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“Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.”
JOHN E. HOWELL, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XU. NO. 15
VIENNA. GA.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER T, 1893.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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A HAPPY MAH.
We know p. truly happy man
And ol him we must tell;
ill* laughter sounds as pleasant
As a boarder’s dinner tell,
lie never says an angry word,
1 He always wears a smile
And everybody loves him
i For the goodness of his style.
lie’s always brave and cheerful
And is never looking blue,
lie doesn't growl and grumble
Hike some other people do,
He doesn’t fry to run the world
Upon a better plan,
He takes things as he finds ’em
As a happy person can.
Aitbongh he is’nt wealthy.
Ho don't worry for a oent;
in poverty or riches
He is equally content;
He looks you squarely fn the eyes
And firmly grasps your hand—
And any act of meanness
He can never understand.
i IIe’g'never heard complaining
And is “nervous” not at all j
He's always glad to seo you
And you like to have him call; >
The birds are ever singing
In his hoart forever light
And puaceful aro his slumbers
When he lays him down o’ night.
in business he's successful
For he’s always making friends ;
Ilis home it is the sweetest
And Us comfort never ends,
His wife can't help but love him
And his children do the same,
Ills neighbors all respect him
And are proud to spread his fame.
The reason of his happiness
(Which anyone can share)
Wo think it right to mention
For the sako of being fair ;
This simple man is happier
Than any kings or queens
Because ho has tho courage
To live within his means.
—H. C. Bodge, in Chicago Sun.
■ MALVmFLETCflER.
BY EMMA A. OPFER.
HICH of yon boys
is going after the
now teacher ?” said
Ephraim Olds.
It was nn ex
tremely informal
meeting of tho
West Cary school
board, held in
Ephraim Olds’s
barn for con
venience. The sons
of two of the dl
l' e c t o r s had
dropped in.
“Yes, one of yon boys has got to
go,” Marcus Loring appended. ’‘Your
dads are too old to be driving over the
country after scbool-ma’ams.”
“Where is she?” Wade Loring in
quired, lazily.
Wade, had “clerked it” in a larger
down, and wore better clothes than
any fellow in West Cary, and held a
very complacent opinion of himself.
“Lives down to Trenton,” his father
responded.
“And what does she look like?”
Wade demanded.
He was smokiDg a cigarette.
“If she’s good-looking, you know,
I might think of it.”
“Pease hired her,” said Mr. Olds,
. “and he’s the only one that’s seen
her. ”
Mr. Pease was looking at Wade
Loring with shrewd eyes, which
twinkled a little.
“Wal,” he said, drily, “she ain’t
much to look at. A leetle too tall in
the first place, and kind o’ big-j’inted
—yes, kind o’ bony. Don’t know as 1
can tell jest how she looks; I didn’t
look at her no inore’n I could help.
She ain’t no beauty. Beckon she’s
nigh on to forty. Malvina Fletcher’s
her name. ”
“Ex-cuso me,” said Wade Loring,
wilh a laugh. “You’ll have to con
vey mv deep regrets to Malvina
Fletcher, Burt, my boy.”
lint Burt Olds followed him out of
the barn, looking anxious. Ho stood
in some awe of Wade—of his self-con
fident air, his dressiness, his popu
larity with the girls.
“If one of us has got to go, Wade,
you’d do me an immense favor”— he
began.
“I can’t do it, my boy,” said Wade,
decisively. ‘ ‘Drive fourteen miles and
fourteen miles back again with an old
frump? That isn’t me!”
“It will use up a day about,” Burt
insisted, “and I’m so busy with my
onions I can’t spare a day. If mv
crop’B going to amount to anything,
it’s got to be attended to right along.
I know you aren’t busy just now—”
“Have a cigarette?” said Wade.
“Ho? Well, I can’t do it, Burt. Sorry,
you know, but really I couldn’t.”
And he sauntered away.
Burt’s father joined him later in his
faithfully-tended onion field, where
Burt was pulling weeds.
“Wade won't go, will he?” he said.
“Wal, I’d go if I could, Burt, but I
don’t know what a twenty-eight-mile
drive would do to my rheumatism. 1
can’t stand riding lately, somehow.”
“I’ll go, father,” Burt said cheer
fully.
He was a quiet, modest young fel
low, who tried to do the right thing,
and was not ashamed of having it seen
that he tried to.
He raised his handsome blue eyes
and smiled at his regretful parent.
“You’re a good boy, Burt,” said his
father, warmly
with bright, dark eyes and a vivid col
oring, tripped out of the house, and
shook hands with him in the friendliest
way.
“I was all ready, yon see,” she said ;
and her quick smile made two distinct
dimples. “Good-by, Tom!” She
hugged and kissed a fourteen-year-old
boy, who had brought out a big sat
chel. “Good-by, mamma!” another
warm embrace. “I’m coming home
next Saturday on the morning train,
and I’ll get back somehow. I’ll write
to you before then. Good-by 1”
Burt took the satchel, a.nd followed
the affectionate family group down the
walk. He felt dazed.
He did not know exactly what he was
doing. When the blooming young
lady kissed her relatives yet again at
the gate, he shook hands with them
both, confusedly. Then he blushed;
but the young lady looked pleased.
A light wind lifted the soft locks of
her pretty hair, as they drove away.
Burt hardly dared look at her. He did
not find his voice till he had turned
the first corner.
“So you are Miss Fletcher—Malvina
Fletcher?” he said, abruptly.
The new teacher turned her bright
eyes upon him.
“Who did you think I was?” she de
manded.
