THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE 5
( RAWFORDVTIJLE, GA.
A Boston paper say. “Ti.< rattan
tale no place in th< «.j dpi*.-m of a
competent teach* r
Two-thirds •*? th- total im .»« r *»f
childr* II UII*1* r t< It years' of a ■ *.* in the
l’nit«.*l Kingdom <>f <*r* :it Iir 1 1 am an i
Ireland ur<* insur'd in on*- t-.ioi -■* an
tdlier.
A in wdiplomatic lb-part are im be, i,
initiated by France in the -* mini: *»f
J|. Pierre *1* Maillnril. »n a-rii-nb ;> .i
engine* r, to Berlin as a teefinical
agricultural attach*' I** tb* I r* neb En
hussy. Tin* stationing o* similar a*
tuehi's in all countri* - i under *n
eiderutioii.
A distinguished ^teanob aer nli I has
dis’lared that the electric shock hh ad¬
ministered t*> criminals by tic- New
Y**rk law dews not kill, but only in
duel's uiKsniartousneHi, end that the
victim is afterward finished off by the
dissecting knif* Til*' statement. ii
true, is chiefly of interest for »ei* ntific
purposes, thinks tli*' Chicago 11* odd.
hh it has no particular bearing *>n the
murderer’ll ultimate fate, I’crhnp* «*■
have in electricity I he coming anr**s
thefie. Certainly the nimnnscionMu s*
which it induces as applied in New
York is verv profound and perman* ut.
Ohl United States army regulation*
say Hint the soldier's cap should la
worn jauntily, with » little slant oV<T
tho right «ye. The origin <b that mis
tom may have been in tin- attempt to
shuilo tin* eye while aiming, but it is
no longer observed, and, indeed, most
officers would reprove a soldi* r who
tipped his cap or helmet eonspumoilhly
on one side. The Ainerieau aotdier
niters a mark'll contrast in that respect
to tile English soldier or tin- Canadian
militiamen, for they wear little “pork
pie” hats that are tipped so fur on on* ■
aide that they would fall off at tin
slightest motion were it not for a strap
beneath the chin.
Bible scholar* the world over are
very much interested in tho reported
discovery by Professor Harris, of a
complete Syrian text of the four Gos
pel* in the Convent of Mount Hinai.
It was from tho ignorant and secretive
monk* of this convent, recalls the New
Orleans Picayune, that Tisehondprtf
with grant difficulty obtained lus
famous “Codex Hinaitieus'' some forty
years ago. and Professor Harris'* find
is even more valuable, if all reports be
true, as tin* Syrian version uudoubt
rdly antedates any extant text of the
Greek. It promises to la> of the great
i-st importance t>* Biblical scholars by
the light that it will throw on theerit
ieal questions that are now in dispute.
■ ....... .
The Atlanta Constitution tadn-ves
that every man who respect-* his
stomach will applaud tin* words of
IWtor.l. H. ,Salisbury on Iho subject
of vegetarianism. “People who eat no
mi'iit," hi* says, “have, ns a rule, less
nervous amt muscular endurance than
m *-at -eaters. Officers of tin* English
,n i i i — ur "
that it is always ii.c -nry to start the
native troops otr on n nnireli *'iu* ilay
in advance of tin* British soldiers, that
ail may arrive at a given point at the
winn* lime. It IS useless to deny that
the ruling peoples are meat-cutmg."
Th** rotund uml well fed geiitlemru
who pose at Gi lmouieo's or the Cafe
Savtinu as male caryatids, as it were,
t*> uphold tin- excellence of th*' chef’s
art, arc each and all of them animate
testimonials to the advantages of beef
eating.
