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BRAVE lIAIVKINS.
How He Narrowly Escaped a
Fearful Death
By the Order of JNana Sahib-A Scene
That Occurred in the Horri
ble Sepoy Revolt.
From the Providence Telegram.
A few weeks ago the Telegram published
the interesting story of Robert Anderson, of
this city, a soldier of the Crimean campaign.
Since then the story of another worthy citizen
of Providence has been gleaned, the story of a
good man who has stared death in the face un
llincingly.
Plain, orderly, every-day sort of death may
not have any great attractions for Mr. Stephen
Hawkins, but it certaiuiy has no terrors for
him after his experience with the so-called
pale reaper. Mr. Hawkins is a mill operative
and lives at 57 Eddy street, Johnston. His
first encounter with death occurred during the
great Indian mutiny, or Sepoy revolt, among
her majesty's native troops of India.
Ho was a corporal in the
Thirty-eighth Foot, and with some twenty
others, was captured by the mutineers in an
engagement forced by that arch-fiend Nana
Sahib, son of the Porshwa of Poona. Those
who fell into the hands of that cruel, treach
erous and relentless monster could hope for no
mercy, for Nana Sahib kuew no mercy. The
day before the engagement the small force to
which Mr. Hawkins belonged had done exe
cution on some three-score Sepoys, captured
red-handed, their weapons still dripping with
the. blood of helpless women and children.
Courtsmartial for such were dispensed with
by General Sir Hugh Rose, afterwards Lord
Strathnairn, and the mutineers had been
placed at the muzzles of field pieces and blown
away. No worse death could be given to a Se
poy, although it is a painless end, but the na
tives objected to it because of the wide spread
ing scattering of the remains, and the impossi
bility, as they thought, of collecting fragments
to make a decent exhibit on resurrection
day. The summary execution of these
men had so maddened tlio mutineers
that when reinforced they made a sortie, re
sulting in the capture of Corporal Hawkins
and a section of his company, In their thirst
for revenge, the Sepoys began cutting and
slashing the prisoners to death at once, until
halted by the dread Nana, who wished to re
serve them for a loss expeditious ending.
Hawkins was one of those who had not yet
been cut down, and he was at once reserved "for
a spectacular death. It was at Shajehanpoor,
in the presidency of Bengal, the most disaf
fected district, and little chance was there of
a rescue, for the few British troops were be
leaguered in the small barracks. Mr. Haw
kins was ordered in the presence of the Nana,
who received him with a smile and offered
him a cigar.
No savage in form or manner was this great
head of the mutiny, for he was well educated,
had been lionized in London by the elite, and
had brought back a European polish to his na
tive subtlety. He spoke English fluently.
“How many troopsWhave you over there,
corporal?” lie asked, pointing toward the
spot where the small English garrison was in
arms.
“Enough to avenge Cawnpore,” was the in
trepid reply.
The Nana smiled and motioned the natives
who had approached to bayonet him to fall
back.
“I want tha.t information, corporal!” •
“See you d—d first!”
Nana Sahib gave a sign, and the next in
stant Hawkins’s cigar was knocked out of his
mouth and he was in the. grasp of halt a dozen
Sepoys. An order in Himloostanee was given,
which Hawkins understood, for ho had ac
quired a knowledge of the “bat,” as it is
called, and had successfully passed a military
examination of the lower grade. The order was
to seat him in the muzzle of a loaded 13-inch
mortar. The mortar was elevated to an angle
of ninety degrees, and Mr. Hawkins was
placed upon it. T|io three men. two women
anti four children, unslain, were brought out
to suffer in bis sight, and life and liberty were
promised to the one who would execute the
others, but there was no taker of the offer.
In the first place, no British soldier would
have accepted life on such terms, and in the
second place they knew the treacherous Nana
would keep no promise.
Hawkins, however, saw away to save the
poor women and children from a prolonged
death, and in a Lancashire dialect which the
Nana’s English could not fathom ho bado one
of his comrades to accept for the purpose of
killing the women and children quickly. A
private named Pauurn caught the idea and
volunteered to do executioner's duty. A cav
alry sword was put into his hand and ho was
instructed to quarter a little girl that was
clasped to the breast of her mother.
This the man could not do. He was ready
to kill the poor creatures with a thrust through
the heart to save them from a lingering death,
but to hack a babe, limb from limb, in the
presence of its mother, he could not do, and so
he ilung his sword at the head of the Nana
and took his place with his comrades to die
with them. The scene that followed was oue
that was frequently repeated during that fear
ful period of rapine and murder. The women’s
breasts wore cut off, their tongues were pulled
out by the roots, their eyeballs driven into
the head, and their limbs hacked off. The
children were tossed in the air and slashed in
twain before they reached the ground. One
child, so tired by the fatigues it had under
gone, was able to sleep all through the fearful
carnage, and when the mutineers would have
tossed her in the air with the others the cruel
Nana stopped them. He wished to spate the
little one for something “humorous but linger
ing.”
