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THE CAMESVILLE TRIBUNE
ESTABLISHED 1875.
£DW A STATE WAS WOK
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QNCe THE DARK AND BLOOW
GROUND OF BORDER WARFARE*
Hew It X* a Prosperous Oota*rx>n wonltli,
and Is About to Celebrate tfee Cec teornlal
a t It* Admlwiss to tiio Unierr—(Uikuti
foooo Sbolby.
lOwrktht, Wk. hjr American Pres*
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aame year ^ a con-
-uuouai con-
venuo:. was held,
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WOnemi the Anmrican flag, imd her
representatives and. senators took their
places amongthe national lawmakers.
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^wed ure, Kam-tnca-kee, with the highest as the Inc gifts urns of called nat-
^ was indeed the according name, a to the dark signifl- and
Woody ground- long before tho white
man euccumbed to the fascinntion of .ta
mountain regioua or the eoftt r charm of
Its blucgraxs uplands. No trio© could
claim tho realm for its own, but all
tribeii honied tbaro—chased tho leer,
tracked the bear and fought each other
when they met.
They battled in tho primoved forests o?
along the opener spaces of the undulating
barren. 1 ;, tho nations of the north gener¬
ally being arrayed against tho nations of
the south—a trag- iyof conflict to be
repeated in later times wheu civil war
again ruude Kentucky a debatable
ground, and substituted for arrow and
tomahawk the hurtling bullet and the
thjieking Hut shell.
a revolution was soon to convulse
this coveted domain. The all conquering
whito man stepped across its borders,
and, like the savage, ho found it lair and
well worth the winning. There fol¬
lowed what maybe called the heroic age
of settlement —an ago illuminated by the
mighty exploits, of such men ua John
Finley, Daniel Boone, Simon 1 Cc j ton and
James Harrod. Jt wai an ago of des¬
perate struggles; of forays and of re¬
prisals; of midnight massacres and of
relantloss vengeance; of brutality, un¬
speakable and of magnanimity sublime.
It was an ago that bred and made ready
for tho tremendous demands of the war
for independence that body of keen eyed,
self sacrificing and never daunted fight¬
ers known to history and !,ong as the
hunter* of Kentucky. As colonists they
strove against the savages side by side
with British regulars, and from their
redcoated comrades they got the military
training that stoodfthem in good stead
when the cross of St. George was hauled
down and tho banner of the new repub¬
lic sought tho welcoming breeze.
It seems fitting that ono who has been
a soldier should bo governor of the state
at the time when the arrangements for
the centennial celebration are being per¬
fected, for the first occupant of the exec¬
utive chair was also a gallant warrior
as well as an able statesman. Although
a man loving peace, quiet and tho calm
routine of farm management, ho wrote
history with his sword and shines in the
annals of his country ;is tho hero of
King’s mountain and of the battle of the
Thames.
Isaac Shelby—that is his honored
name—was born at North Mountain,
Md., Dec. 11. 1750, and died near Stain-
ford, Ky., July 13, 132G. His father, a
nati ve of Wales, took part in the French
and Indian and Revolutionary wars,
rose to tho rank of general, and liveu to
see Ids son chief magistrate of Kentucky,
dying in 1704. Isaac first saw bloodshed
When fighting the Shawneos and Bela-
waces in 1774. Then came tho struggle
tnr freedom, and young Shelby gained
flam* and success. Li one year—VJ80—
won three from the Brrtwh.
«ad followed up triumphs by plan-
Kteg with John Sevier die
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acsos B. ECCXMUL
tiYn*»n> Ctevtiraar ot Kaafttokv.l
OMsisdAm. jjx th* aff&ZT of King'*
where the English power to
tat south was forever hrokeo.
K#utuckv secured statehood and Sh*tl-
hy wm the nearly unanimous choio* lot
gtTBZUQn He refused re-election and
totacned eagerly* to his farm. Six tunas
to served as presidential elector, and
ttec cgtp o the ■ywwil war with Great
Disaater . had , , overtaken . . toe
te vmy of the west, the enemy held
Mtohs^an, and alarm prevailed all along
toe frontier, which swarmed with savage
fcoedes. The people demanded that bhel-
ky egain assume office, axnl the vanora-
Me Oincinnatus, than sixty-three year*
dftd, ebeyed their behest. His call for
a># lwrte d vwlunioorB wa* chaiacteriafic.
