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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH:
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JANUARY 21, 1895.
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MUST WORK.
In coninmatiir.' «a tho movement ot
the New England mills to the South,
the Xuw Origins Picayune says:
"Yesterday's Picayune contained a spe
cial telegram from Lowell, Moss., bear,
lng the Intelligence that the Merrlmac
mills, one of the most Important cotton
manufacturing establishments In the
United States, had decided to establish a
branch mill In the South for the purpose
of manufacturing the coarser grades ot
cloth. That this Is no more rumor Is
further proven by the fact that the com
pany named has applied to the legislature
of Massachusetts for permission to In-
crease Us capital stock and do business
In any state fn the Union. The Merrtmnc
Is the third of the prominent Lowell mills
to decldo to open brunch establishments
In the South, and other companies tn Pall
River and various parts of New England
have come to the same decision, Indi
cating that the movement Is a q\>tte gen
eral one. Home of these companies have
already determined upon sites for their
branch Southern establishments, but the
greater number have not yet definitely
decided, hence there Is still an opportu
nity for New Orleans to secure one or
more of th* contemplated mills. The
reasons given for this general southward
movement of the New England cotton
manufacturers are very plainly etsted by
the managers of the Merrlmac mills. They
claim that they can no longer compete
with the Southern mills In the manufac-
ture of plain sheetings and other cof-
moner grades ot cotton goods, and that,
in consequence, they must either see their
brands of these classes of goods disappear
from the market or move South. The
causes for failure to successfully com-
pets ere, firstly, the greater cost or ruel
In the North, coal being (4.(0 per ton, ns
compared with (2 In the South; secondly,
Southern manufacturers can by tbelr cot
ton at their doors, thus saving freight and
brokerage and other chargee; and, third
ly, the price of reliable labor Is much
cheaper .fully 40 per cent, lower than In
New England. While at present It Is th*
Intention to transfer only tbs manuiae.
ture of the coarser grades of goods to
th* South, there Is no reason why the
finer fabric# should not be manufactured
In the South as well. The same argu
ment! advanced In favor of the coarser
makes of cotton cloth hold equally good
in the case of the finer varieties, hence
It la merely a question of Urns when the
manufacture of the finer fabrics will also
be moved South. This Is very candidly ad
mitted by some of th* manufacturers,
who declare that New England has seen
Its bent days as a manufacturing centre.
There Is certainly every reason why New
Orleans should secure the location ot
some of these Northern enterprises. There
Is no better location tor cotton mills than
this city. Take ,for Instance, th* reasons
which have actuated the Merrtmar mills,
namely, cheapness of fuel, cheeper cost
of raw material, cheapness of labor and
lower taxation. These requisites certain
ly can be found her* as well as In the
most favored portion of the South. New
Orleans Is, moreover, the best cotton
market In the world, nnd relatively th*
cheapest. There la an abundant supply
of fuel and water, and there Is a more
reliable labor market than any small
country town can offer, while there Is a
great abundance of cheap sites In the
suburbs. A targe cotton mill must have
facilities for distributing its product.
What place In the South has equal facili
ties In this respect with New Orleans,
whether for domestic or foreign distribu
tion? Certainly none that the Picayune
knows of. All this being well known and
admitted, our business men will be guilty
of greut neglect should they fall to place
a full statement of these advantages be
fore the New England manufacturers
who contemplate moving South. This
would appear to be pre-eminently the
province of the Young Men's Business
League, and, as that body, meets In e day
or two, the matter should at once be
taken up.'*
We give this article front the Pica-
yune in order to impress oar people
with the fact that. If th?y wish to se
cure the locution in Macon of one or
more of tlu> mills wit ch are c ntiing to
- Ilia South, they 'must W up and doing.
Shay have rivals in the Held. The ml-
vantages which Miou has to offer
ero os ipv.vt, or greater, than those of
nay other city, but the nil'll which are
cotnias South W.H sot ho located here
union* throe advantage* are brought to
the attention—prnuusl upon tho atten
tion—of the mutagen of those mills.
