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THE MACON TELEGSAPH: MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1894.
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MuilT BE BEADY.
The return* yeaterBax from Texas
flnw that the Populist* did not gain
the great victory in tfial stats which
for a time was credited to them. On
tho contrary, the L'oniocrala have
probably carried the state by flft>-
thousand majority and alcited .every
member of the nongfuslon.il. delega
tion bnt one, and that one 1, a lkpub
lican, not a Populist. Aa the Populists
completely lost their hold on Kansas,
Nebraska and Colorado,, they bare now
only a few scat tor. tig njembere from
different states, and may be com.dered
to hare disappeared as a national force,
except that tbelr representatives In tho
win to will continue to sit after tho
popular movement which put them In
power has disappeared. It, is a very
significant fact that the result of tho
campaign made of, tho Populists and
by Democrats tymt»thls|ng with them
has resulted not n gains for them, hut
for the Btgtbblloans. Every aiaiuirtont!
made in favor of Populism has mads
convert* to Republicanism' if wo may
believe the itory tor.l b/ tlics election
return*. / -t •••"£ '■/ ‘ ' I
It la necessary . tor. r. notv party
which ha, norer boon In power to con
tinue to grow or It .unnot continue to j
Kve, Orosrap.ift.ft oonJUIon of Its ex
istence. Wo bollovo, therefore, that
the Popul.at party will practically dls- :
nppenr from now on. but the effects
of the Populist movement will not dis
appear with It. Tout movement has
created in tbs South a, sharp division
among the white people. It haa deni-1
onstrated that the pressure brought
upon tho white Aooplo'of this (notion
by tho weight oT notfro ;goom oco
around them' and 'Wor.hotn prejudice
and power above them, is no ion ear
sufficient to keop thorn together. The
South It bo longer solid, bccsuuo South
ern white men no longer hello Yd that
It :* necessary for them to stick to
gether undor any and all o'.reumsuncea
In order to ho safe! "Ttls being true,
wo oxpoct the division which has been
crested by tho PopolWt movement to
enntinne. But If tho Popultat party
disappears, what will become of tba
men who havo gone Into that party
In the Smith! YTo believe they will
become Republicans. At lsast a por
tion of shorn will: Not" because tho
measures which they favor will be
adopted by the Republican party, but
bccuuio they will' omno to recognise
tho fundamental fad that the pater
nalism which was tho general cbariio-
tor.stlo of tho hi'hefs of the Populist
party Is also tho general.chornctorittlo
of tho beliefs of the Republican
party. They agree in tholr con
ception of tho duties of the goverment
toward tho people. They have differed
only as to tho measures which the gov-1
ernmont should adopt for the welfare!
of tho poople. This being true, 5t will;
be a comparatively caty tjilng to con
vince men who want iho government
to tftko caro of ibc ciiUeu to threw In j
the'r fortunes with the Republican p«r-
ly. wlu-n there is no other party char-
log that belief with him. Wo are like
ly to find In tin- R'luth. therefore, a
much stronger • n>pub’lcaa p.my In
the future than In the Immediate past
—a Republican party .vli!ch nuy be
slow la ber-cmlng orgauiwd, which
msy net develop mu li strength for
two or three jeers, but which n 111 grow
Just as fast as popular Interest In de
feated Populist measure* dios out,
Tbia Republican party will have a
certain advantage that the Popuhsts
have cot had. It will hold the negro
through his IradtL'otui loyalty to tliat
. pirty. IfWlir suffer - under a Ri M d- 1
vantage which tho Populists have es
caped. In that UwiU.Inherit iCii had
character made for It during reeonstruo •
ikm days In this section. Rnpportel j
by ft rcepoctablo propi.t’.oa of th«
white people of this section, It will I
undoubtedly be able to - again make It-
•elf formidable. If It'can completely
control the Ignorant negro masses, aa
It did -,n the years Immediately fol
lowing the war. It wffl either con
trol the Southern Mateo, as It did then,
oc It wUl compel the white peoplo to
twott to violence or whatever other
method may bo necessary to deaiioy
It* power, as they were forced to do
In the early We. -
Tb« legislature of Georgia now la
season should take theaq foots Into
considMRM on. By providing * su.la-
ble ballot law wh-ch will set up a test
of Intelligence and education and’ at
the tamo time Insure fair elections, it
can deprive the situation which wo
have described of all Its elements oi
dmgar. It could make sure that tho
Intelligence of the state wilt control
Sts affairs, and- when this Is true. It
does not matter so much by what
name the party in control It called.
