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DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CUITURU.
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YOL XXI.
PEKRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 189L
NO. 17-
IF NO WERE YES.
X«r. Yori Time;.
If No were Yes, arid Yes were No,
The world would topsr-fcurvy go,
A veto would be assent,
“If people will build stairs like
, corkscrews, I am not responsible.’
In this amiable mood we took
j possession, and I tbink, if Geoffrey
• had known what I was' thinking
Defeat would join bauds with Content
And war would mean arbitrament.
If No were Yes, and Yes wore No.
If No were Yes, and'Yes were No,
The timid would the bolder grow,
A blush of shame would bring delight
Andnarsh rebnirs would gain the fight,
The blackest- night would tnen be light,
If No were Yet, and Yes were No.
about it, as I did up my hair and
If No were Yes, and Yes were No,
ustox County:
GEORGIA—H
Zauk Hays has applied for letters of
■ administration on the estate of James
Hays, late of said county, deceased:
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the May
term, 1S91, of the Conrt of Ordinary of
said county, and show cause, if any "they
have, why said application shonldnot be
granted.
Witness my official signature this March.
30,1891. j. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
Georgia—Houston County:
The widow of D. H. Holleman, de
ceased, has appled for 12 months sup
port for herself end four minor children
out of estate of stid deceased:
This isthereforeto cite all perrons con
cerned to appear at the May term,
1891, of the Court of Ordinary" of said
county, and show canse, if any thev
have, why saidapplication should" not- be
granted.
Witness my official signature this March
30,1S91. J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
Georgia—Houston County:
W. Brunson, executor of estate of Har
riet Holleman, late of said coamv, de
ceased, has applied for leave to sell the
real estate of said deceased.
This isthereforeto cite all personscon-
cerned to appear at the May term,
1S91 ofihe courtdfOruinaryofsaid coun
ty, and show cause, if any they have, why
said application should not be granted.
Witness my official signature this March
30, ISM. J H. HOUSER,
Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston Cocntt
Mrs. C. M. Holleman, administratrix
of estate of B. Holleman, deceased, has
applied for dismission from her trust:
I'his is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appoar at the July term,
1891, of the court of Ordinary of said
count.', and show canse, if any they have,
why said application should not be
granted.
\\ itness my official signature this the
30iii of Ma>-ch, 1891.
J. H. HOUSES, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
Aii persons concerned are hereby noti-
tled to be and appear at the conrt of Or
pinary, to be held in and for said county
on the first Monday in Juno next, then
;md there to show cause, if any exists,
why W. S.JFeldershould notbe dismiss
ed from his trust as administrator on the
estate of Mrs. G. ”M. Felder, late of said
county, deceased, as prayed for by him
m petition this day filed in the oine.
this court.
ip petition this day filed in the office of
Witness mv official signature this 27th
day of Fob. 1891.
J. H. HOUSER,'Ordinary.
Georgia—Houston County :
W. M. Edmnndson, administrator es
tate of-John Edmnndson, deceased, has
applied for dismission from liis trust.
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the -Jane term,
189], of the court or Ordinary of said
county, and show cause, if any tbey
have, why said application shonldnot
bo granted.
Witness my official- signature, this
March 2,1S9L J. H. HOUSER,
Ordinary.
For Plenty with
Would seek them out in every place,
In HctisLuu comity on 10 Year.-
Time, at S percent. Interest.
I am offering for sale two reliable
faims, containing 510: and 403 acres re
spectively, known as “Lane Place” and
“King Place.” The former at $3,600:00,
and the latter at 32,500.00; each situated
10 miles of Perry, and 2 miles of Kath
leen. Well improved, healthy locality,
good neighborhood, and in fact, hTevery
way desirable homes.. A cash payment of
one-fifth is required, - and remainder will
be divided as above, Allowing purchaser
to pay at Any time, and stop interest on
amount paid.
Bents for present year to go to pur
chaser if sold prior to August 1st, 1S9L
Lane Place rented for $300. Aonehorse
farm on King Place rented for $73.
Farmers with small means, especially,
would do well to give careful considera
tion to this proposition.
A reduction of 10 per cent, for cash. I
would ; be pleased to hear from'any desir
able purchaser. ..
Will cut np into small farms if a
sufficient- number, of- purchasers can
agree as to division ^of land.
T. J. FELDER,
17 Capitol Block, Atlanta, Ga.
MONEY TO L0A3T.
