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MONDAY. JULY 2, 1894.
France’s New President.
M. Casimir-Perier has been elected
President of the French Republic. His
election was not unexpected. He was an
avowed presidential candidate before the
assassination of President Carnot, and as
soon as President Carnot’s death was an
nounced it was thought that fie would be
chosen by the national assembly as his
successor. He was brought very promi
nently before the public a few weeks ago
by a ministerial crisis. He was prime
minister, and it is believed he permitted a
vote against the ministry in order that he
might leave hisofficeand be untrammeled
in his campaign for president.
He made a strong impression upon the
republic as the head of the ministry. He
displayed both wisdom and courage in
dealing with public affairs, and inspired
confidence by his willingness to accept
responsibility and his success in carrying
out his policies. The chief faults attrib
uted to him by those who criticise him, are
that he is proud and autocratic. It needs
a man like him to deal successfully with
the turbulent political factions of the re*
public.
M. Casimir-Perier is still a compara
tively young man, being only about 47
years of age. He has, however, dis
tinguished himself in war and politics,
and his elevation to the presidency has
been reached in the regular course of a
very successful career.
His record justifies the belief* that he
will make a good president. He is a man
of strong will, and it will not be an easy
matter for any faction to induce him
to abandon a policy that he has decided
upon, tie appears to be lust such a man
as France needs at the hdid of her affairs
at this |ime.
Cutting: Down the Pension Chance.
The announcement of Pension Commis
sion Lochren the other day that a saving
of 8*25,000,000 in the administration of the
pension office had been effected during
• the last year has been received by the
court try with a fedling of profound satisfac
tion. The people had beeome alarmed at
the enormous increase in the pension
btirden under the Harrison administra
tion. The increase was* steady and
threatened to bankrupt the government.
The republicans didn’t seem to cure how
great the burden became. Their pur
pose was to control the soldier
vote, however great the cost might
be. Therefore President Harrison’s
pension commissioner interpreted the
pension laws in away that permitted the
placing of thousands of pensioners upon
the pension roll that had no right to be
there. Demagogy, greed and fraud com
bined to rob the government, and the pro
test of the taxpayers was unheeded.
A great change has taken place under
Mr. Cleveland’s administration. No man
entitled to a pension is denied one. On
the other hand thousands who have en
deavored to get on the pension roll with
out having a right to be thete have met
with defeat.
Republican congressmen are now try
ing to create a prejudice against the ad
ministration of the pension office in the
minds of the old soldiers.
Only a day or two ago Representative
Lacey, of lowa, declared on' the floor of
the House that the “southern brigadiers”
were using their utmost endeavors to
have the pensions of the survivors of the
Mexican war increased because these
veterans are largely southerners, and
were using their power to prevent de
serving union veterans of the civil war
from getting the pensions to which they
are entitled.
There is not, of course, any truth in
this charge. It is made for one purpose
only, and that is to make the union veter
ans of the civil war believe that the Dem
ocratic party is hostile to them. It is
greatly to be regretted that the pension
business can’t be separated from politics.
If the granting of pensions had been con
ducted on strictly business principles the
pension burden, instead of being 8160,000,-
000 a year, would, in all probability, be
less than 8100,000,000.
The veterans of the Mexican war are be
ing dealt with fairly, and so are die union
veterans of the civil war. All the Cleve
land administration aims to do in con
nection with pensions is to interpret the
pension laws fairly. If applications for
pensions are denied it is because the ap
plicants have not supported their claim
with the testimony that convinces the
pension commissioner that they are en
titled to a pension.
The republicans are on the unpopular
■ide of the pension business. Nothing
they can say will convince the country
that the commissioner of pensions
is not dealing honestly and fairly with
the union veterans. All that the people
ask in connection with the pension office
is that the pension laws shall be adminis
tered honestly and conscientiously. They
have confidence in Commissioner Loeh
ren, and the charge of republican con
gressmen that the pension office is being
managed so as to prevent the union
veterans getting what is due them will
find fe w believers outside of hide bound
republican partisans. The fact that the
annual amount paid out in pensions is
about as five times as great as either
President Grant or President Garfield
thought it would even be is pretty good
evidence that the union veterans have no
reasonable ground for complaint.
The Tariff Conference Committee.
Within a day or two the tariff bill will
be in the hands of a conference committee.
Some of the democraticpapers are insisting
that the House shall reject the Senate
amendments, and restore the bill to
the condition it was when it passed
the House. The New York World, par
ticularly, administers a great deal of
taffy to Representative Wilson, and tells
him that he can make a lasting name for
himself by insisting that the changes
made in the bill by the Senate shall be
rejected. In the course of an article
entitled “Mr. Wilson’s opportunity,” ,it
says:
Mr. Wilson’s position as chairman of
the committee on ways and means will
make him the leader of the House con
ferees on the tariff bill. It is fortunate
for the country, for the Democratic party
and for Mr. Wilson himself that this is
the case. Mr. Wilson is a tariff reformer
who believes in a reform that reforms.
With a scholar’s and a stateman’s knowl
edge of the subject he has that rarer gift,
the courage of his convictions —the dar
ing of his duty. Mr. Wilson believes,
likewise, that a party’s solemn pledges
are made to be kept, not simply to gain
votes.
* *■ * * ® * *
The Wilson bill was constructed
throughout upon Democratic reform
lines. If the duties were not lowered as
much in some schedules as the ardent re
formers had hoped—if the bill was really
a strongly protective measure—it was
due to the fact that Mr. Wilson and his
associates recognized the obligations im
posed upon them by the treasury needs
and the depressed condition of business.
