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ATLANTA'S BIG TOAST LIST.
rFACE .Tl lIII.EE PROMISES SOME
GREAT FK (TURKS.
Toots All Snllnl to Those Who Will
Respond—Jubilee to Continue Two
Days—l'rDitrninme for the Enter
tainment of the DiKtUlKilishrn
Visitors—l’re*t<lent to lie Guest
of the Georgia Legislatore.
Atlanta, Ga., Dee 3.—Advices to the com
mittee having in charge the arrangements
for the peace Jubilee, indicate that the
celebration will be highly successful in
each of its many features.
The Ist of prominent men who will re
spond to toasts on the concluding night of
the Jubilee, Dec. 15, numbers sixteen, anil
from President McKinley down, all have
subjects happily apropos. The list of
speakers and their toasts follows:
“Our Country,” the Pres dent.
“The Navy," Rear Admiral Schley.
“The Army,” Maj, Gen. Shatter.
"The New Union," Hon George R. Peck.
"The Confederate Veterans as Defend
ers of the Flag,” Maj. Gen, Dee.
“The Citizen as a Soldier,” Col. W. J.
Bryan.
"Santiago, the Plymouth Rock of Cuban
Freedom,” Hon. Stephen O'Meara.
"How the People Paid the Bill," Hon.
Lyman J. Gage.
"The South's Part in the War," Maj,
Gen. Joseph Wheeler.
“The Volunteer as Viewed by a
in taimmand," Maj. Gen. Chaffee.
“The War as an Echo of Independence
Hall,” Hon. Charles Emory Smith.
“The State Government's Answer to the
Call to Arms,” Gov. Joseph F. Johnston.
"We Follow Where Duty Calls," Lieut.
Hobson.
“What the Liberty Bell Says About It,”
Hon. Charles F. Warwick.
“There Is no Minority in Patriotism,”
Hon. Joseph W. Bailey.
“The Congress of the United States,"
Hon. John M. Alien.
The jubilee will continue two days, Dec.
14 and 15. but the time of the President
and the distinguished party accompanying
him from Washington will lie fully occu
pied. President McKinley on his arrival
in Atlanta, will be entertained at break
fast at the Kimball, after which he will
be the guest of the Georgia legislature
holding a reception in tlie eapltol at 1
o'clock. The afternoon will be given over
to resting, anil in the evening the Presi
dent and party will be the guests of the
Capital City Club.
The President will address the public
at Piedmont Park on the afternoon of the
second day, concluding his public appear
ances at the banquet at night. Mrs. Mc-
Kinley and the ladies of the cabinet are
expected to accompany the Washington
party. An enormous crowd is expected
and the bookings at the hotel are already
heavy.
THEY OBJECT TO A IS EG HO.
Florida Soldiers Want a White Pay
master to I'ny Them tiff.
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 3.—This morning
the announcement was made that the
money with which to pay olt the First
Florida was here, that the paymaster
would arrive on the afternoon train, and
that the soldiers would be paid In time
for them to leave on the Sunday trains
going east and west.
The boys were happy in anticipation
of an early departure for their homes, un
til later in the day. when a rumor came
that a negro paymaster was coming to
genie with them, and many became indig
nant, saying they would not receive their
pay from a negro.
Theo Joyner of Dublin, Ga., has come
to take the position of chief clerk at the
Leon.
Hon. E. C. Maxwell of Pensacola, Judge
of the First circuit, is here to ait on the
Supreme bench in cases In which Chief
Justice Taylor is disqualified.
George Canty, tried in the Circuit Court
for killing Jack Holloway last July, was
convicted of murder in the first degree.
The grand Jury has found a total of
fourteen indictments, made their present
ment, and been discharged.
NEWS NOTES FROM DOUGLAS.
The Hreeie llm si Xpw Owner.
Grading the Wayeron Air Line.
Douglas, Ga., Doc. 3.—James M. Free
man of Waycross, yesterday purchased
of Hon. C. A. Ward. Jr., the entire print
ing plant of the Douglas Breeae. Mr. Free
man is a well known newspaper man In
this section of Georgia, and will give his
readers a clean Democratic paper.
The tinners are putting the roof on the
Union Bank building. Contractor Darling
Is pushing all departments of the work to
completion by Jan. 1.
Contractor Powers is grading the Way
cross Air Line extension from Douglas to
Ashley's. Capts. L. Johnson and J. S. Bai
ley. two prominent officials and owners of
this road were In the city yesterday on
business connected with the road.
The Supreme Court has not yet handed
down a decision in the Coffee county elec
tion contest, which was argued last week
by Qulncey A McDonald for the Populists,
and Hon. Spencer R. Atkinson for the
Democrats.
Douglas is endeavoring to get a dlspen
ary bill passed, and applicants for the
manager’s position are numerous.
