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-GIVE THE J JOURNAL JOB OFFICE JOHN H. HODGES, Proprietor, Devoted to Home Interests and Culture. 'X' W O DOLLARS A Year ik AdVance. /The Hoas JOURNAL Job of fice is fully prepared . to . dp 499 kind of Commercial j oh work .that mpy be needed. All nicely pad? ded, and at prises that :will. con*^ pete with any city. Call-and look -A TRIAL. XIX. PERRY, GEORGIA,THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER26, NO. 38. at our samples and getour. p^feaa, and yon will leave your ordert?.- © 1 0 X COftH COT Hi •ttnxii,xs S’- MACON, G-A. w B r+- © m m m m m m & P I m a © P A £5 I m p ■p ©a 3 © en- PT 1 © C" 1 P . © SI © >s •VD 'NODYl/tf iBfe CP ►d © £ a © § © HE B OJ jfi a .JH © © dP © s HOXOVl Ndxio ‘soiaa: m NOXXOO saker Carlisle ou the Prostitu tion of the Government. National Democrat- One of the most discouraging signs of the times is The growing disposition among certain classes of the people to rely upon the gov ernment for assistance in the pros ecution of their private business. The spirit of independence and self-reliance which in former times constituted.the chief characteris tic of the American citizen 1 ; and made him enterprising and suc cessful in business, as well as a safe custodian of political power, £ I is rapidly disappearing, and in nearly every branch of industry there is a persistent demand 10c governmental aid ill one form or another. So general has this dis- positioa already become that our legislative bodies^ sfcate.aucl feder al, are crowded .at every session with measures which have no ctb er foundation than a selfish pur pose to promote the private inter ests of particular individuals or ’classes., and the biisinesss of real public importance is too often en lively neglected, or carelessly dis posed of iu older to reach the coT-sideWt’’c>u of these private, schemes. Hie real purposes these selfish, schemes are never confessed by their advocates. There is always an ostentatious parade of patriotic sentiment and regard for the general welfare^ and by this ibeans the majority of the people, who In every case afe coih r pelled to bear the burdens imposed by class legislation, are frequently seduced with the support of meas ures, wh'ch.would not be tolerated if thoroughly understood. This scramble for subsidies, boun ties and special legislation in all its various forms is demoral izing and injurious in all its as pects. It not only destroys the in dependence of the beneficiaries, but it prostitutes the powers bf the government, debauches legis- lati ve bodies and corrupts the elect ive franchise itself. This was not intended to be a paternal govern ment. It is neither a charitable institution nor a joint stock co-po- ratiou created Tor the purpose bf transacting, or assisting iu the transaction, of ordinary business; but all the powers it possesses ai e delegated to it for pablic purposes only, and every attempt . to exer cise them fbf the benefit of the few at the expense of the many, however it may be disguised, is a palpable departure from the spirit of the constitution. “Equal rights for all and exclusive privileges for none,” is not only good democracy, but a sound constitutional maxim which ought never to be violated. In the prosecution of these schemes for private gain, powerful combinations are nearly always formed. The personal interests of large classes of voters are ap pealed to, and tlie public man who dares to oppose them is vigorous ly denounced as an enemy to the industry, or enterprise proposed to be benefited, and, if he persirtsj is threatened with defeat at the polls.' And too often this threat is actual ly executed. By these means, or others still more reprehensible the opposition is generally over poise sbonei or later, and the measure is passed. ’ If an attempt is afterward made to repair the WTong thus done to the great body of the people,' it is successfully re sisted apon the ground that the faith of the government has been pledged, and that large in terests-have grown up under the law, which would be ruined by a withdrawal of the gratuity. The legislature is at no time permitted to consider such a measure on its real meritsi The passage is se cured by coercion and false pre tenses, and its" repeal is prevented by arguments which have no rela tion to its original | necessity or propriety. The whole process is deceptive and dishonest, and no legislative body can be long sub jected to the influences which usually prevail in such cases with out provoking at least a suspicion of corruption and want of fidelity ous form in which this- demand for special legislation,. or special favors at the hands of. the