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NEELY’S GREAT GENEROSITY.
HR GAVE TUB GOVERNMENT HUT
Ol' WHAT HE TOOK IX.
i
His Monthly iTCMiite Said, to Have
Keen About #l7,ooo—Recommenda
tion for the Vue of Forma l'liceoo
lioled by Neely—Steal Will Amount
to About 1100,00(1 —This Does Xot
Cover the Large Item of Surcharge
St n nips.
Havana, June 4.—Acting Director of
Posts Bristow to-day ascertained that ths
amount of postal funds taken by C. F.
W. Neely In May, 1899, was *31,312.93.
Neely’s monthly average was about $17,-
000. His system (ft bookkeeping was sim
plicity itself. Apparently he merely di
vided the amounts received, taking one
haif for himself and accounting for the
other.
This morning the examination of Estes
G. Rathbone, former director of posts,
was continued. It lasted more than four
hours. The most startling fact developed
was that on May 2d, lafet year, Mr. Rath
bone ordered Special Agents Leatherer
and Sullivan to examine the accounts.
They found a shortage, but It was net
thought that anything had gore wrong.
They reported, however, that there was
no check upon the bureau of finance, and
they recommended that certain blank
forms be made, which would answer the
purpose, such as all postmasters use when
making their reports to the department
monthly. Mr. Maynard, then chief agent,
indorsed the recommendation and for
warded it to Mr. Rathbone. The latter
approved it and sent it to Auditor Rie.es.
who initialed and forwarded it to Ne;ly.
After he had initialed it, Instead of put
ting the scheme into operation, he quietly
pigeon-holed it, and it did not see the light
until May 15 of this year, when the plan
was put Into effect.
Mr. Bristow says he is almost sure that
the extent of the steal will amount to
something between SBO,OOO and SIOO,OOO, but
that this will not touch the Item of sur
charge stamps, which Is $411,000. As to
how many of these were burned and how
many sold It is Impossible to obtain definite
information. As many have been traced,
it is known positively that all were not
destroyed, but If Neely sold, say, $30,000
or SIOO,OOO worth, It would not be surpris
ing, Mr. Bristow thinks, to find them scat
tered all over the world.
The postal inspectors say It is astonish
ing that a system so rotten could have
been concealed beyond the first month.
Every day only adds to the surprises.
Lieut. Col. Burton, Mr. Jones, the special
prosecutor, and Mr. Stevens will leave to
night for the United States. Lieut. Col.
Burton expects to return hero in about
ten days.
Hopes are expressed by some of the local
pa|*ers that, as Gov. Roosevelt has signed
the extradition order, no further time will
lie wasted in bringing Neely to trial
These Journals point out that “Neely’s con
duct has disgraced Americans iq the eyes
of Cubans," and they declare that “the
best way for the Americans to redeem
themselves is to bring him to a prompt
EXERCISES AT THE CAPITOL.
Celebration of Jeffernon Davln
Birthday.
Atlanta, June 4.—Appropriate exercises
were held at the capitol this afternoon
lo celebrate the ninety-second anniver
sary of the birth of Jefferson Davis, the
only President of the Confederacy. Yes
terday was the date of Mr. Davis' birth
day, but being Sunday the event was
postponed. Gov. Candler Issued an order
for all of the state house offices to be
closed to-day.
The exercises were held under the au
spices of Camp 159. United Confederate
t p'erans H E. W. Palmer delivered the
at dress of the occasion.
SI GAII COMPANY DIHECTORS.
Believed Quarterly Dividend Will
He One Per Cent.
New "York, June 4.—The directors of the
American Sugar Refining Company will
meet to-morrow and take action on the
quarterly dividend. Opinions as to what
action will be taken Is about evenly di
vided some believing that the same rate
as the last dividend will be announced,
other ß that the quarterly dividend will be
1 per cent.
Raw sugars were advanced 11-16 of a
cent a pound to-day, with no change In
inc price of defined produJls.
I,ON DO ENJOYED A HOLIDAY.
Not burdened by Descriptions of
South Ifrirnn Fights.
London, June 4.—London Is to-day en
joying Whitsun Monduy, a bank holiday,
undisturbed by descriptions of engage
ments between the British and the Boers
in South Africa, and the public here is
°J‘ confidence of Lord Roberts enter-
I rctoria before many hours have
elapsed.
In the Orange River Colonv the
nurghers are reported to be keeping a
close watch on President Steyn, to pre
vent him from leaving the commandos
in a lurch.
, , •
MORE BUSINESS FOR MUNSON.
'■(►liile and (nlinn Steamship Com
puny to Bo Absorbed.
Mobile, Ala, June 4—The Munson
Me rush p line, one of the largest of
'm rican steamship compapies has con
t lot.d with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
company to absorb the Mobile and Cuban
' bamshlp Contrary.
