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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 36, 189 S.
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What the Silverites Claim.
At the conference of the various silver
organizations of the country which was
held In Chicago last week the silverites
made an estimate of their strength in the
Democratic party, and of their chances
to Control the next national democratic
convention. The making of the estimate
waa chiefly the work of J. H. Acklen of
Nashville, who, years ago, was either a
from Louisiana or a contest
ant for a seat from one of the districts
of thait state. Mr. Acklen. may be very
well qualified, for some kinds of work,
but we doubt if there are many demo
crats who would accept his figures show
ing the offSnces of the silverites for con
trolling the next national democratic con
vention. He says, however, that he has
done his work very thoroughly, and that
he has consulted the most authoritative
Sources of Information. It is worthy of
notice, however, that Mr. Acklen doesn’t
give his authorities. We are uhder the
impression that if he should do so his fig
ures would, be pronounced worthless even
by fair-minded silverites.
For Instance, In the estimate of the sil
ver organizations the twenty-six delegates
Which Kentucky will have in
the democratic national conven
tion are put down as silverites/ On
what authority is it stated that they wilt
favor the ffee and unlimited coinage of
silver? It hasn’t been very long since
Kentucky democrats met in a state con
vention and the vote against silver was
about three to one. And yet the silverites
have the gall to put out a statement in
which they say that Kentucky will send
a delegation of silverites to the national
democratic convention. This one illus
tration is sufficient to show the worthless
ness of the estimate of the silver organi
zations.
Again, Georgia Is put in the silver col
umn. The silverites will never see the
day when Georgia democrats will be rep
resented in a national democratic con
vention by a delegationr that favors the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. We
are satisfied that on a fair vote in the
Democratic party of Georgia free silver
coinage wouldvbe overwhelmingly defeat
ed, and when we say this we are not
talking idly or indulging in guesses.
But after putting such sound money
states as Georgia, Kentucky and Alabama
In the free silver coinage column the sil
verites do not obtain a result that is at
all encouraging to them. The national
democratic convention will be composed
of 888 delegates. Os that number the
silverites claim only 294. They admit that
406 will be for sound money, and say that
188 are doubtful.
If they have the cheek to claim the
Kentucky delegation for free silver coin
age it is safe to say that the 188 delegates
they class as doubtful are certain, to be
for sound money. The outlook now is
that th© silverites will not have' 200
delegates in the next national democratic
convention. If they have 100 they ought
to be thankful. The silver craze will
have pretty nearly disappeared before
national convention delegates are elected.
What there is left of it at that time will
be found 4n the populist party.
Georgia Farmers.
The material condition of the farmers in
Southern Georgia is better than it has
been within the memory of the oldest in
habitant. A representative of the Morn
ing News, who has been all over that sec
tion of state within the last few
weeks, says that the farmers and mer
chants, in fact all classes of the people,
, are in excellent spirits and are confident
that they have just entered upon a very
prosperous period. They have made good
crops of corn and potatoes, a fair crop of
cotton and have fattened more hogs than
in any previous year. Many of them are
not only out of debt but have - cottdn left
over from last year, and even the year be
fore. These fortunate farmers have, in
gome instances, loaned cotton to less for
tunate Neighbors, to be returned in kind,
pound for pound, in this year’s crop.
A quite general impression among farm
ers is that the hard times have in one re
spect been a benefit to them. It has
taught them the advantage of producing
at home many of the things they have
been, accustomed to buy. It has also
taught them to be economical. They are
well aware of the benefit that the present
low tariff is to them. It enables them to
buy many articles of clothing and also
agricultural Implements and machinery at
much lower prices.
That the condition of affairs is greatly
improved is conceded by country mer
chanta. who stute that farmers to whom
they made advances during the hard
times are bringing in their cotton, paying
(heir debts and asking no further credit.
The prices that cotton is now bringing
give general i»attsfaeUon, and some of
the more Intelligent farmers are of the
opinion that it would be better for souta
ern farmers if the prlc<* should go no,
higher, because a very high price woulu
lead them to plant too much cotton, thus
making a crop that would exceed the de
mand and knock down the price below the
profit line. They believe in diversified
crops and just enough cotton to keep the
price of that article high enough to yield
a fair profit. They have had all the ex
perience they want with the kind of
farming that prevailed when only cotton
was raised and the crop was made on
credit. Then there was nothing left for
the farmers when the crop was marketed.
This report of the condition of the farm
ers is a gratifying one. It indicates that
the southern farmer has at last learned
wisdom—that is of supplying most of his
needs from his farm—and that he is en
tering upon a period of genuine comfort,
happiness and prosperity.
Profits of the Bond Syndicate.
As stated in our dispaches a day or two
ago, the government bond syndicate that
provided the government with $65,.17,500
in gold and received $62,317,000 in 4 per
cent bonds, has wound up its affairs and
dissolved. It is known just what the prof
its of its members were. They were, no-f
where near as large as the public was lied
to believe they were by those newspapers
whiih are hostile to the administration,
and those which prefer to be sensational
rather than truthful.
The members of the syndicate which
furnished the gold were allowed 1% per
cent, interest on their money, and be
sides, they received a profit of 4 9-10 per
cent. The total profit of the transaction,
therefore, was 6 65-100 per cent. That was
the profit of those members of the syn
dicate’ who sold their allotment of
bonds at the rate, at which they
were offered to the public, namely,
112.25. No doubt some of the members of
the syndicate made a much larger profit,
because it is understood that they held
their bonds, believing they would com
mand a much higher price thah that plac
ed upon them by the syndicate. And the
price did advance as confidence in the
financial condition of the country and of
the treasury became stronger. The price
of the bonds has ranged above $l2O, for
a considerable time. The price would not
have advanced, however, if the scheme to
restore the treasury’s gold reserve had
not been successful.
