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Tis Crawford Cony PUBLISHED WEEKLY. W.l McAFEE, Editor and SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER ANNUM. Official Org-an of Crawford KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA? - Entered at the postofficc at <la., as second-class matter. Oysters are a favorite dish with oui legislators at Washington. Iu the Senate restaurant about twenty-five bushels a day arc served out, and fully the same quantity is dealt out in the Uouse restaurant. Upon the return of the Squadron of Evolution to home waters, it is thought that, in combination with other vessels on the coast then- will be u grand landing of the naval brigade for drill and instruc¬ tion in camp routine. Not every person knows that the sun test of genuine paper currency is to hold the bill up to the light so that you can discern two lines running parallel across its entire length. These arc a red and a blue silk thread inside the paper, No counterfeit has them. Senator Sawyer has discovered the value of advertising, The fact was mentioned in the Pittsburg Dispatch that he was one of the wealthiest in the list of Senatorial bachelors and widowers. Within a few days thereafter he received 72U7 letters from spinsters willing tc marry him. A wealthy citizen of Osaka, Japan, who is the owner of a rich Coppermine, bus celebrated in a rather peculiar mau- ner tiie 200th anniversary of the mine coming into possession of his family. On that occasion each of his 300 or more employes received as a memento of the occasion a swallow tail coat. The daily rations of a pair of ostriches on the Fall brook farm, San Diego County, Cal., are forty pounds of beets ior breakfast, and for dinner a gallon or two of grain. For dessert the birds are given bits of bone. “Gail Hamilton,” the pride of the farm, is two years old aud stands nine feet five inches high. Though the King of Dahomey, against whom the French in Africa are now at war, is a very bloodthirsty person, whose favorite amusement consists in killing his subjects, he appears to have ad¬ vanced ideas on the equality of the sexes. His army is largely composed of female warriors. In a recent battle a number of black amazons were killed by the French. According to a recent official return the length of the telegraph lines on the globe is at present about 600,000 miles, or twenty six times its circumference at the equator. The length of wire is 1,688,880 miles, or eighty times tha length of the equator. Europe has tele¬ graph lines measuring 232,270 miles; America, 176,346; Asia, 60,375; Aus¬ tralia, 26,053, and Africa, 12,973. These are the land lines. There arc, besides, 950 sub-marine cables of a total length of 112,701 nautical miles. Japan is going to hold an exposition of her owm in the Uyeno Park of Tokio, this year. It is not to be on the world’s fair order, however; Government exhib¬ its aside, ouly Japanese products and works will be exhibited. None the less it promises to be a show' well worth see¬ ing. There arc to be eight departments or sections—fine arts, agriculture, horti¬ culture, live stock, sea food, forestry, mineralogy, metallurgy and machinery. Ample accommodations for visitors, in the wav of hotels and restaurants are promised, as also reduced rates from San Francisco and other points. The white population of the Congo, ii • West Africa, is increasing at quite a rapid rate. Five years ago, after Stanley had founded his stations, there were only al>out 200 white men engaged ia the various enterprises along the river. The number has now increased to nearly 500, some of whom have lived on the river nine or ten years. Tha gratifying thing about it is that a fair averago of health is maintained among thes-e colonists. The fact would attract world-wide uttention if these pioneers were having the ex¬ perience which, it is said, was iOrmcrly the fate of the Governors of Sierra Leone, the old Governor invariably going home in his coffin while the new official was traveling to his field of labor. only a PAUPSR, Onlv the face oTTpauper: Eagerly pressing the window pane; Heedless alike of the snow and the rain; Watching the rich sit down to dine, To their smoking meat and sparkling wine, Hungrily eveing the tempting fare. With a look that bespeaks the heart’s de- ir . Then turned again to the dismal street, To the piercing wind and the stinging sleet— Onlv the face of a pauper. Only the hands of a pauper: Tremblingly clutching the tattered shawl; Bloodless and numb are the Angers small. Once they were »-osy and plump and fair, A baby's fingers, untouched by care; Little more than an infant s now Are 1 he slim hands pressed to tha throbbing bro"-, As with feeble steps she totters on, To be jostled and pushed by