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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1890)
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M cLEOD, Ellaville Georgia, Colorado muse have a remarkably varied climate, if one can believo the ex perience of a picnic party which started off for a day in the open air when, the weather was like that of June, and the next morning were rescued from the blindng snow-storm by a party, some of whom were badly frost-bitten. The Chinese have a peculiar way ol dealing with forgers. The criminal is wrapped up in a cheap mat and stood on his head uutil every dollar he has gained illegally is returned with com pound interest. The New York Tele gram thinks a row of forgers standing on their heads would make an interest ing public exhibition. Buddhism is spreading to a con siderable extent among the female graduates of tha universities and other young people of culture in Europe, and the fact is being laid at the door of Max Muller, who is charged with hav ing first brought that religion to the at tention of the Christian world. His defenders say that the converts are made chiefly by Hindoos who come from India to attend the universities. A stringent boycott is being waged against a branch of the Great Northern Hallway in Ireland. To such an extent is it carried that goods which were chipped by error over the road were re turned to the shipping point from their destination and afterward hauled back again by team. The boycotted are not disposed to suffer in silence, however, for recently the editor of a paper wlich published boycott notices was convicted and sent to prison for four months. Failing to give bondi not to repeat the publication of the notices be was given two months’ fdditional imprisonment. The London Pall Mall Gazette sug gests that the English language, rich as it is, lacks two words, either one of which would be cheap at a million pounds sterling. One is a satisfactory equivalent of the German word Vutor land, and the other is “a generic term to cover all branchoss of the English speaking family. The bill isn’t filled by “Englishmen,” nor yet by “Britons.” It is considerable easier, says the Hartford Courant, to perceive these defects in the language than to see the way to remedying them. Besides the 80,000 civilized residents of Indian Territory, who have their own churches and schools and live mainly by agriculture, are 27, 394 Indi ans who are engaged in civilized pur suits, 20,223 who speak English, and 02,625 who have adopted civilized dress. Also outside of that Territory they have 251,858 acres of land under cultivation, and own 128, 766 neat cat tle, 860,330 sheep, and 417, 328 horses, ponies and mules. There arc 15,212 children attending school, an increase of 900 in one year. Marion Harland makes a stirring ap peal to the women of America to place a monument over the grave, at Freder icksburg, of Mary Washington, mothor of George Washington, This adinira ble woman died 100 years ago last Sep tember, and for 44 years had no memo rial stone. In 1S33 the corner-stone of % monument was laid by the President, Andrew Jackson, amid imposing cere monies. It was never completed. Now that so many centennial observances are honored, it is hoped that a fitting col umn may be raised; and associations for promoting this end aro forming all over the country. SCKLBY COUNTY ITEws. The United States Minister to Ecua dor lias suggested to Secretary Bialnc, who lias transmitted the suggestion t-o the house commute on commerce, that a couple of United States vessels be filled with products of this country and entarosund to the ports of Ecuador, so that the natives may see what wc have for sale. The minister says there is an opportunity to build up a vast trade between the United States and Ecua dor. The Belgian Medical Federation ha s hit very close io the truth in its con clusion that the medical profession is overcrowded because a large number of young men from the artisan and lower classes think the practice of medicine is a nice light sort of work. The Belgian Federation proposes to remedy this by requiring a very complete classical education w r ith a good knowl edge of modern languages as a prelim inary to entering upon the study of medicine. This, in the opinion of the Chicago llerall y might be modified by requiring a good classical and scientific education, with a good knowledge of modera languages. In the United S ates at the present time an old fashioned spelling bee would cut down the attendance on ssveral schools, and compulsory examination in English grammar would close some of them sarmanentlv. Whatever may be of the German Emperor’s motive in advancing his la bor propositions, it must be conceded that what ho suggests is radical only because he is a King and the object oi bis solicitude a peasant. The New York Tnbune draws attention to the fact that in almost every American State the reforms he advocates are al ready the enduring law. Thcro is no substantial difference between his suggestions regarding woman and child labor and the factory laws of Massachu setts and New York. The mining laws he mentions prevail in a form even more advanced throughout the Rocky Mountain country. The Emperor may bo a Socialist in Germany, but he has still a long way to go before be will catch up with America in labor reforms. Cargoes of bones are being collected on the African desert of Sahara and shipped to New York, just as buffalo bones have been gathered on our West ern prairies for many years. They are ground up and used as fertilizers. The interesting query at once presents it self as to what particular time, more or less remote, those localities on the great desert where these bones were found were covered with verdure suffi ciently luxuriou? to produce the food which gave sustenance