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A BOMBSHELL IN KEPUHUCAN CAMP. Alleged Bribery of Congressmen and Others. The Sule Of The Duiilnh West IihUch To This Country A Source Of Corruption und Scumlul. .# The House of Representatives has been tho scone of a gonuino sensation in regard to tho negotiations for ,tho purchase of tho Danish West Indies, which was said to have been consum mated last month, and now awaits Unnl completion by tho payment of 85,000, 000. Tho charge is mado that 10 per cent, of this amount was used in tho bribery of parties who interested themselves in promoting tho negotia tion, including membors of Congress. Investigation into tho charge that certain mombora of tho Uoubo and ?Senato and other men iu high places may havo been intluenccd by improper considerations iu advocacy of tho pur chaso of tho Danish West Indies will bo had as tho result of a clever coup engineered by the Democratic leader, Mr. Richardson, in tho House today. For an hour or moro the House was thrown into a stato of great excito ment aa tho result of the Demccratic demand for investigation of certain charges made by Captain Christmas, who had somo sort of connection with the Danish government iu tho eaily negotiations over these islauds. The disclosures mado by Major Richardson, based on a 6ccrot report of Christmas to the Danish govern ment, camo as a completo surprise to the Republicans and for a time Speak er Henderson and the House leaders floundered around uncertain what they should do. Major Richardson's right to consul, or the point ho raised as one of per sonal privilege in order to get the mat ter before the House wan questioned, and an effort was made to prevent the consideration of his investigation reso lution, Sp akor Henderson tlrst send ing orders to the House leaders to vote against it; but so forcibly was the matter presented that ibe Republicans had to change their tactics and join with the Democrats iu calling for an investigation. There are suggestions of improper mfluenco used upon some members of Congress, though it is fair to say that these allegations are very genoial in their character. The particular point made by the Democrats is that the State department was in possession of knowledge of theao Christmas charges when the purchaso treaty was before the Senate and the members of that body were not informed of these charges tending to throw suggestions of taint upon the negotiations. In the secret report of Captain Wal ter Christmas to the Danish govern ment he declared that he had employ ed corrupt means to bring the negotia tions for the sale of the islands to a consummation. The report, extracts from which Mr. Richardson read, mentioned the names of Abner Mc Kinley and his partnor, Colonel Brown, C. W. Knox, who was described as "an intimate friend of Senator Hanua;" Richard P. Evans, who was said to represent "Mr. Gardner and his friends in the House," and two press associations, the names of which were not given, as having been interested in the matter. Upon the basis of this report Mr. Richardson asked the adoption of a resolution for the appointment of an investigating committee of seven. Great excitement attended the whole proceeding. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, insisted that Mr. Richardson's pre sentation was fragmentary, and that the whole matter should go over in or der that members might read the docu ments presented, which included news paper extracts, aflldavits, etc., in the Record. Christmas, he declared on his own statement, was a briber and worse. But the Uou3c voted down the motion to postpone and the reso lution, after being amended in minor particulars, was adopted. The Speak er immediately appointed the follow ing committee to make the investiga tion: Messrs. Dal/ell, Republican, Penn sylvania; Ilitt, Republican, of Illinois; Cousins, Republican, of Iowa; Mc Call, Republican, of Massachusetts; Richardson, Democrat, of Tennessee; Dinsmore, Demobrat, of Arkansas, and Cowherd, Democrat, of Missouri. The resolutions presontcd by Mr. Richardson are in part as follows: "Whereas, one Walter Christmas, a subject of Denmark, who is now and who has been for several years, a diplomatic agent and representative of the government of Denmark, author* ized and empowerod to negotiate with the government of the United States for toe sale of the Danish West In dian islands to the United States and who was also the agent of the United States for tho purchase of said Islands has submitted a secret and con fidential report to his own government, and. " Whereas, said Ohristmas, agent and representative, as aforesaid, in his said report to his government declares and sets forth among other things, the fact that the government of Denmark has contracted, agreed and obligated itself to pay or turn over to him, tho said Christmas, 10 per centum, or about five hundred thousand dollars of the purchase money arising from the aale of said islands to the United States when the samo shell have been ' paid by the United States to Donmark, for the express