The Munson Company will take charge
.‘ f 11 agrtes to Increase the facilities
, a "° ‘° <*o hus ness out of Mobile to
! ml f of n'her port* In the Islands,
“nil in South America and Mexico.
Ml YKANTINE at key west.
Proviso Removing It Five Miles Wits
Omitted.
" nshlngton, June 4.—Among the Items
“greed to in the partial conference rerAt
f ‘ n ,he sundry civil bill, is that for a
quarantine station near Key West, omlt
''’s the proviso that it shall not he within
lve miles of Key West island.
The Elections in I Inly.
t.ome, June 4.—Officials returns of the
'actions just held show that 271 mlnls
criaiists, elghty-nlne of the opposition to
he constitution, sixty-eight of the ex
eme left and eight independents were
I'Cted. In thirty-three districts the re
mits are uncertain, and In tlhrty-nine dis
* Gets a second ballot will be necsesary.
A Diploma Mill Huided,
Chicago, June 4.—Government officers
10-<la.v invaded the Metropllltan Medical
College, an alleged “diploma mill,” and
ecrested the officers. The men are charg
'd with having used the mails lo de
fi.usl and It Is said their receipts amount
ip many thousands of dollafs.
OFFICIALS OF PORTO RICO.
Nomination** Sent to tle Senate by
the President.
Washington, June 4.—'The President to
day sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
Jose Severo Quinonos of Porto Rico, to
be chief justice of the Supreme Court of
Porto Rico; lui9 Sulzbacher of Missouri,
Jose C. Hernandez of Porto Rico, Jose M.
Piqueras of Porto Rico, and Rafael Noeto
y Abeille of Porto Rico, to be associate
justices of the Supreme Court of Porto
Rico; William H. Holt of Kentucky to be
United States district judge for the dis
trict of Portd Rico; Edward S. Wilson of
Ohio, to be United States marshal for the
district of Porto Rico; Noah B. K. Pett
ingill of Porto Rico, to be United States
district attorney for Porto Rico; Joseph j
F. Daly of New York, Leo S. Rowe of
Pennsylvania, and Juan Hernandez Lo
pez of San Juan, Porto Rico, to be mem
bers of the commission to compile and re
vise the laws of Porto Rico; Jose C.
Barbosa of San Juan; Rosendo Matienzo 1
Cintron of Ponce; Jose de Diego of >Maya
guez; Manuel Camunas of Fajardo, and
Andreas Crosas of San Juan to be mem
bers of the Executive Council of Porto
Rico; Martin Grove Brumbaugh of Penn
slyvania, to be Commissioner of Educa
tion of Porto Rico.
The Senate to-day confirmed E. R.
Stackable to be collector of customs for
the district of Hawaii.
MISSISSIPPI DISSENTERS.
They Will Hold Their Convention nt
Jackson To-day.
Jackson, Miss., June 4.—Delegates are
arriving in the city on eveay train to
attend the “dissenting" state convention,
which will assemble to-morrow morning
to select delegates to the aKnsas City
convention and nominate a presidential
electoral ticket.
The dissenting movement is the out
growth of the meeting of the State Execu
tive CommUtee on April 30, at which an
order was issued for a pluarity primary
on June 21, to select the national dele
gates and the electoral ticket. The order
did not meet with general approval, ah
up to the present time twenty-six of the
seventy-five counties have refused to
make provisions for the primary. Two
weeks ago an independent call was issued
for the convention which assembles to
morrow. The prospects to-night are that
about one-half of the counties will be
represented. It is expected that the con
vention will re suit in closing the breach
in the party and prevent the expeoted
factional diversion.
DEMOCRATS OF LOUISIANA.
Convention Chose Delegate!* and
Indorwed llrynn.
New Orleans, June 4.-p The Democratic
State Convention at Baton Rouge to-day
elected the following delegates at large to
the Kansas City Convention: Senator S.
D. McEnery, Senator-elect Murphy J.
Foster, Justice N. C. Blanchard and ex-
Mayor John Fitzpatrick. District dele
gates were also chosen.
The convention adopted a platform re
affirming allegiance to the Chicago plat
form of 18 6; instructing the delegates to
vote for Bryan; debouncing the imperial
istic policy of the present Republican ad
ministration; condemning the annexation
of the Philipp.ne Islands; declaring for
the freedom of Cuba, denouncing trusts
and combinations, opposing wars of con
quest and favoring >he construction of
the Nicaraguan canal exclusive
American control.
Sympathy with the Boers was express
ed.
STOCKS SOLD IN OSEN MARKET.
Ituuior* of .Liquidation" of Price,
McCormick A Cos. Collateral.
New York, June 4.—There were rumors
in Wall street to-day that a large amount
of the collateral held by the banks for
loans made to Price, McCormick & Cos.,
had teen liquidated in the open market.
This was denied by some of the officials
whose banks made the loans, but it was
admitted that there had been some liqui
dation of stocks.
