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The Morgan Monitor. VOL. II. NO. OO. Ov> #1 PER YEAR. THE DREAMER. Timo said: “In this—life's garden, Dream you a merry day/’ And so I dreamed while morning streamed Over the lulls away. Over,tho Where golden hills the land of promiso lay; And I heard the chime of the hells of Time Over the hills away: “D ream s—dreams—dreams! A little of right and wrong; Laughter and sighs and weeping eyes, And Silence after the song. Silence after the song— Silence lone and long! Stormy skies or starry beams— D reams —dreams—dreams!” Ben Winslow’s House:. i ' BELIEVE time build lias that come house,” the to said young Mr. =-~/ Winslow to his m wife. if we’re “That ever go¬ is, t ing to build it.” If “Of course we’re u y answered man going Winslow, sureness who to build of with knows a M it,” wo¬ r t-ho s. whatever she de- sires must come to her. The Winslows had been married two years, and from the beginning—and time for them began when they met- each other at school and were children —lovers—they homo of had decided to have a their own some day. This decision had not been out of their minds a day in all that time. One of Mrs. Winslow’s favorite maxims was: “You are nobody in a - rente-) house. ” This she supple¬ mented l.y such bits of worldly wisdom as: • i Everyone respects a man who buys a good home mime b>r his family, ’’and “No woman can a real homo out of a rented house.” Carrie Winslow was something of a beauty in her way. She had been the prettiest girl in her class at the high school, and had been graduated in clouds qf frothy white skirts, sunbursts of blushes ami smites and smothered in roses. When she arose to deliver her essay on “What Does the Future Hold?” more of the lnalo portion of the audience saw than heard her. And Ben Winslow—well, Bon Winslow, who saw her every day aud knew every ripple of her lovely hair—literally worshipped the air she breathed. After her graduation she went East to be polished at- a young ladies’ school, and to play scales and learn French and things, to afterward forget them. Ben went to work, with Carrie’s proph¬ ecy that he would become one of the groat men of the age. She was quite positive of this; for had he not- already shown masterly ability in having won her love aud promise to marry him? But,although she gave him her promise, she refused to wear his ring, because it wasn’t proper tor young women away at boarding school to bo engaged —and, anyway, hadn’t they been en- gaged ever since she was ten aud he fourteen years of age? Ben Winslow had plenty of good stuff in him and lie went to work like a Trojan. He had a small position in a wholesale house, and after working hard all day, sat up half the night thinking of the business aud how it could be made profitable. Now, that sort of tiling tells, whether a man be the president of a bank or the digger of ditches. His employers noted— after awhile—that young Winslow had ideas to give away; th’at he suggested innovations that looked queer, because no one had ever thought of them be¬ fore. And queerer still, when some of his ideas were put in to execution they were found so profitable, that Win¬ slow’s forerunners almost, lost caste be¬ cause they had not thought of them. One day Carrie came home from the school in the “East.” She was so lovely that Ben lost liis heart upon be¬ holding her. Her year or two away from homo had changed her from a pretty girl into a lovely woman. And Ben had, to lay at her feet a promo¬ tion that was substantial .and a future that was promising. Carrie “came out” and society ro- joiced in her. Men made onslaughts upon her heart, and these she cleverly repulsed. But she gave Ben plenty to think about. Ho saw all about him men of better positions aud established incomes, pay court to her. Their engagement had not been an- nounced and would not until the com¬ ing winter—providing every thing went well. This spurred Ben into business brilliancies that won him another pro¬ motion, and old fellows who lunched long in tho middle of tho day and read their names on letter heads aud sign boards, looked at him in a specu¬ lative way aud predicted great things for him. There is nothing like u little uncertainty in love to goad a mau to his best efforts. At length Carrie accepted Ben’s ring and their betrothal was an¬ nounced. Everyone declared him a fortunate chap, and wondered where bis luck would laud. His friends said, as friends will: “Who would , have thought that Ben Winslow would turn out so well? Why, when I knew him at school, he was nothing but a big, good-natured boy with plenty of freckles, but that big, firm under lip of liis is responsible for it—and his of coui-He. ” When they were married society sltwmsrL.gifts enough upon til! them until they had to two houses, aud ?