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THE SUNNY SOUTH. ATLANTA. GA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1887
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Cambridge, Md.
The Anti-Poverty Movement.
Editor Sorry South:
“Few save the poor, feel for the poor,
The rich know not how hard
The lot of those, from sweet repose,
And needful food debarr’d.”
The Auti-l’overty Society of New York, of
which Father McGlynn and Henry George are
President and Vice President, is the pioneer
movement of a new civilization, to lead a
doomed race to the “happy land of promise."
The unique proposition to abolish poverty, the
eminent, iDgrained curse, is the grandest con
ception of this eventful century, or of any
other century. It is an inspiration, or reve
lation from Heaven that will crown its vota
ries and abettors with wreaths of immortality.
Poverty is unnatural, unnecessary, out of
harmony with the universe and beneficent de
signs of the Creator. The birds of the air, the
fishes of the sea, the flowers of the field, and
the beasts of the forest, are happy in the en
joyment of universal equality. There are no
millionaires or tramps among the birds or
lilies, or within the multifarious range of the
lower creation, their hours of work are appa
rently few, and those of leisure many. They
rejoice, and sing in unconscious bliss, and
“dream their happy hours away.” Is man,
their lord and master, who can levy, or should
have power to levy upon earth, air and water
for subsistence, less than they? The only an
imal, if I may so call him, doomed to unceas
ing toil, to hopeless misery. It so seemeth.
But to return to my subject—poverty should
never have been. There never was any reason
for it. There was always plenty of the neces
saries and luxuries on the earth for all, and to
spare, had not the many been robbed of their
inheritance by the few—the usurers, the shy-
locks, and the monopolists. It is “Man’s in
humanity to man, that makes countless thou
sands mourn."
Is it not high time to call a bait to this ac-
•ursed needless poverty, and should we not
encourage and hold up the hands of the men
who have undertaken the big job of abolishing
the hydra headed monster? Respectfully,
J. C. DuStiAN.
r ^°^ep ED p LE
New York Citv.
Bunko Steerers—Poverty and Wealth
—Crowded Houses and Crime-
Elevated Eailroad—Central
Park, Etc., Etc.
Editor Sijr.nt South: There is but one
New York in America, and the first question
that a naiive New Yorker asks you is, what do
you think of New York? I arrived here from
Atlanta, Ga., wearing my wide-brim Texas hat.
Passing up Broadway on my way to the Cos
mopolitan hotel, every one that I passed gazed
up at my hat. After dinner I walked out with
a friend who was quite sh irt of stature, and we
presented quite a contrast walking together.
My hat and the contrast between us, made us
a target for all eyes.
I have expected every day to meet up with a
bunko steerer, or sharper, who would think I
was good material to work ou. A bunko
steerer is known to city people as a confidence
man, and is generally well dressed, and walks
up and down Broadway with a business air,
with eyes scanning the face of every passer-by.
When he perceives a stranger who he things is
from the country, he accosts him, and, if the
stranger will permit it, makes himself quite
familiar and agreeable. If the stranger will
allow the well-dressed and seeming drummer
to get familiar with him, the nice-dressed con
fidence man will soon have the stranger’s
money, and the unsophisticated stranger will
return to bis rural homo a sadder and wiser
man. Nearly every day some stranger is
fleeced by these bunko steerers.
Trade in all lines is brisk this season in New
York. The seething, rushing crowds of peo
ple, with heads down, are passing up and
down the main business thoroughfares all day.
The elevated railroads, wagons and people
presents to eye and ear of the rural citizen
scenes and sounds never to be forgotten.
Ships from all parts of the world are moored
at the docks on the North, and East rivers.
Every nationality of people can bo seen travel
ing the streets, and quite a contrast is present
ed at every turn between poverty and wealth.
A meal can be bought in New York for from
five cents to twenty-five dollars. Nothing is
thrown away here. The large hotels of the
city sell their table leavings, or scraps, to men
who keep cneap eating houses in the poorest
tenement house streets. The bakers sell all
of their stale bread to these caterers to the
poor, and you can go down on Water or Mul
berry street and buy bread as old as you may
wish it; the age controls the price.
