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area of the island ia only 3.6,0
Square milea, but it ha. been able
to pay an annual tax of $8 000,000
t 0 Spain. Almo.t every commod
ity th. .oil can produce is raised
ib the island. The climate of Por*
to Rico 1. very much superior to i
that of Cuba, and exc. ptionally I
fr«e from humidity. The distance
of Rorto Rico frcm Key West is
about 1,000 mile..
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The other day Col. Joseph E.
Stephens, a wealthy connoisseur of
paintings, stepped into a pawn
broker’s shop in New York’ and
was attracted by two picture.
* » which be bought for 116. Taking
I them to his office he called in .ome
I of his artist friend, who at once
|i decided that the larger, which le
| presents Lot and hi. daughters, is
I undoubtedly the wora of Rubens,
and that the smaller i. on. of the
best examples of Sydney Cooper’s
cattle piece.- They thought the
former sbou’d be worth $15,000
and the latter about $2,500.
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Some very remarkable claim,
are being made for the Mauser bul
let. Surgeons have reported, .o it
is said, that the bullet is really
aseptic; that is, it does not poison
the wound it makes, a. ordinary
bullets do. No septic inflammation
follows a wound from the Mauser,
hence no needless death, occur.
If the soldier hit i. not killed out
right, his chances of surviving the
1 hurt are excellent. If all of thi. i.
T correct, we shall have to revise cur
V opinion of the Spaniard, somewhat
and give them credit for conduo
■ sktiug a humane warfare.
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I I The Savannah News publishes
■lns bit of history: “Thirty-six
I flears ago Gen. Joseph Wheeler
I K»d the pleasure of capturing the
| ■.Hicer he is now serving under in
< ■Cuba. In March, 1862, William R.
| ■Shafter was a mejor in the Nine
■ teen th Michigan. He was with a
■ ■foraging expedition one day when
£ ■» body of Wheeler’s cavalry sur
■ I rounded and captured the whole
I ■ outfit. Shaftur was sent to Rich
fl I mood, and spent six weeks in Lib
■ | by prison. Nobody in the country
II has a higher opinion of ‘Little Joe*
| as a strategist and fighter than
■ I General Shafter. ”
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| At the bittie of New Hope
| church, between Atlanta and
■ I Cnicamauga, Gen. Walker sent
Major \\ in. H. Ross, who was on
his staff, to ascertain from Gen.
■I Wheeler, who occupied an advance
KI position, what was in his front.
He found the gen.ral on his
■ | horse, with one leg over the poua
m*l of the saddle. Saluting him,
Major Ross said.
‘Gen. Walker would like to
inak» a charge at this point and
Would like to know if the enemy
has a masked battery in front of
ui.”
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| * 1 don’t know. Major,” Gen.
| heeler replied, “but I can soon
I find out, ’and, swinging into po-
| sition in his saddle, he galloped
I U P to a slight eminence, accom*
I nied by Major Ross and his
’faff, and planted a guidon. A
uioment later a puff of smoke in
Lie distance, and ihe sputtering
I of a shell as it flew over them
showed what was ahead.
I turning to Major Ross, ths
I gHlloral •‘“d: “Jive Gen. Walker
I m y compliments, and say there
16 a masked battery in front of
I us.”
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I Major Rogg ventured the remark
| 1 *t was a rather risky way of
I unmasking * battery.
I .. shots always fly i
I l K • was the cool reply. “It’s
IIJOTIs COMMISSION
Between United States find
Canada
TOSKHLE 12 COUNTS,
First Meeting to be Held at
Quebec Aug 23.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 2
The state department has an
nounced that the first meeting
lof the joint high commission
I appointed by the United States
and Great Britian to consider
various matters of importance
between the United States and
Canada will hold its first meet
ing at Quebec on Aug. 23
It is to consider, in the main,
the following matters :
1. The questions in respect
to the fur seals in Bering Sea
and the waters of the north Pa
cific Ocean.
2. Provisions in respect to
the fisheries of Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts and in the waters of
the common frontier.
3. Provisions for the delinea
tion of and establishment of the
Alaska-Canadian boundary.
4. Provisions for the transit
of merchandise.
5. Provisions relating to the
transit of merchandise from one
country to be delievered at
points in the other beyond the
frontier.
6. The question of alien la
bor laws.
7 Mining rights of the citi
zens as subjects of each country
within the territory of the other.
