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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1885, THE TELEGRAPH, I Governor Nniltli Superseded. I The appointment of Judge Erwin to suc- rrnuxiiKD evert day in the tea* and weekly i cm j Governor Smith on the Railroad Com* *** ***• j mission wns one of the most important acts Telegraph |aml Messenger Publishing Co. of Governor McDaniel’* administration. 97 Mulberry Street Maoou, Ga. i While the nece--.-ity for superseding Gov- I ernor Smith will he widely regretted, there Tli.D.llyl.dril.eml by errter. In Ih. city or wjl , tew jf ultv< who will *inceKly quf»- mailed free to subscribers, for ft i**r . . , ' ' month. f2.so fur thne mouUi*. |5 fur ate month*. tl ' m l,H «*»*t*ni'i». 1,1 onr judgment the orfto* j-e*r. (acta not only wnrninted Governor MeDnn- The Weekly t* mailed to subscriber*. postage iel in appointing tome one clue to till the fire, at 11-28 a year and 75 cent* for six mouth*. | |» ( tuition soon to become vacant hv expiro- tiou of Governor Smith’s term of ollice, hut i cent* for nix mouth*. TraiiMieut advertisement* will lie Lvken for the Daily at II j*r aqnare of 10 line* or 1cm for the first ..... , . . Inaertlou, ,nd «o cent, for c«ch .ubu-tnent ln«r-: “J* 11 u,l l”- n ' tlv, ‘ ,1, “- v •** Uon. aud for the Weekly at 81 for each Insertion. Notices of death*, funerals, marriages and hirtha. •1. Rejected communication* will not lie returned. Correspondence containing important new* and di*cuaaioua of living tqpic* is solicited, hut must be brief and written upon but oue side of the pa|*-r to h*'e attention. Remittances should l>e made by express, postal note, money order or registered litter. Atlanta Bureau 17 .q Peachtree street. All communications should be addressed to THE TELEGRAPH, The Pittsburg Time* in of tin thnt: “The great victorie* alike of war and peace have been won in perhaps the major ity of instances bv comparatively Htimll bodicH of trained and cultured men." ••If the United Says the Chicago States Senate should be a tie two years hence, its dullness would bo relieved by son# grand old Democratic rulings from Father Hendricks. He is .t flowing fountain 1 pow 1 Ah a friend of Governor Smith. 1 we are coiuptlled to admit that j he lias added nothing to liis reputation j i by his connection with the Railroad Com- j j mission. We think it was within his power I | to have prevent* d the abuse of authority by 1 I the commission, which has re-tilted so in- j J jurionsly to our railroads, and which, taken j I abroad, as an indication of the temper and j | disposition of onr people, in reference to j j property, 1ms so seriously damaged the j State. In failing to do this he has disap- j pointed his friends, and, it has been sng- “— gested, has done violence to his own jndg- , l“ n, ° 11 ! merit also. Deyond his failure to protect the rights of investors in railroads and the public ink rest, as involved in the narrow and oppressive policy of the commission, he is understood to have been a positive fac tor in crystallizing and etiforciug that policy. That his better judgment did not approve the extreme lengths t » which the commis sion went iu the exercise of its arbitrary in shape and appearance. It is the handsomest papers in the South, and spooks volumes for the enterprise and pluck of iU managers as well as the city of Macon. Any city might well ho proud of such a pa per as the Telegraph.’’ iendation mad*- by the commission, that j the law touching that power needed niodifi- I cation. Why, in the face of this recoin- ! meudntion. Gov. Smith should have op- I posed the changes in the law, during tin of Democracy tlmt no Mugwump w strong enough to seal." The Opelika Times expresses it thus : ••The Macon Telegraph comes to us now in a pleasant new dress, and much improved - , r . , , . , , of i P reHPUt suasion ot the Legislature, which he had previously recommended, has been an enigma to his friends. That he did this, that he threatened if a law was passed modi fying the powers of the commission, to stump the State in opposition to it, has been reported iu the daily journals, and Colonel McClure, | nied. Hi? violation