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A FAMOUS_ COLLEGE.
The Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical College.
THE FIRST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL-
Stabkville, Miss., November 21.—[Staff
correspondence Constitution.] Whatever
(position one may choose to accord Missis
sippi in point of material development and
one thing is certain and sure, in
Jill that relates to the industrial and mcehani
cal education of its sons and daughters, the
State has done more in that direction than any
state in the south, and possibly as much as
any state in the union.
Here, in the village of Starkville, with a
population of less than ten hundred,|is located
an institution that in point of completeness of
equipment and successful operation is without
■a parallel in the American continent.
I refer to the Agricultural and Mechanical
college of Mississippi!
A few facts concerning it can be only of in
terest, and as these facts wore obtained from a
interview with General Stephen D.
'Lee, the president, they are authoritative and
exact,and should carry weight with them. The
college has only been in operation eight years.
It owes its origin directly to tho land script
fund the general government divided among
the different states, but this fund would have
been totally inadequate to have equipped and
Supplied the institution with its various and
manifold wants and needs bad not the state of
Mississippi generously contributed to its sup
port. There is one thing about this people that
ought always to be jeincinbered to their credit,
not that they are lacking in good qualities,
however, they have always manifested a wil
lingness to be taxed to support institutions
that are tho medium of conveying useful in
formation to the people.
The college was organized in the fall of 1880,
the land scrip fund received from the general
government amounted to $227,000, but under
the law only a small per cent of it could be
expended for land, the amount having to be
he held in bulk, the annual interest being used
in support of tho institution; $15,000 of tho
fund was expended in buying laud, and 2,000
acres of the poorest and least desirable land
about Starkville was purchased for tho college.
The reason for purchasing worn-out land will
be explained later on. With all this land and
no buildings or equipment stood the experi
ment in 1880. The first appropriation made
the state was in 1880, when §85,000 was
£iven ; tins amount was immediately placed
into brick and mortar, and before twelve
months had elapsed, a commodious, and con
venient brick building had boeii erected.
Without going into many details, the state of
Mississippi gave in 1882 an appropriation of
$120,000, in tho same year a second donation
of $9,611. in 1884 an appropriation or $65,000,
in 1886 one of $50,000, or, in round numbers,
the state has spent in equipping tho college,
$329,611. This money was expended in the
erection of necessary buildings, for in 1880
there was not a roof on the whole 2,000 acres.
Today the college grounds present this appear
ance: the main college building, a handsome
structure of brick and stone, in which are the
recitation, lecture and chapel halls; a large
dormitory building of one hundred or more
.jooms, capable of comfortably accommodating
sTudenis. besides the necessary rooms for
persons in authority; a chemical |!aboiatcry, of
brick, veil supplied witli apparatus; a mess
hall, of wood, wherein the students cat, and
where al) the cooking is done and the supplies
are kept; a hospital, of wood, where the sick
are nursed by trained nurses from the New
Orleans Charity hospital; ten houses for pro
fessors, averaging six rooms, comfortable and
convenient, but inexpensive; barns, stables,
cow-sheds, calf-sheds, creamery, silos, engine
and machinery rooms, together with other
necessary buildings for the successful opera
tion of a large farm. The college buildings are
[located in a beautiful grove of native oaks
upon a slight elevation, and the effect of the
whole is exceedingly pleasant. The Mobile
and Ohio branch from Artesia divides the
property, giving excellent railroad accommo
dations.
Now, for the years 1886 and 1887 the Missis
sippi legislature appropriated $50,000 to the
college, and the interest on the land scrip fund
for the same period was $9,857, making the in
come of tiio college for the two years, $59,857,
or $29,928.50. Including assistant tutors and
heads of departments upon the farm, tho num
ber of instructors are twenty-two, and have to
be supported out of this amount. This would
make salaries small, but for one fact,
and that is, the farming operations,
instead, of being a source of expense, as they
are elsewhere area source of revenue, mod:
than sufficient to pay all tiie cost of instruc
tion and operation in that direction, thus leav
ing the entire income of tho college to tlic
maintenance of the regular college officers.
This fact alone is sufficient to attract attention
io the institution.
There are today in attendance upon the insti
tution over 276 students, which was the e aet
number last year. General Lee was obliged
last term to refuse over fifty applicants on ac
count of limited accommodations. Mo will
not permit over two students to occupy a room,
believing that more will be conducive to ill
health : and for this rea-on the institution is
somewhat limited now in the number of stu
dents it can accomm .date in its dormitori-s.
Os course, as many as desire can attend, pro
vided they will lodge elsewhere; but nearly
every student desires a place in tho college be
cause of its cheapness, and also because of its
admirable system and training. 'The college is
strictly military also, in addition to its other
features, and is in charge of a regularly ap
pointed United States army officer. The con
duct at table, in dormitory, and in recitation
room is strictly soldierly, and adds greatly to
the efforts of those who desire to give the boys
nn excellent education at the lowest possible
price.
