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- THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: 1 JANUARY 21, 1895. THE MACON TELEGRAPH. PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR AND WttKLY. Office 569 Mulbe-rv Street. {THE DAILY TELEGRAPH—Delivered by carrier# la the city, or mailed, postage tree, M cent* a months tl-l* tor three month*; H.W tor elx month*; tl tor on* year;'every day except Sunday. $t. (TEE TRI-WEEKLY TELEGRAPH—Mon day*; Wednesdays and Friday*, or Tues- dsys, Thursdays and Saturdaya Three months, tl: *tx months, >2; one year, M. SHE SUNDAY TELEORAPH-By mall, one year, 12. SUBSCRIPTIONS—Payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or regis tered letter. Currency by mall at risk ot sender. COMMUNICATIONS—All communications should be addressed, and all ordsra Checks, drafts, etc., mads payabl* to THE TELEGRAPH. Macon, Oa. MUST WORK. In coninmatiir.' «a tho movement ot the New England mills to the South, the Xuw Origins Picayune says: "Yesterday's Picayune contained a spe cial telegram from Lowell, Moss., bear, lng the Intelligence that the Merrlmac mills, one of the most Important cotton manufacturing establishments In the United States, had decided to establish a branch mill In the South for the purpose of manufacturing the coarser grades ot cloth. That this Is no more rumor Is further proven by the fact that the com pany named has applied to the legislature of Massachusetts for permission to In- crease Us capital stock and do business In any state fn the Union. The Merrtmnc Is the third of the prominent Lowell mills to decldo to open brunch establishments In the South, and other companies tn Pall River and various parts of New England have come to the same decision, Indi cating that the movement Is a q\>tte gen eral one. Home of these companies have already determined upon sites for their branch Southern establishments, but the greater number have not yet definitely decided, hence there Is still an opportu nity for New Orleans to secure one or more of th* contemplated mills. The reasons given for this general southward movement of the New England cotton manufacturers are very plainly etsted by the managers of the Merrlmac mills. They claim that they can no longer compete with the Southern mills In the manufac- ture of plain sheetings and other cof- moner grades ot cotton goods, and that, in consequence, they must either see their brands of these classes of goods disappear from the market or move South. The causes for failure to successfully com- pets ere, firstly, the greater cost or ruel In the North, coal being (4.(0 per ton, ns compared with (2 In the South; secondly, Southern manufacturers can by tbelr cot ton at their doors, thus saving freight and brokerage and other chargee; and, third ly, the price of reliable labor Is much cheaper .fully 40 per cent, lower than In New England. While at present It Is th* Intention to transfer only tbs manuiae. ture of the coarser grades of goods to th* South, there Is no reason why the finer fabric# should not be manufactured In the South as well. The same argu ment! advanced In favor of the coarser makes of cotton cloth hold equally good in the case of the finer varieties, hence It la merely a question of Urns when the manufacture of the finer fabrics will also be moved South. This Is very candidly ad mitted by some of th* manufacturers, who declare that New England has seen Its bent days as a manufacturing centre. There Is certainly every reason why New Orleans should secure the location ot some of these Northern enterprises. There Is no better location tor cotton mills than this city. Take ,for Instance, th* reasons which have actuated the Merrtmar mills, namely, cheapness of fuel, cheeper cost of raw material, cheapness of labor and lower taxation. These requisites certain ly can be found her* as well as In the most favored portion of the South. New Orleans Is, moreover, the best cotton market In the world, nnd relatively th* cheapest. There la an abundant supply of fuel and water, and there Is a more reliable labor market than any small country town can offer, while there Is a great abundance of cheap sites In the suburbs. A targe cotton mill must have facilities for distributing its product. What place In the South has equal facili ties In this respect with New Orleans, whether for domestic or foreign distribu tion? Certainly none that the Picayune knows of. All this being well known and admitted, our business men will be guilty of greut neglect should they fall to place a full statement of these advantages be fore the New England manufacturers who contemplate moving South. This would appear to be pre-eminently the province of the Young Men's Business League, and, as that body, meets In e day or two, the matter should at once be taken up.'