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THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
(tor Lawmakers Busily Engaged in
Praming State Statutes.
Proceedings of the Bodjr from Day to
Daj Briefly Told.
TBR SKlfATK.
37rn Dat—In the senato Wednesday
morning a number of new MIU were in
troduced. The bill emending the charter
of Cere Springs was passed, as wm also
the bill requiring insurance companies to
pay the full insurance contracted for on
buildings, aud In case of loss requiring
the value of a building insured to bo de
termined before a policy is issued
thereon.
28m Dat—The session of (bo senate
Thursday morning was not exactly
dresry, hut was a trifle monotonous, the
greater portion of tho morning hours be
ing devoted to tho reading of bills tiro
second lime. There wns u perceptible
ripple when bill 113 from tho committoo
on leinpcrance was reported by Chair
man Drnnnrd, with the recommendation
from that committee that it do pass, and
it did pass by the pronounced vote of
thirty ayes to no nays. This bill amends
section five of the general Ihcal option
liquor law of this atuto approved Bep-
tember 18th, 1888 by striking out tho
word “two” in the 8lh line of said sec
tion and in lieu thereof tho word “four.”
This means that prohibition fights under
the gonersl law will nut bo no
frequent in 1 lie counties of Geor
gia as heretofore--that communities
cannot bo stirred up every two yours on
tbe question, “Are you for or against tho
sals!” but tbnt the inteiim between
these battles over tho bottlo shall not be
less than four years. The members woro
stirred in earnest when tbe bill to estab
lish a board of medical examiners for
Georgia and to protect the people from
illegal and unqualified practitioners of
medicine wns favorably reported and put
upon its passage. A lively debate fol
lowed. The hill wns Anally passed by a
vote of 80 to 0. The bill of Mr. Heme
to make tho hurling of missiles or tiring
guna at passenger trains a felony was
passed without a dissenting voice, tho
voto being 88 ayes to 0 nays. Other bills
passod were: To amend sub section (f)
of an act to ropoel paragraph 1 of scctiou
3854 of tho code; to amond tho charter
of Atlanta so as to authorize tho iusimnco
of $250,000 of tho bonds of said city to
complete and equip the now water works.
20tii Day.—Quite a lively llttlo de
bate was had is the aenute, Friday, on
the resolution to give tho governor a
atenograpber at a solary of $1,200 a year.
Edwards, of Humphries, attacked tho
proposition while Jenkins and Hatcher
defended it. An unfavorable committee
report gnvo It a black eyo to begin witb,
but tborc remained a strong disposition
in its favor. Tho dl-ciission wns red-hot
for a time. The previous quostion was
called and tho resolution lest, the sonnte,
on an uyo and nay voto, sustaining the
committeo 12 to 27. Governor Northcn
transmitted to the senato a formal noti
fication of the election of Hon. Thomas
W. Fleming to succeed tho late Senator
Reubin Jones, of the Ninth district.
Tbe new incumbent, thus presented,
took the oath of office and assumed his
seat. The reuowcd struggle on the
“doctor blit,” which was thought to bo
imminent, wns averted. Mr. Pinson
moved that the bill be rcconsldorcd, but
his motion went to the table, the friends
of the measure thus pn v.ng their con
tinued strength. It lias been predicted
that there will bo a flual effort to defeat
its iMuuago when It comos before the
house.
80th Dav—The senate stood adjourned
until Monday.
Tim iioumc.
27th uat—-Immediately ou assembling
Wednesday morning, the house, ou mo
tion of Mr. Dennard, of Houston, voted
to tako up tho senato resolution, “request
ing our senators nnd reproaentntivi-a in
congress to support the Hatch anti-op
tion bill.” Alt r considerable discussion
tho resolution was laid on tho table and
a motion to print 200 copies was adopt
ed. The bill to requiro a deposit of
$2 .50 of costs by non-resident plaintiffs
iii justico courts was taken up and pass
ed. Many new bills were introduced
during tne morning hour, among them
was ono tending to set at rust certain
disputed questions concerning tho new
legial ativo sessions. Tho bill is “to de
clare that Sundays are not legisla
tive days; that tho flfiy days
for each session of ilie legis
lature ahall be oxoltuivo of Bundays. and
a per diem shall not ho paid to the mem
bers and officers of tho goncral assembly
for Sundays." Tho bill to provide that all
bills, resolutions ami other matters pend
ing ill the senate and house of representa
tives at tile close of the first session of
each general assembly as unfinished busi
ness, was read a third tima and passed.