^‘AswroWe at Newqxjrt." he wrote. “I
will meet you there in person: I will
lead you to the field of battle and share
with you the dangers and honors of fhe
campaign.’ his sfteafcsl athievement
i BedausO of
FRANKLIN COUNTY GA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 6. !P9<.
Kentuckians affectionately termed their
chief “Old King’s Mountain,’ and they
r6pli.6dt Wo will rally aro ZXTUi tbo ©agl <9
of our country, for Old King’s Mountain
will lead us to Victory and ccnqoeet;”
And he did, for he took thru to iho
brnks of tho Thames, and there, with
William Henry Harrison, fort xl Pi actor '
to fly and crushed the mi^at of Te-
cumseh’s Indian league. Tecnmoeh l.irn- i
self fell by the hand of ono of Shelby’s I
Richard Mentor Johr.icn, after-
Ward honored with many t Secs and
, math
f vice president of the Uni re a States,
His task accomplished, Shell?, re-sought
his rural home, and spent the remainder
of his life amid the peacefu scenes in
which he delighted.
There are other great ever te and dis-
tinguished names associated with that
of I Kentucky Within it* t> rders Citi-
sen Genet planned an invar oa of the
bpanish colonies, and Bun* dx a ned of a
kingly crown. There rose tc fame and
power Henry Clay, tho great '‘Harry of
the West;” there Tom M* bn all dis-
played his genius and eccentricities;
there Prentice wrote, and t.ere Abra-
ham Lincoln was born, it a also the
8tat<s ot B ^ry, Beck, Bloc: b irn, Car-
Me * Dand > Gathfi3 > Holt Rousseau
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Wheu admitted to the Union the
«Wuaonwealth had a population of 75,-
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ISAAC SHEI.BY.
X)0. It now contains nearly 2,000,000
inhabitants, and ranks eleveuth in the
list of elates. It covers an aroa of 37
C80 square miles, is watered by noble
streams and wooded by magnificent for¬
ests. It lias mountains, hills, ridges,
valleys, uplands and plains, and mines
of salt, lead, iron, coal and building
stone. There are 125,000 farms within
its limits, on which aro produced half,
the tobacco, hemp and flax grown in
America, it boasts the Mammoth cave
and a mammoth manufacture of dis¬
tilled liquors. But its chief glories are
its beautiful women, thoroughbred
horses, superb scenery and tho world
famous bluegrass-region.
Take it all in all, there is no reason
why the centennial should fall short of
success. The triumphs and trials of
Kentucky’s hundred yeara a. cord abun¬
dant material for tho displays of pageant¬
ry and the illustrations of material prog-
roes. Ffjcd C. Dayton.
ITALY’S FlEPRESENT/'T.’VE.
Tho Marquis Imperial!, Now in Charge
of tho Legation at Wash n^ton.
When the Marquis di Ru lini, in his
effort to bolster up his administration
by the adoption of a Jingo policy against
the United States, recalled ilaroc Fava
from Washington, the atfeir? of the Ital¬
ian ie pition were
loft i a charge of
the Marquis Im-
peria u This gen-
11 tary tiei.ua of ji waa the secre¬ lega¬
tion prior to the
baro: s departure
for P >me. He is
r a 'nan Lome man,
;• well veiueil in
diplo.'oucy, and a
< favor te in social
| marquis iMPKiiiAU. circle t. He is not,
! of course, .a tally autnoritec ripresenta-
j tive of Italy, and may be ref*tided as an
; impersoncJ figure in future diplomatic
intercourse. Secretary Llai> c replied to
'aim personally in regard to recall of
his chief, but all the taarqi ’S can do is,
if Mr. Blaine affords him t ie opportu-
nity, to transmit the notes passing be-
tween Italy and the United t-fcitea.
Recent events in Rome i .d’oate that
j Baron Fava is to be made tb * scapegoat
Rndini s hot headedness. Ho has al-
I ready been accr^l of mi-si-ting the
import of Italy’s demands oy a wrong
translation of the note whir h led to the
fenbrogiio. It is but a step from an ac¬
cusation of this kind to diplomatic dis¬
grace. Meauwlifle Secretary Blaine is
looking over tin* head of the MarquisIm-
periaii, ami dcaiiiig directly with the
Italian government through Minister
Porter in Rome.
fl# T^nt/tnsfice at a Soul.
