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WHAT silk is made from.
Hr. Joergrr'a Silk Worm* Prodace a
Fine Lot of t'oeooßO.
\ handsome lot of silk cocoons are now
n exhibition in the window of Mr. W. F.
i Is drug store, the result of Mr. Adolph
, ri , r's experiment in silk worm culture.
. s ,. ar e the cocoons in which the chryr
-• were killed by exposure to the heat
, .f,.. cun. If'this is not done the moth
. utterfly will eat its way out. destroyinr
v.iiuc of the cocoon.
•j-; . butterflies hatch out in a slim
He and begin to lay their eggs lmmcdl-
The eggs are smaller than mustard
and when they hatch the young
worms are so small as to be imperceptible
i. they are placed on a white sheet
i iper. This statement looks like a
h of the truth, but it Is a fact. More
w -i 1.-rful still these Infinitesimal things
a in a few weeks to the length and
the kness of a man's finger.
To unravel the cocoons they are placed
~ warm water, the waste silk being first
. ,M< l off and the end of the thread dis
covered. It can then be drawn out until
tt,. whole cocoon Is unraveled. The
• -ad. no larger than that of a spider, Is
• rm and elastic and a whole cocoon can
j‘ unwound without breaking it. There
are several thousand yards of this thread
•o fach cocoon. The cocoons are unwound
1 ■ machinery, five cocoons being unwound
together and the five strands woven Into
or - thread. Several people have followed
Mr .loerger's example and are now ex
it rimenting with silk culture. A more
interesting fad could hardly be found,
there are so many wonderful things about
the silk worms and the work.
THE CONDI CTORS' PROGRAMME.
1 he W ay They Will Be Shown Savan
nah's bights.
The committee of the Savannah divis
ion of the Order of Railway Conductors,
which will have charge of the entertain
ment of visiting conductors to-morrow,
has issued its programme. The commlt
to’ is composed of \V. H. Wright, chair
man; G H. Wheeler and J. L. Brannan.
Th. ramme Is terse and to the point.
It is as follows: "Leave Savannah 5 a.
in . arrive. Tybee 6:3© a. m.
Breakfast at Hotel Tybee. surf bath
ing. dancing at hotel and pavilion until
3:’ p. m. Leave Tybee 12:30 p. m. Arrive Sa
vannah 1:30 p. m.
Electric cars in front of station to con
vey you to the lie Soto hotel. Dinner at
De Soto hotel.
After Dinner—Special electric cars fIQ
s- tions) will leave De Solo hotel at 3:30
1 m. for lionaventure cemetery.and Thun
derbolt, giving ample time to visit the
most beautiful cemetery In the world;
thence to Thunderbolt (hot stuff). Re
turning to the city, leave Thunderbolt 7
P m . arrive De Soto 7:30 p. m.
Supper and then a stroll through the
larks. Savannah division wishes you
bon voyage.
Jacksonville special will leave from
Riant system passenger station at 11 p.
m. A couple of verses of Col. B. W.
Wrenn s original poetry occupies the last
page of the pamphlet, being entitled "A
Greeting from the Plant System."
CITY BREVITIES.
The basket picnic of Christ church Sun
day school takes place at Warsaw to-day.
The Vigilant leaves the city at 9 a. m.,
and Thunderbolt at 10:30 a. m. An extra
trip from Thunderbolt will be made, leav
ing there at 3 p. m. ThunderboK cars
leaving junction at 2:30 p. m., will connect
with steamer.
Savannah had one of the heaviest rains
yesterday that it has had in a long time,
nearly one and one-qurter Inches of rain
fell within an hour in the afternoon. The
s’reets ware flooded and in the southern
s. ion and on the suburbs wherever there
are low places, ponds formed. The streets
o:i the eastern and western sides of the
city were considerably washed in places.
Hattpt Dodge of Odd Fellows was visited
by a delegation of brothers from the Unl
ted States steamship Atlanta Thursday
night. The visiting brothers were cor
dially received and were hearty in their,
expressions of appreciation of their treat
ment. Mr. Murray, the spokesman of the
party complimented Haupt lodge very
highly on its exemplification of the work
of the order. He said that he had visited
lodges all over the world and had never
seen a finer exemplification of the work
than that given by Haupt lodge Thursday
night.
The Sunday schools of Christ church,
and Si. Michael's and St. Andrew's mis
sions. will have their picnic to-day at
\\a,.-,tw. The steamer Vigilant has been
chartered for the day and will leave the
> at 9 o'clock this morning, touching at
Thunderbolt at 10:30 o'clock. A second
trip will bo made from Thunderbolt at 3
o ' lock this afternoon. Leon's orchestra
has been engaged and will furnish music
on the steamer and for dancing at the
island Everjw arrangement lias been
ni le for the pleasure of the children. The
steamer will rturn to the city at B:3J
c clock to-night.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Miss Katie Blun left for the north yes
terday on the Kansas City.
