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,D: SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1892.
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THE CENTRAL’S FALL.
IT CAN
PAY NO
KECURITIBH.
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■NTKRBIT ON
President C!«wer*n l-ettrr Glrlan Ren*
■on* For the Present Miale
of Affairs*
The bad condition of affairs in the
management of the Central railroad
Is a subject of general Interest through
out the State at the present time.
Perhaps there are more stockholders
of this road In Georgia than of any
other road in the State; and the finan
cial disaster brought about by the
Central’s failure will, perhaps, embnr-
rass many of our oitizens.
The following statement of Presi
dent H. M. Comer to the secretary',
stockholders and creditors of the Cen
tral Railroad and Ranking Company
of Georgia, will explain how serious
the situation Is:
“Upon assuming the administration
of affairs of your company on the 29th
day of March, as receiver, appointed
by-the United States Circuit and Dis
trict Courts of Georgia, our attention
was first Imperatively called to the
necessity of creating an organization
for tlie operation of the property, it
having previously been operated by
the Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company under a lease contract with
the Georgia Pacific Railroad Company,
and Its operating departments having
been merged into tile corresponding
1 departments bf that company.
“So much time was necessary for
this and other mntters pressing for at
tention that it was nut until early in
June that a full statement of the finan
cial condition could be prepared.
“These statements show that the
ilxed charges and Interest on the large
floating debt that had been erented
were considerable in excess of the
average net earnings for three years
preceding June 1,1891, when the lease
to the Georgia Paciflc was made.
“Under an order of the court over
$200,000 was paid to employes for ser
vices rendered during operation by
the Richmond nnd Danville Company.
This depleted the treasury of the com
pany, nnd, tile light traffic of the
spring months coming on, we wero
unable to accumulate funds lieccssnry
to meet the ilxed ohnrges nmturlug on
the first instant,
“Statements of the financial condi
tion of the company were submitted
to friendB who were nnxlous to render
assistance, but owing to the fact that
theenrnings as shown,when traffic was
larger thnn now, were insufficient to
meet the interest nnd rentals, they re
luctantly deolined to do more tliun
lend a sufficient amount to pny the ob
ligations upon an nuxillinry stem.
“This was done to prevent ilislnte.
grntion, believing that much of the
present and future values depend upon
holding the property together until
some fair and equitable plan of reor
ganization can be perfected.
“Willie this Is being considered I beg
to assure you that lmvingllieco-oper-
ntlon of many of the Inrgmt creditors
and security holders of the Company,
the present status of different classes
of securities as they may relate to each
other will be preserved, the property
will be economically operated and
every effort made to avoid unnecessary
expense nnd consequent waste.
“As soon'as practicable a full report
of the condition of the Company will
be submitted which will enable you to
Intelligently consider the interest of
yourselves and the Company.
H. M. CoMKit,
Pres, and Cli’m of Receivers.”
A Negro Die* of Consumption.
Josh Motley, the well known cobbler
and shoemaker, who has for a number
of years been in business next to the
Dellance engine house, Bn Jackson
street, died early Wednesday, of con
sumption.
Josh was one of the best known and
most popular darkies in Albany, and
had many friends among the white
people, who will regret to learn of his
death. He was a hard working man,
having a large family to support.' lie
was strioken with consumption some
time ago, and has been failing for a
long time. He will be juried this af
ternoon.
-For Democracy.
Capt. Wooten, the choice of Dough
erty eounty for the State Senate, will
stump Dougherty and the adjoining
counties inafewdaysin theinterest of
Democracy.
While the strength of the Third
Party movement does not afford any
cause for alarm, absolute unity is
essential to the complete and over
whelming triumph of Democratic
principles. It adds renewed courage
to the efforts of party leaders, and in
sures the success of Democracy for the
future.
Capt. Wooten’s efforts will accom
plish much in thiB direction, and his
sincere work in behalf of the party
will add much to the laurels he already
wears.
Democbats all over the Second Con
gressional district are beginning to
realize that surrender to the dictum of
the Alliance political maohine in this
campaign, means the disintegration of
the Democratic party, and when the
district Democratic convention meets
in- Albany on tbe 17th of August
-“somethin’s er gwine to drip.'