S it did hi* ?.Ingwnmp % has been inspired to make tliii prophecy: “It is not quite certain that tin Toad to the White House will ever here * after lead through the spoilsmen's camp.’ lint Colonel, it is assured that no man will' rendered it c* ever reach there again by the Mugwump to sit iu jndg short line route. If necessary, this may he j the Railroad struck off on dodgers and distributed at the polls. Daheuall seems to l*e more popular than I ,TO P° ! profitable. The Boston Herald says: “The present season 1ms not been a satisfactory sort of a | never, so far as we know, has it l>een de- flagrant inconsistency and his of all the proprieties of on in this action, affect- own prerogatives and power, aiu that he was disqualified •tit on any ease t\s between mmission and the railroads. For it must he observed that whereas the hill that failed in the House, as nmended. whole, and it has been peculiarly disappointing to those interested in the game in Boston To hut three of the eight league clubs—those of Chicago. New York and Philadelphia—lias it proved profitable in its pecuniary results." Mr. Thurman expresses the best senti ments of the Democratic party ns to the Mugwump*. He says: “They are going tack about as fast as they can. I was oppose 1 to having anything to do with them at first. I never had any confidence in them. I have just been reading the New York Times, and its attacks on Governor Hill are surprisingly hitter. It is worse than it was before. No, I don’t think we* can trust the Mugwumps, as you call them." It was a mistake iu Democrats to have any thing to do with them. It will become a crime to repent the mistake. Says the Philadelphia Record: “A negro barber at Mattoou, Ill., refused to shave a brother negro, whereupon the aggrieved party has carried his case into court under the Illinois civil rights law and usks tlmt ltis right to he shaved when his turn comes shall be vindicated by a jury. It lias been decided that Congress has no authority to enforce civil rights after this fashion, and the result in the Illinois ease will show whether the State cau make it imperative that one negro shall shave another negro whether he will or ftot. Probably the so- cial lmhits of the people will remain ns they are, fixed by custom rather than by statute." Mu. Belmont, who has done much for the turf in this country, lias just purchase*! and will import a tinted English racer. St. Blaise was bred by Sir Frederick Johnstone. He is by Hermit (winner of the Derby in 1807), dam Fusee, by Mursvas, his second dam Yesuviennc, by Gladiator. St. Blais, started in six races as a two-year-old, win ning four, one of which was a walkover. He was second ones and unplaced once. As a three-year-old, beside* winning the Derby, he was third in the Ascot Derby, and had u walkover for the Biennial Stakes at Stock- 1 fridge and also at Winchester. His only run as a four-year-old was in the City and Suburban, at 121 pounds, when lie was mi- placed. This year he was beaten in the Lin coln and Leicestershire handicaps and for the Weiheck cup. Ho carried 132 pounds iu the last-named race, after which lie retired. Col. Patrick Wai.sh has torn himself a way from Atlanta long enough to run down to Augusta and put this on the copy book iu liis ollice : If Dr. Felton hail Is on so deposed and had agreed to manage Gem-ral Lawton's candidacy for the S*-u. ate. for a •/**! /»r*> fu», he would bavi work or returned either was dioto» way. The the .sue between the ils and tlm people, making the com mission the judges, the effect of its failure is to continue the issue between the com mission and the railroads. With the inconsistent record that Gov ernor Smith had made, and in the face of the injudicious temper he had displayed, it was plain that m* change of policy on the part of the commission was possible so long as tlie weakness for exercise of power, coupled with the egotism and iguorance of Major Wallace, was supported by the force and disposition of Governor Smith. The intelligent judgment of the State recognized the fact tlmt the railroads were being oppressed, and the best sentiment of • stir people, as indicated by