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11 SMITH & CO,
tH e one price
shoe STORE
EVEBY pair guaranteed*
(V Clinton Sl.& College, Are.
M ,IRE cotton mills.
or n^KEN on two factories
O " 1 NEAR ATHENS.
»■nirr|»riM"» for Oar City—The Co-
** ,,, „f tlie <ieor*la Factory Bcin*
1 ; ,ird How Work 1’rogrcMM at Bar*
>i»t»*U—Contract* far 60 Hob»m
1?llkt Athens is destined, in the near
0 to ho the most important maim-
^•tun'op centre in Georgia can readily
>1 discerned. There ia in our immedi-
, v.cinitT some of the finest wate»
^\*r f r- in the South, and the building of
Jv f m w r^ilroadK will force their devel-
^ U>: week dirt waa broken on two new
hVt. nulls uear thin city, and thiaia bui
l t 1 beginning of the work ,that wil
^'i he Georgia factory, four miles dia-
tt , t •rotn Athens, is owned entirely by
.jie U Lite family, and is one of the best
t,,.c pieces of property in our section,
h' ,T' the first cotton mill ever erected
n i'itfur.*ia. and its goods hare a work
^ r- potation for excellence. Th#
..ter power is sufficient to turn many
,, Ul „ ;i,e uiachmery now in use, aim
j-.,, the oalters decided to build anoth
fT f 4v -j ,rt i»f ihr Same size at tlie presen
rnr i he Macon A* Athens railroai
A uhiu a naif mil© of ihcse shoals
\r . vti i ha\e a depot there. Last wee^
0 *,t:act was giten out loan Allon?
rt , K uta^oii to blast out a site for th«
, * n.iiI and this work is now bvin*.
, , \> > on as ihe foundation i>
r , 4 1, t: . a alls ol the b id ting will g
^ , a : <i Hie factory hast >ne«ft lu coinph
. . m a> possible. The huihiing ,
m il will add largely to the po$ -
and taxihlo property of Ulark
.• • v . -•-.also lo the hutnio K* of Athens.
,, • • equipped with the best and
. i.,> r »v« d nicninery m l turn out
4 i. . .piaitty of goods.
. :.».n-»u> tUni. it StioaW, about It
. (i , , : ..it Aion the Oconoe rivei
. . r u.iri nest water power in tin
, i i > ales, so our official report
. A l i.i> pt p. rty, owing to its inac
0 ,...r ; v .«»•* iitigatmn over the sani'
\ • I. *t*n ;e\»dope 1. I’ttebuil liuf «•
. : \! . r.tilrotd niin^s these stioa ;
v . :,t t . market, and 111*! old law
i it la>t been settled. A few
in ii ' »..i«v n company of enterprsinje
A , . ... with Mr. K. L llloomfield, ot
; \ Ti. ; - t A. t -ry, at their head, nuc
tinying these entire shoals an*
I ..a*.«• > oik in earnest Iowan
5• , r 'pint’ll*, A l.iige squad «d
. 4! acek well* set to work Idas!
... i .. ace-way, and a contract wa
_• . n.tad, a carpenter, I-
.i , ,.»r\ •ious-s. Mr. BImuu field
» it icl.uy for the ina< ufa:tur«
\hiiih the aaine si/.e of thi
\ . > ».nU ai.d will have it completed
i i .-ptration next su inner. Oi
tins la hut the beginni ig of the
.-\ri< | inenl of l.irneit Mmals, for train-
f oin**r mills wrill^ahortly be built
t».ie, as • *t even a dam is necessary at
- .>h al>; the water being carried
iiu. cily from the bed of the river to the
u
i t.cre is enough water power to turn
fwy spindle now in operation io the
Mate of Georgia. This new factory be-
p * owned entirely by Athenians, is a
< ai enterprise, and will do all its buai
r.t §s in our city.
There are reports that other shoals
around Athens will soon be utiliaed to
turn machinery, and we would not be
>. ipi.'ul lirklr IieXl HUiliUJ,r IS OU|
piwc a half dozen or m ire cotton mill?
n fojii>r id erection.
Our cny has certainly a great futur
cad i f it not mdy as a leading commer-
ui»l center of Northeastern and a portioi
,/middle Georgia, but also as amannfac
n.v.ng point. We know of no point ir
:} . Miufhern States that to-day has t
lr .Lier future ahead of it than Athens
! . • i.s give all new enterprises every aio
Mi i encouragement in our power.
Th®council and tne Unotion. What
Is rich! that do rctitio
In Sunday's Banner-Watchm m
peart a piece si a hed "Boner of Tex
ie starts out by saying: * If the
! Enactment* 1'atsed by tlie City Council of
I ^. Crawford.
Hp- The city fa in r** ot Crawford are firm
s •* t believers »n enforcing morality bv tb«
f , strung bind «»f the law. A few days a_*-
taxation in every other city in Ge rgm \ this body held a meeting nd passed at.
2 per cent and in Athens only one. i ordinance fixing a penalty of $Rou for
half of one per cent and an etfbrt shou’d be | every game of chance played in the in
made, on account of th»* growth of our ' corporate limits of Craw ford with cards,
todouble our tax, a howl would he 1 and another penalty of $50 for each
raised that could be bear l from Dan to drink of whisky given to a minor. We
Beraheba.” Let us, citizens of Athens [ do not suppose there is any gambling
ask “Potter of Texas,’’ whit right lias he 1 done in Crawford, as it is one of the
to impugn such motives, or arraign our \ most moral little towns in the State.
Citizens in such broad language. There has, however, been serious com-
On last Tuesday evening at 4 P. M. our j plaints about negroes sell ng whisky to
city fathers bad called a meeiirgexpre:..,
ly for the consideration of the special tax
ordinance; and invited the opinion of the
citizens on the same. After the hill
waa read by the city Attorney, several
if our most prominent cilixens, Mes«r<
R. L. Moss, .1. W. Brumby
•}. H. Yancey, A. L. Hull, Dr. Lynd i
id other gentlemen expressed their
ipinion freely and fully, against the main
features of the ordinance, n**t against the
oirit and duties of our city Fathers
but against the plan which ih *y w. r.
tooui u> adopt of specific taxation. These
;entlemen (citizens) opposed the law he-
ause it taxed, heavily, a few* of <>nr poor
»nd honest industries; and leaves untax-
id three fourths or seven eigh’s of the
jroperty of our city wtnch .eels not on**
lollar of the burden l»v specia* taxation.
I’he citizens simply conlendfl that the
uirden of taxation should t»e f« It alike l»y
.11 property own*.**, and that clas^l *gis-
iv,ion is wrong, that laws whether intmi
•ipal or state should have a general «*pt*r
.lion, that the burdens under the special
«x, as published would drive frornour
•iiy the men of small means, and # prev. nt
their engaging in business pursuits in a
small way, best suited to their cn|
md business culture. Further thi s •
/.ens contended that Athens ha 1 not ex
taunted her resources t.*r raising money.
Only one and one tenth of 1 per cent
ad been levied by our city government.
The law allows them to 1 vv as h gh :e 1
* tie fourth percent upon the taxa- lc pro
jetty of the city. Citizens ask that the
-ouncil co so far as the law allows, an i
• etuands a specific fax on ail shows, cir-
•uses theaters, pedlars and itinerant tr.i
lers, who do not permanently s*t»le
lown in our city; alsodemsiid, as su*»h .>
can have enactment of la w t»
minors and this little ordinance is a good
one, and should be enforced to the letter, i
Chincike Imigratlon
I'he president Thursday sent to th*
reply to the resolution
negotiate
enate
equesting him
with the emperor of Chin
treaty containinga provision that i\(. Chi
nese 1 th ir shall enter the Cni'* d Siatt
The president says such negotiation wn
coininencod some months ago, and its pro !
gre>s has been communicated to sue*
members of the senate a< sought inform
ation upon the subject, ami ho now
deems himself justified in expressing tin
hope and expectation that the treat\
will soon l»e concluded concerning th*
iminigra’u n of Chines** Lbort rs which
will meet the wants of . ur people an t
the appohatmn of the body to which *i
will be Mibmilted for.confirinafton.
SpcedtilR tlie rioW.
The cheering news co'itinue 4 to read
us from the country, that farmers an
bar l at woik preparing for ano ber crop,
and as a general thing are well up w li.
a | their plowing. Most of the up lai d n
! rea*ly for planting coin. Big crops « t
s !»r»tig oats have beer, sown, ami a great
^ j deal of clearing and ditching done. Far-
L . ; mer> int«*ml this year to give bottom lamis
ati>*tber test in defiance *-f the fact th *i
| for t\e past four years crops on the low
I ground* hive been nllim* a total faibm
Small giain never looke<> l» Iter and if m.
un-foi l une overtakes it a large yield wd
ude.
l>Ii. JONES ATTENDING A CONVEX-
Tlt*N *N NEW HAVEN.