Tho bill introduced by Mr. llucoii, of
lllbb, to limit the issuance of storks and
Viouds and tho creation of floating indebt
edness by railroad companies, which had
been reported from the railroad commit-
too by substitute, was taken up for final
action. Several amendments were offered
by Mr. Hacon aud adopted without ob
jection. The vote was then taken ou the
bill and it was pnssed, 124 to 0. An
other of Mr. llacon’s series of railroad
bills came u i next. It wns his bill to
make railroad wrecking a felony nnd to
prescribe punishment therefor. It had
iioeu reported back by tho gonerni judic
iary committeo, with the recommenda
tion that it do pnss. There was no op
position to tho bill, and after tho adopt
ion of mi amendment offered by the com
mittee, it was passod by a voto of 130 to
nothing. Other bills passed were: To
amond the act to establish city courts in
certain couuties so as to allow judges to
practico in certain courts; to change the
time of holding justico courts.
28tii Day.—The house mot at the usual
hour Thursday morning. A number of
members arc away on committeo woik,
bo that there were but few over a quorum
present. After tho introduction of now
matter, the following bills were put on
third reading and passed: To have tho
governor designate a bank in Marietta ns
a state depository; to change the time of
holding the superior court of Morgan
county; to chaugo the time of holding
the superior court of llockdale. The
senate bill changing the time of notice to
be given by stockholders when he is per
sonally liable, and sells his stock,
which requires that he shall, within
ten days after tiausfer, give notico in
public newspaper, once a week for four
weeks, unless he is notified by some
creditors of the bank within six months,
that be proposes to hold him liable, was
passed. A bill to' prevent the Georgia
railroad from ruuuing freight trains on
Sundays was passed. A number of sen
ate bills were read the first time. Mr.
Branch, of Columbia, moved that the
Hatch bill he taken up for uction. Mr.
Preach said tho members were sent the-..
by t..o larmors with tlio understanding
that niich a law would lie passed. A
substitute was offered favoring tbe pas
sage of tbe Hatch bill or soma other bill,
hicii was adopted- A motion to amend
by striking out the second and third
clauses of tho memorisl was adopted.
The memorial as amended and parsed is
ns follows: “Be it resolved by the sen
ato and house, That it is tbo renso of
this general assembly, that tbo bill now
pending in tho United States senate,
being house bill No. 7845, and
known ns the Hatch bill, or some
other law, should be enacted at tbe
earliest possible date, whereby the prac
tico of selling farm products by persons
who aro not owners thereof, ami com
monly known as ‘short lolling,' shall
bo regulated and restricted, that the val
ue of tho actual products of the soil shall
not he bcntcu down, and, in a largo
mcnaure, destroyed by tho imnginsry and
fictitious ptoducts continuosl; being of
fered by tborc who own little or none of
tho articles offered.” ‘Jho resolution
to appropriate $20,000 for refurnishing
machinery for the Technological Insti
tute came up for consideration. Feud
ing the consideration tho hour of ad
journment arrived and the houso stood
adjourned until Friday at 0 o'clock.
29rn Day.—It will bo joyful nows to
(lie old “vets"—tbo Oeorgia legislators
Imvo not forgotten them. The bill for
the acceptance of the Boldiera’ Homo was
reported favorably by the committoo of
the whole in tho house of representatives
Friday. After the introduction of a num
ber of local bills, nnd some routine work,
tho Holdiers’ Home bill came up as tbo
special order of tho day. Speaker At
kinson called Mr. ltankin, of Gordon, to
the chair, und took a scat on tho floor ns
the house went into committee of tho
whole. Tho bill was read and Mr. Mar
tin, of Fulton, was the first to got the
floor to speak on the moasuro. Iln mado
a good, strong speech in favor of tho nc-
ccptnnco of the home. Next came Mr.
Jones, of Dougherty, who also spoko in
favor of tho bill. lie mado a very olo-
quont speech In behalf of the old soldiers.
Styles, of Liberty, one of tho colored
members of the house, then took tho
floor,nnd began speaking for tho Boldiors'
Home bill. It was especially interesting,
bqgnusa it wns not only on tho right lino,
hut was n good speech. Among other
tilings ho said : “I wns raised with those
veteians who suffered in tho war. I car-
tied tin ir school books to tho school
house for them aud there was no diffor-
cnco except that I was not allowed to
study from them. Since you nre taxed
to keep tip the homes for the union vet-
cram, why not bo taxed to keop
a homo fur yourselves? With theso
convictions, and since they ask for
only $15,000 a year for tho homo,
1 g ndly cast my vote for this monument
to tho patriotism of old Georgia. (Ap
plause.) After Styles had finished speak
ing, Harvey Johnsou, of Fulton, Bpoke
in luvor of tho home. Ho made one of
his usunlly unphatic speeches nnd it was
well received by tho members sr.d by
those in tlio galleries of the bouse be
sides. Ily this time tho gailorics were
fast filling up with visitors, among whom
were tho governor and several other dis-
tingushed Georgians. West, of Lowndes,
ft.'lowed Mr. Johnson with a well-direc
ted effort on behalf of tho old soldiers.
Ho mado ono of tho strongest speeches
that was mude on tho floor of tho house
in favor of tho acceptance of the homo,
Hall, of Thomas, was tho next speaker.
He favored tho bill in a telling speech.
