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THEY RUN FROM A SMILE.
The Coreans Whose Struggle May Af
fect the Destiny of a Continent.
CSrea’s Centuries of' Seclusion—Co
rean. Costumes and Customs—The
Wonderful Ginseng 1 Plant Which Re
quires Six Years to Grow—The Posi
tion of Woman—The Married Man
and His Hat.
(Copyright.)
New York, Aug. 18-—lt is not gentrally
known that Corea was bestirring herself
with a revolution about the time we were
getting comfortably discovered in the fif
teenth century. Yet these people have
been plodding along in the same rut ever
since, and all due to the Chinese exclu
sion policy.
Her long existence as a “Hermit Na
tion,” seems to have had its effect upon
the characteristic of her people. For
while they are said to be very good-na
tured, their faces wear a sad, melancholy
expression, which is seldom brightened
with a smile.
Mr. Ralph Cooke, whose uncle is the
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only American merchant in Corea, has
just returned from an eighteen-months’
tour through this remote country.
He says: “It is an actual tact that in
my whole eighteen months’ visit, I never
saw a native laugh or smile. When I
smiled the natives thought I must be sick
and seemed to feel very sorry for me.
And when 1 laughed loud and heartily, as
I often found occasion to do, they fled
from me as if they thought I had some
kind of a fit. Surprised" at their antics, I
questioned my guide about it, and he told
me that his countrymen never laughed,
because they never had anything to laugh
, at.”
It is difficult to imagine such a nation
of solemn faces' and it seems a pity that
there are not a few native Hibernians
there to infuse a little mirth into the
people.
They talk very little and have the ap
pearance of great thoughtfulness.
“As I approached the little town of
Pha.re, on my way from Seoul,” says Mr.
Cooke, “the entire male population turned
out in a body to meet me. The men
eyed me seriously. Not a word was ut
tered between them.
“Standing there solemn and motionless
in the ghastly twilight, in their white
clothes and peaked hats, they might have
been Hendrix Hudson and his followers
bet-koning and unsuspecting Rip Van
Winkle to his doom, and 1 shuddered and
moved on.
“J looked back several times but could
observe no change in their position, My
9 guide informed me that they were in deep
thought, and seldom exchanged confi
dences. When satisfied as to which class
of freak I belonged to, they turned about
their business.
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S“As a people I found the Coreans gener
ally polite and dignified In their behavior,
and kindly toward their guests. Their i
dress varies much with their social posi
tion. That of the upper classes is a loose
t robe pt white cotton fabric.
“The most important feature of the cos
tume of a Corean, oven more so than in
the case of the Englishman, is his hat.
Shopkeepers, merchants of the higher or
der. and the better classes m general,
wear black conical hats, with a circular
plate projecting three or four inches and
forming the brim, which are tied under :
the chin with a pair of long black cords. .
“This article is a mark of honor and ■
position in society. Only married men I
can assume it, and married men only par- :
tleipato in the anairs of state. And since
all unmarried persons are treated as chil
dren in Cbrea. every youth is anxious to
get a wife and put on a hat. Sometimes
the young rascals shave their front hair
and do the back hair in a ‘waterfall,’
after the fashion of married men, in or
der to get position in society and state,
but this is punishable by law. ‘To wear
the hat,’ consequently, is a Corean
method of saying a man is married.
“The lower classes do not conform to
these technical requirements as to the
hat. They content themselves with a
sort of inverted bowl made of straw.
People who are in mourning wear an im
mense umbrella-like affair on their heads,
which nearly conceals them from view
and gives the wearer the appearance of a
walking mushroom. These huts are from
two to two and-a-half feet in diameter,
and have a surface of about six square
feet. So completely does this headgear
remove the mourner from the rest of the
world that in the days when foreigners
were excluded from Corea, the Jesuit
priests took advantage of it, and wore it
to protect themselves in their work.
“The women wear green mantles over
their heads, the folds of which are drawn
over the face, leaving only the eyes ex- !
posed, and falling down to'their feet.
“The loose, baggy, trouser-like dress
that is the fashion with the female popu- I
lation, causes an awkward waddle; out!
the feet, clad in white socks and straw
sandals, are small and .well formed. It
seemed especially odd to me at first that i
each woman I met should have just ar
rived at her own house, but this was ex- ;
plained before I was there many weeks.
I learned that every woman has the '
right of entree into all places and may I
turn into anyone’s house to avoid
strangers. They arc not allowed either
to see er be seen by them, and are com
x polled to curb their curiosity, which
seemed to me like highway robbery upon I
woman’s dearest right.
