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“ THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, JANUARY 12,18fe0.—TWELVE PAGES. THE TELEGRAPH, f CIStT.-UID EVERY DAT IN THE TEAS AND WEE EL BY THB Telegraph and Messenger FuMisbing Co., 97 Mulberry Street, Macod, Ga. Th* Dally is delivered by carrier* in the city nailed postage free to aubsertbere, for $1 per month £2.30 for three monthi, $5 for *1e months, Or fiO a year. Tub WeULY i.r mailed to subarrihers, postage free, at $1.25 a year and 75 cent* for alx month*. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Dally at $1 per square of 10 lines or less for the flmt Insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent in sertion, and for the Weekly at $1 for each Insertion. Notices of deaths, funerals, marriages and births, To Our Farmers. I moving tip to the public treasury. This I sending to a picayune affair like the dack- It is a fact probably not disputed that the ma y be one way of getting rid of the tre^s- Hon ptst-office in order tliLt he inig tqui- Ejected communications will not be returned. Correspondence containing important news and dbu ussiona of llviug topics Is solicited, but must be brief and written upon but one side of the paper to have attention. Remittance* should be made b/ express, postal nou, money order or registered letter. Atlanta Bureau 17J4 Peachtree street AH communications should be addressed to THE TELEGRAPH, Macon, Ga. Thk treasurer of the Grant fund at Bfc. Louut reports officially that he has sent 7,000 circulars into the State asking for subscriptions, without receiving a single <vnt in reply. Grant used to livo in Mis souri. ______ A Mashaouusetth man has invented a M achine which lie Bays will tie a square knot, hitherto regarded by inventor* as t yond the power of machinery. It out to be taught to all Bay State prcachore. The old-fashioned knots theso fellows tie are slip-ltnoU What they need is a knot that will slip not. “Ot course, Tub New York Sun says: nowspnpers make mistakes ns to facts, but it is Hurprifing how few such errors are in com parison with the vast amount of informa tion they give. They must gain a reputation tor truthfulness and accuracy to gain the confidence of the public, anil, therefore, in. ■stead of preferring lies, they hate them more then th »ir readers." Mr. Wi row, American minister to Per sia, in order to get into a uniform has se cured appointment as a general in the Illi nois militia, and now the tailors of Cbicu.'O are getting him up a rig that will make ti. Shah's Sunday clothes look seedy. People who know say that there is nothing under the sun like an Illinois colones in full dress. What then must an Illinois general be. Thk Courier-Journal says: "'Cleveland 0., society is in a Mrmentover the marriage of a young white girl with a colored servant io he r father’s family. The girl is of a good social pobition, 1ind her action has given great pain to her relatives, while it has brought the “negro question" very close home to those Ohio persons who have shown so warm a desire to settle it for the South ern people. farmer is a thoroughly advised individual No matter how difficult all other profes sions, that of farming, to the ordinary lookers-on, seems easy, and the true course cf the agricultural man perfectly plain. Notwithstanding this, we propose to renew the advice tendered year in and out at this season. But that we realize the utter use lessness of such an admonition, we would he disposed to paraphrase Ar- tcmuH Ward and say—to the farmer about to go into debt-don’t. But the Teleobami recognizes the fact that the Georgia farmer, at least, is obliged to go into debt. He must have money on which to do business, and to get it he must borrow. That is ull there is in it. Some there are, indeed, not so situated; to such we hav earnestly, don't go into debt. But to those who must, we add—except for what is absolutely necessary to your business. Don’t use one cent of borrowed money inpurchasing anything that can be avoid- Hard as it is to borrow, it is even harder to pay. The unnecessary goods are paid for at prices far above their worth; they are paid for with unnecessary labor, unnecessary sweat, unnecessary night planning, unnecessary heart-burning, care, wrinkles, and with positive slavery—the slavery of iron-ribbed circ mnstances. But thero if moro than these. Every farmer’s credit is limited; generally by the number of plows he runs, when he is cred ited at all. llow often does it happen that he exhausts his credit by unnecessary ex peases and finds himself confronted by con tingencies affecting his planting interests and no money on hand. Thus, then, the farmer who makes unnecessary purchases, really gambles upon the principal that he relies upon to pay his debts. And behind all this is even more. He makes his debt when supplies are high and pays for thorn when his products are low'. It mutters