The Cleveland progress. (Cleveland, White County, Ga.) 1892-1896, January 13, 1893, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textte* GEORGIA NEWS IN BRIEF. Items of Interest GaM at Random From All Orer the State. It la rumored th*t Ibe Blue Ridge Marble Company will eue the county of Floyd for $20,000. * • * Re*. Dr. T. DoWItt Talma** will do- li*er a lecture In Atlanta, under the au- epic** of the Y. M. 0. A,, on January 16th. ♦ * * The annual report of Atlanta'* city lax collector ahowa that he collected during the year $1,826,098.60 from all source*, and that $64,009.10 had come from liq uor licenaes. Carroll county haa the largest boy to his age of any county in Georgia. R. D. Kent, living near Roopville, has a son five years old that weighs 122 pounds. He weighs more than bis mother by ten pounds. “Big Pete," as the boy Is called, is a favorite in his community. * * * Two cotton mills were sold at public rale in Augusts a few days ago by re ceivers. Tho first was the Algernon mill* in Augusta. The other was tho Richmond factory, nino miles from Au gusta. Both factories will be opened and commencod running at once. ‘ The supervising architect Of the gov ernment stste* that work on the basement and area walls of the public building st Columbus will begin at once. To get the President’s signature to the bill au thorising this building will be rememb ered a* the work of joy which gladdened t,be close of tho useful congressional ca reer of Hon. Tom Grimes. ’■S'f * * • ■ Governor Northen, in an article In the BdOthern Cultivator, says: “In its be ginning the alliance seemed to be an in spiration for good. It appears now to bo a combination of forces within itself for it* own destruction. Can wo not get togethor the better cloroents after eliminating its evils and restore it to Its originol purpose and usofulnessf" * * * The postoflice department at Wash ington has given tne power of issuing money ordors to tho following Georgia pustoffloes: Folkstnn, Charlton county; Guyton, Effingham county; Jackson ville, Telfair county; Malbono, Bartow county; Odum, Wayne county; Patter son, Pierce county; DeBoto, Sumter county; Spann, Johnson county. lienee, forth these are money order offices. * + * No city in tho Union has a freight de pot which will equal the one to bo erected by tho Seaboard Air Lino road in Atlanta. The erection of a business block above n freight depot is an original and uovcl idea. It will save money,time and labor for the occupants of the build ing, and other railroads in populous cit- ioa will doubtless adopt the Seaboard sys tem. Work on the depot will be begun this month. » , * Dr. G. A. Nunually may be (he presi dent of Mercer university for many years yet to come. Owing to some complica tions and adveise criticisms which cer tain pretended “friends" of the univer sity are making in the newspapers it may be necessary for Dr. Nuonally to with draw hia resignation and remain a* presi dent When such a probability was an nounced to the student* a day or two aince, they gave a yell of joy, and it is sincerely hoped by all of the boye that be will remain and continue the manage ment of affairs ss he has done so ably lor the past three years. * * * The Amoricus Recorder wants the av erage of cotlon reduced, and says: “Tho big rise in cotton of three cents per pound tho past fall, consequent upon a small crop, is likely to encourage the planter* In the Idea that now is tho time to make a strike for eren, by putting in a big crop for 1808, in tho hope of real ising such profits as is indlosted by the present range of prices. Right hero there I* serious danger, and it is tho duty of the press and of the allianco or ganisations to suppress the spirit of spec ulation that is ongoudored by tho hope uf planting cotlon fur a rise, and to urge upon the planters to stick to tho only safe theory of raising diversified crops of tupplies and making cotton tholr surplus crop." * * * Will W lie Vines nn Issue V The Augusta News says: “The light for the acceptance of the Soldiers’ home by the state has uot yet been given up, as was thought, when the lest- session de feated the bill. Advocates of tho homo agree that if tiio issue bo properly pre sented before the people of Georgia in the election of the next legislature a ma jority of that body will bo returned pledged to voto for the acceptance of the home. It is proposed to make tho ac ceptance of the home tho one main issue belore the people in the selection of the next legislature, und to that end to make a thorough canvass of the state from tho mountains to tho sen, which will be con ducted by the most brilliant and eloquent public meu iu Georgia." * * * SiavniiuHli’n I'mimi, Tho Savauunh Press, commenting on tho progress Savanuah has made during tho past ycur, say : “if the year 1898 yields as rich fruit age iu the way of pirmauent dcvolopc- ment in Savannah did that whoso event ful days have now passed into unchange able history