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NUMBER 50.
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A HAPPY MAN.
Wet now a truly happy man
And of him we must tell;
His laughter sounds ns pleasant
As a. boarder’s dinner bell.
He never says an angry word, ■'
i He always w&rs a smile
And everybody loves him
i Tor the goodness of his style.
He’s always bravaand cheerful
And is never looking blue,
He doesn’t growl and ! 'jmimble
Like some other people do,
He doesn’t tryto run?her-world
. Upon a better plan, <.
Betakes things as he finds ’em
, As a happy person can.
m
Although he is’nt wealthy,
He.don’l worry for Aoent;
In poverty or riches
He is.equally content;
He looks you squarely in the eye's
And firmly grasps your hand—
And any act of meanness
He can never understand.
He’s never heard complaining
And is “nervous” not at all;
He’S always glad to see you
And you like to have him call;
The birds are ever singing
In His' heart forever light
And peaceful are his slumbers
When he lays him down o’ night.
In business he’s successful '
For he’s always making friends j
His home it is the sweetest
And its comfort never ends,
Hs wife, can’t help but love him
And his children do the same,
His neighbors all respect him
And are proud to spread his fame.
M
The reason of his happiness
(Which anyone can share)
We think it right to mention
For the sake of being fair;
This simple man is happier
Than any kings or queens
Because he has the courage
To live within his means.
—H. C. Dodge, in Chicago Sun.
MALVINA FLETCHER.
BY EMMA A. OPPER.
HICH of yop. boys
is going after the
new teacher?” said
Ephraim Olds.
It was an ex--
tremely informal
meeting of' the
"West Cary school"
board, held in
Ephraim Olds’s
barn for cons*
venienco. The sons
of two of .the dj-
recto-rs h a.dt
V-v.
dropped in.
“Yes, one of yon boys has gbt to
go,” Marcus Loring appending “YoUr
dads are too old to be driving over tlie’
country after school-ma’ams.”
“Where is she?” Wade Loring in
quired, lazily.
Wcde had “clerked it” in a larger
town, and wore better clothes than
any fellow in West Cary, and held' a
very complacent opinion of himself. '
“Lives down to Trenton,” his father
responded.
“And what does she look like?”
Wr.de demanded.
He was smoking a cigarette.
“If she’s good-looking, you' know,
I might thin* of it. ”
“Pease liired her,” said Mr. Olds,
“and he’s the only one that’s seen
her. ”
Mr. Pease was looking at Wade
Loring with shrewd eyes, which
twinkled a little.
“Wal,” he said, drily, “she ain’t
much to look at. A leetle too tall in
the first place, and kind o’pig-j’inted
—yes, kind p’ bony. Lon’fknow as I
can tell jest how she looks didn’t
look at her no more’n I could help.
* he ain’t no beauty. Beckon she’s
igh on to forty. Malvina Eletcher’s
her name. ”
“Ex-cuse me,” said Wade Loring,
with a laugh. “You’ll have to qA>n-
vev my deep regrets to Malvina
Fletcher, Burt, my boy.”
But Burt Olds followed him out of
the barn, looking anxious. He stood
in some awe of Wade—of his self-con
fident air, his dressiness, his popu-,
larity with the girls.
“If one of us has got to go, Wade,
you’d do me an immense favor”— lm
began. ?
“I can’t do it, my boy,” said Wade,
decisively. “Drive fourteen miles and
fourteen miles back again with an old
bump? That isn’t me!”
“It will use up a day about,” Burt
insisted, “and I’m so busy with my
onions I can’t spare a day. If my
crop’s going to amount tq^. anything,
%
it’s got to be attended to‘right alon
I know you aren’t busy just now—”
“Have a cigarette?” said Wade.
“Ho? Well, I can’t do it, Burt. Sorry,
yon know, but really I conjfllu’t. ”
And he sauntered away.
Burt’s father joined him-later in his
faithfully-tended onion field*? where
Burt was pulling weeds. '~5k
“Wade won’t go, will.he?” ift said.,
"Wal, I’d go if I could, Burt, but I.
don’t know what a twenty.-eight-milo
drive would do to my rheumatism. I
can’t stand riding lately, somehow.”
“I’ll go, father,” Burt said cheer :
Tully. '"
He was a quiet, modest young fel
low, who tried to do the right thing, -
and was not ashamed of having it seen
that he tried to. * •"• •"
He raised his handsome ■ blue eyes
and smiled at his regretful parent.
“You’re a good bov, Burt,” said his
father, warmly.
The West Cary school was to- -dfegip.
the next Monday. At two o’clock, on
Saturday afternoon, Burt drove up a
shady street in Teuton village, and
hitched his horse before an inviting
little house painted in dull grefen, with
' '•■"lijf'bedtof
a pretty porch, and a littb
foliage-plants, and a hammeck
A handsome, middle-aged woman
answered his ring.
“Yes, this is Mr. Fletcher’s,”, she
said.
“I come from West Cary,” Burt ex;-'
plained. _
“Ah, yes! Malvina has been eject
ing you,"” the lady answered, smiling.
“Will you take this porch chair while'
you wait? It is cooler here. ”
“Malvina’s her husband’s sister, I
suppose,” Burt thought, and whistled
softly while he waited.
Ho had but five minutes to wait, and
then a strange^thing occurred.
A slender young girl, with chestnut
hair cifimped around her delicate face.
with bright, dark eyes and a vivid col
oring, tripped out of the house, and
JBho ok hands with him in the friendliest
way.
“I was all ready, yon see,” she said;
and her quick smile made two distinct
dimples. “Good-by, Tom!” She
hugged and kissed a fourteen-year-old
boy, who had brought out a big sat
chel. “Good-by, mamma!” another
warm embrace; “I’m coming home
next Saturday on the morning taagfa,
and I’ll get back somehow. I’ll write
to yoii before then. Good-by!”