1 'ol. J- F. Gaynor arrived In the city yes
terday from Syracuse, N. Y.
1 11. Gibbes, F. A. Weil and Max
Krause are at Suwanee Springs.
" r - Auvergne D'Antignac has returned
from a trip of several weeks to the coun
try.
Mr. l. T. Ilubbell left for the north yes
rday on the Kansas City to spend the
summer.
George Beckmann, who has been spend
ing some time at Suwanee Springs, has
returned to the city.
J ' 1>o!k Stew art of Brunswick is in
w- city on a visit.to he.- brother Mr. Jos
> ! Jackson at Waldburg and Aber
corn streets.
-Mi?? Helen Bamber of Brooklyn, who
•a ..eon Visiting Mrs. W. G. Strobhar.
r Crawford left for the
onh yesterday on the Kansas City.
' Joseph G. Bulloch of this city has
Pd.-,."' the civil service examination, and
J. ’ 1 S'-ble for appointment to service as
. ,"* !! ln the Indian districts of the
tnited Slates.
r a*. an , d Mrs ' M - Pfager and two chll-
V. '‘leave Savannah to-morrow for
„. ,T' ,', Th ey will sail from New York
‘ l uerst Bismarck and will spend
bvrmam mer WUh Mr ' Peer's mother ln
THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
1 he * oninilttee Favors Droppluif May
Heck Except May Day.
lh ‘' M'eeial committee from the board'
' ' lucation, appointed to consider the
aatlor of changing the vacations, held a
>i'b'ee 8 wm Bter<iay afte moon. The eom
' ■- J r l PO v t ,n faVor of abolishing
and also ,h t fL hollda L <” tce P t Ma >' v.
after on 00l , b f * cho ° ls be opened herd-
Uav i n ( w c i ln *tead of the first Tues
o'i" Sa„ra b ’ c * cept wh eh Oct. 1 'falls
openint y H° r ? Unday ' ln which case
’mmutee dm nL h*° Wonday The
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NEWS OF THE SHIPS.
Maritime Mutter* nl I,oral mill Gen
eral Interest.
It was Capt. W. H. Spencer who piloted
the United States monitor Amphitrite over
the Tybee bar Thursday morning. Ho
says that the monitor is a splendid sea
boat. Although it was rough going over
the bar, the vessel plowed through the
waves with scarcely a motion.
The schooner Jennie Thomas. Capt.
Young, was cleared yesterday by Dixon.
Mitchell & Cos. for Baltimore, with a cargo
of lumber, measuring 488,450 feet. The
schooner arrived here on Thursday of last
week, discharged 500 tons of coal and load
ed with lumber, finishing last Thursday
afternoon, being only one week In port.
The German ship Alhena, 1,338 tons,
Capt. Haak. twelve days from Boston, ar
rived yesterday to load naval stores for
Europe. The vessel Is consigned to Chr.
G. Dahl & Cos.
The Norwegian bark Erato, Capt. Frltdz,
forty-nine days from Goole, arrived yes
terday in ballast, consigned to Paterson,
Downing & Cos. She is chartered to load
naval stores for Europe.
The German bark Elsie. Capt. Winters,
forty-nine days from London, arrived yes
terday with a cargo of cement, con
signed to C. M. Gilbert & Cos. The vessel
is consigned to Paterson, Downing & Cos.,
who will load her with naval stores for
Europe.
The schooner Etta A. Stimpson, Capt.
Coonths, eight days front Bath. Me., ar
rived yesterday, light. She is chartered to
load lumber on return to Bath. The ves
sel is consigned to Harriss & Cos.
Paterson. Downing & Cos. clear yester
day the Norwegian bark Wayfarer, for
Aberdeen, with 150 casks of spirits turpen
tine and 3.573 barrels of rosin.
PURCHASE NOT YET COMPLETE.
The Sinking Fund Cnninilaalon'a
Transaction for Thin Quarter.
The sinking fund commission has not
yet completed Its purchase of city bonds
for this quarter. Only one offer of a
small amount of bonds has been accepted.
Mr. D. R. Thomas, secretary of the com
mission, said yesterday that owing to the
fact that the commission has not yet com
pleted the purchase of the $13,000 of bonds
for this quarter, he preferred not to give
out figures of the transaction already
made. *
In the Court of Ordinary.
An application was filed yesterday In
the court of ordinary for the probation
in solemn form of the will of Emilie C.
