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PlOJiJj ABOUT OUB GREAT FAIR.
Tho importance .of tho lJlxlo tutor-
atuto Fair an a factor In tho develop
ment of tho South recognized every
where.
Tho following iilltorlnl from tlio Flor
ida Time*-Union, aader the caption
"A plats* to ndvortiHc Florida," trtiowa
that our Iiik exposition has attracted
the attention of the people Interested
tu tlio advancement of Florida. Tho
Tinica-Unlon soys:
"The Dixie Interstate Fair, which will
be held In Macon next October, will fur-
nlah u good opportunity for dlapluying
the resource* of Florida. It will he the
only expoaltlon held In Ueorxla thla year.
Ita premium list la large, find It .will bo
nn uflair of Interstate Importance. It will
be conducted unler the auspice, of ;lie
mat* Agricultural Society of Georgia and
of the Macon Fair and Exposition Com
pany. While the latter company hue a
name that sounds circumscribed, It Is
really composed of men from uoarly every
state In tho HmtUt. Antoni; lie others
Florida Is represented by a vUe-prcjOlent
.The fair Is Intended to show tho develop
ment of the states of Georgia. Florida,
Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and
Booth Carolina and Virginia, and tho
people of Florida should roc that this
atato does not suiter from a comparison
.wllh others.
“Of course, Florida, as a slat* can take
no part In this fair. An appropriation
from the legislature would be neci
nisi the Icglalature will not meet until
tifter tho fair Is ended. Tlio people of
Florida, however, should not Ignore this
opportunity of advertising the reaources
of the state.
"A greet trouble with our advertising
la that moat of It hsa been done ton far
from- home. Advertising at long distance
la not so likely to attract either capital
or Immigration am advertising at short
range. In either case It does llttlo bc-
yesd the awakening of Interest. If this
Is folldwrd by a visit to the state, and
u personal Investigation of Its resource*
It generally ends In Immigration and In-
vestment.
"People At A distance will-not lie ae
likely to como to FlorhUt to /nvVstlgato as
people who can come at little exponeo
becuuie tho trip la abort. The best place
to advertise Florida la In the thickly aft
tied parte,of the elatoe njjjrcst to Florida.
That part of OeorgtA botween Macon,
Columbus, Atlanta and Augueta la nearly
ns thickly 'settled ae New York.
"llcorgki has furnlxtnsl Florida more
Immigrants than any two otalri In the
Union. We believe that wo nro safe In
saying that the he* Invested In Florida
ns much money as any other state In the
Union, and an exhibit r.t the Interstate
Fair at Macon would bo displayed at the
right place."
It mu»l bt> gratifying lo tho projectors
of tho Dixie Interstate Fair to Hut!
Unit thotr effort, to liulhl up it great
Bauthern exposition nn rivognlznl liy
violi {cprcAontatlve uvwipgpera as tho
Tlutca-Uolon. It ha, Ihvn our tli-alro
to see tho fair develop Into something
more Run a stale fair. We nro now
assured that Georgian* will be put
upou their mettle lu the compct'-tum
of states, aud that tho fair will, as was
at llrst luloodeil, bo of luteratate hn
portanee.
Macon atfo Georgia will Welcome
Florida to this fair. We can guaruutee
that thane cntcrprlalng people of tho
I And of Flowers who bring their ox*
lilblt hero to advertise their slate wilt
not bo dlsapprdutivl lu the result.
W.th each assurance, of succcm ns
are before u* the people of Macon must
boml every effort now and for the next
three month, to make a namo for their
city and to do credit to their Mate
through tho Instrumentality of the
Dixie lutcratuto Fair.
suppression of standing nnnles; the
general a ruling of the people, and the
development of* local self-government.
In economies tlio platform on I lx fju’ a
complete system of free education, on*
titty’s rest In each week; a-working day
of eight hours for adult,, «ix for those
under 18, no night work for children,
and only ,lx bonis of night work for
adults; workingmen's ■ corporations to
fix. the realo of wages, vrith tines mid
Imprisonment for craplyets who offer
wage. Mow this scale; the bolding of
employers respooslblo for labor acci
dents, and requiring them to pay com
pensation In proportion to the degree
of Injury done to their employes; equal
pny for equal work, without distinc
tion of sex; the prohibiting of employ
ers front imposing lines or reducing
wages lu any way; the appointment of
Inspectors, chosen by tlio workingmen's
corporations, whoso dutlos sliull Isi tho
examination' of . workshops, factories,'
minis, etc., lu order to pass on the na
ture of the work, the hygienic arrange
ments, tlio precaution* iigainst necl-
dents, etc., tho suppression of the pub
lic debt; tho assumption by society of
tlio support of tlio old nml sick lit the
laboring classes; the abolition or nil
Indirect tnxatlou'nnd the establishment
of a single lux, of a dooidodly progres
sive nature ou nil property, both capi
tal nud revenue—with mi exception,,
however, In favor of persons whoso In
come does not exceep 3,000 francs a
year; a return to the state of all In
heritances In collateral lino; and, ns
regards direct Inheritances, a'return to
society of till above 30,000 francs.
