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'l l I F, VIENNA PROGRESS. TERMS, $1. Per Annnm. Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.” JOHN E HO WELL, Elite* and Proprietor. YOL. XII. NO. 11 VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1893. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. IN LIFE’S TUNNEL Borne by a Power resistless aud unseen We know not wither, We look out through the gloom with troubled mien; How came we hither? Darkness before and after. Blank, dim walls On either side, igainst which our dull vision beats and falls, Met and defied. Shrouded in mystery that leaves no room To guess aright, . Wc rush, uncertain, to a certain doom— When lo —the light! —Grace Denio Litchfield, in the Century. he resorted to the jug, which had somehow been left behind by the men in the wagon. I.ater in the afternoon the driver, whoso depression had increased since the sun sank, hitched up his horses. leads from the valley to the ridges. They were standing silently side by side looking down into the valley. There was a great white tent, a tab ernacle, indeed, nea& the log house, and a score of smaller white tents about GEORGIA HEWS NOTES. and the carriage began the assent of j the large one. Through the trees the the long hill. The jug was left among ; people could be seen moving abont the May apple blossoms. It was j like pigmies. empty. ; “It is a beautiful and peaceful Half-way up the hill a wheel dropped scene,” said Miss Chalmers, softly. (Ins of General Interest Picked Op All Oyer tlie Stale. THE LITTLE LOG CHURCH. OWN in the heart ,' V' of the mountains is a summer re sort. It is not in the north nor of the south, but it is a cosmopolitan little city of hotels. It sprung up in a season and will endure as long as the waters are limpid and the mountains grand. Crowning the highest hill is the chief hotel. The view from the veranda is magnificent. The lower hilltops, rugged and scarred, near by, seem to grow • level in perspective, stretching away in a vast plain of darkest green to meet the blue sky in the distant horizon. The morning wind brings the odor of wild roses; the evening wind is freighted with the spice of pines. The Chalmers, mother and daugh ter, were guests of the chief hotel. “It is exquisite,” said Miss Chalmers. “I am weary of society. I will do nothing but rest for tho entire sum mer.” Miss Chalmers rested four entire days. The fifth day was Sunday. “We must go to church,” said Mrs. Chalmers. “Rut there is no church, mamma; the minister is taking his vacation in the city while we take ours in the hills.” “I shall go to church,” declared the elder lady. “There is a lovely log church in the country. I went to a log church when I was a little gird. "We will go to-day in a carriage.” So the Chalmerses went to church, not to the little white church in the valley below them, but over miles and miles of gravelly ridge road, down a long,' steep hill aud into another aud a larger valley, where there was a pellucid stream, shaded with syca mores and festooned with a bewildc-r- ing tangle of vine. The country church was built of rough hewn logs and was not large. Mrs. Chalmers and her daughter found that tho house was crowded, and ns there was no usher obtained seats with some difficulty. Miss Chalmers was on the right of the centre aisle.* She soon discovered that the aisle separated the two sexes; 1 hat she, alone of all the women there, was seated among the men. This breach of local etiquette amused her at fiist. Miss Chalmers soon discovered that the younger boys were nudging each other with their elbows and laughing at her. The young men looked at her curiously ; the old men seriously ; she began to feel nervous, and the feeling annoyed her more than the attention % she was receiving. Then she noticed that the girls across the aisle wei’e giggling and whispering maliciously ; and, yes, actually pointing their fin gers at her. How dp.rcd they! Her face began to flame. The young men looked sym pathetic, now ; she felt that their pity was an outrage. The preacher could no longer hide his annoyance, for no body heeded the sermon now, and everybody was intent upon that young lady, who knew no better than to sit among men. Mrs. Chalmers, who had fortunately found a seat on the upper side, was tho only person in tho house ignorant of her daughter’s embarrassment. The long ride had wearied her. She was resting, as elderly persons some times do. She listened earnestly at the sermon, without hearing a word; she gazed at the preacher and did not see him. Miss Chalmers tried to call up her pride, but was helpless before the rid icule, which constantly became more unmerciful. The benches on the other side all seemed to be full. She saw no escape but to leave the room. She had just decided to bolt ignominiously for the door when there was a diversion in her favor. Immediately in front of Miss Chal mers sat a young man. He had aroused her interest, because he wore what she called a respectable coat, and because he had a fine head which he carried on ‘ his magnificent shoulders like a Roman hero, aud because—well, there is no stronger word than be cause. It can mean a great many in expressible things. This young man arose, and the girl noticed, even in her unhappiness, that he was very tall, as