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'HE THE Ml TELEGRAPH PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR AND WEEKLY. Office 569 Mulberry Street. !THi: DAILY TKLEURAl-H-DsllVSrttl by I arrlen la the city, or mailed, postaxt tim, CO cenu a month; 11.75 for throe ) tnontho; Jttco for six monthe; 17 for Che ( year: every day except Sunday, PS. fTiiB TELCGRAPH—ra-Weekly, Mon- | days, Wednesday* and Friday*, orTues- | day* Thursday* and Saturdays, three month* |l; six months, JJ; on* ycur, u. ITitt. SUNDAY U'siUEORAPU—By mall, one year. tz THU WEEKLY TELEGRAPH—By mall, one year, IL OiitcsURtt't'iu.Ns—Payable In advance . Remit by postal order, check or rests. ■ tered letter. Currency by mall at risk I of sender. tOOM MUNI CATIONS should be addressed and all orders, check* drafts, stc™ made . payable to THE TELEGRAPH, Macon, Ua. THE LEXOW INVESTIGATION. . When Dr. UU.irf«n I’.-irkliurat Ocean It's serial of aanmoM on itiiu oorruption pf Now York tfomnvnant, Hi© public ttiil not know whwlier to regard tilin a* a 1 : narumt nun stedolntc to uoooinplisb ‘ a hopotes* task, or as a scnoxtionalist, seeking notoriety In the way. ".file iu«WHpu}i<-ni of New York seemed [to omtMIhlli I tie K.mio dmlTit, They re garded Mm either ua foolish hi iinili-r- -taklng soinoitilns lie could iwt ecconi- ptlsh, or na open to censure for using trorthod* utAtecotnlng to the paitjvlt. urn 'tils Merman* iwcr© so unusual un«l ot- Irattted mo tutu* «M«nUna itlia I. they Pad a news value. a ml iliiit tiawspaiierH, th'Tffore, uln'ilicr iwdlinwHy or not, tonight Dr. IWkhuiwt, and hi* ser mons to itlie kir.whslgo of <nu me people tut .Vow York. Wlioii hi* flioromiotrt, tv Mi Miieli aid, begun lu> promise to lie rucctvueful, Ition illie nawepaper* rocog- tiU.vl 111* earmWIiutM mud sincerity, ntid gave him sympathy tuul Motive u!d tvliare they tuul hofore <iuly helped him in n* tvay incident. ti» their liuslnes*. They *re entitled to Home of tti© crivllt of llie Hitecass of the tivovanieni, liut prrbeps not to « Wry largo share. No 'movement of llko character has ever tieen no successful ns thla In It* pret mlnary ritagir*. None tua* promlaod such largo a Ed kidRng results to tho piihlio. Out of It grow the Imvtulgo- tlon by tho laglstatlvo eommi'lltee wlncdi dliue I Silimley, the progw»« of .which has bean w.ifu’liivt wiilh flie kiHMiiwt in- terest In aJl parts at the Untied .Suites, 'i"h» dlKcdoHiires made were HiUie.itIona 1 In ‘tho highest ffigroe, even though tho fact* brought! out in evidence toad been iiiispeoteil to exist by everybody «vl all f.im:tUir with Now York life. They Mlmw Hunt ilho poltco organization of Now York Isis been cormint from top to bottom;‘that it hid Income niercly ©.a organisation to prowerve outward or der and repress vloTent crime, while so- rret*y <n Itttguo uuil sharing in tho profMw of all forma of vice. No trade or profession was too vile to secure the protection of the New Yortt pollc© tf It would ounsrot ito slmre lw profit* With tho officials of the police de-pan* Silent AB ottoor rovnintloim of offl- cla! corruption sitiT: Into luslgntfleanco wlmn comparivl w'.'lh ttoo enormity of tho corruption of itlio p.dtco «liop« runout of Now York, 'flic men in command of tho force, (th© ponton* tYtqsxiiCKe Tor ;m efficiency sod for II* momls, were flic vary -men wtoo organised tho p>ruxr»hip with crime aid absorbed It* praflts. Jt cannot It© supposed that llio InvestKmUnti hruuul«t to light *11 the faifts of 'die conspiracy ludween tho pjlleo ottlolal* anil ttoo crlmtnala. Only « *m«U pant of tho immense revenue ©ollectol from criminals Is accounted far. only tile captains of pohee, sor- givints and minor officer* win held Iboir places Imratixo tliey hid obtained tho good will of higher official* were convicted, A Virgo part of ttoo revenue from erttno la *ft ill tmnenntnivd for, and tho preaumptlon 1* that some. If net all of It, went Into the control. It oof tho pooktfia, of die men at the head of ttoe official organisation of tho city, liar© not tlimo men, in • f.hv yttora, beoinic onrrntously wnsRhy, without even u Msildo mean* of support, In Home rases? They woro all-powerful in ttoe Tgoveramotu. They could at any time haT* doa'.Myed tnc sjwtom of oorntp- tlon toy which thetr sutoonliattea prof- Itcl. Is It nvumnaliio to toeliove that they thonaielve* did act share in that profit J Ito© question, i»> frequently •*ke,l in Now York, where did their Wealth come from, suggests only one answer, tn view of