“The first few women I met I must have
frightened terribly. They no sooner saw
me than they disappeared into doorways
as if possesed. I suppose, though, that I ,
was unusually inquisitive, and 1 observed I
that the native wapfarer passed them ;
without notice. My impression of these
women was neither pleasant or unpleas
ant, my observation being confined too
much to the'lower classes.
“Though women are regarded as infe
rior animals, and have no position in so
ciety, and no legal rights, there is a cer
tain kind of respect paid them. A man
steps off the sidewalk to allow a woman
to pass, and never turns his eyes to look
at her..
“A Corean woman would consider her
self ruined if a man should so much as
touch her with the finger-tips, and many !
a Corean Lucretia has killed herself or
been slain, by father or brother, rather
than live after being so dishonored.
“If a peddler comes to a man’s house
he must wait until the women have been
shut up in their apartments before he,
can enter and exhibit his wares.
“In view of all these restrictions upon
the female population, it is most surpris
ing that these people have a law which
compels all men to be within doors at 8 p.
m., while women may roam the
| streets unmolested until after midnight.
This rule is very strictly observed
in time of war, and the Corean
man s existence is therefore much con
fined just now. The doorways of the
common houses are low and open directly
bn the streets, but, to avoid publicity, a
screen of strings is hung on a lattice in
front of them, hiding the interior from
view. In the lower part of the valley of
Seoul, the buildings are closelj’ com
pacted and though of but one story in
bight, the population is claimed to be
250,000, which does no seem strange when
one has been there and observed how
many live in one of these little houses.
“The shopt. are sometimes two stories
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1. Married Man—Upper Class.
2. Married Man Lower Class.
8. Unmarried Man. —Without Hat.
4. Mourning Hat.
5. Ship Owner.
high, built of gray stone but more com
monly, low buildings, divided into com
partments. each boasting a frontage of
six feet. They are so arranged that
nearly everything in the store can be
reached by the weary looking storekeeper
without necessitating the effort to rise
when an occasional customer enters.
The ‘store clerk’ is an unknown title.
“The accommodations for travelers out
side of the cities is terrible to relate and
he who would be satisfied must be so in
spite of the rebellion of his five senses.
“The scenery is beautiful in many
parts of the frontier. It boasts of low, ‘
undulating hills, some heavily wooded
and some covered with grass for mile
after mile. Back of Seoul these hills fall
gracefully tier after tier, toward the
mountains behind the capital, while sud
den turns of the road open to the weary
traveler views of the sea that made me I
forget at times the lack of traveling com- I
forts one finds in tours through even the
more civilized countries of the Orient.
“At about eight miles out of Phaire I
arrived at a little village on the Im-jin
river where I came close enough to a gin
seng garden to inspect it.
“Ginseng is a drug grown in large
quantities in Corea for medical use I
chiefly. It is in fact the national product. !
It is rather hard to grow, and takes six
years to arrive at a stage of perfection.
It is very valuable, therefore, and has to
bo continually watched. A ginseng gar
den is a Peculiar looking contrivance of a
number of low sheds and a high plat-
■ form, well roofed over with straw, on
which watchmen are placed to guard the
j drmr plantations
I “The watchman is given a nipe and
kept supplied with all the smoking ma
terial he desires, but if he is caught sleep
ing while on duty ho is put to death at
once.
“The seed of the ginseng plant is sown
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in March and the seedlings are planted
: out in beds raised a foot above the level
iof the surrounding soil, bordered with
' upright slates and covered in or protected
i from the sun and rain by sheds of reeds
I three or four feet high. These sheds are
i well closed in, except on the north side,
. where they are left more or less open, ac
i cording to the weather. They are built
in rows, allowing just, enough room for
i one person to walk between them.
“In the first and second years the gin-
I seng plant obtains only two or three
! inches in growth and acquires only two
leaves. It is transplanted frequently dur
ing this period of its progress. By the
fourth year the stem obtains about six
inches of growth and in the fifth year a
strong, healthy plant has reached ma-
THE WEEKLY NEWS ( r rWO-TIMES-A-WEEK:) MONDAY, AUGUST 20. 1894.
! turity. It is not, however, unusual to
i leave it in the ground for another year
after this. The cultivation of the plant
is entirely in the hands of a few priv
ileged farmers, licensed by the king,
; whose privy purse is largely dependent
I upon the monopoly of this drug. In 1891
; the revenue from this source was esti
mated by a very competent authority to
be $500,000. \
“I found much of interest along the
banks of the Im-jin river, which is a fine,
crystal-like stream, about three hundred
yards wide and said to be fifty feet deep.
