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WASHINGTON LETTER
[Special Correspondence.]
A census of Washington taken just
now would find the population of the
city very considerably reduced. At
this time a great number of colored
people emigrate to shore and mountain
Jowns north and east of this section
for summer service. Crowds of them
go to the seashore, and others seek
the Saratoga and other springs for em¬
ployment as waiteis. Not a few color¬
ed girls also find employment in hotel
service away from Washington, some
of them going to the old Virginia
springs, not far away from their
homes. The experience is doubly at¬
tractive. It affords opportunity to
travel and see the world, and it takes
the waiters into the section where tips
are more liberal than they are in
Washington, in summer at least. The
wages demanded and obtained, regard¬
less of experience or aptitude on the
part of the servant, are tempting and
tend to yearly Increase the average es¬
timation of worth in the servant. Many
of the Washington negroes become en¬
titled to claim this town as a resi¬
dence by merely passing through it on
their way from Virginia or North Caro¬
lina, and a very considerable propor¬
tion of them will be paid for taking
their first lessons in waiting upon ta¬
ble. Most of them will return. There
is no city in the country in which so
many of them can live in comfort
with little continuous physical exer¬
tion. It is a tradition that no Virginia
born negro who has reached Washing¬
ton ever voluntarily returns to his na¬
tive state. Since the introduction of
“crow cars” in that state there has
been a decided falling off in the num¬
ber of negro visitors across the Poto¬
mac.
Atlantic Transport Service.
The abandonment of the Atlantic
fleet of government transports was de¬
termined upon by the war department
after the most careful consideration of
all sides of the question as they have
been presented to the secretary of war.
It was not surprising to the war de-
pnrtment that opposition was made by
the officers who have contributed to
upbuilding the transportation system
and who have made it what it is, but
mere pride of construction has not been
permitted to cloud the mind of the head
of the war department or to deter him
in bringing about that gradual reduc¬
tion of expenses that the country will
expect as the result of the disappear¬
ance of war conditions and the necessi¬
ties arising from such conditions.
The war department has considered
the statements of facts and figures pre¬
sented to sustain the Atlantic transport
service and lias made a decision op¬
posed to the conclusions of the quarter¬
master general’s department.
Inventors Besiege War Department.
The monk in Howells’ “Foregone
Conclusion” who approached the
American consul at Venice with the
model of an impracticable gun which
he wished our government to buy was
only a fair type of a class who have
kept the war department files pretty
well laden with their correspondence
ever since the outbreak of the war with
Spain.
The devices which the government
has been importuned to adopt include
among other things tents so cunningly
constructed as to enable the occupants
to regulate their temperature mechan¬
ically, making them as warm as de¬
sired in winter, but positive cold stor¬
age chambers In summer. These, it is
urged, would make the troops quite in¬
dependent of climate and enable them
to campaign w ith equal comfort on the
chilliest levels in Alaska and in the
most humid and enervating heat of the
tropics. Stoves have been offered
which could be folded like cameras and
tucked away in unused crevices in the
wagons that carried camp equipage,
but taken out and set up in almost no
time and put to service for both cook¬
ing and heating. The greatest sort of
a sanitary appliance, however, was a
pocket canteen offered to Secretary Al¬
ger when the news reached this coun¬
try of the peril of the troops from a pol¬
luted water supply. To get water into
the canteen was simplicity itself, but
all that came out had to pass through
a miniature filter warranted to cleanse
it of impurities and make the foulest
liquid thoroughly wholesome for bu-
man consumption.
Otit of the Service.
The order issued recently by the war
department honorably discharges a
number of volunteer officers as follows:
_ Major _ .
Generals „ Shafter and Wood, to
take effect June 30.
Brigadier Generals Barry and Bar¬
ber, to take effect June 30.
Brigadier Generals Whitside, Bell,
Bird, Hare, Long, Ballanee and Bliss,
to take effect June 20. *
Volunteer Brigadier General James
F. Smith also is discharged, to take ef¬
fect June 30, bat he will continue as
collector of the port of Manila.
Some of the discharges were fixed
for June 20 In order to allow a number
of other officers to be appointed briga-
dier generals before the expiration of
the law providing for the volunteer
army. Thia will give the officers to be
appointed the title of general. The
secretary considers these appointments
in the native of brevets.
