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FOR CLEVELAND.
WArm MAOVRAQH, OAnFIKL,D's ATTOTl-
KKY-aENEHVt. WILL VOTE FOR T1IH
( DEMOCRATIC TICKET—HR BAYK TII*
* TUCK WKI.FARR OF TIIK COUNTRY
S. WOULD UK PROMOTED DY CM5VR-
' land's KLKCTION.
Following cioso upon tho snnounoo-
tnoot that Judge Gresham, four yours ago
a promineut candidate for tho Presiden
tial nomination in tho Republican Na
tional Oonrontion, had determined to
roto for Cleveland and Stevenson, an
other bombshell has been thrown into Ilia
Republican tamp. The following letter
from Wayne MaeVeagh, Attorney-Gen
eral uuder tiartiold, announcing tliut he
will voto for Grovor Cleveland, has been
given out for publication:
PillLAURM'IttA, Oot, 4, 1892.
John W. Carter, Eiq., Secretary of tho
Massachusetts lleform Club:
Your cordial invitation to address tho
citizons of Boston on the issues of tho
canvass happens to roach mu just wiien
professional engagements prevent my
naming a tlmo when I can do so, but you
nro quite right in concluding that I in
tend to voto for Mr. Cleveland.
Entertaining tho convictions I do,
no other course is open to me, and 1
cheerfully aceord to tho supporters of
President Harrison tho same sense of
public duly by which I claim to bo act
uated. As both parties have presented
uuexccptionnhlo candidates, there is no
reason why tho differences which exist
upon questions of public policy should
be discussed otherwise limit in good
humor, and with ontiro respect for each
other's opinions.
In tho present campaign wlmt tnny
fairly be culled the falsa alarms of the
canvasa will prove of little value, booauso
of the genoral confidence in the sufo and
conservative character of both candi
dates. Tho avciage voter knows that
free trade is impossible insthi* country,
for the conclusive reason Unit tho vast
revenues now required to moot the ex
penses of tho Government will necessar
ily afford a far higher degree of protec
tion to our established and prosperous
manufacturers than cither Alexander
Hamilton or lletiry Clay thought desir
able in tho infancy of our weak and
struggling industries. The averagu voter
also knows that the Irredeemable paper
currency in urc lieforo tho war can nover
reappear. On the other baud, ho knows
as well that no system of duties on im
ports, however inequitable, can prevent
our continued growth in wealth, in man
ufactures, and in population, a growth
duo to tho incomparable gifts of Provi
dence, tho intelligence and energy of tha
people, and tho blessings qf free institu
tions.
While I am more than ever resolvod
to hold duty to country far abovu uny
ties of party, I find myself at present in
gonornl accord with the Democratic
Party, oud willing to trust its course in
the fututc. Tha insight, tho courage
aud the patriotism tho masses of tho
party exhibited iti compelling tho nomi
nation of Mr. Cleveland when ho was
without a single office holder to support
his candidacy seem to line to doumud
that I should moot them in tiio same
spirit and act with them as long ns they
maintain that high standard of polioy
and of administration. It is tho more
easy to do ro became the Republican
Party, socuring its rotura to power four
years ago by promisiag to preserva mat
ters as they were, at onoo embarked upon
wbst I regard as a reokioss and revo
lutionary polioy, even overturning nil
the safeguards of legislation lu tho House
'of Representatives lu their haste to pass
the Foioe bill and tho McKinley bill,
both, to my mind, unnecessary aud uu-
wisa measures.
The opposition to the Force bill, ns
not only sure to create far greater evils
than it could euro, but ns also subversive
of tbo rights of tho States, has become
so oarncst and widespread that it is said
to havo been abandoned; but it is must
not bo forgotton that only two years ago
such a mossuro was warmly advocated by
the Republican Party, and vory narrowly
escaped becoming a law.
Thera is no protonso, however, that
the McKinley bill is abandoned. On tha
contrary, our express approval of it is
demanded. No doubt that bill, which l
cannot but think was an uncalled Cor
dlsturbauco of the then-existing tariff,
greatly benelltod a few interests, but cor-
tainly it greatly oppressed many others.
Of tho protected industries themselves,
many were then, ns now, in far inoru
urgent need of free raw materials than at
higlior protection, but with raw mater
ials on the free list tha bill could not
have passed, for those having such mater
ials for side controlled enough votos to
defeat it, and they were vory likely to do
so if their bounties wore discontinued.
Tho manufacturers needing free raw
materials were therefore, obliged to join
in tho objectionable processes of increas
ing prices by .restricting production,thus
adding to tho number of trusts by which
the prico of the necessaries of life is
placed at the mcroy of uulawful com
binations of capital.
It is not surprising that labor, believ
ing itself to be oppressed, soon rose in
revolt, and civil war lias actually raged
this summer in four different sections of
the country. Am), of course, tho farm
ers, paying more for what thoy buy aud
getting less for what they sell, grow
poorer day by day; nud excellent farms
in some of the most fertilo sections of
this most highly protected State will
hardly bring the cost of tho buildings
upon them.
Rut the economic evils, howover great,
of tiie McKinley bill and tho unreasonable
system of protection it represents are of
far less importance to my mind than tho
moral evils which follow in their wake.
