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I- Krr l r-nr
-fondler is kept busy these
Jeering the claims of Geor
r i desire to represent 1 he state
1 Paris exposition during the
D snr The resolution which
Mat the last session of the legis
u ealls for the appointment of
? commissioners to the exposition,
“to serve the state without pay
La expenses. .
Applications are coming in from ev
r portion of the state and among
P ‘ the names of prominent
lans who have made np their
s to attend the exposition, and
ire to go as the representatives of
istate. ( „
Pewey to Visit Savannah.
idmiral George Dewey has written
he Savannah reception committee,
ic h waited on him in Washington
weeks ago, that he will be pleased
visit the city on or about March
He will he accompanied by
s'Dewey. A number of other dis
c'nisked men in public life will be
ited to he the guests of the city at
, ame time. Arrangements will be
de to accord the admiral a most
lerous welcome.
* * *
Changes in Georgia Railroad.
Jeneral Freight and Dassen ger
eutA. G. Jackson, of the Georgia
road, in au official circular, an
mces the following changes* in the
Kc department in effect January
g. E. Magill, contracting freight
passenger agent at Macon, has
n‘ appointed general agent, with
dquarters in Atlanta. The office of
leral agent has just been created:
'W. W. Hardwick, soliciting freight
passenger agent at Macon, will
ceed Mr. Magill, and the office to
ch he was appointed will also be
iwn as a general agency.
■William C. McMillin has been ap
oted soliciting freight and passen
agent of the joint lines, the Geor
railroad and Atlantic Coast Line,
lacon.”
* * *
Old Bonds Burned.
. significant incident and one which
orthy to hold a place on the pages
itlanta’s history occurred a day or
ago. It was the burning of the
of the bonds the city issued in
l when \V. H. Hulsey was mayor,
id in building the old Air-Line
road, afterwards the Itichmond and
iville and now a branch of the
them.
n issue of $300,000 in thirty-year
ds bearing 7 per cent interest was
e by the city in 1869 to promote
construction of the road. The city
not overly prosperous at the time;
disastrous effects of the war were
weighing upon her, and there was
?orous fight against the measure,
the progressive spirit prevailed,
bond issue was made and the road
built. That the construction of
road helped materially in the up
■*lnS of Atlanta no one will now
< * *
To *>leet In Jonesboro.
le , Fifth congressional district
mttee of the Republican party
Borgia met in Atlanta the past
[, and after a strong fight settled
ootsboro as the place for the an
district convention. It was de
!' ne 'l that the convention, at
* Wo delegates and two alter-
Ba re to be elected to the national
cation, should be held on Febru
-sth.
Ie meeting of the committee was
0 order by Postmaster Smyth,
\ l as t annual meoting was
* c bairrnan. There were present
V ree members of the district
1 te e, including the most promi
-ocal republicans.
* • *
"filbert Has Bright Prospects.
j ert enters the new year with
‘Shtest of prospects ahead of
. 8,1 her history. Anew SIO,OOO
‘ auditorium f or Andrew Female
ls assured. The extension of
eor gia Pine railroad has just
assured. Local and outside
• a.remiy have SIO,OOO for anew
ice-' . en fb ie new railroad was
*• Now the new railroad
;Pre!i CO , tton f ac f° r y sure. Anew
, ’J’ ter inn church will go up
,: e new year, besides many
mprovements, which will make
ia fairly boom.
* * *
San Joe Scale.
fruit trees, com
entire orchards of D. C.
. ’ F* a eon in Mitchell county,
J eup iu smoke as a result of
isiK 68 an J° se scale.
[ o ofjr der of State Entomologist
J w ho has recently return
h(.r ? or chards of Mitchell conn-
( of e , found the scale ridden
, J *ar gone for treatment.
0tr estrc ‘i°n of au orchard of
, t , ee ®‘ 3no small matter, as it
los s G f thousands of dollars
,T t 0 the owner, but Mr. D. C.
and C. M. Bacon have agreed thor
oughly with the state entomologist
that nothing can be dona to save the
orchards iu Mitchell county, and con
sented to burn the trees as a matter ot
justice to their neighbors and to pre
vent the further spread of the San
Jose scale iu the section.
* * *
Stnto School Fund.
The per capita for the school child
ren of the state is, for 1900, $2,168,
as compared with $2,103 for 1899,
showing an increase of 6j cents per
pupil.
The work of figuring out the amount
to go to all of the county and city
puplic school systems is no small
task. It is now being done by Major
Woodall, the assistant of School Com
missioner Glenn.
* . *
Athens Dispensary Muddle.
Another year’s profits from the
Athens dispensary have accumulated
and still no division between the city
of Athens and the county of Clarke.
The profits for 1898 have been held up
for a year on account of litigation
maintained bv the countv commission
ers who say the county has not beeu
getting an equitable share of the
profits.
The profits thus held np amount to
SII,OOO, and next mouth there will be
another year’s profits to add to this
sum, making in round numbers $20,-
000 to be divided between city and
county. The question will be finally
seMied at an early date.
* * *
Governor and Colonels to Confer.
