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the English army 102,000 men are kept
abroad, eacti regiment being sent home
for seven years alter it has passed a like
period in India, South Africa or Egypt,
and the drafts upon the 117,000 home
troops for recruits to take the place of
those incapacitated or killed by disease
abroad have been so great as to cause
the war office much concern and to lead
to a large increase of the army as well
as a partial reorganization. Onr regi
ments are going across the seas with no
honle batallions to supply them during
their absence with the fresh victims ever
demanded, even of a conqaering army,
by the conqueror of all. We are trying
to bring home regiments of volunteers
to be replaced by regiments of regulars,
The reserves for the regulars are not
even suggested, although there are vagne
statements that we will recruit native
aoxP'aries.
THE CORRECT VIEW.
The Richmond (Va> Leader puts
cose as follows:
“If, at the suggestion of Northern
people, Congress shonld finally pass a
bill to pension Confederate veterans,
they might in the spirit in which the
offer was made accept it, bnt that these
old soldiers who fonght for liberty and
not for reward will ever join the ranks
of the pension-grabbers who clamor for
Government bounty is inconceivable.”
PROORESS OF THE SOUTH.
Although the south suffered great
financial loss in the past year because of
the low price of cotton, it did well in
oii-er lines. Acoording to the Manu
facturers’ Record it raised 100,000,000
more bushels of corn, bnilt 1,100 miles of
railway, invested $5,000,000 in new iron
and steel plants, added $300,000 spindles
to its cotton mills, and began 3,000 new
industrial enterprises. The exportation
of southern iron became an important
feature of southern trade. Southern
educational interests were further en
larged and diversified.
LEQALIZIN3 POl.YOAMY.
Ex-Senator Edmunds, one of the ablest
constitutional lawyers in the United
States, gives it as his opinion that any
state in the Union can legalize poly
gamy, and that the national government
has no' power to nullify the action.
Years ago, lawyers as able as Mr. Ed
monds advanced the same views as to
slavery and the two propositions appear
to be qnite similar. The war and changes
in the constitution killed off slavery,
bnt according to ex-Senator Edmonds,
any state has the right to legalize poly
gamy, without danger of federal infer
ence.
THE RECORD OF FAILURES.
Dunn’s Review has the following in
regard to bnsiness failures in the Uni
ted States:
The failures for the year 1898 were
12,266, banking and other financial con
cerns included, with liabilities of $149,-
057,993 against $148,684,251 estimated
last week, 18.3 per cent less than last
year and 46.1 per cent less than in 1896.
Commercial failures were 12,186, with
liabilities of $130,662,899, 15.3 per cent
less than last year and 43 2 per cent less
than in 1896. The average of liabilities
per failure, $10,722, is the smallest ever
recorded. The ratio of defaults to solv
ent business is really smaller than in
previous years, even of the greatest
prosperity, as they are bat $1.89 for
every $1,000 paid through clearing
houses, bnt such payments formerly
covered stock transactions of many
thousand millions yearly which are now
settled through Stock Exchange clear
ing houses. The decrease in failures
for less than $100,000 compared with
last year was 23.3 per cent in manufac
turing and 18.9 per cent in trading.
The larger failures were 176 with liabil
ities of $50,075,912, against 183 lust year
with liabilities of $52,712,596.
minion and legislative power and noth
ing else. Where in the constitution is
the grant power to exercise sovereignty
where yon have no property?”
In support of his interpretation of the
constitution, Mr. Hoar cited numerous
authors, among them Charles Sumner,
Mr. Justice Matthews, and Mr. Justice
Brewer. He then appealed to senators
who are hesitating as to what their
action upon the question of expansion
may be—“the greatest question that has
ever been or ever will be put to them in
their lives, the question not of a year or
of a congress, not of a generation, not
of a century, bnt a question pertaining
rather to the gieat period of a national
life”—not to commit themselves in prin
ciple to snch a policy by supporting the
peace treaty and then say they will con
sider hereafter how they will consider
hereafter how they will act under it. In
the coarse of his appeal to senators, Mr.
Hoar said:
“When yon raise the flag over the
Philippine Islands as an emblem of do
minion and acquisition, yon take it
down from Independence Hall.”
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THE 5TATB MILITIA.
