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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, APRIL G, 1886.—TWELVE PAGES.
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Bemoaning the fact that the Grant fund
has only reached $120,000 in eight months,
the Woild nays: “When the country rang
with rejoicings over the surrender «»f I.eo at
Appomattox, no one would have believed
that it would have token the city of New
York eight months to iiusc* so meagre a sum
for a testimonial to the memory of the con
queror of the Rebellion.” Probably the peo
ple of New York think they have done
enough for and atood enough from the
Grant family.
A Washington special to the World Bays
“Speaking this Afternoon of the probabili
ties of getting the great telephone suit to
trial, Solicitor-General Goode said: “Of
count?, we cannot tell exactly what the suit
in to be until the answer is tiled, and the
defendants have until June 1st to rile it. It
has always been my judgment, however,
that the suit would get to trial tome time in
the fall. The docket at Columbus is not
particularly crowded and I have no reason
to believe that the Bell Company is anxious
to postpone the issue. Of course, it would
be impossible to form any exact estimate of
the time to be occupied, but 1 have always
supposed tliut all the testimony could be
t.ikcn in the summer, and that we could get
to trial by fall.” Concerning the accounts
of the special counsel disallowed by the
Tr usury Department a few days since, Mr.
Goode said: “That wan a small matter.
Those accounts were disallowed merely be
cause they were not in form. As far as the
right of these gentlemen to the $1,000
each is concerned they have earned
it by their six weeks’ work on the
bill, hut aside from that they would
be ent.tled to it as a retainer. I will
ICuarautce the Bell company has paid liberal
retainers to all tho counsel that will repro-
sent It in tbe suit. It is always customary
to pay a retainer. Judah P. Benjamin once
told me that it was his custom to charge u
retainer on taking a case, a ‘reminder’ after
be had worked on it awhile, a ‘refresher’ if
hii client came around his office much, uud
finally a ‘ftni-her’ when be was through
with the case. In a case where the govern
ment hits contracted to pay a certain fee,
the whole amount can be demanded at any
time. I nee the papers arc making a good
* deal out of the fact that 1 decided to author
i/.e tho Memphis suit twenty-four hours bft'T
I received the application of the district at
torney,” continued Mr. Goode. “I do not
nee what there is in that. 'Tlds country is
getting too Urge for a man t to tako more
time for adecisionof that kind. There w» re
just two things I had to determine -first,
whether that was the proper mode of prove*
. dnro, and I had a dozen precedents for that;
second, whether there was enough in tho
cose to warrant a suit, and taking the pitpers
and statements of the district Attorney at
their face value I thought they warranted
it I did not know the Attorney-General
had any telephone stock, and l am sure 1
had none.”
Convict Sjbtvui of the booth.
Oaokdkx, Ana., March 25. ’
Editor Macon Teleobaph—Dear Sir: A friend
of mine in Valdosta, Cla., who i* a reader and ad
mirer of your paper, wished me to send you a copy
of au article on “Southern Prison Gangs" priuted
in tho 8t. Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer Press of
February 21, with a request t iat you publish it and
give your opinion upon it. F.neiosed you will find
the article mentioned. In view of the meeting of
the National PrUon Association at Atlanta this com
ing fall, tbe subject treated aeems an appropriate
one forpsesent consideration by the Mouth, and by
Georgia in particular.
The above letter explains itself. If the
Telegraph were to reproduce everything
which its admirers suggest, there would be
no room for the current news in its columns.
We do not reproduce the article referred
to because it contains nothing that has not
already appeared in our columns.
The point of the letter appears to be a
desire to extort the views ot the Telegraph
in regard to the convict system of the Stute.
We have no secrets on this nor on any
other subject that may concern the public
good. Georgia is loaded down with ft con
vict system that is not satisfactory to the
people. It was taken up as a make-shift in
a desperate necessity, and time and experi
ence have bettered its worst features but
little. The difficulty lies in perfecting some
better plan to take the place of the present
system, arill this applies to a greater or lesser
degree to all penul establishments through
out the world.
IIow to punish criminals for a violation
of law, to reform them and at the same time
to give them humane treatment is as per
plexing as ever.
