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_ THE $ a inter -^Icssengcr* PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY -BY a. edcjah. axrxac. An effort will be made by influential women in New York to send one of their number to sit in court whenever a womac Is tried, in order to give her the pro¬ tection that women so much need under such circumstances. The origin of the word *• baccarat” Is greatly troubling the etymologists. They cannot discover its root or its items, and in the most lately published English dictionary it is frankly put down U of unknown derivation. A fall of about thirty feet between Lake Superior aud Lake Huron at Sault Bte. Marie gives probably one of the “ greatest water powers in the world, is to be utilized on tho Canadian side by a race and on the American side by a canal 1000 feet wide and giving 236, 000-horse power of force. Around this prophetically observes the Boston Culti¬ vator, will inevitably grow a great manu¬ facturing city whenever the country around is sufficiently settled to sustain it. The Leprosy Commission in India is making some interesting discoveries as to the origin of the disease and meth¬ ods of suppressing it. In one instance it found a family that had been leprous for five generations. The females of the family remain apparently free from the taint until about fifteen years of age, and are usually very attractive. As they get married about twelve the taint is spread to other families, and the plague has thus been carried through an exten¬ sive district. Archibald Forbes, tho famous war correspondent, has a poor opinion of the present rank and file of the British army. He does not despise sturdy little men, whom he thinks are likely to prove better all-round soldiers than the big fellows. “But,” he asserts, “your narrow-chested, herring-bodied, under¬ sized gutter weed is pure trash on a campaign; you cannot make decent ‘cannon fodder’ of a creature of this sort, and it is of creatures of this sort that our ranks to-day are full.” “Ministers have their trials,” observes the Chicago Herald , “but they know how to bear them without wearing out prematurely. , , Tne necrology of Andover , Theological Seminary for 1S90 showed that of the forty-six graduates who had died .wo were o.er ei.et, o t ,ge, one of them ninety-seven, nineteen were between eighty and ninety, fourteen were between seventy and eighty, and only ^ one was under . fifty. The average age was seventy-six years and eight months, No wonder that life insurance agents are friendly J to clergymen.” Athanasius, the brigand who cap¬ tured a train in Turkey the other day, seems to be a picturesque and gentle ruffian of the operatic sort. He is de scribed as very handsome, about thirty five years old, dressed with scrupulous To TV the women 4 on the r hite tram °f“ he behaved d “ k - with grace and gallantry, assuring them that he warred not with the fair sex. He treated his captives with much consid¬ eration, and when a kid was stolen gave them the meaty bits and was content to pick tbe bones himself. In a letter which he wrote to a Greek newspaper in Constantinople he said he meant to keep $10,000 of the ransom for himself, di¬ vide $14,000 among his six associates, and give $12,000 to the poor. He fur¬ ther requested that the messenger con veying the money should be authorized to spend part of it in buying seven woolen shirts, tobacco, cigarette-papers, six revolvers, six atnbir cigarette hold ers and six pocket-kuive3 for the use oi his band. When his captives were re. leased he kissed them and gave each ol them $25 for pocket-money. It would be almost painful to hear that this romantic robtjer qualified himself for a brigand by serving as a waiter in a res¬ taurant, if it were not for the general air of burlesque about the whole affair. It appears now that there were only seven bandits in a’l, and there is something more than a suspicion that the ex-waiter and his “pals" were simply the agents of some rascally Turkish officials. THE LEGISLATURE. GEORGIA'S LAWMAKERS HARD AT WORK. The Proceedings from Day to Day Briefly Summarized. THE HOUSE. Tuesday. —The special order of the day which was the garnishment bill was, on the account of its imperfect condition, recommitted to the general judicia¬ ry. The bill was recommended favorably by substitute, the title of which as amended by the committee was “a bill to amend section 3554 of the code of 1882, which exempts from process of garnishment the wages of journeymen mechanics and day laborers, by making 50 per cent of such wages subject to gar¬ nishment, and for other appropriate purposes.” Mr. Huff’s resolution to $6,000 to supplement the contingent fund was passed. About twelve thousaud dollars of the sum so appropriated was expected necessarily in paying amounts due for taxes on the Western and Atlantic rail¬ road in the state of Tennessee. It seems that this sum has diminished the contin fZ eat fund until it is about exhausted. The resolution provides that $6,000 shall be appropriated as a supplement to this fund for 1891. Mr. Sibley’s bill to pie vent and punish fraudulent entries in horse races was passed by a good major¬ ity. The bill is intended to prevent gambling