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RESIDENT’S MESSAGE As Read on the - Assembling of Congress Monday at Noon. Situation In China, Philippines and Cuba Is Treated Exhaustively---flany Qqpstions of Vital Im¬ portance Are Fully Considered. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. — When fcpeaker Henderson called the house to order every member rose in his seat. In the silence that followed the voice of the blind chaplain rose clear and impressive in prayer. He called the blessings of God down upon the pro¬ ceedings hbout to begin. The chaplain made touching refer* ence to the departed members, ask¬ ing the blessings of heaven upon the bereaved ones left behind. At the conclusion of the praye.r the clerk called the roll of the house. There Was so much confusion after the prayer that the roll-call was clapped by the speaker, *‘A11 members will take their seats,” he ordered. “It is impossible to pro¬ ceed with the roll-call unless order is restored.” His ga v e! hit the desk rapidly, and flna.Iy the loud voices and the shuf- fiintr 0 f feet subsided, fhe first bills introduced In the house today were army reorganization and re- apportionment bills. The latter is by Crumpacker. of Iff- diana. It provides for the reappor- tionment of congressional represents- lion and reduces the representation of Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina by 13 votes. Aecording to Crumpacker’s bill, the house will have 3C65 members, the ap- pornonment being on a basis of 198,000 t0 eac ^ mern h er - The army bill is the work of the mil- itary affairs committee and 13 fathered by Chairman Hutl, of Iowa. THE SENATE COMMITTEE TO WAIT ON PRESIDENT .WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—Messrs, Ijayne, Orosvenor and Richardson wore appointed by the speaker as a com- imittee to accompany the senate com- ;mittoe to the White House for the pur¬ pose of informing the president that •■ongress was in session and awaited any instructions he might have to give them. The house then recessed until 2 p. m. JOE BAILEY OBJECTS TO CONNER’S ADMISSION NVASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—Mr. Bailey, of Texas, in the house, objected to the admission of Mr. Conner, of Iowa, to succeed Mr. Doli.ver, who was recently made senator, fon the ground that Dol- iiver’s resignation did not take effect until after the election. ”if Mr.r, Dplliver's resignation takes , effect today, then the election of Mr. Connor ; was illegal, because ’Dtilliver was still the representative of the dis- trlct,” said Mr. Bailey. Mr. Connor was ordered to step aside for the present and the roll-call pro- ceeded. Mr. Babcock, of Wisconsin, was ap¬ pointed by the speaker to succeed Mr. Dolliver on the house ways and means committee. SESSION WILL BE A MEMORABLE ONE WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The short session of congress, beginning today, promises to be memofable in the his- lory of the United States. Much work, not ordinarily under- taken at a short session, has been out- linedl but although this congress has shown a capacity to dispose of business rapidly, ,it is doubtful whether the en¬ tire program can be carried out. The democratic program does not appear to be one of obstruction, the overwhelming republican victory in No¬ vember ^having had a rather deterrent effect, btit in a general way the time will be found too short to make laws of the various propositions pending. Ordinarily a short session is devoted almost exculsively to the passage of ap¬ propriation bills. The importance of these measures will be overshadowed this year by bills contemplating the execution of policies of enormous mag¬ nitude. Provisions will be made for perhaps the largest expenditures ever known. There Will be a $30,000,000 river and harbor bill;, a large public building bill: a navaj appropriation bill which will exceed by far .anything in that line in the history of this country; a military appropriation bill which will be a large one; appropriations for the routine needs of the government—needs which are growing every year, and which will be in line with an expansive poii- cy. There are fourteen of these biffs. Their total will not be far from the billion dollar mark, The Nicaragua canal and ship subsidy bills, if passed, will add other millions to Uncle Sam s bill of costs. The president begins his message by commenting briefly upon the strength, prosperity and integrity of the country, calling attention to the increase in pop¬ ulation since the beginning of the cen- turv When the sixth congress assem- ■Iiod'in Nik November, 1800, the 76,304,799. population ^iKi’-eased ro 0 « 483 It is now' We in territory from 909,- fmre miles then to 3,846,595. proceeds:( In our L message the dominant intercourse ques- fhas been the treatment of the ese problem. Apart