The Gastonia
Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Trttnitt of the County.
VolTxXJ._ <n,.7^rr;gfsy,a;j_GASTONIA, N. O.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1900.
ARP AT BOMB AGAIN.
BUT he ehoooitebed some
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Home again end happy. Children
and gtaudehlldreu met mo at lb* depot
and escorted mo homo, where a boun
tiful rapper was awaiting, and I eaked
the same otd Morning that I bare been
asking for Ofiy yaort. only that It w«*
with unusual gratitude for 1 liar* been
In peril* of wind and water aud escaped
them. I wee weary with luug iravrl.
aud dow I eotikl «*« X »•", **•
banr »t midnight, reached Birming
ham nt daylight, only flv* mioulea ute
and bad Or* minute* l<» buy a ticket
for roil city, and Iram there I was lo
board the liaet and Weal for borne.
How happy I •*». But at a* I for lio
man hope* to vanlM. Into doepair.
There ware about m hundred Mg black,
greasy negro preaobnts atirsd nt Bin at
the ticket office Their Baptist two
vnotion had beeo broket, up sod they
were going home on the * .utlibound
Ualc, and li«d an haor lo <o wn» ■•lit
they woo id not let me advsDoe an Inch.
I hurried back lo tbe gatekeeper and
begged him lo let me la for my train
sea* waiting, and 1 pointed to tbe
crowd of negro* and told him It was
Imporaible for ine to get n ticket. He
raid be was sorry l>ul be bad bis order*.
I bulled back to make ouc mure effort
but a Mg square abouldertd preacher,
with a back as broad os a born door
had dropped a dime on tbe Hoar sod
bait a doaeu were down buiilleg for It.
I balled tbe ticket mau but he never
beard or heeded me. Preullc, X rushed
book to the iron ole*, and raw my
train slipping off like a soak* In lb*
gram, ana that official automaton would
not let me proa *' ’Gainst unJers,” be
■eld. Blacks ooe asyt lher* Is s reme
dy for every wroog, but there were no
railroad* In hi* day. or be wouldn't
bare written those lines. I had no
remedy end there Is oooe Whst could
I do T No train for Pell City for
twelve hours, snd none from Pell City
for my borne for twenty four hours, t
wk* so tired and so disappointed that 1
rat down to ruminate un my valise. I
was to week and lad and pitiful, for
there ik no disappointment so distress
log to me as being left by a train when
going borne. Just then a dr' enter,
Uod Wee* him I cam* up aud spoke lo
me and aalJ, -My frieod, I am pretty
inacb In the tame Ox you are, but we
con go by Chattanooga, lor tbe Ala
bama Qreat Southern It on hour late
tuts morning. It'i scheduled to leave
bent thirty minute* before we arrived,
but it bai not come yet, and we have
bait to hour to get our tickets. Those
preachers are nearly all out of the way
««»»•” . - -
1 ruw Ui/ I®WK» * mmwr uuw l» row,
and tbeo I would loaa only one hour In
getting borne. In my heart 1 revived
and Hie David wbitperad, “Blau the
JLord, O ruy aool.”
Wa got our ticket* and Id (ear huuit
ware la Chattanooga, where I telo
graphed my wife , “Bold tha fort; I'm
coming.” And so “All'a wall that
end* well." and no thank* to those
who managr that Iron-bound pen at
Blrmlnglvam.
But I found the oulert little narrow
gang* railroad iu Uiaainlppi that I
lute aeen In many year*. I dido't
know there waa on* left. It la called
tba Gulf and Chicago railroad, but they
began to build It In the middle many
year* ago and bollt slaty mllaa and
quit. You can ride all day on It fur
jp SO. It decant term to bays any
achodula and the folk* along tbahoaluit
wait for It aud aeam eon I ant. Thvy
aar, "Wefl, IU our road; It* all we’re
got, and they do ihv bast ilwy c»u.”
The owners era clever man and wait on
you half an hour If you telephone them.
