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VOL. XXI.
FISHERIES EXHIBITS.
NORWAY’S FINK SHOWING AT
THE WORLD’S FAIR.
Many Styles of C raft in Whicli ilic
Hardy Northerners Ply Their
Trade on the Deep— Japan's
Fishery Exhibit;
'tsowfe Ascribing the!
i JB fisheries exhibit at
the World’s Fair, j
the Chicago Her
* nld Bays • Norway j
secure< i a large
f conceasion fro m !
wet cry Building, mid
JE& Buell smiles over
1 t? the possession of
one-sixth of all the
epaee in the main pavilion. He emi
nently deserves it, since in magnitude j
and completeness the land with its tip
in seas lias surpassed other
Rnd. moreover, it is more
t trill ?*<•<!• >\ ;
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PReLister folk. There are a dozen
of these boats, representing all the
sections of the wide-reaching coast,.
Some show the quaint notions of the
days of Eric and Harold as they are
yet used in the fiords of the far North
cape country; Others are built on
modern lines, making up in usefulness
what they lack in beauty.
Fishing is Norway’s bast business.
The figures showing its magnitude are
too big to look well in print and so
large they are beyond comprehension.
Nobody can conceive what it means for
;r country to catch fifty million cod in
three months, and this is only an offi
cial sample of the magnitude of this
iindusiry up to this year. That is
(why this great country has spent so
much money in this line at the Colum
bian Exposition and to show hazard
kms lives led by 40,000 of its good men.
’lt has been the fish purveyor of Eu
|: ope, and now Mr. Bucb, who is direc
tor of the Government school in
{Bergen and a head in many other im
portant branches of State work, hopes
,vo extend the exports into the West*
jefn world.
The boats are only a r fraction of the
exhibit, but they form an interesting
-collection. There is an old chap with
a high prow and a wooden rudder of
large dimensions. It is used by the
people who live in the northern end of
the country, who retain many* of the
customs of olden times. Until a few
years ago this style prevailed exclu
sively, but now the desire to beautify
baud add quaint trimmings is leaving
|keae people, and soon the models of
Oftt’UK* MiltfT who UjTfSCgSL I' I ** T,< y-
coasts when Britons lived in mud
huts will only be found in books. The
oars are massive, more than two strong
men could easily ply. The sails are
A NORWEGIAN BOAT FROM THE NORTH CAPE
|uare rigged and the anchors cumber
some and oddly, ahapped mouses of iron.
Walrus and seal capturing, with
their attendant hardship* and uncer
tainties, will also he shown. The boat
used in this business is constructed
with strength ns the only requisite.
The prow is sheathed with iron plates,
a safeguard against contact with a_piece
of iceberg floating in the north seas.
In the front is n platform, upon which
the harpooner stands, with pigeon
holes for the ropes of his weapon.
Directly in front is a stack, about
which the line of the harpoon is wound
when the monster makes a plunge into
the water and is ofiCat a terrific speed
with the boat in tow. Jt is also rigged
with heavy guns, ice anchors, pikes,
with seats for six men at the oars.
The codflshery boats do not differ
materially from those used in this
country, save in points of construc
tion. The lines are similar to those of
the boats used on the Massachusetts
coast. The most practical one in the
lot is the Lister 1 oat and the comznift
iloner thinks this style of craft will
soon be universally adopted in the cod,
herring and salmon catching, not only
in Norway, but in America.
It is not so light as the old pattern
used by the vikings. It scored a great
victory in the awful storm last January
when 125 fishermen were drowned.
The only men whe weathered the tor
nado and escaped with their lives were
hose who sailed in the Lister crafts.
A SOUTH OF NORWAY SHU*.
Horwegian people refuse to ent fish
which have been frozen. They say
they lose their flavor very shortly after
death, and when the housewife gets to
the market she insists on seeing the
fish die. This obliges the catchers to
bring their fish to the market alive.
They consequently put the stock in
tended for home consumption into
queerly shaped wooden boats, with
holes in the sides. These boats sink
to the water edge, being cow red. The
fishermen then tow a tong string of
these traps to the harbor. They
frequently make twenty miles n i
night, and scramble positions
iike the truck in American
city market*.
'fhe JftpMcao the have n mninifom
fishery ehow* including models ot the
boats' 1 employed in the trade. They
are examples in neatness and work*
mansbip, just as all the contributions
A JAPANESE FISHING SMACK.
from this country seem to be faultless.
