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4 Wetklg He tos* | SUBSCRIPTIONS. WEEKLY NEWS. Issued two times a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, one year . ® 1 OO WEEKLY NEWS, six months 76 WEEKLY NEWS, three months.... 60 THE MORNING NEWS every day in the year (by mail or carrier) IO OO THE MORNING NEWS every day for six months (by mail or carrier) 5 OO THE MORNING NEWS Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays (by mall), 1 year B OO ADVERTISING. Display advertising $1 40 an inch each inser , tion. Discount made for contract adver tlslng. depending on space and length of time advertisement is to run. Local and Reading Notices 25 cents a line. Marriages, Funerals and Obituaries 81 00 per inch. • Legal Advertisements of Ordinaries, Sheriffs and other officials inserted at the rate pre scribed by law. Remittances can be made by Postoffice Order, Registered Letter or Express at our risk. CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence solicited; but to receive at tention letters must be accompanied by a responsible name, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. All letters should be addressed to MORNING NEWS, Savannah, Ga. REGISTERED AT THE PeSTOFTTCE IM SAVAN NAH AB SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER. Use r- MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1894. Hill the Nominee. Senator Hill will lead the democrats of New York this fall, and he will lead them to victory. His nomination creates intense enthusiasm throughout the state. Under his leadership the democratic ticket will poll a larger vote than it would have polled under the leadership of any other man. The factions will forget their differences, arid personal animosities will disappear in the enthusiasm with, which the campaign will be conducted. The ticket is a strong one. Senator Hill, for governor, represents the Hill faction. Hon. Daniel Lockwood, for lieu tenant governor, represents the Cleve land democrats, and Judge Gaynor, for judge of the court of appeals, represents the reform element of the party. The ticket is skilfully constructed. Senator Hill is confident of being elected. He would not have accepted the nomination if he had not been satisfied that he woyld have the hearty support of about every democrat of the state. With a support of that kind he can hardly be defeated. The party wanted Senator Hill as its candidate because it believed that with "him its success was sure, and there are some grounds for thinking that he wanted the nomination. No doubt he regards it a* almost certain that he will be the presidential candidate of his party in 1896 if he succeeds in gaining the governor ship. Success in New York under exist ing circumstances would direct the atten tion of democrats in all parts of the coun try to him as an available presidential candidate. His nomination gives the gubernatorial contest in New York national importance. There is no doubt that Mr. Morton, the republican candidate, accepted the nomi nation wltn the view of being the next presidential candidate of his party. Sen ator Hill accepted the nomination, there is good reason to believe, with the same view. Th© one that is elected will stand a pretty fair chance of having his ambition gratified. Each party, therefore, will put forth its whole strength. The contest will be a notable one. The whole country will be pro foundly interested in it. Senator Hill is not i>opular in the Sen ate. It is not believed that he is satisfied there. The position offers him no oppor tunity for paving the way to the presi dency/ He likes the life of an active pol itician. It will be with no regret, there fore, that he entersagain actively into state politics, having presidency as his goal. Judge Hines and the Blacks. It is stated that a large number of the black voters of Bulloch county have signed a pledge that they will not vote for Judge Hines. This action is doubtless due to the statement of a number of prominent white citizens of that county that Judge Hines, on several occasions, in their presence, spoke contemptuously of the colored people, showing that he has a very low opinion of them. But why should any colored man vote the populist ticket? The {topulists do not promise them anything in their plat form, and they couldn’t fulfill promises to them if they should make any. What the populists want is the assistance of the black vote. They are talking ahout free school books and telling the blacks they will share the offices with them, I but, as a matter of fact, they have no use for the blacks. They have about the same opinion of them that Judge Hines is alleged to have expressed. The main reason why the populists are now so anxious to get the black vote is that they see there is going to be a great falling off in the populist vote next Wednesday, and they want to make as good >, showing as they did two years ago. They know If they do not populism in this statj will be as “dead as a door nail.” If the populist vote should fall considerably below what it was in the last state elec tion * the great majority of the populists would go back to the democratic party, satisfied that it would be folly to keep . alive any longer the populist organization. The populist leaders are sufficiently well informed in respect to the condition of their party’ to know that there has been a very great decline in the strength of their party, and that at the election they will make a very poor showing, un- ! less they can get the blacks to come to their assistance. But will the blacks lend them a helping hand { The indications ar© they will not. They understand the political situation in this state, and are not disposed to as sist a party that is largely composed of men Iteiween whom and themselves there has been,from time to immemorial, clearly defined enmity. There have been many reports of the organization of the blacks by populists, and of the purpose of the blacks to vote with the populists,'but as yet these re ports have not been traced to any authen tic source. The blacks cannot be so easily made use of a» the populist leaders seem to think. Last Days of the Campaign. The state campaign is very nearly ' ended. There will be speeches deliv ered in various parts of the state to-mor row and next day, but the voters have z had the issues clearly placed before them, and they have about made up their minds as to the ticket they will vote. There will, of course, be a vast amount of work done on Wednesday, the day of election. Thousands of democrats will remain away from the polls on the plea that their votes are not needed, or that they cannot spare the time to go to the polls, unless they are urged to discharge their duty as citizens by their more en thusiastic and zealous democratic neigh bors. Those democrats, therefore, who realize the importance of giving the dem ocratic ticket a big majority should make it a point to see that every demo cratic voter in their respective neighbor hoods goes to the