In siims of 8300.00 and upwards, to be
secured by first liens on improved farms.
Long time, low rates' and easv payments.
Apply to C. C. DUNCAN,
Nov. 20th, 1339.—tf Perry 4 Ga.
If No were Yes, and Yes were No.
If No were Yes, and Yes were No,
The weak were strong, the high were low,
Grpn disappointment would be blicn
Who won would lose, who hit would
miss,
A frown would thns presage a Mss,
If No were Yes, and Yes were No.
If No were Yes, and Yes were No,
Thy scorn would be my dearest foe, •
Thy coquetries, which now I fear,
Would bring thy-day of conquest near,
For through thy wiles Pd win thee, dear,
If No were Yes, and Yes were No.
HOW I SAID £ ‘YES.”
BY AMELIA E. BABB.
MONEY LOANS
On Houston farms procured at the low
est possible rates of-interest. As low, if
not lower than the lowest. Apply to
W. D. Nottixghaji,'
Macon. Ga.
J. B. EDGE:
Physician and Surgeon,
Perry, Georgia.
Offise adjoining Perry Hotel Can be
found at office during the day, and at
Hotel at night. All calls promptly an
swered day or night.
Z. SIMS.
TIST,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
J3r"OSceon Maia street,-lately occu
pied by Dr. W. M. Hayis.
?irst-class work. Price's moderate. Pat
ronage solicited. ap!28Jy
HL m JOHNSON,
GEORGIA—Houston County:.
-Daniel M. Vinson, executor of estate of
Elijah Vinson, deceased, has applied for
dismission from his trust:
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the June term,
1391, of the court of Ordinary of said
county, and show cause, if any they have,
•fhy said application should not be
granted.
Witness mv official signature this
Much 2, 1891.
J. H. HOUSER, .Ordinary.
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23 2S 3i T T .3 ,
398 Second Street, Macon, Ga.
SPECIALIST. CS0WX3 AI73 33IDSES.
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PSSSTOS. GILES A POLHILL,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
Office, Ho. 510, Mulberry St., Macon, Ga.
Will practice iu all the State and
United States Courts of Georgia. .
J. L. nardeman, W. D. Nottingham.
HAEDEHAH NOTTQTGHAH,
' . Attorneys at Law,
Macon,
Geobgia.
Will'practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Office 552J4 Mulberry Street.
#, m. ff£ wMm
Attomeyjat Law,
Perry - Ga.
Will practice m all the courts of this
circuit.
Attorney i
-PERBt,
it Law.
Ga.
Will practice in all the Oonrts ?ot
his cirrcnit.
Give tile Very Best I£eturns in
PERKY BRANCH SCHEDULE.
Caiiv, Except Sunday.
LeavePerry at S:15 a. h. .
Arrive at Fort Yaliey 9:20 A. if.
Leave Fort Valley at 11:35 p. ar.
Arrive at Perry at 12:40 a. it.
- Aeave Perry at 3:05 p. Ji.
Arrive at Fort Yaliey 4:10 p. it.
Leave Fort Valley at 5:15 p. x.
Arrive at Perry at 6:20 p. at.
My godfathers and my godmoth
ers in my. baptism called me
“Olive,” and they lived to be
heartily ashamed of themselves for
it, for never was a child with a
more mistaken name. A belliger
ent state was my normal condition.
I do not remember .my nurses, bnt
I have grace euoagh to pity them.
The mildest of my teachers con
sidered me “nnrnly,” and yon can
ask Geoffrey what he thought or
me a year ago. Now it is different.
I have found my master, and I be
lieve I rather like it. This is how
it came about.
Geoffrey had asked me three
times to marry/and three times I
had said “No,” iu the most decided
manner. Bnt that never made the
least difference to him. He only
laughed and said I would know, my
own mind better next time.
“I suppose,” I said, “you mean
to ask me once a quarter?”
“Is that enough?’
“Too often, a great deal, sin”
“Well, then, we will say once in
six months, Miss Olive.”
And then he walked smilingly
away, and began some nonsensical
talk with father about- Dr. Koch
and his bewildering theories.
This last asking was just at the
beginning of the warm weather,
and father, who thought Geoffrey’s
opinion infalliable, asked him
where to go for the summer.
