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TERMS, $1. Per Annum.
A REFRAIN.
Where l-arefoot cnee I careless ran
I winder now alone,
And lc-.k across the treasured fields
Thnt stranger hands have sown §
Jiat from my heart rise thoughts of one,
As streams unbidden flow.
Until I sing a sad refrain •
“I loved her long ago!”
TThat are the golden fields to me,
That stranger hands shall reap?
Their beauty stirs my heart until
Vain wakes from fevered sleep .
And as I homeward turn again,
With weary steps and slow,
I sadly sing, “I love her as
I loved her long ago.’’
P. McArthur. in New England Magazine.
Aunt Caroline’s Present.
ES, we wer»
really married.
The clergy
man, with im
pressive sol
emnity, a n-
nounced that
we were now
one, and sanc-
tioned our
union with the
blessing of the
church. H e
shook my hand, and the tears stood in
his eyes as ho wished me unending
happiness. He kissed Eleonore,whom
lie had christened twenty years before,
and repeated again: “God bless you,
my dear child!”
Then came the wedding guests, one
after the other, to congratulate us.
There was quite a procession.
The sixth person in the procession
was Aunt Caroline. She is Eleonore’s
aunt, but I am quite as fond of her as
if she were my own. She is the best
of creatures, always ready to come
when you need her, and quite as will
ing to stay away when she fancies that
her society might be burdensome.
She is one of those generous, patient
aunts who in winter always have on
hand a store of goodies for hungry
nieces and nephews; and in summer
are ever ready to take charge of a
particularly restless schoolboy or girl,
whose exuberant vacation-spirits ren
der him or her an annoyance to the
quiet home circle. In a word, Aunt
Caroline is a noble example of what an
aunt really ought to be.
“Dear Felix—Dear Eleonore, ” she
said as she clasped our hands, “my
wedding present is so cumbersome
that I arranged to have it sent directly
to your house, where you will find it
when you return from your bridal
tour. It will welcome you to your
new home, and I trust it may give you
much pleasure, and daily remind you
of your old Aunt Caroline.”
“It is sure to give us pleasure,
whatever it may be, ” responded my
wife, affectionately embracing the
dear old lady.
-A dozen times a day, during our
journey, we spoke of Aunt Caroline’s
present, and tried to guess what it
might be. Eleonore was certain that
it was a handsome bookcase; while I
maintained with equal confidence that
it must be a superb bronze ornament.
At last, after fourteen October days
of crimson-tinted forests, and deep
blue bays, enchanting sunsets and
cosy evenings beside sparkling hearth
fires in comfortable hotels—after two
weeks of perfect enjoyment, we re
turned to the charming little home
which had been prepared for us, and
which was henceforth to be our haven
of happiness,
I kissed Eleonore when I helped her
from the carriage, and murmured:
“Welcome home, my dear wife.”
She returned my caress rather hast
ily, and, running past me into the
house, said: ‘ ‘Now we shall see what
it is.”
Alas! we learned only too soon.
Rika, our maid-of-all-work, had illu
minated the little drawing room for
our reception. The handsome swing
ing lamp above the center table—a
present from Uncle Augustue—was
lighted. Bed wax candles burned
brightly in each of the
two bronze candelabra—Uncle Chris
topher’s present—on the mantel, while
two lighted student-lamps, likewise
wedding gifts, stood on the piano.
The light from all these served to il
lumine, and direct our glances the mo
ment we entered the room toward
Aunt Caroline’s present, which hung
directly opposite the door. It was an
atrociously painted representation of
the parable of the Prodigal Son, and
looked as if it might have originated
in a manufactory of “curiosities.” Its
true origin I never learned, although
I had ample opportunity to study it.
It is quite certain, however, that
dear Aunt Caroline, knowing my own
and Eleonore’s fondness for pictures,
and with her heart overflowing with
benevolence and affection, had pur
chased the huge canvas at some
auction, paying for it a good round
sum, and consoling herself for the ex
travagance with thoughts of the pleas
ure the picture would give us.
The canvas measured eight by ten
feet/ The frame was a broad gilded
affitir; the composition itself absurd
in the extreme. In the middle fore
ground a group of figures in gala at
tire, represented the returned Prodi
gal, his parents and the guests invited
to celebrate the return. On a sort of
raised gallery in the background were
a number of figures and cymbals,
dancing and singing. All these per
sons were in a kind of pillared hall, to
the left of which was an abject look
ing individual in tattered garments,
feeding some swine«with ears of corn.
To the right of the h '.11 was an orien
tal butcher with a Turkish scimetar,
slaughtering the fatted calf.
Aunt Caroline confided to me after
ward, that it was because the canvas
contained really three pictures, in
stead of only one, that she decided to
secure it, adding with a triumphant
smile:
“Y<9U see, my dear nephew, you
have thesentire allegory on one can
vas!” S
And there it hung—taking up al
most one lent ire wall of the room in
which we had decided Eleonore
should spend the most of her time.
We surveyed the monstrosity in si
lence ; in si 1 dace listened to Rika’s ad
miring commeB.ts on the “perfectly
lovely painting4I*en we went to in
spect the dining-roortt, and my study.
We spent the evening 4 in the latter
cosj chamber; I read alo’iid to Eleonore
VOL. XU. NO. 1? jy
Kinkel’s exquisite “Grass an Mein
Weib.”
