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A HOBBOB JF THE SEA.
Men Who Lived On a Comrade's
Flesh Landed at Charleston.
ADRIFT ON A RAFT.
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Cannibalism and Raving Lunacy-Cast
Lots to Determine Who
Should Die. 1
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Charleston, S. C? Sept. 2.? 1
Shipwreck, cannibalism and raving
lunacy form the fabric of a harrowing
tale of the sea brought to Char**
leston to-day by Capt. Robert Mil- 1
burn, of the Rritish steamship Wood 1
ruff, bound here from Hamburg.
The story of terrible suffering was 1
v rendered all the more thrilling by (
the presence of two of the actors in
the terrible tragedy. They are 1
Maurice Anderson and Goodman
? ~t H.? t
Tnomasen, survivors m uic *;??-*?
Norwegian bark Decot, which sailed
from Pascagoula for Buenos Ayres
on August 3rd. The men were picked
up from a raft by the Woodruff
250 miles south of Charleston, on j1
last Thursday, 31st ult. They were
in a condition worse than death, and
?
they were but a little if any better
wheu brought up to the city on the ^
tow boat Waban this morning from
the quarantine station and sent to a ^
hospital.
Andersen is a raving maniac, with
but little chance of again being a
sane man while, Thomasen is so ^
weak and exhausted it will be a
r
marvel it he regains health.
Anderson is a Swede while Toma- ^
sen hails from Stevanger. Norway. ^
The Decot was wrecked in the West '
Indian hurricane off the Florida
a
straits August 11th. Nine members ^
, of her crew went down with her. ^
Eight others succeeded in gettingon
a raft formed by a part of the vessel's ^
deck. The following day the raft
was broken in two parts, two men re- .
- v maining on one portion of it and six
on the other. The German steam*
?^ ^ ~ ? m.a!../] i,*\ ana a f f ha
^ Snip V^clLUlilrt pii'ivru uI/IIV vi vuv ^
two seamen and carried him to
Baltimore. The only survivors of
* g'
the party of six are Andersen and.
Thomasen, who were brought here
to-day.
The six men lived four days on the
raft without water and with only w
such food as was supplied to them
* ^ by a small fislring line one of the
men had in his pocket. After endur- C
ing untold torture the fisherman lost w
bis mind and jumped into the sea, n;
carrying his fishing tackle with him. si
Hie five remaining men were then ^
left with neither food nor water. oJ
Two of them died and the other P1
^^-three, who had been greedily watch- K1
^^^^^g-them, sprang on their bodies as ss
soon as their fafling heads showed
that death had come, and hacked 01
away and ate pieces of their flesh pi
and drank their yet warm blood. w
Andersen and Thomasen both say la
these men died and there is every w
^ reason to believe them, for regarding ft
the other of the three men left they g>
tell even a more awful story. n]
They say that when only three of tt
the original six were left alive and nn
the drained and partly devoured ir
bodies of the others had been cast
away and had drifted off on the end- tl
* less, tossing waves, it was agreed tl
that one of the three should die to it
- give food and drink for the other a
W two. The three clinging to the raft rt
decided to cast lots. It was left to yi
chance and the two survivors say fe
^t after deliberate discussion a m
T- method was chosen which was sure te
to be fair. 1?
A big German sailor lost and sub- e:
mitted to the verdict of death with- ti
r /rout a murmur or struggle, holding
, ^up his throat to the knife with all a
f: sailor's carelessness .of death. The
^ ' Swede and Norwegian killed him,
^ they frankly Lay, drank his blood
and lived for two days on his flesh.' -
' ? ? ^" f/M- annthar C1
r i/ney weieunuj b-.-.
ble to determine which of the two a
should die and be eaten by the other. al
When the Woodruff sailed in sight h
of the raft Thomasen was amusing ?
?-? himself feeding the rotting frag- r(
ments of the dead German's flesh to
sharks that swarmed around the raft
and humped their ravenous noses A
against it. He and his comrade Cl
were both crazed and more dead
w than alive, they were taken on board a
the Woodruff and everything possible
to revive, them was done but a
even after two days of care and at- 11
tention they'were in a fearful plight P
when they reached here this morn- ^
ing. v
The two men told their story to
the seamen of the Woodruff. They v
^ are now in a condition of collapse 1
WU and both may die. Their attending ^
physicians will not allow them to 1
see anybody. If they live they will s
^ probably be tried for murder and an s
oI? and much disputed question of v
the law of the sea will he again ^
? brought up. Whether men in their a
f 4 position have the legal right to kill s
-i another man, even with his consent, j
has never been determined.
A Sure Test. t
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The schoolmaster put to his ciass me \
question: "Two jars of gas, one con- <
> f taining nitrogen and one carbon di- ]
? oxide, are given. How may the gases
btf discriminated ?"
One eager little pupil said: "Get a
man. and let him take a deep breath of
? both. When he gets the carbon dioxide, ?
he'll die. That's the way to telL "
iv. .
Bride Retains Her Name. j i
There was a curious marriage at To- I,
ledo a few days ago. The bride was
. Miss Lydia Kingsmill Commander, and ;
? the bridegroom the Rev. Herbert N.
