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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: DECEMBER 27, 1894.
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Africa’, beat dunce of being Christ
ianized os nvoll o. civilized lies til the
development of her hidden resource*.
tills tl.iy of Mount oouniuuiflcuion,
pmennss once impiwMIde nrtiv be m:tdc
wlrtiln 'the .nett fetv ductules. Perhaps
tlie children of today may live to know
Africa as the ‘‘Dark Continent" only
memory, and inultoiSroy may begin
work abut neither the sword, the
Korun or 'tihe Bible Outs ever ftiecn buc-
cWilfully used to aoroin/plisli.
NOT’
THE EFFECT OF LEGAL
TENDER LAWS.
OMNIVOROUS AMERICA.
That old home hunnuett at Newark, N.
tbo otls-r day appear.* not Ito have
been such a singula r spectacle for rills
country, aPter*u41. It Is said tint we
eat aunually aliont 220,41k) pounds of
snails, Hhporhal fronv Kruno© clone;
and Switzerland, in addition, sends
large consignments. For the hooeflt of
those intv-tMrted in snt'4 .anting, it
might be .well to state (but these slimy
delicacies sell for $4.82 per thousand,
lit only those of the best quality
re sent here. Lange tracts of land in
nine* ore devoted solely to their prop-
ation, and Aaneriea takes a large
part of the oinput. We are getting to
be a'great 'nation! Almost -as groat ns
the French anil itlbe Chinese.
Discussing the eiirreney question, the
Atlanta Constitution says:
"As a correspondent shows in a ootn-
munlcayon published elsewhere on this
page .a 15 debt can be discharged with
lice standard silver dollars or with ten
silver half dollars. In one case the credi
tor receives live times 41214 grains of sil
ver; In the other case, he receives ten
times 192 9-10 grains of stiver, or 13314
grains less than he would receive In the
five standard dollars. Yet the debt Is
discharged and the creditor Is satisfied."
And the ddhk could have been settled
by the leader and receipt of a $3 na
t >nal bank node, which is not legal ten
der and the material in which is worth
nothing. Tills note, however, like the
five silver dollars and file ten half dol
lars, is in n round-about way, under
our financial system, exchangeable for
gold. For 'this reutson all 'three nre
worth the same as gold, as a medium
of exchange.
The Constitution intends to prove
that it is rile flat of the government
Which makes the twvo kinds of money
it mentions worth eg rauoh ns gold, but
Its illustration Is unhappy. Silver dol
lars are uaHmltod legal tender, half
dollars nre legal (tender tor only five
doiars, and national hunk nodes are not
legil dendcf alt all. The material In
the (toiler, is worth about $2.80, in tbo
halves about $2.50, and -in the national
hirtk note nothing. Thero 1. nothing
common to thorn all except the quality
of being exchangeable for gold. Yet
our oontemporaa-y would tor© its rend
ers behove that dhls single comimou
quality has aithing to do with giving
them a comroop value a. money.
Tho Ooneti tuition further mays:
“If the mint, were opened to the free
coinage of silver five standard silver do!
tars melted down would be just aa vnlua
ble aa the IS gold piece melted down, be.
cause It could be exchanged at the near-
e,t mint for precisely the same amount
of legal tender. A tolerably Intelligent
Idiot ought to be able to understand that
this constant attitude or the mint toward
the button owner 1* In the nature of a de
mand that create, value.”
"A tolerably Intelligent idiot" ought
to bs able to understand, further, we
suppose, tha.t it too mint would mat ti
ffin the to mo "constant attitude" to
ward the owner* of pig iron, coining
Iron Into legal tender no demand, tho
result would be the same. Then Iron
would be exchangeable tor legal ten-
data, and, according to our comtcmpo-
rary’s argument, the Iron legal tender
dollar, when molted down would be
worth a. much a. gold, legal tender
dollars melted down.
The argument on which tho Constitu
tion lay* roost straw, however, to prove
that it know* .11 .bout the currency
question and the Telegraph nothing. Is
tlta t some of the type on which the Tel
egexph l. printed 1. not set in Its own
office. We are ltrahned to thiuk that
our contemporary I, right in thinking
this its strongest argument.
After the Japanese had spent two or
three days in butchering the inhabit
ants of Tore Arthur, they grow so h!
larious overtlioirtoandsomeexploit that
nothing would satisfy their pent-up
emotion short of having toe band pkiy
MUnching Tlirough Georgia.” “March
ing Through Georgia” wins wr! titen to
commemorate the work of lire, rattier
than of sword. (Stitt, the element of
trocity was n»t wnmung in eitoer case,
and so perhaps toe air was not, on the
whole. «o badly out. of .place wthen the
bind played exlittingly over the corpses
led three deep in the bloody streets
at Port Arthur.
