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boro, Ga., as second-class mail matter.
Statesboro, Ga., Bee. 8, 1890.
) Printing without ink by an electric
process is said to be the next stop in
the transference of thought.
The men need not be so proud.
Some of the scores in the women’s
national golf tournament compare
very favorably with those made by
the ‘‘lords of the earth.”
Raratonga is a little dependency of
Hew Zealand, which has a British
Resident and a miniature Legislature
based on tho British model. This lit¬
tle Pacific Parliament has just passed
a bill transferring the observance of
the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.
An error of the early missionaries be¬
came crystallized into custom, but after
January 1 it will be rectified.
A recent incident illustrated strik¬
ingly the volume of the commerce
which is borne on the Great Lakes.
A steamer which was sunk by a colli¬
sion in the narrowest part of the passage
ihrongk the Sault Sainte Marie canal,
created a blockade for several days.
By the time that the obstruction was
removed a fleet of ships had gathered
which, extended in a single file, with
proper spacings, made a procession
AO miles long.
Professor Axenfeld, the dis
tinguished physiologist, has just pub¬
lished an interesting article contend¬
ing that all men of genius are the first
born of their parents. He says that
eminent persons can also be the
second or third children of the family,
but that the fourth, fifth or sixth child
can never be a great man, while after
the sixth child the rest may become
men of talent. Professor Axenfeld
quotes many names to prove his
theory, these ranging from Alexander
the Great to Carlyle.
A Paris newspaper publishes statis¬
tics to show that during a given period
only one death and thirty-three inju¬
ries have beau caused by automobiles
in that city, and that during the same
time vehicles drawn by horses have
caused no less than sixty-seveu deaths
and 745 injuries. The statistics are
interesting rather than conclusive,be¬
cause they do not take into account
the”relative numbers of the two kinds
of vehicles in use. But the fact that
the automobile, whether in Paris or
New York City, is less dangerous to
passers-by than is the horsed carriage
can scarcely be doubted. Machinery
is always under better controi thau
any living organism, especially when
the living organism has high-strung
nerves and absolutely no common
sense, as in the case with the horse,
that scares at an old hat or a vagrant
newspaper and goes mad over vain
imaginings when it sees a man draw¬
ing a buggy or a boy ridiug a bicycle
without holding the handle-bars,
The Dry Goods Economist, ad vising
♦ha individual who would be successful
in his business undertakings, says:
Assuming that a man has a desire to
become proprietor of a business aud
is thoroughly in earnest, the shortest
formula by which he can express the
policy that is certain to lead him in
the right direction is: “Sift things.”
In other words, analyze; get down ti
rock bottom of facts; scrutinize aud
dissect merchandizing conditions and
processes; know why a thing is doue,
why goods are bought from oue con¬
cern or from another, why certain
salespeople are employed; ascertain
what is cost value and what is profit¬
bearing value, Conscientious and
continuous siftiug will bring to the
Surface the latent qualities, good or
bad, of every element of business
make-up. Upon the capacity of the
merchant to sift, not only his business,
but his own abilities and qualifications
as well, ihe degree of his success will
largely depend. The race goes rarely
to the brilliant, never to the superficial
or erratic. Mach more important are
plodding determinatiou and unswerv¬
ing and persistent adherence to the
policy of sifting every proposition that
relates to buying, selling or expendi¬
ture.
CONGRESS BEGINS SESSIONS
■ROBERTS, THE ALLEGED POLyGA
MIST, WAS NOT SWORN l/N.
Senate Adjourned Early As a Mark of
Respect To Late Vice President.
The opening of the Fifty-sixth con¬
gress at noon Monday attracted that
widespread attention which always at¬
taches to the annual assembling of the
national law makers. There was
added interest in the event this year
for the many far-reaching questions
awaiting consideration gave unusual
importance to the return of congress.
Aside from this, the Roberts case
added a phase which promised some¬
thing outside of the ordinary develop¬
ments of an opening day.
The death of Vice President Hobart
cast a pall over the preliminary pro¬
ceedings of the senate.