its close will boo tho city far in ndvanco of whore it stands at present. The evidences of the results are on all sides - in the new buildings, improved streets, iu on udquatc ami pure water supply, in tho extension of electricity ns motive power on all street car lines, in tho construction of now meaus of urban and suburban transportation, in new manufacturing enterprises and enlarge ments of old ones, ana so on through the long list of improvements that tells of the activities of an energetic and ambi tious people." < • nlrnl't, >■•>, llfrrrlora. ’I he annual eit-e ion of directors of the Central Railroad and Banking Company was held at Savannah and the following full ticket was elected: H. M. Comer .Joseph Hull.H. R. Jackson,S. R. Jaqnes, U. B, Harrold, J. B. Holet, Abraham Vetsburg, G. J. Mills, C. H. Phioizy, E. P. Howell, James Swauu, \V. 8. Tison and L. T. Turner. The three new mem bers of the board are Messrs. J. B. Holst, of Columbus, and W. 8. Tison and L. T. Turner, of Savarnab. Last year there were but twelvo men on the board. Those ou the old board who ere uot on the new board are Messrs. J. K. Garnett, aud W, G. Raoul. There was but oue ticket presented, that given above. In all, 21,243 shares were voted. There was not a single spilt ticket. The direc tor* subsequently went into privato ses sion. They organised by re-electing Mr. Comer. The board then took up for final consideration and adoption the re organization plan preparatory to giving it to tho public. * * * The DctfcrmctiU Uncle Bob Hardeman, the genial and ever smiling treasurer of (be big State of Georgia, banded nut quite a pile of money a few dsys ago. It wan a check fora cool cum of $00,644.04, and waa paid In Hie names of Joseph E. Brown and F. B. Stalilman, receivers of the old Western and Atlantic railroad. The money was to pay tho betterment award made"by the stale logisbiturc in 1801. It will bo remi-mbored that the legislature had quit* a lime of trying to estimate just what the stnto ought to pay tho old Western and Atlantic company for bet terments. A committee was appointed for the purpose of having tho road looked over from end to end, and a careful estimate on all tho betterments tlint bad been placed on the road In the way of improvements. The committee, after making such a study of tho road and its conditions, re ported that n fair estimate of the amount duo on account of the bettorinents was $90,044.04. This amount was agreed to and the debt was ordered paid, but the receivers declined to draw their money at tho time, preferring to let it remain in the stale treasury vaults until now. Tho money will be used by tho authori ties of tho old Western aud Atlantic eompauy to pay off tho stockholders, just ns tho money received on a sale of property would bo divided among those who owned the property. * * * Tim Stale Troop*. Adjutant K'II has Issued his annual roport. Tho “Georgia Volunteers” re main the seme iti tin ir several organiza tions ns Inst year, with tho exception of tho Piedmont Hides, Third Regiment Georgia Volunteers, disbanded. There nro four regiments, three battalions and two independent companies of iufantry; two batteries of artillery and one regi ment and one battalion of cavalry. Tho Georgia Volunteers, colored, remain like wise unchanged in their organizations, comprising three battalions nnd four in dependent companies of infantry, one of artillery aud one of cavalry. Tho roport Htates that the inspection of Georgia Volunteers, colored, by Lieuten ant (J. H. Satterlee, Third Artillery, United Stales Army, noting assistant, ad jutant and inspector general, was most thorough and imtrnctive, prompting the military of the state to pursue active pre paration for ontering the state encamp ment with credit to themselves und honor to tho stnto. Lioutouaut Hattorleo's tour of inspec tion oommonced on September 15, 1801, aud closed April 5, 1802. Colonel Kell says: “1 cannot too high ly command tho arduous und painstak ing work accomplished by Lieutenant Sntterlco in this round of service to the military organizations of the stale." The report reviews tho eucumpment, aud gives tho register of tho Georgia Voluutoors, and Ino lineal rank of their ufficora; register of tho Georgia Volun teers, colored, nnd the lineal rnnk of their olfioerB; roll of retired officers, and of the adviaory board, tho casualtlea since tho Inst annual report, station of troops, re ports of departmental officers, of the in spector genera! of small urms practice, of commanding officers of campa of instruc tion, nnd inspection of Georgia volun teers. * * * ( Widow** I'eniioni. The time draws nigh at hand for tho payment of the widows’ pensions end the clerks at the pension department aro the busioat men at the state capital. The claims are bolng adjusted and put in readiness for tho drawing of the war rants which wilt bo taken up early in Feb ruary. Tho recent legislative ouactment cut ting down tho pensions of tho widows