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VOL. II.
DEVOTED TO THE MININ<3, AGRICULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS^ CLEVELAND, WHITE OOUNTTAND NORTH EAST GEORGIA.
TMHMB:— One Dollar Per Tear.
CLKVKLANI), WHITE COUNTY, oWjfWlDAY. AUGUST IS, 189:1
no.
CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL,
CLEVELAND, GEORGIA.
Spring Term Begins January 2d, 1S93. Fall Term
Begins July 10th, 1893.
Tnitioa in all Classes per Mouth, $1.00.
In connection with the Spring and Fall terms, will
be taught the terms of the public schools.
For further particulars call on or address
ALBERT BELL, Principal,
Or CHAS. >V. MERRITT, Assistant,
Sash, Doors and Blinds!
CLARK, BELL & CO..
Manufacturer, aud Dealers in
Sash, Doors, Blinds,
Mouldings, Brackets.
SIIINGLiaS and LUMBiari.
Also PEVYEIt and DRAIN ITPB. Prices aa low ..a the lowest. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
CLARK, BELL & CO., Gainesville, Ga.
Itocords of Great Value.
' In the old Ford’s Theater building nil
Ihc records of the volunteer nrinieH were
filed so that at a moment’s notice the ca
reer of any man in the union army could
bo ascertained.
] The voluminousueas of the docufnent-
nry matter therein contained is hard to
realize. The military records include
400,(XX) muster-rolls and about 150,000
bound volumes.
The copying lms been done upon cards.
They wore printed in black and then the
blanks were filled from the records.
The cards were sorted by States, then by
regiments and finally alphabetically, so
that a score or more referring to one man
eventually come together from widely
dillerent sources and take their places
under his name.
The system of indexing and sorting
was marvelous, the result beautiful in its
simplicity.
The building was divided by little
partitions. The three great floors were
covered with rows of desks for clerks.
In a word, the building contained
within its walls tin illustration of one of
the most remarkable feats of svsteraiz-
ation ever brought to success.
The Record and Pension Office was
created by executive order in 1881, that
is. the office as existing up to the time
of the disaster. On May 9, 1892, it was
given permanent establishment by an
act of Congress, and Col. Ainsworth was
appointed as its chief.
The room devoted to New York alone
contained a record of -180,00) enlist
ments, the same being kept in 0,192
boxes. About 21 of those boxes referred
to the Mexican war and the others to
the rebellion.
The system of records us in operation
savoti $ ^00,000 in clerical salaries annu
ally.—-[New York News.
Oddities In Taxation.
The archives of Holland ontain some
ordinances which miy well he regarded
ns curiosities of taxation. In the year
1666 there was a tax imposed on all
passengers traveling in Holland by land
or water. In 17G1 this tax was still in
force. In 1674 a duty of live cents was
levied on each person who entered a
tavern before noon. The tax was in
creased for afternoon visits.
Persons who assembled in a private
house after 3 o’clock in the afternoon for
the purpose of amusing themselves had
each to pay a certain sum, and those who
entered a place of public amusement
were likewise taxed. There was a duty
on marriages and deaths. The amount
of the tax varied according to the social
position or the parties; while in the case
of a person buried outside of the dis
trict in which he had lived the amount
payable by his executor was doubled.
But the most curious tax of all was
one imposed in 1674 on boots and shoes.
In order to prevent the impost from be
ing evaded, each of those articles so es
sential to human comfort had to be
conspicuously marked on the upper
leather witli the stamp of the maker and
also with that of tlie taxing officer. The
3mn to be paid was regulated according
to the size of the hoot or shoe. So, apart
from the question of beauty, in those
lays it was a real advantage to have a
small foot.—[Sin Francisco Chronicle.
SHE CAME NOT.
Her fairy-like fingers swept over the key
board—
Her fingers so shapely and slender—
“Oh, mother, come back to me!” softly
she sang,
In a voice, Ob, so soulful and tender!
In vain from her lips came the yearning
refrain,
In vain were a daughter’s fond wishes,
For her good old mother was out iu the
scullery
HVAshing the supper dishes.
—[Chicago Tribune.
Koinurkiiblft Kfleets of Cave Air.
The rcnmrtyiblo physiological effects
of cave air are well known. A traveler
who visited the Mammoth Cave in Ken
tucky says that on emerging the sense of
»noll was intensified to such an extraor
dinary degree that most common ob
jects, such as trees, plants, animals and
even people had strong individual odors,
mostly unpleasant. One iruo could be
rosily distinguished from another by its
characteristic odor. The effect lasted
ibout half an hour and then passed off.
The guides say this is a usual exper
ience. Other writers have noticed n
similar effect from the sudden change
from the peculiarly oxygenated air of the
save to that of the outside world. The
sense of smell is greatly intensified in
almost every case. This intensification
of olfactory perceptions is explained by
the rarity of olfactory stimuli in the
cave. On emergence, in accordance with
a physiological law, the perceptive
powers for these particular stimuli, hav
ing rested, are intensified, so that odors
too delicate to make au impression under
irdinary circumstances are powerfully
f elt.—[Chicago Herald.
When Heards were Taxed.
