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THE ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF THE ACTUAL SCENE OF THE SPANISH SURRENDER AT SANTIAGO The Constitution’s Camera Snapped Just as the Stars and Stripes Reached the lop ol the Flag Pole Above the Government Palace at Noon on Sunday, July 16th—Pictures Which Show the Spaniards and the Americans Just as* They Stood on the Eventful Day That Marked the Beginning of the End of the War. rar —r~ ■mA 'l' ’a \ v ' 1 ’ J-—• •-: ■ a | - —-=- ; - ■ THE PALACE FRONT WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG JUST IN POSITION. T. • •’. two pictures, drawn from large j: .t••-:«■ i!•: :• 1 '<’.■■ story of tiie surren- der of S.inti.ig". Tile ■ rcmony in the .pi. i. of tin oily was brief, dra in t . im-mring, bin. It was not too 'or .1 . inn r.i. amt the only camera V took it belonged to The Atlanta <■ itl'.ution. V.’lien we rod., into tile < ity w:'h General Shafter and ills staff and eov.ilrv .and infantry <: oris on the m • ' Sunday, July If>th, arrany- m-nt. I. .< a’.r idy be. n in.de with Cell e.-.d 'l'oral. the Spanish commander. since the wounding of General Linares, to have • ■ • .. 1 ■ vi. . s wh':N» wer< to turn t.' ■ ■ ver to th" Anr i n a tts t.i I.- place nt ■ ni exactly. We reached th'' front , • pal. . hortly after 10 o’clock, ami wi I- our own and the Spanish troops, whb-i respectively represented the two • mm nd . wen . ing arranged 1 n qunro and the offict rs were ' Ito li other in the big p hallway. tin seven, n v.spapir nu n : . ■! to t .icus fair lit tlo kodaks ' tiio notable sc. n . before them. It.it it vas t >o big a job for a kodak, v r-f’ll is t! little inst r ■_!meiils are, ;■• 1 oral of i. ; iru d out to secure - . tographers with leg ma. inuc Os the ti'mibb'i of t.ho ot hors I know nothin ■:. but tor myself I can fi was th' haul -t work I . ver ltud.it" l>. There wife plenty of photog- •io a in th" ■ ay. but I climbed up a a dozen stairways only to find the .all deserted, ' r to encounter surly d men .md women who pretended ! ■.: end' i : v ...it I wanted. 1: w i la 'ore th" true, charm ter of tile ' ns »'<-r.. known, and when the. en- ' [RD Iknil BAILEY OF TEXAS Jpxas Democrat Deciares His Party Will Wage an Ag gressive Fight. ?EAT CROWD HEARS HIM Suffering? Inflicted. Upon the Volun teers by the Administration Are Fainted Graphically by the Orator from the Lone Star State. Vc. S ptenib r 19. -Coiigres.s- < ith tm, the county i; i , intel est of *’■ A. Swan .pomiiii e lor congress from . , . | . tor mih s around t<> i"the Texan. L.. Tredv i tdi < of the Pittsyl , intn du d the spe ikei ... h Ml. Bail' V made it plain , ~.. <|. mo.a u s me. in to make the , an aggressive one. . . things of similar import, he : ... „ . i ,>u! 1 . tn politics and n . titoi s hat ct ■ d and writ about ill' mis tales of . d.'nio. 'ii minority in congress, , , ■ ... , k i. ftiit d : • r.p"' :- . ■ : :u;. ’.ike ■ in order to divert public n iroi.; Un ir own. they 1 nd it ■ io. . to rank, t".od tm ir i'l/eate-1 . rtio,.-. In order to , , th..’ Ju. i and uni'.'' rsal indigna- d again ;t . uffi i ing inflicted upon the r "i .' through the incompe t - -.•hon-sty those wl:om 1 . have I'la. 'd in iiowr. they have ■ ... >rds J t .l.mg tb'ir brains t., find some i. ■■ < it. a: ion with a th- y can .. . c : . But they have not . H. .ci th' y will not And it. The , . . ...i ~«■ t : ■ d. mocrati.' party thiough- .. 11 d trylng session of co»p_, Great Strop in Prius*. \t: EDITOR ’.V.* are sallini? almost every . an 1 , me ly, ev< rv kno vn instrument prices. Home • ' . . I;. ..;, ns ;I.’H to * :.<o. "in- piles ' , . M.S. <»;.r yp.-riiil < at.ih>gue will be sent !e< postpaid* b> <>ny of vo ir r a l’rs who will ‘".it this no’ i'•' "It art' l sail t. us. Veiy truly, Sears, ao.|,u ..VC' 'Ju' .Ch.cum. tire population was prepared to face the awful fate licit had been predicted at the hands of the enemy. At other places we battered vainly upon the outer doors, and succeeded only in bringing sullen am! (scowling' faces to the windows of lite build ings in tlie neighborhood. * • • At 11:30 o’clock our driver bethought him self oi u Frenchman who took pictures, nnd whom die said he thought might not object to photographing the pulling up of tie' :tars and stripes above th.