Burt took the satchel, and followed
the affectionate family group down the
walk. He felt dazed.
He did not know exactly what he was
doing. When the blooming yonng
lady kissed her relatives yet again at
the gate, he shook hands with them
both, confusedly. Then he blushed-;
but the young lady looked pleased.
A light wind lifted the soft locks of
her pretty hair, as they drove away.
Bnrt hardly dared look at her. He did
not find his voice till he had .turned
the first corner.
“So you are Miss Fletcher—Malvina
FlelfSer?” he said, abruptly.
The new teacher turned her bright
eyes upon him.
“Who did you think I was - ?” she de
manded.
“Nobody—I—nobody,” Burt falt
ered.
“Thank you!” Miss Fletcher-cried,
laughing; and Burt laughed.
He was half afraid of this bright
young creature, with her charming
prettiness and her lively- - ways ;• and
yeto-he felt oddly, at ease urith her, she
was so cheerful and so fricmdly.
He did not know how ho did it, but,
commencing stammeringly, he told her
of the little joke which Mr. Pease, had
conceived and successfully carried
through.
“How funny!” Malvina Fletcher
cried. “And how ente of him! I be
lieve I shall like him. I thought -I-
should when I saw him. I believe I
can manage him, you know—make
liim'ftirnish nKv things for the school
room, and raise my wages a dollar a
week,” she declared, merrily, her dim
ples twinkling.
“I know you can!” Burt responded,
with warmth—Burt, the bashful, the
self-distrustful. “You’ll have Mm at
your mercy, too, for you’ll board
there. They always hoard the teach
ers.- .We-live just round the coiner
from the Peases’s,” ho added, more
timorously. „
1 htu" glad yon do,” Malviria re
joined, frankly, and without blushing.
“I’ve a tennis court-,” said Bart—
“if yoii play?” V / "'j
“Oh, yes—badly!” 5 p f ir
'• Malvina laughed. J ?
* “I am glad you do. We’li have some
games.. I’m busy just now, bnt my
onions will be off my hands before
long, and then I’ll beat yon some
games if I can.”
Oniontf! How far away and uninter
esting they seemed!
The color in her cheeks was like that
of a rose, and her eyes sparkled with
quick sympathy and girlish enjoy
ment.
The sun was waning when they
drove into West Cary.
Bnrt had stopped and bought cara
mels and bananas, and the half-emptied
bags reposed in a companionable way
between them.
Malvina had taken her hat off", for it
wa3 warm, and her flower-like face
shone forth in all its sweetness.
Therefore, when Wade Loring came
driving down the street in his new
buggy, and mot' Burt and the new
teacher face to face, he almost dropped
his lines.
He stared; his jaw dropped; he.
grew red and redder. . Bewilderment
was depicted on his face—disappoint
ment, indignation."
And Burt—he could not help it—as
he drove on, laughed.
.'■*rhe new teacher went home at the
<md of the fiijst successful week of her
CTbors in the West Cary school, but
she did not go by train Saturday morn
ing. She went in. Burt Olds’s phse-
ton; .Friday night, after school, and
he (jrove back for her Sunday after-
nooffl
It was by nd means the only time
she made a trip home in the same way;
nor did Burt “hitch up” only on Fri
days and Sundays.
It becanft^ a matter of common
knowledge that Burt Olds took the
notv teacher driving quite often on
'moonlight nights, and that they played
checkers in Mr. Pease’s parlor when
they (lid not go driving, and did other
significant thing*.
Malvina often wrote to her mother;
but a portion of a letter written early
in the winter, when her seepnd term
in W@st Cary was half done, .was the
most interesting of all her loving let
ters:
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Georgia’s Lai Mato Assemble at tlie
Routine of-the Honse and Senate Brief
ly -Reported.
“I can't wait till Friday night to tell you,
mamma—wo are engaged. Yes, engaged,
anil I am tho happiest girt in Dyke County
or the State. I never could have loved any
body but Burt, and I am so' glad he love!
me. There is nobody like him in all thi
world. Mr. AVado Loring hasn’t stoppec
bothering me for a miume—well, yohknou
what I riiean* he has kept on asking' me to
go out with him when lie fcnewl didn’t want
»o, and last-night I told him it was no use,
and he'knew what I meant; he knew I must
lie engaged to dear Burt. Burt thinks I like
him best because I didn’t meet Mr. Loring
first. Mamma, you know better, don’t youS
“I will tell von everything Friday. He
says, we must be married in the spring. Oh,
mamma r
mamma!
“Make some caramel cake for supper Fri
day night, won’t you? Burt likes it so muoh.
•‘Malvina.”.
—Saturday Night.
Your loving
The Burning Mountain.
In Johnson County, "Wyoming, there
ip what is called the Burning Moun-
cjdfn. It is an immense coal bank,
"that has been on fire ever since the
first white man visited that country.
There' are many traditions among the
Indians, as to the origin o’f the fire,
but alTpoint to its great antiquity,
iund’it is-possible that this bank has
•“-been -burning for 200 or 300 years.
' The country around presents a
singularly barren. appearanco, wMch
is not the least improved by the looks
of the mountain itself. In places here
and there reefs of coal crop out, and a
. .high, wind .fans the fire to a toriouf
"'blaze. ■* Elsewhere the fire is mainly'
underground and indicated-only by
.the heat ox the surface and the in
numerable jets of smoke and tongues
of flame that appear through the cracks
in the b&ked earth. It is dangerous
to go about the place, for not only are
there frfequent cavings of ,the snrfa.ee,
but the gases which arise.from the
burnjng coal are extremely'deleterious.
