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tn Ml** L a Thomas, bock Box M 2. Atlanta. Ga.
A laugh is just like sunshine.
It freshens all the day.
I tthpe the peaks of life with light
And drives the clouds away;
The soul grows glad that hears It,
And feels its courage strong—
A laugh is just like sunshine.
For cheering folks along.
A laugh is just like music
It lingers in the heart.
And where its melody is heard.
The fils of life depart;
And happy thoughts come crowding.
Its Joyful nsfes to greet—
A laugh is just like music.
For making living sweet:
| CHAT |]
Here tt is the twenty-first of January
and lam writing on the plaza. When the
letters from Maine. New York. Canada
and Virginia tell me of the weather there
I breathe a sigh of great content for we
have had a real Florida winter. Roses,
violets and strawberries have been with
us since Thanksgiving. had ice and
Meet and snow enough in Japan to last
me until I go back. Many, many were the
days over there that were so snowy that
I couldn’t see across the street. Snow
ddin’t stay on the ground, it was too
damp, but that did not keep it from fall
ing. I used to go nine miles every Sun
day morning, got up at five o'clock to
catch the train to get there in time for
Sunday school, and many a time sat un
der just such a shelter as you would
build for your cattle and could hardly
tell the right train on account of the fall
ing snow.
Some of you may want to know when
I reached there, as got up so early. I
was a good way from the station and us
ually got there at seven, the train took
about an hour to make the nine miles; it
stopped at another station in the same
city I lived in. and at every stop it waited
from five to fifteen minutes. Their fast
express only went twenty-five miles an
hour. The city I lived in had the third to
the finest station in the empire and it had
a dirt floor and no heat, except some
coals tn a brazier.
But I learned some good lessons ovei
there. One was that much we call ne
cessities are really luxuries. After liv
ing a year in such a country, without a
fire place in my home. I went to Kobe to
visit some friends who had a fireplace,
and I nearly ruined my clothing. I’d find
myself almost in the fire. In our school
rooms, we had large boxes filled with
sand, and the mass of glowing coals kept
the room fairly comfortable, the poor lit
tle children suffer with chilblains and
frozen fingers and ears.
The families often have a square hole
three feet across cut in the floor; a box
of coals is put in there and all of them
swing their feet down there and put a
comfort over the hole and keep com
fortable. At night a large earthen bot
tle, holding a gallon of hot water, is
put at ones feet. Consumption mows
them right and left, because they have
to keep their houses so ill-ventilated in
winter. When they come to this coun
try and return they nearly freeze to
death. Then it is that they realize the
sacrihce that we make in going over
there.
Those who have never been out of
tneir own country think an honor has
been conferred on us by allowing us to
remain over there
For many years the only way that we
could stay was to get some Christian
, Japanese to sign a contract to be re
sponsible for our good behavior. There
was a dear old man who held my cer
gneate. 1 used to tel! him whenever 1
rwanted to leave town and he would be
at tne station to bow me out. I had
to have a passport, and show that to
tbe policeman at my destination. But
that is enough of japan for this time.
Rowgan's experience with his mail re
minds me of the happy days I used to
■pend at my brother's plantation in
Florida. He hired tbe mall carrier on a
"star route.’ as they were called then,
to leave the mall at tbe cross roads and
some school children brought it to us.
When there was no school we, too. had
to hire someone, but they were more
reliable than Rowgan's seem to be.
Girls, leap year has passed and the
name unguessed. I wrote to him and
asked him If knowing put me out of
the race and he never said a word, so 1
suppose the coast Is clear for the best
guesser.
There goes the school bell: the chil
dren lagging along the street begin to
run. and that half-past eight bell tells
me that 1, too. must hasten. But be
i.eve me, faithfully yours.