most mountaineers are. He stepped across the aisle and took a little girl in his arms, whisper ing a word to the child’s mother before he returned to his seat. He did not look at Miss Chalmers, but the woman smiled to her, silently pointing to the vacant seat. The unhappy young lady was only too glad to accept the invita tion. Her mother did not notice the incident, nor did the young man seem to be aware of it. He did not once turn his head, and she found herself becoming curious about the color of his eyes. They must be gray. into a deep gutter and the carriage came down with a lurch and a crush. It was a hopeless wreck. The driver looked at the broken wheel with indif- ftrence and the ladies were in conster nation. “How far is it to town?” asked Miss Chalmers. “Abouteight miles, I reckon.” “Oh, dear, what can we do?” “I dunnow,” said the driver, stu pidly. From his manner one might almost be justified in saving that he did not care. “Well, driver,” said Mis? Chalmers emphatically. “I know. You must go to town at once for another car riage. It is now r 3 o’clock, and yon can be back by 6; we will wait. ” The driver began to unloose the horses. He did not seem to be pressed for time. “You must hurry,” she declared im patiently. “And say, driver, if you are back by sunset you shall have §5 extra.” He shook off his apathy, or seemed to, and, mounted on one horse, led the other rapidly away. It was always Dad to wait. In this case the two lonely women, oppressed by the strange and solitary surround ings, found the afternoon almost in terminable. The Joshua of impatience seemed to stay the sun at one spot for hours. Six o’clock finally came; they were expectant. Half past six: they were anxious. At seven they were alarmed. The sun loitered no more, but rolled swiftly over the opposite mountain and drew the day with him. They were terrified. There was no house and no human being in sight. They remembered no habitation on the road for miles. True, the log church stood in the bot tom below, but the darkest shadows had already gathered there. They dared not enter the profound obscurity which enveloped tl[e valley and which crept like a living.thing. up the moun tain side toward them. They clung to each other like little children and wept. Cochran has $1,700 surplus in the treasury and there is a movement on foot to begin boring an artesian well. A bill is to be brought before the next general assembly to incorpo rate Worm Springs, Meriwether conn- : tv. Fnriucrs’ National toiivi-miou. . Elaborate preparations are being made for the entertainment of the delegates to the national farmers' con vention which is to be held in Savan nah Dec. 12 to 15. Governor Nortben will welcome the delegates to Georgia, while Mayor McDonough will extend them a cordial welcome to the city. President J. O. Waddell will welcome the delegates on behalf of the State Agrieultnral Society. There will lie speakers ou the list from South Caro lina, Mississippi, Georgia, Kansas, CROP STATISTICS. THE NEWS IN GENERAL. | Some Figures from Commissioner Nes- „ , . , „ „ . . . . blit’s Report for September. Condensed from Onr Most Important The cotton c rop 0 f Georgia » no Tplpimuitlifl Arivippc greater than it was last year, all re- 10141 ay Jib n.lTibuD ports to the contrary notwithstand ing. That is the opinion of the Com- HOW ABOUT HARD TIMES? Are you a supporter of the present finan- Aml Presented in Pointed and Reada ble Paragraphs. The young man was silent aud she presently continued, with some hesita tion : “I have never thanked yon—I hardly know how—for your kindness that first day in the church when I made such-an embarrassing mistake.” 1 “It was nothing; do not think L TVllcox has a Dew i ud S e - 0 f p » : Governor Nortben has appointed Hon. “But I do think of it; it was a great T ; ^ Holto “ tu ‘he position of judge . ... . ... . „ 0 of the comity court made vacant bv ! mention -was brought here included a ; wages of 14 per ccut. The Everett the resignation of Hon. Hal Lawson. guarantee that the ’ expenses of the ; and Pemberton mills at Lawrence also The driver from the chief hotel had not entered tho church. As he lin gered with his horses two men came by in a wagon. The men were old friends of the driver. In the bed of the wagon, shaded by some branches of the pawpaw tree, there was a jug; nnd the liquor in the jug was the driv er’s dearest and most fatal enemy. There were three men in the wagon when it halted beneath the trees, a hundred yards below the church. While the horses ate the men drauk. When the sermon was over Mrs. Chalmers and her daughter ate their luncheon. Afterward, while the la dies plucked May apple blossoms and enjoyed the cool dampness which the river exhaled, the driver slept. He awoke often in a melancholy mood, but they did not uotiee it; and each time when he threw off’ his slumbers At sunset a tall young man was rid ing soberly along the wide road which .led to town. . He stopped suddenly at the sight of two harnessed horses graz ing by the roadside. * T know that team; what has hap pened?’’ There was no one to answer the question, but he looked about and dis covered the driver under the trees. “Here, wretch!” he exclaimed, “wake up; tell me what is wrong. Wake up, wake up. Where are the. ladies?” But expostulation was in vain. The driver was a lump of clay—a log. The young man mounted his horse again and galloped furiously back toward the log church. He looked at each side of the road anxiously, but did not slacken his pace, and the horse was covered with foam when he reached the broken carriage and dismounted. “I thank heaven you are safe,” he cried. ‘ ‘But we are not safe; we are lost, lost. Oh, merciful sir, pity us!” ex claimed Mrs. Chalmers, hysterically. She thought the tall stranger was a brigand. Miss Chalmers knew better. She recognized tlie young man, nnd a feel ing of security, almost of happiness, swept over her. “Hush, mamma,” she said, softly; ‘ ‘we are perfectly safe now. This gen tleman will protect us; he has come to help us.” The gentleman looke 1 histhauksfor the confidence. It was dark almost, but she could see that his eyes were gray. She thought they were lumin ous, but she was looking through her tears. “Are you employed at the hotel? What happened to our driver? Is the other carriage coming?” The mother %sked three questions in a breath. ' “I am not employed at the hotelA- A was riding to town and found yopr- driver in a drunken sleep by^thecepHd- side. You will get no help from hiir>. I was afraid there had been a serious accident and hastened back.” “Serious,” asked Mrs. Chalmers in a high voice, “is it not serious?- Oh, dear, dear, what would you have?” “My uncle lives two miles down the river,” said the stranger. “It is the nearest house. You will come with me for the night and to-morrow you can return to the town. ” “You are very kind, sir,” said Miss Chalmers. “We will go with you gladly.” “But two miles,” protested the mother ; “I cannot walk two miles.” ‘ ‘It- is not necessary; you can ride my horse. He is perfectly gentle, and I will hold the rein,’-’ said their res- eurer reassuringly; and the young lady may ride behind you, if she will?” “Oh, no; I would much prefer to walk. I can walk two miles easily, aud the dear horse is already very tired. Indeed, I will walk,” said the v oung lady decidedly. The young man assisted the mother into the saddle. The daughter clung lightly to his arm and the little pro cession moved slowly down the long hill and into the starless depths of the bottom. They traveled carefully, for Mrs. Chalmers was not a good horse woman. It was an hour before they reached the farmhouse. An hour! An hour is an epoch, an age, an eternity. Love, which never dies, is born, nourished and reaches maturity in an hour. deal to me, and I want you to remem ber—you know we are going away to morrow—I want you to remember that I appreciate it. My predicament was almost as bad as it was that night when you again—” “I beg you,” he broke in, “not to mention those things again.” She was silent. He turned to her suddenly, abruptly, almost roughly, and asked: “Are you rich?” She trembled a little, but did not reply. “I am surprised that you asked that question,” she said gently; “It is unworthy of you; it is painful to me.” “Forgive me,” he said, humbly. “Oh, my dear, I love you, and I am poor. Your beauty and your good ness make you a long way above me, and I have hoped that yoH were not rich. But I adore you: I want you to carry that memory away in your heart. I adore you. Some time I will come and ask you to marry me. You will have known me longer; my prospects will be brighter. I will come and take you by the hand like this, my dear. I will say : ‘I love you dearly; I have loved you since that first day in the mountains. I will love you forever. Will you be my w r ife?’ When I ask you? that question, when my soul waits for an answer, what will you say to me, dear?” She was palid; she dare not look at him. “Is there no grain of hope for me? Oh, love, will you tell me what your answer will be on that day?” With a supreme effort she raised her eyes to his face. She tried to speak; she was speechless; bather lips formed a single word: “Yes.” ’ Dear reader, she was rich. She was rich and proud, and the next day she returned to her magnificent home in the city. Aud two years afterward, when a tall young man came and asked again that question, when his soul waited for an answer, w’hat do you think she said? “Yes.” She was only a summer girl; she met this poor youth on a summer hol iday, but she loved him forever, and they are now very happy.—Chicago News. The Hamilton Woolen company, at Amesbury, Mass., started up on full Nebraska, Maine, Illinois and other j tin » e Tuesday. All the hands will now i-tates. The convention was held last year ! find steady work, although at a reduc- in Lincoln, Neb., and Vice President | w'ages. Purse, after a hard fight, succeeded in The Lancaster giughnm mills at securing it for Savannah this year. Clinton, Mass., resumed full time 1 he resolution under which the eon- j Tnes lay with an average reduction in The International Brotherhood of Railway Track Foremen held its see ond regular annual convention in At lanta the past week. Representatives from all parts of the United States were present. Nash R. Broyles has been appointed I uited States commissioner for the started up. The Farham street theatre at Oma- convention to an amount not to exceed j $500 would be paid and that the usual ! muietiou in hotel rates would be se- j ] ia , Neb., was completely destroyed cured, tuo things with which