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RESIDENT’S MESSAGE
As Read on the - Assembling of
Congress Monday at Noon.
Situation In China, Philippines and Cuba Is Treated
Exhaustively---flany Qqpstions of Vital Im¬
portance Are Fully Considered.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. — When
fcpeaker Henderson called the house to
order every member rose in his seat.
In the silence that followed the voice
of the blind chaplain rose clear and
impressive in prayer. He called the
blessings of God down upon the pro¬
ceedings hbout to begin.
The chaplain made touching refer*
ence to the departed members, ask¬
ing the blessings of heaven upon the
bereaved ones left behind.
At the conclusion of the praye.r the
clerk called the roll of the house.
There Was so much confusion after
the prayer that the roll-call was
clapped by the speaker,
*‘A11 members will take their seats,”
he ordered. “It is impossible to pro¬
ceed with the roll-call unless order is
restored.”
His ga v e! hit the desk rapidly, and
flna.Iy the loud voices and the shuf-
fiintr 0 f feet subsided,
fhe first bills introduced In the house
today were army reorganization and re-
apportionment bills.
The latter is by Crumpacker. of Iff-
diana. It provides for the reappor-
tionment of congressional represents-
lion and reduces the representation of
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina
and South Carolina by 13 votes.
Aecording to Crumpacker’s bill, the
house will have 3C65 members, the ap-
pornonment being on a basis of 198,000
t0 eac ^ mern h er -
The army bill is the work of the mil-
itary affairs committee and 13 fathered
by Chairman Hutl, of Iowa.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE
TO WAIT ON PRESIDENT
.WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—Messrs,
Ijayne, Orosvenor and Richardson wore
appointed by the speaker as a com-
imittee to accompany the senate com-
;mittoe to the White House for the pur¬
pose of informing the president that
•■ongress was in session and awaited
any instructions he might have to give
them.
The house then recessed until 2 p. m.
JOE BAILEY OBJECTS
TO CONNER’S ADMISSION
NVASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—Mr. Bailey,
of Texas, in the house, objected to the
admission of Mr. Conner, of Iowa, to
succeed Mr. Doli.ver, who was recently
made senator, fon the ground that Dol-
iiver’s resignation did not take effect
until after the election.
”if Mr.r, Dplliver's resignation takes
,
effect today, then the election of Mr.
Connor ; was illegal, because ’Dtilliver
was still the representative of the dis-
trlct,” said Mr. Bailey.
Mr. Connor was ordered to step aside
for the present and the roll-call pro-
ceeded.
Mr. Babcock, of Wisconsin, was ap¬
pointed by the speaker to succeed Mr.
Dolliver on the house ways and means
committee.
SESSION WILL BE
A MEMORABLE ONE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The short
session of congress, beginning today,
promises to be memofable in the his-
lory of the United States.
Much work, not ordinarily under-
taken at a short session, has been out-
linedl but although this congress has
shown a capacity to dispose of business
rapidly, ,it is doubtful whether the en¬
tire program can be carried out.
The democratic program does not
appear to be one of obstruction, the
overwhelming republican victory in No¬
vember ^having had a rather deterrent
effect, btit in a general way the time
will be found too short to make laws
of the various propositions pending.
Ordinarily a short session is devoted
almost exculsively to the passage of ap¬
propriation bills. The importance of
these measures will be overshadowed
this year by bills contemplating the
execution of policies of enormous mag¬
nitude.
Provisions will be made for perhaps
the largest expenditures ever known.
There Will be a $30,000,000 river and
harbor bill;, a large public building bill:
a navaj appropriation bill which will
exceed by far .anything in that line in
the history of this country; a military
appropriation bill which will be a large
one; appropriations for the routine
needs of the government—needs which
are growing every year, and which
will be in line with an expansive poii-
cy. There are fourteen of these biffs.
Their total will not be far from the
billion dollar mark, The Nicaragua
canal and ship subsidy bills, if passed,
will add other millions to Uncle Sam s
bill of costs.
