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Cuba molasses in Hogsheads, ag our Daddies had it* cheap at Brooks and Power, Comer, Ga. ' THE MONITOR. Published Every Friday. - .. ONB DOLLAR A YEAR. Mostltj k McGowan. Eds. aid Props. The latest from Gov. Atkiuaon report* him rapidly recovering. He has certainly made a remark able fight for life. Dr, I S Hopkins, who recently resigned the presidency of the Technological school in Atlanta, has’ been prevailed upon to re main at thp head of this great in* etitution. Will Madieon county eendLdele gates to the silver con venuoltnit meet* at Griffin on July 18th next. This’ll aa important meet ing, and delegates ahould be sent by all mean*. The first Tuesday would be a good day to appoint these delegatee. • • The Cuban war ia still on, and the insurgent* an getting the be*t of it. The Spanish government has started 40.003 more troop* to the seat of war. but the insurgent* say they are ready*to mot them, and that theiroause ie growing, aiul that they wi’l yet whip the fight, In a special election fer Ordi nary in Hart county, on the 25th. iiiet. to fill the vacancy caused by the death of F 0 Stephenson, the late incumbent, J L Johnson, a populist was elected by a majority of 23 vote* over A Z Cleveland the democratic nominee. Failure of tho democrats to register under the new act is the supposed cause. The Kentucky democrat* have nominated fire Hon. Watt Hardin, a free coinage democrat for Gov ernor ovar Hon. Celsius Clay who was the sound money candi date, and was run by the admin istration. This wa.e a signal de feat for Mr, Carlisle,' as he used to carry old “Kaintubk” as he wanted it to go. Will J Myera, who ha* l.n on trial the past week in Atlanta, for the murder of Forrest Crowley last Sep lam her, line been found guilty of murder without any reo cornmendation. TVis istha aecond verdict, and the caae will again goto the Supreme court. Mvcr attorneys still beliovo lii::i inno cent and will tight his eaa to t!:' bitver eixl. From th evidence as it appeared in the prpm, we think the verdict tight. , IS CRIME ONTHK INCREASE? We are often asked tho ques tion if crime ia on the increase? It seema from the daily journals of the country that it ia, and that the crimes that are committed moat are theft, robbery, rape and murder, The papers each day are filled with accounts of these crime-, and in most cates ttfey ;re committed by the idle, and those desirous of the pleasures of thia world and have not the -means to get them. The oldenying that u "idle brain ia the devil’s workshop” seema to tQ be true, li everybody had em ployment of some kind and con tent therewith, fpvter crime 3 would be committed. hut as long cs idlenese lm-vaiN crime will con tinue to increase Greed and idla nese go hand in baud, and the two con, - inwd s t large factor in the ca * cr.m i this coun try, o r: w. k s r>ntl ua and EC? nu. h idle 1, e * i-};s - ,- .... s- U’Jirb I '. .. v. , n , .5- it is thus ar il gecai!v the tins- V; -> ••-cs : -t ibey *,v i-'uri an ry , i tins ~ • upt. ' lovee,a -i- (• ay p'vva. not 'b-l’ Vi', Vv , .fJf’ ■ p, f*. a; t | ... ) *•**'*'** ri-sj* iaiv. Hit* t t*;, Aute they cannot find an easy place. *• state to you that you will never find it. The millionaire has his trials the same a* anyone eles, The banker has his also. The mer chant, the railroader, the lawyer, the preacher, the docor and iu fact everybody have their troubles. Don’t grumble because you have’nt got as much of this world's goods as somebody else, but remember that they got tbeir’s by hard work.and that you can do the same thing. “Whatsoever thy hand find* to do, do it with all thy might,” and the reward i* sure and abundant. Worthy of Emulation* The graduation of eur friend Mr. J G Smith* from th State University with firet hono£‘ la et week, ie an if w|pb a Syourig man can do in thi* c6un|rj when he tries. Mr, Smith entered the Universi ty without means, and with wea k eves, which interfered with hie studio* considerably. While there he had three attacts of fever, and at one time suffered with a broken ankle. Ha worked during vacation at teaching, etc., and paid his ex penses. Notwithstanding all these obstacles, Mr. Smith won the first honor of tho University, and re ceived a fellowship in biology. What Mr. Smith haa done, oth er youngguea can do, if thoy are prepared to take hold with invin cible determination that young Smith displayed. Once let the people know that you are in earn est, and friends and friends and well wishers will be pi entiful. Mr. Smith has honored the coun ty ef his birth, and haa prepared himself well L.r the duties of life The Monitor congratulates M<\ Smith upon hie well earned vie to tories, and is proud that be ie * citizen of Madison. NEGRO HOODCO NOTIONS. Dill .Shttl(fs|tcavri <icl PN Ida a of the WHchiV lJ’a.lii I ftwi* irU;t? I wrn iT.n.;uaUr : -r ids i.t tins pecul iar kiijx•:.