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EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
Tht Atlanta Constitution, is after
the so called Democratic Administra^
tion, about the badly mismanaged
Southern mails. The Democratic Ad¬
ministration, run to a‘large extent
by Republicans, needs poking with a
sharp stick, and we trust that our big
brother may poke a hole big enough
to retriedv the bad mails and also so
big that the Republican goats may be
easily driven oat of the pasture of the
Democratic sheep.
The Democratic party may just as
well begin to make ready for the fight
next year. There is no use to dodge
the question; Our party has not im¬
proved its chances, and will have an
up hill struggle in the next President
tial election.
Cleveland is reported as being more
than ever in favor of that miserable
fraud known as Civil Service. Civil
Service is a fine thing for thp Repub¬
licans; It is turkey for the Rads; but
buzzard for the Democrats.
Just so long as Wall street, bond¬
holders and National banks dictate
the financial policy of our Government
ju9t that long will we bear the cry ot
hard times.
Can’t Bro. * Watterson’s “Money
Devil” be induced to locate in North
East Georgia?
Sam Jones is preaching and pray¬
ing for Boston. Can the Itev. Samu¬
el cleanse the Augean stables?
The Inter State Commerce bill has
passed the House of Representatives
by a large majority. Now five Com¬
missioners at a salary of $7,500 per
year are to be appointed, Ex-Gov.
Smith , of Georgia, would like to be
one of the five. Who wouldn’t?
There is no telling what the next
twenty, five years may develop. The
whole of Europe is o-n thc brink of a
volcano, so to speak. Russia, pow¬
erful, covetous and bold, can raise an
army of 4,000 000 men. France can
put 2,400,000 in the field ; Germany
2,400,000 in the field; Austria 1,000,-
000; I tally , 2,000,000 ; Turkey, 900,-
0 @ 0 ‘.
The European powers are jealously
watchful of each others growth; in
the event of war, there is no predict¬
ing what alliances might be formed ;
nations having no direct issue may go
into the fight to acquire more territo¬
ry, or to prevent a rival power from
gaiumg greater strength. The next
quarter of a Century may completely
change the map of Europe.
Already some low muttcrings about
an extra session of Congtess^can be
heard. We say give us an extra rest.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C m Jan. 24, 1887
Editor Toccoa News. : For sev¬
eral days past the Senate chamber
lias had an testhetic air imparted to
its quiet sombre atmosphere by many
floral tributes placed by admirng and
and congratulating friends upon the
desks of fortunate recipients ot re¬
newed legislative honors. The desks
of Senators Cockrell and Dawes have
been enveloped ia cut dowers of the
rarest species, and the friends of other
Senators are anxiously waiting for
the opportunity to manifest their joy
in a similar way.
The Senate the week past devoted
the best part of .wo days to the dis¬
cussion of the Hawaiian treaty, and
this week will devote some time to
discussing Senator Blair's bill to
amend the Constitution so as to con-
fer the right of suffrage upon women
The bill is not likely to pass this ses-
sion , but will probably reach a vote
m the Senate, and between the lines
of the vole thus recorded the active
toilers in the cause will be able to
read the I progress they are making ,
*
and , judge . . of - „ the of p thc , day j
nearness
When their fond hopes will be
ei. The speeches delivered on the
subject will prov© interesting and in-
struetivc reading far many a family
ffreside, and all families desiring to
keep apace with the times would de
well to write to the : r Representative
or Senator for a copy of the speeches
which will be printed in full in the
Congressional Record. This paper is
printed at the Government Printing
Office, and your Representative willjbe
glad to mail you a copy as it costs him
nothing.
At no time since the trial of Guit-
eau has the Court House been so
crowded as during the past week—at
the sessions of the jury inquiring into-
the sanity of Mrs. Emmons, the wife
of Prof. Emmons, The husband, who
is a man of wealth, is endeavoring to
have the wife placed in a lunatic asy-
lum on the charge of insanity. It
seems that the wife is unusually
bright and self-willed, and as not un-
snal in such cases, rather cranky or
eccentric, and the husband not to be
annoyed by her eccentricities wishes
her incarcerated in a mad-house.
The parlies are well known in society
circles, and as a consequence im
mense crowds have been attracted to
the court room, Women, young and
old, dressed in silks, laces, and se?l
skins, are at the court house door by
9 o’clock in the morning with lunch
under their wraps, to make sure of
getting inside the temple of justice.
Hundreds are turned away daily, and
those who are fortunate enough to get
inside are loud m their demonstra-
tions of sympathy for the wife, and
manifest the same by cheering lustily
when evidence favorable to her is
given, and hissing the husband when
he appears, and groaning when his
counsel ask questions not meeting
the approval of the audience. The
excitement has run so high at times
that women have stood upon the
moulding to the wainscoating about
the room, and clung to the gas-fixt-
arcs so as to glare into the faces
all engaged in the trial. If there is
such . a thing as a jury being influenc- „
ed by public clamor, the wife will be
adjudged not to be a^Ionatie.