The Polish Jews (principally from Boland)
are numerous here, and find employment in
making clothing and cloaks. Iu former years
the Germans controlled the trade in the make
up of these lines, but of late the Boles have
taken the business away" from the Germans
and they make up nearly ail the common
clothing that is sold in New York. They live
in cheap tenement houses, and know Rot the
comforts of life. Their children are raised on
the streets and side- walks, for none of the tene
ment houses on tho crowded thoroughfares havo
any yard. In a tenement house fifty by eighty
feet, four stories high, I have found as many
as forty families, with a membership of from
three to eight in each family. The sidewalks
and streets near these tenements are thronged
night ami day with the children of the occu
pants. Every vice is indulged in before them,
and they grow up iu crime and roguery. Our
people—they of our own bright, suuuy South,
with their teeming fields and their abundance
•f God’s blessings—know not the hardships
and poverty of the unfortunate poor in the
•rowded cities of the North, whore they are
jammed together in the many small, close,
stifling rooms of the ill-ventilated, crowded
tenements. Vice, in every form and degree, is
constantly before the eyes of the children of
the poor in these houses, their only breathing
place and play-ground being the street. And
hence at all hours of tho night the avenues and
streets are crowded with boys and girls of all
ages, under the full glare of the dazzling gas
lights, and subjected to the many temptations
constantly in view. How can they arrive at
manhood and womanhood pure in morals?
Land commands such a price in the city that
a poor man can never expect to own a hone
there unless some unexpected turn of the
wheal drops a fortune in his lap.
The elevated railroads are said to carry five
hundred thousand passengers every day. A
ride of nine miles on one costs only five cents.
The cars run night and day without intermis
sion.
That grand and enchanting Eden of rest, the
Central Bark—with its beautiful rural sur
roundings, drives and shade trees—is free to
all. A stranger who appreciates the fine arts,
such as paintings, statuary and sculpture, and
the student of natural history could spend
weeks in viewing the immense collection on ex
hibition at Central Bark, the grand and noble
conceptions of the old masters. This collec
tion takes up a large space in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art at the Central Bark. That
great painting of Rose Bonheur, “The Horse
Fair,” is now on exhibition. It was bought by
Cornelius Vanderbilt, when the A. T. Stewart
collection was sold, for fifty-three thousand
five hundred dollars, and is a raie piciure in
both conception and execution, and true to
life. March 25th, 1887, Mr. Vanderbilt pre
sented it to the Melropolitan Museum of Art,
and the poor and rich, alike, can now gaze on
it with delight and admiration.
John A. Capi.er.
New York, Sept., 1887.
Editor Sunny South: Cambridge is situ
ated on the left bank of the Choptank river,
about twenty miles from the mouth. The
river is two miles wide at this point. There is
a population of 85,000 with a steady increase
each year. The city is divided into two parts
— East and West Cambridge—and is con
nected by a draw-bridge, which is, in itself, an
ornament to the city. This is a line harbor,
and is at all seasons crowded with vessels both
large and small.
Many seagotog craft come here from nor
thern ports for lumber, which is in great abun
dance, from the country’s forest. The small
crafts draw in the oyster trade, and nightly
make their port in this harbor. These crafts
can be counted by the hundreds.
The fine advantage of the location on this
river, is the daiiy communication with Balti.
timore by two line of steamers, also daily trains
to Bhiladelphia, make this a most desirable
business centre. Cambridge has every facility
of a city twice its population.
The main industries in the winter, or rather
from October 1st, to April 1st, is the oyster
trade, which gives employment to several thou
sand people. Fifteen large oyster canning
houses will be in active operation the coming
season. The surrounding country produces
the finest wheat and corn; while special atten
tion is given to the cultivation of friits and
vegetables of all kinds, and in the greatest
abundance.
Ship-building is also an important mdus-
dustry, there being four ship-yards within the
city limits. II. A. Jo> ce and D. J. Lewis are
the two most important ship-chandlers—fur
nishing all necessary articles for building ships
and supplying them. Mr. Joyce is a man full
of enterprise.
Fishing is also a profitable enterprise; here
are found in abundance, rock, perch and taylor.
The educational facilities are excellent. A
female seminary, under the management of
Brof. J. T. Baugh. This is a stock company,
and is liberally endowed by the State o£ Mary
land.
The Cambridge Academy, with Prof. E. C.
Harrington as Principal. This is under the
free school system. This school is unsur
passed iu management. It is well attended.
Besides these just named, there are several
graded schools and one or two private ones.
There is a Board of Trade, in which all the
leading merchants are interested. Every
branch of the city’s trade is represented. Mar
tin VV. Smith is president. He is the right
man in the right place, full of enterprise and
push, and a man Cambridge should be proud
of as a citizen. He also has a large dry goods
establishment, and is doing a good business.
Henry Mayer is another leading dry goods
merchant. He has a handsome store.
Among the prominent merchants are Thos.
W. Anderson, clothing; A. W. Brown, hard
ware, and A. J. Foble, the popular grocer.
C. Orem & Co. are manufacturers of “oyster
shell’’ flour, which is cue of the industries of
Cambridge.
This is the residence of Gov. Lloyd and the
Secretary of State, Hon. E. W. LeCompte.