They ara rary acccmenodatln*,e*pvctal
ly golag south, for they hare oo coa
nectiou to make l hoarded that train
at Bin* Mortmain it 4 p. m for Pon
totoc, where I waa lo leotara that
Dlgbtat7;90o’eloeic. It waaooly thirty
mllaa, bat we didn’t got there until 8:15
o’oloeh, »od my audience didn’t giro
_ .... _a_ l_ k.M t ft waa that.
road—their only road—aod they kooar
IU peculiar waja. Wa atuppcd when
within three mllea of town, aod after
half an boar ao I waked wbat waa ilie
■natter, and waa told that tha ateam
bad glean out. Bvfnre that tba train
■topped lo the wo'ida aomewhere aud
then began to back. I ventured to aak
what waa the matter aod waa told that
the brakewian had dropped bia cob pipe
aud they had guua beoh to look tur It.
hot It wa* a railroad aud I bad do
right to onmplain, for I remember
when there waa uut a railroad lo Uw
United State* When 1 waa Mveo
yearn old t eaaar from Button lo Quor
um over land in a carriage *uh iny
faiber>0'1 mother 1,900 mile* and nev
er created a railroad, for there wa. not
one lo ewoa; nod now there ere 198,000
mltea in'ib* united Slatee N». I am
happy on the way on ab| railroad, even
If ft to thirty mllea elmrt and four bourn
tong. It beat a Urn ••)<) etapo oo*oh a
too* war* I tried a boggy tern from
Malay to Blue Mount, oclr » el* mile
drive and Ilk* to hare got drowned I
got fundamentally and lirtreaelogly
wet. I fball wait far the narrow gaopa
nest Ue0* Ob that cyclone. I haeent
quit talHog aboot It T*. H»»t Boro
lag a Baa Who waP In It aud under It
and ou top of It aald ba went out to
ebot hie aolw up la Ui* atable, aod be
forn h* ooald *«» J»* ««£lne.’|^u
pinked feta up end turned bIB a Huron
and aoBeramlta, while fee waa turning
he beard bla aefee broytog In the alt
above him, "(lea Hem ao." Mid bn.
“that at* a fact. If I ever lold H', end
the thing Jovt tat a.* down to Jinny
Jooew pwuto paft* •» •“» *'1 *r0",n
lata her baby In li* credto."
That oBbi* at Blue Mcontain to a
marvel In m* I* •*•
2SSA&S&
V ”’'t
at flrit a blah school for tbe benellt ul
tba poor glrla Id tho neighborhood and
expanded lalo a college, Wlieu ha died
i lile tone aod aoaa In law took charge
and continued to expand, aad now
there are 300 gills theta; ova 200 of
llieoa art boarder* at $19 a month. The
otber* lies la ooltagta near by and
board themtslvoe at a ooat of about $3
a month, for they do their own work.
Large, handsome Wick building* have
bean built sod mure nr* being built.
Bountiful springs from Ihe mountain
■Ida furnish aboundaol pure water for
ewrythlcg. There I* a dairy farm near
by aud vegMabit gordtu* and cvery
tblng moves like deck work.
Trofesaor Lowrey le a mau of untir
ing energy and save that work Is his
beat recreation. He took me hu a ro
mantic drive to the top of Uie moun
tain aud the vllleu* graveyard, and
when we returned he called for biifour
little ctdldreu Including thv baby end
took them lo ndr. I liked that. It
do-a nut take me lung lo diagnose a
good husband and a kind father. There
waa no barber tu the Tillage and be
brought to me bis One l*wo mower
re* >r llutl cuet $3. end when be eaw
bow awkward end nervous 1 wss lie
■aid : "Oil. let os do that,” and be
mowed the gray stubble off la a min
ute. Ever bear of a collega president
doing that f 1 waa specially Interested
in a young maa. Bar neat Guyton, tbe
only laiy lo college. He Is (ota'.ly blind
but It gott'ng a 9r»l else* education
through his ears. Ua listen* eagerly
tn the recitations, keep* up with tbn
foremost and la now sludytug Latin.
HU mother or stater read* to biro every
night and tbe family are all proud of
him for he la not only bright menially,
hut cheerful and handsome, Ha told
toe that Mug blind never dlatrraced
him aod be wee happy ell tbe lime, for
everybody wee to good to him. How
kind Vrovldeoce It to the afflicted.
Those Mi**1aaippl wood* are full of
Georgian*, doom* of them to agot me
and with a natural and earnest pride
told me where Urey came from lo tbe
long ago. ur where their fathers came
from aod wbo they ware kin to. 1 waa
amused at ooe old man wbo said be
ua uie here from Cae* county before tb*
war. aod lie coked me where Bartow
conuty wee. He bad never beard that
the name of Cam waa changed lo Bar
tow Is honor of our General Bartow
wbo wa* killed at Manassas.
