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Philadelphia Inquirer.
The erase that many British people have
had dMrtng tb* last twelve months for
rikrtti«fetM**h*tr cbttdren and pet animals
attar some-grneral, battle or'town figur
ing la the South African war has drequeni
ly boon mm 11 ted upon, and it la net sur.
priaflkff to- learn of the great extent to
which the custom has spread in th* green
houses of the nurserymen. Many -ai^
is slrPccscjil. or n*a been, eta*k
ed ia the great Boer chase will s® dtp to
England to find undying fame awAtttng
bM Wth* >nowrt<hte lhht wme ent.-rprt.-
.k-. *4o discovered a
novelty la the way of flower or plant, has
honored hia*by christening the floral baby
Lord Roberts, naturally, has been the
rrCme faVPOte for tMt peaettate and la
the unconscious sponsor of a begonia, pe
onp*. carnation and the specie* of orphid
known as a catt *ya. Ix-rrf Uethuen has
a peony and an reontoglowum < another
kmd of orchid' to hand bls name down to
posterity. While in addition to the phony
■ Jensrai MMkmald. the tu|| la
daattflie Wehimuiauu of retsosartlPtb*
popular leader of the Highland brigade.
Baden-Powell, without any mention of
rank. Is the game Os One of the newest be
goßfhs, tMs peculiar flower having also a
specie* cafled Captain Lamberton and
Genera) French has a peony to his credit
Tb* newest variety of carnation to be
pet on the market is. tn accordance with
Pearls Becoming Scarce.
During th* lait few year* tb* demand
tar perfect pearls ha* been so great that
row th* supply *o band is practically
exhausted and the leading jewelers of
gurop* Te*r that for sobse time there will
1 a dearth of these eostly gems
-It ia tru*" say* M. C, ChjqqhoUw an
expert, writing on the subject, "titat In
the thousands of pearl oysters which are
oettC Constantly brought up from the
deep' many beatfttf d ptirli ar* fbuad.
but* even if twice w many were fbond
the SOpplv would still be insufficient The
price of pearl* has increased greatly ot
late, yet the more they coe*. the more
eagerly thmr.rarerefrpghr- ' *
"Naturwy the demand ta greatest for
three Which are fapltlem. A jeweler who
has a fine row ot SytnnrttrTca! pearls can
bg fuse «f eelling It at a high pric*. A
few day* age I sate a nScktsw rentstnlag
45 pearl* of which 12 were black. It is
worth 440.8# ftascs and frill certainly be
sold Withinaa we*k. * L, '
•Wealthy Jttflerfran* are especially fond
of pearls and tirink nothing pf paying
388.080 frane* far a necklace They are
verv practical and know weS that in
buying pearls they Sre mAking h safe tn
vesynest A tew of pearls tha’ was
worth W,«fi Irenes 15 year* ago te today
worth three or four times as much, as
very seoa it *1)1 .b* worth eveq more
• Peafto, ho* ever. mu*t be really beau
tiful and faufyes* IS order to fetch a
high frrfc* ragfflrifretrical pearls are
bought only when the ofngment* in which
they ar* to be are of surpassing
beauty. A perfect peart, on Tb* other
hand, dogs hot need to have its
The Mystery of the Ice.
During the intensely hot weather of ear
ly July a wmnan sat tn an til-ventilated
of a back tenement in the great
Bast Aid* of th* metropolis, leaning over
a bed where lay a sick eblid. “He I*
werfisu" she said. "*txl I must have the
doctor ”
She went to the fire-eecape in a nar
row. dark shaft, where the sun never
shone, to look for * neighbor to help her
letter extremtiy. No'one frap in tight,
excepting a woman 00 th* fire-«*cap* b*-
Low, who hgd moved U only tbe day be
fore. The mother a-ked her to hasten to
tbe eoroer drag store send*the doc
tor from there, but *be shook her head.
The mother turned back, hurried Into
fbe narrow public ball, and there met a
friend.
"Tbe doctor"’ sb* erted. "LUtl* Loe is
worse. Th* woman below would not go
for me. ' ■ ' ■*’
, ■flb* does not understand.” wa* the
a awer "None of us understand her ex
cepting tbe druggist. He say* she ta
Cr*m Rousnsnis and oannot speak like
w* do. She moved yesterday from where
ph* w*» ass*gas bar child.died. 1 will
..Whep >h* had gone the mother went
again to She fir*-«***p*, and took from a
•oap box there * hottie that held a little
Md been grepped in a bit of
carpet to shield It from the heat. She
Mbgpd „U*e mi»k Ipto a glas* and tested
"Jt ta •our.** she Mid, "and I have no
hsoney for le***
"Medfcin* rennet help youc child - said
the wtaen he came. "He must
bare noursMeggL.'*.. « . - . .