- palace. W" v.ent to his house .No. S tn tin (’allo San (tcronlnm and found 1 im drinking red wine on Ids big front porch. Ills mini" is Adolphe Des.fiiiron, aii.l he proved to bo an aff.ibl", gen ami energetic little old g.'iith man, wiio indulged no special aff"-'- tion for the Spaniards ami who did not for a moment hesitate to accept our prop osition. In five minutes ho had bundled hits afipaiatus in Ute carriage, an.l w<‘ went whirling’ ba< k to the public square with thousand.', of eyes, some angry, some fright ened am! sont" curious, peering nt us through tite b it's of th" cage-I k" entrance wb'cb forms the doorway to all dwelling holts' in Cal a. Ami we W'l'e not a moment too soon. Ait. ady every man who hail a part t . play in (lie drama that was to mark th r<nl ending of the war was in his place. Drawn up in fr.cit of the tui 1 ice were .i hundred and tW'Dty trnoin-t under Captain Bt’.'lt. stanaiug solemn and t-iil. iit in the burning sun, with General;; Shafter, Wheeler, Law ton, Late.-, lx. i t. Wood ami Chaffee, with all their staff.; in ;t group bi tw> . n them. In the . enter of Ute square stood t!i." Ninth infantry band with tin r cy< s on th" flag gross is ab. "lut<'v abov. al! criticii ni. I do not say .. with the purpo > <■:' <l.aim ing any cred.t for myself, but as a mat ter of simple justlt a to my democratic asso.'iate;' I declare that in all the his tory of this government no minority party ever passed through a war siim of congr. ss with so much < redlt as did the democrats of the pr<.-.nt congress. The only important vote which we be lieved at the time wo < ast it would ever become the subject of reasonable eon tioxa rsy was our vote against the war revenue bill, and events have vindicat ed our <'Ottr.se in respect to that lAeas uro. We opposed the passage of that bill because we believed that it author ized an unnecessary sale of Interest bearing bonds, and the condition of tho treasury prov s conclusively that we were right. When congress eonv. ties in December next it will find that the surplus in the tieasury above the one hundred million gold nserve will ex- < oed the amuont received from the sale of bonds, thus demonstrating that there was no necessity for the govern ment to sell its bonds. Our republican friends cannot excuse themselves bv saying that they could not. foresee the early termination of the war. b■’< .’litre every man who was rea sonably well Informed about the condi tion of Spain understood that it was im possible for her to continue a long and expensive struggle. Owing to th • great er distance between her base of supplies and the seat of war, it was certain that. It. would require tin* expenditure of at least $1.2.1 on the par! of Spain to meet, the i xpenditure of every $1 on tine part of the I’nited States. It was certain, therefore, that if the war cost us $200,- Ofe/lOl', it would cast. Spain s2.7','teO,<>.«», ami where could she raise any such sum as that? Torn witli civil strife, her throne claimed by a pretender, her people impoverished, she could not levy additional taxes without pr."'!|»itatiiig bread rims within her own borders, and her only means of carrying on the war was to borrow money. This she could : ot hop" to <!• becatis ■ her bonds were ,;lr< a.ly .-'. Hing' at 30 cents on th" dollar . in t ie malle ts of the world, ami had s ic attempted to borrow $250,000,000, she would nave be.ti compelled to issue sSGOj.O‘.'.o(jo worth of bonds. Before site . oiild have sold one-half of that amount credit would have fallen still lower. and her bonds would not la\ e com manded 20 cents on the dollar. With an adversary unable to raise money by taxation, and powerless t > borrow it, the end of the war was in sight before it was begun. The repub lican leaders in congress knew this ... well as we did, or if they did not know it they are not wise enough to be trust ed with th.- adm.nistration of t.ais gov ernment. But witii th.- knowledge that tile war must soon end. and knowing that with all tin i.- wastefulness and ex travagance it would probably not cost over j2uO.<MX),ia>o. they proceeded to enact a law winch imposes ?lsi,tK!o,t (M in an nuai taxes upon the people, and author ize- tlie < ot>lraetlon of a .i.'jiui.tH.U.txifi debt. I p.m that monstrous proposition almost < \ cry democrat ;n congn ss toil'd "no.” and our only regret today is that there w..s U'-'-iiigle one of us who felt < , iied I'.poa by Ids SI use of duty to sup- A b’renehman estimates that there ar. in the world about ten thousand libraries worthy of the name. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1898 L 4 B W J? 8 THE CATHEDRAL OPPOSITE, SHOWING SPANISH LINE ABOVE THE AMERICAN TROOPS. BY ROBERT B. CRAMER. staffs. At the far end the tm n of the Ninth were drawn up in front of tlm '.till gray walls of the .'d cathcdtal, m.l on the long walk elevated above them the surrendered Spanish soldiers, without arms and without atty military formation, stood mass'd in witli < ilizens who had In brave enough to ■ onie out to S<‘C the show. Such was the theater of action, and the photographs show it with not a . " ' 1 d'■•- tail missing. • • • « live minutes to 12 ><k f’inl.ti M< K ttrick nd Lieutenants Jo» w Jr., and .1. l> Miley appeared on Urn i , <t’ aboto tile pal u ■ ent a too with an Amer ican flag in their hands, and 'lus'kly fas tened it to th< guy ropes of t:.e pot w de I lifted its head b".; <l t’m in. Mon. ietir D- s quiron bad plant'd hi ■ cam ra ia nt of tho band, wiiero he < ould give 1! a quick turn am! eaten both -celt's. It was then that Sylvester Scovrl. th'respondent who later struck Shafter, app'are I on the roof near 5 tl.-y and was ord. ted off The minutes se. tm d liout ; In passing, ..ml wo all waited m a tremble of ox itement and ant . ip.it;.m th.it t < imposs.ble t. d. - rerh.... On Um r....f t n- three oflir-ers stood like Statu. The ;■(. .• crowd Os S; litl-lt soldiers and r aid -nts b mk,€d in fron of tho cathedral w. re silent as de Uh The musicians had tlmir horns at tlmir I ps. My .fferveseent photograpwr w;;s <o wrought up that I w." afraid ■ would press the bulb and take the pl- ture at the wrong t.me. and I had to k( . md upon ,h!s arm. Then. wli.'U t.te tension se. med to b. n.> longer In arable, th. re In'ok. mH from t ;■ : . ledi 1 back of us tm- .-oft and im How chimes wlii.'h marked TEH TO KHiIiED SIX . ( ‘t DYIHG Twenty Persons Were at Work in the Elevator When Explo sion Occurred. FOUR ARE STiLL MISSING Only One of the Number Within the Walls Stands Any Chance of Recovering'. Toledo, . September T >ll men . i.’- mated, six more f.italic btirmd and eien more seriously injured is the result of the most disastrous fire that ever m urrid in Toledo. Tho dead are: SAM ALEXAN'DAIi. Ul'.llT WALNWItIGIiT, BllltT GAKKIi I T. .MA BOLD J’AKKa, JOHN SMITH. GKA'TI i’AHLS. l-’ItANK VAN HOl’Sl'lN. JOHN CAltlL William .1. i’akks. sup.'tint.udent, . N KNOWN MAN. The injured ar. David K. nip. Barney Welch, Charles K. ifer, I'T. d Pargolds, I'.biolt. Charles Brookse' k.-r, Everett Smith, Hamilton Barks, William Jordan, Peter Haas, Al Hardee, and three otiiers, names unknown. The si'ontan oils combustion of dust in bhe g '.iin elevator owned by Paddock. Hoge A- Co., at !> o'clock, caused tills terrible destriution of lit", .".nd none of those tai; 11 out after the lire started were far enou.'h from death’s door to tell any of the de tai.s. William J. Parks, the superintendent, af ter being blown through tho window ot the low. r story. Was conscious for a mom. nt, and said that about -:3" o’clock a terrible explosion occurred on the south .side of the el. vaior ami tiiat he knew liter.- were aii.'Ut tw. at' men at work on the seven floor.; of the enormous building. Besides those regularly employed at the cl. vutor, the three children of Sup. rinti n denl Pail.s were visiting him at. the time. One of th. . e may recover from his burns, but Grace, a seventei n-yeat -old girl, is burned almost b< yond recognition, and Harold, the third child, has not b' ■. n found, b< atg either blown to atoms or cremated. Explosion Felt for Blocks. At S:3u o'clock this evening ’.lie people of Hast Toledo were stat tied by a lerriitc explosion, which caused a panic all over the neighborhood. Houses were shaken as if by an i t:i t liqiiake and windows w. t.: shattered for blocks around. Those in the vi. Inity of tiie L’nion elevator soon ni'ti.