General Lee informed me that the class of
Students received was alm st entirely from
the farming classes—boys, sons of small farm
ers, who sought the institution for the purpose
of obtaining an education. Over nine-tenths,
perhaps, were from tin "i:*_ ■■.*, and the item of
expense was a great object '• ith them. Every
thing is free save board, and that is given to
the students at actual cost, Tiieexpensesof a
Student for one year at the coll gc cannot very
well exceed $124, divided as follows; Board,
9 months, at $8 per month, $75; uniform,
$18.1'5; coal, $4; book . sl2; furniture, $6;
washing .*''l.7s; medical fee, $5. Surely for
nine months at college 124 is a small sum,
but at Starkville it is (even still further re
duced. Students are required to work so many
hours per day. receiving 8 cents per hour
for their labor. This money is
not paid to them in cash, bit.
is credited upon their board accountt
4 An expert bookkeeper in the employ of the
institution, who, in addition to his duties a:
agent h r the college, keeps a< irately the ac
count of each student. The expense of §124
per year is greatly reduced by many students;
for instance, at the last session there were two
students who made 559.9.'i by their labor: there
Was one who made $68.43 for the term: there
were sixteen who reduced theirs to .*75.5;; for
the term : there were- thirtien who re,lured
theirs to s 5d.66, and es. ht.<n who paid only
$96.17 for nine months, while all {.aid e, n: I
crably 1< ~, than the n■■■■< - ary ■■ 121.00. I vis
ited the cclb'ge on Sam: ay, a <1 .y when the
boys arc not cornpell- 1 t• : • rforrn jm:-.e-I
labor, biitT'-in do S" if th'v <! sire, and v.l.at
did 1 see ? Three hundred yards below tho
ground- :•> p. strct r'i ot low l.i> -l -■ <•>■■■ t aunt;,
noys with coats off ami sic* ve- , died tip ditch
ing. spadimz. shoveling, using the pnk and
crowbar with the < :,-e and •• ilts of
veteran laborers—twenty s g fellows with
brawny ::r,n ami m . 1 , >..; .ng thirir v. ;■;,•
through college by tin i. -.n mammal lai-.r!
And tln rc will not !> • , -i th. t nun I.
who v, ill make a failur it, ire! I‘. -. ng I
the »ta • :nd catth yard ■ -■■■
at work there ; a nu 'i i r t. I n.ttir that
find:, n ■ .-■ le ji S< < ■ -.a ne.mbe r
paintim .-.ml repairing : a .ri- eltnral impb-
fngiqi t!,e c.-'.ttle yards, otle;, storing ar. >v
forage | ■■:ha;.s in all, <m 1. :m!red doing s
useful l.im 1 of la!" r. Aid, mark voit.ttva.
note .... ory that i; lor t wa-adnyof |. t
with th .hi, but their ’<■■ ■ hearts determined
upon peti 'tig througli .u tin 1 oirest possi Le * <
were t.", meryspari hour to
add -oim tlrng to tie ■ ■ :■■ d l i - ilium.
Much es the farm work is performed by the
stmlc..--—not all, for ' • :-on that on -uch
a large tract of land.theic uro parts too r -
tnote to penult men men v. ho are only capable
THE WEEKLY CONSTITLTION, ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1887.
of doing so many hours per day to work it;
but the hired labor employed costs very little
In company with General Lee, who lias been
president of the institution since its organiza
tion, and who has done more perhaps to make
it what it is and to popularize it with the peo
ple throughout the state, a tour of the whole
place was made. Tho lecture and recitation
rooms were visited. Everything was plain, but
neat and comfortable; the appliances for illus
tration and experiment were complete and sys
tematized. The course of study in the college
is not elective, every student is compelled to
take a prescribed course, and after graduation
may then devote his time and energy to the
. study of some particular branch more in detail,
hi the chemical department, agricultural and
industrial chemistry is perhaps more thor
oughly taught than in any institution in the
country, because the student is compelled to
perform actual work. The professor of chem
istry is the state chemist and tho analysis of
fertilizers is conducted in his department; the
manufacturer pays $25 for each analysis, a part
of which goes to tho professor and a part to the
college, and other actual work of an important
character is performed here, which will bo ex
plained later on when the operations of the
farm are described.
In tho mess hall everything is neat and or
derly, the meals are served in military style,
and are well conducted. The most wholesome
fare is given to the students, for they require
it. The outdoor work these men perform
whets their appetite, and they oat like what
they are—strong, robust, healthy workers.
General Lee carried me into the kitchen,
where the dinner was being prepared. At
eight dollars per month, one would not think
that a very attractive meal could be prepared,
and yet hero is what the students had that Sat
urday: Roast pork, tho meat being raised at
the college; rice, turnip greens, peas, potatoes,
tomatoes, corn bread, baker’s bread, with cof
fee and milk. Surely one requires nothing
more, and tho menu is sufficiently
varied each day as to prevent any
one from tiring of any particular
food.
On each student’s entrance he is required to
deposit five dollars as a medical fee. This
sripports a regularly organized military hos
pital in charge of a trained nnrso from tlie
Charity hospital in New Orleans. A physi
cian, also resident, looks after the sick, but, as
a rule, the habits of the young men are such
that there is very little sickness among them.
In the dormitories there is no overcrowding.
Last terra General Lee permitted three to oc
cupy one room, but becoming convinced that it
was not healthful, he ordered it to be discon
tinued. Now only two are quartered together.
On account of limited sleeping accommoda
tions, the college cannot begin to accommo
date those who apply. The applications from
states other than Mississippi are simply aston
ishing. Os course, none can be taken," for the
reason that the institution being a
state college where tuition is free, the state
demand must bo first met, and so far this
has not been done. If the Mississippi as
sembly should appropriate $50,000 for the
erection of a dormitory the size of the present
one,Jl venture the statement, gobtained from
conversation with men in no wise connected
with the college, that it would be immediate
ly occupied. There are today scores of appli
cations on file in the secretary's office, and
as soon as a student drops out because of sick
ness or the fact that he has been offered the
management of some creamary or farm, there
is a rush for the vacancy.
The college is so wonderfully successful and
so universally popular in Mississippi, and that
too among a class of people who in Georgia are
enemies of education, that I asked General
Lee the cause. His answer is significant, and
to those who arc interested in education all im
portant. Said he, “wo have never lost sight
of the purpose for which we were
founded. On tho contrary, we have
always steadily pursued it; organized as an
agricultural college we have always been.one;
everything we have done has been done with
an eye looking to the improvement of the ag
ricultural community. We have taught prac
tical farming, our experiments have been of a
practical nature, and the farmer at first dis
posed to resent the insinuation that his child
ren could be taught how to make land pro
ductive better here than at home, has about
come round, and now comes here himself with
his troubles. We get inquiries every day from
farmers in regard to farm matters, all of
which are promptly answered.”
