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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: FEBRUARY 11, 1895. THE MICOH TELEGRAPH PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR AND WEEKLY. Office 569 Mulberry Street. tTHK DAILY I'Et-t-GRAt-H-DeliVered by carrlera In the city, or maied, poatsgs tree, CO cent* a month; (1.7a for three months; |3.eo for cut months; 17 for one year; every Cay except Sunday. W. (THE TELLGKArH—Trt-weekly, Mon days. Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tues days; Thursdays and Saturdays, three months, 11; six months, 82; one year, H (THE SUNDAY TiiLEGRAFH—By mall, one Year, 12. (THE WEEKLY TK LEG HAITI—By mnU, one year. (L BUisaCRU't'ior.s—I'ayame in advance. Remit by postal order, check or regis tered letter. Currency by mall at risk of sender. COMMUNICATIONS should be addressed and all orders, checks drafts, etc., made payable to THE TELEGRAPH. Macon, Ua. COSTLY INSURANCE. It is raprs-sonLit in the dispatches of one of our oonltoroporaries that the last message of 'Mr. Cleveland roused the indignation of congress. As that mes sage consisted of little snore tlian a statement of tile feiins on avfti.ch the government can borrow money which must he borrowed, and a recommends - ♦Jon 'that the .best terms offered be ac cepted, it is a little difficult to see wliy congress should, be indignant. If the a I..4 eoivt nr\ tnoW'l' Lilt Iv u! jj.M.UUUbim.u gone along and borrowed at 3 3-4 per cent., when, with the aid of congress, lie could borrow at 3 per cenit., then there -would have been cause for indig nation. He could then have boon justly accused of haring wilfully imposed a burden of sixteen million dollars on the tax payers which could easily hare been kept off their shoulders, but hav ing writ,ton the message and .suited the terms, if the money is borrowed at 3 3-4 instead of 3 per cent, tihe respon sibility for wasting sixteen million dol lars will not be upon him, but upon the congress Wliihh refused to give him au thority to accqpt the bottler terms of fered. The money which the government proposes to borrow is gold. It wants and will toko no other kind. There outtht to ha no question, therefore, About the repayment of title loan in the tend of money borrowed. It has been for a long time, besides, the policy of 'tho government, understood by all men, 'to pay In gold on demand. It would, therefore, doubly .break faith If, having twyyyewed goM. It should runny in some other kind of money less valuable than gold. It would have cheated its cred itors by forcing thorn to tnko loss than they parted with and It would have re pudiated a policy in which the lenders have been taught by Its own acts to have faith. As a matter of fact, there can hardly bo the slightest doubt ttoait tho loan will be repaid In gold, and If -the present re markable congress refuses to allow the government to distinctly premise to pay the kind of money which It is bound, in good morals, to pay and which It will pay, then congress will be guilty of shamefully wasting many millions of the people’s monoy. As we Slid yester day, the very men who are lending this money and demanding a premium of 3-4 of 1 per cent, in the Interest charge unless tho word “gold" he Bubst,fluted for the word “coin” believe that. In ot- foot; the word “ooln” moans gold, mfj that they will get gold In payment for for the gold with wh'Oh they now part. Otherwise, they would not take tho bonds at more thin half the price which they now pay for tlietn. The sixteen million dollars of difference In interest on a “coin" bond and a gold boDd will be paid, If It Is paid, like the Insurance on one of the great trans- A.tlantlo liners. AVhen one of these great vessels starts from port there is every human probability that she will reach the other side In safety, but there it a small chance that her navigator may prove unskillful, that lightning may Strike her, or that some other acci dent may befall her. These bonds are Insured—that Is'to say, the credit of the United 'States government Is insured— against the faint chance that the Pop ulist party may lie succemful, just as the liner is Insured against tho unex pected casualties of 1tie sen. Democratic congressmen Who ore op posed to the single gold standard should not hesitate to veto in accordance