The Chinese represent* what is proba¬
bly the ollws: t> pe cf so called civilisa¬
tion ot the wo lid. Yet the race is de¬
voted to ceremonials aud practices which
appear barbaric and superstitious to the
Caucasian mind. The oiuer day 8ing
Song was arraigned ia a police court at
San Francisco charged with disturbing
the peace, aud cruelty to animals. The
prisoner is high priest ia a joss house,
and appeared o:i the saroet attired in a
: square hat and a long robe. Ho was
i beating cymbals,ringing a be d and other-
| wise making it unpleasant for a white
! duck which he ha 1 placed in a tub of
water near by with its legs tied together.
Song explained that a woman had died
at the house in front of which he was
performing his a:.tecs, and that he was
j ' trying * ^ to “joas” ber spirit ii :o the body
of fo ,, vl , wir a th -n carry her
j ^ to ^ FIo>v , ry Ki agd om. He ee-
| w i td a slight peaaliv, and threat-
^ togue the p0iie3 for disturbing relig-
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1 lOUS
j Ktoruiooj Population*.
i Two census statenicnts recently issued
, 5y Luropoan governments ere of inter-
Russia, it appears, h.^ a popnla-
j tion ^ a bout ^xceeled 112.500,000, the deaths and the hv 2,000 births
j yj one y ear 23(L50b.b00
, ^ British India haa in-
ihabitame. na increase of 10 per cent
HE WAS A SURVEYOR.
H© I» n Humorist anil Writ©* CieTer
sketch**,
u t*k© George Washington, Janled L.
Ford, tvhd ha? been writing funny mat-
ter for the last ten years, started in life
as a surveyor, Lk
Mr. Ford is the
author of some *■
of the best sketch- - * J l?? 1
<?s appeared which in have Puck )? ijrfy\
during the last ! S
decade, and Steerers-^raMC#*--^^^^ hi*
“Bunco "jP
Christinas’ remembered#" will
l>e gemi
by many as a aSsp
in its way. hmnor-@MH As
genuine de-fnjfjffi w^w
ist Air. Fora
r-erves to lie class-wifj$ H'*'
ed in the very
.
first rank. His I * T1
sketches strike* •
higher than the
comruonplaco JAMES L. FORD.
funnyisms from
which the minstrel gleans his stock. He
was bom in St. Louis in 1851, lived in
Brooklyn during ins boyhood, and was
educated at Stockbridge. After some
experience as a surveyor he entered
journalism, being emploved latei first on a
railroad pap r, and taking charge
of a New York weekly. He has done
much dramatic work and h u a large
acquaintance
Mr. Ford , ’..inks “The Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table” about the best type of
tho most advanced American humor,
and speaks of George T. L-inigan, the
great American fable writer, as one of
the best humoris' S the Country ever pro¬
duced. Mr. Ford's sketches i:i Puci:
have attracted so much attention that
he expects te put them in book form
soon. “This book,” says a winter in the
New York Sun speaking of Ford, “will
lx? interesting, but not half so queer as a
well written book about Ford himsqlf
would be. Ho represents the Bohemiau-
ism of today; quaint, erratic, sober, in¬
dustrious, but an intolerant of the har¬
ness of discipline as the Bohemians of
earlier days.” Tom Masson,
HELEN KELLER’S MISSION.
It Is to Ldnettle a Lad Who, Like Iler-
sclf, Is Deaf, Dmnl> and lliiml.
Tommy Stringer, tho five-year-old
deaf, dumb and blind boy in whom the
good citizens of Pittsburg have taken so
deep an interest, is now in the Perkins
institute, of Boston. His case, so piti¬
fully similar to her own, aroused the
sympathy of littlo Helen Keller, the
deaf, dumb and blind child of Tuscum-
bia, Ala. When she was in Pittsburg
two years ago, Benjamin Wade, of Hul-
ton, gave her a splendid mastiff to which
she became very much attached. The
dog was killed recently, and she was al¬
most heartbroken. Hearing of her loss
Mr. Wade sent hc-r another dog and
thirty-five dollars.
