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TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1907.
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I THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGEAPH ^
UNCLE SAM AND JAPAN IN
UNOFFICIAL PEACE PACT
GREAT DINNER PLANNED AS PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF FRIEND
SHIP-MYSTERY OF OLD TRINITY’S MILLIONS—FIFTH AVE
NUE’S HOODOO PALACE—FREIGHT TRAVELS THREE TIMES
ACROSS ATLANTIC—WHEAT SPECULATION HITS EAST SIDE :
POOR.
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
His Great Interest in and Work for the
Members of the Feathered Tribe
By Prof. S. A. Link In Nashville Ban
ner.
Ornithology is a big word. I was a
better speller when a iitile boy than I
am now—at least. I thought so—but I
was quite a good-sized boy before I
knew tire meaning of that word. "Why
NEW YORK, May 25.—Th- two most and the tree concerts of the other half do 1 say the wor!d ' s neatest omitholo-
farr.ous fighting men of the world. Ad- j of the year cost at least as muc.i more. ' gist " ,vlth re . enc e to Audubon. Be
rn Ira'. Dewey and Gen. Kurokl. linked | ! cause the study of birds nas come .o
arms this week at t.-.e great banquet | The man with the bale hook is not its own within a century. Aristotle,
given to the Japanese visitors at the ! the unski !ed laborer of popular esU- i al > d . <>«>?« mingled, a little Mrd :
Hotel Astor. That meeting and the . mation. That is why the big steam-
banquet are likely tot go down in dip- ^hlp companies have aad so much dif-
hlftory not only an account pf : Acuity in handling freight during the
ropean naturalists had to make known
her own treasures to America; but now
her Mitchells, Harlans and Charles
Bonapartes have repaid with interest
the debt which she owed to Europe.
The history of the American birds by
Wilson* already equals in eloquence our
most beautiful works in orni' hology, i
and if ever that of Audubon be com- i
pleted. it will have to be confessed that •
in magnificence of execution the oid j
world is surpassed by the new." The
work of the “American backwoodsman” |
thus alluded to has long been complot-
THE UNVEILING OF STATUE
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON
J
By James Callaway.
Today is the unveiling of the bronze
equestrian statue to Gen. Gordon, j
ology with other scientific writings at
an early .date; later Lineaus. then Cu
vier did much for the classification of
that branch of natural history. Hum-
everal millions of dollars, and va .v ' bolt Bufifon and others with several
1 painters, at various times, helped on
this study. At various periods a few
travelers in the Americas wrote of
birds and some painted them during
the two or three past centuries.
Birth of Audubon.
But down near New Orleans was
the importance of the guest but be- j strike which has already cost .them
cause the affair possessed a signifi- '
canro far greater than might appear ; -so many liners have sailed away wit ;
on tic surface. The Administration at ; hoids half empty or still filled with the
Washington. It Is known, has ail along same golds which they had brought
been anxious for a proper understand- ■ across the sea. For practically all
ing of the rea.lv cordial relations ex- j ships. New York Is a final destination.
IsUng between Japan and this country [ where one entire cargo comes out and
ar.d has been desirous of its public ■ another goes in. A cargo all of one
demonstration as a proof of the obfit- ; commodity, like the sugar bags and ; born.' toward the close of’ the elgh
oration of all fee.lng over :h“ Cailfor- ! flour barrels which are handled by | reenth centurv a boy whose early pas-
tooJresuch • d - - L Ro " s r '~ i I s ! slon was nature study. Why are more
Kurokl had
to Japan from
lion without taking part in any public
demonstration. The opportunity, how
ever, was too good to be lost, and
somehow from high sources things
but later Prince Canino. son of Lucien ed; the great Cuvier subsequently ac-
Bonaparte. whom he met in Philadel- ; kr.owiedged it to be “the most splendid
phia, advised him to publish. Audu- monoument which art has erected in ' great preparations have been made for
bon had painted a steamboat to get honor of ornithology” and the judg-! the occasion. Ceremonies at the State
money to go to that city. A great ment of mankind has placed the name Caoltol grounds commence at 1“ m
test of his energy was made about , of our countryman among the first of j capt. R E.Park ™ grand me.mho I
he would like t:
ask a question hi
anticipated the q
vined his purpos
‘‘What you leant
friend, I suppose, is
play ’’Yankee" and
i!f. for the General
stloner and had di-
cxp’.ained, my
»w it happen*
that time, which'was 1S24.' The* rats ! authors and artists who harelHurtrat: j ha V?rg charec the grel? MmlT the * w"
destroyed two hundred of his drawings ! ed the beautiful branch of natural his- ! military pageant composed* of many Ct V 77 thtt
in one night. After brooding a day or ! tory to which he has devoted so large J -. Pfr , . ooni .P°-ed of manj , gro voters predominate. Is not that
companies $nd also old veterans and
visitors.
