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LXL ]Pkdbbai» Union Bstabll8hedlnl829. J90OTHBRN REOOBDKB “ '“1819. | CONSOLIDATED 1872 Milledgevillk. Ga., January G, 1891. Ndmbeb 2T. Washington Letter. From Our Regular Correspondent. A Twenty-Second Talk. « A LUM ” baking powders are A cheap and dear—cheap, be cause they are made for. about four cents a pound and sold fo about twenty; dear, because they do less than half as much as a strictly pure cream of tar ar powder, and doubly dear, their continued use injures health. There is no alum, no ammonia, no adulteration o any kind, in Cleveland’s Superior Baking Powder. CUsdand Baking Foudtl !L 0o, l r . 81 <£ 83 Fulton Si., Nett lorn. Editorial Glimpjes and Clippings. ."gasawffSiaaa: well known died Tues- T B. Petersou, the Philadelphia publisher, day. •‘We trust in God, butsell for cash ' is a sign in a Fourth Street store m Macon. m The coldest weather is now prevail ing in England and all that section since 1813. m Nathan Llovd, the negro shot while resisting*arrest by Sheriff Ennht. of Baldwin county, died in the jail at Eatonton. The department of the state school commissioner was put in the hands of Mr. Bradwell Wednesday afternoon. __ _ Judge Brown of Michigan lias been continued by the Senate as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is said that Yellowstone Kit, the traveling medicine vender will settle down in Brunswick to live. He owns $10,000 wortli of property there. The Augusta Chronicle thinks Hon. J. C. C. Black would make a good congressman-at-large. “So he would,” says the Columbus En quirer-Sun, and so say we. That was a magnificent speech in the Senate Tuesday by Mr. Walcott of Colorado. He is a Republican, but dtnounces the force bill and other disreputable schemes of his party. ^ A fierce battle occurred with the Indians at Porcupine in Bad Lands on the 20th ult., Capt. Wallace and about 59 soldiers were slain, while 250 Indians are reported killed. The In dians were well nigh exterminated. At the charity doll show in New York,.a doll dressed by Mrs. Cleve land sold at auction for $115, while one dressed by Mrs. Harrison fetch ed $100. This is a poiuter as showing the estimation in which the ex-Presi dent’s wife is held. There never was a snore popular mistress of the White House than Mrs. Cleveland. George I). Sanger, a well-known citizen of Macon, and brother in law of the lute Bishop Beckwith and a nephew of Gen. A. 11. Lawton of Savannah, dropped dead in a drug store in Macon last week. He has been an inveterate smoker of cigar ettes, which is supposed to have brought on heart fuilure, which caused his death. Wahhinoton, D. C., Dec. 29, 1890. Mr. Harrison is no longer confining himself to secretly manipulating the wires that are being laici to gecure him a reuominatiou in 1892. He is now openly a candidate; and no Re publican of any prominence who visits him leaves the White House without being made aware of that fact, and be is losing no opportunity of makiug deals to secure delegates to the next Republican national conven tion. Ex-Senator Bruce, to whom he gave the second best local office in the District of Columbia; ex-Represeuta- tive Lynch whom he made one of the Auditors of the Treasury, and a negro named Europe, who holds a position in the Post office department, are relied upon to control the negro dele gates from the South, and his own state lias, lie thinks, been made solid for him by his making friends with Treasurer HustOD, who some time ago tendered his resignation in a huff be cause he tliought himself aud wife had not been treated with sufficient con. sideration by Mr. and Mrs. Harrison. Secrerary Rusk, who has within a week taken occasion to publicly an- silver men have at last had their eyes opened, and they are threatening to make the fur fly as soon as the holiday absentees get back. Commissioner Rauui has been com pelled by Secretary Noble to write a letter in favor of the bill now pending to reduce the attorneys fee for obtain ing an increase in pension to $2. The attorney’s lobby still boldly aud con fidently announce theirability to de feat the bill. Public opinion has proved too strong for the House committee on Rules, which lias decided to report in favor of Representative Dockery’s resolution authorizing an investigation of the charge against Congressmen of specu lating in silver bullion. A Helper of Blacks and Indians. A number of the rich people of this country are making a very good use of their wealth. A few days ago Mr. Feyerwetber, of New York, died and left several millions of dollars to about a dozen of the leading oolleges of the country. Senator Standford has established a university in California, which tie has endowed with $20,000,- 000, ami now it is announced that Miss Katherine