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PAWIERis. A Husband's Experience of ilie Grecian Bead. [From the New)York Democrat.] I wish to say what I know about the pannier , in order, firstly, to display my knowledge ; secondly, to prove that mar ried men are specially qualified to write fashion letters; and lastly, that I way have the pleasure of talkiug about my w ife— a nd myself; and also because lam in a state of some apprehension in regard to her, and with the sympathy of the public. I will state, as a preliminary, that my wife is, or has been until lately, a good enough sort of a woman, in proof of which I will remark that every morning, with out fail, she retires into our right hand closet for devotional purposes, never emerging under ten minutes, unless, in deed, the baby should cry. Not many mornings ago the ten minutes had elapsed, but no Maria came forth. I thought of her especially that morning, for I stood in need of a button ; but being a good hus band, I waited patiently till she should come out. Five minutes more, and no Maria. “ The dear woman,” I thought, ‘‘she is praying for me as well as herself. I need her prayers, so let her go on, and I will wait.” I picked up the newspaper. Five minutes more, and no Maria. Just then the clock struck, the baby woke and began to cry. Two minutes more—three minutes—four minutes —the baby crying, and no Maria. In a minute more I thought of a great many cases of sunstroke, apoplexy, heart disease, and all manner of things. Surely something had happened. I should have fainted if 1 had sat still, so I rushed to the closet and found Maria, not at her prayers, but—well, by that time ’twas all over, ’twas fixed. She was red in the face, to be sure, but she rushed past me to the baby. But 1 saw her as she rushed, and then I did faint—nearly. I I could say nothing—she had gone mad, and had put on one of the pillows. I looked at her and she was quieting the baby in a highly rational manner. I looked all round, but saw nothing uncommon, for she was sitting down with her back to me. But I had seen her very distinctly as she went past me, and I said : “ Maria, what is the matter?” “ Nothing, my darling, nothing.” “Nothing, my dear?” I said. “Have you just said your prayers, and tell me— me, nothing ?’* She was conscience-stricken, but like a true woman, did not yield. She replied, with a force of argument which was strik ing, “ ’Tis not anything, ’tis only a pan nier. I mu9t be fashionable, you know.” I said nothing; my grief was also too deep for words. I simply said, “Maria, I am waiting for a button.” I would have waited till she was asleep that night, and could have seen all about that pannier, or could have waked up be times next morning ; but I could not w T ait. My business was pressing, but I let my business wait. I walked down Broadway, looking out for one of those windows in which all sort 9 of feminine fixtures are displayed, and assuming an expression which I intended to be both paternal and maternal—in short, endeavoring to look as much like a “family man” as possible— -1 went in and asked to see a pannier. A dozen were brought me—some of wool, some of cotton, some of whalebone and some of other things. Some had stitches running up; some had stitches running down ; some had stitches going the other way. On the whole, I liked the whale bone ones the best, because they were the coolest, and less like to bring on spi nal complaint, thereby inducing the Green Apple—l mean the Grecian Bend nothing like giving a thing a good name, though I think any respectable Greek would have run a mile at the sight of any such thing, Finally, such was my state of sadness that I could eat no lunch, al though thereby I would have somewhat economized, had I not felt in such need of spiritual consolation, that 1 spent double the amount in another way. I had in deed, cause to be sad, for the thing had come home to me, but on mature reflec tion, I resolved not to scold, because, in the first place, it would do no good. A compromise, however, has been effected between us to the effect that I will let the pannier alone, provided that the bend, which I am positive was unknown to the Greeks, be not instituted—for that, neither I nor any other man of spirit will tolerate. TIIK ELECTION IN INDIANA. Close Contests in Ilia Pam. The coutest for Governor in Indiana is so exceedingly close that it wili probably require the official canvass to determine the result. It is likely that there are not 500 votes difference between Hendricks and Baker on a total poll of 375,000. We have had in our history a number of such close contests. In 1849 Marcus Mor ton, Democrat, was elected Governor of Massachusetts by a majority of one vote over Edward Everett and scattering, the law requiring a majority over all to elect. The vote stood for Morton .