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
What I Call Swapping Some
Dear Miss Thomas—l certainly merit
the sympathy of the entire Household
band. Trying to do my duty as a citi
zen and quasi government official is
Where tbe trouble comes in. When I first
settled in this supposed Utopian retreat
far from the tumult and strife of the
mad rush for wealth and social distinc
tion two mails passed my door daily,
but our paternal government from some
I My Young Sister |
< *Tnnk Mv Advice” would die. So I began to take Cardui, gg
took My Aa and the first doge helped me Now j
My young sister took my advice, am j n better health than I have been in, &
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>a Miss., “which was, to take Cardui. Every girl and woman needs Cardui, F;
She was staying with me and was in to relieve or cure irregularity, pain, tj
fl terrible misery, so one morning I got dragging sensations, headache, back- I
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“Last spring, I was in a rack of pain FOR LADIES &
I and Oh! I was so sick, I thought I |g
I Take CARDUI I
cause discontinued them and now I have
to go over a mile and sometimes swim
a river. I got tired of walking two miles
every day and it was a good deal of
trouble io hitch up a team, so I hired a
boy’ to make the trip for me. which he
did punctually until his contract ex
pired when he struck for higher wages
and with all my eloquence he was as
immovable as a veteran even after the
matter was arbitrated in my favor. So,
after making a few trips a negro boy
took the contract and he n.ade the first
trip all right, but that was the last; he
was met by a number of boys, friends
of my former carrier, all having hick
ory withes excepting one who had a rope. !
They informed him that for any strike
breaker they first notified him to’ quit,
next they would everlastingly wear him
out with the withes and if he persisted
the next move was hanging. He quit
right then and there.
In the meantime my bicycle arrived and
I began practicing to ride it and right
here is where I need the sympathy of ye
Householders.
My first lessons were tajjen on the lawn
and I made numerous not very graceful
landings. Now, Opal, here my old maid
sister, comes in.
Sister said the lawn was too soQ and
yielding, and that firmer ground was the
proper place to learn—thinking she meant
the public highway, I soon had abrasions
on each knee and elbow and that old
maid sister of mine from her command
ing position on the balcony told me to
get the proper equipoise and give it mo
mentum. She is always using big words,
so I led it to a slight elevation, mounted
and began to peddle with all my power,
and did well for about 50 feet, whefi the
pesky thing made sudden right oblique,
and I went straight ahead and stood on
my left ear. My old maid sister, bless
her soul, was “Johnnie on the spot" with
her liniment and camphor, and while she
was bathing my wounds, a young man
came leading a pony with a hickory
withe. I asked him why he didn't ride. He
said he had no saddle. I told him I would
trade him a new bicycle with a saddle
for his pony. Now it seemed that I was
at the end of my troubles. But. alas and
alack! my greatest troubles were ahead.
I saddled him and I noticed he humped
himself a little. I thought I detected a
sinister look in his left eye, but as I once
prided myself on being considerable of a
“broncho buster," I kept serene, and af
ter leading him around a little, mounted,
clucked and jerked the bridle, but move?
No. Then I “spurred” him with my heels,
and then he started. But instead of start-,
ing along the road he started up in the
air; first his head, then his heels, like a
juvenile hobby-horse. Then round and
round, like a merry-go-round, and then
he seemed to go forward and back, all at
the same time, when I turned a summer
sault over his head and landed on a
pile of bagasse.
Billie, the pet goat, always looking or
a scrap, got busy and biffed me one, and
would, no doubt, have completed the job'
had not my faithful shepherd dog rushed
to my assistance.
My old maid sister—bless her heart, I
sometimes think they will all be angels in
the great hereafter—l can’t say as much
for bachelors—ran up with her linament
rand camphor. I had rather she had
brought my shotgun. My shepherd was
standing over me licking my left ear. She
asked me of I was hurt. I said, "No,
I’m dead.” “No, you ain’t." “I am not
quite, but my bones are all broken." She
pulled my left arm and said: "Oh, no, they
are not.” “Well, I know my back is, for
I heard it snap," but she pulled me and
I got up, gave myself a shake and found
to my delight that the exercise had warm
ed me up, and there he was over in my
duck pasture standing quietly after kill
ing three of my Pekin ducks and kicking
two coops into kindling wood, rolled over
and broke my saddle and just as I led him
out at the gate a young negro came along
with two hound dogs.
I said, "Hey, mister, would you like to
buy a pony?" “Yessur, but I is got nuf
fen but two dogs." "Are they gpod for
anything?" "One is good for coons and
'tother good for ’possums." "Well, put
them in the dog house and stop at the
first cabin down the road and tell Sam to
come right up, I’ve two dogs for him.”
