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I m Ilfs hamiMTitlt* Timmi« V«|. 17. kanuivllti Kotcrprue, V«l. 5T.J THOMASVfLLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY DECEMBER 2, 1893. TheTimes-Enterpri^e Piih.Co. Punr.isnso Evkuy Satukdxy. Million near Corner Jackson Street* SUBSCRIPT!->N RATES. ....$1.00 One Year, ..... Six Months, •• 00 Tnree Months 25 PAYABLE IS ADVANCE. THEO. TITUS A'.toi'iivV at Law, Thomasvil.e, C Office Special 1 dAw ly g G. ON, ATTORNEY AT I.AW, trotted to him. c. LANE V, Al. D. r*X7&XGZAN AND SU* GECN. .UOULTIUB, COLQUITT r ).,GA. g G. CULPEPPER, 1'bysician and Sargeoa, MOULTIUE, • - GEORGIA, IN THE TOWN AND COUNTY. WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE DURING THE WEEK. Interesting Items Pcked Up All Over the Country and Care fully Prepared and Serv ed to Our Readers. Twenty-five degree below zero 3 esterday In the Northwest. Whew! Come down South and thaw out. The Piney Woods Hotel and grounds are beautiful now. Both have recently been greatly improved in appearance. Mr Keeler has his new ice factory a : most ready hr business. It is the largest and best equipped concern of the Jcind in South Georgia. Yellow jack will have to take a back ? cat now. The frost yesterday morn ing was the last nail in its coffin. We hope it has been buried loo deep for resurrection. Dr. J. O. Branch preached two ?plerdid sermons at the Methodist church Sunday. Dr. Branch is one of the ablest divines in the South Ge< ference. gia < THOMPSON «i Ai n mm a i ts a : ss r, THOMASVILLE, - - - GA I am better prepared than ^ ever to do any ami all Kilo's •>■’* repair wor k in iron and bravs. 1 year* of experience, ped with (1 lion lo. long tiHy cquip- •■jVed tools and . to un denn Shop, I low Monuments. Thomasville will soon be m holi- ay attire. Some suspicous signs of chri.-tmas are cropping out already. ill not be long until “A Merry Christmas” will be ringing in the crisp air. Ever) body is glad to see Mr. David McCarjney, of Fort Howard, W»8. in Thomasville again. He arrived yesterday and lias occupied bis beau tiful winter home on Harwell street. Mr. McCartney is a great admirer of Thomatvide’a climate and spends every winter hero. The Piney Woods, with its artist’c coat of new paint, looks like a bride arrayed in the loveliest of gowns. The house has promise of a fine season. Al! seasons are good at the Piney W .ods. Mrs. Bower is a veritable magnet. The boys and girl?—and there were just stacks of them—who went out to the sugar boiling at Mr. Frank Haw> kins* on Thursday night, say they had more real fun to the square yard then •vas ever before concentrated into three fast fleeting hours. Frank prov ed himfelf a royal entertainer. They Like It. The committee appointed by the City Council to visit Valdoeta and in vestigate the new pumping process in operation there, accompanied by Mr. Wm. Campbell and one or two others, went down Thursday morning on the freight and returned at night. They spent several hours in the lively little city very pleasantly, and thoroughly looked over the pumping'arrange ment The system is the same as was outlined in these columns a day or two ago. It works to perfection, and while the committee do not express themselves it is very apparent that they like it Valdosta has a small plant,* and it is operated at very small cost,, yet by the new process they raise more water than both ot our expensive pumps. The Valdosta machinery only requires about ball a cord of wood per day. to run it, while curs consume about four and a half cords per day. Two or three men are required at our works, while a oue armed man run* the whole busi ness. Mayor Griffiu showed the c un mittee what there is to be seen about the new pump, which, however, ow ing to its extreme simplicity, is very little. There is an engine and air pump combined, the latter being con nected with an air reservoir, which, iu turn, U connected with the pipe which enters the well. This pipe only one and a Lall inches in diam eter and goes down alongside of the pipe through which the water comes up and which is three and a half inches in size. At the bottom the small pipe is turned up at that it enters the larger one. When the is turned on it forces the water out of the top'of the large pipe in a large v-Juare and wilh great, rapidity. The machinery was run at various rates of speed lor the liemfi 1 of the committee, but the output of the water was ab mt the same whether ruuuing at & high or low rate. Experts