The syndicate made a fair profit, and
that is about all. Many kinds of business
pay a much greater profit. There is very
little reason, therefore, for saying that the
administration made a bad bargain for
the people,*and that if the bonds had been
offered to the public instead of to a syn
dicate the government would have receiv
ed 120 Instead of 104 for them.
The chances are that the gov
ernment could not have sold them
at par for gold, because of the lack of
confidence in the ability of the govern
ment maintain gold payments at the
time the bonds were offered. Confidence
in the government’s ability to maintain
gold payments was restored by the deal
which the government made with the syn
dicate, and then the public was willing
to pay 120 for the bonds. .
Suppose the administration had offered
the bonds to the public and the public
had refused to take them at any reason
able price; what would have been the re
sult? The credit of the government would
have suffered to such an extent that it
would have been impossible, in all prob
ability, to prevent a panic. The outcome
of the bond deal demonstrated the wis
dom of the administration’s action.
The Price of Cotton.
Wa see no reason why the price of mid
dling cotton should not reach 8 cents a
pound very soon. It Is certain that the
crop is short. All the reports from Texas
and the Mississippi valley are to the ef
fect that the condition of the crop could
hardly be worse. There is no chance now
for a change for the better, and an early
frost, which Is not improbable, would cut
down the present estimates very greatly.
There Is a pretty general agreement that
under no circumstances w ill the crop go
beyond 7,600,000 bales, and the weight of
opinion Is that it will be about 7,000,000
bales. Neill’s estimate is understood to
point to a jdeld of 7,000,000 to 7,260,000 bales,
and, as is well known, his estimate Is al
most always above the actual yield. It is
the quite general understanding that his
interests are with the English spinners,
and the larger the estimate the better they
are satisfied.
If the English consumers become sat
isfied that the crop is not likely to be.
above 7,000,000 bales the demand for cot
ton will become much more active, and
consequently the price will advance.
American spinners have not made their
presence in the market felt yet. It is
time for them to begin getting their sup
ply. When they commence to buy heav
ily a season oj speculation, as well as an
unusually active spot market, may be ex
pected.
Another Deserter f
Has Senator Vest of Missouri abandoned
the it* to 1 idea? He has been counted by
the silverites as one of the most disting
uished of their leaders.
He is now at Carlsbad. A Washington
■pedal says that an intimate friend of
his from Missouri recently stated in that
.city that the senator has lately said in
private conversation that he regards free
riiver Coinage at the old ratio ail ih> tonger
possible. * * ■>
Common sense is resuming its sway.
Returning prosperity is curing the silver
craze. The people are having an object
lesson in the rise of prices, which proves
that the low prices which prevailed last
year were not due to the fact that our
mints were closed to the free and unlim
ited coinage of silver— in fact, silver
has nothing whatever to do with prices of
products.
The silverites are not now as aggressive
as they were a few months ago. They are
much less noisy. They see that the free
silver coinage movement is generally near
ing its end. and that the wisest thing tor
them to do is to have as little as possible
to say about silver.
By the way, what progress has ex-Sen
alor Walsh made in organising silver
leagues in this state? Is it not about time
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1895.
to have a report from him on that mat
ter? Can it be possible that this import
ant work that was mapped out by the pop
ulists and democrats who met in Griffin
awhile back is being neglected, or do the
people find so much satisfaction in gather
ing cotton at centg a pound that they
cannot be induced to bother with silver
leagues? It seems to us that Mr. Walsh
ought to enlighten the public on this im
portant subject.
And how about that committee that
was appointed by the Washington silver
conference of democrats to organize a
silver party inside the Democratic party?
Has it got to work yet or has it found out
that the situation has changed so greatly
that it would be a waste of time to bother
further with silver? The silence of the sil
verites in the Democratic party is likely
to arouse a suspicion that the silver dem
ocrats have concluded to let the popu
lists have a monopoly of the silver issue.
Stomach Ache for Science’s Sake.
Some scientific and military folks nave
got a great idea of food condensation
and concentration. The scientific people
entertain the theory' that bulk in food is
not necessary, and may be dispensed with
when undesirable. They think they can
condense all of the nutriment contained
in half a steer into the scope of a pill
box, and all there is desirable in a pound
of coffee into a pellet the size of a pea.
They have, indeed, produced these beef
pills and coffee pellets, and besides, a lot
of little -tablets which, dissolved in wa
ter, are alleged to produqp palatable and
wholesome soup by the quart. The army
authorities look with favor upon the ex
periments of the scientific people in the
matter of food condensation, because if
food can be so condensed, a soldier can
fill his pockets with pills and tablets of
condensed food and go for days or weeks
without coming once in sight of a com
missary wagon, or stopping in the midst
of a forced march ts> cook. When he be
came hungry he would merely swallow a
pound of beef in a pill, and a quart of
soup in another pill, and, leave nature to
do the rest.
As a general thing, doctors and play
wrights try their experiments “on a dog”
before trying them on people. It may be
that the food condensers couldn’t get a
dog to swallow the pills. At any rate,
some of them were tried on the regular
army a few days ago. A company of fif
ty men at Fort Logan, Denver, were or
dered out on forced march for three days
among the foot hills for the purpose of
testing the food tablets. They took no
other rations with them. A doctor went
along for the purpose of watching the
men, weighing them, and noting how
they get along on the compressed grub.