from this our tions with the powers have been Ippy- ‘“The recent troubles in China spring r ^ m tho anti-fo rei sn agitation which r ° three years has gained for th the Dast p northern provinces, strong deep in the character Their ongi and in the tradi of the raceg . of 1 government- The Tai tions and the Opening of Ping rebe foreign trade and set- Chinese P or ^ tlement d:s bed alike the homogen- »nd tn jusion of China. eity years before the present trouble “For se al '. e ^. £ ,,‘resources of foreign di- ba , b moral demonstra- of^the pn^ hvs teal force of fleets and needed t0 secure due gl - - - ■ i m T7 jj 3 ■ a respect for the treaty rights Of for- eigners and to obtain Satisfaction from the responsible authorities for the sporadic Outrages upon the persons and property of unoffending Sojourners Which from time to tiffle occurred at widly Separated points in the northern provinces, as in the case of the out¬ breaks in Szechuen and Shan Tung.*' The president then anilities the de¬ velopment of t.h$ BbXer movement and the effort* of the representatives of the powers In Pekin to check it, their pro¬ tests and demands upon the Chinese government, however, only being met with perfunctory edicts from the palace, and evasion and ftitiie assur¬ ances from the Tsufig Li Yamen. The United State* from the earliest days of foreign intercourse with China had fol¬ lowed a policy of peafcS. omitting no occasion to testify good will, to further thfe extension of lawful trade and to in- sure by all legitimate and feitidly, but earnest means, the fullest measure of protection ffii- the lives and property of owf law abiding citizens among the Chinese people. “To these ends I caused,” says the president, “tfi bfe ad- dressed to the BOVefal Powers occupy lng territory afid maintaining sphere? of Influence in China, the circular pro- pOSals of 1899, inviting from them dec- larations of their intentions and views as to the desirability of the adoption of measures insuring the benefits of equality of treatment of all forei f trade throughout China. With gra fylng unanimity the responses coin¬ cided 1ft this common policy. '’Seeking to testify confidence in the willingness and ability of the imperial administration to redress the wrongs and prevent, the evils we suffered and feared, the marine guard, which had been Sbnt to Pekin in the autumn of 1399, was withdrawn at the earliest prac- tical moment, and all pending ques- tions vvere remitted, as far as we were concerncd, to the ordinary resorts of diplomatic intercourse.” Then, recount- ing how the Chinese government had proved unable to check the BoxerB and appeared to be a prey to internal dis- ssension, the president leads up to the combined demonstration in Chinese waters by the other powers, stating that whi'.e the United States did not participate in the combined demon¬ stration, we promptly sent from the Philippines all ships that could be spared for service on the Chinese coast. Marines were landed at Taku and sent to Pekin for the protection of the American legation, the other,, powers taking similar action, but still the peril increased. In referring to the attack upon the Taku forts by the powers, the president makes • quite prominent the fact that the American admiral took no part in the affair on the ground that we were not at war with China, and that a hostile demon- stration might consolidate anti-foreign elements and thus strengthen the Boxers to oppose the relieving column. The continues: ’ “The message seige and the relief of the legation has passed Into undying history. In all the stirring chapter which records the heroism of the devoted band, clinging to hope in the face of despair, and the undaunted spirit that led their re¬ lievers through battle and suffering to the goal, it is a memory of which my countrymen may be justly proud that the honor of our flag was maintained alike in the seige and the rescue, and that stout American hearts have again set high, in fervent emulation with true men of other race and language, the in¬ domitable courage that ever strives for the cause of right and justice.” After a brief resume of the attacks upon the legation, the killing of the German minis¬ ter, Baron Von Retteler, and the means of defense adopted by the be¬ sieged, in the course of which he re¬ fers to the gallant sortie led by Cap¬ tain Myers of the United States Ma¬ rine Corps, the president l elates the history of the joint relief expedition. In this connection he says: “The United States soldiers, sailors and ma- rines, officers and men alike, in those distant climes and unusual surround¬ ings, showed the same valor, discipline and good conduct, and gave proof of the same high degree of intelligence and efficiency which have distinguished them in In regard to the settlement of the Chinese question by the powers the