“Nobody—I—nobody, ” Burt falt
ered.
‘Thank you!” Miss Fletcher cried,
laughing; and Burt laughed.
He was half afraid of this briglii
young creature, with her charming
prettiness and hecr lively ways; and
yet, he felt oddly at ease with her, she
was so cheerful and so friendly.
He did not know how ho did it, but,
commencing stammeringly, he told her
of the little joke which Mr. Pease had
conceived and successfully carried
through.
“How funny!” Malvina Fletchei
cried. “And how cute of him! I be
lieve I shall like him. I thought I
should when I saw him. I believe I
can manage him, you know—make
him furnish new things for the school
room, and raise my wages a dollar a
week," she declared, merrily, her dim
ples twinkling.
“I know you can !” Burt responded,
with warmth—Burt, the bashful, the
self-distrustful. “You’ll have him at
your mercy, too, for you’ll board
there. They always board tlie teaeh-
ers. We live just round the corner
from the Peases’s,” he added, more
timorously.
‘I am glad you do,” Malvina re
joined, frankly, and without blushing.
“I’ve a tennis court,” said Burt—,
“if you play?” ;
“Oh, yes—badly!” j /
Malvina laughed. :
“I am glad you do. We’ll 1 have some
games. I’m busy just now, but my
onions will be oil my bands before
long, and then- I’il beat you some
games if I can.”
Onions! How far away and uninter
esting they seemed!
Tho color in her cheeks was like that
of a rose, and her eyes sparkled with
quick sympathy and’ girlish enjoy
ment.
Tho sun was waning when they
drove into West Cary.
Burt had stopped and bought cara
mels and bananas, and the half-emptied
bags reposed in a companionable way
between them.
Malvina had taken her hat off, for it
was warm, and her flower-like face
shone forth in all its sweetness.
Therefore, when Wade Loring came
driving down the street in his new
buggy, and met Burt and the new
teacher face to face, he almost dropped
his lines.
He stared; his jaw dropped; he
grew red and redder. Bewilderment
was depicted on his face—disappoint
ment, indignation.
And Burt—he could not help it—as
he drove on, laughed.
The new teacher went home at the
end of the first successful week of her
labors in the West Cary school, bui
she did not go by train Saturday morn
ing. She went in Burt Olds’s phae
ton, Friday night, after school, and
li^ drove back for her Sunday after
noon.
It was by no means the only time
she made a trip home in the same way ;
nor did Burt “hitch up” only on Fri
days and Sundays.
It became a matter of common
knowledge that Burt Olds took the
new teacher driving quite often on
moonlight nights, and that they played
checkers in Mr. Pease’s parlor when
they did not go driving, and did other
significant things.
Malvina often wrote io hermother;
but a portion of a letter written early
in the winter, when her second term
in West Cary was half done, was the
most interesting of all her loving let'
ters:
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
Georgia’s Law Makers Assemble at tie
Capitol.
Routine of the Honse and Senate Brief
ly Reported.
“1 can t wait till Friday night to teH you.
mamma—we are engaged. Yes, engaged,
ami I am the happiest girl in Dyke Count;
or the State. I never could have loved acv
body but Burt, and I am so glad ho love!
me. There is nobody like him in all th(
world. -Mr. iVado Loriug hasn’t stoppec
bothering me for a minute—well, you knou
what I mean : he has kept on asking me tc
go out with him when he know I didn’t want
to, and last night I told him it was no use,
and he knew what I meant; he knew I must
be engaged to dear Burf. Burt thinks I like
him best because I didn’t meet Hr. Lorinc
first. Mamma, you know better, don’t you:
•Twill tell you everything Friday." He
says we must be married in the spring. Oh,
mamma!
“Make some caramel cake for supper Fri
day night, won't you? Burt like3 it so much.
Your loving “Malvina.’’
—Saturday Night.
The Burning Mountain.
In Johnson County, Wyoming, there
is what is called the Burning Menu-
The West Cary school was to begin j tain. It is an immense coal bank,
the next Monday. At two o'clock, on that has been on firs ever since the
Saturday afternoon, Burt drove up a first white man visited that country,
shady street in Teuton village, and ; There are many traditions among the
hitched his horse before an inviting 1 Indians as to the origin of the fire,
little house painted in dull green, with
a pretty porch, and a little bed of
foliage-plants, and a hammock.
A handsome, middle-aged woman
answered his ring.
“Yes, this is Mr. Fletcher's,” she
said.
“I come from West Cary,” Burt ex
plained.
but all point to its great antiquity,
and it is possible that this bank has
been burning for 200 or 300 years.
The country around presents s
singularly barren appearance, which
is not the least improved by the looks
j of the mountain itself. In places hers
i and there reefs of coal crop out, and a
1 Irish wind fans the fire to a furiout
‘ ‘All, yes! Malvina has been expect- 1 blaze. Elsewhere the fire is mainly
iag yon, ” the lady answered, smiling, underground and indicated only by
“Will yon take this porch chair while < the heat of the surface and the in-
youwait? It is cooler here. ” ( numerable jets of smoke and tongues
“Malvina’s her husband’s sister, I of flame that appear through the cracks
suppose,” Burt thought, and whistled ! in the baked earth. It is dangerous
softly while he waited. ; to go about the place, for not only are
He had but five minutesto wait, and j there frequent cavings of the surface,
then t strange thing occurred, : but the gases which arise from the
A slender young girl, with chestnut : burning coal are extremely deleterious,
hair citimped around her delicate face, j —New York Journal
THE IIOCSE.