Wmm-" *“”**
ICmnpiunicnt«l.|
Of It CDNFKUKBATB MONUMENT.
lit |1 J tic 1 • 1 A
Children’ll Inlcrnnlionnl Drill, Mitprr-
imrmlril by Mm. Dr IV. 1,. Dn.yls.,
-Hast Friday night curiosity, a little
parental pride, a wee bit of reverenoe
for the past, the enchantment of a
modicum of lore’s young dream,
brought together a medley gathering
of young folks—of folks who are just
beginning to look life in the eye, nurse
growing mustaches nnd wear dresses
a la prinoess; a few older and yet
older people—at Willingham’s Hall, to
witness an international drill by a few
chiidreu, under the guidance of Mrs.
Davis, for the purpose of raising funds
ill aid of building that long-neglected
monument to the memory or our C011-
erate dead.
How differently matters of this kind
are attended to in the older countries.
Hast week’s papera teem with the hap
penings of seventy-seven years ago,
on the 18th day of June. Thenrtlllory,
the cavalrv, the infantry, the genius
and generalship of France uiid her
allies, then few, were pitted against
England ami her allies nbt a few. The
memories of Waterloo lire kept fresh
and fresher as time r<m,s on, nnd al
though heroism on that dny climbed
high on the ptnnBOlesof glory, she did
not go higher than/our poor fellows
did on tbe slopes of Jialvern, Manassas,
Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettys
burg, Vicksburg, jtihickaniaugn, Mis
sionary Ridge, re'ersburg nnd Atlan
ta. Our eagles circled over the sul
phurous canopy of those bloody llelds
which are, owiiig to tho apathy of the
sons nnd daughters, the brothers nnd
sisters of tile men whose bones lie
molderlng th/re, fast passing into ob
livion. /
There are/exceptions. Mrs. Davis
has not forgitten that her father was
maimed nndbroken in the-front line
of tlie front/rank of that wing of Dee’s
army which passed on to Malvern.
All honor jo the little lady. She is of
tlie old Block with “nil desperanda”
graven 01/ their escutcheon, and will
keep up Inc good work until n mon
ument, g credit to our town, will
beautify pur streets and on which will
nppenr a fitting tribute to the indom
itable “Tete.”
Rut pf the entertainment itself—
wliy you who did not go to see it lost
n passing pleasure.
The children were all eager to excel,
were all beautiful as Tom Mooro's
“liouris,” and Columbia, the grace
and beauteous dignity of her presence,
added n hushed, admiring adolescence
to the ecstatic scene.
The finale was indeed excellence en
passant. So unique, so'rich in passing
incident, the quiok scintillations of
wit, and wltlml the royal poetic effu
sions—how they thrilled the brilliant
assembly nnd made them feel that a
slate of glorified halo encircled the
“habitat" of the burg, clouded-only by
dread of a coming accounting for tile
sheep’s eyes which wero n-ronmlng
over tlie sen of russet silk and dimity
which surrounded the genial Joseph
ns lie dismissed us to the bnlmy air of
the moonlit street.
Let us have a few more such even
ings, Miss Annie, and you will get Hie
thanks of Oi.d Confers.
BVSSEU. IN CAI.IIO .
S’ 0*1 ail -nrr-
A Review or II 1m Npeech at -
1 * -i-n - wi—r-n- » I
J.kahv, Ga., July 41
Special Oon-esonmlcnce of the Hm 1.
I am aware that It is rath
hour iiow to reporta speed) 11 le here
on last Thursday, nearly af w k ago. 1
it was a grand effort,and, tali I con
sider the marked attention pi to it
nnd the visible effect it had 1 >n the
people at the time qf its deilv y, and
tlie almost universal praise it licited
from all who were present, ; com
mends itself to'my mind at 611 ns be
ing worthy of n)orc thnn a asslng
notice.
