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THE MACOJ5T TELEGRAPH: MONDAY MOKNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1894
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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EOR ALDERMEN.
The Good Government ClQb •pfufitmts’’
the following cuml.dates tor aldermen
M the election to bo hold on the 8U1 of
December next: , * ,,
First Wnnl—IOHN Si, WALKER.
Second WArd—E. J. W{U.I-VOHAM.
Third Ward—JlOBlUS HAIV.
Fourth Ward—W. A. DOODY.
Fifth Ward-T. E. ItYALS.
Sixth Ward-O. D. PEAVY.*
PLATFORM.
"Resolved, That It la the objed and
purpose of The Oood aovamment Club
of tho city of sMcon to accomplish by
lawful moans and honorable methods the
election of six aldermen on the Ith day
of December next who will dlllgontly aecli
(o control tho administration of our city
government In the Interest tnd to the
honor of tho entke community; who will
have the city laws penitently and impar
tially an forced, and who will. In 10 far
ns our city charter provides, have the
edty government co-operate with the
elate authorities In detecting end prose
cuting to conviction all violations of state
laws within the cHy 1 Unit a. Expressly
dlacJaiming all aninjoaliy, prejudice and
daalra to persecute or oppose uny of our
fellow clUstnt, wo engage In this move
ment because of public conakteret'lona
only, and we appeal to the people of the
city, without regard to race, clast or con
dition political alTHIatlona or rollglous
beliefs, to Join ua In It, and we Invite
such of our fellow citizen* who fay# so
determined end who dealre membership
In ihla club with a view to promote Its
'Cause, to enroll their named on tho bock
we koop for that purpow."
PAY AND ItBGrSTBR.
It tala been developed by the registrar
•Aon *o for made lor our city oleotlop
that a very large proportion of our
citizen* arc delinquent- taxpayer*. • Very
many of top men eo delinquent were
htcaraiM of the* faet unto quemloncd
by the reglatrure. The tnx which re-
nuins unpaid la generally the atrett
tux. Several of those tttio mve fallaa
bo regletvr were not even gware'thdt
auub tv 'tax wtte imposed, or that Ita
payment was necoetnry to qualify a
mad a* a voter. In some bmtntlcoe their
delinquency rnn book over several
roars, go that the total amount owed
the city Is considerable. Thin le gen
erally true of those who have had no
oinoirtunHy 10 pay the street tax along
with other taxes. As this tnx has bean
very generally Ignored, the books
showing that only a, comparatively few
persons have paid It, this state of
things should not, perhaps, be suipijs-
Ing. Nevwitheleaa the law does require
the payment of this tax, as of nil oth-
*». and the registrar* arc perfectly
right In demanding that It shall hav>
been paid befpro receiving the name
Of the voter. Tt>* fact that during pre
vious ycani these mon havo voted with
out question D nq evidence of their
right to vow now, but only that the
law heretofore baa not been enforced
with (he proper degree of stringency.
Wo hop* tout voter* disqualified tn
this way will sti thenxwlve* right on
the city treasurer’s books and qualify
thtenantwa before election day. The
disqualification Is a continuing one.
Every year tho amount neeoteary to
be paid will grow target, to'(hat If It
la not paid now the deUnquentV^nx-
payer la permanently dUfiunchlued
and cut not hereafter participate In the
government of the ekr. It 1* naturally
coaler to discover that a good cltlxen,
cartful to cell thd truth In reply to the
regiatnara questions, Is delinquent
(taut tint a tea* a or thy roan, leas care
ful to tell the truth, and ooiy anxious
to vote, lus neglected to pay ble tax.
A good man will not trend* or falsity
In order to qualify himself, and a bao
roan will. U la all toe more necessary,
thctvXorc, that every man discovered
by the Kftitron to bo disqualified for
having failed to pay the tax shill
make whatever sacrifice la necessary to
fit himself to vote. We urge limit every
om of them do to.
—
DO NOT COMPROMISE.
In part* of the country a tremendous
rovtCaton of feeling against bid aud
corrupt poYt'oaJ method* which have
been allowed to prevail for many
yarn. In the South this feei ng Is con-
car-mted against the kind* of election*
we hare lad. It I* lire now to find
a man who :* not willing to confeifl’
that there i* urgent need of a change
W our elect on laws that will purify
elections and make the methods here
tofore tolerated entirely unnecessary.
There Is a very strong feeling that the
safety of our '.notltuHOn* depends upon
*0 ctxraglng the laws that all men will
know that the popular will 1* embod
ied In the (lech red result* of dectioc*.