The prettiest model is au angling boav.
Its sails are made in long ttrips, ex
tending from the yard to the bottom.
They arc knit together with ropes in j
peculiar fashion and each strip jsmftdo
hist at the bottom by a line of its own.
The main stick is in the center, with
smaller ones fore and aft. The rudder
lis nearly as long as the boat. The
i oars are spliced just above the ‘socket
with a band of rope. In mak< -up it
• suggests the ancient picture a of Cleo
; pair as barge.
Speaking about fish, Captain T. L.
! CJiurch, across the way in tb Rhode
Island section, can give any in ’ > cards j
! and spades and then beat r.t on a I
; story. He has spent some fi :y years
in capturing menhaden dow the At
! 1 antic coast, and his yarns bear any in
i land tale ever heard. He has recordi
MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING FISI .
! showing at one haul how ne landed j
j 460,000 pounds of marketable fieri. j
; They filled 3300 barrels. This v.as a |
' phenomenal catch, but it is not an an* |
usual thing for him to bring home 1(-00 |
| barrels as the result of a single setting j
of a net. He incidentally remarks |
that fishing is the best trade n this ,
country, the business being entirely
| free from strikes. The poorest paid
hand receives SOO n, month, including
the last of board. The cap lain o' a
i crew receives S2OOO r. year and thu I
I maie §IOOO.
The Singhalese.
An interesting place to visit is the j
Pet-tab, or native market place, at
! Colombo, a busy scene at all horns, |
filled with a great variety of races,
colors and costumes. The tradesmen !
| and merchants are Moormen and |
Singhalese. 'Che former wear cotton
trousers and jacket with n cur.ousbct - :
hive-shaped hat ot plaited grass and :
| silk. The Singlialcao wear a brightly-1
colored piece of calico twist ed twice I
i around the hips and reaching to the
feet like a nett > coat. Above, this a
...
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They wear no head covering, out in
stead a circular tortoise shell comb,
j sometimes, in the case of the more
well-to-do per bo ns, supplemented by a
tall, wedge-shaped back comb of the
same material. The Tamils wear as
little as possible, generally cotton
* < loth, gracefully disposed around the
i body. The .Singhalese women dress so
much like the* men that it in difficult
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A SINGHALESE OENTLEM VN.
to tell them apart till you note that
the men only wear combe and the
| women hairpins.
All the women of Ceylon, accustomed
to carrying burdens on their heads,
are very erect and graceful in their
walk, mid the groups of women around
the wells waiting their turn to fill their
jars (lotas} make extremely pretty
: pictures.—Detroit Free Press.
A Gum-Chewing Town.
“There is more gum-chewing in fit.
Louis than in p.ny other city on the
continent” said Corliss Jordan at the
Southern. “Brooklyn claims to out
chew any other city in the United
States in the matter of prepared
paraffine. But I have seen more men
chewing gum here inside of one hour
than I would see in Brooklyn in a
week. I asked a druggist about it, and
he tells me nearly everybody in St.
Louis chews gum. I should certainly
think so from observation.
“One druggist sells over SIOO worth
lof it every week. The idea prevails
! here that gum-chewing helps the
digestion. A little of it may, hntepn
stant gum-chewing injures the teeth
and impairs the stomach. It creates
saliva, which is carried to the stomach
and causes a frightful waste of tho
valuable gastric juices. It keeps tho
stomach busy when it should be at
rest. Some men chew pepsin gum be
cause they think there is a lot of pep
sin in it. There is not enough in a
wagon load of it to save a mosquito
from one dyspepsic pang.
“The same fallacy obtains in this
case as in soda fountain sarsaparilla.
If yon were to drink a hogshead of it j
you wouldn’t get enough genuine
sarsaparilla into vom* system to mobi- I
lize a single pimple.”—fit. Louis Globe- I
Democrat, . r
One W the Chicago hotels boasts
ilia! it serves seven kinds of oat met i j
for breakfus* ‘ ‘every day in tin yon*.*
A tlimnon'l fo:i cuttiag gtawj/Uqj
ftboiit months *
GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gatlicrci! at Random
from All Oyer tie State.
