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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: THE MflGON TELEGRAPH. PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR AND WEEKLY. Office 569 Mulberry Street. K#w York VOUrn 100 K« Klfloandt Mfrr«f. trim DAILY TELftSORAm^lTvered by I carriers In Uie <yty. or mailed, postage j free, CO cents s'month; $1.11 for three j months; 13.CO for she months; 17 for one t year; every day except Sunday, W. tIilK TRIWEEKLY TEUMItAPH-^ton- I day.. Wedmusluys and Fridays, or Tue.- j d«y», Thursdays and Saturday*. Wirco I monUu, (1; .lx month.. ft; om year. H trim SUNDAY TELEOKAf’K-Br mall, one year, |3. SUBSCRIPTIONS—Payable In advance I Remit by postal order, check or rogls- I tend letter. Currency by mall at rule f of sender. | COMMUNICATIONS—All communication, I should be addrcual, and all order* | checks, draft* etc., made payable to I THIS TELEGRAPH, itacoit, Ua. ANY BUBflCRIBER to tho Dally ffelkgrapti will confer a great favor on this olUco by inforinlngsiu If the Tel egraph fall, to arrive y l>b first mall drain leaving tlio city after 4. o'clock a. m. each day, 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 '1SI1N30 ‘iLHO1UM.'B0