About The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1902)
GBEUT FLOODS STOP' MILWAY TRAFIC 111 SOUTH, Hundred* of Feet of Track Are Ro- | ported Washed Out—R Is Be lieved. However, Normal Condition* Will Prevail by Wednesday. M**phl*. Tettn.. I*eeen»her 11— Railway | is badly demoralized tn all dlrri- I tmi.s he-auee nt wo shoots and the flood- * I .-omtition of rivers ami stream* caused ' b the . ontin io w mtns of the nasi throe u»y*. T ->•» S- utlsern rao*O» l« temporarily •nit , •n ft »m Memphis- Nine hundred feet I tra k is reported wasted away tw »n M w»w and Rossville. Tenn. The N w Ye k limit- I. du* I'* Memphis n Kht. is sidetracked at Grand Jun. tt«n. -. ho Illinois <’• ntral is also goffering frem • ishouts. —th north and south of » mpif M Ripley. Tenn a new trestle ■ » n i«h« I aaay while the w*t*r ..‘er> th., track* nrar Iter te»k*. Miss • . . -•* . - «•« over tte track* of li.. Ixuiw.lk- and Nashville to Milan a id Hole* over tiie eld main line of the . . I in motii. s its trains east, but the , -te i r» i«»rtvd to b- In good shape w«-*l MmbpMs x . . . K. and ■ l ■•« r 1 lias i*<M moved a train tn or . , . several hours Water rs-,r:--d over us*- tracks at many 1 ‘ he l>» aiwl Naahviße and Y.izoo ‘ Ml-H.ippi \alby line* " n ‘ rutin.ng | ; > aoi h. dule time. -t . f tile river all the line .’x.-pl [ • / > .in- • nv»rr «»r 1 » • ■. ..1 j • • lit •fi.-' . h. tt. Missouri f.«> iti- and 1 I -. .4 fi-*m tour to j* . ' " • i-d falling during lite day j . .;.,.* weather jh-.t .- it th. waters rapidly rvcoda I .. i,i mdMooa will prevail • Many Washouts Reported. ih •*■ •- I* l *vy j ' -. the valley of the Mississippi. • ’• >, . .ntinu**d in some instances -t Thm-day. have sent many ..-.ani' out of th* tr hanks with conse t •i.ic» t . railroad and other prop* * . ha~ ••• ■ Pr* -I •(« ta” kr.-.w: Washouts are r , x» ,, n*’«i »n . Central tv low Memphis, and I* .. . :1 s l".uis n*r Paducah. The ii,. i ..uisville and Nashville , ..j . v s-i.. pl.i -VS b< tween I , j,.''. Nortonville. Ky . hull > t. tl - • tl -’ nM db>-d r. mains in- •I; K’. . la - II- [ • i . ith f* -f«- ’ of waler flowing ' . An unotli* al I ; , foot of water ~ >«!.. i at I "ad ; ill in four days. x . ■ . ports ‘f preeiptta- t :. in tl. past twenty-four hours are • ■ i: k. Ark . Floods in Arkansas. t.* ,, ‘e Rock. Ark.. Dacesahnr IS.—Rail* *»< t she In portto: s .»f Arkansas f® Im- 1 pedod tn conm-iut-n: o »f heavy rains In ih» paat f<»ns- aht hours i- - V ' mad l« , p-tn* ipal <nfferrr. Near Judsonia and lliggins tn parts of the track were Oder war rto < Uttle Rd river is ning a . • : a • * 4 ift a• ia -im. rn<* • mni"- «• ma -f ♦Sml—r I-di;e.| .igsin-t . .. • . t.iT'h* Rad riv-r r.*-ar Ju«.-.ci* and thrmt.-i.ed' Jh.- safety n f (he • th.- :1m- ler a-.s --ad K-d •■nd the bridge saved. L. and N. in Trouble. Enrlingt i. Ky.. Oe« • raler I*—The heavy mln* of the past twenty-four •• 1 rd tte tracks nf it a and Nash- : »t:ie in -x*ral places h-twe.-n Hopkins- I high at tt • I."tie town of Mannington, a . f-w mH** fr m N*.rtonville. that the peo- ' pie annot g t oit of ttetr houses with- I usw'ussiys * x.wtonvtlle .I*.i Ot.-r :h- and I ' »h»fl!e and i—: ami C:es.-etit to | Al Trains Annulled f . ..ah. K» . Iteremhrr 15.—Heavy I are . • d •*. bmh-the Illi- • ’ • • entral and Na*h‘ille. t'hntlannoga j r»' xti.zi t*l’ *i ••n *iA' o* tl.»* | r • 4 the t.-un fr«»m th-- ov«-r o’itu *4 A tr.iin wns I • -r’ »i xof F*ult«»n •» > i the | ’ « ’ .io th** luisin* «< * • i jeiui - ’ ' l * | > 11 ,r ‘- v -• rain | Mar. r Houses Flooded. Hopkinsville. Ky.. l»-.-emle*r I." —Rain I » n fall ~ here continuously for | •f« i tiart ..f three days, and l.ittle I f M • • rising a ■ umber •• ■ <a>. « .r* flooded and i T tiiviis Central raiir*-.id is <ovored . Several Budges Gone. ■ i'.v’llc. Ky.. l«eceml»r t'.—lt has I raining steadily here f,,r thirty 1 ■ ■ .r«. Mud river is out of n< <>anks. I ■ . .re»k. which runs throueh the! • • s overflowing S veral bridges .r n w an •”x —— - —— Boers Coming to America. T»- .ver. «*o!o.. December I*.—Nearly I I .. pre. • .r» - t*> - :r-k" to Am< n.l .ind sill | in <•-. .r.« 10. New M« «•■« a-d Tea- I Man’s Mission on Earth KNOW THYSELF! lk» w »*h in Luo the PhvAlu.o/y at 4 M r»4* of Marriage a “ d uraithy nflkpr’ •!• ••• wMi In be ••rrewatMl in %|! I ud*-riakiß«« -n h«r Iht •no wi«h tn kunw law* history. rau»e »ud re of th* m«v*l titfidioM <tiwu*» that «ap Ui* . tx4e. of life* IM *•« ynimlb in trrwvrr fmai Kliai'tifU % ilnlitT, Mrrvand Ph* nftraal Drh'lliv * lb «•« w i«h tn he pewrrtel. healthy, happy r 4 re*pn~t<H>! I.y both arte*’ lln ven vai*h fe knew the nv-M % Hal Trnth« era eg tb< Pbvairal an- s Hrntnl a* umm of I • jwrt*rt and h«»w to nd yonr* .( of all I and WrtkMMi ©I iu*n fr«««u uhaterer I I 11. 'I | li . | \\ nrk . -f tha* nr an «<>»ld Medal Prize Tree* . Th Sc.ircj of Life, or Sols-Preservation. pp. » .o'h. !.i gi»:. with rwcraviaga and fr—rt r*ioee M mail sealed ia nZain pa»'<age. | M«»re then a Millian rspies «n!d! WWfc fnr M tnday It •• Ito •rrret key an lie * *Vnrtnu« I fc, mifth. Vita tr Happtn*e« V» fulne* and Hale I '44 As» a*. Th* r*pres*ntativs of this move ment is General Samuel Pearson, late quartermaster general of the South Afri can republic, whose hendquarters 1s <n New York. Colorado friends of the Hovis have been in communication with the general hi regard to suite bio land® for the settlers and General M. DeV tillers, who is now looking over the lands, .<a.t expressed himself as very favorably Im pressed with this state. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE Alabama's Pension Laws Editor Constitution: I see from frequent • editorial® in your paper that you insist ! uiHin pensions to confederate soldiers | ; It-ing based upon indigency or. to express i ■ it differently, not upon the tie re fa* t of service, but u|s>n the actual condition and necessities of the applicant. Alabama bases her pension system on this principle. As I am a member of the i <H«ard for this county I thought it rnignt la a matter of some interest to give a I brief statement of our law on the sub- | jecl. There is a pension board for every j county compos“d of two permtns. a cou- ! teak-rate soldier and a practicing phy- | ■ si< lan This board meets once a year.! i after due notice given, to pass upon the eligibility of .ippli«-:<nl«. He must make | proof of s< rvi<-.*. l»y two witnesses, under 1 J oath. Must satisfy the IbNird that lie i did not desert. If he has an income ; i of M«»» a y« ar. or qiroperty. real or p« r- K<i>i.il. o: both, amounting to sl'«i lie is excluded. Or if applicant is penniless end enjoys good health anti is able to make :t support he is excluded. So he must really need help before the state 1 <onu-s to his relief. Then there Is a state h-ard that meets at Montgomery aft-r nil tl Istards have acted This itoard rec<*iv. s I and reviews the work of the count..’ boards. Indorsing or rejecting the r<s*om inendatlon made in each particular case Hecisi—n of this Istard is final. JOHN I' RAI-ldl. M L> Gadsden. Ala Destruction of Birds. Editor «’nn«titutl<»n: In The Cor.stitu- 1 lion of November you published « very i tiinelx editorial md< r the title. ’‘Protect- Ing the Binis.” N<»w that you have made i an earnest idea for our feathered friends, i P* rhaps you will permit me to slate that , | at a recent m-eting of the American . | ornithologists. |’rofess<ir William Hutch- 1 I er. chairman of the committee on pro- ; • teetlon of North American bir«is. said ■ that mote than forty thousand •'Rann" ! I lairds, mostly san lpi|s*rs. were killed re- , ; cently on the coast of North Carolina for • millinery ptirfwases and their bodies ' I thrown away. I Some time ago at the destruction by j ! tire of a factory at Wantagh. U. 1.. ! 1 among the property destroyed were Id.tMi ' stuffe.i seagull*. wings of oth> r birds, and I’i.tMW hemta of bird* "repre- 1 s**nting all varieties." Otte man has e*-I t talilished a r’-<’ord by killing in one season I | itt Eloriiia Hl.'«n birds. A million and I a half birds we*c slangh«* red in Vene- ! I zueki last year "to satisfy woman s de- I maud for aigrettes." How is it possible j that women can encourage this li.irbar ism by <!•>• orating tlumMdve* with tn* l<ir.mag' of the*., -laughter**.| birds? Can not they sec the f dly of this useless and wick»d sacrifice of happy, living • rcat- I it<*« for mere vanity' O ye women, show your civilisation, your humanity, by re fusing to decoraturnelve* with the wings or the plumage of any bird. Let all human- women act at once to n*:t a f top to tills pro ass of ex t. ■< mi n.i: l"l otiat Is tiier*- t" r.inimaril greater at tention. if not the preservaion ami pro- , teetlon of «;<si s feathered creature-" i:tgeni: Bertram wili.aru I t'helsi'a. Mass.. I»eceml>er I.’. Who Has This Information? I Editor • vnstlt-itf-n: I want to tint out I who th< parents of m> grr and father, H.i'» ■ 1; twjre. formerly of Kichiwmd county, Ceor- j Sla* ettjr of Augusta. Mr. flnwdre in j In thf* year 1853 There are many ? «»!•! liriT.jr h-re rlia knew him u - 11. j but no »ne ho far < aji ♦*>• m- who hie father | and mother were (Ain you help me? ani I ■•slice. Tour* Truly. hEONARO PHIXIZT. I Augu«ta. G* . I. 1902- WILL BUILD A BIG TUNNEL. Consul, r-.bl- local interest is In i ig man- I Pestel in the plans of the !• nns.xlvnuia j railrnfid to build the funnel under N<-«* I York -itt The franchise granting the I comtiaiiy the right to construct th* tun- I n-l was approved le. th* .New Yorl. hoard ; of al<l<-rm<*n several day* ago The tunnel is to * ost upward of 1».<<•«».- j «•■>. ami -ilr.-adi one-tifth ot liutt am cant ! nas bon rxiwnded for terminal property | !*« tw**en Thirty-first and Thirty-third I street. Much preliminary work has .h** ii .i«-eoinpllsh< *1 and th- work propi r will . begin within three months. It I.- vX|*e«i- d th- tunnel will tic computed tn live 1 y«ar- I'or labor alone will lie ■ exp. n<i«s: I 'lii. Hamel, winch will I-- miles long. I wdl extend fr**m H*ds»ken :•■ I. mg I land ' j City, mid will p.i**- timP rm ath the lli.u --| son and East livers ami Manhattan ' | island Th— total length of the tubes list’d I I will lie 12 miles The longest otlb r und< r- ' I w iter tunn* l is in England, p.is-it.g unu< r ■ I tn* flevern rt»ei. and is lour and -•ne-iuilf . • miles m length. There will l»: ti\■ tubes • I t three und< i Ea*t river ai d two under . I Hu tson river. These tuu**s will converge m a single 1 -tition in Neu York city. I»etw**.n S*-v- , • nth and T-nth Mvenutn* ami Tliirty-iirst | t. n<i Thirty-third streets. The station i I Will measure !.-*•• by .’O» feel. Each tliti- 1 I i. I will i. is fe. t <; inches tn diameter tn- I ; s«t’ -..*: • •< ii **i.* track. Tin* j I depth t th.- tunnel will a* *7 f.-.-t ur.det ' .H*:- • ■ rivet *>.i S :■ t uu 1* r Ka t m.-r. t h :.* is sTeatest d-pth w-lov. .he : surface of the island will Ik- I*s :«*et. The | I Haiti* will i.e propelled through the tun nel by el.*, tri. motors. I II- tunnel will be one of the g: at ; ! laikmid «■• lievemeuts in this countrv The . «uniiel franchise gn nt.d to th- I’. nnsi 1- • t vania is |e rp. -tu Tib- road wdl pay Into | ] th« tr-is-irv of N**w Y’nrk < -ity -a*h "eat ' I the sum ot 4!