Mr. Kingsbefry, the receiver in the
Celebrated Ryan case, at Atlanta, is
preparing to distribute tho funds de
rived from the sale of so much of the
Ryan goods as were not covered by
the mortgages when the failure came.
The fund amounts to about $33,000
now, and the creditors will receive
Bpmethiilg liko 25 per cent, of their
claims.
* * *
Mi*. Jerry Hollis; a well-known citi
zen of Macon, arid an influential
member and official of the Georgia
State Agricultural society, has been
notified by President J. 6. Waddell
that by authority given him by tho
Augusta Exposition company he had
appointed Mr. Hollis one of the soci
ety’s representatives to the world’s
Columbian exposition.
• * *
It will be remembered that the bank
ers of Georgia met at Macon last year
and organized the Georgia Bankers’
Association. Tho association will hold
its annual meeting in Savannah June
Bth. Mr. L. P. Hillycr, cashier of tin*
American National bank, of Macon, is
secretary of the association, and is now
issuing the program of theconvolition.
Savannah bankers will prepare a spe
cial program cf entertainment.
* * *
A member of the legislature from
Fulton county will be elected on Juno
22d, to succeed Consul Harvey Johnson,
who resigned not long since to go to
Antwerp. Governor Northen, who
has been in possession of Mr. John
son’s resignation several days, has
officially notified Ordinary Calhoun of
the vacancy that was occasioned there
by, and instructed him to order an
election for a member to take Mr.
Johnson’s place. Colonel Calhoun
named Thursday, Juno 22(1, as the
day.
* ♦ *
Tho valuation of tho property of the
citizens of Waycross, as received by
the city tax assessor, approximates an
aggregate of $2,000,000. This shows
a marked increase in tho wealth of the
place since the city began to build up
what is now known as new Waycross
five years ago. There is a Steady in
crease in the value of real estate and
capital is being invested freely. The
commercial importance of the place
will demand that another bank be or
ganized to meet tho requirements of
business in the near future. The
movement to start anew bank is al
ready on foot and is making consider
able headway.
* * *
A significant state transaction
took place at PoUuV * , a days
IggjHFne <>i>< rations i'ff • nip.-
growing. A syudi-
TJarecomposed of Pittsburg and Chi
cago capitalists purchased of Captain
J. Y. McPhano his celebrated Moselle
vineyard and several hundred acres of
very desirable lands adjoining. An
option held by this syndicate on sev
eral other large vineyards in tho
county will be closed soon and the va
rious interests will be consolidated un
der one management. This deal means
i?uch for southwest Georgia and shows
that the successful culture of grapes by
Captain McPhano, l)r. J. F. Wilson
and others, has drawn outside atten
tion to tho advantages which tho sec
tion offers for grape and fruit culture.
Turpentine Operator, Meet.
The turpentine operators’ associa
tion met a few days ago at Cordelo.
Tho meeting was n secret but import
ant one. About thirty members wore
present at the meeting and various
matters of interest were discussed.
Tho operators report a falling off of
about one-third in the production this
season. This shortage has occurred on
account of a backward spring and a
short crop of virgin boxeH. The crop
of naval stores will be short 25 per cent,
throughout the turpentine belt, yet
prices remain low and there is lit
tle prospect of any advance until tho
turpentine men have sold the product
of their stills, and then tho commis
sion men and speculators will make
tho profits. Some of tho operators
think of putting on foot a movement
to hove every still in south Georgia
shut down until prices go to a figure
that will autliorizo them to resume.
It would be a stupendous undertaking,
but it can bo successfully carried out
from tho fact that the membership of
the turpentine operators’ association
consists of 90 per cent of the turpen
tine men of tho state. Tho associa
tion is thoroughly organized and its
object is tho protection of the opera
tors.
...
(■margin is liarrcl Out.
Some weeks ago, it will be readily
recalled, a convention of the governors
of the southern states was held in
Richmond, Va., on the call of Gover
nor Fishback, of Arkansas. The ob
ject of the convention was to consider
ways and means .for bringing the ad
vantages and resources of the southern
states prominently before capitalists
and others in the world’s fair year,
and thereby stimulate the influx of
capital and worthy populations into
the south. A resolution was adopted
that a descriptive pamphlet, contain
ing articles of proper length and
properly illustrated by the several
governors of the them states be
printed in large quail y and distribut
ed at the world’s faiA r otherwise, as
any governor migh# Meet. These
articles would be comprehensive of the
resources, natural advantages and lo
cal inducements offered by each
fltato to capitalists and immigrants.
