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THE -WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: DECEMBER 31, 1894.
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tendency of which Hie Tit trait! speaks
will oonttme ntul eroretually the bulk
of rhe cotton doth .will bo nude among
Hie cotton litiUte.
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PROPER PRECAUTIONS.
Our cstofimnl canitraiporary, the At
lanta Const lout ion, priuit.s a Washington
disinttii, In 'Which is Mill hoiv a uuui-
btir of newspaper nion avers hustled
nway tom the White Housotm die np-
pniach <>f Presiilciyt Oliivdunrt by po-
liootnao, who sha tod til-ait wore acting
titular orders. It is intimated that the
president is afraid to allow people ho
approach him, lest he be assassinated.
OkUMnoKtlng on this story, tihe Consti
tution remarks that “it s not pleasant
to hoar that the jwesideut of tlliis great
republic bas to hedge himself about
with protcution which would better suit
the Czar of Russia.”
ITdbahJy the story is a very gross ex-
nggomtion, but under l&e circumstances
which now exist, it Is perfectly proper
that the president should me ooreiftilly
gtiardod against attacks. For a good
l ing time a considerable numb «• of so-
called iDmuooratio newspapers have
nit'ido St tiba.r busintws to excite tihe tin-
inv’-'ity of their readers against the
president. This pm of 'the press has
been led by the New York c>un, awl the
Oinstitution has followed the Sun’s
lead ns closely as possible. If (hose
n m-npapers can be believed, there Is
li'irdly n political crime or a personal
vice of iwhioli tihe iprenidenfc has not
been guilty. If what 'they say is true,
he is not the rail president of tho
Unit'd States, but is simply the agent
of the “sharks of Wall sitroeit" and the
Rrititfh gavennmenit, who is using the
piwars of (be presidential office to en-
slaVe and iiupiverisb the American
p-.-oplc. As a person and as a presi
dent, he is, according to their accounts,
utterly datplcublc, and as long as he
ruin .tins in office the liberties and the
prop,may of the people 'will be In dan
ger. ’ >
Is it mot possible that some Booth or
Ouittnu may believe what these nows-
papt'tji say, and, lieilevlng, undertake
to #Wy the pat* of a great patriot by
murderin',' the president? If not, then
it (taust bo true that even the Booths
and Culteaus of the country are not
otuzy.enough to believe that what the
Constitution bas been saying about Mr.
Cleveland is true. Tho president may
not be pipotomed fuBy by lho reputation
v.fri.sSt -She Sun and Its bumble Atlanta
rollo ver had rtcqu red before they began
their wariiv.e upon him and by the tx-
tr i v.igant growth of their hatred since
then, however, awl it is well enough
that extra precautions should betaken
to Irusuhe his nafdty.
The. newspapers which clamor for the
free coinage of silver In the United
Stares, curiously enough, frenuently
point to France as an example that
JuslJflcs our government in adopting
that policy. “Just let us do as France
docs,” they say, 'hind we will be all
right. The French have bimetufllism,
and there ts no reason 'Why we should
not have it -altoo."
Now, as a master of fact, there has
not been ta. legal tender silver coin
turned out by the mints of France on
private account in about twenty years.
The mints of (hat country are Just as
absolutely closed against silver as
those of the United States lire now.
During the time when ours were coin
ing silver under d» Bi'andoAlllson law,
and later, when our treasury was emit
ting notes based on silver under the
Sherman law, no additions whatever
were being invade to riie volume of '.he
French sliver currency. There were no
mints anywhere, not oven thos of Ger
many and England, more nearly her
metically closed against silver than
those of France. This is stlli true.
There is no free coinage of silver at
nil, excapt of minor coins, perhaps, on
government account, just tas there is in
the United States.
These references to French free
coinage are about twenty years out of
d.L'to, Trtere was once free coinage in
that country, but it was abandoned for
the very sotme reason which now
makes free coinage impossible in the
United States. The French government
sow that it could no longer maintain
the free coinage of silver without per
mitting the currency oif the country
to rink -to tihe silver basis, nml rather
than permit this, It closed its mints
against silver. It will not open them
again to that mUal unless under an
internaelonail agreement.
For the men Who are in favor of in
dependent free coinage in 'this coun
try, therefore, to cite the example of
Fiance In Justification of their de
mand, is dishonest. The example of
France is exactly opposed to what they
assert or insinuate that it is. Instead
of French example Justifying free
coinage, it justifies tihe closing of the
mints against silver until an interna
tional agreement has been reached as
to 'the proper ratio of coinage.
