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FON HOME JOURNAL. JOHK H. HODGES, Pi’oprietor. DEVOTED TO HG&IE INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE* 01.50 A TEAK INADVAiNCE. V#L. XXIX. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1900. NO. 50. c MACON, ggj. Money to loan to responsible farmers at a low rate of interest. My connection with the cotton mills of Macon gives me advantages unsurpassed in handling cotton consigned to me, and I solicit y our shipments. V. \ C. B. WILLINGHAM. pOR WINTER WEAR. High-Out, heavy top solo Lace Shoes, good as a boot. For Men, $2.50 to $3.00. For Ladies, Peb. Grain Button, O. S. toe, $1.50. Children’s School Shoes, Glove Calf, Button, $1 to $1.50. Felt Slippers are very comfortable. For Men and -Ladies. ~ OHiISZETST <8z MToEIAY, -MACON, GEORGIA. TO PARTICULAR We Lave-done our best to collect an assortment of Suits anti Furnishings this Fall to satisfy you in every detail. In fact, we have bought the highest grade; of; goods that money could secure. Don t let these facts slip your memory when you get ready to buy your Winter outfit. We can make you look ,‘TAILOR-MADE” in every FEATURE from a TIE to an OVERCOAT, ‘‘JAR” your poeketbook. and our prices WON’T 519 Cherry St., Macon, Ga. If You Want Anything BEMOOM CHAIBS DOMESTIC SiWiNG MACHINES, BEDSTEADS MATTRESSES, SPRINGS, WINDOW SHADES BEDSTEADb, j M|XA^ BABy oaERIAGESi etc., Yon can save money at Paul’s Furniture Store. A complete line of COFFINS and CASKETS always on hand. ..v G-EORGE PAUL, Perry, Ga We have the mostTJp-to-Date Ladies’ Outfitting "Department in Middle Georgia. Every thing ileady-tO-Wea?.; Besides all kiandise. If you bjty.from us yop get the high-grade iner- Wp. GUARANTEE M■ u-everytliiug' "t<> liesatisfactpry 0v- v^or refund yoirr-iiioney. -'C- ' | SAMPLE ORQERS ' Will receive prompt and careful attention. Call on ns when in M # on % On all cash orders of $5,000 and oyer—except on heavy do- S§: 1 ^A^,-s|bAZARR PATTERNS; 10c. and 15c E^rytl&g jteiecl in''Plain Figures, and the Same I && ^v~-Lb5r ? REieE to Everybody. - Southern Tobacco. Macon Telegraph. Get your pipes, ye Southern to bacco growers, and fill up. Here is something to think over: The leaf tobacco exhibit of the United States was by far the lar gest, most complete and most at tractive exhibit of the kind at the Paris exposition, and it was pro nounced by many persons compe tent to judge to be the finest ex hibit ever made. The exhibit con sisted of about 2,000®samples, rep resenting every type and grade of tobacco produced in the United States; It took the grand prize, nine gold medals, five silver med als * and honorable mention for many of thg exhibitors. Two sig nificant facts were brought out in the jury of awards. The Florida- grown Sumatra leaf was found to require twenty-five more leaves to the pound of a givCn grade than the samples exhibited from the is land of Sumatra. It received twenty points of excellenc against eighteen for the Sumatra, and was pronounced by the jury to be per fect.- The bright yellow tobacco of Virginia and North Carolina was awarded eighteen points out of apossible twenty, or the same as given to the Turkish tobacco, which it resembles in many points and with which it most closely competes. Many very strong let ters have been received, showing the appreciation of the growers and leaf dealers of this conntry in the work the department of ag riculture did for the tobacco in terest, and much verbal praise was given by the jury of awards and by visitors to the exposition. It is believed that this exhibit has done much for the tobacco inter est of this country in showing for eigners the great variety of tobac co grown here and the excellence of the different types and grades. How Can They Tell? There are-three distracted moth ers in Binghamton, N. Y., and a father who maliciously laughs in his sieve, but who is directly af- bected. Mrs. William Roberson recent ly becafne the mother of a bounc ing boy. As a coincidence a sister and a cousin were visited by the traditional stork about the same time. Mrs. Robinson conceived the idea of playing, a joke on her husband, who was away on a bus iness trip, and surprising him with triplets on Bis return home. The other mothers were consult ed and fell in with the plan. The babies were all dressed alike and when the happy father arrived he was ushered in to see his thriv ing family. To say he was aston ished only. faintly exprsesses it. He, however, survived the shock, and when the nurse went to sor- out the babies she was first puzt zled, then dismayed,for she could- not tell them apart. The moth ers were in a like fix. Then the joke leaked out, and Robinson be came hilarious. Not' only the fact that his family had been ma terially reduced but that bis wife did not know her own baby, he de dared, more than evened things for the fright they had given to him. Now the mothers are puzzling their brains for some method of telling which is which. What a Wife Earns. OLD SCHOOL BOOKS Beagfjt, Seld agd Exchanged, Full Line Houston County Books. Book --i§llll||| and Stationery Co. 572 CHERRY ST., MACON, GEORGIA. The latest Russian crop figures made public estimate the winter wheat harvest of the country, in cluding Siberia