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AtPENSION BILL.
Synopsis ofthe Measure introduced
by Senator Hiscock.

Synopsis ofthe Measure lnsrouuceo
by Senator Hiscock.
In the United States Senate, Senator His
cock, of New York, has introduced bill
providing for the pensioning OF soldiers and
sailors of tue late war who suffered disaoll-
ity as follows: All those who have lost both
feet or both hands. or one foot ana one hano'
or having totally lost the sight of both eyes
or the sight of one eye, the s'ght o. the otiler
eye having been totally lost previously, OF
have been disabled by wounds or disease SO Us
to require the constant aid and attendance
of one or more pei sons, S12 per month; all
PERSONS who, in like manner, have been
ptally disabled for the performance oil
any manual labor, or have lost an arm at
the shoulder joint. or leg at the hip JOINT,
or SO near the JOINT il either case as to pre-
vent the use OF an artificial limb, or have
been permanently disabled in an arm OF q
lec or hand or foot, so as to be disabled IN
degree equal to tho said loss of an arm at
the shoulder, or leg at the hip, so per month ;
all those who in like manner have lost an
arm at or above the elbow joint, or leg at
or above ,e knee joint, or 50 near the ioint,
in either case as to prevent the use OF an
artificial limb, $40; all those who have lost
a hand or foot, So. lta'su provides that oil
those who have been disabled by wounds Or
disease for tho performance OF manual labor,
in a degree AXt inferior to the class totally
incapaciatei for the performance OF any
manual labor heretofore rate'1 at S!l, Shall
receive q pension of SO per month.
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Cortes, which controls the finances of th'

Cortes. which controls the finances OF tilt
kingdom.
THE French Government has decided h
introduce, if necessary, bill to insure The
completion of tho Panama Canal.
MISS PRESTON, an American lady ATTACHED
to the missions at Canton, China. and mum
Der of Europeans have Eeen massacred. Ihe
residence of the missionaries was attacked ~
tlcud of night by several hundred Chinese
armed with long spears, knives and guns.
IT has just been discovered that s24o,oO
has been stolen from the Spanish govern.
ment's deposit bank in Madrid. The robbers
are unknown.
THIRTY persons have been bitten by mac
wolves near villages in the neighborhood OF
ArSoya, Austria A majority of them have
already died after suffering great agony.
A BATTLE has taken place between the
British and Arabs at Suakin, Egypt. Ihe
artillery began the work The enemy's rigl'
redoubt was nearly destroyed by the heavy
combined fire of the ships and forts. Inc
Arabs replied, wounding one Egyptian.
THE Pope has declared IN an official docu'
ment that the people of Ireland were DISC
bet,ent and that they preferred the goSpe
of Dillon and O'Brien to that OF Jesu:
Christ"
IN a fire at the Dorchester (Nova Scotia
penitentiary Deputy Warden Okeeie ane
his child were suifocated. Many convict:
escaped in the confusion.
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AMERICAN SHIPPING.
Report of the United States Conimis.
sloner OF Navigation.

Report Ol tDc ChItCu ckolSo NohAiAio
sIoner OF Navigation.
The report Of C. e. Morton, United States
Commissioner of Navigation, shows that the
total tonnage of the country required to be
included in his statistics amounts to ,l9i, ,9l5
tons, and that the American merchant
marine is second only to that of Great Brit
ain. While 1t IS true that the foreign-soing
tonnage is decreasing, the domestic or coast
wise tonnage is decreasing. The building OF
sailing vessels i'll the United States con-
stiLutes large part OF the busi-
ness here; hut in other countries that
branch of the industry continually de-
creases. TIE tendency at present is largely
to use barges towel by steamers, i'll
stead Of sailing vessels. In this country
foreign ships wrecked upon these coasts, are
eagerly bought up and converted into barges.
Statistics show that the size of vessels built
constantly increases
The tonnage of the United States in the
foreign trade continues to slowly decrease.
In 1856 SUI n tonnage was 2,3lS, ,SSS tons. Last
year. for the first time, it was reduced to Sin
figures namely, 9S9, il2 tons
Regrets are expressed that the questions
involved in tho Fisheries dispute between
the United States AMI Canada have not l:een
settled 10y negotiation. The Commissioner
SAYS that it seems that the time has now ar
rived when Retaliation is in order, and the
Canadians should ne taught that two can
play game o. obstruction to the laws OF
trade and coEity.
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DIRECT TAX BILL.
The Measure Passes the House b.
Vote of 17S to 90.

