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DEBATE ON CONSULAR BILL
COMMITTED ( IMTinsi'l) FOII AL
LOWIVfi TOO liITTI.E PAY.
Senator llnron 'l’Tie* to Have n Dn>
Fixed for a \ ute I pon lli* Hoaoln
flonn—R <•<•<•* Hour for AttontllMit
Oarlanl*N Fuueral Stopped tlie I>i*-
rolon—Tlie Consular Hill
Mr. Mai son U unis I’iKiiren 11* to
Mc*k Sol!l*r*.
Washington, J.n. 28—A spirited debate
was precipitated <n the Senate to-day
while the diplomatic and consular appro
priation bid was under consideration.
The appropriations committee was sharp
ly erticlpod for not providing adequate
salaries for some- of the consular officers
and secretaries of legation of this govern
ment in, foreign countries, and the parsi
mony of the government in this respect
was denounced as a disgrace.
Mr. Hale of Maine was in charge of the
bill, and despite his protests several
amendments, increasing the salaries of
diplomatic officers were incoroprated in
the measure. The bill was passed carry
ing nearly $1,710,533, $5,000 more than the
amount carried by the measure passed by
the House.
A resolution of the legislature of North
Carolina urging the election of senators
by the people was presented by Mr. Hu tier
of North Carolina.
A resolution was adopted directing the
Secretary of War to make a survey and
estimate of the improvement of the Brazos
river, Texas.
Mr. Hale of Maine called up the di
plomatic and consular appropriation bill.
Mr. Huron’* Resolutions.
Mr. Hacon of Georgia objected as he had
given notice that he proposed about this
hour to call up hi* resolutions regarding
the Philippines, and endeavor to fix a time
for a vote upon them.
"Does the senator desire to dispose of
his resolutions to-day?” Mr. Chandler of
New Hampshire osked.
“Not if senators object.” replied Mr. Ba
con.
He went on to say that his resolution
was essentially a practical document and
not introduced for the puriMoae of interfer
ing with any other business.
"It wili place the treaty of peace/' said
be, “where we can reach a basis of agree
ment. If the resolutions were a law. they
would entirely dissipate the danger of war
we are now' in. It is a most grave matter,
Mr. President, and 1 hope the subject will
be so regarded by the Senate."
Mr. Hale replied that he was in en
tire sympathy with the resolutions, but
he did believe an hour now and then
ought to be given to the appropriation
bills.
Mr. Bacon yielded to the appropriation
bill on the statement of Mr. Hale that
its consideration would occupy but a
brief time.
Tribute to Garland.
Mr. Jones of Arkansas then asked the
Senate to take a recess from 2 o'clock un
til 3:30 in order to enable senators to at
tend the funeral of ex-Senator Garland,
who died suddenly in the Supreme Court
on Thursday.
In this connection Mr. Hoar of Massa
chusetts paid a high tribute to Mr. Gar
land's ability and character as a citizen,
lawyer and senator. The recess was or
dered.
The consular and diplomatic bill was
liken read, and after debate and amend
ment passed.
Mr. Hacon called up his resolution, in
Accordance with the notico he had given,
and it was laid before the Senate.
Mr. Piatt of Connecticut doubted the ex
pediency of press-inf the resolution to a
vote at an early date. He said he de
sired to submit some further remarks upon
the several resolutions pending.
Mr. Mason suggested that still several
days would ei-apse before* the agreed-on
vote should be taken on the treaty, and
that Mr. Plait would have ample time to
present ids views.
The hour for the recess having arrived,
Mr. Bacon announced that he would not
at this time further press the Senate to
fix a time to vote upon his resolutions,
but would leave them pending.
At 2 o’clock the Senate took a recess
until 3:30 p. m.
At 3:30 o'clock the Senate reconvened,
nnd on motion of Mr. Davis, chairman of
the foreign relations committee, went im
nndiaU ly into executive session.
At 5:05 o'clock p. in. the Senate resumed
consideration of bus ness in legislativo
sessioi i.
Sick Soldier StatUtlcs.
Mr. Mason offered a resolution prefaced
by the statement that reports had been
received that "of late years as high as 50
per cent, of the soldier* unaccustomed to
the climate (of the Philippines) have died
by reason of the said climate," as fol
lows:
“That the surgeon general of the army
be requested to furnish for the informa
tion of the Senate a statement as to the
percentage of our soldiers who re sick
and have been sick, and the number of
deaths in our army by reason of the sick
ness caused by the climate, and to set
forth when, according to the generally
adopted term, the sickly season begins
In the said islands; and further, that he
will give to the Senate ihe benefit of his
opinion as to the number of deaths that
will occur in our army before the end
of the next mckiy season, his opinion to
be based ui>on his experience and informa
tion within his possession."
Mr. Hawley objected to the resolution,
and it went over.
A bill amending the law relating to the
a ppor lion merit and election of representa
tives in congress, to as to permit the use
of voting machines was passed.
