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A practical study of poverty fs an
Bounced by the Atlanta Constitution
«« a part of the course of a leading
college in New York City.
Franco has about twice a« much cur¬
rency per capita as any other eoun
trv, and suffers loss from financial
troubles. Her per capita is $10.50.
Mrs. C. H. Bishop, the psycho¬
physical culturist, holds that if you
want to have good thoughts you must
do your breathing in your stomach.
The corner stone of a Roman Catho¬
lic cathedral lias been laid at, Suva,
in the Fiji islands. It Will be built
of stone and dedicated to Rt. Paul.
China wants peace with Japan.
•Inpan wants a piece of China. Dis¬
tinction with a difference, sententious
ly remarks the St. LouisStHr-Sayings.
Tho ancient art of tanning leathei
lias undergone a complete change in
the last five years through tho intro¬
duction of certain chemicals to savo
time.
Nobody can rido a "bike” in the
public streets of St. Petersburg, Rus¬
sia, until he has proved to an exam
iner that ho can manage the thing
without running over folks.
Tho Ban Francisco Examiner ob
nerves • A will just filed in thin citv,
consisting of twenty-four words, dis¬
poses of $300,000 and can’t be broken.
A lawyer-proof will is a pleasing and
valuable curiosity.
Tri Pittsburg ono of tho most highly
esteemed compliments that cau be
paid is to name a chrysanthemum
after a citizen. "Thus,” muses the
Washington Star, "has tho exagger¬
ated fennel superseded tho laurel.”
Indiana farmers own seventy-one
per cent, of the farms, the rest being
hired. Thirty per cent, of the home
owned farms carry an encumbrance
of thirty jior cent., bearing seven per
cent, interest. In Indianapolis tliirty
throe per cent, of tho population own
their houses. In Mississippi thirty
eight percent., and in Oregon eightv
ono per cent, of the farmers own their
farms.
llio statistician of the Baltimore
Sun has figured out that last year
Great Britain bought about two-thirds
ot the wheat aud flour exported from
the United of the
than half of
pretty nearly all tKe
eatMj?***^ products and other agri
products of tho United
States. This all proves to tho New
Orleans Picayuno that "Groat Britain
is ono of the host friends of tho United
States, and without her as a customer
tho American farmer would bo in a
pretty' bad box.”
n,o Agricultural . • u , Department -p. , , at
Washington has reports from Europe
that there is a great increase in tho
uso of American corn for feeding
horses an,l cattle. This is not whal
is wanted, declares the Boston Culti
vator. The value of corn as stock
feed has always been admitted but
that, it is lit for nothing else. Indian
corn is a better food than a largo pro¬
portion of the people in Central
Europe are using, and if they will
substitute it for their present rations
it will increase tlio demand. Just
now, however, it is not needed to
have a larger demand for corn. There
is a short crop in this country, and its
piioe for another year is likely to be
as high os the price of wheat.
Max O’Hell, in his new book, “John
Bull A Co., says that in traveling
through Australia he was struck with
the ubiqnitousnes8 of the Scot. Ha
save: “Tho English colonies are in
the hands of the Scots. Of seven Gov¬
ernors five are Scottish. The Presi
dent of tho Legislative Council, or
Second Chamber, is a Scotsman as
are three-fonrths of the Councilors u k nor., •
the Mayor of Melbourne is a Scots
man, the Agent General of the colony
in London (a sort of minister pleni- !
potontiary) is a Scotsman. England
ought not to call lior colonies Greater
Britain, but rather Greater Scotland
—and the United States Greater Ire
'
land. As for New Zealand, it is as 1
0 ScottiMi .. . , as T Edinburgh, ,, , ,
or more so
than Glasgow. Go to Broken Hill,
where the richest silver mine in the
world is, and you will there see five
great shafts leading to the treasures I
of the earth, luese five shafts bear
the following names: Drew, Macin
tyre, Maogregor, :
Jamieson and Mae
cullock—five Scot wueu. And it’s the j
same everywhere.” Avd it may be
added, thinks the Atlanta Constitu¬ 1
tion, that Rosebery, tho Premier ol
England, is a Scotchman, his estate j
being only four miles from Edin¬ |
burgh.