* We give this article front the Pica- yune in order to impress oar people with the fact that. If th?y wish to se cure the locution in Macon of one or more of tlu> mills wit ch are c ntiing to - Ilia South, they 'must W up and doing. Shay have rivals in the Held. The ml- vantages which Miou has to offer ero os ipv.vt, or greater, than those of nay other city, but the nil'll which are cotnias South W.H sot ho located here union* throe advantage* are brought to the attention—prnuusl upon tho atten tion—of the mutagen of those mills. The oity council, at It* loot meeting, Hid atvmt evwythuvf that could be ex pected at It. The ccat of the busltints must be done by puMIcatpiriud citi zens. showing ho demands tho office. The legislature has passed* a .resolution, un der -which tho prone-rat govern-ir. Peter Turney, wlU remain lt» office until chargee of ItlatMJ v,,-? rw- in the ion have boon investigated. Nobody denies that the illegal voting occurred. The payment of a poK tax is a pre-rcqulslto in Tennessee, Just as it is in Georgia, and the total of votes east In the elec tion l* v«*ry largely in excess of the to tal number of persons who paid this tax. It Is therefore fairly iU. doubt as to who was elected governor. Tho Democrats say sliatt most of tha illegal rotasarcro cast in Republican couailts, and that undoubtedly Mr. Turney re ceived ti majority of the legal votes cast !n <he state. If this is true, Mr. Turney is entitled to the office; but it Is by no means osttuin that tics su1t- tnemt Is true. In some of tho larger counties, ovcrwbtuningly Democratic, Hie total votie was three or four -thous and la excess of the number of person* who bad paid the poll tax in those counties. The legislative cimmlitee which has been appointed Ito mrektigave the o’ec- tlon Has an almost interminable Job on its -hands. It is practically impossible for such a ootnm4dti>e to go through the baby:: boxes of every county and deter mine exactly what votes were legal, and in this -way roach a corrcrt result. If it were to undertake to do so. it conkl not reach an end of its Tabors for many months—probably not before the end of the term of the governor— and in the -meantime the legality of every act of the man actually in pos session of the governor's office would be open to question. Moreover, the country has seen such exhibitions of tua*tUin tvvvvJin thn >nvo*rt«w«rmn of contested deletions that' no confl- dence would be given to the result finally reached. It has come to be ac cepted as true tbit no committee of a legislative body invostiiguting claims to office of -tiwo contending candidates will do justice, -but wl'. lean to the side of that canlidtilo who belongs to ibe party represented'by a- majority of the committee. The result of the Investi gation of the commUtec of fit*! Tor-no*- see legislature into this contested elec tion is .therefore attended with doubt from the beginning, and It is likely that the Democratic party will suffer be cause of -the oiinmoD belief that it has cheated the Republican caiul.date out of his office, even though its investiga tion be perfectly honest, and it bo true, according to (tbe evidence, that the Democratiu candidate for governor was honestly elected. Perhaps the best solution of the question would be to us- certain Mte number of legal rotes In each county, anil to refuse ,to count vote* lu excess of that i umber, deduct ing from tho vote cast for etch candi date a number In proportion to ids party’s strength tn that county. This would l»e a very rough method of reaching a conclusion, but It could he quickly applied, and it* resoHs would be