“When we were organized they put us here
on old, worn-out land which wo believed at
the time would cause the whole affair to be. a
failure. But it has turned out a blessing. The
people have seen what we have produced by
our efforts from that old land, have noted the
improved condition of that land, and we have
inspired them with confidence and the insti
tution commands their respect. I believe,”
continued General Lee, “that the college lias
no better friends in the state than the farmers,
and I judge by the fact that over half of our
pupils are tho cons of real practical farmers.”
The president was too modest to speak of
the hold the college had upon the people gen
erally, but the sentiment of the state is that
what was first tried as an experiment has be
come a certainty, and what xvas once doubtful
has resulted in a success that all Missis
sippi is proudly conscious of. In another let
ter I will speak of tho wonderful farming op
erations of the college, and especially of the
theory of Professor Galley for restoring fer
tility to old, worn-out land, that has attracted
so much favorable attention. H. IL I’.
What Became of Napoleon’s Fortune?
Front the Washington Herald.
One of the most remarkable historical inci
dents of this century was the disappearance of the
first Napoleon's enormous fortune. In 1810 he wi s
far and away the richest individual in the world,
lie camo out of tho Italian campaign ending in
1 -s: i with 84,000,000, accordmg to ids own account.
This he maintain'd was ills private property.
Taking the statements lie made to his friends and
others at St. Helena, he must have hidden away
when he left France the lust time the enormous
sum of 8:0,000,000, or 200,000,000 francs! This would
make him very much tho wealthiest man in the
world, for that sunt then was equal in influence to
4200,0.0,000 now. No sovereign of his time could
bight to approach hint in personal fortune. Mar
shal Sonlt, tiie last of tiie imperial marshals (who
died in Ncvamber, l l ’>l, just about a year before ids
great antagonist, the duke of Wellington), told a
vcneral l j French general oliicer, who repeated ft
to the writer, that when tho emperor went t > Elba
lie had 60,000,000 francs covered up in Paris alone.
Os the $12,(K0,000 hur l cash paid over at one time
by ti e United Statesjo Napoleon as first consul in
1803, it wus common rumor—not very general, you
may be sure, however —tha' 7,500.000 francs of the
sum xvas never accounted for in vouchers. This
might easily have been. Napoleon was then first
cot stl for life. lie could do just what he chose,
ai d nobody dared cal! him to account.
It is not very difficult to hide money in large
s ,ms, too, so it cannot te found, be the search ever
so careful. Ferdinand Wind has tome millions
tl.i’ io cred up, and no human being Ims ever yet
found a clue to t! e itolen treasure, it was said and
b .-tieved by man., p >; le, toe, that etephen Girard,
of Philadelphia, bad a large Him in ids hands bc
| longing to Napoleon J, which he would have hand
-1 cl ove: to him had he . unseeded in getting away to
! tiie I'nited -i t ;safter Waterloo, as lie tried to do.
i/riis XVBt., through his minister of finance, did
nil in h:s power to disc over tills hidden treasure,
but th ne who knew would never tell. ’lh-yprob
ably took it themiy-lves when tho emfsiror died in
1-21. Hut it Isa very interestin'.; and romantic
I story, the disnpi'earnn' e ulisolutely of the greatest
fortune in the world s history up to that time, leav
I Fig not a trace behind.
Coining lioine to Die.
Vt.'ipo'it.d <.f lj:c • h>n budding woman
. 1,.. -•! i i-.ii's all her Mrengtli to meet the
• non '• natur ■ makes upon it, many a young
' woman returns hotiu from the severe mental
.ioin of ■ brail w; ii a liroken-down cr.nstitil-
I tlon, and her fiiin 1 ion., disarranged, to go to
i an early grave. J f she had been wisely conn*
■'•d and ■ iven tho 10-nejit rd Dr. I’ier- *s
, .te Ur.... riritioii" 1■ r Wily devdop-
Inent might ha'.** kept pawith h<:r in utal
ind I VI, nd 6" i'F v ■ '■! i. . :n e
' ; i’. tn way to decline and death.
Tho Iteal Article.
. 1 ri.jii the Ju f ./ ■.
At a ro*tauraut. A customer, hi a disgusted
*‘Why, thU milk 1® turned.”
I • - .Vi’ thatjro.e. J IV .
‘ everything ebw -ol lln t restaurant, g.-nuin**, nu l
I u »: a leceiving comUrutloß of chaU and water,
The arlion Os CarteA Uttfe Liver Pill,, is
' niate the liver, and regulate tin- bow ths,‘but do
not purge. They arc sure to please.
EX-SENATOR JONES.
Formerly Rich and Generous and
Now Without a Home.
HIS LATE UNFORTUNATE LOVE AFFAIR
Detroit, November 25.—[Special.]—The
announcement of Ex-Senator Chas. F. Jones’s
condition has created a most profound sensa
tion hero, his tall form and pleasant face hav
ing been a familiar sight wherever people have
been wont to gather. ®lle still appears in pub
lic, but will Say nothing since lie saw his affairs
discussed by tlio newspapers. All sorts of
rumors about him are constantly in circulation
and they keep the newspaper reporters hust
ling running them down.
