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THE TRIP TO THE CAPITOL.
Cannon Will Announce the Tak
ing of the Oath.
The Great Parade From Capitol to White
House—Contrast Between the Present
Display and That of Other Times —The
Great Ball In the Pension Building.
The first president of the United States
to take the oath in Washington was Jef
ferson, and it is one of the traditions of
history that lie rode to the capital, hitched
his horse with his own hand and went
without escort in to the senate chamber,
where he was sworn in. This story, though,
has another version, which is sustained by
some authority. It is said that Jefferson
was living in a boarding place not far
from the capital, and on the day of the
inauguration he walked to the senate
chamber in a very democratic way and en
tered without escort. He went back to the
boardinghouse and sat, as was his custom,
at the foot of the table that evening, and
when someone offered to congratulate him
he said that he would rather be congratu
lated at the end of his administration than
at the beginning of it. There is no doubt
of Jefferson’s “simplicity’’ in ills official
relations. Though he had been accustomed
to the life of a planter having a small army
of slaves at bls beck and call, he refused
to observe the ceremonios which Washing
ton and his friends had thought should be
a part of the tribute to the great office of
president, and he was found by a foreign
minister one day blacking his own boots.
Washington was escorted from his homo
at Mount Vernon to Eli-.abethport, spend
ing one night at Princeton, where he was
to be present afterward ata famous gradu
ation day of the university; and at Trenton
young girls strewed flowers in his path.
From Elizabethport he went by barge to
New York, still under formal escort, and
his entry to New York was of a triumphal
character. II is inauguration was a severe
ly formal affair, preceded by prayer and
followed by attendance on djvino service.
He took the oath in the presence of the
people in front of the federal building, and
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he delivered his Inaugural address to the
senate. There was much perturbation
among the senators over a question of eti
quette on this occasion. They were unable
to determine whether they should remain
standing or seated in the presence of the
president. Without any agreement they
arose when Washington entered the cham
ber and remained standing while he read
his message; for this first address was as
much a message to congress as an inaugu
ral address. Custom has changed this.
The president no longer addresses congress
In person. All his communications are
sent in writing. Besides congress is not
in session nowadays when the president is
sworn in. The senate meets at noon of the
4th of March on the call of the retiring
president, but the house does not meet un
til the new president Issues a proclama
tion calling congress together.
Washington’s inauguration was witness
ed by a great throng of people, and there
was much enthusiasm, which lasted for
several days. All the incidents of the in
auguration were not crowded into a single
day, as they are now. The inaugural ball
was held several days after the day of the
inauguration, but on the night of that day
there were fireworks.
Washington drove to his second inaugu
ration in a drawn by six white
horses. He was dressed in black velvet
coat and knee breeches, with diamond
buckles at the knee. His stockings were
of black silk. His shoes had silver buckles.
His hair was powdered and held in place
by a black silk bag. He wore a dross
sword, with ’a highly ornamented hilt.
Washington took the oath in the hall of
the house of representatives, read his ad
dress to the assembled senators and repre
sentatives and withdrew. A great gather
ing witnessed his arrival at the temporary
capital and his departure from it and
cheered him boisterously.
Washington was again the chief figure
of the inauguration when Adams was
sworn in. Six months before he had mado
public his historic farewell address to the
people of the United States. The nation
had trusted so much to his sagacity and
patriotism that there was a feeling of
uncertainty as well as sorrow when he was
about to turn his trust over to Mr. Adams.
Sorrow was in the ascendant, and there
was not a dry eye in the hall of the house
of representatives when John Adams took
the oath.
During the administration of Mr.
Adams the capital was removed to Wash
fngton, and Jefferson was Inaugurated in
this city, as I have said. He would not
countenance formality in the matter of his
inauguration any more that he would per
mit It afterward when he was in the White
House.
Adams had been accompanied to his In
auguration by Washington, but he did not
accompany Jefferson to the capitol. In
stead, he loft Washington before daybreak
on the 4th of March to drive to his hoim
in Massachusetts. He was disappointed
bitterly because he was not elected for a
second term, as Washington had been, and
he never recovered from his chagrin. In
after years Johnson refused to accompany
•his successor to the capitol. But these
cases are exceptional. It was the custom
for the president elect to take a seat at the
speaker’s desk. Jefferson sat between
Vice President Burr and Chief Justice
Marshall just before ho took tho oath.
