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FOR ALDERMEN.
< First Ward—CHARLES J. JUHA.V.
SeoandWsrd-B. J. WILLINGHAM,
atilril Ward—MOUIU8 HAP1*.
Fourth Wttrd-W. A. MAS8FIELD.
Fifth Ward-T, B. BYAL8.
girth Ward-O. D. PBAVY.
UNITED MACON.
Yesterday th« committee to which
Die matter had been referred by the
Coo.1 *lovcrnioont and tlie Citizen*’
OhA* reached «n agreement ae to two
vamno ea on the aldennur'.o t'cket put
out by the fm-mw club.
There will bo general agreement that
th<«o two vao.vne.ie* were Ailed prop
erly and that tiie ticket, aa a whole, is
one worlhy of the support of nil good
clt.zcn*. W.tb the agreement upon th n
ticket diHappiM'm the chance, which nt
one time seemed almost a certainly,
that the latter part of Oils week would
be g'ven over to nn exo.ted struggle
over our local affairs, out of which
would grow much bUternea* of spirit,
and from which the city could hope to
gain uoUi.ng.
It * u m.liter for tiucere congratula
tion that tills conflict has been averted,
no; only because the reconciliation of
tl.c opi-w nc factions put* In the flold
it th-iroughly good nldormnuc ticket,
Lilt because it demonstrates that there
1* a strong spirit of unity among our
people, la splto <ff uppetirtmoa* to the
contrary, dur'ng many years past. Af
ter the fact booms known yesterday
that an agreement hod been reached,
there was on every hand and from ad
herents of both factions the heartiest
expressions of gratlflcatlon that that re
sult has been reached. It was easy
to be seen the* every citizen felt, that
* ho tiute was not a prop i. ous one for
nn ioteraceino struggle, and that every
body should make sacrifices, if possi
ble, to avoid such a struggle.
This much having been accomplished,
It ought to bo easy to acoompllah a
great deal more. It has boon a weak-
tutts at Macon In the contest for *u-
preauaoy th»t her people were divided
MUOMt thcmscives. They wete never
nblo to work la harmony. They wasted
titer strength in trying to gain advan
tages over each other lost,.'id of trying
to develop the opportunities tor great-
now which were oas.ly within their
roach. Having started out in the right
stay at last, the political factions hav
ing laid down their anna and taken to
shaking hands, there ought to be. and
two believe there will bo wiser action
In future. There luts been ns compro
mise, Thera ha* boon no yield ng. ex
cept of prejudices end personal prefer
ences, In order that tin* community may
be bettor served. When such a spirit
(s manifested, harmony la other works
ts possible.
tiik public library.
At one time and another a largo pro-
iV portion of the people of Macon have
(>e«n members-of tho Public L'bmry.
Mow, very few are member*. In oonse-
•pieikw the library, during tho last year
ES nr two, has bean tn serious ditllcuU'.cs
iintuckilly, and at one time Its debt*
ibraxtmeil to .watttvhelm It- Through
tlin ek'll and devotion of the board of
Urcctors which recently wen; out of
office, these difficulties were almost en
tirely overcame. Tho debt I* now trlv-
l*t—eo small (hat it la not an encum
brance that \v 11 interfere with tho use-
fulne«e of tho institution. "Dui its ca
reer of usefulness cannot oontlnuo un
less it has the support of the public.
TVs *tk for tt that support, if wen
one-half of the citizens who have here
tofore been uicmbara will ramr their
iilUvtsikv, its poshi^ui will not only bo
rendered sate, but its revenues wJl bo
so I tic revived that tho directors will bo
shlo to add very largely to tho number
of new booEP<j)Increasing its value
to every member. Even u three days
of cheap books, a. eubsortpeon to the
. library 1* cheaper to a nun who wishes
to min access to Uio great world of
literature. The collection of books In
the possession of tho I.brary is Urge
■ - and include* moat cf tho standard
worts that osnaot bo secured by any
reader without a largo expetWL'.ure of
money. In oddltloo, the proper sup
port of tho library will put at tho cem-
uuud of every member everything .n
current 1 terature that la valuable, The
institution la an old one. and its value
to tbe community is disputed by no-
lv*ly. It ha* bad a big) put In o.tu-
on ng the people who non make up
the population of Macon. It is there
fore earirted to eupport for the benefits
it haa already conferred open the com-
uiurttf. But leaving this out of con
sideration, ft Is entitled to support oven
mom on aooount of the good work It
Is yet capable of doing. We do , not
doubt that there are very many of our
citizens who appreciate the value of
the library and who are Wiling to come
to Its aid, yet fad io do so out of mere
carekamcM. We urge them to give in
their names as members. The charge
ujKm them will be slight, but If the re
sponse be us full os it ought to be, it
will relieve this valuable in*teuton
from the embarrassment which it now
suffer* and make it ooe of tlie most
useful In tho o'ty.