much more likely to be accepted tty the -public as bonust thau u;iy which may be reached by even tho moat palnrotaklng investigation of n pirtlsin committee. The lesson naught by till* unfortu nate complication is that the -lection laws of Tennessee, ns of nearly every Southern state, need reforming. When the people have voted tlicA ought «<> be a way to doriaro the result with which nobody can interfere. The present diffi cultly would not have occurred If the election laws of Tetmantte hod been good enough to prevent pe-sou* not en titled to vote front getting their ballot* Into -the box, and into the returns. A DANGEROUS TENDENCY. THE TENNESSEE CONTEST. The aontMtt over the gubernatorial *uoccasion in TVsnuMsee is attracting vr.de attention. It t* difficult for even an unprejudiced person to irrlve at a firm condastoa «■ to the merit* of the controversy. On the fhee of ttie returns, the IlefeibUuua candidate, Mr. Evens, lias • majority of 708, and on this the dumber of deputies, -which Is flesh and blood, which controls billions of money and millions of men, which Is a positive foeee, -pay any attention Development in -this direction Is like ly to lead Ito a tyranny against which the people iwtll in the long run revolt A leglsliitlre body which has no limit on tts power is culpable at just as great t.cranny as a king or cz»r <>niaUy free to do ns he [tease*. EUROPE IS AFRAID TO LEND. INDUCEMENTS TO COTTON MILLS The Incident which ’cd to the resig nation, flint, of the French ministry and -then mo that of the president of die republic was on the face of it not of very much imponUnee. It was merely the rejection by the chamber of depu- tic* of « dkrtaion of ibe council of state In regard to certain railroad couvfh- tloan outorel into several years ago by a government in which Caslnilr-Pcrlcr was n. subordinate official. The council of state corresponds In some degree to our supreme court, and under the French constitution its dcoleion* nre expected to he final. The question wu* really, therefore, not merely whether the contract or agreement with the railroads was perpetual or limited to s term of fiatrtcen years, a* It seemed to be, but whothir the ohambor of dep uties should absorb uE the power* of •he government, bmtklng loose from all tho restraints of the written consti tution. Cuaimlr-Pcrier's resignation is * protent against what he understood to be an a-ttempt of the chamber to nullify the iimRation* pnt upon its power by the constitution. The protest Is not likely tn have much effect. French awl foreign SKnvspipcr* seem agreed In -the opinion that the president in resigning surrendered whatever- power resides (n the chief mag istracy of controlling this central- Islng leudeoejr into tho haals „f moo who lisve no regard for the •■onatl- tutlon and whose idea is that govern- mem should be In the ha mis of a cham ber of dignities endow'd, as direct rep- rmenturive* of the people, with sImo- lute power. The tendency of politic* in France is soways to the development of this sort of authority, exercised either by * king, a conv.-otlon or a mil- ttwy officer. The petqCe »-m Impa tient ot riwtrutnt by psp<r bonds, and respect only that authority which has force behind It. The onvitiition says that -the cfaamlsr of ikpuitea shall not do ceroiln things, but the constitution cannot enfltcee it* own decrees—It I* an abstraction, a men- ’voter, hollow and hglplim -Why, thorofttce, abould A Loudon correspondent of tho Phil adelphia Amurlritn say* that “there Is no confidence in -Europe in tho United States, an almost total sus>-usion ot investment in Amerieun eocur.ttos, and liquidation, whenever -three Is a market in America. at fair price*. Tills, ot course, ucooiuks for the large ship ments of gold from America Europe. For more than lawo yours the commer cial balance, largely In furor ot the Unl-tod Slates, lias been quite equal to the interest charges upon borrowed money; in 1803 was much larger.” Con- timi ng, this correspondent soys: "A short time prior to ssklrg for bids for the last lot of bonds put upon the market by the United States, the Jewish bankers tn London were approached in the hope that the whole lot coutd be sold In Europe. The head of this