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TOMMY STRINGER.
Jnst at the time she received the
money Helen heard of Tommy Stringer,
and decided to donate the thirty-five dol-
lars as the nucleus of a fund to educate the
poor lad. One philanthropic gentleman
immediately added $100 to the fund, and
Helen is now at the Perkins institute
trying to develop little Tommy’s facul¬
ties. j
Tommy is sajd to have a wonderful in¬
tellect, and nobody is likely to reach it
eo well as Helen Keller, who by slow,
tedious stages has herself acquired a re¬
markable education. Hers is the first
case on record of a deaf, dumb and blind
child being taught to talk. She appears
confident of being able to teach Tommy
the same diilicult feat.
International Coinage.
The long discussed project of coining
gold and silver money which shall be of
tqual value in all civilized countries is
heginmng to take form. In the coming
conference three commissioners will rep-
resent the Unitetl
States. One of '
tJaase u ex-Sena- ‘
tor Nathaniel P.
Hill, of Colorado.
Mr. Hill is par- >]
ticuiarly well
pdition. qualified for this
He is a
native of New
York state, and 4
is now nearly six- i jSfjT
ty years of age. 1 v*>
At Brown uni-
veraty, where he 5. x> p. tttt hill t
b tadied chemistry, he showed such apti-
tude that on graduation ho was made
professor of the science. In 1854 Boston
capitalists sent him to Colorado to look
after tlieir mining interests, and since
then he lias been closely identified with
the production and redaction of the pre-
cions ores. Those who advocate inter-
national coinage regard with much favor
Mr. Hill's acceptance of the position of-
fered him.
The 'Ierits of Olil Fashioam)
Are we drifting back toward first
principles, and are modern inventions of
leas value than we think? For some time
society people have indicated their prefr
erenre for wax candles ;is ballroom il¬
luminators, and now an expert in elec¬
tricity declares in favor of the old fash¬
ioned oil limp, the light from which, he
says, will penetrate a fog better than
ttot furnished by any other device.
dr. talmac w new tambwach.
Dedicated with Appropriate Service* frf
Presence of Large Audience*.
The dedica.ion of the Brooklyn taber¬
nacle, the spiritual home of Dr. Tal-
tflasre’s vast congregation^ took place one
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RF.V. T. DE WITT CALM AGE.
(Froei L';j latest photograph.)
Sunday recently vniii appropriate cere¬
monies. This is th * third church reared
for tho great pro a-her. both its prede¬
cessors having 1 een destroyed by fire.
It is a magnificent structure In the Ro¬
manesque sty’j of arehireettife, and
built of Corsyhill stone and red washed
brick in red mortar. The roofs of the
towers, which are net completed, will
be covered with Spanish tiles, and the
main one will rise to tho height of 1G0
feet.
The interior is also Romanesque in de¬
sign and shaped like an amphitheater.
The lofty ceiling is domed and divided
into panels) the material is patent fire¬
proof wood, noth cherry coloring and
richly decorated panels. B tek Of the
rostrum rises tho huge organ, with its
front of richly colored pipes. Above the
organ is an elaborate arch, ornamented
in stereo-relief work, and on each side of
the rostrum are three smaller (irehes,
with a series of cathedral windows; The
glass used throughout the building is a
combination of frosted crystal and vari¬
ous shades of yellow, flooding the audi¬
torium with a soft, mellow light.
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tjie Brooklyn TABVRNACLE. “
One of the most interest*.*'- features of
tho rich interior is a memorial tablet set
in the wall at the right of the organ,
Tho tablet is composed of four stones
brought by Dr. Talmage from holy places
in Palestine. The top stone is white,
with red streaks. It was brought from
Mount Calvary, and bears the word
“Sacrifice.” The center stones come
from Sinai, and have the word “Law”
inscribed, and the bottom block, which
bears the inscription “Gospel,'’is from
Mars hill, overlooking Athens, where
St. Paul preached. Commodious rooms
are provided in the building for the Sun-
dav school, Bible class, etc.
More than 5,000 people attended each
of the dedicatory services, and yet the
capacity of the tabernacle was not taxed,
By raising a series of rolling blinds a
thousand more people can lie accommoj
dated in the Sunday school, and the full
seating capacity will reach lieajdy 7,000.