Mo-VDay, Oct. 30—The house was
called to order at nine o’clock Monday
morning by Speaker Atkinson, who
was in liis seat for the first time since
the session opened. In calling the
body to order he made a brief address.
After prayer and roll call the journal
of aturday was read and approved.
Under a call of the counties for the
introduction of new matter a large
number of Dew bills were introduced.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill, returned from the senate with'
amendments, was sent to conference.
On ifiotion of Mr. Dingley, a resolu
tion was passed changing the system
of receiving bids for government sup
plies for the executive department so
as to cause them to be received simul
taneously. Bills for a third reading
were then sailed up and the following
were acted upon: To authorize the
payment of any back salary due a man
at his death to his wife and children.
Passed. To incorporate the town
of Auburn. Recommitted. To pro
vide for the dismissal of certain cases
in the superior court. To amend act
providing for an outfiit for the Med
ical Institute of Georgia. Passed. To
allow guaranty companies to become
surety on tho bond of the treasurer of
Chatham county. Recommitted. Speak
er Atkinson assigned the new house
members to different committees. At
noon the election of Judges took place.
The two houses convened in joint ses
sion for the purpose of electing a
number of judges and one solicitor-
general. There was a contest in only
one circuit, the Flint, in which Judge
John J. Hunt the present incumbent
was opposed by Hon. J. H. Cotton, of
Thomaston. When the vote was an
nounced, however, Judge Hunt had
received 140 and Mr. Cotton only 57,
When the Pataula circuit was called
Judge Griggs was nominated by Sen
ator Clarence Wilson,and as there was
no opposition, he was unanimously
elected. Mr. H. C. Sheffield, who is
now filling the solicitor’s place in the
Pataula district, was elected without
opposition. Judge C. L. Bartlett
was elected to tho judgeship of the
Macon circuit. Then came the Atlanta
circuit and Judge J. H. Lumpkin was
unanimously elected. The joint ses
sion was then dissolved.
Tuesday, Oct. 31.—After prayer
roll call and reading of the journal, a
number of new bills were read and
committed. The house spent most of
the morning in wrestling with the bill
of Senator Smith, of the 40th, to pro
hibit the employment on any locorno
tive engine of firemen who cannot
read and write. On motion of Allen
of Upson, the bill was taken np for
a third reading, it having passed the
senate. The bill had hardly been
read before Hurst, of Walton, secured
the floor and spoke briefly against if,
moving in conclusion that bill be in
definitely postponed. Other speeches
were mado pro and con. The hour
of 11 o’clock, the time set for the ad
dress of Hon. J. L. M. Curry on edu
cation having arrived, consideration
of the bill was here suspended. After
tlie address of Dr. Curry the bill was
again taken up. On a call of the
house the bill was lost by a vote of 50
to 90. An important resolution was
introduced by Mr. Mershon, of Glynn.
The resolution recites the stoppage of
business in bis county on account of yel
low fever and then provides that the
people bo releived from all state and
county taxes for the year 1893.
.Wednesday, Nov. 1.—The special
order for Wednesday was the consider
ation of the bill introduced by Wilson
of Ware providing for submittin
amendment to the constitution for
ratification at the next general elec
tion, increasing the number of supreme
court judges from three to fivo mem
bers. Mr. Wilson led off in favor of
his bill. Turner, of Putnam, favored
the passage of flic bill, ns did also
Major Bacon, of Bibb, who said this
bill did not involve any party ques
tion, but that all the people of Geor
gia were interested in it. Major
Bacon’s speech was a strong and forci
ble presentation of the case and it was
evident before he had proceeded far
that he had impressed the honso with
the full importance of the bill.
At the conclusion of bis speech, the
bill was read again and a vote bad,
which resulted in 126 ayes and 21 nays.
All of the third party members, except
Hall of Warren, voted against the bill.
Stiles, the colored member, voted for
the bill. Sims, of Brooks, introduced
a bill to amend the constitution so as
to reduce the homestead from §1,600
to §300. Referred to the judiciary
committee. The bill of Mr. West, of
Hancock,proposing to purchase school
books for public schools, to be used by
pnjiils free, was reported upon ad
versely by the committee on educa
tion. Mr. Neill, of Fulton, introduced
a bill to amend the city charter of At
lanta, so that taxes shall be collected
semi-annually instead of annually. The
i^ammittee appointed to examine the
books of the state treasurer at the last
session of the legislature, submitted
their report. The report showed the
treasurer’s books, accounts and money
was all there and safe. A large num
ber of other new bills were introdneed
and referred, and the house adjourned
until Thursday.
Thursday, Nov. 2.—After prayer,
roll call and reading of the journal in
the house Thursday several new bills
were introduced. The special order
for the day was the consideration of
the bill of Mr. Bacon, of Bibb, to is
sue certain bonds to retire some old
bonds. The bill is entitled an act to
authorize the governor and the
treasurer to issue bonds for the
purpose of paying off and
retiring certain of the past
due bonds of the state, known as Con
vention bonds, issued by Charles J.
Jenkins, governor, and certain past
due bonds of the state issued by
Charles J. McDonald, governor. Quite
a lengthy discussion was indulged in.
A motion was made by Mr. Fleming,
of Richmond, to appoint a committee
of five to investigate this question and
to report back in ten days whether the
bonds are to be paid or not. Mr. Ta
tum, of Dade, offered as an amendment
to Mr. Fleming’s motion that the leg
islative committee should consist of
eleven members instead of five. Mr.
Fleming’s motion to appoint a com
mittee of five, amended by Mr. Tatum
to make the committee eleven, was
then adopted almost unanimously and
the bond fight was ended for the day.
