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p3nsaG52zij j!sanscisKzc.J --- A ' r 2 j k XXXIII OST!COST! 0 FOOLING! BUT FACTS! From October the 1st to January the 1st * will sell cycmWttg4tt AT SSEIGTLY FIRST COS T I will have no favorites either in customers or the line of Goods Kemcmbor I hat everybody can buy anything 1 have got at TliKSE i’KICKS My reason for doing this is not that I am going to hre.in or <jiiit business, nut with the new year I am going to take a partner into my business, mid it is our desire to run the stock down as low as possible. 'Phis is no old Cost Chestnut, but 1 moan absolutely what J say; and if requested will show original invoice on any article from a paper of Pius lo a fine Press or suit of Clothes. It is needless for me to particularize for my customers and friends nil know that I keep the fS KW K. 8 T, ClIOICEST and KKST SKLKCTF.l) STOCK in (his section. The most desir¬ able goods will of course he picked up by the first purchasers. So call early. In selling goods at those cut prices CASH will lie demanded for everything. JSo goods will he charged to any one. 1 shall also insist on prompt settlement from those who owe me. Yours truly, DGrAR L. ROGERS, -'Messrs. BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA. Kl’STACK < KCDKii and JAMBS M. JOHNSTON, arc with me, and extend a cordial invitation to all their friends to call end see them. ■ »!" "" ? AYCOCK Manufacturing Company, M A Nil FACT IT 11 KltS OK--- DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, Mantels,-Moldings, Balusters, Newels, - INDOW AND DOORS RAMES. DEALERS IN BER, SHINGLES, LATHS AND BRICK. -ALSO, CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.— Aietorv m operation mid will be glad t<> see all wanting Building \Ye f.-el confident wa can please both in price and quality of i|||'iMfe^y .) ur purchases ami get prices. Factory L Opposite Gotten Factory. OFFICE PLANTERS XREHUUSE, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. N T . R.—i>nr Blinds are wh-e.l with I’atent Clincher Machines, and will not break louse, thus preventing the unsightly appearance that mud others do. R. L. SWATTS --THE LOWEST PRICE FURNITURE! Dealer in Middle Georgia! stock is large and complete, including Side Board S Book Cases, Marble and Wood top Tables, Single and Double Wardrobes, Office, Library, and Dining Chairs. Dining Tables, Bed Spring Mattresses, Childrens,Bods, Cradles, <kc. 1 have a large to> k of WINDOW SHADES, CORNICE POLES, Iffl Paintings and Pictures, Plush Bronze and Gilt Frame, Wall Pockets, Ha Racks, Basics Ac. Picture Framing a Speeialv. I will call your attention to the NEW lit IMF SEWING MaCIININE, which I am now selling for ip’n.Od. Call to see me and get my prices. R. L. SWATTS. ILirnesville, Ga. FURNITURE! FURNITURE! X % We a 1 vise all of t e wanting Furniture of any kind to go to JOHN NEAL & CO. 5 Nos. 7 and 9 South Broad Streets, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. As they keep a Full Line, which the\ are Fling at LOWER PRICES than can be had elsewhere Set = from ete. D n't forget ouraddress. T*§”■«-j *| 1 | f j| jj -J J | y-v • j | .A-U fj, KD "I 3 I § 1 * TJ (TVS T 5 ».v. ^ ^ Aoki. i. ^ !Lv£-A21:TTT3rECT:ZI^S-£u23-:D _ IfcT v;, rlukbl".‘'slo-.V.FU ...... , . . . , J>rai ......... ScKcr »“ J “ l > e ’ Sani - Ui\ Hrv i luiuiKis, ouani and Gm, i uteis. THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT Of Cooking ami Heating Stoves. Range Coal Hod s, Tin Sets, Granite, Iron and Enameled Ware, Brass Fire Sols. Andirons, Coal Vases, Fenders, and in fact all kinds of Hou-wfuniiHiing Goods in the Slate. ^^llain, Enameled aud Nickle Trimmed Grates. ililarbleized Iron and Hardwood Mantles, .. U'YAd HEARTHS AND TILE FACINGS A SPECIALTY. Water Closet a, l finals, Hydrants, Bath Tubs. Pumps, Hydraulic Rams Hose, Steam < ocWs, N alves, Gas fixtures, Wooden Ware, Feather Dusters JBrastlos, Sue.I &c. AGENTS FOR KNOWLES STEAM PUMPS, Hancocks Inspirators, Dunning’* Boilers, Climax Gas Machine, Otto Gas Engines. Wrought Iron Pipe for .Steam, W ater and ( Write for Prices. ATLANTA, r-TTrttsr-TA GEORGIA. Ml K jr ■ A rm 4 viJ , #3 mi* A & FORSYTH. M OX ROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY S, ’889” Drift of Krpuiilicnn Scutiaieut. Macon Telegraph. Col. A. K. McCIur®, editor of the Philadelphia Times and a moderate protectionist, furnishes what may he a clue to the republican inconsistency. We do not know that it can be de¬ pended upon, for Col. McClure