But it was an honest bill, promising sub
stantial relief to the consumers of the
country.
The bill as it will come back to him
from the senate is a very different meas
use. It is tainted with jobbery and armed
for robbery. It is a new “tariff of abomi
nations”—McKinleyism with tbe thinnest
veneering of reform. Its rates have been
dictated by greedy trusts or imposed at
the behest of senatorial agents of odious
monopolies. The issue thus raised will
give to Chairman Wilson the greatest
opportunity of his life.
The World seems to forget that Mr.
Wilson is, to a very great extent, respon
sible for the changes that have been made
in the bill by the Senate. The bill, when
it left the House, was defective in two
very important respects, namely, it did
not provide a sufficient revenue for the
needs of the government, and sugar was
on the free list. Mr. Wilson knew, and
so did every other democrat in the House
know, that the bill in that shape had no
dhance of becoming a law. The very
first duty of the House in the matter of,
the tariff was to frame a bill that would
afford the government a sufficient reve
nue. When it failed to do that it opened
the way for the Senate to make what
ever changes it thought advisable. If
the Senate had accepted the House bill
without changes what would have been
the consequence? Why, either the House
would have had to amend its own meas
ure before permitting it to become a law,
or congress would have been forced to
'pass a supplemental bill to raise revenue.
Again, it would have been the worst
kind of a mistake to put sugar on the
free list after having repealed the sugar
bounty. Legislation of that kind would
have ruined the entire sugar planting in
terest of the country. It is doubtful if
any considerable number of the demo
crats of the House expected that the
House’s action in respect to sugar would
stand. In order to get rid of a trouble
some matter quickly the House sent the
bill to the Senate in an unfinished state,
and claimed the credit for having passed
a genuine tariff reform bill.
We do not know what action the House
will tlike on the Senate amendments, but
it Is certain that it is not entitled to very
much credit for the bill it sent to the
Senate. Mr. Wilson’s chances of winning
fame are in the direction of getting the
bill to the President as, quickly as possi
ble rather than insisting that the bill
shall be restored to the shape in which it
was when it passed the House. There is
no doubt that the Senate has added ob
jections! features to it, some of which
will doubtless be changed, but the coun
try is in no frame of mind to have the bill
fought over a month or two in the con
ference committee.
Getting Ready for the Campaign.
The democratic leaders of the state ap
preciate the importance of beginning.the
gubernatorial campaign as soon as possi
ble. The state executive and the cam
paign committees, which have been
called to meet at Atlanta on July 10, will
map out the work to be done before the
meeting of the state convention. A good
deal of effective work can be done before
the nominations are made. It is well un
derstood who the nominee for governor
will be, and it is also pretty well deter
mined who will be nominated for the
other positions on the ticket. There is no
good reason therefore why the campaign
should not be begun at once.
The campaign committee of the popu
lists has already decided upon its plan of
action, and Judge Hines has taken the
stump. He will have the assistance
donbtless of all the oratorical talent
within the ranks of the populists. The
purpose of the populists is to make an
earnest and an aggressive campaign. It
is not supposed for a moment that they
hope to carry the state. What they aim
to do probably is to make a better
showing than they did two years ago.
They will fail in that aim if the demo
cratic campaign is conducted with vigor
and skill.
It is a matter of great importance that
capable men shall be placed in charge of
the campaign. There is no reason why
serious mistakes should be made, and
they will not be -aae if care is exercised
in selecting the executive and campaign
committees. Only those should be placed
upon these committees who are willing to
devote a good deal of time to campaign
work, and who are desirous of having the
Democratic party win by an old time ma
jority.
There is much work to be done. In
some parts of the state there is dissatis
faction with Mr. Atkinson, and it is re
ported that . good democrats de
clare that they will not vote for him. All
such democrats must be made to
see that it is their duty to support the
ticket of their party. Gen. Evans was
defeated in the canvass for the uomina-
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY, JULY 2, 1894.
tion. His friends have now no right to
feel aggrieved at his defeat. If Mr. At
kinson had been defeated Gen. Evans’
friends would have expected Mr. Atkin
son’s friends to give Gen. Evans a hearty
and loyal support. They cannot honora
bly do otherwise now than give Mr. At
kinson all the help they can.
After all, it is not Mr. Atkinson’s per
sonal success that is the matter of the
most importance, but the success of the
Democratic party. Every democrat
should take a pride in making the demo
cratic victory as great as possible. For
years the Empire state of the south
has been proud of the majorities she has
given the Democratic party. Let her give
a democratic majority this year of which
she will be proud.
The managers of the campaign should
make it a point to find out the democrats
who are indifferent to the results of the
campaign and impress upon them the
necessity not only for voting themselves,
but also of getting their neighbors to vote.
A great democratic victory this fall will
make the populists despair of ever mak
ing much headway in Georgia.
J■ . ■
Mr. George Tillman, of South Carolina,
might do a good thing for his state by
giving up the idea of running for gover
nor and entering the canvass for United
States senator. A big man is badly
wanted in that race.
PERSONAL.
The friends of Col. Delaware Kemper,
United States consul to Amoy, China, have
been quite uneasy about him and his family
on account of the plague in that country. He
writes of their' safe arrival at Hong Kong,
whqre 17.000 have died of the plague, and
80.000 have fled from the city.
