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. -■ JOHN H. aODGiJS, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. - - - f. ■■ PKIC3E: TWO. DOLL.UES A Year. -YOU. XXI. PEREY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 189L NO. 12. HE NEW STORE, Corner of Carroll and Ball streets, PERRY; GEORGIA. PURE DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES. TOILET ARTICLES. Fine Perfumes a Specialty. Kerosene and Lubricating Oils., RESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COM' UNDED by one of the best druggists in tbo state. A. choice line of Cigars and Tobacco Always on.hand. Open on Sunday from 8 to 10 a. m., aud from 3:30 p. m. to 6 p. m. A share of public patronage is respect fully solicited. E. A FELDEll, M. D., Proprietor W ASTED.--Tfce consent of 10,000 smokers, to send each,.a sample lot of 150 “NICKEL” Cigars, and a 20-year gold filled watch by Express- C. O. D, §5.25 and allow examination. HAVANA CIGAR CO., Winston, N. C. The Boy Who Minds His Mother. Boys, just .'isten for a moment ~ To a word I have to say; Manhood's gates are just before you. Drawing nearer every da\ Bear in.mind while yon are j»assing O'er tie lntervenln2 span. That the bey who minds Ins mother Seldonx makes a tricked man. There are many slips an«l failures Tn this world, we'ro living in, i'~ Those who stait with prospects fairest Oft are overcome by sin; Bnt Pm certain that you'll notice, If the facts you'll nlosely scan. That ttte boy who minds his mothtr Semom makes a wicked man. Then be-glided by her counsel; It will never lead, astray, Best assured she has your welfare In her thoughts by night and- day. Don’t-forget that slie'has loved yon Since the day your life began; Mi, the boy who minds his mother Seldom makes a «ickea man. must be saved: Do go at once.” He wasrin sncli a wrougkt-np state Ibat there was no use in gr- gueiug with him, and so 1 went away, walking about the streets in sheer bewilderment.. trackless, - precipitous mountain side,, it was a vast improvement on the'train'. I was in motion, myself, now^-doing something, whether it. would a^ait me anything or not. - Soon the sun was high. Alto The Tails of a New Party. -, Savannah News.-, - Tl/ere is a good deal of talk of a Common Sense Talk. Soui hem Cultivator and Dixie Farmer. Why Business Men Foil. 1 lly blind ch.-mcs I went to the. Sgether too soon it had aceomplish- •YIONEY LOANS C On Houston fapns procured at the low est possible rates of interest. As low, if not lower than the lowest. Apply to Vt. D. Nottingham, tf Macon. Ga. JUST W MCEK new youk World. MONEY TO LOAN. In 6nms of §300.00 and upwards, to be secured by first liens on improved farms. Longtime, low rates and easy payments. Apply to 0. C. DUNCAN, Nov. 20tb, 1889.—tf Perry* Ga. Attorney at Law, Perry - - - Ga. Will practice in ail the courts of this circuit. .1 ■» N c Attorney a.t Law. Ferry, - - - Ga. Will practice in all the Courts 'of L^cirrcuit. sin 8* fern A 11d x-no y- at Law, Office: 510 MuuraiUiY Stbeet, MACON, GEORGIA. Special attention given to business in Houston county. .T. L. Hardeman, W. dJ Nottingham. HARDEN AN & NOTTINGHAM, Attorneys at Law, Macon, . - - - Geoeoia. Will practieo in tho State and Federal Courts. Ofiico 306 Second Street. J. B. EDGE, Physician and Surgeon^ Perry, Georgia. OlEee adjoining Perry Hotel. Can be found at office during the day, and at Hotel at night. All calls promptly an- swerod day or night. * Z. SIMS. DSN T IS T, PERRY, GEORGIA. JaTOffice on Main street, lately occu pied by Dr. W. M. Havis. First-class work. Prices moderate. Pat ronage solicited.- apl281y ©MlnUI. X3BIJ T X'S Tf , 306 Second Street, Macon, Ga. SPECIALIST. CROWNS AND BRIDGES. „ ipeltnrel.ccnmadrat work fur us, bv Amin lVce, Austin, * * '• u, Toledo, Ohio. incus well. Why over If500. CO , ami Jno. Ho iotyou? lontli. Yon mu do the wo'rfc and lire ’ ‘ oine, wherever you are. Even be- ters arc easily earning from $5 to a day. All apes. Wc show yen how H the'time. lUg money/or work- Fallure unknown among them. __ . mid wonderful. Particulars free. II.IXnllett«5fcCo.,Hox SKQ Partlnnd,MalBe l’KRUYBRlNOR SOHBOIJLE. Oaiiy, Except Sunday. , Leave Perry at 4 A. ar. Arrive at Fort Valley 5:05 a. m. Leave Fort Valley at 11:35 p. m. Arrive at-Perry. at 12:40A. ar. Aeave Perry, at 3:05 p. ar. Arrive at Fort Valley 4:10 p. ir. Leave Fort Valley at-8:05 p. n. Arrive at Perry at 9:10 P. M. . APPLICATIONfFOR