The morning call., 1894-03-18

ZION III pursuit OF heaED. Inc past "lhlei "'H
been remarkable failure in this respect, anu
the few Northern people who have gone SCUM
nave had no money TO throw away. Inc holeis'
which last winter were Tiled to oYelnowing'
are securing barely sufficient patronage 10
Keep them going at present, ana the peopio
ooWh tnere are experiencing lhe naIu '',iie'
winch we have felt for year. The non inous
Try In Alabama ana Tennessee Is III d pau
shape, and the voters are turning against tue
party In power. Florida IS dotted over WIN
hotels which will close their doors before the
season ends"
'In many respects tile business career OF
James Eivers0D, the proprietor oil the fnld-
delDhia Inquirer is fully as remarkable as that
of tue late George w. ChlIds," said l. o. lib
bard OF that city yesterday. "During the war
he was telegraph operator In Washington
and having accumulated about $4,000 he went
10 Phlladelphia and invested 1t In story paper
MT. ElVerson's capital proved lnsumeleht 10
place the undertaking upon successful pasis'
although It was evident that all tnat was re-
CURED 10 DO so was the investment OF larger
amount OF capital, and finally ne Induced sew
eral gentlemen TO go into tile venture, ne re-
tanning a one-balf interest, and win the III
fusion OF more capital came decided change
for the better. MIR. ElyersOn is worth at least
100000 and boasts that be never gave
note In his life. He bought up the Old fhiia-
delpnla Inquirer III 1855, and allhoueh
Democrat himself he did not attempt 10 change
the politics of the paper, but reduced the price
TO cent, enlarged it in size, and mas mace a
notable success OF his venture"
Speaking OF the rumored coming exodus OF
negroes from the South, Homer u. Brown OF
Atlanta said yesterday that the men VINO are
agitatlng the movement claim they VIII send
10000 OF those people from the vicinity OF At
lanta alone TO Liberia during The coming year.
The government Of that country. it is said, has
promised 10 allot twenty-five acres OF land 10
each family after it arrives and TO give them
Tatl0ns sufficient TO last six months. line
planters OF the South are not as apprehensiye
as 10 The result OF this movement as ihey nave
been IN years past when similar undertakings
have been on foot" said Mr.. Brown. ut has
been demonstrated that even at increased pay
white laborers are by far The best upon South
ern plantations. and II we can only induce
larger immigration of poor but industrious
farmers who Will take up a small amount OF
land and cultivate 1t 1 think we Will have taken
a long stride toward the ultimate settlement OF
the veXed problem"
Il have been much interested i'll several little
sketches of noted women in various States
which have seen published IN THE CALL dur
Ing my Stay in this city, said Z. j. Ashley of
Louisville. hy., yesterday, land have been re-
minded thereby OF probably the most widely
known woman in my own State. ] refer 10
Mrs. John Clay OF Lexington, who is undoubt-
eddy the best-knOwn horsewoman IN Kentucky,
If not IN the whole earth. She is a daughter-in-
law OF Henry Clay, and Is a woman OF great
personal attraction, prior TO her marriage being
a renowned belle. She has, since the death OF
her husband several years ago. had entire
charge Of a STOCK farm comprising more than
25O acres, the details Of management being at
tended 10 solely by herself. Her love for her
horses Is shown by peculiar beQuest In her
will, by which she has set aside legacy Of $50
per annum 10 every superannuated animal on
the place."
Chicago people are noted for their fads."
said Florist M. A. Holmes of that city. a: the
Palace yesterday, land each new phase of the
craze develops some strange eccentTicity. One
man know OF is in a fair way TO make small
fortune through curious fancy for brio a-brae.
lie has store IN the center OF the business
portion OF the city and formerly limited his
transactions 10 the purchase and sale of old
bottles. Druggists and baTKeepers were his
principal customers, but now one may see fash
iOnable Carriages at his door any bright day.
They buy odd-shaped bottles ana jugs OF all
sorts and pay handsomely for such treasures as
old Dutch wares in blue, or The quaint decorated
bottles in which various liquors and mixtures
are imported. Glazed jugs of fine finish and
drinking mugs, such as The Germans showed at
jackson PARK last summer. have become a
craze and bring far in excess OF their former
value"
One Of the local officials of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, who was recently in this
city, remarked that this would be great year
for ocean Ielegraphy as the Anglo-Amercan
Gable Company Will lay new Atlantic cable
this spring and which is now being made in
England The copper-eOnducting wire Of this
cable, he SAID will weigh $50 pounds per knot,
while hitherto no cable has had conductor
Weighing so much as 500 pounds per knot. The
heaviest case IS that OF the French cable from
ST. Pierre 10 Brest. 1t is 2342 inches lOug and
weighs 49, pounds per knot. The estimated
cost for making and laying long cables is about
$1,000 per knot. The cost of the proposed Pa
cltic cable will be somewhat greater because it
cannot be manufactured in this vicinity.
1.-The tunnel on the Colorado Midland road.
which is NEARLY completed, is a WONDER" said
o. l.. Robinson, Denver railroad man, at the
Russ yesterday. at carries the road through
the Rocky Mountains at Hagerman Pass is
nearly two miles long, and was bored through
solid gray granite. Its 10.S9o feet above the
sea level, and Its completion involved three
years aud twenty days work, each day COM
prising twenty working hours"
DIR. j. Hudson Taylor, founder OF the China
Inland Mission, accompanied by Miss GUM
ness, arrived yesterday Saturday aud is
stopping at the Occidental DIR. Taylor will
speak in Calvary Church on Sunday evening"
and at the Chinese Home on Monday after
noon. and will be rendered reception in CAL
vary Church In the evening. Dr. Taylor and
Miss Guinness leave for China on Tuesday.
John M. b. Sill. The newly appointed Minister
to COTea, is in town. en- route TO the Orient. He
is accompanied by his wife and son and his
wtfes sister, Mrs. Graham. All are at present
the guests OF Rev. ID. A. Goodsell, resident
Bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal church, at
bis home, 435 Buchanan street. The party
sail on the Gaelic next Tuesday.
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