The exchange from which wo take
tills platform describes It ns that of the
1‘opuHst parly of France, and in doing
so docs some Injustice to the party
which bears that name In the United
States. But tlio injustice ,s not great
In degree. The fundamental Ideas on
which the Socialist or wurkiinginun's
party of Franco In founded nro tho
smile as those at the bottom of the
third purty movement lu the United
Hbitos. There lins been more time for
them to develop theirs into detlnitc leg
islative propositions lind tho clreum
stations are different. '
Nevertheless tho similarity of the de
velopment of these Ideas In tho French
party and lu the labor union wing of
tlio l’opnllst parly in tlio United States
Is very great, and we may expect that
before very long we will hear In this
couutry the Populist purty demanding
from the government the same warfare
un capital that tlio Socialist party
liuikos lu Franco—warfare that bus fot
its purpose the conflHcntiou or destruc
tion of capital held by private persons.
A PROPHECY OK BETTOR TIMES.
AT llfvMF, AND ABROAD.
The Socialist party of Franco, or, a,
Its uiembera prefer to rail it, the wort,
mgiucu'a party, ha* a dearly defined
programme of political action, '.litis pro
gramme or platform cousUtx of two
part*—one purely political and the
other economic, Under the Oral head
are demand'd the following reforms:
Direct legishiCoa by the people, the
Swiss referendum being In the minds
of those who introduced this “plank";
the e mstderaSou, iluiiug the seaslon In
which they are Introduced, of all bills
euiaualing from workingmen's organi
zations; nn elective judiciary; the grat
ii.t ais administration of Justice; re
inoval from the code of every diserim
luati'Hi unfavorable to tho Inhaling
classes, women, or natural vhihlren; the
Tlio circular of Hubbard, Price & Cy.
opens this week with the statement
that “It becomes apparent that the
clutugo iu the tone of sontlmcnt lu com-
mereliil clreles Is rapidly tillering Hie
opinion of mvrchuuts lu the United
States from ouo of extreme pessimism
to ouo of optimism.” A’ steady Im
provement in the general situation is
‘predicted. In the' South It has already
begun. The Snath begna to suffer from
depression 1a business before either the
North or the West, says tho circular,
anil the recovery has set in curlier.
"Tlio cuudltlon uf the southern farmers.
Is more prosperous than lit nt any time
lu their history; they are borrowing
less money from their commission mer
chants', they are now learning to di
versify their crops, mul are consequent
ly not fUllrcly nt tlio mercy of tho cot
ton market. TUcso fuets are Dolug rec
ogniz'd mid neeouat fur the added In,
terest which is being taken in the secur
ities of tho roads referred to above."
Is It trod that the condition of South
era farmers Is bolter than It wns live
or ten years ago? Wo have been told
by men In a position to know that it
Is, but tho politicians who nro trying to
get Jho fanners’ vote* assume Hint It
Is much worse. What Is tho truth of
thu mntter? Have tlio fanners got
more than they had ton years ago; do
they owe less; do they - Uv6 lu greater
comfort T The prophecy which wo have
quoted of better thin's Is based on tie
assumption tlmt tlio rep’y to those
questions should be In tho ntllrmntivc.
If tlmt assumption Is false or mistaken
the prophecy falls.
An Inquiry made by competent and
unprejudiced persons that would show
whether or not tho fnrming community
of the South Is making progress llnnn
dally would bo valuable.
WILD BtU. A SOLID MAN.
Til* Body of the Famous. Di*perab
llud Turned to Stor.ei
The climate of CoUudo Is to exceed
ingly dry hi the greater portion of the
state that ordinary objects, such aa po
tatoes. vegetable* of various red* and
Sven amall animals, petrify when cov
ered with land. The' body of WIM MU1.
the famous desperado, t* today solid
stone. He was burled tn a sandy coun
try near Tetlurkte, and abbot four years
•go tits friends decided to put up a
monument to Me memory. They went
out to hti grave, which Is tn the open
prairie, and one of the party, an old
scout, was taken stung to exactly lo
an* sheet he wag buried. The sand
had shifted and blown In great heaps,
•a It does *11 through that country, oiffi
the acout had * good deal of difficulty
In absolutely looting the spot Finally
he struck * mound that he sull had
WIM Bill under It.