MAHOGANY'S MISSION.
It appenni dm* Stanley's famous ex
P"d non in March of Bmin Bey Is >1
ready beginning to bear fnut of high
Importance to the civilized world.
Of ootinto relieving Bmin, the prime
obj.-ct of die expedition, was the
merest waste of time. He dIdnN seem
to want any relief; and Instead of evinc
ing a decent appreciation of dm perils
that had been emnountered In hti be
hilf, dlUy-dslked with the brave man
who had dared so much to serve biro
uu-.il Stanley's own position become se
riously embarrassing.
But to© IncideOQil discoveries made
wen* of gravt value, end among the
most valuable to commerce was a tor-
est of mahogany. It is sud to be In.
exhansOble, and a company of British
rap t,Hat* b*a found it aonesdbto and
are now supplying the logs to the
world's market,.
Some of this prectoae wood has al
ready found its may to this country.
LxtlavMe received a carload last wee*.
It baa been suggested xhat theriibwt
gold and diamond mines do not exceed
H anley's forest In intrinsic worth. Util
this I, not all. Tbs most potent of civ-
ll'.s'.-ng isfiscsccs U trade. It is not
only the most humane and con touting,
but the most irresistible. The Arabs,
Eagllsb and Other (poop!** have
scorned to accomplish great things
in this direction wtthi ah© award;
but. after all, it <* doubtful
wlnsher rile mo ml was, even
in their snaceastut hands, e noshing
more than the catering wedge. It
opened the way which trade broadened
aul deepened and mode permanent.
OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES.
not the text of thorn at hand,' but the
general trend of ebbse on behalf of
forrae naturae appears to be atmiotoing
like tins: Cat toils grow wild. How
cun there be cat galls without ©a t*. and
If «i© tails are wild, the ants must bo
wild also. That is to say, wild cats.
Their opponents discuss rite question
with well High equal strength.
Contrary to pornl expectation, in
tholr eoufoesioni (the New York police
captains give us to undorulmd that the
“Tendertoin” Is not, from a. poHce pick
ings standpoint, Whe best plying district
In the oily. Nrivcrthe’css, -they ac
knowledge that with the help of dive
keepers and the keepers of disorderly
houses, they mad© a big ‘Vttakte" river©.
Senator John T. '.Morgan ctafnis that
If the Nicaragua canal bill is passed, a
hundred rolUlons la money will be put
into circulation nod 600,000 idle men
given amiploymtant. But Congress seems
to 'be more inturewted in getting a holi
day for iiOscM than work for other
people.
The relatives of Robert Louis Btcven-
son insist on discrediting rile report of
his death ah Samoa. Thqy think It
was Ids wife and iv»t Irimsciif who died.
If Robert Louis were only hero to Hake
up the text, what a prutity little chap
ter we should have on Uhe steadfastness
of Scotah incredulity!
Senator TcHor's bill Incorpoitittng a
company to build un ©levuitcd electric
railroad Ibolweon Washington and New
York, capable of developing s speed of
100 to 150 mtlro an hour, siiggnsts that
wo are gentling along prettty tost. How
ever, tv© 'may us weB fly und be don©
with It.
has painted, among others, a portrait of
Mrs. Reginald De Koven, which te thought
to be admirable, both as a likeness and
*. work of art.
"Dr. Heine* kept up rr'.'.h the literature
ef the Hay until the very feint " wild Mr.
Damrell In the “Old Corner Bookstore" In
Roston the other day. "It wa, but a little
while before he died that he sent down
for 'Peter Ibbetaon,' end the week before
that for Trilby,' on September 19. as soon
„ the book came out." Fond os he was
of literature, the autocrat liked to read
whatever Interested the world that l)e
lived in.
Prince Ruspolt. mayor of Rome, who
recently returned to Europe after a visit
of several month, to this country, to
which he Is particularly attached, having
an American wife, has expressed to ihe
reporters of the Italian pess In enthusias
tic terms his admiration of almost every-
thing and everybody In the United States.
He does not follow In the footsteps of
Dr. Conan Doyle, by declaring Cohoes the
flnest city In America and Hoboken sec-
ond!
Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain's sixth an-
nlversary of his marriage to Miss Mary
Endlcott, daughter of ex-Secretary of
War W. C. Endlcott, occurred November
15, and was, probably, appropriately cele
brated at his English home, over which
Mrs. Chamberlain presides with the grace
and attractiveness so peculiar to Ameri
can women. The coming year will mark
Mr. Chamberlain's 55th birthday, but he
appears a much younger man.
