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Augusta, Ga.
The next state election will be Alaoa
on —ugu<t th.
The London Missionary society has
{,» w 1 m '.i t'.'i .■- I* .ltd us di J -1 'i • tui’Se
ijn-o iry<: •: i » ihti • - Inee coni
jdlcations. They will not work.
We lint tot yet begun running our
ti i:...Atl ■ military’ excursions to
fc’pain.
The S.iv Ulna'll Press says J’orto Rico
is tl ■ ■ :.i xt station on the road to “Jm
jjeriallsin.”
t has rowed (200,000 «t 2 I*2
j -i W • have to pay more than
that for much less.
Wh . it .< i- in<■■■nbeie<l that “war Is
(heli' h will b - >'■ n that nothing is
lust by fighting in July.
“Th,- ;■■ ■■ iii enlarged editions of the
tl nary give Corbett much greater
latitude one of his wordy battles.
Fi.;).:: . r.i’i m ■ms are disputing
tl.e i .‘t wh tmr the automobile, or
l.ors' s earn.i' ,is masculine or fem
inine.
The ri gul.ir line and the construction
<1 nt tl. ■ navy are now wait-
ing to l.n iw what will be Hobson's
t'iloi.o.
Stewart 1,. Woodford, United
ft - ..tt. s minister t.> Spain, say®, “the
war will belt the earth with liberty
mid humanity.”
tico; e A. Fowler of Kansas City has
given s2l,Out) to rebuild the (agricultural
chops of tie University of Kansas, re
cently destroyed by lire.
The negro contingent represents
about twelve per eent of the total pop
ulation of this country. How great a
smoke a little fire kindleth.
Th i mil ■nt pathologist. Dr. Frit d
rteh von' Zenker, who was the first to
iliscover in 1569, ti'lehlniasls in the hu
man body, died recently at Erlangen
Ul the age of 73.
The Dingley tariff Was proved a fall-,
lire. The complete deficit Is $100,000,00(1.
The Wilson tariff was the better one,
mid protection 'has received a black eye
in the house of its friends.
There is lots of flubdub, or wiiat is
known in newspaper offices sis rot, be
ing written home from the military
camps. The sentimental and tremble
Stops are being sadly overworked.
An low'a drummer, who met Aguin
aldo in the far east, describes him pic
turesquely as “a bit of a chap, half
caste, pant Spanish and part Malaysian
r-the worst combination that could be
produced or imagined.”
By a recent edict of Professor Bogol
jewow, the new Russian minister of
public instruction, girls studying in
high school and conservatories will not
be allowed hereafter to wear corsets.
The Sixth Pennsylvania an 1 Second
Tennessee regimen's at Camp Alger,
near Washington, have been behaving
badly. They have been refused passes
to the city, but what misdemeanor they
were guilty of is not reported.
Possibly the suggestion that Camara’s
fleet is to come over here is for the
purpose of keeping Watson away from
Spain. -May be the Spaniards would
rather our navy would sink the rest of
their’s over here, than to have one
of our fleets cru'e-ing around their
coast.
The Rppubli-luns hope to be pull'd
through the congressional elections by
the protraction of the war. Ever, the
war will not save some of them in No
vember. Mr. D. H. Brinson, of Chicago
says: “All over the state 'tlrore is in
tense dissatisfaction with the governor
and recent Republican legislation. If it
■ftirc not for .he war I -would be will
lie- bet a good-sized chunk of coin
th. t Illinois would gi> ’heavily’ Demo
era tie, and the shrewdest men on the
Republican side nre frank enough to
admit that cniy the war will save them
from defeat.”
The Pennsylvania regiments are
among the best drilled and equipped,
but. ithey are gr.arding old barracks,
powder mills and machine shops from
Lake Sup r rt> Ch . apeak? bay. The
Fifth Maryland regiment is equal to the
Regulars, but it is now being scourged
■with typhoid fever in camp. Latest
reports shew that southern
may get a chance at real war tn Porto
Rico, but it is not certain. There seems
to be some strange manipulation of lite
army, at Washington.
Better Baled Colton.
Now that a new cotton season 1s ap
proaching the question of baling the
crop becomes a live one. It 1b probable
that for years to come the jute bugging
bab> with which we are familiar will
continue- to be the one <mos*t in use.
Revolutions on the farm are not easily
worked. Mon who have been accustom
ed to the present bale all their lives,
and whose fathers employed It before
tn "in, cannot speedily be induced to
try a new plan of baling.
