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• !•; 1)I tOKTAL COMMENT.. llrtn .soli is making preparation for a voyage of recreation. i lis tour has wt yet been located, Tiio Road Gongivts meets iw Atlanta on the 22iul of May. Ranks county should h'n p’o sented. Miss Rosa Elizabeth Cleveland, k -lfc'! <d' the ex-president, visited reialives and friends in Sava nail a few days ago. She had spent part of the winter in Florida, where she has an orange orchard, and was on her way home to New York, Carter Colquitt, the only son of Senator died at Liica, N, on tho 16th inst. IT® was just entering into manhood, the only child of loving parents, wlnose lives were wrapped up is Ins. llis ill ness and death was caused from tho excessive smoki g of cigarettes. Mrs. Gush.ngton—Why, Jullia, what makes you look so down hearted? Julia —My servant girl has left me, and my poor old no! her, who is just barely recovering from an attack of rheaumatism,is compell ed to do all the house work. Citizen (to (Jude K i-tn-) —So ilia* is the ii ouisu you're goiog to marry? uncle Rastas — Yes sah, dat am do laey, She ym:.t much to Igolc at, Citizen Y\TI, no, not very ranch. uncle Itastus—But she hab got foil ty sebeu dolivli.s in de bsr>k, bo6s, an’ phe bah promised to give me de powah ob attorney• ■reum iA; i:> A general plan has been adopt ed for the Georgia Confederate Ve terans Home, and a board of direc tors chosen. It is generally con ceded that there will be no oppo sition to Atlanta as the location for the home. It will be so arranged that it will be open to the wires and dependent children of the ve terans as well as for the veterans themselves 1 . Foreman of the jury—V. ell, hnv, r much damages do you think the young man is entitled to? First juryman—As I understand it, he ain’t suing for blighted af fections, or anything of that sort, oh? Just merely wants to get his money back that he expended for presents, ice cream and the like? Second juryman—That’s all. First juryman—Well, I ain’t in favor of giving him a cent. If the f,!ti he Lai didn’t amount to more than his presents, that his lookout, I courted t hat girl myself once. Harrison kn we how to use rough language when necessary Below is a synopsis ol his tone to au Ala bama delegation: ‘•Mr. Mosley, you have been ], re very frequently and I know ail about you. You meed not put vourselt to any inconvenience to on me again upon the business v. deli brought you here 10-dav. I on Id be in a very sorry condition, : ■ Iced, it I had to resort to you as hr medium through which to dis ,arise official positions in Alabama. Good morning.” After looking around sheepishly ! :ko a boy who had received an im x oectecl box on the ears, and smii • n _' dckly smile, Mosel v retired u itli his crowd following v. ry close ir >on Ins heels. liurriso.'i expresses a dasiru to have young men ill the ollicos— whether or not they are avowed republicans or of party illuence. From this. it. would seem. Harrison thinks his party (tying out in prin ciple, or too corrupted to further give assurance of another republi can president. The following is his ideas of a southern policy: The president’s policy with relation to southern appointments has been Made clear l southern office seek ers here, and there is not likely un availing discontent, lie has declar ed his intention to select none but men who have the respect of their neighbors, and who are intelligent and (capable. He wants to recog nize young men and progressive men, who can do fho party good, and will not act merely as leeches for the party because of what they can get out of it. Any distinguish ed and capable man, who is repub lican in principle, whether so by avowal or not, may be selected for appointment. The idea is to get rid of self-constituted leaders who bring the party into disrepute, and to let down all barriers that keep white protectionists out, Scientitle Road Building, The movement in Georgia and other southern states to secure a better system of public roads, prom ises gratifying results. It is proposed by Vanderbilt uni versify, at Nashville, to oiler in its engineering department a course of free instruction in scientific road building t one principal or depu ty highway official from each coun ty in Tennessee. The course of irf struclion will consist of lectures and work on the economical loca tion of highways, the repairs of old roads, methods of drainage, cul verts, bridges, etc. The road offi cials, after their course of study will go home to apply their scientif ic knowledge to their highways. This will be a good thing for Tennessee, and doubtless other states will be stimulated by her example to a greater degree of well directed energy in this vitally im portant matter. Here in Georgia we are about to have a road con gress, and it is to be hoped that out of its deliberations will beevolvod some practical plan of improving i>ur country roads that can he pat in operation in every comity. Sooner or la f er Geoigia will get there.