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4 THE ATLANTA COMMERCIAL. ATLANTA, OBCHOIA, OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA. Published Every Afternoon. Except Snurtay BENJAMIN M. BLACKBURN, Editor. (filtered at the postoflice at Atlanta aa aecond etas* mail matter. BUBSCRIFTION RA'IHM: Oae year, by mailw Bix months, by mail 1 Three months, by mail• Delivered hv carrier within (he limit* of the dty of Atlanta (or 5 cent* a week, or |2£o a year. All iubecriptionß are payable in advance. Subscriber* failing to receive their paper* will confer a favor by notifying us. Mail tubecriber* are requested to remit by check, poetoffice money order, postal note ot registered letter. Sample copies sent free. , Advertising rate- furnished on application All communication* relating to aubscr’ptlon* and advertising should be to Tmk Com m kucl a l ft B, Ho nt er street, Atlanta. Ga. TELEPHONE No. 700, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1895. n*egss ■■■■ ■-’i l •• —1 J 1 w Wbb* you ••• It In rhe Oemmemtal r»a naay know that It 1* *o—or th* payer belter** It to n*. I* Is better te err In Aefense *f woman than *• be eorreet at her expense. Fair, gear I e—» foraeful aad independents AU the new® from *nn to iu. OUR FLAN FOR RELIEF. We favor the free coinage of silver a* redrmp tion mwoey at the ratio 16 to 1, but would limit tlie amount coined to the capacity of our mints, and restrict the supply to the American product. In order that neither metal should be dis criminated agaiMt at the mints, their coinage should be kept equal in monetary value. To bo more explicit: for every dollar coined In gold there should be a dollar coined in silver, and vice versa. We would then encourage Individual competi tion in marine traffic for the purpose of giving our products a proper chance in foreign mar kets, until the American flag floated in every port around the world. This is an absolutely sound Missis of settle ment-one that will give immediate relief. THE GATES AJAR. Today is the greatest epoch in mate rial development in ths history of this heaven-kissed land. It marks the opening of the Cotton Staten Exposition, tho most marvelous exhibition of material resources that has ever been made in the history of the South. In the aggressiveness of its success, the independence and brilliancy of its origin and the thorough self-reliance of its planning and consummation, the Cotton States Exposition is superior to any enterprise that has ever been launched in the history of the world. In magnificent aggregation alone will the World’s Fair at Chicago ex cel the splendid show that Atlanta to day presents as the result of Atlanta pluck and enthusiasm. As an educational exhibit nothing has ever been seen in the South that will compare with our splendid attraction. In strictly home exhibits the exposi tion is a marvelous array of resources both In variety and quality. In exhib its that belong to the common country and yet take in a broader range of ter ritory than the coniines of the Cotton States, the showing made In the horti cultural, agriculture, manufactured ar ticles and mineral displays cannot be excelled in any land, and has rarely been equalled by any exposition. Every building is an educator, and each department contains enough to pay the visitor well for coming hun dreds of miles to see. The architecture alone is superb in its attractive adornment, while the grounds present a landscape that have never yet been equalled in any city in the world that ever attempted such an exhibition. This is not over-drawing the picture which Piedmont I’ark today presents in its semi-tropical beauty-—from any point of which one may see even building on the grounds. The amusement features are even more varied and attractive as those at the World's Fair. Today's CoMMKHctxi. speaks in de tail of the great show in another de partment. and it is only necessary here to editorially emphasize the glowing story related therein at length. Atlanta greets the world in absolute confidence and bespeaks a Southern welcome to all those who may coine to see the display of resources which she has gathered from the most favored land neath the heavens. * Result of Folitrnrwa. Visitor (to attendant friar in the re fectory of n convent) —Are we allowed to smoke here? Friar—Ko. sir. Visitor—Then where do all those stumps of cigars come from tl,ut I see lying about? Friar—From those gentlemen who didn't ask.