JIB. CARMBI.B'S PLAN’.
The Interest of the country in the
precedent's message wax couc minted
In that part <jt It .which would deal with
tlie currency question. It was an
nounced that the secretary of the treas
ury, through the president, would sub
mit to oongress a plan by which the
treasury would <» relieved of tho tens-
ffty <rf fliimishlng gold for export, end
at the Bame time provde a safe, eaund
and ample batik note currency. The
plan was duly submitted, and though
wc have not seen tlie scorot.irv a report
ami do not therefore know it lu de-
tn l, the prestdent'a message give* n
fair fdea of It
It is a modification of the present na
tional hulking law, out a very great
inodMloa.fon, end the first impress on
It makes upon the nder is that under
Its provisions the supply of currency
may be made very large. The legal
tender money of the United States, not
counting the gold com, 's not far short,
if at oU, of a billion dollars. Under
the plan proposed by Mr. Carlisle, nil
of this vast amount of money and the
gold coin are available as a bus * for
bmk noto circulation, and as that plan
provide* for a reserve of thirty per
cent., the amount of currency eoubl be
more than doubled. Three bank notes
would not be legal tender, but ns they
would be redeemable on demand liy
the banks kwu’ng them and protected
by n largo fund held by the govern
ment, they would undoubtedly circulate
freely on a parity with the legal tender
roohey of the country. So far ns tho
tweesslty ekisls, therefore, of provid
ing an ample currency. It Is met, in our
Opinion, by Mr. Carlsl*’* plan Tho
safety of this currency not guaran
teed by the governu out, as was pro
posed In the Baltimore plan. On tlie
contrary, the government requ.res that
the banks mutually Insure each other’s
circulation, iiha. is, It taxes each of
them to estahlisn i redemption fund
from which notea ul failed bauks will
lie redeemed, .hi* fund serving to guar
antee tho a.tea, In add tlen to the
CdpMdl of oaeh Individual bank. Should
the fund at any time prove Insufficient,
tlie tax, no doubt, would bo increased,
and ns tho government would also tax
the bank for t* expenses of adminis
tration, the givurantoe would be without
expense to tho tax payers.
We think them will be a general con
census of opinion that the notes circu
lated under ths system would he an
good «s the legal tender of the govern
ment, for though uot based ou govern
ment credit, they would bo based on
«n undertaking by tho govorataeut to
redeem them through the me of its
power of taxation. Tho difference to
the nol© holder Is not groat. The dlf-
feresico to -tho tax payer, who Is re
lieved from l ability, widen Is put en
tirely upon tho bank - is very great.
■Mr. CVtrllale’s plan does nothing to
wards settling the vexed silver ques
tion. though U may have Indirectly tho
effect of distract ng attention front It.
Aa to whether It will prevent tho draw
ing of grtld from ho treasury tar etpnt-
stlon, that can bo detonniued only by
experiment. Tho legal tenders wh oh
aco used for this purpose would be atill
In existence, but as tlie banking system
grows they would go into tho reserves
of those Instltut ons and would not
bo so readily available ns now. They
could not be usol by tho banks to draw
gold unless tho banks at tho some time
surrendered a proportionate part of
their circulation. U wduld generally
bo more oonven ont to prorldo tho gold
tire-del io tho foreign erode in another
way, and it is probablo thn.1 Mr. Car
lisle's plan would therefore be at lease
peril*lly successful tn thx d.rcctiou.
