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PAR-AMERICAN SCHEMES. The Pan-American Railway and Pan-American Bank. Mexico City, November 23.-Now that the Pan-American delegates have returned from their excursion they are . getting down to serious work. In addi? tion to the resolution adopted by the committee on banking and monetary exchange the Pan-American Railway committee, of which Senator Henry C. Davis is chairman, held an import? ant meeting this afternoon. Senator Davis presented a long and interest? ing report. While no definite action was taken by the committee, it is understood that the consensus of opinion of the committee is in favor of giving every possible encouragement to an inter-continental railroad. The practical action which in all prob? ability the committee will take will be, first, to create a commission with headquarters in Washington, in which all of the American nations are to be represented, and which will keep the project alive by preventing it from falling again into abeyance; second? ly, to empower Senator Davis to inter? est American capital in the project to the extent that may be necessary; thirdly, to secure a pledge from the interested Government of substantial aid to the project, either in the form of pecuniary subsidy or lands for colonization"; and fourthly, to pledge the more prosperous countries to aid the construction of a railroad through such of the American countries as might not be able, on account of the condition of their finances to do their share of work unaided. The committee on Pan-American banking and monetary exchange, of which Martin Garcia Meron, of the Argentine delegation, is chairman, at its session today approved the follow? ing resolution, which will be sub? mitted on Monday morning : "Resolved, That it is the opinion of the committee on banking and ex change of the second Pan-American Conference, that a large banking insti? tution, located in New York, devoted to the commercial interest of North, Central and South America, with agencies or correspondents in the prin? cipal cities of the different republics I of America, and doing business upon the same principle, charging the same rates pf interest and exchange and allowing the same credits would he of great commercial value and advantage and welcomed by the people of Cen? tral and South America, and we recommend that a bank of the charac? ter referred to be established in New York, and that it be encouraged by the people of Central and South Amer? ica." CHAMBERLAIN IN TROUBLE. Criticism of German Army An? gers the Kaiser. London, November 23.-Once more ?as Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial -scretary, proved his right and title to i be the most thoroughly hated British I statesman. The storm now raging in Germany over his animadversions on the Prussian army has had a powerful reflex in Great Britain, where, regard? less of party ties. Mr. Chamberlain has been severely criticised for useless? ly "putting his foot into it." On ail sides can be heard irritated expressions of opinion by English business men and politicians, who, while they perhaps believe Mr. Chamberlain was corrcet in what he said, denounce the uttering of such sentiments. It is recalled that Mr. Chamberlain's utter? ances regarding the Czar and the Anglo-American-German alliance have been the causes of the only serious outbreaks of Anti-British feeling on the Continent in recent times. It is no exaggeration to say that the financial world of England would be blighted to see Mr. Chamberlain muzzled when intending to speak on England's foreign relations. As might be expected Mr. Chamber? lain himself takes the whole affair with his usnal cynical indifference. He is staying quietly at Birmingham and is not exhibiting any particular interest in the storm which be has raised. At the colonial office a representa? tive of the Associated Press was in? formed that Mr. Chamberlain does not desire to enter irto any con? troversy and stands by what he said. If the German papers continue to mis? represent him (this is Mr. Chamber? lain's point of view) why it cannot be helped. As at the other Government depart? ments, the belief exists at the colonial office that the whole agitation will die a natural death and that everything will come out all right. There is no doubt, however, that by this latest break Mr. Chamberlain has seriously, perhaps irreparably, damaged his reputation with the bet? ter classes in England. HARVARD'S GREAT VICTORY. 