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SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One copy one year |1 50 One copy six months, 75 One copy three months, ..... 40 jgr Will club The Herald Attn Ad vertiser with eithei of the followiu* named publications at *250 per annum for both papers: Atlanta Weekly Con stitution, Macon Weekly Telegraph. Louisville Weekly Courier-Journal, (Sou thern Cu.Uvator. S? •" yar Remittances can be made by P.O. Money Order, Postal Note, Registered Letter orExpiess. ©cneial Directory. MANUFACTURERS.' ~ The R. D. Cole Mancfactcriko Coxpa- n v.— Established 1854; Incorporated 18S4. Manufacture steam eDgincs, bollera, saw mills. corn-mills, power cotton presses, shaft- lng. mill gearing and castings or all kinds- lumber, sash, dears, blinds and raouldlng- bonse contractors and car-builders. Employ 115 hands In various departments. R D Cole, S• .president; M Cole, vice-president- R. ft. Cole, Jr., superintendent; M. F Cole’ secretary and treasurer. ’ The Willcoxojt MANCFACTijniiro Com- PANT.—(Mills located at Lodi, t) miles west ol Newnan, on the u. and N. A. R. R ) Or ganized October 12th, jobs. Manufacture yarns, Knitting cotton, and carpet warn, learly consumption of cotton, 70u bales! Average number of hands employed, 7A Stephen ft. Smllb, president; H. J. cargenL, secretary and treasurer. The Coweta Festilizek Com past.-*-.' Manufacture several brands or hi eh-chide commercial fertilizers. Capacity luu ions par day. Employ JObands during worklngsea- son. H.C.Arnall, president; J. a. Huhler, vice-president: W. J. ftrlsklll, superldten- dent; H. C Fisher, secretary and treasnrer: Oeo. I. Jones, general agent. Furniture Factory.—Y. h. a J c Thompson, pioprletors. Kstahllshed 1887 Manuiacture all kinds or bouse and kitchen furniture. Employ from 8 to 12 hands. Cioar Factory.—M. Halblde, proprietor." Manufactures all grades of cigurs, employing BANKS. First National Rank.—Established 1871. assistant cashier. Newnan National Bank.—Organized in 1885. Cash capital, 4M,000. Charles c. Parrott, president: J. 8. Rigby, vice-president; R Y,. Andrews, cashier: John 8. Holllnshead, teller. CHURCHES. Baptist CnuRCH—Rev. J. H. Hall, D. D., Pastor. ITeachlng every Habbath at 10.30 a. m. and 7:30 t>. ni. Sunday School at H a. m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday nlglit nt 7:30 clock. Young Men’s Prayer Meeting every Monday night. Methodist Ciidrcii—Rev. W. R. Foote, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 7:15 p. m. Sunday School 9 a. in. Class Meeting at 4 p. m. Ladles Prayer Meeting every Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Young Men’H I'raver Mooting every Monday night. Social Mooting every WcdncMday night at7:30 o elock. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets on the llrst Monday afternoon In eacn month at the church, at 4 o’clock. Presbyterian CiiURcn—Rev. Jas. Stacy, D. D., Pastor. Preaching on the flrstand third Sabbaths In each month at 11 a. ra. and 7:30 p. m. Sundav School every Sunday at 9 a. m. Prayer Meeting every Thursday night ai 7:30 o'clock. Communion quarterly. KriscorAi, Church.—Rev. E. Dounlson, Rector. Second Sabbath In each month, at 10:30 a. M. CIVIC SOCIETIES. Newnan Lodge, No. 102, I. o. O. F J. T. Carpenter, N O.; T. E. Fell, V. y.; Y. C. Thompson, Scc’y; W. R. llerry, P. S..W.C. Snend, Treasnrer. Meets every Friday night. Ruth Rebecca Lodok, No. 12 —Meets every second and fourth Monday nights nt Oilil It'ollitu'u' 14 nil U ‘ A Mltaiw.ll V i\ . HERALD AND ADVERTISER. VQL. XXII NEWNAN-, *A., FRIDAY, APRIL 1. 1887. NO. 24. £egal Hotices. Notice.to Debtors and Creditors. GEORGIA—Cowirra Cowntit: All creditors of the estam of Serena A nruigca, deceased, are uotined to render in an account of their demand* to ihe unuersigneu Ai 1 person h 1 a deb lea said estate are requ i red Immediate *euiement. February , K. Vi. FREEMAN. Printers fee 12 43 Executor. Letters of Dismission. GEORG!A—Coweta Countt: H. W. Nell, executor of William >eil, hav ing applied to toe Court of Uruinary of *»id county for letters of dismission lrvm his said eXeculorsulp, all persons concerned are re quired to show cau-e In said Court oy the first Monday in Juue next, li any tney can, why l»id application should not be granted. This March 1,1587. W. H. FEksoNH, rimers’ lee *4 20 ordinary. „ Letters of Administration. GEORGIA—Coweta county: W. B. Orr having applied to the Court of Or dinary ol said county lor permanent letters oi administration on the estate of .Mrs. M. D. Orr, deceased, all persons concerned are re- a uested to show caune In said Court by tne rst Monday In April next, it any they can, why said application should not be granted. This Februa y 28,1587. ^ W. H. PERSONS, Printers’ fee $2 25 ordinary. Letters of Dismission. GEORGIA—Coweta County: Frank H. Steed, executor of Hlon P. Steed, having applied to the Court of Ordinary of said county for letters of dismlbsion from his said trust as such executor, all per ons con cerned are required to show cause In said Court by the Hi st Monday in May next, If any tney can, wny s-ld application should not be grunted. This February 7,1587. W. H. PERSONS, Printers’ fee $2 25 ordinary. COTTON SEED OIL. Magnitude of tln Enterprise tv thi« Country. ' - point as to increase tbeir consump tion, leaving only a fair bat certain profit for tlie manufacturers. The i trustees