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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1894
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SHOULD ltB FOIbOBD TO ACT.
So tar a* wo liawa itbsorved, there la
opposition iy> Iho Curkrio pkiti of re
forming ottr cumene/ ?„*• only on the
part of llmse who are entirely suttwlcd
with the presegtt system, and who feel,
perlMps, that, rile uncertainties of the
sliuolUon ns it exists uru iirulltiitilo
rather than otherwise to ilium. 'fills
upposlUnn (nnstato of n umiiatraHvcly
few ponwiiH and interests, If the truth
may he discovered town reading the
netvvpaiiMim. file vast majority of pee-
|de nnd of intemitH in tlio United
States tire nominee.I Unit the prtaent
system to fatally defective and must lie
elttrigwl. So far as we have tiecn able
10 ribservo, till* mat majority either
heartily Approves or accepts (With some
rewenro Hie Carlisle plnoi. Nolnxly luis
boon able to point out In It defonts of
siilllalejit imprtnlance to velilnto It ns n
whole—oifttolsni of it dulling only
with minor details.
These hein* Hie fnttls of die situation,
ft scorns to u* tluut itho business com-
m unity .if the United Kioto# ought to
make its Influence felt on congress.
'Hint ilnislnc.se mtnmunlty knows how
■iilsemlAe 1* tile prutem. condition of
Btfalni, anil knows tlmt koiiwiJUuk must
lie done to tvMlore tnnlldnmw In opr
finances ami vigor ito She paralyzed en
ergies of the country. Knowing tluwo
facts, nnd knowing also flio extort to
which Ihri notion of asKim I* oon-
trolled by partisan feeling. Itio bunkums
men of the country should Bring to Imar
on tSmt laxly such n pmauro thni It
ownot neglect Hie most fmportanl mat
ter wllli which it oan deal unit tluvoto
It* tlrapi to measures in ajlUcii the coun
try ns n whole Is Utttlo In.tetv'Mlrel, how
ever imrdi ipoBlklnus imil (urtlsuiui
may be .wrapped tip in Mum.
YnstcnIny’s.Vsptitchiw from New York
rfloted that today more then three mil
lions of gold would be exported to Bu-
rape. Tit Is dilUgwitcd Hint this Is but
die IhmBlining of a movement flat will
curry many millions of this primary
money out of aim country. Hail wo it
proper system of finance, tfato move
ment of gold might 'ho of llfUo Kigali-
oanoe. lit mtgbt mean, under such clr-
ounmtankHS, imnvty tliat money* tem
porarily, ooubl ho more proflLihiy em
ployed abroad than In Uie United
States. Under the rlminttnnoea which
extrt in .this country nt present, the ex
portation of |0)Id ilom not menu that
money 1* ciompsrntlvofiy nbutulntit in
Oils country. It is difficult to omploy
liemey profitably here, burs that
fact is due nrt to tllio ovcenbunilanco
of money, but to tho circumstances
which make tlio onrj'leytnent of all cap
ital oompamtlwly UMproU.uble. Tlieru
Is a twont of confidence that checks
sod paralyzes enterprise, anil this want
of coutldonoo W duo not only to Uio
faults of tiie prenuit ourreiiqy Jaws,
but also to tho iinixvmalirty as to tlio na
ture of tho olmngo which tuvvily every-
body recognizes us neemsiry.
The otrll* of tlio proseut system, ns
well an tlio certainty that a ohnugo
must bo made, ore omplinetzid by tiio
tacts to whlclt wo ttavc already ro-
fernd In relation to tho movement of
gold out of the country. Only a few
days have paieu.l since die government
borrowed fifty million dclbim of tho
nretoj. Already a wry uonalilenililo
part of that Large sum has bean with
drawn from tlio treasury by persons
piYnendtig die government's u»to» for
redemption. It is reasonable to slip-
lioao Unit this process of presetting tho
government's no tea fbr redemption,
wliloh notes must nmmaUvtety be is
sued Spain, will continue. An Tong us
it is possthlo for tt to continue tlio
United States treasury U itlie fount
from which every onplmltat In the world
noodtag gold oan most easily obtain it
As tong as it continues, the United
Stales government is at tho mercy not
only of lu no to holder# at homo, but of
every foreign btsancM community nnd
of every foruTgn cevernmont which, for
purposes of its own, desgv* to enlarge
Its etvx-k of tho yellow motal Tho
treasury's ropply of gold, tans subject
to exhausCtan at the win of any and
everybody, oan 9s> renewed only by tho
use of the-credit of tho government,
nnd tho result la that St frcqth'nt inter
val* the Oovwnunent must increaio lu
debt, or allow its promises to pay to go
to protest, nentofore, it tins avlscly
chosen tho first of those 4wo evils, and
has borrowed tho gold which tt needed.
