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It is rumored that the prisidcncy
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
will ho tendered to Mr. Cleveland
next June. It ia needless to say
that Mr. Cleveland would not ae
cept the presidency of that or nny
other railroad.
Albany News: Two bnzzards were
caught in this city and turned loose
with little sheep bells. Each bird
sailed off, and the jingling of the lit
tle bells could plainly heard until
they were several hundred feet above
terra firms. Look out for the helled
buzzards.
The great Baptist preacher of Eng
land, Mr. Spurgeon, will he heard no
more probably until next spring, and
perhaps not then. In fact, lie may
never preach another sermon. lie is
suffering from severe rheumatic gout;
and reports of his condition are very
unfavorable.
Some peoplo arc much troubled about
Mr. Cleveland's future than Mr. C.
himself. We know of no man who
has more to hope for. He has won
the respect of the country. He is nt
the meridan of life. He has ability,
character, fame, a moderate fortune
and a lovely wife. This enumeration
of his blessings is, of course, climat
ic.
It is not stated whether the insuf
ficiency of natural gas in Pittsburg
iron works at certain hours is due to
a gradual failure of the supply or to
growth of the demand beyond the
original capacity ofthe wells. If the
former cause is the true one, liatu
The Public Schools of Georgia.
The report of State School Com
missioner Hook, covering the educa
tional operations of this State for
1887 and 1888, shows that the en
rollincnt of pupils in the public
schools for 1887 was 342,294, of
which 208,805 were white and 133,
429 were colored. This was an in
crease over the previous year of 22,
570, but the average regular attend
ance showed a decrease or 117. The
attendance of children and youn
people of school age was 71.3 per
cent, for the whites and 49.4 per cent-
for the colored.
The fund for public school pur-
poses is derived from the following
sources: Half rental of the State
road, dividends on Georgia railroad
stock, tax on shows, liquor tax, hire
of convicts, fees for inspecting fertil
izers and poll tax. The fund for
18S7 was f489,008.54, and it will be
increased this year by about $25,000.
From this, however, may be deducted
the expense of printing, and the sal
aries of State county commissioners,
amounting to about $30,000. Divid
ing the fund for 1887 among those
composing the school population,
each child was entitled to 82 cents;
dividing it among the pupils en
rolled, each was entitled to $1,35.
Commissioner Hook takes the po
sition that the school term should
lie prolonged to six months. He
shows from a report made by his
predecessor, the late l)r. Orr, that to
Oaiiilf*i J s Oyster Bill.
Sikunnith New*.
Our Yeteniu Soldiers.
Mncon Telegraph.
Dr. Oemler's bill for the protection 1 ' Vc (, ° °" r d,lt >* the men
suffered in the war.
of the oyster fisheries on the Georgia
coast is a very important measure,
and should receive very careful con
sideration from the Legislature, As
long as the oysters were taken only
to the extent of supplying the wants
of those living along the coast, there
was uo occasion for making riilea
and regulations for preventing the
oyster beds from becoming exhaust
ed. The demand for oysters in the
great centers of population has be
come so great, however, that there is
danger that oysters will become re
markably scarce on the Georgia
eoast within a very few years unless
they are protected by law. Many of
the beds are already exhausted, and
it is much more difficult now to
dredge a boat load oysters than it
was a few years ago. The Georgia
beds are drawn upon to help supply
the demands of the northern cities,
and the number of men who are en
gaged in the oyster business is large
and steadily increasing.
Dr. Oemler’s bill may or may not
be the one that should lm passed,
but no one who is interested in pre
venting the oyster fisheries from be
ing destroyed can doubt that iegis- j
lation of some kind is needed. The
Georgia does something for them,
but not enough.
A home for Confederate veterans
is established in Richmond. Both
should be royally endowed and well
supported. Wherever there is a brok
en down Confederate soldier in dis
tress the community in which he lives
is disgraced if he not cared for. The
war is over and we have no desire to
revive one of its issues, but we
should cherish and teach our children
to cherish the honor of the men who,
at the bidding of these Southern
states, risked their all and bore the
brunt of a hitter contest. They are
loyal to the uni>:i and would fight
for it now as they fought for the
Confederacy. Butjthey arc shut out
from the care of the government and
must reniM.ii so. They are our pecu
liar charge. They wrote with their
blood the brightest page of our his
tory, and left in their record a heri
tage for us and ours richer than
wealth and prouder than power.