*. 51,034 Everett and scattering 51,033 Majority 1 In 1544 Henry Clay carried Tennessee for President against James K. Polk, the Democratic candidate, by a majority of 113 votes out of a poll of 110,000. In IS4O General Harrison carried Pennsylvania for President by 343 votes on a poll of 288,000, and he was successful in Maine by 410 votes on a poll of 90,000. At the Sep tember election in 1840 in Maine, Edward Kent, the Whig candidate for Governor, had 68 majority only over John Fairfield, the Democratic nominee. In 1848 John B. Wheeler, Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, was beaten 250 votes by Seabury Ford, Whig and Abolitionist, of Geauga county. In 1850 Horatio Sey mour, Democrat, was defeated for Gov ernor in the great State of New York by Washington Hunt, Whig, by a majority of 250. In 1824 Governor Seymour was defeated for re-election by Myron Clark, the Whig and Temperance candidate, by a majority of 354 only. In 1557 the contest for Governor in Ohio was exceedingly close between Salmon P. Chase, the .Re publican, and H. B. Payne, the Demo cratic candidate. On a poll of 300,000 Mr. Chase had but 1,200 majority. In 1544 the result of the Presidential election was determined in favor of Mr. Polk over Heury Clay by a majority of 5,000 in the State of New York. VVithout that State Mr. Clay was elected. In IS4S the vote of the single Slate of Pennsyl vania elected General Taylor for President over General Cass, and in 1556 the vote of the same State elected Mr. Buchanan over Mr. Fremont. In 1536 the vote of Penn sylvania determined the Presidential con test in favor of Martin Van Buren. These are the closest great elections iu our mod ern political history.— Cin. Enq. Rt'SKIVU THEORIES. Genius and Spending Money—Questisat for all People. We find in the London papers the fal lowing interesting letter from Buskin . Sib: You terminate to-day a discussion which seems to have been greatly inter esting to your readers, by telling them the “broad fact, that England is no longer big enough for her inhabitants.” Might you not, in the leisure of the recess, open with advantage a discussion likely to be no less interesting, and much more useful —namely, how big England may be made for economical inhabitants, and how little she may be made for wasteful ones? Might you not invite letters on this quite radical and essential question, how mouey is truly made, and how it is truly lost, not by one person or another, but by the whole nation ? For, practically, people’s eyes are so intensely fixed on the imme diate operation of mouey as it changes hands, that they hardly ever reflect on its origin or final disappearance. They are always considering how to get it from somebody else, but never how to get it where that somebody else got it. Also, they very naturally mourn over their loss of it to other people, without reflecting that, if not lost altogether, it may still be of some reflective advantage to them. Whereas, the real national question is not who is losing or gaining money, but who is making and who is destroying it. Ido not, of course, .mean making money, iu the sense of printing notes or finding gold. True money cannot be made so. When an island is too small for its inhab itants, it would not help them to an ounce of bread more to have the island turned into one nugget, or to find bank notes growing by its rivulets instead of fern leaves. Neither by destroying money do I mean burning notes or throwing gold away. If I burn a five pound note, or throw five sovereigns into the sea, I hurt ns one but myself; nay, I benefit others; for everybody with a pound in his pocket is richer by ihe withdrawal of my compe tition in the market. But what I want you to make your read ders discover is how the true money is made that will get them houses and din ners ; and, on the other hand, how money is truly lost, or so diminished in value that all they can get in a year will not buy them comfortable houses nor satisfac tory dinners. Surely this is a question which people would like to have answer ed clearly for them, and it might lead to some important results if the answer were acted upon. The ribbon makers at Cov entry', starving, invite the ladies of Eng land to wear ribbons. The compassionate ladies of England invest themselves in rainbows, and admiring economists de clare the nation to be benefitted. No one asks where the ladies got the money