president favors the Russian proposi¬ tion looking to the restoration of the Imperial power in Pekin. He says, however that for the real culprits those who have misled the Imperial judgment and diverted the sovereign authority to their own guilty ends, full expiation becomes imperative within he rational limits of retributive jus- tice. He looks upon the matter of in- demnity; for our wronged citizens as a question of grave concern. He is dis- P° se< I to think that compensation may be made in part by the opening of China to the equal commerce of all the world. He adds: “The government of Russia put fprw r ard a suggestion that in the event of protracted divergence of view’s in l-egard to indemnities, the matter may be delegated to a court of arbi- tration at The Hague. I favorably in- cline to this, believing that the high tribunal could not fail to reach a solu- tion no less conducive to the stability and enlarged prosperity of China it- self than immediately beneficial to the powers.” The president then devotes several pages to our relations with other pow j ers, touching upon the arrest of naturalized citizens by the Hungalffan . government for alleged evasion of military service;, the expan- sion of trade between this country and South America, the disturbances iu .Colombia and the recognition of jprovertraient by the United States; ADEI,. BERRIEN COUNTY, GA„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 1900, , SdSO similar recognition of the new Dominican government. The success of our participation in the Paris exposition was ro¬ vealed by the hufnbei* * tit “Wards granted to AmbrtcS.tl exhibitors by the intertiatlBBal Jury, namely: Grand primw, 240; gold medals, 597; Sii- Ver and medals, honorable 776; hmhtions, bronze mtldkik, 541, all, fe*ing Ihe 322—2,476 in given greatest total number to any exhibiting nation. The president expresses his satisfac¬ tion over our pleasant relations with the , German etnpiYb, and felicitates the country bpon the good results accruing rrom the settlement of the Samoan problem. He confidently expresses the hope that the enforcement of the Imperial meat inspection law Will be free from the discrtminatlofts prevail¬ ing Under the old statutes. "Much will depend,” he says, "Upon regulations not yet promulgated-.” Mis paragraph on the Wat ift South Africa is confined ** A l ^ al discussion of the matter of alleged contraband cargoes. In respect to thb Alaskan boundary dispute tfth president again refers to the need of definitely marking the boundary where it follows the one hun¬ dred and forty-first meridian,” stating that he contemplates negotiating a new 'convention for a joint determination of the meridian by telegraphic observa¬ tion. Sorrow is expressed for the assassina tion of King Humbert, Referring; to the lynching of Italians in Lotiisiarta he reiterates former ex- pressiohs, again inviting the attention of the country to v hat he terms “this reproach Oh Oiir civilization.” Praise 13 bestowed upon Japan’s gen¬ erous co-operation in the joint relief of the beleaguered legations in Pekin. The kindly courtesies extended by the Japanese government and naval officers to the battleship Oregon are also gra¬ ciously remembered. Regarding the Nicaraguan canal the message say§: * “i commend to the early attention of the senate the convention with Great Britain to facilitate the con¬ struction of such a canal, and to re¬ move any objection Which might arise out of the convention eotnmonly called the Ctayton-Rulwer treaty-. 1 ’ The presldeht states; "The Nicara¬ guan government shows a disposition to deal fairly with the canal question, either in the way of negotiations with us or taking measures to promote the waterway.” Thankk are expressed to the Imperial Russian government for the aid ren¬ dered by its authorities in Eastern Si¬ beria to American missionaries fleeing from Manchuria. It is stated that satisfactory progress has . „ been . made . toward . the , conclusion , of a general treaty of friendship and intercourse with Spain, in replacement of the old treaty, which passed into abeyance by reason of the late war. Reference is made to the purchase of Sibutu and Cagayan, Sulu, by. the United States for $100,060. In the matter of Indemnities due from Turkey the president says; “We await the fulfillment of the promise of the sultan to make repara¬ tion for the injuries suffered by Amer¬ ican citizens in Armenia and elsewhere in the Turkish empire. His majesty's good disposition in this regard has been evinced by the issuance of an irade for rebuilding the American college at Harpoot.” The senate is mildly criticized for its failure during the last session to act upon the commercial conventions then submitted for its consideration and approval, much disappointment to the agricultural and industrial interests of the country