Maiate Etplodon Claims.
A claim las been filed with the Span¬
ish claims commission in behalf of
Harry McCann, a seaman on the ill
fated Maine when she was blown up in
Havana hafbor. asking $10,000 for in¬
juries sustained by him in consequence
of the explosion. A claim of $20,000
has been tiled in behalf, of Catherine
Burns, whose sou, a corporal cf ma¬
rines, was killed by the same explo¬
sion". Butler and Harwood of New
York city, who filed the claims, base
them on the ground that Spain directly
or by reason of negligence was respon¬
sible for the explosion.
Carl Schofield.
NEW DECATUR’S BIG FIRE.
Complete List of the Losses and Insur¬
ance.
New Decatur, Ala., May 21 .—A $50,-
000 fire visited that part of New Decatur
known as South Town Sunday morning
at 2 o’clock. An entire business block
was destroyed.
The losses are: S. H. Harper, groce¬
ries and feed stuff, $ 2 , 000 , insurance,
fl.ObO; Albert Fulgham, news stand-
1200; Puckett & Co., $ 1 , 000 , no insur¬
ance; P. C. Gaston, drugs, $1,000; Mar¬
tin, shoeshep, $500; Fromholt Grocery,
$600; A. J. Walker & Co., $7,000, in¬
surance, fectioners, $5,000; Warwick Bros., con¬
Moore, $600, insurance, $400; A. A.
groceries. $ 3 , 000 , insurance, $ 1 ,-
000; R. Wilkerson, barbershop, $500; J.
M. Clark, butcher, $500, no insurance;
T. C. Howell, restaurant, $300; Dr. T.
G. Hughes, $300, no insurance; Nute
Martin, clothing, $ 200 .
Losses on buildings: C. H. Austin,
$2,200, insurance, $1,000; J. L. Echols,
two stores, $ 2 , 000 , insurance unknown;
L. B. Wyatt, $ 10 , 000 , insurance, $5,000;
J. L. Brock, $2,500, insurance, $1,500;
A. A; Moore, $2,500: insurance, $880; J.
M. Clark, $1,000, insurance, $500; Mrs.
H. C. Speake, $2,500, no insurance
learned.
The burned district will be rebuilt at
once in 2-story bricks. Origin of the
fire unknown.
ORDER OF GOLDEN CROSS.
Cupreine Commandery In Session In
Knoxville, Term.
Knoxville, May 23.— The supreme
commandery of the United Order of the
Golden Cross is holding its twenty-fifth
annual session in Knoxville. The su¬
preme officers’ annual reports show the
order to be in good condition, financially
and otherwise. The session will con¬
tinue until Friday. About 200 visiting
members of the orders are attending.
The 50 delegates to the supreme com¬
mandery represent 12 states. The vis¬
itors were given a public reception last
night attended by several hundred cit¬
izens.
Tnis meeting is the silver anniver¬
sary of the founding of the order. It
was founded in Knoxville by Dr. J. H.
Morgan. It has grown till it now num¬
bers over 600 subordinate commanders
and 4,000 members. It was the fiftieth
beneficiary Men order founded in this coun¬
try. and women are admitted on
equal terms. It is a temperance as well
as insurance organization. The organ¬
ization is exceptionally strong in the
New England states.
CONDUCTORS HEARD FROM.
The Home Contingent Receives News
From Excursionists.
Macon, May 22. —Railway conductors
in Macon have received news from the
conductors of this city, Atlanta and
other points in the state, who with
members of their families have been in
attendance on the session of the na¬
tional order, w T hich is being held in St.
PauL
Tney report that they are having a
delightful time. They are now euroute
via the Northern Pacific to Yellowstone
park, and will remain until May 24
viewing the park. From the park they
will go to Cinnabar, Portland, San
Francisco, Salt Lake, Glen wood Springs,
Denver, St. Louis, Louisville, Nashville,
Chattanooga and back to Atlanta and
Macon, which they are scheduled to
reaoli on June 9.
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
Swiss Lady Weds a North Carolina
Widower.