But the object in view is not to go
into the details of these ceremonies.
h n prominent pert Gen. parat.vely simp.e. but to stow a cargo | bovs not cndo wed that way in that
planned to return directly of general merchandise with neatness;^ of glorIous flowers and birds of
m the Jamestown Exposi- j and dispatch, and. at the same time so bri „ ht p i umags or ecstatic song? La-
“ 10 ‘ n ™ re t!, e stability and ter he £ ame to revel in this vast land
® h, f„ ia a h « v y soa -. are of North America with Its vast riches
" P " L Jranu) steam- f anImaISf stra ngo and new. many
or, and windjammer, which find their j unnamed and . u - hat flocks of beautiful
! birds! The oldest painting in this
I world as far as known, is a flock of
! Egyptian geese. While the scientific
\ study of the feathered and winged
tribes comes late, the beauty, nnry
grace and sweet witching song3 have
been themes for the poets and sub
jects of admiration for all lovers of
Audubon, to
chat
mltte. ^e. d 'ii' n ot’ known.”but lis a i serious proportions nearly all the Ws J ? 1 re “ 1 Bt f d itself!
result of Its efforts Gen. Kurokl ; companies telegraphed toelr WesternJ North America An Open Field in 1S0J,
chnngcd his plans and came to New j connections to divert grain, provisions,! The whole of North America with
York to take part In a demonstration i a,,d other bulky through freight to its 900 or more species of birds flying
of the friend'y relat'ons existing be- . other ports: and it is likely that Bes- and singing over plain, hill, water and
tween tho two countries which may i ton, whence the White Star and Cu- mountain, and waiting to be konwn
well live in International hlstorv as ha’ 5 ! uard lines have a fine service to Liver-
the visit of Commodore Perry to Tattan J Pool. wll > profit permanently at the
half a century ago. The people of New j expense of New York in this respect.
York helped along the movement by I
giving tho men of the visiting fleet a) When speeulation forces the price of
glorious time during their stay ashore. , wheat well above a dollar a bushel], as
1 it has done recently, it means that the
were started moving. A committee was wa y to New York hire some of the
organized significant In its composl- j many stevedore companies to take
lion. Not c«!y did It number men who ! charge of the work, but the big trans-
hod been prominently connected with I Atlantic lines operate their own steve-
the poetical life of the present Ad- j d°re service. As soon as the pier lines
mlnistrat’on surh as Paul Marlon. Car- I are made fast on an incoming liner the
nellue Bliss and Seth low, but also E. ! stevedores are over the side, and from
S. A. de Lima and others who are la- i that moment officers and crew have
bor'ng to extend the foreign commerce ! nothing to do with the hold until the vil!!!‘ ^ “a!,,
of the United States and to eliminate captain mounts the bridge for the out- , unn
ad vers influences. Just how this com- wn rd voyage. When the strike assumed j anv ln ltUU ’ r
and named' So many winged crea
tures had passed Adam’s day of nam
ing -that his future son-in-law needed
of years for the nineteenth century tc
have some nature-loving man make
their acquaintance.
John James Audubon was born neat
There is probably no other estate in [ congested population of that portion : New Or'eans La., May 4. 17S9. His
New York about which it would be so ; city c 3 - 1 ! the Bowery, between i grandfather was a fisherman in
difficult to secure exact Information as Chatham Square and East Tenth j France: his father worked his way up
that with which Trinity church was i street are ^confronted with_ a serious | until he commanded a French man-of-
endowed by good Queen Ann 202 years
ago. Tho very vague statement re
cently put forth by its rector concern
ing the income of the parish, stimu
lated the inquiry of one of the tifle
problem. There is no section of any j tv a r. and finally became able to buy a
other city in the world where people | farm in Louisiana where 'he married
live in such confined quarters. Here, I a ] ady 0 f Spanish descent. During the
in a single square block, there are . boyhood of James, his people lived in
— — people a city ln itseff— j Santo Domingo, where his mother lost
guarantee companies as to how long ; living in many instances In quarters ■ ber life in the negro insurrection. His
it would take to make a list of the va- j 11 n '^ for human habitation. Eight or | parents had encouraged a love of na
rinus parcels of real estate he'd by i fami.ies sometimes find shelter in [ ture in the boy and on the death o
Trinity and what such a list would
i houses which under other conditions
cost, eliciting the lr'.'ormatlon that It
■would be necessary to search the' pub
lic records for three centuries past,
and that the cost of the investigation
woufld not be less thnn $1,000. One of
the chief difficulties in the way of find
ing out how much of the famous old
'’Bouwerie" of Anneke Jans 'll now thi
property of "Mrs. Trin,” a« the cor- »flour *n the Enitcd States^ is ap-
poratlon was stvled in a parable writ- • proximntely one barrel. In this sec-
ten in It? defenso more than half a ! t,on - covering about three square miies
century ago, lies in the fact that a 1 an d containing 700 000 people, some-
large portion of her holdings ar leased 1 thin K Ilke 2.000.000 barrels of flour are
for long periods to others, under whose ! consumed each year, which means j
names they apoear on the tax asses- about 590.000.OOP loaves of bread
eor’s books. Flftv years ago. when ! weighing a pound each.
his mother his father, seeing the bent
of the hoy’s genius sent him to Paris
to enter tho School of Natural History
and to take lessons in drawing and
painting under the celebrated David.
! On the return of young Audubon
would afford reasonable accommoda
tions for not more than two or three.
The population is principally Hebrew
and Italian, and because It goes farther,
the food product most largely con-
sumed by this great mass of. humanity !\XmeriM,‘^°at‘tiie'"a|e of* ist“hte 'fatlie?
is bread, jeneral.y speaking, the an- , „ ave b im a farm near Philadelphia
nual average per capita consumption j f av „ one author , another says New
York.
Preparation for Work.