And this feeling :* sura to have Ins ef-
fooi. When a reform D not only pop
ular bir I* morally rightist cannot be
PWvCTrtwt. Tho public conscience nnd
the public desire work wre:Ji*r end
they are Irresistible.
We tMuk (he Georgs legtalature,
complying with these demand* of tbe
people, wGl make 11 .edema ru,«rtsko <f
»t comprotntaea on a lialf-way meaaurc*.
This fa not the kind of reform which
1* needed fund which tbe people de
mand. They want ridlc.il rsfism—a
reform that will Insure fslrteaa in elec
tions and fit tlie mime time wll pro-
toot this state-will protect civilization
—ngaliuft the oonsequenctw of tho Re
publican adme of enfrauch sing tbe
tgnomnoe and etave prejudice of this
section. That reform can be aecotn-
pushed only by on-aleotion law thqt
w ll '.n effeot set up aa educational
qnallttation-toi t Is to say, a tost of
tbe intelligence of tho vole.-. Tho tea;
need not be a high one. It will be sat-
tsfaotory If ft requires only that tbe
voter shall bo able to read the names
on the ticket In addition there should
bo a registration law embodying the
present requirement Hut the voter
stall have pad nil tho taxes owed .by
him to the state. It is only Just that
the man who ahem In the government
of the state should contribute some
thing to It* support, if he lus prop
erty which tan be reached oy the tnx
oolleotor, he Is obliged to so contr bute.
If ho has no property, then certainly
It Is not asking too much of aim to
contribute the small amount of the
poll tax.
NEW YORK’S NEW MAYOR.
Striking Pen Pictnre of Mr, Strong’s
Sturdy Personality and
Cliaractcr.
STALWART IS HUSISESS MATTERS
Sothfngr Extraordinary, Jual*n!!on«st.
Upright American Clllzau—G«n-
crou* to Charltl#*—\ Charm
ing Homo Lift.
WHAT WOULD BE GAINED J
Tho Atnertciw Tlmes-Ueoordcr culls
anooUon to the fact that tho Tele
graph ’Tina filed ito enthuso over the
work of tho mnu who knocked Hill and
Democracy out to Now York, tho* Dem
ocratic Sampson, who, bV.nded by tho
Deltloh of Wail street, throw down tho
tcmplo and burled Mmself beneath tho
ruins,” and calls upon it to do so.
Tho Telegraph muft dooltue. It Is
not eolhualostlc .u this connection. Not
beoauso It Iran any desire to criticise
tho ocureo of Prooldont Clovelaiul, but
heoaueo DewociwHo defeat always hj»
a.doproaslng effect on tho Telegraph.
It to awnro, however, that the Tlroes-
Kocordar spoaka ironically. It is ouo
of tho newspapers which was devoted
to tho Interests of Senator Hill when
ho.wo* n candidate for iho presidential
nomln.vc.oo, which la bitterly hostile
to Mr. Cleveland, nnd which no doubt
thinks that Senator Illll was very bad
ly. 'treated by the president to the rc-
cont campaign. Presumably It was
not only eager that Senator Hill oliould
ntn In Now York, but that with the
prodtlgD thereby gained, ho would;win
tho next Democratic nomination and
bo tho next Democratic prclldeut. If
eo, wlrat would tho Ttmes-Hecorder
g»ln? It is IiourtUy tn favor of tartrt
reform, wo believe. Senator -Hill did
tho best ho knew to prevent the pas
sage of tho tariff reform bill in the
last bongroas. It Is also, tvo believe,
hctirt.ly tn favor of ibo Income tax.
Senator Htll was tho bitterest oppo
nent of that tax, and will repeal It at
the earliest moment that lie can. It
Is heartily tn KVor of tho free cottage
of sIIvct at iho 10 to 1 ratio, and Mr.
Hill la not. So far ns wo know, there
Is altsolntely nothing In common '.n
tho political purposes watch they favor
between the TlmesUocwdv nnd Sen
ator Hill. They are alike only in 'he r
dlsllko for Mr. Cleveland. We can
very well ask, therefore, what iho
Timed-Recorder would ^iln by tho
elootlon of Senator. Hill, and what the
Dnnuvrutk'. pirty -would. gCnl Cer
tainly his elootlon aa g<vrerno- of New
York atakhls nomlnalioa as the Dem-
oeraGo candldtto for president would
mean (hat tho Democnulo party no
longer favored tariff reform, no longer
favored a tux on lneotue*. and might
be taken to mean that it w.i* oppontl
to (he free cuhrage of atlver. Is the
Tlmes-ltecordcr willing to abandon nil
of (he moasmv's for which it hat tr
ailed with so much ability for no better
reason than that Mr. Hill t* Mr. Cleve
land's cuomy?