purpose, as has been declared and set forth*by him in his said secret report to his government, for the bribing of members of the United States Congress, including members of the House of Representa tives and other prominent citizens f this country, and for subsidizing the American newspapers to the end that the pending treaty between the United States and Denmark for the sale of th > islands by the latter to the former gov ernment, may be consummated." The resolutions further state that said secret report aaya that the $500> 000 shall be immediately paid to Chris mas if tho purchaae money is paid by the United States for the^commt ob ject set forth. In conclusion the resolutions recite that a select committee of seven mem bers of the House of Representatives be appointed by the Speaker to ex amine into tbo charges and tho alleged circuinstauces, contracts, etc., which in any inauner have for their object tho bribery of or the attempted bribery of membors of the United States Con gross or tho payment of any valuuble consideration of auy kiud or character to them or to any of them to veto for or to assist iu procuring the proposed adoption or ruttllcation of the said treaty of salo of said islands. Tho Republican leaders hurriedly consulted during thercadiug of tho res olutions and when the reading had beon concluded Mr. Payne, tho ma jority leader, immediately mado tho poiut of order that thb matter present ed was not privileged. Tho resolution, Mr. Payne said contemptuously, was based upou an alleged secret report to tho Danish government. Instantly Mr. Richardson met this with tbo statement that ho bad a copy of tho secret roport to the Dauish govornmont. ** Ou my honor as a member of this House," said ho, " I have now on my dofk what purports to bo, and what f believe is, that secret confidential ro poit. Aa.-mmiug tho lull responsibility of my words, I believe I have unmis takable evidouco that this report w.is made to tho Danish government by a quasi, if not a real, ageut of th.it gov ernment." ??Wh.n did the gentleman obtiin access to tho sccrot archives of tho Danish government?" interposed Mr. Payne. " 1 .bavu never been to Denmark," retorted Mr. Richardson, " but tbo gcnllemHU knows there are other ways of obtaining authentic government documents. 1 bave the evideucc heio. I bis is a grave charge. 1 do not bring it hero for the purpose of nuikiug poli tical capital. Hero is a cbarge that $500,000 was paid for the oxpress pur pose of bribing tho American Cougress, vet tho gentleman from New York seeks to interpose a technical ques tion." Speaker Henderson at this point called attention to tho fact that the lauguago of the resolution charged that uewspapers and members of Cougress had been bribed. " Members of Con gress," bo said, " did not necessarily include members of tho House." Ho thought if the resolution was to bo privileged it should specifically includo members of the Houso. " I am prepared to say," replied Mr. Richardson, ".that, those charges do include members of the House and will ameud the resolution to tbat extent." Speaker Houdorsen thereupon ruled that tho matter presented was privi leged. r>y this time the interest in the House was intense. Almost every scat was occupied and the members listened eagerly as Mr. Richardson proceedod to presont his case. First ho read extracts from tho press at Co penhagen. This was followed by an aflldavit from Neils Uron concerning dealings with certain people here, but they were not particularly sensational. The real sensation came when ho started to read from what purported to be the report of Walter Christmas concerning tho negotiations. He prefaced the read ing by the statement that it would show " a corrupt bargain " worthy of the consideration of the House. Tho report was too long to read in full, ho said. ??I will only road tho luscious ex tracts, which, if true, should bring tho blush of shame to tho cheek of every American," said he, " for the state ment will disgrace this country in the eyes of ovory foreign court in tho world. This is what this corrupt bargainer says." He then proceeded to read- Mr. Christmas's accouut of his interview with the prime minister of Denmark, in which ho was said to havo told the minister of the necessity for the use of money to bring the negotiations of tho sale of tho islands to a successful ter mination. He told of his brief ac quaintance with Abner McKinley, President McKinloy's brother, and his law partnor, Col. Brown, two gontle men whom Mr. Christmas described as " having the entry to the White House and being familiar with the ways of American politics and what members of Congress would have to be paid to accomplish tho results do sired." The report then described how Mr. Christmas had oniieted not only Presi dent McKinley's brother and his part ner, but two press associations, one in New York and ono in Washington, and a prominent banking houso in New York, in tho sale of the island*. The Danish foreign minister was re ported as disgusted with the methods which hud tu be pursued, but as (lna'.ly