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Newspaper Page TextTHE MACON TELEGRAPH: FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2G, 1894 THE MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR AND WEEKLY. Office 569 Mulberry Street. (TUB DAILY TELEGRAPH—Delivered by carriers la the city, or mailed, postngo tree, U cent* a month; il.il tor three mamba; B» (or ala month*; 87 (or one year; every day except Sunday, 84. (THE TELEQRAPH—Tri-Weekly, Mon- daye, Wednesdays and Friday a, or Tuea- day* Thuredaya and Saturdaya, three month*, it; alx roontha, S3; on* year. Si (THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH—By mail, one year, IS trill: WEEKLY TELEGRAPH-Dy mall, one year, 11. SUBSCRIPTIONS—Payable In advance. Remit by pottal order, check or red*, ttrtd letter. Currency by mail at nek o( tender. COMMUNICATIONS ehouid be addreaaed end all order* cnecke, draft* etc., made payebl* to THE TELEGRAPH, Macon, 0* PUBLISHER'S NOTICE. Ttie carrier*' lieu of city (ubecrlbere nro being rented and m> arranged aa to Insure prompt and early delivery. The recent change* caueed by October remov- ole of aubacrlbere and a largo addition to the Hat have caueed some trouble nmong the carrier* Subscribers will ploeae notify ue when they tail to re, celve their paper* SENATOR IIILL’S HAOI?. The American jifoplc ndmlrtS a limn ut courage. The American heart, han unbouutltd iitlUnsUsm fur a man who can throw himself lu Ilia' very face of defeat mid wlu it vlceury for bis etmnr. l’erhapa thero never wag huforu such n combination ut odd* aualttkt a mini ng lva* against Stuuuir Hill when ho accepted the nomination fur governor, The tide of pQbllo Meathnent In N'nw York had for months been turulug egnlust him m»l Ills party. Local ills- (satisfaction on account of nlntaeu at Tammany nail, disruption anil d.vLIun lu bln own rauks, would have appalled the heart of nn ordinary man. Hut Hcnntor Hill know tho people of New York mid bo bail faith in hi* own l>ower to br.ug order out of chaos. Ho wont direct to tlio msssp* and for two weeks he has been matting such np- twills to the people ns have been rarely heard oven In New York. And already tho tide seems turning mightily nnd the Indications begin to point to an other grand Democratic triumph In the empire state. Tito senator's own courage Is on Inspiration to his follow ers nnd spreads dismay in tho ranks of tho opposition, llo has no thought of defent. Ho has .irojected his own campaign on tha Itighest potslblo grounds nnd mean* to win. D'lsntcll ones said: "When a nimt plant* his faith on the eternal suprem acy of Justice and has a supreme be lief In the righteousness of hU cause he must win." Mr. Hill believes lu his party as being thp party of tho people uud of the constitution, llo hellerea In It ns tho parly fostering the sorcr- rlgnty of Ihe states and tha poirsnnal liberty of the clttxons. In the right eousness of this creed ho Is going di vert to the people and It Is not surpris ing Hint the pooplu of New York nro turning to him. In his speech to tho Southerners at St. .Tames hotel Wednes day night Mr. Hill showed why his party must win In the coming oonlest. "The Democratic party ts a national parly. 11 does not believe in a strong ccnlralltieil government. It behoves lu the govcrmnonl of tho ,United States. It believes In an bonest 'administra tion, It has a record of which all good vltlsetM might well bo proud. It !m* recently been assailed ou every baud nuil fears fur its safety have been en tertained. Hut 1 rojotco with you that If there Is auy such Idea In other parts of the country, It has uot entered Into the Democracy of the empire slate. “We, however, have stopped tho tide We do not propose to allow tho rising tide of Republicanism to sweep over the country. Wo lvavo given reasona ble satisfaction to the' people. Somo tn.Hiakcs liuvo been made—some mis takes In local affairs—but that Is no reason why the grant party of tho coun try, the party upon whom the dcstt- idea of tho country depend, should suffer. It Is much castor to break down n party than to build it up. Mr. Whit ney never said a truer thing tlrnu when bo said: ‘Let 1SIW take caro of Itself.’ Let ue take caro ot 1S04. "Thorn is noUtlng to bo gained by giving tho Republicans control of this slate. Bo of good cheer. We eau win this light. 