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THE MONROE g g ADVERTISER
GEORGE A. KIXO k CO. ]
VOL. XX.
<£iu ijloam
F )K6VT!i. TUESDAY, NOV. 2. 1-75.
<ielmul Ag<* and Sc hool Hour*.
A. pi;> -r was read before the State Board of
Health in Atlanta, last Tuesday,by Dr. Notting
ham, of tins city, in which he contended that
children should not be sent to school before the
age of eight years, and lh.it the hours of study
in n-hoots -.hould be from three to five, accor
ding to age. These views from a physician of
high culture and long experience should attract
attention —particularly of those who have been
aceustomc l to old-time sessions of ten hour.- or
more. It is true that many people are alive and
well mm who were subjected to such school ex
perience in youth, but it is doubtful whether they
would have lived through it had it been possible
to exact real bona tide xtudy from them for that
length of time. But that, in the nature of the
human constitution, was impossible, had it been
ever so honestly attempted by both teacher and
p ipil. The child's mind would have l:qsed
into a maze—a stupor incapable of connected
thought, after four or five hours of steady ap
plieatbm, and thus nature would have interpos
ed a shield of partial protection against the
evils of excessive strain.
But evidently this process of long-continued
application would be not only injurious to the
health, but to the mental habits of the student.
That is not a beneficial exercise of the mind,
which does not test its full capacities, and de
mand their highest application. An athlete
does not improve liis bodily vigor and capacity
by leisure and indolent exercise; and no
more does the young thinker and learner im
prove his mental powers by a half-hearted ap
plication of them. They must be taxed to their
bent, but not taxed too long. The child must
be practiced to earnest and engrossing study;
if the test be to protracted lie becomes incapa
ble of it, and then he learns the fault of inat
tention and divided and distracted applica
tion.
We think five hours close attention to study
and reeitatioms per day is as much as can be
safely exacted of any pupil, consistently with
b >th physical and mental welfare - And in
deed five hours close mental application is as
much as almost any man can healthfully give
to anv subject fora series ot years —Macon
Tel. ' ' *
Women and (lie Wight ot* Suffrage.
The question whether women can vote un
der the fourteenth amendment to the United
Slates constitution was some time ago unani
mously decided in the negative bv the United
States Supreme Com - ', though the opinion of
the Chief Justice lias just been published in
full. ”I'lie ease was a suit brought by Virginia
L. Minor and Francis Minor, her husband,
plaintiff's in error, vs. ltcese Happersett, in er
ror, to the Supreme Court of Missouri. The
precise issue presented in the case \va- whether
since the adoption of the fourteenth amend
ment a woman who is a citizen of the United
States and of the State of Missouri is a voter
of that State, notwithstanding the provision of
tie constitution and laws of the State which
confine the right of suffrage to men alone. The
court rules that while women are undoubtedly
citizens, as is shown by their ownership and
disposal of real property, &c., yet that suffrage
is not a necessary privilege of citizenship, hut
a right granted by the States. They further
hold that the fourteenth amendment did not
grant suffrage to any class of citizens, except
incidentally, and only forbade tlie States de
priving any class of citizens of that privilege
on specified grounds in which sex was not
enumerated. The opinion concludes as follows:
“ Certainly, if the courts can consider any
questiou settled, this is one. For nearly ninety
years the people have acted upon the idea that
tbe constitution when ii conferred citizenship
did not necessarily confer the right of suffrage.
If.uniform practice long continued can settle
the construction of so important an instrument
as the constitution of tho United States con
fessedly is, most certainly it has been done
here. Our province is to decide what the law
i-. not to declare wluit it should be.
” Being unanimously of the opinion that the
constitution of the United States does not con
fer the right of suffrage uj>on any one, and that
the constitution ard laws of the several States
which commit that important trust to men
alone are not necessarily void, w e affirm the
judgment of the court below.”
The opinion is lucid, able and conclusive,and
w ill, we trust, put an end to the everlasting
gobblement of the old duennas and antipes
about female suffrage. —Stc Xews.