Despite the action of the legislature
in reducing the military appropriation
to the sum of $2,500, those interested in
the state militia should not relax their
efforts or lose their enthusiasm. The
to militia is of sufficient importance
be preserved and no effort shonld be
spared to keep the different organiza
tions intact. The different companies
throughout the state should be re-organ
ized where re-organization is necessary,
and new members shonld be added. It
is, of coarse, a recognized fact that little
else can be done than the keeping of the
organizations together, unless a larger
military appropriation is made. If,
however, the organizations are kept
together for two years, the state will
donbtless at the expiration of those two
years see its way clear to aDpropriate
more money for its militia.
DEHOCRATS IN A QUANDARY.
While the advice of Mr. Bryan to the
democratic senators to vote for the
ratification of the treaty with Spain and
settle the colonial question after the
ratification of the treaty is sound
some respects, in others it has its ele
ment of weakness. We are not so sure
but that the ratification of the treaty
means the annexation of the Philippine
archipelago as a colony. Once ratified,
the treaty binds our nation to pay Spain
the sum of twenty million dollars for
the Philippines. That, when paid, will
in a measure bind our country to the
ownership of the islands, and the people
will be loth to part with that snm of
money in order to give over the islands to
Agninaldo and his followers. Trne, as
business proposition, the United States
would come out winner in the end by
giving Spain twenty million dollars for
the islands and then dropping them like
hot shot, thus avoiding the great ex
pense of maintaining a navy and an
army to protect them. Bnt it is
question whether or not the people will
look at it that way. It is a question
worthy of serious debate whether or not
the treaty shonld be ratified with the
Philippine clanse in it. It looks now as
if a republican administration has so
adroitly prepared every article • of the
treaty as to force a colonial policy upon
the American people without even con
salting their wishes in the premises.
THE SILVER ISSUE IN ipoo.
While we are satisfied that the free
ooinage of silver would improve onr
monetary system, we do not believe that
issue is destined to ent much figure in
the campaign of 1900. The United
States senate is so made np that it will
be at least eight years before the free
coinage advocates oould hope to pass
bill changing the monetary system of
the country. That being trne, it makes
little difference which side wins in 1900
so far as legislation on the money ques
tion is concerned.
The democratic party is in favor of
free coinage of silver and there will be a
plank in the platform of 1900 similar to
that upon which Bryan made his race
in 1896. Bnt under the circumstances
above mentioned it cannot attract atten
tion throughout the country other than
a mere expression of the democracy on
the subject.
So, althongh there will be a silver
plank in the democratic platform of
1900, it will not be the main issue. It
looks as if the questions arising from
the annexation of the Philippines will
make np the dominant issues of 1900.
TROOPS FOR QARRISON DUTY.
The military authorities of this gov
■eminent shonld, and no doubt will profit
i experience of the English army
j tropics and learn the extent
i re will be drafts on American
AFTER CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.
Presumably as a result of the energetic
efforts now making in Cincinnati to
bring the laws regulating the practice
of medicine to bear npon the “Christian
Scientists.” the mystical fraternity in
that city has suddenly awakened to the
wisdom of disolaiming the possession of
any ability to cure disease. A member
of the tribe writes to this effect with
amusing earnestness in a letter publish
ed by The Commercial Tribune, and
declares that it is not only ornel bnt
hlgnly absurd to prosecute as unlicensed
physicians persons who do not pretend
to heal the sick, bnt simply teach a way
in which the sick can heal themselves.
The distinction is fine, particularly as
real doctors might, if they chose, assert
with truth that practically all of their
work consists in the giving of advice.
Sometimes, to be sore, the advice is to
take this or that drug, bnt as afteu
not it is to do or to cease doing things in
which drags play no part. Bnt that, of
course, is a point which the “scientist 1
fails to mention. Instead, he asks why
he and his kind shonld be arrested under
a law aimed at false healers, when no:
one of the 60,000 people who, he says,
have taken np this easy method of mak
ing a living, ever claims to do any heal
ing. “God alone,” according to this
authority, “is the physician and healer
in every case,” and, replying to the
natural question, “What part- has the
scientist,’ then, in the work?” he ex
plains: “The part that the pane of
glass has that admits light into onr
homes, or the part that numbers have
through which the mathematical prin
ciple is expressed. The ‘scientist’ is bnt
an instrument to direct the truth seeker
to the source of health and harmony.”
