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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