The military company, the Lloyd Guards,
was named in honor of Maryland’s popular
Governor. This company is composed of six-
ty-tnree enlisted men, with R. G. Henry as
Captain. They are a well drilled and credit
able organization.
As a place of residence Cambridge is unsur
passed. It is a local option town, and can
boast of the handsomest churches in the State.
You can get all the news you want out of four
spicy papers—the Democrat, the News, the Ad
vance and the Era, (the latter an organ of the
colored people, with an editor of the same
color).
In hotel accommodations Cambridge is espe
cially fortunate in having the finest on the
Eastern shore. The Maryland Central, anew
aud elegant house, was opened on the first of
February last by Mr. E. E Braly, late of the
famous Riggs House in Washington, D. C.
Mr. Braly has his hotel furnished with the
most expensive carpets and furniture, aud his
table is uot surpassed. A warm welcome is
extended to all. The best care is taken of the
guests. We are glad to know it enjoys the
success it so richly deserves.
It was the pleasure of your correspondent to
meet Hon. Geo. J. Meekins, the County Treas
urer, Mr. Charles Lake, County Clerk, and E.
T. Mace, the Deputy Sheriff. Judge C. Golds-
borough is Circuit Judge.
Dr. J. C. DeKrofft is the most popular phy
sician in the city.
J. R. Patterson is the candidate for Slate’s
Attorney, and his chance3 of election are very
good. He is a brilliant young man, and we
predict for him a bright future.
E. Dashiell, Jr., is representing the Connect
icut Fire Insurance Company, in connection
with several others. He is the typical insur
ance man, with plenty of personal magnetism
to make himself agreeable.
The Postmaster is Hon. W. T. Johnson.
The pleasant reception of your correspond
ent, by the people of Cambridge, will be long
remembered. The citizens are wide awake
and progressive, and new industries are con
stantly starting up.
Taking all in all, Cambridge is a most charm
ing place for a home. M. W.
Our Portrait Gallery.
PORTHAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES
OP DISTINGUISHED MEN
AND WOMEN.
Hon. Samuel S. Carlisle.
The succession of the Hon. Samuel S. Car
lisle as Minister Resident and Consul-General
to Bolivia, S. A., to the vacancy caused by the
resignation of William A. Seay, is one which
has long been anticipated. Samuel S. Carlisle
was born in Bhiladelphia, Pa., February 11th,
1836, being removed by and with his paren’s
to St. Louis before he was one year old. His
boyhood was spent in that city where he was
given a literal education at Wyman’s High
School, finally completing his studies at the
University of Missouri. His patriotic inclina
tion led him to enter the ranks of the Confed
erate army as a private, at the breaking out of
the civil war, enlisting in the First Missouri
Florida Gulf Coast.
Sea Side—Indian Mounds and What
Was Found.
Editor Sdnry South: In all your notes
from the “land of flowers,’’ none have ever
come under our eyes from this, the most lovely
section of Florida. It is because we are away
down on ihe big waters, and not on a railroad,
I suppose. We are soon, however, to be in
the land of civilization (so to speak), as a rail
road will be finished to our place in a few
months from Sanford, on the St. Johns river.
Then some of your interesting correspondents
will visit ns and write us up and secure numer
ous subscribers here, as we have an intelligent
and reading population.
It is out of the power of the writer to give a
pen picture of this lovely part of Florida. It
abounds in beautiful lakes, springs of various
mineral properties, magnificent bays and is
lands, and unnumbered places of interest for
the tourist to visit.
With a number of friends we visited an is
land some days ago to investigate an Indian
mound. We sailed from Sea Side in a staunch
little schooner, and after an hour’s sail hove to
near St. Joseph’s Key. All were soon huddled
into the “Dingy” with picks, spades, shovels,
etc., aud we pushed out for shore. After gath
ering shells, enjoying the surf and a substan
tial iui.ch, we took up the line of march to the
mound. It was hid away on an island in a
bayou, ’mid gigantic palmettoes—one very
large oid fellow standing like a sentinel on the
top of the mound. After resting—for we had
tramped two miles through brush and bram
ble—we set to work, some digging and others
shoveling. We soon came to a skeleton, then
anothi r and anothei; and, fearing to destroy
them, we laid aside pick and spade and care
fully removed the dirt and shells with our
hands. Tracing out the skeletons, we found
them of varying sizes, from babes up to grown
people. But what seemed most singular to us
was the manner of burial. All were laid head
inwards toward the centre of the mound, and
we judged, from the situation of the skeletons,
that there was left a circular spate in the cen
tre of the mound abt ut ten feet in diameter.