Mountains and mountain range* m
th** United States, aud. indeed, the
world over, have usually baeti named
not by the luotiutaiueer* themselves
but by the dwellers in the plains, w ho
saw the nnumtaim as a more or lew
distant pro*|Hi*t. It sometime* hap
p. us that a mountain or a lu.mntam
range l*e«r» two uanu-s i*ecsus* <>f dif
f.-rent a*pi ,*t* prea**nt todwoliera tipno
each aide. The m vers! Blue amt Bhi«*
Uiilge Mountains were named uiahi
fewtly l»y th-**** t.» whom tin* ranges
presented them** Ivc* u aiu*t a tuoiv i*r
less *b*ta:it horizon, »*ne of thi
biw n Mountain* in Virm *nt i# ealh'd
Haiti Fan- by dweller* ia luoAJuun
dark region atw»*it iVul Su ilh «s a uatue
justified t*v tlie asm*, t ot tin* mountain
from tbit jeirt «-f tin* triki-t oiwi . ihe
Adirondack Su is I-ml aid a.*v*-r
hav* is * u toe ** i by a d»* rt u|r>n it*
.inn top Th* Ora*. .* M tutauv* t ,*»
tb-* tr nan. ... howtv. r. n- • from tli *»t
*B»s«et aq- * l
laud*, but al¬
ike aff-'-il 1
•ling to tb a
that ha- 1* *
Uwf I***,' itetih x
| -HE AND J.
Why do I l«v»* my love ho well'/
Why tb she all In all to me?
I try tote:t. I ■■ainiot t*-iJ.
It still remain * mystery ;
And why to h*-r I am m dear
I cannot tel!, although I try.
Unless I find 1 oth answers here:
She is h*-r- -if. and 1 ara I.
! H' r turn iff v«ry tl* nrVt un\
Her ey*'*41 • i n *>u mice,
i j But can I say I ............ brighter shin*.?
Fas*- litiriT, <y* s that
j This thing I -an not surely say.
If I speak truth aid do not lie;
Yet here I am in love to-day,
F*>r »h*-'s herself, an 1 I am I.
i It *'annot (.*■ that I fulfill
Completely all her girlish ilr*-arr*s,
For far Ix-youd ro>- -t II
Her oh! i.li-al stir.ly gleam's!
An*l y-f I know her love is mine.
A flowing spring that cannot dry.
What explanation? 'I his, in Hue,
hl*c is h* rself, an*l i a n l.
’Mid all the surds by which ton*! hearts
Are drawn together into one.
This is a cord which never parts.
lint strengthens a ' the years roll "a ;
And though, ah seasons harry past,
Grace, iH-auty. w.t and genius *ti*%
Till the last hour this charm will last,
Hli*-. is herself, and I am I.
Khe is herself, un*l t am I.
Sow, henceforth, evermore the same,
Till the dark nngcl drawth nigii
Anil < aU* th her and me by name.
Yea, aft'-r death has done its worst.
Kaeb risen soul will straightway fly
To meet the other. As at llrst,
bile II lie herself. 1 shall lie I.
- tloliobotli him* lay Uerald.
A WOMAN'S TRIAU
JiY ROTH ham:.
. ATTAIN BERT
lit ft} rani’s wife, Lilv,was
l a frail, delicate
.
j young woman, with
k/T- J) l bluo iyas, soft, brown low
**"''■ s.Jk hair and «
^ '*
! *
I j j Hsif^i r. bmith'dwiml
£ . ldbh>wh*w .m r
v <** *** captain, one morn¬
- ing to his mate, as
on the quarter-deck which of liiM
the Flying Arrow, was
standing along past the coast of lower
Guinea, Africa, on her way to the Capo
| ol .Vyj£ the wife, mate, glancing to- far
ward the pretty who sat not
off', talking to her son, a little hoy of
six year*. “But In spits °f what you
way* l have uo doubt she has courage,
*
“Courage I Him has none at all. I
j have mouse! known You her yourscH to bo frightened witnessed by her a
| terror in the storm we 1 had a few days
j •go-” “l heard she is
think I have you any
„ g OI „i # j lot t^o rifle,"
“Yes; nil lmbit. Her father was a
great sportsman, and he taught her not
to lie afraid of a gun. But she would
tremble at the thought of shooting a
bird that 1 know, Hlio could never
)>o persuaded to tire at uny thing but a
wooden target.
“lueasoof an emergency, however- -”
“Nonsense, man!” laughed the cap¬
tain. “She would he as women always
MO time of peril--too flurried—too
excited t«» do anything, how niiieh so
over she might hav.- tlm wish to bo
otherwise. But l like her none the
less for this feminine failing,” added
Bertram, who, being a strong, power¬
ful, decided man, seemed an excellent
match for his frail looking, ge-ntlepurt
uer.
