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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04

A fine library edit!on % the ever-beloved Spec
tator'' OF Addison ana Steele Is announced In Lon
don. 1t is to be reprinted from the first edition
and In eight volumes and II Is TO be edited by Mr.
r. A Ajtken who is known as the author of an
interesting biography of Steele. lie Will supply a
general introduction and notes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04

Among the books which Roberts Brothers have
in preparation is work which the late Philip Gil
bert Hamerton left In manuscript. 1t Is called
"The Mount" and describes visit to the site Of
an ancient Gaulish city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04

The new illustrated edition OF Levers novels will
contain among the Chapters of Harry Lorrequer"
some matter which has not before been printed.
AT the time he wrote this story Lever was resident
physician TO the British Legation at Brussels. and
the last instalment Of his MS was lost In trans
mission from that city TO London in the Legation
dispatch-bag. Although much worn out, Lever
had simply to sit down and rewrite the chapters
as best he could. Later the truant copy" some
how turned up, and 1t is now 10 be printed as an
appendix TO Harry Lorrequer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04

L Office OF the Clerk Of the Common Council, Room 8,
Hail, New-york city
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04

Any attempt TO promote the safety OF auditors
and spectators in theatres is highly laudablc
dertaking especially II It be made by who
has gone into the subject ntelligenty and thor
oughly William Paul Gerhard. His discussion
Of Theatre Fires and Panics," In volume OF
i75 pages printed by John Wiley A. Sons. starts
with a consideration OF the causes Of such dis
asters, and then deals with the proper means OF
prevention. Mr. Gerhard indicates that Europe
is ahead Of America In such precautions. The sub
sttution Of metal for iniiammable material on the
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Rot About the New South.

The Richmond Dispatch. referring
to very tiresome and idiotic bit of
humbug, quite popular some years ago.
says:
"Col. Richard Malcolm Johnston
was true to himself and to his people,
when in his speech the other night at
the banquet of the New England
Society of New York, he repudiated
the new south idea. The south, said
Col. Johnston, 4 do not say the new
south it is the old south, continuing
fond of her traditions, and ashamed of
no part of her history etc. There is
nothing more sickening than to hear
southern man talk about the new south,
particularly if he is addressing an as
semblage of Northern men,"
The Post has always been impatient
of this silly gabble about the new
south. There is no such thing. The
expression is never used save by poll
ticians or notoriety seekers or beard
less youths who knew not the thing
they speak of as having. vanished. 1t
is the same old south, cherishing the
same old patriotic traditions, inspired
by the same patriotic purpose, loving
the country, jealous of its dignity and
honor, ready to die or suffer for it
always. 1t is in the south that the
language, the ideas, and the practices
of the American fathers find their most
perfect preservation. 1t is in the south
that anarchy and other foreign teach
ings of social agitation have received
the least encouragement. 1t is to the
south that the country some day will
have to look for protection of her social
and political institutions. These peo-
pie who pirate about the "new south"
are either talking ignorantly or for
their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The south
was the home of conservation before
the war. The south under the changed
conditions is the nations citadel of
conservatism still. The south's ideas
and aspirations may not please Wall
street at times, but should the Union
ever be confronted by any genuine
peril, either from abroad or from with
in, there is not county in any south
ern state but will give in her defense
more pluck and backbone and devotion
than the whole haggling swarm put to-
gether, with all its connection thrown
in for good measure.
Believe us, it is the old south still,
and the day may come when every
civilized citizen of the United States
with Anglo-Saxon blood in his veins
and the love of enlightened free insti-
tutions in his heart will be glad it has
changed in nothing - y ashington Post.
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Inside the Tree.

South Charleston, Ohio, January a.
While party of woodchoppers were at
work on the E. Fl. Florence farm, near
town, they tackled a beautiful white
oak, at least three feet and half in
diameter and seemingly solid. They
found, however, before cutting very
far, that it was hollow. They then cut
around it few inches deep. 1t fell,
and it was found there was a black,
charred snag inside about Is feet high,
showing that ages ago it was burned.
but enough vitality remained at the
roots TO grow new tree. The tree is
remembered by the oldest inhabitants,
and it was a very large one even so
years ago. The supposition is that it
was burned by the Indians.
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Like Slaves.

Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. "A ter
rible state of affairs prevails in the labor
market here, and the system Of selling
labor has resulted in reducing very
large numbers of men. women and
children to state of slovery. Owners
of coffee estates recently held meeting
with the object of influencing the gov
ernment of Nicaragua to establish in
Cuba labor agency to induce Cuban
laborers to migrate to Nicaragua. Men
and women here are now endeavoring
by every possible means except an
armed revolution to escape the servi-
tude incident to the sale of their labor,
authorized by the constitution of
Nicaragua and enforced as vigorously
as possible by military power, until the
money for goods advanced to them, in
terest thereon and heavy fines for de-
linquency have been paid in full by la
Dor at low rates.
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Floyd Estell Appointed Judge.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 2.-Gov.
Turney tonight appointed Floyd Estell,
of Winchester, to be Judge of the Fourth
judicial circuit, to succeed John A.
Moon, congressman-elect from the
Third district, who recently resigned
to take effect today. There has been a
warm contest over this office. w. T.
Murray, of Chattanooga, was the
strongest man against Mr.. Estell, who
had strong opposition in his own coun-
ty. The appointment was made TO-
night because Gov. Turney has con-
sented to consider over six hundred
letters filed today from Franklin coun-
ty, people opposing Estell's appoint
ment, which holds until the next gen
eral election in August, 1893.
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Oldest Railroad director in the World Deat

Oldest Railroad Director in the World Dead.
Toledo, O., Ian. s,-samuel NJ.
Young, the Oldest railroad director in
the world, died here today in his nine
ty-frst year
The deceased came here nearly three
quarters of century agofrom Lebanon,
N. H., where he was born. The late
Chief Justice Waite was law student
in Mr.. Young's Office and received his
first legal training under his guidance.
Mr. Young was also a president OF
the Toledo National bank for quarter
of a century. He was one of the pro-
| liectors Of the Cleveland-Toledo Rail
road, now the Lake Shore. In late
wears he helped to build the G. Fl. V. 4
IT., Railroad. The deceased leaves Q
large fortune to his three children.
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THREATENED CONSUMPTION.
A Typical Case Of Catarsh Cured by DR.. Hart
mans Free Treatment.

A farmers wife has been troubled
from childhood with catarrh. Until
within the last few years, she has not
been treated for it, But it has become
so much aggravated that she consults
her physician. He treats her and she
perseveres faithfully, without avail,
for months. Then she tries physician
in the city, Although his charges are
exhorbitant, her husband gladly pays
them; but she gets no better. The
farmer in dispair, sees his wife growing
paler and weaker every day. A cough
sets in, and consumption is near.
At last they read about Pe-ru-na.
The husband writes to DR.. Hartman
and receives an encouraging and SYM
pathetic answer. They continue the
correspondence all the while she takes
Pe-ru-na, receiving new advice and as
sistance in every letter. Her symp-
toms leave her one by one. Her color
returns. Her cough ceases. At last
she is we'll. In her gladness of heart
she writes to DR.. Hartman, anxious to
have her cure told to others that they
also may be saved.
Such is the history of typical testi-
monial used by DR.. Hartman in his
books. One of these books will be sent
free to any address by The Pe-ru-na
Drug Manufacturing Company, Colum-
bus, Ohio.
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ITEMS OF INTEREs r.

The Commercial club of Kansas City
has taken steps to erect a statue of
Thomas H. Benton.
Of the Is, 100000 laboring men in the
United States only 1,4OO,0O0 belong to
labor unions.
This year is the centennial of the
silk hat, which first came into common
use in Paris in 1897.
Three thousand men were employed
in New York the other day in cleaning
the snow off the streets
Illinois spent at least $4,000, ZOO a
year in Furnishing criminals. It Itspends
scarcely anything for their reform.
A North sea codfisher carries set of
lines 1900 fathoms in length and hay
ing the amazing number of 1880 hooks
each one of which must be baited.
President Diaz, since his recent fifth
Inauguration, has been on q tour Of
Mexico. Everywhere he was received
with great acclaim by assembled thou
sands.
A California man is attracting atten-
tention from his ability to sleep stand
ing up. The case is considered re-
markable owing to the fact that he il
not a policeman.
A bill posting machine, which sticks
bills on walls, even 50 high as fifty
feet, without the use of ladder or paste
pot, is said to be doing useful work il
Europe.
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NEGRO TRAIN WRECKERS.
Two Suspects Arrested for the Birmingham
Mineral Belt Crime.

