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PbDwfpe ft 1 cdiln Ilsur iaf. 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 ?*<•<!• >\ ; f'||k ' ■'.!.! U .•:.• *' • II- - t’.*• I.• f • • U. Hp- that m’o. . wl Htrtneh ril>i>' • i \ i n'. 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 ... ip 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 > J|l|f • 'vok wmyy\ I# /C-X > 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. 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