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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1894.
Hard Questions for Senator Jones.
The republican state committee of Ne
vada puts some hard questions to Senator
Jones of that state who recently an
nounced in a lengthy letter that he had
abandoned the Republican party and
joined the populists. These questions the
senator will find it rather difficult to an
swer.
The committee asks the senator to re
sign. It tells him that he was elected as
a republican, and while it does not ques
tion his right to become a populist, it
does question his right to hold on to his
office after severing his connection with
the party that elected him.
The committee criticises his letter se
verely. It calls attention particularly to
that part of it in which he says he has
not changed “his principles.” The in
ference is that while adhering to repub
lican doctrines he wants to be known as
a populist. The committee wants to
know whether by being known as a popu
list his influence in the Senate will be in
creased. It desires to be enlightened as
to whether by affiliating with Peffer he
will be able to render his constituents
more efficient service than if he had con
tinued to affiliate with the republicans.
The committee is unable to see from
anything the senator says in his letter
why he separated himself from the Re
publican party of his state. The Nevada
republicans are just as radical in their
views in behalf of the free coinage of sil
ver as the senator or the populists can
possibly be.
If the senator is guided by a proper
•elf-respect, he can hardly afford to ignore
the request for bis resignation. As far
as the public now knows, he has ceased
to represent the people of Nevada. He
may think the majority of the people of
that state have become populists. He
doesn’t know they have, and he has no
right to assume they have. Nor has he
the right to hold on to his office,
after having repudiated the party that
gave it to him, with the view of using it
to acquire additional political influence.
The senator has always been regarded
as an honest and high-minded public man.
If he wants to continue to enjoy that rep
utation he must give up the place he owes
to the republicans, since he has announced
that he has parted company with them.
The populists can hardly feel likegiving
him a cordial welcome into their ranks.
He distinctly says he has given up none
of his republican principles. He does not
therefore accept the demands of the pop
ulists. Why then does he thrust himself
into the company of populists? As far as
the public can see his purpose in doing so
is not one creditable to him.
What the Judges Say.
If what some of the country papers are
* saying expresses the opinions of the peo
ple in the localities in which they circu
late, there are yet a good many voters
who doubt the necessity of the constitu
tional amendment increasing the number
of the supreme court judges. It diffi
cult to understand, however, how any
one who has given the subject considera
tion can entertain such a doubt. There
isn’t a lawyer in the state who is in a po
sition to express an opinion that is valua
ble that does not know that the supreme
court judges have much more to do than
- they can do well. In no other state have
the judges of the highest courts any
where near as much to do as the judges
of Georgia's supreme court. The Morn
ing News published figures a few days
ago that show that it is utterly impossible
for the judges to write opinions for all
the cases they decide. Indeed, their de
cisions in many cases must be made hur
riedly and without that careful examina
tion of authorities so essential to the
reaching of correct conclusions.
The judges themselves say they cannot
do good work and get through with all
the cases presented to them. In a recent
communication, signed by all of them,
they say:
In reply to the inquiries as to the ne
cessity for adding two more justices co
the supreme bench in Georgia, we state
without reserve that the necessity is over
whelming. Our experience enables us to
speak advisedly on tnis subject, and we
say to all voters that the constitutional
amendment ought To be adopted. It is a
matter of vital importance to all the peo
ple of this state that it should be done.
We know chat two more justices will
5 really and materially aid the court in
isposing of its business. They can
do this in many ways, and their help
will make the work better in every
respect. The number, five, is not too
great. Otaer supereme courts have
five, some seven and some even
nine judges. They work harmon
iously, and their work is done
more thoroughly than three could possi
bly do it. If we had two more, the pres
ent members of the bench would work,
perhaps, as long as they do now, but un
der less strain, and hence they would do
the work better. Intellectual labor done
by< minds fagged and worn out cannot
be of the best quality. If the people un
derstood the situation as we do. the
amendment would beyond all doubt be
adopted by a large majority.
Here we have the tacts very clearly
stated. Neither the facts nor the con
clusion can be successfully controverted.
Voters who are anxious to promote the
best Interests of the people of the state
cannot conscientiously vote against in
creasing the number of the judges. If
they do their full duty as citizens they
will vote for the amendment.
The Challenge Declined.
The reasons given by Judge Hines for
declining Hon. W.- Y. Atkinson’s invita
tion to jointly discuss the issues of the
campaign are not such as to lead the pub
lic to believe Judge Hines is anxious for
a joint debate. The impression his rea
sons make is that he is of the
opinion that the populist party has noth
ing to gain by such a debate, and would
likely lose ground by it.
The reasons are that the invitation was
sent too late and that the democratic
executive committee declined to reccom
mend a division of managers of the polls.
There is no force in the first reason.
The election is more than two weeks off,
and there is still time to make converts.
Judge Hines thinks there is, because he
says if he engaged in a joint debate he
would have to abandon some appoint
ments he has already made. He doesn’t
want to abandon them for the reason ap
parently that he thinks he can do his
cause good by keeping them. He knows,
however, that if he should engage in a
joint discussion the newspapers would
give wide circulation to his speeches, as
well as those of Mr. Atkinson. He would,
therefore, reach a great many more people
than by speaking alone. He would reach
democrats as well as populists, and
if he has confidence in the populist de
mands, he ought to be glad of an op
portunity to get them, with his comments
upon them, before the people.
His second objection, namely, that the
democratic executive committee has re
fused to recommend that the populists be
given managers at the ballot boxes, and
that, therefore, the means of having the
judgment of the voters expressed upon
the joint discussions has been denied, is
even weaker than the first objection. No
fair-minded man doubts that all the ballots
of the populists will be counted. The insin
uation that they will not be will be inter
preted by many as meaning that the pop
ulists are laying the foundation for an
assertion that their party was not dealt
with fairly at the polls.
Judge Hines can rest assured that all
the votes east by his party will be fairly
and honestly counted. The democrats
purpose winning the election so fairly
and squarely that the nopulists will have
no reason whatever to excuse their de
feat by the cry of fraud.
