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THE VIENNA PROGRESS
TERMS, $1. Per Annum.
“Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.”
KSvVSSBaft. I
VOL. XI., NO 52.
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1893.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
- A TA1K HOSPITAL
CARE FOR THE AILING AT TIIE
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
Complete Accommodation for Those
Who May Suffer Prostration—
Suggestions for the Preser
vation of Health.
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l HE Medical Bureau
* pretty frilled apron and felt slippar
•tep, carrying in her hand a great Dig
mint julip or other beverage with two
straws sticking in it, he feels like rush
ing out, ringing up the ambulance and
having himself brought in as an inva
lid.
In the corridor between the two hos
pital wards are the offices and consult
ing rooms of the physicians, a ladies’
reception parlor, a diet kitchen in
which is a gas range, two pretty cooks
ready at any moment to supply any ar-
a n d Emergency I tide of diet that may be ordered for
Hospital, says the the Biek. In the kitchen is a dainty
Chicago Herald, is j china closet filled with blue china, "a
one of the few ; neat little refrigerator always filled
places of interest in j with ice and cooling drinks on ice, and
Jackson Park that all, of course, delightfully sweet and
is not open to ' clean. Then there is a surgeons’ op-
general inspection, erating room, provided with a large
It is not a public exhibit, so to speak, j glass table, a splendid glass case of sur-
If a visitor gets inside the hospital, he 1 gical instruments and every other ap-
or she has to come in a wagon or under ' pliance that could be needed in a sur-
escort of a Columbian guard. It is to ! gical emergency.
them women who have been overcome
by the heat, excitement or fatigue.
But the physicians all say this class ol
patients is becoming fewer and fewer
in number. Doctor Hill mantle sava
Hie t^ueen ot the Belgians.
be regretted in one sense that it is not
a show place, for it is certainly one of
the most interesting andinvitingplaces
on the W orld’s Fair Grounds. It is
cool and breezy; its main corridors
and reception parlors are decorated
with potted fiowers and vines; cool
rattan furniture greets the eye on
every hand, and in two of the larger
apartments are long rows of brnss cots
clad with snow-white linen. Flitting
nbout the hulls are quiet and soft-step
ping nurses in cool linen garments
and snow-white caps. There is an air
of stillness about the whole place
which invites rest and conduces to
peace of mind.
The medical bureau and hospital was
established by the World’s Fair
managers to supply quick and prompt
medical attendance to all who might
need it among the vast throngs who
nre expected to enter the gates. When
large gatherings of people assemble
there is plenty to do in the medical
bureau. Accidents happen, people
are overcome by fatigue; sudden ill
ness appears often, which, while not
serious in the main, yet needs prompt
medical attention. The World’s Fair
The head of the medical bureau is
Dr. W. D. Owens. Under him are
The Sultan ot Johore.
A gentleman is coming to the 1 The present Queen of Belgium is i
World’s Fair, states the New York ' great-granddaughter of Maria Therest
World, who wears diamonds on all his
Angers and eats off a gold plate. He
is the Sultan of Johore, Rajah Abu*
! baker, and a near neighbor of the late
GEORGIA NEWS ROTES.
LOOKING T7P THE CORRIDOR.
that the press has done a good work in
warning people from excess of fatigue
and instructing them how to avoid it,
and he hopes that the people will re
member all that has been said, for be
anticipates with the advent of ex
cessively hot weather much greater ac
tivity about the hospital. He advises
THE SULTAN OP JOHORE.
lamented Ahkoond of Swat. He is also
the Maharajah of Johore. Johore is a
semi-independent principality less than
people most earnestly not to attempt half the size of the State of New York,
to do too much at the Fair when the and with a population of 100,000
mid-day sun is blazing down; he ad- j people. Nevertheless the Sultan of
vises tho people, too, to come to the Johore maintains an army and navy, a
I “court,” an heir-apparent, a prime
Fair early in the day and avoid the ex-
AN UNFORTUNATE.
two resident physicians, Dr. Z. L.
Hillmantle and William C. Raughley;
co-operating with these is Assistant
Surgeon D. M. Appel, U. S. A., who is
sanitary inspector of the building.