The mother took from her. little store,
bought mere rattk. red bar «b<M. and
placed he remainder es tbe precious sup
ply ia tb* soap boa. It was quite early
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—W *5 ». feedhe N*Mt*y P. O er expreaa money order end we will
send-o yon t>y frei»b< uademtandlnd that
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Ltbe spirit of the times, khaki, not only in
name but in color as well, while whatever
general has been forgotten In the christen
ing of other flowers is pretty sure to find
his name among the latest things In chrys
anthemums. which ar* particularly plenti
ful th number and military In name.
The fair sex Is not forgotten for begohla*
Imdy Roberts, Lady Audrey Buller and
Mrs. Baden-Powell were all to be seen on
exhibition during the past season, as also
was peony Lady White.
. The only war correspondent to be hon
ored ip this way is * lady. a peony being
christened Ixidj Sarah Wilson. Rudyard
Kipling is also the name of a peony.
Gospel of the Toothbrush.
’* ‘The gospel of the toothbrush.* as Gen
eral Armstrong used to call It. is a part of
our creed at Tuskegee." 'says Booker T.
Washington. "No student is permitted to
remain who dors not keep and use one.
Several times, in recent years, students
have come to us who brought with them
almost no other article. They had heard
from older students about our insisting
upon its ugh. One-morhing I went With
the lady principal on her usual tour of In
spection of the girls* rooms. We found one
room that contained three girls who had
recently arrived at the school. Whep I
asked them If they had tootftj brushes one
of the girls replied, pointing to a brush:
'tee. str. that io our brush. We bought It
together yesterday.* It did not take them
long to learn a different lesson."
enbahcefi. by gold or diamonds, indded.
It will be injured if plated too clos*.,to
metal, or to diamonds. Os all pearls the
while ar* the most attractive and the
only "reason why the black are more <n
demand Is because they are more rare.
Kope*cok>red peprls were discovered some
time ago—they do hot com* tfotn she
pearl oysters, but from mussel* which
areTound in the rivers of Scotland." Asa
rule these stonds are not oiilte roupd.
‘There ar* various theories as to th*
mapper In which pearls are formed- Sopc
sad that an animalcule bores through ths
shell of the oyster* and that th* latter,
with the obj*ot of stopping up the hole,
exudes a substance of Which the pearl Is
gradually formed. Others, on the con-
claim that pearls, are forpxtd by
microbe*.
• "One word at advice nofr to the for
ttmafn owntirs of pearls. Some person*
maintain that pearls may be wore dally,
but that Is a mistake, as constant usage
tend* to spoil them and lessen their val
ue. The perspiration of th* body is in
jurious to them, especially when they sre
worn by a sick person."
For 11.40 we will send Th* Semi-
Weekly one year and the Five Vaseline
Toilet Article* and any one of the
premium papers offered with The
Bami-Woekly at SI.OO. This 14 the
greatest offer ever made and you
should take advantage of It without
delay.
when sb* went for it in tbs morning, and
great was her surprise when she found a
large piece of ice beside it.
, Th* next day there was Ice with th*
milk, keeping It sweet, and the next day,
and the and so on through July and
August and into September, and the
mother could not learn who placed It
there.
The little patient became better, and
early on* morning, when sitting in his bed
looking out of the window over the flre
gscape. be saw a hapd reach up holding a
piece of Ice.
"See! mother!" he cried.
She hurried to the window, and there,
standing on the ladder below, was the
woman from Roumania who could not un
derstand or be understood. The eyes of
th* two met, and mothers who had suf
fered found that they could understand
each other without the use of words.
The mother whose child had died drew
from the bosom Os her dress a ticket that
read "Poor Free Ice Fund.” and showed
H to the mother whose child was alive.
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THE SKMI-WEEKLT JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 190 t,
How To Make a Tree Climber
About tpis time of the year young people
begin to make preparations for gathering
the autumn harvest of nuts. There are a
grept many ways of doing this and nut
ting parties will always be popular from
the varieties pf way,s that can be em
ployed In securing the nuts, all pf which
are great flln, besides the keen pleasure
Os roaming through the woods in bracing,
spicy autumn glr.
Frequently the nutting party chance
across a chestnut, hickpry or walnut tree
that is so large and has branches so far
from tfie ground that It seems impossible
to get Lie nuts, for the tree is top large
to shin up. the branches are far out of
reach and vigorous "clubbing" only
brings down a very few nuts, although
the branches may be loaded with them.
