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VOLUME XX. THE ATLANIIG STEAMSHIP. [ Saw thee stride upon the tossing sea What time the pinions of all sail-borne craft Were buffeted by mocking gales that laughed And beat them down into the spu ny lee; Be onward thou didst urge, erect and free, In the gale’s teeth; an 1 streaming fir abaft, A league-long, darkling banner thou didst waft, Signal of elemental victory. A demiurgic tr.umph thou do3t gain; An equal god within thy breast is pent To him wiio moves upon the whitening main; Thou throncst with gr?at Neptune, anl are bent To que l the empire of the stormy rain, And work old ocean’s utter vauquishment! —Titus Munson Coan, in the Century. LOT NUMBLR ELEVEN. NCE more, Mr. El¬ £ more, not proposal entertain I repeat for I your can¬ my dauL'hter's hand.” ‘ * But,consider, Mr. ' ✓ Bulsale, Ethel and 1 i love each other to mi distraction.” “Pshaw 1” con¬ temptuously ex¬ claimed the unrelent¬ ing lather of the dear girl I fondly adored, bad been I, Edward Elmore, for a goo 1 half hour doing my utmost to induce the old gentleman to receive ine as his son-in-law elect, and by doing so cause two fond youzig hearts to beat with ecstatic joy; for why should I desire to conceal the fact that I had the very greatest cause for be- lieving that my darling Ethel fully re¬ ciprocated my consuming passion? That l had signally failed to make the old gentleman see the interesting subject in the light I wished him scemei only too plain. I was tolerably alive to the reason why Mr. Bulsale did not look with favor upon my suit. My financial position was not of the strongest, and tliero was a certain Mr. Sowerbutt, a much middle- aged individual, short (uot of cash) and fussy, and proprietor of “Sowerbutt’s Sauce for the Million.” As the very particular crony of Mr. Bulsale, the condiment concocter was naturally a frequent visitor at the for¬ mer’s residence at Brixton. 1 half sus- pected that Sowerbutt had a silent regard lor Ethel, having, on more than one oc¬ casion, caught him furitively casting “sheep’s eyes” at my darling, when he had doubtless imagined himself unob¬ served. How I had obtained a footing in the Bulsale mansion was in this wise. I was a clerk in the office of a fine old-crusted firm of family and conveyancing so¬ licitors. Mr. Bulsale was an “eminent” auctioneer, and revelled iu the satisfac¬ tion < f possessing au extensive and lucrative business, aud, as he had inauy transactions with our firm, he and I were in consequence thrown much together. After a while Mr. Bulsale seemod to take a fancy to me, and invited me to dine with him at his house, aud that visit proved to be the forerunner of many more. The keen man of business, who ever had his eye on what is termed the main chance, found me useful to him in many ways, especially in what may be called the “literary” part of his calliug. I re¬ fer to the composition of those entic¬ ingly flowery advertisements, setting forth the varied attractions of charming country retreats, and the delirious de¬ lights appertaining to magnificent man¬ sions, which from time to time Mr. Bul- sale received instructions to offer for sale to a yearning public. I reflected that to keep a watchful eye on Simon Sowerbutt I must remain on good terms with Mr. Bulsale; so, with this laudable object in view, I said, with au air of apparent resignation: “I trust, Mr. Bulsale, that, although you cannot briug yourself to look upon me in the light of a possible son-in-law, you will net prohibit my occasionally lookiug in upon you, as before?” “Come aud see us whenever you like, young man; but mind, don’t let me catch you making love to Ethel.” I thanked him, and then remarked: “I think I may with truth say, Mr. Bui- sale, that you have always enjoyed the littfca rnisic that your daughter and— and myself have beeu in the habit of— of providing. Those little duets, for in- stance—you will not.”— “Well, no,” the unsuspecting Bulsale said, slowly “I see no reason why you should not, as before, indulge in a little music, especially as I like it so much!” Of course, Bulsale was nothing if not a little selfish. Thought I to myself, if two fond hearts, with the assistance of a piano and sheet of music, caunot ma^e good use’of the opportunities presented, and at the same time bamboozle the unbend- ing parent, my name is not Edward El- more. Again I thanked the old gentleman and then addressed him: “You have been candid euough to indicate that you have no persoual objection tome, only ! you corsider my means inadequate to | deem maintain satisfactory.’’ a wife in a mauner you would j “That young man is precisely the state of the poll.” “And a very unsatisfactory condition it is for me,” I answered, ruefully, “Now, would you mind telling me under . what condition of circumstances you ! would be willing to bestow your daugh- ter’s hanc—’’ j “And fortune,” put in Mr. Bulsale quickly. ; “That, sir,” I answered quietly, and, I trust, with dignity, “was not my thoughts; I should be willing to take Ethei without a penny. Try me.” Mr. Bulsale said nothing, but took a silent pinch. “Under what circumstances,” I re- peated, “would you consent to Kth— your daughter, becoming my wife?” THE TOCCOA AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL. “I should be willing to listen to you,” he said, “when you possessed an income of—say seven hundred a year.” My heart sank to zero, Bulsale might just as well have stipulated for a mil- lion. ‘•Or,” added the old gentleman, a curious smile diffusing itself over his somewhat broad visage, as if he had just thought of something which mightily tickled him, “or Ethel shall be yours to nave and to hold, when I knock her down to you;—once—twice—for the third aud last tune, going—goiug— gone!” I ncarlv lost all patience with the old fellow for making no absurd, not to say vulgar, a joke upou a subject so sacred to mysell. Then it flashed across me that I, too, but a few minutes previously had been guilty of similar flippancy, and I thought I had better bottle up my wrath and take my leave; so, wishing Mr. Bulsale good morning, I made for the door. “Good . morning, . my dear -i sir • re- sponded the eminent salesman, blandly. That evening, as the clocks were strik- ing eight, I was on Mr. Bulsale’s front doorstep, armed with a new piece of music, over which, a few minutes later, Ethel and I were beading our heads in delightful proximity, while papa, in his favorite chair, took alternate whiffs at his churchwarden and sips at his glas3 of mountain dew. In soft whispers, through the music, I informed Ethel of all tbat had transpired during iny interview with her revered but unbending parent. The darling girl quite agreed with me regarding the un¬ timeliness of the pleasantry her father had indulged in, thougu at tne same time she devoutly wished she could be “knocked down” to myself, of course, During the evening Sowerbutt put in an appearance, and the piano had to be closed. Then followed a discussion over a sale of a small but valuable lot of antique furniture, which Mr. Bulsale was going to hold in a few days at his extensive mart. There was also the proof of the advertisement to look over, to which, as usual, I added a little embel¬ lishment. Mr. Bulsale descanted eloquently upon the beauty and value of several of the articles which would very likely go into the broker’s hands for a mere song; “particularly,” he observed, as he warmed up professionally,“a large cabinet or wardrobe, beautifully carved and very substantia,no gimcrack work.” “Just the very thiug I should like,” exclaimed Sowerbutt. “It would come in handy la case—if ever—I should get married, you know.” And the man of sauce cast a look at Ethel, which, no doubt, he intended should convey a 1 world of significance. At eleven we broke up,Sowerbutt and I going par. of tho way together to our respective homes. The purveyor agam intimated his fixed determination to so- cure the large cabinet, provided the fag- ure was not iun up too high. Sowerbutt was a very careful, not to say stingy, man, considering the pot of money he had made with the “Sauce for the Million,” which,by the way,candor com¬ pels me to admit, svas a very relishing condiment, and deserved the enormous sale it enjoyed. As I was seated at my modest morning meal on the day of the sale of the an- tique furniture, I fell to musing on the probable amount old Sowerbutt would bid up to for the ancient cabinet. “Tallygraff, tn sir!” said Blary Jane, bursting upou me. I never could get that hand-maiden to say telegram. Opening the buff colored dispatch I read: “Purchase at sale this morning Lot Number Elevea at any cost. Do not fail your Ethel.” “So, Mr. Sowerbutt,” I murmured, “you are going to be done out of your comtemplated purchase, But what ou earth cau Ethel want with the cabinet, and at any cost, too?” However, I hil little time to lose in vain speculations,so set off to the scene of operations, look- ffig in at the office on the way to make excuses for my absence. I arrive 1 at the mart just as the third lot was being knocked down. Bulsale seemel sur- prised on seeing me eater, while Siwer- butt, who was close to the rostrum, looked as dark as his own sauce; as though, iu fact, he had intuitively guessed the cause of my presence there. Lot Ten was quickly reached and dis- posed of. The auctioneer then, clearing fiis throat, assumed an air of extra im- portance, and commeuce i to eulogize “Lot Number Elevea m the catalogue,” speaking of the “noble piece” of antique furniture in terms so feeling that any one might fairly have been excused for imagining the article offered had be- longed to a long line of Bulsale’s an- cestors. When Mr. 3ulsale had apparently ex- hausted his category of laudatory phrases, he actually wound up with, by way of peroration > “The article, ladies and gentlemen, needs uo words of mine to conviuce any one of its uniqueness; there it is to speai for itself.” “A sovereign,” bid a venturesome spirit, The auctioneer remarked that it was too eariy in the day for yoking, however, he would take the bid just by the way of making a start. “Let’ssee inside of it,” suggested one those swell wits often seen at auc- tions. “Certainly, if you desire