They have asked us no favors, and if
we await their petition our consider
ation will never find opportunity for
exercise. The flowing years of their
lives were withered in the heat of a
WRi (Si! 1 ! WildTELL?
_ are shrewd at guessing, but no one ran ex*
S lain the following strange condiiton ol thing*
appening every nay.
A number of people are beginning to “ail;*
they complain of slight indisposition; the sick
ness progresses until finally one will have con
sumption, another catarrh, another kidney trouh
le, and worst of all, some will bo a 111 it: ted with
that terrible maiady, cancer. And to think that
ordinary prudence in the beginning would have
saved us from any of these dreadful visitors.
Cancer has taken off some of our strongest men
and women lately, and others are stricken with
It. The reflection that the dead might lie living
and the aflllcted be in good health (had the prop
er means been used) is not a pleasant one. That
king of all blood purifier?,
“GUINN’S PIONEER BLOOD RENEWER”
I s , the one great specific known to medical
science that attains the above results Tt puri
fies, enriches and strengthens the blood, and acts
as a perfect tonic to the whole System—prevent
iumutur.'ible cases of sickness, and save manv
lives. The following will explain lts?tf:
“I am pleased to state to the public that
hn.vjf s Blood Revewer has no cuunl as a
ILood l tirificr, for have tried it sufficiently.
J. C. It ARNES, M. D.
_ „ Grlflin.Ga.
Call on Messrs, Hodges & O’Connor for Alma
nac, and don’t forget to take a bottle of the ind
ict no home with vote.
, , „ , , , , i war into which their people asked
oyster fisheries of Maryland. Dela then t
ware and other States are protected
by wise laws, and ifthe Georgia Leg-
L.LS.
LAWRENCES
LIVER
STIMULATOR
A CURE FOR
BILIOUS FEVER, DYSPEPSIA,
HEADACHE, CHILLS AND FE
VER, COSTIVENESS, DYSEN
TERY. COLIC, ETC.,
islature does its duty, it will not hes-
do this the fund would have to lie in-1 itate to provide ample protection for
creased to more than $1,000,000. i those of Georgia.
That is a considerable
sum, oiitj Some of the oyster fishermen don’t
Georgia could afford to pay it for the ( W(int auy h alation respecting oys-
ral gas may not prove, in the end. | education of her children. A special| tcr8 . Thrv wnnt to be free to catch
the blessing to Pittsburg that it
promised to be. Many millions of
dollars invested in appliances would
be lost if the gas supply should fail.
It is said that insurance compa
nies don’t regard Presidents of the
United States ns good risks. A sto
ry is afloat that a Washington agent
attempted to work President Clove
luud for a $50,000 policy. lie didn’t
meet with much encouragement, and
wrote to his company for instruc
tions. lie was told not to press the
matter, as Presidents were “extra
hazardous risks,’’ and the advertise
ment would lianilv pay for taking
the chances
The iate Dr. Hostetler left uo will,
though he was several times a mil
lionaire.. It came about in this way:
He had bequethed $1,000,000 for an
art gallery in Pittsburg, but he be
came angry because the city control
ler had some of his property levied
on to pay’ a security debt. The doc
tor thought the action was hasty, as he
would have paid the debt anyway,
and lie at once tore the will into
shreds. He could not bo induced to
make another.
When Dr. Boggs went to Athens
the other day, he had not decided
whether or not he would accept the
chancellorship of the University of
Georgia. Probably lie won’t be there
many days before be decides to ac
cept. The people of Athens nre do
ing their best to impress him favora
bly with the city and the university,
and everybody knows that Athens
is one of the most delightful little
cities in the south, while the univer
sity is worthy of having Dj\ Boggs as
chancellor.
A Washington special to the Hal
limore Sun says: “Mrs. Cleveland
was very much disappointed at the
result of the election, and has been
candid enough to acknowledge it. She,
however, does not think all the world
is dark, and expects to be just as
happy for the future. No White
House lady has ever been more pop
ular than she, and her bright, wind-
si:uc ways are certain to bring her
as many true friends !n private ns in
public life.