It being warm and growing late, we left off
work, arranging to come again in cooler
weather and go to the bottom of the mound’s
centre—believing that, stored away there, we
will find many curious articles, such as pot
tery, etc. The skeletons unearthed showed no
special dfference from the general Indian skel
eton, except in the extreme thickness of the
skull and irregularity of the teeth. We have
many of these mounds in our section, some
covering a half acre of ground. They vary in
height from ten to thirty feet, and are generally
built up of dirt to about four to six feet and
then capped with shells.
We feel a little privileged to bore you [No
bore, we assure you—write again.—Ed. S. S.]
with this long letter, having been a constant
reader of your most excellent, refined and in
teresting paper from its infancy. If your chief
ever comes this way he must hunt up the
writer, bringing with him all needed articles
for the destruction of birds and capture of fish.
Sea Side.
“Bonairie,” Fla., Sept., 1887.
HON. SAMUEL S. CARLISLE.
Horace Allen, a grand-nephew of Ethan Al
len and a man eighty-three years old, has just
arrived in Albany from his home in Delaware,
Ohio. This does not seem to be au extraor
dinary fact until one understands that he made
the journey of 675 miles on foot and pushing a
wheelbarrow.
Regiment, Infantry. He served in Breckin
ridge’s Reserve Division at the battle of Shiloh
and subsequently was promoted for meritori
ous behavior, from the ranks to the staff. He
remained in service during the full continua
tion of the war, having participated in numer
ous battles, and in the defense of Vicksburg
whilst serving on the stsff of Gen. John S.
Brown. At the termination of hostilities Mr.
Carlisle went to Ntw Or eans, La., settling
there and establishing himself in the cotton in
dustry and finally taking up the profession of
law, building up a lucrative and successfully
extensive practice. Much of his time was de
voted to the welfare of his city aud state and
he soon received an appointment from the Gov
ernor of Louisiana to act in the position of
Member of the City Board of Public Schcols
iu 1880, receiving also, shortly thereafter the
Presidency of the Board, which position he
held for the succeeding four years, when he
was elected to serve his state as Senator to rep
resent the Garden District of New Orleans.
Tais position he held up to the time of his ap
pointment, as Minister to Bolivia, by President
Cleveland.
Mrs. C. S. Fairchild.
Mrs. C. S. Fairchild, the latest addition to
Washington diplomatic, society, has been re
ceived into the whirl and excitement of that
gay capital by the older lady members of the
Cabinet, and'as the wife of the Secretary of
the United Siates Treasury, Mrs. Fairchild
will have an ai equate field for ihe exercise of
her many social attractions and accomplish-
MRS. C. S. FAIRCHILD.
ments. Her new position and the perspicuity
thereof does not affect her with any outward
feeling of timidity, as she happily possesses
neither personal vanity or sense iveness to such
a degree as to allow these interfering elements
to tamper with her social aspirations aud suc
cesses. Mrs. Fa rchiid has retained much of
the innate retiring modesty of her young wo
manhood, and she is already oue of the most
adroit society managers of the Capital, at
tending conscientiously to her social and other
duties in such a manuer as to win for herself
much admira'ion aud eulogistic praise from
both sexes, finding no trouble in easily com
peting with the ladii s who have much longer
been used to entertaining and being entertain
ed. Laudation indeed goes to the customary
extreme in lavishing praise upon her, which
may not be aiways altogether merited, al
though her tact and judgment may be of the
most approved kind.
Col. Frederick Dent Grant.
The popularity which Cel. Fred Grant is
achieving in the State of New lork, shows
plainly that he is the son of his father, the
great Ulysses Grant, His recent nomination
by the Republican Convention as a candidate
for the Secretaryship of the S ate, serves to
confirm his political ascendency and should
bis election follow, his popularity will be an
established fact. Co! Free. Dent Grant was
born near St. Louis, Mo., in 1850. On reach
ing a suitable age he was given a cadetship at
West Point Academy, from which institution
he graduated in the year of 1871, with a degree
COL. FREDERICK DENT GRANT.
of honor ana popt larity not often equaled in
that institution. He was appointed a second
lieutenant in a cavairy regiment and spent two
years on outpost duty iu the far West, subse
quently receiving a promotion to a first lieu
tenancy, and ther, tor eight years, serving on
Gen. Sheridan's staff with the rank of Lieu
tenant Colonel. A military career had never
been thoroughly to Col. Grant’s liking, and in
1881 he resigned. During ins prolonged ill
ness of his father, Col. Grant was bis devoted
and faithful attendant, and since his death has
been the sole reliance of his mother in all of
her business transactions. Col. Grant is some
what taller than his father, dignified in his de
portment, nenial and sociable wnh all who
become acquainted with him, aud, like the
late general, has the reputation of holding to
his friends with the firnmesB of steel.
years of sge. He studied law, being admitted
to the bar of his native state. He established
a law practice, and in 1855 was chosen to the
State Senate of Tennessee, which office he
held until 1858. In 1859 he was sent to the
lower house of the General Assembly of Ten
nessee, and was made presiding officer of that
body. In 1860 he was a pies'dential elect! r for
the state at large on the Breckenridge ticket.