Harris,of Quitman, tho recognized loader
of tho opposition to tho bill in tbe houso,
ipoke next and made a very earnest and
sober appeal to tho members to vote ns
their consciences and constituents dic
tated. Tie said the quostion of doing
something for the good of the old sol
diers did not come up in the settlement
of this issue. IJe was as good* a friend
to the confederate soldier as any man in
tho hall, nnd ho believed every momber
in sincerity acknowledge - it. By this
time several nmendmeuts were upon the
clerk’s desk, and tho interest iu tho de
bate was increasing with each minute. Mr.
King, of Fulton, took the floor nnd made
a very nblo talk in fsvor of tho bill, and
wan followed by Mr. Boifeuillet, of Bibb,
in mi eloquent appeal for the old soldiors.
Mr. Sours, of Webster, was another to
opposo tho bill, ns ho had dona before
when it wns up for discussion in the com-
mittco of the whole houso. Mr. Senrs is
n good rensoncr, and went on to Bhow
that tho bill wns not a feasible means to
place a common living in reach of tho old
soldiers. His position on tho bill is ul-
lendy known to the gonerni public. This
finished up the debate, aud tlio motion
was made by Davis, of Heard, thut tho
committee rise and report progress and
report the bill back unfavorably. This
could uot bo douo until tlio amendments
pouding bad boen disposed of, and so the
amendments woro taken up, Tho first
amendment taken up was that of Quor-
rnrd, of Clinthaui, requiring that the
nmount appropriated annually shall never
go above $15,000 ns asked for in the
original bill. Thou came tho amendment
by Hill, of Meriwclhor, to linvo the bill
submitted to the peoplo of tho stato lit
the next January county election. It
wns adopted. Vole sovonty-tivo to sev
enty one. Tho amendment by Allen, of
Upson, to allow uono but confederate
veterans to voto iu that election failed.
Then enme the amendment by Freeman,
of Troup, that in selecting officers for
the homo preference shall be given ix-
coufudcratc soldiers, and it was unani
mously adopted. The next was
mi uuiondment that the home shall
not ever conflict with tho right
of other soldiers uot iu the homo nnd uot
desiring to bo placed there, to draw pen
sions. It wns adopted. Here Fleming
moved that tho committeo of tho whole
iHe, roport progress and favor the lins-
sige of the bill by substitute, as amoudod.
Harrison, of Quitman, substituted tlmt
tlio bill bo reported unfavorably, but this
was lost on a voto of sixty-nine to seven
ty-four. Fleming’s motion to roport tho
bill favorably was carried oil n vote of
oighty-two to fifty-eight. The minute
after tlio houso resumeil scssiou Mr.
Fleming moved that the bill bo made tho
special order in the houso next Wednes
day, which, after some discussion, was
adopted. Just before the house ad
journed Sir. Fleming recited tho fact
that ihero was a vast deal of work on
tlio clerk's desk, aud tho session was
drawing to a close. He moved that a
night session be held, nnd it was carried.
Consequently, the gas was turned on in
the hall Friday night, and the first night
sitting of tho session occurred. The
time wns occupied in rending bills the
second time. At 9:30 o’clock tho house
adjourned until Saturday.
30th Day—After the warm aud inter
esting tight over the Soldiers’ home bill
Friday, many may have thought that the
combatants would rest on their arms un
til Wednesday or that then a vote would
be tsken upou the bill without debate.
But they were sadly mistaken, for the
bill bibbed up serenely immediately after
the reading of the journal Saturday
morning in the form of a motion by Mr.
Allen to reconsider bo much of the
journal os relates to the passage of the
resolution which set tho hour of
tlttveo o'clock next Wednesday (or
voting upon the bill under the call
of the previous question. Tho
motion prevailed, and after a little
further discussion, the soldiers’ home hill
was made the special order for Wednes
day immediately after tbe reading of the
journal. The morning hour was mainly
devoted to considering the substitute by
the financial committee for tho general
appropriation bill. It was read by sec
tions, and several amendments of not
much moment were offered, hut
nothing of special Interest was done
until tho fourth section was
reached. Just hero Mr. Ham got the
floor and offered an amendment to come
in after line 21, lection 4, establishing
for the State University a chair of “ped
agogies” at a salary of fifteen hundred
dollars a year. This brought on a
lengthy debate, in which the whole
school system ol the state was discussed.
The amendment wns defeated by a vote
of 00 to 24. Mr. Boynton wanted to
amend by giving tho Dahlonega
college $8,000 and all the other
branch colleges $2,000, and Mr.
Rankin loomed up ns he said in tho
name of the masses with a substitute to
the nmendment to strike out the appro-
ririntion for Dnhlonega. Mr. Itaukln,
In assorting this college, took the posi
tion that the "masses” derived no bene
fit from appropriations to it. Pending
tbo discussion on this substitute the
committee of the whole house, Mr. Bolt-
cuillat in tbe chair, arose, repoitcd prog
ress nsd asked lenvo to sit again.
