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TIIE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1885.
'THE TELEGRAPH,
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Notice.
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senger Publishing Company, and is again
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scriptions and advertisements for the daily
and weekly Tkleobaph.
H. C. Hvnson, Manager.
The Charleston Hews says “that South
ern capital can never be induced to seek in
vestment in Indiana so long as colored men
are shot down in cold blood at the very bnr
of justice in that State.”
The Manchester (N. H.) Union thinks
that the Republican who isn't ashamed of
the character of the Malione campaign is in
the depths of a party degradation from
which there is no redemption.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean strikes near the
center of a great truth wh«n it says, “there
is a great deal of manliness in the world,
and the most of it is found among the men
■who are trne to the old idea of home life.”
Lieutenant Deuhy, famous for his work
fn the Hell Gate explosion, is n son of
"John Phoenix," the founder of the school
of modern humor in America. And the
boy apiiears to have a capacity to raiso
h—hades or Slieol, equal to the old man.
A Washington journal says: “The large
picture of Thomas Jefferson, which has
hung on the east wall of tlio lobby of the
White House, has been taken down and
mounted on a stand iu the same portion of
the building, in order that a better light
might be secured." It is about time that
Democratic Tom was moved from obscurity
into a strong, bright light and it may bo an
indication of an intention upon the part of
the administration to look iuto tho politics
of the country.
It is n good sign wbeu teiupernnco socle
tics begin, ns one or two nre now begin
ning, to urge the passage of u high license
law in tire several States. This is urged by
the Church Temperance Society in Now
York nud Pennsylvania. Thu Philadelphia
Press has the right of it when it says: “II
tho temjKrance element and the sober
church-going people ram bo brought to re
cognize what a powerful uid to sobriety,
decency and good order high license is, its
adoption is secured.”
Miss Tenny Curias, Victoria WoodhoU’s
{Mrs. Martin's) sister, has just married a
Viscount Montsernuli, whose fortune is in
Euglaud and castle iu l’ortugnl. These fe
male gemini are now settled and probably
their woman's rights matinees will come to
an end forever fas ur us the public is con
cerned. We violate no conlidence in elut
ing that while Miss Tennessee Cutlin has
surrendered her maidenhood, she still re
turns her advanced principles and the couut
will tind her, at certain times, as rugged os
tire State whose name she I slant.
Cocoamtt cellulose is a new substance,
and if it possesses the quality claimed for
it, England may go hack to her wooden
walls with safety nml bent up her self-de
structive rums for old iron. The patentees
claim that a ship cannot be sunk by shot ur
shell if only she has taken tho precaution of
coming into the fight with this peculiar tis
sue as a great coat. When a shot, no mat
ter what its dimensions, strikes the side of
•u frigate the carpenter and his mates need
not jump to cram in the old-time plugs, for
the cellulose immediately closes, and a drop
of water will not enter.
The Pool Kill Veto.
Commercial circles have been somewhat
disturbed over a bill passed by the Legisla
ture to prohibit pool-selling and dealing in
futures.
The hill should never have passed, and
would not have done so save at the heel of
the session. The amendment tacked on to
the original bill by Representative Bartlett
was intended to kill it, but failed to do so.
The Governor could have performed thin
duty to the people and kiudnesB to the hill
bv giving it a pocket veto, hut he concluded
to emphasize the occasion by a special veto
message, which we quote ns follows:
Article 3, section 7. paragraph 8. ot the constitu
tion is as follows: “No law or ordinance aliall pasa
which refers to more than one aubjecl matter, or
contaiua matter different from which is expressed
In the titlo thereof.*'
This hill refers to more than one subject matter,
and contains matter which is not expressed in its
title.
