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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-07-05


Il don't care if he is a grand duke! He
has spoiled my Fourth o. Julyr
And Jack Langdon shook his small brown
fist after the retreating carriage of his
eXcellency. the governor of O..
Jack Langdon's father was one of the
growing number of Americans who have
taken up business in Russia. lie owned
the iron works of V. and was respected
both by foreigners and natives throughout
tho province governed by the Grand Duke
Alexis Alcxandrovitch. Relying on this
respect and the favor with which the au-
thorities regarded him. Mr.. Langdon had
vcntured to waylay the grand duke on one
of his morning drives for the purpose of
ASKING certain privileges. The reply OF
the governor was polite. but none the less
decided. lie said. You ask, my dear Mon
sieur Langdon, that your young son he
permitted to celebrate your national hoii-
day. the Fourth of July. by the letting Oft
OF certain toy explosives l regret TO have
60 inform you that such methods of jul
bilaton. while common in America, could
not he allowed In Russia. Two years ago
your countryman, Monsieur Morcldnd, of
the Nralsk mills. requested 4 like favor
and was reluctantly refused. The fact is
that our laws strictly forbid the use of
explosives in any shape or form. My good
cousin, the late car. enacted the law, i'm
mcdiately after his father had been slain
bv the nihilists. Firecrackcrs. in them
chance ~ introd,.... ,I,.n1mite',
But surely" protested Mr.. Langdon, "a
tiny demonstration in honor of the birth
Of a friendly nation"
Tho Grand ,l,la raised his hand donrc-
catiucly
81 cannot holm II i" he said but such
is tba 1a,y 3-o,ir SON win have TO forero
his cannon crackers. 1 fear. this Fourth of
July"
And then. signaling to his outriders. thu
governor drove on, leaving Air Langdon
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EAR CTIILDREN-A Few weeks ago I
told You - a little paper published ~


nico letter fvum The Midget and they sent
me Is cents. for they have already sent
seven ncw subscribers and Fevcnty-siN or
ders for sample copies. II IS only u cents
year end a charming little paper y YOU
want ia just write 20 Tho Midget. Warm
Springs. Na~iwetner county. Georgia Az
whn subserIiu. before November q tfls
ycar VIII re- helping the hospital fund
As You are So Interested i'm tho chidren'e
wl-i. 7 want a. tcii Won % VISIT ! hi'''''
tusre yesterday. I beard htile N-llie en-"
boy shn- br his f1tn.-l was much worse
- went down. - see him. lie had less
fever. hut g. NOT 81 Well as - WIS ana tne
doctors cannot teI yet whether Pc VIII i've
ar not Tie ItfIs fellow uut out h.H hand
for -he flowers I carri-.i HIN and ms Ei'ie
eyes were rs h.ight SIS stars. but ue can
not say a word and they fear he wih never
talk. Bong h- las in ais NICE clean Ltti"
I-al anil has every comfort around MN
AMI only now ard then frcts or cries.
There WIS another Lttle hoy IN tAe warn
yss-eriIy. quite EooA SIZE Boy he e..
flii n iu trying 90 ~. On haud ar ~. ..l'i
wien coal thar SOME NEGROES were TNrAtiia
ami tre c-r passed over Dis fnot- lie was
t-E.r rFrht - the ra.1.lre ms ward and the
doctors rVa.I un hFs foot and he VS. given
q bef au.i was issst IS corF.foTlanle n ~
F.h,, 80 ynu So. what blessing tA4s l'ia'
IS for raar slek children Tho !iitr SIT
vha hrl fever $ getting better. nut l''tH
v.~v raf Z waut So t.u xpu what 4 sweet
Isr-l. r--. fuGr gears ed ln n'y inltnt '-.i7'
GO sunday school said told t.ae '-.-.'ii'-
~ my visa TO -he hospital ana OK l-t-i-
v-v.- ana the other SICK cli-t and tntt
vart.-I them al 20 pray az them. s" li''-
r.ert -fe u-tie '.tat" rnit Ter mother ai1
SLID. rr- down On her knees and s-id-
-.u..r Lord make Etlle VINE weN.
mem rhlt little boy with his heed OH teI
up and. Dear Lori. make ihAt "i"'l i-'.'e
.hld thst Airs hing says ain't quite so
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AyOW To Hit IL.
Now when you want TO
hit the missing word, II

n "a Now when you want TO
hit the missing word, II
you cannot find the book, just
guess at il. You get a guess with
every yearly subscription, and If
YOU are not satisfied with one
guess send in another subscrip-
ton for yourself or your neighbor
and take another shot at it. One
month has gore and no one has
vet struck the right word. Who
knows but what you now have il
in mind and can name it OH the
first trial. This is the sentence:
awe have not '............ enough,
and are put 10 very awkward
shifts fer want of some" What
is the word
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-07-05
Nine Children Were KILLED.

