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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1895)
A Gloomy Prospect. Ragged Robert (at tramps’ lodging house)—This is going to be a hard winter on gents like you and I, Mike. Moldy Mike—It is? Th’ Ragged Robert—Fer a fact. stopped, pa¬ per says immigration is to be an’ there won’t be men enough to do the work.—New York Weekly. One has to be careful what he says about age these times. Speaking to a friend on Ihe street of another friend who was ill, wfe remarked : “Oh, well, the doctor is no longer vigorous. He is 75.” “Seventy-five? That’s noth¬ ing. I am 82,” was the answer. —Chi¬ cago Interior. Had to Stay Home. Husband—I thought you were going to the meeting of the Society to Rescue Chinese Women from the Cruelty of Foot Bandaging. Wife—I could not get my dress on. Husband—Why not? The cook was out and there was no one in tho house strong enough to lace my corset.—New York Weekly. DiMiiNlroun Failure! We can mention no failure more disastrous than that of physical energy. It involves the partial lative suspension and of the entails digestive the and retirement assimi¬ processes, of the liver and kidneys. Only from business throiierli the good offices of Hostetter’s Stom¬ ach Bitters can the restoration of its former vigorous status be hoped resumption for. When activity this aid in has be n scnre 1, a of the stomach, liver and bowels may be relied upon. The Hitters conquers malaria and kid¬ ney troubles. There is nothing that a man can less afford to be without Ilian hi , good habits. Dr. Ki im r’ S w a vt p - Root cure* aii Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet Laboratory and Binghamton. Consultation N. free V Tube virtuous is to overcome our evil feel¬ ings and intenlions. Experience Lends tinny .Mothers to Say '‘Use Parker's (linger Tonic” because it is good for colds, pain and almost every weakness. !T* Remember That good health, strong nerves, physical Tigor, happiness and usefulness depend up¬ on pure, rich, healthy blood. Remember that the blood can be made pure, rich and healthy, by taking ■ •ood’s Sarsaparilla The One True Blood l’uriflor. ft; C for $ 5 . • Hood’s PillseurebilfemsnesB.hoiulache. 25 c You r\ Never lilfllpU Buy ___ Poor fleat. No, of course not. You never want any¬ thing poor in the food line. Be careful when buying your buckwheat. ike.\ A A BUCKWHEAT Is by far the best and ir.o.L. wholesome. Cl World’s Pair! HIGHEST AWARD. IMPERIAL 1 ’GRANUM . Many competing FOODS; have come and gone have? and £ been missed by few or noneX popularity ofthis FOOD steadily increases! Sold by DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE! John Carle & 5o New York The Best West. Tie Test There are two kinds of sarsaparilla: The best—and the rest. The trouble is they look alike. And when the rest dress like the best who’s to tell them apart? Well, “the tree Is known by its fruit.” That’s an old test and a safe one. And the taller the tree the deeper the root. That’s another test. What’s the root,—the record of these sarsaparillas? The one with the deepest root is Ayer’s. The one with the richest fruit; that too is Ayer’s. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla has a record of half a century of cures; a record of many medals and awards, culminating in the medal of the Chicago World’s Fair, which, admitting Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as the best,— shut its doors against the rest. That was greater honor than the medal, to be the only sarsaparilla admitted as an exhibit at the World’s Fair. If you want to get the best sarsaparilla of your druggist, here’s an infallible rule: Ask for the best and you ’ll get Ayer’s. Ask for Ayer’s and you ’ll get the best. Little Curious Notes. Antiquarians say that glass was in use 2,000 years before the birth of Christ. The distance to the nearest of the “fixed stars, as computed by Astrono¬ mer Ball, is 20,000,000,000,000 miles. Ice is the only known body that does not contract under extreme cold. The rarified atmosphere of the city of Leadville, Col.,’is fatal to cats, rats, mice, etc. Green Lake, Col., is 10,259 feet above sea level, and is said to be tho most elevated body of water in tho world. There are at present exactly 1,580 miles of water mains in the city of London. There are six tunnels in the world which have a length exceeding 21,000 feet—St. Gothard, Mont Ceuis, Hoo sac, Seven Nochistong and Satis. Taking the whole land surface of the globe into consideration, there aro twenty-two and a half acres for each inhabitant on this planet. A journal devoted to the pen, ink and paper trade says that the world now uses 3,500 000 steel pens every day in the week. A late census of the “big trees oi California shows that there are 2,67o of the giants siill standing, the largest being 33 feet and 6 inches in diameter. A cubit foot of newly fallen snow weighs 5£ pounds, and has twelve times the bulk of an equal weight of water. All States Alike. Ex-Congressman Yoder, of Ohio, in commenting on the recent elections, told a party of friends the following story at one of the uptown hotels: “In one of the counties in Ohio a German was running for sheriff on the democratic ticket. He felt very con fident of election, but when he read the returns he found he was snowed under by about 4,000 majority. This roused his ire, and he said to his wife: ‘“Dot settles it. We will move out of dis shtate, where dey treats a demo crat like dis. Yust you pack oop our things right avay uut git ready to move away. ’ “He left the house iu great wrath, but in about an hour he returned and found his wife tearing up the carpets and “‘Shtop taking down dot, Katrina,’said the curtain poles.