pronounce it the simplest as well as the most effec tive process of pumping they ever saw. It is certainly a great improves ment over the way employed by Thomasville* Valdosta is prouud ot her we’l oi water, and she has a right to ho. The water is splendid and is said to pos sess medicinal properties that make it extremely healthful. The Dog and Pony Show. Prof. Gentry’s Equine and Canine Paradox, better known probably as the dog and pony show, played to large audiences Friday night, yesterday af ternoon and last night in this city. Tberepuiationwhichprecedsdthis show here was of the highest order and not withstanding the weather- was bitter cold the people flocked to see it by hundreds. And we have yet to find one who regretted the expo ure and discomfort undergone to see the per forming animals. The show is all that is claimed for it, i. e, the best thing of the kind on the road. The dogs and ponies are remarkably intel ligent and well trained and can do al most anything but talk. They seem to understand perfectly everything said to them by the profecsor and obey his every command with alccri ty. The ponies march single file, by twos, by fours, by six, in fact go through many of the field movements of a miVary company simply by com mand. Each one knows his name and responds promptly when called. They performed many other interest ing and difficult'feats which space will not permit us to mention. The dogs, however, are the best part of the show. So intelligent do they appear and so readily do they understand everything said to them that one would not be surprised to hear ihem speak, in fact it is almost expected of them. The leaping of the grey hounds was one of the most in teresting features of the show. One of these beautiful animals cleared a space of over thirty feet wilh apparent ease. It must have required long years of hard and patient work to bring them up to the height of perfec tion to which they have attained, is a remarkable show and one that w.li interest any oue. Every one who saw it here speak in the highest terms of it. .More.About the Water Works. Mr. Editor: . In your Issue of yesterday, writing of the visit of the Council’s committee to Valdosta" to inspect the pumping apparatus used at the .Valdosta .well, yon.use the following language: 'Valdosta has a small plant, and it is operated at vety small cost, yet by the new process they raise more water than both of oar expensive pumps. The Valdosta . machinery only res quires about half a cord of wood per day lo^ run it, while oure consumes about four and a half cords per day. Two or three men are required at our works, while a one armed man runs the whole business.” The above language is very inis* Mrs. R-jse and Miss Stella Hubbell, of Cleveland, Ohio, arrived last night aud :tre comfortably domiciled at “The Oaks,” the popular boarding houBe of Mrs. Scott’s on Jackson street. The ladies have been here befoie, and we are quite sure that their southern friends will be delight*, ed to greet them back to Dixie gain. A POSITIVE AND ABSOLUTE FOR AND PROOTVnC IRRITATION. /PAIN \L?EBA7;r- LOSS i.aJE /DAKScri \FAILURE A HOME TREATMENT. PARTICULARS FKKE. Hors J. L. Hall, of Thomas, keeps sharp lookrut for the interests of the public schools. He put in an amendment to the Fleming bill al- ing county boards of school com moners to keep schools going the first six months of next year, if they saw proper to do so. The amend- nt was accepted and incorporated the bill as it passed. Mr. Hall is iting a faithful and efficient rep resentative. LW. PALIS & BRO.’S Carriage Shoos. Lower Broad Street, Thomasville, Ga EVERY nSNCRIPTION 4 CARRIAGE AND WAGGR REPAIRING HORSE SHOEING, RTC- Duos at reasoname rules. IIn. purchased a number ot labor- aa*t having the Best Equipped Shops The Pullman Gir Line Louisville, CineMnati INDIANAPOLIS! AMD CHICAGO AND THE NiMH WEST. The Full man Veati billed Mervioe ca Night Trains, Parlor Chair Cars on Day Train. The Monon Trains make the fastest, time between the Southern Win- - Citioe and Summer Be- isrts of the Northwest. forfeits its Charter. Baltimore, Nov. 22. —The Equit able League of America received its death blow to Jay. Judge llarlan, of the superior court lm-tlcd down his anxiously awaited decision in the quo warranto suit brought by the state. It rec jrds a total defeat for the league, the judge holding that its charter had been forfeited and that receivers should be appointed to wind np its affairs. The decisiou aflects 4,000 members in