Our Million Fully Oifleered—Organ
isation **ii.I Work la Commence at
Oner- l lie A ,u<r<*priati«iu fortlicom
lug uud a Decided Advance In our
Agricultural Department to t’ol-
low.
Yesterday morning Dr. W. L. .Tones,
Prof* ss *r o* Agriculture in tha Universi
ty. left for New- Hwfn, wl ere the direct
ors ol all agricultural experimental sta
tions in the United S*aies are to meet in
••onventi *n on 'Vednesday.
Dr. ,l«»m*s will post himself thoroughly
as to the most approved methods of con-
lucting these expeiim ntal stations, and
wllr.-iurn to pine? ours on the best foun
dation. As has been noted, our station
is already Inllv ollicered and nothing now
is wanting b .t the appropriation. A let
ter was received the other day from Con-
'res^m m Blount sta.ing that his bill ai-
lowing the GoVt-rnor to make requisitioa
o » the Treasury for the money appropri-
ited by Congress would pass in a few
1 lax8 io all likelihood, and that by July
j ls« two thirds of the money would be
I lue and paid. It is strange, but true,
1. that the Le.i-1 itures of 20 Sutes were as
THE REV. DR. TALMAGE’S SERMON
AT THE TABERNACLE.
We must especially deplore the mis
fortune of banks in various parts of this
country in that they damage the banking
institution, which is the great conven
ience of the centuries, and indispensable
to commerce and the advance of nations.
With one hand it blesses the lender and
fyh«*a a Maa*« Haalnasa Life Doe* Not with the other it blesses the borrower.
Correspond with lit* Profcsnion, Hi* The bank was bom of the world*8 neces-
Ballsiom I* a Humbug—When It I* sities and is venerable wiih the marks of
Blabt to Morrow. thousands of years. Two hundred years
before Christ the bank of Ilium existed
Brooklyn, March 11.—The hymn and paid its depositors 10 per cent. The
ated. ff this country is ever to be deliv- C nam rdr saie on commission,
ered from its calamities, and commercial Usually a thief who has an article to
prosperity is to be established and per- sell ia compelled to wait thirty days be-
petuated, live within your means. fore he receives his pay, arid, in the
meantime, the owner has the right to
recover by proving his property, through
the police, and paying the merchant a
fee for his services; but very shrewd
sung at the Tabernacle this morning Bank of Venice was established in 1171,
1,^03. and was of such high credit that its bills
A cloud ot wttse**** around 1 were at a premium above coins, which
Hold thee in full *urrey;
Fon^t the step* already trod,
I have the highest commercial author
ity for saying that when the memorable
trouble broke out in Wall street four
years ago there were $‘225,000,000 in
suspense which had already been spent, means are taken by the Jews that invest
Spend no more than yon make, this quarter to evade the recovery of such
And let us adjust all our business and articles. The theivc& with articles for sale
our homes by the principles of the Chris- are usually the servants of the higher
tian religion. classes, who pilfer their masters and mis-
Our religion ought to mean just as tresses of ornaments, clothing, china,
much on Saturday and Monday ason the books and other articles, which are not
- . I11UIUU1 ».%..».£» »mv» day between, and not be a mere peri- missed till long after the limit of exemp-
i-cre frequently ciipiwir Bank“<rf Genoa, P liras ® of “ nrtlt - v - 0ur re l>fi‘ u “ t*on from recovery. In these sliop. the
foitndeil in i:M5; Bank of Barcelona. 10 first clcan our heart *t ««* then lt unc a-brae hunter can find a mine of
Ar.1 oBwtirt'uTwfthy way. 1401; Bank of Vmstcni.iui 1 CSS’Bank of ought to clean our lives. Religion U not, curios and jewelry that can be purchased
As. last HabUth. the Rev. T. De Witt HamburR, founded 1010,'its circulation •» somi * «' em to tllillk - a Bort of church wry cheap. I found cliina that lia.ltx'en
Taimace. D. D., the pastor, hail baptized based on great silver liars kept iu the delectation, a kind of confectionery, a stolen from the W inter palace and otlicr
by sprinkling ho thU mominjr baptized vaults; Bank of England, started bv •>>« of spiritual caramel, or holy gum- imperial residence, and was told hat
- ^ -* - " * " I . . ttrnir • > ..... - .« Amn nr ennrtifiMi iipniK>rminl nr fhnn. after OH PlUertailinJOnt tllC tlll®VCS’
n re ferret! this William Patterson in lfil'J, up to this d ‘ 0 P' OT sanctified pepiiermint. or theo- after a
IK bten built dov managing tlie stuiH-n.lous debt of lo K*cal amcsthetic. It is an omnipotent ; quarter was always full of it the
(ubiect of his England; Bank of Scotland, founded in principle, all controlling all conquering, waiters carrying , t away under
13; Bank of Ireland, 1783: Bank of \ou may get along with something less their coats. He knew it was genuine
rth America, planned bv Robert Mor- that, and you may deceive yourself by the marks and the pattern, for wo
1771, without whose financial help with it; but you cannot deceive God, and has been through the china closets of the
the bravery of our grandfathers would J ou cannot deceive the world. The keen i palace the day before. All s- »rts of cloth-
bv immersion, those who
mode, a baptistry having
under th© puljnt. Th© subject of his
sermon was: **The Age of Swindle.’* and 1GD.»; Bank of Irekind, 178J; Bank of
the text Job viii, 14: “Whose trust North America, planned - - T '- L %, “
■hall l>© a spider's web.” Dr. Talmage ris *
jbJJ; all the bravery of our grandfathers .
Tim two most skillful architect* in all no * Imve achieved American independ- business man will put on his spectacles,
the v. orM are the bee and the spider. Tlio *nce. Rut now we have tanks in all
one puts up a sugar manufactory and tiro our cities and t
other builds a slaughter house for flies, thousands. On the
On a bright Miramar morning when the teiests of private individuals and great
i*f tii‘*’.r itii^resl** as was ours. - mn comes out Jtfrl u*»on the ©orjioration*.
1 to «ira
hare of the ap-
| 4 *ropriKti.m. a*; th** liw directed. This
I 1514m jf. i HiiMum will infuse our Agri-
•uhural i*-i*:»rt:iiei.t with new life, mnl
will emir to th** r**at benefit of th** f.uin-
in-« r- >t" of Ge ir^ta. The reports of
xpenin* ms ma te lu re will be alficial,
uni will i* • i a 1 h* fore and form a part
f ih** S iti** .\t*r cultural Society, ms well
4 < he it o*rp**r.-ited in the report of the
>f.il*? Uoinmiv-i n r of Agriculture. The
vt.it** has long needed a sta ion of
his s.*rt. eare’ully attended to and
»\‘*11 * ii"'owe l. lt is to he sincerely
hope*! that everything «ill he done to
id ,-upj*.
be
is<»
id t.i
c<» toil buy
»tt«»n here ♦*
nnv and vest*-
Catch Them.
n Athens h*»ught a lot
r tty 1*. pi
Mit.il st itii
t» loi g r c
e l it to lire
•lay receive
• at last receiving w me
«.f our law-makers, and
1 appreciate this last at-
g their boys to the Uni-
*v trie splendid ex peri-
are t * establish here,
•t* said that the sons of
night practical ngricul-
i.Mty it they choose to
spider's web. bodecke*i with dew, the arteries through which j
• .... ..f ii.. *.. i *ri.
and ho will look clear through
imi, thousands and «> tllc b - lck of your head and see
shoulders are the in- whether your religion is a fiction
fart. And you cannot hide
In "them are the great J'ou r samples of sugar, of rice, or tea,
the currents or coffee if they are false; vou cannot
(pioBauu* stricturi'aMNns bright'^ough ot the nation's lie. They have been tho hidethem unto the ■
fora suspex>sion bridyn for supernatural n*>*»iirccs <*f the tliousuni.s of financiers * , . . ‘ ^ . 5 *
But alas for tt.e TK-jr in tlavs of business cxigenev. Thev nothing so hirig as you misrepresent your
-er l art of that verv staadfor ai-commm’ation. for facilitv. for banking institution, ami in the amount of
individual, state un i national relief. At . vour resources you put down more
thrir head and in their management sincie, and more fractional currency, and
beings to cross on.
which, i?i tlw hitler jiart or that very
day, ventures on it. and is caught and
dungeoned ami 'lestroyed. The fly waa
informed that it was a fre© bridge, ami
would coat nothing, but at the oil rr end
of the bridge the toll paid was its own
life. Tito next day there oa:ne down a
strong wind, ami away goos the web, and
the marauding spider and the victimized
fi r. ,S) d-jiicatj nr ; e th? silken threads of
the spider’* web tlist many thousands of
them are *, tU toge!4»or U*fore they be-
cctsie vis’d I* ti> tha liumnu eye, and
it takes 4.0 0/'«4t «*f tlK-ui to make
a th.ead a** large as a human hair.