The populists will not feel elated by the
refusal of their leader to meet Mr. At
kinson. Some of them doubtless are so
innocent as to believe that their demands
are so just and fair and their leader so
much superior to the leader of the
democracy that a joint discussion
would result in an overwhelming
victory for their leader. Judge Hines’
refusal to meet Mr. Atkinson in debate
and to have the populists’ demands com
pared with democratic doctrines ought to
open their eyes to the fact that they are
in the wrong camp—that they are being
misled—-and that it is impossible for their
chosen leader or any one else to success
fully defend their platform.
If the joint debate had occurred Judge
Hines would have found himself greatly
overmatched, and the demands of -his
party would have been so clearly shown
to be impracticable that many populists
would have become disheartened.
The Truth Not Always Recognized.
In an editorial article entitled “The
Right Spirit” the Philadelphia Press
compliments Gov. Tillman for saying that
the English committee, now in this coun
try to investigate and denounce lynchings
in the south, is welcome to visit South
Carolina to learn the facts in respect to
lynchings in that state, and that he will
assist it in every way he can, and con
demns Gov. Northen and some other
southern governors for intimating that
the English committee is meddling with
something with which it has no concern,
and that it had better attend to the evils
it can find at home. Does it not seem
strange that in this matter Gov. Tillman
should be put before the country as the
good man earnestly trying to put a stop
to a great evil, while Gov. Northen is
made to appear as the bad man who is
trying to cover up a great evil?
As a matter of fact, Gov. Tillman is the
only southern governor who approves
lynchings for the crime which is the
cause of nearly all the lynchings in the
south. If we are not mistaken, he has
said that he would lead a party to lynch a
black brute who had assaulted a white
woman.
On the other hand Gov. Northen and
about all the other southern governors
have taken ( a firm stand against lynching
for any crime. They insist upon the law
taking its course. They believe in up
holding the courts, and they miss no op
portunity to hunt down lynchers and
bring them to justice. The governor of
Tennessee has exerted himself to the ut
most to bring the Shelby county lynchers
to justice, and in our dispatches of yester
day the governor of Arkansas is quoted
as condemning in the strongest terms
these lynchers. The governor of Vir
ginia is noted for the determined stand
he has taken against lynching and for in
sisting that criminals shall be punished
promptly by the courts.
The southern governors who resented
the meddling of the English committee
■ are the ones who are active in the sup
pression of lynchings. On the other hand,
Gov. Tillman, who approves lynch law in
certain cases, is practically placed before
i the public by the republican press as
I being the only southern governor who is
doing all that can be done to put an end
to lynchings. Is this perversion of the
truth due to Gov. Tillman's shrewdness
or to the ignorance of republican news
papers?
One of the jolliest conventions held in
Chicago this year, according to the news
papers of that city, was that of the coffin
makers, which has just adjourned. The
principle topic discussed by the conven
tion was the effect of the new tariff on the
mortuary situation and the outlook. The
coffin business has been depressed for
eighteen months, but the makers do not
blame it upon the fear of tariff legis
lation ; nor do they expect a speedy re
vival in sales to follow the resumption in
other lines of business. Byway of ac
counting fcr the dull times, one delegate
said the people were too poor to hire doc
tors. hence there was not so much de
mand for conns. The same delegate
asked that the people be informed by the
pi ess that they would be wasting time to
delay their final dissolution in the hope
that the new tariff would make coffins
i a great deal cheaper.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1894.
PERSONAL. i
The New England Undertakers’ Assocla- i
tlon at a session held this week elected as of
ficers Mr. Berry of Rhode Island, Mr. Clay of
Massachusetts and Mr. Church of Connecti
cut.
The Rev. Dr. Dougan Clark of Richmond,
Ind., one of the most eminent Quakers in the
world, is to be disciplined by Ins church in
Richmond for having .recently submitted to
baptism, lor many years he has been con
nected with Earlham College.
The fashion of using a reversible saddle,
which vAs begun in England several years
ago by the Princess of Wales, was introduced
to American women by Miss Anna C. Brack
ett. who was the first woman in the country
to use such a saddle. Even now it is not in
common use. although many women preterit,
children are taught to ride upon it and doc
tors recommend it.
The English rose and the Florentine lily
will each have a place on the memorial slab
that is to cover the grave of Robert Browning
in Westminster Abbey. The slab, which is
nearly completed, is very simple in decora
tion and bears as inscription only the name
and date, but the stone upon which these are
carved is of oriental porphyry set in a frame
of Sienna marble. The work has been done
in Venice.
Foreign papers say that the Czar of Russia
has decided to visit his relatives at Copen
hagen for the benefit of his health. His
majesty says that the Danish capital is the
only place in which he feels well and entirely
free from care. B e walks for hours in the Fre
densborg Park, near the city, accompanied
by his dogs and sometimes by his favorite
niece. The illness of the czar gives much con
cern to himself and relatives.
When a little boy Sheridan Le Fanu wrote
the following essay on the life of man: “A
man’s life naturally divides itself into three
parts—the first, when he is planning and con
triving all kinds of villiany and rascality;
that is the period of youth and innocence..
In the second he is found putting in practice
all the villiany and rascality he has con
trived; that is the Sower of manhood and
prime of life. The third and last period is
chat when he is making his soul and prepar
ing for another world; that is the period of
dotage.”
Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt holds to the
rule that obtains with the rest of her late
husband’s family of never giving to those
who ask for help, but at the same time she
devotes most of her large income to char
itable work, living simply and quietly her
self. She investigates through competent
agents the cases of those sick and ndtedy,
whom she seeks out and gives generously.
During last winter she is said to have paid 1
the rent of nearly a thousand persons, and
she goes frequently into the slums and to the
missions, but her great anxiety is to conceal
•her identity and avoid thanks.
Cardinal Taschereau of Quebec, who has
just resigned the archbishopric of that dio
cese because of old age, has been for many
years a stalwart antagonist of the Jesuits.
He has never been in favor with the ultra
montanes. for his inclinations have always
been liberal, and his elevation to the cardi
nalate was made in spite of mu6h ultramon
tane opposition. Taschereau has been the
principal obstacle in the way of Jesuit con
trol of the educational institutions of his
church, which means of practically all the
schools of the province, and he succeeded, so
far as his own diocese ife concerned, in pre
venting the founding of any Jesuit schools.
