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PHIL G. BYRD,
EDITOR / M 5 ■ NAGI R
Summer lingers in the lap of
October.
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A big chunk of dog days seems
to have broken into fall.
Bogan’s name now appears
in the "also ran” column.
Having a royal time is getting
to be dead easy, in Europe and
Asia,
France’s Drey-fuss must be
damp annoying to the frog
eaters.
The rabbit foot got there in
great shape. Let the ’possum
grin and bear it.
The civilized Chinamen cut
off their pigtails to ex-quenes
their former state.
Good book-keepers do not
make desirable members for
library associations. ’
Nearly all the Populists coun
ties in Georgia have again fallen
into the Democratic column.
The average bum is something
like the moon—gets fuller and
fuller down to his last quarter.
European and Asiatic royalty
has become a grave subject to
dagoes and dowager empresses.
Quite a racket has been raised
in England because Mrs. Guelph
has permitted her children to
play Tennis on Sunday.
'lhe Dowager Empress of
China may be only the Emperor’s
aunt, but she feels fcr him as jif
she were bis real mother-in-law.
One gets the idea from the
dispatches that the Emperor of
China has also received a box of
chocolate creams through the
mail*.
Justice Van Wyck is said to
be an excellent speaker, and
much is expected from him to
wards the success of his own
campaign.
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The French army is having
one of the biggest lights in its
whole career, with the chances
decidedly in favor of getting the
worst of it.
Cleanliness may be next to
Godliness—but that’s no reason
the average barber would like
to take the queue from a Chi
nese Laundry man.
Quay is not an abreviation of
quail, though the Pennsyb ani:
senator is in the quailing busi
ness because of foul transactions
with the state’s eagles.
The sickest men in Cuba seem
to be the immunes. This comes
perhaps from having resided in
one of Alger’s fever camps be
fore they went over there.
A rooster in Limestone, Me.,
was recently struck by lightning
and lost all his tail feathers
except two. Hogan Co , o
Georgia, envy’ said rooster.
d assertion is generally
w h’jat the Spaniaids aim t(
now .Philippines, But tin
The h ave acquired tin
in corner hitting what they
Dtpartme
Michigan pays a bounty for
the heads of dead English spar
rows. It has recently paid out
; over S2OOO to a crowd of In
diana sharpers who had killed
lhe birds by strewing poisoned)
wheat about the streets of Indi
ana cities. The carcasses were
shipped to Southern Michigan)
towns, and lhe bounties collected
ias on birds killed in Michigan.
Let the war investigating com
missioners take up this case.
It is not an unfavorable augu
ry for Democratic success in the
' State of New York this fall that
Judge Van Wyck has consented
to give up his sure place on the
bench to take his chance for the
Governorship with its shorter
term of office and smaller salary.
Judge Van Wyck is accounted
one of the shrewdest politicians
in his State.
The Chicago Inter Ocean an
nounces that it is’strickly in the I
reform business and its motto is: I
"Let no guilty man escape.” As
ter which it proceeds to speat
ummercifully with its terrifying
pen tl*e slanderers of those good j
mm and patriots, John Riley j
Tanner and Russell Asterisk j
Alger.
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With the Baltimore and the j
Petrel at the mouth of the Pei
ho River American interests at
the Chinese capital should be
safe, whatever the outcome of
the international intrigues now
in progress in that quarter. Ad
miral Dewey is still the right
man in the right place.
The Spanish Peace Commis
sioners should m ke a note of
the launch of the battleship Illi,
nois. No more convincing argu-|
mei:t could be adduced m favor
of peace with the United States.
Commodore Watson may yet
have his wish for “more action”
gratified. If there is to be a
descent upon the Spanish coast,
the old seadog should get a final
chance for his “white alley.”
Now that General Shafter has
told the world what'he thinks of
the G. A. R., would it be asking
too much to request the old sold
iers to tell us what they thniK of
the “hero of Santiago.”
1 "Brigadier Bill’s” abortive at
tempt to rob Chairman dußign-
■ on of the laurels so fairly won,
is characteristic of the Lord of
Possum Trott and the Earl of
Supperville.
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Out or. the water in the moonlight. A
more beautiful or romantic situation for a
s young man to tell the story of his love and
ask the young woman of his choice to share
his life cannot be imagined.