It has been frequently said of late
that this 1* a breuk.ng up nine la put.-
tlos; tint tbtM to to b* a new >Mgi<
moat of purUM. Posibly ihla la true,
though w» are nbLned to think that,
after a considerable shaking up, when
things cun get to their normal eondl-
(ion again, tbe tame parties will bo
toeing each oiher as nevr. Rut we
tbhk there 1* no doota that there is
A newspaper trust.
ITelty welt everythin* hu fallen late
the hands of trusts In that* days, hut *
newapsper treat « rathar a new thing
under the sum rt la reporied that Sena
tor Brie* of Ohio and acverwl heavy eaph
taint* ore near engoaeJ In organiline
one. They propoee to get the control of n
big dally piper In every Important city
or tn* country, from Beeton to Ban Frtn-
Mta The ays Steal* 1* now nueftatttig -
for the purchea* of th~ button Traveller,
a New York dally, several of the Scrlpp*
paper* (published la Cleveland, Cincinnati
end 6t- Louis), tbe Youv.rtown Telegram
end the Kanaie City World. It baa alao
options. It la said, on-Journal* In St. Jo-
Mph. Mo- st. Paul, Mtaa.. an.1 .(an Fras-
ctaco. It la harety pwethle that In on*
or two instance* it will find It necessary
to start now papers rather than pay Die
h!*h figure* asked for the otd properties.
The idee of n syndicate la that a good
deal of money can be saved in paper,
news collecting and telegraph toll*, and.
aa Seoator Brlee knows acciethtn* about
the treats, ts evidently eeee a big profit
ahead la this new venture.
Above the medium stature, broad
•houldent, the frame beat w.tii the
weight of much lurd work, but a kind
ly, honest face expressive of a strong
and resolute mind, Urge bluegray eyes,
the aoso largo and prom.neat, well pre
served, caution aud c-snservaiUsm de
picted to every lineament—such A a
poo picture of New York city's next
mayor, WGIlain Loudon Strong.
Sir. Strong Is lb his 68th year, but
there are few wrinkles 'n bis face. He
looks to he fully ten years youth
titan be Is. Owing to a Lfc of strict
habits and regularity, his health has
been preserved, and tbotigb his hair
is hardly thin enough and bl« beard
hardly gray euougli for b.s age, the
tines about his eyes, the color of bis
skin, the stoop of his broad shoulders,
tell a story of long years of earnest,
patient work. You need only to look
at Mr. Strong to be convinced that be
fore you etaods a man of strong will.
His features Ind.eate unalterable reso
lution once he nas made up his mind.
When he seta his mind upou doing a
tiling, he It bound to acoompl.Ah It,
and wiill not allow any little discour
agement to disturb toe fixity of Ills
purpose. He wean u silk hut, which
he often tilts back on his head. Ibis
makes hian look to be not orer -El.
(Mr. Strong is a man of simple tastes
and habits. He began life poor, aud
bo Is now rich. His fortune bas gtown
slowly and siead.ly year by yeori. It
A an honestly acquired fortune-noc
one of tho new tasn.oaed sudden
growths thwt so often represent Ut)lo
honest labor and much chicanery. His
gmdita'I growth m uharacter aud :u
fortune bos been paralleled by the
gradual growth of eata-i.n in tho busi
ness world for him. Hi* word is taken
absolutely. If he says he w.U do a
oeittaln thing, It Is understood that tl)e
thing will be done. They have him oil
many boards of directors, and ho is
president of tire Central Narionai
Bunk. He ts there beouuto he Is cau
tions and conservative In everything be
does. He came from Ohio forty years
ago, when New York nnd a popufaUon
of only 500,000. He acted 011 ihe re
verse of Horace Greeley’s 11dv.ee *nd
oumo East asd goew up with toe
country.
Personally, Mr. Strong is a man (,1
kindly disposition; he is not of u eh.ii-
aotcr to grow enthusiastic over, lie
Is of a positive nature, and It would
be little short of Impossible o n uke
him go against k s Judgment, lie 1s
quick and decisive In nl» cmversu'-.on,
but he ts not a speech maker. Ho
could not make an tmeresliug apeeeb
of any length, loe'.ug a dealer In face
and not In rhetoric. He la a hnslncsa
man, not n politician. He looks at
th ugs from a practical standpoint, and
Dot tor' expediency. The only thing
that Interests him outride of h'.s busi
ness are toe financial questions and toe
problems of municipal government. To
both he has given much study.