In deciding for what purposes tho masses
of tho pcoplo may properly bo taxed, it
must not be forgotton that tnxo3 have a
wonderful capacity for filtering through
all interveniug obstacles till they reach
the bowed back of toil and resting there,
and therefore tho giving of bouuties
undor any form of taxation is mainly tho
giving away of the wages of labor. Tho
sail truth that the curse of tho poor is
their poverty is illustrated iu uotliiug
more clearly than in tho unduo share
they suffer of the burdens of taxation.
But, apart from this consideration,
ought not taxes only be imposed ns re
quired for public purposes, or may they
also be imposed for the pecuniary ad
vantage of such persous or ciai-.o? as are
able to control Congressional action in
their favor! It seems to mo like a
travesty on taxation to require, ns the
McKinley bill does, the farmer who
grows corn in Indiana to pay a bounty
to tho farmer who produces caoo sugar
in Louisiana, or to require tbo farmer
who grows wheat iu Pennsylvania to pay
n bounty to tlm farmer who produces
maple sugar In Vermont; but it is nesrnr
tragedy than travesty to tax tho masses
of the people to increase tho wealth of
the very wealthy owners of most of our
protected industries.
Hut even such inequality and injustice
nro tho least of its evils, for while such
a system endures political corruption is
absolutely sure to increase, as such a
system not only invitoi, but it requires,
tho corrupt mo of money both at tho
polls and in Congress. It is of its very
essence that “fat” shall bo “fried" out
of Its innollclarios. Who shall happen
to do the “frying” or who shall happen
to distribute tho “fat" neon any partic
ular occasion is more matter of detail,
but wliilu that system lasts both will con
tinue to l>o done by somoboyly.
And the evils of n system of legislative
bounties, so far from stopping, only bo-
gins with tlioso bounties secured to the
industries protected by tha tariff. The
disastrous course of tho Republican Party
on tho silver question is an apt illustra
tion of this truth. It ought to be aa
honost-monoy party, and it would bo If
it could; hut whiles it demanded increased
bountio! for its favorito manufacturers, il
could nut refusu increased bounties ta
tiie silver producers, ns the votes they
control were probably necessary to tho
passage of the McKinley bill. Ho situated,
tho Republican Party had no alternative
but to puss tho silver law of 1890, dou
bling thu puichaso of silver and requiring
the building of more warehouses in which
to store tiie useless metal.
Tho total purchases made by tho Gov
ernment amount to hundreds of millions
of dollars, anil would not renhzo, if re
sold, ouc-hnif tlioir cost, whila tho poi
son of debased currency, whose work,
however alow, is sure, is making itself
daily more and more felt in ovory chan
nel of business and finance, and is in
evitably driving gold out of the country
and leading us to all tho evils of a lluc-
luating and therefore dishonest currency
based upon silver alone. Tho Republi
can Party enunot take any effective stops
toward repealing tho bill, for tho silver
men are vory likely if their bounty is
stopped to so vote tiiat the bouuties of
tiie McICinloy bill will stop also.
Tiie abuses of tho pension system fur
nish another apt illustration uf the evil)
sure to follow such a system of legisla
tion. If Oongress wns to levy taxos upon
the people to confer boutias upon certain
classes of manufacturers, it was vory na
tural that tiie pension ugents should also
join hands to increase their foes by an
indiscriminate grouting of pensions. Tbo
result is that nearly a generation after
tho close of the war there is a stoady in
crease of tho vast sums passing through
tbu pension agents’ hands, until now the
total ainouut staggers belief, aud has be
come of itself a vory serious burden upon
the Trensury. From tiie day of Loo’s
surrender until uow no single voico has
over been raised against the most gon-
crous provision for every person who had
any just claim upou the gratltudo of tho
country; but surely there is neither rea
son nor justice in legislation whioh de
stroys all distinction betweou the dls-
churgo of duty and the shirking of it,
between loyal service and desertion of
tho colors, between wouuds received in
battle and diseases contracted in the pur
suits of peace.
Thoro ii still another groat and in
creasing evil chiefly traceable, in my
opinion, to tho maintenance of an exces
sive tariff sinoo tho war, aad the con
stant meddling with it to make it higher,
aud thnt is tha bringing to our shores of
thosu vast swarms of undosirublo immi
grants who degrndo American labor by
their competition aud threaten tho sta
bility of institutions based upon nu in
telligent love of country. Just ns tha
duties upou imported merchandise have
been increased, so lias the grade of im
ported labor boon lowered, until now,
mulor tho McKinley bill, thoro are com
ing here ovory month many thousands of
lAoro ignorant, nnd therefore leas do-
sirablo, laborers thau ever before. It is
not easy to exaggerate tho moral ovlls
they ate likely to inflict upon our social
order and our National tifo.
As the Ropublioau Party is now defi
nitely committo i to tho poltoy of taxing
tho people for the purpose of giviug
bountiui to -noli persons or interests ns
can seenro tho necessary votes in Oon
gress, so the Dsoioor-Ulc Party is uo.v
us dolluitoly committo l to the policy of
restricting taxation to the needs of the
Government for public purposes alone.