The courtship of a young couple maybe
evei so romantic and their married life be
very unhappy There are common sense
1 considerations outside of love that have a
world to do with the making of married
happiness One of the most important of
these considerations is the good health of
both partit sto the sacred tie. The young
_ man who is in the incipient stages of con
sumption commits a crime if he> marries
before he is restored to health. He con
demn" his wife to the life of a nurse and
his children to early death, or lives of sick
ness and suffering. Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery cures 9S per cent of all
cases of consumption if taken in its earlier
: stages This is its record established dur
ing the past thirty years. It is the great
blood-maker, flesh builder, nerve tonic and
general restorative.
Tha young woman who suffers from weak
ness and disease of the delicate and im
portant organs that make wifehood and
motherhood possible has no right to answer
Yes" to a young man’s proposal until she
is thoroughly restored to health in a wom
anly way Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip
tion prepares a woman for wifehood and
motherhood. It makes her strong, healthy
an<! vigorous where a woman most needs
fii ilth. strength and vigor Thousands of
womeu # have testified to its merits.
My daughter writes Mrs N A Thomas, of
Little Rock, Ark had been under a doctor's
care for four years Dr Pierce’s Favorite Pre
scription, which cured me, also cured her."
BIBBS LITTLE VOTE.
What is the matter with the
good old county of Bibb in which
■is located the good old city of
i Macon?
It is learned that only 3,500
votes were registered for the
state election and that of these
only 248 were polled. As it is,
Gov. Candler’s majority will
foot up about 60,000 votes in
the state, and the Populist rep
resentation in the legislature
has been cwt down from
thirty-two to nine.
This is well.
But suppose that every coun
ty in Georgia had cast only
about one-fourteenth of its reg
istered vote in the gubernatori
al election, as did the good old
county on the Ocmulgee, how
small would Gov. Candler’s ma
jority have been? And how
much would the Populist
strength in the general assem
bly have been reduced?
Now, we are not reading the
voters of Bibb a lecture, but we
are simply suggesting food for
anxious thought. What |is the
matter with Bibb? It cannot be
said that her voters were too
busy getting ready for the great
Macon Jubilee carnival to de
posit their ballots, because in
the prosecution of this good
work nothing would have been
easier than for them to pause at
the polls in the midst of this
labor of love.
It will not do to aver that the
voters were too busy fighting
mosquitoes in their quiet homes
to turn out and exercise the sa
cred right of sovereigns, because
with the advent of autumn the
| Macon mosquitoes have all
flpwn Southward to spend the
winter in the Everglades.
It would be folly to urge that
the balloteers of Bibb were wa
ter bound on account of the
great storm, for everybody
knows that not even the tail of
the West Indian cyclone touch
ed the beautiful city of Macon.
No, one must look deeper for
thecause of the extremely small
vote of the good old county of
Bibb. It was undoubtedly due
so the fact that the intelligent
voters down their way did not
think that their ballots would
be needed to pile up the major
ity of Gov. Candler.
This will never do, for over
confidence has lost more battles
• than it has ever won, and if
thirteen fourteenths of the reg
’ istered voters in every county in
Georgia had failed to vote, Gov.
Candler might not have had
any majority at all.
Wetrust that the good old
county of Bibb will ponder
these things well and in future
resolve to cast a number of reg
istered votes so great that it will
bear a fair proportion to her
Iprge and still growing popula
tion and to the immense crowd
which is sure to atte id Macon’s
royal jubilee carnival.—Atlanta
Journal.
The politicians seem to know
very little aboui Governor-elect
Candler’s official household. He
has made no pledges and is in
position to make his selections
without entanglements—Albany
Herald.
While Rome does not seepre a
soldier camp, she moves right
ahead doubling the capacity of
her cotton factories and attend
■ng to other like business.
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The e is hope that Henry
George may be withdrawn by
the silver Democrats in New
York and the candidacy of jus.
tice .Van Wyek endorsed.
Adam had his faults, but he
never gave Evo $5 and then
borrowed $3 of her.—Chicago
Record.
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EDI I ORIAL COMMENTS.
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Whatever the facts about the
Chinese emperor and European
clothes, the result shows what
may happen in households when
wbmen begin to wear the
breeches.—Philadelhia Times.
Some literary Spaniard should
write a book on the various
burials and removals of the
bones of Columbus. The subject
has become voluminous and
complicated and is falling into
confusion —St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Confession is good for the soul.
The editor of the Eideu, O. T. (
News frankly says : “Old man
Blackwell thrashed usThursd'aj’
afternoon, and if reports are true
we didn’t get any more than we
deserved, either.”—Birmingham
Age Herald.