Owing to the uncertainty of the aito-
stlon and hta hesitancy, the party de
cided to dig donrn amt see whether he
was right. Presently the spade ran Into
a rock-a scarce thing tn that count ey.
They shoveled *11 wound It and soon
revealed the petrified Image It Wild
till, as perfect as the day he died, with
not a trace of decompustUon. Even the
clothes and shoes were turn 'd to stone.
Some of lb* parties wanted to take the
bod) up for the purpose of exhibition.
But tine Of BUI'S oid pals. Shorty Jake,
a* he wo* nailed, remarked that tho
Urat man who tried to'do so would Pnd
a bed In the bote that BUI Tiled. Si the
idea was abandoned. — Washington
Poet.
A funny sight wag wUqeaaod at, the
Confederate monument the other night
about 11 o'clock that greatly amused
the few people who -were-' passing at
that time-.
The fun was caused by a* well known
young nun who lud evidently gotten
on the outside of too much' '‘election
enthusiasm” and forgot where he was
"at."
When first n'otlced the young man
was walking slowly and apparently cau
tiously around the fence that enclose
tho monument. Round after round was
made and In the dim uncertainty of the
electric light he appeared to be feeling
for a gate or opening of some kind by
Which he might enter the enclosure. At
first only one man Mopped lo watch
him, but presently another came atone,
and, having bis attention directed to
the young man, he stopped, and so
on until a dozen people stood In the
street watching th young man as he
slowly felt his wily around the fence
muttering Inaudlbly. Finally the crowd
approached nearer todilm and gradually
got cl'j«» enough to understand the sit
uation. "By gosh,", they heard him
say, “this lah ze hardish place to git
outer lah ever atruck. Horw In the h—I
'd 1 ever git In here anyway? Some-
bod ish lock me In an' I'd Josh like to
know who 'tuvae."
For nn hour nnd ft half he walked
around the outside of the fence, all the
time thinking he was on the Inside, and
finally giving It up as a hopelesu task
he sat down wttb his back against the
fence and went to sleep.
Ho Is now about 60 ycaVs of age, al
though he doe* not look It. In his
young days he must have been a great
’take” with the ladles, ae he la not by
any means bad looking now and has
that peculiar "gift of gab" women call
charming. Frequently he tella the
Stroller of his rove affairs when Hi"waa
young, but last .night as he sat In the
sanctum ho related un Incident which,
while not by any means « love affair,
atruck the stroller as being rather lu-
dlcroue. This la the way he related It
after he had Just related an embarras
sing predicament In which he had been
placed In a love affair.
"It waa shortly before I was married
that I -was a party to one bf the most
ludicrous Incidents as well aa embar
rassing scenes I ever witnessed. Lome
a frequent visitor at a house where
there were (hree young ladles, and In
time became familiar enough not to ask
for permission to call, but w'juUI go
when I felt disposed. On one particular
night, and I remember It Just as well
as If It had been yesterday, 1 .ailed
and ufler the eervant announced my
appearance 1 was Invited Into a room
where tho three young Indies wore sil
ting, with (apologies that they hud not
been expecting company and no fire
had been made In the parlor, tho
weather being very cold. Of course It
made no difference to me, and soon we
were laughing nnd tulklng about things
In general. Finally the converaitlon
lagged, however, and one of the ladles
asked If there waa no game wy could
play to keep us awoke, nnd more In a
spirit or sarcasm than anything else I
remarked that we could play push pin.
To my surprise they all Jump*! it It.
nnd In a few minutes wo were ell
nreuml a table playing. I had a big
black pin that Wns bent In the- middle
and every time I flirted It It would
fall across one of the ladles' pins, while
It was hard for them to get <t pin over
mine. In this.manner I began winning
from the start, nnd It waa not long be
fore I noticed the ladies began robbing
■their clothe* of pins. The more I won
the moro *xc1tlng grew the game nnd
tho more pins the young lad!?* took
from their clothes. At la*t the last one
of them had Vo acknowledge nhe was
broke and could not find another pin.
By this time it was long after mid
night and with apologies for staying so'
late I nros« to «’o. To my «*ton|ihnient
each of the ladles sat perfect!^ still
when I arose and nt nr»t I could not
understand what was the matter. Fi
nally the truo cause dawned on me.
however, nml for pure devilment I
iisked them why they didn’t . nHse to
Wd me good night. This remark was
the signal 4br a quick look from bne to
tho other, hut dead slloqce reigned. I
repented the remark nnd nil three burst
out laughing nnd acknowledged that
they hnu robbed their clothes of every
pin that held them together and knew
thnt disaster would follow if they
stood up. We nil laughed over the pre-
dlc.iment. but I'll tell you It was rath
er embarrassing even If It was ftmny.