All this time Stephen Hawkins was bound
down in a sitting posture to the muzzle of the
great mortar. The butchery of his comrades
and the women and < hildren had bo.cn done
before his eyes, and a rivulet of their blood
was running at his feet.
“About how many have they got up there,
corporal?” The soft, fepiinine voice was that
of the Nana, but Hawkins made no answer.
Ho was thinking of a little cottage home near
Manchester, in the mill district, where he
knew those at home were thinking of him,
and hoping that bo would soon return to
join the ilepot companies and get his fur
lough.
Nana Sahib gave a little, low laugh, and
hade hismen adjust the lanyard so lightly that
a child eouhl lire the mortar. They di 1 so,
and he tii n Lad the line lengthened and one
oral fasti nod to the Jegof the sleeping child.
The purpose of Nana Sahib uas new evident.
When tb j child av.<ke it would ran away in
fright at the sight of the mutilated bodies
lying around, and in rum.tag would pull the
lanyard and lire the mon ir.
The humor of the situation was not appre
ciated‘O much by Mr. Hawkins as by the
devil! h designer of his death, who laughed
again that soft musical ripple which always
preceded his atrocities.
The child slept on calmly until the hot rays
of the sun, to which she was now exposed,
began to make Ir r uncomfortable. First she
moved a hand, then a foot, and then shifted
her position. To J law kins every movement of
the little girl had a peculiar interest. When
sin moved and moaned he quickly commended
his 'til to God, expecting to be blown to atoms
th'' next in.,taut, but instead of springing up
as h'' expected, the innocent little tot turned
ovcratid resumed her sluml.er.
Ti.e com iiiual strain on his nerves through
nearly two hours of this rt of watching :.u<l
waiting, was worse than a hundred instant
d' atlis and then to put an end to it Corporal
Haw Irins Cried out the little one’s name for
the purpo., of start Ing her. It awoke her.
She d up and rubbe 1 her eyes am] raw near
her the gory head of her tna, detacked from
th" trunk. With a scream she jumped to her
feet and botui'led back. Iler log jerked the
lanyard. Snap weut the cup and that was
The child lay on the ground tethcre I by the
foot, and l 'nrp..ral Hawkins was still iaing
over a loaded shell. It bad misled fire, but
Icf .ro the gunners liad time to repair the de
fect they were engaged in a hand-to-hand coti
flict with a body of SIkU cavalry, which,
remaining faithful to the British, had swept
down in hordes from the Punjauh, where they
had been employed, ami Lad come upon the
S'-euc nt time to divert attention from the vic
tim. Nana Sahn.' n-caped. as he always did,
to l"a-.’e fighting foroiuer'., for the government
had seta big pri e up'ti his head. Mt. Haw
kins was released, and most people w ill agree
that his escape from death was as narrow as
any one COttU wnsh. '
WONDERSOF NATURE.
Mr. J. A. G'usun Tells of the Wonderful
Electrical Room at Hillman.
Colonel James A. Benson, of Washington,
Ga., has been in the city two days on business
with the Georgia Electrical Mound company.
Ho is the president of the company, and is
taking the liveliest interest in it.
Colonel Benson is a businessman, and, what is
better, a very successful business man. Ho
went to AVlishingtoti, Ga., the homo of General
Toombs, fresh from Ireland in 1870, with very
little money, being a refugee on account
of his being a patriotic Irishman, and ho com
menced business at Washington as a merchant
lie succeeded by close attention, and his train
ing in the old country was of great benefit to
him. About two years ago ho was admonished
by his physicians that ho had a very insidious
disease of tho kidneys, and that it was neces
sary for him to tako a rest. Ho formed a co
partnership with Mr. Henry (>. Colley,
a brother of Hon. Frank 11.
Colley, and tho business today is
carried on by tho firm of James A. Benson &
Co. at Washington, Ga. It is immense and
covers all departments of trade. The firm
sells for cash or on time, buy cotton and sell
everything, do a banking business or any legit
imate business needed tor the farmer. Alsiut
tho time ho was worried about his health,
the electric mound at Hillman attracted
attention and began to bo talked about. Mr.
Benson commenced to investigate it and fre
quently visited it. Ho drank freely of the
water, watched every case and camo to this
conclusion:
“First. It has cured me.
“Second. It has cured every case of purely
a nervous disorder, it makes no difference
what caused it, that I have noticed.”
And he made up his mind to purchase the
property.