Savan- by Ore Monday night and" was a total uah never has and never will find any | loss. Estimated loss, $272,000. Six difficulty in complying when a body like the National Fanners’ convention consents to pay them a visit. Peabody Work in Beoritin. The Georgia holders of Peabody scholarship in Vanderbilt university have gone to Nashville. Representa tives holding Peabody scholarships are: Miss Ella L. Huff, Columbus; Miss Lizzie McCord, Zebnlon ; Miss Lillian J. Porter, Tallapoosa; Miss Helen Proffet, Atlanta; Mr. Walter Rountree, Emanuel county ; Mr. Ewell E. Treadwell, Greene county; Miss Leona Wright, Meriwether; Miss Lucy H. Green, DeKalb; Miss Mamie Dru- ble, Terrell; Mr. J. J. Nasb, Walton; Miss Lucy Anderson, Atlanta; Mr. W. G. Adams, Thomas county; Miss lone M. Bailey, Savannah ; Miss Mary M. Brooke, Canton; Miss Mattie Crowley, Luthersville; Mr. Jason Searboro, Bulloch county; Mr. Tonita Short, AVilkes county; Miss Maud Ptten up. A committee was appoint- '* tlan t a: ^ ed to prepare and issue a call for tin ! ^ ®V DaVla > Northern district of Georgia to suc ceed Judge C. C. Haley, whose death two weeks ago created a vacancy in the office. The postoffice at Hull station on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail road was broken into recently by un known parties and about 700 one and ; two-cent stamps stolen, besides a small ■ amount of merchandise from the stock j of the store in which tlie post office was j quartered. The district convention of the Ass'c- j eiation for the Suppression of Out- ! rages and Lynehings, was held at j AVavcross a few days ago. Tlie meet ing was fairly well attended, consider ing the brief notice on which it was There was a camp meeting in progress at the log house in the valley. On the last Sunday of the meeting, which happened to be also the last day of the Chalmerses' visit in the moun tains, a party from the chief hotel visited the revival. The party was A Son’s Epitaph. The recent death of Rear-Admiral Melanethori Smith, United States Navy, recalls an incident of the Civil War which has found its way into print be fore, but which has long been forgot ten. , It relates to a namesake and re lative of the deceased, Commodore J. Smith, for many years Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. The news of the Merrimac’s arrival in Hampton Roads and of her first day’s fight before she met the Monitor reached AVashington on a Sunday after noon. The telegram was brief but ex plicit. The Confederate ironclad was in complete control of the Roads. Messengers were hastily dispatched, summoning the chiefs of bureaus to a council at the Navy Department. One of these messengers, sent in search of Commodore Smith, found that officer on his way home from church, and he knew that the Commodore’s only son was first lieutenant of the ill-fated Congress. “Commodore',” said the man, “there is bad news- from Hampton Roads. The Merrini'ac has come down from Norfolk, the'Minnesota and Roanoke "are disabled, the Cumberland sunk and the Congress is on fire and has surrendered.” “Surrendered! The Congress has hauled down her colors?” repeated the Commodore, and as the messenger con firmed his words, “Then my son Joe is dead, ” said the Commodore simply —and that was all. There have been longer winded epitaphs, many of them, but not every father could be so sure of his son’s character as to honor his memory be fore receiving the news of his death with such a tribute as that. “Joe” was indeed dead, as modest and as brave a man as ever drew sword. — New York Tribune. prepare: state meeting, which will be held id Macon, Ga., October 19th. AL. \V. A. Paschal, of V ay cross, has harvested 20,000 pounds of choice hay from the ground on which a crop of oats was harvested this year. The hay was properly cured and is now gather- | ed in stacks over the field. He will I clear over $100 from his crop of hay. j This shows what can be done on tiie | farms of south Georgia. There is j ington; Air. AA r . P. Bailey, Newton county; Air. H. B. Howard, Cohuttu. Each of these receives from the Pea body fund $100 a year, traveling ex panses to and from Nashville and some books. Georgia receives from the fund for this "purpose abont $4,000. In re turn each recipient binds him or her self to teach two years in Georgia or refund the money. ' * * ** Advance in .Naval Stores. The receipts of naval stores at Savan- money to be made by saving the hay j nah have been unusually large during the past three weeks. This is on ac count of the shipments which would ff<> to Brunswick being sent there. The large receipts have not had the effect of weakening the market, how ever, as prices have been steadily ad- \ ancing recently and the demand seems to be on the increase. The mark 'd for rosins has been firm for several weeks. There is agood demand for all grades, mediums and pales beiug specially sought after. These grades bring higher prices than the quota tions when separated from the general lot. Although the stocks of spirits turpentine and rosin on hand and on shipboard are more than double that at this time last year, they are not. really on the market, but have been sold, and are waiting to be shipped. One firm doing business in Savannah owns about one-half of the stock on hand. The price for spirits turpen tine is about the same as it was this time last year. Common rosins are bout 10 cents cheaper, while medium after the crops Rave been harvested. “Good roads and better roads” should be the cry from end to end of Georgia. It is impiossilile to estimate to what extent this state lias been held back by bad roads. The wheels of pirogress have stuck in the mud. A triumphal march has been hindered nnd stoppied by deep gullies or impass able swamps until at last we cry, “Give us good roads or we cannot move on.” The advent of good roads in this state will mark a wonderful in crease iu its pirospieritv, and we main tain that no real improvement will be made in the agricultural situation un til we have good roads aud plenty oi them.