At the end of the first day thirty-six of
the fifty men were sick with stomach
ache, and the doctor rode back to the
fort to get permission to bring them in.
But the authorities would not hear to
any such proposition. They wanted the
tablets tested, and ordered the men to
remain on the march until they had as
similated the tablets or died in the at
tempt, or until the three days nad elaps
i ed. The doctor returned to his writhing
comrades, and no more has been heard
from the party. Thus the discipline of
the army has been vindicated. And so
has the heroism "of the brave fifty. It is
sweet to die for one’s country, so we have
been told. It may not be so sweet to die
of stomach ache while testing food tab
lets for one’s country. But such a death
undoubtedly warrants the bestowing of
encomiums upon the brave experimen
ters. If they never come back, they
should have tablets, not of coffee or of
soup, but of white marble, erected over
their last resting places.
Cured by Prosperity.
"I recognize the fact that if business
continues to improve, and it turns out that
the improvement is permanent, the silver
issue is dead.” Thus spoke Congress
man Francis G. Newland of Nevada, chair
man w of the executive committee of the
National Silver party, to a New York
World reporter at the Holland house.
New York, on. Monday last. He further
said: “I am frank to admit that*with the
return of prosperity silver ceases to be
an issue.”
. So it Is admitted by one of the leaders
of the silverites that free silver coinage
has no merit in itself, but depends wholly
for success upon the dissatisfaction of
the people growing out of hard times. We
have always said that the demand for
free silver coinage was a craze, which
prosperity would cure, and the correctness
of our position is admitted by so disting
uished a silverite as Congressman Francis
G. Newland.
Very soon we may expect to hear of
those democratic politicians who have
been making their throats sore howling
for free silver denying that they ever be
lieved that the Democratic party should
put Itself in the position of supporting the
16 to 1 idea. Indeed, there are thought
to be Indications in the letter written by
Senator Morgan of Alabama, to the re
cent silver convention at Birmingham,
that that distinguished silverite and Grif
fin silver convention orator has modified
his views, qn the silver question greatly.
The cause of silver never did command
much from men who have a thor
ough acquaintance with questions relating
to money. Ifs supporters were and are
almost wholly among those who are ever
on the look*out to get on the stronger side
in polltics.and the cranks and those who
have axes to grind. Among the masses
there were numbers who were misled, and
there are yet a great many who favor
free and unlimited silver coinage because
they don't know enough about it to form
an intelligent opinion in respect to it.
Congressman Newland is right: the silver
issue is already a practically dead issue.
Dr. Conan Doyle, the creator of “Sher
lock Holmes,” is not satisfied with Amer
ica. He lectured in this country something
like four times a week, and averaged
only $61.25 per lecture. He was probably
expecting something like S2OO per lecture,
and hence his displeasure with our poor
country
PERSONAL.
—MUe. Lucie Faure, daughter of the
French president, writes the Paris art
criticisms for the Journal du Havre.
—An eccrentric German is touring
through California barefooted. He claims
that he lias not worn shoes in ten years.
—Mrs. Keely, th© famous old English
actress, now w-ithin three months of nine
ty, the other day recited with force and
pathos some verses written for her upon
the occasion of the benefit performance
in aid of a hospital'for sick children.
. -Fifty-four members of the new Brit
ish House of Commons—about one in
twelve—have -written books. Most of
them are on subjects on social and politi
cal economy, and next in number are
those on. history and philosophy. The
Marquis of Lome figures as the author
of a “Guide to Windsor Castle,” though
he has written poems and at least one ro
mance.
—-Prince Ernst Rohan, youngest brother
of 1 rince Alam Rohan of Bohemia, who
was accidentally killed by the discharge
°* a gun when untying a dog in one of his
stables the other day—some say he took
his own life—left an immense fortune.
He was born in 1863 near Vienna, and for
some time had been an inmate of an asy
lum. Three weeks before his death, the
courts had declared him to be merftally
sound.
—Prince Charles Theodore, Due de Ba
yiere, brother of the Austrian Empress,
has just completed his two thousandth
operation for cataract: 'Ehe Prince is one
Os the cleverest oculists of the present
day, and operates, fjojn preference, on
the poor and needy patients, who have not
well-filled purser to pay the fees of the
medical profession. The Princess, his
wife, holds the head of the ’patient whilfe
her husband operates.
—“Tom” Reed has vefy few intimate
friends, says the New York World. He
is a very approachable man, fond of a
joke or a good storyf, but he confides in
only- one or tw-o and his popu
larity is only skin deep. The fact is that
Reed is not a politic -man.. Among his
bitter enemies he numbers men in his own
party ,who would be extremely useful to
him at the present moment. His sarcas
tic tongue" no ally to his ambi
tion.
—Whistler, the artist, once sat at the
theater next to a lady who was going
in and out of her seat, constantly, not only
as soon as each act was finished, but
also while the play was going on. The
space between the rows of seats was very
narrow, and the artist was subjected to
much annoyance as she passed him.
“Madam,” he said at length in his sweet
tones. “ trust I do not Incommode you
by keeping my seat?”
—Philip Paul and George Goodwin Bliss,
two young men, one a senior at Prince
ton, the other a graduate of the same
college, came into a fortune of SIOO,OOO in
Chicago the other day which had been
held in trust for them for many years.
The two young men are the sons of the
famous gospel song writer, P. P. Bliss,
who lost his life in the Ashtabula Bridge
disaster, Dec. 29, 1876, and left them or
phans. At the suggestion of Mr. Moody,
a fund was collected for the boys, and
this fund with the insurance on their
father’s life and the song book royal
ties has amounted to the handsome sum
now in theid hands.
z BRIGHT BITS.
