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f v The Morgan Monitor VOL.II. NO. 19 SI PER YEAR, THE BEST FOR THE COUNTRY. Let’s hope for the best for the country, whatever the powers may be; The birds still will sing in the blossoms—the rivers dash on to the sea; ! The storm feel the flush of the rainbow, however the thunders may fall; ; The same sun Is shining in splendor—the same God is over us all! Let’s hope for the best for the country; there is joy for the night and tho day; ■ The ringing of bells In the cities and dells—sweet-singing our sorrows away, J There arc stars for the gloom of the midnight, however tho shadows may fall; . Tho same skies are bendiDg above us—the same God is over us all 1 IieGs hope for the best for the country; here’s spring with her banners unfurled— Thebroath of the showering blossoms that are blown by tho winds o’er tho world; The seed that climbs high to tho harvest, and musical voices that call; Tho world’s in the light of the glory of the God that is over us all! —Atlanta Constitution, m GMTLEl’S DISAPPOINTMENT. BY ANNA SHEILD9. RS. GRANTLEY was holding a long, confidential conver¬ sation with her in- # Dinsmore, timato friend, and Mrs. the two faces looking into each other were full of cha- grin. “You remember what a beautiful child Amy was?" Mrs. Grantley said, “the prettiest of all we saw, and we were—how long, making a selection?” “Dear me! I cannot recollect,” said Mrs. Dinsmore. “We visited every orphan asylum and ‘home’ we heard of, I know. Yes, Amy was a perfect “And little beauty.” I was so careful in my direc¬ tion at every school where I have placed her that she should be watched and prevented from getting freckled or spoiling her complexion in any way. She has been most faithfully cared for, and now, my dear, when I come home, expecting to find a lovely girl to introduce to society, I am fairly stunned! Amy is positively ugly 1” “It is too dreadful!” said Mr3. Dinsmore, with a sympathetic shud¬ der. “Of course, I must do my duty by her,” continued Mrs. Grantley, plain¬ tively, “after giving her the best edu¬ cation money could procure and all the tastes and accomplishments of a lady. I cannot turn the child away for what is really no fault of her own. Of course sho would be a beauty if she could 1 But it is a bitter disap- pointment!” And it was. Mrs. Grantley was a woman of society, bound r.p in the re- quirements of fashion, lady manager for a dozen or so of popular chari- ties, patroness for many benevolent schemes, keeping open house for balls, parties, private theatricals and festivi- ties of all kinds all winter, and lead- ing society in a great measure at Saratoga, Newport and some other re- sort of fashion all summer. A child- less widow, with a largo income, very handsome, highly educated and re- fined, she was a very queen in her own circle for many years. Then, feeling that her own beauty was waning, she resolved to give a new charm to her house, a new interest to her life, by adopting a child. The first, the most essential, reqnis- ite in her eyes was beauty; the next intellect, and with these she also re- quired a child who was absolutely friendless—one who would have no nnpleasant relations claiming ac- quaintanee at somo future date, how- ever remote. It was not easy to meet all these eon litions, but tho child was found at last; she was very fair, with a bloom like a peach blossom upon each delicate cheek; she had fair, soft hair that curled naturally, blue eyes full of sweetness and delicate features; her feet and hands were of aristocratic proportions, and her figure slender and graceful. A street waif, she knew of no home beyond the asylum where Mrs. Grantley found her, and had no relative of whom sho had ever heard, There was no difficulty about the mat- ter, and Mrs. Grantley adopted the child, calling her Amy Grantley, and delighting to exhibit her in the dain- tiest of costumes to her admiring friends. ! When Amy was twelve years old, having proved herself an apt scholar with a good nursery governess, Mrs. jGrantley decided to go to Europe, She left her adopted child in i good school, and corresponded with her regularly, seeing with delight that tho child’s mind and heart expanded and showed cultivation and sweet, maiden- ly teauty as her education advanced, For seven years Amy remained at school, a conscientious student, de- lighting in music, and showing always a gentle, lovable disposition. In her heart there wag one