Whether he returned to his boarding house
or went to the White House after the cere
mony is a matter- of dispute. One histo
rian says he rode to the White House with
out escort and there held an informal re
ception in the evening, shaking hands with
all who called to pay their respects. Wash
ington and Adams had not shaken hands
with their visitors. Jefferson was tho orig
inator of that much abused custom. Jeffer
son's second term was begun as unosten
tatiously as the first. There was a goodly
crowd of people in the galleries of the
house, but they would have been but a
handful compared with the crowds which
Trill attend the McKinley ceremony.
James Madison had a really great crowd
in attendance at Ids inauguration. There
Was a show of ceremony for the first time
in 12 years, and 10,000 people, according
to the estimate of the historian, congre
gated about the capitol unable to gain ad
mittance. There was a parade, in which
regular troops of Infantry and cavalry took
part, end salutes were fired at the navy
yardand at Fort Washington, not far be-
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Since Madison's time tho ceremonial ac
companying the Inauguration has grown
more elaborate. Jackson and William
Henry Harrison rode to the capitol on
horse-back, but not In the simple style
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(Chairman of the executive committee.J
which tradition credits to Jefferson. Each
had a military escort. In 1883 Jackson
rode to the capitol with Van Buren In a
phaeton mado of wood from the old Con
stitution.
Only the inauguration of Hayes was un
eventful compared with those which pre
ceded and have followed it. Mr. Hayes
came Into town quietly, took the oath on
Sunday (which was the 4th of March) and
went to the capitol to deliver his address
Monday. There was no ball to mark his
Inauguration only a torchlight proces
sion.
President Elect and Mrs. McKinley say
goodby to their two story frame house in
Canton, where they have spent many happy
days, with a touch of regret. In that house
have come to them their greatest triumphs.
I say their triumphs because all that Major
McKinley has belongs to both of them in
the fullest degree. It was In that house
that they received the news of Mr. McKin
ley’s nomination, and there the news of his
success at the polls was flashed to them
over the special wires.
Until Major McKinley is Inaugurated
his home will be at he Ebbitt house. With
his party, in addition to his wife, aro his
mother, his two nieces, his brother, Abner
McKinley, and probably Mark Hanna and
his family. Quite likely his Inaugural ad
dress will not receive its finishing touches
until just before the inaugural ceremonies.
Making an inaugural address is a very
serious matter, for, however poorly a pres
ident may carry out the policy which ho
announces at his Inauguration, the Ameri
can people always take his utterances seri
ously.
Major McKinley will see few visitors ex
cept the members of bis cabinet to be. All
of them arc expected to bo here. And then
his great and good friend, Mr. Hanna,
will bo in and out of his rooms at all hours
no doubt. But the office seeker will be
kept at the outer gate.
General Porter, the marshal of the in
augural parade, will call and submit the
plan of that display for Major McKinley’s
approval. The senate committee which
has charge of tho inaugural ceremony will
call to notify him what will be expected
of him Thursday. Some of the senators
and representatives who knew him when he
was in the house will be admitted to his
reception room.
There is no likelihood that he will leave
the hotel at all until accompanied by Mrs.
McKinley, he takes a carriage for the
White House Wednesday evening, to be the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland at din
ner. This is not in accordance with “time
honored custom,” as has been said. Adams
and Johnson, as I told you at the begin-
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nlng of this story, did not even wait to see
their successors inaugurated. Down to
the Harrison administration there was
scant courtesy shown the Incoming presi
dent by the one retiring. Mrs. Cleveland
left Mrs. Harrison to get into tho White
House as best she could eight years ago.
Mrs. Harrison’s daughter, Mrs. McKee,
heaped coals of fire on Mrs. Cleveland’s
head four years later by showing her every
possible courtesy, and the Clevelands are
following her example when they Invite
the McKinleys to dine.
There will be only four at that dinner if
the present plans are not changed. When it
Is over, the president and the president
elect—who are so strangely sympathetic
for men of opposite party interests—will
have a long talk no doubt about the condi
tion of public affairs, and Mr. Cleveland
will deliver the goodwill of tho shop to his
successor, as on the next day at noon he
Will surrender to him the goodsand the
lease of the store.
At 9 or 10 o’clock the McKinleys will
drive back to the Ebbitt bouse.
With what anxious eyes 100,000 people
will look out at tho morning sky Thurs
day next! Tho record of inauguration days
is not encouraging. Most of them have
been bleak if not stormy, and clear
weather means so much to the visitor and
to the Washington .man as well. For one,
there is the parade and the ceremony at
the capitol. For the other there is not only
pleasure, but profit, to consider. And
profits under any conditions are not going
to be what were expected this time. Per
haps the hard times are to blame. Some
people say the .railroad rates are too high;
some that the hotels, with their prices dou
bled again and again, are keeping people
away. This is harvest time for the people
of Washington, and, from food to grand
stand seats, tho visitor will pay full value
for everything he gets. Some of the seats
in the stands will sell for as much as ?5
and $lO, and windows from which the pa
rade can be seen ore held in some cases at
S3OO and S4OO.