1 know tho oountry people. They ore not Cede. They are not ex cited. Their heads and brains are working lu tho direction. They nro not Cleveland men, nor Hdl men; they nro Democrats. Of course It must bo admitted that there Is not tho high ex hibition of party patriotism that thero should be in New York aud Brooklyn. I suppose that a certain dcgreco ot self- ithnw« Is Incident to human nature, aud we most overlook these things. At any rate, your association docs not mix up in the local matters. You can ufford to look higher and seo that greater and natloiatl questions are In volved In this election and that wo. es Democrats, must vrln" LET THE ELECTION 11ECLEAN. There arc all sorts of rumors com log from Atlanta la regard to a trafllo Id vote* among legislators. Wo hope these are only idle rumora and that members ot the 'eglslamre will vote for otBetr* who, In their Judgmeu' will give the state thn most capable and vfllclont service. There hare teen such things In election# as trading In votes and evil result* have proceeded train It No clean and noaest man will vote against tho interest of the state to se cure a personal advantage. Whenever there 1* any sort of barter of vnrei in the legislature by winch a Judge on a solicitor or any other public officer win* an election, tbc slate Is brought into discredit nnd disgrace. No pure and clean man would hold nn ellltti' trad especially oao with Judicial func tions. that camo to h'.rn by an unholy traffic in votes. If there are any legislators in At lanta who have Begun their career at this session by practices so unworthy of representatives of this state they should be exposed mid scut home in disgrace. There snould bo no such un holy mint on any officer to be elected by the legislature, as an election by auy such fraud voultl place upon him. Let tile election* be clean. “LIVED BEYOND HIsllEANS.” Day after day the papers tell this story. I’crhaps they will go on lolling It over and over again. A mail has only to lake n false view of life. He has only to assume that toinebow lie can ran a 9130 establishment on a 9100 salary and the rcsMs easy. lie will beg.n perhaps hy borrowing a little from his employer’s till, with the hope that somehow he can replace It. He doea not replneo It uu borrow* more, and so on until he Is discovered and put In Jail or escapes to I'umida or Mexico. The man who ran awny from Springfield, Ohio, yesterday left this note: “I bare left Bpringfleld never to re turn. .Wo lived loo high, I got In debt nnd could not get out." It's a frightful mistake for any man to make. It.la not a crime to lie m debt. Sometimes' It happens that an obligation of this kind will prove a helpful spur to Imluatry. Somethin'* men honaitly and with tho best Inten tions overreach their ability end a full In values brings distress. In such a caao the man can rally and perimps re trieve'himself. Rut when a man de liberately mlsnpproprlmes what is uot his own lu order that be may keep up appearances uud seem to he what he Is not he In simply a cheat nml a fraud. It Is beyond comprehension that a sane man will play at such u game nnd not expect to be caught. And yot tho story of such exposure and ruin Is tnhl over and over again every day. Look nt poor llowgate, hounded for fourteen years and caught nt Inst. Ha lived Ills find life, his double life, even while he was honored and respected He stolo 9370,000 ami fled from Wash ington before anybody suspected even ■thst ho was a defaulter. Hunted down nt last and brought to Justice when ho Is aged aud Infirm, he makes a spec tacle that is pitiable enough. Yet ho reaps whet he sowed, lie lived too fast Ho spent more than he earned. He tried to keep pace with million aires. Ho lived that awful double llfo Hint can have but one end and that a tragedy. He can only rewort now to tho "suicide's poor shift,” or spend Ills few dark nnd bitter, days In n felon’s cell God pity tho man who takes up auy false view of llfo that tempts him to live beyond his moans. TUB WRECK ON THE MACON AND NORTHERN. Tho burning of tho trestle on the Macon nnd Northern road nnd the con sequent wrecking of tho trnlu nt mid night is one of those terrible calami- Ilea that call for sympathy. If tho trestle was set ou lire It Is hoped that .tho perpetrators of so dastardly a crime will be run down and brought to speedy Justice. If the Ore was acci dental the ro*d still deserves and will rcoelve tho sympathy of the public. Tho officials of no road that runs Into Macon arc more careful of tho comfort and naMy of tint traveling pulillo than