Tho gulf lixod between tboso two poli
cies of taxation is ns wide nu l deep as
can well exist between political partioi,
and l mu also eouviuosd that tno old
causes in which 1 mn interested cannot
nope for success until the avowed policy
of tiie Republican Party oil this subject
is overthrown.
Until then the right of each State to
control elections wituiu its birders will
nut b : secure. Until then there is no
prospect ol our enjoying tho single and
stable standard of value which other civ
ilized and o msmercinl Nations possess.
Until then there is no hope of placing
either our pension system or tho regula
tion of immigration upon a just and
proper basis. Until then tho purifica
tion of our politics will continue “the
iiidescont dream” which high Republi
can authority has declared it must al
ts ays remaii:. Until thou uny pretended
reform of the civil service must prove,
ns il has proved this last four years, u
delusion nnd a suare.
And until then even ballot reform, the
best help yet discovered to honest elec
tions, and already threatened with over
throw- by the Republican managers in
Maine, Vermont, and Indian i, must
share the same fate of betrayal in the
house of its pretended friends. All these
causes are, iu the vory nature of things,
the relentless foes of a system of govern
ment by bouuties to favored interests,
aud such a system is their relentless foe.
As 1 believe, lor the reasons I have
given, thnt tho true welfare of the coun
try would bo promoted l>y Mr. Cleve
land's election, it is my duly to voto for
him, nud as I recall tiie capacity, tho
fidelity, and the courage with which he
has heretofore discharged every public
trust committed to him, the duty be
comes :i pleasure. Sincerely yours,
Waynk MacVkaiih.
GEORGIA NEWS IN BRIEF.
of Interest Gathered at
from All Over the State.
The Georgia factory, situated about
five miles from Athens, was burned to
the ground a day or two ago. The cause
of the tire Is unknown. This conflagra
tion causes over three hundred opera
tives to he out of employment. Tho to
tal loss is estimated nt (180,000, besides
(20,009 worth of new michiuery just re-
ceivedr Tho instiranco^on tho wliolo was
only (10,000. The factory will be re
built.
A rnoTouit wiiKU in tno Tyrol matin a
negative of ten tourists against a back
ground of pine woods. When he de
veloped the plate a faithful presentment
of a large bear in the act of making for
the denser timber appeared in the edge
of the forest. Neither the man with tii
camera nor any of those iu the group had
known that tho brute was near.
Locturor Crawford, tho colored re
publican candidate for the house from
MclDtosh, takes his defeat like a man.
Ho siys the election was one of the fair
est and best lie has ever seen in McIn
tosh couDty. “My votes went in the
ballot box and were counted all right
and [ have nothing but praiso for the
managers and clerks," says (he cx-repre-
sentutivo. “The trouble,” soys Craw
ford, “Is I did not got enough votes, and
of course I was defeated, but it was fair
ly and squarely done.”
V * V
A Week Mhort.
Oovcrnor Nortlieu will lose n week
from bis first term. Two years ago ho
was inaugurated, November 8tb. This
year ho will bo inaugurated botwocn
October 20th., and November 20th. This
comes about through tho ratification of
the constitutional amendment Convening
the general assembly on tho fourth Wed
nesday in October. Th ■ constitution of
the state says that the govenor Is to bo
inaugurated during the first week of tho
general assembly’s session. At the re
quest of Governor Co quitt r tho supreme
court decided that tho first week means
lho first seven days of tho session. Gov
ernor Colquitt did not havo his massage
quite ready when tho legislature met
and it was for that reason lie asked for
an opinion from the supremo court which
Judge Jacksou delivered. When tho as
sembly convenes the clerk of tho preced
ing house always calls the representa
tives to order, making tip tho roll from
the list of members sentiu by tiie secre
tary of stato through the governor.
These members nro sworn in nnd then
the clerk nnuounccs tiiat the election of
a speaker is in order. The clerk is the
presiding nfllcer until the spunker is
elected. As soon ss tliut is dono tho
speukcr takes tho chair aud announces
that the elect ion of a clerk is in order.
A sergeant at arms, messenger anil door
keeper tire nett elected. On the second
day of the session the secretary of state
delivers to the president of tho suuuto
tho election returns for governor. Tlieso
are opened by the president of the senate
iu joint soeion and he and tire speaker
of the house count the vote and an
nounce tho risult. A committee is ap
pointed to wait on the governor nnd ask
him when it wilt suit him to be inaugu
rated. He generally rep ies nt tbo pleas
ure of tho general assembly. Unless a
special day Is fixed by tho assembly tho
inauguration takes place on the first Bit-
urdny nftev tbo assembly moots. If that
is the programo this year Governor Nor-
then will bo inaugurated for bis second
term, Octobor 29lh.
V * *
A Bright Outlook*
Here is an encouraging talk an AUauta
Constitution reporter had a day or two
ago with Mr. John A. Donavan, mana
ger of the Ii. G. Dun commercial agoucy.