polls and votes. The plea that the democratic ticket will be elected even though many demo crats do not vote is not a good one. In fact, there is scarcely any plea that can be offered that will justify democrats in neglecting to vote. It is of the greatest importance to the people of the state that the democratic ticket shall be not only elected, but that it shall also receive an overwhelming majority. A big majority means the death of populism in the state. A small majority would lead the populists to believe they are gaining ground, and that belief would encourage them to make greater efforts to get control of thet state in future elections. What populism has done in Kansas it would do in Georgia. It would check the state’s progress by legislation that would practically shut out capital and immigra tion. It would promote dissatisfaction and confusion. The people would become disheartened and discouraged, and would become less earnest in their efforts to build up the state and improve their ma terial condition. Under democratic rule the state has made splendid progress. It has grown steadily in wealth and pppulation. The public schools have been fostered, and the rights of all classes have been protected. A continuance of the state’s prosperity depends upon the supremacy of the Demo cratic party by such a majority as will satisfy home-seekers and investment seekers that the populists have no pros pect of getting control of the state. The campaign of the democrats has been conducted on a high plape. The is sues have been fairly and frankly dis cussed by men of* larger intelligence and broader views than is generally the case in state campaigns. The Speaker of the House, Secretary of the Interior, United States senators and candidates for sen ator, as well as the candidate for gov ernor and candidates for congress and the legislature, have been the chief speakers. The people ought to be, and doubtless are, well informed in respect to the issues, and a democratic majority larger than that of two years ago may be confidently expected. Why the People Like Mr. Turner. The chief reason why the people ad mire Congressman Turner as a public man is that he is thoroughly honest. He does not pretend to agree with them for the sake of gaining their good will when he knows they are in the wrong, nor does he attempt to evade the discus sion of an issue, concerning which the people differ, for fear of injuring his popularity. He is a man of convictions, and his opinion on any subject is the re sult of a very thorough and conscientious •study of that subject. He would rather not have the favor of the people than to gain it by means not thoroughly’ honest. In consequence of his straightforward course not only in congress but also in his campaign speeches, the people have a pro found respect for him. Even those who differ with him on public questions never question his sincerity. It is admitted that he is one of the few men in congress who are entitled to be called statesmen. He is not an orator. He would not be chosen to deliver an ad dross where the kind of eloquence that thrills an audience and excites demon strations of approval was desired. But he is a thinker—a man who leads men by the force of his logic. His conclusions are accepted because they all seem to be correct. In the canvass he is making for Senator Mr. Turner is telling the people very frankly what his views are on the issues before the country. His views on some issues may not be acceptable to all of them, but that makes no difference to him. He regards it as his duty to speak what he believes to be the truth and for the best interests of the whole country. Such men are scarce. When they are found they should be placed by the people in the most responsible positions. Work for Barnest Wom?n. Dr. Parkhurst thinks there is work in New York for earnest women to do. He believes they can help him materially in I carrying into effect the reforms he has in • view. He saw what women did in Ken tucky toward defeating Breckinridge, and he is now inclined to enlist the women of New York in the effort to purify the gov ernment in that city. He has not fully decided yet whether ; or not he will call on them for assistance. In a public address last week he said he . was considering the advisability of ask , ing them to lend him a helping hand, and in a subsequent interview he said: “A live woman, thoroughly awake, is an im mense team. There is something in a j crowd of thoroughly earnest women that ' is impossible to overcome. Didn’t they > turn the city upside down last summer when they discussed suffrage ’ A woman > carries everything with her. She makes her own convictions felt, and the ! one great truth is this—what women talk about everybody else talks about.” If Dr. Parkhurst should ask the ! women to help him his crusade against bad government in New York would be cortie far more forceful than it has yet I been. He could, in all probability, name the next city government. He would have thousands of women with him. and they would represent every class of so ciety. They would compel the men to as sist in turning the rascals out. Dr. Parkhust has already made him- I self a terror to corrupt officials. He has demonstrated that his power is greater than theirs. If he should bring the earnest women to his assistance there would be a revolution in New York city politics such as the politicians of that city never dreamed of. New men would come to the front, and those who have I lived and grown fat at the expense of the I people would be retired forever. THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TiMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1894. PERSONAL. Mists Winnie Davis Is the guest of Mrs. Charles De Kay Townsend at Milford, Pa. The King of Italy has sent to .the Empress of China several pictures and other objects of art. Lord Arthur Hill has the reputation of be ing the best dressed man in the house of commons. * George Gould's expenses this season in con nection with the yachts Vigilant and Atalanta * have been nearly 8400.000. The members of a Japanese club in New York are making extensive preparations to celebrate the victory at Ping Yang. Mr- Gladstone has in his library at Ha warden castle a very fine collection of hymn hooks belonging to various communions. The pastor of the Wilberforce Memorial church, Birmingham, England, Rev. Peter Stanford, is a negro, who was born in slavery. Caroline Bruce and Agnes Kjillberg, Sweedish women,- received honorable men tion at the Paris. Salon for sculpture. The latter holds the scholarship of the Swedish academy. Perhaps no woman who ever lived was loved with a fiercer affection than the wife of Andrew Jackson. After keeping his dueling pis tol oiled and the hair-trigger of his temper set all his lite on her account, Old Hickory said on his deathbed that he would forgive all his enemies except those who had slandered her. An American who was present at the fete at Hawarden in honor of Mr. Gladstone’s golden wedding was impressed most strongly by the prime minister s numerous commis sions from the queen, which looked formid able with their great seals attached and also with an exhibit of axes in the house. Os these there were fully half a hundred, the gifts of English and American admirers of the grand old man. ' A pretty story is being told of the veteran chess player, Herr Steinitz. who has just been beaten by Emmanuel Lasker in a contest for the chess championship of the world. There came a moment in the final match in which steinitz, whose capacity for looking ahead has always been phenominal. realized that his youthful rival must beat him. Whereupon, without going through the formality of with drawing from the contest, the veteran simply rose to his feet and shouted energetically; ‘ Long live the new champion!” BRIGHT BITS. Dyspeptic Lady—Doctor, do you think oysters are unhealthy? Doctor—No, madam—at least, I have not yet treated any.