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As rites of How He Came to \
Atlanta ami Called on (
Joel Chandler Hanis I
■ tn His Georgia )
Home—A Chat with (
the Author About His
"Books and About His Roses
Cnpy-rlgbtrd. 1W«. by Frank O. rMrpcntcr.
Washlngt.m. Ikw-emhrr IK—“Uncle Re
mus” Is one of the saints of "the holiday
Keason.” He Is alimwt as murh 3 n* r *
of our children’s lives as Santa Claus, and
I cannot give a better t’hrlstmaa letter
than the story of my visit to him at his
home in Atlanta. Ga.. a few days ago.
Joel Chandler Harris, for that you know
!• the real u-am of the writer of the In-
Clo Itrnnis” FtorW. is even more delight
ful than his twokn. He Is not a handsome
man. but his manners are so rentie and
his talk so simple and wholesome that you
fall tn love with him at once. His hair Is
of a fiery red. After you krow him It
seems to turn to g>!«l. His homely fea
tures. which I venture would stop the tra
ditional clerk, tws-ome transfigured by his
healthy, happy soul shining out through
them When he talks, and makes him al
most beautiful. I wish you could hear
“Uncle Remus" laugh- He Is, you know.
Short ard ntther fat. and when anything
amuses him his rotund form shakes 11K«
a l«w| of jelly, and his "Ha! Ha! Ila!”
rings forth In as clear tones ns those of
’ the boy to whom th- “Brer Rabbit" and
• Tir Baby” story wuS told for the first
time. He Is. how-ver. painfully mod. st.
He In always .1. pro itlne himself. and
during a chat he tol l tn— h« could not re-
Bliae why people thought so much of his
stories. He is especially backward In the
yn-sr.i's of women. He is more bashful
now at forty-five than he was as a boy.
He is. you know. a newspaper
man as w>dl as an author. He
Is conn- ted with Tbo Atlanta Con
stitution and for years he did his ed
it rial w-.rk at the office of the ta.xr.
? -a ho d< - ■ It all at home. Since he l»
rums famous tl« f. us «'<> curiosity s*«k> rs
fr-m the north, in pairing thr
Lss'.ia. have attempt.d to call and visit
him. Whi-n ttwy entered his num his
tongue »• 1 to rllr g to U- •• roof of Ms
tneu’h. an-l at list, to get rid of them, ha
transferred his work to his home. He
never g-»-s into society, w Idem attends the
ARP HEARS BRYAN.
Wis Such Impressed With His Speech
Io Atlanta.
WODRS OF TRUE DEMOCRACY.
Hnw a Clever Cincinnati Drummer
Fooled the People Along the
Line ot rhe St—te Road.
It rut a rmr.e spe- •<<-lc. I had be. n
in the Gr:.- r.i house l«*fon-. but was
. Mde and had no bird’twye view of my
f*t> nd ir. l m. a s. at ..n the platform |
wit it • .Izir’tri - where I wa« n* ar Mr.
15r» .ti a* I e -aid view the magnlfit •nt j
• f..r. n* If a speaker feels equal I
* kin 1. • xpectant faces <»f
Mr. >’r. .t. kn-w that everybody th. ro was I
of d. h. . .UM mus • had al-
j—a ■ ( f ml l w’.-n gr. .t N.bra-kan
* r 7™ .t i
of an admir g people. 11.- would be vain |
If I w t make lam with |
Ira A f d .'ked htm at Pitt'bunt I
how he r It wh. n standing I • fore thou-ands |
eloqu. r* at.-I h* smiled as he replied;
• I f.. i t .• m -nonary on
la.:. • wi.. ro I that when, ver he had
tn r.. 0- . • t..l under his preaching he
Air Bryan haul no ■ -i f.s-Ung her.- The
|** rt.aps. would like to ktss him.
. itc. <*n Tu. sday right when the |
down .•• ir town about a hundr.-d m. n ar.J
Women I .1 : n-d at the depot to
s- . : .. sn i man ir.d <he-r hiu.
a . to A .unta. H.- wan not aboard,
vms pa- ng r» put their I
h. .- from t ■ windows and erfed out: !
"Mr I ryan t- in the rear < ar. call him
vut." This they «l .| in an es.-tt.d and VO-
<. an.tm-r app. ared upon the plat-
form an-i with a graeiois and grateful
nu.nn-r thank.-t tn.-m for their duuing.iish
... W .:. : lor a
six-. he .-X..Lain.-.1 and apologised by say
ins' i* at ids < ontrae- forlKVl. h m from
tn..kir -• sp. - <-h. - route but that he would
wuh |d asur 5..,»k hands with any who
d. r d it. T ..me th.- frantic rush for
pr.f.rem. as th- train Uli rang, and the
•list * i»-*l < - ;mm« r I- yin to glide
I • -• A
«.< "I'll h— d-gsr-d if that was Bryan.
His hand dul-i’t shake like I*. It was
. lan nr. ami ■ old .it-I n»v.-r magnetised ni—
a bit- do- «n I . hi- . I I-. l:.-v. l-« was an
Bryar was over -n th« Southern line and
rtiat th- suns drummer had played off on
the people at ex ry station. It is now
ditfi'-ult to t.nd a man or a woman who
It st Mr. Bryan's subject, “The Ancient
Tandmarks.” was not me to provoke any
strains of *-loquenc*- or to illustrate his emi
nent gifts as an orator. What he said
■l-.it g.--.. rr meat as It was < -ta'di -h.-d by
o-ir for. full, rs Was lnt.-nd.-l to impr.-s
and ten h and ling, r with us and make us
mi.ro mindful of our duty an goo-i citizens
of a goo«l gor.srm.-nt: our duty to our
children and our chil.lr. n’s ch Idren to
pr>-*« rve it and p»-rp«-tu«te it In its pristine
purity. T>.- bwhlf. r»-nce of the best pc-oplo
to take an interest in politics was the
groat.-• dans--r our Institutions had to
appro!-ml. We al! Mt guilty of this tn
d-ff.r. nee. for we abandon the field and let
corrupt politicians occupy it and are never
FREE!