being caused thereby. The president is pleased with the lively interest manifested in the Latin- American states in the exposition to be held at Buffalo next year. He adds: “The policy of x-eciproeity so manifestly rests upon the principles of international equity and has keen so repeatedly approved by tb# people of the United States that there ought to be no hesitation in either branch of congress in giving to it full effect.” The surplus revenues for the fiscal year, ended June 30, were $79,527,060.18. For the six preceding years we had mly deficits, the aggregate of which amounted to more than two hundred million dollars. Because of the excess of revenues over expenditures, bonds ind other securities have been applied to the sinking fund to the amount of 156,544,556.06. “Our foreign trade,” he says, “shows a remarkable record of commercial and industrial progress. The growth of manufactures in the United States is evidenced by the fact :hat exports of manufactured products argely exceed those of any previous year, and agricultural products were ilso exported during 1900 in greater rolume than in 1899.” He continues: “I recommend that the congress at. its present session reduce the internal revenue taxes, imposed to meet the war with Spain in the sum of $30,000,000. This reduction should be secured by the remission of those taxes which ex¬ perience has shown to be the most burdensome to the industries of the people.” Congress is again urged to take im¬ mediate action looking to the promo¬ tion of American shipping and foreign trade, though no direct reference is made to the pending subsidy meas¬ ure. The ^ presldent refers to his last an _ nual essAge _ in whlch he spoke of the necessity for e arly action to rem- ed the evils of trusts . .. It is apparent,” he continues, “that uniform legislation npon this subject in tbe seV eral states is much to be de- sired. It is to be hoped that such uni- formity, founded in wise and just dis- crimination between what is injurious and what is useful and necessary in business operations, may be outlined. Restraint upon such combinations as are injurious and which are within federal jurisdiction should be promptly applied by the congress.” In taking up the Philippine question the president reiterates his former de- termination to uphold the sovereignty of the United States in the islands "as in all other places where our flag right- fully floats.” He then quotes extensively from his instructions to the commission head¬ ed by Judge William H. Taft, in which it was authorized to assume civil con- trot of the archipeligo on September 1, 1900. Much stress is laid upon the desirability of establishing and main- taining a civil service system in the municipal and departmental govern- ments. Late reports from the eom- mission show an encouraging advance toward flnmr'.r.g the benefits of lib- exty a.nd good government to the Flli- Vinos, in the interest of humanity, and ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM. with the aim of building up an en¬ during, self-supporting and self-admin- istering community in those fat east- ei h scaS.' 1 Continuing, he says: "I would impress upon the congress that. whatever itgiilktioit may be eri- heih'd ill respect to the Philippine is¬ lands should be along these generous lines. The fortune of war has thrown upon this pation an unSought trusl which Should b@ unselfishly discharg¬ ed, and devolved upon this government a moral as well as material responsi¬ bility toward these millions whom we have freed from an oppressive yoke. I have on another occasion called the Filipinos ‘the wards of the nation.’ Our obligation fts guardian was hot lightly assumed; it must not be otherwise thah honestly fulfilled, aiming first of all to benefit those who have come un¬ der oUr fostering care. It is our duty so to treat them that our flag may be not less beloved In the mountains of Lusoh and the fertile zones of Minda¬ nao and Negros, than it is at home, and there, as here, it shall be the revered symbol of liberty, enlightenment and progress In every avenue of develop* ment." “The Filipinos are a quick race to learn and to profit by knowledge. He would be rash who, with the teachings of contemporaneous history in view, would fix a limit to the degree of cul¬ ture and advancement yet within the roach Of these people if out* duty to¬ ward them is faithfully performed.” The president commends the success which has attended the labors of the governor of Porto Rico and hife asso 1 elates. Congress is requested to confei* upon the secretary of the interior su¬ pervision over the public iands in that Island; The president promises that when the Cubans’ constitutional convention shall have finished its labors he will transmit to congress the constitution as framed, for such action as may he deemed advisable. The