In such cases the party generally go to
another and smaller tree, although - they
are bound to regret leaving those huts on
the monarch Os the woods that seem to
laugh at them. If one of. the boys could
only have reached those lower branches
what showers of nuts he would have
shaken down! A .
Here is away to make 'a climber which
"THE GREAT COMMONER"
BY CHARLES EDGEWORTH JONES.
... Augutg, Georgia- - ,\ .
Among the historic worthies whose
lustrlous names are lovingly treasured
by the great state to. the fair fame of
which, whether as sons or adapted cit
izens, they so materially contributed,
no one occupied a securer or more en
during place in the popular regard than
the distinguished subject of the pres
ent sketch. An ornament to the day
and generation wherewith his notable
lot was identified, his political career
possesses an Interest well deserving of
revival tn the recollection of posteri
ty. The remarkable personage to whom
we refer Is none other than the Hon.
Alex H. Stephens, who first beheld the
diurnal light on' a modest farm In tpe
vicinity of Crawfordville. Taliaferro
county, Georgia,’ the date of his time
honored nativity being the 11th bf Feb
ruary. 1811.
He came of a sturdy lineage, his
grandfather. Alex Stephens, who was
the founder of the American branch of
the Stephens family, being an English
man, and an adherent of the Jacobite
pretender, Brine* Charles Edward. Re
moving to this country' about 1*46, he
cast his pioneer fortunes with the
Pennsylvania colony, he being engaged
in several conflicts with the Indians,
as well as seeing service in the old
French war under the able chieftaincy
of Colonel George Washington. He
was, moreover, a captain In the revolu
tionary war, and soon after the suc
cessful termination of hostilities, he
transferred his residence to the sover
eign soil of the state of. Georgia
There. In Wilkes county, in course of
time, his son. Andrew B. Stephens,
was wedded to a Miss Margaret Grier,
and as a result of this unostentatious
union, we point to the birth' of. our j
distinguished subject, Alexander, who,
as his grandsire’s namesake, wss des
tined to shed lustrious credit upon
the fatuity whereto he owed his bril
liant origin.
At the age of 15, our worthy who had
up t 6 that time, because of assiduous
farm work, enjoyed few educational
opportunities, became an orphan. In
that forlorn predicament, he soon at- •
tracked the attention of Charles C.
Mills, a man of means, by whom he
was, after five months* instructional
training, offered a home in Washing
ton. Wilkes county, and a place as pu r
pil ih Its High scbpcjl, over which Rev.
Alex Hamilton Web* ter then ably P l "*'
sided. To thia talented precaptor our
subject was not only indebted for
scholastic benefit, but likewise for. his
middle name. And ths Hamilton by
which his illustrious signature was
thenceforward to be distinguished, far
from suffering .abasement, was in
later yeafs, to receive contiiuiuou* and
widespread plaudits frotq, his admiring
countrymen. }’ r
Within a few months he was ad
judged as ready for admission to
Franklin college, subsequently known
as the University of Georgia. In the
summer of 1838. thanks to the assis
tance of a Presbyterian educational so
ciety, and with a view to hts ultimate
preparation for the ministry, be wias
there matriculated as a freshman stu
dent, and four years thereafter, in 1832.
he had the distinction of graduating
with the highest honors of that vener
able institution. On leavlpg college his
determination fqr taking orders hay
ing intermediately changed, he resorted
to teaching to the en<s of earning mon
ey wherewith to re-imburse Mills and
the aforesaid society fpr their, generous
aid in connection with his schooling.
As a result of his zealous efforts th
that regard, at the time of hta recep
tion into the legal fraternity, in July,
1834, he was able to fully discharge
both indebtednesses, and thus on the
threshold of bis interesting career was
he happily relieved from what would
certainly have preyed upon his honor
able mind. Before leaving this period
of Mr. Stephens’ life, we would say
that on the rih of the same month he
made his debut as a political orator.
His speech was an able one, and
from the ground, as then taken, his
rock-ribbed convictions never after
wards deviated. While denying the as
serted right of nullification, that is,
the right of a state to remain in the
uniohi ’ and yet disobey the federal
laws, he insisted upon the sovereignty
of the states and upon the constitu
tional prerogative of any to withdraw
from the union whenever the compact
should be violated by their sister com
monwealths.
Alluding to Mr. Stephens' admission
to the bar, w|ticb was secured after
only two months* study, we would
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F had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen.
She washed me the dishes, and kept the
house clean.
Find two other chickens, a d<?g and a
will enable you. to climb any nut tree you
may find and if you use it you will find
It responsible for many a full basket.