little how cheap other things may be when his crops are sold, the pur chasing power of tbo money he receives must bo expended upon debts based on high prices, with interest ndded. We are fur from saying that the farmer is moro improvident than many who dejiend upon the business and the money he created. The truth is, he feeds the men who abuse hint, and who, but for him, w’ould havo to seek other communities or become producers also, lint we do say that the farmer will never bocoino independent until ho does business upon the proceeds of the crop that preceded, and not upon advances, which are based upon the crop that is yet to coiue. Tho only possible way for him to achieve this independence is to nvoid all but absolutely necessary expenses for a year or two. Now is the time to begin ury surplus, but it will hardly prove a prof itable Mr. Ilntnmond’a rotation. All papers upon this circuit of the Western Union Telegraph Company report the orga nization of the judiciary committee as dif ferent from the reports furnished by Wash ington and Western journals. Instead of being fifth or seventh on the committee as reperted in oar dispatches, Congressman Hammond is, according to the Washington Star and other papers, second. Thisjis his proper position and it was upon the error of tho press reports that our com ments were based. The country has rea son to be thankful that the report which relegated Mr. Hammond to the middle of his committee was erroneous. An English tourist, printing his observa tions in a London magazine, declares that “America has rot yet produced a Ringle work of real artistic merit." And yet the Joe Brown pike is on exhibition in six Geor gia musenms. “Forty Says the New York Herald seven million bushels of grain were shipped from New York to foreign countries last year, and not one bushel of them in an American bottom. In 1804 there were two small shipments under the flag of the United States. Last year not one. Clean gone. Of the one thousand one hundred and ninety-one vessels wqich carried this immense quantity of freight across the ocean in 1885 more than half were British. In round numbers forty-four million bush els went in steamships and three million in ships under sail. date an alleged debt is as mortifying to us as it is disgraceful to him. What rigui. has Mr. Blount or any other public official to pay off personal obligations with office? Let honest citizens think of this. Don’t let men who hope to profit by the cor ruptness of James II. Blount tell you that we are viliiying him simply because we have been put out of office. It is false. We are striving for a principle— a Democratic principle, which our forefathers have fought for twice. We love our rights and we will maintain them until the end. It is said that Mr. lilount no longer cares for Congressional honors, but that he lias his covetous eyes on the office of Governor of Georgia. Shade of Alexander Stephens! James If. Blount for Governor! But flushed as he is with triumphs, petty and contemptible though they be, it is but natural that he thinks he can reach his goal. But he is reckoning without his host. He is now serving the last term of his Congressional career, and when that has expired ho will be forever relegated to the shades of private life, as he should be. James II. Blount is man unworthy of trust, with a very ques tionable public record and a career tar nished by many acts of bad faith. The fight is now on—the gauntlet is down, and we sigh for tho official scalps of several.” The Catholic Universe, published at Cleveland, Ohio, puts the following editorial in italics. It reads well, even from a Ma con standpoint: “As things are trending, stubbornness of the liquor interest is con solidating a formidable opposition, which rather than longer suffer from tho evils of an nnbridled liquor traffic, would vote to suppress it altogether. The very interests of the suloonists would then, if less short sighted, the nbsolute necessity now of a conciliatory policy. Thousands in this city who aro opposed to prohibition, on its mer its, who justly repudiate tho exaggerated false sentiment that condemns the very use (not abuse) of liquor, as wrong in itself, would now vote for prohibition rather than longer submit to the dictation of tho liquor interest, its imperious refusal to make any concession, find its hitter agitation against every reform. Were the issue distinctly made between the extremes—nn unbridled liquor tiuffio or prohibition—the latter would sweep Cleveland and Ohio by a tre mendous majority. On Friday morning,last, when George McCrum, a thirteen year old boy of Syra cuse, N. Y., afroke, he toa^d himself tightly in the embrace of his mother whose body was cold in death. It was with diffi culty that he could release himself and give the alarm. Can any novelist imagine a more thrilling cr pathetic incident than this? Feeling the hand of death upon her, the woman hod clasped her boy to her boxom leaving him in her dying hour, a meassgo of love and devotion such as no tongue could huvo expressed. Tho New York Evening Post says: "The President’s somewhat vehement letter about newspaper lying contains only one inaccuracy, and that is in sayiug that 'there never was a time when newspaper lying was HO general and so mean as at present.’ We think on the whole there is leas just now than there tan been for twenty-five years. The lying in the late canvass was, of course, tremendous, owing to the character of the Republican candidate. It was n&t possible to Have him or defend him without a woe ful disregard of truth. But this was an ox ceptional period. For many years we think there has been a tendency to improve* ment" 8avs the Globe Democrat: “People on this side of the Atlantic are apt to sneer at the large salaries paid .to professional revi- valistis of the Harrison and Jones order, but these sums sink into absolute insignificance by comparison with the amounts contribu ted for Himilar purposes in England. The last annual report of the Salvation* Army shows that for the year ending September 30th, 1885, the total revenues of the army, exclusive profits from trading headquarters, amounted to over $380,000. With such an example to look to, it is singular that Gen r-ral Booth has as yet, found no successful imitator among the astute denizens of this country, particularly as it is stated that that distinguished officer has the sole and eKchixiv* control of the vast revenues, and ex; ends the some according to his own will and pleasure without sending an account to anylK>dy. The Kmlgrstinf Negroes. The excitement in some of tho adjoining States of or the emigration of negroes to the West is altogether uncalled for, unless the Tbleorath is greatly mistaken in its under standing of tho situation. Such flurries havo occurred before and from tbe same districts. Texas, Kansas, Arkansas and Liberia have all been the occasion of sud den rushes of this description And no one bos been harmed. Tho truth is, there are many sections in these Southern States where the quantity of available labor far exceeds tho quantity of available capital. In all sections, nearly, is to be found a large non-producing negro population; working on part time, or working not nt all, and living on the labor of kindred or by food surreptitiously obtained As a geueral thing it is this pop ulation, that, charmed by the promise of big wages and little labor elsewhere, suffers itself to be hurried away. Tho country is better for their absence; their kin and neighboring cribs, fields and hog pens, es pecially. Unfortunately, the mnjonty drift hack in course of time. We have never known fanner, who paid his hands, to find any difficulty in securing three times as many has he wanted. Those who defraud and oppress the negro may, in course of time honest labor cotuoa more in demand and can choose for it self—find difficulty in tilling their lands, but even this fact will l>e of benefit The time when fair treatment and fair wages cannot secure labor for plantations in any part of the South, is a long ways off. The capacity of tho iron fnrnace stocks in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, ac cording to the Age of Steel, is 710,000 tons, of which 695,000 tons are coke trons. Al abama is credited with 365,000 tons, Ten nessee 205,000 tons and Georgia 50,000 tons. The output in 1885 was 425,000 tons, and it is assumed that 710,000 tons is a cli max to which production might bo pushed by an advance in No. 1 coko iron to say $18. It is said that thousands of tons of this grade were sold in 1885 at$12, and asitgon erolly requires some approximation to profit to induce tho employment of labor and capital, it would seem to be a plausible inference that $17 to $18 would represent profits of 40 to GO per cent. The sales of Southern irons in the East last year are stated at 28,000 tons, of which Alabama furnished more than 80 per cent. The significant fact is noted that the decline in 1873-74 from $94 to $16 and $18 for No. 1 coke, closed every coke and char coal furnace but two, and these lost money, while the necessity of selling thousands of tons of the some grade nt $12 in 1885 did not close or auspend a furnace. How many more undeveloped industries aro possible in the South, which, after ten or twelve years of practice and intelligent improvement, could pay handsomo profits from results which in the early stages of production would entail heavy losses? In this case would seem that the economy of produc tion has been much improved by improved mechanism and skill fly 20 to 25 per cent In his silver speech. Senator Macllierson drops this bit of history: “The effect ot the law of 1834 was the expulsion of >ilver from the country—an expulsion so complete that even the small change left us. In 1853 we were obliged to issue a silver fractional cur