The Measure Passes the House by
Vote of 17S to 90.
The House of Representatives at Washing
ton has passed tho Direct Tax bill, witp
amendments which will require its return tc
the Senate, by a vote of l7S to ~
four less than two-thirds. All tn Z
negative votes were cast by Democrats
The chief amendment adopted, and the only
one carried except the commltteel1,,'
was one offered by Elliott, OF nout
Carolina, to provide for compensatiirr'
the owners of real estate in Beaufort, N. c I,'
which was taken by the.Government IN dG
fault of the payment of the direct tax. u!
carried an appropriation Of $S5O, 200 for tifa'
purpose.
The bill lacked fourteen votes of the nerf5
sary two thirds to pass it over the frei''
dents veto. should it be vetoed.
The bill makes it the duty OF the Secretas1
of the Treasury t, credit to each State alu
Territory and the District of Columbia s1i:
equal to all collections by set-oif OF oehL
wise made from States and Terrific
and the District of Columbia, Q;
from any of the citizens or m n
habitants thereof. or other persons unie'
the act of Congress 1861, aud RENTS "a
moneys still due the United States on !.
quota Of the direct tax. it arproprla.e
such sums as may be necessary to relmpiirS st S'
each State. Territory and the District .
Columbia for all money found due to them
and the Treasurer OF the United States
directed to pay the same to the Goveria0r an,
| to the Commissioners of the District OF No
lumbia, provided that no part of the men m !;
! collected hereby appropriated shall be l,a'
out by the Governor of any State or Iefr, T.
tory, or any other person. to any attorney " "
agent under any contract for services @ nn,
existing or heretofore made betwee:
the representative of any State on1
Territory ard any attorney or ageiat
All claims under the trust shall he fi!ed VIZ
|( the Gov.rnor of such State or Territory an
the Commissioners of the District OF t9Ian etl
)bia respectively within six years next ptts
the passage of this act, and all claims DoU o. 3
filed shall be forever barred, and the none
attributable thereto shall belong to saG
State, Territory. or the District of Colu umo'
respectively, as the case may be.
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A POWERFUL ORDER.
Proposed Secret Union Of All Amerf
can Railroad Employes.

Proposed Secret Union Of All Amerf'
can Railroad Employes-
A Pittsburg Penn.) dispatch states tha
a movement is on foot to organize fedora
ton of all railroad employees in the United
States, excepting conductors, and meeting
looking to that end will be held early in Jan
uary. The union will embrace the brother
hoods Of locomotive engineers, firemen,
brakemen, switchmen and yardmen- IL
would in that case have membership or
lOJW0. Secret meetings have already been
held in Columbus and Chicago and the plan
of federation is now in the hands or The
grand chiefs of all tho organizations
Enumerated. In speaking Of the proposed
organizat on Fort Wayne railroad engl-
neer said:
"The federation is not the only name by
which tho new railroad organization is
known, hut a movement IS now ueing aSlta-
ted TO hold convention Mt Chicago which
viii be attended by delegates from every
lodge III the country, ana " Ihls IS
done we will decide on better name.
Among the features presented will be an
insurai,co and strike fund, and one of the i'm,
prratye rules of the federation will / 9 that
no organization will be allowed to quit work
without gaining the consent of the general
board of federation. This will result IN
fewer strikes, but whenever they do occcnr
tber. will be q tremendous power behind
them, as the railroads 0. the entire country can
be tied up if necessary to secure lustice 10 tne
mon While the federation will theoretl-
calIv unite the lOU,ULO railroad employees
into one organization, yet tho autonomy OF
every separate brotherhood is to be carefully
preserved, together with their local oHicers
and governing rules.
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Foreign.

