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The Morgan Monitor VOL. II. NO. 18 $1 PEE YEAR. A SONG FOR OLD FRIENDS. The earth to (ho songs ot the poet Resounds in a deathless iuue, Though hearts be upon or below it— Though the winter be here or the June. Of the numberless songs that aro ringing, Let the cadence of one song flow Tor the Aprils fled and the living and dead— The friends of the Long Ago. '' -V u Sing the charms of tho winsome Molly, And the graces ot Madeline fair— The heart of Sue that was jolly, And Jean with-her glory of hair. Sing of John and of Jim and the fellows, Confessing we did not know That so much of pun gold tho bosoms could hold Ot tho friends of the L-mg Ago. The red oE the Aprillg blooming, By the whispers ot Springtime fanned, Cannot shine where the gloom ts ontomb- ing— . But they’ll know and will understand! They will know of one heart that is yearn¬ ing For tho old years’ genuine glow, And their dust, long still, it will tromble and thrill— The friends of the I.tng Ago. —AVill T. II lie, in Nashville American. A MODEST HERO. HE officers of Her Majesty’s Twenty fourth and Eighty- fourth Infant¬ ry were sit¬ ting around their mess-ta¬ ble in Castle¬ town, the cap¬ y ital of the Isle 7/ SU?-' of Man, one evening more than thirty that is, all of them years ago— then, that except one; but minded was only Jones. Nobody Jones; even his peculiarities had begun to bo an old subject for “chaffing,” .and, indeed, he had paid each small attention to their “chaf¬ fing” that they had come to find it little pleasure, and, after some weeks of discomfort, Lieutenant Jones had been allowed to choose his own pleas¬ ures without much interference, i Theso were not oxtravagant. A uvorite book, a long walk in all kinds of weather, and a sail when tho weath¬ er was favorable. Ho would not drink—he said it hurt his health; he would not shoot—he said it hurt his feeiiugs; lie would not gamble—he said it hurt his conscience; and he did not care to flirt or visit the belles of the capital — he said it hurt his af¬ fections. Oueo Captain de Beuzy lispingly wondered whether it was possiblo to “hurt his honor,” and Jones calmly answered that "it was not possible for Captain De Reuzy to do so.” Indeed, .Jones, constantly violated all these gentlemen’s ideas of proper behavior, but for some reason or other, no one brought tiim to account for it. It was easier to shrug their shoulders and call b in “queer,” or say, “it was only Jones,” or even to quietly assert his cowardice. Ono evening Colonel Underwood was discussing a hunting party forjthe next day. Jones walked into the room, and was immediately accosted: “Something new, lieutenant. I find there are plenty of hare on the islnnd, and we mean to give puss a run to-morrow. I have hoard you aro a good rider; will you join ns?” "You must excuse me, colonel; such a thing is neither in the way of duty, nor my pleasure.” “You forgot the honor tho colonel does you,” said young Ensign Powell. "I thank the colonel for his courtesy, but I cun see no goo l reason for ac¬ cepting it. I am sure my horse will not approve of it; and 1 am sure the hare will not like it; uu.l I am not, a good rider. Therefore I should not enjoy it.” “You need not be afraid,” said tho colonel, rather sneeringlv; "the country is quite open, and these low Manx walls aro easily taken.” “Excuse me, colonel, I am afraid. If I should be hurt it would oause my mother and sisters great alarm and anxiety. I am very much afraid of doing this.” / What was to be done with a man so obtuse regarding conventionalities, who had boldly asserted his coward ice? The colonel turned away, half contemptuously, and Ensign Powell took .Tones’ place. Tho morning proved to be a very bad one, with the prospect of a rising storm ; and, as tho party gathered in the barrack yard, Jones said earnestly to his colonel: “I am afraid, sir, you will meet with a severe storm.” “1 think so, lieutenant; but we promised to dine ntGw.ynuo Hall, and wo shall get that far, at any rate.” So they rode ratbor gloomily away in tho rain. .Tones attended to the military duties assigned him, and then, about noon, walked seaward. It was hard work by this time to keep his footing on the narrow quay ; but, amid the blinding spray and mist lie saw quite a crowd of men going rapid¬ ly toward the great shelving Scarlet Rocks, a mile beyond the town. He stopped an old sailor and asked: "Is anything wrong?" "A little