Dr. Talmage delivered an appropriate
sermon in the evening. The reverend
gentleman has recently changed his ap-
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pearance bv shaving bis whtskare. which
girw linn a more clerical and scholarly
aspect than ever. A number of ministers
from churches in New York and Brook-
hm assisted in the observances of the
morning and afternoon.
_
a h* Triage Follow* Divorce.
Pretty rapid work was done in the
wav 'nial of severing and cementing matri-
mo ties at Neligli, Neb., the other
day. A wife applied for divorce oa toe
grounds that her husband treated her
harshly and had a bad temper. Her
statements were corroborated by a
young woman who had lived for niae
years with tho couple. No defense was
made and a decree issued at once,
Within twenty-four hours the ex-hne-
band marri -d the girl who ha.1 testified
to the brutality of liis conduct.
T’rJeo for si Trotter.
Apparr utlvyomc residents of Oakland,
C.J-. a. e not* go xl judges of horseflesh,
The other day the ponndmatter sold for
twelve «. ■ us an cue!aimed animal at
an estn ion. laa horse Wiis sub-
se«inemi v i . a.ified as a thoroughbred
trotter valued at&i.OCO.
FuUMfEl! TWO CITIES
REMARKASL-F RFSORD OF A WESTERN
PIONEER, RECENTLY DECEASED.
After Aldiug to S*urt Chicago on Its
>?srcli to C\jU.« He A*«i*te<l in Ks-
tfig Capital of the
State df
It fads to the let of few* men to be en¬
rolled among the creators of great dries.
Alanson Sweet, who died recently at the
home of his son, George Sweet, in. Chi¬
cago, took a prominent part in tlie cs-
tablishmtiri of two important cities. He
was one cf the tWdtre mm who founded
Chicago, and he aftorwsfd assisted Gov¬
ernor Doty in laying out Madison, the
capital of Wisconsin. ,
This of itself is a reedfd of which any
man might be proud. When Fort DoaV-
horn was established in 1303 tho wildest
dreamer had no idea of the iirirvelous
development destined to take place in
the neighborhood, hi 1331 Chicago com¬
prised about a dozen families and the
garrison of the fort. The month of the
river was a sluggish bayou; tho banks
were fiat and marshy, with deadly fevers
lurking in tlic-ir foggy exhalations.
The conditions and prospect* were
little better in 1833 when, with true
pioneer instinct, Mr. Sweet joined eleven
of his fellows in organizing the t nvnehip
of Chicago. ( Tbefe was heed Cf u good
harbor at this point bri fho great lakes,
and in spite of the many hatrr ii draw¬
backs tho energetic vitisens of that early
period sot dJmt j|o tail so one. They
drew up plana for hliittg in the :i vta and
■lre>igiug the channel of the ; ver. It
was mauv years before their projected
improvements took definite t!i* pe, but
several of the founders besides Mr.
Sweet lived to r ; t* Chicago !<s<une Jts
place attldrig the Vim>m#rciaj otetere of
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ALANSON SWEET.
the world. The raising of the grade of
the city from eight to ten feet above the
orginal surface was ono of the most stu¬
pendous engineering experiments ever
undertr' sn*
It was the sturdy pluck and perswer-
a nco of men liko Mr. Sweet that made
Chicago. From 1840, when tho popula-
tion was 4,470, to 1870, when it had
reached 298,977, its growth kept steady
pac e with tho wonderful development of
the northwest. One of the greatest ca-
lamities in the world—the big fire of
October, 1871— bad several compensating
advantages. It hot only advertised the
city in every a" quarter of the globe, but
inaugurated new system of building
which, avoiding mistakes of the past, re-
spited in the Chicago of today—a model
0 f practical architecture, blocks, with its mag-
nificent business elegant boule-
yards and splendid private residences.
After the fire the growth of Chicago
was marvelous. In 1880 the population
had increased to 503,185. The official
census of last year listed it as the second
G jt y in America, with a population of
1,009,853, an increase of 118 per cent, in
ten years.