22 to Nothing the Score-Immense Crowd Witnessed the Game. Cambridge, Mass, November 23. Vengeance never sweeter and victory never more decisive came to Harvard this afternoon when her eleven defeat? ed Yale 22 to nothing. Three touch? downs, two of which were converted into goals, and a goal from field, of a brilliant execution, were Harvard's portion. For Yale there was nothing but a whitewash. The Harvard men required about five minutes in which to start their superb football ma? chinery. After that Yale was never in the playing. In scrimmage tactics, ? line plunging, punting and drop kick? ing the Yale men were completely out? classed. The Harvard players gave also a demonstration of uniform play that was remarkable, and as a result the colors of the crimson waved in joy during the greater portion of the two hours occupied by the contest. Thirty-six thousand spectators, a greater number than ever before gathered at a foot ball game, watched the battle from the mammoth stands. Three-quarters of the enormous crowd cheered Harvard, while 9,000 sym? pathizers tried to encourage the over? whelmed wearers of the blue. i- mt a> With the exceptions of the first two "world's fairs held at Paris, all other like expositions have been financial failures, it is said. WHITE O?MP VICTIMS. Dead Bodies of Rescuing Party Dis covered With Arms Clasped Around Each Other. Bluefield, W. Va., Nov. 24.-The dead bodies of the lost party of eight well konwn mining men who entered West mine of the Pocahontas Collier? ies company on Friday morning last at ll o'clock, were recovered at 12.45 o'clock today. At 7 o'clock this morning a rescuing party numbering forty persons went in the main en? trance, bratticing the mine as they en? tered, in order to improve the circula? tion of the air. They had reached a distance of 3,500 feet from the en? trance when they encountered such quanties of white damp that it was impossible to proceed further. Re? tracing their steps .they decided to make another attempt froin the Tng river entrance, some six miles across the Flat Top mountain. They went in this entrance about 10.30 o'clock and after going a distance of some 600 feet found the dead bodies of A. S. Hurst, chief inspector; Bob Odham, sub-inspector, and Frasier G. Bell, mining enigneer, ail huddled togeth? er. From their positions they must have met death suddenly and without dain. All of them were lying face down, with no signs of a struggle. Hurst had made a<pillow of his coat on which his head rested. The bodies of the other five members of the party, Superintendent of Mines "Walter O'Malley, Joseph Cardwell, superin? tendent "of the Shamokin and Coke company; R. E. St. Clair, second as? sistant inspector; State Mine Inspec? tor Preece and Maurice St. Clair, sub inspector, were found several hundred feet back in the mine, three of the bodies lying some little distance apart. Bob St. Clair and Joseph Cardwell were lying with arms clasped around each other, cold in death. The bodies of O'Malley, Maurice St. Clair and Preece were discolored and bruised about the face, showing signs of a struggle, it being very plain they made a desperate effort at retracing their steps to better air, but already had advanced too far into the deadly white damp to escape alive. UNITED STATESliKES CHARGE. The Isthmus is Now Controlled by Dur Government. Washington, Nov. 25.-It is pretty well understood here that there is to be no bombardment of Colon by either side. While Commander McCrea was given wide discretionary power and nothing was said to him about stop? ping the bombardment directly, never? theless the State department establish? ed a precedent in these matters last year when it instructed Mr. Gudger to warn some insuregnts at Panama that they would not be allowed to bombard that port. If the government troops on the Pinz?n should persist in their purpose it is said that the command? ers of the various warships at Colon would require that ample time be allowed for the withdrawal from the town of all foreigners and the attack? ing force, to escape restraint, would be obliged to direct their bombard? ment with such rare precision as to destroy the insurgent defenses with? out harming the railroad property, and even without endangering the passage of trains, conditions probably not to be met. The secretary of the navy today call? ed Capt. Perry of the Iowa to assume full command of all the United States naval forces on both sides of the isthmus, in order to assure harmon? ious operations. Consul Gudger's last dispatch which came at 1 o'clock was about as follows : 4*Our troops have arrived at Mata? ch?n, one-half of the way across the isthmus. . No obstructions and Colom? bian government seemed to be victor? ious over the insurgents." Colon, Colombia, Nov. 25.-Transit across the isthmus has been stopped. Marines from the United States battleship Iowa at Panama have been landed to protect the railroad and are now on the line where the fighting is going on. Washington, Nov. 25.-Mr. Herra, in charge d'affaires of the Colombian legation, today received the following cablegram : Panama, Nov. 25. Colombian Minister, Washington. Rebel army completely defeated at Culebra and Empradcr. Governor marched last night upon Colon. Traffic interrupted yesterday, but will be reestablished today. Arjona, Acting Governor. Washington, Nov. 2r>.