the discussion of the railroad bill and the votes upon it iu both houses, demanded relief for them. In recognition of these facts Governor M ’Daniel did wisely in refusing to appoint Governor Smith to a second term. Nay more, he would have Wen guilty of a gross abuse of his power as chief executive if he had longer continued him in a position, where, us experience has shown, he was potent for evil. Judge Erwin needs no in lorsement at our hands. He is a pure man, n patriotic, up right and incorruptible citizen, lie brings to his new appointment a judicial mind and an intelligent comprehension of the wants aud necessities of the great interests over which he bus been placid. He is not a pol itician in any sense of the word, and will he free to exercise the functions of his ollice unbiased by tlu* beat and embarrassment of a continued contest. FaUlfvliiK the Itecnnl. Our special Atlanta correspondent states that ufter careful and thorough txumini- tion it was discovered that the vote of Mr. Tate, chuiiumn of the railroad committee, had been affixed t«> the official tally sheet of the House by the clerk, at some time subse quent to the roll call. This calls for the immediate dismissal of the clerk who was guilty of that net. It is a matter ot no concern that this action did not change the result. It was an unauthor ized tampering with the record of the House. The House lms full control of its officers, and the clerk tlmt did this should not hold liis place an hour after the meeting of the House to-day. To permit such a practice to go tmrelmked would place all l* gi-lution utfecting the lives, the property and the happiness of the people lit the will of on email, who coald defeat or pass bills and elect or defeat judge* lltld othel Ills pleuv officials, re. or the nine er it should suit lliellt Were suffi- It is not lie point. Every i nlarge upon this pivinted with Legis- | l»tivo promlure milerntnmU tlru import- “ * once of a cleat and correct record of the vote* upon all subjects, ’ Membera arc ex pected and required to vote, hut there is no authority in a Legislative body to compel the performance of this duty. Mr. Tate lmd the right of remaining silent, of pairing, or of dodging the vote in qnes- lie in the mouth of any one to My that j Uon, hut lie lmd ho right to have liis name ths editor »f till* paper ha* aver liargatned or Hold i recorded, when he lmd foiled to rv*|Miinl to If the Cartemvillo Commit tarsus to say that the editor of tblspafMT (Mr. Walsh) ever received any consideration in the way of money or office* for himself or other* by reason of hi* jwnoiial support, or of Uie *up|s>rt of the Chronicle, of any private or public tue**ure, or of any man or set of men, then the charge i" a* false as it is mall. himself or hia paper to auy cause for a considera tion. The Chronicle may lw mistaken in its advocacy of men and tiuasure*. but no man can truthfully say that It ever advocated any measure for money. The Integrity of our conviction*—the hon—ty of our purpose*—is never <|ue*tloned by honest men. The charge of the Courant la au Insult to and a •Under upon General Lawton aa well a* upon Mr. Walsh. stance, are such as demand prompt action. If the House shall fail to jwrform its plain duty, the suspicion will he justified that measures have been lost and carried iu the Legislature rather by the stroke of a pen or misstatement of the result of a vote than by the required constitutional ma jority. _ .% Defense of GeorKia Democrats. A t the instance of several gentlemen of Rhode Island, Mr. Joseph A. frank eon- tributes to the Providence Evening Mail a long and exhaustive reply to the speech of Senator Hoar, claiming tlmt negro majori ties at the South should of necessity he Re publican majorities. From the reply we extract the most per tinent portion. Mr. frank says: 1 am fortunately iu a position to speak of my own knowledge concerning politics in Georgia. because I was born and reared and still live iu that State; and I lielicic I ran speak advisedly and impartially, because, while a staunch Democrat, J am not a bit ter partisan or a narrow minded bigot. Aud what I may *ay of the negroes and the negro vote in Geor gia will doubtless apply with equal force to every other Southern state, not excepting South Carolina and Mississippi, where the negro population greatly exceeds the white. The “Republican majorities" referred to by Sena tor lloar must mean uegro majorities, because the white men of the South, with comparatively few exception*, are Democrat*. If till* meaning is cor- n. t. and there can be no doubt of it. then the Sen ator assumes that In-cause negroes may predomi nate in a city, a county, a Congressional district, or a State, there is no reason why a Republican should not in all elections. 