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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-12-13

Thomas ]. Chastain, Gentry Ark-Dcar
Junior: / choose for my subject Gossip"
! hate the word so much dislike to write
very much about it. If it was possible to
crush all the gossip in our beloved United
States and have none for Il year. it would
simply be a heaven, compared with what
If now is. If you can't say something good
for your neghbors. my advice would be not
TO say anything bad of chem. Gossip is
something that is practiced q great deal.
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The Cabinet and the States.

Some interesting facts are connected with
President McKINLEY's selection Of his Cab.
met officers. Since the foundation of the
Government there nave been thirty.four
different Secretaries Of State, not counting
appointments or second appointments of
The same men, and now for the first time
al Ohio man fills the Office. Vir-
Binia led off with JEFFERSON, in 1889,
and EDMUND RANDOLPH of the same
State followed, with THOMAS Pick
ERING of Massachusetts, third, all under
WAsHISGToS. Six different Secretaries,
In all. have come from Virginia five from
Massachusetts,, the successors Of PICKERING
ocing JoHS Quincy ADAMS, WEBSTER,
EVERETT, and OLNET Ave also from New
York, VAN buren,, MARCY, SEWARD, FISH,
and EvARTs; three from Delaware; two
each from South Carolina, Pennsylvania,
and Illinois. Maine gave BLAINE to two
different Administrations and Kentucky
with CLAY, Maryland, Louisiana, Georgia,
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and New Jcr.
sey have furnished each one Secretary Of
State. Now Ohio Joins the list.
Again, for the first time Illinois furnishes
a Secretary of the Treasury. The first Sec.
rotary was ALEXANDER HAMILTON of New
York, and five Others have come from that
State. Pennsylvania has also yielded six
Ohio, five Kentucky, four; Massachusetts,
three; Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, and
Maine, W each. .WINuoM o. Minnesota
served unde both GARFIELD and HAIR
RIsoN, while Connecticut, Tennessee, Della.
ware, New Hampshire and Mississippi are
Ilan StaIna ihaE I'm Va fitp,taI,nI ,n,, Goa,
.ary. Although this is a wide geographical
distribution of the incumbents, Illinois is
aow for the first time represented.
With Gen. ALDER Michigan for the first
time furnishes a Secretary Of War. There
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Revenge.
Erom The Chicago Daddy Tribune


He was a smart young man and she q pretty
girl, and they met by non-appointment In 3
State street cafe at the noon hour. II happened
that their soup was served at the same moment,
and while the waiter was absent with their meat
orders the young lady took up the pepper and
gave n liberal sprinkllng to the dish before her.
"A-chcw! a-chew!" sneezed the young man on
the opposite side OF the table. He had begun a
desperate Irritation with the prett; girl. but At
this point he started for tho other side OF the
room TO get his handkerchief from :he poke, Of
his top coat.
SO he did not sec what happened. The young
woman had handled the pepper box with 50
much energy that the top came OFT and the con.
tents were cmptied into ler soup. Quick as a
flash she changed dishes with her vis.a.vis and
was demurely eating his soup when he returned.
He looked at her with ardent admiration. and
thus regarding her carried a spoonful OF the fiery
compound before him 10 his mouth, and without
waiting TO taste II swallowed the dose.
He behaved like n stole. A purple color
mounted TO his brow, and the young woman, as
she stole a glance at him, feared apoplexy. Blu,
he took his soup like a martyr, although perspi
ration flowed over his face.
But he had his revenge. When his check was
brought TO him he reached over and dropped II
beside the one which had been given to the
young woman.
My wife will pay both checks no said. and
bolting from the place, was. gone before expla
nations could be made. They are still looking
for him.
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The Senate.

In ApLAI Ewing STEvENsoN's last ad.
dress to the Senate, spoken while he was
still Nicc.P President, this passage should
be remembered with respect:
"of those who clamor against the Senate and It's
methods OF procedure IL may be truly said: They
know not what they do In this chamber alone
are preserved. without restraint, two essentials
Of wise legislation and OF good government:
the right OF amendment and Of debate. Great
evils often result from hasty legislation. but
rarely from the delay which follows full discussion
and delibcration. In my humble Judgment the his.
toric Senate. preserving the unrestricted right OF
amendment and of debate. maintaining intact the
timc'honored parliamentary methods and amenities
which unfailingly secure action after elaboration.
possesses in our scheme OF government . value which
cannot be measured by words"
This is like n flame Of historic Democratic
light. After all his party's betrayal, per-
version, and defeat, the Democratic Vice.
President retircs from his chair in the
Senate chamber with an utterance that
should live in the mind Of Americas every
statesman and every patriot.
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Better Times Ahead.

