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EDITORIAL /PAGE t THE SUNNY SOUTH APRIL 21, I90& Uhe SUNNY SOUTH Published Weakly by Sunny Soutk\Publifhing Co Busin THE COMSTITl ATLANTi fs Office TON BUILDING GEORGIA Subscription TermsL- To those who subscribe Sunny South only Six Months, 25c l ^9 One Year, 60c LESS THAN A \PE /NY A WEEII Kilned at the feiteBce Atlanta. fla.<ee arcond-rlaaa Ball nlattef March jj3, 1»01 f he Sunny South Is thm oldest tvoakly eaper of Literature, Romance, Raft and VIA!on In the South & It la note rea Jtored to the original aha pm and will be published aa fort marly every week ^ Rounded in tSTd It grew until >499, when, aa a monthly. Its form was changed as an expert* tnent & It now returns to Its original formation as a weekly with renewed vtgofr and thm Intention of ecllpat ing Its moat promising period In the post. It shouted aloud and in its glee snorted tons of ashes and stones through a thousand flaming nos trils. The harvest fell on many a little sleeping nearby town, and even on historic Naples, that lies like a jewel surrounded by the emerald stretches of the bay. And where was man’s mastery of nature, of him self? Gone! Utterly vanished at the first bellow from the mountain, and the first furious gust of its murderous breath. Nature, unleashed and revengeful, brooked no restraint. Absolute mistress of a huge visible domain, she struck down those whose mere presence disputed her sovereignity. Now, weary and spent, the flood is subsiding, and the peasants are creeping back, unnerved and mourning, to the hovels and the little white cot tages that have escaped the jealous appetite of the awakened monster. Some day we may conquer Nature. She laughs at us now, when s will. And often there is death in the mocking echoes of her merriment. When Mantis Helpless m HE wee pigiiiy that struts with vain glorious aiA calling itself man; that boasts of itsi ability to shackle the lightning to Vrains and to dazzling lamps; that 'makes much of the fact that by its exploits distance is conquered and the veriest whisper goes like a flash from New York to Chicago; i<hat changes the course of rivers and, with dykes and levees, turns back the restless ocean—cringes, whines, assails the bending heaven with feeble cries, when Nature flings off her lethargy and hurls herself at his life and his creations. Before her unrolling, mocking tide, his ingenuity is helpless: the cunning of his hand and brain fails with a completeness that has some thing of titanic satire in its involvement; his only resource is a prayer to the God that fashioned him and Nature alike in the various molds He saw fit to employ for the task. That is die thing Vesu vius taught us when the green and lava clad old traitor ce _d its rythmic rumbling, and bursi forth in such a hurricane of fiery energy as claim ed several hundred lives and laid waste the hut of peasant and the palace of noble with turbulent im partiality. Many hundred years ago the big mass that overlooks the lovely bay of Naples developed this same sinister freak: and in its mood of deadly sportiveness gave to history the stories of Pompeii and Herculaneum, ravished by its flood of fire and buried beneath the hot, dense ashes that poured from its crater as some fearful visitation front the tortured womb of hell. In the long, long interval that has elapsed since that dav man has made many strides. In every direction his intellect has left its marvelous, plas tic impress on the face of nature and the pages of science, art. and mechanical invention. In whim sical reflection, one might think some way would have been devised to that moves within the bosom of the earth, we had the eruption of Pelee, sudden, unwarned. One day the mountain was decked in tropical Exercise Valuable Only In Restraint OMEONE has remarked, evidently from a depth of thought and expe- ence, that men never worry about their health until that very desira ble possession has taken its de parture. The epigram has a cer tain degree of truth in it, though it deserves to be qualified, since a large number of men and women who feel that strength and energy are failing or that their modes of life are antagonistic to health, very frequently adopt various precau tions or amendments to their rou tine calculated to mend matters materially. There is also another class that con cerns itself in season and out of season with the details of health and hygiene. Its members note feverishly any little variation in their temperatures: if the liver gets a trifle askew, they drench them selves with powerful physic; if the stomach re