But Eleonore could not at all times
use the study as a sitting-room, espe
cially when I had business callers. At
such times the poor child would
bravely conquer her aversion for the
“Prodigals”—thus she designated both
the bipeds and and quadrupeds in the
picture—and with her back turned
resolutely upon them, would sit in the
drawing-room until my visitors had
departed.
We had a large circle of acquaint
ances. Of course, they all called on
us, and Eleonore said she always felt
as if the “Prodigals” helped her “to
do the honors.” Indeed, the picture
seemed to receive the larger share of
cur visitor’s attention. Some of Eleo
nore’s more intimate friends asked her
why she had hung such a “very large”
picture in our small drawing-room.
Some, who considered it impolite to
make such remarks, maintained a dis
creet silence; while those who thought
it “good form” to talk about pictures,
and to pretend a familiarity with art,
would inquire if “that large painting
was the work of a Munich artist”; or
remark that it reminded them of some
thing similar which they had seen in
Dresden—or somewhere.
Then there were some who would
observe that the same subject had been
treated in so many different ways—
that it was very “instructive,” and so
on. There was still another class of
art critics. It was composed of those
who knew nothing whatever about
pictures, but who were quite ready to
admire anything the moment they
found out that somebody else ad
mire it.
Now, there was no one in our village
who was as familiar with really good
pictures as myself. When any of my
neighbors wanted to buy a paint
ing, or engraving, he first
consulted me; consequently the fact
that I had the “Prodigal Son” hang
ing on my wall was enough to convince
even those of our friends who really
thought the picture an abominable
daub that there must be “something
in itand they exerted themselves
manfully to discover this something.
“How very natural those swineare!”
one would say.
“Just see what brilliant coloring in
those clouds, ” another.
‘ ‘How repentant the Prodigal looks, ”
a third would remark, with the air of
a connoisseur.
“It is really quite interesting to see
those ancient fashions. Now, that
tunic is really quite picturesque,” and
so on, until my poor little wife actually
grew to despise these well-meaning
art-critics.
When I came home evenings and
found Eleonore almost worn out, and
would inquire tenderly what had
wearied her, she would only sigh,
“Oh, those Prodigals.” And really,
it was almost unedurable. But we
could not offend dear Aunt Caro
line—whose admiring gaze always
hung with devouring interest on the
mammoth canvas every time she
visited us—by cutting it in pieces,
burning it, or hanging it in the cellar.
However, after everybody had called,
and had been called on in return, there
came a season of comparative peace,
during which Eleonore went to pay a
two-days’ visit to an school-friend.
During her absence I had the up
holsterer and two of his men come and
remove the Prodigals into the dining
room ; and when Aunt Caroline, on
her next visit, missed the picture from
its accustomed place, she seemed quite
downhearted. I, however, boldly de
clared that the light in the dining
room was much better, and that the
subject—feasting—was more suitable
for a dining-room than a drawing
room.
Dear Aunt Caroline! she had so
much faith in my reputation as art-
connoisseur that, notwithstanding her
disappointment, she said I was quite
right to move the picture.
Now, thought I with self-gratulatory
feeling, Eleonore can receive her call
ers in comfort.
But I reckoned without my Prodi
gals.
Although the picture gave us less
annoyance in its present position, we
did not become reconciled to it. Far
from it! but as I sat with my back
toward it during meals, and Eleonore
had only a side view, it was not so
constantly obvious as it had been, and
when the warm weather came we cov
ered it with gause—on account of the
flies.
It happened that the distinguished
botanist, Dr. S—, visited our town
about the holidays.
There were no flies at that time.
Our guest was a most amiable man,
and the friends whom we had invited
to dine with him did their best to help
entertain him.
During the soup he related a highly
amusing adventure he had had in
Egypt. When Bika removed his plate
he looked up—the Prodigals were
directly opposite him—and well-bred
though he was, he could not help a
look of wondering surprise at sight of
such a travesty on art. He paused—
stared at tho picture, then, turning to
ward my wife, stammered confusedly :
“I—I beg pardon, madam, but —
really I forget—ah, yes—it was the
officinalis, and not the maritima; but
the two are very easily mistaken for
each other.”
Naturally every glance was directed
toward the object which had so con
fused the learned gentleman.
Eleonore declared that from the
moment his eyes fell on the Prodigals
the doctor talked to her as he would
tc a child; and is certain that it is be
cause of that unfortunate canvas that
he did not pay us a farewell call, not
withstanding my assurance that he was
hastily summoned away by a tele
gram.
A few days later Eleonore went to’
visit her mother, and while she was
gone, I again sent for the upholsterer
and his men, and had the picture re
moved to my study. To do this, I
was obliged to take down about two
hundred books, together with the
shelves.
The light here was execrable, but
that did not matter. I placed my desk
so that my back was toward it, and
commended my visitors of taste to the
mercy of their good angels. On New
Tear’s Day, Aunt Caroline dined with
ns, and you may imagine her surprise
when, seated in the chair Doctor S—
had occupied, she looked up and found
the picture gone. She did not stiy a
word, however. _ i
“We hung yo
ly picture, dear aunt—
I answered casually, adding, m u, .
desperation: “I intend to exhibit it
to my Sunday class.”
