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MUST ACT OK IT WIM, SUFFER.
The Washington (llspatooes yo.ntf-
da~ morning brought the nows tha t the
Carlisle lull, in It* moditt'il form, was
rejeoteil toy ittoe house. Til's result was
not ainexjjKxitkxl. The country lit:* be-
oome used totho idem that the press ut
congress, nominally divided ootween
#wo iMWf.es ta s>t* membership, is in tact
dii Idol tain-con several, anil that there
is no anujorily for any currency prop-'
ositkm. It U possible th.u, under the
pressure of neoittslty, the members who
r.,re nominally DetmoctUits, who organ-
produodon also Increase the consump
tion of nny article. Wo do not moan
to say that if toe prloe of bread et ery-
where wore 2 cents ltu.rad of 5 cen:*,
a great dual more bread would bo
tuten, (tout It la extremely likely that if
a reduotlon were mudo the example cf
Port Huron peoplo would too fo.lowcd,,
Bikers 'would »J11 their product at less
than half 'die pro»c«»t price, tut they
would s ill a very grefit deal more l>e-
oouse It would then too cheaper for peo
ple to buy chair bnud ttouu to make lb
A FRUITFUL SOUROB OF ERROR.
Congressman CaiOdblogs of MUslss ppl
Is reported as saying that all the ilna ti
dal Vdgatte* cf too post quarter ot a
century may bo largely, if not entirety,
charged ito 'the decision of tho supreme
court aanUrming tlu< aonstlturionaUty
of Hie statute imakl.pg gore runout pa
per money legal tender. Mr. Catchlngs
la entirely right, It was necessary to
pick tlhe supreme court in order to se
cure 'Chat decision, which was at va
riance with ul£ Hie Unsocial conviction*
of the people of this country up to tho
time of 'the war. IVc have had no her
esy since Wien which did not rest u pon
the idea that the government's stamp,
and not tlio matierial In It, made the
vulue of itfie money. That idea was .U
tho bottom of the greenback craze,
Which swept over the country twenty
years ago. It is at the bottom of the
tree silver craze of toilay, which has
shaken 'the coafid'uce of die world In
our currency system and staggered the
Industry and commerce of the coutttry.
This idea Is completely at s-arlance
wiilh rhe oanvlotlons which obta.ned
among our people "uefo.c the war, and
which obta-ias among tho people ot
other civilized couat.'ios now. it is an
responsible for tho government, .will | idea wihiCli we must rid ourselves of,
get together and piss some currency j or .wo can never tin v« a stable currency,
measure, but we do not believe they
will. The 'time's Short atvl there is no
evidence 'that factional divisions are
less sharp than they were when the
congress first snot in ext ra session, near
ly a year and a hhlf ago. Yet rhe con
sequences of itlve failure to do anything
must lie very sorlous to the Democratic
party. As ave 1ta,ve said, It Is held re-
Himnsltole for the government It has
the opportunity to settle this currency
question, and in failure to do so will lie
nociirtnd toy ttoo country a* a. confession
of '.ncapuclty to deal with the most se
rious problem uffadtlng the welfare of
the country.
By many people the party is unjustly
held reisponslbjo for tho panic of year
before last Thar panic was the result
of the abuse by tho Republicans of tticlr
power In cantrolling the taxing ma
chinery of the government. In failing
t» setile .tiro currency question, the
Demoorattc painty will take the risk of
prectpKaXJng another panic, for which
It will tc undeniably rewponslbl». It
must nek H matt senile this question,
or it will Incur serious danger of disin
tegration. A party rebnmn live on the
pnetnlse* of Its leader* to effect refotiu,
after It has been fritrusted with p< wer
and Allied «o carry out those ref ormi.
In wit!rti our own people a a-.l ilie -pto
pie of oilier countries will have conn-
deuce. The government can make le
gal tender, jus# as it can con-
Ilsoate the property of citizens. But
the government swanp cannot make
values—cannot make money. In tho
proper sense of tho word, out of c'-'i’e-
riial nvortb .nothing In Itself, ami as
often as an ntiteupt Is made to irate
such legal tender tho currency without
regain! to Hu Intrinsic value or redeem
able quality, disaster will follow.