At 5:25 o’clock p. m. the Senate adjourn
ed until Monday,
Bt RIAL OF MR. ANTHONY.
Services Conducted by Presiding El
der Thompson—Sandersvllie News.
Sandersvtlle, Ga., Jan. 28.—The buriul of
Rev. J. D. Anthony took place in the
Sandersville comeiery yesterday afternoon.
The funeral services were held at the
Methodist Church at 2:30 o'c.ock, services
being conducted by Presiding Keier
Thompson of Savannah, who paid a glow
ing tribute to the memory of the aged
minister of the gospel. Mr. Anthony lived
in Sandersville during the war between tho
states, ami several years thereafter, and
was well known throughout this section,
lie was instrumental in preventing Sher
man from burning Sandersville.
Hire destroyed the carriage repair shop
of M. H. Bird at 1 o'clock this morning.
It was a two-story frame building and
made a hot lire. Rain had fallen nearly
all night, preventing other bui.dings
catching, though the north side of the
public square was endangered. The origin
of the fire is not known. Mr. Bird had
had no tire in the building in two days.
He had SBSO insurance.
A heavy fall of snow, lasting several
hours, surprised our people thb* morning.
On account of previous rain the snow
melted almost as rapidly as It touched the
Crouml
Tin: Cl r DEFEYDKR.
•Some of tin- Detail* and Dimension*
if t lie Nen Boat.
From the New York Commercial Adver
tiser.
There Is now very littio <loubt but that
the new cup defender will be constructed
of .bronze, and this fact is very much In
evidence at the l>oat shop* in i:r.stoi. Dur
ing the past few days experiments have
been tried on the various kinds of metal |
plating in otvy-r to test their adaptability
to the special work on hand.
Another important matter has transpired
which plainly illustrates that the new
l>oai will have a style of plate joints all
over her hull which is entirety new in the
construction of cup racers, hut not un
known In ship building. This plan is what
is termed us "knuckle joints;*' that is, the
different strakes of plating will not lap
one on top of the other like the method
used in plating the Defender. Instead,,
both edges and ends of every plate will be
flanged and pointed inboard and abut one
against another throughout the shell.
These flanges will l>e so abutted at the
edges so as to be easily riveted together
on the Inside of tlie plates, thus present
ing u surface of hull that will not show
rivets at the joints when viewed from the
outside, if the Inward projecting flanges
are an inch or more in width all through
tlie boat, such backing as can be readily
seen will present n very stout frame,
which will doubtlessly lie needed to lug
along the cloud or canvas which the
defender will carry. A question here may
arise as to how these joints can Vie made
watertight, but it is possible that cement
or some other adhesive substance could
la' placed in the seams, that Is, between
the flanges fit the plates, nnd these press
ed tight against each other, so that it
would make a perfectly watertight scam.
This plan would not only do away with
corrosion on account of the rivets being
inside the plating and away from the
water, but would leave a rather smooth
hull. Then if there were any bother with
these rivets they could be removed and re
placed without the trouble of taking the
boat out on the marine railway. In the
knuckle joint method where a frame in
tercepted the flanges a slot would have lo
be, cut through the latter to make a goes!
fit.
Though the actual plaling of the boat is
yet several weeks off. enough has been
done at the shops to show which way the
oat is going to jump. This flanging of the
bronze plates has been carried on ex
tensively the last week, giving the metal
a test as to its pliable qualities. Even the
flanged plate* have been riveted together
to test the plan and found to lx* all right.
This sort of work is given without the
least explanation to the workmen, and
obeying an unwritten rule they ask no
further questions. Drawings in which the
"knuckle Joint,” method was portrayed
have been In evidence at the Herreshoff
works, but very few have seen them. They
show the sheer line drawm in for the lap
ping of plates. The frame rivets will be
used in rows as in the Defender.
The laying down of the new boat is all
completed by the mechanics, who were as
signed to that work in the south shop,
lit performing such work it is next to im
possible to keep all plans out of sight
from everybody. The trained eye can an
ticipate many things that go to make up
the craft from the fact that one thing
suggests another as (he work proceeds.
Here are some figures obtained relative to
some of the hull dimensions as exhibited
by angles and curves.
From the base line of the lead keel up
ward to the top of the deck will be twen
ty-live feet. This refers to the mid sec
tions. At this point the deck will have a
crown of ten inches upward from the ac
tual beam. From the line where the beam
is measured downward straight to the
base of the lead keel Is 24 feet 2 inches.
Allowing a freeboard of 3 feet 9 inches
and subtracting the same from the hlght
of the boat from the base of the keel
upward, exclusive of the deck crown,
would give a draft water of 20 feet 3
inches. At the mid section the lead keel
will tie feet and ill shape and construc
tion will be altogether unlike the old De
fender.
If has also been accurately ascertained
that the beam of the new craft will be 24
feet 2% inches. The curved bronze cast
ings w r hioh arrived from Bridgeport.
