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PEKEY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13,1888.
NO. 50.
—The Hoys Journal Job of
fice is fully prepared to do arfy
kind pf Commercial job -work that
piay b.e heeded. All nicely pad
ded, and at prices that -will com-
■pete with any city. Call and look
at ounsamples and get onr prices,
and yon will leave your orders: - "
The Postal Service.
pjom prsdaont CleveUnd's Message,
Citizens Made too Easily.
"What Congress should Db.
Xew Tort Star.
. The report of the Postmaster-
General shows a marked increase
!bf business in eivery branch of the
'postal service. |
• The number of postoffices on
July 1,1888, was 57,376, an in-
(’crea^eiof 6,124 in.three years, and
of 2,219 for the 'last fiscal year.
‘The latter-mentioned increase is
classifiedas follows:
ilew England States^; Middle
States, 181; Southern States and
; the Indiaif 5 Territory, 1,406; the
. States and Territories of the Pa-
vcific coast, 190; the ten States and
,‘TerritoriesLof tflejWest and North
-West, 435; District of Columbia,
2. Total, 2,219. . .
Free delivery offices have in-
,crease^ frpm; 189 in the fiscal year
ending tFune 30,1887, to 358 in the
year ending June 30,1888.
In the railway mail service there
has,been an increase in one year
( pf .168 routes, and in the number of
miles travelled per annum ah in
crease of 15,795,917.48. The esti-
Ana|ed in^yease of railroad service
for they ear was 6,000 miles, but
^the amount of new railroad ser
vice actually put on was 12.764.50
miles. n
, The volume of business in the
money order division, including
.-transactions in postal notes, reach
ed the sum of upward of $143,000,-
000 for the year. .3
(j .During thejjpst year Parcel Post
Conventions have been concluded
with Barbadoes, the Bahamas,
.^British Honduras and Mexico, and
are now under-negotiation with all
^e Central ahd South American
Etates. The increase . of corres-
jpoadenee with foreign countries
during the past three years is
gratifying,and is especially notable
’and exceptional with the Central
and South American States : and
.Mexico. As. the greater! part pf
mail matter exchanged with these
countries is commercial ’in its
character, this increase is evidence
pt the increased business relations
with them. The practical operas
tions of the Pacific Postal Conven
tions, so ;as:. pegotiated, has
jserved to 'fulfill me most favora
ble predictions as to their benefits.
In January last A General Postal
.Convention was negotiated with
,the Dominiqq. of Canada, which
Went into operation March 1, and
{Which practical)^makes one. $>§-
tal territory of the United States
( and Cqn^da., Under it nierchan-
jdise pap^efs may now be trans
mitted through tketnails'at fourth-
class rates of postage. ^ ..
. v It is not ppssible here to tou,ch
even the leading heads of the great
postal establishment, to illustrate
the enormous and rapid growth of
jits business and the needs for leg
islative readjustment of much of
Its machinery t^at.ifc bps outgrown.
"For these and valuable recommen
dations of the Postmaster General,
jat^ntion is earnestly invited to his
report ,
i, .4 department whose revenues
have increased from $19,772,000 in
.1870, to 152,700,000 in 188S, de
spite redactions of postage which
have enormously reduced rates of
revenue while greatly increasing
its business,-, demands the, careful
consideration of the congress as.to
all matters suggested by those fa
miliar wittL v sits operations, and
which are calculated to increase
its efficiency and usefulness.
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,! Mr. fi^liurman . has written to
Judge Allen Slacker; of Texas, as
follows: “I regret the result of
the election, not on any personal
&^dht>fbjji;. Because^ I fear the
policy of our political opponents,
jis for myself, I shall nCver. again
J)e a candidate for .office, jbut, I
shall never ^cea|e; iyjiile" I live,
j» work for . the 'party, and I
• do not despair of its Ultimate suc
cess.”
iETHINA CTeefiiing; ^wders)
■ ■intilv 9K Conta. TVethina <*ur£3
oans iRe umia, mattes leeuims
i-only 25 Cent3. Teethina cures
feres, and nothin? equals It for
pores, ana notnin? equals 11.
inbles of Children qf any age. It
i. Try ltand you trill never he
ikxjsktHINA as Ion? as there are child*
Ul» House, your Druggist. .