steamer, sir, off tho Calf of Man. She is driving this way, an’ indeed I four sho will be onta rooks afore ta-night.” Jones stood still a moment, and then followed the crowd as fust as the storm would let him. When he joined them they were gathered on tho sum¬ mit of a huge cliff, watching tho doomed cralt. She was now in sight, and it was evident that her seamen had almost lost all control of her. Sho must, ere long, be flung by the waves upon the jagged rocks toward which she was driving. In the lulls of the wind, not only the booming of tty» minute guns, but also the shouts of the imperiled crew, could be heard. “What can be done?” said Jones to an old man, whose face betrayed the strongest emotion. “Nothing, sir, I am afraid. If she’d managed to rount ta rooks, she would have gone to pieces on ta sand, and there are plenty of men who would have risket life to save lifo. But how are we to roach them from this hight?” “How far are we above water?” “This rock goes down like a wall forty fathoms, sir.” “What depth of water at the foot?" “Thirty feet or more.” “Good. Have you plenty of light, strong rope?” "Muoh as you want, sir. But lot me tell you, sir, you can’t live three minutes down there; ta first wave will dash you on to ta rocks, and dash you to pieces. Plenty of us would put yon down, sir, but you can’t swim if you do get down.” “Do you know, old man, what surf swimming is? I have divod through the surf at Nukuheva.” “God bless you, Bir. I thought no white man could do the same.” While this conversation was going on Jones was divesting himself of all superfluous clothing and cutting out the sleeves of his pea jacket with his pocket knife. This done, ho passed some light strong rope through them. The men watched him with eager in¬ terest, and, seeing their inquisitive looks, he said : “The thick sleeves will prevent tho ropo “Ay, cutting my body.” ay, sir. I see now what you are doing.” "Now, men, I have only one re¬ quest ; give me plenty of rope as fast as I draw on you. When I get on board, you know how to make a cradle, I suppose?” “Ay, ay, sir. But how aro you going to reach the water?” “1 am going to plunge down. I havo dived from the mainyard of tho Ajax before this. It was as high a leap.” He passed a double coil of tte ropo around his waist, examined it thor¬ oughly to see that there was plenty to start with, and saying: “Now, friends, stand out of the way, and let me have a clear start,” he raised his bare head one moment toward heaven, and taking a short run, leaped, as if from tho springboard of a plunge bath. Such an anxious crowd as followed that leap. Great numbers, in spite of the dangerous wind, lay flat on their breasts and watched him. He struck the water at least twenty-five feet be¬ yond the cliff, and disappeared in its dark, foamy depth. When he rose to the surface he saw just before him a gigantic wave, but he had time to breathe, and before it reached him he dived below its center. It broke in passionate fury upon tho rocks, but Jones was far boyond it. A mighty cheer from tho men on shore reached him, and ho now begau in good earn¬ est to put his Pacific experience into practice. Drawing continually on the men for more deafening rope—which they paid out with cheers—he met wave after wave in tho same manuer,diving under them like an otter, and getting nearer tho wreck with every wave, really ad¬ vancing, however, more below the water than above it. Suddenly the despairing men on board heard a clear, hopeful voice: “Help at hand, Captain! Throw mo a buoy.” And in another minute or two Jones was on deck, and the cheers of tho little steamer were echoed by the cheers of tho crowd on land. There was not a moment to bo lost; sho was breaking up fast; but it took but a few moments to fasten a cablo to the small rope and draw it on board, and then a second cable,and the communi¬ cation was completo. “There is a lady hero, sir,” said the captain, “we must rig a chair for her ; she can rover walk that dangerous rope. ” “But we have not a moment to waste, or wo may be all lost. Is she very heavy ?” “A slight little thing; half a child, sir.” “Bring her here.” “This was no timo for ceremony ; without a word, save a few sentences of direction and encouragement, he took her under his left arm, and, steadying himself by the upper cable, walked on the lower with liis burden safely to shore. Tho crew rapidly fol¬ lowed, for in such moments of ex~ tremity the soul