Hospital was especially designed for j Tho attending physicians, six in num-
prompt, hut temporary attention. It ; ber, are Drs. H. W. Gentles, J. C.
was not intended for cases involving I Plummer, G. W. Marquiss, W. H. All-
serious work of physicians, nor was it ; port, E. T. Edgerly and W. R. Yeager,
established with a view to continued j These gentlemen nre on duty day and
treatment; it is simply a place for the I night, dividing the watches between
application of quick remedies for im- ; them so that tho hospital will never be
treme beat; he suggest, moreover,that minister and a Httle aristocracy all his
visitors confine themselves during the own.
excessively hot.weather to the explore- I Tho Sultan of Johore, too, is a
tion of as limited an area as possible, strong man, else he would not be able
and to avoid exposure to the sun ■ to stand up under the weight of gold
whenever it can be done. and precious stones heaped upon him
The doctor makes another sugges- every morning when he puts on his
tion which most people will agree j official costume. His dress varies from
with, and that is if visitors must cover day to day, and he changes the style
as much space of ground in a day as 1 of his jewelry. Sometimes he wears
they can, it should be done with quick ' an ordinary business suit, the kind
step. Don t loiter or saunter, but in j kings wear when they are attending to
going from point to point move ; their duties. The onlv thing notiee-
quickly; when standing around an able about it is that the buttons are
exhibit stand still as much as possi- made of diamonds. The careful ob-
IN THE WOMEN’S WARD.
mediate relief. Of courso patients
not able to bo removed are kept thero
Until they can bo removed, but
ordinarily affected persons are so
promptly and effectively treated that
they nre able to be taken to their own
homes or elsewhere before nightfall.
During the earlier days of the expo
sition, and before the present seating
accommodations were supplied, the
medical bureau had its hands full; on
one occasion 180 caseR of prostration
from fatigue and other causes were
brought to the attention of the bureau
in one day. Sinco then the seating
accommodations of the Fair have been
improved, visitors have been taught
not to overtax their energies, and not
to go to the Fair when not in excellent
physical condition, and the result is
that applications for medical assis
tance have not been so numerous. On
the day when tho. Spanish Princess
visited tho groundSj and when there
was an attendance of nearly 130,000
people, the day being very warm at
that, there were less than thirty cases
THE RECEPTION ROOM.
brought to the attention of the medical
authorities. Quito a number of these
cases were tlioss of Columbian guards,
without medical attendance: There
are eight women nurses. These arc
supplied by the various hospitals in
the city, and are on duty at the Fair
two weeks at a time. It is an excellent
plan of the hospitals for giving their
nurses a change of scene and an op
portunity to visit tho Fair. The hos
pital and medical bureau proper occupy
the whole of the first floor. The upper
floor is devoted to the accommodation
of the physicians, nurses and other at
tendants. On the whole it is as com
plete and thoroughly equipped an
emergency retreat for the injured and
and afflicted as the skill of physicians
and the rules of medical science could
devise.
In talking with the Herald repre
sentative the other day Dr. Hillmantle
observed that it was a pity that the
building and its equipment could not
be preserved for longer use than that
involved in the period of tho Fair.
The doctor says, however, that they
have been pretty busy. They have
had one case of amputation, which was
the most serious operation performed,
but in minor surgical work they have
accomplished a good deal, especially
during the construction, completion
and installation of tho Fair, when so
many thousand workmen wero em
ployed. Since the Fair has been prac
tically completo there has been but
little surgical work. The present
work of the hospital is mostly in the
lino of administering remedies for
prostration and fatigue.
The physicians have also to do the
ordinary medical treatment of the
many employes, and particularly, the
Columbian guards. The doctor laugh
ingly said that one-half their practice
comes from the Columbian guards and
the roller-chair men. The roller-chair
boys particularly, often require
prompt attendance because of the un
accustomed fatigue to which they are
subjected. It may seem like great fun
to trundle a rolling chair around in
the sun for an unlimited number of
ble, take it in with the eye rather than
with the feet. The doctor says that
nothing so quickly produces fatigue
as the constant and deliberate move
ment of the body’s weight from one
foot to the other; hence the slow,
sauntering walk which most people
practice at the Fair, tires them out
before they are conscious of it.