CHARTER. GEORGIA: /To the Superior Court Houston County, j of Said County: The petition of C. E. Gilbert, jf. D. Martin, j. W. Clark, C. F. Cooper, J. N. Tuttle, C. H. Moore, J. H. Hodges, E. L. Dennard andC. C. Duncan, of said coun ty .shows that your petitioners,their asso ciates and successors, desire, to be incor porated for the term of twenty (20) years, with the privilege of renewal at the ex piration of that time, under the corpor ate name of Houston Building,Loan and Ivestment Company, with power to have and use a common seal, sue and be sued, to buy, sell, own- and deal m real and personal property, to improve rea 1 estate by erecting dwellings, buildings of any kind whatever, ' and putting any other improvements thereon that will tend to increase the value of the same, to loan money on real estate, personal property or other security to the members of the company or other persons, to take and execute deeds and mortgages and all oth er liens, and to sell or otherwise dispose of thy same, to borrow money on real es tate or personal property or other secu rity, for tho interest of the company,-and to have such other powers as are usual and proper to carry out the purposes and intentions of said company. The petitioners pray for the privilege of making such By-laws and regulations for the government of said company, and to enforce the same by such fines, forfeit ures and penalties which may bo neces sary and proper and not in conflict with the laws of Georgia. Tho objects of said company aro the convenience and the pecuniary profits of its members, and the business they pro pose to conduct is that of a building, loan and investment association. The fund for the purpose is to bo raised by month ly installments to be paid by the stock holders into the company. '[.'ho principle i ffice and place of busi ness shall bo in Perry, Houston 'county, Georgia, where a majority of the general board of directors shall reside, hut peti tioners desire the privilege, of transacting business elsewhere within the state, and to appoint attorneys or agents to carry on the business of said company when ever necessary to do so. The capital stock of .tbo company is to bo two hundred shares of the par value when paid up of twenty-five ($25) dollars per share, and petitioners pray for tho privilege of beginning business when ten per cent of said two hundred shares shall have been paid in, and petitioners pray for the privilege of increasing' said capi- tal stock from time to time as business may demand and the beard of directors may direct, to an amonnt not to exceed two thousand shares of twenty-five dol lars each. . The stock of said company is to be paid in monthly installments on each share, and the amount of said monthly install ment per share is to be fixed by the hoard of directors, as may be best for the share holders and the business of the company. And vour petitioners will ever pray, etc. O. C. DUNCAN, Petitioners Attorney. Filed in office this the 11th day of Feb ruary, 1891. M. A. EDWARDS, Clerk S. 0; GEORGIA: ) The above is a true Houston County. ) copy of the original petition for charter for the Honston Building, Loan and Investment Compa ny, as appears on record in this office. Witness my hand and seal this the 11th day of February, 3891 . M. A. EDWARDS, Clerk Superior Court. norms PAPER - 'A.rG'T'J- The Southern Cultivator -A3TD- Dixie Farmer, The Great Farm, Industrial aud Live. Stock .Journal of the South, Ono Year for'Only SS.35. 61 to 80 pages, finely illustrated and snperbly,printed. Send for samply eojry to THE CULTIVATOR PUBLISHING CO.-, Dfawer M., Atlanta; Ga. —$1.50cash: in advance will pny for’lhe Hoke Journal one year Otherwise the price isSJQO. QUKK j ON Yk 1 Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. - For twenty years Hamilton Duke was my client. In fact it Was to him that I olted not only a competent fortune, but my posi tion in society. But for thislshould never have undertaken his defense in this last case, my best feelings were so against him—not that I- was an in grate, bnt because I helived he had murdered his wife: Many things compelled my draw ing such a conclusion. He was well-bred, refined and cultured, while she was of. com mon stock, the personification of iguoiance and low breeding. For ten years he was all of chivalry and tenderness to her that a lofty nature could be, while she was al ways morose, dissatisfied. It