tho otrruinstanccs broeght out toy ttoe l nveetl gallon. • AVbtkhcf the result of the Invest’ca tion will be the pottnanent puritloatlon of the municipal government of New York Is doubtful. The men who have ru’el ttoo city by means oil corrupt luadwda have m*do thomiwlvcn ex- trcnwly vtwful o> polMtotal leaders be- 1od#«B to both pa ikies. The legisla ture and the governor are llopuKican, bnt the snon who acotivds Cite ltcpubU- can party of (ies York, who named the man Just dieted goveetwr, cares mure utooul retaining hts powens at a political ‘twaa” than far tny improve- tnesst in th* city govcrnottUt. Men wtoo were odtoiaibly Ms bitter political eneuttas bare toe th* past been in fiot ha secret aQias, and ho may not think Ihsg tho luvcBUganon bat destroyed thetr usefulncm to him. The results cf tho tnroadgsAion will sffec* not only ttoe goreresKCR and the politics of Now Tort, bnt those of lb* ■whole country. (MUST COMB SOUTH. Mr. J. n. Sovereign, general master workman at ttoo Knight* of In her, has said a grant many foolish things, wo think, Binco he assumed tho dudes of Ms offirwi Bupltbe foUwins -extract from ockoIh recent remarks of bis show that bo is not destitute cf powent of obeorvatlon nor of good sense when dealing wlltto pnuttlcal matters: "I am more favorably Impressed with the South than any other point of our country, not alone us the most promising place for the location of co-operatlvc col. onto*, but for tbe establishment of Indi vidual enterprises of all kinds. The cli mate and natural resources ore such as to expressly Invite those of limited means. The South is the coming Eden ot America, and the vaat tracts of its fer tile soil now open to settlement on terms within the easy reach ot all who deslro to avail themselves of the opportunities offered make It the one place above all others, In my opinion, where people seek ing homes and investments should go.” A tow yaani «g» tbtue utterance* would not to*vo been made, it Is pretty safe to My. In tike Drat place, political prejudice* aviso until that Northern n»>A could nott fairly cdtimeto tho ad- vantngi't* cf 'th'.» twwMoo, ©vuu If they knew ilium. But Itooy did pot know ttvsn. The fact than snehl prejudice* have largely died out unrl that tho at tention of the North i* dlnetusl toward thl* traction as It ban not been since tlie federal araitles IIInii'tl tlioir faces homo- ward in 1S05, is a ma-lRcr of vest Im portance to tho South. Probably Ito!* (toango In 'tho MtUtude of iNoWtocm pco- plo towanls the South was lmi>os»ihle so long a* kirg« trains of fertile lands In iho W'ttt remulucd open to sol,He in eat, even though time had worn away ttoo prejudices ivtolch the war created. But there are now mo such lands in Iho West open l<> sontlement. Settlors ha.vo. In fact, gone far toojlmd tho line where prolhaWe farming is possible amt have encroached upon tho seml- arld region whose kinds are lit only for cattle grazing. All tho circumstancos eonuplrn In favor of Kite South. With the nmdt great revival of business, u great proisirMon of ilhe energies of itho American jiooplo wilt bo turned In tills direction. They can noovhere else find such profitable ranifoyinent. They can i. longer turn Weatword, and tho bar riers nvhtrti heretofore liavo kept them out of tho SouSi are now mneved. 'EXODUiriNU IGNOIIANCB. 'ltoe agiitairlou In favor of holding eon- siltullmtal (tuttvoilittons whlrti Is now going on In several ttouthera fitates is undoubtedly tlie outcome cf the grow ing solin'.rm-r.i in favor of purer elec tions. Ttoe re is a feeling 'that at the si mo time that election uieti xls are riformed, cooielhlng must Ih> done to guard tllo si .lies against 'tlie dingers of an ignoramit v.e'.ug population. Jllsiis- slppl lias sodml Ibis problem by Incor porating in her new constitution an ed ucational itest for the voter—Slot, u high test, hut KiiilU'.iiar to excludo from llie polls all men who cannot nt least read. Tlio reuill so far rweras to ho entirely good. There Is a, disposition In soino of the sfetes to follow iMlmlssIpjil’s cx- anipio, ami It is qiillo probable, if Htc agitation in favor of holding tlio con ventions Is Huoo>»«ful, that reform will take (till* shape. *>f course It Is possi- blo to reach this result ef excluding per ilous uuablo to raid from ltoe polls with out making provisions for It In the con- atltutiou. lit can lm done through tho oloction laws. Indirectly, 'itoat this is tho result which otKlst <v> be achieved we tiilBk ceaHHUliio