The Rome tribune. (Rome, Ga.) 1887-190?, December 07, 1893, Image 1

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VOL. VI. NO. 1.900. NATIONAL ISSUERS Figured Again in the Legisla ture Yesterday. J ENDORSED BACON’S Yesterday’s Work Was In teresting—Some Jury Legislation. Special to the Tribune. Atlanta, Dec. 6 —Resolutions bearing upon national issues which have been in troduced in the house and senate, were introduced this morning and at the aftei noon session the matter came up for dis cussion. The substitute of the bill is practically the Bacon resolutions. When Mr. Hodges, chairman of the committee, made his re port Mr. Bacon made a strong argument in favor of the adoption of the resolution. Other speeches were made on the same line and the resolutions were adopted. The School Booh Trust Wins. The bill providing for a uniform sys tem of school books was up before the house this morning aBJ created a lively discussion. Os cours© the school book . trust had its way I dojjpot mean to say that the action olaaay member of the legislature iifluneed by the Na ional School and es pecially its agents the states and it has very many MBHMtedflWHfl not known to the publiH • '"-J-?}. i to say that things gentlemen desired it. I.- 1 /. The committee of Mr. Hara is to the passage of jflL'4 JGade to • ommittt" ' ■ii about 50 to 70. As lb a *• ' ,l: The report of the ciary committee, gau’s bill, was nude a today and called forth speeches. Those speeches were line of the necessity'of _g l; : X able representation. Bibb, made a strong, cl favor of holding a it may be said, one of 1 that the legislature has Reagan, the author of ceedingly, cleat headed eloquently for bis mean®. . ham, of Columbia, and several other membfl-.. j/*| position. A good opposed, declared 'flß.*/. the repteseiitatiou * ■/>•?>■ but they thought the vention it this time was passage of the bill it failed constitutional two-thiids majority. The Jury Laws. Senator Persons made a gallant fight for his bill, doing away with all exemp tions from jury duty. The matter had been before the senate general judiciary committee, who reported the matter ad versely and the report carried, the vote being 19 to 18. Senator Persons will en deavor to bring the matter up again to morrow. He does not think he can se cure enough votes to carry the report, but he does think he can get the senate to disagree with the report of the com mittee. THREE MORE GUNBOATS- Virginia Company to Build Two Os Them at 8280,000 Each. Washington, Dec. 6. Her bert awarded the contract fortwJfl the three gunboats for the which bids were recently the Newport News Ship and J)iy pany, of Newport News, Va., bid of *280,000 for each vessel. The award for construction of the third gunboa', which differs somewhat in design for the others, was held in abeyance until some addition il information concerning the character cf the bids offered by the Union Iron works. San Francisco, couj|l ba obtained. * LIGHT PUNISHMENT. Clarksville Jury's Surprising Verdict In a Bad Case. 1 I Clarksville, Tenn., Dae. 6. —Some] surprise was created here this mor bid by the verdict of the jury that has bel j engaged for three days trying Jam Ek Northington, colored, on the charge «•’ attempting rape on a white woman m the eastern portion of the county. TA evidence wss dead against him in tlferi ‘Opinion of the judge and spectators, bifl the jury assessed a fine of *IOO. It ww plain that the verdict suited neither tlfg court nor the spectators, and much u» favorable criticism has been made at tbfl result of the trial. SOUTHERN COTTON CLAIMS- tt Bill To He Introduced to Pay The Sum £11,000,000. Washington, D. C., December sfl The house committee on judiciary baß . about decided to report favorably a bill {relatinAo Southern cotton claims. Thera Xis the treasury about *11,000,00<1 been set apart to pay cotioJ money was originally id THE ROME ■KIBUNE. tended to pay the claims of those whose loyalty could be properly established. The proclamation of President Johnson and a decision of the supreme court, it is claimed, is plain that proofs of loyalty once demanded are no longer required. The Republican members of the commit tee have agreed that the bill shall be re- 1 ported favorably, with a proviso that no more money than the *11.000,000 now in the treasury shall be paid, and that all claims for destruction of cotton shall be presented within a year fromtbe passag o' the bill; the money to be divided pro rata among the claiman t who establish the facts of their losses. MUTATIONS OF A TOWN. 1 i A New York Suburb Where Millionaires Delight to Dwell. i [Special Correspondence.) Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 5. —It was when | William M. Tweed was in the zenith of his j power as “boss” of the city of New York i that he discovered this pretty town on the ' shore of Long Island sound from the deck ' .of bis yacht. He was looking for an attrac- ' tive place within easy distance of the city 1 of which he was dictator where he might build a summer residence to his liking, and ' he fell in love with Greenwich at first sight. 1 Further acquaintance with the place con- * firmed his first impressions and as soon as ! possible he located himself within its bor- ' ders, to the great advantage of the town, ' which straightway began to shake off its 1 purely provincial characteristics. The Greenwich of today is largely a place 1 of suburban residences. The' homes of ! scores of New York business men, many of whom~~are ainqiig the city’s financial mag- 1 national repute, are lo the evolution of the have included Green- ' Tweed’s help, ( illfilleni 1 >ll 1! ' 1 years, ' '< 441 V-; v ( I d bv ‘ Mr. Mil ' the film- > 4 - -' • ! '* tr " of ' . li> * »»r Z ■ ' " " » ** ” ‘ Sb. i f’’ •" -7 7; rt "■/ i 'i' "'j V !C Iu nJ -■' l WII lit#g‘- "Il il" l ?”*•’ >-> ( i J onh! 'rzs| ngyfo'if lli lll to his amazeuWlflkfleed gave him a check for the *63,000 753,000 more than Mead asked) the next day, and the farm passed from the possession of the family that had held it for so many years. The place was at once put in good order, and has ever since been one of the show places of Green wich. More interest is nowadays shown in the deer park and trotting track that were laid out by William Rockefeller than in the old Tweed place. When the Standard Oil company decided that it would be best that, one of its founders should live in or near New York, Mr. Rockefeller was chosen to come east, and Greenwich looked as good to him as it had some years before to Tweed. He built a fine residence here, and being fond of horses laid out the. track of which I have spoken. Every morning be fore breakfast the petroleum magnate used to devote a half hour or so to speeding his most promising horses, and his place and his manner of amusing himself attracted a good deal of attention, which was doubled when he established his deer park. Mr. Rockefeller determined a year or two ago to make his permanent home in Tarrytown, N. Y., where he still resides, but he retained bis summer home here and his deer, which last are the admiration of the entire town and its many visitors. Henry O. Havemeyer, president of the Sugar trust, is another prominent resident of Greenwich. Mr. Havemeyer has been most open handed ever since he settled down here. Mr. Havemeyer’s most muni ficent gift to Greenwich is the handsome new schoolhouse that is being erected at a cost of over *IOO,OOO. The smaller taxpay ers of the place agree that it is a mighty fine schoolhouse, but they are worrying a good deal about how they are going to pay the taxes when the educational, machinery l of the district_isje»laTge<l to meet the re- BhfUifetlients of the house, and its expenses are correspondingly keyed up. The school house at one time threatened to cause a lasting rupture between E. C. Benedict, “the president’s friend,” and Mr. Have meyer. Mr Benedict discovered one morn ing to his surprise that the roof of the new building when completed would shut off I his view of the sound. There was a very r earnest conference between Mr. Benedict I and Mr. Havemeyer, and a compromise by r which the roof will be built six or eight feet 1 lower than was intended-. I E. H.-Johnson, ex-president of the Ed- L ison Electric company, is also a resident | here, and his house is one of the marvels of | the town by reason of the numerous and I expensive electric appliances with which it | is fitted up. Its system of burglar alarms H is so perfect that cracksmen are said to Ji steer quite clear of the town for fear of be- ■ ing shocked to death, and its lighting is so I elaborate and so brilliant that it is an ob- ■ ject of rare beauty at night. It may be |j seen for miles up and down the sound and I is a landmark to all who navigate these I Waters. CHARLES APPLEBY. H Emigration from European Russia to ■ Siberia is on the increase and reached ■IOO,OOO in 1892. ROME, GA., IHUkDAY iviOßNll^G,^ I 893 * JAPANESE MIRROR. A Wonderful Device That Puz zle Scientists. HOW A MOTHER LIVED. A Japanese Fairy Tale Will be Enjoyed Around Every American Fireside. Yokohama, Nov. 14.