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i THE GERMAN AllMY.
SKETCH OF ITS MAKE UP AND
ITS HISTORY.
Change* Contemplated l*y flUmarck on
Account of the Passage of the Hepten-
Hie—How the German Soldier* are
Exercised—Some Other Matter*.
Bismarck has had his way, and for tbe next
seven years the German regular army will
consist of 438,409 men, instead of 427,*KX), as
it has Itoen for some years past. Ami this
enormous army is only the nucleus, as the iron
chancellor very pleasantly tells us—“it is only
to resist the first shock and permit the com-
pletion of the general mobilization.” 1U .
plain English, these 4(58,400 men are tbe per¬
manent peace establishment, only a guard, as
It were, to stand off the French till a real
tinny can Ik» raised; and, if necessary, they '
can put into the field utmost every man be
tween the ages of 18 and 45. What sort of a
he war must a man be looking forward to when
regards an army of nearly a half million
melt us only a nucleus?
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SKIKMlStilNU UNDER DirKICULTlES.
Th • history of this addition of 41,409 men
to the German army is a striking illustration
of tin* way they do things nowadays in the
Fatherland. Last November Bismarck in-
founts! the raichstag that the tone of France
Was threatening, and that he must l*e guar¬
anteed a larger army for seven years “to in-
sure pence. ” The Liberals in the legislative
Ltsly opposed his bill; in January it was de¬
feated; he dissolved tho reichstag at once and
ordered a new election; the people sustained
him by electing members favorable to his
bill; the hill without amendment or modifi¬
cation Iiecame a law within sixty days after
its deft at, and on the 1st of April, 1SN7. the
new m iny is an accomplished fact. Until tho
Kt of April, I SIM, the government has legal
power to maintain this enormous army in
I trace and as many more as they need in war.
It is scarcely mswsnry to add that Germany'
is now the gnat military power of the world
and her neighliors absolutely at her mercy—
unless they urgnnize in like manner. Her
army is wonderfully efficient, too, its effi¬
ciency maintained at the highest point by
constant exercise and practice of all tho evo¬
lutions of war. Our engravings represent
squads at practice. The discioliiie is very
rw
To make (he force effective the law creates
two division staff*, four brigade staffs, and
one cavalry brigade staff; and two new dl-
visions aro created, to lie known os the Thirty-
second and Thirty third divisions of the Ger-
man uriny. The 41,409 new men will be
formed into tiva full regiments and fifteen
detached battalions of infantry of the line,
one battalion of light infantry, twenty four
batteries of field artilery, twenty-one com¬
panies of foot artillery (heavy' scige) nine
companies of railway troops, one of pioneers
and fourteen of the train or supply corps.
The remaining troops will 1 k> distributed
among existing companies. And the extra
ex|»enst> for tho new troops will !>e 47,000.(»I0
marks per year «l*>ut $11,600,006. The so-
called vail wuy battalion is drilled to a very
high Slate of efficiency in Germany, as rail¬
roads «tro there run by government in time of
peace far more extensively than they ever
were here in time of war; and the pioneer
companies m like manner have charge of the
field telegraphy; so a well drilled Gorman is
not only a thorough soldier, but he has some¬
thing like u technical education as well. To
summarize, Germany now has at her com
tumid 534 battalions, 465 squadrons, .864 bat¬
teries fully horsed 31 foot luitteries, 19
pioneer niul 1 * train l»attalions, alt •■onve-
nieut to the frontier and to be readied by
telegram at ton seconds’ notice; so Bismarck
complacently informs tbe country that he
now considers himself prepared for “unfore-
scen emergencies ”
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On tho other side of the line tb« French ao
not. give us such full particulars, but lho>
have an army of very near^y the same size, >
are strniningevery nerve to got it su icien y
well drilletl and arinetl ‘to insure peace. n
fact they declare emphatically—at least Bou-
langer's last declaration nngbt l*e
translated that way—that they we de-
tertnined to hav/» peace if they have to fight
for it. But tlie French journals conft^s a
little uneasiness over tbe
man* of the reserve are being drilled in tbe
oilier ^ of the improve,! oe^ng anus rifle. among 1 ^d« the all regulars,
while even Ihe French troops of tbe regular
Mimareas yat unskilled in its l «*
S power, and it to lately ton proved
experiments tto M defe nrire work.
