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THE NEWS,
Box 8?0. Tort ov, Ga.
T1IH ASTOR FAMILY.
JOHN JACOB AST OR THE RICHEST
MAN IN THE COUNTRY.
The -1stor f 8 retry ami I'm Founder.
How It Has I . e*i \third t •—Its Original
tout Bus -sHi-y OO hut It lilt* Cost
ttie Faintly More Than 1? 1,000,000.
In those days, wh- n millions of dollars nro
«poken of as glibly as thousands wore a few
yearn ago, to say that a man is worth §10,
000, OM or §i5,(KK).0ft't does not cause any great
astonishment. William II. Vanderbilt left a
fortune whi'-li some of the extremists put as
higli ns$2 r >0,(X)0,OOd. But if one wishes to ap¬
preciate how much §1,000,000 really is let him
take a pencil and paper and figure out how
long it. would require to count §1,000,000 if
that nnvmnt were spread out before him.
TIjo result will surer j ^* him.
At tho time of William II. Vanderbilt’s
death ho was the wealthiest man in this
■country, l.mt he left
*o ninny heirs that
no one of them is
now c o n s i d e red
fabulously weal¬
thy. John Jacob
Astor is nmv tho
riches t man in
A m erica. He is
said to la! worth
about § b■><), 000 , 000 ,
most of it invested
in New York city
real estate, some of
which pays him ns
much as 19 ]>er cent, per annum. Mr. Astor
has a perfect abhorrence of newspaper no¬
toriety, dreads reporters and interview¬
ers and could never bo induced to fur¬
nish liis portrait for publication, 'i'he
one which appears above was sketched
l*y the artist while Mr. Astor was sit¬
ing in his 1 ox at the Metropolitan Opera
house one evening. Mr. Astor is something
xircr GJ years of age. He is tall and broad
Shouldered and in the full exercise of all his
faculties.
The millionaire is .sometimes, although very
rarely, spoken of as “Colon"!" Astor. Me has
n perfect l ight to t he t it .e, having served us an
•tide <lp-canip on Gen. Mi Cloltan’s staff dur¬
ing tho late unpleasantness. He married a
Miss Gibbs, of Chari.-ston, S. C. One son.
William "Waldorf Astor, was born to them.
Young Astor is a tail, athletic! and aeooiu
plishe i fellow, who has aetiievisl scvn« little
notoriety in tho literary world. He is quite
It.-indsom**. and is popular alike with the la¬
dies and his male associates.
The family residence of John Jacob Astor
is on the* corner of Thirty-third street and
Fifth avenue, while that of his brother, John
,y
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menus, but would, nrvevthe!e.<s, bring n great
1 of money cv .1 if not located o:i the most
fa l-iounhU por;i«>?t of tla* most fashionable
thoroughfare* i i tii-> mcrropolis. The inner
furni-hin'r-; a :id t o b- tunupl uous in the
t?xt i .*m*', but ordinary passer by there
is no- y n X in the npjX'aranco of
cith; a in i > tiint as b»»iug tho res
ide.uc* .{ men ia AmviicjL
?S v Dr. Fordyiv Barker
s ; : v vA for coiisUuilly attend
ing r.p u hi i. rent landlord keenly
A]> t n ’ ikes no discriniina
lions, ni'.i to >. end his coming more
than mi 1 I ;lo. But it is not only John
Jacob A w o i-; ; os- s-,, 1 of this melan
oil *1 y t rail i . unixictcr. ) lie whole family,
with one c ' • > <>\ e,i, ions, have the reputa
ti net b» . ■' a- gk. -mv as ^tersons can well
Ik*. One . 1 i-c.'.ura'i ' suppose, after meet
ing on' » f tl A ora, that the man be bud
flust - cn i 4 s.->.;ie uniortunate fellow who
had j'.rd tur with a great less.
Mrs. M'd -vn Astor was -ouo of the most
'vivacious k , ;« rs New York society has ever
known. H r fame as an entertainer spread
al! over t be world, aud her supremacy vras
never qu s ioned in tiie highest society circles
of New York city. Young Mr. \V. W. Astor is
moderately clu’crful, and it is reported that
he \rtll build an elaborate cottage at Tuxedo
next summer.
