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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9; 1891’
Selected Bseltatlo
U.-8ZTX* Tin KM on.
n.r' i no dew left on the daisies and clover.
T 5Sr.'.no»mlefilnl.M«n i
‘ ..ii rnr "Kren time*" orer and or.r-
1 g,nn tlmci one are Mean.
Iin oldl» old I can rrrlto a Uttar:
u. sirlhiley lesscma are dona:
The lam 0* PUT always, the? know no better:
rerjere only one tlmeeona
0-ooe: In Uie nl«bt l hare »en yon railing.
jaa ihlnlng ao round and low:
jouarre brlgbtl ab, brlgbtl but your llfbt U
Wltni:
Yon sre nothing B'W but a bow.
You noon! have you done somethiy wrong In
ieaveu.
Tjjit (}od bas bidden your face?
, vau*. u you have, you will soon be forglyen,
* And *blne again In your place.
o rdret bee! you’re a dusty fellow,
You’ve powdered your legs with gold;
Obnve marsh Mary-buds, rich and yellow I
Give me your money to hoi I.
columbine! open your folded wrapp*
Where two twin turtle-dove* dwel ;
Ornckoe pint! toll me the purple clapper
That bangs in your clear, green bell.
And show me your nest with the young ones
in it-
I will not steal them away,
[ am old! yen may trust me, linnet, linnet-
I am »ereR times one today.
-Jean logelow.
Toronto echoes.
The spirit of the age is opposed to work.
Machinery haa made men lazy physically,
and our system of education is helping to
..ropigate mental indolence. Move me,
sadden tue, amuse ra», make me weep,
mike me laugh, make me dream, make me
ftel, cry the maasea of humanity; but a
very frw sav make me think.—I’rof. 8. B.
Todd, Hierling, Kan.^
The teacher of manual training it one
who has become familiar with many crafts;
bs baa studied a wide range of tools amt
miterial, and is equally at home on every
bench. He haa the faculty of expressing
irerj thought. He believes it his func-
tion to teach, and not to leave it to pupils
to find out the right methods for them*
kItcs. He ia more than a muter me*
ebanic: he is a draughtsman, almost an
artist, ready to sketch an engina or a
pump, to find the shade and shadow of a
ireek vase or to give a talk chalk illos*
trating lionfellow’s bridge before his class.
Then he is somewhat of a scientist, and be
sees how truly the principles of a lever and
the inclined plain underlie all mechanical
operations. lie hu experimented upon the
nTscis of heat on metal, and hu studied
the dynamics of the elutic fluids. He will
do no boy’s work for him, but will, if nee*
entry, repeat hu instruction or send the
•lull boy to a brighter pupil. The disci
pline is that of a chemical laboratory; the
msnntrs are those of gentlemen. There is
no sense of drudgery, and no aordid mo*
tire impels to work.—Prof. C. M. Wood
ward, St. Louis.
A Specimen Commencement Essay,
srnjECT: Tnx harvard senior.
By Henry R. G tod Util, of Harvard University.
Commencement day is certainly far more
serioua that the day w# celebrated lut
Friday—class day. Then the college turned
fis whole energy into cSrdcss gayety: to
day, it presents to rou the sterner and
more serious aide of its life. It would be
very strange if it aid not occur to you to
ask what tort of product this great system
made after all—what soft OT men these
graduates are. But even as you ask ths
question you must see the difficulty of an*
•wiring it. It will not do to point to the
few strong,earnest men that grsduate with
every class and nay, “These are the men,
the> are the typicl graduates of this col
lege.” Such an optimiem la idle, But it
is just is idle to resort for our type to the
opposite extreme—to the men who are
simply and hopelessly negative about ev
erything. For neither extreme represents
the natural and normal development of
certain tendencies which are at work in
college life to-day.
You ask what these tendencies are 7 No
new ones, only a freshened activity of old
and general tendencies. The people of the
United Btatss have been calling them*
selvae Americana for the last filty years.
But their declaration has been premature.
V nation of individualized Americans ia
lot yet formed; it is forming. The polit*
cai idsaa which are so rich »uu »«u«u is
•ur hearts are not yet merged; they are
surging into what shall be a true national
tndividnality. Mental and emotional life
have developed ewiftly since the civil war.
The retnlt has been tremendous progress
among the people at large. Among people
of culture and in collages, the progress has
Iten greater still, for they have better un
derstood the boiling intellectual activity
•>f the time. Harvard hsa almost changed
ha life since 1800. I f the life has changol.
the man who breathes the life has changed
too. What, then, is the type of the new
life? To my mind it is this. The unripe-
nos and yomh of the national spirit have
breathed unripeness and youth into every
senior’s best efforts. Test him and you
•ill find him involved, indecisive, aelf-
diitrustlog and cotlege-boastfal, not hope-
b«sly so, to be sure, bat appreciably so.
But be fair enough to testhim further still,
and yon will find that ha has quick honor,
hruad humanity, and frank, manly In-
•tincta. His good traits are living things.
They form an idea which ia inspiring if for
nothing bat its high good sense: and to*
•srd that ideal the average senior of to
day ia striving, losing immaturity In ma
turity as he goes.
Oar lack of simplicity is dne more per
haps to half-comprehension of truths tnan
anything else. Sensation poors in npon us.
Lut is endlessly complex. Wo do not see
anything clearly enough to be sure of its
relation and its meaning, and once sure—
to follow it steadily to its legitimate con
clusion. Wa need more of the artistic in-
•unct. It was throagh that instinct that
ths Greeks mastered their life, and it is
through it that we shall some day master
oars.
The tverage Harvard man needs vigor
and order, then. Growing out of theee two
“*•« is that need of decision already men-
[looed. As a rule, be is net r«*edy to meet
the c*U made upon him. He pute ofl; he
•ill not risk; be will not assert. He spends
too much lima in preparation. He over
trains. It U hard to say what makes him
oo these things, whether it is eelf-con-
•ciooinets and only a passing fear of the
•hock ot the tint plunge, or whether it is a
••akneee rooted la tat college traditions.
? think it U the former—that the weakness
je only a passing one. Yet its ExkfeMM
helps make vs lose in athletics; it seriate
*ne production of too many shy, shrinking
•cholars, and makes the number ot sg-
tfcjwve, self-reliant men smaller than by
nghu it ought to be here.
T *Be whole fault is a mistake of attitude.
1 he remedy was poioled out long ago
•hop the prophet, as he lay with hia fsce
* the dnat, beard the still, email voice
“Stead upon thy feet P* It is the atti*
tude of the true man. and of the mature
h**®. loo. And if the life heie ia moving,
M I think it is, toward maturity, the (alee
humility now prevent in it will pass «wav
•cause it must pass away, and the proh-
»iii h«t. .,f T «t iu.it'_
Bat complexilv and partial indecision
ere not the only’grconda for blame. Out,
of them grows a third—the tendency to
underestimate what is dogmatic and un-!