to the animals whose bones are now being gathered. In Airica the caravans have followed the same old trail for centuries, and until the military campaigns of the last few years disclosed fertile spots and oase3 which were previously unkno wn, the whole vast region was supposed to be an arid waste of shifting sand. The American Field believes that explora tions may yet discover that as large a proportion of tho African desert is ara ble as of the once American desert. Assuredly it must at one t ime have been well clothel with verduro to have harbored the immense number of animalg represented by these numerous collec tions of bones. Great alarm is expressed by some writers at the colossal growth of Amer ican cities during the last 40 years. During the century since the census ol 1790 was takeu the general population has increased 16 times, while the urban population has grown 160 times. A? late ns 1850 there were only 85 cities of 35,000 population each. The number in 1880 had arisen to 286. The large increase of city population is attributed chiefly to tho fact that tho emigrants on arrival in this country prefer to stop in the cities. About one-half of the foreigners who land on our shores settle in the large towns and cities. The Washington Star considers that “no doubt the difficulties of municipal gov ernment are steadily growing more mo mentous. But tho elastic nature of our civilization, with its free traditions and broad basis of race character will ena ble ur to solve this and other vexed , roblems of society and government. Tho Anglo- Germanic people have al ways shown themselves equal to every great crisis that has arisen in national iffairs. The citizens of this country in particular Lave surmounted every ob stacle to progress and every danger that menaced them nt home or abroad.” BIRTH OF A NEW CITY. A Syndicate of New England and Southern Capital of go,000,000. The new town of Gar lid, about sebonty-five miles north of Chattanooga, Team, cm tue Cincinnati So xthern Railroad. A repr smtativi of this paper visited Rock wood, Tenn., during the week, where th t e m pany’s offices are temporarily located, ami had a v.ry interesting interview w.ti Mr. H. C. Young, Vice-President of the company and general manager of the work now in prog ess. A drive of about four miles north of R ickvoo 1 brought the reporter to the town site of Cardiff. The company has shown great judg–ent in their selection. The locality is a most beauti ful one, situated in the valley, which is about one and one-lialf miles wide to the foothills of the mountains on either side, and about two and one-half miles long, slightly rolling, which insures perfect natural drainage, and the numerous mountain springs, with their never ceasing flo.v of sparkling water, furnish an abundant supply for all purposes and a 1 times. Not alone has the company shown judgment in selecting this location for its natural ad vantages as a town site, as stored in the moun tains are untold millions of tons of c>al aud iron. The iron ore is the richast depo-it that can be found in the whole length of this valley —from Birmingham to its most northern po nt; this is n i guess work, as lor the past tw nty one years two large furnac s havo been located at llockwood, four mile-t south, and their out put has demonstrated the iruth of this asser tion. Coal is found in unlimited quantities aud of easy access; the quality is of the best, and produces a superior qiality of to..e. With abundance of limestone on the ground, Cardiff is in a position to mine and re duce iron ore at the lowest possible figure and will be able to compete favorably with any other Southern point. The company wid b:> known a3 the Cardiff Coal – Iron Company, and has been formed with a capital of five million ($5,000,000) dol lars; Mr. Rice’s plan involves its stai ting off with no incumbrances; two million (?2,000, 000) dollars cash in the treasury, to be receiv ed from the rale of stock; a mammoth sa e of lots is to take plice on Apr.l 22J, and for this sale it is proposed to formulate a plan which will enable purchasers to secure lots at reason able and not speculative prices; the intention being to give patrons of the sale a chance to make a profit as wed as the company. On the 19th of April it is proposed to run a mammoth excursion from Boston to Cardiff, to attend the opening sale of lots, for the accom modation of whom ten trains of vestibule cars will be provided, freighted by the bra n and wealth of New England, and accompanied by an English syndicate ; at the same time excursions will also be run to Cardiff from New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort, Nashville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery, New Orleans, Kansas City and other prominent points. Mr. Rice and his assoc'ates have b?eu at work preparing for this enterprise andits presen ation to the public for several months, and while Mr. Rice was a firm believer in Fort Payne at the start, the developments of the past twelve months have more than confirmed that faith; he is equally confident that Cardiff will be fully as satisfactory as Fort Payne has proved. By Mr. Young the reporter was shown the work in progress and in prospect; a vast amount has already been accomplished, and everything was found to be running in a very systematic manner, insuring the completion of an immense amount of building and improvements during the next three weeks before the sale. The representatives of the syndicate have taken hold of the enterprise indiv.dually, and have shown their faith in the future of Cardiff by contracting for some thirty brick blocks, which are now in the course of construction. Mr. George Bosworth, a prominent architect of Boston, is on the ground with a large num ber of assistants, busily preparing plans for the company’s buildings aud those to be erected by others. The company lias now about 600 men at work, besides about 130 teams, grading iho streets and putting in side tracks; the plans for a fine hotel, to cost $100,000, are complete; it will be a handsome structure and an ornament to any city, containing 136 rooms With every modern improvement. The company has al.