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The City of Rome,
The Sheriff,
The Ordinary,
■The County Commissioners,
and publishes regularly all legal
advertisements emanating from
these officials, ,
The assassin of Canovass will be
garrotec’.
Silvery speech and laughter resound
ed upon the summer air in Rome last
night.
The man who always does his duty
is never out of a job, says the Albany
Herald.
A Memphis paper says that the
Daughters of the Hawaiian Revolu
tion is the latest in “Daugtera ”
The silver party in Rome is very
popular as evidenced by the big re
ception of Congressman and Mrs.
Maddox.
The Savannah Press remarks: ‘'The
girl behind the candy counter always
has a real sweet weight. Yes, and she
■ticks to it. ~
And now Atlanta has passed an
ordinance against the theater hat.
Another evidence of Atlanta’s way of
taking away woman’s liberty.
Mrs. Myrick, editor of the Americus
Times-Recorder, is one of the wisest
women in Georgia. She has a keen
perception of human nature.
Senator George, of Mississippi who
died a few days ago was a native of
Monroe county, Georgia. He went to'
Mississippi when about eight years
old.
A Georgia man—Robert J. Lowry
—is presiding over the session' of the
American Bankers association at
Detroit. Georgians to the front every
time.
On another page of today’s Tribune
Chairman C. N. Featherstone gives
his reasons for opposing the establish
ment of a reformatory of juvenile
criminals in Floyd county.
Mark Hanna’s boodle might save
him from a political drowning in
Ohio, but he preferred the aid of two
steam tugs and a lighter out in Lake
Superior, says an exchange.
The Congressional Record is still en
gaged in sending out tariff speeches
which Tom Reed would not allow con
gressmen to deliver. Some of them are
good essays and read well in print,
AU the counties of have
•ent in their returns except Cobb,
Telfair and Washington. The total
decrease for this year as compared
with last is |1,037,260. The three
counties to hear from will not, it is
thought, make a difference of SIO,OOO
one way or the other.
Co-education At The University,
Since the State Agricultural Society
has passed a resolution favoring co
education at the university of Georgia
the subject is being discussed afresh.
When the matter came up originally
before the board of trustees of the
university The Tribune declared its
opposition to the movement because
we believed the conditions were un
suited to the admission of women. We
believed then and we believe now that
unless a large appropriation is made
by the state legislature for providing
dormitories and other equipments and
increasing the faculty that theques
tion is impracticable. We agree with
the Macon Telegraph on this subject
which says: Without going into the
merits of the educational principle in
volved. it seems to us proper and per
. tinent to suggest that if the legislature
shall direct the opening of the univer
sity doors to our young women, it
should appropriate money enough to
provide them with comfortable and
well ordered accommodations. To do
this will require the expenditure of a
very large sum ot money, for many
specialjprovisions willjhave to be made.
The capacity of the institution will
have to-be doubled and the faculty
increased, for there will have to be
women teachers and matrons. There
is no use in the state taking up co-ed
ucation unless it does so in a right
and liberal way. Girls are not to be
put on short commons. Their environ
ments in an institution supported by
the state should not be lacking in ele
gance and sanitary conveniences.
There must be some seclusion and
separation, even if both sexes meet in
the class room. Therefore, the econo
mical side of the question must have
due consideration, and we must take
it for granted that the State Agricul
tural Society is willing that the taxes
shall be increased for the benefit of
the young women of the state desir
ous of a university education and
training. It looks to us as if it would
require at least $200,000 to make the
proper accommodation, but these fig
ures may be either too small or too
large. If the demand be sincere and
general there ought to be at least 500
girls in Georgia ready to take advan
tage ’of the opportunity for such edu
cation, and if this be the case, then a
very great deal of money will have to
be expended in ’case the general as
sembly decides in favor of the proposi
tion,”
Even after a large and needful ap
propriation is secured from the legis
lature we doubt the ad visibility of the
plan of co education at the university
of Georgia. We believe it would im
pair its usefulness. We do not believe
the young men who would go there
would take as high a stand as they do
now. We do not believe the educa
tion Would be as thorough. To open
the doors of the state university to
women would be to detract from a
number of our other most excellent
female colleges in Georgia. There are
many reasons to be considered before
the change is made.
Last Night's Silver Party,
To Congressman and Mrs. Maddox
The Tribune extends in silvery
speech its warmest congratulations on
the brilliant celebration of their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
We feel sure that the entire Seventh
congressional district joins us in this.
It was a gladsbme gathering which
assembled at the home of our con
gressman last night, and extended
their best wishes. The occasion in
every way was most enjoyable and
we wish them many happy returns of
their wedding anniversary.
v Southern SteebMaking.