On the whole, wo ere Ind ued to think
that the plan will bo favorably re
ceived. U will not plouse oxtrem sts
ea either aide, but as it promises pnac-
t.cal benefits nud will enable the coun
try to provide itself at all times with
the motioj it netols, it lua much to
ennui cud It in the eyes of conservative
peoido who are more mtervstcd in Im
proving ooud Uons which exist than in
vindicating a theory..
One of its titer.ts-and It Is a merit
of the first rsuk-la dm tt sturala sotuo
ohattco of securing the approval of con
gross, whereas the s rnpie repeal of tho
10 per cent tax, leaving each state tc
regulate Its currency, would have no
chance of beeoroog a law. as experi
ence during die Ust sesnian proved. If
the Democratic congress is wise, it will
not allow the opportunity to reform
the currency to pass unimproved. Mr.
Oarl.sle’* plan is a rvMsonable basis for
agreement bst-wren the different fac-
tons of the party. If they refuse to
adopt It, but each UuUu upon tho en
actment of a law carrying oat its pecu
liar ideas of what should be done, then
noth'ng at all will ho acoompl shed,
and the tubjiut wiD be left for the Re
publican congress to deal with. This
win be unfortunate to the Democratic
party, a* It will futn.th additional evi
dence that it it Inovpable of dealing
wisely with the great public qucet.cns.
rnd to the country, uo; only because
nrolrcs delay, but b-vauio tho s
torn of finance wh’vh th* Itepuhlicaiu
are likely to establish will not give as
much satisfaction as iliac which .Mr.
Corj ale proposes.
This session of congres-t Is short, tt
is true, but If tho Democrats will work
together, with a. determined purposo to
aocomplsh this reform, tbi-ti it is long
enough.
The dispensary is Governor TIUman'a
own law, and he seems to think that
every offleor engaged in enforcing it
Is h s especial protege, entitled to pro
tection from the consqueoces of any
crime which bo may commit. On die
last day of his term, as -was reported
In the tel (grams yesterday, be par
doned a murderer, who had no claim
whatever to his mercy except that he
was a dispensary constable. It is prob
able that this crime flga.nst die peace
and order of the state of South Caro
lina will go unpunished. Governor
Tillman has secured u follow ng u that
state, apparently a majority of the
people, who no longer qucstlou the jus
tice or propriety of hi* act*. They sim
ply obey when lie orders and approve
when he act*. It is doubtful if any
man in our history has so completely
dominated the minds of his followers
as Governor Tillman does. How long
h s power will last, when he has been
transferred from Columbia to Wash
ington, is a question. Probably not
very long.
SHOUT TALKS
WITH MANY PEOPLE.
Dr. W. W. Huckatoee, who counts all
of it's acquaintances as bla fr.ends,
was in the city yesterday on business.
The genial doctor is rttstlcatjig down
at Gordon, and by way of amusing him
self s sh.pp.ug kaolin from u ui.ue he
owns down there. The doctor is al
ways a welcome visitor to Macon and
his friends ore glad wlien he conies,
only they would be glad to see him
oftenor.
A pitbldc-spjrilted bus'ness man told
me ycstcriljy that he hoped that the
present programme to have only oue
ticket In the field would be successful.
“Why,” said lie, "unanimity, peace and
good fpllonvsh.p is worth more to us
than tlie (Section of any cue man or
set of men to office. If wo are ever
to make Macon what wo hope to make
it we must unite our efforts in every
movement that iomfcs toward oar ad
vancement as a city. I am ,yery glad
that we are going to got together and
that instead of blr.tornoss and strfe
we are to have an uncontestcd elect on
with good mod as the oand.dtltes of u
people who ace unl»e<l for all that is
beat for us as a city aud as a people."
ITEMS NEWSY.
A Thomaoton horse ran away the oth
er daw and dauhol out hie brains
e galoot a tree.
Griffin (News: Instead df writing
about each Other. Macon and -Atlanta
omn tailk la out over the 'tphone.
Griffin News: The gin house of Mr. J.
R. Bills, about three mlUo from town,
was 'burned and two bales of cotton de
stroyed on Friday night. The origin
0>r th* tire wue a -match In the elevator
which carped tthe cokton to *he gin. The
emUre amount of the Joss la rast known,
e.nd the amount of Insurance, if any,
cam not be ."ound out.
