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. IIP THE MACON TELEGEAFH: MONDAY MOBNJNG, NOVEMBER 23, 1896 THE HflGONTELEGRAPH. PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR WW& AND WEEKLY. ' « ■ ' telegraph Publishing Ci, Publishers. OUlC« W K8tlMflvjte««. THE DAILYTJSLEOBAPH,—Deliver <-4 by carriers In tii* dtjr. or mailed, pool*** lr*»,fit cent* p-r monlli; tl.li to r three month*; IUO for *lz month*; j&JT.M for on* )W every day except Sunday, oss jfiear, It rnmlbflllii-1 orG«ort!*8oll. - Barely a day pgasea that thru* can not b<- f- und in theGeorgia weekly pa pers Whit 'i corns to ttt* Telegraph one or more i i .iytaph* or which thill from a northeast Ot orgta exchange, ton. fair THE SUNDAY TJ6LEGHAPH. - By mail, one year, <2.00, THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.—By tl.W per year. SI BPCRIPTIONS payable li advance. Itemlt by postal, order, check, or reg istered letter. Currency by mall a; Sj - risk or COMMUNICATIONS.—All communica tion* should bo addressed, and all or der*. checks, draft*, etc., nude paya ble to THE TELEGRAPH, I Macon, Os. Not Much of a War. ‘tr-.uid Spam determbw to force boa- IHSties with tbe United State* ft can only be a* a more la the same of Span- teh home politic*, for however the r Of the Spanish people may be totaled by Iko taneeand ill-founded national pride, the feet most be patent to the Span- >n aoverament Out eoefa a con would be perRotariy^cioe* to tbs ludi- t - - tire would tho United States bo ffm ofTmtave operation* on the part of in,- HjiiniBh, In the ertrat of an armed conflict, that It would hardly be nccee- ea ry to Increase tho pr reset etrensth ot our army at all or to do more than < *tt-ti-l tho limit ot enlistment for th* r. vi n a point wblolf-wonM admit of the liropi r manning of the warablpo wo aouM put In oomentoeton. Title would b* true, Sf Spain were title to put to the Held a much larger iiKhifng force than ft la possible for her to do, for tho fighting would all - he done practically to our own hqmo waters, thousand* of mile* from the hfniniah baae.of enpidios. m importance of tbta point win bo ni>lirvetaWd when fit la remembered that the effectiveness of a raodern warship la governed sbsolutely by her coal sup ply. Tills Is tb* on* great tom to be charged agatnet the many gnlne In the development of flghllnsf ships from the clads of which tho old Constitution was tits type 10 lhat which Is typified In the prevent Indiana. Few, If .my. of the M:lj« on the r.'lri,"- J<r of fipain’s minister of marine have sufficient cool capacity to enable them to make tho voyage across tjio Atlantic an<l still htvc fuel sufficient to remain effective for morn than a torn daya. With empty bunker*, the most powerful taitlchlpe would not only be about os formidable in offensive operations as a «-tl barge, but would’ ha absolutely at tho mercy of the onemy. Spain's only possible trv * of supply on this side of the wat.r would be Cuba and Porto Rico. In too faoe of *o formldhbta n fleet aa tWs government can send to oca, the value of either of three place* to Spanish wvr»lrtp» fur coaling pur- poeeo la more apparent than real. Even without till* crushing advantage, how ever. a war between Spain and the United States would bo farcical tn the dwparlty between the strength of the conbwtnniB. We can not only send to bra a much stronger and Infinitely more affective navnl force than te possible Air Spain, but It the conditions were reversed, the whole history of naval warfare would forrohadow victory for the Americans. The Spanish have never been aea fighters, while no navy can boast ut a more brlfllaut fighting ressord than that of tho lhilled State*. Jf Spain must take a thrashing from Uncle Sa m In order to let Cuba go, and still make It possible for little King Atphonso to keep hla throne, tho old gentleman trsy be Induced tn use Ills liate bvuoh. but aimh a performance should be hardly dlgnfled by catling it war. iv'm three acre* In McDulfta county, - •-in K hrm ft an acre, Dr. O. C. Pope gathered m-arly24*0 gallon* ot cucum bers. The three acre* cost him for comp - )*f and fertiliser* (128, eM«B| net iiim when tb* product Is marketed about ISM per acre. Today It's cucurabtfs In MeDeflei tomorrow It may be cabbage* to Effing ham; tobacco In Decatur; com In Pauld ing; sea island cotton in Lowndes; hay Dougherty: grapes in Berrien; dep lane plum* in Macon; * ” . bntier In Put- nam; peaches In Houston; potatoes In Appling: apples In Hart; In fact nearly the whole rang* of products ot agricul ture, horticulture, viticulture and the Uke can be and is made to yield band some returns to the loving eon eg old Georgia, who nuke* application to her after a proper fashion. It may be that some other section of this mundans sphere can ,sbpw a udder mage of profitable crop* than those acres Included within lines drawn between Trenton, Clayton, fit. Mary* and Bain bridge, but no