In the reign of Elizabeth every heard
of a fortnight's growth was subject to a
tar of eighty three cents. Peter the
Great, in 1705, imposed a tax upon the
beards of the ltussiau nobles of 100
rubles, while the common people’s heard
tax amounted to ono kopec. This tax
caused much dissatisfaction, hut in spite
of this the impost was extended to St.
Petersburg in 1714. The tax on beards
was confirmed by Cnthurine I. in 1726,
by Peter II. in 1728, by the Empress
Anne in 1781 and 1748 by the Empress
Elizabeth. It was repealed by Catharine
II. in 1762. In France a beard tax was
imposed upon the clergy. The celebrated
Duprat, lord [high chancellor of
France, was the adviser of the measure,
and a bull was published by the pope,
enjoiuing the clergy to shave their chins,
and then a tax was levied by the king
upon all who wished to be exempted
from the harsh decree. The bishops and
others who could afford the means paid
the tax, but the poorer clergy were
obliged to yield at the point of the razor.
—[Brooklyn Eagle.
Milkweed Fiber.
.1. L. Richie, of Auburn, paid a visit to
the Bee office, to exhibit several strands
of material somewhat resembling flax,
but which is much finer than cither that
product or ramie. The material shown
by Mr. Richie grows abundantly in
Placer County, and, in fact, it can be
fouud iu great quantities all over Cali
fornia. It is nothing more than the
common despised milkweed, and after a
number of experiments Mr. Richie came
to the conclusion that he had discovered
an article which would make cloth as fine
as silk. He brought down a large quan
tity of the ‘‘weed” and turned it over to
a local mercantile house, which sent it to
a mill in Oakland to make an experi
ment. Mr. Richie feels so confident in
the ultimate success of tlio venture, and
that elegant cloth will he made from
the milk weed, that he is trying to find
some way to get a “lead-pipe cinch” on
his discovery. As the weed is so com
mon, it would be a hard matter to pre
vent any one from gathering it and con
verting its fibers into rope or cloth.—
[Sacramento (Cal.) Bee.
“Whoah isOhollie? I h ive not met tlu
dcah boy fnw a week.”
“He went to Lunnmi to get his haih
cut.”—(Indianapolis Journal.
1*1. WING FAST AND J. OH
WITH HIM.
was a fast
lil'.V. Dli. TA 1.11 AUK
tli# Brooklyn Divine's Nuniiny
Sermon*
Rio
Iran muting Hit ftrt
‘1 thought you said this
boat.”
‘■She was when f sold her to you.”
“ How do yoi- make that out?”
“Fast to the wharf,”—[New York
' tw." White .
burned,'—Psalm xxxLx., a.
with tho foro-
finger ot his right hand against Id* temple,
tho iloor Shut against the world, engaged fh
contemplation- And It would he well for n<
posture bttoui Closing ths
' TorM sit ilOivit ill
M\ oet MolltUdft tri tl&htampitttO;
a ;’ ITlho resit I bnoo passed
n "Sheath in delightful AiMItmlu, Jot J hdd
resolved tlmt t Would have Hnb da, it ,. m t„
1 '■’ nU ' w ' , ‘ u P n “ autumnal work
hh.». nS .'IT'' ,ho lln >’ 111 laving out
plans tor Christian work, but Instead ot that
u became a day of tender reminiscence. I
reviewed my pastorate. I shook hands with
n old departed friend, whom T shall greet
again when the curtains ot life tire lifted,
0 ",’ y '’".Vliuol eatnn hack, and 1
wim 10 year* of age, and ! Was H, and I Was
I’. I here Was hut one house ml the Inland
Inn e’lunte. '10vhro.sk. when the
hi cha nt VroM me, until the evening melted
in 0 from shore to shore there wre
0,000 memories, and the groves were a-lmm
with voices that luul long ago ceased.
Youth Is apt loo much (o spend all Us time
In looking forward. Old ago Is apt loo much
to spend all its time iu looking backward.
1 caput in midlife and on tho apex look both
ways. It would lie well for Us, 1 think, tonV-
evor, to spend mure time iu remlulSeehen,
Jly the constitution of our nature We spend
most of the time looking forward. Ami tho
Vast majority ot podplo live hot srf much In
the present ns In the future. 1 mid tlmt you
nnsm trt mako a tepulalloli. You mean to
establish yourself; and tho advantages tlmt
you expect to achieve absorb a great dotil
of your time. But I see no harm iu this If
It does not make you disoontonded with the
Present or disqualify you fer existing duties.
It iH a useful tiling Kometimos to look back
nn.J to sen tho dimers wo have escaped, ami
to 8i»o tho sorrows wo have suffered, and tho
trials and wanderings of our earthly pii-
grlmago, and to sum Up our oiijoymouts, 1
moan to-dny, mo far aa God may help ino, trt
Mir up your memory of the past, ro that iu
[ho fevioiV you nlay ho oncouragud mid hum
bled iirtd brurod Id pray.