Harvard. Happily this trait is not an ag-
gressive one. It tends simply to make the
average senior avoid the trouble of investi
gation; it makes him instinctively ques
tion rather than trust the value of tdeaa
foreign to bis life. It is a phase of what
our enemies call Harvard indifference.
The active mental life of the put thirty
years has forced changes in many i Jess and
theories. It is forcing new ooes continu
ally. When such things are happening, It
is not strange that one clings to what has
been listed, or that out distrusts what has
not met the new conditions of life and the
wide extent of knowledge. This ie un
doubtedly why the average Harvard man of
today ie likely to be too reserved—appa
rently too indifferent. I do not offer this
explanation u a d dense for him, for I am
blaming hie loathness to investigate him
self, and the unmanly diffidence and dis
trust which lead him into his mistakes.
But I d« odor it as a protest against that
popular idea which reads indifference in
a life where it does not exist, and makes
vicious inactivity out of wbat is only hes
itation and an unfortunate self-distrust.
In turning to the better parts of the
men, one trait which means all in all 10
any true manhued, stands out before the
real. It is the high sense of truth and
honor which prevails here. Those of you
who are not in sympathy with me will
doubtless call to mind more than one case
of downright lying, of bought themes, of
other detected honesty that you know of.
I admit that you are right. Bat you are
judging the whole hy too small a part.
The men who buy their themes and lie
about their duties here are not a product
of Harvard life. It is impossible for any
college to take a vicious boy and surely
make a virtuous man of him. The best
that it can do is lo show him a true and
manly standard of morality, in ths hope
that the mischief his school and boyhood
training have done him may thus be soft-
ened.and perhaps at last effaced.
Then truet in the student hue steadily
grown. He haa been left more and more
to face the sense of his own responsibili'y.
If the rosponce comes at all to such a treat
ment, it rornes at once in a noble form.
That Hsrvsrd life hi*, in a large measure,
responded lo that trust no one who hsa
watchsd the course of affairs here can ra
tionally doubt. If you ask for proof, take
the rapid development of the graduated
school, tho generally deepened tone of life
among the undergraduates, shown, for ex
ample, in their recent determined attack
upon professionalism in athletics. I know
men, too, who will not use old examina
tion papers, though the college library pnta
copies out for general use at examination
times. This teems a strained delicacy of
conscience, and perhaps it is such, but, to
gether with the rest, it shows whst lorces
are at work—wbal the tore of life is be
coming. And this life has already reached
a point which warrants, I think, the dec
laration that the sense of truth and honor
in the average senior U very keen and
very sensitive.
There remains one more essential ele
ment of the life of the men. It is an ele
ment hard to define, and harder still to
demonstrate the existence of. The study
of history, literature, art, and philosophy,
of the humanities in gmeral, is increasing.
The natursi resuit anemia ihis; namely,
cultivation of tisle. The standard of meru
is rising; the demands of the critic are be
coming harper. It seems to me that the
existence here of thia growing spirit is of
great importance. It is the very leaven
needed lor our civi)ixttion,for it ia ntlerly
antagonistic tn that materialism which
■o large a part iu American life to-
sir 1
The Old I'rtgaie <»u*tollatlon.
From the fsprltigtieiU Republican.
While the Wblio squadron, under t ie
command of Adunrul Walker, and the
North Atlantic squadron, under Admiral
Uberardi, have been attracting much
attention this summer, a v. sml not be
longing to either flotilla but of
vastly more interest historically, has been
on a cruise, visiting among other places
Now London. ■ Conn. It was the
old sailing frigate Constellation, now
practico ship of the naval academy at
Annapolis, and one of the obsolete vas
sal* of our navy, 8ho Is one of the only
two ships of our original navy which
have weathered the alorma till now, and
her record ie a proud on& She was
built in 1797, and in 1709 won
her gieat victory over the French
frigate, L’lnsurgcnte, off the Island
of Nevis in the West. Indies. The
Constellation was commandod by Com
modore Truxton, and tha light lasted
onlv an hour and a half. Captain Bar-
result of the French frigate Had seventy
men killed and wounded, while the total
loss of tha Constellation was three men.
The Constellation than carried thirty-
two guns and 300 men, and L'lnsurgente
forty guns and 400 men. It was after
this battle that Commodore Truxton was
presented with a service of plats from
the merchants of Lloyd’s coffee house In
London, and the song, “Truxton’s
Victory," was composed. A year
later the Constellation, under the
same commander, had a curious
encounter off Guadeloupe. A baltla was
begun with the Fiench frigate La Yen-
gance about 8 o’clock in tha evening of
February 1, 1800. A desperate engage
ment at close quarters ensued, lasting
until 1 o'clock in the morning, when La
Vengeance suddenly disappeared. Com
modore Truxton supposed she had sunk,
but she had only tied to Caracao, where
Capt. Pitot, her commander, said he had
strnck his flag twice during the battle,
but Truxton did not obasrve It. For this
victory congress gave Truxton a gold
medal and a vote of thanks. La Ven*
gance lost 162 men, the Constellation only
thirty-nine. Later the Constellation took
part in Capt Stephen Decatur's cruise
in the Mediterranean. She was rebuilt
in 1808, and after several cruises
in foreign waters was transferred lo the
naval academy. Later she was again
sent on a foreign cruise, and at the
breaking out of tha rabellion was watch
ing slavers on ths coast of Africa. Not
the least o/ her services was the carrying,
after the war, of a cargo of provisions to
Ireland for the famine sufferers, and In
1878 lire American exhibits in the Paris
Exposition were tent over in her. 81nca
then she has been most of tbe time in use
at tha academy. Hbe U now probably
on her lut cruise, for active aervice of
nearly a century hu left its marks, and
•he will not again be sent out,
moTIIBK VSilf ON IC’A DBAD.
One of Geeitis’i oldest sisters of
Nlerej Uons to Her Kesvard,
From the Ravanaah Horning News.
Mother M. Veronica died yesterday
morning at the convent of St. V incant de
Paul, after several months’ illness,
Mother Veronica was 71 years cf age
and cn« of the oldest bisters of Mercy Tn
Georgia, having been a religeuse for
forty-two yean, I rom la7i until 1674
■bs was motner superior of bt. Vincent de
Paul convent hers, from whence eta went
in the -nine capecity to the convent of ths
Immaculate Conception in Atlanta, bhe
was afterward transferred to tbe bacred
Heart convent in Atlanta, where -ho
remained ae auperior until a few months
ago, when ahe waa recalled to the mother
house in tbfs city on account of failing
health.
