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6 THE SOUTHERN WORLD, MARCH 1, 1882. jPl Jhoy. Manufacturing; Id Atlanta. A joint stock company lias been organized in Atlanta with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, to build a cotton seed oil mill near Atlanta. Th ree com pan ies had char ters for this purpose in one county, and all the parties interested came together recently and organized one company after consulting carefully over the matter. After the con solidation of the companies, Mr. Robert Thompson was made president of the com pany. He is a man of both wealth and ex perience; his management elsewhere has proven very successful. He and his associate, Mr. Sperry, arc the sole owners of the Dixie mills, at Nashville, the Cairo oil works, and the Augusta oil works. With such expe rience as lie now possesses, and which must be brought to bear here, the success of the enterprise is assured. The cotton seed oil roilj for the past few years has been an experiment, and Mr. Thompson and Mr. Sperry have been pioneers in the business, and they have lnborcd hard to bring it to perfection. They brought no little amount of experience and labor to moke the mills they are connected with a success. The many new uses to which the oil from cotton seed has bcenbroughtwithin the past few years will make these mills the most valuable property in the South. The new company that has just been organized in Atlanta will have the judgment and ex perience of these gentlemen. The new company starts undermost bril liant prospects. They have purchased fifteen acres of land in Edgewood, on the Georgia railroad, near the chemical works, two miles and u half from Atlunta. They will com mence at once the erection of large and com modious brick buildings. The machinery contracted for, consisting of eight large presses, linters, decorticating machines, etc., will be ready by the time the buildings are ready. They hope to be ready to commence running by next August, and will be ready to buy cotton seed as soon ns they can be de livered in the fall. The following are the corporators: Mr. James Swann, president of the Atlanta Na tional bank and member of the firm of In man, Swann & Co., of New York; Robert H. Richards, a leading capitalist of ourcity nnd a director in our two national banks and president of the Pendleton Guano company; Mr. Hngh T’ Inmnn, Mr. A. E. Thornton, Mr. Paul Rotnare, Mr. G. W. Scott, Mr. W. W. Austell, Mr. Robert Thompson nnd Mr. Henry Sperry. The following officers were elected: President—Mr. Robert Thompson. Vice President—Mr. Puul Romare. Secretary and Treasurer—Mr. A. E. Thorn ton. Directors—G. W. Scott, H. T. Inman, R. H. Richards, and W. W. Austell. A Factory in Embryo. Years ago, Col. Wm. F. Fannin, a man of genius and enterprise, erected near the rail road, in the southern part of LaG range, a magnificent rock tannery, and ran it for several years by steam power. It was an extensive establishment—equalling many at the North—nnd filled orders from far nnd near. Skilled workmen were employed, and the whole was directed by the sagacity and driven by the energy of its public- spirited owner. This was the largest factory of any kind, ever established in LaGrungc. Possibly, Kenner’s steam mills and furni ture factory, may have absorbed as much capital, but we are inclined to give the palm to this. Unfortunately, the fire fiend destroyed this splendid building with the improved machinery within it, and it has never been restored. Dut the adamantine walls resisted and baffled the devouring ele ment and stand to-day intact. The rock- work is all there—in order to have a com plete structure, it is only necessary to put on a roof and put in the flooring. The building is an immense paralellogram—in length, probably 100 feet; and in width, per haps 35 feet. The walls are strong enough to bear any amount of pressure, and at an inconsiderable cost com pared wi th the profits that would accrue, the rocky skeleton could be made a living edifice, a teeming hive of industry.—[LaGrange (Ga.) Reporter. The Wehadkee Manufacturing Company at Rock Mills, Ala., have completed their factory, one of the most substantial build ings in the State. Phoenix-like, they have emerged from the flames with renewed life. Their machinery is all first-class, and their waterfall 30 feet, the greatest in this section. The management proposes to devote the present building exclusively to carding and spinning. The capacity is 3,000 pounds of cotton per day. These mills are bound to succeed and to be among the leading indus tries of this section. Mr. F. R. Randle, pres ident of the company, gives the business his personal attention—a guarantee of itself of success They have water power sufficient to run 10,000 spindles and 300 looms. Success to them.—[West Point Enterprise. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS*. Culpeper, Vo., has a clmir factory. Rome, Ga., is projecting on oil mill. A woolen mill has been started at Gordons- ville, Va. The capital stock of the Union Stock Ynrds and Transit Co., of Chicago, has been in creased from $3,400,000 to $13,000,000. Lynchburg, Va., has a paper bag factory. Danville nnd Norfolk, Va., arc bu ilding cotton mills. Staunton, Vu., 1ms started a wheat fan fac tory. A sassafras oil distillery is one of the indus tries of Staunton, Va. Richmond, Va., is preparing for the sum mer by stnrting u straw hat factory. The woolen mills at Scottswlle, Va., ure to be revived. Mr. B. Laplccc, a well-known sugar plan ter, who owns three plantations, side by side in St. John Parish, has commenced the erec tion of one of the largest establishments in the State, to be employed as a central sugar fuctory. He will locate his factory on the middle plantation, retaining his former pow erful mill, to which he contemplates adding a supplemental two roller mill, in order to get ns much as possible from the cane.