It is likely that the change in the
manner of baling cotton will have to
be brought about by the buyers of the
staple. They will have to determine
what Is the best bale, and then let the
e2. t go forth that it Is the best. The
round bale has warm champions, but
of course- those who have large invest
ments in tlie present bagging, ties and
compresses will do all in their power
to discourage any new bale. The
wretched character of cotton baling is
a matter of international wonder. At
home and abroad the waste and the
abuse of the 'staple In the present bale
is freely commented upon, but It has
such a hold that the prospect of Im
proving Is not great. The Textile Rec
ord says:
There uro spinners who nre willing to
ji.'.y 1-4 of a cent more for cotton put up
in '.he new round bales than in the ola
square one. The well known cotton mer
chant of the south S. M. Inman, Hous
ton. Texas, has written a letter to parties
Interested In one of the. new cylindrical
forms of bale, to the effect that he Is
ready to pay 4-10 eent more for cotton
put up in the round form than that put
up in the square form. This proposition
stands good for the season of 1898-99.
This increase in price seems large, based
upon flve-cent cotton at place of pur
chase, reckoning 21 pounds tare on the
square bale. Mr. Inman must reckon
a .’living in the cost of Insurance and
transportation, and an improvement in
the condition of tile cotton."
Os course, friends of the present bale
will charge that some qdvoca'tes of the
round bale are financially Interested in
introducing It, and what they will make
out. of the new process is a matter of
much greater concern Io them than the
better baling of the staple. This may
or may not be true.' Doubtless in some
eases it is. Hitt It ought to be possible
forth.- cotton world to agree upon the
best baling method, and to take rea
sonable steps looking to Its adoption. It
needs no expert to declare that the
present bales expose the staple <to dirt
and waste, and frequently reach their
destination in a horribly mutilated and
ragged condition, but It will require not
only an expert, but harmony among the
experts to say what the reform shall be.
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Wbat Is Mixed Flour,
The tax which the war revenue bill
places on “mixed flour" will give a
new reign to pure wheat flour. A de
cision has just been made by the com
missioner of internal revenue that is
likely to cause a commotion. In the
flour trade. The question of what con
j stituted “mixed flour" within the
■ meaning of the law was presented by
many dealers. The language of the
law is:
“That for the purposes of this act the
Words ‘mixed Hour' shall be understood to
I mean the food product made from wheat
I mixed or blended in whoje or In part with
~iy Other grain or other material, or the
manufactured iwoduct of any other grain
or other material than wheat.”
Quoting this language, the commis
sioner holds that any article of trade
of which flour forms a part, whether
great or small, and which Is commer
cially known as flour, is “mixed flour.”
and the package in which it is offered
for sale must be branded “mixed flour”
I in letters at least two Inches high, and
the manufacturer must be licensed to
do business and pay a tax of 4 cents
on every barrel he sells. Under this
ruling all "self-rising" flours, buck
wheat. flour containing any proportion
of wheat flour, and all similar combi
nations are placed under the ban.
It Is likely now that it will be more
popular to furnish a pure flour. The
people will have in their favor not on
ly the tax and the label that will be
required upon “mixed flour,” but the
big wheat crop and the low price of
wheat promises to rule when the new
crop comes in. The revenue tax will do
good work in this department. It will
prevent fraudulent competition with
manufacturers who make pure flour,
end it will enable people who do not I
object to “mixed flour" to purchase it,
and save those from doing so who do
object.
To Think About.
We h< ar of men of means already ap
plying to establish banks in .Hawaii
;u:ii Porto Rico. well as Cuba. No
doubt these islands present rich spoil
for the opulent, but the poor man. the
middle class and the laboring popula
tion are not iso fortunately situated.
Samuel Gompers, head of the American
Federation of Labor, knew what he was
about when protesting, in the name of
his great organization against the im
perial, manifest destiny, colonizing pro
gram. There is no place for tlie Ameri
can workingman in Cuba, Porto Rico,
the Philippines, tlie Ladrones or Ha
waii. _
The Pittsburg Post truly says that
“they are overero-W'ded now with infer
ior and chewier races. Then the climate
is against the white man, and going
there his labor comes in competition
witli a degraded or servile type of cheap
labor, which the American has only re
cently succeeded in excluding from his
own country. If these islands should be
annexed, as in the case of Hawaii, it
will be for the benefit of American cap
italists and speculators, boss politicians
and syndicates, who well know how to
utilize this cheap labor and make it an
(adjunct of their political and monetary
power. Tb t e Hawaiian job Is clearly of
this ch'arac'ter. It will be apparent as.
