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l I l 0C1LLA, GEORGIA. HENDERSON & HANLON, Publishers. Possibly Russia is acquiring ammu¬ nition with the expectancy of using it in a gran 1 py.otochulo peace demon¬ stration. _• Hereafter no Indians Will be permit¬ ted to leave their reservations to travel with Wil l West shows. The govern¬ ment is uuwilling to act as an amuse¬ ment age cy any longer. Au American corn kitchen will hs one of Undo Sam’s features at the Paris Exposition, our Federal govern¬ ment having appropriated @10,00.) for lie maintenance. The invention is to exploit Indian corn meal by showing what good things can be made from it to eat. If tbe cooks do justice to the meal the exploiting will prove success¬ ful. It is often said there is a dearth of SoOOO-a-year men. This cannot mean a dearth of men with the requisite knowledge; such a view is plainly un¬ true. The lacking faculty or charac¬ teristic is the ability to plan instinc¬ tively while carrying on other work, so that affairs never become tangled and ther3 is always time for one more undertaking. The Philadelphia Public Ledger is opposed for sentimental and historic reasons to changing the appearance of the pres (leaf's official residence, It says; “Enlargements and additions would destroy the symmetrical build¬ ing, which, in its present shape, is as¬ sociated so closely with the history of the country that changes in its exter¬ nal appearance would be, especially since they are unnecessary, a piece of iconorlasm.” Although railway rates are cheaper iu Germany than in England, the av- •erage return of the British railways is little more than oue-half of llie Ger¬ man yield. When we bear iu mind that in Germany not only the railways, but telegraphs and telephones, are in The hands of the stale, it is obvious that a government possessed of such Resources is more independent ihan one which has to depend on taxation alone. Iu the kingdom of Prussia live-sixths of the public revenue is de¬ rived from sources other thau fiscal. Tbe state railways yield an annual 'profit nearly twice as large as the taxes levied, while tho annual produce of the state mines and forests is not much short of the annual charge on the public debt. The extension of the cotton-mill in¬ dustry iu the South is a conspicuous phenomenon of the time. Five coun¬ ties in the Carolina - * have for several years past spun and woven more cot¬ ton than is produced within their bor¬ ders. Borne, Ga., has hitherto been the shipping point for the cotton grown iu twenty counties round about. During 'the past year Romo has shipped not one bale, because her manufacturies have used it all in the making of cotton cloths. This means that instead of selling cotton at from five to eight cents a pound the South is selling it, as a manufactured prod¬ uct, at from 18 to 50 cents a pound. This is a development upon natural lines, thinks the New York World. The South that produces the cotton will ultimately manufacture it. It has cheap water-power cheap labor aud the adjacency of the cotton fields to stimulate its industry. Thanks to scientists and inventors, the world is beginning to save coal. Each year from now on will see a fur¬ ther saving. Perhaps the time may come when the cities will be able to do without coal, and thereby avoid all the grime and foul gases it produces. The saving is brought about by the instalment of great water power elec¬ tric plants. A big dam has just betn completed in Michigan that produces a 40,000 volt current. « This current will be used io light the streets and run street cars in Kalamazoo, Allegan, Battle Creek and Jackson. To do this the current will travel ninety mile3 through copper wires. The next biggest enterprise of the kind is the 33,000 volt plant run by a waterfall in the Santa Ann river, Cal., for-light and to propel street cars in the city of Los Angeles. Buffalo, N. Y., gets electric light aud power from Niagara, and Toronto will soon be doing the same thing. A\1 over the world the cataracts a’e being harnessed, aud every such harnessing means thou¬ sands of tons of coal save! per day. The reign of King Coal, with his grime, cinders aud pallid faces, will someday be ended, and man will soon be blessed with heat, light and power without consulting the black monarch, li-Llt rri/T? Jill T TTTTTd AiiL IJ-tlUJ-lIJiilX 1TR ATTTTT? - My