realize the fact that this is the POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never vanes, a marvel of pur ity, strength, and wholesomeness. More eco nomical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphAte powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Bakixo Powder r-o.. ior Wali-st.. N. Y. Application for Year’s Support GEORGIA—Coweta County: M. L. Carter, as next friend of Milo Thomp son, having upplled to the Court of Ordinary ol said county for twelve moulds’ support out of the estate of Amy Thompsou, late of said county deceased, and the appraisers appoint ed to assess and set apart said twelve months’ support having died their return in this Court, all persons concerned are required to show cause In salu Court by the first Monday In April next. If any they can. why salu uppilca tion should not bo granted. This March 1, 1SS7. W. H. PERSONS, Printers’ fee $3 09 Ordinary. A. Mitchell, N.G. Odd Fellows’ Hall. W. E. Avery, See’y. Coweta Lodge, No. HO, F. «fc A. M.—Regular Meetings 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights In eucb month. G. L. Johnson, W. M. W. A. Mitchell Secretary. Newnan Cn a UTKit, No. 34, R.A.M.—Regu lar Meetings first and third Tuesday nights in each month. R. \V. Freeman, II. P. W. A. Mitchell, Secretary. Hiram Council No. 18 R. & S. M.—Regu lar meeting first Monday evening in each month. Orlando McClendon, T. I. M.; It. W. Freeman, Recorder. A. J. Brkk »* Council, No. 758, R. A.—Reg ular 'meetings second and fourth Monday nights In each ii.outh. L. R. Kay, Regent; Daniel swlnt, Secretary. Newnan Lodge, No.37, A. O. U. W. — Regu lar meetings first and third Saturday nights in chcIi month. Geo. H. farm leal, M. \\\; Daniel Swlnt, Recorder. PUBLIC LIBRARY. President—J. S. Powoll. Vick President—A. C. l'case. Secretary—M«sh Annie DeGraflenried. Treasurer—H. C. Fisher. Directors—R. W. Freeman, G. Il.Cnrmi- cal, J. T. Moore, .1. E. Brown, J. 1*. Lewrett. Librarian—.Miss Annie DeGraflenried. The Library Is open on Wednesday’s and Sat urday’s from 0:30 a. ‘ to 9:30 p. m. . m. to 12 in., and from 7:30 CITY GOVERNMENT. Mayor—W. B. Berry. Aldermen—J. J. Goodrum.H. C. Aruall, K. W. Andrews, J. S. Powell. Treasurer-R. W. Androws. Clerk of Council.—L. 8. Conyers. Marshal—J. E. Robinson. Deputy—J. A. Lee. COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk Superior Court—Daniel Swlnt. Ordinary—W. II. Persons. Sheriff— George H. Cariuical. Tax Receiver—J..I. Farmer. Tax Collector—I. N, Farmer. Treasurer—H. L» Jones, surveyor—J. B. Goodwyn. Coroner—H. F. Duncan. COUNTY COURT. J. W. Powell, Judge; P. 8. Whatley. Solloi- j tor. Monthly sessions—Third Monday In each ! month. Quarterly sessions—Third Mondays ; in January, April, July and October. Administrator's Bale. GEORGIA—Coweta bounty: By virtue of an order from the Court of Or dinary of said county 1 will sell to the highest bidder before the lourt-house dooMn.the city of Newnan, said county, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in April, 1587, eight shares ol the capital stock ol the Central Railroad and Banking Company ol Georgia; ulso, lour debenture bonds or certifi cates ol indebtedness ol said Railroad aud Ban king Company. Sold as the property of Mrs. Mary u. Parks, late of said county, de ceased, lor distribution umoug the heirs. This February 18th, 1887. W. H. PaKa.8, Administrator. BRADFIELD’S Sheriff's Bales fob April. GEORGIA—Coweta County: Will be sold at public outcry before the Court-houno door in the loan of Newuun, Coweta county, Ga.. oil the first Tuesday iu April., 1557, within thu legal hours ol sale’ the loilowlng described property, to-wit: Sixty-seven tb7) ucies ol lunu, more or lefts, belli, all that part ol lot ol lund No. 249 south ol the feavauuaii, oriihn anu Norm viuOaum ltaiirv ad, in the t iisi District of Cowelu coun ty, the same being bounded on the north by right-oi-wuy ol suid aavunuuu, Guilin anu North Alabama Railroad, on tne east by lands ol J. li. Heard, uu the south by lands ol v> . H. Addy ana on the west by lunds ol \V . U. Addy and T. G. Moi gun. Levied on us the properly oi F. W Baggarly, one of the de-^ enuuuts, to sallsiy a n la. issued irom Cow eta superior Court iu lavor oi Kohertsou A Leslie vs. F. W. imggarly aud W.T. \V niiams. Froinrrty pointed out by plain turn, leuaut In possession notilled. March 3d. 1587. Also, at the same lime aud place, one acre of laud, more or ie.-s, 1$ lug north ol tne low n oi Jmjuoiu in “Negro Town,” bounied on the north by Louisa unuges and Mulberry ohed, on the ei'st oy George Harris, on the south by 11. Herndon, and on tne west by Bill Norris and aiueliuc Blanks. LeVud on as the prop erty ol Peter Lee to satlsn a li. fa. issued irom Justice Court, 49uth District, U. M., bucked J. C. Braswell, N. P. aud .1. P.,' 191>t District, G. M.,-in lavor oi Brantley, Atkinson dc Co. vs. the suid Peter Lee, lor the use ol L. ts. Shepherd, trauaieree. Levy made and r«- turne . to me by C. D. Meihvln, L. C. March 3d, 1587. Gr.O. H. CAKMICAL, Sheriff. An infallible specific for ' all the diseases peculiar to • women, such as painful or ! suppressed Menstration, • Falllngof the Womb,Leu- ! corrho>a or Whites, etc. ; FEMALE CHANGE OF LIFE. If taken during this crit ical period, ereat suffering and danger can be entire ly avoided. REGULATOR! Send for our book containing valuable in formation for women. It will be mailed free