Charles Renauld, a New York merchant,
who spends much time with his family at
Fontainebleu, and who has had M. Carnot's
son, Cadi, as his guest, says that Mme. Car
not had a strong presentment that her hus
band would meet the death that has over
taken him. and that it was chiefly her fears
that influenced M. Carnot to decline to seek
another term of the French presidency.
The diary Os the Shah of Persia, written in
a flOent Persian style, has been published by
command in Teheran. In addition to his ex
periences at the British court, the shah gives
a detailed and lengthy account of various
towns of England and Scotland, and of many
mansions and country houses of English and
Scotch noblemen. Ihe shah's diary is a
most comprehensive guide book to English
aristocratic, social and industrial life.
Abdul Hamid, Sultan of Turkey, has a firm
conviction that he will reign for 40 years, and
this belief ■ has banished all fear of disease
and danger from his mind.,* He. however,
dreads cholera, because a dervish once
prophesied that he would die of cholera mor
bus. This has been a source of great benefit
to his subjects, as every effort is made to pre
vent the spread of cholera, owing to the Sul
tan’s desire to escape being attacked by it.
Years tefore he died William Nevans, the
veteran bandmaster of Chicago, caused a
statue of himself to be carved out of solid
granite, intending it to mark his last resting
place. His fjriends recently found it doing
duty as a sign outside a saloon door. In an
hour of adversity Nevqns had pawned his
stipulating that his family might be
allowed to buy it back some day. A big ben
efit concert will be given to raise the money.
Probably the oldest clergyman in the world
was a Greek priest who lately died in Thes
saly ."Greece, after completing his I2oth year.
He never left the place in which he was born
and where he died. He was accustomed to
begin his priestly offices before sunrise, and
to retire promptly at 9. His sight and hear
ing were in excellent condition to the day of
his death, and he never made use of glasses.
He was in the Active ministry for ninety-nine
years.
Ira H. Benjamin, of Romeo, Mich,, has a
copper coin issued by the opponent? of An
drew Jackson In campaign of is.-A. ,0n
one side, encircling the center, are the words,
‘ Perish Credit. Perish Commerce, IW. ’ in
the center is tne figure of a hog running, with
the words, "My Third Heat” on it; above the
hog, “My Victory;'' below it, “Down With
the Bank.” On the othek side, encircling the
center are the words, “My Substitute for the
U. S. Bank." In the center is a medallion of
Jackson, and below it the words, “Experi
ment. My Currency. My Glory.”
BBIGHT BITS.
When I was young my wife she called
Me “darling,” “ducky,” “sweet”;
But. nowadays my pet name is
“Whydon'tyouwipeyourfeet?”
—Boston Transcript.
“Strange,” said the major, “some people
are never contented. After having all their
limts broken, their heads smashed and their
brains knocked out they will actually go to
law and try to get further damages.”—Grip.
“What's the matter with your face? Have
you had a fight?”
"Oh, no! But my barber owes me three
francs, which .he refuses to pay, and I am
about to leave town, so I made him shave
me six times in the last three days."—Le
Figaro.
Traveler (in Europe)—Who are those two
beautiful girls?”
Steamer C iptain—One is a Circassian whose
patents are going to sell her to a Turk; the
other is an American whose parents are
going to give her to a nobleman.—New York
Weekly. i .
“But my dear sir," said the man who pro
crastinates, “If I pay. jot this money I will
have to borrow it of someone else.”
“Very well,” replied the co.d blooded citi
zen, “«> long as you pay what you owe me. I
don't, object to you owing what you pay me."
—lndustries.
Leisure at Home.—Mrs. Bingo—Mrs. Bin
ner’s husband has a government position, and
she is simply delighted.
Bingo—Pay well?
Mrs. Bingo—Not; so much that, but she says
she never saw so much of him before in her
life. —Brook lyn Life.
Rocks—l have taken a little more than was
good for me at times, but I never was quite
as far gone as Rounder was when he camo in
the other night.
Bangs—Why, what did he do?
“Lit a Roman candle to go to bed by.”—St.
.Louis Post-Dispatch.
“She has become quite a butterfly of fash
ion. !' said the girl.
“Positively dazzling.” replied the other.
“And yet her father started as a small cor
ner grocer.”
“Yes. You know we learned at school it
takes the grub tomake the butterfly.”—Wash
ington Star.
Mamma (opening the latest book by one of
the modern school writers for childieni—
Now, Freddy, if you will be a real good little
boy mamma will read this story to you; but
if you are naughty she will stop.
Freddy—l’ll be good, mamma. (Ten min
utes later, interrupting mamma in her read
ing): “Mamma, mamma.” “What dear.'”
Freddy—l’m going to be naughty now.—
Bugginsville Monthly.
CURRENT COMMENT.
For Their Own Good.
From the Chicago Herald (Dem.).
For the sake of the men themselves steps
should be taken to disperse the original Coxey
army which has been encamped at Bladens
burg for two months. The commonweal cru
sade has fizzled, out and the “petition in
boots” has degenerated into mere vagabond
age. The Bladensburg contingent is a burden
upon the charitable people of the vicinity. It
can accomplish nothing. Coxey has desertei
it. Browne will only get it into trouble. The
“industrials” Augat to scatter andgo to work.
If they won’t do it of their own accord the
Bladensburgers should withhold supplies.
That will disband the corps.