Section 1 provides that “it shall not be lawful for
any person or persons, by themselves, their ser
vants. agents, employes, or others, tu keep, main
tain. employ, or carry on any pool room, pool board
or place of selling pools, for the purpose of betUng
money, or anything of value on games of any kind
horse races; or to keep auy places wherein
similar schemes or devices are carried
the hazarding of money or other
thing of value; or to keep auy room or
for the purpose of buying or selling,
sny futures on return, corn, wheat, meat, lard or
other like articles; or for auy person to sell or buy
any fnturea in cotton, corn, wheat, meat or other
like article." The next section prescribes punish*
went for violation of foregoing provisions.
It will thus appear that the same section of the
hill prohibits the keeping of rooms, of pool boards
places of selling pools for the betting of money
on games or races, and also prohibits the keeping
any room or place for buying or selling any fu
tures on cotton, corn and similar articles, oi
the buying or selling any futures in cotton,
similar articles, constituting an
other and widely different subject mat
ter. The terms “futnres on cotton, com, etc,," or
futures in cotton, com, etc,," may be applied to
a multitude of commercial trausactious daily car
ried on throughout the state, iu which actual de
livery of the articles sold is contemplated and uo
ero speculation on chances is intended.
Should this lull become a law the effect might se
riously damage the trade of the State, during the pc-
rind necessary to have its provisions,and the extent
of their operation defined by the courts. Criminal
statutes should be certain and detluite, in order
that the citizen may not bo misled iuto violations
of them on the one hand, and may not be on the
other hand, restricted in his liberty of action
for fear of violating them. Xor should auy hill be
come a law which in ita Operation will necessarily
subject many law-abiding citizena of the State to
prosecution, and ttil the courts with litigation.
Separate bills, properly guarded so as to reach
aud comet the evils sought tu be suppressed, would
meet my cordial approval.
llowover desirable it may be to suppress gambling
in all its forms and ramiAcatious. 1 am coustrained
by a sense of duty to withhold my sanction from
this act. Ukxhy D. McDaniel,
By the Governor. Governor.
1. W. Wauuks, Seo'y Hz, Dep't.
The real reason for this document, per-
htqn. is contained in the paragraph which
pledges tho Governor to approve u sop.irutu
bill to prevent dealing in futures.
Really a veto message should ho address
cd to tho General Assembly, hut as that rc
mnrkable body bus retired from public view
the Governor did tin next best thing, by
contributing it to the press. An honest and
intelligent press iu but the echo of the voice
of the people, nud this message must bo
p:tssod tqioD in tho usual purliumontory
forms. CoiisiJering, for tho occasion, the
TzLzaoAPn to ho the people, wo proceed.
Thu wuasngo haring been read, the ques
tion recurs: Shall the bill pass, the objec
tions of the Executive to tlie contrary not
withstanding? Those in favor of its pas
sage will respond aye when their names are
called; thoso of a contrary opinion will re
spond no. The clerk will proceed to call
tho roll. Macon Telegraph—No. All
other junrniils of tiro State—Ye*. Upon u
count of tire vote it will he seen
that a largo umjority lias voted
iu the negative, consequently the objections
of the Executive nre sustained and the bill
is lost. (Loud applause iu the gallery.) The
sergeant-at-arms will see that order is pre
served. The chair will oriler the galleries
to be closed if there is further demonstra
tion. The usual hour having arrived, it
becomes the duty and pleasure of the pre
siding officer to announce this body ad
journed without n day.
dition, we Bpare him. JNot one syllable of
those statements is true.
The Telkobaph is not controlled by rail
roads or railroad men. It has never re
ceived a cent from any railroad corpora
tion, officer or stockholder, save the adver
tising rates fur publishing schedules.
It has its opinions about railroad legisla
tion and other subjects vital to the inter
ests of the State, and has never been slow
or timid in their assertion and defense.
It was grieved to see a subject so impor
tant as the modification of the present rail
road commission law treated by members
of the Legislature in a partisan spirit, nnd
did nil in its power to elevate the discussion
by impregnable facts and unanswerable ar
guments.
It has no aspirations or ambitions be
yond the good name, the growth nnd
progress of the State nnd country, and it
only asks of friends and foes alike, that
they meet it fairly in the forum of reason
and good conscience.
