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Tllii LEGfcl LATDRE. G-KOKC.IA SOLON’S MK.F.T IJT KEG IRAK SESSION. Proceedings of the Senate and House Presented In Brief. Mr. Hodges, of Bibb, said a few days ago that the passage of a Mil to take from the general assembly the election of he supreme court judges was bu “the opening wedge that would uUimatdy result m the election of all the judiciary by the people. Mr. Flemming;s bill was passed and Enday a hi ! was introduced by Mr Houston, of DeKalb, which sustains Mr. Hodges in his decision. Mr. Houston s bill wus introduced last session and killed bu the passage of the .supreme cour bdl has encouraged him in the belie that it will be successful this time. It provides for the election of all supe "°™ t 3 a d «f and att< ? rney g eaer - als by he electors , of their respec ,ve judicial circuits at the general elec tions The terms of these officials shall begin on the first day of January following the general election and any vacancy that occurs by reason of death resig nation or other causes shall be filled by appointment ot the governor for the n'nexpired term. I he appointee shall hold office until the first day of January after the general election, when the governor will be required to give thirty days’ notice of a special election, which will be held for the purpose of electing a successor. The term of office is to be four years. This is an amendment to the constitution, and if passed by the requisite legisla¬ tive majority Aill be submitted to the peojde at the next general election. Mr. Battle, of Muscogee, who is chair¬ man of the railroad committee, intro¬ duced several important measures in the house Friday, with reference to the Western and Atlantic railroad. These bills were introduced in accord auce with suggestions made by Special Attorney Wimbish in his report re cently made. They are as follows: To provide for an official survey of the Western and Atlantic road and for the filing of maps of the same; To repeal an act granting a right of way to the Cincinnati Southern railway where its route adjoins that of the W. and A. railroad; a resolution ratifying and confirming provisional settlements piade by tho governor and attorney general concerning certain rights of the Western & Atlantic railroad; a res olution to appropriate $1,800 as com pensation to be paid the special com missioners for the adjudication of con trovorsios affecting the Western and Atlantic railroad; a bill authorizing an agreement to be made with the city of Atlanta affecting the use of Wall street. Almost the entire session was oonsumed in the discussion of a reso lution by Mr. Hurst, of Walton. This resolution provides that the Georgia legislature declare impolitic and un constitutional any attempt on the part of congress or any otber legislative body to pass a measure which looks to tile union of state and church. Mr. Hurst made ft long argument in de fense of the resolution, and was fol lowed by a number of others on either aide. The debate was long, and re suited finally in the indefinite post pouemout of the resolution. Upon motion of Mr. Bush, the anti-bar room bill was made tho special order for Tuesday. Only one bill was pass ed. That was to extend tho corporate limits of the town of Waynesboro. • Tho session of the house Saturday was very brief. There was only a very emall house presout. Nothing of im portanoe occurred. Upon motion of Mr. Hurst, the resolution introduced by himself—declaring the sense of the general assembly as antagonistic to any movement which looks to or may result in the union of church and etate, was considered, and Mr. Hurst offered the following substitute: “Resolved by tho house, the eenate concurring, that or* anv movement either in this state in the United States tending towards the union of church and state is depre oated and condemned, and in our opinion is contrary to the prinoipleifof our government nud the constitution of the same.” The following bills passed: To authorize the town coun oil of Hogansville to issue bonds; to provide for the appointment of a clerk of the county court of Effingham county; to repeal an act, approved February 17, 1877, authorizing the ordinary of Spalding county to keep fils records, etc., at a place other than ble courthouse; to regulate and fix the office hours of the treasurer of Ful ton Battiehill. county; to incorporate the town of Among the bills introduced in the house Monday morning was one by Mr. McCurry, of Hart,authorizing the president of the senate or speaker of the house to exercise executive power of governor in case of death of the gov¬ ernor. Another was by Mr. Polhill, requiring all