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feisA-TLY JSXTSCITTEliD „ -at this Office. " vol. xvm. 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. - ....... ,! 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, • ' " -A .- % i Parlor Snits, Chamber Suits, Bedsteads,’Chairs, Tallies, Safes, Mattresses,^Bureaus, etc. of all descriptions. : . : . (§omplete Undertaking Department. tdec89 .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. AND PIASTERS SDPjPtlES; Our Specialties: OLD GLEN SPRING of ’81, OLD HUME SOUR MASffi’84, T. B. RIPY of-’85, 5 and old. NELSON .COUNTY* '1&T Speeial attention paid tp shipments of jugs, Sendus yonr. orders and .we will treat ,yon right. 7.A- J m -TO- WILLIS IF 1 , PRICE,, 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.. ? HE LOANS MONEY Itf. ip®"'SEEING AT A LOW ’ HATE OF '"INTEREST. AND DEALERS IN Absolutely Pure, fiopeless'cases have Seen permanently cured. [ The New York Weekly. World is Discovery, taken in connection dAEKCfaUCfTurCart 0 erfirt[ohTe e con: |one or the best, newspapers we with Electric Bitters We guar- sumptionif i 'ajfr.v.-iii send me, their ^express :6YerB aw-r-12-pages--and ; each is-! antee them always, bold by all s1ie ‘ w ill contain a complete novel, druggists. This powder nerer varies., A marvel of p irity strength and -wholesomeness. More economics than the ordinary hinds, and cannot he sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum and phosphate powders. Sold only jncans. Eovax, Bakxsg Powkee Co , lOGWalnut E tr-et. X. Y. ■H Renew your subscription now. Oroeeriei ji: Plitefs 5 lopplie: Nos. 409 and 411 POPLAR STREET, MACON, GA. Consignments^of-Ootton Respectfully;Soiicited. Liberal - ; ; Adyances -Madeon Cctton ihStGre. . - ZST Supply of Groceries, Planteth’ Snpnlfes andlBA^ng and Ties always ■ on hand. . ‘ .. ’ .. CHRA m -ACKNOWLEDGED HEALQU CHiKA, CR&QKERY, CLASSWAf’S', TINWARE. EMV/AFiS, PLATED V/A.”E, CUTLEffY. , HOUSEKEEPING NOVELTIES. - . -A SPECIALTY OF - • - - ----- 31STHDAY AMD CHRISTIVSAS Rf When in Macon oalland see the largest and most varied stock south of , j.- ft. Respectfully, : '