Move quickly, step lightly and keep
the centrifugal action of tho legs con
stantly in motion. These precautions,
the doctor says, with frequent rests of
half an hour or so, will enable one to
spend a whole day at the Fair and come
home with a sound stomach and in a
Christian frame of mine. What is
more, by such methods the people will
avoid the hospital. Another thing
that the doctor suggests is a liberal
diet on the Fair grounds. Many peo
ple come there after a light breakfast;
they begin to get a little hungry, but
feel that it is too early to eat; be
sides, they do not see a convenient
place. Next they begin to get tired
and the hunger ceases; then they get
a headache, and from that point to
complete collapse is not a long dis
tance. The doctor’s advice is to eat
whenever the impulse appears, no mat
ter what you may be doing, and keep
on eating if you feel like it whenever
you come across a place. Even a bag
of popcorn is better than an empty
stomach. Another suggestion which
he makes—and this is perhaps as good
as any in the ease of mothers—let them
leave their children at home or check
them in the proper place as so much
baggage; don’t attempt to carry them
abont the grounds to the imminent
prostration of their own energies and
the irritation of others. Again, let all
very aged and infirm people remain at
home; their ambition to see the
ONE OP THE NURSES.
„ , . , - j hours, lmt Doctor Hillmantlesavs that
roller chair people and other employes | some of the co Uege bovs have suffered
around tho grounds. Four or live i enormous l T
ladies were brought in in a hysterical xil0 general public, unless com-
condition, as a result of overfatigue, pletely progt reted, so much so that
and ono man was brought in with a ' *
broken collar bone, and yet another
man had his foot jammed under a huge
packing box. Rut these .were the only
cases that wero not relieved in a few
moments.
The hospital is situated in the south
ern end of what is known as the ser
vice building. Entrance is bad through
the main gateway opposite festival
hall, thence through a wide court to
the southward, where, through a door
way decorated with potted plants, one
is ushered into tho corridors of the [
cool retreat. Thera are four or five
reception rooms divided by a wide ;
hallway running tho length of the
wing; at either end of the main hall
way sre the two wards, each fitted with
twenty-four brass cots. Roth these
wards nre. models of cleanliness, and
are very inviting to tho eye. To a per- —
son who comes from a two hours’ they have to be brought to the hos-
irarnp over the ground, just able te pital in an ambulance, are rarely seen
drag one foot after the other, those about tbe hospital. Few know any-
THE OPERATING ROOM.
World’s Fair may be creditable to
their “youth and activity,” but they
haven’t the physical strength to stand
tho strain. Again, let all who do
come preserve cheerfulness of disposi
tion, contentment of mind, full ap
preciation of all they see, and let them
restrain any and every desire to kick.
Don't, find fault; don’t express any
disappointment at anything; be kind
to the Columbian guard and the
rollar-chair man and tho other con
cessionaries. A proper observance of
all these injunctions, Doctor Hill
mantle assures the iniblic, will do
much to decrease the attendance at his
hospital.
A Wide-Sprea ling Tree.
There is a tree at Tule, State oi
Oaxaca, Mexico, which rivals in the
extent of ground covered by its
branches some of the famous monster
trees of the Orient. A traveler, who
saw it recently, says that he found
resting under its branches a detach
ment of troops, numbering 523. Most
of them belonged to the neighborhood,
and their wives and children had come
to the rendezvous to meet them, and
there were under the tree besides a
number of vendors of all sorts of
eatables, and several horses. All
these had plenty of room and they
were all within the wall which sur
rounds the tree, while it3 branches
extend some twenty feet beyond.the
wall on every side, affording shade for
quite ns many more.—New Orleans
Picayune.
server would notice that when the Sul
tan took his hands out of his pockets
enormous gold rope bracelets were
twisted about bis wrists, and that his
fingers were almost hidden by massive
gem-studded golden rings. On the
right hand diamond and emerald rings
alternate, and on the left diamonds
and rubies.
But it is not alone as the possessor
of diamonds and rubies, gold and sil
ver, frankincense and myrrh that tho
Sultan of Johore poses among the
princes of India as a great man. He
owns half the city of Singapore, and
his ancestors formerly owned the whole
of it. Ho also owns tho Ellenborough
plate, said to be the most famous ser
vice of plate in existence. This was
sold at auction in Scotland some years
Ago. The Sultan of Johore heard of
it, and at onco saw a chance to out
shine the Rajah of Scinde. He wanted
to buy the plate, but like many of the
princes of India ho didn’t have the
money. Then he decided to approach
his wife on the subject. The Sultana
at once lent him §175,000 to buy the
plate, with, only ono condition, that
her name be put in Arabic on each
liece. The Sultan took tho money
md bought the Ellenborough plate.