Mr.. MCKINLEY took the oath Of Office as
President yesterday, supported by the good
wishes of the people of all parties to an ex-
tent never before enjoyed by an American
President at his Inauguration.
Even his political enemies in the late
campaign have only respect for him, and
they share with his political supporters the
universal confidence which is felt in his
integrity of purpose and his earnest inten.
ton to serve the interests Of the Union.
TIL one great desire of all the people IL
that prosperity shall come again to this
country, and that the causes of dangerous
discomfort, which have had their origin in
the disastrous policy Of the outgoing Ad.
ministration, shall be removed and annihi.
lated. or course, this necessary task can
not be accomplished by Mr.. MCKISLEY's
Administration alone. Prosperity cannot
be brought back by mere legislation nor by
a simple change Of policy. 1t can be ush.
cred in only at the invitation of conditions
which are largely independent of enact
ments by Congress, and must CONF from q
change in public sentiment.
Such n change will doubtless follow the
inauguration of the new President. For
four years past prosperity and progress have
been stayed and chilled by a spirit of de.
traction and distrust which has proceeded
from the White House. This country Is fall.
ing into ~decadencc, was the incessant cry. 1t
was all bear talk, bear, bear, nothing except
bear from first to last; and 80 II has been
for four years. There has not been one rift
in the black loud thrown over the spirit Of
the people by the White House. England,
France, and Germany, Mexico even, have
been gladdcncd by rcviving prosperity, hut
this republic, which should havc led them all
along that bright road, has been depressed
and reictionary. The causes OF the retro
grade movement were due not merely to the
silver bugbcar, as the happier experience
elsewhere bore witness. They were pccu.
liar to this country, and their source was In
the CLEVELAND camp.
Hence Mr.. MCKINLEY has taken the
oath of office as President with the hone,
full expectations of the people Of all
parties affUrding him ground for cncour,
agemcnt in entering upon his Administra-
tion. Everybody wants him to succeed,
and that feeling alone, accompanying also
a feeling of renewed confidence in the Gov.
eminent, will go far to assure the longcd
for success and the consequent prosperity.
Away with bowling! Now let us take on
manly courage, and proceed with strong
hearts to retrieve the awful losses Of the
last four years of rejection and imposture!
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A Battle Ship Deadlock.