—Truth. The Duet at the Goldstein Reception.— Ikenheimer—My! My! Ain’t dese hardt times awful? Dose Goldstein girls has both to blay off der same piano.—Puck. She —How fearful it must be for a great singer to know she has lost her voice. He—lt’s much more torturing when she doesn’t know it.—Tit-Bits. Mrs. A.—At our hotel there were so many people to talk with! Mrs. B.—And at our’s there were so many to talk about. —Boston Transcript. “If you don’t leave at once I shall call the porter!” Peddler—Very well! Perhaps he will buy something of me.—Fliegende Blatter. Clara —Were there any marrying men down at the beach this summer? Cora—Yes; there were two ministers and a justice of the peace.—Yonkers Statesman. Teachqr (to class in the science of govern ment) —What is the difference between fiat and actual money? Thomas Goldbug—About thirty-five cents.— Detroit Free Press. Dr. Emdee—Years ago the doctors used to bleed their patients for about everything they had. Van Pelt—The practice doesn't change much, does it?—Truth. Indicative--What makes you think Jack Youngley is going to propose to you? “Why, we were dancing the other nigh* and I complimented him upon the easy way in which he held me. ‘Oh. yes,’ he said, it's al ways easy for me to hold my own.’ ’’—Brook lyn Life. CURRENT COMMENT. Wages Under Two Tariffs. From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.). In December, 1893, under the operation of the McKinley tariff, the Lowell Manufactur ing Company reduced the wages of its work ingmen. As a result of the working of the tariff law putting wool on the free list the company restored wages on Sept. 4, last. This action of the Lowell Manufacturing Company is respectfully commended to the attention of Philadelphia manufacturers who, a few weeks before the election, find it con venient to threaten their employes with further reductions. Calamity Humbug. From the Philadelphia Times (Ind.). Os course the lamentation of the sugar trust, that the new tariff has ruined its busi ness is humbug. It is probably not wholly unconnected with the speculative decline in sugar securities. But it has quite as much foundation, in fact, as the kindred lamenta tions of various other manufacturers, many of whom have a higher rate of protection un der the new tariff than is given the sugar re finers and who are making the same prepos- • terous complaint. The McKinley organs, in pointing out the unreasonableness of the sugar wail, are letting their readers into the secret of the whole calamity humbug. Th® “Smart” Ex-President. From the Chicago Herald (De m.). One of the “smart" things said by Benja min Harrison in his Indianapolis speech was this: “Our democratic friends have passed a tariff bill thqt is approved by only six dem ocratic senators and by nobody else." This is hardly true. I’he few monopoly features of the democratic tariff were approved by the six renegade democratic senators and by all of the republic an senators. So far as the remnant of McKinley robbery is concerned it suits the republicans mightily. All the re form features of the bill suit the democrats and honest men generally. If the ex-Presi would tell the whole truth about these mat ters he would set his party a better example than he does. What Wilson Told the Englishmen. From the New York Times (Dem.). Chairman William L. Wilson was the guest of honor at a banquet of the London Chamber of Commerce last evening, and, while observ ing perfectly the courtesies of the occasion, he made a speech that breathed the true American spirit. In a friendly wav he warned his hosts that the American people were low ering the tariff barriers about our country, not so much to let foreign trade in —though they were not afraid of that—but to let them selves out and to get access to the markets of the world on such terms as their resources and energies would enable them to make. That is at once a statement of a well-estab lished economic fact, and the expression of that high American courage which the pro tectionists have done so much to quell. Restore Appomattox. From the New York Tribune (Rep.). Assistant Postmaster General Maxwell’s explanation of the reason why Appomattox was changed to Surrender does not mend the matter in the least. Mr. Maxwell does not assume the responsibility for the preposter ous change, but, of. course, some one in the postoffice department sanctioned it. Appo mattox should, by all means, remain un touched. Jhe suggestion of Surrender as a substitute for it must have originated in a madhouse. There must be common sense enough left in the department to decree that what has been done in this matter shall be undone. We notice that Gov, O'Ferrall is highly indignant over wba‘ he terms an in sult to the people of his state. That is a good sign. He ought not to let his wrath go down until Appomattox has been restored. McKinley on the Stump. From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.). The tariff of 1890 is declared by its author better than the tariff of 1894. To support this declaration Mr. MeKinley makes the astound ing assertion that under the law of 1890 “every ; man in this country was employed at good ■ wages.” whereas in fact, there were strikes • and reduction of wages in most protected in dustries. M ich to be regretted is Nr. Mc- Kinley's straddle, or seeming approval, of the silver free coinage heresy. The repeal of the panic-creating Sherman silver act is de plored and voters are urged to vote republi- j can because "the party that struck down sil , ver and gave it the severest blow it ever bad i cannot be relied upon to give that metal hon ; oi-ble treatment.'’ Is the Republican i party, after all, the party of silver nfiatioo I and bent upon bringing financial ruin upon ’ the country. Revenue and Gratitude. It was In the West Indies, in the Island of Martinique, where snakes of the most deadly description abound, says a writer in the Bos ton Globe. I was acting as ganger in charge of black laborers on one of the largest plan tations. Among the men was a huge negro, recently imported from the Guinea coast. I had caught him skulking one morning, and threat ened that if ever I found him again doing so I would have him locked up and put on re stricted diet. At this he flung down the hoe with which he was working, and defied me to do my worst. It was a critical moment If I allowed this man to set me at defiance my influence over the gang, who were looking on, would be un dermined. ‘•Pick up thathoe, you hound!” I thundered, “or I’ll shoot.” The man was thoroughly cowed„and, turn ing sullenly to his work, he continued his hoeing industriously, and I had no further cause to complain. Twice did I catch him stealing up stealthily behind me, and a third time I found him con cealed beneath the bed in my sleeping cabin. At this I took him before the overseer, a desperado-like Frenchman, one of whose maxims w’as that the only way to rule men was to shoot them at the first signs of insub ordination. When I told him what had taken place he had the negro led out to the shed at the back of the house, where there was a halter hanging from a team in the roof, with a slip noose in it, as though ready prepared for use as a gallows. "See that. Diego. If any harm happens to the ganger here, or if he goes missing and we can’t find him, we shall hang you up here by the neck till you’ve kicked yourself to death. So you see it will pay you to take care of him.” « On the afternoon of the day following my interview with the overseer I was sitting at the stables seeing my horse attended to' when my attention was attracted to Diego, coming from the neighborhood of a marshy jungle of trees forty or fifty yards away from the factory and residential cabins. He was trailing something along the ground, which on closer examination proved to be the body of a terrible poisonous snake, the “Fer de lance.” To my surprise, instead of making toward the laborers’ quarters, after looking stealth ily round to assure himself that he was not observed, he entered my own sleeping cabin, dragging the serpent in after him through tn? open window. These serpents live in pairs, and if one of them is killed and its body taken away the survivor, when it awakes, to activity in the nightfall, will follow along the course its mat has been -taken and in this way will often travel to great distances. From where I was standing I could see in through the open window, as I had expected, the negro carried the body of the serpent and placed it upon my bed. Then lifting it carefully, so that no part of it any longer touched the ground, he carried it away and concealed it in the shed where the overseer had shown him the gallows rope. When the overseer heard my statament he immediately ordered Diego to be arrested and placed in captivity in the very shed in which he has concealed the body ot the ser pent. The moon had risen soon after sunset, and it was not long before we could see distinctly the form of the serpent’s mate issuing 1 from the jungle. It came with its head raised high in the air, and swaying from side to side, as though it were looking for its mate. Quickly it advanced until it reached the open window. For a moment it paused here, Its head thrust through the window. Then its coil lengthened out, and quicklv, stealth ily the glistening, slimy monster glided into the room. The horror of what would have occurred but for my fortunate catching sight of the negro as he brought the snake from the jungle was upon us all, when suddenly we were startleci at seeing the snake again issue from the hut. This time it came through the doorway, and by the pace at which it was traveling it seemed as though it was still following some definite track. suddenly we realized where the snake was going. Although the boay of its mate had not touched the ground when it was carried from the hut. the live snake was still follow ing upon its scent. As 1 have said. Diego, the negro, was con fined in the shed, and. seeing the danger to him, I raised my rifle to fire and kill it before it could enter. As I did so. however, the over seer caught the barrel of the rifle, saying: "What are you doing? The snake's all right; it’s going into the shed.” “But Diego.” I gasped, "the negro. It will attack him and kill him.” • *T*ft does.’soiQnaqh • t£e worse for Diego. He'lT, be peppered with-his own sauce/’ I wrenched tree the rifle, but it was too late. The serpent had already disappeared within lhe shed. I ran forward at full speed, in tending to unlock the door and. if possible, to save the unfertunate man, but even as I ran a cry of terror and agony rang out and I knew that I was too late. I broke the serpent s back with a blow from the butt end of my rifle and dispatched it with a bullet a moment later. Then, turning to Diego. I cut the flesh away from that part ot his thigh which had been bitten, and with what little knowledge of sur gery I possessed, bound up the wound and stanched the flow of blood. His giant consti tution enabled him to stand what would have killed an ordinary man. and his gratitude to me, whom he regarded as having saved his life, was as strong as his former resentment had been, and more than once on subsequent occasions did I owe my lite to his faithful service. •■ One of A. T. Stewart’s Secrets. The phase man of the Boston Journal was dilating on the value of politeness every where, but especially in Stores, and remarked that he would discharge a clerk tor impolite ness or inattention quicker than he would for petty theft. Impolite or inattentive clerks rob their employer of more money in the course of the year than do the thieves. An old resident of Roxbury overheard the re mark, and as an illustration of the impor tance of politeness on the part of salesmen, said: "A good many years ago I went to New York in company with my friend B. One snowy day we strolled into A. T. Stewart s store. Neither of us intended to make a pur chase. We merely went there as a mattei of curiosity. "At the door we were met by a polite gentle man. who insisted that he should take our overcoats and umbrellas to relieve us of the burden of carrying them about the store. We told him we were not intending to purchase anything, but that made no difference in his attentions. Another equally polite gentle man,insisted on escorting us through the building. The fact that we did not intend to purchase goods did not lessen his courtesy. Finally, to entertain vs. the courteous clerk I showed us a large invoice of shawls which had just been received. The clerk unfoided one after the other, and by and by my friend said he would take a $1,500 India shawl which pleased him. and a little later I purchased a valuable carpet. When we entered the store i neither of us had the slightest intention of making a purchase of anything, but the po liteness oi that clerk put more than $2 000 into the till of A. T. Stewart which would not have been there otherwise. "You are quite right in emphasizing the value of politeness, it is the most valuable commodity a irai or a woman