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CORN NOW KING OVER COTTON.
%F. O 151 WHICH THE PLATTF.H
I ia IIETTKK HIS CONDITIO*.
Tlie Price of the Cereal 30 I*er Cent.
Higher Than u Year Ago While
CoKon I* 23 Per Cent. l.onrr Than
iHe Same Perioil—A Kedartion
This Spring in the Aerenge Devot
,.,l to Cotton and an Increase in
That Devoted to Food ttml Forage
Crop* a >eeeit
\t ifhineton, MaTCh 3.— The following is
a ,-opy of a letter written to the cotton
. rs by Alfred B. Shepperson. editor
L ,"Cotton Facts” and secretary of the
t jh-comraittee on cotton of the Senate
committee on agriculture:
Washington, D. C., March 2, 1895.—T0
the Cotton Growers of the South: I have
no pecuniary interest whatever In the cot
ton market, and It is well known to prom
inent merchants all over the country that
1 never have any. Asa close observer
of all matters pertaining to cotton. 1 have
thought it would not be deemed out of
place to present to the cotton growers of
the country some facts and suggestions
con- t-rning the cotton situation.
The price of middling cotton in New
York is now 5 9-16 c per pound, against
7: on March 1, ISM, while corn is now
45c per bushel In Chicago, against 35c
a year ago. The decllile in cotton is over
75 per cent., while the advance in corn is
39 per cent.
The New York quotations for cotton and
the Chicago quotations for corn, how
ever, do not really present the economic
aspect of the matter in its strongest light,
as the cotton grower dbes not receive the
New York price for his cotton, but actu
ally gets very much less, as freight to
New York and all handling and selling
charges, and the cotton buyer’s profit
have to be deducted, eo that the planter,
at present prices, only obtains about 4
cents per pound for middling cotton, and
the crop will not average so high in
quality as that grade.
Neither does he get at the Chicago
price the corn he has to buy, as freight
and charges, and usually a large profit,
are added to the Chicago price, so that
to-day the southern farmer who buys
corn Instead of raising it, has to pay 95
to 70 cents per bushel for It.
Corn is the most Important ceral for
the south, as its abundance and cheap
ness Insure ample food for the farmers
and their families, while an insufficient
supply and high price Involve the op r
posite results
The southern cotton growers obtain
a large proportion of their grain and meat
from other sections of the country. Con
fronted now with a large shrinkage in
the value of "Otton coincident with ap
preciation in the value of corn the situ
ation Is one to imperatively demand of the
cotton growers a reduction this spring
of the acreage devoted to cotton, and an
increase in the acreage given to food and
forage crops.
The present depression in cotton is due
in great part to the very large stocks in
77uro-pean and American markets, and
the tear that the acreage in cotton will
not be reduced this year. Notwithstand
ing the fact that the spinners have bought
much more cotton than last season, the
stocks in European and- American mar
kets are 400,009 bales more" than at this
time last year.
The price of cotton is at the lowest point
since is4B, and a large orop this year would
undoubtedly send It still lower. Every
planter knows that present prices of cot
ton are much below the average cost of
production.
In view of the facts stated, I earnestly
recommend as manifestly for the best in
terests of the cotton growers of the coun
try a very material curtailment of the
cotton acreage this spring, and an In
crease in all food and forage crops, and
that greater attention be given to the
raising of live stock and farm animals.
Food crops of every description should be
raised on all southern farms, and cotton
should be made a surplus or money crop.
It is probable that a moderate cotton crop
this year will sell for actually more money
than a large crop.. Very respectfully,
Alfred B. Shepperson.
MONETARY DELEGATES.
>om* of I lie Men Mentioned to Rep
resent the House.
Washington, March 3.—Speaker Crisp
will not announce the represen
tatives on the part of the
House on the proposed international
monetary conference wytil after the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, which car
lies the provision, shall have been ap
prove! by the President.
There is some dissatisfaction on the
P*rt of the members whose terms expire
with the present congjess that the orig
inal resolution should have been so amend
as to apply only to members of the
next congress. Some of these gentlemen
obviously had hoped to secure a place in
the congress and their expressions of re
gret to-night at the change made in the
original proposition are not over com-
I limentary to the House and Senate con
ferees.
The friends of Mr. Money' of Mississippi
an- urging his selection and a number of
gentlemen have spoken with the speaker
asking him to appoint Mr. Catchings
of Mississippi.
Mr. McCreary of Kentucky, who was a
member of the Brussels conference of
189 -> m also talked of in connection with
Hie assignment. It is urged in his behalf
that he would bring to his new duties the
ex P ‘Hence gained three years ago, and
his position upon the money ques
t-°n is one of entire conservatism, and
wholly unbiased.
At 10 o’clock to-night two-petitions were
circulated on the republican side of the
chamber, one asking the speaker to ap
point Mr. Hepburn of lowa on the con
ference, and the other making a similar
iuest for Mr. Hitt of Illinois. The Hep
• ’nn petition was first started, and at
o’clp-ck it contained fifty signatures,
ihe signers included all the Nebraska,
OWa and northwestern representatives
g'-nerally, while a fair sprinkling of names
rum the cast was also seen on the pett
on - Mr. Hitt’s petition was signed al-
''t wholly by eastern men, particularly
republicans from New York, Pennsyl-
nia. New England and Ohio, with here
ai , there a name from the west. The ri
';ilry, which Ss good natured, is by no
i**ans spirited, and, so far as can be ob
! tne majority of the republicans
'll be satisfied by the selection of either,
d 't. lough Mr. Hitt more nearly represents
* '>tern thought on the money question
,‘\ an Mr. liepburn, who is a staunch
•fiend of silver, although a bimetallist.
i? J , pu ~ af? Bllggins an( i Blaggins are go
■ ", u> in a minute,” exclaimed the
man vvh° i 8 easily excited.