As usual on opening days of a ses¬
sion of congress the chamber was a
veritable conservatory. The odor of
the rarest and loveliest of blooming
plants was heavy on the air. Scarcely
a single senator was forgotten iu the
k.vish floral display aud particularly
notable was the offering of flowers to
the new members of the body.
Promptly at 12 o’clock, noon, Mr.
Frye, of Maine, president pro tem,
called the senate to order. The blind
chaplain, Rev. Dr. Milburn, pro¬
nounced the invocation, making a
beautiful and touching reference to
the death of Vice President Hobart.
Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, was the first
member to be recognized by the chair.
He presented, on behalf of Mr. Mal¬
lory, of Florida, who was detained
from the session by illness, the cre¬
dentials of Senator-elect Taliaferro, of
Florida. were filed.
Mr. Penrose (Pennsylvania) pre¬
the credentials of Matthew
Quay, appointed senator from
by the governor.
Remonstrances against the seating
Mr. Quay were presented by Mr.
Burrows (Republican, Michigan) and
Mr. Jones (Democrat, Arkansas.)
They were referred to the committee
on privileges and elections.
The credentials of Mr. Hayward, of
Nebraska, were presented and subse
quently the announcement was made
by Mr. Thurston, of Nebraska, that
owing to ciitical illness Mr. Heyward
was unable to be present.
By direction of the chair, the new
senators were then presented at the
secretary’s desk, where the oath of
office was administered to them by the
president pro tem.
Accompanied each by his colleagues,
the new eenators in coteries of four
were presented to the presiding officer
and received the oath which made
them formally members of the body,
After the administration of the oath
a roll call showed the presence of 78
members
Mr. Cullom, of Illinois, offered the
usual resolution that the secretary of
the senate inform the house that it was
ready to proceed to business.
Mr. Carter, of Montana, presented a
memorial and protest against the seat
ing of Senator-elect Clark, of Montana,
Mr. Sewell, of New Jersey, then
annouuced the death of Vice President
Hobart and offered the following res
olution -
“Resol red, That the senate has
ceived with the deepest regret
matiou of the death of Garret
tus Hobart, late vice president of
United “Resolved,’ States
That the business
the senate be suspended in order
the distinguished services of the
ceased and the virtues of his
character may be fittingly
orated
“Resolved, That the secretary of the
senate be instructed to
these resolutions to the house of
resentatives ”
Mr. Kean, of New Jersey, then,
12:23, moved as a further mark of
spect that the senate adjourn,
amid a deep silence the chair
the motion carried.
AN ANOHALOUS CONDITION.
More Names On Minority Than On
Majority Report.
An Atlanta dispatch says: Eight of
the fifteen members of the state senate
committee on temperance have filed a
minority report, which is adverse to
the passage of the Willingham prohi¬
bition bill. A majority report was
filed Monday by Chairman McGehee,
in accordance with the instructions
given him at a meeting of the commit¬
tee last week.
The anomalous condition of having
a majority of names on the minority
report is only to be explained on the
theory that the signers of that
were not present in full force.
Enormous crowds swarme dabout
the house of representatives to witness
the openiog scenes in that end of the
capitol. The assembling of a new
congress always attracts a big attend¬
ance. On this occasion the proceed¬
ings in the case of Representative
elect Roberts, which promised to be
exciting and possibly sensational, fur¬
nished an additional attraction.
Scattered through the galleries were
people prominent in the political, so¬
cial and financial world. Very early
in the day a monster petition, said to
consist of seven million names, pro¬
testing against the seating of Mr.
Roberts, was brought into the house.
It consisted of 28 rolls of names, each
about two feet in diameter, encased in
the American flag. These rolls were
stacked in the area in front of the
clerk’s desk and were viewed with
great curiosity.
Promptly at the noon hour the
gavel of the clerk of the last house,
Major McDowell, descended with a
bang. The indescribable buzz ceased.
The members rose and the spectators
in the galleries bowed their heads. In
this stillness the voice of the blind
chaplain, Rev. Henry Couder, of
Michigan, was elevated,and his prayer
made the occasion almost reverent.
