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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-09-28
Fifty Years Ago.

who could imagine that this should be
The place where, in eighteen ninety-thres
That white world-wonder of arch and
dome
Should shadow the nations, polychrome...
Here at the Fair was the prize conferred
On Ayers Pills, by the world preferred.
Chicago-like. they a record show,
Since they started-5o years ago.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-09-28
DIXON ALMOST DONE.
Negro Found 1t All He Could Do To
Last Twenty Rounds.

New York. September 25.-Georse Dixon,
the champion featherweight Of the world
fought the hardest battle Of his career
when he had finished his twentieth round
draw with Tommy White. of Chicago. TO-
night.
The coIored lad went into the ring
hot favorite. but before half the battle
was over the 800 spectators saw that ne
was not the Dixon OF former battles.
At times he showed some of his old-time
cycIonic dash, but the restless energy and
terrific punching power that made him IA
NOUS were not there. Dixon met his match
at last. and although the decision was a
fair one, there were many who thought
White had the best of the encounter.
Corbett Still Able To Talk.
San Francisco. September 22.-President
Groom, of the National Athletic Club re-
ceived a dispatch from James j. COrbett
stating that he accepted the offer Of the
club for a ten-rOund 20 with Tom Sharkey
for $4,000.
Be sure to guess when YOU renew
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-09-28
PREDICT ARMENIAN oUTRAGES.
Refugees Assert that Massacres VIII
Occur on September 3oth.

Occur on September 3Oth.
London. September PA dispatch from
Sofia says that Armenian refugees who
have arrived in Bulgaria, announce that
further Armenian outrages may be expected
to occur on September Both.
1t is a noteworthy fact that n similar
statement is contained in Turkish official
telegram.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-09-28

Coming from "A r1an Or Mt Richardson ,
s-~-f native disposition. tne foregoing
seems 10 De strong language. hu; u was pro-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-09-28
nc AutunLn Beggars-

Nv love was in q beggar's dress
When forth-away we went
To seek a world of loneliness
And plenty, and content
And thou" I said. "a queen shalt be
And wear a purple robe for mel"
She marveled with her hand in Minis.
And unused along the way
That she should wear a robe so fne,
Nor ask a rose Of May.
But still I counseled: Thou shalt wear
The robes that queens have found most
fair"
The herald., 1896-07-01
PERSONALS

Burr Saunders of Santa Monica Is reg
istered at the Ramona.
Thomas H. Owens, a capitalist of San
dusky, o., is in town accompanied by
his wife and child.
]. H Burton, representing the Eastern
Importing company of New York and
Chicago. is at the Ramona.
]. H. O'Donnelly, a prominent mining
man of Nevada, has returned from
short trip to Arizona and is at the Ra
mona.
George L. Lonergan and family, with
Mrs. G. B. Homer and her daughters
Grace and Lillian, are visiting Los An
geles.
H. c. Whitehead, general auditor of the
Santa Fee railroad system, who has been
in Southern California for some weeks
past, will leave for the east today.
T. A. Riordan of Flagstaff Ariz, a
prominent lumber man, Is in the city.
A. E. Ederer and Miss Ederer of Chi
cago are in the city. They are stopping
at the Hollenbeck.
Justice Owens returned yesterday
morning from his vacation outing at
Bear Valley He will open his court on
Thursday of this week, and Justice Nor
rison will then go off for his annual
recreation trip.
S. w. Lamoreaux of the general land
office, Washington, D. c., with his family
and few friends, arrived in the city yes
terday morning by special car and
shortly afterwards left for Redlands He
returned from the latter place last even
ing and went to Santa Monica Today
ne will visit Mt Lowe.
The herald., 1896-07-01

'I represent Mr.. O. Fl. Havemeyer," said
n young man to Collector Kilbreth. "He
has just imported some very fine pheasant
eggs from England. He proposes to hatch
the eggs artificially and to stock a game
preserve he owns in New Jersey. The eggs
are in the hands of the customs officers.
and it is important that they be delivered
at once"
II have no doubt of that" said the col
lector with a sweet smile, "but we cannot
WHAT" said the young man. jumping
to his feet in amazement. Not deliver Mr..
Havemeyers eggs. Why"
MY dear fellow said the collector, "I
have not the slightest objection. personally,
to Mr.. Havemeyer importing all the pheas-
ant eggs he desires, but the law does not
permit it,
Then the collector turned to the tariff
law of 1894 and read:
Section All. Eggs of birds. fish and in
sects free; provided, however. that this
shall not be held to include the eggs of
game birds. the importation of which is
prohibited except for scientific collection"
The young man argued that the law did
not apply to Mr.. Havemeyers eggs, but to
the eggs of game chickens and telegram
was sent to the department asking a rul-
ing.-From the New Yoli World.
The herald., 1896-07-01
FOR IRELAND'S SAKE