^ the Ger man ; ‘yust you let dem carpets alone. “ ‘But vat is der matter nut you, John?’asked his wife; ‘yust a leedle vile ago you said git ready to move, unt now you say don t git ready to move ’ - .. c Veil, dot’s so. I did say dat; _ but I yust been down to the depot, uut dare is . no place to move to, , , the German.”—Washington Post. Hot lirau ior Fur. Fur after some years’ wear will look much improved if cleaned with new bran previously heated iu the oven, Rub the hot bran well into the fur with a piece of flannel, shake the fur to remove all particles and then brush thoroughly. The fur will clean more easily if the lining and wadding are first removed, but such removal is not absolutely needful. The flat, oily look which mars the appearance of the neck portion of furs long in use is mostly if not wholly removed by the means of hot bran. Rub the fur the wrong way. —New York World. Where He Drew the Line. A little five-yoar-old boy had some difficulty with a neighbor’s children during the afternoon, and that night he was not feeling in a very Christian spirit. had bed his mother After he gone to came in to tuck him away snugly. “Did you say your prayers?” she inquired. “Yes, ms.” “And did you pray for the heathen?” The boy was slow to answer. “Yes, mu, I did,” he said, at last; “all of them— except them next door.” —New York Mercury. CAPITAL NOTES. GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON IN BRIEF PARAGRAPHS. Dolngs ot the Chiefs and Heads of the Various Departments. So far as Speaker Eeed’s influence goes, the conclusion reached in the contested «d .lectio. election cases before the house, will be based on the law and evidence without regard to parti¬ san considerations. The senate in executive session Thursday confirmed the following nominations: To be judges of the United States court in Indian Terri tory, Constantine D. Kilgore, of Texas, (for the southern district); J*™* f ° r the Le ce ° " tra is ’ of dlstr ,. I ff“ Q Wm ' ° r JJ* *’ Springer, . of Illinois, . (for the ( . north ern dlstr,ct )’ The letter of Senator Cameron an £he term, has made a change in plans of the silver men. Senator Q ameron } iad been agreed upon as the B jj ver candidate for the vacancy in the comm jtt e e on finance and would have been selected Jt would be useless to place him on that committee now and the senator has suggested that some 0 ne e ] ge be agreed upon. It is under¬ stood that this has been done and that Mr. Walcott, of Colorado, will be given the place. The loresident returned Sunday at ternoon and began at once the c‘>nsid oration of the Salisbury letter and the message of Secretary Carlisle. Just what the president will do with the Salisbury letter will perhaps not t> e known for several days. However, having promised to make it public without delay, he will probably send it to congress during the week, but the debate on it will probably have to be postponed until after the holiday re cess. That' is unless it opens up such a serious situation as to demand imme diate action on the part of congress. Carlisle report is devoted to a statement of the treasury situation and a long argument for the retirement of the greenbacks. Annoying Speaker Reed. republican members of the house more than 200 have request edof g peaker Eeedto beputon the riv er an d harbor committee. Every con gman who lia8 a har b 0 r, a river or ^ creek j n bis district wants an appro priation for it. This has annoyed Mr. Reed much. He wants this congress to be an economical one, and to make it so he is nuderstood to have made up his committee from the third hundred, He wants the river and harbor bill held down to $10,000,000, but he prob ably cannot keep it below $30,000,000 under the log-rolling plan which has been in vogue for several years. The speaker says he will cut down on rivers and harbors and public buildii gs in order to make this an economical con gress. Cubans in Washington. The arrival in Washington Thurs day of General Gonzalo de Quesada, the well known agitator for the free dom of Cuba, and the announcement of his intention to arrange for the es tablishment of headquarters at the capital have been matters of much interest when the facts became known. Other members of the Cuban committee in the United States will be in Washington in a short time. Dele gate Palma will follow General Que sada iu a few days and the campaign for recognition of the belligerents will be vigorously prosecuted without any delay. called Several Cubans who upon General Quesada upon his arrival were made acquainted, as nearly as possible, with current events as they are pro grossing in their army. Reed as a Candidate For President. While Speaker Reed will not talk for pitblication regarding the next republican convention, he does