Mr :■ UlyreTlfegg
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THE ASTOR LTUTtAUV.
The Actor library was founded by the elder
John Jiwob Astor (grandfather of John Jacob
Aston, who died in 1848, leaving behind him
what was in these days considered untold
■wealth. His wirt contained a codicil appro¬
priating $409,000 for the establishment of n.
free hi rarv in New York city. Joseph G.
<dogsw l. LL.D., w.a« the first superintendent
«>f the library. The building, as it now stands,
Is rt'ally three times itseuriginal size, the second
section having Hvu built bv William R
Astor. the son of the founder, and the third
l>y the present John Jacob Astor. The
library contains nearly 250,000 volumes, and
has cost the Astor family up to date very
much more t an £1,000,000.
The history of the foundation of the Astor
fortune te very interesting reading. John J a
cob Astor, Sr., was bom m the village of Yv*al
doif, Gwnmxiy, m H:s father was a
combination of farmer and butcher. At the
ogeoi 17 Johns father remarried, ha first
wffe having died m the meant.me. and this
•stepmother it was who caused young Aston*
7 A
ft Hi., . f% *\
mm m
jon^ Jacob ASTort.
Wit line i, is one
ldo *k above. These
two buildings are
the only ones in
th(< block, and the
brick fenced gar
d* us b*.longing to
them touch in the
niiddlc. 'F’no dwell¬
ings me built of
brick, in a massive
style of architect¬
ure, with large win
flows and inunense,
heavy doors. They
are not s h o w y
buildings, by any
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VOL. XIV.
by her ill-treatment of him to fake the step
which was the beginning of the career which
subsequently made him one of the wealthiest
men in the world. John left home with
scarcely a cent, but upon reaching tho
Rhino he obtained employment upon
a raft, and in time succeeded in get
ting to- ether a little money, which he
expended for passage to London. There lie
was warmly welcomed by his brother, who
was a manufacturer of musical instruments
in a small way. lie remained there for two
years, during which time he had learned to
s}K*ak English quite well, and had also accu¬
mulated about $75 in money and a couple of
suits o? clothes. lie paid his brother $25 fer
seven German flutes, bought a steerage ticket
to New York for §25 and started for the new
world to carve out a fortune for himself with
$25 in Iris pocket. Arrived at New York,
young Asior received a hearty welcome from
his brother Henry, who was a butcher there.
He told him that a friend whom he had met
on the trip over had advised him to join
him in the fur business, llis brother pointed
out to lrim that in order to be successful
he should understand his work and tho
next day employment was found for him with
a furrier at a salary of §2 a week and board.
After having made one or two fur buying
trij>s for his employer, during which time ho
had mastered all the details of t lie business and
accumulated a few dollars, ho started in the
same line for himself, on Wall street.
Instead of selling his furs in. New York
he shipped them direct to I/indon, realiz¬
ing iqion them profits, in some cases,
of GOO to 1,000 per cent, .lie then took the
agency of his London brother’s musical instru¬
ments, after having paid him a visit, and from
that day his star was ia the ascendant. llis
fur and music trade increased, and by tho
time that his great success had caused active
competition to spring tip, his business had be¬
come so firmly established that no aipouut of
opposition could seriously affect it. lie mar¬
ried Aliss Sarah Todd, who used to assist him
in preparing the furs. After he had become
well to do he invested his money iu real estate,
the value of which, of course, increased
greatly with the growth of the city. Up to
this point Aslor’s career was a most note¬
worthy one, ns evincing tho great natural
.business capacity and astuteness of the boy
and man, but beyond this liis history is sim¬
ply a talc of the growth of business and the
increase in the value of real estate. Since tin*
original .lolm Jacob Astor died, all that his
descendants have done is to keep the money
together and apply iis natural accumulations
to the capital. This they have indeed done
well, so that to-day one of them is the
richest man iu tho United States, whilo the
family is considered by many to be the richest
in tho world.