nton wtll gcuerat- ly sgroc. There 4s no injustice In It to tlio pontons thus cxcImliHl from partic ipation In die government. There is no pondbilily \ltoat they oan bo fit for snob partlcl|»i'Uon, baenuse they can have no adequate kimwUtlgo of ltoe prohkun* with will civ gowcaiuncuts must deal If .they fed tlnut lujuslice Is done .them, *U that Is noceamry for (town to do in onbr to rigtot thait Injus tice Is to leann to read, ami surely the rlghtito vote, If ft is worth anything, Is worth tho exemion anocmiary to acquire that accorapUshanMit. SHORT TALKS WITH MANY PEOPLE. I am Informed on good authority that tho appropriation made for the w»rkon Tnttmll Squarf will finish the grading of that park according to the puna and specifications which wire suhmlttnl to Itlio hoard ef public works and accepted by thut body. It will nor, hnwvoor, do the remainder of Oho work «nd an additional appropriation will Igrvc to bo mado beftwo ttoo park Is put In perfect order. Tho work has pro- gnwad rtSmNy up to ttoe add snap, when K uvis Aiund newsrory to dtanmtmuc tho sork tcmpcrsrlly on OKKOunl of the frown condhkm of tho ground. The work will be resumed as snou a* the condition cf the wcallKT pormfr* and will be pushed tn an early uom- pldrton. •T wish jvst would say for me.” said Mr. Tom Drew yesterday cdfternoon, “that ttoe nrtirlo In ttoo Evening New* about ttoo captaincy of ttoe lUfic*. which It id plainly evMcnt was Intend,'si In ttoo friendliest kind of spirit toward mu, r&slly docs mo. the company and several oitwr gcortemcn wtoo have boon Hpoken at In connection vrltto the oapuktey on Injustice. The nrttclo would make It appear as though I was a sclfoxuMtuted rendsvuto for the captaincy, *n>t tha* Capt. Oeotvc Dun- ean wts the only man that I would give way to. whereas I hav not been and am nut now a candidate for ttoo cap taincy, and am doing all I can to get some good man. In ease Cspt. Duncan refuses relatively to accept tho cap taincy. Ttoo boys want O-ipt. Ihiramn, but ft they can’t get him rtsTr want some good man from the caber com parers, and are oven now urging Lieut. Beil ot the Uumura and Ltout. Sarnia of ttoo Volunteers to conskW th* matter, l told the reporter that some ot the boys toad talked to me about she captaincy, tout that ttoe only reason that wnud cause me -to become a candidate would b* co tooOd ttoo com pany <cvefhor If they could not got some nun to take charge. As for be ing eteitod next mooting, that is out of the question, as Qtpt. HotdtSnan las not went tn Ms nwlgnaolon yet. My Object In asking for ttoo correc tly Is that tho article nenio It appear shat Jf Capt. Duncan wcmld not accept tho ofllou that tho Hines could got «o ono else hot me, but I know he re porter did not intend to make it read Chat way.” LAND TROUBLES IN TELFAIR. To the Editor of the Telegraph: Tho g'i"d ,;.!•• In ill-- ii. ghb''.'ii'-,.l tvli.rc deputy Unltml States manslials at- twnptcrl to arrcHt L. L. WtUlams tarn weeks ogo, are Justly Incensed at the wild reports sot afloat concerning the affair by the ofllccni In question. A more peaceable or laav-abldlng commu nity could not be found la ttoo state, and Hie people desire s correct account of ttoe trouble published. Tbe report* given out by ttoe deputy marshals and printed In site.Telegraph are tor from tho truth. Williams Was wrested, as reported, bat there was no army of res cuers with Winchesters nor attempt by any ©no to Interfere with ttoo marshals in ttoe performance of their duty. Tbe tooth aiiout ttoo affair are these: Ttoe officers (With iheir prisoner passed within n f‘W hundred yards of a sphool house, wliifo die people had gathered for HumlayesfiooL -wlilch toad Just ad journed. Tlio mtmthsfa in seeing the crowd of ■Sunday-school .people coming in tbelr direction, nSkul Wild kuna what it meant, ami ho was sharp enough to turn the cirounwtanww -to-tils advan tage by luforming ’Iho officers tliat it wjs a crowd at bis frh<nits and that they had liettir “hum tho wind” in gclting asvuy from there. Tiny took Williams at his wonl nnd made a boo lino for McRae, not oven faking time to im it nv.lo «it of liic.r way to get Iheir teams. Most, of 1he men whose mimes woro printisl !n tho Telegraph as taking part in rescuing Williams were it finer limnc* a.t itho time and know nothing of ithe affair until It was over. One of the deputy -marshals had been In 'rilttt neighborhood on a previous invasion and learned the naniCH of these jxiople. If tliey had been 1-n a foreign land at itho time of Williams’ arrest their thiuk-s would prolxilily have been us«l lit the ttume way. Williams might have beau rescued by Kpm«' of his friends If ffioy had been given an op portunity, but the marshal* rendered that (trouble and crimUv.il offense un- noceasary by gci.’ing scared before the peoplo bad .time to realize ‘wbo,t was going on. 