The battle for Irelands freedom, which
has tagged for the last few years, or
ever since the disruption of the Irish
National party through the discovery of
Parnell's moral lapses and the conse-
quent reputation of his leadership by
a large section of the party is about to
be revived on what promises to be a
more formidable scale than ever. The
call for great convention composed of
delegates from all parts ofthe world, to
assemble in Dublin next September, has
gone forth. The plan of campaign
marked out is an ambitious one, and if
executed might well be expected to pro-
duce some important results. OF course
much depends on the organization and
leadership of a cause. The new move
ment may contain the elements of giant
strength, yet if it be improperly organ
lied or poorly or unwisely led, it will
avail little in its mission. The Irish
party under the leadership of Charles
Stuart Parnell made wondrous strides,
considering the period of his captain
cy. Parnell was born leader of men
and a sagacious politician as well. He
was a politician of the higher type, a
politician for his country's sake, and
no alloy of petty personal ambition de-
tracted from the purity of his patriot
ism. Into the cause of his people he
threw his heart and his life at the ex-
penSe of his personal fortune and at
the loss of another fortune that his tall
entS, selfishly used. might have won.
He waged the contest for home rule in
Ireland on strictly constitutional
plane. and before long he made Ireland
a power in English politics the like of
which she had never been before and
has never been since. With superb skill
he built up a party capable of sending
from Ireland strong and harmonious
delegation to the house of commons.
and with that delegation he held the
balance of power between the Conserv-
atives and Liberals of Great Britain
until. partly on principle and partly for
the sake of policy, the Liberal party,
or the larger part of it, undertook the
attainment of the reforms for which the
Irish Parliamentary party so bravely
commended that the cause of Ireland be-
came also the cause of a large part of
the English people, and secured the
championship of the greatest and most
humane statesman England has pro-
duced in century. With the setting of
ParnelPs sun the tide of Ireland's DO
litical power ebbed.
If the movement now under way can
secure leadership as disinterested per-
sonally, as pure in motive and as shrewd
in action as that of Parnell, Ireland's
hopes Of elf-government may bud
again.
The herald., 1896-07-01

McKinley's speech in response to the
formal notification of his nomination for
the presidency by the Hanna meeting
was, like the man, mediocre. 1t was
noticeable neither for diction nor
thought. In the entire effort not a single
sentence was uttered that will live in the
average mind In fact, in his entire ca
reer Mckinley has not given out a
phrase that the people recollect, unless
it be the vapid remark about money of
gold, silver and paper, each dollar as
good as the other, and all as untarnished
as the honor of the government" and
this has only been remembered as a
piece of inane evasiVeness. He is "a deal
er in generalities that have not even the
merit Of being glittering; retailer of
schoolboy platitudes about the flag, the
republics glorious past and its roseate
hopes, and all that sort of thing. This
line of forensic material will do we'll
enough on the Fourth of July, but it does
not furnish the calculation of economic
questions that voters like to hear from
a man posing as a statesman and a can
didate.
The herald., 1896-07-01
The Pneumatic's Night Cap

An enterprising inventor and trades
man has sent circulars to a NUMBER OIL
members of parliament who made them
selves notorious during the all-night
sitting of the house of commons couple
of weeks ago. He states that, in view
of similar eventualities druing the dis
sires to call their attention to an article
which he is manufacturing exclusively
for the use of those assisting in noctur-
nal debates 1t consists of patent night
cap with pneumatic reservoir behind,
which can be blown into delightfully."-
soft cushion. which induces refreshing
sleep the moment the head is placed on
1T. The sleeper can be awakened by
simply turning a screw, which allows
the air to escape, and he is then like a
giant refreshed. ready to take part in
the debate until the time arrives for an
other short repose. AS it Is Of small
bulk, 1t might also. the inventor sug
gests, be handy for retaining places at
prayer time. 1t is hardly likely that this
atrocious headgear will ever be ac-
copied. Many parliaments in the past
have been dignified with nicknames, such
as the "Rump," the Long" the short
lived" the Mad" the "Pensioner," the
Ounces" the Devils" the Drunk
en-" and the Good" and if the new in
vention We're adopted even by only few
Of the lighting" opposition, the present
house Of commons would undoubtedly
become known to posterity as the
"Nightcap" parliament.-London Daily
TELEGRAPH.
The herald., 1896-07-01
What Else Could She Do