*THE AUGUSTA CHRONIC uE FRIDAY JULY' 22 l«98
soon as the fireworks are let oft- and
the smoke cleans.”
If our esteemed northern brethren at
tempt to reconstinct the now territory,
after conquest, on the line adopted at
the south in 1866, we will be sorry for
the native®, and the natives -will have
cause to regret that they ever revolt -J
against Spain.
Confederate Survivors.
This is a great day for the survivors
of the army of the ConN-daraxy, and It
Is a great day for Atlanta. Atlanta is
a survivor herself —or rather, a phoe
nix that has arisen from the ashes of
desolation which Sherman's army left
In its wake when It applied the torch
to this brave Georgia town. There is
no place more fitting for a Confeder
ate reunion than Atlanta. It is a bat
tlefield, and the very air that sur
rounds it today is vibrant with mem
ories of heroic fortitude and daring.
Many an old e-trvlvor will tread tts
busy atreetß today and look in vain for
the familiar sights of a generation ag>,
but there will be those among her cit
izens who can point out the strategic
points in tlie battles around Atlanta,
and show 'how bravely her progressive
citizens have builded upon the ashes
of tlmse days.
It is probable that thia will prove
the most interesting and imposing re
union the Confederate veterans have
ever held—almost certainly the most
representative they will ever hold In
future. We would not cast a ahadow
across the sunshine of today, but the
history of the years that have gone
tells us that one by one the leading
actors in the stirring dramas of the
sixties are passing from the stage.
Who shall say which of the loved and
honored leaders who will be in Atlan
ta today will never greet his old com;
rades at another reunion.?
"We do not wish to introduce a trace
of sadness into this season of commu
nion, but we impress this thought only
long enough to urge upon the survi
vors who look today on the faces of
the generals they followed thirty-five
years ago, to gaze long and tenderly
upon the honored features. It may he
the last time. They have riot the
bronze and sturdy glow that mantled
them in young manhood, but they are
still manly and commanding. The step
Is less buoyant, and with difficulty
some of them will be able to mount on
horseback, if at all; but memory will
bring back the days when they were
like men of iron, laughing at danger
nnd indifferent to fatigue. No doubt
these stirring memories and the renew
ed associations w" ' put new spring in
to many an old warrior’s step, and he
Will be capable of exertion today
that he would not seriously have con
sidered n week, ago.
Blessed be 'these memories, and
blessed be these reunions of the brave
men of a generation that is fast pass
ing away. Let us honor them while
they are with us. Let us do what we
can to smooth© their pathway; let us
make their last days happy days, and
let no son of this new generation prove
•disloyal to the men and the memories
of the old south, with its record of he
roism, loyalty and honor.
To the gallant companies of survi
vors who go from Augusta today to
take part in the parades and pub’le
feaurcs of the Atlanta reunion, we
wish a most enjoyable experience. May
It be a time of refreshing for their
spirit's. We trust that tlie days shall
be crowned with pleasure, and that
their brightest anticipations may be
more than realized.
We trust that they may be all spared
to gather in many future reunions, but
if this may not be, then may none be
missing from that great reunion when
they shall cross over the river and
rest beneath the shade of the trees
with the gallant spirit that took its
flight from Chancellorsville, 'and that
heroic soul who bade his men farewell
at Appomattox and bravely faced the
stern duties of life until God called
him home to be at rest.
The Cuban Elephant
The new complication in Cuba, in
volving the hostility of the Insurgents,
as well as the Spanish military force
remaining on the island, was foreseen
by the men in public life who. during
Clevi land's admlnlstmtlm, wisely de
sired to recognize Cuban '.clligi reney,
and stop there. Cong’ers passel the
resolutions, but President Cleveland
did not sign them. McKinley followed
in Cleveland's path, and his followers
in congress chose active interference
by armed soldiers on the pretext of
humanity, which has gradually been
abandoned, in practice, if not in pre
cept, for ultimate conquest. Had the
belligerency resolutions been adopted
I by this country, in good faith, there
would have been no war, necessarily.
Eventually Cuba would have fallen,
like a ripe apple, into our lap for pro
tection or annexation. As it is, the
Cuban insurgents are now probably
debating whether or not it is not un
fortunate that they did not come to
terms with Spain.