■ they hadu’t even one holism “This won’t do,” said Carrie, laugh- ing. “Where is the house of onr own I we were to have?” E “ ’M sure I don’t know,” answered | Ben. “I’m not prepared to build the And dreaming in life’s garden There Upon a couch of May, Over came the a blight from lands of Night hills away. Over tho misty hills; And Time, in a mantle gray, With shadowed eyes, ’noath ruined skies Passed over the hills away. PD reams—dreams—dreams! A little of right and wrong; Laughter and sighs and weeping eyes, And Silence after tho song. Silence after the song— Silence lone and long! lie it storm or starry beams—• D reams—dream s—d rea ra s! ” F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. Carrie, “but I am beginning to think that we can do much better next time.” After dinner Ben picked up his evening paper, and, after reading the news, turned to the real estate adver¬ tising columns to see if he eonld find something for sale that would be likely to suit him. He had not read far before he looked up. “Here’s the very thing,” he said. “My George, this is lucky.” “What is it?” asked Carrie, lower¬ ing the magazine she had been read¬ ing. “Listen to this. Some fellow wants to sell a perfect gem of a house, and if ho doesn’t want too much for it, I be¬ lieve we ought to take it. I’ll read it aloud: ‘A gentleman has satisfactory reasons for desiring to sell liis home. The house contains twelve rooms, in the most perfect arrangement-, and decorated in the latest and best man¬ ner. Spacious parlors, dining-room, with butler’s pantry; large hall, that lends itself to much artistic furnish¬ ing, and smoking room on the first Hoor. On the second floor a beautiful hall, with southern window recesses; chambers connecting with bath rooms, a most comfortable and artistic den; sewing-room and servants’ quarters. Hard-wood finish, perfect heat and ventilation, and grounds not to be surpassed on the south side.’ Well, if that won’t suit us, nothing will, only it sounds a trifle grand.” “Go and see them in the morning, the first thing,” said Carrie, “before some one elso gets it.” “The chap that I have told to sell this miserable place lias it for sale, also, and I will speak of it when I drop in to urge him to hurry this place off our hands.” In tbe morning Ben hurried to liis agent. “Say, old man, he said. “You've got the very thing I desire, What’s the price and when can I take sort of gilded cage you deserve. Bat it will come all right.” The day before Ben married the “firm” called him into tho private office. There it sat in awful con- clave. The “firm” was composed of the “old mau” and the junior partner, who had been cashier once upon a time and had been ‘ taken in” several years ago. “Ben,” said the “old man,’’looking him in the eye, while tlie junioi part¬ ner smiled and lighted a .cigar. Ben felt uneasy, “Ben, you’ve proved yourself an exceptionally good business mau . Your growth has been rapid, and we’ve decided to give you the re¬ ward you’re entitled to. If everything goes well we will offer you a partner¬ ship in the concern ono year from now. will Now, no thanks. At that time you collect the dividends you’ve earned since you’ve been with us.” Then tho “old man” and junior part¬ ner shook hands with Ben, and he walked into the front office with the picture of tho house floating in the air before him. That very night Car¬ rie and he sat down to plan it, after she had patted him on the back and said, “I told you so,” which is a woman’s privilege among others. “I think we should have a colonial house, painted white, with green blinds, like the Stebbinses,” said (Jar- rie. “Oh, I don’t know,” said Ben. “Of course, it’s pretty, and all that, but 1 believe that one of these French ren- aissance houses would lie prettier and odder. Or, even one with Dutch gables and gargoyles aud things on the i oof. ” “Colonial is much more the thing,” said Carrie. “With wainscoats stained green, end lots of color on tho walls and ceilings, and a den for you with a slielf for steins and things. ” “Why, that’s just like Stebbinses’,” said Ben. “Let’s try something of our own.” And so they