, ” hat makes you think so?”
th*.J. . are both telling each other that
> non t want to have any trouble with
a other.”—Washington Star.
FLORIDA’S FI TIRE OITLOOK.
Onagri and Pineapple* ( at Short,
Hal Other Crop* to Be Increased.
Orlando. Fia.. March I.—lt is now a j
settled fact that lemon and grape fruit
w 3 '* **‘ en killed In large numbers,
ami that many orange trees are in the
some condition. Immediately following
ne nrst freeze the orange trees put
out an abut: lance of new leaves, but since
the last cold snap not a green leaf has
appeared in thousands of groves all over
. e Some may yet show
signs of life even up into the large limbs,
and put out June blooms, but the major
ity of trees will have to start up from the
roots If they are still alive in that re
gion. Rearing groves this year and
probably for two or three years, except
in rare cases, will be scarce; and the
same is true of pineapples, a short crop
of which may be looked for during the
next two years. Guavas and many other
tender fruit trees are killed out and
guava Jelly will be quite a luxury before
new trees are bearing. The bananas are
putting out rapidly and w,il soon recover
their former beauty and fruitfulness.
Cassava is quite a good crop here in
k lorida. but it seems that many persons
were slow in cutting the tops for replant
ing before the freeze and a short crop
will be the result this year. I have been
quite successful with this plant and find
the roots excellent for family use as
well as for stock and chickens. For this
reason 1 have always been prompt to cut
and bury the to; before there is any
danger of a sudden freeze.
The culture of the castor bean tree has
also proved easy and there was a prospect
that it would also be profitable but for the
freeze. However, it is a very rapid grow
er, and will soon replace itself. The St.
Louis oil mill had just established an ex
periment farm near this city for the cul
ture of these trees, and should the freeze
not discourage (he company, a renewal
of the industry will no doubt prove profita
ble to our people. A rice mill Is also to
be erected here, and the culture of up
land and other species of rice will be car
ried on quite extensively, with fair pros
pects that it will be a paying crop.
Pecan trees find here in Florida two
troublesome enemies, the caterpillar and
tree gtrdler; the former strip Hie trees
of their leaves, while the latter saw off
the small limbs. Of course, this does
great damage to the young growing trees,
but the trees that finally outgrow these at
tacks nourish despite of them. Still, all
things considered, It Is doubtful If there
is any fortune to be made in the culture
of these nutbearing trees in Florida. The
tree girdler is also very destructive to
grafted Japanese persimmon trees, taking
especial delight tn sawing off the grafted
limbs as soon as they reach the size of
your thumb. There may be a remedy
for this pest, but I have never found
one here or in Georgia that was reliable
and effective.
The freeze has, no doubt, caused orange
growers to adopt new lines of cultivation
in the future. Seedling trees will be more
highly prized than the hitherto petted
budded trees, as being better fitted to
stand a severe cold snap. Then high prun
ing will be largely abandoned and the
trees will have the protection that comes
from limbs hanging nearly. If not quite,
to the ground. Higli pruned trees seem
to have suffered most in their trunks, and
these could be protected in the future by
letting the lower shoots grow into strong
limbs. In the unsettled portions of the
state, where forests surround the new
groves, the freeze did hardly any damage;
still, when those protecting forests are cut
away and the country settled up there
will be little safety to orange groves when
another such freeze comes along.
I have frequently alluded to our vege
table and strawberry crops. These are now
flourishing and give promise, with a large
acreage of early watermelon, of making
the summer quite lively. A fine thunder
storm has to-day passed over this sec
tion, with a heavy rainfall and follow
ing a few days of warm weather, w’ith
heavy night dews, it has given everything
in the ground anew impulse. Orange trees
are still backward In coming forward, and
the most hopeful growers are now looking
very near the ground for signs of renew ed
life in the trunks of the trees. Whatever
the result may be, the crop outlook for
this coming winter is gloomy, and orange
grove property will come in for a much
lower rate of taxation for the next three
or four years.
The venerable Rev. Dr. Josephus Ander
son, the greatly beloved editor of the
Florida Christian Advocate, attributes our
fearful calamity to God’s displeasure at
the worldllness, greed and selfishness of
the people of Florida. “His first visita
tion,” says Rev. Dr. Anderson, “was un
heeded. Selfishness cut off expenditures
for spiritual interest to save money for
carnal indulgences. * * • Hence God has
come again, and who can stand before his
cold?”
It is possible that there is some truth
in this learned divine's statement, but
the same rule would hold good as to the
western prairie fires and blizzards, the
Chicago, Boston and Halifax fires, yellow
fever epidemics, etc., in other states. If
the Lord is giving the nations of this day
a touch of Sodom and Gomarrah discipline
it would not be unreasonable to attribute
our present calamity to his displeasure
at our worldllness. At all events this view
of the case ought to make us better men
and women In the future.
CORONATION OF THE POPE
The Seventeenth Anniversary Cele
brated at Rome.