Hattie Tyng Griswold, the writer of tho
article on Southern prisons, says:
If only the prison* are made *elf-*upporticg there
la a conspiracy of silence all along tho line,
gardi the way* and mean* by which they are made
ao. Much sordid and cold blooded indifference to
the welfare of ihoae held in emtody by the'State
it is difficult to conceive of; and it is the duty of
every person who can help to do so, to see that some
remedy for the present fearful evils Is devised.
This is not true. The convict question
jh being constantly agitated in South Caro
lina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama nnd
Kentucky but it is a reproach that the
law-makers of these States have not been
able to suggest better plans for a peniten
tiary.
Following after Mr. Cable, the author
falls into the same pit that was digged by
an ignorant and incompetent prison keeper
in Georgia. Mr. Cnbla is quoted thus:
simple larceny men in Georgia are sentenced
to twenty, fifteen and twelve years imprisonment,
according to the caprice of the Justice. These are
all virtually life sentence*, for ten years is, as the
IN show, the longest time a convict cau be ex
pected to remain alive In a Georgia penitentiary.
This State is now bound by a twenty years’ lease,
and it whi be almost impossible to enect auy change
for the hett t for a long time to come.
Thcro is not tho slightest foundation for
this. Twice 1ms the falsity of thiH charge
been exposed, ouce by the Hon. N. J. Ham
mond and again by 8. B. Adami, Esq., an
eminent member of the Savannah bar. Yet
the Century barred tho columns to these
gentlemen which hail been used by Cable
to perpetrate and disseminate a slander.
The excuse that it had opened its columns
for a reply to Cable was a miserable pretext.
The suggestion is made that tho prison
reform cougrtma will mud in Aihml.i during
the coming fall. While it is more than
problematical if Atlanta is the proper place
for the initiation o! anymcremci t for n form,
still opportunity will be afforded to examine
iuto the convict system, whi h is mostly
owucil and controlled in Atlanta. The con
gress will find the convict system of Georgia
a powerful politic d lover, the convicts evil
being voted by ouc of the factions iu tie
Capital City.
A Strange Tate.
Tho New York Herald, of late, has a
Washington correspondent who is given to
the retailing of very stupid Congressional
jokes and gost-ip. This is a new feature to
the Herald, and the man who handles it
seems to be rather raw.
We reproduce one of his latest efforts, as
follows:
A* I wan pacing the White House in a car Senator
Colquitt came out of the gate and got aboard. He
took a seat by tbe side of Senator Walthall, directly
opposite where I sat. The two men greeted each
other. It was impossible not to hear every word
they uttered. The first named didn't appear to care
whether he was addressing tbe public or not, for he
remarked, substantially:
••Do you know, I can get very little satisfaction
whatever at the White House, though I call in per-
aud make a strong effort for my friend*. Now,
look here, Walthall, you appear to have better
success. How do you manage it?"
It is simple enough.”
But how?”
■Well, I never go to the White House except
when I’m invited, but always commusl^t- jrith tbe
President in writing. That's tne whole secret.”
A portion of this will be received with
nmuzement and incredulity in Georgia.
Every intelligent and observant Georgian
who has visited Washington during the last
year luis returned with the same conclusion,
viz., that Colquitt, by reason of his former ns-
soeiation with members of the cabinet and
the affinity between himself and Miss Cleve
land on the liquor question, has had the un
disputed range of the White House and the
dispensing of patronage of Georgia in the
various departments whenever he could
spare a few hours from his prohibition pres
idential campaign to look after his poor kin
and henchmen.
After the Eustis interview it was given
out that Mr. Cleveland’s eyes had been
opened to some of those who have “de
ceived and imposed” upon him.
The incident related by the Herald man
would seem to add strength to this declara
tion. If Mr. Cleveland lias declined to hear
further from Colquitt in behalf of his
friends” who are still holding the offices
given them by Grant aud Hayes, ho will
Imvo taken the first step tovnrds ranging
himself along side of the true Democrats of
Georgia.
'J lie fact stands that some of the worst
appointments made by the administration
have been made in Georgia. The President
should have no difficulty iu determining
who were instrumental in using him to
promote personal and partisan purposes.