and swindling in enterin :? horses at races under assumed names an false records. Mr. Ryal’s bill, which amends the code so as to change the passed. sal¬ aries of the county treasurers wits It provides that no salary shall exceed the cum of $2,000. and that all fees collect¬ ed in excess of that sum shall be paid the into the school fund of county wherein collected. A bill was passed to amend an act to prohibit cock fighting or betting thereon, and to prescribe a punishment for the same; a bill which provides for the pay¬ ment for live stock killed to prevent the cpread of contagious diseases, especially that known as glanders, was made the special order for Wednesday, Other house bills passed were as follows: A bill to incorporate the North Augusta Railroad company; a bill to provide for a new charter for the town of East Point, in Fulton county; to amend an act to in¬ corporate the town of Leary, in the coun¬ ty of Calhoun; to incorporate the North¬ western Banking company of Harmony Grove, Ga.; to incorporate the town of Moultrie, in the county Stillville, of Colquitt; in the to incorporate the town of county of Jefferson. Wednesday.— Wednesday was quite an interesting day in the house. The early part of the session was devoted to the introduction of new matter, and some interesting measures were placed before that body. A sensation was created by the introduction of a bill by Repre¬ sentative Oattes, of Muscogee, calling for an investigation of serious charges against certain members. The resolu¬ tion begins as follows: “Whereas charges are being circulated over the state that during the race for United States senator at the fall term of this general assembly as many as eight rae mbe ra the legislature offered their votes ( for . sale; and, whereas, said report i s a reflection upon the general assembly, resolved, etc.” Mr. Montgomery, of Ta yl° r county, at the request of his con alliancemen in other parts of tne state, introduced a stay law bill. The meas H t101 re ? P r of °7^ff all i '°. debts r , a , sus P within e . n ®i. on of the collec- state f r0 m the first of October next, un til the first of November, 1892. ^ provides d that no real or personal period. shall J? ! e ™ 0n for debt dur in S thilt and under no consideration . is the L arrest or imprisonment of any person allowed during that time for failing to meet obli¬ gations, even though it they may be able to do so. Iu fact, relieves all indebted be persons.for required that to meet time, and obligations they will what- not any soever except money due for taxes. The bd ! a l so P rov ides that the statute of limi of which was to prescribe who shall be entitled to the benefits of the pension laws of the state. The first section pro¬ vides that no confederate soldier who owns or whose wife owns real or personal property over the Value of two thousand dollars, or who has a salary or income of more than six hundred dollars per an¬ num, shall be entitled to any benefit un¬ der the pension laws. The second sec tion provides that no widow of a con federate soldier who owns property worth over two thousand dollars shall be enti¬ tled to a pension under the pension laws. A bill was introduced to limit the num¬ ber of elections which can be held under the local option act, provided each of such elections be against the sale. Mr. Oattes, of Muscogee, also introduced a measure which provides that, after three elections have been held, tho results’ of ■which have been “against the sale,” and another election shall be held with the same result, no other election can be held in such county at any time, if notice be given as provided by the final act prior the to such election, shall be upon subject. Mr. Williams introduced a bill to amend the constitution so that Au usta might incur a debt not to exceed 600,000, for the purpose of protecting the city from the floods of the Savannah river. The following bills were board passed of by the house: To establish a commissioners of road and revenues for Lumpkin county; to increase the com¬ pensation of the county commissioners of roads and revenues in Liberty county; to prohibit all persons from hunting on the enclosed land of others in the county of Mitchell; to locate the office of tax col¬ lector of Laurens county; to establish a registration law for the county of Liber¬ ty; to repeal the act of March 20, 1874. which reduced the bond of the sheriff of Liberty couuty; to incorporate the Bank of Southwest Qeorgia; to incorporate the Citizens’ Banking and Trust Company of Thomasville. Thursday. —The measure which pro¬ vides for a board of tax equalizers shortly was the special order and came up, after the house had been called to order. The measure is an important one for the entire state. Senator Lane, of the sixteenth district, is its author, and it has already passed the senate. The amendments which the house added to the bill were concurred in by the senate, The first section of the bill begins as follows: “Be it enacted by the general assembly of Georgia, That the commissioners of roads and revenue, or in case there are no such commissioners, then the ordinaries of the counties of this state, shall, on or before the first day of April next, and