of Georgia Confederate soldiers brings out a very interesting question. Tho tax rate,as fixed by tho legislature before the last, seems to bare beau based upon the calculation that tho widows were to bo peid $100 each this year as woli as last. Now comes tho last legislature with its hatchet aud cuts down tho appropriation to $00 each for tho wives of the old sold iers, nnd thin leaves a remainder of $40 each from tbo amount already loviod aud collected for tho widows. In other words it means that there will bo exactly $100,000 collected for tho widows denied them by the recent law of the genorul assembly. Tho monoy will go to thu general stnto treasury fund nnd will be devoted to paying the stato’s expenses. Of course the legislature just adjourned has made provision for the expenditure of this money after taking it away from tho w idows, hut it is the opinion of many of tho statehouse officers who hftndio these pensions for tho wid ows each year, nnu deal tholr monoy out to them, that this was wrong for the leg islature to tnIto tho money from tho wid ows which had already been collected for them by taxation. To these men and > tficials it seems to lie unjust. They say the recent law re ducing the pensions should have road so ns to allow tho widows to receive tiic $100 levied for them this year and lot tho reduction lie made next year when the levy is estimated on tiro liusis of this re duction. The four thousand widows who rc- ccivi d their pensions last yen' will get blit $00 til's year. Those widows who qualified and applied la-t year, but who were denied thr .r rightful p nsions on account of the lack i f money, w i 1, by recent action of the legislature, lie paid the $100 rlue tin ill Ind year and w II also lie on the roll for the $00 due thir year. In this way it is easy to sec that the woik in the peusiou department has wondorlully increased within tho past year aud that Colonel Tip llarrison and iris clerks will have their hands quite full until the widows arc paid off and the nc counts all squared up for tho yenr.— Atlanta Constitution. » » ♦ Tlie School Komi lor 1803. Georgia's schools will get this year $1,021,512 from the state, so Captain Bradwcil, the state school commissioner, estimates. This will bo raised $200,000 by the poll tax, and the total amount going t i the schools outside of what may be laised by local taxation is estimated at $1,275,000—counting in the surplus remaining iu the bauds of the county school commissioners. This is $60,000 more than the amount appropriated in 1802. A stale taw requires the school commissioner to furnish the board of education of each county, by the middle of January of every year, tbo rppioxi- mate estimate of tire county’s sha'e ol the school fund. This share is ealeu iated on the basis of the number of chil dren of school age in each county. Rev cuue will come from the following streets sources: ' apportioned *1,021,513 rill get its pro rata share The Direot assessment 600,000 i Tax on excess over $415,000,000 and under *445,000,000 for '02, bat available in '03 Btlf rental state road Dividend Georgia railroad Net fairs convicts Liquor tax Hhow tax Feet oil inspection Lease of oyster lands *7,026,518 Deduct estimated expenses of depart ment 5,000 Net amount to be Each county w of this amount. There 'will be five months school, The commissioner docs not think tbni tho increase in the fund will justify nn increase in tho length of the term. In some instructions sent out to the county boards, Captain Bradwcll says: No contract for less than one hundred days will bo recognized, nnd any county failing to contloue the schools for that length of time will have their aportion- ment diminished in proportion. Tho law authorizes you to “employ teachors.” There is no provision for apportioning the fund to the soil-districts, committees or schools, but tho money must bo paid direct to tho teacher. Teachers can employ either by salary or by pro rnta upon average attendance, as your board may sec proper. Contracts must be mnde in either enso, nnd the term* of the contract must bo plain nnd clear. It is the province of tho county board to designate tbo particular five months which shall constitute the public school term. It is permissible to divide tho term if in the judgment of the board it will subserve the I cst interests of the community. The law makes provisions for county line schools, but the “concur rent consent" of both boards is necessary. That consent, ought never to bo withheld where tho convenience of the children demands it. Lor g term schools nro recognized under tho Inw, but power is given to the county boards to refuso to contract with teachers for such schools. Tbo poli y of tiio State is to build up—not break down—permanent schools; and I call the attention of the boards to tills matter, I repeat what I hsvo men tioned before—tlint tho law docs not contemplate the accumulation of a sur plus. After allowing for contingent expenses