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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1892.
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The Alliance lout It. greatest leader
another commander
The workmen die,
tree contain or itiwa.
The free and unlimited coinage of all
ver mean, that any owner of 8100 worth
of .liter bullion .hall have the privilege
of taking it to any government mint and
having It coined Into, or eicbanged for,
.taadard dollar, of the United Mate,,
or their equivalent In legal tender cur
rency, at the rate of $1.30 an ounce
Thl. would acttle a great many thing..
The legal tender or mint value of allvar
bullion would be It. market price, and
the government would be no lunger In
the market a. a purchaser. The inevita
ble effect of free coinage would be to re>
.tore to .liver bullion In thl. countiy the
potential money value which it pouessed
prior to 187:1.
TIiom who oppose free .liver point to
the difference which now exl.ta between
in Colonel Polk, but another commander , , , ",
may take hi. place. The workmen .lie, 1 '* °' ,ll '*“ nd ,1,e '/"<;« ol d -
! I: I. that very difference which enable.
but the work goe. on.
! the wheat and cotton of ludla to beat
Tiik Southern Alliance Farmer be- j down the pilce of thoae product. In
lieve. that the South Carolina detega-! Ametlca. With 70 cent* worth of Amer
tlon to Chicago will withdraw from the
convention. It >ay>: “They are on the
Ocala platform and .olid again.t Cleve
land or any other gold bug of Wall
atreet.
lean ailver the Brltiwli hukiue.a ninii cau
puiclia.e a dollar', woith of In.liau cot
ton. Thl. aettle. the price of the Aiuer-
SOUTHERN TIMBER RESOURCES.
Tbe articles on the Southern foreeti
which eppear at frequent Interval,
remind u. of the gratifying fact that the
forest, of the South far exceed in value
those of any other like area of
United state., and that by proper man
egement they ought to prove an inex
bauitlble mine of wealth. But they
alto remind u. of what ia not ao pleas
ant—that these stores of wealth are
being squandered and wasted, and are
likely to become exhausted at no dis
tant day unless some measures are taken
for their protection, which it is not
all like Americana to do.
The latest addition to our forestry
literature consists of a series of five
tides contributed to the Manufacturer'
Itecord by B. E. Fernow, chief of the
forestry division of tbe department
agriculture. Mr. Fernow is thoroughly
versed in tbe system of forest protec
tion practiced in many European coun
tries, and for year, be ha. been using
hi. be.t efforts to have it Introduced
some extent in this country. But with
our foi in of government he cannot ac-
Ioxatius Uoxnh.i.v, of Wisconsin, l«
a candidate, it I. understood, for the
official shoes of the late Pieaident Polk
of tho Fanners' Alliance. Donnelly
would also like to have the Third party
nomination for president for which Polk | | )rl V|.|,cr ^'keU hl. :10 cvnU.''prr"fit
has been slated. 1
lean staple, and the .Southern farmers compllsh much except by teaching tie
have to accept 70 cents for a dollar's | people the dangerous results of recklesi
worth of cottou. Hut the Indian pro- forest destruction, especially the iedi
dttcei can exchange his silver for coins red results, and the benefits arising
worth a dollar for the reason that ludla | from the economizing of forest re-
lias free coinage, while the American sources
producer Is left in the diich on account
>1 the single gold standatd, aud the
It I. claimed that if this couutry were
One of the best things done at the ,u r*W»n "'>»ts to silver, we should
Minneapolis convention was the turning ** deluged with European silver. There
down of Matt Quay. The Pennsylvania ate several satisfactory replies to thl
delegation concluded that the people
bad enough of bis political method, and
elected another man iu his stead as a
member of the national committee flora
•State. A vote of thanks is due the
I’tnn*} Iranian*.