Conn., are for the collision bulkhead and
fit in a short distance back from the ends
of the forward plates. Some of the other
castings which arrived at the same time
were for the stern overhanging just aliove
Ihe rudder. These castings and stern
post are now being burnished up at the
machine shop.
The old Defender has leaked through
some of the rivet heads since she was
launched, but these have been tallowed.
Steel ungle bars from 20 lo 35 feet in
length were deposited at the works yes
terday. They are without bulbs.
No Profit in Kiigllsli Firming.
Rider Haggard in Longman’s Magazine.
Compared with other and rougher coun
tries. it is curious (o note the ceaseless
nature of the work needful to the carrying
on of an English farm. We have brought
cultivation to such a pitch of science that
every day has its* appropriate and neces
sary labor, without which all would be
spoiled. Yet Ihe pity of it Is that, notwith
standing the care, knowledge and Intelli
gence which are put into the working of
the land, under present conditions it van
scarcely bo made to pay. The machinery
works, the mill goes round, the laborers
earn their wages, and the beast his proven
der, Ihe good man rises early and rests late,
taking thought for the day and the mor
row, but when at Michaelmas he balances
his hooks there Is no return, and lo! the
baliiT stands within the gates. Although
there have been gleams of hope during the
past year In our parts the ancient indus
try of agriculture is nearly moribund, and
if the land Is farmed fairly It Is in many
instances being worked at a loss, or at
any rate without a living profit.
The reader may say that this is impos
sible, that no one would carry on the busi
ness under these conditions, yet it is still
carried on, in many oases from sheer force
of habit or because those who practice it
liuve nothing else to which to turn. The
small farmers only too often keep up the
game till they are beggared, when they
adjourn to the workhouse or to live niton
the charity of their friends. The larger
farmers go on until they are absolutely
impoverished and retire into a cottage or,
if they are fortunate, find a .position as
steward upon some estate. The landlords
with farms upon their hands work them
with capital borrowed at high Interest from
ihe bank, It.’l they can let them upon any
terms to any sort of tenant. Unless 'hey
have private means to draw on or are able
to earn money into their end it Is liest not
to inquire; they sink and sink till they
vanish beneath Ihe surface of tlie great
sea of English society, and their ancient
homes and accustomed place ure filled
by the successful speculator or South
African ind.lonaire.
—Frank Cornelius, an Oneida Indian
from Sejmour. Wis., who has Just enter
ed Roanoke College, is six feet three inches
tall, though only 17 years old. One of his
brothers, who was educated at the gov
ernment Indian school at Carlisle, is now
practicing law in Oklahoma, where he
taught school for several J-cars. A sister,
also at Carlisle and in New England, is
teaching in the government school al
Oneida reservation in Wisconsin,
THE MORNING NEWS:. SUNDAY, JANUARY" 20, 1899.
BEFORE THE ENTIRE COURT.
I3HEVETS FISK MAY \OT BF. I.EFT
TO I RIYIIVAL BItA.ICII-
Bill to Be Prepared to Require
Trial Revisions to Go nef ore Both
Branches of the Court vf Cossa-
I ion >la/.a*s Charge* Against
Criminal Itrnneh of the Catirt Bed
to This Measure—Action Sustain*
llenurepalre's Charge*.
Parie. Jan. 28.—A semi-official note is
sued this afternoon says that at an extra
ordinary meeting, tlie cabinet has decided
that the minister of justice, M. Lebret,
shall submit to the Chamber of Deputies
on Monday next a bill providing that cases
of trial revisions are to be brought before
the united sections of the Court of Cassa
tion. ,
In tile preamble of the bill the govern
ment reciting the conclusions of M. ViH
zau. the first president of the Court of
Cassation, on the charges brought by M.
Quesnay <le Reaurepaire, the president of
• he civil section of that court, at the time
of his resignation, will say :
"From the facts adduced by M. Mazau,
it would not be wise to entrust the Judg
ment of the Dreyfus afTair to the crimirr.il
section alone.”
A lively discussion of Che bill is expect
ed to take place in the Chamber of Depu
ties, though the measure will probahly be
finally voted.
The facts adduced in M. Maxell's re
port. it is added, are not sufficient to
lead to disciplinary measures against the
Criminal Court magistrates, though they
are possibly sufficient to create doubts as
to their impartiality in the public mind.
The decision of the government is most
favorable to the revisionists, and a seri
ous reflection upon the Criminal Court,
though Its ultimate effect if the united
Courts of Cassation should favor a re
vision of the Dreyfus trial, would un
doubtedly leave the anti-revisionists no
ground for further agitation.
In the meanwhile the government’s de
cision justifies the charges of M. Quesnay
de Beaurepaire.
Ho Resignation* Expected.
In the criminal lobbies of the Chamber
of Deputies, it is believed that the gov
ernment’s bill will not lead to the resig
nation of any member of the criminal sec
tion of the Court of Cassation. Even if
that should result it would not change the
situation; the Dreyfus revision inquiry
would proceed. When it is terminated the
result will be submitted to the combined
Court of Cassation in the event of the bil!
being passed.