masters tbe body and all things boeorao possible. There was plenty of help waiting for tho half-dead seamen nud the lady, her father, and tho captain wero put in tho carriage of Braddon and driven rapidly to his hospitable hall. Jones, amid tlio confusion, disappeared; ho had picked up an oil-skin coat and cap. and when everyone turned to thank their deliverer ho was gone. No one knew him; the sailors said they believed him to be “ono of the mili¬ tary gents by his rigging,” but the in dividuatity of the hero had troubled no one until tho danger was over. In an hour tho steamer was driven on the rocks, and wont to pieces; and, it being now quite dark, everyone went home. The next day the hunting party re¬ turned from Gwynne Hall, the storm having compelled them to stop all night, and at dinner that evening the wreok and tho horo of it were tho theme of everyone’s conversation. "Such a plucky fellow,’’ said Ensign Powell. “I wonder who ho was? Gwynno says he was a stranger, per¬ haps one of the crowd staying at tho Abbey. ” "Perhaps,” says Captain Alarks “it was Jones.” “Oh, Jones would be too afraid of his mother.” Jones made a little satirical bow and said, pleasantly: “Perhaps it was Powell,” at which Powell laughed and said, “Not if he knew it.” POPULATION AND DB.AINAGH. MORGAN, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 14. 1897. In a week the event had been pretty well exhausted, especially as the*o was to be a great dinner and ball at Braddon, and all the officers had invi¬ tations. The ball had a peculiar in¬ terest, ior the young lady who had been saved from the wreok would be present, and rumors of her riches and beauty had been rife for several days. It was said the little steamer was her father’s privato yacht, and that ho was a man of rank and influence. Jones said he should not go to the dinner, a3 either he or Saville must remain for evening drill, and that Saville loved a good dinner, while he cared very little about it. Saville could return in lime to let him ride over about ten o’clock and see the dancing. Saville rather wondered why Jones did not take his place all the evening, and felt half injured at his default. But Jones had a curiosity about the girl he had saved. To tell tho truth, he was nearer in love than he had ever been with a woman, and ho wished in calm blood to see if she was as beantifni as his fancy had painted her during those few minutes that he had held her high above tho waves. As he passed, the squire remembered that he had not been to dinner, and stoppod to say a few courteous words, and introduced his companion. “Aliss Conyers.” “Lieutenant Jones.” But no sooner did Miss Conyers hear Lieutenant Jones’s voioo than she gave a joyful cry, and clapping her bunds together, said : “I have found him! Papa! papal I have found himl” Never was there snob an interrup¬ tion to a ball. The company gathered in excited groups, and papa knew the lieutenant’s voice, and tho captain kuow it, and poor Jones, unwilling enough, had to acknowledge the deed and bo made a hero of. It was wonderful, after this night, what a change took plnco in Jones’s quiet way. His books and boat seemed to have lost their charm, and as for his walks, they were all in one direction, and ended at Braddon Hall. In about a month Miss Conyers went away, and then Jones began to haunt the post¬ man, and to get pretty little letters, which always seemed to take a groat deal of answering. Before tho end of tho winter ho had an invitation to Conyers to spend a month and a furlough being granted, ho started oil in groat glee for Kent. Jones never returned to the Eighty- fourth. The month’s furlough was in¬ definitely lengthened—in fact, ho sold out, and entered upon a diplomatic ca¬ reer, under the care of Sir Thomas Conyers. Eighteen "months after the wreok Colonel Underwood read aloud at the mess a description of tho marriage of Thomas Jones, of Milford Havon, to Mary, only child and heiress of Sir Thomas Conyers, of Conyers Castle, Kent. And a paragraph below stated that “tho Hon. Thomas Jones, with his bride, had gono to Vienna on dip¬ lomatic service of great ^importance. ” “Just his luck,” said Powell. “Just bis pluck,” said Underwood; “and for ray part, when I come across ono of those fellows again that are afraid of hurting their mothers and sisters, nud not afraid to say so, I shall treat him as a hero just waiting his opportunity. Here is tho Honor¬ able Thomas Jones and his lovely