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By the Eagle Publishing- Company.
VOLUME XXXVII.
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SEW GOODS
/\t and Below
ODD PRICES I
COMPLETE LINES FOR FALL IN
Fine Dress Goods, * v-' . -
Novelty Dress Patterns,
Ribbons, Velvets, Silks,
Braids, Passementeries,
Jets, Mousselines, Chiffons,
Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear,
Handkerchiefs, Cloaks and Capes,
Broadcloths, Eiderdowns, Boucles,
Astrakhans, French Flannels,
Embroidered Flannels,
White Gauze Flannels,
Canton Flannels, Laces,
Embroideries, Table Linens,
Linen Lawns, Linen Sheeting,
Linen Pillow Casing,
Linen Cambric,
Thread Cambric.
Our fall stock is decidedly largest and
most complete we have ever shown.
We call special attention to Trunks,
Hats, Shoes, Clothing, Men’s Neckwear,
Shirts and Underwear.
R. E. ANDOE & CO.,
14 Nlain. St.* »
Telephone 1).
Montevallo, k fl AIT / Corona,
Royal. ' uUAlli ’ Blacksmith.
Stove and Fire Wood sawed to order.
Prompt delivery.
Office 91 Main street.
Phone 41.
ED. F. LITTLE.
I * niimwr’i
JlillSfe Marble Dealers.
Monumental Work of all Kinds for s
the Trade. s
We want to estimate 1 f ITIICCUTV T f CI (
it^wor ~~
WIMER IS
COAL-
At Wholesale or Retail.
DELIVERY! We can and will make it to your
interest to trade with us. Respectfully,
P. N. PARKER.
BBCWELL»MIS—
TRUggieS. They are
THE BEST MADE.
the most durable.
THE PRETTIEST.
Wagons, They are
GUARANTEED,
phaetons. cheaper than ever.
Big lot of Harness of best make. Come and examine our goods.
THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE.
J. E. MURPHY CO.,
FOR
Fine Goods and Low Prices
HAS ONE OFTHE MOST COMPLETE LINES
OF FINE GOODS TO BE FOUND IN
NORTH GEORGIA. EVERY DE
PARTMENT OVERFLOW
ING WITH NEW AND
TASTY MERCHANDISE.
DJRJESS GOODS
Both in Black and Colors, Silks, Velvets and
Satins, Table Linen, Towels, Napkins, Flan
nels and Blankets.
RIBBONS, LACES
Hosiery, Knit Underwear, and Kid Gloves, in
Black, Tan and Evening Shades. Also a nice
line of Cassimere Gloves.
Fancy Embroidery Handkerchiefs
Both in Linen and Lawn. Also a complete line
of Silk Handkerchiefs, Hem-stitched and Fan
cy Brocades, and Silk Mufflers for gentlemen,
IMINI2 LIINJE
Os Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Tailor-made
Clothing, Hats and Shoes.
Also a Complete Line of
Groceries
Always on Hand.
J. E. Murphy Company,
NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, Next to Rigsby * Son’s,
GAINESVILLE. - - GEORGIA.
A Tiling of BEAUTY Is a Joy Forever.
Come and see my
Lovely Christmas Presents.
o
Look at Those Dolls.
Exquisite—Bewitching I
o
Handkerchief Cases,
Scarf Cases,
Glove Cases,
Collar Boxes,
Cuff Boxes,
Picture Frames.
o
New Line of Ties, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Etc.,
FOR HOLIDAY TRADE.
o
1,001 Other Pretty Things !
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Come and look at my window Monday.
Mrs. J. E. JACKSON.
Thomas & Clark,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
HARNESS, SADDLES, WHIPS, ROBES,
Blankets and Turf Goods.
done Finß hSn<l mad * Harne ” a B P®c ia lty- Repairing neatly and quickly
Thomas <& Olar Is..
Next door below Poet-o®ee, . GAINESVILLE, ffA.
Established in 1860.
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1897.
Ladies Who Suffer
from any conjplaint peculiar to
their sex—such as Profuse, Pain
ful, Suppressed or Irregular Men
struation. are soon restored to
health by
Bradfield’s Female Regulator.
It is a combination of remedial
agents which have been used with
the greatest success for n)ore than
25 years, arjd known to act speci
fically with and on the organs of
Menstruation, and
recomnjended for
such complaints
only. It never fails
to give relief and
restore the health
of the suffering
woman. R should
be taken by the
girl just budding
into womanhood
when Menstrua
i tion is Scant, Sup
pressed. Irregular
or Painful, and
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all delicate wonjerj should use it,
as its toi)ic properties have a won
derful influence io toping up and
strengthening the systen) by driv
ing through the proper channels
all impurities.
