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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: ‘WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30,1896.
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THE TEI.F.G HAITI.
Uaron, (In.
An Important Mootlmc.
No man who desires to sec Macon
prosper anil who believes that her pros
perity can ho advanced by earnest or
ganized effort, should fall to attend the
meeting of tho Chamber of Commerce
next Monday. Tho formal Invitations
Issued by President Rogers do not In
dicate that only those who have been so
Invited are wanted. While Mr. Ilugero
has so wide on acquaintance among'
the progressive citizenship of the com
munity, not even ho begins to know nil
the people who will mako valuable
members of the chamber under the pro
posed reorganization, and The Tele
graph can my authoritatively that a
special Invltotlon Is extended to every
mnn in tho community who feels that
hl« help, great or vinall, should ho
added to this patriotlo movement.
A large preliminary meeting means
a great dull to the success of tho un
dcriaklng. Indicating Roneral Interest
nnd foreshadowing active loyal sup,
port, the presenoo of acverai hundred
public-spirited citizens fit the Chamber
of Commerce rooms Monday will nerve
tho men upon whom, In the natnro of
things the greater share of the actual
work of tho organization will fall, to
more earnest nnd effective effort, nml
will enlist the enthusiastlo co-operation
of thoso among us whoso views ore
tinged with pessimism and who there
fore lack faith In tho efficacy of such
efforts to advanco the publlo welfare.
Whatever mny be the value of tho
■'faith cure" In physical ailments, there
In no manner of doubt ns to Us power
to dissipate most of tho business Ilia
which aro at the root of municipal and
communal decadence nnd sickness.
When the microbe of "hard times"
and business atrophy once gains a foot
hold In a community there Is only jone
• antidote—a concentrated, determined
effort on the part of tho pcoplo anil a
general determination to rofuao to con
sider the existence of tho romotost pos
nihility of failure, no matter how ills
cournglng condition!* may seem. In
the business atmosphere arising from
such a spirit too cHlnmUy'.bnclUus can,
not exist. In burlnosa ns In warfare,
numbers, discipline, tho certainty of co
operation nnd support glvo courage and
develop confidence.
Such a movement ns Is contemplated
by the meeting Monday la needed In
Macon beyond anything else. Her peo,
pie have within reach element* which
need only to Ire utilized to bring about
such prosperity ns she has never before
enjoyed. An opportunity Is now offered
to Inaugurnto nn era In Macon, under
which her citizen* will fight as much ns
they please over family affairs, but
when the opportunity offers to build up
Macon the solo contest will be to show
which faction enn do tho most effective
work for the general good. , »
mlnently wise nnd proper. The ac-
ompll«hrn<nt of -omo such scheme has
long been discussed, but It has been
regarded as belonging to lire sentimen
tal, and not the practical, side of life,
and few people have hoped to live to
see such a consummation, hut It Is
about to become an accomplished fact.
The New York Herald Is of the opin
ion that "this desirable result Is chiefly
due to th" r'-ekl'-'-M Jingoism which h i,
been so active In fomenting Interna
tional mischief and promoting the dan
ger of war,” In that It has aroused the
conservative elements of the two great
English speaking nations to a sense of
danger. If this Is true it la another
Illustration of tho sentiment that evil
la permitted that good may come.
The treaty, and the peaceable settle
ment of,the Venezuelan trouble, will
stand oa monuments to the wisdom and
sagacity of the present administration.
Along with Cleveland, Secretary Olney
will go Into history.
There is a report that Spain Is about
to accept the good offices of the United
States In the effort to effect a settle
ment of the Cuban trouble and end the
war. If, In tho few short months left,
the devoutly hoped for end can be
brought about, or ncgotlaSlons success
fully begun. If will add another crown
ing glory to the retiring administration.
privileges, rates and the thousand and
one other thlnga which require decision.
And if tho decision is made accord Inf?
conscientious Judgment, the public
til lx* Hotlrtled. ,
There do?* not seem to be any gotten
returns for the free silver newspaper
Ibaflfoes8, The Silver Knight, a weekly
newspaper, was established In the city
of ‘VVuc^hlnsjton one year a*?o by the
great toulHorwdre. Senator Stewart, of
Nevada, for the purpose of <Ji#wernlnat-
in* the doctrines of the free silver
propagandists. Some days ago the sen
ator nskod for a r*»3eiv*<r to win 1 up Us
affairs. Ho ears he advanced out of his
own poefcot <16.000 4n caoh and <6,000
Jn obligations to keep It going. The
«>n<-rn now o.vph <7,000 mor*\ As a
newspaper manager tho senator wishes
to retire. .