8. Adjustment and conces
sions of certain duties unon the
basis of reciprocal equivalents,
9. A revision of the agreement
of 1817 respecting naval vessels
on the lakes .
10. Arrangements for the
more complete definition and
marking of any part of the fron
tier line where the same is now
so insufficiently defined and
marked as to be liable to dis
pute.
11. Provisions for the convey
ance for trial of or punishment
of persons in the lawful custody
of officers of one country through
the territory of the other.
12. —Reciprocity in wrecking
and salvage rights.
the shots that follow that are
dangerous. ”
“When I return and reported to
Gen. Walker,” said the major. “I
requested him to send some one
else the next time he wished bat
teries unmasked by Gen.wheeler.
—Macon Telegraph.
000
“I on’erstan’,” said the color
ed philospher, “dat some mens
consider it a high honor ter be
der fust mens kilt in de war.
Now, dat’s all right, ez fer ez it
goes ; but it goes too fur. Sup
posin’ I wuz de fust man kilt in
de war—whar would I be when
dey wuz celebratin’ me ? I tell
you, mv people, a live niggah in
a June wotermillion patch is
one thing, en a dead one wid a
governmen’ funeral is another.
De live niggah kin heah de hur
rahin’ en de dead one can t.
Dat’s all de is to it!”—Atlanta
Constitution.
TWENTY KNOTS
Will Be New Battle-Ship Speed
It Is Sato.
New York, Aug. 3.—Washings
'on dispatch says that Secretary
Long has decided to recall the ad*»
vertisment for bids for the new
battle-ship in order to provide for
r*2o knot ships instead of only 14
* knots. J
STATE POLITICS.
(continued from sth page.)
when there was never but one
stale ticket nominated.
“ I find by personal interviews
ond correspondence that the par
ty is thoroughly harmonious and
Col. Allen Candler and nom
inees on the statehouse ticket
will not only poll the full party
strength with a little work on
our part, but they will do a
great deal more. This year offers
us an opportunity to win back
thousands of good Georgians
who left the party in good faith
and who now are ready to re
turn.
“The campaign wfll be opened
very soon after the executive
committee meeting. Mr.
non expects to be here most of
the time after the campaign
starts.
Col. Candler was down yes
terday from Gainesville. He said
that he had a fine trip to Terrell
county last week. He will make
one speech this week and nex
week he goes to Lincolnton to
speak in Mr. Hogan’s home
county.
Below is the complete list of
the membership of the executive
committee as it stands:
Chairman—Hon. F. G. du-
Bignon, of Chatham.
Vice chairman —Hon. E. T.
Brown, of Clark.
Member, ex-officio, as Georgia
member national executive com
mittee—Hon. Clark Howell, of
Fulton.
Members from the state at
large appointed by the chair
man under resolution of the
state convention :
Hon. E. P. S. Denmark, of
Brooks.
Hon. R. W. Grubb, of Mcln
tosh.
Hon. W. B. Burnett, of
Clarke.
Hon Boykin Wright, of Rich
mond.
Hon. George P. Munro, of
Marion.
Hon. Porter King, of Fulton.
Hon. John S. Cleghorn, of
Chattooga.
Hon. John Triplett, of Thom
as.
Hon. J. Y. Alien, of Upson.
Hon. J. L. Wimberly, of
Twiggs.
Hon. W. A. Willingham, of
Habersham.;
Members of the committee
from different congressional dis
tritcs named by the state con
vention :
First district—J. A. Branham,
of Bullock; J. J. Reynolds, of
Burke.
Second district —R i c h a r d
Hobbs, of Dougherty; J. L.
Boj ton, of Calhoun.
Third district—J. A. Cobb, of
Sumpter; R. A. Wilson, of
Wilcox.
Fourth district—R. O. How
ard, of Muscogee; 11. W. Hill,
ot Merriwether.
Fifth district —J. N. Gold
smith, of Fulton; H. L. John
ston, of Campbell.
Sixth district—Seaton Grant
land, of Spalding, W. E. Lester,
of Jones.
Seventh district—V. T. San
ford, of Floyd; J. Z. Foster, of
Cobb.
Eighth district —P. M. Hawes
of Elbert; M. A. Pharr, of
Wilkes.
Ninth district—J. N. Holder,
of Jackson ; W. A. Cox, of Gil
mer,
Tenth district —T.E. Massen
gale, of Warren; Horace M.
Holden, of Taliaferro.
Eleventh district —E. B. Mil*
ler, of Dodge; J. G. Cranford,of
1 Lowndes.
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