—Tagliche Rundschau. When the common earthworm is cut in two to tho tail, there grows a head, and to the bead there grows a tail, and two animals are formed. As the wound heals a small white button is formed, which afterward develops into rings and a-perfect extremity. The largest wine cask In (he world is in the Fans establishment called the ’’Halle aux Vina ’ Its capacity is 3,710 gallons. A shell which bos lain under water for 200 yean way explode if brought to the surface TO PRESIDENT COLLIER. Every citizen of Atlanta tips his ‘ hat to you and your able associates on ! this glorious day of Atlanta's accom plishment. Beginning at a time when the whole country was suffering from financial depression, when no other city in i America would have entered upon a workof such magnitude, a time suc ceeding the holding of the World's Fair that drained the resources of the people to the very depths, you have simply dazed the trainest men of the world in ti e heroism of your task i nd the brilliancy of your achievement. There is not a man woman or child lln Atlanta who does not chant you/ ■ praises on this day of radiant success lor who does not love Atlanta more ! and feel closer to our common country lin consequence of the magnificent I scope of thia mammoth exhibition of material and artistic resources. You have dune a world of good for the city of your hlrtii and sonferret a blessing on the ihoussndi »f poor who have been benefitted by the munificent bounty of your expenditures A man who can accomplish so much in material effort, under circumstances that would have appalled the most successful, surely is greater than he who can take a city. In behalf of the whole people we thank you and your tireless and able associates for the notable success achieved, and congratulate Atlanta on the proud position that she owes to your sterling ability and glowing en thusiasm. TO MRS. JOSEPH THOMPSON May the choicest kisses of heaven fall on your brilliant achievement in giving, together wftt your accom plished associates, products of the brain and handiwork of woman that simply defy comparison. You and they have labored with such consummate industry, admirable tact, imcomparabla zeal, dazzling brilliancy and beautiful devotion as to cause the chivalry of your great city and section to throw their love at your feet. Be sure that the manhood o.’ this glorious section, profligate in its nat ural richness and splendid heroism, bows in admiring phalanx before your skill, and stands with uncovered head in the gorgeous halo of your heavenly charms. You and your co-workers are verita ble queens in the sphere of womanly accomplishment, and the splendor of your success is enough to adorn the material world, even as the sweetest flowers bedeck the gardens of ths earth in beauty and enrich our Southern at mosphere with heaven-distilled frag rance. We bow to you, splendid quern of the Cotton States Exposition, in pro found respect, and wish for your Wo man’s Hoard the Joy and salisfaction that Is reserved for the most favored of heaven. A Prog With Four Winns. The curiosity of tropical Africa is tho wonderful Hying frog, first described by Bishoff of tlie equatorial African expe dition, which returned to Europe in the fall of 1894 This oddity of the reptile family is about the size of a common bullfrog and resembles other members of the order of batrachians in every thing but its feet, each of which is wpbbod and enormously enlarged, ao much so us to form splendid substitutes for true wings. Tho creature has five toes on each of tho other two, which makes four separate membranes on each of its hind feet and three on each fore foot, or 14 in all. In his description of it Bishoff says, “Each leg terminates in a sort of fan, and with these the lit tle reptile paddles tho air like a locust, or like a partially fledged bird testing its pinions for the first time.” Although somewhat awkward In its flight, tho winged frog can dart through tho air at a speed of about teu yards per second and can keep itself going for I ward at that, rato for from 10 to 15 sec onds. Tho average distance covered by these spurts of grnsshopperliko flight is from 75 to 135 yards, but Bishoff men tions instances where the dying frog cleared sandy stretches 800 yards in width.—St Louis Republic. He Denied the Call. An English army officer tells an amusing story of an incident that oc curred at Maidstone many years ago. in the time of the old cavalry depot. On a certain very foggy night there wins a complete silence, broken only by tho voices of tho sentries who, at regular intervals, passed tho usual word down the line. The officer woke ujf just as ■ tho usual watch was passing, and this was what ho heard: First sentry, “No. 1, and all’s well!” Then there was silence for a moment, and a voice called i into the darkness, “No. 8, and all's well, and No. 2’s asleep!" Before Na i 4 could take tip the thread of tho pro ceedings a voice in which more than n suspicion of slumber remained cried hurriedly, "No. 2, and all's well, and Na B's a liar!" An Irishman, quarreling with an Eng Rahman, told him if he didn't bold his I tongue he wonld "break his impouetra : ble head and let the brains out of his empty skull." The snn throws vertical rays on the earth's surface only uj.ou an area equal i to about 85 square miles at any one I time. THE COMMERCIAL: ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 18. 