A PROMISING INDICATION.
Wn.VT IS A “FUGITIVE.”
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The Now York HeraM. in commenting
on Che fact that certain of the great
Now Eitrfunri cotton corporations have
decided go build mills In the South,
siyn That “in the recent program of the
South nothing is more striking than the
devedopmona of its cotton manufactur
ing industry. Within Bin last four
years (tie number of mills has In-
crwuH'd from two hundred and titty to
four iminlrul, and 'Lue Capital invested
from s!xty-s>ne to nlnety-eovon million
do'km. This rapid devvdopraent bas
boon due chiefly to Southern cutcr-
r-rise, bat now that (New England man
ufacturers have entered that Held,
their leud will douUlAnu be followed by
others."
A few years ego the world was being
told by Now England “experts" that
the cotton manuAicturine industry
could never he developed to any great
extent jo one South;Mint Now England
would always be the center of this In
dustry. 'Many raisons tor this conclu
sion were given, but the one which
seemed to Impress the “experts" most
w.ie that the climate of the South was
too dry; thrvUta dryness made the man
ufacture of fine goods .practically Im
possible, and hampered the Booth even
In the manufacture of coarser goods.
The chaitfo since then bas been very
great. As IWO mow see, the Northeast
hjfl lost tin confidence in Ms ability to
monopolize this Industry, or even to
hoM the lead In It The other day we
printed an extract from the Journal of
Oommepce, pleading with tho railroads
to oowttnue the discrimination In their
rst*a In flavor of the Bast that would
exclude Sotofcern goods from the West
ern markets. Tbit appeal, of course,
»V* confession of weakness. The
string logic of flams' bus apparently
convinced oven (he “experts" that the
itouh con maneflaotune cotton, andean
maniflaatare it so cheaply that New
B protection in
«*. or go out
of this sort
ml doubtless
no for a good
at of the lino
Some time ago Governor Hogg of
Texas made a requisition on Governor
Flower of New York for liflie arrest and
extradition of Mr. John D. Rockefel
ler of the Standard Oil Company,
tile ground that he was a fugitive from
Justice and should be returned to Texas
for trial. Governor Flower refused to
honor 'tho requisition on tho ground
that Mr. Uekefolitr bad newer bean in
Texas and therefore could not be a fu
gitive from justice In that State.
'More recently. Governor Hogg has
sent similar requisition papers to Gov
ernor Mitchell of Florida, with the pur
pose of having Mr. II. M. Flagler, also
of the Standard Oil Company, sent to
Texas for trial. Mr. Fluglor, like Mr.
Rockefeller, has never been In Texas
and of course denies that he is a fugi
tive from Justice. Governor -Mitchell
has honored tihe requisition, but
doubt Sir. Flagler will resist
the Florida counts the effort to tuko
him to' Texas fur trial, and (he ques
tion whither a man ca,u be a fugitive
from a state without over having been
In it will bo decided in a K-g.il .way.
The chtirEo against -those two mil
lionaires is that the Standard Oil Com
pany has violated the utrtl-mwt taws
of Texas, and 'that they, as officers of
tho company, urp responsible for this
violation of the law. Tho fact that
they have never been In the state does
not, in Governor .Hogg's opinion, re
lieve them from liability for (ho crime
which they have committed through
their agents.
The decision at the 'Florida courts
will be awaited with a good deal of in
terest. In our opinion, it will go against
Governor Hogg, but If It should go oth
erwise, the officials of the various trusts
will have a pretty rough time of it In
carrying on -their business.
The Augusta Chronicle sayB:
“Now P strikes ns that we am begin
ning to eee daylight ahead for the hog and
hm-lav farmrr Hem nr* ,'ralern Ip All-
gustu ready to handle grain for the farm
er, and the hanks make advances upon
It. In Valdosta a packing establishment
Is to be started up which will cure fifty
hogs a day. will try out 100 pounds
lard In two minutes, and which furnishes
a market for alt the hogs our farmers
will raise. If there are too many hogs
ottered for the capacity of the plant,
will take very little time to enlarge It,
start another packing establishment,
that the market for the farmer’s pork
provided. Our livery stables and mills
and commission houses are buying Geor
gia grain every day. instead of getting
from the West, as they have done
former years."