Casson. By prenuptial agreement the '
f bride is to retain her own name?Mrs. i
Lydia K. Commander; Mr. Casson will
still be known as Mr. Casson. It is not
s * stated whether the future members of
f the family will be Cassons or Com-'
manders or half and half.?New York
? Tribune.
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DO NOT GIVE SATISFACTION.
South Carolina's Pension Laws Cause ol
Complaint.
Columbia, S. C., August 31.?The
South Carolina pension laws do not
seem to be giving satisfaction. Kieven
years ago the State legislature
decided to appropriate $o0,000 annually
for destitute confederate
veterans and needy widows of such
soldiers. The sum was soon found
to be inadequate and was increased
to $100,(X)0. which is considered a
liberal appropriation for cases where
it should be properly applied, .'iut
there is great complaint that people
ivho do not need pensions and are
lot entitled to them are receiving
the money, reducing the amount
i ' i- I * .? n>wl outfitter
TOlllg lO lilt? WUl kiitv uura anvi v v?vv??>d
)ut others altogether. The matter is
>eing agitated all over the State and
t is likely the next legislature will
levote some time to the construcion
of a satisfactory law.
A meeting of the chairmen of the
ownship pension boards in that secion,
held in Greenville, adopted
esolutions on this suDject. which,
ifter detailing the grievances of the
mnest claimants and the unsatisfacory
working of the present plan,
ays:
"Competent and conscientious
ownship boards are the best judges
>f the claimants in their near neigh>orhoods;
and the difficulty is to get
uch men willing to devote the neessary
time to inform themselves
f the law and to serve upon, these
oards for absolutely nothing. We
ecommend, therefore, that the
omptroller general be furnished by J
he country chairman of each couny
with the names and postoffice adress
of each township chairman
nd be required to mail to his adress
in ample time a summary of
tie pension laws of the State with
ecessary blanks; also that the meiners
of the township boards as well
s the county boards be sworn to
npartially conform to the law and
lat they receive $1 per day for not
xceeding two days for their serices."
The resolutions will be sent to the
overnor and to senators and repremtatives.
SUMTER FARMER'S VIEWS.
rhat He Thinks of the Recent Rains in
Texas.
To the Editor of The News and
ourier: Having seen so much
ritten about the cotton crop, and so
mch wild speculation as to the relit
of the recent rains in Texas and
leir beneficial effect upon the crop
f that State, and having had a
ractical experience of ten years in
rowing the plant, I will venture to
ly a few words on this subject.
As to the effect of the recent rains
i the cotton crop; every intelligent
lanter is aware of the fact that
hen cotton ceases to grow from
ick of moisture at least ten days
ill elapse, after the rain comes, be>re
the plant will commence to
row. After this new growth comlences
it will be one month before
le bloom appears, after which two
lonths will elapse before the openig
of the fully matured boll.
From ^liese facts it will be seen
iat it takes over three months for
le cotton to mature after the fa.llig
of seasonable rains. Now, how
in any reasonable man say that the
;cent rains in Texas will affect the
ield of the cotton now? It is perictly
absurd. As a rule the cotton
larket is influenced to a great ex>nt
by the estimates contained in
itters written by men who have no
cperimental knowledge of the nalre
and growth of the cotton plant.
J. E. Barxett.
Mayesville, August 29, 1899.
Mormons Cause Bloodshed.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sept.
?Wednesday night six Mormon
Iders were conducting a meeting in
school house at Pine Bluff, Stewrt
County. Tennessee, when the
uildingwas stormed by a mob of
ver one hundred men. Eggs and
>cks were thrown through the willows,
and the building almost enrely
demolished. Those present
ed to save their lives, as bullets
ommenced to strike the building
lick and fast. Miss May Harden,
popular young woman of the place,
11 1 u ttl/im'c nic^n
raih^u uetwccii int >,...v ..
nd Petty, with a view to checking
tie work of the mob. While the trio
assed down the road shots were
red from ambush, and the woman
,\as hit by a ball and almost instanty
killed. Her brothers said they
fould avenge the crime, and, after
he excitement died out, secured
loud hounds and placed them on the
rail of the assassins. Burton Vin011,
a prominent young farmer and
uperintendent of a Sunday-school,
vrote a confession stating he had
Li lied the girl, but that it was an
iccident and he wished to rid himelf
of remorse of conscience. Shorty
after the confession the bloodlounds
trailed to his home. Vinson
urned, picked up a knife and cut his
hroat, almost at the same instant
sending a bullet through iiis brain.
His family and the officer's posse
witnessed the suicide.
IIOW S THIS?
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There is a lar?e. if not a profitable
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the luck of the man who plays
i he races.
THE CARTER CASE.
' May Result In Prosecutions of Several
Firms and Individuals.
! Washington, I). C., Aug. 30.?
. The belief is strong; in certain official
circles that further developments
i may be expected in the Carter case
when Attorney General Griggs
makes his report upon the case to
the president. It would not be surprising
if, as the outcome of the attorney
general's investigation, prosecutions
should be commenced
against others besides Captain Carter,
who were connected with the
work.
