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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY. AITGTST 7 1883.—TWELVE PAGES.
Which is the interest at 7 per
cent, on ; 6,036,335 00
“Q" gross estimates of the value of the
ITS EARNING CAPACITY.
, »'■* Iton'l <»"*l Its Real
*” Estate lu Georgia and Tmmesaee—
The Scope of the Uonsmls-
•Ion's Work.
29,261 00
6,970 00
1,( 90 00
12,500 00
20,000 00
600 00
390 00
4,300 00
7.192 32
THE state road.
Report of the Commission on'
r T fo Volnn the lessees valued un basis of present value
its value of like thing*.
ORIGINAL VALUE.
Value of of superstructure $ 481,649 20
Depots and other buildings on
other road 111,245 00
Office furniture and (inures 9,422 60
Bridges, inasonery, etc 65,960 00
Locomotives 154,30 1 00
Cars 181,630 to
Tools and machinery in motive,
cartaudroad department...
Atlanta, July 31.- [Special.]—At the last ~
Kssioit of the General Assembly, a biff was Watchman ileuses (same as now)
ed for the purpose of making au inven- Houses and lots
,fthc property of the Western and Supplies in m* binary, cart
(jryoftne (r p r .... . and road departments 13,173 94
Atlantic railroad. The bill provided for the Wood and ties on hand (Jauua-
ointment of a commission of three ryl871) 2,950 00
„ „f Georgia whose business it would H uses for road bauds (shanties) 9,340 00
1,111 ,hc entire road and take an 13 7 2 6 miles grading, grubbing,
be to go over the entlre r a “nd take an . clearing, bridge and culvert,
inventor; of all the property, both in Geor- masonry and tunnel at $20,.
“ ",1 Tennessee. I 000 per mile 2,748,000 00
l u#u I with the act Governor Gnr.' Real estate at Atlanta hOO, 00 00
In accordance with the act Governor Gor- Chattanooga 1,000,000 00
don appointed as this commission, Judge W. j —I
u lleese, of Washington, C. B. Howard, of Total value $5,320,441 64
and Virgil Powers, of Macon. The ' Part of schedule “2” and without re com-
bolrdorganixed last January by eleoting mendation showing increased values put on
, B(l!! e W. M- Reese chairman, and selected On t.aek, including rails, ties,
r H Troutman, of Port Valley, as secretary ballast, etc. (“Ex. 1”) $ 254,182 11
Since that time the board lias been bard ] liue 2”) 16,425 00
^ work collecting all the necessary data, Bridges, umeoury, etc., (“Ex. 3”) 52,065 00
which fill* HO pages of a large blank book Transfer hoist at Elisabeth
provided for that purpose. The report was ! L 153,100 00
tahhed about three weeks ago, but the com- j Cars (“Ex. 6”) 198,225 00
• j on not able to torn It over to Gov-1 Tools and machinery (“Ex. 6”).. 10,750 00
*or Cordon owing to his absence a portion Gradiug in and about Atlanta
of the time and the illness of his daughter.
I«t Siturday. however, the report was filed
in the executive department, and on Mon-
Jav the Governor finished reading it. The
report is very lengthy, and if published in
fall would till twenty columns of an ordi
nary newspaper. Below is presented a syn-
the report, which rovers all the sa
lient features:
CONDITION OP THE ROADBED.
Hie roadbed between Atlanta and Chatta
nooga is in fine condition. Most of the road,
was originally graded for a double track, and
the cu s sn l embankments are of full width
and well preserved. About eighty-six miles
a the main line of road is ballasted, partly
with rock ball,,st and partly with clinker.
About twenty-one miles of side-track is bul
la,t.d with clinker. The cross ti- s are in
mod order and in full number, and
sill require only the n-uul yearly renewal
which is being attended to to make good
those becoming defective from year to year.
The sidings at Atlanta mid Chattanooga anil
along the line of road are in good order.
Generally th- ties in ths sidings are also in
good order. The surface and alignment of.
Ihe road is good and in fine condition,
(tracks iron, etc.) From the initial point at
ihe south or cast end of the pa-seuger depot
in Atlanta to near the first mile pust 1543
yards of main track was laid with steel roil
weighing fifty-six pounds to the yard be
tween 1880 and 1881 at different periods.
In the first 1543 yards is comprised the
freight yards, train sards, and ail other
tracks in amt about the shops and freight
honse-and the estimate of iron is includ-
1 under the head of sidings.