-o plans for a fine three story brick bu lding with stone trimming, 75x125 feet, where will be located the First Na tional Bank of Cardiff, with $50,000 capital, paid up; the Hon. J. F. Tarwater.of R ickwood, Tenn., will be its president. Tne offices of the company will also be located in til’s building. A large exposition building is abont complete and will be in charge of A. C. Gill, the compa ny’s geologist, where a fine exhibit of the natur al resources will be on display. Mr. Gill n..s a number of assistants cons autly at work in the mountains, prospecting for new openings for coal. llie company has over 100 miners at work taking out iron ore, and the number will be grealy increased ns soou as houses can be built to shelter them. A large force of carpenters are at work erecting boarding houses, residences and other buildings. Work has been started on a new depot by tho Queen – Crescent Railroad, of a design in keep ing with the style and class of work being done by the company, and to cost $5,000, Mr. O. bonne, the engineer in charge, is working a largo force of men, and will have the streets in first-class shape by the time of the sale, April 22 to 25, inclusive. As soon as possible the company will start tho erection of two large furnaces of tho most im proved pattern-*, besides coke ovens, etc. Mr. Young is doing everything in his power to forward the enterprises already started, and, by the time of the sale, there will be accommo dations for all. A project is now on foot to build a dummy line from Cardiff to Rockwood, which will take definite shape within a few days. As Baon as pi aetical a daily paper will be started and everything pertaining to a first-class town will be established. Teat the tuture of «%;-diff is assured can be readily seei from thj fallowing guarantees from the Company, who will, during the firs, y- ar expend one million dollars in the erect ou of iron furnaces costing $350,000; a hotel to co-t $IC0 00J; water works, $75,000; motor line. $75 000; electric light plant, $25,000; pub ic building, $50 000; building and loan company, $i 50,0 J(J; church, $10,000; school house, $15, 000; ice plant, $25,000, and coke plant, $50,00 i. Nev;r before in the history of the South has enterprise < f this nature been started under such flattering conditions. Toe fact of Mr. W. P. ltice being at the head assures success, not only for i he company, but for every investor w .o may become Interested in Cardiff in ti.e lu tore. An Ideal Steamship. style Drawings and propositions for a new of fast ocean steamship appear in the American Mail and Export Journal. Civil Engineer B. Schieldrop, the author of the proposed new greyhound, claims that it will be able to raise the record of speed across the Atlantic from twenty one to thirty-four knots an hour. This would admit ol voyages between Queens town and Sandy Hook in three days and thirteen hours. Mr. Schieldrop claims that in the fun damental principle upon which the modern transatlantic steamers are built and operated no real advance has been made since the Savannah crossed in 1819. He thinks that the trouble has been that the same boat has been “a mail convey ance, a hotel, a barn, and a warehouse” all in one. lie proposes to build, upon a special model, a vessel for first-class passengers and mail which will possess the maximum of speed aud space with ’he minimum of weight and displace ment. By amoving cargo space of the vessel now in use he proposes to lighten the structure of the hull and still keep it submerged to the same water line. This would give the hull a shallow and broad upper part and a narrow 7 and deep low'er part. nation It might be described as a combi of the centre-board type in the upper part and an English cutter in the lower part. As regards stability, the new vessel will prove a mean between the cutter and the centre-board type. He claims that on account of its fullness above the water line his plan whl insure a dry deck both admidships and at the extremities. The upper deck will be devoted to a spacious and library, ladies’ cabin, smoking saloon music-room. The main deck will be taken up by a dining saloon, an ele gant after cabin and several high-priced staterooms. The dining saloon will seat 050 persons comfortably. The entire lower deck will be divided into state rooms of different dimensions. All of the modern conveniences w ill be at hand, and cleanliness, it is claimed, can be more thoroughly secured than if steerage ried. passengers and freight were car would Mr. be in Shieldrop says that his method reality a fast limited express transit with Pullman accommodations. The Mule Went Just the Sam®. Yesterday afternoon a man with a wagonload of wood drawn by a team com posed of a horse and mule, turned out of Pearl street into Clinton avenue, and started up the hill. Reaching a point opposite Chapel street, the mule suddenly braced itself backward and refused to budge. Of course the horse was brought to a standstill also. Free application of the whip only made the mule whish its long ears, but every time the driver ap proached the mule it would rear and kick until the man retired. A crowd collected and it looked as if the man and his charge were in for an all-night halt. Just then a team of big horses drawing a light truck came along. The driver took in the situation. He drove up and backed down in front of the refractory mule, took a hitcli on the pole of the wood wagon with a stout rope, secured it to the truck, and