£t-imgn Metical R.-f-
\ er- . Hrnik. giving
l-ialde information
yTy w* to *ny nan or wo-
’ J; man afflicte.l with
f -! any form of private
rtHfi or special d -a--.
' . Mdn-s th- I-ad.ng
■ •
L A . lilisis of this coun-
■Shu. i UK. HATHAWAY
W A Cn - •*■
• theater, and his delight is in his work and
| In his home.
Where “Uncle Remus” Lives.
Th— house of “Uncle Remus” is an ideal
I one. Itls a rambling Queen Anne cottage,
containing about nine rooms, all of
aro on one floor. Below this there !s a
' lsis.-m.-nt and above It an attic, and aliout
it runs a vine-covered piorch big enough
to hold "Brer Rabbit” and all his friends,
snould they happen to call. It is in one
of the prettiest suburbs of Atlanta, nnd
still it has a big enough yard to make it
a sort of a country estate, as well as a
city home. It contains morn than five
acres of land, and Its surroundings are
those of a farm. Wc walked back through
the fields beforo we entered the house, to
look at the donkeys which the young Har
ris children ride, and to pat the two beau
tiful Jersey cows, which aro among Mrs.
Harris’s p. ts. There Is a big chicken yard
just bark of the house, and u lot of brother
and sister chickens were running to :uid
fro as wo looked through the netting.
“I'nelo Remus” took an almost childish
delight In showing me his possessions. He
point.-l out his big strawberry lied. Iwh.-re
ho raises the most luscious fruit, and t dd
m • how his asparagus was ready for the
table at the first of the season. We walk,
ed among the flowers and s|H*nt some time
In admiring his roses, which, though it is
now almost winter, aro still blooming,
lie has. I venture, mon- thafi 1o» rose liush
es, and ho told me that he hail in his
garden siwty-seven different varieties. He
raid ho would have a thousand if he were
rich enough, and as I saw htm handle the
flowers I could see that he loved them.
We sat a moment on the |iorch and then
entero.l the wide hall, which runs through
the house and into whlMi the living rooms
op-ii. At the front Is the parlor and at the
left the sitting room aad workshop. There
Is nothing of the ma.-hin. ry of a niwspaper
editor or of a literary man to lie seen.
"Unde Remus" uses but few l>o»ks in his
work. A pencil and a few- strips of blank
printing p.i|~-r aro all that an* needed to
tnake the "Un de Rem-:-” stori-s.
Mr. Harris handles tlwsr. and with his
short Mub pencil touches the hearts and
tickles the sides of millions. He do.® his
writing with his family about him. and
I.is Iw-st stories have been written with a
htvby at his ellmw.
How “Uncle Remus” Was Written.
Mr. Harris is fond of children. He has
l“. n told thousan-ls of times how fond the
children are of him. but when I told him
my t»»y Jack knew h s “Uncle Itumus”
by heart, and that my little girl was in
love with “Brer Rabbit” nnd "Brer Fox”
he p'eased. ami I said: "It must ia
a gnat pleasure to write for children.”
“Indeed it Is.” repliial Mr. Harris. "T
enjoy, d the writing of the ’Uncle Remus’
■tort.-s. Ir was not hard work, and 1 be
lieve 1 got as min-h fun out of their con
versation as the < hildreti s. em.-d to get
from hearing them read. 1 could nee how
the childro-n liked th.-m. I«ut it has always
!«-. n a wonder to nu h>w grownup iwopie
road th. tn with inter.-st. In fact, t.siay I
rath, r qu. -tion the veracity or sanity of
aroused until the corrupt work Is done.
"The late campaign.” he said, “has been I
a campaign of edm-atlon. and the |><-ople |
have thought more, studied more upon the ,
gr-at pot ti- aJ questions than they have j
done for half a century. I was defr-al.-d, ,
bit 1 f• ■ I that a wonderful work has been
<i»ne by faith sides in dis- -; .'lug thr groat I
issues that are still V”- tiled. Both par- !
t; - an* guilty of the corrupt tiro> of :
r on.-y In carrying elections, and this i« a
gloA'iiig evil ami will not stop until the Iwt- |
t.-r . lem.mt of our citizenship i deeper !
i In:- • t n lailitlcs and puts the seal of con- '
! d- nutation upon It.”
Mr. Ilrcm's .arnestness and manifest stn- !
I eerily arc his strong, st characteristics. Ho
! s a gr. it an ! goo-l min. if the p> -ph- be- j
‘ for.- v om !.e is to stand will not expect
I *ti..> me- i .of him as an orator, but will 1,.--
I t< n :•> him :>s a teach- r. ins mission will l-«*
' a lasting su.-c. ss. I heard many say next
day an is n that he told us nothing new -
nothing that we had ti.it heard or thought !
lw for-. but w.* are mor.- deeply itipre.--.-l
I with th.-s- truths than ever Is fore. <»,te
man said. "I have often m gl> et<-d to vote,
but I am saftsfled that it is better to vote,
j <v- n if you vote wrong, than not to vote at .
I «x*l
I After the l-cture many of us went for
ward t-i !••• ltitro.iue.-d and tn take th* gr it
man !>y tlie hand. It wa a privilege to d- ■■ »
j an I his hand was warm and moist and
|w. 4 *ll Then* is a good deal of character
in th. grrrop of the hand
j Our Hal l.ewis introlu-e.l the speaker in
a most fitting and .-l.i<pi-nt manner 1 can
not imagine how it . .. tl I have lu*«-n In-tter
don.- Mr. Bry.-ut w.is afle.-t-sl try It and ;
. - . ■ ped hit ■ •
ti. audience had drank on mon* eloquence
| and orsuorv from Mr. le-w is than they i
I would g. t from him. Tit.- fa* t is Ht.it Mr.
j la wis had the le st subj.-ct, for he na t
I Bryan and Bryan had n->t a hero, but a the
| or- a pholos.q>hy as solemn and serious as
j that of l*!ato or S- i-• a. l.- t him go on and
scatter <..-*ls of Virtue an*l patriotism ail !
ov.-r th.s t.road land. W« can affofl t*> p-v I
him for it. for we -io not 1 v«- for ours.-lv.-s,
but for our .-hildreti. Ind.-.d. a stat. <*r a
nation could not spend money rn.ir-- wisely
than to employ a number of groat and good
m< n to t. .udi th.- |s-o|de by isqtular le.-t
--ur. - Horn. y. ars ago I heard ITof* >sor
l-ne tor, the gr.-at a trononn r, deliver
•ar.e iveturos on astronomy and I have
h. *1 far mor.- es;>ect for th-- sc dice than 1
ev.-r had before.