volts against overfeeding or improper diet, they post themselves to a physician and take his nos trums, or swell the list of patrons of patent medi cines; if they lose a night's rest through nervous ness, they take no pains to search for the cause, but straightway imagine themselves in the grip of some disease, and enter upon a more or less fool ishly considered course of treatment. These peo ple are, of course, of morbid disposition, given to exaggeration of passing and unimportant symp toms. They form an easy prey to the swarms of faddists now operating in this and other countries. And, to a large extent, they have given profit and vogue to the craze for physical culture, which is even now broadcast over the United States. The Baltimore Herald must have had this class in mind, when it delivered itself of the following sensible utterance: Exercise in itself is no doubt excellent, but is it. weli for a sane man lo make it a fetish? Does it do a busi ness man any good to swell the muscles of his back by In the Country. - (From Puck.) When the thermometer had dropped far below zero good Mrs. Rogers was much disturbed at the recollection that Huldah, Along' tHe Highway By FRAfilK L* STJfNTOM THE WOODLAND CONCERT. Half a hundred mockin’-birds singin all day long Like the worl’ had never heard any thing like song; .. ,,, , .. .. ’ Singin’ since the blossoms first twia- the new kitchen maid, -slept in an un- i heated room. “Huldah,” she said, remem bering the good old custom of her girl hood, "it's going to be pretty cold to night. I think you had better take a flatiron to bed with you.” “Yes, ma'am,” said Huldah, in mild and expressionless assent. Mrs. Rogers slept soundly and free from care, secure in the belief that the maid was comfortable. In the 'morning she again visited the kitchen. “Well, Huldah." she asked, "how did you get along with the flatiron?” “Well, ma'am,” she said, “I got it near ly warm before morning!” Not for Him. (From Life.) First Actor—I thought your next tour was to have been through South Africa. Second Actor—It was, but the company struck. One of them had read that an ostrich egg often weighs two or three pounds. • Mads Him Welcome—Ndt. (From Punch.) Joe—I’m afraid Miss Hinton doesn't ap preciate my company. Fred—What reason have you for think ing such is the case? Joe—Why, every time I call she plays “Home, IS-weet Home” on the piano be fore I have been in the parlor ten minutes Of Ooursrs She Laughed. (From Judge.) He—Wise men hesitate—only fools are certain. She—Are you sure? “I’m quite certain of it!” Then she laughed. Experience Makes Us Wise. (From Judy.) Teacher—Can any one tell me what a palmist is? "I know, teacher. It's a woman who uses h< r hand instead of a slipper.” Friendly Comment. (From Tatler.) Miss Horsy—Miss Passay is so kittenish! She wouldn’t go driving with me tin* other day because she was afraid the horse would run away with her. Miss Pepprey—The idia! As if she need be afraid of a horse! Only a donkey would run away with her! Unkind. (From Tit-Bits.) He—When' I was small 1 was a most extremely intelligent child. She—Yes. How very unfortunate that you should have grown up! Daughter’s Retort. Daughter— I don't want to marry just yet. I'd rather stay at school. Mother—You must remember, dear, men do not wish clever wives. Daughter—But all men are not like papa.—Puck. -singin kled with the daw; Havin’ took their task to sing, they’re seein’ of it through! Free seats in The airy hall— Come an’ hear The concert—all! Singin’ of a love that’s old love that’s new; Singin’ sunset, sheddin’ gold—morn- in’ skies o’blue; Singin’ all earth’s grief an’ gloom— singin’ day an’ night; How sun an’ rain make roses bloom —woven red an’ white! Enter now The airy hall— Come an' hear The concert&all! j • Let ’em sing your soul to rest—give! bright skies for gray; All the thorns that wound the breast I they can sing away! Ask no praises from the throng— j They just, sing for love of song! Welcome! Seek The flowerldecked hall— Come an’ hear The concert—all! and crystal rivers, and you have to pelt ’em with fire brands to keep ’em away from the other place. The wings of Love can hide every shadow Hate casts on the life-way. Hate is only a shadow, anyway, and Love the substance of all things beautiful. THE JOY OF LOVE. I. On the road so dreay, Where Life’s sorrows throng, A little love, my derie, And Life's a glad, sweet snog! II. When the heart grows weary— Lost in grief and gloom, A little love, my dearie. And Life breathes balm and bloom! III. And angel-hands caress you. And black clouds leave the blue, A little