then whipped up. The mule didn’t want to go, aud was in clined to kick, but the big team went on up Clinton avenue and Ten Broeck street, while the mule looked a picture of comi cal despair as he was hurried resistlessly aloDg. —[Albany (N. Y.) Journal. Wasn’t Taking Chances. The bootjack is one of the implements of domestic welfare and warfare that has gone out of date along with the boot, but it is occasionally found on farms and in small towns, where the bool ?'’Nill w 7 orn, or noisily worn still. Once !.j a while the bootjack is found in a great city in the bedroom of some old gentleman who is not too proud to allow a pair of boot legs to wriggle his pants up to his knees. Over on the West Side there lives one of these old gentlemen, lie is a club man and somewhat convivial in his habits; help accordingly the bootjack is often quite a to him in retiring. One night last week he returned home from the club and was unable to find his boot jack. He started to hunt it up, but as he noisily encountered one chair four times lie gave up the search and sat down to pull off his boots unaided. As lie tugged and perspired he his wife arose in bed, saw what “Henry, was attempting, why and said severely: don’t you use the boot jack?” He did not want to say that he could not find it, and like all men he was he said ready with an excuse. “Martha,” the solemnly, as lie paused and wiped sweat from his brow, “Iwas reading in the paper to-day of a man who, while his removing his boots with a bootjack, lost his collar balance, fell backward, and broke bone. Martha, I am taking no more chances.” Then he resumed his task.—[Oh’^so-o Herald. The State of Pennsylvania has secured judgments business against in her a territory number of in railroads suits do ing to re cover amounts of State tax assessed against them, the legality of which the railroad companies the judgments disputed. is $161,942.42. The total amount oi An e identical spidemic which appears to be similar to or with influenza has appeared,'a Bombay, India, and is spreading rapidly. Beginning Anew. Every day is a fresh beginning, Every morn is the world made new You who are weary of sorrow and giL Here is a beautiful hope for you— Ci A hope for me and a hope for you. All the past things are past and over The tasks are done and the tears are sVd Yesterday’s errors let yesterday ' ^ Yesterday’s cover wounds, which smarted and bled, Are healed with the healing which night has shed. Yesterday now is a part of forever Bound up in a sheaf, which God hold* tight, With glad days, and sad days, and bad da which never Shall visit us more with their bloom and their blight, Their fullness of sunshine or sorrowful night. ****** ^ Every day is a fresh beginning; Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain. And, spite of old sorrow, and older sin ning, And puzzles forecasted and possible pain Take heart with the day, and begin again! HUMOROUS. It’s a wise fly that know 7 ? a bald head in spite of a wig. When a man “tries for all he h worth’’ and doesn’t succeed, probably he is not worth much. Applicant for Board—Your board seems a little high, Landlady—That is so people cannot jump it. The proverb tells us that lazy folks always take the most pains; but it fails to tell us what they afterward take to relieve the pains. Mrs. Lumkins (reading the financial page). What are stock quotations, any way? Mr. L.—Stock quotations? Those from Shakespeare. What’s the difference between the averago young w'oman and the average clergyman? One marries for love and the other love3 to marry. Eat cold food slowly, is a warning from the wise, and eat sparingly of it, too. If you do eat cold food don’t wash it down with ice water. First Boarder—There’s a good deal of heat in this soup? Second Boarder Well, you should be thankful that there is something in it besides water. She—Come in! You must excuse us. I’ve been up in arms for two days He —Yes, I heard you had three other beaux. You’re up in arms too much. Yes, Augustus, we believe it is bet ter to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all. It is better for the jeweler, and the florist, and tho messenger boy. Parent (after administering a correc tion to his boy)—Do you know why 1 punished you? Small Sniveller—Y-y* yes; ’cause yo-yo-you’re bigger than 1 am—boo -hoo! Man of the House (coldly)—To what am I indebted for the honor of this visit? Caller (with folded document)-? To the firm of All wood – Co.—$7.60. I’m their new collector. Mistress—I am very much disgusted with you. Servant—What is the mat ter? What have I done? Mistress— You used the same brush in shining my shoes that you did on your own. “If it is true that men in a way par take of the nature of what they feed on,” said the hungry boarder, “the men in this house certainly ought to be plucky,” and once more he sighed as he tackled the inevitable fried liver. Husband (reading paper)— I see they have arrested some men for shooting birds on the wing. Wife—Serves them right. They should shoot them on the head or on the foot. You men have no idea how ugly a spoiled wing looks on a hat. Tramp— “Haven’t you got something for me to do?” Farmer—“No, 1 guess not. There is not much work jus now.” Tramp—“I don’t need much You would be surprised to see with how little work I could worry along.” Visitor-—Are you not afraid, with sc many young men calling on yout daughter, some one of them will take her from you? Mamma—Not at –H* There’s safety in a multitude, The only danger is when she has only one gentleman calling. In a Birmingham (England) hotel there is an announcement that all pro fane persons will bo shown to a room kept purposely for swearers. A drunken man was recently reminded of this rule, and ho asked to bo taken to the apartment. Ho was told to go to it by a certain door. It was the door to the street,
