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10 defeat an Englishman on the ~latter's own
ground: tho crowd will always Interfere.
English toughs have no idea OF far
OF course, II Slavin had not been inter-
tercd with he would have knocked out Smith
IN short order. This he did. anyway, prac-
tically.
The only way for n foreigner to hght an
EnRliahmna on the lRttcr,H ground H. to
fight him IN a private club. Tho English
gentlemen arc thorough sporting. people
md are sticklers for far play. This was
proved. N tho re ,ent JackHon-Smith battle
at the Pelican Club.
when Smith foulcd Jackson the oolored
man was awarded the fight without the
slightest hesitation, and the decision met
with heartiest approval even by thone who
hal money on Smith.
But the English roughs will always
break into the ring IL their man IN losing.
shall be glad To meet either Slnvin or
Jackson; but when | do, ii must be at q pri-
yatc club.
:" will engage III no more contests where
! VIII lay myself open to the law
Whenever Il responsible Ciub hangs up q
suitable purae Ill be glad to contend for IL
with either SlAvin or Jackson.
won't ~Dtipulate az to tho amount of the
purse. but only designate that IT must be OF
but 1 viii not agree TO any meeting
until l am out of my present legal diff
c%ultios., Thep Ill battle only with regula-
ton gloves in a club OF good standing.
This will probably be the California Athletic
The evening world., 1889-12-23
JEM SMITH.

Jem Smith, Of London. the champion
pugiliSt OF Great britain, was born in tho
Parish OF 1t. Luke's, London. lie fights at
1s2 pounds. His physical measurement
Are as follows: Height. 3 feet, 81 inches;
chest, 40A inches; waist, 30iE inches;
hips, 4oN inches; thigh, 244 inches; calf.
1914 inches; bicepE, l54 inches. He has
weighed unframed 212 pounds.
Smith made his first appearance in the
prize ring in 1882, when he won q boxing
competition open TO 1%4O-pOund pugilists in
London. During the same year ho had n
bnre-knuckle fight with Bob Preston near
London. winning in eight rounds. which
occupied twenty minutes.
His remaining victories In 1882 were the
all England boxing match for I~54-pound
men at London the defeat OF LiddArd,
middle weight, at 81. Luke's in six rounds,
and the defeat Of SnAvey, Of Oliver. 16s-
pound man, with gloves in four rounds.
In 1889 he started his record by winning
the open boxing competition at the Blue
Anchor. Shoreditch. for middle weights,
defeating Bob Preston. Bill Brand and
Arthur Cooper. The same year he beat Bill
DAVIS with bare knucklea. near London. for
$50, time OF Light one hour; Henry Arnold.
near London. with gloves, for $50. fourteen
rounds, fifty-iye minutes. and Skidmore. q
2?i-pound man, at BArket, three rounds
with gloves.
On Dec. II. 1884. Smith defeated Wolf
Beudoff in 4 hard. glove fight to q finish for
800, and won in twelve rounds. In the
fight Smith broke his left arm In the third
round.
In 1885, in the heavyweight glove compe-
tition. open to ali corners, at the Blue An
Choir, Shoreditch. Smith defeated Sugar
Goodson, wanop and Longer. the last
named in the final. winning the compe.
tition.
On Dec. 10, 1888. at Godstone, England,
tor GOO Il side and tho ring championship
Of England. he beAt Jack Davis with bare
knuckles in four rounds. lasting fifteen
minutes.
The fight for the championship Of Eng.
land and $500. which took place at MAison
LATTE. near Paris, France, Oh Feb. 10,
1880. between Smith and All Greenfield, oil
Birmingham. WAS declared a draw by Jen
Mace, the referee, although in the thirteenth
round. when Greenfeld's partisanS broke
into 1.-THE ring and stopped the fight, Smith
had decidedly the best OF it.
Soon afterwards Smith was matched To
fight Jack KniftoD, the sl-tonner. " az he
10 called. The men met three timoS. once
near Paris, the second time near London
and tho third time in London. IN tho first
occasion Knifton refused to fRh. because
Smiths friends predominated, and ct the
other two meetings the police broke up the
Qht
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LA GRIPPE SPREADS.
More Sufferers from the SnlzlaHd Re.
ported In New York.
Several Deaths Among the AZ
flIcted In Paris.
A Chicago Hotel STAFF Infected by n
New York Drummer.