THE CAPE COD CANAL.
An Improvement Projected Nearly Two
Hundred Years Ago.
While the feasibility of the Panama ship
canal is being discussed and money is being
raised for its completion, every one seems to
have entirely overlooked the fact that we have
on Cape Cod a still uncompleted canal, which
was really started in 1697, nearly two centu¬
ries ago. The canal was intended as a con¬
necting link between Buzzard’s bay and Barn¬
stable bay, thus avoiding the extremely dan¬
gerous passage around Cape Cod.
In 1888, the Cai>o Cod Ship Canal company
was granted n charter by the Massachusetts
legislature. Several companies, more or less
theoretical, had been chartered prior to that
timo, but nothing practical had been accom¬
plished.
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MAP SHOWING PROPOSED CANAL.
The present company, which is composed
of wealthy merchants and business men, at
once bought a mammoth dredging machine
which lias penetrated inland for about half
a mile. By the requirements of the charter
the canal must bo completed by or before
June 26, of this year, and as about eight
miles remain to bo dredged, there is every
likelihood that the charter of lha comoany
will be forfeited, unless tho legislature should
see,fit to grant ihe petition, now pending, for
an extension of time.
The canal, when completed, will be seven
ty-fivo feet wide on the bottom and Lave a
moan width of 209 feet at low water. At tho
turn outs, it must bo 809 feet wide. These
turn outs comprise one-fonrtli of the enure
length of the canal Tiie depth of water is to
be twenty-three feet at low* tide.
The machine which i; doing tiie work of
excavating cost $75 ,OjCL There ore fourteen
men employed on and about the machine.
Tho dredging is done by measis of an endless
chain of thirty-nine buckets, driven by two
steam engines of seventy-five Lorsa power
each. Five thousand cubic yards of earth
can be excavated and discharged in a day of
ten boure bv this giant machine. By using
the electric light for night work tho capacity
may be doubled.
Beer Yeast for ttee Scurvy.
The experiments with beer 3 *ea=t. made by
Dr * Heer, the attending pbjrsician of the
P«?n«l institution at Ratiber, proved conclu
sively that ia more than 4 At cases pure beer
yeast w ould rapidly cure scurvy, and that its
use was without danger or even the slightest
unpleasant consequences.—Public Opinion,
Advice to Undertakers.
Tlie S hrbud ;riv s this good advice to
amiertakere: -Do ’£ I t a false modesty prc
vent -luon you from present lug vour bill Ixffore the
oblis beram.s old an has'been 1 , our castomex's
sonw for the departed so far ex
haustel as to allow no syurratav for your
honest claim,”
Devoted to Neu's, Politics , Agriculture and General Dttigress.
TOCCOA, GA., FEB. 1887.
THREE NOTED MEN.
Charles S. Fainhi'il, Edward O. Craves
anti William L. Scott.
When Si* rotary Munuin:r un 1 T«•<••> n.v**
Jordan saw fit to resign their y
betake them l<* new fields of on., r :
gossip and spe illation was i
their probable su re- nrs. 11
the men prominent enough !(>)•
eligih e candidates.
Charles S. Fairchild, whose ;
given, was born at f; av»*rio\
county, N. Y. lie received hi
education at tho Oneida Confer nee
nary i i his nativo to vn, going f ont t
Harvard and graduating in is,;;; t
the law as his profession, he enter I l he
w iTtCi v vS-1
M
Jg N ^
wl/illM/m. yl^j/filuA 1 1 u
^ 'Vi/p//$w ^
CTI MILKS A1UCHII.D.
him into considerable jjiominenco, although
be* served but one term. In .March. l.'-Gd, he
was appointed assistant secretary of the treas
si • > , and has made a good record as Manning’s
right hand man.