The idea was considered not onlv fea
siDle, but trie plan was generally com
mended as one that would attract gen
sral attention and be weighty because
>f the authority behind its representa
;ives in every instance. The pam
phlet is now being compiled by tho
Hon. J. Bell Bigger, secretary of the
convention at Richmond, who lias
written to Governor Northen concern
ing Georgia’s part in the publication.
Joveruor Northen replied that lie was
blockaded in this matter by the lack
Aan appropriation for any purpose
connected with the world’s fair and by
UH of state jvhich for*
THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1893.
riacte him from making any expendi
tures not previously provided for.
And there is the situation. Geor
gia is barred out,’ of even so
small a matter ns a joint pam
phlet association of her resources in
i great emergency and opportunity to
profit the state, because the governor
•annot raise SSOO from state funds to
pay the Georgia pro rata of tho work.
Lt is a humiliating situation, but it is
not wholly remediless. If there is
among the wealthy men of Georgiaone
with something of tho patriotic prido
and Toombs, who kept the constitution
al convention of 1877 going at his own
expense after the fund for it was ex
hausted, then that man now has liis
opportunity. Any oue of a hundred
men in Atlanta alone could slop Up to
the governor and hand him a check
for the needed ssoo* without feeling
the outlay, but rather carry with him
the feeling that he liad saved his state
from a humiliating failure. When tile
man appears and does this rtet \ye Will
be glad to name him with honor, and
wo beleive the people will reward him
by an offer of reimbursement with
thanks in official form. Atlanta Con
stitution.
l*’or Ailvrrtifciiiff (ieoraln.
General Phil Cook, secretary of state,
recently made a good suggestion on
the line of attracting settlers "and in
vestments to Georgia. Letters are
constantly being received at the oflico
of the secretary asking for informa
tion about the state. Tho inquiries
come chiefly from the west, and north
west. General Cook suggests that the
counties and towns of Georgia should
get up some pamphlets filled with in
formation as to agriculture, minerals,
manufactures, railrod facilities,
schools, churches, water powers, price
of lands, character of crops and all
that. He could send out this inform
ation when inquiries come to his of
fice, or the matter could be supplied
direct from county seat. A splendid
handbook of Athens and Clarke county
lies been issued by Professor Btralian,
of the State university. He took his
engineering class from the university
and surveyed the county. In addition
he had assistance from other engineers
and citizens who are familliar with
the county. It is a very complete
book, and will give the inquirer just
tho sort of information he wants. Tho
mayor of Outhbert has written to the
secretary of state saying that n hand
book of Cuthbcrt and Randolph coun
ty is being prepared by direction of
the council of tho town. This
work will be freely circulat
ed and the town will bo glad to
have prospective investors and home
seekers send for copies. General Cook
will bo furnished with copies, so that
one may be sent to every party who
writes to him for information about
tho state. Georgia is getting wide ad
vertisement all over the country and
appears to bo attracting wide atten
tion, but there is no suitable matter
To be sent out. Homo years ago the
Jegislatni j} authorized the
er of Henderson,
to get up a handbook. He did pre
pare one, and it was complete, but
the edition has been exhausted a long
time ago. And as General Cook says:
“Since then new industries have de
veloped in the state. One county
sends out of the state half a million
dollars, worth of vegetables and fruit
annually, where a few years back it
did not sell anything scarcely in that
line. Each county ought to take hold
of this subject and work it for all it is
worth. The information would bo
much more full and interesting if each
county and city would act for itself in
this matter, instead of waiting for the
legislature to authorize a general work
for the state. The counties which fol
low the example of Clarke will find
that they are amply repaid for the ex
pense. Wo would rather have a dozen
investors come down here from the
north-west than a hundred immigrant*
from Castle Garden, or whatever the
new landing station is. Georgia ought
to look after getting settlers from the
older states, rather than from Eu
rope. And the counties can draw
them if they go about it in tho right
wav.”
VINCENT PARDONED.
Alabama’* Defaulting Treasurer Ex
cites the Pity of Governor Jones*
A Montgomery, Ala., special says:
Ex-State Treasurer Ike H. Vincent is
a free man. On Tuesday Governor
Jones granted him a full and absolute
pardon. Twenty-five thousand people
petitioned for hiH pardon, including
103 of 133 members of the general as
sembly.