A negro woman tn TtoocnttavJUlo made
o wholwilc raid on the hausehidd
goods of Mr. W. T. Nelson, for whom
she was cooking, last -week. After
stealing aOI ith money and asspets tn
the bouse. She took tho gun from tlie
lack for seif-protection agaanwt capture.
She aitetiwards throw tiht gun and emp
tied purses Into an old well and ran
Into the anus of a bailiff. She Isawalt-
Int* sentence.
ClarkeovHI* Advertiser: We Stave nn
abiding fnbih In tlie future of tho Dem
ocratic party If tlivy could cease their
tockcrtngn and get down to the business
for wWoh Uttey ore -wot to Washing
ton. Dot ithom repeal tlh 10 per cent,
tax on state banJcs. and the ipcriplo nvHl
ndly on manic to Clhctr supotu. Wihait Is
the use off nil this outcry against me
r.twMea while that groy-halml fitro of
the wholo system, the nniilonoa banking
tnotlherhnol. remain* untouched and
defiant?
Octke tCat remains moist and sweet
and retains He flavor for days Is made
with Dr. Prico's Cream Baking Pow
der.
contributed, and half a dozen others
equally Interesting, go to make up ths
attractions of the number. The Cos
mopolitan people say: "Wc might
charge you more for this number, but,
In all frankness, could we give you bet
ter material, better illustrated. If wa
charged you a dollar a copy?"
MtNTAL REACTION,
ANOTHER REMEDY FOR DIPH
THERIA.
Whilst tho doctors have been trying
tho "scrim" as a euro for diphtborat,
another doctor. Dr. F. I-offler (tho dis
coverer of the- d phvhcria brtilllus) In
Grcffsmald, has found out obd put In
pracric) qulto a different method or
treating tit.* dlro disease. Ths rem
edy oo-18'.stx of saturating cotton-wool
tn the follmvlng mixture: Sprit vlnl
conoeut, 65 parts; toluol, 35 {tarts; feer
sesqulohoml sal., 5 parts, nud menthol,
6 parts, and placing it on tho iLaeused
organs every drree or four hours, as
soon as the llluesa sppeara. During an
epdcnt.o of dipththoriu tn Groifswold
at she beginning of the present year,
this remedy was u»ed and sueeeodud
admirably. Eighteen per ceat. of the
patients died tmder the ordinary treat-
tuent. wh«>reas ous of seventy-one
treated by Dr. Loftier with the above
prepaid: -m not a single life was lost.
In die bospital where thirty patients,
after having the disease more than two
days, were then treated with die cot-
tan-wool and Dr, Lotrier's mixture, only
tlie died, four of whom wore already
so far sdvanced In tho d score that
pose and trsteheu were atfaeked; the
fifih had Inflammation of the lungs.
Dr. Loftier applied the same remedy to
hi* own little daughter, who had severe
dlphiher'a, and after energetically
ns ng the cotton-wool and the above
mixture *he ws* cured in a very short
Ume.—London Christian World.
LITERARY NOTE.
Th* relation which price bean to
3 using la literature It made obscure b>
le Christmas Cosmopolitan. Stories
by Rudyard KtpCtng. Wm. Dean How
ells,- Mr. Spencer Trask. Mns. Burton
Harrisoo and Albion W. Turgee. are
intersperasd with poetry' by sir Edsrln
Arnold. Edmund dstence Stedman
and Jams* WBttcomb Riley, while
through the number are scattered illus
tration* by Mich famous artist* as
Remington. Tlx-he. Reinhart. Turner.
Van Shurtc. Gibson and Slovene. A
series of portrait* of aoclaty illustrate
aa article on "The Ueriucgu of Pho
tography to Arty a travrt orticlo by
Napotaoa Nay. grandson o( th fa
mous field marshal: one off the stories
off "Great Passion* if History."
which Ffjude and Corse have already
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
the Mind's Quickness of Operation and
How It I* Hterenred.
