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J no. Barton, - - - Editor. Bt. Louis bad a big fire new year's morning. California and Nevada had a to tal eclipse of the sun Ist, inst. Congress is not doing much of anything. The legislature has adjourned. It will have a called session in July. The Presbyterian conference meets in Atlanta re\t June. President-elect liarison's new year’s reception was large and cost ly. ‘ The Ist, inst, was a galla day in New York—Gov. llill's inaugural day. This is his third term. Sentinel Wilkes, a bay stallion, ■is years’ old, sold Ist inst. in Lexington, Ky , for $25,000. W. 0. France was the purchaser. The Natchez, one of the finest steamers running the Mississippi River sank the Ist. at Lake Provi dence. She cost $190,000. The only thing on record now to •xcite national curiosity will be mdeaireof thousands of people to be present at the inauguration of Harrison, 4th of March. Pres. Cleveland's new year’s re ception presented a brilliant occa sion. Correspondents say the white house was never more full; the parlors and reception rooms were beautifully and costly decor ated, Mr. Gladstone ielegr.pis as folLw from Naples: “The Tablet’s version of my etter to the Maiqois D’Rit-o tombin' the position of the people i unnustw 11 by. The atatemen that t tecum in nin ternatiorui arbitration upon the ft man question is incoriect undei the prereut circomstanres ” Vhr London JJaily Telegraph in n loading ai icle on th • 1 (,lt Ameiiean —J-m er to Kn*. an- 1 . •• vVe bare always connived to teak them more English thm they w re t> - fore they c>n• to .E ii'hnh - on!d BU ine come to London as United States minister, Engli-hm > would t-ke it as a compliment, I u ho<ver Mr. Harr son chooses, L '• r'fciu to t-e persona grata he'p ’’ In Dublin 1 liink* like 7h> peasants in th* vicinity of Our ' -na. gho an ‘ Falcarrab, in thcounty Done pal, have aimed iheuiselve-, fortified their houses, destr< yed the bridges and blocked the roads, in readiness to Tc-sist the evictions which w ill bo at tempted to morrow. Troops and po lice on duty in the region mi*h wiib ilifdcul'y, rnd the appeaiNme of the district is tint of a country where war is going on. A romui ssary was lost while crossin" the temporary bridge I had an interesting chat with a colored worn n who was a slave in Maryland just previous to the as sassination of Lin Join. Speaking of that tragedy, she said: “I didn’t see Booth when he came to Dr. Mudd’s, but I saw his boots and razor. Tho boots were long ones, and must have reached to his hips. You know that Booth was captur ed in Mudd’s barn, which was burn ed to the ground. The soldiers came down there with a rush, and were goiDg right by when a little * boy, not snore than five years old, told them that there was a man in the barn. He was betrayed by that little boy/'-[Boston Traveler. Manual Training in rublic Schools. The idea is gradually taking pos session of the people that the pub lic school system of this country, while it gives a very fair literary education to the young, is not al together perfect This idea, in the concrete, so far as it has developed in Georgia, is represented by the state school of technology in this city, and by the supplemental training schools at the state uni versity and at Emory college. The public school is good far as it goes, but a merely literary course and by no meanß a perfect one, fails to tit the youth of the laud to make their way in the world. The whole object and aim ot the public school system is to fit the young people of the country for life—to aid in making them good citizens and useful members of the comrau ir’ty. There is no better citizen than an industrious one—no better edu cated citizen than the one who pos sesses at once the impulse of in dustry and the knowledge and skill necessary to direct it in the proper channel. This matter is attracting atten tion in all the large educational centers, and it may very properly be discussed here in Georgia, where tho interest in public educa tion is as large and as serious as it is in any part of the country.— [Constitution Busine** in Coigress u Grit ding S<o w * Tlu* li irdn of the international Copy righ* b l! are m iking a great, effort to i-ncnre consideration tor the moasur ,i.. t. ir iH session, but theii chances of hicccus fisem slim. Thee i* corcideiabl oppoaitieo to the bill, hut Boareely enough to defeat it under toe ordinary circumstances. They bo lieve that if they could get a day fix ed for its consideration, they could pass it But they have aluioht despair ed f this. Tie trouble ia with the uimittee nu rubs . That committee ot ill declines to hold a meeting. The chairman of the various committees having important liUa on the calen *ar to which there is no objection, bare been doing all they could to in duce the speaker to call a meeting of the eomraitt*- to arrange the order of business for the house. Theie is an necessity for such airangemen*. In Ivc it will be impossible to dispose of any tf these mew,res unless some or d-r o( bnsii.f as is agreed upon. The immb rs have. bow-ver, about given np the hope of getting a meeting of the committee. Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Mills aie Mill afraid of the pension bills, and doubt their ability to con- trol the house if they once let it loose from the present tie-np. Besides the p*nMon hills there are some that take money from the treasury and other wise objectionable for other reasons, that they are afraid of. This kept them from meeting daring all the lat ter part of last session. After the eleotion it was thought they would meet, but the manner in which tie petition has keen received indicates t'r. at there will be oo order of business arranged for this sttsion, Foreign Missions Attacked. America, Chicago’s great litera ry weekly, is in favor of spending the money raised by the churches for foreign missions in missionary work at home. It even goes so far as to say that “rotone cent should be expended in supporting mis sionaries in their vain endexvors to convert a few scraggy heathens at the antipodes who become Chris lians for business purposes only ” This attack has, of course, brought the advocates of foreign missions to the front with a reply, and they naturally make the point that America is hostile to religion. In response our bold contempora ry quotes the following from Can on Taylor’s recent article in the Fortnightly Review, entitled “The Great Missionary Failure:” “Since, by the most recent esti mates, the population of China is 382,000,000, of India 254,000,000, of Africa 200.000,000, of Tapau 38,- 000,000, and of Coylon, Persia, Afghanistan, Corea and the Bur mese Penisula 42,000,000, it will be seen that the non-Christian pop ulation of Asia and Africa is up ward of 920.000,000, so that the annual increase by excess of birth* over deaths must exceed 11,000,- 000, Dr. Maclean, the principal of a training college for missiona ries, estimates the actual increase ol native Christians due to mis sionary efforts at 60,000 If this estimate is approximalely correct, it would take the societies 183 years to overtake the increase of the non-Chiistian population in a single year. For every additional Christian we have every year 188 heat hens or Moslems. According .to n.un, Haig, flic opviKcsinan of the societies, the an nual increase of native Protestant oinislians in India due to labors of thirty-five societies is 19,311, and the increase of Roman Catho lics is 21,272, or 40,583 in all But for every additional Christian there are about twelve additional Mos lems and fifty two additional hea thens. It would take ail the agen cies put together sixty-four years to overtake the increase of the non-Christian people in a single year China is, perhaps, the most dis heartening case. The population is reconed at 382,000,000. The an nual increase by the excess ot births over deaths would be about 4,580,000. Last year the Church Missionary society baptized 167 adults. At this rate it would take the JOciety 27,000 yoa;s to overtake the gain to heathenism in a single year, and if the population were stationary it would take more than 1,680 000 years to convert the Chinese einpir. 8o mneb for qnautity, and now whar is the quality of the convene 9 Mr. Johnston, the well known African traveler, who is British vi consul in the Cameroons, says; ‘ln marry im portant districts, whets the mission a lies have been at work for twenty years, they can scarcely number, in honest statistics, twenty t Loire con- verts. In ether part", where large duo. here of nominal Christians exist, their rel gion is difCredited by mim. bering auong its adherents all the drunkards, 1 ar*. rogues and unclean livers in the colony. In the oldest of our west African possessions all the unrepentant Magdalenes of the chief city are professing Christians, and the most notorious one in the place boasts that she never missed goin; to church on a communion Sunday.’ ” The Oh anaomts are quiet st present. The peaking has tested. Gunnels, Power & Cos., A —JIARMON7 - GROVE,— *—, -a i DEALERS IN -Jf. Plantation Supplies. We Keep in stock atoll* apply of good and fresh goods. We oan nol he surpassed in Quality and Durability. We buy at lowest market figures; we defy competition in prices. We want only a liviDg psolit on our sales. Wa do not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do we with to accumnlate their We are receiving daily, a full supply of our Cottorners er ry day want*. O$F“ Country Produce Taken in Exchange at Higrest Market Piiees. Xmas Announcement. ATHENS BOOK STORE. gffiP*("'HRTSTM AS BOOKS:—Our stock of Obristm* B >ohs has beta .-elected wi'h great cute end will, we believe, meet the tastes td our many Iriends. Youug pe pie’s books without end — irom Sve cents to Libraries fif teen dollara. Ait B oks Our book table contains many choice an books ap propriate foi Chna tnas gitts. We have also added largely to our general stock el L teraiy Ware, and we believe we can suit, all requirements ia th# way of book? for presentation. We have a larte selection oi Standard Auth ms in nets MailMuj bom five io iorty dollars. Man oi them we olf<r at about hali price. B 1 BLES—Pocket Bibleß, P**- Bible*. j .rce oi praye, uuofes and hymn®. A ffne selection oi the Fata ous Oxicid Tra< hers' B b'es. The smallest Bilble in the world, 6iz9 oi a poek et test ament. Albums — Our photograph albums been selected iroin va rious uiaiiu ac ones, both at home and abroad. In leather and plush goods,ia 1 his line we have an (Xceliont assortment, including -all the newest designs ia 'li a pc, style and get up Piiees od quarters iro.m otse to twelve dollars. Ottr 'how room above the storeorby the same stairway as the Young Men’s Chris iian Association rooms, has been placed under the charge of Mi®s Anna Pat* man, who dining the Chiistmaa season, will bs aided by other young ladies. Dolls, Building Blocks, alphabet blocks, games, tool chests, tin toys, dinner He, hi .-quo, ffguies, vases, bronze goods, etc., velocipedes, express wagons, Frames, etc CuiistmaH cards, 5 cents to 6 dollars e&ch. For 25 cents ws will mail seven 5 cent cards, or ihree at 10 cents. For one dollar we mail 30 at h cents, or 14 at 10 cents each. Mail orders promptly attended to. Space is limited or we in ght mention other goods. D. W. MCGREGOR & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers t Bowks and Stationery, Athens, Georgia. . !■ JONES! Stock Larger Than Ever! Stoves! Stoves! —Stoves Bought by Car-Loads!— Arid Prices That are Bound to Attract Jones’ Standa’d Tinware. g@oF~Tln Goofing, fluttering and Jcb-Wcrk, Call or Write for Price*. E. E. Jones, 209 B’oad St. ATHENS.