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THE WEEKIN COTTON
Komi Pays an Eighth of a Cent lore
Than Other Places,
OJIPETITIOIW WWEEK BUYERS
'The Receipt* To Date 30,80 S Bale*— The
Receipt* Show a Falling off For
the Fast Week.
Futures went off only one point yes
terday, but epot cotton declined one
sixteenth of a cent
It is a fact that Rome buyers are pay- <
■ing an eighth more for cotton than the
market-quotations warrant.
This is said to be due to the large
-number of buyers in the field here this
' season and the sharp competition con*
-sequent.
/ Friday the quotations at all other
pointe foe middlings were 5%, but the
same classification sold steadily here
for 5%. This should silence towns that
are claiming they pay more than
• Rome.
The receipts tor the past week were
4,404 bales, against 6,398 bales same
week last year; 3,374 bales the year
previous, 6,730 bales three years ago;
and 5,546 bales the year before.
Total to date, 36,295 bales, against
-40,365 bales year ago; 28,883 bales two
years ago; 50,236 bales the big crop year;
-and 35,176 bales the year previous.
The effect of the recent freeze is not
yet seen in receipts, but it is expected
next week’s marketing will show a fair
sprinkling of frost tinges and stains It
is not thought that the freeze, coming at
so late a date, has resulted in any mate
rial injury to the crop, What “top crop”
remained was so far advanced that the bolls
"were well grown,and the result of the frost
-will mainly be in tinging and staining
h the cotton in that stage of development.
r The staple this year has been very
-clean and white. This is not to be
marvelled at, became very little rain has
-fallen on the crop.
Now that the pressure of£obliggtions
) falling due is about over the farmer is
to await further developments
before selling the balance of his crop.
‘The indications now are that
will be done more leisurely than hereto'
rfore, unless some sharp advance should
)be experienced, in wbiehjevent no doubt
free selling would follow.
However, it is probable that trade with
the merchants will be much better from
1 now until Christmas, because debts have
been paid, and the farmer’s family will
- come to town to buy winter clothing and
• other things needed.
"IDEAL CHRISTIAN.”
- Rev. S, R. Belk Will Close Third Years’*
Work Here at 11 a. m. Today.
Rev. 8. R. Belk will preach at the
First Methodist church this morning
at 11 o’clock on the ‘’ldeal Christian.”
This will complete his third year’s
I work as pastor of the First Methodist
I- church. The present year has been
I a very prosperous one for Mr. Belk’s
U charge, and his report to the confer
| ence will be a magniflclent one.
I During bis pastorate there has been
LglO accessions to the church. Eighty
I infants have been baptized, and he
I hag made 3,000 postoral calls. All of
■ the collections are well up. There
I will be no services tonight.
I DECATUR WON ONCE MORE.
■ House Rernsed to K»c,,.,.lder Its Action
K; on DeKalb County *ite.
ft Atlanta, Nov. 20.—Immediately at
■ter the assembling of the house, Mr.
■ Henderson of DeKalb moved to recon
■ Sider the action of the house on the bill
■to remove the DeKalb county court
■house from Decatur to Stone Mountain.
■Mr. Jlorrison, the other member from
■DeKalb, opposed the motion. On the
■viva voce vote a division was called for.
■The result was another easy victory for
■Decatur. The motion to reconsider was
■defeated by a vote of 52 to 36.
■ Mr. Pace of Newnan offered a joint
■isolation reciting tiie fact that Hon. J.
M. Curry, who had been invited to
trie general assembly on Nov.
■6, had been unable to be present' at
■hat time, but would reacn Atauta on
■me twenty-ninth, in company with
■ion. James Wilson, secretary of agri
culture. The resolution extended an
to Dr. Curry and Secretary
■¥»lson to address the general assembly
■t 11:30 o’clock on that day. The reso
■iticni was adopted.
following new bills were iutro
gCßy Mr. Blalock of Fayette, to levy
collect a tax for the support of the
|Kato government and other public in
»By Mr. Whipple of Dooly, a resolu-
WOU to refund to the purchasers the
less taxes and costs, received
the state of Georgia, received from
of wild lands under tax exe
■mous issued by the tax collector of
HHy county in the state which by their
Inrms were illegal and insufficient and
|M declared by the courts.
s®By Mr. Brinson of Burke, to repeal
;Hsd *ll obligations to pay attorneys*
upon a note or other evidences of
Wt. .