Germaine. The application is signed by
Catherine V. Gaudry, Adele R. Gaudry
and Daniel J. Germaine.
J. F. Brooks, administrator, etc., on the
estate of Linus A. Wakeman filed an ap
plication for leave to sell 400 quarter
shares of the capital stock of the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad.
Clarinda Dennis was committed to Jail
on a charge of lunacy pending an inves
tigation.
CHURCH AVAR ON RUM.
The Presbyterian* Adopt n Report on
Temperance.
Pittsburg, May 24.—The eighth day's ses
sion of the general assembly of the Pres
byterian church began at'the usual hour.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing the
proposition to raise $1,000,000 by a reunion
memorial fund, to wipe out the debts of
the benevolent boards.
The report of the standing committee
on temperance was read. One resolution
declared in order to secure more effective
repressive lgislatton; there should be In
creased endeavor to secure by the election
and appointment to official position of
men of clean hands and pure hearts, who
have not lifted up their souls unto vanity
nor sworn deceitfully; and approved efforts
to prevent the appointment of men of
known intemperate habits to ofllr!ul posi
tion under the national, state or municipal
authorities. An amendment, calling upon
all voters of the Presbyterian church to
work against licensing places for the sale
of intoxicating liquors, excited opposition
from the committee. The amended resolu
tion was adopted by an almost unanimous
vote. ____ .
Tramp* Injured la a Wreck.
Danville, Ky.. May 24.—1n a freight
wreck on the Cincinnati Southern railroad,
near here, early this morning, two men
were killed and five wounded. The injured
men are all tramps, two being ngroes.
The dead are: Stanley Davis, twhite), of
Chattanooga, and D. K. Stocks, (colored.)
The Injured are: Ransom Mitchell,. (col
ored), of Cincinnati. Jack Ward of Chatta
nooga, Archie Pollck. Andrew Lawson
and James Gallivan. The last three gave
Somerset as their home. None is seriously
injured.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, MAY 25. 1805.
BATTLES AAITH THE BAT.
Oateonie of le Day's Struggles for
the i hnnt|lon*!iip.
AVashington, May 21.—The following are
the results of base ball games played
to-day:
At Cleveland— R II K
Cleveland ....3 5. 0.0 0 2 3 1 x—l 417 6
New York ..2 O'l 3 I 0 1 0 3—llll 3
Batteries--Sullivan. AA'allaee and O'Con
nor: Boswell. German and AA'ilson.
At Pittsburg RUE
Pittsburg 0 00001021000 I—s 10 1
Boston 1 00 2 1000 00 0 0 o—l 9 1
Batteries—Hart and Sugden; Slivetts
and Ryan.
At Cincinnati— H H E
Cincinnati 00403 00 0 C o—l3 13 2
Philadelphia 100105000 I—l 4 17 11
Batteries—Parrott and Vaughn; McGill
and Buckley.
At St. Louts— R H E
St. Louis ....0 0000003 I—4 11 9
AVashington .0 4 o' 0 1 0 3 0 o—B 10 3
Batteries—Staley, Miller and Pcitx; Maul
and McGuire.
At Atlanta— R H E
Atlanta 0 00001010 2 -4 4 3
Memphis ..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 I—3 8 2
Batteries—Wynne and Armstrong; yuigg
and O'Meara.
Nashville, Tenn., May 21.—Darkness put
an end to the Nashville-Llt’le ltoek game
to-day at the conclusion of the seventh
inning. Briggn was very wild in the first
Inning anil his bases on bails and wild
pitching, combined with the errors of Sec
ond Baseman Cullen, enabled Nashville to
score six runs. The score follows:
R II E
Nashville 6 0 0 1 3 0 o—lo 7 1
Little Rock 1 2 0 0 0 0 1— 4 9 1
Batteries—Daniels and Trost; Biiggs and
Corcoran.
At Evansville— R II E
Evansville ...5 0 1 3 6 5 2 1 1—24 25 I
Montgom'y .2 0020000 1— 585
Batteries Blackburn and Fields; Molo
ney and Rappold.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 24.—New Or
leans and Chattanooga tied this after
noon In a beautiful nine-inning game. The
ground was soggy and nasty, but an al
most errorless game was played. While
baserunning. Bushman, Chattanooga's
third baseman, slipped and sprained his
ankle. Both teams had their best pitch
ers in the box.
Darkness prevented playing off the tie.
The score* follows:
R H E
Chattanooga .0 0200001 0-3 9 1
New 0i1'5.... 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 o—3 U 3
Batteries—Keenan and Fisher; Smith
and Gonding.
A 200 TO 1 SHOT AAIYS.
