Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

- . .. i vi, a AllMKftS SECRETARY .WILSON'S OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF THEIR PRQSPEOTS. 110 Say* That the Higher Prices For Farto Troduen May Amount to'mtOO, OOO.OOO, Will Make a Tour of the Stfuth lu fcho Sntertgt* off Agriculture. The Hon i.f*tue9 Wilson, secretary 61 • agriculture,-in an interview published tl o other clay in The Manufacturers’ referring to the condition of Anieiican farm interests at present, says: ‘‘The increase during the past year in the price of farm products, wheat and other cereals, vegetables and cattle for dairy use and slaughter, has amount ed to hundreds of millions of dollars and may be as great as §500,000,000, as has been roughly estimated. The in 'creu.se in the value of the wheat crop • alone is estimated at from $76,000,000 (to $100,000,000 or more as compared with last year. “There has been a general increase all along the line, and just as the food live stock has increased in value so -have beef, cattle, sheep, hogs and other stock furnishing us our meat.” Secretary Wilson says that at the ur gent request of President McKinley he will make, early in the fall, a trip through the entire south and give a • thorough study to the agricultural eou • ditious of that region with a view to seeing if he can offer any suggestions as to improvement in markets or diversifi cation of crops. ‘ ‘ One general need of the southwest, ’ ’ he says, “is a closer relation and a more rapid communication with the European markets, and with this object in view 1 have alrc ady placed myself in corre spondence with several ocean steamship companies to induce them to establish lines direct between the ports of the gulf of Mexico and those of Europe, the steamships to be provided with refriger ators, so that the fruits, vegetables, dai ry products and other perishable farm products can bo shipped expeditiously to all the markets of Europe.” Mr. Wilson adds, “The farmers of this country should be just now tho happiest people in tiie world because they are the most prosperous.” Ho believes that the farm interests of tho south will share to the fullest in this new era cf prosperity. Speaking of his southern trip, the secretary cays: “I am sent by President McKinley, and I shall go upon his urgent request. I am not going as a high commissioner or special embassador or special envoy or anything cf that stylo. I shall not go in a special car, viewing the country from a tar window while traveling at the rate cf 40 or 60 miles an hour. I shall go as a plain American citizen. I want facts and facts only. I wnut to see ' the farmer in his shirt sleeves, not the politician, with his high sounding and plausiule theories. I can get all of these I want right here in Washington. “President McKinley was much im pressed by his brief trip through a por tion of tho south during his visit to the Nashville exposition. He has as much interest, and ho has told me so himself, in the south as in his own state of Ohio and is willing to do as mnch for its de velopment. Before my return I shall -again visit tho exposition at Nashville. My other visit was far too brief to per mit as thorough inspection and investi gation of the south’s resources as I should like.” In speaking of the general condition of agriculture Mr. W’ilsou says: “Our statistics show that the wheat acreage in 1896 was 84,618,646, the yield 427,684,846 bushels and the value $310,602,630. Of this crop about 6 per cent remains. Tho average price was 72.0 cents per bushel, the highest since 1891, when itwas 83.0centsper bushel. Already spot wheat is selling at an ad vance, and how much higher it will go I do not know. The increase in price and yield should amount to at least $75,000,000, if not $100,000,000. Of course I have no figures bearing on the yield for 1897, and I make no predic tions as to fiuctuatious in prices. “Wheat ia ouly one article. Take corn. Of course the crop has not yet been harvested. The prospects are, how ever, for an abundant crop, and as its price i3 regulated to some extent ty that ■ of wheat good prices should be realized. There has been a falling off in the acre age of about 1,000,000 as compared with 1890. The total number of acres stand ing is 80,095,051. It is impossible, with no figures at hand, to estimate the corn product and the prieo. It is equally im possible, for the same reason, to esti mate tho average prices and increases in values, if any, of vegetables, hay, dairy products, poultry, etc. All we know is that there bus been a gcnerul increase in the avsrago all along the