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AMERICAN SHIPMASTER. A fink ihkkirk or iKtr-iu.i. AST, I‘HOUKKMIV MANHOOD. UB Shore n linoil Fellow, Afloat a Heammi—Him F.nvlron men t „ ail Traluln* Hava Often Made Him Imrl and extortionate With •Ur Urn—llia Rvolollo* Prom “The Hoy's Kooto" Described—The “Ihlf .raana” Mho Can •onrllgiri (tlv Painla In *RRißinkl|i In Hlr *a lirriur. Imil ho la Barely nr Savrr Promoted. Copyright. 150*. by Morgan ftobertson , vrw York. Sept. 7—Th* American ship master |a Invariably an American, a "gon.| fellow ‘ on *hore, with a magnetic per. i anility that win* him admiration and rrßpact. Hr la usually of eplendld phv* Iqii*. with a humorous twinkle In hi* eye, n vibrant volco that he ua< habitually, and a good stock of ••yam*." which hr rrtalia for the benefit of rnvlou* mid tn.lder mannered landsmen He possesses (uperb confidence in hltnuelf; he In a llme teaman, a navigator sufficient uni j hi* need*, and la credited wh courngo and determination to overawe the meet dlacontented and rebellloua of Mllor*. He 1* a force for civlltgation oa It it row progreaalng. and a neces*ary ad junct lo the advancement of American rommer. e. Yet, aalue from the temporary paralyaatlon >f thia commerce, the lo** to Ida family, and the Injury to hia feel ing*. no great harm, would he done the ywn //flfcf/ jrffcggj&M J . ißjjl J, p ’ f r -''Bh* j 3£sL-2 .1 y ' ■ .. J Hull In a Ilea' y Storm Furling. world |C a largo majority of him were withdrawn from It at th* end of a n'; and. If the other end of the rope < outd otiaclf to hbr own yardarm, much good u.uld remf of the spectacle In the deter rent cffe-t on the Brel mate, who would observe and eventually succeed him. And If from the opitosite yard-arm eould also depend thie Brat mate, the moral lesson on the fully ns brutal, hut leaa finished, skillful. magnetic, confident second mate would he doubled. A second mate, taken In time and Intelligently treated, may toe saved. It Is the older doge who con not learn new tricks. nut let no reasoning reader assume ftom these strictures that the American shipmaster, the man who habitually rotn and maltreats, and occasionally starves and murders the unfortunate men com mitted to hid care by the law. te person, oily hlamahle for his moral condition. He is a slave to an Iron-hord training which tots superseded his Instincts, nod allied tom . ostlv to the noble Apache—who Is "he-t when lie Is dead.” but'ls unable so depreciate It. He |s product of his en vironment as completely o are a certain well known reforming clergymen and a bile police board president, both of whom cnee made themselves exceedingly tron 'esome to the cltlxens of New York. Hu* who will say that these two were not honest end conscientious. The ft It ft pnsna te n|e I'thles. And the American shipmaster Is eon s len'lous. leaving aside hls dishonest extortion in ms stop cnest sates ami hts robbery of sailors' poy by driving Ihem to desert In foreign ports, he Is fairly faithful to the code of ethics. From the time of hls Ikrst promotion he has af flicted hls Inferiors, not because he Is fundamentally a savage, but because, having been thus brutalised himself, he thinks It necessary, and right; because he has been thoroughly steeped In a sys tem of discipline which, though he does IMM know It. degrade*} him In the eyes n< observing f. llow tncn— which would not d>e tolerated In any army, navy or workshop In the world, and Is rarely practiced In the merchant ships of 'monarchical na tlona, whose laws permit greater license to captains than do the laws of America. Put the laws of America against as sault. torture nnd manslaughter are not enforced as they should be when It hap pens that a sailor Is the complainant or prosecuting witness. They are not en forced, because, back of the decision of judges, Juries, consuls snd commission ers. thete Is a strong public sentiment, not negative, hut positive, which Is noth ing more than a belief that the sailor Is nn Ignorant, aggressive scmindtwl. who should be kept In rherk at any cost. This belief Is no* based upon knowledge of the truth ss given In newspaper reports of friction al sea: .for the newspapers give little hut the bare facts, and facts nlone are not convincing. It Is base! toon a atmnger educational Influence poi'tilar literature. M irryal and CoAper dealt with condi tions