The Itecord of June 10 contains the
first of Mr. Fernow', five articles. The
others will follow from week to week
and will prrieut special phrases of the
subject. According to an estimate made
by tbe forest division five years ago tbe
forest lands of tbe South then comprised
In the tiist place there Is uo sliver in i *“ area «f about 330,000,000 acies, nearly
Europe of any account except the legal one-half the forest area of tbe whole
tender silver which Is in dally use there. United .States. Allowing an average
and this could not he shipped to this 8,000 feet, board measure, to the acre,
country and received except at a tre-' * u estimate of Mr. Fernow*. which
meudous toss. ’ not possibly justifiable unless it be by
In the second place, If it should I hi Including the hard wood forests, the
Tue last order issued by Lieut. Gen. KD t here It would he coined Into stan- limber of the South that is large enough
K. Kirby Smith, of tbe Confederate ; ,| al( { dollars which would enter into dr- for sawing |ebould yield two thorn a
army, has just been sent to Aldrich’s eolation or be stored in the banks, or be j billion feet; a quarter of which is be
collection of curiosities at the Mate employed In hulld'ng up our Industries Heved to be pine. Properly managed
house. It ie dated at Galveston, Tex., j There can never he a plethora of gold these forests ought to meet all demands
and ordered one of General Smith's aids | an d silver currency In a country such us for lumber far Into the future,
to proceed to New Orleans and turn orer ours. Although Iron is taking the |>lace of
$3,000 to Gen. E. R. Canby, the Federal j | D the third place, India, Mexico and wood In construction to a large extent,
commander there, afterward killed to j other countries have free coinage, and yet the demand for lumber wiil increase
the Modoc war.
Ix hit speech at Minneapolis Mr.
Chauncey M. Depcw, when nominating
President Harrison declared that the lte-
publican party could not hope to win ou
war Issues and bloody shlit cries, and
yet tbe nominee stands on a platform
which favon a worse than war tariff, the
control of federal elections iu tho South,
by the use of federal bayonets, and
which makes the bloody shirt one of tho
main Issues of the presidential cam
paign, Without mch a platform the
Republican party could not hopo to win
any votes In the North, or elect lie
ticket. It Is In the full sense of the
word a party of sectionalism.
The Chicago News, an independent
pa|-cr, la quite sure that the force hill
feature of the Minneapolis platform.
they are not deluged with European wit-j withthegrowihof population. As-show
ver. When the monometallism explain ! I»8 l*»* the manufacture of lumber is
why this is ao, It will be time enough to Increasing In the South, Mr. Fernow
discuss their airy predictions with some el tee the fact that in Georgia there wen
degree of seriousness.—Constitution.
333 sawmills In 1881 to 330 in 1880.
Another dialn on our pine forests is
the manufacture of rosin and turpentine,
which was valued In 1880 at $S,000,000.
This results iudirectly iu great waste of
timber, for a large proportion of boxed
plno trees are destroyed by lire aud
wlud. At thu rate at which cutting,
boxing and deadening is going ou south
A shout time ago a petition signed by
twenty-four prominent cltlzons of New
York demanding an Investigation of the
fraudulent naturalization ol foreigners
In tlint city, was Introduced In the Nenntc
aud ou the strength of It Senator Chand
ler cited John 1. Davenport to appear
before the eub-commlttoe consisting of 1 «ru pine lumber will be a scarce article
himself and Senator Hill. The shrewd-; » quarter of a century hence. There is
ness of Senator Hill as a cross-examiner *n Immense reserve of other timbers,
together with Ids ability as a lawyer and but there Is nothing that will take the
his thorough knowledge ef the political place of pine.
affairs of New York caused him to woriy |
Mr. John Davenport and dually shatter THE UNIS KKSITV.
his testimony. Senator lllll soon uscer The state Utivrisity commencement
will “tend to check'be threatened re- telned that of the twenty-four prominent this week has been a brilliant success,
volt from tbe Democratic ranks " The | citizens, “without distinction to poll- Eloquent addresses were delivered by
Southern farmers, it says, “may feel the tics,” twenty of them were Republicans, llou. A. A l.i| scomb, of Washington,
need of sub-treasuriei and free stiver ’ who are members of the Union League | D. C'., and Mr. B. J. Conyers, of Atlanta,
and unlimited paper currtnce, but they Club, and the other four were men and theuratory of thegraduates was also
will not run tbe risk of losing cc utrol of whose Democracy le exceedingly doubt-. of a high order. Gen. Henry R. Jackson
their State end local affairs in order to i ful. In the course of tbe cross-examl- , has been selected to deliver tbe alumni
ahow their sympathy with tbe plans and I nation, Davenport was pinned down so address next year, with Hon. A. o.
