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THE MORNING CALL
Vol IX. No. 175.
EARLY FRENCH EXPLORERS.
The Work of Cartier, Champlain and Oth
en la the Great Lakes.
w. S. Harwood writes in St. Nicho
las of “The Great Lakes.” Mr. Har
wood says:
Jaogues Cartier, who shipped from
St. Malo in 1684, explored the coast of
Newfoundland and made the circuit of
the gulf of St. Lawrence, and he did
much else, too, for New France in open
ing up negotiations with the many tribes
of Indians who thronged thousands
strong and friendly from all the regions
in and about Quebec and Montreal and
Ottawa and Kingston. Another mariner
of St Malo—Francis Greve —began the
colonization of the land. About 1670,
in France, Samuel de Champlain was
born, and when he reached the age of
early manhood he, too, joined in the
new world exploration in the region
above the great lakes. The kings of
France were much interested in the
new land and did all in their power not
only to explore the region, but to colo
nize and develop it. Champlain, in
1615, made an expedition up the Ottawa
river and penetrated as far as into
Georgian bay, thus touching on the wa
ters of Lake Huron.
In 1618 Etienne Brule, an old inter
preter, came into Champlain’s camp
with the news of the discovery of Lake
Superior. Lake Erie, with Ontario, was
probably discovered some time earlier
than this. Nicollet, in 1684, started in
a canoe from the head of Georgian bay,
skirted the eastern and northern shores
of Huron and at last found himself at
Sault Ste. Marie, or the falls of St.
Mary, now shortened to “Soo”—the
first white man, it is believed, to reach
this key to the noble lake beyond. He
went as far as Green bay, on Lake Mich
igan, and so the various lakes at last
came into the actual knowledge of the
explorers and were no longer myths.
But as these French explorers con
tinued to develop new and hitherto un
dreamed of possibilities of empire the
English began to take deep interest in
the region—an interest little less marked
than that they were then taking in
their schemes of colonization in Vir
ginia and Massachusetts. Again and
again through the years that follow the
threads cross and recross, not weaving
a beautiful garment of harmony, but
tangling in a wretched snarl, a patch
work of disputes between the nations.
Entanglement followed entangle
ment, wars harassed the land, until at
last the English were masters of the
northern lake region for all time—un
less some day we shall see the stars and
stripes floating from the heights of
Quebec.
Report of the Naval Court of Inquiry-
As was to be expected, the naval
court of inquiry has failed to fix on
the Spanish government responsibility
for the Maine disaster It has decided
that the explosion was from without,
caused, it is said, by a mine under the
ship, but further than this it does not
go. So that the matter is now left for
the president and con'gress to deter*,
mine.
The failure of the naval court to fix
responsibility for the disaster need
cause no surprise or disappointment,
for the simple reason that the court
was not sent to Havana to determine
responsibilities, which the diplomats
and heads of the government will lo
cate, now that facts of the explosion
are laid before them. All this country
wants from the court is the facts. The
president and congress wilj then de
termine where responsibility restsand
will apply the remedy.
We are still of the opinion that the
Spanish government is innocent of any
connection with the affair, although
Spain may be held blamable for the
occurrence, and, very properly, asked
to pay damages. As we have all along
contended, however, the Maine disas
ter is not a causus belli, but a mere in
cident in the stirring events leading
up to the struggle which now seems
inevitable.
Cessation of hostilities in Cuba is
the real issue, and the United States is
prepared to enforce such a demand. If
Spain is also prepared to oppose it,
then war must come.—Macon News.
This Gun Was "Loaded.”
A young man by the name of Gun
from Newton county was engaged to
be married to Miss Jackson, of Henry
county, and when he endeavored to
cross South river on one of the bridges
Thursday to claim his bride the quar
antine officers refused to let him pass
without a permit from the commis
sioners. It was ten miles to town,and
the time for the marriage was only two
hours off, so he went down the river a
short distance, pulled qff his clothes
and waded over. He walked to the
home of his intended, was united in
marriage, secured a batteaux and
brought bis bride to where be had left
his buggy, and then proceeded on the
way own home as happy and
contented as if they had been married
in a mansion and were traveling in a
parlor palace car.—Covington Enter
prise ]
Intervention is Inevitable-
Notwithstanding the professions be
ing made io official circles, the fact
cannot be denied that intervention io
Cuba is now absolutely necessary
even at the price of war with Spain.
Although President .McKinley favors
peace, he dare not favor a temporizing
policy any longer, and, though favor
ing peace, he must, now choose war if
war must follow our intervention in
Cuban afiaira.
The impres«V u is well fixed on the
public mind th -t it is now our duty to
interfere, and leave it to Spain to re
sent our interference,with armed force,
if she desires.
A writer in the. April Review of Re
views brings out very clearly our duty
t<> Ciilm, and in the course of an edi
tor al on the subject says :
“Quite regardless of the reeponsibili
ties for the Maine incident, it is ap
parently tine that the great majority
of the American people are hoping
that President McKinley will prompt
ly utilize tfie occasion to secure the
complete pacification and independ
ence of Cuba. There are a few people
in the United Slates—we should not
like to believe that more than one
hundred could be found out of a pop
ulation of seventy-five millions—who
believe that the United States ought
to join Spain in forcing the Cuban in
surgents to lay down tbeir arms and
to accept the Spanish sovereignty as a
permanent condition, under the prom
ise of practical home rule. It needs
no argument, of course, to convince
the American people that such a pro
posal reaches the lowest depths of in
famy. It is much worse than the
proposition made by a few people in
Europe last year that the victorious
Turks should have the countenance
and support of the great nations of
Europe in making Greece a part of the
Turkish empire. For the Turk had
fairly conquered the Greeks; and if
Europe bad kept bands off, Greece
would have been reduced very quickly
to the position of an Ottoman
province. But in Cuba it is other
wise. The insurgents, with no help
outside, have held their own for more
than three years, and Spain is unable
to conquer them. The people of the
United States do not intend to help
Spain hold Cuba. On the contrary,
tlrey are now ready, in one way ox an
other, to help the Cubans drive Spain
out of the western hemisphere. If
the occasion goes past and we allow
this Cuban struggle to run on indefi
nitely the American people will have
lost several degrees of self-respect and
will certainly not have gained any
thing in the opinion of mankind.”