is al¬ most as much of a politician as a newspaper man, hut At Ts interesting and worth reproduction: There [ga'strong drift of republican nentfraent here in favor of pretty rudi cal tariff reforr^t It has been exhib¬ ited by such Western leaders as Sen¬ ators Allison and Plum, in the fitful skirmishes on the subject in that body; but those senators have not given full expression to the deep seated and wide-spread conviction among republicans that tariffandtax reduction, even below the standard of the Mills bill, is a supreme neces¬ sity. Indeed, nearly half the repub¬ lican senators are at heart in favor of severe tariff reductions to the standard of protection to the wages of labor, and an honest vote recording the actual convictions of ail the sena¬ tors, would give a large majority in favor of the entire list of free “raw materials as placed in the AT ills bill, including wool, and adding coal and iron ore. They believe that such an advanced position on jdfii reform is a necessity to enable republicans to appeal successfully to the country in 1802, and there is a little reason to doubt that the republican tariff alti¬ tude in the next national battle will be quite abreast with, if not in ad¬ vance of, the Mills bill in tariff tax reduction. It will be done by pro¬ tectionists in the interest of protec¬ tion to labor alike by reducing tariff duties and by cheapened raw materi¬ als and the necessaries of life. The more sagacious of the leaders do not pretend to claim their victory as an approval of the present oppressive tariff faxes. They claim it as a defeat of free trade southern theorists in their effort to define the protective policy of the nation, and they accept prompt and radical tariff revision as indispensable to continued party su premacy. If Col. McClure wrote from obser¬ vation and not from the dictation of hope only, there is much more leaven of the right sort in llie r Xiblican lump of dough than we had thought. We hope he is right, even though Plumb and Allison, whom he men¬ tions as among the reformers, voted solidly with the rest of their party for the laying of new taxes infamous in their injustice—the tax of 108 per cent, for instance, on cotton ties, when none ars.made in the United States and every dollar >aised ’by be paid by the people south of the Ohio river. If Col. McClure is right, however, in spite of evidence to the contrary, and the republicans are disposed to steal the democratic thunder for use in the next campaign, then let them steal. It is more important that the country should have an intelligent reform of the tariff than that either party should have the credit of doing the good work. If the republicans are going to do it, then the sooner the better, and we are in favor of an extra session. How Can Parents allow their children to cough and strain and cough and calmly say, “Oh ! it is oniy a little cold,” and keep giving them (‘heapami danger ous mcdicii.es. until thex* arc down with lung fever or consumption when they can he so easiiy relieved bv BKGGS’ CHERRY COUGH SYRUP? It has no superior and few equal S. B. D. Smith, Druggist. ♦ t* HARRISON’S GUARD. The Seventieth Indiana Regiment Make Arrangements. In’Uanapolis, December 31.—The presidential escort, comprising one hundred or more members of the Seventeenth Indiana regiment have completed arrangements for their trip to Washington. They will not accompany General Harrison to Washington, as he will leave Indi anapolis about ten days pryor to March 4. The escort will leave by special train at 2 p. m. Friday March p i’idving at Washington about 2 o'clock Saturday. March 2. This escort wiii meet the president elect nl the door of the Willard's hotel and remain immediately about him from that moment until he returns from the inaugural. Tiiev will constitute » jii’O,i ic,itin 1 s».r,;of honor. The Columbia dub of this city, 300 strong, with handsome civilian uni forms, will accompany the veterans Oil their trip to Washington. Judge C. \Y. Fairbanks, chairman ol the Indiana inaugural committee, returned from Washington to-dav, having made satisfactory arrange ments for accommodations. s»yrup of figs is Nature’s own true laxative. It is lnc mo>t easily taken, and the most cficctive remedy known to Cleanse the System when Bilious or Costive; to dispel Headaches, Colds, and Fov ers: to Cure Habitual Constipation, Indigestion, Piles, etc. Manufaetur ed only by the California Fig Syrup Company* Can* ' San Frauscisco, S Vlh IN l ' il by Al0Iauaer * Son - For - , - __ ..... GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. 