From the south or ea.-t end of the passen-
depot at Atlanta to the north or west end of
the pa-sengcr depot at Cbuttanooga, a dis
tance of 137 miles and 1,000 yards, the main
hue track i* laid with steel rails weighing 58
, Hinds to ihe yard,except about ihree-fourths
of a mile between 121 and 122 mile-post
which is laid with rail weighing 50 pounds
to the yard. Seven miles and 1,078 yards of
to pound rail and 805yarda of 50 pound steel'
nil is laid on sidings all of whi h was laid
in the years aod lengths os per
lerouipsny’ing table “a.” We also
■uhmit s table “h” which shows when and
where the steel rail on the main Jllue
was laid. We could not without much
trouble aud expense furnish the same infor
mation as to where the eight miles and one
hundred and twenty yards of steel rail was
laid on sidings. As a general rule It was
hid on the end of turn outs and at points
where passing of trains was most
frequent, and in the yarda at Atlanta
inu Chattanooga. One.other table, “c” shows
the length of time each section ef steel rail
h»obeen in use with its present value: As-
•tuning that steel rails under the tonnge of
this road will last 1695 years; or wear out in
nine and weight 6 per cent, of its life per
Jear. Attached thereto is statement (table
“O") showing tile number of miles, tons etc.,
of irun rail in tide tracks witli its value, also
Ihe number of splices, bolts etc., and pounds
Wipikts with their value in tbe mam line
tad side tracks, also value and number of
eroui tie, laying track, etc., and the number
*f miles of ballast in main line and side
tacks, the total of which gives the value of
Jniuperuructure of the road.
A Locomotives
„“’h'urs of every kind
I Tools and machinery in mo
tive, car and railway de
partments
"’Supplies in car machine and
departments
to,,, 01 “• and ties on hand
* Depots and buildings lots
«n which.located
tj„ 0®ce furniture,fixtures, etc
« Tai,k«, engine*, pumps,
'hates, et«
JTShsnties
“t'hiuen houses
Transfer hoists
„h i, r]dges, masonry, etc. t iua,vio uu
*■„ Houses and lots 5 12,600 00
[able of track 738,831 31
tallying gauge
S" c '°3 Ihe road
wiehtog at Swamp Creek
307.400 00
379,805 tO
40,011 31
12,173 94
2,950 (JO
127,670 00
9,022 60
13 920 00
9,340 00
1,1.90 00
800 00
108,025 00
26,000 00
4,400 00
300 00
r... $1,796,139 16
bmated value of grading,
grabbing, bridge anil
utvert masonry, including
lannel on 137 4-10 miles of
uu hue (which includes the
vf* °i gradiug un 21 miles of
track at $20,000 per
$2,747,000 00
Wdiugof it miles additional
M» lid* truck 20,000 00
?! V 1 *!' occupied and unoc-
pied by the road in Chatta-
*nd on line of road 1,000,000 00
ill '/ t * , e occupied by road in
3“»nt» ; „ 600,000 00
^“t total value $6,064,139 06
the EARNING CAPACITY.
. “‘dale “1“’ shows the value of the road
“Pan its net earnings, estimating net
|V lluu ‘ u h' , l sSMluawiwft
'' Percent, of grost earning of the West-
,,‘°d Atlantic nil road for the years 1881
.* inclusive, during which time the
(tin,.* 8 "*£P 1,1 competition with the East
fJH*"**’ ^*rgiuia and Georgia railroad.
Cj***' 1,068,994 00
wWW earnings for four •
... 4.470.769 00
arois earnings for one
|£* r 1,117,492 00
^porstiiij, expenses of the
1 “ring 62 per cent, of the
f?V'»rning«, leaving a net
in. P er ceot °f the
"Sge gross earnings, which
t« 426,646 96
ini ,,h * interest at 5 per
vV*b *n 8,492,939OO
^ U “>« Intevut ai 6 per M*«
*0 7,077,449 00
aud side tacks on line of
road (estimated ($.7,477.06)
valued....
Chattanooga track seales (in-
cludeu.uuder head of office
fixtures aud furniture in
achedple “G.”
Pitching at Swamp creek
Feuciug the road (cost 5.417.22)
valued
Amount paid by lessees to com
plete passengershed at At
lanta
Total amount increased $760,889 74
Value by lessees
REAL ESTATE.
Scnedule "II" showing the real estate
along tbe line of tbe Western and Atlantic
railroad with value of same which we think
might be sold without injury to tbe rosd.
(Joe house and lot in Fulu u county on west
side ot Western aud Atlantic railroad near
two mile post valued at $400.00.
Due fo.ty acre lot in 17th dis
trict, second section ot Cobb,
known us “838” 260 00
One forty acre lot in 17. Ii dis
trict, second section of Cobb,
known as "887” 400 00
Oue forty acre lot in 17th dis
trict, second section of Cobb,
known us “949* . 500 00
One house and lot in Marietta,
couststing of four to .n lots,
lying back of freight deyot 1,200 00
One 160 aero lot in 20th district,
second section of Cobb, known
as “62” 1.600 00
One house and lot in Aduirsville
lying on east side of W. & A.
ft. It., aud known os agent’s
house. 600 00
One house anil lot in Calhoun,
.ying on west side of W A- ,\.