'I'he communication by B. T. Burch prlniyd In fba Telegraph some days a»>. so far as It relates !o the niauago- ninitt of the Dwlge Company nnd the action of the United States court, is generally indorsed by the .people of this county, who are familiar with the status .of affairs -It Is generaHy oon- eoded thait If Capt. Forsjflh lr,wl lived a way -would have -lieon found ito settle all ithifto land Iroutiles amicably and sa tlsfiiotoBy In «!l conccrmsl. lie was a man o-f experienced ability and knew how to deal with the people In the right spirit. The people of TeWnlr ooltnly, includ ing those now In llttga-Uon with- the Dodge roiujiany eoncerulna titles to lauds, are exceedingly anxious chat these troubles helkveen (Dodge and Uie people he sotted by a competent Aioanl of anblfratinn, us .they realize that the courts a re slow and I mpotent b> effect a penunnenf, amicable aud equitable *et- tlemenlt of the troll!MV Those cases have been In the courts for years nnd it seems that no decision is adequate to a sor.t’.omont of the coniroveislitt. When decisions were rondcr«l -by the slate cmrls favoraMo «t> the propic the IliNlge cotRpiny imutxigHd in some way to got the eu*en transfemd lio title f«l- era! courts «i.t dlacon. A large majority of tho pcojilo ‘ntcrestel in lihosa suns areipoor and catutot affonl to fighlt the comptny in fie United 'Slates courts. BiMidcs, they scum to fivir Judge Speer, aud there Is tin impression among them that tliey caiHlol. get) jnsdeo In his ootint. They may be .wrong In this lack of confidence, tint, considering rheir condition and die surroundings, it is uaturnl that they sitxdd bo inclineil to resort to desperate mains to hold their kirnls. -much of which was purchased by lliiun in gxsl faith anil paid, for wifi yeare of haul labor. All .tho properly some of these pmplc psosess Is -i n dispute, aisl an they are not lli an- clally tth'e to defend their claims in the fmloral ronrls ami on account of their tmr of tlio severity of the fodor.il Jiulge, wheitller tins four Is well toundid »r due (to inortild oomlitlois, tttey are apt to resorli to droperate means to hold -ftelr property. It ts generally tietleveil In TeJfiir county fhu.t If‘Mr. Dodge himself wotld come ammig Mu' people, or If he wire to send a onun competent Ito deal with tlio «Huallot!, flint a. plan could bo itf- vised anil ugreid upon between, tie company a nd -the people by which tits whole .trouble could be settled specdl'.y nnd satisfactorily t»> nil ooucerned. .Mr. Dislge ha* bom appealed to by clMzem of 'this courtly, ntsl if *.» to t»o lioptjl that he -will consider the matter favor ably. It 1s manifestly to Ids Interest to have -those casts settled oven If h> shsild It**' n saxttl portion of his laudi, leva imp dlls til-advised litigation ii keopng iliown 1ho value of Ills properl;. as well a* that of nhe poopJo and grea t ly retarding the development of this section of country by prciludlclng In* vestots against und ciwttlng the Impres sion abroad that all die lands in thli (ssSJon are In dlspwle. Tho .many fine luhvinbiges of the wlnwRM eonnlry ore becoming knwvn and g.Knl citizens from Midulle Gcuvgla, the Ganelinas and other sutlos, North and Mouth, are uuxlous to buy farming lands bore, »mt turn to other conntcsi on account of so much litigation ab ut land title*. Tdfalt. Don't be afraid to est hot biscuit wien cooked with Dr. Prha’a Baking P*w- dcr. ANTE-BREAKFAST SMILES. The Csrnoste Ido* seems to be that a public library coven a multitude of Man holes.—New York World. No. Angellne. the weather forecast man can hardly be termed a storm-seenter.— Buffalo Courier. Spar hunk—I thought th* authorities in your city didn’t allow prize fighters to give exhibitions. Rlngrope—They don't. But sinew tho fighter* begun to kill each other the law hasn't been enforced.- South Boston News 'This old fellow,” raid the teamster, fondly tatting his hors* on the neck, "has been hauling for the city for tm-enty- fivo year*.” "Got a pull, I suppose,* sneered tho -Mugwump gentleman.