evidence cal culated to substantiate sack a claim has a* yet been produced. Georgia oga match cotton with Ttxaa; she can challenge Delaware as to peacbw or California In tho matter of plums; Virginia nor Haw Jersey can show more fertile or mom profitable truck farms; Florida cannot beat oar tobacco nor Louisiana our sugarcane; Ohio can show no liner grapes than can bo grown right here. Some of our counties can put Kansas to her stomps when It comc* to corn, and only In quantity made can Inara beat our but ter. Bo It Is almost all along tbo line. It must be admitted that we are shy when It come* to oranges, pineapples, ooceonut* and the Uke, but then we are absolute and supreme to tbo lino of watermelons, which more than compen sates for thst weakness. All of this richness Is here too, eager to .welcome those whose line* have fallen In lees blessed region* and who desire to share with old mother Geor gia's children her "over-abundance. Thousands of aoree of fertile lands await the wooing of Intelligent Indus try to grant rich returns. Already the. eye* of the thousands of hard-working agriculturists who are wearied with the battle cgalnet obsti nate soil and adverse weather condi tions In the Northwest are turned on Georgia, and the years to pass ore not many before Georgia will be thickly settled with these sturdy Americans. When that.time comes she will lead the Union In .results, as she now does In posslbiutlt*. Tbo MvUnrWl) Watlewon. Ttio w:rt"t«Mo Inform!Uon come# tlmt Mr. Henry Wntirrwa tin* nlrcrtly i»*ft the* shorts of i»crfldlou* Albion und* will Again pro** the soil ‘oMifr “ain count r«y. a about Friday. Y^e urn vhiJ ho 1* return I uk. fur more mason* than «»m». In tb* Are'. during tho year lie hnn Ihm'U ttbroai) ht recum to bars dev dope l i!it»» a pessimist of the \vor*i sort. Just why thU should have come Atiout with him 'vc do not know. It fran centrally Mnd'watiHitl that his lines had falVu in very phttAant plfloca; tint he wan liryond the nveesaity of iMiftoi with the wolf «: the door; thnt ho luid found it quite to hie humor to dully la the put In of lit* emttire. ttutl that he hn*l made himself t *;«rrial)y hatMO* hy qulitlnsr tho po'lticid urvua. pormnnrn®». A nun eo fortun* ntely «ituntod oiurhl to bo Mil ho nnd guy. H<* should' look fo* tho bright side **f things, ltfrd* elwmld" l*c~ tdngtnv in hlw luesri eud he should eratter Nuunhino ns he move* among hi;* foTlt*o». tint Mr. Wwu»'T*>u is just tho rvv«tr*^ Ejrory utti*rain*e he ptrt whMo abteu fndi* o&lotl that he hid fsMett into the habit of tnkmg the riMBf vh>w. It w*l* thought that the defret of Itryun would hsv<- oii.it>’.til him to ui.-tko uiorry, but tt npi*o<»rw that It has tu.idc little chance in his manner; that on the conUnty* be CbMitintns to »> v uhofts stftlkim a'-rend and must pc*' "t in ndvlffir? hi* country* iron thnt tho jmMIm will j>t th**m If they »!on*t wsttb oot*'J^ rhaps when he !* huii't'W • no 'i • w j’.iitn t-j. ■>; of tho .srnre»» of lilt Tty in New York harbor, ho will In* r* - >t>cvd to hi'* tmruwil rxrtidilion. When h»* *>hall ]«v*W n u * country stnl n*aixre that it l> .Kiii.iily navt^l «ud that ell tho cloud* which low etv \ ha [he <vcan tniTlod, perhaps he can bo lu* itu vs! to alteJ ' •:) the “m-'lln bo’.i haviv>f >f hi* ttefC end to take a place In !ht- grand Dttbnq quadrille wh., h has -era pitvei-dlag so fcptialj (\ It' - ii,Y) S'"\. 3 w.' - :a'ir, lj a , urr -.if Us uaUdy tray l»r rficotid- In - yo way. uni that la aimth.-r w,- .,rv is U asm to be under the care of his 'die at Ii-muo. Bet if he continues to fl -h-|-oitn.l I■' oil , r. tkl.ir ■■■■> -*• v.-r ih, : iirlo Kind Un.g, ., elmt'cr c. shall regard hitu oith the some ern.s. th.st• fl‘.:»-d th-t-rvsa.t of th* y,-title *lMieila when -1.- fojnd In tny ler,i Hastr- K "the .we.I Nille jangk.l, out of tune u,l bir.h." IVhal’s to Be Done. Bo tt wems tn.bo taken by consent that the discussion of the free silver question shall bo dropped and that tho people of the BouUt shall turn tholr minds whh new seal to tho develop ment of her material wealth. They naturally desire to know how they may proceed to take advantage of any wove ot prosperity that may come. The best possible way wtQ be found through the prompt repeal of dll those elate laws which prevent tho Influx of capital and which embarrass eo ae- rto-.isly both Individual <tn«l corporate enterprises. Of what avail will tt (be to the ettirens of Georgia that the money of the country te‘ ho longer lacked up In safety vaults, If none of It rer-ks Investment* among Georgians? Too long he* the demagogue dominated in legislative affair* and too tong have the ix-i-ble Mlffer.d thooMMltra*. tfr bo misted by thoao who would kill the goose that leys the golden egg. The Georgia legislature now in erosion, having concluded It* elections and with nothing to divert It from the work ot making and remaking the laws con do the state Incalculable good by making It more attractive to in vestors. - Laws that repel capital and drive It out Should be wiped off the books nt once. Abuse* of the power ot taxation, whereby tho levy i« always citther too heavy or too light, should he emWi-l In the nsme of Justice. Among the Southern states, Georgia's progress has been perhaps the greatest, hut It will not advance te tbo Splen dors of its tny - deettny until the poop!