How to Calculate Interest
The following rules are so simple and true,
according to all business usages, that every
banker, broker, merchant or clerk should post
them up for reference. There being no such
thing as a fraction in it, there is scarcely any
liability to error or mistake. By no other
arithmetical process can the desired informa
tion be obtained by so few figures :
Bi\ jH*r cent.—Multiply any given number of
dollars by the number of days of interest de
sired; separate the right hand figure and di
vide by six; the result is tlte true interest on
such sum ou such number of days at six per
cent.
Eight per cent. —Multiply any given amount
by tbe number of days upon which it is de
sired to ascertain the interest, of such sum for
tae time required, at eight per cent. •
Ten j>er cent.—Multiply the same as above
and divide by thirty-six, and the result will be
the interest at ten per cent.
W hat it will do—lf a mechanic or elerk
saves only 2 3 4 eeut* per day, from the time
he is twenty-one until he is three-score and ten
the aggregate w ith the interest will amount to
$2.900; and a daily saving of 27] cents reaches
the important sum of $29,000. A sixpence
saved daily will provide a fund of $7.000 —
sufficient to purchase a good farm. There are
)< w employees who cannot save daily, bv ab
staining trom tbe use of cigars, tobacco, liquor,
etc., tw ice or ten times tbe amount of the six
cent piece. Every person should provide for
old age, anti tbe man in business who can lav
by a dollar a day will eventually find himself
j.>oissessed of over SIOO,OOO.
—
What is this world? A dream within a
dream. As w e grow older, each step has an in
ward awakening. The youth awakes, as lie
thinks, from childhood—the full-grown man
despises the pursuit- of youth as visionary--
the old man looks on manhood as a ferverish
dream. Is death the last sleep ? No—it is the
last final awakening.—-S*> Waffr/* 6cpti.
Opening speeches at the Slate Fair.
[from the Macon Telegraph ]
About 11:30 a. si., tbe ciowd having assem
bled about the stand, which w as pleasantly lo
cated under the trees inside of the half-mile
track. General Colquitt. President of the As
sociation, in a few appropriate preliminary re
marks, introduced
GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON.
The gallant Senator, with his usual grace and
elegance of diction, spoke in substance as fol
lows :
Gentlemen —Our people feel highly compli
mented and gratified by your presence in their
midst, and I am equally proud to have been
chosen their organ to extend a hearty greeting
arid welcome to you in their name. We know
full well why you visit us. No idle curiosity
brings you here. \Ye are a secluded people, de
voted to agricultural pursuits far from the
busy haunts of men, yet industrious, law-abid
ing and hospitable. And right gladly do we
welcome you to this sunny section, where the
skies overhung and canopy an earthly paradise.
Ours is a goodly land and fertile, and we wish
you to know more of us. It is a great evil that
the North and South are so little acquainted.
The secret of peace and harmony between men
is for them to know each other correctly.
We bid you welcome to our State, our section,
our homes and our hearts.
To the above
SENATOR BAYARD, OF DELEW ARE,
being called upon, thus responded :
General Gordon and My Fellow Country men,
and Women of Georg at:
That I should feel at loss for language to ex
press my gratitude at tbe kind words and cor
dial welcome so gracefully extended to us, may
well he understood. As the speaker addressed
us, a running commentary in my mind con
stantly induce the inquiry, why is it necessary
to come to Georgia to learn to respect her peo
ple?
Without ever touching their hands, or look
ing into their faces, I had learned to love them,
and cherish the deepest interest and price in
your noble State. And had there been indeed
any feeling of animosity against her (which
thank God, is not the case), it must have melt
ed away under the influence of this scene.
We share your joys and sorrows. In this
broad Union such an exhibition of taste, liber
ality and beauty is not elsewhere to be found,
as that we behold on these lovely grounds.
GEN. HAWLEY
was then introduced by Gen. Colquitt, and in
substance said :
Mr. Prevalent and Friend#, Countrymen, Broth
er# :
W e cun repeat collectively what each has
been trying to say individually, that we are de
lighted with all we have seen and experienced,
and thank you most cordially.