“But but persona ,arsons like like h, in r r sometimes s»m. turns
show more real courage than larger
aud more luam-ulute woun n.
‘‘AHIxish! Pimple «, that,but they
seldom really think so
fr 11 ^ J Z l It 22 Vo« t SrSr Sine
ward tin io.ist, romp* Uingt the ieia) tain ,
to anchor with'n a hundred varils of
tlie land, in a small sheltered bay, to
-«• *»r ‘‘ r,,f v r ‘ ,,u
By he next morning the gal. Iftl had
suW.ded but he breez,' soon let lawny
to a dmid calm, preventing the skipper
fr
Ho luuMewi red his gig to
oomo of his luen to repair certain
ag*‘which the cabin window had sus
taiueil during the tempest.
At night, the men not having v, t
finished their work, the boat was left
nateru, with the warp attached to a pin
aboard. Little Thomas, the captain's
nix-year-old son. was in the cabin jnst
after the men left the In-.•»».
Th.* night was wry dork, and none
of tite oocuiamta of the craft observo.1
the inoM-ments of the youngster, who,
when the cabin w,.s d, sorted, op. n, d
the window, B.*izcd the warp of the
boat, and. drawing the latter close to
the vessel, got into it
An hour later. Mrs. Heriraui.
htr little bov. wont on deck to look
*
for him
B it ubc couid not duu lunn
The captain and hi* nun joined in
the March, * but it was *, on evident
that he w«s not aboard.
At length it was *i;«ee>\t-re-1 that the
b**at which hi-t !-eeu I*»tl astern wa
gene The pin u» which the warp ha »
K an fa-;- mil *rw» :t>iuui br*-si u. show
iite tUmt tin t*uat l.ml got adrift.
“4 ««*»'." said tin captain. “Tho*ua
must have g-1 t.» tin te at, and te
gitu pulli'ig i tin r pe. in tin* wav *
r «rt a th- pir
.••Mi i v* Mv b< * * eric*! Mr*
He«tr^ im. in t.agwMh “Mut* l* In’
Wh* r,
T! ■yg-ttii me I te la'.gB a«JV iuet
fe -
**’1 ft#* ju i«»* *ttm«4 iMttiv
I
t %. Hv; %•*. «.d -
ht
Is * # v ft. vi sh i ia» # iMK vl jpk tWd*a
making for the shore, with a goo* l
r row, one of the men standing in tho
bow, holding up a large lantern, which
threw a broad gleam across the water .
The sailors were mm a ashore, bu t
saw nothing of the boat.
They shouted the little boy's nam
again and again, but there came no re
spouse.
Fur along the shore they pulled, buit
they discovered no sign either of tbA
'
boy or the gig. thi
For hours they vainly continued 1
■
search.
‘•What surprises me,” said an oiti
sailor, “is that we did not hear the him lit- j
tie fellow sing out when he found
seif going adrift. Can it be, sir, und*j' )ji ;
fell over and was drowned right I,
the ship’s stern?”
Bertram bowed his head on n|f
blinds an*l groaned.
“1 have had that same thought,” hf _J ,
. aid. til)
it was past midnight when pool
search, ra returned aboard. The
mother, as jmle as death, seemed ai
ino.,t ready to swoon, when she learned
that no trace **f the little one had been
found. '
“ W*« will look again in the morn¬
ing,” said the captain. "Dois’l
despond, Lilv.”
All that night ho endeavored t,>
sooth*-his wife; but her anguish w ss
almost beyond endurance, such as nj
pen <ould describe.
'
At *lnybreak the captain had his boi I
down again. 1
Besides the crew, it now contain*'
Mrs. Bertram, who had insisted iuaq
companying the party.