She paced excitedly to and fro.
Just why she paced, instead of trotting
or galloping, is a matter that it is diff
cult to understand, but it is not unusual
for women to pace in novels.
It's too bad, too bad, she said.
Then he continued pacing.
"Such combination of circum-
stances" she declared moment later
lis enough to drive one crazy"
whats the natter" asked her dear
est friend.
Il received a proposal of marriage
from Mr. Goodfellow this morning." she
explained, wringing her HANDS at the
thought that there was no ring to be
wrung with them, "and he sent it by
telegraph"
by telegraph"
Eyes. He was suddenly called away
and he couldn't wait until he came back
for my answer, so he telegraphed."
Rather awkward" suggested the
dearest friend.
Worse than that" she answered. 81
might have forgiven the awkwardness
but he wanted me to telegraph my an
swer."
ooh, dear! I never would have the
courage to take such a message into
telegraph office and watch the clerk
count the words"
well, 1 didn't like it, but I might
have overlooked that"
What was the trouble, then?"
"Why, try as hard as l might, could
not put an acceptance into exactly ten
words. Eight was the nearest l could
get to it. and it was hard work to make
it eight
We'll. what did you do?"
"Oh, there was only one thing for me
to do, so far as l could see. l found
could put refusal into exactly ten, and
! either had to do that or let the company
The herald., 1896-07-01

description of the passing show
would be reckessly inadequate and in
complete without the story of Mark
Hanna This remarkable parsonage has
been battered as no private citizen has
been in this country in recent years.
and those who know him best say that
his head has been turned, and he is
swelled up with the overlooking that
his vanity is being subjected to. He has
come to believe that he is indspensa BILE
to the success of the Republican party
and the safety of the country, and if he
doesn't keep his hands on the reins and
direct the campaign in person as chair
man of the committee all will be lost in
November.
The fulsome flatterers who surround
him have pumped this into him until it
would seem as if he would have a sur
felt of it; but the more he gets the more
he wants.
1t was a new experience for Hanna.
this thing of having the great men of
the party bow down TO him and make
over" him as they are doing, yet he
takes it all with the utmost compla-
cency. No king could receive the wor-
ship of his subjects with greater salts
faction than this millionaire iron man of
Cleveland.
A sinister feature of the play on Han
ma was the active efforts of his open
and secret enemies to promote the idea
that found Judgment in his brain that
the Republican party cannot do with
out his leadership. The Platts and
QVays. and the Forakers and Tanners
and all their crafty followers pumped
the glad word into fat and smiling Han
ma. Republicans who were faithful to
their party and wanted to see their
party succeed were furiously indignant
Louisville Courier-Journal
The herald., 1896-07-01
SOME LEAP YEAR LAWS
Women Not Only Could Propose 600 Years
Ago, but the Man Had to Accept