We speak or the present and not of the
future, for the opinions we refer to relate
to a period near at hand. Examine the
at of January financial' statements given
by tiie uuv*rnm*nt~ officials. We
have written In relation to them In an
article following tbl*. What warrant Is
there to' be found In a treasury balancs
of yold and c urrency of over »153,000.000
for rumors of a bqnd call? How Is the
situation made desperate when, starting
with that balance, the revenue appears
to be Increasing and the ordinary dis
bursements decreasing? Is there not the
host ot reasons for believing that tbs
revenue will go on Increasing and that It
will takes months tor the dlsbursemnets
to use up the treasury balance, if the dis
bursements continue oa they ue now run.
nlng? Why should gold exports for the
time being disturb any one. In view of
the fact that the gold balance was down
to about i.2.000,COO for a luge put of last
August without causing a shiver, end yet
the condition* were every wuy then infln.
Itely worse than they ue now?”
All of ,tills Is very true, bat it applies
only ito the tmuiodfcfro situation. Tbo
fact remains that tile government is
spending about live million dollars a
mouth more titan it receives and is be
ing culled upon to furnish gold to tho
holders of its prom! awry notes ait the
rate of nwcnity million dollars a month.
While, therefore. It Is In no Immediate
danger of bankruptcy, its supply of
money being lunge enough to pay Ms
expenses for a gn>L while to cmne. It
is still tme that unT.vw Its revenues are
increased ami It Is roUevod from the ne
cessity of furnishing gold for all com
ers, In the course ot time it must fall
Into serious difficulties. Tho Chtonlclo
Is rirfit, no doubt, In using Its groat in
fluence to avoid' the possibility of a
new pi pic .wbldh might grow out of tho
loss of conrtdiflic* on rbo -if of ihe pnh.
lie in the solvency of the treasury. But
the fact that toe tavusuty ts safe from
i ii.uk ruptoy now and will he so for six
month* to come, Is no excuse for con
gress fad’-Ing to piss the laws neressary
to make Its condition permanently wfe.
There has been ait no time in our his
tory an occasion when -the duty of con
gress to act promptly for the relief of
the treasury was dearer than It Is now,
ami there bis been no time when con-
grea* ftxrough fictional divisions, was
In a more- helpless condition tlia n It Is
now.
THE INCOME TAX.
The attack* which nro being made
upon the uonBacutiooal.'y of the 'n-
come tax age mainly based upon tno
exemption of incomes of less than
$4,000, and we do not question .hat this
exemption Is « logical defoct In the
law. If It 1* right In theory to tax In
comes thoo the tax, to be entirely Just,
should touch ad incomes, wanner
large or small. But the income lax
must be considered In conaectltn with
the cither taxes by which the govern
ment raises Its revenues, l'he exemp
tion, If logically a defeat, tuiy be mor
ally proper. The revenues of tho gov
ernment, through the tirlff nnd imw-
nal raxles, are dorlved. almost exclu
sively from consumption. That 1* to
say, the givommont forces men to con
tribute to Its support lu Ibe proport on
that they ealt, drink and wear elrthos—
not in the proportion that they hold
property or earn money by their per
sonal exertions. Et follows ttu t the fed-
mf tax falls upon the i»oor almost ns
heavily as upon tho rich. It may be
fairly questioned, therefore, whether
the exemption of $4,000 of Income Is
not perfectly Just. With that exemp
tion, It ydt may remain true, au.l .we
bateve it Trill, that the poorer men In n
community will ooatr'.bute, 'n provot-
tion to their earnings and their proper
ty, far more to the support of the gov
ernment than the men whose Incomes
exceed $4,000 a year. If It be ad
mitted, therefore, tha# tha citizen
should contribute to the support ot
the government In proportion to bis
wealth or his earnings, the further ad
mission must follow that the exemp
tion of smaller incomes from taxation
is not unjust
GEORGIA NEWS
AND COMMENT.
yesterday, wherein It was state)
a certain couple came t u Ju.tg^ 1
A. O. Edgar, a deputy United States
marshal st Athena, has resigned.
A horse and a mule sold at batMff's
auction at Gainesville at 12.25 a head.
A branch telegraph office has bean
established ftt the Oglethorpe hotel 1n
Brunswick.
The Daky Tribune la a new after
noon paper at Augusta. It mokes the
fourth.
An enterprising scoundrel took In a
number of Augusta merchants on bo
gus checks on Wednesday.
A Sumter county farmer sold his
place a.few days ago for 132.15 per
acre. It was not on a rail rood line.