At least, the success of another party
than the Democratic parly would not
under such circumstance* mean a re
lapse Into barbarism or a fight to
thrust out barbarism, tu was the case
on the former occasion. Somewhat
numerous election. bills nave been In
trod need In both nooses of the legis
lature. It Is plain that the public vep
timent of the state, without regard to
party, Is overwhelmingly In favor of
reform that will insure nure elections.
This being true, It ought to lw easy
for the committee having the matter
in charge to make up from these blits
already introduced and from the laws
of other states a measure perfectly
TCulted to the condition, which exist
In this state. To do this Is ft public
duty of tho first Importance. Neglect
of tt will subject the members of '.be
legislature to harsh, and wo ihluk de
served, criticism by their constituent*.
REGISTER TODAY.
Tho Telegraph yesterday nrged at
•oma length upon our citizens the Im
portance of registering for tho city
election. It does not wish to make It
self tiresome in this connection, but
again recur* to the-subject.. It does
so because every Citizen of Macon who
Is entitled to vote owe* it to ttie wot-
fare of the commuaty to Lake part
In the selection of tho men to be en
trusted with the city’* affairs'. If all
citizens w.ll vote, we have not ibe
slightest doubt that tbelr choice w.ll
fall upon proi>er men. The majority
of 'the people of Macon believe In good
government and -are Intelligent enough
to select proper peiuons to g.ve them
good government. It the -hoice at any
time shows lt'ck of w.sdoin In that the
ability and churacter of the men se
lected are not what they should be,
that fact Is due to the failure of the
citizens who are really most Interested
in the welfare of the city and moat ca
pable of vot.ng w.bely to take part In
the election. It Is a notorious tact
that the people who have the largos;
•take In the - - community, whose luilu-
ence would be most useful 'n fixing the
character of tho government, are tho
very men who are most apt to neg
lect or refuse to take part In the elec
tions. They, fall In duly and tbe.r ten
ure is a m.stftte of the greatest import
ance. - Bo fag is personal comfort and
psrimps personal prosperity U con
cerned, the municipal government of
Macon ts of more Importance to the
c.tlzen of Macon than tho government
of the stato or of the nation. It Is the
government which touches bltu most
closely; which takes moat from blui
in taxes, which require* most of him
la sacrifices of other kinds, and from
which ho lias a right ,to expect most
In the way of the conveniences sod
comforts which must bo provided by
tljo common effort of citizens.
Remember that there are only eight
more days, Including today, in which
you can register. It wUl oe easier for
you to register todsy than on any
other of the seven, In all probability.
Therefore, tako prompt action In this
matter. We havo th.s opportunity to
serve the city, and lu serving It of
course to ses*ve ourselves.
GREATER NEW YORK.
There Is no doubt oins'.derablo Jeal
ousy of Chicago In the movement to
consolidate New York, Brooklyn and
the neighboring towns >h;o ouo city.
But the scheme 1« an imposing one.
ttr.klng to tho Imagination, mid for
this reason, perhaps, has received the
approval of overy ono of tho munici
palities consented. The legislature will
perhaps act promptly and the result
will bo a city of nearly three millions
of poeoplt—he* populous only than
London—and lu territorial extent ex
ceeding that metropolis of tho world.
Such a city wUl gain something, no
doubt, in tho Impression Its.immensity
makes on tho Imagination* of men,
but wo are inclined to think that this
Is tho least gain to be expected by the
people most ImmedU'cly concerned-
Ws think that tho government of tbit
great olty will bo much belter govern
ment than that of either of tho de
tached cities making >t un bat been.
Ws think experience has demonstrated
that representatives m any legislative
body are apt. In character and intelli
gence, to be high or low In proport'on
to the site of the constituency they rep
resent. Of course this rule will not
work without numerous exceptions.