group made Immediate answer that there was | market tor them through London, un less the bonds were made payable In gold coin of the present standard—except upon a stiver basts. When pressed tor a bid he said sixty was a full price for a cent bonds of the United States, payable In coin, because stiver would probamy be tendered tn payment of Interest and prin cipal. The negotiation, of course, broke off, for the word gold could not be In serted in the oona without new legisla tion by congress. Of course, this dis cussion was known In every bank parlor In Europe, and the United States was dis credited accordingly. American railroad credit has teen de stroyed by the exposures In'the manage- ment of the Union Pacific; Northern Pa. rifle, Atchison, Reading and othar less Important companies. Liquidation ot railroad securities has gone on from Europe, and is still going on when a mar- ket can be found In New York. ‘The knowledge here that the expendi tures of the government of the United States exceeds the receipts from KOOO.OOO to 18,000,000 per month increases the alarm of which I have already spoken. Then, too, the questions are asksd: Will the next Issue ot United States bonds be mads upon a 4 per cent, basis or upon a 5 per cent, basis. Have the people accumula tions of money with which to purchase these bonds without making,;*, draft upon your banks, trust companies and jav- tugs funds, that will reduce tbelr availa ble resources to a point that will force the call of loans. Will not the needs ot your government bring on * crisis your bankers have been staving off as well as they could for the latt four or five ycare? Let me repeat, bankers, -dealers and Investors In Europe watt with great anxiety action of the United stales, and all but wreckers hope It will be wise and sufficient. You will b* glad tci know that the constant fall In the levei' ot prices ot commodities alt over the world causes Important accession* to the party ot bi metallists here. No one expect* the Lib erals to move on this question, because the views ot Sir William Harcourt, chan collor of the exchequer, have great weight tn the party counctls.i.but there Is a general belief that a conservative government will come In at the next gen eral eloctlon and that Lord Salisbury, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Chaplin and others fa. voi- the eary re-**tabllshm*Pt of bi-met- allltm, England taking the initiative.” All this main* that European* who have money to lend <ln not propose to tako Who change* «f Fopullmlc legisla tion In Hie United States. They are willing and anxious to lend their money. Thny live liy lending it. But no long a* there 1* a chance thtf, hav ing loaned 81 In value, they -will re ceive only .V) ortitt* In return, they will not only refkise to lend, but they will tako advantage of every appo. tunlty to recover *wllit they have already loaned. Hundreds of million* of dolor* of cap ital which have been for ye ir* em ployed In rtw United StU'te* In promot ing onr industries hhvo be»n with- drown during t-lie last two or three year* foe cilia reason. Every with drawal of European capital, repre- Konttvl by the sale in thi* country of bomb and stock* formerly held abroad, h.is maim the -wlfikdrasnU from tho money ourkot of an equal amount of American caplet. Our people own a larger proportion of -their r diroad*, ihelr factori'*, their Sato and mnnlcl- pal debt*, than they have ever dono be fore, but they have correspondingly low capital to employ Id area’ ng new Industrie* nod currying on old ones. Tho result has been the oMumwcial and industrial depression whi"U every man tndho country has suffered from, more or lee*. This depression .Mil not amtlnne always, eveu If the agitation of the silver question continues. Bu*i- ness wlU finally adjust Itself to the conditions by wh.