to, sir, I may tell you there’s nothing, even a shelf; but should a ly one require shelves, the cost would be only trifling. John, unlock the cabinet.” “The key ain’t in, sir,” ans vered the “It was an hour ago, I’m certain,” re- marked Mr. Bulsale. “However, it’s of little consequence. Sorry we can’t oblige you, sir, just at the moment; the key has evidently been mislaid.” “Supposing, after all, there is some- thing inside; will it go ~ with the article!” “I pledge you my word,” answered Mr. Bulsale, w-ith mock irony, “that the fortunate purchaser of that work of arc nc*y justly claim anything that may hap- pen to be in the interior. I trust every- TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. JULY 9, 1892. body will now be satisfied and allow us to go on with business.” There is no need to dwell on the prog- ress of the bidding for Lot Number Eleven. Besides myself there were two or three other keea competitors, and so, even if I had not been there with such imperative orders, Sowerbutt would have failed to secure the coveted piece of fur- niture at what he considered a reason- able price; he retired from the field van- quished when the bidding had reacued £12 10s. Eventually the cabinet fell to ,n y bid °f ^7 15s., and a rather exorbi- tant figure I considered it. Of course, alter all, I was but an agent in the mat- ter. As there were not many lots to be dis¬ posed of, I elected to stay till the sale was concluded, thinking it just possible I might learu something more respecting my purchase. I pushed my way throuh the crowd into Mr. Bulsale’s office behind the salesroom and seated myself facing the doorwav through which I had just ' entered, j my eyes ,u the while i i resting upon ■ tne antique cabinet, which had beeu so ; placed that the back of it™ parti, across the entrance to the private room. I had been sitting a minute or so, mus- I ing over the unusual events of the morn- ing, when, to my amazement, I saw— there was no delusion—the back of the wardrobe slowly opening towards me, like a door, disclosing a space of four or five inches, and through this aperature there appeared a small feminine hand, whose tapered Augers dangled invitingly a scrap of paper. Acting on the impulse of the moment, I rose and quickly trans- ferred it to myself. The little hand was tuereupon instantly withdrawn, and the opening closed. Could I believe my eyes as I read on the paper I had so mysteriously become possessed of as follows: “So I have really been knocked down to you, dear. Now vou will understand my teleoram. You, of course, will know how to complete the stratagem be- ' ° mu bv Ethel!” .‘Whew! the clever darling!" The next * instant Mr. Buls.dc entered, ’ . . . GX ? aimin "* . * Ve ^ iais ^ ed * _ , w , ^ ere • Ethel? is Before I could reply the back of the antique cabinet again opeued, but wide this time, and Ethel—looking somewhat flushed—stepped forth. Advancing towards us, she said demurely; “Here I am, papa, none the worse for being ‘knocked down’ by you.” Papa Bulsale’s face was a study, as he looked first at Ethel, then at myself. “Explain?” he gasped out, a3 he sank helplessly into an easy chair. “It is all my doing.” Ethel quietly remarked. “E lward knew nothing of the actual fact till a moment ago. 'You cabinet see papa, had I disc’“S* a revolving back *1 and ‘at at once, as if by inspiration the idea oc- curred to me to be sola along with the lurmture, and so well, jou know tae rest, dear papa, and I belong to the pur- chaser of the antique wardrobe, ‘Lot Eleven.’ Here is the key. ’ The ingenious damsel put out her hand to me, and taking the dear little palm, I turned to the dazed Mr. Bulsale, saying gravely:,. “I claim this lady according to the conditions of sale, as well as by your own words, of which I dare say you do not require reminding. As soon as the eminent auctioneer re- alized how beautifully he nad been cor- uored he stormed dreadfully; out the tor- rent of his wrath soon exhausted itself, and he calmed down wonderfully, even going so far as to designate his friend Sowerbutt a meau fellow for not biddmg a ove me. On the ^ . when dar- auspicious occasion, ling, darling Ethel became my wife, the order of things customary at such times was somewhat reversed in the case of Mr. Sowerbutt. Instead of his making the bride the customary present the latter sent him a handsome gift—Lot Eleven! He accepted it! Snake Farming. Snake farming as an industry is just now engaging the attention of the people and press of the southwestern section of Missouri. The Ozark News of a recent date says: “Signor Don Allen aud Senorita Lanaa Lee, repre¬ senting the J. E. Childs snake farm at Chadwick, this county, were in Ozark last Friday and Saturday establishing agencies for their rattlesnake oil. Miss Lee had with her a pair of water moc- casins that she handled as though they were kittens. There is no doubt but that snakes can be petted as easily as anything else, and for a choice between suakes and alligators,we would certainly take snakes.” Further particulars concerning the unique enterprise is thus given in another edition of the same paper: “Among the many enterprises in Southwest Missouri there are probably none that attract more attention than doe3 the snake farm located three-fourths of a mile due west of Chadwick, Tne farm consists of about five acres, half enclosed by a nat- ural stone wall, or a ledge. Oa one side of this enclosure is a natural rock cave, and out of this cave runs an everlasting stream of the purest water. This spring, being on the highest spot of land on the farm, it is easily conveyed to all places where needed. Mr. Childs has been dealing in snakes and manufacturing rattlesnake oil for over ten years, and finds it quite profitable, as he supplies all species of snakes for exhibition pur- poses, all kinds of snake curiosities, rat- desnake oil to the drug trade, and charges an admission fee of ten cents to a n visitors who come to the farm. He is now fixing up the place for the sum- me r trade,and will have large pens built for the snakes, with a living pond of water in each one, and a platform on the outside where visitors may stand out Q f danger looking at the hundred differ- eat sp«:ies, all in their natural state,eat- ino-, ?,’ drinking, playing, swimming,fight- j n sleeping, etc. Mr. Childs also pro- poses to pav cash for all live snakes of aDV species measuring over three feet in length. He proposes to ship all the snakes out of this part of the country and brina back cash in their stead.” PROHIBITIONISTS Hold Their National Convention at Cincinnati. DELEGATES FROM EVERY STATE IN THE UNION IS ATTENDANCE— PROCEED¬ INGS OF THE CONVENTION. The National prohibition convention met it Cincinnati Wednesday. Chair¬ man Dickie, of the national committee, called the meeting to order, and intro¬ duced Dr. J. G. Evans, of Hedding col¬ lege, Ill., who opened the convention with prayer, in the course of which he entreated that rum be driven from the country and that the saloon cease to exist. Dumber of belated delegates sought ® eat8 afler the prayer, and the bilver La’e quartet, of New Turk state, ren- dere £ a temperance selection while order was being restored. Thev “ received an encore> Rev Dr Lockw ood of Cin . - th hehalf '“d Tateof.Ohio of the ntv the welcomed the de i egate9- p ro f es sor Dickie res- ponded to the addresses He c [ osed by naming ex-Governor St. John as temporary chairman. Wild cheering and the waving of flags and handker- chiefs greeted the mention of the name of ex-Governor St. John. The shouting was renewed again aud agaiu as the noted Kansan stepped forward and assumed the gavel and addressed the convention. His closing words, “What is the pleasure of the convention?” elicited the prompt re¬ sponse from numerous voices: “We want St. John lor president.” The name of A. F. Wolfenbarger, of Nebraska, for secretary, and a list of assistant secreta¬ ries and sergeants-at-arms selected by the national committee met no opposition. THlS first discussion, The tEst Adbt in the convention oc- ™rred *>ver the question of adopting the temporary rules prepared by the national I hese provided that only delegates present should be entitled to vote Tht. would have deprived a num- berof far-off states, especially tho e in the extreme south, a part of their represent- ation in the temporary organization, as ad their delegates could not come on ac- C0UD t of the expense. Mr. J. B. Cranfill, G f Texas, took the lead in behalf of these delegates. He said that if that rule were adopted it would leave the control of the convention in states around Cincinnati, It would cost $3,500 to send the thirty-five delegates of Texas to Cincinnati, and they could not afford it. The temporary rules would probably be the permanent rules, He moved that each delegation have the right to cast its full vote whether all the delegates bvely were present or not. After a tilt Mr. Cranhll carried his amendment oni a rising vote, and then “ roll’of Tates “wT called ** The for the announcetne nt of committee member8hi and then the conV ention adjourned until 4 o’clock, after giving directions to the committee to proceed at once to tbe work asg jg Ded them- T he most interest centered in tho member- 6hip <>f the platform committee and the N ew Nation committee. AFTERNOON SESSION. At the afternoon aession the committee on credentials reported 972 delegates present, Louisiana and South Carolina, being the only Btates not represented, The presentation of the report of the committee on permanent organization recommending dianapolis. C >lonel Ritter, of In- for permanent chairman and Sam Small for permanent secretary and reinstating the rule voted down in the morning giving states votes only for delegates P rese, 't, was the signal each delegation rep^t reTmmen^hat state f be permitted l to cast fuU VQte t( which it i3 entitled . IIe ffiade a vigorous ° speech £ in favor of the minority r eport ad protes ted against depriving these states of their full vote as mo numental injustice. The minority re¬ port was de f ea ted by a vote of 350 to 72, and majority report was adopted, so that absent delegates will have no vote. The convention then adjourned until 8 o’clock p. m. The following