annually thereafter, appoint five upright and intelligent citizens, whose place of residence shall be in different localities in said conuty, all of whom shall be freeholders of their counties, who shall constitute a board of equalization for said counties, of ail prop¬ erty, in real and counties.” personal subject When the to taxa¬ bill tion their wns called, a lengthy discussion arose over some of its features, but it was fianally passed by a vote of 112 to 45. It now needs only the governor’s second signature to become a law. The special order#.hen came up for considera¬ tion. It was the biH of Dr. Chappell, of Laurens, to provide fer tho payment for live stock killed to prevent the spread of contagious diseases, especially that known as glanders, and for expenses incurred by the provisions of this act. So much op¬ position wns encountered that the bill was indefinitely postponed. The bill providing federate Veteraus’ for the acceptance Home, at Atlauta, of the Con¬ was read a second time. The bill has been favorably recommended by the financial committee, who have carefully consider ed the measure. Mr. Cutts, of Sumpter, is the author of the bill. On motion of Mr. Huff it was made the special order tor next Wednesday. A bill to amend the law relating to and bigamy was put on its third reading lost, Mr. Huff has introduced a measure to make additional appropriations for the fiscal years 1891 and 1892, and to supply deficiencies in several appropriations The for the support of the government. money is needed to pay the incidental expenses ot the adjourned session of the general assembly; to pay for stationery; to pay Clerk Hardin and Assistant Secre¬ tary Cabaniss, of the senate; to supple¬ railroad ment the printing fund of the commission; to repair the executive man¬ sion, $1,800; to supplement the fund to pay the widows’ pension; to pay the Western and Atlantic railroad betterments commission. These are necessary ex¬ penses, and the bill will be acted on im¬ mediately. Speaker Howell committee appointed the house portion of the to investigate the charges that several mem¬ bers offered to sell out in the senatorial race. Mr. Oattes was appointed Tram¬ chair¬ man, and the others were Messrs. mell, of Whitfield, and Barrett, of Pike. The committee will proceed with the work of investigation at once. The fol¬ lowing bills were passed: and Transportation To incorporate the Ludale Milling company; to provide for the payment of jurors who may be summoned, although they were not sworn; to amend an act to create a board of commissioners for the county of Morgan. Several new bills were read first time and adjournment was bad. Friday.— At the opening of the house session Mr. Berner, of Monroe, introduc¬ ed the following resolution: “Resolved, by the: house of representatives of Geor¬ gia, That it is the sense of the house that the passage of a stay law would be unwise, and would be detrimental to the best interest of the state.” Mr. Bernei said he was willing to leave the reso¬ lution to the house without saying a word in regard to it, and moved its im¬ mediate adoption. The vote was called, and one solid unanimous tinlnff KcH i f tv™ G ? nh °i M P l bl11 ,e m0VCa P™, * fi'- e of . live 1 . stock killed to prevent * the spread or contagious d senses, be reconsidered. After a brief discussion the yeas and nays were called tb .® “l ot *? re coRsider, the call was ‘ he blU was restored to its diJluu ai M r T' u d V 7 w V a! d C 0D ° f ,UtrO - 6 ? t0 - duced a bill to prohibit K-u the sale ot ’M liquor on th* capital grounds, also to prohibit the sale wffhia three miles of the capital building. A bill has been introduced to ppropriate the sum of $3,000 annually to the State university for the support of ihe North Georgia Another Agricultural railroad college bid at Dahlonega. freight charges which railroads to regulate the the shall be in state authorized to make on shipments between points in this state when such shipments ure on two or more connecting lines, was introduced. A bill to repeal article 11, section 1. paragraph 2 of the constitution so as to allow new counties to be created was prerented by Mr. Brinson, of Burke, lhe following house bills were passed: and lo incorporate the Marietta Trust Banking company; lo incorporate the Warren County * air Association; Incor poratmg the South Atlantic railroad, senate amendments concurred in ; Senate substitute for bill to amend ihe laws for the protection of the oyster industry; To incorporate the town of Orabi in the county of Dooly; To incorporate the To incorporate the bank of Jug Tavern; To amend an act to prescribe the method of granting license to sell spirituous ' liquors in Effingham county; To amend the charter of the Washington and El berton railroad; To repeal an act to con¬ firm au ordinance of the city council of Augusta to create a sinkiug fund, passed March 10, 1877; To establish a system of public schools in the town of Wash¬ ington, Qa.; To incorporate the Wash¬ ington Loan and Banking Company; To authorize the city council of Augusta to appoint the orderly sergeant of police, clerk of the recorder’s court, to confer certain jurisdiction in certain cases and to confer certain jurisdiction upon the} recorder’s courts, to authorize the city to take stock in certain railroads, Railroad to au¬ thorize the Savannah Valley Company to cross the Savannah river, to provide for the registration of the legal voters of said couuty aud for othei 1 purposes. Saturday.