In potfttoa Mr. Strong la a Republi
can. Before the Republics party was
formed he .was * Whig. Although »
believer In Reupbllcon principles tin
national Issues, he la not a pomlxan In
local affairs. He -would not have ac
cepted 11 nomination on any except a
non-part!s*n platform. He believes that
the city governent should be conduct
ed like the affairs of a crest business
houae. The ofilcea should go to men
who ’would render the best service,
regardless of their politic*. Mr. Strong
ih'Ki been a candidate for one office
before hi* election—for congress,
agatnot he laite Orlando B. Potter, In
WSJ, and he was beaten. When he was
nominated for mayor It was a case of
office seeking the man. He had no de
sire for th* nomination, but when the
Commtttee of Seventy decided upofl
him a» (he man beet suited (0 be the
standard bearer for the cause of good
government, auJ he found that the
sentiment of ell the anti-Tammany or
ganizations was (n his favor, be ac
cepted hi* duty and will fulfill It In
the aamn quiet bualness-ltke and ef
fective way which chnnioterlxos all of
Ms doings. The batUe against Tam
many .ami mtegovenwnent was In line
with ills feeling and sentiment*. He
was Intensely Interested In seeing New
York’* city government delivered from
the diagram end degradation of Tam
many Hall. How he proposes to carry
out the will of the people can be Judged
from the platform on which he made bla
campaign. "If I am eleced mayor.” he
mid, "I will do everything to my power
to give New York a clean, economical
and non-partisan administration. I will
administer the office la the Interest of
Justice and order and of all the citizens
of New York.
There la a side of Col. Strong’s life
which he hide* from th* public. He
doe* not snake conceutmnt because he
la ashamed of anything he dues, but
heoauae he follows the Biblical Injunc
tion of not letting his Cett hand know-
wli.it Ids right hand doetit. Mr.
Strong prefers that his Charities shall
not h* exploited. He believes that it
Is the duty of the rich to share with
th* poor and unfortunate. When he
has a duty to perform he goes straight
way and performs It, to hla quiet and
effective way, and 0* much bothered tf
any publicity results. She mayor-elect
Is president of that great charitable
Institution, St.-Jehu’s Guild. Through
its ministering Influence hundred* of
lives of the little children of the poor
are saved each year. For years he
has been a meet liberal eupporter of
tbe only refuge for the friendless In
Shis cttyJ lma Hi home gas* m din
ner, to more than *,*00 of the men
on New Year’s day he was told that the
supplies were not sufficient to meet
the demands, and he prompts’ an
swered: "Let no man go away hungry.
See to It that everv one gets whit he
ante tn eat. I wilt make up the de
ficit."
tn his home life Mr. Strong Is equity
unostentatious. He has a beautiful
home at No. U Weet Flfty-eeveaih
street, air bin a few doors of William
C. WMtnev’t house. There he lives
With hi* wife and son. t boy of if.
who Is not suing to college, bu* Is get-,
ting a business education and learning
the three modern business languages—
German, French and oanis.i. He nas
also a married daughter. Mr. Strong’s
leisure time is spen between his nome
and the dubs to arnica he belongs.
When he is not at home In the even
ing he le usually to be found at fine
Union League Clan. In the daytime
he Is tauti at (work Id his business,
amt after January 1 be will be found
just as Industriously (oYlng In the
mayor’# office from morning to nlght-
An Idea of the next mayor at work
may be gathered from the following
description: He Is at the office of ton
bank at S:30 o’clock every rooming.
He Iras got a great mahogany de3k.
but he h is got too toe way of sitting
at the end of a long tabic, which Is
In (the centre of the room, and Is al
most always (here during' business
hours. There is a pen. Ink apd some
paper and a queer tittle bureau tn front
ofh 1m. There Is no detail of toe trans
actions of the bonk 'Which Is not
brought to bifl notice. Anything re
quiring his -attenlon Is Immediately
attended to Instead o< being pigeon
holed, and that Is why tots little bu
reau ’fills all requirements. Of all
things he abominates is disorder. Ev
erything where he Is 'must be Ship
shape. Directness and promptness are
his watchword*.