Mr.. WAKE, all artist connected with the
London Graphic, has been killed 10y the
Arabs who are bes!e.ing Suakiin, Africa.
IT is reported that in various districts Of
Ireland, III Limerick especially, tho di~tres;
among the agricultural laborers is enormous
Many are asking to be assisted to emisrate h
Buenos Ayres.
STRONG shock of earthquake lasting
nearly half minute was felt at lslmouSki.
Father Point, Sainte- -Flavio and Trois PlS
toles, Quebec, Canada.
GENERAL CASSoLA has resigned the port
folio Of the Ministry or War OF Spain.
WILLIAM a BUSHNELL, who defraudef
the New York law firm of Butler, Stilimap
d. Hubbard of S:i5, 900, twelve years ago, h@
been arrested in Santiago, Chic.
PRIME MINISTER ShGASTA, Of Spain, anc
his entire Liberal Cabinet have resigned IT.
conseo,rence of the strained relations will
Germany and the Conser vatire minority ,n
the newly elected Budget Committee OF cue
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THE LABOR WORLD.

LOUISIANA sugar planters pay thelr Hleh
from $40 to SEQ per month.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. is next 70 Lynn, Mass, az
a shoe manufacturing center.
THE strike OF 10000 coal miners in various
districts of Belgium has ended.
THERE are $500 members in the Inter-
national Typographical Union.
MICA miners aud ''trimmers" in North
Carolina average less than 81 day.
TIE Pittsburgh glassworkers are gong 70
start Z national bank of their own.
THE stone PAYERS Of Omaha, Neo, have
organized, with 100 charter members
THE United Tin and Sheet-Iron Workers
are moving to form national union.
MASSACHUSETTS, has over $4,000 women
earning living in Industrial occupations.
GIRLS employed to strip tobacco in hey
West (Fla.j factories earn So to 81 per
week.
RAILROAD engineers are subject to
peculiar nervous disease brought about by
continuous shocks.
THE new steel-plate works to be estab-
lisbed at Joliet, ILL.,, will furnish employ
mcnt for 1910 men.
PARrslAS oH51len have to p,ss nm examin-
ation before they are allowed " hIre them
selves out to public service.
THE Northumberland (Euglandl coal miners
have accepted the advance in wages offered
them and the dispute is settled.
THREE THOUSAND Pennsylvania coal
miners are thrown out OF work for an IN
definite period by the closing OF the mines.
THE Cigar Makers International Union,
which was organized in 1S14, now numbers
aS, 900 members and has in its funds over
$25O.000.
S:LKwoRKERs' CR,TERIoy ASSEMBLY, K.
of L., of Union Hill, n. j., hos employed
teachers to instruct its German members Ill
English.
ENGLISH employers fear struggle for an
eight-hour day. A general movement will
soon be inaugurated throughout Great
Britain and Ireland
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Morning Stars.
Venus, after April
S0th.
Mars. after June 18th.
Jupiter, until June
24th.
Saturn, urtil Febru.
ary Eth, after Au-
gust 18th.
Mercury, otter Feb
ruary 18th, until
April 9th, after
June 10Th, until Au-
gust 7th. after Oc-
tober 18th until De-
cenber 1th.
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The Four Seasons.

Evening Stars.
Venus, until April
2UCh.
Mars, until June elThs
Jupiter, after June
9th. tJE,s
Saturn. after Febru-
ary ato. until Au-
gust 10th. u
Mercury. until Feb
ruary 18th, alter
A., ril 24th, until
June 18th, after Au-,
gust 1th, unit, Oc-
t Der 13th, after
December fth. ~
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POTATOES are a drug in the market at
Colfax, Wis, owing to the enormous crop
raised IN tn t section. The best price to be
got is ten cents hus shell, and one farmer Of
fered to give friend wagon iond OF c5oice
oresif be would take the trouble to send for
tflem.
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TIE Federal courts in Utah are still en-
forcing the i-poly 5any laws The GRIM.
jnal calendar for tneI months term OF co!rs
in the First District 'bf the Territory contains
fiftv.nine cases in which tho defendants are
held for violation of 1.-THE Edmunds Act
A GENERAL advance Of about nve per
cent in the wages of blacksmltns has taken
place in Scotland. The en- sinenrs have oh-
citiea
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26

WILLIAM SPEARS, "a farwer living in Wal.
nut Bend. Cook County, Texas. suddenly
went mad. He attacked large dog, bit OUT
its tongue and ate it He thHn attacked a
neightor and bit him severely He was
finally overcome and confined.
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Planets BRIGHTEST.