of the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries, and they palnt ed the sailor truthfully-** strong man. able to rare for himself W. Clark Rus aell succeeded m the field, and for twen ty-five years he held this field to him self He has read widely. In Kng land amt America. He began when men now active In public life were young men forming opinions; when old men. still ac tive. were dropping the conceptions of the sailor given ihem by Mbrrynt and Coop er and were receptive to new ones. With slight teehnltwl knowledge ot the sea and seamen, bul gifted with an erratic Imag ination and tMgiderfOl power of poetic de scription. this man produced novel after novel whose heroes were rhlvalrlo officers and faissengers. and whose villains were sailor- -mutinous devils, only kepi fro™ murder and piracy by brute force and the act* of Providence W. Clark Russell ha* don* more u> damn the merchant salty than ha* any other Influence of n™- ern times, and even should he devote the remainder of hi* Ufa **> active, positive effort in behalf of the Bailor he will not have time to undo the wrong h ha* done. Hut hi* hook* have eold; und becauae they have told and Influ enced public opinion, hundred* of Ameri can captain* have escaped the peniten tiary, and hundred* of aeamen have en dured. amt mutt endure for year*, wrong and injustice that would absolve lands men from the charge of murder. The I‘rotluetlon of the Urate. So much for W. Clark Kuiorll.the apolo gist tor a brute, who would be hanged or Imprltoned for life were he called by another name than "Captain." Del u gel back lo tht cause* which ho* pro duced lh: brute. The American cap lain. a* a rule, doe* not arise from the forecastle— from the elate of men over whom he tyrannizes He come* from the "boy*' room." Fvery American htp Car rie* at many hoy*, loosely tpeaklng. at she carries male*. It It safe to tay that two out Of three of these boy* quit the teu after a voyage or two. because they will not taibmU to the rigor* of the life. Some cannot bear the hardship* Inci dental to the work aldbe. other* cannot reconcile themtelvet to the Insult, the cruelty dealt out lo them by the officer*. Hut one out of three remains. lie l ttrong and hardy; he ha thick tkln and cannot be Insulted unit.** the Intuit I* physical; a "smash" on the head with a belaying pin hurt* hi* feeling* hut milder rebuke affect* him not, and he thrives and progresses. Afler a few voyage* he is promoted to boatswain'* third ot second mate's berth, according to the *lse and p*ronn#l of the ship But he pend* but little time In the forecastle, among men whom he I* taught to believe are Inferior creature*, and when he obtain* power over them he maltreat* them a* he ha* been maltreated hln*lf. and Intnk* that It I* right. If hi* educa- tlon comprises a knowledge of the "three It*." he can easily learn enough of navi gation to obtain first male's berth, and later he becomes a captain—a pet of the law und public opinion, but a* little fitted by instinct and training to appreciate the responsibilities of hls position as is a ne gro oveteeer on a plantation He Is an ex ponent of brute force, and the finer sensi bilities ore denied him. He Is not superior In humanity, morals or common decency to the meanest of hi* crew—only excelling them In the grosser elements of character which first gained him hls advantage. In acquired attributes—knowledge of technique—h* b> often Inferior to the best men of hi* crew. Not an American ship goes to sea without a few aide seamen for ward. who are competent to Instruct the captain In seamanship; # for this broad shouldered. heavy-fisted ruffian Is time time* promoted too soon. Tho title aide teaman ls one to be proud of It cannot be acquired In the space of time which will give a man mastery of a trade on shore, or win him a post graduate's diplo ma In college. A m in needs four years of service at least before he can be trusted at the wheel with a following wind and sea; and to learn the smaller, more me- The Captain. chanical details of hls calling-knotting, wrvtnx, salimaklng. wire spll< In*, etc.