—Among the many marvelous things Jo be seen in this country of marvels that first attract the attention of the foreigner is the Japanese mirror. Its peculiarity consists in the fact that it is made of metal—generally of bronze—coated on the front with an amal gam of tin and quicksilver, and so highly polished that but for its weight it might be mistaken for an ordinary looking glass. The back is adorned in relief with flowers, birds or Japanese characters which extend to the handle, and the general appearance is that of a handsome metal fan. That which is most extraordinary about the mirror, however, is the quality it pos sesses of reflecting a luminous image of the design on the back. In other words, the sunlight seems to penetrate the metal and display the figures that are otherwise hid den from view. The attention of men of science has long been attracted to the phe nomenon, but no explanation heretofore given has proved satisfactory. The consen sus of opinion is that the effect is produced by an unequal convexity resulting from the manipulation of an iron tool accompa- 1 nied by the application of mercury. ; In connection with these mirrors, the , Japanese have a pretty fairy tale and be cause of the poetical thought it conveys, 1 and the pleasure it may afford to young as .“■ well as old, I send you the following free ] translation as it has been given to me by ] one of the English residents here: , A long time ago there lived in a quiet ‘ spot a young man and his wife. They had * one child, a daughter, to whom they were i greatly attached, and their home was , known as Matsuyama, a beautiful village in the province of Echigo. It so happened that the father was obliged to go to the ’ great city of Tokio, the capital of Japan. < The mother, never having been farther from home than the next town, could not help being frightened at the thought of her hus band making such a long journey, yet sLe 1 «as pAud of the fact, for he was the firs u i V>at country I brought this. It is called a mirror. Look and tell me what you see inside.” He gave to her a plain, white wooden box, in which on opening it she found a round piece of metal. One side was white like frosted silver and ornamented with raised figures of birds and flowers. The other was as bright as the clearest crystal. The young mother looked into it with de light and astonishment, for from its depths was looking at her with parted lips and bright eyes a smiling happy face. “What, do you see?” asked the husband, gratified at her astonishment. “I see a pretty woman looking at me. She moves her lips as if she was speaking, and —dear me, how odd, she has on a blue dress just like mine!’ “Why, you silly woman, it’s your own face that you see,” said the hus band, proud of knowing something that was new to his wife. “That round piece of metal is called a mirror, and everybody in the great city has one, although we have not seen them iu this country place before, ” The wife was charmed with the present. But the wonderful thing was far too pre cious for every day use, so she shut it up in its box again, putting it away carefully among her most valuable treasures. Years passed on and the husband anil wife continued to live happily. The joy of their life was their little daughter, who as she grew up became the very image of her mother. The latter, mindful of her own passing vanity cn finding herself so lovely, kept the mirror carefully concealed, fear ing that the use of it might breed a spirit of pride in her little girl. She never spoke of it, and as for the father he bad quite forgot ten the circumstance. So it happened that the daughter grew up as simple as the mother had been, knowing nothing of her own good looks or of the mirror which would have reflected them. After awhile, however, a terrible misfor tune occurred in this happy little family. The good mother fell sick, and though waited upon with loving care by day and night she grew worse and worse until at last the sad announcement was made that she must die. Calling the girl to her, the mother said: “My darling child, I must soon pass away and leave you and your far ther alone, but I want from you a promise. Here isjvhat iS'Called a mirror,” taking it from its hiding place and handing it to her daughter. “Promise me that you will look into this mirror every night and morning, for there you will see me and know that your mother is still watching over you.” The child promised with many tears, and the mother, being now calm and resigned, soon after died. Obedient yid dutiful, the daughter never forgot her mother’s last re quest, and each morning and evening took the mirror from its box and looked at it long and earnestly. There she saw, as she supposed, the bright and smiling vision of her lost mother. Not pale and sickly as in her last days, but the beautiful young mother of long ago. To her at night she told the story of the trials and difficulties of the day, and to her iu the morning looked for sympathy and encouragement in what ever troubles might be in store for her. So, day by day, she lived as if in her mother’s sight, striving still to please her as she had done in her mother’s lifetime, and careful always to avoid whatever might give her pain or grief. Her greatest joy was to look in the mirror and say, "Mother. I have been today what you would wish me to be if you were by my side.” Thus geeiug his little daughter every night and morning looking into the mir ror holding converse with it, her father one day asked her the reason for the strange be havior. “Why, father,” she said, “I look into the mirror every day to see mv dear j motner ana caiK wuu tier. 