Whatever the cause, the number of visit
ors promised is not so great as in some
former years, but there will be an enor
mous crowd, and every inch of sleeping
room in every hotel and boarding house in
Washington has been reserved. Even now
people aro being turned away from hotels
or accepted for only a day or two. Men and
women will walk “the streets on Wednes
day night.
Major McKinley will ride to the capitol
about 11:30 Thursday mondng. Troop A
of Cleveland will be his personal escort.
It is one of the finest militia troops in the
United States. It was organized in 1877
by Colonel William H. Harris, a veteran of
the civil war. It has taken part in the
inauguration of Governor Charles Fester
of Ohio, 1880, the inauguration of Presi
dent Garfield in the following year, the
funeral of President Garfield, the interna
tional military encampment at Chicago,
1887; the inauguration of Governor J. B.
Foraker, 1888; tiie centennial celebration
at New York, 1889. It has acted as escort
to President Garfield, President Hayes,
President Cleveland and President Harri
son on different occasions.
The escort of the president in the parade
will lie tho Eighth regiment, infantry, O.
N. G., which is composed of companies or
ganized in tie counties Major McKinley
has ropresen ied J n congress. Three of the
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12 companies, tho hospital corps and Hie
signal corps are located in Canton.
Tho sidewalks of the streets through
Which Mr. McKinley will pass on his way
to the capitol -will Ke thronged. The streets
themselves will be kept clear and the
crowd will be kept in cheek by ropes
stretched breast high along the curb.
As the glittering cavalrywscort goes jing
ling down Pennsylvania avenue the thou
sands who line the sidewalks will cheer
TREASURY BUILDING.
[Where the procession will pass.]
themselves hoarse, and Major McKinley
will bow to right and left in acknowledg
ment of their greeting.
But a greater crowd will be waiting for
him on the plaza at the east front of the
capitol, when, after the interlude in the
senate chamber, he is escorted to the broad
platform where he is to take the oath.
Ten thousand men, women and children
will stand expectantly, patiently waiting
for his appearance. When becomes, escort
ed by a member of the senate committee,
this great crowd will send up a shout
which can be heard for half a mile. If
rain is falling, the president elect will
stand under an umbrella. But not tho
people in his audience. Should any ono
venture to raise an umbrella In that crowd,
It will be beaten down and torn to ribbons
In a minute.
The Inaugural ceremony is a brief event.
Less than five minutes after the people on
the platform have settled Into their places
Chief Justice Fuller will have adminis
tered the oath, Mr. McKinley will have
kissed the open Bible and Mr. Cleveland
will have joined the army of has beens.
Mr. Cleveland will be there to see the act,
and no doubt he will viex with a feeling
of relief this act which takes a turbulent
people off his hands.
A man in uniform, flag In hand, will
stand at one end of the inaugural platform.
As tho president kisses tho book the flag
will drop. Another man at the north end
of the capitol will pass the signal along.
lam taking longer to tell it than It will
take for the signal to flash to.the gunners
standing a quarter of a mile away with
tanyard In hand. Ad the new president
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turns to tho front of the platform the
cheers of tho multitude on tho plaza will
be answered by tho booming of cannon,
carrying the news to the whole city.
The Inaugural address will bo delivered
from manuscript. Long before It has been
completed you may read it, for tho news
papers will have it in type on Thursday
morning, and as the president begin, to
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speak the press associations will send bul
letins flashing over tho country to say that
It 1b released. Five minutes later the
newsboys will be crying It on the streets of
almost every city in the United States.
When tho address is completed, and not
before, that immense throng will melt
away from tiie plaza and go to pack the
sidewalksand fill the wooden stands which
have been built on all the public reserva
tions along- Pennsylvania avenue. Gayly
decorated these stands will be, and from
the windows of the buildings on the broad
avenue sv, 000 flags will flaunt in the
breeze. On all the side streets around the
capitol men in uniform will await the sig
nal to start. First tho president’s escort
will move. Ahead of it will ride Grand
Marshal Porter, in full military uniform,
with particolored sash, and his glittering
aids. Behind will come the carriage drawn
by four horses in which tho president and
Mr. Cleveland will ride. Then will come
the troops of the regular army, the nation
al guard, the organizations of veterans,
and finally the political clubs. Forty thou
sand men will march if present promises
are fulfilled, and, at the rate of 12,000 mon
an hour, it will take them 3 hours and 20
minutes to pass the president’s reviewing
stand, in front of the White House.