—New York Journal-
TflE HOUSE.
Monday, Oct. 30—The house was
called to order at nine o’clock Monday
morning by Speaker Atkinson, who
was in his seat for the first time since
the session opened. In calling the
body to order he made a brief address.
After prayer and roll call the jonrxial
of aturday was read and approved.
Under a call of the counties for the
introduction of new matter a large
number of new bills were introduced.
Tho urgent deficiency appropriation
bill, returned from the senate with
amendments, was sent to conference.
On motion of Mr. Dingley, a -resolu
tion ivas passed changing the system
of receiving bids for government sup
plies for the executive department so
as to cause them to be received simul
taneously. Bills for a third reading
were then called np and the following
were acted upon: To authorize the
payment of any back salary dnea man
at his death to bis wife and children.
Passed. To incorporate the town
of Auburn. Recommitted. To pro
vide for the dismissal of certain cases
in the superior court. To amend act
providing for an outfiit for the.Med
ical Institute of Georgia. Passed. To
allow guaranty companies to become
surety on the bond of the treasurer of
Chatham county. Recommitted. Speak
er Atkinson assigned the new house
members to different committees. At
noon the election of Judges took place.
The two houses convened in joint ses
sion for the.-, purpose of electing a
number of judges and one solicitor-
general. There was a contest in only
one circuit, the Flint, in which Judge
John J. Hunt tho present incumbent
was opposed by Hon. J. H. Cotton, of
Thomaston. When the vote was an
nounced, however, Judge Hunt had
received 140 and Mr. Cotton only 57.
When the Patanla circuit was called
Judge Griggs was nominated by Sen
ator Clarence Wilson,and as there was
no opposition, he was unanimously
elected. Mr. H. C. Sheffield, who is
now filling the solicitor’s place in the
Pataula district, was elected without
opposition. Judge C. L. Bartlett.
Avas elected to tho judgeship of the'
Macon circuit. Then came the Atlanta
circuit and Judge J. H. Lumpkin was
unanimously elected. The joint ses
sion was then dissolved.
Tuesday, Oct. 31.—After prayer,
roll call and reading of the journal, a
number of new^ bills were read and
committed. The honse spent most of
the morning in wrestling with the bill
of Senator Smith, of the 40th, to pro
hibit the employment on any locomo
tive engine "of firemen who cannot
read and write. On motion of Allen,
of Upson, the bill was taken up for
a third reading", it having passed the
senate. The bill had hardly been
read before Hurst, of Walton, secured
the floor and spoke briefly against it,
moving in conclusion that bill be in
definitely postponed. Other speeches
were made pro and con. The hour
of 11 o’clock, the time set for the ad
dress of Hon. J. L. M. Cnrry on edu
cation having arrived, consideration
of the bill was here suspended. After
the address qt" Dr. Curry the bill was
again taken up. On a call of the
house the bill was lost by a vote of 50
to 90. An important resolution was
introduced-by Mr. Mershon, of Glynn.
The resolution recites the stoppage of
business in his county on account of yel
low fever and then provides that the
people be releived.from all state and
connty taxes for tlie year 1893.
Wednesday, Nov. 1.—The special
order for Wednesday was the consider
ation of the bill introduced by Wilson
of Ware providing for submitting an
amendment to the constitution for
ratification at tho next general elec
tion, increasing the number of supreme
court judges from three to fivo mem
bers. Mr. Wilson led off in favor of
his bill. Turner, of Putnam, favored
the passage of the bill, ns did also
Major Bacon, of Bibb, who said this
bill did not involve any party ques
tion, but that all the people of Geor
gia were interested in it. Major
Bacon’s speech was a strong and forci
ble presentation of the case and it was
evident before he had proceeded far
that he had . impressed the house with
the toll importance of the bill.
At thi^ conclusion of his speech, the
bill was read again and a vote had,
which resulted in 126 ayes and 21 nays.
All of the third party members, except
Hall of Warren, voted against the bill.
Stiles, the colored member, voted for
the bill. Sims, of Brooks, introduced,
a bill to amend the constitution so as
to reduce tho homestead from §1,600
to $300. Referred to the judiciary
committee. The bill of Mr. West, of
Hancock,proposing to purchase school
books for public-schools,to be used by
pupils, free, was reported upon ad
versely by the committee on educa
tion. Mr. Neill, of Fulton, introduced
a bill to amend the city charter of At
lanta, so that taxes shall be collected
semi-annually instead of annually. The
committee appointed to examine the
bcoks-of the state treasurer at the last
session of the' legislature, submitted
their report. The report showed the
treasurer’s books, accounts and money
was all there and safe. A large num
ber of other new bills were introduced
. and referred, and the house adjourned
until Thursday.
.Thdbsday, Nov. 2.—After prayer,
roll call and reading of the journal in
the house Thursday several new bills
were introduced. The special order
for the day was the consideration of
the bill of Mr. Bacon, of Bibb, to is
sue certain bonds to retire some old
bonds. The bill is entitled an act to
authorize the" governor and the
treasurer ■ to issue bonds for the
purpose of paying off and
retiring certain -of the past
due bonds of the state, known as Con
vention bonds, issued by Charles J.
Jenkins, governor, and certain past
due bonds of the state issued by
Charles J, McDonald, governor. Quite
a lengthy disenssion. was indulged in,
A motion was made by Mr. Fleming,
of.Bichmond, to appoint.a committee
of five to investigate this question and
to report back in. ten days whether tiie
bonds areto .be paid ornot. yMr. Ta
tum, of Dade, offered as anamSBdment
to-Mr. Fleming’s motion that the leg
islative commijtteo should consist oh
eleven members instead of. five. Mr.