1895, NO CROAKERS berk The Constitution had an editorial in today’s issue that might have fitted some other city, bt.t it has no appli cation to Atlanta. There are no croakers in this great and confident city today if they were here before, they Lave long since be come disgusted with themselves and gone Into acondltiou cf "inocuous des tuefude No. Every atn vsortai snl child in Atlants today, It sn optlmiit They sre confident sf ttietr capabill ties snd hopeful sf thv higbtiienOs In human accomplishment. We need dr "l;ast barrel#" tor any of our people. They are of ns ind fee) that they art in thsir faliier’i house And they are, from the poorest to the richest. God blew at! the peopl* of Atlanta May they prosper and do well. DIFFICULTY OF COLLHCTIOS An exchange iaysi A Cincinnati man has Jost blown hfmeelf to pieces with dynamite for tb» sa»s of expiring ahead ol • taluabir Insurance policy. If his relatives have- &.« much trouble collecting ths money > t they did In collecting him they sr» not particu larly to be congratulated. Hold by a Hair. Tn a gathering of officers after the Franco-Prussian war u French officer claimed that the French nation is the most artistio nation on the earth, and that her artisans can make a thing of beauty out of anything, however ordi nary or crude. Tho great Prussian general, Von Man teufel, who was present, plucked a hair from his shaggy heard, remarking, "Lot them make something beautiful out of that." The French officer sent the hair to a friend in Paris, telling him the circum stances and urging that, as the Prus sians had defeated tho French in the late war, they should not be permitted to defeat them in she claim to artistic su premacy. Giving tho hair to a capable artisan, with proper instructions, the result was a beautiful soarfpin repre senting a Prussian eagle, artistically wrought in gold, standing on a rock, and depending from his beak was a sin gle hair, at the ends of which were two beautiful gold medallions, on one of which was inscribed “Alsace” and on the other "Lorraine. ” Thus tho artistio ecarfpin aptly de scribed the political situation: Prussia, as tho eagle, with its conquered prov inces dependent, but held by a hair, for the temper of the people of Alsace and Lorraine was bitter toward tho Ger mans, and the tie which held them was very slight The Bicycle and the Corset. Tho Paris correspondent of the Lon don Truth says that tho long vexed ques tion of the corset is in away to bo set tled onoe and for all. Neither doctors nor rational dress reformers will earn tho credit of the change, thanks being duo to the oyelo only. Cycle tailors and trainers in Pans are dead set against tho corset. ‘' There's no answering for your safety, madams, *' says the trainer, "if yon must go on keeping your conventional figure. Yon need every muscle in your body and every muscle free. A ceinture just deep enough to sustain the waist band of your knicks (knickerbockers, pronounced “knocks”) is all I can al low you. Indeed tho knicks should be so light as hardly to weigh on the hips. The cycling dross should be so light and elastic that in wearing it one should scarcely feel dressed were it not for the warmth." We look in Paris on a gown wearing woman on a cycle as a sprawling cari catural creature, with no sense of fitness Wrinkles. If our forehead is rigid with wrinkles before 40, what will it be nt 70? There is one consoling thought about these marks of time and trouble—the death angel almost always erases them. Even the extremely aged in death often wear a smooth and peaceful brow, thus leav ing our last memory of them calm and tranquil. But our business is with life. Scowling is a silent kind of scolding It shows that our souls need sweeten ing. For pity’s sake let us take a sad iron, or a glad iron, or a smoothing tool of some sort and straighten the creases out of our faces before they become in delibly engraved upon our faces.—Ex change. A Seventh of New York’s Population. The Jews number fully one-seventh of the city population, mid whenever steps are taken that appeal to the sects in any way, and sectarian representa tives are included in the movement, it is unjust not to ask the Jews as well as tho Catholics and others to be included —Jewish Messenger. Treacle, The word treacle has undergone an odd modification. At first it was applied to such decoctions cf roots or other sub stances as wore deemed beneficial in medical practice. Then, as these wore frequently sweetened, it came to memi any sweet concoction or confection, and lastly, as molasses was the sweetest of all, this name was exclusively applied to sirup Stylish Hats. We carry the newest and best styles in Hats and Men’s burnishings. We are sole agents for the MILLER HAT. Hatters