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TO BE
established
WICK.
NEAR BRUNS-
H Line of Ocean Steamers to be Opened
Between Liverpool, London and Bruns
wick. Ga., for tbe Use of the-American
Colonization and Industrial Bureaus.
prom the Atlanta Journal.
Ane w Castle Garden.
It is probable that one will soon, be es
tablished near Brunswick in this state;
fl!1( l a line of trans-Atlantic steamers run
between Liverpool and London on the
other side of the Atlantic and Brunswick
on this side. '
It will be remembered that about the
middle of January a bill was filed in the
derk’s office of the superior court of this
connty asking that Andrew J. Rogers,
Yiola H. Gilbert, Herbert A. Lee, George
l Smith, Peter Davidson, Thomas Bick-
fflstoff, Stephen H. Gage, and their asso-
(jites. be incorporated under the name of
•V American Colonization and Industrial
jareau.
Tbe objects of this corporation as set
Mb were to encourage and conduct ena
ction from Europe and from all over-
cowderl cities and other industrial cen
ters of America to rural districts in the
sute of Georgia and other southern states
open to emigrants, and to pin-chase tracts
of land on which these people could set
tle and in a few years purchase with their
own labor homes for themselves.
And now a new and more important
tiling, the establishment of a line of
trans-Atlantic steamers, is to be insti
tuted by this corporation. This fact is
of vast importance to the state of Geor
gia, as the steamers, will run between
London and Liverpool on the other side
, of the Atlantic and Brunswick, Ga., on
| this side. At present tlie only line of
liteamships by which tlie people of the
i world may reach America are those
which enter New York, and as a natural
consequence all the emigrants from
Europe settle in the north.
But tbe fact that a line of emigrant
steamships will ran between England and
Brunswick will turn the flood of emigra
tion toward the south, and our vast stores
of natural resources will he rapidly de
veloped, and our population greatly aug
mented.
| flie colonization bureau intend to build
l ar Brunswick a flourishing little city/. i
Ith a fine harbor, docks and wharyAs
re their steamers will laud and vyliere
a. - |, e rec lfti ve d. ■ ^
kas ani t foGo J , ^
last cer taken to c.„ Eja
late wlierii the corporate 1 ° |jjAuiiair.
| These emigrants will be brought here
om Europe free of charge and their
Ind furnished them without expense at
1st, but for all of this they will repay
ne company by their own labor,
j The headquarters of this corporation,
inch arc now in New York city, will be
moved to Atlanta, and branch offices
Bill be established in other parts of the
late.
BLACK DEATH.
| Strange and ratal Disease Ravaging a
Locality in Kentucky.
IWebster county, Kentucky, is in a state
terror from tlie ravages of a myste-
pus and extraordinarily fatal epidemic
pich is now prevailing. The local physi-
P fray that the disease is identical with
pt which swept through the New Eng-
pd states a few years ago killing so many
pple that it was called “Black Death.”
pe tbirtv-five cases are now known to
| st a "d reports from tlie interior, prob-
r exaggerated, however, state that
Irtv or forty deaths are occurring daily.
P known that sixty deaths from the
Istcrious disease have occurred since it
I' bl '°Le out early in February.
Reptiles, Insects and Part* of the Human
Anatomy in Uncle Sam’s Morgue.
From the Detroit Free Press,
There is no silent horror, hut only a
lively • interest, upon entering the dead
letter office at Washington.
Twenty thousand letters received here
daily.”
This was the information given by the
bright and courteous lady who presides
over the curiority room. “And nearly
one half of them can never he sent on or
hack, because of illegibility of the ad
dress or some other cause.
The inclosures are kept two years;
then, if still unclaimed, are sold at auc
tion. The room is lined with cases, in
which the curiosities are very artistically
arranged.
Here was a fireman’s ax. Improper
weight and a sharp instrument not prop-
erly protected were the reasons for its
detention. There were a number of re
volvers arranged on the back of the case.
It is contrary to law to send firearms
through the mails.
“Oh, here is a human ear!” one re
marked, wondering at the singular token.
“Yes, that came in a newspaper. We
do not know by whom it was sent. Here
is an asp and that is a tarantula—both
quite startling creatures to find upon
opening a box. They both, came through
alive,” said the attendant, “and that is
against the law, you know. We always
have live curiosities chloroformed and
preserved in liquor. We are careful in
opening packages, for we never know
what sort of pets we are going to find.
“Here are some homed toads. I have
had three toads fox* pets for months fft a
time.”