It was also reported that the firm had
offered to settle with their cotton ex
change creditors on the basis of 50 cents
on the dollar, but this was not confirmed.
Assignee Curtis announefd that he was
not yet able to make public a schedule of
the firm’s assets and liabilities.
The settlement of Seymour, Johnson &
Co.’s affairs are said to be progressing
satisfactorily, and Assignee Hayes will
probably file his bond to-morrow\ Before
the end of the week there will be publish
ed a statement detailing ihe basis of set
tlement.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE MEETS.
Important Gathering \mv in Ses
sion at Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald. Ge„ June 4.—The teachers
combined Institute, comprising the coun
ties of Dodge,’Telfair, Montgomery, Wil
cox and Irwin, opened here this evening
at the opera house with a grand reception
by the people of Fllzgerald. Hon. Thomas
Wilson, Mayor of the city, made the prin
cipal address, with responses lrom Profs.
Smith and Miller, and County Commis
sioner Dickson. The experts in charge of
the combined institute are Prof. Euler B.
Smith of Athens, and Prof. W. D. Miller of
Fitzgerald, assisted by County Commis
sioner M. Dickson of Irwin count}'.
An excursion train on the Georgia and
Alabama Railroad brought in a party of
125 teachers (his afternoon, and more came
in on the regular train. It Is estimated
that 300 teachers will be In attendance.
COTTON EXCHANGE OFFICERS.
Annual Election of That Great New
York Institution.
New York, June 4.—The annual election
of officers of the New York Cotton Ex
change was held to-day. There was no
orpositlon to the regu ar ticket, which
follows:
President, Samuel T. Hubbard; vice
president, J. Temple Gwathmey; treasu
rer, George Brenneeke;, board of mana
gers, G. W. Baily, F. A. Fachire, Her
mann Hagodorn, G. F. Jones, B. P. Mc-
Dougall. J. F. Maury, D. H. Miller, E.
E. Moore, Hermann Norden, M. J. Par
rott, William Bay, R. H. Rountree, Wil-
Ilahm Tubbs, Frederick Van Roper and
H. H. Wheeler.
The proposed amendment to the com
mission laws of the exchange will come
up for a vote next Wednesday.
lilnrrird at Gi coin's lledslit*.
Columbus. Ga., June 4.—Richard M. Mc-
Farland, a mechanic who came here re
cently from Birmingham, and Miss Mary
l|'ood of this city were married this after
noon under rather unusual circumstances.
Their appointed wwilling day found Mc-
Farland sick in bed. The ceremony pro
ceeded, however, the young man sitting
up in bed and the young lady standing
by his side. A justice of the peace mar
ried them.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1900.
(Sained
43
Pounds
“DEAR MRS. PINKHAM
f was very thin and my
friends thought I was in
consumption.
“Had continual head
aches, backache and fall
ing of uterus, and my eyes
were affected.
“Every one noticed how
poorly I looked and f was
advised to take Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound.
“One bottle relieved
me, and after taking eight
bottles am now a healthy
woman? have gained in
weight from 95 pounds to
140? everyone asks what
makes me so stout."—
MRS. A. TOLLS, 1946 Hil
ton Si., Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs• Pinkham has fifty
thousand such tetters
from grateful women •
WILL REPLACE VOLUNTEERS.
REGULAR TROOPS TO RE SEXT TO
THE PHILIPPIXE9.
Volunteer Army Will Have .to Re
Mustered Out by June HO, 11101.
Tills Is a Tremendous Task Be
fore the War Department—Object
in View Is to Send Enough Regu
lars to Leave MacArtliur a Force
of 40,000 Men.
Washington, June 4.—ln order to pre
vent misapprehension as to the future
policy of the war department respecting
the military forces in the Philippines,
Adjt. Gen. Corbin made a brief statement
of the facts In the case to-day. He said
there had been no change of policy since
the departure of Gen. Otis and that none
was contemplated.
Under the law the entire volunteer
army now serving in the Philippines will
go out of existence June 30, 1901, and the
problem before the war department Is
how to get the 31,000 men of that army
heme from the Philippines before (he date
named, at the same lime relieving them
with other troops of' the regular estab
lishment so far as possible, without loss
of military prestige In the Philippines and
without material disturbance of the pres
ent military organization.
Gen. Corbin says it is proposed to main
tain an army of 40,000 regulars in the
Philippines so long as required and to do
this it will be necessary to draw upon
the troops now in Cuba. The army in the
Philippines at present numbers about 62,-
000 men equally divided between regulars
and volunteers. All the volunteers are
to be brought home and mustered out at
the place of enlistment, June 30 of next
year, and in order to accomplish this with
certainty and with the least embarrass
ment, the homeward movement will be
gin early in the coming November.
As was the case with the volunteers for
the Spanish war, they will be brought
home so far as possible in the order of
their departure from the United States.
