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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Our Regular Correspondence.
Erroneous reports have been sent
out stating that the census bureau
has already completed statistics as
to the number of illiterate negro
men over 21 yeara of age in some of
the states. This is incorrect; these
figures will not be ready until later;
The bureau, however, has sent out
bulletin covering sex, nativity and
color in the first half dozen states,
alphabetically considered, in the
country. These show that the ne
gro is holding his own in this conn
try—that is, the negro population is
increasing about as rapidly as is the
white population, except as to the
additions made by immigration. The
proportion of negroes in the country
is decreasing, but this is because of
the large influx of white immigrants.
From the figures at hand it seems
probable that the negro population
of the United States in 1900 was be
tween 9,000,000 and 9,050,000. Es
timates based on the ratio that the
negro bens to the total in the states
already counted, give about 9,040,-
000. If correct, this will make the
negro constitute 11.8 per cent of the
total population of the country, as
against 11.9 a decade ago, the loss
being due to the greater growth of
the northern states, and not to any
less proportion of negroes in the
south. No border state has yet been
counted, and it is well known that
there has been an enormous increase
in the colored population of these
during the last year.
While no real concealment was
made last fall of the fact that Presi
dent McKinley and Mark Hanna
made special and successful efforts
to defeat Representative Lentz, of
Ohio, for re-election, fearing the
wide publicity his post in congress
gave to his biting attacks on their
politics, nevertheless, the news that
Mr. Lentz purposes to summon them
both to testify before the House
committee on elections, has caused a
sensation here. So far as is known,
a president has never been summon
ed by a House committee, and it is
doubtful whether the power is pos
sessed to call on one. Senators have
often appeared before such commit
tees, but it is a question whether
they can be compelled to come
against their wills. Of course nei
ther the President nor Mr. Hanna
can afford to be cross-examined as
to their acts in the Ohio campaign
if there is any way of avoiding it.
Talmage to Young Men.
“Let me say in regard to your ad
verse worldly circumstances that you
are on a level now with those who
are finally to succeed. Mark my
words and think of it thirty years
from now. You will find that those
who, thirty years from now, are the
millionaires of the country, who are
the poets of the country, who are
the strong merchants of the country,
who are the great philanthropists of
the country—mightiest in church or
state -are now on a level with you,
not an inch abo\e you, and in
straitened circumstances now.
“No outfit, no capital to start with?
Young man, go down into the libra
ry and get some books, and read of
what wonderful mechanism God
gave you in your hand, in your foot,
in your eye, in your ear, and then
ask some doctor to take you into the
dissecting room and illustrate to you
what you have read about, and nev
er again commit the blasphemy of
saying you have no capital to start
with. Equipped? Why the poorest
young man is equipped as only the
God of the whole universe could af
ford to equip him.”
t a, local disease,and prescribed
ocal remedies, and by constantly
ailing to cure with local treat-
nent, pronounced it incurable,
icience has proven catarrh to be
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DuBIGNON OUT: GUERRY IN.
Macon Telegraph
Hon. Flem duBignon is not a can
didate for governor.
But Hon. DuPont Guerry is.
Both men make signed statements
to that effect.
The former declines to enter the
race on account of his health.
The latter wired yesterday to the
Atlanta Journal this announcement:
“Mount Airy, Ga., July 17, 1901.
“To the Atlanta Journal:
“In answer to yours of to-day, I
will say, first, I regret the retirement
of Mr. duBignon from such a cause.
Second, I will be a candidate. Am
busy trying a case.
DuPont Guabby.”
This settles it so far as these two
men are concerned.
There is a whole lot of time be
tween now and the election—a year
and several moons. A great many
things may happen meanwhile. But
two events may be confidently look
ed for in time—the announcements
of Messrs. Joe Terrell and Pope
Brown, and when.last heard from
the former was engaged on a knotty
legal question and the latter was
hoeing out his fence jams and nurs
ing his crop of red ripper peas.
There may be others. But there
is plenty of time.
Not Such a Joke After All.
Atlanta, July 17.—The announce
ment of Mr. F. G. duBignon of Sa
vannah that he had determined not
to enter the rabe for governor of
Georgia, upon the advice of his phy
sician, created no sensation here in
political circles. This announcement
has been predicted for some months
by the friends of Mr. duBignon who
have been watching his movements.