After tho bond bill was disposed of a
number of new measures were intro
duced by unanimous consent. Two of
the bills were in behalf of tlie farmers.
One was to exempt from levy and sale,
except for taxes, any meat, corn, fod
der, cotton seed, farm .jnules, horses
and farm implements furnished by any
landlord to a cropper on his place.
The other was a bill to exempt from
taxation all farm products as
long as they were in the hands of the
producer, but as soon as it passes from
his hands it shall be subject to taxa
tion. Another was a bill to change
the name of the State lunatic asylum
to the Georgia state hospital. The
house then adjourned till Friday.
IN THE SEMITE.
Monday^ Oct. 30.—The house had
amended the senate resolution to elect
the judges on Tuesday, by inserting
Monday at 12 m. After several short
speeches in the senate Monday morn
ing, pro and eon, a vote was taken, re
sulting in a tie. The president voted
aye and the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. McAfee got through two bills, one
making it a penalty to ride or drive
faster than a walk over any public
bridge over Little or Etowah rivers in
Cherokee county, the other to appoint
a school board for the town of Canton.
A bill by Mr. Hurley to repeal the act
creating a board of county commission
ers for Pulaski county, wan passed.
Just now a great deal of speculation is
indulged in as to the fate of the ciga
rette bill that has just, passed the
house. The cigarette bill was read the
first time in the senate, and was refer
red to the judiciary committee. A
few more bills were then introduced,
among them a bill to make it unlaw
ful for any person or persons, by him
self or agent, or any other manner
whatever to negotiate for the selling
or furnishing, or to make any contract
or agreement to sell or furnish spirit-
ous or malt or intoxicating liquors
in any county or conDties in
the state, when the sale of
such liquor is prohibited by law, high
lieeuso or otherwise, and pnuishing
the same as a misdemeanor. Mr.
Smith, of the njneteeuth, introduced a
resolution setting forth the alleged ir-
regnlaritiesin the election returns from
Lincoln connty, whereby Mr. Ho
gan was seated in the honse and Mr.
Reese in the senate. He wants the sec
retary of state to open the returns
from Lincoln county and send to the
committee on elections the votes by
precincts to see if the third party can
didate, Mr. Ramsey, is not entitled to
Mr. Reese’s seat. At 12 o’clock the
senate repaired to the house to ballot
for judges and solicitors.
Tuesday, Oct. 31.—The senate had
but little business before it Tuesday.
Mr. Persons, of Talbot county, intro
duced a bill to do away with the vast
army of men who are excused from
jury duty. His bill limits the exemp
tions to officers of courts iu the seve
ral counties. Mr. Edwards wants the
state to make the City Bank of Cov
ington a state depositor;-, and with
that end in view introduced a bill
amending the law so as to allow tho
governor to designate that bank as one
of the depositories. In executive ses
sion the senate confirmed the following
appointees of Governor Northen: John
T. Allen, judge county court, Baldwin
county; B. P. Bailey, judge connty
court, Butts county; W. F. Brown,
judge city court. Carroll county; E.
Herrman, judge county court, Dodge
county; H. V. Whipple, judge county
court, Dooly county; G. W. Warren,
judge county court, Jefferson county;
E.W. Beck, judge city court, Spalding
county; O. M. Colbert, judge city
court, Taylor county; W. S. Thomas,
solicitor county court, Dooly county;
J. K. Kinman, solicitor county court,
Jefferson connty; Ben A. Way, solic
itor county court, Liberty county; T.
W. Oliver, Jr., solicitor county court,
Screven county; J. A. Laing, solictor
county court, Terrell county; A.
S. Morgan, solicitor county eourt,
Warren connty; D. M. Clarke, solici
tor county eourt, Wayne county; H.
C. Kittles, judge county court, Screv
en county; Walter M. Clements, to-
licititor county court, Dodge connty ;
T. L. Holton, judge county court, Wil
cox county; D. B. Nicholson, solicitor
connty court, Wilcox county; H. P.
Lumpkin, judge county court, Walker
county. When the doors of the senate
were opened that body adjourned to
the hall of the house of representa
tives to listen to the address of Hon.
J. L. M. Curry.
Wednesday, Nov. 1.—In the senate,
Wednesday, after prayer by the chap
lain and roll call, there being a quo
rum present, the journal was read. A
message from the house recommended
that the bill to empower the mayor
and city council of Milledgeville tc
issue licenses for the sale of liquor do
not pass, and likewise the bill to reg
ulate tho sale of liquors in Wilkes
county. The reports were both
adopted and both bills were lost. The
ligarette bill from the house created
a little ripple in the senate. Finally,
when it came up for tlie third reading,
tne cieDate grew warm. The bill,
however, was recommitted. A number
of measures were taken up on second
reading. There was quite a discussion
on the resolution by Senator
Smith, of the Nineteenth district,
to take from the table the
Ramsey-Reese contested election ease.
Rut the final outcome of the matter
was that the bill was not taken from
the table, and as a consequence, Sena
tor Reese remains the representative
from his district. There were a num
ber of bills and resolutions that fol
lowed in rapid succession. Then came
the introduction of new bills, a large
number being read, and referred. The
act to incorporate the village of Hay-
nie, Floyd connty (close by the speck
led hen’s nest) was read and passed.
After a little more routine work the
senate adjourned.
