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ij Eth&n A.
Hitchcock
Though generally regarded as less
Important than ms! of the cabinet po
sitions and ' Hiking below six of them
in the presidential succession. that of
secretary of -he interior has a greater
diversity cf duties than any of the
other portfolios An outline of the
scope of his department indicates but
ruoagerly <h. duties and responsibili
ties that oooie to him in a day. The
general land office, the patent office,
the bureau of pensions, office of Indian
affairs, offi- e of education, oflice com
missioner or railways, the geological
survey and the central office all pour
a mass of knotty and difficult problems
into the sorrefary s office for solution.
The education of children in Alaska;
introduction of reindeer in Alaska;
general supervision find application of
the money appropriated for agricultu
ral colleges in the different states, now
aggregating $J ,200.000 per annum;
land-grant railroads; internal affairs of
Indian Toritory, Arizona, Hawaii, New
Mexico, Alaska and Porto Rico; na
tional parks and government reserva
tions; ele. .smosynarv institutions of
the District of Columbia, including the
hospital for the insane, now having un
der construction a miilion-dollar addi
tion; Freedmen’s Hospital, Howard In
stitute, and c hospital for the deaf,
dumb and blind; the care, repair and
ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCOCK.
THE PET LAME VICTORIA.
An lucidant of Mir F.ur!j l>;iv of the
ItrltUU tjueen.
John Kxton. a wealthy merchant of i
this city, uu Englishman by birth, once
had an interview with Queen Victoria
without Itf 'e in it. it was near the
close of the 'Bos and Queen Victoria
had been on the throne but a short
time. Young Exton and his brother
Adam were playing near a stream that ;
flowed through their native town one
day. when they saw a matronly look
ing woman approaching, accompanied
by a beautiful young laity. They ap
proached the boys and engaged them
in conversation, both oi the ladies
stroking their hair in a kindly way.
John and his brother had with them a
lamb whose fleece w'as of snowy white
ness. says tue Philadelphia inquirer.
The elder of the ladies asked John
how much he would sell the lamb for.
Drawing himself up to his full height,
John said that the lamb was named
Victoria and that nobody could have
her but the queen.
“And cau the queen have her?" ask
ed the lady. ‘‘Yes,*’ said John. The
ladies seemed to be greatly pleased
with his reply and before their depart
ure the yuutigor of the ladies slipped a
coin into the hands of the boys and
made them foal for the time being
among the rich men of England. A
short time after that incident a gomtle
inan called at the Exton home and*
said the queen desired the lamb Vic
toria, and it was given to him. but not
without receiving ample compensation.
An official of the town explained to the
Extons that the ladies were none other
than Queen Victoria and her mother,
who were going out among her people
in disguise.— Chicago News.
I.ed a Varied Cart-fr.
Ex Congressman George Willard,
who died at his home in Hattie Creek,
Mich., the other day, was born in Bol
ton, Vt„ and at the age of 12 went with
his parents to Michigan, where in turn
he became student, teacher, minister,
professor, member of congress and
editor. He was rector of St. Luke’s
Episcopal church at Kalamazoo for
two years, but resigned from the min
istry because of the conservatism of
the society. For ten years he was re
gent of Michigan university, and it
was largely his influence that opened
the doors of the institution to women.
He was elected in 1872 to congress,
where he served four his most
notable achievement bo*ug 3 vigorous
speech against the “fo'T.e bill” that
was not relished by many of his Re
publican colleagues. Mr. Willard es
tablished the Battle Creek Journal in
SIDE LIGHTS ON A
POPULAR CABI
NET OFFICER.?*
reconstruction work of the national
capitol —these and scores of others
mqko up the burden carried by the
secretary of the interior.
In this trying position, Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, of St. Loui3. the present
incumbent, has acquitted himself most
creditably and enjoys the esteem of his
chief and hi3 subordinates as well. Mr.