BRIGHT BITS.
Hayrick—Can t you fix this splice so that
neither of us can get a divorce?
Farson—You can make a contract to that
effect if you wish.
Hayrick—That’s it; draw up articles that
this is to be a fight to a finish—Kate Field’s
Washington.
The latest arrival at Newport.—Miss Em
maline—Papa, you know it is supposed that
this old mill was erected by the Normans?
Mr. Bidfileby—Don’t see why the city au
thorities ever ’lowed sech a thing to be put up.
’Taint ’tall in keeping with its surroundings.
—Harper’s Bazar.
Enfant Terrible Mrs. Myles was prais
ing you to-dav, mamma, to Mrs. Renwick. I
was on the other side of the garden wall and
heard ’em.
Mamma—What did she say?
Enfant Terrible—She said that there were
worse old gossips than you in the town.—
Truth.
Tramp—l want n dime.
• Man—Do you want what you need?
Tramp—Of course. It couldn’t be any other
way.
Man—Yes it could.
Tramp—How?
Man—A bath, for instance.— Detroit Free
Press.
Editor—We were greatly pleased with your
last contributions.
Poetaster—lndeed! Then you will kindly
consider the letter notifying my withdrawal
from your staff as not having been written.
Editor—Why, my dear fellow, it was pre
cisely that letter I was referring to!—Lustige
Blatter.
It happened at Saratoga. Plumly took his
wife's diamonds to the hotel off oe for safe
keeping. “I suppose they are safe here?” he
said.
“Yes; tut we can't insure you against loss.”
said the proprietor. “This agent will do it
for you.” And he handed Plumly the card of
a plate-glass insurance agent.—Harper’s Ba
zar.
Innocent Kid—Papa has bought another
writing machine. May Igo down to his office
to-morrow and see it?
Mrs. Kid—You must be mistaken, sweet
heart. Papa didn’t tell mamma anything about
it.
Innocent Kid—No, I am not mistaken. I
heard him tell Mr. Twitters only last nignt
that his new typewriter was a peach.—New
York Herald.
At an excited political meeting lately, a
Mr. Hay was called upon to move a resolu
tion. This gentleman did not suit the tastes
of the noisy ones, and they drowned his voice
with their tumult. The chairman vainly tried
to restore order; at last.*getting exasperated,
he shouted at the top of his voice; “I have
only one word to say. Will you hear Mr.
Hay?”
“No!” yelled the disturbers.
“Then all 1 have to say is, this is the first
instance on record of jackasses refusing
hay!”—Tid-Bits.
CURRENT COMMENT.
They Groan However it Goes.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.).
When the price of an article goes down
under the new tariff the republicans groan for
the poor workingman, and when it gees up
they groan for/the poor consumer. However,
since they lost tne offices the republicans
never open their hungry mouths except to
groan.
Louisiana and the Sugar Trust.
From New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat (Dem.)-
The sugar question in Louisiana is a simple
one—a contest between democracy and re
publicanism: and the trust fortunately does
not enter into it in any way. and is not likely
io do so. The trust is not taking any part
here in politics, be-ause there is no one.
whether-anterested in sugar or not. who favors
it or it? interests. The latter are hostile to
those of every other interest in Louisiana,
and the trust would have a very poor show
ing if it depended on Louisiana for votes.
But They Are Not Democrats.
From the Memphis Commercial (Dem.).
The Louisiana sugar planters who have had
their lands dyked and drained at public ex
pense and their rivers- and bayous dredged
regardless of ihe annual wAste of govern
ment money, who have been educated in the
greedy school of the lobby and taught to ex
pect and demand special privileges over
their neighbors, now shove their underlips
out like sugar scoops and demand a clear an
nual gift of #47 per acre on their cane crops.
Unless the lucre is forthcoming these pa
triots declare their determination to sell out
to the republicans. Here is democracy for
you. ‘
Chicago Under ths New Tariff.
From the Chicago Herald (Dem.).
The retail trade of Chicago and of every
i other city is the best argument in favor of
tariff reform, it shows the beneficent results |
caused by the disenthrallment of commerce ;
—by removing its shackles and badges of
i servitude. Every home and every individual
experiences a sense of relief that a burden {
has fallen off—that life has greater comforts .
■ at less expense. The stimulation of McKinley
i prices for goods four years ago did not bring ,
higher pneeg for the labor by which the goods ;
were produced. The promise that better ,
wages should follow higher prices for manu- !
failures was a lie. In many cases wages 1
were reduced. The prophecy that wages ;
i would fall under the new tar ff has proven to
i be false. Industry is reviving in all dire>
turns, and with greater activity in manuiac
| tures—which will come as taxation de-
I creases—wages will advance.
Base Ingratitude.
A fakir had opened up business on the pub-
I lie square of a southern town, says the De
troit Free Press, and was going on to tell how
his •‘Red Salve” would cure toothache, neural
gia, backache, rheumatism, sprains and most
everything else under the sun, when a big
and ugly-looking colored man pressed his way
into the crowd, and said:
“I dun bought ibox of dat stuff of yo, ober
to Augusta, an’ it hain't wuth shucks!”
‘What! What s that you’re saying?” de
manded the fakir, as he stopped short in his
appeal to a suffering public.
•’Dat stuff hain’t no better’n so much mud!”
growled the colored man.
‘■Sir!” exclaimed the fakir; ‘‘you have pub
licly accused me of being a swindler, and the
case is one which must ue thoroughly investi
gated. I warrant my Red Salve to cure cer
tain ailments or the money will be refunded.
What was your ailment?”
"pain, sah!” .
“Where was that pain?”
‘‘Down betwixt my shoulders.”
“And you used the salve according to the
directions?”
“Yes.sah.”
“You’ve used it all and the pain is still
there?”
“De pain am still wuss, I reckon.”
“Then my Red Salve has skipped a cog, and
I must refund your money. First, however,
let me make an examination. Come up here
till 1 run my hand down behind your collar
and see where the-pain is.”
The colored man had op a woollen shirt,
which was open at the throat, and he bent his
head and let the lakir slide his ha.,d down.