But the unwisdom of rfitawtug tho
trrosurj to remain in this helpless con
dition. to the ruin of the Uumost of
the country and to the diecroltt of its
statesmanship is so apparent rh.t a
congress actuated only by jartloUo mo
tives and tut divided into warring too
tloisv Intent only on gaining advantage
over each other ooulil hot fall to act,
but there is no oeMMnty that »'.u- con-
gre« now ultJUng will net, unless It is
compelled 'to do so by tho pressure of
ptfiillo opinion. We hope that pressure
w.U lie brought to Ixnr at tho earliest
possUilo moment nnd In the lieailest
possible way.
COST OF COTTON.
Wo publish a letter tills morning
from Mr. Warren, a Houston county
former; to «vteo*c intelligence nnd care
ful business methods the letter itself
bear* witness, in which lie discusses
the important question: What does it
cot* to raise cotton?
It cannot he denied that the condi
tions under which Mr. Warren’* crop
was raised were exceptionally favora
ble—far more furore Mo than rttoae un
der which oho ixiik of tho o«s«n crop
is produced, llnv farmers can pay oasli
for tholr labor and supplies, and few
produce fifteen follwofcftt hale* for
oaoh plow. Bui oven outer these fa
vorable condlUbnb, Mr. Warren Fist
money on uis crop—reoelrlng less tlian
no tiling fior lit* own nul his partner's
services. His uottrm <5)Ht him u con-
atderaMe fMotion inure tlun five ceuta
a pound.
The average loss by cotton planters
on the present crop was, we do ’ not
doubt, larger than that suffered by Mr.
Wurrun. A business cannot be carried
on Indefinitely at a Iasi, and it Is ab
solutely nccesAtry, therefore, for our
farmers to reduce* ithe cost of their pro
duct or iuortnso its sailing price. la is
Is hard Ito see how the labor cost can
bo reduced, file wages paid by Mr.
Warren In producing his etVip could
hardly be lower amd give die laborer a
living. An mcroasc of the product, if
It could tie increased 'WHbout adding to
tiie lalior cont, tonld probably only re
sult in ii reduction of tho soiling prlco
and mail to Improve the farmer's con
dition, tho supply of coflton having al
ready outrun ithe demand for tt. Noth
ing remains, dim, appntvutly, but to
bring about an increase of tlio selling
price, and ifirat can be done only by
brmglng the supply of cotton down to
the <ptunity which .the worfd will buy
nt a price profitable to the producer.
In our opinion, that cun lie done only
through tlio action of Individual form
ers, nud not by a concerted movement.
The Telegraph hopes flint other cat-
ton vnisera will imitate i.Mr, Warren’s
example and give the public f he muills
of iliolT oxpwlonco througli Its columns.
OOMl.MUSMo.VKU CIJIMaVlU
In tvuppolntiug Jutlson Clements to
tho intomtalte r.iihvxul convnlsalon,
President Olevnlmd lias won die gtWt 1 .-
tudo of Oeongki Deinoctmis.
■Mr. OlnnvailM onltvre upm a uaiv term
of six year*. Ho has rendered valua
ble service no n member of the commis
sion, and, st hi pwlerstoud, planted him
self, while ifiti oppunnnttH were receiv
ing the 1 tidiest indorsements, sqtkircly
upon his round during die Unto that
he has served upon that board. Cob
Buck Kilgore of Texus nml llailroad
Oummlsslonor Shorter of Altba.ma were
In 11 Hi field, mud ihoy had broad nnd
sulvsiautlal baoklug. But moments'
twonl won.
Cleancnts is not only a gentleman
whom Grorgtaais are glad to seo hon
ored, but ho amii roved tho party nt
n very critical <1*110 by tlnfeaitiitg tho
Independent cmidltkttc, I)r. Felton, In
tho Sereuth and redntolillslVng I>em-
oor.ltio prmtlpt in Hunt district.
Tt was In that contest (tluit he won the
title "Victorious ‘Mwuutalu Colt,” for
Hie moo wus n great one nud ho dis
tanced his rtvul, to Hie glory of the
Domooracy.