are tho officiate of tho Macon and Northern. Slnco Manager Harris took charge of tho road It has become cron more popular Hum ever on account of Its splendiB passenger aud freight ser vice. Tho Telegraph hopes that he will soon have tho dntnngo repaired nnd that bis rend will not suffer ns hoary loss ns was at first feared. Ho most serious loss of nil to tho rend nnd to his family 1* tlio killing ot tho noblo engineer, who died from tho effects of injuries received In tho wreck. ANOTHER GOOD DAY AT THE PAIR. Tho Interact In tho fair •» manifestly increasing every day. Tho attractions are drawlug largo crowd* Ihe roan- agvrs have everything running smooth ly, and those who attend become good advertisers ot the merits ot tho great exhibits.' Next Week many thousands will at tend. The weather Is aU that could be dwired, and we trust it may continue favorable to tho eud ot tho fair. DESERVES PATRONAGE. The following concerning tho Dixie Interstate Pair Is taken front tho edi torial columns of the Augusta Chron icle: Wo are glad to hear such good reports from tho opening days of tho Dtxto l'.i:r at Macon. This Is the only exposition In the state this year, uml Macon deserve* to have good patronage for her show. It requires a great deal of xvork and a great deal of pluck to get up a big ex position In dull times like these, aud we hope the enterprising people of Ma- cou will be vlehly rewarded for their public spirit. Nothing has done more to develop the resource* and improve agricultural methods In Georgia than the exposi tions which hare been held In the dif ferent sections of the state m the past doz-n years- The farmers front differ ent counties who attend these faint have gone home d< Wrtnned to mute boiler stock, and t> pet Into prac.itH oa the farm better methods ot plant ing, and to use Improved machinery. The neighbors nave u their lmproi ed farthing implement, hive In turn im proved their own methods of agricul ture, and so the circle li.u broadened from year U> year, uutll Georgia Is rec ognized as the Kinp'r-s State of the South, lu fact as well as la name. Then- I* yet much room for advance along these practical Hues, amt im provement* In farming Implements, ate constantly being made. In order to keep up with the advance In.machinery In every department our people tim'd take every opportunity to attend these expositions at which they are collected and study them. Tho exposition now In progres* In Macon will prove a valuable object les son along material line*, and we urge tho people of tithe section to improve the opportuulty Bow offered to visit It. rorULIST IGNORANCE. The dense Ignorance of the majority of tho men who compose the Populist party was forcibly illustrated a lew days ago In n conversation hud tie- tween an Intelligent Democrat of Jet- ferson county aud a prominent Pop ulist. The Populist was denouncing the extravagance of tho Democrat* and cited the !tenne asylum ns an instance, a* follows: “Why, Just think of It I At the Insane asylum ut MlUedgeville, they tell me, they have got n flower garden that cost live hundred dollars. Five hundred dollars spent on a flower garden alone, and yet not one of us poor folks Is allowed to send our children there I Then Just took at this here l»ank here in town. Thar’s a sign up thar that says Liverpool, Loudon and Globe Fire Insurance Company, jest to think that a little lilt of a hunk like that can’t be rnn without Liverpool and London a’ tunnln’ it. Now, wo ain’t a gwlne to have no sieb a* lb's when wc git into power. We are gwlne to see to it that poor folks' children can ull go to the insane naylurn jest like rich folks, and we ain't gwlne to let Liverpool nnd London own and ran onr hanks, either. We are gtviue to vote for Tom Watson or bust.” SHORT TALKS WITH MANY PEOPLE. Jpdtra Jam**, M. Guerry of Dawson dame ir. on the afternoon (gain yester day und left at once for Atlanta, where he goes to do some of his best work Par MnJ. Bacon. .... “Our section." he said. "Is almost •olid tar Bacon, and I think I nee a chance to got a few mofe votes for him If he la not elected on the first ballot. There In nothing to do but put MaJ. Bacon in. und 1 don't think there Is any doubt about ills, success." Judge Guerry is the brllUant South west Georgia lawyer who recently tried (or tho c»ngrcf»!or*al nomination In hi* district. A combination of circumstances defeated lUm. and he has since been on the sheM—waiting, as It were, for