—In dianapolis Journal. “This Is s remarkable oversight,'’ said Mrs. Sehopprr a* she looked Into her wal let on Tueslay; *T feel quite mortified." "What Is th* matter?" asked her hus band. ’T didn’t spend all tny money ye*, terday when I was Bhopplnc.’’-New York Press. Bald-headed Men—I can’t find words to express my Indignation at an Insult I re wired this Christmas Pete Anderson— What was the Insult? Bald-headed Man —When I got up Christmas morning 1 found some unknown miscreant had made me a present of a bottle of hair dye.— Texas Siftings. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Tho records bf MVissoohuectts are whr.cpm in an. official Ink opcclaily made for tbe .purpeso. A 225-oifnco *M EnMBrtt In the Shape of a borBesboe bun been discovered at Uarenvts. 'Australia. Tusks of the mamath have been fouiul ot a lengcit of nine foot, measured along she curve. • • # # Giotto was a whrtpherd boy. and be gan his arttaUc career by sketching with a hl> of ci.ulk on a piece of state. • * • • Otto I'loutz, ot Poralrje du Sac. Wls., made insane by tbe failure at Rev. Joe. Alexander Dowje, the faJMxwre apostle, to restore. * • • • The Chicago Jri er-Occao tbaste that this new ettte Directory at thrtt rtty has 30,000 names—"no perat-up 400 is oura.” sees 'ExploraitJanH of noeittsem ffberta <lcn> onslliute thait region ntis inhabttkOd by tigers caul within a cbmpara'-ivoiv re cent dale. The naittonal department at agrlbul- tu.nj returms Uhls year’s ettp at five and a huff pound* ot wool per head, 240.- 000,000 pounds. • • • • ■When .terrified, the wertiiMh is eetd to travel at tbs rate of twerity-tVv.i nrile' J an hour and clean twelve to tiaurteea fierk at a stride. ^ An old rubtav hock was dragged up In Tangier Sound. Maryland, wtth fiftiy- two young oysters on the outside cf and a large triad on the inside. • • • « Tine Leavenworth fire department has n 'horse named after QuamltlneU, the raider. The beast III so vicious he bos to be filed down to be shod. A 'Mexican professor ot ffliyrtcs oro- pose* ito foretett earUieruakcH by con necting teKlpbones to line tines of deep artesian well* anti to metal plates sunk to deep ntounfaln crevices. A dbg etandhig thJnty-nUne Inches high and weifMrtg 133 pounds, u- big as a K»od-slzaI calf. Is owinrid by L. T. Wilson of Oaittleriburg. Ky. It is a German deertnounid. df Uhe same Spe cies as Btomarck'H two favarjtea, nnd is only twelve moriths okl. -A Russian phyulolatt has heett mak- nlg some emrftms ejaportmonts to find out how far animals can count. He declares that lube crow can joua't up to fen, and is 'hereby suipeittor In nritb- metio to certain ipoll'rt.wlan telbs* of men, who cannot got beyond five or six. Stage coaches are to h» revived in tire neighborhood of London by the post office, on account of the excessive changes flor llie transportation of cialr- ce'K by some rallmaicto, A lino will bo espabllahod betirw-n Latwton and Guild- fond, to Tun only at nlsbt, rii as to S> cure free roads and greaitor speed. Badb VnihaMtamt of Berlin takes on the avenaige 140 trips a year bni omni buses or home oalns, otVAJlUlng to the Vienna Journal des Tianspaits: the Ixm-daiicx- -takes no rides, tWe Ham burger 90. the 'Parisian 84. the Buda- pcw'jher 59, and itho Viennese only 48. Tho Now Yorker meads 'the list with 267 trips; chat is. every average en m, woman and child 1ik--3 a rile every taro dams out of three Alt Essen. Germany. In (h ! ? archtoves of 'the iM'iinsttl'kilri'he. a imarajfM*r|pt of fie Psalras hua bran discovered, wltlch. If lit bolonsw. r.B is bolleveii, to mho mid dle of the ninth century. 4s the oldest l,aff.n version of «ic Pajama wv» have. It romnlns nearly all the psa'hns to Latin. •in uhree coluimnn, while Cn nhe eunth column la a Greek toxt wrfjiito In Lat in cCiaracIvrs. The imn.ue.cir4rtt seems lo be atitIo?n by ithe school uf ecfiib'.s oslnibllshcd by Chantomasmc. ft wa» a court bad In the paki.ee of Rome and King Humbert was nur- roundel by a group of well-krtown etl- Itors. Alitor referring with expressions ef adMlration to lihe work wivloh was dorm by 'the rc-es*. nnd Ilhe eonerlem- scljus mmm.ir (in which thiveo Miion- sible for the conduct of the various papers curdled out their arduous and iMftkiu.II il'iitlvs. he added: "Gerttlemon, I have aPicm »niM -thait I tfioultl wish to be a Journuilist wtsw 1 not n king.” Sarah lJamhnuvlt has mode n pubMc dccl'’tr.,l<™ rit her reltgjnus faith. She voiirntteeivd linor mwisianee for a i-.