U>t CUorohuiil selcut n.> UenvxTUfs
less utanipnicfiolilc dmn Jtslscn O.
Clements ami (Imirgla, at least, will
Dover quarrel iwlth ills appolutmenls.
file "McKinleyltea should not objoot
to tho (noomo 'tax. It Is nn euttibllsltixl
principle of iMoKInleytam that tho
"foreigner pajai mile .tax."
Eighty ioltmw factory, girls have
gone oilt ou a strike at St. Louis. Girls
always like to be striking. But eighty
of you? Girls! gU-la! guls!
The penalty of taring $4,000 a y«ir
I mi niie is 2 per cent, lloworer, die
average nran win accept thi> uomlitions.
Give him the vneome nnd lie iwfil hustle
around nnd imuttgo to scrape up tho
tax.
Tho recent advance in eugar was a
sweet tiling for the holders of sugar
trust stock. Tho consumer who
diluted on the ultmltuttou.of the "dif-
forenitlsl" may comfort himself by
sucking his thtuulM.
Tho vstttcnn relics from the Chicago
talr tavo been returned to Uome. No
apedfio mention la mbdo of tho article,
but dmtbtless <Sto Tope's toe ts once
more wife in its accustomed niche.
An attempt at suleido near Washing
ton. Go., (a aoer.Tx\l by the Atlanta
OousUtntton to ‘despondency." Jdt
sot W1U and hilarious fits of cheerful
ness don't do it once in a coon's ag;.
Congressmen from tho Wmt nnnounco
tiiat they are not “stuck on tho Mc
Kinley Wll." Owing to Uie McKinley
bill and other UepnUkxut legtslatiou,
Uto entire tntien finds itself "Stuck."
Id Hung Chang hail bis "yellow
Jacket” Btrtpped from his bock because
ho did act wop fhe dopancso Invasion
at die outrxtt. Vow ho whispers In the
imperial car tthat he cannot stop tt. If
U Hung doesn't watch out bo will Bo
Ilung.
have agreed to .make exhibits at At
lanta, while ofhew appear to bo oon-
slilrtlng tlio proposition favorably.
McKinlqy reognized 'the importance
of bringing South and North America
nearer together as a mutual defense
against the exactions of European ex-
poriora; but "reciprocity” oocomplislied
little, and tho fair any aoooinpUsh
much.
Owing to Soomiury Urdus Smith’s
(Otm.)my, iha pensions appreqiriatlon
tins time was several millions shottt of
the last UppreqiraLtkni. Btlll it amounted
to $141^fil,070. If England or Ger
many or France would only swop its
standing many budget for our pension
list, there would ho rejoicing from
Maine to CuHforula; for tho American
people know a good trade iwliea they
see It
Sonator Gall of Florida Tast Thursday
sent up in the reading clerk no amend
ment to the Nicaragua omul bill, which
Is supposol 'to be very good timl very
wise. The senate at least knows noth
ing to rite contrary, since 'Uie clerk was
unable .to make either bold or rail of
it file chamber was obliged to ad-
Joun» to give him » clianno to <liss.pher
toe document—if ho cotfld. Mr. Call,
during bis off hours, must lie in the
teiMt of furnishing .MB. for the prewt
Two Atinuta tackmen ouspecuxl of
oommttllfng a crime almost us iHotnr-
uupte as infamous, have Just been re-
lcasod from custkxly on the discovery
tiiat their only offeuse was to haul a
couple of drunken women, who cat up
Jack, akinocd did neighborhood uud
broke tile luick window. If file mgroisi
had told the truth to Slant iwlth, they
.would not havo txr-n tHrentyifoiir 1 tours
in Jail. But they pul themselves In
danger of 'the gallows because the truth
was to riiam an unknown quantity,
file negro character bears am ouoma-
lou* reiurion to the administration of
Justice.
8II0UT TALKS
WITH MANY PEOPLE.
South America rectus strongly In-
dined to respond to the tcihatton is
sued by the Oottou Buice and Intenu-
Uonal Exposition, and several states |
Mr. C. W. Doming ol Rrunawlvk ar
rived In Macon yesterday to moot his
mother, who ha* been on a visit to
friend* In Mtidlaon. Mr. Doming la dep
uty collector of cuatoma nt Brunswick «nd
la the leading spirit In Brunswick’s bright
i cwnpaper, Uie Morning Call, on which
be does some blight work. Waller Dent
ing is the Journalistic idol of everyone
lu Brunswick nnd there la nothing In
that town that be. can’t havo for the
asking. And be deserves it all, t.)o, for
he baa labored In season and out wr
Brunswick, and his articles In the va
rious papers of tho country have been ot
ns mui'li lasting benellt to the plucky Ht-
,tlo seaport city as the money and Influ
ence of the biggest man of the town.