►
A “distinguished Southerner” who Las
been idculificu with national politics said to
a Washington correspondent recently: “Tho
only substantial difference between tbe
Democratic party and the Republican party
is this very principle, the Democratic
party has existed aud extets to-day in
its antagonism to centralization, paternal
government at Washington, federal inter
ference in local concerns and Congressional
tampering with the Constitution. We in
the 8outh hud down nearly half a million
lives in the belief that the States had some
lights superior to the general government.
And here I see Southern menhers fairly out-
Heroding Herod for so much money
out of tho Federal Treasury. The
general government ia invited to come
in and educate us and take charge
of and rnuke regulations for our common
schools. It ia a political trick. If the Re
publican Senate can bribe a Democratic
Home by money from the National Treas
ury to forsake Democratic principles by the
passage of this bill, it will bo the smartest
thing tbe Republican party leaden have tv»r
done. Its results will be stultification for
ns and a death-blow to our strict construc
tion theories, a vindication of Republican
ism in its worst and wildest dogmas < f Fed
eral supremacy. When ocr schools are in
charge of the Federal Government nnd the
books from which our children aboil be
taught are prescribed by the revised * taint* s,
I shall be ready for anything, including
Federal management of our township eltc-
tfottf, school trustees and road supervisors.
We shall be forever th i nned from scttii g
tip the plea cf self-government There i»
one sheet-anchor or hope left—that a Dem
ocratic President will put his fo^t on any
such rnfainre.”
Annttw r Gubernatorial Candidate.
The Waynesboro True Citizen presents
tbe name of Col J. J. Jones iu> u Guberna
torial candidate in a strung leader, from
which we make this extract:
If there U a uian in the State of Georgia who has
anperlor claims upon the Democratic parly of the
State, that tuau ts Col. J. J. Jones. Ho has been a
life loug Demo rat. au<l has never been known to
swerve a moment from the allegiance to his politi
cal principles ur party, while his services have ls*en
numerous and important, if not vital to the Interests
of the )>any. Other men, claiming to be Demo
crats, luv® been bribed, and proved renegades for
the glittering rewards of office and position—J. J,
Jones, never! Besides Col. Jones's Individual
claims, tbo people of all this portion of the State
have never had any participation in the important
State offlcea by a representative from her people,
and now tbe time baa fully come when they
Insist upon a recognition of their rights. And In
presenting Col. Jones as a candidate for tbe office
of Governor we are satisfied that we preseut a man
who, if elected, will honor tbe office, and not the
office honor him.
Tho State of Georgia docs not possess
truer Democrat than “Jinks” Jones, an lie
is familiarly called. He enjoys the respect
aud confidence cf the party fully on the
accouut of his character and useful service
in tho past.
One thing may be assured in advance,
viz: that he will receive no countenance or
support from the political ringaters uud
tricksters who have manipulated and con
trolled Georgia for many years past.
Tbe
Chicago tires ot tbe two Sams.
Times of t ! at city says:
Their effort* y«storJay were singularly
freefiom tbe usual character! tic utterance*.
There were many persoua in the great
audnnee i>t the Ca-ino rink last night
appeared dte-tpp* unfed, and #h aoou ms M
Jones oonclu* ed h-.K sermon and started
announce ih** mrvlce for Sunday they uncer
emoniously left the building.
Mr. IRmingway announced that the col
lection to I« token would be turned over *
Mr. 8ruab f *r a misdon recently etirted
Atlanta, and consequently it wav more lib
era. than unu A. "Old Si” said tba mission
The lllair Mill.
This measure to rob tho public treasury
aud to reorganize the Republican party in
the South, utter having been defeated in the
committee on education, is being manipu
lated for another showing.
It is reported that the petitions for its
passage tiro uioro numerous from Georgia
than from any other State. This is a
tribute to the activity of certain interested
parties in Georgia and another evidence as
to how quickly uud easily popular petitions
•an be gotten up.
Under a suspension of the rules without
xplanation or debate, this bill was taken
from the committee on education, where it
ruperiy belonged, and referred to the com
mittee on labor, n committee which has no
connection with the matter embraced in
the measure. This was accomplished by a
ea vote of 138 to a nay vote of 113,
Many Congressmen voted yea in order to
ot rid of a troublesome matter. Mr.
lount, to bis credit, be it laid, voted nay
against the other representatives from
Georgia.