line. “Justus the food of livestock has in creased in value, so have beef cattle, sheep, hogs and other stock furnishing our meat. This does not apply to draft or driving horses and mules. The de mand for them has fallen off because of ■overproduction in past years, increase of steam and electric railways and of bicycles. ’ ’ Intoxicant* and Sunstroke. The British Medical Journal reports, with reference to the Australian colo nics, that during the month cf January, when 300 pcrsonß died of sunstroke, a request was made of the medical board to issue seme instructions for the avoid ance of this grave disease. The board is stated to have declared that of all pre disposing causes undue indulgence in in toxicating liquor is the most common wnd tho most daDgerous; further, that ■during tho attack it is dangerous to em ploy intoxicants as a remedy. To this The Journal adds that in many cases sunstroke has practically been alcohdl stroke, and iu other cases an injudicious resort to alcohol therapeutically has en dangered the sufferer’s life. All usual precautions being observed, tho 3trictly abstinent are least liable to heat apo plexy. —Exchange. When a man nearly ibrtalcs his < wn neck getting ont of the way ot a ii jrnt ring hog, thinking it a locomotive iieailiighi, it is time for him to sign the pledge, never to drink more. Why in the dry, hoi -world -men drink, is what staggers women;; ’out it is what the mee drink that weaallj stagguu both, me® we.d wsnm. “ _____ __ An o powarisag for tana anost fancy draaks w® mx&Gasmts ijyj t 1 <ry > meet rr<2ry otter pWßwaj and efjttvially for the 1 oantifol > j ICAftS. ur. Miles' New ..can Cure Victorious. No other raedlelne< tu show such a record. Hi’ re is a veritable patriarch, 73 years ot age, with strong pr.-jua Ice to overcome, who Unit Heart I'Unease 15 years, he took tho New Heart Cure and is now sound and well. f ’ pAMUEti-O. Stone. ** Grass Lake, Mich., Dec. 28, 1894. I havo been troubled ’vith heart disease 15 years or more. Most of the time I was so bad it was not safe for me to no out alone, as dizzy spells would cause falling. I bad severe palpitation, shortness of breath and sudden pains that rendered me helpless. All physicians did for me was to advise keening quiet. In August last I commenced taking br. Miles’ New ‘Heart Cure, and before I’had finished the first bottle I found the medicine was a God-send. I have now used four bottles in all and am feeling entirely we! 1. lam 73 years of age and have held a grudge against patent medicines all my life, but I will not allow this to prevent giving my testimony to tho great cure your valuable remedy has wrought in me. I do this to show my appreciation of Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure. SAMTTEL O. STONE. Dr. MilesTTeart Cnrdls sold on a positive guaranteo that the first bottlo will oenefit. All druggie* s sell it at SI, 6 bottles for $5, or it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Miles Medical Cos., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure R '“ H o c r , e uh. McKinley and the Stars. It may amuse our readers to learn what a star student discerns iu the planett and other celestial orbs for Presided! McKinley and the American people dur ing the present administration. It is not in the middle ages or the dark -ages, but at the close of the nineteenth con tury, that this astrologer makes his'pre dictions. Astrology used to frighten kings. Now it amuses the curious and the idle, and it still serves as useful a purpose as it did then. The astrologer, Julius Erickson, makes his prophecies in the magazine Intelligence. We skip lightly over tho cusps and trines and houses and de grees. Likewise we quote without not:: or comment the statement that “the nniverse is one grand electrified field or magnet, eternally shedding its potent influence on all things great or small. ” At the time McKinley became presi dent the moon and Vanns “were fortu nately placed in the house of honor.” The moon means the people, or ‘‘public at large. ” That indicates astrologically that the people will have, .much power during this administration, and those who want to oppress or baEtlsdozie them “may well take warning. ” Then, again, tho fortunate’positions of the sun, Venus and Mars denote that we shall have a ronsingand firm “American pol icy—nothing halfway iu it ” And here again those concerned may look out, particularly Spain, our astrologer inti mates. Harmony will exist between president and congress, tho army and navy will bo increased, and tho general condition of the people will improve.. Julius says we may confidently loos