"I read with a great deal of satisfac
tion In tho Telegraph this mnrsitng
that work had been begun on Mercer
or Tattnall park,” said Professor Mar
tin to mo yesterday. "That place has
always presented a golden opportunity
to the city, aod 1 regard It an a re
proach to us as a people that It has
been allowed to remain unimproved vo
long. From what I can learn. It will
Indeed be beautiful when completed,
nnd X want to shake bunds with Hen
ry iionic und tell him that I for one
am gild that the improvement Is to bo
made, and think to lilm la due till the
credit for tlila advance step."
Mr, Henry Fcngln, one of ihe solid
pin iuctx of Houston county, has been
In the city a few days. Mr. Feagln is
onu of those farmers who raises very
little cotton, but a great deal of all
other farm crops. His plantation is on
he Ocmulgce river, nnd there'he Uvea
in all of tho splendor and comfort of
the old-time, lude-bellum idunter, nnd
when he looks out ever Ills broad nerd
be con truthfully swy Hint ho Is mom
arch of all he surveys. ”1 always make
It a rule,” ho said yesterday, "to raise
enough of everything to hive enough
for the wants of my family and ’nig
ger*,' nnd have some left lo sell. I sell
com, outs, liny, pens, peanuts, wafer,
me joint and even meat every year, and
I (don’t core anything about cotton. Wo
Southern people are lazy; there Is no
use to deny that; we ure as lazy ns
can be, and that Is tho very reason we
raise cotton. Anybody can raise cotton
—In fact, it will raise Itself If given
u half chance—and wv love to sit In
tile shade and seo it grow. 1 diversify
my crops, hut It takes & great deal of
wurk to do It. I-ast year I soid tSOO
worth of meat, und lmd a plenty to
run the phtce on during the year." Mr.
Fosgln Is on* of the few men who
know how to make faroiUig pay, nnd
thut he does make It pay Is evidenced
by the fact that he has grown rlcli
at It.
One of the brightest things I have
heard or read la a long time--was told
the other night by City Clerk Bridges
Smith on Col. Wltay. MaJ. Findlay, the
clerk nnd ntynojf were In tho clerk's
uRVcp, when lu reran manner tho con-
voivnitlon turned to rortliquakes. MaJ.
Findlay had Just finished telling of,
hla experience on the night of tho
Charleston earthquake Severn? years
ago. that also shook Macon terribly,
nud how hi* youngest child was born
while tho house was rooking. Then
th« clerk took the Hour. Said he: “Coun
cil whs In s odovi that night. H. A.
Blue wjw clerk nod Oot. c. M. Wiley
was ohlcf at police Mr. Blue wps out
of tlio city raid Ool. Wiley whs acting
as clerk for him. When the shock
came, Capt. Corner said, “Barth-
quake!" aud everybody In the council
chamber ran out, except Col. Wiley,
who quietly rot down and wrote where
tho minutes, were so unceremoniously
Interrupted the wools, 'Council ad
journed on motion of the city hnll.’ He
then deliberately left the building,
which was rocking like a cradle. The
entry stand* on tlio minute* today."
concluded the clerk.
•'So far as volume Is concerned."
said Mr. Otidcr Willingham yesterday,
"tho cotton trade L everything that
we could desire. ‘But cotton bring*
■ >n!y .('-".a Ci a bale now. Ws are
liiuo only oil account of tbs distress
ingly low twice of the staple. Wo have
too much cotton.'
WHAT IT COSTS TO AEAKE COTTON.
To the Editor of tho Telegraoh: 1
have kept a strict account of the ox-
1 cnacs of a fbuixhoive farm this year,
and ns 1 had a iMrinw who twin tmer-
tstal in tho same, l am come oretty
close to the cost of producing a pound
of cotton this season. In this section-
one bf the most favorable years for cul
tivating cotton 1 hnvo known i:v twenty
year*, and on Mud (mix has been vreil
kept lip mxl highly manured for the
lent HMD years. There are no two
years in which it cos us the cumo to pro
duce cotton, os the coot varies wtai the
•saaona. TSu' mwtkn of the land also
lias a grvat deal to do with the cost. I
behve coeton can be produced In aeor-
gia as cheaply ns tt Cat be crvxlucrri in
Taxes, or elsewhere In tho cotton belt.