Gover Candler has issued a letter to
the commanding officers of the six
regiments of the state maliiia calling
on them to meet him and Attorney
General Terrell at the capitol.
The idea in calling together the col
onels of the different regiments is to
enable them to determine for them
selves when their commissions will ex
pire under the act passed by the last
session of tjie legislature.
Attorney General Terrell states that
it was his suggestion to the governor
that the commanders of the different
regiments should be called to Atlanta,
that they might be allowed to settle
for themselves the question of the ex
piration of their commissions.
“The probability is,” said a leading
officer of the Fifth regiment, “that the
field officers when they meet in Atlanta
will not consent to let their commis
sions go over for three years, since
the purpose of the legislative act was
to thoroughly reorganize the militia
from end to end. No one has the wel
fare of the service more at heart than
the commanding officers of the regi
ments, and I do not anticipate for a
moment that they will stand in the
way of reorganization. ”
* m *
Increase of *12,000,000.
The annual report of tbe Atlanta
Clearing House Association shows a
gain in cleariugs of over $12,000,000
as compared with last year’s clearings.
All of the banks in the city clearing
house have had a prosperous year aud
loot forward confidently to a continu
ance of the good times during the com
ing year.
** * .
Dewey Subscribes to Fund.
Admiral George Dewey, the hero of
Manila, sends SSO to the Brumby
monument fund. A Monument Fund
association has been organized in At
lanta and a charter will be obtained as
soon as the uecessary papers can be
prepared. The association has for its
object the raising of a fund to erect a
monument to tbe memory of Lieuten
ant Thomas M. Brumby, the Georgia
hero who won undying fame at the na
val engagement before Manila on May
1, 1898.
* • *
Depositories Named.
Governor Candler has reappointed
the Southern Bank of the state of
Georgia at Savannah as a repository
for a terra of four years,beginning No
vember 28th, 1899. The Central Geor
gia Bank of Macon was reappointed for
a term of four years from November
24th, 1899.
M’COV WHIPS MAHER.
Hoosier Pugilist Placed In Championship
Class By Defeating Irishman.
“Kid” McCoy a£ain jdaced himßeif
in the championship class by defeating
Peter Maher in a brisk, well-fought
battle of five rounds before the Coney
Island Athletic Club Monday after
noon. The fight was scheduled to
last twenty-five rounds, and the purse
was to have been $20,000, but the at
tendance was not as large as had been
expected and before the fight was be
gun the principals agreed that the
winner should receive the gross gate
receipts.
PRICE OF SILVER DECREASES.
Report of Director of the Mint Shows
Status of Csln Values.
The quarterly statement of the
values of foreign coins, issued by the
director of the mint, shows that during
the last three months the value of
silver has decreased .118 cents per
ounce and the value of foreign silver
coins has decreased These
figures will be followed in estimating
the value of all foreign merchandise
exported to the United States on and
after January 1, 1900.
GERMAN SHIP SEIZED
English Cruiser Takes Steamer
Bundesrath In Charge.
RECRUITS FOR BOERS ON BOARD*
Vessel Claimed ns Prise and Will Be Sub
ject to Court of lu%Mfery to Be Held
at Durban— UtaatlVar News.
A cable dispatch from Lorenzo,Mar
ques, Delagoa Bay, states that the
German steamer Bundesrath, belong
ing to the German East African line,
has been captured as a prize and taken
to Durban. The Bundesrath arrived
at Delagoa Bay from Mozambique.
The Bundesrath, of 1,319 tons,
sailed from Hamburg November Bth,
for Tanga, East Africa.
The capture of the vessel has in
creased the already strong anti-British
feeling among the Hollander and Ger
man section of the population.
The vessel will be brought before a
prize court at Durban.
The directors of the German East
African line at Hamburg have received
news of the arrest of the imperial mail
steamer Bundesrath. The commander
of the port of Durban refused an ex
planation of the cause of the seizure.
It is declared that there was no con
traband of war on board, and when
application was made to the Germau
foreign offices the latter immediately
promised interposition with the British
government.
A London reporter of the Associated
Press has learned that there were
three German officers and twenty
men attired iu khaki, and intending to
serve the Boers on board the Buudes
rath, which explains her capture.
A CHRISTMAS SORTIE.
Advices received from Pretoria un
der date of Wednesday, December 27,
say that an official dispatch from Ma
feking announces that in the sortie
which the British made from that
place December 25, attacking one of the
Boer forts with cannon, Maxims and
an armored I*ain so persistently that
the fighting raged up to the walls of
fort, the British lost 109 men killed
and wounded, while the Boers lost
only two men killed and seven wound
ed.
The dipatch adds that Captains
Kirkwood and Grenfell were captured
by Boer scouts near Colenso and were
being sent to Pretoria. *
Ten unloaded shells inscribed “The
Season’s Greetings” have been fired at
Ladysmith.
Ten South African medical students
fron Edinburg have arrived at Preto
ria from Delagoa bay with five tons of
medical stores.
A dispatch from the Boer camp at
the Modder river, dated Thursday,
December 28th, reports an artillery
duel lasting an hour. December 28th
a British reconnoltering party made a
sortie, but did not come within the
Boer range. The British, December
28th, commenced a steady bombard
ment of the Boer position.