The president begins his message by
commenting briefly upon the strength,
prosperity and integrity of the country,
calling attention to the increase in pop¬
ulation since the beginning of the cen-
turv When the sixth congress assem-
■Iiod'in Nik November, 1800, the 76,304,799. population
^iKi’-eased ro 0 « 483 It is now' We
in territory from 909,-
fmre miles then to 3,846,595. proceeds:( In our
L message the dominant
intercourse ques-
fhas been the treatment of the
ese problem. Apart from this our
tions with the powers have been
Ippy- ‘“The recent troubles in China spring
r ^ m tho anti-fo rei sn agitation which
r ° three years has gained
for th the Dast p northern provinces,
strong deep in the character
Their ongi and in the tradi
of the raceg .
of 1 government- The Tai
tions and the Opening of
Ping rebe foreign trade and set-
Chinese P or ^
tlement d:s bed alike the homogen-
»nd tn jusion of China.
eity years before the present
trouble “For se al '. e ^. £ ,,‘resources of foreign di-
ba , b moral demonstra-
of^the pn^ hvs teal force of fleets and
needed t0 secure due
gl - - - ■
i m T7 jj 3
■
a
respect for the treaty rights Of for-
eigners and to obtain Satisfaction from
the responsible authorities for the
sporadic Outrages upon the persons and
property of unoffending Sojourners
Which from time to tiffle occurred at
widly Separated points in the northern
provinces, as in the case of the out¬
breaks in Szechuen and Shan Tung.*'
The president then anilities the de¬
velopment of t.h$ BbXer movement and
the effort* of the representatives of the
powers In Pekin to check it, their pro¬
tests and demands upon the Chinese
government, however, only being met
with perfunctory edicts from the
palace, and evasion and ftitiie assur¬
ances from the Tsufig Li Yamen. The
United State* from the earliest days of
foreign intercourse with China had fol¬
lowed a policy of peafcS. omitting no
occasion to testify good will, to further
thfe extension of lawful trade and to in-
sure by all legitimate and feitidly, but
earnest means, the fullest measure of
protection ffii- the lives and property of
owf law abiding citizens among the
Chinese people. “To these ends I
caused,” says the president, “tfi bfe ad-
dressed to the BOVefal Powers occupy
lng territory afid maintaining sphere?
of Influence in China, the circular pro-
pOSals of 1899, inviting from them dec-
larations of their intentions and views
as to the desirability of the adoption
of measures insuring the benefits of
equality of treatment of all forei f
trade throughout China. With gra
fylng unanimity the responses coin¬
cided 1ft this common policy.
'’Seeking to testify confidence in the
willingness and ability of the imperial
administration to redress the wrongs
and prevent, the evils we suffered and
feared, the marine guard, which had
been Sbnt to Pekin in the autumn of
1399, was withdrawn at the earliest prac-
tical moment, and all pending ques-
tions vvere remitted, as far as we were
concerncd, to the ordinary resorts of
diplomatic intercourse.” Then, recount-
ing how the Chinese government had
proved unable to check the BoxerB and
appeared to be a prey to internal dis-
ssension, the president leads up to the
combined demonstration in Chinese
waters by the other powers, stating
that whi'.e the United States did not
participate in the combined demon¬
stration, we promptly sent from the
Philippines all ships that could be
spared for service on the Chinese coast.
Marines were landed at Taku and sent
to Pekin for the protection of the
American legation, the other,,
powers taking similar action, but still
the peril increased.
In referring to the attack
upon the Taku forts by the
powers, the president makes • quite
prominent the fact that the American
admiral took no part in the affair on
the ground that we were not at war
with China, and that a hostile demon-
stration might consolidate anti-foreign
elements and thus strengthen the
Boxers to oppose the relieving column.
The continues: ’ “The
message seige
and the relief of the legation has
passed Into undying history. In all
the stirring chapter which records the
heroism of the devoted band, clinging
to hope in the face of despair, and the
undaunted spirit that led their re¬
lievers through battle and suffering to
the goal, it is a memory of which my
countrymen may be justly proud that
the honor of our flag was maintained
alike in the seige and the rescue, and
that stout American hearts have again
set high, in fervent emulation with true
men of other race and language, the in¬
domitable courage that ever strives for
the cause of right and justice.”
After a brief resume of the
attacks upon the legation, the
killing of the German minis¬
ter, Baron Von Retteler, and the
means of defense adopted by the be¬
sieged, in the course of which he re¬
fers to the gallant sortie led by Cap¬
tain Myers of the United States Ma¬
rine Corps, the president l elates the
history of the joint relief expedition.
In this connection he says: “The
United States soldiers, sailors and ma-
rines, officers and men alike, in those
distant climes and unusual surround¬
ings, showed the same valor, discipline
and good conduct, and gave proof of
the same high degree of intelligence
and efficiency which have distinguished
them in
In regard to the settlement of the
Chinese question by the powers the
president favors the Russian proposi¬
tion looking to the restoration of the
Imperial power in Pekin. He says,
however that for the real culprits
those who have misled the Imperial
judgment and diverted the sovereign
authority to their own guilty ends, full
expiation becomes imperative within
he rational limits of retributive jus-
tice. He looks upon the matter of in-
demnity; for our wronged citizens as a
question of grave concern. He is dis-
P° se< I to think that compensation may
be made in part by the opening of
China to the equal commerce of all
the world.
