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THE VIENNA PROGRESS.
TEEMS, $1. Per Annum.
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Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.”
JNO. E. HOWELL,. 1
LACY A. MORQAN, I
VOL. XII. NO. 1.
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1893.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
A TRAINING SHIR
THE DAILY ROUTINE OF A NAVAL
APPRENTICE.
huge white hammock on his shoulder.
The hammocks are soon in the net
tings and the boy runs to the mess
room for a cup of hot cocoa awaiting
him. There is twelve minutes allowed
to dress and stow away the hammocks,
Howr Boys Are Educated In the Duties
of Men-of-War’s Men—Require
ments for the Service—On
» Warship.
1 HE great naval re
view in New York
has created a keen
interest in every
thing pertaining to
naval affairs. Many
young men nnd hoys
who never thought
of ever seeing salt water are now con
sidering what is the most feasible way
of becoming a Midshipman or a sailor.
As an examination and appointment is
necessary to go to the Annapolis Naval
Academy they usually look to obtain
ing a berth as a sailor on a man-o’-war,
with tho hope of promotion in the
future. In this connection a very in
teresting letter was received by the
Republic from H. D. Rogers, a St.
' Louis boy now on board the United
States ship Philadelphia, in which he
describes the life on a training ship
and also that of a sailor. His criti
cisms are from his owu experience and
show the hardships and pleasures of
his life on the high seas. He says:
“In a recent issue of the Republic I
noticed an inquiry from some boy in
regard to the proceedings necessary to
gst into the naval or merchant marine
Nervicc. For this reason I will write
you a sketch of the life of an appren
tice and my personal experience and
views. In the first place, I will say a
boy must work very hard to obtain a
position as seaman at the end of the
four years he enlists to serve. The aim
of the training ships is to educate boys
to the duties of men-of-war’s men.
The rewards for those who are lovers
all their money in rollicking as soon
as they are discharged. "When they
find their money gone and no
LAPLANDERS.
these old-time people which King Bull !
represent'd are not cemented by affec- !
tion, but held more in the light of
work to be obtained ashore they are THE REPRODUCTION OF A LAP- property, as a farmer in this country
and eighteen minutes for the cocoa.
Then sounds the boatswain’s whistle,
followed by a hoarse ‘turn to’ from
the mate. Then solid work begins for
the day a moment later, when ‘scrub
and wash clothes,’ or ‘holystone the
decks, ladders and gratings’ is ordered.
Clothes are scrubbed three times a
week, and, although wash days come
often, each apprentice is compelled to
wash something each washday. I have
often seen over 1000 pieces at a single
day’s wash. As soon as the clothes
lines are out of the way the paint work
and ladders have to be cleaned. Then
before the decks are dry the boys
strip, always their shirts, and if the
weather is not too bad their trousers
too. One comrade assists another and
turn about in their cleaning process,
of the sea and adapted to it, are not in- ; If any of the apprentices neglect this
significant, for a fair percentage of ■ it will soon be discovered by a school-
wnrrant officers', and nearly all the sea
men gunners who man the new cruisers,
"lire ex-apprenticcs.
“A boy enters the service between
the ages of 14 and 18 years, and enlists
to serve until he is 21 years. The con
sent of the parents must be obtained
before lie can make application. It is
also necessary that he should be in per
fect health r.nd without physical de
fects. The examination as to health
is very rigid, and if he has the cigarette
habit or has ever been convicted of
crimp, his rejection is certain. He
must bo able to write and read Eng
lish. If he is received he is given pay,
an outfit and rations at once. The pay
isn’t much, though. A third class ap-
master and bo by him reported. Then
the boy gets a forced bath—and it is a
bath—for he is assisted by one of the
ship’s corporals, who sees that soap
and sand also are used with such vigor
that a personal bath is the one taken
each morning in future.
“At 7.15 the decks are dried andtli9
ship is clean, ready for the early drill
with royal and top-gallant yards and
masts. This is at 7.30 and occupies
fifteen minutes. At 7.50 the hoys doff
their shirts and are carefully inspected
as to their personal cleanliness. At 8
o’clock breakfast is ready, and there is
always a rush for the mess tables, after
which the uniform designated for the
fay is donned. Shoesmust be shined,
prentice receives .$9 a month ; then, if I clothes must be brushed, neckerchief
he is worth anything, he will bo ad- | tied square, lanyard white and in
vanced to second class, after being j place, watch marks on and everything
obliged to ship again. A sailor who
does this usually spends the balance
of his life at sea, for lie is never satis
fied with anything else. This makes
the saying hold true: ‘Once a sailor
always a sailor. ’ I do not mean to say
we never have good times. I have
simply described the disagreeable and
working portions of an apprentice’s
life to show that it is not all the fun
and glory that many suppose it to be.