of * this age could stand against their
jiew guns and sheik loaded with melenire—
if the guns can be planted witbm effertivw
range. But this doubtful point makes tbe
« of first import^ «fi tto
oMSTI,
TOCCOA NEWS •
VOL. XIV.
practical results to the repeating Mauser rifle
of the German army. By many and careful
' experiments it has been proved that in active
use tbe Gras-Hebei rifle can be loaded and
twenty times per minute and with¬
out unduly heating the barrel—a very bad
gun to stand before. The war, if it comes,
will interest the civilized world as a trial of
scientific destruction. Undoubtedly some of
the battles will make horrible havoc, and we
can only say: We hope they won’t fight, but
if they do, America stands ready to sell them
( provisions and read the reports with intense
interest.
Syria’s Religion* Sects.
Syria Is strangely cut up by religious sects,
Druzes, Greeks, Mohammedans proper, Ro¬
man Catholics. Protestants, unite to form
the religious body in this land. The former
class, tbe Druzes, are an important part of
this body. Enveloped in strange superstitions
their real beliefs are hard to find. They have
long believed that heaven was in China, but
the more educated of them now smile at that
part, of their creed.—New York Commercial
Advertiser.
ACADEMY PICTURES.
A Ti*it to the Sixty-second Spring Ex¬
hibition.
A morning at the academy while the ex¬
hibition is new is not without a peculiar
charm. The artists whose pictures are there
are drawn to it irresistibly during the first
week. They are still breathing the atmos-
pliere of a fresh victory and must needs
haunt the place of glory. It cannot always
be pleasant for them to hear the comments
of visitors on their work, but it tnav some¬
times do them good, on the principle that
bitter things are often tonics. The sixty-
second spring exhibition at the National Acad¬
emy of Design opened in New York on the
1st of the month and will continue until May
14. A general cry of rejoicing goes up from
the critics of the press on the excellence
of the exhibition and the new depart-
uro taken by the academy. It lias been
doing some weeding, and the result is consid¬
ered very happy. This is universally pro¬
nounced the best exhibition ^ which has been
held for many a year. Many stones were
rejected by the builders. Out of 1,200 works
they accepted only 503 paintings and pieces
of sculpture. Artists of all schools and all
ages have lieeii accepted, and the genius of
lair play has been more active than usual.
Home of the younger artists fin1 themselves
in conspicuous centers and other coveted
places. The exhibition is smaller than usual,
a fact which is gratifying to both the artists
and the visitors. The absence of the bad in
large quantities has a happy effect.
A little picture called ‘‘Stubborn,” by Lewis
Moeller, has a preferred place in the large
south gallery, and deserves it. It represents
three old village lawyers in a wrangle over
some knotty point of law. Each one is sure
he is right and is enforcing bis opinion on the
others with violent gesture and fearful facial
expression. They have torn the cloth off the
table, have slammed a lot of old books on the
floor and are in the very highest pitch of fury.
The picture is at once a story and n repre-
Rotation. It is, too, one of the now.
tune* in subject which artwts ^ taknig ho d
of, and ts refreshing after tho simpeutqc
maids and meaningless figures they have so
long provided for us.
Another picture that has a conspicuous
place and has already, received much flatter¬
ing attention is a battle scene by Gilbert Gaul,
entitled “With Fate Against Them.” It de¬
picts a handtul of Confederate soldiers in
desperate combat with overwhelming Union
forces. They are in rags of many shades,
worn with long fighting, and without the
faintest hope of victory; but they are holding
their ground and fighting with an energy that
makes the scene glorious. The Confederate
flag is held high in the brawny arms of the
color hearer, while nearly every man around
him is on the ground wounded, but loading
and aiming at tbe enemy, with the light of
battle blazing in his eyes and a look of death¬
less determination in his haggard face. A
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column of Union forces is climbing the bill
held by these desperate few, toe Star* and
Stripes flying in triumphant splendor at the
be«d N.kbing could lie more effectively and
tntenaely tlramatic. The picture is of historic
, I value besutet. as it portrays the spirit which
anjnmtwl lhft so|(liers of ,. tbe |ost cause.”