Mineral Belt Crime.
Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 31.-Two
suspected train wreckers were placed in
Jail here to-day. They gave their names
as Tom Ingram and Andrew Pagan.
They were apprehended by special rail
road detectives in the mountains about
ten mile from the city. The officers re-
fuse positively to disclose the charac-
ter of the evidence against the men or
to allow any outsiders to communicate
with them. This conduct is explained
by the fact that other arrests, and it is
said, sensational disclosures, will fol-
low.
The theory of the detectives now
seems to be that the work was done by
an organized band of negroes. who had
a rendezvous in the mountains and
that there were three or more in the
gang. 1t develops tonight that three
white boys, who were passengers on
the ill-fated Blocton train, are missing.
James Weaver, of Aldrich; Jim Hilton
of Pratt City and Tommy Glendale of
Helena. 1t is throught that they were
cremated in the wreck.
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BIG CUT
Made in Wages of Employees by the Illinois
Steel Company.

Chicago, January 9.-The Illinois
Steel Company cut wages today. From
the highest salaried employees who do
the executive work down to the rawest
recuit in the mills, with the exception
of the workmen with whom the com
pany has contracts, the cut will be any
where from 10 to so per cent and go
into effect on February I. The Amalga-
mated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers has contract With the com
pany, which will prevent their wages
being cut. This agreement ends with
the spring.
The employees at the Bayview Mills
in Milwaukee received similar notice
today. The reduction there it is said,
will not touch the Amalgamated AS
sociation. The cause of the reduction
is said to be general fall in prices, said
to have been occasioned by breach of
contract on the part of a certain com
pany in underselling the other manu-
facturers of the country, all of whom
had agreed to certain regulated prices
of different products.
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A Tennessee Girl to We'd Royal Blood.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-The engagement is
announced of Miss Missile Brown, Of
Nashville, Tenn, and Hon, Archibold
John Majorbanks, second son Of Lord
Tweedmouth, and a brother of Lady
Aberdeen, wife of the governor-general
Of Canada. The marriage will take
place some time in the spring.
The couple met iu this city during
the worlds fair, when Mr.. Maiorbanks
was assisting Lord and Lady Aberdeen
in the erection of the Blarney castle
on the midway.
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Going to Cuba.

Chicago, Dec. 31.-"We are going to
Cuba to fghtfor the Independence of
the country whether the United States
recognizes it or not. "
The above statement was made by
Col. Gustave J. Ticky, president of the
Bohemian American Working Mems
club. Col. Tieky further stated that
up to today 131 men had joined the
regiment that will go to Cuba and that
the men only began enlisting last Fri
day.
The necessary qualifications to secure
admittance into the regiment is that
each man must not only be Bohemi-
an, but also loyal citizen of the Uni
ted States. It is expected that 500 mer
will be enlisted within week.
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Saw Their Parents Re.wedded.

Lawrenceburg, KY, Jan. 2.-Robert
Shook and Mrs. Mary Shook we're
married at Bardwell, son and daugh-
ter of the couple acting as best man
and maid of honor respectively. Mr..
and Mrs. Shook were first married
about 90 years ago, and this son and
daughter were born. Ten years after
ward the husband left and did not re-
turn until few months ago. In the
meantime the wife had secured divorce,
but reconciliation caused the second
union.
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CURIOUS FACTS.
Tasso wrote his finest pieces in the
lucid intervals of madness.