the people to call hhn down, as they will surely do yet. "I don't want ft now,” Is the State ment Judge Gucnry made to me yester day afternoon. "I don’t think I would walk nn far as from here to that train to get to congress. X thought I wanted it at first, but I have since changed my mind, and wltl-nevor run again. “A* I once heard a fellow say, T nm staying at home attending to business nml am only running for a lawyer: thut'H all.” But the people of Southwest Georgia concede the foot that Judge Guerry ts too good a man to toe sHetarked, and you can count an ft Ithit he will euoneed lien Russell tn congress l( he iHiangos lit** mind. Dr. J. W. Goodwyn, Macon's well known druggist, returned yesterday from a few weeks' stay on Dr. McHat- -ton's emulation it* yvxunln county,where ho spent the most delightful time of hla life. Dr. MoHaitton owns a rnig- ntfleont Plantation In Fannin, with five miles of trout alrcnsn on flic place. This la enough to make a toes ardoVt sports man that Dr. Goodiwyn enjoy himself. Ur. MoHaitton and wife are expected h'jroc about November 1. Judge Bartlett was at the depot yes terday afternoon grading those of hla friends who came In on the kite trains. As usual be had n hearty handshake for all. and. In return a word of eon- grntulathm' from those he met on the splendid tight he la making for congrc.es In tin* district. To several of hla trlomle Judge Bartlett expressed tho opinion that he would heat His oppo nent by shout 4.600 votes—provided, of cwunse. the Democrat* of the district do their full duty. He does not deny the fact that there are Populist* In the dis trict. and thl* is all the more reason why every Democrat should go to the poll* Judge Bartlett remarked that If Itfbb would only do her best tor him, he could count on nn easy victory. Those who are tn charge of the campaign in this county give ample assurances that Btbb will do her port. “I have been coming to fair* In Ma con for fifteen or twenty years past. I reckon." wild Dr. G.W. Fa-Tar, a prom inent phywlolan of Dawson, to me yes terday. "and I must say that this D larger than them aM. I have been lb expositions here end elsewhere, and the Dixie Fair oleosee me more than all tho others—and I haven't spent much time on Midway, either. X am glad they ore going to start the races tomorrow, though. There are any number of peo ple tn our section who are juflt waiting tor the races to Blurt. You will see them up here now In force." *»«• Ool. Jeff. Lane. general manager of thn Georgia Southern nnd Macon and Birmingham road*, was not nvereo to talking ivhvn I met him yesterday. The subject uppermost In his mind Just now la Crest the now station on the Macon and Birmingham road, about Rtrty miles from Macon, which la destined to be come a good-ailed town before long, and especially a utmtimr resort of some note. Ool. Lnno savs there arc throe raw mills at Crent. the product of which ts shipped from that place. There la also a steam gin. with a capacity ot 23 ba.UK ot cotton per day. Nature, he ».iys, ha* done much for the town. It 1* ourroundd by mountains of rare baiuty, und from the foot of the mountains flow innumerable springs of pure water, each winding its way through the valley* below on to the Film river. Several realdencea and business Iioubws ore to be erected nt Crest at once. Mp. It. A. Patrick ts the Wading spirit of the near town, and Is doing much for H. City Clerk Bride,-* Smith It a bicy clist with a veiureunce. Nothing pleases him better than to wake up an hour or tiro before day and take a spin around the city white other people art asleep. He goes cut on his wheel every morn ing between 4 and 6 o'clock, and say# he can't enjor hD breakfast unto he has pushed the pedals t>v«r ten or fifteen macs of smooth road. Clerk Smith la not only .a long-distance bike crank, but he t* now learning to do trick* He think* he can ride his wheel on a rope already, but the act Je resistance which be propo*iw to spring on the public at an early <l*v V now under rehexnaxl. He «zvicM to stand on his head and push the pedals with Ms hand* at the same time batvndrur hla family of boys on hi* feet. The art la not yet perfect 'd. bat it ta progressing nicely, and he hope* be survive. Col. Eugene Hawkins of America*, one of the prominent lawyers and pol itician- of Southwest Georgia, pasec-1 I through Macon yesterday afternoon en route to Atlanta. Several who raw Col. Hawkina at the d-p ■: - ,s-e:ed