and Haberdashers, |8 Whitehall Street i THE RIDING RECORD. A TRADITION OF THE DAYS OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL. Frank Aubrey Went 800 Mile* on Hone* back In Lee* Than Six Hays, a Previous Rhle t and Won 815,000 on the Two Trip*— Killed Tn a Drawl. Not long ago the writer had occasion to visit western Missouri. Among one of tho traditions of the little city of In dependence, which until the days of the railroad was the eastern terminus of the Santa Fe trail, tho following story was told i In the old days of the Santa Fe trail the freighters made one round trip a season. The Americans very generally wintered at Independence, while the Mexican traders naturally put in the same season at the town of Santa Fe In the spring the teams were made up, the wagons loaded, and the long cara vans of prairie schooners, with their white tijts and from 5 to 15 yoke of oxen, began moving out on their long voyage across the plains. As was stated, tbesa outfits made only one round trip per season, the Mexicans getting rid of their freight at Independ ence some time along in midsummer and loading up again for Santa Fe. while the Americans throw off their first load at Santa Fe and reloaded again for Independence Along in the late forties an energetic character named Frank X. Aubrey came from New York to Independence, bought a lot of teams and started into business as a freighter Such was his push and vim that ho made two trips n season, starting out from Independence in the early spring and winding up his second round tripat that point rather late iu the fall. Aubrey piled up a great deal of money at the business and set such an energetic example that he was soon recognized as a leader. With all his business thrift and vigor Aubrey was also what oue might, call ”a sporting character.” The distance from Santa Fe to Independence was about 800 miles. Ono day while dis cussing freighting and tho length of time it ought to take to cover the dis tance between Independence and Santa Fo Aubrey made the rather bold asser tion that he could start alone on a sin gle horse and push through to Independ ence in eight days himself. A dispute arose, and tho result was that Aubrey offered to wager $5,000 that ho could start on a thoroughbred horse ho hud, of unusual speed and hot tom, and with the liberty to buy such horses as ho might need on the way, and so remount himself as often as he had a chance, and bo in Independence nt the stage station in less than eight days of 24 hours each from the time lie left Santa Fe. The money was covered and tho wager niuda Aubrey started and was in Independ ence, Mo., iu just 7 days and 10 hour from the time ho said goodby to Santa Fe. He had remounted himself twice. Then a second wager was made. The parties who had lost the $5,000 with rhe bold New Yorker, after considerable dickering, managed to make a wager of SIO,OOO a side with .Aubrey. This tim. ho was to go from Santa Fo to Independ euce, a run of 800 miles, in six days. It was at the best season of the year There were no rains, while the grass was good and the trail as hard us a pavement. Aubrey had tho same liberty to remount himself as often as he came upon a horse that ho preferred to his own. But lie was not permitted to ar range relays or post horses in advance along the trail. Indeed ho had no time wherein to make these arrangements even if he had desired to and they had been allowed. Ho started out of Santa Fe tho even ing of n Juno day. It was Sunday. Tin Mexicans looking on argued success tc the daring rider from the holy character of tho day All he had with him a provender was a little dried beef. He ex pected to get fix>d at tho stage station along the trail. Saturday afternoon of the same week he rode into tho public square at Independence, winning th race by five hours. Ho was just 5 days and 19 hours riding the 800 miles, and had used 11 horses. Ho had had two brushes with Indians, and hod been chased by them at the Cimmaron cross ing of tlie Arkansas, and again at Paw neo Rock He escaped, however, with nothing worse thun an arrow through his arm. It is related that when he slipped from tho saddle at Independence lie hadn’t slept a wink for 56 hours. By standers asserted that, he was sound asleep tho instant he t< uehed the ground. Aubrey was carried into the hotel and put to bed, and never opened his eyes again until Monday morning about 2 o’clock. He thou came around as fresh as a daisy an?i us hungry as a wolf. He routed out the cook of tho hotel, made him come down to the kitchen and cook him something to eat.. He won $15,000 on these two races, and in the last one made a record for long distance riding never surpassed. Just to show how such a man of steel and zeal may end, it- might be added that Frank X. Aubrey was stabbed to death in a brawl in a Santa Fe dance hall This was some five years after his great ride Old plainsmen will tell you, however, of the exploits of Aubrey, and ho is reverently mentioned with such worthies as Sublette. Kit Carson, Ecu Holliday and old Jim Bridger —Wash ington Star WHY tS IT! Borne find work whore some flnj rest, Aad so tho weary world piss on. 1 sometimes wonder which is Lest. The answer comes when life is gone. Some eyes sleep when some eyes wake. And so tho dreary night hov.rs go. Sonio hearts beat whore ectno hearts break. 