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HENRY TIMROD. :
tn concluding it* excellent article on
“A Triumvate of Southern Song” La¬
nier, Hayne and Tim rod The Baltimore
New* says of the latter:
The last of thin triumvate, like his
colleagues, was cut off in the full noon
of hie iiitelleetusl end imaginative power.
Born with the llowers of 182ft, he paused
away with th<; falling of the lcatt* in
18ti7.
As we read his two volumes of verse
we can not help speculating on the possi¬
bilities whh-b might have come had he
liet-n spared to attain the age of llolmes
or Whittier Hi* verse seems to glow
and throb and quicken with the «pirit 0 -t
(he writer the man who was, himstii
so full of enthusiasm and earnestin**, ol
poetic warmth and vivid inspiration and
spontaneity. German
Ilia grand father was a starry befort
who. immigrated to thi* country
the Revolution, and who bequeathed to
tii* poet grandson some of the sti-rlinr
eharaeterktii-H of tin- Fatherland. Henry
Tiuirod’s father was a good example ol
the "poet horn;” n mechanic by trade,
ids heart was full of lofty thoughts, and.
hsiking into his heart, tn- wrote fervent
uni graceful lyric* lli-nry entered th’
I''Diversity of Georgia at 17, where be
divided hi* time between studying the
t.atilt elassii-* and l-Inglish literature, and
in writing love poems. By nature he
was endowed with scholarly tasb-s, and
an ability and inclination *o rhyme; of
him it may hi- said, as l’ope said of him¬
self, "lie lisped in iit.,/ij>era.”
He studied law for a time, but aban¬
doned if, bee*in*- ii iiiterferred with his
literary pursuits, and fitted himself for a
-ollege professor. Wm.Gilmore Simms,
then in the height of his fame, a man of
cheery, helpful, magnetic spirit, was fond
of gathering around him young men of
literary promise; In* vva* quick to ;s-r-
oeive I In- genius of Ti'nirod. and iMd much
lo foster it. Tint find's first volume of
I*loin* ii ppeiired in Bouton in lSilU, and
ereilled quite il *lir of ex'fitcjlicut mill tt|l-
proeiiitiou even in that city of culture
nml criticism Tlie following year lie
liegau lijn war lyrics 11 is feeble health
prevented his entering the active service
of hi* inunlry, Init from the first lie was
her Tyfitaena. Some of his ntiirtiiil lyriiw,
such ii* a “(!ry to Arm*” and “Carolina,''
are as irresistible nml vehement ns a
Greek war cry I le *nng, too
uf iiHiiteh-HH graves on battle plains,
Washed by H single winter's ruins,
Whore, snipe lienaath Virginian hill*.
At I some by gremi Atlantic rills,
Rome by th« waters of the West
A myriad unknown heroes rest,"
l-'or some time Tiutroil nits war corre¬
spondent for several Southern journals,
null in ill In- assumed the editorship ol
Tin- South (*n i'<>!ini ii it. in Columbia. He
«iim tumble lo uillisland Sherman** re-
sj*tlews “innroll lo the aen:” ill liealth
mhI poverty forced liini to leave Colum¬
bia, and two years later tin- loss of hi>
child, overwork and hiMiflU-iont food over
•ame him. He died murmuring, “I *h.a!l
ooon drink of tlie Kivev of Klernnl Life. '
Ah ii poet, Timrod's ton -h i* sure mid
delicate, utpl lie hud ever at eointtiiind
the choicest modes of lyrical art. His
inierriug iH-reeptlon of the true and til
amounted l(i genius; none of his poems
falls short of a certain wlainhird of grace
and correctness, ami into them al! lie lias
injected i-iii-c, feeling, fancy, strength and
imagination in greater or less degree. His
heart of hearts and song of songs are the
Iioht's, and circumstances could not hard¬
en the one or chill the other.
Two amall volume* contain his printed
verse one of them edited by his friend,
Raul Hamilton Hayne. Tho domain of
poetry is wide. Affluence therein is often
regarded ns a mark of genius, yet it may
contain "infinite riches in little room.”
Fine as are his war lyric*, it is in liia
idyllic poems, *mdi a* “Katie” and
“Spring in Carolina,” that he appears at
hi* best; in them we feel the thrill of life,
the splendor and the delicacy of na¬
ture* imloring, mu! tlie murmur and tu
mult of nature’s voices;
Spring, with that nameless pathos in the
air.
Which dwells with all tilings fair.
Spring, with her golden suns and sliver
ruin.
Is with us oneo again.
Out in the lonely woods, tils jasmine
hunts
Its fragrant lamps, and turns
Into a royal court with green festoon*
The banks of the dark lagoons.
111 the deep heart of every forest tree
The blood Is all agio*,
And there's a look alwut (he leafless
itowtxrs
As if they dreamed of flowers.