giving his acquiescence. Mr. Kichnrdson said that Christmas spoke of inviting members of Congross to dine with him at tbo Hotel Haloigh in this city. He tlion quoted from the report as fellows: ?? It was not alone the members of Congress I had to invite. I had as my special assistants two men, C. W. Knox, who was an intimate friend of Senator Hanna, and Richard 1\ Evans, a lawyer in Washington, who repre sented Mr. Gardner and his friends in the House. These took an active part talked with a largo number of mem ber of Congress and agitated for the purchase of the islands. I had eon tracts with them both, according to which thoy and, through them, certain purchase agitation, since they members of Congress should havo a { share of the commission if the sale took place, but the two gentlemen's agitation expenses, etc., bills in re staurants and hotels I had to pay. The. two press associations, Ah mar McKin loy and Brown, Evans, Knox and Cf j?m. tBt T C3 H 3C u ajgna The Kind You Haw Always BocjN mil um bprins l The Blood needs a % Spring ' Cleaning: as much as the house. All the family need to free the blood from the humors that gather during the winter months, in order to keep the appetite good, the complexion clear, maintain health, give strength to the entire frame and double the pleasures of life. Quart Bottles has been the standard blood cleanser for 30 years. Your parents used it?your children and grandchildren will find nothing better for its humane purpose. No other remedy comes in so large a bottle for the price?a full quart for only one dollar. Don't neglect your health when so small an expenditure will accomplish so much. There is no substitute?though plenty of imitations. Get the genuine. Sold by all druggists. Made only by THE MICHIGAN DRUG CO., Detroit, Mich. Sale bythe Laurens'Drag'Concp my, Laurene, S. C. other , I had promised that their cou tracts ouould bo guarantod by tho house of Seligman. To this tho banking houso had agreed, as it should in ono way or another have to bo recognized by the Danish government." Mr. Richardson said he did not chargo that any Senator or member of Congress had boon bribed. Ho had simply presented the allegations of this agent that nionoy had to bo used for bribing Congressmen. The charges had been published in this country and abroad, ho said, giving the impression that conditions in tho United States were " simply horriblo." lie, there fore, proposed this inquiry, so that each member could disclaim the charges so far as they affected him. Mr. Richardson said, however, that there was ono unpardonable feature of tho affair, in that tho State department must have known of tho publication of these charges prior to tho ratification of the Danish treaty. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, made the first rejoinder of any length. He pressed Mr. Richardson to know whether tho roport gave tho name of a member or members of tho House said to ha\o been bribed, and they en gaged in a very sharp clash. Mr. Can non was plainly laboring under con siderable excitement. Mr. Richardson insisted that tho ro port did charge members of the House and Sonnte. " I havo mentioned sov eral of tho names," said ho. " I will repeat them if need be." ??It seems to mo," said Mr. Cannon, breaking in, " that it would bo wise to make this investigation, if it is worthy of investigation, aftor tho members of the House have had an opportunity to examine tho documonts which tho gen tleman from Tennessee has read. 1 do not bolicvo that thero is a man in the House who wants to investigate tho mero statements of an acknowledged thief." Mr. Cannon raovod to postpone con sideration of the resolution until to morrow. Mr. Uudorwood, of Alabama, de clared that the honor of tho country was at stake in this matter. It mat tered not, ho said, whether Christmas was thief or knave. He had raado tho charges, and they should bo invest! gated. Mr. Cannon declared that ho had never heard of this man Christmas until today. He had no kuowledgo or information concerning him, but ac cording to his^own belief ho was a briber and worse. M But he was accredited by tho Sec retary of State," imorposod Mr. Bich ardson, " and instructed to go to our minister in London." "This gentleman artfully says tho Seoretary of Stato made this man his agont," cried Mr. Cannon indignantly. " ? know nothing about it. If any thing ought to be investigated I am in for an investigation." " Hut these"charges wero printed in Denmark and wore known here from I January 28 to February 17," inter posed Mr. lllchardson. " Docs tho Sentioman not think the Secrotary of t?te should have called the attenlion of the Sonate to charges that $500,000 was being spent to bring about a suc cessful termination of tho negotia I tions ?" " I do not know anything about it," responded Mr. Cannon. " and until I do I will say nothing that would dis honor any one." " I am not seeking to dishonor any one. I am seeking to prevent dis honor," replied Mr. Hlchardson. The Speaker then put the question on Mr. Cannon's motion to postpone. Tho