Supposed victims Of LA Grippe - arc
everywhere to be seen to-day. Although a
great many Of the patients are only afflicted
with bad colds. there are, no doubt. II great
many cases of Russian influenza in the city.
DIR. Sweeney OF 147 Greenwich street, re-
ports . patient suffering from the malay,
and seven other members of the family have
shown symptoms Of it.
From across the ocean como alarming re-
ports Of the spread Of the malAdy. At the
present time. IL IL said, there cannot DO less
than 500, 900 cases in Europe, and from
Paris comes the news that DR.. DamGschino.
one Of the leading physicians Of that capital.
has died from the effects Of influenza aud
weakness of the heart.
THIS makes the fifth fatal case since the
outbreak of the disease. There have been
one death at the Polytechnic School and
three at the st. Cyr Academy.
1t is also reported that President aud
Minister Garnet, Ministers Tirard. Spuller.
afflicted.
The thestricel profession has not been
overlooked. as Mime. Judic and other mem
care and PAiais Royal Theatre IL closed,
The disease has spread At other points,
unu hlnOHk .OlHtT ~"tli-huOWH ptOplo WIN
have the malady are Count Won Taafe. the
Austrian Prime Minister; Archdnke Will
lam Of Austria, and Princess Stephanie,
widow of the late Crown Prince Rudolph.
The Queen of Sweden is also sneezing, it ia
said.
1t IN estimated that there are 40. 600
cases in Odessa, 10, 900 in Antwerp,
80, 600 in Madrid and rs. 900 in Paris.
In our own country the outlook IN moi
very cheering. The disease has spread al
over this state and has reached Chicago.
In Chicago all the clerks Of the Palmer
House are more, or less Affected. I. A;
Drobst. one of the clerks, having suffered
more than any OF his fellow clerks. Brobsi
first began to notice the symptoms about
week ago, after q New York drummer had
arrived in town afflicted with the disease.
The drummer had IL so badly that he was
confined to his bed and has not recovered
yet.
The other clerks have It. but not SO bad a.
Mr.. Brobst. DR.. Horsey, the house physi.
clan. does not share the opinion thit IL Ii
epidemic infnenga, but admits there is 4
strong resemblance to that disease.
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FRANK P. SLAVIN.

Frank T. SlAvin. the Australian. began
life M 4 blAcksmith's apprentice, but shook
that business for the more adventurous ono
of a digger, and then finding Slow work and
little wealth turned his attention to boxing.
He settled in Queensland in 1883, aud
during his residence there knocked ont Mar.
tin Power in thirteen minutes, for $50;
Tom Burke in four rounds, for Geo aud
the Queensland championship; S~hRnAhan,
Of olympic, in two rounds, for GlO q side
and a medal; s, Burke, Of Northampton, III
ten seconds. and Prof. Bulbs, of brisbane,
in . round and u half.
He then challenged any man for from
5000 10 $500 o side.
Going to sydney. NE became an instructor
for Foley, n INSIDE OF siT months knocked
out Two Bligh in Que ronlid. beat RogRrty in
three rounds and Mike Dooly In eight
rounds, and fought g draw with Costello.
Again, he undertook TO stop Costello in six
rounds, Tor 400, but failed.
His backors drew him out OF one match
witt Peter Jackson, and he was compelled
to forfeit another one because Of a Sprained
wrist.
sIAvin beat LAiug. heavyweight champion
OF New Zealand, aud then, IN his latest and
greatest Australians. fight, whipped Jack
Burke III three rounds, lasting two minutes
This last accomplishment stamped Slavin
a. Australians gteateHt lighter, and IL was
decided TO send him - England and America
to fight for the worlds championship.
Repeated challenges 10 Pete IAckROn be-
fore Slayiu lett Australia failet OF effect.
SlAyin was ~banqueted at Me'bonrno be-
fore leaving and was presented with 4 hand
some b!Ackthorn stick. on which were silver
bands containing the names of the promi-
rent sporting men concerned in the proscu-
tAtlOn.
Slavin stands SIX feet one Anl a hall
inches high aud weighs 2lO pounds.
He Stands mp straight in his tighting,
guards perfectly with his right, and strikes
quick blows with his always ready left.
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MISS EARLE'S STRANGE FREAK.
Her Mind Gives Way and She Takes
to Selling Papers on the Street.