I am in a quandary whether to ask
the governor to declare martial law and
send a company of militia or ask the
government to send a cohort of dragoons
to protect my mall.
Can the Household advise me?
Girls, you will have to guess again,
and be sure you use the paternal names
and not the baptismal one. Miss Thomas
knows all about it, and I am sure she
will not give the snap away.
My name is not Kogan, but
ROWGAN.
An Optimistic Letter
Dear Household—So manv. many times dur
ing the oast year I wanted to visit you; in
fact. I made several efforts to finish at
least one letter, but somethin*: always pre
vented. So in answer to the roll call you
may mark me "tardy,” a mark seldom ob
tained at school during my school days.
WIU you klndlv allow me to make ac
knowledggement to some of mv friends who
have Insisted on my writing. One a letter
from Northeast Georgia, some few months ago.
Also some letters on our pace that should
have been acknowledged before this. Really
I have begun to think that 1 am a real
member of our Household.
How many of you are satisfied with our
THU ATLANTA SEMIWEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1909
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Empire State of the South as a permanent
home? A great many, I am sure, but still
there are some who are not. Why? Simply
because they haven’t looked at It in the
right manner. Listen here! Georgia Is just
entering uixin an era of progress never be
fore experienced bv the south. The south
has that which In time to come will be the
acknowledged king of commercial products,
cotton. Cotton is king, but in the past It
has been a much abused monarch- In the
future when we are educated as to the rights
we will quit farming on the extensive plan
and follow the Intensive, cultivating less acre
age than at present.
On April Igt the convict lease system will,
be abolished, and then our public roads
will receive the attention lone deserved. Im
mediately after our roads are improved, farm
ers realising the Increased accommodations
afforded, will adopt telephones. Improve rural
schools, churches, etc. The northern cities
are now connected by trolley lines, thereby
uniting each city and tne adjoining territory
into a more coinpact mass. The tendency of
the south is to expand on these same lines,
though on account of our hitherto impoverished
condition, due to our losses sustained during
the civil war. it has been necessarily slow.
I have some Interesting statistics before me
that I should like to give you. showing our
amazing growth, but this would make my
letter too lengthy.
Did you ever notice how contagious self
improvement is? In cities everv builder with
means wants his office building just a little
better than the best before him. Optimism up
builds communties. cities, states and nations.
“Smile and the world smiles with you; weep
and you weeo alone.”
Our future lies within us. No one makes
us what we are. though our environments
help to mold us. Wt should, therefore, strive
to give forth the best that is In us for the
upbuilding of others.
Let us. therefore, resolve that during this
present year we will work for the upbuilding
of our sreat southland, and especially cur
nuatlve state. Give encouragement to the dis
couraged. And to sum it all up In a few
words, get into the habit of smiling, for a
smile will help.
Cecil. Ga. J. A. HUTCHINSON.
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Another Year
Dear Household—One month of another year
almost gone! Let’s not look mournfully over
the past: “time once lost is lost forever.”
We have the future to use for the betterment
of our lives. Let's one and all decide that
by God’s help we are going to live nearer
Him than we have ever lived before, and
are going to do more for His cause and king
dom here on earth, and let’s renew the resolu
tion every dav.
Now. at the beginning of a new year, I want
to make a plea for the Sunday school. Try
to attend more regularly than you did last
year, and remember your teacher at the throne
of grace. The last year brought many
changes, and this year will bring many mor-.
Manv of us no daubt can look around and
mixs many familiar faces: perhaps see a va
cant chair which reminds us that our friend
or loved one has bon> before, and is waiting
for us at home. Perhaps ere this year closes
we. too. shall cross over the river and rest
under the shade of the trees. Let's be pre
pared. for we know not how soon we will be
called borne.
We need for the new vear new power for
duty and renewed faith in God. Our chief
alm should be to bear well our part in car
rying forth the work committed to our hands
that we mav make our contribution toward the
betterment of His kingdom here on earth.
Let us faithfully perform our duty each day,
for ”we‘ know not the dav nor the hour that
the Son of man cometh.”
