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OUR LONDON NEWS London, Oct, 22.—No princess has been more frequently reported us being affianced to one scion of royalty or another than the beauti¬ ful Helene of Orleans, sister of the duke of Orleans and the favorite daughterof the late comte de Paris. Xhis time gossip assigns her to Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the future emperor of Austria, and in the royalist circles at Paris the be trothai is spoken of as certain, In court society at Vienna, in the purlieus of Pall Mall and jn the sa lons of Mayfair the report is also believed. It is further in those organs of the French press which are devoted to the monar chical cause and are regarding as constituting the mouthpieces of the Orleans family. They one and all unite in declaring that as soon as the first days of mourning are at an end the engagement will be offi¬ cially announced. If the marriage takes place, which seems in every respect probable, it will in no sense con¬ stitute a love match, since the arch¬ duke and the princess have scarce¬ ly ever seen each other, their soli¬ tary meetings have been at a party given by the prince of Wales at Marlborough house last summer in honor of the archduke, whose atti¬ tude was so cold and formal to everyone during his four days’ vis¬ it to England that the impression which he left behind him was the reverse of agreeable. At any rate, the archduke and bis bride will form a very hand¬ some couple, while the infusion of fresh blood into the house of Haps¬ burg cannot but materially benefit the mental and physical condition of its members. There has been far too much intermarrying be¬ tween near relatives in the reign¬ ing family of Austria, and it is to this, above everything else, that is attributed the tendency toward epilepsy and insanity among the Hapsburgs. Princess Helene of Orleans comes from an entirely different stock, and is not only very beauti¬ ful, but also a perfect specimen of physical and mental vigor. And certainly she is better situated than any other marriageable princess to maintain unimpaired the tradition¬ al reputation of Austrian empress¬ es for loveliness. She is healthy-minded in her way of looking at life, remarkably free from formality and likely, therefore, to exercise a beneficial influence upon the archduke, who has been brought up and educated in the strictest manner of the old school, and is inclined to attach too great importance to the^lti quette and rules of precedence for which the Austrian court is fa mous. In one point, however, the young couple will be in thorough sympa¬ thy with each other. The arch¬ duke is passionately addicted to shooting and hunting and is one of the best sporting shots on the con¬ tinent of Europe. Princess Helene shares these tastes in a magnificent equestrienne, has acted as master of the foxhounds of an English pack for several months with great success, and is as sure a shot as her mother, the comtesse de Paris. Like the archduke she is a de vout catholic and, if popular re¬ port is to be believed, in was en¬ tirely due to her fervent devotion to the catholic church that she de dined the offer of marriage made her by the late duke of Clarence, a union which would, of course, have entailed her conversion to the pro testant church. She was very fond of the duke, and it was only after travelling to Rome and a long and touching, interview with the pope that she definitely declined to be¬ come the duchess of Clarence. With regard to archduke Fran¬ cis Ferdinand there have been cur rent all sorts of stories as to an al leged attachment subsisting be tween himself and the widowed Crown Princess Stephanie. A# I have pointed out before in these columns, there is not a word of truth in these tales. The archduke is far too fond of his beautiful step -—ather, Archduchess Mark The¬ re, to desire to wed her bitterest For the crown princess is noto¬ riously at daggers drawn \yith the archduchess, their quarrels with regard to precedence at court hav¬ ing necessitated the intervention of the emperor; the empress and the entire imperial family siding with Marie Therese against the univer¬ sally disliked crown princess, who is neither amiable nor beautiful and is utterly incapable of inspir ing any such feelings of passionate attachment as she is credited with having aroused in the breast of the archduke. Moreover, if this were not suffi cient, there a^e statutes of the mdst stringent character in the imperial house of Hapsburg which prohibit any member of the family in the direct line of succession to the throne from wedding the widow of a crown prince, for reasons which are obvious. Lord de Saumarez, who has tak¬ en advantage of the newly enacted death duties to use as a pretext for stopping the pensions and annuities accord to all the old servants and