The oity council, at It* loot meeting,
Hid atvmt evwythuvf that could be ex
pected at It. The ccat of the busltints
must be done by puMIcatpiriud citi
zens.
showing ho demands tho office. The
legislature has passed* a .resolution, un
der -which tho prone-rat govern-ir. Peter
Turney, wlU remain lt» office until
chargee of ItlatMJ v,,-? rw- in the ion
have boon investigated. Nobody denies
that the illegal voting occurred. The
payment of a poK tax is a pre-rcqulslto
in Tennessee, Just as it is in Georgia,
and the total of votes east In the elec
tion l* v«*ry largely in excess of the to
tal number of persons who paid this
tax. It Is therefore fairly iU. doubt as
to who was elected governor. Tho
Democrats say sliatt most of tha illegal
rotasarcro cast in Republican couailts,
and that undoubtedly Mr. Turney re
ceived ti majority of the legal votes
cast !n <he state. If this is true, Mr.
Turney is entitled to the office; but it
Is by no means osttuin that tics su1t-
tnemt Is true. In some of tho larger
counties, ovcrwbtuningly Democratic,
Hie total votie was three or four -thous
and la excess of the number of person*
who bad paid the poll tax in those
counties.
The legislative cimmlitee which has
been appointed Ito mrektigave the o’ec-
tlon Has an almost interminable Job on
its -hands. It is practically impossible
for such a ootnm4dti>e to go through the
baby:: boxes of every county and deter
mine exactly what votes were legal,
and in this -way roach a corrcrt result.
If it were to undertake to do so. it
conkl not reach an end of its Tabors
for many months—probably not before
the end of the term of the governor—
and in the -meantime the legality of
every act of the man actually in pos
session of the governor's office would
be open to question. Moreover, the
country has seen such exhibitions of
tua*tUin tvvvvJin thn >nvo*rt«w«rmn
of contested deletions that' no confl-
dence would be given to the result
finally reached. It has come to be ac
cepted as true tbit no committee of a
legislative body invostiiguting claims to
office of -tiwo contending candidates
will do justice, -but wl'. lean to the side
of that canlidtilo who belongs to ibe
party represented'by a- majority of the
committee. The result of the Investi
gation of the commUtec of fit*! Tor-no*-
see legislature into this contested elec
tion is .therefore attended with doubt
from the beginning, and It is likely that
the Democratic party will suffer be
cause of -the oiinmoD belief that it has
cheated the Republican caiul.date out
of his office, even though its investiga
tion be perfectly honest, and it bo true,
according to (tbe evidence, that the
Democratiu candidate for governor
was honestly elected. Perhaps the best
solution of the question would be to us-
certain Mte number of legal rotes In
each county, anil to refuse ,to count
vote* lu excess of that i umber, deduct
ing from tho vote cast for etch candi
date a number In proportion to ids
party’s strength tn that county. This
would l»e a very rough method of
reaching a conclusion, but It could he
quickly applied, and it* resoHs would
be much more likely to be accepted tty
the -public as bonust thau u;iy which
may be reached by even tho moat
palnrotaklng investigation of n pirtlsin
committee.
The lesson naught by till* unfortu
nate complication is that the -lection
laws of Tennessee, ns of nearly every
Southern state, need reforming. When
the people have voted tlicA ought «<> be
a way to doriaro the result with which
nobody can interfere. The present diffi
cultly would not have occurred If the
election laws of Tetmantte hod been
good enough to prevent pe-sou* not en
titled to vote front getting their ballot*
Into -the box, and into the returns.
A DANGEROUS TENDENCY.
THE TENNESSEE CONTEST.
The aontMtt over the gubernatorial
*uoccasion in TVsnuMsee is attracting
vr.de attention. It t* difficult for even
an unprejudiced person to irrlve at a
firm condastoa «■ to the merit* of the
controversy. On the fhee of ttie returns,
the IlefeibUuua candidate, Mr. Evens,
lias • majority of 708, and on this
the dumber of deputies, -which Is
flesh and blood, which controls billions
of money and millions of men, which
Is a positive foeee, -pay any attention
Development in -this direction Is like
ly to lead Ito a tyranny against which
the people iwtll in the long run revolt
A leglsliitlre body which has no limit
on tts power is culpable at just as great
t.cranny as a king or cz»r <>niaUy free
to do ns he [tease*.
