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VOLUME XX.
THE ROSS WOULD BLUSH.
All through th“ sweet, brizht springtime
I dreamed of a perfect day
That would come to the world in funnier,
The rose would hlu-.h re 1 cn its s.-rxv;
The sky would be bright with ‘■un 3 aiu 3
That never a shadow knew;
Tbe bird by its nest be singing
In tbe joy n f a dream come true.
A day* like a 11 iwiess jewel —
Perfection’* seal an l sign—
Thert-’d be nothing to miss or mourn for
In tbis perfect day of mine.
Days came that were full beauty,
And all the world was gay.
But always something was lacking
To make the perfect day.
In the sweet midsummer music
There would mi ldenly come a jar.
A blot on the rose’s brightness—
Something to spoil or mar.
But I hel l to my faith an 1 waits 1
The crowning day of the year.
Without sight or sotm 1 of sorrow,
At last I thought it here.
How the rose glowol in tbe sunshine!
How the birds sang in the tree!
What grandeur crowned the mountains!
What glory was on the sea!
The day was a wonderful poem
Set to a tune of gold.
My heart was abrim with a rupture
No words have ever told!
But, ah 1 as I breathed the fragrance
From a rose whose time was brief,
I road earth’s old, old story
In a sere and yellow leaf!
—Eben E. Rexford.
Janet’s Match Making.
-XS. NL soft warm June
/ dny two young ladies
were s tting on the
Hb4.T«: * long, vine-embowered
veranda of an old-
fashioned farm-house.
One was a plum p,
well-rounded brunette,
whose fingers were
busy with some fancy
work, the other, a tall, fair beauty, who
lolled idly in her seat, now and then mak¬
ing a bare pretense of reading.
For an hour neither bad spoken, but
at last the brunette, having fiuished her
work, held it up to view, saying:
“There, Janet, what do you think of
my taste?”
“Oh, dear, Lou,” replied Janet with
a yawn, “how horridly tiresome you are.
Why will you persist in working when
you know how vulgar it is? What’s the
use of being rich if we are not to act like
ladies?”
“I am sure, Janet,” Lou answered de¬
murely, “there can be no harm in such
trifling employment aud it is a great
pleasure to me.”
“Oh, I dare say,” Janet cried, petu¬
lantly. “I suppose there would be no
harm iu your going into the fields to help
with the harvests. I do wish you would
not insist on bringing your disgrace to
me, even if you have no care for your¬
self.”
“I do not see where there is any dis¬
grace in work, Janet.”
“I suppose it is not a disgrace to have
once earned our own living, and I pre¬
sume there is no harm in proclaiming
that fact to the world,” Janet replied
sarcastically.
“No, lam sure we did not think hon¬
est work disgraceful when we were com¬
pelled to labor aud I do not think so
now.”
“What will society say, Lou?”
“I do not know, nor do I care.”
“I believe you, and I believe, too,
that you have no care for what Robert
Barton may think.”
“1 haven’t, Janet. If society or Rob¬
ert Barton think it a disgrace to have
earned one’s living iu preference to beg-
gyig, stealing or starving I have no re¬
spect for their opinions and they are
welcome to think of me as they please.”
“Lou,” said Janet, after a short pause,
“if you have no care for yourself, 1 wish
you would have a little for me. Robert
will be here to-day, and you know what
a great catch he is. I have made up my
mind to wiu him and l will if you don’t
shock him with your rude ways. So,
Lou, for my sake, act like a lady, Do
not disgrace me before Robert Barton.”
*,Well, sister, for your sake I’ll try
and not shock the sensitive Mr. Barton.
As it is impossible, though, for me to be
otherwise than natural, aud as I can’t
pretend to be a lady when I am not, the
safest way is to keep myself out of Mr.
Barton’s sight. So, as he will be here
soou, I’ll take myself to the woods.”
Janet sighed hopelessly and closed her
eyes as if worried beyond forebearance.
“Ah! Lou, Lou!" she cried at last,
“what am I ever to do with you? It will
kill me to see you married to some com-
mon man, a farmer or a laborer,but with
such horrid taste as you have I can ex.
pect uothiug better. Oh, dear!”
“Don't worry, Janet, I shall not
marry at present, and when I do I shall
marry the man I love. He may be a
farmer, but whatever he is I’ll warrant
him to be a good man, for I shall never
love any other kind.”
Lou went down across a wooded
meadow, and, coming to a rustic bridge,
sat down.
“Ah,” she sighed, “I do so wish Janet
was not so changed. I am half sorry we
are not still poor, for I hate affectatiou,
and I know I shall never succeed in
being anything but a plain, matter-of-
fact goose. I can't be a lady and affect
grand airs, and there’s no use in trying.”
After a long pause she resumed:
‘‘Robert Barton will come, and when he
sees Janet he will like her, and after
awhile they will marry. What a fine
wife she will make, too,and what agrand
lady! She is just the sort of a person,
with' her calm self-possession and her
stately dignity, to do honor to a fine old
mansion like Oakview. Ah, dear old
Oakview,how I love you already,because
you are so solid and unpretentious. I
hope Janet and Robert Barton will be
happy.”