I t.e .’itristmas holidays are her. and we
have gatiHTed our iaiys from w Yotk to
' M-xi- » ami -ur happim.-s is only inarr-d
I |>v til thought that the) ar-- -oon t*. .. ave
I u for thejr -list.mt hom- s ami w.- may tot
i s.-.* .hem any mor,- n th- land of th- llvi ig.
l But th.- I.ords will Im- don.-,
I on. -- more 1 must do wit.it I can to h<-lp
1 a p--*r >.ld sol-1 f. r who w.utts to find some :
* <*tli ror menil"-r of his command l-y wh*>tn .
I h- • m prov< his r.rvlc- in th* la.* war.
| His name ts <l. M. Stewart. His : ,si<dti- •• ■
! H. p.ine.i th.- First il--*rga fg .ar- m -
Felwuary. P*il, Compony I’aptain union
: ...mmandlng. and s-rv. d thr- . -a. and
; two months, and was then th.<!.--■ • ir* ■! to j
j -he navy v..r*i and was taken ptlixotier. - ar- |
I rl.-.l to Point (Lookout and kept tn prison
until Jun.- !'-■• I s* - bv i'..l*.n. l Av tvs j
! r-' ords that i * lom 1 H l» I*. Tw .g< com- I
man-l.- l th.it r. g ni.-nt. Will MKH surv.vor
w i.. kn--v tlr Stewart in that s.-rv. • write
• to him or to nr-. Th., old mall is an in
. valid and very needy. 811.1. ARP.
I Why don’t you try t’arter’s I Ittlo Liver
Pills ’ Th. V aro a positive cur.* for *-‘ -k
h- ada. lie. and all the ills produced by dis
-*rd-r-’l I>V. r. only .-tn- pdl a *b -.
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
How the Presidential Results Are '
Forwarded to Washington.
I From Th.- Washington Post.
I How m.-ny people aro there In California
j an-l Oregon who would be willing to take a
trip a. r< -s the country for f'”'’.’ That Is
what Im* electoral messengers from those
■tat. s will reee ve for bringing the votes
f..r W lliam M- Kinlvy to Wai * Inpt.m.
Th.- el.-, tors chosen in the dill, lent states
meet in the pla.-e provided by th.- legisla
ture of each state. In every case this is
th- state cap.tai. At this meeting the
ete.tors will give the r votes for McKinley
• or Bryan-no other of the candidates hav
ing received enough votes in any state to
entitle them to consideration. The result of
tin- vol. will tiu-n be made out in tripl < ate.
tine copy will lie sent to the president of
th. senate by mail, one copy will l-e sent
to him by m.-ss<-nger. and one copy will lie
delivered to th.- judge of the district In
whch the electors assemble. To th.s»v
i-oples will be annexed lists of the electors
• pn pared by the executive of each state,
| according to the official roturns.
The reason for taking three copies of the
vote of the electors Is the |Hissit.llity that
one or two may go astray, and the pre
cautton lias le-en found wise In more than
on.- instance. At the time of Mr. Harri
son’s el.-clion It was necessary to send to
| the district judge to obtain Hie vote of one
1' of the states, the messenger having gone
astray sonv-wher.- and the vote by mail
having been lost in transit.
For performing- the service of earning
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1896.
Frank Carnenler Visits Uncle Remus
the man who tolls me he Is fond of
’Uncle Remus.' ” *
‘•Brer Rabbit’s” Errst Appearance.
“When did you tell your first ‘Uncle
Remus’ story, Mr. Harris?” I asked.
"It was in 1878,” was the reply; “just
almut eighteen years ago. I was writing for
The Atlanta Constitution. I had begun my
newspaper work, you know, us a boy of
twelve, when I left home to learn to set
typo for a rich planter, who was publish
ing a little paper of his own near our coun
_ry town In tSeorgla. I had risen from the
typesetting case to the editorial desk and
had had sonic experience in connection with
the newspapers of Savannah and other
places and now I was employed on The At
lanta Constitution, writing ediorlals, little
stories and such other matter us seemed in
teresting to me. I wrote the first ‘Uncle
Remus’ sketch for the Sunday paper and
handed it to the printers, tint deeming It
of sp.-cial value. It was published and was
copf.-.l Into other papers. My friends spoko
to mo about It. and 1 was urged to write
more. Among the papers Which copied the
article was The New York Evening Bost.
Tills surprised me, as The. Bost, you know,
is a very sedate paper, and It seems to
keep ns far as possible from the frivolous.
Well, I wrote more of the sketches. They
wore also quoted, and within a short time
’Uncle Remus’ and his tales became a reg
ular feature of my work."
His First Book.
"When wore the ’Uncle Remus' stories
first published In book form?”
"It was In IkSO. The Appletons them pub
lished the liook entitled Uncle Remus. Ills
Kongs and His Sayings.’ The book was
well reviewed by the press, and The Satur
day Review, of London, gave It a page. This
started It well In America. The Boston
papers followed with good reviews, a.nd I
was surprised to see that It was everywhere
fairly spoken of.”
"You must have lieen delighted.” said I.
“I was.” replied "Uncle Remus.” "And
1 was a littli scared, too. The surprise was
so great that I -ltd not know what to make
Os It.”
"How did the book sell?”
"It had quit-- a large circulation," replied
Mr. Harr s. "I wrote, you know, several
more along the same lines, and they all
have a steady sale, both in England and
the Unlti-d States.”
Origin of “Uncle Remus.”
“Where dill ’Uncle lb mils' come from.