He interested some of his friends in tho
matter by telling them what ho knew about it,
and organized a company, now known as tho
Georgia Electric Mound company.
In a conversation with Mr. Benson, yester
day, he said: “I am in Atlanta for tho pur
pose of adding to tho hotel at Hillman.”
“Air. Benson, is there anything in this elec
tric shaft?”
“Well, upon my word, my friend, that is a
very foolish inquiry to make of me,” ho re
plied, “and it reminds me of the fellow who
asked the sea-sick man if he was sick, and he
answered,‘do you think I am doing this for
fun?” I have spent a great deal of money on
this shaft, and have induced some of my
friends to do the same. Everything about it
was as wild and as crude as any backwoods
county in the state when wo took it, but I am
satisfied it will pay us, and so are my friend's.
And we expect to spend a great
deal more money. I consider this
electric development one of tho wonders of the
age. AVe have had patients from every state
in the union, and I have never seen such re
sults. lam enthusiastic because it cured mo,
and since then I have watched hundreds who
have had as good results.”
“Why do you not advertise it more?”
“Simply because we have every room wo
have to spare now occupied. Mr. Brown, the
manager, and myself, are here now to buy fur
niture, etc., to fix up thirty additional rooms,
and we will be ready next week to accomodate
that many more guests. Messrs. Boyd & Bax
ter sold us tho furniture, Messrs. John Ryan
& .Son the carpets, and Messrs. Mcßride & Co.
the crockery and chamber sots. Wo have also
today contracted w ith Messrs. Cole, Gentry
& Co. to wire tho hotel for electric bolls.
We are going to light the hotel with electric
lights and make extensive additions during
the coining year. Everyman in tho company
has faith in.it. They have plenty of money—
did not go into tho schemoto humbug any one,
and in fact could not afford to do it.”
“Air. Benson, what kind of cases does this
well cure?”
“My friend, don’t call it a well. It is not a
well.”
“Well, shaft,” was suggested.
“It is not a shaft,” said Mr. Benson. “It isa
subterranean room, and we call it anelectric
room. It is not necessary for me to explain
the room to you, but. it cures all
cases of nervousness—it makes no differ
ence how it originated. It will not cure
every case of rheumatism, but it will cure
every case of rheumatism that results from
any disordered state of thenervoussystem, mid
any case of muscular rheumatism. I have
never known a case of neuralgia it did not
cure, nor a case of nervous dyspepsia, and any
nervous trouble resulting from diseases of
women, one subject to insomnia, and teething
children. Now take my case. The physicians
told me two years ago that I had disease of tho
kidneys, and really frightened my wife by the
diagnosis of .my case. I confess I felt some
what squecmish over it myself, but see mo
now? Do I look like I was a sick man. Well I
attribute my health to tho electricity and tho
water ”
“Is there any virture in tho water?”
“There is,” said Mr. Benson, “Its effect is
wonderful. I have the statement of mon who
have tested it, and could give certificates, but
when we get ready to bottle the water will be
soon enough for that.”
“AVe have had patients,” said Mr. Benson,
“from every state in the union, ami from every
county in Georgia, ami wehaverelieve d ninety
per cent of them, and cured seventy-five per
cent. It is not a patent medicine, but is na
ture’s pure application to nervous disorders of
any kind, ami it is as reliable as any remedial
agent long discovered in tho materia inedica.
I invite,” said he, “the medical fraternity to
investigate tho matter and I can assure, them
it will be a good service to me ami my friends,
if they can discover any defects in what we
claim for it.”
Helping the Right Side.
To help the'right side is not only commenda
ble. in a genital point of view, lint is judicioiri
and prudent when that help is ei,listed in be
half of the right side of tho body, just over
the lower ribs in th" region of the liver. Tho
most efficient help is afforded by Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters, an anti-bilious medicine of
incomparable efficacy. Inaction of the liver
is accompanied by constipation, sick-herulacho,
furred tongue, nausea, occasional vertigo, tin
unpleasant breath, yellowness <1 tho skin and
ball of tlio eye. The author of those symp
tom ~ liver complaint, routed by the Bitters is
is accompanied by tl;< tn in its flight. Fever
ami ague, which always involve.; the liver,
d.-sjx'psia, rheumatism, debility and kidney
troubles are all maladies to tlioearly relief and
final cure of which this stall ’.nd medicine is
adapted. Don’t use it by fits ami starts, but
systematically,that its full cllccts may ri suit in
a perfect restoration of health.
♦
It Was a Conllagi at lon.
From tho (‘iTi j.o «.
“Papa, wliat is a conflagration?”
“It i> a : i,’. tire, my '■on."
“And wh .1 do they cal! a lift!? flro?”