**l Mve one consolation." said Coun
cillor M. a. Bayne Saturday In speak
ing of hta defeat In the legislative pri
mary on Thursday, "and that Is thnt I
belong tu the 400 of Bibb county. There
aro only 400 of my Vet* in the county,
nnd the kiot one of them voted f^r me.
for nil of which I am duly proud. Yes,
rir; henceforth I want to be known nt
one of the 400 which embraces the in
telligence of Bibb county.”
Mr. Bayne takes his defeat wtth the
utmost good grace nnd says he is sat
isfied with being one of the ”400.”
, STOIC Y OV TiBN"BOLT.
jSxcept a Yorkshires an there is no
more srif-conscioua person than your
unraveled American. He knows every
thing. You can’t take him in. He
comes from the biggest country in the
world. His smartness is proverbial.
• He does not continually exclaim, *‘I am
f a Yankee, I am," but he metaphorical
ly waves his flag in the face of an effete
civilisation *nd trail* his egotism be
fore the darned old country a!4 tthe time,
you bet! And His done surely and per
sistently. Every whlpper snapper «f a
sneak thief has him. Notwithstanding
the staleness of the confidence *^ck In
his own country, he to * P™*
first American sharper or the elumKest
Imitator of Che Yankee methods
he meets In street or barroom. The pa
pers lately have contained several in
stances of Che successful pmetice of the
confidence trick on Americans. Tne
wonder is anyone can be fleeced
so easily. . . „ . n
Imagine any sane person being in
duced 'to hand over his watch and his
purse to a total stranger nnd Letting
him go out of eight tto test
said stranger—-"to show nis confidence
in a man he does not care a button
about, and whoae ncquantance he has
Just only made. This happened the
other day in Holborn to an American
gentleman who parted w*th watch, ring
and notes to the value of
hundred, pounds, -pie o' 0 ™,’’‘'Satina
one or two confidence men spotuns
him for an American In Holborn and.
asking him. “Say, stranger, l* thla a
rew atreet?” 1
The two men were *Vn:ericar.s, th.>
cime from Virginia: the dune was from
Nhw Jersey. (X course they all ad
j< urned to the restaurant to have a
drink. The flint Virginia gentleman li id
come into n large fortune and wanted
t * give a lot of It away, out not to P.rlt-
1*1,ore-oil. no-4mt to hl« own country
men.
The Jersey gentleman was Induced to
undertake the office of my lord bounti
ful 4o the millionaire and was permit
ted for u time tb hold possession of u
gireat bundle of spurious notes. Then,
to show bks confidence in his new
friends, he’handed overall ho hid about
him. and they presently docui\iped with:
his mone^r, “Jewels, ca*“h and plate.’* He
had io 190 home before ihe police could
catch the mh»«iueruders. but on reach
ing New York he will be asked by ica*
ble'to keep Dhe promise lie made that
he would return nnd prosecute them if
the dull I/ondon detectives could lay
hands on the astute •operators from Vir
ginia.
And this kind of thing Is going on
continually.* Hie credulity of people in
general gays a great deal for the truet-
fulm?s4 awl sympathy of humanity as
n whole. 4 Cynics would eay tho<t It may
be taken ns stiili more indlcoitlve of its
preed: It certainly says little for its
iiuWon. The moet transparent ewin-
Ile^-of *Jie day In the direction of com
panies. pactrtenshlpw, offers of fortunes
1 tor a few pounds, successful systems of
btOUng and speculation oatch their
dupe* day by day, arid Monte Carlo to
extending its palatial halls.—Newcastle
(Eng.) Chronicle.
HOW THE WORLD WILL END.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
For sxle at wholesale by S. R. .IAQU E8 & TINSLEY anil A. B. SMALL
talked with many that were present, end
they all unite In saying that no elouil
waa visible until after the crash; then
the coffln-Shiiped cloud hovered over fnem.
The lightning stroke was heard several
miles away, and the small cloud was
noticed, but no water fell except In the
small area of the camp meeting ground.
It waa a remarkable occurrence, and
whether It came In wrath or as a bless
ing, it broke up the meeting, and but
row of those who were present can tie
Induced to go near the ground jigam.
Those who have examined the ground
think that not less than fifteen metaea
of. water fell,'and that In less than five
minutes.
A LOST*NOVEL.
