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16 GAVE WATER CURE TO THE INSANE. Sheet Held Over Refractory Patient’s Face While Water Was Poured On— Topeka Asylum Attend ant Tells Committee How It Was Done. ‘ I Topeka, Kans.. May 6.—lt has been cus tomary to administer tho “water cure*’ to refractory patients at the Topeka asy lum for the insane, according to the tes timony of Miss Knox, of Topeka, given before the legislative investigation com mittee today. Miss Knox said that the “water cure’’ frequently was administer ed while she was an attendant at the asylum. She was employed there during Governor Stanley’s first term, and the head attendant of the ward in which she ! worked was Miss Houston, who left the institution to be married. It was by the order of Miss Houston, according to the testimony of Miss Knox, that the “water cure’’ was administered. “How was the water cure administered tn the patients?" inquired Mr. Jenks, of the committee "When a patient refused to obey the or- I ders given by Miss Houston," said Miss j Knox, ' the attendants were ordered by Miss Houston to throw a sheet over the] patient’s head and draw her to the floor. I M allo tlio attendants held the patient, j Miss Houston poured water out of a ■ jan on the patient's face. The water was , poured fast and the pouring continued i until the patient agreed to obey orders." | "Was this done very often?" asked , Mr Jenks. “Yes.” was the reply; “It occurred very I often during the time Miss Houston was , tttendar.t. which was the first year 1 was ; there." The "Thiuginess” of Tilings. Before one can accomplish much in any I Sold of endeavor h< must understand Hi particular line of business “from the ground up”—he must be able to go to the core of his work and get at the "thingi- | ness’’ of the thing, as it were. Precision I In statement, tor example, is a very es- ' sential accomplishment. Mimi yet how few ever attain It. \\ • re. you r<‘qu<-.-t. d to define the simple word “thing would you not be embarrass'd? Webster de fines ■■thing'' thus: • Whatever exists or 1= conceived to exist, as a separate lieing. | whether animate or inanimate.' Simple I enough, isn’t it?—and yet not one person] in a thousand could clearly define the word. When It comes to harvesting ma - . coin's, however, ac-miate information seems to have t>e«;i more generally .ii’ ] somiiat'd Th' majority of ,igr: iitur jsts have a favorite binder to harvest their crops, and they can explain why they prefer that particular machine. X mor g the man ••x• ■ ii>si y • - features of th'- McCormick Binder there at’" two things, that specially appeal to every practical farmer the improved needle and the sfnt-( > kn ,tt< r: nd thest two features ma- I •. ■, making the McCormick 11,0 favorite machine of the f .rmrr. SOUTH’S INTEREST GREAT IN MANCHURIAN DISPUTE. Southern commercial interests are vital ] ’v 'oneerned in the present critical situ- , ation of affairs ’ etwecn the Russian and ; tne < -nines" governments. Or the several million dollars worth of , cotton goods made by southern mills fori the Chinese market, approximately’ SOI per cent perhaps even more-goes to toe I Manchurian port of X-webang. and the | . ; ' either through an edict or by high tariffs, ; wo lid 1.0 .' .serious blow to the southern cotton industry. Ol almost equal Im-] portanee •" the future of American com merce with thi ■ great province of China, j Is the proposition of 1: issia that there, shall be no increase in the number of open ] ports and that no more foreign consuls : s.i.i ’ admitt< d. This is direct and pre-'-intr interest • r-.iiH’, j are in the pr< • **nt Man<*?v-:rian q-nsii■•>!!. Involved in this question in a i>’ .‘fi'i’ i' -o’, e i? ‘!’r thi - : i i'll* p;;rt■ h'Ti ■if :tv f.'ninese empire am*W th* p «,f Europe. which wo aid necessity* greatly affe« t Anieria-i > >ni:n»r*'o in all ..- fdnfi-s at The and if < h-rni.t:«• i’ls.sts upon g-.hiding- up nt i ’h pl:i< os n‘ Chine s terr.h'rv in retaliation | for th’ practical »"xt*?i: h>n -f Ru P’.n sovereign!?, ov-r :no great northern pi"’. ■ < h o? Hity Xrner restrict!'::■« will br- -w-u ' a p’ a 'i-’H ■ Great Britain tudax t"r n .’•or policy in the V : “ . .Hoy, that . grell ’ ■'-• 'I •i ’ i w .i: • i• t- | Another Big Prixe Story Contest ,i) ( ’ WILL BE BY THE SUNNY SOUTH I IN ITS ISSUE OF— ~ May 30. —■ ; This forthcoming contest will be the largest yet conducted by d lie Sunny South, both in the size of prb.es and scope. It will be especially projected ■ < for amateur writers and conditions will boon a liberal basis. } > '’ I { !i There Will Be No Subscription-Catch To Mar the Effectiveness of Competition. \ > • The Mew Contest Jinnounced May 50th. Watch Out for Prizes and Conditions. ! — •? A- . . - _ . . - - ered the British sphere of usefulness, but it is conceivable that a spirit of retalia tion may’ control her actions in the future and that a tariff wall will be built here ns well as elsewhere. The United States being unalterably opposed to the dis memberment of the Chinese empire and to the acquisition for herself of Chinese territory, would ultimately be a great sufferer. It Is. however, in the immediate ef fect of Russian domination over Manchu ria that southern cotton mill men arc particularly interested. For some reason the American mills have done little or no business in southern China. Hong Kong is a free port. No record whatsoever is kept of imports and exports because no unties are put upon them. and it is im possibie to know just how small a per centage of the cotton goods trade pass ing through that port belongs to the United States. it is a fact, however, that the percentage is very small. Amer ican manufacturers have never gone to work to make the light cotton fabrics used in that southern section of China. ] or at least, have never been successful ; in wresting any material portion of the ] trade from the English and German mills, I which, through n number of years, have l been supplying these lighter goods. 