It is one of the most famous cases in
tho criminal annals of the state. Vin
cent while, state treasurer speculated
in the sta'te funds and defaulted for
$215,000.
The governor’s pardon makes several
thousand words. The governor dwells
upon the enormity of the crime with
which \ inccnt stands convicted and
does not excuse the wrong committed
in speculating in funds witli which he
was intrust and, but adds that though he
bad misused over $200,000 of the peo
ple’s money, he was not a wholly
hardened criminal, as when he left he
had ample opportunity to take much
of the $107,000, which he left in the
treasury undisturbed, when the de
nomination of many of the bills was
so large that ho might have easily
taken off thousands of dollars in his
vest pocket.
After an exhaustive review of tho
crime, the return of tho fugitivo from
justice, who voluntarily gave him
self uj>, the trial, the conviction and
his subsequent six years’ punisment
while diseased in body and wretched
in mind, the governor concludes as fol
lows:
Even an Almighty 001, who judge* with an
unerring right, docs not proclaim tho docrine
of condemnation beyond pardon. What deity
will not do, wlia* the laws of tho s‘ate havo not
dono, I dare not do- I cannot shrink from tho
duty which my conscience impoacs after reach
in the conclusion that all the ends of punish
ment have been attained, by ho'ding the pris
oner's offense Jjoyond pardon.
An eighteenth century tombstone in
the old Catholic burying-ground at Con
cord, Mass., proves 1 hat the best in
tended epitaphs may with the lapse ol
time taka on an ironical significance.
The stone stands awry, is fast crumbling
and shows the discoloration of a century’*
exposure and neglect, but it at 11 bear
in legible characters this no\y incongru
ous inscription: “This stone is qrpeted
by its durability to perpetqa|c the
memory aud by its color to signify the
WWU character pf dlijS A bttgaM* Dudley,’
THE STATUE OF STEPHENS
Unveiled will Impressive C; remiss ai
Crawfordvillc, Wednesday
In Hie Presence of throngs of His Ad
mirers—Hon. Norwood’s Address.
In tin' presence of a vast multitude
of admiring Georgians, many of whom
had listened to his patriotic speeches,
the statue of Alexander H. Stephens,
the great commoner, was unveiled at
Crawfordville, Wednesday afternoon,
in the shadow' of Liberty Hall.
The streets of the usually quiet lit
tle city were throiiged with patriotic,
liberty-loving Georgians, examining
the points of interest in the locality
thnt “Little Alex” made famous.
Liberty Hall, the home of the
great statesman* was the greatest point
of interest to visitors, who ransacked
tlio old building from top to bottom.
There were probably 5,000 strangers
present. The program of exercises
commenced at 2 o’clock in the after
noon. The opening prayer was offered
by Rev. Dr. Barrett, of Atlantn, who
used the simple but impressive ritual
of tho Episcopal Church. lion.
George T. Barnes, of Augusta, ex
congressman from the tenth dis
trict, and president of tho Stephens
Memorial association, in a brief lmt
eloquent- speech presented to the
vast audience the orator of the day,
Hon. Thomas AI. Norwood, of Savan
nah. Air. Norwood’s reception, as he
came forward to deliver tho oration of
the day, was warmly enthusiastic.
Ho was freequently interrupted dur
ing iho course of his remarks by the
cheering of the multitude.
The monument was unveiled at the
conclusion of Air. Norwood's address
by Alias Mary Oorry, a grand-neico of
Alexander Stephens.
An involuntary shout went up from
the eager throng as the covering which
wrapped the marablo figure dropped
to tho ground. It was instantly fol
lowed by a burst of enthusiastic ad
miration ns the perfect work of tho
artist, was revealed in tho clear sun
light which seemed to fall upon tho
noble w orkmanship. The sculptor had
performed Ids work so cl overly that the
crowd for a moment stood entranced.
Here, chiseled in stone, was the exact,
almost living image of the groat com
moner, or as they delighted to call
him, “the little giant.” It seemed as
if he were about to speak to them in
bis wonted eloquence, and breathless
with impatient interest, they stood in
sileuee waiting for his words.