Tlie speaker, /ho was noil other
than our brave Jjen Russell, of ecatur
county, was nlaVist an entire-1 ranger
in our midst, lie had never: et but
few of our people here, and, a hough
lie Imd won an/cnvlablc reput lion as
a popular newspaper man, 1 id wns
extensively advertised ns on of the
most powerfijl campaign rtors in
tho Second Congressional di ti ct, still
our people w/re a little siov a first to
take Hold of lit in, They hid leen so
sorely disappointed by the jrll idrnwal
of our Maj. Wooten thnt tlnii entlius-
iam lind almost died out, aid hey hnd
—some 6f them—about deiid/d to say,
Mr. sevens, and
irtune time,
mociioy straight
“Come nnd take us,
do with us wliats ever/thou wilt."
Hut brave Ren wa on (tlie watph-
tower. He came at 1 a op
and talked plain D
from tlie shoulder.
He addressed a cijiwd f about one
hundred, nnd his cilirt 1 »d a wonder
ful nnd telling eff- 3t. Ils powerful
arraignment of til Re ulilican nnd
Third Parties, slioi ing ;he fraud and
deception practiced upon the poor anil
unsuspecting peop 1 of pur country,
nnd his defense of the fime-honored
Demooratio party shoving wlint
Domoornoy hnd don for tlie Southern
A Conareaiimall’s Great Speech,
The other day 1 wus Rstonlngton cim-
gressman relating toA! small circle hia
experience at a recent convention. I
will make a secret of Ills name, ns 1 pro
pose-to live long and uninterruptedly in
the Innd which tho Lord elooted, and in
no wise cravo to bo cut off In the blush
ing morning of my (lays. The fact is,
this statesman' is a very broad, athletic
one. of n shifty and uncertain temper.
'‘Yez should have heard me speech,”
he said. “It wus a lulu. And 1 paid
me respects to Congresli, too, mo boy.
I toold 'em the way matters had boon
mishmanaged we wouldn’t have the
money to meet tho expinses of the pris-
hit physical year. Thin X boro down on
thehypnotizin pmohticed iu this house."
"Tho hypnotism?" qneHod n listener.
“Yis, the hypnotizin. Tho nppint-
mint of all thlm sons and roe-latives of
congreshmin to loocratlve stlpinds.
Here’s tho b'ys of threo congreshmin on
tho page’s roll naw, be hi vies, euruin
their soventy-ilve dollars a month the
year ’round uud them b'ys, mind yez,
only nine and tin years old, and tho logo
of thim no biggor than spldndloB. I
should say it wns hypnotism.
And thin," continued tho cottgroBB-
mnn, "whin our man wint through all
right 1 jumped up and movod to make
his nomenation ceremonious, and thin
tho foon bogan."
Unanimous, you mean," correotod an
auditor.
"Well, phwntiver it is, 1 done It, but
they votod it down. All the samo lie's
nomenatod, which is what wo were
after.”—Washington Cor. Kansas City
Times.
GIRAFFES IN EUROPE.
THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING
THEM FOR EXHIBITION.
net that he
as well as
proof. His
Not a syll-
people, demonstrate! tlie
wns master of his subject,
master of tho occasion.
Ren Russell’s Denjocrncty was not
questioned, He needed no
associates are Democrat/
able of his speech was ldpt, and it tins
enthused the careless, indifferent anil
weakrkneed Democrats with new life,
Rrnvol Ren Russell. Marih steadily
on, nnd the true-blue Deihocrats of
Cnllioun county will stand side by side
with you in the fight for soilud Demo
cratic principles and common justice.
. K.
Win, it PASSV
TUB THIRD PARTY.
In a nation like ours, beset by so
many economic questions, it Is natural
that there should tie many nnd various
opinions in regard to tlie proper man
agement of tlie nation’s affairs.
Outside the Democratic and Repub
lican parties, between whom there are
distinct differences as to govcrmental
principles, the People’s Party is the
only contingent which hns developed
sufficient strength to warrant its be
ing called n party. Rut the policy
they linve adopted nt their recent con
vention is such ns may assure the
Democrats that 110 appreciable detrac
tion will be made from their ranks.