Most cruel su well a? m v. ingen
ious is the spider. A pri er.t r in the
Ductile, F::tr**«*. had o:;o so trained that
ni till* aom. i of *4 \ kill:i it ev« rv *iav came
l tax either poll or street, to be applied : s-iraple of one of the bile- that h
HE GOT A FURLOUGH
lli.w an 014 Confederate Brat the Doc-
Ion* and got Home.
< Lulu* Duncan now living in Jacks r
•v.iii, a number of the Bank
i .ur ty Guard*, and as palLnt a sole,it*
*- * r* pulled a Digger.
Fhtrlie wanted a furlough, and wastn
it bad, but bow to gfl ii was tbequestioi
li. ti,« battles around Richmond he couh
n'tt even get clipped by a bullet. Afu*
l » battle tf Malvern Hi'l w ns fought an
die Hounded ot the company got togethei
and vr«*re put in charge of Charlie witho'
•i**rs t*» carry them ta RDhnond an*l *g*
’».*w g-iod quart*rs «n ihe hospital
\\»*. t harii • atri\«d at the l.ospit
« ah.iut tM **f the Bunk> coin.tv Gu.*rd-
*\ . : t.••••ii «*»i*n*<cd in the ligtit, h
*t f the sur/e«#r*s were giving even
* . f .1 udi w t.*> had a -light wound
*!.». « m i> ch slice and !»•• look ud
* _ .. i*. lb* bad ^nt M*.o*l fc'*l«»ver hi
. , f o» the a«»un'b*d. an
n in iivhcil up «n l w.as qiie.-
Ho *1 y the surgeons, a furlough for Ik
< r i t ,i s a as tilled out. It last C me I
1 !..r ».* s tun**, as he brought u
f - r ir «*f the squad, and doubling
* i-.i.- t up int** a Un**t and groani *g ter
"Doctor, 1 am shot throiigb
. i vi ub a utinnif ball **
j , »urg*on askid him if he thought
wi I i make tlie trip to his home.
1st ie inhumed him that he was *»ufl'er-
i r ng ierablv. hut thought tha' if h*
Lj I « >my dal e* furlough, he CouiJ
fill *1 the ride home although it W*S *
long way. Jie hti'l kept his han«ls to
bi- -ide an*l gr.*sned piteously.
A furlm.gh v as filled out and Charlie
a a* soon aboard th© train speeding to-
* the dear ones at home, lie fooled
tb* surgeons good, and after Haying out
b - furlough, came back, and waa with
tb- gallant few at the surrender.
peciallv for streets ami ?-i«l
• nproveiuents. Let the people know that I
their money is to he spent in this wav
md they will pay it willingly, in fact !
citizens were in favor of taxation t*» rai-e
more money,enabling u> tokee * abr.* i
with the prospective improvement- of ,
>iurgrowing city, hut to he caiefi.l amlnoi
**lopl a law suite 1 for x city ot 1 • ty **r '
fifty thousand, when it' operation is |
only over a city of nine or ten thousand.
Let us hold out every inducement to peo
ple to come to Athens. They will rent
the property of our w a'thi st citizen*, in » ;
reate a demand for building more >i >r«* i
and dwelling houses. Tax them upon J
the advalorem system, ami you will find .
your population increasing year by year.
But •'Poller of Texas ’ says "petitions are ,
circulated speeches full of abuse and lit
tleness are heard intimidating our city j
fathers.” Well I have a better opinion
of our city fathers than that. 1 believe
th©y are all gentlemen, ami have the ci-
ty’s interest at heart; hut God forbid
tn© time should come, when the citizens
cannot appear before their city fathers,
and more especially when invited to give
their opinions, in a multitude of coun-
often Ss.es... twill.
tegiffiators of the S?ai«* inlroduie a lnil «•
•nportance, they usually pu'd s i it f»
several days before faLiiig action, ami 1
im told they pay very great attention t •
suggestions made through th? press,
ill over Ihe S f ate and then amend
%ke from, or add to the bill as won!-
•erm to the heal interest of people n:-
fected thereby.
Now,“I > ii ter of Texas” says *M bl n
nan can see that Athens is growing, ami
bids fair to be a large city in the future.
:it zens all acknowledge that, ami ha*
•T'otter of Texas” forgotten that he pnp-
•rty of Athens will increase m value jn-i
nproporiion to its growth. And is n
iio-gible that our city a-sesors w 11 forge:
ill this sr.d not assess property at lt-
value? And if pro| © ty is assessed at its
value, and hat value is miu two or thre*
'mndred thousand dollars more than
•eretofore, w 11 not that give us more
•noney from taxation? Then let us put
• *n th© one fourth per cent tax, try it; put
•n a good healthy street tax, try it. t*»-
reth* r with only turn special tax, as I
iave Verified, try that. Invite people
.» come to your city, • neon rage all man
ufactures of el* tv class, keep off all th'
h r*len fr*»m your regular b lsiuens n»**r
na* you can.so l:.* v may invite hn-ines*
• o Athens »»uce.*hsfullv.* A - i my w* rd
fjr i;, you wi l limit «>nr *:ty tt*
wtth suffi*i**M fun*ls f*r *11 tnur
fiiirpos**s f h* n 1 t us .*11 ; i l*»pt th
course possible, |'*-• 11 t'lgeth* r :■ r A
acting wis. Iv and cHU‘i**»»
s. <;. Do
by putting one hundred a
i Is of the dirtiest kind of m*
the hale. The buyer by lo*
s h.toks f »un l from whom
t, an 1 the w *reh*>iise «
the fanner who aold it. Soi
ing around Harmony Gr»
feclii
ho
>t pi'**,*::
fill tlui
i-ral rite
HIS OWN FUNERAL.
ond Sunday in April, Dr.
ag**d preacher living near
in Ho*.nee county, will hold
mu-Uil a- it is oild, that of
s own funeral oration, with
w hich he is to he laid at
lo. The reverend gentleman
l the reputation of being
•rutinr, but his friends were
ei»r the novel announc
Id perform his own fu
ll t
palmed off* a false pack -d bale will be
-urprised when ihe sheriff' cuines to ar-
n*>ls him.
Clarke County Still Dry.
Mr. J. A. Fowler says that under m*
circu list *nces will he allow a drop ol
whiskey to be used aiound bis distib r)
ami even the drinking of beer from lb* 1 ’ldn* c
fermenters is against the riles. Mr. of the s
Fowler cannot get his whiskey until he J bofor** bin
has paid the tax, ami it is rolled out to i< a simple
him in barrels from the bonded war**- j attached,
bouse, ami he i.s required by the Internal j reading and ctil'ur**, and a curious crowd
Revenue laws to take it at once from the ; will gathtr :*t his country re.-idence to
distillery premises. Both Deputy Col i bear what di-po.-ition he will make of
lecter Gantt, and Mr. Fowler are deter- his "live remains.” lt is not on unusual
•nined that there shall l»»* no viol *tio» of | thing for one to order a vault in which his
ti e prohibition laws around this uistill- , body >tiall rest after death, and at times
tlin was made by order
leaker, and will be placed
at ti» * t me of the service. It
square b i.\, with a pad-lock
Th** Doctor is a tnan of some
there is as much interest and moral
wort has in any class of men—perhaps
Cj ire. How nefarious, then, tho bo-
ha vior of th *-e who bring disrepute upon
[thi* verier.:!.!©, benignant and God
honored institution.
AVi* also deplore abuse of trust fund*,
because they fly in tho facc«»f that divine
1 goodness which Mi nis dcU’rmined to
U* ss this land. Wo aro having the
eighth tear of unexampled national har-
I v**»t. The wheat gamblers get hold of
j the wheat, and the corn gamblers get
i hold of the corn. The full tide of God’s
i mercy toward this land is put back by
i those groi t dykes of dishonest resistance.
for it. *oe.v: of i!
bv l :.t and ti •
da*>. li;>l :*.<> «!*m
prw • s of *
a:j*l raw s- • ;*
oh. t?