to spend in rainbows, (which is the first question in the business,) nor whether money once so spent will ever return again, or has really faded with the faded ribbons and disappeared forever. Again, honest people every day lose quantities of money to dishonest people. But that is merely a change of hands much to be re gretted ; but the money is not, therefore, itself lost; the dishonest people must spend it at last somehow. A youth at college loses his year’s income to a Jew. But the Jew must spend it instead of him. Miser or not, the day must come when his hands relax. A railroad shareholder loses his money to a director; but the director must some day r spend it instead of him. This is not —at least in the first fact of it—na tional loss. But what the public need to know is, how a final and perfect loss of money takes place, so that the whole na tion instead of being rich, shall be get ting gradually poor. And then, indeed, if one man in spending his money destroys it, and another in spending it makes more of it, it become a grave question in whose hands it is, and whether honest or dis honest people are likely to spend it to the purpose. Will you permit me, sir, to lay this not unprofitable subject of inquiry before your readers, while, to the very best purpose, they are investing a little money in sea air? Very sincerely yours, J. Ruskin. Denmark Hill, July 30. COTTON! COTTON! Office Findlay Milling A M's a C 0.,) Macon, Sept, llth, 1888. j HAVING added to our establishment a Cotton GlnnlDg and Packing Department, supplied with both an Emery Cotton Gin and Condenser and Gullett's .Steel Brush Gin, together with an Improved Cotton Press—all propelled by .steam Power, we are now prepared to receive Cotton lor Ginning and packing (giving parties prefer ence of Gins) on toll. Cotton repacked, also. For further particulars, terms, etc., apply at Office of the Company. GEO. W. ADAMS, President. «epll-d<!few-tf Telegraph copy SEYMOUR AND BLAIR. CIAKD PHOTOGRAPHS of Hon. Horatio Sey t mourandGen. Fiauei* P. Biair mailed to any address for 25 cents. For sale by J. W. BURKE A CO„ augs-tf No. 60 Second St., Macon, Ga. TRAVELER'S GUIDE. The following is a corrected schedule of the various Railroads leading out of Ma con : CENTRAL RAILROAD—DAY TRAIN. Leaves Macon -7 <X> a. m. Arrives at Savannah 5 30 p. m. Leaves Savannah —9 00 a. m. Arrives at Macon —*> <0 J*. m. NIGHT TRAIN. Leave** Macon -625 r. x. Arrives at Savanuah —J 10 a. m. Leaves Savannah “ 20 p. m. Arrives at Macon - -0 Sca. m. CENTRAL TO AUGUSTA—DAY TRAIN. Leaves Macon 7 UO a. it. Arrives at Augusta 5 38 p. m. Leaves Augusta 8 45 a. m. Arrives at Macon 6 40 p. a, CENTRAL TO AUGUSTA—NIGHT TRAIN. Leaves Macon .6 25 p. m Arrives at Augusta 3 13 a. m. Leaves. Augusta .9 33 p m. Arrives at Macon 6 55 A. Me MACON ASD EATONTON—THROUGH TRAIN. Leaves Macou 6 25 p. m. Arrives at Mllledgevllle 8 58 p. m. Arrives at Eatonton 11 00 p. m. Leaves Eatonton -2 40 p. m. Leaves Mtlledgeville 4 35 P. m. Arrives at Macon 6 40 p. m SOUTH-WESTERN RAILROAD —TO COLUMBUS. Leaves Macon 7 25 a. m. Arrives at Columbus 1 22 p. m. Leaves Columbus... —l2 25 p. M Arrives at Macon. 6 05 p. m 80UTU-WKSTKRN—TO ALBANY AND EUFAULA. Leaves Macon 8 00 a. sf. Arrives at Eufaula .5 30 p. m. Leaves Eufaum 7 20 a. m. Arrives at Macon - 4 50 p. m Connecting with Albany Trains at Smith vil* and Fort Gaines Trains at Cuthbert. MACON AND WESTERN RAILROAD. Day Train leaves Macon 7 45 A. M Day Train arrives at Macon 1 30 p. x Night Train leaves Macon 8 40 P. M Night Train arrives at Macon 2 10 a. m Day Train leaves Atlanta 7 55 a. si Day Train arrives at Atlanta.. 2 00 p. m Night Train leaves Atlanta 6 30 p. m Night Train arrives at Atlanta 4 10 a. m No Day Train on Sunday. MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD. Passenger Train leaves Macon 3 00 P. M Passenger Train arrives at Macon 10 30 A. m GEORGIA RAILROAD—ATLANTA TO AUGUSTA. Day Passenytr 'Drain. Leaves Atlanta 5 00 a. m. Arrives at Augusta 3 45 p. m. Leaves Augusta 7 00 a. m. Arrives at Atlanta 6 30 p. m. Night Passenger IVain. Leaves Atlanta 5 40 p. m. Arrives at Augusta 8 00 a. m. Leaves Augusta 10 00 a. m. Arrives at Atlanta 7 40 p. m. Day Trains only connect with Brancn Roads at Union Point, Camak and Barnett. MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. Leaves Milledgeville 5 30 a. m. Arrives at Augusta 3 45 P. m. Leaves Augusta 7 00 a. m. Arrives at Mllledgevllle 6 20 p. m. THECELEBRATED IMPROVED INSULATED PLANCHETTE, SCIENTIFICALLY CONSTRUCTED. rpHE theory of Planchette Is. that It gathers the X magnetism, or electricity, generated by those who place their Angers thereon. This, when suf- Acieut, gives au automatic motion to ihe instru ment and pencil. The Improvements consist— -Ist. In the interposition of an insulating ma terial or compound between the wooden tablet and castors, which prevents the transmission of the magnetism to the table on which the Plan chette rests, thus charging the instrument In the shortest possible time. 2d. In the construction of the stylus which car ries the pencil, giving greater ease and smooth ness of motion. 