At this reviewing stand the president
and Mr. Cleveland will part. President
McKinley will take his place at the front
of the stand, and, raising his hat in re
sponse to the salutes of those who pass,
will review the whole of tho parade, from
the grand marshal to the last of the Mc-
Kinley and Hobart clubs. Then he will
go to the White House to rest until the
hour for the ball. It was dark four years
ago when the review was completed.
There have been inaugural balls since
the day of Washington. The only presi
dents who failed to celebrate their Induction
Into office in that way, I believe, were Jef
ferson and Hayes. Three of tho balls hhve
been held In the pension building, whore
the ball next Thursday will occur. They
aro gorgeous, glittering, glaring frauds,
these inaugural balls. They are not balls
at all. They are promenade concerts, for
the crowd is so dense that movement.of
any kind is difficult, and dancing is im
possible. But they aro splendid ns specta
cles. Ten thousand men in black and
women in gorgeous gowns will crowd the
pension building next Thursday night.
Brilliant lights, bright draperies and thou
sands of beautiful flowers will make the
great hall splendid. Two big bands will
fill the air with harmony, and at 11
o’clock the closely packed crowds will
catch a fleeting glimpse of the president
and vice president, with their wives, as
they make the tour of the ballroom. A
supper for any one who has the dollar to
spend on it, and tho attractions of the ball
have been exhausted. But they will hold
many of the men and women who attend
until the dawn begins to break. Long be
fore that time the new president will be In
the White House sleeping off the fatigues
of the day.
Workmen have been busy In the pension
building for more than a week preparing
for the ball. In tho decorations of the ball
room finer results are achieved than ever
before. All spectacular effects have been
avoided and a more artistic and harmoni
ous arrangement of flowers, lights and
bunting secured. About $13,000 has been
spent by tho inaugural committee in deco
rating the main ballroom and tho private
l rooms sot apart for the use of the presiden
tial and vice presidential parties. The great
height of the court of the pension building,
where the ball will bo held, has been over
come by bunting festooned from the center
of each of tho three divisions of the court to
the top of the second gallery. Tho bare walls
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> everywhere and all of the shinllcr pillars
1 have been covered with bunting as a back
ground for the flowers and greens which
aro prominent features of the decorations.
’ Tho bunting and thousands of tiny electric
fairy lamps have been used principally to
bring out In greater relief tho floral de-
1 signs.
The president and vice president, with
' their families, will be in charge of a recep
- tlon committee, of which Major General
Nelson A. Miles is the chairman. Tho
* cost of tickets to the ball is $5 for each per
-1 son, and it is expected that tho $50,000 re
-1 celved from the sale of tickets will pay all
; the expenses of the inauguration except
those "at tho capitol, for which congress
provides. No invitations to tho ball Are
necessary to secure tickets, and none is is
sued except to foreign ministers. Tickets
may be had by any one at the price named.
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The promenade concert which precedes
the ball will consist of six selections, and
tho danca. programmes will contain 23
numbers.
The ball ■will bo hold on Thursday night,
and, in addition, a series of five inaugural
grand concerts will be given in tho ball
room on the following Friday, and the ball
decorations remaining in place.
The first concert will be given at 10:30
o’clock Friday morning in honor of the
United States army, represented by Gen
eral Miles and staff. At the concert tho
Republican Glee club of Columbus, 0.,
will sing a number of patriotic airs. At 2
o’clock on Friday afternoon a concert will
bo given in honor of the United States
navy, represented by Rear Admirals Walk
er and Ramsay, and at night, tho concert
will bo given in honor of the states of the
Union, represented by tho governors of the
statesand tlieir staffs. Tho concert Sat
urday afternoon will bo in honor of con
gress, represented by the president of the
senate and the speaker of the house. The
last concert, Saturday night, will bo in
honor of the United States and will con
sist of music by the Twenty-second Regi
ment band and a chorus of 51)0 voices. Ad
mission to each concert will be 50 cents.
Tiie ol>ject of these concerts is'to glvc the
people of Washington and tho visitors to
the city who cannot afford to attend the
ball an opportunity to see the ' ballroom
decorations.
Although tho Pennsylvania national
guard finds it impossible to attend tho in
auguration in a body, several companies
arc coming, and tho probabilities are that
the parade will bo very large. General
Horace Porter of New York, the grand
marshal, with the members of his staff,
has long been busy with the details of ar
ranging thedivisions. General porter will
have tis his chief of staff Mr. A. Noel
Blakeman of New York city, Colonel il.
