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The Morgan % ■ Monitor s VOL. II. NO. u $1 PER YEAR. THE WIND BLEW IN THE WHEAT, A sickle moon hung low and white, in the edge of a golden west. V ith clanging bells tlio herd camo home; and mother birds on the nest Thrilled to the song that is never sung—so soft! so wildly sweet' The whippoorwill in the marsh-land called, and the wind blew in the wheat. High summer had broken to hodge-row waves with a foam of eldor bloom. Ly waste and way-side the sweetbrier stars showed faint in the tender gloom. And nibbling hares crept out to plav, on silent velvet feet. As waxing dewdrops timed the chant, tlio wind blew in the wheat, “Benison to each bearded head, in the land of golden grain! Ye shall drink of the sun, in strongth and power, nor lack the grateful rain. In the bursting mills, in the ocean pressed with the keels of a laden licet Yo may read the smile of tlio Lord of Hosts,” the wind blew in tho wheat. —Martha McCulloch-Williams, in Harper’s Weekly, A*RAILWAY*ADVENTURE, - -*■- X. - J3y DR. MAX NORDAU, N this night the windows k J of the crowd¬ ed cafe had been thrown v and IpS open, tho fresh, cool air of 1 night the spring gled for strug¬ * r mas¬ • tery with tho WWBBL SEC’S: Which filled the large hall, m os plie re A glance out into the night showed the deep-blue heaven overhead and a brilliant full moon, whoso cold, clear rays sparkled on the fresh foliage of t-m budding trees ss they swayed gently to and fro in the light breeze, due members of tho society to which I at, this time belonged had been accus¬ tomed for some time past, to reserve a certain table in the cafe for them¬ selves, where they met every evening to chat over and discuss the events of the passing hour. They were, for the most part, respectable citizens, who had far more appreciation for bright gas-light and a good dinner than for the charms of a glorious spring night, and nothing was further removed from their thoughts on this particular occa¬ sion than a romantic contemplation of the beauties of nature. On the night I am speaking of our conversation was of a prosaic enough character, as was only natural in a small town, and exhausted itself in discussions about local matters, tho theatre, taxes, aud similar—to au outsider—extremely un- Through some chance remark, how¬ ever, which I cau no longer recall, the question had sprung up if it were really credible that a man’s hair suddenly become grey in consequence of a violent shock to the mind. Some of those present were bnlyhalf inclined to disbelieve this somewhat startling theory, whilst others could not be they sufficiently scathing in the ‘remarks made concerning people who were simple enough to place any credence in such nursery tales. As tho discussion grew warmer and warmer, until every member of our party was engaged either in champion¬ ing or combating the question in point, a man, seated near us, rose slowly, pushing his chair from him, and ap- proached our table. He was a fine, tall follow, of herculeau build, and his in¬ telligent features, which boro au ex- pression of great determination, :v ere rendered very striking by a pair of keen blue eyes; but what made his appearance still more remarkable was tho fact that both his hair and beard were as white as snow, although they suiToundod a countenance which would not permit one to reckon his age at more than about thirty-live. “Excuse,me, gentlemen, if lam in¬ ter l-iipting y-onr conversation,” he re¬ marked bowing politely to us. “You were just discussing' a subject that lias more than an ordinary interest for me. I happen myself to be a living proof that, under certain circumstances, a terrible shock to the mind can pro¬ duce that self-same physical effect of which you wore just speaking, and which the majority of you seem to dis¬ credit. ” Those words naturally excited the curiosity of all present to the highest degree. We quickly made room for our new acquaintance at the t-nblo, and, when ho had seated himself comfortably, urged him to relate to us the circumstances which had pro- duced such a strange and sudden change in his appearance. The stranger feigned no groat shyness, aud acquiesced iu tlie moat pleasant manner possible by relating to us the following: “If any of you gentlemen have ever interested yourselves more closely in American affairs, the name of Auburn cannot well be strange to you; it de- notes much the same for the United States as