* shall strike down all the obstacles which they have themselves ret up in the ntiriute hook*. There at* no other ohvtxrits. Nature tma been marvelous ly generous. Millions of money end thousands of men are at the gates of the *tatc awaiting tho assuranco that the tax and collection laws have been mOdlfled to givo them a living clisoce, There lg nothing to distract the pop ular attention, from there Important thins*. The great men who have been moving with the respective procemlona up and down the lend seeking office for thonuelves --r cabers have retired frv tn tile scene and the people can now devote themselves uninterruptedly to the work of reaUalug upon the bounties which a gracious providence has re- ir rved especially for the fortunate in- (habitants of the.Empire Stete of the (With, They can only do this fully by Oifcnlng the doors to capital as stride as i—-. Y'-rr and by ebsneeing the condi tion* wkereby* money is tna anl forced to Mgh rates ot In tercet. last campaign. Is this to be (he next »!ep? If eo, will Bryan. Altgtld Howell "come ecroeer - . B«tt th'.- v agu<- threat may bint of revolution—of violence.- Tinmen said In a public speech during the camp: that they v/r te going to "Uk* the *0- pr-me court by the throat and ahak* the very life out of ;i." 1/me highest tribune! to America can be treated to unklDdly as that, there la no reason why there who could be guilty of the deed should not .ark the coital city sad destroy the government—If they can. Why not the commune? for free si I re r. and specfarally states that the name "Democrat" will n-< answer. Senator Pefter oril! dected-nsly be ac commodated, re far as the Democratic party te concerned. The party, to it* very eerioos nndoing. followed after Pef- fertrn wKl-o'-tbewisp. this year, and, for the fntnre, will he quite willing to fall bad: Into tr-w Deto-.-ratio path* and fight Its battles on trne_ fA-mo-.-ratie principle*. The View* of the Macon Bankers. The Telegraph printed yesterday comprehensive Interview- with I!aeon bonkers on tha mooey question. There Is a^remarkable agreement In their views.- Thar favor d) AYotfretnent of the greenbacks, © the sahetitutlon of bank notta state or national, and (!) a non-partisan cocnmtsalon to arrange or recommend to ccngite* the detail* in volved. The retirement of the. greenbacks will break the "endlrse chain,” stop the poealblUty ot raids on the treasury gold, or any other govomatoM fond or se curity. and practically refund the war debt. The eubetitution of a qtoveqlent and reto paper currency cop be nude by improving the prearat national banking syetem, or by providing'fifs''ft «afc and Pound system of state bontt of.bsueH Tb* sutrgettlon .that a non-partisan eommitslon be put in charge of the de tail* of such a work te am admirable one. There gentlemen'* views are clear and sound, and will’command the confl sldenUlon due them. No class of oar dtisenship understands these abstruse questions Of finarre better than the bankers, and notwithstanding the at tempt* to array the masses against them by calling them hard names, the country will ho compelled, after all, to listen to their advice and counsel before this question Is properly settled. Of ebuirue there are Bbylocke and there are also financiers, as there ore quack* and also skilled pnd reputable physicians. But It Is the port of states manship to draw the tine between hum bugs and experts, and take, counsel with the latter. Grand Matter Sovereign demands of the Knights of Labor that they shall go ‘Into the great broad field of agi tation -to light the money power and the corporations to an overlasting finish.” One of the chief difficulties In the way Is that 509,000 laborers who were Idle a month ago are too busy now corning a living to agitate. They are engaged In a-bettcr business. The Washington Post te glad Capt. Howell Is not to be burled in a place as dull ns'the United States senate.