«u.132 ns t> lit al in addition tq : I aimua' tax— on its property, amounting : to fully .1 million dollar* mor. NEGROES FLEE FROM INDIANA Feel.ng Against Thein Very Bitter at South Bend. ’ South B-tid. Ind December 17.- four . I shooting 4 -ind one murder in whi*-h n<- i Igroes t b.k pert have been idlow-d not ; j only by .-losing clubs and sal ons con- ' I ducted by n« gr.~-s. but colored pie | are leaving th*? city. They are afraid f I to stay h.-re, owing to a feeling against . I them atnonjr the white people. Tin* ne- • groe* say they cannot get fond ami serv- • I I -.* at th* r* stain ant-. .although they i ' have the money* with whi.-li t*. *.ay so. it. A eommitt*-. two raised mon ■ than Fte among business men to offer las a reward for the <-.aptur*» of three u. - . igroes who murdered John M. K*> nsm.m. INo firtii. r .lews to Hie n.gr.e* have I in-on found. 1_ - I j ia BB A TREATISE ON THE GLORY OF MIN! HEAL THYSELF! Strength, Vitality, Manhood! , -end « rents now for Know Thyae'f Manual, a Vsde M**i-iint Brock ate. sealed. t» mtn only \<l- I al! orders tor both books to THE PEABODY MEOICAL INSTITUTE, I No. « Bultin, b St., opposite Revere House. Iloaton, Mag,, ‘he oldest and beat in thia country, estate Iwhed tn !■*>. Skill and experience, i'xpert Trraiersl and Positive Cure ore tin- laaims ; Httrtt.- - » That have made this InMitule famous 1 j tiirouf* >t tht« country and Korop*'- Ooiaultation ’•» lett. or tn iteraon, mto « Sunday*. 10 t. •1, | | w th the author end tammta Nervo afteeialiat, gruil- J nat<- «| ||a rani Mell,al College. vlsm |w,|. miTOD’C MfITC *• ••'e I’eaiwalv LJHUH 0 HU IL. Modi, a' (testate ha, I flxed fact, and It «itl remain an. It i« a« at anda rd laa kmeriean <»o »t •te.Ttee Peabody Medical Inatit ite baa many imitator, bra no equals.—Beetou Herald THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION! ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1902. CMTHECOnOIIBOLL WEEVIL BE FOUGHT TO A FINISH? ■ Experts Seeking a Remedy—Con gress Will Be Asked To Make Greater Appropriations. Some Other Crops for Cotton Lauds. I ■ Dalia*. Tex.. December 17.—The con- I j placed at the disposal of the same de- | ; partment to be used in stamping out the ! boll weevil. This amendment was not j ’ Henry, of Texas, prepared an amendment I . carrying .an equal sum— —to be vein ion which was called by th* Dallas Commercial Club for the discussion cf means of ridding the south of the boll weevil pest was conven*’<l here today. Professor R D Hunter, United State* entomologist, ami others spoke today. I Several committees were appointed. It is *x|K'cted that a strong appeal will be issued for state and federal aid. What It Costs Texas. Washington. December 17.—(Special.)— ' Which is to go from Texas—the boll w*.x*vil or tin* cotton? King Cotton will go unless som* rem edy is found to head off the p« st which, i<- riling to estlmat* s. cost the state •if Texas from to last | y<-ai How accurate till* estimate of the , ioial damage may be is not kn*>wn. but lit is given by Texans who have investl- I gated and who are endeavoring to se- • ure. through the agricultural depart -1 ment. some relief. When th*’ bill making appropriation I to stamp out tile foot and mouth <lls- • asc among th. cattle ol New England iw is before tiie ho.is<'. Representative allowed, le-ing ruled out on a point ot ; order; hut it was supported by a number , of m**mb<*rs from cotton-growing state*, | ias will be similar efforts on the same , ’ ! *ne. . _ Coming Toward Georgia. ■ Reports from Texas tell of the alaim- . ing spread of the destructive pest. At first it was confined to the Rio Granda I country, having been introduced, it Is i umlerstl. from Mexico. But each year I it his spread. Now it has reached a . IHdnt not tar from the Red nv< r line, and the po~«iliility of its getting into the I cotton sections of other southern states * Ims been s-riously considered. Exi«erts from the agricultural depart- t ment have i>.-<*n conducting investiga tioiis in the hope of discovering some j means of d* stroying the p'-st. The last agricultural appropriation bill carried an I item of io cover the cost of t.icse . ,-.xp*-rlments, amt an effort will be m.iuc j tills y.-ii. Jiu-t how much vail be prob- . laid. siH’nt in this dil’c'.lob 1> >■ some what ditticiill to say. So far no means of d.stroving the pest has been discov ered (hi*- * a method is found, tin re will b, tio •! lesUon ol se« urii.g enough mon . v to put it into effective operation, but I at present the eXin-rls have no tangible results to rejiort. . It has been suggested that the govern ment offer a big reward for a , ore--som*- | thing that will enlist Hie services ot out side experts as has I done s -veriu times b\ tie* go-, -rnni'-nis of Europe. Plus i I may be d*’Ue. Eranei- ha- prollted by this j i method of prucohirv upon inure than j one oceassjon when its great grape crop | was in d inger. Something To Take Cotton's Place, i In the meautim* an effort will be made | ! to enlist the aid of tn*’ government in the | line of .lis. ov. i ing some other crop v. hl. h ' ! can be pndltai<l\ rals*’*l **n tin* land now I j Inf*-sled by th«- Indi weuvll To this end | i Representative Burleson, of I'exas, ha* ; ' introduced •'>" following bill: Be it ena.’t'd by the Semite and house : ' .if r<’i.r< sent.itiv.-s of the I uit.-d States 1 -if Am.-riea in congress assembled. I hat I the sum d twenty tiiousiiml dollars lie, . uid the same is hereby, appropriated mu | of any money in the treasury of the ; I I’nited States not otherwise appropri.it ' .<l. wtlivh said sum shnll be expended I under th< direction of th.