From all that has been said, a stranger might
surmise that soing “ unpleasantness” had exist
ed between us in former times. Anl this was
true. It hail been his fate to command a brig
ade in Florida and meet our friend Colquitt
there. There were no roads, no en*renehments,
and we hau an ugly fight. Out of five thous
and men that went in with me eighteen hun
dred were killed and wounded. Yankees can
fight well and Colquitt could tell you all about
it. 1 don’t know whether we were whipped,but
that invading expedition stopped right there—
and Colquitt didn't follow or he might have
finished us. L always liked him from that
day.
They say Barney Finnegan was in command,
Dut Colquitt aud liis Georgia hoys were those
we had to deal with. I don’t know what Col
quitt thinks about it, but I have had quite
enough of such works. Now, however, we are
under the same flag again, and have our com
mon country; and if matters are not exactly as
they should be, why let us make them so. Let
us establish justice and fraternity. The North
won the light; but the victory will never be
complete until we have won your hearts.
Come, then, to Philidelphia. What if the past
fifteen years were blotted out ? We have eighty
five years still left to talk over, and it is high
time that all estrangement should cease.
These sentiments were received with tre
mendous applause, and the speaker sat down
amid prolonged cheering.
JUDGE KELI.Y
was then called to the stand and proceeded to
address the crowd.
He was not a soldier like Gen. Hawley, but
a civilian from the Key Stone State. And in
the name of that sister commonwealth, would
renew the invitation of the General to come to
your celebration under the shadow' of Indepen
dence Hall. Georgia had borne her full share
in that struggle far freedom.
Come and learn how utter is the oblivion the
people of the North have bestowed upon all
that is painful. We sprinkle flowers as you
do upon the graves of our heroic dead, and
thank God as you do that the land has given
birth to a race of men who were ready and
eager to die for their country. 1 only wish I
could depict my feelings. This is my third
visit to your noble State. In 1807 I saw At
lanta in iter desolation. The scars of the war
were visible on every side. Your houses and
farms were desolated, your fields laid waste
and the stock destroyed, and my heart w ent
out in sympathy to Georgia and the stricken
South.
If fills me with joy to-day to see how those
wounds have cicatrised and heale l, and to note
your growing wealth and prosperity.
The Gratitude of ail Eiepliiuit
A letter from India to a London paper tells
a strange story about an elephant tiiat bad a
disease in his eyes. For three days he had
been completely blind. Hi- owner, an engin
eer officer, asked the doctor if lie could do any
thing to relieve the poor animal. The doctor
said he would try the nitrate of silver, which
was a remedy commonly applied to a -inwlar
disease in the human eye. The large animal
was ordered to he down, and at fir-t, ou the ap
plication of the remedy, raised a most extraor
dinary roar, at the acute pain which it oeea
-ionetl. The effect, however, was wonderful.
The eye was in a manner re-tored, and the an
imal could partially see. The next day w hen
he was brought and heard the d*K tor's voice he
laydown of himself, placed his enormous head
on one side, curled up his trunk, drew his
breatli just like a man at tout to endure an ope
ration, gave a -igh of relief when it was over,
and then by trunk and gesture evidently w ish
ed to express bisgratinude.
Any number cf figures you mav wish to
multiply by 5 will give the' same result if di
vided hv 2— a much quicker operation; but
you must remember to annex a cipher to tbe
answer whenever there is no remainder, and
and when there Ls a remainder, whatever it
nmy be, annex a 5 to th answer-
FORSYTH. GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER -l, 1575
Only a Baby
Only* a baby that's slumbering there,
With a smile on its peaceful features;
Only a baby with face fair,
Yet the dearest of ait God's creatures.
Only a baby ! How the careless wort Is sound
lathe loving mother- ears,
To w hom there’s nought in the world around
So deserving her smiles or so worthv her
tears.