— [Su gar Bowl. An Arctic Navigator. There has been, for u century, a deter mination to find out the way the earth looks at its extreme northern point. No such de sire to explore the southern point exists; 4 and cost wlmt it will, the secret the north holds in its grasp wilt be penetrated. The Jeannette sturted out bravely but was crush ed in the ice north of Asia. And now all the world seems determined to join in seeking the North Pole. Russia, England, America, Germany and Sweden will probably unite next year to send out a great expedition. All attempts to penetrate this region of ice and snow recall, the efforts of Sir John Franklin. John Franklin was the youngest of four sons. At the age of fourteen he entered the navy, and began a career of adventures nnd explorations of various sorts. He went to explore Australia and was shipwrecked in Torres Strait. He was in the battle of Co penhagen and Trafalgar; He fought agninst the Americans ut New Orleans. In 1818 he commanded one of two ships that sought to make 'the northern passage’ ns it was callcd-that is sail from the Atlan tic to tho Pacific Ocean nnd go north of America. The ships reached Spitzbergcn, but that was nit. In 1810 he set out again ; crossed Hudson’s Bay, reached York Factory; built a boat; ascended Hayes river; went overland 1500 miles to lake Athabasca; then north on Slave river about 500 miles. They were now on the Coppermine river nnd here they wintered. In the spring they descend ed tho river about 300 miles nnd reached tho Arctic Ocean, nnd voyaged westward to ward Behring Straits, 300 hundred miles. Their return journey was filled with terrible experiences. In 1825 he started out again to go over the same route—this time seeking Mackenzie River. They built a fort on Great Bear Lake and made ready boats and sledges. The mouth of the Mackenzie was reached and they voyngod along the Arctic Ocean toward Behring Straits as before. It was deemed best to return to England, and here ho was received with honor. The king made him a knight. It was plain that there was an Arctic Ocean from Behring Straits to the Coppermine River, but the rest of the way to Baffin’s Bay, what of that? This mystery he desired to explore. After several years spent in varied honorable sotvices he secured two ships, the Erbus and Terror, and in 1845 sought tho “northwest passage.’’ He was seen by a whale-ship, July 20th of that year in Baffin's Bay, and then a silence settled down over his fate that waa not broken for many years. After a lapse of three years public anxiety caused asearch to be made, and it was found that the two vessels had wintered in Barrow Strait, but there all trace was lost. Active efforts were kept up year after year, but not until 1854 was a trace of the missing naviga tor found. Capt. Roe made an over-land journey and obtained several articles from a party of Esquimaux at Pelly Bay. In 1859 Capt. McClintock obtained the first definite information. A record was found that told the talc ofithe desertion of thcsliips, the death of Franklin (June 11th, 1847) nnd the attempt to reach Fish river, and so on to York Factory on Hudson’s Bay. The dis covery of skeletons and relics showed that only a few succeeded; most of the party died on the way. Those that were strong enough to reach the mouth of the wished for river perished there. So that this brave man lies buried in some unknown spot in the frozen north he attempted to explore.—[Scholar’s Companion. How About It? It has been generally supposed that the habitation of the North American continent did not date further back than the twelfth century, but discoveries in nrchoelogy seem to show that it is not improbable that a civi lization existed on its soils before the pyra mids were built or the States of Greece were founded: America is generally called the New World in its relation to Europe; but the facts are that both geologically and with reference to its occupancy by man, it is the older of thp. two continents. Its vast chains of moun tains were worn and furrowed with age be fore the Alps nnd the Apennines had emerged from the primeval ocean. Its ruins tell of a civilization tiiut yields the palm of antiquity only to that of Egypt and Asia. It is now a well-established fact that there was, in remote uges, on this continenturace of men who lmd attained a civilization im mensely superior to anything found among those Indians who occupied North Americu at the time of its discovery. The Imposing memorials of their presence and power nre to seen in huge mounds, embnnkments, fortifications, nnd canals, scattered in vast numbers nil over the land, from the Rocky Mountains to tho Alleghnnies, and from the Great Lnkcs to the Gulf of Mexico. An Arab Beauty. Amcna, the daughter of the chief of the Algerian revolt, is the great beauty of the Arab tribes. Shenppears to be distinguished above all her rivals, not only for her loveli ness, but for her accomplishments likewise, being n poetess of no mean order, and for her courage in the field, where she takes her place by her father’s side and gallops fear lessly on her Arab courser, os fleet and pow erful as his own. The picture is worthy of Horace Vcrnet, the Frenchmen say who have pursued the flying host under Bou Amelia’s commnnd—the chief witli his white bour- nous flying behind him, and the red and purple tassels of Ills horse gear dancing in the wind ; while the dark blue and white striped veil of the girl, with its