Where land has been brought up to a
high state of cuUlvntSbn. U will prodwts
from % thousand M ttftno hundred
pounds of weed voCtoa t>cr acre. Tho
difference in the cost of labor, etc., wlH
balance tho cost of our guano.
We cultivate elgthtydlve acres of cot
ton and forty acre* of oecm. with other
small wide (rci*. We hired two hints
for six mont”i« at trine dollar* Dcr
month land rations. We fed these hamdu
on home-made meat anil bread, file
rose of (the hands vw. (gave fifty cents a
day, arid they fed tinarweSvea. We paid
bunds forty ivci s par hundred for trick
ing oot) on. tlney firti j themsesves. We
used on the crop two fhousund busheis
of. .no., k*)h; manure, .sixiv-fi'x bushels
of planting aeol and (225 worth of com
mercial fertilizer, and all the s able ma
nure ralodd on the place the yeer be
fore. We (titd cash for everything «e
purchased. We raised reiough meat,
lard, etc., to do fhe family all the year
and tt*> plow hands BSx months. 1 men
tion atl thl* In order to show the favor-
attrio circumstance® with nvhloh we were
surrounded to make a .Cheap crop.
We mad) sixty Iba1e» of cotton, aver
aging 54 ponds tb the bale, und 509
bushels of corn or about the nunc
nmount we used In making the crop we
raised. WV) made 5,000 pounds more
pork this year than wv made last, und
180 "bushels of catfum seed le*u than we
used.
We «Wo (tinned anil packed our cotton
with our own mttohlneiy, «nd hauled «
to M.u>)n (twenayone mfles) with our
OA'll teams, ho If cost us nothing except
the hands to do the work.
OR.
Sixty teles at Be. per pound....JL500 00
Pork over and above whet we
hail on hand, 3,000 pound#
at 6c. per pound 180 00
5LCS0 00
DR.
Whole cost of cultivating end
gathering 'the crop, inetudlag
lilbbor, guano, picking, gin-
tring, bagging, ties, haulng tb
mirket, etc 150 00
Rent of l.iml t 300 00
Family expenees,lncluding cook 150 00
IV Pit of four mules 80 00
Itont of two wagons..... ; 20 00
Taxes 25 00
Initeredt for twelve monohs op
hag money (revested, alt 8 per
cent 48 00
Wear and Dear of ginning ma
chinery 25 00
One hundred and (ibfnity buy".Kris
cotton seed used more than
made. iab 15e 27 00
O iimmUUiorra are eix»y bales of
cotiton - 30 00
51.900 35
The cost lb a UtXle over 6 3-5 cents M
pound for a favorable crop year, above
the average. It Xs very often the cast-*
toller the crop Is laid, by, we have un-
favbrable seasons, that cut o*t the crop
one-thtrd. say to tt)a halos 'to the re’ow.
which wotill rua the cast tup to 7 1-2
cents per pound.
Same say the tamers will havo to
make conton at 5 cents. I sse no way
of (miking It dheaper than they have
done uMs year, unlesu ftaneoola invents
a suoaosaful cotton-picker, (arid then I
do mit know whait will become of the
pimple that depend on picking cotton
for a living in the frill and winter. The
coTjton tboil fi:s the human hand so well,
with its four and five locks, It looks 'Ike
nature intended It 'to beilioked by hand.
Tlnere is mailing putt down tn this ac
count for my own and partner's serv
ices. dty 'partner superintended die
farm and ilf-d u good deal of work him
self on lie,) form.
J. N. Warron.
Houston cciuniy. Go., Dec. 12,1S94.
ITEMS NEWSY. •
Mr. Bartow J. Williams died at Ills
home la Ojlothorpe the other day.
Little Maggie Tweedy of Madison,
one of Mr. 'Jamts D. Tweedy’s bright
little girls, TeU and broke her arm last
Friday. She Is doing very well.
A cotton factory at Athens caught
fire last week. The department proved
Its efficiency by saving everything, with
only 575 damage.
Progressive Journalism Is capable of
almost araytlitog. A Georgia exchange
claims to have found a gold ring em
bedded near the bone In a ham. Tho
Inference Is that there Isa gold mine in
hogs.
The Dispatch and News Reflects much
credit upon the enterprise anil busi
ness of Haw klnsvllle merchants, while
the public library speak* well for the
culture) .and refinement of thait nour
ishing town.