II the Congress that ended yesterday had,
in its provision for the navy, simply re-
Trained from authorizing any more battle
ships, there would have been little ground
for criticism, but in the hurry OF its final
hours ii may have delayed the completion
OF three ships that are now building.
The House, at Mr.. HERBERT's suggestion,
fixed the maximum price Of the armor for
the Illinois, Alabama, and Wisconsin at
800 per ton, this being, in his view, a lib
eral yet not eXtravagant allowance. The
Senate Naval Committee concurred in that
provision. But the Senate reduced the
maximum allowance to $500 per ton, and
to this reduction the House, reversing its
former action, then agreed.
Is il probable that armor OF the sort re.
quircd will be furnished at that price by
the two establishments that have hitherto
received 1868 per ton for the same armor,
exclusive of $40 per ton for nickel, hitherto
furnished by the Government 1t is an.
swered that other establishments will fur.
nish it at n price even less. But the offer
of that sort was from Il company that has
no armor-making plant. and it was condi.
toned on n contract for many years, to
justify the expense of building n plant.
There is no such authorization of contin.
uing contracts in the pending bill, and even
the proposed Government armor plant is
not provided for. Thus we see no present
escape from the apprehension that there
may be n delay in providing the armor for
the three newest battle ships, and that the
Government may become liable to the con.
trnpfpI.1 for fhi4 In1nr AZ hnyrnyor
there may be a way out OF any difficulty
through the action Of the new Congress,
which can review the question, II desirable.
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At Il conference of Alabama negroes at
Tuskcgcc last week TO discuss methods for i'm
proving the condition of the race, n burly negro
named FELTON, gave his experience as an OK
ample OF the practical way OF getting ahead:
"'I had a mortgage on my shoulders when l came to
the last conference. hut worked hRri for a year and
lived on bread and water and now l don't owe no.
body, and I've got money right here striking a mum.
Der or silver dollars In hts pocket"
An old colorcd woman named NELLIE LYLE
expressed her notions thus:
81 am no educated woman. hut | want to do better
and raise my children better. We must not talk all
the time. but do something. l am going to buy some
land, and | will not mortgage my crop even n ! have
TO live on bread and water, | am 81 years old aud
want 10 improve. ! win sign notes for nothing except
land"
Another Of these colored philosophers laid
down this valuable prcccpt:
ave are too much disposed 10 economic In work
We ought to exercise our economy along different
lines"
Some white planters at tho South would have
less occasion to complain OF the scarcity OF
money In our section " II they followed this
advice and proceeded according to the old rulo
that you cant have your cake and cat 1t, too;
in other words, you can't avoid a scarcity OF
money in your pocket II you spend all you get
and save none. Economy is the best preven-
tive of u scarcity OF money in any section.
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out, one federationist IL for q commercial
union another says commercial union In
impracticable, and hat colonial contribu.
ton To imperial armnments Is the proper
object OF the movement. To the demand
for concordant notion, or for definite In.
formation, the reply always is that the
sentiment must first be cultivated,
as though the existence Of an ardent
sentiment in favor Of federation had not
been assumed from the outset. With re-
gard to the alleged probability that colo
NAL politicians, IL admitted into a federal
assembly, would merge their special inter-
csts in the general interests of the empire,
n case In point is cited by Mr.. GOODWIN
SMITH. lie reminds the readers Of the
Saturday RericW hat at the crisis of
the Irish struggle for home rule n rcsolu-
ton Of sympathy with Ireland's desire
for self-governmcnt was passed almost
unanimously In the Dominion Parlia-
ment, then controlled by n Conservative
Government. The resolution, when trans
mitted to Westminster, drew down on the
Dominion Parliament from the Colonial
Office n rcbuke for it's interference. In the
teeth of this rebukc, however, the Prime
iiiio VI Nv Il toNibtt vi iiV'''
and carried In the Provincial Legislature
n resolution expressing profound regret
that the first home.rule bill should have been
defeated, and hat n coercion bill should
have been substituted for it by Lord SAILS.
BURY's Government.
In Wow of these facts Mr.. GoLDwIN
SMITH inquiries whether it Is not likely that
colonial politicians would vote In imperial
councils with their eyes fixed on the ballot
box at homei IL 1t not even possible, he
asks. that when the honeymoon Of confed-
Grafton is over, the representatives of the
small States would be found combining
against the great State, and pushing their
interests at its expensei The truth is, as
Mr.. GOODWIN SMITH Is qualified to testify,
n British colony, in spite of the identity of
blood and language, is a different thing
from n political section Of Great Britain.
Englishmen are mislcd on this point through
their almost exclusive intercourse with col
onists Of the upper class who have time,
means, and inclination to keep up their
British connection. The mass of the Cana
dian people, whose votes would rule the
action of their representatives, are people
Of the continent on which they live. They
are American in their political ideas and
habits, as their political nomenclature
shows; and they know as little Of the poll.
tics Of Great Britain as Englishmcn know
of theirs. OF course their impulses rs mem.
fer materially from those of Englishmen.
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There seems to be no doubt that the rep.
resentatives of the six great powers at
Athens have, by an identical note, demand
ed the evacuation OF Crete by Greece, and
that they are instructed to announce,
should the demand not be complied with in
six days, that the overs are resolved To
resort to the most forciblc measures of
compulsion. Thus far the Greek Govern.
ment has refused to recall its troops, and
seems likely to persist in the refusal. Is it
probable that the threat OF the powers will
he fulfilled on the expiration of six days
from the delivery of the notei
Let us first consider what forciblc meas.
urcs of compulsion could be taken, and TO
what extent they would be likely to prove
effective. Undoubtedly the Greek flotilla
in Cretan waters could he easily captured
or destroyed. Ii seems equally certain that
1t the powers continue to act in concert,
they could eventually land on the island Il
force sufficient to overcome the Greek bat.
talions under Col. NAssoS, to suppress the
insurgents, and ultimately to replace the
whole body of Cretan Christians under
the Turkish yoke. They could also blockade
the Pirrus, and authorize the Turks to
ravagc Thcssaly and the whole Of the small
Greek Kingdom with fire and sword. On
the other hand, the Greeks can he relied
upon to make II sturdy stand on their north.
ern frontier, and the advance of their Turk.
ish enemies would be DISTRACTED by a gen.
eral uprising of the Greeks in Macedonia,
who would unquestionably receive sub.
stantial aid from the Bulgarians and Ser.
vians, with whom in the end the Rouma.
mans might not improbably cooperate. In
n word, the whole of the Balkan peninsula
would quickly he in II blaze, to c~xtinguish
which might require the united efforts Of
Austria and Russia.
Now, will public opinion tolerate n ire
mendous demonstrations of force on the part
| of the Christian powers to uphold the blood.
rcckipg hands Of n Mohammcdan dcspot,
whose inhuman treatment of his Christian
subjects in Armenia has wrought Europe to
a fever OF wrath and indignationI VIII
public opinion permit the vast armnments
of the powers to be employed in the interest
of the Turkish opprcssor, when not n finger
was lifted on behalf of his Christian vic
timsl In the name Of civilization and
humanity, shall the wrongcd receive
nothing but lip sympathy, and shall
brute force be eXerted on the side Of
the w~rong.doer onlyi These are questions
which will shake the heart and con.
science of western Europe IL IN attempt be
! made to carry out the threat with which
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UNBEAMS