1« chosen respectively a tuuynr. a legislator, a Congressman or a Governor. Well, this may !*• good Northern Hourlion Republican logic, but It Is too silly for Intelligent ‘people to consider seriously, aud yet the Democratic party must, for the tinn-, so consider it, simp'y tiecaune it is the principal plank on which their political opponent# have takeu s stand. Now, noth- iug can I* clearer, especially to one who understands negro character, than that a negro majority is not a Republican ma jority. The reasons for the full negro vote not be- ingpolled at elections, and for the oucceaa of the Democrat* ir. those portions of Georgia where the negroes may have liunu-rical strength, are few aud simple. They arc: 1st. Because the white men, with very few ex ceptions, arc Democrat*, who stand united. •id. Because many negro men are also Demo- :id. Because many negro men who athliatcd with the Republican party when that party was in power in the South, on account of deceptive promise* to each of forty acre* and a mule, and of voting being relty to tbei have lol beet >1 witli their white allies and perfectly list less of the right of suffrage. 4th. Because many uegro men voluntarily atwtain from voting rather than pay a poll tax of ?l a year, which is a tax imposed ou wnites aud black* alike for the public education of children of both colon. 5th. Because man/ negroes were fleered of a large ]>ortiou of their hard earnings for years by the now defunct Freedman's Having* Bunk, which wns an in stitution run iu the interest of the Republican party. r.th. Because time nud the relation of employer and employe have clearly proved to the negroes (as witness the address Issued by the convention of uegro men at Lynchburg. Virginia, on tbo .‘loth ultimo) that tin* white jH-ople of tbu South, among whom they were reared aud who know them ls**t, are their truest friends and the only ones to whom they can look for lalH>r wlicu well, aud for charity when sick. 7th. Because the course of the prevent Demo cratic national administration lm* dl*wlled what ever lingering fear* the negroes may • have enter tained of their freedom through the vile teaching* of the “carpet-baggers,” who wen*, if they an* not now, the kuight-errant* of the Republican party, and the “cankers of a calm world.” And so vanishes Senator Hoar's “Republican ma jorities" in the Mouth. The truth is. that the negroes of tho South, who arc mostly laborers, have as perfect freedom of political discussion aud voting as auy clasa of lalmr- cn* iu the North. Mr. Tate's Vote Which lias so exercised himself. Clerk Han- sell, and tin va* not a matter of more interest to us than to any other citi zen. Our special correspondent, whom we keep in Atlanta to inform our reader* of the proceedings of the Legislature, telegraphed that on the railroad bill, a very important one, Mr. Tate’s vote hud been recorded out time cut of the call. This is not the first time that a matter of this kind lias occurred. It has been charged, and is widely tailored, that in a Senatorial election, but for the manipulation of the i tally sheet, Colquitt could not lmve been I elected Senator. The facts, ns presented in the present in-. place. We refer to tho substance uud not to thclunj'uui'e. This then became a matter that demanded comment. Mr. Tate, whom we do not know, was a mere iueideut, as was the particular assistant of the clerk of the House, w ho happened to l>c at the desk uud in charge oi the tally sheet. There is no necessity, for any vaporing language or intcmimrate