The facts which ho gives should certain
ly cheer the hearts of our poople of trade
and finance. Speaking of tho financial
condition of tho south, Mr. Donavan
said: “Advices from almost overy sec
tion of tho south indicate beyond ques
tion thnt tho cotton crop of ninety-two
has bocii made with much less expendi
ture of money than that of the previous
year. To this encouraging condition has
also been udded the presence of better
prleos than wo expected. Tiie gain al
ready made has been felt to tiie advan
tage of farmer and merchnnt. Experts
claim that if present priceH nro main
tained from sixty to ninety days longer,
millions of dollars of whnt may tie con
sidered unexpected wealth will be added
to tho south’s resources. This means
larger trade in all directions, and a still
further reduction of tho indebtedness of
tho farmer.
“The past twelve months have boon
trying to almost overy branch of business
throughout tbo south. It luis boon a
reason of liquidation. Everyone appa
rently lias been trying to get down to
bed rock. The result of this has been
that trade has been unsatisfactory, hut
at the tame time tho collection of debts
the closing of accounts nnd the clonring
up of old (cores bus not been surpassed
iu many years.
“The return of better times will find
tho mercantile capital of tho country iu
excellent shape, ou account of tho drop
ping from old accounts of tlio assets of
udeortnin value. Boom towus nnd
watered enterprises havo very nearly
boon knocked out of existence. Forced
economies on the farm, in tho shop nnd
in the couuting room have purified tho
commercial atm 'sphere, so to speak, nud
with the political disturbances of a
presidential year over, we are vory likely
to see n rnpi'l nud healthy advance iu
every department of commerce nnd in
dustry.
“The failures in the southern slates
for tho first nine months of 1891 were
2,012 nud the iiqbilites were (39,052,141.
For the corresponding period of the pres
ent year thorn were 1,812, with liabilities
of (10,517.058, n difference in favor of
Ihu prtsent year of Hourly forty-live per
cent. Tho failures for the past six
months arc much smaller in number thin
for the Inst ten years, while tiie liabilities
nro considerably less than tlioso of any
year since 1882 for the same period. In
mv humble judgment, tho business of tbo
south is uow on 6olid basis, and the out
look for tiie immediate future promising
for all legitimate lints of busimss."
Election of Juilnrsitml Solicitors.
On tho the first >1 mday of the session
of the general n serubly, the election of
judges and solicitors is taken up. This
year twelve judges aud twenty-one so
licitor generals are to bo elected. The
circuits nnd ihs present incumbents aro:
Albany Circuit—B. B. Bower, judge,
Baiubridge; W. N. Speuee, solicitor gen
eral, Camilla.
Atlanta Circuit—M. .T. Clarke, judge,
Atlanta; C. D. Hill, solicitor general,
Atlanta.
Augusta Circuit—Boykin Wright, so
licitor gem ral. Augusta.
B’ue Ridge Circuit—George F. Geber,
judge, Marietta; George It. Brown, so
licitor, Canton,
Brunswick Circuit—Joel L. Sweat,
judge, Brunswick; W. U. Brantley, so
licitor, Brunswick.
Chattahoochee Circuit—John H. Mar
tin. judge, Columbus; A, A. Carson, so-
I licitor, Columbus.
Cherokee Circuits— 1 Thomas W. MTIner,
judge. Cartcrsvlllo;” A. W. Fite, solici
tor, Cartorsvlllo.
Coweta Circuit —8. W, Harris judge,
Carrollton; T. A. Anderson, solicitor,
Greenville.
Eastman Circuit—Robert Fslligsnt,
judge, Savannah; W. W. Fraser, solici
tor, Savannah.
Macon Circnlt—W. H. Felton Jr., so
licitor, Macon.
Middle Circuit—B. D. Evans, solicitor,
SaDdoraville.
Northern Circuit—Hamilton McWhor
ter, judge, Lexington; W. M. Mo ward,
solicitor, Sparta.
Ocmulgee Circuit—Gray Lewis solioitor,
Sparta.
Oconee Circuit—'David M. Roberts,
judge, Eastman.
l’at aula Circuit—James M, Griggs, so
licitor Dawsou.
Romo Citcuit— W. II. Henry, judge,
Rome; W. J. Nunnally, solicitor, Rome.
Southern Circuit— J. R. Slater, so
licitor; Valdosta.
South w cs tern Circuit—W. H. Fish,
judge, Oglethorpe; C. B. Hudson, so
licitor, Ellaville.
Stone Mountain Circuit—Richard II.
Clark, judge, Atlanta; J. S. Candler, so
licitor, Atlanta.
Tallapoosa Circuit—A. Richardson, so
licitor, Cedsrtown.
Western Circuit—R. B. Russell, solic
itor, Athens.
Supremo Court—Logan E. Bleckley,
chief justice.
The names of the circuits are put In a
hut, shaken up and drawn out ono st
a time. Aa they aro drawn the position
to bo filled is announced and nomina
tions are mada. Formerly tho circuits
were taken up in alphabetical order, but
tbo practice of making combinations be
came so objcctionabio that it was charg
ed and now tbo Western is liable to bo
drawn first a» tbo Albany circuit.
On Its In t Lore.
The Ropublioau press is quotin',' us
statistics at groat length to prove that
necessary living exponses nro higher in
Great Britain thno here. Wo aro all
thankful for this information, but
couple 1 with it is an assertion that is an
insult to the intelligence of this Nation.