Isn’t This a Mara’s Nest P
From the Augusta (Ga.) News (Dem.).
There is danger of revolt all along the line,
unless speedy action is taken to save the
Democratic party. It is given out that the
agreement of the Gober-dußignon-Atkinson
conference, at Savannah, is to be carried out
to the letter. Steve Clay is to be made uresi
dent of the convention, Gober chief justice
in place of Bleckley. dußignon senator in
place of Gordon, and so on. Now. if Mr. At
kinson and his friends are wise, they will
pause. If-they will tender the presidency of the
state convention to Gen. Clement A. Evans,
it will give to the people an assurance of fair
ness and honest dealing that will be a har
binger of success, should they carry out
their programme, however, upon their own
heads be the discredit, for the people will not
stand it.
THE OLD FRIEND
with red Zon every package. It’s the King
of Liver Medicines, is better than pills, and
takes the place of Quinine and Calomel. Take
nothing offered you as a substitute. J. H.
ZEILIN & CO., proprietors, Philadelphia.
The Actress Remembered It.
In an elevated train which was going up
town the other morning sat a well-known
actress, says the New York Tribune. She
had evidently just arrived in town from a
railroad trip. At Chambers street, a young
woman entered the train and took a seat next
to the actress. Soon she seemed to recognize
the actress, whom she had never before seen
off the stage. She stole shy glances at her
face, admiring the fine dark eyes and the
lovely complexion which have been praised
by thousand&of New York theater-goers. The
actress wore an attractive jacket and an ex
tremely pretty traveling hat. She looked so
fresh and charming that the younger woman
could not resist the temptation to show with
her eyes her admiration for her neighbor.
Finally she plucked up her courage and snoke
to the other..
“Aren’t you Miss ?" she asked.
‘•Yes,” answered the other with a smile,
but she looked surprised at the question.
• Well. 1 could not resist the temptation to
speak to you,” said the younger. "I have en
joyed seeing joi act so much. You have given
me so much, pleasure in my life without ever
knowing it that I want to thank jpu for it
and to intioluce myself."
r lhe compliment pleased the woman of the
stage and she rewarded her young admirer
with a brilliant smile, immediately showing
an interest in her. As the train rattled up
through the city they became more and more
friendly and soon they were chatting and
lai-gbing as if. they were two school-girl com
panions. Finally when the girl had gath
ered up her bag and <umbrellh. as a woman
does three minutes before she expects to
leave a train, she turned with an animated
expression on her face.
“I should like to ask you something,” she
said.
"What is it?” said the actress with a smile.
The young woman s face took on a faint
color and she hesitated.
“Do you remember," she asked, “going to
College a long time ago to give a reading
—before you were an actress and famous?”
• Oh, yes." answered the other. I remem
ber it very well,”
“And do you remember," asked the girl,
with a half-giggle, and blushing furiously,
"being in a committee-room »nd overhearing
a telegraphic message received?”
“Why, yes," answered the actrqss, laughing
heartily. "I remember that very well, too.”
“It was my brotherwho sent it," said the
girl, "and we’ve often talked about it.” She
shook hands with the actress, they smiled
their_“good byes," and the girl left the train.
Asm ile lingered on the face of the actress as
she thought over the incident.
There are other people than these two who
know about that incident. In a New England
college at that time it was a “fad" with the
students to learn telegraphy, so that they
could communicate with their classmates.
In nearly every senior s room there was an
instrument, and the toys used to keep up a
lively clicking of the key all over the college
grounds. One evening a young woman came
to the town to give a reading at a college en
tertainment. She was a slip of a girl, then
unknown,, but the report spread around the
college like wildfire that she was extremely
pretty. She was conducted from the station
by a "dignitied” senior appointed to attend
her. In the committeqtrwm. where she was
led;, was »telegrapher's.'' instrument.
Shortly after the ar: hl of the pretty voting
woman to the comreHtee-ropnitarn k»tiu
jnent eegap td'tfofipd., . ,
"Is Mise ——— here?” said the magic click.
A senior stepped quietly over to the table,
touched the key and sent back the answer.
“Yes," he clicked.
Then came the reply, the click sounding
something like a trumphet to the committee
in their guilty knowledge.
“Well, kiss her for her mother!"
“Thank goodness!" whispered one of the
students, “that she doesn't understand teleg
raphy,” and then they all “wilted.” The
young woman s cheek was scarlet, but there
was a gleam of mischief in her eye.
"I ought to tell you,' she said hastily to one
of the committeemen, “that I understand
telegraphy.”
That was eighteen years ago. The slip of
a girl has long been prominently before the
public as an aetrcis. The toy who sent the
message is a grave and hard working lawyer,
climbing the ladder that leads to a New York
reputation and making a fortune. But he
never sees that actress across the footlights
without hearing the click of a telegraphic kev
that says "Ri|S her for her mother” Evi
dently the actress’ memory is good, and per
haps she never hears a telegraphic instru
ment sound without hearing the same “Kiss
her for her mother.”
Qualified to Act as Judge.
Buffalo Bill once gave u show in Carson
City, Nev., and on the opening night the
house was packed to the doors. The audi
ence. however, went away dissatisfied be
cause Mr. Cody himself did not appear. The
celebrated eowtoy when the time came for
him to startle the audience with his deeds of
daring, was not to be found. So the good
people of Carson dubbed the show a “fake.”'
and after the first night only a few attended.