ghat hla presec ace at Atlanta meuna that Judge Crisp will become a dark horse In 'the race for the senate. Several •ther Americas people went through to Atlanta last night. Col. C. C. Duncan of Perry, who was appointed Indian commissioner by Sec retary of the Interior Bbke Smith, has Ju»t returned home for a short vaca tion. Coi, Duncan's duties as Indian commissioner diave taken him Into ev ery state and territory where Indiana are located, amt hi* friend* nay the climate of the West has had a nvosrt gratifying effect ort him. Hla experi ence with the Indians han also given him a rich fund of anecdote, and a con versation with him 1* both Interesting and Instructive. RHYME AND REASON* ORIGIN OP THE POLITICIAN. In Hade* once there waa a llend Who oauied great disaffection By preaching to the others that They needed an election. Ere long he ran for Satan's place. The race, no doubt, was heated, But Satan waa elected and The Kicker waa defeated. And, smarting from defeat, be sworo By all that was eternal, That he would try another sphere And leave that place infernal. Assuming mortal shape he bent Hla course in oil directions, Until he found that country where Were held the roost elections; And there It was this sore-head fiend Began his earthly mission; He leaped astride a mule and there Was earth's first politician I When & Jap hears & Chinaman singing that popular Chinese air "Will Yez All Be Wid Me Whin tho Fight Begins?” he closes one eye and remarks: “We'll be Wl-Ju.” Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report 1 j»ggsfSfa Powder A!SM?a.UTES.¥ PURE Just let this old world wag along, And If you've got no money. Why, Just remember that the bees Are still a-mokln' honey. The esteemed Col. Nathan Strauss teems to be tn that frame ot mind usually ascribed to tho wet hen. Has the Democratic party In New York decided to voluntarily go out of com mission? You'd better stop your growling 'cause This world from care ain't free: It la more than likely that It Is The beat you'll ever see. Tho difficulty of getting straight ac counts ot the war In the East la explained by the fact that the name, rent across twist tho cable Into hard knot* "Arc there no foes for me to face?” The tramp with feeling sang. As cautiously he climbed upon the fence; The question soon was answered, for a e bull dog at him sprang, d the speed of hla departure waa ta' • mcnae. —Robert L. Blalock. GROWING LESS EXCLUSIVE YEAR LY. English Aristocracy Letting Down the Bars to "the People tn Trade." Not 60 very loDg ugo the line be tween the aristocratic and other classes of the community was very decidedly drawn at trade, saya Cassell's Maga zine. A poor family might lay claim to gentility, and one or more of its members might now and then Ague at, say, a county ball, but a tradesman's family—eievcr. Now It Is otherwise, the aristocracy themselves having stepped over the dividing line. Lord Shrewsbury nnd Talbot, for instiraoe, who takes precede** of all other earls, unfclushlngly became :t rich cab propri etor; "Lord Rayleigh”'' is the Inscrip tion 'that may he read on the signboard of one or two London dairies. Tho marques of Londonderry lu prepared to deliver coat by the ton. “No agents” —such ore the final words of this no bleman's advertisement, put in Just os any trader born und bred might put them In. This descent from aristocratic seclusion into the arena of commercial conflict 'Is uot confined to the male por tion of our nobility. Titled ladles un- dep-dlsgulaed names carry on millinery establishment* and run cafes. Their dainty fingers, too, are not abSve «na- ulpukalng flowers for profit- Ho gen erally, indeed, luu the sacred thirst for gold Infected the upper ton that, where-" us they were wont to bo accused of liv ing m Idleness, they are now accus tomed to taking the bread out of the mouths of those who depend entirely upon business for their support. Far ben rath these noble ranks can be trsuaxl it similar descent Street mu«le, for Instance, used to be dis coursed by the utterly abject nnd bro ken down; now men and women, warm ly cktd and well fed, go nbout with organs. Troupe* of men sing, rattle the bones, and do • breakdown tn the thoroughfares to the tune of less than the better part of a sovereign per day per man. Two hundred pounds a year In an assured situation was the sala ry t!i'Ll one young man threw up last rummer to Join n nigger troupe nt the seaside, and. he doesn't regret