A tidal wave of excitement occurred this
evening when it was announced as a fact that
he had taken bis life. The report was untrue,
but it would not surprise many people to learn
of his death at any time. Ile is morose and in
a deplorable state of mind, while his clothes
are badly out of gear. Several days ago one of
Senator Jones’s friends sent a letter to his
second son, John, who is employed in the
pateijt office in Washington, asking him to
come on at once, and ho is now here.
"I don’t yet know just what we will do with
father,” the young man said this evening. “I
am very much afraid that he can never be
persuaded to quietly leave Detroit.”
“Do you consider his mind affected?”
“I hardly know what to think. It is true
that his father was for a time partially insane,
but that was always regarded as the result of a
sabre wound, and not hereditary. Father has
always been in excellent health.”
To-day your correspondent, who has enjoyed
the ex-senator’s friendship, called uj.on him
and succeeded in getting him to talk some
what about himself.
“The day is not far distant,” ho said, “when
the newspapers will bitterly regret this attack
upon me. It has always been the way of tiie
world to attack everything that is good, and
everything that it cannot understand. If I
had used the advantages offered by my .scat in
tho senate to become a rich man no one would
have a word to say against mo today, but that
I did not do. 1 went into tho senate a poor
man and came out of it a poorer man. But it
will all come out right some day. lam a firm
believer in tho doctrine that all things eventu
ally find their proper level. Everything that
I have been, and I leave my official record to
speak for itself, was accomplished by my own
exertions. I landed in this country from Ire
land with my widowed mother, away back
in tho forties, when I was but
twelve years of ago. Wo were
almost entirely without moans. Chance took
us to Florida, where I started in to make a
man of myself and become somebody in the
world. In'all my previous life 1 had not to
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exceed a year and a half of schooling. During
those early years in Florida 1 worked like (he
veriest slave by day and studied by the light
of a pine knot or tallow dip far into the night.
In this way 1. fitted myself for the bar, to
which I was admitted in 1858. The records of
my legal career are scattere<l all over Florida
and lap over into several other states. I had
to fight against race prejudices and was entire
ly without backing or influence, but I
climbed to the very pinnacle of legal
distinction before entering a political
career. I was particularly versed in
all matters pertaining to constitutional law,
and was quite universally regarded as authori
ty upon that subject. My political career be
gan with being elected to the legislature. I
was a member of the legislature which sent
me to the senate in 1874. Since that time my
career has been national property, and you are
doubtless familiar with it. It may be that I
have endowed the ofHce of senator with high
and holy qualities which it does not rightfully
possess, but 1 entered the senate chamber with
reverent tread and never quite lost my vener
ation for it. 1 lost sight of all selfish ambi
tion and tried to give my life and my best ef
fort.; to my country. That is why I came
forth poor and pure. I wish it understood,”
and tho eyes of the ex-senator snapped with
enthusiasm, “that 1 shall have friends in
J'lorida. Had I chosen to return to the senate
I could readily have done so.”
When the talk drifted on to his future plans
he closed up instantly. His friends tonight
gave up hopes of getting him to return home.
Since the expiration of his term of ollice ex-
Senator Jones has not been prominently before
the people of the country. I pto that time ho
drew unpleasant notoriety upon hims'df; but
few men could have more quietly or more stub
bornly submitted to the adverse criticism to
whi' h he was subjected. He had suddenly
left his place in the senate, where he had ac
quired an enviable reputation because <»f his
statesmanship/ his ability as a constitutional
lawyer and his honesty. He came to Detroit
three years ago, upon invitation of W. G.
Thompson, to make a visit, which has grown
into a permanent stay. Much was at first
made of him. Ho was genial, sociable, able
and possessed of sullicient means to live ex
pensively. With those means he was over
ready to aid the numerous calls of charily, and
he very soon became identified with the cur
rent local movements of num and affairs. He
occupied luxurious apartments at the Russell
house, sought out the kindred spirits of the
city and made desirable acquaintances all over.
Among these was Miss Clotilde Palms, a
young lady of great wealth, pleasing manners
and the highest .position socially. Far from
b<dng a beauty, she nevertheless was found by
ex-Senator Jones to be extremely attractive,
and he at once became her avowed suitor. He
was persistent, but it is believed that the lady
never fora moment gave him aseriouU thought,
and the long siege came to an inglorious end.
It is understood that ho thinks it was through
no fault <»f his own or prejudice on the part
of Miss Palms that he <lid not succeed in this,
probably his last love affair. But an explana
tion of why he failed, or of why he ndu-j-d to
rd urn. either to Washington <»r to !• iorida, or
to leave Detroit at all, is necessarily some
what vague, because the reason* at which he
hints me uncertain and apparently based
upon a foundation ol little fact and much im
agination.
He believes himself the \i< tim of a con
spira« y within the democratic parly. Tills
combinaii* n against him involves statesmen,
politicians and newspapers. Ii f<i!low« d him
through a tour of Europe, was made chiefiy
manifest ;it the banquet given liini by the lord
mayor of Dublin, <ioggp<l his o.li< ial life at
W '-ihinyt'-n. thwarted his purp'- • •. nr iign<*«l
> f ;• and a.t, menU'• to rtf*.
hi Lrief. ha b»-cii the ex-senator’s la te
noir. Hi* has hinted at a u . sination if he
w« lit hony, has ■di mal> <• in item* of th<*
<• iitem tiressthit seemed p/rh'ily innocent
to all olhers, ;<nd b.ti tr.’ the evid‘*io <-s of
pn s/ j’ibi’.i r.’er of p. blh " duty. ’ H<- has
vov • d that he will ‘’tloc n” .<II this oppo ition,
nnd with thi . vow is Jin!:-d nndher—that he
will remain in Detroit until that purpose is ac
complished.
At o.ie time his belief that lu* was the vic
tiin of a conspiritf y, found vent in some re
markable letter-. written to hi# friends here.