-* Atlanta Constitution. This bit of grim humor Is worthy of the Ij-lshmtvn who told an acquaintance that ’his friend, "poor Pat, was con demned to be hung but he saved bis life by dying In prison." There were exported this y/ear from Jan..l to Nov., 1 100.990.IU bushels of coiWagalnst 43,110,150 for the same time .last V<;sr- The United States seem to be feeding as well ae clothing the world. SOUTHERN cab* it i ran ntirncli! TTO RIAL OPINION. ng very considerable attention among the newspapers sine* war betwoen fipaln and th*- United State* came wkfcla tit* ran^o of the possible. The Wflmington Star, lu com menting on the situation, seed)* to have no great opinion of Spain’s ability as a lighter. It *»y»: ... fiber might call it “war srith the United States," but it -would be no war at all, utiles* some other nation look a hand in if. of which there Is no likeli hood now. for It would elroply be a block ading of the Cuban porth and -tho starv ing out of the BpanMi army, ‘Which is fed mainly upon Imported provisions. With a United States fleet patrolling the coast on the lookout for vessels bound to Cuban ports, with there part* effeet- Irely blockaded and tbo Cubans supplied with tbo munitions of war-as they would be in .that went, there would bo no ne- eeeatty for tending a man on the Island, end It would be only n question of a few months Itefore tho SpnnfeU army, hungry end dispirited, confronted by battieehtpt 0* one side nsd by emboldened, strength ened “rebeV on the other, would sue for peace.,looter their flag, take to their ships and look on tho ittend, tho grave yard of. to many Spaniards, for the last KanieRf an«l tfcc Mexican Dollar, ic* PopulUt* out In Kansas arc talk- inn about panalnjc a law ((or lh«lr o\rn ataie) to m«Kr Mexican Silver dollars legal tender. Thoae fellows erWentlj* know very’ little about the conatHutlon of the United Staten. Perhaps they care lew. If they are determined to *et down on a level with Mexico ar.d her wn) s, they should pack up and mo\*e down Jo the land of the cactu* and thorn, and get Ihelr full of free I filver and Cheap money. Hut no one need be surprised at any- I thing that a Kansas Dopullst lesUIa- *at ail tne wh,cl ' ture may do. ijft suited the Rimpwma 5SVS?. ,n s th *‘ U I and the Ixsu«e* they would not hesitate to declare by leglslaUve resolution that the moon was made of green rhftirx. or that the law of gravitation is a Ijum' bug and delusion. , l'erhipa we ci>uld nettle thl* bu»!nc-a If Kens** would sue for the right to withdraw from the Union and attach herself to the Mexican republic. The free diver organ* are woffylng Mr ♦ s tcrc Clay. Th^> are a little ^rvcua about thr fact that the «*ful iiyld holding the balance of Kjgcr. elwted a senator ia (Wrgts. liatemanNi Keurdy, or Whatf The Germans seem to have a faculty o< trillng wiwto stortea with *. tingle worfl. For example, "that tins! feeling" which loeyiteMy follows too doit an ap plication to tjto bottle la comprehended in the Void ’ katsenjammer." Th* «*• t-viiivl Jackson (Miss) New* And* tt ntotsssiy to take tbls tawh space fo de- floe -‘ksUenjamincr" Its politics: . The fusion of Democrecy snd Popp- Usui Hi nn .steegtou* misalllnuev amt s costly experiment. The News 1ms no dviiH a« to tho fntnre of tbe Demo- eratje poft.v. It I* te eaduriag-toAh* i <ra aluervnt linos. Out of de* come Wisdom, wtedom which i put aright tbj ptrty ship. Democ- y i* ipretty dak tftom mlxinguitt ! :k,. bat it It by no means dead; and s^fSnu i wl-'l turn up U0it time with a brand new issue. South OMOilpq needs an electoral re form tew worse even than Georgia, and Tlie uenly-clect M hgMstore con at lesat Insure ,-:e<-tH.n« nbsAInti-Iy holiest sed enable the state to look Its accuser* in «he face. It can .urprd to do thtei It win rot imperil while snpremaey or Democratic supremacy by doing it; and it ousht to do It. no: only because It U rltbt tot 1-snw it t» poi:t;.\ The (t>n- fri*l-assemM.r .aould ensrf the Aostra- liau ballot Isa- Tt, its rvriglaal form, as Ftorhl* ant A!,shams have done. The state would tfctu aapptr the ballots and Icture the aecrccy of the rote, while It would discourage blind and Ignorant vot- Irg. The as- nribty ,.houkl also nuke oli- ligatory the representation of the lead ing political poriica on the boante ot manager* and ewmils-ioneTs of vlcctlou, ami admit to the pulling place* a limltrd mnsmec of their watchers and ehalleug- era , -■ . • .‘rfit* Tie whole plan of campaign for 1900 ta rammed np in this paragraph to tbe Manchester fTenn.) Timtc: ■'£ ft : According to prom tee, th* mills of the eouaary are'opening »,), and it appears r.-aeopabiy mire that for a season we are to witness a geuer.il revivs! of basl- eras. If permanent, it will insure the re-tteetion of the HeptAdlqn party to power, bat If it should prove only a “boom." that party will meet the tame overwhelming defeat ra 1900 which over took toe Democracy in 189*. Talk About Senator Clay. It tepmbahte that the experience of t X Sul A Sunday Itofleteteo. , Notice te out of the publication of a little book in Engtend under tbe MS," ‘The Child, the Wire Man and the Devil,” rirtkii is likely to protore a «n- •atwn. Ibe atorjr U 5 dwtm In wh.1. b tbe writer found W-Uto tgmt evidently Beene, aad kingdoms twere *■ ■■Mto-J*- *gg*S consent to depose CbiUt_ Ite^rtot bo.t mm all agreed- that to* was outgrown, that he h*2_be* n * man like the rest of men. and died, and with one role* they denounced-tana* a <j£ ceirer. who peihap* »*» himeeif , de- eeired; and then the leader ol them detora to* tow** « ha* tnUf.to eras upon the pavement ot the great cboreb and It was. shattered to piece*. • to tjroaag man of abBIty; pn»b-‘ ^ufps^srvssfiusrjsss: toSf iSSjr JJ ^ HA ertiraV - _ New* SS5 g^re^tJk? *«F I who Hiake «n unmake; let tt be. It te as you eay. There ii no Christ" And a* God took* It seamed that he wtoed out, tt g fttid wine* out an utmorked ram on a mate, S ttat the great name of Jeran means and ban meant, to humanity. For one in stant he rear shining doom toe vlst* of K “»*Tff5.