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the weekly telegraph AND messenger, Friday, February is, im.
Macon and Florida Alr-LIno Railroad.
A telegram was received nl this office
yesterday from Mr. AY. II. AVells, en
gineer of the above nnmed road, an
nouncing the arrival of his party at
Tifton, on the Brunswick and Albany
railroad, in the northern part of Ber
rien county. The party will reach Val
dosta on the 30th inst, and Lake City,
Fin., in all probability, by March 1st.
There is much impatience manifested
all along the line of the proposed road
and in Macon, over the apparent delay
in this enterprise, but the delay is only
imaginary. The survey now being con
ducted with great rapidity iB absolutely
necessary before an estimate of the cost
can be made. As soon ns the engineer’s
report has been handed in, subscription
books will be opened at all important
points in the sections interested, and
tho work he pushed to completion. The
engineer informs us that a cheaper road
of similar length cannot be built in the
South. The line is nearly straight, ilif-
ficulLjdnces few, and grades remarka
bly eftsy.
England Acts.
Our telegrams this morningannouncc
a change in the Gladstone Soudan pro
gramme whereby the policy of non
interference by the military 1ms been
abandoned. Two things have evident
ly combined to provoke the sudden
movement indicated in the dispatches.
For Several days past tho European
press has condemned the Gordon mis
sion, whereby a brave man was
sent alone hundreds of miles
into a country full of mad
dened fanatics to effect that which
it is claimed can only bo accomplished
riel armit. It is claimed that the death
of Gordon would result in the over
throw of the Gladstone ministry, so
great is the public dissatisfaction. Says
a prominent journal: “The dromedary
which carries Gordon, carries also the
present ministry in England.” But
the event which brought matters to a
crisis finally was undoubtedly the cap
ture of Sinkat and the massacre of the
six hundred defendants, ns reported in
these columns yesterday.
When England acts it is with deci
sion. There are nowin motion forces
sufficient to protect Suakim am} even
Tokar, forty miles distant Irom it, if
they can bo transported there in time.
Cairo is to bo garrisoned from Alexan
dria, and that place left under the pre
election of wnr vessels. All the forces,
including* a homeward bound
regiment of huzzars, are to be massed
to protect the Red Sea ports. In tho
meantime We shall look with interest
upon the course of Chineso Gordon,
treating nlone for peace in tho midst of
the enemy, for a government that lias
committed ahostile act, and instructed
its agents to give as much publicity as
possible to tho fact.
Tha Port of Brunswick.
The Brunswick Herald, in contcm
plation of Congressional appropriations
for the harbor improvements and the
erection of n public building in tho city,
gives some interesting facts connected
with tho growth and importance of
Brunswick.
The commerce of Brunswick has
steadily increased since 1878. As com
pared with that year, tho figures for
1883 show a net increase in volume
of one hundred and fifty per cent. Dur
ing 1883 there went from that port to
foreign and coast stations, of lumber,
00,875,000 feet; of timber, 3,177,177
feet; of turpentine, 35,612 casks; of
rosin, 134,512 barrels; of cotton, 10,031
balc8;ofpig iron 1,587tons; of whale
oil 0,274 gallons; of wool. 20,096 lbs;
of hides, 03, 828, which with sundry
other freightS were valued at $3,437,
329. This docs not include business
dono by steam vessels making regular
drips.
During 1883, 379 Vessels entered tho
port of Bruhswickj and 411 were clear
ed, carrying the fiags of every nation
in the world.
Brunswick needs governmental work
upon its bar and in the harbor. It is
already, ns shown above, a port of vast
importance to shippers and buyers,
and is bound eventually to be one of
the great coal and iron ports of tha
8oulb. It is easy of access, safe, has
good railroad connections and should
not be neglected. Tho resources of tho
great Apalachian region of the Soutli
have as yet scarcely been touched,
but under the golden wand
of capital it will soon begin in earnest
to pour its treasures into the world’i
marts. Heavy freights seek water
transportation. Mobile, Brunswick,
Pensacola, Savannah have bright pros
per ts in the development of the hid
den wealth of the mountain country
and the increase of population and in
dustries in the midlands. It is true
that this was prophesied thirty years
ago, and rehearsed until the people
were weary of waiting. But between
now and then sleep old systems, war,
desolation and poverty, from which it
is a miracle greater than even tho ful
fillment of a humnn prophecy, that we
sliould have traveled so rapidly toward
prosperity.
All Georgia is interested in the in
creased facilities of her ports. We trust
our Georgia members in Congress will
press the claims of each as they arc
presented.