EUROPE IS AFRAID TO LEND.
INDUCEMENTS TO COTTON MILLS
The Incident which ’cd to the resig
nation, flint, of the French ministry
and -then mo that of the president of die
republic was on the face of it not of
very much imponUnee. It was merely
the rejection by the chamber of depu-
tic* of « dkrtaion of ibe council of state
In regard to certain railroad couvfh-
tloan outorel into several years ago by
a government in which Caslnilr-Pcrlcr
was n. subordinate official. The council
of state corresponds In some degree to
our supreme court, and under the
French constitution its dcoleion* nre
expected to he final. The question wu*
really, therefore, not merely whether
the contract or agreement with the
railroads was perpetual or limited to
s term of fiatrtcen years, a* It seemed
to be, but whothir the ohambor of dep
uties should absorb uE the power* of
•he government, bmtklng loose from
all tho restraints of the written consti
tution. Cuaimlr-Pcrier's resignation is
* protent against what he understood
to be an a-ttempt of the chamber to
nullify the iimRation* pnt upon its
power by the constitution. The protest
Is not likely tn have much effect.
French awl foreign SKnvspipcr* seem
agreed In -the opinion that the president
in resigning surrendered whatever-
power resides (n the chief mag
istracy of controlling this central-
Islng leudeoejr into tho haals „f
moo who lisve no regard for the •■onatl-
tutlon and whose idea is that govern-
mem should be In the ha mis of a cham
ber of dignities endow'd, as direct rep-
rmenturive* of the people, with sImo-
lute power. The tendency of politic*
in France is soways to the development
of this sort of authority, exercised
either by * king, a conv.-otlon or a mil-
ttwy officer. The petqCe »-m Impa
tient ot riwtrutnt by psp<r bonds, and
respect only that authority which has
force behind It. The onvitiition says
that -the cfaamlsr of ikpuitea shall not
do ceroiln things, but the constitution
cannot enfltcee it* own decrees—It I*
an abstraction, a men- ’voter, hollow
and hglplim -Why, thorofttce, abould
A Loudon correspondent of tho Phil
adelphia Amurlritn say* that “there Is
no confidence in -Europe in tho United
States, an almost total sus>-usion ot
investment in Amerieun eocur.ttos, and
liquidation, whenever -three Is a market
in America. at fair price*. Tills, ot
course, ucooiuks for the large ship
ments of gold from America Europe.
For more than lawo yours the commer
cial balance, largely In furor ot the
Unl-tod Slates, lias been quite equal to
the interest charges upon borrowed
money; in 1803 was much larger.” Con-
timi ng, this correspondent soys:
"A short time prior to ssklrg for bids
for the last lot of bonds put upon the
market by the United States, the Jewish
bankers tn London were approached in
the hope that the whole lot coutd be
sold In Europe. The head of this group
made Immediate answer that there was
| market tor them through London, un
less the bonds were made payable In gold
coin of the present standard—except upon
a stiver basts. When pressed tor a bid
he said sixty was a full price for a cent
bonds of the United States, payable In
coin, because stiver would probamy be
tendered tn payment of Interest and prin
cipal. The negotiation, of course, broke
off, for the word gold could not be In
serted in the oona without new legisla
tion by congress. Of course, this dis
cussion was known In every bank parlor
In Europe, and the United States was dis
credited accordingly.
American railroad credit has teen de
stroyed by the exposures In'the manage-
ment of the Union Pacific; Northern Pa.
rifle, Atchison, Reading and othar less
Important companies. Liquidation ot
railroad securities has gone on from
Europe, and is still going on when a mar-
ket can be found In New York.
‘The knowledge here that the expendi
tures of the government of the United
States exceeds the receipts from KOOO.OOO
to 18,000,000 per month increases the alarm
of which I have already spoken. Then,
too, the questions are asksd: Will the
next Issue ot United States bonds be mads
upon a 4 per cent, basis or upon a 5 per
cent, basis. Have the people accumula
tions of money with which to purchase
these bonds without making,;*, draft upon
your banks, trust companies and jav-
tugs funds, that will reduce tbelr availa
ble resources to a point that will force
the call of loans. Will not the needs ot
your government bring on * crisis your
bankers have been staving off as well as
they could for the latt four or five
ycare?