When Christopher Columbus returned
to Spain after discovering Cuba, he was
loaded with chains and thrown Into pris-
on. When Congressman Money shall re
turn to America and report the discovery
of tho Cuban Republic, he will ho re
ceived with such marks of popular favor
os will mako his Illustrious predecessor
wish ho OOltld revisit the glimpses of the
moon nml join In «tho shouts of “Viva,
Cuba Ukrer
Washington the First Offender.
Hon. Jdm Bftfih SfctMflStur oC Phila
delphia. who Is acknowledged author
ity on Hi*ah matters, writes an Interest
ing Hotter to tho New York Times on
the Question nt lasuo •'between certain
senators and Secretary Olney In regard
to 'the president's rlglvt to recognise a
foreign state. Ho points out that the
question was mined o» cany as 17M.
'll hi* new rcurabtto of Prance 3wd de
clared w\u( ogalnAt Great Britain, ami
had won! 4t milnlstm* to tills country.
Without consulting congress. Washing
ton Issued a tu\>cUmaulon declaring
neutrality. Ills right to do so was de
nied by JefCman and defended by
HaimUum. It was declared: “The pres-
Idml has violated the constHutton and
usurped tho oowor of ‘congress. To
prvjufhi'.ui neutrality Is to forbid war.
To foi«bM war eupposc# and Involves
the pa war to proclaim <war.” And so
they •v4SQfied.
Washhurum was the first president
and Cleveland the Inst -to he accused
of usurping tire power of congress,
“Three ytiMTl kvU\r,“ any* McMoMcr,
“Jay*a f;unoiw treaty, the first com-
mereial treaty we over made with Great
Brttaihi, came before tho house, of rep-
ro.*»«*ataUvet». In order that certain, ap-
preipriathms called for anight 1h* voted.
The houve attwflpMl to defeat tire
treaty by refusing to make the appro*
pria.ions tosutaert Its right to take
pari In •f»us'ign affair* by calling for the
paper* and documents In the case.
Washington refused to MQd the papers,
and so danied iiho right of the house to
meddle In suoh matters.’*
In rhe long debate over the matter It
w.i* contended and Anally established
ixn fore !gn affairs, except-In Ihe oaoe
dt'«'iav*ng war, rested exclusively In
the hands of the executive, Tire con-
str notion wMob Mr. Olney now coa-
<ond» for nvas first established during
Wiu<h Inert on’a administration.
When JetTcrocm became president he
o.vne to the Washington and Hamilton
\iew. In 1S06 «tre instructed Monroe,
•who wan minister to England, to nego-
:‘.ate a new Obimnetvial treaty. When
*t signed Jeffers n rcfusnl
: <nvl ?t the nsnttbe to be passed upon
itreoa’ojre ft wiw imtkitKsfactory to hi:
, on tendin'.; that foreign relations 1
tanged exclusively to the executive, <•
. jpr exprcosly stipulated by tire
canatttution.
••lire J Jonsnxa of tho Future.**
Henry M. Hollady is contributing o
serlc# of articles to the Southern
States upon the "Remaking of the
South.” The current number deals
■with the cotton product since tne war
In n very Interesting, fashion. It was
said that Henry Grady could enliven
cold BtatlMlca with the charm o£ his
own genius. It wo* a rare gift. In the
article before ua Mr. Holladay dis
plays something of Hint faculty. • He
tells ua that the thirty crops of cotton
made slnco the war closed sold on the,
farms for *8.000,000,000. The mind can
scarcely grasp, except by comparison
the magnitude of tho sum. Tho total
coinage valuo of all the precious metals
In this country for 100 years waa *r
078,709—about 37 per cent, of tho vulue
of the cotton made during the period
above named. The average annua*
valuo of the gold and silver product
for ten years was *90,500.000. The nv,
enogo annual value of tho cotton crop
for the same period was *287,600.000.
■According 1o tile great German sta'
tlstlclnn, I)r. Adolphus Soetbecn, and
the director or the United States mint,
tho production of gold and silver In
tjio world from 1881 to 1802 was *3,000,-
179,000, on average annual production
of *260,000,000. Tho everngo nnrnral
production of cotton for the same
twelve years was *37;000,000 greater.
From tho beat authorities obtainable
Mulliall estimates that the world’s pro
duction of gold for 600 years, from 1380
to 1880, was *7,240,000,000; t h ;u the pro
duction of silver for the same period
was 7,436,000,Odi). "It apears, therefore,'
says Mr. Hollndny, "that all tho gold
mlnea of tho world did not produce
enough gold In GOO years to pay for tho
cotton produced In the South In the
post thlrly years by *760,000,000. And
all the sliver mines did not produce
enough Oliver In 600 years to buy thirty
crops of tho Southern cotton by *500,-
000.000."
