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A True Sfory. The American workingman returns at niglt fiotn his toil clad in a woolea eu t and taxed 55. per cent, stockings and umleishirt taxed 75 por cent, a cotton shirt taxed 44 per cent, and per chance# pair of gloves in winter taxed 40 per cent. lie carries in his hand hia tin dinner kpall tsxcd 45 percent, and greets his pwife with ache rv smile as she looks at him tli org'h a window pane taxed 60 per cent, from whic h she has drawn aside the curtains taxrd 40 per cent. After scraping his boots on a scrap er taxed 45 per cent, he wipes them on a mat of bagging taxed 10 per cent; he lifts the door latch taxed 43 per cent., step# in on a carpet taxed 68 por cent., and gives a kiss to his wife in a woolen dress taxed 70 per cent. Sha has a needle with a duty of 25 per cent in her hand, wlh which she has hßen mending with thiead with a du ty of 40 per cent, an alpaoa umbrella with a duty of 50 psr cont. It is a small brick house which they bought with their hard earnings ef a building association. The bricks on them a duty of 20 per cent, the lumber has on it a duty of 16 per cent. The paint has on it a duty of 54 per cont. The wall paper has on it a duty of 45 per cent, the plain lur niture has a duty of 35 per cent, flo .hangs his bucket on a steel pin with a slaty of 45 per cent, and proceeds to get ready for his supper. He washes hia hands with oastile soap with a do ty of 20 per cent, ia a tin basin with a duty of 45 per cent, and wipe* them on a otton towbl with a duty of 45 per cent. He then goes to the looking glass with a duty of 45 per cent, and combs his hair with a brush with a du ty of 15 per cent. Ho is now ready for his supper, which his wife has cooked on a stove with a duty ot 45 per cent; with pots and kettles wih a dnty >t'sC percent. The table is spread with the common est crokety, with a duty of 20 per ots. and he drinks his water out of a cheap glass tutnoier with a duty of 45 per cent, 'fhe li r t!e sugar that he puts in his tea h h i nxty of 8 > tier cent, an 1 he stirs it with a spoon with a duty ot 42 per cent. Big meal is a frugal one becatv-e hard times have cnt his wages down, and he is saving every cent to pay the installment due on hi* house With an appetite worthy of an amp ler meal, he takes up his knife and fork with a duty of 45 psr cent, and begins to eat a piece of ralt fish with a duty ot 25 per cent. on vinegar with a duty oS-4K) r cen>, he sprinkles salt a doty of 80 per cent, and eats a stk * tfith a da tv of 35 per cent. < He t .li" lu> meal with a puddin£o%juß w" afiFiy bf 1 1-2 per cent;Kv* • *'jßk i • with a bilk dres with IgJpaK cout, and a pair cf MJJvitb a dnty of 45 per oent. w Washington, Sept. 10.—The heavy purchase of United States bonds last week caused a marked decline in the treasury surplus, which fell off from $110,000,000 last Men day to $lO3- 950,000, as stated in the treasurer’s statement to-day. The discrepency between this amount and the surplus as stated in the president’s letter of ac. ceptance — 130,000,000 —i9 probably dne to the fact that the president in. eluded about 35,000,000 dollars frac tional silver coin on hand as part of the surplus, while the treasury ofiioia’s do not. Mrs. Dixie Ilaygood. Birmingham, 41a., Sept. 2.—For several weeks Mrs. P. Haygood of Ma con, Ga., has keen visiting relatives ia this city. She is an electric woman, possessing the same wonderful power as the famous Lula Huist, and has giv en a number of private performances in this c’ty. Friday night, just after midnight, Messrs. L. 8. and F. Iv. Keogh, mer chants, were passing the house where Mrs. llaygood is stopping, on their way home. They heard a lady scream and call for help, and entering the house they found that bnrglar had en tered Mrs, Haygood’fi room and stolen all her jewelry. She said that sha was awakened, saw the burglar going through her trank by the light of a candlo. She asked him what he waß doing, and the burglar sprang to the bed and pressed a handkerchief, satur ated with chloroform to her mouth. By the aid of her electric power, she threw him across the room, and he leaped tbiough a window and escaped, but took her jewelry and diamonds with him. Next morning Mrs. Ifaygood went to the house of M>. Keogh, who lives next door to where she is stopping, and asked that gentleman to go with her to recover her jewelry. He was surprised, and she declatod that she knew where it was and who had stolen it. When asked how she knew* declared that the spirits had told her. Mr. Jxeogh did not believe her story, but agreed to accompany her, and she led the way to the large millinery store of A. Hirsh and Cos. To Mr. llirsh she told the object of ter visit aud said that her jewelry was under the counter. Ha gave her per mission to find it, and to the conster nation of everyone in the etoie, went diieotly to an empty goods bx and picked np a small pasteboard one and in it wore her jewelry and diamonds. She said that no one in the store was in a way implicated in the theft. Mrs naygood declared she knew who robb ed her. hut declined to prosecute. She “.aid her diamonds was stolen bv a * •• younS man in the city who had pre sen ed thmi o one of the lady clerks at ni sch’s. £he says that spirits oante to her and told her where they were. Her finding it as above men