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KIM ;oRUL 0<: viH.\ i ! . <Mir - ■ r*— . .twiatnKWt- ta- i— -'iiwrrmmihw i ;s. 4 :u <j! i> iHo a; 1 iauvo* has • i . . nizaliow into almost i v'i# st.iK*. Tins snb ■ , ■ f '*.!(• s section seem !o bo , ;! v "xx oondilien. •: V , •i i c It))., got his . ' 1 her day in Wah-' Ii w•. pulled by n man ■'■ rj:. bo was nuul about - . . •: :.>n ceremonies, Eirr ■ Jit bus taken charge of is or kil h ■.*-.• and turned off every colored servant and appointed wait* ones m iier .stead. It is said that she (iis'ikes colored people In the of sa c.fChas. Echols, charg ed with the murderofThomas,the Doted gambler of Gainesville, in the Kitts house at Covington, dur ing the fair last fall, the latter was acquitted. A lovely pair of queens met the other day at San Sabastian. It was Queen Victor! t and Queen Ile gen! Christiana of Spain, It seems that Victoria hid been promising Christiana a visit for some time. Sure enough, when she reached San Sabastiau, Christiana was wait ing for her, and as soon as her ma jesty placed herselt in position "Victoria kissed heron both cheeks. Then the cannons fired. Julia Coffee Pas been carried to Atlanta and placed in jail for safe keeping. The reporters have been to see him and have described his personal appearance. as;d his con versation is detailed with much ca-e. a? if the Icing of the Iliawaian islpuds had stopped on the ground iloor of the new state house, and blowed his nose r-n a red bandana. The New Ministers:-—.Bob Lincoln of Illinois, goes to England; 'Murat Halstead of Ohio, goe.t to Germany as Envoy Extra rdi rary and Minis ter John Wicks ot Wisconsin, goes to Bern Geo. B Loving of rnassa ( h isotts, geos to Portugal as min-, istar and consul. Allan Thorndyke Ilice of N. Y , minister to Russia. Patrick Egan of Nebraska, min ister to Chili, Tins. Rv;\ of Ivan na-. miniiler to Mexico, Marion Erwin a: tornoy for the southern rifftrict of Georgia, Tyre Glenn, W. S. Marshal for Use western district N.C. A couple were married in the Foliate chamber in Nashville, Tenn. on the 27th inst. Tha contracting parties wero Sen. Pryor Carter aad Mrs. Cordelia Jordan. The cere mony was performed by Gov. Tay lor, ia the presence of both houses tf tils legislature. In order to car • v out this novel plan of csaduct ;sg the marriage ceremony of its members, both branches of the leg is!.dure passed a special a<;t for that purpose, Thus, it seems, the leg i Mature of that sovereign state has officially endorsed the holy estate of matrimony, in a very impressive way. A state matrimonial agency with the governor at its head, and the members of the legislature as solicitors for the company, would encourage young men in Tennes tee to run for office. Kniuioiu Thoughts by Buncombe. Did you read that splendid speech of Mr. Grady’s down at Al bany, the other day? Ho has the most practical way of putting great truths of any man 1 know of, But 1 knew all the time that tlie coun ;ry people were grewing poorer as !ii® ei:y increased in wealth. When 1 go into the city and see the evidences of wealth on every side, tiio magniiLcnt buildings, banks, manufactories, street rail roads, parks, hotels and finely dressed ladies and gentlemen, I am made to feel that I am among peo ple who are wealthy. But as so >n as I gut out in tha country I seo evi deuces of poverty and decay. What an awful thing it is to'con template this abnormal condition ®f things. I was ono day standing on a thoroughfare in Atlanta watching the crowds ©f people go by, and presently I fell into a brown study. How long I stood there I do not know. I was suddenly aroused trera my reverie by a slap on the shoulder, and a friend I had not seen in years looked into my face, and inquired what I was doing there. I answered that I hadstopp ed to admire tha evidences of pro gress and wealth around ms, and as I did so I began to think of heme and ta compare the condition of my neighbors with what was pass ing before me, and wondering where all this wealth came from. I studied over it till I grew dizzy and almost sick. I was tempted to g® .home and sell out everything I pos sessed and move to town. I saw well dressed children there on th#ir return from school. Their tuition is free all the year! I paid mine the other day, and it took the last dollar I could rake together. These children did not appear to be any smarter than mine, intellectu ally, but the difference is so great in their opportunities. It looks like the fates are against the poar country boy. He is just forced to become a hewer of wood and draw er of water. As I returned home the poor cat tle along tho lanes, the tumble down barns surd fencing; and other signs of poverty tended to add fco my depression and despondency. I then took up a newspaper and read of a great strike. Thousands of people were thrown out of employ ment. Then I began to think of the value of a home of one’s own, ‘•Be it ever so humbla, thers’s ns place like koine,” Reflecting on tho consequences of this great strike, I. again thought of the children I had seen in the city. Perhaps many of them were dependent upon their father’s dai ly earni'jgN. I can conceive of nothiug in this tioublesoc-.e world to likely to upset a poor man and drive him to de stractiwß, as being thrown cut of em ployment with no hours to shelter him aud with a wife and children around him, shivering arid crying for bread. God pity the poor in cities! Then ia it not strange that so many afeff-bodied men, capable of achieving an independence, and a permanent horns in tne country, should content themselves to live ia cities and depend upon daily wagon tor a living? There is nothing that can give a man that degree of independence that proprietorship does. If a man cuu pet his feet down on theenrth — We ?t ever j g senad a rpot — and look around Mir. and Bay "thin ia ccbne >' ho at once he gins to be one of r. auiia’a noblemen In time flowers spring tin around hi door, and he finds thonsstnls of aitra* lions there, around which hi* aflVc lions canter, that ho never knew be fore. As old age comes on, he finds that quiet Stein.