shrine where, next her God, wns ouo object of absoluto worship—Mrs. Grantley. She had never been deceived regard- ing her own position, knowing that to her adopted mother she owed every pleasure and every advantage she en- joyed. Every action of her life was influenced by her gratitude. Loving study for its own sake, sho threw fresh energy into overy aeeomnlishment to please her friend, her kind adopted mother; she made music an absorbing pursuit, because Mrs. Grantley loved music, and her teachers assured her her strong, pure voice must give pleas- ure to any true lover of singing. Year after year the strong hope of her life was that Mrs. Grantley would soon return, nnd she might in some way repay what she owed her. Tho day the summons came to her to meet Mrs. Grantley in what was to be her Vgdth Ji-tnrohome, the child was almost ill excitement. it Tidueatgd dui,. by a lady who considered a check any vanity in her pupils, Am; •’d never given much thought to i ial appearance. When scarlet fever robbed her of her curls and left a straight mass of pale, flaxen hair in their place, she thought only of tho temporary baldness as an inconvenience, and the care of the straight hair less troublesome than the curls. Sho did not heed the fact that the same fever deprived her of her ex¬ quisite complexion, and left a sallow, colorless one in its place. Her second teeth were uneven, and not very white, though sound nnd useful. She was graceful in figure, easy in movement, refined in voice and tone, a lady in every impulse and action, but Mrs. Grantley’s first ex- claimation was: “Can this be Amy? How ugly yon have grown?” The words were ungracious, the t one still more so, and the sensitive, loving hoart felt as if a heavy hand had crushed all sweetness out of life. The cold kiss, the few forced words of wel¬ come, added to her pain, and, lifting streaming eyes, she faltered: “I am so sorry! I will try to be good 1” like a grieved child, harshly reproved for a fault. Sho did try to atone for that involutary crime, the loss of her childish beauty, and while Mrs. Grantley mourned over it, spoke often of her bitter disappointment, and vainly tried by every art of dress to recall the lost charms, she yet felt creeping into her heart day by day a love and respect for this homely girl she had never felt for the beautiful child. Sometimes sho sat aud thought of Amy with a wondering admiration, as of some strange specimen of humanity that had never before crossed her path, “Sho is like a flower,” she thought, “that gives out its sweetest fragrance when it is crushed. I have let her see too plainly how she disappoints me, and she is humbly conscious of my chagrin, and yet she is so tenderly loving, so anxious to please me, that I believe I shall end by loving her as well as if she were beautiful. Leonard Gresham says she is the loveliest wo- man in society this winter! And yet she is positively homely!” And Leonard Gresham was not alone in his opinion. To Mrs. Grantley’s amazement, Amy was the centre of a circle in society that looked beyond beauty to find attraction. A circle that hung entranced upon the pure, highly cultivated voico that was ul- ways at the service of friends; a circle that found a charm in conversation that could touch higher topics than dress or the merits of the latest prima donna. Mrs. Grantley made dross a fine nTt, and Amy’s toilettes were per- fection, while the intellect visible m her large blue eyes and low, broad brow, tho sweetnees of her smile, atoned in a great measure fordhe want of beauty in face and complexion, But her greatest triumph was not in society. No praise there, no love of- fered her by the many who sought her, made her heart thrill as did Mrs. Grantley’s gradual admissions of her power to win love, Leonard Gresham, a man of whose love any woman might be proud, sought her for his wife, and when she gently refused his suit she was far prouder of the adopted mother’s pleas- ure than of the offer of one of society’s most eligible partis, “My darling, I cannot spare you yet!” were words that echoed gladly in her heart long after they were spoken, with an emphasis that proved they camo from the heart, There were times when Amy won- dered if tho pain tha rejection of Leonard Gresham left in her heart was not caused by a deeper love than she had realized she felt when she gave it, but the girl’s whole mind was bent upon proving her gratitude to her adopted mother. It was a revelation to