-r- foi'nvince given by u CailiValic sl'.u.lents* e'uh ' "ih win r-o-ey for the nublic soun kitchens, whereupon La, Libre Paro&e attacked rh? oi.Jh njr ail I O'.vir.'g a Jow- tws to aihl n Ohrlstlan charky. The president declared that, while the olub was newly to -receive »M for t2te poor from Jew eir hen'jhen. It tiaipppnei thait M"T>’. Itamhanlt was n Cathol'c. She -thea s'oted that she was brougWt up to a oonvoot at GlU.mlcbymfi, that she was baptized ahere, and took the flist cocn- munion whan she was 17. • M • A lady .lenimnllst 1ia» taltelv proved herself tollmltely nvore resourceful than any of 'Oho mma engaged upon tho same •work. She wns among Che apodal ccr- reitpomleuCs at Llvudla anxiourty awnfl.- lng for news coutximing tha tieallti of vhe czar. When the end was unmouavc- ol an order was tirm.dlatoly Issued torbMdlng amy tcOegrams relative Co toe catr from being sent for two h'xirs. The lady Joumallri:. however, sent u telegiM-m to Berlin asking for a furchtr supply ot money and nventiloned the sum required. This message was an nr- anged Htanul. ami Intimated not only ibe death u the czar, hut also t1a> ex act hour at wbtoh ho expired. Aftcr cvcry Crtnl tho high posl’Jon of Dr. .Price’s Diking Powder Is better assured. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Powder Absolutely pure THE CURRENCY BILL. “PROM SHADOW-SUN." I learn as ths years roll onward ' And leave the past behind, That much I have counted sorrow But proves that our God la kind: Thut many a flower I longed for Had hidden thorn of pain: And many a rugged by-path Led to fields of ripened grain. The clouds but cover the sunshine. They cannot banish the eun; And the earth shines out the brighter When the weary rain Is done. We must stand In the deepest shadow To ses the clearest light. And often from wrong's own darkness Cornea tha very strength of flight. The sweetest text Is at even, After a wearisome day. When tho heavy burden of labor Hu been borne from our hearts sway. And those who have never known sorrow Gxnnot know Iho Infinite peace That foils on the troubled spirit. When It sees, at lut, release. V* must lire through tha dreary winter If we would value tho spring: and tho woods must be cold and silent Before tho robins sing. The flowers must Ite buried In darkness Before they oan bud and bloom: ind the sweetest and warmest sunshine • Comes after ths storm and gloom. i> the heart from the hardest trial i Gains tbe purest Joy of all, and from Ups that have tasted sadness The sweetest songs will fall, lor u peace comes after suffering, Ar..l lore la reward for pain. R. after earth Is heaven— And out of our loss the gain. —Agnes I* Pratt. DR. ST ABLER. ' t Specialist, E. EAR. NOSE AND THROAT. K4 Cherry 8treet, Macon, Oa. * appliances tor titling glasses. Interest In CorigreOB Centers upoa the Financial Question. * (Special Correspondence.] Washington, Doe. 37.—Sixteen good workiDg days did congress put in for tho short Fcssiou boforo tho holidays and really mado commcndablo speed. In tho senate tho Nicaragua canal bill was dis cussed with marked ability on both sides, and the frlonds of a national university presented thetr arguments in detail. Senators Vest and Hill did their pretti est for a cloture resolution, with somo aid from others, and a goad deal of un finished business wns disposed of. In the house several appropriations bills went through with a whirl. Messrs. Piokler and Henderson got off their speeches to the effect that the pension roll is a roll of honor and did it better than usual, wbilo the regular indorse ments thereof wore delivered by tho usual members. A Piece of Kcilstsnce, All interest, however, centered and still oenters in the currenoy bill, which is to bo for this session tbe pieco de re sistance, as wo say in Paris. The com mittee on banking and enrrenoy mado a very successful imitation of tho Dntoh Justice of tbo peaco in tho old story, who said, "I will take two days to consider this case, bnt I will finally decido for tho plaintiff.” It was known in ad vance that tbe committco would report | in favor of tha Carlisle till. Nevertho- j less they deliberated two weeks and ! heard testimony which makes a printed j volumo of 870 pages, then reported with- | out ev6n considering the bill in full : committee. It was said at the start there i were 17 opinions In tho committee and thero wonld be moro opinions if tboro were moro members, but the minority got together much qpickerthan the ma jority and not only voted solidly against reporting tho bill nt all, but carried two Democrats with thorn. So tho vote stood 0 to 8. and