Mother Veronica was a Miss North of
South Carolina, nnd a convtrt to Catho-
lit ity. Hu# suu-*-J Hu. Vincent's shortly
f< .1.. :i»! Mil. Nf.e w a« ;i h.ghljr
cultivated lady and wa* known *11 over
Georgia for her many works of mercy
and charity.
LABOR DAY CELEBRATION.
KANSAS FARMERS AND THEIR WIVES
PROMINENT FIGURES.
Reports Indicate a General Observ
ance of (lie Day All Along
tbe Line—All Outdoor Sports
lbs Order of lbs Day.
Kansas City, Mo.. Sept. 7.—Special*
to the Star from Kansas indicates that
labor day was generally observed as a
holiday, and in many place* the Farmer*’
Alliance took a prominent part in the
celebration of the day. The legislature
passed a law Lit winter making labor
day a legal holiday.
in Topeka the day was observed on a
large seals. The parade was largo. Six-
Men hundred men of the Santa Fw rail
road wsre in line. The principal fsature
of tho parade, however, wa* the part
taken by the Alliance. Their portion of
the parade waa headed by L. L. Polk,
president of the National Farmers’ Alli
ance. and (Jen. James R Weaver.
Then followed tbe farmers io great
numbers. They rode ponies. Tbe form
ers had patchea on their trousers and
large sunflowers in their hats, and car
ried spade* and rakes. They had several
floats, con«i«ti.ig of houses made of
wheat, corn and oata. Not only the
tarmere, but their wives and children
were all represented. An elaborate pro
gramme was carried out at the fair
ground this afternoon, consisting of
speeches by President Polk and Gen.
Weaver, and all kinds of athletic
•porta.
NEW YORK'S wrr DAY.
New York, Sept. 7.—Labor Day was
honored here by u general suspension of
business. State and city courts held no
sessions, and the sessions of tbe police
courts were brief. The custom house,
pos*office, aub-treasury, appraiser’s office,
and assay office are all closed. Chimes
were rung and service held in Trinity to
day. The carrying out of the programme
arranged for the day was seriously inter
fered with by tbe prevalence of a heavy
northeastern storm which began yeatsr-
day and haa continued since, effectually
preventing the proposed big procession,
soaking the ball grounds so that a gams
was impossible, and earning the indefinite
postponement of numerous picnics,
cricket and tennis matches, football
games, boree races, and other field
sports. No evening editions of the pa
pers were Issued, and all ths banks and
exchanges wero closed at other cities
in this vicinity.
At Portland, Me., and Concord. N. H ,
the exercises of tbe day were considera-
by curtailed, owing to the stormy
weather.
AT MKUI’BIS.
MEHrms, Sept 7.—Labor day .was ob
served in this city in a more momentous
manner than on anv other since its in
ception. Banks end exchanges wsre
closed and business men generally made
a half holiday of the occasion. The
princi|*l streets of the city wsre
traversed this morning by a parade
nearly two unlea lung, consisting ot tbe
different trade orders and the fire and po
lice department* of tbe city.
The appcaranco in the line of the
Farmers' Alliance on horseback, each
man wearing a wisp of hay or cotton
boll in hi* hat, was greeted with much
euthud^sm. The weather wms bright
and warm, Suecohcs wero made by dif
ferent labor lesdere and picnic* were
held at the various parka this afternoon.
CHICAGO IN THE swi.no.
Chicago, tiopt, 7- r-Labor day is very
generally observed. Tbe banks, board of
trade, business housoe, courts and muni
cipal office* ore closed. Today is bright,
but rather cod for outdoor pleasure, ex
cept of an active sorb ThU afurnoon
there waa a general parade of the labor
organizations of the city, whose mem
bers marched through the streets with
waving banners having suitable devices
and niolhttA After the parade the
various organizations proceeded to the
paiks outsido the city, where they spent
the remainder of the day in athletic
f ames, dancing and speech making,
hem were parades and picnics also in
tome of the larger manufacturing sub
urbs.
BALTIMORE’S DIO DAY.
Baltimore, Sept. 7.—More than the
usual numbor of well dieted men and
women on the streets proclaim this io be
Isbor day. a municipal holiday, fixed by
ium labor organizations and proclaimed
by the mayor in accordance with a city
ordinance. The Knights of Labor hold
a picnic In Schnltzan Park, the Federa
tion of Labor in Darbv Park, the West
ern Maryland railroad carrying crowds
of people to pleasure roaorte, and other
railroads’ and steamboats also their
several crowds, The city offices are
closed an * labor halls are decorated.
rillLADELTIIlA TURNS OUT.
Philadelphia, Sept. 7.—Labor day
was generally observed here by the
doting of all financial institution*, fed
eral offices, cessation of work in tha
mechanical establishments. Labor or
ganizations mads no effort to celebrate
ths day by a parade or any combined
demonstration of any character, but
there wero numerous picnics, excursions,
games by different societies. The
weather was all that could bo desired,
being dear and cool
ATNA8HVILLK.
Nashville, 8cpL 7.—Labor day her#
Is being celebrated with more enthusiasm
than haa ever been seen here before.
Fully 20,000 people are on tbe street* to see
the parade, which waa composed of all the
labor unlona of this vicinity. The pro
cession journeyed to Weal Side park,
where speeches were made by prominent
advocates and politicians.
BIO DAY IN CAROLINA.
Columbia, Bspu fl.—Labor day was
celsbratsd hero by the parade of tho
Typographical Union, Brotherhood of
Locomotive KoRineors, Brotherhood Lo-
comotivo Firemen, American Machinists,
and representative bodies from the
various mercantile and manufacturing
establishments.
This is tha first labor perg^e which has
taken place m South Carolina, and busi
ness houses generally were closed in rec
ognition of the event. Honorable L. F.
Ycumans, ex-United States district attor
ney, delivered sn address on “The dig
nity of labcr," to a largo concourse at
the fair grounds. Ths governor re
sponded to the toast to **The Slate." A
barbecue dinner, bicycle riding, running,
jumping and a tug of war were the ac
companiments of the occasion, and to
night it ended In a ball.
Fire Appraisers Suspended.
Philadelphia. Kept. 7.—Upon chirgea
preferred by City Treasurer Wright the
entire board of mercantile appraisers,
five in number, were today suipended
from office by Auditor General McCan-
mint, Tbe district attorney asserts that
the testimony against theoi warrants tuo
commencing of criminal proceedings.
Ln Grippe Agalu.
Deriag the epidemte of ia erippe last aeason
Dr. Kina » New Discovery for consumption,
coughs aad culdo, proved to he the host remedy,
Keiurt* from the many who used ti*e«l It con
firm i hit statement. They werenot only
quickly relieved, but the disease lot no inia
aerial an-1 we ipiaraatevtlnt^u ^TCm.-
.llfltn.l, i-br.l. or lu! YruuiJi!
tie* freo atli. J. Lawsr a bous’ dxuc *u>re
Largo bottles fcfc and $L
THE TBftNK&SKK CONVICTS.