-The State de? partment has received a confirmation of the reported defeat of the Liberal troops by the Colombian government j troops. This came in a cablegram I from Consul General Gudger, at ? Panama, this afternoon, in which he says that the railroad is now unob? structed and that the government forces have been victorious over the revolutionists. He further reports that the blue jackets from the*Machias have gone inland and now occupy a point midway of the isthmus. GROVER CLEVELAND SICK. Princeton, X. J., Nov. 24.- Thc con- j ditien of ex-President Cleveland, who ! is suffering with a cold, is very much j improved. Dr. WikofT, Iiis physician, gave out i the following statement for publica? tion tonight : "Mr. Cleveland is getting along very ! nicely, and to all appearances is entirely out of danger. He passed a restful night and has had a very com? fortable day." Mrs. Cleveland made the following statement to the Associated Press cor? respondent tonight: "Mr. Cleveland is very much im? proved and we are encouraged to be? lieve that he will be fully recovered within a few days. Ile is still in bed but is resting quietly. At times he is ! somewhat distressed with a cough, j caused by the breaking up of the cold." Themost intimate friends of the j family have expressed their confidence that Mr Cleveland will be well again I in a few days. MRS. BOWNE ON TRIAL. Alleged Murderer of James Ayres at Kenmore Hotel. Washington, Nov. 25.-The trial of Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine for th? murder of James Seymour Ayers at the Ken? more hotel last May began in real earnest today. The preliminary de? tails as to the finding of the body, the location of the furniture, blood stains, etc., were all in with the conclusion of the testimony of J. F. Drew, the capitol policeman, who was on the stand when the court adjourned last Friday. Baker, the man who saw Mrs. Bonine descend the fire escape, Hopkins, who roomed over Ayres and raised the first cry. Miss Woolums, who roomed tinder Ayres, and Miss Lawless and Miss Minas, who roomed on either side of him, testified today. The two latter were regarded as star witnesses, but they testified to no facts not developed at the inquest. Drew testified that there was room enough behind the door of Ayres' room for a man to have been there while the door was opened to admit another preson, a contention which the prosecution deny, and also that there were empty cartridges in the slop jar in Ayres room before the pistol with which the shooting .was done was emptied by Officer Brady after the tragedy. This would tend to establish the theory of the defense that the pistol belonged to Ayres. Mrs. Bonine throughout the trial today, when witnesses described the cries, groans and throat gurgling of the dying man, remained unmoved. J. Frank Drew, the capitol police? man, who was on the stand last Fri? day when the court adjourned, resum? ed his testimony. He swore that he had several times seen the defendant come out of Ayres' room. The last I occasion was about a week before the j tragedy. It was at night, about 9 o'clock. On cress examination he j testified that there was space enough behind the door for a person to have stood there while the door was opened to admit another person, also that there were empty cartridge shells in the slop jar upon his first visit to the room, which was before Officer Brady broke the pistol and took the shells out. He testified that he had seen Mrs. Bonine come out of the rooms of others in the hotel, among them those of several single men, and her demeanor was in no wise different from that when he saw her emerge from Ayres' room. Thomas M. Baker, an employe of the fish commission, who resided in the buildingr adjoining the Kenmore, was then called and testified that on the night of the tragedy he was awakened by the reports of pistol shots. He jumped out of bed, went to the window and heard a voice from above inquiring what was wrong below. He replied that he had heard pistol shots. Then, while standing at his window, he saw a figure on the fire escape just outside of Ayres' win? dow. The figure walked the length of the fire escape in his direction and then descended two flights to the floor of the veranda, where it disappeared into a window* It was the figure of a small woman, clad in dark, tight fitting clothing. The woman wore no hat and as he did not hear the fall of her footsteps he judged that she was j in her stocking feet. He described the manner of her descent, which he said was very deliberate and without emo? tion. He did not know the defendant at tho time of the tragedy, but saw her about 1 o'clock the afternoon of that day. She was at that time being questioned by Detective Horn. She was smiling and he heard her say she knew nothing about the cause of Ayres' death. Robert P. Hopkin?, a clerk in the war department, heard three load reports and looking out saw something which looked like a skull lying on the fire escape just out? side the window of Ayres' room. JUDGE HALL ENFORCES ORDER. Baoked by Soldiers He Moves Strik? ing Miners-Captured Men in Jai!. Madison vi lie. Ky., Nov. 24.