An unknown friend has sent me e
poetic gem called -‘Tbe Change In Far
mer Joe," by Sheldon 8toddard. I
wish that It coaid be reed by every bne
baod in the land, for It tells in beauti
fol aod pathetic verse bow Jue bed
long pursued tnonsr foi money's sake
aod gave bis loving, long suffering wife
few comforts aud none of tbe luxuries
or ornaments that brighten op a wo
man's boms. For years she bad from
time to time blnted that she would Ilka
a new carpet for her room, fnr the old
ooe bed been turned and patched aud
beaten antil it waa radrd ond thread
bare, aud tbe window shades were
woru out. But ba said no ha oooMut
awuiu iv auu m worsen early aoa isle
aud *•■ accumulating money. Tbe
poena tella how be left her one morning
and noticed a tear In her eye aa It
dropped down on her pale cheek, aud
be got to Ibloklug about it in tbe
oonifield, and that tear haunted Ida
and ha recalled the lung yeaia of tlieir
married life sad how pellaol aba uad
been with him and tbe little children
and nuraed him when sick aod watched
them by night and by day. Soddeuly
he came to himself and (topped bis
mule In the middle of the row aud hur
ried Iloine and bitched up the boggy
and went to town like he was going for
•ha doctor, lie bought a nice Cat pet
and mbs outlalus aud other eomforta
and druse home like Jehu and tumbled
them all at tbe front dour. “Here
Sally come here, blew your dear heart;
you abant cry any mote." Aud be
hurried back to tbe eornfteld. Weil 1
liked Ibat, aud 1 feel now Ilka gnlug to
town aud buying a new oarpet for my
wile. We men forget that a woman
baa to stay at borne all the lima She
lores ornaments for God mads liar so.
and If aha cant hare these things her
house Is nut a home, but a prison.
1 1 11 —w
nurmawMi *7 ■> lmom>u>7.
*ba -on VM, tbmfvan. M.
A locomotive helped lo the capture
of two thieve* to-day iwr DuoffaUin.
Whll* A. H Wier was absent from hi*
Itoufn Walter Campbell and Henry
Blair entered the piece and atele two
•ait* of clotbee and other *tug escaping
In the direction of Dougbton.
Engineer Cook, of the Lake Shore ft
Michigan Southern H«tlro*d, hoard of
the robbery and offered hi* looomotlve
u> the officer* to puriuc the thieve*
Wbao oa board to* engineer pullmi
open the throttle, and they were *o-m
•pinning aerna* the ooootry at a I op
no toll apeed. la a f*w minute* the
thieve* were nb**rv*d eroaalng a Held,
aod after a brief obaae they ware over
taken and taken to Jail.
h*<Wl«llH«wW.
Xo Dlaooeevy la medicine baa ever
0rented one quarter of Ike excitement
that baa been eaiinrd by Dr. Kina'*
New Discovery for Coniumptlou. It*
oevarmt irwu bar* bran on liopeleao
victims of OoMumptlon. L’oeuenocla,
Hemorrhage, Pituriey and Broneliltla,
ihoumnda of whom It has restor'd to
pevfret health. Pot Coegha, Cold*.
Asthma.Creep, Hay Paver, Hoarmoasa
nod Whooping Cough It l*th* quickest,
•urcst cure In Urn world. It I* void by
J. JL Curry ft Co. who fbaraoteo
utltfeot km or refund money. Large
bottle* 8O0 and ft 00. Trial bottle*
free.
A Aal'—a Pm*.
MNabory Truik Wm
By a mo«t deeparala effort • Caae
dlan to ft near tooewdrd the other day
iw making 113 mile* In 110 mtools'.
Thl» may be eonetdvrad qolta a fret far
Canada but to the Halt'd* mountain
i.rlgliborbood, on the W. X. C. dlvtaton
nt Um Soother*. It graarally Uk*a a
llula expert*ae* U» knap fram making
three lima* that epaad.
THE TURKISH SITUATION
Pacta About the Controversy
Over Dr. Norton.
TEE PKDT0T7LE THAT IS AT ISSUE.
OmmIh •< Ik. Hu to Whoa U.
Tsrklsli OtHrmaral llu Rttuif
*» Intutv aa Causal at Karat.
A Cairnr«d Mabr ul Rwailta.
bla Mafvlrt
Tha efforts of the United Status
government to loduce Turkey to lasno
an exequatur to Thomas li. Norton,
appointed consul at Karput, dative A
special Interest from tbo personality
of tbo appolauw, says a Washington
dispatch to tbo New York Poet. A
notion boa lurked lo the minds of
many newspaper readers who bars not
especially studied tbo Turkish situa
tion that vre hove been tip to our old
tricks of making a acmlbai borons
choice of a consul lo settle In a semi
barbarous country. As a manor of
tact. Ui* choice of Or. Norton seems to
have been as nearly Ideal aa the choice
of any consul lo the last rtoaen years,
and doubtless especial pains were tak
en to assure this appointment against
any criticism on Its personal sklo. so a*
to make nd the more obvious I be pur
pose of tbo Turkish government In re
fusing an exequatur, if it should do so.