Rome, March 3.—To-day is the seven
teenth anniversary of the pope's corona
tion. Ho assisted In celebrating mass in
the SUstlne chapel, no which he was borne
on the sedia gestorla. preceded by car
dinal 9 and high officials of the Vatican.
As he passed through the saloons to the
chapel he was applauded constantly by
the crowd. Admission could be obtained
only by card, and consequently the ma
jority of those present were diplomatists
accredited to the Vatican, Knights of Mal
ta and conspicuous Italian and foreign
visitors. They tilled the chapel. Cardinal
Vanutelli celebrated the mass and the
pope assisted him. The ceremony closed
with the tedium, after which the proces
sion returned as it had entered, amidst
cheers and applause. It was remarked
that Prince Colonna, who deserted the
Quirinal and came to the aid of the Vati
can, assisted for the first time at the papal
throne.
Alleged Murderer Caught.
Orlando, Fla., March 3.—Several months
ago Charles Pinckney, colored, was killed
by Dan and General Washington, also
colored, In Madison. The murderers es
caped and came this way. Madison
county officers have been on the alert
for them ever since and enlisted the ser
vices of the officers of other counties. The
search was systematic. From time to time
the Washingtons were located, but be
fore they could be arrested they would
move. They evidently knew that they
were being chased, as they have done
some quick and exceedingly artful dodg
ing. Last week it was learned that Dan
was at Winter Park, four miles from Or
lando, and General at Nocatte, in De
Soto county. Deputy Sheriffs Gordon and
Johnson went to Winter Park and cap
tured Dan. At the same tinrje Sheriff An
derson wired the sheriff of De Soto county
to capture the brother, giving his where
abouts and advising prompt action. The
De Soto sheriff acted promptly and se
cured his man. Word was then sent to
Sheriff Dickinson of Madison of the cap
ture, and last night he passed south over
the road for Arcadia for the man caught
there. He will be back here to-night and
will take both men back to Madison county
for trial.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1*95.
PRINCE BISMARCK’S BIRTHDAY
the %i*t to last a
\\ HOLE W ECK.
5.000 Students Etpcftril to lie
in the March Flint the Old Chan
cellor at llnnilmrs—TliuuiinlH of
Keiireneutatlve* of Other lloillci
Also to f’armle During the Week.
The Hiff Celebration of the People
of the Khiuelauil to Re Held on
the \ellerwald~Fenra of u ilia
Flood.
Berlin. March 3.—The arrangements for
the Bismarck birthday festival are nearing
completion. They show that the celebra
tion will exceed all previous expectations.
They have been planned on such an enor
mous scale that Dr. Sehweininger has
become alarmed for the prince’s health
and has taken steps to spread the recep
tions and processions over a week or ten
days. He has been aided by Herr Pflueg
er, the organizer of the student demonstra
tion, and by the Hamburg admirers of the
prince.
Herren Sehweininger and Pfleuger gave
the United Press correspondent last week
an outline of the programme as adopted.
On April 15, Prince Bismarck will receive
the German students, addressing them be
tween 11 and 12 o’clock. In the afternoon,
he will welcome delegates from the cities,
among whom there will be many from
European countries and America. After
a dinner there will be a grand demonstra
tion by the voters of the Hamburg parlia
mentary election district. The original
intention was that a torch-light proces
sion should follow this, but upon Dr.
Schweininger’s recommendation, it will be
held on the preceding evening.
The North Schleswig delegation will go
to Friedrichsruhe on April 4, and the rep
resentatives of German guilds, 11,000
strong, will arrive on the 11th. The Pom
oranians probably will pmy their respects
to the old chancellor on Easter Monday.
The homage of the students will l*e the
greatest feature of the festival. About a
thousand of them will appear in full re
galia with sword* and sashes, some 400
with banners, and 3,000 without uniforms,
the majority from schools below the un
iversity grade—will march behind the
corps. All will assemble in Hamburg on
the 30th. On the morning of the Ist they
will take special trains for points about
a mile from Friedrichsruhe. They will
leave the trains there and march to the
castle with eight bands of music. They
plan to be about half an hour on the
march. Prince Bismarck, standing on the
castle terrace will receive them and re
view them as they march past. After de
filing before him the students will be led
to their allotted places on the lawn and
will cheer their host In the proper ainl
versity style. Herr Pfiueger will deliver
the address for them. After I*rlnce Bis
marck’s speech to the students the young
men will return to Hamburg for the
cominers in Sagebiels hall. The students
who can not go to Friedrichsruhe will
have* Bismarck -drinking bouts In nil
the university towns on the same eve
ning. By Prince Bismarck’s request the
Berlin academy of arts will choose some
day in April to send its deputation with
the address conferring honorary member
ship on him.
A birthday banquet will be held in the
Philharmonic hall in Berlin by the Lied*
ertafel, Cecilia, Melodla, Lelirerveroin,
Erksherve-retn, Saengerbund and Sen*
gerschaft glee unions.
At a date convenient to the prince all
these societies will send a deputation to
Friedrichsruhe.
The people of the Rhineland will have
their main celebration at national mon
ument on the Ntederwald. This monu
ment, erected In commemoration of the
union of Germany, will be to the Rhineland
what Friedrichsruhe Is to North Germany.
Special trains and Rhine steamers will
convey thousands from Cologne, Strass
burg, Mayenee, Frankfort and smaller
cities to the foot of the hill, from which
Prof. Schilling's Germania overlooks Bin
gen. There will be speeches, music, Rhine
wine and beer all day, and fire-works and
illumination of the Rhine at night.