TO DECIDE IT MONDAY.
Energetic Prohibition Fight in
Thomas County.
Thomasville, Ga., Dec. 3.—The prohibi
tion fight in Thomasville will close on
Monday with the election. The issue has I
been fought out very energetically by both
sides, but without bitterness or strife.
Judge S. A. Roddenberry, who hae been
very active on the dry side, will make the
closing speech at the opera house to-mor
row afternoon.
Mrs. K. O. Thompson, wife of the supc-r
-lnlendent of water works of Thomasville,
died last night after a long illness. Mrs!
Thompson leaves a large family of clui
dien and grandchildren.
John Do)hery, wlio was well known in
Thomasville, died Wednesday in Quincy,
Fla. He had lived here for many years
and his remain* were brought tiers for
burial.
—As an example of how a story grows,
the Kansas City Journal says that recent
ly a report came to Ottawa of a pettintxi
snrke sixty feet long and nine inches
diana-icr, which had been found by 11,,
coal miiiers at Kansotnviilc j>,vf y u , e
of the Ottawa Cotlege hurried to Hansom
vdl* in fear that some other
b.sor would get ahead of ,, k%
ala ill' “"V'" 1 hit of pelrl
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One for I.a Grippe.
One for t onshs.
One for Inflncnsn.
One for Catarrh.
One for Sore Throat.
rills combination of cures In one
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Humphreys’ Med. Cos., cor. Wiluam and
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MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
Continued from First Page.
banks, Charles J. Faulkner, George r
Shoup, Representatives Ne.son, Dingley,
Robert R. Hitt and Champ Clark; Gen
Felix Agnus, Maryland; T. Jefferson Cool
idge, Massachusetts; Charles G. Dawes,
controller of the currency; Gen. Granville
M. Dodge, Charles H. Duell, commissioner
of patents; li. Clay Evans, commissioner
of ivensions; Charles Denby, ex-minister to
China; John W. Foster, ex-Seeretary of
State; David J. Hill, assistant secretary of
state; George D. Meiklejohn, assistant
secretary of war; L. A. Pradt, assistant
attorney general; John Addison Porter,
secretary to the President; Prof. Henry 3.
Pritchatt, United States coast survey;
John B. Wright, commissioner District of
Columbia; Frank B. Noyce, Washington
Evening Star; Dr. Waiter Wyman, sur
geon general, U. S. M. H. 8.; J- D. Yeo
mans, interstate commerce commissioner,
John Russell Young, librarian of Congress;
Scott C. Bone, Washington Post; George
B. Cortelyou, assistant secretary to the
President; Charles H. Cramp, Philadel
phia; Henry W. Fuller, general passenger
agent Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad; T
H. Hepburne, England; Joseph Leiter,
Illinois; Dr. Thomas L. McDonald, District
of Columbia; J. H. Maddy, press agent
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Gonzales dc
Queaada. Cuba; A. C. Raymond, Canadian
Pacific Railway; Edward Rosewater, edi
tor Omaha Bee; W. A. Turk, general pas
senger agent Southern Railway.
TIIE SEDUCTIVE RATH TUB.
Explanation of the Defeat of the
Kansas Populists,
T. A. McNeal in the Topeka Mail.
We have' heard a deal of talk since the
late unpleasantness as to the causes of
the defeat, but the real cause has not
l>een told.
The real /cause is the affemlnating habits
of luxury and plutocratic tastes adopted
and cultivates! by the leaders of the to
horls of reform. A short time before the
election his home paper called attention to
the fact that Senator Titus, of Harper
county, had put in his home a porcelain
lined, roll rim, decorated hath tub.
When the leaders of the cohorts get to
this point the cause of reform, is on the
tol>oggan slide which leads to everlasting
destruction. What caused the downfall of
mighty Rome? When was it that she
starred on the downward slide from her
high plain of greatness and world wide
power toward her decay nnd final de
struction? It was when the Roman sen
ators and consuls liegan to use porcelain
bath tubs and lave themselves with -ler
lumed water.
In the early days of the Populist party
we would like to observe the color of the
man’s- hirsute adornment who would have
acknowledged that he had a porcelain
lined bath tub in his house and still have
asked for the support of the serfs who
were writhing under the heel of the money
power. There would have been no more
demand for a man of that kind than there
would be for a winter overcoat in the
neighborhood of the central furnace of
hades.
Those were the daya when a Populist
candidate announced to his enthusiastic
constituents: “Gentlemen, iny wife is just
as dirty and greasy as any of your w ives.”
We might say. in passing, that we are
informed that his wife was a neat, clean
woman, who had more sense in a minute
than her husband had in a day and a half,
but his language shows that no effeminat
ing luxury was allowed to mix up with
the early movements of reform.