to applicants. Bkadf'^.ld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. (£6ucational. COLLEGE TEMPLE SIMRIL’S SEED PLANTER AND GUANO DRILL Took the first premium at the late Georgia State Fair over fifteen competitors. Farmers, you can’t afford to do without As a Seed Drill it has no superior. Asa Guano Distributor It Is indispensable. For sale by dealers in farm supplies, or by the SIMRIL MANUFACTURING CO., NEWNAN, GA. PRICE EACH $2.00 THE Has entered its thirty-fifth annual session | For full numbers and marked success, the COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. lost term lias proved exceptional. J A Hunter, Chairman; P O Colllnswortli; \r.wi* mwi Art H«nnrhnpnt« * D Simms, J N Newell, W W Sasser, Com- ! Tbe Lltcrar>, Music and Art departments nlssioners. R W Freeman, Clerk aud At- . are all thorough, satisfactory aud prosperous, They. Meet first W ednesduy In each month. • aud we begin the New Year under the most POST OFFICE. Postmaster—J. R. McCollum. Office hours from 7:30 a. m. to 6 p. iu. closing the mails. he up mall closes at 12:48 p. m. and down nail at 2:11 p. m. Griffin mail closes at 6 a. # and the Carrollton mall nt 8 p. m. Office ion Sunday from 3:20 to 4:20 p.iu. professional Curbs. r• S. Wlllcoxon. W. C. Wright. HXLCOXOX & WRIGHT, Attoruoys at Law, Newnan, Ga. I Will practice in nil tiro Courta of tbe Pis- Tictand Circuit. All Justice Courts atten- Officc in Wlllcoxon building, over E. favorable auspices. Send us your daughters; patronize homo institutions thereby secur ing the same educational advantages at cheaper rates, and retaining tho inestimable privilege of home infiueuce. With the sym pathy aud hearty support of the pant, we will secure to those entrusted to us a thorough, practical education. Spring Term will begin Jan. 4,18S7. For catalogue apply to M. P. KELLOGG, Pres, aud Trop. NEWNAN klaudo McClcmton. K. W. Freeman. |tcCLEXDOX & FREEMAN, Attorneys at Law, Newnan, Ga. | Practice iu all tire courts, collections made i vcyancluK, and all local business attended ■itb promptuess. Ottlccover James Parks si side public square. f. A. TURNER, Attorney at Law, Newnan, Ga. practices in all tbe State and Federal Courts, i No. 4 Opera House Buildlns. [. Y. ATKINSON, Attorney jit Law, Newnan, Ga. _ , Will practice in all Courts of this aud olntnc counties and the Supremo Court. |6. POWELL, Attorney at Law, Newnan, Ga . Collections made. lw. PEDDY. M. D.. Physician and Surgeon, Newnan, 3a. |lce over W. E. Avery’s Jewelry Store.) j ffers hts services to the people of Newnan | Isarrounding country. All calls answered * 'aptly. THOMAS J. JONES, j ctfhlly otters his services to the people i S’ewnan and vicinity. Office on Depot * R. H. Barnes’ old Jewelry office. Res- , ce on Depot street, third building east of i (W. P; depot. MALE SEMINARY, NEWNAN, GA. MOSES and A. S. JONES, instructors. Spring Term began first Monday In January, 1887. ■ 1886. • Address the Principals for Catalogue. 1887. PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL (FOR MALES AND FEMALES,) PALMETTO. GA. Cincinnatian's brains?” "No; tell m'e all about it.*’ “Well, the organization ia knowD as : the American Cotton Seed Oil Trust Its headquarters are now in New < York city, but it was organized here | by J. V. Lewis, whose cotton seed oil I works in the East End were establish ed not long after it was known that there was virtue in the hundreds of thousands of tons of the seed which ; the gin was annually separating from ■ the cotton, and which had hitherto ! been used for no other purpose than to ! fertilize tbe ground. "So soon as the virtue in this seed ! became known mills for crushing and | pressing and refining were established ; in various places throughout the cot- l ton belt and then the busiuess of each j oil manufacturer cutting the throat of w , e| Kht, aium"or"phosphate j hia neighbor or of his competitor be- ; Kan. It was the? that Mr. Lewis con- j ceived the idea of a consolidation into j one gigantic trust, and two years ago ! successfully carried out the plan. The | recent deollne of 20 per cent in the ; Trust stock, which had been listed iu i tbe New York stock exchange, has j brought this industry more conspicu- j ously than ever before the people of j this country, owing to the fact that j the decline was brought about by the ; threatened raid of Chicago’s pork ! prince, Phil D. Armour.” j “What could Mr. Armour have to | do with vegetable oils? I thought , he was exclusively interested in ani mal fats.” | “No, he savs he uses cotton seed oil | very largely in the manufacture of i lard, aud I’m glad to know it. I’m glad that more vegetable and less ani mal fa’s are being taken into the hu man stomach than formerly. They are more wholesome. Any physician will tell you so. It is because this cotton seed oil is so largely entering into articles of food that the public is everyw here interested in its develop ment. Right after the Armour raid it was said on Wall Street and in many financial circles that the Cotton Seed Trust was a ‘blind pool swindle.’ ” “Well, is it?” “Do you think J. V. Lewis would be interested in it if it were? It is as square an organization as there is in America. Its certificates represent about $38,000,000 par value, and at the present market price its capitalization stands at $20,000,000. It owns ninety- six oil mills and refineries, the former scattered throughout thb South, and the latter located in the North, from Providence, R. I., to Omaha, Neb. It has no indebtedness whatever, and since its earnings have become large it has ceased to issue its certificates, and it now pays for all new properties iu cash or net earnings. On July 1 the concern will make a showing to Us stockholders covering both its cap italization and its earnings. “Iu detail, cotton oil is the product of pressed cotton seed, refined in a greater or less degree, according to tbe use for which it is intended. The cot ton seed ginned from the plant at the plantations had practically no com mercial value, except as a fertilizer, until the erection of the cotton oil mills. Indeed, in the rich alluvial plantations of the Mississippi valley it had not even that value. The mills are located throughout the cotton belts, each w,ith a territory of Us own, and eaoh supplied with seed from the adjacent plantations. It was found that the products of the seed could be made very valuaole, and the manu facture of cotton oil very profitable, and about 120 of these mills spraDg up to compete for the business of makiDg the oil. A commercial value for the seed has thus been established, and it now rules at $S to $10 per ton, accord ing to locality. “From a ton of seed the oil millers make about $20 worth of oil, oil cake and lint, the manufacture costing about $6, leaving a net profit of from $3 to $5 on every ton of seed milled. The oil finds a ready market all over the country and Europe, goiDg to make lard, lardine, butter, butterine, illuminating and lubricating substan ces, and tbe table oils. A large pro portion of tbe whole product is ship ped to Europe, and comes back as pure olive oil. “For frying purposes the refined cotton oil is regarded by many supe rior to the best lard, and it is stated that some of the best hotels in the country use nothing else iu the prep aration of ail kinds of food except pas try. This would Ho doubt surprise their guests if they kDew it. “Cotton seed oil is being largely manufactured in England and Scot land from the seed furnished in Egypt, but it is much inferior to the American, which prodnet is constant ly increasing. “The Cotton Oil Trust in America is managed by a board of nine direct ors. Tbe details of management are intrusted to various bureaus, each ef { which bascharge of a separate branch of the company’s business. ‘“The board is authorized to pur chase cotton oil mills and refineries as it sees-fit, in the cettificates of the Trust or in cash. As fast as a mill is purchased all of ite superior officers Cincinnati Tlmes-St&r.} “Did you know that a consolidation j sound business basis for tbe stability of one of the largest and most valued ! industry, and also seek thereby industries in tbe world was not long j avoid competition. It hasdevelop- ago organized in this city, and by a I the fact that mills not in the Trust cannot be operated successfully for any great length of time as against the combined economies of the Trust. “At the end of the fiscal year each mill turns over its net earnings to the Trust tp be applied to the divdends od tbe Trust certificates. The expenses of the Trust organization itself are very trifling, as the members of the board of directors receive only nomi nal salaries; and as they are all men who are thoroughly acquainted with tbe business, and whose entire for tunes are in the certificates of the Trust, there is the best prospect of good management. “It was never intended by the or ganizers that the certificates of tbe Trust should become articles of specu lation, but that they should be held like those of the Standard Oil Company, which are never quoted. Some of the smaller mill owners were, however, tempted by inducements held out by Wall street, and, as already stated, their certificates were offered for sale. In his raid Armour found that he had made a mistake; that be could get oil from tbe Trust just as cheap as he could make it, and has so stated. “That the industry is a vast one, and but in its infancy as yet, may be inferred from the facttbateach bale of cotton yields 1,000 pounds of the seed, and of our annual production of cot ton, 6,500,000 bales, the seed of only 1,000,000 bales is used for oil, while tbe demand for the oil and other pro ducts of the seed is constantly increas ing. “The policy of tbe Trust is to make small and sure profits on a large vol ume of business instead of large prof its on a small volume. “The Trust owns 90 per cent, of the seed grinding capacity of the entire country. Of the mills outside of the organization a very large percentage have been declined at any price, for the reason that they are small and un favorably located, it being more prof itable to buy the seed (it it is desired at all) iu such sections, and freight it to near-by mills of the Trust, rather than keep up a working organization at any such particular point.” tainiy. Tbe country has known pe riods of great business activity before but none so marked, and to all ap pearances so stable, as the one which we have now entered. The generation who have just tonched th^border of the middle age of life have a vivid re collection of the tremendous revival in trade which set in in 1861, and the re spective periods of prosperity which began in 1870 and 1879. Those all ended, and the present one will: The activity of 1861-65, however, woa