not hesitate to discuss the subject with his personal friends. One of his clos¬ est friends is reported as saying: “Speaker Reed believes that whoever is nominated on the republican ticket will be the next president. He also believes his own chances for the nomi¬ nation are very promising, He is con vieted, moreover, that if he is not nominated this time he never will be. He said to me recently that his great ambition was to be president of the United States, but that he had a hor ror of being looked upon by the coun try as a perpetual candidate for that office. He does not intend to be a Blaiue or a Sherman. He does intend to strive with all his power from now nntil the convention adjourns to secure the nomination. South’s Competitor In Cotton. United States Consul Paufield, at Cairo, Egypt, has made a report to the state department which will, from its importance, be made the subject of a special publication, Calling attention to the rapid growth of Egypt as com¬ petitor of the United States in the cot¬ ton markets of the world. He says thathis former representations appear¬ ing to have failed to secure the atten- tion which the subject, demanded, he is induced to once more strongly urge the United States cotton producers to make efforts to meet this competition. At present Egyptian cotton is sold at Alexandria for two cents per pound more than the price of American cot¬ ton, and owing to the superiority of the Egyptian product, it is being pur¬ chased in quantities for export to the United States. The sales which ten years ago amounted to about 3,815 bales, have increased until from the best estimatesit is believed that during the year U beginning September 1, 1895, =ot then 50,000 b.fe. be shipped to the United States, and as these Egyptian bales are 50 per cent, larger than the American exports this country will really amount to 75,000 bales according to our standard, Mr. Panfield urges that efforts be made by our planters to grow the Egyptian long staple cotton in this country, holding that there must cer¬ tainly be some section adapted to its growth, probably the Mississippi val¬ ley. or the Brazos river section in Tfcxns. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. _ SThe Industrial Condition as Reported for the Past Week. The reports as to southern industri al and business conditions for the past week are that there is continued activ ity in the iron making sections and slow but steady increase in the out puts. There is a little irregularity in prices of some grades of pig iron, but quotations are well maintained. Tho showing of the last eight months in the production of southern iron has been the most satisfactory since the beginning. Both iron and coal mining are on firm foundations, and with mod ern met hods, close attention to details and increased intelligence of opera tions are making these industries more i m p or t a nt each month. Iron is steady, nnc b afl ged quotations and coal is ver ^ g rm> under an increasing de mand _ lumber manul'actur erg mfd£e ^ „ ood reports, ’r a( . p oint8 ear wa t e transpor Texas lumber is selling better, and p- ne ig notacoumu i a ti n g. Pine for nor thern shipments and for export is s ] ow jy increasing in demand. The textile industry is unchanged. There i s a g ^ 00 d market for all southern made g 0od w bich are growing in favor as supplies increase. The reports as to new textile mills for the week includes cotton varn mills at Leaksville, N. C. 1 , and Ruling, Texas, a cotton thread m<ll at Fayetteville, Tenn., a knitting mill at Knoxville,Tenn., and a woolen mill at Mount Airy, N. C. Southern cotton markets are quiet and much cotton is held at interior points in ex pectation of higher prices. Mercantile business is quiet. The reports state that a $250,000 electrical plant is to be built at San Antonio, Texas; the Empire Press Co., capital $50,000, has been chartered to build a cotton compress at McGregor, Texas, the Pensacola Inland Naviga tion Co. has been organized at Pensa cola, Florida., with $50,000 capital, The Thompson Lumber Co., capital $30,000, has been chartered at Augus ta, Ga., the Gulf Coast Canning and Preserving Co. has been organized at Alta Lama, Texas, capital $25,000, the smelting works at East Birmingham, Ala., are to be rebuiltat a cost of $20, 000, and a $10,000 flouring mill is to be built at Marshall, N. C. There is also reported a fibre mill at Melbourne, Fla., grain mills at Bir mingham, Ala., and Martinsville, Va., and an ice factory at Melbourne, Fla. New woodworking plants are reported as to be established at Palatka, Fla., Macon, Ga., Jackson, Miss., Greens boro and Mount Airy, N. C. f Knox villo and Murfreesboro, Team, and Lynchburg, Va. Water works are to be built at Perry, Ga., Bay St. Louis and GibsoD, Miss., and Charlotte, N. C. The enlargements for the week, as reported to The Tradesman, include an electric lighting plant at Searcy, Ark., iron works at Anderson, S. C., paper mills at Marietta, Ga., a carriage factory at Knoxville, Tenn., and a chair factory at Marietta, Ga. A $15, 000 church building is to be erected at Valdosta, Ga., and a $20,000 hospital at Charleston, W. Va. — Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) MISS GING’S INSURANCE. Harry