-The camp of the striking union miners a quarter cf a mile from Nortonville, in the southeast part of the county, was marched upon today by County Judge Hall, Sheriff J. H. Hankins and two deputies, ?fdjt. Gen. Murray and his aides, Capts. Ellis and Gordon, and two companies of the State guard, the Mad ison vi lie company commanded by Capt. Powers, and the Hopkinsville company, under Capt'. Strang. Of the 200 men that had been in camp, defying the order of County Judge Hall to move, only 25 remained when the officers and the militia de? scended upon their stronghold. Most of these were taken prisoner, though a few escaped. Four large tents and all the camp paraphernalia, except the arms and ammunition which had been removed before the officers appeared, were con? fiscated and were loaded on a freight car brought a lon sr for the purpose and brought to Madison ville. The captured strikers aro now in jail here, charged with a breach of the peace. unlawfully assembling and banding together, thereby making the camp a menace to the public peace." The move against the camp followed j the refusal of the striking union j miners io break camp after an order j commanding them to do so had been issued by County Judge [?all, who ? commanded that the union camp at j Nortonville be disbanded by daybreak ? Saturday anti that the campers assem- j ble no more in the county. Judge Hall issued the disbanding order after receiving sworn statements ? from mere than J?>0 reliable men ; residing in the southern portion of j bis county, whoswore that armed men i went forth from these camps and were ; responsible for th.?' nightly attacks on the mines and property and homes of those who were peaceable, law-abiding and hard-working citizens and that ' the union camp is an unlawful assem bly of men banded together for tho ' purpose of destroying property and intimidating men who persist in work '. ing independent of the United Mine Workers of America, who have had ? representatives of their organization j in Hopkins county for more than a year trying to persuade and force the miners employed in the mines to join their organizations. WATTTS CASE SETTLED. An Order Will be Asked for-The Judgment to be Paid. Columbia, Nov. 26.-A settlement of the celebrated Watts case has been agreed upon, and today Mr. W. H. Lyles will in the supreme court move to have the case remanded to the circuit court in order that judgment may be marked satisfied. This is a case which excited much feeing at the time it was in transit from court to court. George W. Watts, a young white man, alleged that he fell into a deep cut on the Seaboard's line in this city. He was found at the foot of the cut in a pretty bad condition. There was some difference in the evi? dence of the physicians, some claim? ing that his back was hurt by the fall, others declaring that he had "Potts' disease" of the spine, an incurable malady. However, the jurv gave a verdict for ST, 500 out of the 820,000 sued for. The suit was brought against the South Bound Railroad company. The question of fact having in this way been settled by the jury, Watts' attorneys, Messrs. G. Duncan Bellin? ger, Jno. P. Thomas, Jr., and P. H. Nelson, endeavored to collect the judg? ment. Failing to do so, they evi? denced an intention to levy on the property of the South Bound Railroad company, but found that that com? pany had no property. Therefore Watts' attorneys moved for a receiver to be appointed for the South Bound, asfit was insolvent. They also prayed for order restraining the South Bound's interests from being taken up by foreign corporations. The matter was heard by Judge Gage who appoint? ed Mr. Wm. D. Melton receiver for the South Bound railroad. Mr. Lyles then appeared before Chief jus? tice Mciver and had Judge Gage's order stayed until the whole matter of receivership could be brought before --the supreme court. Judge Mciver granted the stay, and the matter has been in statu quo until a few days ago when the judg? ment was bought by Mr. W. G. Childs. Mr. Lyles decided to discon? tinue the fight against the judgment, and he asked Judge Watts to let the matter be settled and the judgment marked satisfied. The latter suggest? ed that as the case is in the supreme court, that tribunal must remand it to the circuit court before it can be ! recorded as paid. There is still some little disagreeing as to costs, etc., but the whole business will be wound up today. This practically settles the