The dear old soul did not say any
thing, nor was she offended; but she
appeared so melancholy that I was
conscience-stricken. Before I went to
bed, I tried to make amends for the
detestable story I had told Aunt Car
oline. I wrote to a friend of mine,
and invited him to bring his Sunday
class on the following Thursday even
ing, and drink tea with us. The invi
tation was accepted.
I received my friends and his
scholars in the drawing-room. I
asked the little fellows all sorts
of questions about their studies,
and Eleonore showed them our
photographs. At last came the wel
come summons to tea, after which I
invited the children into my study to
see the picture of the Prodigal Son.
The lamps were placed in the most
favorable positions. The youngsters
ranged themselves in a row in front of
the picture; I took up my station on
one side, Herr Diebert on the other.
I cleared my throat and began in a
didactic tone:
“This picture, my dear children,
is partly allegorical, partly realistic.
These two rows of columns on either
side of the centre divide the different
eras of the parable. Here on the left
you see the Prodigal, hungry and
wretched, sharing the swine’s food—as
the Scriptures tell us. Here in the
background you see them singing and
dancing, rejoicing over the return of
the Prodigal. Here, on the right, is
the butcher in the act of killing the
fatted calf.”
While I delivered this highly in-
structiva leture, Herr Diebert pointed
with a ruler toward the designated
object.
The silence which followed my re
marks was actually oppressive. At last,
one little fellow, Fritz Diegel, the
butcher’s son, feeling that something
ought to be said, stammeringly asked:
“Be them Hungarian or Bavarian
hogs?”
The laughter which followed lifted
the general oppressiveness, and, the
clock striking nine soon afterward,
Eleonore and I gave thanks for our re
lease.
These are only a few of the mafiy
annoyances which Aunt Caroline’s
well-meant wedding-present brought
upon us.
Fortunately, there were some very
warm days in March—quite warm
enough to bring to life two flies in my
study. Once I should have put an end
to tneir premature existence. I did
not do so now. I fetched the gauze
veil and draped it securely over the
Prodigals. The next day Aunt Caro
line called. Said I to her when she
came into the study:
“Have you noticed, dear aunt, how
very early the flies have made their
appearance this spring?”
Aunt Caroline had not noticed.
I should not be adhering strictly to
the truth were I to say that we were
not perfectly happy in our little home.
We were—even though there was
hardly a forenoon, afternoon, or even,
ing, that one of the Prodigals—either
the son, one of the parents, the but
cher or one of the swine—did not
somehow mix in our conversation. It
was not for this—although it helped
somewhat—that, when summer brought
my vacation, we concluded to spend it
in the Black Forest.
Those were enchanting days!
Eleonore embroidered, sketched and
read to her heart’s content, while I
wrote diligently in a new work I had
begun.
Thus we passed six delightful weeks
with never a thought of the Prodigals,
when one morning Fate, in the person
of the postman brought mo a news
paper.
“Are you Herr Treuberg?” he in
quired.
‘ ‘I am. ”
“From Immigen?”
“The same.”
_“Then here’s something that may
interest you,” he added, pointing to
au article in the paper. I read:
“Yesterday, in the town of Immi
gen, upper Bavaria, a fire consumed
the residences of Frau Julie Zieber
and Herr Felix Treuberg. The loss
is total, partly covered by insurance.”
I summoned my poor little wife, to
whom I communicated as gently a3
possible our great loss.
We began at once to prepare for our
return journey; and as our train
would not leave until the afternoon, I
wired a friend for further particulars
of the fire.
The answer came as we were leaving
the hotel;
* ‘Fire started in the Zieber house.
Unfortunately very little saved. ”
As I concluded this rather depres
sing message Eleonore clasped my
hand in both her own, and whispered
assu.ingly: “We have each other, dear
Felix, we shall not be poor—we have
each other—and our love.”
A few days later we
were in Immigen. As we drew
near to the station, Eleonore leaned
toward me, and said—smiling through
her taars:
“Felix, dear—we have one comfort.”
“What is it, my love?”
“We are rid of thos9 detestable
swine.”
“That’s so,” I assented. “There is
<«e\er a misfortune that has not some
recompense. ”
I had sent word to a friend to meet
us at the station. He had not come
alone. There were several sympa
thetic acquaintances with him.
“It was so late,” said my friend, re
ferring to the fire, “and so sudden!
There was a furious wind—”
“But,” interrupted Herr Diebert,
“one thing wiil give you great pleas
ure.”
“Indeed?” exclaimed Eleonore ex
pectantly. “What, pray?"
“You have to thank Fritz Diegel’s
courage for ft. When all hope of sav
ing the heuse wrs gone, he, and sev
eral of o»y Sunday scholars, broke
open the shutters of your study win
dow, and Fritz bravely entered the
burning dwelling and cut the large
painting from tlja frame. That was
the only thing saved!”—From the
German, in Romance.
Residents of Dayton, Ohio, went
fishing in a sewer the other day that
had long been stopped up. About two
hundred pounds of fish were caught,
■which included catfish, goggle-eyes,
shiners, carp and suckers.
Georgia’s Law Ham
Capitol.
Routine of the Hou>e and Senate Brief
ly Reported.
THE HOUSE.
Saturday, Nov. I t.—The first thing
the house did Saturday morning was
to reconsider its action of Friday in
defeating the bill to pension Mr.
Roqnemore, of Upson county. Mr.
Allen, the introducer of the bill, ex
plained that he desired it reconsidered
that it might be tabled until a general
bill prepared including all veterans
who are in the same fix as Boquemore.