Albany Dally Herald; “Dear"
Harry Hill wit, like Hedwlne, continue
to do the zdbra act.
tied when the bride, frtght-
crowd about tne oourt house nr,"!l
going elsewhere. 1
That thl* step was fatal to the
consummation of their hoivj
evident and 1* doubtless ra-ret LI
For It wao about this time n,,l
girl's parents began gklrmtHhin.l
the lover*, and with »ueh suae—. 5 /
a half hour later the pretty
was again beneath the parental*,
tree, While the woukl-be benedict 1
tearing his hair and cursing onieij
for the unexpected turn affair. ?
taken.
'But he still has the license and >
wise the determination to uee it, '
limit expires, and as "Barkis Is kl „
also toots are even that he wit v -i
cure his toonny bride or know thr. ,1
«\n whv. Roth vminer
if, WILL I
eon why. Both young people
many friends -whose deepest (v
thy Is their*.—'Amertciw Thai
FROM NO. 8 TO NO. 9.
The Albany city council ha* removed
the prohibitory license on circuses and
hereafter the charges will toe 150 a day.
The sale at the stock ot F. Abra
hams & Co. at Hawklnsvllle took place
at Hawklnsvllle on Tuesday.
The Haiwklnsvllle Bank and Trust
Company has declared a semi-annual
dividend Of 4 per cent.
FRANK LEVEKETTE.
A BBBR TAX. %
MISTAKEN LEGISLATION.
Represemtottlve Money of Mlsfsslppl
baa iiktrodueod In tho liniMe n bill ’m-
poslng an sddltfonal *ax of one dollar
a barrel on beer. Tlio tax on tvvr •*
now one <kilhr, ami It produces a rev
enue of about thinly m'tltou dollars a
year. Should 'Mr. Money's toll) pan,
the revenue wTJ be inonsd to about
sixty million do'J.tr*, and beer will be,
next 1» tvhlsky, (be-meet prolific source
nf government'- revenue, ills proposi
tion Is receiving the earnest support i-t
nearly all nnwnpispnrs which are op
posed to the Income tax sanl recognize
that sorntitmug must be done to In
crease the itovernni tiu’s revenues. As
there ts more them a possibility that the
henato will refuse to pnovldo the means
for colleouthf the income tax, and as
there Is no other source from -which the
money mealed can be so readily ool-
h-etel. rhe aiUlltlonil boe,- tax I* likely
to receive treiy serious awslderatlon by
coiutrnM.
The merits of 'Mr. Moaey's proposi
tion nre very ooresdorau:. Whatever
may be coild to the contrary, beer is a
luxury, and therefore-a (it subject tor
irextttfao. It is now llgh ly taxed and
the retail rice Is low. 'iVnh the add!-
ilomil tax, which w-silil amount to
about ontotourtb <if a e.mt per glass, It
1* mot probable that tha retul! price
or.mid be incnuseiL Tbs tax, there
fore, would not fall upon the consum
ers, but. Would either ini paid by the
breweries, or would lie saved in econo
mli* of production. Tho latter Is tba
more probable.
The nows of Frank lieveret'te'a death
will toudh many a> heart with genuine
sorrow. Great men go and their places
ore tUlod by those who follow after.
SucCi men a* Frank Levereit* go and
the place be oooupled is left vacant'.
Genial, warm-hearted, generous and
lovable, uK men took him to .their
Urartu as a frleud, and a- friend be re
mained. There iwus always apparent
In mm tjbliit "ooueh of nature that
makes .the whole world kin.”
If there was any point about Mr.
Levcretltls character more generally lu
evldenoe tba-n others it was hi* lojtalty.
He wns never koowu to desurt a friend
or tl cause. His devotion to his polit
ical principles was a* strong as a mar
tyr’s tooth urnl hu tireless energy mado
that loyalty nwre useful. To few men
more than to him ih due the victories
that'have foKowed all the struggles of
the Democracy of recent years in this
section of tho state.
Ills peoplo were kind to him. He
was a legislator and made n good roc-
onl Ho wa* ordiunry of bis county
and lu. d the office for yotrs till his par
ty servtlcra merited higher recognition.
Frank Leverente's dot'll I- a l»s* to
hundrals of people In Georgia, who
called him friend, to the Democratic
party, whose defeudor he was, nnd to
humanity, die most lovable qualities of
which he so brlHIamf.y lUustrated.