I think a boy who has a good home
and a place to work, or goes to school,
is far better off there than to go to
sea, to be out all day in the burning
sun, the cold and rain, and to bo
tossed about like a cork in the storm.”
—St. Louis Republic.
A Lion Caught by an Elephant.
An exciting and remarkable scene
occurred at Barnsley, where Day’s
Menagerie is being exhibited. Their
manager states that about four o’clock
Bartlett, the keeper, accidentally left
the door of a cage containing young
lions unfastened. Bartlett was after
wards surprised to see one of the lions
loose. Happily, none of the public
were in the show at the time. The
keeper immediately armed himself, and
send for aid. Blank cartridges were
fired to keep the lion at bay. Luckily,
it came within the reach of a powerful
elephant named Jumbo II., who was
fenced off by means of ropes and stakes
in one corner of the show. The ele
phant seized the lion with his trunk
around the body, and placing his foot
upon him, held him down. The keep
ers, who had secured ropes, noosed
them, nnd putting them on the lion’s
legs, secured and dragged him into the
cage. The other animals made a great
row, and this, together with the firing
of the blank cartridge, naturally
alarmed the immediate neighborhood,
which is thickly populated. The re
port of the lion being at large was
enough to cause a speedy exodus from
the field. Fortunately no serious
consequences resulted, an under keepei
being the only person who was slightly
injured during the securing of the
animal. —Westminster Gazette.
LAND VILLAGE AT THE FAIR.
would consider his plow.
AIMING THE SIX-POUNDER HOTCirEISS.
three months at sea, nnd get $10 a
month. The next step is seaman ap
prentice, second class, with $19 per
month, and when he is transferred to
a regular cruising ship he may be ad
vanced to a first class seaman appren
tice and $24 a month pay.
clean, or punishment follows without
fail. After breakfast come the drills
at the great guns and small arms. At
10.30 there is one hour’s instruction at
school, with dinner at 12 o’clock. Sail
and boat drills come at 1 o’clock. An
other hour’s schooling occurs at 2.30.
Ifow the Hair is Worn.
There is no marked difference in
the wearing of the hair since last win
ter. The Empire style, which con
sisted of standing loops turned up
from the crown of the head and grace
ful short curls and waves’ of hair
around tho forehead, and the- i-839
style, with its prim, Madonna-like
parting and the low “figure 8” twist
at tho nape of the neck, were both in
troduced at that time, and still pre
vail. With the charming little French
bonnets now worn the soft twists from
which pretty curling tendrils of hair
seem to be escaping are as popular as
ever. The sketch presented herewith
shows this style. The coquettish bon
net is made apparently of green rose
stems and the trimming is merely some
beautiful, natural-looking roses, with
knots and strings of moss-green velvet.
In one matter, all fashionable hair
dressers are agreed—that is, that all
false locks, when not absolutely neces
sary, are superfluous and vulgar, and
that it is their duty to do their very
best with the natural hair of tho
wearer. They advocate easy, natural
styles, and in this matter, our New
York hairdressers are far in advance
of the French. The French hair
dresser has been inclined to “pile on
the agonies” in a puff here, a cluster
of frisettes there, and lo! the creation
is something wonderful to behold—
Twenty-four Inhabitants of the Far
North — Their Leader is 112
Years Old—A Remark
able Family. ^
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RTIFICIAL ice and
cold air are pro
vided for the Lap
landers in the
Plaisance. The
warm weather is
very severe on the
people who have
the north pole in
their hack yard. To make it endurable
pipes have been put in and the ground
covered with artificial snow for the
summer. Lapland has an undefined
geographical position, embracing the
northern part of Norway, Sweden and
a part of Russia. Since the people
have been here visitors have guessed
their home to be anywhere from Pat
agonia to Labrador, and Manager
Coney has found it necessary to have
r bfg globe made, on which the un
known laud is clearly defined.