Jockey Hugh Penny Ruled Off at La
tenia for llnd Killing.
Cincinnati, May 24.—At Latonia to-day
another large crowd saw excellent spo-t
on a fast track. The weather was perfect,
and everything conducive to enjoyable
racing was provided.
The surprise of the afternoon was in
the second race, when Elixbert, with N.
Morris, a stable boy, up, who had been
selling at 200 to 1, and closed at luO to 1.
came In first. Thorpe went to sleep on
Tobin, and Morris slipped past with ease
After the fourth raee Jockey Hugh
Penny was ruled oft the track for bad
riding on Melody. It is not Improbable
that formal charges may be filed and his
license be taken away from him Sum
maries of the day's events follow :
First Race—gelling, seven furlongs Ju
dith, 108, Perkins, 2 to 1, won, with Blanche
Kenney second and Brownell third. Time
1: J9 l
Second Race—Selling, one mile. Elixbert.
89. N. Morris. 100 to 1, won, with Tobin
second and Tosco third. Time 1: 43.
Third raee—Half mile. Florrie, 103. H
Brooks, 3 to 5. won, with Countess Inna
second and Oswego third. Time :4vc- 4 .
Fourth Race—Six furlongs. Joe Mack
105, Perkins, 4 to 5. won, with Yellow Rose
second and Sigurd third. Time 1:15>,.
Fifth Raee—Five furlongs. Rew'arde,'ils
Martin, 9 to 10, won, with Sir Dllke second
and Del Coronado third. Time LO2-V
AVILDE ON THE STAND.
He I* So AA'eak A* to Be l nnhle to
Stand AA llile Testifying.
London, May 24.—Upon the resumption
of the trial of Oscar AVilde to-day Sir
Frank Lockwood, solicitor genera], made
application to the judge for reinstate
ment in the ease of the evidence in regard
to Shelley, which the court eliminated
from the case yesterday. The court re
fused to grant the application.
Sir Edward Clarke then opened the
case for the defense. He complained of
the unjust manner in which the prosecu
tion had been conducted and declared that
because of this the defendant could an
swer to only a remnant of the charges,
AVilde was then called to the stand and
repeated thh testimony he gave in the
previous trial. Wljde is physically weak
and was allowed to sit while testifying.
Wilde's testimony brought out nothing
new. Sir F. Lockwood, throughout the
cross-examination, carefully avoided giv
ing the defqnijant any opening for a lit
erary speech.
A COTTAGE BLOAA’N TO PIECES.
A AA'oinan Die* A* a Result—'The Ex
liloNfon Prearranged.
Omaha, Neb., May 24.—An explosion tn
a cottage at Twenty-sixth and Caldwell
streets at 12:30 o’clock this morning blew
the house to pieces, completely wrecking
it. Mrs. G. S. Oburn, whose husband is a
telegraph operator, was so badly burned
that she died shortly afterward. William
Henry and wife, other occupants of the
house, have completely disappeared. The
explosion appears to have been caused by
a large quantity of purposely arranged
gasoline or other explosives.
—Jess—Well, what did papa say when
you asked him for my hand?
Jack—He gave me the refusal of it.—
New York World.
Sarah Bernhardt
writes of
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HIGH AHC'I 1,1.0(11 DEAD.
The Ex-Secretary of the Trcnsars
Passes Ana s .
.Washington. May 24.—1i0n. Hugh Mc-
Culloch. ox-Secretary of the Treasury,
died this morning at 2:40 o'clock at his
country place near Bright wood. The
cause of his death was a general breaking
down of his system due to advanced age,
aggravated by a lung trouble. His two
sons, daughter and grandson were at his
bedside.
Hugh McCulloch, was born in Kenne
bunk. Me.. Dee. 7. 1808. He entered Bow-
Join College in 1824 and two years lat-r
left before graduating on account of 111
health, when he at one<> began to teach
school, which he continued until 1829. and
then took up the study of law, and within
three years was admitted to the bar. In
1833 he concluded that his otq>ortunitles
were slim In the small Maine town, and,
like many other men who have risen to
distinction, he went xvest, and settled In
the little town of Fort Wuyno, Ind., an 1
two years after his arrival was cashier
and manager of the Slate Bank of Indi
ana. He continued in this position until
1856. when he became president, and acted
as such until May. 1863. He then resigned
to accept the iontrollership of the treas
. ury, tendered to him by Secretary Salmon
I’. Chase. This olHoo had Just been created
by congress, and Mr. McCulloch was its
first head. Ha at once undertook the or
ganization of the newly created btfreau
and soon after put into operation the na
tional banking system. His own reputa
i tlon for conservatism Influenced the man
’ tigers of the large state banks and pro
moted the conversion of the leading credit
Institutions of commercial eltles Into na
tional banks. March, 1865, came the resig
nation of Secretary W. V. Fessenden,
when President Lincoln appointed Mr.