There in a ohapol in Florcnoo with a frosoo
by Guido. It was oovorod up with two
Inchon or fitu *oo until our Am*r)e;m ami
Europium artists went there aud aftar lorn*
toil removed tho covering and retraced tho
frosoo. And I am aware that the memory of
Rio past, with many oT you. is all oovorod up
ivlth 10.000 obliterations, and I propose this
morning, go fur us tho Lord may help mo, to
take away tho covering, tliut tho old picture
may shine out again.
I want to hind In ono sheaf nil your past
advantages, and 1 want to hind in another
shonf all your past adversities, It is a prec
ious harvest, and I must bo cautious how I
swing tho scythe*
Among tho grontoHt advantages of yout
past life wns an early homo aud Its surround*
nigs, Tho bad men of the day, for tho most
part, dip their heated passions out of tho
boiling Bpring of an unhappy homo. AVe
are not surprised that Byron’s heart was a
concentration of sin whoa wo hear that his
mother was abandoned and that she umdo
•port of his infirmity and often called him
‘tho lamo brat,” He who has vicious parents
has to fight every inch of Ills way if he
would maintain his integrity and at, last
roach the homo of tho good in hoavon.
Perhaps your curly homo was in tho city.
It may have been In the days when Canal
street, New York, was far up town. That old
house in tho city may have been demolished
or ohangod into stores, and it seemed like
sacrilege to you, for there was more moaning
In that plain bouse, in tlmt small house, than
there is In u granite mansion or a turroted
cathedral. Looking back this morning, you
see it as though it were yesterday—the sit
ting room, where tho loved ones sat by tho
plain lamplight, the mother at tho evonlng
stnnd, tho brothers and sisters, perhaps long
ago gathered into tho skies, then plotting
mischlof on the floor oruudortho table ; your
father with a firm voice commanding silence,
that hinted half a minute.
Oh, those were good days! Tf you Jmd
your foot hurt, your mother always had a
soothing sulvo to houl it. If you were
wronged In the street, your father wuh always
ready to protect you. Tho year wns one
roumt of frolic and mirth. Your greatest
trouble was an April Bhowor, more sunshine
than shower. The heart had not boon ran
sacked by troubles, nor had sickness broken
it, and no lamb had a warmer sheepfold
than the homo iu which your childhood
nestlod.
Perhaps you were brought up in tho coun
try. You stand now to-day in memory under
the old tree. You clubbed it for fruit that
was not quite ripo becauso you could not
wait uny longer. You hear the brook rumb
ling along over tho pebbles. You strp again
into the furrow where your father in his
shirt sleeves shouted to the lazy oxen. You
frighten the swallows from tho rafters of the
barn and take just ono egg and silence your
conscience by saying they will not miss it.
You take a drink again out of tho very bucket
that the old well fetched up. You go fortho
cows ut night and find them wagging their
beads through the bars. Ofttimcs in the
dusty and busy streets you wish you were
home again oil that cool grass or in the hall
of the farmhouse, through which there was
the breath of now inown hay or tho blossom
of buckwheat.
You may have In your windows now beauti
ful plants and flowers brought from across
tho soas, but not ono of them stirs in your
soul so much charm aud memory as the old
ivy aud the yellow sunflower that stood
sentinel along the garden walk and the for-
grtmenots playing hide and seek mid tho
long grass. The father, who used to come
Id sunburned from the fields and sit down on
the doorsill and wipe the sweat from his
brow, may have gone to his everlasting rest.
The mother who used to sit at the door a
little bent over, cap and spectacles on, her
face mellowing with the vicissitudes of many
years, may have put down her gray head on
tho pillow in tho valley, but forget that home
you never will.
Have you thanked God for it? Have you
rehearsed all those blessed reminiscencesV
Oh, thank God for a Christian father. Thank
God for a Christian mother. Thank God for [
an early Christian altar at which you were |
taught to kneel. Thank God for an early j
CbHMiftn home.
I bring to mind another passage !n the Ids- I
tory of your life. The day came when you
set up your own houshold. Tho days passed
along in quiet blessedness. Your twain sat at
the table morning and night and talked over
your plans for the future. The most signifi
cant affair in your life became the subject ot
mutual consultation and advisement. You
were so happy you felt you never could be
any happier.
One day a dark cloud hovered over yout
dwelling, and it got darker and darker. But j
out of that cloud tho shining messenger ol
God descended to incarnate an immortal
spirit. Two little feet started on un eternal
journey, and you were to lead them. A gein I
to flash in heaven’s coronet, and you tc j
polish it. Eternal ages of light and dark
ness watching the starting out of a nowlj
created being. |
Yon rejoiced and you trembled at the ro i
sponslbility that in your possession an im- j
mortal treasure was placed. You prayed and !
rejoiced, and wept and wondered, and prayed !
and rejoiced, and wept and wondered. You ;
were earnest in supplication that you mighl I
b*ad it through life into the kingdom of God. j
There was a tremor in your earnestness.
There was a double interest about that home.
There was an additional interest why you
should stay there and be faithful, and* when
in a few months your house was filled with
the music of the child’s laughter you w<*r«
struck through with tho fact that you had u
stupendous mission.
Have you kept that YQW? UaYU you ne-
ptrqot
'nn.ee
jtli tho
a »skip.