Then he played upon the Sultana what
some of the other princes of India said
fvas a mean trick. He had her name
engraved on every piece, but so small
that it looked like a mere scratch
which would not be noticed until at
tention was called to it. All of this
plate is of solid gold, and each piece,
in addition to the scratch which stands
for the name of the Sultana, bears the
Arms of Johore. The gold centrepiece
is so big that it takes four men to lift
it. There is nothing like it among all
the other Rajahs. Maharajahs, Ameers
ind what-nots of India.
Johore has about 20,000 square miles
of territory and it is situated at the
southern end of the Malay Peninsula.
On the northwest it is bounded by the
Moar River, and by the Indu on the
lortheast. The country is covered for
file most part by virgin forests, which
lave not been fully explored. The
ittle town of Johore is fifteen miles
Tom Singapore.
A Trade Mystery.
Doubtless there are reasons for the
fact that all the retail dry goods houses
in Broadway are, with a single excep
tion, on the west side of the street. It
:an hardly be that their location on
;he west side is merely the result of
;hance or coincidence, for the great
Astablishments of the same class in
Sixth avenue are also on the west side
sf the street. In other cities the same
thing may be observed. Nearly all
jreat retail establishments front east
ward, rarely to the west, and still less
frequently to the north. What is the
teason? Can it be due to any super
stition of trade, or is it the result of
some more practical consideration?
The most likely explanation is that
merchants prefer stores fronting east
ward on account of the better light
thus obtainable. “It is my observa
tion,” remarked a veteran merchant,
“that women do the larger and more
important part of their buying before
noonday. They seldom purchase any
bat trifles or unimportant articles af
ter noon. Costly dresses, wraps and
Luxurious fabrics are sold for the most
part in the forenoon. Hence an east
erly light is not only desirable but al
most indispensable. The dealer who
builds on the west side of the way has
An eye to the morning sunshine and to
business. ”—New York Herald.
of Hungary. She was married at I
seventeen to Leopold I., eldest son ol
the Duke of Brabant, who succeeded to
his father’s throne. The King and
Queen have for their favorite residence
the royal palace of Laeken, situated
fbout twenty minutes’ drive from
Brussels. It is a paradise of flowers,
planted by His Majesty.
Pope Leo XIH. has just favored
Queen Marie Henriette by presenting
her with the golden rose in commem
oration of the fiftieth anniversary of
his appointment as Nuncio to Brussels.
The golden rose is a beautiful gift,
made of the purest gold, anointed and
blessed by the Pope, and sent by him
from the earliest times to Royal Prin
cesses or others distinguished by their
personal merit, or for some signal ser
vice rendered by them or their Gov
ernment to the Church. Apart from
her private virtues, the immense work
of the colonization and civilization of
the Congo undertaken by her husband,
King Leopold, would have already
Interesting CDllings tor the Perusal ol
the Casual Reader. I
Cobb’s and PhillipAs’ Legions will
bold a reunion at Atlanta, Aug. 24.
* * *
The Port Royal and Augusta road is
making an effort to build up Beaufort
as a summer resort.
* * *
Bissell is a new postoffice in eastern
Pulaski county, the first named in
honor of Postmaster General Bissell.
QUEEN MA IE HENRIETTE, OP BELGIUM.
suggested Her Majesty as a worthy ob
ject for the Papal favor.—New York
World.
Bicycle and Baby Carriage Combination.
A combination bicycle-perambulator
made its appearance on Madison ave
nue the other afternoon and elicited
the heartiest condemnation of the
women folk who saw it. As a labor-
saving device it may be a success, but
from a humanitarian point of view it
deserves the attention of the agents of
Mr. Gerry’s society. The machine
was one of the old style of bicycles, in
which the small wheel was in front in
stead of behind the rider. The per
ambulator attached was a peculiarly
constructed little chair, slung directly
over the small wheel.
In this chair sat an infant, its feet
resting on wire stirrups, and a cord
about the waist holding the youngster
fast. Wherever the bicycle went its
infant passenger had to go too, and in
case of collision the fate of the little
outrider was not pleasant to contem
plate. Seated on the big wheel was a
man, presumably the father of the
child, who drove the machine along
the smooth asphalt pavement of the
roadway and in and out among the
vehicles at a pace that made people on
the sidewalks hold their breaths with
fear for the little ono perched out in
front like a monkey on the cowcatcher
of a locomotive.
In some of the smaller cities where
bicycles are ridden a great deal it is
not uncommon to see the perambulator
attached to machines of the safety
type. In that case the child is within
easy reach of the rider, and with the
safety bicycle the danger of accidents
of every kind is lessened. But the
man who astonishes people in upper
Madison avenue m the pioneer in the
use of the perambulator feature in con
nection with a high machine.—New
York Sun.