with the president's recommendation in this matter. The chance that blmetall am may bo established In this country will not be lessened by saving rhe sixteen million dollars which may be saved in this transaction, nor by making the bonds expnmly payable In gold. At the worst, these dondx .would constitute a special Sability If we should here after got upon another flmwielal basis, and we would have no right to com plain If, having received gold tor than, and refusing to bike anything else, we were compelled at their maturity to redeem them In that metal, even though or that time we were doing business with dollars only worth half as muih. these two authorities Is amt very great, Soofbeer's showing a relative propor tion of about 19 to 1 and iMathaU’s of 13 and a fraction to 1, but during the three years which elapsed between the prepaiu'tion of their estimates, the pro- duet.on of silver was pardcuXarly large, and this fact accounts in large part for the discrepancy, small as It ds. These figures seem io show th-vt tho true coin age ratio of a.lver, if It were again made money in ail parts of the world, would ho 18 or 19 to 1. Thu increase In itho relative supply of tho two mends ds very much less than has 'been frequently represented, and perhaps generally believed, hut wh.ie this is true, and the relative sup ply of the. two moraIs Is as 18 or 19 is to 1, yet it cannot be said that any single country, noting alone, can main tain the use of both moods as money whilo coining both freely, at either of those ratios. In coining both, It .would be giving a preference 'to one of them not shown by any other of the great commercial nations, and this preference would serve to make all of its currency of the preferred mdial, even if the ques tion of value were not Involved; but It would be involved exactly to the ex tent that tho discrimination against that metal by other nations deprived It of its value. Though the supply of the ttvo mntals is as 18 or 19 ito 1, the vulue of the two ts now about as 30 to 1, be cause (the demand for gold is universal, while that for silver, as money, is re stricted to only a few countries, and those countries among the less Import ant commercially. If tho United States were to open Its mints and '.hits add to the demand fer silver, tho effect, no doubt, would would be to raise Ithe price, as compared with what It Is now, but the demand for that metal grill 'being restrict'd as compared with the demand for jwld. the price could not rise to ithe level In' dicated by 'the relative supply of the two metals. The relative price of the two iwtll be the same as 'the relative supply when the effect of demand, as, well as the effeclt of supply, is univer sally felt by both. <" ruing tii ■ trate’s resoirv-s, ! - : itral and artificial iflvam.ig'4 The movement ,»f ni... rotten manu facturing Industry from the Northeast to the South must be compelled by bus iness reasons, or it wifi stop very quickly. That is to say, Now England capital will continue’ to in invested In New England mills unless the owners of the capital are o,induced tbit Invest ment in the South is more profitable than in New England, But though the movement imuat miprillod and Just ified by strictly busineed reasons, It may novePtheJe-i be quickened or re tarded by the action of our own people. If good reasons exist, why ootitou man ufacturers should come to the South from New England- they will come very imueh more quickly if assured of the hearty co-operation of ithe Southern people In their enterprises. It will be .retarded- Of they find that they, must como here to fight out 'their battles for Industrial success in a community to which their success or failure is a mat ter of Indifference. THE COTTON MILL MOVEMENT. STOCKS OP THE 'METALS. The great Austrian ststlstlcan Soot- beer estimated in 1893 tbit the world's stock of the precious metals constated of 409,223,949 ounces of gold and 7.093.