1 lie I United States, on the contrary, has been I very successful in furnishing heavier ' goods for north China, and especially for i Manchuria. Into this port of Newchwang ] goes approximately S< p«-r cent of the. cotton goods shipped by American mills to China, and almost, all of tin goes from . our southern mills. It is among the possibilities that, de-I spite all of her protestations of friendll ncss toward the United Sb«t‘ s. Russia may. for political reasons. ci'': e the doo’ , of this port to Ameri'.tn goods. Or, as lias been suggested, may. by iu r control j of the railway, divert, traflic nom New- , ehwang to iter own port of I'alny in such • i wiy is to greatly in...ire American I commerce? B< ause ol uis possibility, the people or th- south hao u local as • Wt 1! a.- a nntinval in'. ' • '* •' J incuts of the past lew days. Ru ia’s demand of China tl tno more . open ports be opeimd in Man. huri.i is I made with the full knowledge that the j I’nito.l States is now negotiating a new ■ commercial treaty with the < liiti• cm- , pir. . which contains the provision t.i.it j Moukdcn, the principal city of Mam-hu- . ria, and Takushan. a city on the < oast between I'altiy and th- Vilu nwr. snail j be open to commerce and r* cognized as | consular posts. It is a iiltie. Uiflicult in: the face of this demand tn .c c-pt at | their !:t yalue Russi i s voiulile asset- i tions of friendship toward the United, States and h'-r as-uranees. heretofore fr<- | .pimtly re| led. that Am. rl. an eonimer- | rial interests will be car.-tully cotis"r\ed| by Russia m any event. The plain facts are that Russia, despite J all lier promises to leave Mapehijiia anti : iter denials of desire to retain control , over this great northern provin e. lias i determined licit tie- lime ba; for; lier to force from China what would lie , .aeknowb dgment of her pi .< t : -al control : of that immense teriiiary Ih< c .anb. i no doubt of tile character ol in r de- I mands, and there should lie. no surprise . that they have been made. I’.w’iy stu dent id ’ tile I’ar Eastern ;ii. s>ioii lias known that Russia would never lei Man- ' ■ii'iri . slip -m le is? i’loin th. .ia- when tiie gr i;i ? v of It t - ian vie.- torie was scored by uravieft in se curing to Russia the vast iirri: .ry of Siberia there has never been a question about lier ultimate control of tiie great . province of the Chines.- empire just to I the south. This control Russia, exercis. s I l.nlin. The i’.ox - tr.'Ubli'.- gave the czar the excuse t.» fl.- d M ■nelv.ri., with his i armies ostensibly. to restore peace through love for China, and In the desire I to preserve her integrity. Tito Chinese , government troops could do nothing in - this ilne. and the Box. rs g.iv- Ru si:., am : pic ex.-use for putting Into effect the j plans which h.i.l ’■■■on . pre-: pared Then the itri>-'tf.;: of railway '.inns to conn.’et with the Hessian rail- . road through Siberia w.- s pushed for- I ward with wonderful activity: a line to | TV-kin was .-..mmenerd: Tort Arthur Rus- . slit’s outpost was connected with the I main line from St. T’-‘torsbu' g. and Rus ■ -•Im troops were garrisoned nt everv st.n- : tion-for the protection of th,” railroad properties. • This explanation of il •’ purpose o’ the 1 , presence of th c troops was legitimate I enough. The Russians linve done- good I work in preserving order throughout : M,-.r: -hnri.a. ’i'iieir Interests' are urulonbt- ; 1 .'diy far grc.il- r l-i norlliern Cliin.'i than ; Hmse of the peopp. of any other foreign ] government. ?•.,! it is probable that tiie ' ■ rrilHi? <<f R issfa. wlil.'h corno > frnrn thn c.ij.ita'c <»f otl;* r na- ■ tinns. wnuhl ’i..” Aut lit!!- 1 rffc.-t upon] A merit an publi • nßmt nt wore It not | i for the a n;>.< rent wid.- diser*';<an:’ V be ■ t’.v. • • pr ns .and Ru -lan ' p’c ■- ! i-i ■ ■ tr a P-d In the i : !••. th.- czar's government that !t j i h.id ’;i» internh»n -of r- tainiug hold upon ] Maneliuiia, and th* fact of the romarka- ' hi” dcm.iiid which has just been made ' i nip-:; th- impt-rHi government at I’*.- j De,.ember. -- ■ etaiy of State | lie.', addressed .i note to all th 1 p<»wcrs, . whieh v.a -, in . if* cl. a r- quesr th.il they tlieir int ■■ ■ \their | THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 11, 1903. The Russian foreign minister, replying I to this note, said: “As to the ports now opened or here after to be opened to foreign commerce by the Chinese government, the imperial (Russian) government has no intention, whatever, of claiming any privileges for its own subjects to the exclusion other 1 foreigners.’’ in tiie face of tills broad declaration. I Russia demands that no other ports or towns be opened to foreign commerce; . that no more consuls be admitted —Rus- ; sia being safely entrenched in the pres ent commercial centers of th * territory " and. further, that no fiireignors. except Russians, be employed in Hie public serv ice in Manchuria: that Russia he given the exclusive privilege of using the Man churian telegraph syslcm. ami that the customs rciM’ipts of Newehwang be de posited in the Russian bank, in a word. Russia is plainly demanding for her cit izens the very advantages which she i claimed she would, under no circum stances, demand. According to advices from Pekin, this demand is presented in a. heads-I-win; tails-you-losc manner that ought to excite the envy of even the artists upon the i committee of the American house of re P~ j ' resents lives, who devised the “on bloc . ' rub s of the closing days of the last con- I gross. Russia is playing both ends against ' the middle, or rather In favor of the i middle which means herself. Russia an ; nounccs to China that she will not evae- I uatp Manchuria, unbss China agrees to tic so specified demands, which would vlr- i I tn.illy li ujd ov< r the administration of : that pr<iviii ’o to Russia. if ( hina, re ' fuses. Riis.-ia wid run things ns she is i i r.->w doing; if (’hina consents. Russia will run things tin re by China s authority ; Th;.-, ) 7h*’ Juation in a nutshell. 'l'iie ] government of I’m’ I’nit* I Stales is in- ; ! iPv -S' d becaus,’ it i- th- busine. -of the : ; governm-mt t*» s* <• that its citizens have equal rights with other foreigners in ■ f O hi, 1 RiissiP.’ demands on their 1 face < <)nst i t:<t<• s d:. tiii-'t hr- aeh **f fa ith. We in the sou the n states are part icular : ' • ■ ac h o f fai t h ■ ’ ; lv till us with doubts of the genuineness ■ , >!' j>•i--• j. ]■ < pl<*ii ii. * - that our com me i< e ' with Manchuria shall in no way be <lis- I : turlioJ or dis.-riminated. ' AViint can do about it'.’ Protest, and ; 1 y.-t mor.- Ru. -i in i romise.- that Is all. i ; If there is to lie any fighting, it will he I I pre -pit.,i. .1 by Japan, which considers I Ru tian control M in •hui a a di?tin t , ' menace to h« rself and which has nevei quite i.-.ovcr- 1 from her chagrin at los- ' i ing Port Arthur through tile maihina | lions of Ru ... The pr< amble of tiie ■ English-Japane— all' m-e s iys this: | ’The ? >v< mitten- of Great Britain and ' : Japan, aetii.itedsolely bv a desire t<> inain- : J., n.i.-ne. and territori'.l integrity of the in those countries for the commerce and ■ industry of all nations, hereby agree as . follows.” Th' i ■ vi ions of this treaty are well- I known. It provides that If the Interests ,f ora of tin con I r.i .ting parties should ' ii.' threatened by foreign aggression or ‘ i domes'.distiirbir■ it would lie adinis- | sable for that party to take steps to ' s-. f.'guard its interests, .".nd if war with another power should ensue as a result, i.lie other high coni' acting party would maintain a strict: neutrality and use its i’ tliicnee tn prevent .'till oilier powers ’’rotn Joining in tit. iiostliltles against Its ally; am!, further, if another power or mlier powers should join in such hostili ties tins ir ulr.il eontr." -ting power would i.ime to flic m-si-tance of its ally. In other words should Japan decide to (fight Russia. England would warn all “(her powers to keep Jhelr hands off; if ] they refused to do this. England would ] take a hand as Japan's ally. Tile dang'-r of wa> 11.-s ;n Japan's attl fi'de. Tim little nation Is spoiling for a ficbf. Great Britain may be able tn r,y- ] : str:,i.'> her fr, m taking tills step, but the : temper of the Japanese is. altogether tv.ar-like. and according to Japanese ■ id.as, there would lie full warrant for fight in China's a.'.'.'iit’rig the Russian | programme. SAVE TRAYLOR', SPENCER & CO.’S TAGS. Subscriptions for Tobacco Tags. Subscriptions to Weekly Constitution will be ac. .'pte.i paid by tobacco tagK from tiie fnpowin;; brands: Plumb Good, Hia-h Else, Right of Way. Bob White, ■ lai. Good Will, Natural Leaf and I’atrick Henry, manufactured i by Traylor, Spencer A: Co., of Danville, j Va. tags for a s.x months' subscription I t:. Tile .yti.in'a W kiy Constitution. ... ... -rear's rij ion to I The Atlanta A\ • . kly Constitution This ' makes t n s.- tags pr : , ti.ally worth 1 cent < aeh. 100 of them pays for The C.ms: it ul idi -..ar wlmm costs SI.OO. >iggest right, . im le-st wcekly i newspaper in the l ulled States. id an nom nameit above. The I ; offer is good from .!-muary 10, 1303, to ' em plainly ] to Tiie Comstit'itlon, Atlanta, Ga, : Austria Won’t Be at St. Louis. Vienna, May <■. The foreign office has >ffic notified the Unit'd States eni Hass, tlial Ausbii, lias definitely decided that it will nor l>< represented at the: SI. Louis exposition. SOUTHERN LOSES ITS NEW LINE, United States Court Holds Southern Had No Right To Purchase At lantic. and Danville, But That No Advantage Has Been Taken of Pur chase. Richmond, Va.. May s.