\et still on every side we trace the hand
Of winter in the lajtd.
Save whei-'i the maple reddens on the
lawn.
Flushed by the season's dawn.
* *
As yet Ihe turf Is dark, although you
know
That, not a span below-,
A thousand germs are groping through
the gloont.
And soon will hurst their tomb.
in gardens you may note amid the dearth,
The crocus breaking earth;
And hear the snowdrops tender white
and green,
The violet in Its screen.
(tut many gleams and shadows needs
must puss
Along the budding grass.
And w-is'ks go by, before the enamored
South
Shall klra the rqec's mouth.
Still, there’s u sense of blossoms j-et un-
boro
in the sweet airs of morn:
<»ne almost looks to see the very street
Grow purple at his feet.
snrnh Hrrnhnrdt n Latest Freni.
Sarah Bernhardt'* latest freak. if
report speaks truly, i* lo have one of
her ixwplion-roem.. lined up with
''surprise" furniture. For iitstatiee. a
'orv istsy-loeking artti-ehair, \vi)ieh is
plaeed iiivilingly In a prominent po*l-
Hott, lias arm* wlii.-lt eliieo upon lit*
o.vopiuii. who is js.vv.-ries* In stir mi
id released, while another gives the
unwary lounger who *ii.< in ii a sharp
<t* on the head, eauslug him (• Jump
up with rather more force than ele¬
gance. The arrangement may amuse
tlie hostt**. but is it le lie feared may
not la- taken in quite the saute spirit
h> Iter g;’.«ts.
Women Writer* of llir Pn*«
1/tid.v Morgan, the most dualling of wo-
men novelists and the motrt ire/il«l of
women of r.iwliioti. waa iatrn in IT's!, and
may, therefore, tie claimed among tile
writer# of ihr onrJy part of the* proMont
*ontmir> Ah tho creator of “The Wild
lri*li Girl.** ‘Tim Min*b*nary. M “Klor-
‘*iit*«» Mad’artliv’’ and “O’Donneil.” nhc
"oliimaleleil a Komew hut oxii 1 tod place
among the writers of her time Sho waw
alway* vigorous, sometime* e!<s|iient: al
vay* shrewd, often vltty, blit sin- was
lamentably lacking in knowledge of bn
tutu nature in imngliiMlion hi depth
and (breadth of mind and heart JI er
life serm* to have 1 teen a continual war
fare nml her life * reflected in her
I too It k a a aggressive spirit permeate*
lhi*m. and III rough lliein she is continual
y a I lurking something or somebody.
Tli,- I, milieus and rclentlcsenes* of her
'll fils lw made hei admired as well a?
dreaded by tin- rather inert society
inning which In-r life was spent, and
which she ehariicfcrized a* “fatal to the
ievation of great mind* or the vivacity
of lively and energetic one*.” In many
I'l-Hpi-ets she was the preeiiraor of the
'Strong-minded woman” of the present
lay. She had original convictions, and
d. in large measiin-, the courage of
r conviction*. She win* kind In heart,
t imbued with u perversity of nature
which led her lo delight in transgressing
tin- ciMiventiomil.it!! * nml in shocking the
lei-oi-iMis noiioiis of- others. Her h'sik,
"Woman mid Her Master.” is charac¬
teristic of it* nil IT i)j\ but it marked n for-
wart stage in _ 111 * (GVf'lojlMH'Mt (>f (J
I»jjh(gJ on reanon and justitct*.
Mrs. Mary Snnnn vilb*, iho most distin
'il.Wliod ‘onbonjroniry of Lad, Morgan,
ifbods flu* m d sinking and a»imirable
of H noroiirt feminine «*ultui*c j
iinf I lint Ii = ilTorded. Sli< lemon
t r.i ?** I bryio - h , jMissildl’ty of <*oip
nti I i rii.il wmu ii art apable of a
* nf ii'onin. :i rnnuo* of thought, a
mbshTy of abstniHo problems and an
l l'n ;l IIH*!l t ‘I f i V<* IHUVIT 'bfftii-f HIISIIN|II‘(T
*'l. •Eisfin M< ( '.ij-fliy s;i»i tkf Jier: “It
h hi «\;i! 4 ~<‘r;it umi to Kay that sho dls-
iii' t y i';i;si“| tlie worl.il’ 8 - osiinuitf* of
vo.n::n\s f.’ijiacity for tho severest and
tile loft«♦ — ? soiiuiilb* jHjrsii its/* She
ssr.l, to ;i hiun do^ret*, the facility
>! '■« 111 <"• 111 r.i i i<>ij. w hioh enabled her to
MttKiie hot' stiidi i" in tho midKt of dis
turbine iiilhioiiiti*; and she IjjmI, in
otj'^o mtasuro, what (’ariylo ranks ;i 8
Rollins, ‘T)ii‘ ability of faking infinite
p.l ,n. lb snli s tin ho qinililioations she
was i-udov <-d with the luip]iy fiit-iilfy of
liiidiiig good and po.-asure in al! tilings.