retainers of his family and that of his wife, is far from being.the poor man that one would immagine from the perpetration of such an incon ceiVable piece of meanness, since it is evident that the servants in ques¬ tion would never have received pensions unless they Were no long¬ er able to work and had spent their entire existance in the service of the De Saumarezs and of the Brokes. A classmate of the prince of Wales at Oxford and subsequently, a subaltern in the Coldstream guards, he deserted the army for diplomacy, and figured as secretary of embassy* in turn at Athens, Ber¬ lin, Paris and Tokio, where he dis¬ tinguished himself by importing the first brougham in Japan. Shortly before, on succeeding to the title, though not to the person¬ al property of his father, who had left everything he could to his se¬ cond wife and children by her, De Saumarez married a great heiress in the person of Miss Broke of Broke hall,Ipswich, and possessed of three other of the most beautiful country seats in England besides a fortune of $3,500,000 in ready money, which, of course enabled him to put his ancestral mansion, Saumarez hall, in Guernsey, in proper repair. Lady de Saumarez is not beautiful, and the marriage can scarcely be regarded as a love match. While the Saumarez family is one of great antiquity, the peer¬ age was created by, King George in. and conferred upon the cele¬ brated admiral, Sir James Sauma¬ rez, whose brilliant feats figure in the same historic roll as those of Rodney, Howe and Nelson. He was second in command at the bat¬ tle of the Nile. It is manifest that his deccndant, the present peer, has forgotten both the name and the services of his famous ancestor. Lord de Saumarez is vice-presi¬ dent of the Japan society in Lon¬ don and has a collection of Japan¬ ese curios which enjoys consider¬ able celebrity. It would appear to the veriest tyro that it would have been more considerate to have sold off of a few of his Buddhist idols or even to have closed up one of the five country-seats which he owns, rather than to stop the pen¬ sions of his old servants^ thus prac¬ tically consigning them to the poor house in their last days.— Le Roy. BICYCLES If you want a cycle it will pay you to see The Times. We can also save you money on buggies, and sewing-machines, which we have taken in paymeut for adver¬ tising. We can sell you a good cycle for $45—one that can be used either by lady or gentleman. Clubbing Rate* The Times and any of the fol¬ lowing newspapers and magazines can be bad at the rates named for one year by applying at this office: Daily New York Evening Sun........#*3» Weekly Kew York Sun.............. -23» Weekly Atlanta AoasUtntio® .... 1.75 fkmtbern Warm ................... 2.00 Plan mint*# Family Magazine ..... . 2.79 Harper’s UMfmxiae ........ . 4.00 Harper* Yoon* People...........- 2 AO Green** Fruit Grower .........-- - ..... AM ~~OUipapers (or sale at this office at 20 cent* per hundred. The Dixie Fair. The people of Macon certainly deserve credit for the courage have displayed in undertaking a grand exposition this year. A less energetic and determined people would have shrunk from such an undertaking with the hue and cry of “hard times,’ 5 but as in all other cases of the kind they seem about to reap the reward of success. From all advice, the Dixie • Inter state Fair will equal anything ever attempted in this State n not in the entire South. Its proportions have grown and increased until the man¬ agers themselves are astonished at it, but they seem to be equal to the occasion and while many thousands of people will visit Macon between October 23d and November 8th there will be something to attract the attention and suit the taste of every one of them. It rests assured that the live-stock exhibition, if nothing else was placed upon the grounds, would be sufficient inducement for almost anyone to visit the fair. The cn tries in this department®are more than double those of any other fair ever held in the State at this dis tance from the opening day. These entries embrace some of the finest strains of cattle and horses in America. The poultry depart¬ ment, having been from the very beginning in charge of gentlemen who are not only familiar with all the requirements that g»to make up a good poultry exhibit. The races will be better than were ever seen on a Georgia track. There lias not been such a tempt¬ ing list of stakes and purses offered to the horsemen throughout this section as is presented ’by Dixie Interstate Fair. When we add these features to the Midway Plaisance, as produced at the World’s Fair, and the hun¬ dred other attractions, we have still not said all. Many of our readers will remember the cele¬ brated fire-works display of the “Last Days of -Pompeii.” This grand representation wifi be given for six nights during the fair and it will afford