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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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