daughter—my eldest daughter— visited the Massachusetts coast last summer. Upon her return we were not in all respects satisfied that her summer trip had been a success. This was a distinct disappointment, since the expense had made quite a dent in my bank account, and I had hoped that a certain listlessness with which she had been affected would quite dis¬ appear, I had expected that she would at least catch golf before her return, since it was known to be epidemic all along the coast. It tcok, in both arms; and when she returned we hoped that she would pass regularly through the stages and ac¬ quire the art and language. But there was something wrong. She was will¬ ing to play the game, but did not care about it with the right enthusiasm. I aid my best to draw her out. "I understand,” I would say, “that golf is very engrossing?” “Yes, very.” “I suppose you can hole out a brassy with the best of them?” “I—er- That is-—- Now, father, you are not interested!” “But really I am,” I would go on eagerly; “I am, indeed, Only, of course, I’m not thoroughly up in the game. I’d like to learn, immensely. I think I’ll join a golf links, and buy a caddie.” “But the caddie is the boy who car¬ ries the clubs,” she said wearily. “He does, eh? Well, then, I’ll join the clubs, and buy mo a putty.” “Now you’re only joking,” she said. “It isn’t a putty, but a putter. And i--- ■ fa. K> m j=a fir™ 1 ' 'wi!llllll Z " 'I m i * ,■ '•hi & / Sw m fS'i-A m §SS :• r| I It Lrz. v. 4 "2^ IIK 1 dk >J X b m n wmrtkf m /ffj V Vo iv4 - ' & i YOU SITS DOWN AND TALKS. you join a club, and--But what i3 the use?” and then she would walk away and sigh. Here was a golf-player who wouldn’t talk about golf! It was most alarm¬ ing. There was only one encouraging symptom, and he was a young doctor who used to call—well, quite often. She had met him on the links, so we gathered, and certainly the two talked about golf whenever they met—so far as we knew. It wasn’t long before my daughter came to me for the initiation fee to join a golf club to which young Dr. Simmons belonged. I gave her the money with eager joy, and at the first opportunity I thanked the doctor for his kind interest In my daughter. "You are a shrewd young man,” I said, “and you ought to rise in your profession. You have seen how anxi¬ ous we have been to interest Gwendo¬ len in golf, and you have seconded our efforts ably. I appreciate your disin¬ terestedness and shall not forget it.” He seemed confused, and murmured something about "his own pleasure,” but I smiled courteously and cut him short. My son Bobby was at first scornfully superior to the attractions of the new game. He used to cough in a highly artificial way when Dr. Simmons and Gwendolen were exchanging views about bogie, and puttees, and bunkers, and lofters, and would try to engage me in a vigorous discussion as to the charms of jackstones, old maid, mug¬ gins, and other trivial games. So far as golf was concerned he seemed an immune. Therefore we were all much sur¬ prised, one evening at dinner, to hear him Interrupt Dr. Simmons, who was delivering an enthusiastic eulogy of the royal game. “Jt Is adapted,” said the young phy¬ sician, “to every age. It has all the fascination of billiards, with the added glories of the Open. air. It is cheap and engrossing. The simplicity of the game—to drive the ball toward its goal and to place it accurately on the green, when It Is deftly propelled Into the hole—alone makes it simple for the Child and a game of skill for the adept. \y|,y, one thinks of nothing else while on the links! And then, the constant exercise--” "Exercise!” said Bobby. "There ain’t any exercise’in golf!” “Excuse me,” said the young doctor, "but I thought you didn’t know any¬ thing about the game!” ”1 didn’t this morning,” said Bobby. "But I know all about it now.” "You do?” inquired Dr. Simmons with a satirical smile. “You must have made very rapid progress.” “Yes, I did,” Bobby answered very cooly. “I thought it was time 1 found out what you two cranks were up to, and so I went over to the links this morning.” Hero Gwendolen began to look un¬ easy. "Bobby, dear,” she said, “you mustn’t talk so much at the table.” But Bobby ignored her. “Yes,” he went on, “I thought I’d like to know something about the old game, and so I’ve been talking to your caddie.” “To Benny Jones?” asked Dr. Sim¬ mons, frowning at Bobby. “Yes,” said Bobby gleefully, “and he explained the whole game to me.” “Mother," exclaimed Gwendolen, “won’t you ring for the coffee? It seems very warm In here.” I was surprised to see that both Gwendolen and Dr. Simmons seemed disinclined to pursue the subject of Bobby’s rapid acquirement of golf. For my part, it seemed immensely amus¬ ing, and I endeavored to lead him on. He was only too ready. “Come, Bobby,” I said encouraging¬ ly, “let us hear Benny Jones’ account of the game.” “Well,” said Bobby, “here’s what he said. ‘There’s a lot of kinds of golf/ says Benny, Yes?’ says I. ‘Yes,’ says he. ‘There’s golf golf, and there’s dude golf.’ ‘Oh,’ says I, ‘and which kind does Dr. Simmons play?’ ‘Oh, he plays dude golf/ says Benny.” “Father,” Gwendolen exclaimed hastily, “I do hope-” "Nonsense,” I said, laughing. “Let’s hear the caddie’s side of it. You and the doctor have held the field long enough. Go on, Bobby.” To my surprise, Dr. Simmons and Gwendolen seemed really annoyed, but I was resolved not to mind their eilly sensitiveness. And Bobby went on: “ ‘What’s dude golf?’ I asked Benny. And Benny, he says: ‘Why, you get your best girl, and you holds her hand to show her how to drive, and you holds her hand to show her how to putt, and you comes to a nice shady place, and you sits down and talks for two hours while the caddie whistles and his feet get asleep, and-’ ” But I saw that I had made an awful mistake. Luckily we had finished our coffee, and at this moment my wife rose hastily, and in a moment Bobby and I were left alone. With masterly skill I suppressed the rest of Bobby’s story and turned the conversation to his last school report —which soon repressed any tendency to further conversaflon on his part. As soon as possible 1 sent Bobby to bed. When I "joined the ladies” Dr. Sim¬ mons was gone, and Gwendolen and her mother were evidently too deeply engaged in conversation to be inter¬ rupted. I merely mentioned in pass¬ ing that I had some writing to do, and betook myself to my study. When alone I drew up a report of the occurrence and made formal ap¬ plication to the Association of Amer¬ ican Humorists for a pension for Bobby as the Big Sister’s Little Broth¬ er. My application was successful, and Bobby’s future is provided for. My interview next day with Dr. Simmon® was also very pleasant, and I have no doubt that the young couple will be very happy—so the Big Sister’s future is also assured.—Saturday Evening Post. ANIMALS AND MIRRORS. A Greek Cock TImt Enjoyed Contem¬ plating His Reflection. I saw a performing monkey the other day, says the London Daily News. He went through many tricks very suc¬ cessfully. Toward the end of the per¬ formance he was ordered to put on his cocked hat before a hand mirror— which ho did. He was next told to set it straight, and he tried on his gen¬ eral’s headgear repeatedly, at different angles, causing much laughter. When all was over, and the organ man, his helpers and the two monkeys were preparing to depart, I saw that “the general” had possessed himself of tho little mirror and was studying his own countenance with great delight! He had placed the glass on top of the bar¬ rel organ and he bent over it again and again—grimacing energetically. He afterward picked up the mirror and contemplated himself earnestly and contentedly at different angles. His face had been profoundly sad—like the faces of most monkeys I have seen— but now the wrinkles smoothed them¬ selves out and he nearly smiled! Why is it that dogs hardly ever regard a picture as anything but a fine surface with patches of color dotted over it? In all my large canine acquaintance I know but one dog who sees that por¬ traits are likenesses of people! As for his own reflection in a glass, a dog generally mistakes it for an enemy and “goes for” it! Later, when knocks on the nose and the absence of scent have done their part in convincing him of his mistake, a dog will look coldly, not to saw despitefullv, at the mirror. Sometimes it is as if clogs resented their reflections as caricatures of them¬ selves. Unlike the dogs was "Cocoro," a Greek cock, to whom a devoted owner dedicated fourteen years of affection. One of his pastimes was to contemplate his reflection for hours at a time and quite demurely. He placed himself op¬ posite a looking-glass above a chest of drawers for this express purpose. He