At present, the United States govern
ment is in the attitude of contemptu
ous disregard of the very Insurgents
for whose benefit this war w.n inaugu
rated. We do not question that it
would be utter folly, under the cir
cumstances, to allow the insurgents to
work their brutal will upon Cuba, as
our army conquers it. Nothing could
be more inhuman. But it is not pleas
ant to contemplate the wretched prob
lem now confronting our government.
We are, in effect, shown to have made
tremendous sacrifices of men and mon
ey for a people who are not worthy cf
this supreme and expensive Interven
tion. If the Cubans are the despicable
and inhuman wretches now pictured tc
the public, Spain would seem to have
had more .jusuficatian than we were
hitherto willing U admit, it dealing
with them harshly. B« thia as it may,
the whole campalgi has been changed
from Ita Initiative. The cause of hu
manity la illustrate now in our feed
ing fugitives, retui ilng Spanish sol
diers to Spain, clet eney and magna
nimity to prisoners; but, so far as the
main object of the war is concerned,
sentiment plays see nd fiddle t> con
quest.
For the preservatb n of order we are
row forced to bar tl e wav to the Gu
ben insurgents, wh< from newspaper
accounts, do not 1 now what order
means.
Under the circuni nances, it would
be sagacious in Spal . to quit 'Juba and
allow the United States to make the
best of her Cuban elephant.
At present, peace would seem to be
remote, and ft may‘be tint tide suits
precisely the politicians who do not
desire speedy cessation of' hostilities,
which would make outer questions than
war of capital impprtan.e. So, tl.e
longer Spain holds op t.> her jo-calDd
pride and remains the bull-ring, she
is a potent ally of the Republicans,
the contractors and those factions who
rejoice that the issues of the Chicago
platform are switched aside.
'We do not agree wiih the Atlanta
Journal that Cleveland and McKinley,
in turn, exhibited "sense and cour
age" in opposing and thwarting resolu
tions looking simply to Cuban belliger
ency, unless conquest was meant from
the beginning. If a)ny foreign power,
during the civil war, had intervened
for the south, but utterly ignoring Jeff
Davis and his government, the Con
federacy would have rejected its aid
or pounded Its executors. While we do
not pretend to compare, in equality, the
Confederacy with the Cuban junta,
the principle is relatively the same
from the Cuban point of view. For
the future, the “humanity” plea may
as well be relegated to the waste bas
ket of the comic journals. When this
country can “give a stable government
to Cuba,” under the Republican plan,
or what it will cost in men and money
no man can now authoritatively de
clare; but that we shall finally and ef
ficiently perform the task we have set
for ourselves, no patriotic American
can permit himself to doubt.
General John B .Gordon, Commander 1
Yesterday, at the greatest reunion
ever held by the Confederate Survivors,
the old soldiers honored themselves and
met popular expectations by Unani
mously re-electing Gen. John B. Gordon
to the office of commander. He has
held the office from the organization of
the union, and will continue to do so,
no doubt, until he answers the final roll
call. It had been suggested that be
cause of failing health and strength
General Gordon would retire at this re
union, but the old soldiers would not
hear to it. With splendid unanimity
and cordial enthusiasm they placed the
honor uponh their old commander’s
Iffow, and would not listen to talk of
his retirement.
The sentiment of their action was
beautiful; 'but it did not rest alone upon
sentiment. General Gordon is pre
eminently the man for the place. In
the affection of the people and the es
teem of the public he stands at the
head of southern generals, and, though
most of our leaders are men accus
tomed to public occasions, there is none
so martial in bearing, so knightly in
address, so eloquent in speech as the
gallant Gordon.
It is no reflection, upon any. other,
whose name had been suggested in the
event of General Gordon's retirement,
that General Gordon was not permitted
•to retire. We doubt not that the de
mand for Gordon's re-election came as
earnestly from such as from any other
source. General Gordon’s administra
tion as commander has been most satis
factory in the past, and that it will
continue to be so in the future no one
doubts. It was only a question as to
whether he would consent longer to
hold tlie office, and when it came time
for the election, the old soldiers gave
no opportunity for declination.
It was a love feast. It was the af
fectionate tribute of men who remem
bered Gordon on the 12th of May, and
at Sharpsburg and other fields on which
he spilled his blood. They remembered
him at Appomattox; they remembered
him since that stern arbitrament of
the sword, his loyalty to the traditions
and memories they hold dear, and his
manly example of fraternity and re
union between north and south; they
beheld his battle-scarred face; looked
into his commanding eye, saw his war
ier form and heard his matchless elo
[quence, and they re-elected him without
[ever considering the name of another.