“A daughter of one of my customers missed
menstruation from exposure and cold, and on
arriving at puberty her health was completely
wrecked, until she was twenty-four years of
age, when upon my recommendation, she used
one bottle of Bradfield’s Female Regulator,com
pletely restoring her to health.”
J. W. Hellums, Water Valley, Miss.
The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
•OLD BV ALL DRUGGISTS AT SI PER BOTTLE.
PARKES’S
WSuW HAIR BALSAM
and heautifice the hair.
■ A Iniuriant growth.
Never Fails to Bestore Gray
Hair to its Youthful Color.
Cures scalp diseases & hair tailing.
40c, and J 1.00 at Druggists
A new and useful device which every fpmily
will buy, is sold only through local agents. Sim
ple and strong; can be put up anywhere; se
curely holds rope or wire; instant adjustment
and removal of line; no props needed. Sells on
sight. Popular price. Agents wanted every
where. Exclusive territory. Attractive terms.
Premiums and profit-sharing. Any one may
become agent. Sample pair, by mail, 25c.
KELSO NOVELTY CO.,
528 Locust St., Philadelphia.
SENT FREE '
to housekeepers—
Liebifl Company’s
Extract or Boer
Cook Book.
telling how to prepare many
delicate and delicious dishes.
Address, Liebig Co., P. O. Box
2718, New York.
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$ Fine Watch Repairing: $
t Neatly Executed, $
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| STORE. I
aTK. HAWKES
RECEIVED
GOLD MEDAL
I Jp-
Highest Award Biptoma as Honor
for Superior Lens Grinding and Excellency in
he Manufacture of Si eetacles and Eye Glasses.
Sold in 11,000 Cities and Towns in the U. S. Most
Popular Glasses in the U. S.
ESTABLISHED 1870.
AIIITIAU These Famous Glasses
I*AU 9 IU Fl Ai.’i Never Peddled.
Air. Hawkes has ended his visit here, but has
appointed M. C. BROWN & CO. as agents to fit
and sell his celebrated Glasses.
JOHN MARTIN,
NACOOCHEE, GA.
ESTATE.
Mines and Mining Lands,
Faims and Farming Lands,
Timber and Wild Lands.
SOLID INVESTMENTS AT
TEMPTING PRICES.
Correspondence Invited.
Mixed Books Unmixed
E. P. MITCHELL,
Expert Accountant and Auditor,
No. 2 State Bank Building.
Has had twenty years experience
as an expert in examining and audit
ing the books of partnerships, banks,
and mercantile companies, and now
offers his services for opening, clos
ing, and untangling books and ac
counts.
C. H. WINBURN,
DENTIST.
and Bridge work a Specialty. A lib
V/ eral amoun of patronage solicited.
Office. boom 3. Gordon black, up staibs.
The Gold Standard “Fad.”
Pera’s chamber of deputies has re
cently voted to put the country upon a
gold basis.
Our minister to Haiti writes that
Haiti is considering the proposition of
consolidating her several debts into one
national debt, the destraction of her
paper money, and the substitution of a
gold currency based upon our unit of
value, the American dollar.
These are only small and compara
tively unimportant countries. They,
however, are straws which show that the
wind is blowing away from silver and
toward gold. So many countries have
changed from silver and other kinds of
cheap money to gold during the past
two years that the silverites are at
tempting to ridicule this evolutionary
process by saying that the gold stand
ard is a “fad” just now.
This is one way of stating the pop
ularity of gold and the unpopularity of
silver. The truth is that silver is being
dropped by all sagacious nations because
it has in the last ten years fully demon
strated its unfitness to serve as a stand
ard of value. It is too uncertain and
unstable in value.
Japan made the change from silver
to gold on the first of this month and
did it without a jar or a shock to her
financial or business interests. It is al
ways safe to ehange from bad to good
money.
The United States is now the only
civilized nation of the earth that is con
sidering the advisability of changing
from gold to silver. How long will it
take the remaining silverites to discov
er what Horace Boies has already dis
covered —that silver is dead as an issue?
■low to Make a Fortune.
The following are extracts from a
letter written by Henry Ward Beech
er to his son:
“You must not go into debt. Avoid
debt as you would the devil. Make it
a fundamental rule: no debt—cash or
nothing.