It. Ft., and Uuown as agent’s
housed 800 00
A portion of the Dalton depot
lot, lllH) feet long, running
parallel with the railroad, east
side ot the same, (it Is ques
tionable about selling this lot,
owing to the present low val-
of property in Gallon) 2,200 00
Oue lot of laud about three miles south of
Chattanooga, containing .about 6 acres
through which runs the Chatta,
uooga Belt railroad. This to-
could be sold to advantage provided it is not
needed for switching purposes in case the
present switching yard is moved from the
city ot Chattauooga—$600,00. Of the 11314
acres now occupied by sidetracks in the city
ot Chattanooga about 5J$ acres might be
•old as per pian and map accompanying.
This would involve tbe removal of all
switching yard tracks to some point without
the city and the moving of the freight wax®
houses to a point near the passenger shed
as sdowu on map together with necessary
side tracks for local freight and .transfer
purposes. Outside of the present switch
ing yard is a triangular lot bounded by 10th
and Market streeu and Georgia avenue: also
a lot on Market street formerly one hundred
bv two hundred feet but owing to streets
having been cut from three sides is now
much smaller as is shown in the map. The
value ot all available Chattanooga property
is $760,000.00.
In answer to casual question,
How easy aud truthful to tell it s
A cure for the worst indigestion.
To take Pierce’a Purgative Pellets.
A splendid assortment, best styles snit woik-
mansblp. Will make prices to plesee. lltir.lcn,
Smith A Kills.
Advice to Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Syrup should alwsis
istus.I tor children teething. It «opO>“ “?
ixi d Hofu ns the gums, sllsyi sit P*tn, cures
Vtnd colic, sad ti the best icmeflY 6tairhci s
tie. * bottle. sepecod-swt;
Laughable Mtitnho* of Singers.
^Amusicaf contributor writes as follows
to the Sun: In a paragraph in Tuesday a
Sun the ‘Mistakes of Singers’ in rendering
certain parts of Te Drums and chan ts were
noted and several laughable incidents were
cited. Here are two others which are ri
diculous in the extreme, and moreover are
absolutely true. They happened in the
same church in this city, though on differ
ent occasions, and are described by an ear
witness. A noted tenor singer was render
ing a solo in Warren’s Te Dettro, and mis
taking the instructions to the organist as
to the use of the slops for the sa-
cied woids, .-.ang ctl. et •
of his voice, Pedal, great
gamba and swell,’ to the aston
ishment of the congregation. He could
not account for the uncontrollable and
convulsive though suppressed laughtei
on the part of the choir, and was not
aware of his mistake until it waa explained
to him, when he was overcome with morti-
fication. The other instance, more in
tensely amusing, was that of a well-known
baritone singer, who madverlently placed
the slur on the wrong note. He had
adapted the air of ‘The Jewish Maiden’ to
a hymn beginning: ‘Before the Lord we
Bow,’ and Instead of placing the slur on
the An»t Iwo liable*, he plactd it «n ihe
last one and rendered it thus. Before the
Lord w» hnw-wow-wow. The t fleet was
immense. A» he bad, and still ha* a pow-
erful and beautiful voice. h» hearers were
thoroughly electrified at,this unwonted
anTunloosed-for canine imitation, (suf
fice to say. he has never entirely recovered
from the’ effect of thia iudtcruous mistake.
"Whit'i the matter with toy little Tommler*
“Fdoa my po-po-pony haa ca-cu-ent hi* foot.
HB.filiMAn'tfoa fret, papa haa apt a bottle of
The »«l da; Tommy rode
Devon long ml lea Only twantyftft maim didl t
TUE CITY OF NEW YOKE.
Something About tlio Largest Fassenger
Steamer Afloat.
From the New York Timer..
The new steamship City of New York i
built on the C lyde for the Inman Line by ,
James and George Thompson, waa given a
trial trip on Saturday. She is the largest
passenger steamer afloat, being provided
with accommodations for 2,000 pel suns.
There are five decks iq the new ship, and
she is built with a double bottom. The j
promenade or topmost deck is flush from •
stem to Btern, covered on top and open at!
the sides, affording the passengers ample !
space for their daily airing. One of the most j
p easing features about the ship’s construe- j
tion, and one to which particular attention <
has been given by her designers is the ;
handsome dining saloon. This is situated [
forward on the upper deck, and in order ;
to avoid the low ceiling which is 60 com- '
tuon above deck, tilt roof of the saloon is
carried up above the top of the house on
the hurricane deck, or about twenty feet.
The ceiling is supported by a steel arcli
thirty-three feet long, and with twenty-
three feet of span. It is provided with,
s'ained glass windows, or skylights pro- J
tected above by the usual skylights and J
frames. The dining room hnB along its
sides a number of recesses or compart
ments for private table. The room will!
sent 300 diners. The large pantries, one on |
eacli side of the saloon are connected by j
lifts with the galley, which is situated on j
the deck below. At the after end of the !
saloon is a large hall opening upon the '
gnand stairway leading to the promenade j
deck.
The main first-class saloon and library
are also reached by this stairway, the
fomicr being forward of the library above
the entrance hall of the dining saloon.