He adds: “The government of Russia
put fprw r ard a suggestion that in the
event of protracted divergence of view’s
in l-egard to indemnities, the matter
may be delegated to a court of arbi-
tration at The Hague. I favorably in-
cline to this, believing that the high
tribunal could not fail to reach a solu-
tion no less conducive to the stability
and enlarged prosperity of China it-
self than immediately beneficial to the
powers.”
The president then devotes several
pages to our relations with other pow j
ers, touching upon the arrest of
naturalized citizens by the
Hungalffan . government for alleged
evasion of military service;, the expan-
sion of trade between this country and
South America, the disturbances iu
.Colombia and the recognition of
jprovertraient by the United States;
ADEI,. BERRIEN COUNTY, GA„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 1900,
,
SdSO similar recognition of the new
Dominican government.
The success of our participation
in the Paris exposition was ro¬
vealed by the hufnbei* * tit “Wards
granted to AmbrtcS.tl exhibitors by
the intertiatlBBal Jury, namely: Grand
primw, 240; gold medals, 597; Sii-
Ver and medals, honorable 776; hmhtions, bronze mtldkik, 541,
all, fe*ing Ihe 322—2,476 in
given greatest total number
to any exhibiting nation.
The president expresses his satisfac¬
tion over our pleasant relations with
the ,
German etnpiYb, and felicitates the
country bpon the good results accruing
rrom the settlement of the Samoan
problem. He confidently expresses
the hope that the enforcement of the
Imperial meat inspection law Will be
free from the discrtminatlofts prevail¬
ing Under the old statutes. "Much will
depend,” he says, "Upon regulations
not yet promulgated-.” Mis paragraph
on the Wat ift South Africa is confined
** A l ^ al discussion of the matter of
alleged contraband cargoes.
In respect to thb Alaskan boundary
dispute tfth president again refers to
the need of definitely marking the
boundary where it follows the one hun¬
dred and forty-first meridian,” stating
that he contemplates negotiating a new
'convention for a joint determination
of the meridian by telegraphic observa¬
tion.
Sorrow is expressed for the assassina
tion of King Humbert,
Referring; to the lynching of Italians
in Lotiisiarta he reiterates former ex-
pressiohs, again inviting the attention
of the country to v hat he terms “this
reproach Oh Oiir civilization.”
Praise 13 bestowed upon Japan’s gen¬
erous co-operation in the joint relief
of the beleaguered legations in Pekin.
The kindly courtesies extended by the
Japanese government and naval officers
to the battleship Oregon are also gra¬
ciously remembered.
Regarding the Nicaraguan canal the
message say§: *
“i commend to the early attention of
the senate the convention with
Great Britain to facilitate the con¬
struction of such a canal, and to re¬
move any objection Which might arise
out of the convention eotnmonly called
the Ctayton-Rulwer treaty-. 1 ’
The presldeht states; "The Nicara¬
guan government shows a disposition
to deal fairly with the canal question,
either in the way of negotiations with
us or taking measures to promote the
waterway.”
Thankk are expressed to the Imperial
Russian government for the aid ren¬
dered by its authorities in Eastern Si¬
beria to American missionaries fleeing
from Manchuria.
It is stated that satisfactory progress
has . „ been . made . toward . the , conclusion ,
of a general treaty of friendship and
intercourse with Spain, in replacement
of the old treaty, which passed into
abeyance by reason of the late war.
Reference is made to the purchase
of Sibutu and Cagayan, Sulu, by. the
United States for $100,060.
In the matter of Indemnities due
from Turkey the president says;
“We await the fulfillment of the
promise of the sultan to make repara¬
tion for the injuries suffered by Amer¬
ican citizens in Armenia and elsewhere
in the Turkish empire. His majesty's
good disposition in this regard has been
evinced by the issuance of an irade for
rebuilding the American college at
Harpoot.”
The senate is mildly criticized for its
failure during the last session to act
upon the commercial conventions then
submitted for its consideration and
approval, much disappointment to the
agricultural and industrial interests of
the country being caused thereby.
The president is pleased with the
lively interest manifested in the Latin-
American states in the exposition to be
held at Buffalo next year.