was claimed by their-closest friends that he loved'her the first few years of their united life, though A- neifer believed this—it’ was such a manifest impossibility. Anyway he bated her cordially when her life came to its tragic close, and so he had for a consid erable period prior to the event. Being entirely In bis confidence, he often came to my office, pallid and trembling, to tell me of some new vulgar violence of hers which had driven him nearly to the last extremity of desperation. And so, one morning when Mrs. Duke was fouud dead with an ug ly stab wound'through her heart;, her husband standing over her with a reeking knife in his hand, I naturally believed that he had kill ed her ; Later on, when I saw him, my suspicions seemed- confirmed. He was in a state of wild excite ment when I entered the sheriff’s office, in answer to his summons. Until that moment no one had succeeded in getting a word ontof him about the murder. What does it all. mean?” I asked when we were alone. . “I don’t know,” he gasped. “I don’t know whether it was I who killed her, or not; but I don’t.wank to die! You mast defend me—you must save me!” U;Though I pittied him, I believed him guilty; and, though I defend ed him, I felt that be merited death. But my efforts were vain ones. The evidence against him was -too conclusive. _ - An unusual noise in Mrs. Duke’s room had attracted the butler’s at tention the morntug of the mur der. On entering he saw Mr. Duke rising up, knife in band, from the prostrate body of-his wife, as if lie had just stabbed her. ' That, and the fact that the Dukes had indulged in many- bit ter quarrels of late, was-enough to win a disastrous verdict from auy jury. Mr. Duke was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was to be hanged In forty-five days._ .eopening a case at that time was’not the easy thing it is now, and I fouud it impossible to get him a new trial. On and on these- grace . days swept, seemingly with lightning swiftness, until the time set for the execution was but fifty hours off. I was desperate, Duke was fran tic. “Yon must go to the governor,' he cried at length. “You must get a pardon for me.” “Impossible,” Ir answered; j“There isn’t enough "tuna, j “Yes there is. This is Wedues- •■= | day-* morning, and - I am not to i hang until Friday noon. The train igoes in an hour. Ir you leave b . i at once you can make the trip and 'gerijack in tiipe.” • I “Bnt what is yonr pretext? ! Simply seeing the governor will do J ne good..I” j “You must think of a pretext on J the way. ; ‘You are y [ou’t stay here and t.-.Ik. time, and my life railway station, arriving just as the train rolled in: Dejected ard- reck less, scarcely knowing what I was about I clambered od board, at the last moment, and went whirling away toward th(T governor’s, beut on a mad, wild purpose,'which I well knew could only prove entire ly fruitless. When the station next to my destination was reached, .a woman 'came on board, who instantly .pounced on me and.kissed me' It was my niece. “What under the-sun is the mat ter with.you? ’.she demanded. When I told her of poor Duke’s predicament her face bocame very grave, but the moment she discov ered my business with the govern or, it brightened: “How very fortunate!”,, she ex claimed, clapping her hands glee fully. - - “What?” I demanded, nearly stupefied with amazement. “Leave it all to me,” she said, “and I will save your friend. No— I am not .crazy. Listen: Last night the governor proposed tome. £)f course, Hove him dearly, but I didn’t want to be too cheaply won, and so I refused to give him an answer. He dines with us to-night. After dinner, when his stomach is full and his heart easy to get at, I’ll promise to marry him on’ the condition that he pardons poor old puke.” .. Then and there, on a publie’train though we were, I both hugged a nd kissed her. She was as good as her word, and six hours later I was on board another train, homeward bound, and in my pocket was a reprieve for Duke, the case against him be ing so strong tbafc the governor deemed a full pardon impolitic then. The reprieve granted him anoth er three months though, and by that time popular sentiment was likely to cool down sufficiently to make a pardon feasible. On the way home, I was fairly happy, and tried to picture to my self Duke’s face when he Spew be was safe. This made me so comfortable that I fell asleep. Nothing