govern ment, exhibits itself, is in the cor rupt use of money at elections, which debauches alike the electors and the elected. No serieus : at tempt is made to conceal the fact that during every important con test enormous amounts of money are raised by cectato classes and combinations of iodiyiduals, who usually manifest little or no inter est in the general politics of the country, to be secretly .expended iu promoting the election or par ticular candidates, whose official action it is supposed will be par tial to the private interests of the contributors to this fund. If the amount contributed by these indi viduals find combinations during a single campaign, and the manner of its expenditure, 'could be Cor rectly ascertained, it would startle the whole country, and might pos sibly result in a general condem nation of the selfish projects, which ave undoubtedly the princi pal sources of this species of cor snption. Here, indeed, is one of the strongholds which the advo cates of a pure ballot Didst demol ish before any substantial reform can be effected. When it is dis tioctly understood that public sen timent will no longer tqleiete fa voritism in legislation or abuse of official authority for the purpose of promoting private pecuniary in terests, the temptation to raise and expend money in the purchase of votes will be greatly diminished, and our elections will depend more upon the merits of the public questions involved and less upon the CbSiipfc p> a cl ices of skill ful and uns'criwidous eohbioaU.oos and their hired emissaries. The occupation of the professional ma nipulator of. voles, in which some have already achieved a national reooi.riborj; will cease to be profil- able, and the citizen who casts an honest bailofc will have some assu re ube.that be is participating in on actual expression of the popu lar will, and not taking a useless' part in a useless ceremony. J. G. CGiivrsLK An Anecdote of Stephen Girprd. | Don't Men tic n the Briers. American Union. Seeing a story about old Stephen! Girard the other day reminded mel It is not only a wise and happy of an incident that showed one of | thing to make the best of life, and his pebhliarities, says a writer in : always look oh the bright side, for It may be stated with confidence that a democrat will be electfd to. succeed the late Congressman Cox. The district is strongly democratic.- It is probable that there will soon be another vacan cy in the New Yoi.k delegation. Congressman Nulltogis in wretch ed health, and His dtofcli may be expected at any time. If he should die while in office, his successor would no doubt be a republican, as His majorities have been above 10,000. A young man in Hahford, Cali fornia, called upon a barber and bad his hair cut. As usual, the barber applied sopie oil to the head ’of his customer, and the young man retired to his blankets that night, but about 2 o’clock to the morning he awoke wITi the feeling that somebody was trying to saw the top of his cranium off. Upon lighting a lamp He found that the only trouble was that the oil on His Hair Had attracted a few thousand ants. Dakota, Montana, and Wash ington Territory are as large as Great Britain, the German Em pire, the Netherlands and Switz erland, all of which have 90,000,- 000 population, while there are only 1,000,000 people in the for mer territories. The Georgia farmers and edi tors who excarted to Ohio have had . their pictures taken in a group. A Safe Investment. Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure, a return pur chase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised Drug gist a bottle oc Dr. King’s New Discovery for. Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affection of Throak Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption, Inflammation of Langs, Broehilis. Asthama, Whooping Cough, Croup, etc, con always be depended upor. " bottles the Globe-Democrat. Girard had a drayman who was decidedly a doorman. One day the drayman, who whs an industrious, bright fellow, with a good many mouths lo fill at Horae, washeard to re mark that he wished he was rich. “What’s that?” sharply said Girai’d, who had heard the grum ble. “Oh,” said the man, “I Was only wishiug I was rich.” “Well, why don’t you get rich?” said; the millio’.K'ire, harshly. “I don’t know how, without money,” return ed the drayman. “You don't nee j money,” said Girard. “Well, if you tv ill tell me how to,. get rich without money, I won’t let .the grass grow before trying it/’ said the oilier. “There is going - .; to, be a shipload oI confiscated tea sold at miction to-morrow, at the wharf; >0 down there and buy it, and then come to ,me.” The man laughed. “I