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— m l Si /, s;••• 'v;-- Vu'v:-r./'r >./ ' ’•■'■ v''fi?.s'- ■ < f-:■'■+:■ ■ "... ’A - Vf -sm ■ The Curse of Specialism. >v;’ it §1 sm Atlanta Constitution. The particular curse of modern polifeioB as engined by the repub lican party is the legislation of special privileges The evil has grown to enormous proportions and has grafted itself upon every branch of law-making —national, state and municipal. It involves the withdrawal of the common rights of all the people and their centralization in the hands of the few, represented in corporations, trusts and exploiting syndicates. It was a fundamental principle with founders of the republic that subsidies, monopolies and perpe tuities should not be established under a democratic form of gov ernment of the people, by the peo ple and for the people/ They held it to be manifestly violative of the declared inalienable rights of the people to take from them the liberties of individual prerogative and endeavor, aud bestow the au thority to hold, exercise and prof it by such rights upon any indi vidual solely, or vest them in any corporation of individuals. They believed in the integrity of the right of eminent domain, the jus tice of free-handed competition • and strict equality, of rights among the citizens of the coun try. Patents and copyrights, of course, for reasons easily justifia ble, were the only special privil eges permitted by the constitu tion. It is a singular fact that the first impulse of a foreigner trans ferring his residence to the United States is to become a democrat. Prom his reading of the Declara tion of Independence and the con stitution he beoomes impressed with Me fidelity of the cardinal principles of the democratic par ty to the intendments of those great writings. But after a little • experience with American life un der republican rule, after seeing how the government is actually Conducted for olasses and special interests, how money and syndi cated avarice control legislation, and that individualism is ever sacrificed to trusts and monopo lies, he becomes affeoted with the false notion that his best chance to survive is to “join the gang” and get a share of the loot. The curse of specialism is the gospel of graft and the church of that gospel is the republican par ty. The integrity of American ism of the loyal, faithful and sav ing sort is in the creed of the hon est Jeffersonian democracy, and the present epoch calls strongly for tne preaohing of that creed broadly from one end of the re public to the other. “Death t6 monopoly” is the battle cry that should be foremost and never abandoned until Pequal rights to all and special privileges to pone” is again the rule and practice of the government. Summer complaint is unusually prevvalent among children this season. A well developed case in the writer’s family was cured last week by the timely use of Cham berlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy—one of the best patent medicines manufactured and which is always kept on hand at the home of ye scribe. This is not intended as a free puff for the company, who do not advertise with us, but to benefit little suf ferers who may not be within easy access of a plrj’sician. No family should be without a bottle of this medicine in the house, especially in summer-timjE),— Lansing, Iowa, Journal. For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. The Baltimore Sun (Deni) says: “If the negro in the south is in dustrious, law-abiding and honest, lie is encouraged and protected by liis white neighbors, and if lie es tablishes churohes and schools he has the aid and sympathy of the whites. The difference between the Illinois lynching mob and those of the south is that the for mer seems' to be directed against churohes and.schools, wnile in the south the victim of the mob is al most uniformly a ravisher or a murderer.” To Cure a Cold in One Bay Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure'. E. W. Grove’s signature on each box.25c. 17 • ^ * A Steel King's Palace. Savannah Morning Nows. Million dollar mansions are fol lowingdose in the wake of billion dollarjtrusts. Our multi-million aires cannot have titles, but they can own and live in palaces which rival those of kings and princes. It has not been so very long since Mr. Carnegie’s residence on Fifth yvenue, New Yorx, was the won der of that city. Now it seems that Mr. Charles M. Schwab, pres ident of the Billion Dollar Steel Trust, is to have a residence on Riverside Drive that will be even finer than that of Mr. Carnegie. Plans for it are 2*iow being pre pared, and it is expected that it will be completed by Christmas of next year. The ground on which this man sion is to be built cost nearly $1,000,000 and the house is to cost $2,500,000. The cost of the pal ace, when it is finished and the furniture for it is provided, will, iu all probability, be not far from. $4,000,000. That amount i9 a large fortune, even in these times of great fortunes. To live in such a house will cost a fortune every year. The taxes alone would -be sufficient to main tain in comfort 50 families of the class dominated as plain people. From all accounts, however, Mr. Schwab can afford $500,000 a year for living expenses. Perhaps he spends more than that amount now upon himself and family. The thought is thrown out every once in a while that the exhibi tions of wealth by our million aires land multi-millionoires will have the effect of causing discon tent among those who have not been fortunate in accumulating a surplus of this world’s goods, and that the discontent will show it self iu a disregard for the rights of property. There have always been discontented people and al ways will be. It is better that the rich should spend their money than to hoard it. When it is spent many get the benefit of n . And it is probable that it is a wi- ser plan to distribute wealth affording employment to tjfo.se who need it than to increase the pauper class by indiscriminate giving to charity. — If we look to Germany we shall readily see what we should do. That country is full of technical schools. The young Germans are well equipped for any problem that the .industries of the country present. Their services are in de mand throughout the world, aud they are making the motherland a power in the trade world. They are winning