•'bed tb*
author of
iti-1 of his
-i’li
v(\ fly swept down with
!u*i*» 1 - om *»r Hcattered by th** sam
►hn 4. AI •*. that rho world lias m many
k* bgr.ing sj i lers and victimised flies!
To.re l*.as m.t been a time when the
i‘Vr and ! \ v k irre*pon*>ibi':i*y of many
u.n ! v! '„: ffnaiu’ui intc*r,f.ts of o;h-
r* in chr:.-» »*l..:; lj©ea more evi nt than
i'***©(» h;. t. few yeart.
Th*- r,r.rv.of.ng of bank' an 1 di^appear-
. i a*! aihiisiraroTS w itu liie funds of
it r -*s cu * tn*di *>rder au-id jn'St-
♦*' .counts a*:! rl-iTcits amid United
>. it* -x uILci^ls, Far© intide a jx*»tilence of
i..»i * t!*ut .vU'moi/.cs • v -y th*.ughtfill
. r. and woman, and lc.e;s every fdtil
. i.h'ooifct and Christian t«* ask: What
l**s dorm to stay {lie pi gue? There
sn monatton abroad, a typlvxvn. ft pir-
1 sometime* ask myself if it would
When G*sl provide! enough foxl and
clo.!iing to feed and apparel tins whole
nation like princes, tlie scrabble of dis-
!ion**st men to g< t more than their share,
and get it nt all hazards, keeps every
thing shaking with uncertainty and
ererbody asking; "What next?’* Every
week makes new revelations. How *h*l
tnanv more Link presidents ami bank
ca-!ii**rs have be* u speculating with
oth-. r |>C"p!**’s m**my, and how many
i: op* Ixuik din■<*tors are in imbecile
ei\ ac *. h uing th<* periiily go on, tho
great end jatient Goil only knows! My
opinion is that wo have got near tho
bottom. The wind has been pricked
from the great bubble of American
speculation. The men who thought that
tii.* jud Tinent dnv was at least 5.000
ve.’.rs oil. found it in 1S38. 18S7, 1880;
and this nation has been taught that men
mu::l ko.*p their bands out of other |>eo-
t.le's iiuckets. Great businesses built on
more clearing house certificates, and
more legal tender notes, and mere loans,
and more discounts than there really are,
and when you give an account of your
liabilities you do not mention all the un
paid dividends, and the United States
bank notes outstanding, nr.d the indi
vidual deposits, and the obligations to
other banks and bankers. An authority
more scrutinizing than that of any bank
examiner will go through and through
and through your business.
I stand this morning before many who
have trust funds. It is a compliment to
you that you have been so intrusted; but
I charge you. in the presence of God and
the world, be careful, be as careful of the
property of oth* rs as you are careful of
y*»ur own. Above all. keep your own
private account at the bank separate from
yotir account as tru:-toe of an estate, or
trustee of an institution. That is the
point at which thousands of jieoph; make
eck. They get the property of
others mixed up with their own property,
they put it into investment, and away it
all goes, and they cannot return that
which they Dimmed. Then comes the cx-
plo. ion. and the money market is shaken,
and the pr»*ss denounces, anti tlie church
thunders expulsion. You have no right to
use the property of others, except for
their advantage, nor without consent, un-
Ic-s they are min* in. If, with their con
sent. you invest th* ir projiertv as well as
you can, and it is all 1**4, you are not to
Maine; you did the l**st you could, blit
do not couie into the delusion which has
ruined s<* manv men. of thinking Ueatrv*
i:u! D* Ik*’ter for men making wills folic- i and men who bad nothing have lost all
borrowed capital have been obliterated a thing is in their possession, therefore it
erv.
'Alliance
STORE BROKEN OPEN-
The Farmer*’ |
Th** Fail.»eis' Album * i> mowing rip
. ily i I the Stale several Uci» g i*r^a*i./-
i * this-«ction. Onerecenily t«*rm* d in ai
* ijoimng county has ju>: received b; *
imui a nuinb r of merchants m the sur
• iu iiug towns. Of emus© when th 1 *.*
i i.•• Co A hens they stopped, and w
e r plac«*d, he orders ol' the Al tan**
ill. «rFarrell, Hodgson »V Co. and d. N
ixinj (V t’o. Our ineict»a:.ts are an
-t» md k»*»*p alive in this pr**gre-<iv
move «»f our farmers and ,-e * that they :»r
•nit underb) 1. Competition is sharp l»u
j-nlging fr*»u» their past record our liier
dianla wilt holt the foil.
Fowler’* DUIliter}-
Th** new d»-»ib ry «>t Mr L A. Fovvlr
b *4«n operati jii nmml.iy ai'iern*» *n an
will *om he turning out *25 g ll *n> •
whi'ky ptr day. The storekeeper an
gauger appointed t*> lake charge « f »i*i
ills ill ry h Mr. Gate, f- rni*-rly ed.t-*r*
the Newnan H*r»M. II* is a pb*,sn,
and intell gut g* nib*mm and Welt kn *w
to several of our cniz-ns. Mr. Gate i
a in irried man hut will n**l move h
f mtly to Athens.
Mnlianlr* Wnj;**».
Better wages are o d «y paid in A*i
elnt to uiechaiiics of all klteis thall » a
ever known 1>* fore, and theie is plenty •
w *rk brail classes to do Even t
eoiini’oii lahorer^ comma’ *1 high pr *•
1 n.s > i* a s that the 'xiolii that h s -i u-
Ail- i>- t ring- prosperity t*» all c!a -e
\V d > ...*t know of ab l*«*r plar- it* >
n ill, for carpenters buck I ye. - n
H>tde-men «.f all Um ls lo 1 *e i *, tr.a i
Athens.
tombstones are bought, engraved and
erected over oik s futue grave, but the
records ot this section fail to discover a
*1. in er:»l s* rin*»:>. 'tne Doctor evi
t* utiy* ha- view- pten'iar to lnm-'-lf, an*'
*ie m itm* r *»l his preparing for his end.
Much lie knows to be near will bo unique.
A RICH STRIKE.
Kind After
en Edge. ;
i bib* rum.
gres
f.tl.i
f It w
\- hr i
OUR NEW RAILROADS.
Il.*w Work I* I’rogreftalng an tha G. C. A
N. wild the M. ft C. Bonds.
There is now rapidly being pushed to
i nmpletion two naw railroads that will do
great things toward th© development of
**ur city. The Georgia, Carolina and
Northern is now as much ol a certainty
the Macon *V Covington. About 50
miles has been graded and th© iron and
cr*>ss-ties are being laid. Th© contracts
this side of Chester, S. C., will next b©
given out, and by early next spring hun
dreds of hands will be at work breaking
dirt around Athens. This road is one of
th** strongest corporations in the South.
It has thus far paid cash for all the work
done without issuing a bond. Ths went*
ing of stockholders will ahortly convene
in Athena, when steps will he taken to
hasten the completion of the road.
Work on the Macon A Covington road
is being pushed forward, dirt is broken
all along the line, and the sound of the
pick and shovel is heard within three
u> Jes of our city. The engineering corps
. fi.iir .* u'nrV nuttin* down th© grading
Ifagh Dorwy'a Slow flrarnl of it* C«*a
tenU Toe Thieve* E .raped.
Mr. Hugh D .r-ey, the p« It »• amt g**mb -
m an It (leiiv**iy **l^rk ut laltoayt* Bros is
not »l.>n** dep**iid**ni on Ins posituri f>»
a living but in c>inii*"‘iio* owns a store
up town. 1 be size of l i' stock an l *.i _
m* mioi s of he* st r* . i- not n«*cessa-y
t*» he known—Millie.- it ? . »>e k* osn that
Hugh does m thriving ba-im s% and is;
b*sl accumulating a bank account. A e.— j
ttrdav 'his establishment was “Token
into by thieves while the proprietor was |
quietly partaking of his dinner. The p»- ,
lie© were immediately telephoned t*>
come at once and capture the robber, a*
Hugh had one hemmed up in a small out
house, but before the police could get
to the scene of the robbery the voung
moke had escaped through a rear window
and fled to parts unknown. The police
together with Mr. Dorsey, made a sur
vey of the stealings and found that 4
boxes of blacking, several sticks of
candy, and at least » quart'of ground peas
had been stolen. Mr Dorsey bavin*
left his large burglar and fire-proof *«fe
open, the thieves went through this
stronghold and appropriated about $1 : ~
money, principally in dimes and nickl*
Th© store will probably be closed f^r
few days on account of the robbery, but j “c out a 3 ai .