It is understood that on Monday tlie gov
ernment will propose that the hill be sub
milted to a special committee of the cham
ber to which M. Mazau’s report will be
communicated.
Slionld Hot Bern - It Alone.
The actual words of the conclusion of
M. Mazau’s report are as follows:
"Without suspecting the honor of. the
criminal section of the Court of Cassa
tion which remains intact, it appears wise
not to leave it to bear alone the responsi
bility for the definite judgment which has
to lie pronounced.”
According to I-a Riberte, M, Mazau’s In
vestigation revealed acts of imprudence
and incorrectness of attitude on the part
of certain members of the criminal sec
tion of Ihe court, notably their refusal to
bear witnesses who applied to be con
fronted with other witnesses whose tes
timony clashed with their own.
The premier, M. Dupuy, disposes of the
rumors of possible action against mem
bers of the criminal section by saying that
the result of M. Mazau’s Investigations,
"will not necessitate further action be
yond the introduction of the proposed
bills.”
The government's bill has created a deep
impression and is eagerly and animatedly
discussed everywhere. The various politi
cal groups in the chamber will meet to
morrow to discuss the matter and agree
upon the attitude they shall assume.
A resolution will be submitted to the
chamber on Monday, calling upon the gov
ernment to communicate to the deputies
Ihe results of the inquiry into the charges
made by M. de Beaurepaire, but it is
staled that the government will refuse to
comply with the demand, giving merely
the gist of the report of the commission,
on the pica that the inquiry was confiden
tial.
SOLDIER >1 YURIES A SHORES*.
Make* Interesting Legal Complica
tion* for South Carollaa,
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 28.—William J,
Jackson, a private in Company M, Two
Hundred and Flfst New York Regiment,
at Camp Wetherill in Greenville is in a
most disgraceful scrape.
While under the Influence of liquor
Thursday night lie was married to a negro
woman by a negro preacher. He has been
put in jail, and it lias not been deter
mined what measures will be used In deal
ing witft him. Tile preacher and the wo
man have not been arrested.
Jaokson appeared at Magistrate Whit
mire’s office yesterday and stated that
he wanted a divorce, relating the circum
stances of the situation. He said that his
new wife had asked for a dollar and
he had whined her. He was not sober
yesterday. Jackson is a nice looking young
fellow, probably a man of intelligence.
Drink seems to have gotten him into this
trou bit'.
He appears quite dejected over his no
si tion. and was crushed by the news mat
divorces arc not supplied here.
Mattie Earle is the woman to whom
Jackson was married, but the name of the
preacher has not been obtained. The law
yers differ as to whether this is a legs',
marriage under the laws of South Caro-
I'na in regard to miscegenation. It is the
first ea,se of Its kind In the history of the
state.
WATCH OSS CITY ELECTION.
The Olltcer* Chosen for the Ensuing
Year.
Wayeross, Ga., Jan. 28.—The City Coun
cil held its first meeting last night and
elected the fol.owing officers for this year;
Chief of police, John W. Colley; police
men, E. W. Krox, J. \V. clerk. It. P.
Bird; city attorney, J. C. McDonald; city
physician, J. L. VValkin; sanitary inspec
tor, J. E. Smith; tax assessor and collec
tor, J. D. Smith.
McLemore Appointed in Texas.
Washington, Jan. 28.—The President to
day nominated Marcus C. McLemore to
he United States attorney for the Eastern
district of Texas.
—"What is a phenomenon. Uncle Bill?”
“A phenomenon is a small boy about
your size who never bothers anybody ”
—Tit-Bitu
ANECDOTES OF MR. CAR LIND.
A Practical .i>ke Played ( pnn Him
l> Senator* Ye*t nnd Yoorheri.
From the New York Sun.
Washington, Jan. 2C.— The sudden death
of fo: mer Attorney General Garland in
the ehauyber where he had fo lor;e?
ticeA and in the midst of life-long friends
ajid ar<jua.nlances was the general topi-5
of conversation at the cap.toi this after
noon. In the office of the clerk of the
court a number of men were gat here*!
who had known Mr. Garland well, and
several stories were told of him. Among;
personal anecdotes related by him. he wa*
food of telling; how when a child he had
been the subject of much anxiety to his
jKither and his school teacher. One time
when the two were considering his case
the school master, placing one hand on
his head, said: “Never mind, madam, this
l ?y be Attorney General of the
United States some day." The *dea be
came firmly rooted in his head and he
steadily pursued his end. When he was
at last Attorney General his ambition was
satisfied. If he could have had his choice
of the place in which he was to die it is
believed he would have clioeen the Su
preme Court.
Mr. Garland was very fond of practical
and during his term of service in
the Senate frequently turned the laugh on
his colleagues. Senators Voorhees ami
\ est, with w hom he was very friendly,
finally determined to turn the tables. Mr.