After the invocation the reading clerk
began calling the roll.
Mr. Roberts sat listening intently
for his name, and when it was called
he responded “Here” in a loud voice.
But he looked nervous aud ill-at-ease.
There were no demonstrations during
the roll call. When it was concluded
Clerk McDowell announced that 352
members had answered’to their names
—a quorum.
“The next thing in order,” an¬
nounced the clerk, “is the election of
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, as chair¬
man of the Republican caucus, pre¬
sented the name of David B. Hender
son, of Iowa. Mr. Hay, of Virginia,
chairman of the Democratic caucus,
nominated James O. Richardson, of
Tennessee. Mr. Ridgley, of Kansas,
nominated John C. Bell, of Colorado,
as the Populist candidate, aud Mr.
Wilson, of Idaho, placed Francis G-.
Newlands of Nevada, in nomination
ae ^b e candidate of the silver party.
The roll call resulted: Henderson,
Richardson, 153; Bell, 3, New
lands, 2.
The clerk thereupon announced the
election of Mr. Henderson, amici great
applause from the Republicans. He
designated Mr. Richardson, Mr. Bell
escort aQ d Mr. the Newlands speaker to as the a chair, committee to
When the new speaker ascended the
rostrum, Mr. Bichardson in a beat
speech introduced him, and in 1 esponse
t° the hearty cheers, he addressed the
house.
1“ accordance with the time-honer
ed custom, the oldest member of the
house, in point of service, Mr. Har
mer, of Pennsylvania, administered
the oat ^ *° the *S' ea l t ® r « The speaker
then announced that the oath would
be administered to the members by
states. As the names of the members
were called they appealed at the bar
™ groups of about a dozen and these
with raised hands, were sworn in by
the
When the of Brigham H. „ Rob
name
erts was reached the Utah member
elect proceeded alone to the area in
front of the speaker’s desk aud await
^ the administration of the oath. At
the same time Representative Taylor,
of Ohio, amidst breathless interest,
protested against the swearing in of
Roberts on the ground of bis being a
polygamist and not a properly natur
ulized American citizen,
Representative McRae, of Arkansas,
followed with a protest from the Dern
ocratic side, saying this issue was oue
involving the Bacredness of the Anier
ican home, a sentiment that brought
an outburst of applause,
^ was agreed by unanimous con
sent taafc the consideration of the res
olution should go over until Tuesday
UI *til after the reading of the presi
m essage.
^he swearing in of the remaining
members was then concluded.
FIRST HOUSE BILL.
Financial lleasure of the Republicans
Is Introduced.
The financial bill drafted by a spe¬
cial committee of Republican members
was introduced in the house at the
first day’s session by Representative
Overstreet, of Indiana.
William Miller Arrested.
In a telegram received Monday at
the local offices of the Mooney and
Boland Detective Agency, in New
York, the capture of William F. Miller
accused of having been connected
with the Franklin Syndicate swindle
iu New York, was announced as hav
ing been effected at Montreal.
IDEAL FIGHTING TOGS.
UNIFORMS OF KHAKI ARE THE BEST
FOR HARD CAMPAIGNING.
It In a material Something Like Linen,
lint Infinitely More Durable--Name
Taken From the Pereiau—Sicnifle*
Dnatlike or Karthy.
Without proper clothes a man can¬
not fight to the best advantage, a fact
which the military authorities have
borne carefully in mind as regards
the soldiers now on service in South
Africa. The tight-fitting, costly uni¬
forms in which soldiers appeal so
strongly to the feminine portion of
the population are the outcome of
much artistic effort on the part of
military tailors, and are admirably
adapted to the piping times of peace;
but when the day arrives for service
in any other part of the world where
excessive heat is likely to enfeeble the
men, the gay trappings must be laid
aside in favor of more suitable mate¬
rial. That is the reason why soldiers
wear the dark fawn-colored “drill”
familiar to most persons as “khaki,”
which is made of cotton thread, warp
and weft, very much after the style of
ordinary linen, but infinitely more
durable.