—The United States circuit court of appeals has af firmed the decision of the Inwrr court in the case of the Interstate commerce coni ] mission against the Southern railway, In whieh the plaintiff claimed that in pur chasing the Atlanta and Danville rail way the Southern railway violated tne i anti-trust act. T lie object of the suit, was to secure a , reduction of the freight rates at Dan ■ villo, Va.. which were claimed to be ex : eesslve conpared with tiie rates in force in Richmond, l.ynchhvrg and other south ern cities. Tiie plaintiff contended that ’ the Soutlurn raib,.. .y sought to take advantage of it- wrong in violating tiie anti-trust .nt by treating Danville . ,'s a non-competitive point and charging rates on freight tbit are nearly double what they are to , Mnpetltivo points. Tiie court below in rendering its decis ion. said tl'.<> eviil. a e is that, while there i was emnpetiti, n m soliciting business be -1 tween th" South'-it ami the Atlantic and Danville, this competition did not reduce . rates; that tiie f t that th,. Danville were as low ,s tiie Richmond and Lynchburg rates prior to ISS'i does not .ifteet tiie quest:.that tills was prior to the passage ol the anti-trust, act and ; prior to the rolu iion in tales by the : Norfolk m l w. stern and tiie Chesapeake I and Ohio, and that the wrong, therefore, that is charged -gainst the Southern railway is til", p .remise of the Atlantic, ami Danville road but ns the rates are is low as they I were at the time of . the purchase, It d ..-» not appear that the defendant has t.-ilom an Inequitable ad vantage of tiie par iiase. How Out Bible Takes. The Premium Bb’le cante to hand last week. We are delight--.• wlfh it and consider It tiie most comp:, io work that we have . ■ver seen. We shall always appreciate It as » i Christmas present from you. as the cost Is too -rnn.l to count, compared to Its , real value. L. L. HINE. Miakka, Fla. GENERAL MILES AND SOME OTHER "CRITICS OF ARMY” By Jos: Ohl. It Is Itisf possible that those strenuous enthusiasts over tie army who have been indulging In cri'iclsms of what they ’ sneerlngly call ■ i’ln? mlsrepresenta - tlon'' and who h .0 cried out that criti cism, when clearly aimed at individuals, was casting a slur upon the American . soldier, may have less to ’ay now that . the hea l of the army. Lieutenant General Miles, has made r"f. fence In his official reports to some of “ oc. rrcnces which I other men in high mill'*r:ty have con- , 1 sidered it best to cover up No man can accuse <General Miles of be- ( Ing anything else than an ardent, enthu- | siasti st.pporte ' of the .American army, i He has spent, his life as a soldier, and ' if there is any man in the United States who know’ wliat a soldier should do and what he should not do. It is tiie present load of the army When it ■ mi.-s to war ( fare. Miles Is neither theorist nor ama- ! teui' Whatever may have been said : against him by h! crith s, it has never >.. "n suggested that, ho do*’ not know tiie I-usine-c of tiie soldier. Nor has it been I suggested, so far as T can recall, that <;<ueral Miles has ever been charged with , undtii' li tii. >1 toward those against whom lie was figliting. There is no mawkish sen timentality in the rian's makeup. He is a soldier all over; and wlien lie deems it I necessary to lay bare conditions as they ] are revealed in the report, which has just oeen made puhil- . tiie American people] will be very likei. to believe he has full warrant. Doubtless some republican organs will ; raise the cry that liis report Is made to i 'embarrass 1110 adm'mistr.ifion. They may i even charge him with such ulterior mo tive:.- as pos-. ssib.. politi, i! ambition. But. the people will hardly listen to such sug gestions—certainly they will not when they take the fa “ into consideration that . Iliis was as a eoi Hd.'titial report and that Hs content: were " made public by Gen -1 ■ r.il Miles. Thor.- |s po .sand stand play ] .n his part lie Has said nothing about I the contents of ii:s report, but certain I men who hav b. ■ll active in tlieir efforts ] to run down tile p 1 1■ ■ sensible for mis- ; . onduct in tiie I'i.llippines were so in sistent In their d'-mand that his findings 1 ' bn m id.- puitlic t.-'t the war department j I authorities final!, consented. General Miles 1 not lite only offb-er of the army who h:is riticised the men who have had a part in these disgraceful pro 1 coedfngs. but ho bettor situated than ] many others. bo-p, ; in a position to re port his findings ,- 1 bls views to tiie war , ] department authorities. ] Some time since a good many self-ap- I pointed defenders of the army took It : , upon themselves to raise a holy howl . ; against a represi ■ itivc of The Constltu- 1 tlon who undcrt'i"l< to present a few of the ( facts concerning a:i.-.-conduct of individual I 'officers and soldi''r. whieh lie found dur- j I ing a visit to th, Islands. And yet all of I .tiie facts upon which those arti cles were ba ,! were furnished ' lay officers of the army—men who, i like General Miles, felt keenly the disgrace brm. :ht upon the American i army and the American Hag by the acts I of a few men. Soo of these offending of- : j Heers were volunte.