Mr Hart J ’ Wald I.
"He was l-orn, I think, nt my homo In
Putnam county, Gi-orgla,” was the reply.
"But, Mr. Harris, tell me, did he ever
really exist in the flesh, or Is he simply the
creation of your fancy”’
"Both,” replied Mr. Harris. "The ’Uncle
l t’ -• returns safely tn Washington the nn-s-
I s- tigers aro allowed by law IS e- nts for
i each mile "of th.- <stim.it-d distance by
the most usual road." Tin- distance from
Annapolis is shor:. and the rm-ssonger of
M ii'yl ind Wil- not lx- overpaid for It s lalxir.
But the distance from Fan Francisco by
way of 1 '•! - at-'i Chieafio is ?.?-’< ni les,
and th- Ua cfortiia messenger therefore
will r.-.-ive more than tor his journey.
The dtstan front Portland, Ore., is 3.310
nt.les. an-l til. messenger from Oregon will
receive alwu-l mon- than the messenger
from t’aiiforni.-L. Th- messenger from M n
' nesota will r< eive pay for only l.‘-’-M rnil'-s,
1 VI- about *3WI. He can perform the service
!:i till—l or four days at the most, so you
will see he is not ill paid.
Tho m -.-seng.-r from Illinois will receive
more than Uao.
When tii- -- in- ss. ng.-is reach washing*
ton th.-x w.ll call on the presid.-nl of the
s.iuUe and deliver th-: returns to him
in i* r-on. If on- of them arrives on a day
wb-ii the vice president is not at tin- capi
ta he will have to wait If lite V.ee pie-.-
d-nt i- presl.llng over the senate when the
nn -s- ng-r arrives he w.ll l»- caihd out.
Tli-- vic. pr. sid'-in will receive «-a< ii of the
returns seal-d. .ni-1 will give a n-ei ipl for
it. Tin n he place, tin- envelop--, st.ll
. ile.i in a little iron safe which stands
ni. r of the v.ee pr, si-l- nt’s room.
It has s.ood there for a great many years,
amt is not a v--ry modern safe, bin there
i- n*> in.l.i.-ni.-nt for anyone to break into
it. It th-- original returns should be stolen
<t would bo easy enough to obtain the du
plicates.
There is a reverse side to the joyful Oc
cupation ol I-:- , total messenger. The mes
.— ig. r who fails to p> rl.irni the duty lor
winch he lias ixeii chosen, and -iocs not
ilei ver the vole intrusted to Inm. ".shall
forteit the sum of »!.<•••," according to the
■) i .; ■ 11 * is i»trt to pay a tine in a sum
•not to - v.-eed H,'*”," but it is inip.-ral.ve
that he be lined the whole amount.
rii.-te is a provision to protect tiie ni.-s
--r.nger in case tin- vie- president should
|h- absent from U a-sliington. In that event
tn.- nu-ss. ng.-r may deliver the, vote to the
: <-tary ol state, who w .ll give a rec. ipl
tor it.
A great many |M-rsotis, no doubt, are
puzzled to know what would hap|e-n if
Major .vb’K nl.-y should <l.* Is lor-- Hie elec
toral Vote was cast. That liappem <1 in the
.a*- vs Horae- tlru-ley ill is.-■ He di-d
Is lore tie- i-tv. tor met, an-l all of tiiose
who had b* < n ciios. n on his ticket, with tiie
ex- -ption ol line-- Hom Georg.a, voted for
wine... v.r they phased. The throe cast
tin :I- voles lor .Mr Groe-ley. but wm-n the
v.,t. s w. rc .anva.-s. -l by congress it was
I determined not to count the <hr.-e votes for
' Mt 111..-H-J If Major .Vb-Kinivy should die,
, , • 1.-t.-s ..f 111- • I-- i'll*
, would 1.1- .*ust tor Mr. Hobart, but it is
' jeo .-able that they would be- scattered, and
in that way tile election would be thrown
I into th« house of representatives. In such
u. . is.- there is no knowledge who >vvu,a
I lx- president.
’lim house an-l senate will canvass tiie
I vote of tn.- e.eelors on tiie first Wednes
day in 1-ei.ruaiy. fin- senale w.ll go over
to Hie hail of tile house of representatives
in a. body, head* d by V :ee President Ste-
v. t son ami Secretary <’ux, to.iowed by
duet Page Stewart, over whose snou.ders
will I. hung l-y a strap two wooden boxes
cmtalidng the piecluUS votes. '1 lie incin
i>-rs id tn. hods.- will rise as the s. natoi s
<-, ■ r. two and two. The vie.- president will
mount im- t 0.-H um and take a seal at tne
r.gl.t of sp. aker Reed.
when tin- votes have been counted ami
I the totals haw been unnounc--*i i.-r < i -ii
•i • dent w ill aunounco
Ua: VV Im-m .McKuiley, of Onto, having
i i. ■ i .. n a v of -id the v.>t. s cast for
n ele< ted president of ths
I mud Siat*-s, end that Gatr.-t A. Hobart,
of N* W J.-IS. y. having received a riajnrity
ot tin- votes cist for vie.- president, ‘J
.'..,1. I vic prtsident of th- United States.
11. w II tin *i i -Ijoiirn tin- joint session of
■ ... | .use .in-! -• nan . and the senators will
. r own hall or runate - h tmber.
if ait- r th.- canvassing of Hie electoral
vote, lb pr. i-1.-nt-.hct should die before
11:.- y fix-d for Ids inauguration, the Vico
president would become |ir< aident.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications as they cannot roach
the dir.-as.-.i portion of the ear. There is
only way to cure d. afmss, and that is
by cons.itu'lonal rem.-<!i.s I'.-afmss is
. alls.-I l>\ all inflamed condition of Hie mu
cus lining of the Eust.-vchlan Tube. When
this tills* is infiaim-d yo-i have a rumbling
round or Imfx rs.-ct hearing, ami when it
is <-ntiH-ly clooed, deafness is tiie result,
end unless tin- inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to Its normal
i..million, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine eases out of t.-n are caused by ca
tarrh. which is nothing but an Inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Hollars for
miy .-:is.- of Ik-afnrss (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be < ure.l by Hall’s Catarrh
l ure. Send for circulars: free.