These rooms are all elegantly furnished
throughout, the library being amply pro
vided with literature. Mt of the funnels
on the upper deck provision has been made
lor a dining room tor children and nurses.
The first-class smoking room is situated on
the upper deck at the after end of the ship,.
and is 45 feet long, 27 feet wide, and has
ample room for-130 people. The bar is a
very handsome apartment, upholstered in
ornamental leather, witli American walnut
panels. The first-class staterooms mid
suites of apartmentB are situated on four
decks, within 155 feet of the ship’s waist.
The largest and best are those on the prom
enade and upper deck. There are twenty-
five sitting rooms or saloons for day use,
aud altogether sleeping accommodations
for 479 first-class passengers.
The second-class passengers are provided
for on the main and lower decks, the din
ing room being situated aft on the upper
deck. It is 27 feet long and 46 feet wide,
with room for 150 persons. The otlter
apartments for the 6ecor d class passengers,
including 96 staterooms, are situated on
the after end of the main and lower decks.
The steerage passengers will be quartered
at the two extreme ends of the main and
lower decks. Their berths are in the mid
dle of the vessel, leaving both sides of their
cabins for day occupation. Fet v officeis
and crew arc accommodated forward. The
ship is well ventilated and ib lighted by
electricity.
Tiie gross tonnage of the City of New
Yi rk is 10,500 tons. Her engine power
exceeds that of any other merchant
steamer in the world, being 20,000-horse
power. The Umbria and Etruria, tbe
fastest Atlantic vessels, have engines of
14,321-horse power. No vessel in the
British navy, even, has engine power equal
to that of tiio city of New York. She has
one set of twin screws with triple expan
sion engines. The engines can work inde
pendently of each other, each bciog
in its own water-tight compart
ment. The boilers which supply tlio
steam are fitted in three separate
water-tight compartments, divided from
each otlier by transverse bulkheads. There
are nine boilers, of ateel, weighing 74 tons.
Their tubing taking altogether, it is said,
would measure 13J miles. The appliance
for forcing a draught in the lioilera is
fitted on the same principie as that used
in the navy and called the Stakehold sys
tem. It will be the first time it lias been
used on an Atlantic atcamship.
NEWSFAFKItS IN TIIE EAST.
How The; are llun In Chinn, Japan nml
India-
India is well supplied with English
papers, writes Tbontas Stevens. The Times
of India, Alinhabed Pioneer and the
Civil and Military Gazette are first-class
dailies, that get the cream of the world’s
news by telegraph daily from London.
They are as full of rivalry and enterprise
ns the home papers. The Civil and Mil
itary Gazette came out with a map of my
route in Afghangistan, and all particulars
of my journey, arrest, etc., the day after
my arrival at Lahore with a promptness
and efficiency that would have done credit
to a metropolitan daily here.
China is quite a newspaper country in
its own peculiar way. Contrary to what
we are sometimes led to believe, daily
newspapers are published in every large
Chinese city. Attached to the yatntin of
each large city is a newspaper office, which
issues a daily sheet of official news, lu
some cities the pa|iers are manuscript
sheets, copied aud duplicated by clerks
Where the circulation is too large for this,
wooden type is used, and the sheets are
printed.
The officials and gentry and wealthy
merchants usually subscribe by the month,
paying about $1.60 a month to have the
paper delivered to them daily. For the
use of the common people, copies are
posted up in various parts of the city, just
as you see them stuck on shutters and tele
graph poles in Chinatown, New York.
The Pekin Gazette is undoubtedly the
oldest newspaper in the world, It is, how
ever, like all the other Chinese papers,
merely an official bulletin, and not a
gatherer and purveyor of general intelli
gence. Copies ef it are sent out to nearly
every large city in the empire. In each
city seme literateur owns the privilege of
copying and selling an edition of the
Gazette when the imperial courier arrives
with it-from Pekin.
The press has made great progress of
late years in Japan. Newspapers are sub
ject to press censorship, but enjoy about
the saute degree of freedom as pajiera do in
Germany or Austria. No adverse criticism
of the Mikndo, or members of the royal
family, Lx tolerated, and they have lo be
very esrtful of their political utterances,
or suspension and perhaps a line becomes
their portion by wsy ol discipline. The
apaneee reporters sre not quite so ubiqui
tous ss those of New York, but thev dis
play considerable enterprise nevertheless.
A squad of reporters from the Nishi Nishi
Shimbun and other Tokio dailies were sent
down by rail lo Yokohama, seventeen
miles, to interview me when I finished my
ride around the world at that port.
Jampext From a Itrlilx*.
Monror, La., July 26.—A. Demmlefc for
a number uf years keskteeuer for the Mon
roe Oil Company, committed suicide to-day
by jumping from thn bridge*
j COMl BDE PARIS 8 MANIFESTO. j GOV. RILL’S CANDIDACY.
He Dcnouncea the Republic—Monarchy tlio
Safeguard to Communal Democracy*
From the London I‘wily New*.