disturbed my slumbers until'the trainmen called out the name of the junction where I had to change cars for the .branch road which.ran through my town. And there, to my consternation, I found myself unable to move. Mentally I was awake. Physically I was asleep. I wasfully conscious of the stir and bustle 'made by hose who-were getting oivaud off the train; but I could not move a mnscle. With all my might I endeavored to throw of the traueelike spell which held me, bnt all to no pur pose, the traiu moved on and took me with it. Gold perspiration oozed out through every pore, and I think I would have gone mad then and there had not utter unconscious ness mercifully come to my res cue. • It was more than an hour before I regained possession of my senses. By that time it was impossible to get back to the junction in time to catch the home-bound train on the branch line. Springing np-the moment I was conscious, 1 explain ed things to the conductor, offer ing him any price he chose to de mand if he would run his train back to the junction and take me home. 1 Thiswas out of -the question. He could only do such things on the order of the general superin tendent, and that personage coujd not be reached, because a storm, r. day before had: blown so many wires down that all telegraphic communication was cutoff. All I could do, then, was to re main on board the train seven hours more, when by tramping twelve or fifteen miles over a crag gy,: roadless mountain I' could piobably.get home by soon. ! Though the “probably” discour aged me, I thanked tlie- conductor for his advice, shut my teeth hard on any misery and .tried to make the best of it. That was the loo e,t night of my. life. It seemed to me that it would never end. Day was just breaking when we reached the station where I was-to leave the traiu'and begin my foot journey over the mountains. -Hard as was the ascent of that ed half its jonruey from horizon to zenith. ' It was then that I reached the mountain top with a good seven miLes of rough walking still before me. ■ .. .Duke was to be hanged atenoon nnlesa I was on time. At 10 o’clock I was but two : miles away/from him; and'with all the horror of my journey presume ably behind me, I smiled self- gratuiatiyely-nt the thought of hoiv easy the rest would be,’and of how I would disappoint those who were even-then gathering’ to see my,oli- ent liauged. ~ , _ A vine caught.my foot and threw me. Falling, I sprained my ankle, and the pain was so intense that I had-to exert every atom of my will to ke'ep me from going into a dead faint - Breaking a forke.d stick from a sapling, presently, I extemporized it into a crutch, and hobbled on as best I could At the eud of' an hour [ had made bnt half a mile, and was so,], exhausted that I knew another fif teen minutes would bring my lo comotive powers to a full stop. Pour old Duke must die, after all. There was no help fur it, and with an outcry of utter despair, I settled on the ground in a heap. The mental anguish I suffered in the half honr which followed was enongh to unseat a man’s rea son. —Watch in hand I counted the fleeing seconds. In twenty-five minutes more my client wonld hang for want of the reprieve in my pocket. And, then, joyful sound, I heard approaching feet! ' A moment later, a negro appear ed. Ho. was old, dirty and stupid —enlirely-unatte to understand me until I mentioned money. Wheu I said: “I will give you one hundred dollars if you get this paper in the hands of the sheriff before 12 o’clok,’ ’with a yell like a fisnd he snatchejl tbe reprieve out of -my hand and darted away. Again I sought my watch. My messenger-bad twenty-two miuntes in which to cover a mile and a half, a portion of his route being through thick underbrush. It was doubtfuLif he could maks-it. The hour which passed before he returned with* help seemed a hundred years to me, “I done got dar,” he gasped nearly out of breath, “an’ de gem- men am all safe.” Probably it was unmanly, but I wept for'joy. They tried to make a hero of me for that exploit, but I am too com monplace and stolid for tbat. "I had simply doua my duty. Iliad saved my client. That was all. However I was rewarded more gloriously yet. Before Duke’s -reprieve expired, his butler was taken seriously ill. Just before he died, - he made a startling confession. It was he who killed Mrs. Duke. She caught him in the act of steal ing her jewelry and he killed her