1 often wonder why 'tie »<>. Some will faint where eotne will fight; Some love the tent and •- tno the field. I often wonder who arc rubt— The ones who strive or those who yield. Some hands fold where other hands Are lifted bravely in the strife, And so throvgh ages and through laiids Move on the two extremes of lite. Some feet halt where some feet tread !n tireless inarch a thorny way; Some struggle ou where some have fled: Some seek when others shun the fray. Seme swords rust where others clash; Some fall back where some move oa; Some flags fnvl where others Cash Until the battle hae been won. Some sleep on while others keep The vigils of the true and brave. They will not rest MU news creep Around theii names above a grave. WHIPPED A PRINCE. Bow Poor "Tom" Benton Fell Foul of Eng land's Future King. Tom Benton occupied for many years —iu fact, until his death—a responsible position in the household of Queen Vic toria. Bentoa, who was of humble birth, was but a lad at Brighton when bis par ents died within a few months of each other. It was shortly after these events when tho queen’s attention was called to the young boy under rather peculiar circumstances. One day, while Benton was gathering shells on the beach at Brighton to make pincushions, which he sold to tho sum mer visitors, a young boy, nicely dress ed and about his own age, appeared upon the scene and scattered, with a vigorous kick, the accumulated shells. Benton gathered up his treasures, and placing them again in a pile warned the intruder that if he repeated the tuck he would give him a “good licking. ” The kick was repeated with even more vigor than before, and the shells were sent flying in every direction. . True to his word, the "poor boy” soundly thrashed the stranger. It was a close contest at first, as the lads were quite evenly matched, but the more fully de veloped strength of Benton finally brought him off victorious. Just as tho melee was over a gentle man and lady approached, and tho for mer said: “You did quite right, yonng man. We have seen the whole transac tion. This boy is our son, but he war the aggressor and received the thrashing he well merited.” A number of ques tions were asked the lad as to himself and his family. The replies told the boy’s life, how the death of his parents had brought poverty to himself and his brothers and sisters. "This is the,queen,” said the gentle man, who was none other than Prince Albert, “and tho young man to whom you administered such a merited whip ping is the Prince of Wales.” Turning to the prince, he continued: "You must send his yonng man to school and pay for his tuition out of your own pocket money That cannot add to your punish ment, but can benefit this poor lad with whom you picked such an nncuiled for quarrel. ” Thus it was that Tom Benton met. the queen of England. He was sent to a school about midway between Portland and Dover. After completing his studios there he was taken into her majesty’s service and remained there his entire life. Between Benton and the Prince of Wales there was a-strong bond of friend ship, such as could exist between true manly men.—New York Herald. DEAR OLD LADY. She Was Going to and Reached There Safely, An old woman wearing a pair of gold eyeglasses was a passenger on one of tho trains from Buffalo to New York. She had come through 'from the west, and the nervous way in which she gathered, her bundles around her and the number of questions she asked alt showed that she was not accustomed to traveling. When tho traiuboy came through with his assortment of books, she confided to him the facts that she was going to New Y ork to see her son and that she had not seen him for over a year. She grew talkative and said: "My son Albert’s a great preacher. He is a Methodist., and I am a Metho dist. I taught him when he was a little bit of a boy what was right and what was wrong. He hasn’t been back to see me for over a year. I live way out in. Missouri, and he couldn’t get away this year, bnt ho wanted to see me, and he sent for me to come on. He preaches in a big church there, and ho has get a flue family growing up”— So she prattled on. Tho trainboy lis tened to her attentively and succeeded in selling her a copy of “Tho Quick or the Dead?" solemnly assuring her that it was a Methodist religious book. When ho left her, she began to read it, calmly at first, then nervously, until