greater, more endur ing and more valuable victories than German soldiers ever did. “When is a demoorat not a dem ocrat?.” asks an exchange. When he refuses to support the demo cratic nominees. It is surprising how many democrats there are of this kind, and it is still more sur prising that they should have the cheek to offer any advice to the party concerning the policy it should pursue. The largest item in the appro priations of the last congress was that of pensions. The bill car ries the sum of $189,742,280, and still names are being added to the list. This is the largest pen sion bill ever passed. The appro priations for pensions since 1861 aggregate $2,842,398,471 If A Man Lie To You, And say some other salve, oint ment, lotion, oil or alleged heal er is as good as Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, tell him thirty years of marvelous cures of Piles, Burns, Boils, Corns, Felons, Uloers, Cuts, Scalds, Bruises and Skin Erup tions prove it’s the best and cheapest. 25c at Holtzclaw’s drugstore. The Kansas and Nebraska wheat crop is something phenom enal. Farmers are offering $2.50 per day and “found” for harvest?, ers and yet th supply falls short of the demand. ' Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold. • Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cures a cold in one day. No cure, No pay- Price, 25 cents No fewer than 587 languages are spoken in Europe. Education And The Editor. Southern Education Notes. In a brilliant speech at the Athens, Ga., Conference for Edu cation, Hon. Henry St. George Tucker paid a glowing tribute to the press. In his speech he said that when the record was made up on educational advancement in the South, the work done by the press would probably be voted as the most effective, with the country newspaper at the top. We believe this is a just tribute. The press does a far nobler work than is usually attributed to it and if the pockets of the country editor were as well filled with money as his paper is with good wortfs for good measures, he would soon be in easy financial circum stances. And the Southern press is push ing the cause of public education as never before. There are many papers that never nmntion the subject, but there are many more that preach the gospel of educa-’ tion in no uncertain way. More over, they notice the local schools and have a good word for them whenever possible.' We noticed recently a victorious rooster crow ing lustily on the front page of the Lafayetie, La., Gazette. Won dering what political election had taken place, we found that the town had voted in favor of better schools* No doubt the Gazette should have large credit for the victory. No greater cause could engage the press and people thaD the bet ter education of the children, and if the interest taken by the Louis iana papers is an index, then edu cational matters are moving iu Louisiana. These matters need to be moved everywhere and the press can start the movement and keep it going. Two Afflictions. A worthy man, who was very sensitive and retiring, having lost his wife, privately requested that h<> might be remembered in the minister’s morning prayer from the pulpit, but asked that his name might not be mentioned. Bays Spare Moments. Qn Sunday morning the good minister prayed most eloquently for “our aged brother, upon whom the heavy hand of sore af filiation has so lately fallen.” At this point an elderly man, whom the minister had' married to a very young wife during the week, arose with a bounce, and stamped down the aisle, mutter ing loud enough to be heard all over the chapel. “It may be an affliction, but I’m blest if I want to be prayed for in that fashion.” t -»J -O- What does it profit a woman if she gain the whole world of knowl edge and lose her own health? Young women students and teach ers, eager, ambitious and full of enel> gy v ». very often neglect their health in the struggle to gain ed ucation. They eat insufficient food and at irregular hours; they allow irregularity of the womanly functions to be established, and the result is that they become ohrouic invalids, with all their ed ucation practically worthless.— There isja plain road back to health for such as these, marked by the feet of thousands. It is the use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for diseases of the stom ach and digestive and nutritive organs, and Dr. Pierce’s Fa vorite Prescription for disea ses of the delicate organs of womanhood. A cure so certaihly follows the use of these remedies that out of hundreds of thousands who have tried the treatment, 98 in every 100 have been perfectly and permanently cured. Consti pation, with its calamitous conse quences, which is a common ail ment of students, can be entirely cured by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. lb is asserted positively that King Menelik of Abyssinia will visit the St. Louis Exposition. Menelik claims to be a direct des cended .of King Solomon. He ought to prove a connoisseur in theattractions of the Midway. , If You Can’t Sleep At Night use Smith’s Nerve Restorer. It is a true Nerve Tonic. Will cure any case of Ner vous Prostration ;does not contain opium in any form. At Oater’s Drugstore. ..SPECIAL. PIANO SALE.| AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES For Next Ten Days. ; Have on hand the finest stock of new Pianos ever brought to this morket, such celebrated makes as Steinway, "Weber Sohmer & Co., Kranicli & Bach, Ivers & Pond, Crown and others that we will sell for the next ten days ot greatly reduced prices to make room. Call or write at once and secure one of these bargains, Pianos and Organs sold on easy terms. E. A. GUTTENBERGER & CO*, 452 Second St., Macon, GU. All YOU a to? ’ WE SELL Harvesting Machinery, Pise Plows, Harrows, Hay Presses, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Whips, Laprobes, &c We can quote you some mighty low prices now. A big lot Second-Hand Buggies at your own price. THE WILLIAMS BUGGY COMPANY, MACON, GEORGIA. KEEP POSTED CONCERNING:— Houston County Affairs BY READING The HOME JOURNAL. THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. We strive to make the paper a welcome visitor to eveiy household, thereby deserving patronage, ■ m Subscription Price $1.50 a Year. Liberal reduction for cash one year in advance. Subscribe now. .E 3 | Editor and Publ r. I sasa*. PKRRY, Ga. ——