Vtyrtil
ns ven
grow
•rqw.
fVour
ffoiith
..fult
■'•dod any of thftsadfliteim *h
u.ihto yoii M it UMd toe? HaVft thus
anticipations beoil gratified?
lo-ihiy fill your ftdlenui rbuUifitf
*'•' inctcj frill Ujjoii your soul,
! n ‘ 5 - s ^ naH boon Ul requited ! Qi
<>n tho parent on tho wrinkles
... written tho story of a child
! have mercy on the mother who,
i jieFrtwn p:u‘g:< hiL§ thd pang Lj
| iquitv! Oh, there are manj
sounds in this sad world, \nL„
sound that is over hoard is ttu^l^lklng of a
mother’s heart l £.ro there any who re
member that iu that homethey wmffunfaith
ful? Arc thorc those who WfUlimHioff fro-n
that early homo and loft tho mtyB?'to die
with a broken heart? Oh. I sfimiuitrom-
ini* *e‘rtc0 Id-day ! \jU
I find illiothot 1 II. jldlnt id ydtir ire* iilstory.
You found bno day yoit word irLtiio wrong
road i.yod coiild. iiot s(oop at.pjght: Thpru
was just one word that deemed t< > sob through
your banking house, or through your oflft -c,
or your shop, or your bedroom, and that
word was *‘eternity.” You sain: not
ready for it. () God, have jjuircy!” Tho
Lord heard. Peace came to your heart. You
romomhor how your hand trembled as you
took the cup of tho holy ooto“ *'
I remember the old minister vfl
it. and you fnmombep the h]
| who Cilri’ldd it lUroiigh tlid
member the old people who
the service took your hand 1
gr.itulating sympathy, as mil
“Welcome home, you lost *p
though thoso bands have all ’’ ^
that communion Sabbath is resurrectod to"
day. It is resurrected with ijffi its prayers
and songs aud tears aud sorm^ps and trans
figuration. Ha vo you kept “those vow.4?
Have you boon a backslider? Opdholp you !
This day kneel ill the foot of mdjjfoy aud start
lignin lor heaven. Btart tdjjHhy ip? yoti
started tlimi. I rdiiso ydiiii mil by that
t'cmintddenoe;
Biit I must not spend aiiy niowfxif my time
In going over the advantages of your life. X
Just put t horn all in ono groat sheaf, and I
bind them up in your memory with Qtte loud
harvest song, such as reapers png. Praise
the Lord, ye blood bought riMM
Praise tho Lord, ye crowned 8]
on !
But some of yrfu have not
smooth life. Some of you art
shadow, Others had their troill
Joil are a merowrockdf What#
l must gather up tho sorrows
life, but how shall I do it? xoi
impossible, as you lmvo hail so,
and adversities. Then I wilffM
the first trouble and tho last tr<
Aud when you are walking al
and there has boon music in]
you unconsciously find yoUtal
step to tho music, so whoa yi
your very ltfo was a musical tu
air was full of joy aud hilarij
bright, clear oar, you made t!
You wont on, and life grow n
after awhile suddenly a voice,
said, “Halt!” And you haltodjj
bale. You confronted yout |
You had no idea thftt theft
child’s (shook was an uuhoalthy 1
said It cannot bo anything ser
in slippered feet walked roitni
cradle. You did not heal 1 th_
lifter awhile the truth flashed o«*
walked tho floor. Olq it yoj$H
your strong, stout Impd, hay a J
child from tho destroyer!
You wont to your room. a« | :
“God, save iny child ! Goa,
Tho world scorned y.vlng. ■-*** J&fr
You said, “I cannot bear It,
it!” You felt ns if you could]
lasIloB over tho bright eyes ney
again sparkle. On, If you coi]
that little ono in your am$
leaped into tho grave, how gla<
have done it! Oh, if you
proporty go, your houses, yoj
vour storehouse go, how gladl)
lmvo allowed them to depart
only hav£ kept that ono tfeaau:
But one day there arosa ire
a chill blast that swept over
and instantly ull the light WwHMBw. HHdi
there was darkness—thick, mU^Pliiipfuie-
truble, shuddering darkness. iSSsRod did
not leave you there. Mvcy ‘ As you
w<*re about to put that tnipjto yonr lips uod
said, “Let it pass,” unit ’iofthty^iluila by the
band of angels, another cup imS put info
your hands. It was tlflgjfan of Odd's conso
lation. And as you *No)EHwsO|SMmi0i lifted
the head of a woundoff* soldier'and, poured
wine info his lips, sqjB-od puts^His left arm
under your bead, ano^rith Hif'right hand
He pours into your wiu4,Of His com
fort and If is consolation, and to looked at
tin! empty cradle and looked Htfyonr broken
In art, and you looked at t.]ie Lord’s clios-
tiseinent, and you si^d, “Ey^ so^ Father,
for so it see.moth good Tbj|Mght.”