<*. -It itj:j of the nc--:rO race. One of tlioir color ha- been.very Kick ia this town, and it. gotepreud among them that la* ivas conjured, or "con ju’d,” as they speak i;, and right there cornea in the difference be tween tbo l.lacta iu:tl t!ic copper col ored i;nd reulnttt.w. Tiio belief in "eonjui-i teems to be confined mainly to the bjacl: ne-.-t-o. Old Aunt Ann declares that lie tv.-a “cqnju’d as llio ms you're born, lor ho is .tuvtriu fight gi'tien." It was these same black AfricLins who had all the su perstitions about Br'orFox and Bi-'ar Babbit. We bad ail colors among our slaves when I was a boy, but it was only the black, bro.ul norefi and thick Hpni'fl oiv-s who told ns stories by tuo caiiin lires at luyht. fillip only had a U<vo for the iu..i vt-lous and L. vir descendants have it \ 1. They bulicVo in licouoo, or w...!0f; p si 1 on,'”: !u>. ‘Tbey antroni; • emotii u.1.;-:- u. i if the tiirovs tlicu! <’ ii-vii in a faint .it uu MU'o ..'n ti.'-y'w e;< tit good. V. i.a! it is tia y get 1 don't know, intt it sui.u them, ami there docs not seem to be any eh-.n-go iu their mode of worship. Education has not mask' any that wo can perceive. Some white people r® affected tlie me way, but it is the exception and not the rule. With the negroes it seems to to spasmodic. . Its affects have no good influence after the spasm over. • Wo used to sa-y of one of pur servants; "Becky is going to cut) up today. Kho fell down in a trance last night at meeting and had 10 Ik carried out." And she did cut in Khe was tbo nurse of four children and tlie-y bad to keep away fn m hei until she got over her tit. She was accuse and of being a conjurer, oral a black negro namesl Luke swore out a warrant for her, and Tom Perry, the squire, issued it just to sec wliat Lake could prove. lie said that she made him sick in tbo tin vs aval kept liim sick, and ho banded the squire a dime that she had given liim for a chicken and pointed out a spot on it that was tbo sign-- the proof that she had conjured 100 nanc y before she paid it to him. That v.-; s all. "W bat do you wish cone with her?" said I. "Klic have to t walk 1- dc dime," lie said, “and dat break do U. 1 tried rabbit foot, and 1 1.-ury lizard under do dour, and plat do o’.i mare's mil 110 via a do 11:0 tor;; crow lor Ulid night, blit it 0 n’t do no good. 1 is d\ in every uav." Bui Luke got well, and Becky diuu l "swiuUt <:o dime" either. One of my f uliei-'s negro women got j alous uj Alinty, t'ue cook, and deform med to poison or conjure her to deatli. Minty got sick, atid my ia’ . r t kiPi make her some •s-"- She got from an old iiiieud, a baatd s a l*et:\ bug nul • -*i*ini ds—i>r thou sauu legs, us vo call UieUi— unl me (oil of a green snake and had the horrible mess cooking in a saucepan, when my mother happened in to sew how Minty was and took the top olft the pan to look at the %oup. Jum confessed that she had been gather ing material for that soup a good while, and she wasn’t much disturbed at the discovery. She declared that Minty had “conju’d” her husband, and I reckon she had. So my father had to separate the families. Now, did Shakespeare get his witches' caldron and its venomous content* from the old Africans of England! Fillet n(ufeun) snake la the caldron boll and bake. E> of real a::d too of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, at Adder’s fork and blind worm sting,* Lizard’s leg ard owlet’s tains. % —Atlanta Constitution, f The Field Flower*’ Text. Silence everywhere, and shadows, save where the red glow of the sanc tuary lamp and the pale gleam of flick ering tapers faintly illumined the shrine. t Stately jralins standing ghostly in the shadowy background, roses aflfl lilies of regal beauty, trailing epiv # of lustrous blossoms twitting tity&ii lars of (Me tabernacle, and just at In door a cluster of field flowers, butte:* cups, clover blooms and daisies An lowly reverence paying homage |*c their Maker. Common field flowers, nearest of all to the living Presence! ■ “The lowly shall be exalted,” nmr mured a worshiper as the message of infinite love entered her heart’ “If not here, dear Lord, then at the eternal door of thy tabernacle shall tho lowly be exalted.”