Rut It la much easier to elect a small
and bad man from a small eoustUu-
rney than from a very large one. It
Is easier, for Instance, to elect a dis
reputable person of bad character and
low Intelligence alderman of any dry
In Georgia than to elect h.ra governor
of the state. Whatever may bo tho
reasons, we think that experience baa
demonstrated that this is tree. It It
b true, then tt ts likely that tho greater
New York w.ll bo more wisely governed
than the present city has been, unless
tbs mistake Is made of dividing the
elty Into exceedingly small districts
from which to elect the men who con
trol Its government. It U net dkely,
however, that this mistake will be
made.
The country wilt watch tho experi
ment with a great deal of Interest.
SPIRIT OF THE GEORGIA PRESS.
The Georgia Legislature wHl earn
the undy:rig gnotUudg of the people
If they will consolidate a few of oar
elections.—Greensboro Herald-JourniL
The Jubilant rejoicing of some of our
Populist friends ovr the recent Repub-
UOM> victory is a great big glaring sign
post which polfvc out trie road they
are traveling.—.McIXjffi-! Journal.
Another Democrat has been born In
to Ills world. This one Is at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. a. Henderson, and
they ar* very proud of him. Prime him
Cburlie iBUrtieK.—KnjvCttvlUc News.
The baettoo press is yelping at MaJ
Bacon, declaring 'he was the "ring”
oxndutyte. He was the ring candidate.
If they mean the people were strictly
"lo 'the nag" when he was elected.—
Greensboro Herald-Journal.
Those who rouse Mr. Cleveland ore
the Wall street Rounder*, McKinley
•Sarto, member* of trusts growing out
of protection, Republicans, Populism
trad pug-nose, nanabead, knock-kneed,
sparrow-coed, dyspeptic, broken-down
rheumatic DezncoreiUo . toads.—Tk.at-
nail Journal.
We want to see oil elections held on
toe same day, end we want to see on*
primivy held by tlye Democratic party
JgJJ* cjunw .W maite all domina
tions, and we believe this -will do away
uamotariry ex-
t/Jtom/iat Md ta.’tnojjaivj-!, • aitdl wj»
oave * considerable amount of time for
our voting population.—Jackson Argus.
Horn Augustus O. Bacon two* the
S*,. 01 ® Bemocratic mucus on
, fl™ 1 ballot and he has been elect-
2?.^?J2?- le l? sl: - lure United
SufJJ-JWRF f c<^n.<3«orgla to loute rite
Ptoce of Hon: A. H. Co’qultt. Mai.
£S£i']J s J£. able , , U! 5n a,rf Wfl fill that
PoMrion wtai_ credit to hkr.self and tho
fit ate. W e believe him to be very near
tea platform o-n. Hie <*lver
queat.on.—Marion County p^trioft.
NofcWnx Buffered bo much iiv the
storm of fcctilots Iaat TueoJay as the
ultra-free eilver cranklem.. It cannot
be sale 4o have won a victory anywhere,
and In many noinis ito defeat wae
crushing* The people have got R in for
the crow^l fthat wants to give thean a
glut of depreciated currency and pay
an enormoue bounty to the owner* of
diver bullion. The I« to 1 free alK-er
bubble has bumted.—Coflunibus Bn-
qulrer-Sun.
We have raw consolation: The Host*
3® y tec Senate may be gone,
New York may be gone, the West may
be gone, but She Democrats have a
ran la tbs Presidential chair with
brains and backbone enough to hold
down a dozen Republican Congresses.
J® 4 •£ •upsre generalship wit; isad us
to victory In '9S._Worth County Looit.
We can console ourselves with the
reflection that. the Third party went
down with us. but that's mighty poor
coonfort.—WUyctws* Herald.
