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THE HEARTHS STORY.
* I will not doubt, though all my ships at sea
Come drifting home with broken masts
and sails.
I will believe the hand which never
fails—
From seeming evil worketh good for me; sails
And though I weep because those
are tattered, hopes
Still will I cry while my best are
shattered,
“I trust in Thee.”
I will not doubt, though all my prayers re¬
turn realm
Unanswered from the still white
above; all-wise love
I will believe it is an
Which has refused these things for which I
yearn; though times I cannot keep from
And at
grieving, of fixed believing
Yet the pure ardor my
Undimmed shall burn.
I will not doubt, though sorrows fall like
rain, liko bees about to
And troubles swarm
hive; heights for which I
I will believe the
strive and
Are only reached by anguish by pain,
And, though I groan and writhe beneath
my crosses, ^
I yet shall see through my severest losses
The greater gain.
I will not doubt. Well anchored in this
faith, stanch ship, soul braves
Liko some my
every gale;
So strong its courage will not quail
To breast tne mighty unknown sea of Pi eath.
Oh! may I cry, though body par CC with
spirit, doubt,” listening worlds
“I do not so may
bear it,
With my last breath!
| An Adventure Morocco. I 1
in
F all the Barbarv
states, Morocco is
the most Oriental
in character, and
to-day retains all
.or the usages and cus¬
L toms of the time of
Mahomet. Tripoli,
Tunis and Algeria,
nncler French influenee, have become
greatly modernized; railroads and
the the conveniences of civilization
have been introduced, until the town
of Algiers has been called “Little
Paris;” but Morocco under the des¬
potic rule of the sultan still holds to
its barbaric customs.
Not a Avheeled vehicle is allowed
within the dominions of the “Father of
the Faithful,” and all merchandise
must be transported upon tlie backs
of camels, mules or men. The country
is rough and unbroken; bridle-paths
lead from one settlement to another,
and the natives have such a fanatical
prejudice against foreigners and inno¬
vations, that progress under the cir¬
cumstances is an impossibility. The
Moors are intense fatalists, holding
that what is good enough for their
must suffice for
Indicative of the aversion of the
Arabs to any improvement presented
by foreigners, is the folloAving inci¬
dent: The promoters of a British cable
company, upon the failure of repeated
attempts to gain consent to establish a
terminal for their line in Tangiers, be¬
thought them of a novel idea. One
of their repair steamers being pro¬
vided Avith numerous electrical appli¬
ances, such as motors, fans and minia¬
ture railroads, anchored in the bay op¬
posite the city. The sultan was given
a banquet on board, and the contriv¬
ances pleasing him, the whole lot Avas
presented to him, delighting him so
much that he straightway gave the
company the desired permission. The
cable Avas laid and all trouble believed
to be at an end; but the orthodox
Moor not having been subsidized as
had been his royal master, conceived
that both his feelings and his religion
bad been outraged by the “Christian
dogs.” Accordingly, one dark night
be went down to the beach aud cut the
cable Avith an ax. The line Avas re¬
paired, but whenever any Arab had a
grievance against the hated foreigner,
be immediately applied his efforts to
destroy the cable. It Avas repaired
three times, when the company ro
solved upon this expedient. One dark
night the cable was taken up ami car¬
ried underground to the office, and a
dummy cable Avas laid iu plain sight
for a few hundred feet. The device
was successful, and although Mr.
Moor often took occasion to chop the
dummy to pieces, for a long time the
whereabouts of the true cable Avas un
knoAA’n.
The international lighthouse on
Cape Spartel, at the entrance to Gibral¬
tar Straits, is one one of the points of
interest iu this neighborhood. It is
supported by the maritime Nations of
of the world, marking a point A-ery
dangerous to navigators, and is situ¬
ated opposite the old Spanish town of
Tarifa, whence Ave derive our word
tariff, this town being the first place
where such duty was levied.
One morning, accompanied by two
English acquaintances and an inter¬
preter and guide, a Spanish Jew, the
writer set forth to A-isit this celebrated
light. Mounted upon mules with high
Arab saddles, we started, the path
now winding over cliffs skirting the
bine Mediterranean, and again plunged
in the fastnesses of a deep woodland.
Turning in our saddles, we could see
Gibraltar, a crouching lion, over¬
shadowed by the snowy ranges of the
Sierra Nevada in Spain.