policy of j the Seaboard in regard to paying | judgments found against the South ; Bound, which is that part of the Sea- i board from Camden, S. C., to a point ' on the Georgia State line near Savan- j nah. The Day of the Automobile. In an automobile race over the j Coney Island boulevard last Saturday j three of the chauffeurs made a mile in ! less than a minute. Henri Fournier, j the French professional, rode the mile ! in 51 4-5 seconds : and two amateurs j made the same distance in 54 2-5 and I 56 2-5 seconds, respectively. These i feats were performed in racing, of ? course, but their demonstration of I what can be done with these machines j is so complete that their future seems I assured. The use of automobiles would j work a revolution in city streets by ' banishing the horses, which not only ' take up a great deal of much-needed j space, but keep the streets unclean \ in spite of regiments of sweepers. The ; day of the horseless vehicle is evident- j ly coming, and with it there will be all sorts of economies and conveniences ; aside from saving the feeding and the ! care of the horses that now furnish so : much of every-day motor power. ' When the automobile is produced at I the same reduction of cost as the sew- ? ing machine and the bicycle have i shown, they will come into general '? use, even if they should cease to be j playthings for the rich, though that is ? scarcely likely. It will be another1 step in the progress of the world that puts the luxuries of one age among ? the necessaries and every-day con- j veniences of the next. May it come ? speedily. DUfiL MURDER. Robert Williams Shoots His Wife and Kills His Father-in-Law. Marietta, O., Nov. 25.-A dual mur? der under most distressing circum? stances took place near here yesterday. Three miles north of Beverley, this county, near the little postoffice of Hackney, Robert Wilkin, a prosperous farmer lived with his wife and child. All day Sunday Wilkin remained around home and much of the time was put in drinking hard cider. By evening he was ready for any kind of trouble. His little son came into the house and was seized by the drunken man, who beat him terribly j w:th a board. The wife and mother : protested at such treatment and Wilkin ' threatened to kill her if she did not go away and keep quiet. With a rush the mother caught her little one in her arms and started for the home of her father. Jacob Stokes, who lived but a short distance down the road. Wilkin caught up a gun and followed the flee- , ing woman, shooting after her as she ran. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes heard the noise and came out to the front porch to see what the trouble was. Wilkin saw them, and pointing the gun at them fired. The charge struck Mr. Stokes in the side of the head and lie staggered to the side of the porch. Mrs. Stokes was shot in the face and her nose and ears wen? shot off. Stokes managed to stagger through the doer, close and lock it. Wilkin then shot the lock off and rushed into the house, screaming like a mad man. lie was met by an IS year old son of Stokes, ami aimed Iiis gun at the lad with murderous intent. Young Stokes secured a gun and (ired the charge into Wilkin's head, blowing out his brains, killing him instantly. When the man lay dead on the Moor young Stokes came to town and told, of the tragedy, offering to give himself up. Kescuers went to the house and the injured were cared for. Young Stokes is being applauded for Ins act and has not been arrested. The elder Mr. Stokes will die before morning and Mrs. Stokes is dangerously ill from the result of the shock. The Stokes family is very promnent and wealthy. Dickens and His Titles. Charles Dickens had great difficulty in choosing titles for his various pub? lications, says The Golden Penny. The following is a list of no fewer than 14 suggestions given by the author to his adviser, Foster, for the title of one book, out of which, need hardly be add? ed. No. C was chosen: 1. According to Crocker. 2. Prove lt. .. 3. Stubborn Things. -SrJ? 4. Mr. Grandgrind's Facts. 5. The Grindstone. . r'.^?> G. Hard Times. ' ?5* 7. Two and Two Are Fonr. 8. Something Tangible. 9. Our Hard Headed Friend. i& 10. Rust and Dust IL Simple Arithmetic. T 12. A Matter of Calculation. 13. A Mere Matter of Figures. ! 14. The Grandgrind Philosophy. Sure of a Visit. As a rule, said a prison warden, 8 man is in a despondent mood daring his first week's imprisonment. There are exceptions, however, as this inci? dent will show. One Saturday about dinner time 1 was suddenly accosted by one of the new arrivals who had served the first week of his sentence. "I say," he remarked, "has a lady been asking for me at the gate?" I told him that if he had been want? ed the governor would have sent for him. "Oh, very welL Keep cool," he said. "This is the first time for ten years Fve put in a full week's work, and the old woman is sure to be at the gate for my wages." And with a grin the cheerful one passed on.