3d. The construction of the castors, reducing the friction to the least possible degree, while the wheel is from one-third to one-half larger than in any other Planchette made, so that the instru ment will obey the lightest impulse. Planchette has sometimes been wayward, and would not respond to the touch. The cause of this has been its imperfect arrangement, manu facturers paying but little if auy attention to its philosophical or mechanical construction. To those who have hitherto been disappointed we would say, buy ours. In Us construction have been fhllfllled all the. philosophical conditions necessary to make it a success, while those be yond the pale of science we have not disturbed. This little instrument is a source of never fail ing amusement —to the philosopher who specu lates on the soul of things; the mystic who wishes to unveil futurity; and the doubter who is desirous of being satlsAed that there are more things in heaven and earth than his philosophy has dreamed of. Childhood, youth, and age are alike attracted by its marvelous movements. Every family should have one, and that one should be of the kind we offer, for they are not only the most per fect Planchette in the market, but u much liner article for the money than any other oAered tor Price 51.50. For sale by J. W. BURKE A CO., aug22 Macon, Ga. FARMERS' ALMANAC IF On 1808. WE shall issue our Almanac about the 15th of October, aud solicit orders. The calculations are upon the Greek Plan, and are -made by Thomas P. Ashmore ,Esq., of Llncolnton, Georgia. It will contain besides the regular Astronomical Calculations—much valuable matter, such as Ag ricultural and Gardening Hints, .Statistics, etc., etc. Price per single gross, 84.00. Five gross, with imprint on Arst page, and half page on back for advertisement at 53.50 per gross. Ten gross or more, with Imprint and one page advertisement at $3.00 per gross. Order early before the pressure commences. Address J. W. BURKE A CO. Macon, Ga. TO ADVERTISERS. The Farmer's Almanac has an immense cir culation, from 60 to ItM.uOO annually, and is a Sood advertising medium. We will take a lew rat claaa advertisements: One page 8100 00 Half page 60 00 Fourth page 35 00 This Almanac circulates extensively lu Geor gia, Alabama, Florida, and the Carollnas. We shall take hut tew. Addresa J. W. BURKE A CO., aug 17-ts. Macon. Ga. NEW BOOKS. CALLAMURA; A Novel: By Julia Pleasants, of Alabama. 81.75. TALES OF ALGERIA; or Life Among the Arabs: By Richard Meade Bache. 8L75. Half-Dollar edition of Tennyson's Poems, com plete. 50c. For sale by oc9 J. W. BURKE A CO. Bankrupt Blanks. OF THE MOST IMPROVED FORMS, IN SETTS bat 81 00, or by the quire at 81 00 Address 27tf J. W. BURKE A CO SCHOOL BOOKS Wi^r v I SISh' ROEBT ANR «*.. STANDARD SCHOOL BOOJs To be found the country, embracing every book used in the various schools V ' pose to sell them At Wholesale and Retail, As low as any House south of Louisville. SEND IN YOUR ORDEK> Terms—Cash, or packages sent by lectable on Delivery. Address J. W. 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Terms invariably CASH. These Books can all be had of Messr* J '» I BURKE & CO., Maeon, Go., who are our air zed Agents. They will sell at wholesale lor : - r Merchants and Teachers as low as they . j bought of us. Messrs. J. W. Burkk A Co.,v authorized to furnish these tiook* at in:: prices to Teachers. For farther partlcui*" dress them at Macon, Ga. Cincinnati, Bept. 22-dtf. BURKE & CO.’S ELEGANT ENGLISH JUYEMU f|3HE ENCOMBE HTORIEH; or Talc* mi - X day Reading. Adam to Haul. Hy He\. H Adams The Grahames; a Horae Life—by* stherlne I ft Bell. Stories of Old; Bible narratives for young r e dren—by Caroline Hadley. Margaret Cecil; or I Can BecauM 1 Ocji : 1 Catherine D. Bell. Horace and May; or Cnconscloa* Influ - Catherine I). Bell. Home Sunshine—by Catherine I). Bell. Rosa’s Wish, and How she Attained H- ' 1 ' rine D. Bell. Aunt Allie; or Patience and Us !>»> ' Catherine D. Bell. All the above are ■! Illustrated; price 82 00 each. Arabian Nights Entertainments; elegc lustrated—B2 50. 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