died last summer, and his owner was disconsolate. Cocoro knew his name, came when called and was the joy of his Greek mistress. Perhaps London society, or the diplomatic world, has not forgotten the canary that belonged to the daughters of a minister to the court of St. James. The bird awoke the young ladies daily by pecking their lips! This was one way of “kissing good-morrow.” funeral customs. Manner *>f Placing a Coffin In a Room and of Carrying: tt. While in old times it was more or less the custom, in the interment of bodies, to bury them with their feet to the east, a custom now substantially 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 coffin 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 room, except that commonly the feet would be placed toward the door. Though the common way is to place the body in the center of the room, an¬ other way, in comparatively modern practice, is to place the coffin or casket across one corner of the room, This gives opportunity for a convenient and effective disposition of flowers and flor¬ al pieces, and it perhaps affords a bet¬ ter view of the face. As to the man¬ ner of moving a body to its burial, that is always done with the feet fore¬ most. It is carried out of the house in that way, put into the hearse feet foremost, and so is borne to the grave. A Prince’s Prank. The Prince de Ligne, a resplendent figure among the brilliant courtiers and adventurers of the time of Louis XVI., told many amusing anecdotes in his “Memoirs,” one of which shows him, sword in hand, at a duel which called for gaiety rather than courage. The Comte de Segur and the Prince de Ligne were coming out one very rainy night, after supping with Madame de Polignac in the Rue de Bourbon. No coach was to be seen, and no person there to fetch one. “Let us pretend to fight,” the prince said to Comte de Segur, “and that will bring the watch. Tney’ll arrest us, and we’ll make them get a carriage to take us to the com¬ missary.” On which they took their swords in hand with a fearful scuf¬ fle, and cries of “Oh! Ah: Aro you dead? Are you wounded?” The watch passed and repassed quite near them on the Port Royal, but apparently frightened, they did not arrest the duelists, and they, half-dead with laughter and the fatigue of the battle, had to go home on foot in the rain, < after all! Overworked “Very.” Writers should save the time of readers by abandoning "very” and giv¬ ing an overworked word a rest of a few years. It has earned that rest. That word, as an adverb, is found less than twenty times in the King James translation of the Bible. The rarity of its use makes it count for all the more when utilized. When it is said that “the man Moses was very meek,” one understands that he was meek be¬ yond the custom of the Israelites of, his day. When St. James says “the Lord is very pitiful” the “very” Is of significance. But if the good and the bad deeds, the cruel and the heroic acts recorded in the Bible were to be described by most writers of the day there would be a “very” in almost every line,— Chicago Tribune. GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS Brief Summary of Interesting Happenings Culled at Random. Cuttle Haliting; Dincunaod. Ex-Governor Northen, accompanied by Mr. H. J. Win,);, of the Georgia ex¬ periment station, visited Greenesboro the past week, and both gentlemen made interesting and instructive ad¬ dresses to the citizens of the county, at the courthouse. Mr. Northen is very anxious to see Georgia become a stock and cattle raising state, and < he told in a con¬ vincing manner Rome of the advant¬ ages, experience and observation hare taught him that this section possesses. He clearly blazed the way to prosperi¬ ty for tbe farmers of Greene, if they will ouly avail themselves of the ad¬ vantages nature has bestowed upon them. To illustrate the truth of his conclusions, Mr. Northen cited a num¬ ber of demonstrations he had seen and known made, Mr. Northen has so far brought thousands of people into the state from the northwest, about 13,000 of whom remained and are good citizenB. Democratic State Convention. Chairman duBignon, of the state Democratic executive committee, has announced that the state committee would be aSsembred in Atlanta during the first week in March, immediately following the meeting of the national committee at Washington. The general