Let me repeat, bankers, -dealers and
Investors In Europe watt with great
anxiety action of the United stales, and
all but wreckers hope It will be wise and
sufficient. You will b* glad tci know that
the constant fall In the levei' ot prices
ot commodities alt over the world causes
Important accession* to the party ot bi
metallists here. No one expect* the Lib
erals to move on this question, because
the views ot Sir William Harcourt, chan
collor of the exchequer, have great
weight tn the party counctls.i.but there
Is a general belief that a conservative
government will come In at the next gen
eral eloctlon and that Lord Salisbury,
Mr. Balfour, Mr. Chaplin and others fa.
voi- the eary re-**tabllshm*Pt of bi-met-
allltm, England taking the initiative.”
All this main* that European* who
have money to lend <ln not propose to
tako Who change* «f Fopullmlc legisla
tion In Hie United States. They are
willing and anxious to lend their
money. Thny live liy lending it. But
no long a* there 1* a chance thtf, hav
ing loaned 81 In value, they -will re
ceive only .V) ortitt* In return, they will
not only refkise to lend, but they will
tako advantage of every appo. tunlty to
recover *wllit they have already loaned.
Hundreds of million* of dolor* of cap
ital which have been for ye ir* em
ployed In rtw United StU'te* In promot
ing onr industries hhvo be»n with-
drown during t-lie last two or three
year* foe cilia reason. Every with
drawal of European capital, repre-
Konttvl by the sale in thi* country of
bomb and stock* formerly held abroad,
h.is maim the -wlfikdrasnU from tho
money ourkot of an equal amount of
American caplet. Our people own a
larger proportion of -their r diroad*,
ihelr factori'*, their Sato and mnnlcl-
pal debt*, than they have ever dono be
fore, but they have correspondingly
low capital to employ Id area’ ng new
Industrie* nod currying on old ones.
Tho result has been the oMumwcial
and industrial depression whi"U every
man tndho country has suffered from,
more or lee*. This depression .Mil not
amtlnne always, eveu If the agitation
of the silver question continues. Bu*i-
ness wlU finally adjust Itself
to the conditions by wh.«h It
1* surrounded. .But tho depression
will continue for s long time,
and -will not dis.ipp.vir anmnle- un-
ill tile world undonirauiU thi> t't« cur
rency question in the United 8'atc* Is
settled on a penmnent baste; until |r
knows that die Jtutn who parts with a
dollar of a detain value w.U, when be
Is paid, receive e dollar at the same
vahie. It may seem to some of oar so-
called BtUisancn thist It is good econo
my to change the standard of v due so
that wo cun pay our letes-WiUi dollar*
worih only SO coats, where wo bor
rowed doibrx worth 100 cents. Bat
fite experience which tho coanti-y Is
now ond'Tgo.ng is pretty apt to coif
Vince the peuplt that this noil, n of
economy Is ss false as It ts dte’.i west;
that, in fact, Iiore is no economy in It,
bat that with tystioos, as wen with
individuals, honesty is th* best policy.
Some year* ago a law -was passed in
South CArbUm exempting mills from
taxation tor a oarlod of ten years,
What off cot njiis law has had upon de-
volopment of tti> cotton mantifactuung
Industry In South Oarollna, It Is per-
Uap* Impossible to tny, but the fact re
mains 'iliac South Carolina is now the
leading Htate in -the South in cotton
manufactures and the number of mills
now in course of construction is larger
than in any other slue. This maybe
entirely due ito uatutul advantages, or
t» the enterprising spirit of tho South
Carolina people, for It s a fact thait
these mills have mainly been built with
local capital. Buk (but tire exemption
from itaxatlon has had a towktncy to
induce flm'stauimt in cotton mill* can
not bo denied.
