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The Great, Farm, jiduetnal and Stock 1
journal of the South
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ments • and of swamp and over- j Weddings AmongScaudihaviaus
flowed lands, as well as to adjudi- • -—
nala nnd finally rlotfvrminfi Hip xro ' - Interior.
Rumpus in .the Republican
Camp.
“WhatMast be Done.”
Oar People’s Land,
United States continue to' length
en their sessions, and yet crime is
on the increase, and the people are
constantly growing into a worse
condition.” Following np this
preface with a woe-begone cry rel
ative to the general status pl the
a colt, dog, cat or goose. In days
of.qld, too, tRe husband made his
wife several presents, such as a
pair of oxen for the plow, or a har
nessed horse and .arms. This, we
duty is more pressing than to fix
as soon as possible their diounds
and terminate the threats of troub
le which arise from uncertainty.
Some Hew Automatic Toys.
-.past, year, are fully exhibited, j
"But a brief reference to. some of
the subjects discussed in this able
'land interesting report can here be i
made; but I commend the entire i
report to the attention of the Con- j
Egress, and trust that the sensible :
and valuable recommendations it-;
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FORTTALLEY, GA..
(Office over Dow Law Bank.) ^
Practice in the counties of the
Circuit; in Macon and Taylor count;®
and in the Federal Courts.'
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—The, Howe , Journal
e , ; i-criri: :<■
fije is fully prepared fo do any
kind of Commercial job work that
mpy be needed.; AH, nicely pad_-
ded, and at prices that : wilX cont-
petp with apy city.y^jQaB andipok
at oiirsaniplqs and get our: prices,
and you-willleave your, orders.^
jEiffpty WVusc.ns of^ Acres saved ea t e and-finally determine the ya-j
rom the Lan(l Grubhers,
From President Cleveland’s Message.
i lidity and extent of numerous pri-j Wedding present's were exten-j ■ Under the above heading our
vate land claims. All these are sively given at most Scandinavian I neighbor, the Barnesville Gazette,
• ^Cn the report of the Secretary of e j emen j g 0 ? great, injustice and ■ weddings, and among the lower > says:
the Interior, the conditions of the j peril to the settlers iipo'n the local-j orders the 'parents and friends “The law-making bodies of the
various branches of our domestic : j{.j eg affected; and now that their | prosented the bride with a pig, a
^affairs connected with that Depart- gjjstance cannot be avoided, no j sheep or cow, and the groom with
Philadelphia Times.
The latest arrival is an Egyptian
'contains will secure careful con- 1 harpiste, or a Moorish queen, ac-
siedration. J cording to taste. She is a little
I cannot-too strenuously insist j body, only two feet tall and auto-
hpon the importance of proper; matic, but she knows more than
measures to insure a right dispo- | some people twice her heignt and
sition of our public lands, hot only j alive. She is elegantly dressed in
As a matter of present justice, but j Oriental finery. When she is
in forecast of the consequences to j wound up she plays a harp with
future generations. The broad, ; great skill and accompanies the
Vicb acre's of our agricultural exercise with appropriate express-
’plaius have been long preserved | ion and gesture.-
by nature to become her untram-j A handsome,' dardk-skinhed
meled gift to a people civilized and j troubadour came over with the
'free, uprih which should rest,.in j harpisfe. He is just as accom-
well-distributed ownership, the j plished as his companion.
When
numerous homes of enlightened,
equal ahd fraternal citizens. They
came to national posoession with
the warning example in our eyes
'of the entail, of iniquities iu land
ed proprietorsnip which other coun
tries have permitted and still suffer
We have no excuse for the violation
of' principles, cogently taught by
reasou and example, nor - for the
allowance of pretexts which have
Sometimes exposed our lands, to
collosal greed. Laws which open
'a door to fraudulent acquisition,
or administrrtion which permits
favor to rapaciohs seizure by g, fa
vored few of expanded areas that
“many should enjoy, are accessory
to offences against our national
‘.Welfare and huniariity riot to be
too severely condemned or pun
ished.
, $t is gratifying to know that
something has been done at last to
redress the injuries to our people
b.nd check the perilous tendency
of the reckless waste of the nation
al domain. That over Eighty mill
ion acres have been arrested from
illegal usurpation. Improvident
grants, arid fraudulent entries and
claims, to be taken for tlia home
steads, of honest industry—al
though less than the greater areas
thus unjustly lost—-must afford a
profound gratification to right feel
ing citizens, as it is a recompense
for the labors and struggles of the
Recovery. Our dear experience
ought sufficiently to urge the.
speedy enactiheht of measures of
legislation which will confine the
future disposition of our remaining
agricultural lands to the uses of
actual hffsbagdry affb genuine
. homes.