-ion and reot which be so much needs, sad by this time bis children are moderately well “fixed." True, a constant stream of cash is not coming in, but. in the end ha finds that rnoro dollars remain with him. Current expenses do not bar them aw ay so swiftly. Then, it one has sufficient strength to work, I sey let’s go to work and btrl-1 up the country. A Lame and important Movement. Tha New Y*rk Herald prints a let ter from Mr. Parsons of Virginia, to Mr. Thomas Sodden of Alabama, pro posing a meeting of souihern protec tionists, regardless of party affiliation. Mr. Sodden agrees, and Chattanooga ip named as the place and May as the month. The Herald congratulates the coun try on this movement, and, although r is a iieo trade paper, it hopes that this protection raid will be successful. It frankly says there is t question that lies deeper than any economic differ enre —that of sectionalism. Whiff & j free trade paper, it would he glad to see twenty-five protectionists sent to coagriess, for factionalism would there by be wipe 1 out. The Herald will find thr.t the pe pic of the South will reply to it with i * >wn argument, tha democrats who believe in a protective tariff will say, as the Herald says, that there ia ><!) i-sue, the race problem, that cuts deeper than economic issue. And for the take of inis they will bo ready to sacrifice their views on protection, jast as the He:aid, for bob sectionalism, sacriiicas its views on iree trade. The meeting will be a failure. The movement will l-o a fiasco. The so called protection democrats are as true to democracy as the men who led the party to defeat last year. They stand on the democratic platform of 1884, on which the democrats carried tba coumry, end believe it is a stionger issue before the people, and a shorter and better way to tariff reform, than the platform of 1888, oa which wo lost the country, and by which real tariff reform was postponed, for tha Lord knows how long. We do not believe m protection for protection's take, bet in the incidental protection that coaasa from the judicious levyiag of necessa ry faxes. We do believe in tariff re form, but not in such a presentation oi this issue as gives the house, senate ami white house to the republicans. Whatever may be the feature of thi* protoetivetariff movement in the fcffatii —whatever proportions it may i evbaine, it shall mset, now and always ! the uncompromising opposition of the | Constitution. We shall fight it to | the latit as we shall fight everything ; that threatens the integrity of the I democratic party. Auu Biaety-nine : hundreths ot the so called protection ! democrats will stand with us, in spite of the persistent and illnatured at templs to drive them cut of tha ranks. —Constitution. The republicans ara at last getting quiet over their rush ta the public of fice orib. . Buy Your Shoes FROM Ha • v^o33CL*p And Save Money, Athens Consult Your Interests by Buying your DRUGS AND MEDICINES —.—FROM Wads Aud Sledge, ATHENS, -- GEORGIA. We sell at the lowest possible price, and guranteo every article to he abso lutely Pum. Orders by Mail will receive protwpt attention. Remember the name and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmacists. Betweeti Hodgson Bros., and Talmadge Bros,, Clayton Street. 1C f |_I_UJ.UII m—— IWIII mm linin' ■—— m ■■■■—■—— 112 Clayton Street, Next Door to Paatsffioe, Athens, Georgia. Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors. | QwfcM-auAUq*, / '■•--*■:'■'■;?s?! Yiol’ns, and all kinds of musical icstra* mcnts on hand and for sale at greatly ♦ dused prices for cash, cron the install v .<* ’ T '>..' *;'■. *’*,•?? rnent. Special rates to etiniches and fte Y ' !,Y'vJ echaols. Picture frames on hand or made /jjtgy :' fjtj'ij to order at short notice. A full ar.d con* '• .'5 * tiletn stock of Artists’ Material tor draw / 'y. . Jr Zing and printing in oil and water colots. * D. P. Ilasaltoa, The*. H. Dozier. MoaaY SarcD! • We Sell Goods to Competo With Any House in the Country. "fetyvolvfcoJta Q/WQ* QAvi 't^K^QWvXhy Merchants Can Btry Blank Boots, School Boots, Taper Bags, Wrapping Paper, Twine and Stationery of Every Description From us at N. Y. Prices MCGREGOR. & ROBERTSON (Bcrke’a Old Stand,) ATHENS, GEORGIA. “fs * * " ri * E&k” W Weia'i iSsifiJ’’ 1 Stock Larger Than Ever! Stoves! Stoves! —Stoves Bought by Car-Loads! — A>> rv v t h>ilrV: ?VVr- v -vi i -■•;y. • , y And Priees That are Bound to ' Attract Jones’ Standa’d Tinware. Roofing, Guttering and Job-Work. Call or Write for Prices. E. E. Jones, 209 B’oad St. ATHENS