Spielberg does for Austria, You must not picture Auburn to your- selves morely as a gloomy aud oxtoti- sive prison—as ono large, solitary building—no! It is rather an entire colony of criminals, a sort of town or metropolis for the wretches that the community has thrust out. “Shut in by immense walls, which rise up from the level plain to a con- siderable height, are crowded to- gether a large number of detached buildings—houses that contain the prison-cells, warders’ dwellings, hos pital, and workshops—all sullen aud fcrbiddjngdooking; and here andthero dotted about may be soon a small patch of grass, a few trees, and, very oaca- sionally, a flower-bed, like Urn last lingering recollections of innocent childhood amongst the black thoughts j of criminal. ' a “Certain eveuts, which would have ; but little interest for yon, had led to j my journeying from Hamburg—my | birthplace—to America, immediately | after the completion of my studieSj &x\i, after a short stay ill New York) I ac¬ cepted the post of prison-doctor at Au¬ burn, which, as you perhaps know, is situated in the State of New York. I was intrusted with the medical su¬ pervision over that part of the prison which was Ret apart for the worst class human of criminals—meq, hyenas, or I should say, whose blood, as Mephistopheles says, had already ceased to be : a fluid of rare quality, ’ “Two of these wretches were des¬ tined to spend the remainder of their days in the prison, and they, by rea¬ son of their great physical strength as well as by the extraordinary cunning they had evinced in several desperate attempts to regain their freedom, were subjected to even closer super¬ vision than the rest of their Compan¬ ions. I was ail- object of particular hatred arid dislike to these two SCOtlU- drels, because I had been instrumen¬ tal m the discovery of a number of iron implements which they—God only knows how they had obtained possession of them I—had concealed under their clothes; and again on another occasion, because I had re¬ fused to receive them into the hospi¬ tal when they feigned illness, expect¬ ing doubtless when they were once iu there that they would find more favorable their opportunities for ac¬ complishing escape. The ruf¬ fians were separated and placed in re¬ mote parts of the prison, and were laden with chains; but in spite of all these precautions, one fine morning the one, mid a few days later the other, together with their chains, had disappeared without leaving a trace behind them. “It must have been almost a fort¬ night after the flight of these two criminals, which had caused the ut¬ most consternation amongst the authorities at Auburn, that I ordered my horse one afternoon, and started off for a ride to Cayuga Bridge. It was midday when I reached the end of my journey, and I stood still for some time contemplating with silent delight the exquisite scenery which lay stretched out for miles before me. The Cayuga Lake, one of tkosewkicb, together with Lake Erie, compose that vast system of inland seas in the State of Now York, lay in all its beauty at my feet. The long, slender streak of silver wound in and out of the rugged black cliffs which hemmed it in, and which rose sheer up out of the lake, facing each other like grim opponents who had for thousands of years bid one another defiance. Far down the lake, which is forty miles long, and at this particular spot about one broad, I could discern the enormous trestle-bridge, a marvel of American engineering skill, which carries the Auburn division of the New York Cen¬ tral Railway across, passing on its way through tho small station of Cayuga Bridge. “My business in the village was soon finished, and towards evening I started home again. Do you know how de¬ lightful a ride on a summer’s evening is? Cayuga Bridge is surrounded by extensive oak forests, through which the greater part of my journey lay. • The gnarled and massive trunks cast long shadows, and the foliage rustled so gently in the soft evening breeze, that one seemed rather to feel than to hear it. A‘s I rode between,these giants of the forest, sweet recollections of my distant home crept into my heart, and, sunk in my thoughts, I let the reins fall on my horse’s neck, who trotted steadily forward. I admired the mar- vellous variety of color that the rays of the setting sun produced as they shone through the mass of dark-green leaves, and seemed to kindle their edges into flame, “Suddenly I was startled out of my