They are s.rd V, have been vioh nt to an a don
i-liing degree. Whate er may liavelx*eii their
character, it was from them that then started
Hie first whisperings of lack of faith in his
mental condition. On this point, it is Impossi
ble to speak accurately as yet. In conversa
tion on general subjects, the ex-senator seems
not only sane, but to have unnsally good sense
and a large fund of accurate information. In
a recent conversation on the subject of yellow
fever, he showed n remarkable memory, as
well as full knowledge and a power of
almost fascinating description. When ex-
Senator Jones came to Detroit ho had somb
ready money. His integrity had stood firm
against the temptaions held' out to him as a
senator of commanding position and influence
or he would have had more. His income
ceased with hi* term of office, and tho heavy
expenses he had assumed when coming to this
city wore not curtailed. Ho had contributed'
as already stated, to public charities witli lib
erality, and had made presents to some of bis
newly acquired friend* in Detroit. With a
room costing him $3 a day at the Russell
house, one son and sometimes two, staying
hero with him at his expense, a serious inroad
was made upon his limited means.
His bill at the Russell house reached an
amount that called for settlement and a, tem
porary compromise was effected by locking tho
ex-Senator’.s room against him. He quietly
accepted the situation and removed to Hie
Griswold, his son accompanying him. Tho
same unpleasantness was in time encountered
there. There was a bill of $l5O and no money
forthcoming in payment. Again the door of
his room was locked. This time tho senator's
resources did not serve him so good a purpose.
He remained at tiie Griswold, and, barred
from his room, availed himself of a lounge in
the hallway. Here the night clerks took pity
upon him, and in passing would throw a,
blanket over him and allow him the best
rest obtainable. His son usually spent
these nights, which brought no fixed abid
ing place, with some of bis young com
panions at their rooms. Finally Detect
ive O’Neil, a friend of the ex-senator, finding
him asleep in the Griswold house office, asked
him if he had been without sleep the night
before. Jones said that he bad. and readily
accepted an invitation to Mr. O’Neil's house.
This was three weeks ago, and the ex-senator
and son arc still partakers of O'Neil's hospi
tality, but have received a suggestion that his
means will not permit a long continuance of
this arrangement. The senator usually takes
from three to four meals u day at. Roos’s res
taurant, and a bill of $250 is registered there
against him, which sympathy and a reluctance
to deny so distinguished a patron have allowed
to grow with time and the ex-senator’s appe
tite. The Russell house news stand has a lit
tle account of $25 with the ex-senator, and
other dealers in such articles as he wants are
his creditors.
All this serves to suggest Jones's condition
ratlier than to reflect upon bis honesty. His
actions are not those natural to a man of his
intelligence, native ability and powers. His
friends realize this, and a son from Washing
ton is now here to sec if something cannot bo
done to induce tiie father to leave Detroit and
engage actively in the work for which ho is
fitted. There is a general opinion that lie is a
monomaniac on the one subject of tho alleged
conspiracy against him. No one is able to talk
with or advise him on the subject of his finan
cial difficulties or of engaging him in the prac
tice oi his profession. He simply walks away
and will have nothing to say. He declares
that he has saved the people of tho country
millions of dollars, has b<*cn liberal since com
ing to Detroit, and that the people owe him a
living, which he seems bound to have regard
less of the opinions it may create and tin* com
ment which it excites. He is a regular attend
ant at mass and a strict observer of other re
ligions duties, but, aside from that, the whole
course of his life seems to conform with tho
delusion which threatens his life.
When ex-Senator Jones’s circumstances first
became straightened he could have borrowed
all the money he wanted. He did get frequent
loans'and could, perhaps, get them now by per
sonal application. But one’predominating
characteristic is his high spirit, and instead of
going frankly to his friends and stating his
case, he has sent requests by messengers, until
finally these ceased to have the desired e,fleet.
He is a man that a friend and advisor cannot
talk to. When told by Detective O’Neil that
he could get money to pay his debts and take
him home, if he would see his friends, he re
plied: “Let them come to me.” Senator Jones
claims to have a fine house in Florida which
is unencimbcrcd, but he has never taken any
steps to assist himself by sacrificing it.
Detroit, November 2G.—lt is stated in an
evening paper that Washington friends of ex-
Senator .Jones have decided to adopt energetic
measures in his behalf; that a fund has Tiecn
pledged by leading democrats of the country
centering in Washington to take care of the
ex-senator for the remainder of his
life, either in a home of his choice
or in an asylum at Pontiac or one
at Washington. It is rflso stated that
Monday a caveat will be issued by the probate
.judge, sworn out by the senator’s son and
backed liy theaftidavils of thr«u* leading physi
cians, citing Jones to appear before court, if
lie acquiesces in the examination severer meas
ures will be avoided, hut if he persists in his
stubbornness, he will be committed to an asy
lum. John Jones, the ex-senator's eldest son,
cannot be found tonight to verify the rumors.
His son refuses to talk, an<! no application for
warrant has yet. been made by any one, and by
whose authority the statements are made is
, unknown.
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Exchange,
“Have you read any of tho Russian novel
ists?” asked a society man of a fashionable young
lady.
‘si, yes. They are splendid,” said she. “What
do yon think of them?”
“Think they arc splendid.”
“So life like.”
“Splendid. True to nature.’*
“Splendid.”
“Nothing overdrawn.”
“Nothing. Splendid J think.”
“She’s one of the bri;. htcht women 1 ever saw
(a<ldr*.s/<frig B'finc one ohc and nodding toward tlic?
! young lady to whom lU- had bee n talking;. Knows
I all ultout Itnrsian literature, don't you uudcr>lai«d,”
I “Don’t know when Pre enjoyc-d conversation as
I much,” raid she, (turning to home one < !><?)• “He
| iiu got all the Itu&dftu noveiistsat h.’s very longue's
Lottery TfckclM Furnish a Wechlkig Outfit.