'men sM him of her mother’s dying wish she never hail failed to fulfill it. Tcß by so much simplicity and such fafl loving*obed:ence, the father shed tM pity and affection; but he could notfljl in his heart to tell the child that the® she saw was only t.he reflection of htM sweet, face, which by sympathy and tioti had become more and more liMKfl dead mother's day by day. And so shSMOK on, happy in t he thought that t hough in the flesh, the one she loved best ways present in the spirit and alwayM ing on her from the depths of her cheH mirror! G. vB Tariff Bill. The new tariff bill which congiH expected to masticate if not dige.® ing the coining winter has by thiMMS! been read by everybody who thing about it specifically. SoineM®®® reductions the ways and means c<HHU| tee have recommended are iioriflsflES others appear to the slantindieular. The distinctionsHßH between the producer of rial and Hie manufacturer tically the same as they haviß||||||i One of the chief and ,A) tries of this country is the dair®".*,' d ness. We would like to call tion of our congressmen At a rough estimate it much as the manufacturing The United States creameries anflNfl|«| farmers are at present engaged iiKSMfI perate struggle against oleomaß|l|||| and Canadian dairy products atfl'"’’". and the Swiss and Danish butter®|!ll|S ries abroad. Yet while the means committee recommend a 45 per cent on woolen clothing per eent on woolen cloths, they rate on butter at 4 cents a )><>nn<.lKHH| 25 percent and condensed milk cent. The coielensed miih in this country amounts to milKflflfl dollars a year. Then, there is rice, on the of which so many thousand citizens depend for a living in tlifl|MH||| ern savannas. A duty of of a cent a pound is levied on nMMBI rice. These are some of which, in jJ\Pn.mtere.«ts cf their sl'oii' itnteiifl||||||yi ■ I sheep k< epit g .h .. tlieir attefitio’i bill, however, provides ering of the rates on and wooL n clotlipso five years there will lie of a Utile more than 30 pifl^'^^e^^ them. In r.-turn for tlie ci iliiinitt: e propose farmer's onions at the bushel and dried peas at the same Salt will come in free. The rateHH sugar is lowered, and the sugar will be gradually extinguished. bill will reduce the customs *50,000,000 a year. Stop Coughing. Coughing is useful in the British house of commons. It is employed to such good effect there in silencing a tedious speaker that many persons have even wished it could be made the fashion in .America. Except for such purpose, however, coughing is thoroughly objectionable. Don’t do it even when you think you have a cold on your chest, It rasps the tender mucous membranes of your throat and bronchial tubes, sets up an irritation ■jyhich results in inflammation and makes your case ten times worse than it was be fore. It will bring on consumption. You are apt to think you must cough when yon have a cold, but you are dead wrong. In nine cases out of ten when we think we must cough we do not need to at all. When you are at church this time of year, observe how still the members are while the minister is at prayer. The congregation has too much respect for religion tpjeugh at such a time, -But when the prayer is over it breaks out all over the building bark, hack, hawk! If this was necessary, why did not the people do it during the pray er? On the contrary, if it could be con trolled then it can nearly always be con trolled, and the petson will cure his cold all the sooner. Said Emperor William to his subjects when he enlarged the German army: "It will now be your foremost task and common labor to care for the raising of means to cover the increased expense caused by the increased peace footing of the army.” "Increased peace footing” is good. Sallie McAllister, who died at Spring field, Ky., lately, weighed 695 pounds, yet she was only a private citizen. Sallie neglected her opportunity. She ought to have made a fortune in a dime museum on exhibition as the Matabele queen. Charleston, W. Va., will now have a boom. ' Natural gas has been struck near there rnd will be piped to the city. The Kanawha salt works will reopen, , and 500 men will find employment. ■ING WEST. jipe of Emigration to ■ Texas. A WEEK. Os Over 100 Left Tuesday—Many ■thers Going. jratioc movement to Texas Ify up, but increases. FI jfcny farmers from Northeast jflit Tennessee and North to the Lone Star State was caused riSWFSWfIt 1 u u t 111 III) ■ii’' i uB ;'■ i. i 1.. w Was Very 11l Yesterday, to the Swßfl jf His Many Friend*. Mr. Emmet Watson, of the drug firm of Messrs. Crouch & Watson, one of Rome’s most popular young men was very ill yesterday, and his many friends in the city were very uneasy about his condition. He was resting well last