During these five years of the discussion
of this question the writer has never heard
but one railroad man allude to the proba
bilities of its drifting into politics, and he
expressed what every good citizen must
feel, that it would be unfortunate for the
State and the railroads.
Within the last few weeks a Railroad
Commissioner has been reported as saying,
that he would take the question to the
stump. The press has re-echoed the dec
laration, and it has been followed by no de
nial. To the thinking men of the State,
who do not hang about Legislatures or po
litical caucuses, who stay at home and
mannge the commerce, manufactories and
farms, which make Georgia great, the Tele
graph has taken occasions to express its
own opinion that the issue could be forced
into politics, and that such a step wonld
be calamitous. For this it assumes the en
tire respon sibility and defense.
any other way through this school if it is
properly conducted, and hence wonld re
gard as a calamity any action upon the part
of those who shall be clothed with- the re
sponsible authority to inaugurate the work,
influenced by any other consideration than
its efficiency and usefulness.
“My Grandfather's clock” is to be made
immortal. A gentleman residing in New
Orleans has discovered a novel treatment for
.cleaning old clocks in which the works are
still intact, bnt, as is frequently the case,
refuse to w ork by reason of being clogged
with oti and dirt. He winds the clock up
and places the workH into a pot of water
and boil* them. The boiling water loosens
the oil and dirt and the movement of the
works sweejm it awuy. The works are then
taken out, and the machinery being hot the
water dries at once, withont producing ruat.
The remedy is a simple one, and should l>e
tried by all owners of refractory time-
Pfe***-
A Word With Dr. Felton,
We lrnvo no disposition to odd to the
embarrassment which General Alexander's
letter must have placed upon Dr. Feltou,
nor do we desire to continue the railroad
discussiou, which found an end in the Leg
islature satisfactory to us. ltut we do not
propose to be misrepresented by Dr. Felton,
or any one else, withont an immediate and
conclusive reply.
During the illness of his better-half, for
which we have nothing lmt regrets, he has
lx eu promoted from a sulronlinnte position
to that of editor-in-chief of the family organ.
Dazed by.the honor, his head has been
turned, and he has filled the Conrant with
lucubration* from his pen that may be
classed as good, bad and indifferent.
His notice of tho Telkobaph nmy he
clussed under the second head, since it is a
labored effort to misrepresent its real posi
tion. Referring to on editorial of Sunday
last, in which we took occasion to warn the
public that a further attempt tooppresa the
railroads would result in dragging the issue
into the dirty arena of politico, the learned
parson takes occasion to record the wish
thut every Irion in Georgia could read the
article referred to. Every man in Georgia
dues read the Telkobaph, save a few
perhaps, who are deprived of all
political and literary pabulum, save such ns
is dished out weekly (we do not spell it with
an a) iu the Carteraville Courant. From
William Clemson, the most remarkable
man In North Carolina, die.1' on Tuesday
morning, at Franklin, Macon county, aged
eighty-five years. During his long life he
never bought a pound of meat, barrel oj
fiour, or corn, didn't owe a dollar when he
died, never wore spectacles, could read, had ! these the Doctor takes occasion to exclude
• good set of teeth, never saw a railroad, it, satisfying his conscience with an excerpt
had a son twenty-seven years old, never! from our leader, which in no way convey*
swapped horses, never was out of money, \ its trne meaning. We do not care particn-
wore qnt pair of shoes thirteen years, kept j larly about this. The Tkleobaph is quite
one pair of plow line* nineteen yean, aud j accustomed to such unfair treatment and
never moved from the place where he set- J bn* shown that it is much more able to
tied when a young man. He was married stand it than its critics. Bat when Dr. 1 will be taken with an eye single to ita tnia-
in 1820 to Mia* Cynthia Gyuton, who died ! Felton nndrrtakea to any that thia journal | sion.
last year. The county antboritica talk ofI ia the “elder son of the railroads” and that I We aineerely believe (hat the future de
cree ting • small unpretentious monument j it apeak* “by authority" for the railroads, j relopment, wealth and power of Georgia
to mark his last resting place. > wi ll in consideration of Mrs. Felton's con-! can be promoted more successfully than jg
The School of Technology.