After two hours of rough riding, we
drew up at the lighthouse terrace.
where the keeper, a pleasant old Ger¬
man, furnished refreshments for man
and beast. We then spent an hour or.
two inspecting the lighthouse and
looking through the big telescope by
which all vessels are signaled.
One of my English friends had
heard of some wonderful caves situ¬
ated upon the Atlantic side, and much
against the advice of our host and the
guide, we resolved to visit them and
return to Tangiers by a roundabout
Avay. It Avas urged that this way be¬
ing much longer, we should not reach
home until after dark, and as the only
inhabitants of the country were the
nomadic tribes of rough, lawless, shep¬
herds, the venture would be extremely
hazardous for a foreigner to go a mile
outside the city limits after nightfall
Avithout a soldier, and many travelers
by so doing have been robbed, some¬
times losing their lives. determ¬
But the Englishman was
ined; for, having a kodak, he pur¬
posed getting 'some views of these
nearly unknown caves. After some
hard riding over* rough mountain
paths, the loose stones flying from un¬
der our mules’ feet, and in some places
so steep that we were obliged to dis¬
mount and lead our animals, we came
upon two shepherds who Avere smoking
by a spring. Learning from them that
the caves Avere several miles beyond
and as it was getting late in the day,
Ave thought it prudent to take the path
for home.
We had .not gone more than two
miles when we arrived before a small
collection of shepherd huts and tents,
in front of which a number of women
and children were seated. Stopping
to inquire the road and to refresh our
mules Avith spring Avater, the English¬
man thought to obtain pictures of this
wild and picturesque group.
Now among the country Arabs there
is a strong 'superstition regarding the
camera; they looking upon the lens as
Evil Eye, and believing that one at
whom it is directed will be bewitched,
and certain to suffer from some calam
ity. Englishman
unsling Our guide,, seeing the
the camera, called to him to
desist, and we, having heard of this
superstition, Avhich amounts to fanati¬
cism, added our protests, but in vain;
aud no sooner did the women see the
kodak leveled at them, than they set
up a fearful shrieking and turned to
run for the houses. At the sound of
their cries, from nearly every rock and
bush a man sprang into view aud
rushed toward us. The Englishman,
thinking to appease them, held up a
Spanish dollar to the fleeing Avomen,
but the men believed it to be an in¬
sult to their Avives, and, gathering
stones, began to pelt us from a dis¬
Our guide cried for us to mount and
ride for our lives, and indeed avo
needed no other encouragement. At
the first volley the camera Avas hope¬
lessly ruined, and for one I Avas heart¬
ily glad. AAvay we Avent at a break¬
neck gallop, and our mules being
struck by flying stones and worried by
the"fierce dogs of the shepherds, Avere
soon unmanageable. The trail being
so narroAv that but one mule might
pass at, a time, I had the post of
honor, if it may be so called, being
Avell in the rear; the guido Avas far
ahead Avith the Englishman, who had
caused all the trouble, a close second.
During that ride I enjoyed much
the same sensations as the renowned
Gilpin may have experienced, my legs
flying in the air and clutching wildly
at the pommel of the high Arab saddle.
The Arabs are notoriously fleet of
foot, and folloAved us in a howling
mob. Our pace was so rapid that it
destroyed their aim, but I Avas struck
several times in the back, and once in
the head, the last nearly knocking me
from my mule.
The Arabs pursued us for about five
miles, till at last Ave heard their cries
grow fainter in the distance, and
finally cease. It Avas a sorry band
that halted about two miles farther on
to repair damages. £1 was that the great¬ could
est sufferer, lieiug so lame I
sit mule.
Our guide informed us that our
greatest danger had lain from the
path being so circuitous and precipi¬
tous, for the Arabs might easily have
run ahead over the hills and, arous¬
ing the country, have headed us off.
We Avere obliged to travel very slowly
for the rest of the way to avoid holes
and pitfalls, aud darkness falling sud¬
denly, as it does in this climate, we
made poor progress. At last, however,
the lights of Tangiers appeared in the
distance, and avo Avere soon at our
hotel.
The landlord, to whom we recount
ed the adventure, assured us that out
good fortune Avas due to the fact that
the shepherds were poor class Arabs,
having no guns, and inasmuch as we
had taken his advice in hiring his
mules rather than the horses of the
Irish stablekeeper, as the mules were
far snrer-footed.