Thursday, Nov. 2.—When the sen
ate met Thursday morning they adopt
ed the resolution from the house re
citing the fact that the Augusta expo
sition had invited President Cleveland
and his cabinet to visit the exposition,
and urged that the president accept. A
few new bills were introduced and
tLe following were passed; The hill
providing tbat hereafter all hangings
shall be in private; to amend the laws
regulating the record of deeds.—The
bill provides if a deed is executed out
of the state it must be attested by a
commissioner for the state of Georgia,
together with the certificate of the
officer who appointed the commission
er; the bill to amend section 4371 of
the code in relation to seduction—the
bill requires the seducer, if the parties
marry) to give a §500 bond to live with
the woman five years and to support
any children born to them; the bill
to repeal the act providing for a board
of commissioners for Heard county ; to
incorporate the village of Warm
Springs. House bill to authorize at
torneys and agents to swear to the best
“of their knowledge and belief” on
money demands which they are seek
ing to collect. The senate adjourned
until 10 o’clock Friday.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Affairs of Goyenmt aM Ronfim of
\k House M Senate Discussed.
CURIOUS AFRICAN WEIGHTS.
How Gold Is Weighed Iu the Dark
Continent.
Money used by natives in Occidental
Soudan consists of small univalve white
she!la called cauries, derived from the
Maldives and Laquedives islands,
and also from Zanzibar. For several
centuries past, ships have brought to the
mouth of the Niger or to the Guinea
coast, ns far as Liberia, entire cargoes of
! these shells, the value of which runs
! from 12 cents to 40 cents per thousand,
acoording to the part of Africa. Caurics
are only used in countries where gold is
scarce. In the whole area between Kong,
Bondouka and the sea, eauries arc not
used; natives settle their purchases with
gold dust or nuggets.
To weigh the gold they use as cur
rency, they employ small copper scales.
Weights are extremely varied in shapes
and sizes. Most of them are in brass.
The weights exhibiting human figures,
animals, tools, ludicrous scenes, etc., as
reproduced here are modeled with wax
and cast in brass through tho cire
perdue process. Africaus may have
learned this process from Europeans who
visited their country; but their art ex
hibits a naive character thoroughly sui
generis. These black artists have evi
dently reproduced what they saw or
imagined, and they have done it in a
style of their own; their works are
peculiarly humorous and fancifuL
Each native, who has a pair of scales,
has also special weights which ho alone
understands how to use. He knows,
for instance, that a giraffe weighs one or
two mitknls of gold; that such a weight
in the shape of a bird represents i or i
mitkal of gold, etc.
There are no uniform sets of weights;
consequently each native is obliged to
have his own series. When the purchaser
has weighed the gold he must give for
certain merchandise, the vendor weighs
it in his turn to see whether it is correct.
The unity of weight in the whole Sou
dan, is the barifiri, which corresponds to
eighteen grammes. Each barifiri is
worth fourteen mitkals. Admitting tho
value of gold in Europe to be three
?rsnc3 per gramme, we find that a barifiri
is equal to fifty-four francs’ worth of
gold, and a mitkal thirteen francs, fifty
-centimes. . Each mitkal is divided into
twenty-seven banans (the banan is a
bomboy seed); each banan is worth fifty
centimes. A mitkal of gold n ay also be
weighed with fifty-four grains of vegetal
coral; these tiny grains, red like coral
with a black spot, are the fruit of a kind
ol convolvulus. There are special weights
to weigh one-half mitkal, one-third or
two-thirds mitkal. The smallest weight
is called pouassaba; it is formed of one
and a half grains of rice not decorticat
ed. Gold powder is carried in quills
stopped up with a wooden cork wrapped
in a piece or linen.—[The Jewelers' Cir
cular.
Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo
ple and Their General Welfare.
Repairing an Ocean Cable.—It has
always been a matter of speculation and
wonder to most people as to how a
marine cable once broken in midocean
is ever got together again, says a writer
in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The explanation is this: First, it must
be known that the cable practically rests
everywhere on the bottom of the sea.
Of course there are places where sudden
deep places coming between shallow
ones will cause the cable to make a span
as over a ravine or gully. Iu other
places ‘ , ae ocean is so deep that the
cable find's its specific gravity somewhere
in midwater, so to speak. In that case
it rests quite as firmly as if it were on
solid ground. When a break occurs the
first step, of course, is to accurately
locate its position. A conductor such
as a cable offers a certain amount of ob
struction or “resistance” to the passage
of an electric current. Apparatus has
been devised for the measuring of the
“resistance.” The unit of resistance is
called an ohm. The resistance of tho
average cable is, roughly speaking,
three ohms per nautical mile. * Resis -
ance practically ceases at the points
where the conductors make considerable
contact with the water. Therefore, if
when measuring to looate a break it be
found that the measuring apparatus in
dicates a resistance of 900 ohms
the position of the fault will be
known to be 300 miles from
shore. With this information the cap
tain of the repairing ship is able to
determine by his charts of the course
of the cable, the latitude and longitude
of the spot where the break occurred,
and can proceed with certainty to effect
the repair. When the approximate
neighborhood of the track is reached a
grapnel is dropped overboard and -the
vessel steams slowly in a course at right
angles to the run of the cable. On the
deck of the ship there is a machine called
a dynometer, which, a3 its name? im
plies, is used to measure resistance. The
rope securing the grapnel passes undei
this. If the dynometer records a steady
increase of strain it indicates that the
grapnel has caught the cable. Ir, on the
other hand, tho resistance varies from
nothing to tons and from tons to nothing
again, it is known that the grapr.el is
only engaging rocks or other projections
of an uneven bottom. It is frequently
necessary to drag over such a ground
several times before the cable can be se
cured.
Wonderful Malleability of Gold.