The wisdom of the nomination of
such a man for mayer Is apparent to
the men who nominated him. He has
the experience of a ball a entury’s
buslnes life to begin with, and When
you have tost addedt o activity and
ability, you have Just such a coinbl-
ntition of qualifications as Is needed
in the mayor’s Chair In itoe present
emergency. Little did toe young clerk
from too West think that he -would oc
cupy Uhls chair some day When he
walked by the city hall and contem
plated the structure -wCHch seemed so
splendid In his country's eyes, and Juqt
as little did Croker and Gilroy and
other ’big chiefs think ft year ago that
New York would ever be so fortunate
as to be governed by a Republican
mayor. , .
Mr. Strong’s history ts a record of
hard worts, btit It IS an Interesting ex
ample to the youth of the present
generation of how to become a suc
cessful man. and how to reach high
honors in the business and opCitlcal
"it" 1 ™« In LoudonvIUe. O., that Mr.
strong was bom. His father was a poor
New England CConoecttout, to be exact)
farmer, who drove his wagons wearily
over the Alleghenies In tho early part
of the century. Young Stron ggrew up
there, getting broad and deep In tho chest,
although not so tall as his ancestors had
been. He got a little education, but all
that sort of thing stopped short at 13.
Then his father died and, as he was tbe
oldest, he had to help look after toe
family. At 14 he became clerk In the vil
lage store of LoudonvIUe, and at 16 went
Into a dry goods store at Wooster, O.
Then ho got acquainted with a merchant
in Mansfield, and an offer of a place with
a little higher salary. Ho stayed there
ten years, working patlentl y*nd looking
about to find a chance to improve his
situation:
When lie landed in New York at the
age of 56, anyone of the schools of bush
ness thet obtain nowadays would have
laughed at this rather plain, dull-looklng
youth, with timid country ways and with
few words, no great plans, only a fixed
determination to do the work he found
at hand, and to do It well. Out on the
farm and In the country stores he had
privation and hard work. He understood
that sort of thing and was not a bit
afraid of it. If the chances had been
against him .and he ha dremalned a clerk
all his life, he would have done tvls work
thoroughly and uncomplainingly. He
never had a set-back In his life. His has
been wnat they call now a snails’ pace
upward to success. He got a place as
■ desman In the dry goods nrm of L. O.
Wilson & Co. He worked along for five
years early and late, learning the busi
ness to the last detail, taking all the
necessary knowledge Into a mind Blow
to learn, but an Inveterate procrastinator
at forgetting. Just es he thought he
woul dbe promoted the firm failed. His
next place was with ’ h’amham. Dale &
Co., commission merchants There he
hod to begin at the bottom again, and
again he began the toilsome march up
ward. working the longest hours every
day, living as quietly and as modestly
aa was consistent with decency, saving
a little money and adding It to,the grow
ing amount of what ho had already saved.
They raised bis salary from time td time,
and finally he became manager. When
one of tho partners withdrew ho became
a partner (n a small Way.
From this time on .Mr. Strong Made
money taster. Several succeeding changes
in partners made Mr. Strong more promi
nent In the firm. After cloven years of
service with Famhtm. Dale It Co., there
was on entire reorganization, and he
became tho head of the firm. That was
In U70, and ever since Mr. Strong, called
"colonel" by courtesy and for no other
reaaon 1n the world, h^s been one of the
merchant princes of Now Yorit.-New
Yoric Commercial Advertiser.
COL. M’OAULL’S CAREER.
How the Baltimore Lawyer Became
toe MS'gno.te of Comic Opera.
A writer to toe RMlaOeiliiU Times
gives tola story of the career of Col.
John A. McOaull. "too acted (Ms wee!
at Greensboro, N. C.:
The story of McCaMU’s lUe is a study.
Once while seated to his offloe during
hU Philadelphia career, ho toll me the
tale, and during toe three hours (hat It
consumed Interest never flagged.
He finally rewched tttxt pqfUon toa-
bears upon Ms becoming an operatic
manager. How this was brought ribou
19 not only on Interesting story to Itself,
but is of Importance aa being the gene
ris of the operatic managerial career
of a man who has forever left his, Im
press on toe history of that branch 01
the lyric art In America. As It frit from
bis Ups while he was (silking to me to
h1a office It ran as tallows:
•■one of my client* was John T. Ford,
^ U de“rJMSilo.". r (
Ita wSSerfSraSk toelnanclMout.
como of (hsit enterprise could heudly (•
termed eattsfactiry to lta manager.