Janet and Lou Harding had beea left
parentless aud poor, and through the
care of a kind but poor old uncle, they
secured work in a dressmaker’s shop,
THR Jl. JL jl_ rn OCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
whicn they gladly accepted an 1 retained,
and whereby they had been able t> earn
a scanty support for themselves.
After three yeata of this hard, poorly
remunerated laoor, their benefactor
brought them news one day of some
good fortune that had befallen them, A
rich uncle had died in Mexico, leaving
his entire fortune to his sister's children,
anti through the efforts that had been
made to find the two orphans, a foster
sister of their father had oeen discovered
in the northern part of the State, and
already she had sent a letter instructing
the two girls to come at once and mate
their home with her.
“How grandly fortunate.'' Janet had
cried when the good tidings were made
known to them. “It’s good-by onco
and for all to that miserable little shop,
and as soon as we can get a few decent
things together we shall take the train
for good old Aunt-Barton’s.”
“But what is to beco.ne of dear old
Uncle Dunkin?’’ Lou asked.
“Oh, I don’t know, I’m sure. He
cannot expect us to chain ourselves down
here to this life just for his sake.”
“Perhaps not, Janet, but I shall not
leave him after all he’s done for us.”
“Well, you can do as you like, Lou;
as for me, I’m going at once.”
But there was no need of any worry¬
ing over Uncle Dunkin, for the very next
day he was found drowned in the river,
and the girls left the city within a week
and were.whirled away to the North,
through the great, open country, so full
of freedom and beauty, dotted here and
there with clean, sunny villages, and
within a few hours were safely lodged at
Mrs. Barton’s dear old home—picturesque
Gakview.
Once during the journey Lou had
turned to her sister, and with her voice
so soft aud trembling, said:
“Janet, how I wish good old Uncle
Dunkin could have lived to see this. I
should have enjoyed it more if he could
have been with us.”
“I’m thankful he isn’t Lou. He was
well enough in our old life, but he
wouldn't do now.
From the date of that speech Lou
had felt a pang of sorrow that was new
to her, and as she sat in the shade of the
elm tree down by the bridge the change
in her sister came back to her, and she
sighed.
Robert Barton was Mrs. Barton’s only
child, a young man of twenty-two, who
had been abroad for a year, and was ex¬
pected home that evening. The carriage "to
had already been sent to the station
meet him, and Janet, having made up
her mind to ensnare and capture him
and become the mistress of Oakview,
had been practising the art of
luxurious leisure from the day of her
arrival.
Lou had remained by the bridge
almost an hour, when she saw the car¬
riage rolling along the lane, and she
watched it until it rolled up to the gate
and disappeared among the trees that
liuel the drive. So intent was her gaze
aud so absorbed her thoughts that she
started with a little cry of alarm when
she was suddenly awakened by the
sound of footsteps on the bridge close
behind her.
“Beg pardon,” said a dusty, travel-
stained man with a tanned face, as he
lifted his hat. “I am sorry that I fright¬
ened you. I used to like this walk, and
especially at this time of day, since it is
so quiet and restful, and then the clover
scents always brings back the days of
my childhood, and when we reached tbe
turn over there I left the carriage to
walk across to the house.”
“Then you are Mr. Barton,” Lou
said.
“Yes; excuse me. I should have in¬
troduced myself. But when one has
been away so long and is getting homo
again he feels wild with pleasurable ex¬
citement. You, I presume, are Miss
Harding?”
“I am Lou Harding.”
“Oh, indeed! Well, I am anxious to
meet dear mother, so if you are going to
the house we will walk back together.”
But little was said by either of them
as they went back across the sward, but
Lou was conscious more thaa once of
the handsome man’s eyes being fixed in¬
tently on her.
When they reached the house Janet
affected a manner so cold and distant
and so listless that Lou looked at her in
surprise. That night when the sisters
prom¬
enaded, arm in arm, across the lawn,
Janet asked:
“Lou, what do you think of Robert?”
“I do not know that I ought to ex-
press an opinion,” Lou replied, “since I
know so little about him.”
“Don’t you think he is handsome?”
“Well, no; not handsome, but well
enough looking.”
“I hope you like him, Lou, for I mean
that he shall be jour brother. Do you
think you will like him for a brother?”
“I shall like him lor your sake,
Janet,” Lou answered,
“Thank you, sister. Now, since you
are such a dutiful iittle dumpling, I’m
going to tell you something. 1’vo got it
all planned out how wo are to manage
when Robert and I are married and I am
mistress of Oakview. You are to live
with us, of course, and I know Robert
won’t object. And as for the old house,
I’m going to have it overhauled and mod¬
ernized so that it will be respectable.
Aud as for aunt and her traps, they shall
be packed off to some obscure room, out
of the way. Ah, I'm going to have a
thorough renovation, and society will
find Oakview charmingly fashionable.
Don’t you like that?’’
- “No, I don't like it, and if I was Mr.
Barton I’d never consent to have the old
house changed. It is so dear in its old-
fashioned simplicity, and, besides, I
know good old aunt would not like any
changes. It ought to be left as it is.”