Ihe latter felt around for a minute and then
withdrew his hand and held a bent and rusty
tenpenny hail up to view and said:
‘ Ladies and gentlemen, is it any wonder
my celebrated Red oalve couldn’t take away
the pain with this nail sticking into his back?
One box of it pulled the nail over half-way
out, and yet he declares I'm a liar and a rob
ber. I think I felt at least three other nails,
besides a pipe ; stem, a hair-pin, a wishbone
and a gimlet, and yet he has the face to come
here ar.d demand his money back! Does any
one ever hear ”
‘Whar’ dat nail cum from?” shouted the
colored man as he darned around.
"Drawn out of your lungs by the use of one
box of my world-renowned Red !<alve, sir?”
“An’ mo’ a cornin’?”
“Heaps more, and yet you charge me with
being a robber and murderer ! 1 guarantee to
refund the money in every ease where a cure
is not effected, and, therefore, I now ten
der ”
“No, sah—no, Bah P* Shouted the negro as
he flung his arms about in great exitement.
“Idoan’dun want my money back! I dun
wants another box of dat stuff to bring out all
de razors, jack knives, coiton choppers an’
corn plows dat’s got lodged in my system
dooriu’ de Iks’ twenty y’arS. an’ if one box
won’t do it doan' you' dun leave dis town ’till
I’ze got fo’or live! Gimme dat salve, an’
you’boy Hiram cum along an’rub it on an’
look out for nails an’ splinters workin’ out!”
To Make Hard Exercise Delightful.
“There is a lot of talk going around these
days about the best way to take exercise,” he
said, according to the New York Sun, “and
meat of the suggestions smack of hard
work. This business of getting up in the
morning and pushing dumb beds or swing
ing Indian clues is all well enough for ener
getic men, blit it doesn’t suit me. My physi
cian advised me to i educe my weight by exer
cise, and I tried the Indian. club business.
Probably it did me good, but it unhinged my
mind for the rest of the day, and it was tor
ture. I had to make so many swings with
the Indian clubs and so many punches with
the bells before breakfast. The prospect of
this exercise disturbed my rest at night, and
the memory of it interfered with my work
by day. On the whole, it me did more harm
than good.
“Now I have an idea that I think is a good
one. I fell in behind a band that was leading
a chowder party yesterday. I don’t like to
walk, but Ido likeMhe music of a brass band
when it doesn’t attempt anything classical.
This I and was playing a march. It was a vig
orous, lifting sort ot a march, with the clang
of the basses to bring out the time. I fol
lowed the band, walked in time to the music,
and enjoyed every moment of it. A hen the
chowder party reached the boat and the band
stopped playing, I found that I was tired. I
had walked nearly three mileA.
"That was good exercise, and I didn't rea
lize that I was taking exercise. Now there
are lots of men in this town who need exer
cise and who don’t like to walk. They do like
the music of a good band. Now why not
form a walking club, and hire a band for it?
Do you catch the idea? It'S great, iaa't it? and
it’s new,. If fifty men would subscribe for
such*. Club the dues Wndah’t beheavy. Fbrm
the procession up town, you know, add pick
up the different members of the club and
walk them down town every morning to their
places of business. ‘Liberty Bell,’ • A’ashing
ton Post.’ ‘Boulanger.’ and all that, you know.
It's great! I think it will be a go. Ta-rum
tum tum-te-te tum-tum-tum. I’m going to see
some friends about it and iind out the cost of
a band. Exercise-made-easy Club! How s
that?”
The Haughty Porter.
He was one of the best natured fellows in
the world, says the Chicago Dispatch. He
had brains, too. and this latter burden made
him more or less popular with the offliers of
the Pullman company with whom he came in
contact. When out on his run, with his at
tractive uni f orm carefully brushed, he was a
model ot all that a conductor should be and
his passengers liked him better than they did
other conductors.
Now of all the faults in the world the one
he had was by far the most natural for a good
fellow to have. He loved the cup that cheers.
Loved it well, too, and thereon hangs the tale.
He had just had a series of long runs, and
as he expi eased it, was tired of the road. He
had been home, had slept the necessary five
hours and now proposed to enjoy himself a
tritie. Accordingly he . dropped into one of
his favorite resorts and being quickly sur
rounded with his chums he was soon feeling
joyous and gav. He was good-humored and
ready for a joke, be it what it may.
A funny story, an “outer’s tale. ” was oelng
told when in came a Pullman passenger.
"You are wanted for the 11:05 train, Mr.
,” said the youth.
He smiled a 1 tile and then, with his back
against the bar and his thumbs in his vest,
asked, jestingly: -
• Lam. eh?”
“You are, sir!” replied the boy.
“ A ell, jou go back and tell the company if
it will tack my train to the door of this sa
loon I will go out on it. If not, I won’t.”
Prof. Garner and the Monkeys.
A story is told in Washington ot the way
Prof. Garner—he who has talked with chim
panzees and gorillas in Africa—met an Ameri
can specimen in Washington society. There
was a young man at a party which the profes
sor likewise attended, says Kats Field’s
Washington, who seamed to be having a
rather dull time and the hostess was de
termined that he should be entertained in
some way. She thought that the professor
could relieve the ennui which had settled
over the young man, and brought them to
gether. “Now, Cholly,” she said, "this is
Prof. Garner. He has been to the wilds of
Africa, you know’.”
“Y-a-a-s. ive heah’d of the professor.
Happy to meet him. I’m suah.”
■Of course you are. He has had no end of
wonderful adventures and seen lots of queer
people. And he knows how to talk to mon
keys in their own language. Now, profes
sor.” she went on. turning to Mr. Garner, "do
talk to Cho.l? a little while, won't you?”
And then she fluttered away.
A Tale of Chivalry.
The bold Knight du Bois pranced up and
down before the castle of Montgomery on his
gayly caparisoned steed, says the Detroit
Free Press.
Presently a fair lady looked out over the
portcullis towards him.
And she was very fair; so fair that the bold
Knight du Bois stopped his prancing steed to
look at her. She was not agitated by his
gaze, but continued watching the knight.
He waved his sword at her, and still she
was unmoved.
“By my halidom!” he shouted as he looked
upon her.
She shook her head.
"No,” she teolied. “no. we don’t want to
buy anything today.”
saying, she disappeared.