The President is in receipt of an
antique chair from a Mrs. P. C. Good-
. ol Boston. _ It . four
wm, is over leet ,
high and three feet broad, and of ele
gent workmanship. A covering was
sent with it made of silk and velvet
patchwork, which has in it oyer 2 5,
000 pieces. Ihe chair has been sent
out to Oak View, ami the President
acknowledged it by an autograph let-
ter>
Tho President’s first State dinner
on Thursday night was very elaborate
in all its details, and covers were
laid for thirty-two guests. Among
the wives of the Cabinet officers pres
ent was Mrs. Lamar, it being her first
appearance at an official or social
gathering since her arrival in Wash¬
ington Governor Fitzhngh Lee, of
Virginia, and wife were also present.
It is the first time in many years that
a governor and his wife have been
present at a State dinner, but the old
common-wealth is so close to the
Capitol, and its people so sociable
that it is probable that the present
governor will be found present at
many official receptions in Washing¬
ton. H.
The New Mexican Pension Bill.
This bill has passed both houses ot
Congress and only awaits the signa¬
ture of the President tn become a
law.
an act granting pensions to the Sol¬
diers and Sailors of the Mexican
War.
Be it enacted, etc^ That the Secre¬
tary of the Interior be, md he is here-
hy authorized and directed to place
on the pension-roll the names of the
surviving officers and enlisted men,
including’marines, militia and volun
teers.of thc military and naval servi¬
ces of the United States,| who, being
duly enlisted , actually served sixty
days with the Army or Navy of thc
United States in Mexico, or on the
coasts or frontier thereof, or en route
thereto, in the war with that nation
or were actually engaged m a battle
in said war, and were honorably drs-
charged and to such other officers and
soldiers and sailors as may have been
personally named iu any resolution
of Congress for any specific service
in said war, and the surviving widow,
r such officers and enlisted men:
Provided, 1 That such widows have not
remarried ■ i Provided, That ^ even
officers, enlisted roan, or widow
who is or may become sixty-two year*
of age, or who is or may become sub-
to any * disability or dependency I
equivalent to some cause prescribed
‘>r recognized by the pension laws of
the United States as a sutlicient rea-
son for the allowance of a pension,
shall be entitled to this act; but it
shall not be held to include any per-
son n0 ^ within the rule of age or disa
bility or dependency herein defined,
or who incurred such disability while
i n an y naanner voluntarily engaged in
or aiding or abetting the late rebel-
lion against the authority of the Unit-
States.
Sec. 2. That pensions under see¬
^ion ^ ^hi* ac ^ be at the rate
°* P er month, and payable only
* rora an< ^ a ^ t€r the passage of this act.
** or anc * during the natural lives of the
P ersons entitled thereto, or during
the continuance of the disability for
w kidi the same shall be granted :
Provided, Ibat section 1 of this act
s * ia ^ n °k apply to any person who is
recelv ^ n S a pension at the rate of $S
P er mon th or more, nor to any person
reCe i v ing a pension of less than $S
P er mon tb. except for the difference
between the pension now received (if
^ ess ^ban $8 per month) and $8 per
mont, b.
^ EC * ^bat before the name of
an ^ P erson shall be placed on the peu-
s i° n ' r °fi under this act proof shall be
ma( ^ e * un der such rules and regula-
t * ons as ^be Secretary of the Interior
,na ^ preset ibe, of the right of the ap-
pbcant to a pension ; and any person
w ^ 10 s * ia ^ falsity anc ^ corruptly take
anv oat * i iec l u i rec i under this act shall
deemed guilt} of perjury; and the
^ ecretar y the Interior shal cause
to 1)6 str i°i <en from the pension-roll
^ ie name of any person whenever it
s ^ a ^ be made to appear by proof sat-
to him that such names was
P ut u l )OU suc b roll through false and
fraudulent representations, and that
such P #rson is not entitled to a P en '
sion under this aet * Thc loss of tlie
certificate of discharge shall not de-
prive any person of the benefits of
thjs act ,- b „ t otl)er record cvilionce ()f
enlistment and service and of an hon-
orable discharge may be deemed suf-
beient : Provided, that when any per*
,on Ilas l «* n granted a land warrant,
under . act of Congress, for and
any on
account of service in the said war with
Mexico, such grant shall be prima
facie evidence of his service and hon-
orable discharge; but such evidence
warrant was improperly granted,
‘Sec. 4. That the pension laws now
* n f° rce which are not inconsistent or
in conflict with this act are hereby
made a part of this act, so far as they
may be applicable thereto.