4 I 5 K 4 Ri,F.*iTATisTirssii(nr l.\G KEeEM FfiOCBCS^. — — V M l aciitH s-.uirt Acroi(fe o» • •: stsuiKi. Atlanta s industrial ... journal , ,,k- -I ix , ; om ! i,( - ( “ cn l< ! lCiti ‘ . ! 5 calculations gross of the south The are based upon the cenaoupiMi 1880 and the official and 1888, furnished by the gem* ors of the states of Virginia, Koitb and South Carolina, Georgia Flori da. Alabama. Arkansas, and Texas. The assessed valuations of rea! estate and personal property arc taken as the basis for comparisons, Of the eight states Texas shows the greatest increase in values sin?e 1830 ; the gain foots up the immense sum of 3354,035,485. Alabama comes second with a net gain of 502,038,205—really mere . tan tM, when ,t is remembered that ho piosont late is fi)o mills, and the . ratoon a> m 18U lound uas (igmes *ix and -. a 100 half 01 ,._, mi 1 ffi ^ 0 , gain for Ala mma. Georgia is U* isrskss: '• an ilK!ea ® omV'oi c ° ’l^U* sa close behind her is Arkansas with a gain of 861.850,300. Florida shows a gain of 855,327,353. North Oaro Iina’s gam Miows up 854,800,798. South Carolina comes in at the lull end, of the exhibit with a cmin of 89,- 420 029. The cross cain in the eight states in eight years i's £ 794 , 914,992. if Alabama is given the benefit of what she really is entitled to, the sum may he fixeu £800, 000,000 in even numbers. One of the objections often urged against the south as a place of Rehoiij resi¬ dence, is the alleged lack of facilities. Many an immigrant has been deterred from locating in l)ix ieland because he feared his chib dren would be uimblo to secure good, educations. Georgia shows crease of 1,857 schools since 188 *, xv 1 1 i 1 e South Carolina shows a gab: of G83—and some of these are es;.- # - ciaily fine schools, as at Green vill«. Piedmont, Greenwood, and Laurens. Florida has 969 \a Arkansas C ° S ffi 'rile show will; 2.29Y is close behind' with 2,264. North Carolina has 1.607 increase, -"a dd these eight states together aftd w t c have a total of 14,861 increase- the total number of schools in these states is 50,289, Maintained at an annual expense- ( ,f S9,702 261, amount that Wmild, annually, more A ba l i. H4ptrd{Vt the entire, state debt . °f Georgia, or North Carolina, or South Carolina and Florida combin¬ ed—a sum as large as the entire state debt of Alabama. Another point to consider is the increased acreage in farms in these states—showing the tlie influx of home seekers as well as general pros¬ perity of the farming industry, for an increased acreage means but two things—new settlers, or an addition of cleared land to land already under cultivation by its owner. Georgia had, in 1880, 8,204,726 acres in improved lands; it now has 9,434,428, an increase of 1,239.700 acres. South Carolina, in 1880, had 4,132,050 acres in improved farm land ; now she has 4,958,460, an in crease of 856.410 acres—and the pal¬ metto state is not very large, be it remembered. Florida had only 947,640 acres of improved land in 1880, now she has at the lowest esti¬ mate. 1,326,696 acres, or an increase of about forty per cent. Alabama boasted of 6,375,706 acres under eul tivation in 18S0, and she has in creased it about ten per cent, or 637.570 acres, making her present total 7,013,276. Texas had 12.650,- 314 acres improved in 1SS0, and she now has 16,445,408, an increase of 3,795,094—and of this amount it is safe to say that four-fifths has been taken by immigrants from Europe or from other states. Arkansas lias nearly doubled her acres of improv ed land, In 1880 she had 3,595,603 ; she has added 2,775.986. “Ole Vir ginny” had precisely 8,510,113 acres under cultivation iq 1880; she has added 851,011 since making the total December 15th, 1888, 9.361,124. North Carolina has made rapid strides, agriculturally speaking, ow ing to the endeavors dt the railroads to induce immigration. The acre age in 1880, improved lands, was 6 ,- 491,191: there has been an increase of about twelve per cent., or 777,742 acres, giving a total of 7.258,932. Add the increase in these eight ; states, and the result is 11,273,577 acres—an amount greater than acreage in improved farms in the entire state ol Georgia. Think Dr a moment what this means. Imag ine. in your mind's eye. a state tweu ty per cent larger than Georgia made upoutirely of new farms that have been cleared and settled since 1880. An equally imjiortant point is the decrease in the stale debts. Georgia shows a falling off of SI0.929.503. since 18S<»; South Carolina a de crease of 86.966.434; Florida a de crease of 887.760: Alabama a de crease of 85.514,245 ; Texas a de crease of $7,377.193; Arkansas a de crease ot 3,026.769; Virginia a de crease of 813.760,498, and North Carolina a decrease of §1,S10,105. The total decrease of debt in these sUltcs «. tl.orcforo. 