impression prevails that the national Democratic convention will be set for some day between the 1st and the 10th of June. If this is true the state convention will probably be called for about the middle of May, and if this is done the county prima¬ ries for the nomination of a state ticket will probably be fixed by the state committee for a day somewhere between April 15tb and May 1st. * Criticized School Methods. A scathing criticism of tbe present school system, including a protest against corporal punishment, a denun¬ ciation of the system because “it is not in accordance with God’s word,” a statement that graduates are inca¬ pacitated for citizenship and a chal¬ lenge to the members of the board of education, formed an interesting feat¬ ure of the setmon of Dr. A. K. Hol- derby, Memorial delivered from his pulpit in Moore Presbyterian church at Atlanta Sunday morning. Dr. Hol- derly had selected as his subject, “Child Training,” and it was this theme that led him into his denuncia¬ tion of the public schools. Celebrate Stephens* Birthday. The town of Crawfordville was oat en masse to witness the celebration of Alexander H. Stephens’ birthday. The entertainment was under tbe direction of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The old southern songs were sung and lent a charm to the evening. Stories of Mr. Stephens’ life were related, parts of his diary were read, extracts from his speeches and eulogies were given by tho pupils. The decorations were strictly Confederate in all their ap¬ pointments. May Vote Against It. Annexation has taken a new turn in Macon since the announcement that no new government building could Vie built there for some time. It is a well- known fact that a number of people were in favor of it for tbe purpose of getting a new building. Many ex¬ pressed themselves as favoring it for that- reason, and it is feared that more trouble will be experienced. Interest in the movement on the pait of the annexationists has dropped considera¬ bly this week, and the anti-men have commenced a campaign of their own. Shipment of Georgia G >ld Ore. There are at Cornelia ten tons of gold ore ready to be shipped to Char¬ lotte, N. C. The ore was hauled by wagou from the Eureka mines, situ¬ ated about thirty miles distant, and is to be shipped to a smelter at Charlotte. The Eureka Mining Company is com¬ posed of owners who reside in Canton, O., and they are confident that they can make a good profit out of their mine after hauling the ore thirty miles by wagon and then having it sent to the North Carolina smelter. Samples of ore from the new mine assay from $2 to $96 a ton, and as this is the first shipment the outcome will be watched with interest. Fruit Men of North Georgia. The competition for the next meet¬ ing of the North Georgia Fruit Grow¬ ers’ Association has been quite lively. The president, Mr. G. H. Miller, of Rome, has seen fit to accept the invi¬ tation of Aciairsviile. It will be re¬ membered that the last meeting was held in Adairsville aud was a very suc¬ cessful one, many prominent men at¬ tending. The coming meeting will be, held about the middle of April. It is hoped by that time to have an assured crop from 200,000 trees, which is, in other words, $200,000 net for growers if the price is what it should be. At this meeting an ice factory and can¬ ning and evaporating plant will be discussed. Subscribed to Brumby Fund. Interest in the Brumby fund is rap¬ idly spreading all over the country and the Brumby Monument Associa¬ tion at Atlanta is now receiving letters and subscriptions from New York to San Francisco. During the pnst week the general fund was increased by the addition of $118, which brings the total up to a handsome figure. Of this additional sum $100 was sent by Mrs. Calvin S. Brice, widow of Senator Calvin 8, Brice, of New York, who 1 is wintering in Santa Bur- ( bara, Oak Governor Goeti to Wiifthf ngton. Governor Candler loft Atlanta Mon¬ day for Washington on a mission of irnerest and national importance, that of attending the meeting of all the governors of the union, called together by President McKinley, to arrange for the centennial celebration of the remo¬ val of the capital from Philadelphia to' Washington. In the early part of last fall the nresident requested the chief execu¬ tives of the different states to meet some time in December and