The fine woods furnished him nu
merous subjects for bis pencil. In
childhood his work had not come up
to his standard of excellence, so that
Within the ! for some vars he had made a bonfire
THnltv"was Invostigated^by a’camm™ | limits of this* comparatively smai”area I of his drawings on each birthday. If
tee of the State Senate it aooeare.i i there are located upward of 2,000 bake- i more fathers could or would study the
that originally the mother of Protest- | shops, which, in addition to baking the | t^tea of the hoy and educate accord-
R’-vi churches in Ww York owned ° 00R * bread whloh they sell, a.so make a bus- ; ingrly the world would not be so full of
mess of baking the loaves that are ; men who have no fitness for anj- line
and 691 remained. The other 1 059. it , made and brought to them each morn-| of business, or have utterly missed
wa5 inferred, hnd been sold This re- ‘ ln 5T the women and children of tho : their calling. Inst ad. teachers often
r>ort is the only full one made since I Reality. The enormous mountains of! find boys with whom their parents
ISM. when the ore-ent poliev of keep- I bread which they turn out in the ; are totally unacquainted. A lady teach-
caurse of a year would fill about 20 000 i er once wrote: I have had a great
average freight cars, making a train i deal of trouble with parents who
126 miles long. think their children are swans, when
thev are nothing but g r ese but far
Ing the financial affairs cf the corpor
ation a secret was adopted. With tiis
report for a bns’s however, and some
shrewd computations of the present
value of the una*sesse1 property there
in listed. Trinity's wealth in rcsl estate
has been estimated at $39 968.100. The
famous brown structure which frowns
unheeded unon the Jfarnmon worship
pers of Wall jtreet is assessed at $115.-
900; but the site which it occupies and
the cemetery surrounding It Is one of
the choicest pieces of New York real
ps'.ato being valued at no less than
$17,000,000.
LEE AND JACKSON'S
GRAVES DECORATED
more trouble with parents who think
their children are geese when they are
swans.’’
The drawings of Audubon finally
swelled into the ma.».i!ficent collection
Of “The Birds of America,” but during
Ilia stay on the farm he had married
LEXINGTON, Va., May 26.—Con- and here his f ldest son was, born says
fede ate memorial exercises wore held ' one of mv authorities: another says,
• ------ ... - at the wish of his prospective father-
here today in Lee meimomial chapel.
The principal speaker was Captain
James Buir.gardner. of Staunton, Va.
The tomb of General Lee was pro
fusely decorated with flowers by Mary
two in despondency he went bravely j a portion of his long and heroic life."
to work to repair the loss. He sailed Review of His Work.
from New Orleans in 1S26, intending to > The birds painted and described by mm mo ueiaus oi vaese ceremonies
seek aid in Eng.and though he had Audubcn were not fossils from certain i but to recall a banquet speech of Gen.
^ r ' e . nd there. Though ne had ex- f geological periods, nor stuffed birds ] Gordon,
hibited his painted and beautifully- j from the Smithsonian and other muse- j In' June of 18S9 Gen. Gordon was on
colored birds to scientific men in Phil- ; urns, but living birds from the vast j his way to Montezuma to deliver the
adelphia he had not received much j forests of North America found Sy his • commencement address. It
encouragement to publish. ; tramps of a half-century. Not only did ( pleasure to share a seat witkuun. «e
Visits England. he prove himself a painter of birds, but ] was the same Gen. Gordon, with that
In England his nictures meant come- of lhe scenel T and forests in which he j same magnetic manner, possessing in
tMnJ 17; S T found these birds: he showed himself j race degree .that gracious gift of mak-
.hing to Hersohol, SloU. Cnristopher. j an ar tist indeed with his brushy Hum- ] ing one fee! so welcome..
North, in France to such as Curier, j‘bolt had said on the completion of his I During our chat allusion was made
Huboit and others. In fact he got : work. “There will hardiy be many more ! to Gen. Northen’s Boston speech, which
great encouragement from many of . species added to this list.” but Audubon recalled and episode connected with
the scientific men of Europe. When ; added five hundred and six sjiecies to
he sought subscribers his friends se- ; the list in his day and the work was
cured the names of jnonarches of Eng- done by the hand of a master. iy e
' ought to do honor to our Southern nat
uralist
your question?”
“Yes.” replied the Bostonian, amid
the laughter of the club.
The Eostonian insisted there was no
impropriety In introducing: such a
question and he wanted Gen. Gordon
to answer it.
Turning to his, Boston banqueter at
was my j the other end of. the hall, Gen. Gor-
land and France. But he was obliged
to be his own publisher and books of
that sort were naturally so high-pric
ed many who wished could not sub
scribe and many subscribed who scru
pled not to withdraw their names aft
erwards. It is said he lost fifty sub
scribers in that way before the first
edition was completed. After he saw
Bonaparte before he left for England,
he had visit'd New York where he was
received with great kindness, ascend
ed the Hudson, crossed over the Great
Lakes, and in the wildest solitudes of
the pathless forests pursued his la
bors determined to make his collec
tion as complete as possible. He thus
worked another year and a half, re
turning to Louisiana he had explor
ed the woods of that sunny land of
flowrs and songs.
"When he reached Liverpool and
Manchester his work procured him a
generous reception among men of
science and letters. Says Prof. Wil
son: “When he prece ded to Edin
burgh and exhibited his 409 ,paintings
the hearts of all warmed towards
?he
“Suppose that by some strong power
utsid? of Massachusetts and against
will of Massachusetts, and despite
the protests of her business men. and
best and most intelligent citizens,
there was.in a night suddenly dumped
-into the State of Massachusetts a vast
SpeGCh ’ at a cluV t horde of voting ignorance, a threaten
ing crowd not In sympathy with the
NEW YORK. May 25.—This Is tho
summer for fichus, capes and broad
collars. The shoulder capes are made
of tulle, chiffon, dotted net and all
other diaphanous materials. The net
or chiffon are made with graduated
fluences, but in the collar, the narrow
est ruffle should be almost shoulder
width as the narrower ruffles tend to
make the wearer look round-shoul
dered. They tie in the front with satin
or velvet ribbon, leaving long ends
As most of the summer frocks are to
be cut low in the neck this will make
the fichus much more attractive then
Audubon who were capable of con- when worn with a high-necked dress,
ceiving the dangers and saer'fices that j Very fascinating fichus made to wear
had been encountered, endured and
overcame before genius could have em
bodied these, the vlory of its innumer
able triumphs.” His reception encour
aged him to proceed at once with his
plans of publication. It was a great
undertaking which would take him
probably sixteen years to complete.