Mrs, Grantley to find in so many ways her comfort and happiness increased after sho once allowed Amy to manifest her love. It was a long time before this was accom- plished, for tho girl’s sensitive nature shrank from forcing her affection where it was not needed. But, little by little, tho humble offers of service dictated by intense gratitude became daily found duties, and the loving heart soon new avenues of devotion. Well- trained servants took every menial care, but no servant could mako Mrs. Grantley’s life overflow with new hup- piness as Amy’s devotion soon did. It seemed as if her heart would break with joy tho first time Mrs. Grantley drew her to her heart, kissed her lips and said, fervently: “My darling 1” No lover ever gave his beloved a moment of purer, more rapturous de¬ light than Amy experienced in that hour. For two years after life flowed on in a pleasant stream. Society be- came secondary to home. "Dear mamma" became a familiar title upon Amy’s lips, and no mother was ever more fondly loved than Mrs. Grantley by her “darling.” Then sorrow came in ghastly shape. Mrs, Grantley was attacked by a can- POPULATION AND DHAINAGEI. MORGAN, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1891 eerous affection that, despite skill and care, .became an incurable disease, loathsome to the sufferer and to the nurse. No hired care could ever have been as tender as that given by Amy’s love; no paid nurse could have so fought fatigue or diBgust, All day, all night, the most watchful care enfolded the patient. Every amusement her state could bear—music, reading, chatting, proved were given with such love as heart, them au offering from the and when the suffering was too great to bear any recreation, Amy was devoted in nursing and soothing the sufferer. Her touch, firm and yet gentle, never added to the pain, nnd while she was slender, she had the strength of perfect health. Mrs. Grantley insisted upon haviDg a trained nurse to assist Amy, but it was to her adopted daughter she looked for tho many attentions that alleviate suf¬ fering. It was Amy who read precious words of comfort from the Holy Writ, too long neglected in a life of frivolity and fashion. It was Amy who lifted her voice in simple childlike words of prayer daily and nightly. Not many hours before the last struggle life makes, Mrs. Grantley was with Mrs. Dinsmore, and, lifting her hand feebly to meet Amy’s, she whispered: “How little I knew the treasure I was taking to my home and heart when I tried to find a pretty child to introduce to society 1 God hasj been very good to mo in giving me such love and care in my hours of pain.” And Amy know then that she was no longer in Mrs. Grantley’s eyes what she had often heard herself called—■ “Airs. Grantley’s groat disappoint¬ ment.” It was not until two years after the death of her benefactress that once more Leonard Gresham asked her to be his wife, and she gladly consented. “I loved you,” she told him, frank¬ ly, “when I sent you from me, but I had given my life to my adopted mother, and it was my one aim and duty to repay her for what she had given me, even although I knew that my loss of beauty was one of the bit¬ terest disappointments of her heart.” “It is not always beauty that wins love,” Leonard said, tenderly. “No, for without it I have won her heart and yours.”—New York Ledger. Dog That Can Test Metals. No bank teller, crook or expert in Iowa has a truer instinct for real, genuine cart-wheel silver dollars than has a Bock Rapids dog called Silver Tip. Silver Tip is tan colored and weighs about ten pounds. All of his two years of life he has been the property of Landlord Barber, of the Lyon Hotel, at Book Rapids, but it is only within the last year that his power of immediate insight into the nature of metals has become known to his owner, says tho Chicago Times- Herald. The way Tip manifesls his power, as his owner puts its, is as follows: If one takes a pile of coins the size of an American dollar—say, a trade dollar, a Mexican dollar, a five-frauo piece and somo counterfeit dollars—and put one genuine dollar piece in the centre of the pile. Tip will rummage around among them for an instant aud then snatch the good coin and proceed to take oaro of it in approved dog fashion to an accompaniment of growls and bites. Or if one rolls a coin along the floor Tip can tell every time whether it is good stuff to be chased. Tip never makes a mistake, and there isn’t a bit of doubt about his