rency in a debased condition, but no attempt was mode to restore the standard silver dol lar to circulation. It is, there tore, to be kept distinctly in mind that in 1853 the ac tual use of silver as an unlimited tender with gold was decisively abandoned. In short, a double standard was publicly ad mitted in the delmtes at that time to be hopeless. In 1853 it was decided by Con gress to abandon its use, and in 1873, with out having a single dollar ofjdlver, we en acted the demonetizot’on of that metal. There was no silver, why demonetize it, c qit upon the fair presumption that having the power of option under tie :aw to pay either in silver or gold coin we elected to g ey in gold coin. In short, the practice 1^3 was m %de law iu 1873." Progress In Japan. Of all tho far eastern nations the Japanese have shown themselves the most progres sive. They earliest recognized the advan tages of western civilization in trado and education, and brought themselves under its influences. The manner in which the change was made, the bound from the pent tip centre custom and prejudice, the quick evolution from exclusivenose, accomplished with scarcely ajar throughout the body politic, stumps the Japanese statesmen men of more than ordinary mould. The incident described in this luoming’i telegrums shows the progress of liberal thought iu Japan. High mass for the dead king of Spain was attended by Japanese of ficials in full dress, something that had not occurred before in three centuries. Irnog- ue on Englishman or an American surrend ring the prejudices of three hundred years and violating race instincts to honor a na tion known to him chiefly tiy name only! # In Tro« 1 Is. The second edition of the New Orleans Exposition is in financial trouble. The first oue wait a financial failure, des pite liberal government aid. This one can not hope to meet Mardi Gras if the city council does not buy it and run it. Tbe fact is that the exposition but 'ness suffering from overproduction. When one becomes necessary or important, private capital will take it in hand aud run it suc cessfully for some interest, but it will be long time yet before the World can stand an-1 Biouat other exposition. IUfering to Tub Telegraph's recent re marks upon Congressman J. H. Blount, tho Jackson News says: “No voter can misun derstand tho foregoing timely and fearless editorial, taken from one of the stAunch and leading journal* of Georgia—a paper with ith a national reputation and undeniable character. ‘Mene tekle’ is written on the wall for James H. Blount. No man who is without “convictions or principles" can long bopo for success in any walk of life - certainly not in political life, where convictions and principles are vitally essen tial to his continued retention therein. Mr. Blount is not the best or most capable man in this district by any means. As a states man he is a most woful failure, os a scheme r he is even not a success. His hypocrisy is w*ell known in Butts county; his double dealing a by-word. The Telegraph has done a public good in exposing this man. It should receive the sanction and support of every honest man in this district. It is no wonder that the Tbleoraph alludes to Blount's mercenary character. Any indi vidual who im&giues that our expo** of J. H. Blount in his true character in the last issue of tho News was prompted by any sin ister motives, must now certainly see the fallacy of such a supposition if they are un prejudiced. Mr. Blount has not onh been proven to be ungrateful, but here we have the leading paper not only of Georgia, but a newspaper known all over the Union, who charges him with being guilty cf far graver charges. The good people of Butts county will not be misled by a small number of men in Jack- son who affect to “pooh, pooh!" the tion made by the News that Congressman not a fit man to represent this Shreds anti Patches. Perhaps Mr. Cleveland, when he goes out f office, will start a great moral journal or .school for the propagation of truthful cor respondents.—Exchange. It costs tho nation on nn average $3,000, 000 fnr Congress to meet and repeal the laws already in force nnd pass worse ones in their place. - -Transcript. Sonator Stanford is undoubtedly correct in his assertion that “silver is the poor man’s monoy"—that is, when the poor man can get the money.—World. The Hog is an important addition to the literary publications of Chicago. Indeed, tho hog is the production of the best pens in this country.- - Chicago Times. now until tho end of the session the people’s treasury will he kept busy dodging tbe people’s misrepresentatives.—Philadel phia Timos. Why need we through the record spell Of Gladstone and his fiendish crew? The l’s compose one-half of hell. And "ho" makes up the residue. —Attributed to Archdeacon Denison. Strange, indeed, that a single glance the amount of one’s indebtedness makes him mad, when we have boen looking over our unpaid subscription lists for many months without uttering an unkind word to those in arrears.