A Proposition by the Lessee Looking
lo n Metilrmenf.
Nashville. Sspt. 7.—The chairman of
the penitentiary committee of the Ten
nessee legislature hua received a proposi
tion from the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company, and it will probably
be auhmittod ’ when the two
houses moot tomorrow. As far
aa can be learned tbe proposition
ie about as follows: The contract
providing for the payment by the lessees
of $100,000 a year to ths state is to be
cancelled. The lessees are to build a new
prison at the head of Sequatchie valley
to cost several hundred thousand dollar*,
under the direction of an architect to be
appointed hy the state. In this prison
are to be kept prisoners not able
to work in the minea. A stockade
shall be built for the convicts in Marion
and Ssquatchis countie* and abls-bodied
men are io he worked iu the Tt&us-zco
Coal. Iron nnd Railroad Company mines
in these counties, but nowhere else. The
leasees are to pay the et*te $250,000 for
the labor of the convicts during tbe
lease, running from twenty-five to thirty
years. The state is to pay for ths cloth
ing. bedding, trsnsportatiagand guarding
of convicts Thehsises ars to be given
tho site on which the present main
prison stands in this city. They will
600 acres of Inna where ths
new prison is to be built, on which par
tially disabled convict* can raise pro-
due:* for thsir own consumption. The
building of a new prison is to begin
with out much delay, convicts being
employed in erecting it.
Legislators are of the opinion tint it
will pas* the general assembly with some
modifications.
NO NEGRO N HKD APPLY.
The Gibson Ilonse of Cluclnuatl
rinsed Against (lie lllerk Race.
Cincinnati, SepL 7.—John P. Green
of Cleveland camo here to participate <n
the labor day celebration on n special in
vitation of the Amalgamated Council of
Trades to make an addresv. He ia a col
ored man, and tha author of the bill
making labor day a legal holiday. He
is a lawyer, with a fine record, well-
to-do, and a man of brilliant attain
ments. He baa represented Cuyahogua
county in the state legislature two terms
and is a candidate for the nomination for
state senator on the Republican ticket
this fall. Green arrived in tbs city on
Saturday rooming and registered at the
Ulbeon hotue. He wa* aligned to a
room, and when the dinner hour arrived
he entered the dining room and took hia
meal. In the evening he went to supper,
but was told he wonld have to take his
meal is ths ordinary. He objected and
reported at the office. Manager Dunbar
wav called in and the case waa
laid before him. Hs said
that he wished to treat the man a* a
gentleman, but he could positively not
oat in ths public dining rooms. Green
thereupon paid his bill and went to the
Burneu house and eeoured lodgings.
The insult soon became noised about
and tbe labor committees were indignant
and renorted the matter to a number of
Republicans. The rooms secured for Maj.
McKinley at the Gibeon wsre at ones
cancelled and quarters were secured at
tiie Burnett house where McKinley was
escorted on his arrival in the city.
THEY WON’T UNITE.
An BfTors so Viak# at. Pant and min-
iisapcSU One S’ttjr.
Minneapolis, Sept. 17.—Minneapolis
sat down today on St. Paul’s appeals for
a union of llte two cities. Tbe St. Paul
Chamber of Conunetce appointed a com
mittee nnd asked tbe Minneapolis Board
of Trade to appoint A committee-to con
fer on union, 8t Paul’s request was re
ferred to a committee whicn reported to
tho Minneapolis board today, Tbe report
says that the appointment of a committee
wonld be of no benefit,
that the territory which separate
the two cities proper by a space of five
milee ie comparatl.iely open country,
making a consolidation under one gov
ernment; that St. Paul has nover agreed
to a division of this intsr-suburbsn ter
ritory, but has sought to induce Minne
apolis Co come in and help build up that
portion of 6l Paul, and that there i« no
inducement fee Minneapolis tu do ihis,
particularly •« the municipal indebted
ness of st. Paul ie much greater than
that of Minneapolis. Ths rsport was
unanimously adopted.
THE CHILIAN GOVERNMENT.
Egan iii« TasgrsssSsns! Parly
lias Formed m Government.
Washington, Bspu 7.—The depart
ment ot state telegraphed to Minister
Egsn on Septem(*or 4 Unit If - govern
ment hsd been formed by the Congres
sional party which was acceptable to tbe
people that wo should reoognize it and
open communication with its bead to-
dav.
The department received a telegram
from Egan In answer to the above,
stating that a provisional government
bad been established on the 4th Inst, with
Jorje Monlt as president, and was uni
versally accepted by the people, and that
he (Kgan) was in very cordial communi
cation with it. Senor Lazeca, Chilian
minister, before leaving. Washington
Saturday officially informed Acting Sec
retary Wharton of the state department,
that he was about to loave Washington
for a time and bad designated Jorje Asa
Durnaga, secretary of tbe legation,
charge de affaire*.
SUB UROPPXU INTO A LAKE.
A Female Aerouaut’s l'rebablj Fatal
Accident.
PEOBIA, III, SepL 7.—Another aeronaut
fell in Peoria late yesterday. This time
it waa Urns. Keifsr, wife of the man
who fell in the lake a weak ago. Mm#.
Ksifer mads the ascension under protest,
as a simng wind wav Mowing over the
lake. Tbe pluoky little woman sailed
away, and when at a M|kt'if 9,000 tmt
•he cut her paraohuie loose and dropped.
She had counted on reaching the late-
well shore, but the ptracbnie did not
open soon enough and ahe fell into tho
lake. The immense crowd on ehore was
horrified to see her sink with the big
paraebuto settling over her. Anticipat
ing a repetition of laet Morday’s acci
dent, boats were in waiting aad the wo
man was fished out. Site still clung to
the trapeze, but was unconscious. She
has regained conscious ness, but will prob
ably dia ___________
Dsstrn«:*v» Storm In Olslo.
Alliance, G., Sept. 7.—Tbs most de-
s ruclive storm ever known here passed
onr Mr!? • BttiatdAy morning. Twelve
houses und barns were struck by light
ning. aggregating a loss of $50,0001 The
electricsl display was bswtlderirg In its
. It s!
bar of lives were lost, but nothing can be
gotten owing lo the damaged condition
of the telegraph and telephone wires.
A Russian spr Arrested.
Calcutta, SepL 7.—Gen. Alikahoff, a
well-known Russian commander and Ori-
ental diplomat, !.«• i mu .»rr»*a «-i at • »-
but, the capital of Afghanistan. He U
charged with being a spy in the employ
nf the Russian government. He was
disguise 1. It will be hard with him.
lyuL JcaIusu.