Mostanihlle. however, he had contracted
with Gilbert and SulttvtQ to produce o
ne«r ooera which they had written*
STtirStidin *2*5Of wo toSSi
eutto tor ch« uas oftoho Fifth Avenue
T.V-oitre, whre he Intendol having th*
laMol production. - . _
"The authors, however, refused to
iraroe the («Ue of the piece or to give
him an Inkling Ut lta arrangement or tc
furnish h-m toe slightest •mformatio»
whereby he oouli Judge of lta probahU
1 T-V-lr reason for tills eecret-
.venvo wastoat they were afraid the
thSS (Sht leak out and their Meat
be atefien. This mysterious uncertainty
and Cits nXstartur.e with ’Panafore’ im
bued Mr. Fold wfto profound distrust,
and so he asked roe. os Ids counsel, tc
go to New Yoric and have him releasee
K n his contract wtth the Fifth Ave
(heater, or else dispore of it to
itxne other theatrics 1 speculator- 1
started upon this errand In December.
U». and I saw William S. Gilbert ana
Arthur Sutlvan and informed them of
the state of mind In which my client
was. In same way I inspired them with
confidence, and they Informed me thaS
the new opera was to be nwned ‘The
Kriitia of Penzance.’ Mr. Sullivan—h
was not ’Sir Arthur* toen—asked me U
I knew anyrk'.TUt about mem 3. I in
formed trim that I had wot the slightest
musical education, but exit I had not-
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SOME ENCHANTING SCENERY.
& Meeting With Some of tbe Now York
Suu'11 Follttcftl Celobrttie*— Bony
Ttnh'i PolltSo«tl K«c»rd—
Otbor Thing* Noted.
Gainesville, Nov. 18.—(Special.)—
This is the most charming, the most
thoroughly enchanting of seasons up
hero in the mountain* of North Geor
gia, and the temptation was irresisti
ble to take a day oft and enjoy a
Dutu. over (he hills and hollows of old
Lumpkin—historic Lumpkin.
“Half Way." a primitive, typical sta
tion, was chceen as stunting point. It
constats of a store, two houses and a
prospect for It railroad la the near
future, and Is called Half Way from
the foot that it is Just midway be
tween u collapse aud a boom-vat a
standstill.
From this point <we (Started to walk
to Dnii Iomega, some right miles, and
take to (he Hgitta at toe Lumpkin
county metropolis.
The first thing on the programme
woe to take a near cut through (he
woods toward our destination; the next
fculture, as a matter of course, was U
lose our -wiay. Thin we did with much
readiness, os we had always done tnai
way. Lost In toe woods on the moun
tain! First in the deep, dark grove c
sighing pines ’that made one melan
choly, 'then clambering up the hillside
ootoered with forest) fresh from toe
mystic, silent. Invisible painter, under
whose magic touch the loaves were
blushing crimson, till eotme bold emi
nence -was reached, and, looking away
to i*a west, a view stretched that
would delight a painter’s heart. We
were not lost, after all. This was
Findley’s Ridge. About us was too
autumn forest nnd the soft air of In
dian summer. A rabbit Jumped from
hiu burrow and hied down the valley,
n partridge whirred past, and two sau
cy squirrels chattered ait us from the
tree overhead. Away beyond the rlch-
hued forest lay Dalilor-egu, asleep to
toe valley, and far beyond In tho
smoky blue distance, stretched the
Blue Ridge ellent end grand.
Dahlonega Is on old town. Hero years
ago toe government established a
nint foe toe coinage of gold, and
where thSe old mint stood now proudly
towers one of the most magnificent lit-
(le structures In this section, the North
Georgia Agricultural College, where
150 young men and women one being
educated.
AVWite In Dahloncgai your correspond
ent called on MX. Arch Wlmpee, one of
the pioneers of this regihn. His rela
tion of the olden timeB is as entertain
ing as a novel. A short distance trom
tote little “Golden City," he pleo vis
ited Unde Beanie Parks, who seventy-
five years ago first discovered gold In
Lumpkin county, king years before toe
California croze of *49- The old man
Is now almost a century oM, and little
Is left him save on abundant eoore of
reminiscences, but he yet hobbtee 1 out
occasionally and assists in digging out
toe yellow metal.
The writer witness'd toe operations
of the Chestoitee Mining Company, and
also s*w some placer mining. Even
yet, after a half century of work there
Is profit In toe mines of old Lumpkin.