Take a strip of leather about three
inches wide and eight inches long. Stitch
the ends together as firmly as you can,
using waxed thread such as cobblers use
for shoes. Theh further secure the ends
by riveung them tightly with copper riv
ets. Get a Very strong place of leather
about six feet long (an old tr*c* will do>
and fasten a buckle to one end. punching
hqles in the other end to fit th* tongUe
of the buckle. Now your strip will look
like a belt fit for a gignt. A large trunk
strap will .be the very tplng, If your par
ents will allow you to make uie of one,
but you must be it is perfectly
sound and has no cracks or tears. Now
put your very stoutest belt around yoiir
waist and ydu are ready fbr afiy nut tree
you may find. *
When you have selected the tree you
wish to climb put your belt through the
smaller leather band and refasten the
belt tightly around your waist With the
band in front, near your bolt buckle. Now
pass the long strap around the trunk of
say that he was cordially congratu- ..
latad by the famous Wm. H. Craw
ford. then presiding judge of the Nor- |
them Georgia Circuit, and by Hon.
Joseph Henry Lumpkin, and was per
sonally assured by them that his was
tha best legal examination they had .<
ever had the privilege of hearing. Af
ter a year painstakingly and moat
carefully spent this delicate youth be
gan to win fame in Ns chosen call- ;
ing: and a lucrative practice soon en
abled him to ' own his father's old
homestead, as well as to purchase the
estate which is now patriotically desig
nated as “Liberty Hall.’’ In 1836 our !
subject enjoyed his earliest political
distinction. At that .time, he was fillet
ed to membership in the Georgia HOube
of Representatives; his triumphant elb
vatjon tb' that office, which he held un
til 1840, being effected only after the
most bitter opposition. This dtgtus Os
affairs was superinduced by the simple
reason that, while bellev'ng in states- (
erelgnty, he sturdily an.agonized nulli
fication; he utterly dlscountenaclng
vigilance committees,.-- and the 1 then
common "sticking" clilbg, whir a weep
the parent*of the Ku-Klux-Klan,' flte
first speech in thg legislature was ef
ficacious: and as a fruttof its eloquent
delivery, we point t< the granting of
the earliest appropriation far the Wes
tern and Atlantic o|H State , raHroad.
the foremost, impetus as imparted to
the construction of which being dis
tinctly referable to Me great genius |
To his eMhuaiastto advocacy it was
that the Georgia Female. College, iflt
Maeon, -Was, furthermore, indebted for
its corporate eharfer:. .This institution.
as Is known, has the honor of being
the oldest regularly established coi
ege tn the world for the graduation of
young ladles in the cUketes and scien
ces; and sb, the noteworthy sWMrice ds
here performed'by Mfr*, Steppbhb will be
appreciated.
Ifi 1842 opr illustriduk subject had the
hqnbr’to be advanced to the post of
Georgia State Senkttff; gn'd,. a feff
months later. Or fn 1843, occured his
nonjlnatlw and clectldp As p wpig rep
resentative for ' Cdijfitees, pnfef the
general ticket System, there Writ. ,M 8 .
yet. no cppgresfliQpal.iystrict.Qrganlzd
tian.in the CotumopMaltb-. Ufiop his
admission tp UM bodyTiks We'are told,
his first speech had reference to au
tlwrixing the Federal legislature to
pass, an act compelling the several
states to comply with the term* of its
statutory maadMe. As Georgia had. ■
for one, not obeyed the Congressional
requirement for the-, division of her
territory into the specified districts
(see U. fl- Act of June 25, 1842), Mr.
Stephens appeared to question hie right
to sit in that assemblage. His speech
was completely successful; he winning
as well the point at which he aimed as
the seat whereto he aspired. And as an
entering wedge of assertion of the pow- j
er on the part of the general gov
! emraent to legislate in state domestic
affairs, under the plea of regulating
Its own organisation, this able effort
may properly’be regarded. While op
posing the John Tyler Texas annexa
tion treaty In 1844. in association with
seven ether southern Whigs, he se
cured tiie passage. In tlie following
year, of the Milton Brown redolntioon,
which provided fdr a similar end. Dur
ing the conflict with Mexico, our sub
ject bitterly antagonized the war
policy, as advocated by President Polk.
(Witness, in this connection, his fa
mous Mexican appropriation bill
speech of February 12, 1847, which
fearless as welt In its attacks upon the
administration and the dominant party,
as in its warnings to the people bf the
country, I; regarded as ohe Os the
most eloquent he ever delivered.) On
the triumphant outcome of hostilities,
however, he promptly accepted all of
the incidental results, as a God-send,
from a territorial standpoint, to his be
loved south, . .