- s'eretary of | I agriculture in th*- • -lablishmvtit ol an igro-toli.gical sti.ti in in south or central , Texas and for the further purpose ~f de- i termmlng by- experimentation toe most profitable cl ops w hioh can be grown in ■ if. u of cotton in th.- territory now ln , f.’St.d by tiie M.-xican boll weevil, and in m.iking - I’d I’Xpe'.imnt said si’ereta- ‘ ry of agri. iiltin. -hall k.-ep in ml.ul the ! i manifold advantages of diverslticalion. ■shat the said secretary of agriculture i shall report lb<* action tuk» n und<-r the i provisions of Ihis .n t. and shall cause to / | be pr>*p;iled a hullelin f..r distribution I ' -h >wing toe result of tin* .-xperini. uta ! made in pursuance hereof. a HE HOLDS LARGE INTERESTS Sir Tatton Sykes Investigating Cum berland Mining Properties. Knoxville. T«nn.. I'-, inlie,- 17. —<Sne- | • i.d.) Sir Tatton Sykes, one of the ; w.-.i!tlm-st .-mil in England, spent i day I hen* ill route to Mexteo. where he will -oj c.rn for several weeks during th* | winter months H. left Knoxville Tues day night for Middl.-slKiro, Ky.. where he will rema n for ~.-v, ;ai previous | • ■• i- **. ■ .1- ■. . |{« has for a number of years visl; d India ev.-rv win- ■ i t. |. b it this ye. ■ he determined to take j th** tit . t.. Am, : i a ami Mexico. I: is iindetstood lie is int.-rest.-<i tinaii- * • iall*. in .\1 idilh slioro. ami in* said when ' h« passed through Lomlun he was told I !th it Muldb oro was alive alid that was ■ about ail. Th< town of M:d.|l*sboro was I originally- found. <1 ami projected by an English sy udi.-ate. anl many fortunes i wer- expended iii ill.- enterprise, includ ing the 'inihiing of the ixiio.xvllle. Cum- ' * bi-rl.iml Gap ami l.ouisvill** railroad from Middlesbor.i to Knoxville, about 7> miles. 1 [The >m;>ai*< own- . xtensiv.' ei.il, iron . ■nd ti uh. r lain! alxnit Ml ldi< slioro. Sir Tatt.m Svk-s ..ivm- * imignili. .nt -tm k • .■■ breeding farm at -■ home. Sl*-dnwre, Malton, Yorkshire. As" w .-,-ai- ago lie bought the famous i. i' i ■ ind Wedlock from •be at*- Karon Hirst h, payiti" JLMl.eiiO for them, ami in four years he sold their colts for inore_th.ni this amount. Sir Titton ! Sykes’ est.it*. covers at out :K>,iiOO acres. I >ml i -aid to >. one of the finest in > England. A MONSTER MURPHY. Potatoes That Bent the World's Rec- ' ord Raised in Atlanta Suburbs. Yesterday E. J. Merriam. I'ulton e. unty s progrersiv. farmer and editor of i ’flu .Southern Riralist. brought to The ‘ <’oiisiitiitioim office one of the largest sjM.-ciim-ns of the tuber Irish potato that I bus eye. been seen in till* n ■-k of the national domain. The potato Is of the variety known us * th* “Lookout Mountain." oncu liefore mentioned In these columns as very huge ami prolific. Mr. Merriam has tried hfs , skill upon the potato for two years, and I on a third of an a re this year lias raised I at out one hundred bushel* ihat will : Inal th world s le.-ord lor size and t Weight. The sfH-citm-n w.* illustrate I W'lgh: om- pound and thirteen ounces, -mi inis almost as many eyes as Aign*. .Mr. Merriam says the* ■ potatoes would I retail on the Atlanta market for food at j fl per bushel, but will bring for seed double that price. As examples of what th- soli around Atlanta will do In the ! trn*k line, these potatoes are enough to i.-nipt th*- whole population of Hie county’ tilt., the tuber raising hii*im- -s. First Martyr Given Tablet. Annapolis. Md . 1 ><•<■.-mbcr 15- Aim ino- I rial tablet to Ensign Joseph t'ahell Breckenridge, of Kentucky, til* "first martyr of th<- Spanish-American war," was placed in the chapel of the naval academy today. Breckenridge was washed overboard from the tnrpedo Cushing en route to Havana with dispatches for the Maine on February 11, 1898- The Inscription reads: In Memoriam JOSEPH CABELL BRECKENRIDGE. Protomartyr of th* War with Spain. Born in Fort Monroe, Vu., March (i. 1872. ; Washed Overboard from TT. S. Torpedo I Boat Cushing February 11. MSB. The tablet is bronze. 38 by’ 42 inches in l size. MR. BRYAN’SPROSPERITY. Toe New’ Haven. Conn.. Register re cently contained a descriptive sketch of . William J. Bryan at home in Lincoln, | N’ebr. Mr. Bryan has lately moved Into | u beautiful new house, of which The Reg- I later says: "Mr. Bryan say* it cost him a little more than J 20.000. and it is cheap at that. ; It Is n well-proportioned building, made I of pressed brick and stone and titled with hand-carved oak finishings throughout. “It faces directly west and contains j twenty-one rooms, including parlors, a ' vec.-ption hall and library downstairs am! i bedrooms, a nursery, a schoolroom ami gymnasium upstairs. "The kitchen Is in a coniio ted build ing. Entrance is had byway of a great, half-round veranda, leading into a beau tifully curved and finished hall. From the porch one can see for many miles in any direction. “Fairview Is the name by which Hi* Bryan home will bo known. The name ia appropriate. "Although 3 miles fr.