“Tiif.re is no pccial n.\n.e for a I ttle flro. Oh.
tbcfr sometimes util it an incipient file, and—kt’s
see—well, it i tom el. mt s called an inc onulderublc
fire. Why?”
“Well. J *co ymir coattail i.s on fro, and J was
wond* ring whether it was a contiagration or an in
cipient f.rp, '
In u 1 . -.minute.' 11; • young man had nasonto
think it was a conflagration.
♦
If Sufferers from Consumption
Scrofula, B: .iicldtis and General Debility will
try Scott s Emulsion cf Col J,:-, r Oil with
lly poplnz phit's, they v.iil f:ml immciiiato re
lief and p< rtnlmi'e bem lit Tim . ledmal Pk
feißion universally <le< Into it a remedy e>f the
greatest value ami very palatable. Head "I
havcu»« u Scott’s Emulsion in several cases of
Scrofula and Debility in Childien. Jh .idts
im.st giatifying. My little pat ents lake it
with pleasure.”—W. A. Ht.i.bi iti, M D., Sal
isbury, 111.
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TlicMo.t Successful liti-im ss Collega Grad
uates.
f,j'?'*’Mr. Varis (.’. Bror/ii, book-keeper for
Parker, Wise & Co., ami Mr. 8. B. Kelly,
le.ok-koej.er for VorltCi . 1. :m 1 A Co., whole
sale clothiers, ami Charles Sharpe, bank
book-ki I J,< )■, arc among th" seo ral Ir.'.ndred
prominent business m<-n of Cincinnati, Ohio,
who graduated under Prof. E. W. Smith, now
Principal ofttmCoinmcrci.il College of Ken
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Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 11.
L S'o advertisement of this College and
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WILL RESUME WORK.
The Strike on the Reading Road
Declared Off.
HOW THE RESUMPTION WAS EFFECTED
Philadelphia, February 17.—William T.
Lewis is national master workman of the miners
district assembly Knight’s of Labor. He today
proposed to order the miner’s strike off in tho
Heading mines, provided assurance was given
him that after work was resumed tho subject of
wages would bo considered in a conference of
representatives of miners and mine owners.
President Corbin, of the Heading road, speak
ing for himself and President Keim, of tho
Reading coal company, gave this assurance,
saying tho proposition covered tho ground as
sumed by the Reading company. Mr. Lewis
loft lor the coal regions today and he is quoted
as saying that ho would order the strike off be
fore tomorrow night.
Following is tho correspondence between
Lewis and Corbin:
PiiiLAhEi.riHA, February 16.—Austin Corbin,
President Phihidelphia and Reading Railroad com
pany.—Sir: Being desirous to bring the strike in
the mining region of the Reading Coal and Iron
company to a close, in order to get the working
people In and about these min-s to work, and
speaking for these working men. 1 propose to < r lor
a resumption of work at once upon your assurance
that I can promise the men t! at after they liave
gone to w< rk and mining operations are in regular
progress, the subject of wages will I p considered in
u conference between the company and its em
ployes or their representatives, and upon the
further as.imance ti at no o ie shall be discriminated
against ’ y reason of his connection with the strike.
Yours, &c. w. T. Lewis.
Philauelpuia and Reading Railkoad company,
Philadelphia. Pa., February 17.—Mr. \V. T. Lewis,
Pear Sirr lam in receipt of your favor of this date.
I have consulted Mr. Keim, president of the Coal
and Iron company, in relation to its contents, ami
am authorized by him to say that it is substantially
in aceord with ourjxisition, and such actio n would
be satisfactory to us. No one will be discriminated
against because of his connection with the strike;
also, that it is not understood ns piotectivg such
men as have made, or attempted to make, personal
assaults upon men remaining at work; and, p;o
vided further, that in any conference over wa.us
tlio miners are not to expect us to
pay a higher rate of wages for mining
than those paid by other coal-producing companies
in competition with us, namely: The Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western; Delaware and Hud-on.
Lehigh Valley. Lehigh Coal and Navigation com
pany and Lehigh and Wilkesbaire company, but
with the understauding that we are willing to
adopt a bisis that shall give our miners as mm h as
Is paid by either of those companies, it is under
stood that the wages to be paid on returning to
work will be on the old 52.50 basis, and will remain
on that basis until a change shall be mutually
agreed upon. Yours truly,
Austin Corein.
Ex-President Charles F Smith, of the Read
ing Railroad company, was the first witness
this morning before the congressional investi
gating committee; which is inquiring into the
strike on the Reading railroad system and in
the coal regions. Mr. Smith said he had been
president of tho Reading road from IStJI to
1869, and a director till 1878. He resigned his
directorship because he discovered in 1876, af
ter an investigation, that the company was
publishing fa iso reports and cooking up its
accounts in the interest of stock gambling.