A French journalist thinks that
the English language is being swamp
ed with words cuding in "lion,” and
produces the following from a legis
lative report as proof: “The session
ended with a question regarding the
opposition of the administration to
te.\ of a little more than one-tenth Lp they can at any season of the
of i per cent, would raise the re- j v ,, or Time don’t
qttired amount, ami no one would
feel tlie burden very greatly. In
fact, such a tax could not be re
garded ms a burden. It would lie an
investment, on the part of the peo
ple, that would bring big returns to
this and future generations.
Many of them are now
bowed in poverty. They shall notj
fail to find friends. A prophet who
lived in an age when human sympa
tides were duller than now, thanked
God that he had never seen the
righteous forsaken nor his seed beg
ging bread. Shull wo trust to Provi
dence to shield us from the reproach
of hard days to our heroes ?
Our heats are right in this matter,
111 j but let us not be unobservant or for-
danger of being destroyed or uot. | netful.
They thin!: only ofthe present. T!h\
Alt
—IN FACT—
Bilious Diseases.
year,
ether tl
i ovstcr fish
apparently,
vies
the execution of the deliberation id
Georgia Stock.
The Macon Telegraph says: “The
Chattahoochee Valley Exposition,
now in progress at Columbus, is re-
mnrkalile for a good many things,but
one ol» its most notable features is
the line display of Georgia raised
slock. Only a few veins ago such ,v
show could not have been made any
where in this State. Our farmers
began to learn that it paid to have
good horses and that it is cheaper to
raise them at home than to buy tjieni
from Kentucky and Tennessee
drovers. The example of one man
who makes a successful practical ex
periment stirs a whole community,
and so the influence of the few men
iu different parts of Georgia who
began a systematic improvement of
farm stock has spread rapidly. Now
there is no part of the State where
tho farmers arc not working! in a
direction to which very few of them
paid any attention a sliort#wliile ago.
The determination to raise, as far
as possible, their own provisions has]
been followed by the determination
to make Georgia furnish her own
stock. A ride through almost any
county in the State will show grati
fying evidences that this is wise
policy. The numerous county lairs
that have been held in Georgia this
fall have givcu fresh impulses to the
Georgia stock boom. Tho State Fair
at Macon helped it along considera
bly.’
future of tlie fisheries doesn’t con
cern (hem.
Tho Legislature should give Dr.
Ocipier a careful hearing, and if bis
bill is not exactly what it ought to
lie, let it be amended; but the Legis
lature will make a grave mistake if
it does not erect a barrier in the
shape of stringent laws against the
destruction of tlie oyster fisheries.
Pullman C;ir Service.
The conductor and engineer on the
freight train that was tho cause of a
collision on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad on November 5th, in which
three persons were killed, have been
indicted for manslaughter and war
rants issued. Criminal carelessness
in trainmen require cognizance by the
proper authorities as a warning to oth
ers. The men, of course, intended no
hurt to any one, but acts of careless
ness are construed by law ns though
the intent was proven. Men. familiar
with danger, arc apt to become indif
ferent to it themselves, and the law
must inflict punishment to protect
ative to the authorization necessary ! the limbs and lives of those who en
for the erection of a construction of trust themselves to the prudence of
the revolution.”
) trainmen.
Some excitement lias arisen in
railroad circles over tho hill now-
drawn up nnd ready for presentation
before the Kansas State Legislature
to regulate the operation and correct
abuses of the Pullman car services.
The bill regulates the price of berths
at $2 per night and $3 per 24 hours.
The upner bcrflis, when vacant,must
lie clu.>, aid ventilation, and the
maximum wages of tlie porter is fix
ed at $2.50 per day instead of $12
per week, the former rate, while it
makes it a misdemeanor for the por
ter to accept any “tips” or remuner
ation for services rendered from the
passengers. The measure also deals
with the through atul local tariff's of
the service, and wherever any dis
crepaucies have appeared a remedy
has been proposed. Heretofore it
was possible for a passenger travel
ing any distauce to beat the through
rate for the same aceomjnodations.
On hiring porters the company has
considered the tips received from
passengers as an item in the salary
paid, and as a consequence lias forc
ed many impositions upon tlie trav
eling public.
A Washington dispatch states that
the President and Postmaster Gen
eral announced at the Cabinet meet
ing on Tuesday that the first demo
cratic officeholder to resign since the
Republican victory was Dr. A. D.