George Brinson will soon have his
railroad completed from Stillmore to
Collins, and it is said that he talks
favorably of continuing it on to Reid-
ville.
* * *
Lawson Kelley, one of Washington
county’s farmers has just harvested on
a two horse farm 500 bushels oats, 57
bushel rye and 30 bushels, of wheat.
587 in all.
• * *
“The Devil on Stilts and Loose for
1,000 Years,” is the startling title of
a pamphlet just published and now on
sale in Atlanta. It deals with certain
recent sensational events in that city
♦ * *
Miss M. Rutherford, the principal
of Lucy Cobb institute, has been ten
dered the appointment of one of the
judges in the woman’s department at
the Chicago fair. Only one such ap
pointment is made for each state and
the salary is §500 and all expenses
paid. This is a well deserved com
pliment to one of the worthiest of
Georgia women.
* • *
According to the Fort Talley Leader
the peach crop has recently shown
more signs of rot and worms than any
one would imagine. There are some
orchards that have done fairly well,
while the loss on many others is esti
mated all the way from 10 to 70 per
cent, of the entire crop. Various
reasons are assigned for the damage,
but the principal cause is no doubt the
curculio, an insect that stings them in
early spring.
The colored firemen of the state will
hold a tournament at Macon on July
29. The first and most important race
will be the regular, the test—a 150
yard race to a plug, making connec
tions and playing water. The prizes
in this contest will be §100 to the first
and §50 to the second. Then there
will be a grab test wherein the dusky
athletes will run a hundred yards,
catch a reel and run fifty more with
the machine, for a prize of §25.
The stockholders of the Oglethorpe
National bank, of Brunswick, are dis
satisfied with tbe action of Comptrol
ler of Currency Eckels in levying an
assessment of §75 per share before
having given the receiver time to go
through the bank’s accounts and as
certain what the liabilities and assets
really were. They are also dissatis
fied with the appointment of Receiver
J. W. Bennett. Bennett was an at
torney in the office of Hon. Henry
Turner.
* * *
General Clement A. Evans returned
recently from a trip over the western
half of the state. He is making fre
quent journeys to nearly all of the
regions of Georgia and has observed
that the crops are all fine in every lo
cality. He says that he thinks the
farmers of Georgia have better reason
for rejoicing this year than for many
years past. They have lived at home,
are out of debt, comparatively speak
ing, and seem to have naught but
bright prospects ahead of them.
cool white cots with their snowy pil- thsig of its existence, and unless seri-
lows have a very inviting look and ously ill would not seek its benefits
when cue sees, as he does, an amiable , anyhow. Those who are brought in ! occupied, and that there is room"foV a
Jookiug nurse with a white linen cap. j are usually country people, most of j good a many more iatae basinets.
Coach horses are steadily increasing
in popularity, and bid fair to remain
in demand, it is suggested that a
wider field is open than has as yet been
Tbe Swedes in Minneapolis, Minn.,
recently celebrated the tricentennial
of the decree of Upsala, which guar
anteed to the Swedish peer-a liberty
of conscience and of speech.
A Wonderful Change.
Extraordinary alteration in Mr.
Winkle’s appearance resulting from »
•mall scare,—Life.
An Indian Romance.
The Dowager Maharanee, of Mysore,
who recently died, had a remarkable
career. While scarcely tea years of
age she insisted on sharing all her
younger brother’s studies, and in five
years she mastered Sanskrit, Canarese
and Marathi, while not neglecting
music, drawing and needle work.
When sixteen she was chosen as the
fourth bride of the late Maharaja, but
before she could be sent for, her fath
er, who was a petty official, was sum
moned to Court to answer for the
short revenue of his village. Only
when ordered to be whipped was it
discovered who he was. He was for
given, the marriage was celebrated on
the first lucky day, anl the young
Queen’s benign in lienee was at opce
and thenceforth felt in the affairs ol
the State.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Old Time “ Flying Money.”
The oldest bank notesarethe “dying
money” or “convenient money” firs)
issued in China, 2697 B. C. Originally
these notes were isuei by the treas
ury, bat experience dictated a change
to the banks under Government in
spection and control. The notes were
printed in bine ink on paper made
from the fiber of the mulberry tree.
One issued in 1399 B. C. is still care
fully preserved in the Asiatic museum
it St. Petersburg.—Picayune.