“You little goose, when will you ever
begin to learn anything? What do I
care for what aunt likes, and who care;
for simplicity ? Don’t I tell you we are
in society and we must lay aside all old-
fashioned nonsense. I do hope, Lou,
you won’t mortify me with any of your
absurd manners and speeches when liob-
ert is present, for if you do I believe I
shall die.”
TOCCOA. GEORGIA, SATURDAY. JULY 23, 1892.
Janet printed a light kiss on her sister’s
brow and tripped away. Lou continued
walking slowly to and tro, and her face
had the marks of a deep sorrow.
“If that is to be the outcome of our
riches.” she mused, “it would have beea
better for us to have remained poor for-
ever.”
1’hrough the succeeding days Lou kept
away from Robert Barton as much as
possible. She slipped out alone for long
rambles in the fiel Is, or shut herself up
in her room, thus leaving Janet free t*
enjoy Robert's company undisturbed,
Yet Lou was not happy. Unconscious¬
ly she had learned to love Robert her-
self, and as earnestly as sue tried to place
him out of her heart she could not.
One night, when a month had passed,
she walked alone on the lawn. There
%vas a sad yearning in her soul and a sigh
escaped her. The next moment her
hand was imprisoned in a strong but ten¬
der grasp, and looking up witu a little
cry she saw R ibert Barton bending over
her.
“Lou,” he said, “why are you so un¬
happy?”
Sue did not speak, but her hand
trembled and her eyes were cast down.
“Lou,” he continued, “I, too, am un¬
happy, and often of late I have sighed.
Can’t you, won’t you gue33 the causa of
my unhappiness?’’
“I cannot,” she murmured.
“Then I must tell yon,” he said. “It
is because you avoid me. Lou, I lova
you, and I cannot be happy without
you. Won’t you try to learn to lova
me?”
“I cannot,” she whispered, “I have
already learned.”
He threw his arms about her and drew
her to him.
“My precious jewel,”he cried. “My
true child of nature! I am the most for¬
tunate of men in winning you, for you
arc capable of love and feeling, ;; and you
will make me happy always, Aud it
was so.—Chicago News.
Japan’s Singular Race of Hairy Mon.
At the last meeting of the Anthropo¬
logical Institute, Miss Isabella Bird
(Mrs. Bishop), tho well-known traveler,
read an interesting paper ou the Ainos
of Japan, that singular race of “hairy
men,” who are chiefly found on the
islaud of Yesso. Miss Bird spent soma
time in a village of Ainos near Volcano
Bay, studying their manners and cus¬
toms; aud she illustrated her lecture
with specimens of their dresses, utensils
and weapons, as well as with lantern il¬
lustrations, some drawn by herself, and
others taken from Japanese artists, who,
howeves, have caricatured the types of
the people to a certain extent. Miss
Bird cannot decide whether or not the
Ainos were the original inhabitants of
Japan. They themselves say that they
conquered and exterminated an earlier
race of cave-dwellers. There is no
doubt, however, that they were con¬
quered by the Japanese. The men
range from five feet four inches to five
feet six inches in height, and are strongly
built and muscular, and in some in¬
stances, especially among the mountain
Ainos, are thickly covered all over, ex¬
cept the feet, hands and one or two other
parts of the body, with short black hair.
Even children show a thick brown fell.
The women are not hairy like the men,
and have soft, brown skins, where it is
not “scaled by dirt,” for, according to
Miss Bird, these people never wash, ex¬
cept for feasts and festivals, and then
only the hands or feet. The men havo
fine high foreheads, but Miss Bird won¬
ders what they contain, for she has never
met a stupider people. Tne average
weight of their brains is forty-five odd
ounces. They are hunters of the bear
and other wild animals, and rude gar¬
deners. They live on almost everything
that is not poisonous, vegetable or ani¬
mal, from slugs to beef, an 1 their favor¬
ite dish is a “broth of abominable things
to me,” the phrase of Miss Bird, who
was forced to eat it from courtesy. The
list of ingredients reminded 30tne of her
auditors of Shakespeare’s description of
the witches’ cauldron.
The Ainos live in wooden houses, all
of the same construction, and sleep on
platforms made private by curtains. The
women are remarkable for their modesty,
and only change their clothes when alone
and in the dark. They are also very la¬
borious, working all day long; kind to
their children, gentle and affectionate.
The men are also very obliging and
gentle, with a singularly sweet smile,
but very little head for matters outside
tbeir own business and, in general, they
have a sad and apathetic bearing. They
are religious, believing in many gods, to
which they offer libations of “saki”—
that is, rice wine. “Saki” is likely to
prove their ruin. They are dying out iu
spite of the humane efforts of the Jap¬
anese Government to preserve them.—•
London Globe.
A Moslem University.
A writer in the Boston Journal de¬
scribes hi3 visit to the great Moslem Uni¬
versity of El Azhar, at Cairo, Egypt. A
short time ago it would have been as
much as a Christiau’s life was worth to
show himself inside its walls, but with
the British occupation greater toleration
has come, and Europeans are not infre¬
quently drawn by curiosity to gaze at
the strange spectacle. The most strik¬
ing feature, says the visitor, was not the
sight, but the sound; the distracting
riot reminded one of a stock exchange.