Hugh wi I risr »nd come »g«in. He h»» | A r ,„ r or.lmr.1.
the pluck mud vim and can l be downed. I ^ , nhn Moorr on his f;irm ,|,e
■* * other si'le of ihe Georgi» factory, has s**t
CECELIA QUARTETTE. out a field in L«C nt** pt ar«. and intend*
j to enter largely this business. These
AT new opera HOUSE, FRIDAY NloilT j p,. UT s are a certain crop, and arc
Ad Accident,
regret to I urn
Mr J.V*. Guilt,
c.ii G (iltoii. ha i
will prove * f
| Mr. Carlton i* his
and • f course, t.i- !• •
I \\ «* t u-t tGat he will
I (lb*CIS of his accident.
A Wcatlicr Prophecy.
An el l w eat her prophet ai.*> 1
many years w itclie.i th** s *.*>s *i
g.*es byw t»at he claims to he uti
w.,g. s. * says that this year * n G:«
and 2'Hh of March we will have a
1 -*torhi and bitter cold weath* r.
| tint winter w ill break aiidjSpring i
! in. Not many peach tr.**s have as \«*t
id >0111***1 out. and it is hoped that a cold
simp will save us a fruit crop.
Broke a Bib.
Wo 1-arn that Mr. John R M*>*»r
formerly of the firm « f Moore & Elder,
whose filling health required him t** give
up business in Athens and go to farming.
' chanced to fall a f* w days sine* :.n*:
icicles. ' fractured one of his nh«. lt is not Very
’ * I s , r ious, however, Vs Mr. Moore i.s ab ••
ill s**
k < f Philadelphia
:::» Year*.
n old citizen of
Misplace, while running over some ol*.
nap* rs. came acr s- mi exchange on tht
’.ink of i’hila leiphia for $1'* MN L Mr.
.’. g** hat a brother who w*m to Ga!:
f -i ni l in I.s l'», u hen the ^*>l*i f- ver struck
he c*n*Mry. Ii**iui«iea gnat de l of
noney in Gali'• r.,i». :>n*l s* nt Mr K ige
xchaiige **n l\.i a hi, t.i 4 r f l.'.KJD, as a
ti’M'i.l. Tin* • xehungi* was given bv
I’ g-. Bacon A G«*., • f San Francisco
Mr. l!Ig.*, n**t Ln*>v*i:i4. that tlie* xchung**
»as . f any v *1 io, put it awey an i kept
t -i .i ** 185J. The Banking house f
l*.ije. Ba *.»n A C *. w*c■ nt under iti 185*1.
out! »• Bink ot 2’hiiadelphit is still i n
xi-:* lice, and the exchange, in all pro
.> i'i*y, is w*.r»h i s face value. Mr.
Z ke L ig * wil. fenei the nutter out, and
if te.eic i- any po-.-ihle chance t«* get the
noney wil'. do -*>. It w It i»e agre.it help
*> Mr. Warren Edge, wh »is one of our
• *c*st citizens.
1 I . I rnt 'fl State* Bank in PopnlatiaD.
Tlic* United State has a population
d at least (I'J.tiFO.t.(>0 at this moment
>hi- makes it second in this particular
itnoiig the gce.it civilized nations of
tin* world, keeping in view the rati*)
>f growth of the countries named be
tween recent census periods, there are
to-day about NS.000JMH1 inhabitants in
European Ktis-ia, 47,(KM» ) OOtt in Ger
many. lU.OtMMMM, in atistro-I Inn gar}*,
BS.oinMMMt in F'ram-e, BTJMMM'OO in
tire.it Drita.i and Ireland, B0,000,000
in Italy, and 17.000,000 in Spain,
i In* popul >t j >n of none *.f the other
c*»ir.tries of Europe r**n* lles 10.000,
O’ Ht. rurk**y s inhabitants oiit-iile of
Asia vggregaling scarcely half that '
lignri*. I
LTisst i alone of the great powers of
j Christendom exceeds the United State j
| in population. Even Russia must soon
| be left far in tlie rear. On July 1,
: lSOD, wiicii t he next national enumcr-
| ation takes place’ the United State
| will have 07.000,000 inhabitants- It
will havc*.M 1.000,000 in year lOOOaml
124.tHiO.ttoo in 1010. This eoinput.a-
tion based on th** average growth of
tlie country during the century. Em
ploying a like basis for Russia, that
nation before IDlo will have dropped
to second place, the United State tak
ing the first. —St. Louis Globe Demo
crat.
March 10.
irow well in this section of the State.
\Ve shall watch Mr. Moore's experiment
The people of Athens can anticipate a Wlt ^ interest.
treat in the concert that w ill he given them
bv the above Quartett'. It is com
pised of the following ladies: Madame
Anna Simon-Werner, M i- Mary 1 urner
Tl.. Chicken Market.
Clarksville is supplvin? Athens and
Atlanta with chickens. There i.re luin l-
Salter, Mrs Conat.ntine Sternberg Mrs. j A« «»»•-•« he e. J.Z on
t.t. K'lnd.riek Smith, thi Be hem* the reds RhipdcnI aany tru r .er
Ida Kenderick Smith, thiae being the
four last (nice* of their respective char
acters in Atlanta. They are ably assist
use by which tha road will enter Athens. ’ i«i, .e.e ... - .
the contract to grad* which hae been Sumner Salter, batttune, am Mr. Alex
taken fiy Messrs. Hampton & Hratleen. W. Sm.th, tete.r, " hose ™ ,ce
I.««l Week Metwnt. Marl..* Porter, who known lu Hie people of Athens
are eradioc near the tieerfia Kaelo.y did , Their selection, are varied and from
Rood work! having about 3)0 hand* out- the best composers^ Qu >«'«*•.
ployed Last Saturday about 10 of these e.doa, tnoa and piano and wi..li« s .fi>s
ineu nun ib#in becauae they did not get We understand that the Athenaeum will
their mo„. T 7venr ^k. but other la- give the party * receplmn tmutedt, el,-
borera at once came iu and took the.r afior the eoterummeni, .nd rtey util be
flac a. A large number of negro,, and . warmly welcomed by the most loving
souit white men too, are coming from people of A thins.
•round Chattanooga to work on thia rail ^,^7.
road I oja wt®*
There it not now a particle of doubt There are now living in Athena a half
but that the contractor!, and handi on doaen peraona whose age
the M. & C. will be paid at atipulat^ 90 t»100ye.ra, .nd a very largo number
for the enterprise is backed by tne
Clay ton
mini
; size
Biown Bros, the famous Balt.morw baak-
• r * who can control* millions.
...» exceed three-acore and ter.
ThK»P~k«".U forth, healthful-
of our city.
Bros., the live merclv nts
street, yesterday received a l*
her of very fin* hens and Ir
chickens.
Hand. Plentllof.
Mr. B1 .outfield, who liad a squad ol
hands «t w. rk on th- fa-lory cite at ltar-
„ett shoals p*ya tn. m <S cents per day
ami board, setil.ng wifi th.m every bit-
urda.i night fur cash, lie cels all the
hand's he needs ill spite ,d the fact that
the radioa is p»yt"g *1.<® l' r J »y-
A lUvolutlouary MaikU.
There >s an old geiiileuian I.virg >n
Athens who has a ntosket tliat bis (irai.u
lather carri-d in the Revolutionary war.
It is an old fashioned gun wi h 11 nt and
Browed In Ba»»k*. ,
A negro Imy was drowned at Wright s
mill, in Banks county a lew .lay ago. lit.
hat blew off and fell in .he river, and tn
attempting to get the hat he was drowned.
J i:fkei:si
Talm uly:**’!
th** loth «
any talk we are heard lat y, and a ur pe
pie will li.dd a meeting on Saturday
next and make nt*me artangemenis about
a merlins to he held in Athens to get
the road in working order.
*|’he new bridge across Cu 'ry a creek
is nearly readj for use. 1 his bridge
will make the session of the Superior
Court alwav** possible, as all the reads
ntering J-flVrs >n now have good bridge*
o.ive high water.
quv-ath th** projiarty directly t*» t!u* ex«*c
ut**rs and officer h of t!ie command aj>-
p*»i:it the widows ord orpl’am a com
mittee to so© that the former fy)i a \
ti.ut did noi bc'or.g to them. Therimple
fact ii fhnt tilers are a largo mim»>c.’ of
men .Niiln^ yachts and driving fast
hors*s. ao l m*»mbrn» of ©x’.K*nsivr club
hou?*'H, an«l conTolfiug count ry seats who
are no® worth $1 if they return to others
their jus* rights. Un<ier some sudden
reverse they fail, and with afflicted air
Beem to rat ire from the world, and aeem
almost ready for monastic life, when in
, two or three years they blossom out
attain, having oumpromised with their
creditors, that ia. paid them nothing
but regrrta. and the only difference
between the second chapterof prosperity
and the firsL U that their pictures are
Murillos instead of Ken setts, and their
hors* * go a mil© in twenty seconds lees
than their predecessors, and instead of one
country seat they have three. I have
watched and have noticed that nine out
of ten of those who fail in what Is called
high life, have more means after than
before the failure, and in many of these
cases failure is only a strategera to escape
the payment of honest debts and put the
world off tho triick while they practice a
large swindle. There is something woe
ful ir wrong in the fact that these things
are possible.