recommendation for a Pacific cable between the United States and Hawaii, with an extension to Manila, is renewed, surveys having Shown the entire feasibility of a chain of cables which at each stopping place shali touch ori American territory. In reference to the army the-presi¬ dent states that for the present our five or six thousand troops in Cuba cannot be withdrawn or materially diminished, and certainly not until the conclusion of the labors of the consti¬ tutional convention and a government provided by the new constitution shall have been established and its stability assured. Nor is there room for further reduction in Porto Rico, where the gar- risons now number 1,635 men, which includes 879 native troops, .. We wlu be reoUired Q . ** he says “to keep, a considerable force in the Phil¬ ippine islands for some time to come. From the best information obtainable, we will need there for the immediate future from 45,000 to 60,000 men. I am sure the number may be reduced, as the insurgents shall come to acknowl¬ edge the authority of the United Slates, of which there are assuring in¬ dications.” / The president therefore asks for au¬ thority to increase the army to the present number of 100,000. He thinks that included in this number authority should be given to raise native troops in the* Philippines up to 15,000, which the Taft commission believe will be more effective in detecting and sup¬ pressing guerrillas, assassins and la- dtones than our own soldiers. He favors the recommendation of the secretary of war for the detail of of¬ ficers from the line of thp army when vacancies occur in the various staff departments. “The army,” he concludes, “cannot be too highly commended for its faith¬ ful and effective service in active mili¬ tary operations in the field and the difficult "work of civil administration.” The navy is similarly complimented upon its services in connection with the insurrections in the Philippines and the recent disturbances in China. The president expresses his gratifica¬ tion upon the settlement of the long pending question of armor plate manu¬ facture, a reasonable price having been secured, thus obviating the necessity for a government plant. The secre¬ tary's recommendations for new* ves¬ sels and additional officers and men are approved. Favorable action by congress is solicited for the measure providing for a statue to the memory of the late Admiral David D. Porter. He also commends the establishment of a national naval reserve, and of the grade of vice-admiral. Suitable pro¬ vision for medals and rewards on account of distinguished service, in both the army and navy, is recom¬ mended. Regarding the work of the depart¬ ment of agriculture, he says: “The department has been extending Its work during the past year, reach¬ ing further for new varieties of seeds and plants; co-operating more fullv with the states and territories in re¬ search along useful lines; making prog¬ ress in meteorological work relating to lines of wireless telegraphy and fore¬ casts for ocean going vessels; continu¬ ing inquiries as to animal disease; studying soils that producers may cul¬ tivate with better knowledge of condi¬ tions, and helping to clothe desert places with grasses suitable to our arid conditions.” Before concluding the message, the president urges the erection of a sepa¬ rate building for the purpose of pre¬ serving the annually accumulating ar¬ chives of the departments. The message closes with the following words: “In our great prosperity we must guard against the danger it In¬ vites of extravagance in government expenditures and appropriations; and the chosen representatives of the peo¬ ple will, I doubt not, furnish an exam- pie in their legislation of that wise economy which in a season of plenty husbands for the future. In this era of great business activity and opportuni¬ ty, caution is not untimely. It will not abate, but strengthen confidence. It will not retard, but promote, legitimate industrial and commercial expansion. Our growing power brings with it temptations and perils requiring con¬ stant viligenee to avoid. It must not be used to invite conflicts, nor for op pression, but for the more effective maintenance of those principles of equality and justice upon which our ln- stitutions and happiness depend. Let us keep always in mind that the foun¬ dation of our government is liberty; its superstructure peace. “WILLIAM McKINLEY, “Executive Mansion. 