It was right. It was what was ex
pected. Had they done anything else
the people of the south would have been
disappointed. Here’s a health to Com
mander John B. Gordon, and may the
next reunion find him stronger and
brighter in health and spirits, and
ready for the election which his follow
ers will be ready again to tender him.
So many sarcastic things have been
said about lawyers that Senator Hoar’s
tribute will be grateful in contrast. He
said:
"Our profession is not the road to
wealth; the American lawyer Is not of the
class of men who serve their country for
hire. He is like Agassiz. He has no
time to make money. He is thinking of
the great principle he io struggling to
establish in jurisprudence. He is think
ing of an honorable success in a generous
controversy. He is thinking of tne
country. He is to be ranked with the
clergyman, with the teacher, with the
man of science, with the judge, and the
statesman, and the soldier, who exnects
to get nothing from life but a comfortable
support for himself and hie household.”
Os course, every man can look in
that glass and see how much or how
little it reflects his own lineaments.
The Southern Regiments
The detention of southern regiments
In camp and persistent denial of their
desire to take the field along with east
ern and western troops has caused bit
ter comment, ithd extorted at last some
explanation from Secretary Alger's
friends. These friends confidently as
er'. that the southern troops have never
been in prime condition and that the
policy has been to select only the best
troops.
It is stated In answer to comments
that “the militia of the south have
never, for some reason, been kept in a
condition as fit as that of the militia
of other states Lack of money has been
given as one of the causes.” At any
rate, It is stated as a fact by friends
of the administration that no unjust
discrimination has been practiced
against the southern troops, and that it
is hoped some of them may be ready
to take the field by the fall campaign.
We do not know how much truth or
fiction there may be in this statement
of the “friends of Alger and the ad
ministration.” Certainly, the Fifth
Maryland lacked nothing in drill, dis
cipline, equipment and material, to say
nothing of splendid courage. That reg
iment is mainly composed of the sons
of Confederate veterans, and intrepidity
■was in their very blood. The Second
Georgia regiment has been eager for
duty at the front, and if not fully
equipped the fault 1b not theirs. At the
first call for volunteers they responded
promptly and asked for guns and am
munition. The omission of southern
troop? thus far has been notable and
notedi» But, as the war may be pro
longed, southern regiments may not
only get into the ecrimmage but be
quite content with their share of it.
The Gold Supply.
We are told that "a former director
of the mint, who is now in New York
city and who keeps informed upon the
gold production of the world, ventured
the prediction that within the next five
years the yearly gold product will be
found to be so enormous that the sta
tistics will of themselves put an end
to free silver agitation, even were that
delusion to be kept alive as a political
issue fostered by ambitious politicians
for that length of time. It is deemed
certain that we are just entering upon
an era of gold production, the like of
■which the world never saw, which, if
the predictions of the experts are ful
filled, may cause by and by some change
in the relation of prices with the stand
ard money of the world.”
When the gold mines of California
and Australia were discovered and their
probable output magnified, the great
money lenders of Europe were alarmed
and prepared for a silver basis. Two
European countries quickly went to a
silver basis and Chevalier, the noted
French political economist, wrote pam
phlets to prepare the world against a
gold glut and its prompt demonetiza
tion. Rothschild sent agents to Califor
nia and Australia to report and it was
found that the supply of gold, though
enormous, had limitations. But if the
present outlook for gold production be
such as the “former director of the
mint” state, silver, as the scarcer and
therefore more precious inetal may
come into favor with the existing gold
bugs and they may be as clamorous for
the demonetization of gold and remon
etization of silver as the most advanced
silverite could desire.
Cheap Fruit in Savannah.
Savannah has proven a remarkably
cheap fruit market this summer. The
Savannah News of last Sunday says
watermelons have been so low that com
mission merchants could not pay the
expenses of handling consignments,
small melons selling as low as 25 cents
a hundred. The News says;
“The public 'has certainly had a harvest
of fruits thia summer, and especially for
the past fortnight has the Savannah mar
ket been altogether in their favor.
I Beaches, pineapples and watermelons have
never before been seen here in such re
makable profusion and at such exception
ally low juiroo. The low rates at which
pines have been selling are especially no
ticeable, that being a fruit for which fine
prices are generally obtainable, no matter
if the specimens be meagre in size and
doubtful in quality. At present there are
signs at various retail stores announc
ing that 12 pines can be bought for 25
cents. These pines are small, but thev
are deliciously fragrant and sweet and
sound. They are almost as small as
shoots, but even for their size the price
is extremely low.