On the Common.
From the Boston Courier.
i She stood on Boston Common, and her at
titude was grand.
While the strains of Wagner s choicest flowed
from the Cadet Band;
i Her face and form were faultless, and unto
my soul it seemed
. The music held her spellbound, while the
master’s dream she dreamed.
• Just then her chum espied her, and when
those fairies met.
; The words which froze my romance I ne’er
can quite forget;
She, whom I’d placed so high in art, unto her
friend did say:
“1 wish t hey'd git threw tunin' up an' tackle
‘Boom-de-ay.’ ”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The largest vessel ever built In America
will be launched at the famous Cramp ship
yard next month, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. The giant merchantman, the six-decker
St. Louis of the American Line, will receive
its initial baptism in the waters of the Dela
ware and a new era in the h story of the
American merchant marine will be inaug
urated. While not as large as the Lucania
and her twin sister, the Campania, nor en
dowed with their hoise power, the St. Louis
will be greater and swifter than the
Paris or New York, and will make
at least twenty knots an hour on
her trans-Atlantic voyages. The new
vessel is more than one-tenth of a mile long,
being 554 feet over all, with an extreme beam
of sixty-three feet and a tonnage of ll.uuo
tons. Eer chief glory will be that she has
been constructed from keelson to truck of
American s.eel in an American shipyard and
represents American skill and mu&cle in
model, design, material and building. Phila
delphia is justly proud that her citizens have
contributed their enterprise, money, brains
and muscle to this pioneer of our future mer
chant marine.
The “Arabian Nights.” or the “Thousand
and One Nights,” is the celebrated collection
of tales, long current in the east, and sup
posed to have been .derived by the Arabians
from India, through the medium of Persia,
says the Newcastle Chronicle. They Were
first introduced into Europe in the beginning
of the eighteenth century by means of the
translation of Antoine Gal and, a distin
guished FrenchOrifentalist. which was hailed
with universal delight, and soon became one
of the most popular works in Europe. The
story which connects the tales of the "Thou
sand and One Nights” is as follows: The
Sultan Shahnyar, exasperated by his bride,
made a law that every one of his future wives
should be put to death the morning after mar
riage. At length one of them, Shahrazed, the
generoi s daughter of the grand vizier, suc
ceeded in abolishing the cruel custom. By
the cnarm of her stories the fair narrator in
duced the sultan to defer her execution every
day till the dawn of another by breaking off in
the middle of an interesting tale which she
had begun to relate. The delight felt by Shah
riyar has been felt by thousands more of his
own faith, and the universal jiopiilarity of the
“Arabian Nights” is evider.ced oy the numer
ous translations in different European lan
guages which have appeared since the time of
Galland.
The total fall between Lakes Erie and On
tario, says the Popular Science Monthly, is
329 feet, and is made as follows: From Lake
Erie to the head of the falls, 70 feet; the falls,
,181 feet, and below to L ke Ontario, 98 feet.
Consequently the total power* running to
waste is more than double the 5.000.000 horse
power on the falls. An idea of the proportion
that this total bears to what may l e called
the world's consumption of power may be had
from the fact that it is computed to be equal
to the total of all the steam-generated power
in the world. The. geographical situation of
the falls with respect to nearness to the, at
present, great power-consuming centers is,
as hinted auove. not quite all that could bs
aesired; but there are, nevertheless, sev
eral cities within reach, electrically speak
ing. which will us,e an enormous amount.
Buffalo may be said to be next door, and
Rochester is within easy reach. In the not
too distant future we may expect to see the
great electrical manufacturing works in
Schenectady operated, as is meet, by electri
cal power from Niagara. The power company
has. however, made branch track connections
between the territory owned by it and three
important railway lines which all pass within
a few miles of the property. These con
nections and the good freight rates which
have been contracted for in various directions,
together with the cheapness of power, will in
all likelihood attract to the spot manu
factures, besides those which have already
undertaken to go there, to an extent that will
make it the foremost power-consuming cen
ter in the world.
More than 150 families of animal&on land
and in water, embracing tens of thousands of
species, produce phosphorescent light. They
yield enough of it to illuminate London, Paris
and Glasgow, says Lloyd’s Newspaper. The
most brilliant light afforded by any land ani
mal is that of the famous firefly of the truoies,
known as the “eucujo.” Thirty-eight of them
yield one candle power. People in Cuba con
fine them in paper lanterns for going about
the country at night, or for indoor lighting.
Sometimes they attach one of the insects to
each foot for traveling in the dark, to serve as
a guide to the path. Also, they use them as
ornaments for tne dress and hair. A scientist
has recently decided that the Tght does not
depend on the vital principle ofothe
insect. He found that an egg be
came Ivminous on being shaken in
a glass receptacle. Then he dried the eggs
and kept them in that condition for a long
time. On being moistened they shone. The
dried eggs were powdered in a mortar, but
they gave light on being moistened. The
beetles themselves, twelve hours after being
killed by electricity, were still luminous. So
the professor infers that nothing more than a
chemical combination is concerned in the
manulacture of this “cheapest light.” He'
thinks there is hope that we may be able to
reproduce it some day. To make a light
equal in brilliancy to that of this, tropical in
sect we must produce a temperature of 2.000
degrees. The flre-fiy’s lamp creates no heat
that can be detected by the most delicate in
strument. Its energy is entirely expended
in illumination. Nature, while offering ob
ject lessons in the art on every hand, laughs
at man’s efforts to imitate her in this field.
If there is not some latent but fatal defect
in Herr Dowe’s system of making a soldier
bullet-proof, says the Spectator, the re
sult of warfare will be a very remarkable
one. Since the object of war is to kill—“to
place hors du combat” is only a less crude
way of nutting the , fact—new ways of
killing infamry and calvary will have to be
devised. Ihe chances of hitting men in the
face at long distances with rife fire
will not be good enough. But the only
ways of killing effectively that will remain
open will be ar illery tire, close combat with
the bayonet and clubbed rifle—preferably
the latter, as the cuirass will make tie
bayonet difficult to use with effect—ana
riding men down by Calvary Charges. The
first of these, artillery Are. has hitherto
been regarded of comparatively little
importance in the matter of killing.