BRITISH EXPORT TRADE
SK!
NOT MUCH AFF£CTED BY THE M'KIN-
LEY LAW.
British NlanufNcturere DIscnas Oar
Netv Tarlir anti Tell of Its Effect*
They ere Nat Kltcouragad
to Any Great Extent.
London, SepL 7.—Continuing the ef
forts which tho Associated Press ia Ger
many began last month to ascertain the
feeling* of foreign manufacturers in re
gard to tho McKinley lews investigations
of tiie same character have been made
throughout Great Britain. While ex
ports to America from certain places
•how a marked decrease, yet tho totals
for January, February and March, 1891,
(ths last three months for whiob figures
obtainable) show an increase over the
res of the same month* of 1890*
isae months may l>e regarded «• the
beat cnea for comparalon since tho bill
went into effect In 1890, during
these months the rush to get goods
into America before the bill became a
law had not yet begun, and this year tho
same month* from tho period when tho
rush, with the exception of tinplate,
was over and when business may be
supposed to have been in a more normal
condition than at any time since the
passage of the bill.
The total voice of exports for the first
quarter of 1891 from the consular dis
trict of Great Britain and Ireland, .wee
over $46,000,000, against $-15,787,724
during ths same quarter of 1890. Among
tbe cities embraced in this district are
Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol,
Cardiff, Cork, Dublin, Dundee, Dnm-
fermline, Falmouth, Glasgow, Hudders
field, Lieth, Liverpool, London, Man-
cluster, Newcastle, Nottingham, Ply
mouth. Sheffield, Southampton and
TunetalL
London, whence articles of every de
scription ars exported, loads the list with
n record of $12,750,000, which la nearly
$2,000,000 less than in January, February
and March, 1890. Animals to the Taius
of $250,000 wero exported during three
months this year, against something over
$143,000 worth in 1890, but $885,000
worth of drugs and chemicals were for
warded this year, against $275,000 last
year, and $116,000 worth of hemp, flax
and tow was declared in 1891; wbsrsreas,
in 1890 tho value of those exports for
London amount to $525,746. Precious
atones In 1891 were valued at about
$626,000, which is $71,000 less than last
yssr, Skins and furs wars over $1,167,-
COO this year, and $1,303,000 lasL
Tin plate was $315,600, against
5217,810 iaft year. One mimwu
there hundred and sixty thousand dollars
worth of wool and camel or goat hair was
declared this year against $563,742 last.
Works of arts are slightly under $70,u00
this year against 204.100 last,
wbilo wines and spirits declined
from $87,000 to $33,000.
Interviews with several leading manu
facturer* and exporters show that the
metal trade ia tbo.ona principally affected
in the Liverpool district, and tinp’at*
particularly. There is • c«mnteui
stagnation in the industry at present.
American buyers, anticipating tho work
ing of ths now law as far as possible, im
ported in eix months prior to July 1,
when tiio new rate went in to effect,
more than enough tin plate to supply the
year’s demand.
Tho big manufacturers here are all
hopeful (hat there will be n change in
tho law/if ter the next election and one
of the V>Ming tin plate men said: "W
are m»**;;.# tin pinto in fact, but th
qpfBtioSyj* of)our being able to mnke it
protUaUfr.” Obo of- the iargrst Liver
p ol fxprrfer*, w h<> Da* recently been ir
America to tee for himself, oxp’resscs his
opiniod in this way: “Increased duty
baa caused a stagnation in tbe plate
trade, but ae we had sufficient for twelve
months stock landed, ws can afford to
wait thi# year and do little or nothing
•lee. Trade is now at a standstill will
South Wales workers and Liverpool ex
porters are doing nothing, except in
tinplate for oil cans. Duty doesn't affect
these, except on the right sUU" The
gentleman continued: “If the McKinley
bill is sustained after the coming elec
tion, English trade must be impaired,
but for tho present the safest and only
policy to be pnrtoed by boili WMlsiB mm
l:ic» la to u»*rp ptice- ft* low as j -ulile
in order to discourage manufacturers in
i -i. * As to tlif i • »t I can't pay,
although we are very anxious to know
wiiai iiiey fiuu iu* Oust of prsdnctlcs tc
be.”
Representatives of other large export
ing firms express the same views. One
of them added: “Wo noed not be afraid
of being permanently effected. The new
tariff was introduced by McKinley with
the object of creating and stimulating an
industry they do not possess to any ex
tent. Hie idea was that by making the
duty what it now is, be would «nab!e
American manufacturers to establish
works which oould profitably produce
tin plats* and so gradually drive British
importers out of the markeL But it has
been ascertained by a deputation who
went out there to inquirr, that they can't
possibly do this unless they pat on such
prices for their tin ae would be burden
some to their customers.”
Welsh makers, interviewed at C.irdsff,
admit that the time mint r.mi* wt.su il.«
Americans will make thsir own plate,
but they say they fear
no immediate attempt. Trices at Car
diff have greatly decreased and arc now
barely remunerative, but the demand Is
ths same as ever, all the works being
•gain in full operation. It Is also claimed
that the demand from America is jnst
as constant aa before the increase of the
tariff. Therefore, Welshmen say so far
the M.'Kinlev act have not affected the
tin plato nade, though its indirect offset
has been to cause priest to dscreata
Pries*, however, are not much lower
than those which prevailed before tbe
tariff was heard of, and Welshmen think
that ebonld the lime come when Ameri
cans make their own plates, Welsh
manufacturers are confident of thsir
ability to bold their own against them,
no matter how high the protective tariff
ihey may impose.”
Among tho iron manufacturers at
Glasgow, Ww. Jacks & Ca an i ii. L
Seltgman were interviewed. Ibey said
the iron manufacturer* of Scotland are
at present disturbed by a London sjndi-
cate and can’t expert much iron, but the
’ncipal cause of limited exporia ion
i in tbe verv large increai-i in the
nmactureof pig iron in America, the
nufacture of which last year surpassed
the production of Greet Britain. A great
deal of atcel scrap for re-iuslunx went to
America, but they aay the McKinley
tariff has killed this trede. No other
kind of steel has been exported from
Glasgow to tho states for years.
Among textile makers there was a
unanimity of opinion that it is too soon
to conclude what ehsdl be tho full effect
of the tariff, ln Sheffield there are,
hly *pepkUig, between 3.00D and
4,000 men engaged lo supplying tbe
s market. For thu first few
fur the tariff camo In these
tvu difficulty in obtaining am-
, hut recently there has been an
tent, so far aa tbe more valuable
►;<o ,si.re concerned. Lower priced ar-
tn-’-aare affected, however, very greatly.