national executive committee was selected: Chair¬ man, Dickie; vice chairman, John P. St. John, of Kansas; secretary, W. C. War- del!, New York; treasurer, Samuel D. Hastings, Wisconsin; additional members, Helen Gougar, Indiana; J. H. Tate.Ten- uessee; A. A. Stevens, Pennsylvania. Notwithstanding the gossip that the headquarters would be changed to Chi¬ cago, the committee then chose New York for another four years. Song and prayer by Rev. David Tatum, a Quaker preacher, of Chicago, opened the even¬ ing session. Colonel Ritter, of Indiana, who was selected for permanent chair¬ man, was escorted to the platform to succeed Governor St. John as presiding officer. Speech-making took up the time of the evening session. SECOND DAY. The southern question broke out before the prohibition convention had been in session five minutes Thursday, the cause being a speech made by Mrs. Gougar at Wednesday night’s meeting, which was largely made of a story about the sale of a negro child at a slavery auction block, the drink, application being made from slavery to rhe speech caused indigna ion oc the part of a number of southerners, and at the first opportunity Thursday Mr. W. W. Gibbs, <>f Virginia, was on his feet and offered the following resolu tion: “Whereas, The prohibition party is not a sectional party, but a national party; whereas, The isiues of the late civil war are settled, and settled forever; therefore resolved, That it is the sense of the convention that speakers who are ac¬ corded the honor of addressing the con¬ vention be requested to refrain from un¬ necessary reference to illustrations th *t could be considered reflective on partici pan-* on the last struggle. After consideaable wrangling, Chair man Diekie, of the national committee, then introduced Dr. Evans, of Abingdon, Ill., who presented & plea for contribu tions to enable the national committee to prosecute i s work. They needed money, he said, not for “blocks of five,” but t keep up the contest against the liqu »t traffic. Thousand-dollar subscription* were made by The Voice, the prohioitio organ, and W. F. Ward well, of New York, secretary of the national prohibi tion executive committee. Through sev ral indiv duals uie st »e <u rensyivama ?1,000; aave $1,200; Yirgin'u, $1,00); lllinoi-, Miunesoti aud Tennessee, $600 ach; Massacbusee s. Colorado, Ken- tucky, California, Wisconsin and New Jersey, $300 each. Taere were several individual subscriptions of $300 each. New York state give $1,000 to the na¬ tional committee and raised a oonsidera- olc amount in addition for state work. Gathering pushed of subscribtions was vigorously aud enough small subscriptions were finally rece ved to swell the total amount to $20,000, or $5,000 more than four years ago. The co ivention adjourn- • d until 2 o’clock, just as the piatlorm committee su ceeded at la t in tempora¬ rily getting by the silver plank. When the convention reassembled at 3 o’clock, two reports from the platform ■o nmittee were submitted. That of the mnj irity was adopted, after being amend¬ ed in two particulars, and after a great deal of excited discussion. The platform savs: ' The liquor traffic is foe to civilization, the a arch enemy of popu’ar government and a pub¬ ic nuisance. It is the citadel of the forces ‘hat degrade corrupt politics, promote poverty and crime, the nation’s hom ■ life, thwait the w.ll of the people and will deliver our c >un ry into , he han Is of r >p icious class interests. All laws hat unde.- the guise of r gulation legalize and protect this traffic or m»ke the government s are in its ill-gotten gains, are vicious in prin¬ ciple and powerless as a remedy. We declare anew for tiie entire suppression of the manufacture, sale aud importation, ex¬ portation and transportation of alcoholic liquors as a beverage by federal and state legislation, and tho full powers of the government should he exerted, to secure this result . Any party that f ,ils to recognize the dominant natme of this is-ue in American politics is undeserving the support No of the people. ‘2. citizen should be denied the right to vote on account of sex, and eqnal labor should receive equal wages without regard to sex. 3. The money of the cou itrv, composed of gold, silver aud paper, should be issued bv the general government only, and in no sufficient quanth full ies to meet the demands of business and give bor. To opportunity tor theemplovmont of la¬ tnis end an increase in ho volume of money is demanded, and no individual or cor¬ poration should be allowed to make any profit through its issue. It should be made legal to ider for the payment of all debts, public and private. Its volume should be fixed at a defi¬ nite sum p -r capita an l made to increaso with our increase in population. 