Before us hundreds of white-turbaned
students were seated cross-legged on the
pavement of the open court, some alone,
others in groups, but all as closely
packed as was convenient. Each was
repeating aloud the passage he was en¬
deavoring to learn, and accompanying
the words with a rhythmic swaying of
his body. It was a roaring, rolling,
human sea, and we marveled at it as a
seat of higher education. The training
must give a wonderful power of concen-
tration, what else one would hardly ven-
ture to surmise. We visited the adjoin-
ing court, where the students made their
toilet, and were extremely edified. Som^
twenty men were bathing, first their feet
and then their faces, in one conrnoD
muddy pool of water.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
THE SILVER BILL DEFEATED H THE
HOUSE-DEAD FOR THIS SESSIW.
PROCEEDINGS FROM DAY TO DAY BRIEFLY
TOLD—BILLS AND MEASURES UN»ER
CONSIDERATION—OTHER NOTES.
the HOUSE.
Wednesday.— It was just noon when
General Catchings, from the committee
on rules, called up the resolutions in the
house providing for the consideration of
the silver bill. The galleries were crowd-
ed, and of the 330 living members of the
house, 294 were present and voted. Be-
fore General Catchings had time to say
am Reef ing cued m exp.anation, the ex-Speaker
out mo ion to tab_e the
resolution, but the speaker ruled that
General Catch mgs was entitled to the
flo /’ k°ars debate was in
order Mr Bland spoke Dricfly for the biU,
atu offered amendments to it. He also
gave notice that he would move to amend
e resolution from the committee on
rules to close debate and provide for a
( mec vo e on the passage ot the bill at
a ~ i°-/i! ittle. 0Ck speech " Clarke, he had of prepared Alabama, read ad-
in
vince, in which he said that ne believed
m free c inage, but nothing could be ac-
com pushed by the passage of this bill
n0 "\ Be would therefore vote against
considering it. Mr. T orman, of Illinois,
and Mi. I aOerson, of Tennessee, two
other conver.s to the side of the antis,
made similar speeches. Then lom Reed
came with one of his characteristic
speeches, deluging the democrats with
iro !W- He was opposed to the resolution
and claimed the credit for the republicans
for making the light for honest money.
Reed was followed by Judge Culberson,
of Tex as, who declared that free coinage
was the great question of the day. It
was a contest between the moneyed in-
terests and the people. His speech was
greatly applauded. .Mr. Pierce, of Ten-
mssee, followed in a severe criticism of
his codeague, Colonel Patterson, for de-
sertiDg the cause of free coinage, and
expressed the opinion that his constit-
uents might be able to find a free coinage
man to represent tiiem next time. This
ended the hour of debate. Genera!
C atchings then culled for the previous
question on the resolution. Mr. Bland
announced that if it was voted down the
resolution could be amended so as to
provide for a vote on the biil
proper at 2 o’clock Thursday, and
that unde r the amendment he would
offer no filibustering would be iu order,
I bus, it was for the free silver men to
defeat the motion for the previous que9-
tion. As the roll call commenced, ihe
excitement was intense, but it had not
progressed very iong before the free
coinage leaders realized they were whip-
ped. Some of the opposition were
against it on the ground that they were
opposed to the adoption of an order fore-
ing the house to vote on a measure at a
specified time, or in the term of tlje day
opposed to “c’oture.” Others because
they wanted to defeat the bill. The pre-
vious vote was ordered, the vote standing
1(53 to 129. Then the question came to th«
adoption of the resolution providing for
the consideration of the Stewart bill. This
was the question to settle the contest. All
realized that its adoption meant the pass-
age of the bill, or its defeat, the death of all
chances of free coinage for this session,
While the democratic anti silver men felt
that they had tho fight whipped, still
they were nervous. Tbe silver men had
but little hope of succ ss, but were
working and holding all their men iu the
intensely warm hall. The roll cail de-
democrats veloped the fact that about one hundred
voted with the republicans,
while less than a dozen republicans voted
for free coiuage. The resolution was
defeated by eighteen majority, and
although Speaker Crisp again voted with
the free coinage people, the vote stood
136 to 154 against the resolutions. Thus
ended the contest. Silver was defeated,
and tbe house proceeded to the consider-
ation of other business, the majority of
the members retiring—some in disgust,
others in high glee.