Garland a habit like Voorhees of
munching candy, and Vest and Voorhees
trade it up between them to take advant
age of his fondness for sweets to play
their trick. They had some tompting
icokingr chocolate caramels prepared, with
the interior filled with brown soap. These
they took to the Senate chamber and
}.?°[ iees P lace <* them on his desk. The
!id being off when Mr, Garland sauntered
-'u he u ißle ’ he noticed them at once.
V\ hat have you done there, Dan?" he
Inquired.
A oorhees looked up carelessly from his
writing and responded, "Caramels; help
yourself." ' 1
Garland needed no second Invitation, nnd
picking up two or three placed one in
his mouth. Steadily ho chewed away, his
race betraying no sign of the conflict with
in him. This alarmed Voorhees, who went
to Vest’s desk and said:
"He’s easing them. Vest. What shall
we do? The stuff will kill him, sure.”
Senator Vest replied that it could do no
more than make him sick. Garland swal
lowed the stuff, although he was foaming
at the mouth from the soapsuds. He re
lated the incident afterward with great
gusto, and said that he would have swal
lowed it if it had killed him.
Mr. Garland once related how', while
ft member of the Confederate Senate he
and another senator who lived at the same
boarding house thought they would pre
sent their landlady with a fine fat tur
key. Having Just drawn a month’s pay,
they started to market with their pockets
bulging with money, all Confederate notes
They selected the fattest and most tempt
ing turkey they could find, and to their
great dismay, found, when they came
to pay for it, that their combined salaries
for the month were not sufficient to meet
tho price of the turkey. They compro
mised by spending their salaries in the
purchase of a drink. Later on, when the
Senate was compelled to take refuge in
swamps and other places, where it finafiy
disbanded, Mr. Garland found himself
without a penny. In company with a fel
low senator, they walked to the Mississippi
river, securing food as best they could.
They Induced a friendly negro to row
them across the river, and then walked
to Little Rock. Mr. Garland said he was
formerly troubled with the dyspepsia, but
after that walk ii disappeared and never
bothered him again.
The late David Davis, while in the Sen
ate, was greatly Interested in the bill for
the establishment of the Court of Ap
peals. He placed the bill in charge of Sen
ator Garland, who was to call it up on a
certain day. When the time came Senator
Allison had a measure for which he de
sired prompt consideration. He approach
ed Mr. Garland and suggested that he per
mit him to call up his bill first.
"I could not think of it," replied Mr.
Garland, “The old man would be tnad.”
"Suppose he consents,” asked Mr. Alli
son.
“Then it is all right,” said Garland.
Senator Allison soon sauntered toward
the dais on which Judge Davis sat. Climb
ing tlie steps he exchanged a few words
with Mr. Davis, and, receiving a nod in
reply, he resumed his seat. Later he ap
proached Mr. Garland and said:
"It’s alt right; the old man says I can
have the right of way.”
Mr. Garland cheerfully assented, but,
suspicious of a trick, he took advantage
of a moment when Senator Allison was
out of the chamber to see Judge Davis
himself.
"Judge,” he said, "Allison says you
agreed to let his bill come up first.”
Judge Davis loked at him a moment and
replied: "Garland, you know Allison lias
as little regard for the truth as you
have.”
FUG TOBACCO.
It* Consumption Has Enllen OH, lint
an Old Dealer Sing* Its Praise,
From the New York Sun.
The topic was the consolidation of the
plug tobacco interests of the country, re
cently effected, making it the largest In
the world, and one of the oldest tobacco
men in (his city was commenting on the
time it had taken to bring it about and the
plug tobacco trade generally. He said:
"It was in March, 1889, this matter was
first mooted, and the cause undoubtedly
was the difficulty of finding a satisfactory
way of increasing the demand and selling
the goods. Although the figures of pro
duction furnished by the government
show a big increase in that department,
there is no doubt that the consumption of
plug tobacco has fallen oIT. The increase
shown is due to the fact that in the re
turns smoking tobacco and chewing are
taken together as ’manufactured tobacco’
bearing the same amount of tax, so that
although 1887 showed about 202.000,000
pounds for the year and 1898 showed about
290,000,000 pounds (fiscal year), the increase
Is much more in the smoking line than the
chewing, while the greatest profit lies in
the latter.