4. We favor freo an 1 unlimited coinage of silver and gold. (This fourth by plank was stricken out by tho convention a vote of .396 to 333.) Tariff should bo levied only as defense against for ign governments which levy tariff upon or bar onc our products from their mar- kets, the revenue being incidental. Tho resi- dueof the means necessary to an economical administration of the government should be raised by levying the burden on what the peo- pie po-isess, instead of what wo consume- Then follow declarations in favor of government control of railroads,telegraph and other public corporations, and strin¬ gent imra gration and naturaliz itiou laws, agaist alien ownership of lands in the United States, favoring a leiral day of rest, arbitration, liberal pensions and public schools with the English language alone,against margin speculation and mob law, and the arraignment of both old parties for a long catalogue of sins. To his was added from the minority report the following: Recognizing and declaring that the prohibi¬ tion of the liquor traffic has become the domi¬ nant issue in national politics, we invite to fu 1 party dominant fellowship issue all hose who, on this one are with us, agreod in the full belief that this par ty can and wi 1 remove sec¬ tional differences, promote national unity and insure the best welfare of our entire land- This ad itbmal plank was at once voted down along with the balance of the mi¬ nority plattorm, but its failure came near causing a large number of delegates to abandon the convention and it was recon¬ sidered and added to the pla form as adopted. Discussion upon it developed great heat and confusion, and there seemed danger of another schism. Then the following resolution, offered by Rev. R. G. Evans, of Abingdon, IU., was car¬ ried : Resolved, That we favor a liberal ap¬ propriation by the federal government for the world’s Columbian exposition, but only on condition that the sale of intoxi¬ cating liquors on the grounds be prohib¬ ited, and that the exposition be kept closed on Sundny. NIGHT SESSION, Immediately after the opening prayer at the night session, the nominating speeches promptly began. Ex-Governor John P. St. John, at the request of the California delegation, was given the floor first to place before the convention the name of General John Bidwell, of Cali¬ fornia. Speeches seconding Bidwell eontiDued until New York was reached, when W. Jennings Demurest was placed in nomination. L. B. Logan, of Ohio, put in nomination Gideon T. Stewart. Though only three candidates were named for the first place, innumerable nomina ing and seconding speeches lasted until nearly midnight. On the first ballot, at two minutes to midnight, General John Bidwell, of California, was nominated t > head the national prohibi¬ tion ticket, The totals, before any changes or corrections were made, stood 582 for Bidwell, 184 for Stewart,142 for Demorestand three for Bascom, 487 being necessary to a choice. AN IRISH STEW. Dr, Tanner is Mobbed While Attempt¬ ing to Make a Speech. Advices from Dublin, Ireland, state that on Thursday, Dr. Tanner, protected by 100 policemen, attemp-ed to address a political meeting at Tuam. The Par- nellites seized the speaker’s platform be¬ fore the arrival of the Tanneries. Dr. Tanner made determined efforts to get on the platform, but each time was knocked down. Finally the platform was pulled down and Tanner was caught beneath Then a free fisiht, and fun waxed fast and furious. The situation became so dan¬ gerous that the police were compelled tc This charge the mob with drawn sword*. had the desired eff et andthemib dispersed. TAILORS WALK OUT. One Thousand of Them Dissatisfied with “Task” Work. One thousand coat tailors in Baltimore went on a strike Thursday morning in an effort to free themselves from “ta-k’ work. Heretofore each tailor has been allotted a certain amount of work by the contractors to be done in a day. Some¬ times to finish this, it is claimed, they bad to work fourteen to sixteen hours. The men want to work ten hour# a day with reasonable wages and weekly pay day. THE SOlTil IN BRIEF The News of Her Progress Portrayed in Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN¬ INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAY TO DAY WITHIN HER BORDERS. The convention of confederate vete¬ rans of South Carolina has beeu called to meet at Co.umbia on July 19th, for the purpose of effecting au organization similar to the Grand Army of the Re¬ public. Ex-Senator Wade Hampton will preside. A Raleigh dispatch says: Thursday nigl.t the third company of North Caro¬ lina’s naval res rve militia was organized at D. Fayetteville, McNeill with sixty six men. J. is chosen lieutenant com¬ mander. The first company is at Char¬ lotte and the second at New Berne. The June crop report fiom the Ala¬ bama state department of agriculture has 193 reports from *33 counties, giving the following average as compared with last year; Corn 98£, cotton 92$. «heat 103, oat* 15, Irish potatoes 94. hay 102, sugar cane 97, tobacco 103, hogs 97, beef 81, sheep 97 and hoises 103. The sales of loose leaf tobacco on the Danville, Ya., market for June were 4,377,420 pounds, an increase of more than one million pounds over the same month last year. For the nine months of thi- tobacco year the sales were 32,- 073,509 pounds, a decrease of half a million pounds as compared with the same time last year. Fire broke out at 8 o’clock Friday night in the wholesale