-London Answers. A Little Too Faithful. A thief in Paris, being chased by the police, threw away during his flight the purse he had stolen and was in a fair way, after being taken to the po? lice station, of being allowed to go free for lack of sufficient evidence to hold him when his faithful dog, which he had trained to fetch and carry, trotted j toto the station, wagging i?s tail, with ? the missing purse in its uouth.-Paris I Journal. The Gentleman's Psalm. A reader of the Scriptures empha 1 sizes the Fifteenth Psalm as the gentle? man's psalm because it describes as j among the many who are entitled to be considered as gentlemen "one who i leadeth an incorrupt life, speaketh i truth from his heart, doeth no evil to his neighbor, is lowly in his own eyes, keepeth his word e?en if it be to bis own hindrance." Cleaning: Furniture. Where a piece of furniture is very ! much soiled and requires to be cleaned ! and polished, first wash it thoroughly with warm soapy water, washing only ! a small surface at a time and drying it ! quickly by rubbing it hard with a flan? nel. Mix together one pint of linseed i oil and a haif pint of kerosene, wet a flannel with the oil mixture and rub j the cleaned furniture. Rest half an hour before taking a fresh piece of flannel and then by vigorous rubbing polish the wood until it shines like glass. This will not injure the nicest wood and is an easy method of keeping furniture bright. The odor soon disap? pears, if the windows are left open. . Where He Drew the Line. YYou don't like walking very much, ! do you?" inquired the farmer's horse. J *who was grazing near the canal. "Oh. I don't mind it under certain conditions." replied the eanulboat mule. "You don't appear to like your exer? cise on the towpath." **NOJ That's where I draw the line." Philadelphia Presa. An .Eolian Harp?. To make an aeolian harp construct s box of very thin pine, cedar or other wood, five or six inches deep, seven or eight inches wide, with a length equal to that of the window in which it is to ! be placed. Across the top. near each end, glue a strip of wood half an inch high and a quarter of an inch thick for bridges. Into the ends of the box insert wooden pins, like those of a vio? lin, to wind the strings around, two pins in each end. Make a sound hole in the middle of the top and string the box with small catgut or first fiddle strings. Fastening one end of each string to a metallic pin in one end of the box and carrying it over the bridges, wind it around the turning pin in the opposite end of the box. Tune the strings in unison and place the box in the window. It is better to have four strings, but a harp with a single string produces au exceedingly sweet j melody. A Queer Frontier Experience. In narrating the frontier experiences of "The First White Baby Born In the Northwest" in The Ladies' Home Jour? nal W. S. Harwood tells of a queer ex? perience that befell the family in the first year after settling on a farm far j removed from the settlements. The winter had been unusually long j Riid severe, and their stock of provi- j '..ions ran low. It was a long distance to j the nearest base of supplies, and com- I munication with the outside world had j been cut off. Indians in the neighbor hood one night broke into the granary j where tlie wheat was stored and stole a quantity. In doing this a large j amount of broken glass became mixed ; with the wheat which the Indians left i so for many days, amid much morry story telling and many a joke and . laugh, in spite ol' the serious situation. ; the family gathered about a large table in their living room and spent the short win,er days picking over the wheat, kernel by kernel, in order to I free it from the pieces ol' glass. I'm- this wheat stood between them and starvation, and none of its pre? cious kernels must be lost. Their stock ol' flour had long since wasted away, as had most of their food supplies, so i they boiled and ate Oe wheat without ? grinding. Reiief reached them just in time to prevent a sad ending to the ex? perience. Makins It Clear. The London Spectator tells a funny story of a definition given by a well known public speaker in an address to children. "Now. children," he said, "I propose to give you on the present occasion an epitome*.of the life of St. Paul. Per? haps some of you are too young to un? derstand what the word 'epitome' means. 