Mrs. Kats Douglass Wlggln, whose en
gagement to George Rtggs, a business
man In New York, was recently an
nounced. has hail a somewhat changeful
life, which has been much to the advan
tage of her literary work. She was born
In Philadelphia, brought up In a Maine
village, educated at Andover, lived for
twelve years In California, and has also
resided In Boston, New York and London.
Mr. Riggs met her during a coaching tour
of Wales, where both were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. William T. Buckley. Riggs Is
fond of outdoor sports and next year ex
perts to drive with his wlfs through Ire
land.
We nr© gradually gritting to be a very
polite people. An instance was recoil
ed in rite St. Louis papers the other
day almost worthy of flie delicacy of
an up-to-dhlo rstrisiaa hiushand. On
the trial of a divorce case, Miss Blanche
Opel.ltllo (laughter of too plaintiff, was
called as a ’Witness. She swore that on
inadvertantly opening the door of the
parlor one avew.ns, rive discovered u
nslennn caller in the act of paring
her mother’s corns. With remarkable
good breeding and grea.t presence of
mind, Miss Blanche stopped hack, half
mu mitring an apology, closed the door
and retired i> her room. When gcntcle-
trean callers are so obliging as to pare
kuV.es' corns, proper (vn.stdotr.it ion for
thetr feelings demands, of course, that
they should not lie disunited.
The most startling and useful confes
sion yet made before rite Lexmv com
mittee ivas thtit Of Opt. Schmltitraiber-
ger. It uncovered a more extensive
system of blackmail and authorized cor
ruption among tbo police, diunl-nionde,
gamblers and plug-ugUos of New York
than perhaps oven Mr. Goff hud ever
hoped to lay lUtre through rile testimo
ny of wl’tniwscs. St<m*tmoBbrirger's
wife says rite Is responsible for his ha v
ing .uiide a clran breast of it. This is
only another instance in which n wo
man, entirely unknown to the public,
has proved of greater public servioo
than ever M ix. Isaac did, and not made
any fuss about it. eiriur.
Charles Dickson, a n ndtnr, has broken
the record in'matrimonial consideration.
At Davenport, Iowa, he announced to
tho audience that iM'jot Alice Thill itad
boon suhstiitutod for hi* wife In the role
generally played by her in “A Jolly
Good FeHow." Dickson si id tils wife
was sulking at tbo hotel, and. In tas
©pinion, (t was so outrageous insult to
tlio audience. Perhaps Dickson's lie-
havlor in gratuitously holding up his
wife to public oonrieimxuion was itself
something ©f so Insult to the audience.
John Burns, the English member of
parliament, who hits boon visiting the
/moricao cities and expressing him
self pretty freely, by ropiest, says .he
thinks our ant galleries “prettty good,”
considering who*, a now nation .we are.
In return, some of riie wickedest of
the newspapers scan Inclined to Insin
uate that 'Mr. Burns' tost© is possibly
pretty good,'* considering what a
fresh critic bo Is.
A Boston girl last Monday had both
logs amputated ait tlie knee Ithat she
might not die of blood poison vesuiung
front tbo use of red stackings. We
knew that tho “blue stocking" had oc
casionally raised Oaln in Boston. By
tho way, they newer call tit blue there
unions it is particularly well road.
Ttvo Savannah voters appear to have
learned the am of squeezing fun out of
an ekvttion almost as well ns those of
Limerick and Tiperary. That was a
sweet little “mix-up" at Ith© polls last
week. By all 'tneans lot us Import the
sh.4ala.il and have a teal good time
while we nre about it
Coxvy and Brown wet© to Washing
ton to© other day in the Interest of good
roads legislation. Thcsa geutlenvoit are
as well quakfled to give the ounimlt-
tocs expert tewtlniony on too country’s
Deals in this rcstpoot as any <pjlr of
tramps wo know of.
Indiana cocoes to toe "front with a
baby tiililt weighs nlno ounces. He will
want to w«ir breeches nt four years
Just the same. But unless bo comes
down to Kusinctts pretty quick, there Is
not much prospect tha t he .will get too
big for them.
Great satisfaction is expressed in
Spain because po2t.c9.ins thero now be
gin to fool confident! that “President
Cleveland docs not Inland to raise" the
duty on sugar. No, your simple
hearts! President Cleveland does not
Intend to raise toe duty.