Ah, it is your first trouble, j|pw did you
got over it? God comforteij 1
been a bettor man over sine;
a bolter woman over since.'
closing gate of the sepnlolil
clanging of the opcni«V«HL
you felt an irresistable drtHw
You have been purer and liq
since that night when the if
last time put its arms aroul
i.'ild : “Good night, paj
mamma. Meet mo in heave]
But I must come on dowj
sorrow. What was it? Po|
iichs. The child’s tread
tick of tho watch on the sti
Through the long, weary
the figures on tho carpet ol
the wall paper. Oh. the W(
huustion ! Oh. the luirnin^
God it were morning, wo
night, were your frequent
better perhaps even well.
God that to-day you
air ; that you are iu this p|
name, and to sing God’s p(J
plorc God’s help, and to aft!
ness? Bless the Lord who .
diseases and rodeemeth ouftMl
itruction.
Perhaps your last sorrow* a financ.al
ombarroMSinent. I cougra^^wsome of you
on your lucrative professid# y '
on ornate apparel, on a
dence—everything you r
seems to turn to gold. B
of you who are like the sjb
sailed where two sea®;
broken by the violence of
unadvised indorsement, 1
of unloreseen events, or
senseless panic, you hav
long, aud where you oi
charities now you have
the two ends meet.
Have you forgotten to
days of prosperity,
trials some of you liui
which will continue alt
this world has exploded
gold are molten in fires
Have you, amid.all your
agements, forgot that
your table this morning
be a shelter lor yoi
and there is air foi
your heart and lige
and glorious and triu
your soul?
Perhaps your lasrt: tro;
ment. That heirtvwhit
your refuge, tho pares]
has been a source of tb
ever since, has sucLdenj
ever. And now sometii
den annoyance amf wit!
say, “I will go antjgell
flushes on you, “
father, with voice
earnest and lovi
ways, exultant
saying much, althi
talk it over by th!
forever.
Or there was
sharer of your jo;
Ing the heart an o
blow over a wide
the sands of the
place which once
God. And Abrab
the cave of Mach]
path in life, sudi
au open grave,
i’ertpid irtokdil lidwit, ftitd ilioy saw it was
Only ft teW foSt dfidj) llild rt few feet wide, but
^6.youjt ( W<is il chosui dowii \fhidll Went all
J9uv licpes tiiid i'll Yo’ur oxpoctaHqufl...
But cheer up in the name Of tUU Lord .Tcsutf
Christ, the comforter. Ho is not going fi»
forsake you. Hid tho Lord take that child
out of your arms? Why, He is going to
Shelter it hotter than yon ooutd. 1I« is going
to iii'fri^ R id it Whitdjpqbc and give it a palm
branch and have it all ready fr gruefi tgit a*
your coming home. Blessed the In o’keit
heart that Jesus heals. Blessed tho im
portunate cry that Jesus compassionates.
Blessed tho wcoping oyo from which the soft
hand of Jesus wipes away the tear.
Homo yearn ago I was sailing down the St.
John river, which Is tho Rhine and tho Hud-
hdit dchrimiiigl.ed lit oiio Scene rtf beauty and
gnulddUr, and it'hilo' J Wan oil thri drink iifthri
$teamer a gontlomari, pol(ttdd efilt td me tho
pjacos of interest, and he’ said, ^AU this iH
interval land, and it is the richest Ian 1 in all
the firovltwoH of New Brunswick and Nova
Beotia.”
“Wlmt,”. said T, “do you menu by interval
land?” “Well," ho Raid, “this land Jr sub
merged for a part of tho year. Bprmg
freshets comedown, and all these plains are
overflowed with tho water, and tho water
leaves a rich deposit , and when the waters
fu'd gone tho harvest springs up, and thorn is
nio grrtmlcst harvest that waft ever reaped.”
And I instantly thought, “It iff hot tho
heights of tho church and it is not tho heights
of this world that are tho scenes of the great
est prosperity, but the soul ovor which tho
floods of sorrow lmvo gone, tho soul over
which the freshois of tribulation have torn
tholr way, that yields tho greatest fruits of
righteousness, and llto largest harvest for
time, and the richest for eternity.” Bless
God that your soul is Interval land.
But these ramiritariofidod rnrtoll only to this
montlng. There la only oho metro point of
tronteridqiis romiriWoenoos: attd that is tho
last lio'ur of life, wheit tve have to look over
nil our past existence. What.a moment that
will bo! I place Napriloon’d .dying rem
iniscence on St. Helena beside Airs. Judrton’d
dying roniinisoonoo in the harbor of 8t.
Helena—the same island—20 years after.
Napoleon’s dying reminiscence was one of
delirium ns ho exclaimed, “Head of tho
army!” Mrs. Judsou’s dying reminiscence,
ns sho oaino home from her missionary toil
and her life of self saerillco for God, dying
In tho cabin of tho ship in the harbor of St.
Helena, Was, “I always did love the Lord
Jesus GluMsti And, then, the historian says,
film fell intrt a sound sleep for au hour aud
Woke am(d tho songs of angels;
I place tho dying rnmlnlnconco of Augustus
Cresar against tho dying, romluisconoo of tho
Apostlo Paul. Tho dying reminiscence of
Augustus Crosar was, addressing Ids atton-
dants, “Have [ played my part well on tho
Stage of life?” and they answerod in the af-
firmalive, uml lie saiu: “Why, then, don’t
you applaud me?” Tho dying reminiscence
pf Paul tho Apostlo was: “I lmvo fought a
good fight, T lmve finished my course, I have
kopt Hi# faith. Honooforth there is laid up
for mo a crown of righteousness, which tho
Lord, the righteous Judge, will give mo in
that day, and not to mo only, but to all thorn
that love His appearing.”