powers. He has been tested by Chicago business men and by commit - tees of Iowa scientists. He gets no human help in his work. The good coin is not marked in any peculiar way for his benefit, nor is it scented. Any one can use his own coin in the experiment. Nor does Tip’s powers depend on signs from his master. The latter loaves the room without de¬ tracting from the dog’s ability in tho least. Mr. Barber has refused all offers for the purchaso of Tip. The Lead Worker. l It is said that lead working disfig- the human body more than any other kind of work. In this industry it is inevitable that, sooner or later, the workers mnst suc¬ cumb to lead-poisoning, nnd there would appear to be no part of the body that the poisonous fumes and floating particles which permeate the atmos¬ phere of the workshops do not affect. The complexion takes on a ghastly, corpse-like pallor, the gums turn blue, tbo teeth decay rapidly and fall out, the eyelids are hideously inflamed. A scratch or an abrasion of the skin be¬ comes an unhenlable sore. Later on, when nerves and muscles become affected by the poison in the blood, the eyeballs ' are drawn into oblique positions, ami take on a dim and bleared appearance. The joints, especially the knee and the wrist, be¬ come is serai-paralyzed, and the whole form gradually bent aud contortod. —New York Journal. The Irony ol' Fate. Edward AVbymper, the noted moun¬ tain climber, who is well known on this coast, has carried the alpenstock for more than thirty years, and has scaled the Chimborazo and the Mut- terhorn, besides hundreds of lesser peaks, and, although he has had num¬ berless thrilling adventures, including a fall of 600 feet, he never fractured a hmb or sustained any serious injury. He did, however, tumble down a flight of stairs in England recently aud fractured his collar bone.—Ban Fran¬ cisco Chronicle. Oldest University. — The oldest university in the world i El Azhar, meaning “the splendid,” situated at Cairo. It is the greatest Mohammedan school, and has clear ecqxds dating 976, L • HE ASSISTS IN CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY I*ARTY. HRS ft GOOD TIME WITH CHILDREN. P ilosoplior Tires of the Sport and Writes Of Dedication of Gen. Grant's Tomb And Also of General Lee. Another birthday in the family. There are ten children and nineteen grand-children aud somehow everyone of them has a birthday about once a year. My wife remembers thorn all just like she knows her alphabet, but the alphabet keeps lengthening out as the years roll on and she says her memory is weakening. There is but one orphan in all the lot—a little black-eyed girl who lives with us, and so it was agreed that she should have a birthday party, for she was just eight years old today. It was a mighty big thing for a little girl and will last her as long as she lives, I reckon, and slio will never have a hap¬ pier one. She goes to school and all her little friends had to be invited. Forty little notes bad to bo written and forty little envelopes had to be backed and put in the postoffice and this afternoon at 4 o’clock forty little boys and girls camo up the winding way through the grove and in course of time were playing on the lawn as happy and as noisy as a flock of black bird’s. They played everything except baseball and football and other college curriculums and wound up with “many, many stars are in the sky.” I broke into the ring myself in that game and kissed a pretty little girl and got kissed by another. Age lias its privilges and these are of them. By and by the piano announced that the party was prepared, the feast was ready and so all these little folks were soon circled around the long table and the side tables, where the ice cream and the strawberries and the cake and the flowers were nestled in luxuriant abundance. Eight little red wax can¬ dles were burning in the center and eight vases filled with flowers signifi¬ cant of hope that the little girl might have a light to her path and her way be strewn with roses. My observation was that all these children behaved well and have good training at home. Of course the boys are always hungrier than the girls, and it takes more to do them. It is said that one time the queen of Sheba had 40 boys and girls all dressed alike aud brought in before King Solomon to see if his great, wisdom could pick out the boys from the girls. And so the king called for bowls of water and towels and had them passed around for each one to wash