tioned, was witnessed by a dozen pt>o pie. No li tie intetest has been arous eu by this remarkable woman. Home Patronage. For an enterprise or industry of any kind to piosper it must receive the patronage of ila home people, and where this is not the case there are none that prosper. It may seem that this home patronage is ao small that it would never bs missed, or that it wonld be of such little benefit to the patronizer that it would seem like money thrown away. This may be true in the imme diate transaction, bat how about the eiJ'eoi3 afterwards? For a home insti tution to receive home patronage is the highest lecommendation it can have. Wnat would be a stranger's opinion ef an enterpiise were he to know that it recaived bat very lktle or no home paiionage? He would think immed ately that they were not Worthy of patronage, as those who knew them lost refuse to pa.ronize them. Th>s is not tbe case only in manufacturing or meiohandisiag, but the newspaper bus iness. It is quite a commendation, and one no doubt that we should feci pond (?) of, to have our own con cry Ci mmiss r cners send even to Alls; >£-. and places to have advertising done in the interest of the cona'y without ovoQ asking our prices, and in a secret manner. It is a nice way to return faces, and to bhow to the world that they are proud oftherconn ty o:gau aad anr willing to encourage and foster it. We thank (?) our wor thy comm'sstonera and their advisor for this high commendation (?), and hope that it shall be as broad cast up on the waters, which shall roturn to them in due season.—[Ooonee Enter pries. Gen. Harrison’s Latter. If the party fr iends of Gen. Harris on hthe expected from him a letter in dicating B'reng'h or individuality, they aij doomed to bitter disappoint ment. The labored document which appears in another column is utterly devoid of any such characteristics. The letior is a studied effort to find a sure footing upon a platform with many plarks of which the author of the leiter is not in sympathy. The tariff question, according to the repub lican plan to keep it prominent in the campaign, holds the first place in the letter. The discussion of this ques tion he eis weak when compared to the discussion of the same subject in Mr. Cleveland's letter, and a perusal of it leads to the inflection that it would have been tar better for tho par ty had the writing of this portion of the letter been left to some ot tho ab ler republican leaders. General Har rison admits all that Mr. Cleveland claims for judicious reduction of the tar iff scale, men bases all of his argu meat against the democratic plan up on the fiee trade bugaboo. Ho is en tirely willing that necessary reductions should bo made, but he prefers that they should be made by republicans; just as be is willing that the public of flees should be filled, bnt prefers that they should be filled by republicans. Passing to the question of the im poi ation of foreign labor and the re stretion ot Chinese immigration, Gen. Ha>; ison repudiates his notorious re cord and that of his party. He makes a weak bid for the voios of the Pacific siacee. In the same strain is the para graph relating to trusts. Here he re pudiates the republican doctrine as laid down by the real leader, Mr. Blaine, that “tinsts are private affairs. 1 ’ In the paragraph upon election frauds, be makes an effort to raise the race issue against theSonth. His civ il service plank is likely to cause a howl among “the boys’’ —if they be lieve him sincere. There is a studied effort in the treat ment of the pension question to refrain from a denunciation of the robbery practiced by pension sharks, as dis closed by the president’s manly vetoes, henee the natural inference is that the republican candidate indorses this rob bery. The!a is nothing in the other portions of the letter worthy of consid eration. Asa whole, it is wofully in ferior to the manly acceptance of Pres. Cleveland. The campaign is now open. The contest will be a heated one, and may tbe best man win? That man is Grover Cleveland.— [Constitution. The fai oners who have obligations shouM meet them promptly, and then, wheiAhis is done, boycott tbe jute ba giaS- Mrs. Captain Tom is the name cf - cbpst Indian woman in Alaska. * worth about 20,000 dollars add • .oya’ly at Siika, surrounded by * ayes. Gunnels, Power & Cos., GKO VE.—v DEALERS IN Plantation Supplies. 'Savvey qaaA We Keep in stock a lull supply of good and fresh goods. Wo can not be surpassed in Quality and Durability. Wo buy at lowast market figures; we defy competition in prices. We want only a living profit on our sales. We do not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do we wish to accumulate their fortuooa. We are receiving daily, a full supply of our Customers every day wants. EOT" Coantry Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Prices. Athens Music House, 114 Clayton Street, Next Door to Postoffice, Athens, Georgia. Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors, Keeps always oq hand the host makes of J And all kinds of Musical Instruments at the very lowest prices or on the Installment plan. Written guranteeon all instruments sold. Special reduoed rates t es and Sunday schools.’ Pictures and Picture Frames a specialty. All sizes and styles of made to order at short notice. Buy from us and save agents’ commiss