In discussifig the starting of the new
basic open-hearth plant at Birming
ham, the Iron Age devotes a page to
the subject of steel-making in the
South. It treats of the expansion to
meet the demands of home markets,
and says:
“Another question, of more general
Interest, which arises in discussing the
future developmental the Southern
steel trade, is whether we are to have
a repetition in billets of the experience
in pig iron. That is a question purely
of relative cost of production and de
livery to markets. It is asserted by
steel-makers of wide experience that
on a basis of $6 pig, which is a safe
figure for the Birmingham district,
steel billets can be produced at sl2 per
ton. We have no doubt that'a well
equipped plant under good manage
ment can reach that figure. In other
words, Birmingham can coine down
to a cost of production for soft onen
bearth steel as low as, if not a little
lower, than the best equipped works
in this country. That is a fact which
cannot be ignored, and must be
counted on in the steel trade of this and
of other lands. ”
The concluding paragraphs of the
exceedingly suggestive articles are:
“Suffice it to say that ultimately the
Southern steel-maker is bound to be
come a factor in lome of our markets.
He will be an additional competitor,
whose efforts to gain a foothold will
tend to hold prices down at some
future time.
“It may be of interest topointout
TB.R ROME TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY* AUGUST 18, 1897.
chat possibly Europeans may be among
the first to feel bls influence. With a
through freight to English ports of $3
to $3 75, Southern basic steel biUets
and steel bars may be lauded early in
the next century at slsto sls.7s,which
may make Europeau steel-makers a
little uncomfortable.
“How soon Southern steel will be
come a factor on both sides of the
Atlantic, as Southern p‘g iron has
become, depends upon the energy and
enterprise of our capitalists and engi
neers. - The possibility for important
development exists, but it will require
earnest, hard work to bring an early
realization. Town booming and stock
jobbing will not do it. ”
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Women Editors on Mrs. Felton,
No one has a higher opinion, or a
deeper respect of a thoughtful wo
man's utterance than The Tribune
While we cling most tenaciously to
the womanly woman yet we are al
ways interested in thoir expressions
made after dne deliberation. There
fore we have read with great interest
the criticisms of Mrs. Felton's recent
address by two of the South’s most
noted women editors. In the Bir
mingham Age-Herald Mrs. George C.
Ball writes as follows:
“Mrs W. H. Felton’s impassioned
speech before the planters of Georgia,
has called renewed attention to lynch
ings. Mrs. Felton is one of the most
brilliant women of America, and she
has only said in “words that burn,”
what every true Southern man and
woman feels, whether they express it
or not. But the position she assumes,
that the attention sho'wn negroes in
the South by politicians and office
seekers is the cause of the crimes is
not tenable- Give us better laws, as
the great step towards regulating this
matter. Speedy trials and verdicts,
will have greater influence than hun
dreds of sermons or columns of edito
rials.”
We commend heartily Mrs. My rick’s
criticism in the Americus Times-Re
corder as follows: “Mrs. W. H. Felton
speaks eloquently of the happy Georgia
girls and their pleasant duties on the
farm, and yet it would seem that if
the wise woman from Cartersville
might have her way she would turn
every man put of public office in
Georgia and substitute women there
in. Yes, she would take the modest
unassuming young women of the
statp, and have them undergo the
disgusting temptations of a life in the
State university associated with alj
sorts and conditions of men when they
can attain equally as satisfactory edu
cation and acquire as much knowledge
at two other colleges in Georgia sup- ■
ported by state appropriations.
“Young women of Georgia take the i
pdvice of one who now speaks from a
varied personal experience. Believe
that there are no accomplishments so
pleasing, self satisfying and God-like
as womanly accomplishments. Occupy
the sphere properly accorded heaven’s
best gift to man just as long as you can,
for a public life with its snares and
cares is killing, and in the end must
bring precious little comfort to a wo
man. Let our women beware and
take care, and not like “fools rush in
where angels fear to tread. ‘ ’
Where The Money Goes,
England buys our wheat and corn
and wine and oil. and sends hither
many milions of dollars, but she evens
up with us in the matter of insurance.
A statement publisned recently shows
that on fire insurance alone we sent
to England $39,703,317 in the year 1896,
as follows:
No.
I. Liverpool & London and Globe...* 5,370,686
2 Roya , Liverpool 4,745,632
3. Commercial Union, London 2.430,031
4. North. British & Mercantile
London 2 345,617
5. Scottish Union and National
Edinburgh 2 324 678
6. Palatine. Manchester 2 247 450
7. Phoenix, London 2,052645
8. Lancashire, Manchester 1872,989
9 London & Lancashire 1,750 496
10. Sun Insurance Office, Loncon 1,5,7.675
11. Norwich Union 1,512 7<5
12 Western. Toronto 1,46’ .601
13. Manchester , 3,584,814
14. Caledonian. Edinburgh 1,230 693
15. Northern Assurance, London.... 1,136 017
16 Imperial, Loudon 1.105.0v8
17. B .Irish America, Toronto 961,733
18. London Assurance 916,748
19. Union, London 914.623
20. Atlas, London.. 607,684
21. Lion. London 551,553
22. Prussian National 435,738
23. Trausailr ttic, Hamburg 390.011
24. Royal Exchange 256.030
25. Helvetia Swiss 160,343
539.703.3 7
In life insurance it is said that the
figures are about equal, so that on the
question of insurance alone we send
abroad in round numbers $80,000,000
annually. If this money could be kept
at home it no doubt would make times
a good deal better and money more
plentif u 1.