have no money to buy a shipload of tea with’,” He said. ; “You’do.i t need any money! l tell yon,” sni pped the old ma-iV “Go down and bid. in the whole cargo, and then come to me.” The next day the drayman went down to the sale. A large crowd of re tailers Were present, and the aud,- tidbeer said those present would have the privilege of taking one case, or the whole shipload, ar 1 that the bidding would be on the poun'd. The sale the a began. . A retail grocer started the bidding, a ad the draj man raised him. On seeing this the crowd ga zfd with no small amount of surprise. Wee 3 Jifie case was ^knocked ilifwn the drayman, Lhe auctioneer d he supposed the buyer de sired o ily one case. “I’ll take the whole shipload,” cooUy -returned the sncdefjiall bidder. The auc tioneer Was • astonished, but on some one v hispering to him that it was Girard’s man who was the bidder, hifi manner changed, and he said he supposed it was all right. The news soon spread that Guar d was baying tea in large quantities, and tlie next day the price rose several cents! “Go an 1 sell your tea,” said Girard to the drayman next day. The drayman was shrewd, and He ifelithgtaiid inadecontracts with several brokers the to take the stock at a shade be low market price,thereby makiMg a quick sale. In a few hours he was worth $50,030. took at This Picture, Too. While the high-tariff journals fere directing attention to the fact that the London strikes took place in a free trade country! and are due. to, the! Carrying out of the ideas bf Cobden and Blight, it may be well for them to turn their attention to the condition of the people in highly-protected Germa ny. According to Mr. Moeller,' the American Cogsul-Geneul at Frankfoittofi-ffce-main, German Workmen are now worse off at the end of the year than they were at the beginning, although the crops have been good. This lamenta ble state of affairs is, iu Mr. Mueller’s cpinion, due to the high duties laid on breadstuff 1 even more than it ia owing to tlie. ever- iacre--lug demands of the govern ment for money to ■ be expended qn lie army.—Eroni the New York Post. Lord Suckville-West, who. at tracted extended attention hereby an autograph letter he sent to one Murchison, is about to begin a contest of the late Lord Sacksnlle’s wilt I t had been . expected that there would be a compromise, but this is no longer looked for. Sir Henry James will represent the four maids of honor, who are’ par- 1 ties of the second part Springfield, Ohio, is piping nat ural gas. one's own sake, but it is a blessing to others. Fancy a man forever telling his family how much they cost! A little sermon on this sub ject was unconsciously preached by a little child one day last .fall. I A man met a Tittle fellow in the load carrying a basket of black berries, and said *tq him: “Sammy, where did you get such nice black berries?”- “Over there, sir, in the briers.” “Won’t your mother be glad to see you.come hone with a..basket ful o ' such nice, ripe fruit.” ,, "YesMlr,” said Sammy, “sfe always seems glad when I hold up the bern'es, and I don’t tell hf.r an) thing about the briers in my feet/’ , . • The man rode on.. .Sammy’s re marks had given hi.it a lesson, and he resolve! that heiioefotjih ; h§ would try to hold up the berries and sav entiling about the briers. Wield the Eight Influence. Savannah News. She Couldn’t Be Fooled. The'Italianwho.ruDS the pea- hut stand at the corner of Wood- arc^veuae and Congress street was turning his peanut roaster the other., akeniqon with sibtk and measured hand, when an old wo man cc me to a halt and carefully observed the operation. After scrutinizing the roaster frgm ev ery side she finally gave it up find reiharie!;- “No, sir; you don’t get a cent out of me for no such music as that. Why* I can’t catch: half of any uf the tunes, fend it smells as if something was burning inside.” —Detroit Free Press. An Accommodating Boss. A gang of men were at work on a city street when a slight, beard less youth, laid down 1m pick, and approaching the foreman, said to him: - “Can 1 take e-fit, sir?” “Take what?” asked the fore man. f - &■> -*» “A fit—I feel onq coming on,’ replied the young man, without emotion. ( “Wby, eerlainly/* said the fore- thani So the young man walked over to a bit of grass under a.Ieafy tree- it was a new street in the sub urbs—and had a fit. Then he went and washed his face, came back to his place in the line, took up his pick and struck into work. After ,the ; dqy’s work young man said to A good many- - northern people are investing money in the south; It pays>• 1 them ! to^p so.. ‘ r If they are wise they will nae-^heh' influ. ence to neutralize the 'effort the re*, publican party is making to create a fueling of hostility between the whites and blacks in® the south* with the hope of inducing, the blacks to go to the polls and- vote the republican ticket>. If the . rer publican party continues to -pur£ sue its present course the labor of the south will soon ,b e disorgan ized, and the prosperifcy-kol the south will receive a Bhopk - from which it will not, so.on recover. ;) > There are. well-meaningu people in the north; doubtless, who be« lieve the stories .of; the politicians that the blacks in the., south . are not well treated. Such j people ought to visit the south aq.d satis* fy themselves ou this point.