McCulloch Secretary of the Treasury.
There was no one more surprised at the
promotion than Mr. McCulfoeh. He was
sent for by the President who. In his
brusque way, informed him that he In
tended making him head of the treasury.
''But, Mr. President,”'Sabi the prospective
secretary. "I do not feel competent to un
dertake so gigantic a task, and especially
at fhls time, when the administration of
the department demands such wisdom and
extraordinary Judgment.” "Never mind
about that," said Mr. Lincoln, be re
sponsible for any mistakes." And with
this Mr. McCulloch became secretary.
At that time the government was in great
financial embarrassment. It was still in
curring enormous expenses "and heavy de
mands were pressing upon a nearly empty
treasury. Ills first and most Im
portant duty, therefore. was to
raise by further loans what
was needed to pay the large amount due
to 500,000 soldiers and sailors, whose ser
vices the government was in no condition
to dispense with, and meet other demands.
This was successfully accomplished, and
in less than six months from the time of
his appointment the obligations of the
go\ ernment were materially diminished
and the reduction of the debt was begun.
The next Important work Was the conver
sion of more than one million dollats of
short time obligations into a funded debt.
This was quietly effected, and in a little
more than two years the whole debt of the
country was put Into a satisfactory state.
In his annual reports lie advised the
steady reduction of the national debt, re
tirement of legal tender notes and a
speedy return to specie payments, urging
that a-permanent public debt mtgnt be
dnngerous to republican institutions. He
believed it was not the duty of the govern
ment to furnish the people with paper
money, and that it had no power under
the constitution to make its own notes
lawful money, and that paper currency
of the country should be furnished by the
national banks. His views bn the subject
of the debt were sustained by congress,
us were also those for a short time in re
gard to legal tender notes. Secretary Mc-
Culloch held office until March 4. 1869, and
two years later left the United States for
London, where he engaged in banking
until 1878. October, 1884. he again entered
public life. Walter Q. Gresham was then
secretary of the treasury, and on his re
tirement Mr. McCulloch was appointed by
Bresident Arthur, and held the office until
the close of his administration.
Since his retirement he has lived in
Washington and on his farm in Maryland.
He has contributed articles to magazines
and publications and wrote a series of
letters xvhile in London Tor the New York
Tribune, which were widely copied and
used by the republicans in Ohio for polit
ical purposes during the campaign of 1875.
Mr. McCulloch is also the author of a
book entitled "Men and Measures of Half
a Century,” which reviews the political,
and social changes in that period with
which he was familiar.
TO DIG FOR GOLD.
A Company AA itii s!(H>.OOO.Cap!tul Or
ganized at Seoltsbqro.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 21.—The Santa
Creek Mining Company xvas organized to
day at Scottsboro, Ala., with a capital
stock of $100,00i) to mine for gold in Sand
mountain, fourteen miles from Scotts
boro. The mineral rights in 240 acres of
land along Santa crock have been pur
chased and options obtained on all the
farm and mountain land in the neighbor
hood of the gold fields. Ofificcrs were
elected as follows: D. K. Jones, presi
dent; O. F. Jones, secretary and treasurer
and F. V. Bodfish manager, all of Chat
tanooga. During the meeting reports
reached Scottsboro that gold had been
also discovered on the north side of the
Tennessee river, opposite the mouth of
Santa cre*k, and the town became great
ly excited. Land owners now refuse to en
tertain proposition of Faie, The mineral is
found in the form of pebbles tn a bed of
gravel and sand, and only admits of being
worked by the placer procesa. Stock irv
the new company is held by Chattanooga,
Scottsboro and Montgomery. Ala., par
ties of 1,000 shares of stock of $lO9 each,
only a limited portion remain untaken.
The gold fields cover an extensive ter
ritory and It is believed the metal i there
in paying quantities. ,
IN FREE SILVER MEXICO.
HEDGING Ptt BETTER TH AN HON
EST I Mil Mitt IIOE*.
The Laborers lift A er Muir Beat to
Eat. Ileeanse Its Price I‘ats It Out
of Keneh—AA ages on a Silver llnsls
nod t omaiodllles ou u Gold llnsls.