reverie by a slight noise which ap- peared to come from tho undergrowth on either side of tine road. Turning sharply but round, I grasped my revolver, in the same moment I received a stunning blow on the back of my head, which knocked me senseless from my saddle. Once more I recolleotopeuing my eyes, aud flunking that I could see indistinctly one of the escaped criminals bonding over mo, and then all became a blank. “It must hove been late in tho night when consciousness again returned to me. Slowly opening my eyes, I Saw far above me the dark blue vault of tho sky, and the full moon shining bright- !y. A dull, painful sensation at tho back of my head prompted mo to place my baud there, and then I discovered that I was bound hand and foot. Grad- unlly I collected my thoughts; I ro- numbered now tho murderous attack in the forest, and a fearful foreboding flash* l through my mind, which al- most caused my heart to stand still. I felt that I was laid across two sharp parallel projections, the which cut into my shoulders and back of my legs, causing me intense hear pain, and far be- low mo I could tho gentle plash ing of water. POPULATION AltfD DnAINAOB. MORGAN, GA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 3 189 ?. “Heavens; there could no longer bo itriji doubt: I was lying stretched across Cayuga moving Bridge, with behind, incapable duct of an inch, the hideous absolutely literally certain prospect of being that cut to pieces by tbe next train passed. For the second time that night I almost swoctned as I realized my situation; but by a powerful effort of desperately will I recovered myself, and tuggecl at tbe ropes that bound me until they out almost into my muscles; I shrieked, and wept finally like a child, I made mad endeavors to roll myself into another position, and then recollected that a careless movement might low—-bound precipitate me into the flood be¬ hand and foot, to sink like a stone! “A shudder ran through my frame, and I lay motionless again; but not for fearfully long, for the light of the great—almost bright—lUoott overhead, the ripple of the water deep below me, the breeze that came in light puffs, and then died away again, giving place to a death-like stillness, occasionally biioken by the scream of some distant caused night-bird—all was unbearable, and me the anguish of death; Aud then the rails! the rails! My thoughts wore torturing me, and yet'I could not escape them. The wooden beams of the bridge vibrated perceptibly from the movement of the water bolchv, aud I thought that I could already feel the approach bristled with of the train, and my hair the horror of it, The breeze now blew somewhat stronger, and I imagined that I could already hear, far away in the distance, the puffing and panting of the locomotive, and my heart stood still, to beat with redoubled force the next moment, “There are certain things, gentle¬ men, which are absolutely incompre¬ hensible to me: ono of them is the fact that I was able to survive that night. One thought stood ever clear in my ulindi I must endeavor by some means to shift my position—if possible, to one between .the metals—if I did not wish, possibly even in the next mo¬ ment, to become the prey of the most awful death one could conceive. And I succeeded! I strained every muscle, every sinew, till I could strain no more. I wound and twisted myself, and panted Until I thought my head must burst, and after suporhmnan exertions, which appeared to last an eternity, and perhaps lasted but a minute, I found myself in tho hollow between tbe rails. “Was I saved? I bad no time to consider that, or to rejoice over the fresh chance of life which was now offered to me, for my whole being con¬ centrated itself in intent listening. Far away in the distance I could now hear —first of all indistinctly, and then gradually increasing as it drew nearer and nearer—the regular, monotonous panting which heralds the approach of a locomotive. The fearful stillness of the night gave way, as each minute passed, to the more fearful noise, to the clanking and thundering of the en¬ gine as it raced on towards me at the headlong speed of American trains. Now a thousand feet more—now five hundred—all the horrors of hell pos¬ sessed me; but I lay without moving a muscle. Once,'indeed. I tried to scream. I could no longer hear my own voice; how, then, could the people in the train be expected to hear me? And now for an immeasurably short space of time a