It At the end of tho season he had more money than he had ever had In one time before, and during the season he ate bettor dinners nnd drank trotter wines than he had ever eaten or drunk before. Hawking matches or laces, or any other trifle, in public house bars used to be and still is n way of evad ing the law against begging. Indeed, tho custom of singing on tile streets oroso out of the fame necessity, for there In wont riot to Incriminate them, selves. Now you will be In a saloon bar of a first-rate refreshment house. In come* a top-hatred, wc!T-dressed man wflh a big. Seme successful stock broker. you think, tf It be lathe city. You fancy you are the victim of a delusion. Here Is thl* man. as well-dros.-ed a* youl principal, holding hi* open bag before you and asking you to buy a box of vastasl Well-dressed women are going about from public house to public house pursuing similar culling*. They speak well, too, do these people, betraying n fair amount of education. If tradesmen have any grounds for complaining of the aristocracy trench ing on their territory, surely the poor and needy havo grounds of similar complaining of having the Instruments of their profWslon thus confiscated by an apparently superior cla^s. Of course, with *uch a downward trend, the poor and needy are driven tow*.* still, and thl* la o. measure l* seen In the ever lncivxiaEnff charitable ltistliutloiv*. re lief agencies, soup kitoh^na, and so forth, and the ewer Increasing strain on the resources of such establish ment*. THROUGH EYES FEMININE. The Misses Owens are visiting Miss Katie Martin during the fair. Mrs. W. H. Felton to spending this week with her daughter, Mrs. M. J. Hatcher. ■Miss Mury Birfr of Griffin Is visiting the family of Mrs. George Burr, on Or ange street. Miss Kate Louise du Bose, a social fa vorite in Athens, in the guest of Mina Mamie Wiley, an College Street. Miw Kate Klmmy of Washington. Oa., will visit the family ot Mr. H. D. Adam* tn VtnevlHe. during the fair. The many friends of Mi* Roas White are glad to hdxr she Is convalescent. M.c. White haa been critically til with diphtheria. Mrs. J. F. Ilinson Is still with her in Atlanta. Dr. George Payne la In the city super intending the state exhibit at the fair. Dr. Payne counts his Macon friends by the eoore. omd they are always glad to see him here. Miss Mary Pat lemon is now in Rome, very HI. at the home of her sister, Mrs. Hamilton Yancey. Miss Patterson has numerous friends in Macon who hope to hear of her improvement very soon. Mts. J. D. Stetson has gome to Pery to attend the marriage of Mira LUa Dunoon to Mr. Pate of HawWnsvllle. Miss Duncan Is one of the most beau tiful woman In the »tate. She will be reroenttered as visiting Mrs. J. C. Wea ver In tMaoon winter beftjre last. It will- be of Interact to Macon peo ple to hear of Miss Elia Rawls' mar riage to Mr. dlerrlhew of Savannah. Miss Roiwlca, has for many years been a -favorite in Macon society. She is wklo’y known for -her beauty, and her friends here congratulate Ma. Merritt- enw. ANOTHER COTTON PICKER. Jackson. Ml**., Oct 14.—Tho cotton picking machine of Bloon Brothers cf Dallas. Tex., was given a highly satis factory test today on a plantation Ui-ar here. It gather* 1-0 per cent, of the open cotton in a fOtnaiwhat trashy con dition. The picking with four men and four nudes was done at the rate of ten or twelve bales per Jay. It is thought the machlno will rerolutloplio cuttvn farming. T-he Terpslohereame will give a dance complimentary <o the young ladle* on Friday evening at the residence of Mr. B. C, Smith. This dub, composed of younger people of society, is noted Mr its delightful affaire, and this, their opening dance, Is looked forward to I with much pleasure. PLEA FOR THE FEEBLE MINDED.I An Open Letter to the General As-1 sembly of Georgia. According to the last census there are (137 feeble-minded children in the state of Georgia between the ages of 6 and,20 years old. I don't suppose there is ja citizen of the fltaite but what is surprised at -the number. Six hun dred and thirty-seven poor, dear af flicted ones—afflicted not from any faults or acts of theirs. No, innocent or the cause, providence alone knows why. Whait have we done? What ap propriations have our noble, kind- hearted representatives made for these, the greatest sufferers? Not one cent; I might toll the truth and say rmt jone sympathetic thought. Thed blind, deaf and dumb, insane, state sohools