And he even ventures to disenss the
delicate question of fees for doing noth
ing. “ ‘Scientists,’ ” he says, “never
take pay for the healing process nor for
the trath as taught in ‘Christian
Science.’ ” But—naturally there is a
“but”—“the ‘scientist’ mast be a con
stant stndent, supplied with proper
books and literature, and most give his
earnest thought and attention to solving
these great problems of life, love, and
truth. His daily expenses most be met
even as others, and for this continual
outlay and preparation of fitness are
charges made.”
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It stops flooding ana relieves sup
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For Change of Life It is tbs beat
medicine made. It is beneficial
daring pregnancy, and helps to
bring children Into homes barren
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OLD MAN KILLED
. NEARJJTTLE RIVED
He Was Run Over By a Georgia
Railroad Ttain.
HE WAS GOING TO MACON.
The Convicts Who Killed Jep Dennard Have
Been Captured and Put In Jail Again.
Fred Perry the Leader of the using
StUI at Large.
WANTED TO MARRY AT 92.
Tennessee's Qiddy Oirl of 98 Won’t Marry
Until She la too.
SENATOR HOAR’S SPEECH.
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, has
delivered in the United States senate
his great speech against imperialism.
It was a master effort and the venerable
republican was at his best. After deliv
ering one of the finest arguments on
constitutional law heard since the days
of Webster, Clay and Calhonn. Sena
tor Hoar concluded as follows:
Mr. President, we are not now pro
posing to acquire onr own in the Philip
pines with dominion as a necessary in
cident ; yon are not toown a foot of land
there. Yon propose now to acquire do-
A Healthy Man
Until the Crip Broke Down Hit
Health-Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Cave Him Appetite and Sleep.
“ Dp to the time when I had the grip I
IS a strong, healthy man. After that 1
had no appetite and waa not able to
rest well at night. I decided to try
Hood’a Sarsaparilla and purchased a sup
ply. It hat done me a vast amount of
good. I have a good appetite and ean
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Borne, Georgia.
“I have found Hood’s Sarsaparilla In
valuable for purifying the blood and loss
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J. A. Croel, Brunswick, Georgia.
Wonderful coxes of Scrofula, Salt
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We, the undersigned, have known F.
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Walding, Kinnan & Marvin. Whole
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THIEVES ARE AT WORK.
If Reports Are True Blind Tom’s Plotter Is
Blind Tom’s mother, Charity Wig
gins, it is said, lives at Columbus, Geor
gia. She is eighty-five yean old, and is
very fond of talking of Tom. She com
plains that he does not write to her as
often as he need to. Tom, it is said, is
at Highlands, N. J., and Is being closely
guarded by the people with whom he
lives. Reports are to the effect that his
mother was forced to leave him, and
that while Tom has ample means, his
old mother is very poor. The people
who have Tom are oh&rged with intent
to get his money. If this be trne, the
matter ought to be investigated. He
forty years old only.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures
That U what It waa rnada fo»
Washington, Ga., Jan. 10.—An aged
white man, one eye ont and deaf, was
run over and killed at Little River
station on the Georgia railroad yester
day.
The man had no papers of identifies
tion, bnt seemed to have recently come
from Florida and was on his way to
Macon when killed. He' had been
working in a saw mill in this county.
The convicts who killed Jep. Denard,
six in number, have been captured with
the exception of one man.
Nashville, Tenn., contains the most
remarkable society woman in America.
She is Miss Jane H. Thomas, born
Sept. 3, 1800. Despite her proximity to
the century mark, she is still the recipi
ent of offers of marriage.
When a very young woman she was
greatly admired for her wit and beauty.
Her hand was 6onght by a number of the
most prominent men of the South, bnt
for eome unknown reason all were re
jected.
When she was nearing middle life one
of her first beaus, a rejected suitor, again
approached her on the subject of matri
mony. She again refused. As he was
leaving her in dispair he said:
“Well, Miss Jane, when do you ex
peot to marry?”
She tossed her head haughtily and re
plied: “Never, sir, until I am lOOyears
old.”