—["Con stitution. Leirer, [From the Journal’s Correspondent.J Wa#hington, April 1(3,158S -Though spring has won tt lam victory ove; w.n ter, cowslips and trailing arbutus are out upon the ci y’s waste places and the buds upon the trees are bursting into leaves. Some fiovrrrs greet, the passer-oy with suggestive fragrance of green fields end hinh, blue skies, ani ike day dreams that “in part are pro pbocies and in part are longings wild 1 and vain ’’ It tbo practical in divide al has carefully erased from his memo ry the records of yonth, tbse eplcndid days make hi mi thirsty with visions of the near time when mint shall bo fra gs ant in the glass and elaict and ice be a solace. On down tows streets, colored urchins who tre frightfully di:’v deepde the iacteat-c in real estate v a lies, now offer arbutus at Qv'cents a bunch i.i tho morning and two tor tivo in the ev; n n:, turnishing n strik ing ilks'rat'sn that everything com * to him who waits The grounds o: the executive ninu -ini ara nearly as tureen as in midsum mer, and a white nipped nurse gn bringing little Ben Meft.ee, Pie*idei Harrison's jrand-ehild, for a rotnj adds to the familial ly rural scene, i. hoht of chiblrexi have played on the White House iawss every season for years. A number of the ch Idren have born nr inkers of the executive house hold. Little Tuad Lincoln used to r II hoops down the bill when the hand flayed on summer af ernoone, ad strut abent in Lis niiniatuie uni form ot a lieutenant, playing at war, with a si rill, piping order to 1 ■ i ueginary troops. Then came Andrew Johnton, jr., a boy of twelve, wiih a propensity ur stuffing himself on ev ory imaginable edible and lolling about undir the trees. Then Jers Grant, to tiot with other children, af ter ho had ridden home from schorl ou his Shetland pony. Then the damme Fannie and Srott Hayer, good chil dren who always kept their olothe clean and their noses duly wiped. Then the Gaifpld children, with base ball and bicycle, ruling from March to midsummer in high glee, when thtir brief reign closed with the aw ful trag edy of their father's death. Here strolled Allan Arthur, tall and unde veloped, and hie sister Nellie, who pos sessed her father’s mind and her moth er’s face, the heri age denied her broth er. Than the ghosts of the White House number not a few childish taces, and :q one with a good memory a score ot these familiar spirits come up even at noontime on the fairest day of all the spring. the only false no'e in the overture of spring is afforded by the presence of the office eeoker. From the contem plation of nature, Pres. Harrison turns to grapple with political delegations and to wrestle with office seekers. The sunlight that slraya into tbo corridors of lire departments, falls aslant of of fice seekers by the d> zni, seated on the sofas, occupying the chairs, lean ing against column*, lulling in win dows, ranged along the wall, waiting, waiting The variety of dress is : s great as the variety of faces aad ex pression . A little, thin, sensitive, bloodless, old man, with an ancient silk hat and a White tie, sits next a burly, red faced a ert politician, who firmly trusts iu his ability to “do the thing upfright.” Across from the couple a Texas re publican is seated, black moustache and goatee, aad broad-briraed, slouch hat, of course, listening with horror to a comrade who is telling him that the Department of justice has actually had the audacity to refuse to appoint a cer tain one of the Texas brethren simply because ho has kil led half a dozen men when it has bean plainly nhowa to the satis-artion of Texas* juries that ho al ways acted ia self defense. Not a few figures in the crowd, denominated by irreverent messengers fa the depart ments, as “tbs statuary,” are those of preachers, who seek to go abroad. The diets net from ocean to oceai by the Nicaragua Canal is 169.8 miles; length of canal, 28.8 miles; length of lake, river and basin navigation, 141 miles; length of summit level, 152 miioe; elevation c.f summit level above sea, HO feet; number of locks, 6. The office-.-eekere from seorgia con tmns to fiovd the wli.ts house. Buy Your Shoes FROM lad* Ji * wt o jo uy And Save Money, Athens Consult Your Interests ly Ruyiug yonr DRUGS AND MEDICINES FROM Wade And Sledge, ATHENS, . - GEORGIA. We sell at the lowest possible price, and gurantee every article to be abso lutely Pure. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. Remember tho name and place.—-WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmacists. Between Ilodgson Bros., and Talmadge Bros,, Clayton Street. 16 112 Clayton Street, Next Door to Pcstoffice, Athens, Georgia. Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors. *" O'WJr’Ai' Ljf ’ Yiol'rs, end all kind- o! rnnsi.-:;; i;>-t :u- TtnentH on hand and for s&le at greatly to- Nv ’ .G'. dneed prioes for cash, or on the install ; *&-. If*i' gffj meat. Special rates to churches and jjj|W schools. Picture frames on band or ma le to order at short not ce. A fall and com tfl stock of Artist s’ Material tor draw and painting iu oil and water colon-. D. P. Haselton, Thos. H. Dozier. •-•. .. ' .. • ...... --- ■ ■ ■ i umii an iiMrurnm —ir i an ■!■■■ iim U7OTin3i:sflß-mijawuTWin-anK3UißMißta*ir-im-i*Tii u \Ve Sell Goods to Compete With Any House in the Country. ’feWUfcQ&S* QAvi trUv^vl Merchants Can Buy Blank Books, School Booko, Paper Bag?, "Wrapping Paper, Twine and Stationery of Every Description From us at N. Y, Prices MCGREGOR & ROBERTSON (Burke’s Old Stand,) ATHENS, GEORGIA Ls u* n i\s y* VI eldU sJi B U Uisi sJsai&S) Bl Stock Larger Than Ever! Stoves! Stoves! —Stoves Bought by Car-Loads!— AncLPrices That are Bound to "3?^ L.- vi_.\.. .' Attract Jones’ Standa’d Tinware, PooCng, Guttering and Jot-Work, Call o; Write for Prices. E s E. Jones, 209 B’oad St. AHTENS