<m the city, the house it fitted with every modern con venience. Its owner does not eschew lux ury in ta« interior appointment and cost ly plumbing, electric lights and artistic decorations, with city’ water, make It a thoroughly modern home. Cement walks J and driveways give ea»y access to the various buildings, and seemingly no money has been spared to make life with in Its walls worth living. “Colonel Bryan I* a rich man and rap idly getting richer. He has been accused us acquisitiveness, but many of his crit- j les have unjusth diagnosed ills case. Mr. Bryan likes money and h* has a keen ap- ; predation of what it will afford its pos- j sessor. He has spent less than his in- ] <-ome every year of hi* active life, am! it Is now getting so large as to be almost unwieldy—for him. “His newspaper is firmly ratablished. Al though he has disdained trained business ’ assistance he has made It a big money ' maker Thirty thousand dollars a year is | a conservative estimate of his share of i profit from it. He began with W.OOO dr •illation, and now has twice that number. : lln limits his advertising space and rig idly refuses to give trust-made goods a ' place in his advertising columns. "Ills actual wealth’, aside from his news ' paper, which is paving a good Interest upon a thlr.l of a million, is little les* than I’so 000. Hi’- yearly income is not much hdow t',n.i>»o. lie lives modestly I and simply, but well. • “A private tulor conn s each morning for j bls two younger < hildren. but his da.ugh- I ter. Ruth, h a dully attendant at the dnt* miivfisity. where she is a sopho more. H* has several fine carriages, but mudi prefers to use the suburban street ! . . that passes within a short distance i of his home . .i. h hoirr. | "Much of his wr!ling is d- n.’ln his home. I A part of It Is dashed off while on his I fining ..r campaigning tours. "He i-. littl s. . n about the ofTI of his iiHpeh. This occupies the lower floof of a down town block. His brother. ( harles \V. Bryan, is the business manager, and om 1 trained new«p:i)Hir man is the only editorial a*-istani he ha". i "He still rigid!' vlhere to his determi nation to print his opinions upon current | political topi s ti h.s paper, and Invaria- I bly denies hhasdf to the interviewer. He •Ht nds a littl. Methodist chapel In the • . .ar by tow.- ' Normal, no T’resbvfe ri..n chin, h being in the neighborhood. •In manner and dress he is as unassum | Ing and careless ns ever, and he goes i about among his fellow citixens. some ! times with a mall-u.-k half full of ex- I changes over h's .shoulder without exclt i ing comment. "He gives largely to < harita de and be nevolent organizations, and is free with his purse to campaign committees. He Is getting a great <l. of enjoyment out of bls life, .ind he looks It. And Ills bunk account is growing larger each day.” Gold Production Will Increase. St. Ixuiis Globe—Democrat: One of th* first eonsequem • s of the close of •I -’ Boer war will be a large increase in Cue world’s production of gold. Previous to . the beginning of the war South Africa had the richest gold field which was be ing worked anywhere. There was an al most Immediate sitsi»ension of operatlo is then in most of th<- mines of that reg.'-ti, 1 which shortened the yield for 1899. and cut the output for It*and !!*'! down close to the vanishing point. A reopening of all the I*llll s of that district will take I place a: once, though the derr.ngenicnt er destruction of tl.e machinery which has taken place in some of them will prevent their output foi a time troin reaching , the figures of the 'ear immediately pre j . tdlng the war. In the calendar year IW< the world’* gold production was about *i’<t7.«*“ , .*“<<’. the largest single contributor to that total being Sou'll Africa. The war which set in ' hi the closing part of that year, and j which li is lasted until a few weeks .-t,; >, ( brought the output down to about $25j.- OOu.mK) In pMiii. and It was around the same I mark in H*H. It will b<- larger than that | In 1902. lint 1903 will probably be here be fore the South African field reaches the • figure of Just previous to the breaking out of hostilities. As soon as the* mines i in that quarter fully recover from th? ••ff.-cts of the war. work will be pushed on a bigger scale than before, for the trans fer of the country to the British will send in additional capital, and tlv-r. will be i g. neral expansion in all its activities. Most of the time since the lieginning of the Boer war th" l ulled States has been • In the lead among the gold-producing »■*- I gfon.* of the world. In I,xf»9 this country's gold output was 171.<h»'.uimi, which ad- \ anced to 17'» Jn i<hlii ,' in d to js.i.tiiyi. i •■ " n t• ’ The < climate *■ -, 19n* . ’ expected country foi years to corn*. largely 1 through the use of processes bv which the I metal <an b.- extracted from or<>s n hl- h I formerly could not b.- treated with profit 1 More g da is being used in the arts all d Industries than ever before, and the* amount is constantly increasing, but the 1 gold coiling. <>f the world is expanding at 1 ii still gr.-ater speed as a consequence of I tb..- increased production, and the world'« - business activities are being stimula d ' accordingly. ‘ I Catarrh Can Be Cured. Dr. Blosser's Catarrh Cure Has Cured More People of Catarrh Than Any Other Remedy. This Is the only remedy that goes direct ly to the di eased parts and cures t’a tarrh. Bronchitis. Deafness and Asthm.; without burdening the system by takim* I Into tin- stomach medicine which derung," i the ligestion and breaks down thn'- cral health. J»r. Blosser’s Catarrh Cure is a veg.-- table eomiiound to be smokisl In a pip, The medicat'd smoke is inhaled into the head. nose, throat ainl lungs, reaching every att' ct* d spot, giving speedy re lief .md effi cling a permanent cure. Rev. G. E. Parsons. Groveton. Tex.. 1 writes: ”1 am cured of one of the worst cases of catarrh." Mr. Wm. 11. Burton. Glenloch. Tenn., writes: "Y’our Catarrh Cure is a God-send to catarrh sufferers." Mr. J. I’- Hill. Seffner, Fla., writes: "Yours is the only effectual catarrh ami asthma cure on tin market." This remedy is put up in tin boxes con tainr.g a month’s treatment, which will b, s.