Madrid. june 2S.-Nine children have
been killed and many others injured by
the collapse of a church wall at Solana in
the province Of Ciudad Real.
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months 7 wish SHE could 90 to the Grady
hospital where ] know She would De treat-
GA kindly. Papa takes several papers bur
none are as dear 10 me as tho good old
Constitution. Long may Ii live some OF
the cousins write TO me ana / win answer.
Chlckamauga, Tenn.-Dcar Aunt Susie.
We are two little neighbor girls. Clara
Cr.,btrce and Pearl Cornellson. We are too
small TO write on a subject so Will tel YOU
about our pets. Mly Kyall. Pearls cousin.
IS visiting her. We have a ilne time playing
fla the shade. We live near Lookout noun
tain. Missionary Ridge. ChiekamauGa bat
ucnold. We both attend sunday school.
our school VIII begin next month. ! love
to go To- school and love nay teacher SO
much. We each inclose . cents TO the
childrau's ward. Love to Aunt Susie ard
tho cousins.
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Amos Ellis. Greouville w Na.-Dear Ju-
ulor. As have been n reader Of The Junior
Tor quite "A while. I thought that I would
write few lines about this section OF
country. This is a fire grazing country.
Monroe county has n great many summer
resorts. The Red sulphur Springs and tho
salt sulphur Springs are the principal ones.
They arc beautifully situated among the
hiils-the beautiful West Virginia hills.
There are great many guests who visit
these places from all over the country.
There IS q beautiful cave n short distance
from Grcenyil!e which affords "a great deal
Of pleasure to the young people OF this
community. There is very fine scenery
around this cave. I had the pleasure OF
being one Of party who went through the
cave not long since. w had such a nice
time. 4 young lady and gentleman were
walking together and the gentleman fcll
down and broke his lantern all 20 pieces.
We had "a great deal of fun over it. 1 would
like correspondeEts-both sexes
Elyz'e FuttreH. SmithIand. Tenn-Dear
Junior: For "a long time I have been a
readcr OF Tho Junior columns. but never
had the courage TO write before. I have
been going TO school. but our school has
closed and we have vacation for while
For fear OF tho waste basket, I will close.
for Oh! how that awful basket how IL
does scare me. I inclose 3 cents for tho
Grady hospital Love to all the cousins
ami dear Aunt Susie.
Crystal Springs, Aiiss.-AIlow another
among tho many interested ones who arc
willing 60 cooperate In contributing year
~ to the Grady hospital. Enclosed nnd
my contribution for 1877. May Gods sweet
est blessing rest upon YOU and the little
homeless ones is IN" wish OF sincere
friend Bessie l. Garriman. Correspondence
solicited. as I am a cousin
Frank II. Curtis. Luther y. C.-My Dear
Aunt Susie I am a little boy nearly six
years old. get mamma to write this let
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Frank II. Curtis. Luther. y. C.-AIy Dear
Aunt Susie: / am little boy nearly six
years old. get mamma to write this let
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To Build O Town Well or Ill.

About the yeSr 1870 two suburban
specuIations were begun in the neigh
horhood of Chicago. One district was
situated nine miles from the town; ;
the other. six; but both were on the
same railway, and land in each was
worth from one hundred to two hun
dred dollars an acre. The managers
of one district laid out their plan in
what was then the usual way; they
made streets of prairie soil with neat
open bitches on each side, and they
left proper spaces for sidewalks, along
which trees were planted They hit
upon good name, issued Autographs
and advertised, with no very profit.
able results.
The managers of the other district
borrowed large sum of money at q
high rate of interest. With this they
underlaid the land with several miles
of drainage pipe, then build macadam-
lied roads with paved gntters, iron
grstings, concrete sidewalks and
broad borders frequently spreading
into little green's and commons
planted picturesquely. All the nat
ural wood and the banks of the stream
which passed the place were made
public property, and shelters, seats,
bathing and boat houses were pro-
vided upon it. An artesan we'll was
sunk, and with steam pump water
was sent to all parts of the property.
Before these improvements were near.
ly complete the owners began selling
land upon the roads at twenty dollars
the front foot, and soon afterwards
advanced the price to thirty dollars,
and then gas was introduced. The
price of land rose, even in the out.
skirts, in two years, from eighty to
one thousand dollars an acre.
In the twenty years of their exist
ence it is evident that the first COM
munity has had to expend many times
the amount wisely spent in she begin
ming by the other. These instances
suffice to show, in way thai ought to
appear to the most conservative, the
pecuniary importance of thorough
preparation. Mary G. Robbins, in
the Atlantic.
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Alaskan Curi0sities.