love to bless you. And Heaven dwells with you! PROVERBg OF THE HIGHWAY. Let’s take the world as we find it, and if we can’t find it, let’s com fort ourselves with the reflection— “There was nothing much in it, any how! ” Rolling down from the hilltop is pleasant, exorcise—when no one is looking at you; but awfully ttndigni fied in the light of the whole world. You’ve got to tempt folks to heav en with visions of golden streets THE HELPLESS OCEAN. “When we get to the seashore,” said the poet. “I shall write a granu poem on the ocean." “Dear,” said his wife I thought we were going there for rest and peace. What has the ocean ever done to you?” This is the day of the short story, which enables a grateful public to love tbe author little, but to love him long. SIGH AND SMILE. When Laura sighs Joy faints and dies, And Love looks on with rainy eyes; But when she smiles—then grift in flight,— Love leads his lilies to the light’ Don’t count the tears you shed, bin keep a bright record of all your smiles. Dread “Texas Cattle Fever” Jind How It Is Combatted By HELEN HARCOURT. Written for The SUNNY SOUTH. 15he Busy 'World RAND DUKE \LEXIS, heir appar ent to the Russian .hrone, is shown in he drawing, which s copied from a pic ture taken recently -it Tsarskoe-Selo at lie express wish of lie Russian empress. Vlexis will be 2 years old on August 12 next. He appears Grand Duke Elexis. to be a chubby, heal thy infant, the picture being in itself a contradiction of recent reports that h* ■is a puny weakling and that .he was seri ously ill. The little grand duke has five sisters, the oldest of whom, Grand Duch.ess Olga, was born November 15. 1895. His youngest sister is the Grand Duchess Anastasia, whose fifth birth day anniversary will be celebrated June 18 next. The empress .was born in June, 1872. ROM blacksmith to opera singer, and :iow engaged to ap pear in the United States at $(,600 per night, is the record of Charles Rous- seliei-r. me youngest tenor on tlie French stage. Rousseliere was born in Saint Nazaire. His father 'was an humble blac k Chas. Rousseliere. smith, and young Charles was brought up to follow the trade. His voice attracted attention, and ■he found patrons to make up a purse to send him to Paris. He presented himself for admission to the National conserva tory, scorning to go through the prepara tory course. He was accepted on the spot, and three years later, in 1893. when lie was only 23, he graduated with the first prize and was engaged forthwith as tenor by the Paris Grand Opera. He made his debut in the same year as Samson in Saint-Saens' “Samson et De- Ula.” A M ES SCHOOL CRAFT SHERMAN, who has been elected chairman of the re publican c o ngres- sional committee, is serving his ninth term in congress and represents the twen ty-seventh New York district. His home is at Utica, in which city he was born in 1855. He is a gradu ate of Hamilton COI N'S ign jorly. A merry party being gathered in a city not even when it has reached the adult stage of growth When the infection gets beyond th- I permanently polluted district, the roads, IMP, was. and not so long pastuires. pens, all places, in fact, become ago, either, when it was j dangerous for nonimmune animals until supposed to be useless to j freezing w-eatiier. Then the infection make any attempt to im- | disappears, and will not reappear even prove southern cattle, be- j ir. summer. The reason is plain. The cause whenever fine stock j ticks are killed by the cold weather, and was imported from other j a 'b their eggs perish, too. But while parts of the country the re- 1 tllls ,s the rule - it does not invariably suit was almos. invariably | ap, P Iy to sections just outside of the in- j fected district, if the winters a.re mild. ] The disease was from the first full of mystery as to its mode of dissemination, loss. Ihe stumbling block how it was communicated from one aa- is a specific fever 'Which imal to another was a puzzle, for expo- Jantes Sherman, lege, is a lawyer by profession, is at the head of the Utica Trust and Deposit e i Company and also president of the Hart- 1 ford Canning Company. Mr. Sherman was mayor of Utica in 1884, and twice has been chairman of the New York state republican eonwention. William B. McKinley, of tHe nineteenth Illinois dis trict, is treasurer of the committee. disease and death, and, in cidentally, heavy financial 1 wrestling with a rowing machine, or to make his legs i flat made such a racket that the occu- as hard as railroad ties by galloping about a canvas pant of a neighboring)house sent l»is ser- track? Is there any advantage, after