Madison, the second city with which
' Mr. Sweet’s name is wonderful identified, has hot
been blessed with the progress
of Chicago, but it justly lays claim to
being one of the most beautiful places in
the* itorthwest. It is situated on an isth¬
mus, between ttfd lakes, in the celebrat¬
ed Four Lake district of Wisconsin, and
is a popular summer resort. When its
site was selected by Governor Doty and
Mr. Sweet in 1830 the country was a
wilderness. The capitol is in the center
of a natural park of fourteen acres and
is a very handsome structure. In 1850
the population was 1,525; in 1890 it
reached 13,426.
Mr. Sweet was eighty-seven years old.
| He was boi*n iu New York and went to
j Illinois in early manhood, His life was
I full of interest, and Outride of his activi-
' ty in the early days of Chicago he prob¬
ably did as much for the development of
| Wisconsin as any other man in the state.
John W. Postgate.
Senator lleagnn'a U's.lfujitian,
John H. Reagan, who recently re¬
signed from the United Btat-ee senate to
accept the chnirarocship of the Texas
board of railroad
conniusioaon,
^ ra8 ^° rn ^ eT ‘
; ier county,Tenn.,
18, 1818, and M
received a com- 9 s I i €-
mon school and .,.
limited collegiate
education. He- y
settled in the re-
pnbhc of Texas
in 1389. where ha
practiced law- 3. H. EE.A3AR.
and entered politic*. In 1847 he was
elected stare representative, and subse-
qnently served two terms as district
judge. iYior to the secaeteou conven-
tion of Texas in 1861 he wa- two terms
in cwsgreea. He was postmaster general
of the Ccnfe-lerate govermi: mt during
the civil war After recon ’ructkm he
wa* congressman for six ten s and took
his seat in the senate Ma; ’. 1887, as
sncct-ssor to Batnnel B. 11 .xey. Mr.
Reagan is an earnest student of political
economy, aud bad a prom -neui part in
all debates concerning toe t riff. He is
a cb*sc- reasoner and vigor -* s speaker.
Hoftw: -Cfi/lton, a lawver.oi Mr,Tex.,
has be¬ * W- A uted to ml t.. ■ r vuainder
of Mr. Reagan’s term in ‘>ne
i wttich expires March 8 , 1893 .
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FAMOUS IN CL.O AGE.
Von Nfoltke Gained Hit First Laurel*
When Nearly ScTenty.
Count von Moltke, field marshal of the
German army, who died recently of
heart failure in Berlin, was in his ninety-
first year, having been boro at Parchim,
Mecklenberg, Oct. 26,1800. His career
was a marvelous one. Although trained
for a military life from the age of thir¬
teen, he was sixty-tdx years old when he
achieved distinction as a general. This
was in the war against Austria, a cam¬
paign which was decisive for the future
of Prdseia and Gerts**ny- Yon Moltke’s
life also disproved the theory, often ac-
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HELMUT!! KARL BEKSHARP VON MOLTKE.
cepted In military circles, that great gen¬
erals do not go through the gradations
of army experience. He began as a
“land cadet” in the Danish a. my, after a
season at a military academy, and bis
promotion was gradual to the rank of
general, kfofcko brilliant
Count von was not
and dashing like Napoleon I. Ilis &reat
campaigns were carefully thought m>t.
He eliminated the element of chance
from war, and strove to make the army
as perfect and methodical in its opera¬
tions as a machine, Alfllost every de¬
tail of the war against France vra* care¬
fully Littie, planned years before Napoleon the
09 Victor Hugo called him, is¬
sued his mad dre&aration. Its prosecu¬
tion on the part of Germany showed the
great genius of Von Moltke m a tacti¬
cian and strategist. Its termination with
tire fall of Paris enabled the house of
Holier,Ebllern to realize its long dream
of a united Germany. To Von Moltke
as much as to Bismarck belongs the high
honor of founding tho new German em¬
pire. and
Notwitlistandiug Ills sternness re-
lentlesaness on the field, Von Moltke
personally was an amiable Christum gen¬
tleman. Like tho old Emperor William,
he traced the finger of God in the blood¬
iest battles.- After the Bohemian cam¬
paign, Motelr btf regarded as n deathless
page in the tvofhi’s- history, ho wrote,
“God’s omnipotence fe<Y on ohr banners
to victory,” and adds, “HoW it
is that God should thus have lit the
evening of a man’s life as he has done
that of our king and hts generals!"