proposals of the Third Party. They closely that he wae compelled to take | Bacon, Judge Samuel Lnmpkin and Hon.
will put off for the time being the ques-1 hack many ol bis statements, and lilt s. G. McLendon at alternates, and this
tlon of the currency and devote them- 1 facta and figure* were reduced to a mini- Insures some unusually brilliant speeches
selves again to the preservation of wbito I mam, while Le acknowledged that dur- j next summer.
dominion and home rule." All of w hick
it true. And thus Minneapolis
played into the hands of Chicago, while
Omaha loses a point.
Ms. IIakjhson was nominated by tbe
States be cannot cany. Just one-half
the votee be received In the convention
were from Democratic States, and nine
ty-nine of the remainder of his votee
were from doubtful Statee. He only re
ceived 103 votee from Republ'can States.
There can be no hotter proof than this
that Mr. Harrison was not the choice of
those Statee that are at all likely to cut
their electoral votes for the Republican
candidate. He wu the choice of tbe
office-holders, who are u anxious to hold
on to their positions for another four
years u be it himself. It le uo wonder
the rank and tile of tho party are so die-
utlstled and discontented over the out
come of the convention. Tbe States
that might give the Republicans the
presidency really had no voice Iu the se
lection of the candidate.
ing tbe put ten yean he had received , The old Ualvenlty la moving ahead
In feet the earn of $33,000 for hie ser-. under Chancellor Boggs, and in the num-
vices in behalf of pare election*. The , her of students and In practical results
fact It, Senator Hill proved Darenpoit 1 be Is showing good work and piling up
to be a liar by his own statements, and
at the clou of the investigation that In
dividual retired from the committee
room in great confusion.
Ix their appeals to the Democrat* of
the South the leaders of the Third party
have assured them that there wu no
further danger of a force bill, but now
In tbe Republican platform tbit clau of
voters le furnished with evidences to tbe
contrary. That this evidence will have
a depreulng effect on tbe Third party
there le but little room for doubt. Title
plank In tbe Minneapolis platform will
a billlian*. record for himself and the
Statu'* Institution,
The bill for the admission of New
Mexico and Arixona le now in the Sen
ate. The action of that body will be
watched with Interact all over the coun
try. Wyoming with 00,000 inhabitants,
Idaho 80,000, Nevada with a population
of only 43,000, were made Statu by a
Republican congreu. Arizona has
00,000 Inhabitants,u many u Wyoming,
and New Mexico over 130,000. But as
both are likely to cut their electoral
votes for tho Democratic candidate for
President, If given the opportunity.
not make a single vote for the Itepubll
can ticket, hut on tbe contrary, will I jhi bUI admitting them to the'Union Is
throw away the opj>prtunlty for creating ,| kely to llay wh#re , t tll , h , ndi
considerable confusion and chaos In the of |he .s,„ate committee,
ranks of the Democracy. Dead Issues ;
It Is possible that Carl Schurz will Washington Post,
take an active part in tbe approaching ,
are dangerous when given space in the
platforms of living political parties.—
presidential campaign. Very little has , Tiikkk is danger of small pox becom-
been heard of him since 1884, when he lag epidemic In Illinois, Ohio, Michl-
took the stump against lllaiue. Since gan, Iowa, West Virginia and l'cnnsyl-
then he has been the manager of one of i vault. In several towns of each State
the great trans-Atlantic steamship lines, cases have heen reported, seven cues
and hu had very little to do with public | having developed In Pittsburg in the
affairs. On July 1 he will retire from past few days. Id Ohio and West Vlr-
the steamship huslneu and may decide i glnia there are upward of eighty cues
to “take another whirl" in politic*, repotted. Tbe Secretary of the Illinois
Schurz ie a remarkable man. Of him State Hoard of Health has Issued a
the New York corresponded of the' proclamation urging that stringent
Philadelphia Ledger says: "Mr. Schurz measures be taken to prevent a further
Fltfcl> Douglass is not a representative
of the uegro. lie is an illustration of
what ability rosy chance to descend to a
mau who Is five-eights white. He ig
nored the blacks when he took a white
wife. He hu been a coApicuona failure
In every public office to which he hu
heen appointed. When he adjures the
colored delegates to stand by Harrison
be means to thus repay his own obliga
tion to tbe president, who kept him in
t position he wu not competent to fill
and which he disgraced with his assump
tion of authority.—Toledo Uee.