forward to prosperous times after tire spring of 1898, although grave qnes 'tions must be settled this year. Wa would like to have the prosperity now if we could get it, at once. The grave questions we could put off till next spring. There is to be a large number of accidents, fires and disasters, and a national school or academy will collapse or do something dreadful, and in con nection with this will be brought ont gome strange history. There will be hot, theological and religious disputes. One conld predict that without being an as trologer, however. President McKinley will have plenty of enemies and opposition, hut he Will “stand like tho pyramids’ and over come. This yetn- there will be "serious riot and disorder against the wealthy, probably in Illinois.” Why in Illinois?, Why has the astrologer a spite at lili-, noisf This summer some famous Americans Tvisl die. Here, again, -we may observe that anybody could have told that with-’ out reading the stars. We have so many' distinguished Americans that not a month passes without the death of some of them. Even after all the offices abroad have been filled with them there are enough left to make a uation half mast its flags every few weeks. Publicly, the administration of Mc- Kinley will be a stormy one. We are to meet with “rebuff or treaohery from some foreign power’ ’ before-this-yeaT is over. Stocks atid'honfts and the posses sions of bloated plutocrats will got tre mendous shocks up and down during this administration. There will be war or danger of war at some time in the next three years, and more and more of our greatest men will ‘die,'“scholars, men of science, divines-aud politicians. ” Still there is consolation in ithe thought that however many of these great men die we shall continue to have enough left, especially of .the .illustrious poli ticians. The people, wjvoTflhdlcjs, will prosper through it all, and>evente .between now am! 1001 will tend ito “-benefit them effectively and permenently. ” No onu cares so muoh about tbs rest, if this patt of the prcdidticu'ecmes troe. Please note <t>lte Constitution advertisement cn ;pnge ■?, •can’t.you’ suiiply ’the ntksrr.g“word? Subscribe for toot’h .papers, at £1;25 per year., senilihe money and orde ta The JOIJSNA’i, ffieSH/ES.. a. Honk TorgeVto vend in yo uj for the j **s*s mcsTY jofjasix. t u WMajrfcaMy low price *Geut K i Au ingenious Experiment. Mr. Clarence Alva of Si.*Louis ha* 'thought of a little-scheme which give* ’u very good idea Of the manner to whioh-thc eurth is kept in -space. Mr. •Aim says hi person nrayget the right ’idea- if ho secures a couple of ■ magnets “ami places them dirictiy opfosito each other so that the currents shall flow to opposite elirectious. They should be kr inch or so fsoni each bother. The mag nets should be and should be of thersame'size and strength. The* the experimenter ’ should make :w.litUe "sphere of pnptr or Sbuie light aitoetanee •and fasten two pieces of steel or similar metal to tho bail, the metals being al most exactly opposite. Then-comes the work of placing the sphere iu the ex act center of the spneo between the two magnets. If the experimenter can do -this, he will have the sphere remaining iu the uir without any visible means of support. It Is quite a trick to get the thing iu correct operation, but Mr. Alva -says'it can be done. "The Yellow Fever Microbe. Dr. Sanarelli, discoverer of the bacil lus of yellow fever, in the course of a lecture recently delivered in Monte video, declared the dread disease to be due to a microbe, which had been named by him icteroid, and that it wus rarely found either iu the blood ndf yellow fever patients or in their '■bodies after death, as it easily disap peared. Furthermore, the isolation of the microbe was difficult, but bacterio logical diagnosis was possible. Twenty- Hour ‘ hourts’ oultatres to. gelatin were Incognizable without microscope. Tfce microbe was very deadly -for animal*, producing, when experiments were made, a cyclic malady, with symptoms and lesions identical with those pro duced iu men—-namely, gastroenteritis, hemorrhage, nephritis, uraemia and 'fatty degeneration Cf the liver, destroy ing the hepatic cell-like phosphorus and thus suppressing.the natural defense of the organism. It has now (been demonstrated 1 that nine.cases out, of ton of women's disorders, painful and troublesome as they are, do t otirequiTetth-e attention of a physician at ail. ‘(Local taeat ment” or “pvt vale examinotions” have been shown to be entirely r.n nec'-ssary. The simple, pure wine or Cardui, taken in ‘the privacy of the bome'insures quick -relief. r