It is often dec ared, indeed, that the chief
effect produced by the guns is the moral
effect. Though nit many are killed, men do
n t like to be wiihin range of artillery. Pos
sibly, however, the effect of artillery fire
could be increased. In any case, and since
everything is relative, the fact of the falling
off of efficiency in rifle fire must increase
the importance of artillery tire. It is obvious,
however, that the chief effect of bullet-proof
soldiers on the circumstar.ccs of a ia'.tle
would l e to increase enormously the amount
of hand-to hand fighting. But hand to hand
t ghting means an advantage to the strongest
atd most athletic force. Now, it will be seen
from the bare enumeration of the changes
which seem likely tn follow bullet-proof sol
diers that a great advantage will be given to
' England. Bullet-proof cuirasses will give an
I advantage to the nation which can only bring
a small number of troops into the Held. But
I that nation is England. It will increase the
importance of artillery. But this should Le
; in favor of England, for. though we haxe not
j the conscription, and so cannot get men in
: large quantities, we can manufacture as many
! guns as we choose. Next, the revival of close
I combat ought to be in our favor, for t nditffi-
I men are certainly better at the rougn-anu
; tumble of close fighting than their neighbors.
The infantry are naturally more handy and
more athletic, and the cavalryare, if not theo
retically better riders, more capable horse
men. An Englishman is more likely th get
his horse to do the impossible than a French
man or a German.
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I THE NEWS IN GEORGIA.
I
. Gathered From Correspondents and
Exchanges.
®winnett Herald: The young people are
'talking up' their annual chinquapin hunt.
' This promises to be a gay time for those who
participate.
Dawson News: Times may be hard but
: they are bound to get better in a country
where nearly 50 per cent, of the families own
i their homes. No other country can even an
proach such a showing.
i A very intelligent monkey furnished no end
1 of fun fob a crowd on Forsyth street, at Amer
. icus. Friday. The little nigs especially en
. joyed it, and at times it was rather difficult to
distinguish the Simian from the African.
1 MissCresey Renfroe, an aged lady who
lives a few miles from Quitman. happened to
a painful accident a few days ago in the way
of a fall. She became blind and f linted while
near the door and fell out, making a terrible
bruise on her head.
Brunswick Times: After long and trying
periods of depression the glimmer of hope
i which spreads the skies is buoying men np to
look for greater things than are possible, and
> the strain is a hard one. Be.patient. Things
are improving. Times are better, and will
i reach around in due time. Get a move on.
Shake off lethargy.
Old Marshy Lyle, colored, who lives two
miles below Sylvania, and who was known
in the papers about a year ago. when she
was a pup.l at the public school near her
1 home, says she is 93 jears of age. She
remembers the war of 1813, the Indian
1 war, the Mexican war and the war between
the states, and she bids fair to ouilive by
many years the China Japanese war. She
is still about as hale and active as she has
been for the last thirty years, and - picks
cotton and goes to sit up with the sick for
miles around.
i Talbotton News: It is reserved to few to
attain to his high degree of matrimonial bliss.
To Capt. Curley and wife a kind providence
has awarded the proud distinction. Last
Wednesday, a', their home in this city they
cele orated their golden wedding in the pres-
■ ence of all the children except one, and a few
friends. It was indeed a joyous day and we
rejoice with them. In a hard world like this
we cannot wish them many returns. In lieu
i of this we send congratulations and wish that
this aged couple, so highly esteemed by us
all, may together celebrate their next golden
wedding in that beautiful city where eyes
never grow dim and where steps are ever
' elastic.
Albany Herald: The residence of J, R.
Forrester, on Broad street, between Monroe
and Madison, was burglarized Saturday
morning. About 3:o0 o’clock Mr. Forrester
; was awakened by a strange noise in his bed
. room. Instantly Mr. Forrester arose to a
. sitting posture, only to find before them, in
the middle of the room, the erect figure of a
man. As soon as the burglar discovered that
Mr. Forrester was awake he made a dash for
liberty, taking with him Mr, Forrester’s
pantaloons. From a light that was stream
ing in the door from the bath
room Mr. ' Forrester saw that the
' burglar was a white man, but he
did not recognize him. Officer Neal Mooney
was soon on the scene. By this time it was
daylight and a search revealed that 1 the bur
glar had entered the house from the front oy
prying open a window on the veranda on the
hrst floor, and escaped by the same outlet.
In the alley was found Forrester’s pants, let
ters and notes. Mr. Burglar was very poorly
paid for his trouble, as Forrester bad only 15
cents in his pants, a 10-cent piece and live
coppers. Os this amount the burglar took 11
cents, leaving Forrester a “nest egg.” At
another residence the burglar was a little
more successful than at Forrester s, as he
secured 88, taken from Thomas 1 attison’s
vest.
Capt. Coffin has declined re election to the
position of captain of the Oglethcrpes of
Augusta. Lieut. R. O. Barksdale was unani
mously elected captain of the Irvin Guards of
Washington last Monday night. At the same
time A. L. King was elected first and J. W.
Latimer second lieutenants. These are good
selections.
AugvstaNews: Deputy Collector McElmur
ray is the happy recipient of a handsome
Colts’ revolver, a present from his friend and
admirer, Commissioner Caivm. The pistol
was ordered direct from the manufacturers
and is beautifully mounted In silver, bearing
• Jud’s” monogram and words befitting the
great “joy juice” detectives.
Douglas New South: A very sensational
elopement is reported of a young lady of high
standing in Feltonla with a dashing dude of
Possom Snout. The society of Shake Rag is
in a high state of excitement over this affair.
The glided lover of Lick Skillet is after the
scalp of the gay Lothario of Possom Snout.
The facts are meagre and we cannot give full
particulars in this issue.
Irwin County News: Messrs. D. J. Branch
and D. J. Newton came into town Tuesday
’ evening with nearly a one-horse wagon load
of provisions for Mr. W. H. Barker s family.
Mr. Barker s family have had a great deal of
sickness again this year on top of the mis
fortune of being burned out last year. These
people are worthy objects of charity and the
people of the town and community have re
sponded liberally.