'December 4, 1900.” ARP’S LETTER Bartow Man Is Again Joyous and Happy at His Otfn Fireside EXPERIENCED MANY TRYING ORDEALS Soiwltluamlinj lli* Tribulation* Hi* l.cc: ure Tour W«*S.»urca of Much Pleasure and rt-otit. Home again and happy. Children aud grandchildren met mo at the de¬ pot and escorted me home, where * bountiful supper was awaiting, and I asked the same old blessing that I have been asking for fifty years, only it was with unusual gratitude, for I had been in perils of wind and water and escaped tfeetti. I was weary with long travel, and now I could rest. I left New Albany at midnight, reached Birmingham at day¬ light, only five minutes late, and bad five miuu e i time to buy a ticket for Bell City, aud from there I was to board the East atid West for home. How happy I was. But alas! for hit¬ man hopes. How soon they can van¬ ish into despair. There were abotifc a hundred big, black, greasy negro preachers ahead of me at the ticket office. Their Bap¬ tist convention had been broken up, Rnd they were going home oil the southbound train, and bad an hour to go on, but they would not let me ad¬ vance an inch. I hurried back to the gatekeeper aud begged him to let me in, for my traiu wa? waiting, and I pointed to the crowd of negroes and told him It was impossible for me to g<-t a ticket. He said he was sorry, but he had his orders, I hurried back (o make oue more effort, but a big square shoul lered preacher, with a back as broad as a barn door, had dropped a dime on the floor and half a dozen were down hunting for it. I hailed the ticket man, but he never heard or heeded me. Frantic, I rush¬ ed back to the iron gates and saw my train slipping off like a snake in the grass, and that official automaton would not let me pass. “ ’Gainst or¬ ders,” he said. Blackstone says there is a remedy for eve^y wrong, but there were no railroads in his day, or he wouldn’t h&Ve written those lines. I had no remedy, aud there is none. What could I do? No train for Fell City for twelve hours, and none from Pell City for my home for twenty-four hours. I was so tired and so disap¬ pointed that I sat down to ruminate on my valise. I was weak and sad and pitiful, for .here is no disappointment 30 distress¬ ing to me as being left by a train when going home. Just then a drum¬ mer, God bless him! came up and spoke to me, aud said, “My friend, I am pretty much in tbe same fix yon are, but we can go by Chattanooga, for the Alabama Great Southern is au hour late this morning. It’s schedule is to leave here thirty minutes before we arrived, but it has not come yet, and we have half an hour to get cur tickets. Those preachers are nearly all out of the way now.” I rose to my feet. I saw how it was, and that I would lose only one hour in getting home. In ray heart I revived, and like David whispered, “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” We got our tickets, and in fonr hoars were in Chattanooga, where I telegraphed my wife, “Hold the fort; I’m coming.” And so “All’s well that ends well,” and no thanks to those who manage that iron-bound pen at Birmingham. But I found the cutest little narrow gauge railroad in Mississippi that I have seen in many years. I didn’t know there was one left. It is called the Gulf and Chicago railroad, but they began to build it iu the middle many years ago and built sixty miles and quit. You can ride all day on it for 81.50. It doesn’t seem to have any schedule, and the folks along the line just wait for it and seem content. They say, “Well, it’s our road; it’s all we’ve got, and they do the best they can.” The owners are clever men and will wait on yon half au hour if you tele¬ phone them. They are very accom¬ modating, especially going south, for they have no connections to make. I boarded that train at Blue Mountain at 4 p m. for Pontotoc, where I was to lecture that night at 7:30 o’clock. It was only thirtv mileP, but we didn’t get there until 8:15 o’clock, and my audience didn’t give up the ship. They said it was their road—their only road and they knew its peculiar ways. We stepped when within three miles of town, and after half an hoar or so I asked what was the matter, and was told that the steam had given out. Before that the train stopped in the woods somewhere and began to back. I ventured to ask what was the matter and was told that the brakeman had dropped his cob pipe and that they had gone back to look for it. But it was a railroad and I had no right to complain, for I remember when there was not a railroad in the United States. When I was seven years old I came from Boston to Georgia overland in a carriage with my father and mother, 1,200 miles, and we never crossed a railroad, for there was none to cross; and now there are 196,000 miles in these United States. No, I am happy cn the way on any railroad, even if it is thirty miles short and fonr hours long. It beats the old stage coach a long ways. I tried a buggy team from Ripley to Bine Mount, only a six-mile drive, 'fundamentally and like to have got drowned, I got and distressingly wet* 1 shall wait ror the narrow gange next time. Oh, that cyclone! I.haven’t quit telliug about it yet. Next morn¬ ing a man who was la it and under it arid on top of it said he went