Charles B. Locke, the manager of the show
brought a suit against Buffalo Bill to recover
damages. It caused a great sensation
in Carson, for. according to the
San Francisco News Letter, the resi
dents of that town knew very little
of the merits of Thespians of any kind, and
there were few. if any, who could honestly
tell whether or not it was more gratifying to
the audience for an Intoxicated actor to ap
pear on the stage and make a fool of himself
or remain behind the scenes in the arms of
Morpheus, 'lhe judge of the court did not
like to decide the case between Messrs. Locke
and Cody, and it was impossible to find a jury
with sufficient intelligence to understand the
matter. Finally it was agreed to let Sam
Davis djeid? > the case. So the sage
bush humorist was brought before the tribu
nal and was closely questioned bv the judge
who wanted to see how ifiuch Mr. Davis knew
about the drama.
“Have you ever been in a theater, Mr. Da
v's 1 " asked the judge.
“Yes. sir.”
“Do you think you can tell • the difference
between a man who is intoxicated and a
man who is sober?”
“Most assuredly.” answered Mr. Davis
“Did you ever hear of a theater where the
play drew largely on the first night and con
tinued to draw largely during the run of the
playr’l
“Yes, sir." ,
•Where?”
“In London. It was a tragedy.”
“Who wrote It?” »
“William Shakespeare."
"Now, Mr. Davis, did you ever hear of a
theater where the play drew largely on the
first night and only bight or ten people on
every night thereafter .”
“Yes. sir."
“Where?”
“In London. It was a tragedy also.’’
“And who wrote that tracedv v "
“I did.”
Mr. Davis was unanimously selected to de
cide the suit, which he did in favor of Buffalo
Bill. • t
On a Gold Basis.
A member of the House who went to see
Secretary Morton at the • agricultural depart
ment on a matter of business yesterday, says
the Washington Post, happened to pick up -a
newspaper containing a report of Mr. Bryan's
speech at the Omaha silver conference last
Thursday. The closing part of the speech
struck him with especial force. It read as
follows: - ,
"The desire for money is as universal as
the desire for food. We ‘must use stiver
whether it is mined in Colorado or in Aus
tralia, or whether it faUs like manna from the
skies.”
-What do you think of that?" asked the
member, reading it a'.oud to the secretary.
"I am surprised that Mr. Bryan is not bet
ter versed in BioUcal lore," replied Mr.
Morton solemnly, “for every student of the
scriptures knows that Heaven is run on a
gold bas’s with golden harps, golden streets,
golaen gates, and everything else
ft ' >
ITEMS OB INTEREST.
The most common offense in Jamaica is the
use of obscene and offensive language. Over
one-fourth of the arrests made last year were
on this charge.
The will of the late David Wallach, of Chi
cago, which distributes about $200,000 worth
of property, gives, with other public bequests.
$2,503 to Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, for
a "David Wallach bed.”
Twenty four karat gold is all gold: 22 karat
gold has 22 parts of gold, I of silver and 1 of
copper: 18 karat gold has 18 parts of pure
gold and 3 parts each of silver and copper in
its composition; 12 karat gold is half gold, the
remainder being made up of 3% parts of
silver and 8?4 parts of copper.
According to the annual report issued the
last of May the salvation army is now estab
lished in forty-two countries. It has 1 997
corps, numbering 6.413 officers, 10,328 Ideal
officers, and 3,331 bandsmen. The number of
“soldiers” is not stated, tut “General”
Booth claims that the army converts to
Christianity 200,000 people every year.
Since the death of Lucia Zarate, the “Mex
ican midget.” the title of being the smallest
woman on earth has fallen to Mlle. Paulina,
a native of Holland. She is now nearly 18
years of age, is but 20 inches high and
weighs a few ounces less than 9 pounds. She
is remarkably pretty and accomplished,
speaking four different languages fluently.
Five New Orleans steamers have been
withdrawn from the Honduran banana trade
because of a new law which requires the pur
chasing agents and ship owners to buy the
fruit on shore and pay their own lighterage
The action at New Orleans has had the effect
of bringing the fruit growers to terms anfi
President Bonilla has suspended the law.
It is proposed in London to organize an in
surance company to gtiard houseowners and
tenants from enterin* upon or acquiring un
sanitary property. The association would ex
cludefrom its books houses in bad condition,
while all property receiving a certificate of
good condition, for the guidance of investors
and houseowners, would be subject to period
ical inspection.
Under a decision just rendered by the Mas
sachusetts supreme court, a landlord is not
legally bound to inform his tenant at will of
sanitary defects in the drain of tfie house.
Neither is,he liable to the tenant at will in
suit for damages for negligence In not ac
quainting such tenant of defects in the draws
which arise during the course of the .tenancy,
even where the condition of the drain caused
one of the occupants to take typTtoid fever
and die..
H. H. Robinius, of Indianapolis, has in his
possession a Bible of the sixteenth century,
which has been in his family for many years.
The Bible is a' translation from either the
Hungarian or Latin language. It is printed
in old German, with very large type. The
cover is of wood, one-quarter of an inch thick,
held together by thick cord. The.book is in
a fair state of preservation excepting that
some of the leaves are slightly faded and
curled up on the ends.
