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M DWINELL, proprietor.
“WISDOM, JUSTICE, AND MODERATION.”
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ROME, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1879.
VOL. 18, NO, 111
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I Cost of Raising English Wheat.
A writer in the London Times, in an
intelligent discussion of the causes of
the agricultural distress in England,
comes to the almost dsspairing conclu-
I lion that there is no remedy for it that
I can bo won. “The British farmer,” he
Ism “has fallen on evil times. Gradu-
I ally he ie thrust out of his profession.
IHii capital diminishes annually and
I bankruptcy stares him in the face. Un-
I fortunately, so far as he is concerned,
I there is no.chance of improvement. For
eign nations can undersell him in ev-
I erything he produces, and he is obliged
| to sell at a price that not only lessens
I hie own margin of profit, but, in fact,
I involves a large amount of loss.” In
Irxplanation of this, he states that the
leverage cost of producing wheat in Eng-
I land is 47s 61 to 48a, per quarter of eight
I liushels, and in Scotland about the same.
I The cost of butcher’s meat, so far as the
| farmer is concerned, is 71 to 71 pence
I per pound. But the cost of raising
| wheat in America is only twenty shil
lings per quarter, and of butcher’s meat
|'2to2! pence per pound. It costs only
I about ten shillings per quarter to trans-
| port American wheat from the interior
| of the United States to Liverpool, mak-
I ing the total cost of such wheat deliv
ered in Liverpool, 30 shillings per quar
ter. Add five shillings for profit, and
1 the price at which it can be sold is 35
I shillings uer quarter—or 12 shillings
I less than the net cost of production in
I England. The case of dead meat is aim-
lilar. The net cost of such meat in
| America is 2 to 25 pence per pound, and
I the cost of taking it to Liverpool, wheth-
hr on thei hoof or in a slaughtered con
Idition, is as much more, making the
I net cost at Liverpool five pence per
■ pound, while the net cost of English
Iwsed meat is not less than 71 pence
■ per pound. So that in raising the two
I^d food, bread and meat,
II, “Htish farmor labors under constant
I ^advantage which no amount of econ
omy and no degree of carefulness in
l larming can overcome. “It is apparent,”
rays the writer, “that competition is
■ impossible, and as America has all but
| oiiDlmuted supply of wheat, the Eng-
Imti*/ wi !‘ * lave 1° retire from the
I ontest. Continuance in this rivalry
means rum to the Englishman-ruin
l.ui a ° ar P “id decisive. No fortune
Ur- w '" onable a man to face a
■competition °f this kind. The farmers
|f ' acoot ^ m «ly. rotreating from their
|f, •. an “ those who are staying are
|thp y ’ and trying to draw from
'flh every available penny.”
phat i 8 Successful Farming?
liiionthS^ t - W0 individuals will agree
Ivari t„ 1 a? 0lnt ’ °pinions varying in re-
|tppiJ5 lae “ettmng which should be
loan wk!? ft®. term “success.” That
|hijontl« 0 » 0 c i 11 ? 8 sali 8factory results for
Italy al, ° f * a l ,or .and capital may be
1‘atisfiM B ?F cesa f u l individual. He who
Ipendanto • 86 f an( f immediate de-
[swers la succe Mful—not he who an-
L t i= n „, ft®, °pinion of another; if
kav bn ,® standard, then no man
LU^ful. A man may be fi
Lc3 8 f UcceBaf aUnd still nef
Every farmer, u
[another n’s mU8t arm f° r himself, not
thebMinlrP 11 ^ means, according to
circ HnBtnT laina ^ 0 to his soil and
ancee.—Country Gentleman.
|filenn m r) a »m ,teo ^. rocon ^y made by Dr.