The exercises were divested of all
pomp save that which was made inevi
table by the presence of the great
crow j. They were simple, unostenta
tious and solemn—just such a ceremo
ny us Air. fiteplnms himself might have
di'Hktod—and. from beginning to end
the lofty spirit
d*ich animated lbs own life iC5d voiT-
duct. It wari a great occasion, and the
memories of the day will hnye an abid
ing place in the heart of every one
present.
frpRKOH OF EX-SENATOR NORWOOD.
Wo roino neither to pr.ilsc him nor to bury
the ifreat commoner ot iho lepuhJic. Wl at of
hint was mortal has long been glvdn hack to
earth, ami what was spiritual needs no eulogy
from ill His fame, like the question of <’;*.i’h
death, Is enrolled In the capitol ami the capltol
covers the continent. Iho c red hills echo uml
re-echo his name and a thousand groves aro in
pan. its sanctuaries. Wherever he addressed tho
multitudes-and the in iltitu I‘S followed him
ns he. journeyed—lie left undying memories,
and the people wondered and many said:
“Never man spok-i lino this man." And this
whs a true Bayinjf: “For take him for ull in all
we shall never look upon his like again.” And
Ills like tho world had never i ecu before. This
is no extravagance of eulogy; no compliment
piidonable only in an epitaph. It ic unvarnish
*d truth.
1 repeat, that in all the tide of time, history
gives no record of any moital w hose physical
and Intellectual combination was comparable
to that of Alexander Hamilton Stephens.
Wherever ho lirst appeared—whether on the
hustings, lu the forum, or in deliberative
bodies Ids personnel aroused surprise and dis
appointment in every beholder; but when he
spoke the people marveled at Ids power and
wisdom. With a stuti.ro of near six feet In
height, at no ago o r lifo did his weight exceed u
hundred pound*. Talc and sallow, ho seemed
to be a hoy of IS years until he attained middle
age, when envious time began to iurrow his
Leard esi cheeks.
Nor at any lime was bis health robust, while
for the last twenty years of Ids wearisome pil
grimage ho was a confirmed invalid. So feeldo
aud attenuated in form was he It seemed as if
every day would be lus last. And yet for tho
first thirty years of his manhood bis physical
endurance under constant labor was not sur
passed by that of any other man engaged in
similar work, in the most heated and activo
political cimpaigns ho seemed never to he
fatigued. In fact, in the fiercest of apolitical
contest he gathered strength, as the eagle rises
higher when trie storms grow furious. He said
of himself: “I am like a kite; I soar only in the
rage of a gale.”
He was a signal exception to the theory that
great intellectual power Is combined with strong
physical development. At no time dt I his
strength exceed that, of a boy of fourteen years.
Such was the physical man, Alexander Ste
phens.
JJut what is to he said when we turn to con
template his intellect? It Is not saying too
much to assert that at the bar, on the hustings
and in the legislative halls no man in America
has ever achieved greater renown. He was
never defeated In any contest before the peo
ple In the gladiatorial field his career was
more remarkable than that of any other
statesman of America. 1 will not comumo
time before his neighbors and champions in
recounting his continuous triumphs. Henry
Clay, m a great speech delivered to his con
stituents, began liy saying : “Forty years ago I
pitched my tent on yonder hill, and you, and
you, and you, took me by the hand and made
me what I biii.” To you who took this home
less orphan by tho hand when lie pitched his
tent on that now famous hill and helped to
raise him to his high eminence, it would he
presumption in me to narrate Ids wonderful
career.
His boyhood was unmarked by any events or
inoidents of special interest. His parents were
poor and this lad had to undergo the hardships
and deprivations incident to poverty. Hut the
precious Jewel of his head shown with such
brilliancy (hat it attracted tho ationtlon of
some friends of wealth, who, with a view to
secure hla powers fer the pulpit, sent tho hoy
at their own expense to the university of Geor
gia to take the regular course for graduation.
I-or reasons, best known ly himself, lio pre
fered tho law to theology and, after graduation,
began the practice a soon as he could be ad
mitted to the bar. With bis power of analysis,
his 1 gil acumen, Ids tenacious memory, bis
studious babbs, bis fluency and entrancing
oratory, he ro?e rapidly at the bar, and his faniu
soon covered tho state.