and Central Asia, at 134,580,000 bushels. The win ter wheat raised in the same terri tory in 1898 was 153,698,400 bush els. The deficiency means, of course, that American wheat will continue in good demand during the next year. Just how Presi dent McKinley arranged this de ficiency of the Russian crop is not quite dear, but he did it, of course. The, .Maseachnsetts death roll for 1886 includes the names of tventy-one persons who had lived to the age of 100 years or more. Sixteen' of the number were wo men; and three of them had nevef been married. Eight of the twen ty-one . were born in Ireland, three in Canada and three in oth er foreign countries, leaving seven who were native born: Six of these seven were natives of Massa chusetts. The oldest was 106 years-and two months of age. —-—<oe -e» A Georgia newspaper gives this advice to the farmers: ’’Get your wheat in the ground and get in shape to live, good times or bad times. The wide-awake farmer who makes his flour, meat, syrup and potatoes never knows when hard times come. If meat goes high, he has it to sell instead of buy, if flour goes itp he is all.right, not caring which way the wind blows.” A Keen Clear Brain. Your best feelings, your social position or business success depend largely on the - perfect action of your Stomach and Liver. Dr. King’s New Life Pills give increas ed strength, a keen, clear brain, high ambition. A 25 cent box will make you feel, like a new be ing. Sold by H. M. Holtzclftw Druggist. -OO-^ — The Thomasville Times sings thus soulfully of the season: “Hog killin’ time is near at hand. There are already faint odera of back bone, spare ribs and cbit’lings in the frosty air. And the ’possums r -Isimmons and ’taters are about ripe and ready_for pulling, pluck ing and roasting; ”- ^ Don’t use any of the counter feits- of Lv-DeWitt’s Witch .Hazel Salve. 7 Most, of, them.' are.w;orth- : lesebx liable to cause injury. The original EeWitt’.s'Witch Hazel' Salve is a certain cure for- piles, eczema^cuts, scalds, burns, sores and sMni 'diseases. Holtzclaw’s More Pensions. Pension Commissioner Evans reports that 34,000 applications of pensions on account of the war with Spain have already come in and the Pittsburg Dispatch figures it out that this number equals the whole number of men we had in the field in that war. Shatter took 14.000 to Santiago, and the rein forcements brought the number sent there to 20,000. Gen. Miles took 6,000 to Porto Rico, where there was no flighting; and most of them soon returned. Merritt took 11,000 or 12,000 to Manilla, These are all who went out of the country and into the vacinity of actual war. But there were about 160.000 more who spent more or less time in camps in various parts of the country . The remedy for the pension evil is to prosecute a few pension attorneys. They are the ones that work up -the cases. • We know several soldiers in the Ten nessee regiments that had not reached home before they received letters from pension attorneys, asking permission to file pension claims for them.—Nasbvile Amer- . Washingtsn City, where social equality between the races comes nearer to being a fact than any where else in the country, and where negroes enjoy more privi leges than is anywhere else allow ed them, has just jarred William Ferguson, colored, good and hard He had been ejected from the Grand Theatre, and sued the man ager, Plumpton B. Chase, for ten thousand dollars damages and got a verdict of one cent. Whenever the real negro rubs up against- wbite folks'and the question be comes local, there is “no north no south.”—Ex. ’jyttgflSat JMtcKinley evidently intended in hiS message to con gress to correct any impression ^hatinSSf' Kftye found lodgmefifon Tin hTic “ mind that tlio t©nd"8n* Lion is -toward imperialism. To Cure A Cold In OneDay Take ? Laxative -Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E* W - Grove’s signature is on each box. Catarrh Cannot be Cucrd with Local Applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the dig ease Catarrh is a blood or con stitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts direct ly on the blood and mucous sur faces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was pre scribed by one of the best physi cians jn this country for years, add is a regular prescription. It: is composed oi - the best tonics, known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. -The perfect comcination of the two ingredi ents is what produces such won derful’ results iff curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F;.'J, Cheney &JC6:, JPrdps., _ : Toledo, O. Sold by. Druggists, 75c.: Hall’s Eaiaily Pilla are the best It; is only a coincidence of : course, but hardly a day has pass ed since McKinley was re-elected that there has. not been a report of some fellow stealing thousands of dollars after trust Meanwhile, askstthe Savannah News, if the administration:; was,, responsible for "the good- crops why'is it not also responsible .'for these thefts? 