He served as assistant Adjutant General in the
provisional army of Tennessee in 1861 and was
afterwards Adjutant General of the state. He
held this position until the close of the Civil
War. His disabilities were removed by the
act of Congress of July 1870, and was accor
dingly sent to the 42nd Congress to represent
his state in the Lower House. He was chosen
as a Democrat and received 9,057 votes against
2,816 for his opponent, T. J. Cypurt, Republi
can, and 1,429 for J. B. Frierson, who also ran
as Republican. He was successively chosen to
the Forty Third, Forty Fourth and Forty Fifth
Congresses receiving in each case a decided
majority of the votes cast. Mr. Whitthome
has been closely affiliated with every course
his state has seen fit to take, and he is there
fore to be considered as one of her representa-
Suggestive Scraps.
In one week in New York thirty-two dry
goods clerks lost their situations because it
was ascertained that they frequented pool
rooms.
The Kernersville, N. C., News and Farm of
the 16th, contains sixteen separate locals on
the whisky traffic, in addition to a full account
of a drunken row which occurred on Sunday
last.
Oat of twenty young men who competed for
a West Point cadetship at Westfield, Mass.,
ten were rejected by the physician because
they had “the tobacco heart,” brought on by
cigarette smokiDg. They were unfit for West
Point service.
The talk about prohibition interfering with
the constitutional rights of the citizens, is the
veriest drivel and rot. It is whisky that has
trampled underfoot the rights of others, that
has dispelled homes, that has tampered with
legislation, that defies the laws and that fills
our jails and penitentiaries with criminals.
The great Whisky Trust of the northwest
sent large amounts of money into Tennes
see to carry the election aga’nst the prohibi
tion amendment to the constitution of that
State.
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WASHINGTON CURRAN WIIITTHORNE.
tive citizens. Immediately after the Blaine-
Cleveland Campaign, his name was mentioned
among many others, for the Cabinet. Whilst
the names’ of others received oniy the sanc
tion of sections of the country, his received
endorsements from almost all quarters of the
United States. The position with which his
name was mostly connected was that of Sec
retary of the Navy. The plan proposed for a
naval reserve corps has been repeatedly agita
ted aud Mr. Whitthorne urgently pressed the
measure at the next Session cf Congress, on
April Kith 1886 Governor Bate of Tennessee,
appointed Mr. Whitihorne as Uuited States
Senator, to succeed Howell E. Jackson, who
was appointed by President Cleveland Circuit
Court Judge of the 6th district. It is said
that Governor Bate aspires to the senatorship
and will make a fight therefor at the expira
tion of the present term in 1887.
■Who Can Explain This?
It has been discovered that the average
length of time that the §12,000 a year clergy
man is able to work without becoming a phys
ical wreck and having to be sent abroad is sev
en months. The §10,000 man can stand it tight
months; he who receives §7,000 nine months,
the §5,000 preacher, ten months—and so on;
but the man on a §500 salary works right along
all the year round and don’t break down.
Who can explain this?
A Polished Steel Mirror.
The villa of Albert Krupp, the great gun-
maker, was furnished with ali the splendor of
a princely residence. But it contained one
special aiiicle of decoration such as no sover
eign in the world can boast, absolutely unique
of its kind, and therefore not to be estimated
according to its monetary value. This is a
mirror of polished steel over 9 feet in height
and 6 feet wide.
Yacht “Volunteer.”
The designer of the yacht Volunteer, Mr.
Edward Burgess, has derigned many famous
yachts, but he seems to have combined ail
their best points in the building of the Voluu-
Editor Surry South: In answer to the
many inquiries I have lately received as to
whether I intended publishing l ‘Noctes" in
book form, please allow me to say that, while
I appreciate to the fullest the many kind words
it has brought me, and the many dear friends
it has made me, I am not disposed to regard it
as worth the labor and expense of putting into
book form. Written as it was in the brief
rest-moments of a busy year, it lacks that fin
ish and arrangement the absence of which
may be pardoned in a serial but never in a
book. Sometime—if that sometime ever
comes!—when I have leisure days, where I
have but minutes now, at my command, I may
re-write and revise it aud publish in a book—
but not now. Faithfully yonrs,
Tom F. McBeath, (“B. B.”)
Water Valley, Miss., Sept. 26, 1887.
Count Mitkiewiez.