When his first drawings were deliver
ed to the engraver he had not a sin
gle subscriber.
with wash dresses are of pique, mus
lin or linen. These when worn with
drooping high-crowned hat. trimmed
with roses and a high-belted Empire
gown are very attractive.
Empire and princess gowns cannot
be included in the list of the newest
fashions, and yet they are seen in
every fashionable establishment where
the latest models are exhibited. All
sorts of materials are used for this
His friends pointed out the rashness | style, the thin transparent fabrics be
of the undertaking and urged him to i ' n s: the most suitable for summer wear,
abandon it. He exclaims. “But my ! The Empire style is seen at its best in
heart was nerved and my reliance on
that Power on whom ail must depend
brought bright anticipations of suc
cess.” Leaving his work to engravers
and agents he visited Paris in 182S,
and received the homage of the most
distinguished men of science in that
center. The ensuing winter was spent
in Lodon, and in April. 1829, he return
ed to America to explore anew the
of the Middle and Southern
Just a year from that .time
he and his wife sailed for England.
Before the close of 1S30 he had issued
the first volume containing inn p’ates.
representing 99 species of birds, every
figure of the size and color of life.
Made a Member of Societies
woods
State 5 .
the evening, for a decolette gown i
naturally made in the soft .loose lines
with a long train which is always ef-
effective for evening wear. Unless the
wearer is exceptionally tall and slen
der, she requires a long train.
It has been found hard to find, for
the little fo’ks a spring toilet suitable
for this changeable weather. The win
ter coats are too heavy and spring
ones are hradly warm enough, nor do
they lock suitable with a rain and
snow which has come so frequently
this spring. A practical outer gar
ment would be of medium weight serge
made in a simple loose style, long
enough to cover the frock. Fasten un
to the neck and dose a little to the
He at once was made a member of 'm Ve th t sle ^° s !c V? s
various learned bodies, received ex- 1 fi ,? is, ij d r fv ' n ” £, uff ? - The co ar
haustive plaudits from almost all lands, j s ” ou ! d ™ atch cuffs ip the roiling
On the first of August, in 1831. he ar- A ’pose belt to define tie waist-
rived once more in New York, spent a 1 1 ‘ ne ? hau ' d be . th « °Pjy decoration,
few days in Philadelphia and proceed- l Tancj braid an inch wide sewed on in
• ' simple Grecian or square fashion to
the belt adds much to the appearance.
When “Silent” Smith, the mo't ec
centric of New York’s muifl-mililon-
sire 5 purchased the sumptuous palace
»t the corner of Slxtv-eigVh street | Confederacy. The procession in which
prosntcnllv known as S71 Fifth avenue: the' c were 250 school children, carry-
ho smiled contemptuously and dJs- ! ing flowers then moved to the cemetery
mi'sed with his accustomed brevity of j in Lexington where hundreds of Con-
spec.ch the warning of hi® friends that | federates are burled, among them
in-iaw, a practical Englishm-n. think
ing and had waited some thousands
to do something else besides shoot and
paint birds, he had tried his hand with
it was a house of doom. It is re
called that six times have death and
disaster stricken those who have lived
In the house or been connected with it.
tho last of them "Pnen:" Smith. Long
before the house was finish'd, the orig
inal owner. Howard G. Saward, was
round having from a rafter in an un-
Hn'shed room. Wii'inm C. 'Whitney
built a new house about the oid. en
dowing It as a large shell encloses a
‘■Stonewall’’ Jackson. Gen. Wm. N.
Pendleton, and "Fighting Parson"
General E. Frank Paxton whose graves !
were decorated.
Custis Lee Chapter, Daughters of the a busin'ss firm of New York where he
had showed his lack of Interest in the
business but bad continued to make
his room a regular museum of natural
history, so much so. it is claimed,
that at one time his neighbors had
complained of the odor of drying bird
skins.
Attempt at Merchandise.
Nevertheless, he sold his farm and
bought a stock of goods married the
girl Miss Lucy Bakewell. and with
these floated down the Ohio in a flat-
boat. finally going into business at
Louisville. Ky. This seems to have
b'en ten years after he had taken the
farm. At Louisville ho seems to have
left the store to his partner while he
pursued the more congenial occupation
of tramping the woods in search of
birds and In drawing pictures of them.
The fl'lds of flowers an<| forests with
REPORT WAS INCORRECT;
VERDICT NOT YET FOUND
I GUATEMALA CITY. May 26.—
j When the report was circulated that
I the courtmartial -which has been in
| session three days trying the persons
small one hut without removing the [ charged with complicity in the at-
hoo.ioo which has clung to It since that ! tempt on the life of President Ca-
0r-t tragic event: for scarcely had the i brera, Ap'il 29. handed down sentences
fairyland of Lilian Renaissance been j of death in the cases of 19 prisoners
completed within tho brown stone I the greatest excitement prevailed here
wails, when the bride for whom Whit- • and a delegation of 100 women went ;
ney had designed It was brought In to j to the private residence of the Fresi- Z J
die from the effects of a hunting ac- j dent and requested him to exercise
cldent at Aiken. Then ere dav the j leniency.
report reached the friancia'i district j The president info-med them that
that its lender lay ill in his magnifl- j the report was incorrect, the courtmar-
ial having not returned a verdict
ed at once to Washington, where the
President and prinicpal officers of the
Government gave him lexers of assist-
nce and protection to Tip used all along
the coasts and inland frontiers where
there were collectors of revenue or mil
itary forests.