P4111S, J uly 6.— this afternoon the So-
lei', published a special edition annottncii g
that the government had seized n mani
festo issued by the may* rs of the 37,500
communes into which France is divided,
ami giving the text of the document as
follows:
Sheen House, July 4, 1 ; 88.—Monsieur
Ic Maire: The independent vote of the
electors o{ the municipal council has
placed you at the head of your commune.
The task that imposes on you is great.
You have toprotcct the municipal finances
and franchise against an extravagant
and tyrannical administration. Tbe
party of which that administra
tion !b the docile instrument has
compromised the republic; it will drag it
down with it in its full. The day will,
without doubt, soon come when we shall
have to unite to reconstruct the govern
ment of France and establish it on durable
bases. In pursuance of that idea I apply
to you, the repreientativc of one of the
communes, in order to dissipate the per-
fidotis calumnies spread abroad by those
who would prerent you and me from com
ing to an understanding. Let me speak to
you without reterve, as I would do face to
face with yoj if a cruel exile did
not keep me from that France that
I seek lo serve with you. Tlio
republic has net giver, to the communes
tiie liberty it promised them. For Repub
licans, every roan is-x good to secure for
tliemselvej tiie majority in the councils.
The commune, that great family, is di
vided into oppressors and oppressed. Sub
jected to tiie regime of compulsory budgets
it ix Aot independent in tiie- management
of its fortune, and parents are 110 longer
masters over the education of their chil
dren. A make shift government will per
haps promise you the restitution of those
liberties. Do not .vainly hope it
may restore them to you. Its
first care will be to destroy
those you still have left. It is
ihe monarchy that will guarantee to you
the enjoyment of those liberties, because it
is strong enough not to fear thorn. Far
from being hostile to communal democra
cy, the monarchy alone can safely guard
its interests and rexpiect its rights. It will
restore order in the commune, ns in the
State. The priest in the church, tiie
schoolmaster in the school, will then be
able to consecrate themselves to their mis
sion without being either the instruments
or the victims of politics. They will work
together at a truly patriotic work in
developing in the young generation, with
the knowledge of their rights, the senti
ment of their duties. Tiie mayor, how
ever, will hold hispiowera neither through
favor, nor by birth nor by wealth. What
ever his personal situation may he, he will
owe hia tricolor scarf but to tbe free choice
of hia eqiisis, Believe, Monsiet lo iliiro,
in my moat sincere sentiments.
Philippe, Comtede Paris.
1
ALL BY RIDING.
A Crack Lmi Licuuia iroai Fee*
aud Gifts.
From tho Fall Mall Gazette.
In the action brought by Wood, tho
jockey, against the Licensed Victuallers’
Gazette, for libel, Wood was subjected to a
rigorous cross-examination by Sir Charles
Russell, who elicited tho worldly position
of Wood, whose answers were of a start
ling character. Hia Weaiherby or regula
tion fees fur riding amounted to £1,900 a
year, and retainers, \ reficahers and gifts
from owners brought his income for riaing
up to shout £1,00 ) a year. Ilehad also an
income from betting. Ths most money he
had ever had on a race was £100. If he
bulled un u real guuu thing, he would like
to ride it himself. He also bought and
sold horses. “We want to know what your
income is,” said Sir Charles Russell “Oh
make it £5,000—£5,000 or £6,000,” an
swered the witness in an off-hand w ay. He
lived at Newmarket, and rented a homse at
Brighton. Ho had a brougham and a
pen; carriage, and ponies for his children.
“It is suggested,” Sir Charles playfully
observed, “that you have also got a peram
bulator.” He, however, had no coachman
nr groom; he had “only a boy who cleaned
boots and thiugs of that kind” He had
‘about two” hunters, which he turned
away in summer. He had hunted for sev
eral years witli the harriers at Brighton.
He owned the house in which he lived in
Iiight street, Newmarket; also Lowthcr
House, the Greyhound Hotel, the Black
Horse Hotel, Chetwynd House,two or three
cottages in St. Mary’s square and some cot
tages in Black Boar lane at the same place,
lie was also the owner of Sherrard’s sta
ble, which could accommodate fifty horses,
Sherrard paying him £500 a year rent,
and he owned likewise a stable of thirty-
five acres of land at Chcveley, near the
Duke of Rutland’s place. He had £4,000
invested in the business of Messrs. Camp
bell & Co., coopers, Limehouse, and his
hanker hail bought £12,000 in consols for
him. Thucompletely disclosed his financial
position.
Tiie Proposed European Disarmament.
From the New York Commercial Bulletin.
Throughout the civilized world the meet
ing of the Russian and German rulers has
lieen awaited and observed with unusual
interest. Capitalists desirous of investing,
and peaoe-Iovers hoping, almost againal
hope, that a European war would be
averted, have regarded it as an event of
surpassing importance. The lavishdisplay
of affection between the sovereigns can
have little influence upon public opinion;
but indications are not lacking of a sub
stantial friendship and business-like co
operation between the Emperor and the
Czar which add assurance to the improving
prospect of peace, and are welcomed
throughout the world as most fortunate
evidences of an alliance lor the exercise of
beneficial influence.