In the reports tho truth was suppressed, the
Boating debt not reported, and
while tho road was not earning
any money it was paying dividends
on its stock which was accomplished by bor
rowing money. Some of the directors’were
gambling in stock and other iniluenci's in the
management were impelled to pay those un
earned dividends by vanity. The object of
the gambling directors was plunder. Tho
company he had formed, had borrowed $15,-
006,(W to pay dividends which had not been
earned. Ho specified an account 0f.51,2-0,000
in the report of 1878, which lie said was false
and misleading. When asked “who suffered
by tins?” he answered “tho stock hob lers,”
ami to the question, who profited, replied,
“the men who gambled in the stock.”
Mr. Smith explained how tho railroad com
pany had obtained possession of the mining
company. He said that the latter was virtu
ally the creature of the former under the presi
dency of Franklin B. Gowen. The origiital
charier of the mining company was obtained
under the title of the Laurel Run Improve
ment ami Mining company. The bill had
been put before the legislature in that name,
so that it would not bo known as tho Reading's
bill, but as soon as the bill was passed its name
was changed to tho Reading Coal and Iron
company. There was no stock issued until tho
name was changed and tho Reading had con
trol. Most of the coal property was bought on
credit ami double mortgages given, which wit
ness explained—one regular mortgage ami the
other, a second mortgage, secured by bonds is
sued. The railroad company had no power
under its charter to go into the mining busi
ness. It depended for its mining annex upon
the coal ami iron company’s
charter, which contained a clause pro
viding that its stock could be
held by the railroad company. Tho railroad
company, as a matter of fact, had advanced
money to pay for coal lands in tho Schuylkill
region which are now in the name of the coal
and iron company. The railroad company
rest their claim to tho right to own the coal
and iron company on Ihe theory that, their
right to do so w’as vested before the new con
stitution was passed.
Judge (.’hipman asked the witness whether
he ha I noticed any largo dealings in Reading
Stock recently.
“Von have told us that some men in the.past
iiade money by issuing false andcookod-np re
ports, which enabled them o successfully gam
ble in tho stock of the road. Now, has there
been sm h dealings in Reading stock reef ntly
as would l< u»l yon to suppose that under cover
of these (liiiicdlticb there is some such tiling
going on now ?”
Witness 1 have no knowledge of such a
thing, ami I don't think dealing iu Reading is
just now’ ; urprisingly large.
[Tho dealings in Reading in the Now York
exchange today aggregated 11 J,U)i) shato >on
tlio report that the strikes had ended, and the
stock advanced 1 wo«l Jlars p« rsh:ire. - Editor.]
Witnesses said that the efL cl of tho strike
L.i 1 boon to put up the retail price of coal from
$5.50 to $6.75.,
jYuslin ('orbin consumed considerable time
on the stand. During his examination, he
was asked by a member of the committee
wlic.Uht the rumor, which had got abroad,
was true, that the strike was ended.
Mr. Corbin replied that h' 1 did not know,
but said that he had information in his pos < s
sion which justified him in expressing the be
lief thet tho miners’ strikes in both the L< -
highand hichuylhill r< gions would !»<• ended
within a week. 11 i.-r-refeien -e was to the
corrc-pondencc between him < II ami National
Master Workman Lewis, published elsewlmn .
Tirnro wa i con mb ruble re. ping between
Mr. Corbin and members of the eommitti <i <m
several occasions today. Mr. Corbin prodm <<l
the documents which he had promi*(>d on
Wcdm May, and presented a copy of tho < bar
ter of the two conioanieM. At the outeat of
his telimony, Mr. Corbin raid that the R- nd
ing Coal ami 1 ron company had never b -en
eng. g- d in the bu.->inv*.s ol a common carri< r,
I although its charter would have allowed it
so to do.
“In I’ennsy!vania.”
“ \\ here else ?” was asked.
“1 have residences in New York, New
* Hampshire and Long I daml, as well.”
Mr. Anderson; “Where do you have your
1 waJiing done?”
Mr. Corbin, indignantly: “1 think that it is
, devilish impertinent to go into my personal
I affaiis.”
Mr. Corbin appeal'd to tho rhairmari and
i was told that it was his own pleasure as Io an
swering tho question, but that he supposed
i tiiat Mr. Anderson was seeking to get at his
1 residence.
Dropping this line of inquiry, tho committee
sought to obtain from Mr. Corbin l .onmß:ing
j of the history of the former financial dilfienl-
I tics of tho Reading Raihoad company. JIo
I f-aid that the last dividend of the company va,
paid in 187<>, “And,” said Chairman Tillman,
j “it will be a cold day when it pays another.”