I had made np my mind to go to
Long’Branch and I said so, very
distinctly; but Geoffrey proposed
some out-of-the-way place in the
Virginia' mountains. Then he
painted it in such glowing colors
that nothing would satisfy father
bnt a personal investigation. It
was all Geoffrey’s doing, and I
told bim so at the railway station.
“It is your (loing, sir,” I said,
and I shall remember you for it”
“Thanks, Olive,” he replied;
“There is nothing I fear but for
getfulness.”
I wanted to speak unmistakably
to him, bnt the train moved, and I
felt that it would be only waste of
material.
At the end of the second day we
got to oar destination. It was a
pretty place; 1 mnst acknowledge
that Nature had done all she
coaid for it, but art and civilzation
had passed it by. The men were
simply “frights,” and the women
were—well, none too good for the
men. The houses were log-cabins,
through’ which daylight peeped
and the wind blew as it listed. Bnt
there was, of course, a big white
hotel—there always is. I have no
donbt if we had gone to Stanley
Falls or Guthrie we shonld have
passed his
found a hotel,and proprietor—the
pnt on my white evening dress, he
woald have lost a trifle of his self-
complacency—that i3, if men ever
do make a loss of that kind. The
first thing that pleased me was the
supper. It was really good, par
ticularly the - berries and cream,
j which are a specialty with me.
“Bnt, sir,” I inquired, “are there
any Christians here besides our
selves?” '
“It is to be hoped so, Olive,
saw a little church in the valley.’
“Pshaw, father! I did not mean
church Christians; I mean society
Christians.’
“Ah, they are different, ar* they?
Well, what do yon think of
Augusta Pennington for a Chris
tian?’
’Augusta Pennington! Is she
here?”, I' asked, amazed.
“No, she is not here, but her
brother lives within two miles, and
he has a daughter abont the same
age as yourself Mrs. Pennington
wrote them we shonld be here to
day; they will doubtless call in the
morning.”
Well, T- did not care if they did.
The dresses in my tranks were suf
ficient to inspire any woman with
comfortable assurance. The next
morning I made a beautiful toilet,
bat neither Mr. nor Miss Lacelles
called. Just after supper I heard
a little stir and bnstleon the stairs,
a rippling langb, the rustle of silk
en robes, and, ieaning on her fa
ther's arm, Miss Lacelles entered.
She was beantiful; I saw that at 'a
glance; tall and pale and lady-like,
reminding yon of a fair white lily.
We soon struck a friendship—a
girl’s friendship I mean. Some
one has said that there k no
friendship between the sexes, and
some one is mistaken, I think, for
the world holds no safer friend for
a woman than an honorable man.
A woman’s friendship is very like
ly to be the result .of convenience,
contiguity, or of being, as my fa
ther rather sneeringly remarked,
:he only Christian within hail of
each other.” Mary showed me all
her dresses and told me all her se
crets, and I returned the compli
ment, mindfnl of Burn’s advice to
still “keep something to myself I
wadna tell to ony.”
Life settled down into an unex
citing bat eudarablerontine. Mary
and I visited each other and
ranged our next winter’s campaign,
for I had invited her to pass the
cold weather with me in New York.
One day, in the middle of one of
those pleasant chants, a servant
came in and handed me a card,
The name on it roused at once all
the antagonism in my nature. It
was “Geoffrey Gardiner.”
Now it so happened that the ex
istence of this gentleman was the
one thing 1 had kept back in my
confidences with Mary. So I had
now to explain who and what he
was. I wanted her to come into
the parlor with me; hat no, she
would go home first and dress; bat
she promised to be back to tea.
I disliked Geoffrey, yet I was
glad to see him. My mental fac
ulties were mating for. want of at
traction. Father woald not quar
rel with me, and Mary was my
only face card. I could not throw
her away. Besides, I liked to see
bis great, handsome figure jn the
room, He was so frfil of life that he
seemed to vitalize even the chairs
and stools; they tumbled about and
got out of the way in the strangest
manner. I told him about Mary
Lacelles, and warned him that he
woqld lose his heart He gravely
told me he had none to lose.
Imagine six feet two inches of
manhood withont r. heart
We waited ten for Mary : bat she
by whispering,
chair:
“Checkmated, Olive!”
It was not a pleasant evening for
me, and it was the beginning of
many unpleasant ones.
“How it came let doctors tell,
IN MEMORY OF MBS. McGEHEE.!
AN INCOME TAX.