There are twenty-four Laplanders in
the village, taken from the three coun
tries, and this number includes six I tent-like and made of skins banked up
Delecarlian girls, who came from the ] with moss. The entrance is very small
shores of the North Sea. The band is 1 and the door is a piece of wood which
headed by King Bull. He is not a ; fits tightly from the inside. In the
king in his own country, but the head centre of the tent-like home a fire is
of a clan and a stickler for his rights, j kept burning on the ground, and the
He is 112 years old, but in spite of his smoke, or a smallportion of it, escapes
advanced age he has a forcible way of | through a little hole in the roof if the
getting what he wants. Another re- j wind is right. If the wind is wrong it
markable thing about the old man is t stays in the home, and the people en-
that for a little while each day he plays ' joy it when it gets dense. In their
RESIDENTS OF THE LAPLAND VILLAGE.
SCENE IN THE LAPLAND VILLAGE.
“As soon as the novelty wears off, i At 4.39 the yards and masts that were
usually in a few days, the boy finds sent aloft in the morning come down
out he is working in earnest. The food 1 on deck again, and at 5 o’clock supper
generally looks rather tough at first. ! is announced. After the inner man
We call it salt horse, duff and boot-leg ; has been taken care of there is another
coffee. The first thing he goes at is a call to quarters and inspection to see
course of training to give him a sol- that the boys are properly dressed for
dierly appearance, also knotting, splie- { the cool of the evening. The work of
mg, sailmaking, handling the spars the day is then done. After this the
and yards, pulling and sailing boats, j boys do anything they please about
signals and sewing. Ho has to run deck for amusement—boxing, dancing,
aloft and out on the yardarms without ! leRp frog, climbing to the mast head
getting dizzy. If he fails in this he is j 150 feet above, or whatever else takes
discharged as useless, for if he cannot the notion. At sunset the hammocks
do it in port, where the ship is steady, j are piped down and each apprentice
he surely could not do it at sea in a prepares his blankets and mattress for
storm, where every man has to lend a the night. At 9 o’clock comes tattoo
hand aloft. In the gunnery line he has and all are in the swinging beds. An
to learn the evolutions of gun and car- \ offense is swiftly and surely followed
l'iage, knowledge of ammunition, all by punishment, such as reduction of
the different kinds of drills, target fir- spending money, drills during recrea-
ing and the bugle. He must also go to tion hours and such like. If these
school and learn what usually com- don’t maintain discipline there are
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with his great-great-great- great-great
grandchild.
King Bull has a very remarkable
family. He is acccmjianied by his
son, Bals Bull, Jr., aged ninety years,
who has a son named Bals Hygd, aged
seventy-three, who has a daughter
aged fifty-nine, who has a son aged
forty-one, who has a son aged twenty-
nine, who has a daughter aged four
teen years, who has a daughter two
years old. By this time it will be seen
that in the one family there is now in
the village child, parent, grandparent,
great-grandparent, great-great-grand
parent, great-great-great-grandparent,
great -great -great-great - grandparent
and great - great - great - groat - great-
grandparent. When they are dressed in
their reindeer-skin clothes it is, leav
ing out the baby, as difficult to tell one
from the other as it is to name the
dominoes upside down.
The language used by these people
hardly amounts to the dignity of a di
alect. People who live fifty miles
from each other can only make them
selves understood with the greatest
difficulty. The people are very simple
in their ideas. When a settlement is
made no such thing as a city council
is created. Not enough people of
sufficient intelligence to east a vote
could be found in any one settlement.
The houses are all made of tho skin of
the reindeer, and when taxation be
comes too great they pick up their
houses and move. Here and there
throughout the country are some guide
posts erected. They do not tell the
distance and the direction to any given
place, but usually read: “Turn to the
left if you want to get a meal like your
mother used to cook. ”
Fish and the reindeer furnish every
necessity of life to the people. The
skin of reindeer is used for clothing,
native state the complexion is not un
like that of a well-cured ham.
King Bull’s home is the largest, an 1
the old Chief is not averse to receiv
ing gifts. He will take anything from
a bottle of beer up, but his com
patriots claim that he likes the beer
better than anything else. The rein
deer park is an attraction. There are
nine of the gentle creatures in the
park and during tho warm days get a
bath of Lake Michigan water from a
hose-pipe three times a day. One
part of the programme of the per
formance is the putting of the rein
deer through their paces. They are
A LAPLAND SLEIGH.
prises a common school education.
SIGNAL BOYS.