-rs. some of them reg | idars; their -of individ- j uals. but tiie influence of these acts was | | far-reaching. I General Miles refers to he fact that : : these atrocities w -re emidemned by Gen i erals Lawt.m, AV.ide, Sumner. Loe. Bald- j win ami others; tie - were also condemned . bv th" great maj..rily of the substantial. 1 I thinking nnm who wear tip- uniform of ! ! American oilli-or.- But as General Miles I sa; “With certain otlle> rs the impres sion prevails that such acts were justifiable, ! .and I felt it my luty in order to i-ori-oct such erroneous :m,i dangerous impres sions. and t<> prevent tile possibility of such acts being committed in tiie future which must impair tiie good name- of American arms ,i.,i bring discredit to our service for all time, to direct that any or <l rs or circulars of personal instruction whieh would in-mh,. or ~.-mirage any act of cruelty bo annulled.” It was because, of the almost inevitable I effect these acts of barbaric cruelty would have upon tiie y mger officers that older officers wi re outspoken in tlieir criticisms even to mo. ;l newspaper man; lr.it they were not in a. position to openly condemn the nets authorized by tlieir superiors, and most of tin- acts complained of wore | either authorized by indirection or wink- I ed at whim committed. i The high officers cognizant of or rc | sponsible for th-sc jets are the persons I who have reflected upnn flic American | army, not tiie men in greater or less ile -1 gree responsible I'oi - bringing the facts before the public. The efforts to cover up the misdeeds of individuals have hurt rather than helped the army, and those officials who have conspired to such cov ering up are the real enemies of the army, not General Mlles and not those who were instrumental in throwing the white light of publicity upon the offenders nearly two years ago. It will perhaps be just as well to with hold further criticism of Russia for lier demands upon China until we learn ex actly what those demands arc. It. is Just possible that, the heathen Chinese has, witli ills ways that are dark and tricks that are vain, been stirring us all up by misrepresenting the real nature of those demands. First, Hobby Collins sends through I Reuters to the Associated Press a synop- j sis of the Russian demands; then Minis ter Conger cables Secretary Hay an ex actly similar synopsis—each gentleman evidently convinced that he has the facts. London hears tiie same report from Dr. Morrison and through the foreign office. The nations of tile world are on their ears and dire things are pr.-dicteri. Now comes the “highest possible au thority” at. St. Petersburg and enters pointed disclaimer to all the most im portant allegations. The Russian foreign office takes up tiie published synopsis of the demand made upon the Pekin authorities and declares four of the al leged demands absolutely false- that is not made bv Russia at all -and under takes to show that most of the other demands were not of the character rep resented. There has been no demand that no more Man -hurfan ports be opened to for eign commerce, says this high Russian authority; no demand tiiat no foreigners save Russians shall lie employed in the administration of Manchuria: no demand that Russia shall control the Chinese telegraph. There has t'jen no mention in the pourparlers, tiie Russians declare, about the prohibition of more foreign consuls in Manchuria. With regard to tiie demand that “tiie present status of The administration of Manchuria is to re main unchanged," the Russian comment is short: "Unimportant.” With regard to tiie bugbear of tiie New Chwang cus toms receipts going into the Russian bank, tlu- St. Petersburg authoriti, s point out that such is tin- present ar rangement. The Russians do acknowl edge having made tin? sugg-sti'in that a sanitary commission lie organized un der Russian control, and claim tills is very important since cholera was intro duced by an English vessel in 1902. Tic idea of a Russian sanitary eommission i is calculated to .provoke smiles on the part of those who have had to do with the subjects of tiie czar. Again does Russia declare that “the integrity of China is already adopted Into tile Rus sian programme,” which ought to mean that Russia will join with the other pow ers in upholding Hint Integrity—but whieh may in the Russian mind mean something entirely xjlfferent. In any event. It may be best to wait i until wo can have practical agreement as to the real meaning of these Russian , 1 demands. It is among the possibilities i that some foxy minion of the dowager : empress may have liei n stringing ‘he r t of us in order to pre. tplta.te trouble with Russia. A man who knows more about tiie Mohammedans of today than any other : outside the faith is in Atlanta. Ho is Mr Budgett Moairin, of Ixmdon, one of tiie best known of world-travelers. Mr. Meakin was for six years a resident of Morocco. At, Tangier he was the pub lisher of The Tinies of Morocco, a news ] paper published In English, ami during bls residence there ho traveled through all ■ parts of the sultan's domains, acquiring not only a knowledge of the people such as is possessed by few outsiders, but ac quiring a thorough knowledge of the Arabic language. He has written a three volume work on Morocco and her people : which is considered a standard