struggled until they both thought that perhaps an archi¬ tect might have some ideas on the subject that hadn’t occurred to them. To an architect, therefore, they went, and ho, proving a young man who knew his business, managed to satisfy them both. Ben bought tract of land and tho house building began. One day the architect announced that the bouse was ready for him, so they packed their treasures and set forth. As they approached the house they stopped and looked upon it with the fulness of happiness and pride. It had all come about as they hail planned when they were children, and just as if some fairy godmother had waved her wand instead of being the work of a businesslike young architect and a bank account. Of course they had a house warming. The praise their house wrung from their guests tilled their cup aud when the “old man” looked about and said to Carrie, “That jailing man of yours is one of the best business men in town and is destined to great things,” her eyes filled with tears aud her lip quiv¬ ered ever so slightly. After that they settled down to en- joy their possessions. In a month-or POPULATION AND DHAINAG33. MORGAN, GA„ FRIDAY. AUGUST 21. 1897. two Robinson built a houseless than a block away and copied their porch and two of their most original rooms. Jones stole the plan for the ground floor arrangement when he built. Brown took the upper hall and its window seats and tho arrangement of tho chambers and bath room. Smith took the den and library bodily, Ben sat down and wished ho had waited until all the others had built before he had touched a stick of timber. “I don’t see why these fellows couldn’t have done something original. ” he complained. “I’m sick of this place now. As a matter of fuct I never did like it. “Well, I have always liked it,” sai£ Carrie. ‘It suits me down to the ground. But I confess I am getting tired of seeing our porch every time I pass the Robinson’s, and beholding our parlors and dining room every time I visit the Joneses.” “I’ll tell you what we’ll do,” said Ben, springing to bis feet. “We’ll sell it and buy another house, now that they’ve built theirs. “That’s a perfectly splendid idea,” exclaimed Carrie. “What a clever boy it is.” The following day Ben went to a real estate agent, who had the reputa¬ tion of being able to sell anything that was earthen, and told him to sell the house in double quick time. “What! that beautiful new house?” exclaimed the agent. “Why, you have not been in it more than five months.” “I don’t care for that,” answered Bon. “You sell it in a hurry.” That very day the agent put au advertise¬ ment in the paper, offering Ben’s house for sale. “Well, I told him to sell the house,” said Ben, when ho got home that night. “I shall be sorry to lose it-,” said possession?” and lio pointed to the advertisement he had read to liis wife. The agent looked at him thoughtfully u moment and then said: “Is it- possible? Well, I can’t sell that house to you. Any other man, now, might get it, but not you.” “Why, xvhat’s tho matter with me?” ifsked Ben, flushing. “Why, it’s yours already. Don’t you recognize tho description of your own house?” Ben read the advertisement again. “Is that how my house strikes you? I guess you’re right. No man can buy that house, now, I’ve brought it myself. No, - sir,” he added fiercely, house “if any man wants to buy that tell him it’s sold and kick him out. Oh, Lord, how close I came to losing it.” When lie got home that ntglit lie read the advertisement once more to liis wife, and, looking around, said: “So that’s this houso. I v.ote to stay here as long as we can. ” And his wife said: “Why, you goose, I knew it was our houso last night, when you read the description of it and wanted to sell it in such a hurry.” A woman knows more about, a house in a minute than most men ever learn. —Kansas City Star. Tho .Hindu Fakirs. What the ascetics and tho monks, the orders of modern and ancient churches alike, ace to us the “fakirs” are to the Hindu population. Given any festival or any shrine of note, and somewhere about you aro sure to come upon them in force, singly and by companions. In one city, sitting round tho sacred “popul” tree, I counted some twenty or thirty. Naked, hut not ashamed, with their hair and beards long and entangled, showing by tho dust and dirt that cover them their intense self-forgetfulness and humilation, they are always ready to attract your attention and beg your alms. Never to take the eyes off