- 409,719 ounces of silver. The figures of Mr. MulbslI, the equally famous Brit ish statistician, were; In 1800, 8.820 tons of gold and 105,000 tons of stiver. The discrepancy between toe figures ef A telegram from Boston says It Is expected that a large party of Northern cotton manufacturers and representa tives of other m-anuifacturing,conceras will leave that city in a few days, to travel through ithe Southern states, ex amining mill sites, wutter powers and gathering information. It Is added that the 'trip will extend over two weeks and the cbj'ect af the excursion Is to give tlie cotiton manufacturers of New England on opportunity “to see for thamulvcs whether or pro cotton clrtth —that is, The cheaper grades—can be made more profitably In the South, anil enough more profitably to Induce In vestment of Northern capital In South ern mills." IVe are sura these gentlnmen win he warmly welcomed in every part of the South which they might visit, for the Southern people are naturally hospita ble, and, If they were not, feel that otne of their greatest needs Is a more ahirail out supply of capital, and 'that cup Ml oan perhaps he more easily induced to enter cotton manufacturing .than any any other form of Industrial enterprise, for the reason that It’ls one of the most surely profitable. But while these g n- th-men w.fi receive a warm welcome, they must not be surprised If they are regarded as somewhat Undated Investi gators—'that Is to say, tnvestlgitors of a question wbidi has already been set tled to the satisfaction of everybody but themselves. While they sre trying to flml out whether ttho cheaper grades of cotton cloth can be nkinufuotured more cheaply In the South than In New Eng land, other manufacturers, living in their neighborhood, having decided that it can bo, seem to be reaching the con clusion that the finer grades can be made more ehtuply here also. AVe have the statement of at toast one of 7110 moat Important of them to that effect, and of several Now England newspa pers whose editors ought to he partic ularly well acquainted with the foots. Perhaps it Is fortunate That the excur sion party will be made up of exact;y the kind of men described. When we have bad them down here • while, shown them our sdntntugos for manu facturing and the results already achieved, surely there will remain in all Now England no'manufacturer avh > doubts that the advantage tn comp, II- tlon Is with the South It Is particularly desirable, therefore, that these gentle men should be given the fullest oppor tunity to learn all they cam In this connection It Is proper to say that Governor Atkinson’s intention of appointing a representative committee to visit Now Engktud, for the purpose of holding tout inducements fig the en listment of Now England capital In the South, Is s highly laudable one. It It probably true that such t committee would be unable to make tho definite propositions ltkdy to remit in Immedi ate action by INew England capitalists. Such definite offers must bo made by the communities In the South which «ro able and willing to take a part in (he development of their own resources, but the work of the committee would PBB0I0D8 be herdly less valuable for this reason. In the most formal way possible. It would be showing the atthnde of the people of Georgia toward Northern In vestors—their eager desire that such In vestors should come among them and help them to derefop the latent wealth of their state. The committee, too, could do much valuable service In disseminat ing among the persons most Interested, and moat l.kdy 10 be valuable to our sutc, fall and reliable information con- the books by tho Items of "stock on hand and balance duo by county dis pensers.” Now ilt appears that Borne of the "UtUnces duo" have foiled to de velop and the governor has gone to work to work to find out where they ure "at.” If he foils to find (them he Rayn be will dismiss all 'the dlsepenseis. ft seams to us that this would be a hard blow to 'the governor's unique sys tem, for dispensers, like barkeepers, no doubt get to bo popular with their customens, and dispensary sales may drop off to an alarming extent If other men are put In their places. Then, al- though ithe La-t/ prohibits such a thing, the disehUnged whisky handlers might start some opposition dispensaries and the governor’s concerns might fall into disfavor. Tho young governor should go about this th n? of finding balance* on hand very gingerly or tho dispensa ries may be boycotted, a nd in 'tha t case the poor old state would suffer terribly. Go slow, Mr. Evans, you may lose trade by hasty action. GOING TO THE COUNTRY. A LESSO^AiBOUT MONEY. The Savannah -P<resg has taken the field os a teacbois of ilnannce, and tho first pupil It has 'taken is the Augusta Chronicle. Uudeir itlie hand of "A Kin dergarten la Finance,” Editor Stovall gives the following very useful Inform ation: It this government's signature on a bond makes good the world over, when the paper Is worthless that the bond is written on, why Is not the government’s stamp on a silver dollar sufficient guar antee when the silver that It ts otamped on Is worth 39 cents even In the opinion of a gold worshipper?