bride. Wo are going to India, gen¬ tlemen, next month, and I am sorry tlio Eighty-fourth has lost Lieutenant Jones, for I havo no clonbt whatever ho would have stormed n fort as ho boarded the wreck. The President and His .Salary. “I shall not attempt to answer the question, llow mneli of his salary doeR the President expend? But those who think he oan live at his ease after his retirement on tho income from his savings should take account of several things: First, that tho net iucomo from safe investments does not exceed four per cent, ; second, that tho amount invested in a home yields no income, and third, that ho must, have a private secretary, for his mail will be so large that he cannot deal with it himself. A son of one of our most eminent Presidents, who had lost all his means, told me that it was pathetio to see his father, who was in ill health, laboring beyond his strength to an¬ swer the letters that came to him. Bat if tlia President retains a fair measure of hoaith he will take care of If he was ever capable of dirocting the affairs of the Nation ho bo trusted to administer his own business; and if he has won tho es¬ of his fellow citizens, and has valued it, he will not barter it riches. To any vocation from a man may be suitably called tho Presidency ho may suitably re¬ turn.”—Ex-Prosidont Harrison, in Home Journal. Long Ago. Tho Count Saint Germain, who ap¬ in Paris in the reign of Louis XV., and pretended to bo possessed of elixir of lifo, had a valet who was as great as liis master in tho of lying. Once, when tho count describing at a dinner party a cir¬ which occurred at the court “his friend King Biehard I. of he appoalod to his servant the confirmation of his story, who, the greatest composure, replied : forget, sir, 1 have only been 500 in your servico.” “True,” said master musingly, “it was a little your time.”—Household Words. Many Brothers of One Name. When John Zimmerer at Towson, County, ALL, brought John as a witness to prove his and right to naturalization be had to explain to the Jndge he had three brothers named three brothers named George, three sisters named Alargaret. SIXTEEN PASSENGERS ON THE LEONA LOSE THEIR LIVES. WERE PENNED UP BELOW DECKS. Tlio Fire Was Subdued In Time to Save Others—City of Augusta to the Rescue. The Mallory line steamer Leona, which left her pier at New York on Saturday, bound for Galveston, took fire at sea, put back and arrived in port Sunday night with Sixteen corpses on board. The dead were thirteen steerage passengers and three members of the ere w, who succumbed to a terrible fire which occurred off the Delaware coast Sunday morning. Details of the horrible story are meagre. Those who are dead were penned up below decks, and although frantic ef¬ forts were made by the officers of the vessel to save them the fire had gained such terrible headway before the dan¬ ger was discovered that all escape was cut off. The steamer carried in her cargo many bales of cotton. It is not cer¬ tain bow the fire originated, but when it was discovered, it burst forth with such fury that it was impossible to reach the steerage. Even the steer¬ age mindful passengers of tlio danger, apparently were un¬ else the smoko and flames had not reached them. The saloon passengers were first aroused, and in such a manner as to occasion little alarm. When it became apparent that the fire had cut off the steerage passengers the captain and his men poured great quantities of water down the ventila¬ tor and heroic attempts were made for the escape of those penned up. In this way eight, of the steerage passengers made their escape. The dead steerage passengers are: Bridget Sullivan, B. Caliane, Miss Guzza, Mrs. G. C. Guzza, Miss Han¬ nah Solomonson, Mrs. Valiricks, Miss Yaliricks, Sophie Schwartz, Marie Wade, two unknown children, and two unidentified. Of the crew: Alfred Hardy, waiter, forty-one years old, N#w York; Alfred Lang, waiter, nineteen years old, New York; H. Hartmann, butcher, twenty- seven years old, New York. Captain Wilder was in command, with First Mate Wallace and Second Mate Sweeny assisting. The chief en¬ gineer was below with three assistants and a crew of about seventy-five men, including firemen and deck hands. After a hard fight, tho flames were finally subdued. The surviving passengers were trans¬ ferred to the steamer City of Augusta, of the Savannah line, which came upon the scene in answer to signals of distress. ROBINSON STEPS