It Is no doubt true that the excessive
devotion of Southern flMmvrx to cotton
has been duo In soma degree to the
difficulty of marketing other crops.
Tlie farmer in 'the Went has been, cer
tain that at any iti'nre ho curried wheat,
or corn, or hogs, or hay, to the market,
he would find buyers eager to take
and pay the wish. This -has not been
true in the South. -Here the farmer
who brought such articles to market
was obliged -to search far a purchaser.
There -was, In fact,'no market for him
except in (ho general tsanxi of that
term. There was nobody ia the busi
ness of buying com and base and meat
for the reason -Mitt itliaso articles were
generally supplied from the West. The
local supply was so small as not to cre
ate a marked. The change indicated
in -tihe extract from (he Ohrondole’s ar
ticle which we hove given wo regard as
fl very hopeful one. When it is poor
ble for -the Southern farmer to find as
ready and as cuger a market for other
products as for cotton, it will be easier
and more pr.-Hu-thlo for fgm to diver
sify his agriculture. Wheat and corn
and hogs -will too momqr crops, as well
as cotton. But 'the supply must come
before the market can ho created, and
we hope 'that the experience of the last
year with H-ve-ocnt cotton will Induce
our far.iueta to produce rblitit supply.
Thqy can be sure that after a little
while. If they bring corn, wheat, etc.
to The-market, ithat there will be people
ready to buy them—whose business
will bo to buy them—and i» pay cash
for them at the highest rate at which
there Is a prospect of profit.
INJUSTICE TO DODGE.
BUSINESS AND CHARITY.
The proposition to send a train load
or two of Southern com and meat to
the starving people of Nebraska prob
ably combines consciously busimws
witfi charity. During a good many
yeans -past (he South has boon s buyer
and tho West the seller of corn and
meats. Tho sending of (he (train loads
in -tbs opposite direction would be in
tended to emphasize the faot that the
South is now taking care of herself by
raising her own com and meat, and it
would not fail to do (bis section a grant
deal of good if the people of iho Norih-
weet were thoroughly apprised of this
faot. Those of Nebraska, especially,
during (he last mwo years, have made
almost no crops. Many of thorn ore in
an almost starving condition, not
through any tViulr of their own* but be
cause they ttave seoUid in a bare prairie
region, scorched by an almost intoler
able sun In summer and swept by al-
prollflo sourCe of .trouble. The Dodge
people are Just as good, no doubt, and
Just as hud, as the other people of this
country. They ougtft not to be held
responsible flotr (he crimes of a few per
sons, but sbouH be oldtd, as our corre
spondent suggests, in their efforts to
develop nnd build up their county,
which fans resources that ought to at
tract immigrants and capital from
every di-reduon. The icbe that cither
immigrants or capital seeking employ
ment in Dodge would be uraafb is a
mistaken one.
One of the loading meroW.ui.tji of
Podge county sends a letter, which we
print in another column, in which he
protests against (ho -teodeuey ‘on the
part of the press to locate -all sorts of
violent crimes in Dodge, when in fact
they were cornual Mod in other counties.
If (his tendency really exists. Dodge
certainly bus good cause (» complain,
and (ho press ought 'to amend its ways.
The Telegraph, which Is'an ( offamler In
the specific case pointed oittUby our cor
respondent, will oentaiuly try (o do so.
It is‘a case, .wo suppose, in illustration
of the old adage, “Give a dog a bad
name and kill him." The fqarfal Nor
mandate (tragedy of a few years ago
and the sons*Mortal (rials (halt followd,
fix'd in (lie minds of many people the
Idol (hat such crlmi* had their natural
habitat in (Dodge. We are certain,
however, (halt this idea does Dodge
county n very great ii\)usttloe. There
is no community iu which jnen caps
bie of couMnititiug great crimra, when
subjected to) 'tomptation, do wot live,
and 'tho unfortunate disputes In regard
to h.nd tit leu would anywhere bo
most unendurable blizzards in winter.
Whim they see the nnrlvnl among them
of the surplus food sent thnrp in rh-ari
ty from a region where tho' summers,
if long, are not intolerably hot, where
there are no blizzards, ami where crops
are certain, it will 'be strange if they do
not experience a desire -to emigrate to
Dixie.
SHOULD BE PUNISHED.