Rocksway lhuch boasts proud pos
session—a >ickuss toU't guts drunk on
tvblsky. rriuw. TbtU's nothing. Thero
Is scarcely a crowwoud settlement in
Georgia .that is not able 'to muster a
whole drove ©f jacksmes who get drunk
on whisky.
A dispatch say* that the 14 fttmily
still constitute* u very powerful faction
in the Flowery Kingdom. The U fam
ily at© no* so very weak, either In num
bers or influence here in America.
Dr. Henry A. Jlott, U. 8. government
chemist, repoito .ithat Dr. Price's Da king
Powder ba* reached “tho arene of per
fection" in wboktnxnencra and efficien
cy.
OF GENERAL INTEREST
In the Engitto cities, according to
John Bums, the police bare no poUtlatl
puD. This entitleM 3If. Bums to score
it least one ImporUnt point in sup
port of tils remarkable theory that be
fore* long Hnglond will Have the oti'.y
pure govcrnniout in the wvrld. How
ever, oven ia -Now York there seems to
be good hope that the police will not
much tooger continue to own toe entire
earth.
And now comes a provoking newspa
per reporter with the Ktarexueat that
the pbotograph discovered In (be mur
dered wo aim's eyes ah Jamestown,
New York, was not a photograph at
til—or, at least. If it was. It was only
of (hot peculiar kind that nobody is
abl* to discover except toe dlacovcrnr.
Another pretty theory gone up toe
spout! And, us usual, that provoking
Mr. Gradgrind is nwponnible.
It does no* look os if matrimony had
so seriously dechned in America after
til. The South Cbrollna man who mar
ried a thrscraXtoodoUan Canadian
widow toe other day baa n> great cause
to complain of rite hard times.
The wlaexien and ti g lawyer* of Bal
timore an troubled by a serious prob
lem. They wont to decide, if erudition
can, whether shorn cat Is private prop
erty or iwbst riwy call “ferine naturae."
Some wry leumed arguments hare
been put lotto oa bah sides. We have
Rob Ingertoll once said he didn't be
lieve there was a hell until Missouri went
Republican, and now the Iola, Mo., Reg
ister demands that he redeem his pledges.
The Joke was on the president of the
Northvtlle, Mich,, water board last week
when hla water waa shut oft for non-pay
ment of water tax. He had forgotten all
about It.
Ed Byers of Rocheport, Mo., duff a cel
lar for his house In a mound. It proved
to be sn Indian cemetery, and the bones
of twenty-five red warriors were taken
out In the process.
Queen Victoria received three prices at
the Smlthtleld cattle show and the Prince
of Walek captured two. British royalty
either raises fine cattle or haa a strong
"pull" with the judges at the prise exhi
bitions.
The Menominee Indians have received
permission from the Interior department
to cut 17,000,<M) feet of logs this winter
and divide the proceeds among the work
ers.
Mr. Stead has found a new hobby, hav
ing gone to Scotland to collect material
for an onslaught on the owners of deer
forests, chief of whom la an American.
In other words, he has found a Btead-y
Job.
Gottlieb Schneider of Red City Mich.,
who died the other day In the greatest
squalor, told his friends to dig up bis
cellar floor. There a box containing 11.000
waa found am! certificates of depoaft rep
resenting hundreds of dollars.
Gen. Lee’s grandson, Robert
lives on his father's estate In Fairfax
county, Va., but goes to Washington ev
ery day to practice law. Mr. Lee
about six feet five Inches in height and
weighs over 300 pounds.
John Bums, M. P.. and David Holmea,
the English labor leaders, at present In
this country, have been repudiated by the
London Socialists. The reasons given are
that the first has supported the Liberal
party and that the latter la an anti-
tlxtaltst.
Hubert Vos, the court painter of Hoi
land, who has been In this country sev
eral months, during which period be exe
coted several commissions has been sum-
moned back to The H/igoe to execute the
portrait of tbs little queen of Holland,
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov’t Report
Baking
Absolutely pure
ANTE-BREAKFAST SMILES.
S!ie—And what would you be now If It
weren'i for my luuiwy, Hu—A bachelor.
Pall Mall Budget.
Sunday School Teacher—Now, children,
what happened on Christmas; can't you
remember? Little Fannie—It enowed.—
Texas Siftings.
Charity on the Square: Miss Gotham—
Have you any papa and mamma, little
boy? Neweboy—No, mum, me famly'i
abroad.—Truth. •
Incredulity: "I would die for you!" In
stated the rich old eultor. “Oh, that'a
very caey to promtae," rejoined the maid
en skeptically.—Puck.
A lot of popcorn ball, hung all over a
Christmas tree will create more interest
In a Sunday school than twenty miracles
possibly could.—Texas Sifting,.