feverish and nnnatural, being caused by the sudden and radical increase in consumption, and tbe coincident:re duction in the capacity for production caused by the war. The boom of ll was due to an Inflated currency, whji led to the locking up of large sums of money iu unproductive railroads and other enterprises. The wild era of speculation which set in after the re sumption of specie payments in 1879, together with the failure of the crops in 1881, and the consequent railroad war on a vast scale, caused the finan cial collapse which began in the latter year. The conditions to-day are dif ferent from those which obtained at any of the previous periods named Crops were large last year, the prom ise of the winter wheat crop for tbe present year is good, and the purely speculative transactions in stocks and food are comparatively few and small. EDDYST0NE SOLUBLE GUANO, MANUFACTURED BY THE CLARK’S COVE GUANO CO., NEW BEDFORD. MASS. j PAID VP CAPITAL, SS,OOO,0(XJ.OO. SOUTHERN OFFICE: JOHN M. GREEN, Manager, ATLANTA, GA. 10TICE TO THE PUBLIC. ke this method of notifying the public [ [ I wil not be responsible for the net* of ! wife. Mrs. C. V.Tavlor, after this da«e. |auory 23d, 1857.* H.«. TAYLOR. CITY TAX NOTICE. 1 commence receiving City Tax returns, iril 1st, at JoLn 8. Anderson’s store. !. JOHN E. PEN DEE GRA S T, Prin. STRING TERM WILL OPEX JA8UARY 5.-1SS7. Healthy climate, pure water, good society, cheap board and tuition, experienced teach ers, and especial care to pupils. Tuition, per month - - - - - 4160to$4f0 Mnsle, per month - - Board, per month . - Brad ft* Cktahfcuv. V FOR SALE BY N B GI.OVLR, Newnan. J GRtHAM, Benoia. RUSSELL, HARRIS A CO., Turin. W A BRANNAN, Puckett’s Station. WILL HERRING. Powellville. E 8 ROBERTS A CO., Whitesburg. $25,000.00 IN GOLD! WILL BE PAID FOB ARBOCEES’ COFFEE WRAPPERS. In the Midst of Prosperity. St. Louis Globe-Democrat ] The country is just now enjoying an era of prosperity. To some extent tbe “good times” which have fet in may be regarded as universal. The busi ness depression which lias prevailed throughout most of the great indus trial nations of the world for the past four or five years is passing away even in Europe. Trade in Great Britain, France, Germany and the principal commercial countries on the other side of the Atlautic is more active than it has been before since 1881 and 1882. Excepting as general business conditions are modified in tbe old world by the dread of war in thexiear future, there has come a marked and healthful revival in trade. The ranks of the idle have grown thinner withio the past twelve months. Labor is more generally employed than it has been for about half a decade past. The tendency of wages in the avenues of Industry whicii are most readily af fected by reactions of revivals in trade is toward a gradual increase. Prices of commodities, where they are changing at all, are .slowly expanding. The earnings of the people to-day, however, will more largely supply the people’s needs than ever before in the' history of the human race. The so cial and monetary gap between the rich and the p poor seems suddenly to have grown narrower. It is, of course, natural that the evi dences of prosperity are most marked and numerous in the United States. The earnings of our great railroad lines are greater than they have been for years past. Bank clearances are heavier now than they have been be fore. The country is buying more largely abroad than it bas done in re cent years, which is an evidence that the necessity for economy does not appear to be so great as it was a year ago. Employment at fair wages is abundant. Nobody but the constitu tionally indolent or vicious need re main idle. now. The people enjoy more of the comforts of life than they ever did before in this country. Many of the luxuries which were obtainable only by the wealthy a generation or two back, even in the United States are now within the reach of ^nost per sons of average intelligence and in dustry. Look around and note how the great revival in general trade is manifesting itself. There is a marked and univer sal tendency toward the acquirement of land. Part of this undoubtedly is purely speculative, but even this feat ure reveals the presence of a vast amount of capital in tbe country, as well as an implicit confidence in the general business situation. Much of this expenditure in land, however, is for permanent investment, as is shown by the large increase in small purchases and iu tbe number of build ings being erected, as compared with former years. The tide of immigra tion from Europe aod tbe Eastern Th« Surplus Outrage. Louisville Courisr-Journul.l Among the burdens which tbe late Congress left upon us is a scale of taxation which collects of production a third more taxes than the Govern ment can spend; and while it requires 40 per cent, more produce thaD the normal returns to pay a.doilar of taxes, it collects $100,000,000 more taxes than it can even waste. This leaves upon ns a system which forces us to export 2,000,000,000 pound* of cotton which we produce for $195,- 000,000,000, while another nation buys 1,700,000,000 pounds of cotton and gets $400,000,000 out of It by spinuing and weaving it; it forces us to take of our mineral and coal supplies which are abundant enough to meet the yearly consumption of 500,000,000 for eign people for centuries to come, and allows