First of rJl, I charge the blame on
careless, indifferent bulk directors and
boards haring in charge great financial
institutions, lt might not to be possible
for a presi lent or cashier or prominent
officer of a banking institution toswindlo
it 3’onr after year without detection. I
will undertake to say that if these frauds
are carried on for two or three years
without detection, either the directors
are |>artiicnt in the infamy and pocketed
part of the theft, or they are guilty of a
culpable neglect of duty, for which God
wi;i hold them rs responsible as he holds
the acknowledged defrauders. What
right have prominent businchs men to
allow their names to be published as
directors in a financial institution, so that
unsophisticated ik.*o;*1© arc thereby in*
duec 1 to defK*-it their money in or buy
the ► Tip thereof, when they, the pub.
lislud directors, are doing nothing for
the -safety of the institution? It is a case
of iu cep* i"ii most reprehensible. Many
people with a surplus of money not
needed for immediate um?, although it
may lie a littlo further on indispensable,
arc without friends competent to advise
tli*m. au*J they are guided solely by
th© ch»i;u’ter of tlie men whoso
names are associated with tlie
institution. When the crash came, and
with the overthrow of the hanks went
tie* small earnings and limited fortunes
of witlow s and orphans, and the help
lessly sg'-d. tlie directors stood with
idiotic stare, and to the inquiry of tho
frenzied debitors and stockholders who
had Inst their all, and to tlie arraignment
of an indignant public had nothing to
sav except: 44 We thought it was all
right. We did not know there was any
thing wrong going on.” It was their
dut v to know. They stood in a position
which deluded tlie people with the idea
that they were carefully observant. Call
ing fh©inselvcs directors, they did not
din-ct. They had opportunity of au
diting accounts and inspecting tho
books. No time to do so! Then
they had no boalnees to accept tho
position. It seems to me the pride
of some monied men to bo directors in a
great many institutions, and all they
know Is whether not they g«t their
You have a solcfeui tru*>t that
tlu*y had. I U licvo wo are started on a God has given you. In this vast assein-
lfigher car*
lias ever h*
If tin* f:
tian men,
up«*n I
< r of prosperity than this land
en. if. and if, and if.
rst men, nnd especially Chris-
will learn never to speculate
owe*l capital. If you have a
blage there may be some who hav
appropriated trust, funds. Tut them
hack, or, if you have so hojiolessly in
volved them that you cannnot
put them back, confess tlie who!**
thing to those whom you have wronged,
and you will sl**ep better nights,
and you will have tl.A* letter chance for
vour soul. What a sad thing it would
mind t;» lake your own money and turn
it all into kites, to fly them over every
commons in the United States, you do
eicktv no wrong, except when vou turn- .
hie \oui li *lpl**ss children into’the poor *« if . after you are dead, your adminis
trative for tlie pu!»lic to take care of. But itmuvr slrauld find out from the account
you have no right to take the money of books, or from the lack of vouchers, that
others and turn it into kites. There is >'°u not only were bankrupt in estate,
one word that has deluded more people that you lost your soul. If nil the
into bankruptcy and state prison and trust funds that have been misappropri-
perdition than anv other word in com- ated should suddenly fly to their owners,
mcrcial life, and that is the word liorrow, and all tho property that has been pur-
That ono word is resjwnsihle for all tho should suddenly go back to its
defalcations and embezzlements and owners, it would crush into ruin every
financial consternations of tho last city in America.
twenty years. When executors conclude A mi-sionary m one of the islands of
to speculate with tho funds of an estate the Pacific preached on dishonesty, and
committed to their charge, they do not the next morning ho looked (“ond waa at>-
purloin; they say they only liorrow, window, and lie saw h*s yard full of goods
When a banker makes un overdraft nf all kinds. IIoin>n*lemland asked the
upon his institution, ho does not commit of all this. "Well,” said the na-
a theft; ho only borrows. When tho .“. our that we have been
officer of a comjiany, by flaming ad- worshiping permit us to steal, but ac-
vertisement in some religious papers, cording to what you said yesterday, the
and gilt certificate of stock, gets a multi- of heaven and earth will not allow
tude of country people to put their small this, so we bring back all these goods,
earnings into un enterprise for carrying and we ask you to help us in taking
on some undeveloped nothing, he does them to the places where they belong.**
not fraudulently take their money, he If next Sabbath all the ministers in
only borrows. When a young man with America should preach sermons on the
easy access to his employer’s money abuse of trust funds, ami on tho evils of
drawer, or the confidential clerk by close purloining, and the sermons were all
propinquity to the account books, takes ; blessed of God, and regulations were
a few dollars for a Wall street excur- i made that all tln*se things should bo
sion, he expects to put lt all back; he taken to tlie city halls, it would not be
ing. hats, Riots, shoes, shirts, cr—ats.
dr*-SM*s. skirts, stockings and every con
ceivable article that enters into tlie'use of
men and women can he purchased in the
thieves’ quarter, ami the buyer need ask
no question. An article excised for sale
there that has not lx.vn stolen is ns rare
as nil honest dealer.—William Eleroy
Curtis in Chicago News.
NOTES, COMMENTS, PARAGRAPHS.
Item a of Ii.tereftt to Fverybmly Who
I.ikeft lilt* of Good Brad Ini-.
According to a recent compilation Da
kota has S52 newspapers—25 dailies, 314
weeklies, 13 quarterlies, monthlies and
semi-monthlies.
A man at .St. Paul. Minn., who owns a
fish pond, has tamed a big trout, so that
it comes at his call, eats from his hand
and shows its delight by turning somer
saults out of the water.
A steel steamboat, to cost $50,000, is
being constructed to run on tho upper
Mississippi, the expectation ls*ing that it
will make the trip from St. Louis to St.
Paul in half tlie time required by tho
existing wooden craft.
An organization of all the Mormon
poets in Utah is in process of formation
at Salt Dike City. It is projected ”to
encourage the poetic talent that exists
among Zion's people.” and promises to
be a great success—in the extent of iu
membership at least.
One has to “know beans” to be suc
cessful in the latest Washington novelty
for entertainment at luncheons. While
tin* guests are discussing the lunch a
bowl filled with bright colored California
beans is passed around, and guesses re
corded as to the number of beans in the
bowl. Prizes are given to the most suc
cessful guessers.
It is suggested that Fashion, if she will,
can confer a great boon on Australia,
Idaho, and other portions of the gl<*be
that are ruinously overrun by rabbits, by
issuing a dictate to the effect that raobits*
ears, for the adornment of feminiue ap- .
parel, shall be in the height of style. It '
is believed that the resui
rabbit famine.
The Salvation Army in London, to re
lieve as lar as possible tho distress which
prevails at the E.ist end. have acquired
large premises in Linn-house, whore they
will establish a cheap food depot. For
one penny an adult receives refreshment
and night’s lodging or soup and broad.
For a half penny he receives either oread
or soup. Children are given a basin of
soup for a farthing and bread for an ad
ditional farthing.
The Metropolitan Railway company,
of London, lias concludeil an arrange
ment with the Electric Traction com
pany for the experimental running upon
a section of the railway of an electric
locomotive of the same power as tho
present steam locomotives. If it onould
prove successful the electric company is
to have the option of enteriug into an
agreement for working the railway for
| yHrs at rate not to exceed the cost
of the wt-king by steam locomotives.
He VUit* Hl« florae.
Edward Starkey, of Philadelphia,
had been absent from home five years
when he concluded to pay the old place
a visit the other night. He selected
1 o’clock a. m., as the time of his visit,
and probably he had lost his latch key,
for he entered by* way of a third story
window. Many objects dear to mem
ory met his gaze as he roamed over
the house. The coat rack in the hall
had the same old appearance, but the
coat hanging thereon was not the one
he had been accustomed to seeing, 80
lu* laid it aside where he could exam- -
ine it more at his leisure. He wan
anxious to see again his father’s g.ld
watch, ami while tenderly drawing it
•V "ii its place he reached forth the
other hand and drew out of another
jiocket the familiar old purse, contait
ingSTT. lie was averse to partin,
with these things, so he affectionately
tucked them away in his capaciou,
pocket. Then lie hid the home of his\
youth a silent adieu. The next day
he was arrested for burglary.—Savan
nah-News,
•rrlril for Klot.