Tho writer makes many such com'
pnrlsonB to show tho immensity of n
product which la confined to loan
than a fourth of tho states of tho
Union. Tho auggestlon is also mado
that whllo mining must necessarily
require tho employment of largo cap
ital, thus enabling a few to gel
very rich, it Is not so of cotton pro,
during. The immense area of land
laying Idle In tho cotton states as well
oa the adres employed In the culture of
tho silken alaple. afford a vast opening
for labor and small capital. It la an
Industry that cannot be controlled by
tho aggregation of capital, nor by any
class.
But Mr. Holladay does not point
out the fact that cotton ranks fourth
among tho six great agricultural
products of the United States. Mr.
Farquhar, the assistant statistician of
tho agricultural department. In n late
report says that tho total valuo of
tho country's six leading crops for tho
averse* of eight years ending with
1S95 are approximately as follows:
Corn. *650.000,030; hay, *451,000,000
wheat, *323.000,000 cotton, *370,000,000
oats, *200,000,000; potatoes, *90,000,000.
It may be said, however, that cotton
Is exclusively n Southern product,
while Ihe other five leaders aro made
In all portions of our country—in tho
South ns well as In the North and
West.
Mr. Holladay is not surprised that
the Into Hon. W. D. Kelly, of Phila
delphia, once remarked that "the South
Is tho coming Eldorado of American
adventure," and that Hon. Chauncey
M. Depew was luluocd (o exclaim that
the South Is "the bonanza of tho fu
ture."
The Arbitration Treaty.
It iti announced that Secretary Olney
and Sir Julian Tauncefcte have about
concluded the detail* of un interna
tional arbitration echi rot*, to which r
erence *ai nude in the president's
message to oonRrep*. It is atso natd
that Lord Salisbury and President
Cleveland are famlkar \\ith the terms
of agre*.*ment and aie both ready to
sign the treaty
ThJa substitute for costly Mantling j mind? of those
armies and expensive
The New Connell*
Tho now city council held its first sea*
sion last night. Tho Telegraph prof
fers Its bent wishes to tho members
and hopes they may succeed In admin
storing their trusts to the entire satis
faction of tho community. It will do Its
utmost to aid them In whatever effort
they may mako to advance the inter
ests of the city, and, If it shall at any
time have occasion to criticise their
acts, it will do so In tho proper spirit
and fully sensible of human liability to
error. If the members will, so far ns
they may, strive to break up the fac
tions which have retarded the develop*
ment of the city for so long & time, be
cause of contentions and bickerings,
the people will rise up and call them
blessed.
The council may beat promote the
communal welfare by transacting the
public business In a bui»lne«»')ike way
with an eye to economy without par
simony, and with complete justification
for the expenditure of every dollar of
the peopk*'a money. Kxtravagan-
mus»t be avoided, but the public sendee
must not be Impaired. All exactions
must be Just, no that no local Interest
may feci that it It unfairly treated,
There la no reason why the coune
should not prove to be the best In point
of askdulty and efficiency that Mae<
has ever had. The city is growing, not
withstanding the hard time*. Kvery
day there are new demands upon th
attention of the governing body. Pet
pie have the right to a*k oonsldoratlo
in view of the tuxes they pay. All that
U asked cannot of course be granted
What, then. Is best for the cctnmunit
In genenUt That la the question wht
should always be uppormtvst In ti
hom the people ha
William Waldorf Astor is now the
subject of a great deal of satiric and
sarcastic comment because he has be
come a subject of Queen Victoria. But
may it not bo possible that he is merely
attending to business and has taken a
residence In London so that he may
act as a runner for hls-flne New York
hotel, which Is securing so much of the
patronage of tho traveling European
nobility?
Mr. Cleveland's Arm stand one year
ago in the Venezuelan matter mado the
New York World very nervous <?ver the
prospect of war. It wanted peace at al
most any price. Now tho situation 1s
somewhat changed. Tho World is angry
bccaueo tho president doesn’t &elze Spain
by the collar. j
The sultan of Turkey is disposed, to
stick to hit throne in spite of the threat
ening attitude of the powers. The only
way to remove him is to blow him out.
Experience should have convinced them
by this time that bo is proof against
'diplomatic representations.”
GEORGIA PRESS COMMENT.
Mr. Bryan in clearly of the opinion
that the introducer should not deal in
the huperlative.—Augusta Chronicle.
The telephone has caused more talk
than any other invention.—Columbus
Enqulrer-Sun.
Mr. Bryan’s lecture tour seejns to
have developed a •‘frost'' instead of the
harvest hoped for. Landmarks did not
appear to be as strong an Incentive to
oratory as the sting of the presidential
bee.—Augusta News.