Or. Norton la 40 years of age aod a
graduate of Hamilton college of the
class of 1H7B. After taking his bache
lor's degree lo the United Mates be
vest several years abroad aa a student
at Haidelberg and other continental
universities of high rank, devoting ee
poctal attention to bla favorite setenoe,
chemistry. He eppeats to have a rath
er remarkable gift for acquiring lan
guages, having** fluent css of most of
thone spoken In Pfnrops and of the
Turkish language also. For sou 17
years be was professor of chemistry at
Cincinnati university, spending mtu-h
of his leisure doting that period In
travel. He Is a scholar of gvuevous
cult are. as lik examination papers on
Ole at the state department, together
with an almost unparalleled mass of
testimonials from men of science and
letters, attest □* bee bsen lo Turlc*7
before at tonrlat and student, tusking
his last trip on foot for the purpose of
hotter acquainting lilmsclf with tbo
Ilf* of the people. He enjoys the per
sonal acquaintance and friendship of
several members of the Turkish offi
cial circle in Constantinople.' who, as
fur as hr la individually coDcorosd,
would be highly pleased to welcome
uiiu u«c* io u>eir country.
Jn spit* of all this the Torttlab gov- I
ernment has a principle, or, more piwp
orly. a poller, at stake, which It aa
suineti that It would sacrifice by con
senting to receive Dr. Norlon ns coo
sol at Karpnt. It Is not because lio la
Dv. Norton, bnt simply liecnnso bo Is
a consol of tbs United Bln tea. Tbo
treaty under which we locate our coo
aula In Turkey provides for the estab
lishment of consulates at points where
they con be useful to commerce. At
Karpnt, tl>a Turks Insist, tbo consol
would hare no commercial work to do.
Karput, or Harpoot. aa It Is also
written. Is of lotorest to the outside
world chiefly on account of tbo Chris
tian mission stations In Ilia neighbor
hood. Like other Inland points of this
sort, It 1s regarded by the Turks ns a
danger spot In their relations with the
outside world. They have tried to
confine foreign Intrusion to tbo coast
and to keep tbo Interior of tlielr coats
try for tlielr own people and tbelr own
religion; hence tbelr persistent re
fusal np tu tbc present Haiti to grant
aa exequatur la Dr. Norton. Unforto
nalely for tbelr eonalstency, they have
already yielded to external pressure
and permitted the British government
to establish a consulate at Karpnt, ao
that our government cannot be said
to be demanding any more privileges
than have already beeu granted to an
other country standing on no friendlier
a footing. It le within the province
of aay nation to object to the person
named ss consol or minister to serve
within Its own border, sod tbo other
nation concerned has no right to take
ombrage at aach n rejection per aa.
Havtug stripped this particular cate
of every possible pretext for the re
jection of the consul on persona!
grounds, even Including the ground of
cloae affiliation with tbc detested mta
ftooarfc*. Secretary Hay has ao far tha
upper hned In the struggle between
western pueb ami Tnrklsb obstinacy.
If tbc barriers are once broken down
at Kurpnt. (here will be nn reasonable
excuse «o Turkey's part for maintain
ing them anywhere else, and It tony be
possible to follow every setUetasm of
Americans Io Turkey wllb the official
machinery for the protection of tlielr
lives and proparty by tbelr boas# gov
aratneut.
fMalfaM rm lmkl«i nnnlM
•al Trvlb-tndu U>.
Mr. 8. W. MeDaffia. a bo loat bla
tnlea but waak from rxeeaalm olgaratta
a cooking (aa la morally brllamd), baa
l»*o doubly amiotad. Yaatarday hla
lafc arm Ml hrI plane at bla aide «*fl op
to ih* hour o« bit depart urn for Baida
villa laat night ha had not rrgainad tba
oaa of bla arm
Although Mr. MoDullle flora not ke
llavr It, Mgan>U«e bam uadoubtadlr
enoerd I hla great affliction to brfall
him. Mr. MeDaOte autrfl mbra aakrd
ynteeday by a Truth lode* reporter
Ibat bs amok ad on tba nraraga forty
eigaratraa aaeb dap.