Douglas New South: There is a haunted
house down near the line of Coweia and Car
roll which is the most mysterious place on
earth. What is heard and seen around this
old building woild make the hair s and on
ends. A young gentleman has rushed into
our office as we go to press and gave us his
wonderful experience last night, but owing to
lack of space and the rush of work we cannot
give it io our readers this issue, but we will
have a full report in the next.
Lieut. Bell of the Dawson Guards, who
stood an examination before- the examining
hoard of the Fourth regiment, at xhomas
ville, a few days ago. made the best record
ever made before this board, and it is
doubted if it has ever been equalled in the
state. He male an even 100. which is the
highest possible for him to have made. The
Dawsm Guards should be, and we have no
doubt are, proud of Lieut. Bell and his
record. He should certainly feel proud of
the highly creditable examination which he
stood.
Rome Tribune: Many Romans have no
ticed the big Equitable building in Atlanta,
and have admired the buff brick out of
wnich it is constructed. The Rome Brick
Company has just discovered a clay that
makes a brick of this color of the very high
est quality. Thirty thousand finely rinisued
brick have been made and they are beauties.
H. H. McClure says they cannot be e ccelled
anywhere on any test. He his samples of
tne brick on East First street. This com
pany is one of the best known manufacturers
of brick in the country, and the suoeriority
of the crick made hero s recognized" Nearly
810. OX) worth of new machinery has been put
in during the past few months.
A correspondent sends a spicy communica
tion to the irwin County News: “in the last
issue of the Ashourn Advance the editor at
tacked me. and said if I would answer his ar
ticle in detail, he would give a year's sub
scription to his paper; but our preacher said
in his sermon 1 ist Sunday for parents not to
allow bad and worthless literature to come
into our homes, tor words to that effect) there
fore. I desist from answering the little pop
gun editor as to the • one third party” he
speaks of. If things don't change it will be
three-fourths of the voters by the October
i election. I have always been advised not to
I handle anything dirty, out if I have to take
hold of the little one-gallows fellow, I will
cripple him for life. C. F. Hill.”
Irwin County News: Last Saturday even
ing at Lutenoh Bros’, still in this county a
specimen of the Jesse James order of law
lessness was witnessed by several of our cit
izens. Luterloh Bros operate one of the
I largest turpentine distilleries in the state
| employing 2to or more negroes, and being in
.1 an out of the way sort of place, makes it an
harbor for criminals of other portions of the
state. Detective H. A. Turner went there
Saturday evening for a murderer whom he
had spotted, and was driven away at th c
points of pistols and Winchester rifles in
the hands of a mob of criminal negroes.
One Benjamin Wilson, alias Luda
Johnson, alius bill Bostic, alias Wild Bill
alias Will Harper, a several times murderer
for whom Mr. Turner was not looking, seized
the reins of a large bay horse belonging to J
G. B. Han.ock, just over in Wilcox county
cut the harness from the horse, mounted him'
and, with a glittering pistol in hand, com
manded another negro to hand him his Win
chester, which he did, and the negro rode
•away at full speed in the director of Tifton
by feycamore. Dispatches were sent to Tif
ten and other neighboring towns describing
the horse and rider. At Tifton the mar
shals were on the lookout with shot
guns in hand, and a out 8 o’clock the negro
rode in and was ha.ted by the marshals The
negro jumped down on the opposite side of
the horse from the marshals and began tiring
on them as he retreated, and escaped in the
dark. The horse was returned to Mr. Han
cock. slightly the worsa from the twenty-five
. mile run. The negro is a dark ginger-cake
" color, about five feet ten inches high, weighs
, 150 pounds. There is about »70u reward for
» him. County sheriffs and bailiffs, is there no
, way to bag these gamblers and murderers -
ROUND ABOUT IN FLORIDA.
The News of the. State Told in
Paragraphs. ’
A St Augustine cigar manufacturer has
thus far made the largest single importation
1 of Cuban tobacco into Florida—over $20,000
worth.
' St. Augustine Press: Work is going ahead
rapidly on the East Coast canal, and about
201 feet are being dredged daily. Some of the
cutting is very light, while in some places the
dredge is sa dto have passed through lakes
tnat needed no cutting. . .
Tampa Times: Manuel Silva was badly
burnt in the face and on one arm last night
1 while tiring the cannon in the court house
yard. r lhe powder flashed out as he rammed
> in the wqd. He was taken to the Tampa drug
• store, where his wounds were dressed by Dr.
• Stebi.ins, who says his eyes are badly burnt.
> He cannot tell how serious the burn will
prove Silva overheated the cannon by try
ing to fire ten guns in ten minutes.
; Ocala Banner: John Mitchell was hauling
! ° ne day last week for Killinger's mill at
i Martiq. In crossing a culvert one of the
wheels of the wagon slipped off of the bridge,
> causing a sudden lurch, which threw Mitchell
i off of the log on which he was sitting to the
ground, the log following, striking him on bis
chest and crushing it, trom the effects of
, wnich Mr. Mitchell died in ai ew hours. He
i was a young man of promise, and a favorite,
Dr. L- C. Washburn has resigned his posi-
• tion as superintendent of the Ft. Mvers sub
i experiment station because the remuneration
i was too small to justify him in devoting his
time to it. Yet we read that Director Clute
r is about to expend .$3,000 in improving the
> facilities and appliances of this sub-station.
5 We cannot but believe that the state would
5 secure better results for the monev if a num
r ber of competent farmers and fruit growers
in private .ite were furnished each with a
> small fund and asked to experiment in some
special line under the advice and control of
3 the director. •
t Tampa Times: J. H. Drew, contractor, has
r just finished $ 12,70 b worth of work for the Mc-
Farlane Investment Company. In little over
r three months he has completed buildings
j under contract, costing over 810J.0C0 in, West
5 Tampa, in 144 working days he has built 138
i houses, 116 of the number neing completed in
t that time and others neurinz completion.
3 This is at the rate of more than one house
i per day. Os this number the cheapest house
i cost 8275, and the most expensive co&t Si,SCO,
r most of them being cottages costing sftCoeach.