Homs development me-.t be by home
[geodes. The p- - pie of Georgia must de-
end upon tbemadvea to develop the re-
ources of their State. Outside capital and
nergy should be welcomed when they
boose to east them-Ives into the cora-
nxii lot; but nothing from witbout con
apply the want of energy, purpose, enter-
irfse and determination wltbin. People
-am tin ir strength only by testing ft, and
ibiliiy fncri a-ee trader(ha tutelage of self-
i aeon isn’t sj good e point at any
lor a canning establishment, why
7 It there tie any obstacles in the
- to such an enterprise here
i too short-sighted to see then.
The Democratic Presidential Convention.
On the 22d proximo the National
Democratic Executive Committee will
assemble in Washington for the pur
pose of selecting a time and place at
which to hold the nominating conven
tion.
It is conceded that the time will
be fixeu upon about tho last of tiio
month of June, though there is a stron-g
and growing sentiment that the Presi
dential campaigns are unnecessarily
long, and should not really actively be
gin until after the summer solstice. As
to the place. Washington is the only city
that cannot be crowded. No city in
the world is so plentifully provided
with lodging and eating houses,
at which comfortable accommodations
may he obtained nt reasonable rates.
It has broad streets and avenues, and
a system of street car lines unsurpassed
for convenience. An objection may be
raised against Washington that tile
convention might be controlled by
Congrcssmen. We do not attach much
weight to this, for Congressmen as a
rule exert very little influence over
anybody or anything, save by their
votes.
No matter which of the competing
cities—Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis,
or Louisville—may be selected, and no
matter what pledges may be made in
behalf of the successful one,
all who attend the convention
will be swindled by hotel keepers,
hackmen, proprietors of restaurants
and lodging bouses. In this respect
there is no choice. Any one who lias
attended a convention has sworn in his
heart that nothing could induce him to
repeat his experience in that particu
lar place. Washington has no very
large hall, and this is a decided advan
tage. The hall in which file conven
tion is held should have accommoda
tions only for the regularly elected or
appointed delegates and a fair repre
sentation of the press. There is no ne
cessity for further room. There is no
reason why the public at large should
be admitted to the floor and galleries
to contribute to the noise, excitement
and confusion.
It is supposed that a convention is
assembled to deliberate as toaplatform
first and next as to candidates. This
can not be properly done in a hall
packed to suffocation and apiid the
yells of clacquers crowded upon the
floors and in the galleries, and the
tramping of political clubs and the
crash of brass bands.
If tho convention at Cincinnati had
stopped to think and deliberate, Gen
eral Hancock would never have been
nominated in advance of a platform
and amid scenes that far surpassed
those of a mad house. The na
tional committee has charge of
this matter, and it should decide
that no one will be admitted not bear
ing regular credentials as a delegate;
not even the alternates who make it a
point to attend and take part in the
proceedings. The committee should
also make public the fact that political
clubs will bo rigidly excluded. These
are gotten up in tho interest of some
particular aspirant. Their expenses
are paid to the convention, and they go
with drums and horns and big sticks,
to bully and browbeat all who may not
agree with them. If theso organiza
tions will insist upon parading witli
their banners, they should be
compelled to go through the perform
ance on the outside. The Democratic
party docs not desire a hurrah cam
paign and a hurrah candidate.
It has tried both to its sorrow.
The candidate must confe from the
right quarter, and must commend him
self to tho business interests of the
country, rather by his composure than
by hi* capacity to raise a storm amongst
the mob,
Tho national committee should nt its
meeting tako steps to have a text
book prepared, so as to bo
ready for distribution at
tho inception of tho campaign. This
could he dono by a sub-committee or
by the present clerk of the House of
Representatives, who holds a high and
responsible political office. The party
in the different States should be urged
to send the best material as delegates.
Experience has developed that those
most anxious to go are just the onos
who ought not to go, and that the mis
takes of tho past may in a great meas
ure be charged up to men who have as-
sumedto deliberate upon a most impor
tant question, when in truth they were
merely the partisans of this or that
politician.
retard the narr JV! gauge .extension.
The fact that o ,, r Savannah contempo
rary lias npp- ^ared as the firstebampion
of the new geheme, together with cir-
cumstan-jeg presently mentioned clear
ly est'j|,]jg| leg the correctness oi our
BU Pr.k)sition, anil reveals the source
IrOjn which the attack on this city and
section is to come.
The Telkobaph has never failed to
endorse and assist any enterprise
shown to be of probable value to
the people of its section. It
would be glad to see two roads
leading from Macon straight into Flor
ida, but-as our astute contemporary
admits, “there is no probability, of
course, that both roads will be built,
and proceeding upon this supposition,
wc shall use every endeavor to assist
that which, in our opinion, is working
with sincere intention.