the heartless throng Only the hand, e- a pauper. Oniy the feet of a pauper: Bleeding and bruised by the icy stone, Shoes and stockings are all unknown, Senseless now to the freezing air, As she hurries on, she knows not where; On through the streets unshod they roam, Sheltered no more by the warmth of home; While the fierce wind roars, and the storm beats wild On the ill-clad form of the shrinking child— Only the feet of a pauper. Only the cry o[ a pauper: . Wnrnst from the lip. by the heart', deep „ woe As the frail form sinks in the drifting snow, Drowned at once by the shrieking gale, All unheard is that feeble wail. Yet He who rules from His throne on high, Who heareth even the raven’s cry, Think ye not He hath caught the note, That rose from tha dying wanderer’s throat?— Only the cry of a pauper. Only the soul of a pauper: Freed at last from its earthly thrall, Rising up at its Maker’s call, Leaving forever the want and woe, The pain and heartache it knew below, Borne aloft to that blissful shore. Where cold and hunger shall pinch no more; Through the white gates of the city of love, Info the presence of God above, Floateth the soul of a oauoer. -—Mortimer C. Brown , in 1 ankrt Blade. AN UNEQUAL PARTNERSHIP • Never dawned a brighter morn iug than that which ushered inRay Huntington’s wedding day. Never throbbed a happier heart than that of the fair girl who, for- saking home and friends, vowed to 'love, ’ honor and obey him “until death do u part.” “She was the belle of the village, and ought to have had her choice among ii- all,” exclaimed Carl Trenton, who, everybody knew, had been refused by * the bride at least half a dozen times. “He is so handsome, and rich, too, they say. Really Nell Aldcn has done remarkably well,” said more than one envious maiden. Ray Huntington, although he was not a rich man, was advancing rapidly on the road to wealth. As he was a lawyer in a distant city, the wedded pair at once went to the home which he had provided there, a modest cottage in the suburbs, very plainly furnished, but as beautiful as a palace in the eyes of the loving bride. “We shall be away from the disagreea¬ ble and bustle, dearest,” said Ray, un- easily. “I cau lunch at Roger and Allen’s, and be home for an early tea. except, perhaps, iu very busy seasons, Besides, I got this place at a bargain— it costs dreadfully to rent—and we must really economize in every way possible, Me must creep before we can walk, ,e ' . a 4"'“ - better than being ght in the city. I am sure that I shoul be crazy in a week there. “I don t doubt #--• , returned the rc- heved husband. r. But you will not be bothered here at all. I will attend to the marketing each daj as 1 go to tow c , and we will have a quiet little home o f our own. r J hat was the beginning. _ Ray Hunt- ington’s boasted creed was that marriage was simply a partnership of two eon- genial souls; a blending of two lives into a perfect whole, whose thoughts, whose aims, whose energies, were one. That was all very well, if our legal friend hud lived up to his professe 1 be- lief. But, like many others, he pro- fessed one thing and lived another, 4Y hile he often declared that a man and his w'ife were one, his daily life added most emphatically, “and the map is that one.’ Pretty Nellie was not long in discover- ing that fact, and, although grieved that her exalted idol proved to be but com- mon clay after all, she made the best of life as she found it, and succeeded in eking out the scanty allowance which was grudgingly given to an extent which surprised and delighted him. “It isn’t every man has a wife like mine,’ he often said to a friend, but never a word of praise to the toiling wife herself. What wonder that the roses in Nellie’s chceks gave place to colorless lilies, and “crows’ feet multiplied in the fair face as added claims taxed her strength and economy. Tiny feet pattered here and there; baby voices made the sweetest of all music to her mother heart, and the a llied numbers brought added labor to the patient mother. Ray Huntington was recognized by the world-by his world, in which his wife had ao V**—™* successful man. H e attended his clubs, and dressed in a man- acr befitting his station, while his wife "'ore s abby calico. do not “Because I must, my dear; you understand ” he explained, when she gently chided him for some extravagant ? utla >'- “ quite necessary that one position should do so. I heard it hinted that I was to run for mayor next year. Think of that, my dear.” And the uncomplaining woman did think of the proposed honor—thought ol it w itli added dread—as she toiled in the kitchen with no help except an ignorant Swede girl, whose chief recommendation was her patient love for the little ones. Once she ventured to suggest an al- lowance for family use, as the busy law- yer often forgot to order the necessary articles, but she was met with indignant surprise. “Women know nothing about spend- iug money. Nellie, I am surprised! I will attend to it. What! Gretchen wants more money? Wasn’t it last week that I gave you two dollars for her?” “Yes, but she has been here four weeks. We owe her five dollars now,” Nellie began with a c rimson face; then she went on desperately, “mother wrote me that she was going to visit us next month. She has never been here—never seen our children. Charlie must have " ew sl, »« “" d cIo * he s .