UiTzclaw & Gilbert,- Perry, G a.
Subscribe for the Home
i how.
From President Cleveland’s Message.
.With the rapid increase of im- i It is not to be expected that con-
migration to onr shores and the fa-) gress will at this session Undertake
cilities of modern travel, abuses of the solution,of any great questions
the generous privileges afforded througlijproposition3*that have not
by our naturalization laws call for
their careful revision.
The easy unguarded manner in
which certificates of American cit
izenship can now be obtained has
induced a class, unfortunately
large, to avail themselves of the
opportunity to become absolved
from allegiance to,, ; their native
land and yet by a foreign residence
to escape any just duty and contri
bution of service to the country of
their proposed adoption. Thus
while evading,the duties of citizen
ship to the United States they may
make prompt claim for its national
protection and demand its inter
vention In their behalf. Interna
tional complications of a serious
nature arise, and the correspon
dence of theState Department dis
closes the great numb errand com
plexity of the questions which
have been raised.
Our laws regulating the issue of
passports should be carefully re
vised, and the institution of a cen
tral bureau of registration at the
Capital is again strongly recom
mended. By ..this means full par
ticulars of each .case of naturaliza
tion in the United States would
be secured and properly indexed
and recorded, and thus many.case3
of* spurious citizenship would" be
detected and unjust responsibilities
would be avoided;
The reorganization of the consu
lar service is a matter of serious
.importance to our national inter
ests. The, number of existing
principal consular offices is be
lieved to be greater than is at all
necessary-. for, the conduct of the
public business. It need not be
our policy to maintain more than
a moderate number] of principal
offices,-each supported by a salary
sufficient to enable,the incumbent
to live in comfort:, and so distribu
ted as to secure, the convenient su
pervision, through subordinate
agencies, of affairs over a consid
erable district.
I repeat the recommendations
heretofore made by m6, that the
appropriations for the maintain-
ance of our diplomatic and consu
lar service should be recast; that
the so called notorial.or unofficial
fees, which our representatives
abroad are now permitted-!*) treat
should be
already been thoroughly consid
ered.
The time between November
andlMarch is too short for effective
original action; and a vote of the
country in favor of a transfer of
executive control over Federal af
fairs will not be disregarded.
• Respecting taxation, there is a
remote possibilitythat the two
•houses may reach a solution of the
problem of preventing surplus ac
cumulation and revising customs
as personal perquisites,
forbidden'; that a system of consu
lar inspection should be institu
ted; and that a limited number pf
secretaries of legation should be
authorized.
Preparations fot tli e centennial
.celebration on April 30, 1839, of
the inauguration of George W ash-
ington as President of the United
States, at the city of New York,
have been made by a voluntary or
ganization of the, citizens of that
locality, and believing that an op
portunity should be afforded for
the expression of the interest felt
throughout the;country in this
event, I respectfully recommend
fitting and co-Operative action by
Congress on behalf pf the people
of the United States.
Now among other things the
German soldier; is toihave a cloak
so cut and fashioned that two of
them may be converted into a fair
shelter, tent—the sticks for which
go along as part of the equipment.
During the fiscal year ending
June 30fcb;1888, about $5,Q0O,OOO
were paid for pensions ;by the
United States government in .ex
cess pf.the amount paid for that
purpose ; during the preceding
fiscal yedr.
It is announced that Mrs. . Har
rison willserve wipe at state din
ners, but 7 she will discountenance
low neck and short sleeve dresses.
at her receptions. ..,.