¥S5JLfASdd! widow, tbe orptom, tbe frlendle**, the nick, the bait, the ttobound, and be ta W toit to tola ono figure, tho very tight oTtoa srorid, *S bands were uplifted, and upon It erery eye wa* flxed. He taw . toe cSrist look down upon, bis suffering . x--—- — msWI, mm fffsm which f irt’.lul? 1 -! iaBMilgg with peat credit to himself. BIsArerlee* ar>a a Tsiae to partr - IIc'ls young. abte, c < ■*■■■■ grow snd MOW I a* f*w men in Georgia SSt . US W* cannot nay that toe legtelataro hat acted wisely Is setectlnz Mr. Ctsy for this hta* posltioo. tn w* belters that tkn state ofGeorris affords.better teuatortsl timber. HI* metood* la toe state campaign do not recommend Urn to th* favorable considers- to tt tot honest tpWrs of-Georala, and for tbta and other reasons we think that the legtstatore corid hare done better for the state In the seUetlon of a United State* senator.—crewfordrilte Advocate. te 1 reTo?<S^‘n^ r of CU tiro^- r a legtalature, hta catupelgn being under toe £§W«&/s rireddtayatoyuro^^h^ctarf- ■tic parly.— Ion Is regarded at a bug element of toe Statesboro Star. State Tree* Opinion. The Coaatltntlon's lore for Steve day la s^beanttfnj thing. It-ta qnlte ^-oung and ®us , &ac‘!????$p I If .Mr. MeKloley comes to Georgia to* col-1 ored,population may be expected to.turn offices applicants ta Vxbaiatedl—Amsrioat“neraliL At a recent curb-stone auettag of toms r A lhanv'a nmialnane JSttiesns w,h» of Albany'* prominent cltlsens who dtacusslug politic*. Mr. Marcus Crlnt appointed ae a committee of one to I was .elected end the “war that McKinley was over."—worth Local. t,t» doltera to donghout* that Editor Sto- v»!! will tin no more if the Georgia press after Sun sow: yon may mil .... rs ag?s,r lo*-* us, stick to 'possum snd uever, no barer. o'noa.,otn.--— Anrn.M n.—I.i .The Herald eongratola tee Jodge Pish and hta fellow cltlaena of oar titter city, Amer icas on hie nomination by tot state Demo- Icretlo convratton ar Atlanta yeeterdey for the supreme court. Ills nomination teequlv- ritafltarimmaMtamta^reJudge Fish hut a mid i« a alent to no ele* rd as-a election. CemteraTnhe barrbuTofThVwbole 9 pte of hta clreati.—Albany Hrrsld. The supreme court for e number of year* *• been to rongeeted that, unwtlllnglnly, nt Mat toe eta emphatically. It was at. .tost Imnomlbta to get full JosUco before that high tribunal. Attorneys were, not gtv- en the opportunity to argue their cases and the court la now several rears behind In Its work, n number of important cases being Included. Hat ell thls wlll ^on b? come a tblug of the past now tout the supreme coort bench has been enlarged to all members nnd the wheels of justice will A^uste Iterate!"' 0 Uat t0t mV1 ' Tho Wook In Trade Circlet. Bnalneaa condltloiui durln* tho last week hare continued ftirorable. and a strong feel- Unf of eaconrairooot verrade* a» branchiw am? E produete: but In nil directions tbe temten^ i tow.rdu.eradust and healthful expnn- rion of aetlrity. This ta attested by a lanro nercase tn bank rteartng. and by to* cou- tlnuoua Increase, In toe number of mill and ■MiMMlIMMflilii tin sink factory resumptions or gains SK£W&r 5"? nitiriv. which haa breu keenlnc n dallr ord or the Industrial recuperation, n yutacrd.iy the rwunptlon o( work by »» eatabllshmont* which had been idle prior to the rlrictlon* and nn.Increase In product- po. note the fact thin week lhat cloaiinz house exehsngea, for the flratMme In esr- eral years nof only exceed those of the cor- ■■■■ year by 10 pet. teat.. creatures with eye* from which streamed tear* of tender and pitying K>vt. He heard toe great and yearning cry whit* rote to bi* Kpa at -the right of their sorrow* He saw- Mm atretch forth hta anas to them as a .mother doea to har stricken chUd and then the suMlme and noble figure of toe Man of Borrow* faded- out forever, and upon tile be.pleas, hopeless* aio-stattled and suffering hu manity darkness and despair descended Uke rujtnres upon their prey. And tbeo be saw toe pit-thre of a Chris tian world. He eaw those who were seeking to solve the painful riddle of IKe sod ito solution, thst God had sent his Bon a* a than into human life, ai no longer possible. He snw a woman, sick hi a hospital. She -was one who had gone far wrong, and had strange experience, and now she wa* dying. She sent for the wise man of toe time fo help her. She told him tout when that she had strayed