Fleming’s motion to appoint a ""com
mittee of five, amended by, Mr. Tatum
to make the ^committee elSven, was
then adopted almost unanimously and
the bond fight was ended for the day,
After the bond bill was disposed of a
number of new measures were intro
duced by unanimous consent. Two of
the bills were in behalf of the farmers.
One was to exempt from levy and sale,
except for taxes, any meat, corn, fod
der, cotton seed, farm mules, horses
and farm implements tornished by any
landlord to a cropper on liis place.
The other wns a bill to exempt from
taxation all farm products as
long as they were in tlje hands of the
producer, but as soon ns it passes'from
bis hands it shall be snbject to Taxa
tion. /Another was' a bill to change
the name of the State lunatic asylum
to the Georgia state hospital. The
honse then adjourned till Friday.
IN THE SENATE.
Monday, Oct." 30.—The house had
amended the senate resolution to elect
the judges on Tuesday, by inserting
Monday at 12 m, After several short
speeches in the senate Monday morn
ing, pro and eon, a vote was taken, re
sulting in a tie. The president voted
aye and tho amendment ivas agreed to.
Mr. McAfee got through two bills, one
making it a penalty to ride or drive
faster than a walk;/.over- any public
bridge oyer LittleorEtowali rivers in
Cherokeg. county, the other to-appoint
a school board for tho town of Canton.
A bill ng Mr. Hurley to repeal the act
creating a board of county commission
ers for Pulaski county, was passed.
JustPnowa great deal of speculation is
indulged in as to the fate of the ciga
rette bill that has just passed the
house. The cigarette bill was read the
first time in the senate, and was refer
red to the judiciary committee. A
few more bills were then introduced,
among them a bill to make it unlaw
ful for any person or persons, by him
self or agent, or any other manner
whatever to negotiate for the selling
or furnishing, or to make any contract
or agreement to sell or furnish spirit-
ons or malt or intoxicating liquors
in any county or counties in
the state, when, the sale of
such liquor is prohibited by law, high
license or otherwise, and punishing
the same ns a misdemeanor. Mr.
Smith, of the nineteenth, introduced a
resolution setting forth the alleged ir
regularities in the election returns from
Lincoln county, whereby Mr. Ho
gan was seated in the house and Mr.
Reese in the senate. He wants the sec
retary of state to open the returns
from Lincoln connty and send to the
committee on elections the votes by
precincts to see if the third party can
didate, Mr. Ramsey, is not entitled" to
MrTReeSe’s seat". At 12 o’clock - the
sennte repaired to the house to ballot
for judges and solicitors.
Tuesday, Oct. 31.—The senate had
bnt little business before it Tuesday.
Mr. Persons, of Talbot county, intro
duced a bill to do away with the vast
army of men who are excused from
jury duty. His bill limits the exemp
tions to officers of courts in the seve
ral counties. Mr. Edwards wantB the
state to make the City Bank of Cov
ington a Btate depository, and with
that end in view introduced a bill
amending the law so as to allow the
governor to designate that bank as one
"of the depositories. In executive ses
sion the senate confirmed the following
appointees of Governor Northen: John
T. Allen, judge connty court, Baldwin
county; B. P. Bailey, judge connty
court, Butts county; W. F. Brown,
judge city court, Carroll connty; E.
Herman, jndge connty court, Dodge
county; H.,Y. Whipple, judge connty
court, Dooly county; G. W. Warren,
jndge connty court, Jefferson connty;
E.W. Beck, jndge city court, Spalding
connty; G. M. Colbert, judge city
court, Taylor connty.; W. S. Thomas,
solicitor county court, Dooly connty;
J. K. Kinman, solicitor county court,
Jefferson connty; Ben A. Way, solic
itor county court, Liberty connty; T.
W. Oliver, Jr., solicitor county court,
Screven connty; J. A. Laing, solictor"
county court, Terrell county; A.
S. Morgan, solicitor connty court,
Warren county; D. M. Clarke, solici
tor county court, Wayne county; H.
C. Kittles, judge county court, Screv
en connty; Walter M. Clements, so-
licititor connty court, Dodge county;
T. L. Holton, judge county court,Wil
cox county; D. B. Nicholson, solicitor
connty court, Wilcox county; H. P.
Lumpkin, judge county conrt, Walker
-connty. When tho doors of tlie senate
were opened that body adjourned to
the hall of the house of representa
tives to listen to the address of Hon.
J. L. M. Curry.
Wednesday, Nov. 1.—In the senate,
Wednesday; after prayer by the chap
lain and roll call, there being a quo
rum present, the journal was read. A
message from the house recommended
that the bill to empower the mayor
and city council of Milledgeville tc
issue licenses for the sale of liquor do
not pass, and likewise the bill to reg
ulate the sale of liquors in Wilkes
county. The reports were both
adopted and both bills were lost. The
cigarette bill from the honse created
a little ripple in-the senate. Finally,
when it came up for the third reading,
tne debate grew warm. The bill,
however, was recommitted. A number
of measures were taken up on second
reading. There was quite a discussion
on the resolution by Senator
Smith, of the Nineteenth district,
to take from the table the
Bamsey-Beese contested election case.
But the final outcome of the matter
was that the bill was not taken from
the table, and as a consequence, Sena
tor Reese remains the representative
from his district. There were a! num
ber of bills and resolutions that fol
lowed in rapid succession. Then came
the introduction of new bills,- a large
number being read and referred. Tho
act to incorporate .the village of Hay-
nie, Floyd county (close by the speck
led hen’s nest) was read and passed
After, a little more routine work the
senate adjourned.'