and other lawful debts incur red or to be incurred, the residue of tho appropriation is intended to pay tho teachers for fondling the schools of your county for 1808. Tiio arrangement of (he school hours, (ho maximum nnd min imum of scholars allowed tho teachers arc matters which aro wisely left to the locnl authorities. But I must caution you against the tendency in smno locali ties to concentration nnd consolidation of the schools and iu fixing the boms ftoin "sun up to sundown." BILL ARP’S LETTER. The Whys anil Wherefores ol Some Things Distort His Epnimity. PRONOUNCED A FAKE. Reports of a Bloody Battle at Bakers- vllle, N. C., are False. A Raleigh, N. O. telegram says: A special dispatch just received from a prominent citizen living in Mitchell county, to The Daily Chronicle, pro nounced the roport of tho riot and lynch ing at Bakorsvlllo a gross canard. “If tho lynching ooourrod tbo roport* have boon greatly exaggerated. Many of the name* reported killed aro unknown la that eeotlon.” The dispatch has boen road in the house of representatives by the speaker. Specials to The News and - Observer and Chronicle eay there is absolutely no foundation for tho tragic stories from Bakersvllle; that no pifooner has boen lynched and nobody killed. MAIL OAMIIKK DENIES THE STOUT. A Chattanooga special of Thursday esys: Runners have boon sent out and every method has boon taken to obtain particulars to verify tbe blood-curdling reports of riots nnd murders near Bakers- ville, N. C. From sourcce from which the roports were originally transmitted all efforts at verification have boen met by statements that the roads were snowed up and impassable. It Is now learned that a mnil carrier has just arrlvod at Cranberry, North Carolina, from Bakersvillo, who says tie knows nothing of any fight there, ft would appear from bis stntoinont that the story of Wednesday was not true. A FAKE, TURK AND SIMPLE. A Washington special says, in regard to the sensational reports: Tho tragic stories from Johnson City, Teunesso,uud Marion, N. C., about, tho results of tho alleged lynching of three prisoners con fined in Mitchell county jail, wore, un doubtedly, fakes, pure and simple. The Investigation of tiio correspondent who sent the stories has resulted in his repu diation Cy his references. The reguliu newspaper correspondent, in Johnson City disclaims nil knowledge of the alleged itakersville occurrences. AN OLD LAW ENFORCED Whereby the Fnbllshcr of a Sunday l’aper is Estopped. A Philadelphia special says: The su premo court with a full bonch Tuesday affirmed tbo validity of tbo old blue law of 1794 in relation to tho publication of Sunday newspapers. The easa was that of Thomas Matthews, publisher of tho Pittsburg Sunday Leader, convicted of publishing and issuing his paper on Sun day under tbe act of 1794, which prohib its tho following of worldly pursuits on thu Sabbath, save tliose that aro nn ab solute necessity for the wants of tho community. Tho supreme court in affirming the de cision of tho lower court gives its opin ion that tho law upon tho subject is plain and it could do nothing but interpret as it did aud confirm Matthews's convict ion. Tho court says that tho framers of the act of 1704 could not foresee the growth of newspapers or they would possi bly have exempted them under the provis ions of the act. Tho court in conclus ion commends the act, but says that too litoral an enforcement of its pro visions may lead to its repeal and that it is in more danger from its friends than its foes. FIRE IN MEMPHIS Cniists a Loss of Nearly $200,000 in Property. At Memphis, Tenii., Tuesday night, lire destroyed tho following property: Ua* thews Hardware Company, los*,$70,- 000, insurance,$50,000; I. Gedell «fe Bro., loss, $15,000, iusurance,$18,Q00; 8. Levy A Son, trunks, loss, $18,000, insurance, $10,000; I. Goldsmith & Bro., cloth loss, $40,000,insurance, $80,000; Deau tfc Car rol, paints; loss $13,000; insurance, $10,* 000. Total stocks. $525,000; total loss, $156,000; total insurance,$168,000. Four mildinga owned by Mrs. Kate Hamil ton, valued at $40,000 nnd insured for $20,000; wero damaged $£0,000. The property is h eated on BJain and Union Till* Is tbo beginning of a now year and wt l.AVu made a very Joug journey. Old traveler* nay that when a man gets lost in the wilderness hw goes round Arid round in trying to go ahead and ho finds himself following hi* own tracks in a circle. I don’t know whether 111 ■ 1* *■» r * not, but I do know Inafc to-day we are right exact y whore wo were a year ago nnd yet w» have traveled round nnd round nearly 6 000,000 of iniloa nt tho rate of 1,000 miles * minute. Arirononiers tell m that wo arc right where wo were one year ago. This is mighty curious Io mo—who »« doing if? 