-nt by mull to any part of the I’nited Slates or Ci.nada f< r <1 <K». Trial samples will be mailed free to persons desiring to lest the remedy. Ad dress. In Bloss** Company, 12 Walton street, Atlanta, Ga SISTERS OF CHARITY RELY ON PE-RU-NA TO FIQHT CATARRH, COUGHS, COLDS AND GRIP. ... I »+*4-*4-*4-*.j.*4-*+*«J-*-!«*4«*’l-**:-*-b*«:’*’:«*’:"*’i’*‘I < **i‘ , *4-* , • '> S’’ • • " J \ J | SISTER BEATRIX. .t • • j A letter recently received by Dr. Hartman from Sister Beatrix. 110 W. SUh i street. New Y'ork. reads as follows; • Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: £ ; ? Dear Sir:—“l cannot say too much in praise of Peruna. Eight bot- * • ties of it cured me of catarrh of the lungo of four years standing, and j • I would not have been witnout it for anything. It helped several I Sisters of coughs, and colds and I have yet to find one case of catarrh ’ I that it does not cure.” SISTER BEATRIX... * ••• ••• ■*• ••• ••• ••• • -• Interesting Letters from i Catlioiic Institutions. I hi every country of the civilized world ' the Hist, rs of Charity are known. Not ; only do they minister to THE ,11 ‘* I,l,lliuial 111111 itxtii- IICTKPC |e. tnal needs ot tile I rnnn '' !l M «• mmit t-a ViWU tnei: . ire. but the . •» WOWK. i ilnister to t n-ir bodily - ■ children to take care of and to plot, t . i from climate and disease tip se wis ■ and t i prudent sl:it» is have found i’eruna a i ! never-falling safeguard. i Or. Hartman receives many htt is , i from Catholic Sisters from all iv'er .ue i j Fnited States. A recommend r-. "Tilly 1 = . NATIONS RUINED BY HOBBIES.' The Koreans are good agriculturist- . and stock breeders, and are. in general. « a hard-working people, but th-v have one ' pet hobby, which they ride so persistent-i ly ai.«l so a.-siduously that it has prti. - 1 | tically ruined them as a nation. I This bobby is lisning. of which they arn I so p >.-st mutely fond that if once they | get to the waterside every other int< i es' In life is forgotten and neglect'd. ■ often for weeks on end No contract mad.- beforehand, nor even the nios: solemn oath, is regard' d, win n Weighed in the indan, e against the s->. il j of this to them irresistibly entrancing 1 pastime. It is literally a craze with them: ' end so well recognized is the tt it ate ng . their neighbors. the Japan, se. tiiat no Ko rean is employed in them in any position ■ ; of trust. Those under Russian rule, however. no now prihibiteu altogether from lisli- 1 i ing. except wilit special p.-rmit-'. rarely . giv-n. and are this transformed against I their will into reliable ana diligent no m i bers of society. i furiously enough, th. special hwy | which has. more than any other singb . influence. retarded the advancement of ' ■ the Siamese, has ah’. to l> with matters ■ piscatorial Everybody has heard at ti." 1 famous lighting fisii of Siam, but f. v, 1 peopb . outside the < onlines of the < ou.i- j try itself, have an' idea of the hold ia. < craze for these curious duels has upon the I people ... A town wilerein a tish-tlg.iting tourna ' nient is in progress is a t wn wherein business and work alike ar® completely at | a standstill; and thes- tournament ■ - ten last a week or ten days and are I repeated at intervals of two and tin ••• I months all ovt r th.- country. It will be I i at once evident, therefor ', how it I I and constant a dr. in the pursuit of ■ pastime exerts upon the industtial capac ity of tin people. And. besides the waste of time, ther ■ I is the terrible moral havoc wrought by 1 the universal gambling habit, indue..: Thousands of pounds ar. not infr. .pi. n. I won and lost OH a single battle, ami P"o , coolies even, will not infrequently ri.-.x I so much a- £•> or £7. representing m : them the labor of years, on a tavoi.o ■ I tish. 4 . | I An 1 tile most I . Whole . urious business is ’hat the Imh are but tia.v littl. things, scare. !' b . g r than | minnows. The two rival comic t.ints • ; put together into a big. wi»l -inouiiou i ' glass jar. and at once proceed to take < ' each other’s measure. their m ill tins j 1 vibrating rapidly ail the lime ard bo,n 1 little boilies quivering with wrath nd ex- ! I citement. A preliminary skirmish or two opens ; | the Kittle, much after the same fashio i . I ts in a prize tight between trained hu man pugilists. Then they set to in real earnest, each combatant trying to pin' ! the other by the nose. or. b. ttei still, j gel a good body grip immediately be- , low the dorsal tin. i In any case, the struggle is continued i until one of them is disabled or killed, ( but this is frequently a matter of hoots |>r Messim 1 estimates that CUl.lHM.'""’ ! sterling a year is lost to the country i owing "to the almost insane fondness of ' the people for this unique form of sport. ' The Maltese have been ruined by the j "Fiesta.” *J'he word ••Fiesta ’ imaus i literally “a feast day:" or. as w I should term it. a holiday, Centuries :tc . there were no more than half a dozen ol these recognized by the church, but. as time went on. others, and yet others, came into being; until, at the present moment, there are nearly one hundred of them in the Maltese calendar. Try to imagis® «ne effect a hundred bank holidays a year would have on ' British industrial and social life, an t ; you can form some faint idea of the in j fluence for evil the custom exerts upon i th,, slothful and pleasure-lowing Malt- 1 ese. Besides these separate days liter is a whole week given up to tile carnival, and another to the celebrations in honor . of the great victory gained over the ' Turks in 1555. It is very doubtful whether all the . bloodshed and turmoil of the past, hundred years has done so much to re- I • received from a Catholic institution in Detroit. Mich., reads ao follows: Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus. Ohio: Dear Str:—"The young girl who used the Peruna was suffering from laryngistis, and loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most i satisfactory. She found great relief, ' and after farther use of the medicine we hope to be able to say she is en tirely cured."