The latest Ladysmith advices show
that the Boor shelling is becoming
deadly, while sickness and ennui must
also be telling strongly upon the gar
rison.
BIG CHICAGO BLAZE.
Many Firemen flart and Mach Valuable
Property Destroyed.
Fire in Chicago at an early hour
Saturday completely gutted the build
ings extending from 216 to 222 Monroe
street, and badly damaged the building
at 212-214 Monroe street,causing a loss
aggregating $950,000 and resulting in
the injury of nine firemen, two of
them seriously.
The fire is supposed to have origi
nated on the second floor in the work
room of Wooley & Cos., wholesale
woolens, at 220 and 222 Monroe street,
and fanned by a fierce northwest wind
tbe flames quickly communicated to the
building at 216 and 214 Monroe street,
gradually spreading east to 212 and
214 Monroe street, where its progress
was finally checked.
Colton Mills Advance Wages.
The stockholders of the Meridian,
Miss., cotton mills have advanced the
wages of all employes 5 per cent. A
statement just issued shows the net
profits of the mills for 1899 to be $30,-
107.36.
GENERAL WOOD’S CABINET.
The New Governor General Award* Port
folio* to Well Known Caban*.
The names of the members of Gen
eral Wood’s Cuban cabinet and the
assignment of portfolios has been
issued as follows:
Secretary of state and government—
Diego Tamayo.
Secretary of justice—Luis Estevez.
Secretary of education—Juan Dau
tista Hernandez.
Secretary of finance—Enrique Ya
rona.
Secretary of public works—Jose
P.amon Villon.
Secretary of agriculture, industry
and commerce—General Buis Rivera.
Funeral Costoms,
While in old times it was more or
less the custom, iu the interment of
bodies, to bury them with their feet
to the East, a custom now substantial
ly superseded by the almost common
practice of burying the body with the
feet to the path along the front of the
lot, so was it once more or less the
custom to place the coftin In the room
in which the deceased was to lie be
fore burial with the feet to the East.
Nowadays the disposal of the body in
the room would be determined alto
gether by the shape and size of the
toorn, except that commonly the feet
would be placed toward the door.
Though the common way is to place
the tcdy in the center of the room, an
other way, in comparatively modern
practice, Is to pdace the coffin or cas
ket across one corner of the room.
This gives opportunity for a conven
ient and effective disposition of flow
ers and floral pieces, and it perhaps af
fords a better view of the face.
As to the manner of moving a body
to its burial, that is always done with
the feet foremost. It is carried out of
the house In that way, put into the
liearse feet foremost, and so is borne
to the grave,
A Question in Orthography.
Du Pont Syle writes dramatic criti
cisms for the Examiner and operates
at Berkeley as a professor. In the for
mer capacity he is imposing; in the
latter sometimes disconcerting. He is
accused by members oi Ills class of
being cynical to the verge of insult
ing. An Alemeda member tells a
story of how he was come up with,
however. In calling up a student ho
took occasion to quizz her as to her
name. “Does G-r-e-e-n-e spell Greene or
greeny?’’ he inquired, pausing to look
about to catch the effect of his wit
Quick as a flash the young lady con
cerned responded, “Does S-y-l-e spell
Sylo or silly?” and she had not time to
pause for the effect. The professor
clouded for a moment, but finally
burst out laughing, and now Miss
Greene is the heroine of the co-eds,
and the professor’s class has it a lit
tle easier.—Alameda Argus.
Mormon Um.
This is a question that should interest every
one. It is a blot upon our fair land—a symp
tom of governmental 111-health. The right
laws would act as speedily upon It as Hatet
ter's Stomach Bitters does upon constipation,
or dyspepsia. 'I hey would quickly clear It
out and restore healthy purity; and this Is
Just what the Bitters does for the human con
stitution. It makes the stomach strong by
curing Indigestion, biliousness and liver
trouble.
Recognized It.
Bill —“That’s my rich uncle. Isn’t he a
mean-looking man?’’
Jill—“ Yes; now you come to speak of it,
there is a family resemblance.’’ —Yonkers
Statesman.
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
Cleui blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keen it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c-
Returned.
“A stolen kiss or a borrowed kiss,
Which is your favorite smack?’’
“A borrowed kiss,” replied the miss,
"For it can be paid back.”
—Chicago News.
Vitality low, debilitated or exhausted cured
by Dr. Kline’s Invigorating Tonic. Free $1
trial bottle for 2 weeks’ treatment. Dr. Kline,
Ld.,931 Arch St., FUiladelpha. Founded 1871.
Tn a mine near Butte, Mon., live hundreds
of cats that have never seen the light of day.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
If C. C. C. fail to cure, drugglstsrefunii money.
A Blow to Superstition.
“Jimmy’s rabbit got drowned in our bath
tub.”
“Goodness! Didn’t he have his left hind
leg with him?” —Indianapolis Journal.
/Dcßull’sN
Cure* all Throat aud Lung Affection*.
COUGH SYRUP
k. Get the genuine. Refuie substitute*. Jm
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Dr. Bulls Pills curt Dyspepsia. Trial , so for sc.
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