The Tfmes-Advertker boasts that
Brunswick baa six young men who told
Dot get gtorloua ChriaUnaa.
Our correspondent at Quitman staled
in the course of bla dlspatdhra yester
day that “the people of Brooks county,
as a rule, deplore tho killing of the ne
groes and regard It ns having been
largely without provocation. Tho facts
appear to bo that the negroes killed
-wen; supposed to know the whereabouts
of Waverly Pike, Isom's murderer.
Many people here say that they will
use tbelr utmost efforts to bring the
men who killed (he negroes to trial."
What our correspondent says Is, in
effect, what Is said by other correspon
dents as to -the Justiflcti tion for the kill
ing of these negroes. No doubt these
correspondents tell the whole truth.
The men were kill'd because they were
behoved to have knowledge of the hid
ing place of a murderer belonging u>
their race. There is no evidence titit
they, in fact, know end protected the
munderer. As a mutter of fact, it is
almost certain (hut, having committed
his crime, -tho murderer followed the
example of most of bis ktml and left
the country ss fast as he could. If he
did, then (he murdered negroes wore
not guilty, eared at (he minor offense
of which (hey were suspected, and bad
done nothing to deserve punishment.
The itta-btUty of me pursuers of the
murderer, Pike, to find him, though
they numbered hundreds and searched
energetically In eveiy direction, makes
it aim tst certain.(but immediately upon
die eotmn sBlon of his crime be left the
country.
Tlie Tdqgrapli fans sympathy for tho
feeling of exasperation by which the
neighlxm of which Mr. Isom must
have been animated, because of the
maimer of his death at (he bawds of a
worthless negro, -without luting given
or m any way provoked the fate which
overtook him. It is enough to make
(he blood of even <x stranger boll, that
a good and honorable citizen, useful In
his community and deservedly loved by
the highway, without warning and
without provocaitton, by a- negro who
aeemnd In committing bib crime merely
to wish to establish -his reputa tion as u
'ibad man.” But while are can alwu-e In
this feeling of exasperation, we have
no eympa'tlhy whatever for the spirit
.which led tihe mob to take tho lives of
Innocent men for no better reason
Milan (halt they were negroes and that
Pike was among their acquaintances.
We hope that our correspondent is
right, said that the many oitizens of
Brooks county who wish to see the law
vindicated and the rights of peaceful
citizens maintained will persevere in
their determination to 1 see that the
members of the mob are brought to
account In the courts for the perpetra
tion of this crime. The moral offense
of which (they are guilty is very arena.
In cold -blood and acting alone, perhaps
not one stngOe member of the mob
could possiby have been guilty of it.
But leaving the moral question out of
(he account, and considering only the
safety nnd prosperity of the commu
nity, !t ts necessary that a curb should
be put on rhe mob sphrlt. It if Impos
sible for any community tq be pros
perous in -which It ir known’ that men,
Whether white or black, may be killed
by a number of (iheir neighbors acting
together, and the murderers go un
punished. The glory of our civlllza-.
tion and Its cornerstone Is the unwil
lingness of a good citizen to ahadSn
his natural desire (o redress 'Ms own
wrong, and depend upon the courts
and the laws—nnd that is 4o say, upon
the sense of justice of his neighbors—
when he believes that 'his rights have
ben Invaded by any one. If It become
known of any com-muinty that the peo
ple are nut willing to refer such ques
tions to tih'e counts, but will take Into
their hands, to be settled at the point
of The Winchester or the shotgun,
Questions betewen them and -their
neighbors, the world wEl recognize that
that community Is one In Which life
and the rights of property are unsafe.
Nod only will Immigrants and capital
avoid it, but peaceful citizens already
there will, as soon «s convenient, seek
In other communities a safer place to
live.
The affair In Brooks county is dis
creditable, not only to (hat county
but to She state, and we hope that lihe
state authorities will, to the extent at
tlhoir ability, enforce (he law. and In
doing so manifest their abhorrence of
the methods Which have resulted In
the murder of three Innocent men.
ITEMS NEWSY.
A blind horse ran away in Albany
the other day. In passing a saloon lie
got a Whiff of "com.” He stopped be
fore 'the counter, so says the Herald.
The chief of police at Columbus was
severely cuned by his force -dhc other
day. He got even by stabbing the re
corder with a gold pen.