feeling. It became our duty to call the attention of the House to the matter. The House responded promptly uml the investigation vindicated the integrity of our correspondent, and developed the fact that the House lms been permitting a dangerous, irregular and reprehensible practice to bo duly per formed, without warrant or uutinrity of parliamentary or statutory law. Iu so much this investigation has accom plished g<M>d. The next Legislature w ill, if it does its duty, forever put a bar to fliis prac tice. This incident has illustrated tho ne cessity of u vigilance as to our lav-givers, and the power of the press to compel the abolishment of u had practice. Tiik Milwaukee Telegraph’s Wwbingtnn com spondeiit writes that: "Kosuh* Conk- ling uud Mr. Halstead lmvo been enemies for many years, although they belonged to the same political party. Cotikliig never forgave Halstead for having made war on Grant when ho was running for (he l’resi- d.Ticy in 1H72, and for supporting Greeley the same year. Halstead has availed him self of every good opportunity to give Mr. Conkliug a stinging blow between the eyes. Mr. Conkliug manages to get cr«n with nearly all the men who tight Urn. He evened up w ith Blaine last year; tlm year he has killed off Murat Halstead. You remem ber that Conkliug s|>ent a few months in Europe this year. Kate Chase Sprague is there. They met, and Mr. Conkliug want ed the letter. He knew that the publication of tlmt letter so soon after the death of General Grant would knock Murat Halstead into a shapeless mass—strike him to the ground, as it were, and that he w ould fal[ with a dull thud, so to s|>eiik| He succeed ed in getting it and so did Johnny McLean. The blow was struck, and Murat Halstead is writhing in agony, and Mr. Conkling is lmppy aa ho looks over to Cincinnati aud see* his old enemy squirming over the coals. It is very funny, isn’t it A PENNSYLVANIA genius has been workiug at a wonderful clock, which when complet ed will probably eclipse anything yet pro duced in the clock line, not even excepting the celebrated Strasburg clock. He has been working at this clock over five years and expects to finish it next spring. It will he twelve high by five feet wide and three and a half feet deep, and is hiult entirely of walnut wood. It is artistically designed aud displays graceful proportions, while the mouldings ornamenting it are delicately carved. On tile lower front of the ease is a circle of eleven dials, with a large dial iu the centre giving the time at Washington, I). C., in hours, minutes and second*, the month of the year, the date of the month, the date of the week, the four seasons of the year aud the changes of the moon. The eleven remaining dials give the difference of time in New York, Chicago, San Francis- co, London, l’ekin, Constantinople, Mel bourne, Vienna, Cairo and St. Petersburg, One of the most curious features of the clock is a contrivance by which at a certain hour of the day a figure representing Will iam II. Vanderbilt, the railroad king, arises from the chair, holding a charter in his right Imud, and nil the other great railroad mug- nates of the country slowly enter u door ut liis left, pass, bow to him und disappear in submissive way at a door to liis right. THE PRESS ON THE “TELEGRAPH." L'nniKratillate* I n. A* » Little Girl In.lted Shoe*. The Macon Tklkurami looks a* pretty a* tlie lit tle girl ill her red Hhue* and a calico Urc**.—«> lva- u ia Telephctie. A* Neat u* u New l»lu. We congratulate the Ma. on Teleueafu oa it* new and handsome drc*». it look* a* ueat aa a new jiiu. —Fort Game* Tribune. Tlie Dt*t uml Most Reliable. Tlie Macon Tklkobaph the beat and most relia ble i«iN«r in the State, now apiM-ara in a haud*ouie new tires*—Mouticello News. It* rro*i»erity Mu*t Continue. With it* renowned editorial talent thu* adorned, tlie Tklkiihai’h'* prtaqierity must continue.— Barueaville Orthodox Democrat Ifnf trmnl AConipliineiit in Latin. It imlicatcM thrift aud iu the uew*i«per busiue** thrift i* Wgottcn of patronage and patronage of merit. So we conclude that tlii* able Georgia jonrual lian a good patronage and merit* U. Cracit tub yomlert riYtiu.