The word “khaki” is Persian, and
means dust or clay colored, bat in the
war sense “khaki” is elevated from
the position of adjective to substan¬
tive, and refers exclusively to that
drab-colored material which was worn
for the first time probably by some of
the British East Indian regiments.
Throughout the Egyptian cam¬
paigns it was used by British troops,
and when the guards arrived in Lon¬
don after the last expedition they
were clad in the very garments which
were served out to them again for ser¬
vice-in South Africa. As they de¬
trained at Waterloo last antumn and
marched through the cheering multi¬
tude to Wellington barracks, it must
be admitted that the mud-oolored
tunics and breeches failed to appeal to
the eyes of people who had associated
the brave fellows with that “thin red
line” of glorious memory, but the out¬
fit certainly possesses many advantages
from the [point of view of practical
work.
In England, Lancashire is the
home of the industry, and in order to
meet the requirements of the Govern¬
ment the factories there have lately
been working very hard. Some fifteen
thousand men and women have been
employed recently in manufacturing
the clothes which were packed and
transported by fatigue parties of sol¬
diers to I he various destinations..
Though strong and unshrinkable the
material is much, more flexible, than
the customary cloth, and enables the
man to use his weapons to greater ad¬
vantage. Any soldier will tell you
that the manual and firing exercises
can be performed with much greater
ease when khaki has been substituted
for the tight-fitting and padded regu¬
lation tunic. In South Africa, as in
the Soudan, there will be times when
ail officers and men must sleep in their
clothes, boots and accoutrements, and
in these conditions a khaki suit is as
superior to the average uniform as
pyjamas to the frock coat and tweed
trousers of the civilian.
Some army experts are strongly in
of a more extensive use of khaki
the purpose of campaigning, and
of a variety called “mil
drill.” Officers stationed in
have borne testimony to the rain
properties of this adapted fabric,
which make it particularly
use as an overcoat. The same
“drill” is also suited for the construc¬
tion of army tents, because the mate¬
does not absorb moisture, besides
which, after rain, the tents are not so
heavy to move about—a very important
matter to troops when campaigning.
A thermometer placed in millernin
tents has proved that the temperature
is lower by ten to fifteen degrees in¬
side, as compared with other tents.
The cloth being porous, the heated
atmosphere is able to escape, while the
material turns the heaviest downpour
of rain. At the present timethefo are
several regiments in India,cavalry and
infantry, clothed in millerain khaki,
as well as batteries of artillery.
The suits which will be worn by our
soldiers are not waterproof, but they
are well adapted for hard work. “I
have worn various uniforms during the
last ten years,” said a guardsman to
our representative yesterday, “but
give me khaki for a hot climate and
rough campaigning. People talk about
the superiority of serge, but they for¬
get that bush and bramble will tear
wool, but doesn’t hurt, khaki. At the
same time we should like a waterproof
overcoat, as the rainy season is com¬
ing along in South Africa, audthe mo¬
ment you get cold you may become a
victim of malaria or dysentery, or
both.”
In recent years khaki color has be¬
come fashion able with ladies, aud
khaki gloves are largely sold through¬
out England. This variety, however,
is apt to fade, whereas the color for
the troops muBt be tested by an
analyst, and stand thirty-six
hard boiling. Cyclists and tourists
have also taken to the material of late,
a special quality of tho fabric
manufactured for their use.
the chief difficulty about khaki is
confusion which exists as to the spell¬
ing of the word, “kharki” being
ored by some authorities, and “khar
kee” by others.
The only objection from the soldier a
point of view is that the wearer is lia¬
ble to be called names. We have all
heard of such regimental nicknames
as “Strawboots,” “Cherubims,” “Nan¬
ny Goats,” “Slashers,” “Sankev’s
Horse," “Die Hards” and the “Dirty
Half Hundred,” but few people in
England know that the first Indian
regiment to don khaki became known
as the “Dustmen.” Such a calamity
has, however, so far escaped the lot of
the'brave fellows who in Egypt have done and South yeo¬
man service for us
Africa.— London Telegraph.
BRITISH MILITARY STRENGTH.