To do this will tax the transport service
to Its utmost and a good margin of time
will be allowed so os to guard against
any possible disarrangement of plans by
unforeseen and unavoidable delays. Tha
plan is to have; all the men at their homes
and their accounts with the government
closed on the last day of their term of
enlistment. This is a tosk of enormous
proportions and will tax the powers of
the entire military establishment to the
utmost from now until It is fully accom
plished.
Will Send Hegnlarii There.
In order that there may be no Imme
diate reduction of the force under Gen.
MacArthur it has been arranged to send
regular troops to the Philippines as rap
idly as possible to take the places of the
departing volunteers. Orders have been
Issued for the assembling of the Sixth
Cavalry at San Francisco for transporta
tion to Manila. One detachment of that
regiment will leave about the 15th instant,
and another about the first of July. It is
believed that many of the troops In Cuba
can be relieved from duty In that country
soon after the elections there, which take
place on the 15th Instant. In case the con
ditions justify it these troops will be>
brought home and assigned to home sta
tions. in order that these garrisons may
be utilized In recruiting the army In tje
Philippines.
Gen. Corbin says It is incorrect to state
that time of the volunteer army is to be
extended or that reinforcements are to be
sent to the Philippines, the fact being Sim
ply that the volunteers are to be brought
home -for disbandment and enough regu
lars sent there to take their places to give
Gen. MacArthur 40,030 men to assist in
maintaining the supremacy of the United
States and to carry out the plans for civil
government determined upon by the Taft
Commission.
MERCER IN A FINE CONDITION.
Reports of the Ollleer* Made a
Splendid Showing.
Maeon, .Tune 4.—The trustee* of Mercer
University met this morning and heard
reports from Treasurer Huguenln and
President Pollock. Each report showed
that the institution is in an exceptional
ly fine condition. Some changes were
recommend in the affairs, but nothing
of special pubHe Interest. To-morrrow
morning another meeting will be held to
dlscqss measures for securing a large en
dowment for the college.
To-morrow afternoon, from 6 to 8, the
alumni will give a banquet In the new
college butldlhg. Preparations have
been made for a large gathering. Presi
dent W. J. Northen came In to-night and
will preside at the banquet. Several
speeches have been planned for the occa
sion.
WAYCROSB AIR LINE ROAD.
To Be Extended to Fitxjrernld—Other
WaycroAs News.
Waycross, Ga., June 4.—There was quite
a gathering of prominent railroad men
this morning. A month or so ago a pirty
of railroad men took a trip over the Air
Line Railroad up to Douglas, ar.d from
there drove overland to Fitzgerald. It
was thought at the time that some kind
of a deal was in the wind, but the gentle
men would not give out anything fo£ pub
lication.
The import of that trip Is now apparent,
and before long the Waycross Air Line
Railroad will be one of the important
line in Georgia. The company has ter
some time been contemplating is ext n
sion to Fitzgerald, but has not been pre
pared to do the work. The people of that
enterprising city have been very anxious
to secure the road, and have held several
consultation* with its officials.
At the meeting held here this morning
it was decided to push the line through
as soon as possible. Arrangements were
completed by which the entire present in
debtedness of the Air Line Railroad Com
pany was paid off, and ample funds pro
vided for the further and immediate ex
tension of the road. William G. Raoul.
Samuel M. Inman, George Dole Wadley
and J. F. .Minus are now' interest e 1 in
the road. Work will begin immediately
building the line to Fitzgerald, new
coaches and rolling stock will be put on
and many other improvements made.
Mr. W. E. Finn, the venerable father
of Water Works Superintendent B. D.
Finn, died last night at 10 o’clock, and
was buried this afternoon at 5 o’clock.
About two weeks ago the old gentleman
was hauling some garden truck, when tbe
horse became frightened and ran away.
One of the wheels struck a stump, and
the wogan was demolished. Mr. Finn was
thrown out. One leg was broken, his jaw
was shattered and he received severe in
ternal injuries, from which he died. He
came to Waycross from Pennsylvania
about two years ago.
The school term of 2899-1900 comes to a
close this week, and commencement ex
ercises of the class of 1900 will be held in
the High School auditorium next Friday
night.
The sew'erAge dispute has not yet been
settled, although a meeting of the Board
of Health, the Water Works and Sanitary
Commission and the City Council will be
held to-night to discuss the matter. The
Sewerage Commission is determined to
dump the sewage into the canal, inside
the city limits, notwithstanding the Board
of Health and every physician in the city
arei opposed to it, and say it will cause
sickness.
Mrs. Mary Thompson Dead.
Colquitt, Ga., June 4.—Mrs. Mary
Thompson died last at 11 q’clock, of
typhoid fever. She is a relative of Judge
C. C. Bush of Colquitt and Col. I. R.
Bush of Camilla.