The Third Party, so called, does not
even realize how much strength exists
in harmonious action.
The nomination of Weaver, a politi--
cal demagogue who has belonged to
more parties than are now in exist
ence, is a further assurance that there
will be many breaks in the unity of
the so-called People’s Party.
Rut of all the peculiar anomalies
which eome to light in considering this
small political contingent, the most
striking is that presented by the plat
form adopted at Omaha. Not only did
they ignore the prime questions upon
which the two great parties have
based their claims for power, namely,
the tariff and the force bill, but they
inclined to such extreme gov
ernmental paternalism and cen
trallzatlon of governmental power
as would scare any reasonable
man to think of it. Commenting on
some of the present evils for which
they make the two great parties re
sponsible, they promise universal
peace and prosperity if they are given
power. But “an acre in Middlesex is
worth a principality in Utopia,” and
as they regard as insignificant tbe
prevailing questions of the day, it is
safe to say that they will not be con
sidered in the coming eleotions.
There seems to be some serious doubt
in regard to tho passage of tfie silver
bill through a Demooratio House of
Representatives.
The cause of opposition to tint free
silver bill lies in the quality if the
polities involved. Many Democ ats in
the House deem that it is not ii con
sonance with the platform ndop ed by
tlie party at Chicago, while others are
mindful of the attitude of the Resent
Demooratio presidential nomine 1. On
the other hand tlie silver men argue
thnt it would be bad politics : ot to
pass tlie bill after it has been lassed
by a Republican senate.
All tbe above to the contrary, not
withstanding, there is little or rlo rea
son why a Democratic House, whiob
regarded this issue in the election of
their speaker, should not pass a meas
ure which is so distinctly Demooratio,
nnd which is brought into the election
of every candidate for Democratic of
fice, however small that office may be.
If anywhere let the burden of the error
fall on the party in power whioh will
have to take a decided stand on the
Issue when the President either signs
or vetoes tbe measure.
The success of the Liberal party in
England, which is almost assured, will
make grandjoid (Gladstone again Prime
Minister of the old country.
ItKliimalcliiE Ilombl.
A company engaged in tho manufac
ture of explosives in this city has for
sale now small bombs about the size of
frankfurter sausuges, with whiob it is
said tbe farmer can bring down smull
showers of rain whenever ho sees clouds
over his lnnil.
The constituents of one bomb are di
vided into two parts, liquid and solid
which are both separately nonexplosivo,
These can !>-- kept separate until tbe
time comes to use them, when they are
mixed.
Tbe solid part is about an inch In di
ameter and eight inches in length, and
is wrapped in cotton. Theso bombs are
placed in grooved tin boxes, each hold
ing ten. A small tin measure, contain
ing tho liqnid part, accompanies each
box. It is graduated to show the quan
tity needed- to saturate tho bomb to tbe
exploding point.
Fivo or fifty bombB may bo mod, ac
cording to the amount of rain needed
or the detonation required. How tbe
farmer Is to know how much detonation
is needed is a dubious matter. The
bombs are tied in a buudlo, a timo fuse
is attached and the whole lot discharged
from a mortar and at the passing elouil,
In billy countries clouds often pass
over the volleys and discharge their
contents on the barren mountain sides,
In snch regions, it- is said, tho bombs
will bo particularly useful.—Novi York
World.
lVwifer Noiuinntcd.
The Third Party convention at
Omaha completed their work yesterday
by nominating General Weaver for
President,and Gen. Field, of Virginia,
for vice-Presidcnt. The platform dif
fers but little from the Ocala platform.
It seems that Andrew Carnegie’s re
duction in the wages of tho laborers
employed by his immense iron and
steel works, has developed into a fight
on the Southern manufacturers. The
company is now a vast monopoly, with
a capital of $25,000,000, and employs
40,000 hands. Altogether there are
about 400 mills in the combine, em
ploying about 150,000 laborers, all of
whom are forced out of employment
by the great reduotion in wages, pur
ported to have been made in order to
compete with the cheap labor of the
Southern mills. The Southern labor
ers are fully as well paid as those of
the North. The trouble is that Mr.