"Any one who oan look back thirty
years can remember that every one chew
ed. The men’s cabins on the ferryboats
were almost impassable. At the theater
the flood flowed from the rear of the
orchestra seats so that women had to sit
with raised skirts and men dare not place
their hats under the seats. What has
done away with it? Well, largely the In
troduction of the cigarette. At that time
boys at college who wanted to be manly
chewed because the men did. Later they
began to smoke cigarettes instead, and so
the new generation did not chew. This
view is indorsed by some of the leading
men In the business. I
"I am rather sorry to see the practice
of chewing pass away, 'the chewer, as a
rule, was a good solid citizen; not light
headed, erratic or flighty, but given to
careful thought, and a pretty decent fol
low at bottom. There was also more fun
around the chewing fraternity than ever
there has been around cigars or cigarettes,
pipes or snuffers. I remember many
years ago, just after the civil war, I was
out in Calloway county, Missouri, and
ram>> across an oi l man boring 10-tnch
holes with a I'—inch bit imo a pretty solid
log, and, asfcii g inv way, 1 next asked
him what he was doing. He had just bor
ed the last of a ehain of holes, three
inches apart, the full length of the log,
and with sparkling eyes he said: "I'll
show yer, stranger.’ Going to a bark
han-to he brought out tobacco leaf and a
jar of honey, dropped some tobacco in
each hole, rammed it down, dropped in
a chunk of honey, more tobacco, more
honey, ramming all tight until the hole
was tilled, when he put in a plug.
“ 'Let it lay that way for a month or
so, turning twice a week,’ he smiled;
'here's h ripe one,’ and lugging out an
other log from the brush he drove a chisel
and wedge in and split it from end to end,
displaying two dozen rude but appetizing
plugs ready for use.
“ ‘.Me and the boys gets away with quite
a power during the winter nights. Try a
bit."
"It was the finest piece I ever remember
ed to have sampled, and never paid a
cent of tax. In another case a friend of
mine, a well-known dealer in Newark,
N. J., in 1873 made a summer trip down
the .Missouri river, and leaving Leaven
worth, Kan. was advised to take plenty
of tobacco along, as it ’was better’n mon
ey’ in that region. He did so, and traded
it right along the route for all he want
i 1, one purchase being a pie, a sack of
flour, u young pig, bait for catfish, a gal
lon of home-made wine and a basket of
fine apples, all bought for three twists and
a deerskin pouch costing a quarter in St.
Louis.
"Especially were the leading lawyers
and judges strong favorers of the chewing
brands, and mighty good judges, too,There
was a Southern firm that bought some
plug of a well-known Atlanta jobber and
later refused to pay for the goods, the
plea being that the tobacco was damaged.
The case came up before the leading judge
of the region, who listened gravely to the
arguments, and then asked that a sample
be given him, of which he took a generous
bite, and sat In silence for nearly five min
utes chewing it, while counsel watched
the up-and-down movement of his Jaws.
Then the oracle spoke: "Damaged to the
extent of 13 cents a pound,’ and judgment
for the plaintiff was given accordingly.
“This was nearly equalled by an Scotch
judge, Lord Deas, who died some eight
years ago. He was once hearing a case
when the smell of tobacco permeated the
room, and being in opposition to the rules,
search was made to trace the offender,
without avail. Finally the ushers said it
must come from the retiring room of the
lawyers. This his lordship scouted, say
ing:
“ ‘No such thing. Dae ye mean to tell
me the gentlemen of the bar smoke com
mon Limerick twist?’ strange to say short
ly after an Irishman in court discovered
the pipe he had placed alight In his pocket
had set fire to the lining, and it was load
ed with Limerick twist. The judge had a
good nose, and knew what he was talking
about,
“The talk about the habit being injurious
is all nonsense. We had less dyspepsia
and stomach trouble when nearly every
one chewed than there is to-day, with only
smokers. Out of a dozen cases I could
give let us take that of Peter Coulter of
Russiavllle, Ind., who was actually kept
alive for seventy years by Its use, begin
ning when a boy of 14, when he had a
curious fever leaving a dangerous sore
on his side which would not heal. The doc
tor told him he must use tobacco or die.
He smoked at first, but after the third
year chewed. The sore improved right
away, but if he ceased chewing it broke
out again, and this continued up to his
eighty-fourth year, in 1890. I do not know
if he Is still alive or not.
‘‘A still more curious case is that of a
man in Atlanta who began the use of to
bacco at 14 years, chewing so continuously
that the uninterrupted flow of saliva
caused chest troubles and threatened con
sumption. The doctor ordered him to
swallow the juice, and for sixty odd years
he has had no recurrence of the trouble.
He has not had a headache in thirty years
and no medical advice in over forty. A
great friend of his has eaten tobacco for
over fifty years and is a fine specimen of
manhood to-day and a great hunger.
“Fine cut tobacco for chewing, once so
popular in this region, is now almost dead.
The oldest firm practically went out of
business last week, passing its connection
over to a very small house, comparatively
speaking. At one time all the then prom
inent hotel cigar stands kept open pack
ages of the leading brands for customers’
use without charge, just as the bar has
cloves and coffee.
“The Rev. Dr. Tiffany of Minneapolis
was an inveterate cliewer of fine cut, mak
ing no secret of it. A meeting was in pro
gress once presided over by a. well-known
bishop, also a tobacco user, and the chew
ing habit came up for discussion. Brother
after brother arose to condemn the habit.
Finally one of them asked for Dr. Tiffany's
views. The big doctor arose and said:
. “ ‘Every one knows I chew tobacco, the
best I can get. Now, I wouid Jike all those
who do not use it to rise in their" seats.’