to escape punishment. Keturning a moment later, to make sure his victim was dead, he saw Duke be- sidd the dead woman with the bloody knife, and so made capital out of this circumstance, swearing away his employer’s life to save his own. newjiolitical party. It is worthy, alIy>ost ; nf ns ar6 - in debt> and P l notlcf> ' bovver, thatit is almost bav9 . nnaf?ht to pay , we bav6 toiled entirely confined to leaders of the j an ,j i abo red hard to gat-out of ,debt, alliance in western states. Senator but we grow worse every year,-and Feffer, of Kansas,' Representative Simpson of the same state, and Sehafor Kyle, of South Dakota, all of- whom' have been making speeches since the adjournment nr congress,Jiave a great deal to say about the necessity for a new par ty. The leaders ; in the new party movement were republicans. "There, are few, if any, who were demo crats among them. As a rule, al- : liancemen are satisfied with the democratic party. - It wonid be foliy for the alliance to organize/a new party without positive assurance that the alli ancemen of tbe south would sup port it, because the alliance is stronger in the south than in any other section of the country. Bnt there are no visible signs that a new party wonld be popular with southern aliiancemen. On the contrary, there is every reason to think that the alliance in the south is going to stand by the democrat ic party. There are a few southern aUk aiicemen, perhaps, who would sup port a new party because the dern- ocratic party will not adopt the sub-treasury plank of the alliance platform. These tew still think that the sub-treasury plan promises great assistance to the farmers. And doubtless they are very sin cere. The great majority of the alliancemeD, however, who have given that plan careful study, are satisfied that it would injure the farmers rather than help them. Every few days n prominent alK- anceman in some part of the south openly takes a position against it. On Tuesday Hon. J. H.-Bee- man, the chairman of the executive committee of the farmers’ alliance of Mississippi, and member of con gress from that state, ' in an inter view stated that he was opposed to' the sub-treasnry plan, and he dem onstrated quite satisfactorily, that the plan would have a bad effect upon the farmers if it shonl-1 be enacted into a law. He declared thatit wonld enable the specula tors in cotton to corner the cotton market anil fix the price’ of cotton to suit themselves. He saidjbat the majority of the aliiancemen of Mississippi were opposed to the plaD, and that all of them Would be when they eomprefiended its defects fully. Mr. Beeman is, of course,a dem ocrat, and he believes that tbe democratic party -will give the ..... Atlanta Constitution. We have all got behind gnanci- ; According to the statistics col- lested by Bradstreetfs, ihe failures last year amounted to 115 in every 10,000 persons engaged in business in the United States. Those fnil- ures are tbas classified as to ?!;t-i r causes: people all needed reforms when it -erythingxis family' needed to gets control of the legislative and executive branches of the govern ment- And the belie f which he holds is the belief of ninety-nine out of every hundred aliiancemen in the south. Their confidence in the democratic party is not weak ened in the least. And’ there is not, therefore, any probability that a new party at this tuns could get a respectable following in any southern state. The Peffers and Simpsons of the west may start a new party if they want to,-but they need not look to the, south for help. If they do they will be dis appointed. Those in this section of the country who would join them are without influence, and would unite with a new party with the hope of getting offices There is no otecasion in the sonth to wor ry about a new party. Judge Peffer, the new Kansas senator,'thinks all young persons should Delaught substantial hand icrafts. He has eight; children, of wlrom three of them are daughters. The boys have all learned the printers’ trade, and the eldest daughter has been taught to set type. One son -is a locomative en gineer. One daughter does amen- nensis work and reporting, but al T so sets type.