It Is not generally known, yet It is
a fact that the tangent saw mill In the
South H now in course of construction
on tire banks of the Wiithlacoochee
rlv.r, two miles north of Hartshorn
nnd about fifteen miles from Iverness,
Fltl. Thirty-six carloads of machinery
have arrived foe the mill, and several
more cars are en route from the East.
Athens Is a historic as well ns classic
city. The Evening News Is a bright
lltitlc dally. It Is like all paptrs, for it
must lie edited to some extent with
ncBtrors. The scissors used on tho
New* are remarkable In that they no-
comptnled a ck'are-face boy In all the
campaigns of Northern Virginia, from
Seven Pious to Appomattox. Their own-
or took them through the boated con
flicts led by Longatreet and Jackson;
as c comrade to the weary, heart
broken eoMters returning to desolnte
and ruined homes, he brought the scis
sors back to deorgla. They now do ser-
vice In the stormy sanctum of that
onco patrkillo soldier boy.
A human skeleton was found In
Wooded Glen, on the outside of Abbe
ville, about six miles from the court
house, recently. The discovery was
made by E. B. Howell, while out hunt
ing. The skeleton is bdteved to be that
of a white man, and from evidence ad
duced at the coroner’s Inquest It Is sup
posed to be the remnlue of one Forbes
from Savannah, who had a "United
Bates license ns engineer and machin
ist. A revolver was found Id tho midst
of the remains, with one chamber emp
ty. The skull nnd bone* were bleached
white. A pair of shoe* and remnants
of clothing were also found.
A Georgia cracker may have his
faults, but he has his virtues ns well.
HI# gallantry and chivalrous devotion
to woman are shown to the following
reply to the question, "Did you ever
see a bald-headed woman?" "No; we
never did. Nor did we ever see o wo
man waltslDg around town In her shirt
sleeves with a ctgnr between her teeth,
running Into every mloon. We hive
never seen a woman go ftehltx; with A
bottle In her pocket, sit down on tho
damp ground all day nnd go home at
night drunk. Nor have wo seen a wo
man yank off her coat and say she
could lick any man In town. No, God
bless her. she Isn't that ktad.”
antFmeMsTws.
MfcSwxttters—I hear Hugo, the humor
ist.’ has broken hla back. MdSraJtters—
Well, that's a fumry snap.—Syracuse
Post.
"Why co earth did Mari' marry a
football player?" “Well, she always
thought she moll took pretty as a
young wMow."—cVituxn ComitXutfon.
"I’ve often been curious to know lust
what a map ml ft ere whoa searuhtag for
the Norih pole." "Why don's you move
into a t*it (Where rim>’a a Jrausor to take
ca*» of the furnace."—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
■Mrs. Strcngmlnd—If women would
only eeeml shoulder to should or they
w-ouil soon win suffrage." Dr. Guffy—
But, madame. that ia sonwthlng they
can't do with the present style of
sleeves.—HUnper'a Baxar.
Morctta—dim you sure that Penam ts
really recorxUcd with his wife? Cran
dall—Yes. X am sure of it. for she
rctufe what he writes arid he cots whit
nho cooks.—Truth.
"My Mary Jane ia one of the footarit-
Highest of all in Leavening Power-—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Absolutely pure
eat nirlo I ever know,” said the tearful
mother. "What’s thn mmter wiiil twr?’
"She has had a quarrel with her
sweetheart, and here's Christina# right
at the door."—New York Pros*.
Englishman! (,pa.tronlzlnglyl—Y<mr
school facilities are exceWeat, 1 am told.
American (suxvelyl—Wall, X should
bhhik so. See the Smithsonian XnsMiute
over there? Think of a bull dime like
Chat J tut to educalte the Smiths.—Vogue.
Young AVlfe—Oh, ma-mma, put my
ourtng Irons an the Are, quick, dharlie
has been bitten by a madi dog. “Are
you going to cauterize the -wound?
"No; "I wtint to curl my bangs A> I can
run for the doctor.”—'Austin Booling
Stone.
Of rye the poet loves to Sing.
O’er barley much ado we make:
Wheat Is a proud commercial thing.
But buckwheat always loXocs the cake.
—Detroit Free Preuu.
PROF. GLENN'S APPOINTMENT.