= ( ,ab v " eed f , ^ r best dress I have m the world, Y ou would not want me to feel ashamed to welcome my own dear mother, Ray ?” “How much money do you want?” he asked frigidly. least, make “Fifty dollars, at to us comfortable and respectable,” she re- plied with painful hesitation. “Fifty dollars! I am not made of money!” he exclaimed, even while his faithful conscience reminded him that iic had paid more than that for a club dinner the week before, and paid it with a willing smile. “Here, this must do,” and he counted out four fivc-dollar bills into her hand. With one startled, indignant glance, the wife’s hand shut convulsively over the money, and she left the room hastily. “She will make that do,” muttered her husband, uneasily, watching her. “Next time I will give her more, and I really think I will call at Blankton’s and order one of those new silks-” The silk came, and Nellie smiled bit- ter ty as she laid it in the corner of her bureau drawer. Charlie rejoiced in new clothes and reaI “boys’ boots;” baby wore soft new flannels, Gretchen was paid, but there was nothing left to replenish the mother's * wardrobe. One evening Ray Huntington returned to find his well ordered house in confu- s * on - Baby had cried herself to sleep, wbilc Charlie was crying softly by the chamber door, where Gretchen was vaiu- l v tr J in g t0 3 uiet the fevcr-strickeu ‘“ether. “Oh, papa, will my boo’ful mamma die? Say, papa, will she die?” wailed Charlie, creeping timidly to his father’s skk ‘. Gretchen looked up wofully as he en¬ tered. “I will do it in a moment. Ray!” cried Nellie, with crimson cheeks and strangely bright eyes. “I only stopped to rest for a moment, my—my head feels so queerly; but I will get your tea at once.” “Lie still, dearest,” he said more gently than he had spoken for many months. “Gretchen, take this note to Doctor Davis, and call as you come back and ask Mrs. Hall if she will run in for a few moments.” Doctor Davis came, a gray-haired _ . man who had read many of this world s les- sons aright. dear System “Overwork, my sir. SX&r capable, Men don’t enough, but not sir. know the value of good wives until they * ose them, said the old man, bluntly. “You don’t think—she—my wife— Nellie—will die?’ cried the startled lawyer. 4 ‘Perhaps not—hope not. But she is worked out, and the worst of it is she will carry her worry and trouble with ber through her delirium. What is about partnership, Huntington? I have heard you define marriage often enough. How have you used this partner of yours? Have you shared the profits honestlv? j'd like to have you compare accounts ; you will have time enough before your ^rife <r ot s up again. I suppose she has a mother? Send for her at once. Yes, ves. I’ll be round in the morning, but more depends upon lovin rir care than upon “ilhl . mind I said lovino- rare Gnnd ’’ ° thr j n the weary time of anxious waiting, Huntington learned a new meaning of his Hvorito erred In her delirium whidTebe Nel- i ie told him many things would never have mentioned in her ra- tional moments. last there came a day when the lit- tie cottage w'as as silent as death; when the dread angel hovered on the threshold. then passed mercifully by; when a hu- man flower bloomed but to perish, and a tiny life went out with its first glimpse of earth. “Yes, she will live,” said good Doctor Davis, suspiciously wiping his glasses. “You have learned your lesson easier than many men do, Huntington, for you will have your wife again. If you love her, cherish her, man—make her happy, she is your partner in life. She has com- mon sense, 1 suppose? Well, then, allow her her share of the profits. Never let her be ashamed of her husband’s manners, Idna blunt old man, but I mean well, t have seen much of this one sided part¬ nership business among married people. Your wife has as much right to her share of your income as you have. I hope you’re not offended, but I’m glad I had the courage to give you something to think about. Keep up the loving care, Hunt¬ ington, and your wife will be around in a month.” That month was one of pleasure and sorrow to the repentant husband, but he had resolved upon a new