After a long search, the boat wifs
iliscovered among some rocks, whe^
the breakers had almost dashed it t»i
pieces. *
Had little Thomas been drowned, *
had In* contrived to get out of the bo; t
urn] reach the sandy beach a few fe< r
,ilhtlUilV
A ry cf j.*y escaped ..... the vigilaif*
«
mother. Cil
Hh*' pnintal to the sand, where
impressions wasiied of little visible. shoes, not yyt
away, were
L* aving two men in charge of ih*»
!md th!!%^t ,, , U crcw?
of tlic auft dtoijI
l^th a loaded- rifle which lm had
short distance beyond the Urngh, end
this the party entered. ,
The ground was marshy in bonit
places, and the tracks of tho lost bo,
wo ” re occasionnllv seen •
Following these traces carefuUy, tb*
party nt length beheld, ahead of thm,
ii small opening, and there, not a hut
«k, *l yards off, apparently asleep, ,» •
the bank of a shallow stream, they Ik I
held little Thomas!
He lav upon his side, his cheek re** I
ing n|ion one arm, his long cur, f
str. am.ng on tho,ground. .
The healthy color- 5p> ’
W omi rosy, convinc'd A T
at l
he was unharmed as well.
At first the happy woman could not
utter a word for joy. t /
Then, with a cry of gladness, with
outstretched arms, she ran toward the
slumbercr.
But she had not taken ten steps when
her cheeks blanched, and an exclama
tion of dismay escaped the whole party, slowly
Ail enormous crocodile had
lifted its hideous proportion from
amongst tli*. long roods fringing the
lower part of the bank, and was now
craw ling toward the sleeper.
The animal, hulf covered with mud
and green slim.*, presented horrible. an appear
aucu Ut once uncouth and
lt was full twenty feet in length, its
body covered with tough, irregular
scales, its legs spotted, its claws sharp
nn.l ,.i.,>,»ked
The jaw w ide open, revealed rows of
sharp teeth which were not close
together, but a little ,/ apart. Each of
”
lf j „ h . u uml of a tier v,
, [ rk ] iu . whieli gave ^ to it an
, voni .
'• ‘
ri.e t. rril.le jaw was already within
• f« » < t ot the chihl’s hea*l
, t{ f h ^ t m . t i%e of tho ™ sailors *
! V
zz ^"th
frevr f «-ver
j ^ * 7
“Fir,-, lire, for God’s sake!” screoinod i
tvife.
1 But Bertrams hand shook. Even
had it been sternly, he would not hv\e
Aar.il to tire, lest his bullet should j
"'' ike 1ns boy instead of the craeo
dih*. '
He was a good shot, but so near was I
the fierce animal to the deeper that
! the chances were ten to one that hi (
would hit the child.
Lily iuid* rsteod the cause of her
. husband’s hesitation. -
' M.vnwhile the frightful teeth of th. |
crocodile were now within a few feet !
of the bov; iil th* bloodshot eves ‘ snapped ! J
with grt and ferocity.
In a few seconds more the little one,
mu-t Ihi'oui. the monster'a victim.
And now over the mother's
there came an expression of iron tirm
m.-*.
From the quaking band* of her ex
cite <1 husbamh who. still fearful of
hitting the child, ct-tild not bring him¬
self to tir*-. she snatched tin* ride-,
r..i*ed it and took aim at the crocodile’s
eye. tin
| Like n riatue stood for an in- '
s.ant; then tl. sharp report oflkeriffi
**a. t- ir on tin* air. the t,-etb of thi
.*n*iwbb dosed wnn a click, iU bead
ir *p|*l to th- tarth. it smote th*
twnk a ft* m u cut* with its hard flail
and th«a f* U <m u« st.le—4 mJ!
■ 1 be n.other - aim hid W«n true; th*
bni « hud -trues th* target, hadpeuc
trated tin motiat racy »ad Mgmt m
t« nniifj
eh a ebm-r aa tkea ** ut up to the
i*s ii, v. r h* ard lwf**rr.
F i Mrs ik rtrant tin tight of antb
»•**» • •t in* n 1 at hi t chUd. s
The report of the rifle had waked
him, and he was soon in his mother s
arms.
His story was to this effect: After
he got into the boat, he had c< immeneed
to pull on the warp-rope, which, sud¬
denly parting, be fell backward, strik¬
ing his head against a thwart.
He was stunned, and for some tune
nfit r he was so confused taat h<- hardly
realized what had tuk'-u place, bat lay
with dizzy brain, perfectly still.