—The second daugh ter has been trained to keep ac counts, and the youngest daughter is stenographer ia .the Kansas Farmer office, of which paper the f-ither'is editor. Seaweed is now ntiiizsd- in' the -manufacture of a tough paper which can be utilized in place of window glass. Yery pretty and effective decorative effects can be gained by coloring-the paper and. using it in thd same way as stained or painted glass. aJP- rOH THE fes****^ TTcakness, ilaiaxiu, Imilgesiioa ailg Biliousness, take It cures tiniei-.'. For .‘•-tj.- all >:i msuicine.* Ccvte According to the Navy Register there are in the service . of the na vy 6 rear admirals, JO commo dores, 45 captains; 85 commanders, 74 lieutenant commanders, 250 lieutenants; .75 junior lieutenants, ~I74 ensigns, 15 medical directors, 50 snrgeons, 51 assistant surgeons, 13-'pay directors, 13 pay inspect ors, 48 paymasters, 22 passed as sistant paymasters, 11 assistant paymasters, 70 chief engineers, 67 passed assistant engineers, 61 as sistant engineers, 23 chaplains, 12 professors of mathematics, 7. naval constructors; and 10 civil engiu- ears. The Queen of Roumanin has written a.melodrama which should have beprrprodaced at'the Bnrg theater at Vienna, bnt it turned oat to be so wildly and weirdly absnrd in plot and so bombastic in language that the manager irisist- edtliat if-it was produced there would hot only be a riot in the gu- Idience, bar a strike among ; the employes, and so it was withdrawn. the qustion with us is, what shall -we do? the cry has been, , plant more cotton, it is the only money crop. - The exercise of--a little common sense will convince us that relying on cotton is whatehas brought us to where jwe are. When we .look back through the past we .find when there was less cotton raised, and the crops of the country con sisted largely of corn, wheat, oats, rye and barley,. every rural home- had its "corn cribs—barns in which their small was stored, there were plenty of hogs, cattle,~horses and mules, .nobody was burdened with debt, the farmers had money, and often loaned ^to the merchants at a less per cent, than you can buy goods at for c<jsh now. But the cry comes up, there is no profit in grain. Mr. I. J. Stonecypher, in the Tocoa, Ga., News, says:—Let me ask tbe question. What is the prime cause of all .the oppression of indebtedness? Does it not orig inate for a lack of sufficient supply of the prime necessaries of iife be ing raised at home? .The want of provisions'is the great drawback with the most of us, the cost of clothing is a very small item, com pared with that of corn, meat and flour bought. But the question to be settled is, ho.v are we to recover from the dilemma in which we have fallen? We talk about more money and cheaper money through legislation:give us money uutil it is as plentiful as the stars in ihe heavens, and we will not be a whit better off as long as we depend on. buying • everything we eat, and were money is as plentiful as we have stated, ana did cotton cover the land in Franklin couuty to a depth of 50 feet, this will not rem edy the evil as long a6 we keep onr corn-cribs and meat houses at such a distance from home. It is true there is a margin in cotton, bnt the producer does not get it; it goes to the men who stand between the cotton producer and the grain and meat producer. Now, the only remedy we can conceive of is, to raise everything we consume in the line of provi sions at home, ar.d never be afraid of raising too much grain, meat and vegetables, for it will be in de mand by somebody/ Judge Cox, of Glover Hill, Va., very truthfully said,—when every farmer failed to raise at home ev- raso- No. Incompetence. 2,005 lack of experience Gil lack of capital .4,f 52 Unwise granting of credits 502 ires of.others ‘.57 Personal'extravagance 242 Neglect of business 300 Competition.V, Y.. 240' Disister..?. ..1,353 Speculation.................... got 1 ^ 310 Total... same, he was on the sure road to gripf. After planting a bountiful crop of all we need, and the pantry and larder are sufficiently suppled, if we have any spare time, devote that to the preparation and culti vation of a few acres of cotton to come in as a surplus prop, .and my word for it, we will come' out of debt, live free from the so-called money lords, and the people of the rural districts will be happy and prosperous; oar homes will he more attractive to onr bpys, and they will be less disposed to seek attractions and employment abroad. ... Tbe death of General Terry at tbe age of sixty-th ree'brought out the fact, states the Chicago Herald, that uearljrall ot the great Federal Generals of the war have died when between the ages of .fifty- four and sixty-three. Among them are mentioned Grant, Sheridan, Thomas, Logan, Halleek, McCIel- Curtis, Blair and several others of lesser note. “If you foand five dollars, would you try .to find the owner?” Pat— “Faix, no, lam no hog. I’d be satisfied finding the-five.” If you wish your wife to throw tbe cloak of charity over yonr sins, be sure to provide her- witii an ex pensive one. >-<?