Senator Titus is not the only sad ex
ample of the way in which plutocratic
luxury is sapping the very foundations of
the reform movement and luring its lead
ers into habits of ease.
When Jerry Simpson w as the idol of his
constituency the hair on his ankles grew
rank and unshnded by confining hose.
Then the serfs contributed freely of their
hard earned silver coin that Jerry might
be elevated to a place where he could
beard the red dragon in his lair.
But like the Roman senators, Jerry
yielded to the seductive temptations of
effeminating luxury, nnd his power began
to wane, m golf suit and silken hosiery
he coasted down Pennsylvania avenue in
company with bloated millionaires. He
attended the banquets of the Four Hun
dred aud filled his Interior with high
priced and phasing wines, while nis eyes
were dazzled by the appearance and con
versation of high-born dames dressed de
collete. That sealed It. The great leader
of reform and champion of the plain, com
mon people, who was supposed to be
whooping it up in their Interest like John
the Baptist crying in the wilderness, and
dining principally on Jack rabbits and
wild onions, was now in the clutch of the
octopus and eating and drinking with the
plates. . , . . ,
Judge McKay, in the early days of the
reform movement, could only restrain
himself from violence by a mighty effort
when the name of a corporation was men
tioned—and began riding on a pass fur
nished by a heartless corporation.
We might extend the list. We might
speak of Judge Fooie. at first a plain,
common, w ind-filled reformer, going about
with the soft summer air stealing through
the rent* in the basement of his panta
loons; next a road agent, filling himself
with rare and high-priced viands at the
Hotel Savoy, clad In soft raiment such
as would have made Solomon gasp in the
days of his glory.
The porcelain bath tub, the railroad
pass, the soft raiment and other evidences
of plutocratic proclivities tell the sad story
of the l’opullst fall.
If the leaders had turned their backs
upon tempiatloi); if they had, Instead of
putting In porcelain bath tubs, let the rich
red or cream colonel Kansas soil a cum
ulate on their necks, taking an occasional
bath In a hand basin on the back (Web;
if, instead of moving up lo the National
Hotel, with It* silver service nnd hi .id
waiter In gorgeous array, they bad pm
up With the plain | | i • o IPs Uul-
THE MORNING NEWS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1893.
ELRS' LODGE OF SORROW.
Will Re Held nt the Theater Till*
Afternoon.
Savannah Ix>dge of Eiks will hold a
memorial service at the theater this after
noon at 3:30 o'clock.**The service is what
is called a Lodge of Sorrow, in memory of
the Elk* w'no have died during the year.
Mr. T. S. Morgan, Jr., will deliver the
eulogy on the deceased members. Mr. \N
C. Hart ridge will deliver a general eulogy
on the dead of the order. "Thanatopsls”
will be rendered by Mr. Ullle Ackeretrom.
Lieut. J. W. F< rtune of the One Hundred
nr.il Sixty-first Indiana wl.l act as chap-
Jalp. The vocal part of the programme
will Is' in charge of Mrs. Siva. Mrs. M-ze,
Mr. Gormiln, Mr. Beckett ami Mr. Dow.
Leon s orchestia will furnish the instru
mental music. The services are* public.
If V H SEVEN toil PLAINTS.
Rut Hie Soldier Thought He Was
.Inst a Little I iiiler the Weather.
A soldier who was held at the guard
house of the provost guard as a deserter
from the Texas regiment sent word up last
nighi that he was not feeling well.
"What is the matter with you?" he was
asked.
“Oh, not much; just feeling a trifle vn
der the weather,” was the reply.
A surgeon was sent in to examine the
prisoner and shortly afterward returned
with the rejiort that the man had exactly
sevi n different complaints, including fever.
When the man was told that he would
be sent lo the hospital he seemed surpris
ed. "Why.” said he, “I ain't Just feeling
well, that’s all’s the matter with me.”
CITY BREVITIES.
The monthly meeting of Circle No. 7.
King's Daughters, will be held at the
King's Daughters' Exchange Tuesday af
ternoon. instead of Monday, as expected. A
-full meeting is desired.
('apt. J. T. Gardner of Company G, First
North Carolina Regiment, says if the ia
die* who waited on the table of his com
pany Thanksgiving days will call on him
at provost headquarters, at Thunderbolt,
he will present each one with a picture
of the company and the table as they look
er! at dinner.
The Cosmopolitan Social Club will give
its first annual ball at the Odd Fellows’
Hall Wednesday night. The club is com
posed of a set of popular young men and
they intend to make the occasion a very
enjoyable one. The following committee
has charge of the affair: John E. Schwaiz,
chairman; Edward J. Wall. Otto B.
Schwarz. Fred A. X.eonard, Ed B. Killorln,
Chris Hansen.
ROMAN WEALTH AND WASTE.
Pearls Dissolved in Wine anil a Re
lay of Dinners for Mnrk Antony.