a single object of worship for years to¬ gether on a small barrow is no mean feat-, but- to lean upon one’s arm until it shrivels for want of use is an exam¬ ple of endurance and insensibility that would lie admirable enough in another form, and that would certainly have moved the early Christians to a fervro of admiration. Though not equal to them, the Mussulmans can show fan¬ atics of a considerable strain of piety on the same lines. In the famous Ali Musjid, through tho Khaiber l’ass, I saw, in the midst of an admiring crowd of soldiers and tribesmen, a holy man of exceptional celebrity. Tbe only thing the “mulla” had on was a high, sugar-loaf hut, made of leopard-skin, which would bo an insufficient cover¬ ing in our treacherous climate, and seemed uusuited to tho frontier cold. He was evidently in a state of religious exaltation, for he screamed and howled continuously for days together. To satisfy liis spiritual cravings the by¬ standers kept plying him with tobacco, which be put in bis long pipe.—Lon¬ don Telegraph. Unfortunate Love of Mutton. Love of mutton has just proved deadly to a bear in Williamsport, Penn. Bruin cauglit sight of a butcher’s wagon belonging to William Delong, of Cammal. Ho followed tbe wagon up, and presently caught sight of aleg of mutton hanging on tho inside. The rear door of tho wagon, which was covered, was open, aud bruin calmly raised himself into the vehicle and set to work to devour the mutton. Pres¬ ently, however, ono of his great paWs struck the lever that closes the door of tho wagon, and in a second he was u prisoner. Between the seat of the driver of the wagon and the interior of the vehicle is heavy glass. Tho bear set to work to demolish this, and par¬ tially succeeded, for lie made a hole big enough to stick liis head out. He could get no further, and Delong suc- ceederl in driving four'miles to Cam¬ mal. When tho destination was reached the bear was shot. Ho'weighed 300 pounds. The University of Berlin has 370 professors and instructors. BOUNTIFUL CROPS MAKES BUG TOW’S SAGE REJOICE AND PROPHECY BETTER TIMES. Polities and Politicians Have Nothing to Do With lUessings That a targe Harvest Brings. “I don’t complain When the Lord sends rain, When the tanks in the sky run over; For tho ruin you know Makes the com to grow, And gives a lift to the clover.” But my humble friend, Cube, says we've had 'bout enuf and be wants it to stop right now. “We’ve had a ’buudance,” says Cobe, “and I’m afeerd there won’t be any liubbins to feed tho steers on this winter and no seed Maters to plant next spring.” Another one horse farmer says he is afeerd he will make more cotton than he can get picked out. Was there ever such a bountiful crop year? Wheat, corn, cotton, po¬ tatoes and fruit,! Mr. Roberts, who farms on Pumpkin Vine creek, snys ho feels sure of 1,000 bushels of* corn from one field of ten acres- that, ho can select ono or two acres that will yield 120 bushels each, and there are several square rode that will make h bushel to llm rod. That Would make 1G0 bushels per acre, if every rod was as good. Mr. Roberts is no brag. Be is a conservative, truthful man and a good farmer, Mr. Akermsiu made twenty-two bushels of wheat to the aero right in the suburbs of the town, and lie has more beautiful fruit than was ever grown here before. Our 111111'- kot is running over with good things —apples, poaches, pears, grapes and melons. Country wagons drive to tho residences every day loaded with deli¬ cious fruit and you can buy at your own prices, for the supply is greater than the demand. We luxuriate on soft peaches and cream, which is the next best tiling to strawberries and cream, and we buy fine large cantaloupes at a nickel apiece. Old folks lose their relish for meat, lmt they never get tired of fruit. I was ruminating about tho kind¬ ness of Providence in arranging rtte succession to suit onr health and ll l>- petite. Strawberri , es, rasp I icrrien, dewberries, buckteberriea, hfnckbcr* l'ies, June apples, cherries and then peaches and grapes, with melons thrown in, ami before long tho town will bo flooded with apples. Oh, the jelly and jam and preserves that my folks have put up, and tho sugar that L lmvo had to pay for. Thank good¬ ness, I bought it before tho KcKinley trust cornered the market, A clever republican neighbor told me that,the Almighty was smiling on the laud be¬ cause good men wore now in power, and he quoted scripture which said when the righteous are in power the people rejoice. “Yes,” said I, “the devil can quote scripture to suit his purpose. David understood the situation when ho said: ‘I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green hay tree, yet ho passed away, and lo he was not.’ ” I don’t think the Lord is paying much attention to congress or the ad¬ ministration, but He does seem to have pity on the people, aud is show¬ ering blessings upon them. There was a esmpmeeting story that old Allen Turner told when I was a boy that I have not forgotten. He was preaching about the perils of riches and said there was a good old darkey who had a kind but un-Chris¬ tian and skeptical master, and he tried in his humble way to convert him, but his master only laughed at him and one day said to him: “Now, Undo Jack, if the Lord is so wise and so good and loves us all so much as you say, what makes him let Jim Austin got so rich and keep on buying more land and more niggers and mules, when you know that Jim Austin is the mean¬ est man in the county. He swindles his neighbors and oppresses the poor. He drinks and gambles and curses, but everything he touches makes him richer and richer. IIow do you ex¬ plain that?” “Master! master!” said Uncle Jack, “dat is all jes’ so and it’s becaus’ de Lord don’t keer nothin’ about Jim Austin, liis name ain’t on de book. No, sir, de Lord ain’t payin’ no Men¬ tion to him at all and de dobil is runnin’ him. No, master! I tell you how it is. When de Lord take a likin’ to a man and got liis name on de book lie don’t let him get fat and slick like Jim Austin. Whom do Lord loveth Ho cliastisoth, and (hit’s do reason your ginhouse git burned up and your Imggy mare die, and maybe flat’s why Miss Juliann take sick away off at school and come homo in de co/lin. She was a blessed child, she was, and seems to me dat, sometimes away in do night 1 hear her callin’ you, Master, old Jack don’t like to trouble you about dose t’ings and he wouldent if your name wasent on de book.” Uncle Allen used to finish up the story with the master’s conversion and Jim Austin being killed. Bettor times are coining sure enough, but politics has nothing to do with it. Politics dident give us a great crop of wheat and a short crop in Europf My friend Kirkpatrick, of Atlanta, says these re¬ vulsions in trade and prosperity go by cycles of seven years, and that our cycle of distress and disaster has about expired. He almost proves it by reference to the past and toils how the failure of Jay Gooke precipitated tho panic of ’73, and our trouble last- ed Seven years, and the failure of Bin ing Brothers brought on tho next panic and that lasted seven years, But wheat and cotton are tilling the farmers’ pockets with money and by the time tills cotton crop is marketed a iimv el*a of prosperity will be fairly on us. Within tho last tree mouths the mining business has revived in our county and labor is- in demand; nobody, neither white or black, is going about begging for work in this region. 1 havent seen a tramp in six months. Tho gardens aro teeming with vegetables and tho flowers arc more beautiful and more abundant than ever before, but McKinley didont do it, nor the tariff*, nor his party. If they won’t undo it is all we ask. Just let things alone. They are determined to humiliate the .south, but as long as the Lord smiles on us we will be eon* tent. - - Rill Arp in Atlanta Constitu¬ tion. EN(OBRAGING OUTLOOK. Mercantile Agencies licpovt (Jivvt Im¬ provement til Triule Comlitioim. Bradstreet’s summary of business conditions the past week says: “Special telegrams from trade con ters throughout the country emphasize the growing prosperity of the farmer, due to higher prices for almost nil ag¬ ricultural products still in his hands, and principally to a continuation of the demand which has boon c. nspic- nous within the past few weeks. The volume of trade continues to iiioroiisc and prices are hardening, No such volume of business, largely in anfcici pation of requirements, has been re¬ ported since 1892. Larger transact ions have been had in dry goods, clothing and shoes with south and west in wagons and farm implements, “Another very favorable bank clear ing report is found in the total of $1, 140,000,001) for the week, which,while it is 1 per cent loss than last week, is 40 per cent larger than in the third week of August, 1890; 20 per cent heavier than in 1895; 44 per cord larger than in 1891, and fully 55 per cent larger than in tho like week of 