Mary Ellie Earle, = sweet-faced, brown
haired young womAn Of twenty five. Is await
ing examination rs TO her mental condition
in the insane ward at Bellevue Hospital.
Mary Ella is the daughter OF Mrs. John
Earle. Of 4o3 West Thirtv-seventh street.
She graduated from, the Twenty-eighth
street grammar school when thirteen years
old. She has bent all her energies 10 quail
tying herself for q public school teacher.
but has failed two or three times, by very
narrow margins, to pass the examination
This has pTeyed upon her mind until she
has shown signs OF mental arrangement.
She left her home some time ago and went
to live In Harlem.
Her mother went to, visit her last Tuesday,
but found she had left her rooms. The
young woman was Afterward discovered in
4 basement at 1871 Third avenue. where
she had set up o nowspa per stand on the
sidewalk, She refused 10 yield to her
mother't eItTeaties and leave tho stand, and
at last, In despair. her mother notified the
police Saturday, and the Young woman was
taken into custody and removed to Bellevue.
The evening world., 1889-12-23
HELD BACK BY GALES.
Fleet Of Incoming Steamships Delayed
by Of.ShOre Winds.
Long List Of Vessels Reported
Overdue.
Days Weather Reports from
Principal American Cities.

To-day's list of overdue ocean steamships
Is unnecessarily large. This Is mainly at
tributable to the high winds that have been
blowing of the coast during the last twenty
four hours.
Among the belated vessels are tho Am
sterdam, from Amsterdam, Dec. Z; City Of
Columbia, Havana, Dec. 10; DevoniN.
Glasgow, Dec. 12; Egyptian Monarch,
London. Dec. o.; Greece, London, Dec. Il;
Island, Copenhagen, Dec. 4; Marsha, Ham
burg, Dec. 8; Miranda, st. John't, lice. ID;
Panama, Bordeaux. Doc. 81; Polynesia,
Stottin, Dec. 7; Runic, Liverpool, Dec, 10;
SorviA, Liverpool, Dec. Ia; Suevia. Ham
burg, Dec. o; Stag, Bremen, Dec. Z; state
Of Alabama, Glasgow, Dec. q; State of
S poSi, Bee L% q; firi BSfi 81 aht CS 8asoH bee alT Ib:
None of those had boeI sighted ut noon.
but at the Offices OF their agents no alarm
was, expressed az the delay was attributed
lated steamships were expected at any
La Gascogne. Of the French line, arrived
8. 80 this morning. She was due y~esterdRy
morning. but was delayed by q four-dayH'
gale which she ran into on her second day
She left HAvre at Or. NJ. Saturday, Dec.
G o'clock this morning, o quick passage,
conslderlnH the btron9 Nnlch sue
encountered.
On La dancogne wero the thirty-three
United States marines under the command
Of Cant. Henry Clay Cochran, who went
over to Paris last May to guard. the little
American Exhibit at the big Exposition.
They were all well M hearty.
Another belnted steamer that arrived this
morning was the Oceana, Of the Anchor
line, which left Gibraltar Dec, 3.
A story of damage by rough weather and
injury to two sailors on the Britannia, which
srriyed Saturday, ia denied by Capt.
DAWSON.
sergt. Dunn said to an EVENING World
reporter this morning that the high winds
along tho Atlantic coast followed upon the
storm which prevailed over the lake region
yesterday, and now has its centre over Nova
Scotia. The winds would be especially un-
favorable to ships coming from the north
cast.
The weather this morning was generally
fair over the entire country, excepting a
little snow in the extreme northwest and in
northeastern Canada.
The temperature in New York this morn
Ing was AZ degrees; in Boston II WAS 80:
Philadelphia and Washington. AZ; Chicago.
81, and Vt. Louis, 80.
To-day we will have fair weather and
stationary temperature. 4" said the Sergeant.
who declined to make any weather predic.
ton for Christmas.
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ROW In THE 18TH REGIMENT.
Catholic Members Claim that They
Are Being Prosecuted.