^ fhe wl . r j^ or j s a branch of Roman
il i nK>tw t blossoms, priced at ♦1,000, by George
Hall, which, as a flower piece, is at
^ unique >n subject and exquisite in work-
niansn j„ \y H Hilliard has a small buuch
^ Italian roses, which excites the admiration
f Ms fnf , nt jiy brother artists for its re-
rlfa h| e charm of color. Two Holland
' of h »s are also exhibited.
Mj Florenco A. Francis has a bend and
of Portia in the corridor, which is one
flee r,i r tures in tbe academy. The
is fine, strong and glorious m its self
^ Tl.e eyes are brown or tawny, tlie
a delicate, dustv ml, aui the rol*e
ve ll 0 w satin. Miss 'Francis is of English
wbte pictures of the etreet
of N „„ york are relebmted, has.
-Rrofesskmal Pride,’’ which w
his It repi-esents a l>ootblack
shoe which shines with a most
He pinion is admiring it extrava-
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Devoted to News, Politics, Agriculture and General Progress.
TOCCOA, GA., APRIL 15, 1887.
SIOUX AND cnilTEWAY.
NORTHERN INDIANS AND THEIR CA-
PACITY FOR CIVILIZATION.
The School at Port Totten Conducted
by the Gray Nun* of Montreal—Some¬
thing About the Language of the
Sioux—Half Breeds at Turtle Mountaiu.
The recent progress of the Indians in the
northwest territories of the United States,
SLlisoTt^LTsfro^the'lhlfh^ve at-
WATSSSST * i.u .. a ii “ i bo “■ “ ,fcrestM
In Dakota the greatest progress in civilizing
the Sioux has been made at the Devil’s lake
agency and reserve, where the Cathead, Sis-
setonand Wahpeton Sioux are mingled. As-
sociation and intermarriage have, however,
almost abolished all distinction between these
bands. They not only carry on extensive
farming operations, but do much other work
and keep their children in school.
The commodious school and boardinghouse
at Fort Totten (headquarters of tbe
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order was founded , . , m . Montreal „ m l. 14 by the
Veuve (widow) D’\ ouville, aud their special
work west of there is teaching Indians, l ney
do not take saints’ mimes, as in other orders;
each is known by her family name, tin cs>
there are two of the Name, then one is given
a saint’s name. The Sioux call them Uee-
nok-ehce-waii-ka, meanmg the women who
pray. And the priest is &heena-Sahpa, the
old time title of Black Gown. lh eG.ioux
language is said to be easy to acquire, and
the sisters give tins analysts of its gramtnai.
In a Sioux sentence the most important word
invariably comes first without regard to
its place in our grammar. Tbe title or pro-
noun of the person spoken to usually comes
next, as a matter of politeness. .The other
words stand in the order of their importance,
unless one is put last to give.pt a sharp accent
or jog the attention; and as the importance
of the words varies in different minds, there
is practically no fixed syntax. Thus, where we
would sav, “Did you sell the horse at town?”
a Sioux would put it, “Horse you town at did
sell?” If the boys and girls, on coming into
the. school, have a name established, the sis¬
ters retain it and translate it in common talk;
otherwise they bestow a plain Caucasian .
name, and are as fast as possible getting such
names introduced generally. So of two males
in the dormitory one is John Adams and the
other Hay-hateka-hi-o-was-ta, or elk-with-a-
fine-voice. As the Sioux is i
has the sound of ee,
c t)f cli, e of long a
and s, with a dot,
of ah, With this
guide the reader
may make the ac¬
quaintance of class
A—big girls and
boys—as follows:
Shunkakewakan
-— Dogav i th holy-
spirit ?;-face.