Let s dozen or SO persons take hold of
hands in a ring. Each is to press the hand
of' ble right hand neighbor as soon as ho
receives a pressure from the left. One per
son start* tho pressure going nnd st the
game Instant observe* the position of the
second hand of a watch. The pressure
poises nil around tho circle, and when it
arrive* at the originator be notes bow
many seconds were required for the given
Dumber of persona In succession to receive
an Impression and make up tbelr minds
to act In response. The total time 1* then
divided by tho number of persons. This
Is a crude Illustration of tho reaction time
which we measure with great accuracy on
single person*.
A* the mental portion of tho reaction
time become* more complicated the time
becomes longer. For example, the proc
esses of mental discrimination and choice
require times of their own. The woy we
get at these‘‘higher” mentol proceasee can
be illustrated In a simple way. A person
placed In a quiet room la to tap a tele
graph key every timo ho see* a red light,
which can be produced nt the will of the
experimenter in the recording room. Tho
Interval of time between thn actual ap
pearance of the light and the moment tho
key is tapped Is accurately measured. For
awhile nothing but the red light is used,
th!; to obtain the Slntplo reaction time.
Then red and yellow lights are turned on
In irregular succession. The person ha*
now to discriminate between two colors
and to cliooso between action and nonac
tion. The Increase of time required over
the simple reaction time gives tho dis
crimination time for two colors. In an
other set of experiments three oolors are
used, then four colors. As the discrimina
tion and choico become more complicated
more time is required.
Tho importance of rapid and accurate
reaction aud discrimination is ovldont
Astronomers have difficulty in recording
tho moment at which a star passes a 11ns
In the telescope. The sportsman must pull
the trigger at just tho proper moment.
Tho football player, tho fencor and tho
boxer are trained in rapidity of discrimi
nation and reuctlon. It is very ovldent that
a player or a pugilist who takes a long
time for discrimination, choico and voli
tion will glTo a decided advantage to a
quick opponent.—Forum.
Ws* It Thraophy?
Wo have so many contradictory defini
tions of theosophy nowadays that wo are
glad to have a truo exposition from "ono
who knows.” The followers of Mmo.
Blavntsky stylo themselves “thcos-
ophlsts,” and we are lnollned to associate
tho word with anything that savors or the
occult. Wo are told, however, that truo
theosophy in psychological religion.
"Theosophy means literally ‘wisdom of
God,’ not wisdom from God, but of God—
viz, a wisdom characteristic of God—God's
wisdom. Theosophy Is a special Insight of
tho dlvlno nature nnd processes. A truo
theasopldst knows God’s plans and pur
poses ns tho results of some special inter
communication between God and himself.
Such an illumination Is promised all
Christian believers."—New York World.
All competitors have been compelled
to give way to Dr. Price's Baking
Powder. All rivals have been forced to
yield the palm.
ADAM’S ARMORIAL ENSIGNS.
Otersldlo Authorities Ascribe to the First
Stan Two Coats of Arms.
Although bnraldlo authorities have made
no direct attempt to solvo the voxed ques
tion,
When Adam delved and Ere span.
Who WM then the gentleman?
yet thoy have assigned to Adam two coats
of arras. The first, which was borno In
Eden before the fall, when ho needed
nelthor coat for covering nor arms for
defenso, consisted of a shield gules, upon
whloh tho nrms of Eve (a shield argent)
wore quartered ns an escutcheon of pro-
tenso, site being an heiress. Tho socond
coat, borne after tho oxpulslon from tho
garden, was "paly tranche divided every
way and tlnotured of every color. ”
Tho usoof furs In birznnryis, It has
boon solemnly asserted, a rello of tho gar-
mouts of skins worn by our first parents.
Tho second man who Ilvod upon tho
earth, Abel, was, wo are told, a true gen
tleman, a proof that It does not noacssn-
rlly tnko three generations to manufacture
tho article. Cain was "no gentleman” by
behavior, but ha was the first man who
desired tn havo his arms changed, "so
God set his mark upon him."
Nearly all the principal characters In
tho Old Testament have boon accredited
with coats of arms. Thoso are, as a rule,
highly appropriate, except in tho caso of
Joseph’s heraldic coot, which was merely
black, tlnotured with wbltoL-”choquy sa-
blo nnd argent"—whereas something after
tho pattern of Adam’s second coat would
surely havo been more In keeping with
the youthful Joseph’s favorlto attire. Gid
eon bore arms, sable, a flecoa argent, a
chief azure gutto d’eau; David a harp
In a field argent, and Samson gules, a
lion couebant, or within an orle argent,
semee of lives sable.