their hands in. The gilds carefully turned up their cuffs, but the boys just sloshed their hands in the water regardless of spattering their sleeves. But I would have sent iee cream around in saucers, for I know that the girls would be satisfied with two, while the boys, as a general rule, could bo persuaded to take one more. I don’t blame them. Good strawberry ice cream surely is a good thing and harmless and three moderate saucers have never hurt me yet. My wife will have another birthday in two weeks and I shall insist on more ice cream. Well, we have had an evolution at our house that has astonished the na¬ tives, We have five acres of grove in front of our house, and it has long been inclosed with 700 feet of fence along the two streets that bound tiro sid?s of our domicile. That fence was getting old, and had been often repair¬ ed, but recently the city fathers passed the cow ordinance for good, and forth¬ with in a day I had removed every vestige of that fence. It looks very odd; in fact, it looks like South Caro¬ lina. My wife does not know whether she likes it or not; says the place looks undressed, and she feels like taking cold, but it will save me about, $50, and that is a big thing with ns now. So let the evolution go on. It is a sign of progress. Since we have lived here hogs have been abolished; next the sa¬ loons, and last, the cows have been ruled off the streets, and the boys, af¬ ter 9 o’clock at night. We are going to have a clean, nice, orderly town. If I was rich I would have a fountain down in the grove and a dipper chain¬ ed to it and some iron seats in the shade not far away, where tho tliirs- ty and the weary might have rest. These little attentions don’t cost much, and make both place and people at- tractive. The little things make up 1 the sum of our life’s happiness. The grand pageant that celebrated the ded¬ ication of General Grant’s new tomb was over in a day, but his generosity to Lee at Appomatox, and his kind¬ ness to the south after the war, eclipsed all his victories. Grant had sense enough to know that his triumph was nothing to boast of, considering that he had three soldiers to our one, and lost near a million men, and now has another million on the pension rolls. AVhy not even old Jack Falstaff would have bragged over such a victory. But T liked General Grant. He. was a soutnern man, and bis wife a southern woman. He owned slaves up to the very hire, day of freedom, and lived off their James so says his biographer, General | Grant AVilson, and Mrs. Grant said in 8t. Augustine a few years j ago that her sympathies had to be smothered all through the war for her husband’s sake. I have said it before, and I say it again, that most all professional soldiers will offer their swords to the highest bid¬ der. They have a preference, of course, but patriotism is not as big a thing as personal success. If a man could see behind the scenes he would find many notable instances of this. Then, what a lie is history; vfhat a hypocrite is fame. Dr. Johnson said that * ‘patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” He meant pretended patriotism, of course. Milton ex¬ pressed it better when he said that “brave men and worthy patriots are dear to God and famous to all ages.” But a soldier of fortune can fight any¬ where for a cause that is respectable. General Loring told me that he could have fought against the khedive just as and honorably as for him if the position the pay had been satisfactory. But I didn’t mean to ruminate on this line. I have great respect for General Grant’s memory, but when I read all the gush and parade over those ceremonies, and almost hoard the * 0 ut8 ° f ed f to think . of our side and the truth of history. I wanted to make that monument complete by chiseling on its capstone some figures—only a few' fig¬ ures that strangers who visit it might lead and wonder, aud inquire where do those people live who fought that fight. Verily, “Saul has slain his thousands, but David his ten thousands.” And now I will cool off on some ice cream and go back and play with the children. — Bin, Arc in Atlanta Con¬ stitution. MARRIED lUP IN TREES. Vlad Steer Drives Estranged Lovers and a Clergyman Together. Here is a romance that the cracker barrel gossipers are telling without swearing to its truth. Near Mont¬ rose, Penn., lived Miss Emma Swan¬ zer, and her accepted suitor, Charle.s Bangs. One night not long ago they went to a neighboring village to at¬ tend