Colonel Gruelie was late the super
intendent of the Florida Southern
which, says a correspondent of the
Newt now before us, has combined
with tho Plant Investment Company,
in which Col. Estili, the proprietor of
the Savannah Newt, is leading direc
tor. These, to all intents, are the
forces operating to obtain tho char
ter from Macon southward through
the I’lant Investment system. Non-,
of what possible benefit can a broad
gauge or any other road from Macon lie
to the interests we have named? None
whatever. On the contrary, it would
draw an immense amount of freight and
travel away from that system, place
the Macon merchant in Florida with
advantages superior to those of Savan
nah, and lay the daily Telegpaph
before the readers of that State
hours in advance of its
esteemed contemporary, the
Savannah Newt. Nor are we alone in
our view of the situatfon. The corre
spondent to whom wc referred says in
his article to the Newt, written with all
the accuracy as to details and with all
the force of a railroad superintendent
who cites the advantages of his own
line;
-The truth is, that when Mr. Plant’s sa
gacious eyes surveyed the situation, he
noted at a glance that the railroads of the
peninsula were not projected in a manner
to subserve the best interests of the State,
hut haling mural an eatl anil wot line
along their northern border as a sort of bul
wark against invasion from without, etc.”
Macon and Florida Railroad Lines.
We clip the notice given below from
the editorial columns of the Savannah
Newt:
Col. N. It. Grnelle, o( Gainesville, Fla.,
late superintendent of the Florida South
ern railroad. Mr. W. T.Sylvester, a promi
nent capitalist of Jacksonville, and a com
pany of Northern capitalists, have filed an
application for a charter with the Secretary
of State at Atlanta, for the Macon, SL
Johns and Gulf Railway Company, for the
purpose of building a road from Macon
through Houston, llooly or Pulaski. Wil
cox, Irwin, Berrien, I/iwndes and Echols
counties to the Florida line, whence it fa
contemplated to extend it through to
Tampa, or tome other point on the Gulf
coasL Col. Grnelle went over the
countnr through which it is proposed
to build this road nearly two years ago,
and made a most favorable report|to bis
company. It seems now that the coun
ties mentioned are bound to have a new
road. The Macon company, under the
able leadership of Col. A. J. Lane, has al
ready put a surveying party in the field,
and CoL Gruelle’s company also evidently
mean bualnets. The section of country
through witch these roads are located fa
a good one and only needa transportation
facilities to make It equal to any part of
the Soutli. There la no probability, of
course, that both roads will be built. Col.
Oruelle’e road Is proposed to be of stand
ard Range, while the other it a proposed
narrow-gangs road. A standard gangs
road would doubtless meet with the great
est favor with the peopla along the route.
Tux TEi.Eor.Arn in noticing the
movement of the above first named
company expressed the opinion that it
was antagonistic to the best interests
of Macon and the counties designated;
that it was merely a demonstration to
The italics are ours. Mr. Plant se
cured an cast and west line along the
borders ot Northern Florida (Savan
nah, Florida and Western railroad) as
a bulwark against invasion. He cut off
the Macon and Brunswick road at
Jesup, and. tho Southwestern
Albany, and their connecting line,
the Brunswick and Albany,
Waycross. It was a masterly piece of
work, well worthy of the skill and fore
sight of tiio great Florida railroad pres
ident. Now, all are expected to believe
that tills great railroad system is to
countenance, if not assist, tiio building
of a line straight through its property,
to divert freight and passengers from
its main stem and main interests. We
are asked by onr Savannah contempo
rary to believe that it favors, as openly
os it enn under the circumstances, the
building of a line that will bring for
midable rivals into competition witii Sa
vannah and its own circulation.
We have faith in human nature, but
there is a limit to it. Men, as a gen
eral thing, work for their own inter
ests; railroads more especially. The
gentlemen who comprise tho “Macon,
St. Johns and Gulf Railroad Company”
have no interest in Macon nor the ten
counties through which they threaten
to build a line. It is more than nat
ural to believe that they are working
for other interests. Our belief is they
are merely trying to protect the Plant
system from invasion. Tho fight is
against Macon.
Cotton Statement.
The Chronicle reports os follows;
For tho week ending February 8th, the
total receipts have reached 111,481
bales, against 112,110 hales last week,
104,533 the previous week and 110,467
bales three weeks since; making tho
total receipts since tho 1st of Septem
ber, 1883, 4,092,727 bales, against 4,-
485,815 bales for the same period of
1882-1883, showing a decrease since
September 1, 1883, of 303,018 bales.