With brazen assumption we are told, iu
tho language of tho New York Press,
that “Protection, is making this differ
ence, by raising wages and lowering the
prices of goods in this country.” Pro
tection, that is doing all It can to defeat
tho natural cheapness of our raw materi
als; thnt increases tho cost of machinery
to till the soil, to manufacture our goods
und to transport them, and that increases
tho cost of every dutiable Imported ar
ticle consumed here I “Protection,"
that increased tbo cost of living, as
Hamilton, Clay and Webster admitted,
but which they attempted to justify, to
a limited degree and for a limited time,
because of other considerntious. This
same “Protection," wo are to believe,
because it cannot ontircly detent the
natural results of the most productive
country on the globe, is what makes liv
ing cheap hero. The system must iudeed
bo on its last legs when its friends at*
tempt to justify it rfl’i this absurd plea.
If they had talked this nonsense thirty
yoars ago our rational voters would never
have employed McKinley to mako tariff
schedules.
A Wolf in Oattep'B Clothing.
With tho duty higher and the price
of wool lower than) ever before, Brad-
street’s saysi “Manufacturers show a
groat inclination to take wool. Tho mar-
kot bus weakened on several grades, aud
tbore is good reason to betievo tiiat it
will go lowor before advancing. Present
conditions are difficult to explain ou the
basis of supplies."
And yet wo nave a party with gall
enough to send tho author of this cilam-
ity amongst the flocks of Vermont nnd
Ohio to oxpress sympathy by trying to
bleat with the sheop. It is no wouder
tho sheop in Vermont took to tho. woods
when they hoard tho wolf’s voico. it is
said tiiat consternation is also soizing
tiie herds in Ohio, and that when Gov
ernor McKinley appears on tho Republi
can side of the field all of the wise old
rams, followed by the rest of tbo flock,
make a break for tho Democratic side of
the field, where they huddle together,
bleatiug and trembling, until tiie Re
publican wolf iu sheep's clothing is
safely out of sight. The Democrats are
beginning to understand the meaning of
the enthusiasm and noisy demonstrations
tiiat attend McKinley in theso regions,
and—well, thoy intend to take good care
of the frightened lambs.
Grasshopper* as Food.
A grasshopper plague being advertised
for this summer in tho West, tho Depart
ment of Agriculture n-sks: “Why should
not tiie people who arc reduced to star
vation by these insects use them for
food !” Experiments have been made by
its scientific corps which prove tlint
grasshoppers nro both palatable and nu
tritious. Gentlemen employed in the in
vestigation have tried them iu many
styles of cookery and have declared them
to be delicious. Unfledged grasshop
pers, boiled for two hours, with butter,
spices nud salt added, compose a broth
that is scarcely distinguishable from beef
brotli, though possessing a peculiar and
indescribable flavor of its own. Fried in
their own oil or roasted, they havo a
most agreeable nutty taste and crispness.
Ground aud compressed, they will last
fresh indefinitely.
Persons who have looked into the sub
ject assert that insects might furnish to
mankind important contributions of food
which are at present unused and despised.
It has been ascertained by the Govern
ment experts that young wasp grubs
fried iu butter are a most agreeable deli
cacy. On every farm the nests of these
insects aro ruthlessly destroyed, whereas
a little knowledge would show the much
artlicted agriculturist, how to derive from
them a welcome dish, for his table.
Young wasp grubs, fed as they are upon
tho sweetest juices drawn from fruits and
(lowers, naturally possess a most delicate
flavor. Perhaps the best way to prepare
them is to bake them in the comb.—
[New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Lapps.
The Lapps call thetr country Sabmc or
Same and themselves Samolots, and tbo
term lot has generally been supposed to
be a contemptuous nickname given to
them by foreigners, derived from the
Finish “lappu,” and meaning simply
“land’s end folk.” A more plausible
suggestion, however, is that of Profes
sor Frils, of Christiania, who refers the
term to an old Finnish root “Inppan,”
signifying to roam or wander about, in
allusion to their nomad habits, In the
mouth of southern or more civilized
Lapps it appear) to have become aynony-
mouso with rudo or barbarous, and is so
applied by them to the less cultured
northern communities.
Anthropologists seem to havo some
difficulty in assigning to the Lappa their
exact place in the human family, bat it
may be safely affirmed that they aro a
combination of Caucasian and Mongo-
lian types. Be this as it may, their
physical characteristics are remarkable—
decidedly more remarkable than attrac
tive. They aro probably tho shortest
race in the eastern hemisphere, unless it
bo Mr. Stanley’s demoniacal dwarfs. A
mau over five feet in height would bo a
giant among them, and tho women are
rarely more than 4 feet 0 inclios. They
ure also the shortest headed and the
thinnest skinned people in the world.
Home of them indeed aro long headed
enough in tho intellectual sense, and
know as well as any how to drive a
bargain and dual with strangers, but they
arc none tho less pre-eminently what the
scientific people designate as “brachy-
c phalic.”—Good Words.
Watermelon Tests.
I draw my thumbnail over tho melon,
scraping off the thin, green skin. If the
edges of the skin on each sido of tho
scar aro loft ragged or granulated, and
the rind under the scar Is Binootb, firm
sud white, and has something of a glossy
appearance, the melon is ripe. But il
the edges of the scar nro smooth and
even, ur.d the thumbnail has dug into
the rind in places, nud the skin does not
come cdl clean, then tiie melon is green.
