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r:. fA**ls!a{s;<sa JLctie**. | From the Journal’s < ‘mi.- 'snoixlent. | Washington, Oaf. 21.—The appoin. rnenf of Gr®en ;t. Rau:n to bo com misfcioner of per. ••.>ua A r. great sur "prise even to (he senators from Illinois, who know no more than the public of tin? president's inten tisn. It is stated that Representa tive Cannon and Secretary Rusk were the principal movers in the case. Vieved from a political standpoint the selection is as good as might have been made. Major Fools of New ’Vork, was unavail able and Sen. Iliscock should have known it. He had iitterly oppos ed. Tanner’s friends in'March and his appointment would have been distasteful to them. Resides, there was no reason for believing that Maj. Poole wa * competent to con duct the business. i One of the candidates, Mr. Mer rill of Massachusetts, killed his chance by the too liberal use of his mouth. It seemed necessary to President Harrison to appoint some man wh® would have the re spect of the grand army and the confidence of the tax payers. Such •a man is Gen. Raum. He is identi fed with the conservative wing of the grand army and is opposed to service pensions, as was the last time lie spoke openly on that sub ject. His long and honorable re cord, as bend of the internal reven ue system and Ids zeal in the pros ecu!ions t of all violations of law are t:;@ assurances that he will not make v. brass band prize distribu tion scheme of the pension bureau. In an interview last night, Mr. Hu urn expressed himself as follows: ‘•I go into the otiica untrammeled by any preconceived notions. 1 will fin’d tiie laws there and will try and execute them fairly and satisfactorily alike to the people and the soldier. The commission- or is an executive, not a legislative office. My recoil in the internal revenue bureau will give ill? pub lic some idea of my methods and mv military record will, I hope, give the soldiers some assurance of my fellowship with them. As to precise matters of policy, I prefer to become acquainted with ihe du ties ot the office before announcing any plan ot procedure. In fact, I have not had time to leek over the field, for I had no intention of my appointment until Thursday, when a cabinet officer told me I might look for it,” Unlike his predecessor, Mr. Tan ner, Gen. Raum’s is that of conscientious, hard work. lie is not a ptffibeal tramp or bugbear, lie was horn in Gulgonda, 111., in 1820, and was admitted to the bar in ISG3. In 185 G he removed, with Lis ffimiiy 10 Kansas, from which he w *s driven in less than a year by ihe wrath of tho pro-slavery fac tion, whose wrath ho haf. roused. He entered the army from Illinois, ; major of the si>ih Illinois regi ment, and was afterwards made a brigadier general of volunteers. In 18GG he obtained a charter for h e Cairo and Vincennas Railroad, <:f which he was first president. He solved in congress from 1807 to ! 1879. ll® was appointed :emmis jsioner of internal revenue in IS7G, •and retained the office until ISS'3. During this period he collected $850,000,000 and disbursed $300,- 000,000 with loss. On his retire ment from office Gen. Raum re mained in the District of Columbia ind entered upon the practice < law, the practice being mostly be for® the departments. He is close ly identified with tho interests of the District of Columbia. The great est objection that esn be found against Mr. Raum lias in the fact that he has been a long time out of practical politics, and in fact, has been of vary li ;tle use to the party in the last few years. In this in stance, however, Pres. Harrison had to look for the best man rather tlun oiler the position to the first politician who could show recent services. In this respect the vp pointment resembles many ©t Mr. ClevePmd’s selections. It may be well to remember that (he position Is tiies most arduous and ungrateful under the government. Tiie congressmen are beginning to sneak in town from different ui ructions to furnish up their houses (such of them as do not exist in boarling houses) and prepare for a busy session. All are agreed that the 51st. congress will be of tre mendous importance and will bo essentially a working congress. Anything else is impossible. The republican party has the responsi bility of all depart merits of the gov ernment, being everywhere in p >w er. They must be held liable for any delay in necessary legislation, for any excess of appropriations and for any insufficiency, The tariff’ must at once receive attention. AH the leaders are agreed as to that. The matters of civil service law, interstate com merce, trusts, the educatioual ques tion, the Australian ballot or some other election system, and the vex ed subject of subsidies will vex the congressional brain. The Moving Rock. In one of the Twin Uke3, a few miles east of Lakesvilie, is a rock known as “Moving Kock. 5 ’ It is elose in shore, in about four feat ©f water, and rushes grow up all around it. Fifteen years ago this rock was far out in the Jake, and in size was nearly ten times what it is to-day. It was noticed one spring tourteen years ago that there was mere of the rock out of the water than usual, and some of the inquisitive fishermen wh© then frequented the lake, tried to find the cause. They looked down into the water and they could easily see the bottom. They also saw, much t© their astonishment, that there was a deep furrow in the yellow clay, and that in length it nr ats near ly ten ieet. The rock seemed smaoth and hard. The next spring it had moved nearly fifteen le-et more toward the shore, and the turrow was plainly outlined. Then seme one called the great bowlder “Moving Kock,” and the name has been associated with the curiosties ot the lake ever since. And each spring since that time finds the rock closer to the edge of the lake than it was twelve months before. It is quite small now, but bean all tha evidences of fhe action of the demmts. It is porous in places, ind to this fact souje attribute its re oarkablo travels. The general opin on among tt.e native', is that the ice, vhrn it Dealt* up each spring, is pil 'd in tons upon th's rock by the norb wind.