The imports into continental ports
this week have been 77,000 bales
against 74,000 bales last week. There
is an increase in tho cotton in sighj at
the end ot last week of 154,954 bales,
as compared with tho same date of
1883; an increase of 250,497 bales as
compared with the corresponding date
of 1882 and an increaso of 500,312 bales
as compared with 1881.
The old interior stocks have de
creased during tho week 17,653 bales
and are to-night 56,431 bales less than
at the'samc period last year. Tiie re
ceipts at the same towns have been 17,-
019 bales less than the same week last
year, anj since September 1 the re
ceipts at ail the towns are 423,045 bales
less than for the same time in 1882-83.
Macon received 435 bales of 'cotton
last week, 57,442 bales since September
1, and has on hand 5,630 bales, against
a receipt for the same week last year
of 960 bales, a total of 52,189 bales, and
a stock on hand of 7,082 bales.
The total receipts from plantations
since September 1 were 4,326,llObales.
At this date last year the reccipta were
4,812,914 balea.
The total of cotton in sight on Febru
ary 8th, waa 4,030,787 bales, against
5,445,234 bales last year on the same
date, 4,671,608 the year previoua and
5,010,185 for the season of 1880-1881.
The decrease in amount in sight as com
pared with last year is 524,447 bales,
the incrcsse as compared with 1881-
1882 is 249,080, snd the decrease from
1880-1881 Is 89,308 bales.
The New Capitol Bulletins.
The Capitol Commissioners have
taken the first important step in the
discharge of tho duties imposed upon
them by the Legislature. They have
made choice of a design for the new
capitol.
In making the selection the commis
sioners had the assistance and advice
of Mr. George B. Post) the New York
architect whom they had engaged to
come to Atlanta and give them the
benefit of his technical knowledge and
experience in architecture. Wo think
they acted wisely in summoning Mr.
Post or some other well-known expert
to their aid. Very few persons are
capable of preparing a design for the
most ordinary edifice, and fewer still
can prepare a design for a capitol buil
ding, with the necessary specifications,
estimates, etc. Indeed it is rarely tho
case that a man erects a dwelling house
for his own occupancy, that lie docs not
find cause for disappointment in some
of its details after he lias taken pos
session of it.
We would be glad to see the new
capitol built entirely of Georgia 'mate
rial, provided as good and as cheap
material can be had here as elsewhere.
Such, we believe, is the spirit and
letter of the act creating the commis
sion . The law, as we recall it, allows
them no discretion in this respect, mid
we are sorry it docs not; for wc should
be willing to pay something addition
al in order to have all the materials
furnished here nt home. A capitol
constructed entirely of Georgia granite,
marble, iron, wood, slate, etc., and
furnished out of the same materials,
would he a just object of pride to the
people. The demand for home mate
rials would thereby be stimulated, and
the development of the resources of the
State promoted and encouraged.
But we think the commission did
well in following the law, especially in
odoptinga design which can be carried
out with the sum voted by the Legisla
ture. With the law the commission
can have no rightful concern; their sole
duty is to execute it as they find it.
And wc trust there will be no attempt
made to enlarge the appropriation, or
to allow greater latitude in the choice
of materials, since any successful at
tempt of the kind would open the door
to jobbery and other disreputable prac
tices, Georgians are not to blame if
they have not as good materials as
other sections, but it will be their own
fault if, having suitable materials for
their new capitol, they do not furnish
them ns cheaply as others.
Therefore, let tho act of the Legisla
ture stand, and let the commissioners
proceed.
Ir a well be poisoned, woe be to those
who drink thereat. It ia worse to poison
the fountain of life for one’s self, and for
prosterity. Often by carelessness, or mis
fortune, or Inheritance, this has been done.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla frets the blood, the vi
tal stream, and restores appetite, strength,
and help.
The Grangers.
With liny seed in their hair, bun
ions on the hands and cotton lint on
their yarn coats, are just now enjoying
the far famed and generous hospitality
of our great seaport.
That they will have an enjoyable
time cannot be doubted. The only nji-
prehension that arises is that they may
not be able to tear themselves away
from tho social influences of tho sea-
coast men long enough to give due at
tention to the agriculture and politics
of the State.
But if the occasion be enjoyable,
it should also be interesting and
instructive. Our country cousins may
learn that a man can change his shirt
every day, eat his dinner at 0 o’clock
in the aiternoon, indulge in a broad
pronunciation of his a’s and a soft one
of his e’s and still be a man of sense, a
patriot and thoroughly devoted to the
interests and honor of Georgia. They
may recognize the fact that somo mis
erable and ignorant little demagogues
havo for years beennursing and spread
ing a prejudice against a city and a peo
ple, that have contributed more than
all others to tho welfare and progress
of the State.