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THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSYTH, GA-, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1894.-EIGHT PAGES.
SEA SIGNALS.
l'll F. LIGHTS AND SOUNDS THAT
GUIDE THE MARINER.
Flashing Lanterns and Hugh Trum
pets—Bells That Toll In the Fog
— Origin and Extent of Our
Lighthouse Service.
*7 ”7 VERYBODY knows what a
I=/ lighthouse is, and has a gen
I | eral notion of the devices em¬
ployed to assist navigators,
but there are very few, probably out-
6ido of the mariners themselves, who
realize the tremendous development
of the lighthouse service of the world,
and how the complete system of the
present day has been brought to its
present stage by the application of
scientific principles and the results of
ingenious investigation.
What a vast advantage has the mar
iner of to-day with all of the modern
aids and appliances to direct bis
course, over the ancient navigator who
had to rely upon the stars, or the
chance lights upon dark coasts. The
light stations of the world to-day are
almost as numerous as the visible btars
and planets.
The employment of lights to guide
the navigator may be traced back to
tho earliest times. Nightly a beacon
flamed from the tower of the temple
of Apollo, on Mount Leucas, and the
Colossus of Rhodes, like the Status °*
Liberty in New York Harbor, upheld
a signal light. The real prototype of
the modern light towers is the Pharos
of Alexandria, erected 285 years be¬
fore Christ. The Roman conquerors
of Britain and Franco set up light
towers along the coasts, but the old¬
est that exists to the present time is
that of Comma, Spain, built in Tra¬
jan’s reign, and reconstructed in 1634.
The grandest lighthouse in existence
is also one or the most ancient—that
at the month of the Gironde, in the
Bay of Biscay, built in tho reign of
Henry IV. The tower is 197 feet high,
contains a chapel and a series of gal¬
leries beautified with pilasters and
friezes. A new era in the building of
lighthouses began with tile construc¬
tion of the wonderful wotk on the
Eddystone rock off Plymouth, Eng¬
land, completed in 1750. There, al¬
most for the first time, was adopted
tho expedient, now generally em¬
ployed, of dovetailing, laterally and
vertically, the courses of rock which,
when covered with hydraulic cement,
givo absolute solidity to the masonry.
Other lighthouses in Great Britain are
the Bell Rock, with a tower 100 feet
high; the Skerryvoro Rock, off the
coasUof Scotland, which cost nearly
half a million dollars; and the Bishop
Rock, off Scilly, 145 feet high.
There are now about 6000 light sta¬
tions in the world, of which 1400 are
in America. Even Oceanica has over
300< and Africa 220. The lighthouse
establishment m the United States,
nijieh is a hundred years old, has cost
upwards of $100,000,000, including
maintenance, and the average annual
AtT$?4,00T^000. now is from $3,000,000
Tho patriarch of the
lighthouses in this country is that on
Little Brewster Island ton Har
Court bor, erected the in 1715 ^^ythe General
of province of Massachu¬
setts Bay. The expenses of operating
it were paid out of tonnage dues.
t\ hen the United States took charge
of the establishment in 1789 there
were eight lighthouses on the Atlantic
lighthouses coast. To-day there are thousands of
and beacon lights.
Previous to 1840 the lighthouses
were either conical towers of rubbie
atone masonry or wooden frame towers
erected on top of tho keeper’s house,
*847 the construction of six light-
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the iron pile system and made many
improvements in the foundation and
frame w °rk. It has required the best
obstacles to a firm and permanent
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BOSTON LIGHT, THE FIRST BUILT IN THE
UNITED STATES.
foundation to f structure. Differ-
2?* ' composition ,eT ‘ CeS of the »**ording sea bottom. to
Many of the Southern lighthouses
are built on screw piles, which are
iron T iles with like immense
augurs. They can be readily sunk by
boring into the mud, sand or other
soft materials. The first lighthouse
built according to this system was that
ftt *> rai ffiywine shoal in DelawareBay,
f r66l ed in 1848 Around the founda
tion is a pier of tnirtv screw piles, in
tended to protect the structure from
ice. In some instances it is necessary
*° use iron plates, through which
the piles pass into the sand and mud.