“After he gets through with the
school he is transferred to a training
ship and then starts out on his cruis- erty whenever
iug to finish him off for a sailor. He
severer punishments, which are very
I seldom necessary. After once out-
] fitted every boy pays for clothing that
| is needed, and as they have all learned
l to sew, and the pay is small, you can
always see some of the boys carefully
I sewiug up some garment, to prevent
1 having to make a purchase.
| “This is tho routine day after day.
j No matter how eold or how hard it is
1 raining the boy has to be at his sta-
■ tion, and if he is on watch ami caught
! sleeping he soon learns what law nnd
order is aboard ship. Many times he
yearns for the good home and friends
| he has left behind.
“After his training cruise is over,
which generally lasts about a year, he
is transferred to a modern warship
going to foreign ports, usually to stay
the balance of his enlistment. Then
lie thinks his hard work all over, and
that he will get plenty of liberty and
money, just as a schoolboy thinks on
i leaving school to go to work for his
: living. Ten to one he is mistaken, as
i it ail depends on the captain whether
j he gets either. The capt ain is the per
sonification of ‘I am monarch of all I
survey,’ and can stop money or lib-
lie chooses. Under
having, no doubt, that “chic - ’ effect
that characterizes the 'work of the
skilled French Parisian, but unmis
takably artificial.—New York Tri
bune.
The Best Foot Bath.
The footsore wanderer through the
World’s Fair Buildings will find solace
in a foot bath of hot alum water every
night before going to bed. With the
best of care the feet are apt to be ten
der and troublesome in the warm,
months, and this simple treatment will
be then found most efficacious.—St.
Louis Star-Sayings.
Smallest Horse in 1 ! ie World.
Smallest of his race and the smallest
horse in the world is the distinction
harnessed to the sledges and driven
around in true Lapland style. Races
are run, and when the performance is
over they are fed and milked.
Each day’s performance begins with
a religious servico among the people
who have become Christianized.
A very interesting exhibit is the
hair work done by the Daleeartian
girls, who weave bracelets and chains
from the short hair of the reindeer.
The entire village forms a striking
contrast to any other village in the
Plaisance. It represents the daily life
of a people little known and who
are always eold, it is said, even in hot
weather.—Chicago Record.
Whalebone Scarce.
Featherbonc, hornhone, celluloid,
reed, raftan, coraline and vegetable
fibre are not good substitutes for
whalebone, but the latter is becoming
expensive and very difficult to obtain,
and is being gradually driven out of
many of the whip establishments. In
1891 whalebones sold for $6.70 per
pound, the result of a corner, there
being only 50,000 pounds available for
sale, and that in the possession of a
company on the Pacific coast. The
price gave a great impetus to substi
tutes, and at the moment the whaling
men are walking the floor, it being be
lieved that a very substantial substi
tute for whalebone will soon lie cn the
market. —New York Telegram.
The Florida Peach.
Among the tropical fruits this is one
if the most common and popular even
among the most careless and ignorant.
! Some call it the “peaoh of Florida.”
There are about fifty botanical species,
and all, perhaps with one exception,
are native of the tropical regions of
tho American Continent and are not
found in any other part of the world
except where introduced by man.
None is found wild within the United
; States except as chanoe seedlings
; which have escaped from cultivation.
Seeds are abundant in all species and
germinate very freely. They are
about the size nnd shape of those of
the tomato, and the internal structure
of the fruit resembles that vegetable.
'■ The flavor is quite peculiar and pro-
| nounced, and at first not always liked.
To the taste the fruit is a pleasant acid.
The crop usually ripens in the late
summer, although some varieties bear
fruit during the entire year. All
kinds are said to grow from cuttings.
The three following named species
GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.
Interesting Cellinis tor tne Perusal ot
the Casnal Reader.
The village in the Plaisance has been
made as nearly as possible a reproduc
tion of a settlement in Lapland. The
buildings are painted in the blue and
the yellow of Norway, and the centre
of the inclosure is dotted over with the
huts of the people. They are pointed
THE STRAWBERRY GUAVA.
have been quite well established in
Florida and to some extent in Cali
fornia :
Psidium guava, known also as the
“common guava,” “apple guava” and
“pear guava,” is a native of the West
Indies and very tender. P. cattleyanun,
or “strawberry guava,” is a native of
Brazil and a much more hardy species.
P. lueidum, or “Mexican guava,” in
Florida is improperly called “yellow
cattly guava.” The strawberry guava
illustrated in the ent is small and in
color a dull red, with numerous brown
dots on the slightly roughened and
not glossy surface. The flavor is
pleasant, though decidedly acid, some
what resembling the strawberry.