E. H. House is contributing to St. Nicho
las a series of articles on “Bright Sides in
History.” In the December number the au
thor tells this story of ancient extrava
gance:
“The pearl which Cleopatra drank to An
tony's health was valued at nearly $400,-
000, so at one mouthful she disposed of as
much as the cost of Caligula’* supper. I
suppose that was the most valuable pearl
we have any knowledge of; though Julius
Caesar owned one worth $250,000, which
he gave to the mother of Brutus—the same
Brutus who afterward helped to kill Cae
sar. Pearls seemed to have held out par
ticular temptations to people who took
pleasure In wasteful follies, perhaps be
cause no other jewel could be so easily
swallowed.
"Cleopatra's prank was not the first of Us
kind. Tlie same absurdity had been com
mitted by a silly fellow In Rome named
Aesop—not your favorite fable-teller, for
he lived centuries earlier, and was a very
wise man. The Roman Aesop was t.ie son
of a rich actor, and, just to make himself
talked about, he look a pearl from the ear
drop of caecilia, the wife of the tyrant
Sylla, and, according to writers of that
age. drank it in vinegar. I believe that
the possibility of dissolving this kind of
gem Is disputed by many modern authori
ties. but the ancients appear to have had
no doubt on the subject, for the instances
recorded by them were numerous, and
were attested by men of scientific etand
ing. A Japanese naturalist, who has
studied pearls minutely, states that he has
found them of such various quality and
structure that the existence of specimens
which might be melted does not seem to
him Inconceivable. But whether Aesop li
quefied his pearl or not, the performance
certainly cost him a sum equivalent to
s4o,ooo—quite enough, though nothing in
comparison with what Cleopatra squan
dered. Hers was the wildest piece of ex
travagance that I can recall.
•‘lt was the fashion to be extravagant
then. Mark Antony was not far behind
the Egyptian Queen in that respect,
though ids fancy was not for beverages
flavored by trinkets. Substantial food was
more in his line. A visitor who once went
into the kitchen of his palace In Alex
andria saw eight wild boars roasting at
the same time, and thought there must tie
an Immense mimlier of guests expected;
but the cook told him only twelve persons
would dine that day, and the reason of the
extensive preparation was that no one
could say exactly when Antony would go
to the table. Hut whenever he gave thb
signal the ineut must be Just In proper
condition at that moment. So it was the
rule to get ready a series of dinners, over
lapping one another, you might any, at
Intervals of fifteen or twenty minutes.
Only one could be eat<*n. and the rest were
wasted; but tile waste did not matter. An
tony was never kept waiting, anil that, in
Jds opinion, wu* the thing to be consid
ered.”
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THE LANE BILL SIDETRACKED.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS'
FRIENDS ITIOTIit'T THEM.
No ()nornm, but the House Kept at
Work-Many Local Hills Passed
Without the Point Being Raised.
Rills to Require Street Railroads
to Afford I'roteetiou to Motornien
nnd Drivers in Cold Weather—Bill
lo Require the Registration ot
Mortgage Transfer*.
Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 3.—The friends of the
State Railroad Commission had their in
nings in the House to-day.
Y'esterday the I-ane hill, which cuts the
pay of the commissioner- to $2.0.0 a year,
was passed after a hot debate. This
morning a motion was made to reconsider
this action, and fix the discussion of the
motion to reconsider for Dec. 17, which
is the last day of the present session.
Strange as it seems, in the face of yes
terday's sentiment, this motion prevailed,
and now unless the consent of the House
can be gained to change the time for the
discussion of the motion to reconsider,
the bill is surely pigeon-holed for this
session, as it would be impossible to pass
it on the last day.
Mr. Lane, the author of the bill, was
called home yesterday afternoon, and
was not present to-day when the matter
came up as staled. When he returns Mon
day he is sure to renew the light, and
with a full House may succeed in getting
the bill into the Senate in time to have
it acted upon there.
A great many vacant seats stared the
spenker in the face when he called the
House to order this morning. It was dan
gerous to make a test for a quorum, but
Mr. Knowles of Fulton, who presided
through most of the session, determined
tliat there should be no slack up in busi
ness on account of the slim attendance.
With a nerve that could hardly have been
used in a worse case, a quorum was count
ed time after time, until no less than
twenty-seven local bills had been passed.
It is not amiss to 6ay that none of these
bills received bona fide enough vote* to
pass them, but as no point was raised
they will become Just as good law as ii
they had received the vote of every mem
ber on the rolls, provided they get through
the Senate and receive the signature of
the Governor—for it is impossible to go
back of the House journal to prove that a
bill did not get the constitutional number
of votes, when it is once entered as passed.
None of these local Dills were of any in
terest in Savannah. The chances are that
all of them would have been passed in a
full house, so aside from the practice of
grinding out new laws faster than the
people can read them, there was probably
no harm done by to-day's unique session.