«h It 1* surrounded. .But tho depression will continue for s long time, and -will not dis.ipp.vir anmnle- un- ill tile world undonirauiU thi> t't« cur rency question in the United 8'atc* Is settled on a penmnent baste; until |r knows that die Jtutn who parts with a dollar of a detain value w.U, when be Is paid, receive e dollar at the same vahie. It may seem to some of oar so- called BtUisancn thist It is good econo my to change the standard of v due so that wo cun pay our letes-WiUi dollar* worih only SO coats, where wo bor rowed doibrx worth 100 cents. Bat fite experience which tho coanti-y Is now ond'Tgo.ng is pretty apt to coif Vince the peuplt that this noil, n of economy Is ss false as It ts dte’.i west; that, in fact, Iiore is no economy in It, bat that with tystioos, as wen with individuals, honesty is th* best policy. Some year* ago a law -was passed in South CArbUm exempting mills from taxation tor a oarlod of ten years, What off cot njiis law has had upon de- volopment of tti> cotton mantifactuung Industry In South Oarollna, It Is per- Uap* Impossible to tny, but the fact re mains 'iliac South Carolina is now the leading Htate in -the South in cotton manufactures and the number of mills now in course of construction is larger than in any other slue. This maybe entirely due ito uatutul advantages, or t» the enterprising spirit of tho South Carolina people, for It s a fact thait these mills have mainly been built with local capital. Buk (but tire exemption from itaxatlon has had a towktncy to induce flm'stauimt in cotton mill* can not bo denied. The resohirion of the city council published In our issue of yesteriliy, of fering exeanpmon from taxation for twenty year* and a factory site to the Whittier manufacturing company, Is certainty a most liberal offer, but we think will bo approved by -the people of 'this city. The term of the exemp tion U about 'twice as long as has been offered tvsauhwre, but the people of Macon are strongly in favor of offering whatever inducements may bo neces sary -to Induce 'the esfabllsnment here ,of manufacturing concerns. *1 hey feel that the future iwedtare of the city de pends largely on its success in inducing manufacturing concerns to locate here. The tlmo is passed when an inland city ran hope for much proe-i-cty as long as It remains merely n trading com munity. Railroad facilities have brought all parts of the country In and -the tatter have naturally gained control of (trade which formerly was obliged lo sedk mark in's nearer borne. A great ocMton mill, if located lit-ro be muse of -the Indnoemoms offered by the city council, wiH repay to the com munity in the employnrent ot many working (people tiny sacrifices which lux payers may nuke .n order to secure id. Thuoraticatly, of »unc, all proj>- erty should Ibea-r an cquil burden • l taxation, but if such an Investment can be secured by exempting it for a rime from iraxnlon, it is wail -.list the ex emption should be made. It is'likely that during -tho next f-w y»Mr* tbe great mamifacturlng cent, vs of tho South will be established, especially the centers of ittho cotton manufacturing Industry. Tins* ;s a dls.- n.-t wnlenvy of capital toward the South, and a son- era! recognition, for -the firs; time, of It* -advantages in litils I.ne of business. WlViv one mill it tu existence. It Is easier (to secure the eKnUishment of nnotlmr. The aewoelate.1 industries, the shops which nre necessary for the m.,k l»g and repairing *of machinery, crc located In the neighborhood of tbe mill*. It 1* (tbiarefore »kx1 economy, other conditions l>elug equal, to locate a tnill lu -the neighlwrhood of other mills. In order 'font tfaeso faclliitlea may bo enjoyed. We hop? t-iiat Macou will become one of fiKse cefiter* of the cot ton manufacturing industry. She ha* already til ado a fair Sturt. Her mill* are amuttf 'the mvit successful -in the South. The advantages which site en joys are not excelled by those of any other city. She Is n grant railroad cen ter, and (these numerous railroads are not under a single inuBiigmu-'iit. She is the center of one of the fo.-atest cot ton producing regions In the South. Her health record Is an cxcctleot one, and, as we btve sa-id. she ha* all the advan fsges which entitle her to become t center of nsanufacturlog. If her etti Zens and her government «r-> wiro, and show tho proper ysoourag-snent t min* which are seeking the advantage* which site has -to offer, -there U Do rea- *<>n why, in a few yeans, her position as such a center of nnr.nfactitrtug should not be cem-rally recognized We think the action at cfic city counc l is a step In the right dtreotiou. PRHNOII POLIltCS. utlez, It is almost os difficult to be lieve thug it will be able ii> carry out the schemes of liLe iudieul d-.