Since the passage of tho bill establishing
thinessential institution, discussion has
sprung up all over this State touching the
point at which it shall he located. It is
natural that every city in Georgia should
desire its possession, and to this end should
endeavor by all legitimate means to secure
tho prize.
In the struggle that is likely to ensue
there is danger that the great interests
involved may be sacrificed. Already we
hear of objections to one location at least,
that show very plainly the poor concep
tion of the purpose of this school, if it is
to serve any useful purpose when estab
lished.
The venerable and honored chanceUor of
tho University of Georgia is reported to
have said that its location at Macon, by
reason of its proximity to Mercer Univer
sity, wonld damage the Stnto University,
We do not know thnt Dr. Mell has made
such a statement. Reported from so high
nud respectable a source, it is calculated to
injure the prospects of this city with all
the friends of the university.
There is no more dungor of injury to the
State University by the locution df this
school at Mucon, than there wonld bo of
breaking down the law school at Athons by
starting a school of divinity here upon nn
independent basis.
The work of a technological school differs
from thnt of the university as radically na
school of law differs from n school of divin
ity. They require different classes of men
its instructors, and are supposed to qualify
pupils for widely different walks, profes
sions nnd vocations in life.
The one great fundamental fact back of
the necessity for technical training in
Georgia is tlie want of diversified
industry in promoting social power
in its broadest sense. To a want of
this diversity our financial weakness
is attributable. Its development is the
supreme necessity of our State and section.
To hick of capital for oU the great enter
prises upon which our future wealth and po w-
er are dependent, we are under an equal
disadvantage arising from want of skill.
Time and economy will aupply the former.
It is acccmnlating now na fast as onr feeble
industrial organism will permit, and the few
sources of its creation will supply. In skill
we are accomplishing comparatively noth*
ing in the way of development and occumu
ration.
The school of technology proposes to aup
ply thia deficiency. The same means are
employed by other States, even those where
generations of successful manufacturing
has largely augmented a population skilled
in the mechanic arts.
Their young men ore not shut in to the
ordinary pursuits to which our sons are
stricted. A wide demand for diversified
skill incident to all communities where there
is a large diversity of interests, supplies not
only to the young mnltiplied avenues ot em
ployment, hut supports the social'fabric
with all the industries their varied talents
develop.
An intelligent recognition of thia plain
nnd important fact U back of the demand
for technical education in Georgia, or thia
demand is not supported by rational con
siderations. It cannot serve any other pur
pose.
If this is true it must be plain that the
young men who seek through this school
qualification for the higher accomplish
ments of mechanics, are not of the class that
attend the university or other colleges in
the State. Home of the branches that are
taught in the colleges and at the universitj
will he taught here, bnt only such as ora
essential to successful promotion of the
special art for which it is sought to qualify
ita graduates.
We trust the great end of the institution
trill be kept in view, and that every step to-
| wards ita organization, including location.
Gen. Toombs Should be Protected.
That General Toombs’s mind should have
given way, under the pressure of domestic
and linancinl trouble, is not surprising, but
is simply amazing that his friends and
relatives have permitted what should have
been confined to his sick room,or at least to
the family, to be paraded daily in the public
prints.
It was sad that when on his feet an inter
viewer who never should have been permit
ted to approach him, had spread ubroad ut
terances calculated to engender bitterness
among the few living contemporaries of
Gen. Toombs.
But we have seen nothing so calculated to
shock all delicate sensibilities os this, em
braced in a “Constitutional” of the Atlanta
Constitution:
There is a good story told about General Toombs,
illustrating the brilliancy of bis wit. One dsy a
press telegram announced the death of Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia, and the next day a correction
was sent out by the Virginia statesman. Col. John
Stephens, during the day. fell into the company of
General Toombs, and In the course of conversation
remarked:
Well, General, I see that Ran Tucker denies that
is dead."