-< A Safe IiivesEmeuI. Is one -which is guaranteed to bring yon satisfactory Tesults, -or in case of failure a Tetnm pur chase price. On this safe plan you can buy from ‘oar advertised Drug gist a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Tt is guaranteed to bring relief in evsry case, when nsed for any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, sncii as Consumption, Inflammation of Lungs, Brochitis, Asthama, Whooping Cough, Croup, etc,, can always be expended upon. 11,673 $175,032,834 It will be seen that lack of capi tal accounts for about 40 per ei-nt . of the failures, and most >>f the others .ire caused by imprudence or ignorance of business. A« a rale, when a man faiis in business, he has been trying to do too mneb, trusting too much, or spending too mnch, or all three. Many merchants are anxious to carry heavy stocks to impress lken- competitors with the idea that they are very prosperous, and the same ambition leads-them to spend more than they can afford to maintain a prominent place in society. So they overstock themselves and ran into extravagance. A happy contrast will be found in tbe lives of our farmers, after making due allowance for their burdens and difficulties. It is true that some farmers buy too much and spend too much. Some start with too litile capital, and others never learn how to run a f.-.vm. Many of them attempt to Jo too mnch. All this may be admitted, aud still the fact stands out that farming is a much safer and more independent oecupation than .that of a merchant. Farmers rarely rail. . Even jvhen they are unfor tunate, they straggle along, pay a >. higher interest than anybody else, and yet manage to live. They do not go with they families to starve m tenement houses, as mauy bro ken down merchants do in our large cities. They are not likely to accumulate big fortunes, bnt oe the other hand they escape the worry aDd nervous excitement of the merchants whose business is subject to numerous risks, to say nothing of competition anu disas- tronse panics. , Our course, these reflections will not prevent farmers from selling out and moving to town to engage ' in trade. They will go tlieir own way. Bat the statistics here pre sented coDperning the causes of business failures will suggest some thing r.that may be profitable to them. Poisons in Cosmetics. I seems to be tbe fasbion-for young ladies with pimples and blotches on their faces to qiake ex periments with various cosmetics. Madam Piffypaffy advertises her foreign-named compound, com posed of a combination of poison/ ons mineral substances that dead en and burden the delicate sub stances of tbe skin. The tonic, strengthening and .health-giving effects of Swift’s Specific (S.S. S.) permit nature to work her trill in this respect, as thousands of la-* dies, both yonng and old, have dis covered., The cheapest and most beantifnl complexions depend on health and vigor. It is the office of Swift’s Specific (Si S. S.) to give vigor and tone and health to the system, and In this way tq give lustre to the eye and roses to the cheeks. . - The eagerness displayed by the HjHHHIi public at Paris, France, to snb- lan, Hooker, Meade, Burnside, - cr ^ 9 to new treasury loan af- fords a striking demonstration, thinks the New York Tribune, of the popular confidence in the pres ent Frehch government. Rich and poor appear to have straggled with one another for the privilege of lending their money tq the admin istration, vast crowds having even gone so far as to pass the entire night out in the snow -before the * doors of the Ministry of Finance, so as to be on hand in good time — to subscribe. The eagerness thus shown by the people of every class to intrust their savings to the gov ernment furnishes the strongest evidencjLof the public conviction ' of its stability, honesty and strength. From the source of the Missouri to the mouth of the Mississippi the distance is 4,194'miles. The lower Mississippi from the mouth of the Missouri to theGulf" " ' •' : :: '