The ensuing winter and spring were
spent in Florida and Charleston, fol
lowing the birds northward to P'niladela
where he joined his family. He was
overtaken by the cholera in Boston,
where he was detained until the mid
dle of August. He recived great atten
tion and kindness, but as soon as able
proceeded on his mission and explored
the forests of Maine, New Brunswick,
the shores of Bay Funday as far as
coasts of Labrador, till cold weather,
when he rejoined his family and return
ed to Charleston to spend the winter,
and la the spring sailed a third time
to London. The last volume of “Birds
of America” was isued in December.
1839. He proceeded to Edinburgh to
complete the second volume of the
‘‘Ornithological Biography.”
Immediately after the publication of
the first volume Audubon began to
write his "Ornithological Biograph,"
! To be worn with this coat, a serge
Tam O’ Shanter with a band of braid
and a smart quill as trimming, would
be very pretty, also brown footwear to
mitch.
The stylish Breton sailors have made
their appearance, and are more charm
ing than ever. Mixed straws are
trimmed with Roman striped silk tied
in a bow at the left side front. Sailor
frocks in striped ginghams look well
with these hats, and the reefer coats
makes a complete jaunty suit.
The present fashion in hatpins comes
very near being absurd, yet, while it
must be admitted that some of the
designs are very pretty, the heads of
the latest pins are 'simply enormous.
Torfo'se-shell. fine porcelain and
clouded amber ornaments round as
balls are favorites. Oblong ornaments;
in snear shapes, made in amber, ame
thyst, crystal or any other stone are
quite as popular. Other fashions are
beautifully co'ored fruit ornaments
an enameled flowers, flat blue stones
mounted in gold, and little cages of
platinum or gold, with a turquoise in
sent home. Many-tongued rumor ex-
,mndetl the report into a story that the
[flness was no natural one. but the re
mit of a shot fired bv an enemy from
imbush. However that mav have
Seen. Mr. Whitney died and vossio for-
rot the cur 5 -' until t’'-* 25th of last
Tune, when Btanford White, who had
Ocmulgee Navigation.
To the Ed’tor of The Telegraph: I
note with deep Interest the announce
ment that a navigation company at
Macon is preparing to put two boats
in service between Maccn and Bruns-
aelned to build .and decorate the house, i wick, and predict for the line a great
,vas shot down by Harrv K. Thaw, j success, necessitating enough boats to
Business adversities and Ft health [keep up a dally line between the two
live overtaken Amt! L. Berber and cities. It will need In the outset earn-
:hoy c.a’.l him the “Asphalt King" no
oncer, except in derlrl'n. Now J. H.
Smith, the lasl owner of the house, is
lead. The hoodoo has struck again.
This
ek see? the opening of the
ler'.-s of 'ree ore-i-air concerts with
vhlch Father Knickerbocker entertains
j!s citizens on the public recre.aMon
liers. T % ere are now seven of these
lio-s scatt-med along the waterfront
set ween Har.iem and the Bntterv and
ire in Brooklyn where both the old j boats who would supply freight nat
ind the young cf the city’s most con- j merojy for two .boats but for manv
rested districts gather nightlv through- ’ boats.
est support.
-The trouble about lines upon the
rivers heretofore has been that single
boats 'cave been put on. schedules not
maintained, and the parties too quickly
discouraged.
There are parties with timber
lands tributary to nearly if not quite
all the landings on the river able and
ready to erect mills or establish tie
camps so soon as they can be assured
permanency of a line of freight
jut the summe
ia'nment which
fenenslty of '
•xcel’.erre of X
Vnre of th» bat
for a musical ent
thoroughly attes's the
he taxpayers and the
tw ’’"'It’s brn 5 s bands.
\V nen permanency of the line is as
sured the wonderful hardwood supply
on the Altamaha and Ocmulgee will be
gin to be utilized. Macon, already a
for th 55 ? con- { market for such woods, will become a
■er:s number fewer then fourteen • far greater one. Brunswick will be in
pinros and s'me of t'-e-n include I the market for such woods In the log
rwenty-flve. At each of the eight piers j for exnort; let us 'ope also for the
rhocn concerts wKl given nightly ! manufacture of furniture, wagons, car-
in:'! *he second week it: September, j rioces and cars.
r-hiding 112 concerts each: or nearly j The movement for a c, nal across the
L-st year the cost | Georgia hills to oonnect Macon with
of free en- i the central South md West is certain
nd this year | to be successful If proper Interest is
s. But they j aroused, and it is properly suprorted
aggre- by the 39 00.000 people interested, will
con- help navigation upon, and -help appro-
ations for the Altamaha. Ocmulgee
There are two and Oconee rivers.
Cent-i! Park C. P. GOODYEAR.
BrunswicZc, May 24.
51.:
i thmr.ind in r!t.
• ic the city of th.i 5
:erfa*nments was J
the figures will noi
include miy a pc
rate of New York'
wVrh hr e-
fiber citv in thp w-
trd - d'zcn or m of the 5
»1tl rhr-e a hundred or n
imo- ? Them. Altogether
jutlav for this snecie? of
ininmen: for the mass cf
Park
ler parks
concert s
net total
e enter-
,r Fork's
than merchandising and cities. He did
not stay in that business, but seems
to have roamed the woods of Ken
tucky and beyond as far as New Or
leans.