can carry about. It may he sometimes misplaced, but in the long run it pays.” The Ticket Seller. From the New York Clipper. You see him through a little hole, The ticket seller bold; A monarch in his rigid air, - To sympathy quite cold; It never could be that he was A youth—he's always old. He gazes at you with an eye So critically stern: Replies severely to the facts That you desire to learn: The visage of a dead head he Can readily discern. He takes your dollars with a twist That's born of constant use; Slaps down your ticket and the change W ithout the least excuse; Tho' money's tight he slings it 'round in manner very loose! And so the stream goes ever by. And through the window small. With whirling brain he etill must sigh And smiling answer all; The hardest work of Adam's kin Yes, ever since the rail! .Have pitv on him. ladies fair! Have pity, dead heads, bold! Have pity for the man whose brain is premat ;rely old: Whose worries and nerplexities Are great and manifold! St. Peter has no post like this. Had he this questioning line — Those thousand queries to expound And answer. I opine That even his position old St. Peter would resign! “What did you do when he proposed?” “I lost my self-possession at once." —Truth. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Property to the extent of $3,204,587 was de stroyed in 1893 by lire caused by electric wires. In the belfry of the old parish church at Bury, England, the curfew that tolled the knell of parting day t-00 years ago is still in place,' and is still rung every night at sunset. Donald Funnam, who lived in Dunkirk, Scotland, in 1702, is believed to be the tallest man who ever lived. When he straightened up, as though he had style about him, he was li leet 4 inches. Rare Ben Jonson learned the trade of a bricklayer, but tired of it. so the story goes, after a fellow workman dropped a couple of bricks on his head, and upset a bed full of mortar down his neck. The tobacco raised in Beloochistan is ex ceedingly strong and cannot be smoked by any but the most vigorous white men. The natives do not appear to be affected by it, and children of 10 and 12 years puff away all day long without any discomfort. Uncle Ephraim Barnstable, of Dead’s Cor ners. 0., nas caused a, cage to be constructed for himself, into which he crawls every night at 8 o clock and locks himself in. This is on account of his unfortunate habit of walking in his sleep and singing “Comrades” at the top of his voice, to the great annoyance of • his neighbors. While Georgia has produced some curi ously named people, Kentucky believes she will soon be able to present a good claim for recignition in that line. I’here Is a lawyer in the Blue Grass region named Fountain Box Babbit, and a stock raiser near Coving ton who rejoices in the patronymic of Gad dleeup Deedlenucks. His father’s name was Dup Deedlenucks. While cleaning out his well, William Sam ple, a Kane county (Idaho) farmer, found an old plug hat at the bottom. It was of the style of 1860. and. as the well was not dug un til 1890, he was at fi'rst inclined to believe that it had grown there. Sample’s neighbors think his mental condition might be im proved a little if some method could be de vised to furnish him with brains. Idiots, says the New York Times, have been improved, educated and even cured; not one in a thousand has been entirely refractory to treatment: not one tn a hundred who has not been made more happy and healthy; more than 30 per cent, have been taught to conform to social and moral law, and rendered cap able of order, of good feeling, and of working like the third of a man; more than 40 per cent, have become capable of the ordinary transactions of life under friendly control, and of understanding and social ab stractions, of working like two-thirds of a man, and 25 to 30 per cent, come nearer and nearer the standard of manhood, till some of them will defy ?he scrutiny of good judges when compared with ordinary young men and women. That this is not mere rhetorical flourish, says a writer in The Hosuital, is proved by the statistics of one of the" largest English training institutions for imbeciles. Storing wind power has for years been one of the pet subjects of inventors, and many and wonderful-ha ve been the schemes proposed to accomplish the work, says Gassier's Maga zine. One of them hailing from the sandy plains of the western part of the United States, was to httve a windmill drive a belt and bucket conveyor to carry sand up into a large tank or hopper, somewhat after the manner in which grain elevators carry wheat. A stream of sand was to be let out from this bin upon a large overshot water wheel and cause it to turn, just -as it would under the weight of a corresponding volume of watar. When there was a good, steady wind, sand was to be stored up for use during suc ceeding calms, and power was thus to be made available continuously, with the spe cinc ooject of driving a number of arastras, or ore mills, which were located in a sandy district where only sufficient water for drink ing purposes and for moistening the ore to be operated upon could be obtained. Like the winding up of springs, the compressing of air and other unlikely wind power storage suggestions, however, the sand power scheme has come to naught, and its promoters have been ooliged to seek other fields and pastures new. All travelers agree, writes a Rome corre spondent of the Buffalo Express, that there are nowhere else roses so magnificent as those that cover the wall of the old Roman palace of the Via Slstui, in which once lived the famous epicure, Lucullus. Rome is a city of roses. They run riot; but those of the old palace have become cilebrated. Their odor is passionate in its intensity. Their form, their every petal, the way they hang upon their stems is picturesque. The color in some is deep, deep crimson, almost black at the heart; in others it is cameo pink, changing to rich cream tints at the center; others are the bright yellow that mellows Into gold; others are the white that is like melted moonlight in the petal cup. I lived next door the house overlooking the palace garden, and I had frequently asked my self: “What has produced these superb roses?” One day I saw the gardener, whose love for his roses is almost pagan, watering them carefully at the roots with a ciear, dark liquid. I was sure that this was the feeding that had to do with the secret of their wonderful beauty. Cn investigation I learned (hat the wealth of odor and coloring was the result of animal food. That mysteri ous libation which I had seen poured at their roots was strong beef tea, made from fresh cu;s of beef and strained. Ths old gardener himself invented the idea. This reminded me how luxuriantly I had seen ferns of every kind, even the most delicate, growing in several spots tn Germany, where the brewers had bestowed their retuse malt. Nowadays everybody carries a watch, and they are turned out in millions by machinery. T he artist and the true