she grew tired. Then she began to nod, and final ly the book slipped to the floor. The gray hair reposed on the cushion of the palace car seat, and its owner dozed peacefully. • , The conductor came through te col lect tickets, and seeing tho peaceful sleep of his passenger was loath to wake her. Finally he leaned over and shook her gently and said : “Where are you going, mother ?” “To Albert's,” was the quick reply as tho eyes behind tho glasses opened, and the old woman looked around bet for >i moment, still unable to tell where she was. The motherly response touch ed a sympathetic chord in the con ductor’s heart, and he carefully looked after her until the end of the trip and saw her rush into Albert's arms half laughing, half crying - TOM MOORE’S FIRST SWEETHEART She Was the Heroine of His “Mary, I B. llevod Thee Trne.” To the present generation the naim of Mary Duff is known only by tradition and by Moore’s poem, says Edward Bok in The Ladies’ Home Journal. Yet hei career reads like a romance. It was it. London that she was born, in 1794 Hei christened name was Mary Ann Dyke When she was scarcely 15, she w:i‘ known far and wide as one of the most beautiful girlsof the neighborhood. Hci poverty led her to adopt the stage as a profession, and she and her two sis ters. also of great beauty, became dan ccrs at the Dublin theater, where theii singular grace, comeliness of face am! person attra. te l immediate attentioi and admiration. Whenever the Dyke s’sters appeared, the theater would b< thronged Aud Mary seemed to be the favorite of the trio It was the fashioii cf rhe time at K:1 kenny for gentleman amateurs to giv. annual public performances for the beu efit of the pi or vs the city, and it was on one of these occasions, when the as sistanceof prehssn.nal ladies from Dab lin wa- invoke.l. that Thomas Moore, the Irish poet, was introduced to Mary Dyke and immediately found himself passionately in love with her. It was in the piny, "Fortune’s Frolic," that Tom Moore personated Robin Roughbead anil Mary Dyke Nancy. The Irish p t became Mary Dyke's verv shadow, aud after awhile he pour ed forth his great love for her and offer ed her his hand and heart. But, for sonic reason, the beautiful Mary did not reciprocate tho wealth of affection thus offered her, aud she rejected him. It was this which led Moore to return to his room, and in the midnight hour pen his celebrated love soug, beginning “Mary. I believed thee trne. ” A PHILOSOPHER'S ATTIC. Quaint Combination Greenery and Hen nery the City. One of the queerest places in New York can be found in what looks, from the street, to be a fanny little gable roofed house perched jauntily on one corner of the roof of the Windermere, on Fifty-seventh street. It is a conserva tory and observatory in one, a miniature roof garden, the den of an attic philos opher. Henry S. Goodale, whose some what celebrated daughters, Elaine and Dora, evidently got from him their poetic strain. Tho attic is reached by a steep nau tical flight of steps leading up through a small square hatchway straight into a wonderful greenery of bloom, a snug gery of comfort, likewise a hennery, consisting of one fine brown Leghorn fowl and a single fluffy, yellow chick, and a dovecot, where there are softly whirring wings. It is a charming bit of Arcadia, high above the ceaseless roar and heartbeat of a great city, which under its potent spell seems unreal and evanescent, like the undulating, elliptic al rings of smoke' that flcat past the “attic” windows. The attic is all win dows, except the floor, roof and the sim ple matched board dado. The little room is a symphony in green; the floor is car peted with dull green denim; tho gablej roof is covered with burlaps of the same hue; a green wicker couch is cushioned in green yachting cloth; a broad green aud white striped awning shades the sunny sides of tho little house; all the carelessly strewn cushions, though of varying designs and materials, are of the same general hue, aud green figured denim draperies on slender brass rods haug ready to exclude the whole outside world if it is desired. But it is the window gardens that give the greatest charm to tho place. Long, deep boxes of country earth and loam give sustenance to thick, tangled clumps of spicy pinks, old fashioned rose bushes and honeysuckle vines, clambering over wire network trellises, which metaphorically kill two birds with one stone by literally preserving the birds—that is, the hen and her chick —from disaster and upholding the lacy green drapery of the vines. Os course tho hen. is not allowed the liberty of this garden in the air, though she keeps a vigilant and determined eye out for opportunities to maraud outside her own domain, which is quite spacious enough to keep her hale and hearty, apparently contented with her lot aud graciously disposed in the matter of eggs. Dame