Innkeeper—You don't seem to enjoy the
wine. Perhaps the bottle wasn't corked
alr-tlght. Quest—Not water-tight, I should
say.—Fllegendo Blatter.
There Is a good story told of a Hertford
shire farmer. A few nights ago he went
home late and drank a pint of yeast In
mistake for buttermilk. He rose three
hours earlier the next morning.—llt-BIts.
The First Requisite: Mr. Dclawanna—
Are you a regular plumber? McCarthy-
Well, I guess 1 can fill the bill. boss. Mr.
Delawanna—Humph! You're not much of
one If you can't.—Brooklyn Life.
Clara—It's really absurd, this Idea df
any one believing in ghosts In this age
of electric core and bicycles. Tom—Not
at all, when you consider what these In
vention, are doing to keep up the sup
ply.—Brooklyn Life.
Daughter—Is It really bad form to go
shopping without a chaperon? Mra De
Style—Excessively. Young ladle, who
shop without a chaperon are almost sure
to forget themselves and buy things.—
New York Weekly.
Little Ned—Don't take eway the light.
Mamma— lwant yon to learn to go to
sleep without a light. "Must I sleep In
the dark?" "Yes." "WclU then, wait a
minute. I guess I'll get up and say iSy
prayers a little more carefully."—Good
News.
Across the Court: Mrs. Keegan-Fcr
hlvln'a sake, Mrs. Casey, phwut Is thot
turrible shmellln' ehmoke? Mrs. Casey—
It's Mrs. Doonsy below wld whut she
calls dlahlnfcctants. Mrs. Keegan-Well,
will yex plaxe tel! her from me thot If
she don't ahtop It Ol'll complain to the
Boord of Hllth.—Puck.
Gushing Daughter—How sad la winter
with leaves all off ths trees! How I wish
It was spring and the apple trees were
once more in blossom. Prosilc Mother—
You are always thinking shout something
to eat. Carrie. 1 never saw such a girl
In *11 my life.—Texas Siftings.
Van Squibs (meeting Van Clubber at ele
vated station)—Let's see. Clubber, you
borrowed twenty of me last night, didn't
you? Van Clubber—That makes fifteen I
owe you. Van Kqutba—Fifteen? Van
Clubber—Why. confound It. man. didn't
have to blow In IS getting you amia
ble enough to lend me the twenty?—
Harper's Bazar.
I understand." said Congressman Stub,
bles, "that they are raisin' objections to
the 'laborate wake which us statesmen
are ll'ble to git ef we die In harness."
Yes; there Is some feeling against It.”
Well, that shows how ongrateiul a re
public Is. You can have neither one thing
nor another. They don't pay « patriot
nuff"to live on. and then they systemat
ically remove any Inducement there might
be to die.’’—Washington Star.
during January to be on oucSi a soale as
to cause a fumJjrer decline in prices,
based upon tbe idea ttfaat toe deficiency
In (be invisible supply ivtilcii was so
apparent at Use beis'.ujnlnc of toe sea
son, tns been suppaod nod that from
now on itihe iwoigtiit of toe crop will be
felt. On toe otoor hand, tooee who at©
buH’.to Mere .tlltat regardless of the
fiats as ptMsetited to toe foregoing pur-
agjrjiph, 'wWrih they admit, rive market
has fait too influence of ail crittmates
of, and toe actual weight of, a large
crop of cotton* and tout itiherotore, while
a amttU deoUn© iroaiy possibly lie in or
der, itofett purchases of oothon from this
point dawnwuind irtti rnatedy result
in a IhandHoune profit* They hold that
cotton Is now Mow to© ©cat of produc
tion, and with every effort on too part
of .tlie StoiMh to produce a small crop
nest siumm, too ©ppyrtrari.ty should
ixit he permitted 4t> pat» by without
having obtained tt. ritock of coitton at
present prices. So far as speculation is
cooceroeil. it is to a moderate extent
Interested on the 'long side of the max-
keit, but only to a Grafted degret as
compared with previous years, ns toe
decline fn Other linos of! merchandise
has diminished toe number of people
who care to lnWUt In cotton because It
Is cheap. Generally the 'trade regard
the position as one offering greet op
portunities to those who me willing to
invert tortr money in cotton, but at
the satno time ns requiring patience,
as an advance before planting time
necessarily would only be an induce
ment tt> materially Increase (he urea
devoted t© cotton. A small number ©f
planter.* nre buying the diaiaui posi
tions 1n New York with toe avowed in
tention of not planting any cotton at
all next season, as they fw* 'tout it is
cheaper 1o buy something ttiit is less
than Ithe coat of production, and to de
vote itoeir energies to llhc production of
a different orop on the tome loud or
permit toe land to remain fallow. It
is also to he noted tomt (tv-re is ti de
cided falling o,i in the demand forcotn-
jiK-rdnl fertilizers. ntttmales fur
nished by too Southern mnnufaeturers
and railroad mamttgem are <hu.t this de-
creuso will be fully 40 per cent, as
compared with kw*t year. Thus the
market Is In a uniting mood; tho hears
delaying for toe weight of toe receipts
to break 'the market and tbe bulls for
the influence of the new crop to bring
about, an udTgnce.