'J liU world has been going on this gr ind round for thousands of years, nmybo million* of year*, »nd i* Htill nt it. What I* it, for 1 want to know? Why don’t it stop and re«t? What did it ey«r «Urt fo»? If this earth was made f >r tin, why doe* it have, to go round and round forever nnd forever? Jf it ha* to go around the mm, why wouldn't a elr- rlo do as well oh an cel ipse—why go at al ? Couldn’t tho universe be still and tvery planet bo independent? Why does tho earth have to turn a Htimmoiauult every day and whirl uh mound at the rate of a thousand mile* nn homV Who i* doing ail till* and what is it done for nnd when in the whole business coming to an end or a focti* or a transformation? I confess my ignorance and feel an humble as a dog when I contemplate the wonder* and mysteries of creation. I don’t understand how tho com grown, nor the liowers bloom nor the bird# hatch their young, and yet I icaifce that < very thing lift* been made for our good, our comfort, our pics sure. I was popping corn last night fora little grandchild and 1 know that in the grand design of Provkl nco, lid* little corn was crea ted Just to please tho children and nothing else. I know that, cotton crows to cloth the mil lions in summer, himI (he sheep were crea ted to give us wool in winter and tho cat tle to give u* milk and but Ur and ahoea Even our complaint* and ailment* are pro vided for In nature’s remedies, for we have quinine, and calomel, and castor oil, ami opi um, ami turpentine, and mineral springs, and the hist arc the choupoat. All the best things are tho ohcapftd—- the air, slid water and Ihc, tho bread and moot and vegetable*, and tho fruit* of the earth and the material for cloth ing. The evident), * of design aud core and love nro all around us every whero and in everyth tug, and I cannot understand how a thoughtful man ran bo nn agnostic or au Infidel. 1 want to thank somebody every morning for preserving mo through the night, for I know that deep i* near akin to death, and I cannot keep my own heart boating. Thoro i* Dome groat being be hind fftc, and I will trust him b catifio ho haa bc-on good to me and has unstained me all mv llfo. Tbo host religion Is to tru*t in the Lord and do good. This religion bens all that the heresy hunter* are eonttnding for and is com prehended by tho simple and unlearned. I knew of an Irish HaiJor, who wan placed on tho uitneat stand in an Important case in court. Ho won a rough looking tar and wholly unac quainted with laws aim courts. Hi* ttcBe-nco was a surprise to the lawyer on the other ride and ho sought to rule him out upon tho ground that lie was an infidel or had no religion. Ho ho asked him what church he belonged to. Tho poor fellow turned to the Judge and said: ’'Your honor, I have no church in particular. When I was a little bairn 1 was sent to sea, and all my life I have been on the great wallicrs wher • there woe naif her a church nor a staple.” The lawyer whs exultant and said: "Then, air, I suppose you have no religion? Do you be lieve iu the existr noo iff A fupremo bring and in a future state of rewards and punishments?” Patrick looked at him and then at the Judgo, and then at the lawyer again, with rorae nn- bat rnsament, and eats! nothing. "Answer the question,” aoid the judge. "May It please your honor,” aaid‘he^.'LLwave Wv d npon the wa- thot for forty years, And had to trust tho Lord in aunahinv and hi mhorm aud have no church and no religion to tphtke of bnt-~” aud bo stopped aud looked thoughtfully and reverently to ilio eeilirtg. "But what," said the lawyer, with a cyni cal sneer upon ki* fa*. "But I be lieve In Go V the Father Almighty, and in •tarns ChUst, fluAHlMk who came into the tho world to trliom, 3011 and I are a he arid it ^ .. PVJy ...., , r „ _ ‘ eowL ifewpiifig renew the faith of ot aud Bland btr .lL. Tl infWeli^in hfglLpJa ire consoling tb*tn«>| jta union lit of. conceit Jake for a young inJ tho from and up his If I e of religion \»r ojPfk'ACherpT^Wvould treat both with the profomfdetf roepeot, lor whether tho Bible is true or its teachings have bout and arc now th strungetrt bulwark of our gov- ernment and the Mifapnud of our children. There in a wide diffl»reuoe between a young mat 1V self-conceit, and mi old man’# deep con cern for the welfare of his children. Yonug no 11 should respect, the church for their fith- er’a sake and {hdr mother’N sake and for the « notl mom is of the community hi which they Vc, Dr. Samuel Joimaon wi s perhaps the f .rosiest moralist that ever lived, aud he any# 1» uh biography of Milton, "To be of 110 chinch is dangerous." Tbo rewards of relig ion arc distant and me to tome mainly in tire lecoml life They are ani mated bv faith and hope, but will glide out of tbo mind unless iiivigoratid by weekly aerv.cea in the chureVn Young man, go to church -go every Fnbbath —make a busincm of it--a habit—aud it will insure 3ou men'al corobrt and be a pas-port into the lw>t society. I don’t infan the richest nor the most fashionable, but I mean tbo beat. I bo'i» ve we are going to have a go nl and pn h; crons yiar. I l>eli« ve that more fac tories fir cotton and metal and wood will bo but t tiiii