.hi * tv a*, in truth, a noble, calm, well-
• oiinded lile. She lived to tile tulvaneed
tge of 112. and died regretting that she
.-on!.i Hot live to *ee the distance of tile
'atilt from tin- *un th-feniiined t>y the
tran*.I ol Venn- and the e on-re of tin-
Nile discovered.
Miss Susan IMiuoIihIoii l-V-ifrier
h-o-e nine.* are now bring re-issueil)
iuteil i-harueicr with an intensity and
lidelili that ill:giit justify crithw in lie
■loiniealing her tin- forerunner of the
realislie school of fiction. Her novels
n-eai word tntnsialioiis of the work of
some of lit iid I HI I ell pa ip tors.
Mrs Catherine Gore added much to
the qiluPtiy of lieiion of her lime. She
ui trod tired ®thc fashionable novel, which
sin- (mated with considerable tart and
•tome ciillivittion.
.Mr*. Fiances Trollope, mother of tlie
novelist, tic qulved an unenviable repuln-
tiou :i lining Amei'ieiin* sixty year* ago
»y her book ntitled "Domestic Mnn-
hits of the \ iiiei'icans.” Time lias
bunted tile Ige of her satire, and
Americans today are laughing heartily
al their countrymen its Mrs. --:
saw* them. There is no doubt site
IMiKsessed a tu lent for earienture and a
breadth of irony which had been, before
her time, lerkoned tIt<* exclusive prop¬
erty of the masculine portion of humuni-
ly. Baltimore New*.
Eu at Schedules.
"Faster! still faster!” is the insatiable
cry of the public concerning the
mail trains that eteal out of Chicago be¬
fore tho first Hush of dawn lights the sky
ami go clattering on their lonely flight,
distributing the news of the world for
a distance of hundreds of miles before
breakfast time and serving regions half
a thousand miles away before evening.
No more impressive evidence is to be
found of tho ability ami readiness of the
railways to benefit the public than is
dally given in tho wonderful s rvtce of
those flying postoffices that every morn¬
ing speed fortji in all directions at the
bid of the government regardless of dan¬
ger and cost and caring only to get to its
destination In the shortest possible time.
From Chicago to St. Raul, a distance of
41U miles, the Chicago Milwaukee A- Si.
Raul Railway has long been carrying
the mail in tlie space of eleven and three-
fourth hours, but even this was not fast
enough, and now the company has buck¬
led its belt another notch tighter and
next Sunday will commence performing
the service in Just eleven hours Start-
Ing at 3 a. m. and making the first lap
of Si miles to Milwaukee in the romark-
ahle time of an hour and three-quarters—
averaging over 48 1-2 miles an hour—tilts
western flyer reaches St, Paul at 2 p. m.
and Minneapolis at 2:4 a clear saving
of 45 minutes at the busiest part of the
da) The average speed for the long
run with no allowance for stops Is a lit¬
tle over S7 1-4 miles an hour The St
Raul rosd Is entitled to thanks from the
Piddle for tills expensive exhibition of en¬
terprise, which it announces is given "in
response to the general demand for the
earll.r si-rlval of tho fast mail at Si.
I'a til ami Minneapolis —Rallw.it A,
The H«-nu(tfyliiM, Hath
Undies Home Journal: The tempera¬
ture of a beautifying hath should be from
70 degrees to 7.‘> degrees, and it should tie
of daily oeourrono OriTTna rv water,
that is neither hard nor soft. Is not con¬
sidered sufficiently cleansing to the skin,
and a French firm has lately introduced
dainty hags containing almond meal, out
meal, ami orris root to be placed in th
water a few moments before the hath is
ready 'Phis renders the water very
milky and has a wonderful softening and
whitening effect. Baths tn which milk,
bran or starch hits been placed are found
to refine or whiten the coarsest, reddest
skin, if persistently used Softness and
HituJtess of the skin may be obtained by
the use of a simple unguent made famous
by the Greek and Roman women, who
centuries ago set us the example of per¬
fect personal cleanliness as the road to
beauty The following can he made with
very' little trouble and is delightfully Ex¬
hilarating after the hath:
Best white vinegar, one pint: rosemary,
rue. camphor and lavender (of each) two
drachms. Let the herbs soak in the vine¬
gar for several hours, then strain. Rub
thoroughly all over the body and a deli¬
ciously comfortable feeling and a dainty
perfume will remain with one all day
long.
f MY CIGAR
For the Weekly Chronicle
• y. s, social friend, I love thee well,
In learned doctors' spite.