I observed men in boats out in mid-stream
spearing fish weighing, I afterward dis
cavered, from forty to fifty pounds. The
river’s current is not strong, but is said
to be ‘ navigable for only about fifteen
miles above Phajre. The ferryboats were
carrying men and horses across the
i stream and many w’ere drawn up on the
bank in readiness for use. While the
banks of the Phajreside was densely
wooded with ash, trees, the' other was
bare and low.
“Some historic earthworks are visible
from the further shore which are said to
' date back to the time of the Japanese in
vasion at the end of the sixteenth cen
tury. A large tumulus is also visible in
the distance from this point, situated on
a bluff that projects into the stream near
the junction of another river. As I trav
eled on I noticed scores of weary pilgrims
from the extreme north on their way to
Seoul for examinations, which were to
take place in the course of a few days.
They leaned on long staffs, and had only
one or two articles of clothing strapped
on their backs. Otherwise they traveled
free of luggage. The government offi
cials on the road are bound to find them
food and shelter at night. They have,
therefore, little or no expenses to
meet, but nothing of the life of the
American student is to be observed in
them. They sing no college songs, have
no acquaintance with athletics and do not
Ginseng Garden and Watchman.
disturb the surrounding country with wild
college cries.
“Quite different from them was an ex
aminer or professor whom we frequently
met, hurrying from one province to an
other to fulfill his professional duties.
His chair carriage and my ponies came in
contact so often that we struck up a bow
ing acquaintance, and I really think I
saw him smile-yes, I am quite sure that
he did smile. He seemed also to pine for
conversation after I had met him several
times, but his mode of traveling, perched
up on a high chair with a little rail all
around it, made it impossible.
“A Corean woman riding a pony and in
the same direction as we rode along side
of me for a long distance, but not once
did she give me an opportunity to see
what her face was like. I never had
such a desire to see a woman’s face be
fore, and it quite put me out of temper
to be robbed by that clumsy mantld, of
the expression on her face when I made a
movement with my hand which plainly
begged her to withdraw the curtain. The
only response was a snap-shot flirtation
with her eyes, which were dark and un
usually long for the Mongolian type. I
wonder if she would have liked to accom
modate me by showing the picture that
piece of cotton cloth concealed. It was
impossible, howevet, to avoid sympathiz
ing with her position, which naturally ex
posed her to such unusual trials as travel
ing along side of a foreigner the whole
day about, but the sympathy had to be
suppressed so far as concerned conveying
it to her.
“Just before midday we reached
Chang-dan, my servant-guide and I. and
there I found a large market town. I
called at once on the official jn charge.
He lived in greater state than any of his
colleagues I met at other places, and very
kindly offered me rooms and a luncheon.
I preferred, however, to 'expedite the de
parture of my party by taking my meal at
the same inn as my servant, who, by the
way, was very much Americanized by
my uncle.
“As the people were a little inquisitive,
I threw open my window and ate on the
sill, to the intense interest of the crowd.
“From Chang-dan I traveled through
the mountains that lay between there and
Song-do (Kai Song). The greater part of
this region is covered with rice farms.
Besides other grains, that called Job's
Tears (Coix lachryma) is cultivated to a
considerable extent. The raising of these
grains on which the masses live is the
chief agricultural deporture of the coum
, try. Everywhere I remarked land lying
idle. Corea is certainly rich in soil, and
I if it could profit by the civilization pro
posed and now being fought for by Japan,
it would certainly rise to fame.”
James S. Hammond,
They Had an Eye to Business.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Those who had the naming of the dif
i ferent counties in Georgia must have had
lan eye to business. For instance, we give
a sample in the following paragraphs:
If you want brick, go to Clay.
If you like to get up soon, go to Early.
If you wish meal, go to Miller.
If you wish it cooked, go to Baker.
If you would like to have good beef with
it, go over to Bulloch or Coweta.
If you desire a plate to eat it in. go to
Ware.
If you must have something to drink
with it, go to Coffee.
If with this you wish to keep cool, go to
Fannin.
To grow tall, go to Upson.
If you want to sell goods, go to Towns.
If you want a good “rep.” go to Telfair.
If you don't want to get hit, go to
Dodge.
If you get hit and want to 1 die, go to
Berrien.
If you want money, go to Banks.
For a neat suit of clothes, go to Taylor.
For good fishing go to Brooks.
If you wish to hear the birds sweetly
sing, ro to Carroll.
To get good corn, you must go to Cobb.
If you want to be patriotic, go to Lib
erty or Union.
If you want to see good pedestrians, go
to Walker.
If you can't and wish to spell correctly,
go over to Websier.
1 o get stylish dresses for your better
half, skip over to Worth'
But last of all, if you want to see timid
girls, just go into Schley.