We take occasion to express tho hopo
that tiio men of upper and lower Geor
gia may part as firm and fast friends.
Colonel John Screven will, in a very
clear and direct way, satiafy our farm
ing friends that rice needs protection,
and if Commodore William Hooc has
not lost his cunning, manv a granger
will be satisfied that there onght to be
protection against a rice straw through
which flows the seductive arrack dis
tilled from the grain of its head. Sa
vannah’s hospitality is open, generous
os her climate, and as dangerous as
a GatUng gun in a close fight.
from tho starting point, if may trust
the maps, before his force was utterly
routed and thrown back upon the yoast
again. So far from beingnbie to afford
assistance to interior towns, Suakim is
now compelled to ask for 1,600 more
• men to protect itself. Some of tho
smaller towns have already been
sacked. Encouraged by these suc
cesses, El Mahdi, who is himself in
the Kordofan district beyond Khar
toum, is-preparing to proceed down
the Nile valley,trusting to the fellaheen
of lower Egyptian and northern Africa
to rise in insurrection. In the mean
while England has dispatched Chinese
Gordon on a mission to tiio chiefs of the
rebellious tribes, with power to make
terms with them, pay their claims
against the Egyptian government, and
regain their allegiance. Gordon was
expected to have arrived at Berber, the
northernmost of tho threatened interior
cities, on t ,e 12th. Wliat the result
of his mission will be is yet u matter of
doubt. He lias great influence with
tiio native tribes, and tho government
lias given him entire con.rol of the
country. Such is the military situa
tion.
Beaconsfield, seven years ago,
pledged England to preserve peace in
tiie Soudan, but Gladstone’s policy dif
fers from that of his illustrious prede
cessor in the premiership. Gladstone
is to-day between the fire of his own
conscience, and the evident policy of
his country. He dares not let the
Powers into Egypt, mid hesitates to
bring upon England another Abyssini
an campaign. The result of Gordon’s
mission will determine his course of
action. In the meantime, England is
gradually strengthening her Egyptian
stations, and centering war ships at
Suakim.
But France is also interested in
checking the rebellious spirit which
threatens to extend through north
ern Africa. Her interests ir
this section, her shares in the
great canal, her route to tiio East, ail
give her reasons for desiring a more
active campaign than has hitherto been
conducted; hence the offer to join
forces with England and make a com-
mon cause, an offer, the answer to
which is yet pending, fora sharer in the
victory would demand a share in the
spoils and the future right of consulta
tion in Egyptian questions. To ncccpt
tho offer of France would possibly be
an abandonment of all chances for an
nexing Egypt permanently,a movement
urged vigorously by the German press,
ever ready to outflank France. Such
is tiie political situation.
State Agricultural Society.
A telegram from Savannah reports
that the executive committee of the
State Agricultural Society has decided
to hold tiio next fair at Macon, on
condition that the city raise for it
$3,000.
A committee has already been ap
pointed to make the necessary arrange
ments, and doubtless, in a few days,
will call upon our citizens.
Macon has never failed to respond to
a request for support from agricultu
rists, and will not, in all probability,
do so in this instance. These fairs call
together large crowds,whicli contribute
greatly to every division of our trade,
and should bo encouraged.
We regret to learn that Hon. Tlios.
Hardeman had resigned tho presidency
the Society. The proceedings of tiie
convention yesterday will he found in
another column.
J ubt suppose there were canning estab
lishments enough in Georgia to savo, and
give increased value to, the -thousands of
tons of fruits and vegetables that will go
to waste in the State .tills year, or perish
on Jong voyages in pursuit of hungry cus
tomers in distant und uncertain markets t
It ought not to tuke the growers of fruits
and vegetables two trials to make up their
minds os to what should be done in the
premises.
Docs are committing great ravages on
the sheep in some portions of the State. It
is Idle for tiie owners of sheep to look to any
future Legislature for an abatement of the
dog evil. They should employ a shepherd
and arm him and declare war on the ma
rauders. When the law-making power
refusea to grant protection to tiie property
of citizens, they should take the defense of
it into their own hands.
Consumption Cured.
An old physician, .-etired fronL
tico having had placed in his hn]
an East India missionary tiie
of a simple vegetable •SfUtfr'-
speedy und permaneuCg *
sumption, Bronchitis, Clift
and all Throat and Lunik
also a positive anil radical
vous Complaints, after havnh. f
its wonderful cumtivo powers ilw i
sands of cases, has felt it Ids du ,
make it known to his suffering fellX
Actuated by his motive and a desiro sk
relieve human suffering, I will s<-i“
free of charge to all who desire it thi.A
refipo, in German, French or English,
with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, W. A.