Maryland and and other states. The suit was brought by Attorney General Poe at the instance ot Gov. Brown, to decide whether tho league had abused its corporate privileges. The Equitable League was started in 1886 as a death and sick benefit order. Subsequently it issued seven year endo «met t policies for 31,000 each, in ignorauce of the fact that its charter did not give the right to do On Veterans’Day at the last Augusta exposition a grand sham battle was given between the Augusta and visit ing military companies on one side and the confederate veterans on the other side. Our townsman, Col J. Colton Lynesi was in command of the veteran?, about six hundred strong, and Col. I. C. Levy, of Augusta, was in command of ihe Georgia troops. The battle was very interesting and was witnessed by many thousand peos pie, among whom were Gen. Wade IiamptOD, of S. C., Gen. Evans, of Atlanta, Gen. Lawtoi, of Savannah, and Gen. Stovall, of Augusta. Col. Lynes handled his vets with the skill gained by experience in the days when valor counted. W. H. M(TMjEL,CeucrcI Manager, F. a. KKED. Uen. Y. Chicago. Uttar Information address B. w. GLADINGwjea’JAcent IN Broad Strut Tteo asnuo. A correspondent writing from Thomnsviiie to the News says: ‘J, UcC. Tharin, president oi the Corccs cigar factory and manager oi the La Cubana City C’gar factory, has kept a level head throughout all the money stringency and poor demand for goods. By extraordinary effort, and by virlure of the high quality of his cigars, they have been sold and both factories are running on fall time. Mr. Tharin feels confident that as times improve and the demand ior cigars springs up again to a nor mal point, the Thomasville factories will have to steadily increase. their output. He has found some prejudice among dealers against Georgia made cigars, but he has also fonnd this prejudice giving way nnder the knowledge of the unqualified merit ot his companies’ brands.” . This is a high bat a deserved com pliment to Mr. Tharin. He has managed the affairs of his company with rare and consumate ability and bosineai tact. It Would Pay. There is a party in Dixie who, we understand, is makiog a profitable business ot baling and shipping hay. He has an ordinary hay press and uses the hay grown right in the neigh, borhood. Now, why could’ot the same thing be done here with profit? There is an abundance of hay raised here and quite a lot ot it is saved, but if the farmers knew that there was Tare sale for it, more of it would be cultivated and cured We are told by parties who are'authority iu such things, that the hay raised here is just as good as any if properly cured. We feel sure that if some oue would put in a hay press and properly bale it he would find a ready and profitable sale for the product. If it can be success fully done in Dixie on a small scale, why not in Thomasville on a large scale? It would pay both the fanner and the dealer. The Thomasville Variety Works is one of the few manufacturing concerns that did nut close down during the dull summer months. They kept lsrge force of hsnds at work and run on full time all rammer. These works do first clsss work at reasonable prices and as a consequence have built up a trade that is not confined to this section or even this State. Mr. J. L. Hand, of Pelham, has. bought the. machinery in the old oil mill at this place and yesterday force of hands were taking it down and packing it for shipment lo Pelt ham. We understand that Mr. Hand contemplates the establishment of an oil mill at that place at an early date. Through the efforts of this enterprising, progressive busi ness man Pelham ii growing like magic. Augusta, Ga, Nov.*23.—About 8,000 confederate veterans gathered in line to-day to celebrate the first dayni the reunion of the confederate veterans held nnder the aospidesof the Augnsta Exposition and Georgia State Fair. They were present here from every eection of the south and made np an array of battio scarred heroes sneb as is seldom seen together. They were glad of the opportunity to meet again the men who fought in the same cause that they did, aud to hoar once more, maybe for the last time, the voice that led them without faltering whether it was to victory or defeat. But there wxs no war cry heard to-day. Where once these heroes met ior bloody battles, today ™ . “T< they meet to grasp the hand of com-, leading. It raises expectations which , , - r . ° *' rflflAa «hn am fitvnt.imr nnt arraincr It Pays. We refer lo advertising. The