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
The S*. Louis Globd-Dcmocrat sdg-
gedts ttoait legislatures now In session
hnrvo a great opportmilty to do good by
doing pothlug. What It means 1* that
legislation during rec mt years ha* been
of tihe kind to disturb business, by
frightening ownen* of ckpltai and dis
couraging mbean from using it In indus
trial (enterprises and tridil. There Is
undoubtedly a great doid of wlatow J]
ttoa UlobtoDamocraV* -afa -don,
islatures have been proaesr *
caplcaJ Is In business onl f
of profit. 1 and: tteatyj pr^jh
It, It ».'i ■ ••' Vis' '•
owners Are fortunate, or to- .1 ■ . ,
In their iuxlepy to pro'.-.- the 1
raunaty agalnat she encroachments VJ.
capital, they tore done .much to de
prive St of tho beoetlts whlai can only
come from the use of c.vpl'ul. No mau
Invests -ramvey except when he lUluka
the luvovomeat safe and- roasonabJy
curtain on be prolltable to 1lim. U leg
islatures cnuite conditions which make
capital unsafe oc tibo use of U unprofit
able, then they ait the same time do-
1'tivt labor of employment and throw
the whole business community Into con-
fusion. LeglsLttures should forget
classes In 'their legislation. It It the
Individual who In every ca*-* must ap
peal itn the courts--tailt Is, to the stats
—for prutoutViu against wrong, and the
l.-glslaiture will have done If# full dniyt
when It sees that every Individual caul
obtain Justice In the cor a. I.oglala-'
tlon Intended -to bomittt any class is
more thuo upt to Injure that class, anil
this 1* inpeclally true when the clasr
The Republicans lu the present con
gress are purely obstructionists. They
recognize tile fact that curtain legisla
tion is noeesstry for -the nvelfare of the
country, -but they are tm-wllling tbit
thait log&ttaitlon sdia-11 be credited to the
Democratic party. They (les're tlwt tlio
country irtiill suffer, '.hat It shall be
come poorer, Ihlilo Its tre-isury shall
risk baukiniploy, so long ts the 1'emo-
crjtlc party is '.-nower. Unfortunateily
they have sufficient power lu the upper
house of congress, m the absence of
rules governing that body, to make
tbeir policy of ob-uruc Inn cffeclivc.
But the object lessou which they are
teaching ought not to go unlearned by
tho people of 'the country.
AHTHREAKFAST SMILES.
Yov.ng Doctor—I have nothing to do
bat kill time. Friend—Well, the pruc-
tl(c is worth somethin#.—Detroit Tri
bune. V
C. S. Meadows has brought forward
a turnip produced on his place that
weighs 10 3-4 pounds.
A negro stole one of a pair of ladle*'
patent leather Shoe* from a Waycross
John G. Johnson, who was convicted
of running a Mind tiger at Athens, has
been pardoned by the governor.
Ml*s Bertha West and Mr. Hoskins
Williams were married In the First
Presbyterian church at Rome on Tues
day e veuilig.
The Woman In the Stage Coach
Game to the Last.
[o'.'-
t urt 1
the '
btssn* 1
Ilit ft#h
A thief entered the -house of Post
master Sulllvnn *t Covington last Fri
day night and took 1195 out of the
packets of the postmaster's olothtng.
The Good "emplars of Covington
gave a most "iloyable entertainment
and pound ptrty at Music hall Monday
night.
A srrgcnnt and six man to escort
stage coach on the overland trull f
Station No. 8 to Station No. 9, a dhu
of 19 mlloa. It bad come Into Station
8 with Its fonr blooded horses on s
run and a band of Indians in dun
•ult. Five arrows wore sticking la
body of theooacb, and ten bulloti
struck It In the race of two miles.
“Good Lord, but It’s a womnnl"
So exclaimed a dozen soldiers In
as the frightened and panting horse
to a atop at lut and a bit of a wi
with blond hair nnd hlg blue cjrcs
vory palo face alighted from tho ...
A* ahe stood for a moment, looking al
her and not quite sure sbo bad oscsi
with her life, we gave hor throe roui
cheer* and a corporal guided her over
tha dugout to pass tho night.
"Who 1* she!" repeated tho driver as
crowded around him to satisfy our ci
oslty. “Waal, I reckon she’s a coptnl
wife on her way to the fort. Wo knoi.
the reds war out fur blood and didi
want her tc esme, but .I... je»i, hung rig! “I
on and wouldn’t bo bluffed. Reckon si * „
must hov blu skenrt a bit when that g nr
jumped n* hut. I cen’t remember tha;,
did nny scrcccbln over It. Sho haln’t
tenderfoot, sho haln’t now’s tho ru
below?"
“Plenty of Indians."
“ Yes, durn ’eml Injuns haln’t gm
hos9 sense nohow. What’s tho uso tali
cuttln up nnd faolln around when t,
sure to get hurt to pay lur It?”