In 1848, or midway in his earlier con
gressional incumbency, Mr. Stephens
had a personal encounter with Judge
Francis H. Cone, of Greensboro,
Georgia, which illustrated the physi
cal courage wherefor he had been
noted from his youth, the courage that
cornea not from principle or duty, but
from utter indifference to conse
quences. The difficulty origmatad. as
we are told, in a quarrel in regard to
the Clayton compromise of the same
year. Cone stabbed the distinguished
object Os his political venom most dan
gerously with a knife, and cried: "Re
tract, or I will cut your throatl" The
the tree, pass It through the band on
your belt, buckle the ends securely and
you are ready to climb.
Raise the long strep as high as you
can until the side on the further side of
the trees is about .level with your neck.
Lean back as far as the belt will allow
you and you will find that you can walk;
several feet up the tree by pushing
against it with your feet. Now push your
feet against the tree harder than ever,
holding on to the sides of . the long strap,
lean forward suddenly without moving
your feet and lift the strap upward with
both hands. The strap will slide up the
trunk for several feet and you will be
supported and can walk upward as before.
Repeat this, always pushing,away from
the tree trunk-aa far as pqssible with your
feet. In a very few minutes you will find'
yourself up in the branches, having walk
ed directly up the tree trunk with the help
of your strap.
.There is no danger whatever In this if
yqu, are always careful to nee that your
straps and belt are perfectly sound and
ybu can scale any tree that your long
strap will go around.
bleeding, almost dying. Stephens, with
the determined exclamation, "Never!
Cut!” grasped the swiftly descending
knife blade in his right band. As a
penalty for his undaunted action that
members, which was terribly
mangled in the incidental struggle,
never again wrote plainly. Few of the <
witnesses of the regrettable episode,
which occurred on the piaaza of
Thompson's hoteL Atlanta, Ga., ever
expected that our illustrious worthy
wpuld recover from the effects of the
murderqus onslaught To the jvonder
of all, however, he did recuperate in
time to make a speech in favor of Gen
eral Zachary Taylor for the national
presidency, his. carriage being tri
umphantly drawn tb Jhe orator’s
stand by his admiring felibw citizens.
• in 1850 he opposed the secession move
ment, then in gradual progress in the
south. His reason for taking this po
sition was based upon tlfe fact that
he regarded the admission of Califor
nia as a free state as a blessing, be
cause it ‘repealed the Missouri restric
tions and opened alt remaining terri- i
tory, north and south, to slavery. He
was one of the authors of what is
known ak the Geofgla platform of Ifio.
which begins with the resolve "That we
hold the American Uhlon secondfiry in
importance qniy to the rights ahd
principles it was designed to perpet
uate." On the nomination of Frank
lin Pierce and General Winfield Scott
as candidates for presidential honors
at Baltimore In 1852 the lines of de
markatien between Whlgism and
Democracy were defined for tha last
• time. And so the followingprominent
southern members of the Whig party
in congress gave their Unanimous de-
■ clslon tn favor of its final overthrow.
Accordingiy, Mr,. Stephens, with tola
Georgia colleagues, Robert Toombs
and James Johnson, A4ex White, Mis- .
sittlppti ehriemgher H. WiHiagis and
; Mbrodlth P. Gentry, from Tanhaasrfe,
and Chas. J. Faulkner, from Virginia,
desit the death-blow to that political
organisation through their famous
» card Os July 8, 1851, tn which they ad
« duced tha reaaons underlying their re
-1 fdaat 'tq support General Scott. Our
honored subject was the author of the ,
document in question, and in his not*
■ able connection therewith we see an- •
' other important phase in his forceful
‘ public carter. ’ .
i'. In 1864 Mr. Stephens defended the ’
/ principles of the j‘ Kansas-Nebraska
Mil. which may be said ta harmonise. I
in the main, with the settled policy as
unfolded in the compromise of 1860.
Five years later, ®r in 1*59, his eighth
consecutive terra in the national house
being successfully oonaludsd, he hade
an affectionate adieu to congress and
retired into private life. In his fare
well speech to Ms admiring const!;- ,
uents. which was delivered In Augus
ta, Ga., ebon after his official with
drawal, he Intimated that the "only
way to get more slaves and settle the
terrkottes with slave-holdtng voters
was to reopen the African slave trade."