Let us go forward into the new year full
of faith, hope and love, not seeking to know
what awaits us In the future, but trying to
do our Father’s will as It confronts up from
day to day. Let us try to make our own
homes better anu the homes of others; the
nation's destiny is wrapped up In the homtr.
There is hone if the veriest outcast, if ;hc
poor wayfarer can wander back in memory
and see with his mind's eyes a Christian
home as tthe one he once lived In. The house
may be decayed; everything that once con
tributed to make it beautiful may have passed
away, vet it still lives in his heart. He can
see bis old father as he takes the family
Bible and reads chapter after chapter, and as
he kneels down in nraver he can see himself
with them. Perhaps he was so small then
that he didn't understand a word that was
read, but the dear old mother had taught him
it was the word of God. and he believed it.
From day to day the Bible was read and
prayer offered through many a golden year.
Oh. what a blessing It Is for those who can
look back on such a home: how rich are
the children living in such homes, no matter
how limited their fortune!
Why is it every one can’t have such a
home? From this new year on let every fa
ther and mother in this band give to their
children thep reclous gift of a family altar
and religious home. It will mean more to
them in the future than silver and gold. If
there is anything better this side of heaven
than an old-fashioned Christian home. I don’t
know’ what it can be.
1 wonder how manv. even since they joined
church and profess to be Christians, would
be ashamed for their lives to be written upon
the wall so that every passerby might stop
and read? If you are not living that clean,
simple Christian life you are not living like
the Saviour would have you live; you are not
living like He did while here on earth.
Mrs. Annie. I indorse everv word of your
letter. I only wish every one could see things
as vou see them.
Where is Backwoods Teacher, Busy Bee,
Dixie?
Thankful Woman. I can’t agree with you,
for 1 know young, Christian, educated men
that are fanning and working on the farm
for their living.
ANNA HIGGINS.
Cass Station. Ga.
Take No Thought for the Morrow
Dear Household Friends—l come this beau
tiful morning with a New Year’s greeting,
and mav this year be the happiest, brightest
and best of all the past to onr large family.
We have all passed another anniversary of
our Savior’s birth, the sweet echo of the
song of the angels, "peace on earth, good will
to men,” have reached us again, and let us
each moment keep this glad tiding ringing
in our hearts. I so wish that as the aew
year conies in with all of its opportunities and
obligations, we could remember we are not our
own; that we all belong to our Lord. He
has bought us with a price and we are His
stewards and some day He will call us to
give an account of our stewardship.
I have just finished reading Tn His Steps,
written by George Sheldon, I studied ‘he
Christ-like snlrit of that book and believe
that nothing except this sweet, self-sacrificing
spirit will enable us to do the work our
Lord intends us to do. My heart longs—yea,
hungers to be emptied of everything that is
wronjr and to be filled In the beginning of
this new year with the Holy Spirit, for no
other wav can we be used as His instru
ments in saving lost souls.
Dear friends. I fear that manv of our fail
ures to accomplish the good we purposed to
do and really longed to do come by our living
so much in our selves. We look over the
past and see so many things In our lives
that are unsatisfying, so many mistakes, and
we fall so far short of showing forth the
satisfying love of our Lord to the world that
we find that a spirit of sadness cornea over
us, and we lose the joy and peace that is
the true legacy of every child of God.
Now I think that is what St. Paul would
warn us of when he says: "We are to forget
the things that are behind, and press for
ward. I believe our Saviour wpuld have us
to live onlv a moment' at the time, "trust
Him as the moments fly; trust Him as the
days go by.”
If the power of God can keep us each mo
ment as they fly by and we only to live in
this way, when the day is past we will not
have a regret, for we will then realize that
His presence has been with us all the time,
and then In this closeness of life with the
Master. Satan would not—yea. could not harm
us.