Augustus Otdsar died amid pomp and groat
surroundings. Patll uttered his dying
reminiscence looking up through tho roof of
a dungeon. God grant that our dying
pillow may bo tho closing ot a useful life and
the opening of a glorious eternity.
AGRICULTURALISTS MEET.
Forty-Eighth Animal Session of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society
Held nt Slone Mnii»tftln---llrlef Ke
ll*# of llio Proceedings.
. GROWTH 0? THE SOUTH.
Tlie Industrial Development During
tlie Past Week.
The review of tho induidtinl situation iu ibo
south for the past week Glows dm organization
at Atlanta, Ga., of llto Atlanta, Jeilioo and
B rdoya Coal Compnnc, capital $*250,(.100, to op
erate coni mines in Tcnni t-Hot; of the Ouachita
Manufacturing Company, at Camden, Ark.,
capital ifelUO.OOO, (o manufacture lumber; of
the Consol dated Brewing Company, at Colum
bus. (H,, capital $100,000, by Gcorgo Bnoiiior
and as ociiitcn; of the prospectivo organ z it ion
of a $50,i 00 hat factory al Lull hr, Texas, by
Ballard. Weld) «t Burnett, of Orange, N. J.;
iby orgnidzui »n at Galvoston, T. xas, of Fox’s
Steam Biltery uul Maiiul’iictiiring Company,
c pilul $17,000, by H. J. Flanagan and o.Jion,
and of Ibo Farm rn* Hupply Company, ut Mu-
ooil, Ga., capital $17,00.1, to mamilaotnro fer-
tllizors.
Twi nty-tlmo now influstrics were entablisbed
or iucorpormod Luring the week, logo her with
seven enlargements of manufactories, and sev
enteen important now buildings. Among the
new induHtrics not above referred to arc brick
works at Middloburgli, Fla., electric lighting
plants at Lancaster, Ky., and Weston, W. Va,;
a fertilizer factory at Lane Park, Fla., and flour
and grist mills at Allreds, N. C. t and Spring
City, Tonn.
Asphalt mines aro to lie opened at Homor,
Ky.; iron lniiios at New Cafltlo, Va., and a gran-
iio quarry by a company organ z d at Augusta
Ga. A cannery of moats ami vegetables is re
ported at Nashville, Tumi.; a e itton mill at
Morgantown, N. 0.; a shoe factory at Binning-
ham, Ala., a handle factory at Front Royal,Va.;
pinning mills at Bartow and Palatka, V
Lein'
N. 0.
toil, Ga.,
works are to
saw mill at Kouthport,
In built at Troy, Ala.
Among tlie enlargements of Ibo w ok are an
electric >1 plant ut Dallas Toxas; cotton uiills at
Fufaulii, Ala., New Orleans, La., Karnstur. N.
C., and ])imville, Va., and a lumber null at
-Palatka, FI..
I lie new buildings for tbo week include a
$40,000 baiili building at Knoxville, Tenii.,bus-
liiess liouses ut HI. Matthews, B. C. and Con
cord, Tonu.; a $40,000 court house nt Ogle
thorpe, Ga., co.lege and school buildings ut
Texarkana Ark., Henderson and Paris. Ky , a
$50,00!) railway sialion at Wheeling, W. Va., a
$25,000 jail nt lluntinglon. W. Va., a $00,000
offle? building at Tampa. Fla., a packing Iioiiho
at Knoxville, Terni., and a largo t .bacc * facto
ry at Winston, N. C.—’J radesman (Chitta-
uooga, Tcnn.)
NEW CONFEDERATE CAMPS
As Announced liy the General Com-
muiidhi^ nt. New Orleans.
Tho general commanding of United
Confederate Veterann issued from head
quarters in New Orleans, Saturday, an
order announcing tlie fellowship of the
following named camps iu the organi
zation of tho United Confederate Vet
erans and their respective numbers:
Camp Walker, camp No. !ii)5, Spartan
burg, H. U. ; James J). Nace, No. B!3G,
Newberry, S. C. ; Camp Henson, No.
!)37, Anderson, H. <!. ; William Lee,No.
338, Evergreen, Ala. ; Woodruff, No.
339, Carthage, Ale. ; Albert Pike, No.
310, Hot Springs, Ark.; John It. Dick
ens, No. 341, Sardis, Miss. ; M. 1’.
Lowrey, No. 342, New Albany, Miss. ;
Croff-Kimbnll, No. 343,Dndevil!o, Ala. ;
I’etoT Bramlett, No. 344, Carlisle, tty. ;
Fieri an CJornay, No. 340, Hamilton,
Ala. ; Jamison, No. 347, Guthrie, O.
T. j Eleono, No. 348, Eleono, O. T. ;
Samuel E. Adams, No. 349, Greenville,
Ala. ; John James, No. 300, St. Steph
ens, Alu.
Hanks Increase their Hates.