Probably few spinsters who have been
trying to gather up enough courage to take
advantage OF their customary privileges
during leap year are aware that in two
countries at least, and more than COZ years
ago, laws were passed which gave women
the right of proposing marriage. These en-
acetmentS went even further than this.
They also stipulated that if the man whose
hand they sought should refuse he should
incur heavy fine.
a searcher among the ancient records OF
Scotland has recently discovered an act OF
the Scottish parliament, which was passed
in the year 1858. which runs as follows:
1t Is statut and ordaint that during the
rein OF his moist blisslt Megeste ilk for the
years knowne as Lepe yeare, ilk mayCien
layde of baithe highe and lowe estalt shall
haze libertie to bespoke We man she likes. al
belt Gif he refuses to talk hir to be his
lawful wye. he shall be mulcted in We sum
of ane dundis or less as his estait may be:
except and avis gil he can make ii appeare
that he Is betrothit ane ither woman. he
a year or two later law almost similar
to the Scottish enactment was passed in
king. 1t is also said that before Columbus
salded on his famous voyage to The west
ward similar privilege was granted to the
maidens of Genoa and Florence.
There is no record cxtant of any fines i'm
posed under the conditions of this Scottish
law, and no trace of statistics regaldins'
tage of it or OF the similar regulations in
France, but tho custom seems to have
aboSf ha t@e The na ne OF
is dated nearly 10 years later. and ii is n
curious little treatise called Love. Court
ship and Matrimony." which was publieh-
ed in London in 1896. In this quaint work
the privilege is thus alluded TO:
albeit it now becomes q part of tho COM
mon law in regard to social relations of life
that, as often as every leap yeare doth re-
turn, the ladyes have the sole privilege dur
ing the time it continueth of making love
either by wordes or lookes, as to them it
seemcth proper and moreover, no man
will be entitled to benefit OF clergy who
.1f,N1 l,.,t.
slight or contumely."
Up to within a century ago II was ono Of
the unwrtten laws of leap year that. If =
man should decline proposal lie should
soften the disappointment which his an
swer would bring about by tho presenta-
ton of silk dress to the unsuccessful
sutton for his hand
A curious leap year superstition is still TO
be met with in some parts OF New England
on the wrong side of the pod From the
Philadelphia Examiner
The herald., 1896-07-01

BY the nomination of William McKin-
ley for the presidency, long foreseen,
the Republican party has committed one
of those blunders, monopoly of which
it has been in the habit of charging to
the Democratic party.
At a time when the country Is racked
by mighty contending forces of vast inn
port for good or evil; when the credit
of the nation is menaced by gathering
storm of reputation and fiatism, and
the common veal of the people Is put
at stake through the orgy of the DEM
agogues and the fanaticism of the ig-
norant; when patriots are looking to all
parties for something more than organ
lied campaigns upon office and are pre-
pairing to break all party bonds that
restrain them from striking for self
protection and national integrity-at
such time the Republican party. in
full view of the impending failure of the
Democratic party to meet this great
emergency, steps forward and supports
its claim to the confidence of the country
by Offering for its suffrage William Nc
Kinley, the most stolid of trimmers,
the most pliable of invertebrates, the
most vacuous of incapables, as the he
roic figure that is to stand an impreg
nable bulwark against the stress of
popular folly and frenzy.
1t is an astounding blunder in every
respect-and in not the least respect
Kinley may be elected. If the Demo-
cratic party is determined to abandon
the field of sound money. as it now
seems bent upon doing at Chicago. Me-
Kinley will be elected; not because of
his own merit, but because of the lack
of merit in his opponents. and because
he stands upon a soundmoney plat
form. But he will never be reelected
No party could stand more than one
term of a weakling like Mckinley. Be-
fore his term is half over he will be
pulled limb from limb by the contend
ing elements in his party and in 1901
that party will go out of power. and
perhaps out of existence, giving place
to either a Refrigerated Democracy, or
to a new party that will rise up to vim
dictate the eternal principles which
those now in control of the Democratic
organization are about to trample, mob
footed, in the mire.
But if temporary success is all that
is to be sought 1t is the luck of the Re-
publican party that it can commit 50
great blunder and yet profit by
greater blunder of the Democrats. For
could there be more remarkable luck
when the Republican party is manipu-
lated by the managers of Mckinley into
nominating noAentity on the money
question, though the people want stall
wart gold leader, and a professional
tariff agitator though the people want
rest from tariff agitation-could there
be more remarkable luck than the sud
den arrangement of the Democratic
party on the great issue of the day.
which. unless checked before the close
OF the Chicago convention, means the
triumph of even a makeshift like Nc
kinley.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The herald., 1896-07-01
Income Tax on Dividends

The London Times says: "a return to
the house of commons gives the value of
property assessed to income tax under
schedule c for all profits arising from an
nuties and dividends. distinguishing the
amount assessed on dividends from Brit
ish, Indian. colonial and foreign stocks for
chargeable thereon for the year. The total
amount charged was 93s913. 492, yielding
a15S9t Of DUTY of this total gi2
dian securities e1O 457,7 yielding eSO8-
ing e157425 foreign securities. The most
remarkable feature in the return is the
comparatively small amount charged on
foreign securities. No doubt less of these
is held by Inhabitants of the United King
dom than was held some years ago. but it
is difficult to avoid thinking that a good
deal of income from foreign sources es-
capes taxation. To most people it will be
q surprise that for the purposes Of this re-
turn thy Isle Of Man is q colony
The herald., 1896-07-01