all, in developing the vant over with a poiite message asking forestall the wanton spirit' sinews abnormally? Does a man who works with his i if would be possible for the party to Blit, brain gain anything by trying to imitate a hodcarrier? j make less noise, since, as the servant an- The notion that the average business man will be bene-' nounced > Mr. Smith says that lie can- fited by developing the muscles of a stevedore is based not read.” “I am very sorry for Mr. t on nothing more tangible than wild theorizing. In 'favor I compUments *t° S your masUm P 'a - verdure. Lured on by its sleeping calm, the peo-j of it is the allegation that, physical or brute strength that j ani soirv he ca ° not rea'bVnd tea nle of Martiniaue bad btiilded their cabins almost] spells health. Against it, is the obvious and undoubted. mm j could when i was four years old. " pic U1 xvidi Liii M V ... . fact that millions of men who take no more exercise than _j u dy. to the brink of its guileless looking crater. They had pushed their conquests further, inch by inch, until, at tbe very base of the slumbering monster, stretched fertile vineyards and wide-spreading fruit orchards. Like death from a smiling sky came the awak ening of the volcano. It seemed that its long rest had but stored up .fiery destruction in heaping measure, and sharpened its temper to a pitch of devilish fury. When the moment struck, nor man, nor beast, nor bird, nor serpent had time to es cape. All perished by the molten lava, the shower of rocky masses, or the ashes which fell from the heavens as though the blazing stars had themselves been lossed from their firm moorings, and plunged down upon squirming man with a reckless retribu tion. Vesuvius was of a kinder nature. Day after day the black wreath that circles the old beldame had increased in density and volume. The voices of the mountain had gradually grown more threat ening: the genie within had spat forth its rage through newly formed orifices. The people knew that danger, perhaps death, portended. Some of those who were able fled for their lives. Others more poverty-stricken, could not tear themselves from the little homes and the tiny vineyards they had planted in the shadow of the mountain. When Vesuvius was attuned for its slaughter ous frolic, it had prepared ammunition for several days. Tt waxed pyrotechnic, majestic, glorious in its glaring rage—and the lives of men, and women and little children were the price of the display. fact that millions of men who take no more exercise than their ordinary vocations require live to hale and hearty old age, and the further fact that the average athlete, for all his sinew and vigor, is seldom more healthy than the average desk slave or soft-muscled business man. We yield to no one in «cur admiration of physical culture—within proper limits. Time after time we have expressed the opinion in these columns that if people took more exercise and less medicine socitv would reap a vast improvement. There can be no doubt, however, that certain systems of physical culture have taken advantage of the prevalent craze to impose divers foolish notions on the minds of people whose labor is of the seden tary sort. The man who sits at a desk the day long is apt to fall an easy convert to the doctrine that prom ises him bounding mental and physical health, if he will patronize a gymnasium for a few hours each week. Once in the habit, however, and granted that his patience and soreness outlast the first week’s experiment, he is extremely likely to overdo the thing. It is then that he accumulates the heaps of muscles so derisively mentioned by our con temporary; and he uses up more good vitality in so doing than would be required, sometimes, to double his income. The great thing in exercise is moderation—mod eration and commonsense. The open air is, too, another essential that is not stressed sufficiently. This modern age of ours needs to learn the lesson of care and use of the body and the mind—hut it needs no less urgently to apply the principle of restraint in this, as in other chapters of life. Leaves from an Old *Scrap Book By A GEORGIA COLONEL. T then a draft for the deficiency in said quota shall be made in said state, or on HE 'following is a copy of Lincoln’s! the districts of said state, for their due proportion of said quota, and the said draft shall commence on the 5th day ol January, 1864. “And I further proclaim that nothing in tills proclamation shall interfere with ex isting orders, or with those which may •be issued for tiic present draft in the states where it is now in progress or where it lias not yet been commenced. “The quota of the states and districts A DEFIANT WOMAN The following communication from a Memphis lady was published in several of the southern newspapers: “Editor Bulletin: You call attention to Lincoln’s appointment of a day of thanks giving for the successes which have blessed our cause, and you hope the day will be properly observed. By ‘our cause.’ you mean the union cause. “I wonder how you think the people of Memphis can thank God for the successes of the union abolition cause. You pre- proclamation Off September, 1863. in which he called for 300.000 more men: “A PROCLAMATION. "Whereas, the term of service of pari of the volunteer forces of the United States will expire during the coming year, and “Whereas, in addition to the men raised by the present draft, it is deemed expe dient to call out 300.000 volunteers to serve three years or the war—not, how ever, exceeding three years; “Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and com mander in chief of the airmy and navy thereof, and of the militia of the several states when called into actual service, do issue this my proclamation, calling upon the governors of the different states to ^ , raise and have enlisted into the United I loyal people thereof, invoking them to Memphis will appoint services in his States service, for the various companies lend their cheerful, willing and effective church at Lincoln’s dictation? Let one and regiments in the field from their aid to the measures thus adopted, with .dare to try it, and see liow his congrega- respeotive elates ,theiy quotas of 300,000 j a view to reinforce our victorious armies j jj 0 |, will stand it. They know better. will he assigned by the dar department, l ^ en( j lo think that a great union senti- through the provost marshal general s , nient |,as sprung up in Memphis, because office, due regard being had for the men [ you say [hat upW ard of ||,000 persons heretofore furnished, whether by volun- | have taken t he oath of allegiance. Let leering or drafting; and the recruiting ' ul , yoUf lf they have taken it, they will l>e conducted in accordance witn , d j d no t d o it of their own free will, and such instructions as have been or may be i t|iey don ' t feel bound by it; they had to issued by that department. 'take it under a military despotism, and “In issuing this proclamation I address I ^on’t feel bound to regard any oath myself not only to the governors of thejj’ orced up(JI1 them in that way. , i _.... i.... 'Do y OU believe that any preacher in She Knev*. Ann—See what a lovely diamond en gagement ring Henry gave me? Jane—Yes, it is; and it’s genuine, too. Ann—Why, wliat do you mean? Jane—When Henry gave it to me 1 sent and had it tested.—Answers. A Positive Cure. He—There is a certain young lady deeply interested in me, and while I like her, you know, still I never could love her. 1 want to put an end to it without break ing the poor girl's heart. Can you sug gest any plan? She—Do you call there often? ' r Nb, indeed; not any oftener than 1 can possibly help.” “Cali oftener.”—Illustrated Bits. Wanted to Know. Beck (despondently)—I said something my wife didn’t like, and she hasn't spoken to me for two days. Peck (eagerly)—Can you remember what it was you said?—Puck. Hard Luck. Mary—They issued a hundred and fifty wedding invitations. Jane—Did they get many valuable pres ents? Mary—No—they barely made expenses. —Modern Society. Compensation. “I am sorry,” said the doctor, “but your little girl will not be able to speak for several days!” “Then it will be safe,” said the anx ious mother, “for me to invite the min ister to tea, won’t it?”—Sketch. His Reward. “What's the matter, Willlkin?” "Mat ter enough. You know some time ago 1 assigned all my property to my wife to —to keep it out of the hands of—of peo ple I owe, you know?” "Yes.” “Well, she's taken the money and gone off—says she won’t live with me because I swin dled my creditors.”