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Pennies to bo Plentiful.
The Railroad Commission, at its
meeting at Atlanta Wednesday, is
sued a circular which will hav„e the
effect of bringing the penny into gen
eral circulation throughout the State,
for after May 1 all railroads will col
lect exact mileage for passenger fares,
thus creating a demand for the pen
ny.
This will be brought about by the
action of the commission in amend
ing rule 4 of the “Rules governing
the transportation of passengers,”
which rule reads:
When the passenger fare does not
end in 5 or 0, the nearest sum so end
ing shall be the fare. For example
For 27c., collect 25e.; for 28c,, col
lect 30c.
This rnlc is amended by author
izing railroad companies to collect
the exact mileage for passenger fares
if ti.ey shall make the necessary
chnnge to enable them to do so, but
if not, no more than the next lowest
amount ending in 5 or 0 is allowed
to be charged.
Thus it will he seen that . the ac
tion of the commissioners make it to
the advantage of the railroads to gjvc
the penny in.chnnge, for if they do
not they must bear the loss of the
difference between the exact chnnge
in cents, and the next nearest frac
tional pari of the dollar with 5c. as
the division.
Thus it will bo seen the new rule
works equally fair with the railroads
and the public, for, while under the
old rule the railroads and the passen
gers shared equally the loss or gain
on the value of a ticket, the new sys
tem will regulate the charge *to the
exact value, thus allowing neither
loss nor gain, in any ticket sold.-Ex.
Ho May Recover.
A San Frnncisco young man con
eluded he would play a neat practi
cal joko the other evening. Learning
that two of his young* lacly friends
were at homo alone, lie rigged him
self out as a ghost and went to their
house, where lie began to make mys
tenons noises. The young ladies
thought they had received a visit
from a burglar, and one of them
climbed the fence and notified a
neighbor, who came over with an
iron poker in his hand, attacked the
ghost and broke his skull. Three
physicians are now engaged in try
ing to keep the young man from be
coming a genuine) ghost. .
State Convention.
The Democratic State executive
committee will meet in Atlanta on
the 21st inst., for the purpose of fix
ing upon a date and issuing a call
for a State convention to select del
egates to the National Democratic
Convention, which meets at St. Loo-
is on June 5th. It is* probable thaj,
a call will also be issued for another
State Convention to meet at a later
date for the nomination of State off
cers. .
Charles O’Brien, the absconding
Cashier of the First National Bank
of Auburn, N. Y., is very devoted to
his family. When he started to Can
ada he could not bid them good-by.
lie soon became homesick, and de
termined to take the risk of capture
in returning to see them. Arriving
at an obscure town in New York be
hired a man to drive him across the
country to Auburn. He spent one
day at home, and drove back to the
station at night. The next mornin;
he was again in Canada. If he at
tempts many such trips the chances
are ho will remain on this side of the
border..
Not a Hit Stuck Up.
Mrs. Cleveland's friend, Miss Wil
lard, is now engaged in teaching
school in Washington, and Mrs.
Cleveland is said to visit the school
frequently, and to enjoy herself very
much among the pupils, who say she
is “not a bit stuck up, if she is a
President’s wife.”
A Wise Move.
An ordinance lias been adopted by
the Atlanta city council appropria
ting 25 per cent, or so much ns may
fee necessary above the $30,000 oth
erwise appropriated, received from
the licenses of bar rooms to go to tile
purchase of school books for the chil
dren attending the public grammar
school. This is a new departure, and
goes into effect when the school re
opens this fall. After the money is
expended iu school books and other
necessaries tiie balance of the fund
will go to maintaining, repairing and
building n now school. The ordi
nance was adopted by almost a unan
imotis vote.
A Rival to Sum Jones.
A little town in Tennessee has a
preacher by the name of Munday who
is spoken of as a rival of Sam Jones.
It is said that he uses even plainer
language than Mr. Jones. It is to
be hoped that this statement is in
correct.
The Georgia Midland road has
reduced the passenger rate from Col
umbtis to Atlanta to $2.90. This is
the first cut made by this road, and
will likely result in a war of rates
with the Atlanta and West Point,
which is the only competing line
from Columbus to Atlanta.