-puiies, representing malrdy the worst wo Ms of toe (Uigo cities, and (the general ex pectation, port ups, hi that the attempt to oampvomlso boiween the txa, ito carry on a government supported by factions which do no: caret) with each other as to what government should do, btlt only agree tn bating govern ment as it is and tuts been, will be s failure resulting jn disorder—possibly In a violent revolution. The resigtkttion of -M. Cssimlr-Perler, the president of she Fr-ta.-h rop'd>1 c, has caused s world-wide seusiclon. !t ;s net often that a poMtle-an is willing to relinquish, after a tenure of only a few months, on? of (the world's greatest offices. The office which the president of the French republic res!gut ;* one of the most conspicuous In the world anil one of the'mast highly paid. In terest in she restgititlon of tire prtwl dent, however, will center in the polit iual results, rather tlxm in the effect- upon hi* own personal fortunes. It wIC lie geoemlly recognized as marking a triumph of the most extreme element in French politics- M. Cas'm-r-l’erter represented in France the conservative republican sentiment which ha* been the maln-omy of the country during the last (twenty-five yews; which ha* saved it from excesses, and giined for it <he respect, if not tho friendship, of other European countries. Ills f«N ts brought about by ah? ascendancy n the cham ber of demotic* of file radicals and so- r’slkfta, who seemed to have formed an offensive and defensive alliance. Apparenfly, tbelr programme ha* been to make government Impossible unless they ware.eatrusanl with all the office* of file republic. Tbe world will await tbe consequences of this movement with anxious interest. A coalition be tween file radices end sort alls'* in Drench politic* is an alliance of ele ment* ckosety Mated to each other, bat yet differing saffictenfiy to ennse se rious doubt of whether s government, •bused upon such on affiance, run <nnj oat any cansurem policy. 1: I* incon ceivable fixvt such S govornm wt wlU undertake to carry out tbe schemes by fiw advocacy of which socialtsia Suva wren tbelr »«t» in the chamber of dep- A REMARKABLE RECORD. The career of Hobart E. PattUon Is Indeed a peculiar one. He is a Demo- cniit, but has awlce been governor of the most strongly Republican slate tn the L T aion. Before being elected gov ernor he was at b gh official of ifao most strongly Republican city la the Union. Now, when he has jus: finished his sec ond term as governor, Where is o move ment in Philadelphia to elect him mayor of (that city, and it is not Im passible than -Ibis nravument will suc ceed. The RopubHran oandldt-o was chosen as the result of a- victory of one* llepuhClaan boss over another. Martin, the local -boss In Philad-tiphia, "iutn?d down” Quay, the Republican boss In the state. Under theso circumstances, when one Republican boss is suffering Willi (The sense that We has been be trayed by one of ilia smbo- 4 '-v-.es, it ; g not Impossible, as we have said, that a man like PaDUson, holding the respect nnd confidence of all citizens, without regard Jo party, may be elected. If so, then Philadelphia will he assured of a chief official of (the highest type ond •ucT CddptuT -m*. uo 4»um«:u ?0 iae most iremarkaibLC poiltical 'record that any tna-n has ever made in America. Mon have been elected to office ofttner; they ixivo risen higher; thtq- have achieved greater results; but there Is no other instance in which a man has remained in office a great part of b a life In a suite and raty where (the appo site party >to which ho. belongs laid a greut and continuing majority. THE NEXT SENATE. Now -that the Nartb Carolina legisla ture has decided to elect one Populist and one Republican to the senate, the political complexion of the upper house of the next congrcsf may be aieonrately stated. That body will consist of forty- three Hepublkun*, thlMy-ttlno Demo crat* and six Populists. It will he seen that mil (’her party still bare a majority. The PapuMuts will hold the luliuce of power with their six