DOWN. Agricultural Department Has a Now Sta¬ tistician from Nevada. Henry A. Bobinson, of Michigan, of the agricultural department, tendered his resignation to Assistant Secretary Wilson Saturday. Air. Bobinson is a free silver man, and says he deemed it only right that the administration should have the office at its disposal. The office pays $3,000 per year, and is protected by the civil service law. John Hyde, of Nebraska, now ed¬ itor of the year book of the agricul¬ tural department, has been appointed to succeed Air. Bobinson. DISASTROUS RESULT OF FIRE. Horses Run Into a Railroad Trestle and Wreck a Freight Train. At Manning, S. C., Friday night, lire destroyed Bradham’s ginnery, the county dispensary with its entire stock, Shradham & Thomas’ big stables and two big warehouses, one full of ve¬ hicles. Two horses from the staliff; ran down the railroad and, becoming fas¬ tened in a trestle, wrecked the night freight, pitching the engine in Black river and wrecking three box cars. No lives were lost. Want Six Millions Indemnity. A dispatch to The Alorning PoBt (London) from Constantinople says it is possiblo that Turkey will demand a war indemnity of over £0,000,000. CAPT. STRONG ASSASSINATED. Was Known as a Famous Fighter In Kentucky. Captain AVilliam Strong, aged 72 years, was shot and instantly killed near his homo in Breathitt county, Ky., Sunday morning by unknown persons. He bad left home to go to a neigh¬ bor’s and when not more than a mile away was fired upon from ambush, seven bullets entering liis body. A large number of his friends aro searching tho mountains for the assas¬ sins, and if caught they will be sum¬ marily dealt with. Captain Strong was one of the most famous fighters in eastern Kentucky. He was a captain of the federal army, serving four years under Woolford. TOBACCO HOUSE BURNS. It. Content. Valued at *70,000, Partly Injured. At a late hour Saturday night immense tobacco prize house of & Fleming, at Wilson, N. C., six sto¬ ries high, was discovered to be on in the top story. The fire had gained too much head¬ way for the fire companies to guish it. The building cost $15,000, was full of tobacco valued at $70,000, »artly covered by insurance. BIMETALLIC COMMISSION SAILS. They Go To Confer With Heads of Euro- Government*. Ex-Vice President Adlai Stevenson, General J. C. Paine and United Ststes Senator Edw ard O. Wolcott, who were recently appointed by President Mc¬ Kinley as a commission to confer with the heads of European governments relative to the holding of an interna¬ tional bimetallic conference, sailed from New York Saturday for Havre on the French liner La Touraine. Before their departure Mr. Steven- son said that the commission would go direct to Paris and, after conferring with the French government, would visit London, Berlin, Vienna and tho capitals of other European govern¬ ments. He expected that much good would be accomplished by the commission and did not anticipate any trouble in inducing the governments to ap¬ point delegates to the contemplated conference. WILL ABANDON CRETE. Report That Greeks Will Gradually With¬ draw From (lie Island. Advices of Sunday from Athens, says: “Tho government has informed the ministers of the powers verbally that following the recall from Creto of Colonel Yassos, twenty-five officers and two companies of sappers, the gradual withdrawal of troops from the island of Crete will take place. After a brief delay the powers will offer to mediate between Greece and Turkey.-. The powers will insist, how¬ ever, that Greece shall confide her in¬ terests unreservedly to their hands.” The-correspondent of tho Associated Press at Alliens learns on the best au¬ thority that Greece has made a written application to the powers, through their representatives at Athens, for mediation. All the representatives have prom¬ ised in their replies to use their best offices, except tho German minister, who has merely acknowledged the re¬ ceipt of the note from the cabinet. Tbe porte is inclined to support the powers, with a view to the facilitation of negotiations, but it declines to con¬ sent to an armistice, on the ground that this would enable Greece to reor¬ ganize her forces. GOVERNOR TAYLOR TO RESIGN. Tennessee’s Chief Executive Will Return to Lecture Platform. A report is going the rounds that Governor Tayior will resign October 1st and again go on the lecture plat¬ form. Under the constitution Hon. John Thompson, speaker of the