us to work up only enough to meet the wants of one-tenth as many people, even while its use at home is restricted by an arbitrary enhance ment of value amounting at present to75 per cent, added to its cost. It con spires with our foreign rivals to de grade and depress the silver product of this nation, wnich is 65 per cent, of the world’s production. It conspires with foreign capital to maintain a flagitious iunovation upon the system of natural currencies which the world has used through ail its ages, which robs all production of 30 to 50 per cent, of its normal returns, and which, by the common consent of the scien tists of America and Europe, falls more heavily upon our greatest inter est, that of agricul ture, than any other in all nations. It is thus forcing us to make food and raw material at mini mum prices for artisan labor, while rendering it impossible to employ ar tisan labor on a large scale in this country; thus helping, at the expense of Amerioan farmers, to cheapen food and raw material, mainly for the ben- fit of^ foreign capital. It bas kept us under a system of home consumption for artisan productions which permits us to employ only 765,000 of our peo ple in protected industries while 17,- 000,000 are left to seek other employ ment, and 8,000,000 are driven togrub- bing in the fields for cheap food and cheap raw material to undersell in European markets the products of Eu rope and Asia, and thus, by cheapen ing their artisan production, keeping up the pretext for high continued protection. If we were on the bed-rock of free competition with foreign labor, we might be giving many-fold of our peo ple employment in our home artisan industries; and in one product alone— cotton—we might be securing that $400,000,000 which free-trade England gets out of the cotton we annually ex port for $190,000,061), and this differ ence of $210,000,000 would be a gain iu the fund from our Bource, which is di vided among produciug .abor and capital. Who is Shakespeare? Exchange.] * a A story was told me to-day by one who is a force in Colorado politics on ex-Senator Tabor, almost as interest ing as the night-gown story told on Colorado’s ex-Legislator, when he was filling somebody’s nnexpired term in the Senate. The fame of Tabor’s opera bouse, at Denver, is world-wide, and when Mr. Tabor determined to build a theater at Leadville, he an nounced that he would have one built that would make his former effort at Denver look like a shed. He loudly asserted that he would knock the earth out, especially in the docoration of the Leadville home of Thepis. He sert to Italy for the decorator, and did not go inside /he Leadville structure until the Italian sent him word tbat he would like his opinion. Mr. Ta bor went, in company with bis artist, and, after careful scrutioy, expressed himself as quite satisfied. “But tell me,” quoth Mr. Tabor, “what man are you making famous by putting bis portrait up there?” PROFIT-SHARING i Premium, Premiums, 6 Premiums, 25 Premiums, 100 Premiums, 200 Premiums, 1,000 Premiums, For full pt Urfceretf’ SI,000.00 S500.00 each •250.00 “ SI00.00 “ ■ S50.00 “ *20.00 “ • S10.00 “ irs and directions sec CirCT Of AJBCCKVS* POfTIE. “Why, that is a very true preeent- States is transforming the wildernesses ; men t Shakespeare,” replied the ar- ! are discharged, and it is put under • of the West and South iutoproductive ! tlst ‘ , the control of a superintendent who ; farms. Old lines of railroad are being “Who is he?” asked the miner. receives his instructions directly from ! extended and new ones built through- ! “W T by, tbe great dramatist, of I the management of the Trust. 'out the country. New trade centers | course; and not only the greatest "The reduction in the expenses of ■ are arising ont of the midst of prairie playwright, but the greatest bard as tbft mill properties-assessed in this ■ and forest. Places like Omaha, Kau- we 'l- ,r manner is one of the most important i sas City, HI. Patil, Minneapolis and I ‘‘Well, he may have been a big fel- features of the Trust. New economies Birmingham double their population low, but I never heard that he did are being introduced every day that ; and triple their wealth and productive tend to reduce the cost of manufac- capacity within a very few years, and new cities like Wichita and Kingman, Kan., and Anniston, Ala., spring np out of the savage solitudes of nature almost in a single night. Will 00$ thlspnapcxUywNl? Ger- ture- It is the aim of the Trust in this way to be able to pay the planter a fair price for bis seed, and at the same time reduce tbe cost of tbe pro tect! VO Oi CMHOKOetP much for Leadville. Just paint him ont of that and paint me in.” And Mr. Tabor’s portrait overlooks the auditorium. The latest social maxim is good as far as it goes. “Tbe brat way to get a divuroeiiiaot toget married.” A# a Practical Scheme for the Solution of Labor Problems. Baltimore Sian ] The manufacturing system which has been developed so greatly within the last fifty years requires the use of large capital for the successful prose cution of auy lineofproduction Small shops have yielded to great factories: the masters with their small corps of apprentices and journeymen to the single capitalist with his thousands of wage-earners. Henoe the sharply de fined issue of to-day between capital -and labor. The proprietor employe his capital and tbe workman his mus- clee