T a H li i tiahihote-
win— Gray -s hawl
girl.
N a kp a gina—
Brown-ears.
Wieetena—S u n-
beam.
Sbipte-Iteedb.
Wohinva— Bad -
temper.'
A kicitamani-Walking-soldier.
Hrmtfijnazawm—Iron-leaf (girl).
Omsk a-First-boy.
Winona—First-girl.
Makato— Blue-earth.
Ska Onpanwastewin-Pretty-buffalo. win — White-girl (a half breed),
Howastena—Good-voice.
Wieite—Face.
Win means woman or girl, whether at tbe
first or last of the word. Of course, Indian
names are often duplicated, as they are given
either as a description of tbe person, or in
honor of some event near the date of birth,
or of some achievement, or, indeed, for any
other notable fact, and so we find tbe same
'r., na * e<1 feloux ' ^ a RatedmiCe-tec «ain*in tne lace, ? 0 a a
Jort' TcSSf „ are „ tbi ° Turlte ' ’ Moun
tain lialf hreetls, just now involved in
some trouble with the local authorities in i*e-
gard to the payment of taxes. They inherit
^eentfrelJ^Md 5 .„d drawn ftill.'Srt!
A boy of tbeir ftock should certainly by one ox.
happiest be the
of the boy kind, as be is never com
celled to wash in cold weather have hi* ,
nor ;
hair cut oftener than once a year. H ls
.
“ISiloelv,
are conducted by 10
of the Gray Nuns
o Montreal, under
Mother Mane Rose
Clap... 1 hey have
thirty-three hoy s
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school in the east-
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le c i cien s , iow
remarkaWe talent
for drawing and
"™ s,c ' a " d a " ,ons
these are Warn-
"rV*r Sti
good-voice), hhun-
kaitewaknn (dog-
with - a -spirit-face)
and serial other
lads, who, if they
retain their aborig¬
inal names, will
certainly be men of
letters.
T hose teachers
are Sisters ot Char-
lty, but not o
regular Order _
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breed boy.
Lranches Chippeways are well advanced, and several
of the great Cree race are fully
^nd"iii?int 1 !inin- fineV.'nU^of Vattlf
e theory h the^UmtS
pet \n
southern Indians were the more amenable to
civilization, such as the Cherokees, Choc-
taws and Pueblos, for instance; but Canada’s
experience with the Crees and the good
sisters success with the Sioux have certainly
exploded that theory.
Tlie Mysterious riain of Plato.
The evldeuce thafc a slight atmosphere of
son,e sort f i!1 ex ^ s u f° u the moon conl | ,mes
to accumulate. Ihe latest observation bear-
®* ■«»r'?"t<* n S l and. who, on Feb. 1, saw the JJi shadows ; E of
">™ of mountain peaks on the western
waU ot ,the great oval lunar plain called Fluto
strangely Blurred and indistinct ''hcio t ey
fell across the level, fhis plain of I lato i» a
region of mystery, and strange, almost lnex-
pliable phenomena have several times been
witnessed there. New \ ork Sun.
A MONUMENT OF GRATITUDE.
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A citizen of Toledo Who Paid for a
t4 . .i. a Memorv
*■, 1 — J. Finlay wa,
“ , „ llat WM then the little
f ToledoOr-ving ,,is host to make a lie-
* succeeding most indifferently, he
f , , , We by Jamcs B . steed-
mao wUoW «.thM.ln « position of wealth
and influence, and from that beginning Fin-
lay ^ has acquired a fortune.
, n afto ytanvoB fame
and distinction, became a major general in
war, where
ne served his coun-
wel , and
earoed the tttlo lib
friends bestowed
„ in ,_ lh , hero
Of Chic,tan,„„ga.
mark in journal¬
ism. When he
died, at the age of
66 , Gen. Kteedman
was Toledo’s chief
of police. The
young Irishman,
thrived
under the patronage of his friend. He loved
t[)e genera j j n )if 0 , mourned his death and has
always felt aml shown his gratitude. To
make a permanent monument of his grateful
remem y, ran( . 6i un( i to do what the city should
have doiie to commemorate the life and deeds
of a distinguished citizen, Mr. Finlay resolved
to devote tho sum of $25,000 to erecting, in
stone ^ j,. on an d bronze, a memorial that should
be a ^ eauty to the city as well as a tribute to
friend.