Thy clouds all other clouds dispel
And lap me in delight.”
ChurUt Spr<i£U>
Tin- tropical cun kissed the sleeping
lod and it smiled in living green. The
germ felt the thrill in it* passionate
vein* arid the warm night witnessed
the birth of a bud, Tiny and tender,
it nest led with tremulous Joy and fear
on the breast of its mother, the car lo
All around, tin- world, in rejuvenate
ecstacy, flaunted its springtime attire
and the hud, lost in wonderment,
opened it* velvet leave*. The rollick¬
ing breeze- coquottirhly ktwsed it i s
cheeks were si teniptingiy soft and in
every warm kin* left the ravishing
* wi etriess of the blossoms over which
they had blown The Indolent cloud*
floating ovel looked down and awoke
from their drowsy reposi They
poured on its head a libation lo beau
ty and youth, The tender plant
danced with delight—flattered darling
on its lithe little stem and drank in
the cool, crystal drops with a thrill
of inebriate Joy.
I.)ay* waxed Into week* and its ram¬
ifying root* imbibed vigor and hardy
It slept In the nun with a
i.si-ious pride. No longer so
coy, when the wind* were coquettish,
it gave kb* for kis* and thrilled with
an innate delight, such as novelty
never instilled. It held out -it* glow
ng young leaves for the showers, and
dlmnk the coo) drops as if the tribute
were only its due.
Ah! happy young plant Id call Cuba
its home! Transplanted, it pines and
yield* only in niggardly measure, the
essence and subtle aroma, which make
!t tin- pet of mankind. it is native
done to the sun and the soil of it*
island home. The plan tin must
i-.iimpitnionship; tlu- guava confide 'n
ill the night through, and tiie breath
>f tlie blossoming orange whtsp--r
poems ol' pertume in spring Otin-i
beitit’Ue* are there. The amorous isle,
which seems, like the mother of Love ,
to have risen right out of the sen.
still encircled by ocean’s enrapturing
11 -iw, in just compensation for -the
,
freedom whh-li tyrants deny, claim
Inanity lo be its 3 Cypru t ■ of tin
western sea II tlu A nacre = sling
and .saw is here Its dower is luxn
riatu-e of love. Hair fit.'ll is spun of
lie midnighl wave* with warm witch
ng over soft brows of brown.- Ten
defines* dwells in the depths of their
• •ye* as bright as the dreams they in
spire. But these are the daughter*
if men z: nil must bow to dtp velvet
heeked e lid of the elpud and the clod.
The fervor of summer has ripened ii»
wives and the plant finds its purpose
now all but complete. How mellow
arid sweet is its soberer hue! Like a
.vofitii:'. whom motherhood moulds into
niatrorily grace, it awaits the fulfilment
of fate. Like a mother of Spartans,
with calm resignation, it offers its foliage
children to serve in the general good,
Tin- sunshine and shower of a lAftt.
ime are si -rod in its delicate veins.
Through <l^r tales* and daylight it-
waits. The harvester conics. Deft
Ing-crs defoliate the withering stalk.
1 ’he soft pliant leaves are soon rounded
.n dainty perfection—and Io! my cigar!
Other plant* which contribute to hap¬
piness are only too often perverted
lull abuse is begotten of use. The
corn which was meant to sustain is
iquefiod into a destroyer. The crutch
* hewn down to a cudgel. poppy
whose mission was to dissipate sorrow
with sleep, is made a fierce sorcerer to
■all tip nsoils?ins of peace. But no
-ueli perversion i* lit re. The vaporous
billows which sleep us in drowsy de¬
light. are fulfilling the end -towards
which I lie quick vein* of -the young
leaves were flowing throughout ail
the changes of season, The achieve-
an nt i* blest.
All blessings upon Hits, my cigar:
Wrapped in its russet, (robes, it is a
titling companion of kings. The fairy
fancies which its warm breath inspires,
nitriva! all ithe necromancies of the
East. I become, through its influence,
both conjurer and king. I conjure tip
i kingdom where I may reign supreme
—xt kingdom where no emisnrics from
ihe world of crude tilings, can come tu
interrupt the quiet pleasure of my
court. The curling «mokc outliues in
space romances, suc-h as mortal mind
and human heart, tin-aided, never yet
■oiiecivtd or fell. From those lip*
of tire flows all melodious minstrelsy,
?lllee p overture of tin- morning
stale. They release the latent soul
which ha* lain so long within, and the
air around become* a microcosm, filled
with fair faces set in Arcadian scene*.