—Tit-Bits. A LITTLE ABOUT FRANKING. (From The London Chronicle.) Franking had its birth, honestly enough, in 1660, in the desire to relieve members of parliament of the expense Incurred in the discharge of their national duties; but tn'e practice rapidly widened until it U’ . . became possible tor members to trails- . was nj seriously peculiar attacks animals taken in to infected district, and It has a most peculiar characteristic. This It, that the animals that' give the disease to others are apparently in good health, while those which sicken, and even die from it, do not usually impart the disease to I others at all. This feature, ns will readi ly be conceded, is an anornoly among the diseases that affect the animal world. The fever is high and is accom panied by a greatly enlarged s-pleen, de structive of the red-blood corpuseles by the escape of the coloring matter of tlie blood through the kidneys, which give, a deep red color to the urine, while the mucous membranes and fat become yellow, strength is rapidly lost and finally, in a majority of cases, death en sues. This strange and dreaded disease has many aliases, its title differing in dif ferent countries and localities. Here are some of them: Spanish fever, acclima tion fever, red water, black water dis temper, murrian, bloody murrian, yel low rrurrian, dry murrian, Texas fever, Australian tick fever and, in South America, tristeza. We first hear of the disease in America as far back as 1814, when Dr. James Mease, addressing the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agri culture, stated that the cattle from a certain district in South Carolina cer tainly diseased all other with which they came in contact during the progress of their journey across country to the northern markets. This was so generally known that the state of Virginia had prohibited their passing tnrough its ter ritory. These cattle, said Dr. Mease, in fected others even when they them selves were In perfect health. Cattle not only from other of the United States, but from Europ# or other foreign coun tries, when taken into this infected dis trict, were certain to be attacked by this strange disease anil generally with fatal results. THE FEVER LINE. And Dr. Mease was right. Similar ob servations have been made in another southern district, indicated by a quaran tine line, now known as the "Texas fever line.” This line determines the boundary between the non-infected territory above and the permanently infected districts below. It is changing yearly as a re sult of the dissemination or eradication of the cattle tick along the border, but is gradually being drawn back, thanks to the discovery of the true cause of the infection and of the systematic efforts made to destroy it. The specific name of “Texas fever” ■was given the disease because of the se vere losses that almost invariably fol lowed the driving of cattle from the in fected districts of Texas into, or even across, the other states and territories, j zoa Whl ch belongs to the very lowest rience showed that infection did not o cur by the cattle coming in contact, el even near each other. The infection, then, was undoubtedly indirect. But how? Tlie cattle from the infected dis tricts permanently infect the pastures, roads, woods and then the outside ani mals take the virus from them, second hand. As a usual thing, even a fence between infected lands and susceptible cattle is sufficient to keep the latter from taking the disease. But this rule does not hold good if there is any drain age or washings by rains, across the line of fence. So, taking it altogether in its earlier days, the spread of Texas fever was involved in mystery. CARRIERS OF INFECTION But when the general government set its bureau of animal industry on the track and instructed i! to trace the prob lem to its beginning, it was not long in demonstrating that the ticks which ad here to cattle from the infected districts are the true and only carriers of the in fection to the bodies of the outside cat tle. They may pass from the one to the other animal by direct contact, or they may be collected by tlie susceptible cat- tie from the pastures or roads where they have dropped from tlie infected cat tle. Neither the saliva, urine nor manure of animals sick with the Texas fever have anything to do with conveying the fever*or infection. The most careful in vestigations of the government experts reveals but tbe one possible source of its spread, just as medical science has -proven the mosquito to be the one true source of the spread of malaria and yel low fever. When we come to think of It, both of these distributing agents are rather humiliating for proud human na ture to contemplate, since they are but little bugs, pure and simple. But un happily there is nothing of the humbug about them, but rather real and stern reality. The tick, the brown gray, shining bag of blood, with which most cattlemen arc familiar, is the sole cause of the infec tion. It is, therefore, plain that if cattle can be freed from this parasite before an infected territory there would be no danger of tlie spread of the malady. The positive discovery of the intimate connec tion of the tick with the spread of the fever has, of course, played