The bill was then recommitted. The
resolution to appoint a committee of
two from the senate and three from the
house to go to the Savannah river
and inspect the obstructions in the
river in the shape of a dam
placed there by the city of Augusta,
was taken up. Mr. Hogan of Lincoln
county urged the adoption of the reso
lution, claiming that the dam obstruct
ed the passage of fish. Mr. Fleming
recited how the dam came to be built,
and that a good fishway had been
built at Augusta’s expense. He op
posed the appointment of the commit
tee, on the ground of expense to the
state. If the dam is a nuisance it can
be abated in the court. After some
futher discussion the yeas and nays
were called, and the resolution was
adopted. The speak r announced as
the committee on part of the house,
Smith of Gwinnett, Perking of Haber
sham and Cummings, of Richmond. The
resolution of Senator Chambers ap
pointing a committe to call on the state
school commissioner to ascertain what
amount was required to pay off the
school teachers, was adopted. A bill
was passed providing for a registra
tion law for Chattahoochee comfy.
A bill to provide for the election of a
treasurer for Burke county, giving
him same commissions as other county
treasurers, was passed. The bill to
establish public schools in Jessup, was
passed. The resolution accepting the
medical library of Dr. Robert Battey,
of Borne, was adopted. The bill to
authorize judges of superior courts to
appoint bailiffs in certain cases was
passed. A bill was passed to define
the duties of the board of commission
ers of McIntosh county. A bill to
amend the rule of admitting testimony
in cases where one of the parties to a
cause of action was dead or insane was
passed. After the introduction of a
number of new bills, the house ad
journed until Monday.
Monday, Nov. 14.—There wr.3 a full
attendance at the house Monday morn
ing. A bill was introduced that will
be the object of much discussion if it
ever comes up on its final passage. It
is a bill to levy a tax on life insurance
policies. The bill provides that the
taxable value of policies is to be based
upon the surrender of value of poli
cies which have been paid for such a
time as to make the policy have a fixed
policy. Many other measures of more
or less importance were also presented
and read first time. Then came bills
on third reading. The bill by Mr.
Gumming, to more clearly define per
sonal property for taxation, was pass
ed. Under this bill stocks in land and
mining companies are personalty. An
other bill by Mr. Cumming was pass
ed, allowing executors and administra
tors to transfer stock and to draw divi
dends. A bill by Mr. Lewis, pro
viding that persons seeking divorces
in Georgia shall be bona fide
residents for six months in the
county in which the suit is brought
and twelve months in the state, was
passed. The bill of Mr. West of Han
cock to increase the crime of embez
zlement by county treasurer from a
misdemeanor to a felony, was passed.
A bill by Mr. Overstreet to amend the
law of a year’s support to widows was
passed. The bill by Mr. Lewis of
Milton authorizing the governor to
have the Georgia reports from the 66
to the 76 inclusive re-published was
passed. The bill introduced by Mr.
King of Fulton, to amend the
manner of drawing grand and
traverse jurors was passed. The
bill allows jury commissioners to put a
suitable man’s name in the jury box
whether his name appears on the tax
digest or not. Mr. Hodge’s bill to
amend section 4,058 of the code, re
lating to granting writs of certiorari,
was passed. A bill introduced by
Mr. Martin of Fulton, to pay George
W. Harrison & Company $400 for
printing the report of the state geolo
gist, was passed, as was the bill to au
thorize the graduates of the Atlanta
law school to practice without examin
ation. The bill to appropriate $1,500
to the Georgia School for the Deaf to
pay certain deficits was passed. The
house then adjourned-until Monday.
Tuesday, Nov. 17.—The bill intro
duced by Mr. Calvin, of Richmond
county, to authorize and provide for
the preparation and issuance of circu
lating notes to the banks and banking
associations of the state was the spe
cial order for the day in the house
Tuesday. The bill is a long one, but
is said to be just such a bill as will
meet the requirements of state banks.
It was carefully drawn and reflects
great credit upon its author. The bill
was read by sections. When the third
section was reached providing for the
issue of bank notes upon the deposit
of Georgia bonds, Mr. Branch, of Col
umbia, the populist member, secured
the floor and opposed the bill on the
ground that it was unconstitutional,
unwise, unpolitic and faulty on gener
al principles. A member made the
point of order that Mr. Branch was
speaking about everything else except
the bill. The chair decided the point
well taken, and called him to order:
Mr. Charters moved that Mr. Branch be
allowed to deliver the speech as it was
written. (Applause.) The motion
was carried and he proceeded with
his speech. Several amendments were
introduced and concurred in and there
were some desultory remarks made on
the bill and the amendments. The
bill was then temporarily tabled that
it might be presented to the joint
committee to be raised to prepare a
bank bill. It is likely that this joint
committee will recommend the Calvin
bill. Bills on third reading were then
taken up. The bill of Mr. Gray to
regulate the sale of domestic wines in
house passed
establish a county court for Effiriguaim-
The bill introduced by Mr. Allen to
prescribe the dignity of the liens of
judgments in suits brought by the state
to enforce the rules and regulations of
the railroad commission was passed.
The bill makes the lien of the judg
ments the same as the lien for taxes.
A number of new bills were then intro
duced, among them being two by Stiles,
the negro representative, looking to
the enforcement of the law relating to
equal accommodations for white and
colored. The house then adjourned
until Wednesday.