rsleyol exerctoe. acceding to Mies
France© Willard, is marvelously health
ful. So Is Dr. Price's Cream Baking
Powder.
for poJnlta. In toe drug store rer*. ,
t© a Mg crowd was waiting
quantity arrived, and th»©eapi e
bled ifor Vhem. The acenTSSi l %%
extraordinary One. Holding S7
money in itthelr baud* over Lhctr h-u? 1
men. women and ohildranstru«*t.,i
anxious beaters oft a race track cT
S£id«i ha « ’!^^i^ a .V lhelr U '-<» d?
penaeu on procuring the nxynta Z
whuah toed© were mot nearly enough ^
go around. *
•Here's my money!!' yd led one
"You promised me tour points v
day 1" cried a woman. ytelfr '
■Tl! pay you a dalllar a iplece Mr
points! shouted another man. evtdsr?
ly the lauxlous father of a family
In one day of the scare the aDoo,..
“““bat be Maid made
Jhan We had ever made In two dava era-
tif hla business. Somebody camcto hi™
and offered to buy out his entire sta3
of points ait the figure he chareed^ tv
them at retail. The druggist refund
■nooa.ii*> ithere was reason to bell?!
•bait an attempt iws bring made to cor
ner Che supply.
A well known phystcin here in t»„
ascertained .that a patient nf his m.1
erased on extra vacatae poBnit. Re
and begged lit of him. On© little colored
bay called at the Bmengency HosokVj
and asked, with ittta.re In his eyra tnhi
vajoalnatcd. ' M
"Go aind get one of three thin,-..
sadd 'Che surgeon in charge, "and i'u
vtuoaliKtte you.” 111
Tho boy went to the amotheenry airi
begged a vaccine poiWt. Then be n.
turned to toe hospital and was crer,;.
ed upon.
YACHT RACING HED TAPE.
BICYCLING FOR HEALTH.
Will 'talk about the tariff ever cease?
There is far great© benefVt In calking
about th merits t>( Dr. Price’s Cream
Baking Powricr.
HUBBARD, PRICE & OO.'S LETTER
Now Yoric, Dec. 23.—Ilubhird, Frico
& Co.'* loner of Friday said:
Tiio movement of toe crop oomlnues
up >n nn ooonuous stule itiul toe weight
of ooatbo Is comannnclng to be fWt in
offers to (he Northern markot*. But
so f ir they ltive rev. muterixily Influ
enced prices as ton Improvement In the
demand tor ronton gw<N Tms caused
spinners to absvh 'the offerings. On
Wednesday, the largest jsxvU aile ever
h*il«l passed off with groat sucores in
tihe Now York market. The auction
prices were on an uverage about 7 1-2
per ceat. below the list price* for the
gvxls. hi rt ss those list prior© were ask
Ing prices, and not Ltd prices, toe solo
Is 'thought to have estnlgisliml oonli
deace In rn'inufacturing elrol'H as to
file probability of their being enabled
b> disp.)*e of their goods on itihe basis
of present values, anil It has certainly
Ikvd a gre-at rotkf bo the nrtton niark'-t
llto llnl 'that 'tnamifaeturei* wero In a
pasittoa to agxln (Vwimo tilieir pur
chase* of cotton which hid bean sua-
paoiM for a w eek ©r ten (hi)*, pending
the outcome of this *lfa Report* are
being received from rntiny section* of
tbo S Midi to the effect tbret the cotton
ha* been more nearly «u rinitod (Ivin
over liefore at this snison of the year,
tod tihe nminvilxtion of throe rejiorts
ha* made 'the urirkat an exceedingly
nanrow .inrl norvosi* om>, as no one
cures to anticiiule a further decline
from tho pr.wunt range of values. As
It Is torn- g.-n'-rally iMlievol every .ef
fort will Iso used to bring about a re>-
dnotion In the area deratod to ootton
next reuron 0 >i 3 noas»pscst smaller
crop, (ho.mly d!ffer<nn> In opinion be-
tween ton*© twro are dcnonWnated bulls
find bear* Is toe question whro the Im
provevnom In the mirket win occur.