Ml. MaDoCa lift laat light far
Rrldavltlr. whem hla family la vlaltlag.
bat will ga to tba Gargrld boapltal at
Waablagtoa. D. C , tor traat—at. to
night.
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.
Nicaragua Route Favored by
the Commission.
DDOI8IOIB OP TEE WATEBWAY.
Tm VMM WUI B* SiMlne to Balls
tkt CmiI HimiI tm Be Thirl r
Vrmt DMp mm4 Om« anlnl
MS riftr rmmt WUt-VsIM a talas
Chief UUMT.
Tbe isthmian cuanl commission be
lieves that “tha moat practical and
feasible root* for an Isthmian canal
nmler tbe control manngrmeot and
ownership of the United Btatae, la that
known aa tba Nicaragua mote" After
the commission returned to the United
Btatae It gave attention to the determi
nation of tbe proper d Idea atone for a
maritime canal under existing condi
tions. On thin point the report says:
"A depth of BS feet nl neon low wa
ter and a bottom width of 100 feat
were adopted ae standard dimension*
for a canal la excavation by each route.
This width la for straight sections.
On curves wltfa a radius of lens
than 12.000 feet It Is Increased sit the
rate of one foot for etch 200 feet re
daction of radios, the width thaa be
coming 1B0 feet on a carve of 04100
feet radius. In open channels, exca
vated within tbe shallow limits of har
bors or lakes, tbe bottom width la In
creased to 900 feet, la tbe Ban Juan
river to 2SO and la ike excavated por
tion of Lake Nicaragua to BOO feet.
In tbs artificial harbors of Colon, Urey
town and Brito It la made COO fast.
These dimensions are larger thaa those
proposed for any previous isthmian
canal schema. While they may seem
excessive today, the canal Is uot likely
to be opened within ten ysars, daring
which time tbe Increase la marine, di
mensions which bos been going os for
many years la Uksly to coatlaos.
“Tlia Isthmian canal, except In tha
two maritime sections, will be a fresh
water canal. Tbe draft or ocean startro
•rv le based on salt water weighing 04
pounds per cable foot. Bomo large
freight •teamen now draw 33 feet at
sea and would draw nearly 33 fret In
fresh water. If the heaviest class of
freight steamers la to nac the Isthmian
canal 35 feat la tbe least depth that
should be adopted. ' A width of 130
(set will allow all but tha very largest
ships to pies each other In lbs area
rated portions of tba canal. If two
such large ships meet, one will base
to take tbe bank white the other goes
■ oiuiiier snipe win pass ran) outer
sod larger slilpa wlthoot stopping.
"Tbe most difficult engineering work
Is connection with tbe Nicaragua cm*
nsl project," esys tbe commission, "is
tbs construction of a dam across the
Has Jnan river to bold back Ibe o siers
of tbe lake and enable its level to be
regelated. It la of great Importance
that tbla 0am should lie located above
tbe mouth of tbe Ban Csrtos rlTur, aa
tba Utter dJecbarffsa at times aa ranch
aa 100.000 cubic feet of water per sec
ond. carrying with II great quantities
of sand. Tlte Nicaragua canal com
mission mads saarcb for a dam sita
above tba mouth of tbe Ban Caries, In
what U called the Agua Huerta (dead
water). One was found at a place
about two in Bee above lira month of
tba Baa Carlos river. Tbe maximum
depth to bard rock It a boat 40 feat
below oea level, or about 100 feet be
low lew water to tbe river at tba alts,
which will make It necessary to eoa
struct tbe foundatloo of this part of
tbe dam by tbe pneumatic process.
The dam In the deepest part will (ban
bare a bright of about ISO feet. Aa
tbe pneumatic p roe cm Is an expenalre
and slew one at beat. tbU commlaaSea
baa made search for aa alternative
•Its a few mil** farther op the rivet,
where tbe topographical and surface
Indication# aeemed to offer faro ruble
results. One Ians been found which
gives promise or a mote satisfactory
and lass expensive solotloo of tbla
problem. ,
‘The time required to baUd tbe Nica
ragua canal binges almost entirely oe
the time required for (be eonstrucrioa
of Ik* Boca Baa Carlo* dam. After a
harbor baa been opened at Grey town
and a railroad constructed tbe way wilt
bo open to attack tbe work from a
gnat many points at tba min* time,
ao that If ample foods are then a rails
bl* tbe excavation of tbe prism of the
canal ought to bo completed la a com
paratively abort time If prosecuted
With vigor. Tbe cmutroctlaa of lb*
a*n. tower er, trill be a coatly and
tadira* operation. Right yearn would
peabaMy ba a reaeonnble eadamta (be
tba time of balMlag ibli dam. At
leaat two yearn will be conaumad la
preparatory w«rb aad In opening a bar
ber at Qreytowa, aa that If work aa
tba dam abeatd ba commenced Immedi
acy tbareafter tba tlma required foe
com plat tog tba entire work wonld ba
about ton yearn."