The hog’s legs perform a function not
known to any other animal, and that is an es
cape pipe or pipes, for the discharge of waste
water or sweat not used in the economy of the
body. These escape pipes are situated upon
the inside of the legs, above and .below the
knee in the forelegs, and above the gambrel
joints in the hind legs, but in the latter they
are very small and functions light; ujon the
inside of the foreleg they are, in the healthy
hog, always active, so that moisture is always
there from about and below these orifices or
ducts in the healthy hog. The holes in the
leg and breathing in the hog are his principal
and only means of ejecting hn excess of heat
above normal, and when very warm the hog
will open the mouth and breathe through
that channel as well as the nostrils.
Dr. S. B. Ward, of Alt any, N. Y., was
asked to explain the alleged sudden increase
in the number of cases of appendicitis-; and
in his reply, among other things, he said:
“Appendicitis is an inflammation of the ap
pendix. It is not k”own what causes
it There are two proofs that appendi
citis is not due to ihe lodgment of seeds. The
first is that in almost every instance where
an operation has been performed the ap
pendix has been found empty, though in
flamed. The second is that in operations
after death, when death has been due to
other causes, substances have often been
found in the appendix, and yet that organ
was not inflamed. As to the Impression that
operations are necessarily fatal, that, too, is
wrong, as no more difficulty is liable to fol
low than may follow the most simple opera
tion. All that is necessary is to cut through
and pull out the appendix, so as to tie it and
cut it off. It is a part of the anatomy that is
not necessary.”
"Among the many singular traits of char
acter possessed by seals,” said a retired sea
captain to the Globe Democrat, “none is
more striking than the devotion of the male
to its offspring, cdhtrasted with the apathetic
attention paid by the mother, the latter
will at the least alarm bolt away into the sea
and leave her babies behind her, but* the bulls
mount guard over the swarming herds of
young and nothing can exceed their devotion
and courage when called upon as protectors.
The sense of smell possessed by the seals Is
verystro g and will invariably wake them
out of a sound sleep, even if you come upon
them ever so quietly to the windward, and
you will alarm them in this way much more
thoroughly, though you be a half mile dis
tant, than if you came up carelessly from the
leeward and even walked in among thbm,
they seeming to feel that you are not differ
ent from one of their own species until they
smell you.”
“A good deal of importance is attached by
export horse buyers to the color of horses,
particularly with regard to their legs,” said
a Western stockman to the ist Louis Globe-
Democrat.. “The best horses I have ever
known had their feet and legs marked with
white. It is proverbial that sorrel and chest
nut horses with white upon their legs are
good natured, while horses of the same
color without a dash of white are often
found to be unsafe animals. Many people
think that the parti colored horses belong
ing to ilrcuses are selected for their oddity ,
but they are really chcsen on account of
their gent'eaess and docility. It is said that
a black horse cannot stand, the heat, and
white horses have been pronounced as un
suited to cold. The physiognomy of horses
is also much regarded. If he is full and
broad between the eyes, he is supposed to
have superior sense, and to be. easily trailed,
but if he has a sharp, narrow face, be care
ful how much you trust him.”
Those who watch the cormorant’s diving
feats are usually so interested in the fortunes
of the chase as the handsome bird dashes af
ter the fish, that not one visitor in t wenty ob
serves that, from the mode of its entering
the water to its exit, its methods of move
ment are absolutely different to those.of the
pen ruins. The cormorant does not plunge
headlong. It launches Itself on the surface,
and then “ducks” like a grede. Its wings are
not used as propellers, but trail unresistingly
level with its body, and the speed at which it
courses through the water is wholly due to
the swimmipg powers- of Its large and ugly
webbed feet. 1 hese are set on quite at the
end of the tody, and work incessantly like a
treadle, or- the floats of a stern-wheel
steamer. Yet the conditions of submarine
motion are so favorable that the speed of the
bird below the surface is three or four times
greater than that gairied by equally rapid
movements of the feet when it has risen and
ib swimming on the top. The luster of the
feathers in the clear water, the cloud of bril
liant bubbles which pour from the plumage,
like the nebulous train of a comet, as the bird
rushes through the water, and the sapphire
light of the large blue eye make the cormor
ant's fishing one of the prettiest ajuatic ex
ercises in the world.
The Greek word hades as it appears in
the New Testament and the Hebrew word
sheol in the Old Testament, savs the St.
Louis Republic, are used In the most general
and literal sense—that of denoting state of
condition of the dead, including the grave as
the abiding place of the body and the world
of spirits as the abode of the soul. The He
brew idea of it is very fully given in Job x,
21-22. It may be interesting to those of the
Republic's readers that have been paying
any particular attention to the various opin
ions of hell, purgatory, hades, etc., as they
have appeared in the department, to see tlie
above compared with the pagan notions from
which the Greek word hades is derived.
The name of Hades was given to Pluto
by both the Gresks and the Romans.
Pluto is, as almost everv one knows,
the god of darkness which was supposed to
preside -over the infernal regions. He was
represented as being the son of Chronos and
Rhea, the husband of Persephone and the
brother of Zeus and Poseidon. He bore the
name of being a fierce, cruel, and inexorable
tyrant, dreaded by mortals who, when they
invoked him struck the earth with their
hands, sacrificed black sheep in his honor,
and in honoring their sacrifices stood with
averted faces. The grim hades was supposed
to shut up the shades of aeith in his dark do
main. His acode was supposed to be shared
only by his wife, who was equally as cruel as
fierce and tyrannical husband.
CENTRAL REORGANIZATION.
The Plan to Be Ottered Security Hold
ers Completed.