HoAvever that mav have been, I was
perfectly content to congratulate him
on his foresight, aud retired with the
firm resolution never to venture be
yond the cifcy limits, unless escorted
bv at least a regiment of the native
soldiery.-Detroit Free Press.
A bronze statue is to be erected to
tbe memory of Benjamin Franklin, on
the very spot, near Philadelphia,
where he sent up his kite to “wrest
the lightning from the skies. ”
illl IP'S WEEKLY lilll
COMPARATIVE FIGURES OK CRIME
NORTH AND SOUTH.
SHOWS SOME STARTLING FACTS.
William Calls Census Keports to His Aid
In Refuting Charges of Larvlessness
In the South.
I have just recei\-ed the third vol¬
ume of “Compendium of the Census
of 1890.” Eight years haA’e passed
since the people made their returns
and the time is nearing Avhen they will
be called on again. It takes a long
time and costs millions of money, but
it is a big thing and diffuses knoAvledge
among the people. It is better that
the money be spent that Avav, for there
are no private schemes nor corporation
swindles in it and it gives employment
to thousands of needy people. The
census is the only mode of getting at
the true condition of the nation’s af¬
fairs and a comparath^ view of the
Avealtb, resources, education and mo¬
rality of the people of the different
states.
I haA r e been A r ery much interested in
these comparisons and feel prouder
than ever before of my state and sec¬
tion. For more than half a century
the partisan and sectional literature of
the north has overshadoAved and hu¬
miliated us Avith unfair, untrue and
slanderous statements. By these un¬
christian methods of their press and
pulpits their OAvn good people have
been poisoned against us and immi¬
gration influenced in northern chan¬
nels. Personally, I do not complain
of this, for I esteem it a blessing that
neither northern fauatics nor foreign
paupers have to any alarming extent
infested our fair lands. The natural
increase of our OAvn people will soofi
enough occupy the south and secure to
us a homogeneous citizenship thatAvill
continue to be the most moral and the
most patriotic of any this side of the
Atlantic. Not long ago an Ohio man
had the cheek to publish a letter
about our lawlessness and said
it Avas amazing impudence for
Georgia or tlie south to invite
northern people to settle here. Well,
Ave don’t invite him nor any of his
kind. An unknoAvn friends Avrites me
from Nebraska and says: “Call off
your dogs. Let the yankees alone
aud bloAV your horn for Germans. I
have lived for thirteen years right here
Avhere both abound and I Avill take the
Germans or the Swedes or the Swiss
every time. The yankees have hated
you for generations. They are born
hating yau and raised up in schools
and churches to hate you. They can’t
help it. But these foreigners have no
such prej udices. They don’t like your
negroes, but have got nothing against
you. They are a fair-minded, indus¬
trious people and I liaA r e found them
honest and kind and good neighbors
whom you can depend on in time of
trouble.”
But to the census. Look at these
figures on crime and criminals in some
of the states north and south in 1890:
Massachusetts, convicted criminals in
prison.............................. 5,277
New York, con\’icted criminals in
prison....... .....11,463
Ohio, convicted criminals in prison... 2,909
Illinois, convicted criminals in prison. 3,936
Total................... 23,540
Now deduct the negroes 1,795
Leaving whites 21,745
Now let us take four southern states:
Georgia, whites....................... 242
South Carolina, whites................ 123
Mississippi............................ 119
Virginia ............................... 332
Total 866
Now the total white population of
the four northern states is 15,477,000,
and the total Avhite population of the
four southern states is 3,000,400, be¬
ing about one-fiftb.
The negro has been eliminated in
both statements, and as the popula¬
tion of the four northern states is five
times that of ours Ave Avill multiply
our convicted white prisoners by five,
which would give ns 4,330 against
21,745. I said in a x-ecent letter that
there were 50 per cent more of felo¬
nies in NeAv York or Massachusetts
. Georgia. . I mistaken,
“* an 1U "«as
] J here P er are cent, five and times this as many, is the Avhich ratio ac- is
j cording to white population. I tell
y° u » m y brethren, this census com
pendium proves an alarming condition
°* things up north, and it is high
time our southern churches were or
ganizing boards of missions aud send
ing missionaries up there. We send
«»“ Merico «»d Chin* sod
Brazil and to the Indians in
the west; why not to Massa
chusetts and New Y'ork and Ohio,
w ' her e crime and immorality prevail
to a greater extent than in any civil
ized country? That is just what Mr.