two of tho nino only voting to report in order to got tho matter dis missed, and thas it appoars that tho bill was handicapped from the start Tho wild guesses and Bntldcn olmngos of opinion on the prospects of this bill havo been remarkablo, oven with our pre vious oxporionco of this congress. At first thero was a general and snoeriug laugh at tho very idea of this congross adopting tbo Baltimoro plan or any thing liko it. Bnt no soonor bad presi dent and secretary indorsed it than it gained friends so rapidly as to cause Mr. Springer to prophesy that it wonld go through tho house before tho holidays. Contemporary with this advance in tho house was a retrogression on tho part of tho bankers, many of whom, if not a majority, discovered that they did not approve of tho Baltimore plan, with Car lisle amendments, and of all thoso who testified not moro than two were stren uous for tho Carlisle plan, oven with modifications. Within two dnys after tbo hill wns reported to tho h’onso it was ovident that every Republican and many Democrats would vote against it. As to tho Populists, of course they nro opposed to all bonks of issue. In tho very opening of tho fight, thoroforo, tho Democrats suddenly shifted thoir lino nnd wont into notion with tho left in front Chairman Springer led, and Mr. Walker followed for the minority, and then tho Hon. Uriel Sebroo Hall of Mis souri, next in command to Chatman Springer, “refused his lino, ” as wo used to say 80 years ago, and began to talk about tho substitute bill, wiiioh mado the previous speech on that side appear quite mal apropos. Congressman Walker on Finance. It soon appeared, howover, that tho minority, though unauimous against tho CarliBlo bill, was far from being so in favor of tho Walkor bill. It is so hard for tho unsolontiflo mind to mas ter a oomprehonsivo ourroncy bill—nnd for my part 1 would rather tako a do cent whipping than study ono out—that I took tho short courso and went to Mr. Walker with threo questions: "Docs your bill aim to throw tho bur den of maintaining spoaie payment on the banks?” "My bill throws no burdon on any body which they nro not willing to ns- 'sume. It invites tho bankers to assume tbo duty of maintaining coin payments nnd makes it their interost to do sa Under my bill thero will be moro gold nnd silver in uso and at less expouso than under tho present systom, which practically makes it to tho interest of tho banks not to aid in kcoping tho coin in use. The whole weight falls on tho treasury. Uudor my bill it would not, and yot both gold and silver would be moro in evidence." “How docs tbo treasury now maintain the gold standard with so littlo gold against so much paper?” "It is by snfferanco only. But first fix In yonr n.ind tbo fact that it is not tho gold in tho treasury that doos ib It is tho general knowledge of the peoplo that thero is very mnch moro gold in the country. Lot that gold go oat of nso or to tho slightest premium, and this littlo jag in tho treasury wouldn’t amount to a snap of your finger. It should bo noted also that tho amount of gold in tho country is considerably exaggerated. Thero is certainly not more than $800,- 000,000 andmaybo no moro than $450,- 000,000, and that inactivo. There mnst bo moro coin available, and it mnst bo dally in evidence, and tbo silver must bo utilized so far as it is safo, and I be lieve my bill will do it" “Doos your plan contemplate tho re tirement of the greenbacks?'’ “Gradually. I sum up my plan thus: Let tho banks issno all they can make profitable provided that it is thoroughly secured and let tho plan bo so for auto matic that a redundant currency would be unprofitable. Bnt the chief point I insist upon just now Is that my plan provides for no forco work and leaves tho banks to make tho change gradually and at their option, whilo ths Carlisle bill propones to drive tbom all into ao- tion at once." F*c*r For (ha Fraj. It it a common taunt thsf “the chape who know all about the finauoUl ques tion never have any finances,” which may havo somo truth in it, but is pret ty rough on William McKinley, Char ley Foster and others as eminent^ to say nothing of Daniel Webster and Robert Morris, who for some years dated hU . letters, “Debtors’ Prison,” eta Noth ing of the sort can bo alleged against Mr. Walker, who not only looks tho ideal banker to perfection, bnt has managed his own finances remarkably well. X have seen him exoited several times, but never so eager for tho fray as this time. He is not