Thursday, Nov. 2;—-When the senr :
ate met Thursday morning they adopts
Cd the resolution from the , house re
citing the fact "that the-Augusta expo
sition had invited . President Cleveland
and his cabinet.-tQ.visif.tha exposition,
aridurged that the president accept. LA.
few new bills were introduced and
the following were passed: The .bill
-providing that hereafter ail hangings
shall be invprivate ; to amend the .laws
jegulatingtho record of deeds.—The
- bill provides if a deed is executed but
of the state" it. must bo • attested by a
.commissioner for the state of Georgia,
together with.the: certificate of the
Officer who appointed the cominissioh-'
er; the hill to amend section 4371 of
the code in relation to seduction—the
bill requires the seducer, if the parties
mawy, to give a §500 bond to live with
the woman five years and to support
any children born to them; the bill
to repeal the act providing for a board
of commissioners for Heard county; to'
incorporate the" village of Warm
Springs. Honse bill to authorize at
torneys and ageritsto swear to the best
“of their knowledge and belief” on
money demands which they are seek
ing to collect. The senate • adjourned
until 10 o’clock Friday.
CURIOUS AFRICAN WEIGHTS.
How Gold Is Weighed In the
Continent.
Darh
Money used by natives in Occidental
Soudan consists of small univalve white
shells called cauric3, derived from the
Maldives and Laquedives islands,
and also from Zanzibar. For several
centuries past, ships have brought to the
mouth of the Niger or to the Guinea
coast, as far as Liberia, entire cargoes of
these shells, the value of which runs
from.12 cents to 40 cents per thousand,
acoording to the part of Africa. Caurics
are only used in countries where gold is
scarce. In the whole area between Kong,
Bondouka and the sea, Usuries are not
used; natives settle their purchases Avith
gold dust'or nuggets.
To weigh the gold they use as cur
rency, they employ small copper scales.
Weights are extremely varied in shapes
and sizes. Most of them are in brass.
The weights exhibiting human figures’,
animals, tools, ludicrous scenes, etc., as
reproduced here aie modeled with wax
and cast in brass through the cire
perdue process. Africans may have
learned this process from Europeans who
visited their country; but their art ex
hibits a naive character thoroughly sui
generis. These black artists have evi
dently reproduced what they saw or
imagined, and they have done it in a
stylo of -their own; their works are
peculiarly humorous and fanciful.
Each native, who has a pair of scales,
has also special weights whioh he alone
understands how to use. He knows,
for instance, that a giraffe weighs one or
two mitkals of gold; that such a weight
in tho shape of a bird represents i or J
mitkal of goldj etc.
There are no uniform sets of weights;
consequently each native Is obliged to
have his own scries. When the purchaser
has weighed the gold he must give for
oertain merchandise, the vendor weighs
it in his turn.to see whether it is correct.
The unity of weight in the whole -Sou
dan, is the barifiri, which corresponds to
eighteen grammes. Eaoli barifiri is
worth fourteen mitkals. Admitting the
value of gold in Europe to be three
fjanc3jper- gramme, we find that a barifiri
is equal "to fifty-four francs’ worth of
gold, and a mitkal thirteen francs, fifty
centimes. Each mitkal is divided into
twenty-seven banans (the banan is a
bomboy seed); each banan is worth fifty
centimes. A mitkal of gold rr.ay also be
weighed with fifty-four grains of vegetal
coral; these tiny grains, red like coral
with a black spot, are the fruit of a kind
of convolvulus. There aro special weights
to Aveigh one-half mitkal, one-third or
two-thirds mitkal. The smallest weight
is called pouassaba; it is formed of one
and a half grains of rice not decorticat
ed. Gold powder is carried in quills
stoppod np with a wooden cork wrapped
in a piece o£ linen:—[The Jewelers’ Cir
cular.
Eepaihing an Ocean Cable.—It has
always been a matter of speculation and
wonder to most people as to how a
marine cable once broken in midocean
is ever got together again, says a writer
in the New Orleans Times-Democrcit.
Tho explanation is this: First, it must
be known that the cable practically Tests
everywhere on the bottom of the sea.
Of course there are places where sudden
deep places coming between shallow
ones will cause the cable to make a span
as over a ravine or gully. In other
places the ocean is so deep that the
cable finds its specific gravity somewhere
in midwater, so to speak. In that case
it rests quite as firmly as if it were on
solid ground. When a break occurs the
first step, of course, is to accurately
locate its position. A conductor such
ns a cable offers a certain amount of ob
struction or “resiatance” to the passage
of an electric current. Apparatus has
been devised for the measuring of the
“resistance.” The unit of resistance is
called an ohm. The resistance of tho
average cable is, roughly speaking,
three ohms per nautical mile. Besis -
nnce practically ceases at the points
where the conductors make considerable
contact with the water. Therefore, if
when measuring to looate a break it be
found that the measuring apparatus in
dicates a resistance of 900 ohms
the position of the fault will- be
known to be 300 miles from
shore. With this information" the cap
tain of the repairing ship is able to
determine by his charts of the course
of the cable, the latitude and longitude
of the spot where the break occurred,
and can proceed with oertainty to effect
the repair. When the approximate
neighborhood of the track is reached a
grapnel is dropped overboard and the
vessel steams slowly in a course at right
angles to the run of the cable. On the
deck of the ship there is a machine enlied
a dynometer, which, as, its names im
plies, is used to measure resistance. The
rope securing the grapnel passes under
this. If the dynometer records a steady
increase of strain it indicates that the
grapnel has caught the cable. If, on the
other hand, .the resistance varies from
nothing to tons and from tons to nothing
again, it is known that the grapnel is
only engaging rocks or other projections
of an uneven bottom. It is frequently
necessary to drag over such 3 ground
several times before the "cable oan be se
cured. 'L.
Wonderful Malleability of Gold.