Stetson said—the statistician of Mas
sachusetts. His language as published
was: “There is no country upon earth
where crime is so flagrant and so fre
quent as in Massachusetts. ” Her pop-
uiation is about double our white pop¬
ulation, and yet she ban fifteen times
as many white criminals in her pris¬
ons—and what is worse than all,
my brethren, 748 of them are
women. Just ponder over it and, like
the prophet, exclaim: “How are the
mighty fallen!” Only one white wo¬
man in the jails or chaingangs of Geor¬
gia and 748 in the Puritan state of
New England. What shall we do
about it? What can we do?
But this is not all that the census
tells. In addition to this vast army
of prisoners, Massachusetts has 700
juvenile prisoners, while New York has
3,676 and Ohio 1,530. Then there are
over 8,000 paupers in the four states,
besides the thousands that are in
private benevolent institutions. How
in the world do those states up north
support such a vast army of criminals,
paupers, tramps and non-producers?
No Wonder they want protection and
pensions; no wonder they plunder the
public treasury. They are obliged to
do it. Ninety per cent of all the
money that goes into it comes out into
their pockets in some way or other, and
still they are not happy; they want
the other ten.
But what is the relative condition of
the common people of the sections?
How about homes and mortgages and
debts? It is the common people who
constitute a state or a nation. They
support it with their labor and defend
it with their arms. In numbers they
are as 500 to 1 of the aristocracy.
They all deserve to have homes—
homes of their own, unencumbered.
A borne means more than shelter. It
means roses and vines and shade trees
and fruit. Ask the poor renter who is
bumped about from place to place
every year. Ask his wife and daugh¬
ters what they think of home. The
census puts down 99,890 white fami¬
lies in Georgia who have homes, and
says that 96 per cent of these are paid
for and have no encumbrance. Virginia
has 97 per cent paid for; Mississippi
and South Carolina 93 per cent each.
Massachusetts has 175,000 families
owning homes, but 37 per cent of them
are mortgaged. New York has 490,
000 homes, and 41 per cent are mort¬
gaged; and the compiler says that
more than 90 per cent of all the home
encumbrance of the United States is
in the north Atlantic and north cen¬
tral divisions—only 44 per cent is on
the homes of the South Atlantic states.
The mortgages on Massachusetts
homes amount to $102,948,196. Just
think of it—ponder it—ruminate over
it—over one hundred millions of debt
against the common people of one lit¬
tle state having about double the white
population of Georgia. Can they ever
pay it? New York is but little better,
having $245,000,000. In fact, the
whole north is covered as with a blan¬
ket by debt, and the millionaires are
the owners of it. Debt! What a bard,
unfeeling w^ord it is. My old partner
Avas Avont to say it has a harder alliter
ati\*e folloAA-ing, viz: debt, duns, death,
damnation and the devil. Is it any
Avonder that such exponents as Debs
and George and Coxey rise up and
plead for the people—the common
people—the toilers who have no homes
at all? Is it any Avonder that strikes
are made and the people carry blood
in their eyes and desperation in their
hearts? Put yourself in their place,
if you can, and then you will feel as
they feel.
But, Avhile we sympathize Avith
them, and pity them, let us be grate¬
ful that Ave live in this southern land,
and are in the peaceful enjoyment of
so many rich blessings. May the
good Lord preserve us from their
crimes and their debts is my prayer.
—Bibl Arp in Atlant a Co nstitution.
A TESTCASE WILL BE MADE.
Chattanooga Attorney Tenders Ticense
for Brokerage Office.
A Chattanooga special says: A rep¬
resentative of Odell & Co., of Cincin¬
nati, Avhose “brokerage” office Avas
cfosed Saturday by Mayor Ochs, has
made a tender of $50 in gold to the
city auditor, the amount of city license
for brokerage. accept the
The auditor declined to
tender and it is stated that the cora
pany will make a test case in the
courts. The mayor based his action on
the opinion of the city attorney, Avhieli
at length defined the gambling acts.
ASSESSMENT NOT INCREASED
And tire Tennessee Coal and Iron Com¬
pany Will Be Taxed as Heretofore.
The proposed increase of $2,225,000
of the tax assessment on the Tennes
see Coal and Iron Company’s prop
perty in Alabama was beard by the
commissioners’ court at Birmingham
Tuesday. the matter
After arguments over
cour t declined to raise the assess
me nt and the property will be taxed
a s heretofore.