Drexel has decided to use j the whole of her vast fortune, amount ! iug to $8,000,000, for the imp"ovemeut of Indiaus and colored people nounce not only that he was not a can-1 “ } n “ a ‘ e °. f the convent of .... ,, . the bisters of Mercy in Pittsburg, aud ~ it is stated that she has determined to found a new oner to be known as the “Sistfers of the Most Holy Sacrement’ and endow it withal! her wealth. The details of her plan are not yet public, aud it u ay he a considerable time before she will be in a position to umkethem known, it is thought to be probable, however, that she will use ibe income from her fortune in establishing and maintaining schools for Indians and colored peo pie. That she will be able to do a great deal of good therein no ooubt. The income form $8,000,000 will support large number of schools, and besides the influence of her act will have most beueficial effect. Her exaiupl will, in all probability, be followed by other rich people. If it should, there will be ies- disposition to condemn the accumulation of great fortunes. Miss Drexel could not put her money to better use lhau in liftiug the less fortunate races to a higher moral and intellectual plane. If she carries out her alleged intentions thousands will revere her name, and If she lives to see her undertaking a success, she will have reason to rejoice that she was able to do so much lor the benefit of mankind.—Savannah News. About Branch Colleges.—One of the best posted men in the state was talking yesterday about the brunch colleges. “My prediction is,” said he, “that at the summer session the usual ap propriation for the live branch col leges will be passed for 1892. The branch colleges are not dead yet,bv any means, and I don’t believe this legislature isgoingtokill'tliem. The summer session will set them all right.”—Constitution. Last night I met Bob Whitfield, of Milledgeville, in Macon, en route wwe P m" tatiou in Jasper county. ffiWeld is a popular and brainy fellow. He is an orator of much WbitflniT’i P ° Wer and iHttKnetisui. Whitfield is one of the leaders in the house of the present legislature SVher’ VmyS at - tentivel >’ listened certain district for congress, at the next election He lias line reputation as an able and successful lawyer is well known throughout the dis trict, and is aggressive in political campaign.—Macon News. Easy expectoration, increased pow er of the lungs and the enjoyment of res are tl.e rewards, upon taking Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, to all consump- to when he 'speakr“Whftfierd e ?8 e a candidate from the Sixth didate, but bis support of Mr. Harri sun, is confident that he can secure a solid delegation from his Stale, and tiie other members of the cabinet are all working to do the same thing in their respective states. This has been made much easier by the fact that the result of the recent election together witli the attitude of the Republican leaders in Congress on the Force bill and other matters to which be is op posed has removed all desire on the part of Air. Blaine for the nomination. He doesn’t believe that there is hard ly a possibility that any Republican can be elected, therefore he will in terpose no objection to Mr. Harrison’s being vindicated by a renomination. Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan, feels about ft hundred per cent larger than he did a week ago. He is credi ted with having had Judge Brown, of his state, nominated to the vacancy on the bench of the Supreme Court in the face of the active opposition of his Senatorial colleague, General Alger and Secretary Blaine, all of whom supported auother Michigan candidate. Old man Christmas knocked the Re‘ publican leaders in the Senate out iri the first iouud. Mr. Hoar refused to- even entertain the idea of passing the usual resolution for a iioiiday recess and stated that the senate would be in session every day until the Force bill was passed, but lie reckoned with out counting the strong home attrac tions of a majority of the Senators of his party. By. Christmas eve the Senate was short of a quotum and ad journed to Saturday; on Saturday the number of Senators had dwindled to 18 and after n five minute session, de voted to prayer by tlie chaplain, an adjournment was taken until to-day. To day there is not a quorum present, but an effort will be made by the Re publicans to continue the debate on the election bill until a quorum gets here. It will hardly succeed though, as it will be opposed by the Demo crats, who will insist that nothing be done without a quorum. The House is doing nothing for the same reason, and it looks as though things would remain in the same condition for the rest of this week. Attorney General Miller has made hiscontrlbution to the Harrison boom in the shape