She has kept her word, and now that
she has nearly reached that age, her old
lover, after sixty years of waiting, writes
to her that he bos not forgotten her as
sertion that she would marry when she
became 100, and offers his heart and tor-
tone for her acceptance.
The old gentleman is 92 years old, has
been married, and-has a large family of
children, grandchildren and great-
grand-children. He lives in the bine
grass region of Kentucky.
Miss Jane,” as Bhe is familliarly
called by her friends, was as much
pleased and amused at the old gentle
man’s proposal as younger ladies are on
snch occasions. She told some of her
oldest friends about her offer.
They know who the gentleman is, bnt
from the younger generation “Miss
Jane” has kept his name a secret. All
they know is that she received an offer
of marriage, and that 6he rejected it.
When asked her reason for being so
heartless to a lover so devoted, she re
plies that he is much too old for her,
and says she does not want to marry an
old man like that.
Miss Jane’s” great age is no draw
back to her social duties. She is still in
possession of all her faculties, and does
not consider qerself an old woman. Her
friends claim she is as active and her
intelleot as keen as when she was 50.
She carries herself erect, walks with a
firm step, and w still a great reader.
She keeps well posted on current events,
reads the newspapers, periodicals, and
the latest novels. She is Abreast of the
times in politics, fashions, and all new
thought, and promises fair never to be
come a back number.
She went to Nashville in 1804 from
Cumberland county, Virginia, wheie
she was born. The family consisted of
five children. They had two six-horse
wagons, bnt Mr. and Mrs. Thomas rode
horseback, and the mother carried the
youngest child in her lap.
She is the great great-granddaughter
of Henry Hugh Thomas, who was once
Lord Mayor of London.
On Dec. 20, 1820, “Miss Jane” joined
the Methodist church. There were no
churches in the country at that time.
The preaohing was done in the different
farm houses. Soon after she became a
member she and another lady raised a
subscription of $250, with which they
bnilt a church of cedar-hewn logs on an
acre of ground whioh was given for
that purpose.
Though 98 yqars' old, Miss Thomas is
still invited to all the social affairs given
in Nashville.
Miss Jane has lived under the adminiB
tration of every President of the United
States except Washington.—St. Louis
Republic.
FLANAGAN E8CAPES.
Judge Candler of DeKalb County Continues
HU Case Indefinitely.
Atlanta, Ga. r Jan. 10.—Jndge Candler
in the DeKalb county court continued
indefinitely the case of Edwin C. Flan
agan, the doable-murderer, which was
bronght np today for the fonrth trial.
This action was taken because of the
testimony daring the day of Dr. J. L.
McDaniel, county physician, who states
that he believed the prisoner’s mental
and physical condition was snch as to
unfit him for trial. Three times Dr.
McDaniel has sworn that he believed
Flanagan sane and was feigning and in
all three of the former trials Dr. Mc
Daniel haB been one of the strongest
witnesses for the state.
Judge Candler on hearing the evi"
dence immediately appointed a commit
tee of three doctors to investigate the
prisoner’s condition and adjourned cocut
awaiting the verdict.
The physicians reports this evening
that they were unable to contradict Dry
McDaniel’s testimony and considered
the doctor more competent to jndge than
they were. This afflmation had its
effect on the court and Judge Candler
issued an order indefinitely continuing
the case. It is not believed that Flan
agan will ever be tried again, bnt will
be sent to the insane asylnm at Milledge-
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lessly upon the wine when it was ready.
‘Ah, dearest,” she continued, with
anxiety depicted on her lovely features,
“what do yon suppose papa would say if
he should discover that his only daugh
ter’s future husband drank?”
“He discovered it yesterday after
noon,” responded Gustavius, with some
of the same old reluctance.
“Oh, what did he say?” she inquired,
breathlessly.
“He said”—the manly young fellow’s
voice trembled—“he said, ‘Well, Gus-
tavins, my boy, I don’t care if I do;
mine’s the same just with a dash of bit
ters."
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What Papa Said.
There was a silence for a moment.
Presently she spoke and the tone of
voice she elected to use was tremulous
and pleading.
Gnstavins, dearest, do—do yon ever
drink?”
Reluctantly he admitted that there
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Cotton stored and made to bring
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