840,472, ->lb. ADY oo o the haste to bk rich. How It breccfs Defalcations and De f * moralizes bocietv Generally. - 4 JouniH! i ^ few years •' ,r o n young man con netted with an institution became a ; defaulter, lie was a gentleman by , birth aml breeding, though not weal He was a man of correct habits, H ° ha< ! n .° ** tr *£agant ^ste, and he *'* S " h *\'**y be te rnled a mailI -V ' Vhen asked , , why he was * empted , to P rove false to hi9 ‘rosts he hesitated to make reply, but finally be confessed that his desire to make a ■«*» sum of money in a short time w > 9 the actuating motive which caused him to be dishonest. He stated that the idea of taking money without intending to replace it never for a moment entered his head. He wanted wealth—he stole, and lie wrecked his life. That the haste to become wealthy 1. the primary cause ofuiue-tenths of the defalcations, suspensions and misery which befall those who yield to this temptation is no doubt true, If there could be a list made of the men in Boston who have risen to ra Pid wealth by fortunate speculation -!"r 1 1 be a e PP ™ arent m ; th{lt irrr the ame ™ e » who *> ave thus doat ed 011 the top ^ a ': eb 3 n 1 happ J lnt , liavo ahll09t in * var,ably . passed to obscurity and conip arat.ve poverty, even more T'mkiy than they rose. With very ^w exceptions the kings of Stf te street seldom hold what they sudden ^■*?«»«• Here and there may be found a mb., who has known when his bread was well buttered and lias been content to leave off, but the feverish anxiety which accompanies this hot pursuit of wealth is very apt 1 ° unsettle a man’s mind, and the qualifications which lie possessed in ‘ !l fortunate venture appear to desert him. “I should have no doubt been well enough off,” said a middle-aged gentleman only a few weeks since, if I had not made a fortunate out .side speculation when I was a young I was doing very well in my business, making a good living and laying a iitUe aside each year, I saw ^ “peculutl ' n,y My legitimate business ap peared tame ’ aud 1 ^gined that I bad £ en * UH ^ or speculation. I firmly be,,eved thafc an .Vthing I touched wot, ld turn to gold. I found in less than a year that I was worse off than nothing, and my speculative fancies were so fixed that my partner dis¬ solved the concern—and, well, you know the rest.” If, as it is claimed, happiness is one object of living, is it certain that large wealth means unalloyed felicity? The possession of wealth is a good thing. No one but a fool derides those who seek to make money legiti- i mately, but wealth, when suddenly obtained, rarely brings contentment, Men must be educated to the enjoy ment of wealth; they cannot acquire tlie art of even spending judiciously in a moment, or even the knowledge how to use wealth to their own advantage. Men who acquire a fortune by slow degrees ripen into a knowledge of its proper use. Rapid¬ ly acquired fortunes bring with them aspirations which are never satisfied. The world is apt to protest the de¬ mands of such men. You may take the blue book of any city of even a few years ago and there will be the names of scores of men who floated to the surface upon gilded shingles who have passed away, and their brief careers of prosperity, which man 3 ’, no doubt, envied, have term¬ inated, perhaps, in dishonor, but more frequently in poverty,the result of having obtained in a year that which if it had come by degrees would have been kept, for then they would have attached a proper value to their wealth. Timely Thoughts. The season has, up to tlie past week, been remarkable for its mildness. In the month of October and November, this year, there were many clays as warm as the average day in the of June. People who do not keep a daily account of the weather forget, and when a very cold spell comes they complain, and say never did see such cold weather. But it is time for cold weather, and ground that has been well plowed receives a srood manuring 'it from everv f„. eZ e that come, upon before it 1 . sown down . cnnTmroino R min, Q rA. * } . U . 