The number includes six factories, the net
. contract prices of which range from $2,000 to
» 82 5.0, and also includes twelve residences,
T costingffrom 81.000 to $2,100.
r The Fort White Herald has this to say of
High Springs: Because Mayor Lee tele
k graphed to a party in High Springs, who in
i tended to bring two sick persons here, sup
i posed to be affected with a contagious dis
t ease, "that no person from High Springs
- would be allowed to get off the train at Fdrt
5 White until further Investigation,” the little
paper published at that place flew off the
L handle and denied the report that its town
, was infested by a contagious disease, and
j said that High Springs was a health resort
, compared to the malaria-laden atmosphere of
■ Fort White. For the Sentinel to deny the re
port of the existence of an epidemic iu the
, town was very proper, but its editor should
. have refrained showing his tendency for lying
by praising the health of his town, situated
in iow, marshy bottoms, and try to make it
appear that the atmosphere of Fort White, a
, town situated among high, rolling hills, to be
malarial-laden. Fort White is an example
for High Springs in health, morality and in
; telligence, and if the people of that little vil
lage would follow the example of the moral
i and intelligent people of Fort White those
i sinks in and around High Springs could be
put to a better purpose than the hiding places
tor the carcasses of men.
Residents of La Villa,*a suburb of Jackson
ville. had a first-class scare Saturday morn
ing on account ot a large bear being at large
in that suburb and roaming the streets at
will. The bear belongs to Abe Campbell, the
butcher, and is usually kept chained in Camp
bell's yard. Yesterday, while Campbell Was
in the house, sick, the bear succeeded in
breaking its chain and at once started off on
an exploring expedition. In the meantime
the news had spread that a wild bear was on
the rampage, and the people began to hurry
their children into the houses and to bolt and
barricade the doors. One woman saw the
bear come into her yard, and without waiting
to close the outer door, darted from the
kitchen into the house. This was what the
bear had been looking for. and into the
kitchen he went. Ante piece of roast beef
was already prepared for the oven and sev
eral pies were on the table. Bruin did not
wait for a knife and fork or call for a napkin,
He simply proceeded to get on the outside ot
beef and pies in the shortest time imaginable.
Secretary and Treasurer W. W. Clyatte, of
the Marlon county democratic executive com
mittee, says he has only taken in SBO so
far, and he has paid out over S6O in mailing
registration books for primary purposes and
liquidated a few printing bills, his exchequer
is dry and he must" call on Chairman Mo-
Conathy to make a new levy.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Regis'er: Constable George Just Brown
was painfully hurt Friday afternoon in front
of tne State Dispensary at Columbia. He
had been to the union dopot and was return
ing on an electric car. He did not get off the
: car at the corner ot Gervais and Main street,
but attempted to jump off in front of the dis-
> pensary. As he jumped one of his thumbs
i caught in the railing of the car. Mr. Brown
• fell to the ground and was dragged along for
- some distance. His thumb was terribly lac
erated.
Columbia Register: Some additional facts
about the poisoning of Miss Mary Brazell
and Mrs. Lee, who live in the county, near
Columbia, were learned, but there is still
somothing strange about the whole affair,
and the facts will probably not come to light.
The story told is tnat Miss Brazell and Mrs.
Lee went to the house of Miss Brazell s
grandmother on Saturday night. While
there they drank some coffee. On their way
back both were taken ill with symptoms of
sugar Os lead poisoning. Mrs. Lee took does
of Epsom salts, which* is an antidote for
sugar of lead poisoning, and soon got well,
but Miss Brazell was in a serious condition
until Sunday morning, when Dr. Hopkins
was sent for. Dr. Hopkins says that while
the symptoms were all like sugar of lead
poisoning, there may have been something
else wrong. Miss Brazell drank only three
sips of the coffee, because it was hot. An
other feature which cannot be understood is
that the young lady is a favorite with her
grandmother, and if there was poison in the
coffee it got there accid intally.
A writer in the New Fork Weekly Witness,
a prohibition paper, publishes the following
of Gov. Tillman: “Several weeks ago it was
my lot to be seated alongside of a strange
looking and peculiar, but interesting man.
We talked together for about an hour, and I
must say that the time passed too swiftly.
That strange man, with only one eye, was
Gov. Tillman of South Carolina. Among
I other things he told me was; T will be
elected United States senator That s set
tled.’ At the time I had my doubts; ,hut now
it looks as if Senator Butler, the idol of the
South Carolina aristocracy, had been 'turned
, down,’ and that the off hand, somewhat
! crude, but naturally gifted Ben Tillman, will
i have a seat In the United States Senate. If
: he makes good what he told me he would do
when he becomes senator, he will cause many
ot the members of that conservative body to
i open their eyes and wonder who has come
among them. The New England Home says
that ten years ago the governor had never
'seen a railroad, or a tank or a hotel.' Dur
ing the campaign he has made many
> speeches, and has called tne gentlemen with
whom he will be soon associated some very
hard names. His heart is better than his
tongue, and while he gives hard knocks he is
willing to receive them without a murmur.
Gov. Tillman is one of the strange political
products of the populists.”
Florence Times: Wednesday afternoon
when the Cheraw and Darlington train pulled
into the Coast Line depot, at this place, two
prisoners that were en route for the stat*
penitentiary from Chesterfield jail, and sup
posed to be under the charge of a guard of
the name of Whittle, were escorted out by
the conductor, Capt. H. M. Brunson. When
they struck the platform they were coupled
t igether with handcuffs. The guard who had
them in charge got out ahead of them, leav
ing them alone, and walked up to the west
end of the platform. When the train
started back to the sidetrack the guard
got on and was carried with the train
do a n in the freight yard, his prisoners
being left alone. Some of the boys in fun
asked them why they did not walk off. but
they said they did not want to do that; they
would rather go on to Columbia. By this time
Detective Newbold came up and took charge
of them and carried them off to turn tnem
over to Sheriff McLendon. The guard never
showed up any more, but we suppose he was
found later in the evening. The two convicts
were Jackson Hardeson. a negro sent up for
three years, and Leonard Dickson, a whit*
man sent up for fifteen years for the suo
posed murtfcr of his sten-father. Julius Hahn.
A passenger on the tiain said that the guard
was so full and trying to shoot at the passen
gers on the tram that he had to take the gun
away from him. He was certainl* in » tine
condition when he got to Florence.”