The First Watermelons.
Tallahassee, Fla., June 4.—The first wa
termelons qf the season came into this
market on Saturday. They w'ere grown
by A. R. Grey, living seven miles west of
Tallahassee.
Nerr York Produce Exehanpre.
New York. June 4.—Officers w'ere elected
to-day at the annual eleotion or the P/o
--duce Exchange as follows:
President, Elliott T. Barrows; vice pres
ident, Frederick H. Andrews; tieasurer,
Edward Rice.
GAMBLING FOR MINING STOCK.
Amount Won in One Ppt Turned Qut
Latter to P T ‘ orth *280,000.
From i .v York Sun.
“Speaking of ,>oker .games," said a
Westerner to a party of friends, “I guess
I sat, at least for a short time, in as big
a poker game as was ever played in this
country; though, to tell the truth, the
players did not at that time have any
idea of the value of the chips they were
using so freely. „
“It was In 1882 that the town of Carbon
ate Camp almost in a night, grew from
one cabin located at the point where the
Spearfish ditch crossed the sawmill wagon
road, about fourteen miles west of Dead
wood, to an enterprising city. The light
ning change was caused by the diseovery
of high-grade ores carrying gold and sil
ver. The exclteVnent became intense anil
town lots were surveyed for miles, while
log and frame houses were being built
every day.
"At that time many of the mines which
have since become famous were merely
prospects, and the owners were trying to
raise money by stocking the enterprises.
So it came about that nearly every man
in camp had mining stock to burn, all
beautifully engraved and much more at
tractive in external appearance than Un
cle Sam's own bills. The snow that win
ter was unusually deep In the mountains,
and as the work in the new mines was
almost altogether on the surface, opera
tions were suspended until spring and all
buoyancy was taken out of the stock,
much of It being looked on during the
winter as worth scarcely more than the
paper on which it was printed.
“One of the favorite recreations of the
miners was gambling, and as mining stock
was much more plentiful than currency,
it was largely used for stakes in the
games. The most common stock of all
was perhaps that of the Rattler Gold
Mining Company. In fact, everybody had
Rattler stock and wanted no more.
“One night four men and myself startedi
a game of poker In the Lone Star saloon.
We all had plenty of Rattler stock, and
it supplied the stakes In lieu of money.
The blind was 100 shares, and It took 200
Shares tb play. We were playing Jack
pots. Rattler Bill, one of the owners of
the mine, opened the pot for Its full val
ue of 5,000 shates. He had three jacks
and sat to the left of the dealer. The next
man had a four-card flush and stayed,
with a raise of 5.000 additional. I was the
next man, anti, as my supply of Rattler
stock was a little shy, I dropped out. The
next player, Morris Welch, saw both
raises, and BUI stayed In, making a total
of 50.000 share* before the draw. The fifth
player, the dialer, dropped out.
“On the deal Rattler Bill drew two
cards and got another Jack. The second
player filled his flush, and Welch stood
pat on four kings. Rattler Bill led the
play with a modest bet of 5,000. The sec
ond player saw the 5,000 without raising.
Welch saw the bet an 1 raised it 20,000,
Rattler Bill saw the ra’se and raised t
20.0C0 more. The second player dropped
out. Welch saw Bill’s raise and made It
40.0 r 0 more Bill saw the raise and called.
The hands were laid down and Welch
raked In the pot.
“Nothing was thought of the size of
The game at the time by the other play
ers. who had happened to be temporarily
short on Rattler stock, as th6re was ab
solutely no market for It. But within a
month the snow disappeared and work
was resumed with great activity. Strike
after strike was made In the Rattler,
s-nding the stock hounding toward par.
Within fO days It had reached 80 cents,
and Rattler Bill's lucky companion sold
his stock, his winnings for the poker
game netting him slßo,ooo.’*
Duffy’S MALARIA,
_ • Fevers, thills. Coughs,
tJjiytJ Colds, Dyspepsia of what
-1 Ulw ever form, quickly cured
M.ll by taking DUFFY’S Malt,
flresjjj A tablespoonful in glass of
tail a a water three times a day.
ytfnielf Alf All druggists and grocers.
71 iildnvj Beware of iutiUUous. **
-RYE-RYE-RYE
-1 01d
Jit Crow
Rvo
I>UMIAogfUJuU IV4M £ % Y
fooIDCROW
11,11 ~ie wortl
HWEI RYE
RH.B.Kirkr.fi’Aj (In red. is on each and
•i’TiTJ'.ni 'xJ every bottle, otherwise
..‘.‘j." 1 you do not Ret
Old Crow Rye
w. A. GAINES & CO., Woodford, Ky„
are the distillers.
H. B. KIRK & CO., N. Y„ have sole
control of the RYE—hove had every bar
rel made since 1872, and have contracted
for many years to come. It is a Ken
tucky HAND-MADE, SOUR MASH,
sold only In bottles.