Only a baby—whose innocent ways
Win all hearts to cherish and love it;
An object to humor and pet and praise ;
A being as fair as tbe heavens above it;
Too young to know either pleasure or sor
row,
To be cheered by bright hopes, or discour
aged by fears;
Having no thought of the cares of to-morrow
Ur the thorny pathway of future years.
Only a baby—wdtli hands so small
That its fingers clutch nothing but space;
Grasping at everything, missing them all,
With a smile on its innocent face.
Innocent now ; how long will it be
Ere life and its endless vexations
Will cloud the brow from care so free.
And ruar the fairest of God’s creations ?
Only a baby—so helpless and weak,
And yet so strong in its helplessness;
The baby eyes will such eloquence speak,
Commending each tender and loving caress.
Only a baby ? ’Tis a tyrant as well
As tbe monarch who sits on the throne —
That innocent smile hath a subtle spell,
Those tiny hands have a power of their
own.
Only a baby to love and caress?
'lisa, subject just dropped from angels’
arms—
A spirit immortal just bearing impress
Of the power which endowed it with in
nocent charms.
A new-born mortal in form divine,
A soul from the unknown realms above,
A beautiful spirit before whose siiriue
We bow aud acknow ledge the power of
love.
Only a baby in life's happy spring,
Tiny and frail as a delicate flower;
But the coming years of the future may
bring
Knowledge and greatness, strength and
power.
The tongue now silent soon will speak;
Those eyes will flash with intelligent light;
The baby hands so sma'l and weak
Soon will be toiling from morn till night.
When the world is in darkness the fresh fall
ing dew
Gives life to the flowers that are dying;
After the storm there appears to our view
The bright face of the sun, the heavy
clouds flying
Before it. So with the storms of life it may
be
Tbe clouds are dispersed by tbe smiles of
a baby.
Happy Homes.
M ealtb is not essential in making our homes
lovely. It is true, riches can provide many
things which are beyond the reach of the poor;
their homes can be made stately and grand ;
but money cannot purchase loving hearts and
happy faces, and pleasant homes. If you have
but one room make tb.it a bower,of neatness
and order. A few books on the table, a picture
on the wall, a flower in the window. These
with a glimpse of sunshine, a bright face and
cheerful smile make a picture which make the
most discontented exclaim, “ There i- no place
like home! ’
Wives and mothers make votir homos a
place of beauty, a haven of peace and rest to
the husband returning weary, and probably
disheartened from liis day’s labor. Let no
complaint of your own cares reach his ears ;
offei him bright smiles, gentle words and lov
ing Acts. Let him associate everything that is
pure and good with your name; forge round
him such a chain of love a- will draw him from
every other influence, to home and you. And
your children—give them ail the innocent
amusement you can. Let them think 1 heir hap
piest moments are spent under the roof tree.
Teach them to confide in you. Tints will you
be able to guide them over the shoals of temp
tations into the clear stream of an upright life,
down which, alter vour care is withdrawn,they
may glide safely into the Golden Gate.
Husbands and fathers, do not let your pres
ence cast a gloom over the household; do not
come with frowns or words of reproof; make
your little ones love you; teach them to dread
your absence and long for your return. When
their glad voices ring out in tones of welcome
do not hush them nor their joyous laughter,the
overflowing of happy hearts, but give them
also kind and merry greeting. Enter their
sports, live over your childhood days with
them. It is not beneath your dignity to give
them happiness, and remembering how cold
ness chilled your own youth, give them plenty
of warm sympathy And through all guard
and keep them from evii, for it is while young
the seed is sown which in time brings forth
good or bad fruit.
Let all the family do their part toward mak
ing home happy. Then, as the years rdU by,
out of their heart each may say, “My home to
me is the most beautiful on earth.’’
Kef.r the Stock jn Condition.-— Farmers
should take advantage of the late Fall months
after the swarms of flies have ceased to inflict
the stock, to get all ibe animals not in good,
thrifty condition, into -ueh a condition before
the severe weather of winter sets in. Animals
put in fair flesh before cold weather comes,
will go through tbe winter much better, and
with less expense to the owner, than stock
starting through in a poor condition.