deoartment of Goetter, Weil & C"., the largest wliole- S! le dry goods and notions dealers in ing Montgomery, Ala. The four-story build¬ was destroyed. At one time the whole bloc ^ was threatened. The loss to the stock is $100,000,fully covered by insurance. The loss on (he building is about twenty thousand dollars. A Birmingham dispatch of Thursday says: J The search for oil amid the moun- tains . ot , north Alabama nas i . i t i, at last been ppn rewarded at Hartselle,iu Morgan county, The well is 1,706 feet deep, aud the drill has penetrated only a foot into the oil— bearing 9. sand. The oil rises 300 feet in the . well, and , . clear , and , beautiful. , Gas ^ is flows from the well, and, when lighted, the flame burned steadily for twenty feet in the air. The prospecting has been done by experts from Pennsylvania. Col. James L. Shi ftield, one of the most prominent politicians in Alabama died suddenly at Montgomery Saturday. He commanded a Confederate regiment during the w >r which lie spent his entire fortune equipping, and he i-erved with signal bravery until 1864. He was noted as one of the most effective stump speak¬ ers in the state, and in 1884 was an inde¬ pendent candidate for governor. He was interested in the K«>lb movement in current Alabama politics, and was ranked as one of the most influential speakers on that side in the present campaign. He was seventy-three years old. TROUBLE PREDICTED When the Carnegies Attempt to Start Their Works. A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch says: Affairs a f II< mestead have assumed «n ugly phase and serious trouble is ap¬ prehended. Tuesday H. C. Frick, chair¬ man of the Carnegie steel comp my, ap¬ pealed to Sheriff McCleary for protection and asked that 106 deputies be sent out to the works at Homestead as soon as possible to protect the steel works. Mem¬ bers of the Amalgamated As-ociation were confident that the firm intends to make a test of strength within a very short time, for it c. u!d not well wait a year to break down the strictness of the watch. It was stated that Manager Potter and about tw'eutv of his superin¬ tendents are away in different cities pre¬ sumably searching for 260 skilled work¬ ers, without whom it would be impossi¬ ble to start the mill. This is accepted as a further indication of the man igement’s desire to try and start the mill at once. A NEGRO NATIONAL PARTY Organized in Texas-Will Pnt Out Candidates for Every Office. A dispatch of Tuesday from San An- tonio, Texas, says; Gualoupe county to- day saw the birth of a new party op- posed to all the old partus. U der a call issued by B. Berry, a large number of negroes assembled in mas; meeting and perfected a permanent organization with Berry as chairman, and adoptel a inations platform calling for negro nom- for every office in the gift of the American people from presi- dent down to constable. It recites that democracy African; is inherently opposed to the that republicanism la false to him and that theie is no hope for him in the people’s party. He is the 1 ati mal >alance of power. Delegates in every votiug precinct were duly appointed and 1 convention called for the 22nd of July. A BIG LOCKOUT. Carnegie’s Iron Works Shut Down and Three Thousand 3len Idle. A Pit sburg, Pa., dispatch says: The Homestead shut-down went into effect Thur*day. There are 3,000 idle toDnage men on the stree's and they have invited the mechanical department, day laborers and watchmen to j in them. They ex- pect that they will do so. If th y do, the entire p aut will be id e. The firm discharged all their employes at raid- night, and notified them to report for their pay at the office on Saturday. By this action, the Carnegies have cleverly forest die I the men, and, by making it a lockout instead of a strike, have placed them on the defensive. Th .* streets are crowded, but everything is quiet so far. - - COMER IS RECEIVER Of the Central Railroad-Appointed by Judge Speer. A dispatch fr m M con, Ga., says: At 12:20 M -ndav morning Judge Sd er, on i i elition ,.f stockii.'lfltfr. rc|irts.-ntiiig ^1.0o0,“.M app-i-ifo. H A.. Lome. ?e eiver of > lie CVi.tr.n l a li o.-.u. J uuge Adams filed the petition. NUMBER 27 i. RICHMOND & DANVILLE R- R. Atlanta and Charlotte Alr-Liie Division. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains, in Effect IVlay 15th. 1892. NORTHBOUND. No. S3. NO. 10. No. :a l ASTEJl.N TIME. Daily. Daily. l)ai y Lv. Atlanta i&i.) 1 40 pm 3 oO pm 8 05am Chamlilee..... ....... 9 24 pm 8 iOatn Norcrcwa....... ....... 9 35 pm B .'-2am Duluth........ ....... 9 47 pm 9 04am Snvranee....... ....... 967 pm 9 15am Buford........ .......10 10 pm 9 28am Flowery Gainesville..... Brandi ....... 10 24 pm 9 42&m 3 03 pm ,0 45 pm 10 ('Sara Lula.......... .......jl 13 pm 10 27am Bell ton........ ........1 15 pm 10 30am Cornelia....... .......J1 42 pm 10 51ana Bit. Ai y....... ....... 1 1«1 m 10 55a in Toccoa......... ....... *2 20 am 11 H>am Westminster ... .......‘2 57 a: >. II 56am Seneca ........ .......>1 17 am 12 15pm Central........ ....... 1 50 am! 1 20pm Easleys........ Greenville..... ....... 