Hitchcock is a great-grandson of
Ethan Allen, of Vermont. He was
born in Mobile, Ala., September 19,
1835, lived a year at New Orleans and
then removed to Nashville, Tenn.,
where he attended private schools,
completing his course of study in \WU>
at the military academy in New Haven
Then he went to St. Louis and engaged
in the mercantile business. In 1860
he went to China as the representative
of a large commercial concern. In 1872
he retired from business and spent a
couple of years in Europe. Returning
to the United States in 1874, he was en
gaged as president of several manu
facturing, mining and railway compa
nies, until he was appointed in 1897 en
voy extraordinary and minister pleni
potentiary to Russia. When the title
of this commission was changed to am
bassador, Mr. Hitchcock was the first
to be thus designated. In 1899 he was
appointed secretary of the interior to
fill the vacancy caused by the retire
ment of Cornelius Bliss.
1872, and managed the paper up to tho
time of his death.
Th Hill Uiw a Counterfeit.
In a well-known New Yortt restau
rant the other evening a youth who
had just eaten a substantial meal v as
sisted by a very pretty girl, was stam
mering and blushing at the cashier's
desk. He had just discovered the loss
of his pocket book and money, he said.
His watch was gone likewise. The
cashier, being suspicious of all man
kind, received the tale scornfully, de
manded instant satisfaction and
threatened to call a policeman. The
youth seemed ou the verge of collapse
and the lady was about to faint when
an elderly, • well-dressed man bustled
up to the desk. ‘ How dare you ac
cuse this gentleman of being a swin
utet?” he demanded, wrathfully. “I
don't know him myself, but I am sure
he is honest.” Then, handing over a
new $lB bill, the elder Samaritan paid
the check himself and hurried out.
The grateful youth ran after him.
“Oh, thank you.” he girT^ 4 *-; *:1 "C.".
have your card and I’ll send you the
money iu the morning.” “Never
mind, dear boy,” replied the elderly
one. as he boarded a cable car, “don’t
s
take the trouble. It was a counter
feit.”
RimeJl Snge at a Humorist-
Russell Sage, the New York multi
millionaire, has never been exploited
as a humorist, yet he is net devoid
of the sense. His Yankee ancestry re
appears in his face, figure, speech and
thought. Once, when Manhattan Ele
vated stock went below par, someone
asked him his age. He smiled, an
swered and added: “But, like the
Elevated, I propose to go above 100,”
To an impertinent friend who asked
what was the most philanthropic way
of using a largf fortune he replied:
“Keep it constantly active, in order
to give employment to the largest
number of human beings.” When he
gave Sage hall to the Troy Female
semiuary* someone said: “Why don’t
you present it to some men’s college?”
Mr. Sage responded quickly: “The
women needed it the most.”
The Popular Carnation.
A carnation mania has taken hold of
flower buyers. At a conservative esti
mate it required 500,000 carnations to
supply the demand in New York city
during Easter week. These flowers
sold from 35 to 50 cents a dozen for the
inferior kinds to $5 and $6 a dozen for
choice varieties. At least $75,000 was
spent by New Yorkers to satisfy their
liking for these flowers
THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSYILLE. GA.
HYPNOTIC 1 THICKS.
AS REVEALED BY A FAMOUS
SUBJECT.
The tVnuilerfu! Training XVMcti Mails
Thoma. Minnock u Master In the Art
of D.-ct)j>Mon —Can Control Ite.jilration.
Heart and I'ulae.
That many of the mysteries of hyp
notism are nothing more than clev
erly executed tricks is proven, if the
statements of Thomas Minnock are
true. Perhaps no one is better quali
fied to speak on this subject. For
years he has acted as a hypnotic sub
ject, or ‘ horse,” as the character is
termed in the language of the profes
sion. He Is one of that class of men
who sleep for hours in a store window,
are buried alive, drink and eat pois
onous substances, and submit to hav
ing pins and needles stuck into their
flesh without flinching. He claims to
have traveled with such noted hyp
notists and magnetic healers as San
tanelli, Schlatter, Keen, the Lees, the
Sages, and to have received his train
ing from the famous Dr. Charcot of
Paris. He has not only deceived the
general public, but some of the world’s
leading scientists and physicians. His
training has led him to gain a won
derful control of his faculties and or
gans. He can control his heart beats
and respiration, anti produce an ac
tion in the muscles in his wrists to in
dicate that the pulse is not beating
the same in each.
Ill* Karlv Training:.