SMThe senate was not in session, having
■iourned Friday until Monday.
For Delicacy,
and.for improvement of the com
: Bftlon aothlng equal* Poasoiri's Pownaa.
THE CZAR’S JULEPS.
MINISTER CURTIN SHOWED THE EM
PEROR HOW TO MIX THEM.
A Reminiscence of Diplomacy Under Alex
ander II of Russia—The Csar a Lover
of Darky Anecdote and Dialect—Amer- ■
lean Whisky For HU Collar.
“I was in Paris, ” said Colonel W. F.
M- McCarthy of thia city, “that I be
came acquainted with an aid of the
Czar Alexander H. The Russians are
greatly interested in applied chemistry
and novel mechanical devices for war
fare. 1 had some ideas on these subjects
which an aid asked me to put before
! his superiors. The Grand Duke Constan
tine was there, and I was presented to
him. Our interviews finally led to my
going to St Petersburg, where I was
presented to the czar himself.
“1 first met the emperor in the Win
ter palace one morning at 9 o’clock He
was an early riser, and the machinery
of the court was all in operation by that
hour His majesty received me kindly
and at once put me at my ease. *1 love
Americans, he said, with a smile, and
I soon learned that this was true. An
drew G Curtin of Pennsylvania was
then minister from the United States at
the imperial court, and there was no
body in whose society the czar took more
satisfaction
“I’ll never forget the mysterious er
rand upon which 1 was dispatched one
cold and stormy night by, and 1 may
say with. General Curtin, as he was
universally called in St. Petersburg.
My entry into the emperor’s secret serv
ice had by that time become an accom
plished fact I had become a Russian,
had sworn allegianoe to the czar, spir
itual and temporal, and had been en
tered on the official list of the chancel
lerie as Vasili Makroff William F.
Mason McCarthy ceased to exist from
that hour, at least in Russia. A mes
senger had come asking me to the
American legation at 8 o’clock that
evening, ‘without uniform. ’ These
words naturally excited my curiosity
I wore the imperial crown on the col
lar of my uniform coat, and in that
dress passed at will through the streets
of St. Petersburg by day or by night.
For 1 was supposed to be all the while
on my imperial master’s business.
When 1 got to the embassy, 1 learned,
to my surprise, that the - minister and I
were to visit the czar incognito.
“General Curtin had a parcel under
his arm when we reached the palace,
and to my amazement he was prompt
ly admitted without question to the
czar’s private apartments. 1 followed
after him. The emperor at once dismiss
ed his attendants, gave us hearty hand
shakes and bade us be seated in front of
a cheery coal fire in a large comforta
ble looking sitting room General Cur
tin was evidently very much at home
there, and from the packet under his
arm he now produced a large black bot
tle. A servant brought lemons, crack
ed ice, a silver bowl containing a mag
nificent bunch of mint, loaf sugar, ver
mouth and brandy. And thereupon in
my presence the American minister
gave the czar lessons in the art of mak
ing mint juleps and whisky cocktail*
“The whisky was old Monongahela
rye, sent to General Curtin from the
state of Pennsylvania, of which he had
been governor. His majesty said he had
never tasted anything so good in his life
as the juleps, and he forthwith commis
sioned General Curtin to order for the
imperial cellars a large quantity of the
rye whisky, which he had never heard
of until after the arrival of Curtin in
St Petersburg Ten barrels of Monon
gahela rye were shipped from Pennsyl
vania not long afterward to the czar
You’d never guess my part in the fes
tivities It was nothing more nor less
J than telling nigger storiea Os course I
knew plenty of them, having been
brought up in the south in antebellum
days, and the czar never tired of hear
ing them. Folklore tales and the quaint
conversation between Br’er Rabbit and
Br’er B’ar delighted him. Afterward,
at the czar’s request, I sent to New
York for all the books of this descrip
tion 1 could get
“General Curtin won the affection of
his majesty by his genial personality,
his fund of anecdote and his unaffected
sincerity He would tell story after
story of American life and incident, at
many of which Alexander laughed as ;
merrily as a schoolboy ’I love to be
with men, he would say 1 1 love Amer
icans as 1 hate sycophants. He was ■
heard to say more than once that the
happiest hours of his life were those
passed in this way with General Curtin.