Guaranteed by
W. A. Gaines & Cos., Distillers.
H. B. KIRK & CO.. N. Y.,
SOLE BOTTLERS.
S. GUOKENHEIMER’H SONS,
Distributors, Savannah, Ga.
AMENDMENTS CONCURRED IN.
HOUSE COXSEXTS TO SEVERAL
SENATE PROVISIONS.
The $5,(881,(810 Appropriation for ihe
S. I.oulx Exposition anil tlie Miss
issippi River Item Agreed to.
House Heady to Adjourn To-mor
row—(Question Raised as to Why
Several \Vldo,vs Were Removed
From Pension Rolls.
Washington. June 4.— The House to-day
agreed to the Senate amendment to’ the
sundry civil bill appropriating $5,000,001
for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at
St. Louis.
•There was not a word of debate on con
currence In the amendment. Its opponents
contented themselves with demanding a
roll call, which resulted 127 ayes to 75
noes in favor of the appropriation.
The House also agreed to the Senate
Item for the Mississippi river, with an
amendment reducing the appropriation to
$2 230,000, and adding a provision for the
preparation of a comprehensive report on
the levee system by the Mississippi River
Commission. With these exceptions the
Items of the sundry civil bill still in_dis
pute after the adoption of Ihe partlial con
ference report were sent back to confer
ence.
The disputed items of the District of
Columbia appropriation bill were agreed
to and the bill went to the President,
leaving only four appropriation bills still
in dispute between the two houses.
Mr. Tawney of Minnesota, Is making an
effort to delay final adjournment unless
action is had on the Grout oleomargarine
bill, but he met with no success to-day.
Eveiything, so far as the House Is con
cerned, indicates final adjournment on
Wednesday.
Widows Cut Oft Pension List.
Mr. Miers of Indiana, as a matter of
privilege, moved the adoption of a resolu
tion of inquiry calling upon the Secretary
of the Interior for all reports relating to
the dropping from the pension rolls of cer
tain widows, especially such reports and
correspondence from Special Examiners
William Goodlove. W. S. Harris, A. W.
Room and J. H. tStibbs!
He understood, he said, that there were
more than thirty widows dropped from
the rolls upon the report of Mr. Goodlove,
who, he was informed, had asked the wid
ows questions which could not be repeat
ed in the House. He also was informed,
although, he did not believe It. that the
Commissioner of Pensions had authorized
this infamous line of questions.
Mr. Harris and Air. Room, he was In
formed, had made special reports upon Mr.
Goodlove’s action for which both had
been reduced. The line of inquiry com
plained of had reference to the chastity
of the widow slnde her husband's death.
Mr. Ray of New York, criticised the
resolution as being indefinite and unintelli
gible. Who were the widows, he demand
ed to know.
Mr. Miefs said he would respond to
this challenge In his own time.
Mr. Ray said it was a covert assault
on the Secretary of the Interior and the
Commissioner of Pensions.
The chair held that the "pending ques
tion was to discharge the committee from
the consideration of the resolution and
not on the adoption of the resolution, and
that the pending question was debatable.
Miers’ .Motion Lost.
This decision cut off debate and the
question was put. The motion was tost,
114 to 131. This left the resolution stiil
In possession of the committee.
Mr. Canon, chairman of the Appropri
ation Committee, presented the confer
ence report on the sundry civil appropri
ation bill. Mr. Cannon then moved that
the House Insist on Its disagreement to
the other Items.
The amendments on which seperate
votes were demanded by members were
considered in their order.
The emergency river and harbor bill
was sent to conference.
Saturday, Dee. 8, was set aside for pay
ing tribute to the late Representative
Harmer of Pennsylvania.
At 7:05 p. m., the House adjourned.
I'AIDiIH/OGY.
W lint the New Science of Child Study
Teaches.
From the Chicago Record.
Anew science has been launched. It Is
called paldology, which means the study
of children. The only serious and continu
ous work In this line has been done In
Antwerp, Belgium, where there Is a labo
ratory under the direction of the munici
pal government; In Chicago, where Dr.
Christopher Is working under the direction
of the board of education, and In Wash
ington, where Dr. Macdonald, of the bu
reau of education, has been engaged In
the pursuit of Information In the same
line.
"It Is anew field of Inquiry.”, said Dr.
Macdonald, "Involving great labor and the
exercise of patience; hence it is a little
slow, but we are making satisfactory prog
ress and securing Interesting results. From
a practical point of view any facts about
children are Important—Just as Important
os facts about rocks, or the north pole,
or the vegetable kingdom, or animals, or
music, or art—although we have not yet
gone far enough to determine how this
Information may be most usefully applied.
There is no doubt of the practical Im
portance of a scientific Investigation into
the health, habits, tastes, vices and other
characteristics of both normal and ab
normal children.