—Ellijay, Ga., Courier. Prohibition has triumphed at Atlanta, Ga., and the wet party must stand up to the trough, drink or no urink. The experiment of turning half or two-thirds of the popu lation of a hospitable and wide-awake Southern city into arrant hypocrites and sneaks will bo wutched with interest at the North.—Philadelphia Record. 1 One of the incidents of the White House reception on New Year’s duy was the ar rival, arm in arm, of Civil Service Commis sioners Edergton and Eaton. Thoy en tered the red room as the bond struck up some selections from the “Mikado," and they shook hands with tho president to the tun* of “He is tho Lord High Executioner." Could a more apt illustration of the eternal fitness of things be imagined?—Tribune. Gossip that is idle is very busy.—Pica yune. When it comes to painting the town the ab-stainer isn't half the man the red Stainer ia,—Merchant Traveler. In Kentucky a man named Breckenridge or Clay can gets 10-oent drink of whisky for a nickel—Merchant Traveler. Abram Hewitt will not get what he wants in the way of chairmanships unless he wants nothing.—Philadelphia Press. In the election of a Senator is Missouri sn ounce of cabbage seed will outweigh a pound of brains.—St Louis Republican. Mr. Gould is in Florida. Mr. Gould was drawn thero by a newspaper letter repre senting Florida os n good Stats for poor men. - Courier-Journal Senator Vest declared he was not a Mug wump, and Senators broke down two ta bles and four chairs to get an opportunity to shake hands with him.—Dallas News. A patriotic town; Gentleman looking for a place to establish manufactory—“Isthere much public spirit in this town sir?" Citi zen—“Plenty of it Every man in town is a candidate for the postoffice."—Harper’s Bazar. An old soldier in a Pennsylvania poor- house lms just received pension money amounting to more than $12,000. Every* body is glad to read this, because, in Penn sylvania, the roofs of poor-houses are Nome- times stolen, leaving old noilier»exposed to the weather. Courier-Journal A very embarrassing situation of affairs has arisen in Cincinnati, where a ballot box, popularly supposed to Lave been stuffed with bogus Democratic tickets, has been opened and found to contain a large num be* of fraudulent Republican ballets. Of course the Democrats pat them there to bloat tho imputations of their adversaries.— Chicago Herald Mr. Beck improved the first opportunity after the reassembling of Congress to ask Mr. Morrill if he had understood him to attack the administration in his recent silver speech, and Mr. Morrill was kind enough to reply that he hail not, or words to that effect. Mr. Beck does not look like a man who would quarrel with the sutler. Chicago Herald. TELEGKPH BY PLAY. The Lesson of n Little White Coflln—A Theological Student's Predicament. • A year ago I visited a friend in a neighboring town. ie was happy In the possession of blessings much be desired. He hail a comfortable home, an amiable wife, and lovely children. The last were girls, two tiny little beings, free from guile and full of sweetness. The older was in appearance a little gypsy. Her complexion waa dark, and her hair was raVen-Uued. The younger suggested sunshine. Her complexion was bright and clear almost to transparency, aud her hair waa goldeu-hued, No words of mine could suggest even a fair*, idea of tbo depth of the affection cherished by the father and mother for their littlo daughters. They loved each other, but their love for their little daughters scarcely ended at idolatry. Under the ceaseless pressure of household cares, mothers are prone to lose patience with their chil dren. Notwithstanding her idolatrous love of her lttt-c daughters, my friend’s wife waa no exception to the rule. The little ones were just at the age when children begin to feel an awakentug of Ul capabilities. They asked innumerable questions, often, of course, at times when the mother conld not answor them. It was to the day I visited my friend. The presence of a stranger excited the chil dren, and they plied their mother with questions until she lost patient*^and harshly ordered them to leave the room. They went away, with quivering lips and tearful eyes. The gray-haired father of my friend’s wife was My dear.” he said, "I will not say that you have made a mistake, but, should your little softly out of life before the year ends, I am afraid that you will regret j^ ur harshness." Ten days ag > I vb'.ted my friend again. His homo waa in sadness. Diphtheria had seized upon his golden haired little daughter, aud the physician had but just gone, leaving no hope behind hitn. That night the little sufferer died. Next day I stood by the side of a little white cof fin. Within it lay the lifeless form of her of whom my friend bad delighted to say: "She ia one-half of my heart.” The mother came in. Hbe gazed upon the little white face a moment, and theu turning to her father, who stood by her side, she exclaimed in tones which I shall never forgot. "Ob, my father. I remember your words. I would give my life it I had never let her hear from me a single harsh word!’’ In a glass case down at Clay's, there is a little white coflln. What mother’s little daughter, pare and undeflled, will lie within it pale and silent, be fore the last day of the year shall have passed awaj ?’’ The theological students of Mercer University frequently called upon to fill the pulpits of country churches within a radius of fifty miles of Macon. The plan is a geod one, because it affords the stu dents opportunities of practice and does not hurt the churches. Among the brightest young theologians whom Mercer is manufacturing, is the ltev. L. W. Parrott. Within the recent past hs has been ministering ac ceptably, as the preachers say, to a church in Hous ton county When he goes down to wind up the brethren for another week, he spends the time with first one member of the congregation aud then another. Not long ago he went down and de livered an unusually acceptable sermon. It pleased the wealthiest and most cultured members of his congregation, and, as a resalt, he was invited to spend the night with one of that class. Petroleum V. Nasby, D. R. Locke, Petroleum V, Nasby, editor Toledo Blade, writes: “I had on a forefinger of my right hand one of those pleasant pets, a 'run-roand/ The finger became inflamed to a degree unbeara ble and awe'Ion to nearly twice its natural size, * friend gave me Henry’s Carbolic Halve, and in twenty minutes tbe pain had ao much subsided to give **'■ —* ^ B fair night’s rest, which I had not had for a week. The inflammation left the finger in a day. I consider it a most valuable article.” Ono Henson's Capclne Plaster is worth a dozen of any other kind. Between the numerous varieties of porous plasters there is bat choice. Benson’s plaster is modern, scientific, prompt in action, safe, pleasant to wear,cleanly, and cures ailments in a few hours which no others aie able even to relieve. This fact is testified to by 5,000 physicians, pharmacists an ddruggists, voluntarily, aud over their own written signatures. Imitations of Benson’s plaster, under the names of "Capsicln," ••U».t>siriiin." •■Canr 'n." •‘CaT»ei^.^n,». ,, «♦,» ‘Capsicum," "Capr In,” "Capcicine," etc., are offered for sale. These are shameless. Purchasers may protect themselves against imposition by e amintog the article tendered by the dealer. Aak for Beuson’s Plaster and see that the "Three Seals" trademark is on the face cloth and the word “Cap trademark is on the face cloth and the word “Cap- cine" is poroused in the middle of the plaster it self. Jones County Sheriff Sale. GEOROIA, Jones County.—Will be aold on tha first Tuesday in February next, before the court house door iu said county during the legal hours of sale, for cash, the following property, to-wit: Ono patent Herring’s Iron safe, oue grist mill and mill- house, one twenty horao-power Nagle engine and one two-horse wagon. Raid property being at OordonvtUe, near the ZacharUh Gor don, in said co\»iry. kb o, one four-horse wagon, or.6 fit Wagoh. ofki FiWBmAY SepAfalor Vo. i, 9U* forty saw Pratt cotton gin with condenser and feed- all of whicn last mentioned property is at Sugar ‘i, in said county, and being difficult and expen- to transport Also, at same time and place, four-horse Farqubar engine now in front of th* court-house. Said above described property levied on as the property of It. A. Gordon to satisfy a mortgage ft. fa. issued from tbe Huperior Court of Jones county In favor of Robert Gordon vs. R. A. Gordon. Raid property pointed out in said mort gage ft. fa. January 3. iwfi. R. J. PHILIPS, jadSwit* Sheriff Jones county. Hill. slve CraWford County SherifTSales. GE RGIA, Cn.vwroBD County.—Will be sold be fore the court-house door in tho town of Knoxville, Ga., vritliiu the legal hoars of sale, on the first Tuesday in February next, the following described property, to-wit: I Oue lot of land No. 52, In Crnwfoid county, bounded on the north by lands of J. E. Ashen, east byHtephen My rick, on south by W, R. Davis, west by Mr*. A. C. Ashen. Levied on as the property of K. Askcn to satisfy a mortgage fl. fa. issued from e Huperior Court of said county in favor of W. T. Maynard, against tbe said J. E. Asken. Property pointed out in said fl. fa. Also, at the same time and place, the south-west said c quarter of lot of land No. Wi. in tbe find district of untv, known a* the Bea*ly place, hounded on rth by lands of Bet Hancock estate, on south lands o! M. F. Jordan. Levied on as the prop- y of Mrs. M. D. Stroud to satisfy a tax fl. fa. vs. Mrs. M. lh Stroud. Levy made by H. Bond, tax collector, and handed to me. Also, nt the sutue time and place, lot of land No. ‘ in the seventh district of said