; Locks on United States Mail Pouches.
WBITTES FOR THE HOiTE JOURXiL. Monroe Advertiser. j ” Xjw Yort World.
T.he committee appointed by the : It is quite reasonable to assume “It is a very risky thing nowa-
Henderson Methodist church re- that tariff reform is coming; that I days for a mail agent to interfere
firsPP.fcfn 11*7 enhmit tho fnllnwimr •*. * _ 1» >> , 1-n.Uk *-1— i 1 •
l spectfuily submit the following j(- j s one 0 £ -foe events of the not with the locks on the mail pouches
preamble and resolutions:
: distant future. The education that
butl began to like Geoffrey just as j _ Again, has the angel of death vis-, the mssses of the country arere-
soon as he began to like Mary. I j *^4 onr community and taken j ceiving on this subject, and the re
called up pride to the rescue, but i from one of oar purest chns- - alization of tariff burdens that
it did not help me much, andlsaf- tian lives, Sister Clara A. McGe- they are experiencing, point to
in liis care,” said Assistant Post
master Gaylor, as lie handled a
burnished copper lock which lay
upon his desk. “This lock makes
it practically impossible for any
undiscovered.
fered a good deal in watching'k e& Death to the righteous is .this fact It is now a generally interference to go nndis
Geoffrey’s attention to Mary, andr sorely a happy release from all of: conceded fact that the tariff, as in Examine this lock and you
..: a_ t _l l. t * 1 Harrh’s cnTmtrc cnfPorimta Qn.1 : H r • > - i * fliof aooli v-cr. Inm.
BBMpMppBiP will see
listening to her prattle about him. j esrth’s sorrows, sufferings, and the last national campaign, will bej each time yon torn the key,
I thought her supremely silly, and ■ even its joys. Yet we who are left j the leading issue in the next. And register moves up onennmber.
I told her so. She was astonished: te miss the dear face (always ra- there arestrong pointers that give
at my petulance, but I.don’t think j dient with a happy smile), and to | hope that the decision in that con
she snspected the truth. Only fa-: i°°^ to-day on that vacant seat,can j test will be for tariff reform,
ther did that, and be looked so: j ^ ac grieve, and with bowed heads j The working people all over this
‘Serve yon right, miss,” that I. an< * sorrowing hearts do we take j C oantry have become restless nn-
lonijed for him to be a woman for j consolation at the assurance -that j der tbe burdens of taxation and fi-
an hour or so, that I might talk i “ £Klr . l° ss 13 h ? r 2*™.” God’s j Danc j a i method? ofoppression.and
back to him. ; P r °'"idences are ever to ns myste- j tbey are being made to nnder3 tsnd
One day, after Geoffrey had been j [ I0US > a “. d ^“ dI ^ we thl “£ of ha PPy j that these burdens grow out of an
month with us, a riding party j b ? me . s delved on earth, of those | and ini ™ itoas me thod of
was proposed to the top of the f f^PP^g from we would hold | imposing the taxe3j and hence they
mountain. Father and 1, Geoffrey: bal can “ 01 - Bat, Oh. the joy of ! ar e ripening for uprooting these
... ... , . , —ripening tor uprooting
that would be the or- <> ar religion is the certainty that j m(jthodg and demaad ; others
beyond the confines of time there, that are more - Q ‘ t
is an everlasting bome for ns all, Bnt th e question of raising funds
and there we shall find them (as
and Mary-
der, of course; and I was prepare^
for that; bnt there is a last straw
in every burden, and my last straw
was this incident: They
mounted and waiting for me, when
Mary dropped her glove. From
my window I saw Geoffrey pick it
up, pnt it on the hand laid so con
fidingly in his, and then kiss it.
After that I was not going to ride
for King nor Kaiser. I sent a pcs-
were oae -happy family), all gathered in
Father’s Kingdom. Sister
lour
McGehee was a most remarkable
Christian woman, with the nobiest
traits of character. Her religion
was not of a cloudy type; she car
ried joy and snnshine wherever
! she went. Consistent and zealons,
itive refusal to all entreaties, and wif h that cheerful and happy dis
position that marked her life, she
went abont doing good. Her walk
was “onward, upward, Heaven
ward.” She has been with ns so
institution is nbiqnitary. We pro-: did not come till quite dark, and
cared rooms, and my tranks were,; we had onr tea. She said she had
with difffculiy, got up the hill and | been detained by company, bnt I
the flight of wooden steps into the! knew better than that. She was
halL
T suppose,”
I said, with a re
dressed with reference to candle
light effect; and would not lose its
signed look at father, “there is no | influence on Her first appearance,
use in my taking them upstairs?. I never saw her look so lovely; he?
lean have no use for dresses rose-colored dress, with its broad
hefe?’ • shimmering bands of white silk,
‘As you like'Olive,” he replied, wonderfully enhanced ber charms,
ia one of bis meek and mild ways; - Geoffrey loohed delighted, and she
"as yon like, dear; that gray thing gave him the fnli benefit .of hot}}
you have on looks .pretty well, and her upward and downward glanceg,
it does not show the dirt” j When tea was over/ I left the
After this remark, of course, I room a few minutes, and when I
had every trunk, bonnet-box-and came back, found Geoffrey and
sitcbel taken npstairs; and ^the Mary sitting opposite .each other,
noise-and contusion, mid even the wiih the chess-board between them
I occasional bad word their size and g§ an excuse for flirtation. The
| weight called forth, were quite move had beep so rapid that I was
! gratefal to me .- astonished, and a little angry, too;
Ghlidren Ory for Pitchers Castoria.
bit is not, my fanll;” I explained, and father did-notimprove matters Subscribe for the .Home-Journal
as soon as they were out of sight
indulged in a good refreshing cry.
cried myself to sleep, and woke
abont dnsk with a new-born pur
pose iu my heart which comforted
me wonderfully, the key-note of
which was: “She stoops' to con
quer.” Yet I did not dress again.
knew they were to take tea at Mr.
Lacelle’s; so I threw my dressing-
gown around me, and faking a
novel in my pand, I ordered a cup
strong tea and went into the
sitting room. As I walked in at
one door, Geoffrey walked m at the
other.
“Lpame to take yon to Mr. La
celle’s, Olive,” he said.
“How do you propose to do it,
sir? For unless yon bind me band
and foot, and get a couple of men
to tote me there, I really don’t
think you will succeed.’’
“1 could carry you myself.’
“Could you? I don’t think you
would' enjoy the journey.’’
“Will you dare me to do it?”
“Not to-night I should like to
insure my life first.”
“Olive, yon have been crying.”
“I have not sir,” indignantly.
“And if I have, what is that to
you?” reproachfully.
“A great deal. Oh, Olive, yon
teasing, provoking, bewitching lit
tle mortal! How often must I tell
you I love yon? How often must
I ask you to marry me?”
“It is not six months since the
last time, Geoffrey.”
“I don’t care; it seems like six
years. And, oh, Olive, you know
that you love me.”
“I do not”
“You have loved me ever since
you were eight years old.”
“I have not."
“Now you must take me forever
or leave me forever to-night. I
have asked yon three times be-
foye,”
‘‘Four times; sin”
“Well, four times, then. Odd
numbers are laekv; here is the
fifth time. You know what I want,
Olive—your.promise to be mine.
Is it to ba? • Now or never!”
I suppose eyery one has a good
angel. Mine mnst have been at
his post just then, for a strange
feeling of humility and gentleness
came over me. I glanced np at the
Handsome face all aglow with love's
divine- lights at the eyes full of
gracious entreaty; at the arms half
stretched out to embrace me. Yet
pride struggled Jjard with love. I
Stood up silent and trembling; quite
unable to acknowledge myself van
qoished, until I saw- "him trun
away grieved and sorrowful Then
I said: '
“Geoffrey, come back; it is now.’
That is the way I said “ves,”. and
I have never bean sorry for it If
I live to the age of Methuselah, I
shall never ba a meek woman; bnt
still 1 suit Geoffrey, and I take
more kindly tojiis authority than
I did to paterpal rqle, Father
laughs with a sly triumph at
Geoffrey’s victory, and he sent me
as a wedding present a handsome
copy of “The Taming of the
Shrew.”—The New York Ledger.