A great deal of comment has been
occasion by the delay of the attorney
general in acting upon this case,
j comment which the attorney gener
al litis borne without complaint, it
is suggested that an explanation of
his position may be furnished when
steps are taken, on his recommendation,
to bring others to the bar of
justice.
It is intimated that one material
reason for delay in the case has been
the fact that the government is collecting
evidence, based on the record
of the Carter trial, for prosecutions
against several individuals or firms.
Separate Schools In New York.
In a case sent up from Jamaica,
New York, Justice Smith, of the
State supreme court, rendered recently
an important opinion. The
gist of the decision is that colored
pupils may be excluded from schools
where white children attend. Mrs.
Cisco, a wealthy colored woman,
who has been attempting for several
months to compel the board of education
of Queens borough to admit
her children into a school at Jamaica.
brought a suit for peremptory
writ of mandamus to compel the
school authorities of Queens to admit
her son, Jacob, into the school
attended by white children. Mrs.
Cisco admitted that Jamaica had a
school exclusively for colored children,
but maintained that she had a
right to send her son to any school
in the borough she chose. The case
was stubbornly contested and her
motion was denied without costs.
Justice Smith rendered an exhaustive
opinion, 6aying in part:
"The court of appeals decided that '
under the provisions of the common 1
school act of 1864, authorizing the
establishment of separate schools
for the education of the colored race, 1
~ ^ ft rr/\ nnrtfA ? Y*T hoil { r? '
um ttlHIIUUHCO 1IOTC niibi! iu
their opinion the interests of educa- '
tion will be promoted thereby, to establish
schools for the exclusive use '
of colored children, and when such 1
are established and provided with 1
equal facilities,- to exclude colored 1
children from schools provided for
white children. There is no claim 1
ttiat the statute was ever repealed. '
The claim that the statute was re- 1
pealed by implication cannot be 1
seriously entertained."
Whenever they push their way '
into northern communities in sufficient
numbers to become a factor in
the population, negroes always find !
themselves confronted on social 2
lines by the same race feeling that
exists in the south. Iu States where
they are so few as to attract little
attention they may be granted unusual
privileges, but as soon a6 the
grow in numbers sufficiently to be a
factor in the community they find
laws making provision for the sepa- ,
ration of the races in schools and ,
other public places. Under like ,
conditions race sentiment is alike |
in any latitude.?Augusta Chronicle.
Here are Some Big Melons.
Lake Park, Ga., July 27.?Your '
correspondent has been shown some (
watermelons which demonstrate beyond
a doubt that this is the home ,
of that luscious fruit and the wonderful
possibilities of this section of the
State. Mr. James Heirs, who lives ;
four miles south of this place, has
raised some monsters, as tfie following
shows. On a piece of land about
twenty yards square, among others
he has six melons, two of the smallest
weighing 100 pounds each. The
next four weigh respectively 108,110,
115 and 118-pounds. He has many
others on this same piece of land
which weigh from 75 to 100 pounds.
These melons are of the "Girardeau
Triumph" variety, and Mr. Heirs is
a contestant for the Girardeau prizes,
which amount to $200 for the four
largest of that variety. These melons
were raised on pine land which
has been cleared about four years.
a cow pen the first year and the
next year or two planted in sweet
| potatoes, and this year in melons.
INO commercial ieruuzer wasuaeu,
but a liberal supply of stable manure
was broadcasted over the ground.?
Valdosta Times.
A Tobacco Monopoly.
Washington, Aug. 10.?Minister
Buck has reported to the State department
that the Japanese Government
lias concluded arrangements
for the purchase of tobacco through
agents, and will obtain supplies
generally from the United States.
This result follows inquiries set on
foot after conferences between Secretary
Hay and some of the members
of the Virginia delegation, in Congress,
including Senator Martin and
Representative Swanson. The latter
were desirous of having the tobacco
interests protected against any discriminations
which might follow the
organization of a Government mo
nopolyof the tobacco business. Japan
has recently established this monopoly,
as a means of increasing her
revenues, and the American tobacco
1 interests have feared this might cut
off the trade thfey have heretofore
enjoyed with that country. But
Minister Buck's report seems to
, assure the continuance of the trade,
as the Government agents will pur>
chase supplies as heretofore in this
country.
COLONEL NEAL'S BOREEN
Two Mew Warrants Issued
Against Him.
CHARGES FRAUD AND THEFT.
Difficulty In Securing Bondsmen-Former
Friends Desert Him.
Columbia, S. C., Au^. 30 ?The
way people avoid a squeezed lemon
was shown to-day in the rase of Col^
1 Vool A vaq r Q<rn lip WMS tllfi
V uc. J "I-,
Mark Hannaof Soutli Carolina polities.
His power and his influence
were unlimited. He had the right
and left ear of Governor Ellerbe and
the administration. He was courted
and favored by all.
To-day he begged for bondsmen.
A year ago he would have gone on
any one's bond or note and been accepted.
The friends he might have
expected to go on his bond, failed.
He sent, and went, and for a long
time it looked as if he would have
to send home for bondsmen and
spend another night at the hotel
with a constable.