Next morning It was decided that
In; 1 :
Mr. James Roseberry, one of the old
est citizens of Newton county, died at . . ,, ,
bis home In Cedar Shoals district one i * taB ° pu,h on * nd kcep tl ‘° t0 ' 1
day last week, aged about 85 years. °P° n - Tho captain’s wlfo was urged
■ | entreated not to take tho chances, hat
Tho poultry and pot stack show wait or return east gi.o had little to i .
which opens st Augusta on January 15 ; In reply, but that little was to tho point
wTl -be tihe largest ever held In the If tbo stogu went, she v.-uuld go.
South.
Eight negroes nre confined In Dough
erty oounty Jail charged with stealing
cotton from the warehouse of Air. 1-ut-
ncy at Hardaway.
Albany’s cotton receipts this season
ihove Sn=n 31.524 bales. The stock on
band Wednesday amounted to 6,664
bales.
As wo were ready to go tho womu
beckoned mo to approach the stagoo
whispered:
“Sergeant, do you think we’U bo attack
cd between this nnd No. U?"
“The chances are that wo will."
"Then borrow raoa navy revolver otc
of tbo mon. I know how to use It."
I got her ono, with 13 extra csrtrldg ■,
| and I know from tho look on her fnco tl.
Tomn/te—Aunt Sarah, why do they
IwtryV picture Cupid, the god of love,
liked? Aunt Sarah—Ilekase he most
rt spankin' '.—Cleveland
);i> 1,1* 1 !•■ 1 '
i.: ir■ . won.l *r to
(Vl -UL- for divorce on
;i jn-support. 'Texas
Beauart—Why did ‘you have
je of chat Venus tinted with red.
Mr*. Parvenoo? Mrs. Parvenoo—I
thought ao woman oould help Mushln'
Who didn't have on no more clothes
than she has.—Puck.
Northern Reporter—I notice that a
white man and a negro are booted for
a foitrace lu Georgia. Northern Editor
—Give tt a scare head and call It "Re
newal of the Race War.”—Atlanta
Constitution. I
First Guest—That woman dancing
with Brown is undoubtedly handsome,
but Sho ha* a marked lack of expres
sion. Second Guest—I gue»a you never
heard her express herself. She la my
wife.—Cincinnati Tribune.
_ . . _ ~~—■— i If wc had a row iho’d play a part in
Dr. A. A. Smith of Haiwklnsvllle has About hnlf way botwcon No* 8 and
bee nappolntn da member of the board
of allopathic medical examiners for
the state.
there was a sharp ridge running aloci
Claud Daby, convicted at the Mavuh
term of the Gwinnett superior court of
the murder of 'his wife, has been grant
ed a now trial.
Citizens of Wage .
In:.- of the prisoners confined In fill
there. The music la said to be on tho
melancholy onder.
THE
pi!;*
The Clarke Rifles of Athens have
been reorganized with James F Mc
Gowan as <-i.ptnIn and Thurston Craw
ford as first lieutenant.
With new year Alpharetta’* great
butter and oheese mnnuftetory began
operations. Mr. R. W. Williams Is In
charge.I Farmers -can be seen dally go
ing to the factory with cans of milk.
' A cofored boy started a fire at Ma
rietta with kerosene. It caught his
clothing and as he had a few Roman
candles In his pocket he furnished quite
a display of fireworks for those who
happened to be neu by.
Dinks—I'm IncfllneJ to think that
the ret I be a lot of sleeping car porters
looking for jobs before long. Dank*—
Why ao7 Dinks—This paper say* a
Western railroad has discovered a plsn
for doing away with train robbers.—
Buffalo Courier. .
The wife of Bteve Milter of Union
county, Oa., died a few months ago,
and, to the surprise Of all who knew
him. he married the other day his
wife's mother. Now he Is pronounced
to bohts own fafher-lndaiw.
Tho Birmingham Nows says thut the
furnaces that tiro to blast In that region sought to .bo protwlted is ona dependent
are pnctlng out more Iron than they U[Km t ho use of capital for employ-
have ever Join hot ire, and the cost
mine* are running with full loreos,
ami with tho-Jangrat ou-ptit In tbeir bis-
tiry. Invprovi«!»«’« In the n.rt of
making Iron during tbo last few years,
It says, hare retsilted In tha tnrnlng
out by 'toe furnaces of ,!i0 pc rent,
more Iron than was before luswible
with the aims plant.