Indeed, to a casual observer it Would
seem, that o«r distinguished subject
was nothing Wore than a bund IS of
contradictions. It must be reipem
bered, however, that be always acted
advisedly ahd with satisfactory and
well considered reaspns tq Justify bia
public steps as t<oa. WMle a state
rights man at heart, he yet saw fit to
support the claims of Harrison and
Tylet in 1845. Aga Ip, |n 1844*; though, in
favor bt the‘acquhdtlon of Texgs, M
upheld the candidacy of Henry Clay.,
who prophetically declared that a Vfat
with Mexico would assuredly precipi
tate the redlscusslon of tha slave Is
sue. In the following year he voted
with the Democrats in admitting Tex
as, and In 18M and 1847 he championed
the Mexican war policy as advocated
by J. Ck Calhoun and the Whigs His
house resolution in February, 1847, be
came the basis of the Whig reorgani
sation, as well as of the election in
1848 of General Zachary Taylor ad na
tional president. In 1850 our worthy
* differed with the policy of Fttimore, as
he had dona with that of Polk, aud
approved the compromise measures es '
Mr. Clay. In 1854 he co-operated with
Stephen A. Douglas so far as the pro
motion of the passage of the Kansas-
Nebraska bill was concerned, and
united with the Democrat*, in the fol
lowing year, in the attempted over
throw of KnOW-Nothingism, while in
1858 he aided tn the election of tbe
Democratic presidential . standard
bearer, James Buchanan, hts bitter po
litical foe. When he withdrew from
the national halls 4a- March, 1859, he
observed with homely significance, “I
saw there was bound to be a smash-up
on. the ro«d and resolved to jump off
at the first station.” And in the se
quent year, besides making a notable
Union speech, he supported Douglass
and Johnson as against Breckinridge
and Lane, who were th* acknowledged
exponents of ths state rights theory,
he matßtaing that the territorial
views sf Douglass were life-long prin
ciples. T
When on the l«th of January, 1861,
the memorable Georgia cdhvention was
convoked at Mltiedgsvilla. among the
distinguished deputies who contributed
to the interest of Its stirring delibera
tions was Mr. Stephens. He came in
the capacity of a unionist delegate,
and tn him the cause which h* so ably
represented found a brilliant, uncons- *
promising and unquenchable defender;
he, while strenuously advising against
the policy of seoesston as a remedy for
existing grievances, boldly maintained ,
the inherent right of a state, on suf
ficient grounds, to peaceably withdraw
from the Federal union, whenever it
so desired. But in spite of ail the im
passioned efforts of the union contin
gent, they were, in the end, outgen
eraled by their disruptlonary oppo
nents. and on the historic 19th of that
eventful month the famous Georgia
ordinance of secession was proudly
flaunted to the world. ’Orre.of the 17
who. composed the committee special
ly charged with the framing of this
celebrated instrument ‘was our subject;
and after the adoption of the patriotic
ordinance, another honor was straight
way lavished upon his deserving head.
This was his appointment as one of
Georgia’s ten representatives in the
Confederate provisional congress at
Montgomery, Ala. That remarkable
conclave was duly convened on the 4th
of February, 1961, and its earliest la
bor of importance found expression in
the formulation of a provisional or
temporary constitution for the nascent
natibn. Os that admirable document,
"which will ever remain, not only as ,
i a monument of the wisdom. ‘ forecast'
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constituted it, but an everlasting refq
tatio* of the e**rgee-wtoi*h tiavp been
brought against them.” Mr. Ste
phens, in association with others, had
the distinction of being an auttror; Ms
sturdy signature serving to *u(h,eAti- t
cate its time-honored provielMis. Soon
followed the unanimous choice of our
worthy a» vice president of the mw
born Confederacy; hi* iliustriou* co
adjutor in the headship of a nation
“Which rog* »o wMtfc and fair, and fell
sq pure of crime,” being President I
Jefferson D*Vi* Formally InAugurAted
on the t«th of February, 1861. he en
tered With earnestness upon the dis
charge of the duties of hi* important
titak, hta able administration of* his
meat responsible trust winning ghiden
plaudits for tn* brilliant -Georgian.
About four years later, or aakly in Jan
uary. iNte, tje had tb* honor of bging
identified with the memorable Hamp
ton Roafls peace conference. On that
distinctive but unprofitable occasion,
Vite Presidsht fltephbbs, Hton. R. M. T.
Huhter, a former Confederate serteta
ry of state, and Hon. John A. Cgtnp
bell, who was assistant Cm? fbdprate ’,
secretkYy of wAr, ffbly’represented em
battle and sorely-smitten Dijde, while
President Lincoln and Mr. Seward, the J
premier of the Federal cabinet, *t*rn
ly championed th* claims of.th* al
most triumphant north- Some three
months thereafter came the lamented
fall of Richmond, and the disintegra
tion of th* Confederate -government,
and soon th* fateful news es P**rle*s
Lee’s Appomattox surrender pluag*d
his adoring section in th* deepest
gloom. Several weeks later, or on th*
nth of the ensuing May, our accom
plished subject was arrested «t his
home in Crawfordville, he beinj eon*,
fined sot the space pf five months,
within the grim walls of tfoft Waken.-
In Bdbtnh Marbpf. frMonAr of t
October, he returned to, Georgia, aqd ■
from the fitst he earnestly endeavored
to adapt himself to the changed rela
tions, and to the neW tPndiitons of af
fair* In proof of hte conscientious es- 4
fort* in this regard, we have hl* fonset
ful reconstruction speech of. F*btu-.