Tae election of Tuesday was one of
the moat surprising ever held In this
oouncry; surprise* because of she won
derful gains mads by the Republican
party, the gran; tosse* sustained by the
Derooctuliic party, atm the utter de-
« teat wild. teztSttlclem
koowu os Populism. The Republicans
will have at least sixty majority in the
Fifty-fourth Congress, while the Pop-
ullst reptesenihition will be reduced
vXS Sm‘2 V 1 ° r “ V6n - 10 N * w
York Hill baa been defeated for Gov-
>Ud*»^Weekir ra “ <IO “ maJorlty -
potlC7 of itbe Republican party tmpoeet-
bir. The reel cause of the defeat of the
Democrats, outside of New York, -wa*
the hard rimes. To a very great cx:«k
the Democratic party la blamed for
money oaala-of lt93. and the dl»tre»s
that foilowel. Being in poyer. It ia beM
responsible for aK of the truttbrat '.bat
const upon the country, as a matter of
fact, nothing that the Democrj uc par
ty did mused the business and !IViUS-
trial deproeslon. The depressiem is as
area* to Bhtlooe a it is in this country,
showing that the cause of shrinkage rf
values and the oaraiysl, cf Induxtrtol
end business tn'.erests ts general. It ts
nod confined to any one country.—
Brooks County News.
The congrtaafonal elections through
out the oouncry on Tuteday resulted in
general Republican victories. They
hove captured the house by a large
majority, and Reed wtU be opeiker of
r- • house. They have also prob
ably captured enough state legislatures
to contort oh* ire-ct senate. Hill was de
feated by an overwhetming majority.
Hi* fiahlt on the or ml den: and the Dem
ocratic tariff till in the se.-n te made him
a weak candidates, aside from his un
savory record as a sHek poiiilcian. He
dragged the party down in (bad state.
The work of Democratic reform haa
been checked and it was all brought
about by free eflveri-sm end Hilllstn In
the Democratic party. The.hustotus
men of the country refine to allow our
Onaaetet system 4o be patterned after
Mexico'*.
-In the struggle the Populate were
ground an fine as xowder between the
upper and the nether millstones They
■revs <h satires red 'sveiTwhere.
It Is to b hosed that the party will
learn wisdom in adveratty. and that
during the approaching lust session of
the -present term additional reform mea
sures WHl be adopted before they go
out.—Valdosta Times.
'• ITEMS NEWSY.
Highest of all in Leavening Tower.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Powder
Absolutely pure
owns a mure that la dol;vz rervtce wiih
a Woken neck. According to th* paper,
the horae'u necktsect wr.h a oust bourd
on each aide, -while the animal is enjoy
ing good health und wSH yet cooks &
record.
A correspondent in the MWedgevtlle
Dolly Bee saya that the undelopea re
sources of Georgia should b« for the
state's 5.0X1 white chKdrea; that to »«
I the mines and qunrrtM to foreigners
would be a Crime again* th'uee white,
aad blacks to the manner born. The
writer vigorously opposes paying a bo
nus for Imadgranto.
Rov. B. W. Johnson tosthts residence
at Heipzibah by fire Friday morolng:
Mrs. Kate Vickers died at XVaaltlng-
ton laat Monday eight.
Calhoun hes «a - flourishing literary
club conducted by its young people.
Mrs. T. C. Green died at Ryo, In Gor
don county, recently. ,
Bacon—Senator Bacon, we
*®“tonished to
3-8* 1 1“ J» tee camUdato of .the
ootnage -element in
ttfaer ith6 tufa of 4he resolution
declaring for that policy. R la trui thatt
5?!? *° r w “ 001 explicit In all of
his utterances upon the currency queo-
i* hove boen wished, but
A® fi-fi let tt be dkrtlnctty undcraiood
Chat be was not a wonshlpper at the
altar of the IS to 1 Idol. Thto mt ex-
^>v.Jy the poeltlon of Mr. pWatoh.
aS n l y ,(>curel tone voles for
united States eensuor.-mBullock Time*.
of Totwduy’e etectlon was
trot entirely unexpected by th* Demo-
jyats. buk thay foi trot urttldpats he*
lag ovenwhetmed to -oampieiely, Force
at ctrcurastusiCM were against us and
a defeat ww not untoStHfwl lt J£a
umfortunau* for the Deraoenw* that
‘*^ y {“«<> powr Juet when they
era; y te* hegteOKnl of nn era of gen-
®; ja buotosss depreeukra. The party was
tb^,f^Mn ras; ? ns ^ tw 'tel" condt-
tK>n of ’thins*, for ths depneealon bad
22?2E!2 5^ or ® teey assume^ con-
tTol of tlte government, butt ttwu,. nev-
SS%S?3w!2£? '!i th belag te*cause
of the hand tlmea end suffered Itho eon-
sequcnces.—Qu»m«4i Free Press.