Those at'iitlomcnts are no doubt cor-
n-ct, atld httere is much promise In them
errat future for tbo Birmingham
Ml district. lmpr*vemc-n* lit pro-
i by wliiilh tine furnaces produce
per cent, more than thev d.d a short
Wing Chong Ohew, who plnys right
tackle in the Chinese laundry dropped
a pillow cose on a stranger’* toes in
,tbe barber Shop last week and came
hear having to hire a lawyer to apolo
gies tor him last week. The pillow
else was full of flatirons —Grifton
Record.
MUST WORK FOR IT.
NOT A NEW EXPERIENCE.
Tlio Saw York Tribune says that "the
bJccrm of Port Huron, Michigan, hov*
been indulging in t Uv-.-ad war, the out
come of whidi has mightily surprised
them, la 'their attempt to miu «u h
other, they OnsCly cut down the price
of 5-oaut loaves to 2 cents, :,ml then it
hocowte e quesrioa —hlc!s of them
would go under. But the pooplo of the
town all (flopped <V4ng their own bak
ing and bought baker's bread, .th; re
sult cf which Is that all baker# cre
linking mouoy at 2 cents a loaf and
there is no .talk of going back to (be
old price."
The somowhai rnmtrkable faot tta«
otum been comnuntcd upra ilia:. t:<ad
I* sold at tbo same price now, when
flour Is three or four dollar* s barrel,
as it was when the same a-ude of tour
could not be Insight tor lest thau seven
or eight ddilar*. ” 'ups tb- Trib
une's Uttko story polo s out the way in
which ibis dUorepuncy at be c->r-
reeled. The Whole history of Imlos-
tnsl life during the last hundred yjsr*
•hews that prouussli which cheapen u>s
In hi* speech la the house a few day*
ago, Mr. Itourke arakran said that most
of die science of pohUcal oumtoniy was
reveuled .to Adieu tvhna ho was told
that In the sweat of hi* brow he must
earn hi* bread. This Is a very graphic
statement of a general truth. It Is by
industry thut » man or x nation im
proves Its (tradition. Other ihtnffs
may 'Is* nec-s-ary. but uuU-ss tho man
ur the toU.ra produces, it will remain
time S4» Is worth a. gnut deal more to I poor, no nuttier wbnt else It may do.
that district than a. mere revival ol in- | There Is on tiharp practice by which
dustry. It pemvinontly strengthens the porpte of the United Statts can
As swiftly o’er tihe Ice they flaw
A» anon-flakes whirl.
With no one nigh, what could be do?
He-hugged tlie girl.
Incoastant man! A crash, a crack,
A list ant rear,
Proclatnted a thuiw, and then, alack!
He hogged tihe Shore.—Washington
BUT.
OF GENERAL INTEREST
That Biblical student who ha* flgurrtl
out Oast agomon’s Temple was only
10? feet Ions. 36 feet wide and 54 feet
high, to now busy a.t work trying to
show that the Tower of Babel was not
big enough to be the elevator well of
a New York apartment house.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Marietta Trust and Banking Company,
on December 29th. they declared n di
vidend of * per cent, on the capital
stock and passed 12,600 to surplus ac
count.
The Georgia Crnokcr Is locally the
brightest weekly newspaper In Geor
gia. Brother Harris' editorials are
Just what might be expected of the
man who made the '‘lOracker’’ the
toast of the whole country.
T.albotton New Bra: The old state of
Georgia In five yearn. If cotton
remains at 5 cents, will be rtoout one of
the biggest “hog and hominy” state*
on earth. Such a prophecy Is worthy
to go on record and bo remembered.
A negro named Obandler Brooks was
arrested in Dougherty county on
Wednesday charged with assault with
intent to murder upon another negro
named Mack Brown. He tried to shoot
Brown, but the gun snapped.
the position of tho Iron mikers of tho
district. It Insures profit* under con
ditions flhht foimerly would have yield
ed ootse. If this Improvement of rto-
ceNsra is 4he result of the recent hard
times, iflson Binnluflum has already
received much compensation for ttio
hardships onduiul. Perhaps they would
Dover have been ffitido if they had not
become necessary.
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
Thk> Now York Financial Chroutrio
dora out tike tile gloomy view of (be
financial situation expressed by most
of the (lolly neiwiquperm, which ore
more dovohsl to politics than u* busl-
nras. In a recent aiOde It says:
"We have been not a little eurprised
this week at the tone of current opinion
expressed In Wall street and by the dally
press. The Ides prevailing lippesrs to be
that the ire saury Is tn a desperate condi
tion; that another bond call will be neces
sary before the month Is out. or certainly
euly In February: and that the country
Is very usu n new reason of trouble.