—Macon Telegraph. $2 it piersons, five of them firemen, were in jured by the" falling walls aud one fireman is missing. Leopold Peek and Henry Sondheim, of the firm of Hardman, Peek A Co., piiano manufacturers at New York, made an assignnent Monday, to Joseph Ullman, with preference to the Mer- j cantile nnd Second National banks j and William Kraus, for all debts due i them. Reliable reports received from all ; pinrts of Southwestern Texas show that 1 three-fourths of the cotton crop) has j been piicked nnd about half marketed. The crop has been gathered in a hurry in the last ten days. There will be no topi crop. The crop) will lie 40 pier cent short of last year’s yield in south west Texas. A cable dispiatch of Wednesday from Buenos Ayres says: The piorts of Bio de Janiero and Santos are declared blockaded liy Admiral Aiello. His ob ject is to crippde the trades of the city to such an extent as to. force the sin- j greatly reducing the yield. This year render of Bio. Trade is paralized in we are confronted with the same condi- missioners of Agriculture Nesbitt; and cial system which congests the currency of his opinion is based on reports from the country^periodically at the money centres the most reliable correspondents in ! a i th ^ merCy of cIas3e *' n , . , , m, . , or Qo you favor a broad and all parts of the state. I he department system of securing crop estimates is as complete as such a system could be j LIBERAL SYSTEM and these reports are reinforced by personal observations by the eommis- i Whioh pro te C ts the debtor while it does jm- sioner in all parts of the state. A lice to the-creditor? feature of his report is a reference to j If you feel this way, you should not be the reports of the weather bureau. ■ without that great champion of the people’s These reports, says Commissioner j rights, Nesbitt, are often confounded with his ' own, and as there is a wide divergence ’ of opinion between the state and the weather bureau findings lie! has no desire to receive credit for re ports that are not his own. COTTON. Regarding cotton the report says: “In the August report the estimate of Published at Atlanta, Ga., and baring a the department on our stapile crop) was circulation of that it would not exceed that of last year. The reports received from onr thrill 156 000 large number of correspondents for the J ^ present month verify this forecast and j chiefly among the farmers of America, and we are satisfied that, notwithstanding going to more homes than any weekly naws- Tbe Atlanta Weekly CONSTITUTION paper published on the face of the earth. II is it)B Biggest the small increase in acreage and the large increase in the use of commercial fertilizers, that the prospect is such that the yield will accord with our es timate. “The estimate of the weather bureau has been confused with that of this de partment and through the piress many reports have been circulated that the | newspaper published in America, covering estimate of the department was that the news of the world, having correspondent* the crop would exceed that of last : la eTery clt J 111 Al ?. erica “A,* t * ( inn non ! Europe, and reporting in full the details of and Basl Weekly year 100,000 bales. We regret this exceedingly, as we are anxious that no confusion should arise or question as to the future or present repiort of the department. “Last year the almost total absence of a top or second crop bad the effect of consequence of tho blockade nml even the banks are closed. Advices of Monday from Kissengen say that Prince Bismarck has hud an other set back, and will now scarcely touch food. It is also reported lliat his right hand is apparently complete ly useless. It is said lie salutes with his left hand and signs his name also with the left. He also complains of piaiu day and night, and has certainly aged in looks aud is very decrepit. A Knoxville special says: Tlie trial of the sixteen Coal Creek soldiers who j are charged with the lynching of miner j Dick Drummond, at Briceville last An- j gust, was begun in the Anderson county circuit court at Clinton Monday after noon, the soldiers having been turned over to the civil authori ties. A large crowd are at Clinton awaiting developments in the famous case. A dispatch from Des Aloines says: The greatest political sensation of the Iowa campaign this fall was sp>rung I Monday morning by Senator L. R. Bolton, of Harrison county, who, iu a Colonel Jesse L. Blalock, one of'the oldest and best known citizens ot Georgia, died at his home at Jones boro, a few days ago. Colonel Blalock was seventy-six years of