The resohirion of the city council
published In our issue of yesteriliy, of
fering exeanpmon from taxation for
twenty year* and a factory site to the
Whittier manufacturing company, Is
certainty a most liberal offer, but we
think will bo approved by -the people
of 'this city. The term of the exemp
tion U about 'twice as long as has been
offered tvsauhwre, but the people of
Macon are strongly in favor of offering
whatever inducements may bo neces
sary -to Induce 'the esfabllsnment here
,of manufacturing concerns. *1 hey feel
that the future iwedtare of the city de
pends largely on its success in inducing
manufacturing concerns to locate here.
The tlmo is passed when an inland city
ran hope for much proe-i-cty as long
as It remains merely n trading com
munity. Railroad facilities have
brought all parts of the country In
and -the tatter have naturally gained
control of (trade which formerly was
obliged lo sedk mark in's nearer borne.
A great ocMton mill, if located lit-ro be
muse of -the Indnoemoms offered by
the city council, wiH repay to the com
munity in the employnrent ot many
working (people tiny sacrifices which
lux payers may nuke .n order to secure
id. Thuoraticatly, of »unc, all proj>-
erty should Ibea-r an cquil burden • l
taxation, but if such an Investment can
be secured by exempting it for a rime
from iraxnlon, it is wail -.list the ex
emption should be made. It is'likely
that during -tho next f-w y»Mr* tbe
great mamifacturlng cent, vs of tho
South will be established, especially
the centers of ittho cotton manufacturing
Industry. Tins* ;s a dls.- n.-t wnlenvy
of capital toward the South, and a son-
era! recognition, for -the firs; time, of
It* -advantages in litils I.ne of business.
WlViv one mill it tu existence. It Is
easier (to secure the eKnUishment of
nnotlmr. The aewoelate.1 industries, the
shops which nre necessary for the m.,k
l»g and repairing *of machinery, crc
located In the neighborhood of tbe
mill*. It 1* (tbiarefore »kx1 economy,
other conditions l>elug equal, to locate
a tnill lu -the neighlwrhood of other
mills. In order 'font tfaeso faclliitlea may
bo enjoyed. We hop? t-iiat Macou will
become one of fiKse cefiter* of the cot
ton manufacturing industry. She ha*
already til ado a fair Sturt. Her mill*
are amuttf 'the mvit successful -in the
South. The advantages which site en
joys are not excelled by those of any
other city. She Is n grant railroad cen
ter, and (these numerous railroads are
not under a single inuBiigmu-'iit. She
is the center of one of the fo.-atest cot
ton producing regions In the South. Her
health record Is an cxcctleot one, and,
as we btve sa-id. she ha* all the advan
fsges which entitle her to become t
center of nsanufacturlog. If her etti
Zens and her government «r-> wiro, and
show tho proper ysoourag-snent t
min* which are seeking the advantage*
which site has -to offer, -there U Do rea-
*<>n why, in a few yeans, her position
as such a center of nnr.nfactitrtug
should not be cem-rally recognized We
think the action at cfic city counc l is
a step In the right dtreotiou.
PRHNOII POLIltCS.
utlez, It is almost os difficult to be
lieve thug it will be able ii> carry out
the schemes of liLe iudieul d-.-puiies,
representing malrdy the worst wo Ms
of toe (Uigo cities, and (the general ex
pectation, port ups, hi that the attempt
to oampvomlso boiween the txa, ito
carry on a government supported by
factions which do no: caret) with each
other as to what government should
do, btlt only agree tn bating govern
ment as it is and tuts been, will be s
failure resulting jn disorder—possibly
In a violent revolution.
The resigtkttion of -M. Cssimlr-Perler,
the president of she Fr-ta.-h rop'd>1 c,
has caused s world-wide seusiclon. !t
;s net often that a poMtle-an is willing
to relinquish, after a tenure of only a
few months, on? of (the world's greatest
offices. The office which the president
of the French republic res!gut ;* one
of the most conspicuous In the world
anil one of the'mast highly paid. In
terest in she restgititlon of tire prtwl
dent, however, will center in the polit
iual results, rather tlxm in the effect-
upon hi* own personal fortunes. It
wIC lie geoemlly recognized as marking
a triumph of the most extreme element
in French politics- M. Cas'm-r-l’erter
represented in France the conservative
republican sentiment which ha* been
the maln-omy of the country during the
last (twenty-five yews; which ha* saved
it from excesses, and giined for it <he
respect, if not tho friendship, of other
European countries. Ills f«N ts brought
about by ah? ascendancy n the cham
ber of demotic* of file radicals and so-
r’slkfta, who seemed to have formed
an offensive and defensive alliance.