His father dying left an esa‘to in
France of $17 000. but he lef$ this in
trust with a Richmond man who fail-
| ed so that Audubon received not a
! penny. His motive seems to have been
! a love of nature, hut a man must live.
| so he gave drawing l'ssons, painted
t portraits, painted the inside of a steam
boat, and his wife taught school to
help gain a support and later, when
he needed money for the publishers,
she helped him with such mon'y as
she could procure that way. She be
lieved in him, others thought him
crazy.
Ornithologists.
In the list of bird finders there Is
named first Alexander Wilson. a
Scotchman: second Charles Bona
parte. born in Paris: third Audubon,
a native of the South, of French and
Spanish descent: later there were
Baird. Cows Ridgway. etc. but most
of these since-Audubon were employes
of the Smithsioan Institution and
hence were paid by the Government
Visit From Wilson.
The reason Audubon was not first on
the list was that he at first had no
idea of publication. When he was
selling goods at Louisville. Wilson
came Into the store hunting subscrib
ers. and of course Audubon was In
terested at once and took his pen to
write his nam= and when his partner
interrupt! d and said in French: “Why
you have drawings better than those.”
which was very true Wilson seemed
to understand, asked to see the draw
ings and asked if he meant to publish.
Audubon thought not then although
h r - had been first in the field or rather
woods. Although our native American
helped Wilson much and showed all
his work, Wilson soon left and wrote
disparagingly of Louisville and her peo
pie as to taste and art. Audubon tried
consisting of the “Letter Press to the j the center or at the top. These hat-
B’irds.” together with reminiscences of i Pins must match the hat and gown, so
personal adventures and descriptions I it is necessary to have different ones
of scenery and character. The work [ tor each costume.
(.insisted of five octavo (Edinburgh, i A movable waistcoat is an addition
1S31-91. During this time Audubon ! to any suit, and by having several dif-
continued gathering material in -Tvi firent ones, the costume may be va-
United States. During this time ae ; ried. Thev are usually cut low and
crossed the ocean several times, twice | of a manish shape, and are made of
his wife going with him. He wrote ,' Ottoman, corded pique or patterned
much of the text of his work in Eng
land.
In 1S40 he left England for the last
time, and thenceforth lived with his
two sons and their families on the
Hudson et a place now called Audubon
Park. From 1S40 to 1844 he was oc-
cupi°d with the publication of a small
er edition of his work, which was com
pleted in seven octavo volumes.
War on Quadrupeds.
Before the publication of the last
banquet.
The commercial club of Boston, a
large club of business men, had invited
Gen. Gordon to address them. This
was years ago, when It was not ob
serving the proprieties to mention the
war or the negro problem before a
■Boston audience, or elsewhere in
Yakeedom.
The agreement was that all speeches
at the banquet should be non-political.
The G-eneral. however, was the ora
tor of the evening, and his address re
ceived close attention, and was greeted
with cordial approval and generous ap
plause. v
Gen. Gordon was delighted with its
reception. The Bostonians manifested
a warm hearted cord.ality. In fact, the
occasion was. an ovation.
Before the Close of the. banquet a.
customs and habits and civilization of
her people, knowing nothing of h«r
Government, its laws, it? commerce.
Its industries having nothing in com
mon with the business interests of
Massachusetts, absolutely incapable of
knowing what was hest’ for the State
of Massachusetts—but. nevertheless,
dumped here and suddenly clothed
with the elective franchise by an out
side power, which ignored the will of
Massachusetts, and suppose this vast
horde of ignorance should be led by
designing men who organize the new
crowd into secret leagues and poison
them against the old residents, and by
aid of outside power mako them Gov
ernors and rulers and law-makers and
office holders, setting aside those who
gentleman, far down in the la'rge hail * fruited the old ship of State: and
arise and proposed a parting toast to i su PP° s e this newly enfranchised
their guest—the orator of the evening i crovvi ^ so suddenly dumped upon you,
The General gracefully bowed and ; should seize the reins of Government,
acknowledged the comn’iment. Rut ! ar - d possess its office:!, and control
this gentleman requested that he be j y° ur affairs; and sustained by the out-
allowed ta ask Gen. Gordon a onestion. ! side power that dumped them upon
Gen. Gordon quickly arose and stated i you. should seize upon your treasury,
•that the occasion‘was non-political. ' build great railroads upon paper, and
and that the understanding was that: issue thereon $16 000 to the mile, should
no political sneeches should' be made. ! squander your funds. Issue bonds and
The Bostonian, not so observant of j levy taxes until taxation was conflsca-
the niceties of the occasion as the! tlon—and then steal the money thus
General, insisted that as it would he
his only opportunity of getting his
question answered by the General in
person, he would like to put the ques
tion.
Gen. Gordon then arose and said he
was no dodger—that he had dodged
many times from Federal bullets—but
that he was not afraid to answer any
question or meet any issue, but before
answering, as he was in Yankee land.
obtained. I ask of my Boston friend, in
all candor, what would he do?”—
"By God. sir. we Massachusetts fel
lows wouid fight.”—
* This banquet reply of Gen. Gordon's
is not in the books. He related t.he
story to me as we sat In the car and
It Is fit that it be printed and go along
with the literature of the unveiling of
the monument to him this day in At
lanta on the capitol grounds.
for the every day pretty, practical hair
arrangements. And one more thing to
study is the every imaginable shade,
quality and texture of hair.
r
h Prominent and
Unique Georgian
and cigars are served out to them with
their dailjp rations.