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THE AUTHOR’S MONOGRAM.
Look at it clofW’ly »n<l you will hop Mr. Harris’!!
Initials, “J. llin th*'Mhape of a rabbit.
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Remus’ of my stories is a composite of
three or four old negroea, whom I km-w as
a boy. I have combined them and perhaps
have added something to them. But the
’Uncle R.-rnus’ of fiction Is chiefly made up
from them.”
"f suppose he really exists as an Indi
viduality in your mind,” said I.
“Yes. indeed,” replied Mr. Harris. “I can
see him before my eyes as plainly as I see
iff yj i
W WfeiPt
I Vhl
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.
Slaplop's Poems
MaaswaaMMaaanaaiaaaasaia
Keep the Plow In tho Ground.
De woij’ keep turnin’,
En de st.-.rs keep burnin',
En de worl* turn roun’ en rotm';
But oh. my hom-yl
You can’t maki money
Es you don't keep de plow 1n do groun’l
Oh, de worl’ turn roun’ c.n roun’
’Twell you heah de trumpet aoun’;
But oh. my honey!
You can’t make money
Es yo-i do: keep do plow In de groun’l
Dar’s a I right day comtn’.
But de col’ w nil’s huminin’.
While d<- worl’ turn roun’ en roun’;
But oh, my honey!
You can’t multi- money
Es you don’t keep de plow tn do groun’l
<>li. do worl’ turn roun' en roun’
’Twell you heah do trumpet soun';
Rut oh, my honey!
You ca.-n’t make money
Es you don't keep do plow in do groun’l
Nailing a Patriot.
"I would give my heart's blood for Cuba!’’
shrieked the patriot.
“Good!' exclaimed n bystander, "I’m get
ting up troops now. Will you join us?”
"Well—er er my family," replied the
patriot -"l've got a family to support,
and ”
"We’ll take care of your family,” said
the other, “and pay you well besides.
What do you say?”
"Sell my patriotism for money?” cried
the patriot, Indignantly. ’’Never, sir—never!
It’s too sacred!”
And lie vanished in the crowd.
De Turkey Roos’ Too High.
Oh. little ch Him, de worl’ so wide
I'at de mo'ners moan en sigh;
Dnr’s a turkey roostin' on de yuther side,
But he roos’ too high too high!
Oh. turkey meat
Is mighty sweet;
But de mo’ners weep en sigh;
Hit’s a long, rough way
Whar de turkey stay.
Hut de turk -y r<x>s’ too high!
Oh. little ehfllun, <l<* n ght so long,
En de muon go sailin’ by;
Ivar a turkey stngin’ of a sweet, sweet
song.
But ho roos’ too high—too high!
Oh. turkey neat
Is powerful sweet;
But de mo’ners weep en sigh;
Hit’s alnios’ day
Whar de turkey stay.
But de turkey roos’ too high!
Oh, little chillun, de storm come down,
En de llghtnin’ blaze de sky,
En he light de road ter de turkey town.
But de turkey roos’ too high!
Turkey meat
Is mighty sweet;
But de mo’ners weep en sigh;
Dar’s it joyful day
Whar de turkey stay.
But de turkey roos’ too high!
The Children.
Jest let 'em make ail the noise
That the wtuit to— that’s what I say!
Never wuz ylt any children
That ever got into my way!
Talk erbout rompin’ and’ stompin’—
Bless you! hit’s joy tor my soul,
An’ never a e..’iil<l wuz too little
Fer these big arms ter hug an’ ter hoi’l
The Little Waifs.
We won’t have no Chrls’mus
To come an’ make us glad,
’Cos vve ain't got no mother,
Ner father—like we had.
It don’t come to no place like this:—
We’s orphants—that’s thes what we Ist
But Johnny—he's too little
To know our parunts' dead;
An’ In- thes waits fer Santy Claus
An’ hears him on the shed;
An’ he’s hung them stocks er h s,
Thes Ilk.- folks knowed wh.-r orphants Is.
But Sis an’ me —we’s older.
An’ w>- thes keep awake
An’ ask God. phase sen' Santy Claus
Only fer Johnny’s sake.
’Cos he’s don.* hung th.-nt stocks er his
Thea like Gel knowed wher orphants Is!
Fall To!
Talk not of Spain an-l Spanfards—
The furious battle charge.
For the lid is off the oven
And the appetite is large!
I RANK 1.. STANTON.
WHO'S SHELLABERGER?
He’s the wire fence man. of Atlanta. Ga.,
and sells the best nnd cheapest fencing In
ixistenee for all purposes. Freight paid.
Catalogue free. Wr te for it.
K. L. SHELLABERGER,
. 66 Forsyth street, Atlanta, Ga.
you. I know him. I can hear him talk, and
his voice rings In my ears as I write.”
They Ara Genuine Negro Tales.
“But, Mr. Harris, are the stories those
which are really told on the plantations by
the darkles, or are they made up of whole
cloth?”
"They are In most cases the stories of
plantations.” replied Mr. Harris. "They
are the folk lore of the negro. I suppose
many of them have come down through the
ages from Africa. I am told that some of
them are almost the same as the stories of
the folk-lore of India.”
"Why is it. Mr. Harris, "that 'Brer Rab
bit’ Is generally the hero of these tales?
Why do the negroes pick him. out at the
most intelligent and cunning of the ani
mals 7"
"I don't know?” was the reply. “The
fact is, the rabbit has a low. rather than a
high, degree of animal Intel I genre. Tho
hero of many of the folk-lore -stories of the
orientals is the hyena, which, you know. Is
the meanest of beasts.”
“Uncle Remus” Dead.
“But you have not written any 'Uncle
Remus’ stories for some years. Mr. Har
ris.”
"No, I am done with writing them. ‘Un
cle Remus’ has finished his story telling.
He has posed before the public for more
than fifteen years, and it Is time now that
he stepped down and out. You may say. In
short, that ’Uncle R.-mus’ is dead.”