blazo of light heat down upon me, and a blast of hot air rushed over me, then everything became dark, and I heard a thunder as if the heavens were crashing in. Close, quito close, at scarcely a hairbreadth’s distance, rushed the enormous mass over me. I was saved! “Already half-unconscious, I was still sensible of a deafening clattering and roaring above me, and I saw shad¬ ow-like masses flying past; still, one moment more of deadly anguish—one of the coupling-hooks, hanging some- what lower than tho rest, bad caught and dragged me several yards, tearing finally a large piece out of the breast of my coat—then all objects seemed to whirl around me, the moon, tho bridge, and the lofty cliffs, in one mad dance, and I became insensible. When I next woke I found myself in my own bed, and around me well- known faces. And now to be brief: I had been found on the morning after that awful nlglit by a plate-layer who had recognized me, and had brought me hack to Auburn. For a fortnight I lay delirious with brain fever, hover¬ ing between life and death; blit my strong constitution pulled me through. Tho first time after my recovery that I had occasion to use a looking-glass, I saw what traces those moments had loft on me.” Tho doctor ceased speaking; hut his pale face, the look of horror, and the great beads of sweat on his forehead all showed how keen his recollection was of that terrible experience. We also had listened to his narrative with breathless attention, aud it was some time before we could shake off the im¬ pression it had left upon us.—From the Gorman, in Strand Magazine; “JLoHt at 8oa.** Many a fishing schooner that sails out of Gloucester with her ensign Hut- tering gaily from the “main truck” coiuch in by Cape Ann, on her return from the “Banks,” with her colors at half-mast. A dory or two lost in the fog or run down in thick weather by an ocean collision’than greyhound that no more felt the if it crushed au egg- shell—at all events, a couple of men or more for Davy Jones’s locker—such is only too often the tale brought back from the fishing grounds to Gloucester, our chief fishing port, Tears at parting, weeks of anxious suspense, and when the ship comes home tears again for a lost husband, son, or brother—that, story is common enough on Massachusetts Bay. And oven if neighbors say, “Don’t cry, dearie! Perhaps some' ship has picked him up, and lie’ll come back to you,” the hope is short-lived. “Lost sea” is a famHiar line in the death- column of the Gloucester papers,_ Ht. Nicholas, t * COMPARATIVE FIGURES OX CRIME NORTH AN 1 > SOUTH. SHOWS SOME STARTLING TACTS, •— - William Calls Census Reports to Ills Ai,l In Ilot'utinjr Chttvgos of T.awlessness In Hie So Util, I have ptst . received the third vob ume of “Compendium of the Census of 1800;” Eight years have pushed since the people made their returns and the tithe is hearing when they will 1m called on again. It takes ft long time and costs millions of money, but it is a big thing aiid diffuses knowledge among the people. It is better that the money he spent, that way, for there are no private schemes nor corporation swindles in it and it gives employment to thousands of needy people. The eensus is the only mode of getting iff, the true condition of the fitttlon s af- •ft? l V ’ »<">• •»».”« <««*»* I , have , been very much , interested . . ... in hese comparison and feel prouder than evor before of state ana boo lion. For more than half a century the partisan and sectional literature of the north has overshadowed and hu- miliated us with unfair, untrue and slanderous statements, liv these «,»- Christian , • , • methods of their press and , pulpits their own good people harm been poisoned against us and immi- giat.on influenced in northern chan- nels Personally, I do not complain of ns, for I esteem It, a blessing that neither northern fanatics nor foreign paupers have to any alarming extent .n ested our lam lands. The natural increase of our own people Will soon enough occupy the smith and secure to zssszsz sssa»si patriotic ,,r Urn ml. „t II,« Atlantic. Not long ago an Ohio man had the check to publish a letter about our lawlessness and said it was amazing impudence for Georgia or the south to invite northern people to settle here. Well, we don’t invite him nor any of hta from kind. Nebraska An unknown and friends writes “Call me j says: off your dogs. Let the yankees alone and blow your horn for Germans. I ”™' "■> >"»• wliere both abound and 1 will take tlie Germans or the Swedes or the Swiss every time. The yankees have hated you for generations. They aro born hating yau and raised up in schools and churches to hate you. They can’t lielj) it. But. these foreigners have no such prejudices. They don’t like jour negroes, but have got nothing against you. They are a fair-minded, indus¬ trious pCopIe’aud T have found them honest and kind and good neighbors whom you can depend on in time of trouble.” But to tbe census. Look at these figures on crime and criminals in some of the slates north and south in 1890: Massachusetts, convicted criminals in prison ...... ..... 