sen¬ ate, will succeed to the governorship. It is known that Governor Taylor has contemplated this action and the fact that he entered into the lycenm convention with Hon. Henry Watter- son, General John B. Gordon and others some weeks ago seem to indi¬ cate that ho will return to the lecture platform, where ho mado ten or fifteen thousand dollars per annum, while his salary as governor is only four thous¬ and. While tho governor refuses to talk for publication concerning the reports, it is known that he has so made up his mind, and has told several gentleman that the reports were correct. MINERS SIGN NEW CONTRACT, A HeiluclIon of Two and One- Half Cents a Ton Is Accepted. Representatives of the .3,000 coal miners working for tlio Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company at Pratt mines and West Pratt, met with Gen¬ eral Alanager G. R. McCormack, ofthe company, in Birmingham, Ala., and signed a contract for mining to begin on Alay 10, 1807, and to extend to July 1, 1898. The minimum price to bo paid for coal mining will be 37$ cents per ton, which is 2J cents below what is being paid The now. sliding scale was adopted again with No. 1 foundry pig iron, $7.50 per ton, as a basis, and for every 50 cents advance of 2j cents per ton on coal. The company agrees to abolish the sub-contract system and regulate other complaints in mining objected to by miners. A representative from each mine at the places named signed the contract. The minors working for tho same company at Blocton, Adger, Johns and Sumter have refused to accept any re¬ duction and will not consider any new contract until the expiration of the present one. THREE MEN DROWN. A Tug and Schooner Collide AVIth Fatal Result*. The tug Paoll, Captain Harding, brought news to Vineyard Haven, Alass., Sunday afternoon of her collis¬ ion with and sinking of tlio schooner Annie E. Rudolph, of Camden, N. J., off the Nauset lights early Sunday morning and the loss of her skipper, Captain Gardiner, Alato Snell and a Norwegian seaman called Bob. An Invitation To Gage. Secretary Gage has accepted an in¬ vitation to attend a dinner at the Union League club at Philadelphia on May 14, as the guest of Christopher S. Pat¬ terson. POISON IN SPRING WATER. Five People Head and as Many More In Hying Condition. A special to Tho Louisville Post from Pikevillo, Ky., says some flond put poison of some kind in Hall Creek spring, several miles above Louisville, and as a result five persons died and live more are dying from drinking wa¬ ter from the spring. The victims suffered terribly, vomit¬ ing and being seized with most violent convulsions. DISCUSSES CHARACTERISTICS OF FRUIT AND MEAT EATERS. A DISSERTATION ON GARDENING. lie Tells How Couple Lived Before tho Introduction of Flesh ns an Article of Food. And now the potato bugs have come again—come early—ahead of time, and I have to wage war on them. There is always something to prey on everything that is good. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and just so it is the price of a good garden. The weeds outgrow everything you plant and nothing hurts them. Briers and this¬ tles and crabgrnss and dogfennel and ehiekweed grow right along just like little sins and bad habits. It. takes constant work and constant watching to keep down weeds and original sin. Hoe, every one that thirsteth! I bought a dime's worth of paris green and dis¬ solved half a tablespoonful in half a bucket of water and sprinkled the beetles carefully last evening and this morning they are dead. But this does not end it., for they have just begun to come. It is not much trouble anil will save tbe potatoes, I tried it last year. Be sure and mark the paper that eon- tains the powder “poison” and put. it where tho grandchildren can’t get it. Put the mixture on with an old whisk broom and ivbat is left in the bucket hang it. up high somewhere till wanted again. We had a fruit growers’ convention hero last week and learned a good deal about exterminating theso pestiferous things, both visible and invisible. It is a right good education to hear such experienced men talk as Mr. Miller, Colonel Nesbitt and Mr. Starnes. I wish the convention would meet here once a month. My respect for horti¬ culture and horticulturists is very great. The Berckmans and Mr.Bumph and Dr. Jones have done a world of good in advancing the growth of fruit trees tho people. and diffusing knowledge among Air. ATiHer, too, though already more