It is not probable that the bill will ever
reach farther consideration of the House
during this session. Should it be smug
gled in by parliamentary device, its oppo
nents con and should fillibnster it to death.
Congressional fences are in a dilapidated
condition all over the Country, and Con
gress may not be expected to accomplish
much more than the passage of the regular
appropriation bills. The vote on the refer-
euco of the Dluir bill is quite sufficient for
electioneering purposes.
Should it reach another disvision upon its
merits, the tally list will show some remark
able changes. In that event, it is to be
hoped that Mr. Blount will stand hy the
best opinions of his constituents and the
record he lias already made.
Conklins: Waiting.
Roscoe Conkling writes from Chicago to
a friend in New York ns follows:
“My impression is that for you and me
it is quite as well to be no nearer the
springs of politics than we arc now. That
some serious events arc not distant I be
lieve, and it seems to me that they have
been rendered more serious by action and
sentiment which have seemed to me unfor
tunate. Which party may gain most from
the unsettling which is going on is a matter
of less concern and reflection than liow the
country and its people may be affected. Iu
respect of this I am* as earnest ns ever, and
1 hope and believe you are.”
Conkling, despite the fact that he is out
of office through a fatal miscalculation And
despite his oratorical flatulency, has ever
been regarded as possessing a fair amount
of political keenness. From the lofty sta
tion he has reached in private, he may
perhaps be getting a better view of political
affairs than the men who are actively en
gaged with them. The sentiment he ex
presses in the letter quoted means, stripped
of its Conklingisms, that a political liquida
tion is imminent, that many people now
prominent will he retired, that new men and
lew ideas will come to the front and party
Ranges tako place.
Mr. Conkling argued this in all likelihood
from the fact that both the great political
parties of the day are practically formed
upon the same line and divided among
themselves upon prominent questions. The
tariff, for instance, ia as much a source of
division in the Republican party as the
Democratic, while the strict construction
idea ia likewise assailed and defended by
men of the same political faith.
On these and other questions which are
to remain with us always, parties no longer
exist, but seem to survive upon inherited
names. There must come a change, and
perhaps Mr. Conkling is right; the men
now in the lead might be better off else
where. Just now the country is blest with
three parties: the Democrat and Republican
and the W’hite House party. The latter has
not grown to any alarming extent except in
self-esteem and that was artificially hatched.
But while this third element will not in all
likelihood secrete any great amount of
political strength, its influence may be dis
rupting. Does Mr. Conkling expect that
Cleveland will pull down the pillars of the
temple upon himself and both parties, and
that a liberal Republican party will build
over the ruins?
W t e have not heard of Mr. Trt nholm’s
resignation as Civil Service Commissioner,
and this may account for it: The Senate
finance Committee him not taken up the
nomination of \V. 8. Treuholm to be Comp
troller because a great deal of quiet opposi
tion to him has developed. The silver men
hold Mr, Trenholm’s financial view* against
him. 'They say that they believe the
President should have some one in the
Comptroller’s place who is in financial sym
pathy with him, but they object to having
auy one there who lias called them nil fools
and fanatics in his public speeches. Mr.
Trenholm’s speech before tho National
Bank Convention is being used against
him by tboie who argue that u man placed
in a position of trust to watch over the
banks should not have too intimate rela
tions with them. Mr. Trenholm’s name
will probably bo referred to a sub-com
mittee at an early day, and there is a possi
bility that the report on his nomination
will be iulverse. Tbe silver men have a
majority in the Senate and can reject Mr.
Treuholm if they wish.
The Washington correspondent of the
Herald says: “Many curious stories could
be told about the way news leaks out
Washington. Here are two recent illustra
tions that may adorn our tale to-day
few nights bufore Secretary Manning's ill
ness two correspondents were standing
the main hall at the Ebbitt House w atching
a queer old gentleman who was writing
dispatch at the telegraph desk. His manner
chiefly attracted notice - he wrote with his
lmud over the top of the message in such
way that even tho gaslight did not fall
the worda he wrote. His w as such comical,
curious conduct that it seemed possible
might bo a dynamiter or a new lobbyist.