-. d Harm- bursting from all . kies o'.' th" build ing. It V.. I but a few minutes till th" fire department of the city began the work of resell", whicit was rendeted difllculi by the terrific bent . f the fire. The iiv. r cut off escape on on. side. The families of a dozen men who v. ere known to b;- at work within rushed to the scene, and women call- the hour of twelve, and with the very first note the stars and stripes mounted to the top of the pole and float, d full and free in the gentle breeze. At the same instant the band burst into tho glorious old ‘‘Star iSpang’l.'d Banner.” t >c ’rooin.r.s raised their sabres in sale: . making a line of llasiiing steel all al.m.t til" palace front, ttnd the column of infantry presented arms. Every officer and v. : .n took off bis hut, and tiiiis w- stood uncovered in solemn and silent glory, feeling Unit live minutes of su. il e<'.stacy more than recompensed us for the ti\ ■ weeks .. xrd .., we had un der Tao hymn < ime to a close as < . .... is It begii . . I<l when it (lied away into the last refrain there burst out sue I a hurrahing as man never heard be- I do r.i; know 1. w long it lasted, but u.i a we . .ime to 1 "thought myself of my piiutograp.ii r. and turn-d to tied him up a tree, wh ifr 11 gone to recover h a parasol, whiGi, 1 Ins . xub. rance, ha had sent h 1 into 1 ..r a!o’._ with his hat. But ho had tai. ; tin pictures and 1 left him for a m<um :: to go over to see our olli ers, w.t..T.; I wus unfortunate enough to arriv.' in time to b" a witness to the Scovel ine'.dmt'. Os that unhappy affair at such a time I cannot bring my self to writ'-, but ther" is one tiling I dt lire t., say of G. neral Shafter .md for - s. > VI I. Th news ■ ■ have I. en Stating that had Mr S. w 1 Stilt- It any other commanding oflic" in- would have b".'U instantly kill' d, and Ute infer, tt-.’ is that G. neral Shafter ■aw d the young cor , dent' life. With some knowl tdge of .. r It mv Offi( t is 1 per to that the pr.,voc.it on waic . led to th" blow ing for their imprisoned husbands, brotb . ■ and fatlu rs, made a no indes 1 iba ble It was learn. .1 that Ute for. .- of twenty men e?.pe- t.d to laid SO.Ov't bushels of grain during the night. Not one of the entire number could be seen in any part of the building and it was impossible to reach tiara in any way. ml ■ 1 found first i'■ was twenty feet from the building, frightfully buried and his clothing almost entirely torn off. He bad b< 1 n buried from his place in the main room through a window and hi.; agonizing er: w. re most pitiful. Thrown from Fifth Floor. Another t mployee, Joi n Uarr, was hurled from the fifth floor " Ute building a.nd was found bleeding .md burned. He did not long survive, l-’ir.'tnan David Kent, and Charles Kcil'er, the engineer, were found at their places in tho engine room. They w.-re woirt'-.'ied by falling timbers and their sac.-s were chart' d to a crisp by the flames. The little daughter of William Parks was sitting at the desk in the olli-'e at : te time of tit.- ex pi.i.-ini and site was buried out of the door. She walked down the eh vatlon on which the building stands and dropped down, to be carried away uu .■(.nsi imis. suffering mini wounds from which she c.i't.nut recover. John Smith was fatally burned He wis literally -lisem -1...V1 and was tai." to the hospital to dlo. The missing men ar.- dolibth s all diu I. No trace can be found of any of : .r.i, and as tin;.’ were employed at tho top of tl.e i'" vator, their chances for escape w< re but slight. The heat bt ame so : '‘.ease that twenty cars . : Hiding on the sidings near tne hurtling building were added to the loss. Th" lire department had a hard struggle to save other eh valors ami property. The bridge across the M uimee river was SIOO To Any Man. 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This Magi- al Treatin' nt in ay be taken al homo under their directions, or they will pay railroad fare and hotel bills to ail wim prefer to go then' for treatment, if tl'ev fail to . arc. They ai" perfectly rella j. t v, no f.'ri < I’!" . r'ptionw. Erie ( u r e Ere. Sample, or 11 D. fake. They 1-. J :,;.".".(Mll> capital, .aid gm'i.aut ■■ to cure '•very CHl'.' ’hey treat, or refund every dollar or th" .'ii.ir.--.es ma-, be deposited in a bank to be paid to them when a cure is effected. Write them today. could never have come from any other officer of irny rank fn the service. In the delirium of that afternoon Mon sieur Desquiron was forgotten, but I urged him over and over again to d.-V'-lop and print the pictures as soon as possible. But he had been a resident of Cuba too long to do anything in a hurry, and we were comp.'lled to tali'- our departure ftjom San tiago for Porto Itieo without doing more than seeing I'.te proof.;. 1 left him my ad dri's.;, along with some few timely re markw'i .'a he r. "ivi'.l liumidy :<n<l apoloi. eli.