C. Corbin of tho United States army as
adjutant general, and (japtain John A.
Johnson of the United States army as
chief of aids, with Captain William Ed
ward Horton of tho 1). C. N. G., special
aid and military secretary.
The parade will bo organized in two
grand divisions—ono civlo and tho other
military. General Grenville M. Dodge will
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be chief marshal of the first grand divi
sion, to bo composed of military organiza
tions. He will have as his chief of staff
General Huidekoper of New York anil
Colonel Joseph P. Sanger of the United
States army, adjutant general. This mil
itary grand division will be subdivided in
to three separate divisions.
The first division will be organized into
two brigades, the first comprising Unital
States troops as well as the naval bat
talione. This first brigade will be com
manded by Major General Wesley Merritt
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brigade will bo composed of the national
guard of the District of Columbia, 1,500
strong, and the Washington High School
cadets, 400 strong, all under the command
of General Cecil Clay of tho District of Co
lumbia national guard.
The second division of the military grand
division will be composed of the national
guards of tho various states, headed re
spectively by the governor and staff of each
state and arranged in order from front to
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This third division will bo commanded
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Army of tho Republic, as his chief of staff.
Tho civil grand division will bo com
manded by Mr. B. H. Warner of tho city of
Washington as chief marshal and will bo
mado of civic clubs of all descriptions.
Prominent in this grand division will be
the Republican National league, of which
Mr. D. D.’ Woodmansee of Cincinnati, its
president, will act as marshal.
Conspicuous among tiie civic organiza
tions in lino will be the delegation of about
200 students from the .Indian school at
Carlisle, Pa. Governor Bushnell of Ohio
Will command a military division. Other
governors who arc expected to attend ac
companied by their staffs are Griggs of
New Jersey, Black of New York and Hast
ings of Pennsylvania.
Tho United States regular troops grand
division will be composed of one battalion
of engineers from Willets Point, N. Y.;
two regiments of infantry, the Seven
teenth from Columbus ban-acks and the
Ninth from Socket’s Harbor, one regiment
PLAZA AND EAST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL.
[Where the president will bo inaugurated.]
of cavalry, four troops from Fort Meyer
and four from Fort Ethan Allen, 12 bat
teries of heavy artillery, marching as in
fantry, and two light batteries. The na
tional guard of the states will be repre
sented in the parade by several regiments
and independent commands. A large
number of separate companies also are ex
pected to be present. Pennsylvania may
have 1,200 men in line, and Ohio’s repre
sentation will be unexpectedly small.
Tho parade will start from the east front
of tho capitol and will march west along
Pennsylvania avenue, past the president’s
reviewing stand in front of the Whito
House, to Washington circle, returning on
K street to Mount Vernon square, where
it will disband. General Porter will review
the parade on K street at McPherson
square.
Tho decorations of tho city, which are
practically complete, are unusually attract
ive. Tiie reviewing stands for the first
time will be decorated by the inaugural
committee in accordance with a general
design furnished by tho Floral Exchange
of Philadelphia. Tho president’s re
viewing stand will bo exceptionally fine,
tho design for it having been selected from
a largo number received in answer to an
offer of a prize for tiie best. Colonel Wright
of the public comfort committee reports
tha t .the applications for quarters aro rapid
ly increasing, and every indication points
to a largo crowd. Nevertheless Colonel
Wright says there are good accommoda
tions for all who may come atai at reason
able rates. George Grantham Bain.
Tiie Emir of Nupe.
Here is a Nupe poem on the emir dashed
off in a moment of wild, intoxicating joy
by the poet laria t of tho London News:
It’s tough, said the emir of Nupe,
When you’re suddenly chucked in the soup.
I’d sooner have pains,
Soft corns and chilblains
Or appendicitis or croup.
In the Ciotlicsprcss.
First Chew of Gum—Didn’t you like
her hiking.suit?
Second Chew of Gum—Oh, yes. She
doesn’t know it, lint I’in stuck on her
bloomers.—Town Topics.
Bess* Letter.
Dearest uncle, if you love mo—
And you know you say you do—
A brand new wheel please send me,
And please send it P. D. Q.
—Detroit Free Press.
ilis Fear.
The Albino Girl—Docs the ossified man
ride a bicycle?
The Dog Faced Boy—No, lie’s afraid of
falling and breaking his face.—Town
Topics.
Scorched.
In life he scorched and scorched ahead
And laughed at victims’ cries, -
And what he did when lie was dead
Wa uli can well surmise.
’ How’s This?