—Mr. Billus—lt’s very kind of you, Ma
ria, but I’d rather buy my cigars myself.
Seven for 10 cents is rather too cheap.
Mrs. Billus—l know that’s cheap, but I
thought there might be one good in the
seven.—Chicago Record.
—A Plagiarist.—Mudge—Another man
called me a liar last night.
Yabsley—What did you do?
“Well, as he was three sizes bigger than
I, I asked him why he couldn’t say some
thing original.”—lndianapolis Journal.
—Hazel—l have one of the nicest dentists
you ever saw.
Nutte—ln what Way?
Hazel —Why, he pulled out the wrong
tooth the other day and wouldn't charge
me a cent for it.—New York Herald.
—Cohenheimer—Acht! Mergenthaler,
have you herdt der news? Geldheimer
has failed again!
Mergenthaler (impressively)—Vel, idt’s
der oldt saying—" Nodding sugeeeds like
sugeesa.”—Puck. ■
—A Stride to Freedom —“Which,” asked
the unsophisticated young person—“which
is the proper side of a horse for a lady to
sit on?”
“Both,” responded the severe lady with
the short hair and seal-brown bloomers. —
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Easily Computed—Yabsley—Did you ever
try keeping an account of personal ex
penses?
Mudge—Naw, I know how much I get a
week, don’t 1?
“1 guess so.”
“And I haven’t got any credit. So there
you are.—Exchange.
—Pacific Pete had scraped up acquaint
ance with the young tenderfoot, who
asked:
“But how did you lose your left eye?”
“Lose it?” thunderously.
“Y—yes, sir.”
“Why, I cut that ’ere eye out so’s I
wouldn’t have to shet it sightin’ a gun!”
—Chicago Record. ,
—“Mr. Speaker,” exclaimed a member of
the New South Wales parliament, “my
colleague taunts me with a desire for
fume. I scorn the imputation, sir! What
is fame? It is a shaved pig with a greased
tail, which slips through the hands of
thousands, and then is accidentally caught
by some lucky fellow who happens to
hold on to it. I let the greasy-tailed quad
ruped go by me without an effott to clutch
It, sir.”—Tit-Bits.
—She (intensely)—Do you suppose men
ever really die of love? 7 ’
He (decidedly)—“No—but they ought
to.”—Truth.
Helen—“lf you could go away to college
where would you want to go?”
Louise—To Yale.
Helen—Why, only men go there,
Louise—l know that.
, —Doctor—Countess. I should be glad if
you would let me hear vou cough
Countess—l don’t feel disposed to do so
just now. ,
(To Her Maid) —Eliza, please cough as I
did this morning.—Motto per Ridere.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Is There Such a Mani
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
If there is any democrat in the United
States who’ can poll more votes as a
democratic candidate than Hon. William
C. Whitney of New York, the Record
would be very glad to learn that demo
crat’s name.
Tom Wntson'M Speeches.
From the Augusta Chronicle (Dem.).
In his first campaigns Mr. Watson’s
speeches were all built on the platform
—“raise less cotton and more hell.” Now
it is said that he has divided it, and
in Augusta confines himself to raising
less cotton, while in the country coun
ties he takes up the other branch of the
subject and raises more hell. Can such
things be? . , t
The Soanr Bounty Cases.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.)
The sugar bounty cases remain in
statu quo waiting .for the claimants'to
appeal from the controller’s decision're
ferring their demands to the court of
claims,, or to accept that disposition ot
them. Secretary Carlisle is said to doubt
if he can overrule and to
be unwilling to do so; he told Senator
Manderson, counsel for the sugar men,
that he would hear arguments on this
point any time after the 20th, but no
time has been set for such a hearing.
It looks as though the, court would finally
be obliged to rule on the right' of con
gress to give bounties.
What Chnndler’n Paper Saya.
From the Hartford Times (Dem.).
The Concord (N. H.) Monitor, which Is
owned and conducted by Senator Chan
dler, says that the prospect that Cleve
land will be renominated for the presi
dency is increasing every hour, and that
“he is the most powerful man in politics
whom the last century has seen;” also
that if renominated he will receive two
republican votes for every one he will
lose. But the public sentiment of the
United States is very strong against a
third term, for any President, and there
is pot much probability that Mr. Cleve
land will be renominated. He evidently
has no Idea of such a thing.
“Same Like Mellen n Mun.”
Chinamen are great imitators, says the
Washington Post. On a Ninth street elec
tric car, coming down town, was seated
one of these child-like and bland celes
tials, with a pensive, far-away look on
his face, but the sad expression would
give way occasionally as the motorman
would turn on more electricity, and an ex
pansive grin wander over his features as
the car leaped forward as though con-
SC ‘2 U ? the admiration of pedestrians,
and the laundryman remarked to the pas
senger on his left:
“We just zlppee light along.”
Between H and I streets one of the
passengers stepped out on the footboard,
and as the conductor made a motion to
catch hold of the bell cord the man shook
his head. Taking hold of the sidebar he
swung out with his face toward the for
ward end of the car, dropped off lightlv,
and walked away. > » - •
Down between G and H streets the
Chinaman stepped out on the footboard,
*. a^, aln l , he conductor put his hand to
the bell cord.
fal '’B on ’A ■ D .? n ’ t lin g!” said the grin
other rna e n” a1 ’ 3 um Pee off just likee
£ xtl L a reef in I,is blouse with
both hands, he hopped off at- a right an-
S le , the car > landed first on both feet,
a J?d on shoulder and ear,
and as the car bowled along in the dark-
A he Passengers could hear in a high
fa . 1 . 3 . e , t , t0 wa il from the gutter: .