When at last he realized his situa
tiou, he was too far off to make his
voice heard. When the boat
struck the rocks, he got out on the
sand.
After vainly shouting, he thought he
would try to get nearer the ship. He
left the beach, wandered about for
awhile; then he became very drowsy
near the close, marshy thicket, and so
lay down and fell asleep.
“Aye, aye, my boy, said the cap
tain, {,,r *® and v,n B yon y onr may !lfl thank.vour^mother L,i V con
~
' - ’
turned, turning t- her, after they ar
r,v,; d aboard slap. "« *less '
Yon have proved yourself a noble and
creature. The other day I thought
expressed the thought, that one so frail
and usually ho timid as you could never
be brought to show courage. Now I
and acknowledge mistake, .
pwccive my
for yon have shown me that the sofest
ami most gentle woman may, in certain
situations, exhibit more firmness and
resolution than a strong man.”—New
York Ledger.
Light and Darkness.
A New York electrical journal some
time ago told of an incident that oc
enrred in the fitting up of a new office
building near the New York end of the
Brooklyn Bridge. The engineer of
the building wished to wire the offices in
throughout for the electric light
addition to the gas pipes on which the
conservative proprietor insisted. But
all his arguments were in vain, and the
apparently useless extravagance of
electric wiring was obstinately vetoed.
Suddenly, however, a happy thought
struck the venerable owner. “Why,’
hi. said, “if the wires carry electricity,
can’t you make them carry gas, too?"
A counterpart of this story is now told
( > f » carpenter, a native ot
the first three steamers tilted with
ctrrn hght at the Troon shipyard
completed tins man formed on,, of
a "octal party gathered to treat: the
electricians who hail made tho mstalla
«« - j celebrate the event,
Tri » ,lurKt o{ candor and comrade
«<»P. , *». w« overheard saying to on
ot wirnnen: “Man, Peter, eftei
"i yon on they boats I be¬
* ™ u } ( ]P ut 1,1 ti0
- b «* . 8 tba
me.'” “Ay, what is that? «ud
Ms interested companion, wilbag to
«P hlla **»* ^ m bls P°. war - J 1 *
th,H ' .^ t! h '™Z * '
• ,
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Globe-Hemocrat.
why 1 List People * Walk in Circles.
It is a matter of common knowledge , , ,
that when a man is walking blindfold
or is lost in a fog or in some unknown
forest or desert instead of walking
straight he has always a tendency to
work round in u circle. The most
commonly accepted explanation of this
curious fact is the slight inequality in
tho length of a man s legs. The result
of one limb being longer than the
other will naturally be that a person
will unconsciously take a longer step
with the longest limb, and consu¬
quently will trend to the right or to
the left, according ns the left or right
ia the longer, unless the tendency to
deviation is corrected by the eve. The
explanation is supported by the fact
that in the enormous majority of cases
the human legs are proved to boot
unequal length. Tho careful measure
m cuts of a series of skeletons showed
that no less than ninety per cent, had
the lower limbs umqusl in length;
thirty-five per cent, had the right limb
longer than the left, while in fifty-five
l**r cent, the left leg was the longer,
The left leg being, therefore, more
often the longest, it is to Ik- expected
that th*. inclination should take ^ place
to
the left, and this conclusion is quite
borne out by observations made on a
aum !„r of persons when walking
blindfolded.—Science Siftings,
Tliiw Tall Brothers.
“The life of a Maine woodsman and
hunter ys very healthy, , , , „ said ., Charles .
E. Hayden of Auburn, “aud it is not
an unusual thing that men who follow
the life from boyhood develop into the
veritable giant of old. While I was at
Castle Hill, Aroostook, T made . .
ae ac
quamtance of three brothers, who were
said to be the tallest ruea in the coun y.
Their names were Alhe, LI dm a:: i
dad Frank. These three brothers, laid
along in a line on tue floor, would
measure twenty-one feet to an in*.n in
their stocking feet, and without th.u
on - L’wo of them w *-ro mi*rt than
seven feet tall, and the other one was a
little leas. Old Mr. Frank thur father.
W:.- taller than any of them. Their
oceupatiou is that of woodsmen, tar
iat-r-. hunters and horse swappers. —
Lewiston (Me.) JonruaL
\«» Thank- Needed.