—Augusta Chroni cle. "Tbl« naive question from a piper which lias of late gone over to 'the sil- var inflationists brings up the subject of finances from firs: principles. Atul right hero left -us say that if all 'the sti ver men would mak j the acknowledg ment conveyed in this paragraph and ask questions when they do not under stand currency problentK -this whole matter would he easily settled. The Augusta Chronicle Is honest and con fesses Its ignorance of thobas c Idea of money. We believe when It Is enlight ened l't will write more lnteEigernitly of national finances. Thero Is no danger from 'the man who is not informed and really wants light. The great danger is from men who assume to know, but who, 1 ko -the Chronicle, hive failed to grasp tlhe fundame ntal -ideas of the cur- rouey problem. There Is an eastern proverb whLh says, "lie who knows not, but knows that h s knows mot, Is simple; teach him.” •The Chronicle's question has been asked often In the days of itilre green back craze and answered aC eu. Few poqplo ever propound It seriously now. The government's signature on a band ntak - it g i-hI die wct-1^ over, booaus- Utn -world bell we.s tlti g n-urnim-nt Is able to pay It. And <bo world believes ttho government will pay it tn good, bard, honest dollars. If this confidence did not obtain: if for a moment the credit of -the government -were shaken these bonds would only nor bo good “the world over,” but would not bo good at home. It Isn't the piper that the bond Is written on which makes It valuable, but the promise to pay printed on the paper. "Now, when the government sends out co n money 'That la quite a d.fferunt thing. The -whole character of the issue cliangas. This value of the money de pends than mot upon a promise *6 pay, but upon the coin, the paymeot itself. The silver dolor should not be n fiat issue In any part. Nothing should be taken for granted when the government deals with Its creditors or Its people. Tito government roust keep faith and when It assumes -to Issue a dollar it must be n dollar in radius and rtnt. Silver and gold, bear In mind, are moneys of final payment and every dol lar must contain 100 cents. "Or, to put lit In language that the Chronicle ran understand, suppose we make this illustration: A factor down -a Co'jtnu row advances n farmer a sum of money. Tho farmer gives his note, 'this note has secured 'the money, no't be- cause of tho paper it is written on. The question of stationery or lithographing docs not enter Into the tnancactloai. The farmer's note is good because he has ebtittoter and credit back of It. Now, When the fall comes ho Issues bts coin of final payment. What Is It? Cotton. But hero the question of credit d s.tppairs. The farmer must discharge his obligation by sending In cotton. It must bo full weight. Every cent ad vanced must be paUl for In pounds of cotton. It would not do for tho former to send In a 400-pound bale nisi mark It 500 pound*, would it? Certainly oat. And yet fiat silver would he as bad as flat cotton. The country has no more use for fit Iso packing, light weights, or water packing In dollars of silver than It has In bales of cotton. Seo?” If ithe presMTt period of depression In business were to continue for some years, tho next census would probtbly show that the recent abnormal growth of the cities ut the expense of the coun try had ceased. It Is said to bo true that at every period of depression a backward flow of population from the cities to tho -rural districts Is observa ble. Hard times are hardest to -the wage earner, anti it Is m -the cities that the proportion of wage earners is largest. A philanthropic organization of Chicago, which his during the list tng unemployed working -people of that city w.th home* In the country, is said to have met wl.th“a large degree of