age at the time of liis death and has spent all of i „ t - ,, his life at Fayetteville, where he was j !,nd P? les are brln S ln B m °re than they born, and at Jonesboro. The Blalock I family has resided in that section of I Georgia for nearly a century and is ; among the best in the state. Colonel | tionin even a more marked degree and, notwithstanding the lateness of the crop) it will be virtually all gathered during the month of October. For this rea son large receipts may be expected during this month, with rapid de crease immediately after. The early maturity and absence of a top) crop are due to the changeable character of the season; wet weather followed by drought, parching winds nnd the une qual distribution of rain throughout the state, which we have illustrated. “It will be seen from reference to the tabulated statement that the con dition and prospects since the Semtem- ber report has fallen off 5 1-7. “To the figures of the correspond ents we are able to add the personal observations of the commissioner, who has visited a large number of counties since the last report. These observa tions and inquiries corroborate the es timates of correspondents. COEN. “Notwithstanding the gloomy out look as a result of want of rain, the yield of this crop with the increase of acreage will exceed that of letter to Chairman Scott, of the popu- j last yedr> “ nd in thig connectio n it list centrnl committee, announces that lie has bolted the democratic ticket and will support Joseph for governor. Senator Bolton has been a democratic leader in the Iowa general assembly for sixteen years. Surgeon General AA'vmau Alondav the debates in Congress on all questions of public interest. THE CONSTITUTION is among the few great newspapers publish*- ing daily editions on the side of the people as against European Domination of our money system, and it heartily advocates: 1st. The Free Coinage of Silver. Believing that the establishment of a single gold standard will wreck the pros perity of the great masses of the peoplq, though it may profit the few who have already grown rich by federal protection and federal subsidy. /d. Tariff Reform. Believing that by throwing our ports open to markets of the world and levy ing only enough import duties to pay tho actual expenses of the government, the people will be better served than by making them pay double prices for protection’s sake. 3d. An Income Tax. Believing that those who have much property should bear the burdens of government in the same proportion to ‘hose who>ave little. until tnere is enougn or it in circulation to do the ligitimate business of tlie country. If you wish to help in shaping the legisla tion of to these ends, GIVE THE CON STITUTION YOUR ASSISTANCE, lend it a helping hand in the fight, and remember that by so doing you will help yourself, help your neighbors, and help your country I AS A NEWSPAPER: gratifying to note that the tendency of the Georgia farmer is towards inde pendence of the growers of the west. hog products. While in several localities the cliol- j TIIE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION has era has greatly damaged the pork j no equal in America! Its news reports cover prospects, yet, considering the state ordered Surgeon DeSaussnre to V ay- j at large, we are pleased that we are cross and Wuresboro to inspect cases of j able to congratulate our farmers on were last vear. A Story of Insinuation. “Marrying,” remarked the colonel, who was a bachelor, “ makes a man brave. ” “ I don’t know about that,” doubtful ly replied the major, who had been mar ried three times: “I don’t know aboui that. None but the brave dare marry, though. I’m sure of that.” “ My original statement stands unre futed,” said the colonel, “and foi further corroboration let me cite the case of Smith.” There was a little laugh, none the less significant on account of its size, for all | the party knew what a woman Smith had for a wife. “Now, I remember,” continued the colonel, “when Smith married. The bride was fair, and Smith was in love, and he brought her out to a post in the west, where a monthly Indian fight was the rule rather than the exception. The first year we could hardly drag Smith out on an expedition and if there was a chance for a fight, I’ll swear that Smith acted almost cowardly. The next year A Steam Carriage for Road Use.’ C. L. Simonds, of Lynn, has made a steam carriage for his own use that will make ten miles an hour. The carriage weighs only 400 pounds and can carry two persons at a time. It has the ap pearance of an ordinary carriage in front, except there are no provisions made for a horse. The wheels are of cycle make and are four in number. The hind wheels'are forty-three inches and the Iront wheels are thirty-six inches, with rubber tires. 