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Advertising Rates. One square, first insertion., ?1 00 E tch R’lhfHjquCnt inserti* n 50 Ten line* of M’.nion type constitute a squire. A 1 dvertisements n >t contracted i r w il bo eh: rged above rates. Ad ertisements n t tq>eri f- ing the length time for which they are to he inMPteci wil l>* wmrtinued until ordered out and charged accordingly. Advertisement* to fixed places wil he ted 25 cent, occupy above reg*! c cr per w rides. Notice in toed column in nsc-te-d for five cents per line each insertion. < orP’Sjiondence containing important news solicited. Address all correspondence to 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 o pi £ r r .'■ If ! il ; , k-i4J 3 r % 1 * A 7; - J. j. a - .Ton's )wsu)i:.\'<:s. 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 - --. b? 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 •i»— * J T’ F3 T n V m S M tS X JL ■rtwi iifcgfc* J 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. BGSTQN CAPATCD V'A <- jtjr r t. T| a S 0& c °4 J i J— & ' Y f“«i ! NCWPSM 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 «% l I 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. R ?■ -v-'ivj (l —ra ! ■ -J- , ' ————- j —p—-• >— u *a -— ID 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¬ T7> ^8 ^ ■. MU -'j- . ‘i’ * 0 / f,*' ’'*J\\ tftw/rff? 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 NO. 20. 1 stN rC '* 1 * n J|p£. t . ' \ H/s&hr ^ ) j k %. l 1 ” Jj A) , wz wat.tt:u FiTEbrs. 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 * was c i. ■ rti’hStf j/ ? ifet/yk s - / /r% 1 * */// 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. 5? 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.