Hayward’s Father Relinquishes AH Claim to the Money. The expected law suit over Cathe rine Ging’s insurance money is not likely to be tried at Minneapolis, W. W. Hayward, father of Harry Hayward, aud to whom the latter assigned his claim for the $10,000 insurance, on Miss Ging’s life, has relinquished all claim to the money. Miss Ging’s executrix, her twin sister Julia, claims the money, but the com panies may decide to resist payment on the ground that the policies were assigned to Hayward. The action of Hayward, Sr., is taken as an admission that the father is convinced of his son’s guilt. Kentucky’s New Governor. Col. W. O. Bradley, the first repub¬ lican to be elected governor of Ken¬ tucky, was inaugurated with great ceremony at Frankfort. The city was crowded with people, special trains having been run from every section of the state. THUBMAN IS DEAD. THE “OLD ROMAN” FASSH8 OVER THE DARK RIVER, A Life Full of Years and Honors Brought to a Close. Allen pi', G Thnrmnn at . home , j n Ufsda Th S* d 11%. .. ot - j u “"Tp.bS^"' J e i s F u ‘ lc ot Co umljug The ]atest ts f j. £™° his demi8e were t th effe ^ was doi finel The Thur man resi flence is about a mile from the center of , the . town, and details awaited. were eagerlv The immediate cause of his death was the fall he sustained some weeks ago, and from the effects of which it was thought he had partially recovered. But his apparent, improvement was temporary only and the end has not though !l een unexpected his son, for Alien some W. Thurman, days, al s bited three days ago that his , feeling brighter and father was better than any time since his fall, e ^ as y® als old the , . and 1 °,. a8 '' ovem >er had it not , ent e el ? °. r is aeon a month ego . mlg 1V ®, or a number of y ear8 > for „ the idleness of age had by P° me ‘!” s lm ' He has not been abie to leaveblB ho me [or more an a year, i is ..rue, u ut ne could walk abo ^ the hon8 ® wltbout ^sist cou 1 Iia , ant re amed much ’ t{le P ower 0i c ms once vigorous . nd m ’ ’ The sho ck f the accident more than tUe ^al , physical injury seemed to ? mpair hl8 bold u P on llf e, and while 8 rew ’ temporarily better, 1 he at no . bas reoovered his accustomed beaatk ’ Brief Sketch of His Life. Allen G. Thurman was born at Lynchburg, Va., November 13, 1813. For six generations his ancestors had been natives of Virginia. His grand father fought in the Revolutionary war. His father was the Eev. P. Thurman. His mother was the only daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Allen, father of William Allen, who, late in fife, became governor of Ohio, In 1844, against his protest, he was nominated for congress and was elect ed after a quiet canvass, in which there was nothing on his sxde but his wise and homely speeches, reversing and adverse majority by over six hund red votes. He was put on the judiciary committee of the house and was soon distinguished as a great lawyer. He declined re-election at the close of his term and retired, as lie thought, to private life for good and all. Butin 1851, when the new constitution of Ohio was adopted, he was pressed into the race for a supreme court judgeship and was elected, leading his ticket by over two thousand votes. Besatupon the bench for over four years, the last two years serving as chief justice, In 1867, after a season ot democratic rest, ce was put foi.vard as tne candidate ior the governorship, uen eral Rutherford B., afterward Presi dent Hayes, leading the republican hosts. There was no chance lor democratic victory, the republican majority the year before be 43,000. Under Judge lburma sledge hammer blows, however, tn enormous majority was brought clown to a trifle less than 3,000, and the leg islature was captured by a decisive majority, insuring the defeat o en Wade. Judge Thurman was elec e in Mr. Wade’s stead, and took his ses in the senate in 1869. Here he served two full terms, ro 1869 to 1881. In his “Twenty Wan of Congress” Mr. Blaine says oi » J Thurman, that “his rank in the sona ® was established from the day he too his seat and was never lowered curing the period of his service. His re ire ment from the senate was a serious os to his party—a loss, indeed, to e body. He left behind him the respec of all with whom he had been as. o ciated during his twelve years o on orable service. ” The red bandanna, which © rec into such significant prominence im mediately after his nomination to < vice presidency, was waved triump ■ antly in the United States senate chamber from 1869 to 1881, aniU al j ing those the representative years in which of Mr. Ohio. Tliurmaij was Cleveland and Thurman. Cleveland and Thurman had neTt? 1 . met up to the electio p of 1884, a though Thurman was * delegate to tn convention which made Cleveland nominee. They met after the guration and at once developed agrt friendship. and defeat for i • His nomination Cleveland-Thurm» president on the ticket is a matter of recent history. Nebraska Bank Closes. The German National bank, at coin, Neb., has closed its doors ami under the care of the national bail examiner. The capital 1 $100,000 and deposits about “■ The assets are several times 1 amount. There is no excitement General abstract truth is tha W precious of all blessings.