1 he boiler and engine sets just in the rear of the seat and gives the carriage the appear ance of a fire engine. The steam gen erates in what is called a porcupine boiler, which weighs 100 pounds. The 6team is made by naphtha flames from three jets. The naphtha is kept in a cylinder, enough to last for seven hours, and there is a water tank that will hold ten gallons. There is a pump that is automatic in action directly connected with the engine. The steering part consists of a crank wheel on the footboard, so that the engineer can steer and attend to the engine at the same time. The body of the carriage rests on a cradle and Blalock was a lawyer liv profession, but of recent years he has practiced lint little, devoting the greater part of his time to his financial interests. He was possessed of considerable proper ty, in Fayette and Clayton counties, which he looked after with an active interest unusual in a man of his ad vanced age. A novel point of law was made iu Judge Van Epps’ court at Atlanta re cently in the case of the Grand Bap- ids, Alich., Fnrnitnreiompany against L. DeGive. The furniture company sued Air. DeGive for material furnish ed and obtained judgment. Air De Give went before the city court, through his attorney, aud asked that the judgment be set aside on the ground that he represents a foreign power and cannot be sued in the state courts. The attorneys for the plain tiff filed affidavits alleging that Air. DeGive was accredited to the United : f? braced up a bit, the following year a States before the war, and that since ! b,t more and after be bad be . e “ married that time Georgia had been out of the j ««»J«*»be was perfectly willing to fight union. Judge Van Epps reserved his »• red f , sk !“ 3 and sta ? °“ , . . ° 11 their trail for six months if necessary and decision. ^ never say a word about returning home.” The colonel looked up quietly as he heard another little laugh. “Smith has been married t wenty years At the last session of the Ware Countv Teachers’ association, held at AVavcross, a resolution was adopted now, he went on, “and I am glad that urging that monthlv institutes be abol- Indian fighting is over, for I really be- ; ished. and the five dnvs combined with deve Smith would be only too anxious to first argument. He made an able, sickness at these places which had been reported to him. Dr. DeSaussnre ar rived at Waycross Tuesday morning and went direct to Waresboro. He found that there were no suspicious eases there. Dr. DeSaussure returned to AA’nycross in the afternoon and after inspection pronounced the city all right and free from any suspicious sickness. A San Francisco dispatch of Wednes day says: The steamer Joan, the ten der of the Pacific steam whaling fleet, brings word that Captain Porter, of Newport, while in pursuit of whales reached the eighty-fourth parallel. The sea was unusually free of ice this year, otherwise he could not have gone so near the pole. The Greely party, in 1882, attained nil altitude of 83 degrees, 24 minutes. Captain Por ter says the condition was so favorable, that if he had dogs and sleds, he thinks he might have taken to iee nnd reach ed the pole. THE LEGAL BATTLE Over the Central Railroad Renewed at Washington. A AVashington special says: The scene shifts from the quaint, s iffy lit tle United States court room in Bavan- ! nah to the conference chamber of the supreme court of the United States. Justice Jackson nnd the galaxy of law yers renewed the struggle Thursday morning over the remains of the pros trateCentral railroad of Georgia. Alajor Bacon, of Macon, made the the world, and its correspondents and agents are to be found in almost every ball wick in the Southern and AVestern States. It prints more such matter as is ordinarily found in the great magazines of the country than can be gotten from even tho best of them. It is a schoolhouse within itself, and a year’s reading of THE CONSTITUTION is a liberal education to anv one. ..ihe animal session, making ten davs to S* 5 r ‘o^ out now and exterminate every be held consecutively. Another reso- abongme betweeu the Mississippi and lution called for more prompt pay to the teachers. A third resolution de clared it to be the sense of the meet ing that all public school funds should be disbursed proportionately a? per the Pacific.” This time the colonel smiled himseh and bowed profoundly a3 Mra. Smith passed by.—[Detroit Free Press. registration, nnd that they shoo'd be paid to teachers according to registra tion and not by actual average. A uniform system of text books was pro nounced “disadvantageous.” Repre sentatives in the legislature will be The Irish Kerry Cattle. These cattle having been kept for cen turies on the exposed and mountainous [lasturea of the County of Kerry, where the storms of the Atlantic sweep with , . . ,, i violence, are, as m'e'at be expected, asked to embody these resolutions in , smalI> but from the n * oted excellence of legislation. th e herbage in that locality, where the fields are always green, they are fine futieii. milkers and vield the best of beef. The# Georgia s cotton crop will fall short are black or * red in colo - rj r h ^ to of that of last year. That is the out- their coat, and not at all handsome, ex look as viewed by Commissioner of cept it be under the rule that “ hand- composed of Mrs. Chalmers, Miss three springs. It is easy riding, and Chalmers and a tall young man with a allowance has been made for every serious, grand face. The latter had I movement. The shafts are of steel, been a guest at the hotel for only : and can stand all of 1090 pounds. Mr. three weeks, or since the two ladies j Simonds has given the steam carriage had been abandoned on the mountain > a trial already, and it has proved a side by their drunken driver. j success. It started off at a ten-mile On