Allee samee dam foolee.”
Two Chickamauga Survivors.
bere” said the ’ old union sol-
I’ 1 ,? ca ne into the ground,
according to the Chicago Tribune, “I
stood on picket duty thlrty-twp years
ago.
“And I stood on picket duty right over
there, siaid the grizzled old confed
erate warrior, pointing with his long
finger at a spot a few furlongs away. -
I wonder," exclaimed the former, "if
you re the Johnny Reb that gave me
plug of tobacco when I hadn’t had a
chew for twenty-four hours and was
half dead for one!”
"If you're the Yank that gave me a
canteen nearly full of whiskv when I
was dying for a drink,” rejoined the
southerner, "I am!”
The voice of the old veteran from the
north trembled slightly when he spoke
again.
"I have always thought,” he said, “that
if I ever met that man\again this side of
the fords of the river Jordan I’d/tell
him that that tobacco was the meanest,
orneriest, good-for-nothlngest, dog-goned
stuff I ever put In my mouth.”’
“Yank,” replied the old boy in gray,
with emotion, “I’ve always wanted to
live long enough to meet the man that
gave me that whisky and tell him that
it was the nastiest, cheapest, in
femalest booze that ever insulted the
stomach of a white man, begad, sah!”
Then the two old warriors shook hands
and moved off arm-in-arm in the direc
tion of a tent that had a barrel inside
of it.
Mercenary Excess Rebuked.
A little negro gamin, passing along Bay
street yesterday morning, saw a stump of
a cigar fall on the sidewalk in front of
the store of Ellis & Hussey; says the Flor
ida Times-Union. He made a second-base
slide for it, and when hb had it safely
corralled beneath him, he tolled his eyes
around the points of the compass to see
if another gamin had also seen the stump
fall.
“Dat war in Cuba is making Havanas
skace, an’ you can’t take no, Chances,” he
remarked, as he brushed off the ash and
blew away the sand and dust f rom the cov
eted snipe. Going into the store, he said
to Charlej- Ellis:
“Boss, gimme a ( match, please, sah.”
“Matches are not here to give
but to sell,”, said Mr. Ellis, assuming a
look of intense severity.
“Dey is, eh?”
“That’s what they are.”
“Well, how much Is dey ’er box?”
“One cent.”
The gamin tilted the stump In one cor
ner of his mouth, held to the band of his
pantaloons with one hand, run the other
hand Into his pocket and pulled forth a
copper.
“Gimme a box,” and he laid down the
cent.
He got the box, struck a match, lit the
stump so well that it poured forth vol
umes of smoke and then hahding the box
back to Mr. Ellis, assumed a look of in
tense severity, ana said:
“Put dat box on de sheff, and de nex’
time a gemmen come in hyar and ax you
fer a match, you gin him one outen my
box.”
He Needed' an Escort.
Have men aary right to attend a matinee
without capable female escort? asks the
Oakland (Cal.) Echo. He had never been
to a matinee before, apd on this occasion
found that his seat—at a certain swell
theater across the bay—was just beyond
those occupied by two young women. He
paused doubtfully, while they both looked
at him. Then the farther girl began to
gather up her hat, her cape, her bundles
a programme and a bunch of flowers
from his seat. All these things she piled
on top of the open box of Chocolates on
her knee. Then she stood up and he
started to pass. The second girl seemed
inclined to keep her place, but when it
was clear that with the best Intentions
he could not get by her, s'he heaved a
large sigh, and, clutching the contents
of her lap, rose. Then the box of choco
lates dropped. “It was my fault,” he
murmured, and getting by her, he knelt
in the narrow space between the rows
of seats and began to pick up the scatter
ed chocolates. He gathered most of them,
except the three he was kneeling on, and
those he offered to scrape off If she wish
ed.
Meanwhile* the gitl dropped her opera
glasses on him and stepped o<n his fin
gers. When, finally, they were all seated,
she dropped her program, he went under
the seat for that, aind she offered him a
chocolate. As he felt sure it was the one
he had taken out of the hair of the woman
in front, he declined. Then she asked
him If he had ever read the book from
which tihe play was taken, and all through
the next act she told him about it. When
it came crying time she found her hand
kerchief missing, and he could do less
than offer her his. At the end of the act
he decided to go out for a drink. She had
put her parasol in a new place, and he
put her parosol in a new place, and he
veil of the first girl's hat caught on his
vest button and he pulled her hat after
him. When the girls settled down they
said they thought men were awful nui
sances at the theater, and then they dis
cussed the discomfort to themselves that
would ensue on his return. He stood up
tor the rest of the play, and declares—
this young man does—that if he ever goes
to a matinee again he will take his sister
tor protection.
When the Crops Begin to Move.
From the Chicagfc Record.
It seems the way thet pepletact thet trou
ble’s in the air,
Fer all the big men’s faces look as if
they had a scare;
But father sez it is no use fer fokes to be
so glum.
Fer when the crops begin to move
’Twill
Make ’
i Things
Hum!
Hard times is all thay talk about, and
now it “psed be”
Before Chicago had the fair in eighteen
ninety-three;
But father sez sich talk as that is hollow
as a drum, ~ ,
Fer when the crops begin to move
’Twill
Make
Things
Hum!
Thay talk about the silver craze an*
skersity of coin,
And wonder if there isn’t some new’ “par
ty thay kin join;
But father sez it seems to him the peple’s
goln’ dumb,
Fer w’hen the crons begin to move
’Twill
Make
Things
Hum.