Wall streot receivod a big surprise
Wednesday morning in the slmpo of
an announcement from tho national
banks of tho city that they had unani
mously decided to increase the rates
on call loans of recent date to 12 per
cent, per annum, and on those of long
standing to 10 per cent. Tlieir roa-
son for this they Hay is that so many
persons have laid down on them thnt
they are compelled to do this in solf-
protcction,
Tho forty-eighth annual convonfit/it
of tho Georgia State Agricultural so
ciety met at Stone Mountain last Tues
day mofniiig with about two hundred
jit-cHout. The meeting Was called to
order at litilf past, ten by President
Waddell. After prajetf 1*y Her, E. L,
Wood, Mr. J. E. ltobinson delivered
the address of wolcomo. His nddressH
was usually interesting and was often
interrupted by apjdtttlso. He refer-
to tho organization of tiio Society
in Stone Mountain in 184(1 on Mon
day after the second Wednesday,
fttnl read the list of charter members
only throe of ■Shorn nre now living,
Allen J. Veal of Stone Motintnin, Dr.
Dr. John Linton of Athens, lifld
Judge Brice of DoKalb. Mr.
Veal and Dr. Linton were both
present at the mooting. Mr.
Robinson reviewed tho first fuir over
held by the society. It entno off in
Stone Mountain in 1847. The exhib
its consisted of ft jack aud jenny tho
property of John W. G fates, one stove
and one oast-turned plow, made by
Cook) Stroup & Wylie,of Oass county,
Georgia. The jack and jenny were in
charge of an old negro eighty-two
years old, who gloried in the fact that
lie had been a servant, of General
George Washington. Mr. Robinson’s
address was very bright and interest
ing from lirst to Inst,
Mr, .T, Me. O'Bryan, of Oglethorpe
County, responded to the welcome ad
dress rttld demonstrated that he was
well chosen for the pleasant duty as
signed to him and made some very
pretty remarks which mot with a
hearty response. The rid I of delegates
was then called and other routine bus
iness was transacted.
I'Hf.hidf.nt WAUDEnn's address.
After tliiH the annual address of
President J. O. Waddell was delivered,
llis speech was full of interest from
beginning to end. Ho reviewed in
opening some of tho work done by the
convention and then reviewed some of
the unfinished work coming over from
last year's convention. After a paper
of Colonel John P. King by Mr. W. G.
Wliidby, nnd one on direct trade by
Oolouol T, P, Htovull, the convention
adjourned for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the opening of tho afternoon ses
sion the new constitution was taken up,
read by sections and adopted. The
only amendment to tho report of tho
committee adopted was making a spe
cial quorum during fairs consist of a
majority of tlie olticera of tho fairs, in
stead of two-thirds. A lengthy discus
sion ensued on an amendment to have
annual instead of semi-annual moot
ings. The amendment was overwhel
mingly lost.
An amendment to the by-laws pro
voked an interesting debnto. TkiH was
declaring that no ono should bn author
ized to make n contract binding on tho
society unless by tho concurrence of
tho executive committoo. This rule
was made necessary because the soci
ety had been compelled to pay #199
for otliee rent in Macon on a note
signed by K. W. Jumison, former sec-
re! ary.
Hon. C. II. Ellington, president of
the Georgia State Alliance, was next
introduced, and ho addressed tho body
on the “Farms, As Affected by Na
tional Finance.” Tie laid down as his
lirst, proposition that the per capita
volume, of currency controls the prices
of farm products. In proof of this he
contended that the per capita volume
of currency has been constantly and
materially lessened ; that bankruptcy
and failures have been increased; that
tho national debt Iuih been increased.
His second proposition was that tho
surplus farm products for sale is the
measure of prosperity. His third
proposition was that cotton is the only
money crop of the southern farmer.
He believed with it in whole heart that
the government’s policy on limiuco
absolutely controls the prosperity of
the farmer.
Gol. J. H. Fannin followed Colonel
Ellington in a few remarks. Ho con
tended that the farmers were in better
condition and were making efforts to
climb to tho front. He contended
that tho way out of our troubles wuh
diversified pursuits. Tho canning of
tho sweet potato is increasing its value.
One man sold Sill,000 wortli of toma
toes. In southwest Georgia tomatoes
started at $1. CO por bushel and lmvo
gone up to $4 per bushel. Wo must
cultivate those things that wo can sell
abroad and have money from other
countries come back to ns.
Mr. H. 0. Kettles,of Groon, differed
with Colonel Ellington on tho propo
sition that the volume of tho currency
controlled the price of farm products,
and contended that the prieo of Cot
ton was controlled hy supply and de
mand. If Stone Mountain was one
hulk of bullion and carried to tho
mint and coined, how will the farmer
get some of it? Liverpool controls
tho prico of cotton. All we want is
for tho government to lot us alone.
Mr. H. O. Mattox, a delegate from
Clinch county, made u few enthusing
remarks. Ho opposed the introduc
tion of politics into agriculture. We
needed agricultural implements and
improved stock.
At a meeting of tho cxeoutivo oom-
rnitteo Tuesday night tho Jemison caso
was called up, and quite a discussion
ensued as to what action should l>o
taken. It was ilnally decided that Mr.