5,277 New York, convicted criminals in prison...... .....11,463 Ohio, convicted criminals iu prison... 2,90!) Illinois, convicted criminals in prison. 3,936 Total .... .......23,540 Now deduct tlie negroes.......... 1,796 Leaving whites....... ..... 21,745 Now I'd us take four southern states; Georgia, whites .............. South Carolina, whites....... Mississippi................... Virginia........... .......... Total...... ...... 866 No v Iho total white population of th* four northern states is 15,477,000, and the total while population of the four Bout hern states rs 3,000,400, be¬ ing about one-fiflh, Tho negro has been eliminated in bo Hi statements, 'and ns the popula¬ tion of the four northern states is five times that of ours we will multiply ou r convicted white prisoners by five, which would give us 4,330 against 21,745. J i aid in a recent letter that there were 50 per cent more of felo¬ nies in New York or Massachusetts than In Georgia. I was mistaken. There are five times as many, which is 500 per cent, ami this is tlie ratio ac¬ cording to white population. I toll you, my brethren, this census com¬ pendium proves an alarming condition of things up north, and it is high time our southern churches were or- ganizing boards of missions and send¬ ing missionaries up there. We send them to Mexico and China and Brazil and to tlio Indians in the west; why not to Massa¬ chusetts and New York and Ohio, where crime and immorality prevail to a greater extent than in any civil¬ ized country? That is just what Mr. Stetson said the statistician of Mas¬ sachusetts. His language as published was: “There is no country upon earth where crime is so flagrant aud so fre¬ quent as in Massachusetts.” Her pop¬ ulation is about double our white pop¬ ulation, and yet she bai fifteen times as many white criminals in her prin- one and what is worse than all, my brethren, 748 of them are women. Just ponder over it and, like the prophet, exclaim: “How are tho mighty fallen!" Only one white wa¬ man in the jails or chaingangs of Geor¬ gia and 748 in the Puritan state of New England. What shall wo do about it? What fan we do? But . this is not all that the _.■ census tells. In addition to this vast army of prisoners, Massachusetts has 700 juvenile prisoners,while New York has 3,670 rind Ohio i,5'90. Then there are over 8,000 pttupefs iff the fotff (slates, besides (ho thofisrinds fluff fire in pritrite hiiuevbleilt institutions. How 1,1 11,0 "’“’hi tRitse states up north support such a vast arm* of Criminals, paupers’, tramps aud non-proditeSvs'/ No wonder they want protection and pensions; f't no wonder they plunder tlio tf K- r ? b,i rV° do it; Ninety pet cent of all the money that goes into it Cottles out inti) 'heir pockets in some way or other, find still they aro not happy; they want, the other ten. But what is the relative condition of the Common people of the sections? How about homes and mortgages and debts? It is the common people who constitute a sliffo or a nation. They support it with their labor and defend it with their arms. t„ numbers they are as 500 to 1 of the aristocracy They all deserve to have homes — homes of their own, unencumbered, A home means more than shelter, II means roses and vines and shade trees and fruit,. Ask the poor venter who is humped about from place to place every year. Ask his wife and daugb- ters what they think of home. The ,. t , nK us puts down 119,890 white fami- "'A'Tn . ...... has 97 per cent paid ' for; Mississippi J.,\ |u|l| Him|l , (lni . oli mi ocnt Massac),has 175,001) families v' , i, , , iL 4 ! TY? . °. H imn ! ’ ' 01 * ltts ‘ ''T 1 ' T "V i <• Bre “ ' ” (Imn''lit ,1 *,•',! , 1" r* 8 ’ ll * eneuinomnee a ( , , ‘ '? of m- tbe ,ntV United , in' States i .....!