The city of Cassel will send an address
to the prince, but instead of giving a big
Bismarck banquet, as was planned at first,
the council will present ],ouo marks to the
poor in the old chancellor’s name. The
faithful Jervltes will send the traditional
101 plover eggs and a palm.
The present indications are that the
whole first week of April will be given up
throughout Germany to honoring the old
chancellor, and that at Friedrichsruhe the
arrival of presents and congratulations
and the reception of deputations are likely
to reach over well into May.
Prince Bismarck has requested the Sty
rian deputation to postpone their jour
ney to Friedrichsruhe until Easter Mon
day.
The only protest against the Bismarck
demonstration comes from the Vorwaerts,
the organ of the social democratic cen
tral committee. The editor speaks of the
celebrations as a “Festival of All Fools,”
and ridicules the sudden Bisrtlarck wor
ship of the conservatives and national
liberals. "A year ago,” he remarks, “no
body friendly to the government would
have dared boast of his his acquaintance
with the deposed chancellor.”
The Upper Rhine Is still firmly ice
bound. Hundreds of person* crossed on
the Ice Wednesday near Worms and Mann
heim. On the central Rhine, the lee has
begun to break up, but is forming an
enormous pack at which blasters are
working with powder and dynamite. The
inhabitants of the low valley lands are
preparing for the Inevitable floods, which
threaten to be more destructive than for
years. In other valleys the prospect is
hardly le?3 menacing as the heavy snow
falls were general throughout the em
pire. ,
The empress and her staff of charitable
workers have been busy for a week In
warning the women’s societies in all the
valley districts that they must prepare
refuges, kitchens and clothing for the
emergency. At the empress’ Instance,
moreover, local officials have begun col
lecting flood funds and stores of cast off
clothing.
The Countess Pcrponcher, arrested for
perjury, in denying her intimacy with Dr.
Volght, is still in jail, although 10,900 marks
bal was offered for her on Friday. Dr.
Voight has been arrested for perjury and
conspiracy.
Emperor William’s refusal to interfere
in behalf of Armenia seems to have won
him the heartfelt gratitude of the sub
lime porte. Yesterday evening Shakir
Pasha, the sultan's special envoy, appeared
before the emperor and empress at the
Old Castle, and, in his master’s namS,
gave the emperor a diamond-set gold
sword. To Prince Eitel Frederick and
Prince Adelbert, the emperor's second
and third sons, he presented the decora
tions of the Osman order. He will be
entertained at a state banquet on March
8. ThN emperor and empress will go
to Castle Urvllle, near the French her
der, on May 5. They will complete the
consecration of the new Protestant
church near the castle, and the emperor
will hunt woodcock In the Vosges.
The Bavarian farmers’ league, meeting
in Ragcnsburg, voted on Friday a general
approval of Count Kanltz's schemes of
state socialism for the benefit of the land
owners. They indorsed, especially, his mo
tion to abolish ground rent and to estab
lish a government mortgage bank, to
THEIR MEMORY STIRRED
A He ne factor of Other lean, Helnat
Needed Again. 1m on ilaiul for llut>.
A nation threatened with war looks
about for leaders, and naturally, turns
Its eyes to veterans who have fought
well in previous contests So people at
tacked by disease and seeking a remedy.
Inquire what has helped them in other
years. The grip is here again, and in
some places has assumed a form more
malignant than ever. It will doubtless
prowl about looking for victims until the
settled weather of spring.
Now, it is a matter of medical history
that, when grip was here before it was
quickly thrown off by bodies that had
been strengthened by a stimulant of the
highest order of excellence. To hasten
complete iecovery after the grip Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey was employed. That I
the same remedy* is doing the same good ;
work to-day appears from a letter writ
ten by Mr. Thomas Barrett of Seammon,
Kan., who says:
“Having been continually coughing, i
wdth pains running through my body, and !
being unable to work. 1 took two bottles
of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. 1 am now
able to work. The cough and soreness
on my chest are almost gone.”
The cough, headache un i soreness of
muscle following the grip ar*> never
helped by local application. Being sh ns
of a general weakness, they are thrown
off only w hen the whole system is toned
and stimulated, so that no organ does too
much nor too little. To do this is the
mission of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey.
All who remember how it gave them
clear heads, sound stomachs and a healthy
circulation when they were getting over
the grip in other seasons have supplied
themselves with Duffy’s Pure Malt, ami
have pointed out to their neighbors a
way to avoid misery and loss of time.
Is not the suggestion worth listening to?
which all mortgages on agricultural land
shall be transferred.
The Reichstag has received a notewor
thy petition against paragraph 13t) of the
anti-socialist bill, as amended by the cler
icals. The paragraph in the clerical form
provides for the punishment of anybody
attacking religion, the monarchy, mar
riage, family or property in a manner dan
gerous to the public peace. The signers
of the petition are the leading thinkers,
writers and artists of Germany, among
them Mommsen, Virchow and Brahms.
The fetes attending the opening of the
North sea and Baltic canal,will begin at
Hamburg on June 17 with a Commers at
the new’ city half. The emperor and his
suite will be present. The formal open
ing will take place at Kiel on March 18,
when the fleet off the entrance to the
canal will include fifty-eight German
warships and torpedo boats, five Austrian
warships under the Archduke Carlstefan,
five Italian, four Spanish, two French,
two Russian, three Turkish and a number
of English and Scandinavian vessels. The
grand combined manouvers of the land
and sea forces will be held on March If),
in the presence of the emperor and his
foreign guests. The celebration will close
on March 20 with yacht racing and a
parade of the troops under Gen. Count
Waldersee before the emperor and his
guests.