An Issue of $7,000,000 First Mort
gage Os, $1,300,000 Consolidated Os,
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Bonds, $15,-
000,000 Income Bonds and $10,000,-
000 Common Stock—The Southwest
ern and Augusta and Savannah
Hoads to Be Leased at 0 Per Cent.
New York, June 29.—The plan for the
reorganization of the Georgia Central
Railroad Company is completed.
It. provides for the issuing of
$7,000,000 first mortgage 5 per cent,
gold bonds, $1,300,000 consolidated
5 per cent, bonds, and $1,000,-
000 guaranteed bonds to bear interest at
per cent, for two years and increasing
at the rate of X per cent, yearly until
they shall bear 5 per cent. Besides these
mortgage bonds there are to be $15,000,000
incomes, divided into two series, A and
B, and $15,000,000 of common stock.
The plan provides for the leasing of
the Southwestern and the Augusta and
Savannah railroads on a 5 per cent, basis,
and the bonds of other roads are to be
redeemed on payment of face value partly
in new guaranteed bonds and partly in
new income bonds. Among those to be
taken up in this way are the bonds of
the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus,
the Savannah and Western, and the Ma
con and Northern. The holders of certi
ficates of indebtedness, as well as the
holders of the Columbus and Rome and
Savannah and Atlantic bonds, will re
ceive par value in income bonds.
REJOICING AT CHATTANOOGA.
Chattanooga, Tenn , June 29.—There is
great rejoicing to-night in Chattanooga
over the announcement that the Chatta
nooga, Rome and Columbus rail
road has been included in the
reorganized Georgia Central system.
This makes Chattanooga the northern
terminus of that great system, and the
distributing point for a large quantity of
ocean freight for the west. It is signifi
cant in this connection that the officials
of the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
road have just obtained a charter for the
Chattanooga Terminal Company. It is
thought that this means much for
Chattanooga., The reorganization >com
mit*<?e have provided funds for placing
the Chattanooga. Rome and Columbus in
good condition. Receiver Jones of that
road says he expects greatly increased
terminal facilities, including ware
houses, to be provided here at once and
soon shops for repairs on the northern di
vision of the system.
NA.TTX YARDS CLOSED.
Work Suspended Until the Appropria
tion Bill is Passed.
Washington, June 30.—Secretary Her
bert issued an order to-day suspending all
work in navy yards that is paid for out of
the appropriations for the increase of the
navy. This is caused by the failure of
congress to pass a naval appropriation bill,
Attorney General Olney agreeing with
Secretary Herbert that the joint resolu
tion extending current appropriations does
not cover the matter. The shipsnow build
ing under contract, including the battle
ships and the armored cruiser Brooklyn,
are not affected, nor will the repairs now
progressing in government yards 'be ter
minated. but the Maine, Texas, Cincinnati
and Raliegh must remain untouched until
further congressional action is secured.
The naval bureaus have kept barely
within their appropriations, not over sgo,-
000 remaining to their credit to-day, but
they may continue the services of clerks
and workmen for another month, using
a portion of the $150,000 made available
by the joint resolution. It was feared at
first that all naval repairs would be shut
down and that Rarely sufficient money re
mained to keep the yards closed and
maintain an efficient force of watchmen.
In that emergen cy it would have been
necessary to call on the army to guard
naval property. As it is, only 400 or 500
workmen will suffer from the order which
the secretary was compelled to issue.
COTTONSEED OIL MILLS.
$40,000,000 Per Year Added to the
Wealth of the Country.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 30.—The
Tradesman, in reviewing the cotton tex
tile industry of the south, gives a list
showing the present numberof active cot
tonseed mills to be 253, Texas leading
with 89. Investigation proves that the
best mills produce 40 gallons of oil, 675
pounds of cottonseed meal, 950 pounds of
hulls and 30 pounds of lint to
the ton of seed. The mills
exported in the year ending May 12, 1894,
cotton seed to the value of $41,033; oil
cake and meal to the value of $6,684,200,
and oil to the value of $5,203,675, and in
quantity over 5,000,000 pounds of seed,
nearly 600,000,000 pounds of oil cake and
meal, a..d nearly 13,000,000 gallons of cot
ton seed oil..
The Tradesman’s representatives show
that about 1,500,000 tons of cotton seed
which a few years ago was a waste, pro
duct were reduced to oil, meal, lint and
hulls during the year, yielding over $lB.-
000,000 to the farmers and adding about
$40,000,000 to the wealth of the qountry.
The representatives show that the num
ber of mills is steadily increasing in the
south. .
Race Track Gamblers Indicted.
Chicago, June 30.—The grand jury
to-day returned indictments against
the Hawthorne race tracls peo
ple for keeping a common gambling
place, and the Washington Park .club for
maintaining a nuisance.
There is no statue on which the Wash
ington Park club indictment can be based,
but the jury ia, looking up the law found,
that boiling fripe or skinning fish may
be indictable offenses if attended by un
pleasant odors, and reasoned that the
smell from the stablds must be unpleasant
and the indictment, was issued.
Jaggs—l notice one thing about? the man
who -can either drink or leave it alone.”
Baggs—What is it.?
J.- He never leaves it alone.—New York
Press.
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in Millions of Homes —40 Years the Standard*
HOT SHOT FIRED AT HINES.
The Claim Made That Hines’ Law-
Firm Sold Out the Plaintiff While
Pretending- to Act as His Attorneys.
The Sale ox the Southern Cotton
Mills the Basis of the Suit.