Jemison he made to pay the judgment
of 8199.02, which a transaction of his
brought against tho feitato Agricultural
Society or ho expelled from its mem
bership.
SECOND DAY.
The first business Wednesday rnorn-
ng waH the election of officers. Col
onel John (). Waddell, the present in
cumbent, wns unanimously ro-cloctod
president, and Mr. A. O. Harry wna
re-elected general vice-president.
The different districts met and elect
ed vice-presidents, and one mombor
each of tho executive committoo iih
follows ;•
Firet District—II. C. Kettles, Scroveu
oounty.
Second District—R. F. Crittenden,
Randolph county.
Third District—J. H, Black, Sumter
county.
Fourth District—Roderick Leonard,
Talbot county.
Fifth District—A. J. Smith, Book-
dale county.
Sixth District—T. S. Shnrman, Up
son county.
Seventh District—W. J. Barnard,
Cobb county.
Eighth District—J. H. Holland,'
Morgan county.
Ninth District—Georgs II. Jones,
Gwinnett county.
Tenth District—John Smith John
son, Warren county,
Eleventh District—W. T. McArthur,
Montgomery county.
The following wore elected members
of the executive oommittee:
First District—R. G. Norton, Chat
ham county.
Second District—D. F. Gunn, Ran
dolph cottnty.
Third District—.T, L. Andorson, Pu
laski oounty.
Fourth District—J. M. Mobley, Har
ris county.
Fifth District—J. M. Green, Fulton
county.
Sixth District—R. E. Park, Bibb
county.
Seventh District—R. T. Poole, Polk
county.
Eighth District—O. M. Sanders,
Greene county.
Ninth District—.T. E. Cloud, Gwin
nett county.
Tenth District—James Barrett,Rich
mond county.
Eleventh District—Leonard Miles,
Appling county.
Interesting addresses were delivered
by Governor Northen and Dr. Boggs.
Mr. Cl. J. Haden, of Atlanta, also de
livered a speech which was well re
ceived. Tho meeting then adjourned
until the afternoon.
At the afternoon session Hon. K,
T. Nesbitt, the commissioner of agri
culture, ill a perspicuous and earnest
speech, presented his department aud
itH work to the convention, inviting
their counsel nnd co-operation iu mak
ing it more effective for good to tho
people of the state. Tho address
made a fine impression on tho mem
bers of the convention. Ho was fol
lowed by Professor Hunnioutt, who
made n tolling and effective talk oil
agriculture and tho needs of the farm
ers. A speech by Hun. (4. M. Rynls,
id' Chatham, blended quiet humor and
sound sense admirably together. He
made an interesting review of truck
farming and its results. Dr. Ji D.
Newton, of Athens, presented the hiiIh
jeet of isothermal lines and tlieir in-
Ituenon on agriculture and horticul
ture, illustrating Ids points by nu
merous maps. As a scientist Dr. New
ton stands deservedly high, and his
views carry great weight with them.
President Waddell announced a com
mittee to memorialize the legislature
on tho subject of preparing a hand
book of the resources of Georgia. A
committoo of live was appointed to
prepare the history of tho society for
fifty years from the ditto of its organi
zation np to and including tho moot
ing in 1890.
A resolution thanking tho peoplo of
Augusta for their action in regard to
the state fair, and pledging earnest ef
fort to make tho fair a success, was
adopted, as was also a resolution ex
pressive of sympathy with railroad en
terprises, and assuring them of tlieir
willingness to aid them in recuperat
ing in every legitimate way. Another
resolution authorized tho president to
appoint one delegate from each con
gressional district and two from tho
state at large to attend tho national
league for good roads, in Chicago, in
October next.
Brunswick was unanimously selected
as the place for holding the February
meeting.
Kentucky Prog Karins.
Among ilia many toothsome luxuries
now coaling into market to satisfy tho
omviags of our opicuroj aro large green
frogs. They are received here in coops
covered with netted wire (ops and aro
sold just like live poultry. These frogs
have become articles of stock in the largo
produce houses of lute, and ar - shipped
principally from southern Kentucky,
where there are several frog farms in
operation. One enterprising gentleman,
a Mr. Ford, who lives near Rocky Hill,
Ky., on the line of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, is the owner of two
large ponds, ill which ho cultivates tho
green frog to perfection. They aro fed
principally on corn meal, flies anil worms,
aud are taken when quite young and
fattened until they attain an enormous
size. There arc uinuy other shippers of
this delicacy to the city, and some of
them rend their frogs all dressed and
ready for cooking. 'Ihcy ure excellent
eating and command good prices In the
markets.—[Louisville Times.
SUE KNF.W IIY KXI'BRIENOB.
“M v dear, look down holow,” said Mr.
Grandiose, as ho stood on the bridge
with liis wife, and gazed lit u tug
hauling a long line of barges. “Such is
life; the tug is like the man, working
and toiling, while tho barges, like women,
are —”
“I know,” interrupted Mrs. G., acrid
ly, “the tug does till tho blowing, nnd
tho barges bear all tljo burden."—i.Lou-
dot) Tit'MUk,
