups have made their APP
pearance. According to the general belief Of
astronomers. the maximum OF tho present sun
spot period wns passed last year. but large
spots have appeared with such frequency this
year as to lend interest to the theory Of a
Frenchman. according to whom the maximum
OF the solar disturbance will not be attained
before 1885 or 1886 He bases his opinion on
the supposed influence OF the large planets
like Jupiter and Saturn in producing sun spots
and on the fact that these planets are passing
their perihelia one after another unusually
close together. This theory does not receive
much consideration from astronomers. but II
1t should turn out to be correct 1t is probable
that tho opportunity offered by tho long sue
cession Of solar storms would enable scientific
men to obtain some answer to the question how
far solar disturbances of this character Affect
tho earth's meteorological conditions.
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Out of Place.

The American Peace Society has just
held Its annual meeting ut Boston, and
elected to honorary membership Gen.
ULYSSES s. GRANT Of New York and the
Right Hon. WILLIAM L. GLADSTONE, Primo
Minister OF England.
These well.known pcrsonages seem singu-
larly out Of place In peace society.
Ono OF them Is famous as n fighter and as
very little else. The other by his course In
Egypt recently excited the express disap-
proval OF that real friend OF peace, JOHN
BRIGHT, for entering into n needless war.
"Their services in connection with tho
treaty OF Washington constitute the os-
tensibe reason for inviting them to join the
American Peace Society. These are 80 insig-
niflcant In comparison with their public SER
vices In war; and In furthcrance OF war, as To
count for very little in the common estima-
tion which mankind has formed Of their
characters. Unless they are content to lg-
more tho history OF their own lives, Gen.
GRANT and Mr.. GLADSTONE will decline an
invitation which seems to have had its origin
simply in desire to add two distinguished
names to the roll OF members Of the Ameri-
can Peace Society irrespective of fitness.
If these are men of peace, why was not the
Emperor WILLIAM also chosen
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OF the brethren composing the committee in charge
OF the matter habtuai smokers and according to
Of the religious correspondents had to lay their
cigars the window sIls they sat down to discuss
tho question. Tho resolution they passed carefully
avoids the mention OF tobacco and says that the stu
dents must not sluander the money given them. or
"pervert II to any empty Indulgence Thus Ice cream,
soda water aud similar Injuries placed in the same
category with tobacco none OF these or other special n
dulgeucss being indicated by name.
The Sunday school scholars will to-day
consider the work OF the Apostle Paul and his company
at Antioch In Pisidia recorded in Acts xiii 1915 and
1882. These missionaries had been at work with greN
success on tho island OF Cyprus Having finished
q sufficient term Of service there, they sailed Tor
the southern part of Asia Minor first LANDING al resA
in Pamphya. Departing thence, they went to Antioch
the chief city Of rsis on the Jewish sabbath ihey
entered the synagogue, aud were invited to speak F"u
addressed himself to the men Of Israel and We mas
fear God" lie recounted tho history Of the jewish peo'
pie and told OF the mission Of Jesus Christ Then no
preached the forgiveness Of sins through Christ Tho
hearers deeply interested In what they heard ana
greatly stirred by IT, They called for more hrs heShS
that 1t should be preached to them Oh the following
Sabbath then seeking Paul and Barnhh"s for nmo-
diate conversation about H. On tile next SaoDath mere
was great crowd All were eager I" lear inc Jews
wero full Of spite. They riiicu!ci aLd blashemeh h'
the Gon,iles werc disposed to accept 'he essase VI "
walton through Jesus Christ. Paul ana b"rhaoa 'o'
the Jews that there little use OF preaching 10 pe"pe
| who acted IA they did Tho message OF the oospe'
| should now be to tho IDENTIFIES among whom the mis-
sionares could hni plenty OF work to do was among
the Gentcs OF the province of Pisda that the dospe'
WAS now to have its great success These people most
Of whom had been doaters worshipping the moon now
| heard gladly aud believed Tho jews were violent IN
their opposition, They raised up persecution again"
Paul and Barnabas The work OF these men having pssn
completed as far As It could be. they went 'os he"
field Of labor in Iconiuin short distance norih~hd
BY thus keeping at work. and moving on from place
place they accomplished great results, and, In me
words OF todsys golden text "ths word Of the Lors
Va subushsd thyoysbout " The rsgsos."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22
Silks. Velvets. Dress Goods.

BLACK DRESS SILKS.
BLACK RADZIMIRS.
COLORED DRESS SILKS.
COLORED RADZIMIRS.
COLORED OTTOMAN SILKS
BROCADED SILK VELVETS.
PLAIN SILK VELVETS.
BLACK CASHMERES.
BLACK OTTOMAN CLOTHS.
BLACK HENRIETTAS.
COLORED CASHMERES.
COLORED DRESS GOODS NOVELTIES.
BLACK BROCADED SILKS.