Thursday —In the house, Thursday,
Mr. McKaig, of Maryland, from the com¬
mittee on printing 'submitted as ques-
tion of privilege the resolution provid-
mg for the printing o; 10,000 copies of
the elections or so-called force bill, a3 it
passed the house in the last congress,
Mr. Dingleymade the point of order that
it was not privileged. It did not pro
pose to print anything for , the . use of , the ,
Mr. Watson waS of ,P Georgia e ?ding took in the congress.
same
view. The speaker ruled that tbe reso-
lution was a privileged one. Agreed to
Ihe senate joint resolution was passed
authorizing the president to invite certain
governments to send delegates to the Pan-
A meric m medical congress to be held i*
Washington September 1893. Mr
N\ heeler, of Michigan, from the select
committee appointed to investigate the
pension office submitted the majority re-
port in the Raura investigation. It was
placed on the calendnr. Tbe floor was
then accorded to the commerce commit¬
tee. Mr. Forney submitted the coDfer-
report the .egis.ative^appropna- .
ence on
tion bill. As agreed upon, the bill ap
propriates $21,899,252. being $1 >k», 160
le*s 'han as it pa-sed the senate, f,lo,-
500 more than as it pas*ed the house,
$242,621 less than the appropriations
for the last fiscal year and $854,785
less than the estimates for the
current fiscal year. The report was
agreed to. Mr. Herbert presented the
disagreeing conference report on the
naval appropriation bill, an l it was
agreed to. Mr. Herbert then disagreement moved that
the house recede from its
to the senate amendments which are still
in controversy. These are the appropri-
ations for , $•>'.*9 ....... foi naval , and .
a review
the provision for the construction of a
new bat ? le ship. .Ir. Herbert stated
tnat “ J 115 R,)0Ulf * e 8 8' ce '^
the bit. wouid appropriate . $9,998,-
000 less than tne appropriations
made for the naval service for the last
fiscal year. hr. Herberts rao ion was
■green to >md the j... .* Disposed of as
far as the house isjconcemed. Trie con-
ference report on fhe diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill wa? presented
and agreed t». The house then adjourn-
ed, the c iinmutee on commerce not hav-
ing succeeded in transacting any busi-
mss owing to thes3 conference re-
port', which have precedence occupying
the day’s session.
I riday—I n the house Friday, Mr.
Enloe, of Tennessee, cal ed up as a matter
‘ f privilege tiic resolution calling on the
postmaster general for a report as to all
new service established on railroads since
March 4. 18S9, together with copies of al
correspondence on the subject. This
resolution was offered some time ago aud
referred to the committee on posti sfices
and postro*ds, but was not reported
back. Mr. Enloe explained that com-
plaint was made that in the exercise of
his power the postmaster general had dis-
eliminated in favor of some railroads and
avainst others. The house should know
whether the complaints were well found-
ed> The Republicans desired that the re¬
t , hould !)ack to Mftrch 4< 1885i and
when Mr . Enloe dec i ine d an amendment
to that e ff, c t they declined to vo'e on a
detnand f or the previous question. The
previous question was ordered—yeas,169;
nays, 3-and the resolution was adopted.
The conference reoort on the army ap-
propriation bill was presented and agreed
t0> T be house went into committee of
t he wbo j e —Mr. Lester, of Georgia,in the
cba ; r —f or the purpose of considering the
senate amendments to the sundry civil
appropriation bill, 312 in number. All
t be amendments except those relating to
t he world’s fair were read and non-con-
curred in. Mr. Holman then asked con¬
gen t that general debate on the world's
f a jr amendments shall proceed for tho
da y and Saturday, speeches to be limited
to half hour, and that a vote shall be
taken at 12 o’clock Tuesday, agreed to.
Immediately the chairman was surround-
ed by members desirous of having their
names recorded upon the list of speakers,
and for ten minute* the noise and confu-
sion was so great that business h id to be
suspended. When comparative quiet
had been secured, the floor was accorded
to Mr, Durborow, of Illinois, who open
gd the debate upon the world’s fair
amendments. Other speakers were
Messrs. McCreary, of Kentucky; Pendle-
ton, of West Virginia; Little, of New
York; Taylor, of Illinois, and Wheeler,
of Alabama. The committee then rose
na d the house took a recess until 8
o’clock, the evening session to be for the
consideration of private pension bills,
Saturday. — In the house, senate
amendments to the fortification appropri-
ation bill were non-concurred in and a
conference ordered. The house then pro-
ceeded to the consideration of a number
Q f private pension bills which came over
from Friday night with the previous que 3 -
tion ordered. Sixty-four private pension
bills were passed, and then the house
went into committee of the whole, Mr.
Lester, of Georgia, iu the chair, on the
senate amendments to the sundry civil
appropriation bill. A number of speeches
were made both for and against the dif-
ferent amendments. No vote was reach-
ed upon anything connected with the
sundry civil bill, and the house adjourned,
Monday —Suspension day in the house,
but unlike its predecessor of a fortnight
ago, no great party measures were
brought forward. Mr. Lester, of Geor¬
gi a , moved to suspend the rules and pass
the bill for the improvement of the outer
bar at Brunswick, Ga. Agreed to. Mr.
Smith, of Ariz >na, moved to suspend tbe
ru l e s and pass the senate bill submitting
to the court of private land claims the
title of William McGarrahau to Rancho
IMnoche Grande, in the state of Califor-
„i a . (This is one of the oldest claims
pending before congress. It has been
before the national legislature for
m ore than a quarter of a cen-
tury and has always found
earnest friends as it has found determin-
e d enemies.”) The motion was agreeed
to—yeas, 143; nays, 36. The bill has
never before passed both houses. The
bill was passed authorizing the secretary
0 f the treasury to obtain, by direct selec-
tion or competition of architects, plans
an d specificasions for public buildings to
be erected under the supervision of the
treasury department and providing local
supervision of their construction. The
senate joint resolution was passed author-
iziug the committee on labor to make ir.-
vestigation of the slums of cities. The
hous e, at 5 o’clock, took a recess uutil
7 : 30 o’clock, the evening session to be for
general debate on tbe world’s fair feature
G f the sundry civil appropriation bill.