Armorial ensigns are supposed to have
received dlvlno sanction, for God, whoa
prescribing unto Moses tho form of con
ducting tho Israelites in their joiyncy
through tho wilderness, expressly com
manded tho use of armorial signs, saying,
"The ohlldrcn of Israel shall pitch their
tents evory man by his own camp and ev
ery man by hlaown standard.”—Cornblll
Magnxine.
Tbs Bloomer Question Abroad-
English lady cyclists are less advanced
In their Ideas with regard to costume than
their sisters tn France. On tho other side
of the channel, In Paris especially,
knlckcrbockered women on bicycles can
bo seen by tho hundreds on Sunday after
noons. Probably If they could sco tho ri-
dlculoas appearance they present, with
their baggy knickers and spindle shanks,
they would discard the new costume for
ever, but the fact remains that, while for
eign women cyclists have universally
adopted the sonave style of lower gar
ment, most English women who go cy
cling prefer tho older fashioned and more
graceful manner of raiment It Is worthy
of remark also that the few who don the
knickers Invariably carry a little bundle
tied behind them which looks suspiciously
like a spare skirt. Very likely the extra
bostumo 1* (or uso In cases of emergency,
such as when a strict landlady refusu to
acknowledge tho right of the wearer of
baggy attire to a scat In the diningroom
unless the knickers are hidden from sight
—London Telegraph.
Be Was.
“1 beg your pardon, air," raid the com
mercial tourist, "but are you a traveling
man?"
"Y’es, air,” cheerfully replied the Meth
odist preacher on hU way home from the
annual conference. "Got to pack np and
move again this year, just a* usual."
And ha looked out of the car window
and softly whistled, “I would not live
alway. "—Chicago Tribune.
Baking
Powder
ABMWYE1.Y PURIE
THE BOAT RIDE.
In a path of rippled gold,
O’er a field of eapphiro dark,
By the moon god’» art unroll’d,
Scattering many a starry spark.
Dreamily my boat drift* on.
By lomo fairy power drawn—
Slave to her email band upon
The helm that glides tho bark.
And the gliding,
Airy riding,
Spray dividing,
Craft a*tbrill is
At the touch of Marguerite—
At her touch, whose potence sweet
Love himself brings to her feet,
Eager what her will is.
Oh, to drift with her alway 5
In this golden moonlit way, »
Where my craft, responsive, may
E’er her dainty hand obey,
Marguerite, my merry mate I
—George Henry Daugherty in Womankind.
VIRCHOW AGAINST DARWIN.
TIPS IN AMERICA.
He Says a “Sheep Theory** Is as Plausible
os tho “Monkey Theory.*
Professor Rudolph Virchow declared
himself emphatically against tho Darwin*
inn theory of tho origin of species at tho
convention of anthropologists which met
at Innsbruck. Virchow is considered by
many competent judges tho greatest an
thropologist living. Ho has probably
made more measurements of tho represent
atives of various races and tribes than
any other specialist.
In his address nt Innsbruck Virchow
did not mince words In his attack upon
Darwin, whose theories, ho said, Instead
of aiding tho researches of anthropologists,
had been hindrances to them. “Darwin
himself,” ho continued, “refrained at first
in his explanation of his law of develop
ment, in tho work on tho origin of species,
from applying it to human beings. There
has been a long investigation of this the
ory. Tho attempt was mado to solve the
question by speculation, and tho ’monkey
theory’ was set up. It would havo been
just ns easy to come to a ‘sheep theory.’ ”
This ‘’monkey theory,” as Virchow
likes to call tbo ideas of Darwin, had been
harmful to anthropology. Anthropology
today, however, bothered Itself little about
this theory, which was started 25 years
ago. Anthropologists had to accept the-
actual world, and. tho race quostlon nat
urally appealed to them. It was impossi
ble, In Virchow’s opinion, to say whether
or not a colored raco could descend from
ono not bo marked. No positive example
existed. Such a thing in tho case of on
Individual was looked upon as n patholog
ical ovent.