Coming tack from Dahlcnoga, we
passed trrough NuckleavUl*.
town to Georgia te blessed w» richer
or more peculiar history toan Nuckle*-
vJlle or Auroria, a* ft Is also called.
Forty years ago there flourished a
town of 3.000 soul*. There were a dozen
prosperous stores, two banks, a news
paper, churches and 400 or 600 beautiful
homes. To-day on.» store. «■ »h°P’ Aia
several dwellings are an tiintrerroiin
0°/ MS?’ "j$ e inS
ss ^rton.rbu r tnnnra
never dream while driving through toe
sleepy little village that here once
flourished a handsomo mining town.
■Near Nucklesvflfle wo civet, by toe
pure!* toanoe. toe illwtatous Bouy
Tank, whom Ihe New York Sun wouU
d-light in rescuing from obHvjon anu
prevnting to toe world in ail his (rue
poiKcal told characteristic glory. Bony
-reel* Dink Botts and other fa
mous Georgia politicians <from toe fact
toot he is areal live pcmonaHty of fle.b
and blood, with one eye and very pecu
liar disposition, marked pre-enwientiy
by a love of mountain moonsMne dew
(Bony has been gettca# into trouble
lately. He went to mouarwr toe other
evening, and It must be confessed he
w s t a highly eplrltaul condltirn. He
naturally enough mistook toe preacher
for a Democratic campaign orator from
the vehemence of his gesticutaJtlon. and.
thoroughly convinced of this facx, ne
was. when toe minister in a glowing
rounded period made a pathetic appe-.
to “the old soldiers of toe cross." So
enthused did Bony become that Iw
cheered franttcaiy right in raeetin’ tot
"Tate an’ Democracy."
Sf.^°^tion.^« e roUg^
-I don’t make no
—there ain’t no better-hearted man m
Georgy than this name o»’ Bony Rmk-
Hls real name, which is known to but
few is Napoleon Bounaporle Tanker
Sw. and hewon hto first laurels polit
ically by dtaplaying hte political econo
my tn JoppU* oft the hoed and tall c
his coguomsi and extracting a liberal
slice from toe middle.
We came leisurely home, stopping at
tie farm houses along toe route, Whr.'t
we fared sumptuously every day.'
Almost daily there were oom-slwuck
lugs a»l quiltings, and though the ol
der is off oa u vacation, this faU, th-
occasions are Joyous ones, and at rdgtv
toe gay merrymakers hold forth till tin
morning hours wake Kte sleeping eoh
oes tt-ltjt their mirth.
One of the most exciting and "spir
tied" is what is called “still" hunting
That nay wounl paradoxical, but It U
a fact At night too boys clambet
through (he woods with hoarse-toned
—• ■ nd doeo bavins hounds, hunting
•possums—and was ever sport rarer?
This part of Georgia is prosperous
The people do not feel the hard times;
-arn and cazve have been raised Ja aaun
dance: on nearly every farm there U
new home, or store, or bam being erect
iid: there ore churches and schools do
lag well; and the rugged, ruddy toll
dren bf the mountains are happy a,
they are hardy and contented as the.
are honest. p. Q. B
THRIFTY LOUIS PHILIPPE.
A Wealthy Monarch Who Waa Haunted
by a Fear of Poverty.
If Loots Philippe's family did not suck
tn tho lesson of economy with the moth
er’s milk, It had at any rate been drum
med into their ears from their very In
fancy by tholr father, who, with a civil
list of £780,000, which meant something
more than It would now, was oonatantly
haunted by tho fear of poverty and haunt-
od to such a degree as to horais his friends
and counselor! with his apprehensions
“.My dear minister,” ho said one day to
Guizot after having recited to him a long
list of hi* domestlo charges, “my dear
minister, I am telling you that my chil
dren will be wanting bread.” When
Hare], tho manager of the Odeon, camo to
ask him for tho loan of 80,000 francs,
Louis Philippe langbed and merely said,
*‘My dear M. Harel, I was Just going to
ask you for a similar loan.”
Daring Qaoen Victoria’s visit to En, In
1843, bor host was constantly telling hor
stories of his formor poverty, and not in n
cheerful manner, but with a depressing
fear of a like future being in store for him.
One morning,wbllo tho young matron and
“too competitor of lo pero eterncl,” ns
Prince Clementine, the mother of Prince
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, called her father,
were strolling in tbe garden, tho latter of
fered his royal guest a pooch. The qncen
seemed at a loss how to skin it, seolng
which Louis Philippe took n largo clasp
knife from his pooket. *‘Whon a mail has
been a poor devil llko myself, obliged to
lire upon 40 sous a day, ho always carries
a knife. I might have dispensed wtth It
for the last few years, but I do not wish’
to lose the habit. One does not know
what may happen,” bo said.