MORMON ---—- ELDERS GALORE. 7 pr
--
_ ntv Four
° nr t i _ arrived
a. Chattanooga m n lodnv -<■ from Utah and
.. j tv
registered at h ^ aa<1 ' ibnted _ a «t t c ‘
They are to be ditto , . once pu ce
throughout Alabama. G g
South Carolina. So ^ ar ere
been more than -0^ of ese .
sent to this section tms year.
They say that they are >e * r
ceived with better grace ’an o •
Refuse ARi;iTR ATl0y
United .Mine Work ers Turn
tors’ J> Down
vSea n ^ al reposition.
CSr b r a '
^Iig board rciGotprl e : i t.
of .he put sbM p ir
m tliat district, claimin R t i,
action terest of would the miners be prejudicial t“,
Tne board is at lar^e °to
overtures for the ready m
issue of the arbitration J '
these gieat ^ strike oaiv
overtures come from '
operators in the u
which West Virginia includes and Ohio, Penns,lv Indilal, « j
1 he board has decided sail
ate from the established cot to
the result of the Po confj li CT |
St. Louis 1
+t k «°7i n ' -P 16 a "S re ssiA-e
the - 0
held will be continued, A
efforts to spread the strike in till
I irginia district reneAi'ed.
The success or failure of the
hangs the call upon for which the St. Louis confj issj
has been
Samuel Gompers, president J
American Federation of Labor,]
R. Sovereign, of the general master 1 I
maintain man Knights of Labor, novl
that the fight
Avaged by the miners is one o!
mon interest to organized
throughout the country.
At the St. Louis conference all
organizations will be asked to
sues with the miners. If the objj
the St. Louis conference is ai
plished the strike will be extend
nearly every branch of laber ii
country. The call among
things, says:
“The tyrannical and un-Amel and]
injunctions of the federal
courts are revolutionary againsl
first principles of free gOA-ernmei^
derogatory to the inherent righ
the masses, endangering the p
peace, and destroying the person]
curity and individualities of the
mon people.”
‘ ‘The courts have deserted the
pie of justice aud now stands fort
defiant bulwark of confederates!
capitol. Their arbitrary rulings
set up one standard of rights fa
rich and another for the poor, j
decree that capital is always righ |
labor always wrong. They have
it unlawful for starving working) j
pie to appeal against tyrannical
ment, present grievances or pr
just and peaceable terms for tl
dress of insufferable Avrougs.
STEIN WAY ANIt SONS ML
English Syndicate Reported to Have
chased Their Piano Business.
The New York Times says:
ported that the pi esent meffiW
the piano manufacturing firm of 1
Avay & Sons have consummated s
Avhereby the extensive business <
concern passes into the hands i
English syndicate. The price
Avas $1,000,000.
In 1896 the real property o
firm of Stein way & Sons was ass
for taxation at $3,000,000 mc
capital stock and surplus containing at
000. The buildings
general warehouse anil salesroom
Steinway hall were valued at
and the piano factory on Park
at $181,000, the factories near
Long Island City, at at
the employes’ houses there ■.
000 .
The factory in Hamburg was v
at $220,000, that in London at'
000 .
EUROPE SHORT ON
Advices Received at Washing■ ■' :1 *
the Deficiency. Ida
Advices to the agricultnra ptM
me nt at Washington from
indirectly from official source?■- con
the predictions of a considers- ■
citv in the European wheat crop.’
rve, which Europe, is the is chief also short. bre.y -
eastern special repor- ;
This fact, a
tistician Hyde, of the
well as the wheat detu
savs, as expo*'
will tend to restrict the
those European co- J
latter from surpm
which usually have a
nrain. As to non-European eou
other than the United States,
gregate contribution to the ^ 1
supply will be materially denied
the fact that India, practical.* -
famine, will have -
to export. LOMER RATES*
ASK FOR
Tr* 1 !* 4r0
Move To Secu re
* York’s Cities
southern • e »
^e trade centers m
.jj ^
* been
ear to have mere
York's * or blow about of-- -
tte mer cbants
Orleans, K^SL&rten. Montgomery.^
and :
or.nlic*-tion to the So 1 *
Association e "
P ,-J[ ncrer e _. y,, r k
^ose given t0 * ,.\ -\^ n x Til
!? m mittee the ><? r ^ t A a
ob : eonG rente M
bas , 1 n th°n^ J
P as ^? official®. Sontnc<•
1C ^ the 1°"
a PP ‘ for ’
! enger-- , c iation
been j