f'nor of n®r r Wt, .° °andidate for Gov-
‘“?Paravropi ° r !! 1 r?’ we °*ip the follow'
W»iifigm : paving come to Cali
I 1 * 16 Iiemnn. ,’ aru ' acted ever since with
lOtHt unnnno! * 0 P a ; ty . *t would seem al
plifomia,, 3 , ary f° r me to declare to t
hat. 3* andience that I am a Demo
| 111 tang tbn „!i ®P* and Democracy, it
| c °08titmion n | e ,. of . the people within
I” 31 taxation i' mi tations, equal and
l ln arl.ni 11 " . eo °n°my and honesty
r ean ’Cm ( m ! trtt , t,on of affairs. It
fcS to 2‘‘ ty ft c, ass legislation,oppo-
14 Protnn? p0heS ' and and oom-
Ivested righte T f *? Property and all
K by 6? erv mn 0 Ife ft oted ’ 1e “deav-
tJ?«these"rSf?® ln m y Power to oar-
P^ftand them n 5 ™ 1 ’ 0 principle8 n ® 1
Prospects for HogB'
American Stockman.
Packers are already looking forward
the coming of the fall and winter
months with some interest, and discuss-
g the probabilities and possibilities as
the coming crop of hogs. So far as
) have been able to gather from the
iv conversations held with those in
o trado, they expect to be able to lay
their winter killing at prices os low
those of last year, and there seems to
— a rather strong belief that even more
advantageous figures will be the rule.
Certainly there appears to be little or
nothing in the present condition of the
crop of hogs to lead to the belief that
there will be a smaller crop of hogs this
than there was lost year, and the reports
made by visitors to the market here, as
well as by the correspondents of this pa
per all favor the opinion that the ani
mals are generally in excellent health,
and so far thriving finely. In Nebraska
and Kansas more farmers are engaged
in raising hogs this year than there were
last, and it is not unreasonable to sup
pose that those who had hogs last year
twill havo more to sell his. Making due
allowance for the natural increase in
the consumption of hog products in this
country as well as in Europe, we think
wo are abundantly justified in the belief
that those who havo hogs now fit for
the market will not lose heavily if they
lot their stock come within a few weekB.
Capt. Eads’ scheme of carrying ocean
Bteamers across the Isthmus of Darien
on baggage cars meets with sharp criti
cism and ridicule wherever it is exam
ined. Says the New York Times:
“His plan really looks feasible in
many respects, but he forgets that the
reputation of the men who handle bag
gage on American railways is such that
no intelligent ship owner will consent
to trust his vessel in their hands. We
know what would happen to a British
steamer that might incautiously be sent
over Mr. Eads’ isthmus railway. The
expressmen, after checking the steamer,
would drag her over the platform, bang
ing her against every available object,
and would finally throw her into the
baggage car, where they would Crush
her deck in by piling heavy tea ships
upon her. On arrival at Panama th9
unfortunate British steamer would be
pitched out on the platform, where her
unhappy Captain would find her with
a dozen holes stove in her hull, and with
her masts and funnel completely car
ried away. Of course, if he had put a
nice leather strap arftund her to hold
her together, it would Irnve disappeared
during the journey, ami any inquiries
made of tho expressmen as to it would
be answered with insults and bad lan
guage. Perhaps it would be possible
to patch the steamer up so as to enable
her to reach her destination, but no ves
sel could pass over Mr. Eads’ railway
more than once without being hopeless
ly ruined."
The Democratic Convontion of Cin
cinnati, for the nomination of candl
dates for the Legislature and a few
other offices, was composed of more
than a thousand delegetes. They put
in the field a most admirable ticket,
and great confidence is expressed that
they will be able to elect it. Senator
Pendelton was their presiding officer.