° ih iho llor)h AtlnnUc ftm1 ceil- , nl| l1ivisi()lls only 4j per cent is on Ul0 hon.es oflhe South Atlantic.states B ” Ues ’ T ,, 0 moH on Massachusetts Uom<JB amount to ,J #102,948,196. ’ ■I nst 1hink of a it vu lillaty over jt ()V or one hundred millions of debt a{?ainst ,T lh „ pHoplo doLet of ono Ht . e state having L about ie white ' latioll of eot .„ in . Ca , a ever it? New Y „rk is but little better In ir\ ii,; M , ..L...,,, , lol ,J ^ Vl.T i'i r V , “"' arc tu n “ w*. f •, iv *'L ,. " T . V! , . 'T*' " • ,,,e ' Jl 1 l f - / T'*' r . 1 b. say ffUms . harder l.ter- a a ‘ ! llH ^ . If! ^ <u "’ ' a,l y u <’Xey use up aud 'em , . L 4 m people-the common , ' ! , f °nr'rl ' ' ’ H j ! n " ol " <!1 Biat L° stiff,cs T'T'" , sate.’S* hearts? Put yourself in their place, if you can, and then you will feel as they feel. But, while we sympathize with them, and pity them, let us be grate¬ ful that, we live in this southern land, and are in the peaceful enjoyment of so many rich blessings. May the good Lord preserve us from their crimes and their' debts is my prayer, — Bum Aim in Atlanta Constitution. THE LONGEST TUNNEL. Passes Beneath Pike’s Peak, 7,000 Poe Underground. Two gangs of workmen have just begun digging in Colorado the long est tunnel which man ever attenpted to construct. The main bore will be twenty miles long, and connecting with this are subsidiary miles. Ho,ill reality, the task that lias been put under wav is that of digging fifty miles of tunnels, and every foot of this vast system will be under Pike’s Peak and the mountains that tower on each side. The starting point of tbe main tun¬ nel, says the Cripple Creek Times, is at the foot of t he mountain leading up to Pike’s Peak, near the old town of Colorado City. This point is but a short distance from the railroads which span tlio country between Col¬ orado Springs and Manitou. From here it runs almost due The further edge of the tunnel is at the edge of the mountains at Four Mile Creek, over in Fremont County, Colorado, hSx miles south of Cripple Creek and near the little town of Hanoi. Two gangs of men, as stated, aro working on the tunnel, one at each end. Just at present they are making progress at the rate of thirty feet a day. (t is believed that the mammoth task they have undertaken will he completed in seven years from the tirpt <>f the present month. The main tunnel will pass directly under the cone of Pike’s Peak at a depth of nearly 7,006 feet and 2,700 feet beneath tho town of Victor. Its average depth from the surface will be 2,800 feel, and it is designed to test the mineral deposits of the territory at these great depths. Thirty miles of laterals are contemplated, and theso will pass underneath all the Cripple Creek district at an average depth of 2,800 feet. Cripple Creek, Victor, Giliettee, the various small towns and a thousand mines aro to he made tributary to this vast system. Under present circumstances the distance the shortest way from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek is fifty-four miles. By way of the tun¬ nel the two cities will only be sixteen miles apart. It is estimated by the contractors that the average cost per foot of excavation will be $80. This makes the total probable expense of digging the tunnel and its subsidiary branches #20,520,000. Improved sanitation, including clean streets, has reduced the mortality rate in New York from 27.15 per thousand in 1891 to 19.63 in 1897. The rate in London has been reduced to 17,25 by similar measures covering a longer neriod. T. P. GREEN, MANAGER. i a ACCORDING TO MEMBERS OF THE d. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. OFFICERS FOR THE COMING f EAR. tlifl Cloning Session Was Fraught With Meeting Will Ho Hold at Ctnginftatl, The Grand Army elected its (ifftcsrS at Buffalo, N. Y., Friday, for the ei . suing year and the encampment has adjourned to meet at Cincinnati next year. The final session lasted from 11:15 a. nr. until 3:40 p. nr., without intermission, opening under the or¬ der of business, the encampment took up the election of senior vice com¬ fit tin tier * in-ohief. Alfred Lyfli, of Bidwell Wilkerson post, of Buffalo, was placed in nomi¬ nation by Major A. K. Smith, the com mauder of his post, and was elected unanimously, nominations. there being no other The election of a junior vice com- mandiy-in-chief was not accomplished until after noon, there being four can¬ didates and several interruptions to the proceedings of the encampment by speeches and tho admission of a committee from