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.
a result-should be attained^i.t will
be accomplished on business prin
ciples by matter of fact arrange
ment of schedules, rather than
through insistence upon, any line
of such theoretical policy as was
advocated during the late - cam
paign.. •.-•■• v v- • -•
There are, however, apart from
questions of rates of taxation,
many questions respecting tariff
and tax administration which
should, not be neglected., It is ad
mitted by all persons conversant
with ( the, subject that administra
tive methods in our custom houses
can be greatly improved. Espe
cially .with reference to the assess
ment of advalbrem duties there is
urgent need of reformation. On
this subject there is uo party dif
ferences. The Senatorial commit
tee that conducted investigations
with great care and patience du
ring many months teafehed unani
mous conclusion which does not
essentially '.differ from 1 that ar-
rived at by the Ways- and Means
Committee of the House. There
should, consequently, be no diffi
culty in insuring the enactment
before March of amendments to
what are known as the administra
tive sections of the revenue laws.
There are many’ other matters
not involving partisan difference
relative to whighmuch Tgood can
;be done at the second session of
the fiftieth congress, if members
will reflect that, the presiden
tial and congressional elections
being over, they have'an excellent
opportunity to do their duty 'by
business-like and patriotic legisla
tion, without running the: , risk of
being misunderstood to them dis
advantage j ust before; a verdict at
the polls. There will be ample
time for the wisdom of the action
of this congress to "demonstrate it
self before its members will have
occasion to again seek the appro
bation of their constituents. The
present time is;: an excellent one
for congressmen to do their- duty
without fear of consequences.
Wonders of the .Dead Sea.
.One 'of the most interesting
lakes or inland seas in the world
is the Dead sea, which has no visi
ble outlet It is § not mere fancy
that has slothed the Dead sea in
gloom. The-desolate. shores, with
scarcely a green thingin sight, and
scattered over with black stones
and ragged driftwood, form a fife-
ting frame for" the dark, sluggish
waters, covered with a perpetual
mist, and breaking in slow, heavy,
sepulchral toned waves upon the
beach. It seems as if the smoke
of the wicked cities was yet uscend-
Wohiah’s Seclusion iu India.
CornhiH Magazine. -
I had not long been in India
‘when a native- -lady who owned
large estates, sent to beg my hus
band to pay her a visit, ns she wfis
anxious that he should, take'charge
of her property, "which was much
embarrassed, and wished to dis
cuss the matter with-him. We
dismounted horn our elephants in
the court yard of her house, and
were conducted by a magnificent
major domo and a cyowd-pf small
er satellites to a earpeted veran
dah, where chairs had been placed
uw j wh WilCiO GUOJLLS JlttU. GCCD jJXOUCU
ing up to "heaven, and as if the j ready for ns. The steward then
moan of their fearful sorrow would
never leave that God smitten val-
and inland taxation. But if such "ley- It is a strange "thing" to see
“Dickens Had One Trick,” -.
remarked the profess or,-in a dis-
cusion of favorite authors, “which
always struck me , as an oddity.
I mean his habit of pinning some
distinctive word or phrase on a
character, which must be uttered
on all occasions. Now people in
real lifg don’t iterate like parrots.
At least I know only one person
who is subject to such criticism—
young Bowden, my,neighbor. The
pictnre of health, isn’t he? Ruddy
cheeks, sparkling eyes, ringing
Voice. Well, hisjpet phrase,-which
I have beard him repeat to- per
haps a score of ; people ; suffering
from coughs and weak; lungs, is,
.‘Take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical
Discovery.’ No wonder, either,
for it saved him from a consump
tive’s grave.” v .’-•
$500 reward offered by the ^prd-
prietors of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh
Remedy for an incurable case.
A Good Paper Free.
To-the Editor—Rlease .inform your read
ers that I have a positive remedy lor'the abova !
Every person who will pay- us
two dollars in advance as subscrip
tion to the Home Journal for one
year, will be givqn the Ne.w York
Weekly World six months, free.