There was a batch of new bills intro
duced and among these some of consider
able general importance, as follows:
By Mr. Bryan of Floyd—To provide that
lunatics shall be released from the asylum
upon recovery, without notice lo guar
dians.
By Mr. Bryan of Floyd—To prevent a
creditor from being the guardian of an
Insane person.
By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond—To re
quire street railway companies to provide
protection for motortnen or drivers, from
cold and Inclement weather.
By Mr. Hall of Bibb—Also requiring
street railway companies to enclose the
front tdatforms of cars for the protection
of raotormen.
By Mr. Reynolds of Richmond—To cre
ate a bureau of labor and labor statistics
in the department of agriculture.
By Messrs. Arnold and Maxwell of Ogle
thorpe—To require all railroads in this
state to carry bicycles as baggage without
charge.
By Mr. Bryan of Floyd—To provide for
public mairons at state and county pris
ons.
By Mr. Gresham of Burke—A bill to re
quire the effects of alcoholic beverages
nnd of narcotics to be taught in the public
schools.
By Mr. McLaughlin of Merriwether—To
amend the law "for admission to the bar
by establishing a board of three examiners
to be appointed by the Supreme Court and
to be composed of learned and experienced
altorneys-at-law of generally recognized
ability and integrity.”
By Mr. Knowles of Fulton—To require
the registration of transfers of mortgages.
AN ATTEMPTED LYNCHING.
Mob Wanted the Negro Who Killed
Peacock nf Lumber City.
Macon, Ga., Dee. 3.—A special to the
Telegraph says that Mcßae,, In Telfair
county, is in a date of excitement be
cause of two prisoners in jail there.
One of these is the negro who murdered
Commissary Keeper Peacock at Lumber
City recently, and the other is the white
man whom the negro charges with having
paid him SSO to do the killing. It is thought
the white man, whose name is Strickland,
will be allowed to have a fair trial, but
the feeling against the negro is very in
tense.
It was planned by people along the
Southern Railroad to-night that the negro
should lie lynched before midnight, but the
effort failed. The crowd did not organize
sufficiently to accomplish anything and
the lynching, if it occurs at all, will be
later.
The murder was a brutal one. The ne
gro claimed a half-day’s pay more than
Mr. Peacock had allowed him. A quar
rel ensued. To avoid trouble Peacock pail
the negro for tile half day and discharged
him. Tlie negro went away and soon re
turned with a gun loaded with buckshot,
lie shot Peacock dead and then fired an
other load into the dead man's body.
Ho wns captured last night a few miles
away from Lumber City. He says he
would have killed Peacock anyhow, and
simply took the quarrel as an excuse. He
was heavily guarded in an otherwise emp
ty coach this afternoon on the train that
brought him from Lumber City.
DANGEROUS BITE FROM A DOG.
Gicraia Rnilroad Conductor Rttten
by a Rabid Animal.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 3.—News has been
reecived in the city that Conductor C. D.
Baillie of the Georgia Railroad was bitten
by a maddog at his home in Harlem.
About a week ago a maddog passed
through Mr. Balllics’ yard and bit his
dog. It was feared at tho time that the
dog would go mad, but as it was a valu
able dog and a pet. he would not have it
killed, but shut It up. Yesterday It de
veloped symptoms of hydrophobia, and be
fore Mr. Haiilie could get out ef the way
he was severely bitten on the leg, Mr.
Baillie at once applied a madstone to the
wound, and It Is hoped that it will prove
efficacious.
\V. .1. Iln lileian a Acquitted.
Cincinnati, Dec. 3.—The Jury in the case
against \V. J. Haldvman. charged with the
murder of ex-State Senator J. C. Richard
son, Kept. 23, gave a verdict of acquittal,
after three hours dtllUifaUun to-day.
riLKES WINS FROM TAVI.OHE.
The Hour C'lm miifonxli Ip Hee In
Maillxon Square Garden.
New York, Dec. 3.—The indoor cycle rea
son which was begun at Madison Square
Garden to-night under the auspices of the
American Cycle -Racing Association, at
tracted an immense audience, nearly
10,000.
A banked board track measuring ten
laps to the mile has been laid around the
edges of the arena. The programme was
made up of six events, the principal of
which was a special match race between
the world's one-hour champions, Edouard
Taylore of France, and Harry B. Bikes
of Glen Falls, N. Y., paced by tandems.
Nat Butler of Boston won the profes
sional indoor championship at a mile very
handily from YVaithour of Atlanta.
As the programme was too lengthy, the
finals in this event, and the trials and
final in the half-mile professional handi
cap, were postponed until some evening
during the coming week in order that the
one-hour race between Taylore and Elkes
could be decided before midnight. This
event was begun a few minutes before 11
o’clock. The men started from opposite
.sides of the track, and were paced by
tandems. The prize was a purse of 31,1100,
S3OO of which went to the loser.