recently domiciled among us, is a household word in this part of Georgia. The growing of fruit is no doubt the oldest occupation known to man. It most happily combines physical labor with scientific study and the reward is useful, gratifying and refining. There is no doubt but fruit and vegetables wore the only food of mankind for 1,500 years after man was created. I alluded to this in a little talk I deliv¬ ered to the convention, and some of questioned my Bible-reading friends have since me about it and asked for that my authority. Abel’s They reminded me sacrifice was from liis flocks and was more acceptable than Cain’s offering of tlio fruits of tho ground. It does not follow, however, that the flocks were for food. Only a few of the animals were fit for any¬ thing and theso few, such as domestic cattle, were required for beasts of bur¬ den and tilling tlio soil and furnish¬ ing clothing. “And the Lord made coats of skins and clothed them.” “Before tho fall, and while Adam and Eve lived in the garden of Eden, the fruit < f the trees and tlio herbs therein were their only food. After they were driven from the garden the Lord said: “Thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In tbe sweat of thy face shalt thou cat bread. ’ And God sent him forth from the garden to till the ground whence he was taken.” There is nothing about eating flesh up to that time. Before Eve was crea- ted the Lord said to Adam: “1 have given you every herb and the fruit of every tree and to you if, shull be for meat.” Ho, gave Adam dominion over the animals and Adam named them, but nowhere isit intimated that they xvero for meat. Now let, us pass down the genera¬ tions until after tlio flood, “And God said to Noah, The fear of you shall be upon every beast of tlio earth and every fowl of the air and the flslies of sea; and every moving thing that livetli shall be meat for you. Even as tho green herb liaye I given you all tilings. But flesh, with the lifo there¬ of, which is the blood thereof, Khali ye not eat.” When Aloses came bo limited the kind of nnimals that might bo used for food. Swine were especially pro¬ hibited and to this day no Jew will make a hog of himself by eating hog. Flesh eating has never boon consider¬ ed refining or spiritualizing in its in¬ fluences upon our nature, and yet there is no doubt that the laboring man needs animal food. Solomon says, “Go not among the riotous eaters of flesh. ” The children of Israel chided Aloses for bringing them away from the flesh pots of Egypt, and so tho Lord sent them quails to eat for sup¬ per and inaima for breakfast. Even some of our teeth are called canines, from “canis,” a dog, because we tear flesh with them like a dog. As a man grows old he cares less for flesh, but liis appetite for fruit never leaves him. But if ho dident lose his liking for flesh he couldn’t cat much of it 110 - now, for about that time be loses his teeth and Providence admonishes him that it is time to prepare for that spir¬ itual food that cometli from above. There is a food of the gods called am¬ brosia, but it is made of fruit and not of flesh. Cannibals love flesh—raw flesh, bloody tlesli, and even eat hu¬ man flesh, and they are next to dogs in the scale of creation. No, there is no refinement in flesh eating, and yet T. P. I 'am free to confess that I am not vet old enough or saint enough to refuse to dine on turkey or fried chicken or quail on toast. Goldsmith’s . hermit was said: dreadfully heartbroken when lip “No flocks that roam the valley freo To slaughter I condemn; Taught by that power that pities mo, I learn to pity them.” That was all right until he found bis Angelina and then T reckon he killed a chicken for breakfast. But it is a fact that most kind-hearted people willcon¬ fess, that if they had to kill their own sheep and bullocks and chickens for food they would do ■ without Jle.slr for a long time. It takes a hard heart and a strong man to butcher a lamb, and yet it has to be done. I don’t mean a hardened heart, but a heart that will not , , faint at sight of pain or blood. My mother would not kill a chicken', but she would, dress it and cook it without objection. I have wrung their heads off, but I wouldn’t do it now for my own sake. As we grow older wo grow kinder and have more respect for the lifo that God gave to all his creatures. That is, except •snakes. I never hesitate about kill¬ ing snakes. Uncle Sam killed a little one in the lower