year in the south than ever has been in any year, j believe that more northern e.tpltal <s\\\ come down here for iuvc’S'ment D an ever has come. I believe that mmo acres w 11 bo put in cotton than bftK (ver been amt that Te\tre aloiowill pro luce 3,00 ,000 bale*. Of course, that will drop tbe price again to 0 or 7 cents, but it can be mad • in Texas for •"» cents or les*. If l wire a cotton grower I would put in every Ri te dint I could and would tell it right, uow for future delivery. The price for August and Beptember, *03, is now 10 cents, and 1 w< u’d risk my own average crop, lm JJno more. There * nothing wrong about that. If 1 couldn’t sell that way 1 wouldn’t plant but half a crop, for most any other crop will malm more money. What the cotton-pick r th t they aav has Ih oii jwrfected in going *o do \\v know not, but it can’t do the >outh uny harm. Inventions and contrivances nnd lubo: -H ving machine.? keep coming. I was just reading an account of a new camera or jack-o'-lantern or somet ing that they have just invented < ver in England to advcitise a man's business. It. will throw bit* name or his busi ness in great letters on the clouds and th y can bo seen f. r miles and mica mound. Ah tho clouds clmiree nnd tl at aw;>y t hr- let tew float ami appear and disappear and sometimes nto doublid and tribled and change color and ex cite continual wonder and admiration. If I was n merchant prince in Atlanta I would get a machine and print on the cloud* over White hall, * It w I« 'I hi* for High?" but there trouble apprehend'd, for Mr. High doesn’t own any cVnul or space except that that is ov r him. and lie woul 1 nave to rent some airy apace ovoi Homebody els* to throw his rign upon, nnd tire people will be routing out air all over the cities, but they say in England that the air and tho o’ou‘*B vo ctnin nt domains and tbe govern* mi nt is going to claim it ail and retail it by tho month or tho year to the liigl oat bidder. The old maxim that a man who owns he ground owns up to the heavens and down to the center of the earth will have to go. Wo atv on theevo of wondi v ill things.but let us :dl k« ep ea m and fct vene. Bill Arp, in Atlanta t onstitnti *n. 1*. S.- -The black cat came down s*t last quite “dishabille," but is *till alive ard prowling i around GAS EXPLOSION III Which Three People Are Killed ami | Several Wo limit'd, i A Pittsburg Pa., vpeeial says: Au ao- cumulation ol natural gas in tbe cellar of a bouse ou Sarah utteot exploded Sat urday morning, demolishing » brick house, it killed Thomas Duffy, his wife aud three year-old daughter, and iujutod Duffy's nineteen-year-old son aud William Harrison. The latter had j f ntered the cellar for tome coal to start j the morning fire, carrying a lighted lamp An explosion followed winch blew (he jjouse ov. r his head. “In these Columbian times," said a well-known Missouri statesman. “I can not avoid recalling a story published in a London newspaper some twenty years ago, as having come from a school in the Midlands. The master told the boys of the third class to wiite short essays on Columbus. When tbe essays were called (or, one ambitious young msn handed up a document, aa near ns I can recall it, which read like this: “Columbus waa a mau who could make au egg stand on end without breakiog it. Tbe king of Spain said to Columbus: ‘Can you discover America?” ‘Yes,’ said Columbus, ‘if you will give me a ship.’ So he had a ship and sailed over tbe sea in tho direction where he thought America ought to be found. The sailors quarrelled and said they believed there was no such place, but after many days the pilot called to him and said: ’Columbus, I sec land.’ ‘Then, that is America,” said Columbus. When the ship got near, the land wus full of black men. Columbus said : ‘1b this America?” ‘Yes,’it is, said they. ‘I suppose you are the niggers?’ ‘Yes,’ they said; ‘we are;’ and the chief said: ‘I suppose yon nro Columbus?” ‘You’re right, suid ho. Then the chief turned to his men and said: 'Thero is no help for it; we ate discovered at last.’ ”—8t. Louis Repub lic. A Tender Sponsc. Wife—“Here comes a friend of mine. Left turn into this side street until she pasfes.” Husband Wife her." Husband—“Hum I Why not?" Wife—“I know you’ll admire that new- dress of hers, and it will only worry you to think what a ridiculous (fuss you made over tho bills for this cheap thing I've got on.”—New York Weekly. “Quarreled with her?" -“No, but I don't want you to see A Tender Heart. Little Johnny—“I guess I'll get rid of that dog I found. He’s too much of fighter. He’s always hurtin’ other dogs.” Fond Mother—“My little cherub docs not liko to see tho poor dogs hurt, I know.” Little Johnny—“No’rn, ’cause some of tho other dags is owned by bigger boys than I am.” Future Comfort. Little Ethel—“Regie Rex nnd I is go- in’ to be married w’en we grow up.” Nurse—“I thought you didn’t like Regie.” Little Ethel—“I don't; but married men are never at home, and I’d rather have him away all the time than any boy I know of yet.” No Mistake. 