The American rider was the quicker
away when the pistol cracked, and at the
end of the first mile he had gained nearly
a quarter of a lap on the Frenchman.
Elkes kept on gaining steadily, and at
the beginning of the ninth mile was al
most one-quarter of a mile ahead.
During the eleventh mile Elkes still
farther Increased his lead, and Taylore, In
his efforts to keep up, rode away ahead
of his pacemakers. Elkes kept forging
ahead and when he completed the four
teenth mile he was 3% laps to the good.
He seemed to be flying around the track
and soon had another lap to his credit,
forcing Taylore to leave his pacemakers
again, the French rider tacking on behind
the American for a couple of laps.
Elkes passed the twenty-mile mark In
43:18 3-5, and was then more than half a
mile ahead. Hd never let up on the
merry pace, and had set the lead off, mile
after mile, with untiring energy. He was
eight laps to the good at the end of the
twenty-fifth mile, and the watches of the
timers indicated 54:48 3-5. Encouraging
cries greeted Elkes on each revolution, and
he continued to gain to the end. When
the pistol ended the race Elkes had cover
ed 27 miles 1,104 yards in the one hour,
while Taylore was more than a mile be
hind.
The hour record held by Elkes on an out
door track is 34 miles 1,220 yards.
BAD BLIZZARD IN MISSOURI.
Street Railways Blocked and Rail
road Trains Delayed.
St. Louis, Dec. 3.—The worst blizzard
ever seen in Southwest Missouri raged to
day and to-night. The tremendous fall of
sleet and snow has blocked the street rail
ways at Joplin, and many of the mines
have been forced to suspend operations.
At St. Joseph, railroad trains are de
layed, and city traffic is Impeded. Reports
from the country say that unsheltered
stock is suffering severely. At Browning,
lhe snow is a foot deep and drifting badly.
ELLIS CBILDKIIS CONVICTED.
Was Concerned In Issuing the
Fraudulent Creek Warrant*.
Muskogee, I. TANARUS., Dec. 3.—ln the United
States Court at Wagoner, to-day, Ellis
Childers, ex-treasurer of the .Creek na
tion, was convicted in the celebrated
fraudulent Creek warrant ease, and was
this evening brought to Muskogee and
placed in jail by the United States mar
shal. The issuing of fraudulent warrants
of the Creek nation to the amount of $93,-
704, was charged against Childers and his
associates. Similar charges are pending
against James Eagan and Burrell Cox.
CONTROL OF NAVAL HESERA’K.
(lueatlnn Wlietln r It Should Be
With the Stntcs or Government.
Philadelphia, Dec. 3.—The Naval Militia
Association to-day held the closing session
of its fourth annual meeting. There was
a general discussion of the national re
serve proposition and widely different
opinions were expressed as to whether the
national government or the states should
control the reserve. A resolution looking
to a settlement of the question was laid
before the meeting and resulted in a tie
vote. Consequently the meeting adjourned
without conclusivly expressing itself on
this question.
THE POK AVAH TREE.
It Grow* in llUKhnell Park and Chi
namen Like llm Nauseating Fruit.
From the Hartford (Conn.) Times.
There was an expression of supreme con
tentment on the face of the Chinaman as
he sat under a tree in Bushnell park Mon
day afternoon, picking up fruit that had
fallen from it. His loose blouse and wide
pantaloons flapped in the wind, and his
pig-tail described circles, triangles, all
manner of lines, and-various other geome
trical forms as it yielded to the fitful gusts
of wind. It was chilly enough, and Officer
Strickland, as he looked at the industrious
Chinaman, did not feel his heavy blue
overcoat a bit uncomtortable. But the
Chinaman did not seem to mind the wind
In the least. His teeth might chatter, his
nose might take on a bluish tint, and his
fingers might suffer from numbness, but
he continued his work with unremitting
industry, and kept his happy look uncloud
ed by anything that was even suggestive
of unhappiness. It was evident he was en
gaged in a task that he liked. The fruit
had a very offensive odor, and the China
man handled it in a nauseating manner.
He had a fair-sized basket into which he
threw the stones of the fruit, leaving the
soft substance which covered it on the
surf. His hands were besmeared with the
substance.
In reply to the questions of Officer
Strickland and a Times reporter, the Chin
aman said the tree which yielded the fruit
was called the Pok Wah tree in China.