The guava jelly, which is known the
world over as one of the most delicious
of all conserves, is made chiefly from
the apple or pear guava. However,
jelly of excellent quality can be made
from any species of this genus. The
fruit is also eaten fresh with sugar
and cream, or preserved and canned
as aro other fruits.—Mail and Ex
press.
A New Musical Instrumem
The manufacturers of musical instru
ments as well as others have for years
been endeavoring to free the tone of
the piano from its disagreeable metal
lic harshness. The aim has been to
produce a mellow “singing” quality,
possessing as much as possible the flexi
bility and sustained character of the
human voice. A thoroughly satisfac
tory solution of this problem has not
been reached as yet, but great efforts
are constantly being made toward its
accomplishment, Professor M. de
Bloniinck, of Paris, has made a great
step in the right direction. He has
conceived the idea to construct an in
strument which would combine the
special features of a string instrument,
considered as leading, with that of the
accompanyingpiano. Under the piano
a violoncello or violin is attached and
closely connected with the piano. The
left hand of the player controls the
keys, while the right guides the bow
of the string instrument. An ingen
ious mechanism causes the mellow
clearness of the tone produced upon
the string instrument to keep up with
the established pitch of the piano and
imparts a great purity and sweetness
to the tone of the latter. It is also
easy to produce the so-called tremolo
as well as sustained organ tones on this
new piano, which is something that is
impossible to obtain from the ordin
ary pianos now in use. When the vio
loncello-piano embraces five octaves it
is said to bo capable of taking the place
•f every stringe l instrument. It has
The marine hospital service has as
sumed control of quarantine affairs at
Brunswick. This act is the sequel to
the yellow fever scare of last month.
The sad death of General Holtzclaw,
which occurred in Alabama a few days
ago, has been made the subject of a
set of beautiful resolutions passed by
the Confederate Veterans’ Association
of Atlanta.
The Port Royal and Augusta rail
road has been negotiating with the
I Georgia road in Augusta for office
room in the Georgia road’s building.
A rumor got afloat that there was to
be a deal. Officials of the companies
say that there is no trade or consoli
dation, and that there will simply be
a removal of offices.
The reunion of Cobb’s and Phillip’s
legions will occur at Grant’s park, at
Atlanta, on the 24th of August. It
will be an occasion of rare pleasure to
the veterans and to all who attend.
Several prominent soldiers will be in
vited to be present, and two or three
short speeches will give variety and
eloquence to the day. The programme
will be a most excellent one.
The Peabody institute for teachers
at Thomasville is getting on finely,
says Captain S. D. Bradwell, the state
school commissioner. One hundred
and thirty white teachers are in at
tendance and 110 colored teachers.
Each branch of the institution has its
corps of instructors composed of the
best teachers. The counties repre
sented are Thomas, Brooks, Colquitt
and Decatur.
* * *
The Gate City bank, at Atlanta, will
liquidate as soon as it can be done.
It is estimated that the stockholders
will get 75 cents on the dollar. At a
meeting of the stockholders Mr. Hill,
president of the bank, made a report.
He estimated that the stockholders
would get 75 cents on the dollar on
their stock. They will take till next
spring to realize that. It was decided to
wind up the affairs of the bank.
* * *
Macon superior courtroom was
crowded with big legal guns last Tues
day in anticipation of a heavy and
fierce fight on the petition of bond
holders of the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad to foreclose the mort
gage and sell the property, but the
contest did not occur. It was again
postponed until November 13th next
and then will occur one of the most
memorable legal contests ever wit
nessed in the state.
* * *
Mr. Howlett Joiner, clerk in the
department of agriculture, is busy
winding up the work of the fertilizer
inspections that have been made dur
ing the past season. He is straighten
ing up the books and getting ready
for another season. All of the fertil
izer trade for the past spring is over,
and it has already been shown that
more fertilizers were used this year by
the farmers of Georgia than last.
* * *
The will of Col. C. C. Jones, of Au
gusta, was probated a few days ago.
He left his property, amounting to
$75,000, to his children. . His son
Charles has been made executor of the
will. One thousand dollars goeB to
Mrs. Eva Berrien Carpenter, one of
his daughters, and the residue equally
shared between Charles E. Jones and
Mrs. Ruth Carpenter, his other two
children, the estate.
* * *
The encampment at Griffin was bro
ken up Wednesday morning and the
soldier boys have all returned to their
homes. Quartermaster General West
states that “in a business sense this
has been the best and most successful
camp we ever held. The whole thing
has worked without a bobble and the
systematic way in which everything
has moved off has been very gratifying.