Tasso wrote his finest pieces in the
lucid intervals of madness.
Popa never could compose we'll with
out first declaiming for some time at
the top of his voice, and thus rousing
his nervous system to its fullest activity.
Milton, before commencing his great
work, invoked the influence of the
Holy Spirit, and prayed that his lips
might be touched with live coal from
off the eternal altar.
Bentham composed after playing a
prelude on the organ, or while taking
his 'ante-jentacular" and "postprandi-
al" walks in his garden-the sa me, by
the way, that Milton occupied.
Cuvier never recopied what he had
once written. He composed with great
rapidity, correctness and precision
His mind was always in complete order,
and his memory was exact and extern
sive.
Rousseau wrote his works early in
the morning; lie Sage at midnight !;
Byron at midnight. Hardouin rose at
4 o'clock in the morning and wrote till
late at midnight; he took little sleep
and was constantly retrenching it.
Calvin studied in his bed. Every
morning at 5 or o'clock he had books,
manuscripts and papers carried to him
there If he had occasion to go out on
his return he undressed and went to
bed again to continue his studies. In
his later years he dictated his writings
to secretaries. He rarely corrected
anything.
st. Bernard composed his "Medita-
tions," amidst the woods he delighted
in nothing so much as the solitude Of
the dense forest, finding there, he said,
something more profound and sugges-
tive tha2 anything he could find in
books. The storm would sometimes
fall upon him there without for a mo
ment interrupting his meditations.
Luther, when studying, always had
his dog lying at his feet-a dog he hat
brought from Wartburg, and of which
he was very fond. He worked at hi
table for days together without goins
out; but when fatigued and the ideas
began to stagnate in his brain he woult
take his flute or his guitar with hin
into the porch and there execute som'
musical fantasy, for he was skillfu
musician, when the ideas would fov
upon him again.
/ Richelieu amused himself in the in
tervals of labor with asquadron of cats
of which he was very fond. He uset
to go to bed at II o'clock at night, and
after sleeping three hours, rise ant
write, dictate or work, until from Il
8 o'clock in the morning then his cat
were called in and the daily levee wa
held. He displayed an extravaganza
equaling that of Wolsey. His annua
expenditure was some 100000 francs
or about 1926, ,0OO
The famous Button studied his wor
entitled HEpoque de la Nature, /" for 8
years, and wrote it over 1S times befor
publishing. He used to work ON pape
of five distinct columns, like a ledger
In the first column he wrote out th
draught, in the second he corrected
added, pruned and improved, thus pre-
ceeding until he had reached the fift
column, in which he finally wrote on
the result of his labor. He woul
sometimes rewrite sentence 90 times
and was once IA hours seeking th
! proper word for the turning of a period
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-07
NASHVILLE FIRE.
Whole Square Burned Out-Dry Goods Dis.
trlc Partly Gone.

Nashville, Tenn. January "a dis
tructive fire, which started in Lebecks s
dry goods store, is beyond control.
The block ON the south side of Public
Square in which the fire originated has
been gutted. Ten buildings have been
entirely destroyed. Occupants of them
are retail merchants, and are Lebuck
Brothers, dry goods; Alternately, Lands
berger & Co., clothing; Grimes, DAILY
& Robertson, dry goods. These are to-
tai losses. Six other buildings and
contents are damaged and still In dan
ger. Back of Lebeck's buildings
Burns & Co., leather dealers, lose build
ing and contents. On the Public
Square, the south end of the city mar
ket house, containing city offices,
caught from sparks and was consumed.
The fire is now in the rear of important
banking and business houses on Col
lege street, and it now seems impossi-
BILE to check its progress before several
of these buildings, if not all, are burn
ed. A rough estimate of losses so far
suffered is placed at $4OO, 900. The en-
tire block bounded by the spare, Col
lege and Union and Market streets, in
the center of the dry goods and bank
ing districts. is where the fire is raging.
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remnle Doctor Feund eullty Of Mnrder.

Pueblo, Col, Jan. 9.-Dr. Carrie
johnson, a we'll known female physi-
clan, formerly of Washington, D. c.,
has been found guilty of murder in the
second degree. She was charged with
having caused the death of Mrs. Ella
A. Kelley last September by criminal
malpractice. Mrs. johnson will prob
ably be sentenced to prison for twenty
years.
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A Free Ticket To Texas

would cost you more via other lines than IA
ticket at regular rates via the old reliable
Memphis and Charleston R. R, because you
go straight through without the long lay-overs
that you would have via other lines, but our
rates are as low as the lowest
Do not buy your tickets before getting our
rates Avoid wearisome night changes of cars,
long layovers and troublesome transfers by
purchasing your tickets via the old reliable
NJ q. Ry.
:. H. E. Allen, passenger agent, Morristown
Tenn.
c. A. Desaussure, G, P. A., Memphis, Tenn.
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WITHOUT ALLOY.