Atlanta, Ga.,; June 30.—A sensational
suit for damages was filed in the superior
court of Fulton county to-day against
Judge James K. Hines, the populist can
didate for governor. The action is
brought by W. W. Brigg, a well known
citizen of Atlanta, through Col. John A.
Wimpy, as attorney. Mr. Brigg is a
writer and ip ven tor. fte is a brother of
W. O. Brigg of New York, who is several
times a millionaire, and has another
brother in England who is worth 810,000,-
000, the Brigg family being more or less
distinguished both ir. England and this
country. Col. John A. Wimpy, the attor
ney who brings the suit, is a populist who
has taken an active part in the party’s
deliberations in this county and in the
section about Oxford, where he lives,
though his law practice is done from At
lanta.
BASIS OF THE SUIT.
Brigg sues for $25,000 damages upon an
allegation of facts setting up that the law
firm of Hines, Shubrick & Felder, while
acting as his attorneys in,the prosecution
of a certain claim, betrayed their trust
and practically sold out his interest to the
other side. Thte petition recites that in
1891 Brigg, the. petitioner, employed
Messrs. Hines, Shubrick & Felder as at
torneys to collect a claim of SIO,OOO, which
was due him bv- the Southern Cotton
Mills, the defendants to receive a contin
gent fee of 10 per cent. Suit was
brought in Fulton county superior court
to recover the SIO,OOO, but the petitioner
alleges that owing to the carelessness and
negligence of the defendants the whole
was entirely lost to him.
THE SENSATIONAL FEATURE.
The most sensational part of the suit
then follows: Brigg says that by virtue of
their position as his attorneys the defend
ants gained his confidence. Confiding in
them as honorable and upright attorneys,
in the course of said employment, and "by
reason of which, and the fact that the
said southern cotton mills beintr indebted
§,nd embarassed by a SIO,OOO mortgage,
the defendants being at the time Brigg’s
attorneys, and by reason of their control
of his claim, they got control of this $lO,-
000 mortgage. Brigg was led to believe
that the defendants were acting in good
faith in his interest to collect his SIO,OOO.
THE PROPERTY ON THE BLOCK.
The property of the Southern Cotton
Mills was brought to sale at public out
j cry, at vvhich’sale the defendants had the
J control and management. The property
was worth SIOO,OOO, the petitioner avers,
and previous to the sale he conferred with
his lawyers, the defendants, as to the ad
visability of his buying the cotton mill
property, which the defendants advised
and were to assist in so that the peti
tioner’s SIO,OOO claim might be protected.
Under the SIO,OOO mortgage referred to,
the property was sold. Brigg, believing
that Judge Hines and his partners, as his
attorneys, were acting in good faith with
him, was present at the sale and bid in
the property at $13,000.
THE LAWYERS BUY IT.
The defendants having control of the
sale were present, and by permission of
the United States marshal, who conduct
ed the sale, Brigg claims he was given
fifteen minutes in which time to produce
the clinch his bid. But while
he was gone, and before the fifteen min
'utes passed, he alleges that Judge Hiuea
anti his associates caused the property ta
be resold, They bid it in themselves for
SI3,(MM), and refused to deliver the prop
erty to him, though acting as his attor
neys, but informed him that they had
represented James W. English in making
their bid. Brigg continues that he made
a further demand for the property of
James W. English, but he said he* had
sold it to Ware & Owens, real estate
dealers in Atlanta, and when he applied
to them they offered to let him have it
for $25,000.
Tricked and deceived.
“There,” the petition continues, “it
came to the knowledge of your petitioner
that the defendants had tricked and de
ceived your petitioner out of his said bid.
All of this happened within a few hours
of' said sab?.” Brigg says he then ap
plied to Judge Hines’ firm, and they told
him they did not think he could get the
property from Ware & Owens for less
than $25,000, though a little later he dis
covered that he could get it for $17,000.
It developed still further on, the petition
alleges, that the defendants had them
selves given an option on the property to
Secretary Hoke Smith and one F. C.
Foster for $15,000, who finally bought it
from them at that figure, Foster being an
owner of stock m the mills.
Bragg concludes his petition by alleg
ing: “That pretended sale of the
property to James W. English, and from
English to Ware & Owens, was a sham
trick, done in order to deceive and de
fraud your petitioner out of his bid and
out of the property, and all of which was
done by the defendants in violation of
their duties as attorneys of your peti
tioner.”
TEACHERS AT CUMBERLAND.
A Thousand of Them Will Be There
. This Week.
Brunswick, Ga., June 30.—Commenc
ing on Tuesday next at noon and continu
ing until the evening of Friday following,
Cumberland Island will be the headquar
ters of I,(MX) teachers from the states of
Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
Efiorts will be made to leave nothing
undone for the teachers’ pleasure. Upon
arriving at Cumberland the teachers are
requested to call at the treasurer’s office,
in the auditorium, for certificates of
membership, which will entitle them to
reduced rates.
The magnificent new auditorium of the
association has been thoroughly com
pleted and will be a pertnaMient source of
pleasure to members. The dedicatory
exercises will occur on Tues
day night, the programme opening with
music, followed ny the formal tendering
of the auditorium to the teachers by
Maj. K. J. Guinn, and its acceptance on
their behalf by the trustees and board of
directors. Short responses will be made
by Gov. Northern Dr. Chandler and oth
ers. The entire programme of the meet
ing for the four days comprises music,
recitations, addresses, responses, discus
sions and lectures.