Our PI.I nut Wtl! Dio Nc* By Accident,
But by a Natural Death. ‘
Ur. Brice’s Cream Baking Powder
World', fair Hlghcat Award.
At Olio Time U« Wkulo Civlllzixl
World Wna Stnglug It.
Harper's Weekly gives au account ot
the song, "Ben Bolt," lyblch iiiljlit ut
most be said to be ouo of tho chiiroc*
tern In Du Marnier's “Trilby." It
tho soug which tho heroine, of that
much-read story kings so abominably
nt the beginning ot the hook, and so
divinely toward tho close ot It,; but
which a little Inter on tlio slugs I11 her.
old milliner ngnhi, and Is accordingly
hooted off the stage In London. It
seems tlmt In 1813 Dr. Thoimi^ Jluun
English inow a member of mum
from New Jersey)'waa asked by N. 1\
Willis to writo n sen song for tho New
Minor, which Willis and George
Morris hntl Just galvanized Into life
from tho corpse ot the New York Mir
ror. Though Willis thought 11 good
deal of the song, the author himself
had a puny opinion of it. He thought
It would lie Improved by a musical set
ling, lull Hit- mu-.'ci:ilis t.dd him the
lines were not Sttad for uiuslc—all of
the musicians except one. Dominie H.
May of Washington, who made nn air
Hint has not survived. English himself
did the same tiling. In 18td n hanger'
on of the PIttsburge Theatre gave
yottng man lamed Nelson F. Kueass
a garbled version of the wonls of the
song, which he had found In fill Eng
lish newspaper, nnd lvnixiss set the
thing to music nnd sang It In a piny
colled ‘The Battle of Buena Vista."
Tho piece traveled with him all over
the country, "was picked up by all
the minstrel troupe, weut to Australia
and the J-kiudwieh Ides, nnd wherever
the English language was spoken, was
sung iu lond 'O. and had nil kinds ot
parodies ami replies among the strev
ballads of that city.” It is slid that
00,000 copies of the music were sold
by Peters. Ha If a dozen other settings
were published, I nit none ,.f them h.\,
the popularity of Kneosa' atr. which
was adapted from a German melody,
the original of which waa afterwards
putdiKhcd with the same wools
1 <ng has had ns many claimant
"Beautiful Snow.” Hunt was one of
them. The headstone of Itncass' grave
at ChillieoUie credits the authorship to
the singer that sleeps Iteneath It. It
has also Iteen attributed to Caleb Dunn
and oven to Tbomas Campbell. A
the Weekly iilaRnk the recent pnhl
catlm -f a private’ collection of souv
of Dr. English's poems contributes t
the timely Interest of this account of
Carmllte Pfimmarton tn Astronomic.
According so oil pro&ublllty, not
withstanding all the clrcunjaSuncea
which threaten It, our planet will (He
not of accident, butt a 1uwur.1l death.
That dehth wtit Ui thi.‘ consequence of
.ha extinction of the 1 sun in 20,000,000
•years or mow.—perhaps 30.000,000-Uiinee
Its condensation at a relatively mod
erate rate will give It, on one hand 17,r
000,000 years of existence, nOihc
the^cIJier hand ihbe inevitable MU of
meteors into tlx.' sun may double this
number. Even If you suppose the du
ration of tho 8uu to be prolonged to
40,000,000 years, It Is still Incontestable
thal: the radiation from the nun cools
It and that the temperature of nit bod
ies cane when the sun will be extinct.
Then the earth 'and all the other plan
ets of our sysiem will cense to be the
abode of life. They will be erased from
til.' greul book nnd will revolve, black
ermi'torlivi, around am extinguished sun.
WI3 these ptanqt* continue to exlti;
even then? Yes, probably In tho cuse
of Jupiter, and perhaps Saturn. No,
beyond u doubt, for the email bodies,
such an Venus, M ira, Mercury and the
moon. Already the moon appears to
have preceded us toward the final des
ert. Slum la much further advanced
Gian 1he earth toward the same desti
ny. Venus, younger than us, will
doubtless survive us. These little
worlds lose tJir tr elements of vitality
much faster than the sun lows Ms heat,
From century to century, from / ycar to
year, from day to day, from hour to
hour, tho surface of tho earth Is trans
formed. On the one hand, the conti
nents ore crumbling away nnd becom
ing covered by eh* sea. which Insensi
bly nud by very slow degrees tends to
Invade and submerge the entire globe.
On the other hand, the a moan.' of ws'ter
on the surface of the globe Is dimin
ishing. A careful nnd reasonable cal
culation show* that by .the action of
erasure alone all tho land on our plant
will be covered by water til 10,000,000
years.
ANTOINETTE STERLING.