TO INSURE AGAINSIT BURGLARY.
Chicago Syndicate Proposes to Do
Business on That Line in lowa.
From the Chicago Times.
Des Moines, lowa, Aug. 10.—A Chicago
syndicate has organized a company in
lowa to insure against loss by burglary.
Their plan has been improved by the aud
itorof state and the attorney general and
they will now undertake to’ place stock
The authorized capital is .*200.000. but the
amount to be paid up is only $50,000.
This will prevent the concern from doing
any business outside the state, as under
the retaliatory laws all insurance com
panies doing business outside their own
states are required to have $200,000 paid
up capital. 1 here is but one other com
pany of the kind in the United States.
HIS ACES WERE GOOD.
An Interesting Poker Story Told by
an Old Player.
Remarkable Hand Held by a Tender
foot and How He Bet on It—The Ex
periences of the Passengers on an
East Bound Train With a Man Who
Was Picked Up at Cheyenne—Old
George Devol Took the Money of
Some Sure-Thing Investors—They
Guessed at the Weight of a Bock.
Julius Chambers, in Chicago Times.
He looked a “tenderfoot” sure enough.
He boarded the train at Cheyenne, mod
estly accosted the conductor, secured a
stateroom that had just been vacated,and
took possession with the shyness of a
young man taking his first long vjourney.
He did not attempt to make the ac
quaintance of his fellow travelers. Sev
eral of us, who had traveled all the way
from the Pacific coast together, knew each
other so well that wo did not feel
slighted, however, by his lack of appre
ciation.
In our car and that ahead of us were
several suspicious characters. He who
caught my fancy particularly was a tall,
grizzly-haired man cleanly shaven, ex
cept a fierce black mustache, evidently
dyed. The skin of his face was yellow
and parchmpnt-like.
Day and night, ever since leaving Sac
ramento. these men had been playing po
ker in one or other of the smoking com
partments. They had kept mostly to
themselves,taking in a stranger from time
to time as was necessary to complete their
number. Although they were profes
sional gamblers they were looking for
other game than the mere casual trav
eler from whom they might be able to
win a few dollars. Os course I was too
old to be deceived by the pretense that
these men were strangers. The old thor
oughbred whom I have described affected
to treat his associate from the forward’
car with absolute disrespect. This latter
personage was dressed after the manner
of a cowboy, so far as the broad-brimmed
hat and top boots were concerned, but he
made no display of firearms, said nothing
about the number of his victims, and
treated the sarcastic remarks of his as
sociate with an indifference that really
commanded a good deal of respect for
him.
A Mormon elder, who had “stacked up”
against this game during one whole day’s
session between Elko and Ogden, had
lost considerable money, but the regu
lar players stood almost even, and no oc
casion for any ill feeling or bitterness had
arisen.
The next morning after we left Chey
enne I went into the smoking compart
ment after breakfast. The young “ten
derfoot” soon followed ,me thither. He
lit a cigar and gazed out of the window,
apparently quite indifferent to the game
already in progress.
Only five men were playing and the
young stranger was asked if he did not
want to "set in.” At first he demurred,
1 saying he did not know much about the
game. Besides, he did not feel very well;
traveling upset him, be explained.
He then inquired regarding the charac
ter of the game, and was told that it was
a modest table-stake game, nominally a
$5 ante. He didn’s appear to understand
very clearly what “table-stake” game
was. but fiaally agreed to take a camp
stool at the table.
On being asked to declare the amount
of money he was prepared to risk he said,
indifferently:
“I don’t care. What is the average
stake among you?” he asked, turning to
the first man on his left.
“I declared $500,” Was the reply.
“Three hundred,” said the next man.
“A thousand dollars was mine,” added
the fine old man with the black mustache,
as his eyes keenly sought the face of the
stranger. The statements of the other
two players escaped me, but they de
, dared for amounts in the neighborhood of
SSOO each. According to thesehtatements,
: therefore, there was about $2,800 on the
l table. The “tenderfoot” drew a large
i roll of bills from his ipocket and quietly
; counted out $5,000, mostly in SIOO bills,
and placed the money before him, de
claring to lose that amount.
There was An expression of manifest
surprise on the faces of most of the play
ers, but the old man's eyes cgleamed with
satisfaction. Here was a bird for the
plucking at last! Patience had been re
, warded and tho fine old man would be
able to lea %e the train at Omaha with
: enough money to enable him to play faro
bank when he reached’Chicago.
However much the average gambler
I may care forla “short card” game, faro is
his delight. It is to him the quintessence
i. of earthly pleasure, and he would be sat
isfied to die any hour if he were sure of
an eternity at a faro table in the world to
come.