“Make few promises. Religiously
observe the smallest. A man who
means to keep his promises can’t af
ford to make many.
Be scrupulously careful in all state
ments. Accuracy and perfect frank
ness; no guess work. Either noth
ing or accurate truth.
“Make yourself necessary to those
who employ you by industry, fidelity
and scrupulous intergrity. Selfishness
is fatal.
“Hold yourself responsible for a
higher standard than anybody else ex
pects of you. Keep your own stand
ard high. Never excuse yourself to
yourself. Never pity yourself. Be
a hard master to be lenient
to everybody else.
Concentrate your force on your
own business; do not turn off. Be
constant, steadfast, persevering.
“Do not speculate or gamble.
Steady, patient industry is both the
surest and safest way. Greediness
and haste are two devils that destroy
thousands every year.”
“The art of making one’s fortune is
to spend nothing. In this country
any young man may become rich if he
stops all leaks and is not in a hurry.
Do not make haste; be patient.
The pleasant old Christmas custom
of a the mistletoe is a relic
of Norse mythology. Baldur, the
beautiful god of light, was slain by a
spear whose shaft was a mistletoe twig*
This was bewitched by Loki, the ma
levulent god of fire, until it swelled to
the requisite size and was given by
him to Hodur, who threw it and unin
tentionally struck Baldur when the
gods we. eat p’ay. Friga had made
everything in heaven and earth swear
not to harm Baldur, but had left out
the mistletoe as being too slight and
weak lo be of harm. Baldur, however,
was restored to life and Friga guards
the mistletoe, which the gods determ
ined should not again have power to
do any mischief unless it touched the
earth. For this reason it is always
hung from the ceiling and the vigilant
goddess propitated by the kiss, a sign
of good will.
1 I
Hon. Thomas E. Watson publishes
the following in bis paper: “Time
and again I have said 1 would not be
a candidate for governor. My friends
have been asked to take me at my
word. My friends I think will do
so. Letters advocating me for any
office whatever will be denied space
in this paper. Letters ’upon that
subject will not be answered. Life
is short, and we might as well save
time on a matter like this.”
A case involving the most remark
able “doubles” is before the courts
in New York. A certain piece of
property belongs to Sarah A. Knight,
but there are two Sarah A. Knights.
One is a spinster and the other is a
married woman. They are said to
resemble each other very closely, and
each of them has a deed to the prop
erty. One of the women lives in
Maryland and the other in New
York. The court will try to deter
mine which is “the” Sarah A. Knight.
Toccoa Record : There is only one
man in the race for governor of
Georgia that has even a chance to be
governor at the next election, and
that is Allen D. Candler.
Carriages were used in this coun
try long before George Washington
introduced the cherry tree back.
On the Yukon, at a distance from 700
to 800 miles from the sea, there are
many points where the river is twenty
miles wide.
SI.OO Per Annum in Advance.
PRICE OF SILVER.
ITS FALL DUE PRINCIPALLY TO IN
CREASED SUPPLY CAUSED BY
CHEAPER PRODUCTION.
Price Also Affected by Diminished De
mand—Coinage Demand Has Decreased
Ten Per Cent Since 1888. While Pro
duction Has Increased 55 —Demonetiza
tion Acts Not Responsible For but the
Result of Lower Prices of Silver—’Some
of the Factors of Cheaper Production Are
Cheaper Transportation, Better Mechan
ical and Chemical Processes of Treating
Ores, Use of Electricity—lmmense De
posits of Silver Ore Still lu Sight—Silver
Xs Produced Cheaper In Mexico Because
Wages of Miners Are Paid In Silver.
The last number of The Journal of
Political Economy contains an interest
ing article by Edward S. Meade on
“The Fall In the Price of Silver. ” The
facts produced by Mr. Meade make it
clear that the price of silver has fallen
for the same reason that prices of nails,
steel rails, calico and of most other
manufactured articles have fallen—im
proved and cheaper methods of produc
tion. In spite of the great decline in
price since 1888 production has increased
55 per cent. The rapidly increasing
supply of silver and the equally rapid
decline in price are undoubtedly re
sponsible for most of the demonetization
acts which have occurred since 1873 and
which are now becoming so numerous
that it seems likely that, as our director
of the mint says, it will be less than 15
years before every country on the face
of the earth will have adopted the gold
standard.
The following table show’s the world’s
production of silver, coinage demand
and price per ounce from 1888 to 1895:
Production World’s coin- Price
of silver In age of silver per fine
fine ounces, in fine ounces, ounce.