Edward O. Graves, chief of tho bureau of
printing and engraving, was born in Herki¬
mer county, N. Y., in 1848, Ho was educated
at Hobart college, graduating in 1868. After
his graduation lie became a clerk in the
treasury department at Washington at a
salary of $!,2d ( .) a year, and soon drew r.Cca¬
tion to himxcif by several reforms which he
effected. Five years after his entry he
made chief clerk in the tvensurcr’s •e,
vvhicli he hnlu until 1-7 5- hi u 1 be-
caine Miperintcud
ent of tiie Nat ional
Lank it'-demptiou
agency. in 1888
ho was appointed
assistant treasurer,
an'.Mi May 9, 1-88-8,
chief of the buivau
of printing and en
graving. Mi
Graves’ knowledge
of the scrvi e is ex
torsive. lie has
made special exam
inations of thesink
ing fund of t he Dis-
triet ofColunibia, of the ofd *e of the ■.sistani
treasurer in New York, or the S O’
appropriations for the customs serv . \ m l o
many oiin-r sue ii subject e is an crime-:.;
advocate of civil service reform. iu/. Grave
has been mentioned as likely to succeed Con
rad N. Jordan as treasurer.
Of William L. Scott i: h:-.s bee .1 that i
could have the treasury r*or?f.- llo ii }-•> -
if. Mr. Fecit, took part in several cent-- a
between the president mid Mr. H a a. q
fore the latter's resignation became gei *r.
known, and as-he is understood to a 3 w
Mr. Cleveland in his monetary policy he ha
had a leading position in the race. Mr
Scott—“Bi tt. of Erie” ns bom in the
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WILLIAM L. SCOTT,
the lakes, Ho subsequently became in
be rest ed In the manufacture of iron
and the ininiug of coal, as well as in
the construction and operation of railroads,
Mr. Scott is now worth about 615,000,000 and
enjoys in the distinction He of being the richest
man congress. was twice, elected
mayor of Erie. lie is the owner of a large
racing ntuble, employs an army of stablemen,
trainers and jockeys, and, as a patreu of the
turf, His has often seen liis co ors go to the fore,
McClelland, recent quarrel w ith his trainer, Byren
is still iresli in tho minds of
newspaj*r readers,
POP WHITTAKER.
Tho Fa::i<i‘i> Circus Ulna M.u ste»
••any Accidents.
Is has be ’i yiveu to few p I - »
and known of more men than r o P
taker,-of whom a port ait l- ii> ;•(!
has been a circus ring master si;i. e
ful days of our grandfathej*s. an 1
(lead.
Pop "Whittaker was mad or a
far as appearances w a:; . al
the wear and tear of ci •<■•;. fife only s. T VC
confirm tie urufis lo: i.i that m <1. i*
in his cofiia this was not: Q 1 Ao. Pew ••vim -
for the first time ----V
the clerical looking /r
gentleman in tho circus a ring > -ar C:
would have ben M
surprises! had he
opened t he per
formance with
and his -4
prayer,
clothingv.-;is >■ ;
ministerial
Bj
x: u
ra e n.
mu *!» - t
LiO!
fate Ui*oppeu him into ifia circuoyi.^,
vard I
an um
ti t
briny, \\ h i:o wr.
r.d cd t I ho ba
in 18G(». Mr. I*.-;ir
cliiM lnu'lo It i s
entry into public
life in 1878, being
appointed dejuit y
att« irney general
for the state of New
rk, tvhicli posi
i he held until
7. Iu the latter
^ r h\; wasekci.eb
noy general.
i ii Tvices in this
on
8C
V'd )
(fSl I ^ ft
*.£ L
-
ri T'' - -
S ^7
r.mvAun o. gray
ty cf Washing
n, ahd is now
most 59 years
In 1 is youth
he was a page in
the house < f repro
sonta fives, but
“severed bis con
j; ion” wirli that
bod> in f J -'-in. Mr.
SeOfcfc v.v n t ro Erie,
Pa., in IS48 r.nd
engaged in the
toal and shipping
business, owning
and running sev¬
eral vessels on
abandoned it only when sei::-.1 by
ri.-kness a couple of weeks before he died.