Minnock was brought to the atten
tion of Dr. Charcot in Brussels, Bel
gium. He went to Europe with Bar
num’s circus and acted the part of the
“baby clown.” This consisted in run
ning about the ring and imitating all
the acts of the real clown. Dan Rice
was the clown and the old funmaker
thought a great deal or the boy. When
the show was in England Minnock at
tracted the attention of the manager of
a local circus. It was a small affair,
but the manager offered him a larger
salary than he was getting and he
accepted it. The circus went to the
Brussels exposition and became
stranded and wrecked in the Belgium
capital. Minnock had no money and
when almost on the verge of starva
tion appealed to the American con
sul. That official could not furnish
him with transportation to the United
States, but gave him a little money
and a note of introduction to Dr.
Charcot, who was then in Brussels.
The doctor was impressed with the ap-
THOMAS MINNOCK.
pearauce of the boy and took him
in his service. Then his training as a
hypnotic subject commenced. He
says: “The doctor began to stickpins
into various parts of my body, but
only pricked me a little, and. though
I winced considerably, I at last learned
to submit quietly, no matter how deep
ly the pins were stuck into me. The*
lie taught me to lower my respiration
and heart action at will—a process
that took several months of constant
practice. But these are. essentials to
a successful hypnotic subject, as I will
explain.
Thu Cataleptic Condition.
“To begin with, in order to simu
late the cataleptic condition, it is nec
essary that the respiration should be
very faint. It have learned to keep
alive on two breaths a minute, which
you will admit is rather a small al
lowance. The control of the heart is
more complicated—being in reality a
control of the pulsations by which
they may be increased or diminished
at will. But even this is attended
with deception, particularly when I
pretend to have two separate pulses,
one side running high and the other
low. I have deceived the ablest doc
tors in the world with this act.”
After Minnock had become profi
cient the doctor used him to illustrate
his lectures and scientific lectures, and
pakl nim well. When the physician
died he left him SSOO in his will. Min
nock then returned to the United
States and soon spent his money.
When he became stranded h 8 went to
work in dime museums as the human
pin cushion, ( an* in this capacity
made a reputation all over the coun
try.
A Multi-jHUllunalre'a Peculiar Death.
John P. Duncan of New York, who
made $6,000,000 in the wholesale gro
cery business and in real estate devls
in Broadway and Fifth avenue in that
city, died from blood poisoning. Sun
day. While eating oysters a bit of
shell was swallowed which lacerated a
membrane of the stomach leading to
poisoning of the blood. Mr. Duncan
was 72 years old, born in New York, of
Scotch parents. -He was a Presby
terian of the Calvanistie school and
one of his customs was to close the
shades of the house and serve cold
meals on Sunday so that the servants
might spend the day religiously.
A ROYAL PHYSICIAN.
Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria a
True Philanthropist.
Few names are graven on the rolls
of royalty whose bearers have elected
a lifework other than that to which
their lineage has made them heirs.
The most conspicuous instance of this
in modern history is Dr. Karl ’Theo
dor, as he chooses to be called, other
wise Duke Charles Theodore of Bava
ria, head of the side line of the king
dom’s royal house, who has abdicated
in favor of his younger brother, in
order that he may the more complete
ly give himself up to scientific pur
suits. By rigid devotion to the study
of medicine, and, in particular, the
science of ophthalmology, he has at
tained such rank in his profession that
his clinics are known to scientific
men all over the world. These clin
ics are conducted irrespective of finan
cial considerations, and any worthy
man can have the benefit of the ducai
doctor’s skill and knowledge without
cost.
It was the Franco-Prussian war that
first turned the duke’s mind to the
profession of a physician. He took
an active part in many of the battles,
and became particularly interesthd in
the hospital service, and at the close
of the war he announced his inten
tion of studying medicine. Naturally
this resolve aroused much opposition
in his family. The strongest pressure
was brought to bear upon him, but he
was steadfast. Willingly foregoing his
political rights, he entered the clinic
of a distinguished Russian professor
at Mentone, whither he had gone for
his health. Thereafter he assisted at
various clinics in Vienna, in all of
which he was noted for his indefatig
able industry and patience, and whole
souled devotion to his work. Eventu
ally he became an independent opera
tor in eye surgery, in which branch
he soon gained a high reputation.