craftsman have prac tically ceased to work upon them, says a London journal, for we cannot accept ma chine turned casts or fronts and backs “swedged’’ in a mold as artistic, even though studdei with jewels, plastered with enamel and lavishly engraved. Certain companies, abandoning all pretence to beauty in tavor of use alone, have flooded mankind with time keepers in cases of base metal, which are a r serviceable as they are ugly. The crystal face to the watch obviating the breaking of glasses, was a great improvement, and the stem-winding system, dispensing with the watch key. completes the convenience with which the modern man commutes the pas sage of his hours. Does he iS3 those flying hours better than did his watchl ss ancestor Is it not perhaps largely due to clocks and watches that he goes to ied so late and rises so long after the morning has dawned? In old times mankind in gen eral retired to rest with the sun and rose with it. The healthy sleeper had no know ledge. and wanted none, of the passage of the dark hours. Also he had no bill to pay for gas or candles, no explosion of petro leum :amps, and wore no spectacles if he lived to r.e a hundred. The sun was the only timep.ece he wanted; splendied, self winding and sufficient. There is perhaps no instance of human wastefulness so great as that of the amount of morning light cast away and disregarded by civilized mankind between the hours of daybreak and of mod ern breakfast time since the invention of watches. We do not say that this serious change is entirely due to the horologist. He has his uses; it would be difficult to regulate railway trains and parliamentary debates by the crowing of cocks or the trickling of clepsydre. Nevertheless it is curious to reflect how ve-y well the race got on before anybody owned a watch, and. most wonderful of all. how the ancient mariners of Greece and Rome and Phenici i navigated the seas'without the ghost of a chronometer. BAK NG POWDER. Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair.' DR, tMttr * CREAM BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. FrSC from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. I THE NEWS IN GEORGIA. Gathered From Correspondents and Exchanges. A Spaulding county farmer had an exhibi tion in Griffin Saturday of eight ears of corn raised from one grain. The eight ears con tained 6,336 well-develop;d grains. Mr. Renew, living three miles west of Americus, brought the Times-Recdrder the premium gourd of the season Wednesday. It measured four feet in length and was larger than a man’s arm from tip to tip. Dahlonega Signal: James Hughes, residing at the Hand mill, had bad luck last Sunday afternoon. Some one broke in his house while all were away and carried off S2O in gold, a pistol, one of Jim’s shirts and a bottle of ‘temperance drops.’’ Augusta Herald: The inhabitants of Monte Sano were greatly excited Wednesday over the presence of a mad dog in the village. The children were all kept indoors until the ani mal disappeared. He has bothered no one yet, and may possibly have been troubled with temporary madness. Jackson Herald: J. R. Anglin walked up to our office last Wednesday morning, looking as bright as a May morning. On inquiring the news, Mr. Anglin said: “I have two of the finest twins, a boy and a girl, at my house ever seen in the county. Democracy in Jack son is sure to win overwhelmingly this year. Gwinnett Herald: There is enough hay made in Gwinnett county this year, if cut and stored away, to feed the stock of the county. A great many farmers are opening their eyes to this important crop and are saving it. There is no hay superior to the crab glass that grows on the old red hills of this sec tion. Jonesboro Enterprise: “From every corner of the countv comes the cheering news of democratic gains. The more sensible of our populist friends are gradually finding out the deception that is practiced by the populist leaders and coming back to the true party of the people. It is only a question of a short time when all will discover their efiror and we shall all be united again as a happy and victorious family.” The Jackson Herald quotes a prominent colored voter of that county as follows: “We aint’ gwine to let no hired Atlanta nigger come in here and abuse us and accuse us of leing bought and saying all manner of mean things against the good white democrats. Dat nigger Freeman never got no nigger votes for the third party in this county. Jack son county niggers ain’t no fools. They know who their friends is.” Progress: The artesian well at Vienna has beeen bored to the depth of 228 feet and the work came to an abrupt standstill Thursday. The contractor says there is little prospe.t for a spontaneous flow and states that at the present depth pure artesian water is plenti ful. and that by the aid of a steam pump forty gallons a minute can be gotten. The city council will make a decision as to whether the boring shall stop at the present depth, or the boring be continued. At Covington a democratic mass meeting was called at the court house Wednesday. Between 400 and 500 people assembled. Among them were many colored Voters. Hon. L. F. Livingston was addressing the crowd when an alarm of fire was raised, which disturbed the meeting, and it was postponed until next Friday night. The tire originated in W. T. Sock well’s machine shop, which was de stroyed. A small dwelling near the shop was also burned. The loss is $3,000. There was no insurance. A crowd of about 400 interested spectators witnessed the bicycle races at Leeton park. Americus, Wednesday afternoon. The ellipti cal quarter mile track was tn fine condition, and as the wheels glided over the smooth surface in the exciting contests cheers greeted the graceful riders, i he races were under the auspices of the Americus Cycling Club, and many gold medals and other valuable prizes were awarded to the winners. The tourna ment was a great success and thoroughly en joyed by the large crowd of spectators. Laiderman Jim Johnson of the Augusta truck s was painfully hurt during the nre Wednesday morning. While walking along the roof of a house with other firemen the sheating gave way and he had a hard fall, striking the rafters on his side. He would have fallen through had not Fireman Battle caught him. At first it was thought that sev eral of Mr. Johnson s ribs had been broken, but the doctor in attendance, later, said the casing of the ribs had been fiactured and the lungs bruised. The injured man was taken to the truck house, where he is now resiing quietly. At Macon. Ga„ on Sept. 25, the body a of negro woman, Ida Hicks, was found in some weeds near where Sells Bros.’ circus exhibited. She had been murdered presumably last night. Her throat was cut from ear to ear and there was a stab in the left breast. One hand clutched her throat, as if she had tried to stop the flow of blood. From appearances she had been dragged or had crawled one hundred yards from the place where she had been muidered. She was found lying on her face. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the deed. The rumoratbat Will Meyers was possibly connected with the murder of William Callo way, of thls.city, is still talked of by the peo ple of Athens, though few credit the story, it is known, however, that Chief ’Connolly and Capt. English had a talk with Myers, in the course of which they asked him if he had ever 1 ean in a scrape like this before. He hung h a head and replied that he had been in one scrape before equally as bad as the one he is now in. They asked him when and where. He replied: “That is for me to know and for you to find out’< There are many who believe he meant the Calloway murder. The Hephzibah cow stealing case was the theme of conversation among the colored peo ple this week, and resulted in a sudden and unexpected denouement. Henry Mitcheil, the real thief, after disposing of the cow, came to the village and attended a ball given by some colored people near here. His pres ence was reported to a prominant gentleman in the village, who immediately wired to Au gusta for the county police to come and make the arrest, in the meantime he persuaded the following named colored men to make the arrest of the darkey and bring him in: Philip and Bryant Cog.l John Griffin and Will Gra ham. They were furnished with a pistol for defense and a rope to secure the man. They repaired to the dance house, and between 12 and 1 o clock, just as the authorities from Au gusta drove up, returned with their prisoner, securely roped. He was placed in the buggy, taken to Augusta and lodged in jail. His confession will release Henry Thomas, now in jail, charged with complicity in the matter. There was a mysterious forgery which tuined up at Capt. Brotherton’s store at j Atlanta Wednesday morning. A well-dressed I young man v.ent into the store and asked one of the clerks to show him a hat. The clerk ' complied, and the young man selected the i first hat shown him, without making any I questions. He offered in payment a check for '58.85, signed with the name of J. J. Combs and drawn in favor of T. G. Anderson. The ' check was such as Mr. Combs uses in his bus iness. and bore his advertisement as a whole sale commission merchant in one corner. It looked genuine, but it was referred to Capt. Brotherton. He instructed the clerk to step | around to Mr. Combs apd see if the check was genuine. While the clerk was out the young man who presented the check disappeared, and a minute later the clerk and Mr. Combs stepped in, saying that the check was a for ! gery. Mr. Combs was unaole to explain it. The check was torn trom the middle of the I checkbook, which is kept in Mr. Combs’ prl j vate office. He was unable to tell who the j forger was. The Signal is a new weekly newspaper re i cently established at Cartersville. It is ed ited and published by I. W. & J. M. Neaton, I two bright young men who have had consid- I etable experience in newspaper work, ihe paper is well edited and displays a good ad vertising patronage. The news comes from Camden county that politics are getting exceedingly lively in i hat section. Wilson, the present negro member of the legislature from that county, is in the race for re-election, and is organizing the negroes against Dr. B. Atkinson, the demo cratic nominee. It is said the race will be very close, but that the democracy is active and will down the negroes for once. Another negro, Holzendorf, has also entered the race and this will divide the negro vote. A young man of nice appearance, dressed in a neat sack suit and straw hat with a wide brim that covered a rather handsome face, was escorted to the Atlanta police station Wednesday by Detective Green. The charge of forgery was entered opposite his name. Just after he arrived a gray-haired old man, trembling with age and exhaustion, tottered in and took his seat in the office. His wrin kled countenance showed deep sorrow and he spoke in a weak, piping voice. “That boy has ruined me," he said, leaning over on his heavy hickory stick. "He's my nephew. I trusted him. I put him in charge of every thing and now he's done this way. I don’t know what lam going to do.” The old man was much affected. In his feeble way he gave an account to the officers of what he claimed to have suffered at the hands of the way ward young man. it was a story of careless dissipation, thoughtlessness ana ingratitude. » Southeast Georgian: Mrs. Martha J. I Campbell of Cherry Point, while sitting near the stove on last Fricay. was stricken with paralysis, and grave fears are entertained by her friends and relatives that time will soon end with her. Mrs. Campbell's life and his tory is in many respects remarkable, and as we know that the same will interest many of our readers we give a brief sketch of her life. Mrs. Campbell is now 96 years old. She was born in North Carolina and came to Georgia, living first on the Altamaha river, thence she moved to St. Marys and from there went to Florida, from which state she was driven back to Georgia by the Indians and settled down in St. Marys, and has lived at and near that place ever since. She is small of stature and has never appeared very robust, but has never suffered sickness or pain until she was stricken on last Friday. She was the mother of but one child, who became the wife of the late Mr. John Pacetti. She has now six grand children, forty great grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. rounOßtHTFlorida. The News of the State Told Ib Paragraphs. In attempting to jump from the front end of a rapidly moving street car at Pensacola Sun day afternoon, Hugh, the little 9 year-old son of Hugh B. Hatton, a merchant tailor, was caught beneath the car and the flesh of the right leg was laid open nearly to the bone from the knee to the foot. A delightful party was given by the Misses Morton and Walker Wednesday evening at Longwood, a novel feature of which was the “Periwinkle Supper.” The menu was printed on dainty cards tied with cords, and decorated with periwinkle shells. Each dish was called some name beginning with the letter “P” and where original names had to be applied it caused much comment and merriment. The mangled remains of John Williams, colored, weie found in the eastern suburb of Pen: a mla Sunday afternoon. The body was lying on the railroad track, and every indica tion goes to show, that he had been stealing a ride on the train.' A little boy says he saw the man jump from the car. His foot got caught in the frog of the switch and he was thrown beneath the moving train, the body, from the chest down, being horribly mangled, one leg being entirely severed from the trunk. Some months ago W. R. Hill, a member of a colored band, was at Clearwater on his bi cycle. While playing for a negro- dance the bicycle was stolen and ho trace of it could be found at the time. The bicycle was found in the garret of Markley s packing house, and suspicion points to Henderson as the thief, as he was wording- for Mr. Markley