Attica Hennica —which is the hen's classical name —evidently be longs to a fine old Latin race of fowls, and her neighbors, the doves, are on the most amicable terms,—Now York Press. WANTED FRESH AIR. Tho K’nff of An am Broke a Custom and Created a Panic. Not long ago there was terrible ex citement at. the royal court of Anam. The king, Thanah-Tai, who was then 14 years old, was missing. Etiquette re quires that the Anamese king shall never leave the royal grounds. He is a knightly prisoner. But the young po tentate was not hard to find. Though he was a king, he -was a boy, and it is nat ural for a boy, when he has some mon ey in his pocket, to want to get out aud spend it. That was exactly what the king of Anam had done. Entirely alono he had started on a “shopping” expedition through the streets of Hue. Os course uo one knew him because he had never shown his face iu public. Ho was sim ply a boy, like any other boy, and this was exactly what he wanted. But he was treated with great respect by tho shopkeepers, because he seemed to have plenty of money. Curiously enough, the thing which seemed to at tract him most was a head shearing ma chine, or hair clipper, and when the frightened nobles of the court discovered him at last it was with this singular implement in his possession. Ho had already begun an attempt to experiment with it on the heads of sev eral small street boys, who were prov ing rebellions subjects, when tho cour tiers approached him. prostrating them selves upon the ground and making alarmed outcries. The king no longer goes out shopping, but he retains his hair clipper as a sou venir of a happy day of freedom with the street boys.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Some Peculiaritlet of Iceberg*. Derelicts and icebergs are among the dangers to which vessels are constantly exposed, the latter being perhaps the more formidable of the two, because there are more of them at certain sea sons, and there is no telling when one of these monsters may heave in sight. An ordinary iceberg shows one-ninth of its bulk above water. During the pres ent season a number of these masses of ice—at least 100 feet high—have been encountered by steamships. It is scarcely possible to imagine an iceberg with 900 feet of its bulk below water. One cap tain reports having seen an enormous field of ice at least 800 feet high and 3,000 feet long. It had evidently but just turned over, as the upper"portion was full of sharp angles and pointe, and the water was trickling down its side. Oue of tho greatest dangers from ice bergs is being in their vicinity when they turn over. The sea currents wash and melt them into al! sorts of fantastic figures and points. They melt below so much more rapidly than above that the center of gravity becomes disturbed, and they turn with tremendous force. Some times tho disturbance is almost equal to a tidal wave and is sufficient to upset any small craft that may be in its way. —New York Ledger. The Obedient Dog:. Hero is a dog story by a Putnam chronicler: "Ono of the most interest ing and at the same time truthful dog stories we have heard for some time is that told by Victor Peloquin, who keeps a confectionery store on Bridge street Last winter he went to Canada and brought back with him a little black and tan dog. the gift of his father. Ail went well for about a month, when he had occasion to reprove him for seme trivial offense, telling him in French to •go home.' He saw no more of his dog and was gractly surprised recently to receive a letter from his father in Can ada, informing him that the dog had returned. He was three months in mak ing the journey. " —Hartford Coorant. Tho rain falls upon the just and the unjust alike. The unjust, however, are quicker to steal umbrellas, and general ly fare best in a shower.—Picayune. ISAAC LIEBMAN & SON, Real Estate, Renting aud Loans. 2S Peachtree Street. Sl.cOO buys 4-rcom hcus« and beautiful lot on Georgia avenue on very easy Nice lot on Garden near Love street, cheap. $1 1-50 buys houses ai d lot 50x200 that rent no* fer $lB, per mouth. This property is situated in the vicinity of the r.ew depot and h ‘Q’e to onhßEce in the very near future. Rel gian block, curbing and sidewalk down and paid for. s9ooon easy terms buys corner lot 4fixl34 feet to twelve foot alley on Magnolia street. Ail street improve men tt dewn. SBOO on hand to lean immediately on real estate. IfcAAC LIEBMAN & SON, 29 Peachtree Street. RETAIL BIRD DEALERS. Ext msivc Trade Carried on In New York Almost Exclusively by Germans. New York city’s extensive trade in singing birds is carried on almost ex clusively by Germans. Not only have they a virtual monopoly of this very, profitable business, but, furthermore, a very largo part of the bird importations coinc from Germany direct. The trade is chiefly with southern Germany. The most plausible