Carnegie is seeking to add to his al
ready numerous millions, and be cares
not at whose expense. And yet, Mil
lionaire Carnegie is loudest in tbe
claim that a government of protection
is the only one under which the la
borer can live.
A City Murilml Abroad.
One of the city marshals who took a
vacation recently and went to Franco
found what a big man a marshal ovoV
there is and how inuoh a marshal’s
badge amounts to. He started to go to
several places of public Interest in Paris
at an hour when they were not open to
tbe public. At the entrance ho was
stopped and told that the places were
closed. He said that ho was an Ameri
can and hud only a short timo to stay in
Paris, and that if he could not get in
then it would bo too late. That mode
no difference until he happened to put
his band in his trousers pocket for some
change with which to try to bribe tho
attendant. His coat was unbuttoned,
and his arm pulling back the lapel
showed his big city marshal's badgo in
NEW
An Itnprarrnirut in ll
Church.
Ayr
bluo, gold and gilt, with tbo word "Mar-
to bo reaa ton
sbal" on it big enough
foot away. As soon as the Frenchman
saw tho word marshal he becaino obse
quious. Tho American marshal, as tho
city marshal became known, was shown
around with a great deal of considera
tion, and tbo Frenchman declined to ac
cept a fee.—New York Sun.
She Appealed to Hie PatrlotUm.
A friend of mine bos a “polly” that is
very talkativo. Sunday ho put tho bird
on the parlor window sill. Polly pretty
soon caught sight of a policeman who
was just passing by. who was also a
member of the A. O. H., and shouted at
him, “What a hat!” The policeman
turned around, and seeing no one near,
turned to go away. No sooner had ho
turned his back than Polly again shout
ed at him. This time Polly was caught.
The policeman drew his club, and shak
ing it at Polly, said: “It’s yon is it? It's
a good thing you’re a polly, for if it
wasn’t for your color I’d shoot ye.”—
New York Recorder.
A Long Span of Wire.
It is claimed that the longest span of
telephone wire is across the Ohio river,
between Portsmouth, O., and South
Portsmouth, Ky. The wires at this point
span the river from a pole on the Ohio
side, measuring 102 feet above ground,
to the Kentucky hills on ,the opposite
eide, the distance being 8,778 feet be
tween poles. The wire is made of steel,
and ite size is No. 12 gauge.—Philadel
phia Ledger.
Even Campbell, the “professional
lobbyist,” refuses to act as Chairman
of tbe National Republican Commit
tee. There is no telling bow far down
in the mire of infamy the grand old
party will land.
Politics is warming up in the
Fifth. Judge Hillyer is making things
hot for Lon, and present Indications
pqint to tbe fact .that Livingston will
have to hustle if he expects^ to retain
his seat in Congress.
Carljl* Would Talk.
Professor Blackie has said of Carlylei
“I admired his genius. Bnt how he
wonld talk—talk—talk, and give nobody
a chance to put in a word! One night 1
actually shook him. His wife had been
trying all the evening to say something.
Bat there was not the smallest chance.
I took hold of him, and shook him, say
ing, ‘Let your wife speak, yon monster!*
Bnt it was of no use.”
Tho All-luiportont Organ.
A man feels pretty badly soared when
his heart is in his throat, bnt he feels a
great deal more scared when his stomach
is there. That is one of the '*
dv«iwnsla.—Atchison Globe.
V*
mb
Julios Cnmr Wm tho First to Import
Thrm for tho Amusement snd Enter*
tulnuisnt of tho Kloiunn Fopulnao.
England Sun Several In 1H30.
The first giraffe seeu in Europe since
the tertiary epoch was obtained from
Alexandria by Julius Cresar and ex
hibited nt the Clrceusiangames to crowds
who expected from ite name, “camolo-
yard,” to find in it a combination tho
size of a camel and the ferocity of a
panther. Pliny, who dosoribed it, echoed
the pulillo disappointment. “It was as
quiot,” ho wroto, "as a sheep."