the Woman’s Relief Corps, E. B. Allen, of Connecticut, the candidate of the naval veterans, was chosen on the second ballot. able Among the reports receiving favor¬ consideration in the executive session in tho encampment was that of the pension committee. It recom¬ mended a readjustment, of a widows’ pensions and presented a form of proof and application in pension claims substantially tho same as that embodied in the Pickier bill, which has passed the national house of rep¬ resentatives, but has not passed the senate. The report stated the pres¬ ent commissioner of pensions had cou- seated to adopt, new rules substantial¬ ly tho same as those in force during the Harrison administration, 'The report also recommended that con- gross pass a service pension law to apply to all veterans who have reach¬ ed the age of sixty-two years. The report of the committee having in charge the memorializing of con- press to purchase several of the most ricksburg, important battlefields about, Frede¬ Va., and to connect them by government, roads was adopted. The Invitation of the Young Men’s Business Association, of Richmond, Va., to hold the encampment of 189S) in that city was received and thanks extended. This association was in¬ formed that the question couhl only be considered by the encampment of 1898, Another commit!,eo reported favora¬ bly the proposition to establish mi- tioua’l parks at, the battlefields of Vicksburg, Stony River and Appo¬ mattox. t ou(horn HiflloricN Coiidoiiiiird. The report of the committee on text books used in the public schools u ;ir adopted. The report deals severely with some of tho histories used in the south, charging that they mistake the facts as to the cause of the rebellion and present them from a southern point of view. A regret is express that, after an cx- amination of all the histories used iu tho states that were loyal to the gov¬ ernment in the opinion,none merits the qualified endorsement of tbe organiza¬ tion. The report closes with the following recommendation: "First, That this encampment urge the (mntinned agitation of the question of improved text hooks in our schools that relate to the history of the "United Slates, especially as to the events of the war of the rebellion. “Second, That the national encamp¬ ment authorize the appointment of a permanent committee <m the subject of teaching patriotism in our schools, which shall “I bird, That it he urged upon each lepnrtment of the Grand Army of the Republic and recommended to the Woman’s Relief Corps, the Sons of Veterans and all allied organizations that they give direct and persistent attention to the selection of proper text books for use in our schools and tbe exclusion therefrom of such aro improper.” DENIAL FROM KATCIIFOKD. Frouldoiit' of Af j no Workern 4 laroH That Miner* Favor Arbitration. I’residout Batehford, of the United Mine Workers, has issued a statement replying to the operators of the Pitts¬ burg district. He denies that the miners 111*0 op- posed to arbitration, lie says they fa¬ vor it, luff, not on the basis proposed by the operators. The operators’ threat about gatling guns and Pinker¬ ton men, he declares, wilt have no weight with the strikers. He declares that if the operators will meet them on fair terms there can lie no trouble in reaching a settlement. WKY’UER ON THE MOVE. IIujuIh a Small Force To Operate In Pro¬ vince of Havana. Captain General Weylor left Ha¬ vana Sunday morning with a small force for the purpose of carrying on military operations in the province of Havana. It is stated that Evangeline Cassio Cisneros is still confined in the Casa Recojidas, occupying a well-ventilated apartment, into which is allowed the company of other ladies. THROUGH GEORGIA. Macon’s Carnival association met a few days ago and decided to have the carnival oil October lltli and 12tli in¬ stead of just one day. Low railroad rates will be given. The election in Habersham county the past w eek for or against the re¬ moval of the county site from Clarks¬ ville to Toeooa resulted in a majority of 800 in favor of Clarksville. Atlanta’s anti-theater hat ordinance is now in full effect. Mayor Collier signed the paper and made it a law of the city. The law makes it nnlawfnl for any lady to wear any kind of a liat or bonnet on her head in the theatres. Governor Atkinson has given Gus Families another respite, this time un¬ til November tilth, in order that bo may testify in Mrs. Nobles’ case if tho supreme