The part which Count Mitkiewiez has re
cently taken in financial and commercial gos
sip, during the spring and summer of 1887 and
the colossal proportion of the scheme, of which
he represents the head, to provide China with
telephones, railways, etc., lend interest to a
short account of his life career, which began in
Russia, where he was born, in the city of War
saw, on December 31st, 1829, coming of an old
and noble family, members of which have served
and held honorary positions under the Russian
Government. Count de Mitkiewiez came to
America in 1864, aud after remaining here for
a short time returned to Europe only to repeat
w . .. ..
COUNT MITKIEWIEZ.
Washington Curran Whitthorne.
Washington Curran Whilthorue is a native
of Tennessee, where he was born April 19th
1825. After attending the district school he
was sent to the East Tennessee University and
graduated therefrom in 1843, being then but 19
bis visit to thi3 country again and aga.u.
Whilst on oue of these visits he became ac
quainted with a Miss Caroline Lester
(daughter of Ralph Lester, a well-known Ro
chester banker), to whom he was married iu
the year of 1872. This union resulted in the
creation of a large family of children, nine in
number, when his wife died. Ilis second mat
rimonial alliance was with an estimable lady
(a grand-daughter of John Marshall of Vir
ginia. late Chiei Justice of the United States).
Taking up his residenca in the gay capital of
Washington, where he is well known, he
launched into various schemes which have
been more or less successful. His latest
scheme (that of placing telephones in China,
with the assistance of the Chinese Government
and backed by a financially substantial Phila-
delphi syndicate), is the one so much venti
lated and stretched into the most absurd colos
sal dimensions. The result of these schemes
time alone can tell, and whether they will be
successful or not will be a riddle of the pres
ent to he solved in the dim future.
William Warner.
Among other names most prominently men
tioned for the position as Commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic is William War
ner, of Kansas City, Missouri. William War
ner was bora in the city which he has repre
sented in the Senate and elsewhere. Kansas
City witnessed his birth in the year 1841, but
he was raised and educated in Wisconsin. His
studies began at Lawrence University, Wiscon
sin, and end 1 d at Michigan University; and at
their completion he became a full- fledged law-
WILLIAM WARNER.
yer. Mr. Warner served three years and a
half in the Union army, in the Thirty-third and
Forty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry. He entered
the political arena and was elected City Attor
ney of Kansas City, Mo., in April, 1867—sub
sequently acting a3 Circuit Attorney for the
counties of Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Cass,
Pettis and Saline, Mo., in November. 1868.
He was unanimously chosen Mayor of Kansas
City in 1871, and became Presidential elector
on the Grant ticket in the following year. In
1882 he was appointed United States Attorney
for the Western District of Missouri, and re
vived in 1885 the votes of the Republican
members of the Missouri Legislature for United
States Senator. Mr. Warner was elected to
the Forty-ninth Congress as a Republican, re
ceiving 16,176 votes against 14,6-51 votes for
Alexander Graves, his Democratic opponent.
Mr. Warner has always held that public duty
was a public trust, and has acted on the theory
accordingly, becoming a general favorite wher
ever he is known.
teer, which is to compete with the much vaunt
ed English yacht, Thistle, for the America’s
cup. From the first day on which the Volun
teer spread her wings to the breeze, up until
the present time, she has surprised and de
lighted all who have been interested in her,
and that means all American yachtinen and
boating enthusiasts. That she is the fastest
sloop on record no one seems to question. A
new boom was made for ter after her comple
tion, measuring 85 feet 9 inches in length,
which was four feet nine inches longer than
the spar previously used. The dimensions of
the Volunteer are : Length over all, 107 feet;
length on water line, 85 10 feel; beam, 23 2
feet; beam at water line, 22.3 feet; depth
of hold, 10.6 feet; topmast, 48 feet; boom, 84
feet; gaff, 52 feet. In appearance she differs
very little from the Mayflower, although her
speed is greater. The Volunteer's balloon jib
was not particularly admired on the day of the
race with the Mayflower, as it was thought it
might interfere with the speed. But be that as
it may, the Volunteer is a formidable antagonist
for any yacht afloat; and as finely modeled as
she may he, a vast importance is attached to
her proper handling, as her possible perform
ance is contained in no small degree upon that
poimt.
Yacht “Thistle.”
The new cutter y aoht Thistle, which has been
built for the purpose of wresting the America’s
cup from the United States, whero it has re
mained ever since the victory of the “Ameri
ca,” in 1851, despite the numerous attempts to
win it back on the part of British yachtsmen,
was built on the Clyde. The Thistle was de
signed by Mr. J. L. Watson, a naval architect
Chauncey M. DePow arrived in New York
from Europe on the steamer Elbe on the 27th
ultimo.
and has been constructed by Messrs. D. and
W. Henderson & Co. She is built of Siemens-
Martin steel, with clipper bow, and her dimen
sions are as follows: Length over load—water
line, 85 ft; breadth 20 ft. 3 in ; depth of hold
14 ft., 1 in.; registered tonnage, a fraction over
100 tons. Her racing tonnage, which is calcu
lated on her given sail area, is 137 tons. In
deed, her enormous spars and great area of
canvass, far in excess of anything yet spread
over an English racing cutter, having necessi
tated very powerful lines in the hull, and an
unusual strength in internal fastenings. The
rigging also has been exceptionally strength
ened, so as to withstand the rough weather fre
quently encountered on an Atlantic passage.