Antoinette Sterling Is 'becoming n fa.
miliar 'figure upon 'the platform of the
great temperance meetings. She speaks
sometimes, though not nt any great
length. Most ofter her speech la mere
ly d brief Introduction of her song,
On these occasions she usually slng9
without any accompaniment. It Is very
Interesting to see the great singer come
forward so simply, ft* she does, quietly
dretsed. with no music In her hand,
at one of the packet Exeter halt meet-
log.*, b'lnl by l"ims "t her be.unit'll
voice holding the dense throng breath
less with attention. Coming as an in
tcrlude In Impassioned speaking, to the
excited crowd the effect la usually de
lightful.—(London Letter.
From the Youth's Companion.
A good many years ago a historical
novel by Mr. Hoffman was announced as
soon to appear under the* title of '.'Tlio
Red Spur of Rxmapo.” But the hook
was never published.' and the cause ot
... non-appearance may well be set down
among the cuUmltle* which befall au
thors.
Mr. Hoffman had been employed more
than six years upon hts romance. He had
taken unusual care ; in Its composition,
and an eminent book publisher had. con-,
traded with him for.the copyright, The
novel was nearly completed, the public
was talking about it, and romance read
ers were anticipating a treat.
The author as he wrote It placed the
manuscript sheets in a large portfolio
by the side of his writing table, so that
none of them should be l03t. One day,
on looking Into the literary subtreasury,
he discovered to his astonishment and dis
may that only a few sheets of. "The Red
Spur of Ramapo” were to be found ■
1 Not many men could have acted so
calmly as did the authbr of. "Greyslaer'/
on this occasion, nnd as the great Newton
reported, to. have done on a. similar
.occasion. He called the chambermaid
who had been Intrusted with the care
ot his room.and said:
“Mary, have you ever taken any papers
from this place?”
“Sure, It’s mesllf that has, ser, she
replied, with perfect frankness.
"For what purpose did you take them?"
Inqulrcd.tbe author, with a sinking heart.
"Sure, solre. to kindle tho fire.” replied
ttie guileless Miry; "an' many'B the tolrae
Ol'.ve thought how good ye was to put
cm there for me.”
“And how long have you been In the
habit of Hiking papers from this place?"
groaned the poor author.
"01 couldn’t say list how tong, sorr,"
returned Mary, seeing at tost that some
thing was amiss; "but Ol never mls-
thrusted there was any good to 'em,
for they waa all scribbled over, sorr."
With sobs and wild protestations of son
row. the destroyer 9t ‘The Red Spur ot
Ramapo" fled from the room, leaving
the afflicted author to console himself
for his loss as best he^mlght.
PREVAILING, WOMAN.
It is Interesting to note the trades
nnd professions Info which women are
more and more flmllng their way os a
matter uf course. An up-town stamp
agency of the postofflee hos recently
come Into the care d a young woman,
nnd In polRencss, promptness and caje
she Is a happy contrast to the man that
preceded her. Sime sratUt telegraph of
fices In various parts of the town are In
the care of women, and the faces be
hind the Instruments are usually ot u
kind to make one glad that women
have taken to telegraphy.'
It Is not unusual to find ybung wo
men tn charge of the coal yards about
town, evidently attending to sales as
well ns keeping books. A newly eatnb-
Hshetl ticket office on the New York
Central's Harlem division has been put
In care of a young woman, who al
ready has a nodding acquaintance with
half the patrons of the ofiloe. She oc-.
cuples her leisure with novels and po
etry and Is an object of Interest to all
that come and go nt the station.
Two young women at Mount Vernon
drive n delivery wagon and get about,
with business-like dispatch.—New York
Sun,
CATHERINE DREXBL.
From the Brooklyn Citizen.
woman ot much business ability Is
Catherine Drexel, now a nun. As a young
woman she hod control of a great for
tune. and, what Is more, she spent It
after her own fashion, which, for tho
most part, was In tho way of philan
thropy. She Is a fervent Catholic, and
much of her wealth went to found and
support inbulons among tlio negroes
the Bouth, In whom as a Southern woman
she felt an Interest. It was through this
work that she herself was led to be a nun.
It was not to be expected that such a
woman would Immerse herself In a sub
ordinated place In Borne obscure convent
Instead, she used tier standing nml miiu
ence to secure permission to establish 1
raw order of nuns, of which she wns to
be head. She had her way. She retained
full control of her own money. She fol
lowed her own plans with regard to her
order, and spent her money In furtherance
A PRAYER THAT WAfi ANSWERED,
A Remarkable Occurrence That Broke Up
a Western Camp Meeting.