_ lliose who feel bnulto tft die prewet
ul ssUs Mxt SMk. WhtiTher* MrV Vo* 1 time V»k f©r the tnoveoneait of toe crop
Grave Doctors Talk of the Advantages
of Wheeling.
New York's eminent physicians discuss
ed the other evening the advantages of
cycling as n health exercise and the New
York Herald gives the following account
of the meeting:
The grave and reverend members of the
New York Academy of Medicine gave
themselves up unreservedly last night to
the praise of the 'cycle. When Tennyson
wrote, "Better fifty year, of Europe than
cycle of Cathay." he, of course, was
not In touch with this city and Its re
doubtable Academy of Medicine. In last
night's testimony of approval there was
not a dissentient vote, and many promi
nent physicians were among those who
spoko In favor of the two-wheelcd mus
tang.
The regular paper of the evening on the
bicycle was read by Dr. Graeme M. Ham
mond. He declared that there was
scarcely an organ In the body that might
r.ot be Influenced by the proper or Im
proper use of the wheel. I)r. Hammond
said that there were no statistics on this
aubjsct, and therefore he had been obliged
to rely upon his own observations In tab
ulating results*
He said he had made a careful examina
tion of fourteen professional and four
teen amateur riders. In the fourteen esse,
of amateurs examined there were men
who had ridden from five to fifteen years
and from 5.V© to 37.0m' miles. The men
who had ridden a great deal exhibited a
cardiac hypertrophy and an Increased
lung capacity.
The greatest chest expansion of the av
erage man was one Inch, while the aver
age expansion in these amateur bicycle
riders was one and four-seventh. Inches.
There could be no doubt that the uae of
the bicycle caused a condition of cardiac
and pulmonary development.
In the fourteen professional riders ex
amined. xeven of whom were among Ihe
first in the country. Dr. Hammond did
not find x solitary case of deformity of
the spinal column. These men Invariably
ride with their body bent over the handle
of the wheet. All the riders thus exam
ined were found to be well built and mus
cular, with excessive development of the
thigh. The average chest development
was one an dthree-seventlw Inches.
Dr. Hammond declared that certain
diseased conditions of the heart were
benefited by bicycle riding. The use of
the wheel was also good for those troubled
with gout and diabetes. The circulation
was Improved thereby and the oxygena
tion of the blood which resulted Increased
the elimination of Injurious acids.
In short, said Dr. Hammond, experience
shown that bicycle riding lx one <of the
moat excellent forms of physical exercise
and Is not only beneficial to the mind,
hut also of Inestimable advantage fa the
treatment of disease.
The discussion which followed the read
ing of Dr. Hammond's paper was very
Instructive. Dra Holbrook, Curtis, Polk,
Rockwell. Burt, Powell, and even Chair
man Roosa, participated. It wa, shown
that tha dignified chairman was partial
to the 'cycle himself.
Dr. Powell said: "I am a beginner, but
I'm a believer In the wheel. I began last
May, but since then I’ve reduced my
weight twenty-six pounds and my
twenty-xlx years My young son bet me
111 I couldn't ride a wheel fifteen feet
after I had given some useful advice
about the dangers of tiding, end 1 west
up town, won hla $t5 and have been lldlng
ever since."
Dr. Holbrook Curtis said: "l am an
amateur, but I admtre the wheel. My
bent waa confirmed last summer, when I
saw one of our moat distinguished prac
titioners lldlng along the Bo Is, persued by
a gendarme.
“I asked him why he pursued the wheel
man. He said: ‘He had a German ac
cent' Now, It you think of riding, don't
have your heart egamlned. but your i
and throat. The mode of respiration la
one of the Important things In bicycling.
One should always breathe through the
nose.”
Dr. rolk declared that ba waa an ama
teur of the amateurs, and added: “There
la long life and Joy to be found In tha
use of the bicycle.”
VACCINE POINTS.
Their Bearedy Felt In Washington.
"Where People dry for Them.
As Windy Negotlstloiis Over Amerla'i
Cap Contest as Over Prize Fights.
There Is mush resemblance between tt.
negotiations far a great yacht race ini
thou for a great prize light. In both czvi
the principals do
an Immense
amount of talking
before they do any
sailing or light
ing. They scheme
for weeks endear
orlng to loenre
the advantage In
tho arrangement*
for tho contest*,
believing In the
old adnge that a
match well made
la half won. Lord
Dunrnvcn, the
JAMB*D. SMITH- plucky Irish
sportsman who came dangorouily near
winning tho Amorlca's cup last season,
seems to possess but one ambition, and
that la to return to England with the rap
tbe Yankee yacht America won from sn
entire fleet of British boats awsy hack In
1861. Ho haa already expended a vvl
amount of time and money without gratt
fylng hla ambition, and be la again neg>
tinting for a race tor the famous old tro-
phy.