The ta k of disarmament, international
and universal, as a policy to which the new
German Emperor has pledged himself, and
to which the continental states are as
senting, is news which will be generally
regarded as too good to be true, and be
lieved only upon strong confirmation.
That some progress will bo made in this
direction _ ti however probable. That
France will be guided by ihe action of her
neighbon is quite well assured. Fogseversl
weeks the tendency of European affairs
haa been distinctly pacific, ana no feature
has been more im|iortant than this cordial
meeting of the Russian and German mon-
archs. The reports of more extensive pur
chases of American and other securities liy
German investors serve us indications that
to the German, capitalists, who have most
at stake, the visit to St. Petersburg lias af
forded reassurance and has improved the
prospect of continued peace. * *
Ktllrri bjrMeifrott*,
Yazoo City. Miss., Jalj 36.—A dispatch
received here thin evening reports ihe kill
ing of two white men hr a uumuer of negroes
near Eden station. Tne afftir haa caused
grea ■excitement in the neighborhood.
Unfounded Reports That It is Opposed by
the Preiddent.
i From the St. Louis Republic.
I Washington, July 24.—Some of the
mischief-making papers have been doing
their level Lest for tlie past month or six
weeks to create the impression that not
only arc many of the leading Democrats at
, variance with the administration, but that
! Lite alleged discord in the party is made
by the guoernatorial question in the State
oi New York. They have been trying to
, make it appear that President Cleveland
j is taking a hand in the fight in the Empire
State, aud, that no matter who is tiom-1
inated for Governor thia year by the
Democrats, the national ticket will lie
, weakened. It is learned here from gentle
men who are prominently connected
, witli the administration that neither Mr.
Cleveland, Col. Dan Lamont nor any of
the big men in the adiuinis ration have at
tempted in any way to dictate the nomina- !
tion.. The tn'k among them ia that Gov. ■
Hill ia going to lie the nominee of tbe 1
party, sod that no objections have been
raised here by the 'powers tfiat be against
J the seeming choice of the Democracy of
j New York for this position. It often ltap-
| pens that a prominent newspaper, although
I pretending to support tiie administration,
. in the end does a great deal of harm by in
sisting on this nr that policy, merely to
carry out the whims and revenges of an
o itor or setof newspapei writers who hare
taken a great dislike to a man.
, This is aptly illustrated at the present
time in tbe case of the New York Times,
a former Republican paper, but for tlio
last four years belonging to the school of
mugwumpery. The managers of the Times
hate Governor Hill so bitterly that there
ia nothing in their opinion too mean or,
low for him to do. Oi course no ono can
prevent the Times from lighting Hill, but'
Democrats here are incensed over I lie way
in which that paper has been dragging in 1
Secretary AVnnney’s name. A r«ccnt.
Albany special to that journal contained
a statement that Mr. Whitney was behind
the Hill canvass this year; that the Sicre-!
tary would quit the cabinei after March'
next, go to Europe for a year sod a half,'
anil three years hence Bcoop in the Guber
natorial nomination himself; that he'
wanted Hill nominated this year so that l
ho (Hill) would be out of the way three
years from now. and that if Cleveland is
defeated this year Whitney, by carrying
New York in 1891, will loom up as a for
midable candidate for President in 1892.
In short, this is virtually accusing Mr.
Whitney of trying to sell out Mr. Cleve
land, and no wonder that Democrats pro
test against stulfof such character. There ,
is no basis for aud such talk, aud many of!
the prominent Democrats in Washing-
ton are of the opinion that if tiie
Times continues to print such rot as this
in order to show malice toward Gov. Hill,
such a paper’s opposition to the Demo
cratic party and the administration
would be far preferable to its support.
But many of the level-headed Democrats
console themselves with tiie consolation
that some of the Mugwumps cannot help
playing the Miss Nancy act in puiiiics ami
after all they may be able to do no great
amount of harm. They believe, too, that
if Gov. Hill is nominated—and that ia tiie
way it looks here—he will he re-elected
along with President Cleveland in spite of
tho Mugwump protest.
WHAT FREE tYHISKY MEANS?
Drunkenness Will b*x Promoted b; Re
moving the Tax.
From the Chicago Tribune (Hep.)