'Epitome,' children, is in its signification synonymous with synop? sis." Having made this simple and clear explanation to the children, the speak? er went on with his story. Going; All ?he Time. "I see a Wisconsin man claims to have solved the perpetual motion prob? lem." "That's nothing. I have a model of a perpetual motion machine at njy house now." "Does it work successfully?" "From the standpoint of perpetual motion, you bet it does." "Have you given it a name?" "Sure." "What do you call it?" "'Jimmie.' acd it was f> years old its last birthday "-Chicago Post Is lt a Sin to Play Chess? Chess, which of all games has been considered intellectual and scientific, has come in for a rap in Pittsburg, where the mission committee of the Methodist Church has been in ses? sion. The average man votes chess a bore, but to some minds it is peculiar? ly attractive. Alexander H. Stephens was a man who liked chess, and as he spent a long life in public office and was counted an honest man, and as he gave all his earnings to the poor and deserving, he was considered a pretty good type of Christian, whether he was a member of a church or not. No one in Georgia was ever heard to censure him for the occasional evening which he spent in a quiet game of chess. But they look at things differently at Pittsburg. Among those who were drawn to Pittsburg by the meeting of the Methodist committee was Bish? op James N. Fitzgerald. There were a dozen other high church dignitaries in the City of Smoke, which is said to resemble Hades with the lid off, but they all behaved themselves ex? cept the bishop. j Bishop Fitzgerald indulged in a few games of chess with prominent Pitts burgers and the fact became known. Persons who did not know the differ? ence betwen chess and poker, and who did not know a pawn from a crap game, were shocked. They showed it in their faces and spoke their senti? ments in tones loud enough to be heard. They must have thought the bishop had been roped into a gamb? ling joint, for some of them compared chess to poker and other vile games designed by the Evil One. When the bishop heard of these' ad? verse comments on his represensible conduct he put the wicked game aside but he must have drawn a very deep sigh and to have thought some unut? terable thoughts about that time. Atlanta Constitution. FRANCE'S GREATEST DANGER. France is in financial straits about as severe as those that are now putting British statesmanship to the test. The condition of France is without the easy explanation that may be given for that of Great Britain, and we doubt if France is as capable of meet? ing it. England has bad for two years a war that has been immensely expensive, having cost many times over the highest estimates that were proposed when it began, while France has not now and has not had in the recent past any such extraordinary draft upon her resources. France finds herself in a position where she must cut down expenses or increase taxes. It is probable that she will do both, but the latter alter? native will be called into exercise much more largely than the former. The French government is now searching for new objects of taxation," and threatens to pounce upon many of them. Among the likeliest new levies are taxes on gardens, the most fertile source of competence and comfort among the peasantry, on books, furni? ture, pianos, and even upon every wardrobe that has a mirror in it. The mirror is more highly esteemed in France than in any other country, and a Frenchman without his looking glass must be miserable indeed. The proposed tax of 4 per cent on every book will be ruinous to many publishers, if we may believe their representations, and will operate as a deterrent to the education of the masses. Against every additional tax that is being considered protests are being raised. There are those who predict that grave dangers to the republic are threatened by this raid of the tax gatherer. The French revolution, like the British revolution, the American revo? lution and most of the great w i rs of history, was provoked by what was considered unjust taxation. Human nature is unchanged and causes that have flamed it to desperation so often are still liable to produce like effects. There is a limit beyond which no people will endure taxation, and France is believed to be approaching dangerouslyxear that point. The French people cheerfully took up the enormous load that Louis Napoleon's fool war upon Germany im? posed upon them. They discharged that debt so rapidly that all the world wondered at it and sent an influx of money into Germany that worked for France a sweet revenge by bringing on a period of speculation and extrava? gance that eventually cost the Ger? mans far more than the war indemnity they had extorted. But sacrifices to maintain the honor of their county and become indepen? dent of a hated creditor are quite a different thing from privations to carry on th?' schemes of a government that is regarded by a great part of the French people as wasteful and incom? petent, if not actually corrupt. The greatest danger before France now is not threatened by Germany or any other foreign power, but by her own hard ridden irascible and im? patient people.-Atlanta Journal.