Provide extra food if necessary, so that an
abundant supply can be fed regularly, while
it will do the most good. In tills wav a - store
of carbon is provided for winter u-r, and mav,
with good care and comfortable quarters, be
maintained in fair condition without much
trouble.. Stock in this way may be put upon
grass next spring, worth twice as much as if
neglected during the change from green to
dry food, which must soon takeplac#. Unless
great care is taken, stock suffer more and de
preciate more tapidly in value during the early
winter aiui spring months, than anv other
time- Precautions should Ik* exercised to
avoid the great lo*ss which occur at these
times. The change should be made bv degrees.
W hen the grass becomes scarce and killed In
the frosts, the dry f<>od should fir-t be supplied
in small quantities, and the amount increased
as the case may require. Keep the -lock grow
ing, otherwise tin* results will not be satisfac
tory* The neglect in this explains one cause
of so much poor stock being sent to our mar
kets.
Says tbe LaGrange Reporter:
Among tbe rules adopted for th*- govern
ment of the pupils of rile LaGraug. Female
College Ls the following : “No such a relation
as cousin is recognized in the institution.” All
the boys who have “ hankered” after a female
college, will see the significance f this rule.
“In G-od we Trust.”
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Attentib 11 Plaiiters!
i have purchased the large
FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE
m Us „' t hc h "" ninfof
25 Cents Per Bale.
lam well prepared to store cotton, or -ell to tbe best advantage. I wive rav friends *,
cordial invitation to come and see me. 1,1
JEFF. DUMAS.
EMPIRE WAREHOUSE.
The undersigned Directors or Committee, having assumed the management and control
of the former interest of X\ L. Lumpkin in this well known Warehouse and bavin-' asso
ciated with us Hon R P TRIPPE, would inform the Planters and Public ‘-enerallv of Mon
roe and adjoining counties, that we will be fully prepared on anil al'tor M |>l Ist to
Weigh and Store Cotton,
And conduct a General
WAREHOUSE BUSINESS,
on our part .-.hall be spared to extend any facilities and accommodations in out power* and bv
HcVatronau-e* 88 close uUeimon to business, we hope to receive a liberal share of the pub-
W. T. MAYNARD, E. H. WALKER,
PETEK McMICKLE, JNO A. DANIELLY
E. M. MOORE, \Y. J.' DUMAS
TITOS. G. SCOTT.
ATTENTION Planters of MONROE! !
LAWTON & WILLINGHAM,
H.Ui.iioijt Mli IMIIIISSIO,\ lliiiilll.Uffc.
FOURTH STREET, MACON, GA.
Tender their services to the planters of Monroe and adjoining counties in the handling ol
Cotton for the coming season. \\ e have assisted our planting friends in the past, and expect
to continue to do so. Our charges are as low as other leading warehouses of the city wh
have made advances. Bring ns your cotton and xve will do our best to please vou.
LAWrOf? Sc WILLINGHAM.
sepT-otn *
W.~A . HUF F,
WHOLESALE
PRODUCE MERCHANT.
\iacon, c; a.
IIA COX, (OR " ,
FLOIK, SIK4K,
114 V, *MTN,
TIKN,
St CM 11, COFI'IiG
feilßl'l*, MiABII,
N A AT, KICK,
Tobacco, Lime, Etc., Etc.
■i*. nr i ny of the above articles esc tie bought ou one to (our m -nths’ time by talib g on
W. A. HUFF.
sutrtO 2tu
SOLOMON & MOUNT
IIAVK YfADh AN
ISWENSE REDUCTION
IN TEE PRICE OF EVERYTHING IN THE
DRY GOODS LINE.
M L are* selling ILv Good?, Clothing, Boots, Shoe-, and (Groceries at ju ices far below am
ever offered in this, market
Best Calico at ti and 8 ets per yard. Shirting at 7 els per yard.