The newspaper men went round into “the
row,” and found n friend who knew the
Morse alphabet. When they returned
with him the ex-telegraphist went
to the counter ostensibly to
a message. There he heard the fol
lowing sent to Hamilton, the president
of the Northwestern Miller’s Association,
at Minneapolis; “8ft W the 8ecretary to-d.
Find him very favorably inclined regarding
rebate. Will get final answer to-morrow."
Then followed the signature. When the re
sult was reported there was a general laugh.
The information was of very slight value,
but it was decided to have some amusement
ont of it. One of the correspondents saun
tered carelessly up to the cleric’s desk, near
which the queer old granger stoed, and dis
tinctly asked for him by name. When the
'stranger heard himself inquired for hi* eyes
expressed some surprise. The correspond
ent introduced himself and in the most
uintter of fact way expressed his gratifica
tion at the result of the interview with the
Secretary of tthe Treasury. The look of
consternation that overspread the granger's
face cannot be described. ‘Why, sir, I did
not suppose that a soul in this city knew
me, and I have not confided the object of
my visit to a single soul. IIow did you
learn it?’ he usked almost pathetically. T
am employed to keep information on all
subjects,' replied tho correspondent. ‘Any
man con get news that’s told him."
A Remedy for a Great Evil.
Some recent discussions have developed
the fact that there is a strong sentiment
throughout the Hta.e opposed to the present
bedraggling of judicial offices. Still the
practice continues, and will not be abated
e by action of tho Legislature. The suc
cess achieved by Judge Crisp in ousting
General Cook from a Congressional eeat
bicli he had filled with honor to himself
and great service to the State, has inspired
other judges with tbe hope that they might
gratify their political ambition by the use of
similar tactics.
A gentleman, in whom we have confi
dence and who has exceptional means of
information, stated publicly a few days
since, that there were at the time no less
than six judges of the Superior Court cir
cuits of this State active candidates for po
litical positions.
It is not necessary for the Telegraph to
reproduce the reasons and arguments
against this practice, which are already fa
miliar to its readers.
But it behooves every honest citizen of
the State that this practice should be stern-
prohibited by special statute. The law
ver contemplated that judges should ex
change circuits as mere matters of pleasure,
convenience, or political electioneering,
Such privilege was granted for the prompt
discharge of the public business.
It wan supposed that this privileg*
only be exercised in the ease of a disquali
fication of a judge.
The law has provided a full remedy for
these cases. In sub dance it provides that
when a judge is disqualficd hy interest, the
members of tbe bar shall select a judge to
sit, and in event of their failure or disagree
ment that the clerk of the court shall ap
point one. The provisions have been ut
terly ignored and disregarded.
There is a remedy for this evil, a plaiD,
short and simple one. It will not require
constitutional amendment, which would
he difficult or impossible to obtain by our
slow methods.
Some of the States have jealously guarded
their judiciary with a provision in their
nndamental law tendering judges ineligi
ble to any other office during their in
cumbency or for 8om0 time after.
In the absence of this excellent provision
we can still protect ourse.ves in a measure
from political judges, or such as are travel
ing electioneer^ ra. When a judge of our Su
perior Court is disqualified from any canso,
the Governor is notified, and ho designates
a Superior Court judge to sit in his place.
Let this practice be applied to the circuits.
When a Superior Court judge is disqualified
require him to notify the Governor to des
ignate a substitute to preside in liis place.
The machinery for this cannot he built
nntil the Legislature ahull meet. In the
meantime tho people can keep any aspiring
judge from lenviug the bench save by resig
nation or the expiration of his term. The
plan suggested should bo adopted if a
shorter uud better one cannot bo provided
to mitigate a public evil which has become
a general nuisance.