—-Mary Ji. O'SolH van iu Donahue's Magazine. [ln t • I | Poor : {Health ; f means so much more than 1 £iu Imftgine—serious ‘and' tal.discAMW result from ' u trifling' ailments' neglected.' 1 Don’t play with Nature’^" ;■* gift—health. j J B 1 If rr. fentlnf i tU( t , 11 .A'-riufj* 4‘ * t.s* IMMW , iron U ■ A #w B. , •,”^-‘^oio4t *'k V l!-'* * '•■* tfc* 1 1 1 IftSTW, { '"*7 k-ss <!*•*-A* 1 \ P ‘■"-‘b A * * 4 li ' > [ li Care® ! P r, w-*T saf • . -M ' it+uiertiipiMm, ksox ■ * SU&nL, < WftWAtfl’s Btdwviwteu. , , £ tVt rtf J • lire Ai! v-nt- € UnhuilM Oft rMnixt <<*'•• >S AV'tN we I <Hl’ rrsj -*t 'M rm VfttKil H IMh- f ’ itfWrtl tMtWVVt C&. M. I JV . O. - -A -o . . 1 1 SIBOO.OO GIVEN AWAY TO INVENTORS. fi 50.00 fverymonth jiwn my to any ODewho Bp. yliFi ihrcufl, ua for tha Boat aaritorioua pa tut duriof thf r.-.ont' prcadia(. Wa uccura tha baat ntaata for on ollamU, and the object of thia ofierla to eacouraga iatantora to heap track of their bright ideas. At the same time we wtau to imprest upon the public the tact that IT’S THE SIMPLE, TRIVIAL INVENTIONS THAT YIELD FORTUNES, * ; such as the “catowinvow" which can be easily slid up and down without breaking the passenger's btek, ‘‘sauce-pan,’' "cotlar-buuon,” "nut-lock, "bottle stopper, and a thousand other little things that most any one can find n wny of improving; and these simple inventions are the ones that bring largest retvras to urn author. Try to think of something to invent. | IT IS NOT SO HARD AS IT SEEMS. Patents taken nut through ua receive apodal notice fat Site " National Koooidcr, pubhJwd a. Wuhingtßn, D. C., which ia the neat newspaper published in Amtaien in the interests of inventors. We furnish a yeti's sub scription to this journal, free of cost, to all our cKedia. We also advertise, free of cost, the invention each mouth which wins our stso prate, and hundreds ef thousands of copies of the " National Recorder.” containing a sketch of the winner, and a description of hit invention, wilt t>e scattered throughout the United States among capitalists and manufacturers, thus bringing to their attention the merits of tha invention. Alt communications regarded strictly cooManUak Address JOHN WEDDERBURN ft CO., Solicitors of American and Poralga Patent*, 618 F Street, N. W., Box 385. Washington, D. C. fcjp* Kt/tnnc* —Jilitor ef this p*p*r. iV^ie/trmsr fmmfh/rt, J*RE ff. Pl BLOOD BALM. A household remedy for all Blood and Skit; diseases, ('urea without fail, •rrof. eU.tlcsn. doss watts*, Catarrh. Balt Bktsia and every torm of Blood Diaaasa from the simplest pimple to the fouleat Ulcer, fifty year* uss with unvarying success, dtm onatrau-s iu paramount healing, purify ing and building up virtues. One bottit has mere -uratire virtue thaa a doten of any other kind. It builds up tha health and strength from tha first doss. STB UITB f r fiM* a/ fTan | *JJ£j£CMre, •sntfr—unppii If not kept by your local drunlat, Mnd , S’- 00 for a lares bottle, or *6 00 lor six bov ! * n<l m *° ioio * Mnt > ftalght ! [ itIJOSJ lALM Co.,*tlw>t,i>.! a TO *r at ao “ FIRE IN THE MERCAHTILE CAMPS ” * . Strong* Proof Against In Greene I * * 6000 yds first-class prints @ 4 oents others get sto 6c. * 6000 yds very beet indigo blue print* @ 5 cent* others get 6cts. White Goode 15 per cent, under former price*. , A magnificent line Cashmere, Imperials,, Satin, Gloria, Dimity cords, Linen finish Lawns, Crepe dress goods, and various other goods of thi*class. A limited quantity “French Tartan” well worth 1.00 my price is 75 to 90c. A limited quantity Woolen silk stripe challie worth 85c my price is 22|c. p A limited quantity of Foregn silk striped challie worth 76c my price is 56e, 1000 yds Trilby Plisse the latest drees goods out 12|c yd cheap at 20c. '1 have sold over 600 yds of these bargain goods m 12 hour* and have plenty left for you if you will come now. B '• Lap dusters at 66c worth 90c. Linen Lap dust.