New Books by Joel Chandler Harris.
"But you do not intend to stop writing,
Mr. Harris?”
"No, Indeed,” was the reply. "I shall
write, I suppose, us long as I live. I have
a book which Is of somewhat the same
character as tho 'Uncle Remus’ stories, en
titled ’Aaron,' published this fall; and I
am now writing a novel entitled ’Aaron
and His Wanderings in tho Wild Woods.’
This is a story for boys. It relates to an
old runaway negro, who gets lost In tho
woods, and who has many adventures with
the animals, which talk somewhat as they
do in ’Uncle Remus’ stories. There. Is a lit
tle boy In It. The work of writing it is
Interesting, and 1 hope that the children
will like It. It is not wildly exciting. You
know you cannot have very exciting ad
ventures in Georgia. Then I have In press
a. long story, which will be out next De
cember. This is entitled ‘Sister Jan.-; Her
Friends and Acquaintances.’ 1 supix.se It
will be ready for the Christmas trade. I
have also written a book entitled ‘Stories
of Georgia History,' which will. I suppn.-e,
lw* to sonic extent a school b.x>k, as it is
for the American Book Company. So you
MILLIONS IN GOLD
Tennessee Capitalists Return from a Visit
to Lumpkin County.
JUDGE MURRAY WITH THEM
Colonel Duncan and Major John P.
Williams, Both Capitalists. Along.
Field Richest in the World.
A party of Tennessee gentlemen stopped '
over Ln Atlanta last w-.k on their way j
home from a visit to Dahlonega and they
were enthusiastic on th. subject of gold
mining. They were all practical m-n. .One
of them, Judge W. W. Murray, is associate
justice of the United States court of pri
vate land claims, a position which ho h.uv
held since 1831. He Is one of th.- most
distinguished lawyers of Tonnes-, e. One
of his ass.H iat. s was Colonel W. M. Dun
can, a bank president of Nashville and the
organizer of tho Tennessee Coal, lion nnd
Railroad Company. Anoufa.-r gentleman In
the party was Major John I’. Williams, a
prominent business man of Nashville.
Judge Murray has been investigating the
Dahlonega gold belt since r*s-.i, and he has
<l< ne more In the way of judicious devel
opment than any other m:ui who has op
erated there. He became intern ted in Dah
lonega years ago in reading "White’s Sia
tlstk-s of Georgia,” in which ho learn. <1
that gold nuggets w. re frequently picked
up in the streets of the mountain town as- •
ter a rain. Another fact which impressed
him was the statement that the people lived
to an old nge up there, often r-achlng
ninety and sometimes going away above
one hundred.
One year he went up there for a rest from
the practice of his profession. Il<- became ■
inten-st. d in the mining, but soon came to |
th.* conclusion that the methods in vogue j
were not getting n or.- than a small pro- i
jiortioii of tho gold of the ore. As is well
known, the hydraulic pro ess is used In
the Dahlonega section. There has never
been any deep mining, and when the water
level was reached and the sulphurets were
encountered the plant was moved to another
place. Nothing has ever been done in
Lumpkin in the way of treating the sul
phurets. Judge Murray saw that it stood to
reason that if there was gold in the sur
face ore, there ought to be as much, if
not more, to the ton below water level. '
For a depth of thirty or fifty f..-, the sul
phur has passed off by action of tiie water
and atmosphere through the millions of !
years that have elapsed since th.- veins i
were formed. Judge Murray went back to
Dahlontga year after year and always j
Joined the prospectors and old miners in
their jaunts through the woods and over
the mountains. He lias carried a pan and j
a hammer many a day on these trips. He
is a companionable gentleman, and the .
mlmers liked to have b in along. As they
gr. w to know him well they told him
many a secret of theirs, about where to
pan to get a good color. The Judge seems
to have looked at a gold proposition much
as he would at a legal pro;>osltlon. He took
in all sides and he l<-arned where the best
veins were and what lots were richest.
From time to time he bought land and min- •
era I interests, and When he had the oppor
tunity he purchased a mountain which had
never been worked. It was right on the i
bolt, and he lielieved that It would show
up well. Recently he has lieen developing
that property, and others, too, and if his
results became known In Trail Creek eamp
or Cripple Crock they would be depopulat
ed. or the miners would say they did not
believe it. Without violating any confidence
it can lie sa <1 that his assays were equally
as good as these of Mr. Christian Wahl. .
mention of which was made In The Con- I
stitutton a few days ago, and Mr. Wahl got
from 810 to JI,KN) a ton. The lowest assay
which Judge Murray obtained was 825 a
ton.
Talking to some of his friends of large
CUiP'.-taJ about his tlndk they grew In
terested and this trip was planned. They
do not care to announce now what they
propose to do, but here Is one remark
which Judge Murray made:
"Georgia is the richest gold field In the i
world today. A Veteran miner who has
been through here told me that he had
be<-n In every rich mining camp from
south Africa to Cripple Creek and Cali
fornia and none of them equaled the Dah
lonega belt. Georgia’s gold Is going to at
tract tho attention ot the world and it
see that I have plenty to do, and in ad
dition to my editorial work on The Atlanta
Constitution.”
Why “Brer Tarrypin” Failed to Fly.
Here I asked “Uncle Remus” to write me
a little story for the child readers of my
newspapers. Ho thought for a moment,
and then taking his pencil he rapidly wrote
tho following, which I give you verbatim
as he penned it:
"Mr. Carpenter has asked me to write
some sort of a sentiment—-a piece of my
mind for tho children.
"Well, I remember the story where Brer
Tarrypin wanted to learn to fly. He had
seen Brer Buzzard sailing in tho air and
ho thought he could sail. too. So he per
suaded Brer Buzzard to take hlrn on
his back and give him a start. This was
done. Brer Buzzard carr ed Bror
Tarrypin in the air and dropped him. He
fell, of course, and nearly killed himself.
He was very angry with Brer Buzzard
not l <■< ausc he failed to fly. but because
Brer Buzzard failed to show him how
to light. Says he: ‘Flyin’ Is easy as failin’,
but T don’t ’speck I kin tarn how to light.’