1888 108,827,606 104,854,000 I .980
1889 120,213,611 107,688,256 .985
1890 126,095,062 117,789,228 1.040
1891 137,170,’119 106,962,049 .987
1898 158,151,762 120,282.947 .871
1893 165,472,621 106,697,788 .780
1894 164,610,394 87,472,528 .685
1895 168,808,353 94,057,903 .654
After noticing these statistics Mr.
Meade says:
“We cannot ascertain with any ex
actness the strength of the demand from
the arts. It has probably been stimu
lated by the increasing cheapness of sil
ver, but there is no evidence that it has
increased sufficiently to offset the de
creased demand for coinage purposes. ”
Mr. Meade thinks that but little of
the silver that has been used in the arts
will ever be put upon the market.
While it is probably true that the most
of the silver now coined will remain in
this form, the fear that certain countries
will throw their large stocks of silver
upon the market is constant and is prob
ably largely responsible for the recent
rapid fall in price.
Comparing the years 1873 and 1895,
Mr. Meade finds that the yearly product
of silver increased 266 per cent, while
the price fell 48 per cent.
The most interesting portion of Mr.
Meade’s article is thatw’hich deals with
the cost 6f producing silver. He notes
the general progress of the silver indus
try and mentions a few of the most im
portant improvements in methods and
machinery. The following extracts will
give an idea of some of the changes:
“The first and most important im
provement in silver production has been
the improvement in transportation.
Railroads have been rapidly extended
throughout the western part of the
United States and of recent years into
Mexico. The building of these latter
roads has made possible the importa
tion of silver ores from Mexico into the
United States, which greatly stimulated
the silver industry of the former coun
try. Railroad transportation enables the
shipping of fuel and timber, frequently
scanty in the richest mining localities,
and also the introduction of the im
proved machinery, without w’hich, ex
cept in the richest deposits, silver min
ing cannot today succeed. Transporta
tion facilities also make it possible to
utilize lead as a byproduct of silver,
which materially decreases the cost of
silver production. Difficulties of trans
portation have seriously retarded the
progress of silver mining in Bolivia. A
railway has, however, recently been in
process of construction in that country,
W’hich will open some of the richest
mines. ’ ’
“Next in importance to the improve
ments in transportation come those in
the mechanical and chemical processes
of mining and extraction of ore. We
may divide these as follows: Improve
ments in extracting and dressing the
ore and improvements in methods of
treatment. Under the first the steam
and later the electric hoist have been
substituted for the hand windlass. Im
mense improvements have been made
in the construction of concentrators.
The old method of concentration, w hich
is still in use in Mexico and at mines
in the United States, was that of hand
picking. The improvements in sampling
ores have been even more striking.
“Great improvements have also been
made in ore crashing. For the bowlder
crasher of Bolivia and Mexico have been
substituted the battery of stamps and
the rolls. A large amount of labor has
been saved by the manner of construc
tion of the smelting works. All refining
works are now built in terrace form and
are so arranged that the base bullion,
which has necessarily to be handled
while being unloaded, sampled and
charged into the softening furnace, shall
run from one furnace to another and
not be lifted again until it is loaded.
“In the smelting proper improve
ment has been even more active than in
the preliminary operations.
“In the treatment of ‘dry’ silver ores,
which are amalgamated with quick
silver and retorted, the chief improve
ment of recent years has been in the
saving of quicksilver.
“The methods of extraction of high
grade silver in vogue in the United
States and in the best mills throughout
the w’orld may be summarized as fol
lows: The ore is hauled to the mill, is
sifted and sorted by machinery, crushed
by heavy stamping batteries or by the
rolls, after which it is carried directly
to the amalgamating pans, in which it
is kept constantly in motion by ma
chinery, passing through the eight pans
in four hours. From these the pulp
passes into settlers, which clean up the
charge of 1,000 pounds in four hours
more. The mass is then retorted. The
average cost of an average mill in Ari
zona was from $3.12 to $4.90 per ton
of ore.
‘ 'The improvements in lead silver ex
traction have been perhaps more nota
ble than any others. Prior to 1874 these
ores were reduced by amaluamation as
NUMBER 52.
ordinary dry ores. About that time it
was discovered that this silver could be
far more easily extracted by a process
of smelting. Follow ing this discovery
came the great development of Lead
ville and Pueblo in the early eighties.
The essentials'of this method of extrac
tion are: (1) The smelting of the ore in
an ordinary blast furnace; (2) the con
centration of the silver into a much
smaller quantity of lead; (3) the sepa
ration of the silver in a cupeling fur
nace. The blast furnace has been great
ly improved during the last 25 yjaars.