Within less iban four years after ho was ad
mitted to the bar, his ability as a lawyer and
debater convinced the voters of this county that
their interests should he committed to his keep
ine, and they sent Mr. Stephens in 1836 to the
legislature, where they kept hltn until tho year
18H, when he declined re-election. Hut Ji.s
fame had gone over and b yond the ttatb. His
speech on tlie bill for the state to build tho
We item and Atlantic railroad, and his report
for the minority .who opposed the resolutions,
censuring John McFm rson Berrien, United
lltatet sshat&r, fof otftafn views ahd voles fn
tho ••natn.-thutealone placed Mr Stephens In
ths fiont fimk orgU'i sutomeo.
In tho voir ISI3 ho WaS ; atrttn drawn away
from ais fir t love, tho law. neVef to return,ml
a< the circumstances from 11.!- partial divorce
ment from the profession of Ins choice andliis
long pr f jrence h ive nevv-'r le**n fully detallsd
and aiveu to the public, I will give these Inter
esting facts as stated to me by an ejo,witness.
During that year Marie A. Codper, a wli g. re
signed from congress to boa candidate for
governor, and, tho legislature* being in session,
a number of prominent uh-gs assembled In
MilleUgevillo to select :i c miliUatc. The demo
cratic majority in ib.it district, was about
three thousand. It w. s considered hopelessly
lost to the whigs. Their loader* natt ra d-d
not long for the nomination. E tel) tried to coa
ler tho honor upon the ytbers. Many were the
compliments generously paid of the "great
ability, tho butning eloquence, the rushing or
atory, the commanding iuliuence”of iach 'eafter
when the golden prize was tendered him, but no
man reached out his hand; they knew the gift,
like Cir< e s kiss, was fatal.
At ast in desperation a nos tor among them
made a spot oh full of po.ioy, not to say
politician’s wisdom—a speech that has often
boon made,- and will always be w .do, under like
circumstances. Ho said, in substance: "Every
man here is praying to have the cat belled, but
it Is very evident that not one of tu is brave
enough to undertake the job. We are like a
good many people 1 know wim, when a subscrip
tion is to iie taken up, prefer to do tho praying
while tho hat is passed round. Now,
Wo hero aro all too old to fool
with this business. Wo can’t afford
to be boat* but a young man can. He can out
live defeat, but we can’t,. I propose that In or
der to make a show of light we nominate a little
fellow in my district named Stephens, lio’s a
boy, looks to bo 14 years old, but he’ll light any
thing. If ho gets Killed lie’s out or everybody’s
way. II he whips tho light wo can choko him
off tho noxt race." Mr. Stephens was nominat
ed, accepted, and en;crod at once on his work.
What followed I have from a friend of Mr. Ste
phens’ who accompanied him through that
memorable campaign.
Tho democrats treated the nomination ns a
joke anil turned their buck on that district as
one rock-ribbed and impregnable. The boy
candidate entered at once on a triumphal
march. There being no railroad or tolegraph in
thnt section tlm nows traveled slowly, but the
democracy of the s ato toon heard unwelcome
rumors of disaster at tho front. They came at
lirst as tho gentle breeze comes that foreruns
tho gathering storm. Then <a no a louder,
swelling sound like tho soughing of tho pines
as the stronger couriers of tl:e air broke from
the storm center, like fleet-footed couriers bear
ing messages of disaster to fore • hold
in reserve. Fina ly tho storm had
gathered In strength and tho forest
sv ayed and groaned and the democracy heard a
wail for help. Speedy meetings were held, and
a gentleman from Savannah a trained and able
debater—-was dispatched by relays to the scene
of conflict. He appeared suddenly and without
nolle) at one ol Mr. Stephens’ appointments
and challenged tho hoy to meet him in joint
debate. Tho challenge was gladly accepted,
and when the pale-faced, bcurdltrs boy, who
had the conclusion in the debate, had delivered
his last blow on tho vetoiun democrat Ids re
mains wore borne away by hts sympathizing
nn t in or titled lriendsnnd were never heard of
again during that campaign.
That defeat j roused tho democracy to greater
energy. '.lbey decided to crush ti e hoy at one
blow, and to that end ihey dispatched the
strongest stump speaker of their party. Hon.