About dinner time W. B. Lowrance
and George A. Shields, with whom he
never had any political and likely
no business dealings, went on his
bond. The bond was fixed at $3,500
on three indictments.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 30.?When
Colonel Neal appeared before Magistrate
Smith this morning he was
confronted with two new warrants.
The warrant on which he was arrested
charged him with not turning
over to his successor $593 collected
for labor and not turned over to his
successor 40 days after retiring from
office. The new warrants wad as
follows:
State of SouUi Carolina, (
County of Kicmanu )
The State vs. Willian A. Neal.
[AFFIDAVIT.]
Personally appears before nieJ. M.
Smith, a magistrate for and in said
county and said State, G. Duncan '
Bellinger, attorney, general, who, on
oath, says that he is informed and
believes that on the first day of
December, 1895, in said State and
county, one William A. Neal was J
guilty of a breach of trust with
fraudulent intent in this:
That being then and there paid by
one J. S. Fowler the sum of five bun- :
dred dollars for the use and as on ac- (
count of the State of South Carolina, '
the same being the property of said
State, upon the'special trust and |
confidence that he, the same, should
safely keep, transfer and disburse
for the said State, as its public re- 1
ward and officer, he being then and
there the superintendent of the State
penitentiary, he did then and there
feloniously appropriate, convert and
divert the same to his own use, with 1
intent to defeat and defraud the said
State. 1
? j
Attv. Gen'l. (
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Sworn to before me tms
?9th day of August, 1899.
, [l. s.J
State of South Carolina 1
County of Richland (
The State versus William A. Neal.
[affidavit.]
Personally appeared before me J.
M. Smith, a magistrate for and in
*aid county and said State, G. Duncan
Bellinger, attorney general, who
dii oath says that he is informed and
believes that on the day of ,
1898, in said State and county, one
William A. Neal was guilty of embezzlement
in this: That then and
there, being superintendent of the
State penitentiary, he as such superintendent
did receive from one W.
F. Magill the sum of $40 for the use
of said penitentiary, the same being
public funds, and the property of the
State of South Carolina, and he being
then and there charged with the
safe keeping, transfer and disbursing
of the same, and did then and there <
feloniously convert, divert, and appropriate
said sum to his own use. ,
And further, the said William A.
Neal theu and there the sum of $40, ,
the property of the said State did
steal, take, and carry away.
G. Duncan Bellinger, ,
Attorney General S. C.
Sworn to before me this 29th day of
August, 1899. ,
J.M.Smith, [l. s.J
Magistrate.
Why She Blushed.
Of course she was indignant when
it dawned upon her that some one
was trying to flirt with her. Yet
there was no denying the fact that
the man behind her had kept steadily
after her ever since she had left
the street car.
"And he's old enough to be in better
business," she said to herself,
indignantly. "I'll cross the street
* 1 * - - ? l? ? *t? 1\ nf b A?I bn 4 o
JUSt lO Iliaitc out u niiDiuDi nc; id
really following.,'
She crossed the street, and so did
he. Then she turned onliim.
' Sir," she said, '-why do you persist
in following me?"
He started, as if disturbed in the
midst of some abstruse mental calculation,
and for a moment seemed
bewildered. Then he bowed courteously
and said:
"Madam, why do you persist in
preceding me?"
Two doors further on he turned in,
producing a latch key as he did so,
and showing in other ways that lie
had reached his destination. She
turned back and went round the
block rather than pass that house,
and her face was still red when she
reached home.?Chicago Post.
Frequently Protracted Constipation
causes Inflammation of the
Bowels. Kemedy?use Dr. M. A.
Simmons Liver Mediciue. For sale
by Hughson-Ligon Co.
WALTER WELLMAN EXPLORES.
Tells of his Journey In the Neighborhood
of the Pole-He Still Thinks the
Pole can be Reached by Way of Franz
Josef Land.
Hull, England, August 28.?
Walter Wellman, the leader of the
Wellman Polar expedition, who returned
to Tromso, Norway, August
17, after having successfully completed
explorations in Franz Joseph
Land, arrived here to-day. He
walks with the aid of crutches, his
right leg, which was seriously injured
by a fall into a snow-covered
crevasse while Mr. Wellman was
leading his party, still being useless.
The explorer was accompanied by
the American members of the expedition,
who are well.
In an interview with the representative
of the Associated Press Mr.
Wellman said: "The object of the
expedition was two-fold, to complete
exploration of Franz Josef Land, ot
which the North and Northeast parts
were practically unknown, and to
reach a high latitude, or even the
Pole itself.
The first object was successfully
accomplished. The second would
have been achieved, at least to a
greater extent than by previous explorers,
but for the accident to myself."
The provisions left for Prof.
Andree, the missing aeronaut, were
found by Mr. Wellman untouched.
After leaving letters about his own
expedition, and taking a collapsible
house with him, Mr. Wellman proceeded
due east to Cape Tegethoff,
and arrived there July 30, 1898.
There the party landed all the stores
and the steamer returned to Norway.