The eowmlaaloa nought, by aUUaUcal
laraaglgatloa. to determine the aioeont
of tonnage that wonld nee aa latbmlaa
canal, were It now la rileteaee, nad
faond that S,<30 TOT cargo town of tba
maritime commerce of ike Called
•tatea during (ha year i-odlng Jne 30.
tarn, could hare need tba canal to ad
caatago During tba calender year
UM the trad# at Barone wkb tba went
eon at of booth and Central America
aad Britlah Colombia amaaatad to
MMUTT cargo loan The earn of
tbeee two a manat* 0,771.130 cargo or
freight toua. doea Dot lariudi nay trade
between Europe gad tba oriaat, a part
of which would bare tend the Ameri
can cnaal had It been la eitoeaaa. Tba
ttara* maeoaetr. apply ts tba earn
—aa of fka goal earned oa aadar «•»
• —**■ - —■ -ee v -m
naimiwii ius iiwwiiq
“Aa compared with Europe. the UMt
•d ftttn will Jarir* from tbe eaaai far
■teeter baoefits U-l'j e>msr. areally aad
Industrially. The commerce at Europe
with tba Pacific ccut at North, Oak
tral aad South America, radar existing
eoadlUoea, la somewhat larger tbaa tha
total volume of tbe peasant Urn Be at
tba Dal tod Stairs that may be aok
rtdared tributary to tba eaaai bat this
tact does not indicate the ralaUra
adroatagoa wblcb tha eaaai win pea
aaaa tor the trade of Europe aad that
at the United States, ju soon as It haa
bees opened our trade wltb the west
const of Booth America win nipbUy
lactaaae, as will alau tin, volume of
•ur trade with the orient. Tha amount
of the Americas commerce through tha
canal wlM quickly surpass the total
Amount of Europe's traffic.
“Aa Isthmian canal will strengthen
the nutty of tbe natloual and political
Interests at tbe United States, develop
Its Pacific territory and promote dm
aeounerce aad Industries of tba entire
aouatry. Tbe benefit* wblcb Europe
will derive from the canal wlU be eon
martial. |u addition «j tbla, oure wtB
bo political aad Industrial. My briar*
tag tbe eastern aad western sections of
•or country tote closer relatione, by re
Inctog the time aad eoet of transport
tog our wasters product* to Europe
aad by eaabBag the eastern, southern
aad central states to reach tbe raw ma
terials and marteta of Pacific coun
tries cheaply and expeditiously the ca
nal will pi ore felly Identify political
aad social interest* snd quicken tbe In
dustrial activity of every section of the
United State*. The Iron ami steel, the
textiles and the otlu-r manufactures of
the eastern and southern state*, the
coal from tbe mlnlug regions, the cot
ton from tbe south end tbe grain and
forest products from many section*
will Bow out to foreign countries In aa
Increasing volume, end this larger
trade arill be »hared gen orally by the
ports of our eceboarile-thr Atlantic,
tbe gulf and the Pacific. Tbe reus)
wlU caune tbe competition of tbe Unit
oil States wltb Europe In tbe countries
of western Booth Amities and tbe
orient to be tuix-h knurr. wltb tbe re
sult that It* trade of our country win
Increase mure rnpk!!y (ban still that of
our rivals. Tin* rsnal will aid the
United State* in srrorlug aud main
taining n postllim Of [primary lo the
International trade of tlie world.’'
S*S*I*I services on m ltr*nb«t
Tho stramci' Jewel, which pile* be
tween Evansville, liul., anil Henderson.
Kj„ was Innu-d Into a cfanreb a few
days ago. mys the ludlhhapolls Kantl
aai. Tbe Rev. Mr. Klsnlnger. pastor
of the General Uoptlet cbnreh of
BrenavlUe. held religious services on
the boot, wblcb were largely attended.
This is probably tho first Instance on
record of a strainer bring converted
Into a church. Tbe pastor Is wall
pleased at tha success of at* meeting j
ths other day aad will charter tbs |
boat every Sunday to be used as a
pises of worship.