Tho Amorlcan end of the businessli b*-
Ing looked after by tho America's Cupcom
mlttco, and tho sup In In tho poiiesslonol
tbo New York Yacht club. The chairman
of this committee la Jnmea D. Smith if
New York and Stamford, Conn He tel
an ex-commodore of the club and baa long'
bun a prominent yacbtaman. It I* tha
general opinion of tho publto that kfcsrs '*
altogether too rauoh rad tape about the u
rangemcnlo of those Internationa', son.
testa for the cup;
Tho original dooument conveying th'
custody of the cupto tho Now York Yuh:
club was of Ihe simplest and tiurtsl
form. It stipulated that tho challenge*
must bo over 80 and under SCO ton* ru
ing. that six months' notice bo given, ml
that the terms bo madu by mutual sn
aent. It concluded with tho agmnunl
that "upon tho terms laid down shore'
the trophy should ''forever" he perpetnst
rd as a chalkngu cup for friendly oosp*
tltlon between foreign countries Tti
minutes uf the Now York Yacht elcbdwa
a resolution passed in July l«57, accept
Ing the full lerma of trusteeship u •*:'
down In thla agreement.
8lnco then the deed of gift ha* beet
ohanged several times, and tha lie;
matter of annuglng a race between > wl
yaohta has developed into lonn'dabie 1"
lomatlo negotiations that would give th>
president a cabinet nervous prostratir.
it la sincerely to be heped that «port»xv.
ship will triumph over red tape, and th*
Durtrnvon'i third Valkyrl* will *->
after the old onp It* 16M
FA1TIL '
aiG'hreary In (Ms city *oM 18,004 'vac
cina pants" wUntn twenty-lour how*.
On * Friday, nrbon She general fright
wa* great eat. the supply gave cut. Pby-
atcMras telegraphed la every direction
Yes. bora. I'se a broke-up nlggcr-
Moa' 'aconsolet In de Ian',
'Kaae my las' wife done gone run a*>!
Wld a yaller bartoeraun.
Hit aarves me right? I spec’ hit do:
Wat a fool I mus' er bln—
Ole nigger wot'a gwlne on sixty
To hitch wld a gxl sixteen.
Haw many's I had? Jes* seben;
W'at'a dat? Dat "again' de lawf
I knows one nigger's had eleben .
Not countin’ dem 'fore de war.
Df do cote house er de sheriff
Ebber thought of bodderln' Jl" 1
Erhout a little thing like dat.
it was unbeknownst to him.
Yes boss, I feel, sorter broke up
When I finks of my mlssln’ bride.
But when I want anudder one
I knows dat de Lord'll purvtde.
-El
Macon, Ga„ December, 1IM.
A COMPARISON.
On o'er th* pasture*, where the inoenM*
flowers wj.au
Starring tho sward trim garden bed* 0 "
On through sweet ploe woods, cress M* **
On o’er vast bowlder mounds, while etui
Hake labor lightsome! For above ttes<***
Unseen u yet, the peak, on o'er th* s°°*,
Nor heedless tread Me smoother pM*"'.
tha blue abjaace yawn, tbe avalanche love
leal# yoodur beetling cliffs, when nov*^*. *
Heats fiercely, hew sure .Up. In *•»
What though with toil worn ll»b •**
Bold bravely « uutll th* height he
Bo runs Ufa's Uls-chUdhood, yo»«*> • f**
disc, . . .
Hard manhood, wsnry age, the r»-
MIKS COGI1L.VN AS TICKET
Bom* of those who died at U"
Theatre box yesterday afternoon to )•
chaas tickets had th# pleasure of
waited on by Mis, Rom Coghl in M"
Miss Coshlan happened to be In
flee about 1 o'clock, when there
long line at the window. The •“* .
marked Jokingly to Manager ‘
Burnham that she would wuger ©w
sell tickets ss well as any one. 5 |r -
ham said h« would accept the *»•.<'
Miss Coghlan look tho treasurers I
fib* held the post for twenty mtautf*
Durirar toorecdtgjJW-cmre on. ««
Uin'c as hard as atttoff.** •h* ■**!'*
wart, "but I don’t think I would ^
a permanent poflttlon of llut kind-
York llerab*