she had been brought to that hospital and a nurse had tied her about QJlffjg*' nr\A «lia rafsa (Mu Miff! •‘“n* and the wise man said: “Tia ever ton* with thee* Christians, * tick women I* tent to have her body healed and they use the opportunity to entice her to follow their euperetlllone." And the sick women cried, "How comes tt then tost ye who deny Christ have built no hospital* of your own far your sick?” But the wise man woe silent. Then tba toM him how Christ had comforted her and stilled her fears, and borne her sin sod she had entered on a new life. And than It was the old temptation cam* and tbe terrible stress was upon her. and when She needed most at thia crisis of her lifts health and strength from without, hta book, in which humanity'* put Into her hands. Her heart told her he teachings were false, bat it |* easy to believe wbat one wtahes to believe, and so it came about that she tried, to per suade -herself that tod arguments were unanswerable, and 'must needs accept them. Thus toe had paltered -with her conscience and deceived herself. But the was saved from toe tdn she would have committed by the death of him for love of whom she would again have sinned. Bat toe hid to reckon for playing false to ooMcience; too had etrangted -the yoke at* », «iu 1IMU suouqicu me tuiw of God within her, and now when toe would believe again toe could not, for her heart .was dead. Therefore, she had tent for tire wise than to ask him what he could givo her, a dying woman. In place of the faith she had lost But toe wise man was silent, "and when I looked he was gone and the woman was dead.” Another vision of a father at the death bed ol too tittle girt .he had passionately loved, helpless to save her, comfortless and desperate. She is l Matt# ami Canada, n* rcportM br IHC tUPlVftlltllA amuifif. slit win* ihc United th»«ame weivAntlle a*eni_. week numbered :tb(, uxnln»t rorrojjondin^ ireek last ywr. it wa ... : year.—UlilladelpUlu ( TrMinirj Noted OutMandins-. tbe OlimiSU Ptxie is on tbe rvbt lloe Tbe total amoent of tbe when It I/J5: wtNw. w tht •U**t of Odobrr /waa* according to tba tinasBS 7 ". is 11,0 bn,, “ u °* *““*■ Tbe hl/rtiMt amount [able n * In the nli ItOYWVto of c ihe act of 1 BOO v the month* o( Auriut I th# proooM of roWotl XevBsS . „ . -M of reilremlng notes for sllwr dollars wsot on at ih- same time with tb* purrhnnc, K^vic? the actual maximum out* standing a«» nlMsv Ntatnl. Tho .lift, n n.f bftwx and $123.22Q^*u or 1^2,101.72^, 1# tbe itmourit of the tieaflurr WtM that hare boot! retlecmcd iu inurfira sllrer.-aoUara o»liu*il f*om tbo bullion nnr* gyed under l bo act of lSUO.-New York One of the tnony peotular phases oft tbe many which characterize the na tional rsmpalira reccnt^r fought ^ thu# «Wbla»A tht BlmlDiham Nero: r!<c Md caMi of tht hlc fitanp te rock f2M XX«u»cntk states cvcry- wbece thu year was ilic unsuitul pNt- form which the party Adopted at Cht* cajrrx If the-Dftm* 1 racy repfxtA if* er* The AtlsJUA Conailtutlon ror ! , b '' *&}"***** ttAjorirte* yet jni AUMiiy r^utuuon oEHma to Uc ( n ;iia i ft j„ £ , n tuany uaturaliy Mnoc^ir t j atatc* may In* out entirely. The l»^>n uf Noveartxr, ahvUtol bv* lltcabl. hopeful that pruFperity will return during ihe coming >car» of Me Xtalejr*# od?nlnlMrati >n. and if It do<M not. our contemporary Intimate* that I romcthln#: iwwful maj* happen. "Ak ta* I C*»!mnbc# (CSa.) Knquirer-San is tiou." wv *ve tote, "rntaht proccevl aterg ! D °'blnr if not -driging. and while tha a m re dangeroua lie* ihm that at Ure i ' ,r> ’**■•* 1 (‘•'C'}'‘+ ls tett oa Are all trw ctenagv of .ilwr." ,! ‘ n tot:ug R ta perfe-tiy> wl#. 1s ihte a --quint al Brcthrr Bateman's ! ![f, ‘Viltj.? Ptn -' r ’ *» trmrdy^tbe denuwwiteWloei ot gold? } ‘tteoatv ivffer winTfor' a new party. name, t* carry oa the tight The lopuUct. »«l the pacx tor Uiv * with s ae - "Tuaium and Taterv." The sweet potato of onr liter epoch u a mlre-rable .stetltnte for th* -tneul.-nf, gn|. den, sutrar-an' ntiog tobet that delighted w,rth i>re ' Vo i -ay veil. The -a,rat rotate hat not k [£5 0I !,^ ,h Htoa dec;, ,r- aied. It has heromw for the aiott part, a ^a®g®®rai ter Baror. the 'j»wmu haa a flaror almost to» wealthy for the timid. A regular plutocrat Ic flator. Craft the *|mviibudi on the aweet au.l then'* by uot only rv*cue th# latter, but provide for tbe m»o:h of the two dellcaciv# to* C-N'exvSVrr^.'" 4 The 1 Future. I/rt all Pj*no>crtttt »>f tho ctxmI aid time* [’i*n.«rtoiJ fait It of Jctferto-u snd J«ckt*xt and n*Tr>an«l!t«w t>*rrltrr n^sin iu tbe bonds of patriot I mu ana bind up tbe iroumt* of ‘ oM partv-TCieat tn the earUeot s» 4 pores' Bbtic. Ui and desperate. She is gone, end falling on bU knees, pray* aloud In angokh, ‘■lord Jem, lover of little children,, take toou my little maid. If toe is .with rhee toe is well; guard her, denr Lord, till I come, to thee and to her,” And then he remember* there Is no Jesus; It may even he that these Is no God. and that bo knows no more of what has become of to* tittle life which owed Its being to his life, than ot toe bubble tost bursts oa tire wave, and despair fakes him. All this te represented «n a dream, tost suppose It was fins and.