out Lo shut his iatt!e* tip iu the stable, nnd before he could M»y Jack Hobiuson it picked him nj and turned him a thou¬ sand SumersatiUp, and while he was KttMSrifi. Jiuuy Jones’ potato patch as easy a* a woman lavs her bal»y in the erad’e.” That college at Blue Mountain is a martel to dip. It was fon^n^n twenty* five years ago by General Lowrey, a great b : g hearted man, who, like Ben Adbein, loved his fellow men. It was ’it first a high school for the benefit of 'he poor girls in the neighborhood end expanded into a college. When he died his sons and sous-in-law took charge and contioued to expand, and now there are 300 girls there; over 200 of them are boarding at $12 per month. The others live iu cottages near bj and board themselves at a coot of about $5 a month, for they do their own work. Large, handsome brick buildings have oeen built and more are being built. Bountiful springs from the mountain -ido furnish abundant pure water for everything. There is a dairy farm near bv aud vege'able gardens nnd every¬ thing motes like clock work. Profe sor Lowrey is a man of untir¬ ing energy and says that work is his best recreation. He look me oc a ro¬ mantic drive to the top of the mountain and the village graveyard, and when we rctitmed he called lor his four little children, including the baby, aud took them to lido. I liked that. It does not take me long to diagnose it good husband and a kind father. There was no barber in the village and he brought to me his fine lawu mower ra¬ zor that cost $5, aud when he saw how- awkward and nervous I was, he said: “Oh, let me do that,” aud he mowed the gray stubble iff in a minute. Ever hear of a college president doing that? I was specially interested in a young man, Ernest Guyton, the only boy in college. He is totally blind, but is getting a first class education through his ears. He listens eagerly to the recitations, keeps up with the fore¬ most and is now studying Latin. His mother or sister read to him every night aud the,family are all proud of him, for ho is not only bright mental¬ ly, but cheerful aud handsome. He told me that being blind never dis¬ tressed him and he was happy all the time, for everybody was so good to him. How kind Providence is to the afflicted. Those Mississippi woods are full of Georgians. Scores of them sought me and with a natural aud earnest pride told me where tbev came from in the long ago, or where , tneir , fathers , , came from, and who they were kin to. I was amused at one old man who said he cauie here from ( ass county be- fore the war, and ho asked me where Bartow county was. He had nevet heard that the name of old Gass w * 8 ckauved to Bartow in honor of onr General Bartow, who was killed at Manassas. Au nnkaowu friend has sent me a poetic gem called The Chang© ui Farmer Joe,” by Sheldon Stoddard. I wish that it could be read by every husband in the land, for it tells in beautiful and pathetic verse how Joe had loug and pursued his money for money’s sake gave loving, long suffering wife few comforts nnd none of the lux- uries or ornaments that brighten up a woman s home. For years she had from time to time hinted that she would like a new carpet for her room, for the old oue had been torn and patched and beaten until it was faded and threadbare, and the window shades wero worn out. But he said jio, he couldn’t afford it, and he worked early and late and was accumulating money. The poem tells . ,, , how he left her one mormng and noticed a tear in her eye as it dropped down on her palei cheek, and he got to thinking about it ih the cornfield, and that tear haunted him and he recalled the long years of their married life and how patient she-had been with him and the little children and nursed him when sick and watch- ed them by night and by day Sud- denly he came to himself and stopped his mule in the middle of the row and hurried home and hitched np the bugg^ and went to town like be was going for the doctor. He bought a nice carpet and some curtains and other comforts and drove home like Jehu aud tumbled them all at the front door. “Here, Sally, come here, bless your dear heart; you shaut cry any more,” aud he hurried back to the cornfield. Well, I liked that, and I feel like going to town and buy- ing a new carj e* for my wife. We men forget that a woman has to stay at home all the time. She loves orna- ment, for God made her so, and if she can’t have these things her house is not a home, but a prison.