1893, when clearings totals were re- dueod to very low figures, compared with tho like period in 1892, a your of large volume of busine s, this week’s total shows a gain of 13 per cent. Among 80 of the cities reporting bank clearings only 17 show decreases this week compared with the correspond¬ ing period last year. Bank clearings at other cities than New York are 17 per cent larger this week than in the like week a year ago, but at New York the increase is 50 per cent. “Prices of staples continue Hie lav rritl’h- rw,jv„.»,»"ii I ,I],,, ,,- j u yvsekS with advances for wheat flour, wheat, now pork, butter, eggs, cheese, corn and oats. Hides are also firmer and higher. “Exports of wheat (flour include 1 ns wheat) from both coasts of United States and Montreal this week are the largest in any week since September 1, 1894, amounting to 5,218,00 ) bush¬ els this week, as compared 4,41)0,0 10 bushels last week. 3,991,00!) bushels three years ago, and 4,960,000 bushels in 1893.” TO PENSION DESERTERS, The Question Has I Seen Submitted to the President and Secretary l.flsH, A Washi"gton dispatch says: It is not improbable that official announce¬ ment will ho made in a few weeks of a radical change in the present attitude of the pension bureau toward pension claimants who had a confederate war service. Under tho present constructions of tho laws, any service in the confeder¬ ate cause, irrespective of later service for the government, is a bar to pon- siou. Commissioner of Pensions Evans believes that if a claimant served in any capacity in the confederate service but later deserted or left its ranks, en¬ listed in the Union army, served there in and was honorably discharged, it would be an injustice to refuse him a pension. He believes that having per¬ formed honorable service in the union army, the past hostile services lie overlooked. Assistant Secretary Webster Davis, whose decisions have been in the line of liberal construction of tho pension laws, is understood to have similar views. The question has been referred to the president and Secretary Bliss for their approval. AN ADDRESS BY TILLMAN Will lie it I’Vstfurf) of i* Mass M.-.-lliu- of llvloovrats III llrooMyn, N, V. A committee of the “United Demo cratic Organization of Greater New York” has arranged for a mass meet¬ ing at Ridgewood Park, Brooklyn, on the evening of August ill. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, is sched¬ uled to make an address upon the “Duty of Democrats.” A circular has been sent out to labor organizations urging attendance in order that a de¬ monstration may be made against “tlie serious and persistent assault now being made upon several of the fudamental rights of labor and of all honest American citizenship by. tho process commonly known us govern¬ ment by injunction.” Armenians With Bombs. The police of Constantinople have arrested two Armenians at whose resi¬ dences they found two bombs. The prisoners confessed Unit they intended to use these bombs at the Russian uml German embassies. A bolt of lightning descended the air-shaft of a big apartment house in New York and caused a tire. Tho case illustrates how lightning tends to follow currents of air. To sit in a draft during a thunder storm is to in¬ vite the lightning. Ono peculiarity of nu electric discharge is that the cur¬ rent is deflected by an air current, us may be shown experimentally. T. R GREEN, MANAGER. R 0 }jj>ON I* A REUS EXPRESS THEIR OPINION SARCASTICALLY. "UNMERITED LUCK," SAYS ONE, “Western riu nicTs Will See at Once That High I'riceN Arc Coiuimtildc With 11 Uohl sfjiinlu.nl.” A special cable dispatch from Lou¬ don says: The fact that the price of wheat has reached $1 a bushel in the Coifed States has produced consid¬ erable excitement among grain specu¬ lators and others in London, The sec- rotary of tho Baltic said: “Of course wo have boon caught largely short. Tho rise in the price, of wheat makes a somewhat hysterical market. Tho rise of six pence in the price of barley, for example, Satur¬ day, was due to no assignable cause. There is no speculation here, as it is known on Wall street, although there is some speculation at Liverpool. The secretary of the corn exchange emarked: “There is no speculation hero, as Mich transactions are generally known, riicre has boon a. disposition on the part, of the outside public to hear the market; hut I lie brokers have dissuaded their clients from so doing. 