an important part in determining the methods of pre vention. It at once gave a sure basis for investigations which have also yield ed most important results, and are cer tain to advance yet further, until tlie Texas fever, hitherto so paralyzing to Die efforts of stockmen to improve their cattle, ha-s become a thing of the past. The fever is caused by an organism which lives within the red-blood cor puscles, and breaks them up. It is sim ply a blood disease, caused by the pres ence, nto of bacteria, but of the proto- men. "I further proclaim that all tlie volun teers then called out and. duly enlisted, shall receive advance pay. premium and bo-unfy, as heretofore communicated lo the governors of states by the war de partment. through the provost marshal general’s office* by special letters. “I further proclaim that all volunteeis received- under his call, as well as all others, not heretofore credited, shall be duly credited and deducted from tlie quotas established tVtr the next draft. “I further proclaim that if any state shall fail to raise the quota assigned to tt by the wur department undeir this call, now -in the field and bring our needful military operations to a prosperous end, thus closing forever the fountains of se dition and civil war. "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “Done at the city of Washington, this 17th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eigM hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of -file United States tbe eighty-eighth. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN. “By the president: “W. H. SEWARD. “Secretary of State.” ( They know full well tiiat the people of Memphis give thanks over union disasters with sincere hearts, but don’t rejoice at union victories, as they call them. The women of Memphis will stick to the con federate cause like Ruth clung to her mother in love, and say to it, ‘where thou goest I will go, where thou livest I will live, whore thou difst I will die, and there will I be buried.’ “But, where are your great successes? Your own papers say that Lee brought off a train of captured spoils 12 miles long, and that Morgan destroyed seven or Continued on Fourth Page. mit their household goods at the public charge, as the following extract from old posiorilce records testines: “Fifteen cou ple of hounds going to the king of Ro mans with a -tree pass—two maid ser vants going as laundresses to my Lord Ambassador Methuen—Dr. Crichton, car rying with him a cow and divers neces saries—three suits of clothes for some nobleman's lady at the court of Portu gal—two bales of stockings lor tlie use of the ambassador to the crown of Por tugal—a deal case, with four flitches of bacon for Mr. Pennington of Rotterdam. This form of abuse died when the post- office stable underwent purification, but it speedily gave place to another variety. Members signed packets of letters' whole sale, gave them away to their friends, and sometimes paid their servant's wages in franked envelopes; in fact, they be came a valuable form of currency sub ject to the art of the forger, who did a roaring trade. in 1715, £24,000 ,$120.- 000) worth of free correspondence passed through the postoffiee. Fifty years later tin- nation was stag gered to discover that the amount had increased to £170.000 ($850,000), and stringent laws were passed to mitigate the immoral tendencies of the houses of parliament. But all was In vain until Sir Rowland Hill managed in 1839 to abro-' gat* til* privileges altogether. -was at that time thought t-hat the ar was myseriously peculiar to cer tain .portions of Texas, it is now known however, that it is not peculiar even to the United States, but that it exists in southern Europe, in Central and South America, Australia, south Africa and the West Indies. When cattle from other sections are imparted into this infected district they usually take the fever during their first summer, and it has always been noticed t-hat t'he adults, and of these -t'he finest and fattest, either of beef cattle or milch cows, ate the first to fall victims of tlie disease and almost invariably die. i bat is wny t-he southern improvement in beef cattle stood so ioug in abeyance. W hat was the use of paying high prices tor blooded stock, only to see it die al most -immediately? But, as a rule, if there was time for salves to be born they survived, and thus some at least of the. blue-biooded slock was saved, and so much was gained on the onwaru march of improvement. These calves born o-f blueblooded parents -took the fe ver lightly, as a ruie, and thereafter became