THE SENATE.
WEDNESDAY-Immediately after the
refldi of the jourDal in the senate, and
without any morning business, the sun¬
dry civil appropriation being bill was taken Quay’s up,
the pending question Mr.
Sunday closing amendment to the sec-
tion providing T for the issue of 10,000,000
SOUV( nir half dol i ars ilx ai d of the Colura-
b j an exposition, l speeches / to be limited
tQ fiye minute9 The amendment was
then * ed to wit hout division. Mr.
Pefler fcred an amendment to add to
the section a provision prohibiting the
^ of int oxicating liquors on the expo-
sition d except for medical,
mechanical or scientific purposes. After
a brief debat< . tbis amendment was
algQ aoTt>ed fi t o~-yeas, 28; nays, 26.
Mf A! SO n moved an amendment—which
was afrreed “ to —limiting ° gross expendi-
tureg Qr medalg cleric al services, etc.,
to $500,000. The exposition amendment
was agreed to. This action, however.
was in the committee of the whole, and
be subject to change when the bill
is reported back to the senate. There
certainly be an effort to defeat, at
j eas f yj r p e ffer’s amendment. The onlv
other question that provoked much dis¬
cussion on the sundry civil appropriation
bill was an amendment in regard to a site
for the government printing office in
Washington. Discussion upon it was not
ba ]f concluded when the senate adjourn-
ed> but there was a UQaniraoU3 consen t
° „ iven that after 8 o’clock Thursdav all
debate the bill and amendments - -*
on
be conducted under the five-minute3
rule.
Thursday. —The senate committee on
contingent expenses have voted a compre-
beng i ve resolution providing for an in-
vestigation by a special senate committee
of the Hbmestead troubles, organization and the
and employment of Pinkertons
nature of the labor troubles. The resolu-
tion went over till Friday. Mr. Sherman
introduced a bill repealing that part of
the present silver act which provides for
the monthly purchases of bullion-: to take
Tanuarv 1st next
Friday.— Tbe last stage E
was crosse d in the senate ^ as to
three of the princ' al appr a'nd
_ t he legislative, aw army, confer-
e nce reports in each of these having been
presented and agreed to. Nevertheless it
was found necessary to extend for two
weeks longer the joint resolution of June
30th to provide for such expenditures of
the government asarenot covered by bills
already sent to the president. The sug-
gestion was made to limit the time of
the extension to the 25th of July on the
assumption that the session would be
closed by or before that time, but Mr.
Allison thought it wiser not to take any
chances, but pas-; the joint resolution as
it came from the house. Most of tho
day’s session was spent in the discussion
of the fort fleations bill. The bill was
finally passed, having the only the deficiency
bill unacted on by senate, and notice
was given that that bill would be taken
up Saturday. A number of bills were
taken from the calendar and passid,
among them the house b 11 to amend the
act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Te: nersee river at
Knoxville. After a short executive ses¬
sion the senate, at 5.50 o’clock, adjourned
till Saturday.
Saturday. —In the senate, Saturday,
after disposing of considerable routine
business and bills to which no objection
was raised, the general deficiency bill
was taken up at 2 o’clock p. m. and the
committee amendments were acted upon.
The bill contains several items appropria¬
ting ridiculously small amounts. For
instance, there is an item of 22 cents ior
“improving the harbor at San Francis¬
co,'* one of 25 cents for the “marine hos¬
pital service,” one of 28 cents
and for “improving the Missouri river,”
one of 40 cents for the “repairs and
preservation of public buildings.” Toe
“signal service” gets 41 cents for cloth¬
ing, aud “registers and receivers of the
land office” are to have 60 cents for sala¬
ries and commissions. The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company ig to hav
its treasury increased by 67 cents in one
item and by $447 in another, while the
Atlantic and Pacific railr* ad is to be made
the richer by $2.50. The last of the
committee amendments was the insertion
of a new silver section covering forty
printed pages, to pay the findings of the
court of claims for indemnity for
French spoliation prior to July 31,
1801. These items aggregate $982 00O.
All items for in-urance companies were
struck out of the bill, and action on all
items on the last twenty-three pages were
suspended on the ground that they had
been referred to the committee on claims
and had not yet been reported upon by
that committee. All of the committee
amendments having been acted upon, the
bill was open to general amendments.
Several were offered, seme adopted and
others will come up again. By general
consent the bill went over till Monday
and the senate adjourned.
Monday.— In the senate, Monday, Mr.
Pettigrew moved to insert an item of
$50,000 for the collection and publica¬
tion, in connection with the World’s Co¬
lumbian exposition, of statistics of moral,
intellectual and industrial progress of the
colored people of the United States since
January, 1863. Agreed to. The bill
was repnrtei from the committee of the
whole to the senate, and all the amend¬
ments were agreed to in bulk. Mr. Per¬
kins asked unanimous consent to have
struck from the bill an item of $50,000
for the widow of the late Senator Plumb,
of Kansas, at the request of Mrs. Plumb.