-aliy, and sail' d out of the har bo.- with very faint hopes of ever see tig my photographs, although Lieut'naiit Mi ley, v. 'io was as (inxious to g -t them as J w . promised to go around to the Calle San (I'lrtmln.i and jib tho num,-'..air wi'h lii.s sword twice a <lay. How wll he suc ceeded where I tail".! may be gtiessi d, for late I night the ma I brought the pi.-- turi s into The '’onst ant ion ollie., and they turned out to bo al! tlia'. we had . xpc. tcd them to be. * • • • But littl' <1 serijition of Uam Is nec essary Tlie central figure on Pi.- roof of th- palace, with arms .-h -nl.e is Lb 1- tenu'it Miley. aa.| young V.'boi ler stls at hl.s right. Captain M.Kitiri.-k is pull ing up th" flag, and U; • troopers, with drawn swords, arc saluting the colors as they ranch tho top. Tic bush"; bide t .- group of "fficers, who stand just in front of the doorwav. In the l econd picture tho American infantrymen a:.- the low r line of men. and the Spaniards are gathered in front of tho . ntiaodral, the doors of which, as y.ni will observe, arc nailed up. Origi nal . opies of these photographs, with tho ■compliments of The Constitutl' a. will s. ni ,0 all tin- div sion vomm.i mb : s w o took part in tlie ceremony, and to tae thr. o men on til • root' who raised the flag. on lire sv'.' ial time.', but out.-id" (he loss o: the elevator the-I.image :s slight. Mi. i'a-1.10. k. .. im aiiier of t.i firm own ing the plant, said there wits bet we n ■■ “ and iIeO.OW) bushels of grain m storage at the time. The property and tin- grain Ls an entire loss and will r.'iiea .MbUieO. 'l' ie in surance i.s ji i-'.OOU on tie.' building and the : ... . covet'' 1 wit li ;-' The People’s Forum ‘•Bullbat.” Are bullbats and whippoorwills one and tiie same bird? This question, that has lately been asked The Constitution in the letter following, ha.; evolt ed such a display of learning th..it it i.s due our readers to give it. The letter referred to reads: Edl'.or Coiistiiution—Are bullbats and whippoorwills one and the .same birds? Are they strictly insi etiv. r.m.s’.' if so, ar. they prote.tid under the law? Nature evidently intended t'hesi birds for t’no purpose oi de stroying tl." myriads of insects, and it seems like IL great crime to kill them for mere .-port. They are unfit, for food. if they were prot'et.'d and allowed to increase, in a few year.- they would be aide to destroy and keep in abeyatiee the millions of blood thirsty mosquitos. Nearly every aft'-rnoon out in th., suburbs you would think some invading army was trying to capture our beautiful city, from the way tlie men and boys are shooting at the innocent birds. It is a shame, and ought to be suppress' d. If your great paper will take au interest in ibis matter and help protect tii.'s - mos 'Piilo destroyers, you will have ij. thanks of 1 .'.i.lT.'i ing pc..ph. .1 S. KNIGHTLY. Atlanta. Ga., September 10, lb'.lS. Knowing no one better able to speak on this great subject than tlie Hon. Joseph Terrell, attorney general of the state of Georgia, i was inclosed to him, with the following request: “Hon. Joseph M. Torrell. Attorney Gen eral, City. Dear Sir: You may not be an authority on bull in is and whippoorwills, but we would be glad if you would try to Fettle the question inclosed. I’lease return query with your answer. Your answer at an early date will oblige. “TI I E CONSTITUTION." A few days pa-. ■ d. and it became evident that Mr. Terrell must hate struck ;i snag in the discussion of tin relationship which < xiste.l between the.-., two birds. The long delay in making iiis answer was explain' d upon the receipt of the followin'.;' communi cation, from which It will be .seen that Til.' Constitution’s request reached Colonel L. M. Terr. 11, atperhil. nd. nt. ot the railway mail serviinstead of Atlorm-.v (b ne al J. M. Terr, 11 at th" state capitol. The in close re of Mr. 1.-. M. Terrell, in which he forwards the correspond' lie, to its original destination, reads as follows; •’Railway Mail Servie. . (Iltiee of Superin tendent, lAairt a Division. Atlanta. '1... S. pteinl. i'll. lx!is. Itespeel fully referred to lion. J. M. Terrell, attorney general, At lanta, Ga.: This letter having been dire, t cd to you at the ’custom’ house, got into iny mail and was opined by im through mistake. In case you should lie in any doubt as to the distinctions between the 'liffeient species of the genus ’goat sucker' inquired of in the within, I w it be very glad to enlighten you. as I have a large and varied experience witii them, and as it probably lias a b'eling on the legal aspect cf flit matter, I will take the liberty to stat.