Republicans genorally voted for the motion, but such a stentorian chorus of noes come from the Demo cratic sido that the Speakor announced: " Tho noes seem to have it." Mr* Cannon did not ask for u divis ion and tho Speaker declared the mo tion lost. Tho resolutions were then perfected by tho insertion of u it is alleged " bc foro all assertions of fact. At tho sug gestion of Mr, Lacy, of Iowa, tho reference in tho resolution to newspa pers was changed to read : " News papers or press associations." With these changes tho resolutions were put to a vote and wore carried without a dissenting vote. Marino Ciiildukn Happy.?One pleasant cvouiug in the early summer a lovely litllo girl, somo nino years old, camo aci08B tho yard to me, and she said: " I always And you among tho llowcrs; how beautiful tho llowors arc this evening I I never saw any like these before, and oh, and etc." Sbe was fairly entranced with tbo beauty of them all. A lino clump of "Bleed ing Heart" claimed her admiration. Tho long racimcs of pendulous pink llowors charmed her more than words can tell. She was equally delighted with a clump of ? Blue-Bells," then in a state of perfection, so full and frco and so oxquisitely lovely in color. I cut ft long spray of tho " Blooding Henris," and gave nor, to her infinite delight, and I gavo her tho '* Blue-. Bolls." As I gave thorn to hor, her silvory laugh rang out clearly and swootly: " ?Blcedlng Hcartl" and 4Bluc-Bolls!' " sho exclaimed delight edly. Thon I gavo 44 Snow-Flakes," and of tho dainty, delicate 44 Harc Bell8." I culled tho flowers for her with a willing heart and a frco hand, for I lovod to hear hor silvery laugh and sco hor cxpresivo face light up with renewed plonsuro. I gavo hor of " Silver-Bolls" and of Golden-Hells, and of rich, red, velvety *? IIo8o-in-Hoso." Then, tboro was tho ?? Morning Star," and tho44 Star of Bothlohcm" and 44 Violets" galore. Then laden with her floral treasures in an ecstasy of dolight, tho child wont homo ero the night shadows fell. And when she said 44 Good night" to mo, I thought how ousy it' is to reiako childron happy; how oasy to till their hearts with joy and gladness and lead thorn in tho radiant pathway that leads through Naturo up to Nature's God." Evoryono is familiar with the hook eyelet now commonly used on boots and shoes. Tho man who iuvontcd it could dispose of it only by selling the complete title to bis patent to a shoo company. Even the shoe company did not fully appreciate tho value of tho invention which thoy had acquired, for the hook and oyelet wan regarded as an eccentricity and would require ex pensive machinery in its manufacture, i It is said that the inventor realized but $000 for his hook and eyelet. CASTOR IA The Kind You Have Afweys Bough! For Infanta and Children. Bears tho ?ljpa&turo Ct* WORLD'S GREAT BENEFACTOR. THE INVKNTOR OF THE COTTON OIN. It Was HoimcH Not Whitney? The Honor Urion <>?; to Georgia ami Not MassacluiscKs. Henry 1*. Mooro ill Sunny South . The invention which produced tho greatest revolution kuown to history in agriculture, m manufactuics und in commerce was that of tho cotton gin. The greatest stimulus to the world's progress was created by tho cotton gin. lOngland and the continout of Europe fit uriBhed uuder its intluenco as thoy had never llourishtd before; tho wilds of America wore transfoimod by it and a pathless wilderness became, ua if by magic, fields of fiuilfulness, blooming gardens and populous citios that rival led the proudest capitals of tho old world in wealth, power and magnill conco. Tho direct result of this sim ple machine was to render a commodity hitherto but little utilized readily mer chantable and almost in a twiukling it became king of tho world's commerce and tinanco. Hence it becomos a very important question-,- who invented tho cotton gin, and ono that has not re ceived the consideration from histo rians that it deserves. Tho great Macaulay appreciated tho marvelous results of tbo invention and expatiates at length upon its beneficial offect8 upou tho civilization of his time. Hut ho 80cm8 to havo treated with un wonted neglect tits authorship, aud ac cepted, contrary to his usual custom, tho common vorsiou without investiga tion. In all tbo histories of the United States that it bus been my privilego to read, in all the histories of Georgia, while noticing tho fact that Whitney's claim was contested for a period ex loading nunc than a generation, neith. cr the grouuds for tho litigation nor Iho circutnstauces attonding nor tho namo of the unsuccessful claimant ap pear in their pa.