votes. Conse quently, she Republicans can organize tho senate only by a trade with the Populists, and will probably be called upon no pay a long price for whatever they may got In such a «nide. The Pop nlists have nothing to lose and every thing to gain. Vie think it extremely doubtful whether the Republican*, uu- dor theso clreumattiuce*. will care to disturb ithe present organization of the somite. Should they do so, Wlu-y would nominally, at least, be responsible for rho conduct of that body, without hav ing tho number of votes necessary to carry out thecr policy. \V,'th a Demo cratic president In the- M'h te House, they can hope to gain little by such an arrangement and may possibly lo*e much. Responsibility for the teflon of a groat legislative body, without power to control that action, is a burden which the iffirewd Republican man agers ore no: apt to sstwme, when tbe vow of rho Democratic president 1* al ways ready to thwart their partisan schemes. GEORGIA NEWS AND COMMENT. OF GENERAL Gen. Baratleri. the lt,u, nun monder-ln-chle*. with the””' BH.iA River Narab, in Africa. b m A movement is on food to establish a grand Winter Chauiauqua a« Augusta. One negro woman used a knife on ano.tii-.-r a-r a social gathering of colored peopCe at Albany Tuesday night. Graham Fomtster is at the head of a new Journal cillnl tho Richland Pa per, published <U lUchlaud. The Rome Gas Company has been placed in the bauds of n. rooeiver. Tbe cause was unpaid interest on bonds. Augusta t* moving <o send n commit- tee of iHUlnees ,nc-n to Now England to Induce coiiton mills to came to that city. Tax Collortor Rtfib'.n of Dooiy coun ty has resigned. The priucipil reason ts that he bas managed county finances so vHU that 'there are to be no taxes levied this year. Recorder Barrett 1* sending all the tramps In Augusta to tbe abainging. Weary Waggles and Dusty Rhoades will probably give fit it town a wide berth hereafter. . Albany Herald: A Daugherty coun ty firmer who has always retail plen ty of corn and hog* to supply b'.s plant ation, came to Albany tbe other day and deposited 82,300 In one of the bunks. This should [wove enough to induce mortgage-making farmers to fol low suit. Griffin Nows ami Son: The strangest thing seen cn town yesterday was * twentysloCur MU piid voluntarily on an open account. The editor saw It himself, or die item would not be al lowed to appear In this paper; but be did not get to fed of It Hartwell Bun: Gcorgi* l» °rer- wbctmlagy D zuooratic. and abo will remain so tuCess now issues are pre sented that woo'd greatly tnfloecce the people. The Populists will never lessen the Wn««th of the Democracy. From thi* dmo on <«• P? ny in thi* state l* much mtee Ukcly zo lose p qmlariiy ten gain It. It I* proposed to establish S tele phone tine between England and Hat- land. Tbe London Chamber of Com merce and the NetberktnC Chamber at Commerce are trying to ascertain If th* tho* 4s vet rip* tor the tin Jvrtok- MaJ. Von Wlssman, the • man explorer of Africa, i. other day a Frauleln riV.T' 111 German papers say tlhat it l« ail W m e * h , e j the ““Jof will retur^i ofilc.al duties in Africa. Ura * Soap has been substituted J °“ iS.® ™ co «i>“5 surface ofthe, graph by a Berlin inventor 1 van,.age gained Is that soap i a ture^ y 0rd nary chan K«" 1 of te j The United State# pension ments In Maine amounts to «Ln Very , man ' " Y « nan *nd chlwMd Dvtl state, and pension checks forn,»‘ the only currency in certain m fl .. and lnaotlve hamlets. 1 In perforating postage atarnm plate Is placed befow the a machine carrying 300 n./lt ^ about 180,000.000 holes are ^nSMTSlDK day, the wear on the dle-pin.. ,'* U ‘ S™” 1>late ® 4iah_ th ® ? < ™ t entertatnlnr lajxmdon.sz present Is MissTT Morritt, whose amazing memoCl nets (her to play a game ot ,2J ?f mlno Sf and N ai»lron at ttil i 1 ™?; She sits bllndfoMed nnll attendants^* W ‘^“‘ ’‘•^^istenw nfmror opinion that swimming ><3 n loot art with Americans. Thi>. , has saved thirty Jives, and he* that as a means of saving nr, couragcd° !90 ' an - miul ng should i The management of the Cotton 8d ssa IWWScSCft 1 States and International Exposu'y’ri Italian exhibit to cover 100,000 so] f< ** "Jd an Austro-Hungartim , of 5,000 square feet. Word comes to this country Switzerland that Pastor H. P iia the American representative tl Seventh Day Adventists in Crf Europe land the director of thrtj fishing (house in Haste, is now m going a term of sixty-one days |m , onment -In that city for ultowlnr vi to be done Jn tbe office on Sunday, | Charies Mudte, the founder of famous British circulating llhn which bears his name, began huj!