Tlie perfumes of all flowers, the thrill
of every vintage are mingled in each
airy whiff. The wreathing smoke
grows dearer than chaplets woven of
myrtle ot of liny. The dead return
i no ■ : '.-o .Willt .'in* old tiffil
tier -lii-Oijh tlie v.t -orous ring*, and
i ft ing roe future rim*, bright
ns a childish dremn, and glitters like
a at nr *mbition Y>ec k ons with
v\V(*iU*d l..nd, and hope ltK»k 8 svyiHjt
a>Km \ m e. The gatc.s v ery heaven
swing P.-iflt n their harmonious hinges-
and the songs of the seraphs, float down
war ‘ 1 i the aspiring world, niRiil—the
M‘"\VU TV rumble bito ash< ashes
a p.d Iht i yd ids of night are •sod.
Ice Nk:itinge in Uoitdou
Uoudon smart lauies are devoted to ice
ska .ting Curiously enough the most
fashionable time for skating there is Sun¬
day afternoons, and a public rink finds its
most aristocratic patronage at that tfme,
when; the general public being excluded,
it is possible to secure entrance l>y in-
\ lion fe. m the directors. The Du,-it ss
of Man chest- r. Airs. Ronalds, and other
Americans are among the most aecom-
pllshed skaters rhe gowns worn by the
women on a recent Sunday were most
fetching. Black, with diamonds, blue vel¬
vet and silver, and cloth and sable be¬
ing some of the combinations The ice
Is produced by niflet.il methods, so that
weather is no consideration and small
rooms adjoin the ri ink. where the uniqui-
tons “tea“ is s<wed. with more or less
su bs t an t ia 1 accessories.
Bub fighting has been finally pro-
irriio.l in France !>,v ' the de i*ioii of
he highest court on the ground of oru-
Il v animals.
IN GOLDEN BONDS.
i•<>LFMBU»- Tuesday night a t 8
o’i i.k a l Temple B’ntii Israel Mine Cat
rif the accomplished daughter of Mi-,
Bettie Kern, of tins city, was wedded to
M jldmird Moyee, a prominent bust-
nes» man of Cincinnati. Rabbi K. B
j M. Browne otll I at oil, ami a large au-
dieuco witnessed the ceremony The
Tempii wit* handsomely decorated, and
a full choir, wi It orchestral aeeompani-
aieal, rendered tlie wedding music,
Aider tb marriage was over the
bridal parly and their friends repaired
to iiie rooms of Harmony Circle, where
an elegant reception was held. Refresh
menl* were served, and dancing was
engaged in until a late hour
MACON AJi** JOtiwnle Greene, of Tal-
iiotton, a graduate of Wesleyan Female
Collegi-, and who has many friends and
admirers in Macon, was united in mar-
1 ,age Tuesday at the home of Mr. H.
.'. Greene, to Mr. William, Brannon, of
1 '-illimbus. The attendant* were M.sse* I
Piinni- Holme*, of Rletieaiti Hill; Cora
Litmmins, of Juniper I
DARIEN M Charles Mallard ■
M r HI Mis,-; Bond, of liarien,
vviH in ted = 5 arviage on Feb. 20. !
FORSYTH—A ? i; marriage oc-
i urred Tuesday af jon at 4 o'clock
when Mis* Ida Th- 5 s was united in
marriage to Mr. .1 Martin, of At-
lant t. The marriage took plat - at the
■rid * 1 -a v M r. and ,1. M. r-*
T m eing performed iiy l)t
1 r roll, pronidoRt of Moroei !
F. i voisity Thomas, in a bright \
an h-irming young lady, and Mr.
a! i ) igra tula ted his
ruod fortune. Mr. Martin us cc eted
villi The Atlanta C;jn»titution. The
»y u-ple left on the G:J7 o'clock
rain for theii • —*! ,t C re htonie in Atlanta.
MANROE \1 — ^ Still wan hap-
I., in.UTieil lo i> - lAnnie Watson
i Suiul.-y ; I the iiii-t 1 of the bride’s
;| ( '1! I Q indler performed
io ocromoiiy. We ? 'irsh them a long
id hap’py Jifr uid i .at - no dark clouds
their pathway.
(i KAgNT'V'I ivLE - Mr. E’en jam in T.
: 1 ». of Ibis julacc,. wa.s married -
Pearl (.'handler, of Xevvnan, c Z.
U ii'Hd’fiy. Mr. .1. E. Perry, of Bain
idge. (Pi., and Mies Maude Tompkins,
>r t married Thursday,
ATLANTA Tile 5 irriagt of Coi. .1.
r>. Howard to M •> Annie 1 :,-i rk-dale
l| soieninized in the MetliH<li*t
Church VV'-Inesday night. Dr. .1. D-
NewniMii. of the Haptiet Church, ofil-
rialeii. Tilt 1 millplu left <• it tin- Georgia
! rai h i I C
Tin- nrrii i of Mis* Glen Eiye.-i. of
.
