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A Defect n our Navy. Tl.tr. i-> mi' . ii >..a ti ir ii.ivv which should ho isha g< <1 because it is contrary to the spirit of our institu tions. It is the barrier which prevents enlisted men from becoming commiss ioned officers No matter what may be his natural qaahficadons, his merits or his nchieviments, the blue jacket can never win a commission. 11l the army it is different. Every man who enters the army as a private has a chance to become a lieutenant and to rise to any rank to which his merit may carry him. Many of the best officers in our army went lip from the tanks by sheer force of manhood, intelligence and det< rniiuati< n, The chancli of promotion which is held out to all aiike from the Lr'gadier general to the humblest private does a great deal to keep up high spirit in the army. Why should net those who (liter the navy nt, the bottom have an cqii'.i opportunity to rise? Our government is based on the theory of equality of opportunity to all men. it is left to the individual himscif to make his ca rd r in even’department of the gov ernment but the navy. Why this dis crimination?—Atlanta Journal. GLADSTONE STEADILY DK- C LINES. Oltl Statesman Is confined to II::- Itoom Awaiting'Death. Mr. Gladstone s strength steadily declines, through then is, it. is than uht, no prospect of ;m immediate end. The disease has not gained force on uogli to overcome tho wonderful strength of his constitution, hut n natural weakness now supervens mi l gains upon him, encouraged by Mr. Gladstone’s fervent desire for the rest wl.cih he lias so richly earned. lie is now confined to his room. Now and again Ids mind reverts to critical period in his career and to tlie legislation which cost him the most anxey, but the man thing that tills his thought is religion and be speaks of death as his call. “IT IS ,TIIE BEfeT ON EARTH.’ That what Edwards W Barker, mer ( bants of Plains, Ga., say of Chant bor lain’sPain IJalra, for rheumalisiu, lain, hack, deep settop and muscular pains. Sold bv 11. T. Thompson, Merchant, llomer, Ga History KccaPotl. Among many of the foolish things that the Spaniards have been guilty of was a hostile demonstration against the British consulate at Santiago de Cuba. Asa result, of ■course, a British warship has been ordered to that place. This circumstance calls 10 mind an other octu ranee when one of her maj esty's war vessel’s dropped into that port from Jamaica. It was m November, 1873. The Spaniards had captured an American ship called tin Virginius, and were puttin > h< r in w and pnsseugt rs to death in a *uost savage manner—mur dering them and mutilating their corpses. The British ship Xiobe came into poit. Her commander, Sii Hamilton Lorraine, In : 1 of what was going on: lie sought an inter view with the Spanish governor and (old him the massacres must stop. The governor protested that M hoy were only “Yankee dogs’’ he was kill ing. No matter, Sir Hamilton,replied not and her one roust be killed. The Spaniards still di limit, lie tool, his orders from the captain general lie said, and not from any meddling Britisher. Then the British delivered his ultimatum: "My ship is in the harbor, with double shotted guns. Kill another man and I will open lire and lay- your town in mine.” And not another man was killed. But the of retribution lias come Spain will cow suffer for may of ion ses. —-Macon Telegraph. TRADE I/ DMHONSpinc f\r otGjiVERt SLLu Tonic Pallets. Cure all fot us of disease caused by a Sluggish Liver and BiHousuess. The Pink Pi’l GJc.3SISCS The Tonic Pellet InVlgOratCS The little “I • ' rV. I■ . " to!: all about them, and a w.vk'- Free, proves every won! true, v.' ei ; b ■ V; ..iineut, CROWN K?G. CO.. N. Y, end OrecnavlHc, Tjnn Valuable to XV'omeu. Especially valuable to women is Browns* Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache disappears, strength takes the place of weakness,anil the glow of health readily comes to the pallid check when this won derful remedy is taken. For sickly childrey or overworked men it has no equal. No homo should be without this famous remedy. ypytVH.i’i on Bitters is sold by all dealers. DOTY SF FARMERS IN THE PRESENT CRISIS Heavy Provision Crop Should He Planted. WAR AND COTTON TRICES Commissioner Nesbitt Points Out That There Will Bea Bis Demand For Dreiulstiift's, Etc., While (lie Fleecy Staple Is Likely to Tumble. Department of Aorici-i.ttr*, Atlanta, May 1, 1808. OCR DUTY IN TIIE PRESENT CRISIS. Now that war with fcjfain lias been definitely decided on, the gravity of tho situation demands that wo, as farmers, give cursehA'.s to a careful study of its hearings 011 our agricultural interests, both individual and collective. Tho opinion among competent army and navy experts seems to be gaining ground that the campaign, after hostilities ac tually begin, will be neither short nor easy, and it may drag along forinouths. Under those apprehensions what is our plain duty? What do we owe to our selves, our families, our country? Yt hile our arm -and navy on land and sea are enforcing si recognition of tho great principles of human independence, what are w e farmers to do? How can we help in tho struggle that is to set Cuba free? We are to supply not culy tho home demands for provisions, but we are to supply the “sinews of war” to our armies in the field by a bounti ful food crop. Besides the usual homo demand there will boa heavy demand for 1 rcadstuffs and provisions to feed our armies. Should peace be declared without hostilities tho demand will still be heavy. There will bo thousands of homeless, helpless people iu Cuba to be fed. Thus in either event, war or peace, all surplus supplies will find a ready and a profitable market. Therefore, if we have not already done so, v. u should put in an unusually heavy provision crop, even if wo have to appropriate for this purpose some of the acres intended fer, or already planted iu cotton. EFFECT OF THE WAR OX COTTON. When a farmer sets himself fora hand to hand