—Milton Democrat Democratic, Glean ami New*y. Tlie Macon TklkuuaI'U now come* to u* enlarged, in a new dre**, and l* a* pretty a* a picture. The Tki.kouaI'U i* one of the best paj»er* iu the South, truly Democratic, clean and newsy in matter, ami decidedly able in editorial talent.—Vienna Vludica- Fearle**, Independent and Able. The Ma-on Tki.kokacii. with the Mkskknoku dri)p|»ed. has “renewed it* youth.” and become an every day pa|>«r. It 1* a clean sheet, with clear tyi*e, and outspokon opinions upou leading topic*, fear- lea*, ifidi-pi-ndent able aud generally correct.—Fort Valley Mirror. lla* Always Ileeii Good Fliotlgh. We an* not prepared, like some, to say that It U much improved in it* general get up: for it lia* al- ways been good enough, mill in fact the equal of the Sparkle* Like a Dcwdrop. The Mncnii Tf.lkuuai'H ho* come out In an entire icw *ult of type, and it *purkk* like u dcwdrop in the State that d*ome»t of our exchanges, a d integrity wo know of no pa i surra*e it. “AU i* gold tha apply to thi* journal, for it i* i pply'toth . if the U-*t kind, throughout.—Fori Gallic A Really Dcautiful New Dress. Tlie Macon TkleoRAFII lia- np]**ared iu a really beautiful new dre**. It* column* are wider ami longer, nud it present* the hsud*<imv*t appearance of any of our exchanges. It* Atlanta department i* a striking feature, and in tlmt rr*|>eot we believe it h.i* no superior.—Brunswick Herald. DcMervcM tlie Compliment*. It deserves and bn* received tlie highest coropll- menu from the !«»i*.-r* of the State. It i* now the handsome*! paper m the Mute, and one of the best conducted. While we do not always agree with the Tki.xiiraI'U. them 1* much about It tlmt we admire, always read it with iut< the |Ki*t fol ageu t hu*>h Fro while Ider the pr markable.—Grittln Sun. tlie Fulnictto Stats The Macon TKi.ruiRApii ha* lieen enlarged, and is now published every day in the year, Thl* gratify ing development is the result of two years of untmr- allclcd pro*i* rlty. The TELKOItAni is both bright and bold, and Its rapid growth i* evidence flt once id of the rapid progress which which aud t i has made. It i* alsi ad anywhere.—Charlei A Kind Word From Alabama. Tlie Macon Telkobatr come* tons iu a bra suit. This old reliable pai*-r In* lieen lov. venerated by the writer of till* article for nvc lj- )n»t». It.- h»» notlc-l ll» midfr t ferent managers that have lawn In charge of it.atid he 1 thlr- ol.lel grov have, for it de*en Kdlto The Macon T itv that a iiew*|w|>er can Clayton Alabama Courier. us Always Fharmltiif. kohai’H is nut in a new dress and t* as liamiNome a- the highest style of art can make it. It* wit aud w isdom, for w hich It lia* long lawn noted, even shim** more brightly than ever. It* editorial* are alway* charming, and when occa-dnn demand* they cut like a two-edged sword. In en terprise it i* abreast with the time*, and i* making a moat successful career, ail of which it most heartily deserves.—Washington tlazette. is the Macon Ti i.miuai h.M in a new outfit from head to foot. The tq« in dear and distinct, and it* general make up is a model of perfection. With such an able cnrj*» of editors a* A. It. Lamar, Harry Edward*. Bridge* smith and A. I. Branham, it*column* will ulway* be Ailed with choice and entertaining reading. It* Atlanta de- part men ti* a special feature and 1* iu g.K*d hau.ls. —I.iiuipkiu Indc)* ndei oberIn a a bride adornd for her afllaueed lord. The editor i* fearle** and oiit*pokeu. 11a* a head of hi* own. think* for liiniHi If. and sjieak* a* lii* conviction* of right lead* him. He ore* no allegiance to trick* or tricksters; op|*t*cs all who favor erookeilneM and would liend the kne<( “that thrift might follow fawning.” We hail with pleasure tlie daily vi-it of thl* ably conducted iourual to our office, and In it* new dre** and enlarged shajie we bid it double welcome.