—Gold is so very tenacious that a piece
of it drawn into a wire less than the one-
twentieth of an inch in diameter will sus
tain .a weightLof 500 pounds. The-, "sur
face of any given quantity of the metal'
may bo extended by the hammer 810,181
tiuies, and each single grain may be.
divided, into^ 2,000,000 visible .parts.
The thickness of a pieco of gold when
extended by the hammer' tmtil ..its sur
face is 310,184-times ita-originai area is"
not more than the'666,020th of an . inchl-
Eight ounces -of this 'wonderful' metal,
would gild or plate a wire of sufficient
length to extend entirely .around the
• '
Jonx Bonner, a Georgia farmer, who
died the other day at the age of 87 years,
Was the father of twenty-three children,
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
AM’s of Goyermneirt and Routine of
Not
s of Interest Concerning the Poo-
e and Their General Welfare..
Intc his own.
The passage of the repeal bill by the
senate Monday had the effect of low
ering the price of bar silver in London
and New York. The prioes are the
lowest at which silver has been quoted.
It has been driven so low that the act
ual bullion value in a dollar is only
about 52 cents.
The impression prevails that the
judiciary committee of the senate will
take no action on the nomination of
Mr. Hornblower nominated to be as
sociate justice of the supreme court,
and that it will, therefore go over un
til the regular session in December",
providing, of course,, the senate ad
journs.
Statement of Silver.
Senator Sherman has received from
Secretary Carlisle a reply to his letter
concerning the seigniorage now in the
treasury. . The treasurer says -that, of
the treasury notes issued on the Sher
man act $52,395,840. have "upon the
demand of the holder been redeem
ed in gold and §2,224,192 in silver dol
lars. The secretary’s letter shows that
seigniorage carried under the Sherman
act amounts to $6,976, 098. Since July,
1891, 8,794,810 silver dollars have been
coined and, there has been no coinage
of silver dollars since May, 1893, ex
cept $200 in- proof -pieces. The silver
bullion on hand October 1st has
amounted to 137,666,257 fine ounces,
costing $124,561,428. With the prob
able purchase of October Mr. Carlisle
thinks there will be 139,466,257 ounces
of silver bullion in. the treasury on
November 1st, the cost of which will
bo $125,888, 929, and the coinage value
$180,320,008, giving a seigniorage of
$54,431,080.
Discnssiag the Stare Bank Tax.
The Springer, resolution calling up
on tho treasury 1 department for infor
mation about state banks which was
recommitted to the committee on bank
ing and currency Monday, was under
consideration by that committee .Tues
day morning. It" failed, however, to
aet. The statement was made by a
number of members who advocated
the resolution, that in voting for that
they (lid not mean'Lfor it to be infer
red that they were against the repeal
of the state bank tax. They ore in
favor of it and simply .want informa
tion upon the subject. If Mr. Cleve
land will advocate the repeal of this
tax in his message, it ivill be adopted
by congress without much difficulty,
but in the event that Mr; Cleveland is
silent- on .this subject,, then there will
bo just such <«IPthejffight a3 there was
over the' Sherman repeal bill. How
ever, it is hoped by all the southern
men and believed by many that Mr.
Cleveland will advocate the passage of
such a bill.
The Story of the Bill.
Silver pnrehnses by the government
ceased Wednesday. The purpose for
which Mr. Cleveland called congress
in extraordinary session was accomp
lished at 4:25 o’clock in the afternoon,
when he affixed his signature to the
bill to repeal unconditionally the pur
chasing clause of the Sherman law.
The struggle iu the house was short.
Only tiventy-seven men could be rallied
for the last stand by the silver leaders.
Tho final vote on concurring in the
senate amendments stood 103 for con
currence and 94 againBt. When the
original bill passed the honse, August
28th, the vote stood 201 to 100,so that,
although the total vote of Wednesday
wns smaller, the proportion was prac
tically the same. The final vote was
taken at 2:50 o’clock p. m. The bill
was engrossed immediately,and twenty
minutes later, at 3:10 o’clock, the for
mal announcement was ■ made to the
senate that its amendment had been
agreed to.by the house. The bill was
hurriedly enrolled by Chairman Pear
son, from the committee on enrolled
bills, and, at 3:30 o’clock, was" pre
sented to Speaker Crisp for his signa
ture. A fleet-footed messenger carried it
to the senate, Avhere it was signed two
• minutes later by Vice President Stev
enson. Chairman Pearson, with the
bill nnder bis arm, entered a carriage
waiting for him on the plaza in front
of the capitol and drove rapidly to the
whito house. The president had been
kept duly advised of the progress of
events. Indeed, he manifested so much
interest in the vote in the house that-, at
his request, a duplicate of the names of
those who had voted for and against
the concurrence was made soon after
the r.oll call was completed, and this
list Ayas lying" on his desk when Mr.
Pearson arrived with the.bill. Secre
tary" Carlisle, Attorney General Olney
and Private Secretary Thhrber- were
present. After-felicitating with each
other" for a few moments over
the victory that had been achiev
ed, the jiresident took up the en
grossed copy of the bill and read it
aloud. Tlpen picking up a quill pen;
h6 affixed his" autograph at 4:25
o’clock. And thus, sixty-five days,
four hours and twenty-five minutes
after the extraordinary session con
vened the remedy of. the financial dis
tress which Mr. Cleveland demanded
in his message was applied.-The analyr
"sis of the vote showB that 124 demo
crats; 68 republicans and one,populist.
(Mr. Cannon of- California) voted for
concurrence/ and 70 .democrats, 15 re
publicans and 9 populists against the
motion.
WORLD’S FAIR CLOSES.
Funeral of Gounod. - . ,
Thestate funeral of M. Gounod Avas
held at Paris Friday.- -The body was
conveyed to the Church, of Madalaine.