PRESIDENT HARRISON’S JOURNEY.
ail Special Cat with All Mod¬
ern CoorWilMicM and LuxnrL-K.
No monarcu or potentate ever trav¬
eled in more magnificent style than Pres¬
ident Harrison and party on their tour
of the south' and west. Tiie train con¬
sists of five coach**, richly uphol¬
stered and containing all toi* luxu¬
ries and conveniences of a palatial hutci
Thera la a barber shop and bat h rooms,
smoking compartments and,Rotary, and
a well appointed kitchen president an" dining Har¬ car.
The coach of the and Mrs.
rison is a paradise on wheels. The apart
ments are en suite, and mod -Is of artis-
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A fiUMKK OF Tlfft FREKPENT’S CAR.
tic taste. All the woodwork is enam¬
eled in white and decorated in floral de¬
signs in gilt moldings, and the seats and
sofas are covered with a rich shade of
terra cotta plush. President Harrison
made Iris speeches from the rear end of
the last car, leaning over a brass topped
bronze fence. Ths party was enthusi¬
astically received at erevy stopping
placfe. frontier Presi¬
When near tie Mexican
dent Diaz and staff paid a compli¬
mentary visit, and the executives of the
two great republics cemented tbeir
friendship by a cordial interchange of
courtesies. Only oxe exciting incident
occurred to temporarily roar the pleas¬
ures of the trip. In California the horses
attached to the carriage in which were
Mrs. Harrison and two other ladies of
the party ran away. Secretary Rusk
made himseJf the hero of the hour by
gallantly stopping the frightened steeds
and averting^;.n accident.
What the Editor Meaat.
Early in the spring there was a big
rise ou a river flowing through a west-
m> town. R cently the editor of the
[ countv papr-r bad to explain the mean-
j ing of tire appended news item. “Miss
: Jonen, wiio came here before the flood.
j is stul tr.e guest of her brother.” He
; made it plain to the lady’s irate relatives
• mat he referred to the local freshet and
j not to the Biblical deluge.
I CilormlNxtlu; tlie Sparrow.
A persistent fight is going cm in Bay
; I county, Mich., against the English spar-
row. Ip to date bounties have been
paih for the killing of nearly 40,000, and
*” “ ow
THE ONLY ONE K?- LOVES.
IV. T. Cntshell (Womi Re Had • V
No. 1, Kut Cl lugs W 3lo. 9.
CnARlAVTTS, N. CL, April SSL—W. -.
Gnu*hall, who married a Charlotte lad **
m February, 1396, and who arfterwaru
proved to have a wife* and three ehildrr-
in Huntiugb-n, lad., was captured ia
Knoxville, Term., and was brought to
Charlotte for trial. Some of the wit-
nesteB not being preeout, the capo waa
continued. Long before the hour set
for trial tho court bouse was packed to
its utmost capacity. Trie prisoner wn
ably represented by Judge W. H. Bailey
and G. W. Bason, the proecoution b
Clarkson and Duls.
Cutshall made a confecadon to tho cfa¬
cer, who arrested him in Tennessee. Hr
admitted frankly that Iw had 3r \\ ^
three children in Hunting n, T*
says that lie hat not rr-sn loi m a
wtfo riu ,
and tha Mrs. Picks di
the only woman h» w
has no desire to r** . » h
wife.
Alter the court.
in the case Cut^L
jail in default v. **
await the next .ere
court, which in r .
time in August. Ou . •
prepossessiiig and nradd :*?»pt.*a*'*
age a fine -
immense icebergs “.
sels in latitude 4-t, Ioul-
Savannah's clubs were - t£
they must, take out aakwii lioemia.
Inverness, Marcu* D.'dyh feLOCO ) •
fish colt , is sli.ghtly Lau. at ;A*muv . . . ?
park.
New Hampshire Method!* general ^ now confer¬ favor
women lay deli^gates to
ences.
There is a growing behef lliftt the pe¬
riod of armed reserve in ituasia ie about
to end.
In the Augusta superior court Mcndav,
eight divorcee were granted in eighty
minutes.