Metaplasia (ebango from one kind to
another), Virchow declares, could not tako
placo without anomaly. This anomaly
could bccomo horedltary. If that took
placo In a family, “wo como upon tho
hereditary variation, nnd by multiplica
tion wo got tho race. Wo know that a raco
can retrograde. Whero we find nn exam
ple of atavism we must ask the question,
of course, whether this atavism is not a
proof that the raco developed from a being
of that kind. It is almost always impossi
ble to speak with certainty, regarding tho
origin of a raco or trfbo.*’—New York
Tribuno. v
Perspective In Study, i
The deepest mistako being mado today
by a certain class of enthusiastic Voon of
science is nogleot of tho imagination*. Or
It may bo that Imagination is misunder
stood and tho word is used by them to rep
resent the faculty which deals with mN
realities. Theso earnest and active mon
seem to overlook tho tremondous result
accomplished, oven in natural sclonco, by
the Imagination of such men ns Kcplor,
Newton, Goethe, Frnn*..lin and Laplace.
We aro all too apt to look upon Darwin as
a man dovold of tho divine gift, but this
theory Is nono tho less a great poem in tho
r )stract because its mountain of dry de
tails shuts off tho horizon of enchant
ment.
Tho Btudcnt should bo permitted to see
and feel something more than mere ma
terial substanco when ho touches tho hem
of nature’s garment. Tho contact must
bring tho thrill of immemorial kinship
from tho living, quivering body and tho
luminous soul within it. Thero is danger
that wo shall loso tho tradition of poetry
puro and simplo, and with it the con
sciousness of a perspective whose vanish
ing point is our spiritual origin. Thoro is
equal risk in costing aside all else for what
we call practical sclonco, of falling into
tho mill of conscienceless materialism and
bring ground to the dust of pessimism.—
Editor's Outlook In Cbautauquan.
Employee, Not Employe.
Why should tho French word employe
bo HO much used when wo have at hand
tho English form of tho samo word, which
seems at onco to suggest itself and an
swers every purpose? Employee is surely
tho English correlative of employer. When
we want tho correlative of examiner, we
say at once examinee, and bo in other
analogous cases—o. g., licensee, assignee,
eddressee, consignee, mortgagee. Somo
French words, llko rendezvous, restaurant
and coupon, aro readily adopted into our
own languago. But it cannot bo so with
a word which requires to bo written with
nn accent, and which further requires the
addition of nn ”o” to indicate the fomi-
nino gender.
The uso of tho French word has these,
among other, disadvantages—that it has
always to be printed in italics, and that,
when spoken or written by tho illiterate,
as when ono reads, for instance, of “the
female employes of tho firm,” there Is of
fense in tho ono case to the ey^ in the oth
er to the ear.—London Times.
Nurse girls*
It is an indisputable fact that children
contract many diseases from nurscgirls
whoso homes, habits and pedigree aro such
thnt they ore absolutely unfitted to mingle
with children of any ago or condition. It
might not bo a bad Idea if tho Society For
tho Prevention of Cruelty to Children
wonld use its endeavors to get laws passed
requiring nurseglrls who apply for places
to tako care of children to havo a certifi
cate from a physician showing that they
are fit to take charge of them. Tho blind
ness of many persons to tho welfare of
their little ones In thla particular might
furnish tho subject for many a homily,
nnd tho agitation of tho matter certainly
ought to bring about salutary results.
Harwell's “Suction Well."
Burwell, Neb., has a well that Is almost
as freakish as the Ore Blanco (Tex.) well.
This prairie oddity is a well 150 feet In
depth, which takes queer spells of alter
nately suckiug in and expelling air. In
winter the air usually flows into the well
for three days in succession, the samo
amount of time being consumed in the
act of expulsion. In summer these periods
lengthen to five or six days. It Is known
all over Nebraska as “Burnell's suction
welL”-^t. Louis Republic.
One million one hundred thousand He
brews perished by plague and famine in
the ym 70 A. D.
The Walter SsM It Was Undignified, but
He Took the Quarter.
There is a good deal of nonsense talked
about American immunity from tipping.