There was a genera) uprising. 'Remain
standing, please,’ he said, looking over the
cadaverous grotip (so he called them later)
‘Will those who use tobacco step up hare?'
and half a dozen came forward, every one
as sleek as could be. ‘Stand up, bishop,
you are In with us on this,’ he said lo
the presiding officer, and then looking over
both groups, he said in his inimitable man
ner, "Brethren, I think we are doing quite
well.’ The argument was unanswerable.
"Possibly it is well known that in the
leading gold-working shops the American
workers never have the gold raw materia)
weighed put to them. It is a matter of
honor and old-time use. They take a piece,
work it up—so much left, so much waste,
and that is all there is to it. Well, in
these very shops every man had either to
carry his plug in his trousers pocket or
lock it up in his work table. It would not
be safe a minute."
BUCKING THE WIND.
Force of Air Resistance 4o Cyclists
Calculated.
From the New York Press.
A member of the Cyclists’ Touring Club
has figured out the relative degrees of air
tesistance a cyclist has to buck against
under varyeing conditions of road and
weather. In explaining the resu'.ts of his
experiments he avoids all technical ex
pressions, simply giving a few examples
of the strength of the retarding force. He
cites a case of a wheelman who wishes to
ride from on© town to another. He has
the choice of two routes, one over a per
fectly level road and the other by a road
tl.at passes over a hill of some hight.
Each road is equally long, say eight miles.
If he takes the level road and goes at
twelve miles per hour, the resistance he
will havo to overcome is 4.84 pounds. If,
however, he the hilly road and goes
up a slope of 1 to 60 for three mile 9 and
then down 1 in 160 for five miles, and
still arrives in time, the average force
to be overcome is 5.40 pounds, or 16 per
cent, more than before.
This great increase In the resistance Is
due to a hill only about 290 feet high. For
eat* of calcination he has taken the weight
of cycle and man together to be 160
pounds.
If a cyclist wishes to cover some dis
tance of about 50 miles he may elect to
do it in five hours, either by continual
PROFESSIONAL NURSES
Recommend Pe-ru-na
to Everybody.
SICK-ROOM EXPEKIEKCETELLSTHESTOKY
X Scientific Remedy for Catarrh—So Declared
By Doctor and Nurse.
MR, JASON BRYAN, PROFESSIONAL NURSE, FRANKLIN, INI).
The nurse is often brought to a closer observation of the effect of any medicine
than the doctor himself. In constant attendance upon the patient day and night,
he observes the effect of every dose of medicine, while the doctor only sees the
patient occasionally and must rely, more or less, upon the reports of the nurse.
Pe-ru-na is in high favor with Ihe nures. It is a specific for catarrhal diseases
of all varieties. It cures catarrh of the throat, catarrh of the lungs, catarrh of ihs
stomach, catarrh of the kidneys, and that form of catarrh so common among
Women, known to the profession as pelvic catarrh, ordinarily called female com
plaint. Pe-ru-na cures these troubles promptly and permanently.
Mr. Jason Bryan, Franklin, Ind., who is a professional nurse of experience,
writes: “My friend is improving, thanks to you and Pe-ru-na. I am called on to
nurse the sick of all classes. I recommend Pe-ru-na to such an extent that I om
nicknamed ’Pe-ru-na’ by nearly everybody. I am going to have my photo taken
soon, and if my photo will benefit you or anybody else, I will gladly allow you to
use it.”
Mrs. Lizzie M. Brewer, Westerly, R. 1., .eaivsSrilSteSk
writes in a recent letter to Dr. Hartman:
"I was very muclr-pleased to read in our Jfljr _
dally paper for the first time that your VB
remedy (Pe-ru-na) is being advertised in , ” &cT',? >siia=a 'i
our city. I have been doing for years all rflSmftP* eio &
that I could to make the people of our city
understand the virtues of your remedies,
and you may Judge (low glad I am to see - T.ffiSip-V'lfe.c'. -
your remedies advertised in our papers. I ,>/.r c"’ .
have used Pe-ru-na in my family for over • -Vt!? k t*L''--*■
four years. I find It a sure cure for all ca- /HBMlr" '
tarrhal affections so common in this part f^SgKBNk
of the country. It cures a cold at once.
There is no cough medicine that can at afl djl
equal Pe-ru-na. As for la grippe, there is Mrs. I.izzie M. Brewer,
no remedy that can compare at all with Pe-ru-na.”
Mrs. O. F. McHargue, Bozeman, Mon;.,
writes: “After I received your advice in
regard to the supposed
t could not afford lo have
It removed, I began to
take Pe-ru-na, think
ing I might at least get
some temporary relief.
By the time I had
taken one bottle the
polypus had disap
peared, and three bot
tles cured the catarrh
and throat trouble. I
have recommended the
Mrs. O. F. Me medicine to several
Hargue. friends. Asa minis
ter’s wife I come in
contact with all classes of people, and
shall always speak a good word for Pe
ru-na. I have given trial bottles to a few
friends. Wishing you abundant success,
so long as you merit it so richly as you
have heretofore, I remain very truly.”