-es, and although Geor gia did not escape, tho chargo of in gratitude in the doubtful issue of the causes tried in this Stale, there is no defense set up. Eli Whitney, according to tho best accounts obtainable, produced the lirst dovico for separating lint cotton from tho seed. His machine piovcd, after testing it, to bo impractical. It con sisted of a cylinder into which annular rows of spikes were driven, revolving so ns to pun the spikes through inter vals between wires which formed the broast of tbo gin. Eli Whitney was born at Wcstbor ougb, Mass., December 8, 1705. Ho wus a naibmith by trade and during the revolutionary war, when nai.s were in demand and wages remunerative, be managed to save enough money to tako bim through Yale college. Gen eral Nathauiol Grcono, prior to tho war, had been an anchorsmitb at Prov idence, and it is quite likely, in the light of subsequent events, that the two had been thrown together. At any rato, so it is related, as tho widow of General Greene was returning from a visit to Providence, her old home, to Savannah, she chanced to meet on shipboard young Whitney, who, ostensibly, was coming to Georgia to enter a private family as tutor. Ho also proposed, it is said, to employ bis spare time in studying law. Beug disappointed in bis expected engagement, ho accepted the invitation of Mrs. Grcono to ac company her to hor plantation?Mul berry grove, a few miles up tho Sa vannah river. The production of cotton was then in its infancy. There was no way of separating tbo lint from tbo seed ex cept by hand, which was a very tedious process. A good day's task for a ne gro was 4 pounds of lint cotton. Un der these circumstances it is obvious cotton growing could not bo very lu crative. Hence it was not engaged in extensively. About this time Colonel Bobort For syiho, the father of John Forsytho, tho noted statesman, and Majors Peudle ton and Brewer, comrades of General Greene who resided at Augusta, called to pay their respects to Mrs. Grceno, and during tho courso of conversation the fact was mentioned that agricul ture would bo very profitable if some one would invent a machine for clean ing cotton. Thus tho matter was brought to Whitney's attention. Subsequently Mrs. Qroono married Phinoas Millor, and they, accompanied by Whitnoy, moved to Augusta, whoro Miller and Wbitncy associated with them Captain James Toole, tho (lrm becoming Millor, Whitney & Toolo. They purchased two tracts of land on Rocky crock, in Richmond County, from Thomas and Mary Glascock, Sop tombor 23, 1807, now known as the Phini/.y place, and established their gin factory. A patent had been issued to Eli Whitnoy March 14, 1704, signed by Goorge Washington, President; Ed mund Randolph, Secretary of State, and William Bradford, Attorney Gon oral. Subsequently Whitnoy returnud | to Connecticut, leaviug his partner, I Millor, to look after his inlerosta in the South, while ho established tho Whitney Arms Co., at Whitnoyville, Conn. Toolo seemed to havo dropped out of tho concern, for wo hear no more about him. Wbilney died at Now Havon January 8,1825, leaving a large ostate. A handsomo monument was orected to his memory, which was un veiled with elaborate exercises, the distinguished United States Sonator, Cbarlos Sumner, delivering tho eulogy. Hodgen Holmes, the inventor of the saw gin, the same that is in use at the presont day, and for which no sub stitute has ever been found, was a Scotchman by birth, but when quite young he went with his father to live I at Cork, Ireland, when tho elder Holmes acquired a bieach-groon aud engaged in the manufacture of linon. Robert Holmos wished Hodgen to marry conlrsry to his inclinations, con sequently ho left home and set out for the Now World. He finally settled in Augusta, where he purchased from Thomas and Ann Gumming ono acre of land in the oily fronting on Reynolds, Houston and Bay streets, March 20, 1801. as shown by the rocords of Rich mond County. His will, duly attested and recorded, shows that ho also own I ed several pieces of country property and some negroes. He married Eliza beth Hill, of Columbia County, Georgia. 1 Ho died iu 1804, lonving a widow and ouo daughter, Margaiet McCleary Holmes, who married Dr. "William Cloud, of Choator, 8. O. From this marriago thero spraug tho following: Mrs. .1. R. A ikt ii, Mrs. Samuel Du biso, Mrs. Elias Earlo, Mrs. It. R. Hoy lesion, Mrs. William Calhoun, Miss E. H Cloud?names that will bo rccoguized as among tho most proniluent in that aristocratic Slate. Mr. John Hill, of Macon, brother of Mis. Hodgeu Holmes, was tho grand futher of Mrs. Senator A. O. Uncon. On May 12, 1700, lotlers pa'cnt were hsucd to Hodgen Holmes, signed by George Washington, President; Timo thy Pickering, Secretary of State, and Charles Leo, Attorney General, "for a new and useful improvement, to-wit: cw machinery called tho cotton gin." Tbo improvement consisted of ?? the cylinder, from 8 to 14 inches iu diame tor, and (J feet long, with one row of toetb to 1 inch, which ruus on two gudgeons," etc. It was attested by W. Urqubart and Seaborn Jonos, both well-known citizens of Richmond County, prominent in the Revolution ary poriod, nud tnou whoso numerous descendants stand high in the affairs of tho Stato to this day. This patent is still in existence, and is in tho posses sion of Mrs. S. A. Boylestou, Hodgcn Holmes, having received his early traiuing in his father's linen fac tory, it is but natural that he should bavo acquired a tasto for textile man ufocluring, an 1 that the knowledge ac quired from the manipulation of