He adds: “The policy of x-eciproeity
so manifestly rests upon the principles
of international equity and has keen so
repeatedly approved by tb# people of
the United States that there ought to
be no hesitation in either branch of
congress in giving to it full effect.”
The surplus revenues for the fiscal
year, ended June 30, were $79,527,060.18.
For the six preceding years we had
mly deficits, the aggregate of which
amounted to more than two hundred
million dollars. Because of the excess
of revenues over expenditures, bonds
ind other securities have been applied
to the sinking fund to the amount of
156,544,556.06. “Our foreign trade,” he
says, “shows a remarkable record of
commercial and industrial progress.
The growth of manufactures in the
United States is evidenced by the fact
:hat exports of manufactured products
argely exceed those of any previous
year, and agricultural products were
ilso exported during 1900 in greater
rolume than in 1899.” He continues:
“I recommend that the congress at.
its present session reduce the internal
revenue taxes, imposed to meet the war
with Spain in the sum of $30,000,000.
This reduction should be secured by
the remission of those taxes which ex¬
perience has shown to be the most
burdensome to the industries of the
people.”
Congress is again urged to take im¬
mediate action looking to the promo¬
tion of American shipping and foreign
trade, though no direct reference is
made to the pending subsidy meas¬
ure.
The ^ presldent refers to his last an _
nual essAge _ in whlch he spoke of
the necessity for e arly action to rem-
ed the evils of trusts .
.. It is apparent,” he continues, “that
uniform legislation npon this subject in
tbe seV eral states is much to be de-
sired. It is to be hoped that such uni-
formity, founded in wise and just dis-
crimination between what is injurious
and what is useful and necessary in
business operations, may be outlined.
Restraint upon such combinations as
are injurious and which are within
federal jurisdiction should be promptly
applied by the congress.”
In taking up the Philippine question
the president reiterates his former de-
termination to uphold the sovereignty
of the United States in the islands "as
in all other places where our flag right-
fully floats.”
He then quotes extensively from his
instructions to the commission head¬
ed by Judge William H. Taft, in which
it was authorized to assume civil con-
trot of the archipeligo on September 1,
1900. Much stress is laid upon the
desirability of establishing and main-
taining a civil service system in the
municipal and departmental govern-
ments. Late reports from the eom-
mission show an encouraging advance
toward flnmr'.r.g the benefits of lib-
exty a.nd good government to the Flli-
Vinos, in the interest of humanity, and
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.
with the aim of building up an en¬
during, self-supporting and self-admin-
istering community in those fat east-
ei h scaS.' 1
Continuing, he says:
"I would impress upon the congress
that. whatever itgiilktioit may be eri-
heih'd ill respect to the Philippine is¬
lands should be along these generous
lines. The fortune of war has thrown
upon this pation an unSought trusl
which Should b@ unselfishly discharg¬
ed, and devolved upon this government
a moral as well as material responsi¬
bility toward these millions whom we
have freed from an oppressive yoke.
I have on another occasion called the
Filipinos ‘the wards of the nation.’ Our
obligation fts guardian was hot lightly
assumed; it must not be otherwise
thah honestly fulfilled, aiming first of
all to benefit those who have come un¬
der oUr fostering care. It is our duty
so to treat them that our flag may be
not less beloved In the mountains of
Lusoh and the fertile zones of Minda¬
nao and Negros, than it is at home, and
there, as here, it shall be the revered
symbol of liberty, enlightenment and
progress In every avenue of develop*
ment."
“The Filipinos are a quick race to
learn and to profit by knowledge. He
would be rash who, with the teachings
of contemporaneous history in view,
would fix a limit to the degree of cul¬
ture and advancement yet within the
roach Of these people if out* duty to¬
ward them is faithfully performed.”
The president commends the success
which has attended the labors of the
governor of Porto Rico and hife asso 1
elates. Congress is requested to confei*
upon the secretary of the interior su¬
pervision over the public iands in that
Island;
The president promises that when
the Cubans’ constitutional convention
shall have finished its labors he will
transmit to congress the constitution
as framed, for such action as may he
deemed advisable.
The recommendation for a Pacific
cable between the United States and
Hawaii, with an extension to Manila,
is renewed, surveys having Shown the
entire feasibility of a chain of cables
which at each stopping place shali
touch ori American territory.
In reference to the army the-presi¬
dent states that for the present our
five or six thousand troops in Cuba
cannot be withdrawn or materially
diminished, and certainly not until the
conclusion of the labors of the consti¬
tutional convention and a government
provided by the new constitution shall
have been established and its stability
assured. Nor is there room for further
reduction in Porto Rico, where the gar-
risons now number 1,635 men, which
includes 879 native troops,
.. We wlu be reoUired Q . ** he says “to
keep, a considerable force in the Phil¬
ippine islands for some time to come.