Camilla's Jail contains -two negroes
charged with murdering another over
a game of cards Christmas morning.
Cutty must have h1s fun even if It costs
him his neck.
Tho editor of the Waiycross Herald
days that an anti-klsslng society is be
ing organized an Tttxas, and remarks
that as old as he is, he hopes no such
movement will reach Georgia.
A GtorgiU, editor exclaims In rhyme:
“The wind blowath, the water floweth,
the subscriber oweth, and the Lord
knowelh we arc In need of our dues.
So come a-running; this filling of dun
ning gives us the bluea.
WViyoross Herald: Comparatively
speaking, the South is today in better
condition in every way than any sec
tion of the country, and the hog and
hominy business is going to make It
betid.
Judge Cozart Is the bachelor reborder
of Oolumbus. Ha is shaking In his shoes
(or It is whispered in Columbus that
th-ree girl tramps will be arraigned
in >iits court uit tui early ul'-ie. He will
have to listen to their troubles unless
he resigns beforehand.
•re not unknown in Maine
raj attributes are
Many a Western bun(™S. J°. a
A deer lad - t wi
tone, but when two heei
wilds of banters
wilds of Piscataquis *»
rrom '.;ae woods Che othr
-r ",— . 1
the (wo flue deer thev y 0
them as teophlM oftheir
ship was -a white one™ arkl
A notable exa-mpe of a biere-m
duced by small means is foiinrt
fact chat lead pencil useraTl
tied away several big f„ r t un '
d-ar trees in Europe and is!? j*
wood suitable for lead penei'T?
tlcally exhausted in toe ,,'ij „
order has Just been placed hy
Gorman firm of -lead pencil 1
with a California lumber roi,
a large quantity of
wbidtt Is found to be «(ie bests
available for pencils. The J.
the big tree of California. u
Two London doctors, F. j ,
and David Walsh, announce
is not sterilized by bi-klnc I
tlie staff of cteach as we I ai t
of life. Thes: doctors m-ad» „
tions from sixty-two loaves <•
taken from various bakeihous«i<,
don. Some one of the thirteen l"
bacteria were found alive in «■ '
loaves. They, therefore, conclude
see no particuar reason why the
of -many mysterious sceptic im-
otf the 'human body may not even
be traced to the agency of bread ■
Columbus Ledger: A few weeks ago
till- sugar trust was to tnouble. Now it
is (he whisky trust. But both of -them
will pull through aJ?l right. Whisky
uind sugar have often been In hot water
before.
Littt) Dollie Mayo's clothing caught
fire Christmas. A Roman candle ex
ploded at the wrong -red. Her mother
was also badly burned while trying to
exilnguish tlaia flatmes. They live at
Albany.
North Georgia Citizen: A t.MO-ton
vessel lias reached tihe port. of Bruns-
port on tihe Aitkiratic snores, and she
Is bound to become a city of great Im
portance not only to Georgia, but to
the South, and her oitizens art doing
Will in bringing her prominently before
the whaJe country.
Mayor Pingreo of Detroit. Mich., is
a notable figure in Nortthiweatern poli
tics. During the last three or four
years ho bas figured as the most oensa-
tlonal of Michigan politicians. But he
seems to he in the imhnptpy case of a_
man who having sought for fame lias
acquired notoriety. But. though 'Mayor
Pingreo is notorious as a politician, he
has his nights as a man, und the Tele
graph, which has recently unintention
ally done him an injustice, is ready to
undo it ns ftir as posnibto nvhen re
quested -to do so. A few days ago the
Telegraph printed a. story sent out in
tlie press dispatches to the effect that
Brunswick Tlmi -s-Advertiser: Tho
governim-ent buildings at Wiiffalngtoin
arc supposed to be getting too small
for the extending machinery of govern
ment, and new buildings nr.' to be
gradually infused into tile public mind.
It would be better to reduce rhe gov
ernment family to business Require
ments.
Brunswick TUmes-Adverttser: The re
cent rioting in Brooks county seems to
oo filled with Vlements of apology that
do not satisfy tic public mind as to the
necessity for such trouble'. Official
statement from thtut quarter leaves the
impression thait the trouble 1ms two
sides -to It. Our nttighbore should avoid
racial feudalism. Tile good citizens
should not tolerate It.