As to the proposed increase of tho army,
the New York Joarnal of Commerce re
marks: “The American people regard a
largo standing army as dangerous to their
liberties. They might bo willing to trust
au army of any size to this or to that Presi
dent or General In-Chief. But occasionally
iu hiatoiy there has arisen a man of military
genius and unbounded ambition who has
used a powerful standing army for the
elevation of himself and family, for the
subjugation and impoverishment of the
people, for the prosecution of wars the sole
object of which was to gratify bis own lust
for glory at tho cost of human lives by the
hundreds of thousands. These scourges
of mankind would have been powerless but
for tho standing armies whose confidence
they won aud held. Men of this mould
may be walking tho Greets of New York
to-day, wishing that fortune could open for
them careers like those of Casar or
Napoleon.* But their egotUtical dreams
cuunot be realized in America so long as
they cannot command the support of a
great standing army. They may become
generate or presidents—but they can never
become emperors, dictators or despota with
a force of soldiers no bigger than the
present one at their disposal.
Air and Exercise Need**.
Doctors disagree on many
points, but it is the unanimous v
the profession and of scientists wko^
lead them into the consideration of
man Bystem, that fresh air and exer;
prime factors iu health. This axio
daily fofced upon the attention of the
fossion. Men do not take enough ex.
they breathe vitiated air too lou<>
sit within the confines of a room
day denying themselves sunshine ^
ise and—life.
A fuw (layx since Secretary
stricken down in the Treasnry buiM.j,
still lies in a critical condition. H e „
man of tine physique and without any
rent malady. An examination of hi s
revealed the fact that he was in the h
sitting for ten hours a day at hi 8
in a close room, taking no other
than was absolutely necessary for
charge of his dnties there, and that
rode to and from his office in a close
riage and ppent moat of his evenin*
home. These habits, with an ccca,
indigestible supper and an occasional
traded consultation over eight
w'ineH, undermined his atrength.
not tbe labors of his position. A Wi
ton correspondent, writing upon tho
subject, sav8:
Every few days a Senator or RepreaentatiTi
out and lias along siege of «i<*fcne», _
alarming report* about the poisonous air
capltol. Inquire into the habits of the aic
and. ten to one, you will And he rides to the
in the morning in a cab or horse car. sp
day in inactivity, and tides back to hii
place again. There are men in Washington
have been in public life, with all it* cares,
nibilitle* and vexations, for a generation, a
been sick a day. But they have h
who took regular exercise in the opeu air a
attention to tho laws of health. Not ove
brains, but underworked bodies, cause all 1
ble.
It is said that Cleveland is traveling
this same sepulchred road—long hot]
work, confinement, no exorciso whati
and rich food. The simple change
Buffalo to Washington city ought n
add forty-pounds to a man’s weight
truth is ho lias been stall-fed with tho
results.
The New York World pithily s%y»:
man maybe said to be overworking hi
self when ho puts in thirteen hours a
at his business, and secures his ‘fresh
while riding fifteen minutes in a erovi
street car.” Y'ot this u precisely the
programme curried out hy tho majority
our business. They don’t work their phya
machinery enough in a week to keep
oiled np for half a day. What wonder
it rnsta. that lassitude attacks the Bl
and a general indisposition is felt so
Most people roail with something like
ishment tho statement that tho hardy
lish men and women think nothiogol
or tun miles jannt for exercise. The
thick-soled walking shoes nnd flut-H
trend of the Northern visitors who
Macon are regarded with mild-eyed
ment hy some of us. The fact is, we of
South are not a race of walkers. Won!
not ho better for the health and post*
of our people if they were?
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(ouaincs, M»rch 51.- M.jnr Griene,
chief .egmeer of th. Georgia Midland, re*
lunwi from X.w York to ilny, .nJ r.jort.
that uoj.r ill.. loiitr.rt |U« ro»l i. to bo
opbto.1 by Jl»y 1,1W7. JThe contractor
ft k. Dickiseon ot Na* York.
A Chicago upecial of a recent date says
••Mm. Sara Bell King ia counted the luckiest
woman in the rone. Mrs. King, who woe
a widow, married Mr. King niity-six .lay.
.a* m^edb, a num^rrf «Mgmen r- t **”• - ‘‘““““ire.
rentlj convervd, and it occnpod an old Nrwa has ju*t b*«.-n received of hi* demise
bar.r-> mi. The la-t time be pr.acbed in it | in Georgia, where he went for the eeeaon,
the o’d -igtw of the price- of dr.nk* nnd -be | p, ci ty Mm. King ia left at tho Terr iow-
an-ienf.t l- “No liquor aoU to minor. : . .