From the best information obtainable,
we will need there for the immediate
future from 45,000 to 60,000 men. I am
sure the number may be reduced, as
the insurgents shall come to acknowl¬
edge the authority of the United
Slates, of which there are assuring in¬
dications.” /
The president therefore asks for au¬
thority to increase the army to the
present number of 100,000. He thinks
that included in this number authority
should be given to raise native troops
in the* Philippines up to 15,000, which
the Taft commission believe will be
more effective in detecting and sup¬
pressing guerrillas, assassins and la-
dtones than our own soldiers.
He favors the recommendation of the
secretary of war for the detail of of¬
ficers from the line of thp army when
vacancies occur in the various staff
departments.
“The army,” he concludes, “cannot
be too highly commended for its faith¬
ful and effective service in active mili¬
tary operations in the field and the
difficult "work of civil administration.”
The navy is similarly complimented
upon its services in connection with
the insurrections in the Philippines
and the recent disturbances in China.
The president expresses his gratifica¬
tion upon the settlement of the long
pending question of armor plate manu¬
facture, a reasonable price having been
secured, thus obviating the necessity
for a government plant. The secre¬
tary's recommendations for new* ves¬
sels and additional officers and men
are approved. Favorable action by
congress is solicited for the measure
providing for a statue to the memory
of the late Admiral David D. Porter.
He also commends the establishment
of a national naval reserve, and of the
grade of vice-admiral. Suitable pro¬
vision for medals and rewards on
account of distinguished service, in
both the army and navy, is recom¬
mended.
Regarding the work of the depart¬
ment of agriculture, he says:
“The department has been extending
Its work during the past year, reach¬
ing further for new varieties of seeds
and plants; co-operating more fullv
with the states and territories in re¬
search along useful lines; making prog¬
ress in meteorological work relating to
lines of wireless telegraphy and fore¬
casts for ocean going vessels; continu¬
ing inquiries as to animal disease;
studying soils that producers may cul¬
tivate with better knowledge of condi¬
tions, and helping to clothe desert
places with grasses suitable to our arid
conditions.”
Before concluding the message, the
president urges the erection of a sepa¬
rate building for the purpose of pre¬
serving the annually accumulating ar¬
chives of the departments.
The message closes with the following
words: “In our great prosperity we
must guard against the danger it In¬
vites of extravagance in government
expenditures and appropriations; and
the chosen representatives of the peo¬
ple will, I doubt not, furnish an exam-
pie in their legislation of that wise
economy which in a season of plenty
husbands for the future. In this era of
great business activity and opportuni¬
ty, caution is not untimely. It will not
abate, but strengthen confidence. It
will not retard, but promote, legitimate
industrial and commercial expansion.
Our growing power brings with it
temptations and perils requiring con¬
stant viligenee to avoid. It must not
be used to invite conflicts, nor for op
pression, but for the more effective
maintenance of those principles of
equality and justice upon which our ln-
stitutions and happiness depend. Let
us keep always in mind that the foun¬
dation of our government is liberty; its
superstructure peace.
“WILLIAM McKINLEY,
“Executive Mansion.
'December 4, 1900.”
ARP’S LETTER
Bartow Man Is Again Joyous and
Happy at His Otfn Fireside
EXPERIENCED MANY TRYING ORDEALS
Soiwltluamlinj lli* Tribulation* Hi*
l.cc: ure Tour W«*S.»urca of Much
Pleasure and rt-otit.
Home again and happy. Children
aud grandchildren met mo at the de¬
pot and escorted me home, where *
bountiful supper was awaiting, and I
asked the same old blessing that I have
been asking for fifty years, only it
was with unusual gratitude, for
I had been in perils of wind
and water and escaped tfeetti.
I was weary with long travel, and now
I could rest. I left New Albany at
midnight, reached Birmingham at day¬
light, only five minutes late, and bad
five miuu e i time to buy a ticket for
Bell City, aud from there I was to
board the East atid West for home.
How happy I was. But alas! for hit¬
man hopes. How soon they can van¬
ish into despair.