“Snakes,” exclaimed one of our party
pointing toward some large glass cans.
“Did they come through alive.”
“Yes, indeed.”
En passant, it is very amusing to hear
Washingtonians say, “Yes, indeed,” with
the emphasis on|“yes,” and the “indeed”
sliding along as though the expression
were one of the pleasures of life. /
Yes, indeed,” she answered. “There
were sixteen of them, sent from Texas
en route for Heidelburg, for scientific
purposes. They were in perforated tin
cans, were detected and sent here. A
hoy brought the cans in a hag, but one
hake got away. A lady at the chief’s
esk, three days after, felt something at
er feet. Looking down, there was the
snake. He had been in one of the draw
ers of the chief’s desk for those three
days. Was she frightened?' Well, there
s tji:u >v t indies dislike more
than snai,K.«s; yuuTjHiuvy. ■)
“Here is a scalp.”
“Yes, it is the scalp of a young Indian
girl about 18 or 20 years old. We are
told so by an expert in such things—the
hair fine and black and straight, you see,
prepared with care to he fastened in the
belt.”
“Here are some halls of opium. You
notice they were disguised in a covering
of candy. And here is a beautiful large
etching, equisitely done. It seems a pity
it should not have reached its destina
tion, but we could not help it.”
She stepped to the desk and took from
one of the drawers a hook, and opened it
for our inspection. In it were placed the
addressed sides of envelopes. Some of
those addi-esses indicat ed a close acquain
tance with phonographic spelling, as “Ti
Ti, Ga,” was spelled “Tight I, Ga.,” and
“Springerville, Arizona.” was spelled
“Spengel Bill, Arizona'”
WHAT IS SAID OF OUR NEW NAVAL
VESSELS.
e ^ eg r° Exodus from North Carolina.
f? the Augu&ta Chronicle,
p's it the new ballot box law which
the negro hegira in North Caro-
Large numbers are leaving daily,
r 'lumber transported westward dur-
. 1 two months will run up into
joiuands. Emigrants now go to the
1> nutations of Mississippi, Louis-
t P ^ ansa ®< ani l n ot to the turpen-
ioli ■ 01 k eoi ’gia, Florida or South
j *’ as . tbe y ( -Li in January. Rail-
p.i Wlitie » ^ate that in February
aiul Danville railroad
abou t 100 negroes to
,J 16 -Atlantic Coast Line
1 ab out 4000.
A Mystery.
^0ll£ rvf xl
lotionPi . mySteries o£ this a S e
hod of l '.^ 110 Letter or safter
dtl C ° U p' u o flight cars has been
o£<£ Lnk and pin.
fthat „v d , e ' s likewise a relic of the
r S a,dl «t'»go have been re-
l^ade'ti^ tommis sioner Coffin, of
|4e Inte r .q State!nent Wednesday be-
1 tiiat oo L’°‘nmission at Wash
^ from tl beiS011s were killed or
Races w 1<! . USe o£ these autiquated
'■ fl lati , Jearillthe United States
e felled ( „ • d .® lea t many more than
01 lu ffired in collisions.
is Disconsolate.
ml i ReView '
h 6 lecord 1as ^ eaten Chicago in the
^We te J 0Ur divorces in six
Ono^f 11 iu circuit court
i0neda y last week.
Sending Out Seed.
Very few people are aware of the ex
tent of the operations of the State Agri
cultural Department in the distribution
of garden and field seed. Early in the
season the whole force of the department
is put to work getting the packages ready,
and from that day until the supply is ex
hausted there is no let up. The applica
tions for seed come in a perfect rash and
from every direction. During the pres
ent season the distribution by the depart
ment has been by far the largest of any
year in its history. The whole amount
of seed sent out aggregates 100,000 pack
ages. Of this number 90,000 packages of
garden seed, 6,000 packages of cotton
seed and 4,000 packages of peas. The
bureau furnished the county alliances in
112 counties. In addition to those there
were 350 agricultural clubs on the is,
and all of them had to have seed and
M they were liberally supplied. Beside
thG these, seed were sent out to about 2,000
trans - individual applicants ift every section of
the state. .
The Verdict Unanimous.
W. D. Suit, DruBgist Bippus^ Ind
testifies: “X can S t °“”tdy E™Tbet-
ters as the very Lest remeay J cage
tie sold has giyeu ^f m J
sfsssi!
ibTm?” Tlw best sfffiiig medicine I have
era their tesamony,
We are Safe for a While.