Raleigh, May 21 .—Miss Marie Pfring
came from Switzerland to the village of
Faith, in Rowan county, to marry J. F.
Wyatt, a well-to-do widower of that
place, who owns and operates large
granite quarries.
Correspondence began in a matrimo¬
nial journal brought about the mar¬
riage. The bride-elect saw her groom-
eleot’s very substantial possessions and
was also pleased with his personal ap-
pearance.
She had m her letters stated that she
was an accomplished musician. Ex-
perts were invited by Mr. Wyatt to hear
her play. They said her claims were
W ell founded. The marriage followed \
at once.
ELEVEN ARE UNDER ARREST
Negroes Charged With Complicity In
Murder of Boylston.
Birmingham, Ala., May 21.—Eleven
negroes are under arrest at Pratt City
in connection with the murder of G. A.
Boylston of Atlanta, who was held up
and robbed by four negro highwaymen
at that place on Saturday night and
afterwards shot to death by one of the
highwaymen. Coroner Paris is making
a searching investigation into the mur-
w.i^i’ret * ”” ° nt “° thU18 PUb '
he fu u erai of Hr. Boylston occurred
yesterday, the interment being at Pratt
City cemetery. Epoch lodge. No. 57.
Knights of Pythias, directed tae iuuerai
which was conducted with Pythian
honors. ,
THE HOflE GOLD CURE.
AN INGENIOUS TREATMENT BY
WHICH DRUNKARDS ARE BE¬
ING CURED DAILY IN S^ITE
OF THEMSELVES.
NO NOXIOUS DOSES. NO WEAK-
eNING OF THE NERVES A PI.EAS-
ANT AND POSITIVE CURE
FOR THE LIQJJOR HABIT
It is now generally known and
understood that JDrunkenness is a
disease and not weakness. A body
filled with poison, and nerves com¬
pletely shattered bv periodical or
constant use of intoxicating liquors
requires an antidote capable of
neutralizing and eradicating this
poison, and destroying the craving
for intoxicants. Sufferers may
now cure themselves at home with¬
out publicity or loss of time from
business by this wonderful“HOME
GOLD CURE” which has been
perfected after many years of close
study andjtreatment of inebriates.
The faithful use according to di¬
rections of this wonderful discov¬
ery is positively h guaranteed to cure
tlie most obstinate case, no matter
how hard a drinker. Our records
show the marvelous transforma¬
tion of thousands of drunkards in¬
to sober, industrious and upright
men.
Wives, cure your husbands!!!
Children, cure your fathers! ! This
remedy is in no sense a nostrum
but is a specific for this disease
only, and is so skilfully devised
and prepared that it is thourough-
lv soluble and pleasant to the
taste, so that it can be given in a
cup of tea or coffee without the
knowledge of the person taking it.
Thousands of drunkards have cur¬
ed themselves by this priceless
remedy, and as many more have
been cured ..nd made temperate
men by having the “CURE” ad¬
ministered by loving friends and
relatives without their knowledge
in coffee or tea, and believe today
that they discontinued drinking of
their own free will. Do not wait.
Do not be deluded by apparent^ and
misleading “improvement.” Drive
out the disease at once and for all
time. The “HOME GOLD CURE’
is sold at the extremely low price
of one Dollar, thus placing within
reach' ot everybody a treatment
more effectual than others costing
$25 to $50. Full directions accom¬
pany each package. Special ad¬
vice by skilled physicians when re¬
quested without extra charge.
Sent prepaid to any part of the
world on receipt of one dollar. Ad¬
dress Dept. Edwin B. Giles &
Company, 2330 and 2332) Market
Street, Philadrlphia.
All correspondence strictly con¬
fidential.
Knocked Down and Robbed.
Gibson, Ga., May 21.-—'Yesterday Pe¬
ter L. Hadden, a prominent farmer and
sawmill man, who resides in the norfch-
ern pJir t 0 f Glasscock county, was
knocked down with a fence rail by
Frank Rhodes, an employee, and robbed
0 f $ 20 . The difficulty arose over a dis-
pute about a demand Rhodes claimed
against Hadden for labor. Hadden is
paralyzed from the lick and is not ex¬
pected to live. The sheriff is in pursuit
of Rhodes, who has not been arrested.