for bright and ordinary minds, technological schools, school at Mll- ledgcvJIle for fitting girls for useful lives, military sohools: it is all good, right and proper. The feeble-minded appeal ho one's sympathy more than all others. The blind, deaf and dumb •will stay at home, you can chain the insane if necessary, but these dear children that cannot work must have some amusement or wander around over the streets. A friend of mine had a son, who tn childhood had a long protracted sickness. When phy sically well the mother found his mind affected—weakened. He grew to man hood and was of some little assistance to Ms widowed mother. He left home one morning, -taking a walk on tho Irafroad track, and was crushed to death, brought to his mother mangled, bleeding, dead.. She had three chil dren, two bright, but this dear afflicted one was her Idol. She now lives a ner vous wreck, which will never end un til God calls her to come up higher. Had you established this school two years ago that young man would be living today, and In the future be n support to 4>1« mother. American Institution-* of this char acter are divided Into two departments, the educatoml and the custodial. In the school department tho children »re taught In the kindergarten method*, and In the ordtnary branches, spelling, reading, numbers, etc., to the extent of the Child'* ability. Progressive games, Object teaching, gymnastics, dumbbells, simple lesson* In anatomy, are taught to dunce, and they enjoy themselves very much. All of this training 1* especially adapted to the Improvement ot the fceble-mtnded. These principles of physiological train ing of the senses and faculties of ex ercising -the power of attention, per l ceptlon and Judgment hy teaching the qualities of objects Instead of expect ing the Child to -absorb knowledge from books, by progressive training of the eye, ear and hands. Of course, they commence on a lower plane. The progress In many cases ts slow. Oth er* soon lea-rn to read, write nnd do rather difficult sum* In arithmetic! They ore carefully taught morality, Even those who cannot talk kneel by the bedside, the attendant repeating a simple prayer. They are taught to be polite and courteous, net only to teach ers and attendants, but to their C-les- mates. The most Important training ts in industrial occupations—manual la- twr. carpentry, painting, brick making, shoe making,hammock making,making foot mats of rope, farming, garden ing. The serool work is beautiful. Washing, Ironing, etc., nil are carried the mental training. Boys that are not physically strong enough to labor are taught to croohet, making beautiful baby oboes of xeptiyr. The furniture was covered with a brown rep. em- ibroMered In Che Ktvrdngtbn dutch with white rope linen. Every child has a separate bed, the pillow ghnms worked tn turkey red hy these boys. It gives them employment and they are consequently made happy by the knowledge that they are useful. Some of the schools where the brightest Imbeciles are received, and where the industrial training has been good, state that from 20 to 30 per cent, of the pupils that are discharged are self-supporting. Those who could not manage successfully alone can go with the brighter mind*, assist tn business and be successful. As soon as a^itkl can buttle and dress himself, then he assists the younger to do eo, lessening the expense by having fewer attend ants. The custodial department Includes the lower class of idiots, epileptics and Insane. Home are as helpless as babes; oasnot walk or talk and have to be fed. dressed and cored for os lnfjntsJ In the sohool I visited was a blind boy, 10 years of age. He rat on a bench, but rocked his body backward and forward as at home lie had sat in a rocking Choir.' He would not let you touch his hands or take anything hi them. In a week he was taught to hold a small piece of paper, then * caramel, which he put In Ms mouth and eat. A bright-looking boy of 10 could only i*ay one word—'’Mama.” In one week he learned to speak three words—"me, my and Bible," but he could not repeat It after the teacher. By asking * new aohoVlr to speak them he caught the words parrot-.ike. Want of time and for tear ot ex hausting your patience, I will not speak of other cases. For this class that cannot be taught to be self-sus taining they make them a happy home, where they can be useful in a quiet way. In one of the InstttuUons North one of the Inmates ha* peeled pota