struggle with an overwhelming cotton crop, he necessarily consigns the provision crop—the bread and meat supply—to the domain of chance. Under present conditions every consideration of self interest, every prompting of patri otism appeals against such a course. The generally accepted idea of war, ag riculturally speaking, is cheap cotton and high provisions. A war with Spain would almost paralyze our cotton trade, while the price of provisions would ad vance. in viaw of these facts, what will bo the futo of tho man who pro duces a large cotton crop, for which lie will get a low price, and who depends cn buying the whole or even part of needed provisions for which he will pay a high price ? It is scarcely necessary to say, and while he has injured him self, he has also, to a certain degree, in jured his state and country, both of which are now looking to him to do his duty in the struggle which is upon us. I know that some farmers may arguo that as the general crop may be much reduced, now is the time to take the chance and put every available acre in cottcn, but there was never a graver mistake. If over there was a year to increase the food crops and decrease the cotton, this is the year, for the reasons already given. Ti t:-: FLOOD IN Til it mSSIS.'IPPI also furnishes another argument with some farmers for planting a largo cot ton crop in Georgia. They reason that it will be so lute when the cotton crops in tho fertile Mississippi valley are planted, 1 1 • t tho yield will bo very ranch cut oil'. But they forget that in the year jml past, there was an almost uu precedentei i flood in the valley and that the crop of ”ji was delayed almost later than wr..: ev -r known before, certainly much later than tho present flood can possibly do. Levees were swept away, property was destroyed and tho making of a cotton crop in that section scorned an almost hopeless undertaking. Geor gians and farmers in oth -r suites pre sumed on this and put in a big crop, but the valley planters w( r s also busy. Sev eral weeks later than the present date they too put in a big crop, and the con scip.icnco was the largest general cotton crop cn record and ruinousiy low prices. At present THE PRICE OF COTTON IS ADVANCING and this also may allure the unwary farmer into the error of overcropping bimsol f. 1 have always maintained that the true p > i T is to provide bountifully for every need of tho farm, and then to put in just as much cotton as can be -veil managed. And that rule still holds good. Tho man who does this is safe in any even: be the price of cotton high or low, becam e ha is not compelled to soli himself to the provision dealer or merchant for broad and meat. He is also in ap siti in to exercise his judg ment in the disposal cf his cotton—to sell or to hold, as cirenm tr.no * sug gest. Were every farmer t . inde pendent the control of the.- : n mar ket would ho virtually where it be longs—that is in ‘.be hands of tho pro incurs—rather than of the men who deal in “futures.” It has been well said, and it has come to be a fact, that not supply and demand for spot cotton affect the price, but supply and demand for “futures” establish the price, and this “future” market is saitrolled by professional operators and manipu lators, which could not be possible were each individual farmer able to sell or hold his cotton at will. As things now Itaud these operators are so sure if the entire cotton crop being on the market within a certain period, that they actually sell the results of the fanners’labor l'l months in advance! And so far, the ft rmers have quietly submitted. AY by? Because their short sighted poii.-y i;o ; rendered them dow erles to resist. Ninety-nine -me hun dredths of cur farmers are compelled to for- tic ircc'tcn on the markets early in the season ami the st wulafors thug become masters of the situation, lu.l 1 arns and full stc rehouses in the south mean independence to southern farm ers, because their cotton crop is thus ra il ased from bondage ar t they can exer cise t' ir .judgment us to when cud how to sell it. R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner. The population of Geoig a is esti mated at 2,175,000. The “one clrink too many” is al ways the first one —the others follow and :rj congenial company. The coy maiden who won’t give a fellow a! is, nut. w > --I nil him one j l.si f ia st con.i, always has the joan repaid and draws usurous interes. upon the principle. One of the boys at Chickamanga received the following note from horns recently. “Dear Jim: We kn.nvcl you didn’t have nothing much to eat thar, so, bein’ as yer uncle wus a-goin’ to Chattanooga, ycr mother sends von, by him an* through him, one bible, two quarts of Buttermilk, a sack of home made biscuits, a smokehouse ham air a bundle of tracts, with tol diers’Jprayerson ’em, an’ may the Lord have mercy on ycr soul!” Don’t. Don’t attempt to weigh otlieis with the scales on your eyes. Don’t blame the smoking lamp if it suits the indolent owner. Don’t apply for a job in the brew ery if your shoes take water. Don’t loaf in front of a bank just because there’s money in it. Don’t judge others by your own personal standard of right and wrong Don’t accuse the man ot cowardice who has been married more than once Don’t forget that the man who tries to prove too much often proves nothing.—Ex, A Cure For Dyspepsia, I was troubled with liver trouble, & iny stomach eas out of order, & after eating iny breakfast would throw up what I eat. It went on ill's way fo about two years. At last, after trying other remedies without any good effect I was induced to try Ramon’s Liver Bills and Tonic Pellets, After using one or two boxes I found myself in a healthy condition. I use them occa sonnlly yet, always when in need of pills. 1 consider them the best pill on the market, and feel safe in saying they are the finest things ever used.- jolui Livesav, Luther, Hancock Cos. Tennessee. HOTSPRINGS OF ARKANSAS. TIIE y. 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