Walter T. Colquitt, to drive tlic youngster out
ot tho district. Tho democrats were afraid that
tho gosling whig would not dare to meet their
champion in joint dohato end they arranged a
surprise by concealing him at farmer's houso
the night before and near tho point of Mr. Ste ■
plums’ appointment. At. tho hour for the
speaking Judge Colquitt was ru*hed <u iho
ground and his friends demanded a joint de
bate. The little lavld of tho whigs readily
consented, lie having tho opening and conclu
sion. Mr. Htephens opened with a rambling
talk of an hour, studiously avoiding all salient
points of advantage to his adversary. Judge
Colquitt replied with all the great powor of
which he was inaVer
fcoii ..Vim *'
to reply Jio was transformed. Ills i&yes
his form dilated, his stature seamed to stretch
to tl o ceiling, and Ids triumph in tho debate
was so complcto that the democrats grow angry
nml attempted to l reak up the meeting, until a
lank mountaineer In a Coomskln coat and cap
Mtopped to the sldo of the speaker’s stand with
his rlflo and proc aimed that ho would kill any
man who - interfered with tlio speaking. The
democratic champion had enough of that cam
paign mid retired irom trio district without an
other debate with tho liasto that had signalized
his coming.
Goliath was slain) the largo democratic ma
jority was overcome, the boy was elected, and
irom that day, lor Ilfty years, ho reigued with
out a rival In tho iiofarts of his people. For
forty years you honored yourselves in honoring
him. Iho Roman iuuxiin, "a man is known by
his associates," applies to a people and their
representatives. No lilghor enoonium could he
paid to you than you conferred on yourselves
by continuing this gre.it statesman In your ser
vice.
But his fame is not your exclusive Inherit
ance. It belongs to his native state and to his
country, lfo came a surprise ahd remained
a wonder, lfo rose like a meteor, hut soon took
bin rightful position among the fixed stars. In
erecrine this monument of marble standing on
a huso of granite we add nothing to his name
and fame; we s< e'.£ ouly to perpetuate both and
to give inspiration to trio youth of coining gen
erations an incentive to high and noble deeds.
Tho marble but typilles tho character of the
man, whi.o tlio grange symbolizes tho enduring
foundation oh which his glory stands,
Ctiriott* Shapes of Powder.
Writing about various kinds of ex
plosives, a Washington Star contributor
says: “Another specimen on my desk
looks like a thick string of black India
rubber, so flexible that it is readily tied
in a knot. This is the English smoke
lossless powder, called “cordite” on ac
count or its shape. It takes that form
from being forced in a semidiquid con
dition through a colander. Here also
aro several little square sticks. They are
bits of the best German smokeless pow
der, which is manuftiMurec) in the shape
of rolls like maps. The rolls arc sliced
into such sticks, which are packed in
bundles like toothpicks for loading ma
chine guns. For small arms the sticks
are chopped up into cubes. The Swedish
“npyrite,” another kind of smokeless
powder, has grains which arc triangular
prisms. Yet another French smokeless
powder so closely resembles old-fashioned
molasses candy pulled out into thin strips
that one might easily be cheated into
biting it. A smokeless powder called
“gclbite” was used during the recent
war in Chile as ammunition for lilies.
It looks like thick yellow paper.
Not being content to copy any of these
odd patterns this government is making
its smokeless powder in the likeness of
macaroni. For ti-o in rapid-fire and other
machine guns i? is made up into faggots.
It must be understood tlmt, smoke is an
indication of imperfect burning. Ac
cordingly the problem of making a
smokeless gunpowder is simply to pro
duce a powder that is susceptible of per
fect combustion. Tho discharge must
transform the entire mass intogas. With
this result the shape of the grains has
something to do, and the queer forms
spoken of are all devised with the same
end in view. Ordinary gunpowder and
likewise high explosives arc used in very
odd shapes. For example, the powder
employed for the huge steel guns is com
pressed into hexagonal prisms an inch in
diameter, with a hole through the center
of each one. These are packed solidly
in a cloth bag and thrust into the ammu
nition chamber. Gun cotton is formed
into solid blocks of the shape and size of
die projectile that is to be loaded with
it, while other high explosives are poured
into tho projectile in a liquid state. The
ordnance bureau will soon manufacture
smokeless powder on a large so lie, and
there is no doubt that it will before long
take the place of ordinary powder for the
rapid-fire guns which are destined to
play so important a part in fqture wars.
Kvt rvbody should, rend the paper fnfl
keep up ’syith !he times
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