D ning thc.-;e years he rose from the iow
eat of s dr gory to tho proud
I i*L . r, clown and fine ly
r r of t iw t rang He reached
of .motion in Ins pro
w made ring master of
G r y •now on
iOl sia the
rtook him.
i u f i i -s t.iat are
great concourse of
i i::tate knowledge of
he te admirably fitted
f uea a posit ?.c His stentorian voice
as Ins crowning >rv. it is told of him
•iat when ho was ti reeling with itinerant
» in the da
c;rcnses vs m ns by it was the eus
tom, when in a oo 1 gracing country, to let
t 1 some of the grass eating ani¬
mals out to pasture, When the time for the
to; nee appri ached Pop would just step
ou ‘ '‘ 1 1 “it and call, and the having
l ' , “ men
the live stock in charge would hear him even
if a mile away.
Hop was also famous for his faculty of get¬
ting smashed up in accidents. llis arms,
legs and most of his ribs had been broken in
turn, lie had been bitten by a tarantula and
gored by a buffalo. Railroad accidents came
to him regularly. His most serious casualty
occur, -d in llTl in tho Lowery, New York,
just two blocks from his birthplace, liy this
accident ho lost his right arm.
His full name was Francis Warren Whit¬
taker, but he received tho name of Pop away
back in the days of Itufus Welch’s circus in
Philadelphia. Hero ho started an evening
school for circus people, ho being the teacher
and for which lie was christened Pop. lie
adopted a son, now a man of :-55. Ho says ho
“went with Poo at the age of 9. Pop didn’t
believe in schools. He’d say to me: ‘Take your
nooks and set there and when you find sum
thin’ you don’t know, ask me.’ Tin t's tho
way I gob my learn in’ trav'lin’ ’round tho
world wiih Fop. lie broke me from drink
in’in this way; AT hen I was a young man
I dropped down to tho barroom of the hotel
we weresfoppin’ at an’ called for my first glass
of ale. Pop cum in and seed me. He jes’
knocked mo sens’less, an’ when they brought
me to, Pop i My Tx*y, i never want to sea
yo drink again,’ an’ I never have.” The
;<d D >tcd son conchi led by saying that “ef
.
■ ii a -’a rich a place as heaven, Pop’s thar.”
*« r. Whi;taker was married twice. llis
so- . i wk.: was a baby adopted by his first
•vue. A 'for h *r death Pop brought tho girl
••a. bad her educated as a physi-ian and mar
i j -v wore tho most affectionate of
travels with large shows as
said to bo very skillful. Pop
membra* of tlie Order of Elks,
•d t<) e gunize out of a society
V Cork in Philadelphia.
A NAVAL TERROR.
{)<-soi i ,:l ;<>n of <!ie Proposed New Pyi'.a
!nt'«* Cruiser.
The J i hi:i,« saya that “the most in
•na) i rcun; h of American ingenuity” is tho
uninit-' gunboat recently contracted for
1 now being built by Wiliiam Cramp, of
7 riclnnin. Four years ago Lieut. V .a-a
d by tho government to ex
•I chn pneumatic gun capable of
uamita llis experiments iiavo
* n -c* s-ful that a vessel armed with
n ; i h ut to bo construe te l.
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diLia!
. XC; ... or dy.nami; i,. \a .at
T As ve ei !. to i e 240 foot over art in length,
wi h a beam of 20feet and a draught of
i; ^ feet-. She will be built of American steel
■ ,i; u deflecting deck from which ordinary
■ tv; ! • ’ - w*e off. There will be four
' • in ." e the two independent screws.
. i ■ ho engines, will be powerful
• non h f.o o the vessel through the water
at. the rati ■ t wenty knots a i hour. The
boilers wi i b-e placed as far apart as possible
wi;h water tight bulkheads between them so
tia»t ii iu an engagement tho portion of tho
vessel containing one or two of the boilers be
L >wn away she would float; and still have
power enough not to be helpless.