Glue boiled ia vinegar with a little
slum added makjs the ordinary mao,-
'ttorA,f»T f»nmmpfi r «
The forty-sixth anniversary of the
wedding of ex-Senator Joseph E.
Brown and his good lady and the sixty-
seventh birthday of Mrs. Brown were
celebrated at the home of the vener
able ex-governor and senator at Atlan
ta a few days ago. The first occasion
of the day was the birthday of Mrs.
Brown, who is the only woman who
has been the first lady in the execu
tive mansion three times. Senator
and Mrs. Brown were married forty-
six years ago in West Union, S. C., at
the Pickens court house.
* * *
A suit has been filed in the Fulton
superior court at Atlanta against Mr.
John Ryan, Sr., for the recovery of a
large amount of property situated in
what is known as Inman Park, at At
lanta. Tbe suit was filed by Mrs.
Joseph Graham, of Augusta, a sister-
in-law of Mr. Ryan. She claims, so
the story goes, that several years ago
she borrowed a sum of money from
Mr. Byan for which she desired to ex
ecute to him a mortgage. Instead of
a mortgage, however, it is claimed that
she was ignorantly induced to execute
to him a deed and that Mr. Ryan is
now in full and absolute ownership of
the property which rightfully belongs
to her.
* *
Ed. Harrison, an Augusta-born ne
gro, who is eightv-nine years old, and
one of the best-known and finest horse
trainers on the American turf, arrived
at Augusta a few days ago. Ed. left
aiit-re two ami a ban years a.ier
war, and this is his first visit to his
old home since 1880. He is now
grav-haired and wears a full beard,
but he is straight and erect and does
not show a sign of feebleness. Harri
son is employed by Pierre Lorillard,
the famous turfman, as ahorse trainer.
Harrison has been sent south by Mr.
Lorillard to get five or six boys bound
to him to be taken to his stables to
ride, groom and care for race horses
under the direction of a trainer.
Lorillard gave him §500 to pay the
transportation of the boys and pre
sented him with §200 for his personal
expenses and pleasure on his trip to
his old home.
* ♦ *
Co!. C. C. Joneny Jr., Deal.
Col. Charles Colcock Jones, Jr., died
of Bright’s disease at midnight Tues
day night at his home, “Montrose,”
Summerville, near Augusta. He was
sixty-two yeare old, and the first and
only president of the Confederate
Survivors’ Association, and the sur
vivors and soldiers will unite with the
citizens in paying him tribute.
Colonel Jones was one of the
beet Known men in Georgia. He was
a literatenr of the highest distinction,
a brave confederate soldier and an ad
mirable citizen in’ every respect. His
history of Georgia is of incomparable
value to the state and to the historical
literature of the times. He was at
one time mayor of Savannah, but
since tbe war has lived at his beautiful
home, “Montrose,” on the Sand Hills,
near Augusta.
* * *
An Ancient Land Record.
A paper ninety-eight years old came
to Governor Northen a few days ago
from a New Yorker. He said that it
was no good to him, trad he concluded
to send it back to Georgia, whence it
came. It was a grant of 54,000 acres
of land in Montgomery county, made
in 1795 by James Shorter to Charles
McDonald. Governor Matthews was
tbe chief executive of the state then.
The land is described as lying on the
Ohoopee and Canoucbee rivers. The
boundaries are lines running from
pine tree to pine tree. The grant
was stolen by a federal soldier
during tho war, carried north, and
given to D. A. White, of Fredonia, N
Y. The consideration named for the
conveyance of the tract of land is
shillings. The paper? is recorded in
book C, folio 36, date June 10, 1796
of the records of Montgomery conn
ty. The record is attested by ~
Spann, who was then clerk of the su
perior court of that county. Mr,
White says that he has had the paper
for twenty years. He took it to Chi
cago, intending to place it in the
Georgia building at the exposition
but he could not find the building.
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On Tobacco Culture.
The most serious problem that
now engaging the attention of the ‘ ‘cot
ton raising state”- is the discovery of
some staple crop favored by the cli
matic influences of these states, and
which may be planted alongside with
cotton, thus reducing tbe cotton acre
age. Hence the bulletin issued from
the experiment station of Alabama by
Professor Bondurant, the professor
agriculture in the Agricultural and
Mechanical college, and agriculturist
of the experiment station, on “the
tobacco plant,” embodying the results
of his experiments with the plant, is
most timely and will prove interesting
reading to Georgia farmers.