8l,,m P on Tues-
rffu* 1 *® *!Y*n the country to (he Re-
Sone wewt Pn ! rr racv '‘ > terislom have
of e0w6r and prowess
IT.ii® Chernies were unable to aceora-
tvhile yet she stood with uniited,
’ ni ® P°P ulj '' discon-
*J5SH ck ‘.“"’J® blow at the
lS, Si"" “hfi bhh hurled it from
IS! ,rh * , D6xt frouse Is Republican
Jjuj* .Si**’, *naJo*Tty. The White House
ba tee only -breakw.uter to tho
ude tha j h Dem .
Sm?L h JJ B *lw. an «l nil the probablltties
*t» oocupaincy by a RepubUcan
In 1SS7. Georgia ts eaved from the wreck
*»>fi voturos a Mild Democratic delegi-
T° * leart <° write more.
Let us look about us at the wredk and
Wnjtgthe tthtosns that remain. A
polio must be Inaugurated (hart will
b-ope and salvation to a defeated
K25 h “ rd tlm *® *Q<1 Demo-
Btr ife have
p..ijed the wild. Oonftdenec must be
fijnl te* party once more put
ported f ° r 'Ictonr.—LaGrange Rc-
Tho Recetat Diedilon.—It ts a com
plete surprise to the people of the
South. We have onriolpared x Repubil-
c™ *»! n ' and hanre even eupposed It
might be possible ttoott tihe Democra-
c>~ m tght be defeated, brat than Khc ver-
dk!t i&ilnst D^mootBcy would b* so
propewnwa we n«%vr anticipated, tt U
useless for us to give retsooa for tt.
ff *! to tut that the dit«e:D»lone
? tes IKunocraUc party, together with
Populls(a 1»v* de-
^ P»mpef*to It tssome satls-
te; Ptsra won't amount
tec PppulWk A K3S\Sr«K irns
SI*”*® °* te« south and the
were a menace to our people.
If tbs Democracy must lose wvwTutt
a responsible, eound party to rale a id
we lr>p« (teat the viators will slune
^Jjte ttoto Lstks dlefritoctoto the
'JJT 0 ** *, D '' all bad
etoneots, read make this a white men's
goverttmetrt.—Barnesvlllr Home ^r
Thls la not a good year for the Dem
ocrats. In Tutadav* electron thS-
pretty badly Wateta. T ::Vre d^a nS
••em to be much douV that t^ev’hjv-^e
|a« the conmol of the *m b5. tc'S
to be regcuteJ Tl.e Republicwns VriU
la a conditton of affaire thax Is greaziv
Interpret thetr victory aa an t.-id*-aucm
that th* roerte are dwi-jaftcd w’:>. cSS
t\tix>n -e-riff, -v-.i will begin o; once to
agitate the question of changing Jt
They aril: not permit a fair trial of tt
for fear teat the country wouj,! pro a-
per under It. Pr oovrity under U »-ould
make a r-.urn to the high protective
Mr. Whttsett and Miss Lent Powell
were married Wednesday at Vienna.
Mr. John Hitlv was married to Miss
May Abbott tit Sugar Valley, near Cal
houn. last week.
Gordon county people are taking live
ly taltereet tn the •mte-ballnm corn
sh uckinxs. a ,
'DaiFayeae Moore and McDuflie Caln
have applied far a charter to lnooTpo-
ra»e a dry kiln oompany nt 'Vienna.
The Vienna society people tire enjoy.
Ipb "golden rod" receptions. The weeds
furnish the decorations.,
Dr. W. C. Lyle and Miss Cassandra
New were married last week at Carroll
ton.
The Carrol County Times says the
fanmeca can’t pay their debts with re
ceipts from 5 cent cotton.
Professor A.- F. Ware cf Arabl treat
ed bis etwlre school to an excursion to
Maoon during the fair.
The Pike county Journal states that
the farmers of that eection will raise
more meat than ever this year.