Artists and sculptors were and
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WILLIAM J. FINLAY.
closed on its upper surface by an iron railing,
supports in its center tlie square granite shaft
on which, stands tlie statue. Stone steps lead
from the stree t to the floor of the base, and a
heavv j rou ra .ilmc: T with massive stone posts,
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surro uuds tho who \ e ,
The sculptor’s work was placed in position
a few days ago, and after being photo¬
graphed by McKeehnie & Oswald it was cov-
ered, to remain so until May 26, when it will
be unveiled with great ceremony, assisted by
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gks sTeedman’s monument
invited well known military men Mr. Fin-
, nf)w growing old and infirm, feels great
satisfaction tlrimonial over seeing the completion of his
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JOSEPH H. BRADLEY,
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Death of the Man Who Defended) John
II. Surratt.
Tho death of Joseph H. Bradley, the vet-
eran j awV er of Washington city, at the age
0 f 94 , brings to two of tbe
most no ted trials in
p lte history—that
0 f j 0 fi n H. Sur-
ratt f or alleged
nmiSer licity in the
of Lincoln,
Harris,' in 1865, for
killing a faithless
i OV er The interest
ia second case
ihe aoquittal of
Miss Harris, Mr.
R ra dieV y man ied
ber he being a widower. By bis first wife,
forraerlv H^CoTn. Miss Lucy S Sherman had five Tuttle, chUdren, of New of
whom but two survived him, Thomas
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GEN. STEED.VAN.
the result was the
erection, on a small
triangular lot and
most conspicuous
site in Toledo, of a
menu-
inent G f y el , non t
granite, surmount¬
ed by a bronze
statue of General
Kteedman, heroic
size, in all standing
twenty-five
feet high. Around
granite base twon-
t.y feet in diameter
and four feet high
from the street, in-
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present at his death. It was the peculiar for-
tune of the deceased lawyer to be connected
at wkle5y sc P arated periods with several
1
history of the United States He was born
in Washington, March 23, 1803, while Ins
father, Abraham Bradley, was first assistant
postmaster general—nn office be held almost
cont imially from Washington to Jackson,
From m] tf> ym Jos h was employed in
tbe office of the clerk of the supreme court of
the S ^ tes; il J | he for'fifty'vea^
" ^ "an ‘active° lawver^ru^id.i. he”was doa ' In
1831, and for some' years after. cor-
,• tt n o V for that v^l«r„r citv • he was as-
e
fense of Miss j Iarris a „j hisS skill prevented
tfae convif , tjon cf Surratt.
Tbjg last cnS0t ^.. haps, made him best
known to the country at large, as there was,
and sti ij j s> j n the public mind a vast
amonnt G f uncertainty about that case; tks
convictioit a nd hanging of Mrs Surratt
ou substantially the same evidence—cer-
tainly no stronger—as that which was
brought against her son, who was not
convicted, left a very painful impression
—an impression heightened recently by the
fact tt,a one of the fbbf .lew- .against
>’« 1 >“ l ’ e ™ detecto m .llegn prac ,c^ It
presided «■». * ren.emteml at the trial of that bu,ratt,d.s Judge I; she, n M. o
aned
Bradley from further practice ... the district
“lor d.sloyalty^to the government ... defend.
mg Surratt. Bradley challenged the judge,
who, however, paid noattention to it. Brad-
ley was reinstated a feh- years later.
A New Belt for Sullivan.
The presentation belt to bo tendered to
John L. Sullivan, champion pugilist of the
world, is being rapidly completed.