thousands of people an opportunity to see it. Many people have made their arrange¬ ments to be with our Macon friends some time during the continuance of the fair. The well known hos¬ pitality of the Macon people will be tested to its fullest extent but we have no fear of the result. Remember the date, October 23d to November Sth. Griffin News : The defeat of the amendment which was intended to increase the ranks of judge of the supreme court by two may be re¬ gretted, but it must be faced and the best made of it. We think Judge Bleckly acted wisely in re¬ signing. At his age and with no possibility of adding further to his fame it would be folly to break himself down with further over¬ work. In replacing him the main object to be held in view should be to see that his successor is a man capaple of and accustomed to hard work. There are plenty of men of sufficient ability in the state, but men of ability are inclined to ute their brain6 only upon stress of ne¬ cessity and to take lai^je spells of rest. There are few however, who so delight in the use of their minds that they find no weariness in press¬ ing eagerly and constantly on in their profession. Of this class is Judge .Marshall J. Clarke, of Atlanta. Experenced- in the per¬ formance of all 1 those duties that fall so heavily upon the three su¬ preme court jndges, a wiery frame subordinate in all its wants and capacities to the solid bead it carries, he has been an indefat igable worker all his life and could go into harness in the new position without feeling the slightest fric¬ tion. There may be others, but it strikes us very pointedly Judge Clarke is the man for the position. Maj. McKinley’s present speech¬ es in exposition of the priceless benefits of protection would have had a peculiar interest could they have bees read 00 the morning after the elections in November of 1893. The emperor of China is appar¬ ently entertaining a vague notion that somebody is being licked. WHY? We Guarantee To sell you a Bicycle 25 per cent cheaper than you can buy elsewhere. We have six or eight different makes—all are machines. Pianos We can sell you a fine piano at prices thatwill astonish you Sewing Machines We cam save you $20 on a ma¬ chine. Buggies We have some of the best makes in the world and you can save on a cheap buggy at least $15.' Call on or address THE TIMES, Toccoa, Ga HARVEST EXCURSION -AT Very Low Rates VIA BIG FOUR Route To all Points in the % NORTH, NORTWEST and WEST October 17th and November 14, to points in Michigan. Tickets good returning twenty days from date of sale. Direct connections in Central Union station in Cincinnati, with all through trains of the C. & O. Ry., Queen & Crescent route, and Louisville & Nashville railway. Solid trains to St. Louis and Chicago. Ask nearest ticket agent for full information as to rates, routes, and Stopover Privileges, or address E O McCORMfCK, D B MARTIN, Puuipr Traffic Maoafer. Oca’I Paaa. k T. Afmi Cincinnati, 0. Warwick » Bicycles o THE LEADER IN BICY¬ CLE CONSTRUCTION The Warwick Zs the wheelman’s favorite. It represents hi* ideas. It is the strongest of the light the wheel* and lightest of l rong wheels. Every rider wants it when ONCE HE SEES IT The ’94 models are rigid,hand some light running and liber¬ ally guaranteed. fail ask them •*, Don’t to to see You. will be reasonably sure which to purchase. The goods please are already half sold. '. Catalogue free. Warwick Cycle Maaafsf Ceu a? Springfield. Mass. DEMOREST 9 the Prohibition city of Georgia ; 85 miles north east *bf Atlanta, amid the finest fruit growing and health¬ iest portion of the south. Investi¬ gate. FOR SALE 1 • N». 1— 1 3-4 miles of Demorest on new White county road. Consisting of 00 acres unimproved land—timbered. As good land as in the county. Gold has been profitably worked on this place. Enquire at this office. No. 2—1 mile from Demorest. 45 acres, 30 acres in cnltivation, house, well, stable, young orchard of 25 trees, good land. Has also good spring. Pricer-8300. Enquire at this office. < No. 3. A nice business property in the heart of Demorest.; will sell at less than half cost and would take a horse as part payment. A rare bargain,enquire The Times office. No. 4. « Sixty acres, more or less, 120 rods from the corporate limits of Demorest ; 20 acres cleared and fenced ; one frame and one double log dwelling; three fine springs, good soil, some good timber and some fruit. Price $9per acre;pur¬ chaser has choice of cash down or one-fourth cash, and balance in three equal annual payments with 8*per cent interest. Title perfect, no incumbrance. Call on or ad¬ dress The Times for any other in¬ formation. / No. 5—House 7 r; 1 acre as fine, land as in county ; running spring water in house ; good barn 593 pear trees, apple, peach trees "raspberry and grape vines ; all bearing; wants to move to farm ; a