course of ac- tion, and as they sat at the table on New Year’s Eve, he said tenderly: -‘It was kind of the mother to leave us to begin the new year together, Nellie; it shall be the beginning of a new life for us. Henceforth my ‘partner’ is an equal with myself. The household is your branch of the business. I will see that you have sufficient funds to cover all expeases in a creditable way. My wife shall never again feel ashamed be¬ cause of my stinginess.” protested, “I never was that,” Nellie loyally. sensible of it, “Perhaps you were not but the feeling was there just the same,” replied her husband firmly. “It shall never happen again. To-morrow the firm of Huntington and Wife begins anew,and on a different basis. I will cherish my family hex oaf ter.” And happy years have proved the truth of his vow. The Trade in Adulterations. Of all the dishonest trades, the most interesting is that which supplies the ma- terial3 used in adulterating or imitating | legitimate articles of commerce. L dropped into one not far from Chatham Square, and was astonished to see the ingenuity and scientific skill displayed, as well as the large amount of business done. It destroyed many romances piece of to have the proprietor pour upon a tissue paper a few drops of “Havana Ex- tract” and produce a cigarette worthy of Honradez, or mixed raw spirits, burnt sugar and oil of otard and have a very palatable brandy. who his I asked the proprietor were chief customers. lie said: “All aud every sort of people. Candy- makers are large buyers. They want imitation flavors for their cheap, so-called ‘French confectionery’. Cigarmaker3 Extract’ use immense quantities of ‘Havana while tobacconists that article and Turk- ish oil. Liquor dealers—both wholesale and retail—are the heaviest purchasers, using vast quantities of preparations goods, to blend and improve their Spice men, who grind cocoanut shells into black pepper and cigar boxes into cinnamon, consume the extracts of these genuine articles or else imitations of them. Of course we ask no questions, and generally we want cash down or else sell C. O. D.— New York Star. The Eyes of the Mole. Carl Hess, the German naturalist, has proved by minute microscopical investi¬ gation that the eye of the mole is per¬ fectly capable of seeing, and that it is not short-sighted, as another naturalist would have U3 believe. Hess maintains that, in spite of its minute dimensions— 1 millimeter by 0.9 millimeter—the eye of this little creature possesses all the necessary properties for seeing that the most highly developed eyes does, that it is, indeed, as well suited for seeing as the eyes of any other mammal, and that in the matter of refraction it does not differ from the normal eye. In order to bear out the theory of short-sightedness, the physiological reason was adduced that in its subterranean runs the mole is accustomed to see things at c'ose dis- tances> aud that its eye had become gradually suited to Iicar objects. But to Hess objects that the mole when under ground most probably makes no Z £ abscnce o£ light> but that when he comes to tbe sur£aCL . > and especially when he j s swimming, he does use his eyes. In order to accomplish this< be onl has to alter the erect position of the hairs which surround aud cover his eyes, and which prevent the entry of dirt when he is under ground, and at the same time to protrude liis eyes forward.— Nature. A Remedy for Burns, The celebrated Germau remedy foi burns consists of fifteen ounces of the ” cst broken into small pieces, in two pints of water, and allowed to become soft, tnen dissol\e it by cans °* a water bath and add two ounces of gD'ceriue and six drams of carbolic acid; continue .he heat until thoroughly dis- s °Red. On cooling this hardens to an clastic mass, covered with a shining, P arc 'bnient-like skin, and may be kept lor any length of time. When required * or 1130 14 I s placed for a few- minutes in a ' vater bath uatil sufficiently liquid and a PpH ed by means of a broad brush; it forms in about two minutes a shining, s ™ oot b, flexible and nearly transparent skia * _ Do , Scent _ „ and , Sl ht A . ” s S - Have you ever thought how largely a dog’s “scent” really depends on his sight? Note how confused he gets in trying to follow his aosft on a hard sur- face. Then watch bow he stretches his neck and throws his head up. And finally consider how the puzzled guide or hunter gets down to take a dog’s-eye view ol the situation, whence every bent twig or broken blade becomes plainlv visible a* a pathway in the wilderness .