Ntw oymnabthTmachine.
rr».ro.r nrini w lUmti Iiklk
H,» bmlln, ik* lunulli,
Dr. D. A. Bar cent, director of Hat.
rard'a cymaailnai. at Uambrtdg*.
Uaw.. baa Invented a now gyinnoatlc
npparotu* which, ha doctor**, win n
paraede all gymnaatom macblae* j*•*
Tlotaaly In oae.
Tba Innomotor, aa Dr. Bergent call*
hi* oaw machine. rxcrctsc* *Tery taa*
el* to the body la racb * oat oral way
*• to a*ah* axerci*# a pl«a«nra. It
ftroa tb* banafldal rcsnlti of bicycling
and rowing and arold* their dofocta.
Dr. Sargent claim* that hi* naw ma
china Introduce* a naw prtoclpta Into
tb* art of proponing land or water
rabid** and of applying limnan power
*o a* to produce the grroteot amount
of work.
Tb* macktaa la a wholo gymnaalnm
to Itaetr. II c*oalat* of a pair of
iortra connect ad by roor adJnmbU
roda with a ilkllng oral ami a eliding
Coot r*»t. which are la lorn con Oae tad
by a power applying rod to a erwak
or goar or oprockat wheal. Tha tna
ehtaa ran b* adopted lo the propulsion
of a tricycle, a beat, a ocnlL n eaaoe o»
a *1 to pie gymoaatlc machine.
Tb* invention k the raaolt of tow
yoan of hard work oa Dr. Sargaat**
part. Aa eaklbMoo of model* was
gtroa tb* other craning to tba Urnra
way gymnasium.
LONDON'S SHELDON COPIER
Mwr. itwik hihn to R» u R»».
ropor r»r i Wook.
Tho editor of lb* l«odoo Bus, u
afternoon balfpeaay paper, win b«hd
o*er tb* rtHtarahlp of that joaraal
from Dec. IT to Dee. S3 to tb* Bor.
Jooepb rorbor. iMotor of tbo City Tem
pi*. who will otuoloi* tb* Be*. Hr.
BbeMoa. who for ■ time oeodocted tbo
Topoko Capital.
Ur. Parker will bare tb* eatl/o «t
roetloa tod control of tb* paper, myt
tb* Loaden cerrmtpewdeal of tb* Bow
York Boo. Il lo announced that bo will
ohow DrltUb Joarnallata aad tbo Brit
tob public bow, la Mo optaloo, a aowa
paper eboaM be ooadoeted la order to
effort tbo area toot food.
Mtikoo * Rim rt*a.
**1 w«» troabird for Ntml year*
•lib chronic indigestion aad rmubr
debDUy." •iltra t. i Groan, of Laa
e-ator N. R. "No remedy helped m*
oatll I b*f-n oetoi KMrta BMata,
•blab did me mat* rod Uma all tb*
•adtataea I wt Mod. They beta ako
kept my •W# in aaotHaat ha*Kb far
nai*. tb* myo ■aaute Bttiar* at*
)**b apftndld for fomala ttaabir** ibat
lbey ar* a ffraad toab aad tcrtanallf
far week, ran down •oeoea Vo other
•atiaimi oao tab* it* ptaaa la oat
fbmty.” Try I beak Oak Mk Bab
Mention guaranteed by J. a Cany
BOk
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
laferastfag Incident at tbe Opwi
fag of Cfcirnt
oavioi aid Hit nv omooAt.
outside cTtta1big wtS* MU^
writes tlw Waafctegtoti iiiiMi naitaiil
of tte Kmr York World. Then woe
failr two doom mb anted with ca»
ana manta* hitter aad thither to
catch views of statesmen. Back pho
tographer waa aeoao^ulod by a capi
tal golda. who pointed oat the latter
taut peraooagaa. Aa tte boar of M
approached aad tte abeam Ante tte
capital lacreaaad there were llghtetag
Uko changes of platoe aad ttaw la or-.
der aot to mloa a subject The ma
jor** of senatom ware w«Usg rkttma,
aad mew than owe waa otetrrad ta
atfalghtaw a hat aad adjust a eoat ta
w«oaaa for too aaap of tte shatter.
Sene tore Aldrich of Mhode lalaad.