The head of the well known firm of
Joseph Rodgers & Sons claim that they
have not been damaged so much by the
operations of the new tariff directly as by
tho uncertaintv which exlni in regard
to future legislation. Tho people will
not buy when a high duty is on, which
stand the chances of being lowered. He
remarked that when tho McKinljy bill
first came into operation trade was pulled
down a great deal, aa the Him expected
would be the casei Instead of trade be
coming worse, however, it had gradually
improved of late, and he waa of the
opinion that they would bo able to see
tariff safely through. Sheffield men
claim that tho best cutlery hitherto
made in the United States is not equal
to that Imported fiom Sheffield and
made by tho better known firm. It ia
supposed that the excellence of the
Sheffield cutlery is due to some
peculiar property in the water
but there is no doubt
that the real cause of the superiority of
the handicraftsmen. Mr. Rodaerasava
that high class gooda always find a ready
market In the United Stateeur elsewhere
and he believes that tVe American tariff
hu hav a more disaatiaus effect on Ger
man waree than on the cutlery whioh
Sheffield is exporting to America. Upon
tho lower priced goods in Sheffield, as
well in Germ.iny. the tariff has operated
prejudicially. While some parts of ths
neighboring country have suffered se
verely from tho effects of the new tariff,
this can’t be eaid of Lancuhire.
Inquiry among the principal firms in
Manchester, who, directly or indirectly,
may be said to represent Lancashire in
this matter,reveals that the McKinley bill
I’M produced no alarming results in the
Manchester district, Tho principal rea
son is that a very small part of the ex
port of Lancashire cotton goods went to
the United Stales before the new tariff
esme in, the exact proportion being only
4 per cent. The trade in coarser cotton
fabrics had been loot before the McKinley
tariff waa made. Tho United Stales had
proved before that they could produce
the coarser qualities in any quantity and
on paying conditions,
A TOWN CAVING A WAT.
Dropping Into the .VllssUalppI, a Tid
bit ter she II Query It I vs r.
From the Philads phia Bullet lo.
The town of Piaqueuiine, La., his on
hand a fight against ths iliui«sippt river,
as Holland has against tho German ocean.
It has been fighting it for years, not very
successfully, «■ every year a portion of U
goes into tbe river, and the people have
lo move their houses hack to escape
being swept away.
Fivt- years ngo tho river bank csvod in
so badly itnmedi .tely in front of the town
as to compel ths state engineer to run ths
levee u considerable distance back, leav
ing a large number of houses—some of
them most sabs.antia! ones—unprotected
from tho river, and to be carried away
whenever it rote. There was considera
ble loss of property, not suddenly by an
accident, but slowly, for the river gave
notice long iu advance of the expected
cave. Since tiien the Miubsippi has
bsen slowly eating away th* hank; but
within the last few days hu occurred
another important cave, which will re
quire aeveiai people to move back again.
Ths rule in ngard to caving banka on
ths Mississippi ia always that tho higher
the river the greater tho cavee; and, aa
the river was very high this spring, now
that it la low, tho banka are caving
badly. The caving at Tlaqnsuilno took
in one body a piece of Und 350 feet wide
by 1,000 feet long, or nearly ten acres,
bringing the river up to a few feet of the
levee. A new Isrce will be bail! atone**
further back, a very simple matter, and
nut very expensive, but tbe owners of
property that is crossed by it are not
pleated at having their property left out
side tbe ievee sod unprotected, aa it ia
only a question of time—and abort time
—when it will be swopt away by the
Mississippi.
Plaqueraine is one of the most pros
perous towns of southern Louisiana, the
centre of the cypress industry of the
elate, and the government ia very do<
sirous of preventing the caving there,
which has proved and fs proving to
troublesome and expensive. *1 ho United
States engineers accordingly have under
taken tho protection of tho town from
this continuous caving by the construc
tion of spurs on ths river. It is thought
that this will prevent tho present disas
trous caving. If it does not, the people
of Haquemin? will have to be prepared
to surrender u few acres of their town tn
the Mississippi, every time there U high
water.
TUB WILD M CSC A DINK.
Mr,S;ss:s':!!sp!;asd §•»•»«•■»
Hethod of Improving IS.
From the Bruaswick Tttsev
Hum Point, Ov'ryupland Island,
Oa„ Aug. 81, 1891.- -To tho Editor of the
Tiroes: 1 fully appreciate Mr. More*?.'*
intended kindness, as wsl! a* your Own,
in printing items referring to my lev
provemmt of the muscadine grape, hut
my aimnle method developing r.uoh pro
nounced improvement in e.ee and quality
of grapes, to,tether with tbe fact that
now U the time for others to operate,
warrants roe in asking space in your col
umns for a brief statement.
On clearing underbrnah around my
house I left several old muscadine vines
on live-oaks. Observing ths sucker roots
which make on these vines at various
distances from the ground, tho thought
Mi >u w ii.e ll. »l .1 mi me .u lli-
grouud.” I mentally promised to do ao,
and I contra* to a?tne chagrin that I
should have so often aoen such roots
and yet not havs taken the hint. Mo,
two years ago. Ibis September— imme
diately after picking grape*--! pulled
do an one of tbreo brance* of a vine 129
feet long, tuined it sharply into ihe
ground at tho parent root, and buried
sums ninety feet of tho vine, reining the
•null, side bearing branches on to a
trellis. When the giajes on thi* bnnch
matured last tall, they exhibited marked
improvement over the crop on th* two
branches remaining In die tree, and
demonstrated beyond a doubt that in*
creased rootage was what thu vine de
manded. Roots ae large as a lead pen
cil bad made on the suU*c*arthrd vine at
least ninety feet from the ol i roo*. Then
I brought do a n tho other two branch js
—treating them ln lias manner, and I
am persuaded that where the nm-cadme
abound i this simple and inexpensive
method should delight and profit many.
Tne improvemen s noted are increased
•ize of grape, apparent decrea ed *iz>>, ns
well ae number of seed, thinning of ths
skin and less pulpiness, mum larger
y‘el i. decided tenacity of tho grape in
its hold on tho st*m until ripe end more
grapes to tbe cluster.
lbsse improvements please note are
wholly due to increased rootage. I care
fully refrained from any fertilisation in
order to see what that principle would de
velop.
of course. I will now follow with care
ful manuring, and, to some degree,
pruning.
1 earnestly commend the above to all
who love a good grape nnd trust that
•vsryooo who will now give a wild mus
cadine grapo vine more root power may
have a like experience to o.tne.
. 1 am respectfully yours,
O. W. Hen sox,
Gen. flawley WamH There.
Cam May Point, N. J., Sept 7.—
Qsn. Hawley hu not hsen to Capo May,
u said In the Washington To*: this
morning, and Private Hecrstary Halford
deaies any kncwlsJge of Hawley being
offered the war secretaryihip.
THE EVENT OF THE SEASON.