Investigation goes to show „„„
perlments on cad-ivere prove I
pistol or rifle ball deflected iwU
course immediatel resumes it,
after “rimming" (he objeot'it h ,C
to pass directly through, in
words, -a bullet turned from Itj.
by a rib or o-fher bone pi met
the skin and flesh until It revs
point mathematically dlrctiy
-to rhe point whore It entered
nnd (hen iposseB out, resuming ii,
act line of flight, in oases its
velocity is far spent It riauits
bedded in the flesh directly
the spotie where it came in
with the bone.
About a month ago a party of
or fifty Spokane and Calispel
vlsitd their friends, tike IC..
(he Kootent-a reservation in Wa(
ton state. Their ostensible purpw
trade and (heir real obiect gamv
They did up the Rooicnaie brown,
after a stay of some three ween
for home, taking with thorn i|
everything the Kontenias pons*
All the winter supplies of the (
nais are gone, and most of them
lost oven their blankets and a r>
pitiful plight at (he beginning <>
winter. So serious Is their plight
they are even asking for work
der to live through (he winter.
Brunswick TtnwAdvertser: The
statesman who repi-iWnlR Brooks
county 1n the legislature voted against
an appropriation for tife Georgia mili
tia. By a- strange coincidence he was
thii fl mt to npp?al to Governor Atkln-
»m tor military aid in suppressing a
riot which the civil- authorities were
powerless to stop. The gentleman lrom
Brooks rihould remember this.
Brunswick Times-AdvertKS r: Two or
phan colored boys. In rags nnd tatters,
were entrried to Collat's store.' Chdst-
mtts morning by a member of the Shi-
Mr. Pingreo had poisoned two fine car- tots morning by a member of the Sm-
, . . , . ,, .. loh Baptist church (colored) anfl w -re
riage faonsre-to rave the cost of feed.ng dres-xed by big-he.s.rted Mr. OoJtat In
compi to new outfits of clothing, iha.ts,
them during (he winter, and in favor
of a general slaughter of horses In
Michigan. We have received a letter
from Mr. Pintsree, in iwhlcti he de
nounces this story as a base flabrica-
tlon, and in which he 0>os (be olr-
cunwtuncrti under -which he did actu
ally eliiorof,>nm idwo -horstti Isflonglng
to him Th'\v were old and infirm, one
of them taventy-nlno yenra old, and tho
other unable (o walk, and his purpose
was to re iove Wieim of a miserable cx-
stunoe in .'(he kindest way.
DODGE COUNTY WANTS JUSTICE.
To (he Edit or of (ho Teles rn-ph: Again
aim ealled on to defend the good peo-'
pie W Dodge county. This time It Is
headed "Nalt Porter Prarloned—He Is
tho Negro Who Was Beaten In (he
Dodge County Cha!h-*a.n«.” Dodue
counfcy never had a chain-gang, but
sends her oonvief-s to Laurens county,
and If there has been any brutal acts,
credit them to Laurens county.
Wih-y dli you credit Dodigo county with
aM the mean acta of the wh-alc state?
In uJI seriousness. It Is lime fo.r this
thing to stop, and I say to you and the
press thnk It is an outrage peipe 1 . rated
an (Ms community that conflicts seri
ously -wC-h all Khe peoate l»f l(h!s county.
Willie wo asked you In an article a few
days ago to ascentalm'on -which side
the county line -the meanness h«.Dp«ns
before you credit us with It, In your
next Issue you -give ns Shoot ra.-ain.
While we do out -think JHe new version
lint" justice to Khe cause, wc wifi not
use the old vernon tenn. We ask you to
give us Justice, and we will take our
position with tth-e most progressive
counties In the state.
Give us (he right band of fellowship
and help un to build up, instead of try
ing to -push u« back Into a barbarous
state that would give us file race
horse spirit to contend with all the
uncivilized nations of the eirihk. It
lihe press has anything against ns,
send representatives down bore and
hang us, and we will die as martyrs of
the cause of Dodge county
A Citizen of Dodge County.
shoes, neckties, neat suits find dill, us'
Chr!s;m!is gifts to tin- shivering little
darkies. The gift was a worthy one,
and of Him d-asj of charily which does
greatest good.
Griffin News: Tlve governor's staff In
cludes sons.' of the wealthiest men In
the qountrj;, showing fhnt fortun-)
smiles an those who nre already blest.