Apparenfly, tbelr programme ha* been
to make government Impossible unless
they ware.eatrusanl with all the office*
of file republic. Tbe world will await
tbe consequences of this movement
with anxious interest. A coalition be
tween file radices end sort alls'* in
Drench politic* is an alliance of ele
ment* ckosety Mated to each other, bat
yet differing saffictenfiy to ennse se
rious doubt of whether s government,
•bused upon such on affiance, run <nnj
oat any cansurem policy. 1: I* incon
ceivable fixvt such S govornm wt wlU
undertake to carry out tbe schemes by
fiw advocacy of which socialtsia Suva
wren tbelr »«t» in the chamber of dep-
A REMARKABLE RECORD.
The career of Hobart E. PattUon Is
Indeed a peculiar one. He is a Demo-
cniit, but has awlce been governor of
the most strongly Republican slate tn
the L T aion. Before being elected gov
ernor he was at b gh official of ifao most
strongly Republican city la the Union.
Now, when he has jus: finished his sec
ond term as governor, Where is o move
ment in Philadelphia to elect him
mayor of (that city, and it is not Im
passible than -Ibis nravument will suc
ceed. The RopubHran oandldt-o was
chosen as the result of a- victory of one*
llepuhClaan boss over another. Martin,
the local -boss In Philad-tiphia, "iutn?d
down” Quay, the Republican boss In
the state. Under theso circumstances,
when one Republican boss is suffering
Willi (The sense that We has been be
trayed by one of ilia smbo- 4 '-v-.es, it ; g
not Impossible, as we have said, that a
man like PaDUson, holding the respect
nnd confidence of all citizens, without
regard Jo party, may be elected. If so,
then Philadelphia will he assured of a
chief official of (the highest type ond
•ucT CddptuT -m*. uo 4»um«:u ?0 iae
most iremarkaibLC poiltical 'record that
any tna-n has ever made in America.
Mon have been elected to office ofttner;
they ixivo risen higher; thtq- have
achieved greater results; but there Is
no other instance in which a man has
remained in office a great part of b a
life In a suite and raty where (the appo
site party >to which ho. belongs laid a
greut and continuing majority.
THE NEXT SENATE.
Now -that the Nartb Carolina legisla
ture has decided to elect one Populist
and one Republican to the senate, the
political complexion of the upper house
of the next congrcsf may be aieonrately
stated. That body will consist of forty-
three Hepublkun*, thlMy-ttlno Demo
crat* and six Populists. It will he seen
that mil (’her party still bare a majority.
The PapuMuts will hold the luliuce of
power with their six votes. Conse
quently, she Republicans can organize
tho senate only by a trade with the
Populists, and will probably be called
upon no pay a long price for whatever
they may got In such a «nide. The Pop
nlists have nothing to lose and every
thing to gain. Vie think it extremely
doubtful whether the Republican*, uu-
dor theso clreumattiuce*. will care to
disturb ithe present organization of the
somite. Should they do so, Wlu-y would
nominally, at least, be responsible for
rho conduct of that body, without hav
ing tho number of votes necessary to
carry out thecr policy. \V,'th a Demo
cratic president In the- M'h te House,
they can hope to gain little by such an
arrangement and may possibly lo*e
much. Responsibility for the teflon of
a groat legislative body, without power
to control that action, is a burden
which the iffirewd Republican man
agers ore no: apt to sstwme, when tbe
vow of rho Democratic president 1* al
ways ready to thwart their partisan
schemes.
GEORGIA NEWS
AND COMMENT.