corporations, stock com¬ panies or individuals operating street car systems in the state to provide sep¬ arate oars for colored passengers. Several local bills were introduced, read one time and referred. The most important one was as follows: To char- ter the city court of Laurens coun¬ ty; To transfer Steward county from the Southwestern judicial circuit to the Pataula circuit, and one for the relief of the North Georgia Agricultural College. Beginning Wednesday the house holds two daily sessions, the second session beginning at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. A resolution by Mr. McCurry for two sessions was passed, the regulur order of business to be in order. Mr. Brauan’s bill amending the garnishment law of the code, was *5? ^ ideft tfaat one . half of the ex * over $25 mon th flhaH be 8nbj£ct ^ to garni8bm ent. Tte ori inal easure 8tabjec ted all of the to garui8hment . The pre ious ^ ordered aDd the 8ubstitvoted dowD . The bill was loBt _ M Brannan gave notice of a motion to ^consider Another spe ciftl order wag b ht It wa8 Mr. Broyles’ / measure, which amends sec tio 1675 A of the code relating to for ejgn f ^ ration8 owniIJg “ m ore than 5 )0Q ac of Jand jn G orgia . The bill went over until Tuesday under unflnished bu8ineB3 . T he following bllls were ed; To ameIld the act ineo ati f Cairo in Thomas coun t To ameI d the cbarter of OamiHa, Mitcheli county, 4 regulating the sale of hquor8;Seiia re8oln ti 0 u to relieve , he 8ftvannah fitreet railway Q f taxes for 1894 ' sincc the rail had beeQ sold to the electric street railway and taxes paid thereon for that year; Bill making the bank of Blaekshear a state depository. At noon the senate and house convened in joint session to hear the address of Prof. Bradwell, presi¬ dent of the State Normal School at Athens. Prof. Bradwell was intro¬ duced and spoke on the history, mis¬ sion and need of the normal institute. His address was an appeal for an ap¬ propriation of $12,500 for the school, which is badly in need of funds for support. The address was listened to with attention. The senate at Friday’s session agreed to the bouse resolution to meet Mon at 12 o’clock and hear an address frota President S. D. Bradwell, of the state normal school. Colonel Brad speak of the need of an ad ditional appropriation to carry out the objects of the institution. A large number 0 f bills vrere disposed of upon whioh adverse reports had been made, The bill introduced by Senator Boyd to adopt and make of force the code of l aws prepared by authority of the last legislature by Judge John L. Hop bins, Clifford Anderson and John B. Lamar was passed. The code will be printed in three volumes and sold at cost by the state librarian. Other hills passed as follows : Bill by Sena tor Keen, to regulate the toll of rice, limiting the toll to one-sixth; To amend the constitution so as to en lar g e the exemptions from taxation touching all buildings erected for and used as a college, incorporated acade n, y or ot ber seminary of learning, or church property. There was scarcely a quorum in the senate Saturday, but a large number of bills were passed,nevertheless. Sen ator Osborne’s bill, amending the gen¬ ‘ rftl railroad law of 1892, was passed. The bill amends the law by striking out the word “ten,” where it occurs in tho ninth and eleventh lines of the fifteenth section of the act, and insert iug in lieu thereof the word “twenty.” The law was, under the railroad law of l 892, that no two roads should be constructed within ten miles out of a town or city. Senator Wilson’s two bills relating to admitting written instruments in evidence were passed. The y are to authorize any written instrument to be admitted in evi deuce when the subscribing witnesses are dead, insane, incompetent, inae cessible, or being produced do not re collect the transaction, Other bills passed were as follows: Repealing that section of the code preventing couuty authorities in this state to hire misde meaner convicts to private persons; To create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Twiggs county; To P rotect the cemetery reserve in the city of Macon; To authorize justices of the P eace and uotaries publie of state to preside in districts other ttan tll0se *bey were elected or ap P oin ted to, where the justices or nota ties are disqualified to preside; To au th orize the judge in the superior oourt of thi8 state in an y caae of 8eduction or divorce, or other case where th e evidence is vulgar or ob- 8Cene > to bear and try the case after clearing the court of all or any portion of the aud >e“ c e; To amend the general railroad law of the state > approved at the 1892 session