corner of the garden last week and my wife hasent been in those parts since, for she still insists that were there is one there are two. But I don’t blame woman for her antipathy to snakes. They gave old mother Eve a great trouble and it has survived tool! her daughters. “In sor¬ row thou shalt bring forth children and thy desire shall be to thy husband and lie shall rule over thee.” What an awful curse! especially the last. It was hard, very hard, on Eve; for the command not to eat of the tree of knowledge was not given to her, but to Adam before Eve was created. Maybe Adam did not tell her in an impressive manner. Nevertheless the curse is 111)011 her and will remain so until she joins the angels, I reckon.—B ill Amp in Atlan¬ ta Constitution. TO AID INI* .. FAMISHED, A Monster Mass Meeting Held r.t Chicago. Ttil inn go .Speaks. Four thousand people attended a mass meeting at Chicago Monday night in f lic interest of the famine suf¬ ferers in India. llev. T. DoAVitt Tul mage, who has been travelling through the country for several weeks and 1ms already raised $100,000 and 500,000 bushels of corn, was the chief speaker at the meeting. Tho vast audience testified its willingness to help by reaching deep into its pockets. Ten thousand dollars in rash and twenty-five carloads of corn are the es¬ timated substantial fruits of the eve¬ ning. NORFOLK RANK FAILURE. The AsK«*ta Ovorbnlaucsi 11 1 Liabilities «»<! iho Untile Wl 11 Pay Out. Business circles at Norfolk, Va., woro startled Tuesday by tho news of tho assignment of N. Burniss, Son & Co., ono of tho most prominent and widely known banking firms in the south. A deed was filed transferring to Judge Theodore 8. Garnett, assignee, all properties held by Captain Burma individually or as a firm to secure creditors. The liabilities amount to between $340,000 and $350,000, and the assets are stated by tlio firm to be $400,000 available, with nominal assets much more. ATKINSON GUEST OF KLLEIiBE. Georgia’s Governor Inspecting Soulli Caro- llna’s Convict System. Governor Atkinson was in Columbia, S. C., Friday as the guest of Gover¬ nor Ellerbe. Georgia’s chief executive spent sev¬ eral houris li inspecting the peniten¬ tiary, tho hosiery factory within its walls and inquiring into the details of its management. During tho day tho two governors took a train for Camden, Kershaw county, near whore the big state farms are situated, on a toni' of inspection. It is supposed that Governor Atkin¬ son is contemplating recommending a change in the Georgia convict system. ATLANTA MARKETS, CORRECTED WEEKLY, Gl’OCCM’ieS. Boasted cofToo $12.00 per 100 lb eases. Green coffee clioico 14; fair 13; prime 11%. Sugar standard granulated 4%o; New Orleans white 4joC; do yellow 4%o. Hyrup, New Orleans open kettle 25(5)400; mixed 12'.j'(a)‘J0<‘; sugar house 26<5)85c. Tens, black 30(5)65c; gro m 20(5) 50e. lMco, head 6j£c; choice 5%@0a; Balt, dah ry sacks 1.25; do hbls. 2.25; toe cream 'Me; common (15o. Cheese, full cream 12 l tca> 19c. Matches, 05s 60c; Crackers, 200s 1.80@1.75; 300s 2.75. Kudu, boxes 6c. soda 5Jqc; cream 7c; gingorsnaps 7c. Candy, common stick 5Kc; fancy 12ffi>13c. Oysters, V. W. 1.65: L. VV. 1.20. Flour, Grain un<l Meal Flour, first patent, $0.00; second s< patent, $5.50; straight, $4.80; fancy, , $4.70; extra r a nily, $4.60. Corn, white, 47c; mixed, 45c. Oats, white 33c; mixed 31c; Texas rustproof 40c. Rye, Georgia 75c. Hay No. 1 timothy large bales 95c; small bales 90c; No. 2 timo¬ thy small bales 85c. Meal, plain 45c; bolted 12c. Wheat bra n, large sacks 83c; small shfI n 85c. Shorts 95c. Stock meal 90c. Cotton seed meal 95c per 100 lbs; hulls $5.00 per ton. Peas 90(S)$1.*25 per bushel, accord¬ ing to kind and quality. Grits $2.50. 9(S>9%* Country Produce. Fg's ic; Butter, western creamery, 20(5/2 fancy Tennessee 12)^(5)150; choice 12%c; Georgia 12(5) 14c. Live poultry, turkeys 6(®7c: hens 203p221£c; spring chickens 25(5)350; ducks, puddle, 18(5)20c; Peking 22V£(a>25c. Irish potatoes, Burbank *1.50(5) 1.75 pir 1)1)1; 60®65c d>u.; Tennessee 30(5) 40c per bu. Swe'et potatoes, 50(5)60c per bu. Honey, strained 7(g>8c; in the comb 9<S>10c. Onions, new crop, $1.60@$1.75 per bu.: 5.00(5)6.00 per bbl. Provisions, Clear ribs boxed sides 5% ; clear sides r>f 9 'e; Ice-cured bellies 7>£c. Sugar-cured hams ll(®12j^c; California 7J^o; breakfast bacon I0@l1c. Lard, best quality sec¬ ond quality 5; compound 4,Vc. Potto II. .Market closed nominal, middling 7 3-16.