It is entirely -unnecessary ‘for any woman to suffer from ‘t-bese almost universal complaints. Site can got a bottle of McElree’s Wine of Cardui at the nearest drug store for #I,OO and quickly put an end to the un pleasant pains and derangements. Thousands of women are well to-day because they did that. Keating Bicuflii. STRONG POINTS: Durable Roller Chain, Less Friction, Greater Speed, Light Weights, Great Strength And Durability. M ore Modem Practical Improvements Than can be found on any other wheel * ****** ******* DEALERS WANTED KEATING WHEEL -COMPANY, MIUDIiETONVN., CONN. makes .the whitest* the finest pastry, is milled f f rom the choicest winter wheat W j * jthat grows. It is IGLEHEARTS SWANS DOWN Flour.. It is 1 IJr -Kinf of PaterLts - Tr y *• **-■ 111 ’ Jar ca useiit produces the best food and the most, a W your grocer for it, and notice the ‘brand * W ’ W>hen PrKOS., PryAISfgVTLPR,TOT). I ghhh Banks County Journal hhhh WILL BE A r Uve Xiocal ~—.AND- | COUNTY PAPER -4g**l* r i FOR IT AND IliaiAii XTPi• The new Glucose trust will probably ■tick. jjj S F-E -OU AI, NOTICE. The Weekly Constitution, published, at Atlanta, Ga., has announced Us 4t! missing word contest. This is a -mid summer scheeme and something to in terest you during the hot season. September, covering a period of ninety days. It publishes the full particulars of the sealing ofUhe book-(the sentene* beipg taken from the works of a stan dard author) and placing the book with Col W. A. Hemphill,the Business Man aftgVT of the Constitution Publishing Company,-vH-io keeps it in .his-.safety vault and’-wlll deliver’tt sealed, to the .committee deciding the .contents on* Beptembes Ist. , -Ten per cent of the money received from subscribers who enter the missing word contest durtog the months of June, Jnly and August will be paid to the person or persons, nanitag-correctly the mussing word in the followine sen tence r ‘WE II A V E N O T ‘ ’ ENOUGH ANDAKEPUT TO VERY AWKWARD SHIPS F-O-R WAN-TOF .'SOM E.” There ‘is nabmtrch'doubt iu.the mind! of the Edttor of this paper s to the "word expressing 'thdt <sf-which the has not 'beenable Ho secure onOugK-and'he 1 realizes the very awkward shifts he is put to foi-want of same, but the point is to-find the very word the author of the sentenc nsed in .writing it. By special arrangements of.the-Weekly ConS( itUtion‘-lhtft-gTefft paper and ours (The BANKS COUNTY ‘JOURNAL) can be obtained for one year at a most (the;prioe of one paper. Not only that: tout under our arrangement with Thei Weekly Constitution every .person who takes advantage dTtHis clubbing propo osition, subscribing for both The Weekly Constitution, and, ■The.'BankaCounty Journal 1,28 will be entitled to a gueßS at the missing word. All clubbing subsscriptions should be sent to this paper with each -subscriber’s guess at the mtaain g-ar.d. plainly written. The guess, * tthe name an and address of each and asm ibe' will be forwarded-by -us to The Consti-j ■ tut ion. f The Constttution’s first “'missing word! .contest” closed on the ’-Ist of January,! and but one.person Mr. M. L.lßriltain; a hard-working school teacner, guessed the missing word, receiving therftfar * ■ehedk.to r 1d.,033,50. Its second contest closed on the Tit of IWarch. its third contest (dosed on Mayi Ist, and -the Weekly 'Constitution of Monday, Septeniber'Oth'will contain the, snuoncement of the awards in -WhichtheJ eastern'to be distributed among the snol eesdfiii guessers in tKis-new cantest. ( The readers of our paper-who vtibscribe. rointly to it and Tne Weekly Cons ; tltu4 tion have free aoeees into .the fourth, contest just opened', and it may be thre one of then will gat ithe money to b' distrihutep on the Ist of September. ; The only conditiou of .the contest "that every guesaer must be-asubsoriber, and taking advantage rSt The 'Constitu tion's offer we present this opportunity to all who wish to subscribe ’to both -papers. fEvery person should have bis county-paper and onegenera newspaper-, .andThe Wedkjy *Conati*u’ [-tion, -wifb a circulation of ISdICOQ, jj occupies She tutfigne' -diafciaotioE aS *be ■tfcgtaM. gmntotft kaannoawß Weakly ptenes A. R.ROBERTSON MONUMENTS ANff 4 WORKS Athens, tin. jjjjj 1 have always on hand . -- and for sale a large stock of Monuments and TomM ! V Stones at ROCK I BOTTOM PRJ C ESI Monuments, Tombs Head and Foot Stones i and Cradle Tombs. I You should always go and! see Robertson’s and his Prices. I Remember Robertsorl Pays all the freight to] your nearest depot. f A. K Robertson, | 115 Thomas St., i Athens, Gal ' WM -Hook* jtv,.: rm j •Qtm &*/ cj rns lowest Liira''irln