Wednesday, Nov. 15..—Wednesday
was a dull and uninteresting one in
the house. The only bill of any noto
that was passed was the bill to change
the time for making tax returns from
April 1st to March 1st. The bill tax
ing wholesale dealers in fresh meats
was tabled. The bill making it a fel
ony to even make threats to burn gin-
houses for purposes of revenge was
passed. If the senate concurs, post
ing ginhouses by whitecaps will cease
if the law is vigorously executed.
The following new bills were intro
duced : To amend section 4738 of
the Code; To cover certain county
funds in the public school fund;
To carry into effect last clause of arti
cle 7, section 1, paragraph 1, of the
constitution; To prevent the carrying
away of election returns; To author
ize sheriffs to allow constables to col
lect fi fas; To create a county court
for Murray county; To amend section
16 of the general tax act; To amend
section 2545 of the code; To refund
$500 to the receiver of tha Atlanta
and Florida railroad; To create a
board of county commissioners for
Murray county; To make daily and
weekly wages subject to garnishment;
To authorize counties to hire out con
victs convicted of misdemeanors;
To amend an act incorporating
the state savings association; To
amend the law regulating the in
spection of fertilizers. Bills on third
reading were then taken up and the
following were passed: For the pres
ervation of game and fish in Catoosa
county; To amend section 1875 of the
code in relation to foreign corpora
tions doing business in the state—Tho
bill declares that foreign corporations
will not be recognized in Georgia un
less Georgia corporations are recog
nized in the states where the foreign
corporation is chartered; Amending
the law in reference to the dismission
of administrators: Requiring agents
of brewing companies to pay the same
tax as state'brewing companies do ; To
change the time of making tax
returns from the 8th of April
to the 1st of March; To amend
the act creating the commission
ers of roads and revenues for Terrell
county; To relieve Captain Burne
Gordon, of the Georgia Hussars, from
liability for the loss of some accoutre
ments ; To cede to the United States
government jurisdiction over a road
from Missionary Ridge to the Chiea-
mauga park; To provide for and regu
late the filing of written pleas in cer
tain cases; To allow additional jurors
in city courts, when there is more than
one division of the city court; To es
tablish a system of public schools for
Louisville. Mr. Calvin introduced a
resolution requesting the committee
appointed to get up a bank bill, pro
ceed at once to prepare the bill and
report it not later than next Wedes-
day. The house then adjourned until
Thursday.
Thursday, Nov. 16.—After prayer,
roll call and reading of the journal in
the house, Thursday morning, a num
ber of new bills were introduced, by
unanimous consent, and read first
time. The most important in the
batch is probably the one by Mr. Gra
ham, of Appling, who think3 there
are too many elections in Georgia and
he introduced a bill to cut off at least
one of them. The purpose of the bill
is to change the time for
electing congressmen from Tuesday
after the first Monday in November
to the first Wednesday in October.
The following bills were read the third
time and passed: To amend the act
creating a new charter for Columbus
so that a board of police commission
ers can be elected; To repeal the sec
tion of the code providing for all per
sons selling by weights and measures,
to have an official standard furnished
by the ordinary; To provide when
continuations shall be granted in crim
inal cases. The resolution of Mr.
Howard, of Baldwin, to relieve A.
Pinkus from a liquor tax, after some
discussion, was tabled, and the follow
ing additional bills were passed: To
provide for granting charters to navi
gation companies; To amend the char
ter of the town of Waynesboro; To
repeal a section of the act incorpora
ting the town of Rhine, in Dodge
county, so that the mayor and council
have power to license liquor dealers;
To incorporate the town of Lonville
in Stewart county; To amend the law
providing for state depositories so
that one of the banks of Covington
shall be designated as a state deposi
tory; To amend an act requiring
railroads and other common carriees
to settle promptly claims for over
charges made; Providing for estab
lishing a city court for the county of
Richmond; To establish a system of
pnblic schools in Yaldosta; To estab
lish a board of commissioners of roads
and revenues for Echols county. The
house adjourned until Friday morn-
I ing at 9 o’clock.
IN THE SENATE.
Monday, Nov. 13—The following
1 bills were introduced in the senate
| Monday morning: A bill to incorpor
ate the town of Bullochville, to define
the corporation limits thereof and to
provide a mumciple government' for
said town. A bill to provide an
appointment by the governor of
graduates of edeational institutions of
this state in which military instruc
tion is given, as second lieutenants of
infantry of the Georgia volunteer, as
signing duties thereof. The following
bills were passed: A bill to regulate
the rights of widows and minors to a
year’s support out of the crops of-ten-
ants; A bill incorporating the town
of Haney, in Floyd county; A bill t»
provide for the reorganization of the
military staff of the governor of
force the e ___
summary manner; A bill for tue reiicl
of persons holding title to real estate
as security for debt; A bill to incorpo
rate the Commercial travellers’ Savings
Bank by changing its name to “Trust
Company of Georgia;” A bill to regu
late the elections of county commis
sioners of McIntosh county.