^to It is doubtful if any where, else in. th? world is the laboring population treated so well. • ' The blacks have the advantages of the public schools without ,payj ing anything ^toward the iuppeii 01 the schools. And it can be truthfully said that the fichobls are being steadily improved. • In* deed, more money is being spent in the soutl^, for school purposes:ip proportion to her taxable w^altbi than in any other portion of the country. * :> n - .j.:./ <{ . The. whole amount appropriated for schools in the south in :188Q was $6,145,706. ;This . year it ia $13,905,304. In behalf of publie schools the south has put its- . shoulder to the whe.el, and the rfe-= suit has been great prepress in ed. ucatjonal.matters in fill the south ern states. ... In the division; of The school mphey no discrimination. iA ihad^ agfiinst the ,blacks. : They have all the advantages,the whites havey If they don’t improve it, it is their Own fault. .If the republican politicians,;of tfie north will let the south alone, and cease their efforts to make the black vote a power in behalf of their party, the south, by tfcq of the century, will show-, an -ad* vaflcement -fot,; material wealth that will surprise the world,. and, will prove her ability to solve the race problem. - over thfi foreman “You don’t mind my having fits?’ “No—I guess not if you do a a fair day!s work.” “Well, you see I used to work for a butcher an’ he wouldn’t let me take fits—said- -it interf erred with business^—an’ 1 thought yon might feel the same way aHcjutJt/’ And the young man works hard with pick and shovel and takes a fit once in a while as you or I might take a drink of water!— Pittsburg Dispatch. When Presidefit Harrison .was te the United. States Senate, , he said in a speech: “I lift up a beaVty prayer that we May never have, a President .wfio willnpi | eitiiejr pursue, or compel his: cabinet jad- viserfitq pursue the,civil, service policy pure and simple and, upop-' a jdsfc basis.” That is the kind.of civil service reform we would have continued to have if /President Harrison had not been elected. -b- SawdustTs beirigiUsed by somp builders, instead, of -sand. It, .is said to answer well, as it is .one-; half Tighter than sand, and, can be very advantageously used .. oel ceilings. Mortar made of quick-, lime and sawdust, mixed with.-ce* ment,ffc>es well for brick or stone work. . ,----- ;•? The queltion of whether a goat could really eat rubber shoes was settled in the affirmative, beyond a doubt, in Williamsburg on Mon day. A fireman provided the re past and 4 venerable goat ate them, red flannel lining and all. ITIci-.t Wins. We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have, been.' sell ing Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consnmptioa, X&v King’s New Life Pills, Backlpn’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have neyqr handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given .such universal satisfaction. . We. do not hesitate to guarantee: them every time, and we stond ready to refund the purchase pries, if saticfactory results' do not follow their use. POWDER Absolutely Pare. 1 GOriSUSPXION SURELY CURED. [.These remedies have won their To run Editor— FJease inform your read- . great popularity purely 05. tutor *'ave a positiveremedylortiieabove j merits. HoltZclaw & Gilbert, ase. By its tijnely.-tee thou.«a:)ds ol } [ Druggists. er* that I have namp.d disease, hopeless cases have been pennancntly cured I shall be glad to send tv. o bottles of air reme dy pkee to any of your readers who have con sumption if they -,yil; send me their express •st,office tiddreis..- .RespoctfaUjr. ® tii . ,;y This ponder never vanes. A marvel of strcugthaiol w!ioIiHou;eceR.=,. More, econoinic&i than tlie ordinary kinde, ami reanot be aoldi» cojr.peiition With the mc'.li-.mle of loir test, ahorL weight,alum sad phosphate powder*. Hold onljr incaus. Roval I’.' -’w Po-rhsa Co - u» tt.imi street.N.Y. - f * Don’t delay ua, Jfvc-, mn-ari st^u'wYwfc subscription, iar subscription'