—Gold is so very tenacious that a piece
of it drawn into a wire less than the one-
twentieth of an inch in diameter will sus
tain a weight of 500 pounds. The sur
face of any given quantity of the metal
may be extended by tbe hammer 310,181
times, and each single grain may bs
divided into 2,000,000 visible pails.
The thickness of a piece of gold when
extended by the hammer until its sur
face is 310,184 times its original area is
not more than the 566,020th of an inch!
Eight ounces of this wonderful metal
would gild or plate a wire of sufficient
length to extend entirely around the
John Bonner, a Georgia farmer, who
died tho other day at the age of 87 years,
was the father ol twenty-three children,
all by .one mother, and as they grew up
and married all cettled on farms adjoio-
Lwr hit own.
The passage of the repeal bill by the
senate Monday had the effect of low
ering the price of bar silver in London
and New Y'ork. The prices are the
lowest at which silver has been quoted.
It has been driven so low that the act
ual bullion value in a dollar is only
about 52 cents.
The impression prevails that the
judiciary committee of the senate will
take no,action on the nomination of
Mr. Hornblower nominated to be as
sociate justice of the supreme court,
and that it will, therefore go over un
til the regular session in December,
providing, of course, the senate ad
journs.
Sialeiueiit of Silver.
Senator Sherman has received from
Secretary Carlisle a reply to his letter
concerning the seigniorage now in the
treasury. The treasurer says that of
the treasury notes issued on the Sher
man act §52,395,840 have upon the
demand of the holder been redeem
ed iu gold and $2,224,192 in silver dol
lars. The secretary’s letter shows that
seigniorage carried under the Sherman
act amounts to §6,976,098. Since July,
1891, 8,794,810 silver dollars have been
coined and there has been no coinage
of silver dollars since May, 1893, ex
cept $200 in proof pieces. The silver
bullion on hand October 1st has
amounted to 137,666,257 fine ounces,
costing $124,561,428. With the prob
able purchase of October Mr. Carlisle
thinks there will be 139,466,257 ounces
of silver bullion in the treasury on
November 1st, tlie cost of which will
be §125,888,929, and the coinage value
§180,320,008, giving a seigniorage of
§54,431,080.
I lie State Hank T.»x.
The Springer resolution calling up
on the treasury department for infor
mation about state banks which was
recommitted to the committee on bank
ing and currency Monday, was under
consideration by that committee Tues
day morning. It failed, however, to
oat. The statement was made by a
number of members who advocated
the resolution, that in voting for that
they did not mean for it to be infer
red that they were against the repeal
of the state bank tax. They are in
favor of it and simply want informa
tion upon the subject. If Mr. Cleve
land will advocate the repeal of this
tax in his message, it will be adopted
by congress without much difficulty,
but in the event that Mr. Cleveland is
silent oa this subject, then there will
be just such another fight as there was
over the Sherman repeal bill. How
ever, it is hoped by all tlie southern
men and believed by many that Mr.
Cleveland will advocate the passage of
such a bill.
Tho Story of ilie Bill.
Silver purchases by the government
ceased Wednesday. The purpose for
which Mr. Cleveland called congress
in exlraordiuary session was accomp
lished at 4 :25 o’clock in the afternoon,
when he affixed his signature to the
bill to repeal unconditionally tlie pur
chasing clause of the Sherman law.
The struggle in the house was short.
Only twenty-seven men could be rallied
for the last stand by the silver leaders.
The final vole on concurring in the
senate amendments stood 103 for con
currence and 94 against. When the
original bill passed the house, August
28th,the vote stood 201 to 100,so that,
althongh the total vote of Wednesday
was smaller, the proportion was prac
tically the same. The final vote was
taken at 2 :50 o’clock p. m. The bill
was engrossed imraediately.and twenty
minutes later, at 3 :10 o’clock, the for
mal announcement was made to the
senate that its amendment had been
agreed to by the house. The hill was
hurriedly enrolled by Chairman Pear-
sou, from the committee on enrolled
bills, and, at 3:30 o’clock, was pre
sented to Speaker Crisp for his signa
ture. A fleet-footed messenger carried it
to the senate, where it was signed two
minutes later by Vice President Stev
enson. Chairman Pearson, with the
bill under his arm, entered a carriage
waiting for him on the plaza in front
of the capitol and drove rapidly to the
white house. The president had been
kept duly advised of the progress of
events. Indeed, he manifested 6omuch
interest in the vote in the house that,at
his request, a duplicate of the names of
those who had voted for and against
the concurrence was made soon after
the roll call was completed, and this
list was lying on his desk when Mr.
Pearson arrived with the bill. Secre
tary Carlisle, Attorney General Olney
and Private Secretary Thurber were
present. After felicitating with each
other for a few moments over
the "victory that had been achiev
ed, the president took up the en
grossed copy of tho bill and read it
aloud. Th-en picking up a quill pen,
he affixed his autograph at 4:25
o’clock. And thus, sixty-five days,
four hours nu.l twenty-five minutes
after the extraordinary session con
vened tfi£ remedy of the financial dis
tress whicu Mr. Cleveland demanded
in his message was applied. The analy
sis of the vote shows that 124 demo
crats, 68 republicans and one populist
(Mr. Cannon of California) voted for
concurrence, and 70 democrats, 15 re
publicans and 9 populists against the
motion.
WORLD’S FAIR CLOSES.