Nor should our vast tracts of so-
called desert lands be yielded up
to the monopoly of corporations or
grasping individuals, as appears to
be much the tendency under the
existing statute. These, lands re
quire but the -supply of water t§
Become fertile .and productive, ft
is ajproblem of great moment how
most wisely for the . public good
that factor shall be furnished! I
cannot but think it perilous to suf
fer either these lands or the sources
of.their irrigation to fall into the
hands of'monopolies, which by
such means: may exercise lordship
over the areas dependent on their
treatment for productiveness. Al
ready steps Mave.been taken to se
cure accurate and scientific' infor
mation of the conditions, which is,
the prime basis of intelligent ac
tion. Until this'shall Be gained,
the course of wisdom appears,
clearly to lie in a suspension of
further disposal, Which only prom
ises to create rights antagonistic to
the Common interest. Ho harm
can follow this cautionary conduct.
The land will remain, and the pub
lic good presents no' demand for
hasty dispossession ,of national
ownership and control.’
I commend also the recommend
datious that appropriate measures
be taken to complete the adjust
ment of the various grants made
to the States for internal improve-
he is started and begins to strum
his guitar his eyes roll in ecstasy.
■Just before, he runs down; he is
overcome with emotion. .His hand
goes up to his eyes and his tongue
rolls out of his quivering mouth.
A figure no less noteworthy and
no less talented is a little blonde
Parisian lady dressed with all. the
latest art. She is wound up by
turning k key ih her bustle. Then
she turns her head coquettishly,
puts up her eyeglasses, fans -her
self with .flies air of a belle and flirts
with every bod about her.
A little Erench.waitres| with a
magic teapot completes this Quar
tette of toy Wonders. When inspir
ed by a few turns of a bias? key she
pours tea into the enchanted pot.'
Then the lid. of the pot raises and
birds, frogs, mice and other charm
ing creatures jump- out:
A blue doll, as big as a real girl,
is auother of the new contributions
of the French toy makers. She
throws kisses and dances before a
looking glass for half an hour at a
time. *
Hop-growing appears to be a de
caying industry in England. Fif
teen counties contribute to it, and
in 1886 the acrage under hops was
to 63,706, and in 1888 to 58,494
Out of the fifteen counties only six,
viz., Hants, Hereford, Kent, Sur
rey, Sussex and Worcester, make
any substantial contribution to the
hop trade. ‘Kent, -which is the
chief hop county, has fallen in
acreage from 43,924 ih 1886 to
36,448 in 1888. - '
The first school census taken m
Georgia since 1882 has been^com-
pleted. It gives the total number
of children of school age as 560,-
281, against 208,722 in 1882, and
shows that ih.tlie country districts
the boys outnumber the girls,
while in the cities and to.v. hs the
girls predominate.
If the corn fodder of the West
were properly saved, economically
handled and. judiciously fed; sa$ r s
Processor Henry, “in ten years’
time it would pay off every farm
mortgage in the Mississippi valley.
There are about one and two-fifths
acres’of corn fodder now. growirig
for every head of cattle in the
United States. So large an amount
of feed wasted is possible only in
out country!” . . .. .
.wrn
are told, was to signify that she
ought not to lead an idle .and' lux
urious life, but that she was to be
a partaker with him in' his labors
ancj a companion in danger, which
they were to share together in
peace and war.; The yoked oxen,
the caparisoned horse, all served
to instruct the women how they
were to lead their life, and how,
perhaps, it might be. terminated.
The aims were to be carefully pre
served, and, being ennobled by the
use the husband made of them,
were to be -consigned as portions
for their daughter,, and handed
down tc.posterity. At the present
day much enthusiasm is manifest
ed at a Swedish wedding in the be
stowal of presents of all kinds.
Mr. Du Chaillu, describing a wed
ding in Dalecarlia, says:
“Every one as lie left put in the
hands' of the bride some bank bills,
which, without looking at; she
dropped into the big linen pouch
on that occasion at her side." This
was the parting gift, and every
guest, according to his means, gave
money to the bride. The girls of
the hamlet had held a meeting,
and all had agreed that each
should give exactly the same sum.
A popular bride often gets a con
siderable amount in, this manner,
which enables her and her hus
band to begin life quite cheerful-
!y-” 7
It is Mstoriiary, too, in Sweden,
on the wedding day for the bride
and bridegroom to sit on a raised
platform under a canopy of silk,
all the wedding presents being ar
tistically arranged od a bench cov
ered with silk. A Swedish bride
also has her pockets filled with
bread; fpr according to a popular
superstition,,it is . supposed that
every piece rihe gives to the poor
church averts
on her way to the
some misfortyme, but . the person
upon whom sne bestows it will not
70,127, while in 1887 it had fallen ‘eat it, as he thereby brings misfor-
BraceTUp.