CAPTURED THE CAPITOL.
A Lively War Being Waged Over the
Wyoming Governorship.
A special from Cheyenne, Wyo., says:
Friday afternoon, accompanied by several
meu, Governor-elect Osborne went to tho
capitol and asked the janitor to show him
into tho executive rooms, urging ns his
plea that ho wanted to see the condition
of tho furulturo. The j initor refused to
admit him without tho authority of the
acting governor. Govornor Osborne
sent for a carpenter and ordered him to
open a window loading to tho executive
chombcj'. By the uso of a chisel tho
window casing was removed, the sash
thrown up and the party took posses
sion.
Osborne then announced himself gov
ernor, saying that ho lmd tnken oath of
office before a notary public. Tbo re
turns from tho various counties have not
all been received, consequently the stato
hoard of canvassers have not yet mado a
complete canvass of the retnrns.
Governor-olect Ozborno’a action in try
ing to take possession of the office before
tho official ro'urns are in hns created in
tense excitement. Ho remained in the
office all day.
Osborne is the democratic-populist can
didate who is supposed to bo elected by
seveuty majority, but tho official figures
aro not in and Governor Barber, who op
posed Osborno in the ruce, refused to
give up the office pending tho official
eouut,
STILT. HOLDING TUB FORT.
Saturday’s dispatches state that Gov
ernor-elect Osborno spent Friday night
in the executive chamber. At a lato hour
a bed was sent in by friends. Tho plteo
was guarded on t’ue outside by tho sheriff
of tho county, who had been called to
service by the capitol commissioners on
a it port that tho republicans would raid
tho building during the night to get pos
session of tho seal of state. Members of
the state board of canvassers now say
tboy will canvass tho vote for governor
sad Issue Osborno a certificate of elec
tion.
Saturday evening Acting Governor
Barber Issued a proclamation denouncing
Osborno ns an usurper. He calls upon
tbo citizens to support him as acting
governor. Osborno also issued a procla
mation reciting that a conspiracy between
the republican aspirants for United
States senate (Warren) and various
county clerks, to deprive a number
of hgislators who nave been olcct
od, of their seats in the legislative body
snd that tho failure of the state cnnvnss-
iug board to canvass the voto for gover
nor end tho refusal of the acting gover
nor, Barber, to give any definite informa
tion regarding the canvass is a part of tlio
conspiracy. He maintains his position
and performs tho duties of his office, nnd
calla upon nil citizens to support him.
lio works; Sir A. P. Caron, postmnstor
general; T, M. Daily, interior; John Cos-
tigan, agriculture; A. R. Angles, militia;
J. C. Patterson, secretary of state; J.
Curran, solicitor general.
THE THOROUGHBRED.
ills Development Is Entirely the Work
of Man.
In so far as a creature ondowed with
life can owe its existence to human
Immls, the rnee horse may bo said to lie
nmn-madc. Horses were ail important
factor in early nomadic, life, and were
cherished by their owners, and the pro
gress of civilization, so far from tweaking
this bond, lias apparently strengthened
it. Tho animal is not now so essential to
human welfare and convenience; science
lias furnished other means of transporta
tion, and is in a fair way to take nil the
heavy loads from his back; but in tliu
degree that lie censes to lie a mere henst
nf burden, lie is transformed into a source
nf entertainment nnd pleasure. From a
rough and hardy creature, subsisting on
nioli rations us chance and convenience
might provide, and suffering tile hard
ships and hazards of toil and adventure,
ho lias gradually evolved into a combina
tion of nerves, intelligence and trained
muscle, that has but n family likeness to
his early progenitors.
It differs from them in the same mons-
•tire that the American beauty or the La
France rose differs from tho little tive-
potalcd pink flower that blooms by the
roadside. Liko those floral triumphs, lie
is a product of scientific culture. It is
not chance that lias given liim that pecu
liar build, that slenderness and lightness
that to tho expert means speed, llis
masters have wanted theso developments,
nnd they have studied sire and dam and
the |iedigrec of each until they could
name in advance the qualities of the off
spring. And having secured a horse thut
lias within him the possibilities of outdo
ing liis ancestors, they treat him ns a
precious belonging, ns, indeed, lie is.
A groom is always in attendance; lie is
brushed and combed until his coat is
like satin; lie is fed and housed and ex
ercised with ns much care for his comfort
as for a ohild’rs Royalty itself is not
looked after with more solicitude. The
attention that ancient Greeks used to
give to their own bodily training is given
by modern men to the race liorsc. and,
is a result, ho is a marvel of physical
perfection. And after all this-? Why,
when lie hns been tested aud his paces
tried lie is put upon the race track,
where his beauty and grace and swiftness
please the sight and thrill the pulses of
the watching thousands as no other spec
tacle devised for public pleasure could
ever do.—[Indianapolis Journal.