“Yes," said the General, quickly, "I saw that, but
such a d d liar I don’t know whether to be
lieve it or not!"
If General Toombs had ever used the
language here attributed to him, it were
better that its memory should die with him.
But he could never have used such lan
guage towards John Randolph Tucker,
familliurlv called “Ran.”
Mr. Tucker is a gentleman of the highest
character and attainments, nn elder in the
Presbyterian church, whose word would
stand os his bond with auy man who
knows him. No shadow can
possibly reHt upon his integrity,
nnd there is not the slightest reason to sup
pose thnt General Toombs ever flushed
such common wit in the face of a fact so
solid. When General Toombs has been
laid away by reverent hands, there may
follow reminiscenses of his brighter nnd
better duys, from the friends who knew*
him during that period, but common de
cency should stand between his helpless
ness and irresponsible scribblers.
fellow for over a year and supposed that bis game
had been played cut.
Secondly, you apeak of me m the "largest stock
holder of the Western and Atlantic railroad." aud
as drawing "immense dividends" wrung from its
patrons. I have never owned but one small frac
tion of a single share of Western and Atlantic
stock, and that I have owned for but five and a
half years. For nearly two years there has been
no dividend at all. aud I will gladly transfer to
you the stock Itself aud all the dividends I ever did
receive, for a large discount bom the cost of it,
and I will guarantee you that tho dividends you
will receive on your Investment will never troublo
your conscience.
Thirdly, you intimated that I have bribed, or at
tempted to bribe, a portion of the Qeorgia Legisla
ture. In fact, I was absent from tlie 8tate during
the grester part of the session, snd bad not the
most remote connection with anything that was
done or said on either side for far as I know,
tiust that you will withdraw thlr insinuation or ex
plain that it waa not meant. Respectfully yours,
K. P. Alkxakdkb,
SIvIX TORTURES
—AND—
Blood llinnoi's !
Humiliating Eruption., Itching and Bumlni sro. i
Tortures, Loathenomo bores and everv si-
Itching, Scaly, l'liuply. Inherited, Kcroful, ra »
contagion, dtaeaxoa of the Blood, Skin and k,Hi
with Loss of Hair from infancy to old ace aratw?’
itively cured by Cuticuba. the Great 8kinCuv.fi;
Cuticuka Boat, are an exquisite 8ktu Uesuti!!?
externally, aud Cuticuba Resolvent. the
Blood Purifier, internally. *
Covered With Sores.
I have been afflicted since U»t March with >
disease the doctors called Eczema. My face,®
covered with scabs and sore*. snd the itchhic ^
burning were almost unbearable. Seelna Vm,
Cuticuka Remedies so highly recommended X r
eluded lo give them a trial using the OtmcuRAuSi
Cuticuba Soap externally, aud Resolvent inter!,
ally, four four months. I call myself curad 7*
gratitude for which I make this public stateiiifn’i
« a u v „ mrs.claraXfbedSmSl
Broad Brook, Conn.,
King Milan of the Servians takes warn
ing from the fate of Louis ami the French
revolution. Finding that his people won’t
follow, his way, he proposes to lead, thoir
way. Death in the fleld of battle is prefer
able to the guillotine of a Rarrere.
Beau me, wife; this is the most uncomfortable
rocker I over sat in. Give it away.” "No," I will
put it in the company room."
A Letter from Captain Kamil.
Editor-Tkleobaph:—I write in respoee to your
request of the 20th instant for information concern
ing the relationa between the railroads and railroad
managers in Georgia and the so-called “Railway
Shareholders’ Association," commented upon by
Dr. Felton in a recent speech in the House of Rep
resentatives. I speak for myself only.
In November, 1883,1 received a letter, purporting
to be from the secretary of an association, then al
leged to be organizing, under the above name, re
questing the use of my name as one of the trustees.