ary 2?, 1886. in whiph ha submitted, an ;
eloquent plea fpr th* recently emerged ,
freedmen. Almost c*nt*i»pqraMeeu*ly
with its delivery came his u ns* I tottied
•levatipn* to, the totted BlMes senate. 1
From the honor as conferred, however,
no benefit whatever was derivgd. *• be j
was denied the prlvllega of taking hi* I
official *e*t at Washington. ?
About the middle of . April, MBB. Mr.
Stephen* was summoned before t*he
reconstruction committee of congress
for the purpose of testifying In r*»va
to th* existing status in the smith, and I
the disposition of Its courageous peo
ple., Uta evidence, aa then suhmittefl, 1
clearly showed tne anxtety of' Dixie's
Inhabitants for'ttre restoration at or-‘|
der and just govern man t.and it, mor*- (
over, emphasised theta heartfelt de
sire to return to the ufilon. and their
unwavering dMermtnitton to abide, in
good faith, by reunite of the wat.
Toward th* cKw« >f bMhli«b*d
the first volume of hts Maghum Opus—
A Constitutional War Batweta th*
l
second or concluding volume of that |
magnificent work was given to tile
world Deter rm tn the last-mentionbd
year, he conceived the idea of writing
a school history of the United Stat**, •
his labor being successfully accobl- !
pilstied in MH. Co-tneMently *lth Ms ‘
cotnptetlort. *nr subject instructed-*
1 taw class as a means of support, and i
became, in a large ffieseufe,'th» pro
prietor of The Attaftta, (Wofgta. Bah
This newspaper sras printed cMefty
with a view to the defeat of Horace |
Greeley for Che national preridenfty; ;
but inasmuch as the publication tn
question proved'* financial failure and
exhausted th* profits of his books, in 1
January or February. 1873. he again
presanted himrelt • fiahdldate for *
a seat in the federal senate. While he
< was disappointed as to iris
hope, hi* politic*! ambition was a fe>
years liter fewdrddd through his tri
umphant election to congres* i
• the speeches wherewith Tie Rlgn*H7>ed
hta second incumbency in the lower i
house at Washington, was that deliv
ered on the sth of January, TW4, fn
forceful contravention to the ' civil
tight* bill. Another at hl* effectiv*
effbrta at «M* time was launched In
direct opposition to- the repeal of th*
increase in the congresskmal salary
act. In the Hayds-TlMen 1 c ontest * b*-
1 fore the electoral commission in Jan
uary, 1887. our subject advocated going
behind the returns, and setting esldfl’ 1
: those of Florida and LouMah*, hr
which th* frauds had been »o*t fla
grant. He utterly discountenanced,
however, ail resort* to force for the
purpose of seating Mr. Tikdeti; and
when it became known that tb* com-
.. mteslou had favored HayM tn it* de- :
clslon, he promptly accepted the ver
diet as announced. erf»d remarked: “We
had a first-rate case, but we lost It by ;
Imperfect ptaadings." 5 *
Mr. Stephens' superb impromptu out
burst- at the unveiling of F. B. Car
penter’s painting. “Th* signing of the
Emancipation Proclation," in Februa
ry, 1878. brought him praise from all
quarters; and an old-admirer proposed
rthat hta crutches be sent to congress,
to tak* the place of their eloquent
owner, when the latter was no longer
able to participate In its deliberations.
Speaking of crutch**, we talae occas
ion here to state that throughout hta
long and valued life he was a victim
to many painful Hlnesses, and his ex
oeedingly frail constitution Was sub- :
jected <0 never-ceasing suffering. In
.1869 ho was sorely prostrated >y an at
tack of acute inflammatory rheuma
tism, and. as a from
then on -and until the lamented close
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practically, helpless.