It has been known for a year or
more that his health was not good,
and that he was making every effort
to get well. Some of his friends,
who sincerely hoped that he would
recover his old-time strength and
vigor, have been heard to speak
with doubt upon this subject.
The only surprised expressed here
over his announcement that he would
not run was that the announcement
came at this time, which was consid
ered early in the campaign, if in fact
the campaign is already oil The an
nouncement, and the reasons assign
ed, was expected, but the general
impression was that it would come
at a later day. His nearest political
friends in this section of the state
were of the opinion that Mr. duBig
non would defer taking final action
until the last moment, so as to see if
his health would not improve. How
ever, the announcement has come,
and he retires from the contest.
“More haste, less speed,” and
‘hasten slowly,” are proverbs born
of experienca that some things can’t
be hurried without loss and waste.
That is specially true of eating. The
railway lunch habit, “five minutes
for refreshments,” is a habit most
disastrous to the health. You may
your eating. You can’t hurry
your digestion, and the neglect to
allow the propar time for this im
portant function is the beginning of
sorrows to many a busy man. When
the tongue is foul, the head aches,
when there are sour or bitter ris
ings, undue fullness after eating, hot
flushes, irritability, nervousness, ir
resolution, cold extremities, and oth
er annoying symptoms, be sure the
stomach and organs of digestion
and nutrition have “broken down.”
Nothing will re-establish them in
active, healthy operation so quickly
as Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery. It strengthens the stomach,
nourishes the nerves, purifies the
blood, and builds up the body. It
a strictly temperance medicine,
containing no alcohol or other in
toxicant.
Given away. Dr. Pierce’s great
There is more Catarrh in this
lection of the country than all
>ther diseases put together, and
mtil the last few years was sup-
)osed to be incurable. For a great J.,,,.
nany years doctors pronounced work, The People’s Common Sense
Medical Adviser, is sent free on re
ceipt of stamps to pay expense of
mailing only. Send 21 one-cent
stamps for the paper covered book,
or 31 stamps for cloth binding, to
Dr. R. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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In New Jersey the other day fifty
Italian laborers, engaged in making
an excavation, went on a strike be
cause their employer would not fur
nish them with gum hoots, lemon
ade and whisky, and give them two
and a half hours’ rest in the middle
of the day.
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the mon
ey if it fails to cure. E. W, Grove’s
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“Yes, I lost that deg at last,” said
the man, according to the Cleveland
Plain-Dealer, “I had been hoping
against hope that somebody would
steal him, and after that chance
seemed exhausted I happened to
think that it was wrong to hope
that a fellow man might commit a
crime, so I desisted. And then one
day he walked away deliberately
and never carne back.
“How did your wife feel about
it?”
“She was all broken up. She made
me advertise him. I did. I named
a reward, too.”
“And you didn’t get him back?’
“'Not much. You see I worded it
like this: *Dog lost Please return
to owner and receive $5, and no
questions asked.’ Then I gave the
street and number of the home of a
man I don’t like.”
“Did the joke work well?”
“Work well!, I should say it did!
The last time I saw he said he’d
give $50 to find out the name of the
scoundrel who worked the infernal
sell on him. But he could well af
ford it.”
“How so?”
“Why, he picked out half a dozen
of the dogs that were brought to
him and sold ’em for an average of
$20 a piece!”
The Wesleyan Christian Advocate
believes that one of the encouraging
signs for Methodism in Georgia is
that reports from the district con
ferences so far held this year indi
cate that the number of young men
applying for licenses to preach is in
excess of the number for any year
in the past.few years.
—
The democratic party is more in
terested in the discussion of live is
sues than it is in the making of can
didates. The man for the occasion
will come to the front when the ne
cessity for his appearance arises.—
Constitution. ,
“I am indebted to One Min
ute Cough Cure for my present
good health and my life. I was
treated in vain by doctors for
lung trouble following la grippe.
I took One Minute Cough Cure
and recovered my health.” Mr.
E. H. Wise, .Madison, Ga. At
Holtzcl-uv’s drug store.
It is said there are two million
acres of land in Texas that are emi
nently adaptable to iiie cultivation
of rice.
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