Professor L. L. Dyche, of the Uni
versity of Kansas, returned from
Alaska ON the City of Topeka, and left
lasr night by way of California for
his home. Professor Dyche went to
Cooks Inlet especially in search Of
natural history specimens. he as
cended to the source Of the Knik River
with an organized expedition, which
was a success although the obstacles
to be overcome we're appalling. The
native boatmen stripped and with
ropes pulled the boat up the turbulent
river. Professor Dyche obtained
specimens OF a new mountain sheep,
twelve; ;immenee mooseheads, caribou,
sea otter, birds and other small ami
mails. On July II Professor Dyche
saw eight inches of snow fall, and on
August II six inches fell. He saw
three smoking mountains, and expert
enced an earthquake. He found large
coal lodges, but the coal was so soft
that it could be whitfield with knife.
Professor Dycne said:
'Ihe country Is one'h nall maze. IL
will be a good country when it is
finished. The glaciers are slowly
doing their work; the mountains are
smoking and the rivers are vomiting
out quantities of quicksand. 1t is q
new country. Let it alone, and some
day it will be good country"
Professor Dyche met Princess
Tom, a famous Yakutat Princess,
wealthy beyond all other Alaska
Indians. She has $4,000 in gold
twenties. On her right arm she wears
five bracelets, each hammered out of
gold twenty, and on her left arm she
wears ten bracelets. each made from a
$40 gold piece. She has hundreds OF
blankets, sea otter skins, etc., and
owns a schooner and two sloops. She
is sixty-five years old and has Just OBJ
tanned her fifth husband, man twenty
years old for whom she paid 500
blankets. The Thlingin women manage
the households and hold the purse.
The relationships are traced back
through the mothers side. 1t is, in
fact, almost a savage realization OF
Lytton's "Uomlng Race. st. Louis
Globe-Demoerat.
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The HRebel YELL

Tho famous "rebel yell' is, in fact,
nothing more or less than the old time
war whoop of the Cherokee Indians
"the Sons of Fire" With the pos.
slble exception of the Natchez, they
were the most intelligent and least
cruel of North American Indians.
Their war cry was often heard in bat.
tie by the early settlers of Tennessee,
but they were the most forgiving peo.
pie of their race. After they had dis.
appeared from Tennessee their war
whoop still remained as favorite cry
of the whites. 1t was raised by the
patriots at Kings Mountain; again at
Jonesboro, when 1900 Tennesseeans
assembled to rescue John Sewer, who
had been kidnapped by North Carolina,
to be tried for treason against that
State. Ii was war cry at San Jacln-
to, at Shiloh and Chickanauga, and it
came from the throats of Tennesseean
Unionists Us we'll as secessionists.
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Something Of q Voice.

The greatest voice of which there is
any record or tradition about Congress
was possessed by George G. Symes, Of
Colorado. Symes, who WAS a good
deal Of character. finally committed
suicide. He was an Ohioan by birth,
but served in the Union Army through
the war in Wisconsin regiment, en-
tering as private and coming ont IS
colonel. Most of his life after the
war was spent in the West in the
Rocky Mountain region. From 1874
lie made his home in Denver, Col. He
was a lawyer by profession and an ora
tor noted for his great voice. Com
pared with it the below of "the Bull
of Bashan" was gentle murmur. 1t
was a deep, heavy bass. proceeding
seemingly from cavernous depths.
Asked one day about the reputation
his voice had given him, he replied:
"Well, I'll tell you about it," and
the words rolled out in his deepest,
heaviest bass. "You see I was out
campaigning. Twas addressing Re-
publican audience at SilYerton. Over
st Oroville, twenty miles distant, the
Democrats were holding a meeting.
Along about nine o'clock there came
up one of the awful storms which oc-
cur in that mountain country. The
wind howled like million imps. 1t
was especially bad at Oroville. The
people showed signs OF alarm, and
acted as if they wantt d to break upthe
meeting and leave the hall. The
chairman, becoming anxious, rose to
assure them. Ladies and gentlemen,
he said, do no be alarmed. There is
aRepublican meeting over at Silverton,
and George SYmes is addressing 1t.
He has just come to that portion of
his speech where he denounces the
Mills Tariff bill, and the noise you
henr is the indistinct rnmbling OF his
voice. '"-Washington Post.
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TEMPERANCE.
THE nuxsRLLsR's BOAST.