—A bout oae-third of the members were absent, many of them be¬ ing away on leaves of absence and the regular order was dispensed with, by resolution, and the session was devoted to rending senate bills the first and second time, and house bills the second time. However, a few bills were intro¬ duced, and some of them were of quite bill an important nature. Among them a to au horize the judges of the superior courts of the state in any cose of seduc¬ tion or divorce, or other case where the evidence is vulgar or obscene, to hear and try the case after clearing the court¬ room of all or any portion of the audi¬ ence. Mr. Hull introduced a bill to authorize the governor and treasurer to issue bonds and negotiate the same for the purpose of raising money with which to pay off an amount of the public debt maturing in the year 1892. The bill authorizes the issuing of bonds to the amount of $300,000, each to be of a denomination of $1,000, and they are to mature January 1, 1922, and are to bear interest at a rate not exceed ing 4^ per cent. Mr. Huff also intro duced a bill which makes it unlawful for the guvernor, any judge of the supreme court, or of any superior court, city or county court, any ordinary, mayor, sher¬ iff, alderman or any public officer to ap¬ point public or office to assist in po-ition appointing of to anv or trust or emolument over which he may have any control or any interest whatever, any person related to him within the fourth degree of eonsanguiuity or affinity. THE SENATE. Tuesday.— In the senate. Tuesday, the bill incorporating the town of Cus seta, which passed Monday, wa9 on mo tion reconsidered and again put iu the hands of the committee. The : ules were wspended and the bill of Senator Smith, which to a great extent repeals the lien of attorneys on the recovery and permits the plaintiff to make such a statement of the case as will prevent the attorney from prosecuting the case for his fees, was taken up. Its author moved to disagree but on a call of yeas and nays, the mo¬ tion was lost by a vote of 31 to 9. During the debate a resolution was brought in from the house asking the concurrence of the senate, in a joint session, to be held at 11:30 o’clock for the purpose of hear¬ ing an address by the Hon. Patrick Calhoun on the subject of deep water at Savannah. Some opposition was shown to the time selected, on the ground that it would interfere with legislation, but the resolution passed almost unanimously. The senate then went into executive session and the following nominations were confirmed: County judge of Early county, G. G. Oliver; County judge Macon county, J. W. Haygood; County solicitor Pulaski county, C. R. Warren; County judge Warren county, William Pitcher; County judge Burke county, H. H. Perry; County solicitor Burke county, Seaborn II. Jones; County solici tor Wilkes county for full and unexpired term, J. 8. Barnett. "Wednesday.— The bill by Mr. relating Ryals, of Chatham, amending the laws to oyster beds was read the second time and recommitted. Most of. the day’s session was taken up in the introduction of new matter. A resolution introduced by senator Nunnally, recited the contin ued illness of the attorney general, pre venting him from attending to the duties not more than $2,000, wns referred to the general judiciary. Among g the bills read was the house bill by Mr Goodwin, of Fulton, amending a°s the charter of the city of Atlanta so to authorize the issuing of $500,000 of bonds. The reso lution of Mr. Oattes, of Muscogee, that a joint committee of five, three from the house and two from the senate, be ap pointed to investigate the charges that eight members of the general assembly had offered for sale, or permuted to be offered for sale, their votes during the pending election of a United States senn tor last fall, was received from the house, and on motion of Senator Terrell was concurred in. The special order of the day was the bill by Mr. Baldwin, of Ran dolph, to prohibit physicians or prescrip tion clerks in a drug establishment from pursuing their profession or calling, who may become intoxicated from intoxica ting liquor or opiates, and providin', that upon conviction of violating the act. they shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $500. It was taken uu and a lengthy discussion ensued, which resulted in the bill being recommitted to the committee on temperance. The bill and the amendment by the house, grant ing a charter to the North Side Electric Railroad Company, of Augusta were taken up. Ail the amendments were agreed to except one, which provided that the charter should be forfeited uu less five miles were built in five voars Senator Warren stating that the line Conyers, am^diog tho charter of tbe town o o’clock Friday passed. Adjourned until 10 morning Tni/RSDAY.