— Quitman New South. Housing tbo Dallies. Let it not Lo forgotten that on rainy ilaya, even in siiinnur, Imhirs noe«l to he house«l; also on foaiiy morainipi ami ovcnitiKH. If tho storm lasts all day, it Is well to undress the little one in a room where there is a fire. The child'a ni^ht elothinff and sheets should be huiiK before it until thoroughly tlry. The caution in thin respet t will often avert the (Linger of gammer cold*. ODDS AND ENDS. He twilit* with a Chinaman'* queue; And uses Vermillion and blue; He delight* iu large herd* Of long-legged birds, Which In- makes with the lio lies askew. He often spend* h<» Over Intricate flower d receive* just the ei| North Carolina rejoices in a great peanut crop. English capitalists are buying grant.trncts of land in Georgia. A new town in Alaska is Klat-ol-kin, “Johnny’s Village." Mr. BtmaKNN, designer of the Puritan, has orders for a dozen yachts. A silver windpipe and larynx enable a a cancer patient in Buffalo to talk. The Laplanders now number only 30,000 souls, aud are constantly decreasing. The richest men iu Ireland are those who obtaiued their start iu thu liquor business. If. G. Shaw (Josh Billings) has made a snug fortune of $100,000 out of his foolery. It iu proposed to hold a reunion next year of all tlie Imliaua cavalry rcgiiueuts in the late war. The walls of Fort Sumter are reduced to a mass of ruins over which twelve guns are still mounted. Common salt is recommended as au anti dote to sewer gas. Put it in the sinks and drown the drains. The imperial palace at Kief was built in two years. The Czar has given much atten tion to its adornment recently. Thirty-five tennis courts will help the Harvard hoys to overcome the results of too earnest mental application. Elizabeth Garrett of Baltimore has a fortune of $12,(NNI,(MK). Mrs. A. T. Stewart has two aud a half times as milch. Mus. Fair, formerly wife of tho Nevada Senator, is worth $I,000,INM), and the first wife of Senator Tabor has $2,000,000. Some person lias discovered that the number of passengers carried by nil rail roads iu all parts of the world iu 1882 was 2,400,000,000, or 5(NI,(NNI a day. Into the ollice of the Blade, at Valentine, Dak., the other day boldly stepped “Two Strike," au Indian, and jingled on the coun ter a gold piece for sutaeriplion. A reward of a guinea was offered for every printer’s error discovered in the new version of the Bible, Oxford edition. Only three guineas had been paid out at last accounts. Two men have just lost their lives in Par is iu attempting to drink a litre of absinthe each for n wager. Before they could nccom- plish their task both fell to the ground, aud nothing could bring them to. The inventor of a process for refining sugar by electricity ut an expense of 40 cents a ton has appeared, and asks $12,- 000,000 for the patent. It is said tlmt the process is to he tested in England. A small bar or rod of iron, flat at tho end, if reddened in tho lira and applied for two or three minutes to the head of the rusty screw, will, us soon as it heats tlie screw, render its withdrawal easy by tho screw-driver. Many of tho congregation of the Baptist church of Roselle, N. J., are suffering seri ously from ivy poisoning. A few evenings ago u corn festival was given in the church, aud ivy was used for decorating purposes. Many neople appeared in church lust Sun day with swollen eyes, faces and hands, ami several were so seriously poisoned that they were detained at their homes. A twelve-YEAR-OLD Dakota girl, taken up into tbo air by a cyclone, carried out of sight and brought easily down into a Held a quarter of a mile away, describes her sen sation while in transit as tli-it of being rapid and constantly pricked by thousands of needles. Since her experience she has been affected similar to a person with St. Vitus’ dance. A manufacturer iu pireslan lias recent'y built at his factor}' a chimney over fifty feet in height entirely of paper. The blocks used iu its construction, instead of brick or stone, were made of layers of com pressed paper jointed with a silicious co ntent. The advantages are the fire-proof nature of the material, the minimum dan ger from lightning and great elasticity. In reply to a letter Senator Call, of Flori da, wrote that the only difficulty in the ap pointment of n postmaster for Ocala is that there are too many aspirants. He further says that he wns just about to decide in favor of Col. Dozier, when he received a pe tition a half mile long asking that Mr. William E. Schoeflin be appointed, and as that name struck him rather Lindmrgvr like he had to consider it for a while. It is estimated by tho attorney for the Chicago Baseball Club thnt the gross re ceipts for the season will be at least $300,- 1(00, or a profit to tho stockholders of over 300 per cent., the capital invested being $.