-walnuts and butternuts arc being successfully
cultivated in whatcom county. Wash. They a,
NOT native TO the region.
While hopping wood q farmer living nea,
stangneld. Ontario. was struck In one eye By a chip
and made wholly blind in both eyes.
Mrs. n. Lehman and daughter OF Jacksonvlle.
FLA. driving In a buggy. with a single horse. started
TO cross the r. c. and p. Railroad tracks, when An
engine under high speed tore the horse from the
wagon and killed It, leaving the women selieiln
thu buggy uninJured.
John Lawder. nlcknamed the water cras,"a
hermit 65 years old. who for forty .nve year, has
lived alone. dealt In old books and picked rass aud
bones at Baltimore, died there last month. n, ne
year round he would rise at 2 80 O'Clock n The
morning and forage before dawn. He was the soa
OF a lawyer.
Their. is a cat that goes hunting at H~ols!ns,on.
Kan. IL MAKES Its home In the rouuihogSe where
a railroad man placed It to get warm one day when
he found II half frozen In the street. The men made
a practice OF shooting birds for II. anu now the al
will follow for a mile or more any man who carries
a gun. and at sound OF q shot will run for the bird.
Water buckets saved Mrs. J. NJ. Davis Of Duet
insham. Va. from drowning white she WAS "a her
way TO a spring. The path led over q tGLue! Of Al
abandoned gold mine. and some rotten t!mher
giving away Jus: "a Mrs. Davis got above them, TO
tunnel roof collapsed and she fell into thirty feet 81
water. An empty bucket on each arm huoye! her
10 until she was able TO grasp q floating los.
Angry az a neighoor for killing his ios. a Fred
erick. Md. farmer asked n lawyer 10 collect $40
damages for him. Results were SLOW AMI he secret
iy gave the case TO another lawyer. who wrote the
offender to coll and pay up. The guilty man, fr!Sat
enod NJ the thought OF two lawyers after him, wen'
TO the nrst one ami paid the $40, rcwp-S!ns !n''
dentaliy that ne had received a letter from TOE
other. The lawyers met ami divided the so, na
their client had &c laugh at hImScf.
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Has weyIcr Been Recalled

Rumors become persistent that the de.
cision to end the career of WEYLER as
Captain General OF Cuba has been reached
at Madrid although IL seems clear that no
actual order for his recall has been issued.
Indeed, the method pursued is now reported
to he that of preparing to accept his resig.
nation when offered.
SPANS difficulty in the matter seems TO
be that superseding him without his re.
quest would be n virtual confession Of tho
failure of his campaign, and this might
have disastrous political consequences both
at home and in the island. And yet She
has, apparently. awakened at last to the
fact that WEYLER's policy of making
war against the crops OF the island
has from the first been simply playing
into the hands of the patriots. Alike by
f%orbiddlng the grinding of sugar and by
withdrawing the rural population from the
plantations to the towns, he has devoted
himself to destruction instead of protection,
and even when he has reversed his orders
in districts for which lie claimed pacifica.
ton, he has had the chagrin of finding the
torches of GOMEZ at hand to burn what.
ever he had spared.
1t seems almost incredible that suck n
policy as WEyLER's should rave been de.
liberatcly planned and carried out. With
the insurgents the case is different, as they
have been compelled to destroy Spanish re.
sources. But WEYIER's activity in making
the island n desert has been so palpably a
case of misplaced energy tina; If he really
takes the pardon Of SANGUILY by the Gov,
eminent, against his will, rs n reason for
resigning, it will not be surprising to find
his resignation accepted.
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DONOVAN Of Bay, the man who prepared