General Conference.
The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will
convene in the .Metropolitan Opera
House, New York, May 1, and will
continue in session one month. It
promises to be one of the most inter
esting conferences of the kind ever
held.
A new fad lias taken possession of
the Brooklyn, New York girls. They
wear a single rose bud or other fldfcsr-
cr between their lips, the color of the
flower contrasting with the complex
ion of the wearer. The fashion lias
one great advantage at least. It
keeps over talkative girls from open
ing their mouths so often.
Mrs. Pol'y Bryan, who was recent
ly expelled from the Salvation Army
because she persisted iu wearing a
bustle, lias decided to open opposi
tion meetings at Little Fall, N. Y.
and advertises that she will lie as
sisted by her husband and will wear
her bustle.
The Macon Telegraph says tile
people of Georgia are beginning to
realize that the State is not doing the
square tiling by her volunteer sol
diers. They have never clamored for
assistance and have always stood
ready to serve the State at their on a
expense. Georgia is too great a
State to accept service on such terms.
Advertise Our Section.
Speaking-of the granting of cheap
rates by the railroads to Southern
travels the Manufacturers’ Record
pertinently says:
“If the railroads and the business
men of-the South will now unite in
widely advertising these special rates,
and thus work up a great interest
throughout the North and West, the
rush of people South will lie some
thing wonderful. It will not do to
depend simply upon the general an
nouncement of low rates as made
through the daily press. There must
be earnest, vigorous work to make
these special efforts effective. The
whole North and West ought to be
Hooded with special adverlismcnts,
until people everywhere become in
terested. Some will go for pleasure,
some for curiosity, some on business,
and some to make careful investiga
tions, thut they may leurn for them
selves of the resources and advan
tages of the South. The first and
most important matter is to induce
them to. This can easily be accom
plished by judicious and liberal ad
vertising, and this ought to bc'donc
at oucc.”
Cheaper Kales.
The Georgia Railroad Commission
has issued an order for a meeting on
March 13, to take into consideration
the propriety of readjusting and
equalizing passenger fares. This or
der has created a good deal of dis
cussion among railroad officials, and •
A FACE.
Ilopehas a tender daybreak In her eyes, __
That casta a happy morning on her way.
Her face—It is an image of the day.
As pure and sunay as tlie summer skies;
And when she smiles a halo round her lies,
Whose light seems born of heaven's most holy
ray- ' . , „
Her Ups ore sweet as dainty flowers in May,
Yet wear a thoughtfulness that makes them wise.
Ob, shining fdee! Ocfd bless thaeverywherei
- A little sun by day, by uight a star,
To bring bright cheer where pain and sorrow
are. . •
God keep thy gentle forehead free from care.
Thine eyes keep ever from the mist of tears.
To smile a lasting sunshine on thy years.
-Ernest W. Shurtlcff in Boston Transcript.
Highway Postal Locomotives.
In tlie south of France the government
postal service is supplemented by the
“wagon post” of private contractors,
who employ mayiy hundred horses in
conveying small parcels from town to
town, even along the railway lines. This
business lias beconte so extensive tbat
several road locomotives have been or
dered for it, and are proving very satis
factory. Two of i'liose machines aro
running between towns seventy miles
apart, each making the trip ono way
nightly at a speed of eight miles atvliour.
Part of the road is very hilly, with long
gradients up to as much as one in eleven
The locomotive, with coal and water,
weighs fifteen toii3, and the loaded
wagon from seven to ten tons, making
the average weight of 'the tiain twenty-
three tons. At 175 pounds pressure tlio
engines give about twelve horse power,
and with fair roads uso about half a ton.
of fuel for tlio round trip of 110 miles.
These engines have been running over
six months without interruption.—Ar-
kansaw Traveler.
Durability of Roman llulldlngs.