success, which resnilos ent.lrefiy satis factory to the people who thus ac quired new homes and at the same time adopted now 'methods of m ik tig a liv ing. Perhaps most of 'them were peo plo'who had only recently been drawn to Chicago and were familiar w.th the ways of country life. It is a somewhat singular foct, though very frequently noted of recent years, that ait the same t.rne wheat there Is a lapse surplus of unemployed labor in the cities, in many farm.ng districts a sufficient supply of labor cannot be obta.ned even by the offer of unusually high wages. This Is not a healthy condatlon of affairs, trad If one ofotho effects of business de pression I* no euro it, then bird times aro not without some compensation In their results to society. F. Finch, has been summoned to ap- r.ear before the mayor Monday for vio lating the Inspection law, and same racy developments are expected, as Mr. Finch has started that he would not appear. He la a man who means what he savs and will stand by his oonvic- tlons. The wealttier began to moderate today about 10 o’clock and the thermometer took on upward turn, much to the de light of suffering humanity. Business revived and this afternoon the ct re cits presented their usual busy scene. It might be remarked, by way of paren thesis. that the people in this neck of the woods are not hankering after another such spell. Letters and telegrams state that Mr. Abe Einstein of -this place, who at tempted suicide In New York by cutting his Throat, is Improving rapidly. Skating on the Ice has been 'indulged In to a lorere extent during the past two days. Athens has a few tip-top Ice gliders. “Uncle Tom's Cabin Is booked for the opera house next week. Tim poor of Athens have suffered but little during 'this oold weather. The rooms of the Commercial Club have many vial tom every day. TIPTON’S STEADY GROWTH. It Is estimated by Mr. Mulhall in a recent article in the Contemporary Re view that thq shipping of all nations s of -the ipproxlmaie value of $1,100,000,- 000, while the 110,000 locomotives at work represent a value of $1,000,000,- ,000. The railways give cm ploy meat to 2.394,000 people, -while sh pping em ploys only 705,000. The life of a loco motive Is fifteen years. It will run 270,000 miles, carry 60&.000 tons, or 1,000,000 (passengers, and earn $300,000. Its first cost Is $10,000 and Its general average Is 300 horse power. Tito aver age life ef a sh p and lta earning ca pacity, wnpared with its boat. Is not given, and Is, perhaps, not yet com puted, -but it is not likely tx> equal or approach 'that of tho locomotive, which may fairly rank as the moat potent in- strnnnut of civilization ever devised by man. SOUTH OAnm.l V VS DISPENSARY. Governor Evans of South Carol o-i has more trouble oo tils bands. This time the young chief otag.-vr.im has to deal with the dispenser* who deal out liquid damnation in accordance with the low which the gorernor himself foist upon tho people about two years ago. It Jtss been discovered that nearly all the county diepensem *re eh rt In their accounts through Tooso methods of bookkeeping.” These loose methods appour to have been in vogue for quite a while, for we bare yet to hear of the state dispensary having raado s paymeot of cash Into tbs state treasury, although the books have shown a pro ON almost from camWishmciit of -the system. The profits were • generally balane-d There are a great many hunters armed w.th magazine cameras Inatntd of guns out In tho Maine woods mow, says tho American Journal cf Photog raphy, watching and working for a chance to get a snap sltot at deer, moose or any other wild game. Tho photographers return with some won derfully .uteresting results no show in pictures of wild animals In their nat ural surroundings. And they claim there Is as muoh glory in taking a deer’s p oture a» in taking his life. It requires Just ss much skill to get wltffifl photo graphing distance tin within shooting range, and ofton more. Anyway, It is an interesting new field for the irre pressible amateur photographer. ATHENS' DISPENSARY. The'Concern Shows a Net Profit of $8,886.78 tor the Year. Athens, Pea. 9.—(Special.