OF GENERAL
Gen. Baratleri. the lt,u, nun
monder-ln-chle*. with the””' BH.iA
River Narab, in Africa. b m
A movement is on food to establish
a grand Winter Chauiauqua a« Augusta.
One negro woman used a knife on
ano.tii-.-r a-r a social gathering of colored
peopCe at Albany Tuesday night.
Graham Fomtster is at the head of
a new Journal cillnl tho Richland Pa
per, published <U lUchlaud.
The Rome Gas Company has been
placed in the bauds of n. rooeiver. Tbe
cause was unpaid interest on bonds.
Augusta t* moving <o send n commit-
tee of iHUlnees ,nc-n to Now England
to Induce coiiton mills to came to that
city.
Tax Collortor Rtfib'.n of Dooiy coun
ty has resigned. The priucipil reason
ts that he bas managed county finances
so vHU that 'there are to be no taxes
levied this year.
Recorder Barrett 1* sending all the
tramps In Augusta to tbe abainging.
Weary Waggles and Dusty Rhoades
will probably give fit it town a wide
berth hereafter. .
Albany Herald: A Daugherty coun
ty firmer who has always retail plen
ty of corn and hog* to supply b'.s plant
ation, came to Albany tbe other day
and deposited 82,300 In one of the
bunks. This should [wove enough to
induce mortgage-making farmers to fol
low suit.
Griffin Nows ami Son: The strangest
thing seen cn town yesterday was *
twentysloCur MU piid voluntarily on
an open account. The editor saw It
himself, or die item would not be al
lowed to appear In this paper; but be
did not get to fed of It
Hartwell Bun: Gcorgi* l» °rer-
wbctmlagy D zuooratic. and abo will
remain so tuCess now issues are pre
sented that woo'd greatly tnfloecce
the people. The Populists will never
lessen the Wn««th of the Democracy.
From thi* dmo on <«• P? ny
in thi* state l* much mtee Ukcly zo lose
p qmlariiy ten gain It.
It I* proposed to establish S tele
phone tine between England and Hat-
land. Tbe London Chamber of Com
merce and the NetberktnC Chamber at
Commerce are trying to ascertain If
th* tho* 4s vet rip* tor the tin Jvrtok-
MaJ. Von Wlssman, the •
man explorer of Africa, i.
other day a Frauleln riV.T' 111
German papers say tlhat it l« ail
W m e * h , e j the ““Jof will retur^i
ofilc.al duties in Africa. Ura *
Soap has been substituted J
°“ iS.® ™ co «i>“5 surface ofthe,
graph by a Berlin inventor 1
van,.age gained Is that soap i a
ture^ y 0rd nary chan K«" 1 of te j
The United State# pension
ments In Maine amounts to
«Ln Very , man ' " Y « nan *nd chlwMd Dvtl
state, and pension checks forn,»‘
the only currency in certain m fl ..
and lnaotlve hamlets. 1
In perforating postage atarnm
plate Is placed befow the
a machine carrying 300 n./lt ^
about 180,000.000 holes are ^nSMTSlDK
day, the wear on the dle-pin.. ,'* U ‘
S™” 1>late ® 4iah_
th ® ? < ™ t entertatnlnr
lajxmdon.sz present Is MissTT
Morritt, whose amazing memoCl
nets (her to play a game ot ,2J
?f mlno Sf and N ai»lron at ttil
i 1 ™?; She sits bllndfoMed nnll
attendants^* W ‘^“‘
’‘•^^istenw nfmror
opinion that swimming ><3
n loot art with Americans. Thi>. ,
has saved thirty Jives, and he*
that as a means of saving nr,
couragcd° !90 ' an - miul ng should i
The management of the Cotton 8d
ssa IWWScSCft 1
States and International Exposu'y’ri
Italian exhibit to cover 100,000 so]
f< ** "Jd an Austro-Hungartim ,
of 5,000 square feet.