night, but was still quite low. All wish for him a speedy recovery. PRIZE COTTON SOLD. That Bale of Hamilton & Co.'s Brought a Good Price. That bale of cotton raised by J. H. Fisher, of Chattooga county, and sent to the Augusta exposition by Hamilton & Co., which took first prize for short sta ple cotton, has been sold. After the premium was awarded, the bale was turned over to Cot Wilberforce Daniel, who has informed Hamilton & Co. of its sale. It brought cents a pound. THE METHODISTS Os Rome Talk of the Appointments—Dr. Bays Will Recuperate. The appointments of the Methodists ministers for the Rome district, as pub lished in yesterday’s Tribunk, caused the members of that denomination to do much talking yesterday. While it is with great regret that the members of the first church part from Dr. Bays, they feel that as they must lose him, they.have been given a splendid successor in the person of Mr. Gibson. The Second church is more than pleased at the return of Mr. Duval). Mr. Jamison, to the regret of bis many friends here, will not remain, and goes to Monroe. Concerning Dr. Bays the following communication was handed in yesterday, ® h r °* d iDg ho,r his work ha s been appre “It is a mistake about Rev. D. Bavs ( being sent to Cartersville. The confer ence granted him a year from active ser vice in order that he might recuperate I h.s health. The Doctor is an able preacher and the First church loses a mental and spiritual giant. All hope the Doctor will greatly improve in hea’th and be able to enter the active ministry vigor.” eM WHh renewed strength and DEADLY GRIPPE AGAIN- At Leavenworth Halt the Homes Have Been Visited. Leavenworth, Kan , Dec. 0.-Twen- ' deaths from grippe have been < The dis- L hL tim.- in (he 11 Insurance For Tho failureof a largo insurance companies that were pay 10 per cent dividends a year to all who put money into them will perhaps call attention to the admirable systems of life insurance among certain large cor porations, notably one or two railway organizations. For seven years the Penn sylvania road has had a system of in surance which provides for the care of a sick or disabled employee, and in.ca.se of his death for his burial and a sum of money to his family, in case of acci dent, free surgical attendance is provid ed for the injured man. The family of a deceased employee receives §1,250 as the maximum sum. The money for the insurance fund is contributed partly by the employees, partly by the company. The English railway corporations have a system of insurance for their workers, which they are extending to take in the humblest day laborer. Each man con tributes 2| per cent of his wages annual ly, and the company pays as much more. The money thus raised is called the su perannuation fund. The maximum pe riod of service is 45 years. After a man has served one company that long he is retired on two-thirds pay for the rest of his life. If he stays so long as 10 years, he receives one-fourth his pay as a pension. If he leaves the company under 10 years’ service, he gets back all the money he put into the fund, with 4 per cent inter est. This is a good rate of interest for England. Judge Fitzsimmons of New York city has decided that pool selling and book making on horse races in the state of New Yojk is not illegal. trice pBBKzI A GRANcHHH The Dedication mauga PatVHHHHH during next sepWl||PF The Bloodiest Battle of W * Was Fought There Thirty Xears Ago. Says Yesterday’s Chattanooga Times- Washington, Dec. 5.—A bill ws in troauced in the House this morning by a d roß J en ° r ’ Ot ° hi0 ’ Providing for the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National park on Sent 10 and 2° ! 894 . The idea P iß dedication one 'of the grandest ante-bel lum events m the history of the South. Chattanoogans and residents of th s I lectwn generally will note with interest jfl the dates selected for the dedication wl dny As*/ city today, unique and.something of will be out about noon. ’ MMHbB THE COMING AND Os the People You Know You Don’t Know- Mr. J. Monroe Ogden, of the Armstrong. Mr. E. N. Marsh, of Atlanta, was reg istered at the Armstrong last ntght, Mr. L. P. Pairo, an East Tennessee official, with headquarters at Selma, is at the Armstrong. Miss Alias Printup has been quite sick fot>several days, to the regret of her many friends. Mr. Will C. Battey, formerly ot Rome, now a prominent real estate dealer Fort Myers, Fla., is in the city for a fevß days. . Miss Cora Llewellyn, nooga’a most charming young ladies, has returned borne after a pleasant visit to Mrs. 8. B. Bennett. THE WHIST CLUB Will Meet Tonight With Mlse Gallllard at 9 O’clock. The whist club will meet tonight with Miss Patti Gailliard. Owing to the fact that a number of of the members are to take part in the Oide Folks’ concert, auj must rehearse tonight, the hour fß| meeting has been changed to 9 o’ clcckfl