immune. For here is urio.her peculiarity of this fever, that it rarely 1 attacks the same animal a second time. ING FREDERICK of Saxony is seeking a divorce from tie former Crown Prin cess Louise, whose elopement last year caused such a scan dal in Europe. It is understood that the king wishes to mar ry again. For a time ihere were substan tial rumors cf a re conciliation between Princess Louise, the two, but it ap- ipears they were not based on fact. Since leaving her French tutor-lover, Louis* has lived in comparative retirement. It is said she is st-jl] a favorite with the peo ple- of Saxony. \XI.M GORKY, the tussian revolutionist tnd author, now on i visit to this coun- ry, has encountered nuch trouble in*New York. It was dis covered that instead being accompani ed by his wife, lie ■vas traveling with a Russian actress, and that his wife . had been left at X1U1 Gorky ’ home. Immediately the New York hotels barred the couple, and they have since been living in re tirement. Gorky has been a Russian revolutionist since he attained mafthood, and has l\een a thorn in the side of the government. His proper name Is Alexei Maximovitch Pye.vhkoff, and his pen name of G-orky means “bitter,” expres. sive of his feelings in regard to condi tions in his native country. He was born at Non, Novgorod in 1868 and in early boyhood was apprenticed to a cobbler Next he worked in a baker's shop, then became a street porter and an apple ped dler, and lor a time was a scullion on a m-er steamer, in IS9I he made a tour of Russia on foot, and the following jear his first book s-vpeared, depicting in a wonderful manner the life of thf lower classes. Since that time h-is novels and dramatic works have greatly en- hancod his literary fame. WOMEN’S VIOLET FARM. (From The Chicago Daily News) A violet farm is the latest venture o-f two enterprising north shore women Mrs. George c. McReynolds and Miss Nina 1'. Howard of Glencoe, who have m a year ouil-t up a business supply?^ the local florists. “PPGing " W ® Starlt:d our farm last spring iu the lace ot the most discouraging Dro Phecies from our friends and the keenes- eon,petition of violet growers of New iork said Miss Howard In speaking of Lie undertaking. -But we believed we could be successful. \\. : , imr Vhl be f l scientiUc methods of grow mg the plants, had iiiinorteri >w soil obtainable and burn „ d the best Uilly adapted to our needs ho “ s “ went ahead, and we have found i^to^e a paying'proposition. “Our first experiment was in making cuttings from the violet farm of\l Chittenden at Lansing, Mich., a woman cr'° -ni!e a most successful grow- ti. These did not thrive and we n, v- imported oor> _ u ''c n ‘XI -nod 3,000 cuttings from the Huh has wJi C ^“ n . tr L’.., wher ? .violet culture been most successful. it i s not generally known that John D. Rocke- Amferlca^at rgest Vio,et fa ™ iu anTour ( ;mtin-- yt0Wn : f>n - the - Huds011 ' of tlie country. form of the animal kingdom. These tiny organisms multiply very rapidly in tlie body of the animal attacked, and in acute casts an enormous destruction of red corpuscles takes place in a few days. How this organism obtains entrance into the red corpuscles is stiil a mystery, but It surely does get there somehow, and then at once begins to enlarge. The commencement of the fever is marked, therefore, by the destruction of the blood corpuscles, it may be slow, it may be rapid. It is usually tlie laittr, in tna fatal type, which is always present in tbe height of tlie Texas fever season, or during the latter part of August, and the early part of September. The slower destruction of the corpuscles marks a n\ilder type, that is is not usually fatal, but this is general only late in the autumn, and occasionally in July and the latter part of August. Tlie.se mild type cases that begin thus early in the sea son are very apt to become acute later on, and to end in death. The fatalities in this dnaded disease ! and vigilance" while « are due, not so much to the actual | few"** lobb of blood a,s to the almost impossi- not it tt,!. ‘hoT 1 ,’ a tlie temperature is ^‘th^do’Te 1 vter-ba^P^! ranee because most of those that we get KrOWn in Ncw York and ..... OI fra eiance -in transit as 'thev U r? 2 ’°°° fl ° Wers * week and ■as t-liej ica-ch our patrons within two Ume W, rr e cuUffil n tfrist from, the „ r mi u s tlle, y retain their frag- , 1 * ) lo y are also lareer anri n»f a Continued on Fifth Page. let growing offi#s than anything 1 requires infinite cave . 5 are er for a woman vio- greater inducements can think of. particu larly to women wh.» , ”• ■— home «ml Z2SPMP