The statement Is made that the Re
publicans and Populists In Georgia are
getting together. Let ur» hope that the
Democrats will never again get with
the Populists on the latter’s platform.
—Thomaavllle Times.
TO kiss a girl under the mistletoe Is
all right, to kiss her on the impulse Is
better yet, but to kiss her under the
nose, smack on the mouth, is best of
all.-K^olumbus Enquirer-Sun.
The Atlanta Constitution prints a
picture of the three new Judges of the
supreme court of Georgia playing faro.
The photo represents Capt. Little in
the act of dealing the carda. while
Judges Fish and Andrew Cobb are
waiting for the wheel to turn. If Yan
cey Carter does not call for a new In
vestigation of the Judiciary after this
he Is sleeping over his rights.—Savan
nah Press,
The quiet courage and wisdom of
President Cleveland In avoiding mis
takes, complications and the danger of
war in regard to Cuba, would not have
been greatly conspicuous if the rant,
cant, false declamation, and hysterical
appeals and the frantic efforts to In
flame publlo sentiment had not con
fronted him at every point. Notwith
standing the almost universal public
sympathy with the Cuban insurgents,
the people appreciate and admire the
great statesmanship of President Cleve
land^—Rome Commercial.
Mr. Bryan said to a friend of his
while here: “My friends tell me I/have
made a mistake to enter the lecture
field, and I am inclined to agree with
them. I hav© been severely criticised
by many for entering Into this con
tract, and I am really sorry I did so.
If the thing was to be done over aga;n
I should not sign that contract. I
should stop even now, without going
further, but for the fact that the man
agers have a number of heavy guar
antees, and If I should not fill the datCB
made It would mean heavy losses to
them/’—Atlanta Journal.
An Atom of Dost.
Pooh, what Is the world f said a cynical
tsage,
And he looked through a telescope's rim.
’An atom of dust In a storm I’ll engage!"
SVell, that may Ik* thla wldo world to
him.
10,000 fe*t per minnte—the usual «p«cd
for white pirn?, lire log carriage, which
would weigh, with the log. about two
and a half ton-*, waa propelled in. each
direction by a *»team cylinder of nine
inches bore ami twenty-eight feet long.
Fourteen board* per-mfnute gives 4.3 &■*'- j . . . T
oads to the nXof each hoanl, the n fr‘ f In% ere,
actual sawing time for each board being An(1 a * won< i en ,fl atom It la-wllh brown
about 2.3 seconds. This leaves two sec- ! hair
onds for gigging, reversing and setting And red lips and a sweet little sigh,
over (he log for the next boarithna mak- equatorial ’round her. 'til
lag tho sawing speed about 260 feet per j - *
minute, and Ihe gicglog speed about 500 i With a'tropical!
feet per minute. This is more like the , gut her head Is a
An esteemed contemporary has sev
eral times asserted that "75 per cent,
ot our farms arc under mortgage." Tho
truth la, according to the United States
bureau of statistics; 72 per cent, of the
forms In our country are free from
mortgages.
Tito mercury unity ,t>o below zero
throughout the North, but In Middle
Georgia the sun still shines warmly and
tho open air is full of delight.
Hie Boston Herald thhtlns the bottling
of tho jingoes in congress was a master
stroke. Olney did It with his little corker.
The Atlanta Constitution has come to
tioe tnnt, in order to be understood, Its
editorials must ho illustrated.
It seems that George Washington
was the first offender against the di
vine right of Jingo senators. .
When tho war Is over. Editor I^etham
of Waycross Is going on a fishing cxcuv
slou to Spanish Hole.
THE BECTURli REVIEWED.
An Eatonto* Mnn Measures Ilryan on
tlio Stage.
To the Editor of Tho Telegraph: Tho
reprint In Monday's Telegraph of tho
article In tho Atlanta Commercial nnd
t hn n/lllfirlli) mmnvinii rtf Tim' 1 fTnl/i.
the editorial comments of The'' Tele
graph thereon upon tho unfortunate
"lint failure" of Mr. Rryon os a lec
turer, were read with a feeling of sad
and subdued Interest by many hero.
So far as known, Mr. Bryan had not
an enemy, but, on the contrary, a host
of well meaning friends nnd . well-
wishers throughout nil tK» free silver
section, many of whom availed them
selves of the cheap railroad rates to gw
to Atlanta to attend his debut there
ns a widely advertised publlo lecturer-
one who wns to surpass on tho plat
form even tho unparalleled reputation
ho had acquired on tho stump.