From the Chicago Timcs-Herald.
l ity of Mcxfi o. May 30—From ihe mo
ment the American traveling in*o Alex
ico gets an exchange for one American
dollar two Mexlean dollars until, when
on returning, he give* two Mcxiean dol
lars to get one American dollar back, his
life is full of surprises. The order of
horse ra< ing here is a fair sample of
bow entirely and completely the elvlllca
tion of the United States is reversed In
Mexico. There are no better races than
those given by the great Jockey Chit,
here, yet It is hard to get accustomed to
seeing thoroughbreds ra-e from left to
right Instead of from right to left.
It is equally difficult to become accus
tomed to the great opulence and excess
ive poverty which scent to dwell together,
living closer than the two extremes are
ever seen existing side by side It. the
1 nite-1 States. The entire soc-al system
in Mexico is intereslin. so Interesting In
fact, that It becomes impossible to give
any general outline which would ade
quately portray the habits and customs,
virtues and vices of the people. It must be
handled from time to time tn detail, fol
lowing from their source the laws which
have more than zone or altitude uffected
the life and character of the Mexicans.
There is one element which enters large
ly into the life at present In this country
which Is of peculiar interest to the Amer
ican people. It Is the currency system
under which they live, and which. If no!
the basis of many of the troubles of Mex
icans. failed at least to be of benefit to
her people.
Mexico Is absolutely upon the basis of
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
The advocates of the same system in the
United States claim to have pitched the
present campaign, which.is b-lng waged
with such vigor, upon fact rather than
upon theory. The free silver orator claims
experience as the basis of his argument
and attributes to ihe gold basis ail the
ills which have fallen upon the world
since 1873.
I came front the United Slates to Mex
iro believing largely In many of the falla
cies of the free silver men. If I was
not an out and oul free coinage advocate
1 was. to put it mildly, of the McCreary
school of bimetallism. My stay ami study
here have convinced me of one thing
only; that whenever the United States
goes upon a silver basis its tailoring ele
ment will be the one to suffer, and more
than any class or set will have the “hot
end of the stick to hold.”
From Ihe moment the tourist leaves
the borders of the Rio Grande to Ihe time
he reaches the capital of the country, a
distance of some 1.200 miles, he secs pot -
erty and palms fiour'shing alike. At ev
cry station he finds hlntseif besieged with
beggars, not the halt, Ihe lame and the
blind, but by healthy specimen* of hu
manity, wtio ply their begging as the
artisan does his trade. This class is fount
In Italy, Spain, and. In fact, all of the
romance countries, but here It forms such
an Integral part of the population as to
force one to look for reasons for it. and
not to attribute It solely to the indolence
pursuant upon tropical growth.
The rabid gold monometallist would,
without special study, attribute the condi
tion of the laborer here to the financial
system of the country, and, while he
would be partly right, yet the earlier con
dition and laws of this people are propor
tionately responsible for it. There was a
time when the peons, or laboring class,
was in practical slavery; when it was the
law that as long as a peon was in debt
to Ills employer the laborer could not leave
his service until the debt hud been wiped
out. This in most cases meant lifetime
bondage, and the peon must necessarily
submit to any hardship anti accept any
savory which he might be allowed. The
same law Is practically ln force now up
to $lO of Indebtedness. As long as a peon
or peasant owes his employer $lO he can be
forced to work neertaln portion of It
out every week. When the uinount is
over that sum the only resort the creditor
has Is through the civil courts, the system
being similar to that iti the United States.
Therefore, the hard conditions of the
poor until practically a late date In the
history of this country was largely at
tributable to the laws under which they
lived. Hut those conditions no longer ex
ist, and the law for the laborer here is
as advanced and progressive as in any
country in the world. Yet, while the odi
ous peon laws have been abolished years
ago, the condition of the peon and the
peasant, the artisan and the clerk, have
practically remained the same.
The fact of the matter is begging pays
here. It pays because of wages; It pays
because on the meager salary the peon
draws he Ih prnrtically excluded from all
forms f luxuries—luxuries here, bue ne
cessities to the laborers ln the states;
it pays, moreover, because the peon can
get as good a living from begging as he
can from working for wages ranging from
12> 2 cents to 30 cents a day.
It is a pretty poor beggar who can't
earn In his profession as much as the
average laborer gets for his work. See
ing so much penury, as well as so much
prosperity, naturally forces one to turn
to the financial status of the country, and
to discover, If possible, the cause which
have led to the great development of the
natural resources of the country, yet
from which the laborer seems to get no
profit nor to increase his creature com
forts In the same proportion as the hills
give up their ores and the earth yields
it products.
The fight on the financial question now
on in the United States Is being watched
with the same eagerness and Interest
by mine owners here as characterizes the
vigilance of Senators Stewart, Teller and
Dußolg. and other w'estern silver men.