Shortly after Mr.. Carlisle became Sec
rotary OF the treasury, and about the
time the gold reserve passed the 100000
600 mark, which was then regarded as
the danger line, it was telegraphed from
Washington that the secretary had de-
termined to begin paying the United
States notes and treasury notes in sill
YER This news created great excite
ment both in New York and abroad.
The next day the news was contradicted
on the authority of the president, who
said that gold payments would be main
tanned at all hazards
The report and the denial gave rise to
another statement that Mr.. Carlisle
really intended to pay the notes in sill
Yer. but was overruled by the president.
Not syllable of testimony has been
presented to support this assertion, but
it has been repeated thousands of times
and up to very recent date. 1t has
even been pointed out by Senator Sher-
man that the discretion to pay the treas
ury notes in either gold or silver is vest
ed by law in the secretary. thus leaving
it to be inferred that MIR Carlisle was
wanting in proper spirit in allowing him
self to be interfered with by the presi-
dent.
Mr.. Carlisle's appearance before the
packed committee of the senate appoint
ed to conduct the bond investigation
afforded him an opportunity of testify
lllS dS " ILLS SlOIy. MI. est asked MIN
if he had ever contemplated paying the
notes in silver. To this Mr. Carlisle re-
piled that the policy of paying in gold
had been followed so long that he did
not consider it expedient to depart from
1t in time of emergency. Then Mr.. Platt,
Republican, asked the secretary point
blank If he had not actually contemplate
ed paying in silver, but that 1t came to
the ears of the president, who had said
it must not be done. This afforded Mr..
Carlisle an opportunity to respond spe-
officially to the old assertion so often
repeated by Republicans and other en-
emies of the administration. He an
swered that he had heard of these re-
ports. and that the statement that the
president had overruled him had not
a word of truth in it. He read authorized
statements from the president and him
self. showing that they were agreed on
maintaing the credit of the government
by gold payments.
This ought to put an end to the SANDER
SO often repeated against the secretary.
though 1t is doubtful whether 1t will
do SO. At all events Mr.. Carlisle has
denied II under oath in the broadcast
terms possible. and hereafter those who
reassert it must produce their proof or
stand convicted as common slanderers
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The herald., 1896-07-01
53e Sand street, Los Angeles.
SrnerYirors' Wanton Waste

Editor Herald: l see by The Herald of
the 25th that the supervisors are running
politics to earth. Those are the kind of
men we have who claim to be by the
people and for the people, but | think
their aim is this: by the people and for
self, which has been the case with one of
the supervisors from up this way
would like to know whose money pays
for the running expenses of this county
Is it the Republican supervisors or is
it the peoples?
1t is not long ago that we had road
built from CoVina to Spadra called the
CoVina and Pomona road, which cost
the county about $1100, and which should
not have cost at the outside over $500,
but our supervisor had a gang of Span
iards camped there for about four
months. sleeping in their tents and be-
ing paid for it by the county so when
they had eaten up about $500 they had
just succeeded in getting a trail over a
hill that would have been hard for a rab-
bit to go over; then they sent another
The herald., 1896-07-01
NDRED DOLLARS RE.
WARD

por sevr raj weeks past the Evening
Express p IS been claiming larger cir
.Yiatlsu an The Herald. Such claim
Ths Her / asserts is baseless, and to
Grove IFS llsity and convince the pubic
that The Herald has the larger circula-
zion. tt i pay into the treasury of the
IApre 3 company 800 in trust for any
church 1r charitable institution the En-
press ua designate if the Express will
rnofa ard publish an affidavit showing
1he exact number of papers it has printed
sa ince December 81, 1895. Said
amount will be paid in compliance with
the foregoing conditions even if the
statement required shows that the cir
culation of the Express is larger than
that of The Herald.
The herald., 1896-07-01
GONE TO THE FOREST

Between the nomination of John r.
Tanner, the illiterate machine politician,
by the Republican party for governor of
Illinois. and the selection of John P.
Altgeld, the unapproachable demagogue,
by the Democratic party for 1.-THE same
position, the responsibility and intelli-
gence of the state that is near Chicago
are disconsolate; there Is no balm in
Gilead for such. This is the way the
Chicago Times Herald. the leading In
dependent Republican paper of the state.
walls over the situation: