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detective of the past office depart- 1
meat, shaded me-ms credentials* |
sad demanded the letter mail |
poneh. I delivered it to him. Vtlih ;
a kev from Ms vest pocket he an-j
lacked aad opened it, taking from |
hie h reast Docket a letter or package*!
fiaiekly dropped it in, closed, re- j
locked' and returned mp the poneh; i
urging and enjoining profound si— j
Lenec and secrecy- I delivered it I
to to a just ss i received it, and j
| obeyed orders- He remained os j
I the mi until I changed my team i
j a n,i received the pinch from yon. |
i and drove from yonr office for M$-
j eon. On reaching the grove by
! rha academy, he again demanded; ;
j the poneh- He received it, and
i with it in his hand jumped from '
the box, ordered me to stop- for
him a short time and disappeared
In the dark. He returned after a
shorter time than I expected; re
turned the poneh to me, mounted :
the box end said: “Drive on sir, •
that postmaster is all right.' 1
2fosr, continued the Doctor, you i
know that there has been recently, 11
and for months past, much task i
about crookedness somewhere lie- i
tween Macon ami Taliehassee, and ;
doubtless the authorities are de- :
termmed to locate the tronbae and i
catch the oSenders.
The rat letter was a decoy, used :
to test yon, and the post bill was
lost by the detective while search- :
lag for it
These are the facts and my con
clusions. *Kow be quiet, be watch
ful, and if anything crops out lead- .
iag to suspicions, you will be more
than apt to catch, up with in I am ;
elad that thus far there is no '■
■ground for suspecting you. and i
that it is known of you at head- 1
quarters before this, in addition :
to saying that you were all right, i
Letectrve said the trouble or
redness comoiained of is to be 1
found elsewhere, and not much :
less than a hundred miles ou.
My anxieties and fears disap- :
peared upon the Doctor’s statement <
of the facts, ana my conclusions
agreed with Ms. His wise coun
sel and advice were heeded, and i
the whole of it kept by us_a pro
found secret. Time passed on, and
nothing transpired ever afterward
to disturb or rouse my fears, or ■
any unpleasant suspicions whatev-
-er, but caused me tube more watch
ful than ever before.
After what is above written
transpired, the newspapers gave an
account of a crooked postmaster
being caught up with in South
Carolina, by a decoy letter, and in
the same way as the one employed
to test me- He was arrested, con
victed and sent to Sing Sing.
Since coming to Florida, I have
formed the acquaintance of the
deputy postmaster of the office
next to the one at which the crook
ed official ? was arrested, and was
acquainted with the young man
and the circumstances of his sad
mistake and misfortuue.
My old, good, personal friend,
Dr. A.* mentfonedla the foregoing
storv, was noli a disciple- or ilscu-
fauias, or au*M- D-. -but was cele
brated as the best and most suc
cessful of $11 the horse dobSbEs,
vulgarly called, in our section- He
I was a. sober,' sensible, eouseien-
. tious, -lidneet srsur’' a gentleman,
: and was respected and hono-ed by
all. His memory Is cherished by
the writer as one or his best
friends. I trusted him, and found
that mv confidence was not mis-
f of the status of affairs in this gov-
i
| eminent:
j “For the next two years oar gcv-
| eminent sill spend annually more
I than §500,0-30,000.
j “To pay one year’s expenses of
; the government it will tqke nearly
i the combined wheat and oat crop,
j “Our anneal output of gold, sil
ver, copper, iron, eoaL petroleum,
lead wilL not "foot our tax bill for
twelve month s-
“Kor can we do it with a year’s
product of cotton, wool, rye,barley,
. wine, potatoes and tobacco.
“The combined capitalization of
our national 'banks is §a99,00O,G00.
One year’s taxes will nearly swal
low it up.
“Ngw, all of this Is the Federal
tax. We have also .to pay the city,
county and state taxes.
“We pretend to be a nation of
plain people, with no aristocracy,
no standing army or expensive
frills, and yet our taxes are more
onerous than those of Austria,Ger
many or Great Britain.”