In Clinch Superior Court last week
a well-to-do citizen, his two little son*
md two pretty daughters, were tried
for riot. The jury found the father
guilty, anil released the children, and
the father was fined So.00 and costs,
>r nine months on Uto chain gang, tho
judge prefacing his sentence with a
neat lecture on tlie advisability of that
father teaching his children more use
ful and elevating 'enployment than go
ing to a neighlior'a house and raising
a disturbance. '
While House Pets.
Hector, the White House poodle,
has been unjustly treated by the
press. He is not in the bad graces of
tlie President, as has been frequently
asserted. In fact Hector brings to
the President’s bedside every morning
the Washington newspapers and re
ceives a pat on the head as a reward
for his services. Kay, the big St Ber
nard lias displaced Hector in the af
fections of his 'mistress, but Mr. Cleve
land still remains friendly to the Por
tuguese poodle.
ft Ii
result would be a
Social KxpaniM.
A New York gossip says Mrs Wm
11. Vanderbilt's social expenses are
about $100,000 a year. This winter
she is said to have spent S15,000 on
her ball. §Sjl00 on a musicale, §10,
01 Mt on dinners, §2,000 on luncheons,
$2.000on breakfasts to frieuds at Del*
monico's, §10,000 for an opera box,
§o,!MK> for theatre parties, §5,000 for
afternoon recent ions, and the rest went
for incidentals.
Tobacco i:xpokiti«u.
Danville, Ya.. March 13.—A
mass meeting of (citizens yesterday re
solve*! to hold a grand Southern tobac
co exposition and trades display here
next fall. There will be added exhib
its of agricultural preducts, stock and
machincrv of all kinds.
will put lt all Kick yctt noon. lie only
borrows. What is needed is some man
of gigantic limb to take bis place at the
curbstone in front of Trinity church, and
when that word borrow conies bounding
along, kick it clean through to Wall
street ferryboat, and if, striking on that,
it bounds clear over till it strikes Brook
lyn Heights or Brooklyn Hill, it will be
well for the City of Churches.
Why, when you are going to do wrong,
long before every city hall in America
would l»e crowded from cellar to cupola.
Let me say in the most emphatic man
ner to all young men, dishonesty will
never pay.
An abbot wanted to buy a piece of
ground and the owner would not sell it,
but the owner finally consented to let it
to him until he could raise one crop, and
the abbot sawed acorns, a crop of 200
years! And I tell you, young man, that
the dishonesties which you plant in your
pronounce to long a word as borrow, a i ieart mu i i irc „U1 seen,' to lie very insig-
word of 6ix letters, when you can get a
shorter word more descriptive of the
reality, a word of only five letters, the
word steal?
There are times when we all borrow,
and liorrow legitimately, and borrow
with the divine blessing, for Christ in his
sermon on the mount enjoins “from him
nificant, but they will grow up until they
will overshadow you with horrible dark
ness, overshadow all time and all eter
nity. It will not Ik? a crop for 200 years,
hut a crop for everlasting ages.
I have also a word of comfort for all
who suffer from tho malfeasance of
others, and every honest man, woman
that would borrow of thee turn not thou j ani j does suffer from what goes on
away.” A young man rightly borrows j m financial scanqxlom. Society is so
money to g.t Ins education. Purclinsiiig j bound together that all the misfortunes
a house, and not nWe to pay all down m
cash, tho purchaser rightly Iwrroivs it on
Jl. III. It SOS.
March 12.—Capt. C. G
interview in your paper of
unds more like railroad Han i ^blmd, regularly, and tholr names are
- used aa decoy ducks to bring other* near
enough h> be mada game of. What Brat
of aU is needed Is that 3,000 bank
directors and insurance company direct
ors resign or attend to their business aa
directors. Tht business world will bp
fun of fraud juat aa long aa fraud is so
easy. When yea srrsH the president
and secretary of a bank for an embezzle
ment carried an for many years, have
plenty st sheriffs out (he same day to
arrest all the director*- They an guilty
either of neglect or complicity.
Oh," some one will say, "better
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IIir.it Shoals March 12 —The wind
bore ,cat*rJ.y waste riiic in its howl-
mys. raising th** p«'d. *'rim altnoat off the
bridge in his nt >m»t- to cross it. nnd
taking ih entire tin ro. f off th, second
-ectim of the f.c. rv
Mrs Marv I’owcll Lft yesterday for a
.isit to Mr. U ife Heaves, of Athens sn i
M'S. IV. II Morton. ■ fiT.rk \
M.ssrs. Toon l*ow. 11 and l’ink Price
e pushing things toward on the rail-
r ad.
Mr. km Heaves and wife, of Athens,
sp. nl Kridiy l ight with friends here.
A. dispatch received in >an Francisco
savs that Mrs. Ellen Tupper, known
as the “hoe woman,” ami one of the
most celebrated ctomologists in the
world, died suddenly at El Paso, Texas
where she was visiting her daughter.
She was widely knowwn in the east
and throughout Europe.
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MEXICAN MCSTAKQ LINIMENT should always
b«k«pt la Bow'toU.StaolxiumI Vagtost. Savtslaas!
preach the gospel and let business mat
ters alone.** I reply: If your gospel
docs not inspire aommon honesty in Ihe
dealing! of men, the sooner you dose up
your gospel and pitch it into ths depths
of ths Atlantic ocean ths better. An
orthodox swindler is worse than a hetero
dox swindler. Ths recitation of oil ths
catechisms and Qresda srsr written, and
drinking from eft ths communion
chalices that srer glittered in tha
churches of Christendom will never save
your soul unices yonr businets character
corresponds with your religious profes
sion. Some of the worst scoundrels in
Amends have been members of churches,
and they gai ist oti sermons about
heaven when they most needed to have
ths pulpits jprsikch that which would
either bring them to repentance er thun
der them out of the holy communions
where their presence was a sacrilege and
on infamy.
mortga£<*. Crises come in business
when it would lie wrong for a man not to
borrow. But I roll this warning through
all these aisles, over the backs of all these
pews, never borrow to speculate; not
a dollar, not a cent, not a farthing.
Young men, young men, I warn you by
your wordly prospects and the value of
your immortals souls, do not <h> it.
There are breakers distinguished for their
shipwrecks—the Han ways, tho Needles,
the Caskets, the Douvers, tlie Anderlos,
the Skerries—and many a craft has gone
to pieces on those rocks; hut I have to
tell you that all the Han ways, and the
Needles, and the Caskets, and the Sker
ries are aa nothing cornered with the
long line of breakers which bound the
ocean of commercial life, north, south,
east and west, with the white foam of
their despair and the dirge of their dam
nation—the breakers of borrow.
If I had only a worldly weapon to use
on this subject I would give you the fact,
fresh from the highest authority, that 90
per cent, of those who go into specula
tion in Wall street lose all; but I have a
better warning than a worldly warning.
From the place where men have per
ished—body, mind and soul—stand off,
stand off! Abstract pulpit discussion
must step aside on this question. Faith
and repentance are absolutely necessary,
but faith and repentanoe are no more
doctrines of the Bible than commercial
integrity. Render to all tlieir dues.
Owe no man anything. And while I
mean to preach faith and repentance,
more and more to preach them, I do not
mean to spend any time in chasing the
Hittites and Jehusites and Girgasliitea of
Bible times, when there are so many
evils right around us destroying men and
women for time and for eternity. The
greatest evangelistic preacher the world
ever saw, a man who died for his evan
gelism, peerless Paul—wrote to the
Romans, 4 ‘Provide things honest in the
sight of all men;** wrote to tho Corin
thians, “Do that which is honest;**
wrote to the Phillppians, “Whntsdlver
things are honest;’* wrote to tho He
brews, “Willing in all things to live
honestly.** The Bible cays that faith
without works is dead, which being liber
ally translated, means that if your busi
ness life docs not correspond with your
profession, your religion is a humbug.
Here is something that needs to be
sounded into the ears of all the young
men of and iterated and reiter-
which good people suffer in business
matters come from the misdeeds of
oth* rs. Bear up under distress, strong
in God. He will st*e you through,
though your mLfortun<*3 should be cen
tupled. Philosophers tell us that a col
umn of air forty-five miles in height
rests on every man’s head and shoul
ders. But that is nothing compared with
the pressure that business life has put
U|>on many of you. God made up his
mind long ago how many or how few
dollars it would l>e b«*st for yon to have.