We offer One hundri d Dollars reward
for anv ease of Catarrh that cannot be
i ured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. .1. Cheney & Co., I’rops., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
bttsin- ss transactn ns and financially
able t" carry out any obligation made
by their firm.
-West. A Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toh do. Ohio.
Wa'ding, Kinnan rtMaryin, Wholesale
Drugg Sts. Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon tha blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
I’rice 75c per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists. Testimonials free. .
FRICK COMPANY « % «
Eclipse iOx"
Engines, IwW
Boilers, Saw Hills,
Cotton Gins,
Cotton Presses,
Grain Separators.
Chisel Tooth and Solid Saws, Saw Teeth, Inspirators, Injectors,
Engine Repairs and a full Line of Brass Goods.
Htg~Send for Catalogue and Prices. Avery & McMillan,
Southern Managers.
Nos. 51 & 53 So. Forsyth Street, ATLANTA, GA
a a Krtthn fencing
50 INCH. /\/\/\/\/\/'||?lv/\/
42 INCH. \/\/\/\/\/ V\A/fl\A F ° r LaWnS >
" A A A X X X"A A A'7\Ea A / Purks, Farms
—, , < hardens,
zlmAa Cemeteries
XXX)QKXXXXXXXXXXaaaX and Grave
Lots. T h e
cheapest and
'A A
prices. We
ELL-WOOD FIELD FENCE (Standard Style). PAY THE FREIGHT
We issue three catalogues, (i) Wrought Iron, 150 designs,
(2) Ideal and Diamond Steel wire picketing on iron posts
and rail. (3) Farm, Garden and Poultry fencing. State
which catalogue you want. free.
GJLTE CITY FRISTCE WORKS
Nos. 02, 94 and 96 Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
Studebaker Wagons and Spring Goods,
SOLE AGENCY.
Ilaruess, Saddles, Lap Robes, Whips, etc , Carriages, Buggies, Surries and
Phaetons. These goods are the best money can buy, and I allow
no one to undersell me. It will be to your interest to call on
or write me before buying elsewhere. •
HI iHinTIP Wholesale and Retail Dealer,
• • * * * D No. 62 Peachtree &61 Broad Sts.
jY tln nt a. Georgia.
MALSBY & CO.
57 South Forsyth Street, - - ATLANTA, GA.
General Agents for
ERIE CITY IRON WORKS
Stationary. Port-
al)le Yertica
f 1 Boilers; Also
f* Automatic Cut-Of
Throttlin
■ Engines.
Also manufacturers of
4-.-r-V-lp:-' ' ’ ' Sa ' v M'Hs. and ileal-
•1— ' J ers in Grain Thresh-
f Sers, Corn Mills. Feed
■ . H Mills, Shingle Maehin-
" '■ « er -V, Cotton Gin Ma-
■ ’ ' . . ti chinery, Steam Pumps
$ - • , . ■ Solid and Inserted
Tooth Saws, Saw teeth
and Locks, Shafting,
Belting, Pullevs, Penberthy Injectors, Brass and Pipe Fittings, Eclipse, Gard
ner and Pickering Governors and Grate Bars of all sizes. We also have on
hand a stock of other makes of Engines, Boilers and Saw Mills that we will
sell very cheap. We keep on hand at ail times a full and complete line for
immediate shipment. Price and quality of goods guaranteed. Catalogue
free by mentioning this paper.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
WE WANT .
Your Poultry, Butter. Eggs, Fruits, Vege
tables, etc. We sell on commission and
make prompt returns. We get the highest
Atlanta market price for your produce. All
letters answered promptly.
TENNESSEE POULTRY & PRODUCE CO.
Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealers
30 \V. Mitchell 8t„ Atlanta, Ga.
(People’s Party Paper Building.)
The Fincher Commission Co.
POULTRY AND EGGS, PRODUCE,
Florida Vegetables and Fish a Specialty.
Returns Once a Week Promptly. If you ship
to us ami returns aro not prompt notify A.
Holcomb, People’s Party Paper.
52 N. Broad St , - Atlanta, Ga.
Marshall & Miller.
WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Produce, Poultry, Eggs. Butter, Apples, Or
anges, Lemons. Potatoes, Cabbage,
Melons, etc.
References by permission : The Atlanta Trust
Banking C<>. Consignments Solicited.
No. 1) S. Broad st. - ATLANTA, GA.
W. W. BUDLONG, Hills Grove, R. I.
Buys all kinds Raw Furs,Skins. Beeswax, Gin
seng, Live Poultry, Calves, Sheep and
all kinds Living Wild Animals.