Six million dollars aro invested in
the manufaoturo of dynnmiio in lie
Uulted 8t»teu
THROUGHOUT THE SODTH.
Briefly EpiMtief
And Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
Fire Thursday night destroyed the lo
comotive shed of the Atlautlc nnd Dan
ville R. R., at West Norfolk, Va. Tho
loss is about $2,000. Insured.
The state canvassing board, of North
Carolina, on Saturday, announced tho
electoral vote of the state as follows:
Cleveland, 182,051; Harrison, 100,340;
Weaver, 44,782; prohibition candidate,
2,030.
A London cablegram of Saturday says:
The steamer Wold, with a cargo of or
anges, has strived, the first exported di
rect to England. The oranges have not
yet landed, but appear to be In fair con
dition.
At Fayetteville, N. C.. Wednesday
morning, fire broke out in one of the
principal business blocks and In five
hours entirely burned eight stores, the
loss being ijo,000; half covered by in
surance.
M. Boley & Son, furniture manufac
turers and .dealers, of Savannah, On.,
failed on Saturday. Tbe total liabilities
are not thought to have been over $70,-
000, whllo the assets were not estimated
at over $35,000 to $40,000.
The Macon and Atlantic railroad was
sold at auction at Macon, Ga., Wednes
day. It wu bought in by the creditor*
and bondholders. J. R. Young, of Sa
vannah, dir) the bidding, and the aggre
gate price paid was about $410,000. The
road will probably bo rebuilt.
A freight was wrecked at Johason
City, Tcon., Thursday night, on tho
East Tennessee road. Through disobe
dience of orders, freights 21 snd 22 col
lided. Twenty cars loaded with cattle
were demolished. It is thought several
tramps in the car* were killed. A great
number of cattle were kilted.
There is great exeitement in tbe Moon
neighborhood, three miles north-west of
Powder Springs, Ga. Parties prospect
ing there have found three or four par
allel veins rich in gold, and the earth
anywhere nflnr tbe velua bearing coarso
gold in paying quantities. This is the
seme load that runs from north-east Geor
gia down by Villa Rica into Alabama.
Wednesday night when passenger train
No. 17 on the Savannah, America, and
Montgomery railroad rolled into tbe
union station at Montgomery, Ala., from
Americus, Gs., Sheriff Waller attached
tho train on papers tent from Birming
ham, where they were sworn out by C. 8.
Simmons & Co., wholesale grocerymen,
on a claim" of $5,724.16 for supplies.
General Lucius E, Polk died at Ash-
wood, Maury county, Tcnn., Thursday
morning. General Polk was fifty-nine
years of age. Ha served in the confed
erate army under General Pat Cleburne
until after the latter was killed at Frank
lin. He commanded a division in a corps
at Chlckamnuga and served with distinc
tion throughout the war. He was sent
to tho state senate in 1888.
A epecial/of Thursday from Coal Creek
says a Serb ia outbreak may occur among
the minersln a few day*. A strike hsi
been decided at the Black Diamond
mines. non-union members em
ployed mine refused to become
membersvjMl union. The union nron
held a nieetmg and decided to dlschargo
tlio non-union men, making threat* of
various kinds should their demands not
be complied-with.
A Raleigh special says: Thursday,
officers of the Baptlet state convention
representing white mieeionary Baptists
of North Carolina, made up tbe annual
statement. This shows a gain of forty-
seven new churches and brings tbe total
number up to 1,700. The convention
embraces forty-two associations and cov
ers all territory oast of Blue Ridge, nnd
three counties beyond. Its gain in mem-
ship during the year approximates 12,000.
Tho monthly report issued by tire
commissioner of agriculture of Tennessee
shows that the corn yield is only 78 3, as
compared with 89.6 per cent, of tho full
crop last your. A large portion of the
winter wheat crop is late sown, hut tbe
prosnecta are for a good stand. Tbo
yield of the cotton crop in the state is
now placed at 47.3 per cent, of which
nearly tbrSe-quartcrs hat been picked.
The yield last year was estimated at 72.6
per cent.
A Savannah, Ga., special says. The
contract of the engineers and firemen
employed on the Central railroad system
expired at noon Thursday. The men
will continue at work until something
definite is done. The troublo between
the Central and the engineers, firemen
and telographers does not aeem any near
er a settlement than a week ago, and n
strike of at least the telegraphers, if
both sides keep up to what they say, ia
apparently inevitable.
It is announced that a syndicate repre
sented by J. W. Soligmin & Co. have
purchased tho entiro street railway sys
tem of New Orleans for $10,000,000.
Seligmau declined to give the names of
tho syndicate. Ho said it will bo two or
three days yet before ho could givo the
details of the purchase. The motive
power of the system will be changed to
electricity. Tbe purchato includes a
number of valuable street railway fran
chises, which as yet havo not been
used.