An’ father sez the fellers that has noth
in' else to do
But set around and talk and talk on things
that don’t come.true
Had better git a “move” on them and
look for “kingdom come,”
Fer when the crops begin to move
’Twill
Make
Things ‘
Hum!
—The sultan of Turkey, with the aid ot
his numerous wives, contrives to spend,
annually s3tt,OW,(Oa
THE NEWS IN GEORGIA.
Gathered From Correipondenti and
Exchiunjreii.
It is quietly rumored that another bank
is among the probabilities at Americus.
The names of three or four of the leading
business men of that place are mention
ed In connection with the proposed en
terprise.
Newnan Herald-Advertiser: On Sat
urday night the saw mill owned and oper
ated by J. S. Miller Just over the line in
Heard county was destroyed by fire,
making the fifth misfortune of the kind
that has befallen this clever gentleman
since the war. His loss is about $2,500,
with not a dollar of insurance.
Times-Recorder: A gentleman from
Lee county in Americus Saturday, told
of a lively encounter with a rattlesnake
engaged in the day before by two young
ladies, Misses Ola Jenkins and Minnie
Scott. While out walking in the after
noon, a big rattler crossed their path,
which, without hesitation, they proceed
ed to dispatch. The snake measured
nearly six feet in length and sported
eight rattles.
Americus Times-Recorder: N. J. Cru
ger, who lives on Muckalee creek, near
Albany, has constructed an ingenious fish
trap, the most complete ever seen in that
section. It is so arranged that when a
fish runs on the trap he never stops until
he plunges into a well. Here he remains
until wanted. The well is locked and
has a wire seive bottom or basket in it.
When the fish are wanted this basket is
raised by a little pulley and the fish are
taken out alive. Water flows through
this well continuously, ■ and fish will live
in it for an. indefinite time.
Dalton Argus: The stable of John B.
Brown over in “the bloody, Eighth” of
Murray, was destroyed by 'fire Sunday
night. Besides seven mules and four
horses that were burned, a lot of wagons
and buggies, and some $2,000 worth of
hay, corn, etc., were also destroyed. The
total loss was over $5,000, and not one cent
of insurance. The fire was incendiary,
and Monday Mr. Brown had Will Quinton
a resident of Dalton, arrested on the
charge of arson. Quinton, it is said, was
overheard, last week, to threaten ven
geance on Mr. Brown for employing his
wife, who had ceased to live with him.
Quinton, it is also said, “got religion” at
a meeting last week and was baptized
Sunday.
Dublin, Ga., Correspondence of the
Morning News: An incipient riot occurred
last Sunday at Lovett, during the progress
of a colored revival. A “blind tiger” was
operated in a branch close to the church,
frohi which the negroes received their
supply of rotten whisky. Two coons un
der the influence of the poison renewed,
an old feud and soon were quarreling.'
Pistols were fired, and a regular fusilade
was the result. The congregation became
panic-stricken for a few minutes, but
the minister reassured them that nothing
was wrong. Allen Linder of this town
was stabbed in the neck and other negroes
hurt. E. J. Blackshear, brother-in-law of
Gov., Atkinson, has been appointed clerk
of the city court.
There are at present in the lunatic asv
lum, two miles from Milledgeville, 1,840
patients, one-third of whom are colored.
The institution is filled to its unmost ca
pacity, but by Dec. 1 the new building,
costing SIOO,OOO, will be completed, and
there will be ample accommodations for
many others. The state has a little over
$1,000,000 invested in this great charity,
and it costs $575 per day to pay the run
ning expenses. There are fourteen officers
and 250 attendants and other employes.
The rations issued daily are as follows:
One thousand pounds of beef ; 500 pounds of
bacon; 75 pounds of coffee; 125 pounds of
rice; 200 pounds of grits; 60 pounds of
butter; 60 pounds of lard; 125 pounds of
sugar; 7 pounds of tea; 5 barrels of flour;
10 bushels of meal; 20 gallons of syrup;
and chickens, eggs and milk.and vege
tables in season.
Herald: A sensational case in Augusta
colored circles was put on trial torday
before Magistrate Nelbli.ng. Robert Mar
tin had Gray Ross arrested on a war
rant charging him with abducting Katie
Hammond, his (Martin’s) niece, last Sat
urday night. Martin declares that the
girl, who is a comely mulatto, is only
16 years old; that Ross, who is a mar
ried man, adbucted har by force and
with threats; that he (Martin) took her
from the Central train last Sunday morn
ing as she was about to start for Sa
vannah on a ticket glv.en lic'4 by Ross,
The defense claims that- the girl is over
18 years of age, and went with Ross
willingly and of her own accord. This
is the preliminary trial. Abduction is a
penitentiary offense. All the parties in
the case live on lower Reynolds
street, and are well known in the city.
The prosecution is represented by Henry
C. Hammond, and the defense by M. C.
Foster.
A gentleman from Webster county re
cently gave the Americus Times-Record
er the particulars of a desperate encoun
ter a. night or two since between Sheriff
Horne and an unknown ,negro whose ar
rest he was trying to effect, but was pre
vented by strategic methods adopted by
the wily citizen of color. - The fight was a
lively one, as anyone who knows the
pluck and bravery of Sheriff Horne may
well imagine, and that gritty officer will
carry the scars of battle fqr many days.