>—The re port of the commissioners of Athens' public gin mill will be made to the oounoil at Its meeting Monday next. This report wHl cover the business of the dispensary from the first day of February, 1884, up to the first day of the present month, and It will show that s considerable amount of the fluid Is arid to the good people of thin coun ty regardless of the number of b'.tnd tigers wirtbin (he corporate limits. The Profits from tho sale of the ardent foqts up the sum of 89,866.78, an locreaie over lost year of about 8139. These profits will he divided belt.veen the dty of Athens and 'the county at Clarke on the ratio that the taxable values of the city hears ho those of the portion of the county lying outside of the city limit b. The funds are used for school purposes. This afternoon the remains of R. L. Dvusmh, Use >ouijg mail f,vu Indian- spoils, who died at the Central hottf, were taken to Imlkanapolla by Ms friend. Mr. R. H. Day, who reached Athens late last nlghft. Ur. Day said to a Tetagnuph man: "My friend Douglass was sa honor able os the day Is long, and I very mudb regret his death. He was Strange In seme things and perhaps people thought he was not *riust ho ought to be. -but I have lurswn Mm a long time and can tar he whs as square a man as woa ever made. I have paid his board, dtdor’s bill and other CbCIgatSons end hiepe the matter is now settled. I shall take the remains cf my friend to In- dianagxtUs and Inter them. AMiens has market lews which have been a source of great trouble and an noyance to the butchers for to these many years and which will some day cause a godd-stsed racket among tbs sellers of beef and (be cKy fathers. One of the lasts requires tho butchers to report to the market Inspector each animal sfaucMtered and to pay a spe cified sum for each. An old. and prob ably the best butcher la the dty, John New People Coming Ir to Buy and Improve Fruit Lands. Tlftoo. Fob. 8.—(Special.)—The ther mometer registered 9 degrees above zero Thursday night, 1 degree lower than at any time In fifteen years - . Fri day nlgbt It fell to 14, but the weather is mod-rating raprdly and it Is thoug.it will not go lower than 30 tonight. Noth ing ait Tlfton la Injured except growing aits. Which aie kiueu to the ground. At this date Hast year vegetation was putting o-uit -rapidly and fruit trees were In blossom, but continuous cod weath er Was kept many things back and even the earliest trees wore not budding ait all. The excellent service of ,he weaJther bureau kept the horticulturists posted -.in i their greenhouses were ) ept at a moderate temperature, s-ivlng alt of (heir young plants. The Indications are tthait this section will have in ex- The tide of Immigration Is still* flock ing this way. A party of sixteen ar rived from Pittsburg Thursday after noon. the coldest day In years. While they suffered ante from cold they seemed delighted When the sun shone out Friday mornmg, trad "aid it vus much better -than the blinding tnow- stonms they left In PlttSourg. About 7.000 acres in small farms have been sold to these progressive people and they are going right ahead planting fruit farms. Tlfton Orchard Com pany Is tlhe i i tost of the larger agri cultural projects. It Is composed of Rev. L. A. Snow ot Tift & Snow, Mr. O. M. Tift of this piaee and Mr. J. O. Duncitt.frwmerCy of Pittsburg.Pa. They are all live, energetic men and will doubtleas make a success - n the fruit business. They will plant 330 acres. The Dowey-Heywood Muslc.il Con cert Company pltyed do an enthu siastic house here Thursday nigh't. The company Is composed of Messrs. \V. Scott Hevwood and Frank Fuller und Miss Fora Drescher, Clara .'foe Bry ant and Marie McKenzie and -have made quite a reputation through the South under ‘she name of the Now York Stars. Mr. 9oo*t Heywood, the manager of the company, ivus SO Im pressed with Tlfton that he purchased 100 acres ot land before leaving and will have #t Improved nnd planted In peaches. FORT VALLEY'S FRUIT CROP. The Cofil Wave a Godsend to the Peaol) Shippers. Fort Valley, Feb. 9—(Speclal.)