Editors Telegraph: 1 consider the ap-
iwlmmeirt of Professor Gleun to his
present responsible posltlta most fit
ting Indeed. I lianre known him as a
teacher In Columbus and here, and
have watched and weighed his work
well. I look on him as the peer of any
of our educators, amd have even
thought It a calamity that he retired
from till) work, for which he was so
eminently endowed. While this win bo
a somewhat new field, I expect him to
cover It "with tho naturalness and
grace of genius, and believe all Georgia
will have reason to rejoice In this most
felicitous find, J. B. CULPEPPER.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
M. Daudet con templates visaing
England next spring to collect ertaite-
ri'i'ls for a story the scene of which will
be Mild parity In that country.
• • « •
Heretofore pumpkins tawe been
taxed at the gates or Madrid as fruit,
but aft a recent antmated's’rt'tlng of (the
authorities It was decided that pump
kins are vegetables, and therefore sub
ject hereafter to » lower duty.
• « * »
The Philadelphia papers say that in
placing the new statue o? William
Penn In position they turned the face
the wrong way. The bricklayers who
fixed Benjamin Franklin's stailtue in
the Lafayette square of this city got
Benjamin all right. They made the
good, economical, honest Benjamin
turn his face away from the city hall.—
New Orleans Picayune.
Under the will of the late Thomas
E. Proctor, the leather merctvarat, the
Slim of $100,000 Is bequeathed to the
Massachusetts General Hospital to be
held In 'trust until the principal end in
terest amount to 3400,000, when it is
to be expended for the erection of ft
bulldlWg for the Insane at Wlriverly.
A singular accident hhs ttappened to
Mr. Whymper, (the famous mounaln
climber. He was engaged to deliver
a lecture at Birkenhead on his moun-
la.lncerin ^experiences, end in ascend
ing the staircase to the platform ho
missed his footing and fell to the bob
tom, fracturing his collar bone.
The Brooklyn Jookey Club In n few
days will sat an example to the other
associations by announcing several
new statres to be run at Its opening
.meeting. Tho list that horsemen may
expect to see In a few days Is: The
Hanover, Amazon, Clover and Seaside,
for 2-year-old*: the 'May. Boulevard,
Falcon and Preakness. for 3-year-oIris,
and Brooklyn. Broukdale, Parkaway
nod Myrtle, for 3-year-olds and up
ward.
The youngest member of the next
house of representatives will be N. A.
Motley, a Republican, of Dexter, Mo.
who is 28 years of age. He defoited
Mnrrh Allen, the Democratic candi
date, by 1,089 votes Jn a district of
nearly 4,000. Mr. Motley is a lawyer
and has been a backwoods school
teacher. He was nominated after sev
eral prominent BepnbHcans had de
clined to go Into what they believed
to be S' hopeless contest.
Some one has been saying that a
friend discovered Private John Alien
recently tumlWg over the pages of a
pamphlet edition of the president’s
message, and Inquired whUit ho was
looking for. “I hive read this darned
thine (through twice,” he raid, "and
I can’t find ft word about the iast elec
tion. Grover discusses every other
topic that has attracted the retention
of the American people, and I don't
know anybody who con'd explain how
that landslide happened better than
he.”
Lord Duhra-ven has successfully
passed the examination for a yachts
man's eertlfioaite. which ts the same os
th it for .a master's, with tho execution
tttat in the former esse no preliminary
service at sea. ts required. Ifor a mas
ter’s certWIcxte It Is essential that the
fordldlte Should have served' ’four
years on board ship in subordinate ca
pacities—ta condition with which It
would, of course, be Inconvenient for
a yachtsman or any ftmutcur rat'.or of
high degree to comply. The privTeges
accorded by h yachtsmen's centtfloate
ore that Its holder Is entitled to bo
salting master of his own yacht, but It
does not confer upon him toe riuht to
command any other vessel. The exam
ination to which I-nrd Dunravcn was
subjected was a very stiff on* and last
ed for three dsys.^
A new fad In New York Is that of
having funerals at night. It has be
come quite common. The nighl funeral
Is less expensive, for one tiling; and
for another. In Its favor, societies caa
bury their dead without toss of a day’i
work to a, few hundred members, and
the brass band, however mournful Its
music, may be, can be dispensed with.
Night to dark; It follows the death of
day. Some of the night funerals are
held at home, some at church. If at
church, the body to token, .after the
Rervlces, to the undertaker'*, and there
kept until the burial. If at tho house,
the body may be taken to the under
taker’s. or It may remain in the house
over night. The morning service, a
prayer by the clergyman, would be
nttendtd by only the Immediate mem
bers of the family, who would take
leave rtf the dead atone. The Interment
ts without further service at the ceme
tery.