On taking the chair he made a speech
that elicited much applause. We copy
a single paragraph: “I have just re
turned from the Eeast. Tho whole
country watches our contest. The Dem
ocrats look with intense interest and
anxiety on our struggle. They pray for
our success. Their hearts and hopes
and warmest wishe3 ore with us. They
know our courage and energy and
fidelity. They believe we will use with
wisdom a success which we will win
with brave effort. They foresee in our
our victory a still great victory hereafter,
The Republicans are anxious, too,
They know that they can not wave the
bloody shirt in the faces of Ewing and
Rice. They know that two-thirds _ of
the greenback party will vote for Ewing
and Rice. They affect to console them
selves with the belief that Greenback
men in the party will vote for Reemelin,
and hard-money men will not vote for
Ewing. I told them they wore mis
taken—I told them the Democratic party
to a man was a unit now, that every
Democrat would vote tho ticket because
every Democrat loved his country ; that
Ohio Democracy was as all-embracing
as Ohio patriotism ; that in the presence
of the vital questions every Democrat
in Ohio believed that the welfare of the
country and the tuccess of the Demo
cratic party stand together—aye,gentle
men, they will stand together forever—
" 'While stands tho Coliseum Romo shall stand
When tails tho Coliseum Romo shall tall.
And Whon Romo foils, tho world.’"
The swallow, swift and night hawk
are the guardians of the atmosphere.
Thoy check the increase of insects that
otherwise would overload it. Wood
peckers, creepers and chicadees are
guardians of tho trunks of trees. Warb
lers and flycatchers protect the foliage.
Blackbirds, thrushes, crows and larks
protect the surface of tho soil; snipe
and woodcock the soil under the sur
face.
Twenty seven members of tho families
of Wells and Anderson, the returning
board knaves in Louisiana, are drawing
pay as custom houso employes in New
Orleans. Grandchildren of theso wretch
es, who ore going to school, are down
on the rolls and draw regular salaries,
Jeff Davis’ Forthcoming History.
It. is impossible to over estimate the
caution and carefulness with which Mr.
Davis has worked upon his history of
the rebellion. He feels that his will be
the authoritive defense of the cause of
his people, and ho fully appreoiates
the gravity of his task. It is two years
since I bow him, and he was reported
then to bo finishing up his work. I
discovered that he had' hardly begun
, having spent years in simply arrang
ing the matter for it. Mr. Davis is a
most systematic worker, and is pos
sessed of great endurance. He is a rap
id writer, and is a ripe scholar. It is
the argument and the facts on which he
has pondered so long. No idea can be
formed of tho scope of the coming book.
It is certain, however, that an unex
pected space will be given to tho discus
sion of the motives and necessities that
led to tho war. It will not be a vehicle
of the prejudices of the writer, but it
will be very decided upon certain of Mr.
Davis’ critics and enemies. I asked
him if he was going to be severo upon
these persons in his book. "Well, he
replied, smiling, “They say a man gets
ill-natured as ho grows old. I don’t
know what I may write.” In conver
sation he seemed to be bitterer toward
Mr. Stephens than any one else. He
discussed Joe Johnston freely, and ex-
iressed himself vigorously as to Gov.
Irown, but said little of Gen. ToombB,
and seemed to care less. He was warm
te Senator Hill and inquired affection
ately after him. The book will be pub
lished by the Appletons, and there is
no doubt that its sale will be enormous,
probably exceeding any history ever
published in America.
Right Time to Operate in Stocks
By recent communication with promi
nent Btock operators, we learu that now
is a favorable time to take advantage of
the stock market, by the new combina
tion method of Messrs Lawrence &
Co., tho New York bankers, who have
been so remarkably successful hereto
fore. This system is founded on correct
rules of finance and universally ap
proved by the shrewdest operators.
The orders of thousands of customers
are massed into one immense capital
and, operated ns a great whole,dividing
profits pro rate every month. In this
way any customer can invest form 810
to 810,000 with equal proportionate suc
cess, and at the same time gain all tho
advantages of largest capital and best
skill in manipulating the market. This
firm’s new circular has "two unerring
rules of success” and full explanations.