The Post might have made its
figures still more startling by put
ting them in the following posi-
| We demand that the go «cm-
! men! shall establish sub-treasa-1
| ties, .or depositories In the several j
| States, whieh shall loan money dl-
r rect to the people at a low rate of
interest, not to exceed 2 per cent
oer annum, ou non-perishable rsrm
products, and also upon real estate, j
with proper limitations upon the
quantity of land and amount of
money.
q_ We demand that the amount
of the circulating medium be
soeedllv increased -to not less than
$50 per capita.
2. That we demand that congress j
shaTI pass sneh laws as will effect-;
nallv prevent the dealing in fu-
trures of all agricultural and rue -1
ehanical oroductions: providing a i
stringent system of proceedare ia j
trials that will seeure the prompt j
conviction, and Imposing such pen-:
aides as shall secure the most per-1
feet compliance with the law.
3. We condemn the silver bill
recently passed by eongress, and
demand in lieu thereof the free and j
unlimited coinage of silver.
A We demand the passage of i
lows probibting alien ownership of j
land, and that congress take;
prompt action to devise some plan;
to obtain all lands cow owned by .
alien and foreign syndicates; and j
that all lands now held by railroads;
be reclaimed by the government, !
and held for actual settlers only, j
5. Believing in_the doctrine of j
equal rights to all and special priv-I
lieges to none, we demand—
a. That otic national legislation i
shall be so framed in the future j
as not to buiLd up one industry at
the expense of another.
b- We further demand a removal
of the existing heavy tariff tax
from the necessities of life, that
the poor of our land must have.
a We further demand a just
! and equitable system of graduated
tax ou incomes.
cL We believe that the money of
the country should be kept as much
as passible in the hands of the .peo
ple,- and h&nee we demand that all j
’ national and State revenues shall j
be limited to the.> necessary ex
penses of the government economi
cally and honestly administered.
6. We demand, the most rigid,
hqaest and just State and national
governmental control and supervis
ion of the means of public commu
nication and transportation, aad if
[ this control and supervision does
not remove the abuse now existing,
we demand the government owner
ship of such means of communica
tion and transportation.
T. We demand that the congress
of the .Halted States submit. n«
amendment to the constitution pro-
Tiding tor the election of L ruled
; States Senators by direct vote of
the people of each State.
TWO DECOY LETTESS- j
N Engines, Boilers,
Saw MiH§»€fftsfc Mills,
Colton Gins* Cotton
Presses, bailor Seed
Elevators, Mowers,
. Corse Hav Makes,
Circular Savvs.^otton
nrators, Belting, Pol-
The writer was appointed pose- j
master at Ferry. Georgia, on the J
27th day of May 1-347, by Cave j
Johnson, Postmaster General dtir- ;
inn the administration of Brest-1
dent Folk, ana while the Alligator i
line of four-horse post coaches i
was inn from Mac-on, to- Tallahas-;
see, Florida. It was the coatiaua-
tioa of the line of mail stages from j
Jacksonville to Alligator, now i
Lake City, Fla., hence its Hama;J
and was run daily both ways be
tween Taltehassee and Macon,
Perry is just twenty-eight miles
south of the latter city by dirt or
the stage road. Only one post-_ i
■ office between us and the city—
Gunn’s, named for Daniel Gann,
who merchandised,, farmed and was
postmaster.
The mail from Tallehassee ar-
■ rived at night. 1 Lad no assetant-
One night, as usual, X emptied the
letter pouch ou the Soor or the of
fice, and was surprised by the ap
pearance of a naked, rat letter. It
was written on fine bunking paper,
folded in the old style, sealed with
- a red wafer, and addressed to the
; Cashier of the Marine Bank, Sa-
; -annsh, 6a, without any stamp or
mark to tell at what office it was
mailed. In handling it L found
that it was evidently filled with
bank bills. Its appearance scared
. me. I was afraid of it, and thought
that the postmaster who put such
' a letter in the malL In that way
ought, if known, to be reported
and dismissed from his office.
While thinking what to do with
! or about It, and having only seven
minutes to get the pouch ready for
delivery, I hurriedly wrapt it in
nev brown paper, tied securely,
put it iu the pouch, locked and de
livered it aad retired.
Thoughts as toJiow it came in
the mail, and what postmaster
could have been so careless under
; the order from headquarters that
j all letters must be wrapped in
good paper and securely tied with
twine whieh was furnished by the
' government before being put ia
: the mail, occurred again and again
and confused me; but I said notfijr-
This country has had no war for
a quarter of a century, and yet—
- The people of the United States
pay a war pension tax of §310 a
minute.