Regular army rules have been observ
ed and the benefits to the boys in camp
have been very great. ”
VIOLONCELLO PIANO.
met with the strong approval of lead
ing musicians, and great things are ex
pected from this startling innovation
in the piano world.—Chicago Herald.
SHETLAND PONY GOOD PRIDig.
these adverse circumstances, the a P" j civen here
has a few hours’ sleep at night and the prentice may not get on thire once in 1 ” .i a •' t L
rest is good hard work At 4 20 six months and only enough money to j gent leman. ^ Pe i^Yken
(i iMilflr in ThA ITHiTliniF tIip nnv catb. Hnno fra oat tit (ha xmxr /if : ° , —
'’clock in the morning the anchor j buy something to eat in the way of
watch trice up the hammock cloths to fresh provisions. Of course his money
claimed for the pony whose picture i-i
Good Friday, for so he i-i
i English
prizes in
many shows. He is nine hands or
,, ... , ,, . , - .. , , ... . - i thirty-six inches high and nine vears
prepare the nettings for the crew is kept on the books until he is paid j
asleep. At 4.39 the bugle sounds and off at the end of his enlistment. Tak- , - „
the master-at-arms route out the ing it ali in all it is a monotonous life I The wonderful Damascus bine a that they seldom are. and a smile on their ! California seem particularly bright,
sleepers. The decks are alive with the ; with very few changes. The curious i cut bars of iron in two were not su- faces is as rare as the sun in their ice- j The predictions are that they will havo
the fur is woven into cloth, the meat
is used for food, the bones for sledges
and the milk for a drink and cheese.
During the winter, which is nine
months long, they live on this kind of
food entirely. The cold is so great
that it is a common saying that one
can hammer mercury with a reindeer
hoof and not scatter it. The summer
is only three months long, and during
that time the people usually visit the
sea shore. The people marry young.
It is not uncommon for a grandfather
to be under twenty-five years old.
As a rule they are very religious.
Most of them believe in the Lutheran
faith. Many, however, havft no faith
j at all. Old King Bull aud his family
do not believe in anything. He has
: no .religions superstitions, no practices
of self-abnegation, no belief in any
thing being greater than himself. He
represents the old-time Laplander.
They were, and such of them as remain, j “ u amotmt in that time to
are utterly devoid of any sentiment oi j 799 494
any kind. They are as stoical as a ’
soliinx. Nothing moves them. Angry , The prospects for bee-ke
A dollar loaned for 101 years and
compounded at twentv-four per cent.
51,-
Better be Born Lucky Than Rich.
A man born with a silver spoon in
his mouth will not necessarily loo lucky
any more than a man born in the pur
ple was; but it deserve.-, mention that
I the Hindus stir up honey and ghee
I with a gold spoon, anl feel it to new
| born babes to bring good luck. To
; have large ears—which of course onght
to be born on a man—is 'lucky in
China, Corea and Japan. Thus Midas
was clearly an even too-lucky man,
who fell with motion dull, from off the
: pivot of his skull, down on his luck.
“Bad cesse to you,” said the clown oi
Shakespeare’s time to Fortune; “when
you’re good you’re toe good.” Aud
that may be why it is so well known
| everywhere that a man lucky
■ to be born with a goal, far. persua
sive wink may finish better than a
I “master of tho world. ”—Saturday Re-
On the third Saturday in August, the
19th, Liberty Baptist church at Groo-
verville, Brooks county, will be fifty
years old, and will becomingly cele
brate that important event. Delegates
aud visitors from more than twenty
other churches have been invited, aud
the Grooverville neighborhood expects
to entertain the largest crowd that has
ever been on the grounds. A very in
teresting programme telling of tho
church’s past history, its former pas
tors, prominent members, etc., will be
gone through with.
* The weather crop bulletin for the
past week does not show a very good
; state of affairs, nor is the outlook very
! promising for the crops. The drought
I has been especially severe in the
; northwestern section of the state, and
melons, apples and peaches are all do
ing poorly. Cotton still remains small,
but has grown very rapidly of late,
i There are promises, also, of a fine
j yield of syrup cane. From the south
eastern portion of the state there come
| complaints of excessive rain which have
delayed fodder pullings and in combina
tion with the hot sun, has injured the
1 cotton some. In the southwestern sec
tion of the state the weather has been
not too dry and not too wet; fodder
pulling is well under way. It has how
ever been exceedingly hot.
ings that now crown the hills of the
city.