You are feeling depressed, your
appetite is poor, yoii are bothered
with headache, you are fidgety, ner
vous and generally out of sdrts,
ahd want^to brace np. Brace up.
but not with stimulants, spring
medicines, or bitters, which have
for their basis very cheap, bad
whiskey, and which stimulate you
for an hour, and then leave yon in
a worse condition than before.
What you want-, is an alterative
that will purify your blood, start
healthy action of tlie kidneys and
fiver, restore your vitality, and
give renewed health ,and strength.
Such a medicine fori, will find in
medicine
Electric Bitters, and only 50 <
a bottle at all drug pfores’
tune on himself.
Few sights are more picturesque
than a peasant’s wedding in Nor
way. The bride wears a crown
and no end of trinkets^ which . are
loaned her for the occasion, so that
the “poorest woman in the land
has the gratification of appearing
for .one day in a guise which she
probabably thinks equal to that of
a queen.1’ She generally, too, re
mains dressed in all her finery
throughout the festive merry-
makings. As soph, tod, as the
marriage ceremony is over; the
house is thrown open to all,filends
and neighbors, feasting and danc
ing kept up sometimes for several
days. The bridal crown is so con
structed that by withdrawing a pin
it opens and falls from the head,
this being a signal for tlie gay do
ings of the wedding to come to a
close. As . soon, therefore, as the
bride drops her Crown; tlie music
is Mushed and the guests depart.
A Californian Mas made . affida
vit before a. notary public, that a
sheep pelt which he had tacked up
on the barn-door grew a crop of
wool this fall. It Was short wool
and late wool; bdt better 'than no
wool at all. '
coun try, bur neighbor closes -by
saying, “and we hope our legisla
tors will look at the true condition
of the country and legislate accord
ingly.”
What legislation our neighbor
would suggest for the goediof- the
country, we know not. But if he
will review past legislation ih this
direction, he will, find our penal
statutes quite broad and compre
hensive. And, if he will investi
gate past legislation intended to
better the financial condition of
the people, and closely trace its re
sults, he will find those results
have been, evil, and continually
evil,until to-day the reliance of man
upon the honor of his fellow-man
touching the payment of a debt
is almost a.thing, of the past. The
legislation relative to the financial
relief of the people, while freight
ed with good intent,, has opened so
many loop holes through whiqh
the debtor could or can escape tfie
payment of his debts, that it has
not only educated the people the
wrong way relative to the pay
ment of debts, but has brought
much of the financial distress that
pervades our country. Neither
legislators, nor any other body of
men on earth, can make, with all
the legislation possible, any better,
broader, or firmer foundation for
credit, or for the .credit system,
than the honor and lionesty of the
debtor; aiid when men’s honor is
made the basis of credit, then will
there be better payment of debts.
Our legislators may legislate un
til the statute books pile up moun
tain high, audit, will avail nothing
toward bettering the financial stat
us of the country. On the contra
ry we, the people, are, the persons
through whom, if at all, a; better
status of affairs must be brought
about.
Manufacturing,
give employment
establishments
to idle labor.
Laborers consume merchandise,
and when they are given work to
do are thereby enabled to pay for
what they consume. So manufact
uring enterprises are beneficial all
around. The enterprises mgke a
handsome profit, the merchants
sell their goods to the hands, em
ployed, and the hands are enabled
to pay for them. Thus it is bene
ficial to all.
CMorntran Ea'qriirer-Stci.
northern republicans are
reported to be very tired over the
political “nigger.” They treat him
like a brother on electien day, but
when he. comes in and- demands a
share of the spoils of victory, they
manifest their disgust in an unmis
takable manner. The negro re
publicans of the north will worry
Mr. Harrison and his administra
tion a great deal. They have
placed their sights high, and will:
not Ije content to feast on crumbs.
Nothing short of a cabinet position
for one of their number will satis
fy them.juUnles3 their demands
are satisfied they threaten to bolti
the party. They claim that with
out the negro vote at least five of
the northern states would go dem
ocratic. -This, they claim, gives
them the key to the situation.
Bruce arid Douglass dioth hgye
strong backing among the negroes
for cabinet positions, and unless
one of them is successful, the ne
groes will kick up a . big row.
There are a'hundred chances to one
against any negro securing a cabi
net position, so they might as well
begin the row at once.
. Leaving the colored brother out
entirely, the numbefe of big plums
on the republican tree are too. few
to go around. The fight for Tat
places has already reached fever
heat, and continues to grow warm
er, . "We predicted soon J after the
election that there would be a big
rumpus in the republican camp.