The armament will bo the uniquo feature
of this craft. It will consist of three steel
tubas lined with brass, seventy feet in length
and ten and one-half inches in diameter,
These are the guns. From these will be thrown
by air pressure projectiles containing 200
poundsof nilro-gclatine each to the distance
of a mile and ut the rate of ono shot in two
minutes from each gun. There are to be two
reservoirs for the compressed air, from which
the nil' will be let into the tubo behind the
projectile at a pressure of 2,000 pound.; to the
square inch if necessary. As the guns will
bo immovably fixed in their place, the range
wiil be regulated by tho pressure of air al
lowed 1 o propel the projectile, and the guns
can only be fired while the vessel is “head on”
to the enemy.
On suggesting to the engineer in charge
that the vessel was designed to attack the
enemy on the “billygoat” principle only, he
said the guns would throw sixty shells, or
six tons of the most terrific exolosivo known,
during twenty minutes of the time they are
steaming up to the enemy, and the presump
tion is that before that t;me has elapsed there
will be no enemy left.
An adventa* claimed by this pneumatic
gun Diethod of sending a torpedo at the ene¬
my is its economy. The* torpedoes which arc
steered by electric wires from a station on
shore cost from £7,000 to £15,090 each, and of
shot course from are this destroyed dynamite ou ship being used. Each
containing the
same weight of explosive will cost but $200.
On Ihe East Side.
In all cities the east! ides of the street are
the business sides. This is because iu winter
it is the warmest ride of tho street, and xn
summer tho coolest.—Glo'^e-Dem
Abraliam Lincoln’s Abstemiousness.
A reader of The Times, of Philadelphia,
heard a man say that "Abraham Lincoln fre
y tlr went upon sprees in the company of
i A. Douglas,” and wrote to Col.
H. if this was true. The answer
o knew Mr. Lincoln ever
. ki s: roes. He was
.. ERSEY inyr rvo
A J jUA p L rp I.
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE
ON RECORD.
Portraits of Some of the Alen who Hare
Figured Prominently Therein—Senator
Sewell, Ex-Congressman Phelps and
Ex-Governor Abbott and their Careers.
The uncertainty of political life, has been
amply demonstrated in the contest for the
United States senntorship wage;! in tho Now
Jersey legislature this year. Not onlr lias
the struggle been of interest because of its
duration and fierceness, its many mishaps and
farcical incidents, and tho avowed conviction
of each candidate that he would ultimately
be chosen to fill the senatorial toga, but also
because of the national reputation of tho men
engaged in it. Phelps, Abtiett and Sowell
are hot merely local names. Their owners
have been prominently connected with public
affairs both at Washington and in tho land of
“apple jack” and are as famiiiar to the people
of tho whole country as to the citizens of
Trenton.
Willimn Walter Phelps, is a nativo of New
York city, and now -IS old. Ho is a
graduate of Yale
college and of the
Columbia college
law school, but has
practiced bis pro
fession for only five
years, from 18fi. - > to
1868. In 1872 ho
wns elected a rep
resentativo ia the
Forty-third con
gress, and was a
candidate for ro
election to the
Forty-fourth con¬
gress but was de¬
feated by seven
votes. In 1881 ho
. . ,
to 1 ait ho
relinquished tho position in 1882. lie is a
member of tho Forty-ninth congress. Mr.
Phelps is a fluent speaker and an able writer.
His contributions to the literature of political
economy, both on the floor of tho house
of representatives and through tho public
press, always command attention even'from
hi-- „oli' ieel enemies
Besides his ability, Mr. Phelps is famous
for two things: He U tho friend of Blaine and
he has been termed a “dude.” Mr. Phelps'
advent in the home must have been a revela
Hon to his fellow vepi’esontatives, for tho
press of that time wa£ deluged with the most
.searching comments on liis dross and man¬
ners. His position while in tiie act of drink¬
ing soup, the way in which he conquered a
piece of bread, how he picked his teeth, were
all nine days’ wonders. Mr. Phelps certainly
does wear a “bang,” and it can be plainly
seen in the picture here given. But in view
of what is beneath 'tho “bang,” his offense
.should ho considered a slight one. llis son,
John Phelps, who is about 25 years old, is
now op a voyage around thc world in his $50,
OliO steam yacht. Mr. Phelps is one of the
wealthiest men in New Jersey, and has a
hmi'lso-ue residence at Englewood.