Millions of drinkers, not Gcrmaus, con
tent themselves nowadays with a 5-cent
glass of lager beer, containing 3 per cent,
of alcohol, rather than pay 10. 12 or 15
cents for a gloss of whi ky containing 40
per cent, of alcohol. Previous to 1850 few
persons except Germans drank any liquor
weaker than whisky. Brandy, gin iCTtd
rum, as well as whisky, were swallowed in
vast quantities by the Americans,
Irish and Scotch in those days, and
drunkenness was frightfully genera!
ail over the Union, irrespective of age, sex
or sect. A barrel of whiskv cost hut tfi to
$8, and a gallon jug but a quarter, while a
quart bottle could be had anywhere for a
(time. Still-houses swarmed all over the
land, wherever rye, corn or apples could
he grown, and the masses drank whisky
liko water. Thus it was that 30,000,000
of inhabitants .n 1860 put themselves out
side of 90,000,000 gallons of “bug-juice”
per annum! Last year the total consump
tion of whisky as a beverage was less than
60,000,000 br over 60,000,000 of inhabitants.
The fi efold increased cost of whisky
through Federal taxation has caused a
large part of the “rum” drinkers to quit it
and resort to the far cheaper and nearly
non-intoxicating “lager,” and another
large part of the whisky imbibers to cease |
its use or reduce i*s consumption in in-'
verse proportion to the enhanced cost of the
"ardent,” so that from any point of view •
the high tax has promoted sobriety and
diminished drunkenness. Hence, to abol
ish the tax would so cheapen whisky as to
lead at once to an immense increase of its
consumption, with the inevitable attend
ant increase of inebriety and all the evila
that follow in its train.
Maupassant's llalloon Journey.
Parti Dispatch to London Telegraph
51. Guy de Maupassant, the novelist,
has given a most graphic account of bis j
journey to the clouds with M. Jovis the;
other day. The writer was no doubt im- j
pressed in exactly the same manner and i
saw the same p icnomena aa hundreds of
aeronauts, profissiohais and amateurs, be
fore h;*u, but he d> -cribes his discoveries
in the nir with a vividness all hia own.
First, there was the usual panoramic view
of Paris with the inevitable “Tower of
Babel”—Notre-Dame de la Chaudron-
nerie— planted on the Champ de
Mars like a stack of sticks.
The noise of the lower
world ascended to the aeronaut* like a con
densed buxx, which was broken every uow
and then by the sharp and Btrident whis
tles of steam engines. Asctmling higher
they sftw, through the drifts of cloud,
streaks of mysterious light that came from
overhead. The wares of vai>or gradually
became more permeated with this strange
illumination until they burst into glorious
space, radiant with the dazzling rays of
the sun. The most curious spectacle ob
served by aerial travelers was, however,
the “Fata Morgana” that was formed by
the balloon. The phenomenon is well
known to sky sailors, as well ss to the
mariners who plow tbe stormy seas and be
hold phantom ships. 31. de Maupassant
saw a phantom balloon rising with the
Ilorla into space, and when he lifted his
hand, !o! hi* Poppel-ganger in the ghostly
balloon did the same.
Pore ns Gold And True as Steel.
From the iAUrADge Orapbir.
“I would not leave my'|>o*t for a seat ia
Congress.”—lion. Thos. W. Grimes.
Pure as gold and true as steel is Tom
Grimes. White he sticks to his post fighting
for the rights of the people, the people are
rallying to his support and doing battle
against his enemies in the rear.
A FAMOUS FRENCHM AN.
Ilenrl Rochefort’s Varied E*|icrlerices o
Da;.
Blskcl; Hall In New York Sun.
tine day in Paris my attention was at
tracted to a rafe by a crowd of wildly ex
citable Frenchu en surging around a email
table, on one side of which sat Henri
Rochefort smoking a cigarette and gazing
with rather a hored sir at a neatly shod
foot which, lie had crossed over bis knee.
Opposite him and leaning over the table
was a specimen of the genus actor in a tow
ering rage.. He waa a member of Sarah
Bernhardt's company—the Emperor in
"Thetdoia”—anu lie had been insulted
with the singularly picturesque and divert
ing brutality by Rochefort in that brilliant
Frenchman's paper. The ac'or’s face was
livid, and hti whole frame trembled as ho
shook his fisti under Rochefort’s nose and
called the journalist every name known to
science, literature and the stage. Roche
fort did not reply. Ho considered it un
necessary, as lie had explained that morn
ing in his paper that he could not honor
an actor by mce'inghim in a duel, localise
actois were notgentlemen, while he, Roche
fort, was of gentle blood. He might have
added with truth that he was an ariBlocrat
and a marquis as well, by birth, but he did
not. It was against this final fling that the
actor was protesting that day on the boule
vard. In tiie climax of his fury he sud
denly knocked Rochefort’s hat Item his
head and stamped on it violently. Then
stooping, he raisid the battered remnant of
the nai, and tearing it to shreds with his
nervous, yellow hands, cast the fragments
in a shower over the famous duellist. After
this the actor iUpped bark and wailed
tempestuously. ‘Ihe importurliility of
Rochefort waa astounding. Tlie.e was not
a trace of bravado about it, nor the faint
est suggestion of theatrioal straining for
effect His del rat* and'tinely-hewn face,
with the snowy hair, graceiul white mus
tache and imperial, and heavily lidded
eyes, had no other expression than one of-
entire boredom. lie was carefully dressed,
and his hands were small *nd well-monlded.