That is a subject on which Air. Robert
Louis Stevenson Is ready to exchange a
wink or two with any English traveler in
the States. In his journey “across the
plains” Jbe made at Pittsburg his first ac
quaintance with the “colored gentleman”
aa a waiter. For instance: “Seeing he waa
a very honest fellow, I consulted him up
on a point of etiquette—If one should offer
to tip tho American waiter? Certainly not,
ho told me. Never. It would not do. They
considered themselves too highly to accept.
They would even resent the offer. As for
him and me, we had enjoyed a very pies;
ant conversation. Ho In particular had
found much pleasure In my society. I was
a stranger. This was exactly one of those
rare conjunctures. Without being very
clear seeing, I can still perceive the sun a*
noonday, and the colored gentleman def*
ly pocketed a quarter.”
An American indeed haa "given us a
most graphic summary of the sufferings
of the parting guests whom the hotel serv
ants came forth to speed: “His happiness,”
according to Mr. Smalley, “consists, in
tho reflection that he haa mado others hap
py; that he has feed tho waiter who has
brought his coffco in tho morning, the
chambermaid or perhaps two chamber
maids, the porter who brought up his
trunks and the porter who carried thorn
down, a third who put them on a cab, a
fourth who looked on while it was loaded,
a fifth who blacked his boots, the uni
formed conductor of tho rickety elqvator,
the head waiter in tho restaurant, In ad
dition to tho actual waiter aud four small
boys in Bllver laced caps. Then he gives
all tho money ho has left to the hall por
ter.”
Tho picture, though absurdly over
drawn, serves to recall-the speech by whloh
Lord Chancollor Bethell will bo longest
remembered. Ho mado it, after leaving
an English seaside hotel, to tho first friend
he met: “I came down hero for ebango
and rest. The waiters kept the change,
and the landlord’s had the rest.”—Pall
Mall Budget.
Loyd aud food are two things that are
badly distributed in this world. Ono gen
erally has too much of both when ono la
young and “lives home,” whllo a Jack be
comes noticeable immediately one goes
out Into the world to care for oneself.
The blood flows almost as freely through
tho bones as through the flesh o^ very
young children, but as ago comes on tlio
blood vessels In the bones aro almost filled
by the deposition of matter.
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in this particular, is a problem.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICES OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that aaVdecttoii
for six aldermen, one from each\f the
six wards of the city, to serve foKjthe
ensuing two years, will be held in He
city of Macon on Saturday, December 8,
1894, at the precincts named below. Polls ‘
will bo opened at 8 a m. and will close
at 5 p. m. The following are the mana
gers of said election:
First Ward—Comer Fifth and Ocmul-
gee streets. R. L. Henry, DeWltt Me-
Creary, J. H. Pellew.
Second Ward—Court House. C. A. Ellis,
O. L. Reeves. John Marks.
Thind Ward-City Hall. E. O’Connell,
E. C. Corbett, F. A. Schoneman.
Fourth Ward—Near comer New and
Plum. John Hart*. H. P. Weatcott, W.
L. Johnson.
Fifth Ward—Findlay’s Foundry. S. J.
Kent, J. W. Mill!rons, W. P. Carlos.
Sixth Ward—Warterhouse’s More. G.
L. Bright, T. W. Waterhouse, W. H.
O’Pry. H. HORNE, Mayor.
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
Lsttns mads on oh ole* real eatata and
farming lands In Georgia. Interest ?
per cent. Payable In two, three or flv*
year*. No delay. Commission* very
reasonable.
420 Second Street. Macon. Oa.
LOANS NEGOTIATED-
On improved city and farm property
tn Bibb and Jone* counuea In loan*
ranging from >5)0 ud at ? per cent. *ltu>
pie mtereat; Ume from two to five years.
Promptness and aotmmmooauon a ape*
dally. L. J. ANDERSON & CO..
Nn. Sit 8eo)nd Street. Macon. Us.
MONET TO LOAN.
Seven per cent. Loans negotiated on
Improved city property and farms.
SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST COM.
PANT OF GEORGIA.
St Second atreet. Macon. Q*.
CITr TAX NOTICE
The fourth and last Installment of the
city tax is now due. Taxpayers are re
quired to pay for the year.
Executions will be Issued and expenses
charged to those In default.
A. K. ylNSLEY, Treasurer.
November H ISM.
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