- that they ar.- migratory birds, both, all< | I-,, nee ! suppose that the gam; laws would not apply to I’mm. •'l, M TEKRELL. Siipermtend'mt. ”Bcr KING.” To lids letter, the distinguished attorney genet al made the following reply, in which it will be Been that lie referred the whole matter back to his friend. Colonel L. M. Terrell: “State of Georgia, Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, September 12, IS9B.—Editor Constitution: Bullbats and whippoorwills can hardly be considered as g.itm . ami do not come within the provisions of tiie game law of December 22. 1890. “ ‘The Standard’ dictionary says that bats are not insectivorous birds. Your letter was delivered to Colonel L. M. Terrell, rail way mail superintendent, by mistake. Note hi.s remarks. He nay be able to enlighten us upon the subject. Yours wry trip/, “J. M. TERRELL. Acting upon this suggestion, the whole correspondence was referred back to Colo nel L. M. Terrell, which brought the fol lowing scholarly reply: The “bullbat” is so called from the fact that not being a “bear” it is probably a “bull” and for the reason that he is in no wise a bat. or anything like one. “Bull bat,” “whippoorwills” and “chuek-will-a widows” are not the same bird, but are double first cousins. The name given “bull bats” by ornithologists and binder which they will be found Heated of in the ency clopedia is “goat suckers” and "might hawks” and 1 presume the reason o 1 ’ these names being applied to this bird is that they could not possibly suck a. goat and that they do not fly at night and are not hawks. These birds are strictly inseetivei ous and feed only on such imsects as fly, taking their prey on the wing. Being mi gratory thev are not protect' d by th" g ame laws, and being a delightful bird on the table, are unitersally shot, or rather in the neighborhood of Atlanta, shot at. ‘J he shooting of bullbats immediately around this city does not do much harm to the bullbats; it simply exercises tlu-m. k". ps them strong of wing and nimble, enablin'; them to eat.-h more bugs. This I know from personal experience, ‘file poet ‘leniiy son has immortalized bullbats in his cele brated ode as follows: “The bullbat is a lovely bird. 1 fevouring bugs and thing; ; He sleeps all day and eats all might And in between he sings. Be has a head, likewise a t ill, Two bright and shiny eye-': He lives a short and lazy lite And after that h" das." 'l'll.- remainder of this ode is so -’.imi'i.ir to all lovers of true literature and high poetry that it is not ncv-ssaiy to here quote. E. B. KING. Assistant Superintendent. Mr. Terrell not being up on bullbats. The Magnetic Needle. Editor Constitution—Does not the needle, of the compass point directly to the nort 1? There was a surveyor surveying lard 1»-r some of my neighbors and said that of l it" 1 had varied ■d< rees. If it be a fact, what caused it? Bb use anew, r through your next paper if po.-.-ible. I am verv anxious. F. M. M'iSELY , Eii'kllng’s. Ga.. September 19. IS9< The magnetic varlatioi i.s th.- an.gb b - tween the Urns pointing from a giv.rn point to the geographical and magnetic poles of the e irth. This angle varies from about 20 degrees to tho westward in the northeastern part of Maine to 20 degrees to the eastward 0.1 tho Pacific co “t. There I.s :i line passing through tills '-oiintry known as the lino of no variation, upon whi.-h If you sot a comp:i.:s th. "u . die will point due north. The isogonfc ehart pr. - pared by the co Ist and geodetic survey for 1.890 shows this ime as passing through the United States, beginning on Um Atlantic (•.cist about midway between Charleston, S. (.',, and Wilmington, N. C., ar I running j u ;1 northeasterly direction, ln;t not > straight lino and passing out through the ■Straits of Mackinac, between Lake Mic:ii gn.n and L ike Huron. This no vn: M ■, . cont inn div moving ■■stw •rd a t t m av r.i-te rate of about four minutes per ye n-. To the east of this line the variati. n gradually increases westward of the t:i.i' meridian until it is about 20 degrees ,11 Maim- and to tho west of this line i : creases eastward until it is about 3'l d' - gr. es on the I'.iciflc coast. This same chart shows