A proof of thu remarkable durability
of Roman buildings was found in tlio re
sistance offered by the foundations of tlio
pillars on which the bridge rested which
led from the Roman settlement of Ma-
guntia (modern Mainz) ever to the river
to the right or eastern bank of tlio Rhine.
e.tiSBum among rai road officials; a ..I • Thero fourteen stum ,, s of j.nium
is taken to mean that rates will he ’under the water, resting upon piles stir
red need from 3c. to 2Jc. per mile. j rounded by beds of stone to prevent un-
Not a Messing.
There is one New Orleans firm that
doesn’t think the Louisiana lottery
an entire blessing. One of its trust
ed clerks lias just disappeared aitcr
robbing them of $23,000, which he
squandered on lottery tickets.
dermining by tlio currant. The wood-
The authorities of the S. F. & W. j work hud been destroyed to a deptli of
(Jy.. broke “round at Johnson Sta-i nioro than an inch, or an incli and a
■ . . half, and having been taken out and
tmn for the erection of a brick ware-; dried it was found unusually hard and
well adapted to fine furniture. The ex
pense of removing theso pillars was $15,-
000, or nearly $1,100 each, on account
of tlio great amount of time and labor
that had to bo spent on them.—New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
house last Saturday. It will be re- \
membered that the warehouse was
destroyed by fire some weeks ago. We !
arc glad to uotostliat the old build
ing is to be replaced by a siilistan-
tial brick structure. Johnson is an Teak VVooil Recoining Fashionable,
important shipping" point for manv The teak wood is much admired and
, ,, . . ,, ., fast becoming fashionable, but it cannot
pjaces in the interior, as well as the. be mado comm0 n, ns it is both expensive
« edij^! l^cillity.—Hinesville Ga j and difficult to obtain. It comes from
: Indio, or- rather goes from India _lo
.—- - ’ Japan and China, whero it is carved.
John T. Graves, chairman of the The wood is light in color. but it is some-
... , , times stained or dyed, and it is this kind
inter-slate committee ot cheap rates _ U)at we gent , rall} ? sco in this country .
to tlie South, lias received a message j The open worked patterns are particu-
from Commissioner Daniels, that the lall - v <diectivo ns doors and decorative
., ..... I mantels. Thero are only two direct im-
( entrnj 1 rallle Association ol China- (xjriers of it in New York, although it is
go will rati I’v tlio rates established , to bo had at many fumituro dealers, who
by the Southern railroads and 8t .| | j ^ive it through the French markets in
/ • j small quantities. It may bo interesting
tickets South one fare round trip. J to know that a small pedestal costs $05
The committee will secure the same i a handsome carved chiffonier $1,000.
,, , .. New York Press “Every Day Talk.”
concession t mm the Eastern railways •
on tile I5'h, anil cheap rates will lie
general North and West to South.
March lias been ushered in in its
mildest mood, which signifies that
she will leave us in the fiercest fury
ol wind and bluster. The only rea
son " ivr welcome tlie old blower
Now Work lor Young Women.
Tlio very latest occupation for young
women who have been delicately reared,
hut who aro compelled hy changes in tho
mill wheel of life to cam t livelihood, ij
to clean bric-a-brac in the great mansions ! dens are I a
an bnutd of Unending Summer Not Far
Away—The Lazy Inhabitant!.
Nassau is ore of the smallest of the
Bahama islands, covering a length of
twenty miles by an average of five miles
in width. The city is built, facing the
north, upon the slope of a ridge, running
west to east, and nearly 100 feet at its
highest. The soil is thin, the island con
sisting of an old coral reef, elevated grad
ually from the ocean, and during that
period subjected to -ho action of the
waves, leaving it honeycombed and
pocketed. This rock is compact, of sand
made from disintegrated corals, yellow
ish creamy in color and soft in texture,
so that R is quarried by sawing and chis
eling, becoming considerably harder by
exposure. The surface of the rock is
covered with loose pieces, exceedingly
irregular in form. Over this is a very
little soil.