No objection being made, it was struck
out, and then the deficiency bill was
passed. On motion of Mr. Washburn, the
auti option bill was taken up, but was
temporarily and informally laid
aside for other busimss. Several
bills on tho calendar were
passed, and theu Mr. Peffei desired
to have the resolution for a select com¬
mittee on the Homestead conflict taken
up for action, but Mr. Washburn objected
on the ground that it would probably
give rise to debate, and Mr. Garner >n
confirmed that objection by saying that
his colleague, Mr. Quay, who was not
present, desired to address the senate
upon it. Opponents of the anti option
bi'l then interposed a series of motions,
which had the character of dilatory mo¬
tions, aud which were also destined to
oust the anti-option bill from its position
of procedure. The friends of the measure
were strong enough, however, to resist all
these efforts, and when the senate ad¬
journed the anti-option bill was “unfin¬
ished business.”
NOTES.
The house took up the civil sundry bill
Friday, promptly disagreeing to the sen¬
ate amendments in a lump, with the ex¬
ception of the $5,000,000 world’s fair
appropriation. The house wante 1 to
dtbat-e that, and it was agreed that the
debate should last until 2 o’clock next
Tuesday, when a vote would be taken.
The ways and means committee of the
house,Monday morning,adopted t©resolu¬
tion providing for the final adjournment
of congress on the 25th. The resolution
will soon bi called up, and, in the pres¬
ent temper of the house, there is little
doubt that it will pass. The senate is
equally anxious to bring the session to a
close, so that uothing short of an erner-
gencp is likely to cause an extension by
the senate of the day fixed in the resolu¬
tion.
L'nder authority conferred by the sen¬
ate resolution directing an investigation
of tbe existence aud c tuse of the depres¬
sion in agriculture by the senate agricul¬
tural committee, Senator George has
been designated by Chairman Paddock
to act as a subcommittee to investigate
the cotton-growing industry, and Mr.
Casey has been charged with the inquiry
into other branches of agriculture. They
will report to the full committee at the
next session of congress,
The Deficiency Bill.
The deficiency, ihe last of the annual
appropriation bills, as reported to the
senate, shows a net increase over the
house bill of $961,913 in amounts as fol-
lows: French spoliation claims, $458,-
965; judgments rendered bv the court ot
claims, $293,407; transportation of
army, $77,059; compensation to post-
master*, $110,000, and minor items for
fees of attorneys’ clerks and marshals of
the United States court. The largest re¬
Auction made by the senate was that of
$910,000 for the expense of the eleventh
census, which, however, was provided
for in the sundry civil bid.
H«w the South Voted.
The south voted overwhelmingly for
free eilver Wednesday. Hie following
table tells the story:
NUMBER 29.
;•* Nays. Dodged.
Virginia............. :
North Carolina.......
South Caro iua...... 2
Georgia.............
Florida..............
Alab<ma............ 2
Louisiana........... Mississippi..........
2
Texas............... *
Arkansas............ I
Keu’ucky........... West Virginia........ 4
1 1
Tennessee...........
Maryland............ Ci
I
To'al............ 85 5 2
•One vacancy.
The Pilotage Rill.
Opponents of the bill exempting coast¬
wise sailing vessels fr m paying state
pilotage fees may rest assured that no
legislation will be enacted by congress at
this session detrimental to their interest.
The commerce committee of the house
decided Fr.day to postpone a 1 further
consideration of the measure until the
next session. The bill has been before
congress for many years and has several
times parsed the senate, but invariably
meets with opposition in the house. As
the law now stands, vessels are compelled
to pay a pilotage fee on leaving and en¬
tering cerinin ports, principally those of
Virginia, Nortli Carolina aud Georgia,
even when they do not nquire the ser¬
vices of a piloh Opposition to the bill
comes mainly from southern pilots, who
would be injuriously all cted if it should
become a law
A Bogus Petition.
Dispatches from New York of Monday
night stated that a paper was being cir¬
culated in New York city, appealing, in
the name of the Amalgamated Associa¬
tion, for financial aid to provide for the
poor strikeis at Homestead. The paper
was said to be signed by President Wil¬
liam Weihe and Thomas J. Crawford and
George C. Rylai.d, two of the Amalga¬
mated leaders in Homestead. Mr. Weihe
repudiated the paper aud declares that
the Amalgamated Association and Home¬
stead strikers are not iu need of assist¬
ance and have asked for none.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R R
Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Use Division,
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect May 15th, 1892.