Leon Abbot;., ex-governor of New Jersey
and Democratic was born iu Phila¬
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LEON AEBETT.
corporation counsel for Hoboken, which posi
tion he has also held iu Jersey City. Ilo was
the speaker of the state assembly in 1868-09,
a member of the state senate in 1874 and its
president in 1877,* and, finally, governor of
the state. Intellectually he is one of the
strongest men in New Jersey. lie is well
known as a brilliant speaker both from-the
platform and at the banquet. His post pran
dial efforts are always brimful of wit and
happy thought, while ho has talked lieforc
every conceivable variety of public meeting.
Like Cbauncey M. Depew, he has been an
Irishman, a German, a Puritan lather, a son
of the revolution, etc./whenever duty and
the presence of a good dinner and bright
company demanded it.
Wiliam J. *Sewell, who is at present a
reorcsc-ntative of New iu the United
States senate, was
Lorn in Ireland in
1885. Left an or
phan at an early
age, he came to the
United States in
1851, and for soma
time was employed
as a common labor
er. He next drifted
into the merchant
marine and made
severa 1 voyages.
but abandoned the
sea after a fev/
years and then lo
rated in Chicago,
At the break ing out of the war he enlisted as a
private iu the Union army, was several times
wounded, and at the close of hostilities was
mustew^'*out R II with tho rank of brevet major
ger.^v served nine years iu the state
sen^S6 of New Jersey, threo years of which
he was its presiding officer, an 1 took bis scat
ill tbe Unrt“d Ctales senate* 'larch 4, 1881.
G ewe i s home is in Camden. H * is of
she II .tv and an uncomprouiisH
n: !. t i.' Ij r ent-ral is a sxif made
wry r .qiect, and lias done some
goo. i ork during his t .*r.a in the senate.
Aars of the “Infinitely Lltt.’e.”
Cowardice is always vulgar, and the pres
ent u.;e ia pre-emiaentiy cowardly; full of
egotistic nervousness and unconcealed fear of
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delphia on Oct. 8,
1886. llis law
studies were pur¬
sued in the office of
District Attorney
A.-ismead,of Phila¬
delphia,and lie w ? as
admitte'd to the liar
in 1857. In the
same year he re
m o v e d to New
Y(,rk and be - nn
the practice of law
there. Eight years
after he was nd
mitted to the New
Jersey bar, and
appoint d *
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WILLIAM J. SEWELL
TOCCOA NEWS
JOB OFFICE
V Prepared to Print
LETTER HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
STATEMENTS
CIRCULARS.
LAND DEEDS,
MORTGAGE NOTE >
MARRIAGE LICENSE, &C.
nil these physical dangers to which science
has told all men they ore liable. Pasteur is
its god, and the microbe its Mephistopheles.
A French writer defined it tlie other day as
the age of the ‘•infinitely little.” It might bo
defined as the age of absorbing self con
teiousness. It is eternaliy placing itself in
Innumerable attitudes to pose before the
camera of a photographer; the old, the ugly,
tho obscure, the deformed delight in multiply¬
ing their likenesses on cardboard, even more
than dot ho young, the beautiful, the famous
and tho well made.—Ouida in North Ameri¬
can Review.
HOW COULD WE ARM THEM?
Th ® Serious Question Presented in Case
of War.
Tho Franco-Herman war cloud, together
with tho possibility, however remote, of
trouble arising between tho United States
and Canada over the fisheries dispute, has
had the natural effect of exciting great inter
ost in the various implements of modern war
fare. The standard small arm of tho Amcri
can service i- tho Springfield single shot rifle,
which, although an excellent weapon in its
way, is nevertheless entirely unsuited to cope
with tho improved magazine rifle of thepres
ent day.. What makes matters worse is the
fact that, although foreign governments nro
realizing that tho American magazine guns
are tho best in tho world, cur own govern
ment seems to evince a decided disinclination
to adopt any arm of American private manu
facturo. It is true that in 1882, in pursuance
ef an act of congress orders were issued by
the war department at Washington directing
a test, with a view to tho adoption of a suit
able magazine gun for the United States ser*
vice. Tiie test was a thorough one, and the
tiik Lrx nz?,n\GTOs magazine gc.v.