Noyes, 141), Powers Block, Rochester,
New York. sep!4weowl9t
Georgia Patents.
Mr. H. N. Jenkins, solicitor of patents,
Washington, D. C., officially reports to tho
Telegraph and Messenger the following
complete list of patents granted Georgia
inventors for the week ending Febuary 5,
Wiiliam E. Venable, Nicholson, plow;
T. If. Bowles, Fulton county, panoramic
sign for cars; George W. Stewart, Atlanta,
car axle.
An Important Question.
How many time#have you suffered from
having eaten a little too much dinner or
supper? Dyspeptics please answer. One
dose of Norman’s Neutralizing Cordial af
ter each meal will counteract theso bad
effects. In the treatment of Indigestion
and dyspepsia arising from deficient gas
tric secretions, it is unsurpassed.
The London Saturday Review says
pur tenth census was the best ever mado
in any country.
PLANTERS,
Th. Wnr In th. Soudan.
The Egyptian question still remains
open and complicated by the jealousies
of nil the European powers that are in
terested in the short route to tho East.
England kept her pledge to remove
British troops from Egypt so soon as
order was restored in that country, but
the Khedive has not been able to Bus-
tain himself against the rebellious
tribes. During the war with Arahil’osha
two years ago, and while the Britisli
forces were engaged in Northern Egypt
El Mahdi, calling himself the Prophet,
began a rebellion in the Somlan. Left
to himself he has gradually strength
ened his forces until to-day he threat
ens all upper Egypt and the ports upon
the Red Sea.
Against this rebel tho Egyptian gov
ernment has been able to dispatch only
small forces of Egyptian troops, com
manded by English officers. The first
of these was utterly annihilated, while
the others remain besieged in Khar
toum and distant cities along
the two Niles. These cities are
reached quickest by way of the port cf
Suakim, on the Bed Sea, three hun
dred miles from the Nile. Between
Suakim and the Nile, along tho route
to Khartoum, are Trinkitat, Sinkat,
Berber and Shcndy, in the order named,
while Tokar lies to thesouthof it about
forty miles. To relieve these places
Baker Pasha left Suakim und marched
upon Sinkat. He was not twenty miles
Manual Training Schools.
Our fellow citizen, N. E. Harris,
Esq., deserves notice and thanks for
his effort in- behalf of a technological
school, delivered before the State Agri
cultural Society, now in session in
Savannah. We have tho assurance of
our special correspondent that the ef
fort of Mr. Harris, though delivered at
a late hour in the session, was received
with marked attention and a vote of
thanks. Messrs. Livingston and Fel
ton are reported as pronouncing it tho
finest piece of rhetoric ever delivered
before the Society. Mr. Harris is so
direct in thought and expression, and
the subject itself is so dry in detail,
that such a judgment was hardly ex
pected.
We can only indulge the hope that
the other delegates were os much im
pressed as Messrs. Livingston and
Felton. No class of the community
can be more interested in tiie estab
lishment of manual training schools
than the farmers. The diversity of oc
cupation that must toliow will give in
creased interest to agriculture.
As our legislature is largely com
posed of farmers, no aid for institutions
of this character can bo sanctioned
save by their votes. We havo used the
term manual training schools, in place
of schools of technology, for any ex
periments that we may make must go
hand in hand witli tho efforts now
being made towards popular education.
We [have need beyond that of
teaching our boys, and girls too, tiio
use of their hands as well as their heads
in some useful and compensating
employment. We are already far be
hind the North and tho West in this
particular, and we will be left out of
sight, if we do not display more enter
prise and liberality.
Theso schools are scattered all over
the North. St. Louis has one in most
successful operation. Baltimore is
moving in tiie matter. Her school is a
fixed fact. A Chicago exchange says
When the agricultural Jacobs send their
ions down Into Egypt, these days, to buy
corn, they never find tho money iu the
mouths of tiie sacks when the boys get
home. The Josephs that sell corn, now-n-
days, are not related to Jacob.
The attempt to “head off” the Macon
and Florida Air Line road is tiie strongest
possible indorsement of tiie wisdom of
tiie men who projected it, nnd of the
parlance of the road to the business men
of Mncen and tho people along its line.
—M. Henri Fene nnd M. Henri Rochefort,
Jr. have gone to the Soudan to report for
French papers.