explanation of the prom inence of Germans in this business is th* fact that, above all other qualities, it requires patience and kindness, two at tributes in which Germans, and especial ly German women, excel. There is in New York a very large trade in canary birds, and during the period when a larger share of tho na tion's commerce was carried on in sail ing ships than is the case now parrots and cockatoos were dealt in extensively, though nowadays they have somewhat gone out of vogue. Much car© is neces sary in the business of looking after birds, for they are subject to many ail ments which must constantly bo pro vided against, and without the exercise of great caro tho entire stock i f the dealer might be swept away in a short time. The retail bird business does not require a very large capital. The loss of birds by illness is the chief danger to be provided against, not the indifference of purchasers, for these arc never lacking in New York. The ordinary price of a singing canary is from $1.50 to $2. 75. The age' attained by birds varies con siderably—from 3 to 100 years—those being tho maximum ages: Wren, 3 years ; thrush, 10 ; robin, 12; blackbird, 12; goldfinch, 15 ; partridge, 15; pheas ant, 15; lark, 13; nightingale, 18; pi geon, 20; linnet, 23 ; canary, 24 ; crane, 24; peacock, 24; sparrow, 40; pelican, 50; parrot, 60; crow, swan and eagle,- 100 years. There is much less demand for birds for ornithological displays in museums in tho United States than in Europe, and one reason given iu ex planation of this is the fact that the museums of most European capitals are maintainerl at tho public expense, with out private contributions or the need of any, whereas in the United States the appropriations for menagerie and museum purposes are, generally speak ing, inadequate and have to be eked out by private contributions. Tire annual appropriation for the menagerie in Cen tral park, including necessary repairs to the buildings, is only $30,000. Many of tho animals in the park, and some of the birds, are lent by private individ uals. What is true of New York city in this regard is substantially, true of the other big cities of the United States, and so the market for rare birds rests chiefly upon the purchases of private in dividuals.—New York Sun. The Lavish Jenkin*. In October, 1886, a religiously mind ed Buckinghamshire farmer named Jen kins brought his firstborn to the parish church to be christened, and tliis was to be the name: Abel Benjamin Caleb Dan iel Ezra Felix Gabriel Haggai Isaac Jacob Kish Levi Manoah Nehemiah Ob diah Peter Quartus Rechab Samuel Tobiah Uzziel Vanioh Word Xystus Zechariah. It will be observed that the names are all arranged in alphabetical order and are, as far as possible, selected from Scripture. It was only with the very greatest difficulty that the clo-gyman dissuaded Mr. Jenkins from doing the lasting wrong to his child that ho had unwittingly devised, but eventually it was decided to christen the boy simply Abel.—Chambers' Journal. Shakers. The Shakers had their peculiar desig nation given to them in derision. Dur ing the religious excitements which were encouraged by their form of wor ship, members of this sect often fell in to convulsive tremblings, sometimes ending in partial or total unconscious ness, and this singular phenomenon gave a name to the sect. .''IZSTk WaNTL'D. 1, u Medic*! Lecture on the Science ol htproctinUoL «a>l IU relationship to the hu n.an i see Embracing facts which should be irao's c b» every luniilj-, especially should b« io (!>• Lands ol young men. It is written in • torcefu! sty :, and will not tall ip interesting every who may posses’a copy. For sale ri the principal news stands and also room ty Powtl> Bu'.ldins Priee 25 oenls. FINANCIAL. SIOO,OOO earns to sun at 0 and 7 per cent. Loses made promptly. *20,000 al 6 per cans, repsyaUe sll per month. Purchase money notes bought T K. SCOTT, 827 Equitable bu 11 d: ng. MONEV TO LOAN. .C per cent 7 per cent and » per cent Interest m U Real Estate l.aeatn Atlanta. Ixianeprorr.pt ly negotiated. Fraxois Foaratsis, No. 1 Nartk rnrsvtb street. WATCHBB. WATCHES. Clocks and Jewelry reptlieSt skilled work guaranteed; watch., elrsn.d for $1.00; malnapr ngs fitted, $1 M. j. Wrtwhs. practical wrtah maker, aS N. Forsyth street/Afr ‘•ma wed.eat,mo. ly « W ADaiK. FORREST ADA HL G. W. ADAIR. Real Estate and Renting Agent Ne 11 tVill Street, Kimball House. I hove a beautiful Bve-rocee hoasa, new, and nicely arranged. In best pan of Edge wacd that 1 can sell for s23&a Two very pretty building lots In West En* ■ in one block of car Uno at $730 a piece. A comfortable eight-room house on White ' hall street, lot 00x125 for L'.iOh. I ean sell a 200 foot lot In Inman Park at a great bargain Price stands open only for a few dsya Special bargains In some North Side home* aud vmuul lots. G. W. ABAIR. No. Il Wall Street.