An illustration of this manner of con¬
struction is the lighthouse on Som
brero Key, Fla., built by General
George Meade, when he was a
lieutenant of engineers. It
stands in eight feet of water,
shows a light 140 feet above water,
with a range of twenty statue miles.
The foundation piles, of twelve-inch
wrought iron, rest centrally on iron
disks eight feet in diameter and pene
trate the rock ten feet. The piles
stand at the centre and angles of an
oetagon which is fifty-six feet across.
and are braced together by iron ties,
The frame work of hollow iron shafts
rises in six section, pyramidal in
ehapc . The keeper’s dwelling is in
the second section, and is of boiler
j ron> lined with wood. Tho cost
structure, with illuminating
pjirat os, was $120,000.
An excellent specimen of the screw
pilo river or harbor lighthouse is that
in the Thimble sheal, off the entrance
to Hampton Rc Ms. Another kind of
lighthouse is the iron tower which Is
built on a dry foundation like that at
Cape Canaveral, Fla., 150 feet high.
Then there are the iron skeleton tow¬
ers which are used on land, and cost
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which are sometimes used in lightships
are adapted to harbors and short chan¬
nels because the effective range of the
sound they emit is under 600 yards.
The use of cannon has been superseded
to a large extent by other appliances,
except as signals of distress. Rockets
charged with gun cotton, exploded at
a height say, of 1000 feet, make a
noise audible at a distance of twenty
fivo miles. Bells weighing from 300
to 3000 pounds are used at many of
the light stations. They are operated
by clockwork, but are not considered
as efficient signals on the sea coast,
where the sound is drowned by the
noise of the surf. The whist, ing buoy
is a curious and noisy contrivance
which generally makes itself heard. It
consists of an iron pear-shaped bnlb,
twelve feet wide as its largest part,
and sticking up twelve feet ou ; of the
water. A tube thirty-two feet lo ag runs
thirty-three under the control of the
Lighthouse Board, one being located
in the Gulf off Southwest Pass. The
great difficulty is to keep these vessels
stationary. Some are moored in the
open sea and furnished with powerful
lights and fog signals, in spite of
which they are frequently run into
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by passing ships. As-these boats cost
upwards of $69,000, and are expensive
to maintain, it is deemed economical
to replace them whenever-possiblo.by
lighthouses. As aids to navigation ■\re
required not only on the sea and in
harbors, but also on rivers, tho Gov¬
ernment maintains numerous lights
ou tho great waterways of the country..
Two thousand miles of the Mississippi
River are lighted in this way.
The seaman needs signs and sym¬
bols by day as well as lights by night,
and the buoy is to him what the sign
post is to the traveler on the public
highway. It tells him by the size,
form and color how to find his way in
and out of a harbor. Nearly 5000 are
used in the United States, and it re¬
quires thirteen volumes annually to
describe the names, locations and
characteristics of the buoys, and
whole fleet of lighthouse tenders to
look after them, to see that they have¬
n’t changed their position and hunt
them up when they have drifted out
of place. They are frequently : set
adrift either by the action of ice or
collision with vessels, or the effect of
storms. One now anchored off the
coast of Ireland was picked uj> there
six weeks after it had been wrenched
from its place in New York Harbor.
Buoys are made of iron or wood, and
are called nuncan or ice buoys, ac¬
cording to their shape, and are painted
and numbered so as to speak a silent
language to the navigator which will
tell him whether to go on the left
hand or right hand of channels, to
keep away from wrecks, or when he
comes to the proper turning point.