— b* requires nearly double this lime. An able seaman Is a ckllled laborer-equal tn tecomcal knowledge lo a machlnlai, car penter or other craftsman on shore—and for hla rktlkd labor he rrcetves the mu nificent salary of elahleen dollars a month out of the Atlantl and twenty out of the Pacific rft. most of which he lose* to the captains or the crimps. The Able Aeseton. A few words more as to this able sea man, and Ihe reason why there are to many of him willing lo give such work for such pay. He Is Initially a weakling, of fatr physical courage, perhaps, but of llttl* edufatlon. will |wwer, ambition and aggressiveness—otherwise he would not remain at the trade He may have start ed a* "hoy" and lived fti the "boys' room." drifting Into the forecastle under pres sure of events. He may have been shang haied—a green hand—and forced to learn to escape the mates' abuse He may have been a fisherman, fleck hand, or "long shoreman" going to sea for the love of lh* sew but. whatever hi* ortgtn. hts be ing before the mast come* only of bis i’HE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1900. Snaps. We repeat that Right Now Is the real Bargain Period of the year. And a very small sum will buy more now than at any other time, in the way of Mens* Boys and Childrens • Spring and Summer gar ments. very serviceable for FALL WEAR, or to have for next season. Wash Suits, Lined and Unlined Summer Weight Suits, Straw Hats, i Underwear, Hosiery, Neckwear, Negligee Shirts, Furnishings, &c. &c. &c. Hear the pitiful Season-end Prices • t \ And You Will Wondsr. helplessness In th* struggle for existence on shore. So he remain* In an environ ment that kills him In twelve year*, but develops In him a strength of character along certain tines beyond th* compre hension of landsmen. Ho becomes a tnan to he pilled, respect ed and protected, for. In the nature of things, ho ean do none of these for him self He cannot pity himself, for he Is equal to the drafts upon him. and sur vive* them, lie cannot respect himself except In hi* own peculiar way. which hls landfarlng fellosmen eannol understand. He know* that he can endure a stress of weather and work under which an ordi nary man would die, but It does not con duce to assertiveness, and hls attitude to ward wrong and Injustice might he stamp ed a* cowardly by those who do not know him. He cannot protect himself, for he has not known good treatment or reward for generous, energetic effort, and does not always reallte that he Is Imposed up on He Is denied the love of woman and children; he I# an innocent outcast—* wanderer upon the face of the earth, be cause of the wanderlust In hla soul and t>* pnueuisn of nualittsa which would make him esteemed strong men did they apply to a trade or profession on shore And this skilled laborer—the hardest worked and lowest paid In the world—who. under the law. Is denied the right of self defense while at sea—who Is hopeless of advancement or change because deficient in Inhej-ent brutality, physique and th* groundings of education—this man, so necessary to the world's commerce, can rarely obtain Justice In the courts of a free country, because a blind,public aen tltnent ha# preudjudged him a potential mutineer, pirate and murderer Out upon such public sentiment And sham* upon the novelist who has created and fostered It. Morgan Robertson. Off the Traek. This mean* disaster and death when ap plied to a fast express train. I* Is equal ly serious when It refers to people whose blood la disorder'd and who consequent ly have pimple* and sores, bad stomach*, deranged kidney*, weak nerve* arid that tired feeling. Hood's Sarsaparilla put* the wheels bock on the track by making pure, rich blood and curing the** trou bles. * Constipation I* cured by Hood's Pill*. Re.—ed. A nelleleaa Smoke. The Herbert Spencer I* *n elegant cigar and Is truly * delightful enjoyment ta Inhale the fume* of thl* fine tobacco; II t. evhilei atlng ond detleteu# See that the name of Herbert Spencer \fon every wrapper of every cigar, with out Which none are genuine. The Herbert Spencer cigars are only sold by the box of W Conch** st *3 50. and Perfectoo. *4-SO *t Uppman -Bros., whole sale druggists. Barnard and Congress streets, of this city—ad "Orsytorerd 1* a family medicine with us " sal# prominent business man yes terday. "Mi wits takes It. and 1 nolle# •be ts enjoying b**t*r health than foy years. The children keep well by taking It. ’ Orayb-'srd may be obtain'd at all drug .lores or will* to u* for It Itespess Drug CO., sole prtpa. Ssvannoh. Qa -*d. -Wanted, a steady mar. to look after a garden and milk a cow aho ha* a