"We established our headquarters
in the little house brought from
Jackson's headquarters," continued
Mr. Wellman, "over which flew the
Stars and Stripes."
Mr. Weliman (lispaicneu ,uieui.
F. B. Baldwin, of the United States (
weather bureau, with an expedition
north, intending to follow In a few
clays. He was unable to proceed, ]
however, and Baldwin, after estab- '
lishing an outpost, named Fort Mc- J
Kinley, in latitude 81 decrees, left it
in charge of two volunteers, Ventzen i
and Bioervig and returned to Wellman's
headquarters.
Mr. Weliman, February 18, 1899, |
with three Norwegians, with sledges
and dogs, started north. Mr. Well- '
man, continuing, said: ''February
26, 1899. I arrived at Fort McKinley. i
Bjoervig, rifle in hand, stood at the I
mouth of the snow tunnel. He I
wrung my hand and, with tears in ,
his eyes, said: 'Poor Ventzen is i
dead.' 1
"Of course, you have buried him," "
[ said. ,
" 'No,' Bjoervig replied. 'He lies |
there,' pointing to the hut, '1 kept <
my promise.' J
"The two men had made a compact (
that in cuse of death of one the sur- 1
vivor should keep the body 4dll help s
:ame. In that little hut the quick
and the dead had slept side by side ,
through two months of Arctic dark- ]
ness. J
"Bjoervig said he had managed to
keep up his spirits hy reciting Ibsen's |
poetry. \
"The next day we gathered stones,
ind under these we buried our dead ;
comrade. A few fitting words wore ,
spoken as we stood around in 70 de- |
jrees of frost. t
"After a delay of ten days ^he '
party, including Bjoerving, pressed ,
north in sledges, and by March 20 |
reached 82 degrees east of Rudoff i
Island. '
"Then a seemingly trivial accident ,
turned the satisfactory advance into i
a precipitate retreat. While strug- 1
jling with the sledges, in rough ice,
my leg was bruised and sprained by '
falling into a snow-hidden crevasse, i
For two days I went on, and unless !
other circumstances had not nc#r- 1
red I should have pressed onward so ,
far that I would never have been ;
able to return alive. <
"For two or three days I stumbled
along until I fell. There was
nothing to do then but get on a <
sledge and be dragged by the men
and dogs to headquarters. Forced
marches by my devoted comrades
saved my life.
"The point at which we turned
back was 25 miles northwest of Freeden
Islands where Dr. Nansen landed
in 1895. North of these islands
we photographed three islands and
some large land, unseen either by
Payer or Nansen. We also found
? i . j i ~ : A.***
that layer s so-caueu uu?ciei uw?
not exist.
"I still believe it is possible to
reach the pole by Franz Josef Land.
But I cannot say if I shall make another
attempt."
Late Literary News.
"The Art of Buying Food for a
Family," by Mary Graham, is an
able paper in the September "Cosmopolitan"
on the very practical
subject of;purveying for a household.
The writer shows just where the
average housekeeper is wasteful, and
tells many things that will enable a
purveyor to supply her family with
variety in food at less cost than that
with which she now endeavors to
maintain a household with a too
frequent accompaniment of complaint
and criticism. This "Cosmopolitan"
seems to be a household
need, for it contains another article
in the same vein by Anna Leach on
the "Delightful Art of Cooking." It
is remarkable what a wealth of information
she crowds into a few
pages. One longs for meals prepared
and served as she suggests. She
promises endless variety, just as
cheaply too, when one learns to prevent
the wastefulness which is the
besetting sin of the American kitch
en.
No one ever heard of appendicitis
resulting from a diet of sour grapes.
The difference between love and
dyspepsia is merely a matter of
years.
A few temptations beset the industrious,
but all temptations assail
the idle.
MARK TWAIN ON THE JEWS.
Why the Germans and Other Continent-1 <
al Nations Persecute Them.
The Jew is not a disturber of the
peace of any country. Even his ;
enemies will concede that. lie is ,
not a loafer, he is not a sot, he is not .
noisy, he is not a brawler nor a
rioter, lie is not quarrelsome. In the 1
statistics of crime his presence is ]
conspicuously rare?in all countries. |
With murder and other crimes of .
violence he has but little to do; he is
a stranger to the hangman. In the (
police court's daily long roll of "as- ?j
saults" and "drunk and disorderlies'^ t
his name seldom appears. That the
Jewish home is a home in the truest 1
sense is a fact which no one will dis- I
pute. The family is knitted together 1
bv the strongest affections: its mem- .