work the best, in the English language. The study of the .people of tliis North African country led naturally to a study of their religion, and this gave an in sight Into Mohammedanism, v h in spired a pursuit for knowledge upon this sam» subject through all of the M -iiam medan countries. He has studied the Mohammedans of today in all tiie coun tries of northern Africa, in the domains : of the suitm of Turkey, through India. | Arabia, Pei sia, Java, Sumatra. Borneo the Malay Peninsula. China. Turkestan. Siberia, and other corners of the world in which tiie Mohamnn-dan religion has a foothold He has in preparation an elab orate work upon tiie adher'-nt.s to this faith as they are found in such vast numbers throughout Asia and the far East today. Mr. Mea.kin's pre. ent visit to tlilr ’ m try has to do with another line of inves- ] tigation to whieh he has devoted much study in al! the countries lie lias visited. ; 1 Tills is flic housing problem, lie is study i ing the industrial situation with p.irtlcular j : reference to tiie moral side of th" r"'.i- . ! tions between employer and employee— ] between capital and labor. The problem . of tiie proper housing of the laboring , classts has become an acute one in Eng land. 'l'lm agitation for improved condi tions has been taken up by what is known ■ as tiie Shat'tsbury Industrial Betterment ■ Association, and it is under the auspiei. s of tliis association Unit Mr. Meakin is making his present tour of investigatimi through tliis counlrj? After having de- 1 voted some time to ills investigations in New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore and : Washington, lie has come to th' smith with a view, particularly, to looking into conditions around the southern cotton , mill- and other manufacturing cstabllsii ments. 11" spent several <la> ■ in North Carolina, then ran down to Jacksonville. ■ and from there came to Atlanta. Tiie I southern sj stem of individual homes tor employees finds strong indorsement at l:i.s hands. "Tiie deplorable condibicn of the Inhab itants of the crowded tenement districts 1 of London can hardly be imagined or de ' scribed," said Mr. Meakin, in discussing ] the subject of his investigations yester day “I would rather be the Chinaman ; of Canton living in his dirty hovel than 1 the Inhabitant of some of the places I ■ have seen in London or In the east "ide ; of your own New York -and you know for yourself how the Canton Chinaman ' lives. The conditions surrounding the 1 Chinaman, the conditions under which ho was brought up and under which he lives, make it far more core.fort ibl- for him than the conditions surrounding . many of tiie people of our great cities ' make for comfort, or pltisi'al or moral welfare, for them. i “What I mean Is not that the hovels of the Chinese are suitable I'or persons raised to our habits of civilization, but i that they arc far better for those poop’" than many of th" crowded tenements are for our own people. The Chinamen got some part of the air and sunshine, a far : creator nart than is given to poor fnhnb ' itants of thousands of tenements in Lmt | don. We all know where the trouble li ". ! It Is the gr.?"d of the people who build I and own such iWtces. The poor in our largo cities are forced by circnmst moos to «pok habitation w’torc thov can find It and tho result is thov have to live In r"Iso-.’ii!o ciunrtors from which air and sunshine are almost entirely excluded. “Now n-o p-o not c-vlnrr out that tho poor and lowly of tho world must be given paln-is or lartre qiiartm*s; thov ‘ cannot exnoot an'thlng of that sort; but wo are seeking to obtain for them such improvement in their horsing ;ts the con ditions of our civilization demand :ird which arc reasonably justified. Ours is neither a labor nor a religious oreaniz 1 tion. It is an organization for the b"f tornient of tho social mor ils of tho masses—using tho word morals in the broader sense. As things arc now. the poor of our great cities have to seek hom s in the badly lighted, poorly venti lated tenements, which are kept in tills condition by the greed of tlieir owners and tiie laxity of the laws, and such con ditions will obtain for all time unless there is sensible agitation. The people with whom I am associated have banded Im If so then your system is out of balance, and ] | /;■ p. V J there is a Haw somewhere in your constitution, [?| // j '■? j and a possibility that you are losing' health, too. Lt? i '*] The falling off in weight may beslight, but itniakes ; a wonderful change in one’s looks and feelings, and • ;?[ / unless the building up process is begun in time, L > r - -'3 vitality and strength are soon gone and health ?" 1 quickly follows. If you are losing weight there is ? ”• • J j a cause for it. Your blood is deteriorating and ' becoming too poor to properly nourish the bod;.-, and it must be purified ! and enriched before lost weight is regained it requires something more ; than an ordinary tonic to build up a feeble constitution, for unit. "S me poisons ! and germs that are lurking in the blood arc destroyed, they will further irn ■ poverish the blood and weaken the system, and you continue to lose weight. 