London, March 3.—The Standard corre
spondent In Berlin says the mayor of Co
burg denies the report that the Coburg
city council refused to celebrate Prince
Bismarck’s birthday. The mayor says
the story’ was Invented by a local radical
journal.
A MASHER ON THE HI V,
lie Insulted Three Ladle* nail Tampa
NYan Heady to Hoik 111 in.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 3.—At Tampa,
C. G. WoodM, a merchant of Baltimore,
came near being ’ lynched for insulting
three prominent ladies. Woodall addressed
them on the street ’and followed them
home, where he was arrested. A crowd
gathered and wanted to lynch him, but
the officers prevented. No lawyer would
defend Woodall and he gave a cash bond
and left town to escape the relatives of
the ladles.
WAIFS F 110.41 THE WIRES.
Some of tlie Day’s Event* Set Forth
in Short Stories.
London, March 3—Admiral Sir G. T.
Phllbug Phlppe Hornby died to-day at
Lordlngton, Hampshire, of pneumonia, re
sulting from Influenza.
Odessa. March 2.—Prince Achllle Na
poleon Murat killed himself In his house
at Zougdldl yesterday. He was suffering
from fever and had been delirious for sev
eral days.
Paris, March 3.—M. Porcher, the Dehats
editor who was killed In a duel on Fri
day, will be burled In Etampes to-morow.
The Archbishop of Paris refused to grant
religious rites and the Bishop of Orleans
probably will do the same.
BELLE HOSBY DEAD.
A Horse That Passed Through tlie
War AVns Burled With Honors.
Pittsburg Special In Philadelphia Press.
Belle Moaby is dead. This veteran
horse was burled in Library, Snowdr n
township yesterday with military hon
ors. She was wrapped In flags and con
signed to the ground in the orchard of
the Phillips homretead.
Belle was the last equine heroine of
the late war. There is scarcely one G.
A. R. man In the country who did not
know Belle Moaby personally or had not
hegrd of her. Until two days ago she
was the only horse living that had gone
through the civil war. It is now more
than thirty years since the little black
thoroughbred came into the possession
of Joseph Phillips, and she has been as
a member of his household ever since.
The bitter cold spell was too nrtich for
the old horse, who had been suffering
from rheumatism for the past six years,
and early Wednesday morning she died.
Belle’s exact age was not known, though
it is thought to have been 35.
A War Story Spoiled.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
War history is always Interesting, but
the element of imagination in It some
times produces peculiar results. An ar
ticle on Mrs. Lincoln, Just now going ihe
rounds of esteemed contemporaries, la of
that character. It tells how. when Early
attacked Fort Stevens, near Washing
ton, Mrs. Lincoln stood on the ramparts
of the fort under the Are of the confeder
ates, and emphasizes the story with a
picture of the lady on the ramparts and
the President behind them entreating her
to come down. Then it goes on to relate
how when Fort Stevens had been captured
Mrs. Lincoln said to Secretary Stanton
that "if there had been a few more old
women there the fort would not have been
lost." The authenticity of the tale is
somewhat damaged by two facts. One Is
that Fort Stevens was not captured by the
confederates at all, the other that Mrs.
Lincoln did not stand on the ramparts
during the fight. President Lincoln did.
until forced by the officers to came down
from the position, where a short time
after one of Gen. Wrtgt’s staff was wound
ed. But In 1564 the war had become too
serious business to allow ladles to expose
themselves under fire as a matter of
bravado.
The highest death rate of any town in
the civilized world is that of the City of
Mexico —49 per 1,990. The city Is 7.990 feet
above the sea level, biit in spite of this
fact Its defective drainage make* the mor
tality very great. Mr. Romero, the Mex
ican minister at Washington, explains
In a recent article that when the water
In Lake Texcoco Is high It backs up Into
the sewers until the soli under the houses
and In the streets is saturated with sew
age. )
CLOSING HOURS OF CONGRESS.
{Continued frem First Page.)
Oregon for the same purpose and $404.<M0
tothe state of Nevada; also $315,000 to pay
southern war claims under the Bowman
act. The Senate also recoiled from its
amendment for the purchase of what
is known su> the Mahon** lot for the site
of anew government printing office. The
other amendments, some 100 in number,
but of minor importance, were agreed to
by the House receding from its disagree
ment to most of them.
March 4 Mr. Bryan
moved To suspend the rules and
1-a.ss a bill admitting anti-loxine. the
new diphtheria cure, free of duty. This
was agreed to. wlth’but little opposition.
The naval bill was reported from the Sen
ate at this point, and Mr. Talbott, dem.,
of Maryland, chairman of the naval com
mittee. asked a little time to enable the
committee to look into the Senate amend
ments.
Mr. Boutelle urged haste in the matter
and moved that the House non-concur in
the Senate amendments. “Then. Mr.
Speaker,” -aid Mr. Talbott, “I move as
an amendment that the House concur in
th* Senate amendments.”
Mr. Boutelle maintained that the chair
man of the naval committee was stul
tifying himself, and Mr. Talbott retort
ed that it was Mr. Boutelle who had
driven him to move to concur.
Mr. Dolliver, rep., of lowa protested
against hasty action on the bill while
Mr. Springer, dem.. of Illinois said as the
Senate had adjourned, it was necessary
to vote on the bill immediately In order
that it should become a law.