• e * •
A good story Is told In connection
with Jos!ah Quincy that will be appre
ciated by all who know him. Some time
ago he was at an evening party given
tn one of tho most exclusive Boston
houses, and, according to his wont, he
stood aloof, preserving n mien of cold
Indifference to his surroundings, speak
ing to no one and no one nddreralng
him. Finally the hostess, one of the
grand dames rtf society, saw the lone
some figure, nnd oot being able to re
call who he was. went In haste to her
husband and questioned him. The hus
band looked and looked again, but he
did not know him either; then the
t»ete« In great alarm whispered she
mus: go at once and find out. for she
believed him to be a reporter! Ap
proaching the unknown guest, she eatd,
with an air of much severity:
“This to a very quiet house: we are
very quiet people, and do not care to
have any noUce mode of our reception
for the newspapers."
"Madame!" thundered (this distin
guished citizen, "1 sm Joslah Quincy!"
Tableau. i
a • a a
People who crave to know the agea
of celebrities—and particularly of la
dles who are celebrated—will be glad to
note .that Miss Ellen Terry has cou-
fesoed that she was barn In 1848, al
though few of her admirers would
Judge from her appearance that she Is
46 years of ase. Novices in acting will
be Interested to note that tho popular
aetrees was <by -no means a great ac
tress, ns regards her first attempts.
Mrs. Ifean, when Miss Terry was re-
hMirsing .the part of Prince Arthur,
said to her: “Do you think you would
go ou like that If your eyes wore going
to be put out? Why, you would mako
more fuss If you had lest your doll."
At length Miss Terry was so vexed
with herself that she burst into a
paroxysm of crying. “That's it,” was
Mrs. Kean's comment, and the crying
was repented at the next rehearsal with
success. With Mrs. Comyns Carr’s as
sistance MIbs Terry, It seems, designs
all the costume# she wears on tho
stage. This is important, she thinks,
as la her opinion a. dress Is capable to
some extent of indicating the character
of woman who wears it.
WHY TS THE SALOON POPULAR?
Mainly .because tt is the moot attract
ive place Which the Working cIaH3e#
have open to them after Che work of
the day Is oivr. At a comparatively tr
uing expenditure tlrey can. purchase nil
tho sttmutante they want and sit in a
oomfortaible, well-seated room or hall to
consume (hem. They find there the com
panionship of acquaintances and
friends. In many Instances they can
listen to good music. There are older,
comfort, oleariBness and politeness on
•he part of the attendants. There ure
lava tories and other conveniences, and
—greater attraction, perhaps thton all—
there is a. pretty good free luncheon,
which fills or bleeps lo fill many an
empty etamneh. —New York Recorder.
HOW GERMANY RBTtALPATES.
Germany has been a good customer ot
the United States, 'buying from us an
nually on the average more titan 590.-
000,090Worth of our product®, including
3300,000 worth of live oa.'tte. 3967.000 of
cotton seoj oil, 3518,000 of canned beef.
3534,000 of agricultural Implements. 35.-
000,000 of Indian com, 37.000,000 of ba-
oon, aor 343,500,00 of raw cotton. Ger
many now proptxses to cut down Ohio
trade os much as possible, and doubt
less she will make the lAimericim agri
culturists and marvufocturens suffer
shatply for what their senators havo
done ito Injure German sugar producers.
—New York Herald.
Surprises—100 of them.
$1.50 boy’s silk suspenders,
worth $2.50. Phillips.
Scientific
American
Says: >.
"Artificial butters possess one
insuperable superiority, in that
decomposition, through lactic
fermentation, is impossible.’'
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CHURN
BUTTERINE
is the only scientifically pre
pared artificial butter. It is
sweet and always remains
sweet. Silver Churn trade
mark on each wrapper of the
genuine.
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Macon, Ga,
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H. M. AUSTIN,
LOCAL' AGENT.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
LAST NOTICE
Tax payers are nottfied that the 15tH
Inst. Is the last day for jxlyment of
city tax. Execution® will then be Is
sued to the city marshal, to whom pay
ment must be ma'de, with cost* at
tached. A. R. Tinsley,
Treasurer.
CITY TAX notice,
The fourth and lost Installment ot the
city tax Is now due. Taxpayer! are re
quired to pay for the year.
Executions will be Issued and expenses
charged to those in default.
A. It. TINSLEY, Treasurer.
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