But the Last Day was One of Gloom
and Sadness-
A Chicago special says: The world’s
fair ha3 ended. Monday evening was
to have been one of gaiety and daz
zling. brilliancy, but the death of
Mayor Harrison changed ail that. The
meeting at festival hall during the aft
ernoon was brief. The audience was
detained just long enough to hear an
earnest prayer by the Rev. Mr. Bar-
rows, a few explanatory remarks re
garding the change of program by
President Palmer, the reading of an
appropriate speech by President Hig-
inbotham and the resolutions of sym
pathy conceruing Carter H. Harrison’s
untimely end.
The fair was declared closed by
Thomas W. Palmer, president of the
national commission in the following
words:
“It was intended to close this fair
simultaneously with the sound of the
gavel, the firing of artillery and the
lowering of the flag. All that has been
changed by tho sad circumstances
which bring us together now. I an
nounce that when the sun sets the
closing will be marked only by a salute
and the hauling down of the flag.
When that takes place, I declare, in
obedience to the act of congress, the
exposition is officially closed.”
Before giving the benediction Rev.
Mr. Barrows announced that he had
been quested by the committee to
read tlie speech President Higinbo-
tham had written the day prior to Mr.
Harrison’s demise.
THE TREASURER’S FIGURES.
When Chairman Peck, of the finance
committee of the world’s fair, figured
up with Treasurer Seeberger Monday
he found the exposition had just
§2,515,000 in bank and in the souvenir
coin fund. Estimating the receipts at
§150,000 more than the cost of admin
istration for the day, the balance on
hand at midnight, October 30th, was
nearly §2,750,000. Of this sum nearly
§1,000,000 is souvenir coins counted at
their face value of 50 cents each. The to
tal revenue from concessions for the six
months was in the neighborhood of
§3,750,000, from which deductions
were allowed, amounting to about
§250,000 for improvements paid by the
concessionaries. Receipts from ad
missions and from minor Sources ag
gregate about §10,500,000, not includ
ing salvage. Altogether the treasury
has received over §14,000,000 since
the 1st day of May from gate receipts,
concessions and incidental sources of
revenue.
Against the income from all sources,
including §4,500,000 of bonds and §5,-
500 000 of stocks, there has been a
charge of §19,000,000 for construction,
and the operating expenses have been
about §7,000,000. Up to and includ
ing the closing day the stockholders
have a prospect of between 15 and 20
per cent on their subscriptions.
Whether the dividend will be paid in
tbe end depends upon tlie cost of the
removal of the buildings and closing
up the affairs of the corporation.
THE PAID ATTENDANCE.
The total paid attendance at the
world’s fair from the opening day and
including tho last day waB 21,453,910,
divided as follows: Mav, 1,050,037;
June, 2,675,113: July, 2,760,263; Au
gust, 3,515,493; September, 4,658,992.
October, 6,799,192. The total admis
sions on passes, including employes of
all kinds, exhibitors, concessionaries,
etc., has been 5,593,813. Monday’s
admissions reached a total of 242,752,
of which 208,173 paid.
A BIG MUSEUM
Wherein Many Interesting Things of
the Fair will he Preserved.
A Chicago dispatch of Friday says:
One million dollars in cold money
will be given by Marshall Fields to the
museum, which is to be the outcome of
the World’s fair. Mr. Fields names
conditions which will be easily com
plied with. They aro simply that
§500,000 more he subscribe and tbat
the stockholders of tho World’s Co
lumbian exposition subscribedj to the
fund $2,000,000 of their holdings,
which represent an investment of
§5,000,000, Irat they are worth much
less.
The biggest stockholders never ex
pected to realize anything on their in
vestment and they have already ex
pressed a willingness to turn over all
the stock they have. The trustees
of the museum have no doubt that a
majority of the 5,000,000 of world’s
fair stock will be turned over to them,
as also the §500,000 to he raised be
fore Mr. Field’s magnificent offering
is secured. One hundred thousand dol
lars of it has been unconditionally
subscribed by George M. Pullman.
The balance, it is said, will be raised
in a few days.
OLD BOB WHITE.
Row the hiljs are turning ,el!ow anl tho
brown Is on the com :
There’s a melody that’s mellow in the music
of the horn,
And tbe sasafras is blazing and the sumach
all aglow
Where the old bell cow is grazing oa the
lows down below,
And the pea vines gladly rustle where tha
soft winds are at play.
And the young quail chirp and hustle, grow
ing plumper every day;
And that cunning old suborner in the bushes
to the right,
Verohed upon the low fence corner, whistles
“Old
JV>b
White!”
Get your ammunition ready, now, nnd lim
ber up your gun,
Train the young dogs io be steady so as n'-t
to spoil the fuu,
For the time is swiitly coming and October*
nearly here
Whon we’ll set the woods ahumming wit!)
the music far and near.
And we’ll All each hunting jacket with th«
spoil our prowess yields
As we raise a merry racket in tho forests and
the fields,
For the challenge is temptation as they alt
there out of sight,
All around the big plantation whistling
“Old
Bob
White
—•IT. 31. Folsom, In Atlanta Journal.
PITH AND POINT.
WORLD’S FAIR EXHIBITS
Funeral of Gounod.
The state funeral of M. Gounod was
held at Paris Friday. The body was
conveyed to the Church of Madalaine.
An immense crowd filled the Plaee de
la Madalaine and the streets and bou
levards in the vicinity. The interior
of the church was hung with black
drapery, dotted with stars and trim
med with heavy fringe. Similar em
blems of mourning draped the portico.
For the Southeastern Exposition at
Angusta, Ga.