The illumination of lighthouses is a
a problem which has taxed the in¬
genuity of the lighthouse officials and
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improvements made have been as great
as those in the structures themselves,
There is a tremendous contrast be
tween the lights employed to-day and
the braziers, containing bales of pitch
and oakum, which were burned on the
coast of Massachusetts in 1673, or the
tallow candles used ia the original
lighthouse on Brewster Island. The
magnifying and reflecting lantern of
1812 was an advance on the primitive
system, and this was replaced in 1862
by the lenticular apparatus, the use of
lenses instead of reflectors. This was
a groit advance. Iusomecaseslight
ho usee near cities have been iilumin-
ated with gas from the city gas works,
or from gas tanks in the lighthouses
themselves. Electricitv has been e ni¬
ployed to a considerable extent for
illuminating purposes.
Numerous experiments have been
made with illuminants to determine
the penetrative power of their lights,
but in fogs all lights are useless, and
hence other means hare to be em
ployed to take the place of lights in
heavy weather. The invention and ap¬
plication of fog signals constitute a
very interesting branch of the light¬
house service, Of the devices em¬
ployed may be mentioned gongs, guns,
rockets, sirens, trumpets, steam whis¬
tles, bell buoys, whistling buoys, and
bells struck by machinery. Gongs
less than those of the other classes.
One erected in 1830 on Paris Island,
S. C., which is tho most economical
structure of its kind, cost only $12,
000 complete, together with the light,
which is 120 feet above sen level, and
is simply a locomotive headlight, with
powerful reflectors, The skeleton
tower at Southwest Pass is typical of
this kind of structure. There are a
number of brick lighthouses like that
at St. Augustine, which towers 165
feet above tho sea level, and cost
$100,000.
It may happen that a light is re¬
quired at a point where it is imprac¬
ticable to put up a lighthouse. In
such cases recourse is had to the light¬
ships. 01 these there are about
through the bulb. The tremendous
scream of these buoys is caused by the
compression of the air in the tube by
hydraulic action and its expulsion
through a pipe connecting with a
whistle. The United States owns
about sixty-five of these buoys, which
cost about $1000 apiece. As they can
be heard about fifteen miles and make
a horrible sound, like the ghosts of
all the dead in the sea shrieking sim¬
ultaneously. They are not popular
with the dwellers on the land. In
harbors and rivers use is found for
buoys mounted with 300-pound bells,
which toll when the buoys are rolled
about steam by fig the whistle, motion ofpK sin^] e water. A
ar to those
used on iteamjyftY-f-fer-^Qil locomotives,
is anothfJi*Rl(ppliance employed on the
sea coast. Of a similar nature are the
trumpets and sirens. The largest of
the former is an enormous instrument
seventeen feet in length, and with a
mouth tbirty-six inches wide. Air
condensed in a reservoir and driven
under pressure through this tube
against a long steel tongue produces
a terrific shriek which may be heard
upwards of ten miles. The Biren is a
similar instrument fitted up with disks
and revolving plates producing 30,
000 vibrations a minute, which are
taken up and projected by the trum¬
pet. It is about the loudest of all the
fog signals, and under favorable cir¬
cumstances may be heard thirty miles.
If any sound can wake the dead, the
siren is the thing to do it. Steam fog
signals are rather expensive affairs. It
cost $600,000 to establish the eighty
one operated in the United States
waters, and about $100,000 a year to
maintain them.
Sound signals are oftentimes very
deceptive, and subject to aberrations,
according to the state of the atmos¬
phere, and implicit reliance on them
has frequently led to disasters. This
matter has been the subject of labori¬
ous scientific investigation.
Sometimes it is almost impossible to
tell by the ear the direction from
which a sound comes. Different con¬
trivances have been invented to cor
rect the mistakes to which human
powers of audition are susceptible.
Some of these are very ingenious, but
it is without the scope of this article
to enter upon a description of the
various inventions.
The lighthouse establishment of the
United States is under the control of
the Treasury Department, and the
Secretary of the Treasury is ex-officio
President of the Board, of which the
Chairman is generally a rear admiral.
Among the members of the board are
two officers of the navy, two officers of
the corps of engineers, two civilians
of scientific attainments, and an officer
of the navy and an officer of the en¬
gineers as Secretaries. There are six¬
teen lighthouse districts, in each of
which there is an officer of the navy
ai> inspector and an officer of the engi¬
neers as lighthouse engineer.