Mai kly, postmaster at Ilatboro, Pa.,
Dr. Markly, an old Jacksonian dem
ocrat, made up his mind that if the
democrats were defeated lie would
be the first democrat to resign. He
kept liis word promptly. His exam
ple will not be followed very exten
sively in Washington. Most ofthe
democratic officials will wait until
the 4th of March before resigning.
Extravagant Figures.
The Atlanta Constitution says:
“Undoubtedly a Presidential elec
tion iu an expensive affair, blit if the
New York Herald is to be believed
the cost of a campaign is more tliau
the country can afford.
Several prominttt business men
wbo were interviewed by the Herald
I claimed that the cost of a national
I election, measured by its effect upon
| business, was $509,090,900.* It is
stated Unit the clearing house reports
show this estimate to be correct.
The truth is, a Presidential elec
tion is only u slight check to the bus
iness of the country. The farmers
go on producing, and the factories
continue to run. Consumers have to
buy goods as usual. It is true that
the great capitalists nnd speculators
arc slow about making investments,
but after the ballot lias decided tlie
issue they wake up to tho fact that
there lias been no revolution, and
then they proceed to place their mon
ey where it will yield the largest re
turns.
The American people are too sen
sible and law-abiding to permit their
material interests to suffer. We
■indulge in some very loud talk once
every four years, but we do uot pro
pose to smash everything in sight.
Little Flashes of Wit.
“Mb. Editob: Please read the in
closed poem carefully, and return it to
me,with your candid criticism as soon
as possible, as I have other irons
in the fire.” To which the editor
replied: “I: move the irons and in
sert the poem.”
A stout, elderly lady was hanging
by a strap and casting black looks
at an inoffensive but ungallant dude,
who sat sucking his cane: a sudden
lurch of the car caused the lady
to tread on his foot with great force.
“Say, don’t you know,” exclaimed
the youth, “you’ve crushed my foot
to a jelly.” “It’s not the first time
I’ve made calf s-foot jelly,” retorted
the woman severely, as he vanished
and she prepared to sit down.
An editor of an Iowa paper, being
asked “Do hogs pay V” says that
a good many do not; that they take
the paper for several years and then
have the postmaster send it back
tfUTTfS MILD ACTION IS ES
PECIALLY SUITED to FEMALES
AND CHILDREN.
For side liv
Brunswick
V. .Wr>;n\
.J. T. Kocki
W. E. PORTER
AGENT—
Pai:,!::, Oils, BnisliBs, VamisliBS, &c
Tunis Paints, Gold Paints,
Wall Paper ami Decorations.
P AINTING nr every ckMoriptloii with
neatness ami dispatch. Buggies made to
look like new. Signs of ail kinds.
Paper <Tau i?:-. t Specialty.
PALY;' STORE,
Gloncct-t .T M., opposite Advertiser-Appeal.
CAUTION
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stamped on the bottom of all my advertised shoes
before leaving the factory, which protect the wearers
against high prices and Inferior goods. If a dealer
offers W. Dougin* shoes at a reduced price, or
says he has them without my name and price stamped
on the bottom, put him down us a fraud.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE. CENTLEMEN.
TheonlTmrt, «3 SEAMLESS Shoe amooth In.
-1*® TACKS, or WAX THREAD to hurt
tho toot, cur u hand-aewed and WILL NOT BIP,
W. L, DOBGLAS til SHOE, the original and
only handiewed welt *t aboe. Equal! custom-made
shoes costing from tG to $9.
W. L. DOUGLAS 83.f.0 POLICE SHOE.
Railroad Wen and Letter Carriers all wear them.
?JP 00 25.* n,1 2 0 I? • lland-Sewed Shoe. No Tacka or
Wax Thread to Hurt the ten.
W. L. DOUGLAS 8d.no SHOE la unexcelled
for heavy wear. ,ie«t Calf Shoe t..r the prlee.
'V-L. DOUGLAS Ul.iti WOUKINGMAN’S
SHOE la tho host In the world for roueh wear; one
pair ought to wear a man a year.
iJfwJHySMS * 3 shoe for boys ts
ie«t School Shoe In the worm.
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Shoe RlTCa the .mall Boy! a chuco to wear Die boat
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