“The peculiar affection for the Unit
ed States cherished in Russia, in spite
of the Russians dislike for foreigners
in general, is a national, a religious
sentiment. In every Russian church the
visitor is impressed—if an American he
is astounded —by the prominent posi
tion in which he beholds three great
portraits displayed with reverence and i
deep significance. The first is that of
Peter the Great, the father of Russia,
as we know it. The second is that of
Abraham Lincoln, the liberator The
third is that of Alexander. That was
an evening to be treasured up in mem
ory ” —New York Sun.
For a Christina* Present.
A piece of satin 15 inches wide and
10 inches deep forms a charming sew
ing bag. This is to be folded in half and
sewed up the side and bottom. The por
tion forming the top is cut to fashion
four tabs 2 % inches in depth. The bag
is lined throughout with silk or satin,
forming a sort of binding at the top of
the tabs, and is drawn up by ribbon
run through a casing. The sides are
trimmed by bows of ribbon and frills of
lace, and on the front is embroidered
the initial of the person for whom the
is intended, surrounded by an em-1
pire wreath. This bag‘develops prettily
in black and bljje satin, with lace.
THE .St ki I. M>V •M K El/ 21. 1897.
mGUHIWD CP
Rumors of a Dictatorship For
the Little Republic.
BENOR OUESTAS’ RADIOAL STEPS
I
i The PreUd|ent Ad Interim Order* the <>■-
eapatdoni'#f AU Strateffwtic Feint* by HU
Traeps-Mlisnnon Placed In Position to
Pre Tout Oatlierhtff of Crowds—Much
Excitement at Montevideo.
Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov. 20.—The
greatest excitement prevails here, due
to the report that Senor Cuestas, the
president ad interim, has decided to de
clare himself dictator aud dispense with
the legislature. Senor Cuestas, who
was formerly president of the senate
and who assumed the presidency provi
sionally after the assassination of Presi
dent Borda on auk. 2’5. last, disclaims
the purpose imputed to him.
In spite of this-denial, however, it is
believed the report of a dictatorship is
true.
Under the president’s order, troops
have occupied all the strategetic pointe
of the city aud the excitement is in
tense. Cannon have been run into po
sition overlooking the Plaza de Ainas to
prevent the gathering of crowds there
. and troops are now on guard all over
the city.
In the meantime President Cuestas
has placed a strong guard around the
Hock in which is situated the home of
Senor Julio Merrera. Senor Merrera is
a prisoner. He is Senor Cuestas’ prin
cipal opponent in the race for president
and it is believed he is at- the head of
the movement which has for its pur
pose the overthrow of Cuestas’ forces.
It is to prevent such a movement that
President Cuestas has taken radical
steps.
PINCUSHIONS.
Pretty Christmas Presents That Are Rasy
to Make.
A Christmas gift that will be appre
ciated by almost any of your friends is
a doll pincushion. This is easily made
by taking a doll’s heal and building
about it a cushion of lamb’s wool. An
smpty cotton spool is used as a pedestal
for the head to rest upon, and the wool
Is laid about it. Over this is drawn a
covering of satin in any color, cut bias
and pasted over the edge of a round
bottom of cardboard. The seam in front
is concealed by a strip of tinsel braid.
The top of the satin is gathered in
tightly about the neck of the head,
which is ornamented with a fancy tur
ban, having a soft crown of white satin,
with a band of the color like the cush
ion. The band is decorated with rows
of pearl beads and has a gilt crescent
at the front. The lower edge of the cush
ion is finished with a fine silk cord, and
over the cardboard bottom is pasted a
piece of fancy paper, which is trimmed
j off even with the card.
| Other cushions have the heads orna
' mented with caps of different national
| ities, such as the Russian, Swiss or Ital
j ian peasant, or little monk’s hoods and
I; toboggan caps. Hanging pin balls are
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most convenient for a bathroom, and
bunches of vegetables, such as carrots,
radishes, beets or the like, are quite
ornamental to hang beside the dressing
case. These are made of linen or satin,
stuffed in the shape of the vegetable it
imitates and then colored with water
: color paint. Threads of coarse linen are
I drawn through irregularly to imitate
I the roots, and the bunch of six or seven
I cushions is suspended by baby ribbons
of uneven lengths.
The large ornamental pincushions
are made as elaborately as possible, and
one of the handsomest examples is satin,
covered with a top of embroidered tin
sel net and a frill of tinsel lace put
around to round off the corners. Bunch
es of “taste” ribbon are placed hero
and there. Another large cushion in
yellow satin has a centerpiece of oriental
embroidery, bordered with a ring tassel
fringe in yellow, under which is placed
a ruffle of fine oriental lace. This cen
terpiece is put on reversely to the square
of the cushion, and the corners are filled
in with ribbon bows, which require
three-quarters of a yard of ribbon for
each bow.