* * *
Falling o<T in Valuation.
The counties of the state that have
been heard from up to date in the way
of making reports of their tax digests
show an aggregate falling off in valua
tion compared with that of last year
that is not at all promising. Twenty-
five counties have been heard from so
far, all these show a net decrease in val-
of $1,361,739. This is a considerable
drop and is anything but pleasing to
the comptroller general’s office. The
officials in the tax department do not
know how to account for this decrease
unless it is due to the change in the
system of placing valuations this year.
Last year, it will be remembered, the
law requiring taxes to be levied by
boards of equalizers in all the counties
was in vogue. The legislature at its
last session repealed that law and this
put the method back as it had been
before, the property holders making
their own returns. This probably ac
counts for the wonderful decrease in
the tax digests.
* * *
The June Weather Report.
The report of the weather for last
month has been completed, and the
following is a brief summary of the
facts contained in that report:
The figures are based on the indica
tions from 65 stations. The average
rainfall from the records of 63 of these
was 4.53 inches, ranging from 13.25
inches at Darien to 2.10 inches at
Morgan. The average temperature
from the rtcords of 56 stations was
74.9 degrees. The highest monthly
mean was 81.4 degrees at Americus
and Bainbridge; the lowest, 71.1 de
grees at Marietta. The maximum tem
perature of the month was 100 de
grees, recorded at Americus and Cor-
dele on several dates; the minimum
52 degrees at Diamond on several
dates. The absolute range for the
month and the state, therefore, was 48
degrees.
The greatest local monthly rango
was 42 degrees at Cordele, Lincolnton
and Thomasville, tho least 22 degrees
nt West Point. The greatest daily
range was 42 degrees at Cordele on the
12th, the least 1 degree at Blakely on
the 7th.
From the records of 32 stations there
were shown an average of 12 clear, 11
partly cloudy aud 7 cloudy days. The
prevailing direction of the wind was
south.
Thunder storms occurred at various
points throughout the state on tho 1st,
2d, 3d, 7th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 18th,
19th, 20th, 22d, 23d, 25th and 26th.
Hail occurred at Lumpkin on the 2d,
17th aud 28th; Hephzibah on the 1st,
Marietta on the 1st and 19th, and at
Newnan and Forsyth on the 13th.
The Tale.
A. H. McPherson, in the Zoologist,
quotes an’ interesting passage from
Aristotle to show that the great phi
losopher was as well acquainted as we
are with the peculiarities and habits of
the field vole, whose destructiveness is
a cause of much tribulation to farmers
in Scotland as well as in the Pelopon-
nese. He speaks of their depredations
as “so serious that some small farmers
having on one day observed that their
corn was ready for harvest, when they
went the following day to cut their
corn, found it all eaten. The maimer
of their disappearance, also,” he con
tinues, “is unaccountable, for in a few
days they all vanish, although before
hand they could not be exterminated
by smoking and digging them out, nor
by hunting them and turning swine
among them to root up their runs.
Foxes also hunt them out, and wild
weasels are very ready to destroy them;
but they cannot prevail over their
numbers and the rapidity of their in
crease, nor, indeed, can anything jire-
vail over tnem but rain, and when this
comes they disappear very soon.”
AN AERIAL SUBURB.
Manager—Mr. Skylight, I see you’re
late again this morning. Have you moved
out of town?
Skylight—Yes, sir.
Manager—IIow far?
Skylight—The twenty-first story, sir.
—[Chicago Inter-Ocean.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
i»rocerle«.
Coffee—Boasted—ArbnekloL 23.80 19 100 lb.
cases,Lion 23 60c, Levering’s 23 60o. Green*-Ex. j
tra choice 21c; choice good 20c; fair 19c-com
mon 17aI8c- Hngar-Granulated 6%c; off
granulated-; powdered 6%c; cut loaf ; white
extra 0 4J£c; New Orleans yellow clarified
; yeliow extra C 4JrffaI%c. Byrup—New
Orleans choice 45c; prime 3a(g40c; common
20@30c. Molasses—Gennino Cnba 35@S9cimi
tation 22@25. Teas—Blaca 5.-j@55c; green
40®G0c. Nutmegs 65@85e. Cloves 25®30c.