-there Is no Christ and ail Hurt haa been told at Him te a l!e and -we are deceived. Th* htery -thought of tt to amaring and car. tied into reality would hi' fearful. Tho name Ohrtetendom would-, disappear and aU that belong* to tt. ud perish orit of history. The usual reckoning of time would be -without meaning. This war, 1896, would be «n absurdity for toe Wrth ot Christ would b* without Interest or authority and any reckon ing from that would he meanlglera and voM. Oof- very dates would perish for thud which had bean, ns tt were, toe period of time aad of history had gone. Besides every olty ond village would -have go he disfigured by the demolition of It* religious houses and build lag*, tor wrist meaning would cathedrata and churches have which was worth remembering? Then, too, mil tire graveyard* ond resting places of th* dead alt over the world -would have to be despoiled, for eycrytoto* which had any reference to the Christ oa torir stones 'or monuments must be wiped out as belonging to an old -world superstition. Y- . Ih thta View present day foot Is strikingly opposite. Six hundred years aftw Christ another people arose In the wotld. aad Jurt such a religion estasup- poeed toy this dream was eaUbUtoed- Ohftdt a rnffto. a delusion, wn Impostor egmsed. « prophet degraded, or Christ The cvy of the Murmtman vrra. ’>here i* hut one God. tt <s Allah and MMhomed is his prophet." Twelve hundred years ore gone and the oon- aummate Issue of tt te stoat w* see tfflay In toe Turklto empire. Again, another Act; w-ithtq our own faith. August Conte, who announced that toe religion <2 toe future tod downed tti him and Chris: might be euppreesed. Ko, proposed that « U men -of toe pant except Christ And so we were to get rid cf Christ. Poeltivlsm wquM tiki Us plate and science, and tin wceebip of woman and of human ity. In the atxty years store tt was eo- mWtahed what baa It dona? It has drawn w tew in England from the fsftos of Christian service Into those cf barren speculation. In Paris; the place of Its origin, K has done nothing, nor anywhere In th* great suffering, degraded srorid, non' the whole Depu tation of heathendom. What hope for the pttileesness at competition tn. trade is a reality, then «hat hope can there- be, wto: proposWon for -the changing of th»3e tilings can be made if Christ were not? It is -the growing conviction among thoughful men, not tire-ologians only but those who think on social quest! mm. that this is toe one, and the only name by which soolety can he saved. You must believe In toe King dom of God to order to regenerate man -an<d you xmiirt (have ft ’t-bc King- d-rni cf Christ accessible and near at hand St toe work is to be done. This subject Is suggested by what DO me ot onr younfi men aredojng in th-ta city on this blessed Sabbath day. and is kindly intended to point out ■the direction la -which they are going and -warn them of toe den gem which lie Sn their own path and those they are seeking to price In toe way of otirera For torir are chrirflera Uves and »piKT>oses <?ven 'wliera the ll«m qf Chr'&P* klfe ::ow ^Lnes, wttle their Imsk ot tnie principle and dWWIft ihflftr own eat and deed. W. McKay. Lumber In South Africa. From Brads!reels. - A-Michigan lumberman who has Just re amed from South Africa, haring resided Says the Northeastern limited quantity < L°umberman! rOI "Aii imisense qasatlty of batoer sod timber ta used about Johaunes- ln mine work*, and It ta practimdly burr. In mine worst, ana it 10 prxenc drol of Sonthern nine ta now corolug from • port* on the Gulf of Mexico, also targe shipments from Norway, and some from Australia. Most of th* lumber ta received hi the form of large Umber, andJs resawed Into snlteble dlmenelont at the mills at Jo- hanicburic. A planlnx mill la also part of tee einffi«t P 'Th7 entire plant li fitted out with American machines. Lumber moat necessarily sell very high hi the ln- reSnmMai • l feS3«5 sw,KA 1 ss;^r^«"si named port is 1,100 miles distant from the arid region., aid the other two between »0 and 000 miles distent. Lonteer does not eater largely Into house construction, being. utilized for skeleton frames, with a cover ing of sides and roof of lorrugated. Iron. No doubt American saw mills on the raclflo elope and In the South will benefit largely by^teta immense demand from the Interior It wa* formerly believed that women In Utah were tittle better than slaves, but no such notion should prevail now. In tho crat, ran l_ era, for the l-..-.— I _ . The bottom roll Is evidently on top out In deltghtfal new commonwealth.