Strong Drink
Is raging, but a dose of Gilder’s Pills after
drinking, wit! prevent any of the usual
bad effects of same.
Failures in Ceorgln.
Bradstrcet reports the following failures
in Georgia last week:
Atlanta—J. B. Brown & Co., grocers,
failed. Liabilities $1,200; nomincl assets
$1,200.
Atlanta—Harrison & Bagwell, grocers,
dissolved, and succeeded by M. I’. Harri
son. who turned over stock to creditors.
Liabilities about $500.
Dalton—J. A. Blanton, general store,
offers twenty-five cents. Ho was recently
burnt out.
Fort Valley—N. H. Brown, agent, grocer,
fulled. Liabilities $1,000; assets $700.
Heard—W. W. Flint, general storo,
closed on chattel mortgage.
Reddish—T. K. Reddish, general store,
reported failed nnd compromising at
twenty-live to fifty cents.
Colo bless and Cold.—A young girl deep
ly regretted that sho was so colorless and
cold. Her face wns too white, anil ne
hands and feet felt as though her blood did
not circulate. After one bottle of Hop
Bitters had been taken she was the rosiest
and healthiest girl in the town, with a vi
vacity nnd cheerfulness of inind gratifying
to her friends.
SEES
MECHANICS,
MERCHANTS k CAPITALISTS,
O
A-W0RD-IN-YOUR - EAR-AND-DOL-
LARS-IN-Y0UR-P0CKETS.
IIAPPPNEW YEAR! Good-bye, ISM Crops
not first-rate, but might hare been worse.
Money not exactly plenty, but yet, enough ta
K round and after paying debts nn-1 laying
supplies, stock, clothing, guano, and all
things needful, tl jfija “ - • • -
to Invest. And t
BEST PAYING INVESTMENT,
WtflV
home*, that will elevate yru
friends and ourselves to tlu -
of rcflnemect, culture and see!
lid ran.
friends and ourselves to tlu highest standard
liability.
MUSIC ALONE V/ILL DO THIS.
Have you a Piano or Organ In your home ? If
not. you should have, and wo can mw you
money in Its purchase- Over 2Q 000 delighted
purchasers, whom wo have supplied In the
past fifteen years, will Indorse this statement.
See the Grand Inducements we ofler. Ten
LcaUlm; Milkers. Chickcriuc, Mathushek, Lud*
den & Batts. Ifsllct A Davis, Hardman, Arlon,
Mason * Hamlin, Packard, Palace and Bay
State. Over 800style* All Grades. All Prices.
Pianos, >200 to $1,000$ Organs, $24 to $750.
M ikers’ names on nil. No <stcticll or chcs p In
struments sold. “The best Is always the cheap
est," hut our cheapest Is good.
SEE WHAT WE GIVE PURCHASERS
With each Piano, a Good Stool and Cover.
With each Organ, a Good 8tool&In-tractor
With each Piano or Organ. aBook ot Music
Aleo, a SlE Years' Guarantee; a Fifteen Day,
Trial, with Freight r»ld both w>ss If Instru
ment does not suit: and a prlvlli-tro of eirbsnce
at any Ume within six months, if tbe selecUou
111 i- ::■ ■ t ta! -fn.-r.trj-, M.,r- Ihtm llti-.
How Carflold Worked the Olsclplee.
Dorsey', Interview In tho New York World.
While in Indiane did General Garfield
write to you In reference to, and suggest
ing the use ot, the Campbcllite church to
secure his election, on the ground that he
wns a member of it?”
'Oh, yes, often; not only wrote to me.
it ' “
The new Manual Training School be
gan Its work this week with sixty-live pu
pils. The building will accommodate
ami pupils are rapidly passing the exam
inations and entering. Two rooms are all
that aro now in use, out everything is e*'
K tcd to be in roatiiness next month. It
the support of some ot the wealthiest
and most practical men in the city.”
It is computed that a school of the
character alluded to in tho paragraph
wo have quoted,can be established at a
coat of from forty to sixtv thousand
dollars. Once put in operation, there
can be no doubt of its rapid success.
If the State will not lend a helping
hand to tlds important branch of edu
cation, then private enterprise must
take hold of it. Macon is now the edn
cational centre of the State. Its health'
fulness, its accessibility, and tiio ad
vantages of its workshops and manu
factories, make it a proper place
to inaugurate an experiment of
this character. As announced some
months since in these columns, we
have already a cash subscription of one
thousand dollars. Will not some of
our wealthy men supplement this? A
manual training school, firmly estab
lished and properly conducted, will in
five years do more for tho practical
advancement of the State than all her
E resent educational institutions com-
iued.