Seuralgic.JPfrxons
And a„3g troBbled vrRh nerri^n-x 1
long, rejoicing in our times of joy,
comforting when sorrows came,
and with loving heart, always
where dirty called her, that we can
scarsely realize that Grannma
McGehee (as she was lovingly
called), is with us no more. With
her pure Christian character, at
tended by her genial disposition,
she spread an influence over the
hearts "of the young that will be
greatly missed. She was social
and companionable iu her uature;
the old and the young alike loved
and sounght her company. Their
confidence she had gained,and was
ever ready to give such advice as
was needed in their walks through
life. Her place iu the church was
always filled (unless providentially
hindered); by precept and exam
ple she labored for the good of the
church and the spread of the-gos-
pel. We all know how. dear to her
heart was its every interest, how
devotedly she wa^ied in its ordi
nances, and how we longed for a
love and trust like hers. Every
Pastor was her special care, and
their families ever found in her
a true friend. Her presence was a
benediction to all, and her daily
walk never swerved from the side
of her God, for her song " had so
long been:
“Wherever He may guide me,
No want shall win me back;
lly Shepherd is beside me,
And nothing shall I lack.”
She passed through many sore
trials and afflictions, yet she bore
them meekly, patiently, and with
that Christian fortitude and resig
nation that was.ever characteristic
of her life. Her God was a God
of love", and whatever it pleased
Him to send, was to her a blessing,
and iu Him she put her trust, for
she knew her Father’s arm was
about her, and nothing could part
her from the “love that passeth
understanding.”
Through life the angels hovered
abont her pathway, increasing her
courage and faith, which never wa
vered but waxed stronger,till these
guardian Spirits bore the triufn-
phant Spirit to its’ GodT In Heav
en there was rejoicing that day. A
soul entered to be forever with the
Lord. The voice that ever spake
for her Master is chanting Allelu-
vahs with the Saints. Where we
measure life in the light of eterni
ty —how small it seems, yet when
we think of the glorious possibili
ties of a hnman soul,. how grand!
The influence of this noble life to
mankind trill vever be known till
the day of the Lordr Only the
records of our God qan show the
hundreds on-whom the light of
her life will shine. All loved her,
but those who knew her best loved
her most.
Therefore be it resolved, That
while we lament the death of onr
dear sister, wa bow in sweet sub
mission to His will, knowing that
Hedoeth aU things well.
Besolved 2. That to the be
reaved ones we give our heartfelt
sympathy, and commend them to
the One who can apply the baim
of healing.
Resolved 3. That a page be in
scribed in onr Church register to
her memory,
Lizzie Kendrick,
Mrs. J. W. Wimberly,
Committee.
to meet the expenses of govern
ment will still confront the people
shonld the tariff reform demanded
be brought abont A depleted
treasury and appropriation’s to the
amount of more than a billion dol
lars made by the late congress con
fronts the-people, and if the iniq-
nitous tariff be reduced, the mon
ey to meet these appropriations
must come from other channels.
For this reason an income tax is
one of the growing questions. And
this to the laboring people is a
very important question. It is a
known fact that mnch of the
wealth of this country, owing to
car financial system, • never pays
one dollar of tax to the support of
the general government.
Under an income tax system this
class of wealth woald be made to
contribute its pro rata oi taxation,
and the burden of the poorer and
laboring classes would be made
lighter. This point is clearly
shown from the following, clipped
from an exchange:
“For many years wealth has es
caped federal taxation. The rich
man, if he consumes no more than
the poor man, pays no more tax to
the government The revenue laws
are framed in the interest of the
wealthy, and exempt them from
the just bnrdens of taxation. The
remedy is the .income tax. It is
necessity, or the farmers will nev
er better their condition. Until
we have it all tariff and financial
reform will be a mere sbam.
“No matter if the tax is odious.
All taxes are odious to some peo
ple. This tax- will be just It
will follow the system of the states,
counties and municipalities, under
which wealth is ' taxed—under
which the man who is worth ten or
a hundred times more than his
neighbor, pays taxes in proportion.
As matters stand at present
wealth escapes federal taxation,
and. contributes nothing to the
government”
I lock it on the number 1234. Now
yon unlock It See, the number is
now 1285. And yon cannot get it
back to the first number, do what
yon may. AR onr locks begin at
1, and stop at 9,999, giving them a
life of service of thirty-three j ear.-.