Cinnamon 10® 1234 c * Allspico 10@llc. Jamai
ca ginger 18c. Singapore pepper 12e; Mace
$1.00. Bice, Head 6c; good 5%c; common
ty % c; imported Japan 5@5%e. Sait—Hawley’s
dairy $1.50; Virginia 75e. Cheese—Hats llal2>£.
White fish, half bbla.$4 00; pails 150c.
Soap—Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs $3.00a 3.75;
turpentine, 60 bars, 60 lbs, $2.25 a 2.50;
Caudles—Parafine llj^c; star 11c. Matches—
400s $4 00; 300s $3 00a3 75; 200s $2 00a2 75; 60s,
5 gross 33 75. Soda—Kegs, bulk 4c; do i lb pkgs
5%e; cases, 1 lb SJtfc, do 1 and %lbs 8c, do [/fib.
014c. Crackers—XNX soda 6%c; XXX butter
6%c; XXX pearl oysters 6c: shell and excelsior
7c; lemon cream 9c; XXX ginger snaps 9c; corn-
hills 9c. Candy—Assorted stick 7%c; French
mixed 13c. Canned goods—Condensed milk
$6 00a8 00; imitation mackerel $3 95a4 00; sal
mon $6 00a7 50: F. W. oyBter: 32 00, Ii.W.
$135; com $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $2 10.
Ball DOtash $3 20. Starch—Pearl 4c; lump
4vf, ;”nickel packages $3 00; celluloid $5 00-
Pickles, plain or mixed, pints $1 OOal 40; quarts
$1 50al 80. Powder—Bifle, kegs $3.50; 14 kegs
$2 00; % kegs 31 15. Shot $1 GO per sack.
Flour. Grain nnd Meal. ,
Elonr—First patent $4 90; second patont
$4.35; extra fancy $3.6) ; fancy $3 40; family I
$3 10. Com—No. 1 white 60;. mixed,
58c. Oats, Mixed 41c; white 44;; Texas rust ]
proof 44c. Hay—Choice timothy, large bales,
$1.00 No. 1 timothy, large bales, $1.00; choice
timothv. small bales,$1 00; No. 1 timothy,small
bales. $1-00; No. 2 timothv, small bales, 95c.
.Meal—Plain 58;; bolted 56c. Wheat bran—
Atlanta will celebrate her fiftieth Large sacks 88c, small sacks 90c Cotton
, . j ,, no , T v cceYmeal—3» per cwt. Steam feed—*1.10 1
birthday on the -■ 1 of next De^em- ripr w . stock peas G0a65cperbu. White, 75 I
ber. It is difficult to realize that a ; B M t on beans $2.65a2.75 per bushel. |
city with 160,000 inhabitants, and i xenneasee, $ 1.75a 2.00. Grits—Pearl $3.25. ]
stretching away in graceful lines of
boys in blue in a moment, each with a j feature of it is that the majority spend j perior to the Toledo blades of to-day, clad homes.
■ j The predictions are that they will ]
The family ties among immense honey crop this year.
f
P ulverizcd chalk moistened will re
new the polish of amber. After ap
plying the chalk rub the amber with
olive oii an-.l then lay it on a soft piece
of woolen goods until it looks bright
gain.
architecture, for miles in every direc
tion, has achieved all of this in the
enough i narrow space of fifty years. Yet the
record speaks for itself. A little more
than half a century ago two country
roads met each other where the arte
sian well now stands. Along this road
the country merchants hauled their
produce to Marietta and other points,
never stopping at the junction of the
two roads, except to repair a wagon
wheel or to have their horses reshod.
A blacksmith shop was the modest
forerunner of the many elegant build-
rountrv Produce.
Eggs 8x10; Batter—Western creamery'
20a25c choice Tennessee loalSe; other grades
10al2%c. Live ponltry-Turkeys 10@l2%a pec
lb- hens 25 and 28c. spring chickens
large 20a22>4o; small spring 12*4*15e. Dressed
poultry—Turkeys 15al8c ; ducks 15c; chick
ens I2%al5. Irish potatoes, new, 1.50@2.00 per
bbl. Sweet potatoes 90eal.00 per bu. Honey-
Strained 8al0c; in the comb 10,:12%c. Onioai
$1 00a$1.25 per bu.
Provisions.
Clear rib sides, boxed 10c: ice-cured bailie (I
13c. Sugar-cured hams 14%'il6;, accord' *
to brand and average; California, 14c.bri
fast bacon 15c. Lard,Leaf Hall%. Compoun
Cotto n.
Local—Market. Quiet. Middling 7}4c.,