Tuesday, Nov. 14.—The followiug
bills were introduced in tho senate
Tuesday morning: A bill to amend
the general road law of this state, ap
proved October 21st, 1891; a bill to
ncorporate the Brunswick, LaGrange
and Northwestern Railroad company;
to amend the registration law of
Floyd county; a resolution that a
joint committee of five from the senate
and eight from the house be appointed
to meet, prepare and present a proper
bill for the organization of a system
of state banks for the state
of Georgia; a bill to amend
the law by which accounts against non
residents in justice courts. A joint
resolution by Mr. Calvin accepting
the private library of Dr. Robert Bat
tey of Rome was concurred in. A bill
by Mr. Hurst to authorize the mayor
and city council of Social Circle to
issue bonds for building a school house
in Social Circle, was passed. A bill
by Mr. Sears to create a board of com
missioners of roads and revenues for
Webster county, was passed. A bill to
incorporate the town of Nellievillel
by Mr. Cummings, was passed. A bil,
fixing the license fee for the sale
of spirituous intoxicating and malt
liquors in Pierce county, was passed,
as was also a bill to amend section 1349
of the code of Georgia. A bill by Mr.
Neisler to change the time of holding
the snperior court in Taylor county,
was passed. A bill by Mr. McDonald
to authorize the building of a court
house in the several militia districts of
this state. A bill to establish a board
of pharmaceutical examiners, and a
bill by Mr. Martin to amend tho char
ter of East Point were passed. The
senate then adjourned until Wednes
day.
Wednesday, Nov. 15.—Like the
house, the seriate had a dull day of it
Wednesday, The following new bills
were introduced: To create a board
of county commissioners of roads and
revenues for Wilkes county; To pro
vide for the kind of notice that tax
receivers and tax collectors shall bo
required to give of the time and places
where they will attend in the militia
districts of Georgia; To fix the salary of
ihe judge of the county court of Mitchell
sounty; To make a slander or defama
tion of an individual a misdemeanor;
To amend the act of November 5th,
1889, amending charter of Midway
Congregational church; To incorpor
ate the town of Powersville, in Coweta
county; To regulate the amounts de
posited in the state depositories by
the treasurer. The bill to establsh a
new charter for the town of Seville, in
Wilcox county, introduced by Mr.
Dennard, was passed. The bill intro
duced by Mr. Johnson to establish a
public school system in Statesboro was
passed. A bill introduced by Mr.
Bailey of Spaulding, to make clerks of
the superior courts eligible to hold the
office of clerks of the city or eounty
courts, was passed.
Thursday, Nov. 16.—The senate,
Thursday morning, passed the follow
ing bills: To permit the town of
East Point to issue $10,000 worth of
bonds to build school houses; To pro
vide the mode of granting charters to
villages and towns; To amend the
charter of Macon. The bill was
passed ordering that all convicts in
the penitentiary who were sentenced
under the law providing for different
terms of punishment than the law no w in
force be discharged if they have served
as long as the law now in existence
fixes the penalty. If the governor
signs tho bill there will be a number
of hearts made glad that are now sor
rowing in the penitentiary ; A house
bill to create a board of commissioners
for Laurens county was passed; The
bill to fix the bond of the sheriff of
Catoosa county was passed; A house
bill was passed prohibiting shooting
fish in Upson county, except in the
Flint river; The bill incorporating tho
town of PattersoD, in Pierce county,
was passed. Several bills were intro
duced and read.. The senate then ad
journed until 10 o’clock Friday
BILLS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
The governor has signed the follow
ing bills:
The bill providing for an outfit for
the Medical College of Georgia.
The resolution accepting the por
trait of the late D. N. Speer.
The bill amending the act charter
ing the Commercial Travelers bank.
The bill to authorize writs of error
to the supreme court from decisions
on petitions for discharge from impris
onment in trover and bail cases.
The St. Loais Republic says: To those
who imagine that Christianity is declin
ing we submit for study the following
lummary made by the English historian,
Sharon Turner, and which can be easih
verified: At the end of the first centurj
there were 500,000 Christians: at the end
of the second there were 2,030.000; then
the figures advanced thus: In 500 A D.,
10,000000; in 600 A. D., 15,000.000; in
700 A D., 20.000.000; in 800 A. D.,
21.000. 000:in 900 A. D., 30.000,000; in
1C09A.D., 40,000,000: in 1,100 A. D.,
50.000. 000; in 1200 A. D , 70,000,000;
in 1303 A. D., 80.000,000: in 1400 A.D.,
75.003,000; in 1500 A. D., 80,000.000:
in 1600 A. B., 100,000.000; i-> 1700 A.
D., 115,000,000; in 1800 A D., 155.
000,000; in 1893 A. D., 250.000,000. ii
thus appears, continues the Republic,
that the century of greatest growth i-
this century—the age of intelligence anc
progress par excellence. The gain ol
100.000. 000 in such a century is sugges
live of yet more rapid growth in the fu
ture, as knowledge and civilization and
human brotherhoodTnake themselves fek
to the ends of the earth. The age o:
steam added 100,000 000 to the Christian
roster. The Electric Age,on whose thresh
old we stand, will bring in the greatei
paTt of the whole human race. A Chrii
tianized earth is no longer an “iridescent
dream.”
The anfount of silk produced by each
s rider is so small that Reaumur computes
that 663, p22 would be required to pro
duce a Wad of thread.
A powder mill at Minden, Scotland,
near Amsterdam, was blown up Tues
day. Two bodies have already been
recovered. Several are still missing.