Mr. Jidn object'd to till sort of inquiry,
claiming that committee h.vl m> power to go
into the jibilili' s of the future, and was
con .idi rabl; nettled when Ui' 'T.ainnan in
sisted that it. was a lair part of committee's
investigation to a si. any information whatever
although w’itncHH could, of course, refuse to
answer.
“J suppose,” said Mr. Corbin, testily, begin
ning t> lo*>o his temper,'that this was a fair
i invcht'gation. I did not think you camo hero
to personally abuse everybody con:• acted with
tlm Reading raiiroa<l company and to call them
thieves ami rubbers.”
i Mr. Chairman—l don’t do that; lam a gen-
tleman. and can answer for what Ido or fny.
“Well,” said Mr. Corbin, “I will answer
such questions to the people whoown the Read
ing Railroad company, and not to the public
who have no budness and no intere st in it.”
Mr. Corbin absolutely denied any knowledge
whatever of any combination now existing, or
that »' . <’]• did exist, to limit the output of coal
and to keep up prices.
At this point a very heated altercation took
place between Mr. Corbin and Chairman
Tillman. Mr. Corbin had become somewhat
indignant over several questions put to him by
the chairman, who sought to obtain from wit
ness ast ate in ent of tho total interest bearing
debt for which tho Reading railroad is respon
sible.
Tho chairman pressed his questions aggres
sively, and Mr. Corbin finally appeared to lose
his temper.
“1 don’t think.” said he, “that T should bo
treated in this way and I should like to ask
this committee a question about a report in
the New York Times this morning, in which
the chairman refers to tho Reading railroad
officers as robbers or thieves. What business
is it of the committee to know, as it lias sought
tofind out, when we propose to pay dividends?
I am responsible to the owners, and when
they are not satisfied with my management I
will get out.”
Tho Chairman—This committee wants to
know whether you will answer our questions
or decline. lam above using my position to
abuse anybody, ami you have tho perfect right
to decline toanswer these questions.
Mr. Corbin—Then I decline to answer those
questions. I will answer any proper question,
hut 1 deny the right of this committee to go
into our private business.
Chairman Tillman then proceeded to ask
witness by what means the company hoped or
expected, in view of tho loss of 50 per cunt of
its business, to pay the enormous interest and
fixed charges of tho company and its running
expenses. Ho pressed the question further,
and asked Mr. Corbin what assets, what mon
eys in hand ; what expectation of money ; what
promises of money the company had by which
it could pay its way, when it was being oper
ated with a loss of 50 per cent of its business.
Mr. Corbin said that that w.is none of tho
business of tho committee, and ho absolutely
declined to answer.
After fur:her questioning, Mr. Corbin said :
“I wish the committee to understand that I
am ready to furnish any information that I can
in reason bi* expected to, but 1 don’t acknowl
edge the right of the public tn know the par
ticulars of the financial condition of the Read
ing railroad company.”
Witness also refused to sa.y how much of tho
stork of the company ho owned.
“1 think now,” said Mr. Corbin, “the Read
ing railroad company has passed out of its
muddy state ami will stay out.”
Mr. Tillman—A former president of the road,
who testified this morning, did not think so.
Mr. Corbin —Well, I do, and 1 ought to
know. 1 have a good deal of stock in it and 1
believe in it or I would not have it.
Pottsville, J'a., February 17. Notice to
the striking miners to go to work Monday, was
issued tonight over tho signature ; of National
Master Workman Lewis. John 11. Davis, tho
chairmrn of tho joint executive committee and
master workman of district No. 12, and di
vision 11. it is addressed only to miners em
ployed by the Reading company.
THE HEAR AND THE LOCOMOTIVE.
From the Iberville, La., South.