Although It was nothing very new
or remarkable In Georgia nnd to Geor
gians for a professional political stump
orator, even one eminently successful
In the knack of enthusing nnd spell
binding his auditors, to fall signally
whenever he creuy'.l :i new nml high, r
role, they were not prepared for the
disappointment that awaited them In
Mr. Bryan. To the Latin apothegm,
"sic transit," etc., with which the ed
itor of the Commercial closes his nr-
tide, r.m.tlu r. evt n mere familiar and
appropriate to Mr. Bryan'a case, might
now be well substituted—"Ne. sutor
ultra crepldom." Had he been content
to have rested on his fame as a suc
cessful stump orator—nlbelt It be a
fame of a much suspected kind and far
enough removed from any very high
lyre of culttitv ami excellence st Us
best—everything might have gone
along well with him. Rut It Is much
to bo feared, from all reliable reports,
that Ills Icorlnn flight and fall in At
lanta will prove complete nnd final. It
Is doubly slgnficant, too, that this “fiat
failure" ot the young man from the
windy Northwest should occur In the
wlmhr-t rily of the Smith, after such
a succession of hcraldlngs nnd betrum-
pctlngs from tho windiest organ of
public opinion to he found anywhere
In the whole country. Observer.
Eatonton, Ga„ Dee. 29. 1S9«.
England I ti Fgxpt,
From Ihe London Dally .Mail.
Our position In England In stronger pre-
action of a vegetable out ter slicing up
turnips to feed stock than the rid way
of sawing boards. The marvel waa to
see the man remain on the saw car
riage while it was shot to and fro. He
did his work :it ihe proper time, kept his
pi a re ai if he were part of the machine;
a fly on the wall waa not more at home
than he.
e'en you
Will admit that thla atom Is smart.
Her orbit Is straight—from home to the
SCliOOl,
With a mighty ambition to learn.
To me/lie's the world. And I'm proud to
cob fa
Franco, United States. Cuba,
Ohaftanooisja Times.
Mudh Oras ibeem oald about the Tffoog-
n Mon of Franco of ithe I«aeipcinder,ce of
fiby United States. 'In 1778, as If the case
iwas a parallel to Ihe fwwpostuoa that
wo should recognize 'the Independence
of Culta; 'but this la a oorry assump
tion. The colonies held all the forts
In and about Boston harbor as early as
1775. They, tn that year, fought tho
successful ibttttto of Inxington. They
toad cawtored Crown Point and Ticon-
deroga; assembled a congress In Phila
delphia: resolved to raite an army and
appointed Geoflgo Washington eam-
mander-lrwfhlef. On the fourth of July,
1776, the congress declared the Inde
pendence of ithe colonics. Articles of
confederation had been adopted in 1777,
in doe form. For three years the con-
federn&om had maintained a regular
government. 4n nil 'the various depart
ments, and made tt impossible for any
British colonial governor ito reside In
■the country tattvd enforoe any law of
parliament. The colonlsfa held, all the
time Jn those three years, one or more
of the then most Important sea ports.
But above and beyond all elss, 'that
justified the French recognition, the
colonial army, under General Galtes, on
October 17. 1777. received the surrender
of ail of General Burgoyns's army on
Saratoga Heights. The battlo that
brought about Burgoyne's surrender is
classed by historians and military crit
ics as one of the decisive battles of his
tory. It completely wiped out an army
of 9.000 m:m—a large force -in 'this coun
try at that time—and scattered as
many Canadian nnd Tory auxiliaries,
and 2.000 Indians: relieved Boston of
the presence of the British army: vir-
tuihy ended the tvnr In New England.
Some months after thSs 'brilliant and
derisive victory, on a pitched field,
France, which was really “spoiling for
a chance" to declare near against Eng
land. or force Itoet latter to begin, ac
knowledged the Independence of the
United States, and ttotloiwed tho ac
knowledgment up promptly by sending
hither a fleet and army, to co-operate
with Washington.
If the Cubans had fought 'battlcs,4hat
wo could accept os oqulvulcmts to Lex
ington. Bunker Hill. Saratoga and tho
eelzuro of important ports find holding
them. the. comparison would hold good;
•but they have not (Ought a single bat
tle in the two years since they rose in
rebellion. They hold no sea port nor
strongly fortified interior town. If wo
sent a representative to Cisneros, the
alleged president of the alleged Qulsin
republic, we would have to send nn
army with him to Insure his ever get
ting to his destination.
Thi3 Is. like nil tho rest of the prece
dents tho Jlngora havo been parading,
a derided misfit.
Populat ion of the Stars,
From the London Spectator.