She has a clipper stem, and a considerable
overhang of stem and stern, so as to allow of
her huge mainsail. Her racing record seems
to have thoroughly established her reputation
and the general opinion is expressed in these
words: “She did enough to satisfy every one
that she is as good as can be desired." The
splendid workmanship displayed in the con
struction of the Thistle has been much ad
mired, the best British talent available has
been used in her design, her building, her rig
and her sails, and taking all in ail sh8 is a
yacht that is hard to heat.
Boston received recently from the wilds of
Africa, the largest gorilla that was ever landed
on the American continent. Its name is Jack,
and it is five feet in height in its stocking feet,
and measures seven feet from the end of one
outstretched hand to the other, and weighs 125
pounds.
For the Surry South.
TO HESTER.
BY STANTON MOKBOE.
Thou art so still!
My t part’s blood freezes ’nealh thy frosty will;
Xblne eyes, as constant as the polar star,
Are colder far.
Ah, not for thee.
The glory of the South where love Is free I
The sun doth grant thee but a slanting raj—
An arctic day.
A star mnst woo
Far tbroagb tbe soundless neaven’s serenest blue—
Bright Aicturas or dauntless Antares—
Thy soul to please.
And such as I
Whose love is ail my immortality
Dream what were bis— wbst bliss of gods above—
Whom thou shouldst love I
Chicago, Sept, 1227.
Coins.
A. M. H., Memphis, Tenn : Can you inform
me where and at what price I can dispose of a
collection of ne w nickles without cents stamped
on them?
Write to the American Exchange and Mart,
New York. Address Manager Exchange and
Mart. You wiil get all the information you
want. Or to Exchange and Mart, 17 Congress
street, Boston, Mass.
Pickles.
A. W., Enterprise, S. C.: Please let me
know through the Surry South how to mix
turmeric for pickles. Wont some one send
directions for pineapple edging.
Will some one who knows please tell the
writer what she wants to know. It is out of
our line of thought, iiko many other questions
sent us.
Questions.
Subscriber, Whitney, Tex : Please answer
through your Quiz column the following quer
ies for an ardent admirer of your paper. 1.
Where can I procure Patton’s life of Andrew
Jackson, and also Randolph’s life of Thomas
Jefferson? 2. Tell me which you think the
best course to pursue for one who contemplates
the study of law? 3. Was there not a speech
delivered in Atlanta by yourself on the subject
of prohibition, published in the Surry South,
and if so can you furnish me with the paper
containing said speech?
1. Write to Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 4 Park
street, Boston, Mass., for Parton’s life of
Jackson, and to Harper & Bros., New York,
for Randolph’s life cf Jefferson.
2. In the study of the law, you had better at
tend a law school. If yon cannot do that, then
read under some good lawyer. To be a lawyer
of any note, requires hard and laborious study.
You should be a scholar by nature, to master
law; and study for the pleasure of study; that
is the way to be a lawyer and not a pettifogger.
Any one can be that.
We can mail you a copy of the speech deliv
ered by our Mr. J. H. Seais, upon request.
Bees’ Eves.
W. L. II, Atlanta, Ga.: Hqw many eyes
have bees? Had a dispute as to number.
A bee has only two eyes, but sharp and
clear. When he has his load of honey, he makes
for home in an air-line, and never misses his
hive, no matter if there are a hundred about.
The little fellow is no slouch about his work,
and only asks for a big field, and it full of
flowers. He will cover all the ground before
the season i3 over. His sting is his trowel, and
the fluid he emits from his sting preserves the
honey he is making. His sting is therefore
both a tool and defence. The fluid prevents
fermentation, and keeps the honey sweet.
Cold-Carats
Reader, Clio, S. C : In reply to the ques
tion sent us as to the carats in gold, we would
say, that gold is divided into 24 parts; twenty-
four being pure gold without any alloy. When
one says that his watch-case is 18 carats fine,
there is 18 carats pure gold, and six of alloy.
Twenty carats has four of alloy; twenty-two,
only two of alloy. But pure gold is so soft
and wears so quickly, it needs an alloy to
harden it. Eighteen carats are a very good
wearing gold alloy, being six parts alloy. Gold
taken from different mines, differs in color and
firmness, just as iron, copper and other metals.