* ' "n "" "" ? I
bers show each other every due res-?>|
pect; ami reverence for the elders is
an inviolate law of the house. The }
Jew is not a burden on the charities v
of the state nor the city; these could c
cease from their functions without
affecting hint. When he is well v
enough, he works; when he is in- a
capacitated, his own people take j
care of him. And not in a poor and j
stingy way, but with a fine and large
benevolence. His raceme entitled to P
be caUttrthe most benevolent of all n
the rmm* of men. A Jewish beggar t
is not impossible, perhaps; such?
thing may exist; but there are few
men that can say that they have seen a
that spectacle. The Jew has been p
staged in many uncomplimentary j,
form butsofaras I know no dramatist ,
has done him the injustice to stage 1
Jiimas a beggar. Whenever a Jew has 1|
real need to b<?, his people save him fl
from the necessity of doing it. The 0
charitable institutions of the Jews
are supported by Jewish money, and
amply. The Jews make no noise h
about it; it is done quietly; they do g
not nag and pester and harass us for u
contributions; they give us peace,
and set us an example?an example P
which we have not found oursftives P
able to follow. * 1<
In Berlin, a few years ago, I read j,
a speech which frankly urged the ex- .
pulsion of the Jews from Germany;
and the agitator's reason was as d
frank as his proposition. It was cj
this: That 85 per cent of the sue- jj
cessful Inwyens in Berlin were Jeww,
and that about the same percentage *
of the great and lucrative business w
of all sorts in Germany was in the pi
hands of the Jewish race! Isn't it y
an amazing confession? It was but
another way of saying that in a Cl
population of 18,000,000of whom only P'
500,000 were registered as Jews, 85- pi
per cent of the brains and honesty of j,,
the whole was lodged in the Jews. '
I must insist upon the honesty?it is 11
an essential of successful business, pj
t? ?.? 1 s\e
taken uy an^ large. \ji uuuiae, u c<
Joes not rule out rascals entirely, (r<
even aiming Christians, but it is a ?
^ood working rule, nevertheless. rc
The speaker's figures may have hi
been inexact, but the motive of per- <?c
secution stands out as clear as day. tj
The man claimed that in Berlnf
the banks, the newspapers, the
theatres, the great mercantile, ship- M
ping, mining, and manufacturing in- ta
terests, the big army and city con- p,
tracts, the tramways, and pretty { >,
much all other properties of high a
palue, and also the small businesses Qj
?were in the bauds of the Jews.
He said the Jews were pusAig the ^
Christians to the wall all along the jr
line; that it was all a Christian a,
could do to scrape together a living, ^
md that the Jew must be banished, m
and soon?there was no other way ^
if saving the Christian. Here in a,
Vienna, last autumn, an agitator '
said that all these disastrous details
were true of Austria-Hungary aUo;
md in fierce lamruage he demanded
the expulsion of the Jews. When
politicians come out without a blush |J(
and read the baby act ill this frank tIway,
uuttebuked, it is a very good in- t)|
Jicatio^Rhat they have a mar Hot
back of them, and know where to w
3sh for votes. al
Now, why was the race renamed? t0
[ have been told that in Prussia it
was given to using fictitious names, ge
cud often changing them, so as to (
beat the tax-gather, escape military
service, and so on; and that finally
the idea was hit upon of furnishing g[
all the inmates of a house with one gJ
and the same surname, and then ,
holding the house responsible right
along for those inmates, and account- t0
able for any disappearances that gj
might occur; it made the Jews keep
track of each other, for self-interest's
sake, and saved the government the
trouble.
Jf that explanation of how the
Jews of Prussia came to be renamed sp
is correct, if it is true that they flc- j '
titiously registered themselves to t|*
?ain certain advantages, it may t 1
possibly be true that in America f
they refrain from registering them- ?
selves as Jews to fend off the damaging
prejudices of the Christian ^
customer. I have no way of knowing
whether this notion is well jj
founded or not. There may be other
and better ways of explaining why gc
only that poor little 250,000 of our ^
Jews got into the cyclopedia. I ^
may, of course, be mistaken, but I pj
amply strongly of the opinion that
we have an immense Jewish population
in America.?Mark Twain, in t(
Harper's Magazine. tj
"Whisky is steady," says a late ^
market report. Perhaps it is, but ft
the man with several fingers of it
concealed under Jiis vest is apt to be j
otherwise. UJ
^
Nine times out of ten when a man d
gives what he calls a reason, it is a
only an excuse. tc
Fortune isn't the only thing that
knocks once at every man's door. 11
There is the collector, too. jA
Lazy people are criticised a great (),
deal, but they generally lead long
and happy lives. p
When a man wants a cigar, he <r
never wants it very had. T
More people die from head failure a
than from heart failure. F
Don't busy yourself with unimpor- j*'
taut thing.'. ?
The man who always looks before
lie leaps seldom leaps. ^
11 is easier to do right than it is to (.
get credit for it. u
A girl's idea of an eligible man is t<
one who wants to get married. d
e
A Snoring Premier. t<
During the recent all night sitting of e
the New South Wales legislative as- v
sembly at Sydney the premier, Mr. !!
Reid, spent a. large part of the night in s
slumber on the Opposition benches. The j
incident did not escape notice, as the n
rotund attitude of the sleepy premier <i
and his nasal performances compelled i
attention from all parts of the house, a
Eventually It was satirically demanded ^
why the leader of the government 1
should persist In remaining on the Opposition
side of the house. Mr. Barton 1
promptly and wittily defended his new
colleague by asking: "Why should he ^
not l?e there? Is he not now my sleep- e
lng partner?"?Sydney Telegraph. 1
MCLEAN'S PERSONALITY.