The discovery of tho philosopher’s
stone, supposing the phrase to Imply a
working scheme for transmuting an in
ferior metal into gold, would probably
produce nothing beyond a period of ter
rible economic confusion, or perhaps a
vast and disastrous because over-rapid
transfer of property, but the attain
ment of certainty that sentient brings
with corporeal encasements, acting by
effort and not by pure" volition, existed
In any other one planet, would only
enlarge the range of human thought
and the force of the human Imagina
tion. Such a cerainty would cither
increase to an extraordinary degree the
reverence for the Creator—for we are
all so limited that we reverence powers
which we see exerted more than powers
which we know in theory must cxlBt—
or would compel materialists to revise
and widen their whole theory of the
relation of matter to mind, it being
evident that sentience could exist un
der conditions hitherto deemed Impos
sible
There are certainly mlllons, and pos
sibly billions, of worldc of which no
two are the same, and if sentient be
ings were found past question in one
other world than ours, the presumption
that they existed under a variety "f
conditions, and probably, therefore, in
a variety of forma practically unlimit
ed, would become so violent that to re
ject the theory would soon be regarded
as an evidence of a foolish, popular
habit of disbelief in tho unseen. Man
has some internal dislikes to believe
that limited beings with sentience can
exist under conditions other than his
own. and habitually assuming that a
world without air Is a dead world, Or
at all events nn empty world; yet there
Is no proof that the ether, which wo
know to be everywhere, can not sup
port life, or that circumstances of
which we know nothing may not modi
fy cither (t* Intolerable cold or the ef
fect of that cold.
In Mars Itself there Is Borne potency
at work, which, to the despair for the
moment of terrestlal science, produces
warmth where cold ought to reign per
manently supreme. It Is as certain as
any deduction from analogy can be
that air In Mars, though It exists, is as
Tarefled as It would be at the top of a
mountain twice as high an Mount Ever
est, and that consequently the normal
and permanent degree of cold ought to
be terrible.
"The thermal Income of Mars Is less
than halt that of the earth and its
theoretical mean temperature Is. con
sequently—taking Into account Its low
'albedo' or reflective power per unit
of area—SO degrees centrlgrado below
freezing." Yet tho actual climate. of
Stars Is mild. Snow certainly melts
rapidly—that is patent to the telescope
—Vapor certainly rises—that. Is clear
from the spectrum analysis—waterflows
and there are Indications, If hot proof,
that a certain vegetation follows the
sudden thawing of the snow. Whnt
warms the air Is unknown, but It Is
warmed past all question or doubt,
and all arguments, therefore, ns to the
lnevitablcnesa. of cold In other worlds
must be pronounced Imperfect, as are
also those which show the Impossibil
ity of sustaining corporel life, All we
can say with certainty Is that If sen
tient being with corporel frames ex
ist In Mars, the relations of the lungs
to tho body can not be Identical with
their relation in man, which, as tve
arc aware of flshks. Is not an Impossi
ble exercise of the Imagination.
That I'll giro op all else. If I must;
The universe, suus, stars ami moons to pos-
Thls one little atom of dust.
h«» i*comn*r.
He tumbled from bU weary wheel,
And net It by the door;
Then ptood as though he Joyed to feel
311s feet on earth once more; ••
And as he mopped hla rumpled head,
His face was wreathed In smiles; .
'A very pretty run," he said;
M I did a hundred miles.”
'A hundred miles!” I cried. “Ah, thinks
What beauties yon have seen!
The reedy Ptreams where the cattle drink.
The meadows rich and green.
Where did you wend your rapid way
Through lufty woodland nlslea?"
He Hhook bis hood. "I ennnot Bay;
I did a hundred miles!”
Whnt hamlets saw your swift tires spro\
Ah, how I envy you!
To lose the city’s dust and dlu, u ■
Jtenenth the heaven’s blue;
To gc*t a breath of country air;
To lean o’er rustic stiles!”
He only said: “The road were fair;
I did a hundred miles!”
—Youth’s Companion
The Hartford.Electric Lighting Com
pany is said to have the largest storage
battery In the world. This consists of
130 cells, capable of giving out a cur
rent of 10.000 ampere Ip an hour. Tho
WcstenkUnion Telegraph Company has
also becomd a great/User of tiieso cells.
In Its larger stations outside of New
York It began putting In storage bat
teries about two and one-half years
ago, and it Is said now to have 20,000 of
Hhem In use. These have supplanted t
70,000 of the oldohemlcal gravity cells,
in which the current was produced by
using up zinc plates nnd blue vitriol.
The cost is said to be 18 cents a year
for each of the new cells, against <r.75- ,,
a year for each of the old ones. The.. st
company has such plants In Washing
ton ar.d Atlanta and a jnew one has
Just been added at Now Orleans, in ,
which 861 of the new cells are used.