eomm.ssion reported favorai.ly upon the Lee
Remington, the Ghaftc. -Reece and the new
hundred and fifty of each
these were ordered and put into the hands
of ^t° ni reports received from
over loj ttiiic-rcnt companies it became
ihi * th « T ^c-Rem T , mg on was tho
fav, "T’ w ' th thc f ' VV ^
sc'end. A reporter called upon the
‘^rngtons to ask-them if iu case of war tho
should race an army of half a
what run , would bo required to sup
M [b ; m w,tl * tho netfisary «nns. The
answer was a poser. The immense Reming¬
ton factory at Ilion, N. A”., couid le made
to turn out 1,009 guns a day, but it required
about six months in which to prepare for this
great outfit.
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MAGAZINE OE THE NEW tlOTCUKISS BIFLE.
But to revert to the subject. The 2,2-50
rifles did not suit tho officers, ns they stated
that there was no immediate necessity for
them, and they are consequently now stored
and rusting away probably, no one knowA
w here. Tho great point in favor ot the Lee
Remington is its rapidity of shooting and tho
fact of its magazine being located near tho
trigger of the gun, thus in now ise affecting
its equipoise after the discharge ot several
i-liOts. This gun lias recently been adopted, by
the British government, while immense num¬
bers of them are now muse in the Turkish,
Chinese and other armies.
The new Hotchkiss is the other now Anuri* 1
can magazine gun. It seems to possess oil
tho advantages ot' the Lee-Remington weapon
with the possible exception of equipese, tho
magazine in tnis arm being located in tiro
stock. Both of these guns are tired by means
of a bolt. In the new Hotchkiss the magazine
is stationary. In tho Lee Remington it is
detachable. The speed of the former is about;
thirty-five r hots a minute, while that of Ufc
latter is about thirty-one.
But there are several other good magazine
rifles of American make, and one or more ot
them should bo adopted.
Tho fact is, tiie best and most improved
small arms iu the world are made in America,
but the United States government does not
encourage enterprise in that direction. But
for foreign orders Yankee gunmukers would
have to go out of the business.
It iooks as if the United Btutes had 1 etter
submit to any indignity from a foreign power
than engage in a contest at arms. Neithei
ou ar;fl or soa ^ . feii0 prepared for delense
even, and , it would require years-for her to
*> et 111 reauincss *
The New English Chancellor.
Lord Randolph Churchill’s sudden resigna¬
tion of his position as chancellor of the ex
chequer has thrown into great prominence
the Frt. lion. George Joachim Goschen,
who has accepted the tender of the place.
The present chancellor was Item in London
Aug. 10, 18.81. He received bis preliminary
crlucation at Rugby, and graduated from
Onel college with honors in 1853. He en
tered mercantile life, br.t retired from active
participation in business upon being called to
a seat iu the Russel!-Gladstone ministry. He
was fii-st ejected to parliament as a Liberal iu
1&63. He has held various important offves
under the Liberal administrations. Yv'hen
Gladstone introduced Lis bill looking to tho
granting of home rule to Ireland Goschen
and many other Liljeruis withdrew their
allegiance from “the grand old man” and
formed the present “unionist” alliance with
the Conservatives.
Sv.perstitions Concern !ng Cats.
There are numerous quaint .‘•ui>ei-stitloni9
connccte 1 with cats: "Blood from a black
cat's tail will euro fits.” * 'io cure a felon,
bold the finger affected in a cat’s car for a
quarte r of a.x hour each day.” “If a man
swafiow two or three cat’s baire they will
cause him to faint.” “If one dreams of fight¬
ing with a eat that scratches him he wiil be
sick or i.i afili-rtion.” The belief that cats
“suck the breath" of infants is nothing but a
“superstition,” the formation cf a cat's mouth
being such teat the thing is an utter impossi*
biiity - . Co.nnopohtan.