The first to be appointed was Hon. Phil
Glenn Byrd, who owns a gold mine In
H* Rome IluetUr, and the hilt of
whose sword is studded with a myriad
of diamonds as large ns hall stones,
nnd the trust Is Ohevullpr Edouard Cal
loway, woo owns the Kimball House
and a new Christmas scarf pin of a
carbuncle of diamonds. Weil may tho
govaroor exclaim, as he glances over
■urh a parade: “These are my Jewels!"
The introduction of a typewrtn
veiope, as -A universal Boon to a
typewriters, proves how ex-eta
commercial correspondence is c
out by means of Cue ingcmois .
writing machine and h uv *>»«
turera of the day are constantly ■
alert to meet every need in ill
concerns art and industry. The
llarlty of these novel sun re *nv»'
is to offer a splendidly even st
and regular thickness of paper Ji
the spa-ce where (he address -has
written. In (bis wise, whatever
writer t* employed, any unsi,
“shadowing" Is avoided ani p
alignment secured. It Is worth no
too, nya sign of the advance of
era civilization, that the very fir»:|
cel rf Ore new Invention dlspt
frond England was for Rejk;
Whoch bonts of (he only typewri-
the whole of Iceland.
Oholll-4-U ts the unexpcctri
always happens, don't you knoi
Jack—Whait's up? Did you toy I
board bill?—Dctrri-t Fr-e Press.
“Did you give your dnuiilei
when she wns -mqrrted?" "Th:c>|
MM sir: litsnaSly threw her aw
Detroit Tribune.
Hsirry—Why. site wqs right
arms wtorn I proposed to h«r
Fred—Whose arms? Yours?
Harry—You've blit it. But Iwn’
happen to guess?—Boston Tran
OF GENERAL INTEREST
PRAYER FOB PHYI8 TAKERS.
A lady in Philadelphia possesses an
English prayer book of the year 1(34,
which is In n. wonderful stake of fires-
ervatton, the gold embossment on the
brown calf bWflinS being still untarnlsh.
It contains a dedicatory epistle
__ prince Charles, prince of Wales,
(laid It seems intended for private rather
than public us?. The following Is an
extract from "A prayer to be used be
fore taking of Physicke."
“And now, O Lord, In this my nece-
mty, 1 have, according to thine ordi
nance, tent for thy servnot (the Pnyfi-
tiaii), who hath prepared for me this
Phyfleke, which I recelue as meunes
lent from thy fatherly hand; I b-
fcec.h thee, therefore, that, as by thy
Behrenzln, the king of Dahomey, who
Is Imprisoned in Martinique, was in
great terror when l)e ihoird Of Presi
dent Carnrot’s death. He expected the
French -to follow the custom of Daho
mey and put him nr.d his wives to
death, wit It .alii orher prisoners, for tho
Inaugural at the now president.
In Iloumanla It is a common super
stition that if t'he clay figure of n child
be thrown Into the water It will bring
rain. Tw\> boys of Bucharest recently
one 6, (he otlir 14. determined 'o nut
an end to the drought, and. having no
clay figure, drowned tt smaller child of
two ynars old. The oldr boy was sent
to prison.
In fifing tho wires for electric lights
In the ba!l of the Middle Temple in
Isindon recently the workmen came on
a box In a roess of (he wall near the
roof, which contained a skeleton In a
perfect s ate of preservation, but from
Its -appearance at least 200 years old.
It has not yet been accounted for.
A son of Sir James Fergunson, Bart,
M. P., postimao'er general In the Mar
quis of Salisbury's last government,
was sent to Jail for a year lately for
setting fire twice to She school build
ings at Glen Almond, where he was
studying. The boy, who Is 16. Blinded
gulity, -but 'his counsel triel to have
him lot off on the ground of arrested
mental development.
Mr. InglesBy—Is MLw Gayburij
mirth a charming girl?
Mrs. IMyoewiwut—8U» rrrott I
her girt friends hate her ftatoasb'J
mgo Record.
Fond Parent—Bobby, why
always persist In pnCM is 11*1
of your Wttle sister's d»!!s? f
Bobby (conclusively)—Becaus-11
pick 'em out.—Truth.
LI Hung Chang’s wealth is rt!«
at »r.00.000,<x>0, hut tibtlit won't sivej
from b ing a Hi Hung dims I
don't keep mighty Quiet imt "1
mg.—Washli-ngtcm Ha tehet.