Atlanta, to lr. D. H. Cat.sWe'.l, dr.,
Oh attain ibga Tulin., occurred Tliur*
I evening at T o'clock, al the resi-
leli - of tin' bride. The ceremony was
! performed by D H. Burnett, and
was vvitneHsed (inly by tlie immediate
| iv-la l i v i-s a ltd There f riend*. quite happy
, I’OfVVMAN was a
| marriage Sunday niglft, Feb. 10. at, S:30
i o'eliv-k in tlie Finst Baptist Church at
! Bovmtati. The contracting parties in
; th'* haj>i>y union of loving heart* were
Alltert Zellatw, of Lim-olnton, and
! Mi.so Texas Brown, of Bowman, Mr.
Zellars ii* an enterprising, prosperons
ati I popular young man. and i* io be
eong’alulated on liis winning one of
North Georgia’s fairest belle*.- Mint
Brown is one of North Georgia’s love-
I;e»t young ladies, and has many
friends and admirer* in that section ot
t!m State. We extend -the happy couple
our heartiest congeal illations.
.
Southern Cotton Mil n n f il e t u i-l ng.
Philadelphia Record: The distressing
cotton situation in the South is forcibly
described in the statement that cotton Is
now selling beldw the absolute cost of
production, and another crop of the same
size as Bus last one would bring the sta¬
ple to a. price where it would not pay to
hire the labor necessa.ry to pick it from
the fields. In the distant future the cot¬
ton States may indeed, he called upon
to produce not a yearly crop of 9,500,000
bales, but one of over 15,000,000 bales; but
the present overproduction must be radi¬
cally reformed until new market condi¬
tions arise. The South may reap from
her apparent distress of today an unex¬
pected boon on, the morrow. The South
has neglected the diversified agriculture
of the North, and yet during the decade
from 1880 to 1800 her total farm assets in¬
creased 37 per cent, and her farm pro¬
ducts gained 10 per cent. In other words
the Southern farmer reaped a gross reve¬
nue of 24.1 per cent, upon his capital,
while the rest of the farmers of the coun¬
try were only rewarded with 13.1-per cent.
To one dollar that the Northern agri¬
culturist has earned, his Southern brother
has received almost two dollars.
"Furthermore the South has not reaped
the real profits upon its cotton crops,
England sold to Japan in a single year
$14,000,000 worth of cotton goods. Almost
every pound of this material came from
the Southern States, but England receiv¬
ed as much for each yard of four-ounce
goods as she paid the cotton growers for
each pound. The erection of extensive
cotton mills in Georgia and other South-
ern States during the past few months
by New England cotton spinn rs is a
important feature. Secretary Hoke
Smith of the Interior has already empha¬
sized the fact that the manufacture in
the South of its own at ton would change
the value of the crop annually from $300,-
000,000 to about $ 1 , 000 , 000 , 000 .
>lr. C*liug%vater’M Mxiiri’mmh’r.
“Sve-iKing of narrow ‘Scapes,
served Mr. Cliugwater. reaching for hiK
■ i-vond Clip of coffee, 1 ! i'll you 1
-as on ihe train th r day ttiat
time within tht\o f *«»ing run
nto by an ♦ l irai 11 going at full
l ( 1 ?
ifor 1 u c r sa ex tiimed
Mrs. Cbiig u atcr Il \v did it happen?”
“The train that inline S' near running
into IS, 1 ;e rej dee- 1 , buttering a bis
out. "was in tin' other track, ;ind go
i ng * I fi t • ihcr S IV.”
It wi / scvei 1 ,1 - ;<s before Mrs.
Chugwi ~ «r broke - »c bit vvlu’ii she
did she r ;»d I> for I twit tin Chicago
Tri bum
serious Rebellion.
By Southern Associated Rres*
London. Feb. 18.— A Oeiitr ! .Vws di>-
patch from Bombay says: j. serious re-
belliou has broken out in Muscat,.the
Arabian seaport on tho Indian ocean,
The rebel* have seized most of the forts
commanding the town Xt> more tie-
tails are obtainable.
Experiments in Georgia
show that the best cotton fertilizer should contain not less than from
3 to 4 /. Actual Potash.
Any failures to this crop can be traced to a deficiency of Potash
the fertilizers used.