“The low prices of peaches and of mel
ons has tended 'to kill the market for the
pines, and wholesalers yesterday were
selling them at 50 cents a crate, a crate
holding 50 to 60 pines, this being a little
less than a cent each. These pines are
all from Florida. The small size is
largely due, it is said, to the cold weather
at the blossoming time, which stunted
the growth. The best quality of the
pines go to the northern and western
markets, those sent here being the ripe
and small fruit. Nevertheless, they make
a fine dish, and at the present price are
about the cheapest thing in the shape ot
a delicacy on the market.”
We are having a large quantity of
fruit here, but prices are not unusually
low. Good peaches are retailed by the
growers at 25 cents and 35 cents a bas
ket —less than three quarts. Small
peaches retail at 5 cents a quart, and $1
a bushel is the cheapest price we have
heard of. These were small and not
of choice quality. Prices may go lower,
but up to the present time dealers have
had no cause to complain at the prices
obtained in this market.
Despite alleged hard times and scar
city of money, the people of Augusta
marched up to the treasurer’s counter
and paid in $42,000 in cold cash as July
instalment on city taxes. The best col
lector in the business is the tax col
lector. He gets the money, hard times
or no hard times.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
WHY NOT, LONG AGO?
Our army had not gone into a general
action fur thirty years, and there was
naturally some anxiety to know how it
would stand up In the face of « n <’ der "
arm*. But the moment all doubt on this
point was dispelled, the country set led
down Into the serenest frame of mind,
the only disturbing question being when
those ridiculous Spaniards were going: to
ask for peace, and why on earth they
hadn’t done it already.—New York Bost.
‘ k THE SIMPLE WAY TO PEACE.
When the rumor that the queen regent
of Spain is in a mood to talk of ueace
with the United States is backed by the
resignation of the Sagasta ministry, we
may know that there is truth in it. A
the first serious mention of peace it Be
comes the imperative duty of thia coun
try, as the presidential victor, to shut out
the possibilities of false hopes and vaxa
tlons, and even dangerous disappoint
ments, by clearing away all uncer , ta J”J. y
concerning the terms. They are not dim
cult to define.—New York Sun.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.
As the report said the otherday, y*
discussing the Santiago affair. If Cervera s
fleet had escaped the officials and the peo
ple would have blamed Sampson and held
him strictly to account. It follow* that
the first honors for the destruction of that
fleet belong to the responsible officer or
the American fleet. Admiral Sampson.
Commodore Schley is entitled to the next
honors and the other honors should Be
portioned out among the captains of the
several vessels according to such recom
mendations as may be made by Admiral
Sampson.—San Franci<4CO Report.
GEN. NELSON A. MILES.
In times of peace we have all had a
little fun with Gen. Nelson A. Miles. In
full uniform he Is a perfect Klondike of
gold braid. As a lady's man. well, the
noble Antony, “after being barbered ten
times o'er” to meet his Cleopatra, was
not half so beautiful to behold. But we
have karned that a man can be some
thing of an exquisite and still be a hero
in line of battle. A lot of chaps who led
in the cotillon in New York led the fight
ing In Cuba. Gen. Mlles la, '.o be sure,
all our fancy paints him, but he Is full of
tight, and if he is called on to display
heroism he will show some of his flip
pant defamers that the qualities which
made him a terror to the Indians on the
plains cannot be made secondary to a
love of martial panoply.—Syracuse Stand
ard.
OUR NEXT INVASION OF CUBA.
In a brief while we shall invade Cuba
again—mot to destroy but to upbuild. Al
ready the Ward line of steamers are
planning to resume traffic with the is
lands. making Santiago and Guantanamo
their ports.
Merchants here foresee a great ling
mediate trade in provisions, with a larger
trade presently In agricultural machin
ery and other wealth-producing supplies.
In resources, agricultural and mineral,
Cuba Is one of the very richest Islands in
the world But under oppressive taxation
and the worst imaginable administration
the greater part of the country remains
an untamed, unused wilderness.
The coming Invasion of American mer
chants and manufacturers will quickly
change all that. There will be roads built
—whidh is the first necessity. Tlie rude
trails that render the transport of goods
almost impossible will give place to thor
oughfares of modern construction. Brid
ges will safely span streams that now bar
the way to trade and intercourse. Rail
roads and telegraphs, built by American
energy -and with American capital, will
lace the country. Its waste places will be
converted into fertile fields. Way will be
opened for the marketing of crops that
it has not hitherto been worth while to
grow and minerals which It has been a
needless waste of toil to dig out of 'the
ground.