the wedding of one of their friends. At the festivities that took place Emma became jealous of Bang’s attentions to another woman, and re¬ fused to speak to him. So when it became time to go home they both felt relieved when the Bev. Mr. Hunt¬ er, the village preacher, joined them. The party were walking along the highway at a rapid pace, the young persons sulking, while the minister’s face bore a wearied and hapless ex¬ pression. In a field adjoining the road was a Texas steer, the property of Mr. Stone and a recent acquisition to his place. The steer is ferocious, and no lover of the human race. At the further end of the field there is a set of bars, and the trio reached the opposite side of the exit ignorant of the impending danger a second or so ahead of the steer. Bangs gave a cry of alarm and ran for some trees t few feet ahead, close¬ ly followed by Miss Swanzer and the preacher. Bangs shinned up one, and Miss Swanzer proved her worth by climbing another, assisted by the preacher, who gave her a lift before he sought safety in stilt another tree. The minister had hardly cleared the ground when the steer rushed up, bel¬ lowing. The infuriated animal ran around and around the trees kicking. A half hour passed thus, but no re¬ lief came. The steer still stood guard. Thinking this an excellent time to re- concile the couple, the minister be- gan. His work was done, however, almost before he had begun, The couple desired to be married then and there, thinking they were about to meet a tragic death. And the minis¬ ter married them. The lovers could just join hands from where they clung, but they got a grip and held while Mr. Hunter read the marriage ceremony from his place in a third tree'. The Texas steer bel¬ lowed the wedding march. When the good man had concluded, Farmer Stone and his two boys drove up. An explanation was hastily spoken, the bride and bridegroom and minister were transferred to the ve¬ hicle, and the joyful party drove to the home of Mr. Bangs.—New York Press. A Queer Ostrich Egg Story. An oBtrich egg with a romantic his¬ tory is the curiosity owned by Miss Mvrie Lopez of South 40th street. The egg was presented to Miss Lopez by Joseph Pulsiver, to whom it was sent by his brother, who Is superintendent of an ostrich farm in South Africa. Accompanying the egg was the fol¬ lowing letter from the sender: “I send the ostrich egg, and know your longing for peculiar curiosities will receive a boom when you learn its his- tory ' had » matl 08 !"? naroed <' arr - who was noted for bis skill in breeding and raising ostriches. 110 * la< * raiae< ttle Mother o e egg I send, and she had been one of his greatest pets. This was thought strange, as she was known to be a savage bird, and would allow no one but Carr to go near her. Breeding time came, and the ostrich was soon watching over a setting of eggs. Our farm hatches artificially, the eggs be- Ing removed from the mother and placed In an incubator, Carr was the one selected to secure the eggs on account of his great command over the bird, He entered the pen and began picking up the eggs. In an In¬ stant the treacherous pet became fur¬ ious and started to strike him with her powerful feet. AVe had to shoot the mothor before we could get her away, and then found we were too late, Carr’s skull having been battered in In the struggle all the eggs were broken, with the one exception, which I send to you.”—Philadelphia Record. The Los Angeles Herald says that “a trust has beon formed for the pur¬ pose of making powner and dynamite go up.” That is absurd: powder and dynamite cannot be trusted. T. P. GREEN, MANAGER. FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE TAKES RESOLUTION IN HAND. FACTS WILL NOW BE REYEALED. Republican Members of Committee Want to Handle the Matter Cautiously, Owing to Its Seriousness. A Washington special says: The committee on foreign relations did not conclude its consideration of the Cu¬ ban resolution Wednesday. The sub eommittee was unable to go through all the reports that have been received from Consul General Lee aud other consuls and officers in Cuba. It is possible that Senator Morgan will consent to have the resolution now pending in the senate to go over without prejudice until the committee can make its report. I It is intended that all the reports of consuls shall bo sent to the senate, but the senate committee will select certain documents bearing on tlie con¬ dition of affairs in tho island and on