“genS 0 ol the Krian army haye
ye«g«edin consequence of court quar-
price of Bavarian beer, but it TO^ com
pel Germany to keep peace with her
neighbors a while longer.
Bight New War Vestel* to he Constructed
—The Designs Await the Approval of
the Secretary of the Navy—Naval Mat
ters.
Unless unf orseen obstacles are encoun
tered, within a few months -after the be
ginning of the next fiscal year, July 1,
contracts will have been let for the con
struction of new war vessels, which will,
in the aggregate, increase the tonage of
the navy by nearly 15,000 tons, although
a majority of the new vessels will be
small crafts compared with the monster
iron-clads of Europe. They will embody
in their construction the latest approved
ideas, and from their high speed and
heavy armament, will he very formidable.
When Secretary Whitney relinquished
his office, he left as a legacy to his suc
cessor the responsibility for building
eight new vessels authorized to he con
structed by the Fiftieth Congress during
its first session. The list includes three
2,000 ton crusiers or gun boats, vessels
somewhat larger than th^ Yorktown, j ust
finished, and similar to that vessel in
many respects, although embodyingmany
new features. There will be- 3,000-ton
crusiers. These Crafts willAc'smaller by
1,000 tons than the new crusier Newark,
but by law they are required tq attain the
extraordinary speed of twenty knots an
hour. If this requirement is met, and
the heavy ordnance now in contemplation
supplied, these fleet boats will he terrors
of the seas to foreign foes. A great iron
clad of 7,500 tons, protected crusiers of
5,300 tons, and small gun boats of 800
tons burden complete the list. The de
signs for these vessels have already been
proposed by the naval board and await
approval by the Secretary, Meanwhile,
in anticipation of that approval, Commo
dore Wilson, of the construction bureau,
has added to the force of draughtsmen
employed in preparing details of the de
tails of the designs, and it is believed
that an advertisement for proposals for
building some of the vessels could be is
sued within two months.
In addition to the vessels above de
scribed, Congress at its last session pro
vided for the construction of four more
crusiers, including the Thomas cruising
Monitor, and in an emergency their con-
present year.
Dj
xaxnite In War A
and Terrible Features of a Mirage
in Southern California.
tip San Francisco Examiner.
secluded Jim-Jam. Valley of San
Berria lino Mountains,” remarked Mr.
Joe Jc tchinson, the pioneer of Sail .Ber
nards >, to a reporter, “there are the
most. larvelous mirages known in the
woric. t
“Th: wonderful mirages of the Mo-
jave : di sert have been talked about a great
dealj 4nd they are entitled to all the
proini tence they have had. But those of
the Ji n-Jam Valley are far m’ore wonder
ful tty n these.
“It s called Jim-Jam Valley because
of tin strange things seen there, and I
defyjxy man, however sound of mind
he ma y he, to go in there and not think
he ha got ’em before he gets out.
“Tl is valley is about twenty-five miles
long t y fifteen miles wide. It is uninhab
ited. It is bordered by the main San
Bema :dino range on the east, and by
a spu of tlie Sierra Magdalenas on the
west. There is no well defined trial
throu fh the heart of it. The valley is a
deser;. The surrounding mountains are
tei-ril ly separated and cut up. The peaks
are jigged. Altogether the surround
ings a re very weird and forbidding.
“liejaving Fisk’s ranch on the trail at
the fc ot of the Sierra Magdalenas, you
climb an easy grade to Dead Man’s pass,
the ei .trance to the Yalley.
“G<' on in and pretty soon you see lakes
and r inning rivers, and green borders and
flying water fowls. Willows spring up
here/: nd there, and in the distance you
see w iter lilies.
“W lat you behold contrasts finely with
the n gged mountains, and you are charm
ed wi iii it and go on thinking you have
strucl an earthly paradise. Indian camps
appea • in view, and little oarsmen propel
fantas tic • crafts upon the waters. Ad-
vancii g still further, you see dim out
lined!; onus, things whose outlines you
can lii rdly express in words.
“So fibre countenances gleam at you
from I he air above. The lakes and rivers
and tl e pallid faces shift and change be
fore yjur eyes. Sometimes a dozen of
the ni ire or less dimly outlined forms
may t * seen and the pantomime reminds
you ci a strange hobgoblin dance.