—New Tori Tribune. SCIENTIFIC' AND INDUSTRIAL. Experiments in St. Petersburg hav< shown that boiling milk greatly reduces ita nutritiousness. There is within a few miles of Haze Green, Ky., a bank of clay that makes a very superior calcimine when dissolved in water. In a paper to the Vienna Academy of Science, Theodor Gros; has doubted that sulphur is an clement, believing, for rea- sons soon to be given, that it is a «am- pound of carbon with some other *s jet undetermined elementary substance. Compound locomotives arc to be tat railway engines of the future. In com- petitive trials in England a compound locomotive consumed twenty-two pet cent, less fuel than the ordinary loco¬ motive running under exactly the same conditions. There is talk in France of utilizing water courses as a railway motive power It is proposed that the track shall be laid on an embankment in the middle of the current, and that the locomotive shall have two paddle-wheels dipping into the water and revolved by it. In experiment^ recently made for the substitution of electric lights for the oil lamps at present in use for lighting the compasses of vessels at night, it was found that by bringing an incandescent lamp close to the compass a deflection of the needle was produced. M. have discovered in a mixture of copper and lime the beautiful color, azurrino, the composition of which lias so lono been a puzzle to artists. His tint is said to be perfectly unchangeable, and is identical with the famous Alexandrine blue. Colonel B. C. Barkley, of Charleston, S. C., says that the curlews and sea-gulls on that coast cat more clams than the en¬ tire population of the city. They pick them up, carry them into the air, drops them ou the rocks, which breaks them open, and then, swooping down, feast on them. Cinnamon is the bark of a tree, and is grown most largely in Java and Ceylon. Only the young branches are stripped for the cinnamon bark, but very small branches are not peeled. Tliebarkisre- moved in strips and scraped on both sides, and afterward sun-dried, when it is ready for commerce. In Franco, about 6300,000 is to be spent during the year iu measures against phylloxera and other insects; 6400,000 odd in encouraging horse breeding; $280,000 for buying horses and mares for the stud farms; 6300,000 iu en¬ couraging agricultural improvements and drainage; -$330,000 toward agricultural] institutions, and about $200,000 ia veterinary education. A chemist of Bockemheim, Germany, has discovered a new alloy, which is said to resist the attack of most acid and alkaline solutions. It contains 15 of copper, 2.34 parts of tin, 1.82 parts of lead aud 1 part of antimony—being, in fact, a bronze with the addition of a little lead and antimony. It is that the alloy is much better than ebonite. vulcanite or porcelain for vessels fittings liable to be acted upon by chemicals. Hydraulic power is now being applied to the manufacture of seamless steel boats. These boats are claimed to be proof against the destructive influences of suu and shower aud to be much more durable and reliable than the ordinary j wooden boats. Though made of steel, the weight will not be greater than that, of a wooden boat of the same size, and the buoyancy will consequently be not less. It is contended that in every re¬ spect the seamless steel boat will be superior to the wooden one, aud the cost ■ of the one will not be materially greater thau that of the other. The Lepers Gof Even. An interestiug story concerning the lepers of Tonking is brought by Dr. Hocquard, who recently returned tf France from that far-away Asiatic coun try. The lepers there are kept in largf settlements near the larger towns. A Mandarin of high rank some tim< ago sent invitations to all the member: of his family to come together to cele¬ brate an anniversary and to offer up sacrifices to their ancestors. The chief of the adjacent leper settlement, whe had heard of the coming ceremony an'! family party, called upon the Mandarin, and asked that the gathering be madf the occasion for giving alms to the Icpei village. The Mandarin, in a brutal man¬ and ner, refused to grant the request, without a word the leper retired from his presence. When the Mandarin's guests had all assembled they started for the pagoda to attend the religious ex¬ ercises. While they were gone, how¬ ever, a throng of lepers stole out of thf disease-stricken village, and. going to the Mandarin's house, installed themselves before the tables all set for the banquet. The guests of the Mandarin, on returning from the pagoda, were surprised and horrified to find the lepers in the set for them, and at once abandoned thought of feasting upon what had already defiled by the touch of the The latter accordingly had the all to themselves. For some time ward, in consequence of this act, were confined more closely than usual the village allotted to them .—New Sun. There are now 2234 newspapers in tha United Kingdom, of which 185 art dailies.