'The rise ui prices yesterday morning and today Gas not due so much to “dollar wheat” ;m to the buying by France, where iliroshiitgN arc proving disappoint ing. <>ni' millers, too, are short..” “’I lie brokers have not nut Ie much ,us ihey held no stocks; hut it is needless lo say that the ri; of half a crown in the | rice of what yesterday, makes the iveliest times on Mark l ane. 'The \merieans have apparently got it. their wn wn y. I lie Westminster Gazette, referring 0 the rise in the price of wheat, “Hollar wheal" is n-u unmerited ti'eko of good luck fur I’residcnt- Me Kinh y's government, which ought, to have been overtaken by swift calamity for shamelessly paying clceliou debts to the trusts by tho passage of the 'dugIcy bill.” At the same time the Westminster Gazette finds comfort in the allegation Unit- “the Bryanites are made to look foolish,” and adds: “The western farmers will see at once that high pi ices are compatible with 11 1. „.,,1 Gji- (11 - H !,,'■)< - lion of Bryan and liis panacea inbound to follow, lint if I’residcnt McKin¬ ley’s supporters aro wise, they will not for a moment imagine that- when the y dispose of the silver craze they will dispose of tho revolt against- tho enpit lists who have never used their power so ruthlessly as since the late presidential election.” The Westminster Gazette then pio- cee l.y to denounce “the extortions” of the new United States tariff, which, it adds, is one of tho worst and most, fruitful sources of corruption of public men and public servants.” In conclusion The Westminster Ga- zetto says: “The degree of success which has attended Bryan shows that Americans are becoming alive to the rottenness of something, and the next, time the cam¬ paign will be directed less to the gold standard tliau to the standard of pub¬ lic life.” FIVE CHILDREN DROWNED. Dtiinpud Info the Water From ;i Float. Sixt.oun Were !ieH«ue<!. Five children were drowned in tho harbor at Toronto Sunday afternoon by the capsizing of a float. The float was made of rough timber and used for conveying workman from the mainland to the breakwater, a dis¬ tance of about 100 yards. The float is worked by chains attached to the bank on one side and the breakwaters on the other. Sunday afternoon twenty-one oliil- dren, boys and girls, ranging from eight to thirteen years of age, crowded on the ruff for the purpose of going to bathe at the breakwater. Half wny across tho channel, where the water in very deep, the raft capsized ami all flie children were thrown into the water. There were many boats in the neigh¬ borhood, and these were quickly at the scone of the accident. All of tho children were rescued except five, A I,ASK A N BOUNDARY CORRECT. OftW'inl of iliii CormI am! (Jcinleth! Survey Sji.vh LincH Will Nol lie (.'huugeri. In speaking of t-ho boundary lino between Alaska and the Rritisii possessions, General Duftielff, of tbe count and geodetie survey, said: “i do not believe that when the mat ter of the boundary linen between the two countries is Nettled there will be any appreciable change from the lines which are down on the map. Dawson City is 100 miles or more cast of the 141st meridian, which is the boundary line. Tbe difference between the United Btate and Oanada surveys on llie I tint meridian is a matter of feet (Jill v.” IIOSIII HEARD E HO ill. <JMIiiIhIit AcUiimvIutli'i* (ho K(*. «*Hpt of Sliorirmn’w Nulc, .Secretary Sherman lias received prompt acknowledgement from Minis¬ ter lloslii, of Japan, of the secretary’s letter relating to tlm annexation of Hawaii to the United States. Mr. Hoshi’s acknowledgment is for¬ mal and does not go into the merits of iho subject, as the answer to Secretary Sherman’s lute note will not be made until word conics from the Japanese foreign office. THROUGH GEORGIA. An application for u charter to build a now street railroad for Gainesville Lias been filed with the state secretary by a stock company. It is proposed to build a road twenty miles in length and to extend it as far as White Sul¬ phur Springs, seven miles east of the city. The Georgia Centra! Railway com¬ pany declared its first divide id at Sa¬ vannah last Saturday 2< per cent— on the first series of $1,000,000 of in¬ come bonds. The condition of tho property is good. There are $15,000,- 000 of income bonds in three series, and it took $00,000 to pay the uliove dividend. The report of Special Master Luther Z. Rosser in the suit, against Judge John S. Rigby, brought by the re¬ ceivers of the Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Company, has