1 In S. S. S. will be found purifying and tonic properties combined. It not only builds un weak constitutions, but searches out l and destroys germs WONDERFUL GAIN IN WEIGHT, i and poisons of every description and Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 10,1603. cleanses the svstem of all impurities, Some years ago my general health thus laying tiie foundation for a K»vo way; my nervous system was healthv, steady increase in weight pattered, and I could get nothing to i . D do mo any good, till I began to use and future gOOC. health. S. S. S. I commenced to improve at hood nmy be bountnul and the once. My appetite became splendid : appetite good, bu t still the SJ’Stem anc i f ro m 135 pounds I increased to weakens and we remain poor in flesh 180. I became well again by taking : unless what we cat is properly digested 3. 8. 8. and would take no amount for - and turned into rich, pure blood. the good it did me. My health is i S S. S. re-inforces the Stomach and now Perfect, and I believe if every- I aids the digestion and assimilation of bod r wou!d a bott ’° of S ’ H . . . . • , . ... occasionally, they would en;oy lil® food, and there is a rapid up-butiding ft(} j amdoin{r . w . L . WINSTON. I of health and strength. S. S. S. acts : promptly and beneficially upon the nervous system, strengthens and tones it up, and relieves the strain by producing sound, refreshing sleep. You can find no tonic so invigorating as S. S. S., and being composed exclusively of roots and herbs its use is attended with no bad effects. Old people will find that it braces them up, improves the circulation of the blood, and stimulates all the bodily organs, and persons of delicate constitutions can ‘ 1 take S. S. S. with safety, as it does not derange the Stomach like the strong tek.' 8 I 1 mineral remedies, but acts gently and without any shock to the system. Those w j lose feelings tell them they are not strong or well, and who are growing thinner and falling below their usual weight, should take a course of S. S. S. and build up again. S. S. S. is recognized everywhere as the leading blood purifier and the safest and best of all tonics. We cheerfully furnish medical advice, without charge, to all who will write us. SWIFT SPEC/FUC CO, 9 Z 3 TZMiTA, tli- mselvefi for just such agita tion. Wo lia ve the cooperation of all sooi.il economists ami philanthropists who have looked into the subject at all.” I..idios who ar«> in promoting” the Uiriritios Conference, which Is to meet In Atlanta mxt month, have ask’d Mr. M»*nkin to lecture in Atlanta, and he has eons*'r.tod to do so tonight. There will b * .1 » admission charge The lecture will be given at tho Woman's <’lub. and if Mr. Mo.ikin is as interesting as a lec turer as he is in the role of traveling cam;- • nion, 1 can promise a treat. MANY BIG CONVENTIONS COME HERE THIS SUMMER The summer convention season in At lanta, which has begun with the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, is going to be one of unusual interest and Importance. So far there are eight conventions of state. Interstate or national scope booked besides the meeting of the Georgia legis lature and other gatherings which are to lie held in Atlanta this summer. One of the greatest advertisements ' which Atlanta has ever had. and one from whi' h she receives a most lasting benefit, was from the people attracted hero by the first cotton exposition and those succeeding it. The bringing of people to Atlanta often makes them residents, for it Is no unusual thing to hear New Yorkers say: “Jf I should leave New York I would rather live it' : Atlanta than any city I have ever seen. According to the record of convention ■ dates kept. Mr. Houston 11. Harper, of the Piedmont's publicity bureau, the following ore the convetlons whieh will meet in Atlanta this summer: National Association of Charities and I Corrections. May il l- Attendance esti mated at LOW to 1,2 0- Sotiih'-i'n Clothing Manufactnror’. Inter st.U'. Mav Attendance estimated at . W to JiU. Sou th,; i tern States Hill Foster.’’ Asso ( ci'it. 'ii. May IS Attendance estimated i at 100 to 150. Georgia Knights of Pythias. May 19 to ' 20. Attendance estimated at 7"0 to I.W’ Odd i j| .lows. May 2'l to 2S. At i tendance estimtited at 4UO to 000. Georg Bank rs' Ass 'cintion June . i to It)/'Attendance estimated from 300 to "(o-nrgia legislature. June 24. Two 'nun i ni-fd and twenty-five members, besides rks .- ■ei ctaries and other officials. I' tpti’t Young People’s Union of Amer ; lea? iisUonal. July ? to 14 ' Attendance ' estimat'd tI.IHU to 8.000. Do You Suffer with Piles? Do thw protrude? I i>. thev bleed? Do thev pain you? , , ; Do -'.-u have mucous or bloody ols- ! ’ ! l ir <“i" ' eortainlv cure vou. Write me full-, Advice perfectly free Dr. Tucker. 15 Broad street. A'lanta. Ga. DOCTORS AT NEW ORLEANS. Interesting Session of the American Medical Association. | Now Orleans, May 5 With a record breaking attendance both In point of ‘delegates and visitors and with many I distinguish' d physicians, surgeons and i Pi-icntists present, the fifty-fourth annual meting of the American Medical Asso- Gatimroponod hero today at. th" Tulane theater, where a cordial welcome was , extended to the association. [•resident Hillings presided over the h ,, l!S e of delegates In the afternoon. In his annual report ho stressed the im e , f ci , ating the standard of medical edm.