and skill upon the production of wares that bring a certain price. How much shall go for wages and how much shall be retained as pioflt are questions that constantly lead to con flict of opinion between employers and employes—the strikes, lock-outs, boy cotts 3nd other incidents of our indus trial history being but expressions of dissatisfaction on both sides with their present relations. Labor claims all it can get, ahd capital does the same. Yet no one persou will propose to abolish the freedom of contract, uuder which all the present conflict of inter est arises. Force is no remedy in such matters, leading to worse injustice than tbe existing methods involve. Profit-sharing is put forward by Mr. N. O. Nelson, of 8t Louis, Mo., as a practical scheme for the solution of existing labor problems, and be has published an interesting psmpblet de scribing his own experience and that of many other persons in this country and France who had tried it. The system of profit-sharing, as di tin- guiahed from co-operation, dates from 1842, when Leclaire, a Parisian house- painter, engaged to divide bis profits with bis workmen in addition to wages. The proposition made by. Mr. Nelson to his own men last March puts in few words the principle of pro(it-8hariDg: After allowing 7 per cent, on actual capital invested, the remainder of the profits of the busiuess will lie divided equally upon the total of wages paid aud capital employed. Each employe will receive a share of tbe profits pro portionate to the wages paid him for the year. Dividends will be paid in cash, or may be left in the business to share in the profits as so much capital. His books will be subject to examina tion by a man to be selected at tbe end of the year. The plan has worked well. The 150 employes have "had $4,828 divided 'among them as tbeir share of the pro fits, their receipts from this source amounting to about 5 per cent, on the wages duriDg the year. Over 90 per cent, of the employes elected to leave their dividends iu tho business, re ceiving therefor a non-transferable certificate, payable on demand, or when the holder should cease to be employed. The most striking effect of tbe plan was in tbe increased efficiency and faithfulness of the workmen. Wherever profit-sharing has been tried, in fact, it has been found practicable to produce of the same output of wares withasmaller □ umber of workmen, the disposition of the profit-sharers being Daturally to weed out idlers and incompetents, so as to bring dividends to tbe highest practicable figure. For the capitalist the result ft an income from interest, salary and dividends largely exceed ing the usual profits of manufacturing. * What Sort of a Farmer Are Ton t The farmer who begins the year’s work without a definite plan is going to move al mg in a slip-shod m&nner to the end of it. When one aims at uothiog in particular he is sure *o miss everything. Each one should aim at the largest crop posssible with the improvement of his land. To se cure this result, the labor, both of men aDd animals, should be no loss of time. Tbe accomplishment of this- can only be brought about by having well devised plana and the work cut out for days.abead. The wet-days should all be provided for, and even the spare moments when one is waiting for meals. Fussy, spasmodic industry does not accomplish much. The team that pulls by jerks cannot be depend ed on. It is tbe regular, trained, quiet horses that draw tbe hftvy loads. with the farmer#. Those who are up before day ripping and tearing around, are apt to break down before night. It is your quiet man that be gins bis werk at sunrise and loses not moment daring the day that makes rogress. He mends his harness and tools and has them all in place, so that when be changes work no time is lost. If some emergency should arise that would compel him to harness bis team at midnight, he would find ev erything in place. When he starts his plows, be does not have to lose two days in getting bis heel-bolts, sin gle trees, lines and gears together. Tbe methodical man will make all his preparations early in tbe yecr, and he,can now tell you wbat be will plant in this field and in that. HU diligence and watchful care are felt in bouse and kitchen. Tbe wife bas the best cooking utensils and all the con veniences that, save her from drudg ery. She is protected from the hard weather and her work is lightened in many ways. His farm is more than a place to raise big crops aud fine stock; it is a happy home where tbe children not only take part in tbe work, but share in the success and profits of tbe crop. They are made to feel that they are helpful and important factore in tbe farming operations. On sucbdarifis there is cheerful and ef fective labor in the. fields and joyful contentment and mental and moral growth around the -hearthstone. -Is yours each a farm and such a home? ADVERTISING RATO. $ 2 3 ll ll, *?] One square 1 month, ----- One square 3 mouths, - - One square 6 nn nths. - - - - •- One square Is months. ----*- Quarter oolu i n 1 month, - - J Qrflmter ctfiutnn 3 months, - - - Quarter column 12 months, - - -- Half coin inn 1 month, - - - - - Half column 3 months, - - - - naif column 12 months, - - - - One column 1 month, - - - - ■ One column 3 months, - - - - One column 12 months, - - - ■ Ji The Way Two Litigant* Settled a Law Salt. Southern Bivouac.) So long as tbe ’Squire