court grants a new trial. Gus Rambles and Mrs. Nobles were con¬ victed two years ago of the murder of old man Nobles in Twiggs county. At a meeting held in Atlanta a day or taken two ago the preliminary steps were for the organization of a Mer¬ chants’ and Manufacturers’ associa¬ tion, whose purpose is to secure trade for Atlanta, to obtain favorable freight rates and accomplish other like objects usually sought by merchants’ organi¬ zations in other cities. Major GiesMoor, immigration com¬ missioner of tho Georgia Southern and! Florida railroad, hftri returned from New York and reports the outlook good for a great, increase in immigra¬ tion to Georgia this winter. Ho Buyi* lie has a larger number of desirable* immigrants than ever on his list and he expects to bring a great many northern people of tlio better class to Georgia before the close of tlie year. The executive committee, represent¬ ing the colored Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia, has decided upon Ameri¬ cas as the location of the home for the widows and orphans of deceased Ma¬ sons. The proposition of the local Masonic lodge was accepted, though six cities contested for the home. The* local lodge donated twenty acres of land and cash. A handsome brick building will be erected for a school and home. As a result of a meeting of tho Work men’s Benevolent Association of Savannah, sixty white longshoremen, comprising twelve gangs, have decided to go to Charleston and secure employ¬ ment there during the cotton season. Their reason’ for leaving Savannah, they say, is because the contracting stevedores prefer negro help and re¬ fuse to pay white men living wages. Tiffs situation of affairs was brought about by the strike of two years ago, in which the striking union longshore¬ men lost and have never been able to regain their prestige. * * # Tlio prevailing opinion that there is a smalt peach crop in Georgia this year seems to be ill-founded. Official reports show that the crop has been very large, and that while the yield of fine shipping fruit has been small, the inferior varieties of seedling peaches have produced wonderfully. The in¬ ternal revenue office is au unfailing gague of the peach crop in Goorgia. I his year the number of brandy dis¬ tilleries is comparatively largo. Last year not more than sixty distilleries were operated in the state for making government will brandy. This year there be over a hundred. The district road commissioners of Fulton county held an enthusiastic m< jeting a few days ago at which the following resolution was unanimously adopted: “Resolved, That we, the district road commissioners of Fulton county, having express the felony ourselves in favor of convicts of this state, under sentence of five years or less, turned over to the countj author¬ ities to he worked ns misdemeanor convicts now are, on tlio public roads, ns such a course will servo the double reducing purpose of insuring better roads and the amount of convict labor now at work in competition with tlio free labor of the slate.” E. G. Jones, who was shot, by bis wife several months ago, has filed suit for total divorce in the superior court, alleging it is impossible to live longer with her and enjoy any peace of mind or immunity from danger. It will he rome inhered that J ones barely escaped instant death on account of the wounds inflicted by his wife with a shot gun. The shoot ing occurred at tlie home in Fayette county and Mrs. Jones was arrested and carried to Atlanta, where she remained in jail several days. She was dismissed from custody as the re¬ sult. of a seltlement that was reached between herself and husband. The fixing of the state tax rate at 5.21 mills on the dollar, as has been announced, means that tho state will raise by taxation for all expenses of the government during the year 1897 the following sum: For schools, $600,- 000; for pensions (approximated), $150,000; for sinking fund, #100,000; for all other purposes, #1,423,000. This, of course, contemplates that all the taxes will be paid aud that suffi¬ cient money will he received by the state treasurer to pay all his outstand¬ ing accounts. The action of Gover¬ nor Atkinson and Comptroller General Wright in carrying over into next year the extra school appropriation of $100,000 considerably simplifies mat¬ ters, and it looks now as though the roe eipts as above indicated would bo sufficient to pay the state’s running ex- penses during the present year.