Mr. Tajbott maintained that if the
House did not act at once there was
grave doubt that the bill would become
a law. He said the bill as emended provid
ed for two "great big battleships.” six
gun boats and three torpedo boats, and
gave amjde encouragement to the mer
chant marine,
Mr. Boutelle said be would never sur
render to the other end of the capitol or
to the other end of the avenue (the ex
ecutive mansion.) He denied that the
Senate had adjourned, and urged a con
ference.
Mr. Hull, rep., of lowa wanted a separ
ate vote on each Senate amendment, but
Mr. Talbott moved to suspend tho rules
and ptf..su the bill.
Despite the protests of Mr. Boutelle
the speaker (Mr. Richardson) presented
the question. Tellers were demanded and
appointed. The motion to concur in the
Senate amendments to the naval bill
was agreed to and Immediately afterwards
took a recess until 8 . m.
KING Alt'! HI It’S CAPITAL,
Imagination Needed Al lien One Goes
There.
From the Pall Mall Budget.
By producing “King Artnur" at the Ly
ceum Mr. Irving, among other things, re
vived Interest in the places which are
mentioned in the famous legend, and ere
long we may be In the midst of an ex
cited controversy as to their identity. One
class of antiquarians maintains that Tin
tagel, Camelot, Avalon and Caerleon are
all to be found In tho Scotch Lowlands,
while another class, perhaps with less rea
son but with the certainty of greater ap
proval, stoutly urges the claims of West
ern England. The problem may never be
solved, but, speaking as one who has
over and over again visited the Arthurian
country marked out by truditlon, I can
say that those who undertake the Journey
will derive abundant pleasure from It,
even if they fall to And that which they
seek.
“Old Caerleon-npon-t’sk" Is the. enchant
ed capital of the kingdom called Romanc e.
Its domes of fretted gold, its countless
pinnacles, Its seventy churches, its gor
geous palaces, and Its giant tower,
From whose high crest, they say.
Men saw the goodly hills of Somerset,
And white sails flying on the yellow sea,
have a reality for us to-day, though they
have long ceased to be visible. Hut the
city of the Hero-King is a city seen
through a veil. It is said that this City
of Legions was once the rival of Rome In
its grandeur. When the all-conquering
king had subdued thirty kingdoms, ho
could find no suitable place than Caerleon
for "holding a magnificent court to place
the crown upon his head, and to invite
the kings and dukes under his subjection
to the ceremony. When he had communi
cated his designs to bis familiar friends
he pitched upon Caerleon as a proper place
for his purpose, for, besides Its great
W’ealth above the other cities, Its situation
was most pleasant and fit for so great a
solemnity. For on one side It was washed
by that noble river (the Usk), so that the
kings and princes from the countries be
yond the seas might have the conven
ience of sailing up to it. On the other
side was the beauty of meadows and
groves and the magnificence of the royal
palaces. Besides, there was a college of
200 philosophers who, being learned In as
tronomy and the other arts, were dili
gent In observing the courses of the stars,
and gave King Arthur the predictions
of tho events that would happen at that
time.” Giraldus Cambrensis recorded In
the twelfth century that at Caerleon might
bo seen many vestiges of Its former
glory "lmmense palaces, ornamented
with glided roofs, in Imitation of Roman
magnificence, a tower of prodigious size,
and relics of temples.”
But what Is Caerleon now? I reached
tho ancient seat of power late on an
August afternoon, and a white, sandy,
deserted lane led me past a few scat
tered hosscs and a small church to the
riverside. The tide was out, and the wat
ers had shrunk almost Into silence. An
old tower, thickly overgrown with trail
ing weeds, stands on the bank and tells
of other times. The fields stretching away
from the right bank of the Usk ar lrregu
larly divided by the remnant of an old
Koman wall, rising about twelve feet, and
supposed to liavo been originally four
miles long, connecting Caerleon with the
outposts. Antiquaries differ In opinion as
to where the stone was obtained; those
marvel-working Romans who came over
with Julius Frontius In the first cen
tury and made Caerleon the headquarters
of the second Augustan Letfton left the
secret burled tn the monument they rear
ed. The wall passes by and beyond the
priory and the "Round Table Field,”
where a deep Indentation probably marks
the site of a Homan amphitheater. This
supposition derives circumstantial confir
mation from the fact that a contiguous
field has borne from time out of record
the name of the “Bearhouse Field.” But
legend floats about the scene and fan
tastically shapes itself into a marvellous
tale that here King Arthur with his
knights sits entraced In a subterranean
chamber, and there will remain until Brit
ain, In her hour of peril, calls him forth
to new and greater cohquests.
In 1859 the result of Tennyson's sojourn
at Caerleon, or “Caerwysg,” was seen
when he produced his "Idylls of the King.”
Some few of the inhabitants still remem
ber the poet residing there, and at Han
bury Arms, an ancient hostelry, the chair
which he chiefly occupied In his apart
ment overlooking Usk is still pointed to.
Tennyson’s visit to Caerleon Is Import
ant, inasmuch as it offers a further ex
emplification of the poet’s scrupulous care
In studying details; and It adds to the in
terest of reading the Arthurian poems to
know that he obtained from the genus
loci both Inspiration dtrel enlightenment.