The cards were soon dealt and the game
ran along smoothly for an hour or more.
It was so dull and uninteresting that af
ter watching the muddy banks of the
River Platte for awhile I had fallen
asleep. I was awakened by the porter
announcing dinner, and was about to
leave the compartment to prepare to goto
the dininc car when my attention was at
tracted by the conduct of the old gam
bler, who happened to be the dealer. I
divined more than detected an attempt
on his part to draw a card from
the pack. The result was that I
sat still and watched developments. The
cards were frequently changed and the
discarded packs were thrown out of the
window. Having seen the young tender
foot defrauded out of one jackpot vrith
i more than *1(X) in it by a card dealt from
j the bottom of the deck, my sympathies
were strongly enlisted in his behalf. One
thing about him imnressed me t*ery much.
I felt sure that lie had detected the fraud
ulent deal, but he said nothing whatever
and lost his money like a thoroughbred.
The deal had gone round the table and
! was again in the hands of our old fellow
' traveler of the black mustache. He had
I called for a new pack of cards. When
they were brought the “joker” and the
“blank” were destroyed, the deck shuf
fled by the dealer, and finally cut by the
man at the right of the dealer.
-The “tenderfoot” who sat opposite the
old gambler regarded the pretty pink
backs of the cards as they were thrown
out with the curiosity of a child. He
commented upon the artistic designs that
embellished them. The “ante” had been
raised $lO blind, and it therefore cost S2O
to get cards. “Tenderfoot” casually
looked over his hand, and in away quite
i unprofessional threw outtwoof thepaste-
I boat ds. made good his S2O. and raised the
I “ante’’ tuO more. Both the men behind
‘ him “stayed,” and the fine old man, who
■ was dealing, saw the ante, the blind, and
the raise, and added another SIOO. The
“age hand” dropped out. The man who
“went blind” did the same. The “ten
derfoot” took up the two cards he had
previously tossed upon the table in front
of him, sorted over his hand saw
the SIOO raise and timidly said:
“Five hundred better.”
For the first time I turned my eyes in
his direction and looked him squarely in
the face. I could see that his breathing,
though short and quick, was regular.
I here was not a tremor in his muscles
and his voice was as calm and deliberate
as that of a judge administering the sen
tence of death. As I looked into his
eyes—the eyes of youth and of gentle
raising—l saw in them the cold heart
lessness of the experienced gambler. I
noticed that he no longer tossed his long
curly brown hair back from his temples
with a shake of his head; that his care-
lessness, his studied inattention, his fre
quent inquiry regarding the amount of
the ante had all been assumed. As an
electric shock the realization came to me
that I was about to witness a death grap
ple between two professional gamesters
who lived by their trade, with whom any
act that insured success was fair and in
whose hearts pity was unknown.
The unexpected raise by the gentle
“tenderfoot” was as much of a surprise to
the people at the table as to me. The
fourth and fifth hands at once dropped out
and the delay that had given me time to
make my study of the youngster’s face
was occasioned by the old man’s hesita
tion as tp whether he would merely
“stay” in thegsme or “raise back.” He
finally “made good,” and tho first and
second hands Paving quit the game re
solved itielf into a contest between the
“tenderfoot” and the old thorough
bred.
The call for cards followed.
The “tenderfoot,” adhering to his ori
ginal determination, drew two cards.
Leaning forward he took out of the
window. I involuntarily glanced into* his
hand ahd was amazed to see that it con
tained absolutely nothing of value. He
was holding up three odd cards of differ
ent suits. What he obtained in the
draw will never be known. Before I had
recovered from my surprise the “tender
loot” asked indifferently:
“Does the ‘ace’ pass!”
“Never,” was the curt reply of the
dealer.
The fact that ho wonld have to bet first
seemed to annoy the “tenderfoot.” He
straightened out his arms as if weary,
dropped his hands to the side of his camp
stool, and hitched it closer to the table.
The whole movement was that of an in
dolent man momentarily annoyed, and as
be straightened up he said almost
peevishly:
“Very well; I bet you SSO without look
ing.”
As he was searching through his pile of
notes for a SSO bill—most of them being
larger or smaller than that denomination
—1 distinctly saw the dealer do what I
had been expecting to see done from the
beginning.
He had placed his five cards slightly to
his rjght, and when he laid down the
deck the long nail of the little finger of
his left hand “held out” five cards from
the bottom, and he placed the rest of the
pack adroitly upon his previous hand, re
marking as he did so:
“I don’t take any.”