Tho streets nro graded through this
natural rock; with natural gutters and
walks. The streets at right migles to tho
water front cross the ridgo generally
through deep cuts in the natural rock in
order to lessen the grade. The dwellings
■of tho better sort are square or oblong
square, seldom more than two stories
high, with low ceilings and low pyra-
midical roofs. These houses are always
surrounded on at least two sides with
broad verandas, closed in with slats to
keep out the light. For this reason the
houses appear larger than they aro.
Dormer windows abound. The bouse
colors are stone, light yellow, cream; the
blinds are brown or green. High stone
walls, with broken glass bottles cemented
into the ridges, inclose tho houses and
gardens: ornamented openwork gate
ways alford a glimpse within.
The cocoanut, tho royal the palmetto
and tho silver leaf palms abound. The
giant Cuba, or silk cotton tree, oleanders
of large size, enormous amaryllids, with
tho many species of the citrus family,
hang up their yellow fruit against the
sun. The russpt japodilla just coming into
fullness adds a special charm to its back
ground of dark green waxy leaves. The
vegetation seems rather sub-tropical than
thoroughly tropical. This results not
from want of heat, may be, but need of
soil.
Tho city of Nassau is extremely pict
uresque with tlie quaint narrow streets,
white, deep gutters cut from living rock,
large dwellings, with tlio lower or street
story, for warehouse or shop, tho outside
stairways and balconies? Every building
has some special individuality about it
which adds much to tho sum total of tho
charm one finds in quietly roaming round
the streets. «
Hero it is literally always afternoon.
No one works. Ask a question and it
will bo answered the day after to-mor
row. The few shops open about break
fast time, and are then shut up during
that meal, and breakfast time is not
early. I went into a wholesale storo at
noon time. - Tho ono clerk was fast
asleep in Lis chair, and I left him undis
turbed. Tho blacks, seemingly twenty
to one of tlio whites, sit lounging, gab
bling. dialling, talking loud and laugh
ing. but I have not seen ono at work.
The English majesty of law is thor
oughly reflected here. Tho principal
crimes—profanity, jawing and slander—
are among the colored races, and they
enjoy defending themselves, at law.
i>ho[i3 clone nt 5 p. m. Saturday is a
| half holiday and Sunday a Puritanical
one.
Hack of Nassau proper, over tho ridgo
and down on to lower levels swarm tho
colored people. Their small garden
pieces arc walled in with tho loose pieces
of coral rock. Their cabins aro small,
with one or may Iw two rooms, of rock
or coral, palmetto thatched. Tlio gar-
ho::>- c 'bed coral rock,
of New York. They are called bric-a-
brac cleaners, and have Irusltes mado
expressly for their duties! Not every
. . young woman can become (expert nt tho
is because it is necessary to endure j business. It requires a dqiicutu touch,
her bel'uru ivc enn enjoy her sweet tho greatest care in handing the treas
urer, radiant, blushing April, who i ure8 ’ aml 1,10 knowledge how tastefully
= 1 ’ i to arrango tlio dainty uruninfcnl* m a way
sweetens earth with ' ' ’ ' ' ... —
she bedews with tli
of her tearful blue
flowers, which j that is most pleasing to tliefwners. Tho
lie chrystal drops > "'ork is refined, and just such as a re-
(fined young woman would like.—New,
* °3' es - j York Sun.
A redwood tree recently felled near
Humboldt. Cal., measured l(i feet in
diameter one way and 20 feet the
the other at the stump. It was 200
feet long, and contained enough tim
ber to construct a small village.
They Want Karnuni.
London is trying to get Showman
Bnrnum to take his show there. Sev
eral capitalist in that city have of
fered to erect there a building for
him.
No Good.
Madstoncs seem to have had their
day. A physician writing the At
lanta Constitution, says they have
no efficacy, as is generally supposed.
Another liig timber raft is being
constructed in Nova Scotia. In this
connection, it may be stated, that
portions of the Leary raft occasion -
ally come in contact with steamers.
The other day the bark Bremen was
injured in a collision with logs from
that raft. ;
It is stated, but not established,
that the remains of Alexander the
Great have been found in a tomb in
Syria. Further developments will be
awaited with interest-
The first steamer to cross the At
lantic made the trip in eighteen days.
This year the Umbria made it in six
days.