.till hung upon ib« w..ll 1 “ l ‘* luaaU > » ,tU »33,m33 1-5, a pretty
ThU laat will proNkUy recall Ibe «vne f,c '- of friend., and her own three
tiTer tbe ha>, le te.en tbe lUverend B-U ^“dren, to whom abe w deroted , n d for
Buf^g and feimon Su g..
On* of the ni.wt prominent incid.cbi of bmied with all the pomp end immortt Ilea
March wa* tbe dropping of tbe Edmund* due the oldeet and one of the weal-hi eat
boom with iu battered aide down. mtn of Chicago, ”
Tins ia a picture of the newly arrived
Brazilian Prince: “He ia a liandaoiue
young gentleman of rather leas than nine
teen years of age, and a striking blonde in
appearance, tbe German blood in his veins
having developed itself fully. He is of me
dium height, slender, and in face is said to
resemble bis distinguished grandfather.
Dorn Augnsto Eeopoldo is tbe son of tbe
second daughter of tbe Emperor Dorn
Pedro, the Princess Donna Leopoldina,
whose husband was tbe Prince Augustas,
Duke of Saxe. The Princess died some
years ago, leaving four sons, among whom
was tbe yooeg Prince, Dorn Augnsto, who
arrived yesterday. This is the first voy
age of tbe Prince, be huving bnt recent
ly graduated from tbe naval school of Itio
de Janeiro."
Mother and M, lighter t-erleh in the Flam,,
Deteoit, March 30.—A iqiecial from
Bronson, Michigan, says: A fire visited
Bronson tbia morning, destroying u fine
new brick block of stores which was bnilt
last summer. One of the terrible features
»f tbe fire is the death of Mrs. Timothy
Hurley and her daughter Alary, aged fifteen
yean, vbn were burned. Hurley and
three children -a boy aged sixteen, another
ten and the baby about three years old—are
terribly burned. Charles SUmch’tv. a I IS lit r
employed by Hurley, is badly cut about th
SWOONED IN THE PULPIT.
A I-ltlful Incident Which Interrupted s
Sermon.
Locuvnxi, Kt., March ‘JO.—A pitiable
siRbt was seen by a large congregation in a
church near Smyrna post-ofUce, in this
county, yeiterday, when the Itev. Downey
Blair, of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, wus engaged in preaching his Ban-
day sermon. A few days ago tbe telegraph
bore a dispatch from some point in Kansas
to tho newspapers over the country contain
ing an account of the slnnghterof libs family
hy one Johu lllair aud the subsequent hang
ing of Blair by the infuriated citizens
The particulars of the tragedy were briefly
told at tbe time, hut, ns the ltev. Mr. Blair
lives in a secluded quarter, he never saw a
paper or heard of the occurrence. It ap
pear* that lie had a son John in Kansas,
who he supposed was liv ng quietly with
hi.-; family aud prospering finely. While
engaged on his sermon yesterday a meuen
ger arrived at the chnrch nnd rushing
wildly up to the pulpit attracted the minis
ter’s attention bv waving a sealed envelope
at him. The minister stopped short in his
discourse, opened aud read the message and
then, swooning, fell to the floor as if he h.ol
been shot. Thi* caused the wildest excite
ment in the congregation. Members rushed
forward and finally succeeded in carrying
the prostrate minister to freih air. When
he wa* revived it was learned that the inis-
bive contained new* that the John Blair
mentioned in tbe dispatches alluded to fnm>
Kansas was the llev. Mr. Blair’s son.
Shreds and Patches.
Is anybody llsteniug to discover if the bath
Shiloh Is still in progress?—PittsburgCbronklt.
Algernon—“Ah, Belinda* nothing shall part
Belinda—"No, love—not even marriage.”—TiJ
••Rum holds the llepublic. a party by the
and the Democratic party by tba throat,-Jr
Joe. Cook.
The green grocer in London ia one w
vegetables. In this country be Is one who
Picayune.