-ation in the United States. Ninetj ight ol I' lo medical schools of ■ ..-ij-itrx he said, were private cor iuoi'i'tons -inequipp. d to teach the funda ‘ , m... Heine. Medical education ! of lim future most be based on the status of medical science. That basis is rec . o-mizi d now. 'out attempted m a great ‘ miiioi'ity of tho medical institutions in a . . ,?....rib-iii 1 way. He thought a uni- I tS £ Fall nail v&Q 45 express ga PP V Bottles "“*•« PHEPAI3 |ph ZJ Gt5 E GOLDEN AGE Bjk, wfl COIH?TY S WHISKEY yg Wo, the Distillers, guarantee these goods tobo pure and 7 years old. None hotter at any price. We will ship in plain boxes to any address, EXPRESS PREPAID, atthe following distiller’s prices. fclvWa 5 Full Bottles $3.45. 10 Full Bottles $6,55. 12 Full Bottles $7.90. fWagAJ RS&Ja 15 Fu " Bo,tles s9 ’ 7o ' 25 Ful> Ecttlcs sls - 90 - Free glass and corkscrew in every box. Yonr money back if not as represented. tAjf AMERKJAA’ SL’l*l*LY CO., Mu In bu, Mein ph I % Tenn, ( | Mg i aMM s I versify medical course a pressing ne. es . | The report of the trustees shower! for : the year total receipts through The Medl . j cal Journal of $130,021. There is a . (.i! ! “ash balance on hand of $21,590.6“. Tho | association owns a building upon whi.-li : $76,000 has been spent. In five yt?ars tho membership of tjjo association has ai- I most doubled. ' The tw-l'-ve sections of the association held afternoon sessions In various parts of the city and listened to tiie reading of interesting papers. Dr. A. F. of Omaha, delivered an oration on surg.- v tonight. There were many sect'' din. i ners, and smoker.-; provided by the local 1 committee and clubs. Dr. Adolf Lorenz, of Philadelphia, who i has come into promln’nce during tiie last : twelve months through his method of : hand surgery, was the center of attrac i tlon in tho lobby of the St. Chalos hotel I last evening, whore he held an impromptu : reception of, physicians and surgeons, who , : are here to attend tho convention. Every ! medical man nr'"-onf was desirous , £ I i shaking hands with the great specialist. ■ ■ Many ladies, both local and visitors, took , I advantage of the occasion to be presented . to Dr Lorenz 8. ".'iking of his spoclai'v I in healing the unfortunate cripples Dr. I . w nz '-" .if “The method is not new; It was first : ' given to the world about fifteen years I j ago and when it first camo o’r I began to j | study and practice It until It is what you . I soo today. I am gratified that. I have been I able to do something for humanity In this i line, and expect to see this special lipa ' ] surgery in general practice Jjofore man j years.” Dr. Lorenz’s Statement. i j Now Orleans. May 7.—Pathetic scenes ; , attended the appearance of Dr Adolf ! T-oronze at the charity hospital tclay. ; i The news that ho would perform another l operation attracted f’ftj’ (jr more raw I with deformed children and a mu’*:'■: i of curious people, who filled th" h i w.i s i and grounds of tho Institution. i Many parents begged the privilege •'* • , submitting their chiidre nas subjo. :: .: ; the doctor was only able to select one. a I club-footed little cripple. He desired a j case of congenital hip dfslocaU-m. but i : said he had been able to discover none 1 here, though they were common in oth-r i sections that he had visited. ] The ampltheator was filled with d “ ia. nurses and hospit.a’i attendants when t:A | operation was performed. It req fired I more than an hour, snd was apparent?- a iccess Di Lorens took ■ at ths I conclusion, of the operation., to re;?.' to i some of the crilicn'iiis that b,:vi. beeii | leveled at him. : 'll is charged that 1 claim to be tho I originator o£ the method of bio ihess I surgery," he said. “1 do mu claim .my priority of treatment whatevei. Soma smart midwife of the middle ages proba bly first tried this meUmd. 1 omy claim t ■ have introduct d more st st m. technique ami thotoughne: :nt■' tm- "''l i method, which was ing ne :t ed, l though w ithout suffici'. nt I un now only trying to make Ulis merti .*..1 popular tor the benefit tiiat will accr.te | to ali mankind from it, and I thin:-. I ; have ineid, ntally made quite a. sue -'-s out of it. The dissecting knife has pl: ;• -'4 ] out in the treatment o£ the club-foot.' Dr. Ixirenz was warmly applauded w;-. -t ; he concluded, lie said lie hoped that the I physicians here would take up his meth- I od and apply it. They could succeed as | he had. Dr. Lorenz had gre.it difficulty In get ; ting away from the hospital, being pa ! thetlcaily appealed to by many mothers ■ and fathers, who had brought crippled I children with them. . . TWELVE DAYS ON PEA SOUP. I San Juan, P. 1., May B.—The American I schooner James Slater, of Port Jefferson, i Long Island, thirty-four days out from : Savannah La-Mar. with logwood for New York, put in here yesterday, having been | driven back from off Cape Hatteras I April 24. The crew had been subsisting on pea I soup for twelve days and were very weak The steward, William Holcombe. of Charleston, S. C.. was in a comatose con dition. The men had been working at the pumps at regular intervals fur a month.