Characteristics of the Man Nominated
for Governor of Ohio.
Washington, Aug-. 81.?There is
?reat satisfaction in Washington
>vet* the success of John R. McLean
before the Ohio Democratic conven:ion.
Washington has been Mr.
McLean's home for fifteen years, and
je is identified with some of the
argest business enterprises of the
:ity. He is president of the local
>as company, a large stockholder in
he Capital Traction company, owns
>ne of the largest and best hotels
iere, and is classed as one of the
argest taxpayers of the city. He is
>robably the only public man who
las made a fortune out of a graveard.
Ten years ago lie bought, at a
ery low price, the old Holmead
emetery, in the fashion northwest
part of the town, and has since,
fter removing the dead and grad
ng and sodding the land, been sellng
it off in lots at several hundred
ier cent, profit. He is a popular
nan with all classes, for he is at all
imes approachable by everybody,
nd is quite as likely as not to make
rich man wait while he talks to a
nor negro laborer or washerwoman
11 quest of charity. He is^a liberal
iver and giver, has a large, old
ishioned mansion down town and a
ne country place out in the region
f Rock Creek.
Of late years Mr. McLean has had
is attention much occupied with
out, and last winter he took a new
lalady in the form of what was
ronounced paralysis of the diahragm.
While it costs him, donbt?ss,
not less than $100,000 a year for
is household and family expenses,
e says that his own living expenses
oes not exceed $50 a year, for he
in eat but three or four tilings, and
ves chiefly on mush and milk,
liich, being of Ohio birth, lie likes
ell. All his life he has been what
Dliticians call a "good mixer.''
k'hile a police reporter on the Cinnnati
Enquirer, he became very
iipular with the firemen and the
olice of that city. As a result he
as for 20 years? been an honorary
lember of the Cincinnati fire defu
tment. He owns the most unique
Election any faddist ever got to3ther
in the shape of a private
>gues' gallery, which the police
ive steadily for many years assisti
him to> collect. It is said to be
le largest collection of the kind
,vned by a private individual* Mr.
^ean is most domestic in his 1
ctoa nuri is the inseparable com
inion of his charming wife and ,
iglit young son. The lattei has
famously tjpidsome four-in-hand
r Shetlands, which he shares with
rery child in the block where the
cLeans live. Mr. McLean has an .
ii port ant collection of paintings,
id is a well read man in art and
terature. He keeps a sharp, busies
like eye or. the charities of
Washington and Cincinnati, and
inually gives many thousands
lietly for this purpose.
New Methods In Advertising.
Railway companies are adopting
iw and unique methods of adversing,
as is demonstrated by the
jblication in the Four Track Series '
the New York Central Road, of
hat is now becoming widely known
id somewhat famous. *kA message
i Garcia," by Elbert Hubbard, of
le Philtistine Magazine, which it lf
is a. peculiar and interesting i
jblication as relating to magazines
r the present day.
This article is attracting wideiread
attention, and has been an- .
vered by a writer in "The Mirror,"
lblfsfted at St. Louis, under date
June 15, 1899, entitled "A Message
i Hubbard," which gives the other
de of the American employe.
The Southern Railway, the leading
mthern sjTstem, spreading from <
Washington to the Mississippi River,
id gridironing the South, and the
lly line to "The Land of the Sky"
ction of western North Carolina, <
%h also issued a publication out of
le ordinary, in the shajie of an atactive
booklet entitled "A Night
1 Mount Mitchell," by Henry <
itchfleld West, one of the leading
litorial and political writers of the
Washington Post, a paper widely
id favorably known for the ability
splayed in its editorial and politiil
columns. This story is a de- >
iription of an ascension to the very
p of Mount Mitchell, which is the
ighest mountain peak east of the
\fnnntains, and 400 feet high-1
than Mount Washington, upon
hich has been erected a monument
? Professor Mitchell, aftgfcwhom '
le mountain is named.
The story is replete with interest,
ad thrilling in detailing a trip
hich may be taken by any traveler
>r health or pleasure, and reminds
ne of Talmage's description of
ookout Mountain, when he stood
pon its heights and delivered the 1
(Mowing oration, which is reprouced
for its graphic description of
location.famous in American his>ry:
"The carriage wound its way up,
p, up. Standing there on the tip>p
rock, I saw five States of the
fnion. Scenes stupendous and
verwhelming. One almost is disused
to take off his hat in the
resence of what seems to be the
rainiest prospect of this continent,
here is Missionary Ridge, the beach
gainst which the red billows of
'ederal and Confederate courage
urged and broke. There are the
lue mountains of North and South
Carolina. With strain of vision,
iiere is Kentucky, there is Virginia.
,t our feet, Chattanooga and
Ihickamauga, the pronunciation of
hich proper names will thrill ages
o couie with thoughts of valor and
esperation and agony. Looking
ach way, and any way, from the
up of that mountain, earthworks,
arthworks?the beautiful Tennessee
finding through the valley, curling
,nd coiling around, making letter
S" after letter "S," as if that letter
tood for shame, that brothers should
iave gone into massacio with each
ther, while Cod and nations looked
ill. 1 have stood on Mount Washngton.Jand
on the Sierra Nevadas,
md on the A'ps, hut I never saw so
ar as from the top of Lookout Mounain."