gold border, flashes in the sun as it floats out beyond the long streaming tail of her flying steed. A Cheerl'ul Home. A single bitter word may disquiet an en tire family for a whole day; one glance cast a gloom over the household; while a smile, like a gleam of sunshine, may light up the darkest and weariest hours. Like unexpec ted flowers, which spring up along our path, full of freshness, fragrance and beauty, so do kind words and gentle acts and sweot dispo sitions make glad the home where peace and blessing dwell. No matter how humble the abode, if it be thus garnished with grace and sweetened with kindness and smiles, the heart will turn lovingly toward it from all tumults of the world: if it bo ever so homely, will it be the dearest spot beneath the cir cuit of the sun. And the influences of home ]>crpetuate themselves. The gentle grace of the mother lives in the daughters long after her head is pillowed in the dust of death; and fatherly kindness finds its echo in the nobility and courtesy of sons who come to wear his man tle and fill his place; while, on the other hand, from an unhappy, niis-governed, and disordered home, go forth persons who shall make other persons miserable, and perpetu ate the sournessandsadness, the contentions and strifes and railings, which have made their own early lives so wretched and dis torted. Toward the cheerful home and children gather “as clouds and as doves to their win dows;’’ while, from the home which is the abode of discontent and strife and trouble, they fly forth as vultures to rend their prey. The class of men that disturb and disorder and distress the world are not those born and nurtured .amid the hallowed influence of Christian homes; but rather those whose early life lias been a scene of trouble and vexation; who have started wrong in the pilgrimage, nnd whose course is one of dis aster to themselves and trouble to those around them.—[Friends’ Intelligencer. Medical Notes- Fob Fbost Bites.—The surest and best medicine is tincture of iodine, put on gent ly with a feather or brush at night. Three or four applications will cure. Cure fob Cobns.—Wet common cooking soda with water, so that it will spread easily on a. bit of cloth, nnd bind it on the corn. Keep it on till the corn is loose and comes out. It is simple and sure. Liniment fob Sprains.—Take one ounce each of chloroform, ammonia, sweet oil ami camphor gum. Mix with a hulf pint of pure alcohol. Shake before using. It is a splen did liniment for family use. Toothache Drops.—Chloroform, one ounce; spirits of camphor, one ounce ; oil of cloves, one-luilf dram ; mix, and keep in a tightly corked bottle, nnd apply by drop ping on a bit of cotton batting and lay on the teeth, nnd rub a little on the face if that is painful. It will give instant relief. Inflammatory Rheumatism.—One ounce of tincture of colchicum, one ounce of tincture of guaiac, one-half ounce of tincture of mez- crcon, and one ounce and n half of syrup of sursuparilla. Mix tl;c ingredients well and take one teaspoonful morning, noon, and night. It is a safe and sure remedy. A Nice Salve.—Take one ounce of fir balsam, one ounce of mutton tallow, one ounce of beeswax, and two tublc-spoonfuls of spsrits of turpentine; simmerwell togeth er and stir constantly. When well mixed, strain into a tight tin box through n piece of thin muslin. It is a very soothing and healing salve, for cither human or animal wounds, and is always ready for use. To the Young Men or the Month. The editor of the Southern World, de siring to stimulate the young men of the South to a deeper interest in, and a more practical knowledge of agricultural pursuits, offers the following premiums, open to any young man under sixteen years of age, in any of the Southern States: For the best half acre in corn, outs, potatoes, peus, cane broom corn, rice, or cotton, cultivated by the contestant, a chest of tools, worth $20.00; for the second best a chest at tools valued at $10.00; for the third best a chest of tools val ued at $5.00. If contestants so elect, the pre miums will be paid in gold, in lieu of the tools. Those desirous of contesting for the pre miums must send in their names to the ed itor of tho Southern World on or before March 20tli for registration. Contestants will bo required to givo a con else statement of tho character of the soil and seed, mode of culture, amount und kind of fertilizers (if nny) used, cost of cultivat ing nnd yield, and send per express, chnrges paid, one peck of corn, oats, potatoes or peas; five stalks of cane nnd sample of cot ton, not less than five pounds, all properly labelled with producer's name, coun ty and State, for exhibition at the office of the Southern World. Contestants will be required to have their land accurately measured and the yield properly certified to by neighbors before the clerk of any county court, ami sent to the editor of this paper for filing. Tho reports from the several contestants will be submitted to Hon. Tlios. Hardeman, President of the State Agricultural Society of Georgia; Hon J. T. Henderson, Commis sioner of Agriculture ofGeorgia; Hon. A. H. Colquitt, Governor of Georgia; Hon. D. N. Speer, State Treasurer of Georgia; Hon. L. F. Livingston, Cli’n Ex, Com. Ga. State Grange; and Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, M. C., from South Carolina, who will make the awards. Reports must be sent in by November 15. The co-operation of county and State Agri cultural organizations are earnestly invoked to accomplish the benefiuial result sought to be brought about by the offer of these premiums. Will our brethren of the Press give currency to our proposition by publishing it in their columns?