True Bills.
The grand jury of Fulton county on
last Su.urday rendered true bills
against Judge Berry, of the city court,
for assaulting Orth H. Stein, of the
Looking Glass; also, Mr. Stein, for
carrying concealed weapons, and Mr.
Jim English, for assaulting Judge
Berry, as also J. W. English, Jr., for
assaulting Judge Berry and for carry
ing concealed weapons.
Death of Judere Bigby.
Judge John S. Bigby, formerly pres
ident of the Eagle and Phenix Mills,of
Columbus, died at his residence in At
lanta on Monday night.
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Get ready to visit Tybee, to enjoy all
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Registration Notice.
The county registration books are now
open at my office in Hasselkus’ Shoe Store
and all qualified to do so should call and
register.
They will close twenty days before each
election. T. R. NUTT, T. U.
Seed Corn.
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1898.
IN NEW YORK’S EARLY DAYS.
The Bowery Waa the Resort of Wealth,
Beauty and Fashion.
“A pleasant picture occurs to me of
a summer progress of the family of
Governor Stuyvesaut to and from the
meeting house, for divine worship in
the fort near the Battery, New York, ”
writes Mrs. Burton Harrison in The
Ladies’ Home Journal, describing
“When Fashion Graced the Bowery.”
“In a brave coach, drawn by shining
horses, is ensconced the governor him
self, whose long, laced coat half hides
his wooden leg banded with silver. He
wears a carefully curled peruke and
holds his hat upou his knee, in order to
court the cool sea breeze that fans his
rugged visage. His lady, sitting in state
beside him, is, in their staid and phleg
matic community, accounted a a brilliant
personage; her gowns came out from
her native Paris, and her silken hood is
worn over frizzled and powdered hair;
her embroidered hose and high heeled
shoes, her rings, bracelets and lockets,
with the gorgeously bound book of de
votions supended by a golden chain to
her waistband, may be depended upon
as models of the very latest modes.
Mrs. Bayard, the widowed sister of the
governor, occupies a seat in the coach
facing them. ■ * . <
“After service in the bare colonial
church —where the dominie’s sermon,
however eloquent, was always brought
to an end by three raps from the clerk’s
stick at the moment when the sands of
the hourglass had announced that the
preacher’s limit of time had been reach
ed—the Stuyvesant party passes ont be
tween rows of respectful gazers. ”
Sala’a Last Article.
In The Windsor Magazine Mrs. Sala
relates an incident about the last maga
zine article ever written by the late
George Augustus Sala. “A s I re-entered
his study that afternoon, ” she writes,
“he gave me over the three slips of a
closely written MS. on flimsy foreign
note paper and said: ‘Take them, dear
est lam so tired I don’t think I shall
ever write another magazine article.
Put the sheets in your dispatch box and
finish them for me. When lam dead,
you will perhaps want bread, and then
you can sell “Bedrooms on Wheels.” ’
Sure enough, it was just as he so sadly
prophesied, for often since cruel death
came between us I have wanted for ths
common necessaries of life during many
weeks and months of weariness and ill
health. ”
A Bright Bird.
The cuckoo is as likely to steal its
nest as to make it, but this fact does
not take from the point of the follow
ing pun, quoted from Short Stories:
A young Englishman being asked at
dinner whether he would have some
bird’s nest pudding, said, turning to
his hostess, “Ah, yes, bird’s nest pud
ding, and what kind of a bird may
have made it?”
“Oh, it was the cook who made it,”
was her prompt reply.
The Value of Cuba.
The soil of Cuba is very productive.
Her chief products, sugar and tobacco,
have yielded a large revenue to Spain,
besides sustaining the greater portion
of her population and making large
fortunes for her planters.
It is doubtful, however, if Cuba will
ever again be as rich a country as she
has been. The production of beet su
gar has been greatly reduce 1. There
isfl’t the profit in sugar planting in
Cuba there once was. While it is true
that cane sugar can be produced there
at less cost than in this country, our
tariff gives our sugar planters such an
advantage that they can do better at
sugar planting than the Cuban plant
ers.
It is now Being demonstrated that
the world is not absolutely dependent
upon Cuba for good cigars. If it had
not been for the insurrection in Cuba
it might have been a good while yet
before it was discovered that tobacco
could be grown in Florida that was
just about as good as the Cuban tobac
•). The area in Florida devoted to the
growing of Cuban tobacco, while still
small, is increasing with extraordinary
rapidity. In the course of a few years
that state will be able to supply pretty
nearly all the fine grade of tobacco
needed in this country for cigars.
With strong competition in her two
great staple products, Cuba’s recovery
from her present unhappy condition,
even if war should cease at once,wonld
be very slow. The United States,with
their increasing sugar output from
beets and their increasing production
of tobacco suitable for fine cigais, will
become less and less dependent upon
Cuba for the foregoing articles. And
Cuba will find that her sugar is not in
such demand in European markets as
H once was In considering p'ans for
bringing Cuba’s troubles to an end,
therefore, the fact that she hasn’t the
earning capacity she once bad should
be taken intoChoneideration.—Savan
nah News.
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