dues not seem to grow older u his years spread of the disease. I Sexatou Quay Is going to Florida to
increase. He is apparently as vigorous . rest some more. Heating in Florida is
and eloquent u ever. Few men In the > Mu. CiiAl'Xcxr Dei-em Is chatting Quay’s strong hold. He hu done more
A FUTURE AG|:ICILTIB*I. ItIVAI.
American farmers do net concern
themselves much about the affaire of
central Asia; but the time may not be
far distant when they will view the de
velopment of their agricultural resources
of .Siberia with deep concern. In some
parts of Siberia the surplus of last year’s
wheat crop Is said to have lieea suffl
cient to very nearly meet the needs of
the famine-stricken districts of Itusala,
but it could not Ire made available for
lack of means of transportation. Siberia
hu agricultural resources that should
make her the granary of tbe .East, and
perhaps also the chief source of cotton
supply. That her resources have thus
far been developed only on a small scale
.s due mainly to the lack of railroad
Hut this lack will not exist 'much
.onger. The Russian government Is
iruildlug a railroad which will traverse
Siberia from the Ural mountains to the
Pacific coast ltstot.il length will lie
3,783 miles, and it will cost not less than
*300,000,000.
This gigantic enterprise, which far ex
cels anything of tire kind ever attempted
before, was not undertaken by tiro Rus
sian government without fully weighing
the enormous advantages that would re-
ult from establishing railway transpor-
tation throughout the entire length of
the empire. The succeeding step will
he to encourage tho settlement of the
moie fertile tel ritory traversed, m»< to
give enlightened direction and assist
ance to the settlers in their first efforts.
In the conception and prosecution of
this work Russia has rivaled not only
America in enterprise but England In
aggressiveness. It is understood that
the leading objects with Russia are to
strengthen her naval |>ower on the Pa
cific and to Improve her approaches tr
China and India. The Chinese govern
ment hu been spurred to surprising ac
tiviry, and is building railroads parallrl
with the Russian line along almost hei
entire northern border.
But the prospect of the absorption of
tbe rest of Asia by Russia concerns
America less thau the pros|H-ct that
Siberia is to become our most formidable
rival in the graiu aud cotton maikets ol
tbe world. The area of Siberia I- con
siderably greater than that of the United
States, the extremes of both high and
low- temperature are greater, and much
of the soil Is extremely fertile. The
development of this vast country, lying
mostly In the temperate zone, is «vl«
dently freighted with momentous conse
quences —Timee-Unlon.
THE “NEGRO" AXD "COI.OIIEII MAN."
The few “men of blue persuasion”
who objected to the Press calling them
uegro" young men n<e doing them
selves Injustice. The “brother in black'
who would light just ns quickly for
being called a uegro as being called
thief will, it is feared, llml himself cn
gaged in many a pugilistic encounter.
There is no such a thing us "colored
men.” II the self-styled "colored men'
object to “negro" they mu»t he enlleil
•mulattoes," or "Africans," or “young
men of Afiicuu descent." It Is needless
to say that uuy of these appellation*
would not be lelishcd.
The few negroes who have taken ex
ceptions to the Press drslgusllug them
by tbst Dime sre young men who con
sider themselves above the rlce-tield
negro, and who fear that in being deslg
nated u a negro they and tbe black la
borers will be confounded. They are
ashamed of the race from which they
have sprang.
At a great national convention of the
black brothers held some time ago,
resolution was passed asking news
paper*, in jus: recognition of the race,
tv when printing the word “negro,"
use a capital “N." At tbit convention
there was, it wss stated at the time, not
single representntiv* present with nil
pore African blood In his veins. If this
convention could stand the word
negro”—and with a big “N" nt that—
we suppose' the young colored men of
Savannah should stand it —Savannah
Press.