As I sitting almost behind him, I
had no difficulty whatever in seeing the
four aces in his hand, which I confidently
expected to find there. The fifth card
was not visible. I felt no remorse, how
ever, for the pretended “tenderfoot.” I
had decided definitely regarding his
character, and felt that he was entitled
to his fate.
As I expected, the dealer raised the bet
S2OO. The “tenderfoot” looked over his
hand, apparently for the first time'after
the draw, “saw” the S2OO raise, and then
inquired:
“How much of a stake have you before
you?”
“Exactly $1,200,” was the prompt reply.
“Well, then, I raise you $1,200.”
“I call; what have you got?”
“Four aces,” replied the “tenderfoot,”
laying them upon the table.
The old man never turned a hair, but
'asked in a voice as calm as the last re
quest of a dying saint:
“What is your side card?”
“The king of hearts,” said the “tender
foot,” adding the fifth card to the four
already upon the table.
The old gambler, being the dealer, dared
not show his hand. He reached across
and turned the five cards displayed by
the “tenderfoot” back upward. They
matched the others in the discard exactly.
He then looked over his own hand again
and saw that his fifth card was a ten of
spades. As he bunched his cards and
laid them thoughtfully upon the table he
merely said:
“It wins; I overbet my hand.”
He then bunched all the cards on the
table—the pack must have contained eight
aces, for “tenderfoot” had evidently
worked a “hold-out” when he hitched up
his stool—and tossed them out the win
dow.
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As I gave the porter his tip on the fol
lowing morning at Omaha, he said to me
in a garrulous sort of way:
“Nice man. that ‘tenderfoot.’ He gave
me a S2O shiner lor a sample pack of all
de cards on de train.”
“Great guns!” I exclaimed. “When
did he do this!”
“The night he came aboard I”
BURIAL OF J. Q. ADAMS.
Quincy in Mourning and Flags at
Half Mast.
Quincy, Mass , Aug. 16.—The funeral
of Hon. John Quincy Adams w»s held
this afternoon from his late residence at
Mount Wollaston. The business part of
the city was in mourning and the flags on
all public and many private buildings
were at half staff all
with a request from the family, the ser
vices were strictly private, and were
very simply. The remains were taken to
Mount Wollaston cemetery and were in
terred in the family lot.
Bicycle Race.
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won the international five mile race at
Leicester to-day in 11:512-5. Banker
was second and Edwards was third.
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SMALL FIRE AT WAYCROSS.
Other Matters of Interest at That
Thriving City.
Waycross, Ga., Aug. 16.—A fire broke
out in the John S. Sharp tenant house, on
Gulf street, this morning, about 11
o’clock. The top of the building was en
veloped in flames before tile tire was dis
covered. .The fire companies responded
quickly with their hose apparatus. The
chemical engine arrived very late, and
was of no service. At first it was thought
that the flames had fed on the
building to such an extent
that no part of the house could be saved.
The house was on a thickly-built resident
row. and other buildings were in immi
nent danger. The tire companies finally
won the victory oyer the flames. Only
the roof of the building was destroyed.
The house was vacant. It was insured.
During the fire this morning Joe Parker
fell from a ladder, and C. McSweeney
received several gallons of water from the
h >se pipe into his face.
The second game iof a series of three
was played this afternoon by the Way
cross and Thomasville clubs. The score
yesterday was 17 to 16 in favor of Way
cross.
The fall session of the Waycross high
school will open Sept. 24, with Prof. R.
L. McDonald of Alabama as principal,
and a full corps of experienced teachers.
The entertainment by the King’s
Daughters, to-morrow afternoon at 5
o’clock, w’ill be at the residence of Judge
Wright. The profits from the sale of
cake, ice cream and lemonade will be de
voted to the sick and needy in the city.
W. T. James, near the tobacco farm,
has erected a cotton ginnery and grist
mill at his place.
Uncle Tom Morton, a third party leader,
said to-day that Dr. S. W. Johnson did
not expect to go to congress, and could
not afford to neglect his business for pol
itics.
The handsome residence of V. L. Stan
ton, on Gilmore and Drane streets, will
be completed shortly.
BURNED TO DEATH.
A Movement to Bond the Town of
Abbeville.
Abbeville, Ga., Aug. 16.—At a public
meeting called by Mayor D. H. Williams,
the citizens of Abbeville convened at the
court house this morning to discuss the
question of bonding the town to build an
academy and for other improvements.
The meeting resulted in ordering an elec
tion to be held within thirty days to de
termine the matter.
A 4-year-old negro hoy at Bowen’s mill,
this county, while building a tire yester
day was burned to death. His' cloth
ing caught fire, and before assist
ance came to his relief his body
was burned to a crisp from
head to feet. His mother has had four
children, each of whom was burned to
death.