There are a good many bear stories going tho
rounds nowadays, but we haveono which actu
ally occurred in this parish during the. present
week. On a small plantation a mile or two
above Bayou Goula a black boar was seen to
enter a turnip jiateh and at once proceed to
help himself to as many turnips as his appetite
demanded. It is said that a colored man wit
nessed tho unauthorized levity of Mr. Bruin,
and determined dint ho would enter the patch
and drive the invader out. Acting on
the impulse he immediately entered the in
closure ami started in bruin's direction. As
soon as the man’s presence became known to
the. bear, ho discontinue <1 his vegetable repast
with the evident intention of embellishing it
with meat, and, with ears thrown back ami
head erect, he started toward tho son of
Ham with the apparent intention of testing
the qualities of his make-up. The darky >aw
him coming and at once decided that he did
not wish to drive his bearship from the field,
and rather than attempt it, he would leave
tho field himself. So he graciously turned his
face in tho opposite direction and made for tho
railroad. The bear appeared to bo socially in
clined and willingly followed his
visitor, accelerating his speed as
he traveled. Sambo imitated him
and quickened his pace. And thus they had
it for some time straight up the railroad ; run
bear, run man, and tho devil tako the hind
most. Suddenly the colored man heard a
rumbling noise down tho track, and knew at
once that tho night express was coming. In a
short time it hove in sight, running at the rate
of thirty-five miles an hour. When tho train
came in sight the colored man jumped from
the track and continued his wild flight on the
side of it. 'Dio bear also heard the noise,
and looking around saw the iron horse, with
itn red lights and its terrible wheezing and
pulling, rushing madly upon him. He
seemed to lose all thought of the man, and
turned his attention to the new foe which
threatened him: Rearing defiantly upon his
haunches, with his fore feet extended, ho
snarlingly awaited the oncoming train. 110
hadn’t long to wait, ami the ponderous engine,
with its long and heavy-laden train, struck bold
bruin amidsnip, ami in a jilfy r ent him to the
happy hunting grounds, to join the members
of his family which had preced' d him there.
Do was skinned on the spot—by piecemeal,
we suppose :.nd the colored man who had been
racing with him enjoyed a slice of hapless
bruin for supper.
LABOR IN POLITICS.
Loi’isvii.t.ic, February 18. Five members of
tho democratic executive committee for this
(the sth congressional) district met last ni 'ht
for the purpe-H of receiving representatives of
different labor organizations who wished the
Committee to attempt a settlement of tho
trouble they imagined to bo o.\i ;ting Between
the Courier-Journal ami tlm Times ami mem
bers of typographical union No. 10. Thiity
tw<» dch . tbs, representing two labor unions
in this city, were present. One of tho labor
speakers said:
'fl e Chii. ihiiirnal is the organ of the democratic
parly, and taato. ■ I'lization threatens our existe
aii'l your-, \.e a;'-h ’.c, not as partisans In poll
tics. I. u a-/I tlw v,o'kinqnc n, ask
ing you o' toe democratic ( GnimfitetL for the pood
and advantage ot y ourp try, to s tde this trouble.
The • lim-'t”i s li’iv<‘ b tun tiken in the east with
tic* r<q. ib;:« an unity, the city and stale romimi tecs
ol ?<< w York ice i. .• dio restore union printers
to tl.'-.rra - -nth • Nvw York Tribune. J hey re
lus •1 to in! i.' ie. and the republican party, v ' torl
ous herclolo-i, w: t do vn in d<< at.
You c.i:i diaw jour own couciu. ons.
1. ueiy tin- r.’ic;oii'tiin mitionnl executive <.*omtnit
t< e■‘ i. 11 ( « «ttlin 4 Hie lub'ir IrouLk son the
N •,v York 'I ribune.
A tl.’ conclusion of the *q e h'-s the following
r< .ouiutjo is wer ■ p.” :• 'iPod to the eounniit e:
'i'<> t’M- I.onorublo naunbers of the. democratic
cx<(u’i >(» fojnjdltti fiftli emigres'Jon il distilct:
When as 'llm < ' >i.t .< r-.tom mil raid I imc-of this
<diyjfi-i! • j<<-o,j-./-<1 oi'an-i of tho < o nocrntic
party .11 libs city i.nd -tau ■ and, v. h u'.-. ti.e pub
li.du i ol th’ *p ’I)•.o !u if I, i• I idud from
their employ, mi 1 rH- > -i tone l-h./..- h mc.-t home
organized labor, and have rip|.luiitud tiiein with
impor'.ud ‘rat” lai o , therefore.
R' .solvi I, That we n qirM your co'ninttt'm to In
due*? the pu dlsheis ol the e j»hj><?im to !’•<:<> 'mze and
le'inp! >y I.onest orviiulzc I home bthor: :m I ii tnoy
rm-;? - >d i ro, f a voui committee to lot m illy and
publicly declare said “tut” papers as do longer or*
ga;.'' of your p’.r
Chairman Siiirloy said that tho Courier-
Journal e.nd Times had never been, by resolu
tion of the convt ntion or otherwise, doclarod
official organs of the party. The newspapers
were fr«:<!, and ho said they were all “out for
the stuff.” So far ns going in the interests of
the party to the newspaper# publishers he cer
tainly thought tlic committee would do that,
hut Iho committee might fail in its purpose,
and he. wanted to know in that event what
would be the nosition of laboring men toward,
the democratic party.
FITS: All Fits stopped free by Dr. Kline’s
Gnat Nerve ID'‘torer. No I’il, aflei first day's
!;•>'!. Marvelous <,ur< -. Treatise and $2.00.