__ “S(> ne times a' storm brews in the val
ley an I then the scene is all the more
terrible. Forked lightning blazes about,
an<F-> nange, uncouth animals, differing
struction could he commenced within the. /from tfiy you have ever read about, are
dynamite, says the Boston Herald. Pei-.,
haps Zalinski’s marvelous gun will ii
end also prove helpful to human interests
by making the operations of war vastly
more destructive than ever before, by
bringing the loss of life and property to a
point where neither patriotism nor self-
interest will lead men to battle. iZalin-
ski’s gun projects a charge of dynamite
in the fashion of a rifle shot by means of
compressed air. It is impossible tq drive
this explosive in shells of any form by
means of gunpowder, for the reason that
the shock of firing will explode- the
charge. At first it did not seem possible
to give by means of compressed air a
sufficient range, or to attain a sufficient
precision of fire to prove really serviceable
in war. It now seems that the latest im
provements will propel a missile to the
distance of one mile with something like
the accuracy attained by ordinary ordi
nance. The shots weighing about 450
pounds have been driven a distance of
over 2,000 yards, the majority of these
shots falling within a rectangle of 150
long by 50 feet wide. The effect arising
from the explosion of one such charge
against the sides of our modern war ships
is likely to he overwhelming. If the ves
sel were not sunk by the shock, it seems
certain that the result would be to disa
ble the crew by the effects of the convul
sion upon the nervous system. The sud
denness of the explosion in dynamite pro
duces a blow vastly more violent than
that which arises from the explosion of
an equal weight of gunpowder.
A Bat and an Explosion.
A terrific explosion occurred recently
at the residence of E. G. Broyles, of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., which resulted in tearing
down the walls of his kitchen, and the
blowing out of two windows and serious
injury to a servant girl named Lydia Hunt.
A rat had appeared in the kitchen, which
Miss Hunt tried to kill. It escaped into
a box, which had a lot of gunpowder in
it, hut the girl was not aware of that
fact. In order to get the rat out of the
box she lighted a paper and put it into the
box, which caused the powder to explode
•with terrific force. The girl was blown
a distance of at least twenty feet, and her
clothing set on fire, but the flames were
extinguished before she was fatally
burned. Several members of the family
had narrow escapes. The rat got away.
Had to Change Base.
From the Columbus Enquirier- Sun.
Our republican contemporary, the
Chicago Inter-Ocean, reports that several
congressmen have been suddenly forced
to change their residences in Washington
to avoid the hums^ horde of office-seek
ers. It is ne-'iffil jMj say that democratic
congressmen found at their usual
places of res:
n there.
se phenomena are seen for
of ^ about fit teen -miles^-up ar
great ___
stand wthy the forms of. the .
such it inay he called* are«» much mo
strange Itliere than on the Mojave desert.
“Everybody is in' awe of the valley, and
there ate mighty few men, howevernervy
they may he ordinarily, who care to go
there much/’
Wliat Some Substantial Citizens Say.
Waco, Texas, May 9, 1888.—The Swift
Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.—Gentlemen:
Knowing that you appreciate voluntary
testimonials, we take pleasure in stating
that one of our lady customers has re
gained* her health by the use of four large
bottles of your great remedy, after having
been an invalid for several years. H er
trouble was extreme debility, caused by
a disease peculiar to her sex.
Will/s & Co., Druggists.
Montpobt House, Wills Point, Texas,
April 5, 1888.—The Swift Specific Co.,
Atlanta,—Gentlemen:—Our baby when
about two weeks old was attacked with a
scrofulous affection that for a time de
stroyed her eyesight entirely, and caused
us to despair of her life. She was treated
by the best physicians without benefit.
We finally gave, her Swift's Specific,
which soon relieved her completely and
she is now as hale and hearty a child of
three as can be found anywhere.
E. Y. Delk.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. The Swift Specific Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Hardshell* Washing the Feet of a Centena
rian Negress.
From the Americus (Ga.) Recorder.
A few days ago about twenty negro
women, led by two negro men, members
of the Hardshell church, marched
through the square on their way to an
old negro woman’s house, on Dudley
street, to wash her feet, and hold other
religious services at her house. She is
believed to be one hundred years old, is
a member of this church, and too feeble
to attend, therefore the church went to
her. It w as rather a strange sight to see.
Some thought that the Salvation Army
had struck the town.
England Does Not Despair of Us.
From the Manchester Guardian.
Fortunately, American .history is full
of warnings against despair, full of proofs
that neither the temporary triumph of
bad theories nor the passing ascendency
of weak or unworthy men is able seriously
to affect the permanency of free institu
tions or the substantial progress of a
people whose glory they are.
When and How to Kiss.