1st—“They had newspapers In ancient Egypt.” Host—‘‘Weil! well I Did you find ici” Egyptologist—"No, but wo found a fossil roach and a polrifled office towel.— New York Weekly. Don’t II«*1 leve It. No matter what people may say to the con trary, constipation Is easily ami thoroughly curable. Hoetcttera Stomach Bitters given a lete relief. Voe it promptly, persist- , AYoiddrafftiopurgative*. They gripe, pn, necessitate increasing close*, disorder tbe stomach. Not so the Bitters. This thor ough medicine is also a preventive of malaria, ana removeH biliousness, dyspepsia, rheuma tism and kidney trouble. All Bottled. Little Johnnie—“I guess sis has ac cepted Mr. Newcomer." Little Slater -“Why?” Little Johnnie—“He hasn't given me any candy for a week, and yesterday ho kicked tho dog." A Splendid Institution. Tho spring teuu of the North Georgia Agricultural College, at Dahlonega, Ga., opens the first Monday in February. The college is a branch of the State Univer sity, and is one of the best schools for boy. and girls in the South. The mili tary trsiniug is in eharge of a U. 8. army officer, detniiod by the Secretary of War. Each fonator and representative of tho stato is entitled to, und requested to appoint one ptipil from his district or county, without pnying matriculation fee, during his term. Information can be had by addressing tho Secretary or Treasurer Board of Trustees. Woman ts a man's conscience, and it is a C-mmI tiling for him to have tits conscience al- .vaya with him. ,1ble for «... Idle Beans Smalt. - -' r,-,’ at °mach tir bowels Is resnon- Smot| tltni ** Ut alllnen * 8 - I<emody: A new folding baby carriage is one that can be folded up to go iu a trunk. B^.rture no^ftl! Ue llver ' Sma “ Bih Seconding the motion—Tuking the time of a sprintor Truth. FOOD MADE ME SICK “First 1 bail pains ip my back and chest, th«n faint, feelings ut tkestnmach,and when I woulil eat, the lirst Uiste would make me deathly sick. Of course I rein down rapidly, anti lost 2f> lbs. My wife and family were much alarmed and 1 ex pected my stay on earth would be short. But a friend advised me to lake Hood's Sarsaparilla and. soon my appetite camrj back, 1 ate heartily with- out distress, gained t wo pound* a week. I took eight bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla and never felt better in my life. Hood’Sp-Cu res To day I am cured and 1 give to Hood's Sarsa parilla the whole praise of it." C. C. Abku, grocer, Uanisteo. X. V. t\ V. A her HOOD’S PI 1.1.8 care Nausea, Sick Headache, Indigestion, BUkmai Sold by all druggist*. WIFT’S SPECIFIC" For renovating the entire system, I eliminating all Poisons from the Blood, whether of scrofulous or i Igin, this prejiaration haa no equal. Tire Moat Pleasant Way Of preventing tbe grippe, colds, headaches and fevers le to use the liquid laxative remedy. Syrup of E*igs, whenever the ifystera needs a gentle, yet effective cleansing. To be benefited one must get the true remedy manufactured by tho California Fig Syrup Co. only. For sola by all druggists in 50c. and $1 bottles. Health Hint—Country Rector—I havn't see n you at church la’eiy. Old Woman—No, sir; T hoered as how It wo* very nnhealthyful to sleep in tho day time.—.les ter. Woman is a valuable article that cost* more in the keeping than in the acquir- iDg. Woman is a mau's incentivo to go for ward—tho tempting bait and the merci less whip. Woman la only a rib of man, but she is worth all the oilier bones of his body put together. Woman i, tbcstriagiug ef a fitful harp, played by the wind—mau is the golden framework. Woman is the index of the family hook ; from her you tail judgo of the chapters j * Can '*» > ®Cured and tho illustration. i “T I°e"J apolratiunB, M they cannot reach th. anu inn musiranous. | diseased portion of the ear. There is only ons .1, ,i , . . . j way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu* Woman IS 111- sieve through which j tlonal remedies. Deafne«s l« caused by an eilt the finer altributcs of human nature, flamed condition of the mucous lining of th. and the filter which separates good from j flam“,i yo" tmUa mmbltn^SnlSlj'oftapSfl OVli. ; feet hearing and when it Ts entirely- rlnaed. deafness ie the result, and unless the mflam- Woman is the oulv female iu creation ! niatlon ran L.