Teller of Colorado and Fester of Wash
to the senate ana Is atm Tte brie
tamed pale aa they faced tte charging
camera expects. "Whefe tkia ferT
queried deader Aldrich paod oetared
ly. “I baren*t done a thing to warraad
tWo."
donator Thomas C. Hiatt camo an hi
a carriage, gad aa te alighted ha was
buttonholed and ladacad te step te a
hotter Ugbt. deaater Bdly Kim of
Illinote offered ao object loo and posed
with hia toad tecked tato his eaal
•water Mark Baaaa'a antral created
a Mg raah. bet a sign or disappoint
aient anas aa tte Ohio waa ordered
hla carriage te proceed te tbe doth en
trance. under the wola steps. The
Mlted appeal of half a doom wca sue
ocadod is bringing him Into tte spaa,
and ho waa caaghc te a nomber of at
Otadee. Only one senator openly ob
jected to tte plctaro taklag-BawtiM
of Utah.
rn«U Jo* Cannon hat a new ovor
coat and tbaraby bancs a IttUa tala.
•*T» tbe lira Tart Trtbooe's Wash
ing! ou representative. A few day*
M» tbe chairman *r appropriations Mt
hla business care* at Danville. Joor
aeyad to Chicago- and after a brief so
Jootn bvonlwt U>« train far Waablag
ton. U* crossed tbe Allecbcolca la
peace atul rvpuaa. rod* down aver the
foothills lato Hi* rich agricultural tac
tion of Maryland, and when be Beared
llockvllie allowed the obliging porter
to brush him up- for the tenaloatton of
his railroad trip waa at band. Be
gtancad Into the look lug glass on tbs
wall of the Pullman car with a Mt of
prtda for hla new salt of ctethos and
•book bimaalf vlgorooaty as tho por
ter put him lata a capacious overcoat
hhethwitb bo plunged tats tbe dasp
pocksts and began to lab up cough
drop* and ether strange articles. Da
•arrayed tbe aplendM Mack cberiat
with hardly lees amassment than ha
did the cough drape aad Informed tha
porter that ha had trawled Inside of
the wrong coat.
Tb* car was toned upside down In
■•arch of the mtostag garment. Mt It
waa nowhere to ho round, Moreover,
tha porter aald no gentleman bad left
the oar between BockrtBe aad Chi
na*. "Wall. I left Dan villa with a
rnaty last winter’s overcast, aad new
I have n garment of tha latest cut
which Its sae to a T. It to Strange. In
deed." said Mr. Canaan. "I moat have
swapped ’em eo mew bare la Chicago-"
Baron# to tbe knowledge that be baa
the better of tb* bargain. Mr. Cannon
wore tha coat out at tb* trato aad will
hasp ft with him till b# bean from Its
real owner in Chicago.
I one toon tto* other 4oy. ayt the Now
Tort Wortffi VuMifte rnrruynat
oat “TMa roots oreat la fiaou for
Its pumpkin pta,1* ho all, “tool,
tea pain pktn pte Whiter. wHh oar
lone boon wo shall want nm poaapfcte
pte" Ttoy had ww oysters aad sows
l fowl, aad tton tho au who looks Mho
Ltaoola taiwad to tho waiter, "Now.
thraa ptacoo of that Boo pompkla pte**
Tho waltor brooght throo plaoaa of
goMoa hood pte Ur. OaUma looted at
thorn la ocotaay. “That to
ate “It to
Walter, what* do yoo pat
Maa thta pte to aado
at" tho waiter rapUad,
ptawpkla pte ah. '
all ooi, a I
_ , _ if a
toconi vtoto •# Mow Toth Mate. “Tat.
Mr." te ante “that Mew Tort Mate la
aB right It te art Ube teaptea Mate.
Why. I warn au oror n. aad ay, da
1*4*1
Km * ■.
tafen. UttoCL'taT/iZHS.ch?
“ —**f *°oi bad for **ry Uttte. 1
do mot belter* that they eodd —«*«.
aad Bit* ligHkf cut of tb* oH
b»dt They probably 4* Dot —tt
Maad lm ratios, a ad. of «aDra*. Mr
luMa waaM bo worthloaa rrltbaot It
* abould bo rory glad to bar* thaaa
wttla la tbo Halted States aa tbay
rroold be *ood clUsoaa
"A aottlataoat of Iwn voatt dm
doobtodly i«e*l r* rrory ladoramot ta
oottte ta oortata aortteoo a> tbo oawatry.
tbay aooM bay laad aa Itaar tbma aay
ati. and by Mr Mtt aad Mat
tty aaoa icqnlr* HwaabU.*
UtteHMaaryitba)
late ft* «U a wd4 am M -
MAO*abate Mb.
0* Ha Mteteul **r Steal
bteSMIa
n* Mr akara Mte tradte ‘ £
Ik* aaa’aai ate. tea tor aal MM1
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