You can onsily learn outwo melons, ono
ripe, the other green, noting tho differ
ence after they have been opened.—
Southern Stockman and Farmer.
French Dinners.
Wo diued iu a little Parisian restaurant
where Americans arc iu the habit of go
ing to obtain those truly Frunoh delica
cies, pork and benns, buckwheat enkis,
corned beef, apple pio ai.d oystcis. i
know a man from Chicago who dined si
this restaurant every day during the eu
tire month spent by him in Palis, and
who at the end of that time, said tlint
ho was heartily sick of Frencli cookery.
Thus does the profound study of the
manners and customs of foreign nations
eligbten the mind and ripen tho judg-
meat.—“Thompson’s Tombstone.''
A Fair Offer.
Old Gentleman—“Do you think, sir,
that you are able to give my daughter
all tiie luxuries to winch she has been
accustomed?"
Huitor (a practical man)—“Well, you
havo been paying for her board and
clothes, and I have been paying for con
certs, theaters, operas, and so on. No;
I'll pay for the board and clothes, nnd ii
you foot tho amu oniont bills, I don’t
think she’ll miss nuylhing."—Now York
Weekly.
Anxious to Learn.
Little Boy—“Mamina, may I study
history?"
Muuuna—“In good time."
"But I don't want to woit.”
“Why ure you so impationt?"
“I heard tliu teacher tell th' history
class that the old Romans bad stone cir
cue posters, aud one of ’em had been
found. I want to know wot it had ou.
—Street A Smith’s Good News.
Tho Greatest Kuen on Rerofrf
Is the race for popularity won by iloatotter'i
Stomach Bitters. It took the lead at tho
start anil distanced all competitors. It oradi-
catcs iml'gostion, malarial complaints, ail
ments of the bladder anil kldneya, nervous
ness, neuralgia, rheumatism. Physicians com
mend, the public knows Its value, the press en
dorses. Grand are Its credentials, grander
(till Its success.
Foreign Postage.
From tho United Statos to all follow-
lowing countries and places, which sre
in the Universal Postal Union, the post
age on letters is five (5) cents for each
half ounce or fractiou thereof (prepay
ment optional), two cents for each postal
card, and one cent for each two ouncea
newspapers: Argentine Republic, Aus
tralia, Austria nnd Hungary, Belgium,
Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Ceylon, China
via IIong-Kong, Chili, Cuba, Denmark
and Danish colonies, Ecuador, Egypt,
Falkland Inlands, Franco and French
colonies, Germany, Great Britain
nnd Biitiah West Indies
Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Hayti,
Holland or Netherlands and Notherland
colonies, Honduras, IIong-Kong, India
(British), Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liberia,
Luxemburg, Malacca, Mauritius [Monte
negro, Newfoundland. Norway, Para
guay, Patagonia, Penang, I’i rain, Peiu,
Portugnl nnd Portuguese colonies, Rou-
inania, Rusia, St. Bartholomew, Salvador,
Hervia, Siam, Hignapore, Spain and
Hpanish colonies, Straits Settlements,
Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad, Turkey,
United States of Columbia, Uruguay,
Venezuela.
Value of Mus c.
Mrs. Maternal—“I am sorry you arc
going back to Germany. Had I not bel
ter get another music teacher for my
daughter?"
Prof. Von Note—“Id ccs nod neces
sary. She knows enough niuscek to get
married on." '
No Amateurs.
Summer Hotel Doctor —“I hope there
will lie no mistake iu administering these
medicines.”
Servant—“Have no fear doctor. I
sin a professional nurse, nnd madam is n
professional invalid.—New York Weekly.
Time 4 * What Drought the FnctorlcN.
Cheap fuel and low freights are tho neces
sities of manufacturing. Two fuel-oil pipe
line^ four railroad®, one a complete belt line,
give Griffith these advantages an*I brought hoi
four factories aa soon as the town waft laid oui
by Jay A. Dwlggina Co.—Chicago Newt.
Ml to m
I» your Hock Aches, or you nrc all worn out,
rood for nothing, It 1* general debility.
Brown’s Iron Hitters vr U cure you, make vou
strong, cleanse your liver, aud girt* a good'ap-
p*lito- tones the nerve*.
A cut lemon will dean discolored brans,
which can then i e beautifully polished with
ammonia much diluted with water.
Train Loaded With Stove I’olUh.
IsOst week Meumre. Morse Bros., proprietors
of the well known Rising Sun Move Polish,
filled order* from two customers In the West
for twenty-three cars load* of atove polish. As
each car conta nod 400 grow, weighing 15 tons,
the shipment to these two houses was WAX)
grotw, or :W5 t -ns. Th« immense business done
bv this firm Is a monument tothe industry and
high grade of good* for which they have earned
a reputation at home nud abroad.
TUe Only One Kvcr Printed.
CAN VOU FIND TIIK WORD?
There in a 3-inch display advertisement in
this paper, this week, which has
Stove p 0 ^sh
, and Paints which stain I
(Mar-
less. Durable, and tho consumer pays for no tin I
or glass package with every purchase. \
s.s.s.