EVERY ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE
• COMING FAIR. *
The Trades’ DI* P u 7 Arrangemewta
Gelna: Ahead rh* Slater Towns
Asked te Coma In-Advsrtla-
lag Begin* InKarneat.
Ffom Daily Telegraph, September 0.
Secretary Jamison of tbe Macon Fair
and Exposition Company is In receipt of
letters every day making inquiries for
space for exhibits at the fair, and has si-
ready provided for a number of Macon
establishments and several from other
place*
One of the large exhibitors this year
will be an important Atlanta enterprise
Several other splendid exhibits will come
from Gainesville, and three have already
been entered.
Among them U three car loads of live
stock, consisting of cows, aheap end
•wine, wbiob, added to the other entries
in this department will make the cattle
■bow one of the most interesting features
of th* fair.
Capt, Park, as usual, will be there
with a large number of cattle.
ln the musical department space hu
already been left for two of the largest
concerns in Georgia and they are each
preparing to add new and greater col
lections.
Mr. D. B. Woodruff proposes arrang
ing one of ths finsst flower shows he has
ever yet attempted, and will give the
visitors to the fair something new and
novel in this line.
SECURING MORE EXHIBITS.
Secretary Jemison ia already in corre-
■pondenco with a number of farmere and
agricultural organizations throughout
the state looking to one of the best agri
cultural exhibits svsr assn in Macon. To
day he will begin sending out tbe
premium lists for th* fair and in a few
days will havs answers from many who
Intend to be represented at tbe fair. He
proposes to pay particular attention to
this branch and give the farmers an op.
ponnnity of exhibiting the best products
of the state and pay them well fur bring
ing them to Macon.
Three large machinery houses have
already signified their intention of mak
ing large machinery exhibits, and it is
altogether probable that machinery hall
will be packed this yssr.
The buggy and wagon exhibits will be
by aom* of ths largest houses in tbe
state and this branch will also occupy a
place in the front ranks.
The secretary ia busy looking after tbe
many special attractions, which the ox-
puaiiiuu company I.ii provided for ssd
these will be here in full force. Many
of them, it is proposed to have better
than have ever before been to Macon.
KENTUCKY HORSE OWNERS COMING.
The recing feature hu taken a great
bound and thero ia now assurance that
some very fine horses will be in Macon
Ibis season. Tbe secretary has been la
curreipoudsuce with a number of
Ksntuckey stockmen, who want to come
and who will noma
Th* Macon exposition follows right on
the heels of tbe Lexington and Nashville
races, and several tins string* will be
brought from there to Macon as soon u
the races are done with. The great di
versity of prizes make it decidedly to the
advantage of the owner of uveral animals
to come to Macon, and they will do it.
GEKSSALLT advsstissd.
The work of advertising tbe fair has
begun in earnest. A vast number of
colored lithographs have been ordered and
will be put up in every town in tbe stale
within ten days' time. Tbe executive
committee has provided for a thorough
advertisement or the exposition, such a.
lias never been done before, and the at
tractions of the Macon fair and exposi
tion will be well told before all la over.
Several largo and very desirable at
tractions aro now being discussed, and it
ia probable that before tbe end ol the
weok tbe Telegraph will be able to an
nounce some that in themselves will
draw an Immense crowd.
HE 18 READY FUR WORK.
President Hughes arrived in the city
yasterday, and eays he U ready to take
his coat off and go to work in earnest
now. All who know CoL Hughes know
whit this means. He will probably go
out on the road this week, visiting all
important points in ths stats, and boom
ing ths exposition.
THE TRADES’ DUPLAY.
Work will begin this week on the six
fiu«U L> U furnished by the«f ration
company for tbe Trades Display.
Chairman Van is now in conference
with artists who will have charge of the
work and who will carry them out on
tbe same style as planned.
Chairman Van will adopt the scgges-
tkn made In TeaUrday’a Telegraph and
wit! invite neighboring towns to partici-
pate In the Trades Display. He will re
quest all traveling n*o leaving Macon
to so inform thsir fnsads throughout th*
elate and will hav* Mr. Joe Hogs, who
kas charge cf advertising tbe rxi>ositiun,
to bring this plan before the people.
It is confidently U!!«ved that a number
of excellent *floeU can In this way be se
cured and the towns ntar Ma*x>n made to
feel a penonal interest In the Trades
Display and Exposition.
Chairman Van riaussta that all thoss
who intend to sntsr floats to instruct him
at one* It is necsiaary to have all these
things through with at the earliset pos
sible day.
He requests tbst those who may not
havs received card* of enquiry address
him at ones voluntarily and state the
number of floats they willtenter.
AT COUNCIL BLUFF.
Another Weddlns «f Borne Loral
Into reel.
Tb. following ,0001ml of th. m.rrl.g,
of Ml,. Hatti. J. U»u. d.unhurof Mr.
A. a B«*c of thi. ellF, i. tihon from th.
Dnllr non Pu.ll of Coutcil Bluff, In.
Th. mtrni,. took f>l*c* on Aufunt 23.
••Th. murlmf. of Ur. A. E. Uch.rl.nd
•ndUiu HnUl. J. Brg*wn, •ol.ma*
iz-t me 8:30 lut .*.nlnf it th. ruid.nc.
of Mr. J. C. D.IU..B. Th. nnmwr
iu p«rform<d hy Ku. T. UcK. Stuut,
pit tor ot th. Fint M.thodut bpUcop.1
church. There wer. pr-.nl but th.
fnmily end . few ianmd friends
"Mr. UcP.rl.nd ia th. g«lnl cluk of
tb. Pmclfic Hotel Company it tht Iran,,
tor, and Mia. Bn* u a w.ll known young
ladr, formerly n r-ldent her. nnd who
ha. many frianda who with bar w.ll In
tb. now r.lation. ... , .
"Th. happy coupl. deputed Ut. lut
night for Uwr.uc- Kit, ihohom. of
Mr. McFarland’, puenta, wher. thay wilt
a pond a faw day., than return to mak.
thi. their home."
IIOIPEt lM-«T nm HPBAKKIt.
Ulial a Prominent Alllanremew end
Legislate? «• *»F«
1 he name of Hon. John T. BoUwlll.t
of Bibb, la aamloned fn commotion with
tha .peakanhip of th. n.it houa. of rap-
ressntativee. .. .
A member of th. pru.nl hona. In in
int.rriaw in tha Atlanta (xHulltution
**"Pll tall yon." »id Hr. Twitty, of
Jackson, on yesterday, I tkiuk l can
name tho next speaker af the horse, 0>«t
ie, provided be returns to the WgaMUui ■?,
and I know be can if he so desire*, std
that ie John Boifeuiilel of Bibb county.
I ever saw, end ho knows well how to
command ths attention of the house iu a
way that all the members admire and
respect. I’m for him, and if he returns
and I do, I shall do what I can to secure
his election."