holi days are approaching rapidly and those dealers who make the first and best impressions on the public will get the cream of the trade. Refer ring to this subject a writer in the News says: ■There is annually expended America 3150,000,000 in advertising of ail classes, the bu’k oi this money I going into regular periodicals, and daily and weekly newspapers. The proven value of advertising in maga- aad other national publications, has no p’aca here, for we are discuas- iog local advertising for local business i, who obtain the bulk of their business from the city in which they do business, and from within a radius of not exceeding 100 miles, the great proportion coming from not exceed ing ten miles. I don’t own any newspaper, or auy other publication. I have no interest in periodical publishing, but I know from my own experience, and from the experience of hundreds of success ful business men, that the daily and weekly local newspaper is the only indispensable medium for the adver rising of local goods iu the holiday season, or out of it, aud that other methods, like circulars, dodgers, post* and everything else, are more or less desultory, and are valuable, it valuable at all, when used in con junction with the first-class, well- written and well-displayed advertise ment in the newspaper of character and circulation. will not be realized and creates the impression that tho whole manage ment of tho Thomaavillo system has been by a set of reckless blockheads. We know full well, Mr. Editor, that no such motives actuated the writing of the article,but it is always best that the people should get suoh matters down right, and so we have broken our ’e and rushed into print simply to say, that the Valdosta pump has to raise the water 110 feet. Our pumps have lo raise it 212 feet The Val dosta pump delivers the water into barrel directly and its work is done, c., it simply raises the water to the surface. Our pumps force it into standpipe aud throughout the city, tumbling Sre protection. The Vuld >eta arrangement is a pump timp’y, no water works, nor fire pro tection. Our arrangement is a com plete water works system. _J5o not understand me to say that our sys^ tern is perfect. We hope to improve it. The pumping proper at Valdosta f.»r 110 feet is certainly au improve ment ou our pumps. To U3e that mechanism for 212 feet complicates it considerably and it remains to bo seen low well it will work in onr wells. We hope always for the best, E. M. Mallbtte, Ckmn. Water Committee. Happily Married. rades who are fighting, not against an enemy, bat with reunited citizens for the greater glory of the union and the prosperity and progress of the south. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 24.—Tho feat ure of the last day of the Confederate Veterans'^ reunion, at the Augusta exposition, was the arrival of ex-Sena- tor Wade Hampton upon the scene. It was an unexpected event, but furnished a happy occasion for a cli max of enthusiasm that was touching* ly sublime. The day was a veritable lcve feast for the veterans, who were here by the thousands from every where. Cannon boomed in honor of the hero of Carolina, and old soldiers wept with emotion when Gen. Hamp ton and Gen. Evans marched Bide by side up to the stage in Music hall. They were greeted by prolonged shouts that were as lasting as. they were vehement. New York, Nov. 25.—General Gordon delivered at Carnegie hall to night his eloquent and patriotic lecture on the 4 'Last Days of,the Confedera cy.” The audience was unusually large. The general was most heartily greet ed and by the time he bad spoken a dozen sentences his spontaneous clo* quence had aroused the audience to genuine enthusiasm, which never flag ged. The lecture is full of anecdotes, rich'in historical narrative and replete with mellow pathos and stirring pats riorism. Judge Noah Davis introduced the battle-scarred lecturer and at the con tusion of the address General Sickles offered a resolution that the thanks oi the audience be tendered General Gordon for his “eloquent, patriotic, soul-stirring and instructive lecture.” The motion was enthusiasticaly adopt ed and followed by prolonged applause. Oo the stage with General Gordon were at least fifty gentlemen, and among them some oi the most distm* guisbed men of New York, as well as several who had come from great diss tances to be present. In every re spect the occasion was a brilliant success. NEW SERIES, VOL. V—NO. 24 EDITORIAL BRIEFS. The legislature is