Portland, Me., Oct., J!'. South Portland,
just sicfv.s the harbor, is all ag<»g over a bit of
romance. J'oi* months Louisiana StatcLot
ury II ct/ have lw*< n extensively <l<alt out
here, nnd n few persons have had windfalls of
fortiine. A '< ”ng man named ( ole and hU
: betrotli< <l, >li>7» Jackson, in somewhat poor
circnin-tanc *. concluded to try their luck, and
each pa "I lilty cents for one-tenth of a wholo
ticket. At the October drawing they found,
| by r< ading the schedule of winning tickets,
hat theirs had drawn ft i undcr-
tood tint their w<*dding c ard:* are now in tho
j hand ; of the printer. -Nev. York Sun, Oct. 20.
School
Why do s/ hool girls like northeast winds?
Ii briii ' chap to their lips. Should it bring
< «J<!»to I heir h< nd,, jet them take 'l’nylor’s
i Cherokt Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein.
MILESJJF FLAME
Have Played Havoc In the South
and Southwest.
WHOLE SECTIONS ARE LAID WASTE
St. Louis, November 25.—For several days
a veritable cloud of gloom has hung over St.
Louis and life has been rendered almost intol
erable by smoke. During the day the sun is
almost totally obscured or appears simply as a
dull red ball, and at night tho moon and stars
are invisible, and even the street lamps are
not visible to tho naked eye, except at very
close range.
All the people are coughing and rubbing
their aching aud in'tlamed eyes, and cursing
the drought nnd forest fires that are devas
tating vast sections of country in all directions.
Sinokv is over and about and in everything.
The streets are full of it, the houses aro full of
it, the people’s eyes, noses and lungs are full
of it, and timid poisons aro afraid to go to
sleep at night lest the dense smoke should suf
focate them. It all comes from tho forest and
prairie tires that aro burning fiercely in Illinois,
Missouri, Arkansas. Indiana, Texas, Tennes
see and the Indian Territory.
EXTENT OF THE COWI'GAGRATION.
Y'ottr correspondent met Mr. L. B. Farley, of
Hot Springs, Ark, who had just come in over
tlio Iron Mountain railroad, traveling through
a section afflicted by tlio scourge of fire.
"The forest and prairie fires that aro now
devastating the southwest are much more de
structive and widespread than people believe,”
said Mr. Farley. “Tlio forests of northeast
ern-Arkansas have been burning for three
weeks, and hundreds of thousands of acres of
timber have been destroyed. Around Hot
Springs the fires have been burning fiercely, nnd
for a tew nights the landscape was entirely
circled xvith flame. For two hundred miles
this side of Little Kock the nir is thick with
gray, stifling smoke, freighted with ashes.
The tires seem to be workingall northeast,and
from tlio reportsreceived it seems tho destruc
tion is not confined to forests, but tho crops
and improvements on hundreds of farms have
fallen a prey to the flames. 1 saw a strip of
territory about ten miles long a few days after
the flames had passed over it, and it would bo
hard to conceive anything more desolate. It
had been covered xi ith a line forest,and all that
remained was the black and burned earth and
some charred slumps.
ritAlltlES AMI TOHESTS At.IKE SUFFER.
“The dry prairies form a combustible link
between tho forests, and there is nothing that
will put an end to the destruction but a heavy
rain. Coming up on tb« trnin the progress of
the fires could bo seen on all sides. Southwest
Missouri seems to be suffering severely. Stod
dard county and some of the adjoining coun
ties, which are low ai.d swampy, aro being
swept by the tbuiu s. Tho underbrush and
scrub oaks that grow in tlio swamp are dry as
tinder and burn rapidly.”
“Did you hear oi any lives being lost?”
“No; but I heard rumors that some hunters
were surrounded by tires, but there is nothing
authentic regarding the loss of life. Generally
the farmersjaro warned l>y the smoko and
wind, and if they embrace the opportunity can
escape.”
BAD NEWS FROM MANY SECTIONS.
From other sources your correspondent ob
tained information of a similar character con
cerning the work of the destroying element in
this immediate vicinity nnd throughout tho
south and southwest. Dispatches from many
townsand railroad stations show that vast
areas of timber land and cultivated country
have been and aro now under the sway of tho
lire fiend in southern I llinols and Indiana. A
dispatch from Anna. HI., says:
'■The forest tires are still raging in nearly
all parts of this (Union) county and surround
ing counties. By almost superhuman efforts
they had been confined to tho swamps and
waste lands, and were doing about as much
good as harm, hut tho high wind of Saturday,
and Sunday scattered the flames, and for tho
past two diiys they have been spreading rap
idly. Tho smoke to-day was almost unbear
able, being so thick that the sun could scarcely
bo seen. Reports coming up from tho Missis
sippi bottoms are that many pieces of valuable
timber land have caught tire, and nothing can
bo done to check the flames. The farm of M.
V. Eaves is suffering very much, several
thousand rails having been burned, and more
are in danger. A barn on his farm caught
tiro yesterday and was destroyed, together
with the contents and sonic agricultural imple
ments, a largo buggy, etc. Several other
barns wore burned. 'l'iio farmers of the entire
region, assisted by many people from town,
are bard at work lighting the fires, although
little can bo done to stay their progress.
The woods a few miles east of Anna are now
burning.
“The farm residence of A. W. Musgrove,
several miles cast of town, caught lire from
tlio burning woods and xvasdestroyed, together
with the contents. The forests around Don
gola, nine miles south of here, caught Satur
day, and for a while the town was in great
peril, hut the lire is now partly under control,
though tlio danger to the town is still great.