The fruit is considered a delicacy in the
Celestial Kingdom, and even Li Hung
Chang—the statesman that can look wise
and ask embarrassing questions of a per
sonal nature—considers himself in luck
w-hen his chef serve* him with a dish of
the fruit. The outer substance, which is
nauseating to the stomach of any one but
a Chinaman, ia made into Chinese catsup
that always occupies a position of honor
at the mandarin’s table when birds' nests,
sharks’ fins, and other appetizing dishes
are served. The meat of the stones has a
medicinal property of high value. The
Chinaman whom Officer Strlekiund called
‘"Charley,” a name that seems a favorite
one in the nomenclature of Chinamen,
stated that In China the stones of the fruit
are cooked Just as we cook chestnuts, and
that after they are boiled they are opened
ami the meat taken out.
A lady passed through the park later
In the afternoon .Seeing the Chinaman
picking up the fruit, she was curious to
what it evented Uke. ttho took on* of
AFFLICTED MONARCH;
THE EMPEROR |jU OF CEItHAM
EMPEROR WILLIAM OF GERMANY-
The Emperor of Germany has a run-)
ning ear. A rather prosy statement to ;
make of so great a personage; it is true,
nevertheless; and, what is worse, he can
find no cure. This greatest of £mper
ors, this autocratic ruler of the greatest
of nations, can find no cure for such a
seemingly insignificant malady. Just
think of it: a man at whose beck one of
the strongest armies and navies of the
whole earth could be set in motion, a
man whose rule is absolute over the
country of medical universities, a man
whose slightest caprice could press into
service the most noted savants and phil
osophers on earth, has a running ear and
is unable to find a cure!
Now contrast the experience of the
following citizens of the United States
with the Emperor of Germany. Like the
Emperor, they failed to find a cure. But,
unlike the Emperor, they happened to
be plain citizens of the United States,
rather than the center of the inner
court of the most exclusive and careful
ly guarded aristocracy of the world. In
his position nothing
.but the remedies
m that have met the
_ B approval of the most
a i fastidious medical
_ “v"- l* orthodoxy could
sL :: m ever reach him. In
Sithe position of these
American c 1 tizens,
7 however, they had
> f access to remedies
aSp* * old and new, tried
Scott Bostick, and un t r ied, ap-
Sumpter, S.C..cured proved and disap
of running ears by prove. They were
Dr. Hartman. at perfect liberty to
try anything they
chose to. They chose to try the remedy
that had cured others like themselves,
and thus they found a cure.
Running of the ears, deafness or all
other affections of the middle ear, are
primarily to chronic catarrh. Run
ning of the ear is properly called
chronic suppurative catarrh. Pe-ru-na
will cure catarrh of tho middle ear.
as well as catarrh located elsewhere.
This has been proven over and over
again in lnnumerbale cases besides the
ones just mentioned. Deafness and run
ning of the ears are but symptoms of
chronic catarrh of the middle ear. Pe
ru-na cures the catarrh, when the symp
toms disappear, whether it be running
ears or deafness or any other affection
of the middle ear. The remedy is com
pounded according to the formula orig
inally devised by Dr. Hartman of the
Surgical Hotel, Columbus, 0., the noted
catarrhal authority.
Following are a few cases of catarrh of
the middle ear, in which a permanent
cure was made by the use of Pe-ru-na.
These, of course, are only examples of
the many thousands of cases which Dr.
Hartman has cured. The first case, Mr.
slant discharge
cured and Is
cure such cases.
slant discharge Mr. Amos R. Miller.
from both ears
for 28 years, caused by taking cold (ca
tarrh). The last four years polypi tu-
Ask your druggist for a free Pe-ru-p.
the plums—lf the sweet, luscious fruit of
the American orchard is not degraded by
applying Its name to the disgusting thing
of Chinese lineage that resembles it—and
broke it open. The stench from it was so
strong that she dropped it immediately.
She wore gloves which she was obliged to
discard in order to free herself from the
offensive odor.
There are three of these trees in Bush
nell park, but only one yields fruit. Officer
Strickland calls them the Chinese plum
trees.
Emerson un<l the Woodpecker Story.
John Muir in the Atlantic.
No squirt'd works harder at his pine
nut harvest than the carpenter woodpeck
ers In autumn at their acorn harvest, drill
ing holes in the thick, corky bark of the
yellow pine and Incense cedar, in which
to store the crop for winter use, a hole
for each acorn so nicely adjusted aB to
size that when the acorn, point foremost,
is driven in, it fits so well that it can-,
not be drawn out without digging around
It. Each acorn Is thus carefully stored
.n a dry bln, perfectly protected from the
weather, a most laborious method of
stowing away a crop, a granary for each
kernel. Yet they never seem to weary at
•he work, but go on so diligently they
seem determined that every acorn in the
grove shall be Baved. They are never
seen eating acorns at the time they arc
storing them, and it is commonly believ
ed that they never eat them or Intend to
eat them, but that the wise birds store
them and protect them solely for tho sake
of the worms they are supposed to con
tain. And because these worms are too
small for use at the time the acorns drop,
they are shut up like lean calves and
•leers each In a separate stall, with abun-
mors filled both ears; I was very deaf.