knuckling down to business. Stand by the tariff plank in the plit form. No protection for protections, sake. A big day at the Augusta ExjkK % r sition—when Dick Grubb puts in an appearance. Corbett aud Mitchell should ad journ to some back ally and fight it out without gloves. Corbett will.have a chance to knock out two Mitchells in Florida. One of them is the governor. Mr. Minister Thurston may find out that he has been too handy with his pio. He may be bounced. Attention is called to the revised schedule of the Central Railroad. It still the “Old Reliable.” Mr. J. O. Haile, the general passenger agent, always looks to the convenience of the public, and nothiog is omitted by the officials of this great system which would add to prompt connec tions and safe transit. See the new schedule. Prof. Gentry left here with his dog and pony show Sunday for Jack* sonville, Fla. After playing in that city several days, ihe show will go into winter quarters. We learn that Prof. Gentry intends bringing his show here for a week during Februa- r March. He will doubtless play to good business if he does. A correspondent of the Morning News, writing from Jasper, Fla., thus refers to a marriage in that place: | A fashionable wedding took place this evening at the Methodist church a C o’clock. The groom was Dr. J. E. Hanna and the bride Miss Jua; a Euans. Rtv. W. S. ShoemtLer officiated. Dr. Hanna is a leading physician and a popular young mao. The bride is the accomplished daughter of Kev. T. J. Euans, pastor of the First Methodist church. The attendants were Dr. L,B. Bou- chell, best man, Miss Willie Hanna, first bridesmaid, Mbs Maggie Hanna and O. A, Worley, Mis3 Hensley, of Lake City, and R. T, Radford, Mbs Carrie White, 'of Live Oik, and W. D. Stegall, of Metcalfe. The ushers were Messrs. Horne aud Reynolds. The wedding march was played by Miss Tompkins, The church wa3 handsomely deco» rated wilh chrysanthemums and hoi lies. A large bell of rich flowers hung above the handsome couple while before the hymeneal altar. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal party and intimate friends repaired to tho residence of the groom’s father, Capt, J, E. Hanna, where they enjoyed an elegant repast, A19.30 o’clock the attendants and numerous friends escorted the bride and groom to the Georgia Southern and Florida depot, where they took their departure for an extended tour through the north and northwest. As the train steamed out the air was full of old slippers, and showers of rough rice fell upon the heads of the happy couple. Dr. Hanna has many friends in Thomasville and Thomas county who will join us in wishing for him and his fair young bride many long years of happiness and prosperity. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 26.—The town of Troy, forty miles South of this city, was partly destroyed by fire this morning, entailing a loss aggregating between $50,000 and $55,000, upon which there is insurance betwwen $12,- 000 and $15,000. It is thought that the fire resulted from sparks from an engine of the Alabama Midland road, which made us way into fodder in the warehouse of Joseph Bell, near the depot. The new Parker house was totally destroyed with all Its contents. The loss on it is $9,000 partly covered by insurance. The court house was also badly damaged. Referring to the free list of the new tariff a dispatch from Washington says: It is stated that the free list'will be a surprise to the country. It will in clude wool, iron ore, coal, cotton ties, copper, lumber, chocolate, salt, bind ing twine, flax, lead, ore, freestone, granite, sandstone, limestone and other building or monumental stone, except marble, unmanufactured or un dressed, and many other articles of less importance to the large commer cial interests. The best information to-night is that .steel rails will probably be put $8 or $10 a tOD, the smaller figures representing a tart IT oi 40 per cent, ad valorem, while rails are selling at their present price of $20. Rails will be one ot the few articles upon which a specific duty will be retained. Mel Branch, the populist, is getting too much free advertising in the col-* umns of democratic newspapers. Washington, Nov. 25.