good voice and ta accusbomtd to ale* la the choir,— EnglUb Country Paper. Rag-Time. This is truly “Rag-time.” The borderless desert between Nothing and Nowhere. Puzzle-time for us and for you. Summer is expending its trying dragging length. Autumn has not yet evolved its “sear and yellow" from suntime’s withering cal dron. We can scarcely ask you to buy Fall garments that can’t be comfortably worn yet. So we can only advise you to turn an Economical Penny by taking some of our Summer remainders that we don’t wan’t to put away. REAL FAR-SEEING ECONOMISTS will find plenty of allurements in every Department, that will pay them to secure for next season’s use. or for Early Fall Wear. You can make enough on the Old Season's wane to give you a good start on the new one. Verbum sat, etc. 0 Fall and Winter Attractors for Men, Boys, Women and Children, are ROLLING IN DAILY. You Can Open the Season With a New' Fall Hat. B. H. Levy & Bro. MB. JONES AND Hia BILI. HP. Correct Announcement When After noon Call* Are l*n!d Next W inter. New York. Bept. 7 VTh* bigger and ug lier a dog Is three day* the belter are hls chances for moving In high society snd .f claiming the prettiest debutante of the season as hls demonstratively devoted friend. For four years now the black and white or hrlndle bull of the Boston ' - - ' The Stately Cowled Hound. A Wlcklt-Bowed Bull. or Trench or common English breed hae been a prime favorite in the smart sec. Now. however, a bulldog must have wicket-bowed foreleg* or he Is not es teemed fit for the socteiy of ladle*. The extremrly bow-legged bull of a pale gold en brlndie with hls owner's initial* somr timer branded on hi* hind quarter Is the latest compromise between art and fash ion Thl* specie* with a fierce tnderjaw and peculiarly tigerish markings come from England, bur this country I* rapidly securing an adequate domestic supply for , Borzois, th* Favorite Cassock Uounfk the man and the girl who refuse* to walk, abroad without a canine attendant at their heels. Th* pipe smoking young man |s as |n eisteni on this dog aa the high heeled gir . and this winter many an afternoon caller will announce himself as Mr Jones and bull pup. This particular typ# of bulhicg Is highly esteemed, because he is bred and hla early educution Is carried out on lines that teach him the import ance of minding hla own business. j„ city a do* requires a leash chiefly to keep him out of mlechlef and the hands of the do* catcher, but not so the t.rued-bowed bull. From puppyhood It Is instilled lnt hls mind that he must worn the use of a leash end give exclusive attention to following, utilising hls teeth and sinews only when wantonly Interfered with. These bulldogs could even he taken to church or to a concert with perfect con fidence In their gentlemanly deportment. In winter weather they wear brown or grey chinchilla blanket*, fastened with handsome decorated silver or brass but- Snaps. The LADIES will admit that they have hitherto had only a vague idea as to the real and forceful meaning of LOW PRICES When they see the little figures depending from our GIANT VALUES In Summer Things. Wrappers, Waists. Skirts, Underskirts, Knit and Muslin Underwear, Neckwear. Girin’ Handsome Slips and Dresses. Selections In Fine Hosiery, Ribbons, Collars, Cuffs, &c. &c. &c. Don't slight the immensely popular KABO CORSETS —and — Perfectors. Essence of Style and Comfort, tons, a collar of calf akin, trimmed with steel or gun metal, and live hundred dol lars l* not a fancy price lo pay for a fine, well bred specimen. A good country dog has become a ne cessity In these days, when families stay late out of town, and young women have a propensity for taking long strolls, some limes qlitte alone. Various dogs as pro tectors and companions were tried snd all of them proved too unreliable or too disputatious until a trial was made of the retlahtltty ami irmper of th* rcspeclej bloodhound. He proved equul to the tea', and one or two women have bough* their hounds from Kentucky kennels and have adopted them as walking < ompenlons. The stately cowled hounds ars the type for which as hign a price a* a thousand dollar* apiece I* cheerfully paid for their dignity, goal sense, tact, strength and stein attention to duty It beyond praise snd sdmeilme* neyond belief They are enormous dogs and when s bloodhound realises he hs* u mistress