Huntsville mammoth Dallas oofeton
mills will cost a million and wotL aknewt
2,000 hands.
ThomaavilleobsorveB Monday Solkitor as mem¬
orial day. anti will listen to
General Slater.
in It training is said that for James position G. Bfain aflsisfam. cs fob, is 1
* as
secretary of state.
Miss Kate O’Connell, last snryheinr
daughter of LiberatorT)aniel O^Gonihell,
is dead at Dublin.
Brooklyn's mayor may appoint T. M.
Stewart, a colored lawyer, to iBe city
Board of Education.
Thirty young Chicago women have
just taken their diploinaswnkl flgme fbrfh
to practice as M. Ds.
Savannah is to have a new’Theater. T.
F. John.aon. the proprietor of 'the old op¬
era house will build it.
The steamers ners A3es*la Alef i» and ana onircfays ^Jft2apana AJftaeyadri '#,558
brought gut to to New York, in
new Italian immigrants.
During a hail storm in'Shamokin, Pa.
man y panes of glass were broken n'd
mne h other damage inflicted.
Jackson's jewelry store in Norwalk.
Conn., was entered and robbed $16,050. by burg¬
lars of property valued at
Mrs. Potter Palmer has rfchncjniahed heard of
her salary as president of the
lady managers of the World 1 * Fair.
Unpaid workingmen on the Kentucky
Union railroad, in Ohio, are burning
bridges and threaten to wreck the road.
Col. August Valet!‘me Kavix, Eighth
infantry, has been appointed John brigadier Gibbon,
general, in place of Gen.
retimi. t .
Judge VanWyck of the New York ,
city the personal court, has pro]*-tiy anointed of Henry a receiver E. Bixey, for
the actor.
In anticipation of a large peninsnla
berrv and. peach c r*jp, the Pennsylvania
railroad is preparing 1,600 freight oars
for service.
A fund of $100,000 Sherman’s is being raised two in
New York for Gen. un¬
married daughters. So far $70,000 bar
been secured.
The first convention of the World’!
Woman’s Christian Temperance unior
will lie held in Tj*emont Temple, Boston
in November, 189L
A severe cyclone destroyed two resi¬
dences at Pittsburg, Tex. Mrs. Powel
was fatally, and her daughter, Mrs.
Bum?, severely hurt-
The powder boat Kansas City, with
ton of dynamite on board, capsized ar c
sank in the sound near New Haven,
Como. The crew escaped.
Malvern hill, located about twelve
miles below Richmond, the scene of cm
of the most famous battler, during the
iate war, has just been sokF.to’Wiffiam
II. Hale, of New Yfark City-
The Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank,
of Clarks,ale. Ten®., has resumed btud-
nesfl. Ijus is the first national hank
that over resumed after having paused
into the hands of a'*teceiver.
* Alonp with her baby v and deserted by
her husband of a year, Aonfe JUeviiMN »
years <Jf age. leaped from the third story
window of a Broome street tenement,
New York, and was fatally Injured.
e Llano. Tex., iron, eoal atotzoafele
fields, the largest, in ilia world, gtore rfite
been purchased for $5OO.d$&*ca0h oy Tbty
Wakefield will be developed syndietoe «ai^Ififlh. ef ChkMp.
On board the Eiderat HobaheB, Ctoa,
simecker shot and and kilted then h% kitlrrl i irniTittototo, ttmtoMi
Louise Ornecker.
She came from Germany about brewctbto start
to join him, and wa* to
home.
On account of the ftiknw «f thajgi>-
roads to make RnfVitafai y xatee to
Brunswick, the gnod 1udy *f to
Knight* of Pythias wSD to told «to
where, either in Atbmto Aagirto ’«»
Macon.
Alytfen Sweet, who to
when only soldiers. TnJton a and mat¬
ters were there, that and agreed wto wa* tousd ease afjto to*
twelve men to
town of Chicago, Is dneto B* yumiff
years old.
The United State* cwiptea aeurt
far cm weak,
case the ectnaam
volvinr the woe*tir»wf too
cf the United Rtate* mmr i
sea seal fishenea.
Report*from Mon tana grankfcal ekp -
lions show that t to 1 i ffitr-
ed d try ot y in a/H km tee party IihJJ
drawp^axt^t
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