the variation for Atlanta f( r 1 90 as b. ing 3 degrees cast and allowing the annual change as b. ing about four mmui the presort variation would be about 2 . The Sun in Florida. Editor Constitution—ln The Weekly Con stitution for September sth Bid Arp sta’.;; thiit. th" Eioridiin; carefully avoid tin- ut« In summer timi The statement is not true for Un;- regi m (Manatee river) at : ast, for no one here avoids being in the sun in ,umm( r when it is m cessary to b it. There are persons living here from m irly every state in t he union, b< ides 1 ers, mostly whom work in the sun every ,l:iv. Among them a!'" < h-'rgi.ins who stand the fiery blaze of the . mer’s . tin as well as any ot us. (hm ol t nt er, ■■'. ho tol<! id the 'iea; less opjil't s.-'.ive here than in Georgia. Tier., he had often :o lie by .• 1 : 0 £ th' heat, hut in over two j rs 1 vug here he has not y ’ had to stop w rk on that account. 1 have been here co itin iionsly over s x years, worked in the sun ■ \ery day, .'limited out every month in tan year, exposed to rain and dew and have pot had the sign of a 1. ver o! ■.; ■ so t. but had exc. llent health; in fact those w io arc outdoors tho aro the ni“st h< il thy. Florida 1.- very far from b. ’, g a par. • disc, as is all Um rest of the wi rid, but it ha.;.' at least this part of it, a very le thy clininte, and on.* with tar less misery in it than any other In th.- United State.;, ir not the world. It has the most 1 when it is most need. .1, too mudi 111 fa. t sometimes in July. August and s-optemb r. keeping 1 In' air cool a: <1 pure, light; ways cool: nearly all the r. s', of th" x.a the weather is almost perfect, so thi: a.’, far as climate is eonc. ’.'ned that of I'lorid 1 ha t great deal less of d ’ 1 than that of anv other part of the country, mi comparison in fact. 11. 11. Tl’.NBR' iE'Mx. Braidontowii, Ul.i.. September 13, 1.898. To the above Bill Arp himself makes this answer: Yes. That is a bright pi ture of tho Manatee region, v. hi re the truck farms are almost in sight of water .-verywhere and the gentle breezes from the gulf are ever breathiii',. I have been there in Jtlly town with our discomfort. So it i.s at CTear Yat'-r Harbor ;r::d many oihe:’ places. But men from northern liitltu'.le.s must be ac< lim 1 d t > . am" extent or ke< p out oi the sum mer's sun. Young men D im tin- stores and offices an t snadv workshop; .aitii • stand the sudden :r,insiti. .. We - that Genera! Borden has issu'd an ord'-r e.mi mantling his men to keep out oi the trop.- cal sun from It* o’clock until -1 o cloek. N.i, I am not traducing Florida. 1 like it i climate, but all good things have to be enioy.d with some caution. One of my boys worked in that summer sun and liked to have died. AI:.T we got him home it was a. year before he could stand alone. BILL ARB. Ate You Coing- to Pittsburg? From October 7tii to 12th, in" i’.il.im"i'' and Ohio railroad ets to I’ittsburg. via WasDiiigt'm and 1.4;- timore. from Norfolk and Old Bomt a <•!(» each, io-, omit Knights Templar eone.;.\ e. Tickets are valid for return 1•" October 17th, inclusive: witli priw.l'ge .. ext; nsion 1 31st, b) d< l> ticket and pat n 1 ■ ■ and further information a ppi; to Atimi G l.ewis. S. I’. A.. Baltimore a"' l li. R., Norfolk, A ■ WANTS MORE OFFICES TO FILL. President McKinley Will Relax Civil Service Rules. Washington, September 2<*- ITc-i.l<n. MeKinhy lias again tale 11 up th" .p’ " of relaxing’ the civil service iim ■ i to open mor.- pla- . s for pot.ii. it ■ 1 m n:.-. Some month ■ ago when th. ject was under dis. ussioii in emigre:;.; the president had the head of '.nil executive department pi. pare r.. ommend it mns showing which places under his depart i ment best could be . mpted from civil 1 service rules. An executive order was drawn up based ' on these recommendations and i: has b". a : on the desk of the president untowlied i ever since. Now that the war is not ir - I < upying so mueli of Ills attention and the e.mgri s.-ional campaign is making the pressure for places stronger, the pt • .'ilent is considering the matter, and it s .x --peeted that lie will issue au order in a snort time taking a large number of places Hum the vhMstsiiLd civil tcrVice upd throw- Hop& fSSm /•W’. W /A y vy . ; -f’y tor you, said four different physi cians, but I still had suflicient left to try Dr. Miles’ New Heart Cure, as it was highly recommended to me. 1 bad suffered for years with heart trouble; so bad was my case I was given up to die several times. 