He finished his cigarette while the actor
stood glower'ng fiercely at him, and then
walktd barheaded to his cab and drove off.
On his wav throngh the rrowd he jostled a
man, and its he turned quickly and apolo
gized hia face lighted up in a smile that
was cheery and expressive.
That night I saw liim again. I rat in &
stall at tiie big Eden theatre, near a box
that stood for.h from other boxes hy reason
of the presence of a woman pie, baps 20
yenrs of age, w ho was as perfect a specimen
of Spanish beauty as I had ever seen. At
short intervals her big and brilliant black
eyes were cast over a warm tinted shoulder
toward the door of the box. An elderly
woman, wtio sat in the box, dozed sedately.
The younger one was afire with impatience.
A Frenchman, whom I knew, came up du
ring an entre-nct, and said:
“She rivals the rtage, does she not?”
“She’s a beautiful girl—Spanish?”
“Yes.”
“Waiting for someone, too?”
"Yes again. Slio ia waiting for Roche
fort. She is iris niece.”
There was an aiiuoei imperceptible droop
of the eyelid as he mentioned the relation
ship.
A moment later tiie door of the box
opened and a blush blazed over theex-
S ressiveness face of the girl as the jcurnai-
it quietly seated himself beside her and
began to talk into th« near ear. Fans.ly
matters, doubtless.
Four hours later there was a brisk and
angry discussion in one of the upper rooms
in tiie Cafe de la Puix. While the hubbub
of voices was at its height the door was
thrown open, ami Rochefort strode out on
the arm of a distinguished-looking man of
60 yean or more, the latter was.cxond*
ingty wroth, but thei.e was not the smallest
change in the suave indifference of Roche
fort’s mien. A great wrangle was going
on. I didn’t bother with it, but it occurred
to me before I went to sieccp in the hack
on my way home that if that was s speci
men day of Henri Rochefort's his t xhit-nets
must be diverting, to say the least.
Wliy Etrrot’s Tower was Built.
Fsris Ills patch to the London Times.
Mr. Eiffel, the engineer and constructor
of the hideous tower which, if public taste
does not sooner secure its condemnation, is
destined for years to disfigure a whole
quarter of Paris,^entertained to-day the
Parisian journalists at breakfast. His
guests met on the first story of the edifice,
at a height of sixty meters. Doubtless
they kept cool and collected, or otherwise
the descent b^a narrow winding staircase
might have become a real danger. The
object of thebreakfa-t naturally was to
direct the attention of th* press to the
lieauty of the conception, which consists
in placing a tower 600 meters high
in altollow, and in dwarfing by its exag
gerated dimensions tho normal proportions
of the other exhibition buildings. M.
Eiffel is an engineer of distinction, who
has executed works well worthy of praise.
It was he who constructed the rotary dome
of the Nice Observatory. The system is
said to be one which will be introduced
ultimately in all similar institutions, and
the invention will of iticlf suffice to pre
vent the name of its author from being
forgotten. M. Eiffel is the author of other
useful inventions, but nothing he has done
has brought him such reputation as the
hideous iron maypole which he ia about to
erect to outrage the good taBte of the
Parisians. Nothing favorable can be said
of its beauty, itspurposes, or its use to any
one but M. Eiffel and to the othera inter
ested in this undertaking, which the re
public has had the bad taste to subsi
dize. It has spread the name
of its constructor to the ends cf the earth.
It will continue to exasperate men of taste
»nd sense, and to be an eyesore to all who
live in or visit PsiiswhenGen. Boulanger,
and even Sarah Bernhardt, have been long
forgetten. I shall continue to say this
“t-til I meet some uue »uueaugt«e uie a
satisfactory explanation of the purpose of
this metallic monstrosity. It certainly is
not being construcled for the purpose of
giving breakfast upon it at a height of 2(0
meters. It is not being built for astrono
mical observe'ions. If it had been so de
signed it would have been placed, not in a
hollow, but on a hill. It is not construct
ed to prove that an iron framework 300
meters long can be made to form one solid
fabric. It will not benefit the exhibition,
for it dees not help to show off the exhib
its, and indeed it esn benefit nobody but
M. Eiffel himself.
A bonnet. ,
Take all of me—I am thine own. heart, tool,
Brain, body- all-all that 1 am or dream
lit thine forerer; yea, though ipaoo ahoald
ieeui
With thy conditions, I’d fulfill the whole—
Were to fulfill them to be loved of thee.
Oh. love me?—were to love me but a way
To kill me—love me; so to die would be
To live forever. Let me hour then .tay
Onreonlr: “Dear, I love thee! '—theu all life
Would be oue sweet remembrance—thou iu>
king;
Kay, tboa art that already, anti the strife
Of twenty worliht coul*i not uncrowu thee.
Bring,
O timet m> monarch toponicM hi* throne
Which U my heart and for a' i ••
—Aincllc Hire*