DONOVAN OF Bay, the man who prepared
the bill now before the Michigan House OF Rep
resentatives for a tax on unmarried mon. says
that he is going to add a few frills to
IT. before 1t comes up for a vote. lie
is going to fine old maids and lie
proposes to exempt from tho penalties OF tho
bill men who have dono the best they could
and have been Tilted. or are so homely that nc
sane woman would look at them. Tho latter
class is not expected to take advantage OF tho
exemption. As a means Of sure and fruitful
revenue. a tax or handsome men would be
the best scheme. All other men could be allowed
to swear Off " the tax; but how many Of them
would A tax on handsome men would. II any
little constitutional difficulties were waived,
prove nm enormous source of income, especially
In New York and Kentucky.
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Governor PISGREE of Michigan, who is

Governor PISGREE of Michigan, who Is
somewhat OF n plutocrat himself. says that the
way TO make the plutocrats pass or the plane
Of action and become less hoSgish and more
human" IL to pass q law cutting OF
these so-called philanthropists from being
permitted to veneer their robberics and i'll
gotten gains by donations and charities" The
suggestion is not strictly true, but it is Singh
larly powerful. The wickcdncss OF so-called
philanthropists has often attracted attention,
even II too seldom from social philoso.
piers like Mr.. PINGREE; but in this in
stance he hardly goes far enough. Would II not
be wei. to pass laws, not only cutting off pluto
Gratis from acts OF philanthropy. but compelling
them to hand over their ill-gottcn gains to up
proved anti.monopolistsf
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Goodwin Smith on Imperial FEEDER
alton.

1t will nave been noted that the Prime
Ministers of all the British self,governing
colonies have been invited to London to
attend the commcnoration of the compile.
tion of the slXtieth year Of the reign of
Queen VICTORIA. The aim, of course, is to
devise some practicable m.thod of drawing
closer the bonds between Great Britain and
her t%ransmarlnc dependencies. A number
Of questions will nave to be answered be-
fore n workable plan can be contriyed. The
most important OF these questions are
enumerated by Mr.. GOODWIN SMITH in the
latest lumber Of the Saturday Repiew.
Imperial federation has been talked about
for upward of twenty years, but its advo.
Gates are as far as ever from agreeing about
the methods whereby their wishes may he
realized. AS Mr.. GOODWIN SMITH points
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the ultimatum to Greece is coupled. With
the first shot fired at a Greek war vessel
despatched upon an errand Of mercy, with
the first assault upon the Greek expedition
AIRY force engaged In a work Of rescue, with
the first gathering Of a b~lockading squad
ron Off the historical port Of the PirGus,
with the first appearance Of q Turkish army
in the plains OF Thessaly, the so.called con.
cert of the powers would be shivered like a
rope of glass.
In Italy, for example, the Ministry Of the
Marquis DI RUDINI would go down amid
excavations, and would probably be sue.
cecded by n Cabinet formed by Signor
CRIsPr, who has publicly avowed an ardent
sympathy with Greece. In Paris under
similar circumstances the Government Of
NJ. MELINE could not sustain itself an hour.
1t would give place to NJ. BOURGEOIS, some
Of whose lieutenants have already de-
nounced with vchemence the bombardment
of an insurgent post near Canea by the war.
ships of the powers. In England the at
tempt to cruelty the Greek Government
for n noble act Of self-sacrifice on behalf
Of the Crctan Christians would so ~infuriate
the people that Lord SALISBURY would
have to choose between defeat in the House
of Commons or instant Difference to the
public will. He would, 1t is almost certain,
adopt the latter alternative, and thus would
be brought to naught the infamous design
of furnishing the Greeks for striving to save
n fraction of the Christian subjects Of the
Sultan. With the battle ships Of England,
France, and Italy ranged upon the side of
i1Qtipn md Cnpnnncaipn thnra would ha mr.
expulsion of the Greeks from Crete. there
would be no blockade Of the Pireus, there
would be no invasion Of Thessaly.