—Biim Arp in Atlanta Constitution. Dewet Captured Seven Gnus. No farther details have been re- ceived in London regarding the cap- ture by the Boers of the British garri- son at Dewetsdorp, November 23d, but is said that General Dewet has seven guns. IV HAT WILL GERMANS DO? Emperor William Will Hardly Receive the Fngitlve Ex-Pre*l<lent Kruger. The semi-official statement that Mr. Kruger is to visit Berlin is discussed cautiously. It is regarded as William prema- tare to predict that Emperor will receive him. There is no appre- :iable sign of public demonstration, 4nd some of the papers warn the pub- lie to beware of a policy of sentiment, pointing out that Germany is not in j osition to change the fate of tbe Transvaal, and deprecating the man- ifestatious which are likely to clash. NO. 41. RIGHT IS GIVEN BY NICARAUGA can Sow Be Constructed Without Any Interference. CONCESSION TREATY IS SIGNED - Minister Corea Confers With Sec- retary Hay and All Obstacle? In the Way Are Removed. A Washington special says: Secretary Hay Saturday morning, for the govern¬ ment of the United States, and Senor Corea, the Nicaranguan minister, for his own government, signed a treaty whereby the Jailer government con¬ cedes to the government of the United States the necessary rights and privi¬ leges within her bestowal for the con¬ struction of the Nicarangau canal. This action is taken in anticipation of the congressional action npon the pending Nicaraguan bill and the Hay- Pauncefote treaiy. Peuding the sub¬ mission of the document to the senate, whi< li body must ratify the agree- menb i{ 8 terms will not be made pub- lie. It is understood, however, that, generally, Nicaragua grants to the United 8 ates government the exclu¬ sive right to oonstrnct and operate the across Nicaragua, including the Pacific free canal between the Atlantic and use of the San Juan river, and of Lake Managua, as a part of the river conrse. Nicaragua is also to rid herself of any outstanding treaties that would tend in any way to abridge the privi¬ leges to be acquired by the TJqited'* States. It is understood that Nica¬ ragua concedes to the United States full authority to police the canal. Nic- arangua is to receive in compensation a certain amount of the securities of the canal construction company, aud although it is not now possible to learn the figure set down in the treaty, it is believed to approximate 85,000,000. * The state department has already entered into an agreement on similar lines with the republic of Costa Bica. This was because Costa Bica has es¬ tablished a claim to the right bank of the San Juan river, which must of ne¬ cessity the' form about a third of the length of canal, should the Nicaraguan rontfi be 8e]ected aE( j be constructed on t be lines which will be suggested by tfae *< Wa!ker commission.” nn< jer8tanding also has been ar- rived at with (he United States of Co- covering the same rights and privileges for the Panama and route Costa as are conveyed by Nicaragua R , ca in the case of lho Nicaragua route. So the state department has nQW c i tare( j tbe way for such action ^Q^gi^gg may caie to lake in the ca 0 of eithev G f the canal routes wh5ch baV0 been fcma(J feasible, KAISKU REMAINS FIRM.. Gwrma „ T , (| 1>elliantl * Kor ...... Chinese win Not Be Modified, . A rppre8entat * i ve of the foreign office ■ informed the . Q Be liu has | Jent of ihe Associated Press that 3 ermanT ba9 not indicated a disposi- lion to modify her demands fpr the J i(jbment 0 f guilty Chinese officials, ince she Joeg nbt know w bat the dif- ferent powers want. •• ' “Germany, above all,” the official saifi, “wants.harmony of action. Ger- £urePaw that tbe note to be forra- b , he Peki n ministers . would - be accepted, entirely by all the pow- * that several ers We b ftye to admit - de- , he J poWers, intiloding Russia, Bire a C in several of the provis- ^ Tfae whole matfer is in- vo]ved in t unc e r tainty, so that it . g impo8Bible (o p re dict what form tbe fiEa , ° ment wiI j take.” __________ REEK FOR T*IE SOLDIERS, - - rm.v TlirnitanA Barrel* Shipped Froux Vancouver to Ihe Philippine*. The outgoing steamship Empress of China, which sailed from Vancouver, B, C., for the orient Saturday, carried ^ record breaking cargo of beer for the Filipinos. Fifty thousand barrels are consigned to Manila, BOOKKEEPER ARRESTED. Charged with Being an Accomplice o Embexeicr Brown, Robert Winstel, assistant bookkeep- er of the wrecked German National bank of Newport, Ky., was arrested iu Cincinnati Thursday charged with being an accomplice of Frank Brown, who was short $198,000 in his ac- Winstel ............. taken ^ to New- counts. was port, bail being refused. Brown has not yet been apprehended, Tennes&ee’s Population. The population of Tennessee, as officially announced by the census bn- reau Wednesday, is 2,029,616 as against 1,767,518 in 1890. This is au iucrease of 253,098 or 14.3 per «mf. MUCH COIN AND BULL HU. Cn^ed State* Tje»»ury*p,l Hr f larglst Wc^tockcd with Go The stock of gold bullion ever held in the United is nQW >accamQ j ate a in the tr branches. The total , ha rising steadily during the whole present yegr, and the amount i 8474,108.3|Q, prertiT »t m Ihe about close u , au ’ " :■