We will gladly send you our pamphlets on the Use of Potash,
They are sent free, It will cost you nothing to read them, ami they w ill save VOII
dollars. t;I - KMA\ K .M I WORK'S, 1 •- N n Sirf'-'V
Cl it It EXT COMMENT
of the reluc- i
Syracuse Standard Some j |
tance in Congress to grant approval of
President Cleveland's financial projects is j
attributable to a suspicion that the cap¬
italists have over-reached him, and have
induced him to approve terms less fav-
oral le than the Governm -nt ought to ob-
tain. The capitalists with whom the
President has been dealing those lately who are j
foreigners mostly, and are i
Americans are regarding their own ad- '
vantage as acutely as that of the nation,
i I
It Is announced that Lafe Pence of Col-
orado, who Is about to retire from Coti- j
gress, has accepted the vice presidency
of a railway corporation in New York,
and that he will shortly take up his resi-
deuce there. One of these fine days we
may expeo,t to hear the distinguished Pop-
ulist statesman denounced as a Walt
street shark and gold bug—Pittsburg
Dispatch
South Carolina is going to have a great
deal of trouble and scandal on recount of
deficiencies in the ‘‘dispensaries.” Rome
of the keepers are already from $3(10 to
$1,500 behind hand, and Gov. Evans Is
beginning to talk about sueing them if
they do not pay up Th^re was never
any governmental scheme so sure to
break down disastrously as Tillman's
plan of making the whisky traffic a pro¬
fitable State monopoly—Hartford Tir
Boston Globe: It is reported that before
explaining to a Congressional Committee
the details of a plan for a new bond issue
Seel tary Carlisle insisted that this state¬
ment and explanation should not be made
knoyvn to the public. But why, in the
name of common sense, should the doings
of the people’s representatives be kept
from the people? Haven’t they the best
right to know? Nothing is more out of
place and incongruous under a Govern¬
ment supposed to be “of the people, by
the people and for the people," than a
policy which seeks to keep front the pub¬
lic. information which ought to he accord¬
ed to them through the press, freely and
ungrudgingly.
Springfield Union Th'- Boston. Adver-
User points nut the error, in the common
belief that the prevalent low prices and
the consequent, inability of debtors to pay
is a source of immense gain to the crGii-
tors This is certainly not true of New
England people who have investments in
the West, “They hold a tremendous debt
due them by the West, which must he
paid in the products of the mines and the
crops of that section converted into
money. That conversion is now being
made at a most disastrous rate.” People
who suppose that the creditor has a great
advantage over the debtor, should watch
the process of collecting a debt' secured
by a Western mortgage.
New York Evening Post The average
investor is no Very keen and cautious
person He is very ant to place his capi-
tal here or there because a security is
quoted at high prices: on the mark- 1 , or
because some equally ignorant friend has
ounselled purchases. Nevertheless, it is
■
quite possible that public opinion may he
so far roused on this qu stion as to exert
a very considerable influence. It is cer¬
tainly no bad rule to refuse flatly to buy
securities of companies which do not
make both freqit -nt and intelligible finan-
rial statements A mere recommenda-
tion that monthly statements he submit¬
ted, made by the sock exchange some ten
years ormore ago. had undoubtedly good
results Many of the present important
monthly statements date from that time
THE TKOIdbEY CHARTERS
The Attorney Genernl Roles the Ac
tiou lit Petitioners Not Justified.
By Southeri A :ttext Press-
Albany. >. 14 .--In the matter of
uppliea i ioi io the Attorney Get al to
coiutnenci." an :!.-t .mi to vhcate (V e charter
of the Br< •ok-lyu Heights Railr d Cotn-
pane. Attorney . General Ham ■k, it) a
long op ittioii. concludes:-
! mu satisfied front an examination
of lilt 1 fact* present! i IV rhe petitinnets
that, limy are not sufficient, to justify the
'bnugnig o an action to annul tile chi';:
ter of the orpoviitlon.V application
In flic liter of to e<
uioti-.-e at- - r ms to indict the presuh-ut
til \llaiitio Avenue company and
pms z. nt of the Brooklyn Height* lb
roa-d - ontpany for aUeged violation
the ten hnui tw. Hit.- Attorney Gene
*11 v*
r papers helo!-!' me allege in gen
e -ml -■ ms a t i' lation of he law. hut (in
n lifjaliturs -5 tst be pre ^ -ed by (he ovi
ilonri*. vvlii< so far a / tin- president*
are c<.MU:erDPil, has riot yet been }.ns
to me. JJ\ however, it shall
i’roui the iuvest-itrations n *w or heroa . er
to ]»;■• nnule. that it can he estalbisliid by
i*omj»e!»‘Ut proof t 13“ at tin; preside ills of
the ‘<’0 m nan ies hav violated the law by
e.VArtitig i e houns of labor from
their ompi' ses will V>e furtln T
considered
THE REBELLION ENDED
Dispatch From Minister McKinney
Advises of tlie Fact.
By Southern Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., Feb. ir». —Secretary
Gresham received the following cable¬
gram dated from Minister McKinn- y, at
Bogota. Colombia, today “Tho Minister
f Foreign Affairs requests me to say
that the revolution is practically ended.
Xo Tears of any further trouble. Have
published in the interest of commerce. M
The commanding officer of the United
states steamship Atlanta, states from
Colon, under date of February 14. thdt
the rebellion in Colombia is considered
at an end.