Mr. A. F. Jackson, Mansfield, La.,
.says: “At one time a lady friend of
niino came to my ___
store and said that %
her health had been
failing tor some time V;
a,il that her case had /f-.-St \
budded the skill of jgkvi'’'
her physicians. I got
her it bottle ol Pe-ru- iPjljSl/iFfcW "jjil ’iteß'
na. and about three ■''.TwEjjkyF (Ip 1
weeks later she came " w " ■
to my store again
and stcid that she Mr.A.F.Jackson.
was well. She raid
she tod her physician when he came to
see her .that she did not need his services
any mo.Nri that Pe-ru-na had made a
young wwman of her again. Her com
plaint traa catarrh, indigestion end
easy riding l or by riding faster and hav
ing an hour's rest in between, or, lastly,
by riding ftVher stili and having a two
hours’ rest. In the second case he has
to do 20 per .tent, more work than in the
first, and in the last case as much as 60
per cent, more-
One might tlrtnk that it would conduce
to ease .n cycling if as much exertion
were used going up a slight slope a down
one and this could be done by properly
adjusting speed. Thus, supposing the
usual rate of ricVng to be about twelve
miles per hour ci a hill whose flanks
slope at 1 In 60, ‘.the proper pace would
be four miles an tour and 20 miles per
hour down the opposite side. This would
provide for the sa.ie exertion gong up
o- down; similarly. .If he slope be 1 In
120, the speed up is g miles per hour and
the speed down is 16 miles tier hour.
Perhaps the most init resting result of all
Is as to how a man should regulate his
pace foe uphill and downhill when he is go
ing fast or trying to bi't ak a reoonj. We
should pay less regard to t he hills and tend
to ride more as If they rlever existed, in
Tact, while for ordinary riling a hill of 1
in 80 changes a speed of, •>’. 12 miles an
hour on the level to 6 ml It. * an hour up
the hill and 18 miles an hoAt down It, yet
for a racing pace of, say. 29 miles per
change of life, I have introduced you?
medicines by favorable comment into
many families in our section, and in near
!y every case the most gratifying results
have been effected.”
tJ. W. Egbert. 51.
D., Neosho, Mo., a
graduate of three
schools of medicine,
says of Pe-ru-na: ‘1
have, during th
years of my ache
practice, not only
seen Pe-ru-na used
with gratifying re
sults. but have also
had occasion to test
Us virtues in m?
practice, an and eon-
J.W.Egbert, M. D. sider it an exce lent
medicine. Pe-ru-na cures catarrh wher
ever located.”
Once introduced into the family. Pe-ru
na always stays. It becomes an indis
pensable remedy for the thousand and nra
ills which are sure to befall the family
in this climate. Catarrh in someone ef
its many forms is bound to enter the house
hold as the result of the rigors ol win ‘f
or the heat of summer. Colds, coughs, -■
laiTh, la grippe, croup, diarrhoea, dysen
tery, affections of the stomach, liver, kid
neys, and the pelvic organs, are only dif
ferent forms of catarrh. A few doses of
Pe-ru-na at the onset of a catarrhal dis
ease are sufficient to stop it. Pe-ru-na i
the only internal remedy yet devised t hat
will cure catarrh In all of Us forms a n <*
phases. Pe-ru-na cures by removing th
cause; therefore, cures permanently
free literature on the subject of catarrh,
address The Pe-ru-ha Drug Manufactur
ing Company, Columbus, Ohio.
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hour that same hill will only change d>*
(iace (for equal exertion uphill and down)
from 20 mih a an hour along the level t®
16 miles an hour up the hill and 24 mile*
an hour down. So that the variation i
speed is Wily 8 miles per hour, or 40 pef
cent. In the latter racing case, whilt "*
the first case the variation is 12 miles pef
hour, or 100 per cent.
The effect of wind on the cyclist other
than that caused by his own motion i®
riding on a straight road at 12 miles P er
hour with Ihe wind dead ahead, Du veloc
ity of the wind relative to the road I* ; *
8 miles per hour, is as though h- " ,r *
climbing a bill of lin 60 all the tine t”
if the velocity of the wind Increac >■>
miles per hour it is as if the cyclic
climbing a slope of 1 In 20—a good. sl
hill.
Now. take the far preferable case of to®
cyclisl having the wind with him. If
velocity of the wind be S miles per hour
helps him as though the road slopul i0 •••
hill at an incline of 1 In 120: shoul;
wind become a brisk breeze of 20 md' - I
hour the apparent downhill slope he '
1 In 80, and. lastly, if the wind be 'in"
small gale of 40 miles per hour tin i'.'J ’
feels as if the slope were 1 in *. a' l '
that Is inconveniently steep U would 1 1
sitate using a brake.