2 18 am 146pm 6 08 pm 2 44 am 2 1 lpin Greers......... ........ 3 14 am 2 42pm Wellford....... ........ 3 33 am 3 00 m Clifton........ - partanburg... 7 04 pm 3 54 am 3 -3pm Cowpens ........ 4 13 am 3 40pm ...... ........ 4 IS am 3 44pm Gaffuev....... ........ 4 40 am 4 09pru Blacksburg..... Grover......... ........ 5 01 am 4 27pm ........ 5 11 am 4 37pm King’s Mount’ll ........ 5 2S am 4 55pm Gastonia....... ........ 6 52 am 5 20pm Lowell........ ........ 6 05 am 5 31pm Bellemont..... ........ 6 16 am 5 39pm Ax. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 6 40am 6 00pm SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. 11. No. 9. Daily. Daily. Daily. Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am am Lowell......... Bellemont..... ^-OoHcOOO«OOCCCOOO*>I»IClOiWW^I^^WkMWO:»WWtv m am aiu Gastonia....... am King’s Grovi-r......... Mount’n am Gaffney....... Blacksburg .... am am Cowpens Clifton........ ...... am W- Spartanburg... 11 43 am Ilford........ am Greers......... Greenville...... 12 36 pm Easleys......... Central........ Seneca......... am Westminster.... am Tocco.i........ Bit. Airy....... am Cornelia....... am Bellton........ am Lula.......... Gainesville..... 3 41 pm am Flowery Branch am Buford........ am Suwanee....... am Duluth........ 11 Norcros*...... Chamblee...... Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) Additional trams Nos. 17 anl 18— Lula ac- comm idation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬ lanta 6 15 p m, arrives Lula 9 00 p m. Return¬ ing, leaves Lula 6 00 am, arrives Atlanta 8 50 a m. Between Lula and Ath ns--No. It dailv, ex¬ cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lu'a 8 15 p m, and 9 35 a m, arrive Athens 10 00 p m and 1120 am. Returning leave Athene No. 10 daily, except aim, Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 6 15pm and 7 07 arrive Lula 7 55 p m and 8 50 am. Between Toccoa and Elbe/ton—No. 61 dai¬ lv; except Sunday, leave Toccoa 11 40 a 10 arrive Elberton 3 20 p m. Returning, No. 60 daily, except Sunday, leav&»Elberton 5 00 a n> and arrives Toccoa 8 30 a m. Nos. 9 an 1 10 cairv Pullman Sleepers be¬ tween Atlanta and New York. Nos. 87 and 38, Washington and Southwest- ern Vestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and Washington, Through Pu lman Sic pers be¬ tween New York and New Orleans, al-o between Was dngton and Memphis, via Atlanta and Birmingham. Observation car between Wash¬ ington and New Orleans. Nos. 11 and 12, Pullman Buffet Sleeper be- tw en Washington and Atlanta. For detailed information as to local and through time tables, rates and Pullman Sleep¬ ing car r eservations, confer with local agents, or address, JAS. L. TAYLOR, W. A. TURK, Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Asa’t.G- nl. Puss. Ag’t. Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte N. O. C. P. HAMMOND, Superintendent Atlanta, Ga. Vf. H. GREEN. bOL. HASS, Gen’l Manager. Traffic Atlanta. Ga. LEWIS DAVIS, attorney at law TOCCOA CITY, GA., Will practice in the countie* of Hiber- <ham and Rabun of the Northwestern Circuit, and Frank! 11 and Banks of the Western Circuit. Prompt attention wil’ be given to all buxine** entrusted*!© him. The collection of debt* will have spec •a! attention. The Origin of Ice Cream. de;d Philadelphia lias contributed a of great to t j, e interesting history this country. It lias done so much that it would doubtless be a place of conspicu- IH>S importance were it not that its best inernbrance years were long ago and only their re- lingers. Where other peo- p l e have the organ of ambition the Phila- ddphian has the organ of memory. Ho | ooks eagerly ahead into the past where td | j ds future lies, lie is satisfied to be aware that his townsmen are great in t j, e ; r anC estry and that they bequeathed to this country the continental congress, t j, e ii| K . r tv bell and George Washington’s -hair, knife and fork. Even this surfeit of rich honors does not ga tisfy the Philadelphia pride, and of a para graph now m king the rounds the press asserts that the Quaker city can claim the origin of the public bene- faction popularly and ungrammatically s v j ed “ice-cream.” The paragraph gays that the refection was first made and sold in Philadelphia ninety-one years ago, shortly after Mr. Benjamin Franklin wandered into town with a roll under each arm and saw the lady who was to be his wife standing on a door- step. The paragraph is very guarded in its assertion aud does not give us any more than the bare statement. Until something definite can be learned anti¬ quarians will not give Philadephi a more than her just due of recognition. None of the Biddles have yet confirmed the re¬ port and the remainder of the local popu- lation has not himself decided, To those who eat ice-cream its itself history and is not of so much moment as the price charged for it. But if Phila¬ delphia did make the first dish no one will deny her another medal equal in size and luster to all her others. No seven shall squabble for the honor of ice¬ News. ^i *iSK’JS&ST 5 they ^ . make c h for the imposing political display parades. carried about in the