The keepers of lighthouses were ap¬
pointed by the earlier Presidents, but,
as they became more numerous, nomi¬
nations were made by collectors of
customs, and the appointments made
by the Secretary of the Treasury. The
nominations are, however, always to
be passed upon by the Lighthouse
Board, and an examination by an in¬
inspector generally precedes the final
appointment. The salaries are very
small, considering the nature of the
service rendered, and its importance.
The compensation of Keepers ranges
from $100 to 81000 per year. The
keeper mast be between eighteen and
fifty years of age, and possessed of a
knowledge of reading, writing and
accounts, and have some mechanical
ability. They are furnished with
quarters for themselves, and in cer
tain cases for their families, and with ■
fuel and rations. As a lighthouse !
keeper naturally has a good deal of !
time on his hands, he is supplied with
a library of instructing and entertain¬
ing books, containing about fifty vol¬
umes. At regular intervals this li¬
brary is exchanged for another and
forwarded to the next station. The
Lighthouse Board has nearly 600 of
such libraries in circulation, The
first regularly appointed lighthouse
keeper in this country was George
Worthylake, who was keeper of the
lighthouse on Little Brewster Island
in 1716 at $250 per year.
Professor Falb on Critical Days of 1805.
Professor Budolf Falb, of Leipzig,
the discoverer of the "critical days,”
in giving their number, order and
dates for 1895, in the columns of the
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Deutsche Kaiser-Kalender, states that
observations begun in 1863 con¬
vinced him that the influence of the
attraction of the moon and sun upon
the waters of the sea had a similar
effect upon the ocean of the earth’s
atmosphere, as well as upon the liquid
and volatile masses contained in the
interior of our globe. Ho discovered
that great atmospheric) disturbances,
shocks of earthquake and explosions
in mines were surprisingly often co¬
incident with the days upon which
the most extensive tides and other
oceanic commotions were caused by
the influence of either moon or sun,
or both. These periods Professor
Falb distinguishes by the name of
"critical days,” because they mark,
on the one side, periodical "turning
points” in the equilibrium of the
neptunic, plutonic and atmospheric
masses above mentioned, and on the
other side afford the measure and
means for computing the degree and
effect of lunar and solar forces upon
our planet.
The individual constellations effect¬
ing each for itself an increase of these
forces are: First, the petigee, that
is the time when moon and earth are
nearest to one auother; second, the
moon’s equatorial position ; third, tho
perihelion, when our globe is nearest
the sun; fourth, the sun’s equatorial
position; fifth, the syzygies, or new
moon and full moon; sixth, the lunar
or solar eclipses.
The year -1895 will bo especially
notable for the fact of its three most
critical days being accompanied by
eclipses. In mentioning the dates in
their different orders and grades of in¬
dividual effectiveness, Professor Falb
takes care to state that the results of
the strongest attractions often precede
their "critical days,” as theoretically
computed, by one or two days, while
those of lesser import may be from
two to three days later than
periodically fixed. The latter may
also be the case at the time of critical
days of the first order whenever long
continuing and extensive atmospheric
pressure of eastern winds prevailed
previous to these dates. The follow¬
ing are the "critical days” for 1895:
Of the first order : September 18,
March 11, August 20, February 9,
October 18, April 9, July 22 and
January 11.
Of the second order : May 9, Novem¬
ber 16, March 26, April 25, December
31, October 14, February 24, June
22, September 4 and November 2.
Of the third order: May 24, De¬
cember 2, December 16, June 7,
August 5, January 25 and July 7.—
Baltimore Sun.
Cab and Cycle Combined.
Several weeks ago the cycle han¬
som made its apjiearance in London.
The occupant of the vehicle had the
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appearance of being a foreigner, but
in his movements he seemed to know
the city well. His vehicle was a han¬
som body on three pneumatic tire
wheels, propelled by two lackeys, one
in front and one behind. The front
man, of course, steered, but both
helped the propulsion, and they ped¬
aled away over the rough pavement
at a pace of nearly eight miles an
hour.
The gentleman was making busi¬
ness calls, aud his flunkeys were there¬
fore in ordinary dress, or what those
gentry designated as morning clothes.
