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I THE * m PROGRESS. n., John u. oi.en. 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,