to protect he never leave# her out of hls sight, yet never attacks any one until he receives her express older# to do so. Then, and only then, like a gentleman, he engages hi* enemy with nlAety-nin* chan e* of victory re. Jit* side, though he tvlll draw out of th# bat tle at a word tnan th* lady be serves The cowled bloodhound Is on* of the only dogs who can't be fooled and pat ronised by strangers, and who refuses to run at the end of a leash. ll* will wear a collar with a ring In It by which the owner tan ley a restraining hand upon him. and It |a the not inappropriate fash ion to give hea* stately end fearful beasts such names as Terror. Vengeance. Re venge ate., as somewhat desertptiva of their distinctly blood-thirsty natures. A beautiful new dog who no longer has hls way lo make socially la the Museum borzois, th* favorite Casaack hunting hound. For a number of years peat the borzois have been much the mode in En gland. but not until the Princess Oataco zene tent a beautiful specimen from her Russian home to her mother. Mr# Oram, have *h#y found welcome here. The wo men who have country estates boasting stretches *f fair lawns have sent abroad for those noht* creature*, more for tne decorative . effect they convey to the front of a fine country place than for any other reason. They are as graceful as deer, and wear their allver mounted col ters with an Infinitely arlstocratlr. air. It la necessary to buy a pair of bor zoi*. for Which !h# delicacy of highly bted creature*, they are exclusive Ing no pleasure or association with other dogs, end make a far better appear*re-, leaping over the green In rouplea Oh their collars their names are always en graved. and they are Russian names us ually. Alexia or Ivan, Vladimir and Ltushka. Emily Holt.- < lllnstarn It -leased. Jacksonville, Fla.. B*pi. g.—All the ftf. teen Chinamen recently arrested here for no* having proper paper* have been re leased save two. Kim Lie* and Walt K*e, who will prohably be deported under or der* from Washington. In this connec tion It la rumored that Chinamen are smuggled Into the state from schooners from Nassau and other points, landing them on the lower East Coast, at thinly populated points, the men finding their woy lo Jacksonville, and theme lo other [ points. It is also currently slated that I th* government ba* dcecuvg* engaged In llooking ujj till* trumofi MeHKoWN I* Ik Fl.oil in A. Penaayl'raala ape a,l thrift I* illrrllf Thlaa* I*. JarkevnvHlr. Fl* , Bep f I —Hcot I Me- Keown. of Pennsylvania. Nw York and elsewhere, clubman, and *<**l fellow gen erally. I* here enjoying life, and inctdentel ly, showing ail the wouM-he *fw>rt In Florida how to spend money. Mr. He. Keawn I* the one whom th* New York World wrote up * Hood, y or. two tfn, with lavish picture*. Illustrating how h* *r*n In a year. Mr. M>'K*own came here a abort tlm# a*o and apeedlly made friend*. He book ed the baseball team*, het the Jackson t Hie *port* to a at indatlil and had no end of fan out of It He la neen almost daily driving through the *lret* with a handmmi coal black *pan of flyers, Hr companled by ww of hi* genial compan ion* Mr Keown came Mouth front New York over a riuatth ago He went to New Hmvrm and other |~>mt on the Rnet t'oaet. and *pent *om* little time yacht ing there, Itehlng. elc. When tired of thl* port he gave aw*y hi* haodnofne hott to It voting eon of Senator Frank Sam* of New Smyrna, to whom he had been attracted to by the voongeter'e bright w iy* While here in J*ck*onvlite, he made the acquaintance of flu* Mueller, one of the !>et known voting bualne** men here, and a* a token of hi* frtervtehip. pre*ent*d him recently *h a diamond walch charm, that <nwi din. It I* claimed that he | one of the heir* lo the famou* McKcown million* In Psnn •ylvanla. THr. : IT DOVUI.IA Many I nynaea firing Halit *e ißlnnil Cotton Selling Well. rtougla*. Oa.. Sept. t-J. M Athley. preldent. and C. K Baker, cashier of the Villon Banking Company of thl* city, attended ihe cotton mill meeting at Mta geral.l They represented the hank and Itouala* > apltalf*t*. J S. Bailey and Frank 1,. Sweat are placing material on Ihe ground for *lx f-room milage*. J. M Idem It building two modern cottage*. J. H. I>ent two. L O Stein three. H. II Owen* one and I. S Wllll*mon one. all hut the latt two mentioned are already engaged A. J. Mcltnnald and H K Qulnoey. who