Whenever the United States throws open
her mints to the free and unlimited coin
age of silver the mining property of Mex
ico will be enhanced In value In propor
tion as that in Colorado. While the value
of property will be enhanced, experience
has shown that the salary of the laborer
will be the same, at least as far as Mex
ico is concerned. The dividend of the ,
stockholder wifi alone be increased.
The average wages in Mexico range j
from 12 1 * cents to 25 cents a day in the j
cities and haciendas or plantations, and
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In thr remote mining districts there Is a
slight Increase. All laborers have to feed
or "find'' themselves lit Mexico. On all
plantations there are stores owned by Un
landlord. AVhat Is usually earned by la
bor on the land Is always spent with (he
owner of It.
The question naturally arises, especial
ly after one has heard the promises of
the silver men from iti# floors of con
gress. Why have wages not risen In Mex
ico? Why, even on a silver basis they
are so much lower than the lowest paid In
the United States? It must lie remem
bered, too, that tile wages paid here are
as much in a depredated coin worth only
half us much as the same amount re
ceived for labor In the United States.
On all sides one hears the answer that
the silver basis In Mexico Is not responsi
ble for the low wages jiald here. Ac
knowledge so much, though It is not en
tirely true, still wages huve not Increased
or made any advanee under the free coin
age of silver. This seems to be the chief
argument of the silver men In the states
that wages will advanee ami that the vol
ume of currency will be largely inflated.
Tills Ideu has been so fully absorbed that
in Kentucky a few days ago the sliver men
In one of the eountles met ami decided
that when the government should adopt
free coinage laws Rev. Mr. So and So.
being the most holiest man in that dis
trict, should be relegated to distribute
the silver In thut section.
Nothing which lias been promised by
the silver men lias come to pass here.
Wages are lower uml living higher. Since
silver lias decreased In value to about
one-half everything produced in this coun
try which competes with the markets of
the world has decreased proportionately.
Thu only products which have remained
at nominally the old figure arc those which
are not grown for export and which
do not coma In contact with similar pro
ducts grown In countries which have a
sound currency. Kven coffee, which Is one*
of the staple products, has risen to such
a point as to practically lie beyond the
reach of the peon and the laborer, wjille
the only beef ever in reach of the peon
is that which is cut from Ihe murdered
animals after the bull tight.
Butter Is so dcur as to make it a lux
ury to all classes, and it Is ordered ill
restaurants us radishes, lettuce and other
dainties are got. Beer, which Is a stand
ard drink here, sells for 15 cunts a glass,
and the only liquor which is to be had
by the laboring classes is a native drink
called "pulque." a mllk'ltke looking Lev
erage, which produces some of the results
of the malt product without possessing
any of its vlrtuek.
Cotton and wheat in'Mexico are ron
tlnually being pointed to as higher than
these products In the United States.
Such Is the case, and it works well enough
for the few who raise these products,
but they are out of the reach of those
to whom they are almost necessary to
fife. The teason these products ape high
er is from the fact that there ts not enough
of cotton and wheat raised in Mbxico to
supply the home market, and the price 1*
regulated by the scarcity of tile home
product and the tariff necessary to Im
port what is actually needed. The peon
and the laborer hen live almost exclu
sively on bread made from a rough ground
corn, onions, chile peppers and pulque.
When these facts are pointed out to tht
silver man from Ihe states he at once
says that such a condition of tilings could
not exist there, that labor Is too well
organized to perAlit such a state of af
fairs to last. The politician, as well as
the laborer, knows that there can Le no
fictitious value ln labor, and that, more
over, less than 2 per cent, of the great
mass of labor In the United fitates is or
ganized.
The low wages here are not confined
alone to what may be termed the laboring
classes, but all salaries are proportionate
ly small. The best of clerks In the stores
get from sfs) to SK) per month. The most
expert bookkeepers can seldom get more
than s6o to $125 a month. A’et, tn thiß
class of life, the clothes they wear, the
food they eat, are bought at gob] prices.
While his salary Is higher, yet his neces
sities are so much the greater.
Argue as they will there can be but
one result from a silver basis in the
United States, which should be made
clear to all who are dependent for their
living upon their labor. It is that wages
would not be perceptibly Increased and
that the purchasing power of those wages
would be diminished almost half. Rents
have b-en steadily advancing here and
they would be put up in any country
which depreciates Its money. Whenever
the United States goes upon a silver basis
the earning power of her laborers, arti
sans and clerks wifi be cut almost in
half, while the clothes they wear, the
houses they live tn, the food they eat.
will be. Increased almost double.
Boeing the eondltlon of the toiler and
the peasant here, in a country upon a
silver basts, it can be but the one prayer
of an American visiting Mexico that his
own country’ will be spared the folly of
doing what seems now would be an ir
reparable wrong.