7 ' - t ' When the stomach is tired out it must have a rest, but .we can’t: liveYrithoutfoodi KqdolByBpep- Dr. ‘Jennie Lozier is quoted by a writer as saying that “every -wo man who conducts her home in a practical manner earns im direct proportion to her husband’s in come.” The husband whose in come of $1500 a year is carefully applied and skillfully expended by the wife in order to make it go as far as possible in making the life of the family happy and con tented, is really getting, in Dr. Dozier’s view, the equivalent of $3,000 a year. If the husband were to work alone, it is contend ed, without the aid of the wife’s skill and care in the management of the household, it would require $3,000 to go as far as $1,500 with the wife’s aid. The point is illus trated by the story of a New Jer- fey woman who, after twenty years of married life, received from her husband, after a disa greement, the -suggestion that she go home to her father. Before taking the hint she decided to present her husband with a bill for her services throughout the years she had toiled as his help mate in the home. “She is said to have told him calmly,” the 9tory relates, “that she would not charge him for her faded youth, she would like to - be re-imbursed for the 1040 weeks of household service during their married life of 20 years.” Yalueing her services as cook at $4.per week, as housemaid and waitress at $3 per week, as nurse at S3, seamstress at $3, and as overseeing housekeeper at $5 per &SLuiMiStl®“U h t e im 8 d | No,T is the tlrae to select yonr Holiday, Wedding and she felt entitled to a business set-1 tlement.” Her bill, figured on the basis here given, aggregated! $18,720, and after thinking it | over he decided to let her stay. There are not a few hard-working [ wives who will find satisfaction in reading of the bold stand taken by [ this New Jersey sister.—Ex. Robert McCrary. John A. Reid. Dgw zJ^wglry Storg. Our stock is now complete, consisting of a large and choice selection of Watches, Diamonds, Clocks, Cut Glass, Statuary and Silver Novelties, and everything usually found in a first-class Jewelry Store. Birthday: Presents. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. 320 Second St., MACOJST, GA. Our Murder Map. Among the many results of the | census returns are the following figures giving the average number of murders committed in the va-1 rious states of the Union during | the last decade: South Carolina 222, Georgia 383,1 Florida 157, Ohio 332, Indiana}228, [ Illinois 315, Michigan 205, Wis consin 154, Minnesota 159, Iowa I 202, Missouri 362, North Dakota 26, South Dakota 45, Nebraska 168, Kansas 235, Maine 18, New Hampshire 9, Vermont 6, Massa-1 chusettaD6, Rhode Island 52, Con necticut 93, New York 512, New I Jersey 120, Pennsylvania 322, Del aware 48, Maryland 280, District of Columbia 24, Virginia 305, West Virginia 87, North Carolina 285, Kentucky 398, Tennessee 408,.Al-| abama 461, Mississippi 317; Louis iana 358, Texas 1021, Arkansas 305, | Montana 90, Wyoming 22, Colora do 252, New Mexico 58, Arizona I 43, Utah 57, Nevada 39, Idaho 27, Washington 102, Oregon 79, Cali-1 fornia 422. ■ 1 II ANYTHING — .is.... A Woman’s Awful Peril. ‘There is only one chance to save your life and that is through I an operation” were the startling words heard by Mrs. I. B. Hunt | of Lime Ridge, Wis., from her doctor after he had vainly tried to! cure her of a frightful case of I stomach trouble and yellow jaun dice. Gall stones bad formed and she constantly grew worse. Then she began to use Electric Bitters which wholly cured her. It’s a wonderful Stomach, Liver and| Kidney remedy. Cures Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite. Try it. Only! 50/. Guaranteed^ For sale by| H. M. Holtzclaw, druggist. It is said that during the four teen years which President Mc-| Kinley Bpent in congress he pur- j chased and smoked 37,000 cigars. While this is a verylarge nun*-1 her, it represents an average of blit seven a day, which is no more j than a great, many men Bmoke. j Dnring his service in congress the President always bought his ci gars by the box, but left the box at the stand where his purchases | were made, and called for them as | he Deeded them. - Help is needed at jmee when a j person’s life is in danger. A neg lected cough or cold may soon be come serious and should be stop- ped.at once. One Minute Cough Curd quickly cures coughs and colds and the worst, cases of croup, bronchitis, grippe and othe throat and lung troubles. H.M. Holtz-1 claw’s Drugstore. Dry Goods, Millinery, Clothing, Furnishings, Shoes, Come to see us and we will treat you right. 1 : We will tell you something specific in our ad next week. 414-416 Third Streets Macon, Georgia. PAT HARTLEY AND OUTER HANCOCK OP OLD HOUSTON, Are with us and wlU be glad to see their friends. —— -- -i \■ ■ ■ , sia Cure ‘ you eat so that you can eat all the good food Oat pens contain over twenty (20) breeds of High Grade Bkxxied | Stock, adapted to tbe Seath, froro choge and- irtott vigoroos strains. > lor Infants and Children. Ya Hue Always Booth) the only preparation ; that digests. Bears th* all kind'of fo'od.' H. M. Holtz-’ signature of claw’s .Drugstore.;. Eared Plymonth Rock, White Plymouth Rock, White Wyandotte. Brown Leghorn. White'Leghorn, Black Minoreas. Tliwdfh, Stiver Spangled Hamburg*, Buff Cochins, Light Brahaaaa, etc., etc. I Southern Agents for Incubators and Poultry POULTRY FARM, THE GR1FFM8 BB8THEB8 COMPANY, P. o. BOM SM0, j Catalogue free. JACKSONVILLE, FLA.-I .; *' -. v.-«