1 lad severe palpitation, short breath and much pain about the heart, fluttering and smothering spells, but Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure gave me prompt relief and finally a permanent cure. Mrs. J. L. Taylor, Owensboro, Ky; ■I " O is sold by all druggists on guarantee first bottle benefits or money bach. Book on heart ami nerves sent free. Dr. Miles Medical Company, Elkhart. Ind. The Hancock Rotary Oise Plow and the Weekly Constituti For $45.00. We have an arrangement wit i tl-' South ern Agrietillural Weal, of Atl ' nta where by we can furnish tiie Hancock Rotary Di-.’ 1 low, fr ight prepaid to your own depot, for sls. Wit ii thß off':• we give The Weekly Constitution on.- y ar. We furnish til" plow upon tim ab.ioluta guarantee of t.:i" mamit . iai'er \ wii h w« quote in full: The notary Eke Flow 8s The Greatest Plow Cn Esrih Uor br'adc istimr. bre ikim' ..!•(• It prntr'.a or red clay land ■; for turn . ; under eot n mini.i od "f .lo.'insoii g:.. in i- no implement manutiulured whioh v'il e<p..il it. tt cuts from 12 to 14 inch. :; wide and from (> to I'* i.-i 'hct; d. ep .it the will ot the user. It will break up two to Hire* ne’’. o d iv. . . 1 will do it with lighter draft and pulverize th" gmimd better than, any other plow m.inufnctur.'d. To Get the Best Results Aiwa.’. ;; k. . p th. arimm v. it oiled. K"< p all nuts screwed up tight and lo ep the disc sh arp. Win i tfiis is done We Guarantee Every Ilau 'i'k Rotur,- i'i, I’low to glvo en re ifaction in any kind ■■ (Oil or i: id !■ any i midi:lons and will replace ab solutely I'reo of charge f. o. b. <• ins at. Atlanta any part or parts whic i may break within twelve months from date of pur.-nac. THE SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL WORKS. ATLANTA, GA.” To GM tha Plow Without Th® S4S.QJ) Cash WHh Older: Send us ONE lIUNDRISD AND EIGHTY i yearly subs, ribers to The W. ekly Consti tution at ?1. ouch. ; Do not retain jour commission on these i subscribers, but state with cacti ord. r that I it ie for y.mr “plow club” and wo will both i keep an account of tho numb r and you I will soon li'iv.i tiie plow, hell your iietgli- I bors what, you .ire working on and tticy I We h f sewing ma« chims and have I; id wr y customer pl..used. This is a ■ -a.— where w.» are again bringing the f o lory and farmer ta. o to face and we Lav. no l.ar ot the r -ult. You will always bh she Com-titu i for making you ride a li.n -'h p: >w as y"U turn and pulverize your land and stir deep the ground that lius n ver t : c seen tho No time to lose now. G it it ind keep It up. If you an a. i mot do without it, and it’ you are not a. larnier you 11. cd to make eV. rv lann.-r buy a plow and double the return:; ol crops to bring latter tinms in jour omnuimty. Send all orders to THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION == ====== ing them open to appointment by t:i" va rious heada of department ordinates. Th., places wlilch will 1 r inov rom th" proti." ... a o:' Hi.: "•( ■ * '■ ■ ■*" tl ' ■ t clerks and contidential k "■ ids or departments md 01 „ . " partments and all persons da: >’d m ‘"'e- Ill' 11, XV;t .t'lil lai’ H‘( r>. Ilb ITlaSt important exemptions will be in the in ternal r. venue . rvi< u limit . the , ount ry, aln re all depot ■ ■ rs ot in- fvrii.il i' l Vt-.iiK' illitl ail aiui gaugers wii ' receivi' 1. t ’niii .'cer day are to b" lali' ti from the <1... s.tii-d s.T- The Grand jfjotel Minder. New York. September 21 -h’l gran 1 jury today reitirn' d an indieim-nt f . • mut'd, r in tlie fii degree ga ■ IJ. K. mud?, win ; do: ■■ i.ird "f Enn-line ('. Reynolds, b.i.; !■;.>.■ a ;-s -'Dolly ' •:- mold tin Gi hotel, e:x August 16th. Kills Brother, Father and Himself. ( lark bur; , W. V a.. S p■ mb 19. -In I.<v 15 com t. . (> ardy Wolf. .ii me and be lie,:-I harm!"-; . impelled b\ a i irid.ii i. ii iu"in.ition, shot Bulliam V, ... Id ■rm end Wr.rdy Wolfe, Sr., hi qj both, and then tirm I lb. v. .: oa aim- i If «ith fatal est < t Killed a Man with a Maul. Lillie I:.>. ’;. Ark.. Sep eml. r 2*. At New E.tinbui gh. Ark., y. sli r.'ay ;• f tern-'.i;i John Eml.iy, a fiirm'.-r. In.-ultcd the wife of Ira Smi;ii. his neighbor. When ini'ormel of lim occurrence Smith tool, a Urge wooden maul and coming upon Finlay, who was drunk, beat his head into a pulp. 9