This, applies, alike, to hew .-suR-
seribefs,' and? all who will pay,! or
have paid, all they owe us on or
aimed disease.'Ey its thiely use "thousands ot j before JanUjUTy 1st, 1889.
t sas hovo hppn TtprmrvnPiitlv cured J
those waves, not dancing along
ancl sparkling in the sun, as other
waves do, but moving with meas
ured melancholy, and sending to
the ear, as they break languidly
upon the rock, only doleful sounds.
Tins'is, ho- doubt, owing to the
"great heaviness of the water, a fact
well known and which ;we amply
verified in the fusual way, for on
attempting to swim, we went float
ing about like empty casks.
This experiment was more satis
factory in ite progress than in its
results,'whieh were a very unctuous
skin and a most .pestiferous sting T
ing of every nerve; ; las if we hud
been beaten with nettles. Nor was
the water we took into our mouth
a whit legs vile than the most naus
eous drugs of the apothecary.
That fish cannot live in this strong
solution of bitumen and salt is too.
obvious to need, proof; but to say
that birds cannot fly over it and
live is one of the exaggerations of
travelers, who perhaps were net,
like ourselves, sq fortunate, as to soe
a flock of ducks reposing cn the
water in apparently good health.
And yet this was all the life we
did see. The whole valley was
one,seething caldron, under more
thah a, tropical] sun.—Missionary
Herald
Seven miles frqm Yankton,
Dak., is a ; farming community
where several young home mission
aries labored off and on, and final
ly gave it up, as a bad job^ “Fa
ther” Nicholls, a Congregational
clergyman, over 72 years old, went
out there a year ago, and the result
of his work was {that, a few weeks
ago a neat brick chapel, entirely
paid for, wag, dedicated, and he was
installed pastor, over a congrega
tion of twenty-dive, church, mem
bers, not;one of them of Congre
gational antecedents.
The longest through car service
of any railroad line in the world is
said tojhe on the Southern Pacific
road, between .New Orleans and
Sap Francisco,2495 miles. The
fastest through train on this road
is timed at 118 hours, 25 minutes,
or at the rate of twenty-two miles
an hour.
The best things] are \ nearest;
light in your eye, flowers at your
feet, duties at your hand, the path
of God just before you. Then do
not grasp at the stars, but do life’s
common work as it comes, certain
that daily duties and daily bread
are the sweetest things of life:
There" is 'only orie way to stop a
small boy from, asking questions,
and that way is not satisfacorjr, if
you Have any use for the boy.
% Eighteen republican members pf
congress were elected from the
South, in the recent contest.
The entire Hebrew
printed in 1488.
Bible
,-. r Wonderful Cures. *
W. --D. Hoyt.- & Co., Wholesale
and Retail Druggists; of Rome,
Ga., say: We have beep selling
Dr. Ring’s New Discovery] ^-Elec
tric Bitters and Bncklen’s / Arnica
Salve for four years. Have never
Handed remedies that selL-as well
or {rive such universal satisfiac--
tion. Thbre have been spine won
derful cures effected by these ihede
icines in this city. 1 Several cases
W?pronounced ’consumption have
been; entirely cured by the use of
a few 7 bottles of Dr. King’s New
approached, holding in the palms
of his joined hands some gold
coins, which we touched instead of
really-taking, as was ^he generous
custom in less prudish days. But
no lady was to be seen, and I was
amazed and even startled to hear
my husband, still looking straight
before him, begin speaking as if
he saw some one'. .