toes for ten years. It was all he could do and he did that well. How useful, though, in an humble why. Some of the children have musical talent and learn to play brass Instruments. Alt sing that can talk. . The census of 1890 shows that there are 95,671 Idiotic and feeble-snlnded penwna tn the United States; 637 ill the state of Georgia. Apalling thought! That la tar below the correct figures, for many mothers will not even admit to themselves that their children tire defective. . , , . . _ The schools are not only classed as Charitable, but economical. A hundred dollars Invested in training the feeble minded saves a thousand in fhenext generation. Sixteen states have bcJkwIs. Besides, at the North there are a great many private school*. The South has one in Kentucky, so full of their own children that it cannot take any out siders: California has a school Wo are dependent on -the Northern schools. How hard for a -mother to send a cMld with a bright -mind so far from home, but heart-rending to send a feebta- . minded one so far among strangers, who cannot tell how he la treated, whether contented or happy. Howr he misses the'mother’s tender, watchful care. Only God knows what That mother suffers ' from constant anxiety for the afflicted dear child. In ’the sdhool I visited Alabama. South Carolina, Georgia were aU represented. How aad. ae Dr. Do- ran <rf the sdh<»l in Columbus, O., stys, "so grealt a state G—Oriffa Should have a school. hard times. State In exponses aomewhere. Take the J2S.OOO appropriates to the soldlere’ eticamp- nient. No kind-hearted man wilt ob ject. Do not defer tt until another year or month. Right now make an appropriation, build cottages, com mence on a small scale. You wlUnml must suoceed. There ore kind, noble- hearted men who would give land for all purposes If the subject was pre sented to them in a proper manner. It I were well I would devote my few -remaining months In eollotniiR contributions. 1 will do ull■ 1 ^can, if you will only make a contribution. I pray God may put It in the hearts of every member 'to do this inestimable work now. Mw c G . FauUln . STATESBORO COURT. Statesboro, Oct. 25.—(SpeoAD—Supe rior court adjourned hero yesterday at noon. The grand Jury recommcudef the establishment of a comity cotvf, with Ool. J. T. Brannon judge and R. Leo Moore solicitor. Otto negro, Ben Jnchsou, was stmt to tlie-pcnl- tentlnry for twenty years for rape uff a 10-year-old girl. — ■ - ANSWER THIS QUESTION. Why do so many people wo sea around us seen! to prefer to suffer and be made miserable by indigestion, con stipation, dizziness, loss of appetite, coming up of the food, yellow Bkln, when for 76 cents we will sell them Shiloh’s Vltallzer .guaranteed to cure them? Sold by Goodwyn & Small Drug Company, corner Cherry street and Cotton avenue. Sfflitf MIhb BellaStevona,of Boston, Mass., 'writes: I havo always suffered from hereditary Scrofula, for which I triodj ■ various remedies, and many reliable' ;: physicians, but none relieved me. After',*: |taklt:K 0 bottles of . I am now well. II lam very Rrateful I mm Loans made on choice real estate and farming lands In Georgia. Interest 7 per cent. Payable in two, three or flv* year* No delay. Commissions very reasonable, SECURITY LOAN AND ABSTRACT COMPANY. 420 Second Street. Uaooa. O* ARTHUR FEW, Civil Engineer. M. Am. Sos. C. E. M., Inst. C.E. Survey* plans, estimates and apeclflca. Ilona. Office 61744 Poplar street, Macon. Georgia, Cheap Money to Lend On improved city and farm property. In Bibb and Jones counties In loans ranging from 8510 uo at 7 per cent, sim ple interest; time from two ta five year* Promptness and accommodation . ape- ctalty. L. J. ANDERSON A CO.. Nn. XU Second Street. Macon. U* MONEY TO LOAN. Seven per cent. Loans negotiated os Improved city property end farm* SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST COM. PANY OF GEORGIA. 864 Second, attest, Macon. O* PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. \Ve have this day formed a copart nership under the firm name of JOHN M. & LEGARE WALKER, and will conduct a Real Estate. Sale and Rental Business, together with a Fire and Accident Insurance Agency. We shall make a specialty of the rental business In all Its details, and i-apectfully solicit a continuance of the liberal patronage heretofore ex tended our Mr. Legare Walker. Office, No. 161 Second street, near Willingham's warehouse. JOHN M. WALKER. LEGARE WALKER. «■—