‘Sec. 5. That section 4716 of the
Revised Statutes is hereby repealed
so far as thc same relates to this act
or to pensioners under this act.
‘Sec. 6. That the provisions of this
act shall not apply to any person
while under thc political disabilities
imposed by the fourteenth amend¬
ment to the Constitution of the Unit¬
ed States.
Chicago Wants an Army.
Sixty-six citizens of Chicago want a stand¬
ing army at, its gates. Chicago always had a
way of its own, but this seems a queer wrinkle
even for the big city by tho lake.
A number of rich Chicago men last sum¬
mer, bought Highland park. It is about one
square mile of laud fll
lying on Lake Mich-
i miles ga n, north twenty-fi of Chi¬ ^;ff GHLAN0 p A p%
cago. It was bought,
by the Commercial
purchasers club. Among finds its CWCAS09S\ L-****^?.
one
the Illinois name senator, of the new*"*....."****7fifey ..... : -
Hon. C. B. Farwell. thef>
Soon after
park was bought, a
resolution was in¬
troduced into tho HIGHLAND PARK,
senate, by Mr. Logan, authorizing tbe secre¬
tary of war to accept as a gift a deed of
Highland park to the United States govern¬
ment. Seeing that the United States has a
good deal of land lying about loose already,
this seemed a queer gift.
But the final clause of the resolution read
thus, “for military purposes.” The land was to
lie donated to the government on condition
that a military garrison bo maintained there.
Chicago’s rich men, feeling uneasy in their
minds, want United States troops per¬
manently stationed within call. They are
afraid of the Anarchists. They want twelve
regiments. The resolution passed the senate,
and was sent to the house.
WE’RE SADDEST WHEN THEY SING.
The swan, eonsid’rate bird and passing wise,
Sings only once—then just before it dies.
Surely it were a happy thing
If some we knew might die before they sing.
—Morning Journal.
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A FATAL MISTAKE.
Tiie Cleveland (Ohio) Press,
of February 23tl, 1B83, pub¬
lished an account of a fatal
surgical operation which caused
a great commotion among med¬
ical men throughout the whole
country, Dr. Thayer, the most
eminent surgeon in Cleveland,
pronouncing it scandalous. It
aiypears -vi that ^ c y a Kirs. * * Ivinre ° had
been SllfFerin° ° p for inanv vears
front SOme disease of the / stom-
aeh, which, had resisted the
treatment of all tlie physicians
in attendance. The disease
commenced with a slight de¬
rangement of the digestion,
with a poor appetite, followed
by a peculiar indescribable dis¬
tress in the stomach, a feeling
that has been described as a
faint “all gone” sensation, a
sticky slime collecting about
the teeth, causing a disagree¬
able taste. This sensation, was
not removed by food, but, on
the contrary, it was increased.
After a while the hands and
feet became cold and sticky—
a cold perspiration. There
was a constant tired and lan¬
guid dreadful feeling. Then followed a
nervousness, with
gloomy forebodings. Finally
tain the patient food was unable to re¬
any whatever, and
there was constant pain in the
abdomen. Ali prescribed rem¬
edies failing to give relief, a
consultation was held, when it
was decided that the patient
had a cancer in the stomach,
and in order to save the patient’s
life an operation was justifi¬
able. According!}’, on the 22d
of February, 1883, the opera¬
tion was performed by Dr.
Vance in the presence of Dr.
Tuckerman, Dr. Perrier, Dr.
Anns, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Capner,
and Dr. Halliwell of the Police
Board. The operation consist¬
ed in laying open the cavity
of the abdomen and exposing
the stomach and bowels. When
this had been done an examin¬
ation of the organs was made,
but to the horror and dismay
of the doctors there was no
cancer to be found, The pa-
tient did not have a cancer.
When too late the medical men
discovered that they had made
a terrible mistake; but they
sewed the parts together and
dressed the wound that they
had made, but the poor woman
sank from exhaustion and died
in a few hours. How sad it
must be for the husband of this
poor woman to know that his
wife died from the effects of a
surgical operation that ought
never to have been performed.
If this woman had taken the
proper remedy for Dyspepsia
and Nervous Prostration (for
this was what the disease really
wasjf, she would have been liv¬
ing to-day. Shaker Extract of
Roots, or Seigel’s Curative
Syrup, a remedy made ex¬
pressly gestion, for Dyspepsia or Indi¬
has restored many such
other cases to kinds perfect of health after all
treatment have
failed. The evidence of its
efficacy in curing this class of
cases is too voluminous to be
published read published here; but evidence those who
the in
favor of this dyspeptic remedy
do not question its convincing
nature, and the article has^an
extensive sale.
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