-’, which have a clean sweep over the lake, and thus the rock is driven closer and closer in toward tho bank. [Boston Transcript. Mechanical Omens. “Mechanical clocks,’’ said a Deal borologist, “ire greatly in demand *. 11 the year ronnd. They aro mostly im ported and range in price up to seven* t ) five dollars each. Oh, as to suloe, there are many, representing neailv everything in art or nature. Some jewelers keep a large assortment ot tbao horological curiosities. A good deal of advertising is dono by means of mechanical clocks. They look like toys, bot they arc excellent time keep ere, and placed in store windows at tract considerable attention. 1 have seen crowds standing in front of these * curious clocks, watching the move ments. It may be a gilded maiden swinging to and f;o, or listening to the sw eel music of a chime of hells ring ing as the pendulum oscillate*. Yes, the mechanical devices are very popu lar as advertising schemes. Iu some of the clocks the mechanism has its own separate spring, while in others the same poser run* both that and the time keeping movement.” “Who are tus be*t customers fqt mechanical clocks?” “That depends on the old sty 1 o the clock. You s r e that artistic Ik tie b lifer all iu nice working ordtr. WIP, a con'rsctor or builder will come along and snap it up for is is offices sine. So with the others. Some aesthetic wood worker will buy that handsaw clock, a machinist will fall in love with that trip hammer movement, while the pret ty little windmill will, perhaps, glad den the heart of some western miller ou the lookout for novelties in his lino.” —[Boston Qlobe. Life ou a Cuban Plantation. Iu Dakota and Manitoba the employ went, on single wheat estates of a bnu dred reapers and an aggregate ot three buudred laborers ter a season hav oeen regarded as something unprece dented ia agricultural industry; baton sue sugar estate iu Cuba—“El Bal boa”—from fifteen hundred io two thousand bands, invariably negroes, are employed, who work under severe discipline, in watehos or relays, during the grinding season, by day and night, the same as in the large iron m lls and turn ices of the United States and Eu ■ one. At the same tune there are tew vil -go communities wher® a like sum her of peop'e experience the same care and surveilance. The male woikers ocenpy quarters wal'ed and barricaded fioin the women, and the women from the men. There are in every village an infirm ary, a lying 'n hospital, a physician, an apothecary, a chapel and priest At night and morning mass is said in chapel, and the crowds are always large. There is ot a Sunday less re straint, though ceaseless espionage if never remitted. On these days an t in parte ol ho idsys there are rede mirth, ruder music and much dancing. 'Hits pic nre is given somewhat in detail because it illustrates how all pr-rvai ing and tremendous are the fmc-s that nre modifying society everywhere, in civilized, partially civihzad and bat barons countries, conjointly wit h the new conditions of production and con sumption —[Hon. David A. Well? iu Popular Scicace Monthly. BysMa mi’dfP J3 0 W V■/ & JiahQOCL a^-OXL^ DEALERS IN Nr- oo • \ v? c\ \ ro p vO V vVVwVv VVij wwW'o-i w tw W. w w* \ ww *i v ~ \>V*Qy GVvw* Also tine Line of Hardware, Tinware/ Crockery and ,Glas ware, I amity Groceries, Flour, Meats, Etc. &8T Onr stock is Complete and we are fully prepared to satisfy our Cus tomers in respect to styles and Qualities. Everything sold for prices far anv evr made in this or nj oilier MARKET IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. Bestirs to Cali and sec as before purciiasing elsewhere. The oldest Firm ui this section. 19 fjFj . p pJsi ■ icrrw'l g • mb tSa |w Wa n DEALERS IN Fancy Goods, Fine Millinery, Groceries and General Merchandise. Give us i Call when in HARMONY GROVE. 1111 11111 1 1 1111 1,11 -mr I |-rn 1 " HARDWARE And CUTLERY, jjajp*()nr Line of Stoves, Tinware, Agricultural, Implements, Em., can rot, lie found in better Quality ami Duiabilny, Elsewlieie. We also have in stock a fine tine of guns and pistole', and we ate the only house in Harmony Qruvo tha' pay a Licknpb to Hell Pistols and Cartridges. Call and see us. Drug's And Medicines. Families must bi-*-e Caster Oil, Spirits Turpentine, Pills, Mustard and Com position Powders, ifiniments, Horse and Cattle Powders, Sarsa paiiila and other Patent Medicines. Before buying such supplies, call ou Dr. V. D. Lockhart at the Harmonv Grove Academy, Male And Female* HARMONY GROVE GA, ,). H Walker, A. B. Principal, Cbas. M. Walker, A. B , Assistant. Miss Annie Burst, fciecoud Assistant. Mrs. L. A. McSuiith, Music Teacher. tM.ovAo.ty \&yc, bO’clv, And Continues Thirty -Eight Weeks: Two Weeks Vacation Christmas RATES OF TUITION: Fint Grade—Writing, Orthography, Reading and Arithmetic $i S-.cond Grade. Embraces same topics as first grade, and Gram mar, Geography and Composition 2 < • Third Grade Languages, Higher Mathematics, Rhetoric, Chemis try, Physics, Etc. • Music, 3.“ Incidental Fees, rail Term 20 cents, spring Term, 30 cents. All patrons allowed full benefit ot Common School Fund. Board can be had in the best familes at eight to twelve dollars per mom: Harmony Grove has, by taxation, built a large and commodious . i building. The school will bo thoroughly equipped with patent desks, d 1 boards, comfortable tecitatioo soars, maps, globes, apparatus, and every era improvement for successful teaching. This school, with a full cor - good teachers, with comfortable building and modern improvements cornu. itself to the parents of imrnony c.rove and surrounding country. We moat respectfully solicit, the patronage of the eitizens of Banks Court'. For further iiPoimation address J. H. WALKER, Harmony Grove, ©a.