Whatever may be decided as to the po
litical future of Cuba, its industrial and
commercial future will be directed by
American enterprise and. stimulated with
American capital. The next Invasion will
be beneficent to Cuba, enriching to us and
gladdening to the world at large.—New
York World.
THE MERRY JESTER.
INEVITABLE.
If all we loved would love us
And let us know they did.
Do you think the skies above us
By clouds would ne'er be hid 1
Ah, no! We still should worry,
The clouds would still be there,
For then, of course, we’d hurry
To fall in love elsewhere.
—Chicago News.
Mexican— Big earthquake -today.
American tourist—Was there one? 1
didn't notice it.
“Not you see zee people rush out from
the churches?”
“Oh, yes, I saw that, but I thought
maybe the contribution box was going
round.'—New York Weekly.
Johnny—Pa, what's the difference be
tween puncture and punctuation?
Pa—Not a great deal, my son. They
both cause one to stop.—Boston Trans
script.
“I regret that I lost my temper this
morning, Harry,” she said.
“I don't," he replied, sweetly, “pro
vided you never find it again. "—Phila
delphia North American.
“Who was that fellow that wanted to
trade his kingdom for a horse?”
“That’s a wheel I never heard of.”
“What is?”
“The Kingdom."—Commercial Ensulrer.
“Do you think Spain would be willing
to cede the Canaries?" asked Mrs. Snaggs.
“Never kept canaries, and don’t know
anything about canary seed,” replied Mr.
Snaggs, Irrelevantly—Pittsburg Chronicle.
“Just my luck,” mourned the landlady,
as she set her watch by the city hall
clock.
“What’s the matter now?”
“Oh, I'll have to buy a barometer. The
star boarder is cured of his rheumatism.”
—Detroit Free Press.
OUR GALLANT GUEST.
It will not be surprising to see Admiral
Cervera dancing a cotillion at Newport
about a month hence.—Rochester Herald.
As a summer resort news Item of real
interest, it may be noted that Admiral
Cervera ot the Spanish royal navy will
spend the season on the coast of New
England.—New York Mail and Expree.
From all we have learned of Cervera
so far. he has the material in him to
make a first-rate American. Can’t he be
Induced to take out naturalization pa
pers?—Salt Lake Tribune.
HE, TOO. SERVED HIS COUNTRY.
Brewer was only a humble postoffice in
spector. He is dead of yellow fever at
his post at Siboney, and he deserves to
be held in honorable memory, just as if
he had died with a musket in his hand
at the front. He wae serving his country,
and. doubtless, serving it well; and he
fell in the performance of his duty.—New
York Sum-
Higgs—Hello, where have you been this
long time?
Diggs—Up in the
Higgs—Have any luck?
Diggs—You bet. ,-y *
Bigg©—What was it? ' ■ A i
Diggs—Got back again*
SANCTUM SILHOUETTS
It Is assumed that Admiral Dewey ig
acting as a board of strategy for Aguln
aldo.— Washington Post.
The man who has been putting internal
revenue stumps on packages all day haa
had a strong taste of war.—Chicago Dally
News.
“To the men behind the guns! Let the
officers cheer the crow!” Schley said that,
and It was worthy of him.—Chicago Dally
News.
"Six weeks at Santlgao. By W. S.
Schley,” would make an alliterative title
for a very Interesting volume.—Philadel
phia Ledger.
Even 'the Chinese servants on Dewey's
ships fought well at Manila. It Is won
derful what men can do under the influ
ence of this American spirit.—Philadel
phia North American.
Curlou !y enough, the customary hy
phenated name, with each word ending
in “o,” has not yet been applied to the
present war. How would "Yanko-Spanki”
do?—New York Harald.
Santiago seems to come about as near
to being a "solar plexls blow” es any one
could ask, and won with a loss of men
small beyond any reasonable expecta
tion.—Philadelphia Press.
The capture of 32,000 Spanish soldiers
with an American army of 25,000 is an
right for a starter, but there will be a,
bigger victory than that some day 1£
Spain persists in keeping up the tight.—.
Kansas City Star.
TORAL AND SANTIAGO.
Toral Is now In a position to report an
othir "sad but glorious day." This Is a
great year for such days.—Chicago
Times-Herald.