Copies of this booklnt and other
*.4.rni. ? I
nterestmg punncauons mi - mo
liand of the Sky" sect'on and "Look>ut
Mountain" may be obtained
rom Mr. W. A. Turk, General Paslenger
Agent, Southern Railway,
Washington, D. C."
WILL IT BE A MISTRIAL?
Impossible to Condemn Dreyfus, but the
Court May Stand Four to Three Against
the Prisoner.
Rexnes, September 2.?The Dreyfus
trial is nearly finished. If it had
been conducted according to American.^**
English rules of judicial proceil"u?trrw*???i^^die
prosecution
would have ociTi^md one sitting,
while the defence would have demanded
an acquittal without offering
a single witness, and the prisoner
would have left the Court completely
vindicated in the eyes of all
sane men. Instead of this there has
neen a lour weeks' exposure or the
rottenness of the whole military system
of France, together with the exploitation
of a dozen private scandals.
France, and presumably the world
at large, expects that the seven men
who have permitted, even caused,
this travesty of justice will evolve a
just and true verdict. The correspondent
of* the Sun cannot refrain
from suggesting that it, is expecting
too much. It is obvious, of course,
that the condemnation of Dreyfus is
morally impossible. . It would be unsafe,
however, to venture a statement
of what the decision of the
Court-martial will be. It is scarcely
believed that it will be unanimous
either way. Everybody in Bennes
is now speculating on the subject.
Many foreigners who are attendants
at the trial fear the most unsatisfactory
of all verdicts?four to three
against the prisoner, which would
carry acquittal, but would mean dismissal
from the army. This cowardly
compromise would deprive the
conspirators of the body of their victim,
but it would leave France in the
same distracting crisis which has so
long threatened her ruin.?New York
Sun.
? mm ~ * ;
Old Times.
There are no days like the good old
days?
The days when we were youthful;
When humankind were pure In n^fld
And speech and deeds were truthful;
Before a love for sordid gold .
Became man's rulit.g passion.
And before each dame and maid became
Slaves to the tyrant fashion.
There are no girls like the good old
girls?
Against the world I'd stake 'em! As
buxon and smart and clean of ,
heart
As the Lord knew how to make
'em!
They were rich in spirit and common
sense,
A piety all supporting
They could bake and brew, and had
taught school, too,
And they made the likeliest
courtin'.
There are no boys like the good old
boys?
When we were boys together;
When the grass was sweet to the
brown bare feet
Thai dimpled the laughing heather;
When pewee sung to the summer
dawn .
Of the bee inthe billowy clover,
Or down by the mill the whip-poorwill
Echoed his night song over.
There is no love like the old love?
The love that mother gave us;
Wp ?r? nlri nlrl mp?i vot uro nino
- "1 J
again
For that precious grace?God save
us!
So we dream and dream of the good
old times.
And our hearts grow tenderer,
fonder,
A.s those dear old dreams bring
soothing gleams
Of heaven away off yonder.
?Eugene Fikjld.
. The Old Tom Cat.
We have read a heap of gush about
the voices of the night
When the moon is flooding Earthland
with a sea of silver light,
When the stars are softly winking at
each other in the skies.
And the breezes gently whisper at*
mospheric lullabies.
There are voices of the night that
soothe a sleepy fellow's ear,
Blended in a tender chorus that is
mighty nice4o hear,
But there always comes another one
to knock their music flat?
That's the devilish soprano of the
old Tom cat! ?
"
When the toil of day is over and the
face begins to yawn
And the eyelids get to droopin' like
their energy was gone,
Then we pull ourselves together,
muster courage to unshuck,
And we think the bed the very soft-.*-; .
est snap we ever struck.
Pretty so<>n the vision-angel opens
up his nightly show,
And we watch the fair dream pictures
as they brightly come and go
Till there comes a squally veto ou
such ecstacy as that
In the fileep-destroying solo of the
old Tom cat.
In a voice he thinks is tender and a
dream of harmony
He will perch upon the woodshed
and call his sweet Marie,
And the two will get together and re
hearse their tale of love
In a way t'd scare an angel from ite
roosting place abbve!
Then a fellow's Christian spirit always
goes upon a strike,
And his words are wild as ever came
resounding down the pike
As he hurls his household treasures
out to interrupt the chat
Of that diabolic pussy and her old
Tom cat!
We are weary of the story of the
voices of the night
Told by dream afflicted poets when
they've nothing else to write.
For they pick the grains of sweetness
from the chaff of painful fact,
And omit the sounds by which our
ears are devilishly racked!
Why the dickens don't the scribblers
fire a volley now and then
At the nuisance that makes demons
of us meek and saintly men? Cease
to send their fancy pictures *
through the old poetic hat
And assault the nightly warbling of
the old Tom cat?
?Denver Evenin&r Post.
Results impress us more when#we are
ignorant of the process by which
they are attained.
A man may care but little for
social recognition, but he draws the
Hue at being cut by a barber. ^ .