say! What is the use OF this noise anq
abuse? - = ~
Those temperance cranks can't expect me
To quit selling gin; just because OF their din,
While I've license and law to protect ma
They scold, rant and prate; but they don't
To take of my profits to build them &;
A poorhouse or jail, and when did fail
To furnish the subjects that fill thsm2
The stories they tell OF the liquors sell,
And my other ill-deeds; are a libel.
For such horrid abuse they can find no e1-
cuse;
Though they claim that they oan In their
Bible. ~ sc -
Yet, why should care2 Though sometimes.
declare,
Their abusive remarks are provoking;
While I'm the nght-bower OF the party IN
power Ftf q z
I can treat them as though they were
joking. A,t
Thomas Sullivan, in the Rams Horn.
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lad" but once their feet touched the
deck of their ship, they became officers,
and all their intercourse was marked by
the rigid formality and punctilious eti-
quette that is observed or board man
of-war, as in no other place.
After saluting, Lieutenant Hedges
said:
Mr.. Dayton. have ordered the zig
alongside, and am going on board the
Wanderer to report TO Captain Fox.
To this Valentine responded with a
Yes, sir.
Il have ordered everything made
ready for inspection" continued Lieu.
tenant Hedges; and as you will be in.
command during my absence, you will
promptly and properly.
! Il shall see to that. sir.
And I may invite Captain Fox OF
board to dine, though properly 1t is his
place to invite me, so, on second con-
sideration I shall not invite him."
Il think you are right, cir, replied
Valentine, conscious that his uncle was
not himself, and would not he, until tho
business now on hand was over.
Lieutenant Hedges, looking as If
there was great deal more he should
like to say II he had the time, turned
and went down to the boat.
Valentine went to work at once, and
though the habitual cheerfulness Of the
Sea Hawks crew seemed to have left
them for time, they worked with tneil
accustomed energy to get the ship into
inspection condition.
In a nalf hour Lieutenant Hedges
came back, looking still more nervous
and perple1ed, and the moment he got
on board he FASTENED to the cabin and
sent for the second officer.
Mr.. Dayton, cid not report for or
ders," said the Lieutenant, as Valentine
approached him.
May ask the reason, sir?'
"Becau @, sir, Captain Fox is not now
in command of the Wanderer.
You surprise me-.
The Wanderer, Mr.. Dayton, is com
manded by Lieutenant Frenauld, and
Captain William Fox is now, sir. at this
blessed moment, away among the Mon
,auk Indians, whittier do not propose
to 60 for orders"
TO BE CONTINUED
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CURIOUS FACTS.