Of course It I* possible to create a dis
turbance. but there Is no ground what
ever today for this feeling or thought.
grew rich. They costuot grow rich by
(floating tbtMr neighbor* by getting the ^
bett'er of them to legltlmato trade, by
any currency dovloo, but must produco
the wivtltli whloh make* tb -m rich. It
ukiy, by wise law* prevent the waste
of wraith which they have produced.
But it nmff be safely sold that legtola-
tbsj «mn>t dull so wisely with the ln-
ttulta numtoor of transuctlon* bjr which
mon make money or lose money as can
men theouudvra. It follows, that ITo
government wfeloh lute; fores tout with
production and trade, which leaves to
Its citizens i#be greotsewt freedom poMt-
ble In tho tiuimetfou of tfanir btuuu-ss,
to the wisest navernraant. X^gtoldtiou
which U intended to proleot men
against •Unsun.uT.w, wnlcu swum.* that
a small legislative body Is wiser than
tho mass of the people in tha traossc-
vi on of their own affairs. It almost al
ways -mistaken li<.*li-.l»e. It to realty
based on cantcrapt tor the poipi . ho"*-
urer benm-ohuf: It Uiay be in Intern ion.
Augusta Evening N«ws: A good
lesson for calumniators of the Houtb,
If they want to learn, to the Wiggins
murder. He Is given gratuitously two
of our ablest kawyera fur hie defocec.
Twenty too usual dollar* was paid by
toe government to the Sac and Fox In-
d'.iuw three weeks ago, and • week
later white gamblers and bunco men,
who followed okeve nob kid the govern
ment pay ogeots, w. rv in poasesslon of
practically the whole amount.
There to a breed of cat* HMIe known
outside of Maine, and designated in
that state as “coon’* cats. Animals of
toe species ore tortoise shell In color,
ut toe fur Is remarkably thick and
long, the tall being no butoy as to ill-
grst that of a young tox.
A new thing to women's clubs has
Just been organised nt Princeton, Me.
They coll It the "Snow Plow Club,”
and its members are to hold teams,
«oci*a« sod fancy tain* during the win
ter, with toe object of raising funds to
keep the streets and sidewalks clear of
Talbotton New Era; It to estimated
that quite 30,000 pounds nf pork ban
been killod 1n town alone since tho
tv (-Inning of the season. This Is worth
in the neighborhood of 12.500, and will
he no small saving to the families tost
were so fortunate as to have porkers.
The Oeorgtn Cracker: Tam Wat
son's Dally Pres* Md Itself down and
peacefully gave up toe ghost last Fri
ll rasa bom without excuse, idled with
out hope of a hereafter, and was buried
without tears or ceremony, in all of
•which it was a lit type cf the party of
which it waa toe exponent.
The Untied States now have about
forty vessels engaged In whaling—the
remnant of a fleet which once num
bered 500 ships. The demand for whale
cil has so greatly d -crr-ised toad the
Industry has dwindled away. It to now
supported chiefly by toe demaod for
whalebone.
Lady Henry Bumeraet knows very
little about the luxury of rest, she is
an Indefatigable worker In every good
cause she to ImereWtided. and her Inter
rat means practical help. During
the tost year She held 115 meeting* and
tweaty-eevea conferences. She travel
ed oyer 6,100 miles and spoke III twen
ty countries to about 200,000 people.
Brunswick Oall: Contractor James
McDonald, who to sending material
over to Jamaica with whloh to con
struct a railroad for toe West Indies
Inspr--.van-.tant Cornpaw, arrived in the
city yesterday from Knoxville, Tenn.
He wit'. tp> on the stnunehtp Jason
when be sails for Montego Bay.
parallel with the rood for halt a milo. Tts
heavy rains hnd cut deep furrows in
fnco of tho bill, trail them was room hr 1
100 savages to hide awny and prepare st
lib. To tbo right of tho-lad vail
pluln cuvcri-d with r. .-I.- end mtuI. I.u- J
and the coach must ksep to the road. 1
enjoy the sink- tho hill and Its ditch ; In mind when
driv. r poll d up hlo hones and sold:
“.Sergeant, If thcco noodlo heudod I
juns nr’ knlkorlatln on raisin our ln'r.
they’ll try It nt tho hill.”
"Yes, I think so.”
“Thon fix up things to suit yerself. I'
hov tny hands full with tho bosses, who',
probably run away at tho fust yell."