MERcUEY, January 3lst, May 1st, July
30th, November I'd: also March 18th, July
18th, October s1st, rising then just before
the Sun: also January ::Ush, May 2Ith, Sep
tember goth, setting then just after the Sun.
VENUS, March 5th, June 9TH. MARs. not
this year. JUPITER, June Gath. SATURN,
August 10th. 80
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Eclipses for 1850.

In the year 1859 there will be FIVE Eclipses
three Of tho Sun, AMI two Of tho Moon.
/. A Total Eclipse of the Sun, January.
1st, 5:10 in the evening: partly visible af,
Washington, as 4 partial eclipse; the SUM
setting eclipsed. - {2i
2. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, january
18th. 1924 il tho morning: visible gener ,ny
in Europe, Africa, North and South America
and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Mag
nitude OF the eclipse, SI24.
8. An Annu'ar Eclipse Of the Sun, Junef
2Sth. 3:59 in the morn ng; inris bls in Amer
lea; visible in Southern Africa and lndian}
Ocean.
4. A Partial Eclipse of the Noon, July,
12; visible $40 in the evening: invisible inS
the United States; visible in the Atlantic
Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and,
the easterly portion Of South America.
Magnitude OF ths Eclipse. $3.50.
5. a Total Eclipse Of the Sun. Decemoer
22d 1853 in the morning: invisible in the
United States: visible in tho Atlantic Ocean
(betweenI Africa aud South America. where
it will be total, eastern portion Of South
America and Western Africa
The Four Seasons.
Winter begins December 2lst. 1883, and
lasts IS days. ... ~.
Spring begins March 18th, 1889, and lasts
81 days.
Summer begins June 2lst, 1889, and lasts %
days. az
Autumn begins September 22d, and lasts
80 days
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THF existence of nn "lnyisihle Commit
tee, of six. which now directs the Anarchist
movement, has bean discovered IN Chicago
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-12
WHITE SLAVERY.

GAIL employees of factories will be
told to vote the republican ticket this
year or quit, said Hamilton repub-
lican in this Office, the other day.
''They will do SO in this town you can
beton that. We.have got to win this
year. The life of the party depends
ON it. "-Batler County (Ohio) Dem
ocYat
And yet the Republicans are all
ways waving the "bloody shirt" and
prating about the negroes in the
South being intimidated and not al
lowed to vote as they please. Such
"white slavery in Ohio indicates
that reforms had better commence
nearer home. A Stree ballot and a
fair count" indeed, in the face of
such an announcement as the above.
The negroes in the South are freer
by far than the poor white men OF
the North, who have to vote as the
factory bosses dictate or lose their
places to earn bread for their fami-
lies. Down with such shameful Re-
publican rascally methods.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-12
CALIFORNIA WANTS CLEVELAND.

From the San Francisco Alta (Dem.)
The democratic masses in this state
are for Mr.. Cleveland. The policy
in his administration has given Cal
ifornia interests their first impulse,
and almost their first federal recog-
milton for many years. Our ship
yards in this city have been employ
ed in constructing cruisers for the
navy, giving lucrative employment
to thousands of men and profit to
their employers. Our international
relations with Hawaii have been
maintained, securing for San Fran
cisco an annual trade of S11, 200, 900
with that kingdom. The President
has provided for the permanent ex-
clusion OF Chinese, and above all,
his example has sweetened and cor
rected politics and made decency in
public life possible.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-12
Notice 10 the Patrons and Teachers Of Cobb
County. Ga.

Tho new school law makes it the duty Of the
Board OF Education to adopt series Of Text Books
for the Schools Of the county, and DO teacher j.
permitted 10 receive pay for-gny pupil who does
not use the books adopted
In compliance with the requirements Of the law,
the Board Of Education At a meeting held May
May LIST, 1885, re-adopted for Cobb county the
books that were adopted IN 1880, and most gem
orally used in the c0unty--heing convinced that
these hooks are among The best published, and be-
ing anxious to save the patrons the expense Of
buying new books.
Come schools have other books in use, and viii,
We regret TO say, be forced TO change. II was inn
possible TO avoid this. Any series would have made
some changes necessary, and no books could have
been selected that would have made as few changes
We therefore ask the cheerful cooperation OF
teachers and parents in carrying out the law.
The Board has secured a very liberal proposition
from the Publishers
All old eooks of any other series will be taken
up In exchange, and corresponding book of the
adopted series will be sold to pdpils giving up the
old book at the very low exchange prices given in
column l.
The regular retail prices at which the books will
be sold during the FIVE years. are given In column
ii. These prices are nOtintrodactory butTegular,
and are cheaper than any other series used in the
State.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-12
SWALLOWS INVADE A STEAMED AT
SEA.