Private James CAlligan, of Company O,
Thirteenth Regiment, Of Brooklyn, was be-
fore Police Justice Walsh this forenoon to
answer q charge Of assault preferred against
him by Quartermaster-SergL. ID. H. Dyke
man, OF the same company. The latter
failed to appear and the Justice dismissed
the case.
Tho assault WAS the outcome of a row
which has been brewing IN the Thirteenth
ReRiment for some time. There are thirty
Catholic members i'll Company G, and they
them out. and cite m instance, All order
from Col. Austen depriving them OF their
uniforms.
mental in procuring the order and from
him demanded an explanation.
1t was refused ant Calligan gave him 4
severe thrAshing.
The Catholic members refused to drill in
citizens dress and have been suspended.
Their case Is now before the brigade.
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WHY SHE TOOK THE GAS.
Miss Yost Wanted to Die Because
She Couldn't Go Out.

Thomas +. Mcguire, one Of Capt. Grants
policemen. interviewed Miss Louise Yost,
aged fifteen years. this morning at the New
York Hospital, where she is recovering from
4 dose OF illuminating .gas,. which phe took
with suicidal intent at her home, aga West
Eighteenth street, Yesterday afternoon.
She y pretty aud plump, and coolly told
the policeman that she took the gas because
she wanted to die.
MY uncle went 10 spend the day with n
friend in Jersey. | wanted to 20 too. and
he, wouldn't let me. because l have a bad
cold.
81 waited until he left the houro and then
took the gas"
She Indignantly denied that Ehe was in
yolved Ia O love affair with any OF the small
boys In her neiGhborhood
Miss Iost borrowed n gas-stove from q
family living upstairs, and with il q piece Of
rubber pipe TO connect ii with the gas-!et.
After locking the door she put the end of
the tube in her mouth. turned on the gas
and inhaled 1t until she became uncOncious.
Tho ~janitor smellOd the gAs and broke open
the door.
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will probably DO raised for SlAvin. with con-
,ributiops even from Smiths hackers.
Tho rouRhs tauntod Slavin with words. a.
woll a. assailinG him with cowSrdly kicka
and blows while the neil were still in the
ring:
They called him n ''bloodv Yankee. and
bestowed the lowest and vilest erithets upon
him.
Pm not a bloody Yankee. - criod slRvin.
i've come 10, 900 miles for this fight, and
for Gods sake give me fair play"
slRvin's conduct was manly, and no WAS
tame to the end.
The evening world., 1889-12-23
MAYOR GRANT SAVED HER DOG.

Lizzie Successfully Pleaded for the
Return of Her Captured Pet.
Mayor Grant made one little girl very
happy to-day.
In his mail this morning was found 4 tear
stained note. written IN the cramped hand
OF a child, u copy Of which follows:
Dear Mayor Grant:
Lam 9 little girl ten. years old. and ! am going TO
ask a favor Of you. II you will grant 1t TO me IL will
b the hAppieSt ChriStmAs that have spent in my
life.
Dear Mayor: was going to the stora this morn
ing end my dogEio Nellie followed me, and the dog
catoheT took him away from me and put him into
the wagon, and all my crying and begging aid not
do any good. % th9uEht would ash you II you
/ wish you 3 very Merry ohrigtinAs aad . Happy
New Year. lam, LIzZIE GAINES,
100 buIliVAn street.
Please give me my doggis. Nellie.
After reading the letter Mayor Grant i'm
mediately despatched q messenger 10 Lizzie
with an order on Keeper Finn. OF the dog
pound for doggie, Nellie"
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THE BIG FELLOWS OPINION.
Sullivan Says English Roughs Don't
Know Fair Play.