Th* Distrii-t Court of Appeals' todav
det-lined to grant an appeal from the de¬
rision of (he lower court refusing an in¬
junction to prevent the collection of the
income t ax.
The \evr Bomh
lip As> h -l Pn ss
1 v York. Feb. JO . Tin- n» dt
t«j *• will \ t
- a Mi * Il
I ’.U- 1 cl) i!h vis 1 :p! i: <}i ib»v-
u h ;; p gald
enlist it uti I i r nt
^ next M ci I
th ii ii t.i; >e s »|fe
! Y J ■fid:
l) Ul < N prize-
1 i ght e doors
*•< 111 ••an yin <►
" t • he ], arters. s doin ' fomi-
s*s by wli< sal.
BOTH INDICTED.
Grand Jury of King'* County- Indict*
Itotli It.-i 11 rood Prt-Mldcnl*.
By Southern Associated Press
Brooklyn, .. N. _ Y. , 1 - b. b T be grand .......
l»'y of King s coutUy repoftte in the
Court of Sessions this.tuornlng that they
had Jointly Indicted l'r. sident Benjamin
Norton of the Atlantic A\enue Railioad
and Superintend- nt Quinn of -ho same
company, on .two cnarges of vlo atlng the
ten hour law. The indictment? ali gn
that on January 12 last, Norton and
Quinn, acting together, compelled Jere-
miah Diamond and-James Dwyer, con-
duetors on their line to work twelve con-
secutive hours The two workmen went
out on a strike on January 1-1 They fur-
nlshed the 'evident* to the grand Jury,
The charges are mis 1 moanors, punish-
able by one year's imprisonment or a line
of-$500, or both.
Norton and Quinn were not In court.
Judge Moore was displeased because they
were not. Judge Morris, who appeared
for them; promised to hav both men in
court tomorrow morning and to be ready
to give bail. twenty-
The grand jury also; returned
seven indictments against ''fetriUers for
rioting, throwing .-brinks at. cars, cutting
wires and for other acts of viclence. Ip
ev y case against the strikers presents*
to them hut one, the jury found an lu-
diet merit Most of th “ accused were ar-
rested during the .strike and held * n P°~
lice eomrts The others will be arrested
today Ml the Indictments are for felon-
ies Counsel Young
Assistant Corporation direct¬
applied this morning for an order
ing Police Justice Quigley to show cause
--ivy he-should not tv- removed from office
for showing sympathy with the strikers
in the way .in which he disposed of com¬
plaints against them. The order was
granted amt made'returnabl? on Monday
Georgia’s New Senator
The Washington correspondent of The
Savannah News says of Major A. o.
Ba-on’s presentation to the Senate:
Under tlio escort-of Senator Walsh, the
new senator from Georgia, Major Augus-
tils O. Bacon, made a 1 tour'of the Sen¬
ate chamber Wednesday-;.and was intro¬
duced to Vice-President Stevenson and to
the senators who wifi-be’ fits' colleagues.
Major' Bacon is tall, well-built, with a
la'dk. of hir¬ ^
florid complexion and with a
sute adornment which entitles him to the
very front row- He is pleasant in man-
n r and has already made many friends.
He is. to use his own words, on the rising
side of 60, hut he would hardly be believed
if he did not follow this statement with
another to th- effect that-lt was twenty-
three years ago when he was speaker of
the Georgia legislature. He is a lawyer of
recognized ability, has been in' politics a
-good many years but has not had any
experience in national affairs.
‘T have been busy with some cases In
the supreme court of’my State,” he said
today, or I should have Iv-en here sooner.
Of course I am looking over the field, but,
lo tell th-- truth, 1 came to Washington
to further the office s#feking aspirations of
some of friends. Beginning early, am 1
not? 1 have no sceq the- Tyesident yet.
but I shall certainly call before I return
to Georgia, which will he in about a
week.” through thick
Mai. Bacon is for silver
and thin
Ijlcen.se of ;.’t heater
This novel of your?,” * HJ til -
Usher handing th buikv ■i an users i -
over to tlie authur s '.not acceptable
I-t is a good deal too frank in trV atment.
to suit th Aiigi -Saxon idents ol pro
priety." said tho author
‘Tin very sorry,
gloomily. tied the pub
"Oh. never mind,” r:; i si
fisher. “I suggest that you win a
great *-u etas by having the novel dra
mat;zed and pu! on the utngo.”—Ch-ica
go Revord.
IN N ESS—George f nnness sometimes
worked fifteen hours a day with lti.s
brush. He usually stood as he painted,
and he worked as the humor seized
him on the dozen or more canvasses in
his studio going from on' to another
with paletto and maulstick. The paint¬
er was fond of walking.
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