John W. Hogg, chief clerk of the
navy department, and for thirty-nine
years an employe of the government,
dropped dead at his home in Rock
ville, Md., Wednesday morning. He
was at the navy department at the
close of office hours Tuesday after
noon.
A cable dispatch from Vienna, Aus
tria, states that the new cabinet is gen
erally credited with good intentions
and is treated with sympathy by the
entire Vienna press. It is estimated
that the ministerial majority in the
Reichstag will be able to count 200
votes against 150 for the opposition.
A dispatch of Wednesday from
Walla Walla, Wash., states that the
Milton bank robbers are surrounded
by a posse at a sheep camp fifteen
miles west of Milton. A hard fight is
anticipated and the sheriff of Uma-
tila and Walla Walla counties have
been called upon to furnish an extra
posse. The sheriff and a posse left
Pendleton on a special train for Mil-
ton.
Marcos Morales, president of the
Cuban League in Pennsylvania, and
chairman of the advisory board of
that organization, received dispatches
Monday morning which aver that a
revolution is in full swing in Cuba.
He asserts that the natives of that
island have risen in force and have
determined to throw off the yoke of
Spain. They expect help from their
countrymen in the United States.
Tremendous excitement reigns at
Varner, Ark., a station on the Iron
Mountain railroad, twenty miles south
of Pine Bluff, over the lynching, shoot
ing and burning, early Tuesday morn
ing, of a negro named Nelson, who,
a week ago murdered another negro.
A mob consisting entirely of colored
people, broke down the jail, hung Nel
son to a convenient tree, riddled his
body with bullets and then set fire to
it.
Francis B. Thurber, of New York,
filed a general assignment Tuesday in
the county clerk’s office, for the bene
fit of his creditors, to Boudinot Keith,
without preferences. Francis P. Thur
ber, president of the Thurber-Why-
land company, in the application fora
receiver, says in his affidavit that the
debts of the concern aggregate $800,-
000, of which $500,000 is commercial
paper. The company does a business,
he says, of $125,000 a week.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Past Week.
The review of the industrial situation m the
South for the past week shows that the demand
for machinery is somewhat increasing; that a lar
ger number than usual of new mills, especially
in the fl >ui ing mill and lumber indu tries, are
reponedasin process of er ction, and that
there is ev dence of a substantial revival of in
dustries in general. Th9 favorable wea'her
that has prevailed throughout the Southern
Sta es for several weeks has enall: the crops to
be gathered in good condi'inn, but prevailing
prices do not encourage farmers to market them
on a large scale. It seems lo be generally be
lieved that there will be a large incr aso in the
lumber ou'put dnr ng the coming winter, as
stocks on hand at tho mills are much reduced.
So far as can be judge ! from prevailing con
ditions, financial and mer aiitile business is
steadily r vivtng, and manufacturers generally
are increasing their outputs. Tne low p: ice’s
of cotton, coal, trou and the products of iron
are now the only serious drawbacks to prosper
ity.
Thirty-five new industries were established
or incorporated during the week, tngeth r w th
five enlargements of manufactories and nine
important new buildings. Among noticeable
new industries are the Stratton-White Machine
Company, of Fort Wor h. TexRS, capital $100.-
0J0, organized by W. H. Stratton and associ
ates ; tha Hamilton Pa n‘ and Gliss Company,
of Dallas, Texas, cipital $50,000, E. M. Bear-
don and others, incorporators; the Old Do
minion El otrie Sunplv Company, of R oh
m-aid, Va., cspital $135,003, by M. W. Thomas
and others; the Columbian Company, of Lam
bert’s Point, Ya, capital $i\00Q. E. J. Acker,
preaident, and the Bluefield Machine Works, of
Bluefield, W. Va., oapital $10,10), by F. W.
Smith and associates.
Flouring m ils are to ba built at Catawba
and E lenboro, N. C., Aldie and Danville, Ya.,
and a rice mill at Davis Bridge, S. C ; a foun
dry is reported at Louisville, Ky., lumber mills
at Mobile, Ala., and BUoxi, Miss.; furniture
factory at Mobile, Ala, and Pensacola, Fla.; a
sash, door and blind factory at < hattanooga,
Ttnn.; saw mills at Williston, Fla., Davis
Bridge, 8. C., and Wallisville, Texas; a stave
factory at Little Bock, Ark., and wagon works
at Durant, Miss.—'tradesman (Chattanooga,
Term.)
THE GRAIN CROP.
With Three Exceptions It Is the Small*
est in Ten Years.
The November returns to the depart
ment of agriculture of rates of yield
per acre makes the average for corn
22.6 bushels, which is the smallest
yield reported excepting those of 1886,-
1887 and 1890, for the past ten years.
The yields for those years were re
spectively 22, 20.1 and 20.7 bushels.
It is less than the average for the ten
years, 1870 to 1879 by 4.5 bushels;
less than the average for the succeed
ing decade, 1880 to 1889, by one-half
bushel, and less than the average for
the three years 1890 to 1892 by a little
over one bushel. The result is in har
mony with the reported indications
during the growing season. The July
returns of conditions were high, being
3.2 from which point there was a rapid
decline, ending in the returns of Oc
tober at 75.1 a fall of a little over 18
points. This result is due, in the
main, to the severe, extensive and per
sistent drought.
Orders to the Sheriff.