From the New York Herald.
Kisses are essentially private affairs.
Public kissing is not only sacriligious,
hut oftentimes disgusting. The parental
caress, if discreetly exhibited, is occa
sionally admirable; but osculation before
an audience, between lovers, married
people or friends, is a habit to he discoun
tenanced wherever it is discovered.
THE CASHIER LOCKED IN THE VAULT
BY A ROBBER.
He Then'Rifles the Money Drawer of Its
Contents—Only a Small Amount Secured
—The Robber Captured.
One day last week, at Norwood, St.
Lawrence county, New York, E. L. Smith,
cashier of the Norwood bank, was alone
in the building about noon, when Charles'
Phelps, a post-office clerk, entered, and
asked for some stamps. , Smith stepped
into the vault to get them, wheij Phelps
quietly closed the door and turned the
combination, locking the cashier in. The
robber then turned to the money drawer
and took all the paper money it con
tained, $278, ^leaving several hundred
dollars.in silver. The amount would
ordinarily have been larger on Saturday,
hut business had been light that day, and
the robber’s bo.oty was probably not near
as large as he expected it to be.
Meanwhile a customer entered the
hank and saw what had happened. He
heard the cashier calling to him from
the vault, and being instructed as to the
combination released him.
Nothing was heard of fhe- robber until
the midnight train arrived and he was :
discovered as one of the passengers. He
had gone by a circuitous route to Basher
Fairs, and taken the train there, hoping
to ridA through Norwood at midnight
without being detected, and then go on
to Ogdenshurg, where he could easily
cross to Canada, hut parties on the train
who knew him had learned of the rob
bery, and upon arriving at Norwood he
was delivered over to the officers. Only
about $11 of the amount stolen was found
on Phelps’ person. He was kept in
charge of two officers over Sunday and
was taken to Canton jail the next day to
await the action of the Grand Jury, which
meets in June. Phelps'is a young man,
a native of Norwood. He has fallen into
bad habits of late and is said to have be
come an opium eater.
^
Another Smuggling Story.
From the Pall Mall Gazette.
A newly married couple were returning
to Germany after a tour to Brussels. As
the train approached .the frontier, the
bride grew uneasy, and presently con
fessed that she had a quantity of the
finest of Brussels lace in her hag on
which a high duty would have to he paid.
“Put it inside your hat,” she pleaded.
This was done. The., custom house of
ficials looked all through the boxes of
r. The
£ccoffilsfai£x
Berry Wall, the young man of New
York, who has acquired notoriety on ac
count of his many pairs of trousers, says
that the recently published statement to
the efieet that he was going to open a
tailor shop is “an infamous lie.”
Mr. ClementfSeott, the dramatic critic
of the Daily Telegraph of London, has
been snffCni^ ftqm a severe attack of
“writer’s crump.’* Possibly the legacy
of $50,000, said to have been left to him
recently, may serve to mitigate his suffer
ings.
Thfe reports as to the extraordinary
richness of the gold find in Lower Cali
fornia are confirmed. A large influx
from Pasadena, River Side," Tucson and
San Francisco, is expected. The present
population of the camp is said to he ful
ly 3,000, with as many many en route.
Mrs. McKee, the president’s young
married daughter, says the Albany Jour
nal, is the Mrs. Cleveland of the new
administration. She has, it is said, the
happy faculty of making eveiy person
she meets for the first time believe that
she has a particular interest in his or her
welfare and acquaintance.
According to a correspondent of the
Germantown Telegraph, the business of
orange growing in Florida has been ov
erdone, although the demand^ for the
fruit in the north is constantly increas
ing. Thousands of boxes of oranges have
decayed in the groves, and many have
been sold as low as 50 cents a box.
Twenty-five years hence people will be
astonished that the Christians and re
formers-of this day allowed the tobacco
curse to grow to a $500,000,000 magni
tude, and opium to get into general use,
without any protest save from a few wo
men and a few men, who were called
fanatics for meddling with the “outside
issues.”
Thousands of people are crowding in
to Oklahoma, and the soldiers find it im
possible to keep thfem hack. Some of
the worst characters in the country - have
gone there, and it is said are plying their
swindling arts among the settlers. The
place is described as a perfect pandemo
nium—a jumble of some of the best and
worst people in the country.