Many Pullman cars are lighted from:
storage cells and the coaches of tho «
Intercolonial railway of Canada are
similarly supplied.
Newsraper Recreation.
Mrs. G. (as her husband departs for n
club meeting)— If you’ro nny later than
midnight I shan’t speak to you.
Q.—I hope you won t, dour.—London FI*
goro.
First Sranll Roy-I wish I had that 5
cents back t spent for candy. •
Second Small Boy—What would you do
with it? - .
First Small Boy—Buy more candy.—Bos
ton Courier.
“Wasn’t It menu of that Washington
shopkeeper to refuse to give credit to Pres
ident Cleveland’s wife?
“Oh, I don’t know. Tho president Is
going to be thrown out of hla Job soon,
Isn’t he?”—ltoxbury Gazette.
“DU1 you nil walV Sbakcspoke, after
Jinks—There Is n man who has a number
of movements on foot for making money.
Blnks—Who is he? ^ ,
Jinks—1 don’t know his name, but he s a
dancing teacher.—New York Advertiser.
it iuw unys ago. mum, aim noinuig more
nor less, is the result of the decision of tho
court of appeal. And the funny part of the
business U that we have not sought this ad-
\.inure, but that it has been actually pre
tented to u* by the power which has al
ways disliked oar Intervention and
structeil our work In Egypt. Let ut _■
liow matters stand up to date. Fourteen
3 ears ogiv we undertook the work of Egyp
tian reconstruction, having previously urgr^l
Franco to assume that duty nnd rcanonil-
bllity. Onr administrative work, conducted
In faco of the captious nud Jealous obstruc*-
Ui*n of France, has, as everyone admits,
been nn unqualified success. We have res
tored the tluanclAl credit of Egypt. We
have at the same time enormously dimln-
Islied the taxation of the people, we have
constructed a reliable and even first-rate
army out of the worst material which
«v»uld pori*U>ly have boon provided. Wo
have once more restored Justice and order
and tranquility to that laud of paradox and
surprize.
Uncle Bob—Well. Tommy, what do you
want Santa Claus to bring you for Christ-
Tommy—I’ve got a golf suit, but I think
I should like him to bring me ono of those
handicaps like papa wanted In the last
tournament, llo said If he’d had one big
enough he’d have won.—narper’s Bazar.
Hungry Dawson—I sometimes think om
profession la Just about tho meanest bust
nett coin*. . . .
Hobo Hank—Huh! What’s wrong wld ft?
Hungry Dawson—Well, w’en other fellers
la abused they kin strike; but, dun it all,
the only way we could strike would be 1 "
goin’ to work.—New York Truth.
To Preservo tho Forest Lands.
New York Kveulr.g Post.
An Important decision rendered recently
bv Judge Bellinger In the United States
circuit court at Portland. Ore., establishes __ __ _
the right of the national government to plait set cf finishing ami conveying nw-
Quick Saw Mill Work.
From Catsler’s Magazine.
Two splendid «nv mill exhibits were
made at the Chicago fair in IBfit vT the
Stearns Manufaotunag Company and
Ihe E. P, Allis Com;any. They CQQMlttd
in each cost of a nnd mill ttnU a cow-
protect the forest roue tree by civil pnem\ I ohinerv, and were in operation for shor:
n rigXtwhlc. th* .bran creyr, 0 ( Orezen , wr |ol3 .lay .luring <ho (air, offonl-
have always denied. The oplulon ^ - *-
dcred In a suit bi
to re*train sheep
n*ugl»tby 0 the government ln f -thus.
* herders from tre»iv\R>lug what can be a«e»aipWdn‘d m this line
on tho C&icadVforttt reserve. Vhe sheep in point of working *q>e<?d. The
owners claimed that an Implied license to exhibition ^ *'
pasture on the forest reserves h*d growi
out the custom, whleh ha* existed to
decades, by * hleh the publlo land' ha\*i
Ihm u used a* pastures. But Judge Belling"
** tinetlon between pubib
mg
mi
ul land*
th>* publlo do
dltp jsltio
The
Ilf.'.U
eprl.itlo
vies must • delegated to decide as to franchises,
the Judge said. Is Its
p'-vIM publlo the pn-*-
rrvmiion »a toe forest**. Pasturing ».h«*ep
therein would defeat the object, and the :
government. n»» .less than a private party, i
U entitled to have Its t* protected
sgaiual trcti'tu^ and injury. 1
always witnessed by
greatly Interested crowd. Tho rate
sawing the stock boards* usually twelve
Inches wide and sixteen feet long, wai
from twelve to fourteen boards per min
ute once. It la claimed by the Allis men.
reaching fifteen boards. This is a speed
hitherto un attained with the baud saw
sixteen boards m*r minute bein#: -the high
est record with thv» circular mw. The
running sp<***d of the AKls eight-foot
hand mill ami the Stearns xnUi were
al»>ut the same, being- 400 revolutions
per minute, making the speed of the saw
To Make nn Oriontnl Booth.