Smart—Whatever indued your I
to -marry the widow of a ratir.l
inis hanged? f
Simpson—He has be n raarr'-l
widows before, nnd said bewwj
of helving the virtues of rorra-’-
bands flung in bis face.—S.
Teh graph.
ACCOUNTS VERIFIED IN SECfl
Mascagni has -in original opening for
"Ratcliff," which Is to have Its first
performance on any stage at Berlin
roan. The taps arc beard behind The
scene (he curtain goes up and shows
the crazy nurse of (he -heroine gazing
Into space throughout the whole over
ture. This glides without a break
Into her song, as in Wagner’s "Flying
Du ehmare."
Every man Jus his price 'n England,
as Is Shown by an advertisement that
receltly 'appeared In a newspaper,
which read: “A beautiful boy for adop
tion. Gentleman going abroad. Would
give bis boy to tidy or gentleman for
300 pounds." The Society for the Pre-
bletfing on « tumpe 'of drir flgs. thou j vention of Cruelty '» Children Invest!-
dlft henle Tzechlart fore, that lie re- ! ?i’il^L ,l ' l l, n!la t ( *
ered; and by feuen times warning -foreii*v tt rii(n»
... the rluer of Jordan ffidft cleanfe | Y tryll),r
Nu-ama-n, the Syrian, of his leprotl
bis neighbors, should be sbot down on i Ledges.
and dlddeft reftore the man that was
blind from nls birth by annotating his
eyes wfi clay <ind fplttle, and fending
him to aifh In the pool of Siloam: and
by touching the hand of Peter's wlues
mother, dlddeft cure her of her fcauer;
and dlddeft reftore the woman that
touch’d the hemme of (hy garment
from her bloody Iffue. So ,it would
pleafe thee of thine Infinite goodtaffo
and mercy to fan title this phyfleke to
my vfe, and to gue fuch a blotting vnlo
It, that It may (if It be thy will and
pleafure) remoue this, my fickneffe «nd
Plir.’ a»J reftore met to hearth and
fttWHith stawtelKA "—Itaiji.
to dispose of 'Ms child
Certain tables of longevity jqft nub-
fished In England br Professor Hum
phreys leaves the whole matter pretty
much In the dark. Of the S24 cases In
which the sublecta have reached (be
ages varying from SO to over 100 years,
one-third were snxvfi eaters nnd only
one-tenb am Dear to have bad robust
appetites. Physicians as a '•1.1** were
found to tem bellow She average ago.
The usual directions for prolonged life
by diet, sleep nr.d exercise are not strlh-
Ingly confirmed by these fables.
White deer, which probably are nl-
hlOu*. and which figure so often In
wild Western superstition and romance
A Feature of DtuineM Psrfbrnwi«
Ito Accountants After Del
In many n business office there
acted a business at nlghtof which J
tho employees Is nwnro. II l» 1,1
lug of books, a foature of work \4
by several well known puhlio octal
Of course In the majority of tfl
tho partners in the concern howl
reason to anspeot some ol the of
of dishonest practice. At times, I
one partner may auspect another
reason may arise where tho flrr
ascertain tbelr standing si s
tlmo of the yoer sml withoutj
known to the bookkeeper-
"It Is by no means nn unu
•of my work,” said a well km
accountant, In sp-aklng “houlj
recently. "Many a time; wow
mercantilo house has closed l- r
and everybody has gone fa«
have entered the store, take
from the safe and worked over|
daybreak.
"In suob oases thoy never i
or pencil to the books. They <
fy tlie figures nnd transcribe toj
K por. The result of each rar
pt by Itself and turned ovci
person In my oflloe, who obt«
results. Every cam Is taken I
tho books and replacing them
to give no grounds for stuplcj
Is going on.
“Nodoubt many aBookkc
ier In this city would bo surj
into his office at night and 1
men working Sver the books »
as ho nnd his fellow olerks hi
lng In tho daytime for yean-
forco speedily beoume soqnslnM
names of customers and the pri
ledger accounts, turning to tha
reference to tho Index, like old »
"Sometlmos, of oonrse, tbetr
work'ng at night over tho re
bsoomes known to tho clerks
counts ore found straight, there (
eon to let them know they WM
pec ted. At ctlo'r times they oml
their figures have been overhang
confronted with tho unmlsta
denco In figures of their false i
Now York Herald.