New Words in Dingley Tariff Bill
The principal of one of the public
schools of Rochester gave the new tariff
act as published in the Post-Fxpress a
thorough reading, and addresses a com
munication to the editor, in which he
says:
“Can you throw any light upon the
meaning of the following words which
I found in the naw tariff act:
“Lame or lahn, section 179.
“Brislings section 258.
‘ ‘Revered, sections 312, 845, 388.
"Vitrages, section 839?
“Skirted, section 856.
“Garnetted. section 861.
“One-line, section 402.
■’Dianisidin, section 524.
“I have consulted the latest editions
of the three leading dictionaries and
fail to find these words. What do they
mean?”
It is singular tljat so many words in
the new tariff act are not to be found
in the dictionaries. We are able, how •
ever, to throw some light on the mean
ings of them.
Lame or Lahn—These are adjectives
applied to wire, meaning wire that has
been lengthened-by pounding by heavy
hammers.
Brislings—The name of a small shh
similar to sardines, caught in the Med
iterranean and in the Bay of Biscay,
packed in oil and shipped to this coun
try.
Revered—An adjective describing the
manner of ornamenting handkerchiefs,
lace, and linen goods, Little square
holes are cut around the edges of the
goods.
Vitrages—A kind of lace. We are
unable to give a particular description.
The lace buyers for our largest dry
goods houses do not know exactly what
kind of lace it is.
Skirted—An adjective applied to wool.
The skirt of the fleece is the outer part
about the hindquarters. Skirted wool
is wool from the skirt of the fleece.
Garnetted—Waste is said to be gar
netted when it has been run through a
machine provided with attachments
like rows of pins, by means of which
so eign substances are removed.
One-Line—Words descriptive of a
peculiar kind of paper used in making
Jacquard desings in weaving. In this
country cardboard is generally used.
Dianisidin—The name of a drug used
in the arts. It is similar to benzine.
We cannot give a more particular de
scription —Rochester Post Express.
Perspiration and Character.
Prof. Gates has made the discovery
that bad feeling and wickedness create
harmful chemical produces in the body,
while goodness and benevolence create
products which are healthful, says the
New York Tribune. “Os all the chem
ical products of emotions,” he says,
■ ‘that of guilt is the worst. If the per
spiration of a person suffering from
this feeling be placed in a glass bowl
and exposed to contact with selenic acid
it will turn pink.” Other emotions
.show other colors, so that if the pro
fessor’s theory is correct the true charac
ter of a person can readily be ascertain
ed by exposing his perspiration to cer
tain chemical preparations.
Weeds Good to Eat
A botanist insists that many neg
lected American weeds are good to eat.
The tender young shoots of milkweed
are said to be as delicious as asparagus,
with similar valuable properties. Pig
weed is related to beets and spinach.
The nettle is well flavored, though
somewhat coarse and stringy, which
argues that the donkey may be more of
an epicure than is supposed. It is sug
gested that every weed has an honest
value if it could only be discovered, —
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Are You Going to The Paris Expos*'
tion?
The following unique advertisement
appears in a middle Georgia paper:
If you want to go to the Paris exposi
tion in 1900. deposit $5.00 per month in
the Albany Trust & Savings Bank for
the next forty months, and you will
have sufficient, funds to pay all your ex
penses to Ptjris and return" with a week
or ten days stay in the charming French
capital.
Never! Never!! Never!!!
The Question now agitating Georgia
Is: Will Governor Atkinson’s female
colonel ride straddle?—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Woman’s Sphere.
By Kate Field
“They talk about a woman’s sphere
As though it had a limit,
There’s not a place In earth or heaven,
There’s not a Cask to mankind given,
There’s not a blessing or a woe,
There’s not a whitper ‘yes’ or ‘no,’
There’s not a life, a death, a birth,
There’s not a feather’s weight of iworth,
Without a woman in it."
To a Painter.
Painter, when this Dream awoke
Nature through thy spirit spoke.
Mixed thy colors with her wand,
Guided faultlessly thy hand.
Till upon the canvas shone
Beauties dszzHng as her own.
Mark the splendor of those eyes,
How their soul to thine replies,
While those lips, it Seems, repeat:
“We are warm and we are sweet.”
Breast and neck and brow unite.
“Which is fairest or most whit.?”
And those cheeks, so like the rose.
Might upon the bee impose.
Sunshine, caught and neatly bound,
Is the hair that waves around.
Thus, complete, the picture seems
Like some vision of our dreams,
Haunting us with thoughts of years *
Sweet with laughter, hope—and tears.
It doth tease us back so well,
Age beholds a mirae'e,
And. beholding, dwells again
Far beyond the marts ot men,
In a palace, reared In youth,
To the lovely princess, Truth,
—C G B in,Chicago Chronicle.
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