arrange the preliminary steps for the celebra¬ tion, which is intended to be one of the largest in scope ever undertaken at the national capital. At the request of a number of governors, the gather¬ ing was postponed until after the first of the year. The Benefit* of a Creamery Farmers and business men of Wash¬ ington county met at Tennille the past week ior the purpose of discussing mat¬ ters relative to the establishment of a creamery. Bs-6tovernor Northern was the principal speaker, and he was given a warm welcome and spoke one hour. The creamery is the salvation of the land he said. He has sold but¬ ter for 60 cents per pound, the cost of which was but 15 cents. Cotton ho does not plant. Cattle raising is profit¬ able, he said. Within six months, without being himself an adept at the business, he fed and sold a steer at a profit of $31. of Mr. Wallace proprietor the cream¬ ery at Griffin, and who is at the move to establish one at Tennille, also spoke. He stated that no place offered such natural advantages for dairying as Washington county. It requires $6,000 to put in creamery plant, half of which he would invest; the other half must comef from merchants by floating bonds.__ MESSAGES are evasive. Lord Roberts’ Reports Are Lacking In Many Particulars. A London special says: Lord Rob¬ erts’ list of forty-nine killed and wounded officers, including two gen¬ erals in the engagements up to Sunday evening, causes anxiety, especially as in tbe officers’ list neither the losses of the Welsh and Essex regiments, nor those of the mounted infantry are included. This is about the number that fell at Colenso, where the non¬ commissioned olficers and men brought the total to 800. It is considered strange that when sending his casualties, Lord Roberts gives no information as to the result of tho fighting. If he has sent such a report the war office is withholding it. Moreover, nothing is known as io what took place Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. CRONjE HEARD FROM. Boer General Gives His Side of the Relief of Kimberley. A portion of an official report from General Cronje, dated Sunday, Feb¬ ruary 18th, has been given out as follows: “Yesterday morning about 6 o’clock, while removing the laager near Scholtznek, we were attacked by the British. The fight lasted until 7:30 in the evening. Although on the whole the British were driven back, they each time renewed the attack. The loss to the British must have been considerable. Thus far the Boer loss has been eight killed and twelve wounded. This morning the British shelled ns with cannon. Chief Com¬ mandant Ferreira’s force was too small to stop the cavalry from entering Kimberley.” fate of bill in doubt. Porto Rican Tariff Measure Is Mena¬ cingly Opposed. A Washington dispatch says: Again Tuesday there were but three speeches in the house upon the Porto Rican tariff bill. Five hours were consumed in their delivery. Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, spoke in support of the bill and Mr. Newlands, of Nevada, and Mr. Swanson, of Virginia, iu opposi¬ tion to it. The speakers devoted themselves almost exclusively to the constitutional question involved and were listened to with attention. The Republican leaders are becom¬ ing nervous over the fate of the bill. They have only a majority of fourteen solidly over tfce opposition, which is opposed to the measure. Eight votes from the Republican side would there¬ fore defeat it and there are from twelve to fifteen Republican votes in doubt. CARNEGIE IN NEW YORK. lie Investigates All Phases of the Suit Brought By Frick. Andrew Carnegie returned to New York early Tuesday night from Flori¬ da and went directly to his home. He would not say a word about his plans or the litigation in prospect. Mr. Carnegie, according to dis¬ patches, was to go directly to Pitts¬ burg from Florida, but instead of that he went to New York in order to have a talk with Charles M. Schwab, presi¬ dent of the Carnegie Company, before going to Pittsburg. fa¬ He wants to become thoroughly miliar with eveTy phase of the Frick case before he goes to Pittsburg to take up the matter. G3ge Ouest of Honor. Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage was the guest of honor at a din¬ ner of 300 covers given Tuesday after¬ noon at the auditorium in Chicago by the National Association of Merchants and Travelers.