My orders from tho captain were m
mako n running fight of H If nttarko.
Tho Indians would number live to nr.
! or there would ho no nttack. lfwemn.l|
I a halt, tlvoy would shoot down the sto -
j horses nnd enclrclo us. Therefore in v.(l
drew near tho hill tho seven of us fell '
hind tho stage, unslung our carbines, or.!
tho driver got a fresh grip on his II:.
Wo guvonoslgn that we expected an r,i-
! tael: and had almost cleared tho hill whej
1 out ot a dry ravlno os wide and deep u«i
canal poured nhordo of mounted redskin I
At tholr first yell tho woman looked ou:
and nodded to me, nnd tho driver utter. 1
a bellow at Ills spirited horses nml let tie i
go. Of my troop, four of us rodo to t:.(|
right nnd three to the left of tho coaeh
keeping about even with tho front wheels.
In their first fright tho burses wuro un
steady, but after a mile wo sottlcd then
down nnd then turned tn our saddles to
llro on tho pursuers. Tho Indians wasted
very llttlo bronth or ammunition, Imt
pushed tholr ponies to tho utmost to conn
to cluw quarter*. Once upon u* the-
wero strong enough to wipe us out. For
tho flist two miles they gained hut Utile
Then wo struck had ground, and tb-f
carao up hand over hand.
Of a sudden, when tho foremost Indian
was only a pistol shot away, we dropped
behind tho stage, stupped our horses un.l
wheeled about, and tho seven soven-shoi t-
ors which ployed upon that dusky crowd
probably did more execution than nny M
had lwforu. Wo pumped out tho cyllndi-n
nnd then wheeled nnd reloaded ns wo gal
loped after tho stago. Wo tried tho earns
trick twice ugatn, hut ns wo wheeled aft f
tho third time ono of tho hind wheels c!
tbo coach gave way, and tho vehlclo vti
brought to a standstill. Then fully 60 In
dians catno whooping down upon us,
nnd no man could explain whnt ac
tually occurred In tho next flvo nilnut.
Of a sudden, when I, for one, thought all
was over with us, tho redskins drew off
und vanished Uko smoke.
Of my six men, Peter* Larkins and
Davis wero dead and tho other three
wounded, whllo I had an arrow In my
shoulder ami a bullet tu tny side. TU
driver bod two wounds, and three of hu
horses wero dead. Lying on tho ground
around us wore nlno deoil ponies nnd four
teen dead Indian* I limped over to tha
stage nnd opened tho door. Tho woman
lay back on tho seat dood—killed by her
own hand and with hor last bullet, us ih«
thought hor capture was certain. Lat.:
on, when thomon hud comoup from camp
and tho bodies were examined, we found
four Indians who had fallen before the
bullets from her revolver.
Too had; too darned h*'ll" said th>
driver as ho wiped a tou from his ey*-
Sho was cl’ar grit, list as I told yo, he:
FOILED BT HER FATHER.
A Pretty Raroanoe Is Brought to
Sudden End.
A romance In real life developed here
this tu orator, and which promises to
end even .more romatlcally If tor room
prospective possesses to* "grit" ac
corded to him by these who know him
wall. He Is now biding We time, while
outlining a tfttn to “do” toe old folk*.
U ts another ot the many eases of
true love, confiding hearts, stern
parents and withered hopes, to aay
nothing of a locked door behind which
the bride-elect weeps alone.
Dut "love laughs at locksmiths." and
just so sure as tots I* true will too
love-lorn todtft* In tots osae triumph In
the end. The case tn point Is of toe
Gretna Green variety, and wee briefly
refereed to by toe Tlmes-BeconKr
■bo didn't wait to see If the Lord wouldn't
help us out." M- Quad.
Ad Agreeable Aid to Peaceful Slumber.
Nothing Is more agreeable on retiring
for the night than to take a bowl ot hoc
broth, like oatmeal gruel or clam soup It
Is a podtivo aid to nervra* psopto and In
duces peaceful slumbers. Tbtetoeepeclsuy
tbs ease on cold winter night* when the
stomach crane warmth a* much as any
other part of the body. Even a glass of
hot milk is grateful to the palate on suea
occasion* but a light, well cooked grue‘
Is barter sad during the sold month* of
winter should b* the retiring food of ev
ery woman who ftel* as many dig the
need of food at night.
Tommy—Raw. wtuU ts the osureot
writer’s orMnp? Mr. Flgg—The Inferior
quality at rinegar they put In toe free
tuuob, I guees.—IndlanapoBn Journal-