The trophy vail be the most magnificent
ever made, and will, when finished, cost over
$10,003. It is forty-two inches long and is
made in plates of gold sixteen carats line. It
is studded with 300 diamonds, weighing from
three carats to one-half carat, and on the
plates Sullivan will be inscribed the names of all the
men has met, the date and place of
lighting, battle.—Now number of rounds and length of the
York Herald.
ISAAC H. MAYNARD,
The New Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury,
8am R nlK ] a n spo ke of Second Comptroller
Q f Treasury Mavnard as the mo tel officer
c f the government,” saying that his bureau
m ,vhtbetakenasanexaniplefortheothcr
divisions of the government service all
alon 7 „ the lina T i,js opinion is general in
the t vasurV department. Maynard made an
exce ji ent second comptroller and he will make
a very good assistant secretary of the treasury,
j n t j, j e ssconr i comptroller’s office, lie got
ueav ‘ y twice the work out‘of the employes
they l)ad been doing in the past, and
h< , d id this without increasing their
hours or overtaxing their strength. It
was done the of
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ISAAC H. MAYNARD.
labors therein were equal to those of a dozen
clerks. He has the power of enthusing others
with his spirit of industry, and makes his as¬
sistants work together with him. As assistant
secretary of the treasury this influence will be
widened, and it wall probably extend through¬
out the whole department.
Isaac H. Maynard is now 45 years of age.
He is of Scotch English descent, and his
grandfather was a soldier in the revolution.
He is a pleasant looking, well formed, bright
eyed man. He has a broad, high forehead, a
rather*straigbt nose, a fresh, rosy complex¬
ion and a very pleasant, emphatic way of
talking. He shakes liis head as he grows in¬
terested in conversation, and he shows a large
amount of information on almost all sul>-
jects. He is a well bred man and is highly
cultured. He is a graduate of Amherst col¬
lege and has made himself noted as a lawyer.
He has a wonderful faculty of extracting in¬
formation from books by running rapidly
through them. Ho reads by irages rather
than by b.» and oorde. Ho <-aU-b™ .<leo»
qrnckiy, and m preparing a cose he rone
through he book, and thendirtate, bB dea-
SKms ° jlss no jJ a l ) f • ^
“I!!®?^ 1^ f a tl.Jv ,,
aveuttere< ’ acd he surprises every J one here
lx facility njfv wffh n - th which „, cb he he do does his tbwo.k work
traders i ant s io^ o m. -
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him, and is high, toned in all bis Healing*,
never usm S s, ^S ana never swearing He ls
an expert mathematician. Many of the cal-
culations of Ins last report were made men-
tally while he w*a* writing it, and he can solve
problems m Ins bead whic -1 require ordinal y
cremators to use paper and pencil,
Assistant becretary Maynard is vei-y quiet
and domestic 111 ln» tastes. He »oart s a
Washington, Jnmg at No. 2-t aye e
square, within a stone s throw of the trea«iry
department He has a wife and one child, a
Idtle gn 1. His wife spends only a portion of
the time at M ashington. and she prefers their
borne at S^mford, N Y to the capital
Clt - V - Stamford is a little village about
twenty-five miles from Delhi. There May-
bard has a fine country home with ten or
and a stable containing evveral well bred
horses ,n the rear. Mr. Maynard spends his
vacations here, and he lovaalh takes them 111
Beptemlter.
Mr. Maynard was deputy attorney genera!
during tbe last year of President Cleveland s
reside,,oe at Albany. As soetr. his relatio,»
-h “tylTdS Wm^henTe
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JOB OFFICE
We are Prepared to Print
LETTER HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
STATEMENTS
| CIRCULARS.
land deeds,
mortgage
NO. 36.
the met hods of the
department. May-
n a r d is pre-em¬
inently a man of
order and system.
He has an anal¬
ytical mind, and
lie can see at a
glance tbe quick¬
est. and best way
to do things. He
is a man of quick
powers,
and they say
at the second
co m p t roller’s of¬
fice that his own
him „ „ the . position . _ of ......
gave the second comp- .
trailer of the treasury. He w also a strong
^^el^tiOM *t^Gtoveraior Tildeu duringhw
lifetime,
THE SENIOR METHODIST BISHOP.
