Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-15
ELECTION NIGHT IN GEORGIA.

Bun Arp in the Atlantis Constitution.

| How They Received the Returns In .
| Country Town.
BIN Arp in the Atlantis Constitution
And the city Of Shushan was perplexed In
Adams fall we sinned all. Boast not myself Of
tomorrow, for thou knowest not what . day
may bring forth. All 10 vanity and vexation Of
spirit. To-day man puts forth the tender
leaves of hope, tomorrow blossoms and the
third day comes a frost-a killing FROST Is
there no balm in Giliad? said in mine haste
all men are liars. We hanged our harps ON the
willows How long, oh, Catdine, wilt thou
abuse our patience? The combat thickens
| On ye brave. Resist the devil and he will fee
from you. The wicked spreadeth himself like
| a green bay tree. Some rise by sin and some
| by virtue fall. And last of all came Satan.
| All these pointed remarks, and more too
came to me from time to time the other night
| as ! watched and waited and eagerly listened
| to the election bulletins as they came every
minute from the wires and were read to
the crowd assembled in the ante-room OF our
I depot. Everybody loves to hear good news
and it is still better when it comes along
mixed up with some doubt, but getting a
little better and better all the time and finally
! caps the long delayed climax with victory
Then comes the grand hurrah, the wild, glad
| shout OF triumph, and everybody feels good
and loving, and ever and anon those who are
| spiritually inclined uncork the bottle of
| their hilarity and embrace one another in .
delrious joy
But there was none Of that-none of that the
other night. The news was bad from the start
and oscilLated pretty much that way all the long
and tedious night. Sometimes a little Cleve-
| land squirt would cheer up, but there was
| more bad than good, and our BOYS began to
weaken about II o'clock. Those who chewed
| the weed chewed hard and fast, and those who
smoked pulled the very gizzard out of their CT
| cigars and took new courage in lighting fresh
ones. The whole business began in smoke and
seemed likely to end in smoke. Bulletin 1877
was read Returns from 1884 districts outside of
Kings and Queens give Cleveland 81. 726; Harri-
son 112 1872" Our waggish fellow-citizen. Moses,
exclaimed, Vel, vot hat de king and kveen got
to do NIT all dis pisness? Every time de pulitin
| come he says Something's apout dc king and de
kTeen. tot dis vas free republican democrat
goferment." voice from the Gainesville fur
mace was lifted up with hope and said Just wait
till you hear from Oneida and Saratoga counties.
They will make Harrison SICK" and he jerked
of his coat and hung it high ON the wall An
other bulletin was read that gave hope for
Cleveland, and Editor Christian showed me his
figures and said it was going along about right.
Then Ed Strick land peeled his coat off and
squared himself and said: ''Gentlemen: nv
opinion is that if Cleveland don't carry New
York Harrison stands q chance to run in. 7
don't see any chance for Fisk" ''Just wait till
you hear from Oneida" said the furnace, and
about that time the bulletin came over the
wires: Oneida gives Harrison 1000 majority"
Willingham sat down heavy on box
and squashed the lid in and groaned: "All is
lost save honor" Capt. Murphy undertook
to tell joke on Vandever and broke
down in tears. Jay Gould is monkeying
with the wires" said Wikle. Boston gives
10000 majority for Cleveland" said The wires
and Jay Gould was forgiven. Father Graham
sat IN a corner figuring all the time like
sphinx but making no sign. You will know
by waiting" said he, '.you will know by wait
ing but if figures don't lie somebody is going
to get hurt" tall slender youth talked to
himself and nervousy fingered his cane and
said, II do hope that Harrison will be elected,
for 1t will bring millions of money down here
to be invested, and we will all get some of it."
Just then bulletin 1856 came, saying the
Herald comedies the state to Harrison. Then
came the funeral--a mournful silence filed
the smoky room. For long minute mot a
drum was heard; not a funeral note" MY de-
votional friend John Aiken Who came there
all radiant with hope and strong in his faith in
Providence, whispered, major. do you believe
that kind and merciful Providence will per-
init the like Of this? Is il possible that Harri-
son Is electedr' "Ah, my young friend" said
l, that is just the way the preachers talked
during the late unhappy war. But Providence
knows more and better than the preachers.
Cromwell said, Have faith in God and keen
your powder dry And Pope said. Whatever
is, is right Cheer up. We are still a nation.
and the government will roll on. 1t is bad
| and sad to our feeble vision but not so bad az
war" Slowly and sadly he went home and
took comfort with his loving. waiting wife and
his sleeping baby, and next morning seemed
all calm and serene,
Moses. I'll bet you dollar against a billed
| shirt that" ''Oh, go way and leave me
alone, said Moses. Il bets no more agains. de
king and de queen. / dom lose all my leetle
bets on Cleveland and / charge it up to him. 1
bets no more, never more. Joe Brown thinks
he knows. but he don't all de same Ven
knows ting tbets on him. / bets you two
shirts dat tomorrow is Vensday." ''All right"
said his friend, Il take that bet" and he pointed
to the clock on the wall, and Moses saw it was
1890. and tomorrow would be Thursday. He
retired to a corner and curied himself up on
bench with his face to the wall Captain Muir
ply gave me a sad shake of the hand as he re-
tired, and said in the pathetic language of
me and will sign it," Editor Christian de-
parted, humming low, sad tune to the words
How best the Christian when he dies,
When sinks the weary soul to rest.
Father Graham stayed to hold the fort and
when left he was still sitting on the box, with
pencil and paper on his knee, and recording
the bulletins as fast AS they came.
Old Father Miner, our worthy and venerable
postmaster, had slipped out unobserved. He
was heard to say to Henry his son: Well
wouldn't worry. The Lord regneth. The Office
amt such big thing nohow. We will hold it
for six months yet, and maybe the world will
come to an end by that time-the good Lord
knows. Things are getting nightly mixed and
awfully uncertain. Let's go home, Henry"
And Henry said: faint bothering me q bit
I'm going to marry rich girl afore long any
how, and the dog-goned old Office may slide"
In the next room there were a few republi-
cans holding love feast. and as the bulletins
We're read. they caught their significance. and
| their glad hearts beat like muified drum as
they nudged each other with their elbows. and
said: did you hear that; Harrison is gaining
all the time. Them fellows in there are sick.
awful sick; they have all shucked their coats"
In Flowing Robes Of Cotton.
PERFECT DAUGHTERS, WIVES, AND MOTHERS.
l. Sir George Rirdxnnd in an articIa in Tho