—“The tariff schedules of the new bill, including the administration laws,” said Chair- Wilson thb afternoon, “will be given to the public at 11 o’clock on Monday next The internal revenue features will not be reported until later iu the week, but certainly before the meetiug ot congress on Dsc. 4. ‘The free list,” said another mem ber of the committee, “will be larger than that of the Mills bill. It will' include a good many articles that Mr, Mills’ committee left on the dutiable list. It will be all that the most ar dent tariff reformer oould wish. Here is an item from the Enquirer- Sun which will interest fisherman: The latest triumph of yaokee inven tive genius is an india rubber fish- worm. It is said to be a remarkably good imitation ot the common earth worm, is indcstructable and in actual use proves as alluring to the fiuhes the genuine article; Tbe old fisher man will be quick to perceive its ad- va .tages. O.ie can equip himielf for day’s spon without digging ov< whole garden iu his search for bait. handful of india rubber worms wi'l last him a whole season and there will be no necessity of pulling up the line every few mum.es ta see it the small fry nibblers have left the hook bare. Chicago, III., Nov. 24.—The exist ing cold wave is the most severe that has visited Chicago during the month of November for twenty-one years. At 11 o’clock last night, the thermom eter was wavering at four above zero, and at 4 o’clock it had dropped six degrees, reaching two below zero. St. Paul, Minn., Nov, 24—The thermometer iu various parts of the city this morning ranged from five to twenty-five '^degrees below zero and ke reports have been received from North Dakota and Manitoba, Dr. F. B. Rodgers, of Kentucky, has located here and will practice medicine. He claims to have a new process for the treatment of all hu man diseases, and says he can cure consumption. At’anta, Ga., Nov. 24.—Harry Hill indicted for forging the name of Mrs, J. H. Porter to $20,000 of notes, was to-day released from jail on bond of $6,000 signed by his aunt, Mrs. Casey. It is now generally con ceded that the chances for Hill’s trial are exceedingly slim, and that the official disclosure of the facts in the affair will remain a sealed book. Hill went direct to the depot from the jail aud is probably outside of the state to-night We are glad to see Mr. Hall Parker out after having been confined to his home by illness for some time. A government fort has sunk one of Admiral Mello’s heaviest ships. Rats desert a sinking ship, and the insur gents will probably Mello,. if any more of bis ships go down. Congressman Russell is promptly at his post, ready for work when Con gress convenes next Monday. A dis patch from Washington to the Fn- quirer-Sua says: “Messrs. Livingston and Russell are especially active, the latter mems her urging the nomination of Editor Underwood, of Camilla, to a German consulate. Asked to-day whut he thought of the business outlook of Congress, Mr. Russell said there wer- two things he declined to do—hold 1 nail for another to drive and to cuss what Congress would do.” Dr. Brings is bound to keep him* ■elf before the country. He now says tbe story of Jonah and the whale if a myth. Briggs is proving himself to be the Jonah of his church. _ This is the time of year when the small politician is being “urged” or ‘'mentioned” in connection with an office about ten sizes; top large for him,-8zys Diok Grubb of' the Darien Gazette. Yea, “Civis” “An old Subscriber,” and.“Many Voters,” will soon be homing to tho front. .' Galena, IlL, Nov, 25.—The - Missis sippi river is frown oyer at this place. The heaviest ioe and coldest weather known here in twenty years. Atlanta, Nov. 27.—The House .to* day deieated the -bill to allow women to enter the State Normal School at Athens. They do say now, for a certainty, that Hon. W. Y. Atkinson is^ surely in the ring for governor. William has been coquetting some time, but his coyness, it seems,. is at an end. The Georgia* legislature is higgling over a bill to create and establish Board of Health, but shows a perfect willingness to enact laws to protect horset- and mules from glanders, says May the cold wave continue to ware in Brunswick. / Paragraphs of PromnefiS &ithy Things and*Peopo« Harry Hill has skipped again. Troy had her' Helen, aud so has Honolulu. J •iilH '-'H | m Atkinson and Evans will hardly have the field to themselves. More entries will likely be made later. Congress will convene in regular session next Monday. You will see the wool fly when the tariff is tackled. By an act of the legislature clerks of the Superior courts are made ex- officio clerks of county courts. It is a good law. And now it is said that Crokcr and Hill have fallen out. They will fall into line, doubtless, when