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THE VIENNA PROGRESS. TEEMS, $1. Per Annum. tt 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. ^ ■ .-8 . 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 JzMpM msM | 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.,