—The poet Gray is to have a monu
ment opposite the statue of Wm. Pitt, In
Cambridge, England.
but sent out the most prominent men of
that church, among them Mr. Phillips, of
Pennsylvania, and his own successor is
president of Hiram College. We did all wc
could, and used all tho methods in our
(lower at tiie suggestion of General Gar
field to produce the result wc deiirod. 1
say this because I don’t think there is any
secret about it. I say this because I don't
think there is any secret about it. If there
is, it is so open that tens of thousands of
tiie political convictions of
his church?”
“Gcucrai Garfield seemed to think it best
where we found a church in debt that rep
resented a large number of voters that, if
we had the means, we should pay off the
debt, (nd where wc found a community
with a good number of Campbcllite voters
without a church, we hsd better contribute
liberally toward building one, and espec
ially if the voters were Democrats. I car
ried out tiiescsuggestions to the best of my
ability, under the guirdiauihip of Mr.
Phillips aud others. We tried to make the
lonely way of the Campbcllites as pleasant
as possible, and there were about '
them in the State.”
5,000 of
The Mullein Plant.
Dr. QuiUon, a celebrated physician of
Dublin, has just written, in an English
medical journal of hla wonderful experi
mental results with the common mullein
plant upon lung and bronchial affections,
citing cases where lie hail given it to con
sumptives with tiie most astonishing re
sult, and recommends its use by the pro
fession. Rcfering to the above we would
state that "Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullein,” made from the
formula of tiie medicine men of the Chero
kee Nation, ii composed not only of the
mullein plant, but lias incorporated with
it the sweet gum, the finest stimulating
expectorant known. Presenting an agree
able taste and a certain panacea for
Coughs, Whooping Cough, Croup, Cold*
and all Bronchial Affections.
For sale by all leading druggists. 25c.
and $1.00.
Manufactured by Walter A. Taylor. At
lanta, Oa.,'proprietor of Taylor’s Premium
Hunt it Co., wholesale agents,
Macon, Gs.
With Old Time-Regularity.
The 161th Monthly Drawing of The
Louisiana .State I.ottory took place on
January 14th. The Commis!«ioncrs, Genl’s
Early and Heauregard, obtained the fol
lowing result: Ticket No. 31,S88 drew the
1st Capital of $75,000 sold In fifths, costing
each $1; one was sold to a gentleman in
New York city, another to a newspaper
man In Petersburg, Va., tho others scat
tered everywhere as usual. Ticket No.
20.000 drew the 2d prize of $25,G"0, sold in
fifths also; one in Chicago, 111., another in
Washington, D. C., to a government em
ployee, probably who docs not seek puh
licity. Ticket No. 270 drew the 3d Capital
prize of $10,000, sold in fifths also: one
each held by Henry Munk, No. 270 Grati
ot ave., ami Mr. Hamuel Levy, well-known
citizens of Detroit, Mich. No*. 1,144 and
64,253, Sd Dnpital prizes, drew each 0,000
(j (J * * el.__ U’ \f r ..!
sold in fifths; among others to W. M. I.ak-
en of Bell's. Grayson, Co.. Texas. Many
winners seek to conceal the fact of tlici
having drawn a prise. But let every on.
try for himself on Tuesday, March 11,18S
when tbe 108th Grand Monthly Distribu-
ticn will occur, ar.d of which M. A. Dau
phin at New Omani, La., will fully In
form yon on application.
WE PAY ALL FREIGHT
Yes, we mean It. We sell you Beat Inslru-
we will mall you Illustrated Catalogues
circular* which will tall yon what wc have not
room to sav here.
KEMFMBLR wevrI11 * avc 3:011 in " n *> * ni
and giro you something good.
LUDDEN & BATES 5
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, OA.
The first Music House in the U. P. to Deliver
l'lanosand Organs Freight Bald.
Or THE GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE.
Macon, Go.
iiutiisicfl 13:3-35,::o itiim.
THE SOUTHERN COLTIYATOK
s-jubssheieji
By recent purchaso It now combines;
Tsi Pirns Atlanta, Oa.; Tam
PfcAWTanoar, Montgomery.Ala.; Tug
Bdral Prx. Nashville. Tenn.j Tiik
Borrimi* Farmf
MOKTOT.T, la*
▼annah. Oik., and pallet the patrons ot
tbe— with Its on n LAROK I.frr of sub.
I .* pi. v, ,
tlfy to Its great merits for Agrlcultorlfii
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who««j interests It subserves. It is oneof tho
oltati
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ton tog cholera; Jcri
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family circle; rhUdrn'a doimrtmi
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