The people of the United States
pay a war pension tax of §1S,60I
an hour.
The people of the United States
oav a war pension tax of §446,000 a
day.
The people of the United States
pay a war pension tax of §3,125,000
Be sure and write us oeiore on
We can take care of yon.
MALLAEI BROS, & CO
MACON, GEORGIA.
eroo:
line people or ins t_ niteci States
pay a war pension tax of §12,500,-
000 a month.
The people of the United States
pay a war pension tax of $1-50,000,-
000 a year.
And of this enormous amount
less than. §5,000,000 comes to the
Smith.
, -Still we are expected to apostro
phize on the greatness of this glo
rious, liberty-loving repnblicl
And axe considered unpatriotic
if ws do not yell ourselves hoarse
every time the stars and stripes
are displayed.
OEGLL—HOCSTOX- COCSTT:
L K- Murray, administrator of estate
3 A Culp. late of said county. <Ie-
Ad, has applied for dismissioa from
trust:
therefore, to cine all persons
cemed to appear at the September
a. tStl of the court e£ Ordmarv or
1 count’-- and show eaiise. if anv ta,;-
n. why said c-pp t&eatioia shaTitd not
aranteJ.. ... ,
ritaess mv oiEcr!rt-siii£iuate tui*- J -‘- v
The origin or the violin is traced
by recent writets to a remote an
tiquity, though it is a curious fact
that instruments of this kind were
unknown to the Hebrews, Egyp
tians and Assyrians. The violin
mentioned by Isaiah, in his proph
ecy as played in the feasts of Israel
was the Hebrew “riebel,” an in
strument of the guitar or lute kind.
Nor were bowed instruments known
■ to the Greeks and Homans. The
: stringed iusiraments of the East
ern nations were--of tne late or.
guitar elass. Those with bows
were generally made of a cylinder
of sycamore or other suitable wood,
j Of this species is the famous “rav-
• anasfcron,” whieh, according &>•,
Hindoo tradition, was inveated by
Ravaneu, King of Ceylon, abont
-500 years before Christ, and is
sti’d played by Bnddhlst monks
who go begging from door to door.
—j^Globe-Demoerat
The Production of Ralnfull-
The prime cause of most of the
nervous disorders and ailments
with which humanity is affiieted
may ba traced to indigestion. The
irritable man, the unhappy wo
man, the fretful child, contrive to
make all around them, miserable.
They dose themselves for nervous
ness, and perhaps find temporary
relief, only to grow more nervous
when the inevitable reaction comes.
It is in such cases that S. S. S.
gives, almost immediate relief. It
builds up the entire system, puri
fies the blood, gives tone to the di
gestive organs, restores the fuhe-!
dons of the stomach, gives activity
to the liver, and puts, all the nerves
in tnne with health and good hn-
mor. It is nature’s great remedy,
and never fails to give relief.
BfiLhAS CMRK,
Boot & Shoemaker,
MTest end of Carrol £5trtr€t r
FEIST, - - G ECBEIA.
- Will vA* or repair Bccfe and Shoes,
repair Harness, and ad feather vVcrk-
Good ‘//ark. Lc-w Prices.
Fsxr-PdEise. Sewed, . 75 Cents.
« - Pegged, 50 Cents.
Patronage Solieired. -
Diarrhoea Baisum is guaranteed to < and Colds, that it cored his wire i
do this. Sold and warranted bv i who was threatened wait Pcqumo- [
Dr. D A. Felder. F^rrv. Go. : M an ^6. !
' 9 o ^ various Qihp~ remeoiea a^a j
Cotton men predict ?, shortage i. severalpnyseians had done her no
- ,, 'a V , r rifle*CTaTViSKxL Bobert Baroer,of Ccoks-
inthe : ot ^ort, Pm, claims Dr. Sing’s Sew
bab-s- ine S^stn c r -e-..s soot oge; Discovery has.done him more good
of this Xeod, and a gm'd dear of it. r than anv thing fee ever tEedforLung
- Ar-v | ' Trouble. Kothing like it Try it
... •r*2rvv»t Sic- a*a«=R j Fr=^trial Bottles ss. Holtzclaw &
lGiIberTsDrug Stores Largebot-
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