Trust to his appointment. The door will
soon open to let you out and let you up.
What shock of delight for men who
for thirty years have been in business
anxiety when they shall suddenly awake
in everlasting holiday. On the maps of
the Arctic regions there aro two places
whose names are remarkable—given, I
suppose, by some polar expedition
“Cape Farewell” and 4 ‘Thank God Har
bor.” At this last the Polaris wintered
1871, and the Tigress in 1873.
Some ships have passed tho cape,
yet never reached the harbor. But from
what I know of many of you, I have con
eluded that though your voyage of life
may bo very rough, run into by icebergs
on this side and icebergs on that, you will
In due time reach Cape Farewell and
there bid good-by to all annoyances, and
soon after drop anchor in the calm and
imperturbable waters of Thank God
harbor. “There the wicked cease from
troubling, and the weary are at rest.”
St, Fetentburjc 4 ! "ThltrM’ Market."
The most interesting shops in Russia
are in what is called the thieves* market,
where you may be sure that everything
you see is stolen property. There is a law
under which a merchant in the thieves'
quarter is permitted to buy at his own
risk from any one who comes to sell, and
after a certain time has been given the
owner and the police to recover his prop
erty he may expose the article for sale to
the pnblio. The pawnshops are con
ducted by the government, and there all
unredeemed pledgee are sold at public
auction after a year and a day have ex
pired, but the purchaser is not allowed to
examine the goods nor purchase what he
wills. A11 articles are put up in the order
of tlieir numbers, like unclaimed pack
ages at an express office, and if one wants
to bid on a particular article he must
wait till it is reached on the list. In the
thieves* market, however, there is no
pawning. Everything is purchased out
right or left by the thief with the mer
At the last meeting of the French
Academy of Medicine, Dr. Ollivier sub
mitted a supplementary report on the
isolation of patients suffering from infec
tious or contagious diseases. This cov
ered only the subject oi whooping cough,
concerning which it i£ recommended
that: “As the duration of whooping
cough is extremely variable, pupils
should not be authorized to ff
their schools
absolute
istic fits _
There are a number of women sturdy- I °{ Ev
ing medicine at the Belgian universities,"
A Suit Decide 1.
Xkw York, March 13.—In the
United States Circuit court yesterday
Judge Shipman rendered a decision
in the suit of the llogers Locomotive
and Machine works againtsthe South <
ern 1'ailroa dassociation in favor <( ;U
ihe plaintiff. The suit was to recover
§221MHK) in Bonds of the AlionUsipyi
railroad company, guaranteed by ’ho
defendant, on which interest was no? __
pahl. ~ B’J
Wander, ofax'll!ure.
Some genius with a fancy for hand* ! j
ling bal.ies has figured out that a piece
of wood the size of a month-old baby
would be worn down one-half in six
months if handled as much asthe ave- 1
rage baby is. The dear little thing
like it, however,/ ,d grow fat on be
ing tumbled art ndand mussed up.—a
From the Pitfburg Dispatch. ,
,ools until thirty day^ ’thi qq,., Herald.* . Louisville speeis
disappearance of thee tractor- ■. .r/t^ toL-Ulr.o.t, uT.l
ot coughing. * •*. says. of thu/liL V"
special
. a few
‘■reus citizew ,
mg meaicine at ine ueigian univereiuti^^'*-pv v aiat axiu-
wishing to obtain situations int he apothe-T& by., ar*SU'-».u place a aaugh-
caries’ shops. The pharmaceutical course ter of Sam Jones i.s attending a fe-^
is tho shortest, and in some respects the | male college. The Rev. Joe called *
on J. B. Shockley, a theological stu
dent, to lead in prayer. Tne young
man was sitting a few feet from Miss
Jones. He knelt and after invoking
blessing, begged that while Sam Jone
was going through the land saving
the lost, mercy might not fail to reach
his daughter who was going to hell as
fast as she could. A great sensation
ensued, and Miss Jones indignantly
left the church*
easiest, and it is far cheaper than all
other courses. A number of young girls,
who have passed the pharmaceutical ex
amination, have fascinated the hearts *»f
country physicians, so that the husband
prescribes, the wife makes up the pre
scription, and all the profits are kept in
tlie family.
A farmer living near Concordia. Kan.,
suffered death in a singular manner. He
had a feed grinder run by a windmill,
and, having occasion to climb above the
grinder, the shaft, which was turning at
the time, caught hts clothes and, in spite
of the man’s efforts, his stout coat and
trousers were wound around the iron
bars. He called to his employes io cut
him down, but they could not reach him.
It was a fearful squeeze. The sufferer’s
face grew purple, his eyes bulged and
the veins stood out. At last the mill
could wind no further and stopped, but
too late. The hist breath had been
squeezed out of its victim, and he hung
lifeless.
The slates form a considerable part of
the population of Tangier. They are
mostly of the deep black Guinea negro
type, brought from across the desert of
Sahara, though sometimes unfortunates
of other races are kidnapped and sold
into slavery. Public auctions are fre
quently held in the main street of the
bazaar, at which children can be pur
chased for from $12 to $20, while full
grown men and women are sold at
prices ranging from $50 to $100. Masters
have absolute power over their slaves,
even that of life and death, and in case
of sale, transfer them by means of a deed,
just as we transfer a farm. Under tho
circumstances it is a little difficult to say
whether they are real estate or personal
propertv.
^
Afruhl of the*
A wealthy Linker, of New York city
fancies he is a ripe cherry that tne birds
are eager to pick. He has a terror of all
fruit eating birds, and seldom wmlks or
appears anywhere in the open air. lie
makes his trijis to and from his hunk in a
carriage, and keeps the doors aud win
dows always shut tight lest a sparrow
should get in and swallow him! He
knows that the preposterous belief would
damage him and probably ruin him if it
were generally known that he harbored
it, so he conceals the consciousness of his
fearful peril from his business associates
and contents himself will) keeping care
fully out of the way of birds.—Howard
Fielding's Letter.
V
(lispatcli from McAllister, Indian ter-
ritory, says that a terrible accident oc
curred at K availagh, in the Choctavr
nation, Saturday. The boiler in
Tucker’s saw mill exploded and killed
a boy instantly, while ten men were in
jured sn severely that their recovery il
doubtful. William Patterson, the 15-year
old son of James Patterson, the engi,
neer. was blown through the roof ot
the budding, and liis body torn into
fragments, bis bead being found thirty
feet away, while a portion of hig body
was carried some distance in the other
direction.
I
A duel ending with the death ol
both combatants occured at Spring!-
villc, Arizona, William Pittman and
a man named lllaine had agreed to
fight out a quarrel over cards, and go.
ing outside of Speeline Brothers St
Taylor’s store they fired at the same
instant. Pittman fell dead and Blaino
died in two hours.
Of Vnterrftt to Whitt Flayer*.
Every man when he takes up liis cards
at a game of whist holds one our of G3o,-
013,339.000 possible hands. As for tho
total number of variations possible among
all players, it is so enormous as almost
to exceed belief. Mr. Babbage calculated
that if a million of men were U> be en
gaged dealing cards at the rate of one
deal each minute, day and night, for a
hundred million of years, they would
not then have exhausted all the possible
variations of the cards, but only one-
hundred-thousandth part of them.—
Chicago Herald.
•Tailor Collins, of A ucust*, ig sceused
of whippings boy prisoner unmercifully
and releasing another without orderi.
All the buildings and machinery of
the Nashville rolling mill have been
purchased by the Elyton Land corap-
pany of Birmingham, and the entire
plant will be moved at once; The
capaoitv of the mill is seventy tons
per day, and 500 men will be employ
ed. The mill was built by Cherry
morrow & Co., of Nashville, but they
futiiul they could not operate it profit
ably ill that city, and sold it very
cheap.
TVni. E. Eldridg, has been committed
to jail in Chicago for scaling $20,000
worth of silks, velvets, etc., from hia
house. He w*s a.floor walker of a prom
inent (south side dry goods atore. Ha
has been stealing since Christmas, every
night taking a hand full of goods and
throwing them in a closet at hia home.
Two trip, of a patrol wagon were neces
sary to haul the goods back to tha atore.
Hisexcuso is that he was preparing ^
against a rainy day.
After being arrested and hand-cuffad
by the French authorities, after the fight
on Saturday, Mitchell and Sullivan were
released Sunday and arrived in London
Tuesday. The whole world;ia af tha IS
opinion that,Sullivan hva played out Hia
wife who lives in Rhode fsland,aaid yes
terday, “I am glad of it I wish Mitchell
had kilUed hitu. He ia a had man and na
good.”
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