At a late hour at night Sheriff Horne
was notified that a negro, suspected or
crime, was asleep in a cotton house near
his home, and calling George Christian to
his assistance, he went forth to make
the arrest. The negro was aroused, but
before he could escape the arresting offi
cers closed upon him and a hand-to-hand
struggle ensued, the negro '.n the mean
time stripping off his clothing. As often
as he was seized by the officers he threw
them off, and each effort to put the hand
cuffs on him was unsuccessful. The negro
was soon covered with perspiration and
his body was as slippery as if it had been
dipped in an. oil vat. In this lay his
peculiar tactics, as the officers could no
more hold him than they could an eel.
Powerful and desperate, he fought with
the ferocity of a tiger. The officers were
armed, of course, but not wishing to shoot
the negro, continued their efforts to ar
rest him. Hr: was pretty badly beaten
about the head, and in return, seized Sher
iff Horne's arm with his teeth and al
most bit a piece out before he could be
thrown off. Both getlemen were badly
bitten by the black desperado,- while Mr.
Horne’s right hand was fractured in the
struggle. The negro finally made his es
cape from the house and is still at large.
Sheriff Horne did not know’ the man, but
believes he answers the description of an,
escaped convict thought to be in that lo
cality.
Free Press: I. Weisberg, a tramp tailor
who opened up a shop in Quitman a few
weeks ago, left last Monday without no
tifying his landlord or customers. He
left a rent bill unpaid, and also failed
to finish work on several suits of clothes
for differene parties which, he was to
clean or dye. Several suits were taken
to pieces and partlj’ dyed and thus left.
Newnan Herald-Advertiser: The hap
piest darkey in Coweta county is Lee
Haney, whose home is in the Third dis
trict. He is now over 70 years of age,
and about a year and a half ago be
came totally blind from cataract. He was
poor, without means of support, and ap
parently without friends. In his distress
he came to Dr. T. J. Jones of this city,
a few weeks since, having been told that
the doctor might be able to give him re
lief. His case was so pitiable and his
condition so helpless as toi at once appeal
to Dr. Jones' sympathies, and he told the
old darkey that he would undertake to
treat him if he would submit to an opera
tion. This he glady agreed to do, and a
day was appointed for the operation. He
came again to th® doctor's office on June
8, and the operation removing the cat
aract from one eye was successfully per
formed. Drs. Peddy and King were pres
ent and witnessed it. Notwithstanding
his advanced age, the patient bore up
well under the ordeal and was soon able
to return home. He has since been con
stantly under the care of Dr. Jones, and
last Monday the bandage was removed
for the purpose of testing the eye with
glasses, which had been specially or
dered for him. As the old fellow adjust
ed the glasses and found that he was
able to recognize objects In the room,
an expression of radiant delight came
over his face. He fairly chuckled in his
glee, and picking up one object after an
other that lay within reach he regarded
them with the curiosity of a child. Dr.
Jones subjected him to various tests, to
try the strength of the restored eye.
Among other things, he was made to
thread a needle, which e he did success
fully half a dozen times. At a distance
of twelve or fifteen feet he easily recog
nized such small objects as a nail, a pen
cil, and could even distinguish the dif
ferent fingers of Dr. Jones' hand as he
held it up. The old fellow was thorough*
ly happy when he left the doctor's office,
and manifested his joy in away that
was really touching
ROUND ABOUT IN FLORIDA.
The News of the State Told Ini
ParograplM
A little child, which could barely tod
dle, came neat being run over by an
electric car at the corner of Main and
Duval at Jacksonville Sundtsy
evening. It had strayed away from a
young girl, presumably its sister, who
was standing on the corner talking to a
when the cafi came along. The
child was in the middle of the street, and
when the car almost reached it it be
gan to toddle towards the track. The
motorman immediately began to put on
the brakes and yell at the child, whicn
was within two feet of the car before
it saw its danger, and came to a sudden
halt. By this time the motorman had
succeeded in stopping the car, and the
girl ran out, seized the child by the
hand, and conducted it home.
Jacksonville Metropolis: Saturday morn
ing about 8’145 o’clock there was consider
able excitement in the vicinity of the
Charleston hotel, on West Bay street by
a negpo man and his wife fighting in the
hallway of the hotel. The man. At least,
was doing the fighting, and the woman was
trying to escape from him. The woman,
Ida Samms, is a chambermaid in tho
house, and this morning Robert Samms.
her husband, went to the hotel, and with
out any provocation, attacked her with a
chair, knocking her over the head and
shoulders several times. Mr. Gonzales
the proprietor of the hotel, and his son,
went to the rescue of the woman, andtield
the man until an officer could arrive. Ser
geant Brough went down from the station,
and arrested him, and he arrived at the
lock-up just in time to be arraigned before
Judge Dzialynskl on a charge of disor
derly conduct by fighting. He was fined
$lO.
While attending a negro festival near
Glen. St. Mary Saturday night, Noah Hicks
was instantly killed, and his brother, Wi
ley Hicks, was seriously wounded by Gov.
Williams, a negro desperado. The murder
er is at large, but a posse is in pursuit,
and if caught he will be summarily dealt
with, as the shooting was unprovoked.
The Hicks brothers, after attending a
meeting of the industrial legion at Glen
St. Mary last night, accompanied several
young men to the negro festival, which
was in progress at the home of a negro
named Philip Sampson, a mile west of
Glen St. Mary. Several of the party en
tered the building and sat dowm to sup
per. The HickS brothers stood outride of
the door waiting until a table could be
arranged for them. While waiting, Wil
liams, who is a large negro, pushed
against them, at the same time exclaim
ing, “Stand to one side, and let these la
dies pass.” As the brothers stepped to one
side, a pistol shot rang out, followed by
others in rapid succession, and the great
est excitement prevailed. When the smoke
had cleared away and quiet was restored,
*£, was , foun( i that Noah Hicks was dead
a bullet-hole in his side, while Wiley
Hicks'was seriously wounded by a shot
in his shoulder, breaking his. collar-bone.