of an opinion which, if it holds good, will enable Mr. Harrison to turn the World’s Fair into a mam moth Harrjson machine by appoint ing- an army of political heelers to do imaginary work towards preparing for the exposition, while their real work will be for Mr. Harrison aud the Republican party. The anti-silver Republicans, whoare all in favor of the Force bill, do not derive much satisfaction from the expected arrival of two more votes for that measure, in the persons of the new Idaho Senators, because both of those Senutors are understood to be enthusiastic friends of free silver coinage. These anti-silver Republi cans are opposed to any financial legislation of any kind at this session, and they only agreed to the financial bill recently reported for the purpose of quieting the silver men in their party, and fully intending to prevent a vote ever being taken upon it. The Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Pomler ABSOLUTELY PURE WHAT AMAH COSTS. Diary of a HobsKHoLDKR Who Spent $40,000 in Twknty-six Years. Indianapolis News. Wbat does it cost to bring up a family? A gentleman whose experience will be recognised as having points in com mon with other householders, has preserved an uccouut of the expanse to which lie has been in rearing a family of four children. To-day he entered the following statement in his diary. It might be a valuable statis tical fact for the census takers: “To-day I close my diary. Twenty- six years ago I undertook to keep an accurate statement of all my earnings and expenses so that 1 might know actually how much it costs to live in the married state. Then all was an ticipation, I and my young wifecount- ed our resources and our expectations I was receiving $ promise of more. Death of Mr. C. T. Swift. Mr. Charles Thomas Swift died, in Atlanta last Tuesday. The Journal says: “He was a son of Judge Swift, of Houstou county, hut was born in Morgan county December 10th, 1836, being 55 years old at the time of his death. * During liis residence in Houston county he became 1 lie possessor of the formula for the mauufoc lire of au old Indian remedy for blond poison, which he called Swift’s Sure Specific, aud which has become famous the world over as “S. S. S.” After manufacturing the medicine in a small way in Houston county, Mr. Swift cauie-to Atlantaand entered into a partnership wuti Mr. Henry J Lamar, of Macon, and Dr. J. \V. Rankin, of this city, for its more < tensive manufacture, The business rapidly increased, until tlie large laboratory building was erected at the corner of Hunter and Butler streets, in which tiie flhu still manufactures the medicine. Finally the company established a London office, and the medicine was sold all over the British Isles, aud many parts of Europe. Besides being vice-president of the S. S. S-, company, Mr. Swilt was terested many other enterprises, and leaves a large e- tafe. In 1880 Mr. Swift married Miss Lena Burckhardt of this city and 'o them five children have been born, four lit tle girls and one little son just six weeks old. I11 the death of Mr. Swift. Atlanta loses a public spirited, honored citizen and his sorrowing family Have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement. Hon. John Temple Grave- and Miss Annie Ootliran were married at the residence of 1 he bride’s father in Ease Rome on Tuesday night: last Never was a more brilliant nuptial ceremony witnessed in this city. A host of friends were present. The ceremony was performed bv Rev. Geo. T. Goetchius of the First Presby terian church. Tiie marriage occurred at 8 o’clock. An elegant reception was then tendered from 8 to 12 o’clock. In Cheatham's Tasteless Chill Ton ic will be found a sweet without its bitter. Pleasant to the taste, with- our a parallel as a remedy for chills aud fever. It is a well known 'reme dy for chills and fever. It is the pro duction of the well known A. B. Rich ards Med. Co., of Sliermau, Texas, and guaranteed to cure. 25 4t. week with I owned a liodse comfortable enough tof frugal young people to begin life in. We were spared house rent, therefore, and our expenses have never iucluded this item. Retrospectively, I see that wo have brought up four children in comparatively easy circumstances. My health has been good ami my earnings have been constantly re ceived. I now receive $30 a week and we still own the homestead with out any great additions to its wealth, except, in an increased amount of furniture. I have little more money than I had wheu first married. Per haps, all told, I have $3,500 now of assets; then I had perhups $2,500. We have never wanted for bread. Some times we bav» felt the need of more money. Three of tiie children are now making their own way. Next week the fourth will graduate at high school, having received tiie same schooling that the others have had, and Will begin to look out for himself. “I shall not necessarily be at any more expense on account of uiy chil dren, and this diary properly ends now. Would I be willing to go through the same experience again of rearing a family? I ask my compau ion who has borne the greater part, this same questioo, and I know she spoke with a heart full of love, but was compelled to say: “Not for all that money could buy would I go through again what has been neces sary to rear our family.’ ” “Expressed in dollars, the totals are these: In twenty-six, years we have received from my wages and in cidental moneys that came through nv wife and children, $40,900— or say $40,000—besides the amount of in crease in the permanent assets. Given a plant of about $3,000, and two em ployes, nnn and wife, it lias taken therefore, about $10,000 to each man produced. This, of course. Includes all employees’ expenses. The plant is slightly enhanced in value, but tiie employes have seen their best days. The quality of the goods is vet to be demonstrated. Prospects, happily, point to cessation of labor and an in crease of receipts, but there is no cer- ttinty about this. The employes ure proud of their work, but don’t want auother job. Some of the items of expense have been these: Doctors’ bills, (twenty-six years $2,100 (aud all paid—probably the only instance on record); grocer ies, average per week, first five years, $7; uext three $9; remainder of the twenty-six years, $13 a week. For ten years it has taken on an average one pair of shoes per week for the family, including myself and wife. The most aunoying thing I have ever kuowu is the rapidity witli which children wear out stioes. Only one thing approaches it—the high price of children’s shoes. I never could un derstand how, with all the cultivation of the age, and the demand for cheap er results, children’s shoes have not been reduced in price. The imiiuau shoes are a failure. No man not ricli can afford to buy Gioes for a family, and if I had to do it I would go to Timbuetoo, where neither horses, mules, camels nor men are shod.” Col. I. W. Avery at Work. Special to Atlanta Journal. Washington, Dec. 29.—Col. I. W. Avery lias been for two months and is now, doing good work for the large publishing house of James T. White & Co., of New York, who rank with the Appletons and Har pers. They are engaged in a stu pendous literary project, a national cyclopedia of American biography. It will cost upwards of a million dollars and be the classical standard work of representative Americans gathered l>y competent associate editors in every state. CoJ. Avery is the editor for Georgia. This en terprise is unquestionably the lar gest and most important of the tie- cade in the book field, and meets a great want in the English speaking world. The first writers of tli country are assisting Mr. James R. Gilmore, the editor-in-chief, and it will be marked by absolute accura cy anil the highest literary finish. Col. Avery lias, in addition to Geor gia, the important and critical la bor of preparing the sketches of the United States senators and con gressmen, of whom he has made some tliat*liave been pronounced excellent characterizations. Spe cial features of the work are the de lineations of quality and poitraits of men. E. P. S. The History of Gambling. It 1ms often been maintained that gambling is an acquired or cultiva ted taste or habit, and not the result of a natural vicious inclina tion inherent in human nature. The facts do not bear out this the ory, however, as history clearly LIFE IS MISERY To thousands of people who havethe taint of scrofula iu their blood. The agonies caused by the dreadful run niug sores and other manifestations of this disease are beyond description. There is no other remedy equal to Hood’s Sarsaparilla for scrofula, salt rheum and every form, of blood dis ease. It is reasonably sure to benefit all who give it a fair trjul. Be sure to get Hood’s. proves that gambling lifts been a prevalent passion witli’all nations and elassses in all ages, and that in spite of the most rigorous repres sive laws, it lias survived with un- diminished vigor. In old Greece, gambling was a recognized evil, and laws were enacted for its re pression. Among the Goths and Vandals, dice play was carried on to such an extent that these barba rous people would not only risk their whole fortune, but their per sonal liberty as well, on a single throw. The gambling of the Saxons Danes and Normans are matters of English history, and when cards came into fashion, which was in tiie reign of Henry VII.. it soon be came necessary in the eyes of the authorities of the time to prohibit their use. There was an exception made in favor of the Christmas holi days, during which