“If you don’t know what this means ask
some grown-up person. Before you begin
to fly, be sure and learn how to light!"
How “Uncle Remus” Writes.
As I looked over the story of Bror Tarry
pin and Brer Buzzard T asked Mr. Harris
If he found writing very hard work.
"No,” replied "Uncle Remus.” "I write,
you see, about 2.000 words of editorial
every day. This I have been doing so long
that It gees very easily. You take a good
subject, put your pen on the paper and the
editorial writes Itself. My story writing Is
done at night. I usually begin it after tea
when the children have gone to bi d. I then
pt.-k up tho story where I have left off and
write away until bed time.”
"How much of this do you consider a good
evening's work?”
“Aliout one thousand words.” replied
Mr. Harris. "Su-’h writing is easy for me.
I like It, and when 1 am tired from my
other work I take it un and soon fee;
rested. It ts rather amusing work, you
know, and does not require much care.”
”1 should think you would have to re
vise It over and over again."
"No, on the contrary." was the reply, "I
rovise very little. 1 have not the time,
and the work is such that It does not re
quire it. It Is, I think, work for the day. I
don't suppose It will last.”
"Is not dialect writing an Invention of
recent years?”
"Y.-s,” replied the great dialect writer of
the south. “It seems so. Walter Scott
was among the first of our authors who
used it largely. Burns wrote many of his
(M.ems in dialect, and Tennyson, you know,
wrote much dialect verse. Chaucer was
written In tho language of his time, an I it
Is curious that In some respects the dialect
used then was somewhat the same as that
of the plantations today."
“Uncle Remus's" Book Loves.
Mr. Harris has always been fond of the
will not l>e very long before we will pee (
wonderful developments all over th.- belt.
There is enough gold on some forty-acre •
lots tn Lumpkin to float an issue of gov- '
ernment bonds and there is enough gold ;
In the county to wipe out the national
debt of the United States and probably of i
all other countries thrown in. Men have ,
made money mining up there by methods |
whk’h would ruin a syndicate in the w**st.
1 have known 75 per cent of the gold to i
I.e lost and yet ’he miners would get $5 to
sls a ton by their slop process. I have
been running two mills for development
work and 1 know what I am talking
about. Why there is rock up in Lumpkin
worth thousands of dollars to the ton. 1
have known tailings from some of the
mills to run away up when assayed. I do
r O’ mean to criticise the miners, but simply
state some facts to show that the kit.:;
; n-.< tai is there.
I "Some of the veins are enormously large,
j Think of one 150 feet in width. I can take
you to It and show and measure it off 150
feet anil more between the walls. Why a
man can pick out a lot up there and get
ore enough to work a fiOO stamp mill I*lo
years and make—■well I would not care to
say In public what I think aliout it, l-<*-
ca’.ise some people might think I was ex
acvvrating Thirty-dollar ore Is abundant.
Some of it is sapprollte—decomposed rock,
easily handled. Again some of the rock is
hard quartz, but It can be mined nnd
treated at a cost whi *h would leave an
Immense profit. The .* veins have rich
chutes and pickets Just like other gold
countries. It would be difficult to give any
average of the gold liecause it varies so
widely, but so far as my Investigations
go the deeper the mining Is carried the
richer the ores. 1 have had several hun
dred feet of tunnels run into the side of
one mountain and have cut the veins in
different directions at different depths and
my experience is that tho deetx'r we go
the more we get from a ton. The supply
of low grade sulphuretted ore Is practi
cally inexhaustible. The hydraulic mining
that has been done left !!••* veins expo- *1
and now it Is an easy matter for a pros
pector to go into the belt and get practical
results right at the start.”
Judge Murray’s idea of mining in Georgia
Is to do it on a large scale. He says that
a so>-stamp mill ought to be working on
i some of the Lumpkin proiierties and he
doubts not. that there aro other b-.dts which
would pay enormously if work.-! on the
same big plan. If there Is money tn work
ing a ten-stamp mill, how much more
th* re would lie in running MIO stamps The
sulphurets must lie treated chem --illy.
Chlorination is a practical way. the cheap
est and most successful ever tried en
Georgia ore. There is no do’.ibt that he
and his friends have big plans under con
sideration. They were thoroughly satis
fied by seeing Hie heavy loss In sulphurets |
over the plates that many times more gold ;
runs off than is saved. They i** I’. v.* that
modern methods with up-to-date machinery j
would be successful almost beyond reason- |
able expectations.
Tho gentlemen left last night for Nash
ville, but will probal-iy return here after 1
the holidays. Major Williams is a capital- '
ist and a practical busine.-«s man. Colon.-l
Duncan is a very successful promoter.
Th.- Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad
Company is one of the largest industrial
enterprises in America.
—•
Is Grover in the Race?
From Th.- Kansas City World.
Never has a public man in this country
been hotter after a nomination for a high
position than Mr. Cleveland is after the
nomination for pres dent in 19<*>. Except
for the purpose of advancing his Interests
in that direction his message to congress
might as well not have lx en written. As it
is. It is peculiarly his production. There
can be no doubt that he wrote every word
of it. It Is long, tiresome, clumsily ex
pressed, and, outside of the homilies with
Which it abounds, made up chiefly with the ,
overlast ng cant with which he hds been
so successful in decetv ng nnd deluding the
people, contains nothing worth the atten
tion of congress.
The prologue with which it opens. In
which he tells congress he has made a new
deisvi ture in the matter of execut ve mes
sages and .ntends to say tersely and briefly
what he has to say. is uncalled for. in bad I
taste and fairly Indicative of the contents
and spirit of the document. He does not i
speak tersely or briefly. He talks all '
around every subject he tou- hes. There is ‘
nothing new in what he says or the manner l
in wh ch he says it. except, perhaps, the 1
thinly veiled laudation of himself and h s '
insidious comments on matters that do not
concern him, and are brought in only for I
the purpose of making polit cal capital and
advancing his prospects as a presidential i
candidate four years hence.