3 f ". he * L'„ as " llU sal,6ne a that v mi the cna-ge of . the seasona we wuI have to ® ar< J steI “of fanning, as prevailed twenty vears a -°- Xow we have SU!amf>r HR December, and winter Jure. Oats planted in the l’all are killed out by freezes in the spring so called.) Therefore, I think it to plant small grain after the January, and trust to the 1 April rains and May sunshine to push it on and mature it.” We think the views of our farmer friend correct. No one who notices closely the weather, month to month, ■ can have failed to see the great chan ges that have taken place in the J fSS . freasonaof thy year. — Ex. Our Girls Abroad. Miss Gilder chats in the Critic of the indefatigable American girl: It is wonderful what ono can do when buoyed up by enthusiasm ; how hard one can work when working in the line of his sympathies. For example : 1 have just heard of two young American women who are ‘studying art comfortable in Paris They were a income at ',° me bat b °“ me diasalihed with »ho quality of their art work. I hey ^ too they needed a now ami packed mtn ® a ; t,stl< f atmosphere; so they their bags and took thestcam * r or All the money they uu \\ as in u u poi, vets, an , as t ie\ an t 1 °G an ^. n cas a . , . UW K ')' e ' v Cutl 011 0 v ( ‘ so " - . J e m0s 1 *TUi et0 " 0, ‘ 1 ' * “ ct * t Ay -l ° !om 1,1 ,e ,c | ,t 0 .pints tells how they lodge ,n . cheap TlJiAmH^ dinner ei fy and as as 5 o'clock, so that they may beat no expense for luncheon, At 8 o’clock they go to bed to save lights and fuck Wherever they go they walk and they have not yet been inside of a theater; but they take a lL penny of sw the ‘ free T show, y ■ n as kw they ?, call "s tb ° m \ these included the picture ^ (1 | !l ° chin cues, the-pulnic gar <iens, the boulevard and the bow-all I ™ m short; and they arc happy, aftu a 3 \‘ u 9 stu | l > ( lind 1 hear they making gratifying progress in 1 ly, r art) they will come home with j 1 ' 1 ^Pm-muee that no money could u>ai icl ‘ 1 ‘ - ♦<»♦ The Riches of the South. New York Star. “The south is the richest undevel¬ oped part of this continent. Its re¬ sources have always been underesti¬ mated. The energies of its people have been too long misdirected to¬ ward agriculture almost exclusively. Rich in coal and iron deposits, its mines are few, its furnaces scarce. Its forests are as rich in valuable woods as its fields in various staples Yet manufactures there have n#^er flourished as in the North ajtfiirvVest. solely be,cause enterpri^was direct¬ ed in another Oi^se. Northern eapitulist.s ufa<*uinrf^i-Rulei* m-ofe« -f,,''Citium.)t thaii^uigric^ltur- in man al enterprises. The Mikcli nppo. therefore, is that the fntfire develop¬ ment of the southern states will be largely in manufactures. That means a large addition of skilled laborers to her population. These laborers will naturally come very largely from the northern states; and there will follow, as a matter of course, a closin’ affiliation of south¬ ern and northern men than has ever existed before. A better knowledge of each other will follow this associ at ion. Prejudices that have existed for years to divide them will disap¬ pear. A community of interests will tend to closer union, and seclional j sm vvill cease to distract and retard the south. The great fortunes to be made in t.he next quarter of a century will be found in the south. Her rail ed by the industrial developments already foreshadowed.” Entirely Fiee from Tarnt. Knoxville, Tenn., July 2, 1888. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.: Gentlemen.—In 1384 I contracted blood poison. It was in its most loathsome form. Sores and ulcers came upon me until mj entire body was absolutely covered. J put my¬ self under the treatment of the best physicians in the city, but no good came of it, 1 could not sleep or rest da}* or night so intense my suffer¬ ings. At last I began taking S. S. S. 4'he improvmcnt was slow at first, but after a while the disease yielded, and in a short time the sores com nienced healing, the ulcers ceased running, and in a few months my body was free from taint. I contin ne ,j the medicine, and to-day am free from taint. My body, however is a living monument to the intensity of tny sufferings and the curasive pow¬ ers of Swift Specific. The scars re main. Pat. J. O’Connor, 123 Depot Street. Absolutely Well. Chattanooga, J knn., June 28, 1888. ^ he Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.: Gentlemen.