The bulletin discusses the expen
ments conducted in raising plants on
the station tbe past year, tbe compar
ison of several different varieties grown
and the testing of the quality
of the tobacco grown for cigar
purposes. It contains many illustra
tions, showing the method of cover in
the plant beds with canvass and differ
ent methods of raising the plant,trans
planting, field culture,method of suck
ering, topping and harvesting the
plants; an illustration showing a mod
ern barn, and method of stripping,
prizing and curing. The bulletin gives
a detailed statement of the method of
preparing the plant beds, the raising
and transplanting the plants, the prep
aration of the tobacco field, and tbe
way that it should be worked, harvest
ed, cured and prepared for market, the
aim being to give the farmers particu
larly of this state, in a brief and con
cise form, all the information that
needed for the successful cultivation of
this plant.
The bulletin makes the following
striking comparison: The yield of
cotton in the United States in the year
1888 was 180 pounds per acre, average
price per pound eight and one-hall
cents; value per acre §15.30. With
tobacco, during the last decade, the
annual production has been about one
sixth that of cotton, and the average
yield per acre, about seven hundred
and twenty-five pounds, with an aver
age of eight and one-half cents per
pound, making the value of tobacco
per acre §61.62 1-2.
ANTHONY DREXEL’S WILL.
GENERAL HOLTZCLAW.
A Gallant Soldier Passes Over the Dark
River,
General James T. Holtzclaw, rail
road commissioner of Alabama, died
at his home at Montgomery Tuesday
afternoon. On April 26th, confeder
ate decoration day, he delivered the
annual address at the decoration of
the graves of tbe confederate soldiers
in Atlanta, Ga. He intended spending
several days with his war friends in
Atlanta, and whlie conversing with
a number of them on the following
day in the Kimball house, was seized
with a severe attack of vertigo. He
was removed to his home, but never
rallied sufficiently to leave the house.
The flag on the statehouse was placed
at half-mast in his honor.
James T. Holtzclaw was born De
cember 17, 1833, at McDonough, Ga.,
though his father at the time was a
citizen of Alabama. He received an
academic education at the East Alaba
ma institute and came to Montgomery
in December, 1853. He studied law
with W. L. Yancey and was admitted
to tbe bar before tbe supreme court of
Alabama in January, 1856. During
the late war, in which General Holtz
claw took an active part, he made a
record as a brave soldier. In 1860
he was first lieutenant of his
company, the Montgomery True
Bines, and was at the capture
of the Pensacola navy yard. In Au
gust of the same year he was appoint
ed by President Davis as major of the
eighteenth Alabama infantry and in
December following was promoted to
lieutenant colonel. On April 6, f8G2,
he was shot through the lung and,
though his wound was considered mor
tal, he was back at his post within
ninety days. After the battle of Shi
loh he was commissioned brigadier
general, in which capacity he served
until the close of the war.
Hhat Disposition Will be Made of His
Thirty Millions.
The will of the late Anthony J.
Drexel was probated at Philadelphia
Thursday morning. Petitions for tho
probate stated that Anthony J. Drexel
died June 30, 1893, at Carlsbad, and
that the valuation of the personal es
tate was §1,000,000 and of the real
estate §1,000,000. Under the law of
Pennsylvania when the estate ex
ceeds these figures it is not impera
tive that the excess should be probated.
By tbe will Mr. Drexel devises $1,-
000,000 to the German hospital at
Philadelphia, and §1,000,000 as a fund
for tho establishment of a public art
gallery ia Philadelphia. His books,
pictures and works of art nre given to
the Drexel institute. Ho creates six
separate funds of §1,000,000 each
for the benefit of the six children
left byjhis deceased daughters. He pro
vides for the acquirement of his estato
for the full of The Public Ledger af-
the demise of Mr. George W. Childs,
in accordance with an agreement now
in existence, and leaves within the
discretion of his executors whether
corporation powers shall be secured
for tho control and maintenance of
the Drexel building and of The Public
Ledger. Ho provides for the contin
uance of the Drexel interest in the firm
ofDrexeKt Co.,Drexel,Morgan & Co.,
and Drexel, Harjes & Co. Mr. Drexel
further devises the sum of §500,000 to
James W. Paul, Jr., his son-in-law,
as a token of his affection, and he fur
ther provides that, in case of tho
death of George W. Childs Drexel,
without leaving issue, there shall bo
given §500,000 to his widow in order
that she may be left properly provided
for. The estate is generally believed
to be worth §30,000,000, and it will bo
seen by the document itself that fully
§8,000,000 is directly disposed of.