A rather curious episode in nat
utal history occurred recently on
board the French steamboat Added
Kader during the passage from Mar
settles to Algiers. Just as the YES
sci was about two hours out the sky
became quite black with swallows.
1t was then about 6 o'clock in the
evening. The birds alightedin thou
sands on the sails, ropes and yards
of the vessel. After a perky survey
of the deck from their eminence
aloft they descended coolly on deck,
hoped about among the sailors and
passengers eventually found their
way into the cabins both fore and
aft. The birds were evidently ia
tigued after a long fight and allow.
ed themselves to be caught by the
ship, who gave them welcome re
ception and provided them witt
food, which they enjoyed heartily
The little travellers remained al
night on the vessel, and in tn
morning at o'clock the lookou
bird no doubt sighted the Baleari
Isles, for the whole flock made 70
land, after having spent comiorta
BILE and refreshing night on boar
the ship.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-12
SMYRNA.

Prof Power viii begin his school
next Monday.
Mr.. Monroe Fleming begun a school
at Bethel Monday.
Mr.. James Harris and wife are stop
ping at Mr.. P. Fleming's.
"A sanitarium ought to be established
here. 1t would pay,
Mr. James Collins will soon have a
dummy line in operation between Atlanta
and the bridge over the Chattahoochee
Three cheers for the dinner train and
for the Gem City, and all honor to the old
reliable W. 4 A. r. Il.
Homes will now spring up all along
the line of road.
Lightning struck II telephone poles
in north Smyrna yesterday.
r. f. j
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-12

The Chattanooga Times makes
the following cheerful prophesy :
Next year this Southern country
will get out of the financial slough,
and boom again as never before.
There may be less lively specula-
ton, but there is certain to be a
tremendous striding forward. Why,
we are just beginning to develop,
have only got were we can walk
alone. Wait until we have fifty big
coke furnaces, and more than half
as many charcoal furnaces, making
iron at the rate of 100000 tons a
year in three States of Tennessee,
Georgia and Alabama, and all in
dustries going accordingly, and all
selling their products at liberal
profits And you need not wait
long the time will dawn about next
June.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-12
OAKlY MILLS.

"A pleasant reunion was held az Mr. and
Mrs Nathan Reds on the 4th inst. Mr.
Nathan Reid, so year sof age, and bis ven
cradle wife, Mrs Silvia Reid, aged rs years
were married in 1926, and for about four
years Mr. Reid was one Of Cobb county
leading farmers He raised large family
OF sons and daugcters. Twelve or IA years
ago he moved back to Fulton county,
Their children are all married and left, the
aged parents wishing once more TO see
their children all together. They called
for reunion Of the family, Early on the
morning OF the 4th inst, vehicles could be
seen coming from different directions
bringing ia their offspring until there were
present IL children, Ga grand children and
81 great aand children, making total. of
ll5 present. Absentees Is grind children
and 80 great grandchildren A space of
ABOUT hours were contributed to greet.
ings. after which singing commenced in
a grove in front Of the house, conducted by
= MeLain AT IL O'clock a table was
spread aud bountiiul supply Of provis.
long were melted out. They Toasted to
their satisfaction and left enough TO fiji
many baskets. After dinner the COMPANY
re-assembled at the grove. and after sing
ing, G Mitchell delivered a short but an.
propriate address, then closed BY singing
and prayer. CITIzES.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-12

The champion bigamist has just
been arrested in Chicago. His
name is given as J. b. Aldrich, and
he is said to have twenty-three
wives in different parts of the coun-
try. Besides the woman in Chica-
90 who passes for his wife, others in
Detroit, Baltimore, New York,
Brooklyn, Boston, Montreal Cana
da), st. Louis and Louisville are
under the delusion that they are
legally married to him. Aldrich is
a carpenter As years old, and is de-
scribed as fine looking fellow, who
has taking way with women. 1t
is his way of taking women that has
got him into trouble, and that will
no doubt land him in the peniten-
tiary.