Chauncey Depew, who was
kissed by a pretty New York
girl for his cleverness, says he
was “Hobsonized.” This is a
natural mistake for men of
Chauncey’s age and girth to
make. Miss Arnold did not kiss
Hobson altogether for his clev
erness.—Chicago Inter Ocean,
The “honor” of the French
army seems to have been ac
quired at the same remnant
counter on which the “honor”
of Spain so conspicuosly figured.
And thus the affinity of the Lat
in races again receives illustra
tion.—FloridaJTimes-Union and
Citizen.
A MAN OF TALENT
“You say you want my daugh
ter,’’said the proprietor of a
newspaper to a young man who
was sitting nervously on the
edge of a chair.
“Y—yes, sir.”
“Have yon spoken to her on
this matter?”
“She—she referred me to you,
sir.”
“Is your affection for her sin
cere?”
“Sincere I’’ grasped the young
man. Iw uld pledge you my
word I havn’t slept a wink or
eaten a mout < ful for six whole
weeks for ‘.hinking of her.”
“George,” said the father af
ter looking at him for a moment
reflectively, “I think-you may
come into the family. I need a
young man of your capabilities
to certify to the circulation of
the paper. ’ ’ —Newspaper owner.
POPULISM IN GEORGIA DEAD
Populism in Georgia was for
ever buried in yesteday’s elec
tion. The majority for the dem
ocratic ticket will hardly fall be
low 70,000 and it may go con
siderably above these figures
when the full count is made
today. The only reason the
majority did not reach 100,000
is because there was so little
opposition in many sections of
the state that the democrats did
not go to the polls, not thinking
it necessary or worth the trouble
of going to the Dolling places.
The democrats are happy over
the result, as it puts them in fine
shape for the congressional elec
tion this fall and gives assur
ances that they will have no
more trouble with populism in
future. It has been predicted
that if the populists were defeat
ed by an increased majority inj
in the state election this year
that another populist ticket
would never be run in Georgia.
Our advices indicate that nearly
all of the counties hitherto in
the populist column have been
transferred to democracy one?
more, where they will remain
in future. Yesterday was cer
tainly a field day for the Georgia
democracy.—Columbus Enquir
er.
GENERAL WHEELER’S TES
TIMONY.
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Gen. Wheeler’s testimony on
the first day of his appearance
before the war investigation
commission shows only a little
more than was fully known be
fore. namely, that in his opin
ion, in view of the glorious gen
eral results of the war, its con
duct has not been, on the whole,
gravely censurable, and, being
called as an expert witness to
give opinion based on the facts,
rather than the facts themselves,
this opinion comes before the
commission as evidence.
The testimony, or rather its
treatment by the investigators,
is important nevertheless, in
that it confirms to a remarkable
degree the predictions made
when the commission was first
appointed, as to its purpose, .aim
and ultimate achievement. Thus
Geh. Wheeler several times ad
mitted thatjin this or that mat
ter there were avoidable short
comings, yet an examination of
a verbatim report of the testi
mony shows that a pressure of
the question, “Who was respon
sible?” was always avoided.
On the whole the result of
the opening proceedings have
undoubtedly given a feeling of
added security to Mr. Alger and
his confreres.
PHUNNY GRAFTS
“Fenwick must have supreme
conndence in his wife.” “Why
so?” “He bought her a rolling
pin for her wooden wedding
present.”—Chicago News.
Algy—“You say she only
partially returned your affec
tion?” Clarence—“ Yes, She
returned all the love letters, but
retained all the jewelry.”—'l it
Bits,
Watts—“ Had fifteen women
in my house this afternoon.
Some sort of cluh my wife be
longs to.” Potts “Must have
been an awful racket.” Watts—
“ Not so much as you would
think. Fifteen women make no
more noise than two. You see,
there has got to be a limit
somewhere.”—lndian a p o 1 i s
Journal.
The cat and the bootjack almost met.
She dodged and yelled with glee,
"Young man. I bet
You'll yeed tha' yet,
Then you'll remember me."
- |e roi; Free Press.
“H’m, shipped the chamber
maid to the nurse girl, “what
commoii bawls you attend I”
‘ Indeed!” was the disdainful
reply. “Well, they’re better
than a cheap sheet an 1 pillow
ease party like you.”—Philadel
phia Bulletin.
Grandpapa—Ai d why do you
believe that little George Wash
ington never told a story?
Madge—’Cos I’d be smacked
if I didn’t.—Punch.
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1898.
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