850 will make 8250, or 5 per cent; 8500
will return 83,000, and so on, according
to the market. Stocks and bonds wan
ted. Deposits received. Apply to Law
rence & Co., Bankers, 57 Exchange
Place, New York City.
The following paragraph from the
New Haven (Conn.) Register explains
itself: “Tho attempt to make it appear
that Smith, the Greenback candidate for
Governor of Maine, offered himself and
principles for sale to the Republican
party last year, if tho Legislature would
choose him Governor instead of Garce-
lon, seems to be based on nothing but
a series of lies made from the whole
cloth. If Smith had been for sale, he
would have been bought by the Repub
licans. That proposition needs no ar
;ument. It needs no proofs. It is
mown, however, that Blame endeavor
ed to induce Smith to meet him in Bos
(uticura
BLOOD AND SKIN HUMORS
Speedily, Permanently and Economically
Cured by tho Cutlcura Remedies when
nil other known mcdiclucs and
methods ol treatment fall.
Scrofulous Ulcers and Sores, Abscesses, Milk
Lee, Fovcr Sores, ‘ Erysipelas Soros, Old Bores
ana Discharging Wounds, Bolls, Oarbunolo* and
Blood Imparities, which manifest themselves by
bursting through the'Skin and eating deep Into
the flesh, when treated .internally by the Outr-
cura Brsolvbxt And externally with the Ooti-
OCR* and Ooticura Soar, rapidly hoal and dis
appear- Balt Rheum or Eczoma, Tetter, Ring
worm, Psoriasis, Leprosy, Barber’s Itch and alt
So&ly and Itching Eruptions of the Skin | Scald
Head, Dandruff and all Irritating and Itching
Humors of the Scalp, which cause tho Hair to
b-como dry, thin and lifeless, and result in Pro
maturo Baldness, are permanently cured by the
Cuticura Rxhrdirs:
SKIN DISEASE.
A Itemnrkablc Letter from J. A, Tucker,
Esq , manufacturer of the liny
Stato Superphosphate.
Messrs. Wools and Potter; Genllomon — I
think I havo paid tor mediolnca and niediosl
treatment during tho last twenty years a'l of
three thousand dollars, without roeelvtng any
permanent relief.
Last May, whtlo taking a Turkish bath at 17
Brecon St., a young man employed thoro by the
name of Wm. Corbett induced mo to allow him
to apply a preparation that ho had upon me,
assuring mo that it was perfsotly harmless, and
for a certain consideration he would cure mo
within thirty days from tho time he oommonoed.
In case he failed to do so I was to pay him no.
thing. I consented and ha applied it noarly
every day for flva weeks, when the disease en
tirely disappeared. I vary choerfully paid him
the amount agreed upon, and then askol him
what this remedy was, and ha replied that it
was no other than ConcpRA,
Blnoo that tlmo I have had no troublo from
this disease, and havo hot bad such good boalth
in twenty years os I have had during tho last
six months.
I have linos my rooovery bought Cotiodba and
given It to friends suffering with skin diseases,
and in every instenoe It has eared thorn. I be
lieve It to be the greatest disoovory of thepres-
ent century. -I. A. TUCKER.
18 Doano St., Poston, Dso. 20, 1878,
Notr.—Mr. Tuoker is a well known oitison
and has served the olty in many important ca
p&cities. He is at present a member of the
Board of Aldermen. He is also well known to
agriculturists and farmers as the manufacturer
of the celebrated Bay State Superphosphate.
GUTIGURA REMEDIES
Have done for mo what hundieds of dollars
spent on other remedies have failed to do, and I
do not hesitate to recommend them ee first-class
articles. Years truly,
MARK BRANNAN.
Cerbondale, Fa, Dec. 20, 1873.
Skin and Soalp Diseases should be treated ex
ternally with Coticura, assisted by tho Cuticura
Soap, end Rrsolvskt taken Intornally, until
cured and for some tlmo afterward. Where tho
Humors are confined to the Blood and da not
show themselvos on tho surface, the Risolvf.xt
alone will epeedlly drive them from the eystem.