In the book of Ezekiel fabric il
mentioned Ly the name of silk as vel
known in Assyria and Babylon.
A steel "chest protector against
bullets and knife thrlsts in the form
of "a vest has been patented by q
Texan.
OF the people living in Europe to-
day, the Firms, Lapps, Hungarians
and Turks do not belong to the Indo'
European family.
Charles T. Fsrrier, of Polk County,
Minnesota, has artificial legs. he
rides bicycle, can Jump fifteen feet
in three jumps, and can kick hat
held eight feet above the floor.
A swarm of bees took possession OF
big grocery store in Logansport,
Ind, and after driving out the clerks
and customers, ate twenty pounds of
honey that was exposed for sale.
A ffteen-pound gold nugget is now
on exhibition in New York. 1t is said
to assay 500 per ounce and is worth on
this basis just $3753. go. 1t was found
in placer mine in Dutch Guiana.
Floating beds of seaweed, which are
often met with in mid.ocean, have
been observed to reduce the height of
waves, like oil thrown upon the water.
Taking advantage of this fact a
Frenchman has invented thin cotton
or silken net to answer the same pur-
pose.
James Thornburgs mentioned in the
English scientific publications. early
in this century, was one Of family of
seven children, each of whom had six
fingers on each hand! and six toes on
each foot. 1t is stated that his mother
and grandmother were similarly en-
lowed.
Nicholas Sandarson, the blind pro.
lessor at Cambridge. England, was al
most preternaturally gifted in the
sense Of touch. By this faculty alone
he could distinguish counterfeit from
genuine metals and money, and could
tell, by the grain, OF what wood ia
BILE was made.
Along Butter Greek, Oregon, has
appeared vine that when above the
ground will leave the root and cling
to any vegetation to which it can at
tach itselfSand through which it can
draw nourishment. The seed is said
to have been brought there with al
falfa seed from Salt Lake.
Half the school at Forest Grove,
Oregon, followed the principal when
he, to the great amusement Of the
populace, dashed out of the building
and splashed through the muddy
streets after a youngster who fed
from his wrath. He caught the boy
and did not disappoint him.
Two gentlemen were struggling to
enter Detroit street car when one
stepped on the foot of the other. The
sggrieved person failing to receive an
apology, struck the other, and fight
ensued. 1t was fast and furious, and
ended only when the discovery was
made that the impolite gentleman was
deaf and dumb.
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HOW EVANGELIST JONES GETS DOWN 70 BIS
HEARERS.
The historic old Faneuil hall in Boston,
which for $50 years has re-echOed from its
walls the voices of the greatest and the best
men in the world, has been packed the past
week with business men, market men and
others, who have gathered to here the stir
ring words of Mr.. Sam" Jones, the great
evangelist. Mr.. Jones uses the vernacular
freely and gets down to the level Of the
most illiterate, but his pungent periods are
equally effective with men and women Of ed
ucation. Said Mr.. Jones at Faneuil hall:
"When I was kid used to sing, i want
to be an angel I've quit that. I had
rather be a generous, royal man than any
angel in heaven. One great essential Of
manhood is will power. You can cultivate
it by use. You say fellow can destroyed
his will power. If a fellow can destroy it
he can bufld it up again. The chap I ad-
mire is the one who says I viii, and hasn't
any whistle. cowcatcher or brakes-I will
clare that 4 will not do this, that or the
other Il will pray 4 will pay my debts,
Il will not drink i will not do any wrong"
In talking to railroad men, he said :
"God has given every man throttle OF
will power, to send him on toward the good
world and brakes to stop him when there. is
danger. A man has no business to tamper
with his brake power. God pity him who
is rolling down grade to hell with an awful
momentum, enough to make the devil trem-
BILE. and, not brake on his nature in work
ing order. I put on my brakes Is years
ago and stopped running down hill. Stop
your drinking, brother! God bless you,
young men! Nurse your brake power SO
you can stop anywhere II you stand at
the door of a saloon or any other place
which your mother would not enter, put 'em
on! II there is anything that will tarnish
your name, put 'em oni You can be an
honor to your mother and blessing to Bos-
ton, or you can be the other thingif you want
to- . ...
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LAST YEARS L1ouon LICENSES.

II the number of licenses issued by the
Government during the past year furnishes
any indication, there he's been marked DE-
crease in the sale OF intoxicating HQ
since the first day OF January, 1896.
For the twelve months ending Decem
81, 1885, there were 225, ,091 licenses issued
the Government, including 2c4, ,294 to r6
liquor dealers; 4648 to wholesale liquor de
srs; 1855 to recti1ers; 12,064 to retail "a
dealers, and 1866 to brewers While
years business shows that a vast anoun9
money has been expended in strong tdl
the total number OF licenses for the ysar
S400 short of 1895. 's.,
This decrease may be due in a measur
moral Improvement, bat the explanat
which will be most generally accepted Is TIN
the sale Of liquor has been affected by advers
conditions. q
The largest number OF saloon licenses
issued to any district in the United States
was issues to the first district Of Illinois,
which includes the city OF, Chicago, the numA
her OF licenses being 1919 Next comes the
first district OF California, with $500, and
third the fourteenth district Of New York,
with 9052. -: X.
So far as the sale OF whisky In the various
States OF the Union Is concerned, New York
maintains her pre- eniinenee in this as well, as
In other respects. Atlanta Constitution. 3
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WHERE ALI, THINGS ARE MADE PLAIN.

Here, though we work never SO hard. we
have no assurance that our perplexing prob
lens will be solved there, we have the as
surance that our work will bring the de-
sired solution and make all things plain.
The postponements Of earth will all be over
taken. worked out to completion, and every
dark thing make clear and satisfactory.
This long and painful sickness, that sudden
and distressing death, yonder trying. loss,
yonder broken plan. yonder cruel decep-
tion-these are to be thoroughly under
stood. All the black storm-clouds of life
are going to be rainbowed. and shot through
and through with transtiguring light, and
made things of Joy and rejoicing forever.
You will know then why you failed and why
you lost and why you suffered and why you
were circumscribed for you will find all
the things which pertained to you and yours
in their proper places in the glorious and
all-wise plan OF God.-Dayid Gregg, D. D.,
in The Heaven Life"