-i for hlmscCf In a very modest miyL opening in 1844, at the ag? of Stl Birevll news n per and stationery ? in Southampton row. where he lsntflf„ n books at a penny a volume. From tp small beginning grew the greatest 5 vU’te circulating library In the wa There are at Vnssar two be»»u vases sent from Jiapon by a tors graduate, who Is now the wife of Ca Oy.rma, who led the successful forces In the capture of Port Art The countess, although a, Jnpiw was so thoroughly Americanized by I four years in this country that i spread* an American tabic- and Paris gowns. M. Barthon, Is the most self-i man of the group to which the a nies of France are now entrusted, father kept a very humble lronri eerie shop at Oloron, the little uni the foot of the Pyrenees, when- statesman was born less than f<- year* atgo. He still carried on the bd ness st the Rue do la Prefecture Pau And visitors to that winter r may observe the words "Barthon, ( earlier," over the window. An electrical expert says: "I hawl word of Advice to give people who c ry stec-l rod umbrellas these very i days. They must keep a sharp look for arc light* while pushing their i rod* through the air. Of coursd. only applies when tde current Is i and when It Is, If the umbrella comes In contact with the lamp. Is a strong probability that tho T will be very badly shocked, If not i rlously injured. Queen Marguerite of Italy Is not g . tho best looking but the best edu.-’ , '| queen In Europe. She knows Enr' French. German, Spanish and U thoroughly, and site spooks them fluently as she does her own Itnllai She Is a good Greek scholar, and I only famtitar with tne mta*tenpV<'' i European literature, and quotes P trarch, Dante and Goethe, but li i fond of Shakespeare that She has ' ten for Her own amusement a lUtlj work on hla heroines. sees Mrs. Burton Harrison; whose book have made her famous, and whose »■ cist position I* an enviable one to as bltf.ous aspirants, wvu a hlgb-splritH young girl named Constance Bara when the war was raging. She waa I little Confederate, and to send a Harm Gen. Lee cut up her best pink • f gown and her light-blue atlk lark-1 sod embroidered and sawed a Confer era to (lag, wliidh today to cherished ; a very pibdous souvenir of femlnlq devotion by Cot- Roert Alexanb Chisholm. OUR HEARTS. Concealed within each human hurt Are Vhoig.-hts that none may kan.l Of Joys and cares they form a fwiri. But bidden deep with wondrous art. They softly onsne and go. We do not -wlah a stranger’s eyes On secret hopes to rest; We know they would not sympathR’-l And oft a friend can never prise Tbe things we dove the best. Though others see. they fall to real The writing on the wall. How oft our hearts are sad indeed! How aft for comfort feel the need: When w# must hide It all. Our sweetest dreams -we due not tel I To e’en the dearest friend. We must conceal (hem deep and well Until there tolls our parting knell And earthly troubles end. Sometimes a sacrifice He* deep Bensath a manner light. Tbe path to heaven ia long onu e'-G- And many times we pause to weep Befate we win tbe fight. Th* yean forever pas* away, And thus (he world goes on. Each Hfe a mystery wlk stay— Though hearts live on from day to <Rf I They're known to God atone. Daisy L. Hall. dfsoon. Oa. Rather s UoQbtfd! Compliment. In hts last book Dean Hole tells the Ub lowing story; ‘-Bishop Jaekscn moebsr j Joyed a doubtful compliment which w»> paid to him by tbe young curate ot th* parish In which be lived, who w.v; much attached to him, and who raid to him < day In conversation, 'I can aasuro you, tny lord, tbit my rector la such an exceeding ly good man and bis wife such an ezooi- tngly good woman, and they ara In every ' respect so infinitely my superiors, that if It weren't for your lordship and Mr*. Jnet son 1 should fuel quite nncomforta! ie