A friend of a certain Iowa CongTess
man tells a story on the statesman, whe
i* at tim. * al>sent-miu<.lt .1 aa*i makis
emtawrassmg remarks as a i-onMjquence.
During the la-i swiou the abaetit
miudcil member te*ok oecaaiou te pro
mmnee a mb gy m*ou a dowml »<•
low member ftem • nuchb* ring -Mate,
A tew day* after a brother of the «W
ceased meml <-* met the < v.l**g*.*t on a
etr«et of th* capital, an 1 taking him ■}
tb* lwa*l thanked him very .-aruwtly
for the kin ! words h* ha i -|s*k -1
“I tvg *r< i *s.*t t
piled the I’-'U.I* *>»n 1
too glad .-1 the **pp rt*i:.-.tv t ■
I did. -fiwux City .low*. Mutual
PEOPLES’ PARTY COLUMN.
Current Comment Concerning tlie Great
Crcsade Against Oppression.
The financier who talks about an
“honest” dollar is in need of honest
sense.— Texas Sentinel.
The man who reads and studies only
one side of a question is poorly equip¬
ped to discuss the other side. He
r.-ally doesn’t know whether there is
auv other side or not.— The Tidings.
* #
Our stock of gold in the national
treasury has been reduced one-half in
four years. That means no gold at all
four years hence. Then what will be¬
come of #ur gold basis?— Pennsylva¬
nia Farmer.
The price of labor’s product, and
of silver bullion, clearly demonstrates
the fact that gold has Iw-en enhanced
in price forty-nine per cent, by
congressional legislation. This is the
wav the gold bugs pull the wool over
the eyes of the people .—SoiUhcrn -Vcr-,
m try.
* •
It is not tho Alliance alone that is
now- making the fight to be liberated
from the infamous London money
power, but it is a combination of all
the labor organizations in the United
States, and they do not intend to be
side-tracked on sectional issues .—The
Alliance.
* *
It cost the State of Texas about
810,000 for Governor Hogg to adver¬
tise himself for a seat in the United
States Senate by giving the country
an object lesson on refusing to be a
beneficiary of tho paternalism of the
general government. He refused the
sugar bounty the State had earned.
We hear a great deal nowadays, says
au exchange, about “paternalism,”
from a class, too, fairly falling over
each other in the mad rush for the pie
counte r. It is all right for Uncle Sam
to bund out buttered slices so long as
they fall into favored hands, but when
the argument is presented favoring a
community of interests—not in office
holding, but in rights anil privileges
in common, paternalism is made to do
dutv as a specter—a frightful bugaboo.
— The Blade.
Business is prostrate all over tho na¬
tion. Farmers are losing their farms
and thousands of workers ore crying,
“give me work or give me bread.”
Every intelligent citizen is saying,
“there must be a change of some kind."
Monopolies, trusts, corporations, ride
on the neck oi the people. This con
* ' -.tiou hus come to past under the mal¬
management of the two ohi parties.
They arc to blame. Will yon vote to
continue their policy?— Southern Mer¬
cury.
# *
The Philadelphia Becord says:
The Infanta Enlulie seems disposed to
throw herself upon the manly bosom
of Uncle Ham and trust herself to his
polite hospitality and good intentions.
She has never before been in a country
where the people are all sovereigns,
and as long ns they behave themselves,
are free to do what they please. If
sin* shall comprehend the delightful
unrestraint that this condition presup¬
poses and insures, she may kick up her
royal heels and enjoy herself as she
has never before been permitted to do.
Every day seems to show a greater
necessity for the immediate assemblage
of the extra session of congress. When
the west and south commence to draw
money from New Y'ork to handle the
coining crops, it will be which comparatively produced
easy for the forces
the recent Wall street flurry to pre¬
cipitate a genuine panic upon the na¬
tion, an*l after the panic is on, millions
upon millions will be lost by the poor
people Compelled before to sell the relief products
of their labor any can
come from an act of Congress. “An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure.”— Exchange.
GKOVEB I'iSHEP wmr.r AMERICA BCRKED.