Having given his time, the duke
now set about giving his money to
his profession. On Lake Tegernsee,
at the foot of the Bavarian Alps, he
built and endowed a large hospital. In
this building is maintained one of the
duke's famous ophthalmic clinics, to
which the afflicted gather from far
and near. At Munich. Merane, in Aus
tria, and near Mentone, he established
other clinics, spending part of the year
at each. But it is the'hospital on the
Bavarian lake that he loves the best,
and there most of his time is spent.
ATTACHED TO PRISON LIFE.
After a Long Incarceration, Some Crim
inals Dislike Freedom.
Afto* the civil war many negroes
found themselves so helpless in their
suddenly enforced freedom that they
begged to he restored to slavery. From
long habit they had grown attached
to slave life. So W'e find prison life
endeared to long-term convicts.
Comte de Lorge, confined for thirty
years in the Bastile, declared when
released that freedom had no joys for
him, and, imploring in vain to be al
lowed to return to his dungeon, pined
to death in six weeks. When Chin
vang the Chaste ascended the throne
oi China he ordered the prisons to be
thrown open. A venerable prisoner of
85 yeai‘3 pleaded that he might be al
lowed to remain in his cell. For sixty
three years he had lived in its gloom
and felt that he could not bear the
glare of the sun and the bustle of the
city.
A woman in Leyden, on the expira
tion of a long term of imprisonment,
begged for permission to return to her
cell, adding if the request w’ere re
fused as a favor she would commit
some crime which would give her a
title to her old quarters. A prisoner
condemned to death had his sentence
commuted to seven years' close con
finement on a bed of nails. At the end
of five years he declared that If ever
he were released he would adopt from
choice what habit had rendered so
agreeable to him. A w-ell-known
criminal once said that he had grown
to like the quiet and the subuued light
of his cell, the spots and patches on
the walls, the hardness of his bed and
the regularity of his life, with its free
dom from ail care and worry. He did
not wish to be released. It is an ev
eryday practice of negroes to commit
offenses that will return them to the
chain gang, where they will be in fa
miliar company and get plenty to eat
and drink.
From Sod House to (Sorernor.
Ezra Periu Savage, who will soon be
come governor of Nebraska and live in
the beautiful executive mansion at Lin
coln, lived in a sod house in 1880. He
was born in Connorsville, Ind., in 1842,
and was left at the age of 10 years the
sole support of his widowed mother
and the family of little brothers and
sisters. Y’oung Savage worked hard
on fnrms and in other occupations,
meanwhile managing to pass through
high school and college. He studied
'law, removed to lowa, made some
money in land speculation, and then re
moved to Nebraska. He was the first
mayor of South Omaha, laid out the
town of Sargent, and grew rich when
the railroad was built through the
town. Among his other good records is
one he won as a soldier and scout for
Grant and Sherman during the civil
war.
England’* Crown Four Time* Pawned.
At least four times the crown of
England has been in pawn. Henry 111.
and Henry V., Edward 111. and Richard
11. all resorted to this means of rais
ing money. The merchants of Fland
ers once had possession of the crown,
the city of London held it as security
for SIO,OOO and it was pledged at an
other time for SIOO,OOO. Edward 111.
disposed of it to the bishop of Win
chester for $67,500 and Charles 11.
would have used the crown as a per
sonal asset if he had been able to turn
it into money.
WON FAME IN WAR.
DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER WHO
DIED RECENTLY.
Hrlg.-Den. John P. Hatch Wa a I)U
--tlUKOtohad Military Genlua—Co-operate, 1
with Shoiman In the Destructive Cam
pAlgn !i> teorgia.
Brig. Gen. John Porter Hatch, U. S.
A., who died in New York the other
day, was a distinguished military man.
He was a great-grandson of Maj. Moses
Porter, aide of Benedict Arnold at the
battle of Saratoga, and w’as born in
1822. Graduating from West Point in
1845, he participated in every battle of
the Mexican war and was three times
brevetted for gallantry on the field
of battle. President Lincoln made
him a brigadier general at the break
ing out of the civil war. He served
under Gen. Banks in the Shenandoah
valley and made a notable record as
a tactician and for bravery in the
field, in the second battle of Bull Run
he was severely wounded, and was also
wounded in the battle of South Moun
tain. For conspicuous bravery in the
latter engagement Gen. Hatch was
awarded a medal by congress. During
the famous march through Georgia
Gen. Hatch co-operated with Gen.