Mr. Twitty is one of the leading Al*
Uancemen and most prominent member*
of the legislature, which makes his esti
mate of Bibb’s representative all the more
complimentary.
AFTER YEARN OF SEPARATION,
And Now “When shall We Three
Sleet Again!”
From the Savannah Moralag Newt.
Editor Morning News; During the
Peabody Institute recently held in Way-
cross, Ga., was witnessed a mooting s ;ch
as is rarely seen. This was between
Htate School Commissioner Capt, Brad-
well, Prof. A. Q. Moody of Boston. Ga.,
aud Capt. a P. Bird of Waycroi 0*.
Those gentlemen wero all born and
reared in old Liberty countv, and had
spent their boyhood days together. Capt,
Bradwtll and Cant, Bird had not met in
sixteen years. Prof. Moody and Capt.
Bird, though old schoolmates in the
ante-bellum days, bad not met in twenty-
seven years. Then they were under
Hhsrmtn’e guns at Atlanta. It ia un
necessary to state that an introduction
and eet speeches were in order. Then
we witnessed a regular love feast, and
such greetings and band-shakings as did
ild soldiers good, and mads them
feel like they were boys again. All three
are and have been prominent instructors
in the high schools of Georgia. May
they live long and enjoy many such
[ l Old Teacher.
A SINNER. SURE.
Yes lie Wanted No Sotsle Wasted la
fits UchsJf.
From tho Columbus Post.
Ae the train waa about pulling ont of
the Union Depot yesterday morning«
most excellent young man handed oub
■lips bearing the tills: "Where Shall Wa
Go on Sunday?” A young follow got one
of theso and was just enteiing the car
when a lady stopped him.
“Have you read that slip?’
“Ysa'is."
"Well, what do you think of It?'
"It’s all right, mam'" said hs, politely
raising his haL
“Then you’r* not going off with this
excursion?'
“Meet assuredly; yes'm.”
"Why not remain at honui and attend
oburchf’
1 would bo of no use mum, I cannot
sing.”
“But othera can."
"Tbat’e all right, mum. But I can't
talk in meeting.”
“Others can talk for you,"
“And 1 can’t pray*'- — -■
“Ob, we’ll prav for you”——
“And I can flan—I'm a big success at
that,”
“Ah, let others do your fishing for
you"
“Ah, no, mam? Fm no coward, what
ever I am, I want nobody lost on my
account Therefore I'll go and do my
uwu Calling. These poor ignorant ex
cursionists risk their souls for me? Not
much, mam. Never!"
And he politely etepped «« hoard and
waa gone.
Our Fnbllr .School*
Are the mainstay of our republic. In then
are being cultivated the minds which are
to be our future lawmaker* and leaders in
every walk in life. How e-rcst^al it ie
that these mind* ehenh! L* waited to
strong, healthy bodies. 6o many children
suffer from impurities and poisons in the
blood that it is a wtader that they ever
grow up to be men and women. Many
pftMiiU ennn-'t liml word* strong enough,
to express their gratitudo to Hood's Sarsa
parilla for its good effect upon their chil
dren. Berofuls, salt rheum and other di*-
esM-s of the blood are effectually and per
manently cured by this excellsut medi
cine, sou the whole being is given strength
to resist attacks of disease.
IN TAKES TING SIATU NEWS.
Tsnnills Error: A few nights ago a
young man called on a young lady of
this place, and ae the young lad did not
care much about him. tho had not a
great deal to say. but retted her bead on
her hand and listened to her youthful
caller discourse until a late hour. Fi
nally she became drowsy, and the next
morning she and her caller were found
fast asleep In their respective chairs.
This is a positive fact!
Kastman Timos: Tho report that •
body, supposed to baTo boon that ot
!. IX Smith, hsd found at Half
Moon bluff on the AUamaha river,
proved lobe a hoax. Mr. J. F. Wry#
and a ion of Mr. Smith, want to Appling
county and mads all inquiries possible,
and learned that no body had been
found at any place In that countv dor*
ing tho put several yosra Mr. timith’s
diiappetrance Is still a mystery.
Tattnall Journal: “Things are getting
lively in this region. We have been
blackballed in the Farmers’ Alliance be
cause we didn't know how to manage a
mule; arrested on tuapicion of haring
collected fti; put off tho top of a frui<bt
train while coming up from Savannah
on HunJay night last, in the rain, because
we didn't have oar pass with us. and sued
for breach of promiao by aerap a^ed
widows. We are growing up with the
town, and tho town mean* buainssar
Kastman Timet: Mr. Thomas Dowdy
informs us that the fiavannsb, Americas
and Montgomery railroad had a big
wrack at bk mill Friday lut, in which
th* engineer had his leg broken in two
places and eleven can loaded wiih nearly
everything in the merchandise lino were
completely turn to pie#** ft was a w**t
bound freight tram and jump«i the
track on tbe curve near Mr. Dowdy’#
mill Trains wero delayed only a few
hours.
Douglass Brasze: The spot whore Jeff
Davis was captured, near Irwinville, oa
the Abbeville aad Irwinville road, i* now
marked by two stump* th* remnant of
tho tress between which Mr. Davi» atood
when tbe capture was made. The spot
ia visited by many people, who cut tho
shrubbery as memorials of tbe placa,
-Jack Grub," as he calls himself, who
k now a traveling printer, aaya that he
wu then a Union soldier, ted was pres
ent when the capture wu made. Should
not eome more lasting and fitting memo
rial be erected on thi* historic apot?
Columbus Enqnirer-Sun: Yestsr iay
morning tbe Enquirer-Sua received a
pleasant fkit from a rather noted cbsrao*
ter—the ooly aurvivor of tbe gallant
Land under John U, Brown, who defend
ed successfully the town of Columbus
from so attack of Indians in 1M$ 7 bis
was Rsr. Dl J. Apperaon, a Free Will
Baptist minister, who is now residing m
Schley county. Mr. Apperaon had, until
the last few year*, two surviving com
rade*. tha late Mart!" J- Crawford And
Maiiou Brook*. They have gone and ho
is tbe only survivor of that valiant com*
:»nv. H. U now in hU «JgbB-«Mg
year, and ii atilt in food kealih, though
hia vision i. almoit goon. Ha.mind U
p«rr*clly clear, aad h. oaa a .laid recol
lection of tha itormt arena ol .
ears ago. Re has been
nd
more veara »x • , .
luinUlry for tidy y.*r., has al«ay. beets
a l'r.o Will Ba| ll.: ITt-chrr.
Advice io Mothers.
Mr*. Willow’s BooSWag Syrup for rnlMr**
, ■ „ r noii«ikectiU. *• ft*talks r-oi*. r*.
Iwu;y t»* cuiut butuw