There were abotifc a hundred big,
black, greasy negro preachers ahead
of me at the ticket office. Their Bap¬
tist convention had been broken up,
Rnd they were going home oil the
southbound train, and bad an hour to
go on, but they would not let me ad¬
vance an inch. I hurried back to the
gatekeeper aud begged him to let me
in, for my traiu wa? waiting, and I
pointed to the crowd of negroes and
told him It was impossible for me to
g<-t a ticket. He said he was sorry,
but he had his orders, I hurried back
(o make oue more effort, but a big
square shoul lered preacher, with a
back as broad as a barn door, had
dropped a dime on the floor and half a
dozen were down hunting for it.
I hailed the ticket man, but he never
heard or heeded me. Frantic, I rush¬
ed back to the iron gates and saw my
train slipping off like a snake in the
grass, and that official automaton
would not let me pass. “ ’Gainst or¬
ders,” he said. Blackstone says there
is a remedy for eve^y wrong, but there
were no railroads in his day, or
he wouldn’t h&Ve written those lines.
I had no remedy, aud there is none.
What could I do? No train for Fell
City for twelve hours, and none from
Pell City for my home for twenty-four
hours. I was so tired and so disap¬
pointed that I sat down to ruminate on
my valise.
I was weak and sad and pitiful, for
.here is no disappointment 30 distress¬
ing to me as being left by a train
when going home. Just then a drum¬
mer, God bless him! came up and
spoke to me, aud said, “My friend, I
am pretty much in tbe same fix yon
are, but we can go by Chattanooga,
for the Alabama Great Southern is au
hour late this morning. It’s schedule
is to leave here thirty minutes before
we arrived, but it has not come yet,
and we have half an hour to get cur
tickets. Those preachers are nearly
all out of the way now.”
I rose to my feet. I saw how it
was, and that I would lose only one
hour in getting home. In ray heart I
revived, and like David whispered,
“Bless the Lord, O my soul.”
We got our tickets, and in fonr
hoars were in Chattanooga, where I
telegraphed my wife, “Hold the fort;
I’m coming.” And so “All’s well that
ends well,” and no thanks to those
who manage that iron-bound pen at
Birmingham.
But I found the cutest little narrow
gauge railroad in Mississippi that I
have seen in many years. I didn’t
know there was one left. It is called
the Gulf and Chicago railroad, but
they began to build it iu the middle
many years ago and built sixty miles
and quit. You can ride all day on it
for 81.50. It doesn’t seem to have any
schedule, and the folks along the line
just wait for it and seem content.
They say, “Well, it’s our road; it’s all
we’ve got, and they do the best they
can.”
The owners are clever men and will
wait on yon half au hour if you tele¬
phone them. They are very accom¬
modating, especially going south, for
they have no connections to make. I
boarded that train at Blue Mountain
at 4 p m. for Pontotoc, where I was
to lecture that night at 7:30 o’clock.
It was only thirtv mileP, but we didn’t
get there until 8:15 o’clock, and my
audience didn’t give up the ship.
They said it was their road—their
only road and they knew its peculiar
ways. We stepped when within three
miles of town, and after half an hoar
or so I asked what was the matter,
and was told that the steam had given
out.
Before that the train stopped in the
woods somewhere and began to back.
I ventured to ask what was the matter
and was told that the brakeman had
dropped his cob pipe and that they
had gone back to look for it. But it
was a railroad and I had no right to
complain, for I remember when there
was not a railroad in the United States.
When I was seven years old I came
from Boston to Georgia overland in a
carriage with my father and mother,
1,200 miles, and we never crossed a
railroad, for there was none to cross;
and now there are 196,000 miles in
these United States. No, I am happy
cn the way on any railroad, even if it
is thirty miles short and fonr hours
long. It beats the old stage coach a
long ways.
I tried a buggy team from Ripley to
Bine Mount, only a six-mile drive,
'fundamentally and like to have got drowned, I got
and distressingly wet*
1 shall wait ror the narrow gange next
time. Oh, that cyclone! I.haven’t
quit telliug about it yet. Next morn¬
ing a man who was la it and under it
arid on top of it said he went out Lo
shut his iatt!e* tip iu the stable, nnd
before he could M»y Jack Hobiuson it
picked him nj and turned him a thou¬
sand SumersatiUp, and while he was
KttMSrifi.
Jiuuy Jones’ potato patch as easy a* a
woman lavs her bal»y in the erad’e.”
That college at Blue Mountain is a
martel to dip. It was fon^n^n twenty*
five years ago by General Lowrey, a
great b : g hearted man, who, like Ben
Adbein, loved his fellow men. It was
’it first a high school for the benefit of
'he poor girls in the neighborhood
end expanded into a college. When
he died his sons and sous-in-law took
charge and contioued to expand, and
now there are 300 girls there; over 200
of them are boarding at $12 per month.