Dam Across Uh><ttahoochee.
Columbus, Ga., May 18.—The City
Mills company will in a day or' two let
the contract for a $50,000 stone dam
across the Chattahoochee river, replac¬
ing rheir present wooden dam. The
dam is to be completed by January 1 ,
1003. After this improvement the com¬
pany will build a new elevator and
warehouse.
Drank AJcobol and Died.
Thomasville, Ga., May 21. — Ben
Weedeu, a negro banjo player, was
found late yesterday afternoon in a
backyard in Sandy Bornnn in an uncon-
scions condi:n>n from drinking alcohol.
A physician was summoned, but when
he arrive a vVeeden was dead.
Imted Presbyterians*
Des Moines, May 22 —This evening
£ enera * assembly of the United
Tres by; -»: an ck urc b o f N or rh A merica
will convene in this city. The sessions
will occupy all this week and part of
next The meeting will be important
from r i e standpoint of suggested
change a the creed,
(iCSh liilis feiroud.
Rocxmakt, Ga., May 22.—J. J. Goss
kiUed Mi btro “ Q near here Monday,
Stron ‘ was a oa GrOSS '
Til ey our about a well Goss has
beet: a o l
Legal . YTT planks 7~ ali kinds for
oi
sale at tills office.
nUMUK Of THE HOUR
Ex’)!njnod.
“Yes, Henry, I know I’m a silly girl
and don’t go in for politics and all that
kind of thing as you do. blit I will do
my best to make you a good wife, and
you can teach me all about them, you
know.”
“So I can, my darling,” lie cried
rapturously, “and 3011 will be an apt
pupil, I am sure. Of course it won’t
come all at once, but you will soon be
able to play the hostess to my friends
as well as any of their wives. Suppose
we w r ere to begin now?”
“Oh, yes, do! Now, there’s one thing
I never could understand. What do
they mean by ‘reciprocity?’ You must
explain it in a simple manner, Henry,
or I shall not comprehend.”.
“I will,” said he fondly. “It amounts
to this: You receive something and
give something in return. Suppose
you give me a kiss (like this), then I
should return it (like this). That’s
reciprocity. Do you understand?”
“Oh, yes! Isn’t it nice!” exclaimed
the unsophisticated damsel. “Now I
know* why women afe so anxious to get
into parliament.”—London Spare Mo¬
ments.
Making Sore of It.
Host—I hate to send you out in such
a blustering night as this is, old fellow.
Guest—It is raining pretty hard. I
say, couldn’t you lend me your um¬
brella?
Host—Certainly, and— er—I think I’ll
walk home with you myself. I really
need the exercise.—Stray Stories.
A Social Heretic.
“Don’t you kinder hanker after re¬
spectability now an den?” asked Plod¬
ding Pete.
“Oh, I dunno,” answered Meandering
Mike. “Sometimes I t’ink dut respecta¬
bility ain’t much more dan permission
to work hard for what us people gits
for nothin.”—Washington Star.
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Bake, be more careful. Smith! Remem-
her, you’ve the
Encouraging a Young; One.
“You are wanted in a hurry at Mr.
Gazzam’s,” cried the messenger breath¬
lessly.
“Are you sure they sent for me?”
asked young Dr. Killiam.
“Yes. They said you couldn’t do any
harm, as Mr. Gazzam’s dying now.”-
Philadelphia Press.
Wise In Hie Location.
“Lived here all your life, Uncle
Dave?”
“Yes, suh.”
“Never tried to lynch you?”
“No, suh. De neighborhood wliat I
live in ain’t rich enough fer rope.”-At-
lanta Constitution.
A Great Preface.
Publisher—I fear your hook is too
short. It consists of only 40 pages.
Author—Oh, 1 explain all that in the
preface.
Publisher—What length is it?
Author—Five hundred pages, sir.—
Ohio State Journal.
Peace at Any Price.
“She said I was to return all her let¬
ters.”
* Did you?”
*• I coaxed her to make lip with me.
How could I let her know *• badn’\ kept
them?”—Chicago Record-Herald.
Definition.
“Father.” said the little boy. “what
does ‘credulous dupe’ mean?”