the afternoon of this Sunday the . gait; there was no noise, smoke or two younger members of the party j trouble whatever,---Springfield Repul;- were half up the leog hill which i lican, - ... -- Agriculture Nesbitt. AVhen his esti mate was sent out on the firr-t of the month, the indications pointed to a crop not at all in excess of the crop of last year and the commissioner stated the ease plainly. Since jhou reports from over two hundred corre spondents representing all sections of the state, put an even worse view on the situation. These show that the falling off, particularly iu north Geor gia, is much greater than was first es- timated^ndthe indications are that t lie crop will be 10 per eent off from that of last year. Letters received within the last few days from Burk. Screven, Murray, Baker and Sumter among others, aud all tell the same story. It looks like a short crop. some is as handsome does.”. For many of these little cows, hardly three feet high and weighing only 300 pounds, will give more milk and butter, the latter especially, than the average of cows earnest plea for the saving of the Southwestern railroad. His con tention was that the Central railroad should be first sold and its assets exhausted before the Southwestern should be sacrificed. He was followed by Air. Beaman, of the firm of Evarts, Beaman & Choate, on the same line. The terminal's counsel, Henry Craw ford, followed Beaman. He took the position that the Southwestern shottl be held jointly liable with the Central and Alacon & AVestern. The contention is over the five mill ion of the tripartite bonds on which the Central, Macon & AVestern and Southwestern are joint securities. The Work of Wreckers. The worst wreck in the history of the Mobile and New Orleans division of the Louisville and Nashville railroad oc curred at Gulfport, Miss., at 1 o’clock Thursday morning. No. 2, consisting of three sleepers, pas- the fact that the reports evidence that fact that the yield in Georgia of AS A MAGAZINE: Georgia-cured hams and bacon will be —— greater than for a number of years. When we recall that in ante-bellum dayR the state produced one-fifteentli of the hog meat of the union we can see no reason why Georgia should not in this industry become a source of AS AN EDUCATOR supply instead of demand. 11 111 FIGURES FOR THE STATE. Total yield compared to an average: Cotton, 74; corn, 89; sugar cane, 92 2-5; sweet potatoes, 95; tobacco, 88; prospect of pork compared to last ! AS A FRIEND AND year, 104. Clearing house exchanges indicate a ■ little gain in the volume of business, ! being for the week 19.5 per cent, be- : low those of the same week last year. In foreign trade exports again exceed last year’s, and for the same month about 24.6 per cent, while imports ! show a decrease for the month of about 30 per cent. Yet foreign ex- j change has risen so far that exports of gold to Germany might be made with little loss, and it is believed that calls for repayment of gold obtained on loans from Europe in July and Au- ! gust affect the rate more than current business. Though a return of part of the gold has been expected, and the banks have now on hand more than they need, the treasury stock is so low that a renewed outflow would be re- | garded with some ajipreliension. The return of money from the interior continues large, and plainly reflects less activity than usual at this season in domestic trade and industry. MINERS DROWNED. Thirly-Seren Unfortunates Caught lu a. Flooded Mine. The Mansfield mine, a few miles from Crystal Falls, Alich., caved in Thursday night and a number of miners were entombed beyond hope of rescue of any of them alive. The ac cident occurred during the night. The water of the river rushed into the mine and the men were entrapped like rats. It is not possible that any es caped. Most of the victims are Cor nish men and nine-tenths of them are men with large families. The number of the victims is now placed at thirty- seven. Mansfield is an isolated sta tion on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. The mine was the only ac- p’’ ““pr tra'in tive one in the Cr J stal Falls district on ° account of its being a producer of high-grade bessemer ore. 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Three improved by a mixture which has given rise to the Kerry-Dexter oattle, now be coming popular in England for parks and small family cows. The milk of these ccws is very rich in butter, and the average of some herds has been over one pound a day of the best kind of butter per cow. The calves are not larger than a good-sized dog.—[New York Times. negro tramps who were stealing a ride were killed. Bismarck’s Book. Prince Bismarck is said to have sohlliis memorial to a South German publisher for 50,000 murks, on con dition they be published immediately, aft Jr his death. thousand tons per annnm, and gave j employment to abont one hundred men. The Alansfield mine bhs always been considered a dangerous one to work in, and Thursday [night’s disaster oft« n been predicted. For drinking chocolate, the French- iest way is to serve it in four-cornered green cups, but the prettiest way is in tho pale brown cups that match the contents, and are extremely narrow, tall and flying at the top. 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