Battle Greek, Mich, Postofice has
an electric cancelling machine.
Forty-fve thousand eggs were burned
in a cold storage werehouse in Midland
Michigan.
An Old Orchard (Matne) man owns
an umbrella that has been in his family
since 1914.
Aid F. Phillips is the fourth Hebrew
to hold the Office of Mayor of London.
Editor Smiley, of Gainsburg, Mich,
has beed boycotted for denouncing
dancing. He says it has increased his
circulation.
Farmers on and near the Umatilla
reservation (Oregon) are complaining
of being almost eaten up by spotted
rats.
At prayer meeting in Augusta,
Maine, recently, prayers were asked
for young man who played the fiddle
on Sundays.
1t is estimated that the turkey crop
this year was worth $23, 900 to the farm
ers of Bourbon County, KY, although
the crop was a short one.
Horatio, Earl Nelson, who is "A years
of age, is now the only surviving peer
who was alive and in the enjoyment of
his title when the Queen came to the
throne,
States Attorney Mcclure, of Howard
County, Nd, says that peacocks are
more valuable than watch dogs in
the country. Senator Gorman's farm
is supplied with peacoks for this pur-
pose.
A Sedalia Councilman once offered q
resolution that the Fire Department be
ordered to practice three days before
every fire. The funniest thing about
it was that the Council adopted the
resolution.
The fact of on owl hooting on his
housetop for three consecutive nights
caused Liberty county, Georgia. ne
gro to vacate the dwelling he had rent
ed for year.
Knoxville, Texas, boasts of COW
which is possessed of 1S horns. two
are on her head, while the remaining
16 take the place of hoofs, two project
ing forward and two bacward on eacl
foot.
There are FIVE families living il
Lumpkin, Ga, almost in calling dis
tance of each other, that have five boy
and one girl each, making 25 boys anC
only five girls, namely, E. P, Pearson
n. B. Everett, Mrs. Rush. Allen Ken
yon and s. s. Everett. w. H. Grifis
in the same neighborhood, has five boy
and no girl.
Piled up in dark corner in the lof
of the old Southern Police Station
Sharp and Montgomery streets, Balti
more, we're discovered 2S old muskets
which bore every indication of havinl
been used in the war of 1778, and agail
} possibly, in the war of 1912; certainl,
) long before the modern army rife wa
J even thought Of.
! A Missoula, Mont, ieweler has
freak in his store in the shape of
singing cup Of which was discovere
in the household of DIR. Parsons. Fo
long time the Parsons family wer
y unable to locate peculiar buzzin
noise at meal times until one day on
of the children discovered the soun
coming from common china tea cuI
g As soon as the cup is filed with he
/, tea, coffee or water it begins to sing an
: the noise can be heard several fet
D away.
d When the children wake up in the nlgl
, coughing one dose OF DR.. Bells Pine-Ta
e Honey is ali that's needed
1
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NOTICE.

By virtue of the power vested in me
by deed of trust executed by W. r.
Rhea and wife, bearing date May 10th,
1894, recorded in Deed of Trust Book 8,
page 451, will sell in front Of Jobe's
Opera House in johnson City, Tenn,
on the 9th day of January, 1897, the
following town lots in the town of John
son City, to-wit Lots Nos. 6 and Z, in
block Z, of Boyd's addition to Johnson
City, Tenn, being between Oak and
Baxter streets, each fronting SO feet on
Watauga avenue.
ISAAC HARR, Trustee.
This Dec 1st, 1896, 64S-4t
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THE REASON why

Why is 1t that Compound Oxygen cures SO
many cases of disease which physicians have
pronounced incurable Oxygen is admitted 10
be germcide. Ozone is a revitalizer. Many
diseases have been shown to result from the
presence of bacteria or germs. Compound oxy-
gen is rich In ozone and is, therefore reyital-
izer and powerful one as we'll as anti-sephc,
and this accounts for the wonderful success
which it has achieved within the past twenty
five years This success is and established fact,
substantiated by the willing testimony of CRATE
full patients For further information call and
see Drs starkey & Palen at their office, or write
for book of 200 pages, sent free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-07
GOVERNMENT AID

To the Centennial Assured by Action of Mass
Meeting,
Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 31.-Tonight
at mass meeting of citizens at which
Governor-Elect Taylor and other prom
inent men made speeches, and the
balance of the $5OO,OOO subscription
needed to secure the government build
ing, exhibit and appropriation was sub
scribed. The government appropria-
tion of $3.50, 900 will now be available
and proper certificates of the correct
ness of the $500, 900 subscribed will be
forwarded Secretary Carlisle at once.