--Fort Valley is honored this week by the presence in the city of quite a -party vcalthy Ohioans, among them be ing J. M. and F. O. Wlthott, Dr. Bay- leas and A. Wyckoff of Dayton, N. H.j Aibaugh of Tadmor and J. M. Sdhw'artz of Newark. These gentlemen own qulti a number of acres In peaches near Fort Valley, and propose to make addi tional purchases on this trip. They are highly pleased with the condition of their trees under the supervision of Capt. J. B. James, who very ablv su perintends their vast acreage. They are all stopping at the Harris House, and are loud in their praises of Pro prietor Marshall for his elegant fare. They -will leave in a few days for their Northern homes. ., . The present cold spell Is the coldest over experienced here, but It has come as a godsend. The peaohtrees ore be ing sept back, and it is almost a cer tainty that the crop for this year will be a full one. To give some Idea a* to the size of this year's crop, one of the large orchards wIK fill sixty-five cars, and there are several larger ones around here, to say nothing of the hundred or more shippers who wilt ship from 1 to ltecars each. No lies' Chon 600 cars of p-aches will 'be shipped from Fort Valley this year. Another barn was bwrnwl in Dougher ty county Wednesday uliiit. Judge Krai W. Smith was the victim. -1 ■ « Rev. Dr. Henry Quigg of Covington joined the party of ministers and others from UetK-gla. who aiarted last week for a tour of the Holy Land. Tho Lawrenctwllle railroad is now rmiuing a regular schedule. It has been leased to J. R. McKclveff and S. i*. McDaniel. Tho Amort eus Timcs-Recordcr Is agiin a usarning paper. It saiw that l*i« pcopfo demanded the news with (heir breakfast. Some of the farmers of Cobb county will adopt tho ruin of planting five acres of cotton to die how©. All Geor gia farmers might follow suit. Albany Is to scud a conumltttee of cit izens to New England to bring cotton rolls, and the city council and connty commissioners will be urged to offer to- ducotnonaa to the manufacturers to lo cate there. Messrs. R. L. Jones sad J. D. Pope wore eteoted aldermen at a dty el region la Albany on Wednesday to fill vacan cies created by the death of 'Mr. A. P. (Jreer and Che resignation of Mr. T. M. Carter. Th* vote was light. Marietta Journal: There were two \iuuUil gi'tlioT.ug* in Atlanta Thuts day—one led by Susan B. Anthony and other women, advocating w.snan suf frage, trad one by Tom Watson In the (merest of the Populist party—both leading forlorn hopes. Albany Herald: Every CStne two lit tle countries go to touting about war, Unde Sam or some other big country takes 'it tor granted shat X U called upon to put In Its MU. What In tbun- denaition have wo So do with Japan and Chins or Mexico and Guatemala? Let 'om fight It out! Jones County Nows: Thero were exactly 108 ton* of gnano delivered to the farmers from this po'nt last season. For the present season up to date there has been only two delivered, and. drum (be best Information <we con get, none ordered. We taka it as a go «J sign (hat the farm ere of thla section sre not going to raise Scent cotton very ex tensively MASTERS OF BARGAINING Kaw York Old Cloth*, nty tri .... Clever, but Trlrt,. Wl V Thero nro tricks, of count 11 trader, but when It come, to , heaven defend tho wight who h,. with tho two men who haaclr ” ' do' ” In a cellar In Heater street”* A man who has knocked abort and thinks ho knows fully a thin, _ toddled down those collar stair, f h *| day with a suit of clothes in a n P „1l bundle under hi, arm. eau ?" “By Jho light cf tho solitary , er,” as G. P. R. James would 4-1 It, “ho was enabled to discern” ti I storekeepers waiting to begin on,.' 1 on him. They came at him la , wind of Polish dialect. Ho meekly displayed the cost t>J and troueors, a very praiseworthy J tlon, which ho was willing to dimJ for $3. “Well," eald he to a reporter "vl oould only have seen thoso prcclon.l fersl They turned tall and waita) I tho rear room. One would hat 0 thJ I had told them I was an escaped dl patient. I “But I guess they were given thl naln for a flying wedge play, for „„ J oatno a moment later and abused t» 1 a plokpocket for ever having the iw,' ask $3 for such a mass of tottcrsand E spots and old fashion as that. k ' “I wns hurt as well as rattled. i| been fond of that suit and didn't » hearing it nbused. They fouud rlpui never dreamed of—I swear I think d made 'em—and before they gat thru- would have sold tho whole ontdt t_ quarter rather than carry It throe | streota “Tho men were bad enough, bat J a frowsy woman came out nnd add slack to the rumpus they were q> demurred. I told her In all klndsg urea of speech to get back to herd lng, and ehe got. "Ono of tho fellows thereupon c. me 80 cents for the coat and said bed want tho trousers and vest. 1 h a , : and started to go out, when theotbuj said he’d give mo $3.30 for the tr and Vest. “That completed tho bargain at t vanco on tho price I had asked, ar.d l| elated. Tho first chap wrapped q j ooat—almost as good as new—ar.d-I away and handed mo tho 80 cents jl It In my pocket and started todoqf trousers and vest man. r “Tho scoundrel laughed at nteehtl 'I guess I don't want that pantiul-J already, don't It? I ebango mytnlgl dou’t want’em.’ | “Then I did raise a rumpus. Till was gone, ami 1 had only 80 ccn-j J tho vest and trousers I knew I col get a shavtnR for separately, and the* an ennte out and berated me formi tho coat back ' They wouldn’t giro It up, and I a ed, and finally they throatem-d tvsj policeman and chnrge mo with I tried to snatch n coat and vest ' That wns a pretty prospect, and if hnd to weaken. I've lived oil the can nil my life, but I think I'd hotter i down nnd tnko a few lessons. I'n and no mistake."—New York Beo Too Expensive a Piaee. Paul Lacroix, a French writer i llophllo, was at one time scrloadya (smith nnd took refuge tn Italy I thills hnd fastened Itself upon his hi* pallor am' general fecblcncs3 o( > nticowere so marked Unit ho t | saw people point tho finger at bin It street and say to each other in an uj tone, “A consumptive!" Ho hnd taken lodgings In Rome, ( ono day, tho proprietor of thobouxs ed the stairs, rapped at the door and^ In Laorolx was Just then In a co paroxysm “Signor," began the household?: is responsible for you?" "What do you mean?" asked the^ lahed Frenchman "If you should dlo, who would | expense,!" “I hope not todlayet awhile,"an* Lacroix “Besides I am not v.rjs tious A modest burial would suit Si “But who will puy mo?” "Why, man, I pay you myself I week I” . “No, no. I nm speaking of thus this armchair, this table, this c=7j everything tn the chamber. Iwj' will have to be burned after tho death | consumptive.” “My dear sir," said Laorols, “1ib| rich enough to dlo In Romo. I will M Naples." Tho next day, Indeed, ho eet out southern Italy, hut he llvod for r years to tell tho story of his bunli! from the Holy City.—Youth's Comutj Us Always Ilaa s Passport. H. Is Benson of New York, sew to n reporter of a St. Louie paper, t| pains to bo always provided with aM port Ho says that It cost hint but il lar and a little trouble to get It, and f It saves him a groat deal of trouble(| ever ha la where he la not well kM gays ha: “With the passport 1 neretl to be Identified at a bank, postoM othor Institutions where strangers t| acting business always bare to ben for by somebody known to thei' You see that the body of the paptf tains a most minute and nnmlstaki “ ■oriptlon of me, together with mys? residence. The whole bean tho ( ot the United Statea government $ making deception or Imposture *k| Imposslblo. My description was ( by notarlea public who know me M the state department at Wasbingtcs!*] the passport With this affidavit sa*J other ono certifying that I was ngwf sen I Inclosed $1 with my applied*! the secretaqr of state and recelndl passport" Heads and Dates. “It makes no difference where ttt$ may bo placed on one of our colts ] marked the director of the mint, “I** tllng a dispute about whether It 1( h tall tor matohlng purposes. As « *• of fact, It la beads wherever the hadj be, regardless of tba date. Take t iumblan half dollar, for Inetaoce, ( contains two dalei, 1493 and 1896, V tlvoly. Neither cuts tho slightest f" determining where the head of Colt*] shall bo placed any more than case In the old time shield on thece of nickels or 6 cent pieces turned* the United States mint. It l« b e »" \ aver a head appears, and the «<£** coin Is tails "—Chicago Tribune. Work sad Flay. Work when you work; but, wM*! measure of one's duty Is done, tbeau| thoroughly. Thttt.ls as moch i refreshing soul and body by yl™]J,1 all responsibility and care si the courageofil meeting of active f Ilona. The Georgia and Florida her Company, a concern with i r of $100,000. tuts bought 200.000* timber In Sooth Georgia- Coo"*^ Its! te largely interested in tba prise. LOST MULE—RtwsM will be^**| -return of Urge mare route- halter on. Lost seen last TS" evening near SUdh Miuncb. , bus road. Call on A. E. Os’*"* , Kill ten Lumber Co., CbW*» Fourth.