The democratiq, fiost will, quietly
watch the fur fly from the opposing
factions',
mmikm fob the uoiesi
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O h UmOkM AM &
7'y,:/./.vr; block, ..v./(.r„v, h./.;
The Most Extensive Dealers in
After Swinburne.’
‘My eyes to my eyelids cling thickly,
My tpngue feels a mouthful and more,
My senses are sluggish and sickly,.
To,live and to breathe,is a bore.
My-head weighs a ton and a quarter,
By pains and by pangs ever split,
Which manifold;washings with water
Believes not a bit.” ■
After Swinburne these lines may
be, a long way after for that mat
ter,'but what a description of a
man whose bowels are costive, liv
er disordered, .blood out of 6orts.
Such ,>an individual needs. Dr.
Fierce’s .Pleasant Purgative Pel
lets. They are pleasant to take
and powerful to cure. , r>. , ..
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip--
tion cures all those peculiar weak
nesses incident to females.
The chances are in faypr dUa
duefion of letter postage at the
next Congress. The republican
platform declared in favor of a re
duction frdm .two. to one cent on
postage on letters, and as that par
ty has the Presidency, Senate and
House, it. is of course conceded
that the reduction may. be made
whenever the republicans desire
it. *
The Chinese are making sttcM
large demands upon soap that they
may m tiiue rank among the clear
nations. Tlie impoftatiOri,df for
eign soap Mas increased «d.3B per
cent, in five, years, and ,860 per
cent, more is wanted now tliari.ivas
sought after fen^rearg hgo.—ChL
cago Herald.
Kenetrs Her lout!;.
1 Mrs. Phoebe phesley, Fetersonj
Clay county, Iowa, tells tlie lollow-
ing^ remarkable .story,’ tlie truth, of
which Is vouched for. b^ the resi
dents of tlie to^ri: “I am 73 years
-old, have been troubled with kid
ney complaint. and, lameness for
years; could not dross myself with
out help. Now I am free frctpi'all
pains and soreness, and am able 'to-
do all iny own housework. I owe
The Brunswick News says: A
negro woman on first speiijg .the
electric light’ said: “L-orM er mas-
sey! It’s a good ting dem white
folks didii’t find dis ting pat in
slavery time, or dey Would Mate
Worked niggers all day an’ . all
night too;”
There is no wedding without a
hitfch in it.
The Buenos Ayres Herald claims
to have examined the fibre made
from the reeds and rushes of the
lowlands of the Parana, and that
the textils manufactured there
from are ; undistinguishable from
those made from wool - and silk.
Blankets, heavy goods for lrieri’s
wear, feltings and “black silk”
dress goods are made from this
fibre and are said to be unrivaled
for texture, finish, color and dura
bility. Paper piilp is also made
from these reeds and rus.he^, . the
manner of utilizing them being the
invention of a Mr. Newman. .
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The derivation of our word “sal
ary” is very carious. In ancient
times Roman soldiers received a
daily portion of salt as part I of
their pay. Sal, in Latin, is saltj
and when the salt was in course
amount- was called salarium, or
salt money. Hence our “salary”
ahd Mehce Mo doubt the expression!
“not worth his saltf’ i. e,, Mis sala-
r y‘
In Cuba a. woman: never
Consignments of Cotton Respectfully. Sblicited.
Advances Made ori Cotton in Store.
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of time commuted ffor money, the , J* are better prepared4^e|er ; to .meetrihe .demands:, Of-the
, .. , ; . J trade. ^ The patronage of the planters of Houstbn and adjoining
amount was called salannm^^ “^counties>.SolipifcL.
^ ill first (Mass' Groceries AlwKys on ,
M* BAGGING iNi) Tlf S.iND RUST-PRdOF OAlDS
gPRClALTIEfe!
her maiden name. When married
her husban.d’s .name is.' added. to
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'' erry Street,-Macon, Ga.
her own, but she is always called
by her Christian and _ maiden
names. Children take the names
cif both parents, .but place the
mother’s name after that , of the
father. - , ^ - *
THIAEGIJLAE
—Icengwledc
COSSUMPTION SDEELY iqtJRED..
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„ named disease. By its timeiynssetbc-asands of
my irianks to Electric Bitters for 11
having renewed my youth, and re-; dy PR ? E an v ° f yourreaders who have con-
mnwpd rnmnleiolv all • n . sumption if they will send me their express
moved completely all disease aud ; aad post office address. Respectfully
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Wood oil is now made oh a some
what extensive scale i.n . Sweden,
where the refuse of timb.er cutting
and forest gleaning is .turned into
account for the oil it contains. T ‘
is used .for illumiiiRtin
and gives, when
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