“An important feature of the general
improvement in the silver industry has
been the rapid introduction of electric
ity into mining operations. The use of
the electric light has greatly facilitated
all processes carried on within the
mine. Electric power is also employed
in hoisting ore and in pumping, with
the very best results both as regards
cost and convenience. Electricity can
be transmitted long distances with only
a small loss of power, and it is thus
possible to use power at such a distance
from its source as would render it other
wise unavailable. The importance of
this improvement can be bi tter realized
when we consider that one of the
greatest, obstacles which mining, espe
cially in Mexico, has to encounter is
the difficulty of obtaining fuel fbr pow
er, owing Ixith to the lack of transpor
tation facilities and, where theke exist,
to the high charges for hauling coal
from the United States. Where water
power exists within a radius of 50 miles
it can be used for the transmission of
electric power to a silver mine. The
economy of power is very remarkable.
At one set of mines in Mexico, those
operated by the Real Del Monte works,
electric power is obtained from Regia
falls and transmitted from 15 to 25 miles
to work pumps, hoists, stamp mills,
crushers and ventilators.
“It is obvious that the results' of this
long series of improvements in silver
mining and silver smelting have been
greatly to lower the cost of producing
silver. These improvements have doubt
less to some extent been accelerated
by the falling price of silver, w’hich they
have also tended to produce. It was not
to be expected that the great advances
which have characterized eveFy other
department of industry would npt affect
the production of silver, and it should
be remembered that there is no reason
to believe that this march of improve
ment will be stayed. To take ibut one
illustration : If the experiments in the
utilization of the direct heat of the sun
are ever successful, the smelting of all
kinds of ores will be completely! revolu
tionized. The problem of fuel will have
been solved.
“The second and most important ele
ment of the production of silver is the
supply of ore.” Mr. Meade here notes
the many large deposits of silver, prac
tically inexhaustible, left in different
parts of the world, and the probability
that under new methods of mining ami
smelting the output of many mines wiH
greatly increase.
“A third factor in the supply of sil
ver which has doubtless exerted a con
siderable influence is the silvelr stand
ard prevailing in Mexico and the Cen
tral and South American silver*coun
tries. The miners' wages are paid and
most of the supplies are purchased in
terms of the silver standard. Domestic
prices and wages have not varied with
the price of silver, and by consequence
the fall in silver has not affected the
profits of mine owners to the same ex
tent as in the United States. This fact
has placed mining operators in silver
standard countries at an advantage in
competition with their competitors in
the United States and Europe and has
doubtless to some extent increased the
supply of silver, though we should bo
careful not to exaggerate its impor
tance.
“To summarize this portion of our
study: We find that the increase in the
supply of silver, W’hich has been the
main cause of its fall in price, has been
due to the application of improved proc
esses and appliances to a series of ore
discoveries extending over the last 30
years, and that this advance of improve
ment has constantly lowered the cost of
producing silver. ’ ’
Humpty Dumpty’s Great Fail.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty got a great fall.
And all the senators and songressinen
Can’t put Humpty Dumpty 16 to 1 hgain
Forgot Silver.
Dollar wheat seems to have knocked
all know ledge of the silver question out
of the platform of the Nebraska Repub
licans. Silver isn’t mentioned.
TREES AND LUMBER.
Well dried locust weighs 45.5 pounds
to the cubic foot.
Lancewood, without knots and well
dried, weighs 45 pounds to the cubic
foot.
Black walnut is less than half the
weight of a corresponding quantity of
ebony.
The bow’s of the North American In
dians were usually made from a fipeeies
of osage orange.
The best ash wood weighs 58 pounds
3 ounces when green to the cubib foot
and 50 pounds when dry.
Well dried lignum vitae is said' to be
among the heaviest of woods, weighing
83.81 pounds to the cubic foot.
Trees the bark of which has been re
moved in the spring should never be
felled until the foliage dies in the fall.
Experienced lumbermen can ascertain
almost exactly the condition of a tree
by striking it a heavy blow with an ax
and judging by the sound.
Common rot in wood is caused by
bad piling or exposure, and the infalli
ble signs of this disease in wood are yel
lowish patches on the ends of the pieces
or yellowish dust in the cracks.
The strongest known wood is said to
be lancewood. Its tensile strength per
square inch is 28,000 pounds—that is
to say that weight is required to tear
asunder a niece of it one inch square.—