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THE GEM RECORD. Published Weekly —Every Saturday 408 The Grand, Atlanta, Ga. subscription: One Year SI.OO Six Months 50 Three Months... 30 One Month 12 Printed at 116-118 Loyd St. Advertising Rates given upon appli cation. Remit in stamps, cash, money or ex press order, or bank check. Address all letters to The Georgia Record, 408 “The Grand,” Atlanta, Ga. CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN SERVICE. We respectfully invite public atten tion to a matter which comes very near to our religion, the care for the survivors of the Confederate cause. We hear much about sympathy for old soldiers. We are of the mind that the way to have sympathy, is to do something to illustrate it. Confeder ate veterans are getting old now, and many of them are in need of practical sympathy, or deeds which will place them where they may render substan tial service for a fair compensation. Recently we have learned that ap plication was made to our City School Board to place Confederate soldiers as janitors in the Public Schools. They were denied, the Board not being willing to displace negroes. A com mittee of Veterans, -with several can didates, a few days ago, called on Governor Candler to ask him to ap point a one-legged veteran to the position of messenger and janitor in the state library. On hearing the committee and candidates, the governor refused to make such ap pointment, and told the gentlemen who called on him that he would not appoint any Confederate veteran to the place, but that he would choose a negro for the position. Why? A negro has been there for years, and we are informed that recently it was discov- he been robbing the library of books, property of the state, and selling them on Decatur street. We do not believe any old soldier would do any such thing. Then why not let him have such place? We have been informed that since the oc currence, the governor attempts to explain his refusal by stating that such a position is not sufficiently dig nified for a Confederate Veteran. Pooh! Would not the state be hon ored by such service? If a poor vet eran can accept such a place, and get a salary of about SSO a month, in stead of nothing and poverty, would it not be to . the credit of the state, and of the governor, to place him in such position? We think it is a shame, the way some officials disregard cur veterans. We shall see about it some day at the polls. The veterans arc organizing for the pur pose of voting as they shot, in solid phalanx. We deem it appropriate to say that one of the candi dates who called on the governor was Mr. Jacob Haas, who is a Confed erate veteran, as an ex-member of a Tennessee regiment. Another who was with the committee was Hon. Har vey Johnson. Another candidate who favors veterans in office instead of ne groes, is Dr. J. A. Hutchison, who was a gallant soldier in Virginia. See to this matter, comrades. See who are your f iends, and stick to them. Confederate Veterans’ League. A special meeting of t.lio Confeder ate Veterans’ League will be held in the City Council Hall, in Chamber of Commerce, on next Monday night, at 8 o’clock. Business of vital impor tance to every veteran is to be trans acted. The league will be expected to require good order and decorum from every member, and any violation of the rules of order and propriety, will bo dealt with in a summary manner. All members are urgently requested to attend. By direction’of the president of the League. OUR AD VER TIRING RA TEA ARE EXTREMELY LOW, AND ARE A GREAT INDUCEMENT FGR BUSINESS MEN TO FA IR ONIZE OUR COL UMNS. TRI US. QOOOOOOOC-OCOOOCOOQOOOOOODO pn Enemy to Electricity! O The Way Miss Selina Emmons Was ® Q Converted to the Use of 6 g the Trolley Car. g O BY SUBAN BROWN BOBBINS. Q o o ooooooooocoooocooooooooooo V Selina Era- W mons had kuowu i ,lst ft little more (il'/S-. about the company their tracks never would have crossed lier !an,l ‘ ilfc-Ws When there was a rumor that the electric cars were com i n g through |V ’ Brooklyn she dis ''g> approved very strongly. When the rumor was con firmed, and the additional information given that the cars were to run by her house, Miss Selina was indignant and a little alarmed. She wondered if it would be safe. But when the company wrote and wanted to know if they might buy a strip of her land along the river,ab<jnt two acres in all, on which to lay their tracks, thereby avoiding the building of two bridges and a half mile or more of unnecessary track, she was decided ly and unmistakably angry. Sell her land for an electric line, forsooth! She wouldn't have the hor rid things within sight or sound of her if she could help it. What if it wasn’t anything but sandy pasture land, growing up to huckleberry and bayberry bushes. They shouldn't have it. It wasnothingto her if they had to build a dozen bridges and go twenty miles out of their way. She thought of all the scathing re plies she might make to them, repudi ating their proposal. Then a