these make its recommendations and report. This report will generalize the situ¬ ation without making public such matters as the state department offi¬ cials and the committee think would be prejudicial to persons on the island. One member of tlie committee, who had listened to the summary of the re¬ ports in tho department, said that a very serious condition existed in Cuba, and that the inquiry now being made by the committee would result in bringing to light tho exact facts. Some strictures wore passed upon members of the foriign relations com- mittee, who about, a year ago voted for a resolution similar to the one pend- ing, and who now ask for time to con- sider the matter with more delibera- tion. Speaking of this criticism, Chairman Davis, of tho foreign relations com¬ mittee, said: “At the time the former resolution was reported, Gomez was at the head of a large army in the eastern end of the island, and Maceo was at the head of another army in the west. They could march from one end of Cuba to the other. Campos had been defeated in a great battle and was shut up with¬ in solid fortifications and confined to a small territory around Havana. “Everyone knew that a state of war existed. That was a year ago. Great changes havo taken place. Maceo is dead, and his army dispersed. Gomez is at the head of but a small force, cer¬ tainly it is no such army as was re¬ ported then. There are conflicting statements as to the strength of the insurgents and the control which Spain has over the island. It is right and proper that the facts that have since reached the stp.tn department should | be laid before the senate aud the com¬ mittee so that intelligont action can bo had.” Mr. Davis says the sympathy with the struggling Cubans is as great as ever. The republicans of tho committee do not fuel justified in pushing the administration until it has had time to act. It has been pointed out that only two months have elapsed since tho administration came into power, and it has scarcely had time to take up and consider so important a matter as that which has been presented. The pending resolution, unlike a joint resolution, will require the execu¬ tive either to approve or disapprove of it. This being the case, the republican senators feel that they should act in concert with the president. It is not believed that in case the senate foreign relations committee find, upon a thorough examination of the reports in the state department that the reso¬ lution is justified, that any effort will be made to prevent its passage. Members of the committee on for¬ eign relations feel that tho question which confronts tho senate is serious, aud any action that is taken by the senate will have great weight with the administration. In ease the resolution should pass both senate and house, there is no reason to believe it would not be approved, aud that the United States government would thereafter conduct itself on the lines which it lays down, CAPTAIN RICE GOES TO JAPAN. He Will He United States Military Attache at Tokio. Colonel Buck, of Georgia, the newly appointed minister to Japan, called at wai - department at AVasbington AVednesday and secured from Beorerary Alger the promise that Captain Edmund Rice, of the fifth infantry, now station¬ e ,j a t, Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, should be detailed as United Btates military attache at the United States legation at Tokio, Japan, An or¬ der was made ont later in the day. This was tho post formerly held by Lieutenant O’Brien, also of the fifth infantry, during the war between China and Japan. VICTIMS OF POISONED WATER. Three More Person* Die From Drinking; From the Spring. Three more persons died Wednesday morning from drinking poisoned spring water at Pikeville, Tenn. They are: Edward Minnix, Miss Dorcas Alberts and John Tompkins. Tompkins’ wife and two children are fatally ill from the same cause. As yet chemists have failed to learn what poison is being used, and there is no clew to the identity of the guilty par¬ ties. WATSON ASKED 10K MISTRIAL. A Lively Tilt During Argument In tlie Cooper Trial at LaGrange. The argument in the Cooper murder case, at l.aGrange, Ga., Wednesday, was the occasion of a lively tilt be¬ tween Judge Lofigley of the prosecu¬ counsel tion and Tom Watson, leading for the defense. Judge Longley told the jury that “When Watson asked for ten or fif¬ teen minutes’ time on Tuesday asthe state closed, that he might save the court soveral