THE GROWTH OF TENSIONS.
The last monthly report of the com
missioner of pensions brings the record
down to the 3!st of May of this year.
At the beginning of this fiscal year,
July 1,1801, the number of penilonsere
on the roll wss 070,100. From that time
to May 31 applications were allowed In
380,130 cnees. If those bad heen all
original cases, and there bad boon no
deaths, there would now be on the roll
more than 030,000 names; In point of
fact, there wore on May 31 only 830,087.
Of tbe name* added only S07.333 were
original cases, while 71,003 were In
crease rases and 008 restorations. The
average first payment during tbe eleven
months was $138 33.
Of the pensions allowed in these eleven
months IU),707 were under the general
law and 313,440 under the act of
June 37, 1800. Title shows that tbe lat
ter act Is responsible for more than
three-fourths of the increase.
These new jiensloners received ns first
payments nearly thirty-nine million dol
lars. The monthly rate Is equivalent to
over thirty-four tn’lllonsper annum, and
the two sums together amount to sev
enty-three million dollars.
Nearly 33,000 were added to the roll
during the inoatli of May. If the num
ber nllowed lor June should lie as large
tho total for the year will exceed three
hundred thousand, which justifies the
largest estimates made some months ago.
The opinion is expressed that we shall
have a pension roll of a million names
by the close of the next fiscal year, but
the present rateof Increase gives promise
that that immense aggregate will be ex
ceeded.
Feed Douglass' Importance to the
country seem* to bn more highly appre
ciated by hi* eon eren than by the r* a .
•table office holder himself. Writing or
the Incident In Fred’s recent Southern
Journey of bis transfer from n white
folks’ car to one assigned to negroes, the
eon any*: “The law that compel* Fred
erick Douglass, ex-United States mu.
sbal, ex-minister and consul-general, ex-
recorder of deeds, n public man of fifty
years, to ride In tbe same car with, con-
ricta In their stripes and with any other
dirty, Ignorant, noisy passengers who
happen to be colored, almply because he
le also colored, I* an outrage and a dis
grace to any people who pretend to put
n premium upon virtue, morality and
education." It would afford the Doug,
lasses Immeasurable satisfaction to tee
thl* country Haytianixcd.—Exchange.
A Cincinnati physician defines a blush
a* follows: “A blush la a temporary ery
thema and calorific effulgence of the
physiognomy, actologlzed by the per-
ceptlveness of the sensorlum when In a
predlcameut of uncqulllbrlty from a
sense of shame, auger or other cause,
eventuating in a paresis of vasomotor
nervous filament* of the facial capil
laries, whereby being divested of tbelr
elasticity, they are suffused with radl
ance, emanating from an intimidated
precordia."
Henry S. Ives, who won fame a* a
meteoric financier some years ago by
the way he handled certain railroad ee,
curitles, which resulted In his being In
dicted for “railroad wrecking," Is now
free a man as Ferdinand Ward, another
famous financier, with whom Ives was
connected in business. The tight In
dictmenta pending against Ives In New
York have been dismissed, and the
young Naj-oicon it at liberty to re-tnttr
Wall street and “bang out tils sign”
whenever he pleases.
country bat had as varied or romantic quite merrily about the certainty of i of it lately than any man In Congress,
career at be. Born In Germany, a cltl- Harrison carrying the 8talc of New ' But, at It pleases Quay and does not hurt
zen of the United States, he ia equally York next November, but in the mean- 1 Florida, let him rest. He alto promises
eloquent in both Germon and English, a I time Tho*. C. I’latt. w ho controls the to do some swearing when he goes down
ran accomplishment. He has been ' Republican machinery It wrapped In si- there this time. He says he harbors a
revolutionist, political refugee, soldier, h-nce and thought. Quay it also silent, lotof “exhuberant wrath" that cannot be
politician, diplomat, senator, cabinet
Minister, editor, reformer, steamship
r and lecturer, aad he has voted
and Clarkson too, appears to have lost . gotten rid of any other way. While
tbe power of speech, nevertheless they fishing In Florida be can direct his re
ars observing the antics of the Harrison I mark* to the fish that don’t bite while
leaden. bis mind it on Harrison.