Shirting yard wide. 8 l-*> cts Osuaburgg, lb ei *
Columbus Cheeks. HI ets 1000 pr Lad ic- Sins— at r-[ 00 a 1 50
lotto prs good Ladies 1 loth Shoes $125 and $2 no 1000 pt - Brogan Shoes $1 25 to $1 75
dot * or- Ditching Boots $2 00 to 5o 200 pr- fine Calf skin Boot- .<2 u, $3 5o
100 suit- --I clothing $5 00 to slo oo .>o line ( a->inu re -nil- 812 ( >o m yiy ih>
Alia Other Cvoo<l>? in l - *roportion.
We h ive tttn stores. • -T-e in the Morse building next to the Pve Hotel block: and aUi-tlirr in
the Head building, formerly occupied by L. Wolfe, have hi Unh
a mMmmwm
Ot every usually kept in u
First Class Dry Goods Store.
Together with * large and choice „t„, s, of
Family Groceries & Plantation Supplies.
All <>f which are offered at the very lowest prices. If u,u txandm rtifr. i'-jni will \
lioimd to trade. \\ e buy our goods in large quanuies and get the bottom -t .*7 in New
York city. None buy to better advantage than ouiseh <*-, and in con-equei,c< \>i large salt -
we sell at small margins in me wav bf profit-.
BE SXTB.E -AliN'E CALL TO SEE LJS.
MiLunux A MOU NT
NEW a DVEUTISEMENTS.
Sometliing- New
Wiley L, Smith,
A NNOUNefiS To MIS KRIKNus THAT HK IS (IPKNIXH A NKW l:fs\Kss is
SMITH’S BUI LDING i
sm i<6t t 0.% t.* ' 1 --’l* r.,, . 1..1 ■> i> t n ii *.. >. ~ .
WITH A FI LL STOCK OF
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
Wood Willow and Tin Ware.
SADDLES, BRIOIES. HARNESS. FARMING IMPLEMENTS. ETC, ETC..
For Cash Only.
' .
I !>i>> iu> n.M rt, o l|. id Ktu .Vlt-rulued lo o-,l tl..m |„* M u ,l &
,bar *‘ otuir p-.fr ma*-. I •-* tud a cordial In vital Imi to all uU-ii.i, i„ tai | „ lt j vhuiim- h.hhl,.
Major Li. O. PROCTOK U with hi*- >,t will *!.! r„ hi*. M fil*nd* an.l luaimucri
„,.T 3 ,nn, W b-SMITI I.
Groceries, Provisions.
500 Bushels of EAR CORN, for Sale
Cheap, to arrive, Call and
Leave Your Orders.
I6,0u() LSS * tL ° l K - CO<)K ' V CHKKK 8 CHOICE. KKXNKSaW a.H M.UtIJLI'TA
]() ()()() LMi * “At ON suil BULK MK.VIX
CUBA MOLASSES. SI C, \i!
COFFEE, BAGGING
TIES. salt,
lard •*■>"“*•••<.* .“k-si<•*., 'it)i>vcco
FRESH CORN .MiL.L,
isiid all other Goode* Usually kept in a
FIRST CLASS GROCERY STORE.
At 1, Kott SALK LT bdfiCU PlUt'liKS Kslc (ASH. MAC ()\ Itli.LS IfUl'LlC . if;ii
FYE.
\\. A. Banks A Sons.
INDISTINCT PRINT
FORSYTH, CA„
Oftt-r ihtt larirtM and most di sirahlt Stock of
Dry Goods, Domestics,
White Goods, JecOis,
Laces, Notions, Hosiery,
Boots, Shoes, Etc,
•if shy hoiH l in tli- ]iiav. '•jii i ial atl'-iitiuii ii- .liril to our
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT,
Lomprisiiii a full and ujil. titnii nt i.f
FAIL AMO WIMTKB SUITS,
T
EXCEEDINGLY LOW PLICKA
oris
i>iiless (;tH>i>s Di;iwiinii;.\T
Is Vrs'V Ixlz* am! >*lll lit- sidt.l
As Cheaj) us the Cheapest.
it( iitriiibef ibeie Lmn %VPiiri'liitiii ; l our mi jt|>lie*.
'if. A. s&m& & £OHS
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