What concern has he with the manner in 1
whlcit the nations of Europe have acted in j
relation to the com! tion of affairs in Tur- !
key? This government is not a party to |
the Armenian affair in any sense. Mr. I
Cleveland admits that so far as American I
citizens are concerned none of them hav* 1
/ Where the Famous Cbarao
) ter of the Rabbit Stories
\ Come From Wby
) He Will Tell No >
( More Stories — £Mr.
Harris Speaks of His
"Book Laves and His Religion
old English classics. Tho simplicity of his
style was largely cultivated through hls
study of the great English authors Garing
his boyhood As he talked thus of Chaucer
and other writers I wondered as to what
books had most Influenced him, and I
asked him to tell me something of his book
loves, saying I supposed that he read
mueh. ,
“I read somewhat." was the reply. ’ Rut
it Is hard for me to say what books have
had much effwt upon my work. When I
liegan to set type on the plantation I
found that my employer had a large li
brary. He kindly allowed me to borrow
such books as I wished, and among those
which I read first was the ‘Y’lcar as Wake
field.’ Its simplicity delighted tne, and I
read It again and again. I thing I < ould
today ropeat pages of it. I st di read it
and enjoy It almost as much as wn-n I
first saw it. It Is so genuine, you know.
Another author whom I especially like is
Sir Thomas Browne. It is a strange tc;ng
that though this man had a library of per
haps two thousand volumes, embracing t! e
works of modern writers, as well as the
English classics, I in most cases took
to the classics.
The Bible and “Uncle Remus’s” Re
ligion.
“Then another took that I read a good
deal.” Mr. Harris went on, “is the Bible.
It is one f the beet books in literature.
I like It and I read It more and more.”
“What portion do you read most?”
"The New Testament," replied "I nc.o
Remus.” "I especially like Faul’s Epistles
and the Gos»pels.’ I am very fond of parts
into mv nature at certain times, and tier*
are hours when a chapter or so of Ec
clesi,-. .-s seems es;H-.-ia.!lv a[ pr *; rtate.
la ;* our
religion anyhow?”
“Uncle R.-mus” thought a moment and
then said rather soberly: "That ’s a dif
ficult question to answer. I hardly know
rnvself. I can only say I believe In all
g.xv.l men and all good women. I should
not want to live if I had no faith In my
fellow men.” Q CAR£ » EXTER .
been killed or wounded by the T.:rkA And,
! so far as the destruction of property ts
i com eraed. the sultan’s government has not
refused to make good any damage that
may have been caused. The ]** >ple of every
c Viliz.-d country have their opinion of the
Turk and the brutality of his semi-barbaric
' methols of government, hut that does not
' give the chief executive of this country tne
• right to reflec’ in an official way on the
I manner in which other governments have
1 IX rfornie.l their duty in the matter of hold
ing Turkey to the performance of its treaty
obliga'.ons. Tr.- pros.dent’s remaJks on
the subject are simply one of his homilies
gotten off for political effect.
I* . ■ . a - ■ <.-.*'■• sv-mpathy for
th.* d'.wntrodden and oppressed people of
Armen a. nearly on the other side of the
w orld, that he has no feeling for the strug
gling patriots ot Cul*a. tne ’.Looming of
whose artillery can almost be heard across
th.* narrow stretch of s< a that separates
them from us -the women and childro-n
hotts. 1.-SS and homeless and starving tnere,
and the men hunt.-d like wild beasts be
. .. .<•- they w U not take up arms against
their country and their countrymen- To
these he applies the strictest letter of the
law, and says that be ause they have no
civil government in operation they cannot
lx- ro- ognized as possessing even the rights
of belligerents, but proposes that they lay
d■■ • :■ i rust ■■■ Spa n—as bru
tal - * Turkey ever was—to grant
them a portion of their rights. Congress
-. ■ • r ago in this matter;
j- vote 1 to - <>rU the rovolutionists tho
right - ol ’ mt ’■ Pf ddent,
tak i g adv c i_ of a t<* hai ally, has nul
lified its a -tion
He Is a Candidate for Office.
Was D en er 23.—Mr. John T_
Waller, of K.i: s.-,, w io as < x-c msui of the
United states a- Tam.i ave. Madagascar,
and subsequently an inmate of a French
prison I**-* <m<- a sabj--et of .nternational no
toriety- -”. u mo:;' - i- i- a < andida O
. . for
th.. 1•.. strict o: (’olum -ia. an office which
for y* ars [wsi h s I en filled by a
colored man.
THE BITES.
A GRA°HIC DESOR! D TION OF THE
DREADFUL FEELING.
What In Meant by Thia Form of Aent*
Misery W here Do.-tors .Make Mistake*.
W hen a cheerful,brave, light-hearted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfect! *n of misery, the blues, it is a
sad picture.
It is usually this way:—
She has been feeling ’* out of serta"
forsome time; head
has ached, and
back also; has zp.Si*'-17 X
Islept poorly;
been quite
nervous, and ’ jjklu,
nearly fainted
onee or ''A
twice; head ■ t —‘T.
dizzy, and I / if
heart has S' 7
beat very r
fast: then that l«earing-down feeling.
Iler doctor says, "cheer up. you have
dyspepsia: you’ll be all right soon.”
But shedoesn’t get "all right.” She
grows worse day by day, till all at onee
she realizes that a distressing female
complaint is established.
Iler doctor has made a mistake.
She has lost faith in him; hope van
ishes; th“n conies the brooding, mor
bid, melancholy, everlasting Bi.UEa.
Her doctor, if he knew, should have
told her and cured her, but he did not.,
and she was allowed to suffer. By
chance she came across one of Mrs.
Pinkham's books, and in it she found
her very symptoms described and au
explanation of w hat they meant. Then
uhe wrote to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass., for advice, feeling that she was
telling her troubles to a woman.
S|»eedy relief followed, and vigorous
' health returned.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
; pound instantly asserts its curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments
of women. It has been the standby
, of intelligent American women for
twenty years, and the story recited
•bove is the true experience of hun
dreds of women, whose letters of
i gratitude are to be found on fils
I Ur«. Pinkham's library.