Sherman, being in command of the
coast division. At the close of the war
he resumed his place as a major in
the Fourth Cavalry, and was retired
in 1886 as colonel of the Second Cav
alry and second brigadier general.
Gen. Hatch was a member of the
Army of the Potomac Society, presi
dent of the Aztec Club of ’47, the
Loyal Legion, Foreign Wars Society,
and was also a prominent Grand Army
man. He leaves a widow, one son,
Mark 8., of Washington, and one
daughter, Miss Harriet A. Hatch of
New York. The body was taken to
Washington on Monday evening, and
BRIG. GEN. JOHN P. HATCH.
on Tuesday the distinguished soldier
was laid to rest with military honors
in Arlington.
WANTS TO RETIRE.
A Sunday School Treasurer fll ..oars De
sire to Stop Work.
The oldest officeholder in this vicin
ity has retired from office, says the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. At the age
of 91 the treasurer of the Bellevue
Presbyterian Sunday school, after per
forming the duties of that important
position of trust for sixty-one years,
refuses point blank to do the work
any longer. The Sunday school got
the impression that it could depend on
its treasurer going rigiit along until
hs was 120 or 125 years old, doing
their work for them. But a man owes
something to himself, much as he may
wish to serve his fellow creatures and
the Lord, and in justice to his fam
ily and his own future ought to retire
before all the fire of his youth has
spent itself. No man ought to work
a day after 91. Too many men go
rigut along piling up task after task
as their proficiency grows with years,
until they are cut off in their fresh
young manhood of 80 or 90, when, if
they had uot overworked, we should
have had them with us yet, to con
fer on us the benefit and blessing of
their ripe experience and judgment.
Every thinking person will heartily
endorse the determination of the
treasurer of the Bellevue Sunday
school in stopping work at the time
he does. Sixty-one years is enough
time to give to any one religious or
ganization. After such a successful
record one would better see what he
can do with other Sunday schools, if
he still wishes to continue in the har
ness. It may be said that the proud
est record in these parts has been
made by this gentleman. For, in the
sixty-one years that he has been in
charge of the Sunday school finances,
not a cent has been missing and the
school has always had money. He
would have been a prize to any mu
nicipality.
Hunter AnulyzeJ.
We feel hungry when the blood ves
sels of the stomach are comparatively
empty. When food is taken and diges
tion begins there is a rush of blood to
the stomach and the hunger is appeas
ed. Many anemic patients have no ap
petite even when the stomach i3
empty, but the blood vessels of the
stomach are not empty in such cases,
but rather congested. In healthy peo
ple lack of blood in the stomach acts
upon a special nej-ve and the nerves of
the mouth and tongue are branches of
the same nerve trunk. Hence a stimu
lus applied to the tongue by a spice,
for example, creates or increases ap
petite. On the other hand, when the
nerves of the tongue are affected bv a
diseased condition of the mucous
membrane of the mouth, the patient
has no appetite, though his stomach
may be empty and he may be in actual
need of food.
There is often more of Christ in the
kitchen than m the cathedral.
HEAD of our army nurses
Mr* DU. H. KJnny Kojoy. the „
and Hona*.hU Dtatkotlou.
Mrs. Dita H. Kinney holds tk
unique distinction of commanding
corps in the regular army sa vc t *
lie’s Weekly. Her force, however u
not made up of fighting men. it com!
prises the young women serving i n th
American military hospitals scattered
all over the world. There are hun
dreds of these gentle Samaritans in
the army nursing corps. In their soft
uniform of white linen, with a tinv
red cross attached to the collar they
are to be found in the farthest cor
ner of the earth where the stars and
stripes have been planted. Wherever
they may be, all these army nurses
are under the control of Mrs. Kinney
and from her office in the war depart
ment at Washington she directs the
work of the entire corps. The posi
tion takes with it the responsibility
of nursing an army of over 100,000
men, and it is the most important ever
held by a woman nurse. Although
women had long been employed in at
tending the sick soldiers of Britain
and of France, yet there was no such
thing as a corps of female nurses in
the American army until the outbreak
of the Spanish-American war. Since
then they have been retained as a per
manent institution. The nurses must
be graduates from a training school
giving a two-year course, and they are
paid from S4O to $75 a month. Mrs.