happy thought struck her. She got her pen and wrote on the bottom of the com pany’s letter: “You may havethe land for SSOO an acre. Yours truly, Selina Emmons.” She smiled when she had done this. How they would feel when they got that answer! Five hundred dollars an _y-.pl Whv. she wanted to..sell the. wnoio ten acres for SIOO, and that had been thought too much. For a day or two she smiled whenever she thought of her answer, and she wished she could have seen the faces of the com pany when they opened it. Then came the shock of discovering lhat her offer had been accepted. The company had her statement is black and white, with her name signed to it, so there was no possible escape for her. This was in the fall, and work on the electric road would not begin till spring. Miss Selina'felt thankful that the evil day was so far off. Perhaps there was a chance yet that the road would not go through. Nevertheless she worried and fretted over it all winter, and it was the worry, the doc tor said, that brought on the spell of sickness in March. She was not seri ously ill, and by the first of April, wheu work on the road began, she was around doing her work as usual. “I’m not going to have folks say I got sick on account of that company,” she said. “Anyway, it won’t do any good to worry. Let ’em come, but if they expect me to patronize them, they are mistaken, that’s all. I wouldn’t ride on one of those cars, not if Queen Victoria or the President of the United States told mo to. If other folks want to risk their lives they can.” The thought of the SIOOO was a great comfort. It seemed like a for tune to her, and she planned what she would do with the interest money. She would have a new carpet for the parlor the very first thing and have Che room papered and painted. By the middle of April the workmen came in sight of her house, and for a day or two Miss Selina watched them with a hostile eye. Then, in spite of herself, she began to be interested iu the work, and as it came nearer she spent more and more of her time at the windows. When the men wanted to eat their dinners out under her chestnut tree and get water from the pump in the yard she gave a willing consent. “They are not to blame for what the company does,” she said. One of the men carried in a pail of water for her one dny and got to talk ing with her. Ho found out that she wanted her little garden spaded up, and the next day the men shortened their nooning and did the work in a little while. The day after that Miss Selina carrried out to them a huge dishpan full of doughnuts, which melted away like snow before the sun. When the rails were all laid by the house and the work was no longer in sight Miss Selina felt very lonesome. Still she could see the men go by at - night and morning, and the young • man who bad carried the water for 1 her always smiled and waved his I hand. 1 The first of June the cars were run ning, and Miss Selina saw them go by crowded. It was amazing. “I didn’t know there were so many reck less folks in the world,” sho said. She had to admit that there was a certain companionship in seeing all these people. On warm days the motormen and conductors would stop nearly every trip and get a drink of water nt her pump, and she took pride in the cool ness of the water and in having the tumbler out there clean and bright. After a time these men, seeing her al ways at the window, would speak to her, wish her good morning or com ment on the weather. There was one young motorman who was her especial favorite, and he was the first one to discover her aversion to risking her life on the cars. “Any time you want to try it,” he told her, “just come along on my car, and I’ll be extra careful of you.” Miss Selina laughed and told him that she would go on his car wheu she went, but that she didn’t think either on# of them would live long enough to see the day. In August he told her one day: “You’d better go with me to-morrow. It’s my last day on this line. I’ve been transferred.” "I’m very sorry, Mr. Baily,” said Selina. “So am I,” he answered. On his last trip in the afternoon he said: “Be ready at 7 sharp;” then laughed and swung onto his car and clattered away. Miss Selina watched it across the pasture. Then she took a long breath, straightened up and said: “I’ll do it.” She looked about her. “It's aS good a time as any. I’ve got the washing and ironing and sweeping done for the week, and everything is iu good order. And, besides, I have faith in that young Baily, and it’ll be my last chance to go on his car.” The next morning at 6.4-5 sho was all ready, her work done and the door locked behind her as she sat on the step waiting. Baily cculd hardly be lieve his eyes when he saw her. “Going?” he called. “Well, that’s good. Sit on the front seat here, then you con see and get the air.” He noticed that her hands shook and that sho was a little pale. A mile further on he looked around at her. “Like it?” he asked. She nodded. Her eyes were very bright. On their return they had