Tho qaoen was deeply affected, and she
did not recovor her wontod spirits for
hours. Bismarck has averred more than
once that Louis Pblllppo during bis own
reign ooncoctcd nows unfavorable to bis
dynasty and speculated upon tho results
in the English stock market.—Fortnightly
Roview.
MAKES MINIATURE HOUSES.
A Clever Boaton Mechanic Furnishes Mod
els For About 8100 Each.
Do you contemplate building a bouso?
It so, hero is an lnvaluablo suggestion
guaranteed to save you a lot of monoy and
regret and preserve the architect from un
told aggravation. In Boston there is a
man who from plans nnd specifications
will make a tiny model showing In detail
g at how theoomplotcd building will look.
e charges from f50 to 890 to duplicate
In miniature a three story dwelling of 10
or 16 separata apartments.
Everything is uoonrately reproduced,
from the slope of the roof to tbo tread of
toe staircase. In this wny tho prospective
owner, seeing his Ideas practically real
ized, Is able to make timely and just crit
icism, for even with a lively imagination
and somo knowledge of building It la Im
possible to get a very clear conception of
proportions. Verandas tbat look Inxnrl-
.ously broad on paper becomo painfully
contracted when actually planked over,
and it Is astonishing to seo how.cramped
and cheap or bald and big Is the real house
that one fancied quito free from flaws.
Tho Bostonian’s scheme is to savo you any
possibledlsappolntmentsor blunders. On
a platform C feet by 4 Inches he sets up
the Uttlo model, shingling, plastering or
painting tho exterior you propose using
for tho real strnoturo. Every window Is
In ita proper place, doors swing easily on
their hinges, halls are low or lofty and
rooms snug or airy, just as you propose In
tho plans. There Is tbo house that you
may turn It round and round, view It from
a dozen standpoints, see whore It meets
your expectations or wholly falls to ma
terialize your favorite theories.
It Is true that 890 may seem a tidy sum
to throw away on a toy, but those who
have experienced somo of tho tribulations
of housebuilding will think It rather an
Inexpensive expedient In the end.—New
York Press.
SEAMSTRESS BURNED.
New Orleans, Nov. 18.—By the burn,
ing of Mrs. Carey’s residence on Lou
isiana avenue, ai aggie Kirsella. a
seoTOBtrero, lost her life. Her charred
remains were found In the ruin* tday.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
city tax notice.
The fourth and last installment of the
city tax is now due. Taxpayers are re
quired to pay tot the yoir.
Executions will be Issued and expenses
charged to those in default.
A. R. TINSLEY, Treasurer.
November 1\ 1804.
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
Loans made on choice real estate and
farming lands In Georgia. Interest 7
per cent Payable in two, three or five
year*. No delay. Commissions very
reasonable.
BECURITT LOAN AND ABSTRACT
COMPANY.
430 Second Street. Macon, Ga.
J. L. ANDERSON,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER.
Plan* elevations, details; printed epecl-
fl-utions and building superintendence.
Estimates furnished and contracts
promptly executed In any part of the
state.
Poatofflc* Box No. its. Office No. 1(24
Third street, Macon, Ga.
ARTHUR. PEW, Civil Engines:
M. Am. Soo. O. E. M., Inst. C.E.
Survey*, plana estimates and aped tic
tiona. Grace filTVfc Poplar itreet. Maco
Georgia.
LOANS NEGOTIATED.
.» 0n r.lS? rov i d , clty “ a Urm Property.
In Bibb and Jonea counties In loans
ranging from 85)0 uo at 7 per cent. «im-
ple lntereet: time from two to five years.
Promptness and nccOmmodallon a ar>e-
cltlty. L. J. ANDERSON & CO-
Wa 11* Sooaad Street. Macon. Ua.
MONEY TO LOAM.
SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST COM.
PANY OF GEOROLA.
353 Secoal street. Macon. Ga.
CITY REGISTRATION.
The boolu. for the regletiation of
voters for th* city election to be held
on December 8, 1S94, are open from I
a. m. to S p. m. each Monday
Wednesday and Saturday during th
month of November. Registration off!''
second floor -city hall.
BEN C. SMITH.
-T. L. MASS EXBURG,
WM. L. JOHNSON.
Registrar*