In* France there are 6,000,000
smokers,and of every fifteen there nr*
eight who smoke a pipe, five who
smoke cigars, and only two who ar*
cigarette smokers. Still tho French
consume more than 800,000,000 cigar
ettes a year, or enough to go around
the world 500 times If placed end to
end in a line.
In the total quantity of tobacco
grown the United States rivals Cuba
and the Philippine Island combined,
and British India is not very far be
hind the States.
It takes 6,500,000 acres to grow the
world’s tobacco.
Louisville, the Kentucky center.
Z. I. Fitzpatrick, of middle Georgia.
has been in town all the week, a guest . ,
of the Hotel Lanier, and a witness in J though not so well known as Rich-
the cases -of tho United States District
Court vs. C. T. Williams, alias Wild
Bill, and Jack JVe'.sh, charged with be
ing illicit distillers. He has enjoyed
his enforced visit to the Central City
to tho full extent. He has been de
lighted to meet a large number of his
Ma.con 'friends. ' He and Hon. C. L.
Bartlett were reared in adjoining coun
ties and have been warm personal
friends all their lives. Mr. Fitzpatrick
and the editor of this paper met for
the first time in 1863 at the Lowndes
County country home of the latter and
have been excellent friends ever since.
Mr. Fitzpatrick never falls, when in
Macon, to call and pay his respects to
his friend.
Mr. Fitzpatrick says it is a joke upon
himself to be kept here all the week
from his pressing ‘business on his
antations in Morgan and Putnam in
find tiger cases about which he knows
little or nothing except from common
rumors. But he takes his enforced
presence here in good humor, only re
gretting his inability to be at a big
gathering of his Jasper County friends
at a school exhibition and barbecue at
Shady Dale, where he bad accepted an
invitation from the superintendent' of
the high school and the trustees there
of to make an address upon this sub
ject: "Tie great importance of the
study of Latin in our high schools and
the power of oratory.”
He deeply regrets to disappoint his
many friends there and endeavored
strenuously to get excused from court,
but failed to do so.
Mr. Fitzpatrick laughingly says his
titles have been many. Years ago he
as a so-called lawyer in Eatonton
and was called at first “Squire” and
later "Colonel.” Then ?ie became a
teacher and for a long series of years
taught school in south Georgia, hav
ing been superintendent of large and
successful schools at Blakely. Quitman
end Albany. Then he was “Professor.”
Now he has eui't the school room ar.d
old-time school room headaches, has a j
good appetite, sleeps well, has a clear
conscience and is happy. He is con- j
| Henderson and New Orleans with bus-
Six Killed in Tex»a Tornado. I '.ness ventures. Of course he failed,
| FT WORTH. Texas May ?6.—S'x I as few men can do more than nurse
persons are reported killed and forty j one consuming passion In life. He as-
oaldents will be not far from $100,000 injured in a tornado at Emory, Tex. I sisted bis wife in a school at Natchez,
brocade. A vest of cretonne with
flowers outlined in cotton embroidery
is one of the novelties. These little
vests fasten with buttons inside the
coat, so they cap easily be changed.
The pretty simple marceled wave
coiffure that we have grown accus
tomed to Is in danger of being robbed
of its e’aborate arrangement of the
little puff.< and rolls, or corectiy
speaking, the Virginia curis. There
seems to be no special position for
volume of “Birds’ ho- had projected a /these firm 4itt!e rolls, for we see them
similar work cn the quadrupeds of at the top of the head, in the nape of
America. Vith the help of his sons. : the neck, behind the cars, and sime-
Vtctor Gifford, and John Woodhousa. J times peeping between the waves of
with Rev. John Bachman of Charles- | the pomnadcur. The parted heir rolled
ton. S. C.. he hat! gathered much ma- ! back with the curls arranged around
te.rlal. He had planned an extensive ; the back of the head from ear to ear
trip to the Rocky Mountains in pur- ; is certa'niy girlish looking, and the
suanee of his designs, but his friends I same coiffure may be adopted .-by. an . ■ v --. . .
persuaded him to give it up, as he was j older person by giving the pompadour# stantly invited to barbecues in t
an oid man. Nevertheless, the first \ effect. While parting the hair pre-| Hrctit and gl^or.ous counries^or^ M.^raS
volume was issued in 1846. the last in i serves the youth of a young woman. ' “
1864. A large number of animals were j it has a tendency to add years to one
painted by John, while nearly all the j past thirty, so a more mature fice re
landscapes are the work of Victor. Au- j quires the dignity of a pompadour,
dubon died near New York. January It is impossible to give any set rules
27. 1S51. and was buried in Trinity | in regard to hairdressing. One can
Church Cemetery, which adjoined his ; watch the hairdressers’ windows for
property. Audubon was said to have ; the latest models if this is the on'y
been a man of fine personal appearance derive. 'But for a good school for study,
and loved his family and his home, but I nothing can be better than some large
longed to be in the woods. At the , high-class department store, where the
time of his death he was a member of | young women employes usually shnw
the most learned bodies of the world. ' good taste in arrang'ng their hair. Wo
H's “Birds” sold for SI per volume. ! freoueritly see extremes but their
When he began the wrrk of publishing j coiffures are generally nractieai. Many
he was altogether without funds, but ! correct and smart styles of hairdress-
varfous lines of work helped on the ■ ing are seen at the theatres or other
publication .ar.d the sales of ihe works j public gatherings, wirere there are
brought him a competency. He never j well-dressed women. But when these
took much' rest, but during one of his j are attempted by an amateur they
brief respites he says: "Once more sur- ! are often figures, especially when the
hat Is added. ^
A woman wishing to study the stvies
in ha'rdressing should walk through a
large department store and note the
various shares of the faces and feat
ures, the color and shade of hair, until
she finds some one of a similar type
as herself. She may approve of the j
coiffure or not. but if not, she would
mond, the Virginia center, is the
largest tobacco market in the world.
The best cigars manufactured come
from Cuba, the tobacco for which is
cultivated in the famous Vuelta de Ab-
ajo district, west of Havana. This fa
vored spot is located on the banks of a.
river, the nature of the soil being such
that in no other part of the world can
leaves of such excellence be produced.
The most expensive cigars made cost
about 30s. each.
The largest cigars come from the
Philippine Islands, some of them be
ing 18 inches in length.
Italy has the reputation of manufac
turing some of the strongest smokers
In the world.
A good cigar will burn slowly and
equally; the weed tbit smoulders up
one side is of inferior quality.
The color of the ash is not an accu
rate guide, but if tho ash dispiav.s a
black “lip." a thin dark line around
the edge nearest the mouth, it is proof
positiny of an indifferent cigar. Tie
ash of a good cigar should also stand
well.
If the leaf of a cigar has a greasy
appearance or shows green blotches
cr is of a pale sicklv yellow the wrap
per is (made of inferior tobacco; the
wrapper is a certain criterion of the
cigar’s contents.
Many people believe that the light
spots marking some cigars are indi
cators of the predatory habits of an
insect which attack only a good leaf,
but as a matter of fact these spots are
due to the combined action of the sun
and rain.
About 20.GOC.-COO cigars are smoked
yearly In this country.
Laurence Oliphant, the celebrated
author and traveler, is said to have
introduced the cigarette into England,
about the year 1344. They became
quite common after tho Crimean War.
owing to their use by tho Turkish
officers.
In Tasmania no person under 13
in his old age is taking deep interest ! years of age is allowed to smoke in a
in agricultural pursuits. He takes de- j public place. Neartv everybody smokes
light in looking after his farms in Mor- j in Japan; the giris begin when they
gan. Putnam and Brocks counties, re- I are 10 yrars of age, and the boys a
tires early at night and is up at tho | year earlier.
cock’s first shrill clarion at dawn and | The smoke from the howl of one’s
is happy in attending to the sawing I pipe Is blue, because coming direct
of lumber, building of nice tenant I from the redhot tobacco it i? highly
houses and the proper care of his lands, j oxidized; but the smoke from one’s
In these hurtling days he never has his j lips Is gray, because it Is hghly watered
and hydrocarbonizcd.
Great Britain spends on tobacco and
pipes about £14.0*‘0.000 every year.
The Pied Bull Inn. at Isiington, is
?aid to have been the first house in
Putnam and Jasper and i3 supremely j England at which tobacco was smoked.
happy in meeting his boyhood friends l
there. i CONTEST ON NEW YORK
He took an active part in securing j COTTON EXCHANQE
for old Morgan, his dearly loved native j
county, the Eighth Congressional Dis- NEW YORK, May 25.—For the first
trict Agricultural School and has that | time in eleven years there is to be a
institution near bis heart. He is thor- j contest on the New York Cotton Ex-
oughly in favor of -having tho boys at j oha.nge for control of the management,
that school taught to work on the farm • News to this effect was made known
and study scientific farming. At the | o n the floor of tho exchange today
same time he is convinced that a grave j ti'Iien two tickets were posted for the
mistake will be made unless all , annual election, which will take place
branches of learning are put in the j on Juno 3.
•curriculum. He is particularly anxious j j arn o S h. Parker will head both
that boi'i Greek and Latin should ^ bo | tickets, hut for other offices there will
taught ^ there. It m:g.it be we'.l tnat j * oe a contest. It is undesstood that tha
these should be elective. At the same I ctmrtion of reform in contracts will be
time be sees no good reason why the i aa i ssue _
farmers’ sons should not have an op- j ” .
rounded by all the members of my dear
family, enjoying the countenance of
numerous friends who have never de
served me. ar.d possessing a competent
share of all that can render life agree
able. I look up with gratitude to the
Supreme Being ar.d feel that I am hap-
py.” Of his works it may be said that
his "Quar!-urj''ds" were even more mag
portunity of securing a classical educa
tion if they desire to do so.
In his opinion, if these essential
studies are barred tho agricultural
schools will be unpopular.
TOBACCO AND SMOKERS.
nificert than his “Birds.” but as to what j not be likely to try that arrangement
his “Birds” meant for the glory of : on herself. She may carry away the
America. Griswold quotes the natural- ! effect of many an arrangement in h°r
1st Cuvier a? follows. “Formerly,” says ; mind. These head? are not inanimate
From Tit-Bits.
In ail Lord Wolseley’s campaign? he
made it a rule, where possible, to al
low each soidier one pound of tobacco
MEETING OF TRUSTEES
OF STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
allowance. In Italy the military au-
ATHENS. Ga.. May 25.—The Stat*
Normal School trustees met in annual
session today, transacted routine bus
iness, found the affairs of the Institu
tion in good shape, commended Pres
ident Branson and faculty, elected offi
cers and adjourned until July. Editor
H. J. Rowe, of the Athens Banner, was
ected president of ihe board of ti\s-
>h S. DavK of Albany, vioe-
G. A. Mell, secretary and
| president
Baron Cuvier, in a report to the Royal 1 things of a hn'rdressers’ window, or j thorities recognize the weed as one j treasurer.
Academy of Sciences in Paris, “Eu- I the elborate coiffures for full dress, but I of the comforts essential to the troops ' The entire faculty was reelacte^