Price-List for Furs for next 60 days:
Bear, $15.00-$28.00 Lynx. .$2;00-.$2.25
Fisher, 7.00- 10.00 Wild Cat, .50- .SO
otter, 7.00- 11.00 Marten, 3.00-9.00
Beaver. 9.00- 12.00 Skunk, .75-1.00
Silver Fox 40.00-100.00 Raccoon, black 2.00-3.50
Cross Fox 7.00- 14.00 “ common .80-1.00
Red Fox 1.50- 2.00 Mink, 1.00-2.00
<4ray Fox 1.00- 1.25 Badger 1.00-1.35
Wolf 2.00- 2.50 Muskrat .20- .25
Wolverine 4.00- 8.00 Deer Skins .75-1.10
Inferior stock prices according to quality.
Returns made day goods received on all goods.
Furs should be shipped in burlap as bales.
Send your Furs you want made into mats,
coats, robes, etc.
SEED OATS, SEED CORN,
German Millet, Cane Seed and Peas. Field
King, the best variety of field corn I know ot.
Golden Dent, and Belmont Prolific, Burt or 90
day oats. Blue oats and Brown spring or Ten
nessee Rust Proof. These are the best vari
ties for upland spring sowing.
T. 11. WILLIAMS,
5’ 2 South Broad st., Atlanta, Ga.
DIVIDEND kWlnm-r.
■ To our customers: WOULD AOU
CA RE T() IN V KSTIBIO or UP W A RDS?
Dividends payable monthly. Particulars free.
Address, Western Financial Co., 225 Dea born
Street, Chicago, 111. 341
Russell Machinery Up To Qatq»
. latest*
t The Massillon Engine and Thresher Co.,
Southern Branch House, Chattanooga. Tenn.
Write for catalogue. Send 15c for large U. S. Map
• Machinery agents wanted. Will J. Dunn, Mgr
’ In writing advertisers, please mention
Peoples Party Paper.
THE GEORGIA
LEGISLATORS.
>
’ You and your friends and all other
<jood and 1 onest people are invited t >
visit our Parlors, where you can hav<
j your den al work done artistically at
remarkably low prices. We have had
. many years experience in practice and
believe our work equal that of anv
dentist. We can make a Continuous
Gum Plate that copies nature in color
of gmn, shape of teeth, and perfect
contour, for SIOO.OO
WE MAKE ALL KINDS -
- OF PLATES.'AT LOWEST COST.
Best Set of Teeth, on Rubber
; Base, .... [sio.oo
1 A Good Set of Teeth for-- 6.00
i Partial Sets of Teeth for-- 3.00
J Gold Fillings.- ... 1.50
> Amalgam Fillings, - - 75
Cement Fillings, - - - 50
1 Gold Crowns, - - $5.00 to $7.00
Bridge work and Extracting Teeth without
Pain a Specialty.
W TEETH
I ‘ "'itholit
•I “ V
~ aEiPffWl Kk dK vr-'N. X—Ar atw
ATLANTA DENTAL PARLORS.
> No. 403 & 404 Norcross Build’g.
ATLANTA, - - GEOBGIA.
FOR &A.LE.
Branch’s Genuine Rattlesnake
Watermelon Seed.
These seed are selected with the
greatest care and under a system of
careful cultivation have been kept pure
for the past thirty years. No other
variety of seed is permitted to be planted
on the plantation. Impossible to have
PURE SEED of any variety where t.wo
or more kinds are grown on the same
farm. Alexander, of Augusta, Ga., one
of the largest seedsmen of the South,
visited my melon crop while growing
and pronounced it to be the only one he
had ever seen that did not have a Hy
brid in it. The following is taken from
the Atlanta Constitution:
“The finest watermelons ever seen
here have just been sent here by the
Hon. M. I. Branch, the watermelon
king of Columbia county. They are of
the genuine Georgia Rattlesnake vari
ety, and a more lucious fruit never grew
on the watermelon vine. They are
grpwn by Mr. Branch, who has long
since established a national reputation
for the excellence of his melons. Os
all the watermelons, the best are those
of the Rattlesnake variety. Others
have been tried in various experiments
but for standard excellence and every
year success, the Ratt!e-nake is the
king of the melon market, and those
grown by Mr. Branch are the best
specimens of the type to be found in
Georgia.”
Price, 1 ounce 10c.; 4 ounces 35c.;
pound 65c. ;1 pound 51.25; delivered in
any part of the United States. A limited
quantity of “Bob Hariss” Canteloupe
Seed, a choice variety, at SLOO per lb.
delivered. Remit by registered letter
to Berzelia, Ga., or mbney-order on
Harlem, Ga. Address,
M. I. BRANCH,
>§F34l Berzelia, Columbia Co., Ga
in writing advertisers, please mention
■ Peoples Party Paper.
