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8 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 • * fl bib t i\\ r 'A J ''l |1 -Jl ~ **»>- 'v *• --i A '/ - Seoul Rice Shop—Woman In Foreground. 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. fj == ‘Q> H | (B V' They Ran When I laughed. 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 & WIF n 3 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 \\ \ - v<=> ll(\ F* cr / S’ Corean Peasants, 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. * * * * * * * 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. 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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.