Whom seen by a reporter this morning
JOhnL. Sullivan mas scanning The EVENING
WoRLD extra. containing the account Of the
great battle.
"Well. " commented the big man, THAT
Is about what might have beon expected.
ITS q pretty hard matter for . foreigner
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ST. GLARS BRUTAL MURDER.
Witnesses Who Saw Him Stab Ills
wife to Death.

Christopher st. Clair. TIE cook, who
stabbed his wife with a heated carving
knife yesterday morning at 40 Rector street,
which caused her death a few hours later in
the Chambers Street Hospital. will be
arraigned for a preliminary hearing before
Justice Reilly. in the Tomb. late this alter
noon.
On acrount OF the Coroner'S Abseuce the
woman died without her sntc-mOrtem state
meut being taken, and it MAS thought that
,his fact might render his conviction diff
iicrlt.
Policeman Thicker. who arrested at. Clair,
nays he can produce several witnesses who
saw the stab5inG.
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SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.
ESPECIAL TO THE EVENING WORLD.

LOUISVILLE. KY, Dec. GA destructive
cyclone, accompanied by q heavy fall OF
rain, passed through the centre Of the town
OF Pineville, KY, early this morning.
Three business houses and several dwell-
ings were swept WAY and two brothers
jured by being struck by flying timberS.
They are the only ones known to have been
hurt, though the escape Of many others was
almost miraculous.
Tho total loss ia estimated at about
05O. 900
The evening world., 1889-12-23
Sons Of Veterans Reception.

Lafayette Camp No. lao. Sons OF Vet
rams, will give their first reception and
dance at MsndelSsohn Assembly Rooms this
evening, MH0hT + browni "; freder,Gk
tee in charge, intend that ii shall be a note
worthy affair. Among the p~Atronesses APE
Mrs. U.S y. Grant. ir., Mre. A. B., Webb,
Mrs. s. V. 4 CruGsr and Mira. Roger A.
Pryor.
The evening world., 1889-12-23
McGINTY AT THE BOTTOM OF 1T
An Assault Case Caused By the Use
Of the Familiar Gag.

United States Commissioner Shields gave
a hearing this morning on the complaint of
Lettor-C Carrier John +. Conlsy. who accused
ElevRtorlnAn Francis II. Jeaunney, of 100
Broadway. of assault.
JeGunney admitted the assault. but pleaded
in justification that the postman hAbitually
aud yersistGntly persccutcd him by calling
him McHlnty, and. after n~atience had ceased
Ihe Commissioner tented 4 motion to dis
charge J%eAunney. NcGinty seems 10 be
At tho bottom Of this trouble. - he said, and
a further hearing was appointed.
The evening world., 1889-12-23
WAS HE KILLED BY HIS DOUBLE I
A Startling Story About Mr.. Gowen
Printed in Wilkesbarre To-Day.
ESPECIAL TO IHE EVENING wnRL

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23. "A Wilkesbarre
special tn the TH,eS gives = statement
printed there to-day %purportInR to come
from an eH-hOlymaster OF the Mollic Ma
CURE organization, in which il is declared
That the fate Francis II. Howen wGS ass REsiil-
ated by All agent Of that body, who WAC
GDwen 5 lOnb o III nppCariacc.
II il declared that this double was the mRn
who bought the pistol at the Washington
store. and that he atterwarl killed Gowen
in the latter room at Norm!eyS Hotel. es-
Gaping through the window after the deed
was done.
The evening world., 1889-12-23
LOCKED UP FOR R
Untimely slumbers in Church Cause
a Row and an Arrest.