Uev. Thomas Bowman, D.D.—HI* Life
and His Work.
^ The senior bishop of the Methodist Episeo-
kone <rf the bJt beloved mm in'thaTgreat
denomination, which constitutes more than
one-third of all the Protestants in this coun-
try. lie is ««*.L^ 70 years old, and is a native of
educated, from t*™**
Dickinson
He connected him-
self with the church
at ail early age. He
studied law for a
y ear * but his bias
toward the mmis-
fry was not to be
overcome, and m
Julyi U he le-
ceived a license to
preach. He became
the agent of the
Pennsylvania Colo-
nization society,
and traveled exten¬
After a
year or so of work in the Baltimore confer*
ence he taught the grammar school in Dickin¬
son college, l>ut he impaired his health so
that he was placed among the superannuated
ministers. In 1 S 48 , however, he began work
again as a professor in Dickinson seminary in
Williamsport, Pa., over which he presided
for ten years to the great benefit of tbe insti¬
tution. In 1358 he was eleeted president of
the Indiana Asoury university, and he did
excellent work there until 1872, when he was
elected bishop. He was chaplain of the United
States senate in 1864 and 1865, and in the sum¬
mer of 1804 he attended the British Wesleyan
conference as a delegate fov this country. He
was also a member of the general conferences
of 1868 and 1872. His duties as bishop have
taken him to every part of the United States,
and he has traveled extensively abroad. Two
colleges have given him the degree of D. D.
He has resided in St. Louis since 1872, but he
traveled eastward this spring to preside
over the Baltimore ccnferencOi No man
has more friends. The wonderful charm
of bis conversation, the beautiful sim¬
plicity of his character, and the slight,
venerable figure, crowned with a drift of
snowy liair, all draw attention and excite
interest and respect. Bishop Bowman tell*
all young ministers not to write or read ser¬
mons, but to learn to preach extemporane¬
ously. He makes an excellent presiding offi¬
cer, and all newspaper men who know him
consider him a personal friend. Tho bishop
never went to the theatre but once, and that
was in Boston to see Forrest He said be
prayed to be forgiven for that
A Destructive Explosive.
Tho Rev. Mr. Donohue has been made a
lieutenant in the French army by Gen. Bou¬
langer in return for having invented a do*
structive explosive to be used in torpedo war¬
fare. He has decided to call Iiis new inven¬
tion “carbonated glycerine.” He says that ili
has ten times the destructive power possessed-
bv nitroglycerine, and can be bandied with a
great deal more safety.—Home Journal.
Kage for High Building*.
Architects s;>e&k often of tbe rage for very
high buildings when there is ho urgent need
for them. Western cities with plenty ot
ground are copying after New York city,
where high buildings are a necessity.
Monument. - Sj
Geu. Johnston’s
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Hi
T be monument to Gen. Albert Sidney
Jobnrton . „ bich WM nareHed a»
, iu thecomp.raU.elytew
t . quL , tl an sWtoe , tbe onnntry, «rn,e ot
the otbei-s being In honor* of Washington,
.Scott, Jackson, Thomas, McPherson and
Bolivar ' Tlie sta J ue t f > Gen ' Johnston
$30,000, $20,000 of which . sum was contrib-
^ by meniber8 of tbe Array of the Tenne*-
gee, who regard Gen. Johnston's bravery and
c \,i va l,y, as displayed on the Confederate side
durin the civil war , with loving enthusiasm.
^ he g enera i rode a Lexington stallion when
fae died at Shiloh, and tbe grandson of the
hoi ^ wa s used in securing the action of the
horsc in the s t a tue.
gir horses were employed in getting a cor-,
m . t mode i The statue is tbe work of Mr.
Doy) e? the well known sculptor, and his work
^ S p 0 ken of as highly successful,
The feature of the unveiling was the speech
mftde b y Jefferson Davis, which lias already
^ } reported by the telegraph,
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