—Sisters of Charity. This young girl was under th. ■ .ire of . th'- Sisters of Charity and nsed Feruna I tor cat urh of th.- throat, with good re- I suits ,IH the t H.Ve |. lt-'I t. Still.'.-. From a Catholic institution in Cen tral Ohio comes the following recom i mend from the Sister Superior I lard the development of the Haitian a- I has his [lassion for < o k fighting. To say that the island i- an island I wherein that somewhat barbarous form ‘of sport is the s>l and only hobby of I the entile population, men. wom-n a: I i children. < tint to convey only the faim -1 esl < oncetveable impression of tin- n il state of affairs. | Henry t’hristophe, the only ruler who managed to maintain ever, the semblance I of tranquillity for any considerable length I of litis among his suirjeets. accomplish ed his seemingly impossible task f ■ mimouring to the full the national frenzy, i The « - ibiishmeiit of a big free eve k- pit ut Furt-au-Prime by Sutouque. was ’ the immediate cause of that astute i savage being elected "king." B• >y» I owed his downfall to an attempt to prevent the introduction of any more gatne-cocks into the already overstoi kt d island. Even to this very day vessels ar. fre- I quentlv detained in the harbor of tl. ■ I : capital itself for days, or even we. ks logethe:. at great. exp<CISC to the owne! . ' because all the laborers available tor I loading and unloading, as the ca. n:..; ’ he. ale away at some big toutni tii'nl ot otii -r in t!ie far ii terioi of tin The production '■ >f ■ ipra. ■ 1 n-. • soy- weal:h of hundreds of the S-mth Sea i ; islands, is seriously :n'.er:< r< d with < w:::g I to Hie fondness of the Poly i i-suins for surf swimming. Suri swimming, it may be expiaineu, j< J a species of sport will'll Is p'.ulri; to ; lite Kanakas, and it owe;-. doubtless. : much of the tremendous fascination :t ■ has to them to the .-pice of danger there ' Choosing a day wh n the wind is blow I ing fresh on to the laud. th', i i;tir« pvpu i 1 ilion repairs to the be o h. ea« 11 indi- | I vidual carrying a light plank about six , I feet long. At a given signal tin y ail p. inge Into | toe sea, ami. jiushing their boarils in front of them, swim .mt well IK-yond t range of tin- giant i’a- iti< roiiers that come sweeping one iftvr another maje-- tieally shor> ward, niti! they break in i clouds of spuming foam on the rugged I strand. ' Th- game consists in riding in on the summit of one of the biggt,u tlies rollers, slipping ba.-it into the trough just before It breaks. To slip back the fraction of a seeor.l too soon is accounti'd awkward and cow ardly, and is greeted by th> assembled i multitude with cries of disapproval or. ol derision; whil-. if tu> -wiinm- r delays doing so for the fraction ot a second too ! long, h— will lie caught in the curling .•rest, whirled over a.id over, and dash-d senseless and bleeding on tile jagged I cor«il iMMfh. I Even white nu n go almost mad with exciterhent over ilss- eoiite-'s. and ii is ' small wonder, therefore, that the igno | rant native's neglei t all else for them at times. No otic who has not lived .n Spain • for a lengthy p-ri ul can form even the faintest < on< option of the manner in which the brutal and demoralizing "sport" of bull lighting has bitten into the very vitals of the national life. To a very considerable proportion of th people, indeed, woni' b as well as men. it is not merely a form of recreation, it is the verv breath of their nostrils, the be .ll! and end-all of their existence. Th-' work, when they do work, to get the w herewith tl to S.-I tire good seats for the next "show." They reckon time, not bv weeks or by months, but bv the pe riod that must necessarily elapse be- , tween each successive "killing. The matador of the hour is a more popular, as well as, among the multitude, j at all - .eats, i far more important per sonage than "Ven the king hlm«-:sf. Not cities alone, but entirt prox will migrate .K*. mdec, .owl remain a week or mon- absent from th -fr homes and their occupations, in order to t.,« pres, nt at some more than ordinarily big "light." Crazy Citizen Fully Aimed. t'lielsea. .Mass.. December 19.—“1 want a warrant for President Roosevelt." said Charles While, a well-to-do citizen, to day at the central police station. Ad dressing Police Captain Grover, White continued: "He hir' d Tim McCarthy and John Far- j ley to assault me the other day. and i i was assaulted by them on Eastern ave- ’ nue. Roosevelt was there in his carriage ' and encouraged the men while they were 1 striking me." Then the speaker rambhd into a long • string of complaints against President I Roosev It and the coal ipiestion. The man was laboring under excitement and resist'd arrest. He was overpowered, and a loaded revolver and a razor were found on him. He is held fbr an exam ination by physicians. “Rome year* ago a friend of Instte* j tutlon recommended to us DE Haitman'fl Penina a* excellent r<m«ly‘ for th* influenza. <>f which we taen hnd several cases whlca threat-neil to be of a setlou* character. ’’We b-Tgan to use It nnd such wonderful results that sine* then Penina has bacoma our favorite medldn* ' fo* Influenza, catarrh, cold, ebugh in* ' bronchltl*." Another reoommend from a Cath olic institution of one of the Central State* written by th* Sister Bup*rlor reads as follows: | "A number "f years ago our attention w - <--<lled to Dr. Hartman’* Pcrune. and •ir.i-e th<-n wo have t:r.