Dr. J. N. Taylor was sent for, and he
dressed the wounds of the Injured man.
Coroner Corbet is holding an Inquest over
the body of Noah Hicks. The Hicks broth
ers are members of a large prosperous,
and highly-respected family. The mur
dered man leaves a widow and two small
children. The sheriff of the county is off
°n,, a , oam P hunt, but everything possible
w’lll be done by the posse to catch the mur
derer.
residents of Water street in North
City, St. Augustine, were thrown Into
a. state of excitement Saturday night
by one of the boldest attempts at rob
bery ever perpetrated in the city. Not
only was the man bent on wholesale
robbery, but murder as well. First the
robber got into the residence of John
T. Dismukes, president of the First Na
tional Bank. Mr. Dismukes heard a
noise and awakened the family. The
house was searched, but no one could
be found. The folks went to bed and
afterward heard the robber leave the
house, The th4ef, who proved to be a
large black negro, next went to the house
of Dr. L. Alexander, an! there most of
the excitement occurred. In getting into
the doctor’s bedroom window he aroused
him, and as the doqtor saw the man
stealing in he grabbed for his pistol,
which was beside him. The weapon was
covered with a newspaper and the doc
tor lost some time in getting it. By the
time he had secured it the negro was
out on the porch, but was closely fol- „
lowed by Dr. Alexander. . The negro .
sprang over into a large tree, and a® he
scrambled to the ground he fired at th«
dootor, but his aim was not sure and
the bullet missed its meurk. Dr. Alexan
der tried twice to fire his weapon, but it
would not work. Finally it exploded bn
the third attempt, but the negro
made his escape. Dr. Alexander
then searched his house and ground*.
Some of his clothes were missing from
the house, but when he went into his
garden he found it strewn with wearing
apparel of ail descriptions, which the
thief had secured, but dropped in his
hasty retreat. There were clothes be
longing to Mr. Dismukes and - his valua
ble gold watch and chain, besides a full
suit of clothes belonging to Dr. Alexan
der. Under the doorstep he found a
package of valuable papers belonging to
Mr. Dismukes, which the man had hid
den. Upon comparing notes afterward,
the gentlemen found that none of their
valuables were missing. The negro af
terwards broke into the house of Eman
uel de Marco on San Marco aVenus. He
succeeded in making off with several
pairs of pants which contained a consid
erable amount of money.
»
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Secretary of State Tompkins received
notice at Columbia Saturday that at a
recent meeting of the Gaffney Manufac
turing Company it was decided to in
crease the capital stock of that company
from $200,000 to $600,000', with tlje privi
lege of still further Increasing it to sl,-
500,000.
Charters of incorporation have been is
sued to the Bryan & Thompson Company
of Orangeburg, and to the Excelsior Oil
and Fertilizer Company of Anderson. Mr.
W. B. Thompson is the president and Mr.
R. F. Bryant, secretary and treasurer of
the Thompson & Bryant Company. Tho
officers of the Kxcelsoir Oil and Fertilizer
Company are: J. J. Fretwell, president;
p. K. McCully, vice president; W. -F.
Cox, business manager, and J. B. Burris*
secretary and treasurer.
Students are arriving at Columbia and
the opening of the South Carolina Col
lege on next Tuesday promises to be an
auspicious one. President Woodrow is
more than satisfied with the prospects,
and has cause to congratulate hitnsolf
with the work that has been done by the
friends of the institution during ’the past
summer. Now that the future of the col
lege is assured, and there is no feqr of ita
being closed, the old patronage of the col
lege is coming back to it, and other
friends are showing their appreciation of
its merits. It was a happy day for the
college when it was taken out of poli
tics, and the salutary effects are being
shown. Every department of the cohega
is expected to have its full quota of stu
dents, and all things point to a most suc
cessful session.
A case which excited much in
terest on the civil side of th®
court, was tried at Laurens Sat
urday. The jury returned a seal
ed verdict. It will be remembered that
there was great activity ip \he spring of
’93 collecting taxes from railroads and tfce
several sheriffs in this part of thb state
were under the orders or the then gover
nor of the state. Sheriff McCrgty or Lau
rens county, havipg several executions Is
sued by the county treasurer, levied them
on the property of the Port Royal and
Western Carolina railway, then in th®
hands of a receiver. An englnfe was lev
ied on and chained down to the trftek, with
other considerable property. The receive
er tendered the taxes and penalties, which
wre received, but the sheriff exacted 5
per cent, on the amount as commissions,
amounting to $375, which was paid under
protest. Receiver Cleveland brought suit
to recover those commissions, and in a
former trial, in the teeth of the judge’s
charge the jury brought in a verdict for
the defendant, a new trial being ordered!
The case came on to be tried yesterday be
fore Judge Earle .and a jury. His honor,
in an able charge, instructed the juty.
The sheriff had no legal right to inter
fere, having notice that the property lev
ied was in the hands of a receiver The
levy was null and void; the sheriff had no
right to retain these commissions. This is
not an action against the state, as claim
ed. The statute which prohibits interfer
ence with the collection of state taxes
does not prevent the courts from appoint,
ing receivers. His honor thought the
plaintiff entitled to interest. The verdict
the instructions, giving the plain
tiff S3BO without interest, and was verv
creditable to the jury, who were all far
mers.