Possibly he makes social calls in bis
hansom with flunkeys in livery.
Others of these vehicles have since
been noticed on the street, and it is
learned that a large manufactory in
the suburbs has been started to rush
them on the market.
h’ew Englaud Undemonstrativeness.
That Dr. Holmes was a typical New
Englander in undemonstrativeness was
shown in the meeting with his son who
was wounded at Chancellorsville. For
many days he had sought hospitals* the Captain
on the fields and in the and
at last learned that he was on a train
that was carrying the wounded to
Washington. He entered the car, saw
the pale face of his wounded boy, and
they clasped hands with a "Hello,
Cap,” and a “Hello, dad.”—Chicago
Herald.
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THESE ROBBERS GOT GOLD.
They Hold Up a Train in Texas to the
Tune of .$140,000.
One of the most daring train rob¬
beries ever committed in Texas took
place eight miles west of Forth Worth
Thursday evening about 6 o’clock. As
an eastbouud Texas aud Pacific pas¬
senger train was nearing Mary’s creek
it was brought to a sudden stop by a
danger signal displayed on tho trestle.
The engineer was covered by three un¬
masked men, who boarded tho cab and
ordered that tho train be backed up
about a half mile, when the fireman
was covered and ordered to break in
the express door. He refused, but the
robbers pulled the triggers of their
guns, and a number of Bhots in tho air
brought the fireman to terms. He
burst in tho express car door with a
pickax. One of the robbers then kept
the fireman and engineer whilo the
others went into the express car.
^Fort Worth is the end of the express
run and the safo doors were opea.
One of the robbers rifled the safes
while the other kept guard over the
messenger. At 6 o’clock the train was
stopped and thirty minutes later it
was in Fort Worth. The exact amount
the robbers secured is not known, but
it is said to have been near $140,000 in
money, gold bullion en route from San
Francisco to Washington, and Texas
Pacific checks.
After the hold-up the robbers
mounted their horses, told the engin¬
eer to go ahead and then made leis¬
urely off in a northwesterly direction.
The express officials say they do not
know the amount taken, but that it is
the only through train from the west
and carries every evening a largo
amount of money. On the arrival of
the train at Fort Worth posses were
immediately organized to close in ev¬
ery direction, thereby making escape
impossible.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Past Week.
The report on the in histrial condition of the
Sou h for the past week shows that the interest
in phosphate mining is increasing, two large
corporations for that purpose having bosn
formed during the week. Textile mills are also
increasing in number, and the iron producers
are of working on full time and to the full capaci¬
ty their plants. Coil mining is fa rly ac¬
tive but, hs in other lilies of business, prices
are* very low. Lumber men report that trade
with them is slowly growing better. Immigra¬
tion to the South is increasing. Several com¬
panies h ve recently been formed to promote
imm'gralinn, others will bo formed, and the
railroads are doing much in the samedirection.
Twenty-nine new indnsti v s were estab'ished
or incorporated during the week, together with
nine en argements of maiiu'actorics, and nine
important new buildings. Among tho new in¬
dustries of the week are: The Peace R ver Phos¬
phate C"., of Savannah, Ga , capital $1,250,
00). and tho Associated Phosphate Co., of Oc t
la, Fli., capital S)50 0 0; in Golden Valley
Coloniz.vion Co., of Little It ck, Ark., with
$t 0)0.1,00 capital; the L P >rt Land Co., of La
P rt. Texas, capital SiOO.OJO, and the Suburban
L’ght A Water Co., of Wheeling, W. Va., with
$10).00 ■ capital. A $100,000 su ;ar refinery 18 to
be built at S\ Martinsville, La., and one is re¬
po ted as to be built at Tallahassee, Fla.; the
Cigar Wra per Co , with $50,000 capi'al has
been chartered at Wheelinr, W. Vi.; the O. P
& B E. Willingham Woolw >rking Go., capital
at M cm, Ga.; the Louisville Ma! ing
Co., with the sam - capital, at Louisvi le, Ky.,
and the Chi’hun E ectric Light and Power
Co ; , capi al i-25,0 0. at Savannah, Ga.