*d It with wonder. ful results for grip, coughs, colds an/* ca’arrhal dißeases of the head and atony* ! ach. "For grin and winter catarrh csyecfallj' It ha« been of great service to the ia— . mates of this Institution.” SISTERS OF CHARITY I AH Over the United States Use Pc-ru-n« for Catarrh. A recommend recently .-<velv*d from a ; Catholic institution in the southwest ! reads as follows: A Prominent Mother Superior Says: I“T can t, stify from experience to th<» ♦•ffieiency of Peruna as one of ta* very best m. <lu in--s. and it gives me pleasure to add my prai « to that of thousands who have'us.-d It. For years I suffered with catnrrh < 1 the stomach, al! remedies I.roving v.»lu< le-s tor relief, j.ast spring 1 went to Colorado, hoping to b- benefit*.! l,i i t-iMiig.’ of clintai*- and while th r. a friend advised me try Peruna. After using two bottle-- I found myself ve: y n ucn improved. The remains of my old disease le-ing now so slight. I consider myself cured, v.-t for a while I intend continue the use of Peruna. I am now treating another patient with your medi cine She has been sick with malaria and troubled with icorrhaea. I have no i doubt that a cure will bo speedily ef fected." These are samples of letters re ceived by Dr. Hartman from the vari» ; ous orders of Catholic Sisters through* out the United States. The names and addre -s*s to these let | ten have teen withheld fmm respect to the Sisters, but will he furnished on ra- Itiest. One-half of i * .is s which afflict mankind are due to catarrhal fle i ineerrent of tn* mu- ’U;- memtrane 1 n ; ing some organ or i>assage of the body. ; A reru.dy that would act immediately* I ep< n the con*■-.-■*• ■ I mucous tnantbrtiii* I restoring it to it." norma! state, would I Ce- • t.irrh i-’ ‘ it.irrh wherever located, whetb.- i er it be in the h id throat, lungs, stnm j a. .i. k dneys or pelvic organs. A remedy I that will . lire tt in one location will our* j it ir. all locations'. If v*u do n->t derive primpt and sattw- ■ factory r suits from the use of Perun*, writ* at one- t■> I-r Haltman. giving a full st.itment of vour -s.se. and he wi’l be phased to g.'e you his valuable ad- Add:< s< i.» . il. ttn .tr. President of Tn*- Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. Ohio I IT WAS ACT OF SELE-DEFENSE. This Is What Guatemalan Editor ! Says of Hunter Killing Fitzgerald. I New Orleans. December 15.—Scnor Agu!as R.sonh -.. editor of The Diarm American'’, at Guatemala City, arriv’d here tonight on the «teamship Break water. He says he was witlun two squares of the killing of Y\ illi vm A. Fitzgerald by VV. Godfr«-d Hunter. J:.. :• a..:-- - * Hunter shot in self* defense. Fitzgerald tired first and Hun tei the began -hooting, his first bullet disabling Fitzgerald's - l.ooting arm. Hun ter ti.*d three shots into Fitzgerald* I body, and when Fitzgerald turned to es • tape another ullt i caught him in the ! •>,. k ihi"'. was wit'. Bailey ;,n.i tl e i Fltzgerahi slapped Hunter’s face and i they gr.iptil--.1 anti. Fitzgl •: aid pulled. Hunter Makes a Statement. J N- w York, IK’ inbvr 19. A copy of th* ! stat- m»‘n: n; b- fore lib- c.»-in of third j instancp lu Gu tt. iH.tia by \V. G. Hunter. IJr . s<»n th** Unbed States min t r to I Gnui.main. r» .u'ai’tiing the shooting of I\\ : ini A. KiGr-; r.nj ha.- a : tvb.T-1 • J« ; . ' -C. in npu»y wit! th- lion. Jam»‘Ji j,i n* ’I tl.ii' xv.tlk, arid npon rea :h- s, . ga_;- ti in c »nversation. wn* i ;\\ . t n A i'itz;-,' * ial. w.iost pit sen-. e iu.«> j in* '»wn to Hi”. . '.<l without a word b< -ng s th! -t .-aythh.g H. <j ne to pro vok. a *:-> • k «"i7.vt? nn the ■ t • riglit <’i h . in* a sno'-e bi vv ;ind» r the di a r v«»lv*T. whieh he snapped two - kofthtetra- | sanlt. which f- r a moment dazed me. I* a .1 th surpris - at *h» presence of t.a* assdl:,-:. whom T had not previous y seen. 1 at one*- sprang with superhuman | effort to my feel, thrust him from me. I drew mv revolver and shot the w.mid-bs t g I shots, th* contents of m> weapon, in so I doing. Immediately after the tragedy I ■ walk'd quit tty a sb.-Tt distance away 1 from th*- ~.-'i.* of the oeeurrer.ee and I surrendered to the local authorities. W. G HFNTER. JR " I j that of Mr. Hunter. Stricture Cured Painlessly. ' My cure for stricture is painless anl causes t> > detention from business. Skill tm . . se. Writ* for full information. J. Newton Hath away, M. D.. <2 Inman bldg.. Atlanta. Jewels Seized by Uncle Sam. ' Washington. December 17.—Special Agent J. F. Evans, stationed at El Paso. I Tex., has reported to the. seefretary of the ti • asury the seizure at El Paso of diamonds said to be worth 821.0 W. and which, it Is asserted, were smuggled from England via New York. The jewels have been placed In the custody of the collector of customs at El Paso pending a hearing of the case. One of the pieces of jewelry Is a dia mond necklace containing 192 gems, mostly small. Another is a. brooch con taining about six hundred small dia monds. Gyres Weak Men Free How any tn an may quickly cure "-k hint-elf at home. Send name R and address to day. The pre- “ "'WTE scription of this celebrated . American doctor-scientist. *^ e 4' as- Ir r<-l» will quickly restore ■‘taWtW natural size, perfect visror and n-rve force to s=* ? ' small, shrunken and weak *f I t \sexual organs, will be sent ' i IS. / I 'in a plain scaled .-neclopa. a1 * A.. ; 1 (•'fee. to men who writ**. THE NttKTHW EteTERN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 172 Llnr* l " H»lldlng. Detrett, M leh. n< * 5