From the SI. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Walnut Ridge. Ark., la all excitement
over the terrible answer that was made
to a prayer at a camp meeting near the
town last night. The weather la warm,
and the 'people have built an arbor In
grove, and revival meetings are being
heU In tt. Great Interest has been mani
fested. and this fact has added'to the zeal.
One night recently, as Rev. Robinson,
local preacher of strong lungs, was pray
ing, he aeked the Lord to bless them
now with rain, aiytng;
Lord come down now and pour out
a blessing of some nature upon us; one
of such a nature a* iwe can remember;
one that we can feel' certain that tt
from you. and come now. 1 *
Here the prayer atopped. not because
the “amen" waa reached, but berauae
Hash ot ttghtnlng cane down 'with the
roar ot ten or morp cannon, shattering a
huge tree near by. scattering Its branches
over the entire audience, knocking some
senseless, wounding others and frighten
ing all. most ot the audience believing
that the end of the world had come. They
had scarcely recovered from the shock
.Then such a volume of water came down
,s to almost drown them all.
This would, not seem so peculiar were
t not for the fact that until the tlasb
it lightning no cloud was visible, and
1 ton were shining brightly everywhere;
it r.t that moment * small c-XTin-shopel
•loud hovered over the audience, and
use 1 ii— ij micros' in iu:s nccoum »■( ;?ud hovered over the audlenc
the song. vvhk'h'Du Maurlcr has made 1 ‘root it came the deluge of water,
more lamoai than li was before. The Globe-Democrat corresronient ha
BURNED TO DEATH.
A Lamp Explosion—Woman 60 y„, ri
Old Fatally Burned.
iPallstlne, Texas, August p* — v
minutes before 0 o'clock last night vif,
T. Pro tor, whose residence la o„ l!;
cy street, rushed from the house int»
the yard screaming and enveloDed1.
flames. Before assistance could rear!
her .-ill of her clothing had btirsed
and her body blistered from head ,,
foot. She died this morning at *
o'ckick. Mrs. Proctor was 60 years 0?
uge and was keeping house for her sun
William (Proctor, who Is a fireman on
the In’iermitional and Great Northers
railroad, and was out on his run at
the time of the accident. The old lady
was albne and making preparation,
to go to bed. She picked up a Unm
and wont to a. bureau to get n clean
nightgown, and was 'holding the Umn
in her left hand, and Just opened one ot
the drawers of the bureau when the
lamp exploded, throwing the burning
oil all over the room. Sne was a large
woman' of a most Jovial disposition
and was muoh beloved by all who knew
her. , ,v . .
TENNUiDE TOPICS.
Tenuille, Aug. 12.—(Spc lnl.i-On An.
gust 1. the new railroad between Ten.
nllle and Santlerkvllle begun operation
The train makes the trip daily ilU (l ,»
a great convenience to both towns .Mr
L. C.-Matthews, -the efficient agent of
the Central railroad, Is agent fur this
hew road. This gives Tenuille four sep
nratc nnd distlnet railroads. Teunlllu
lias tho cheapest rates of any town ,t«
size in. Georgia anti in a short wu:i 0
will have ns cheap rates its the larger
cities.
Tomorrow work will begin 011 the new
cotton warehouse and by the cottog
season It will be ready lor business.
Tho convenience of the new bauk ana
warehouse will be generally felt.
Some man' wishing to enter into a
good enterprise would do well to put a
cotton compress here. This certainly
Is second lu cotton raising iu tho slaw
and ‘there Is no compress nearer than
Macon. At the lowest estimate a com
press here should get 30,000 bales.
Mr. Wallace Dnvls, who was so badly
hurt some time ugo, Is still In a critical
condition.
Mrs. Lula Rogers of BarncsviUc, who
has been' visiting her daughter. Mix.
H. M. Franklin, for the past few week!,
returned home Tuesday.
Misses Tulllo and Mamie Cason, who
have been visiting Warrenton, hare
returned home.
Miss Rosetta Levy, a charming youo;
Indy from Macon, passed through hnj
today from Sundcrsville eu route borne.
Sflss Lucy Keen of Ogle'thorjn; passol
hero Wednesday to visit Mrs. Summer-
lyn In Sandersvllle.
Miss Lena Urlich, who hns linen vis.
iting Miss Mnttio Hymes In Sarnlm-
vtUe, passed hero yesterday on route
to Indian Spring.
Miss Ida Criraker, a charming vouog
Indy from Millodgeville,, returned home
yesterday. She will be missed by In;
ninny friends.