was in sight tbe crowd kept perfect silence,' and maintained tbeir positions. When, however, he disappeared in tbe boas* with Jimmy in attendance on him, there arose a bum of voioes. Unele Billy Willis mounted the work bench and everything was stiir*£*in. •‘Gen-tle men,” said the old man, quietly, “I reckon nobody here Is a-goin’todist>iremy word. Ifhedoes I shall expect Bob Scruggs toe argy with him; an’ it he can’t convince him, my son Joe, here, will jine Bob’s side of the debate. You all heerd what the ’Squire said. There ain’t to be no flghtin’here; but if any two gen-tle- men wants a little ex-er-cf«e, they kin git out inter tbe road and have it. The rest of us will git inter a ring aroun’ em\ It is ex-cr-cfjc, gen-tle- men, not fi^htin’; an’ ther ain’t to be no gougin’, nur scratching nur bitin’, nur hair-pullin', nur chokin’. You all hear me. Now git outtberan’ make a ring. Don’t git it too little—give em’room enough and keep hands off.” Tbe two litigants kDew wbat was exp. cted of them, and already had stripped themselves of coats and shirts and tied their pantaloons about their waists with tluirsurpenders. The ring was no sooner formed than they jrere in it, facing each other aod read^ffor a rush. “Gen-tie men,” said Uncle Billy, “remember what I told you, an’ tote fa’r. When I -ay go, then sail in." “Air you ready ?" “Ready,” answered both men at onoe. “Then go!” At it they went, with tbe word, quick as a flush, raining blows upon each other whhout regard to rules of science. It was “give and take” so rapidly than lie eye could not follow th6 quick darting fists; and the thumps of their strokes on each other’s bodies souDded like the hoof-beats of a galloping horse. Tbe crowd went wild with delight. “Ob my, Skin ner!" “G» it Moses!” “Tickle him, Sammy!" “Bust his snoot!” “Salt his bacon!” aud a hundred other qnaint expressions went up from the lusty lungs of the bystanders, who danced and leaped about the fighters, but never presumed to touch- them. When in their struggles they came near to one side of tbe ring, tbe line gave back that they might have ample room for ac tion. It was a fair fight and the best man wquld win. These rural - gladiators - -were equally matched in strength and courage, and neither had known nothing but victory before; the lit tle roan heifer and an unbroken se ries of victory at. law, as well as war, was'tbe prize for which they fought. For a long i ime the issue was in doubt, but accident favored tbe winner. In stepping back to get a better vantage ground, Mose tripped against a large root iu tbe road, and as be tottered, Skiuner struck him a terrific blow upon the side of the neck which sent him- dowu full length upon the earth'. In a moment *be enemy was upon him, hammering wiih terrible blows upon his face and che-t. He bad just breath enough left to ga-p out, “JVujf/” This ended the fib, f course, and tbe crowd cotigratulaied the victor, as crowds always do, while poor Moees . thought bitteilv, as he washed his bruises over thff cooling-tub in the blacksmith shop, how tbe roan heifer and his law suit and his prestige as a fighter were all forever lost. His friends coDsoled him as best they could, nut he was a beaten man, and had md a word to s*y in answer to their well- meant condolences. He was hipped, and no language could palli ate his disgrace. Don’t call a large, sinewy man * prevaricator. If you are sure he is a prevaricator, hire another mas to break tbowwo to Hk Partins Wits* Birdie. Tid-Bits.] “It ain’t everybody I’d trust my lit tle gal to,” said old Farmer Skinner to the love-lorn young granger who had become enamored with Miss Sal- lie Skinner, and wished to carry her off from the loving care and shelter of the home nest. The ‘‘little gal,” who was five feet eleven inches tall in her bare feet (us si e was at that moment) bid her happy blushing face oh the dear, food old father’s shoulder; and wept happy tears as be said to the deeply moved lover: “You most take good care of my wee birdling, Jack. Bicollect that she’s been raised kind o’ tender like. Two seres a day is all I ever asked her to plow, and an acre of corn a day is all she’s used to hoe ing. She kin do light work, sicb as making rail fences and d gging post- holes, and burning hrusb^and all that, but ain’t used to reg’lar farm work, and you need not ask too much of her. It’s hard for her old dad to give his little sunshine up. He’ll have to split bis own cord- > ood snd dig bis own taters now. But go, birdie, and be happy!” Gentlemen of the jury,” once said an old 'time judge in Mobile, “the lawyem have been here two whole days discussing the constitutionality of the law under which this suit wa» brought. You have nothing to do with that. Al! you have to ascertain is whether tbe man got the money. If he did be ought to pay it. Take the case.” The spring time is approaching rap idly, “gentle Annie,” «.r no “gentle Annie.” It won’t be long now before tbe poor oppressed hasband will have blisters on his hands from holding on to a hard fishing pole all day, while his tyrannical wife will be staying at borne having fun with a spade in the gatden. - Judge not by appearances,” is a good adage. A faded, rusty suit may conUitgan editor or a preacher, while the man wearing the shiny entt' and tbe tail bat may be a delinqnentsub- scriber of three years’ standing, and perhaps a debtor to tbe wsabtowo- ate-