A Jacksonville dispatch says: Thurs
day afternoon the mail from Tallahas
see brought the following short, but
significant letter from the office of the
chief executive of Florida:
“Tallahassee, Fla., November 15, 1893.—
To N. B* Broward, sheriff of Duval county—
Deir Sir: The governor direc s that you
wili take allp oper precaution < to prevent
any *pr ze fights,* or so-called 'glove contests*
in Duval county. D. Lang. Private Secre
tary. **
The sporting men claim that the
statute does not contemplate a fight
like this one arranged between Cor
bett and Mitchell, duelling being the
offense aimed at. The syndicate
which has put up the $25,000 for this
fight is as confident as ever that the
fight will t^ke place.
■Tmle clouds through vaulted
sky
With flood tumultuous lift my bosom high.
I shall be great! So speak tho sheens o.'
grain,
Of mead, of hill, of undulating plain
I shall bo great! Thus the decrees of man,
Of bridge, of ships, that all my waters span.
I shall be great' Around the earth at last—
I shall bo grent, an ocean, mighty, vast.
I shall bo great I With roll of orbs an!
spheres.
My vapor shall revolve tlirou gh endles
years.
I shall be great 1 When thus my mists diss
perse
And by attractions form a universe.
I shall be great 1 But only onee content—
To-day—a laughing brook, unthinking bent.
—William Hose.-i Ballou.
PITH AND POINT.
Outside the pale—The rogue.—
Puck.
A set speech—The hen’s “cluck.”—
Truth.
Golden hair is frequently plaited.—
Truth.
Physicians, as a rule, never treat
anybody well.
The ladykiller sleighs his victim in
the winter time.
In order to carve out a fortune a
man must be sharp.—Ram’s Horn.
If you press the rattlesnake’s button
he will do the rest.—Galveston News.
Faint heart never dodged fair lady
if she was determined on capturing
him. —Ram’s Horn.
Law books are bound in sheep as a
tribute to the mental qualities of
people who go to law.
A great man is one who knows how
to make somebody else paddle his
canoe for him.—Galveston News.
The pessimist is a gentleman who
expects to choke to death on the gol
den spoon born in his mouth.—Puck.
He dreamed he’d found the lost north pole,
And round it tried to hover ;
He woke to find the blankets gone,
His wife’s house plants to cover,
—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Many a man who is asked for change
for a $20 bill would like to have a $20
bill occasionally for a change. —Boston
Globe.
“I can stand some slurs,” remarked
the cake of soap, “but the fellow that
made me gave me the lye direct.”—
Truth.
Very often a merchant is obliged to
suspend himself because he has “hung
up” too many customers. —New York
World.
Wiser—“Yon can’t always tell a man
by bis looks.” Smarty—“Tell him
what ?” Wiser— ‘ ‘Tell him he’s a liar,
that’s what. ”
“This is really getting down to
pretty hard pan,” said the silversmith,
when he tried to melt a tin salad-bowl
over for silver.
It’s no use to ask the man who is
going to have a tooth pulled whether
he doesn’t think this is just a perfect
day.—Somerville Journal.
Minnie—“Oh, dear! I feel about
fifty years old to-day!” Jennie—
“Why, I didn’t know this was your
birthday, Minnie.”—Truth.
“I saw young Knower just now.
What in time makes that fellow so
fresh?” “Probably because he can’t
earn his salt.”—Boston Transcript.
If all people had an income in pro
portion to their deserts;we should be
a good deal richer, but we know some
who would starve to death. —Truth.
His better half adorned no Legislature ;
She shrieked and ran whene’er she saw a
mouse;
And yet she was (true to her woman's nature)
The self-elected speaker of the house.
—Louisville Times.
Iu many of tho remote scions of
nobility there are traces of greatness.
But the scions generally jump over
those traces, and spoil everything.—
Puck.
Fair Customer—“Is it true that
milk is soured by lightning ?” Thought
less Milkman—“No; by thunder.”
And to this day ho doesn’t know why
she transferred her patronage to a
rival dealer.—Buffalo Courier.
A growl from paterfamilias—“For
my part, I don’t see what more rights
woman wan ! My wife bullies mo,
our daughters bully us both, and the
cook bullies the whole family. Isn’t
that about enough of woman’s rights?”
—Fliegende Blatter.
Steam Ahead Yet,
There was a trial of strength at Chi
cago the other day between a steam
and an electric engine, and the elec
tric people are not saying anything
about it. An old Baltimore and Ohio
switch engine, weighing thirty-one
tons, and a new twenty-five-ton elec
tric engine were coupled together with
a cable twenty-five feet long, and at a
given signal the engineers of both
“pulled them wide open.” The elec
tric engine buzzed and scattered
sparks of lightning around the neigh
borhood, but was unable to budge the
old switcher. The latter gave a few
snorts and walked away, dragging her
modern antagonist ignominiously be
hind her.—Picayune.
Uses ot SilTer.
Silver for other purposes than coin
has a very extended use. The uses for
it in tableware are well known, and
in all other of the industrial arts. It
is also used in dentistry, photography
and on mirrors. It is the foundation
of indelible inks, is found in surgery
and forms a nitrate in medicine. In
mineral water machines it forms the
interior of condensers and the lining
of the block tin pipe. It is used in
galvanometers, and in electricity
where tho best conductor is essential
for the most delicate tests. About
$9,000,000 annually is used in the arts
in the United States, $2,500,000 going
into solid spoons and forks.—Hard
ware.