NOR 1’HBOUND. No. 38. No, 10. No. 12
EASTERN TIME. Daily. Daily. Daily
Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 40 pm 8 50 pm 8 05atn
Chamblee..... 9 24 pm 8 40am
Norcrosg....... 9 35 pm 8 52am
Duluth........ 9 47 pm 9 04am
Suwanee....... 9 57 pm 9 15am
Buford........ 10 10 pm 9 2ilam
Flow -ry Branch 10 24 pm 9 42am
Gainesville..... 3 03 pm 10 45 pm 10 03am
Lula.......... 11 13 pm 10 27am
Bcllton........ 11 15 pm 10 30am
Cornelia....... 11 42 pm 10 51am
Mt. Airy....... 'll 46 pm 10 55am
Toccoa......... [2 20 a m 11 19am
Westminster ... »2 57 am 11 56am
Seneca ........ 1 17 am 12 15pm
Central........ 1 50 am 1 20pm
Faslevs........ 2 18 am 1 46pm
Greenville..... 6 08 pm 2 44 am 2 lJpm
Greers......... 3 14 am 2 42pm
Well ford....... 3 33 am 3 00|)>n
Spartanburg... 7 01 ppi 3 54 am 3 (. 3 pm
Clifton........ 4 13 am 3 40pm
Cowpens ...... 4 18 am 3 44pni
Gaffney 4 40 am 4 09pm
Black sb nrg 5 01 am 4 27pm
Grover.' 5 11 am 4 37pra
King’s Mount’ll 5 2S am 4 55pm
Gastonia....... 5 52 am 5 20pm
Lowell........ 6 05 am 5 31pm
Belle mon t..... 6 16 am 5 39pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 6 40 am 6 00pm
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37, No. II. No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am 1 50 pm 2 20 am
Bellemont..... ........ 2 12 pm 2 42 am
L well......... ........ 2 23 pm 2 52 am
Gastonia....... ........ 2 35 pm 3 04 am
King’s Mount’n ........ 3 00 pm 3 27 am
Grovi r......... ........ 3 16 pm 3 43 am
Blacksburg .... ........ 3 26 pm 3 53 am
Gaffney....... ........ 3 44 pm 4 10 am
Cowpens ...... ........ 110 pm 4 42 am
Clifton........ ........ 4 13 pm 4 45 am
Spartanburg... 11 43 am 4 28 pm 5 00 am
W. Ilford........ ........ 4 50 pm 5 23 am
Greers......... ........* 5 09 pm 5 42 am
Greenville...... 12 36 pm 5 35 pm 6 10 am
Easleys......... ........ 6 09 pm 6 38 am
Central........ ........ 6 34 pm 7 10 am
Seneca......... ........ 7 17 pm 7 58 am
Westminster.... ........ 7 35 pm 8 17 am
Toccoa........ ........ 8 11 pm 8 55 am
Mt. Airy....... ........ 8 40 pm 9 39 am
Cornelia....... ........ 843 pm 9 33 am
Bellton........ ........ 9 05 pm 9 58 am
Lula.......... ........ 9 07 pm 10 00 am
Gainesville..... 3 41 pin 9 33 pm .10 28 am
Flowery Branch ........I 9 52 pm 10 48 am
Buford........ ........10 17 pupil 11 02 15 am
Suwanee....... ........10 .......jlO 23 pm am
Duluth........ 34 pmj 11 25 pm
Norcross...... Chumblee...... ........ 10 .0 45 56pm pmjll 11 37 49 am
........t am
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) '5 05 pm 11 39 pm 12 25 p m
Additional ira ns Ni>s. 17 an l 18— Ln!a ac-
coram alation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 6 15 p m, amves I.ula 9 00 p m. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 (X) a m, arrives Atlanta 8 50
am.
Between Lnla and Athens—No. 11 daily, ^ex¬
cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave I.ula 8 15 p
in, and 9 35 a m, arriv • Alliens 10 00 p ra and
11 20 a m. Returning leave Athens, No. i<)
daiiv. except Snnday. and No. 12 daily, 6 15 ,> ni
and 7 07 a in, amve Lula 7 55 p m and 8 50
am.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61 dai¬
ly; except Snndav, leave Toccoa 1140 am
arrive Elberton 3 20 p m. Returning, No. 60
daily, except htinday, leaveaEllierton 500a m
and arrives Toccoa8 30 am.
Nos. 9 anl 10 carry Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween Atlanta and New York.
No*. 37 aud 38, Washington and Southwest¬
ern Vestibilled Limited, tietwe-n Atlanta and
Washington. Through Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween New York and New Orleans, al-o between
Washington and Memphis, via Atlinta and
Birmingham. Ob-ervation car betw en Wash¬
ington and New Orleans.
Nos. 11 and 12, Pullman Buffet Sleeper be-
twf en Wash’ngton end Atlanta. local and
For detailed information as to
through time table -, rates and Pullman Sleep¬
ing car reservations, confer with local agents,
or address.
JAS. L. TAYLOR, W. A. TURK,
Gen’l Pass. Ag’L Ass’t. G nl. Pass. Ag’t.
Atlanta. Ga. Charlotte N. C.
C. P. HAMMOND, Ga.
Superintendent Atlanta,
W. H. GREEN. % OL. HASS,
Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager,
Atlanta. Ga. Atlanta. Ga.
LEWIS DAVIS,
iTTOPNEY AT LAW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practioe in the counties of Haber-
•ham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Franklin and Bank* of thi
Western Circuit. Prompt attention wil 1
^ all buai;iei8 eD tm«ted\o him.
The collection of debt* will have
la! htte jtion.
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