even appren tices were allowed to play witli cards provided they did so in their masters’ houses. Tiie laws promulgated against gambling dur ing the reign of Henry VIII., were framed, not so much against gamb ling itself, as to prevent such pas times from tempting tiie English yoiith to neglect manly sports. But gambling houses were forbidden by this monarch. James I. was not against them, and left on record under his own hand: “When it is foule ami storme weather there may be play at tiie cards or tables.” In Charles I l.’s reign the vice appear ed to such an extent that more re pressive measures than ever were taken against it, and gambling was forbidden in all forms. Queen Anne, too, carried on tlio crusade, creating quite a revolution in tiie fashions of the time by her enact ments declaring gambling debts void, and making playing for mon ey unlawful in itself. The record is much the same in subsequent reigns; George II., George III., and George 1V., ail in various degrees, extended the penal statutes.—The Young Man. . Remarkable Hcscno. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, III. makes the statement that she caught cold which settled 011 her luugs; she was treat ed for a mouth by her family physician, she grew worse, lie told her she was a hopeless victim of Consumption and that no medilcine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefited from first dose. She continued its use and af ter taking tou bottles, found herself sound ana Will, now does her own house work and Is as well as she over was.— Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at Culver, Case & Kidd's Drug Store, large bottles 00c and $1.00. THE FARMERS’ ALLIANCE. What Hon. Allen D. Candler Thinks ok tiik Situation AND THK PUOSPKCT. From the New York Morning News. No movement having a bearing on.- the polirlcs of the day lias ever as sumed such proportions in so short 1*. time as the farmers’movement iu tb* United States. A small cloud, no larger than a man’s hand at the inauguration ©S tiie last presidential, campaign M> small indeed as not. only not to alTeer but not even to. at tract the notice ©S the two dominant political parties, it lias grown and spread and darkened till it overspreads the whole political horizon and arouses the gravest ap prehensions of the leaders on both, sides. Nor are these apprehensions ground less. Tltis movement of the tillers ot the soil is the legitimate outooioeol *> pernicious system of financial legisla tion, which lias prevailed for nearly thirty years—a system which has iiu posed onerous taxes, fostered monop olies and depleted the currency until’ it has well nigh destroyed the calling: of the farmer. That the millions of farmers watV farm laborers should rebel against such a system Is not astonishing. They will succeed in securing redress-, provided they are governed by wis- counsels, anil not letl into chhmertcnl - schemes anti financial heresies leaders whose ambition for {dace or pelf is stronger than their pntriotht-uv and loyalty to tli • true principles of the reform in which they have on- geged. But the just and proper de mands of their order, a more abuo- dant currency, lower tariff taxation, free and unlimited edhiuge of silver, the destruction of the national bank monopoly and all other mouopclies nuilt up and fostered by the present - system, can never beattaiiied tliroouh tiie republican .party, for that partv-. Is respoti-ible for all the vicious leg islution of which they complain: in * through a “ihirtl party movement.’' In that way strong as they ere, a))< their strength would he dissipated/ and wasted, and this ngriciiitnrtdi iSaiusoii would be shorn of his locks,. The revolution cun only he accom plished through Hie democratic party. That party is the natural friend nmb ally of the farmer. Every oardiita':. principle of the order of the Farmers Alliance is a democratic principle-oleX as democracy itself. “Equal and exact Justic e to all, special privilegei- to none,” is a cardinal doctrine- o?< democracy. Opposition f* monopoly.. opposition to a purely protective, tariff, opposition to a national ba»k.. free and unlimited coinage of botl» gold aud silver, and the imitation of the taxing power of the government to the actual demands of its honest, economic administatlon are no new dogmas in the democratic creed. All true democrats, as well asal) true- Allianceuieu, believe in them as they believe iu tiie Decalogue. By united action the democraov aud the Alliancecan accomplish all tliateither ought to require and enough to res tore prosperity to the country. By separate action the Alliance will lose its opportunity, waste its strength* and soon pass into oblivion, ALLItN D. Candler: Happy Boosier*. Win. 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