*70,000 and the salaries and expenses about $lo,nno. It is said thnt Anson and Flint each received $1,INK) for the year, Clarkson got $3,500 and other members were rated from this figure down to $1,.'»00. For having abstained from intoxicating drinks and orgies and winning the pennant each member will receive a $100 present. Other material souvenirs may swell the gift to $500 each. Young men or niiilille-ageil ones, suffering from on* debility ami kimlrvd weakness*** should * in stanqis foi y".ElU-afll illustrated book sag Advice to Mothers. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Hymp should always bo used for children teething. It soothe* the child, softens the gums, allays all i«in. cure* wind colic aud i* the t»e*t remedy for ularrluea. 25c. a bottle. JyGeodAwly i;arm 1 1 land. idl sat.*Uli.wedAw2 2w. AltnHlLVKIlWAItK ('<>., Be*' REMEDY FREE.—A victim of} oiitbful imnrudence causing !*rcmature Decay, Nervous Debility, Lost Manhood, etc., having tried iu vain every known n mfdy, baa diacovervtl a limiilt mean* of self /, which ae will send FREE t.ffcl* fellow suffer- York Address J. If. ltEEVBSi Mrhatlra.i ML, New MONEY LOANED On Improved Farms aud .City Property. For terms apply to R. F. LAWTON, Banker, Second Street, Macon, 0a. •pH dAwly MY WIFE! My wife ling been a great Hiifferer from catarrh. Several phyaicians ami varioua medicines were resorted to, yet the diHeaxe continued unahatml, nothing appearing to make any lmpreaiiiou upon it. Her couati- tution finally became implicated, the poinon being in her blood. I secured a bottle of B. B. B. and placed her upon its use, and to our surprise the improvement began at once, and her recov ery was rapid and complete. No other pre paration ever produced such a wonderful ciiauge, und for all forms of blood disease I cheerfully recommend B. B. B. us a supe rior blood purifier. R. 1*. DODGE, Yardumster Georgia Railroad, Atlanta, Ga. GREAT GRIEF. From the Athens, Ga., Bunuer-Watchman. Uncle Diek Suultcr says: Fifty years ago I had a running ulcer on my log which re fused to heal under any treatment. In 1853 I went to California and remained eighteen months, and in 1873 I visited Hot Springs, Ark., rcmuiuiug three months, but whs not cured. Auipututiou wns discussed, but I concluded to make one more effort. I com menced taking the B. B. B. about six weeks ago. Tho fifty-year-old sore ou my leg is healing rapidly, nud yesterday I walked about fifteen miles fishing uud hunting without niiv pain, and before using the B. B. B. I could not walk exceeding half a mile. I sleep soundly for the first time in niafiy years. To think that six bottles have done me more good than Hot Springs, eighteen months in California, besides the immense amount of medicines aud eight or ten first- class physicians, will convince any man on earth tlmt it is a wonderful blood medicine. It bus ulso cured me of catarrh. MOUTH. There is a lady living here, Mrs. ,who has had catarrh for many years. I have known she had it for fifteen or twenty years und my father once doctored her, us she was then a tenant of our place. For the last two and a half years she has been bedridden -tiie catarrh or cancer (the numerous phy sicians had never decided which) during her two and a half years iu the beu, had eaten all the roof of her mouth out. Nhe was so offensive no one could stay iu thvrootu; she could not eat anything, but could swal low soup if it was strained. She gave tip to die. Her son bought the B. B. B., and she used several bottles, which effected an en tire cure. She is now well and hearty. I have not exaggerated one particle. LUCY STRONG. CARPETINGS W. & J. Sloiino INVITE ATTENTION TO THEIR ATTRACTIVE l'RICFS AT WHICH THEIR ENTIRE FALL STOCK IH BEING OFFERED. 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