hours if allowed that time for consultation, you saw Cooper and his counsel go upstairs. It was up there where the defendant’s state¬ ment was arranged, and he was drilled as to what to say.” Watson sprang to his feet like a flash, dramatically exclaiming: “You’ve got no right to say that, and I ask the court, to stop you and re¬ buke you and order a mistrial. In point of fact, what you state is not the truth. ” Judge Longley retracted what he said, begged Colonel Watson’s pardon, and peace reigned again, but not for a great while. As Watson sat down he exclaimed: “Hang my client if you can legally, but not illegally.” In n very few minutes afterwards Judge Longley said: “Gentlemen of the jury, I want to say right here to you—and as for that matter, before these ladies, too—this kissing business has been going on for a long time, and it’s going to continue, and if people have to be killed for it, you had as well commence with Tom Watson.” MOltGAN’S CUBAN RESOLUTION. Senator S«ys No Agreement n» to Refer- ence lias lieen Reached. In the senate Wednesday the sugar investigation of 1894 was recalled by the introduction of a resolution by Mr. Allen reciting tho circumstances of the investigation. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, made a statement relalivo to his resolution on Cuba. Ho said the committee on for- eign relations, at a meeting during tho day, had considered the question of referring the resolution to the commit¬ tee and had not reached an agreement. A resolution by Mr. Butler, popu¬ list, of North Carolina, asking the pres¬ ident for information relative to the sale of the Union Pacific railroad, was presented and went over. The senate then took up the calendar and passed a number of bills. NEGRO GIRLS LYNCHED. They Wore Servant# In tho Unfortunate Kelley Household. As a sequel to the recent poisoning cases in tho Kelley family at Jeff, Ala., the bodies of Moilie Smith and Mandy Franks, negro girl servants in tho Kelley household, were found swing¬ ing by ropes from trees on the side of the road leading from Jeff, Ala., to Huntsville, Wednesday morning. The lynching was done at an early hour by a mob of about twenty men. The girls were suspected of poisoning the family of Joshua Kelley at Jeff'. Moilie Smith was arrested while making her way across the Tennessee line, and Mandy Trunks was captured at home. The latter is said to liai'8 made a confession. COAL COMBINE ANNOUNCED. N«w Company Will liny the Output of Jellic:o Mines. At the conclusion of the four days’ session of tho coal operators of the Jclieo district., at Jellico ; Wednesday, one of tho largest coal combines over known in Tennessee was announced. Tlie Southern Jellico Coal company, along with several other companies, go out of business and a new company with Russell A. Clapp, president, was organized. The purpose of tho Jellico Coal com- pany, limited, will be to lmy the en¬ tire output of all the mines in the Jel¬ lico district. Next week the miners and operators will hold a conference at which time a scale will be agreed upon for tho next year. MUMI'HREY HILLS TURNED DOWN Illinois Legislature Stops Gigantic Street Railway Steal. franchises The Humphrey bills, extending the of all street railways in Illi¬ nois fifty years, and vesting the con¬ trol of existing lines and new fran¬ chises in the boards of commissioners instead of the aldermen of the various cities, were killed in the Illinois legis¬ lature AVednesday. SUGAR MEN TO HE TRIED. Officers of Kcfning Company Refused To Answer Questions. President Hiivomeyor and Secretary Wearies,of the American Sugar Refining Company, will he tried at Washington on tho 17th of this month for refusing to answer questions put by the senate sugar trust investigating committee. Appointment of Yancott Confirmed. The senate in executive session Wed¬ nesday confirmed Cornelius A ancott to bo postmaster at New York. Forsyth a Major General. President McKinley has nominated Brigadier General James AY. Forsyth to be major general. MINERS KILLED BY GAS. Two Unfortunates are Found Dead at. Bot¬ tom of the Shaft- The bodies of Adam Snyder and Barney Rider were found at the bottom of tho Eincore mine on the Rnub farm near Oxford, N. J., early AVednesday morning. Tho men had been employ id by pros¬ pectors and went to work the evening before. At 10 o’clock p. m. they wero hoisted from the mine and after taking their lunch returned to their work. That was the last seen of them alive.