A circular was enclosed, declaring the purposes of
the association, which, in brief, were said
to bo for the distribution of correct in
formation in regard to railroad operations and
management, and resisting hostile and oppressive
legislation. My name waa printed upon thia prospec
tus aa one of the trustees, and the letter of the sec
retary requested the use of my name for this pur
pose. I declined and ao wrote him.
After this, I received a request for a contribution
of $100 to the aaaocifttion; and later on a request for
$50. To these I made no reply. In answer to my
letter declining the use of my name, I received a
formally drawn application to a court of New York,
asking the Judge to erase my name from the records,
which I waa requested to sign and return. An I had
no part in putting my name upon the records, 1
made no reply to this.
I afterwards received an application for an annual
pass over our roads on account of the association.
To thia I made no reply. 1 next received a letter re
questing the loan ot $50 for sixty days, enclosing
to me a properly executed promisnory notes for that
amount I returned the note in a letter, stating
that I did not desire to make tho loan.
During this correspondence I received a letter
from Sir Henry Tyler, of Loudou, England, inform
ing me that the use of his name an a trustee of the
Railway Shareholders* Association waa without his
authority and that he demanded ita with
drawal. He gave me tho information because
my name was presented aa one of the trustee!!, and
presume be gave like information to the other
gentlemen whoa*. names were used in this way.
His letter conveyed the information, that of the
long list ot names printed in the prospectus as
references in Great Britain, many were tho names
of persons deceased.
Thia is all the information or knowledge I have
of the association that has attracted Dr. Foltnn’i
attention. No railroad official in tlie State has ever
mentioned the subject to mc.and if auy aru in receipt
of similar documents to those sent me, they evi
dently did not impress them as being a matter of
sufficient importance to inquire about or discuss.
Yours respectfully, W. G. Raoul.
Scalp, Face, Ears and Neck.
- was afflicted with Eczema on the Scalp Face
Ears and Neck, which the druggist, when i,, [
\ our remedies, pronounced one of the worst oism
at had come under his notice. Ho advised me t
y your Cuticuba Bbmbaik* and after five
nse my scalp aud part of my face were entirvlv
cured, and I hope iu another week to have iny ears,
neck, and the other part of my face cured. ^
HERMAN SLADE.
120 E. 4th Street. New York. *
Itching Diseases Cured,
Cuticura stands at the head of ita class, espe
cially is this tlie com with the Cuticuba Soap, litre
hod an unusually good sale this summer, owing to
the prevalence of an aggravated form of Itch
through aome localities in the country, in which
the Cuticuba Remedies proved satisfactory.
W. L. HARDIOO. Druggist
Unlontown, Ky.
Cuticura Iti-mcdlcs.
Aro .old by sll DruiortiU. Price. Cuticura. SOcratr
lteimlvent $1.00; Soap. 25c. Potter Drug and Cliemi
leal Co., Boston, Mass.
T)I? A TTTIFY the Complexion and Skin hr
using the Cuticuba Koap. 1
THE SEWING MACHINE
is the cause ot Uterine Pains snd Weak-
ness. For Aching Sides and Back. Kid
ney pains, Sciatica, Cheat Pains. Weak-
■ ^nesa and inflammation, the Cuticura
Antl-Palu Planter is infallible. 25c.
AcconniNo to the Medical World, every fanner
wears out on tho average, two wives aud a half in
his lifetime. And yet we have known one former’s
wife to wear out a whole settlement commencing
with the farmer himaelf.
Among the sayings for which Bam Jones in ad
mired is. ,a I con tote my own skillet" Such ia fame!
Alex Stephens haa scarce been dead two yean and
a half, and here la another man getting credit for a
sentence that he haa mode famous.
Political canvasses are pretty much alike every
where. The tjueen’a son-in-law, in leading a for
Lome hope, has been pelted with overripe eggs and
has had hia hat mashed over his eyes by the sover
eign voters. If this la done to the "Marky" what
will be the fate of "Batterpudding" on the British
stump?