Fires on the ties and bridges of the Mobile and
Ohio railroad for Hie past few days have de
layed trains considerably. Telegraph polos on
the lines of both tho Illinois Central and Mo
bile and Ohio have been burned, causing great
annoyance and delay. No rain to speak of has
fallen here for five months.”
VILLAGES IN ASHES.
From other townsin Illinois come like stories
of devastation, each tellingof thcgeneral work
of destruction or reciting some particular
event such as the burning of line residences or
farm property, narrow escape* of people and
livestock and thrilling experiences of lire
fighters.
A dispatch from Shelbyville, 111., gives the.
facts, xvith meagre details, of tho burning of
the little village of Findlay, a few miles -from
Shelbyville. Not a business house was left
standing except the postoffice, and only four
or five resident H in the outskirts of tiie vil
lage remain. Tho town had about, one thou
sand inhabitants. The burned and burning
district extends clear over into Indiana, and
dispatches from Leopold, Seymour and other
interior towns tell tales of trouble by fires.
From many points in Missouri come dispatches
of similar import, while many of an equally
distressing character aro received from Ar
kansas.
BESTBUCTION IN Alt K ANSAS.
The following from Little Koi k will serve as
asamjde: “The drought still continues, nnd
Arcs are reported from every direction. The
air is filled with smoke. It has been more
than a week sine® tho sun showed its face.
Reports from Arkansas county aro that the
prairies and forests are turning, and that
much reining, as will as outhouses and
pastures, have been destroyed. A lineman,
just in from along the telephone line to Hot
Springs, reports tiie destruction of three resi
dences and many miles of fencing.
"Tho little town of Mayflower, Franklin
county, has been badly scorched. Yesterday
tiro was discovered in the woods west of the
town, burning in the direction of the village.
All efforts to check the flames proved useless,
and onward the fire rushed at terrific speed,
driven before a high wind and sweeping every
thing before it, including fences, barns and
lioirscs. ft required the greatest caro of tho
citizens to save the town. Many people wore
compelled to leave their homes. Haydon
Brothers and others uioved (heir goods. D.
It. Lorentz, L. D. Akridge.T. W. Worrelland
J. B. Miller are among the heaviest losers.”
Hl XI ING GHOUNBS RUINED.
Grand prairie and the prairies along White
river in Arkansas, late the paradise of hunters
lifter prairie chicken and snipe, aro now
blackened wastes. Thousands of birds hove
been destroyed, and the country as a hunting
ground is ruined. In tho swamps, people fol
lowing in the track of tho flame-, find < arcasses
of deer nnd bear that were overtaken and
burned to death. Tho deer have lied to tho
cujtivate.d fields, and are becoming almost as
tamo as sheep. The stock range is destroyed,
ns weeds will spring iq> in place of the grass.
The high w inds that prevailed rendered futile
the i fferts by the people tosubduo the fire.
Several persons have narrowly escaped
lyin long at tin hands of tho people, who : us.
peril d them of firing Iho gra-s on the prairies,
’Fh'S'ditor of tho DeWitt, Ark, Reporter, who
had :i ram h on <lrand ITnfrie, < harges the edi
tor on the opposition paper with setting fire to
liis place, and lie- controversy between them
is likely to end in causing gore instead of print
er's ink to flow.
Dr. William Gucrrant, a physician of twenty
years' experience in the bottoms, is the only
person yet heard from who can foraee good re
sults from tiie fires. He claims that tiie <ln
»tructioii of decayed leaii s and undergrowth
will do away with malaria to such an extent
that white neoulv can bo liealthv in in bottom.
ATLANTA GOES WET.
Fulton County Roes Against Prohibition by
1,133 Majority.
The great contest is over and the anti-pro*
hibitionists have won.
T’lK TOTAL VOTE
In Fulton county yesterday was 9,244. Os
these tho anti-prohibitionists polled 5,183, and
tho prohibitionists 4,061—an anti-prohibition
majority of 1,122.
Tho antis .carry every ward in the city, the
majorities ranging from 74 in tho second ward
to 216 in tho fourth ward. Tlio total majority
in tho cdty is 817. The antis also carry all th*
voting precincts outside of tho city with the
single exception of South Bend. The ma
jorities in tlio county precincts range from|
nine in Collins to 101 in Cooks, the total nuyi
jority outside the city being 305.
In tho first, fifth and sixth wards the crusia
of voters was very great during the entire day,
and for some time it looked as if it would be
impossible to accommodate all who were enti
tled to vote. This proved to be tho case in th*
first ward, for when G o’clock camo and tha
polls were aleelarcd closed there were many
registered voters who had been unable to cast
their ballots. In all tho other wards the vote
ing was practically through with at half
past five o’clock and nobody was shut out.
Badges and banners of all kinds were to ba
seen on all sides. “Return prosperity to
the city and Vote for the Sale,” read tho
placards which adorned tho anti-prohibition
carriages. The prohibition carriages bore big 1
blue placards with tho single word “Prohibi
tion.” There were badges galore. “We Ara
Wet,” was tho legend on some of tiie red
badges, while boro the single word
“J.iberty,” or “Freedom.” Tho blue badges
were most numerous. There were Young
Men’s Prohibition Club badges to be seen
everywhere. Blue badges with tho single
wont “Prohibition,” were most numerous,
however. At Hie fourth ward, some of the
ladies waved a big blue banner, with tho word
“Homo” painted on it; ami nt the second
ward, there was quite a lengthy appeal to
mothers and daughters, to work in the cause of
prohibition.
There wore two kinds of nnti-j rohibition
tickets, Ono was a blue nnd white back
ground with the words “For the sale,” in
white letters; the other—and tho one almost
universally used—was a plain white ticket
with tho words, “For the sale” in black let
ters.