“The only laboratory of the kind in the
world where the physical and intellectual
activity of children is a matter of seri
ous study is in Ihe city of Antwerp, which
has recently conferred upon me the de
gree of 'correspondent du service pedol
oglque scolaire.’ It Is the only laboratory
I know of in Europe, and is making in
vestigations of great value to the parent,
to the teacher, to the medical profession
and to everybody that takys an active
interest in childhood. It is particularly
important to know the physical and mental
defects of children In order that they may
be corrected. Their menial condition and
their Intellectual processes as well as their
likes and dislikes furnish a field of inquiry
that is full of useful possibilities, and the
laboratory at Antwerp Is taking the lead
In this direction. In Chicago, Dr. Chris
topher is doing fine work and developing
a wide field of usefulness under the aus
pices of the board of education. Chicago
Is the first city in America, and the only
city In the worn! except Antwerp, as far
as I know, to appropriate money for the
study of childhood.
"I have examined 20.000 children In the
city of Washington, and have acquired
many valuable facts which have been
classified, and suggest the great benefit
of extending the Inquiry through the en
tire country. For example, it has been
clearly demonstrated that the children of
the laboring classes—that Is, of parents
who are engaged in manual labor—are
not so sirong. either mentally or physical
ly. as the children of the professional,
mercantile and clerical classes which are
not engaged in manual labor. This may
be due In a measure to their food, their
habits and their manner of living.
"We have found out. too, that girls ore
generally superior to boys in their studies,
although there is greater degree of adapt
ability in boys than in girls. In other
words, girls learn more quickly and show
higher percentages in the studies, but the
boys get more out of them.
“Children of the non-laboring classes
show greater ability in their studies Ilian
those of the laboring classes. Children
whose parents are of different nationali
ties show less mental ability than the
children of parents of the same race,
which demonstrates that a mixture of
races is not favorable to menial devour
ment.
“Bovs of the non-laboring class nre more
susceptible to sickness than boys of the
laboring class. Defects of speech are
much more frequent In boys than In girls.
“Boys show a much greater percentage
of unruliness and laziness than girls. Dull
boys are more apt to be unruly than
bright ones.
“Boys are less sensitive to pain and heat
than girls, and children of the laboring
classes are less sensitive than those of
the non-laboring classes. Colored chil
dren are more sensitive than while chil
dren.
“Colored children have keener percep
tions than white children. Colored girls
have a larger circumference of head at
all ages than white girls, and slightly ex
cel the boys in the same particular. In
colored children Ihe perceptions grow
keener and the mind brightens with age.
which is the reverse among white chil
dren.
“The 20.000 children who were examined
In Washington were divided Into three
classes—bright, dull and average. There
was a higher percentage of MfhtMM
among the white children of early age
than nmong the older class, while the
percentage of brightness increases with
Ihe age of oolored .children.
“Children who have long heads rather
than broad heads have less mental abil
ity; where the head is very long the child
is usually dull.
“Bright boy* are generally taller and
heavier than dull boys. While children
not only have a greater standing hlght
than colored children, but their sitting
hlght Is still greater. Relatively to their
bight, while children have longer bodies
than colored children, yet colored chil
dren have greater weight than white chil
dren.
"For a certain period before and after
puberty girls are taller and heavier than
boys, but at no other time. Dull-colored
girls show the highest percentage of slck
nesp. White boys of American parents of
the non-laboring class show the highest
degree of nervousness. The highest per
centage of defects In eyesight oecur In
white boys of non-laboring parents and
the lowest pereentnge In colored children
and bright oolored girls.
“Girls in private schools, who ars gen
erally of wealthy parents, are much more
sensitive to twin, heat, etc., than girls In
the public schools, which proves than re
finements and luxuries tend to Increase
sensitllveness, but there seems to he no
necessary relation between Intellectual de
velopment and pain sensitiveness. The
left hand is more sensitive; toi pain than
the right hand. While girls are more sen
sitive than men, they can endure more
pain.”
All Fever is Curable.
There are very lew people In this world who are ao well but that a
bottle of Johnson’! Chill and Fever Tonlo would not make them feel
better. This Is a great medicine. It enrea fever quickly. It sharpens
the appetite. Fata the liver In the brat possible condition. Tnke a
course of Johnson’s Tonic and feel yonng again. Price 50 cents It It
cares.
“I have sold all of Johnson’s Tonic that I had on hand except four bottles.
It acted like a charm. Every bottle has given entire satisfaction. It broke Into
fevers of the highest type where doctors had failed. I recommend Johnson’s Tonlo
to be the best fever medlolne on earth. It goes like hot cakes when fever la ao
hand. WM. PAUL, Fleming. Ala.
®A “Sweeping” Statement
Not one woman in fifty pays any
attention to the broom she buys. She
ought to. It is as necessary in its way
as any other article in her home.