Word comes to this country
Switzerland that Pastor H. P iia
the American representative tl
Seventh Day Adventists in Crf
Europe land the director of thrtj
fishing (house in Haste, is now m
going a term of sixty-one days |m
, onment -In that city for ultowlnr vi
to be done Jn tbe office on Sunday, |
Charies Mudte, the founder of
famous British circulating llhn
which bears his name, began huj!-i
for hlmscCf In a very modest miyL
opening in 1844, at the ag? of Stl
Birevll news n per and stationery ?
in Southampton row. where he lsntflf„ n
books at a penny a volume. From tp
small beginning grew the greatest 5
vU’te circulating library In the wa
There are at Vnssar two be»»u
vases sent from Jiapon by a tors
graduate, who Is now the wife of Ca
Oy.rma, who led the successful
forces In the capture of Port Art
The countess, although a, Jnpiw
was so thoroughly Americanized by I
four years in this country that i
spread* an American tabic- and
Paris gowns.
M. Barthon, Is the most self-i
man of the group to which the a
nies of France are now entrusted,
father kept a very humble lronri
eerie shop at Oloron, the little uni
the foot of the Pyrenees, when-
statesman was born less than f<-
year* atgo. He still carried on the bd
ness st the Rue do la Prefecture
Pau And visitors to that winter r
may observe the words "Barthon, (
earlier," over the window.
An electrical expert says: "I hawl
word of Advice to give people who c
ry stec-l rod umbrellas these very i
days. They must keep a sharp look
for arc light* while pushing their i
rod* through the air. Of coursd.
only applies when tde current Is i
and when It Is, If the umbrella
comes In contact with the lamp.
Is a strong probability that tho T
will be very badly shocked, If not i
rlously injured.
Queen Marguerite of Italy Is not g .
tho best looking but the best edu.-’ , '|
queen In Europe. She knows Enr'
French. German, Spanish and U
thoroughly, and site spooks them
fluently as she does her own Itnllai
She Is a good Greek scholar, and I
only famtitar with tne mta*tenpV<'' i
European literature, and quotes P
trarch, Dante and Goethe, but li i
fond of Shakespeare that She has '
ten for Her own amusement a lUtlj
work on hla heroines.
sees
Mrs. Burton Harrison; whose book
have made her famous, and whose »■
cist position I* an enviable one to as
bltf.ous aspirants, wvu a hlgb-splritH
young girl named Constance Bara
when the war was raging. She waa I
little Confederate, and to send a Harm
Gen. Lee cut up her best pink • f
gown and her light-blue atlk lark-1
sod embroidered and sawed a Confer
era to (lag, wliidh today to cherished ;
a very pibdous souvenir of femlnlq
devotion by Cot- Roert Alexanb
Chisholm.
OUR HEARTS.
Concealed within each human hurt
Are Vhoig.-hts that none may kan.l
Of Joys and cares they form a fwiri.
But bidden deep with wondrous art.
They softly onsne and go.
We do not -wlah a stranger’s eyes
On secret hopes to rest;
We know they would not sympathR’-l
And oft a friend can never prise
Tbe things we dove the best.
Though others see. they fall to real
The writing on the wall.
How oft our hearts are sad indeed!
How aft for comfort feel the need:
When w# must hide It all.
Our sweetest dreams -we due not tel I
To e’en the dearest friend.
We must conceal (hem deep and well
Until there tolls our parting knell
And earthly troubles end.
Sometimes a sacrifice He* deep
Bensath a manner light.
Tbe path to heaven ia long onu e'-G-
And many times we pause to weep
Befate we win tbe fight.
Th* yean forever pas* away,
And thus (he world goes on.
Each Hfe a mystery wlk stay—
Though hearts live on from day to <Rf I
They're known to God atone.
Daisy L. Hall.
dfsoon. Oa.
Rather s UoQbtfd! Compliment.
In hts last book Dean Hole tells the Ub
lowing story; ‘-Bishop Jaekscn moebsr j
Joyed a doubtful compliment which w»>
paid to him by tbe young curate ot th*
parish In which be lived, who w.v; much
attached to him, and who raid to him <
day In conversation, 'I can aasuro you, tny
lord, tbit my rector la such an exceeding
ly good man and bis wife such an ezooi-
tngly good woman, and they ara In every '
respect so infinitely my superiors, that if It
weren't for your lordship and Mr*. Jnet
son 1 should fuel quite nncomforta! ie