P URELY a vegetable compound,
made entirely of roots and herbs
gathered from the forests of
Georgia, and has been used by millions
of people with the best results. It
CURES
All manner of Blood diseases, from the
pestiferous little boil on your nose to
tiie worst cases of inherited blood
taint, such as Scrofula, Rheumatism,
Catarrh and
Skin* Cancer
«<
alike
ivord.
same is true of
each now ono upp ariug each week, from The
Dr. llarter Medicine Co. This house places a
“C rescon t” on every thins they mako and
publish - Look for it, send them tho name
of tho word and they will return you hook,
llKAUTinjL LITHOGRAPHS or SAMPLE# FltKIC.
CONDUCTOR B. D. LOOMIRDotrolt, Mloh.,
nays; “Tho effect of Hull's Catarrh Cure ia
wonderful.” Write him about it. Hold by
Druggist.**, 75c.
\Vu° stJTFKRa with his liver, conatpa tlon,
bilious Ills, poor blood or dlxzlno.-a—taku
Beech a m a Plila, Or druggists. ifA cents.
‘August
Flower”
“ I have been afflicted with bilious-
i ness and constipation for fifteen years
i and first one and then another prep
aration was suggested to me and
! tried, but to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe tiie admira
tion in which I hold it. It has given
me a new lease of life, which before
was a burden. Its good qualities
and wonderful merits should be made
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness.” Jessb
Uakkkk, Printer, Humboldt, Kas.9
NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE,
ATLANTA, GA.,
Treats Deformities and
Chronic Ihsowwn, mitfh
Club Feu?, DiKouwta of th*
II ip, Spine find Joints, Pin-
*>?». Film, Fiatula. O*-
tank. F.-m.ve mid private
dj'*»»*e\ Ibrnia, I>it>eiia*a
of the Urinary O*«*0*.«?t0.
Send ’or llhistfated clrcu-
.ar Name this paper.
A WOMAN HAS
any ordinary <lutk*a, If Afflicted with
SICK HEADACHE
DAY AFTER DAY
nnd yet there are few tilsei
promptly to proper medical i
fore of the utmost Importance thnt a
.Myron J. M. Hiiyan, ot the Indian
Territory, seams likely to get the biggest
fee on record soon, being no less than
It") per cent of $8,000,090. This is con
tingent oil the success of the “old Set
tlers’ claim," which has been before con
gress. and the Court of Claims for the
past seventeen years, it hasbeeu allowed
nt last by the Court of Claims, and an
net of Congress lias made it a specialty,
so that it will lake precedence of nil
others ou the docket of the. Supreme
Court, which lias to review the decision,
and will lie passed upou at its next
session. At the late meeting of the old
settlers, at Taiequuh, I. T.. Major Rrv-
au's contract, conceding him 85 per cent
of the property if the suit was success
ful. was renewed.
Turnontino is good for clcauing all
varnished furniture.
Nnuiple Package Mailed Free,
Address Small Bile Beans, New York.
A dog bitten by a rattlesnake in
Florida was cured of thd bite by the ad
ministration of gunpowder internally.
They increase the aupetlto. purify the who!a
system and act on tho liver. Rile Beans Small,
For the first time the Russian soldiers
are to be furnished with handkerchiefs
at the Government’s expense.
Hick-Headache relieved by Small Hilo Beau.'.
When Nature
Needs assistance it may be best to render It
promptly, but one should remember to use
even the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The best and most simple and gentle
remedy lathe Syrup of Figs manufactured by
tho California Fig Syrup Co.
of thognvern-
rla. Biliousness and Oeueral Debility. Give*
Strength, aids Digestion, tones tho nervea-
crentes appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Agricultural Note—If any animal on the
farm earns his annual sty-penned it mnst be
the hog.
To Young Wives.
A disappointed bachelor lias said that some
time after marriage a man's wife ceases to be
supremely attractive to him. Never wns a
greater libel. Beauty preserved and grace re
tained can never lose tho r charm or yield their
f mpire. The preservation of our bodice in
their original healthy perfection and comeli
ness is a sacred duty. Every young mother
who will faithfully t arry out ihe directions
given with each bottle ot “ Mother's Friend ”
will never lose figure or complexion. The
dainty bud will mature into the blooming rose,
and old ace will find her blessing the day bhe
first used “Mother’s Friend.” Bradfield Reg
ulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. Sold by a 1 druggists
flamed eyes or granulated lids without pain.
Price 25c. John R. Dickey Drug Co.. Bristol. Va.
Swellings
In the neck, or Got-
tre, caused mo terrible
Goffering, and I spent an
enormous amount o f
money for medicines, in
vain. 1 began to tako
Hood’s Sarsaiarilla and
in a few weeks I found
the swelling very much
Mr,. Bigelow. induced, and I could
Breath with Perfect £««««*»which I had
not done for years I continued with HootVe
Sarsaparilla and " *’
furerf/" ” T *'
Hood’s Pill*cure liver ilia, constipation,
hiliuu&ut&a. iaur.diee.slek headache. 25c.
LESSENS PAIN—INSURES SAFETY
to LIFE of MOTHER and CHILD.