It gave me quite a shock, but as
he showed-no other sign of sudden
insanity, I looked around for some
explanation, and then discovered
that our chairs had bebn plachfl
near a kind of screen called a chik,
made of thin bamboo strips, which
completely prevents, any -one# .out
side from seeing in, although a
person within the room can see
out, and behind this sheltering
mantle of invisibility sat the lady
and her women. The conversation
was long, anfl almost unintelligible
to me, but I gathered that my hus
band, having reason to ba dis
pleased with the lady’s conduct,
declined to accept her hospitality
in any way, which, judging- from
certain eloquent sounds that is
sued from behind the.screen, drew
from her teare and lamentation A
PERRY,
GEORGIA,
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Parlor Snits, Chamber Suits, Bedsteads,’Chairs, Tallies,
Safes, Mattresses,^Bureaus, etc. of all descriptions.
: . : .
(§omplete Undertaking Department.
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.BUY .YOUR TRUNKS,
Valises, Satchels Jancy leaiiii Goods
f J and Wit looks, ;
FROM THE FACTORY at FACTORY PRICES.
MACON TRUNK FACTORY, 410 Third Street, MACON, GA.,
559 CHERRY STREET,
MACON, GA. ’
The war on high prices continues to i
3 continues to rage, Atid we are determined the pepple shall
have cheap goods. Onr New York buyer has just captnred a lot of auction goods,
and we are offering jhem afe ^tices 7 never before heard of in this market:. Listen, at
the prioes-of fEese leaders: New lot Hose, all wool, 25c; can’t bis bought elsewhere
forless than.50c. Underwear for ladies, gents and children at prices-which cannot
be duplicated. Gents’ undersuits for $3.00, will cost yon $4.50 anywhere else.
Shoes at 25 to 50 per cent less than can be had anywhere- Hats, Clothing and
Fancy Goods, at ridiculously low prices. Damask 64c. worth 7oc. Turkey Red
3-9c.; worth 5Qc._ "We call yonr special attention to onr 75e. grade of "White Damask]
tide, for $2.35, sells elsewhere for $3.00. We can sellyoix a blanket fQr $3.25 that
is worth $4.50. Comforts 65c. worth $1.00." ^ ' ’
An expert has computed some
statistics of the lyric stage in the
chief cities of; Europe, with the
conclusion that opera is going to
the dogs. There is no good singer
in Berlin. " At Dresden, Malten
is the only good one. The- Saxon
chorus singers are detestable. Vi
enna provides nobody worth men
tioning, and things are worse in
Italy than anywhere, for the great
operas cannot be given there, for
lack of singers.
The great oil fields of New York,
and Pennsylvania are rapidly be
coming exhausted. The former
supply of 100,000: barrels a day
has,fallen off to 43,000 barrels; a
day. The wonderful Bradford
field, of Pennsylvania, that has
produced 140,000 barrels, is now
practically dry. About five hun
dred new wells are being sunk in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Vir r
ginia, in the hope of finding new
oil. basins. ■■
TheFarmers’ Review estimates
that the yield of corn in Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska, the chief
corn^Gwing-states, is ;1,435,184,-
858 bushels as compared with 780,-
425,000 bushels, the yield report
ed by the Department, of Agricul
ture for. "1887. ‘The total corn
crop.pf? 1888 is estimated at 2,-
110,920,858 bushels.
Something for the ladies: We have a choice and sslect stock of Millinery, void
of fancy prices. You can buy a pretty and stylishlEat from us for one-half the’
.price, ypn wqnj|,d pay for.the same article elsewhere. .»
.Just "receivfed.'a large shipment ,o£ Laflias’ Underwear which we propose to almost
sacrifice: In the Gents’ departm ent we have a fine and stylish line of Hats. We can
.Glow you many styles at 50per cent less than is asked for them elsewhere.
G.P.
415 THIRD STREET,
MACON,tGA.
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'1&T Speeial attention paid tp shipments of jugs, Sendus yonr. orders and .we
will treat ,yon right. 7.A- J
m
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COTTON FACTOR;
MACONS GEORGIA.
Se Does Exclusively , a Cotton Business,
HE IS A SELLER, NOT A BUYER OF CO^fTON.^l ’
SAL E. O, RtC D TTO IT.. ?
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