The Georgia Midland mashed up a
negro's body near Griffin last week.
The Columbus Ledger Is enthusiastic
over 'the work of Senator Hill in the
recent election.
A precinct In Wilkes county polled
only one vote tn .the recent election. Bnt
It was solid for Democracy.
The Unadilla correspondent for the
Oordele Sentinel says than hU town will
receive 5.000 bales of ootiton this season.
The Griffin News wants to exchange
Ita handsome wood cut of Senator Hill
for tone of a Western man.
At Mount Zion, near Wiashlnxt'on.Ga.,
last Saturday tittle Gold'sert McCarthy
was killed, by the careless handling of
a gun.
The elite young people of Calhoun
are having glorious timeo sit candy
pulling and moonllghit rules among the
mountains of Gordon county.
Dick May, one of .the first engineers
of the Georala railroad, who honored
the gray during «he war, dlad at Au
gusta on Friday.
The Georgia Southern exhibit at the
fair provoked a highly deserved tribute
from the Lnadllla correspondent of the
Cordele Sentlnrf.
The asrdefe Sentinel has added an as-
s!a:amt to tts editorial eta ft—one who
does his work between H p. m. and 5
a. m. He ts a specialist on discords.
The Jackeon Argus. W of Georgia's
neaitest and brightest weekllm, ts laud
ably endeavoring to make thaft thrity
town a ootton manufacturing cento.
A smart -Montgomery county man
bought 1105 worth of green goods ex
perience ct Cordele last week. The fool
killer has neglected that »eol!on>.
Mr. Wiliam Jelly, a prosperous
young farmer of Butte county, was roar-
tied last week to Miss Meifier Hare at
Jackson.
Mr. Thomas J. Stone aad Miss Geor
gia A. Calloway and M.\ Wlllism Hott
Young and Mias SVnnie Russell Neill
were married to Columbus last week.
A Pike county negro lockol his chll-
dren un in -the house last week and
went to the field. The usual reault—oil
in ashes when he returned.
The Carrot County Tlmea claims that
the unusually large receipts of'cotton
are due to the fear of toe util 'cower
Prices rather than to ata overprod jo-
don.
Mr. S. A. Wootton of Wkkes county
predicted the landffude. but oiohnsd
that tt whuhl c.iuuv an advance of 3
oeats to the price of ootton. The Wash
ington Gazette in waiting on him.
The Augusta Bvoitipg News nmrla
the runii jy bf a Dean's team. Mr.
Black cam* out of the acoodmt wearing
a coat of emoehed eggs, chwken*. feath
ers and ootton.
Mr. N. D. Arnold of Oglethorpe
county recently toert his gtn house by
fire. The building contained about
thiniy bales of coiton. 500 bushels of
oorn and 300 bushels of onus.
Jackrou society Is excited over the
qomlng marriage of Mr. Li ward Lee
Smith to MOn Mamie Buxriil. which
will take place November 14. Both par
tly* are highly cooneoted.
The Carrol Time*: BvWnera will very
likely improve now that the .lection la
over, but the good reanit will be due
to Democratic «nd not Repubilrc.n legis
lation, for. be it remembered, the new
congress does not meet until 1S95.
The Cordele Sentlaei is Che authir of
a story to the effect that a CCrdcl* man
A Georgia newspaper ima was noml-
noited tor the state senate from a neigh
boring oouoty recently, sign on* who
heard the speech of acceptance. He re
alized his popularity, end gravely re
marked In ithe course of kis address
Shat he was quite certain of eleotion, aa
he had no fear of the strength of Walsh,
Garrard or Turner. His greatest danger
cimofroro "thait fellow over In Bibb-
Bacon, T believe they colt htm.”
NEWPAPERS OF MANY LANDS.
One Thousand Square Miles of Paper
Used Annually.
The dally newffttper reaches back Into
a highly respectable antiquity, says the
Now York World. It Is todisputable
that the Gazette of Pekin, China, haa
appeared to its present' form for
i L000 years at least. ThL venerable pip-
I neer of dally Journalism probably holds
j the record for “scoops."