Tho body of an unknown negro was
found by a fishing party a few miles be
low Abbeville yesterday. The body was
so disfigured from decomposition that it
was impossible to identify it. It is sup
posed to be the body of the negro who
was drowned at the Abbeville wharf a
few days ago.
NEW COTTON.
Other Items From Fulaski County.
Cochran, Ga., Aug. 16.—Cochran re
ceived her first bale of new cotton yes
terday, which was brought in by M. Fore
hand. It weighed 478 pounds, and was
bought by Harrell & Mullis at 7 cents per
pound, who stored it with W. A. P. Har
ris at the Alliance warehouse.
J. B. Bryant came in later with a sec
ond bale, which brought 6 cents—T. B.
Pace being the buyer.
The recent rain has damaged the crop
considerably, but it is opening fast
throughout the county.
Mrs. Buckhalter, an old citizen and
highly esteemed lady of this place, died
at her home Tuesday morning, being ill
only a short while.
The Masonic order will soon begin the
erection of a large brick building on Sec
ond street, a portion of which will be used
for Masonic purposes.
Interesting races took place here Fri
day. The wheelmen winning were Mur
ray and Thompson. Meadows next best.
J. P. Peacock’s pacer defeated M. Thomp
son’s trotter.
A BARBECUE AT ROGERS.
The Millen Agricultural Society Have
a Good Time.
Millen. Ga., Aug. 16.—There was a bar
becue at Roge-s to-day, given by Col. W.
O. Wadley to the Millen Agricultural
Club and a few friends. Besides a full at
tendance of the club the following gentle
men were present: 11018. B. H. Callaway
and F. M. Cates of Waynesboro, Col. J.
O. Wadell, president of the state agricul
tural society; Col. Sam Hope of Hope
ville and others. It was a very enjoyable
affair.
C. Parker, one of Millen’s leading mer
chants, accompanied by C. W. Parker and
Aiderman O. H. Benson, left this morn
ing for Indian Springs to spend ten days.
The cotton crops have suffered very
much from excessive rain. Sixty-five per
cent, will be a fair average this'season if
there are no other disasters. Corn is
very fine, also hay.
POPULISTS IN COUNCIL.
They Nominats a Tattnall Man for
Senator.
Hinesville, Ga., Aug. 16.—The populists?
met here yesterday and nominated Dr M
W. Eason of Tattnall county for the state
senate. This is considered quite a bold
move ,on the part of the populists, as it
was Liberty’s time to furnish the man
under the rotation system. The big fight
ing ground is in Tattnall county, and as
the doctor has considerable personal in
fluence, it was thought that he could do
more in changing the democratic vote in
that county than could a man from this
county. The doctor will have a hard row’
to hoe after Walter Sheppard gets home.
Mr. Sheppard will be nominated to-mor
row.
The Uncle Will Stay at Home.
Blackshear, Ga., Aug. 16.—Alfred Davis
was nominated for representative at to
day’s meeting of the third party. The
nomination for county officers was post
poned. Mr. Davis is the uncle of his op
ponent, Hon. E. L. Walker, who the dem
ocrats nave nominated to succeed himself
and there will be no mud-slinging in the
campaign, as both men are good ones, as
well as uncle and nephew, but Walker
will be apt to leave his uncle at home
when the legislature meets.
Death of Miss Georgia Lester.
Lexington, Ga., Aug. 16.—Miss Georgia
Lester died here last night at 9 o'clock
She had been ill several weeks. Her re
mains were interred in the Baptist ceme
tery here this morning.
SERIOUS CENSURE.
Severe Charges Against an Editoi
Who Makes a Retraction.
York, Pa., Aug. 16.r—The second day’i
session of thO national convention of th«
Irish Catholic 'Benevolent Union of tin
United States and Canada was called
order this morning. Martin I. J. Griffin
editor of Griffin’s Journal, the official or
gan of the union, made a public retrac
tion and apologized for publishing charges
made by him against delegates to ths
Pittsburg convention. The apology was
accepted by the convention.
Resolutions were adopted by the 'con
vention reiterating its devotion to Catho
licity, charity and benevolence, express
ing allegiance to the government of ths
United States, instructing the presideni
of the union to cable greetings to his ho
liness, Pope Leo XIII., and extending tc
him the, loyaltj r and devotion of the union
and condemning Editor Griffin for “ab
| tacking the national president and secro
I tary upon their former religion, and his
scandalous attack unon Rev. Father Me
gettigan and brother Doherty of Pitts
burg on account of their legitimate action
at the last convention, through the
medium of his newspaper.”