President Cleveland's recent fishing
frolic leads one of our contemporaries
to say:
“In history we read that ‘Nero fid¬
dled while Rome burned.’ The future
historian will write that ‘Grover fished
while America burned. ’ In the daily
papers we find the following dispatch:
‘New Tork, May 31.—Tho Teutonic
for Liverpool today curries a million
and a quarter of gold. The Fuerst
for Brviaurk tomorrow will car¬
ry two millions.’ In the same
papers are reports of many
bank and commercial failures,
aiul the papers •£«» do not report one
»»«f I* mm* .s m
same date we read that President
Cleveland is at Host Island on a fishing
ami ta, 1, la a.., AM*,
known how long he will remain there.
Just so long as Grover draws S50.000
year additional f.*r expense*, it is all
right with him. It is also stated that
he was drawing several $50,000 a year as attor
ney f**r 1:*: railroad companies
and his risigastsoa has never been
mad*' public. Probably he is still an
attorney. At »i^t rate he ia ‘fishing
while America burns. • “
I KEFAIUV*. FOR THE CAMFAtOX IS VIB
StKk.
The People’a Party in Virginia will
;. id their state convention for the
- •vt rt f ir v*rt,-*r, lieutenant
t in 1 »tt tarr g.neral, 1 ,u
;rg * u There-lay, Angus* *U.
-t two a.« k» 1>* !<*r* th*' *1* ta
Ti it* Bill *.**»■ Sul IU lii. hm*-s.'l for
tUk **Um% J'ttr^v*r. Ihe boats of ftp-
rosentiition in the party gathering will
la- one il<-legate and alternate from
each precinct. These matters were
determined at a meeting of the state
central committee held at Richmond
recently with twenty-one all the persons dis¬
present, representing of
tricts except the sixth and eighth,
Tha committee . had two long
sessions and discussed the politi¬
cal situation in the state quite freely.
The executive committee reported a?
address to the Virginia voters, which
was adopted and w ill be submitted to
th*.- state convention as a basis for the
party platform. The paper is quite a
lengthy one, and declares in favor of
the free coinage of silver, equalization
of taxation and the repeal of the An
derson-McCormick electoral board
law. The party will also favor a dog
law ami a graded income tax. Secre¬
tary Harris states that the party is or¬
ganized in twenty-four counties, par¬ and
tially organized in twenty more
has chairmen in ninety-six out of one
hundred counties.
S|>«*rlul Privileges.
Hon. David A. Wells, in a com
munication to American Industries,
makes the following startling state¬
ment :
There is nothing that fights more
strenuously against any interference
than privilege, especially privilege
created and maintained by a perversion
of the taxing power by government;
and it is also certain that every device
which unlimited money and fertility of
resource can put into action will be
used in the next congress to prevent
the will of the people, as expressed in
the last national election, from taking
shape In tariff reconstruction. There
are more than fifty corporations and
trusts in tho United States to whom
the expenditure of a million of dollars
each would be a matter of small im¬
portance, provided all tariff legislation
during the next twelve months
can be prevented. The Bulletin of
the American Iron and Steel Associ¬
ation, the money organ of the extreme
American protectionists, lias already
declared the protectionist policy to be
to fight tooth and nail for “every line
and syllable of present tariff legisla¬
tion;” and it further asserts “that it
is by no means certain that the new
congress cannot be induced to let tho
protective features of tho McKinley
tariff remain without material impair¬
ment. ” Does anyone doubt that tho
Bulletin knows what it is talking
about ? By any evident preconcerted noticed
program it will be also further
thut all the protection journals
throughout the country have begun to
play the old trick of “bug-a-boo” or
“scare" on the masses of our people
by howling continuously about the
certain impending desolation that is
sure to come to American industries if
any reduction is made in the present
excessive and monstrous rates of du¬
ties on import*.
MUST CLOSE ON SUNDAY
Is the Decision of Chicago Judges In
Regard to World's Fair.
A Chicago special says: In the in¬
junction suit brought by the United
States to restrain the local directory
from opeuing the World’s fair gates on
Sunday, Judge Woods announced
Thursday morning that he aud Judge
Jenkins agree on the main point in thi
World's fair injunction proceeding/
and also decides that the injunction
must issue and the fuir be closed Sun¬
day. Judge Grossary holds that it
may be kept open.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
COltUKCTEL) WEEKLY.
lirMerin.