General Toral is bringing new evidence
to show that a man may be a Siwiuish
gentleman and an unmitigated liar at
the same time.—Washington Star.
Toral desires it to be understood that
his surrender was a capitulation. He
will now consent to an assisted departure,
for Spain.—St. Louis Globe-flJemocrat.
I The Spanish soldiers at Santiago are
playing in big luck. They get away
I from yellow fever and from further
fighting, and get a free ride home. Uncle
Sam Is dead easy.—Augusta Chronicle.
When General Jose Toral wrote the
American commander that the Spanish
army would die. but would not surrender,
he was merely executing a strategic
movement with his typewriter.—St.
Louis Renubllc.
■ Toral's bluff about his personal danger
i of a courtmartial in the event that he
: transgressed the laws of Spain in making
terms for the surrender of Santiago did
not “go” with Shafter. War cannot be
waged without the element of personal
danger entering into It.—Savannah News.
MRS. ROCKHILL'S DEATH.
I Her Misunderstanding with M. Patenotre
When He Was French Minister to Chnia.
Washington, July 18.—Mrs. Rockhill,
wife of the United States minister to
Greece, whose death in Athens yesterday
was reported today, while with her hus
band during his term of service as secre
tary of the United State® legation in Chi
na had a misunderstanding with M.
Patentore, then French minister to the
same country, which had most sensational
results.
When M. Patenotre, as French ambas
sador to the United States came into
contact with Mr. 'Rockhill, first as chief
clerk of the state department and later
as assistant secretary, the Frenchman,
declined absolutely to have any relations,
official or personal, with Mr. Rockhill,
and their quarrel had recognition in so
cl“ty. The managers of the Bachelor'S
cotillon, the swcllest function of the sea
son, sided with Mr. Rockhill and ignored
the French representative in the distribu
tion of invitations. The other members
of the legation, of course, declined to ac
cept their invitations, and society was
agog over the matter. The situation was
cleared by the transfer of Mr. Patenotre
to a European post.
Mrs. Rockhill went abroad about two
years ago to supervise the education of
her daughter, and upon Mr. Rockhill’s
appointment as minister to Greece, join
ed him at Athens.
JUDGE O’KELLY DEAD.
One of Athens’ Most Prominent Citi
zens Passes Away.
Athens, July 21. —(Special.)—Judge S.
C. O’Kelly, one of Athens’ oldest and
most prominent citizens, died last:
after a brief illness.
Forty years ago he was in the pho
tograph business In Athens, and con
tinued so until the last few years,
when he became too feble. He was one
of those genial, whole-souled men, who
made friends everywhere, and the news
of his death will be read with sorrow
by many.
Mr. Newman, a baker of this city,
was placed in jail yesterday on the
complaint of his wife. He had beaten
her, abused her and threatened her
life, flourishing a pistol. He is now at
[ the county jail, and will probably be
I sent .to the asylum. He claims that
his wife abuses him because he does
not make more money for her.
Athens’ new Y. M. C. A. secretary!
will probably be a ‘Mr. Godfrey, now at
Chickamauga.
The Savings bank has elected a newt
president, Mr. ,M. Stern, Mr. T. P. Vin
cent having resigned. This bank de
clared yesterday a dividend of 3 per
cent.
Many Athenians are in Atlanta, ami,
the city looks deserted.
MILLS MAY CLOSE DOWN. ’ i
Fall River Corporations to Adopt Meas
ure Throwing Out 12,000 Operators, j
Fall River, Mass., July 21. —It is
stated her today that about 30 local '
corporations have agreed to close down
for four weeks in August or soon after.
; Many of the mill men have signed the
agreement, while others have content
ed themselves by making a verbal one.
The movement will affect about half
of the 3.000.000 spindles of the city and.
will leave in Idleness about 12,500 fac
tory employes of Fall River. It is now
known that a plan to curtail was at
tempted six weeks ago, but failed.
Several Rhode Island mills will be
asked to join the plan.
LIVELY STAMPEDE.
Fears of American 'Squadron Causes
Panic at Corunna.
London. July 22. —A dispatch to ths
Standard from Corunna gives a lively
account of the stampede into the coun
try, owing to the fears of the “ap
proaching American squadron.”
The local papers there have fright
ened the people so much that the cap
tain general summoned the editors and
threatened them all with imprisonment
if they printed another word about
Commodore Watson's squadron. The
exodus, however, shows no sign of dis
minishing.