—'The specl&l order of the day, the bill by Senator Beck entitled an act for tho punishment of pools, the trusts evi¬ and conspiracies, and relating to dence in such cases, was taken up. Senator Beck made a strong argument in favor of the bill, and it was passed. the bill The by amendments of the house to Senator Lane, of the equalization thirty-ninth, pro¬ viding for a board of of real and personal property subject to taxation were agreed to. A bill for prohibiting Jefferson the sale of seed cotton in county during certain seasons was intro¬ duced. Also a bill to amend the charter of the Suwanee Canal Company. The bill to amend section 4625 of the code, so that one-third of all streams shall be kept opon for the passage of fish, was passed. The substitute for the bill by Mr. Ryals, amending the laws relating to oyster beds, was road and passed. The bill by Senator Culver amending section 4362 so that all executions must be in private, wa3 read the third t me and put upon its passage, but was finally tabled by a vote of 18 to 17. Senators Warren and Beck were appointed on the joint committee to investigate the members charges of of corruption against eight of the general assembly. Adjourned until 10 o’clock Friday morning. Culver Friday. —On motion of Senator the bill to require proprietors of public gins to keep a record was reconsidered and referred to the committee on general agriculture. The bill to amend section 3940 of the code, so that compensation jurors in the city courts receive the same as jurors in the superior court, was Tead the third time and pa-sed. The substi¬ tute of the general judiciary for the reso¬ lution of Senator Nunnally, reciting the illness of the attorney general employ and au¬ thorizing the governor to an as sistant, in substance the same as the ori ginal resolution, was passed and trans mitted immediately to the house. Other bills passed were ^as follows: To re¬ quire the registration of voters in Jas¬ per county; to change the time of holding the superior court of Lee county; To amend section 3409 so that the officers of the lodges of the various mutual aid and insurance societies are made agents; To amend the code so as to make it a misdemeanor to sell intoxicating liquors on Sunday in any house whether open or not; House bill preventing the working of engineers and others in charge of trains more than ten hours in the twenty four; To incorporate the town of Lyerly, in Chattooga county; To amend section 6, 16 D., so as to make it apply to all new roads opened; council To au thorize the mayor and general of Atlanta, to fix a salary for the marshal and clerk instead of fees or to arrange it as they saw fit; To amend the charter of the town of Hampton; To incorporate the town of Dexter; To provide a registrati an law fer the county of Chattooga, making the justices of the peace the registrars; To provide & registration law for Quit man county; To amend the charter of Athens; To extend the Indian Springs and Flovilla railroad, by substitue, to prescribe how the road shall enter the state reserve. By unanimous consent Senator Vincent introduced a bill, The bill was to amen d the law passed at this session to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors within three miles of any church or schoolhouse, so that the same shall not apply to original packages of more than ten gallons. Referred to the commit tee on temperance. Ad journed until 10 o’clock a. m. Monday, the Saturday— No session of senate. DEATH OF MRS. POLK, The Venerable Widow of Our Republic’s Tenth President. A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch says Surr unded by a few loving friends and relatives, Mrs. Jos. K Polk, relict of the tenth Pr< sident of tbe United States, de parted this life at 7:80 o’clock Friday morning, peacefully and quietly, iu full possession of her mental faculties. Mrs. Polk had been iu perfect health until last Wednesday evening, when, on returning sudden” from a short drive, she was taken ly ill, from which she never rallied. Had she lived until the 4th of September next nz £ ten. The cause of her death was simnlv P 7 exhaustion resulting throughoS from old a«e The bells the city are mournfully tolling, and svmpithv Z aud regret are heard from the mas "he of the people as they gaze upon bulletins announcing (he demise of the honored and beloved lady who 3pent her years among the people she loved so well" nobS and who nsp six. cted her as one of the ^ of her • SPURGEON CONVALESCENT. He Says the Lord’s People Would Not Let Him Die. A Londou ablegram of Friday says: Mr Spurgeon is able to sit up for a brief period daily. he will His be friends now seriously hope that able to reoccupy his pulpit. His weakness is still very great and his progress is necessarily very slow. The delirium has ceased. He him¬ self says that the Lord’s people would not let him die; ihat their prayers kept disease him alive. His hold physicians state that his retains a that threatens to withstand every remedy. The best pro¬ gnostication at present is that it will be many mouths before lie will be able to preach. Blown to Atoms. An explosion of the boiler of the elec¬ tric light works’ engine, at Bushviile Ill., occurred at midnight Tuesday ni<rht cW demolishing the electric light house plctely, and killing engineer Van Winkle and au unknown man, supposed to be a farmer.