“My son, it means a man who leaves
his umbrella at borne because the
weather prediction is ‘fair.’ ’’—Wash¬
ington Star.
Cause and Effect.
“What a sour look young Bucking¬
ham seems to have lately!”
“Well, yeti enn’t blame him He’s
been jilted by that neb pickle
daughter, you know.”— Chicago Rec-
nrd.I I prti Id
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Thi. signature is on every boj of the genuihe
Laxative Bromo-Qmnine Tablets da$
the remedy that cures » cold In on®
THE CAROLINA MONUMENT.
Ou Chlckamauga Park Work of He-
Will Be Marked. r -e
roes
Columbia, S. O., May 22.—On nest
Monday the monument to the South
Carolina soldiers who fell at Chicka-
manga will be unveiled on that battle-
field. The unvei ing will bring to
Chickamauga a large crowd of confed-
veterans trom this state, who will
be accompanied by the governor and
his staff and a regiment of ssate troops.
The regiment will be under command
of Colonel Wilie Jones of the Second
South Carolina, and will be composed
of companies from the First and Second
regiments of the South Carolina volun¬
teer troops. Carolina contingent will
The South
leave Columbia Sunday morning and
go by the way of Asheville and Knox¬
ville to Chattanooga. The veterans’
train over the Southern will leave Co¬
lumbia Sunday afternoon and go via
Atlanta, arriving in Chattanooga in
ample time to land the old soldiers in
Memphis for the opening of the general
reunion of the confederate veterans.
Tr.jops Leave Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 22.—The
situation in the city is quiet. One more
military company left for home yester¬
day and only the three Jacksonville
companies and the crews of the two
revenue cutters, the Forward and the
Hamilton, remaiu here. Three thou¬
sand people were supplied with food
yesterday from the commissaries and
clothing was given to about 500. Build¬
ing has commenced, and as soon as tools
^au be secured there will be plenty of
work for everybody.
A WORTHY SUCCESSOR.
“Something New Under the Sun.”
All Doctors have tried to cure
Catarrh by the use of powders,acid
gases, inhalers and drugs in paste
form. Their powders dry up the
mucuous membranes, cause them
to crack open and bleed. The pow¬
erful acids used in ti._ ; i»>alers have
entirely eaten away the same mem¬
branes that their makers have aimed
to cure while pastes and ointments
can not reach the disease. An old
and experienced practitioner who
has for many years nade a close
study and specialty of the treat¬
ment of Catarrh lias at last perfect¬
ed a Treatment which, when faith¬
fully used, not only relieves at once
but permanently cures Catarrh by
removing the cause, slopping the
discharges and curing all inflam-
mat ion. It is the only remedy
known to science that actually
reaches t he afflicted parts. This
wonderful| remedy is known,as
“Snuffles the Guaranteed Catarrh
Cure” and is sold at the extremely
low price of One Dollar, each
containing internal and external
medicine sufficient for a full month
treatment and every thing neces—
sary to its perfect use. Snuffles
is the only perfect Catarrh cure
ever made and is now recognized
as the only safe and positive cure
for th ., t a „ nov j n „ a „d di.jnisli.ur
ji It cures all infiammati o 1 «
quicklyand permanently and isabo
wonderfully quick to relieve Ilay
Fever or cold in the Head. Catarrh
when negelected often leads to
Consumption, l ( Snuffles J 1 will save
you if you use it at once. It is no
prdinary remedy but a complete
treatment which Catarrh is positively
guaramed to cure in any
form cr stage if n-ed according to di
reciion accompaning each package.
Dont delay but send for it at
at once, and write full particulars
as to your condition and you will
receive special advice from the dis-
C overer of this wonderful remedy
regarding your case without cost
to you beyond the regular price
of k *Snuffles” t he “Guaranteed
Catarrh Cure.”
Sent prepaid to any address in the
United States or Canada on receipt
of One Dollar.Address Dep—Edwin
B. Giles & Company, 2330 and
2332 Market street, Philadelphia.
TALLULAH FALLS It. K. CO.,
Time Table No. IB, in effect Sunday, Mar.
10,1901,8 a.m . Eastern Standard Time.
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STATIONS.
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