"Hr General John Mhennan thinks there ia danger
of hia not being able to succeed himself In the Uni.
ted States Senate, be might get a job as commander
in-ebief of King Thebaw’s army," says the Rich
mond Dispatch. But Thcbaw don’t wont such a ri
val about him auy more than the devil would want
a vice-Lucifer in sheol.
ALEXANDER TO FELTON.
Ijetrsrtiun of
General Alexander Anki
False .Charges.
Atlanta, Oa., October 2L IH85.-Rer. W. II. Fel
ton, Carteraville, Go.—Dear Sir: I have just re
turned from an absence of several weeks, aud bear
for the first time of yoar recent assault* upon me in
debate in the Legislature aud in the colutnus of
your paper.
I trust that when convinced of the utter falsity of
every single statement and insinuation which yon
have made concerning me, and the consequent in
justice of your comments thereon, your sense of
duty as a Christian and of honor as a gentleman,
will *ngge«t an equally full aud earnest effort to nn-
do and repair, as far oa la now in your power, the
wrong you have done and sought to do.
In the flrat place, yon have stated that I am the
president of a certain railway shareholders'
elation." whose objects you proceed to denounce.
I am not and never have been, either the president
or a member of any auch association whatever, and
In spite of the evidence of the circular, which yoa
aay yoa have in your possession, I do not believe
there U, or ever haa been any such association.
Bat yoa have been imposed upon by what I believe
to be a huge "confidence game" worked by a party
in New York. This bcUef i* based oa the following
facta: Nearly two yean
calling himself secretary ot an association
of that name, wrote to me that ita then
president who waa also president of one of the
largest railroad* centering in Chicago, waa obliged
by pressure of other duties to give up hia position,
and that my name wa* mentioned for the auccea-
"Jon at a large salary and with very ntnall demand
upon my time. I replied asking for information aa
to who comprised the association. The reply was
so evasive that I declined to allow the use of my
name, and I wrote to the most prominent railroad
men at the North to find out about the concern,
The replies were to the effect that the so-called as
sociation was a figment of the so-called
secretary’n brain and that he was
the habit of using all prominent names which
suited hi* purpose* without the knowledge
or consent of the owners. The Chicago president
wrote to me that he knew nothing of the concern
and that his name had Wn’tioed without author
ity. and in the meantime I heard that the secretary
wo* now OKing my name in spite of my refusal
allow it to be used. I published cards In the At*
lanta Constitution and Loulaville Courier-Journal
about it at the time, and I am surprised if no one
has already put you on notice that then might
some doubt as to my being the guilty person you
held me up to be. Shortly afterward I saw
account of the secretary in bU so-called association
iu a Sew York paper, which confirmed
the belief that the whole scheme was to solicit
subscriptions, both from English and American
stockholder* who think tbemaelvea in j nml
legislation founded in ignorance and prejudice;
and adverti*ementa from person* who ran be _
sanded that the "association" i* about to publish
hooka or papen. Bat I had heard nothing of the
Medical Depavtmeift!
OF THE
University of Georgia
AT AUGUSTA.
The fifty-fifth session of the Medical Col
lege of Georgia will begin on the first Mon
day in November, nnd continue until the
first of March. Full corps of twelve pro
fessors. Every facility for studying all
branches of Mcdicnl Science. Hospital and
policlinic doily. For detailed circular ap
ply to EDW. GEDDINGS,
Dean of Faculty.
TALK ABOUT PEOPLE.
—Mrs. Garfield is writing a biography of
her husband.
— 1 Theodore Tilton's homo in Enropo is
presided over by his eldest danghtor.
Enginoor Melville wants *150,000 with
which to pay his wny to the North Pole.
Felix Moscheles, the portrait painter,
hns returned to New York from England.
The late T. D. Murphy’s estate, of Call
fomia is found to be worth *2,041,070.90.
—Judic's husband was a Hebrew, lint the
actress herself belongs to the Catholic
Church. '
—Dixon Canon is the last new candidate
for tho vacant professorship of poetry at
Oxford.