been completed and copies of tho decision served on counsel in the case, Tho special master finds that Judge Bigby is due the company $22,820.01, and that a decree should issue in that amount in favor of the company. * * Last Saturday was the date set by Judge Speer, of the United States court for the southern district of Geor¬ gia, on which to hoar the application for the appointment of receivers for eleven railroads in Georgia. The meet¬ ing was hold at Mt. Airy, where Judge Speer is summering. After two hours of skirmishing between the legal rep¬ resentatives present, tho battle was called oil' by Judge Speer, and further combat was deferred until October L'Stli. M he mystery surrounding the burn¬ ing of the graded school building in (Juitmaii is about to be cleared. Tho reward of $700 attracted detectives who Inivc boon at- work for some time, and as a result Ed Harrison, a well- known negro, is now in the Thomas comity jail charged with the crime. Those interested claim that the evi¬ dence against him for burning the school house is conclusive and that there are interested with him in tho actual commission of the crime eight other negroes, who will lie put in jail us soon as they are captured. Postmaster Fox, of Atlanta, has issued his statement for the registry business of tho fiscal year ending June 30th. This statement shows an in- miiso of 13,818 pieces handled over that of last year. There wore handled this year 3fl(),4(i(! pieces of registered mail, while the year previous 34(1,(148 p/c tvni'D imi"li».j. Y 1 'or statement of tho postmaster shown flint, lie fins Iri twelve months sent to the sub-treasury a! New York $(12,281.05. The increase in second-class mail matter is 1,000,000 pounds more tliau any year since At¬ lanta has had a postolliee, and all other business lias increased in pro¬ portion. The warrant against Policeman Bankston of Atlanta, charging him with murder, was dismissed and lie has been allowed to return to duty. Justice Orr, after be had heard all of the evidence, decided that Bankston was acting in self-defense when ha shot and killed Charley Welch. Over sixty witnesses were heard during tho progress of the case. The physicians that examined the body of the dead man were sworn and said they were of tho opinion that, the shots were fired while Welch was advancing upon Bankston. Justice Orr said there was no evidence against Bankston and allowed him to go. The motion for a now trial in the Flanagan case was not heard in Deca¬ tur last Saturday as scheduled. At the request’of the prosecution it was delayed for ono week. Solicitor Kim- soy pleaded surprise in regard to the affidavits that have recently been brought into tho case. Ho said that an he had been very busy with the grand jury and liis associate counsel, Colonel Braswell, had been busy in the superior court and Hon. Hal Lewis bad been engaged in a murder triui in Greensboro, none of the counsel on tlu , prosecution had had time to pro¬ | pare their side of the case in answer to j )ho n flui liv its us fully as they desired, I John McCullough, the Clayton county alleged wife murderer, was transferred from the Clayton county jail to Fulton county last .Saturday night for safe keeping. It was feared that a mob was forming to lynch him and the negro Henry Sims, who as¬ saulted Mrs. Turner. Several hun¬ dred were said to compose the party that wanted vengeance, and they were coining from the adjoining county of Fayette. The one wanted most was the negro Sims, Mrs. Turner, liis victim, lived mar the lino between Fiiyltc and Clayton counties, and had a large number of friends aud rela- fives in Fayette, aud it was thought that these were the parties who were organizing the mob. * + * * <i. M. Sorrel, general manager of ( lie Georgia I luport and Export com¬ pany returned to Savannah a day or two ago from Europe, where he went to secure vessels for use in tho export¬ ing business from Sevan null's port. Ho would give no particulars about the business of the company, contenting himself with saying that everything had been arranged for starting business thin fall, and that the company would be ready for handling all tlie cotton it can get. On General Sorrel's arrival a meeting was held and the now com¬ pany organized by the election of the following officers: President, IL M. Coiner; vice president,John M. Egan; treasurer, T. M. Cunningham; secre¬ tary, (J. G. Amlerson; general mana¬ ger, G. M. Sorrel.