Tho trade probably reached its maxi
mum after it bocamo tho fashion to ex
hibit combats of wild boasts at Rome;
yet even then giraffes buoui to huvo been
soarco in tho popular shows, though
Pompoy could exhibit 500 lions at a
time, anil tbo Emperor TitUB, at tbo ded
ication of bis now tbentor, enusod the
slaughter of 0,000 wild boasts. Either
the number of wild animals in tbe prov
inces must liuvebeon beyond anything
since kuown, or _tlio Roman governors
must hovo used' thoir despotic powers
freely to oblige their friends.
Despots nro tbe best oollootors, and
from tbo full of tbo Roman empire till
tho nrrivul of those placed in tbo zoolog
ical gardens in 1890 tho rare uppour-
anocs of tbo giraffo in Europe wero in
ench cues duo to tbo muuificenc'o of
enstern sultans and lutshas. Tho prince
of Dnmnsnus gave one to tbo Emperor
Frederick II in 1215, and tho soldan of
Egyp* presented another to Loronzo tho
Magnificent, whioli became the pet of
Florence, and used to be allowed to walk
In the streets nud take the presents of
fruit atid cakes oxteiulod to it. from tho
balconies. From tills timo tho giruffq
was not seen in Europo until in 1827 tlio
poehu of Egypt sont four to Constanti
nople, Venice, Englund and France ro-
epoctively.
The giraffo sent to England was in
bad health anil soon died it tho Pari
sians went wild over the pasha’s present.
It had spent tho winter nt Marseilles,
and throve there on the milk of tho cows
which tlie pnslia had sent over for its
use from Egypt. The prefect of Mur
tellies hod the anus of Frauds embroid
ered on its body-cloth, and it entored
Paris esoorteil by n Darfonr negro, Hus-
an Arab; n Marseilles groom, a
mulatto Interpreter, tho prefect of Mar
seilles himself and a professor from tht
‘Jardln des Plantes,” while troops kept
buck the crowd. Thousands came every
day to see it, anil men and womon wore
gloves, gowns and waistcoats of the
color of its spots.
But the successful expenditure by
which, in 1888, M. Thibaut procured a
stock of giraffes for the Zoological so
ciety owed nothing to tbe putronage of
thepusha of Egypt beyond permission
to outer tbe Soudan, Tbe caravan left
the Nile near Dongolu, nnd thence
passed on to tlie desort of Kordofan.
Thoro M. Thibnut engaged tbo services
of the Arab sword huutors, whose skill
and courage woroof such sorvlce to Sir
Samuel Baker in his expedition thirty
years inter to the sources of the Nllo
tributaries, and In two days they sighted
tho giraffes,
A female with a fawn was first pur
sued by the Arabs, who killed the ani
mal with tliii# swords, and next .day
tracked and caught tho fawn in the
thorny mimosa sernb. For four days
the young giraffe was secured by a cord,
the end of which woe held by one of the
Arabs; at tbe end of that timo it was
pnrfoctly tame, and trotted after the
caravan with the female camels which
had been brought to Bupply it with milk.
The Arabs were excellent nurses, and
taught the young creature to drink milk
by putting their fingers into ite mouth
and so indnoing it to suck.
Fonr others which M. Thibaut caught
died in the cold weather In the desert.
Bnt tie replaced three of these and
brought four, including the first taken,
down the Nile to Alexandria, and then
by ship to Malta. “Providence alone,”
he wrote, “enabled me to enrmount these
diffloultios." From Malta they wero
brought to London and safely lodged in
the Zoological gardens in the summer
of 1880. The largest was then about
eleven feet high, tho height of an adult
male being twelve feet at the shoulders
and eighteen feet at the head. For
many years, as we have said, the giraffes
throve and multiplied. They readily
took to European food, and ate hay and
fresh grass from the tall racks with
which their stables were fitted.
Onions and sugar were their favorite
delicacies, and in search of sugar they
wonld follow their keepers and dip their
long prehensile tongues into his hands
or pockets, But they always retained
a liking for eating flowers, a reminis
cence perhaps of the days when their
parents feasted on mimosa blossoms in
the desert; some time ago one was seen
to stretch its neck over the railings and
to delicately nip off an artificial rose in
a young lady's bat. They were most af
fectionate creatnres, and, as M. Thibaut
noticed when in charge of them in up
per Egypt, wonld shed Man if they
ed their companions or their usual
attendants.
