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THE 4MEKIC0S WRKKLT Tima-BKOOBUER. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, ML
rauuah Hibernians did the
thing Monday night, and the
t. Patrick would have smiled
uld he have looked in on the
e in his honor
jusand Filipinos took the
iance to tho l nitcd States
y, an example which is re-
to Edward Atkinson and a
ho have been living in this
lome time.
has joined the gold standard
Five of its silver pesetas are
:r a legal tender for one dollar.
,tio waa a losing game for the
aent and the Spanish people,
gold standard will now be eu-
honghont the country.
The Times-Recorder agrees with
Editor McIntosh of the Albany Herald
in saving that, ' a year hence will be
time enough to start the gubernatorial
campaign in Georgia.
Mr Bryan went to Philadelphia, of
all the |daces in the world, to get
points about running a newspaper, and
straightway the report goes out that
he has been offered the position of edi
tor-in-chief of The Times
Benjamin Harrison was one of the
most versatile speakers the country
has produced. He was always lucid,
cogent and forceful of utterance, never
essaying cheap flights of sloppy elo
quence which some people will call
oratory.
The Czar wus very prolilic of peace
talk some mouths ago, but now that a
small piece of China offers as a tempt-
ing morsel his appetite appears to be
about to get the better of his pacific
professions. It seems as though Kip
ling's diagnosis in "The Truce of the
Bear” was about the correct one.
Replying to tho charge that newspa
pers are not willing to tell all the truth
on some occasions, the Savannah Press
truthfully declares tbat.thcy often tell
too much of it for some people's ease
of mind. If the newspapers should
print all they know, “nothing exten
uate nor set down aught in malice,”
there would be dodging and squirming
I in the land, even among the people,
During the legislative period in the
various states the greatest activity has
been shown m the enactment of anti-
kiduapiug bills. Dozens of laws have
been aimed at Pat Crowe, but they
either passed over his head or under
his feet.
A man needs to be careful how he
takes a drink in Boston. Recently a
rioh Colorado man, just married, was
walking with his bride in that city
when they passed, or were about to
pass, a saloon, and the man was seized
with an irresistible Colorado thirst.
He left his wife on the sidewalk and
went in and took a hurried drink, but
when he came out the lady was gone,
and at last accounts he was still hunt
ing her. He got a drink and lost a
jWife.
Altliongk it is only dbout a dozen r
years siuco the nomination of Benjamin
Harrison for President in the cam
paign in which he was elected, seven
out of the ten men who iigured with
most prominence at the outset in tho
voting are now dead. These are bber-
man, Gresham, Harrison, Blaine, In
galls,ltnsk and William Walter Phelps.
The three who are alive are Depew,
Alger and Allison. In that year Cleve
land was renominated with opposition,
but the principal aspirants for Vice-
President on the ticket with him were
Thurman, who got the candidacy, and
Gray, of Indiana. Both of these are
dead. In American politics the en
trances and the exits on the stage of
affairs come frequently.
According to the Pelham boutli C |e0
gia Home, some of the farmers in tt
ncck of the woods are prepares ‘
harvest for the lawyers and l’ a ^* ‘
The Home says: “Quite a number £
farmers in the vicinity of Pelham ka
rented land for the purpose of l' lacll “
cotton. They have promised to l’»J
per acre rent for it. On this same
they are putting guano to tho tune
$1 per acre, making 8*1 P« r aeri
total cost. The bailiffs and l«"! e
rill reap a rich harvest this fall-’
Notice to Debtors and Creditor*
Ail parties indebted to estate of Hr- £ ,
Summ«toVd will Please pay samj,
and all parties boftlef Clalm* again gf ^
estate Will preaent tbe same in term
law to the undersigned.^ } HABnB oUm
Administrator of Mrs, 8. H.Sum® e '