11! but 11c I; <c to Fit, i . »Send t oDr
Kline.o.Jl Arch street. Philadelphia, I’a.
A Lucl.y Mun Who Gino !fe5,000 as u Xmmi
Present.
Ou Thursday noon Mr. L. C. Atwood, our
City Ti ;usmer :.nd Manager of tho Western
I ’nmn J’elegraph office announced that he was
the holder of the coupon of ticket No. 8,180
which won tlio prize of SI(X),OUOin the Decem
ber drawing of The Louisiana State lottery,
one-twentieth part of the ticket or 55,000 hav
ing been received from Wells, Fargo & Co.’s
Express A few moments after its arrival he
prewntod the tnonev to liis wife ns a Christ
mas gift.—Benicia (Cal.) Now Era, Jan. 4.
' Haw Do Wo Oil Our Graves ?
e must eat or we cannot live.
I his we all know. But do we all
know that we die by eating? It is
said we dig our graves with our
teeth. How foolish this sounds.
Yet it is fearfully true. We are ter
rifled at the approach of the cholera
and yellow fever, yet there is a dis
ease constantly at our doors and in
our houses far more dangerous and
destructive. Most people have in
lheir own stomachs a poison, more
slow, but quite as fatal as the germs
of those maladies which sweep men
into eternity by thousands without
warning in the times of great epi
demics. But it is a mercy that, if
we are watchful, we can tell when
we are threatened. The following
are among the symptoms, yet they
do not always necessarily appear in
the same order, nor are they always
the same in different cases. There
is a dull and sleepy feeling; a bad
taste in the mouth, especially in the
morning; the appetite is change
able, sometimes poor and again it
seems as though the patient could
not cat enough, and occasionally no
appetite at all; dullness and slug
gishness of the mind; no ambition
to study or work; more or less head
ache and heaviness in the head;
dizziness on rising to the feet or
moving suddenly; furred and coat
ed tongue; a sense of a load on the
stomach that nothing removes; hot
and dry skin at times; yellow tinge
in the eyes; scanty and high-colored
urine; sour taste in the mouth, fre
quently attended by palpitation of
the heart; impaired vision, with
spots that seem to be swimming in
the air before the eyes; a cough
with a greenish.colored expecto
ration; poor nights’ rest; a sticky
slime about the teeth and gums,
hands and feet cold and clammy;
irritable temper and bowels bound
up and costive. This disease has
puzzled the physicians and still puz
zles them. It is the commonest of
ailments and yet the most compli
cated and mysterious. Sometime’
it is treated as consumption, son? ,
times as liver complaint, and then
again as malaria and even heart dis
ease. But its real nature is that of
constipation and dyspepsia. It arises
in the digestive organs and soon
affects all the others through the
corrupted an 1 poisoned blood
Often the whole body—includin
the nervous system—is literally
starved, even when there is no
emaciation to tell the sad story.
Experience has shown that t here is
but one remedy that can certainly
cure this disease iip all its, stages,
namely, Shaker Extract of Roots or
Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup. It
never fails, but, nevertheless,no time
should be lost in trying other so
called remedies, for they will do no
good. Get this great vegetable
preparation (discovered by a vener
able nurse whose name is a house
hold word in Germany) «nd be sure
to get the genuine article.
GIVEN UP BY BIIVF.N DOCTORft
Shaker Extract of Roots or Sei
gel’s Syrup has raised me to good
health after seven doctors had given
me up to die with consumption. So
writes R. I*'. Grace, Kirktnanville
Todd county, Ky.
HE II lAI'.l) OF IT JUST IN TIME.
“I had been about given up to
die with dyspepsia when I first saw
the advertisement of ShakcrExtract
of Roots or Seigel’s Syrup. After
using four bottles I was able to at
tend to my business as well as ever.
I know of several cases of chillsand
fever that have been cured by it.”
So writes Mr. Thus. I’ullum, of
Taylor, Geneva county, Ala.
WORTH TEN DOLLARS A B >TTLE.
Mr. Thomas I’. Evans, of the firm
of Evans & Bro., Merchants, Horn
town, Accomack Co., Va,, writes
that he had been sick with digestive
disorders for many years and had
tried many physicians and medicines
without benefit. He began to use
Shaker Extract of Roots or Seigel’s
Syrup about the Ist of Jan. 1887,
and was so much better in three
weeks that he considered himsel
practically a well man. lie adds
"I have at this time one bottle on
hand, and if I could not get any
m ire I would not take a ten dollar
bill for it.”
All druggists, or address A.
White, Limited, sqWarren St.N.Y
v,! y i<> so! u m i <■ <1
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80-ton, Mils* 1 . Name lh k paper. lcb'4 w2t
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