Eclipse Corn Planter
Will piiim
corn, beans | It'S.’. ; f'
peas & beet I rMSaMFat
seed in h ills. F** —eta
drills and V\
checks, in 1 J / T
d i s t a nces
desired. It ~ "
is the only planter that will distribute all fer
tilizers. wet ordry, hen manure, plaster, ashes,
etc , witha certainty, in different amounts,
each side of seed. Send for circulars,
KCLIi’SE COHN PLANTER CO.
Enfield, Grafton Co, Hew Hampshire,
SEEDS! “SEEDS!
We have just received five car-loads
of fresh eastern-grown GARDEN AND
FLOWER SEEDS, also genuine east
ern-grown Seed Irish Potatoes; white,
yellow and red Onion Sets, which we
intSnd. retailing at wholesale prices.
We are also agents for KING’S IM
PROVED COTTON SEED, awarded
first prize at world’s fair over a hun
dred competitors; highest mark at
South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama,
Georgia and Mississippi experimental
stations; has been awarded first place
wherever exhibited. $1.25 per bushel.
Give it a trial. No cotton to compare
with it. Special prices to large plan
ters on garden and cotton seeds. We ’
send you a handsome catalogue, if you
will mention this paper.
Yours to please,
McMillan Seed Co.,
35 Marietta Street, ATLANTA, GA.
THE
GEORGIA RAILROAD
AT THE
Tennessee Centennial Exposition,
FROM MAY 1, TO NOV. 1, 1897.
The second largest Exposition ever
held in this country. Thousands of
bome-seekers and investers from the
West and South-west will be there.
To show up the wonderful resources
along its line, the Georgia Railroad
has decided to make an exhibit of these
resources, and asks the people of the
counties and towns along its line to
co operate with them in making the
exhibit a success by furnishing credit
able specimebs of all minerals, paints
or fire clays, Descriptions of water
powers, and photographs of all mill
sites. Exhibits of all manufacturing
industries especially jlesired.
Further arrangements will be made
and due notice given regarding exhibits
of agricultural products and fruits, in
season. For further information apply
te John H. AverilL,
Commissioner.
419 Dyer Building, Augusta, Ga,
1 SEEDS. I
ack and greatest va-
Seeds in the South,
id and quantity you k
ou special quotations.
borage. Corn, Melon, 4
•eed, and all Garden x
assorted for 50 cents
postpaid). ' i
THE HOWARD & WILLET DRUG CO £
Seed Dept., Augusta, Ga. 380
We Give it with The Western Wox*|<.
THE 44 YANKEE” WATCH,
Wtaßt Ever Offered tor SI.OO.
fl? ■' YANKEE
i-'H
Mailed to any address in the U. S., postpaid, forsl
The above cut represents the “YANKEE”
WATCH, which is guaranteed to be a reliable and
durable timekeeper. The cases are strong and neatly
finished in nickel. Each watch is put up in a sep
arate box for mailing, and will be registered for Bc.
additional. We have carried one of these watches,*
and found it to be a good timekeeper. Io increase
our list, we will mail you one. including The West
ern World, illustrated 16-page monthly—Stories,
Fashions,'Floriculture, Home Decoration, Fancy
Work, and much other interesting and useful read
ing-one year,for SI.OO. Address The Western
It Grid, 88Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 111.
AO a ... ...i, ;-< .. .5 ..rt-13 at 25
cents each, we will send above watch free.
Special Offer.
This is a good watch. Hundreds are worn
by clerks, business men, street car and rail
road employeesandall pronounce it “an Amer
ican made watch lit for any American.” It is
substantial, not fancy and not onecent Isspent
in the making except to get the best results as
a time-keeper.
■Send money or express order today and
we will semi you the People’s Party Paper
tV-I’’? 1 ’’? V a ’ • :111^,,< ‘ wa^e l l Hnd tiie Western
World one year. If the watch don’t suit—your
money back—that’s something when you know
who you are dealing with.
National Reform Paper Club No. 7.
• Mitchell St. Atlanta, Ga.
£ 01 PER
DAY %b A
gjjSia DO you want honorable, steady cinploy
ment tho year round, at good wages, at
SlUa y° ur own h°me or to travel? If so, send
sJSSIv 4c in stamps for our wholesale price-list
an ft , an( l particulars. Wo furnish best of bank
references.
j/JiU—. AMERICAN TEA CO.,
Detroit,