The Cuticura Riiiimae infallibly cure the most
loathsome cases of Scrofulous and Skin and
Scalp Humore, as if attested by hundreds a(
unsolicited testimonials in our possession.
Prepared by Week! A Potter, Chemists and
Druggists, 380 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.,
and for sale by all Druggists and Dealers. Price
of Cuticura, entail boxes, 50 cents; targe boxes
containing two and ons-htlf times tho quantity
of smell, $1. Rbsolvsnt, $1 per bottle. Con-
cura Soap, 25 cants per cake; by mail, 30 oents;
3 cakes, 75 conts.
1879. SPRING & SUMMER TRADE. 1879.
New Goods! Fine Goods!
MRS. T. eTwILLIAMS,
M IlaLIKTER,
No. 61 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
in tho peat, I am proud to say that I am bettor preparod to attend to their wants than ever
before. I have now In etore and to arrive Bonnets, Hats, Flowers, Plumes, Bilks, Velvets, Plashes,
Ribhone, Ornaments, Hair floods, Zephyrs, Combs, Rollons, otc., etc., which I have selected In
S arson in tho Northern markets. My floods are in the Latest Styles, and I have my Trimming
one with good material by experienced mlllinore. Call and eximino my goods and get my prices
before purchasing elsowhoro. (octl7 tw wtf
n.'T. IIOYT.
II. D. COTIIHAN
S*f\ll IJVcs Weary sufforer from Rbeu
.. '' iim matism, Neuralgia, Weak
VOLTAIC D,EUC1SIB and Sore Lunge, Coughs and
hi .--rOS Colds, Weak Back. Weak
**nST6**™ Btomsoh and Boweli, Dys-
pesia, Female WeakaeiA, Shooting Peins through
the Loini and Back, try these Piasters. Placed
over the Pit of the Stomeoh, they prevent and
care Ague Paine, Billoue Oolio, Liver Complaint!
and protect the syetem from a thousand ills.
ang7twwlm
ton for the purpose of buying him, but
Smith would not go. When it is recol
lected that in 1870 and 1877 every pur
chasable cleotion thief, returning board
forger and affidavit perjurer that could
bo bought was bought, and by the Re
publican party, which has since reward
ed them, from the daring Madison Wells
down to the unscrupulous Agnes Jenks,
it needs no higher proof than Mr. Smith’s
word to prove that there is nothing in
the story that he was for sale, except
that the Republicans wanted to buy
him, offered to buy him, and would
have bought him if he had been for
sale.”
In Colorado railroad making moun
tain ranges are conquered on an entire
ly new plan. Instead of making the
whole roadbed'as nearly level as it can
made, and in doing this necessarily
going to great expense, tho new policy
is to follow the natural grades so far as
possible and to bring the heavy grades
as near together as can be brought.
Tho old plan involves a heavy expendi
ture along the whole line; the new plan
involves the purchase of a few locomo
tives of extra weight to carry trains
over tho heavy grades. Narrow-gauge
railroads are growing rapidly in the
Rocky mountains and a road across the
great range is already promised.
The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes in
terviews from all parts of Ohio, showing
the feeling among the Nationalists as to
the probable vote of their party. The
estimates arrived at from the report are
thnte forty per cent of the Nationals
will vote for Ewing, ten per cent, for
Fostor, and fifty per cent, will support
the National ticket. The reports re
ceived cover about four-fifths of the
Greenback counties of the State. The
Enquirer says it is too early to begin to
forecast the result of a campaign which
does not dose until the middle October,
but "with the drift of opinion tending so
strongly as it docs in Ewing’s favor from
this source, there is every reason to feel
confident of his success.”
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FOREIGN LANDS.
BY M. DWINELL.
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ROME, GEORGIA,
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