The others live iu cottages near bj and
board themselves at a coot of about $5
a month, for they do their own work.
Large, handsome brick buildings have
oeen built and more are being built.
Bountiful springs from the mountain
-ido furnish abundant pure water for
everything. There is a dairy farm near
bv aud vege'able gardens nnd every¬
thing motes like clock work.
Profe sor Lowrey is a man of untir¬
ing energy and says that work is his
best recreation. He look me oc a ro¬
mantic drive to the top of the mountain
and the village graveyard, and when we
rctitmed he called lor his four little
children, including the baby, aud took
them to lido. I liked that. It does
not take me long to diagnose it good
husband and a kind father. There
was no barber in the village and he
brought to me his fine lawu mower ra¬
zor that cost $5, aud when he saw how-
awkward and nervous I was, he said:
“Oh, let me do that,” aud he mowed
the gray stubble iff in a minute. Ever
hear of a college president doing that?
I was specially interested in a young
man, Ernest Guyton, the only boy in
college. He is totally blind, but is
getting a first class education through
his ears. He listens eagerly to the
recitations, keeps up with the fore¬
most and is now studying Latin. His
mother or sister read to him every
night aud the,family are all proud of
him, for ho is not only bright mental¬
ly, but cheerful aud handsome. He
told me that being blind never dis¬
tressed him and he was happy all the
time, for everybody was so good to
him. How kind Providence is to the
afflicted.
Those Mississippi woods are full of
Georgians. Scores of them sought me
and with a natural aud earnest pride
told me where tbev came from in the
long ago, or where , tneir , fathers , , came
from, and who they were kin to. I
was amused at one old man who said
he cauie here from ( ass county be-
fore the war, and ho asked me where
Bartow county was. He had nevet
heard that the name of old Gass w * 8
ckauved to Bartow in honor of onr
General Bartow, who was killed at
Manassas.
Au nnkaowu friend has sent me a
poetic gem called The Chang© ui
Farmer Joe,” by Sheldon Stoddard. I
wish that it could be read by every
husband in the land, for it tells in
beautiful and pathetic verse how Joe
had loug and pursued his money for money’s
sake gave loving, long suffering
wife few comforts nnd none of the lux-
uries or ornaments that brighten up a
woman s home. For years she had
from time to time hinted that she
would like a new carpet for her room,
for the old oue had been torn and
patched and beaten until it was faded
and threadbare, and the window shades
wero worn out. But he said jio, he
couldn’t afford it, and he worked early
and late and was accumulating money.
The poem tells . ,, , how he left her one
mormng and noticed a tear in her eye
as it dropped down on her palei cheek,
and he got to thinking about it ih the
cornfield, and that tear haunted him
and he recalled the long years of their
married life and how patient she-had
been with him and the little children
and nursed him when sick and watch-
ed them by night and by day Sud-
denly he came to himself and stopped
his mule in the middle of the row and
hurried home and hitched np the
bugg^ and went to town like be was
going for the doctor.
He bought a nice carpet and some
curtains and other comforts and drove
home like Jehu aud tumbled them all
at the front door. “Here, Sally, come
here, bless your dear heart; you shaut
cry any more,” aud he hurried back
to the cornfield. Well, I liked that,
and I feel like going to town and buy-
ing a new carj e* for my wife. We
men forget that a woman has to stay
at home all the time. She loves orna-
ment, for God made her so, and if she
can’t have these things her house is
not a home, but a prison.—Biim Arp
in Atlanta Constitution.
Dewet Captured Seven Gnus.
No farther details have been re-
ceived in London regarding the cap-
ture by the Boers of the British garri-
son at Dewetsdorp, November 23d,
but is said that General Dewet has
seven guns.
IV HAT WILL GERMANS DO?
Emperor William Will Hardly Receive
the Fngitlve Ex-Pre*l<lent Kruger.
The semi-official statement that Mr.
Kruger is to visit Berlin is discussed
cautiously. It is regarded as William prema-
tare to predict that Emperor
will receive him. There is no appre-
:iable sign of public demonstration,
4nd some of the papers warn the pub-
lie to beware of a policy of sentiment,
pointing out that Germany is not in
j osition to change the fate of tbe
Transvaal, and deprecating the man-
ifestatious which are likely to clash.
NO. 41.
RIGHT IS GIVEN
BY NICARAUGA
can Sow Be Constructed
Without Any Interference.
CONCESSION TREATY IS SIGNED
-
Minister Corea Confers With Sec-
retary Hay and All Obstacle?