I It Eitlll sends out dally Its edition bf
! eighteen pages, printed on oblong uheeis
| of soft, raggeO-edsed pupar. inclosed in
1 yellow covers stitched at the back. Its
circulation icacbes 10.000, and tto con-
t tents ere mainly official tofonmxtloni and
: Imperial eddote. •
In Europe news pa'inphls'-s containing
i imormaUon of and comment on the
more striking news of the time appeared
before the discovery af Amrica. A
> specimen bearing the date 1495 Is situ
! In existence. Written news 1 otters were
I widely circulated in Europe and to n
: timtted ox-tent tn the American colonies
also. . ,
The Frankforter Journal appeared to
that well known German city tn 1615.
and was the first regular European
newspaper established. It was followed
In 1619 by News Out of Holland. Eng-
tand’s earlier* paper. This was succeed
ed by the Weekly News to 1622. The
Couror.t, eeulbllelted In 1709, eras the
first London daily. . .
A paper which attempted to establtt-n
Itself at Beaton In 1CS3 was promptly
suppressed by the government of Mae-
i sachusetts. bn the plea that it contained
I "reflexion of very high nature,” which,
I however, consisted of nothing but the
ordinary political news of the day.
Publtck Occurrences, launched the fol
lowing year, met a like fate. So effec
tively were these American pioneer
sheets stamped out Ithat only bne copy
of the first and. two copies of the eeo-
ond are known to be tn existence.
The Boston News-Letter was started
In 1704. ond the Gazette of the same
olty In 1719. Alt the breaking out of the
revolutionary war there were thirty-
four papers to -the various colonies.
Massachusetts had 7. Connecticut 8,
Rhode Island 2 and New Hampshire I.
PennsjU-vunia had 8 papers and New
York 3. In the South South Carolina
led with 3, Maryland. Virginia and
North. Carolina had 2 each and Geor
gia 1.
Tho United States today has 19.855
newspapers and periodica la. Since the
most reliable srattstico estimate about
41.606 as the product of the whole world,
phis ootmitry Issues nearly one-half «f
tih?m.
Of'the other leading paitlons Germany
Issues the most. 5.000 periodicals; France
has 4,100; England. 4.000; Austro-Hun-
gwry. 3,500: and Italy. 1.400. No other
country has 1,000 publl-o&ttons; Canada
possesses 919: all Australia, 700; South
America. 635: Asia. 461. and Africa aibout
160. The State of New York publlshe
more newnpapem thun the whole world
tying south of the equator.
China, with six times the population
of our own country, has only twenty-
four -papers. Of these eleven are Issued
In She naftlve -tongue, one th French
and the reot in English. Bleak 1 title
Iceland supnorfis more pupers> than tho
flowery kingdom.
Japan has ninety-two Halites and 175
other periodicals, all attuked within
the last lmaty-five years. India pub
lishes a number of papers to the va
rious naittve tongues. Three are said
to be more widely droUtated and read
In proportion ito (he number of copies
of them printed than any others to thd
world.
Persia has six paper*, five fit the
vernacular and one to the Syriac. No
type is used in their production. Tho
editor gets up his matter and hands tt
to an -expert, who with the pen pro
duces a fine calligraphic copy. This is
photographed on a lithographic stone
touched with acid, when the edition is
primed.
The smallest newspaper printed In
the world is the little sheet printed to
English at Sarawak, In the Island of
Borneo. It measures only 81-2x13
Inches.
England supports 200 dallies, and the
United States 1,363. Paris possesses 141
dallies, more (tun London. New York,
Philadelphia and Boston combined. As
the only great city of one of the great
est nations, Paris monopolizes the
laufnohsm of all France. Then, too,
its pipers exploit a literary field that
with us Is largely left to magazine*
and special periodicals. These two facto
conspire to give the newspapers of
Paris that unique pre-eminence as to
circulation which they enjoy.
The Sunday newapapers are. perhaps,
the most truly Indigenous proHuet o!
American Journalism. There are about’
400 of these to the various cities and
larger towns. Somewhat tn the man
ner of the French newspapers they
have partly usurped <the field of the
purely literary periodicals, and besides
supplying the daily news have diverted
to their columns much excellent mat
ter that would otherwise have appeared
In the magazines or reviews. The latter
have felt deeply the effeots of this
poaching upon their preserves. Canada
hso but one Sunday paper.