Catherine Clark is sixty years Of age.
Mrs. Clark is dovout, but has one very bad
failing. She shores.
This was the cause, or rather the primary
cause, OF the old woman being sent to the
care OF the Commissioner OF Charities and
Correction for one month by Justice Cor
man IN the yeffergon Market Court to-day.
Yesterday MrH. Clark went To st. Francis
XAvier's Church, and fell asleep. Then she
gnored. Then an usher tried to coax her to
leave, Then she struck the usher II the
face and then she was arrested.
The evening world., 1889-12-23
A Parting Steal nom No Man,s LanA.

l~srECIAL TO TIE EyEStSu woaLD.l
WICnIrA, KAN, Dec. 23.~-Twenty-hvo
horses were stolen here last night. IL Is sup.
posed BY a giant OF thieves from No MANI
Land, who are leaving that country o.
account OF Judge Brewers decision thh2i8
Il within the jurisdiction OF the court ~
Paris. Tex. TII
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who wants to Wear Bpaulets.
c%adetahips at West Point and Annapolis

from the Eighth Congressional District
having become vacant, Congressman John
Mccarthy has appointed n competitive on.
animation OF applicants to be hold neat
Thursday at Grammar School No. z, IN
Henry street. near Pike.
Unfolding applicants. who have not yet
been physieAllY examined by Pr. Heming.
gentleman ON OF before Wednesday evening.
The evening world., 1889-12-23
A SHIP SUNK IN COLLISION.
Tie Thorbecko Goes Down After q
Crash with the Caland.
tsrrcrAr cAnLy 80 rur wpnt, I

t%srTCIAt CAnLg 20 INV vyENtNG w1RENt
LoNDoS, Dec. 81. The ship Thorbecke
was sunk in collision with tie steamer p.
Ca.and.
The extent OF the Calaud's Injuries and
the fate OF the Thorbecke's crew are not yet
learned.
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by his efforts In the ring, he had no show
for self-defense.
The affair was q most disgracoful one and
will probably settle for all time the chances
OF Smith agrin meeting n reputable fighter.
A party Of English gentlemen interviewed
since the fight declare that they would rather
have lost their money than to have seen
SlHvin 30 outrAgeously treated.
The feeling Is very strong. and a purse
The evening world., 1889-12-23
I X 7 A
A DRAW.
JOm Smiths Ruilan Friends Stop His
Fight With SlaVin.
The Australian Reported Badly
Used Up by the Mob.
SIavin Had the Best of the Fight
and Would Have Won.
Smith Was Knocked Down Time
Smith Was Knocked Down Time
and Again and Badly Punished.


ESPECIAL CABLE TO THE EVENING woRLp.l
BRuGEs. Belgium, Dec. 90. The Smith
fight occurred on private grounds
three miles from this place this morning.
and ended in a free fight and what the
called a draw, though Slavin
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AMERICAS OLUB BKArKG What could be fotlpf|
Prize, from Sl TO %, AZ sPALDISa bRoh. : IA
Broadway. T
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Verdict Of the Pan-AmerIcRh Delegates.
The new pAXI all tobacco ~CIGARRTTEB are the
very hOat that have ever been sold At the low hGnTO
OF 10 cent? per package. 80
The evening world., 1889-12-23
Justice o'ReilY Back In Court,

After a months severe illness Justice DGn,
lei OIeilly resumed his seat OF the henoh'
at the Tombs to-day. The Justice has bssn
Frustrated with pneumonia, and was 81 Que
time believed TO be dying.
The evening world., 1889-12-23

"AcOTn brand OhOc0Iats Creams for
ChrstmGs. 400. Equals others zoe. Al Groosrs. -
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YALE CoLLEGE ORSVnVArpRR-"ThQ Pan.
PSsiSVtiOS"-fTOL Newton. d 1stroSS@J,
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COIgaIS's Gins for Women.
bic. "a
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] Il s i. . S ;E:;I sss u. has. Is s s%l!sss !
The evening world., 1889-12-23
H. W. GRADY DEAD
Atlanta In Mourning for Its Distln-
guIShed Editor and Orator.
Mr.. GradYs Fatal Illness Con-
traCted During His North
ern Trip.
Life and Achievements Of This Gifted
Son OF the South.

Especial TO H EVENING WORLD
ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 23,-Henry ". Grady,
the editor-orRtor, who no lately charmed and