A Birmingham special of Thursday
says: Judge Pardee, of the United
States circuit court, has issued a decree-
ordering the sale of tho East and West
railroad on December 28ih at public
huettou. the sale is to satisfy lire boud
holders, who hold amortgage for $3,274,-
000. Tho terms are $3,000,000 cash, bal
ance on time. Tbo road is 117 miles long,
between Pell City, Ala , and Cartersville,
G i. It i-i understood that a syndicate is
prepared to bid it in and consolidate it
wilh a number of other lines, such us the
Marietta nnd North Georgia, and Chat
tanooga Southern, with a view to form
ing a systeln to be called the Tenneaste,
Alabama and Georgia. The sale takes
place at Birmingham.
THE CANADIAN CABINET
As Selected by Sir Thompsou, the New
Premier.
A special of Saturday from Quebec,
says: Sir John Thompson, the new pre
mier, has formed his cabinet as follows:
Sir John Thompson, premier and minis
ter of justices; MacKeozie Powell, trade
and commerce; George Foster, finance ;
John Haggart, railways; C. H. Tupptr,
marine aud fisheries; J. A. Oumet, pub-
Llzile Borden Indicted.
A special of Friday from Taunton,
Maas., says: L'zzie Borden has been in
dieted by the grand jury of tjirec courts.
Uiea of Wire.
A few figures may be cited to illustrate
how important a part wire plays in our
leading industries and manufactures.
The output of coal in Great Britain
•lone, which may bo taken at fully 200,-
000,000 tons per annum, is mainly raised
by tbe agency of wire ropes. Tbe im
portance of carding wire may bo appre
ciated from tbe fact that Great Britain’s
woolen export trade is worth $27,000,000
per annum. The consumption of wire
netting is enormous, and the annual out
put in America and Europe of the one
item of barbed wire for fencing—a com
paratively new adapstation—is estimated
to exceed 100,000 tons.
The world-wide use of wire for tele-
graghic and other electrical purposes is
too well known to need comment, one
oompany in america owning no fewer
than 648,000 miles of their own Bystem.
—Chamber’s Journal.
The Horae is Useful Even If Dead.
The whale can be put to a great num
ber of uses when dead, as can also the
horse, the various parts of which arc util
ized at follows; Hair of msue and tail for
haircloth, stuffing mattresses and making
hags for crushing seed in oil mills, etc.;
hide and skin tanned for leather for cov
ering tables, etc.; tendons used for glue
aud gelatin; flesh for fuod for dogs,poul
try amt man; fat used for lamps, etc.;
intestines usod for covering sausages,
making gut strings, etc.; heart and
tongue for food; hoofs for gelatin, prus-
siste, fancy snuff boxes, etc.; bones for
knife handles, phosphorous, superphos
phate of lime and manure; blood for ma
nure and shoes for reuse or for old iron.
—Spare Moments.
Both Liked the Change;
Friend—“Given up housekeeping snd
gone to a hotel, ch? How do you like
Eqtel life!”
MoTIff—“First rate. Never was so
happy in my life.”
"Indeed I And how does your wife
like it?”
"First class.”
"Where are you staying?”
“I’m at tbo St. Charles and Bhu’s at
the St. James."
Tutelary Trees.
Ancient people had their til' elary trees
just as they had their tutelary gods —the
former being tbe altars and ahrme9 of the
latter. Among the Scandinavians the ash
won held to ho tne mo9t sacred tree. Ser
pents, according to their belief, dared
not approach it. Hence the women left
their children with entire confidence un
der its shade while they went on with
their harvesting.—Gentleman’s Magazine.
Boillug Macaroni.
An authority eays that in boiliug maca
roni it is fatal to permit it to stop boil
ing for a moment until done. Have
plenty of salted water in the saucepan at
ths boiling point when the sticks are
added, and when they arc tender throw
in a gloss of cold water to stop tbe cook
ing suddenly, and drain at once.—New
York Times.
Shakespeare Up to Date.
Lobbie—“Shakespeare does not seem
to draw very well nowadays."
“Manager— “N-o, but I belieTe ‘As
You Like It’ could be mado to go witb
a corps do Rosalinds and a genuine herd-
glove alugging’rivttch in place of that
old-fashioned i
York Weekly
wrestling bout."—New
Drinking Under Difficulties.
Little Boy (in the country)—“Th’
water in this spring is awiul good.”
Mother—“Thon I’ll take some. Where
is the cup?"
Little lloy—“There if n’t any cup. You
have to lie down an’ drink up hill.”—
8trcet & Smith’s Good News.
Flour Should lie Kept Dry.
Do you know that flour should be kept
in a cuoi, dry place? If possible, there
should be tome kind of a close recepta
cle for it, and too largo a quantity some
times spoils by being kept too long. It
should also bo remembered that mitrs
which often get into flour aia more de
structive than mice.
Disabilities of Sex.
Little Dot—“I wish I was a boy.”
Little Dick—“Why?”