—Cardinal Manning is writing an nrtido
on the lute Lord Shaftesbury for Merry
England.
Mrs. 'lolm C. Greene, widow of the
Princeton College [patron, is worth shout
*10,000,000.
—Canon Farrar is said to hove pronounc
ed George IV. Childs nn "ideal Americnu
gentleman."
—Cardinal Ncwninn was received into the
Roman Catholic Church forty year* ago on
the 9th inst.
—Oscar Wilde has fe-entered the lecture
field with bis hair cut nnd English trousers
on his lower limbs.
•Henry James will spend a portion of the
coming winter with his brother, the profes
sor, at Harvard.
—In Cunndn nnd Australia Qneen Victoria
is known aa "the Queen.” In India she is
called “the Empress.”
—Nevada will hereafter combine her two
names and appear nn programmes and in
the papers as Mme. Pnlmer-Nevnda.
—Mrs. A. T. Stewart, whose estate ia said
to be worth *30,000,0.10, lives very quietly
in her marble palace on Filth avffnae, New
York.
—Josh Billings is said to have been the
only man, burring the single exception, pos
sibly, of Arteinus Ward, who ever wanted
to thrash a compositor for correcting his
spelling.
—Mnry Mnrfrce, the Charles Egbert Crad
dock of the magazines, say* she will never
marry. Miss Craddock probably believe*
in the Tom Hawyer theory, that the way to
get anything is to mhke believe yoa do not
wont it.
-Minna K. Gale, a yonng member
Lawrence Barrett's company, will probably
lie his leading support nt the close of the
engagement of Miss Marie Wainwright Bhe
is a New Yorker, with decided talents and
ambition.
—Mark Hopkins's widow,{who is building
a million dollar residence nt Great Barring
ton, Moss., ia said to have **>,000,090. Hho
has a broad grasp of financial matters, and
kuows the volne of stocks as well as Jav
Gould himself. 7
—Parnell's estate in Wicklow, already
rich in valuable stone, tins developed a new
source of wealth in mushrooms of extraor
dinary size. One recently sent to the Dub
lin market weighed four pouml* and
meosnred more than a foot within the cnp.
—According to the New York 8nn, Gov
ernor Hill has an erect and well-formed fig
are, in which grace nnd substance ore com
binod in moot harmonius and justly propor
tioned symmetry. His roomy and intel-
lectnal head is adorned with an intelligent,
resolute and genial face, over which shines
the glow of nncensing and unmistakable
health. His manner* are cordial and
A CAUIL
To all who aro suffering from the mm aad
dUcrottnnaof youth, nervous woxhsma. twrlr
cay. lorn of manhood. Etc.. I am rot. 3 a rorfp. »1_
will euro yow. rxu or i szsoe. This anal roarody
»u discovered by a mMoasry Iu Oowlh America.
Head a aelfaddneiid euve)o|>e to th* Hxv. IiieelE
T. I**u, elation D, Hew V«k City.
FINE GEORGIA
FARM FOR SALE!
Ono of the very l>est, (tip top) farms in
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Forsyth, the Central railroad jms ing
through it. The lain! is nearly level, con
tains 2H5 ncrcs more or le-ot.’ About 160
aeres cleared and in a high state of cultiva
tion, balance in woods, littlo pine growth
on the place. A four-room dwelling and all
the usual outbuildings nnd good tonant
houses on tho place. Convenient to
churches nnd schools. Parties wishing to
pnrohnso nre invited to examine tho place,
as the qrops of the pant five yours aro alt
tho recommendutiouit needs. For further
particular* apply to
soplHwIt. 8. II. ZELLNER.
S. S. PARMELEE
Carries tho largest stock
of Carriages, Baggies,
Wagons, Saddles ttiitl
Harness, Children’s Car
riages, Whips, Trunks,
Leather, Shoo Findings,
etc., in Georgia. Corner
Cherry itnd Second street,
Macon, Georgia.
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Miring xlesm engines M d machinery x snerialty.
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taction.
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EASTMAN, GEORGIA
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