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T ALLA II ASHER TOPICS.
\ (irurKlun Buys n [lraldrner—The
I imii In u I 'on ■n<-uremi-nt.
Tallahasse, Fla.. May 24.—R. B. Latter
lob. late of Georgia, has purchased the
Clark residence, corner of Duval and
Ptfhsaeola streets, which he will make
fhome. Mr, I.atlerloh Is engaged In
naval stores business south of this
city.
J. F. Bernard & Son have re cntly sold
15,is*) acres of land In sections.
Kev. S. W. I’rovrences, pastor ol
the Clinton street Baptist church, will de
liver the baccalaureate sermon In connec
tion with the commencement exercises o(
the West Florida Seminary, at Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church Sunday,
June 2.
Tho undergraduate nnd graduating ex
ercises will take place at the opera house
June 7. In connection with the latter the
medals ami honors for the year will t
confc rred.
wAna prom mi wilit.'.
Some of tlie Dnyts Events get Forth
In kliurt Stories.
Atlanta, Oa„ May 24. -The F. and A.
Masons of Atlantu will erect a temple to
cost no#,mio.
Knoxville, Tenn., May 24.—J. J. Wade,
an employe of a saw mill at offuttr Sta
tion, near this city, hod Ida neck broken
by falling on Ihe belt thin morning.
Atlanta, Ua„ May 24 —The National As
aociatloii of llrlekmakers will moot In At
lanta the week beginning Dec. J. Presi
dents of 450 briek manufacturing compa
nies will come here.
London, May 24.—Neither Banquet nor
Montauk ran to-day In the Chcstcrlleld
handicap plate at Doncaster and thti Salis
bury plate at Salisbury, In which races
they were respectively entered.
Charleston, 8. C\. May 24.—The Young
Men's Business League of <hls city deter
mined to-da> to have a grand reunion of
all the confederate veterans to be held In
this city In the spring of IMW.
Washington. May 21.—Supervising Arch
itect Aiken (it -the treasury department
has gone to Atlanta to look after the pro
gress helug made in constructing the gov
ernment building at the Atlanta exposi
tion.
t.lollttl'a I(4k Debt.
Paris, May 24.—Signor (ilollttl, ex-pre
mler and ex-minister of the interior of
Italy, haa written a letter to the Figaro In
which he asserts that Premier Crlspl a
Indebtedness to the state bank at Roms
Is 1,260,000 lire.
THE MAGNETIC STIIOMSTADTS.
They lirnuk Iron Water, Were Jlk
-oetlsetl li> I.lglit tilng, uutl Tlaerc
They Are.
From the Tacoma Dally News.
A remarkable story comes from the up
per Vakima. Two years ago Mr.' Feter
Btromstadt located on a piece of land near
what Is now known as Barox Springs, his
family consisting of hia wife and two chil
dren. A few days after his settlement
Mr. Btromstadt discovered a spring close
to the shack he had erected, the water of
which was strongly Impregnated with
iron, but not unpalatable. Mr. Btromstadt
dug out and deepened the spring and since
July, IStt, the family have used the water
for all domestic purposes.
On the night of April ii a heavy electrical
storm passed over the Cascades, accom
panied by vivid displays of lightning. The
following morning Mrs. Btromstadt. while
kindling the lire in the stove, found it al
most impossible to separate the stove lift
er from her hand. Her husband, hearing
her scream, ran to her assistance, when,
to his surprise, he found that he, too, ex
perienced great difficulty in detaching any
article of iron with which his hands cams
In contact. Breakfast was finally pre
pared and the family sat down to the meal
The children, two girls of 5 and 7 years,
drank their milk from tin cups, and upon
raising the cups to their lips found them
selves unable to detach the cups from
their mouths. Mr. Btromstadt, who is an
intelligent immigrant from Sweden, was
nonplussed, and while unable to account
for the wonderful occurrences, neverthe
less laughed at his wife's excited declara
tions that the family wefe bewitched. Mr.
Btromstadt has written a friend In town.
He says that the small bed on which the
children sleep Is upon roller casters, and
that In the morning the bed is invariably
pointing north and south, the bed being
a little to the east of north.
The case is one of the most remarkable
on record. A member of the academy of
sciences, to whom the circumstances were
related, states that the Btromstadt family
have become saturated with iron, which
was rendered magnetic by the passage of
electrclty from the clouds to the earth
during the storm on the night of April 2;
and they are actual human magnets.
—Eastport, Me., has a Chinaman who
paddles along on a bicycle, fetching and
delivering his laundry bundles by rapid
transit.
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