Bnt the development of the lachrymal
dneta, which enable the giraffe to ex
press its emotions in this very human
fashion, is leu obvious than the won
derful size and beauty of the eyes them
selves, whioh are far larger than those
of any other quadruped. While the
mahdi's power remains unbroken at
Khartoum, there is little probability
that the Soudan traders will be able to
supply any giraffes to occupy the empty
house la Regent’s park.—London Spec
tator.
it was once a cofiffhon arncie' or oener
In England that when a maiden ran into
tho fields early in the morning to hear
the first note of the cuckoo, and when
she heard it took off her left shoo and
' ' ad into it, she wonld ther- — -
's hair of tho samo color as
future husband.—London
The ladies of the Ladies’ Aid ii
of the Presbyterian elnirch, one
most active and faithful
benevolent organizations in tli
have gratified their beloved pastor
at the same time made a very de
improvement in the pulpit of 11
church. Indeed, they have put i
new pulpit and n railing arotiu
that adds very inuoh to the npp
of tho interior of the church an
the convenience of tlie pastor and b
gregntion.
An entirely new pulpit has lice
in, and the arrangement throws I
preacher's stuml several feet for;
nud more upon n level with the c
gregntion.
The new pulpit wns designed nnd
paid for by the Ladles’ Aid Society 1
the elm rob, and the work was done bj
Messrs. Cruger & Pace. The pnlpi
Btand is of yellow and wblto pine, wit
cedar trimmings, and is a very
some piece of work. In fnot, It is d
to Messrs. Cruger & Pace to sny I
no handsomer work lias ever
brought to Albany from tho North i
elsewhere.
The I.adleB’ Aid Sooloty of tho ]
bytcrlnn church is a noble littlo 1
of working Christian women, nnd
Herald congratulates them nnd wo
do them honor for tlie great Impro
ment that they linve made in Hi
church.
At llm Modn Fountain.
A lady nnd gentleman went Inti
Hllsman & Agar Co.’s drug sti
day and called for nods water. '
E. Hllsman responded with Ids
courtesy, and when ready to scr
fonmy beverage asked the Indy, I
wlint ahe would have.
“Some lemon, if you please.”
“And what will you have?”
asked the gentleman.
“Some of tlie same with a little—
rer—guano?"
“What?” uskea Mr. Hllin
amazement.'
“Oh, some of thnt—oh, psli
can’t think of the name of il,
some sort of guano—you know
mean."
And Mr. Hllsman gave li
phosphate and hit it right.
Candidate Stevens Ii
the Demooratio non
Second Congressio
Russei.l’s spoeohes
opponents to open their e
around them on ove
defeat.
Wonder if it
Candidate Stevens tiinl
about Thoninsvllie is
seek with him.
In another column i
ALD will bo found 1
mini dividend of Fir
of this city, whioh is (
nt its banking house
morrow.
Of nil the Instil
perous section and
First National Ra
most solid and pr
proves the old saw t
ceeds like sue
been due to the unit
sound business rub
The conservatism of il
as is well known, kno
but the institution is
est of its stockhold
value of their inv
same time it does
that is consistent witl
At a meeting of 1
yesterday, Capt. Join
President, submit
condition of tile
gratifying to the dir
pressed pleasure in its
ami pride In its futur
That conservatism a
tlon of pleasant
with its customers j
this solid institu
tests.. __
A HUNJIAV
Odd Darkey
finds
Two colored inlinb
northern end of the c
observing the glorious 1
hours in advance of e
getting into a dill
noon, and de
ping nature’s oil
Parker Carrington
ment house situati
lot, and Sundays
went to him and 1
that was due. Carrin
pay, and hot wo
Hagen threatened t
trunk until tbe
his threat wasn’t c
rington drew a r
name by 1
nent and outl
from his nose to t
He then
a critical
found
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