There is also reported agri- ultural imp'e
Ya., m nt canning worki at Try, A'a., md Wheeling, W.
factories at Paducah, Ivy., Holly
Tex., Springs, Jibs-, Abb ville, S. v., and Gal vest 11 ,
and cotton mills at balem and Winston,
N. C., and Columbia, S. C. lee factories are
to be bndt at Georgetown, 8. C., and Win¬
chester, Ya : a starch factory at Chirieston,
8. C.; a t mueryat Piedmont, Aia., aud wood¬
working pans at Sum ir rviiie. Ga., Caipen
ter. an I Ashevil e. N. C.
Wat er w rks costin" $ 00.0CO are )o b: bn : lt
at Selma. Aa. The iniargesnents for the
week include an electrical p ant at Gad-den,
Ala.-, ic : factor e-i a Vald< sta, Ga., a- d Bilt
mire. N. C.; cotton mi: h nt Gra am, N. C.,
Bock H I, 8. C.. aud Lv/ chbnrg, Ya.; tin pht,
worksat Wheeling. W. V-., and saw and pian
iug mi ls at Norfolk. Va- Amotig the new
oiiditigA m a S20.0-.0 u-ylum at Hon 8 * 011 ,
T< x.; business he uses at Tampa, F a., Knox¬
ville. Tenn., and Wheeling, W. Ya.: a $20,C00
court bouse at Alexandria, V*., and largo t -
b&eco factories at Sulem, N. C.—Tiadeemau
fChattauoogs, Tenn.)
Regrets in Washington.
The news of the death of ex-Senator
Brown was received at Washington
Friday night. His many friends ex¬
press the deepest regret at his demise.
Speaker Crisp and other Georgians
sent telegrams of sympathy to the fam¬
ily. Senator Brown’s long career in the
senate made him a conspicuous figure
in national affairs. He accomplished
more for Georgia during his terms in
the senate than perhaps any man who
has represented the state since the war,
WORTH $1,000.
Testimony of Hon. Thos. Paulk, of
Bcrien County.
Would Not Take $1 .OOO for it—Re¬
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Alataha, Gh„ Juno 22.—B. B. B. Com¬
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from it is priceless. 1 firmly believe I
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Respect full v, etc.,
Thomas Paulk.
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For sale by DR. W. P. PONDER.
STOP
k MINUTE.
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Mulberry Street,
MACON, GEORGIA.
THE OLD RELIABLE
ENSIGN’S
BOOK STORE.
Having renovated and improved
the old stand I am prepared to offer
inducements to purchasers of School
BOOKS ANDSTAT10NERY
and to subscribers arid purchasers of
Magazinesand Newspapers. Call and
examine.
I. W. ENSIGN.
FORSYTH, GEORGIA.
Hygienic Sanitarium.
Is permanently located ono block from
the passenger depot for the reception of all
acute and chronic invalids of all kinds.
PEICES.
Rooms, hoard and lodging included in
all prices. Chronic patients will he
charged will $1 he per charged day; fever and syphaletic
cases a reasonable price
extra for extra attention. Curses will be
joarded free if needed by the doctor, oth¬
erwise they will he charged. Adults, $10
per month; children, $5. Bad fever and
sypniletic eases must furnish their beds
and bed clothes. Each patient will re¬
ceive prompt attention from the doctors at
every hour in the day and night if neces¬
sary. Each patient must bring with them
for bathing two sheets, four towels, two
blankets, two quilts or two coverlets and
three yards J. cloth.
M. ARMSTRONG. Prop..
Griffin. Ga.
Hsl 'Vi ic'Wvti -Vi
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special barbless in existence, and make
a Horse and Cattle ier.ee; a
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.*ost and cheapest Cemetery and Grave Lot,
lurd and Lawn fence in the market. For cir¬
culars aud prices, address,
Ii L. SHELLABERGER,
70 S. Forsyth Si. ATLANTA, GA
F. J. Stilson,
JEWELER
55 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
.RELIABLE GOODS.
FAIK DEALING.
BOTTOM PKICES.
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