I then applied to Dr. Hartman, who
cured my ears perfectly. I now hear as
well as ever in my life. I would not
take a thousand dollars for the bene
fit I received from Dr. Hartman’s treat
ment.”
The second case, Mr. H. Walter Brady,
Cascade, Ark., is a
tease of suppuration
of the middle ear of
14 years’ standing.
After a course of
treatment with Pe
ru-na he was entire
ly cured and has
■ remained so ever
WSPWJfW.’tf Bince ’ " l had run ‘
: ning ears, and for 14
years I was almost
Mr.H. Walter Brady, an invalid. It was
so offensive that I
excluded myself from all society. I re
ceived a pamphlet from Dr. Hartman en
titled ‘The Ills of Life,’ and wrote me
that the remedy was simple and that I
could cure myself. After using sl7 worth
of his remedies I was entirely cured. The
world could not buy my fortune. I recom
mend I’e-ru-na to all as the best medicine
sold.”
The third case Is that of Rev. S. IL
Renfro, Norbrarne,
Mo., who had run
ning ears. Could get f
no relief. He was j!
finally cured by F / jiv
using Pe-ru-na "My isMSKyffj
head gathered and urmry ix
broke and my ear3
ran terribly. I tried
several remedies tKWUM ' I /jSßpft
with no relief. At ‘ £/Y
last I got a bottle of '* ™ ’
Pe-ru-na and it did Rev.S.H.Renfro,
me so much good
that I kept on using it; am on the fourth
bottle, and must say it has removed all
my had symptoms. My head dots not
pain any more, my ears have slopped
running and I feel a great deal better.
I think the public ought to know what
Pe-ru-na has done for me and will da
for them; and you are at liberty to usa
this statement in any way you think
best.”
The next is the case of Master Murphy,
who had been troubled with running
tears ever since ho
was 9 months old.
After a thorough
course of treatment
with Pe-ru-na ho
wap entirely cured,
and is now rejoicing
in the fact that ho
is entirely free from
this horrible disease,
Mrs. Mollie L. Mur
* " ' phy, latan, Mitchell
Master Murphy, county Texas, saysS
“Our son had been
troubled with runing ears ever since ho
was nine months old. I wrote Dr. Hart
man that they were running terribly, too
had for him to go to school. I commenc
ed the Pe-ru-na and sent him to school.
He has not missed a day since he began
to go. He took seven bottles of Pe-ru-na
and now has every appearance of a sound,
healthy hoy. He was 10 years old tha
first day of last June. Many thanks to
Dr. Hartman for his kind advice and
wonderful medicine.”
There are three classes of people who
are invited to write to Dr. Hartman.
First, those who desire to become thor
oughly posted on catarrhal diseases. Sec
ond, those who are taking Pe-ru-na foil
catarrh, hut desire to put themselves un
der Dr. Hartman's special advice. Thirl,
those who would like to have a book con
taining Dr. Hartman’s lectures on chron
ic catarrh, delivered at the Surgical Hotel,
All these people should address their let
ters to Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
a Almanac for the year 1899.
dance of food to grow big and fat by tho
time they will be most wanted, that la
in winter, when insects are scarce and
stall-fed w’orms most valuable. So thesa
woodpeckers are supposed to be a sort
of cattle raisers, each with a drove of
thousands, rivaling the ants that rale
grain and keep herds of plant lice for milk
cows. Needless to say, the story is not
true, though some naturalists even be
lieve it. When Emerson was In the park,
having heard the worm story, and seen
the great pines plugged full of acorns,
he asked (just to pump me, I suppose)!
"Why do the woodpeckers take the trou
ble to put acorns into the bark of ths
trees?” "For the same reason,” I replied,
"that bees store honey and squirrels
nuts.” "But they tell me, Mr. Muir, that
woodpeckers don’t eat acorns." "Yes,
they do," I said, “I have seen them eat
ing them. During snowstorms they seem
to eat little besides acorns. I have re
peatedly Interrupted them at their meals,
und seen the perfectly sound, half-eaten
acorns. They eat them In the shell, as
some people eat eggs.” “But what about
the worms?’ ’"I suppose,” I said, "that
when they come to a wormy one they cut
both worm and acorn. Anyhow, they eat
the sound ones when they can't find any
thing they like better, nnd from the t.m
they store them until they are used th>y
guard them, and woe to the squirrel ofl
jay caught stealing."
—Many example* of ridiculous cata
loguing by professional Indexers have been
going the rounds of the papers of late,
but Ihe palm musl be awarded to the 'i* 1 *
lant compiler who baaed the entry, "B' St*
Mr. Justice, Ills great mind," upon a si i'"*
men I in tho text of the book that "M r *
Justice Best said he had a great mind ia
commit the witness,"