In the United States wa have the
newspapers seat forth tu no less than
twenty-throe languagvs, embracing the
tongues of every quarter of the glob*
wrman papers are numbered by hun-
or more at lea« ar
published In each French. Xorw«g1r>-
S *' wSUh - Bohemian
“wrour tn Holland
Hebrew and
Welsh, four In SLvon-
l? In Hungarian. Icelandic,
Lithuanian, Are
menian and Chinese.
°. f o11 ' te*™ la cue Journal
Ed'tw? 1 « ^ ach -Amhic. Cherokee
■od Iriai. Such a virtoty of languages
o^fow existed in any one
*.nce the Tower of Ba-h-el xros#
on the MeaomtaxnUn plain.
A reasonable ostimute would
nearti* S.0O0.0O0.WC as the nomber i
£fvT’iS;,RrT ,I S.u and otb<r
vTir-a’JT^ 1 Th id On*
r^fviir?* • m! ” <M two for each
of th * rlc,:5 e- or (iftv-one a
we«C< for every Amerkwn, old aid
Svtrn*. AJiowtog for the moih?rate di-
menstons of toe square yard of paper
I tor each of these, the result would
show tha-t 1,000 square mltos of paper
Is annually submitted to the eyes of
American readers, or enough to cover
entirely the state of Rhode Island. It
would also reach from lithe earth to
cho moon in a strip 21 feet broad. A
good deal of piper. Isn’t tt 7
a. TOO MANY ELECTIONS.
• jVe have entirely too many elections
in Georgia Instead of having so many
different eleddcms, all should be held
on the Birrco day. The October election
for Governor, state House officers and
members of the General Assembly ab
sorbs the people’s attention, for severe)
weJks. and ths last vote is hardly
counted before people begin to get
ready for the November election. After
the November election comes .the one
for choosing county officers. Thus wo
see we have three elections In a lithe
more than three months.
Besides ithese -elections, in this county
-especially two primary elections are
held—one to select nomlitees tor the
Legislature and the other to nominate
county officers. Thus we have five-
electrons in Milton county to one year.
This is entirely too many. The people
get tired cf so many elections, and
the compnatot Is general with the'peo-
Pie of the county that too much time
Is being devoted to politics. ,
We traat to see all elections held on
I the same day, and we want to see
| one primary held by the Democratic
I party to -the county to make all nom-
tnu/tlons, and wa believe this will do
aw-ay with a girea't deal of unnecessary
excitement and annoyance, and will
rave a considerable amount of time
Fre<f U prees tinS p ° I>ulaUoa -~ AI I >lle ret;u
ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
Why do so many people we see
around us seem to prefer to suffer and
be made miserable by indigestion, con
stipation, dizziness, loss of appetite
coming up of the food, yellow skin!
when for 75 cents we* will sell them
Shiloh’s VltaJlzer .guaranteed to cure
them?
Sold by Goodwyn & Small Drug
Company, comer Cherry street and
Cotton avenue.
USE HOLMES' MOUTH WASH. •
Prepared by
Drs. Holmes & Maoon, Dentists,
556 Mulberry Street.
It cures bleeding gums, ulcers, sore
mouth, sore throat, cleans the teeth and
purifies the breath. For sale by all
druggists.
Womans
Perfect
Health
* can not he maintained
■without the greatest care.
From childhood to old age it
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by parents—husband—loving
friends. b
Have" something always at
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strengthen—invigorate—cure
[ at critical times.
Brown’s
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, has been woman’s friend
for twenty years—it never fails
—it does give tho much needed
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tones the nerves.
Are you a woman? Then
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Iron Biiterb with certainty
of relief. It is a comforting i
I thought—has been comforting
I to many—may it prove so to you!
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Red line* on wrapper*
I A" JoalB Beeman, Bath,
I N. Y., says: “ I was a great suf
ferer from general female weak
ness. Broun'» Iron Bitters has
I given me great relief.’’
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voters for the city election to be held
on December 8. 1894, are open from 7
a. m. to 3 p. m. each Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday during the
month o-f November. Registration office
second floor city hall.
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