of the general assem¬ To amend section 1291 of the code of 1892 regulating the furnishing of election blanks to justices of the peace and notaries public; To amend the barter of the city of Dalton; To authorize the mayor and aldermen of Savannah to condemn property for the Purpose of beautifying the streets; also create a board of fire commissioners for Savaunah. Senator Venable introduced a reso lution in the senate Monday morning askiug that congress appropriate a suf ficient sum of money to build a drive way from McPherson Barracks into the city of Atlanta, and from a point on that road to the McPherson monu¬ ment. The resolution was unani- mously adopted. Senator Harris, of the third district, introduced a bill extending the jurisdiction of county courts in suits on contracts, The following measures were passed: To make more specific the crime of barratry; To require banks chartered under the laws of Georgia, when the capital stock ie impaired, to make the same good by transferring the surplus or undivided profits to the capital stock; to allow spectators excluded in cases when the testimony before the court is obscene Senator Broughton has introduced three important railroad bills The bills are not introduced to interfere ,,th the Southern K.ilw.J rV“S“„" di.crimin.ting £ other railroad from against connecting lines, by refusing to haul their cars. These bills provide suitable penalties for this class of dis crimination. The bill of Senator Mon ro, to amend the garnishment law so as to make all wages over $2 per day sub jeet to garnishment, was the subject of a lively debate. Senator Monro made a strung tight for his measure, but he could not curry the bill through, Senators Boyd, Harris, Beeks and Mercer opposed it in able and con viuciug speeches, and the bill was lost, MURDERING CHRISTIANS. _ Butcheries, Riot and Pillage Contin ues in Turkey. Word was received at Boston by mail Monday morning at the rooms of the American board that there had been a terrible uprising among the Moslems at Oorfa, a station of the Central Turkey mission. Christians and a few Moslems had been mur¬ dered—in what proportion is not stated. Pillage and murder occurred all day on October 28th. The prem¬ ises of the mission of the American board were surrounded by armed Christians. The only missionary at Oorfa is Miss Corinna Shattuck. of Louisville, La. * NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE Closes Its Labors at Elberton—The Next Session at Dalton. The session of tho North Georgia Conference ended at Elberton Mon¬ day night, when the venerable Bishop Keene announced the appointments for the ensuing year. Before the reading of the appointments the bishop spoke of the graudeur of the work of the miuistry and the opportunity of the young men who enter the sacred call¬ ing. It was decided to hold the next ses¬ sion of the conference at Dalton,which place sent a strong invitation to the body to accept the entertainment of that city. IN BEHALF OF CUBA. Charles A. Danna Addresses a Big Mass Meeing. The cause of Cuba’s patriots was the topic at a big mass meeting held in the hall of Cooper Union at New York on Tuesday night. The meeting was un¬ der the auspices of the Jose Marti club of Cubans. Dr. Henry Lincoln Win¬ ter introduced the Hon. Charles A. Dana, who was a personal friend of Marti, as chairman of the meeting. He eulogized Mr. Dana ns the undy¬ ing friend of Cuban liberty. Mr. Dana was received with a veritble whirlwind of applause, the entire au¬ dience rising and cheering again. TO SUCCEED MAHONE. Virginia Republicans Meet to Select a New National Committeeman. A conference of members of the Virginia republican committee was held at Petersburg Wednesday for the purpose of choosing a successor to the late General William Mahone, as leader of the republican party in the Old Dominion. As a result of the conference it is probable Colonel Wil¬ liam Lamb, of Norfolk, will be named as Virginia’s representative on the re¬ publican national committee and Ed¬ mund Waddill chairman of the state committee. LAMONT’S REPORT Regarding Expenditures for the Army and Navy. The report of Daniel S. Lamont, secretary of war, opens with a sugges¬ tive tabular statement of insufficient congressional appropriations. The ac¬ tual expenditures for the last fiscal year were $52,987,000, while the esti¬ mates of the department for the next fiscal year run up to $51,945,000, thus indicating a probability of a much larger deficiency than was experienced this year. THE WORK OF WRECKERS. The Preble Station Disaster Laid at Their Door. It has developed that the wreck of the New York and the Philadelphia night express on the Delaware, Lack¬ awanna and Western railroad, at Pre¬ ble station, at 10:05 o’clock Sunday night, was the result of a most delib erate plot on the part of persons un known. A reward of $5,000 has been offered for the detection and convic tion of the wreckers, _ There are some exceptions, but as a rule, when you have nothing to say, it is best to say it silently. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Electricity is likely to be adopted to run Brooklyn Bridge cars. Silver is cleaned at the shops by .pressing the piece against a rapidly revolving wheel made of Canton flan nel in many plies. They are making a chain at a Bel¬ gian factory to be twenty-five miles j ong- j t wi u hardly be able to sustain its own weight, 6S0 tons. Q Louis > 8 new Cit Hall hag been declared unsafe by reason of blow hoIes in cast iron columns, and the CQst f alterations will be heavy. ^ £ 2 toting the strength ol building tenal. for this country and Europe. The diatoms, single celled plants of the seaweed family, are so small that 3000 of them laid end to end scarcely suffice to cover an inch of space on the rule. At present England, Holland _ and Belgium all use Greenwich time. The legal time throughout Germany has recently been defined to be exactly one hour fast on Greenwich time. a com pl e te skeleton of a moa, or diornis, the gigantic ostrich-like ex tinct bird of New Zealand, and of the New England sandstone has just been discovered in a New Zealand cave. The penny-in-the-slot telephone does not please the druggists of Chi cago, and most of them positively re toe to h.ve it The telephone, « it is, is too useful to their customers. The world’s supply of copper in 1894 was 319,391 long tons, of which North America supplied 175,290 tons. The United States continues to be the , heaviest . , contributor , to the English i, market. A new alloy, known as “gold steel,” is said to be meeting with favor among Sheffield manufacturers on account of its beauty and durability. It is a composition of bronze and aluminum, and is peculiarly adapted for cutlery. A pneumatic vehicle tire carrying materials for its repair in its interior has been patented by Messrs. J. F. and E. P. Forbes, of Halifax. The ma¬ terials are in the form of slender strips, filaments, rings or the like, and arranged so that they may be drawn outward into a puncture of the tire. A steam pipe capable of resisting very high pressure has been patented by a Glasgow engineer. It consists of a copper tube around which is wound steel wire, especial care being taken to insure perfect contact between the two metals. Soldering is effected by immersing the whole in a fusible al¬ loy whose melting point is above the temperature of the superheated steam. A Nail iu the Snake’s Tail. William Reidy, residing near Liver¬ more, tampered with, a rattlesnake on his ranch a few days ago and came near losing his life for his fun. Reidv’s children had seen the snake enter a hole in the ground and told their father. The hole was not suffi¬ cient depth to hide the reptile’s en¬ tire body, and several inches of his tail protruded. Reidy pinioned his snakeship with a stick, and then pro¬ ceeded to drive a nail through its tail, with the expectation that the snake would sting itself to death when it found it could not get away. Mrs. Reidy held the snake’s tail down with a stick while the nail-driving opera¬ tion was going on, but the snake did not like the proceeding and drew its head from the hole as quick as a flash. The woman screamed and dropped the stick, and the snake was free to double on itself, which it did, and darted its fangs into Reidy’s hand. The snake glided away and Reidy hastened off to hunt a doctor. He started toward Livermore on the run, and had gone two miles when he reached the ranch of a man named CunDingham. The latter hitched up a team and put the whip to his horses to hasten the in¬ jured Reidy to a doctor. The hand was rapidly swelling and was very painful, and by the time Dr. Gordon was found ^the bitten member had swollen to several times its normal size, and the swelling was reaching far up the arm. Heroic treatment stopped the work of the poison, but he still has a very bad hand and arm, and will have cause to remember the rattler for many a day.