Tiie Maioo, Mich., Democrat finds
that comosttucy is not among the jewels
of tbe Georgia Republicans, for It says:
“Georgia Republicans In tbelr platform
denounce the system In that State of
having separate cars for blacks and
whites. When the Georgia delegation
left for Minneapolis they bad two vee-
tibuled sleepers chartered, the white
delegation taking on* and the black the
other."
lx the death ot Kmraous lilalue *11
gjml people in the United Statescan but
feel deep sympathy for the great Ameri
can, bit father. History will write tbe
name of James G. Blaine on one of ter
greatest pages, for though one domestic
calamity after another hat for some
time followed In the wake of bit life
journey, lie I* still tbe greatest and
ablest statesman In the Republican
partj, and It might be said In tho United
State*. All praise be given the great
Democratic National convention at Chi
cago. The members forgot their own
momentous affairs and tendered unani
mous sympathy to James G. Blaine
in hi* sad bereavement. The act
was a humane and touching drama of
that brilliant assembly. In It was em
bodied the acme of national love and
courtesy, and must havo softened the
heart of the great statesman, which it
would sectu now, Is well nlg'.i one of
stoue, so great, to dire has been hit con
tinued afflictions. The downfall of this
great limn Is n national calamity. Maine,
onco the grandest figure In national poli
tics, Is now the nation's suffering ward,
uud it Is earnestly wished and prayed
that the baud of fate may be stayed,
and that the veil of sorrow may uo lon
ger overshadow the Clashed and noble
spirit ot the hounied mau from Maine.
The Immense bridge of incandescent
lava formed by tbe now ectlve Vesuvlan
cone, between Monte Somna nnd Vesu
vius pro |er, is a phenomenon of start
ling effect which a Naples dispatch says
Is attracting hundreds of curious spec
tators. The crater of Somna partly encir
cles the present cone of Vesuvius which
has been entirely built up within the
last eighteen centuries to a height of a
thousand feet. As the diameter of the
ring Is nearly a mile, the bridge of glow,
lug lava must be several hundred yards
long. Tills novel formation will lie of
as great Interest to volcanologists a* to
tbe tourists and others now flocking to
see It. But, remarkable as Is this spec-
tacleof tbe volcano's energy, it has at
various times shown rastly greater ac
tivity.
Now that Chicago is courting attention
from the whole world, the city fathers
ought to try to improve their official
manners. Tbe Chicago Herald says:
“At the last meeting of the city council
the aldermen forgot all ideas of propri
ety and decency and demeaned them
selves like a lot of ragged urchin* at a
bootblacks’ picnic. Waste-paper bas
kets, books, coats and p*j>er balls weie
thrown freely around the room and for
a considerable time the wildest contu
sion prerailed ” But tbe Herald say*
that good feeling characterized it all,
and that the Chicago aldermen “have
usually keen in the habit of giving vent
to tbelr juvenile spirits by Indulging in
fisticuffs nnd pn fane and vulgar lan
guage.”
TllE N"tth American Review an-
noutices lot publication Iu it* forthcom
ing July Issue articles on Lynch Law iu
the South by Frederick Douglass, on the
Nee-is „f the New Northwest by the gov
ernor of Miunesota, on l'otitlis aud the
I’ulpithy Bishops Doaue ami Mfcllalleu,
on tbe Italian Situation by Signor Crispl
on Organized Labor In the Presidential
Campaign by Samuel oompers,President
of the American Federation of Labor,
on tbe Use of Cathedrals by the Dean of
St. Paul's, and on Abraham Lincoln as a
Strategist by Archibald Forbes. The
number will also contain n symposium,
What Shall the Ratio Be f referring, of
course, to the question ot the coming
International conference on allrer. The
contrlputore to this nr* Senator Stewart
of Nevada, Representative William H
Springer of Illinois, Senator H. C. Haas
brougb of North Dakota, Representative
R. P. Bland of Missouri,aad Representa
tive John Dalzelt of Pennsylvania.