A spirited debate of two hours duratioi
followed on the adoption of the resolu .
tions as presented. The resolutions were
adopted. Charges were then presented
in writing against Mr. Griffin, which
were placed in the hands of a committea
which will make a report.
THE SMILING SOUTH.
Bankers Without Exception Approve
the Present Business Outlook.
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 16.—Letters from
nearly 200 southern bankers scattered
all tne way from Maryland to Texas, in
regard to crop prospects and business
conditions in the south, are published in
this week's issue of the Manufacturers'
Record. With but one or two exceptions
these letters report an unusually satis
factory outlook for the agricultural and
general business of the entire south.
The decline in the price of cotton twc
or three years ago forced southern farm
ers, who could not continue to borrow
money in advance on their crops as freely
as before, to pay attention to the raising
of their own food supplies.
The result has been a steady decrease
in the indebtedness of southern farmers,
brought about by the forced economy oi
the last two years, and almost without
exception the reports from the bankers
say that southern farmers owe less money
than at any time since the war.
Added to these favorable conditions
they have the prospect of the largest ag
gregate crops, taking grain, cotton, fruits
and all else into consideration, ever pro
puced in the south. While the drought
in the west has cut short the corn crop
of that section, unusually favorable con
ditions have given to the south the larg
est corn crop that it has ever produced.
Even should the cotton crop yield from
8,000,000 to 9,000,000 bales, as it will prob
ably do, provided the season continues
favorable from now on, the value of the
: grain crop, owing to the large production
of corn, will exceed the value of the
south’s cotton crop.
EZETA’S EXTRADITION.
Conflicting Statements as to the Policy
of the Washington Government.
San Francisco, Aug. 16.—Up to this
evening the gunboat Bennington has re
mained outside the harbor and no action
had been taken by the federal officials as
to the disposition of Gen. Ezeta and his
three companions.
When the warrants for their extradi
tion arrive either to-night or to-morrow
morning the tug Sea King will take Lieut.
Stone to Mare Island where he will re
ceive his orders from Commandant
Howison, and either Geti. Ezeta and his
companions will be transferred to the
steamer City of Sydney on Saturday
morning or they vzill be landed here and
tried in the United States.
Federal officials, however, state they
believe the commander of the Benning
ton has received orders to return Ezeta
to the Salvaderan government. They also
surmise that the Bennington will take
E.:eta and his companions south, and that
the supplies which have been takeh to the
vessel were put on board for that pur
pose.
WHOLESALE FRAUDS.
Indictments in Memphis for Volation
of Revenue Laws.
Memphis, Aug. 16.—The grand jury
yesterday found 304 indictments against
persons in Shelby county, making 588 in
dictments found in two days’ charged
with selling liquor without license, and
investigations by that body have devel
. oped the fact that the county, state and
city have lost about $1,500,000 in the past
eight years from failure to collect this
revenue. Before the end of this week it
is expected over 1,000 indictments will
have been turned into court. It has been
found that not only have liquor dealers
enjoyed immunity from taxation, but a
| great many people in other lines of trade
also. When all the persons who have
not complied with the license law for the
past year shall have paid up the income
will be $250,000.
A HEAD SHORT.
Last Moments of Carnot’s Cowardly
Assassin.
I-yons, Aug. 16.—The execution of
Cesario Santo took place at 4:55 o’clock,
i broad daylight, and was witnessed by a
great number of people. The windows in
the vicinity were crowded with ladies
dressed in fashionable toilettes. The roof
tops and every nlace of vantage were
! thronged with people. Fabulous pnceii
were paid for places at windows over
looking the execution. This was the open
space at the junction of Rue Smith and
Rue CburSUchet, with the prison
i on one side l and the gendarmes’ barracks
on another and a large wall on the third,
■while Rue Smith was barricaded about
seventy meters from where the guillotine
was erected. This barricade was guarded
by a squadron of cuirassiers, and another
detachment was stationed in Rue Cour
suchet. -Four hundred men of the Nine
: ty-eighth regiment of the Line and 500
police and gendarmes formed a cordon
around the place of the execution.
All accounts from those who were near
to the assassin at the last moment an
j nounce that Santo died in object terror.
Amnesty to Anarchists.
Rome, Aug. 16.—The cabinet resolved
at a meeting last evening to grant an am
nesty to all persons sentenced to impris
onment for one year or less on account of
their activity m the revolts in Sicily and
Massa Di Carrara last winter. Persons
sentenced to imprisonment tor three yea rs
or more for taking part in either revolt,
will have their term reduced by one year
each.