In the Way Are Removed.
A Washington special says: Secretary
Hay Saturday morning, for the govern¬
ment of the United States, and Senor
Corea, the Nicaranguan minister, for
his own government, signed a treaty
whereby the Jailer government con¬
cedes to the government of the United
States the necessary rights and privi¬
leges within her bestowal for the con¬
struction of the Nicarangau canal.
This action is taken in anticipation
of the congressional action npon the
pending Nicaraguan bill and the Hay-
Pauncefote treaiy. Peuding the sub¬
mission of the document to the senate,
whi< li body must ratify the agree-
menb i{ 8 terms will not be made pub-
lie. It is understood, however, that,
generally, Nicaragua grants to the
United 8 ates government the exclu¬
sive right to oonstrnct and operate the
across Nicaragua, including the Pacific free
canal between the Atlantic and
use of the San Juan river, and of
Lake Managua, as a part of the river
conrse.
Nicaragua is also to rid herself of
any outstanding treaties that would
tend in any way to abridge the privi¬
leges to be acquired by the TJqited'*
States. It is understood that Nica¬
ragua concedes to the United States
full authority to police the canal. Nic-
arangua is to receive in compensation
a certain amount of the securities of
the canal construction company, aud
although it is not now possible
to learn the figure set down in the
treaty, it is believed to approximate
85,000,000. *
The state department has already
entered into an agreement on similar
lines with the republic of Costa Bica.
This was because Costa Bica has es¬
tablished a claim to the right bank of
the San Juan river, which must of ne¬
cessity the' form about a third of the length
of canal, should the Nicaraguan
rontfi be 8e]ected aE( j be constructed
on t be lines which will be suggested
by tfae *< Wa!ker commission.”
nn< jer8tanding also has been ar-
rived at with (he United States of Co-
covering the same rights and
privileges for the Panama and route Costa as
are conveyed by Nicaragua
R , ca in the case of lho Nicaragua
route. So the state department has
nQW c i tare( j tbe way for such action
^Q^gi^gg may caie to lake in the
ca 0 of eithev G f the canal routes
wh5ch baV0 been fcma(J feasible,
KAISKU REMAINS FIRM..
Gwrma „ T , (| 1>elliantl * Kor ......
Chinese win Not Be Modified,
. A rppre8entat * i ve of the foreign office
■ informed the
. Q Be liu has
| Jent of ihe Associated Press that
3 ermanT ba9 not indicated a disposi-
lion to modify her demands fpr the
J i(jbment 0 f guilty Chinese officials,
ince she Joeg nbt know w bat the dif-
ferent powers want. •• '
“Germany, above all,” the official
saifi, “wants.harmony of action. Ger-
£urePaw that tbe note to be forra-
b , he Peki n ministers . would
- be accepted, entirely by all the pow-
* that several
ers We b ftye to admit
- de-
, he J poWers, intiloding Russia,
Bire a C in several of the provis-
^ Tfae whole matfer is in-
vo]ved in t unc e r tainty, so that it
. g impo8Bible (o p re dict what form tbe
fiEa , ° ment wiI j take.”
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REEK FOR T*IE SOLDIERS,
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rm.v TlirnitanA Barrel* Shipped Froux
Vancouver to Ihe Philippine*.
The outgoing steamship Empress of
China, which sailed from Vancouver,
B, C., for the orient Saturday, carried
^ record breaking cargo of beer for
the Filipinos. Fifty thousand barrels
are consigned to Manila,
BOOKKEEPER ARRESTED.
Charged with Being an Accomplice o
Embexeicr Brown,
Robert Winstel, assistant bookkeep-
er of the wrecked German National
bank of Newport, Ky., was arrested
iu Cincinnati Thursday charged with
being an accomplice of Frank Brown,
who was short $198,000 in his ac-
Winstel ............. taken ^ to New-
counts. was
port, bail being refused. Brown has
not yet been apprehended,
Tennes&ee’s Population.
The population of Tennessee, as
officially announced by the census bn-
reau Wednesday, is 2,029,616 as
against 1,767,518 in 1890. This is au
iucrease of 253,098 or 14.3 per «mf.
MUCH COIN AND BULL HU.
Cn^ed State* Tje»»ury*p,l Hr
f larglst Wc^tockcd with Go
The stock of gold
bullion ever held in the United
is nQW >accamQ j ate a in the tr
branches. The total , ha
rising steadily during the whole
present yegr, and the amount i
8474,108.3|Q, prertiT »t m Ihe about close
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