the next campaign opens. i he Georgia legislature will cele brate thanksgiving day in Augusta. Thats a good place to be thankful, Augnsta is all right. Think of the Mississippi river being frozen over at Galena, IU., in Novem ber! It 1*3 unprecedented. Moral: Come Bouth and thaw out. The man who works by starts, fits and spurts, never accomplishes much, It is the plodding, steady, alow going fallow who gets there in the end. They now call him Col. Piaisance Stovall. Ii is sa:d that he is the only „ living man who has penetrated^all the mysteries of the Midway Piaisance. General Gordon captivated a large ulicnce in New York-the other night with his lecture on “Tbe Last Days of the Confederacy.” Gordon always gets there." At the suggestion ot Representa tive J. B. Norman, Jr., Messrs. S. G. Gregory, G. W. NewtoQ and T. B. Sharp have called a primary election in each district in Colquitt county on the 8th ot December to express a preference for a judge of the county court of Colquitt county. A numers ously signed petition asking for the appointment of Col. James L. Walker was forwarded to Atlanta, but Mr. Nonnao thought it best to submit the question to a primary. Col. Walker is a native of the county and is one of the brightest young lawyers in this section. No marriage engagement should be more than bix months long; the most ardent lover gets t>red ot living up to his gift’s ideal any longer than that.— Rochester Democrat. The hduse has passed the Fleming bill providing for the more prompt payment ol teachers. That’s right. Now let the senate do likewise. It is but simple justice. Sam Jones says things are going to the “demnition” bowwows, or words to that effect. Hear him : The democrats act the fool, the republicans act the rascal, the popu lists act the baby, and the devil seems to be in a quandary over the situa tion. The preachers are non-com mittal, the church on the fence, and the women talking, the young folks courting, the babies crying, the dogs barking, the cows lowing, the pigs squealing,” etc. Don’t worry, Mr. Jones. The country will come around all right in the sweet bye and bye. A royal battle has been begun between the Royal Baking Pow der Co., and Dr. Price’s Baking Powder Co. The latter took the medal at tho World’s .Fair, and they alleged that the former claims a simi lar medal, when, in point of fact, the Price Co. says that the Royal Baking Co. was not represented at the grest fair. The ways and means committee have decided that iron ore must come free. Tnis may be hard on Ala bama and some other state?, but it is all right for the masses. And so the senate after Bob Hardeman. The treasurer will doubt less be ready and willing to give the investigating committee all tho infor mation they want. A few democratic newspapers are still trying to play second fiddle to the republican press, but they are growing fewer £and farther between every day, remarks the Waver os 3 Her ald. An exchange pithily says: “When you tell the truth these days it will not do merely to stick a pin right there. You must nail it down with 40>penny nails and then stand on it forever.” The democratic party must revise the tariff in a way that will relieve the masses of the tax that now has to be paid by the masses for the protection of the classes. The democratic party has declared the protective tariff to be robbery, and cannot, therefore, sanc tion it in any form or for the benefit of any class or section.—Albany Her ald. titqe the newspapers can indulge In wild speculations about affairs in Hon- <£uhi. The testimony of Harry Hill will be taken in jail next Wednesday, in the soit against Mrs. Porter, on cer tain notes which she alleges are for* genes. Harry will likely swear that the signatures are genuine. In Sitka, when an Indian wifwHas lost her husband by death, she goes into mourning by painting the uppet part of her face a deep black. Else where it is not infrequent, says the Augusta Chronicle, that the husband blackens the wife’s face, and then does the mourning himself. Think pf waiting twenty days ior news from Hawaii. And this the nineteenth century with its telegraph fines and ocean cables. In the mean- Give me liberty or give me death. A man by the nameot Smith- thought to be ertzy—is confined in Fulton county jail, charged with an assault. He has, for seven days, re fused to eat or drink. In the lan* guage of Patrick Henry he says: He is a queer character and the authorities are puzzled to know what to do with him. '-■M im HI m