county. Levied on the property of Edward Andrews to satisfy a fl. issued from the County Court of said county in favor of R. D. Hmith vs. Edward Audrews. Prop- I shall harrow neither tbe feeling* of tbe reader nor those of the Rev. Mr. Parrott by detailing the elegance of the reception tendered him at the hos pitable home of his host. It may be said, however, that the supper was a foast, and that several an cient roosters and hens mourned their offspring in consequence. Tbe hour for retiring arrived. The host conducted the reverend guest to tbe company room, wished him a good ntght’a rest, and departed. The weather was very cold. Rev. Mr. Parrott disrobed, and then tripped over to the capacious bed aud turned down the cover. Horrors! Two thin cotton sheets were all that he found with which to keep out th* frosty air. Somebody bad blundered. Rev. Mr. Parrott, entirely too considerate to tlfj the good wife of bis host by requesting the loan of more cover, pulled the mattress from the bed, placed th* two shells on tbe slats, adjusted himself upon the sheets, and then covered himself with the nsattress. Imagine that the curtain ia down for th* night. Rev. Mr. Parrott reappeared at th* breakfast ti ble next morning. "Ah, Brother Parrott," smilingly exclaimed the unconscious host, "how did you spend the night?” Dead silence greeted the question. "Ahem! As I remarked. Brother Parrott,” said the hoot, "how did you spend the nlghtr* Dead silence again. The host repeated his question. By close attention to the movement of his Ups Rev. Mr. Parrott understood hi* host’s question, He pulled out a pencil and a slip of paper and wrote tneee words: "Not well." The breakfast was finished in silent*. After the Rev, Mr. Parrott loft, th* host remarked to his wife: "Surely a miracle; Brother Parrott is as dumb Administrator’s Sale. ’ GEOROIA. JONES COTNTY—By virtue of an or- er of the Court of Ordinary of Jones county, I will sell st th* court house door in Clinton on the first Tuesday in January, 1886, the following prop erty belonging to estate of John J. Glover, decoased, situate on the east bank of Ocatilgee river, and known as Glover's Mills; viz.; One-half interest in e Uioumuu (1,000; acres of laud, iuciuuiug Micro- the half interest in one large three-story first- class merchant mill: oue saw mill; gin and gin house said mills and sttuated thereon; also one good ferry established across said river, and all In good repair and daily operation. Also one store-house and lot at Juliette, on th* East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad. All this property ia within one mile of the railroad. Fine water power; good farm land; good improvements, and in good con dition. Hold for division. The other half of said property is owned by Dr. W. P. Glover, who desires i ood partner to purchase tills interest terms, cash. November 12,1885. W. P. OI.OVF.R. Administrator and Surviving Partner. To Rucli of our Northern contemporaries os aro waging war against imprisonment for debt we say, let the fight proceed with vigor. The faciKtiea for combat, and tbe cbancea for aucc*»a are, in this case, better on the outside of the breastworks. The ed itor who waits until he gets inside to fight, district in the National Legislature. The j might be accused of having “personal in- Chic vgo threatens to try one on, acd is 1 despicable character he displayed in de-i tere»U to serve." Twenty minutes after, th* host and his wife dis covered the cause of list. Mr. Parrott’s dumbnesr. His novel mods of spending the night with six inches of cover on top and th* fourth of an inch under him, had given him such a cold that he had completely loet his voice. Here is an incident of the sinking of the steamer Chipley near Fort Gaines, a few days ago, which has never found its way into print When the news of the disaster reached Fort Gaines, the people of that town ruehed down to tbe river to gain whatever information waa afloat While eagerly straining their eyes up the river they beheld a cotton bale alowly floating in their direc tion. Perched upon its top wcr a figure which supposed to be on fire. It waa aa red aa the ■tripe of that Ilk upon a new United Htates flag. When the bale of cotton arrived opposite the wharf, a well manned boat put out and soon towed it and its freight ashore. To the infinite surprise of the assembled inhabitants, the freight removed itaelf and stood up. It waa nearly seven feet high, and waa arrayed in a suit of red flannel underclothes. With a graceful wave of tbe right hand, it stalked up the street to the hotel, registered its name, and called for tbe beet room. It waa a Western drummer that had escaped from the sunken steamer. I was walking down Mulberry street a few days ago, and waa accosted by a negro man who asked me in the humblest tones for ten cents. 