Venice and the Horse.
It is said that some of the Venetians
' —those who have never been to the
mainland—bave never seen a horse in
all their lives. A showman once brought
one to a fair and called it a monster,
and the factory hands paid a shilling
each to see the marvel. —Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The nest which is made into soup
and eaten by the Chinese is that of a
bird closely allied to the swift The
nests are mqde of gelatinous secretion
from the mouth of the bird.
All lovers are alike, and that is why
they correspond.—New Orleans Pica
vune.
JOILY LITTLE J M’S.
THE DOLLS UTILIZED FOR HOME
MADE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Ballet Danor Sharing Paper Case That
Is Jost Too Cute For Anything—A Fan
tastic Penwiper and Blotting Pad Makes
an Acceptable Gift.
As the holidays draw near there is a
great demand for novelties, especially
for those that can be made at home
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Two useful and dainty gifts which can
be easily made by the average bright
American girl are here described.
At a Japanese store, that home of
pretty things within the reach of the
most slender purses, can be purchased
for the sum of 10 cents a lifelike little
head with a fringe of wiry black hair
protruding from under a paper disk. In
the center of this is a hole, through
which a duster is intended to be slipped,
but a very fantastic penwiper and blot
ter combined may be readily made in
stead. Cut two circular pieces of cha
mois of two contrasting colors (every
desirable shade can now be obtained in
this leather; the model was made of
yellow and royal purple), and, having
pinked the edges, gather in a bunch
from the center and fasten with a bit of
wire to a burned match. Slip the match
through the opening in the top of the
head until it rests crosswise inside,
thus fixing the penwiper firmly in
place. Now cut six squares of blotting
paper of the same color as the chamois
and lay them alternately one on top of
another; then ent a circle of chamois
an inch and a half in diameter and lay
in the center of the topmost piece of
blotting paper. Take the head, make a
hole in each side of the neck and, thread
ing a large needle with baby ribbon,
pass it from the chamois on top through
the last sheet of blotting paper and then
back again, this time passing through
the hole in the side of the neck. Now
take the two ends of the ribbon and tie
first in a firm knot and then in a dainty
little bow. Having made a similar bow
on the other side, the novel little gift
is finished. The ribbon used must of
course be of the same color as the cha
mois.
Another pretty present is a Japanese
ballet dancer shaving paper case. An
ordinary Japanese doll about ten inches
high is used for this novel little dancer.
Having disrobed the victim of its native
gown, proceed to array it in crape tis
sue paper. The one in question was
dressed in light blue, the ribbon used
being black. The trousers, which reach
just to the end of the unsightly brown
muslin and the beginning of the pink
knee, are cut from an oblong piece of
tissue paper, sewed up the center and
shirred at the bottom of each leg to form
a ruffle. A waist is cut from a straight
piece with two holes cut for the arms,
into which is sewed a plain straight
sleeve shirred at the end to form a ruffle.
This is creased around the center to
make the wheellike effect shown in the
illustration. The waist is then shirred
around the neck about half an inch
from the top to form a ruffled collar.
For the skirt cut 20 circles about 4%
inches in diameter and notch their
edges, fold in half and then again in
quarters without creasing them. Thread
these through the pointed end on a
strong piece of linen cord and, tying
the cord tightly round the waist of the
doll, push the.frills until they stand ont
evenly all around. A ribbon is then
passed round the waist, crossed in front,
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then in the back and is tied in a bow in
the center. A loop of the ribbon is then
sewed to the crosspiece by which tc
hang it pn. *
A Homemade Tape Measure.
An exceedingly pretty as well as use
ful adjunct to one’s workbasket is a
tape measure made from grosgrain rib
bon to take the place of the usual ugly
which does not seem suited to
the pretty baskets which are now so
generally used. The measure can be
made as long as one chooses, bnt for the
one most generally used a yard and one
eighth of grosgrain ribbon three-quar
ters of an inch wide are needed. The
ribbon, if a pale violet, should be mark
ed off into quarter inches with violet
ink, and the ends are fastened over lit
tle white sticks, which can be procured
at any store where art notions are sold.
The measure is made much prettier
when tiny violets, outlined in ink, are
scattered here and there on the ribbon
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