—Mc Duffie Journal. • S. S. Parmalee's carriage repository Is the price to get most tor your money In style and quality In anythlnc In tbe vehicle Une. Also In bicycles, toby carriages and harness goods. SPECIAL NOTICES. Contract Advertisers to insure inser tion in Sunday's issue, should have their frith in the Serlor wa* destroyed vro*. copy in by ifiday afternoon. FOR AldDBRhIBN. The undersigned hereby announce the!* candidacy for aldermen of the city of Ma con. haring been requested to do ao by a large number of their fellow citizens: First trard—Uarry C. Mix. . Second ward—Mallory H. Tny lor. Third tvard—Howard M. Smith. Fourth ward—P. O. B. Bell. ri. Fifth vrard—To be announced. Sixth ward—Ana Matthews. CITY TAX NOTICE. The fourth and last installment of the city -tax IS now due. Fay at once and save costs of execution. A. n. TINSLEY, Treasurer. DB. BENTON STRANGE, SPECIALIST. 401 Second etreet. Diseases ot women. and All ehtonlc dlteste*. tBest mtdicel elec tricity used conjointly with medicine*. I , cute permanently by removing without pain, shock, eta Station free. HOWARD M. HMITH, No. fill Seboad Street. • Loons negotiated upon Improved real estate.' Improved middle Georgia farms for tale chejip. Telephone No. 111. REAR ESTATE LOANS ' ■ On city or farm property, straight Interest. Borrowers and Investors .will find our facilities unoqualed. Security Loan and Abstract Co., J. J. Cobb, President; T. B. West, Secretary and Attorney. ’ DR J- J- SUBERS, Permanently located. In the special ties venereal. Lost energy restored. Female Irregularities and poison oak. Cura guaranteed. Address In con fidence, -with stamp, 610-Fourth st„ Ma con, Go. re Te^h^*S2 reSK 3 *J?,.' a0nte If J«*us Const does not exist, nor ever -womlcrful new Mrth of Japan one cf toe most tnceresting tacts ot tbe Nineteenth century, by which, from • hereout nation, .-but op wltiila Itself, tt has within a shore Ht* time buret upon the «s*e of the world u a com- itor wtth the old nation In war, ■ NCameree usd art, claiming consid eration end place among the power th] and pvoarcretve people of the earth. ~ " J ‘ ‘ a caused ItT Certainly tt never c»>uld have done It bo* atmply con-Uot wtth Christ and FOB SALE. Farms' In all parts of Georgia, all sites, 25 to 2,600 acres. Nearly all with improvements on them and ready for occupancy right away. Prices low. Term, most favorable. The Georgia Loan and Trust Co., 25S Second St. Macon, Gs. NOTICE. Georgia, Bibb County.—All persons har- ■SRM county, deceased, are requested to preamt the same, properly proven, within the time nqo red by law, and all person* Indebted to said deceased will, please make undersigned. I ANNIE T. BKUOIBl Executrix, Eta, IU I'srk Price, Macon, Gs. CBNTjya* CITY lfttSLE. ' • AND GRANITE WORKS, Monumcntp. Headstones, _ . ' ■ Grave Slabs. Foreign and., American Granite, Wrought Iron Fencing, Building Stone, Ttri, etc., furnished on short notice, r* FIRBT ST., MACON. OA. GEOnGIA BIRR COUNTY.—Under by virtue of as order of Bibb sup enrt passed In tee case of Jarratt & •t ro. W. it. uordon. admlntstrstnSM of .tbs rotate of Herein T. Jobn- •pn. doceeaed. now pending to Bibb tara rior^conrt. JtaJ undeniljued^h^oWWJ - -— -tor es aforesaid,-. win expose for. sale at putitle outcry before te* honw doorta^WUVluwn roratLtln. on tee BratiTeesday tn December. lRmi. Kribed property, towtt: All th.t tract or Ptreri of laud sltnate, lying and being in ty of Wilkinson, «« state/end la —d snd*Twsoty.fi/th dl«- nnra known,., tee Jnhn end te* Gelllmore price, loumnd one hnndrnl and I ««*, more or lets, said Gufford. ns tenant, and ?clnu*the bnds ta the P*>w-seie'.i nr 1 i. X. Johnson at tbo j [mo .of tea death, and being also known as tee i-oru r Creek place. Atao, ot th* aokta time and place, all ot containing » nlnaj-eij&t (2,1W lanils iwlnff now I tha Hbfr pg ctflatf. a more ci tended bo^oxblMtoiI on thedS * *al« art t Tbo ttrms of a MSS* are yafireiid twrrrera'^uh*^ rerest at .tho rato.or7 rer . m m itel. - ‘ » h r CCnt. t*tv« “ "ttafoo. ASM *. roost ramakable rate haring heeVivt hi tei ran atV.^ condition Is that already, tt is pro- ty-flve hundred dollsra - ymi the te.nrev pared 40 cstrry out its own Christian *«••« real ™t»tc am be Mori.-t at tAMu church weak -sritbotn foreign . once but also -to undertske Christirn 1 work of ftw on n » missionary work, of its own. OhrMIm world wortd cu»l all tte«« jips t turn.- ,«.e Htth aa^tor. tl rad* J £. hS"S I m< ‘“ that toe fatth of’Christ hattk f*n«v m«'n* d*d In (ii** oruior of truth ^ ore W J i*dljr Ith Vis' iwiirt of ja«ri<*«n4 I wh*c2> U neoded rnitod right. Vkii . pricclMs YSlO**. whltt v> M!ug.~]nek|banf dx-l.-->yle ? to help aha ^ ' »r r.t.Av-r^M- heman.'v. Fcr If wc ton Oft tJic cruelty, tbe ucc^twcious crpnity of human greed 11 he made sthteet i . •** J court of nihli eoantr. «OUDON r ; bjr the SQpi>ri< Admr. dc bonis non H. T. JohJi Mark*, di*4>a»4-,i. .\if |1Ar tiei| tD Ole (bb)«vtluna. If concc-rneii j u J i>2Star, r ‘i«« w b * ,ure «™naav C. M. WlLET, Ordinary. ■■HB Bmm