only an incarnated oyolopedla of financial foots, but refreshes his mem ory every timo ho speaks by consulting tho authorities nnd occasionally talks from behind on immense stack of books. It was evident as soon as ho roso that tho opposition woro of a mind to have fnn with him, for they crowded oloso and guyed him with a variety of ques tions, but ho stood them off in flno style, and oven his ogotism took on an appear ance of dignity when ho told how many years he had labored in nonpartisan ear nestness for a good bilL “I have,” said ho, “spent more nights working on it than money wonld hire mo to spend. I am not tbe stupidest man on earth ei ther. It is my voice that has roused tho country upon this subject, aud my views have not bad a friend until within tho past 1G months. My addresses at Chica go, St. Louis and other places shook up tho country soma I may tako a littlo roso colored view of tho subject, howev er. I may bo somewhat tinged with partisanship on tho 6nbject, but I hopo not.” A New Orator. Evidently Mr. Springer bad no such good opinion of himself. His speech may read well in tho record, bat it cer tainly sounded weak. Looking on from tho gallery, it was bard to avoid tho con clusion that ho was at most but half hearted in support of the Carlisle bill. And when Mr. Hall, os if by inadvert ence, let slip tho fact that a substituto bill was ready thero was a general snicker in tbo bouso nnd gallery, uuil we began to soo why Mr. Springer’s speech sounded as it did. As if ho real ized that ho had mado a slip and was determined to make tho best of it, Mr. Hall boldly lauuohed out and covered tho whoio subjectiu a very strong spoooh, unhappily mubh marred by his rapid and vehement uttornneo. It is a pity that so logical a speaker should havo that particular fault which is so easily cured. Mr. Hall i9 re-elected, wbioh in a , year liko this may bo considered ns an assurance that ho is to stay hero as Jong as ho likes, and 1 havo a sort of impres sion that ho is ono of tho coming men of tho west Mr. Johnson of Indiana next delivered 8-10 words a minute for a solid hour, tho only man in congress and probably tho only man in North America who can do- it, and lio spoko distinctly tea Tho usual oxouso for tlicso lightning ojaculators is that they want to got ns much ns possible iuto thoir limited time, but every reporter knows that they repent words and phrases so much that they, with rare exceptions, really say less in an hour than moro deliberate speakers. Messrs. Warner of Now York nnd Ellis of Ken tucky followed, and after that there waa ready nothing now in the discussions, though all tho speeches were rather above nvoraga. Something Muxt Bo Hone- Bets are even that somo bill will be- como a law—not this bill, of course, for its fato is conceded, but somo modifica tion of it It Is confidently stated by somo who ought to know that a careful poll has already been mado of tlio Fifty- fourth congress, aud that Mr. Clovoland ■ is porfoctly satisfied with tlio results ns to tho honso, but does not liko tbo looks of tho senate. Tho opinion steadily grows that it this hour© doos not pass a comprolienslvo currenoy bill Mr. Clovo land will at onco call tbe next in spe cial sessiou, and somo who are near him, as tho phrase goes, confidently prodiot it. Tho trouble is that others equally near him just os positively deny it. It is a pleasure to record that men of all parties, from Tom Reed to Lafo Pence, and from Burrows of Michigan to Tal bert of South Carolina, agreo on ono point—that tho country cannot go on as it is now going many months longer. All agree that soniotlitng must bo dona noon, and nearly all concodo that the next year or two will try tho banking system worse than it has been tried since 1837, for tho export of gold is ev idently going to bo largo for tho rest of this fiscal year, and beyond that tho pros- peot is nothing to brag of. • ’Therefore, ’' say tho lending Democrats, “it wo do not pass a bill, tho Republicans will, and wo shall bo dcopor in tlie soup, if that is possible. ” “Verba ligant homi- nem nt cornua taurorum fuucs,” as wo say in Roma J. H. Beadle. Plata Talk. [From tbo Cleveland PlatndealerJ "Thero arc hundreds and thousands of people in the largo cities and towns who cannot afford to pay the prices dc- manacd for the best dairy and cream ery butters. Oleomargarino is in every respect better and moro healthful than country store butter. 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