An immense crowd filled thePlaee de
la Madalaine and the . streets and bou
levards in the. vicinity. The interior
of the church -was hung Avith black
’ drapery/ dotted with stars and trim
med withheavy fringe. Similar em-
blemb of mourning draped the portico.
Over the portico was a shield of silver
bearing the"initials, “C. GL” ."'
A SMALL BOY’S FUN.
Jimmy—Why. don’t you come over
hero aud skate ? The ice. is a heap-
slicker.
Tommy—Thcy’s-more fua here. If 1
was iu break through here I’d likely
drown, an’ over there the water ain’t a
foot deep.—[Indianapolis Journal,
But the Last Bay was One of Gloom
and Sadness.
A Chicago special says: The world’s
fair has ended. Monday evening was
to have been one of gaiety and daz
zling brilliancy, but the death of
Mayor Harrison changed ail that. The 1
meeting at festival hall during the aft
ernoon was brief. The audience was
detained- just long enough to hear an
earnest prayer by the Rev. Mr. Bar
rows, a few explanatory remarks re
garding the change of program by
President Palmer, the reading of an
appropriate speech" by President Hig-
inbotham and the resolutions of sym
pathy concerning Carter H. Harrison’s
untimely end.
The fair was declared closed^ by
Thomas "W. Palmer, president • of the
national commission in the following
Avords:. *
“It was intended to close this fair
simultaneously with the sound of the
gavel, the firing of. artillery and the
loAvering of the-flag. All that has been
changed by the sad circumstances
which bring ns together now. I an
nounce that when tho sun sets the
closing mil be marked only by a snlnte
and the hauling down of the flag.
When that takes place, I declare, in
obedience to tho act of congress, the
exposition is officially closed.”
Before giving the benediction Rev.
Mr. Barrows announced that he had
been r-. quested "by the committee to
read tiie speech President Higinbo-
tham had written the day prior to Mr.
Harrison’s demise.
THE TREASURER'S FIGURES.
When Chairman Peck, of the finance
committee of the Avorld’s fair, figured
up with Treasurer Seeberger Monday
he found. the exposition had just
$2,515,000 in bank and in the souvenir
coin fund. Estimating the receipts at
$150,000 more than the cost of .admin
istration for the day, the balahce on
hand at midnight, October 30th, was
nearly $2,750,000. Of this sum nearly
$1,000,000 is souvenir coins counted at
their face value of 50 cents each. Tketo-
tal revenue from concessions for the six
months wns in the neighborhood of
$3,750,000, from which dednetions
were allowed, amounting to about
§250,000 for improvements paid by the
concessionaries. Receipts from ad
missions and from minor soirees ag
gregate about $10,600,000, not includ
ing salvage. Altogether the treasury
has received over $14,000,000 since
the 1st day of May from gate receipts,
concessions and incidental sources of
revenue.
Against the income from all sources,
including $4,500,000 of bonds and $5,-
500 000 of stocks, there has been a
charge of $19,000,000 for construction,
and the operating expenses have been
about $7,000,000. Up to and includ
ing the closing day the stockholders
have a prospect of between 15 and 20
per cent on their subscriptions.
Whether the dividend will he paid in
the end. depends upon the cost of the
removal of the buildings and closini
up the affairs of the corporation.'
THE PAID ATTENDANCE.
The total paid attendance at the
world’s fair from the opening day and
including tho last day was 21,453)910,
divided as follows: May, 1,050,037;
June, 2,675,113: July, 2,760,263; Au
gust, 3,515,493; September, 4,658,992.
October, 6,799,192. The total adniis-
sions on passes, including employes of
all. kinds, exhibitors, concessionaries,
etc., has been 5,593,813. Monday’s
admissions reached a total of 242,752,
of which 208,173 paid.
OLD BOB WHITE.
ROW the hills are turning jellowand tho
brown Is on the corn;
mere’s a melody that’s mellow in tho music
of tho horn,
And the sasafras is blazing and the satnae'i
all aglow
Where the old bell cow is grazing on the .'..1-
lows down below,
-And the pea vines gladly rustle whore the
soft winds are at play.
And the yonng quail chirp and hustle, grow
ing plumper every day;
And that cunning old suborner In the bushc=.
to the right,
Yerohed upon-tho low fenee comer, whistles
; «‘oid
Rnb
White!”
Get your ammunition ready, now, and Iirn-
,ber up your gun,
Frain the young dogs to be steady so as not
to spoil the fun,
For the time is swiftly coming and October's
nearly here
When we’ll set the woods ahummlng with
the music far and near.
And we’ll fill each hunting jacket with tha
spoil our prowess yields
As we raise a merry racket in tho forests and
the fields,
For the challenge is temptation as they sit
there out of sight,
All-around the big plantation whistling
“Old
Bob
White
—M. 1L Folsom, in Atlanta Journal.
A BIG MUSEUM
YVliorein-Mauy Interesting Things of
the Fair will be Preserved.
' A Chicago dispatch of Friday says:
One million dollars in cold' money
will be given by Marshall Fields to the
■museum, which is to be the outcome of
the "World’s fair. Mr. Fields names
conditions which will he easily com
plied with. They are simply that
$500,000 more be subscribe "and that
the 'stockholders of the World’s Co
lumbian" exposition subscribed to the
fund $2,000,000 of tHeir holdings,
whioh represent an investment of
$5,000,000, bnt they are" worth much
less.
""The biggest stockholders never ex--
pected to realize anything on their in
vestment and they have already ex
pressed a willingness to turn over all
the stock they have. The trustees
of the museum have no. doubt that a
majority of the 5,000,000 of world’s
fair stock will be turned over to them,
as also the $500,000 to be raised be
fore Mr. Field’s magnificent offering
is secured. One hundred thousand dol
lars of it has been aneonditionally
subscribed by George M. Pullman.