'Starting wfth the Idea that what we
do ©hall bo on aesthetic solace, indica
tive of one’s personality, let us consider
first the construction otf an. oriental
booth,” • writes John Sparrowhawk, on
Divans and Oozy Corners” in tho Oc-
■tobar 'Ladles’ Home* Journal.
“A oot bed. iwlth aegs sawed , off. -frith
a woven wire spring and a •four-inch
mattress, will do far a serviceable
couch. But ito make a seat which Is
not 60 apparently a makeshift, con
struct of rough tooanda a square frame,
six ’feet six 1nchc3 long toy four feet
wide and fourteen inches deep. , “
a line two Inches below the upper edge
all a-round ibora half-inch holes four
■ iv h .1 apart. Tak * a clothes line and
lace back and forth through these
(holes, drawing the line tightly. This
makes a good spring for the mattress
to rest upon. The front edge of • the
wooden (frame should toe beveled
that It will -come dharp against the
mattress. Cover the wood work and
cushion with a Bagdad curtain cr some
gras3 doth. The canopy to where one’s
Inventive skill Is <put to the test, how
ever. and no rules for draping will meet
every condition. The available cur*
tains, shawls or strips of cloth, vary,
and a general suggestion can only Iks
offered. Experiment with pins -until
the desired effect Is Obtained and then
sew or tack for permanency.”
Tho Example of Franco In 1778.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Cuban resolutions, adopted by
the Fedoratldn of Labor commend the
example of France, whoso people aided
this country’ in our war for independ
ence. This is the example which the
Federation of Labor would like
United States to follow at the present
time. An Important difference between
tho. two oaees has either been forgotten
by the federation or put aside as un
worthy of notice. France, it Is perhaps
worth while to remember, was actu
ated not solely by friendship toward
the AmerUjan colonies, but ad«o by hos
tility toward Great Britain. If w<
should take our cuo from France, and
proceed to do for the Cuban insurgents
what France did a hundred years ago
for the American revolutionists, wi
should appear to be actuated by hos
tlllty toward Spain.
Departed Grazing.
From the Indianapolis Journal.
“Just thirty-three years ago, today,
said the old soldier, “the ti>p of my
head was grazed by & bullet.’
“There isn’t much grazing there
now. Is there, grandpa?” was the com
ment of the youngest grandchild, and
as the old gentleman rubbed his bare
poll he ha<l to admit the correctness of
the assertion.
Two Separate Branches.
From the Indianpolls Journal.
“I have to help Johun with his men
tal arithmetic every evening.” said the
young woman, “and it Is a nuisance/
”Do you-er-flnd that celebrated prob
lem about one ne plus* one equals one?’
asked the young man.
“I said mental arithmetic, not sentl
mental," said the young woman with
great dignity.
Honest If Not Gallant.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
^Thank you very much,” said the
lady in the picture hat as she took the
proffered soat In the crowded mo'
“Don’t thank me. ma’am.” said the
man who had just vacated the place.
“Thank the car stove.”
And he crowded his way back to the
rear platform and cooled off.
—Tom Hall iu New York Journal.
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Clnsslfled advertisements under this head
aro Intended strictly for the professions.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
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JNO. C. FLYNN—Commercial practice nnd
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a\ i .. Triangular Mock. Ca.
F. W. GLOVER—Offlco 552V& Mulberry st.,
Macon, Ga.
T. J. COCHRAN—Office 353 "ThliM st.r M»\
A. B, FLORENCE & SON. Montlcello, Ga.
Law, real cstato nnd collections.
clalty. Office 472 Second st., Macon,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
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Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Offlco Mul-
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W. W. DeHAVEN—Designer and Contrac
tor. Original house plans a specialty.
Correspondence solicited. Macon, Ga.
ACCOUNTANTS.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
A dividend of (2.50) two dollars and fifty
cents per share on tlio capital stock of the
South western Ball road Company has been
this day declared, payablo on and after
January B, lbU7 ,to stockholders of - '
on the books of the company at the clo»6
ot liurinos on iU'cciubcr 1!>. IMMi. Divi
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in Macon, Georgia, and at Thu Citi
zens* Bank of Savannah, Savannah,
Georgia. The books of the company
.. Ill ue closed from December 20, 181)0, to
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NOTICE.
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day dissolved by mutual consent. The bus
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Loans negotiated upon improved real
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Telephone No. 144.
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