Our Saviour tells us In His beautiful Sermon
on the Mount, “Take no thought for the mor
row.” no anxious thought, mid yet, so often
we find that we are growing anxious over what
is to come In the future. I once met a woman
whose face was so sad and despair was writ
ten on her countenance. We were at a ladles’
prayer-meeting, and during the meeting this one
spoae. I could see that she wanted to be a
Christian, but she spoke of the future, and
could not tell how she could raise her three
children all alone; her husband had been killed
accidentally, as he was going to work. As this
poor, heartbroken woman talked my heart went
out In such sympathy. She was a stranger to
me, but I fflit that I must cultivate her and
try to help her. and so 1 did. I soon saw
her trouble. She could not understand the
Saviour's promise, that God would be a husband
to the widow and a father to the fatherless.
A very dear Christtian friend and I found out,
talked to and prayed with this dear, sad
mother: did what we could to help with her
three little ones, and. Oh! how I thank the
good ixjrd that He let this poor soul out Into
His divine light and. love, for she became a
joyous, trusting child of God. She was taken
out of herself and learned the sweet lesson of
letting Jesus live in' her. So He will for all
who will walk in lift ateps.
I hope you will pardon me for referring to a
very strange experience that came to us about
six years ago; the lesson has been helpful to me
that 1 hope it will be to others:
hi the winter of 1903, my husband’s health
failed. He had a three-horse farm and no
bands, and for several weeks he was unable to
attend to his stock. With only a little negro
to help I did his work, and oh, how dark every
thing looked to me. I would try to take the
burden to my Father in heaven, but for days
it seemed to me He surely had forsaken ns.
My pence had gone and my heart was filled
with anxious thoughts for out future: then this
passage from a sweet old chapter came into
my Inart with such force, that I could not
resist it, "Thou will keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is staged on Thee.”
I will merer forget that day. I went Into
my closet and fell on my knees, and there I
was shown why I had lost the sweet peace of
God. I was looking at tbe outward circum
stances and trying to work It out within my
poor, helpless self. I think I was never so
happy, or so close to the Master as I was at
that moment, I rose with a light heart, and
while the eircums.onee was the same I was
perfectly lijht and joyous.
That was in March, and in less than a week
some hands came to us; my husband got mu?u
better and we never had a more successful
year. I thank God for that lesson, and how He
has since kept me from doubting His care over
us. Keep close to Jesus all tbe way, every mo
ment, and He will bring It to pass.
Friends, we ure not left to walk alone In
this life of trials and temptations, but our
blessed Saviour has left us a promise to suit
every experience that comes to us. What does
our Lord require of us. but to do justly, love
mercy, and walk humbly with our God.”
Ob, that men would wraise the Lord for bls
goodness and for bis wonderful works unto the
children of meu.
Nothing can come to His children except whnt
He permits; there can never be a dark, sad
moment that He is not near, and the same
loving, sympathizing Lord who wept at the
grave of Lazarus, in divine and human pity, is
just the same today. May vqe; who profess to
be His followers put our hand In that of our
Father and willingly, gladly, follow, moment by
moment, where He leads? In this way He will
use us In doing the work he has left for us to
do. No anxious fears for the future will trouble
those whose minds are stayed on Him.
Often my heart Is grieved by tbe way many
who have their names on the church roll live
before the world. No wonder there Is no little
power In the churches of today. Men will go to
church on Sunday, often to attend to some secu
lar business. They even trade at church, when
God's word tells us. we are not to speak our
own words or think our own thoughts on his
holy day. I do not believe in Sunday visiting,
and yet it is made a special day by many tor
social pleasures.
We are living in a crucial time, and all who
truly love the Master must rebuke will all long-
I suffering the many evils that confront us. We
are commanded to keep ourselves unspotted from
the world, and to abstain from the appearance
of evil, and our God is abundantly able to keep
' that which we have committed unto bis cate.
Now, with love and best wishes to all Our
[ Household band. I close, by saying I am not
! Mrs. John Reese, as the last letter I wrote was
signed, but MRS. SOLON H. REESE.
Thomson, Ga.
caused a weakness
and broken down
condition of the
system. 1 read so
much of what Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Veg
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women I
felt sure it would
help me, and I must
say it did help me
wonderfully. My
pains all lert me. I
COURT WILL PROBE
SINKING OF LINER
NEW YORK, Jan. 2".—There was a pic- i
turesque band concert at the rooms of j
the Seamen's Christian asociation on the i
water front last night, given by the orch
estra of the ill-fated White Star liner Re
public, whose members, played enthusias
tically on instruments borrowed from the
Baltic's band, the steamship which
brought the survivors of the recent dis
aster safely iqto port. Several hundred i
seamen, principally “down below men," ;
crowded into the rooms and discussed in- '
cidents of the crash while they listened to |
the music.