rare chance. No. 6—Farm of 75 acres, ad¬ joining city limits; 30 acres under cultivation ; largely bottom land, formerly a mill pond with soil 3 to 4 ft deep ; good frame dwelling,fine springs. This is as good farm as there is in this section ofGa. Price $2,100; terms easy No. 7—-5 r residence, bath room, large hall; on a principal street,in¬ cluding two large lots ; $650; terms to suit. No 8 Stock and Fruit Farm 211 acres 2 1-2 miles of Demorest on the great situated Piedmont Air Line to Washington, Line on Damn ereek lietween Air and Blue Ridge R. lie.; One of Pile public and roads passes through it to Demorest and the court, house and another In 1-4 mile of it. Trains on Isitli railroads, and Mt. Airy hotel are In sight. It is a very ele¬ vated, dry and healthy location—no being 1700 ty¬ phoid and malarial disease*—it feet above the sea, with u most bracing with at¬ mosphere. Hummers are pleusant hut few nights sandy when cover loam is and not acceptable. mulatto Hoi! is a adapted gray and 1ms a red clay sulmoil, well Is mostly to gralu,|grusses and fruits. , It under ofjopen fence with some 1(0 acres or v more upland partly tarraeed,-and cleared 35 and to 40 acres of bottom mostly, ditched. Four and one-half acres are in the finest i varieties of table grapes three years old old feone eight 2000 choice acre In asparagus plunts tor four years with ex¬ tending it. An old upplo und | teach orchard with some 500 young set out trees embracing the finest varieties of summer, fall und winter plums, apples, figs, peaches, apricots, jtcurs cher¬ ries, filberts,eurrant*,gooHel>errleH, quihees, straw berries, pecans, raspberries, blacklsirries, mulberries, mineral ete. Flue freestone water, also two springs can be opened, The and does wuter In every Held for injure stock. creek not over¬ flow to the land us Is so often the case, but ft can be made to improve it. Two lisli pond sites and water power for a small com or rice mill. Itiee culture will pay here and Uie rice raised is better than coast rice. There are some 20 acres fresh land; also some 8 or 10 acres of grass, herds or red-top, orchard ami red clover with an abbndence of summer grasses which last over six months. Grass will pay £20 per acre and the grapes alone 10 |»er cent, upon the whole investment. shipping They mid twice have paid that #250 per acre for for w ine. £100 [st ncrerfs a small estimate for grapes and 300 gallons tier acre a small estimate for wine. A thieteen room house is started and is walled lu and covered. It is in a tine location fora lawn, with treesetc. schools Also a btum 32x44. Churches and in all the surrounding the farm. towns and As one one fourth mile from a grape, iruit and stock farm this eannet, be ex¬ celled, while the climate is all that can be desired. Price entire tract #4000, half cash, balance 8 per cent interest, Titles are ab¬ solutely perfect; only three changes from the state to the present owner. Hatlafactonr reasons for selling. Would prefer to sell one-half interest or one-half the land. Address Demorest Real Estate Exchange. No 9 A nice 4 room cottage, ceiled throughout and has a fine mantle and decorated fireplace. Very large garden and lot. $375 » house worth more. No 10—A house and lot fronting lake at $375. No 11 A good farm 2 miles out; 5 r house,fine apple and peach orchard and 500 grape vines; 36 acres, part bottom land. $ 1,000. ' Attention! We have a fine wheat and grist mill, situated on a tract of 250, acres of land near Demorest, that can be bought at your own price. Price less than cost of mill. Ad¬ dress, Demorest Real Estate Ex¬ change. For Further Information, apply, Demorest Real Estate EXCHANGE, Demorest. - Georgia. CHICKENS FOR SALfe. t A few Black Minorca®, Brown Leghorns and Grist Game stags al One Dollar Each. These chickens are full blood and as good as oth¬ ers that cost $10 to $15 each. Address MRS. L.J.SAFFORD, Demorest, Ga. CHtCi The tavr . V. El North TotH* * ROUTE OF THE NASHVILLE CHICAGO and llMITED THt t ONLY Pullman Vastlbulad Truia Barrie* with Newest and Placet Oar Coaches, Sleepers and Dtaina Oars _ from the south £ Terre Haute, Indianapo 1 *’ CHICAGO, Milwaukee, St. Pa| , \ AND ALL POINTS IN THt NORTH AND NORTHWE^/ S. L ROGERS Southern Pussenger Agent, Chattanooga,' Tenn.' J. B. C/CVANAUQH, <J. P. A., Evansville & Terrehutte R. R. Evansville, T^-vv'Vi'Sj Iml. 4 ' ■ Hartford Bicycles Are the best for the money, and represent true economy. —i— They are honestly made and ful¬ ly guaranteed. ! V Ask HARTFORD rider* whi they think of them and you / get but one answer. They ride easy and wear well these qualities are what you quire. m If there is no Hartford agent I your town, write for a ca 1 Hartford Cycle Hartford, Conn. -r THE SUN The first of American New# Chas, A. Dana, Edii last and all tfa« time, forever! - - . THE SUNDAY By watt. 3' Daily }*