The filing of damage suits against
railroads co
Atlanta. Thi
in that city
, mOBS. aiid fei
b z l x - tioas
the cor* . * _
the rD4 ^mpo'^'ft» > A Slness -
es to be a big business' in.
gregate of claims filad
t&q^sH>nth is.em.r-
iently so Sraltract attSpA* ,
■rQja the numbei^pf
the couple t6 the train, when the wretcli-
ed husbaiid, forgetting Ms secret in the
joy of having escaped, raised his hat to
the officer, and was instantly enveloped
in a soft white veil. Tableau!
A Woman’s Discovery.
“Another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by a lady in this
county. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seemed
fmminent. For three months she coughed
incessantly and could not sleep. She
bought of us a bottle of Dr. King’s New
Discovery for consumption and was so
much relieved on taking first dose that
she slept all night and with one bottle
has been miraculously cured. Her name
is Mrs. Luther Lutz.” Thus write W. C.
Hamrick & Co., of Shelby, N. C. Get
free trial bottle at S. J. McKnight’s Drug
Store.
Decline in the Price of Sheep,
From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Ten years ago the average price of
sheep per head was $2.21 and now it is
$2.13, showing a decline in value of near
ly 4 per cent. Sheep alone of all the
farm animals show a decline in value
during the period named. This is signif
icant. A high protective tariff has been
levied and maintained on wool. Under
the workings of this tariff the farmers’
sheep have decreased in value, while the
figures show an increase with all other
farm animal s. Protection in this instance
is a. failure to the manufacturer as well
as the farmer. Free wool would benefit
both.
A Goose Farm in Alabama.
According to the Anniston Hot Blast,
Mr. M. F. McCarty, formerly of Union
Springs, is engaging in the business of
raising geese on a large scale. His as
sociates are Messrs. Cofield & Nunnal-
lee. They have, according to report,
bought 200 acres, of land around a big
pond in Decatur, and stacked it with 500
geese. They calculate that the geese will
double in number each year, and the
members of the firm are looking forward
to the day when each of them will he a
millionaire.
Tbe Steamef Remus Goes to the Bottom
Off the. Philippine Islands,
The government has received dis
patches announcing the loss of the steam
er Remus, which had a Spanish military
expedition on hoard. The vessel was
wrecked off the PMllippine islands.
Forty-two persons were drowned and 127
were saved.
Impossible.
From the Rome Tribune.
It is impossible to suppress the deadly
Mp Ipocket when the laxity of the laws
make pistol practice at human targets an
every day occurrence.
One of the plans for the celebration of
the inauguration centennial in New York
city is to have President Harrison rowed
in an open boat from the old ferry land
ing on the Jersey shore to the Battery,
as was done with Washington in 1789.
The furniture in the City Hall—table,
chairs, sofas, etc.—used by WasMngton
have been sent to be furbished up for the
centennial ceremonies.
At the funeral of Rev. Thomas B.
Clarkson at Eastover, S. C., Dr. ; Ellison
Capers, of the Trinity church, Colum
bia, S. C., conducted the services. The
notable feature of the occasion was that;
Dr. Capers was formerly a general in the
Confederate army, and that ten colored
men acted as pall bearers. The Boston
Herald thinks the coincidence of the par
ties rendering service was notable and
significant.
A priest in Baltimore, though denounc
ing mixed marriages, made this admis
sion: “Catholic girls complain that most
young men of their religion spend too
much of their time and money in saloons.
They say Protestant young men general
ly make faithful husbands.” The New
York Observer solemnly adds: “We hope
that the Protestant young men will con
tinue to deserve tMs enconium, and that
Roman Catholic young men will give the
ladies no further reason to complain that
they prefer the saloon to their society.”
John Scott Harrison, brother of the
president, has been having a jolly time
in WasMngton. He is smaller than the
president and younger, and they have
many points of resemblance. Brother
John wears a full heard and the expres
sion of Ms face is like Benjamin’s. His
home is in Kansas City, Mo. Heretofore
he has been a democrat, hut worked hard
for Ms brother during the campaign. It
is understood that he will be appointed
United States marshal for the western
district of Missouri. J. S. is a genial
man, popular at home and much less re
served than Ms brother.
Little credit is given in official circles,
either here or abroad, to the story printed
in a German newspaper concerning ah
engagement between American and Ger
man men-of-war in Samoan waters.
There is a bare possibility that something
of the kind occurred, as news from Samoa
comes slowly, but it is probable that of
ficial intelligence would get through as
soon as newspaper dispatches, and no
suoh news has reached government of
ficials, either in WasMngtan or Berlin.
It is pretty safe to believe there has been
no fighting between the German and
UMted States forces in Samoa.