the liber or llax should have suggested the ldoa of tho saw gin, tho machine which fulfilled tho South's greatest require ment. It is equally natural that Whit ney, sch pled in the calling of making nails for a liveliboid, should havo hit tipou tho device of spikes driven into the cylinder instead of tcolh or revolv ing saws. Tho patent oflloc at Washington was destroyed by lire in \KW aud all tbo models an 1 diawings lost, including Whitney's. But for a certified copy of tbo original specification on lilc at the United Slates court house in Savan nah, there would bo no data concern ing them in existence. The patent oilice authorities appropriated $100, 000 toward the recovery of the origi uals, but failed to obtain Whitney's. Bat in 1841 tbero was Died, lustead, on entirely different set of specifica tions, differing completely from the origiual and showing tho complete workings of a saw gin. The draughts man that executed the substituted copy was evidently ignorant of the modus operandi of tho giu for be put tho crank on the brush shaft instead of tho cylinder shaft. There wero twenty-seven suits brought by Miller and Whitney in the United Slatos court ut Savannah for infringement of patent, in most of which they wore unsuccessful. Among tho defendants are found the familiar names in the early history of Georgia, Ignatius Few and William Few, Ar thur Fort and John Powell. Holmes was not a party to any of the litiga lion, although a ccrtiiicd copy of bis patent was introduced as evidence, und what tho defenso mainly relied upon was the fact that Holmes, not Whitney, invented tho saw gin. Whit ney wrote from New Haven to Josiab Stobbins, asking his depositions to the elTcct that fourteen years before 14 he (Whitney) rcpoatedly told him that he originally contemplated making a whole row of teeth from one plate or piece of sheet iron." Whitney writes in tho same lettor: " I have a set of the most depraved villians to combat and I might us well go to hell in search of happiness as apply to a (loorgia court lor justice." W. B. Seabrook, president of tho South Carolina Agricultural Society, in a work on cotton, published in 1844, speaks of a Holmes saw gin used by Cap tain James Kincaid on Mill creek, near Winnsboro, Fairlield County, South Carolina, in 1705, and says " il is re ported to have been tho first saw gin used in that Stale." It is related that Holmes aud Kincaid wore fast frionds, both being Scotchmen by birth. On one occasion Kincaid chanced to visit Hamburg, opposite Augusta, wliorc be traded, and where ho met Holmes. 11 Dimes induced him to take, his giti homo with him and test its merits and at tho fame, time cnutionining him to be careful lest the secret of tho me chanism bo discovorcd and utilized by others. Whon the gin was net up in Kincaid's mill and tested it was found to work satisfactorily. Shortly after wards Kincnui had business in Char leston and left tho mill koy with his wife with the injunction to let no ono enter it. On his return, to his great consternation, ho learned that a young man on hoiscback had asked for and obtained permission to inspect the mill and had spont some time iu examining tho new machine. Ho roalized in stantly that the young man was no other than Mi Whitnoy and thai the damage wrought upon himself and his friend was irreparable. The old mill, und with it tho gin, was destroyed in 18(55 by Sherman's army. Tho shaft of tho gin was sent to Ma con to bo exhibited at tho first Stato fair hold aftor the war, and was in some way lost. Thoro IB a story (old of Wl?tnoy'a gin that omanalos from Wilkes Coun ty, Georgia, and which boats n strik ing resemblanco to tho forogoing. In 1703 l'hincas Miller purchased a plan tation on Upton crook, nine miles south oast from Washington, on which there in a lino water power, and set up one of the Whitney gins. Many witnesses woro attracted thither to witness tho performance of tho wonderful inn I chine, but only women were admitted, The Woiv s Greatest Cure for /Hafana X , ito all forms of Malarial potaon ;njr taka Johnson'? Chill and Paver Tonic. A taint of Mali? rial pol son ' -y. In year blood mPMi?mlMry and fallnr?. Hloocl metllctnescan'tcur* Malarial poiaonlng. Tha antlaot? t?r '? JOHNSON'S TONIC. Gh)t a bottle to-day. Roiti 5? Etitt If It Runs. as a patent had not been granted. Nathan Lyons donned a suit of his wife's clothes, gaiucd admittance, and being a tolerably fair mechanic, con structed a giu on the same principles as Whitnoy's. Miller did at one time own the Baruett place on Upton creek on which ho operated a $111, but tho latter part of tbo story of Lyons' dis guising as a worn m, etc., nppeur to bo upocryphul inasmuch as there is no allusion in any of tbo correspondence or court records to any buch occur rence Tbc story about some one breaking into Whitney's gin shops and stcahug his models seems equally with out louiida'.iou for same reason. As to tho oft-repeated charge that Whitney was badly treated at tbo South, and especially so by Georgia, let us, iu good conscience, see what foundation exists for the