Little Dot—“'Cause u girl always feels
to wicked w’en she does anything wroug,
in’ a boy doa’r. Boys just goes right
ilong an’ lias a good time.”
Three Hlcaiinsa in Oue.
A triplet of benefits is ctmiprisefi tn the sin
gle wont—viitor. This implies good appetite,
round sleep, the power to divert. Hostetler's
Stomach Bitters endows an enfeebled system
with vigor. It Insures digestion, helps nightly
repose, and increase, goat for the food it en
ables the system to assimilate. It Is pc.lent iu
malaria, constipation, liver and kidney com
plaints and rhenmatism.
Few objects are visible to 1 lie naked eye of
the spectacled Boston maiden. Rochester
Poet-Express.
If afflicted with sore eyes nre !>r- Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 2.V per bottle.
Mr. Joseph Hem merit'll
An old soldier, came out of the War greatly-
enfeebled by Typhoid Fever, and after being
in var ous hospitals thedoctorsdischarged him
as incurable with Consumption. He has been
in poor health since, until ho began to take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Immediately his cough grew looser, night
sweats ceased, and he regained good general
health. Ho cordially recommends Hood’s Sar
saparilla, especially to comradcj in thaCs.A.K.
ilnod'A Pllla oi
$(ot ii k peristaltic a
Nothing Ii Cheap.
There is nothing cheap under the sun.
Good woolen is good woolen and has its
current rate, and good cotton is good
cotton, and good food is good food, and
good tables and chairs arc good tables
and chairs, and in these days nf compet
itive labor and trusts and tarifft known
to all, prices vary hardly a hair’s worth
and nothing but second-hand goods can
bo bought at a bargain. A piece of
silver, with an initial marked upon it,
a table which has had one dinner served
on its surface is “old stuff” and has
almost no market value. It must be
nearly given away. Everything else
fetches its value, fictitious or otherwise,
the value at which it is held by buyer
and seller.
And if one thing is undersold to catch
business, another is oversold to < ITiet it,
and you must get up very early iu the
morning indeed and be a very old, old
shopper to know which you are purchas
ing. A great mark down sale is ala > a
mark up Bale unless indeed a fire or a
bankruptcy has precipitated matters.
And even then real bargains are rare.—
Chicago Post.
Obliterated Inscriptions on Coins.
Ia answer to aa inquiry ns to how to
tally obliterated inscriptions on coins can
be made legible, a collector suggests the
adoption of tho practice of the English
mint for the discovery of genuine coins
when silver ia called in. The coin is
placed on red hot iron, an ordinary poker
being often used for tho purpose. Tho
E arts whero tho letters of the inscription
ad existed oxidate at a different rale
from the surrounding parts, so that the
letters exhibit their shape and become
legible iu consequence of the film of
oxide which covers them having a differ
ent thickness, and, therefore, reflecting
a different color from that of the adja
cent parts.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Angler—How ia it, Saudy, that they
get bigger fish at the far end of the loch !
Sandy—They're bigger lists.— Ex
change,
flaw’* Thlt V
W# offer On* Hundred Dollars reward ft*
aar cue of catarrh that cannot bo cored by
taalna Hall's Catarrh C'nre.
F. J. Chenkt A Co.. Prop*., Toledo. O.
We, th* undersigned, nave known F. <#.
Cheney for tho lut 15 year*, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions. and financially able to carry out any ob
ligations made by their firm.
West A Tsuaj, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Waldiwo, Kinnan A Martin, Wholesale
Driig|lat", Toledo, O.
Hall's ( alarrh Cure is takon Internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonial. sent free.
Price 76c. per bottle. SnJkLby all druggist*.
A .llRMiniolh ( nmeet II ton.
IAYX1 in prizes for tho licet seven .lories wnt
what The Tilth'* t ompnnmi offered: JSUll br
ibe best Serials and fltWRi for the best Folk-loro
lalce. .Voices than 5lWt stories competed for
those prize,. The tmcceeeful dories are Just an
nounced to appear in ihei -on non Pm during IHWi
By sending 11.75at. once you will obtain tne
paper muck to .lan. an 1 for a full year.t i .Pan.'M.
AddreaeT h k Youth's Companion, Boston. Mean
Have Tea Aethna »
Dr. R. Schiffmnnn, St. Paul, Minn., will mall
atrial package of richiffmann's Asthma Cur*
free to any sufferer, (riven Instant relief iu
worst cases, and enree where others fall.
Home this paper and send address.
Our old reliable eye-water cares weak or in
flamed eyeaor granulated lids without pain.
Price 3Bc. John It. Dickey Drug Co.. Bristol, Va.
Is TOUR blood poor? Take Beecbam's
Pul*- le yonr liver out of order? Use
Becchatn e Pills. £5 cents a box.
ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs ia taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy, of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the tasto and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action nnd truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commeud it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N. Y.
Unlike the Dutch Process
No Alkalies
Other Chemicals
are u*ed In the
preparation of
V. BAKER & CO.’S
reakfastCocoa
arhich is absolutely
pure and soluble.