There are some women who do give this article
some attention. They -use Antiseptic Brooms be
cause they are economical, are strongly made, wear
better and, above all, sweep chemically clean. The
old-style broom has none of these good qualities.
Ask your dealer for Antlaoptlc Brooms. You will always use them. For sale everywhere-
FINE GRADES OF WHISKIES.
WHISKIES. WHISKIES.
The R. G. Whiskey gallon $2.00
Glendale \Vhiskey gallon $2.50
Crystal Spring Whiskey gallon $3.00
Golden Wedding Whiskey gallon $3.50
IN CASES OF \2 LARGE BOTTLES:
The Antediluvian Whiskey bottled by Osborne of New York 816-60
The Peerless Whiskey bottled In bond In Henderson. Ky 812.00
The Peoria Whiskey bottled In bond by Clark Brothers 812.00
Meredith Rye Whiskey, bottled at their distillery In Ohio 811-50
Golden Wedding Whiskey, our bottling 80.50
LIPPMAN BROTHERS,
Lippman Block, - Savannah, Ga.
Alter Sickness
the strength you are so much in need
of will rapidly come, if you use
Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract.
It is a real nourishment for the
body and nerves; it makes diges
tion perfect, and thereby helps you
to secure the full value of your food.
Dr. 11. B. Bnlerbaugh, Indians, Pa
writsa: “Have used
JOHANN
HOFF'S
Mali Extract
with very satlalactory results. I hav* one
patient who began to use It about six
weeks ngo. His weight than was 9S lba.
He now weight 148 Ids. and la strong and
healthy."
Beware of cheap substitutes put up In
bottles similar to Jonann I loff’a. Get Johann
Huff's and you will not be disappointed.
JOItAXIf HOFF : Berlin, Faria, Yl.au., New York.
THE PEANUT AXD ITS USES.
Marseilles, Strange to any, file Cen
tral Market of Hie World.
From the Philadelphia Manufacturer.
Americans have come to look upon the
peanut chiefly as an article of food, asso
ciating it with circuses, country fairs, and
the Bowery. Its employment for food
purposes is, however, one of the least Im
portant of Its uses. Although Europeans
seldom eat Ihe nuts, Marseilles Ib ihe pea
nut center of the world. In 1899 that city
Imported 61,241 tons of unshelled, and 9,579
tons of shelled peanuts, and that was not
on unusual year. Bordeaux also uses
large quantities every year, but the first
named city stands In Europe at the head
of the production of vegetable o1!b from
oleaginuos seeds. The chief sources of
the city's peanut supply are Bombay,
Mozambique, and Senegal, although large
quantities are received from other places.
In the Marseilles crushing mills for
handling peanuts, ihe shells are broken
by means of toothed rollers, and the ker
nels separated by a system of winnowing
machines such as are used In flour mills.
The Inside red skin Is then removed by
revolving sieves, and blasts, and the
kernels are ground, after which they are
ready to be pressed. The pressing lakes
place In the same manner In which other
oleaginous seeds are pressed, the meal
being enveloped In strong fibrous mats
and subjected to hydraullo pressure. The
resulting cake Is then roground, the oil
remaining In the meal secured as In the
first Instance. The oil Is graded accord
ing to first, second, or third extraction.
This oil, afler being clarified by filtra
tion and the admixture of fuller’s earth.
Is pul on the market, and used as an 11-
lumlnant, and more extensively as an
adulterant In olive oil. In whlob latter
fields Its chief competitor Is cottonseed
oil.
The oaks left Is sometimes chemically
treated to secure the oil that may have es
caped the presses, but whether thus
treated or not, It Is valuable as a food
for cattle; The husks are sometimes used
for fuel, and they have some value as
fodder, although goats are about the
only animals thp.t will eat them when
not mixed with the peanut cake.
■ In the United States, the raising of
these mils Is not extensively engaged In,
except In Tennessee, Virginia, and North
Carolina, although a good many are
grown In all Ihe Middle Southern States.
The crop for Ihe entire country In IS.
was about 4,500,000 bushels, of 22 pounns
each, which was an Increase of about
1,000,000 bushels over the crop of 1898.
There are some twenty plants for grind
ing peanuts In the United States, these
being chiefly situated In the states where
the nuts are extensively grown. There
1* a single factory In Tennessee which
handles five tons of peanuts dally. The
output secured at this rate of consumption
Include* 235 gallons of refined oil, which
sells at $1 per gallon; 175 gallons of crude
oil at 50 cents, 3,680 pounds of flour and
meal at 2 cents, and 3,300 pounds of stock
feed at 60 cents, per 100 pounds, making
the gross receipts about $415.90 per day,
and at this rate the annual profit Is said
to average $19,725. These figures may be
open to some amendments and modera
tions, but there seems to be no doubt
that many of these plants are yielding a
large return for the small amount of cap
ital Invested.
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