-! ers at 75c. worth 1.00. Linen lap dusters at 10v worth 1.26. A hard to beat line of Ladies Trimmed Hats, all new styles and beautiful. They must be sold 80 in days at my price or yours. SLaOKTBIXJES ‘ gSMISBffIgTI D anielsville and Comer; $500,000,000" Represents the net shrinkage in property value in the South and West, according to the tax returns officially recorded, for 1894, as com pared with 1893. A deeislrd contest (s te be fought between now and the next Presidential election for COINAGE^- THE PEOPLE'S MONEY—the coinage of both gold and silver, without discrimination, which means the free coinage of both as opposed to the policy of contraction, which lias been dictated by Khgland and adopted in Washington, and which levies tribute on every product ef the farm, on valuations of all kinds and on all compensanons for labor. THE GREAT ISSUE NOW is the double -standard against the single standard—the use of both gold and silver a: standard money metals against keeping the currency of the country on the gold basis. The ATLANTA WEEKLY CONSTITUTION < published at ATLANTA, GA M and having A CIRCULATION OF MORE THAN 155,000, chiefly among the farmers of the country, and going to more homes than any weekly newspaper published on the face of the earth, is Th Leading Champion of tha People in all the great contests in which they are engaged against the exact ions of monnpnir. THE CONSTITUTION IS THE BIGGEST AND BEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER published in America, covering the nears of the world, having correspondents iu every city in America, and in the capitals of Europe, and reporting in full &e detail* of debates in Congress on all questions of public interest. It is THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, and as the exponent of Southern opinion and tho purveyor of Southern news it has no equal on the continent. An enlargement of ia columns. To meet the demands upon its space for news, Tlie Constitution will Increase its size during the summer to 13 pages, 7 columns, making 84 columns each week. THE CONSTITUTION’S SPECIAL FEATURES SLr‘^“,„*J.SL to bs . fo . und ia *7 The Farm and Farmers’ Department, The Women’s Department, The Children’s Department, an all nador abla dirwettoa aa* are rpecUltv attractive to those to whom fiesr dspar tin-n ts arc addressed. Under the editorial management of CLAKK MOW ELI., tta special contrlliui-rs are writers of suHi wnrri-wiilr reputation aa Mrk 1 wain. ■ re* Barta, Frank R. Stoefcreu, Joel Chandler Ham-. i;ct>v Hamilton, anil hundreds of others, while it offers vc.K.i -irvin- !n>m sucti writers as Bin Arp, da*xe rionkett, Walisre • t runk I. '•.■men, anl outers, who give its literary features a pecitlur .southern rtavnr that commends It te every fireside train Virginia to Texas, froiu Missouri to CaUtoi-m.i. During ;hs whole delay and failure to bring the promised rcliet in Ituanciri m.ittrr- Tm fonstnutlm. has heralded, in s-nsoti and not, tic* fuß aews. I* hat (tlvea plain editorial utterances upon the effect ol the trnuitiing and misguided policy of wreckage an<l more toads, which eveuts have shown ha bs prophetic if) their unerring directness. , ■ STRAIGHT, CLEAN, UNTRAMMELLED, yw* COITSTmrnON SalatM free people who insist that the servant §of the people not Income their masters. arrabUTejggnt the paper publishing tbi* anncuocciuent will be cicGltd with THE'COXaSXiIUTiOX at the remarkably ioif rat* “Open and sut game“ That’s what you want — 250 open and shut paper fans 7c m’-h 16 ; . 250 “ “ “ black “ 5c v.urth- X 0 250 open and shut black paper fans wflh flowers at 8c worth 15c. 800 Jap Fans, beautifully decorated at 2£c other gets 5 and 10e, 500 papers best 10c pins, will let them go at 5 100 Ladies shirt waists at 25c cheap at 40c. 100 Ladies shirt waist at 89c cheap at 50c' A lovely line Ladies shirt waist at 1.25, ‘ * SUSPENDERS. 25 dozen at 19c others get 25c and 35c 25 dozen at 29c others get 45c 25 dozen at 88c others get suc to 60c. 20 dezen Elegant washable tiesal to c cheap at 2 0 25 dozen braided ties at 25c cheap at 40c. 200 dozen nice white Pearl buttons 5c dozen others get 10, . | 200 fi ro t class Hair Curlers 5c others get 10 to 15c , 25 dozen msn’s shirts at 19c worth 35c 25 dozen lnon’c shirts, extra length 86 c worth 50c These prices are the fruits of knowing when and where t n buy good# and arc just a few pointers to the mauy great bargains now on sale at my houses.