A BOYCOTT THREATENED.
Colorado Conservatives Will Appeal to
Pocket-Books in the Silver Fight.
A special of Monday from Pueblo
states that the more conservative ele
ment of the people of Colorado realize
that the recent silver convention held
at Denver accomplished nothing to
ward the purpose for which it assem
bled. A proposition is on foot to call
another convention, which shall aim at
the pockets rather than tho sympathies
of those whom it is hoped to convert
to the ideas of the west.
The proposed convention is to be
composed of business men, and the
direct object which is sought is a com
bination among tho merchants with
the intention of diverting tho trade of
Colorado and adjacent states from the
wholesale trade of the east to that of
the south.
It is argued that New Orleans is
much nearer to the Rocky Mountain
states than either New York, Boston
Philadelphia; that it is a seaport
centrally located, from which can be
furnished every article needed by tho
west upon terms equally advantageous
with those at present obtained. It is
believed that by diverting this volume
of trade from its accustomed eJjjjjmels —
the eyes of the eastern opponents of
the silver bill will bo opened and their
assistance may be enlisted.
A TUMBLE IN STOCKS.
by
Flurry in New York Caused
Breaks in London.
The New York stock exchange open
ed in excitement Tuesday, and a gene
ral decline of prices set in. The break
was started in London and was accom
panied by a report that a large inter
national banking house was about to
fail, and that the liquidation of stocks
was on their account.
It was learned definitely that a Lon
don stock exchange firm had been
saved from failure by timely assistance
and it was supposed that this might
have given ground for the rumor, as it.
necessitated and aided the liquidation
of some stocks. The house referred to
that of Crews, Lichtanstadt & Co.,
whose embnrassment was caused by
the injudicious and unfortunate specu
lation of a junior partner.
THE ARMY BILL PASSED.
Suc-
NO FETES IN PARIS
In celebration of ;lie Anniversary of
the Fa'l of the Bastiie.
A special Paris cablegram says Fri
day was the 104th anniversary of the
fall of the Bastile, which is usually
celebrated with much rejoicing, but
the fetes in Paris during the day were
marked with tameness, and the naval
celebration was conspicuous through
out its absence. This is due entirely
to the feeling engendered by recent
riots. Tbe anarchists took advantage
of the day to post incendiary placards
on the dead walls and other places,
making threats of what they intended to
do, going so far ns to say they would de
stroy the city by fire. President Car
not, in accerdance with the usual cus
tom, pardoned 319 convicts.
Emperor William’s Pet Measure
ceed.s by a Close Shave. ^
A Berlin special says: The army
bill was passed by the reichstng Satur
day afternoon by a majority of six
teen. The vote stood 201 in favor of
the measure to 185 against it. After
the bill had finally been adopted tho
reichstag was declared closed.
Home organs contend that the ma
jority of sixteen in favor of the bill
not large enough to cause the gov
ernment to exult as it was won by tho
chancellor giving pledges to the agra-
rains and anti-semites that will cer
tainly give him trouble to fulfill. But
the government with reason does ex
ult while its opponents fail to conceal
their chagrin.
Vexation was plainly manifested
throughout tho day’s hostile speeches.
The emperor is delighted at the pas
sage of the bill and rumor has it that
will confer upon Chancellor Yon
Canrivi the dignity of a prince.
THE JURY’S VERDICT.
Placing the Blame for the Recent
World’s Fair Calamity..
A Chicago dispatch says: The cor
oner’s jury investigating the world’s
fair cold storage calamity reached a
verdict Tuesday evening. The jury
reached its conclusion much more
quickly than the time they were out
would indicate, as there wero sixteen
deaths and each represented a case,
though the finding was made as to the
whole. The verdict is as follows:
“We, the jury,find that the deceased
came to his death from injuries and
burns received at a fire of the storage
building at tbe world’s fair grounds
July 12 ; and we, tbe jury, find that
McDonald, John Skinner, D. H. Burn
ham and Edward Murphy be held to
the grand jury for criminal negligence
and there held until discharged by the
course of law.”
Reorganization Abandoned.
A New York special.of Friday says:
The attempt to reorganize the Georgia
Central railroad is to be abandoned.
A circular to that effect signed by the
reorganization committee will be sent
out to security holders.