A Chicago special of Wednesday says:
Quite a large number of the American
exhibitors and not a few of the foreign
ers have determined that instead of go
ing to California at this time with their
goods they will send them to the South
eastern Exposition, which opens at Au
gusta November 14th. The time between
this and the opening is very short and
it will take the liveliest kind of work
on the part of both the exposition peo
ple and the exhibitors to make it.
The Augusta exposition especially
commends itself to exhibitors because
it is in a thickly settled portion of the
country and is far enough removed
from Chicago for it to be presumed
that no great per cent of the popula
tion visited the world’s fair. The cli
mate and the comparatively easy means
of transportation have also had a great
influence in securing exhibits.
Prendergast in Court.
Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast,
the murderer of Mayor Harrison, was
arraigned in Judge Horton’s court at
- . Chicago Thursday. The court room
Over the poTtico was a_shield of silver was crowded and“ when the prisoner
bearing the initials, “C. G.”
A SMALL COY’S FUN.
Jimmy—Why don’t you come over
here and skate ? The ica is a heap
slicker.
Tommy-^Thay’|-more Inn here. If 1
was to break through here l’-d likely
drown, au’ over there the water ain’t •
footed “eo.—flnfliauapoHs Journal,
was led in by the jailer, the spectators
jumped to their feet. The action ter
rified Prendergast and with blanched
face he crouched close to the officers.
When his indictment was read, Pren
dergast responded nervously “not
guilty.” The judge announced that
the case would be continued to give
Prendergast an opportunity to secure
counsel and the assassin was led trem
bling back to his cell,
Fireproof—Ruins.
Pigheaded—A drum.
A tea set—The Chinese.
Fixed stars—The American flagd.
It seems to take a good deal of high
wind to blow down a bad law.—Truth.
There is one good thing about the
apple of the eye. You don't often see
one that is green.—Truth.
It is certainly unlucky to have thir
teen at table when there is only dinner
enough for twelve.—Life.
The chef makes no pretensions as e
sharpshooter, but he can hold his ows
at the range. —Elmira Gazette.
A tow-path mule while practicing
His merry little pranks.
Exclaimed, “I’m getting ready for
A ran upon tho banks. - ’
—Washington Star.
“How are you? Just thought I’d
drop in awhile to kill time.” “Well,
we don’t want any of our time killed.”
—Boston Globe.
“It’s a funny thing about getting a
picture took,” said Tommy. “The
newer the picture is the older I look.”
—Indianapolis Journal.
Irate Father—“I’m going to put n
check to your extravagance, sir !” Im
pudent Son—“All right! Give me th<
check.”—New York Herald.
Wills of millionaires remind us
If in our graves we’d bo content,
Wo should, dying, leave behind us
Not so much as one blamed cent.
—Buffalo Courier.
“Shake! old fellow,” said the pillow
to the sword, who had been relating
some thrilling experiences in battle.
“I know what it is to be in a fight.”—
Puck.
It is said that the alligator is about
to become extinct in this country. Let
ps pray that he will take the guild of
jawsmiths with him.—Seattle Tele
graph.
“Did he spend lots of money on hei
piusic?” “Oh, yes; he must have, for
phe doesn’t play anything that sounds
the least bit like a tune.”—Chicago
Herald.
The poets all of autumn—squall,
But what delights our eyes
Is. not the country in the fall,
But the country on the rise.
—Atlanta Constitution. •
"This,” said the frightened young
jnan, who had encountered some West
ern road agents, “is positively my las!
appearance on any stage.”—Washing
ton Star.
Mistress (who is about to engage a
cook)—“Now, are you sure you have
had experience?” Cook—“Oh, yeF,
mum; I’ve been in ’undreds of places.”
—Tit Bits.
ihe’s home at last and her heart is gay ; ;
She opens her wardrobe, alack ! alack!
Jhe finds that while she has been away
The moths have devoured her sealskin
sacqne.
—Boston Courier.
Hostess—“Oh, I think some people
ire so disagreeable. Don’t you hate
oeople who can sing and won’t?” Old
Grouchy—“No, not so much as I do
those who can’t sing and will!”—Life.
An eminent physician says it is
often dangerous to lie on the right
ride. It is also unnecessary. Any po
litical speaker or writer knows the
wrong side needs the lying, if any.—
Buffalo Courier.
Mrs. Kindle—“I presume yon have
rather a hard time of it?” Tramp
“Yes, mum; but every cloud has,A"
silver lining, mum. I’m not worried
to death by autograph hunters.”—
New Y'ork Weekly.
“Look here, young man,” said the
medical practitioner. “If you ride a
wheel so much yon’ll get ‘kyphosis bi-
jylistaruin. ’ ” “On this wheel?’
“Yes, sir.” “Well,” replied the
wheelman, “if I do, one of us will
have to get off and walk. ’’-Washing-
son Star. ,
Days That Must Drag. '
The longest day of the year at Spits
bergen is three and one-half months.
At Wardbury, Norway, the longest day
lasts from May 21 to July 22, without
intermission. At Tornea, Finland,
June 21 is twenty-two hours long, and
Christmas has less than three hours of
daylight. At St. Petersburg the long
est day is nineteen hours and the short
est is five hours. At London the long
est day is sixteen and one-half hours,
at Montreal it is sixteen hours and at
New York it is about fifteen hours.—
New York Sun.
American Males the Tallest.
The English professional classes, who
head the list as the tallest of adult
males, attain the average height of five
feet nine and one-quarter inches. Next
on the list comes the American males,
and a minute fraction behind them
jome the English of all classes. Most
European Nations average for the adult
male five feet six inches, bui the Aus
trians, Spanish and Portuguese just fall
short of this standard, --.London
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