- laken nut and this tube re- !io (tings; she is also the only female i whoso plumage h finer than that of its ; caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in- flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. nau * | We will give One Hundred Dollar? for any I rflfioo f deafness (caused by catarrh) that we Bill Nye, the philosopher, speaking of j gSnd^to^oireulara^free CfttRrril the Salvation Army tind its efforts to L K JVOHENXv&Oa.Toledo.a down Satan, says: “When they know | Bold by Drusglats, ilio. tho great adversary of sruls as well aa I | do, they will not try to scare him with a cross-eyed woman or drive him nnd hia hoat by bearing a tambourine, and the— landlord. Humanity, charity, soft soap, aud unscllishneis will do more toward giving Satan that tirrd feeling than all the loud nnd onion flavored hosannas of misguided men and bleating women who seek to harass the hast of hell with a bass drum, while their own children, will: empty stomachs and unlaundcrcd noses, weep at home.” Clear, black coffee,diluted with water and containing a little ammonia, will cleanse and restore black clothe*. Goughs anij Cold—Those who are suffer ing from Coughs, Golds, yore Throat, etc., should try Hhowjs's Brohohial Troches. Sold only in boxes. Our old reliable eye- lained eyes or granul »ri - e'AV John K. Dicker Drag Co., Brist fttor cure* weak or ln- lids without pain. " ‘ ol.Va. Pay the Price of the Royal for Royal only. Actual tests show the Royal Baking Powder to be 27 per cent, stronger than any other brand on the market. If an other baking powder is forced upon you by the grocer, see that you are charged the correspondingly lower price. Those baking powders sold with a gift, or advertised or sold at “half the cost of Royal,” are invariably made from alum, and are dangerous to health. Every can of Royal Baking Powder contains a ticket giving directions how to obtain, free, a copy of The Royal Baker and Pastry Cook, contain ing 1000 of the best aud most practical cooking receipts published. Do You Know That eggs covered when frying will cook much more evenly? That camphor menthol is an excellent inhalant when one is suffering from ca tarrh? That a little flour dredged over tho top of a cake will keep the icing from running? That the white of an egg, with a little sugar aud water, is good fora child with an irritable stomach? That a large slice of -raw potato in tho fat when frying doughnuts wifi prevent The lilack speckB from appearing ou their surface. That by rubbing with a flannel cloth dipped iu whiting, the brown discolora tion may bo taken off of cups which have been used for baking? That a little powdered borax in baby's bath water prevents tho little one’s rkiu from chafing and ho is not so liable to “break out with heat?”—Good House keeping. Signs of Health. You don’t have to look twice to detect them—bright eyes, bright color, bright smiles, bright in every ac tion. Disease is overcome only when weak tissue is replaced by the healthy kind. Scott’s Emulsion of cod liver oil effects cure by building up sound flesh. It is agreeable to taste and easy of assimilation. Prepared bf Scott A Bowne, N. Y~. Ail drtiggiaU, ‘August Flower” “ I am Post Mastei here and keep a Store. I have kept August Flower for sale for some time. I think it is a splendid medicine.’' E. A. Bond, P. M., Pavilion Centre, N. Y. Tlie stomach is the reservoir. If it fails, everything fails. The liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the heart, the head, the blood, the nerves all go wrong. If you feel wrong, look to the stomach first. Put that right at once by using August Fiower. It assures a- good appetite and a good digestion. O Scott’s EMULS'ON. rrf M A WOMAN HAS vary little desire to enjoy the pleasure* of life, ta entirely unfitted for the core* of housekeeping or any ordinary duties. If afflicted with SICK HEADACHE DAY AFTER DAY and yet there are few dl*eiu03 that yield more promptly to propt»r medical treatment. !tk< there fore of the utmort importance that a reliable remedy ihoutd *lwny> be at hand. During a period of mor# than SIXTY YEARS there ban been no Instance reported where inch caaee hare not been permanently and PROMPTLY CURED BY the nee of • single box of the genuine and J natty colebrated DR. C. McLANE’S LIVER PILLS, which may be procured at any Drug Store, or will he mailed to any addreaa on tho receipt of 23 cente In postage stamps. Ihirehaaers of then© Fills should be careful to pro cure the genuine article. There nre several counter feit* on tnc market, well calculated to deceive. The genuine Dr. C. 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BURIED IRKAS URIC ’hilauiler Booth, Burlington, Conn. ** For eighteen months I Lad an eating sore on my tongue. 1 wa? treated by l>est local physician?, obtained no relief: the &ofe gradually grew worse. 1 finally took S. S. S., and was entirely cured after using a lew bottles.” C. B. McLfmobe, Henderson, Tex. Treat ise on Blood aqd Skin Dis eases mailed free. Thf. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. ABIIIIiMorphine Habit Cured iu lu KING OF THE ROAD Forster’s Patent ROCK BREAKER FOR MACADAM properly cubed. No ge.tr wheel to break. l*roduct 10 to AO ions per day .according to size. Orer 1530 in use. FuR COARSE OK FINE CRUSH ING. Does the work of any other breaker with ibe power and x the expanse »'or in repair. Just the rhipg for reducing Phosphate Ore?. Mounted uc .routruchs only manufacturers. Corres pondence solicited - r . , . .. 10 [TEN & HOGG F’DRY CO.. Mfrs. Kollin? Mill Machinery. Pittsburffh, Pa.