to wait at a turnout for another car, and Baily sat down beside her. Her hair was blown about her face, and her ex pression was iJßnated. “She must have been pretty when sho was young,” he thought. “Do you usually go faster?” sho asfced. “Oh, just about the same, I guess.” “I was going to say you needn’t go any slower on my account. It doesn’t scare me a bit. I like to go fast.” When he stopped at her house she sat motionless. “I guess I won’t go out yet,” she said. “I think I will ride a little more.” The next time there was a wait she seemed abstracted. She was busy with a problem in mental arithmetic— namely, how many car rides can be got out of the interest on $1000? The solution seemed to please her. “I cau get along without the car pet,” sho said to herself, “and the paint and paper don’t look very bad, anyway.”—Chicago Record. What Golf Form Is. “Form” is everything in golf, as if was thought to bo in rowing and other athletic sports, until the youngsters camo forward who utterly without form and merely by pluck and skill won the laurels from the brows of those who had so long worn them. Whether or not form is all essential in the modern game of golf will prob ably long remain an open question. Whether it is right or wrong, with professionals form is the whole thing. By this is meant not the appearance of the player to the eye of the ordin ary spectator, but the correctness of his swing and that particular attitude of his body when playing which ex perience has demonstrated to be the proper attitude and the proper swing for getting out of the game all there is in it.—The Pathfinder. At the Mountain House. “Isn’t it magnificent 1” exclaimed the enthusiastic boarder. “I’ve al ways wanted to see a storm iu the mountains. Your remember Byron’s lines, of course? “ ‘From peak to peak, tbo rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder.’” “It sort of worries me,” replied the other party. “Why? Are you afraid of light-' ning?” “Rather. lam afraid the landlord jnay charge for this storm in his bill.” —Puck. Critical -Arcs For Men. At forty men begin to feel the strain of hard work. If they have been careless or reckless they are liable to break down. Another critical period is sixty, when those holding positions of responsibility who are too absorbed, to take proper rest go to pieces. Yet a man who has lived to that age ought to continue for ten years longer, pro-' Tided he takes care himself. MOST FAMOUS COLORED DIVINE. Synopsis of Brother Jasper’s “Sun Do Move” Sermon. The Rev. John Jasper, of Rich mond, Va., is one of the most popular colored divines in this country, and on the celebration of the eightieth anniversary of his birthday a short time ago his church in the Virginia capital was crowded to the doors by a congregation that had assembled to testify its devotion to him. • JiwA Mik o THE REV. JOHN JASPER, OF RICHMOXD. The sermon on which his reputation rests is upon the text, “The Sun Do Move.” Thio famous discourse he preaches at least once a year, and the bare announcement is all that is needed to throng his The Rev. Mr. Jasper is well thought of outside his parishioners, and is al ways pointed out to visitors as one of the notables of the city. The text of Jasper’s famous sermon is Exodus, chapter xv., verse 3, “The Lord is a Man of War. The Lord is His name.” The theories advanced are: Thq earth is square and immov able. The sun rises in the East and moves toward the West and there sets. The world is flat. “The Bible says the sun stood still,” he announces dogmatically. “Is any body going to say the suij was stand ing still before Jasher told it to stand still? Do you think Jasher would have asked the privilege to stop the sun if she had not been moving. This morning when the sun rose it was over there (pointing to the East). How, in the name of God, could the sun get from that side of the house over to this (pointing to the West) unless it moved. “Now Solomon was certainly a scholar. Do you know he was the man who said, ‘The sun ariseth and goeth down and hasteneth back to the place she moved from.’ It is nonsense to say the sun does not move. The man who says the sun does not move he does not read the Bible.” He fortifies himself in the same man ner in his belief that the earth is square and flat. Moved a Court House Twenty Miles. A county court house arrived in Alliance, Neb., recently, after a jour ney of twenty miles by rail. It had been located at Hemingford, and when that town ceased to be the county seat the loss of the building might have been regarded as inevit able, as its estimated weight was sev enty tons, its height forty feet, and its other dimensions thirty-six by forty-eight feet. Fortunately, how ever, the new county seat was on the same branch of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, only twenty ilf ' , J, - '.r ~ THE BOX BUTTE (NEBRASKA) COUNTY COURT HOUSE TASKS A BAILROAD JOURNEY. miles away. The “movement,” as it was culled locally, began when the floor and frame were