Kinney, who was graduated from one
of the Boston hospital schools several
years ago, joined the corps soon after
the outbreak of the war. She served
in the great hospital at the Presidio
in San Francisco, and was in charge
of the surgical word. Several weeks
ago she was ordered by telegraph to
report to Surgeon General Sternbe,,*
at Washington. Though much puz
zled at the instruction, she hurried on
to the capital. There she was amazed
to find that she had been elevated to
the command of the entire nursing
corps.
TURKEYS ON STREET CARS.
Transit Kinployoes* Difference of Opin
ion Results in a Judgment.
Judgments in favor of the plaintiffs
were entered yesterday in the damage
suits of Henry and Valentine Sauer
brun against the St. Louis Transit
company in the sum of S3OO, in each
case, says the St. Loui3 Globe-Demo
crat. The point in dispute was wheth
er or net the St. Louis Transit Com
pany should carry a passenger and a
live turkey for one fare. According to’
the petitions in the cases a difference
of opinion exists among the employes
of the Transit company on this ques
tion. The Messrs. Sauerbrun relate in
their petitions that November 29 last
they boarded a car of the Broadway
line at O’Fallon street, each carrying a
live turkey. They say the conductor
made no objection to hauling them and
their turkeys for single fares, but that
he accepted their money and gave
them transfers to the Easton avenue
line. On this line, however, trouble
ensued. The conductor refused to ac
cept their transfers, telling them that
they had no right to bring the turkeys
on the car at all, and ordered them to
get off. They demurred, and the con
ductor called a policeman and hail
them arrested. They were arraigned
before Judge Sidener, who dismissed
the cases against them. They filed
suits for SSOO actual and $2,500 puni
tive damages each. Yesterday the case
of Henry Sauerbrun was called in
division No. 6 of the circuit court
When the venire was called it was
found that only sixteen persons who
had been summoned on the jury had
responded, and the case could not pro
ceed without eighteen. It was also
aoted that eight of the sixteen jurors
who appeared were Hebrews, of the
same faith as the plaintiffs. After a
short parley a compromise was effect
ed in both cases, as stated. The suit
of Valentine Sauerbrun was in division
No. 1, and a similar Judgment was en
tered in thi3 case.
Only tli Men.
Children, says a writer in the Spec
tator, have a strange sense of justice.,
They have been taught to sympathize
with the sufferings of animals, and to
show them an unvarying kindliness.
Human beings, on the contrary, are
divided, in their minds, into the two
classes of good and bad. The good are
to be rewarded, after the manner of
fairy tales; the bad are to be punished.
Ronald’s father one day gave an ani
mated description of *a bull-flgh
meaning thereafter to point a moral.
But the lad was delighted. “Wouldn t
you like to see a bull-flght. daddy?
he asked breathlessly. “Why, no. my
boy. Surely you wouldn't want to see
cruel men baiting the bull?
wouldn’t like to see poor horses gored
to death?” “No,” said Ronald, with*,
the thoughtfulness of eight years. !
shouldn’t like to see horses hurt; but,
he added, after some reflection,
shouldn’t mind seeing those men g° ,e •
though.”—Youth’s Companion.
Careful of Ills Cash.
An old farmer in Bruichladdic .
Islay, N. 8., once went to have a trou
blesome tooth extracted* Said the den
tist, after looking at the offending ro
Jar, “It is a very ugly one. I wouia,
advise yon to have it out by the pa n
less system. It is only a shilling cx
tra.” He showed the farmer the ap
paratus for administering gas. remar
mg that it would cause him to a
isleep for a minute, and before *•*
awoke the tooth would be out. Ait^ r
slight resistance the sufferer oonsen e '
proceeding to open his purse. '
never mind paying just now! s a!l ‘ * - ,
dentist, kindly. “Hoots: ” answers
the cautious old Scot. “I wasn t <- nI
ing o’ that; but if I’m gaen ta sleep
thought I wad like to count ma -i
fust.” —London Tit-Bits.