allegation. Whitney sold his patont right to tbo Stale of South Carolina for $50,000 ; from North Carolina and Teuuessee bo received about $.'10,000 aud tflO, 000, respectively, through arrange ments made with tho governments of those Slates, making a total of $00, 000 which he mado from the invention iu a few years and carried North with him. Ho came South wit hout a dollar. Iu Georgia Miller and Whitney re served the right of property in their gin, at lirst receiving two-thirds of the net proceeds, the expense being divid ed equally between tbo patentee and tbo giuners. But, a* Governor James Jackson says in a message to I be Geor gia Legislature, November .'1, 1800, they found a defect iu tbo law under which their patent was obtained aud consequently they determined to sell the machinery together with their rights vested in them for $500 each, and for a license to build and operate one at the ginncr's expense, they charge 1 $100. But (lading that the law was generally understood and that they could obtain no redress in the courts they concluded to reduce the price to $:JO0. Governor .Jackson fur thin' says: " I am informed from other sources that gins havo been creeled by other persons who have not taken Miller ami Whitney's macbiuc for a model, but which in some small degrco resembles it, and in improve incuts far surpass it, for it has been usscrtod that Mdler and Whitney's did uot on trial nuswer the intended pur pose ; the rights of these improve ments, however, it appears by the present act, meigcd in the rights of tho patentees, who it is supposed, on the lowest calculation, will make by it in tbo two States (Georgia and South Carolina) 8100,000." Tho act referred to was passed by Congress, doubtless, for tbo special purpose of shutting out Holmes' claim and establishing Whit ney's rights to the uso of the saw cylin der instead of tbo spike cyliuder which he invented. This accouuts for Holmes not engaging in litigation. His claim had been outlawed by spe cial legislation and it would have been fruitless. No wondor that Holmes died a heart-broken, morlilied and bitterly disappointed man. He bad lived to see the fruils of his toil and genius enalched from him and converted to another's uses. He had lived to see bis wonderful invention revolutioniz ing the world, but all the honor, the glory and the emoluments given to his baled rival. His nnme abould ap pear high up on the roll of fame to gether with Walts, Fulton, Arkwrigbt, Draper, Marconi and all the great in ventors ? ho have contributed to science and mechanic arls, thus promoting the world's progress, for lie bestowed upon mankind the inestimable blessings of an epochal labor-saving device, simple, but the more useful because of its sim plicity. And bis services to Georgia wore even more direct and beneficial than to tbo world at large, for the im mediate effect of his invention was to frustrate the designs of Miller and Whitucy, who had determined to mo nopobze tho ginning in Ibis Stale and ' I were prevented from carrying out their odious scheme by tbo prolonged, con tinuous and unavailing lawsuits thai ensued ns ft result of the attempt. The honor of the world's renowned invention should be accredited to Georgia and not to Massachusetts. Tho ashes of Hodgeii Holmes repose in an unknown grave in the city of Augusta. A WARNING TO DEMOCRATS. ?THE MAN ON HOKSEBACK." Arbitrary Power tlto Motor and tho Alinisflity Dollar the Trade Mark. Hon. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisvillo Courier-Journal, made a ispeech several nights ago before tho Virginia Democratic club at tbo Metro politan hotel in Washington, D. C, and spoke, ns follows: ? Thcro is no drop of blood in my voins which is not Virginia blood. Al though for purposes of my own, having, a deop design beneath them, I choso this capital of the nation for my birth place, my oarliost vision of Paradise? tho vory dawn of nil my conceptions of honor and duty and glory?nestled among yondor bills across the Poto mac; aud when I go hence, my ashes shall reposo upon tho bosom of Ken tucky?Virginia's first born and fairest daughter. 'J'horo seems, thcroforo, some fitness in my sitting among you. " Anyhow, being a Kentuckian and a Democrat, 1 am glad to bo hero and you will not, I bopo, think mo assum ing any consequential airs and graces, if ladd that I feel very much at home. ?? Wo are Democrats. We love our country. Our hearts beat truo to its Institutions. Wo would rescue the government from the hands of thoso who are converting it into a govern ment of the trusts, for the trusts and by the trusts, and restore it to the hands of those who will havo some re gard for tho rights of tho people. ? The Republican party is a syndi cated party. Arbitrary power is its | motor, tho almighty dollar its trade mark. If It be not checked In tho gait it is going, it will in tho end surely Mexlcanize the republic. " Once again in tho White- House we have the man on horseback. Af fecting tho simplicity of the coWboy, be conceals beneath the solf-conjulenco and queer manners of tho