at the time and has since tried to get in the house several times. He must have carried the bi cycle on his shoulders for two miles, as no track could be found. Ernest Svedelins is experimenting with the sisal hemp plant at his plantat’on in Valka ria, on the lower Indian river in Florida. Recently he has had on exhibition a sisal leaf grown this summer which measures fifty inches in length and weighs nearly eleven pounds. The fiber which comes from it is al most pure white; is as fine as silk and as strong as any of the fibers of commerce. The most simple and primitive way of extracting the thread is to place the leaf In cold water, where it should remain about two weeks, then the fiber separates itself from the other vegetable matter by simply drawing the hand up and down the leaf once or twice, hhe Melbourne (Fla.) Times says: The people of the east coast of Florida are neglecting a splendid opportunity for monev making by their backwardness in engaging in the cultivation of the sisal plant. Mr. Svede lins is also experimenting with the leaves of the pineapple plant, and is getting better re sults alreadj’ than those secured by the de partment of agriculture in the Biscayne bay region in 1892. F lorida can easily distance the Yucatan growers, if the east coast people will only bestir themselves. At De Funiak Springs Wednesday the State Normal College opened with a much larger enrollment than ever before. The prospects are bright for a pleasant and pros perous term. Dr. Walker, with the aid of the other members Os the faculty, will do all in his power to make each (.student feel the great importance of taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity. It is true the college only gets a small appropriation from the state in comparison with other institutions, especially when the average attendance is v taken into consideration. However, the col lege is supplied with a splendid college build ing, including four large rooms, with yards, etc., all in good order. There are also two dormitories, and students'who prefer to board can easily find comfortable and pleasant homes in one-half mile of the college, at $lO and sl2 per month. If the different railroads of the state could be induced to open up their big, iron hearts in regard to transportation, it would look more generous. It is true they have made a small cut for students, just enough to be called, by them,‘cheap rates.’ But they are not all cheap. People in the south ern part of the state are completely bluffed off from this institution on this account. It costs them about as much transportation coming and returning as the whole term at college would cost them. The fishing season on the Gulf has opened in earnest. The club house of the Crystal River Fishing Club has been opened by its members for the season. A party consisting of Dr. William Anderson. Capt. L. M. Thayer D. W. Davis. R. B. McConnell, and F. A. Teague went down on Saturday afternoon, and report the fishing very fine. It is pre dicted that this point will be the great tarpon flshingground for this winter. Some of the finest and largest tarpon ever seen were caught there the early part of this year. Good reports reach Orlando of the pros pects for Rollins College for the coming year. Prof. Fairchild, president of the college, ar rived at Winter Park two or three days ago, accompanied by his family, and is actively at wora arranging everything for the opening of the fall term one week from to-day. Let ters are being received from all parts of the country from young people who are prepar ing to be on hand at the opening day. Rooms are being secured in the cottages on the col lege grounds, and with private families In Winter I’ark. The attendance promises to be much larger than in any previous year, and the college people are all feeling very hopeful and exultant over the prospects. Manon county is beginning to take a good deal of interest in the proposed amendments to the constitution io be voted on next Tues day. and it is probaole that each one of them will receive a good majority. Especial inter est is taken in the school amendment. The people here cannot understand why Leon county, for instance, receives a portion of the school fund based on 10,000 school children, and has in reality an enrollment of but little over 2 00). while Marion county and most of the counties in the southern portion of the state have an enrollment and actual attend ance closely approximating the school cen sus. Therefore, the amendment changing the existing order of things, and giving moie equal justice, will receive practically every vote in the county. Passenger train No. 10, Conductor Holt, Florida Central and Peninsular railroad, north bound, left Tampa at 7 a. m., on time, Thursday with ten or twelve passengers, all men. The crew was on the lookout for washouts from the storm. When about nineteen miles from Tampa, and running about ten miles an hour, the train rushed into a washout where not ex pected. Engineer Boone saw it when too late to stop and could only pull the throttle wide open and rush the train over if possible, which was done. Upon examination it was discovered that the train had passed over a washout ten to twelve feet wide and eight to ten feet deep. The rails were held only by a flsh-plate on one side and the strength of the rail cn the other. The rails were bent at least one foot. The fireman was on the ten | der getting wood, and was thrown off and • down the embankment, but was not hurt. Engineer Boone got his arm tadly burnt, but not seriously. At the time passengers in the rear coach felt the rough motion and, looking forward, could see the front coaoh bouncing up, and in a second the passenger coach went over. To look at the washout one could read ily see that the train haa only one chance in a thousand. At Tampa, on Sept. 25. atli:4o a. m.. W. A. Dunnavant, white, was walking up the rail way track sear the South Florida depot, hold ing an umbrella in front of him. A switch engine with some freight cars backed into him, knocking him down. An entire car ran over both legs just below the knees, crushing them to a pulp. He was taken on a stretcher into the baggage room, where Dr. Douglass at tended him. Morphine was injected, but a complete collapse resulted, and he died at 4:30 o'clock p. m. Just before his death he plead piteously to be turned over, and it took tour men to hold him: he died ten minutes later. Dun navant hailed from Burkeville, Va. He was 25 years old, and had been m the employ of Goode & Walker, iron bridge builders and contractors of Atlanta, for several years. He was very favoraoly known. The fireman of the engine stated that the bell was ringing at the time of the accident, but that, owing to the high winds, it was probably not heard. Neither the fireman nor the engineer saw Dtniavant. This occurred in the busiest pan of the yard, and crossing the tracks was considered a Very hazardous risk for anyone to take when obscuring their sight with an umbrella.