My wife, after having used Mother’s
Friend, passed through tho ordeal with
little puln, was .stronger in one hour
than in a week after tho birth of hor
formor child. J. J. McGoldbick,
Beans Stn., Tenn.
Mother's Friend robbed p.iin of Its terror
snil shortened labor. 1 havo tho healthiest
child lover fvov.
slits. L. M. Aherx, Cochran, (,S.
r,.-nt by e.prcvcclvujro. ^reptiS. „n r.- ri ;>t of piice. Ji,o
Ask your doctor what hap
pens to cod-liver oil when it
gets inside of you.
He will say it is shaken
and broken up into tiny
drops, becomes an emulsion;
there are other changes, but
this is the first.
He will tell you also that
it is economy to take the oil
broken up, as it is in Scott’s
Emulsion, rather than bur
den yourself with this work.
You skip the taste too.
Let us send you an inter
esting book on CAREFUL LIV
ING ; free.
that yield more
cneut It Is there*
a reliable remedy
should always l>c at baud. During a period of more
a
SIXTY YEARS
ro bus been no Instance reported where such
have not been permanently nud
PROMPTLY CURED
BY
use of a single box of the genuine and Jaatlj
•bra ted
DR. G. McLANE’S
LIVER PIUS,
| w hich may tie procured at any Drug Store, or will be
mailed to miy odd res* ou tho receipt of 25 contain
postage Mnnipf.
Purchase r.' of those Pills should be careful to pro
cure the genuine article. There are several counter
feit.:* on the market, well calculated to deceive. The
genuine pr. C. MeLum'* Celebrated Liver Pills aro
manufactured only by
FLEMING BROTHERS CO., Pittsburgh, Fa.
THE
ONLY TRUE
IRON
TONIC
Will purify 11LOOD, regulate
KIDNEYS* remove LIVER
order, build strength, renew
•petite, res loro health and
igorufyohth. Dyspepsia,
ludlgeitlon, thatttrrif feel-
up absolutely eradicated.
Mind brightened, brain
. power Increased,
hones, nerves, mns-
1 tics, receive new force.
, suffering from complaint* ue-
1 using It. nnd
Returns
Scott & BowNE,Chemi
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scott’s Em
oil—all druggists everywhere do.
, 133 South 3th A venue,
ulsion of cod-liver
36
I collar to their sex N using i
— w . Return*
rose bloom on cheeks,beautifies Complexion.
Sold everywhere. All genuine good* bear
' ‘Crescent. ’ ’ Send ua 2 cent stamp for 32-page
pamphlet.
OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. St. Louis. Ms.
Every Eli His Om Doctor.
A COO-pageProfusely Illustrated Hook, contain
ing valuable info: mat ion pertaining to dis*
ea*es of ilie human n;» stem, showing bow to
TREAT and CURE with the simplest of medi
cines. The book contains analysis of court
ship nnd marring'- and mnna :ement of child
ren, bus tles useful prescription 1 , reclp* t>, etc.
Mailed, post-paid, for 60 cents. Address
ATLANTA PUBLISHING HOUSE,
WO R LD S JFAIR WORK £ WOM E N
AT HOME,
s. I . Iv l LM EU & CO..
PATENTS
| ADIES
l TI|(s 1J
gion, Il
* book I
wish to make MONEY easy at
t» homes, address Including stamp,
DORA (J. llOYT. Mouth Drud. lnd.
t
110 Loyd
Atlanta, Ga.
asgaasc
*
ltd 1 lie price Mumped ou bottom.
S3 SHOE
tabl .
sold at the price.
do niifi two complete
, GENTLEMEN.
cenulnc sewed shoe that will not rip t fine Calf,
, iiesa, smooth inside, fietlble, more comfortable, stylish
| and durable than any other shoo * * —
Equal* custom-made sno^-irnstitur f
The only 93.00 Hh. T
no led, securely sewed at tho outside edge (as shown in cut),
which gives double the wear of cheap welt shoes sold at the
eamo price, for such easily rip, having oidyoue solo sewed
—«„ C f i L . a ther on tho edge, and whenonco
worthless.
Tho two sole, of the w. T„ DOUGLAS 83.00 Shoo
through can be repaired as many times a*
, a* they v.-|ll never rip or loosen from the upper,
l urenasers of footwear desirlug to econo
mize, should consider the superior qualities
of these shoes, and not bo Influenced
U> buy cheap welt shoes sold at *3.00,
having only appearance to commend
them._\\ . Is. DOUGLAS Men’s
nd Fine Calf, Uand
i; 93.30 Follce and Farm-
. Fjnft “
nnd f * ~
; O Fine Calf; b2.‘2Z
\nd 82.00 Workingmen’s;
37*’ 82.00 nnd Youths 1
-* School Shoes; Ladles’
3.00 Hand 8cwed:8'2.50«
fr'LfiO aud Misses’
91.7,1 Rest Dongola,
are of the same nlgn
standard of merit.
II give exclusive sale to nhoe dealers nnd general merchants 5rhero I liar*
t D agents. AV rite for catalogue. If not lor salo in your place semi direct to Factory,
tuning kind, B120 and vmth wanted. l‘o»ra«e frees \V« h, Douglas. Drock:ou, H