The morning news., 1894-11-21

Mr.. Tatum's bill to make unlicensed for
tune-teiling by gypsies a crime is a blow at
q profession honored by time. custom and
royalty. The witch OF Endor was prob
ably not a gypsy. but she would have
come under 8lr. Tatum's bin had she
postponed her time and stage Of opera
tions to lsS4 and Troup county. The kings
of Egypt patronized foruue-tellers. So
did Napoleon Bonaparte. ana so did Abra-
ham Lincoln, If some OF the stories told
of him are true. Fortune-teIIers have had
the patronage and gool viii OF women
from the time that bad Old fortune-teller in
the serpent's skin told Ewes fortune and
fooled her into eating the apple. 1t may
oe all nonsense TO have ones fortune told,
but il would be safe 10 wager an apple
that il gypsy were 70 look in the palm
Of young Mr.. Tatum Of Troup county and
predict that he would one day be the gov
ernor Of Georgia, It Would have the effect
of raising a silver COLLAR out Of his waist
coat pocket ami Mr.. Tatun of Troup would
titillate himself all the way home MIR.
Tatum's bill however, was introduced in
response TO a demand. Troup county is
confronted with a condition. A band Of
gypsies have camped about twelve miles
from LaGrange, where they are kept busy
day and night in telling the fortunes of
ih" darllies and putting away the silver,
potatoes, cotton and coon skins that they
get in pay for their clever mendacity. The
da'llies are said to be in state of delight
win the stories the nomads tell them,
and spend everything they can gel hold
Of in having the veil of the future drawn
for their benefit. They have quit work
and spend all of their time about the
gypsy camp.
The bill introduced in the legislature
by Mr.. Redding of Pike county to repeal
the law making it a misderneanor to so
licit emigrants in Georgia unless the en-
igrant agent has paid d license OF $500
opens up a question that has two strong
sides. The law was passed for the protec-
ton Of farmers and others who employ
a class Of labor that is easily led away
to Africa or elsewhere by the blandish-
ments Of emigration sgeuts. 1t has prob
anly had some effect in restraining whole
sale movements OF blacks away from
neighRorhoods at seasons when their la
Dor was in the greatest demand. Never
theless, there have Desn frequent cmigra-
tions of blacks from the state to Liberia
or the coal fields of the middle states
Under the existing law NTr. Redding who
proposes it's repeal, says any laborer who
desires TO leave Georgia cannot legally
make a contract do so unless it be made
with a licensed emigration agent lie
thinks this is a hardship, and that it
keeps in Georgia q great many worthless
floaters who would be taken ont If there
were no emigration law in the way.
One Of the considerations said to have
been named by Japan as the price of peace
to be paid by China is the cession TO her
of the island Of Formosa. Should this de-
mand be granted, Japan would control
the worlds supply of caIpphor, and being
q progressive nation, the Japanese might
try the experiment of squeezing a corner
in the drug. While camphor is produced
in small quantities elsewhere, Formosa
supplies such great proportion of the
drug that complete monopoly could
easily be engineered. Under the slow
Chinese, the price of camphor has been
sextupled within twenty years
The fatal boxing match at Syracuse be-
tween FitZsimmons and Riordan, in which
the latter was the victim, should DO much
toward removing the opposition to the
prize fight between Fftasimmons and Cor
bett. Having demonstrated what he can
do with his fist, Mr. Fitzsimmons should
be encouraged to meet the leading prize
fighters.