Caerleon has wisely built a museum in
which to store; Its antiquities, but they
are nearly all evidence of the Roman oc-
cupation. not of King Arthur’s reign and
power. While all the superstitious congre
gate about King Arthur at Caerleon. ail
the hard facts relate to others. The In
habitants, w hen they are not complaining
of the bad trade and of the injury in
flicted upon them by a railway which has
caused ail the glory to depart from their
once prosperous market, point with pride
to King Arthur's seat (on the hills), to the
Round Table Field, under which he and
his knights are suposed to lie. and to
other presumptions of his existence. But
one must go to Caerleon with a strong
Imagination, or great disappointment
awaits him.
An Anglican vicar recently advertised
for an organist who was to receive lit)
per month, in return for which he was
to "play three services on Sunday and
one on Wednesday evening, when, also,
the boys must have an hour's practice;
on Friday he must conduct a full choir
practice, first giving the boys .half an hour
by themselves, and attendance is expected
on the usual feast days. Further, no pu
pils may be taken to the church organ,
nor may that Instrument i- used bj the
organist himself, save on Sunday after
noons.” _
Parker- I would Join the church If it
wasn't full of hypocrites.
Tucker—Oh, you are mistaken about
that. There's always room for one more.
—Life.
"What sort of a person is Willoughby,
anyhow ?”
"Utterly negative. He has no mind at
all. Why, really, the fellow lets his wife
buy his neckties.”—Harper's Bazar.
Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister
Plenipotentiary,
carrying good news of relief
from pain.
Allcock’s
Porous Plaster
stands at the head of all
remedies for congestion in
the chest, the first result of
taking cold, and for all
lameness and stiffness of
joints or muscles.
“Just b Good k ■ Allcoclt'a#** Not st
all. No imitation approaches the genuint.
Allcock’* Corn Shields,
Allcock** Bunion Shields,
Have no equal as a relief and cure for corns
and bunions.
Brandreth’s Pills
are free from injurious Biibstanoea
They give universal satisfaction.
RAILROAD OOMMIMIOK.
MWmtm.
L. N.Thammell,,Chairman, I
Ali.kn Fort, V Commissioners.
G. UUNBY JOHDAS, 1
A. C. BitiftcoK, Secretary.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 96, 1896.
CIRCULAR NO. 245.
Freight and Passenger Tariffs of the Val
dosta Southern Railroad Company and
the Cu/ler and Woodburn Rail
road Company.
On and after tho twelfth day of March. 1896,
the Valdosta Southern Kallroad Company and
the Cuyler and Woodburn Railroad Company
will be allowed to charge, as maximum rates,
for the tranftportatian of freight ami pusßcn
gers. as foliowa:
Pasaenger-CIaAH II (Four conta per mile).
Freight—On Clauses 1, 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. A, B, E. O.
H, K, lx, M, N, O and K: the Standard Tariff,
with fifty per cent, added.
On Fertilizers, I*. C. L. a Class K, with ten per
cent, added.
On Fertilizers, C. L., Class M, with ten per
cent, added.
On RcfliQ, Class K., le<s twenty per cent.
On Turpentine, Class R, with ten per cent,
added.
On Classes C\ I). F, J and P, the Standard
Tariff, wi'.hout percentage.
On Coal and Coke, ( lass I*.
On Lime and Ice, the Standard Tariff, with
ten per cent, added.
L. N. TRAMMELL, Chairman.
A. C. BRISCOE, Sec retary.
HAY, tiltAIN, ETC.
redlustprooflats
A select stock of Georgia ant* Tex*. />e4
Also home grown send rye.
“OUR OWN” Cow Feed, .
Corn. Oats, Bras,
Bay, Cblclten Peed, t*
T. J. DAVIS*
Orate Dealer and Seedsman, 156 Bay MnH
Talephone 22513.
HARD WARE.
ED WA RDLOV EL L'SSON S,
SAVANNAH, CA.
HARDWARE.
Bar, Band and Hoop Iron,
Wagon Material,
Turpentine Tools,
Arcrlcu'tural Implements.
SEED POTATOES.
PLANTING _
POTATOES
Virginia Second Crop,
Houlton Early Rose,
New York State Early Rose,
Table Potatoe*,
Hay, Grain, Feed, etc.
W. D. SIMKINS.
LEGAL NOTICES.
N(ynCE" , Ttr'nEßT(7itir'"^^
ORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—No
tice is hereby given to all persons having
demands ngainat John Cox, late of said
county, deceased, to present them to
O'Connor & O’Byrne, attorneys, prop
erly made out, within the time prescribed
by luw, so as to show their character and
amount, and ull person* Indebted to said
deceased are hereby required to make
Immediate payment to said O’Connor &
O’Byrne. THOMAS A. BECKER,
Executor of last will and testament of
John Cox.
Is It Not Better
To get what you want-rather than take whM
you get? All things befng equal would
you not prefer to make a aele tion at your lets*
ure—without competition as to price, and oer*
talnly without comparison as to quality?
We can't entice you with a crowded store and
the eloquence of a gifted statesman, but we cart
as an off set show such *.o>ds as are not to b
found elsewhere In the city. Don’t think that
all auction wares are cheap. The right sort of
things always have value. We can serve yonf
dollars well. Come and let us figure with yotk
That pretty Haviland Decoration in our west
window is worthy of close Inspection. Agate*
ware is cheap enough for everybody.
WEST'S CHINA PALACE
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
ONE CENT A WORD.
ADVERTISEMENTS, 16 ward, or more,
In this column Inserted for ONE CENT A
WORD, Cush tn Advance, each Insertion.