It Makes a Grand Total of About 742,421
Men.
The law of Great Britain forbids the
Queen to maintain any permission standing army
whatever except by of Par¬
liament. And every year Parliament
passes an army bill authorizing the
maintenance of an army of t care
fully specified strength.
The army thus maintained consists
of regular forces, first reserves, sec¬
ond reserves, militia, yeomanry and
volunteers. consists
The regular army of 11,251
cavalry, 16,989 artillery, 5368 engi¬
neers and 65,650 infantry, under making a
total of 99,258 men arms in
Great Britain. In Egypt, the colonies,
India and elsewhere there are 121,745
men, making a total regular army of
221,003. These are the figures for the
end of 1898. An ns lias ; been
e total
to 250,111, but details are n»f acces¬
sible.
The reserves of the first cli|s num¬
ber 83,000, the reserves of tin jecond
class only fifty men. The Inilitia
numbers 138,961, the yeommry 11,-
891, the volunteers 263,963.
The total home and colonid Iforces
amount to 669,259 men. The regular
forcos on the Indian establsbment
number 73,162, making a gra:<L total
of 742,421 men. which
This is the army to te South
African republics have throw Mown
the gauntlet. Iu an emergenyjabout South
one-half of it could be sent f>
Africa. win in the That struggle is to say, the Boer, in r<jer In the to
last extremity, would have to leit and
overcome British armies agge^ating '
about 350,000 men. M
But in all probability no suhv|orce
will be sent thither. Aliundrel ou
sand men concentrated there qould
easily control the situation, an prob¬
ably a very much smaller forcevill be
used.
§
Talking-Man of Samoa, j
Samoa’s talking-man, or “Tdafali,” oijstato
is a character. All the affaia jpffice
of the village iu which he hoi(b
are carried upon his sliouldrs* In
ordinary he is the chief adWsr* per¬
suader, convincer and loshiiner of
the leading chiefs. Havingthe gift
of eloquence, he makes the mslFof it.
He enjoys immunity fron many
things. He cannot be spokn of in
ordinary terms. If it should b neces¬
sary to speak of his eyes or binsputb.
or his limbs, special honorablewprds
must be used—words which at\c%. to
him alone and have never benlap
plied to the personal parts of oritfary
men. As he stands to delivrfhis
soft, persuasive, mellifluous orttjhry,
with staff of office in his hand adihis
fly-duster thrown over his shofl<| er >
any one can see that he is a mn of
great importance, or, if this is nc%p
parent from his attitude, it rawlbe
gathered from the attention pa:h to
his utterances by gray-haired ciiefs
and by youths and maidens. If the
talking-man is a clever fellow thecflef and un¬
derstands his business, he is
ruling power in his tribe, altholgh
the nominal headship is always ve ted
in a chief or patriarchal figurehead
The The most Man That ignoble Wields the Blottci.|
of all occupations
in Washington is that of the man who
stands at the side of a chief of bur«au
and blots his signature. That is all
he has to do—just blot his signature.
Every bureau chief has a human blot¬
ter. Corbin sits all day aud signs his
name, and signs his name, and signs
his name, and barks at people who
arrest him temporarily in the occupa¬
tion—and at his side stands a man
who blots his signature, and blots his
signature,* and blots his signature.
The monotony of the thing would
drive au ordinary man frantic. If
they would only employ boys to do
the blotting; it is such a galling thing
to see a man who could toss a barrel
of flour on his shoulder patiently
doing the blotting.—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
General Lee’s Modesty.
A month or so after his surrender
General Leo went one day to tho
store near lus home in Powhatan
County, \ irgiuia, which served also
as the postoffice. Everybody in the
town was instantly eager to see him,
aud in a few moments the store was
c with '.owd f the d. The General was talking
other proprietor about crops aud
matters, and appeared utterly
unconscious of the fact that the gath¬
ering of the residents was due solely
to his presence. Suddenly he realized
that everybody was watching him and
modestly said: “But I see. I am keep¬
ing you from your mauy customers.
I arcion me!” and at once withdrew.—
Ladies’ Home .Journal.