The Tenuille Dramatic Club, which
played wllh marked sueees.'! lierc
weeks ago, will visit Dublin In a fee
weeks. ■
Miss Battle of Wndley Is visiting
Miss Jodlo Brown.
of them. The new order, of which Miss
Drexel le superioress. Is now fully estab
lished, and the fact Is due 40 h'er fine
business qualities,
KILLED BY THE FALL^OF A TENT.
Accident Caused By Wind at a Temper
ance Meeting,
Leesburg, Va., Aug. It—A heavy wind
storm which blew over London ebunty
lest evening etruck a big'tent at Purcell,
vllle, near here, in which several thou
•and persons were attending a temperance
meeting, and caused tt to fall down.
John Nichols, a .young man of Fhno-
mont, Va., was struck by the centre pole
and Instantly killed: C.- tv. s 8chocley.
W years of ege, of Norfolk, .Mrs. Dunbar.
Mrs. Peacock and Mrs. Samuel Leslie
were seriously Injured, and a number of
other persons were hurt, but their condl.
tlon Is thought not to be serious.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Washington. Aug. IS.—For Georgia,
r.i'r in n.K'th-'rn ut-rtiotii showeia IB
southern portion: aoutuvcxt winds.
Manifold
Disorders
l
^ y Are occasioned by an Impure and ira- i ^
♦ povernhed condition of the blood. Slight
impurities, if noVcorrectcd, develop into 4 l
serious nuladies, inch as
SCROFULA,
ECZEMA,
RHEUMATISM
other troublesome diseases. To cure
♦ tbme Is requiredn.safe nnd reliable rem- a .
edy free from tny harmful incr**di«its. “ “
♦ an J purely \efetabte. Such • s
It »«moves all{ \
♦ from the blood ind thorouclv"^"™ 1 ®
ly clem** the system. Thousands of i i
♦ cases of the wont forms of blood div 1 f
cues bare been t t
a Cured by S. 8.8.
* f ou* Trcam* b.Jed fre« taasy addrsw ^ f
> 8WIFT SI’ECmc CO., AtUnU, Ct n
SHOT PROM AMBUSH.
Crockett, Tex., Aiiff. 12.—Nljjht Mon
last, as Sterling Fobs, colored, w
turning from church he wns shot In the
right side and arm with a shot gun from
ambush. Horses were tracked from the
place of the shooting to the house of
Hiram Woode and Nelson Bailey, tin
colored* men. Yesterday Sheriff Daniel*
and Coha table Walter arrested Woods an!
Bailey and placed them in jail. Halief
says he will make a statement « he li
released.
CO OH RAN PERSONALS.
Oochmn, Aug. 12.—(Special.)—Miwe*
Burch and Griffin of Eastman are
Ming Miss Lola Jessup of thl i city.
TOR KITIKR SIX. Tib
•In* lry*clffil dlrMUy t* Um
Umm dfaMMW 0fU#0#mU>4Jri«»«|*»
;c*ns, NQBtm no Cbani* •!
nausoceig, marcurUl or pcU-mocinr*
Whim to bo token Iat«in»Uj. Tfca
A8 A PREVENTIVE
by ettb« m* It U tapewiV.eW«*lnS
nn r venerool dJeooM i bol l» Uit oh d
thoeo nlrondrUgfMta**mv itnnn
CUR'BttsSkS&e**-
GOODWYN’S DRUG 6TORB.
Sold Agents. Macon. Ga. ‘
GIG
BPEdlAT. NOTICE!.
to Whom it spay concern.
Wo. cotton factors tn the city of M«-
con. Ga„ do hereby agree that we will
receive all cotton tendered us padtd
in good, heavy second-hand Ouns?
bagging.
W. F. PRICE & CO.,
W. A. DAVIS tt CO.. I , '
O. G. SPARKS, JU„ I
ELLIOTT PISTES.
B. T. ADAMS' & CO.,
C. B. WILLINGHAM.
E. C. GambrelL Chas. II. NtabeL
Gambrell & Njsbkt,
ATTORNEYS AT TAW. S
335 Third Street,
Macon, Gi.
Collections a specialty.
F. R. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
S18 Second Street, Macon, Gi.
Prompt personal attentoln given
collections.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Seven per cent. Loans negotiated
improved city property and farm3^
SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST^CQ*
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
Loans made on choice real f
farming lands in Georgia. ^ nl6rei i rt
per cent Payable in two, three or 0
years. No delay. Commlaaluni very
reasonable.
SECURITY- LOAN AND ABSTRACT
COMPANY.
420 Second Street. Maoon.
Cheap Money to Leud
On improved city and farm P r -P e ‘2
In Bibb and Jone« counties in; w
No. 31S Second Street. 31a' ' n ' H
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