Tbe most alarming eight-hour movement
country at the present time is that of th*
ional lower jaw.—Chicago News.
Tbo Ursa Major is tbo new narno for tbe
fashionable full dress worn by ladies. Ursa
means Great Bare. Washington Critic.
Tbe little children who used to stuff Jumbo vi|
caramels aud pe*nuts can. during tbe coming
ing s'ason, goto the circua and aee him
with sawdust.—Merchant Traveler.
It 1* neck or nothing in Washington. It
lull, you know, the style being set by tbs
who ts old enough to do b« ter—Picayun*.
The Veason that Queen Victoria was so
and horrified when that piece of paper was
in her carriage was probably Lecause she au»p«
it waa a new poem by Baron Tennyson.— 1
American.
The town of Washington, in this State, a&
prohibition nineteen yea;a ago. At that time
were fifteen drug stores in the place. No*
are fortj two and the people are about as'
usual.—Philadelphia Press.
An anxious public is assured that tbs
motor will begin work in two months. Il
likely, however, thatthia announcement white
the stock beyond th* reach of onr leading
taUate.—Philadelphia Press.
The Mormon organ in Balt Lake City says CsM^
forfeited his bail and ran away ••becansehecJ**
not possibly secure justice in the Federal coarti<
Utah.” Then why on earth did he want totf
way?—Philadelphia Inquirer.
The chaplain of the House of Bepresen^^
makes the mistake of converting his pra)er* k
stump speeches. He thunder* at sin wltk ell ■
enthusiasm! of a man who wants to get into s P
debate with the Almighty.—Philadelphia Pf**-
It U hard to believe that that "cowboy piani*
a cowboy after all. Two or three New York ed»
have called him a liar and got awaj. W***
cowboy he isn't working at bis trade now or o*
would be a smell of powder in the air.-Cbitf#
News.
A writer on Corea say*: "From birth to M
seventh year woman enjoja her freedom: atT J
of age she ia shut up.” It is rumored that a
cate of married men will send a delsgal* to
to find out how this can poeaihly he done -"
liaven News.
••Where do you expect to go when you dieF •**
GKKONIMO GONE.
all- u .be rnarri.il the <>1.1 millionaire. The i face anil ht-a.1 Th>- tin- company di.l if-
rcmain* will be brought to the city an if fcctive work. Hiving the bitMQcKH jwntion
of tbe village. Four .tore* w.m bnrneil.
Loot tlfi,imi. Thebodie* of Mr*. Harley
ami (laughter have been recovered, honied
beyond recognition.
The Apache Fav.ce Make# a Hncer»rnl
Break for Liberty.
Wilcox, Arizona, March 31.—Genera
Crook arrived at Fort Bowie Monday night
having l,ft Lieutenant Man* in charge of
Geronimo and the other mirrenderxd
Apache*. Sewn, however, ha* ju*t been re
ceived that Geronimo, with twenty other
Indian* aud *»me aqiiawa, eocapetl during
tbe nigbL Lieutenant Mac* aud all tbe
men that could be ipared atarted in pannit.
It i* In hered that Geronimo baa gone to
join Chief Mango*. ^
n UUIB uu }UU IU gu ■BEU }"» I
the deacon of the newspaper reporter,
been carry ing or. just awful. "1 don’t kim*
I shall put up.*' replied tbe young m» n -
suppose I shall have complimentary tickets to
places, I may alternate according to th*
—Boston Transcript.
Memories of the South: Haeklos—”Ab, Cotow
glad to saa yon. Just got bock from a trip *****
the South, eh? WeU, L declare, you L-* *** u
Tell me. Colonel, with which city were y • ^
impressed while away?” CoL Roberta -***•'
to tell yon candidly, they do mil a bttle tk»
liquor in New Orleans. ’'—Tidbits.
VUitor from ont of town (add msteg tba
—In tbs year 1923, my dear young friesds, ••
boys walked from Salem to Boehm sad 1
lance of thirty ml lea to hear Daniel We** 4 **
If there wer* no railroads or neus of tr*mi
tlon to-day. would the boy* of tha
lion undertake suck a journey, do jo*
Small Bo? (after a
Visitor—Ah! and vhyf