—Last year while living - da, -‘ on ^ contracted blood poison, and placed myself under the care of a ftne P h 5'*i c i an - Re gave me the “*>“ 1 com ' se " f P® 1 ** an d for two months, but, this . was too slow a process, and 1 was induced to try Swift’s Specific. When I began taking the medicine phnples and pores were appearing all over me. The S. S. S. however, quickly check ec j these, and in a few weeks my skin was perfectly smooth and with ou t a scar. \\ ben six bottles were consumed I felt that i was absolute ly well. 1 know that S. S. S. did the work. 1 have been with Messrs, S. Waxlebaum <fc Co., of Macon, for five years, but am now in Cliatta nooga. You may address me. Chas. \\ . Holmes, 1071 Walnut street Macon Ga., or Brunswick Hotel, Chattanooga ienn. Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis¬ eases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.. NUMBER 52 ROYAL ?£wot8 1 A'..' lli A i m mm bb Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the mul¬ titude of low tost, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in can.*. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall street. New York. I.inc of Sleepers. In addition to the through sleep¬ ers over the Central road from Sa¬ vannah to Birmingham via Macon, a line of sleepers will soon be run by the Central of Georgia and the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf be¬ tween Florida and Kansas City, This arrangement however cannot he consummated till the road be¬ tween Columbus and Amcrieus, Ga., is completed. The road between Amoricus and Beuena Vvkta is being relaid with Gil pound steel 1 ho sarno as the that road used between on^Aifo new portion of Beuena Vista and Coluinbus^-'The work between Co lumhigiraml Americas is already far mjAfmced and will be completed with in the next month. What on Earth. Is tlio reason people will not, can not, or do not see any. difference in cheap John iipstrums put qu by Cheap houses or irrespo isibio parties^ ^ at enormous profits, rather than take a medicine of world-wide reputation . and one that is giving universal satWH faction at equal price? No medicine in the world is giving such un paralled satisfaction BLOOD*'PURI¬ for purifying the blood as BHIGGS’ FIER & BLOOD MAKER, and every bottle that does not do its work wi,l cost you nothing. B. D. Smith, Druggist. The Next House, As to the complexion of the next house of representatives the Constitu¬ tion’s Washington correspondent saj's: “There have been 822 certificates issued to the members of the next house. There are three more to be issued, including the Chattanooga, Tenn., district. However, if the rumor is true that Bates already has the certificate then there are only two remaining. They are the two for the disputed districts of West Virginia. Of the 322 certificates known to have already been issued, 103 arc republi¬ cans and 159 democrats. There seems to be no doubt now that the republi¬ cans will get both W T est Virginia dis¬ tricts, and with the Tennessee dis¬ trict in the democratic column, the republican majority will be five. If they should ex-t the certificate in Tennessee dik.net in the democratic column, the republican majority will he five. If they should get the cer¬ tificate in Tennessee, then their ma¬ jority will be seven. If the republi¬ can majority be only five, then there will almost certainly bo an extra session. At any rate the great majority of the republican members want one, and the contest for the speakership is actively on. The Post says: “Of the 163 republicans who have certificates of election, Connor has 49 pledged to vote for him, Reed 38, Mc¬ Kinley 23 and Burrows22. There are sixteen unpledged southern members. The other fifteen members are scat¬ tered between the prospective candid¬ ates. There is no telling how they will vote.” The Post is, however, wrong in its statement, especially in reference to McKinley, for it is known by Major McKinley and a few of his supporters that if the race lies between the above mentioned candidates, the sixteen southern votes will be cast solidly for him, and of the “other fifteen mem¬ bers” McKinley’s friends feel confi¬ dent of eight. It is perfectly evident that McKinley’s supporters feel con¬ fident that he will be made the next speaker unless General Harrison sees fit to give him the treasury port¬ folio.” Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, Tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. Tt is guaranted togive perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.