I It has more th a n three timet
{the strength of Cocoa mixed
j with Starch, Arrowroot or
9 Sugar, and is far mor© eco
nomical, costing less than one cent a cup.
It la delicious, nourishing, and easily
DIGESTED.
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Hats.
NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE,
ATLANTA. GA..
Club Feet, Ditflflws of
Dip. Spines and Joint*, P»r-
Pi’e-. Fittula. C»-
f^atrh. Fein a e find Drirao
of the Urinary Orgiastic.
OPIUM Morphine Hab t Cured i
deener UkbktneCu .Chicago, Hi. -
i—^ suK
St °v e Polish
CUIVU&VSSL. m
the hands. Injur© tho Iron,
and Paints which •taLn I
HI nintll. injure tuo iruu.miu uiai u * g
Tho Rising Sun Btovo Polish Is Br1UUmt,Od©r-1
last. Durable, and th© consumer pays for no tin I
or *ia»* package with every purchase. a
“HOTHER’S
\ FRIEND”.-
is a scientifically prepared Liniment
and harmless; every ingredient is of
recognized value and in constant uso
by tho medical profession. It short
ens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes
Danger to life of Mother nnd Child.
Book ‘ To Mothers” mailed free, con
taining valuable information and
voluntary testimonials.
Bent hjr express, charges prepaid, on ; receipt
of price, $1.50 i>cr bottle.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta, Ga.
Bold by all druggists.
BileBe&ns
Small.
Guaranteed to cur© Bilious Attack* Sick-
Headache aud Constipation. 40 in each
bottle. Price 25c. For sale by druggists.
Picture *'7,17, 70” and enuiplo dows free,
d. F. SMITH A 00., Proprietors, HEW YORK.
99
“German
Syrup
Judge J. B. Hill, of the Superior
Court, Walker county, Georgia,
thinks enough of German Syrup to
send us voluntarily a strong letter
endorsing it. When men of rank
and education thus use and recom
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
It is above suspicion. "I have used
your German Syrup,” he says, “for
my Coughs and Colds on the Throat
and Lungs. I can recommend it for
them as a first-class medicine,”—
Take no substitute. •
A WOMAN HAS
vwrr little desire to enjoy the ptauiirc* of life, and I*
MUrely unfit tod for tbe curve of housekeeping or
Mty ordinary duties, if Afflicted with
SICK HEADACHE
DAY AFTER DAY
and y«t tbwe aro few df*e/kM»« tlmt yield more
promptly to proper medical treatment. It Is there-
fore of the utmost importance that a rcllAblo remedy
thou id Alwaya h© At hand. During u period of more
SIXTY YEARS
there hma been no Inutanre reported where f»!«5b
CAaet hare not boen permanently and
PROMPTLY CURED
BY
the qm of a tingle box of the genuine and Jnttly
celebrated
DR. C. McLANE’S
LIVER PILLS,
which may be procured At any Drug 8tore, or will be
mailed to any addrem on the receipt of as oentt In
pottago Atain pt.
FurchAAore of there Fills thould be careful to pro*
cure the genuine article. There are several counter
feit* on the market, well calculated to deceive. Th®
genuine Dr. C. McLane's Celebrated Liver Fill* are
manufactured only by
FLEXING BROTHERS CO., Pittsburgh, Pa.
AN ASTONISHING
TONIC FOR WOMEN.
McELREE’S
CARDUI
It Strengthen, the Weak, Quiet* th*
Nerves, Relieves Monthly
Suffering and Cures
FEMALE
ASKYOUR DRUGGIST
SI.OO PER BOTTLE.
CHATTANOOGA SE0. CO., ChstUnooga, Teen.
DISEA8E8.
UGGI3T ABOUT IT.
■iHiiidlhUUil
ConinaptlTri aud people
who hAY® weak lung® or Asth
ma, tbouldut® Pito t Core for
Cootnmptlon. ll hat eared
ikoaatadfl. ft hat not ln]nr-
ed on®. It la not bad to take.
It ia th© beat cough ayrup.
Bold everywhere. »8e,
Every Mail His On Mor.
A 600-pafjeProfuscly Illustrated Hook, contain
ing valuable information pertaining to dis*
ea-esof ih« human ©ysleiu, showing howto
TREAT nnd CURE willi the simplest of medi
cines. The book contnins Analysis of court
ship and marriage and management of child-
l\ r n, besides useful proscription-*, recipes, etc.
dualled, post-paid, for 60 cents. Address
ATLANTA PUBLISHING HOUHE,
11G Loyd Street, Atlanta, Ga.
Cures Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore
Throat* Sold by all Druggists on a Guarantee.
. —4th St., S*w > ork
OPIUMi
i Habit Cured in l«s
i^fdfiTD, No pay till cured*
R,J.STEPHEN?, Lebanon,Ohio*
.Forty-nine, 'fcj