Tampa's artesian well is 700 feet
deep, and no water yet. It is thought
that that they will have to go down
1,300 feet before they will reach the
coveted treasure.
The criminal record for the pres
ent winter has been unusually black.
You can seldom pick up a newspaper
without seeing some fearful murder
recorded.
The premium list of the State Fair
will be $3,000 larger thpn last year.
The Northern States are again en-
joying( r) a season of cold winds, ice
and suoiv.
Singular l’w of rhopgruphy.
Kosmos announces a dngnlnr adapta
tion of photography. It is well known
that under tho microscope steel is found
to bo an agglomeration of crystals, and
that upon tlio difference in these crystals
tlio quality of the steel :an bo more or
less determined. M. Wedding, to mako
the observation moro complete, heated
steel to whiteness, and us the use of the
microscope under such circumstances
was impossible, ho photographed the
metal and subjected the negative to
m icroscopic exan i iuu tiou. —PI lolugrapliio
News.
Porai' i Trades Organization*.
There uro r.o trades’ unions in Persia,
but thero is something which suggests it
in the partial system of guilds and ap
prenticeships, although tin’s is by no
means universal, lift distinctly organized
and formulated. For example, the mer
chants or large traders of Teheran rep
resent a body that lias a head culled the
Malsk-i-Tojah, a man of wealth and
whom with a cn tiie banana, tho
cocoanut or mat.. ■ is » hinted. They aro
unkempt, unthrifty, dirty; but every
where kind mother nature covers tho
garden walls with lichens and tlio con
volvulus. and the great lolled leaves of
the bread fruit, tho alumna and tlio
palms give to the eye an ever varying,
an ever entirely satisfying picture.
These cabins of the colored people (our
inheritance from Spanish cruelty) liter
ally swarm with children. Tho tra
ditional stair of from five to twelve littlo
pickaninnies is found in every cabin.
“Ma.-sa, gib me copper for bread!” They
arc inveterate beggara. They say they
can't get work, or if they do get any but
little is |iai(l—twenty-five to fifty cents a
day. The truth is, thero is no desire,
perhaps no incentive, to work, no ambi
tion to satisfy. Hunger is easily satisfied
hy fruit, sweet potato, yams and fish.
But little fruit is exported, and that from
tlie outlying islands, not from here.
S(ionge fishing is tho one industry which
hero is active.
For tlie climate, I would judge wo had
in tho United States no spot equal to this
for unending summer. For people ad
vanced in life who desire to avoid our
winters, for tired brain workers, for
cases of low vitality, for tho beginning of
throat and lung troubles, I should say
Nassau is tho place.—Fred Stearns in
Detroii- Free Press.
for u nunmer or years the deficiency
.. , , . i in the production of mulberry silk has
ability, who in cues of need represents drawn tho attention Q f sericulturists to
Uieir cause before the sbah.-Detroit, the rearing of the wild silkworms of
Tnbuno Lot.er, I India, China, Japan, America and other
I parts, and a great many reports have
A ” °«* Wife. I been published on these wild silkworms,
Wife (whose husband, realizing tho some of which nre already bred in a
need of exercise has liouglit a bicycle)— state of domesticity or semi-domesticity
I shall bo so anxious, John, dear, until Many of these wild silkworms produce
that Dr. Harter’s Iron'Tonic is cool- you Have learned to ride it well. silk of great strength and beauty, and
Hifband fondly)—Don’t get nervous, could all be profitably utilized if bred in
lands on a large scale. Speci-
i anil carded and reeled silks
headache, fainting spells, exhaustive Z^e Epoch. “ " J tecnTnt toX^SAcdhuatalton!
spasmodic affections, and will give ——- , ! and they will bo exhibited in the Paris
strength ami new life to the entire He whobuflos according to e very man a International exhibition of *1889, together
ai’ainm advice will lire in a very crooked house. «-:n, »i,„ ‘‘ 7
IT IS A FACT,
system.
—Danish Proverb.
house, t |, e specimens of tho moths and
prepared larval of the various species.—
Public Opinion.