made rigid by the building of four semi-elliptical trusses of the entire width of the building, then the court house was loaded on four common car trucks, one under each of the trusses; next a large freight engine was attached, which at times drew its singular train along at the rate of ten miles an hour, though most of the trip was made at a speed of two or three miles an hour. The diagonal guy ropes shown in our illustration were fastened to two loaded coal cars having a capacity of sixty thousand pounds each. — Har per’s Weekly. Where P.arls Are Food. Pearls are found iu both salt and fresh water, and it is said that they belt the earth, including all of the tropical portion and a part of the tem perate zones. The great “Queen Pearl” was found in Paterson, N. J., in 1857. It was sold to the Empress Eugenie of France, and is valued to day at SIO,OOO. KRUGER’S REPLY IS UNYIELDING England Momentarily Expects the Boers to Attack. WAR NOW SEEMS A CERTAINTY London Papers Indicate Serious ness of Crisis—Text of Kruger’s Reply. A London special under date of Sept. 18th states that the Transvaal situation still remained practically unchanged. The general apprehen sion in regard to the outcome was re flected by the decline in consols and stocks on the stock exchange where, although all stocks continued dull, there was not the slightest approach to excitement. The text of President Kruger’s reply was issued by the secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Chamber lain, Monday afternoon, but it added nothing of importance to the summary cabled to the Associated Piesi. The language in many places is taken to indicate a firm, unyielding position. The reply, however, concludes: “If her majesty’s government is willing and feels able to make this de cision a joint commission, as at first proposed by Mr. Chamberlain, it would put an end to the present state of tension. Race hatred would de crease and die out, and the prosperity and welfare of the South African re public and the whole of South Africa would be developed and furthered,and fraternizing between the different nationalities would increase.” The London evening papers nil in dicate the seriousness of the crisis, but The St. James Gazette says: “It need not be imagined that any thing will be done on our side in a hurry. The cabinet has first to recon sider and secondly to formulate fresh proposals. Therefore these comment ators on the crisis who assume that fighting will immediately commence are obviously a little nervous. Os course, it is quite possible the Boers mr.y begin hostilities, in Which case ' our troops will have to defend British territory. But unless the Boers take the offensive, the negotiations will be prolonge! until the reinforcements now on their way to South Africa reach their destination.” Text of Kruger’s Reply. The text of Kruger’s reply, as pub lished officially, is in part as follows: “The government deeply regrets the withdrawal, as the government under stands it, of the invitation contained in the British dispatch of August 23d, and the substitution, in the place thereof, of an entirely new proposal. “The proposals, now fallen through, contained in the Transvaal dispatch of August 19th and August 21st, were elicited from this government by sug gestions made by the British diplo matic agent in Pretoria (Conyngham Greene) to the Transvaal state secre tary (F. W. Reitz) suggestions which this government acted upon iu good faith and after specially ascertaining whether they would be likely to prove acceptable to the British government. This government had by no means an intention to raise again needlessly the question of its political status, but acted with the sole obj.-ct of endeav oring by the aid of the local British agent, to put an end to the .strained condition of affairs. “This was done in the shape of a proposal which this government deems, both as regards its spirit and form, to be so worded as, relying upon itimations to this government, would satisfy her majesty’s govern ment. “This government saw a difficulty as to the acceptance of those proposals by the people and legislature of the Transvaal and also contemplated pos sible dangers connected therewith, but risked making them on account of a sincere desire to secure peace and because assured by Mr. Chamberlain that such proposals would not be deemed a refusal of his proposals, but would be settled on their merits.” boers’massixg artillery. Kruger’i Troops Are Occupying All Point* of Vantage. Dispatchers of Monday reaching London from South Africa state that the Boers are massing artillery in po sitions commanding Laings Nek. Small Boer detachments also occupy positions above the Buffalo river. Democratic Committee In Conference. The democratic national committee men held a conference in Chicago Monday for the purpose of listening to suggestions about organization and preliminary campaign work. The three sub-committees held separate meetings for the purpose of forming permanent organizations.