The dry ticket was unique. On one side it
boro the picture of a huge and horrible look
ing serpent, with head erect, but he had just
been cleft in twain by a little cupid xvith
wings, bearing, raised aloft, a wide blade, oil
which are the words, “Against the Sale.”
Tho other side is of a different color and rep
resents a barroom, in which num and women
uro drinking and carousing, with children
bogging them to desist. Over all is an nngel
with outstretched wings and a look of pity on
her face, and in her hand she bears a card
with tho inscription: “Against tho sale.”
As the hour for closing tiie polls drew near,
it became more and more evident that tho wets
had won tho fight. This opinion became *|
certainty when the official report i f the com
plexion of tho county districts became known,
and the enthusiasm of tho nnti-prohibhionista
became intense. Bonds played, “wet” ugir
marched about, the streets and, for the
part, spent their time in yelling as hard as
they knaw how.
At nig" t “everything goes” was the motto
of tho wets, and they seemed bound to live up
to the sentiments tlieruin expressed. Tho dem
onstration at the Kimball was a striking
affair. Enthusiastic antis paraded the street,
serenading prominent persons, and of coarse
The Constitution, though hardly a person,
was remembered.
It was a gallant victory.
The Vote in Detail.
Tho following table gives tho vote of tho cu
tin county by voting precincts, witli the ma
jorities, and tho anti-prohibition gains ovoj
tho vote of two years ago:
MaJorf- i ® g
ties.
PRECINCTS. . !
3 .« b «( b i
_ H ? Q I I O q>
'Flint wardiw: 818 685 183
Second ward 1076 .’>7s 5011 74 >,
.s’ Third ward !M6 526 380 146 •”
o Fourth ward 1116 681 465 216 °
Fifth ward 1061 683 478. 105
Sixth ward 1310 716 603 113 “■
a— ' J
" Total hl Citv'.Uli 311'40:112
_ Maloiitv In l ily I ’ I '1; : 196
~~WOSt FihL’......... 451; 271 17, Ai? 410
East Point 17l| 97 77 20 09
. (10l I ins 137 73 61 ii ;w
b Bryants 1211 <1 63 18 50
s Haun Bend 3:W 1;8 191 43 J 72
p Peachtree 150 88 AM 20 13®
Q Adamsville 160 101 68 51
-j link Grove 79 47 62’ 1.1 2
■£ Buckhead 161 08 63! 35 8
t - Cooks 419 260 159 j ’lOl
Total In Country. 2203:1251 961 .">lB 43 969
Total InCeunty 924115183 4061 (1165 43
"■■Cooks in 1886, 216 wet.
Total wet gain on lost, vote 1,350.
Total wet majority in county,l,l33.
A Chronic Teiulency Overcome.
Many persons are troubled with a chronic
tendency to constipation. They aro of bilious
temperament. The complaint to which they
are subject, though easily remediable by judi
cious treatment, is in many cases aggravated
by » resort to drastic purgatives and cholago
guos. As tiie human stomach nnd bowels ar*
lined with a delicate membrane, and not witli
vulcanite, they cannotstaud prolonged drench
ing with such medicines without serious
injury. Nothing restores and counteracts ail
habitual tendency to constipation so effectual
ly as Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Ils laxa
tive effect is gentle and progressive. It
neither convulses nor weakens the intestines,
and its effects are unru cotnpanied by griping
pains. It urouM* the liver when the organ it
sluggish, promotes digestion, and encourages
appetite and sleep. For fever and ague,
kidney troubles, nervous complaints and in
cipient rhemnatisin. it is incomparable. Taka
a wineglass before meals and see how soon you
will relish thorn.
LET THERE BE LIGHT.
Hou. Roswell I’. Flower, President; Robert
lIIHCOek, Vice President; J. W. Slack.
Treasurer.
These are. the well known gentlemen that
comp is® the Hitchcock Lamp coiupanv, organized
in 1873, nnd now furnish light to nearly nil tha
civilized countries In the world. Ilimdiels of
thousands of tl>c Hitchcock lunq s are now taedtli
Europe, Asia, Australia, Mexico, North and South
America, and on the coast of Africa, ond giving the
very best of satisfaction, us numerous letters of
commendation testify from person* who hare used
tho lamp from six to eight years. Tho large, silvery,
mellow light of this lamp is simply wonderful,
without chimney, shade or globe. NO SMOKE,
NO ODOH, NO DANCE! O EXPI.OKION NOR
BREAKING, It L E oNOMIf'AL. using less oil
than an ordinary lamp; giving throo times tha
light; Letter and steadier light than gas at one-fifth
of Hie cost I.n 1 u saving of the eye. Agents are
doing aplendidly in the sale of tills kiuji. Nearly
everybody wants one. There Ir opportunity fog
good agents tn nearly nil the southern states.
Address GEO. A. MOSS, Manager,
n w ky Southern Department.
22 South Pryor street.
Sport.
From ruck.
Sport is a great thing. In these fine autumn
days It Is pleasant for tlio stntcn I-liinder to sir on
bls back stoop, hear the New York Nimrod’s shot
gun crack, aud listen to some weather-beitti n ex*
peri, need catbird respond vely crying out “Itatst*
and adjusting his tin elu st protector while ho ex
plains to the sportsman that the jartridgo who used
to Hr e In that neghboriiood moved away two yearn
ago.
In every community there are a number of
men whose whole time is not occupied, such :»*
tencliers, ministers, farmers’ sons, and other*.
To these classes especially wo would aay, if
you wish to make several hundred
during the next few months, write at once to
B. F. Johnson & Co., Biehinoud, Va., and:
they will show y ou how U> do iV
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