have lew reading law under Qutn r*y * McDonald, will at an early data enter the law department of the State Vnlveralty at Allien* Imugla* I* to have two new merchants. Me**r*. A*plnwall A Davla have rented th* Pateraon store npiioalt* the court honor flood era Island rollon brings i rents per pound In the seed In Dongtae to-day, which would U- about an Ut-crnt t>aala for lint cotton, ami the prospect* are for It to go higher Stormy weather I* In juring and retarding the gathering nf Ihe half crop that wa* made. Hogs are atm dying wPh cholera, only a few more left for th* disease to prey upon. nil HI Ml FOH OH lilt ARY. Many Candida lea In the Field la Baldwin I nattly. Mllledgevlll*. lit . Srpt. t—Th# Demo cratic Executive Commuter of this coun ty met at ihe court house to-day at 11:V lo arrange for a primary election to HU Ihe vacancy on the Desoocrallo ticket for Ihe October election, caused by the death of Capl M ft. Hell, the nominee for Ihe office of ordinary Sept. £1 wa* decided upon a* Ihr day tor Ihe primary, which will be held under the rule* governing Ihe regular primary election. In response to th* request made some day* ago by the popup*!* that th* elec tion should 1m held under the name of a white pilmary. it was decided that all the rule* and law* of th* state Democrallo primary election* would be oh*rrv*d and that the election would bo known as a Democratic palmary. The short time given before tha pri mary brought out all the candidate* for ordinary with a rush thl* morning, and a brisk tight 1* het ilk made for the ofltca by several prominent men In thl* coun ty. There are now In Ihe Held Mr. L* M. Thomas col. W. r. Urey, Col. K. R. Hines, Col. D. S Sanford. MATTER* AT THB I'SIA KHIITY. All the Professor* on Me ad—Pref. Strobe's Aeeideat.' Athens. Hept. 1.-AII the university pro fessors have now arrived and have estab lished office hour* and are busy pre paring their work In tbelr different course*. Prof. Charles M Blrahn had th# mis fortune to sprain hls hip while on th* I'nlled Blair* geological survey, but -will bo able to begin hi# work at th# univer sity by Its opening, Mr. Clem Akcrman. who will lake Prof. John Morris' place In the School of Her man, has arrived In th# city. Prof Mor ris Is In Korop* studying at tha Univer sity of Berlin. . *j UIHI.'S COLLgOC TO OPEN. School at Alllledaevllle AA 111 Ba Crowded Till* Year. Mllledgevllle. On . flept. —Ths OlHs' Normal and Industrial College will opan on next Wednesday for Its tenth annual ses sion. with a very large aitendanc*. Pres ident Chappell has Issued Mb ceftlflcataa of admission. Including pupils from nearly 100 counties In the slats. All tha dormi tory places have been mgagrd. and a number of students will board In private families. Application* (or admission era still ••>nirt by every mall, and in a week after the opening the school will ba flllsd lo Its utmost capacity. Way crass Sees Notes. Waycross. #., Sept. * —The damage suit brought by O. H. Bowen, the colored mall rlerk. against the Savannah. Florida snd Western Hallway Company, was com promised "for 12.576. MsJ Sidney Herbert Is still *1 th# Phe nl* * Hotel. He ha* ben confined to bt# room tnoe* of the time since ha cam* Tuesday night. Mr J. A. Caeon. superintendent of tha Ware rounty pauper farm, say# that, not withstanding ihe fact there ha# ben so much rain In this section. It has missed the farm and they are still suffering News reached here to-day of the death of Mr W. O. Ahi of Rlacksheer He was a prominent cltlsen and had ben 111 for BOOM time with dropsy.'He was about year* of age. Tallahassee News Note*. Tallahassee. Fla.. Rep*. —The Maypoet Terminal fompahy was Incorporated to day. with a capital of *W. Col Jam** H. Parrott of Jacksonville ts at the head of the company, which has acquired and will improve real and personal property at Mayport. The following enlistment* In th* Btat* Troops have been reported to Adjutant (Jeneral Houstoun: K F Scarlett. J. A. Holloway, W. R. Tousey. C. Townsend Bascotn Tempi*, Hsmuel Bhlretakl, W. N. Sheafs, Jr., clyd# WUaon. E. H Ityer. W. R. Falierson. E. w Wilson. J. C. 81l lngsley. for the Oov ernor's Uuard. suit Over tlrain Rate*. Kansas City, Sept. I—A jult In equity was begun tr, th* circuit court here yes terday to enjoin th* Missouri Fa-:ttlc Rail way tram discriminating against Kansas City. In gram ratan. 7