Anybody who has any want to supply. ny
thin, to buy or sell, any business or sccome
modanon* to secure; Indeed, any wish M
.ratify, should advertise in this column.
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PERSONAL.
’NELLIE’S BIRTHDAY” IS ON THHJ
14th; 1 will go to Fegi a*. tha reliable Jew
eler, 195, Broughton, he I* reasonable and
you can depend on what he says; I think A
tinner ring <n a wat. it will do nicely.
_ THE < \ e 7 SCOTT, DECORATIVE!
Art. of Saratoga Springs, will give
exhibit and stile of fine embroideries amt
prepared work at tho Du Soto hotel tht*
day and evening. _
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOI.H MADSL
recovered or repaired: large assortment
of covers; all colors. 68 Whitaker.
G. W. KITELL, LIBERTY AND
Wheaton, will do your wheelwright,
blacksmith and horseshoeing In the heal
style for the least money. __
WHY SUFFER WITH CORNS. BUN
lons and Ingrowing nails when you can M
cured, not relieved, but positively curetx
by Lem Davis, surgeon chiropodist. Or*
tiers can be left at Wheeler's Pharmacy*
corner Bull and State streets,
HE Ll* WANTED.
SALESMEN. WE SEND SAMPLES*
allow liberal salary and expenses or com
mission to proper apllcants. Staple seller,
three stores out of live will order. Ad
dress with stamp, Lock Box 420, New
York City.
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ROOMS TO RENT.
ELEGANT ROOMS ON THE FIRST
floor; large hull, third floor. In Lyona
block. John Lyons.
- LARGE SOUTH CORNER ROOM SUITL
able for two If desired. all convenience*.
No. 10 Habersham street.
: t — ■' —!J
HOUSES AND STORES FOR RENT.
FOR RENT, A NICE TWO-STORY
house; large rooms; good neighborhood;
plants and fruit trees In yard; also largo
yard with stables, which can be rented
separate. 71 Duffy slrvst.
4 AND "t-ROOM HOUSES. FIRST,
class order, IS monthly; good location.
Salomon Cohen.
FOR RENT, TjESIR ABLE HOUSE |
modern Improvements, Mi Hall street, near
Aborcorn, Salomon Cohen.
FOR RENT, FLORIDA HOUSE,™IOi
Broughton street, IS rooms; remodeled,
painted and papered throughout; posses
sion Immediately. Apply Albert Wylly,
120 Bryan strt.i .
FOR RENT. 212 GWINNETT STREET,
Apply .Mrs. S. A. Black, 210 Gwinnett.
FOR SALE.
FOR HALE. AT A BARGAIN, NEWj
upright piano; price to suit any buyer.
Address P. O. Box 271.
FOR SALE, SECOND-HAND SODA!
fountain; good as new; for particulars,
W. J. Bryan, 75Vi Tattnall street.
BEFORE YOU BUY OR HELL PROPI
erty consult Robert H. Tatem, lteal Es.
tote Dealer, 129 York street, near Bull
street.
PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS FOB
hatching for sale by X. J. Davis, 156 Bay)
street.
FOR HALL. LOT *, DECKER TYThZ
lng, Heathcote ward, on the north side of
Broughton street, between Whitaker and
Barnard streets; property now occupied
by Garfunkle A Sons and Savannah Shoa
Factory. For terms apply to George W.
Owens, attorney-at-law. 124 Bryan street.
~CYPRESS SHINGLES FOR TYBEO
and other roest points; last longer and ar
cheaper; boats can load at mill; price*
are reduced to *2.25 and *1.59 per thousand.
Vale Royal Manufacturing Company.
“UNREDEEMED WATCHES, JEWEIe
ry, organs, bicycles, clothing, very cheap.
Arthur Deutsch, pawnbroker, Cong res*
street, next to Solomon’s drug store.
LOST.
LOST, A BAY HORSE AND BOY
man lost: if returned to northeast corner
Broughton and Whitaker streets, suita
ble reward will be given.
BOA It DING.
CHINAMAN GEORGE GONG, 109
Broughton street; first-class meal, only!
2oc; try one.
SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROOMS
with first-class board. 101 South Broad
street.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
GEORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTY.—
Whereas. Jordan F. Brooks, county ad
ministrator, has applied to Court of Or
dinary for Letters of Administration do
bonis non cum testomento annexo on tho
estate of John W. Tynan, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admon
ish all whom It (jay concern to be and
appear before said court to make objec
tion (If any they have) on or before tho
first Monday in April next, otherwise
said letters will be granted.
Witness, the Hon. Hampton L. Ferrtll.
Ordinary for Chatham County, this tha
2nd day of March, 1895.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY—
Notice 1s hereby given that I have made
application to the court of ordinary for
Chatham county, for leave to sell two
(2) shares of the preferred stock of tho
"Odd Fellows Hall Association” of Savan
nah, of the par value of one hundred dol
lars per share. Also scripts No. 4814 and
No. 3335 for (5) live shares of the capital
stock of the Southern Home, Building
and Loan Association of Savannah, of tho
par value of five hundred dollars, upon
which *178.29 has been paid In. Sold sub
ject to conditions of said corporation.
Said property belonging to estate of Eliza
Henderson, deceased, for the payment of
debts and distribution, and that said
order will be granted at March term, 1895.
of said court, unless objections are filed
thereto. R. J. NUNN.
Executor of the will of Eliza Heniersoa*
i deceased.
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