r While at tlmts. wheb bot in too*
'grdai: pain, he Was wont to call his
celebrated crutches into serviceable
’ reqtrtsltion. during his last years. I
think,, h* will, perhaps, be most easily
feeahbd he picturesquely and striking
ly ensconscd in his historic rolling
cMiir, he delivered majestic and burn
ing truths to a world which, white ac
cording his unique genius unstin
ted praise, could never fuHy under
stand how such a treble body could
enclose so lofty * spirit, and how such
a glorious and commanding intellect
could find lodgment in so terribly ema
ciated a frame, which had always
borne upon its pale exterior the stern
imprimatur of impending death. At
no period hi’his distinguished exist
ence. would it have oet-sslonal *n*
prise. had heaven ctahnfied this rarely
gifted nature as its own. Al though a
gtefft, in mind and, personally, df
than ordinary height, he w»*
doomed to the possession Os a pygmy
physique which, in his college day*,
was accounted to weigh but seventy
pOund* fin<l which, even in his spteh
did prime, never attained to a weigh’
of over ninety-four pound* But wfih
al! his constitutional weakness. Mfr
brilliant subject was bleat with a de
gree of moral intrepidity so strong th art
no public* opinion eouid frighten, dr
popular frenzy awe him; and viewing
Ms frequent Health collapses, and Me
indomitable bravery in the fade of wfi
reiehting disease. We are confidant
that his many-sided useftnneis wheth
er as statesman, orator Or Itterateuf,
frill hot AoOtt be fofirotteh.
' 8* acceptable fra* the latter congrea
shmal service of Mr. Stephen*, that WO
’Was admiringly retained ill the posi
tion which he had so notably adorned
for well-nigh hv* terms: mor* than
nine years and a half beittg embraced
in hta official tenure. Upon his ete*- .
tlon a* governor Os Georgia ia Octo
ber. 1888, by a gratifying majority df
88.00a, he severed, by resignation, his
connection with th* national halls, and
returned to his maternal eommon
toealth. Within a few days, occurred
hts memorable inauguration, when,
feeble though h* wa* (he having. In
■addltton to hta other bodily ailments,
endounttrafl * rertous sprain in the
previous May, a* a result of a fail on
the step* of th« federal capita! at
Washington), he entered upon thia
cioslPg responsibility of hta well-spent
Mfe, with ths determined deal of a
wwibsoratod patriot, flo long a* hta
, strength permitted he was faithful
in the Observance of bls manifold en
gagements; wnd his conscientious
soreplee tn this regard were largely
acouMbbls for bis mueh lamented d«-
mtee.
Th* »e*qul Centennial oel*beation tn
honor of the founding of th* colony of
Georgia, which Was held oh th* 12th
**f February, >*3. impressive
’trvent, and on* or two notable feat
ures of this energrtlng occasion was
an oration from the venorabte Gov
ernor Bteplrans, who, d**pite h<s weak
neSS. had couregeoueiy promised to
contribute to th* tnterem oftb* august
ceremonies. True to hl« word, the
great commoner responded to hta ata
tor ip* 1 obligati oh. and 1t ta aaM that
he fairly eeltpsed an M Ma previous
-outburet* in this magnificent effort.
Before leaving Ravannah. 'W* hr* told,
he contracted a com, which at one*
began to prey upon his enfeebled sys
tem; and on reaehfng Atlanta, h* »bok
to his coneh never to rte* again. His
1 deplored d*ce*s* occurred on the 4th
of March, 1888; and white thus im-
Werted tn bls gubc natorlal earea, he
gently'fell asleep in th* assured eon
»elohsneCT of a llfie usefwlty spent tn
the ServlC* of hta admiring people, by
whom hta talents and achievement*
are affectionately cherished.
, In 193 a monument, that had been
raised in honor Os tMe Illustrious mem
ory. wAs formally unvested at. Craw- s.
fordvill* which he had dignified with
his almost life-iofig residence. This
patriot)* *enotapb, wbtoh 1* sUuated,, ■
just in front of his “Liberty Hall”
home, consist* of* lofty pcdMtal, sur
mounted by a statue of Mr. Stephen*.
M Italian marble. The USeness was
taken from * photogrsph of him just
impressive meaffitflfel uRf fre constant
ly rsmtndbfl Os the great Jeffereonian
Dsmocreti Who. astd* from hi«‘»thst
priceless service*, has embalmed hta
royal tiaih* *a a gescrew* edwes
timUl'ibenetactor of yonng men. in the •
appreciative afid undying r*oqllectiofi
of posterity.
Angwsta. Ga., September 50. 19M.
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are preparing m appeal? to President
Roosevelt to stop ihd’frendinfr ot supplies
frpm tbe United <h* British in
South Africa. The endles* chain plan has
been started by the American Transvaal
Leagu* of Chicago and Sympathisers in
Kalamazoo h*v« received bundles ot ten
private port card* addressed to PrtMdent
Roosevelt with Induction* td sign thorn
and get friend* to sign th* cards and
mall to the president. The cards read:
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possible. Rfease make England fight fairly
in South Afrle*
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