■E. W. P. Thurston, first British vice ;
consul at this port, addressed the crew j
of the Republic late yesterday, outlining
their rights and privileges and explaining i
what they could expect from the White >
Star line in accordance with the laws of
the merchant marine.
The men had voiced complaint when it i
became known that their wages had been I
stopped when the Republic sank, that is, i
that they were to be docked for lost time
because of the accident. Mr. Thurston ,
said that the men could not reasonably i
expect to receive pay during the time oc- ,
cupied on their return trip to Liverpool,
whither they will be taken free, probably
on the Baltic on Saturday.
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W of recreation, of enjoyment, of contemplation and of effort may be made to contribute
£a to that end and the use of medicines dispensed with generally to great advantage, but JI
as in many instances a simple, wholesome remedy may be invaluable if taken at the | I
iJ, ■ proper time, the California Fig Syrup Co. feels that it is alike important to present
truthfully the subject and to supply the one perfect laxative remedy which has won FXh
the appoval of physicians and the world-wide acceptance of the Well-Informed because
o f the excellence of the combination, known’to all, and the original method of manufac
ture, which is known to the California Fig Syrup Co. only. RS
vfj/l This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known under the name of —
*7/1 Syrup of Figs —and has attained to world-wide acceptance as the most excellent of
g J family laxatives, and as its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well 11
1/ known to physicians and the Well-Informed of the world to be the best of natural Ml
W laxatives, we have adopted the more elaborate name of —Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
A Senna —as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtless it will always be fl
fl called for by the shorter name of Syrup of Figs —and to get its beneficial effects always f 1
I | note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co. — I I
II plainly printed on the front of every package, whether you simply call sor —Syrup of If
XI Figs —or by the fullsiame —Syrup of Figs and Elixir ofSSennaa —as —Syrup of Figs and AA
Elixir of Senna —is the one laxative remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. and the same heretofore known by the name Syrup of Figs which has given gM
satisfaction to millions. The genuine is for sale by all leading druggists throughout
the United States in original packages of one size only, the regular price of which j|||
is fifty cents per bottle.
Wl Every bottle is sold under the general guarantee of the Company, filed with the Vv
iW Secretary of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C., that the remedy is not adulterated or ufl
misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906. M
A CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO. 4
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be paid until the men make application
for it in Liverpool, but the company will
advance a small amount of money to
those who are in need.
No promise was made of certain em
ployment by the White Star line in the
future, although it was hoped that pro
vision could be made for all. In view of
the announcement that the men will be
paid only up to the time that the Republic
sank, it is perhaps pertinent to say that
this custom is carried out at all American
and English ports. Seamen are signed
simply for the cruise and are paid, in case
of wreck or other disaster, only for
service during the time the vessel is
afloat.
Attorneys for the White Star line an I
he Lloyd-Italiano, the latter the owner
of the Florida, are preparing for a battle
in the courts, arising out of the accident.
Litigation involving approximately $2,000,-
000 will probably be threshed out, but
which vessel was to blame for the disas
ter will be settled first by a court of In
quiry. If the Florida was to blame, the
Republic’s owners may libel her to the
value of the boat and then land the pas
senger and freight receipts. This holds
true in the event of the Republic being
found at fault, but the Lloyd-Italiano
line may recover only the amount which
the Florida was damaged. Although the
White Star line may be sued by passen
gers who were injured in the collision or
for the deaths of passengers, as there
is no law governing loss of life on the
high seas, it is doubtful if any such suits
will be brought. x
According to stipulations on the back
of each ticket the signers may recover
only SIOO each on their baggage, although
many lost a far greater amount. The
total loss on baggage and personal effects
is variously estimated at from $175,000 to
$250,000.
JEFF DAVIS SPEAKS’
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Davis addressed himself to a bill he
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the course of his speech named every
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Mr. Davis advocated the passage of a
bill introduced by him to penalize the
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