There is not a particle ot doubt that
the “saddest words of tongue or pen" to
Miss LouDo Bowman, of Madison, Ind.,
are “it might hare boea." Hut she is
no Maud Muller. She Isa self-possessed
young woman, one of the kind who
“looks mit for No, 1," She wns looklug
out wtieu, six years ago, she refused to
marry the Rev. Mr. McLain, because lie
appeared to he ns poor as the proverbial
church mouse. Hut Mr. McLaiu found
another lady who did not look out so
carefully »s Miss Bowman and that
other lady is now the Widow McLaiu,
worth 83,000,000, w hick was left her by
her late liusbauu. And Miss Howtr.au
might have been the widow.
What Is more Important than any
thing else In hot weather Is an equable
temper. The warmest day of the sea
son can always be rendered tolerable If
a tranquil mind can be retained. Tbe
chief Buffers:* tram heat are the people
who make the most noise about It, fret
ting and groaning over It as If It were a
private affliction too grievous to be
borne, fanning theiuselves violently in
the street car or house-porch, denounc
ing with red, angry fates tbe horrore of
the “worst climate on the planet,” and
allowing neither themselves nor their
neighbors a moment's peace. “Let
your moderation be known to all men,"
Is a midsummer text with much saving
grace. If on* cannot do anything else
on such a day as yesterday, he can
commune with bis own heart and be
■till," and that is perhaps the best hot
weather moral.
Novelties In the suicide business
have been plentiful enough of late.
High jurai-s, ro|>ea, pistols, poisons, and
holes In the water will sooa lie out of
the fashion. Marguerite Hotel ha* just
Introduced a new style lin de alecl* be
yond a doubt. Her faithless lover, Paul
Convert, deserted her. Marguerite didn't
want to live, so she purchased Indiffer
ent drug store* an Immense stock
of leeches. Then she weut home to her
nice little apartment* at Boulevard de
la Vlllette, Parts, where she undressed,
Ibereted the leeches, and applied them
all over her body. In other words, ebe
modestly mad* an overcoat of them.
Next morning she wasjfouad still alive
and taken to tbe Lariboisiera Hospital,
where she died.
Mr. Dei-ew would like tbe honor ot
being Secretary of State well enough,
but ho is uot likely to give up Lis | res
ent salary, which Is equal to that of
President of tbe United State*, for the
beggarly salary of a member of tbe cab
inet, Besides, it would be rather morti
fying to him, after bolding the office fur
about eight months, to have to turn it
over to a Democrat.
Benjamin Harrison's political his
tory Is aa anomalous on*. He wss
elected president by n minority of the
people. He owes bis nomination to
Democratic States. And he will attrib
ute his defeat next fall to representa
tive* In tbe electoral college of an *1*'
meat In the voting population which he
regards as belonging to his party by
divine right.
Write law Reid Ia the second man
•ver nominated for vice-president by the
Republican party who has not previously
held an elective office. Chester A. Ar
thur wae the other man. And, like Mr.
Reid, Mr. Arthur was named by the New
York delegation. It Is very likely that
the parallel between the nominees hu
now gone a* far aa It will go.
The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
note* that Grant, Iiayea, Garfield *ud
Harrison were all.born In Ohio. White-
law Reid might also bare been added to
the little Ret- Then the Telegraph could
have pointed its paragraph by ssyiug
that the lives of these great men al! re
mind ui that Ohio Is a good state •«
move away from.
In a test case before the Snpreai*
Court of Michigan, the new law proiiJ-
Ing for the election of preeldentlal elec
tore by Congressional dlitricts, ***
upheld by judgment handed dowuou
Friday, The Republicans who are op
posing the law will take tbe case to tbt
United States Supreme Court
Keep in mind the force bill. Rei at> '
lican success means Its enactment i
Third petty strength means tbe a**’*'’
ance towards tbe consummation of thl*
Sooth-bating scheme; Democratic »«*■
cess alone can save the people of
South.
Is be*
I*
Tue Georgia watermelon crop
ginning to move forward. The crop
expected to be aboot three-fourth* th*
of last year, bat of better quality. I* *
quite likely that tbe growers will be h* *
ter remunerated than lest year, who
they bad a hard experience.