broncho RoYal Baking Powder Makes the bread more healthful. Safeguards die food against alum* Atum baking powders arc the greatest menacers?io hV?u& 0* *b? ores^nt day. ROYAl I1AKINO POWDf R CO., HCW YORK. busier, tbo sentiniouts and ambitions, if not the talents, of a Diaz. To him, a little thing like treating un admiral of th 5 navy, wearing tho laurel loaves of imperishable renown, as if bo woro a baby in aims, now to be dawdled and now to be spanked, is morcly an undress alTair begun and ended dur ing ?ff-moments between breakfast and luncheon. To him the reprimand ing of the lieutenant-general of tbo army, grown gray in the lighting of the battles of bis country becomes an amus ing horse play, meant to relax his muscles and illustrate his high-might iness, whilst warning lesser ollic i of the army to obey orders and say noth ing. " As these things go forward, par taking somewhat of the character of feats to divert and blinds to hoodwink public opinion, a bill of army re organization is prepared and Urged upon Congress, which, it it becomes a law, will make the power of the Presi dent absolute, and which it is not too much to say ought to be ontitled 1 Au act to make tho President of the United States a military dictator.' Because the reprimanded licutcnunt-genoral, answering the summons of ncommitteo of Congress?as was bis duty?ex presses an opinion adverse to this bill, it is proposed to retire him from the service. Taken iu connection with seine other matters of mere or less sinister suggestion, these arc menaces of most omtuous import. *' Put, turn from the White House to the capitol, and look at the Republi cans in Congress. Tho trail of tbo trado mark is over them all. Old high tariff dances the can-can in the House, whilst old ship subsidy does the regu lation cake walk in the Senate. Every thing for the syndicates. Nothing for the people. And, not content with their arbitrary power in the White House and their mercenary power in Congress, the leaders of this party of Federalism and false pretension would rip open Pandora's box to lilch thence the black, piratical Hag of negro dom ination?the equally disreputable and bloody shirt of sectional agitation? and, in ordei to make sure of tho next House they are proposing to bring for ward another Force bill to smito tho South, to blight the North, and to con vert a land teeming with love and peace into a land recking with halo and strife. Such is Ihc banquet to I which the exit of McKinley, the states man, and the advent of Roosevelt, the Rough Rider, has invited us. " I am something of a jingo myself. I believe in the expanding greatness and glory of my country. I never sco the Hag floating above tho domo on yonder capitol that my heart does not throb with the proud, glad thought? that my eyes do not fill with happy ex ultant tears?that I, too, an atn.Ameri can citizen. " God bless the Hag, and (Jod bless the boys that light beneath it. I would carry it inviolate, and 1 would keep them spotless. And with this in view, I wadt to know what is going on away out yonder across tho multitudinous, the mysterious waves of the Pacific sea. 1 want other witnesses than self seoking politicians and self-exploiting soldiers to come here and tell inc. 1 refuse to hold my tongue. I refuse to rest contont. And, if I am told by a whipporsnnppcr in shoulder straps that, tiniest I do, I am a traitor to my country, my reply to him shall be a slap in the face. " Friends, brothers, Democrats, let us have done with dissension. Lot us turn our backs on the past our c, s to the future, calling against 'these ?.inga is my comrade, no matter what bo thinks or ever thought about silver or gold. Ho who would deny mc a placo by his side to light them must be either very perverse or vory blind. Let us cross no bridges till we come to th i. But already wo can soo far enough ahead to take our reckoning. " Thcro will be but ono tost of a Democrat in 1004?too the line?too tho line, saying to arbitrary power and absolutism, thou shalt go no further; we, too, arc in the expansion business, but our cxpansiou is for tho religion of tbo constitution no less than for tho religion of Christ and Him cruci tied; our expansion moans peace, not war; tho honor, not tho degradation of tho ilag; aud just as surely as Jeffor 8on wroto tho Declaration of Indopon dcuco and Jackson fought the battle of New Orleans to resist despotism shall wo mako a now Fourth of July and colcbrato another Eighth of January, in resisting this unrighteous schomo to abolish tho constitution and Mexi canizo tho government." A record in courtship nnd proposals has occurred at L?beck, in Germany, whoro resides a hotel proprietor with a family of six children- four sons and two daughters?who woro all betroth ed in oue day. Tho half dozen happy c.o i pi es wcro also married on tho same day, and ono wedding breakfast served for them all. William M. Raker, of Fortvillo, Ind., has been class lcador in the Methodist Episcopal Church there for forty-three o tsecuttvo years. OABTOH.TA? Bmm the Ihe Kind You have Always Boaift