CoSTco—Boasted—Arbnckle’* 23.6) V 100 It.
eases. Lion li&tiOi:, Leverinit’s 23 60c. Green-Ex.
tra choice 31c; choice jioixl 20c; fair 19c;com
moo 17* 18c- Sugar-Granulated fi%c; (iW;wliit off
gnmut&tftd-'; pofftlcro*! 6/^Cj cut yellow lotf clarified 0
extra C yeiiow I'^C; Sew Orleans
5/45?*c; extra C traffic. Syrup—New
Orleans choice 43; prime Cuba Rout40c; 35(®33c;imi- common
20fit30c. Molasses—Genuine
tation 22<*t'i5. Teas—Black 35®S5c-. green
40fir60e. Nntmegs 63&85c. CSovei 'j.V»30c.
Cinnamon ltl<®l25'«c. Allspice 10(^1 Ic. Jamai¬
ca ginger 18c. Singapore pepper 12c; Mace
$1.00. Bice, Head 6c; gool 5 l /fp\ common
4**£c: imported Japan 3<5t5^Jc. Salt—Hawley's
dairy $1.30; Virginia 75e. Cheese—flats
White fish, half hblt.$4 00; pails 60c.
Soap—Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs *3.00*3.75;
turpentine, 60 bars, 60 lbs, $2.25 a 2.50;
Candles—l’arafine ll%c; star lie. Matches—
400s $4 00; 300* i t OOaii 75; 200s $2 00a2 75; 60s,
5 gross $3 75. Soda—Kegs, bulk 4c; do 1 lb pktrs
5gc; cases, 1 lb 5Ke. do 1 anil 8c, do % lb
6**c. Crackers—XXX soda 6>^c; shell XXX excelsior butter
iv<jc; XXX pearl oysters 6c: and
7c: lemon cream 9c-. XXX ginger snaps 9c; corn
hills 9c. Candy—Assorted stick 7%c; French
mixed 13c. Canned goods—Condensed milk
$*; ooaS 00; imitation mackerel *3 95a4 00; sal
mon $6 00a7 50: F. W. oyster* *200; L.W.
$133; corn S2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes #2 10.
Ball potash $3 20. Starch—Pearl . „ . 4c; ... lump
4 -»- nickel packages $3 00; celluloid $5 00.
Pickles, plain or mixed, pint* $1 00*1 40; quart*
$1 50*1 80. Powder—H:fle, keg* $150; ke„-»
$3 00; .‘4 kegs $1 15. Shot $1 60 per sack.
n~.s Oral, mm* Mmmi.
Floor —First patent $5 08; second pa tent
$ 4.50; exira fancy $4.00 ; fancy $3 75; family
$3 25. Com —No. 1 white 60c. mixed,
“y® ’Kfl&as.g'sSrua: larjr ba.es. 95c ch.ic*
ji.oo So. 1 timothy, 00; No. 1 umothy.small :
timothy, small bales,$1
Large sacks sSc, small sacks 90c. Cotton
»ee*l meal—$1 3) per cwt. Steam feed—tl. 10
knaeixee, ■ 5 £L«K«S 8 Grits—I'earl £ 5 £SStf $3.35.
$1.75* 2.0).
CouDtr* Prsisrr.
£.-*« lt l ia:2 l ic. Butter—Western creamery grades
25*80** choice IVanewK-e 15*70-'; other
10al2 }*£ l 4 c - Live poultry—Turkey* 10#12%: per
hen* 26 and 30c. spring chickens
large 20*25-; smi.. sprmi eg I 2 ‘;*l-V. llresaed
ducas 15c: chick-
1.00*41.10
(•train-1 «»K*c m the comb loaiiti^c. Omoat
.
$1 75a2 00 P** bw
rnii«***.
Clear rib *:im. U»*-l 10% i-«M»r»d bvi.ie*
13c. 5ug*r-cared ham* . 5*17c, nwliiif
brant and average. California, tte.braah
fM , bm.x»16 Lori L*af U^Uc. Uoapoaad,
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