The balance, it is said, will be raised
in a few days.
WORLD’S FAIR EXHIBITS
For the -Southeastern Exposition at
Angusta, Ga.
A Chicago speciol of Wednesday says:
Quite a large number of the American
exhibitors and not a few of theforeign-
ershave determined that instead.^of go
ing to California at this time with thtir
goods they wijl send them to the South
eastern Exposition, which opens at Au
gusta November 14th. The time between
this and the opening is very short and.
it willvtake the liveliest kind , of work
outlie part of "both the exposition peo
ple and the exhibitors to make it.
The” Augusta' expotition especially
commends itself to exhibitors because
it is to,a thickly settled pprtion of the
country aid is far. enough removed
front Chicago for it to be presumed'"
that-no' great per Cent of the popula
tion visited the jyorld’s fair.. The clir
" mate;ancTthecomparatively easy means
of transportation have also had a great
influence in securing exhibits.
Premlergast in Court.
Patndc Eugene Joseph Prcndergast,
the nrarderer.of Mayor Harrison, was
arraigned in Judge Horton’s court at
Chicago Thursday. - The - court "room
was crowded and when the prisoner
was led in by the jailer, the.spectators
jumped to their feet. The action ter
rified Prendergast and with blanched'
face he crouched close to. the officers.
"When;his.indictment was read; Pren
dergast .responded nervously “not
gnilty.-i-’-- The judge announced that
-thef case" would be continued to give
Prendergast an opportunity to secure
1 an< 2 the assassin was led trem
bling back to bis cell.
PITH AND POINT.
Fireproof—Ruins.
Pigheaded—A drum.
A tea set—The Chinese.
Fixed stars—The American flag’d.
It seems to take a good deal of high
wind to blow down a bad law.—Truth.
There is one good thing about the
apple of the eye. Yon don’t often see
one that is green.—Truth.
It is certainly unlucky to have thir
teen at table when there is only dinner
enough for twelve.—Life.
The chef makes no pretensions as a
sharpshooter, bnt be can hold hie own
at the range. —Elmira Gazette.
A tow-path mule while practicing
His merry little pranks,
Exolaimed, “I’m getting ready lor
A run upon the hanks.”
—Washington Star.
“How are you? Jnst thought I’d
drop in awhile to kill time.” “Well,
we don’t want any of our time killed."
—Boston Globe.
“It’s a funny thing about getting- a
picture took,” said Tommy. “The
newer the picture is the older I look.”
—Indianapolis Journal.
Irate Father—“Pm going to put a
check to your extravagance, sir!” Im
pudent Son—* ‘All right ! Give me thi
check.”—New York Uerald.
Wills of millionaires remind ns
II in our graves we’d bo content,
We should, dying, leave behind (£5
Not so much as one blamed cent
—Buffalo Courier. '-.'
“Shake! old fellow,” said the pillow
to the sword, who had .been relating
some thrilling experiences fn battle.
“I know what it is to.be in.a fight.”—
Pucfe
: It iB said that the alligator is about
to become extinct in this country. Let ' >
ns pray that he will take the guild (■“
jawsmiths with him.—Seattle Teli
graph.
1 “Did he spend lots of money onhei
pmsic?” “Oh, yes; he must have, for"
bhe doesn’t play anything that sounds
the least bit like a tune.”—Chicago
Herald.
The poets alt of autumn—squall,
But what delights our eyes
- Is, not the country in the lull,
But the country on the rise.
—Atlanta Constitution.
“This,” said the frightened young
man, who had encountered some West
ern road agents, “is positively my last
appearance on any stage. ”—Washing
ton Star.
Mistress (who is about to engage a
cook)—“Now, are you sure you have
had experience?” Cook—“Oh, yes,
mum ; I’ve "been in ’undreds of places.”
—Tit Bits.
j
J
i
file’s home at last and her heart is gay:
She open3 her wardrobe, alack! alack:
Jhe finds that while she'has been away
The moths have devoured her sealskin
saeque.
—Boston Courier.
Hostess—“Oh, I think some people
Don’t yon hate
people who can sing anil won’t?” Old
n.nnnTi-iT Ha(. Pf) Rllicll [IS
Grouchy—-“No, not so much ns I ^ do
those who can’t sing and will !”^--Life.
An eminent physician says it is
often dangerous to • lie on the right
3ide. It is also unnece ssary. Anypo-
litical speaker or m*iter knows the
wrong side needs the lying, if any.
Buffalo Courier.
Mrs. Kindle—“I presume you hnvs
“ 1— - V
rather'a hard time of it?” Tramp
“Yes, muni ; but every cloud hos-a .
silver lining, mhm. I’m not. worried
to. death by aiitograph hunters.”—
New York Weekly.
- ‘‘Look here, young man,” said the
medical practitioner. “If you ride a
wheel so much you’ll get ‘kyphosis bi-
oylistarum. ’ ’’. ‘ ‘On . this wheel ?
“Yes, sir.”, “Well,” replied the
wheelman, “if I do, one of us will
Eave to get off and walk. :Washing-
ton Star.
Bays That Most Brag.
.Th'e longest day of the year at Spitz-
bergen-is three and one-half months.
At Wardbury, Norway, the longest day
June 21 is twenty-two hours long, and- .*
nivrifit.mnw has less than three hours of
daylight. At St. Petersburg the long
est day is nineteen hours and the short
est is five hours. At London the long- :
est day is sixteen arid one-half hours, ' A
at Montreal'if is. sixteen hours and at pSL,
New York it is about fifteen hours. —
New York Sun.
American Males the
The English professional c
head the list as the tallest
males, atti
feet nine and one-quarter inc
on the list comes the Aine:
and a minute fraction
:ome the English of all j