—San Francisco Chronicle. To Prevent Potato Blight. The so-called blight of potatoes is due to a fungus which penetrates the plant all through, from the leaves downward into the roots, and then into the tubers 'there, causing the black rot of this plant. The germs ot the fungus come in the air or they may be m the soil. In either case they begin their mischief on the leaves, on which the fine, silky threads of the plant may be seen by a common mag¬ nifying glass. Then is the time to de¬ stroy the parasite, which is done by spraying the plants with a solution of four ounces of copper sulphate (blue vitriol) in two gallons of water; six ounces of lime is slacked in the same quantity of water; the two liquids are then mixed and strained, and a gallon more of water is added; the liquid is then sprayed on the leaves. If half a teaspoonful of paris green is added and stirred, the liquid will kill the po¬ tato beetles at the same time.—New York Times. Wonderful Escane Mrs. M. A. Owens Falls Down a Long Flight of Stairs and Kills Her Child. Ladies meet with many accidents ■ descending stairs-the result bein* S We S 0, \ worse > but we s down escape^eatb a fliSt of unUl^H t^° ther her child and T ueatD until our atten H , * We » he,^ngusge= ta s A OV\ ,N\ my confinement'I ;! iY\ down Ml l)/ a lono- flio-ht nf / w liYV stairs and killed ^ ) j)U \^—> ~1 pi i \\ ?£ild. unborn J know a— ■ this, as I never crA. I Jjj] t terward° Vea *" \ could t«1 was out of po Jjbeing sition. Upon i exam* \ fe a »ti n e d by yl Blipa iSahL^ . ° Ji^ysi- & j) L^g=£/V'^*' renounced hey decided, favorable and I s y m Ptoms were so was in no pain; could ® feT^rSL'S'S"i‘ a heartily, rest well and was doing with instructions that they be advised promptly t of any unfavorable symptoms. had, without the knowledge of any one except my husband, been for some weeks usl ?£ Mothers Friend” with great relief and could see no reason ^ whv f should nQt continue itg US6) and Now came a long time of suspense and waiting for developments. To the sur prise of all I continued to do well, and got along better than I ever did before when enciente, although every one, in¬ cluding the physicians, feared the ter¬ mination would be fatal. time Eight weeks and two days from the I fell, natural labor came on and the child was taken away in the usual manner, and to the surprise of all, I was found in better condition than ever before at any previous confinement. I had continued to use ‘Mother’s Friend’ up to the last hour, and exper¬ ienced so little trouble that when the time came was unaware of it, and the nurse had to make me undress quick and get in bed. I said to myself, “this is the work of ‘Mother’s Friend,’ and I am having an easy time,” as on previous occasions I suffered tortures for hours before. Everything was so easy and rapid that the physicians Always had before only time I had to get in the house. trou¬ ble with my breasts, but this time I had none, as I used ‘Mother’s Friend’ on them as directed. I had them drawn and dried without any inconvenience. You must not forget that it was eight weeks and two days from the death of the child before confinement, and I suffered less and was stronger than ever before on such an occasion. My physicians and friends, marveled at my escape. I know that “Mothers’ Friend” saved my life, and hope every expectant mother will use it. It robs the final hour of terrible suffering and leaves her stronger and makes recovery more rapid. I have learned of marvelous results where only one bottle had been used, but the sooner “Mothers’Friend” is begun and the longer used, the better for the mother when the hour arrives. The Bradfield Regulator Co., of At¬ lanta, Ga., will mail free to any expect¬ ant mother their little book containing valuable information and voluntary used tes¬ timonials from ladies who have “Mothers’ Friend” with happy results. It can be obtained of any prominent druggist in the United States. .Knew How It Would Be. The simplicity of children is some times hard to fathom. In the follow¬ ing case, for instance, reported by an exchange, was the boy’s innocence real or affected? He had brought home his monthly school report, which made a poor showing. unsatisfactory,” said “That is very his father as he looked it over, “I am not at all pleased with it.” “I knew you wouldn’t be,” answered the little boy. “I told the teacher so, but she said she couldn’t change it.” Youth’s Companion. She Obeyed Orders. “I thought you had a good girl, Mrs. Bloom?” “I had.” “What became of her?” “I told her to get up early and dust. ” “Well?” dusted.”—Detroit “She got up and Free Press. Defined. Teacher—And what is meant by keeping the Sabbath holy? to think Ethel—It means—it means oh, of something you would like to do, ever so much, and Sunday.—Indianapolis then not doing jt ’cause it’s Journal. Naturally. “Mamma,” said the little girl at the flower show, who had absorbed during the evening a glass of lemonade, a quantity of clear cider and some g rape juice, “I wish you would buy me ft drink of water. I want something to unthirst me.”—Chicago Tribune.