1 knew him well, but for elx months or more had lost sight of him. Noting my hesitancy, he said that he did not want the money to buy whieky with, to get him something to eat He lud been *lck long time and bad been deserted by his friends, laid a dime in his black palm and walked off. A few years ago this negro's voice waa heard above tbe misguided Republicans in convention assembled. He waa one of the leaders, and movement of hi* party in Macon waa made unless bis advice waa sought and obtalqfd. He was flush with money, and was held in high favor by white members of bis party. He waa one of shi Jlng lights of hi* party and aspired to office. After a few year*, he meets a Democrat and begs for ten u-ute. He is hungry, homeless and friend jauSwiw “m!?. RIVIERE. Sheriff. nov24-w5t Administrator’s Sale. GEORGIA. JuNKM COUNTY—by virtue of an or- der from the court of ordinary of Joues county, I will sell before th# court house door in the town of Clinton, on th* first Tuesday in January, 1H86, with in the legal houre of sale, fifty acres of land belong ing to the cst ,te of Mrs. Sarah L. Roberta, deceased, in Jones county, situate on Commissioner Creek, near the Baldwin county line, adjoining D. B. UlU. Walker and others. Fair land, mostly cleared; two log cabins thereon. Convenient to railroad. Hold to pay debte and distribution. Terms cash. aeciw4t W. A. HALL, Administrator. Crawford Sheriff’s Sales. OEORGIA CRAWFORD COUNTY.-Will be sold before th* court house door, in the town of Knox- vUls, Ga.. within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in January, DMM, the following described property to-wit: Bouth peart of lot of land number seventy nine (70), containing 101 Jg acres, more or lees, all of lots numbers forty-seven (47), forty-nine (40). fifty (50) and fourteen and one-half acres (14H) off of the south side of lot number forty-six (45), containing seven hundred and twenty-three and a one-quarter acres of land (723>j), more or less, the same lying and being in tbe Seventh district of originally Houston, but now Crawford county, and known as the Wheeltr place. Bold for the purchase money due on said land. Property pointed out by * m plaintiff's attorney. Tenants in possession notified, levied on as the property of M. L. Cooper to satis fy a A fa. issued from th* Superior Court of Hous ton county in favor of Mrs. J. L. Byington vs. M. L. Cooper. December 1st. 1885. dec5 law4w M. P. RIVIERE. Sheriff. Stock Law Notice. stock law for (Finney's) the 299tb O. M. district of this county, is now or file in this office, asking for an election thereon, and, and unless some legal cause be shown to the contrary at this office on Saturdsy. the Zid day of January, 1HM, at II o'clock, a. m., an order for same will be granted. Witness my hand officially. JanSwJl T, BOSS, Ordinary. STOCK LA W NOTICE. ORDINARY’S OFFICE. JONES COUNTY, OA„ December 24th, 1885.—Notice is hereby given to all K reons concerned that a petition according to law s t«eu filed in this office asking an order for election on Stock law in Roberta's, the ButtbOeorgia militia district of this county, and unless some le gal cause be shown to tbe contrary at tha office on Saturday, tbe Itith day of January next, at 11 o’clock a. m... such order wtil be granted. Witness my hand officially. R. T. ROSS, dcc2Pwat Ordinary. Jones County Sheriff' Sale. GEORGIA. Jones County.—Will be sold on the first Tuesday in February next before the court house door iu said county, between tbe legal houre of sale, for cash, tbe following property, to-wit: ode gnat mill uear GonlonviUe, in said connty, said property being difficult and expensive to transixirt, will be sold where it is at present loca ted. without removal to the court-house. Said grist mill levied on aa the property of B. A. Gordo* and Zachariah Gordon to satisfy a mortgage ft. fa. issued from the Superior Court of said county ot Jones in favor of M. J. Hatcher k Co. v*. B. A. Gordon and Zarhariah Gordon. Paid property de scribed and pointed oat in said mortgage ft. fa. January 3. 1886. S. J. PHILIPS, jan5w4t Sheriff Jones Co., Ga. Jones County Sheritt Sale. HIG 01FF.K. To in trod tx GEORGIA. Jones County.—Will be sold before tbe court-house door in said county, during tho le gal hoars of sale, on the first Tuesday In February next, one acre of land, with the storehouse thereon, situated at Sugar Hill, in said county, and being o* the north side of tbe public road leading from Hillsboro to Cornucopia, and bounded by lands of John Gordon. John Garland and said public road. Levied on aa the property of R. A. Gordon to satisfy a tax fl. f*. a*.»iu»t tbe said R. A. Gordon forbta HUto and county taxes for th* year 1885. Amount of tax A. fa. 547.38. with advertising fees and costa. January 4,1886. K. J. PHILIPS. Sheriff and Tax Collector Jones county. Jan5w4t* then* wewil GIVE AWAY 1 .Wi Self-Operating W«»hl*g Machines. If you wan* oue send us your name, P. O. and espies* office at ox -*. TBS NATIONAL CO., 23 Dsy street V. Y. octtLitsu NBHflUHMIM