When the last nnmber is reached
the lock will not work any more
unless it is sent back to the facto
ry and ‘upset.’ This fact was un
known to the route agent who ran
between Altoone and Harrisbqig
in 18S1, when the lock was first
adopted by the government. He
had no difficulty in procuring a
key to open the lock, and figured
that he conldmanage togothrongh
the contents of his poneb, and by
the use of a turning table, which
betook in. the car with him, lie
conld’soon send the numbers fly
ing till he could get back to the
number charged against him on
leaving the postoffiee at Harris
burg. It"was mail lock No. 102,
registered out on No. 23. After
going through the contents- of the
pouch, and getting a good swag, he
placed his lock in the lathe and
commenced to tarn. It didn’t take
very long to make 9,000 revolu
tions on the lathi?, bnt when the
lock refused to pass 9,999, the fel
low got frightened, nnd • throwing
his booty down on the floor of the
car, be jumped off and took to the
woods. This was a warning to
others; and we scarcely ever hear
of any attempts to tackle this lock
It is the best kind of a protection
against so-called honest fellows,
who don’t mind stealing a few
hundred if they risk nothing—
fellows who are in positions of
trust. It simply keeps a watch,-
and if one of the men acts diskon-
CatljTy-
\
A Dangerous Period.
As the season moves swiftly to
ward, the boundary line that di
vides winter from spring, it fre
quently happens that the human
system, which has borne thp strain
of winter, shows signs of a relaxa
tion. In all ages thi3 period has
been noted as a dangerous one, es
pecially to those .who have weak
constitutions. A coarse of the
great blood purifier and tonic, S.
S. S-, will enable the most delicate
to face the season’s changes with
impunity. It is a medicine that
not only strengthens the weak and
the delicate, bnt-is an ^additional
safeguard to those wbo consider
themrelves strong.
all. Bat it tells every time, and
can’t be bribed.”
Core for Tke Hog Cholera.
Mr. J. A. Owens tells the Ro
chelle Solid Soath of an olJ gen
tleman in Telfair county who in
formed him of the following reme
dy for hog cholera, which he said
never failed:
Take a load of pine knots, such
as are used for burning coal, and
barn them down to a coal, then ex
tinguish the fire and feed the hogs
among the coals. The hogs, he.
said, would soon eat np the coals
and the cholera would cease. The
gentleman who was telling Mr.
Owens, of the remedy said that he
and several others had tried it for
several years, and that they had
lost no hogs from cholera daring
the time. -
* Indiana has jngt settled a very
carious lawsuit about a c<iw. Some
time ago, when a Goshen termer's
cow was killed By an -engine, he
brought suit for damages against
the Lake Shore Railway Company,
which entered a counter claim for
damages to the engine, which was
dismantled almost as much as the
cow was, add the Supreme court
has just awarded the railway com
pany a YPrdiet for S3 and costs,
amounting to over §1,090, to say
nothing of the lawyers’ fee?. Sne-
ing railways in Indiana is not very
profitable at ibat rate.—Ex.
A foreigner who comes to this
coantry for the purpose of better
ing bis condition, make money and
own lands, should be compelled to
renounce his allegiance to his
mother country and take oar citi-
ship papers IV e have no room
for foreigners who refo.se .to c urry
Says a clerk of a western hotel:
“There are lots of whimsical peo
ple in the world. There is a trav
eling man, for instance, who al
ways insists on occupying room
444, says it insures bis doing a
good business. Then the super
stitions people are simply without
number. The most snperstitious
puople in a hotel are the waiters
and bellbjys. If they are crap-
shooters or poliey-players, they
pick up all sorts of numbers and
use them. Some waiters will not
want to serve the guests’ where
there are tbirteerr seated at a fable.
A bellboy who-is called at eight
minutes of i2 o’clock to room 45
would risk bis money on the com
bination 8-12-45 coming out at pol
icy. The Relief ia signs of good or
ill luck is-not as noticeable, how
ever,-now as in the past. Among
the hotel guests I notice that it £
confined more to southern visitors,
and from the Teason that it is
learned from colored servauts or
TIio First
prising results follow the use of
the great Nerve Tonic ana Altera
tive. Yonr appetite is returned
'->d digestion is restored, and the’
er and kidneys resume healthy
action. Try a bottle. J
Price 50 N cente, at Holtzdaw &
Gilberts Drug Store.
Step.
Perhaps yon are run down, can’t
eat, can’t sleep, can’t think, can’t
do anything to von* satisfaction,
and you wondeHrhat ails you, you
should heed the warning, yon"are
taking the first step to nervous
prostration. You need a nerve ton
ic, and in Electric Bitters you
will find the exact remedy for re
storing yonr nervous system to-
its normal healthy condition. Sur-