Conquered Banner.
Hudson, Milledgeville, Gs.: Where can I
find “Reply to the Conquered Banner?” I
have seen it printed; but the name of the au
thor, together with the circumstances under
which it was written, has escaped my mind.
It was written by Sir Henry Houghton, Bar
onet, of Great Britain. Get “Songs and Bal
lads of the Southern People—1861-65,” pub
lished by D. Appleton & Co., 1, 3 and 5 Bond
street, New York.
Painting.
A. C., Montgomery, Ala : I have a large
painting that I bought in New Orleans nearly
twenty years ago. It is a scene in Italy, and
has on it the title aDd artist’s name, viz.:
“Combat Between Dragons of the Pope and
Robbers—by Arnold.” Now, what I want to
know is—who is Arnold and of what country
and time? Was he ever an artist of note?
We cannot find the name of Arnold among
the names of noted painters. The picture
must stand on its own merits. There is a
good deal of humbug in a name. If a thing has
merit it does not matter about the name. A
horse that can trot a mile in two minutes and
ten seconds needs no pedigree—the deed is
enough. So "with everything in life. Look for
the merit in the thing done, and ask no ques
tions as to pedigree, reputation or character.
Queer Quizes Quieted.
“Sam Salter” has not keen published in
hook form—nor have we any surplus copies of
the Sunry South containing it.
To “Enquirer,” Charleston, Tenn., and
“Subscriber and Reader,” Waco, Texas: A
preparation known as French Depilatory is the
best for removing surplus hair.
To “Sufferer,” Preston, Texas: The best
druggist here informs us that “Packer’s
Charm” is the best article on the market for
removing pimples.
We would say to M. II. H., Memphis, Tenn.,
that the best “preventive against catching
cold” is to keep the feet warm; go so clad that
any sudden change of temperature will not
affect you; and avoid exposure to air-draughts.
We don’t know the real name of “Duchess”
osrselves—so can’t tell you.
C. P. B , Wilmington, N. C., can get a book
on bee keeping from almost any book-seller—
anyhow from the Agriculturist, New York
City.
To “P ,’’ of Sandy Run, S. C., we would say
that sales of books, and of everything else,
through the country, depend quite as much on
the tact, energy, and particularly on the per
sistency of the canvasser, as on the merits or
cheapness of the thing offered. “P” should
know whether or not he possesses the required
qualifications; if he does, let him make the
venture.
A Louisiana correspondent asks for verses
beginning with, “I miss you, my darling, my
darling.” Can any friend send it?
A subscriber asks if any of our readers can
supply a poem entitled, “The Red Jacket,”
descriptive of a fire and of firemen, beginning
with the lines— 6
Th^ableak night, with angiy n ar,
The H* ts £ Dd c,0 »ors at the door,
ine clifted snow ilea heaped a ; oce tht* *frF«r
Swept by a bUndlDg storm 01 hail and sieat.”
wi^Sfl nf^ r subac riber is anxious to obtain the
Web of rtfe “ 6m th S Dg , ht 10 be ^titled “The
Web of Life, in which occurs the lines— d
“Weaver, weaver, - thou art weary)
With this ceaseless toil and strife.”
“Bonnet squash” seed mightpossiblv besold
to seed dealers—try Peter Henderson & Co
New York, or M. W. Johnson & Co., Atlanta,
Onr Norwood, N. C., friend is informed that
18 ® white bean about the size of
the Whippoorwill pea—sonewhatsmallerthan
the white bean kept by most family grccers.
Violin instruction books can be had of book
or music dealers. Phillips 4 Crew, Atlanta
have them from 50 cents up.
For information in regard to books published
m the Portuguese language, perhaps it would
be best to correspond with D. Appleton & Co
New York. ’
Our lady friend and subscriber at Snmter
S. C., is informed that there are three Steam
Dye Houses here, all good—namely, James
Lockrey, J. S. Watson 4 Co. and Jacob Kriess.
A lady subscriber in Mississippi asks for a
recipe for making muscadine w.ne. Can any
of cur readers give one?
“Nora,” Texarkana, Texas, wants to know
why a colon is used in writing the name of
Ben: Periey Poore. We cannot tell, but pre
sume it to have been the author’s whim.
Miss Lily Schulken, Vine.'and, N. C., will
appreciate as a great favor the giving of “di
rections for tanning deer skin so that it may
retain the hair, aud still be soft and pliable.”
W. V. M, Dawsonvilie, Ga., had better
correspond with the State School Commission
er, Hon. G. J. Orr. The proposed “Tlechno-
logical School” is intended to meet wants like
jours.
M. D , can obtain “a book containing pians
etc., of modern houses,” by addressing' R. W.
Shoppel!, New York City.
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